Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 9, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 216 _ POPULATION 29,919 fIORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1918 EIGHT PAGES—56 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS BAD WEATHER SLACKENS [sy 3 * DRIVE OF ENTENTE ALLIES British Now Are Within Six Miles of St. Quentin—Are in Positions They Held Before the’ Big German Drive of * Last March—French Progress North of Soissons. . (By The Associated Press.) The British and French armies con- tinue to cut their way into the Ger- | man lines on various sectors of the Jower part of the battle line in France. Notwithstanding ' the bad weather, ~which has caused somewhat of a slackening in the violence of the op- erations, Field Marshal Haig's forces | have materially encroached upon Cam- bral and St. Quentin, while farther south the French armies are pressing eastward on the old . Noyon sector |\ toward La Fere and Laon and north- ward from Soissons in an’ auxiliary | -manoeuvre with the same objectives in, view. ' Between the Vesle and the Aisne rivers, where the American troops are fighting ‘with the French, additional und has been gained by the allied I | 1 i i ces. The British now are standing at Villeveque, six miles from St. Quen- .tin, having carried out an advance over a ten mile front on the general ' line of Epihy, Hesbecourt and Ver- mand. To the north the greater part of Havrincourt Wood, one of the German strong points barring the way to Cambral, also has been captured. 8o rapid has been the British ad- vance along this portion of the front that they now are in the positions they held before the big German drive of last March. In these positions the Germans are offering stout resistance to further progress by the British. Gradually the French are working their way around the St. Cobain forest north of Soissons in the movement that aims at the outflanking of La Fere and Laon and all the German positions east of this region. They have reached the outskirts of the vil- lage of Servais, on the northern edge of the forest and two and one-half miles from La Fere, while a short dis- tance to the morth they have taken the village of Mennessis on the St. Quentin canal. This latter gain brings the French within little more than eight miles of St. Quentin. North of the Aisne near Soissons the Germans are fighting hard to keep the French in check, realizing that the gain by them 6f much more terri- tory in this region, in conjunction with the manoeuvre that is in progress around the St. Gobain forest, will place ihe entire German defense line east- ward toward Rheims in a critical po- sition. Near Laffaux and to the north of Celles sur Aisne the Germans have delivered strong counter-attacks, but the French everywhere have main- tained their ground. The Germans also are reactind somewhat south of Ypres, especially in the region of Ploegsteert, where the British are threatening the recapture of Armentieres. Counter-offensive manoeuvres here and east of Wul- verghem were broken wup by the British. During the first week of September Field Marshal Haig's forces -have taken more than 19,000 prisoners and large quantities of machine guns and quantities of stores. That further big events are on the program of the entente allies in the prosecution of the war is indicated by the fact that Newton D. Baker, the American secretary of war, again is in France for a war conference. MAINE HOLDS BIENNIAL STATE ELECTION TODAY Pprtiand, Maine, Sept. §.—After the Guietest politica] campaign in recent years in the state, Maine wili noid its biennial election tomorrow for the choice of governor; a United Stares senator, four congressmen, tac state legislature, state auditor and county officers. Campaign meetings have been confined for the most part to club and party gatherings and confer- ences. A particularly noteworthy feature has been the. of & ers from out o e, cofifrary to the of both parties o] ding their biggest men to this st in September on account of the s ed moral effect of the results i on the general elections in other in November. r the first time in sixty vears the subject of prohihition has hardly been mentioneg,as prie The repub! didats for gov- ernor, Carl- E. Millikei, for United States senator, Bert M. Fernald, and for . congressmen, Louis B. Goodall, Walace H. White, John A, Prterr and Ira G. Hersey are a serving in the paces for which they have been re- nominated. Smeemsmes < The demw for governot Mecntire: for unuor.mim!r E. Newbert, and fo" congressmen, Lucius B. Sweit, former man Danie J. McGillicnddy, Edward Chase and Leon C. C. Brown, Of the congressional contests, up- parently the closest is in the Second district, where Mr, McGillicuddy, who was defeated at the last election by Mr. White after having served three terms in the national housc, is seek- ing to be returned. The republican candidate in the third district, Mr. Pe- fers, is in France with the house na- val affairs committee. 4hem are: nd G. THREE-CORNERED CONTEST OF REPUBLICANS IN VERMONT Montpelier, Vt., Sept. 8.—The ques- tion of nat al prohibition will be reflected in thé three-cornered con- test for the republican nomination for governor at the state primaries next Tuesday. - The nomination is consid- ered equivalent to an election. + The next governor will not have the power of veto if the legislature rati- fies the proposed amendment to the constitution. Nevertheless, each of the gubernatorial candidates has declared himself on the issue, which has been git2n prominence throughout the cam- the three candidates, Judge Charles H. Darling of Burlington, as- sistant secretary of state in the Roosevelt administration ‘and later United State: colleétor of customs for Vermont, and former Lieutenant Gov- ernor Frank E. Howe of Bennington have announced themselves in favor of ratification of ‘the prohibition amend- ment. Percival W. Clement of Rut- land is president of the Vermont Local Option lepgue and has maintained that the quesfion of prohibition might be etter left for th¥ voters of the state to decide. FRENCH COLD STORAGE 4 STEAMER IN COMMISSION .Havre, Sept. 8.—Victor Boret, the food .minister, today presided at the ceremony of putting into commission the steamer Belle Isle the first cold storage vessel that France has equip- ped. The Belle Isle is built to carry 3006 tons -of cold storage meat on each p. ‘M. Boret, in his address, announced that another cold storage steamer was being constructed and that others -wz be built. He paid his compli- ments to Belgium, Great Brilain and the United States. The latter country. he said, had been -generous in ailing With' men and material to the allied e ¢ Bello Isle” said M. Roret, “is a svmbol of our common will to pur- #ue an econcmic battle with our mili- tary battle and to assume an economic victory after the military victory.” Pershing Decorates Men. With the American Armv in France, Saturday, Sept. 7.—~(By The Associaf ed Press). General Pershing todos decorated a large number of men he- ) g to divisions which had dis- ti hed themselves during the sum- mer. Al the men received the Dis- tinguished Service Cross, PN - American Cotton in Sweden. olm, Sept. 8.—The arrival of bales of cotton at Cothenburg from New York will permit the cotton mills to resume op- eration, which ceased in August, 1917. The will be apportioned among A varins mills. 695 NAMES IN THREE ARMY CASUALTY LISTS Washington, Sept. 9.—The following casualties are reported by the Com- manding General of the American Ex- peditionary Forces: Killed in action 27; missing in ac- tion 73; wounded severely 61; died of wounds 5; wounded, degree undeter- mined 132; died of disease 6: total 304. New men are: Killed in Action. Sergeant George Birard, 13 Henry St.. Southbridge, Mass. Private Ralph Coppola, North Ave., N. Oxbridge, Mass. Died of Wounds. Private Edmund P. Maes, 37 Brook St., Lawrence, Mass. Died of Disease. Sergeant Edward Donnelly, 145 Hos- pital St.. Providence, R. I, Private Earl M. Odell, ‘Watertown, Conn. Wounded (Degree Undetermined) Sergeant William A. Pritchard, Norwell St., Dorchester, 'Mass. Corporal William A. Benson, Chandler St., Newton, Mass. o B 8 16 Privates—William Joseph Murphy, New Britain, Conn.; Richard H. Lu- bold, Jr, 20 Laurel St., Holyoke, Mass. SUNDAY’'S LIST. Kilied in action 23; missing in ac- tion 16; wounded severely 79; died of disease 1; wounded. degree ; died of wounds undeter- 2; total Killed in Action. Privates—Frank A. Badstuebner, 59 West St, Rockville, Conn.; Harry J. Farren, R. F. D. 1, Springfield, Mass. Wounded Severely. | Lieutenant Harry Healey Denning, 138 Davis Ave. Brookline, Mass. Sergeant Floyd D. McCutheon, Hotel Newton, Worcenter, Mass. Private—Carlton D. Briggs, 136 Fair St., Wallingford, Conn.; Percy Ches- ter Gedney, 149 Spencer Ave., Chelsea Mass.; John E. Grenier, 76 Mammoth d.. Lowell, Mass. .Wounded (Deegree Undetermined).. Corporal John .- Bryan, 32 Concord | St.. Lowell, Mass. | Privates—William Joseph Birming- ham, 33 Milk St, Providence, R. 1; Charles Breen, 56 Sabin St., Pawtuck- et, R. I.; James Isdsle, 722 Charleston St., Providence, R. I.; Silvestro Arena 4 Riverside Ave., Bristol, Cristol, Conn. SATURDAY AFTERNOON’S LIST Killed in action 13; missing in ac- tion 8; wounded severely 86; died of wounds 6; wounded, dcgree undeter- mined 34; wounded slightly 1; total 48, New England men are: Died of Wounds Received in Action. Lieutenant Alan C. Clark, 545 Boyl- ston St., Boston, Mass. Private Amory Pollard Sawyer, Jr. R. F. D. Box 52, North Brookfield, Mass. Wounded Severely in Action. Corporal Wilfiam A. Perrins, Jr., 418 Center St.. Jamaica Plain, Mass. Privates—BEdward F. McLaughlin, Prospect Ave., Charlestown, Mass.; Emory ¥. Norwood, 491 Main St., East Haven. Conn.; Constantine Xiahros, 55 Albany, St., Boston, Mass. AMERICAN TROOPS IN ALSACE PENETRATE ENEMY TRENCHES With the American Army in France, Saturday. Sept. 7, 9 p. m.—(By The Associated Press.)—The American troops in Alsace today in a raid pen- etrated deeply into the German trench- es and inflicted severe casualties on the Germans. The raid was made after heavy artillery preparation of twenty minutes. The Germans this morning attempt- ed a raid in force in the Woevre re- gion. They sent over a contingent of | hundred men at Flirey and Limey, but they were driven off after one man had been killed and several men had Leen wounded. One American who had been dragged off a prisoner later freed himself from the enemy and re- turned to the American line, At unother point a patrol had a lively skirmish with the enemy. AMERICAN PLANE ATTACKED BY 13 GERMAN PLANES ‘With the American Army in France, Saturday, Sept. 7.—(By The Associat- ed Press). One of the American ob- servation planes while on a flight for the " urpose of taking photographs was attacked today by fourteen German planes. By skilful manoeuvering the pilot brought the machine safely back into the American line. The photo- graphic mission was a partial suc- cess. i Baigr Has Arrived in France His Party Made Trip in Transport Which Carried Its Usual Quota of Sol- diers. Washington, Sept. 8.—The war de- partment today announced the arrival in France of Secretary Baker, accom- panied by an official party including John D. Ryan, assistant secretary in charge of aircraft, and Major General Gorgas, surgeon general of the army. Mr. Baker and his party made the trip in an army transport which car- rieq its usual quota of soldiers to France. Before leaving this country the war secertary said the personnel of his party would make pilain the purpose of his second visit to France anll that he hoped the trip would not keep him away from the United States for a very long period. It is understood that Mr. Ryan went abroad to familiarize himself with the airplane situation overseas and to in- spect the factories engaged in building planes for the American army. Sur- sgeon General Gorgas will inspect the American army hospitals overseas. Brigadier General Frank T. Hines, chief of the embarkation service, also accompanied Mr. Baker, the American ports of debarkation in France to acquaint himsclf with fa- ities and conditions in those places. Lieutenant Cloloncl George H. Baird, military aide to Mr. Baker, also is in the secretary’s party. This is Mr. Baker's second visit to the American army in France. Sev- eral months ago he spent some ‘time abroad inspecting the ports at which American troops and supplies are landed, the lines of communication be- tween those perts and the army at the front and the army itself. 35 OF CREW OF TRANSPORT MOUNT VERNON LOST | Washington Sept. 8. — Thirty-five| members of the crew of the Ameri- can army transport Mount Vernon, formerly the North German Lloyd lin- er Kronprinzessin Cecilie, were killed by the explosion of a torpedo which struck the vessel last Thursday when she was 200 miles from the French coast, homeward bound. The passeng- ers included Senator T.ewis of Illinois, who was among those safelv landed | after the transport roturned to a| Trench port under her own steam. | Vice Admiral Sims reported to the navy depar:ment today that the tor-| pedo struck the transport on the star- 4 fire board side, flooding nimber room, but he did not state the of the damage. Naval officials however. . that since the vessel ‘was able to reach port under her own pow- not badly damaged. kiilled were firemen, en- ater tenders and nrob- The men ginemen and w: ably were on.daty in the flooded fire room. They were: A E! Armitage, R. Beauchamp Williamansett. Mantirose, Colo.: M H.| P. J. BRergema»n Ma nWis, i F. G. Buder, Webster, Mass R. h Burke. Auburn. Maine: M. F. Burns, East Boston, Mass.: R. O. Carver. Po- larville, Miss.: J. B, Crabtree. eBaver, Ohio: P. H. Crockett, Raven, Va., G H. Dukes Henredsonqile N. C.; W. P. Flynn, Cambridge, Mass.: D. B. Frve, Conway, 8. C.; C. O. Green. Min- | is, Minn.: G." B. Hager, Mem- Tenn.: J. T. Walford, Hartford. F. Hancock Renton. Washn. Tambreth Herdv, Sarepta, M Bert | tional Torest, California, for home- Hean San Rernardino T.ecn |stead eniry. Heath. Hinckley, Minn.: F. R. Huff-| The War Trade Board added the man, Newherrv, Ind.: F. J. Kinch, {names of 88 firms and individuals to Patersen. N: J.; Lonis Lafarrue, Val- lejo_ Calif.; C. J. Minkau, Rochester, N. ¥ a5 . Mirkau Rochester. N. Y.: A. Eighteen German prisoners at the W. Morse. Manchester, N. TI.: Harvey | internment camp at Hot Springs, N. Mumm, Leesburg, Tex . C. Peter- |C. have edied from typhoid in an sen. Cattaravgus. N. Y.; JI. . Plew |epidemic of 177 cases, the War De~ Malage Chelan countv, Wash,; S jpartment announced. MeR. Rivers, Buena Vista. O.: G. I, Twenty-five per cent. of all officers Safian. Philadelphia: W. H. Schultz |assigned to the Quartermaster - De Brooklvn: Huhbard Spears. Bennetts- | partment will be trained for field serv ville S, C.: M. Stally, address not in |ice. Officers disqualified for field navy demartment records: Dan ser will take their vlace. rell, £t. Joseph, Mo.: I. E. Tra von City, Ore borough, N. Y. Serator Lewis was returning home on the transport after a visit to Great Pritain and France and the western front. HER THREE CHILDREN Detroit, Mich., Sept. 8.—Mrs, Madeleine Neinstedt, of Brookiyn, af Y, said to be the da cluded Captain Orville R. Thompson tenant Will; Manning, U, of Pittsburgh, who was killed by a ly today shot and killed her eigh grenade in the village of Fismette year-old daugnter, Wilma, and chlo- |during a hand-to-hand encounter, The roformed her two other cluldren. Ber- | Germans held the northern half of nard, 12, and Ciaire, 19, at a leading | Fismette and the Americans :he downtown hotel. southern half. Captain Thompson WOMEN TO REPLACE GERMAN OFFICIALS IN BELGIUM Amsterdam, Sept. 8.—The large number of German officials in Bel- gium have been called up for military service, according fo the Nieuewe Rot- terdam Courant. Their places are to i says Norway lost 13 vessels. son. Czar Ferdinand of Bulgarin, is at Vienna for a conference with Emper- or Karl. The Spanish strikes h; extended ,inally planned. jsimilar to those with Great With the American Army in France, Monday, August 19 By The Associated Press—Delayed by Censor) —The fighting in the region of Fis- mette es ing determined to hold the village at! anv cost against the enemy. and a detachment of his men were making a charge in an effort to o the enemy death. the Pittsburgh Hockey Association. of Pittsburgh, was killed in the Condensed Telegrams The government has decided not to take over the mohair clip. Steps are being taken by Canada to_establish the linen thread industry. The Norwegian Legation in London The names of 24 Americans were ;:iomamed on the Canadian casualties sts. “German street,” in Geneva is to be renamed in honor of President Wil- to the Gibraltar, where 2000 miners quit work. Two thousand telegraph employes in Argentina went on strike for higher wages. A transport with 400 sick and wounded United States troops arrived at an Atlantic port. Dr. Richard B. Moore of the United States Bureau of Mines, predicted a shortage of radium. i The Food Administration will take all wheat that cannot be disposed of in_the open market. The output of Liberty motors in the United States last week amounted to| 800 setting a record. Senator Pomerone introduced a biil to have men in the service exempted from salary taxation. y Governor Philip took the lead by a margin of 64 votes in the Wisconsin primary election contest. @overnment consumption of copper for war materials is estimated at 97 per cent. of the output. Use of female negro labor by a southwestern shipyard is reported by the U. S. Employment Service. Two violators of the lightless night order in Manhattan had their supply of electricity cut off for one day. The Emergency Fleet Corporation is working out a plan to have each shipyard construct only one type of ship. Retention of the two-pound sugar ration a month for each person was announced by the Food Administra- tion. Minneapolis flour output last week, 378,740 barrels, an increase of 11238 barrels over previous week's pro- duction. Senator Henderson of Nevada, .has the distinction of being the first Sen- iito)‘ to “register” under the new draft aw. The British Government will publish the names of the 150 commanders of submarine that were sunk or incapaci- tated. Four New Jersey commissioners will 2o to France to take the New Jersey | soldiers’ votes. instead of two, as orig- | Draft treaties with France and Grsece Britain | and Canada were sent to the Senate | for_confirmation, The New York Central placed an! embargo on all shipments of grain| going to Buffalo for reconsignment or | to be held for orders. A it of restrictions applying to the spool cotton manufacturing industry was issued by the conservation div- ision of the War Industries Board. The London Daily Mail wants the German officials notified that wanton destruction of France and = Belgium be punishedshy stern_reprisals. Late reports from Japan show that! 621 officers and enlisted men lost their | lives when the battleship Kawachi ex- ploded in Tokuyama Bay, July 12! A committee representing merchants and manufacturers of Baltimore called upon President Wilson to stop racing in Maryland for the duration of war. . Precicent Wilson signed an order excluding about 18,664 acres of agri- cultural Jand from the Stanislaus Na- the enemy tradi list. Mexico led | AMERICANS HELD THE VILLAGE OF FISMETTE X rly in August wag of a most violent character, the Americans be- The casuaities of the first week in- t when Thompson met his He was a former member ‘of Lieutenant Frank Glendenning. also Aght- He became - en- ng about Fismette. be taken by women tangled in the German barbed wire a and was shot by a German machine e gunner. Glendenning had received his PREMIER LENINE IS commission _since his ' arrival in RECOVERING FROM WOUNDS | France. lLondon, Sept 8.—Nikolai Lenine, the| Iieutenant Ralph Bush, who had Bolshevik premier. is recovering from |relatives in Kansas and wno hefors the wounds recently inflicted on him, according to a wwedical bulletin re- ceived here by Russian wireless ser- vice timed Sunday morning. New Haven Dentist Suicides. New Haven, Conn. Sept. 8 —Dr. John F. Doebler, a dentist, 61 years old, committed suicide at his home here today by taking poisor, Despon- dency, due to poor healts during the past two years, is believed to have been the reason for his act. OBITUARY Rev. Dr. Storrs O. Seymour. Litchfield, Conn.,, Sept. 8.—Rev. Dr. Storrs O. Seymour, one of the best known clergymen in. Connecticus, died at his home here tonight, at the age of 82 years. He was graduated from Yale University in 1857 and was or- dained into the Episcopal ministry in Iand roads today, he estimated that he had covered more than 12.00) miles the war was an employe in the =ov- ernment's bureau of mines in Pitts- turgh, was killed b shrapnel west of Fismette Germans. during an attack by the M’ADOO HAS INSPECTED NEW ENGLAND RAILROADS PBoston, Sept. §.—When William G. McAdoo, director-genera] of raiircads, concluded his inspection of New Lng- in looking over various railroads since June 1 last. Adding the mileags of hi® liberty loan tours, Mr. McAdoo sai had traveled close to 25,000 miles si the outbreak of-the war. The director-general was an over- night guest of Colonel E. M. House at Manchester. To comply with the 2ov- ernment’s - gasoline conservation pro- he ce gramme, Mr, McAdoo deciined to use an automobhile today. He walked frcm Colonel House’s home to the railroad 1862. From 1863 to 1916 Dr. Seymour |Station, a- distance ‘of more than a had - pastorates in Pawtucket, R. I,|mile. When his special train reached Milford, Bethel, Norwich, Hartford |this city other railrond administration and Litchfield, Conn. At the age of 80 he resigned as rector of St. Mi- chael's church, Litchfield, and hecame rector emeritus. Trinity college, Hartford, awarded him the degree of doctor of divinity in 1897. He was a deputy from Con- necticut to the General Episcopal Conventions of 1901, 1904 and 1907. He leaves a son, Edward W. Seymour, and a brother, Morris W. Seymour, both of this town. The funera] will be from St. Michael's church on Wed- nesday. officials joined Mr, McAdoo and the train started for the west. Mr. -McAdoo and his- -party will Pittsburgh. They will go thence to Altoona and Harrisburg and then to Charleston, W. Va.. and through the coa] fields to Norfolk, Va. Copenhagen, Sept. 8. The National Tidende says it learns that there will be a meeting of the three Scandina- vian kings - this month. | seemed to spend tomorrow in Cleveland ond, Youngstown, Ohio, and Tuesday in - Germans Menaced | on Russian Front Czecho-Slovaks Hold Rail- way From Clovyanna to Penza, 600 miles S. E. of Petrograd. Vladizeetok, Thursday, Sept. 5 (By The Associated Press)—The Japanese military staff has been informec that the Czecho-Slovaks hold -the railway | from Olovyanna to Penza. It is now apparent that the unex- pecteq climax in the Czecho-Slovak breag through was due partly tc the allied ‘advance toward ‘Khabarovsk, which caused the transfer of a large Bolsheviki force from Lake Pakal toward Khabarovsk. and the weakened front collapsed under the Czech pres- sure from the west .and General Semenoff's pressure from the east. The opportunity now is strategical points in the hands of the hs to move into the' heart of , where considerable reinforce- ments from loyal Russian elements are certain, and striking a stunning blow at Germany. It is’ necessary, however, to move ickly, ‘for “it is believeq Germany will make the greatest sacrifices to hold conquered Russian territory Olovyanna is'in trans-Bakalaia east of Lake Baikal, while Penza is on the railroad a little more than 600 miles southeast of Petrograd. The distance between Olevvanna and Penaz is near- 1y 2,000 miles. GRAVES OF U. S. SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN PARIS HOSPITALS Sept. Upon the eastern of Mount -Valerian are buried Paris, slope the 280 American scldiers who hae died in Paris hospitals. Although the cemetery has been in use only tnree s it ht out by reverent American visitors and graves, marked by the intertwined colors of the two republics, are constantly dec- orated with flowers. Not content with adoptinz a mothers the American soldiers who return to Paris on furloughs, French mothers whose sons have died that liberty might Ii have adopted the boys from the United States eyen in death To each liitle cross on Mount Valerian there is pinned a card shew- inz that some woman has vowed ‘he grave never shal} be without a wrrath or e of flowers. Some of the foral pieces nieces are of elaborate work- manship. . From the slopes of ierian the beautiful panorama of t Paris re- gion’ spreads out, for the imposing hill is one of the most effec: deferces of the cilv. Visitors have =aid t it them that even in death the youns Americans are standing guard over the Paris they diel to pro- tect. The oldest grave in the cemetery is that of Private Bought of the 102nd Infantry, who-died_March 26 last Most of the da%: places tacke] ¢t the wooden crosses beer mo dates, however, and the maj the soldiers lying there belonged the marine corps. “Mort Pour la Patrie” read the in- scriptions. recent sav to BRIDEGPORT MACHINISTS EXPECT ANSWER FROM WILSON Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 8.—Leaders of the Machini union, members of which are on strike in protest of the idlitz award, expect to receive an answer to a lengthy message sent to President Wilson last week when the strikers meet at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. 2 Approximately 6,000 of the machine workers are now on strike. More than 1.000 of these have left the city for other employment, according. to the number of transfer union cards issued by the local organization. All of the 60,000 workers affected by the Eidl award with the excep- ion (€ the kers, have now secured proper representation, through 116 del- | egates, at the convention to elect three labor men on a and conciliaticn. presided over by board of mediation The elections are var board officials. LIEUT. W, F. BUCK OF NEW LONDON KILLED San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 8.—An- nouncement was made today that Pri- vate Harvey A. Bruhy of Kelly field was Killed yesterday when Lieu- N Lon- tenant Walter F. Buck of New istance of 4,000 fee was at West Eend, W Kelly field officials now attribute the accident to a wing collapse, as the result of breaking wires. It is stated that no sign of fire was found in the wreckage. | portatioy matesial | and labor ana as the basis for indus- presented ! of the allies taking advantage of the! NEW PRIORITIES Governing the Suoply of LIST . OF INDUSTRIES Fuel on Electrica! Energy, Trans- portation, Material, Facilities, Capital and Labor, and as the Basis For Industrial Exemption From the Draft. Washington, Sept. 8—A new priori- ties 'list of industries and plants es- sential to the war or thé civil popula- tion. was announced today by Ct man Baruch of the beard. war indus It was described as the “mas: governing the issuance of certificates by the priorities commissioner: of “the board for fue€l] supply or electrical energy, trans facili capital, o trial exemption from the draft. “The inclusion of the industries and plants of this preference list” said the announcement, “does not operate as an embargo against all others, but the effect is to defer the requirements of all other. industries and plants until the requirements of those on the pre! erente list shall have been satisfied.” Industries bave been grouped to four ‘classes -according to their rela- tive importance. No distinc ever, has been made hetwe: any the indusiries or plants within any one class, ang it was explained that no significance is to be’attached to the order in which they are listed within { The_industries or plants portance and include those most vital to the prosecution of the war and the public and their requirements must be fully met in preference to those of three remaining classes. FFuel for domestic consumption— residences, apartment houses. restau- rants and hotels—is in' Class 1. In that ciass also are food. railways op- erated by the railroad administration. the army and navy, aireraft, ships and shi rds, war chemical plants, coal min and by-produrt coke plants, certain public utilities, ordnance and small arms plants, and ammunition and explosives. Requirements of those grouped un- der Class 2, 3 and 4 will be given prio over those not on the prefer- ence but as between these three classes there is mo complete or abso- lute preference provided. Relative im- portance of the industries and plants within each group will be the basis of operation. Each plant listed in the three last classes will be required to file with| the war industries board before the 15th of each month a report of its act ies during the preceding month. Failure to comply with this order will mean removal from the preference list. The complete list follows: Class 1—Plants principally engaged in producing aircraft, supplies and equipment, ammunition for the United States and the allies: ordnance and small arms for the United States and the allies: chemicals for explosives. ammunition and aircraft and use in chemical warfare: metallurgical coke and by-preducts including toluol 3 plosives for military purposes; for livestock and poultry: cluding cereals.and cereal product mezns, including poultry, fish, vege- tables, fruit, sugar, glucose, butter ezgs, cheese milk and cream, lard, lard compounds, oleomarzarine and other substitutes for butter or lard, vegetable oil, beans salt, coffee, baking powder, soda and veast, and ammonia for refrigeration: fungicides ail and natural gas for fuel or me- *hanical purposes (including pipe lines ind pumping stations): toluol (gas plants); ships, other than pleasure craft or vessels not built for the United States or the aliies or under license of the shipping board: steel plants; plants producing solely steel ingots and castings by the ‘varieus processes: domestic consumers of fuel and electric energy for residential consumption, including homes, apart- ment houses, residential flats, restau- rants and hotels, cod! mines, arsenals, cantcnments and camps of the army and navy yards, railroads operated by the United "sfates railroad adminis- tration; mainienance and operation of ships. exciuding pleasure = craft, not zommen carriers, and maintenance of public buildings used as hospitals or sanatoriums. Class 2—Plents principally engaged T producing locomotive or traveiing cranes, rolling and drawing copper, hrass ang other copper alloys, coke not otherwise classified and listed, ferro alloys, ma e tools and wire last furnaces producing pig : steel raii mills (producing rails over 30 pounds per yard : construction work of the war or navy departments in embarkation ports,’ harbors, for fications, flood protection operation cks, locks, channels, inland water- and in maintenance and repair of same: mines producing metals and ferro alloy minerals; street railways. electric lighting and power companies, <as ‘plants not otherwise classified, telephone and telezraph companies, water supply companies and like gen- ion, how- | of | eral utilities: railways not operated by the United States, exciuding:those operated as plant facilities. 3 S Class 3—Plants engaged principally in producing food not otherwise listed, | net including soft drinks, confection- ery and chewing gum; ice, mining too!: and equipment: eguipment and supplies for producing or transport- oil ing or gas for mechanicat poses, iron and s pur- 1-chains! electrical equipment, ‘explosives not otheravige listed, tin plate and small or -hand toois for working wood or metal; fuel and electric energy for domestic .con- sumers not otherwise listed: steel roll- inz and drawing mills not otherwise lisied: maintenance -of public build- ings other than those used as hospi- tals and sanatoriums. Class 4—Taundries, plants engaged iy in producing manufactur- 5, jute and cotton “wigs. manu- chemicals = not etherwise icines and medical and sur- gical suppl , fertilizers. fire - :brick, grav iron and malieable iron castings, ood containers. insecticides and fungi- cides, soap, tanned leather and tanning cxtracts, cotton and woolen textiles, including spinning. weaving and fin- ishing, cotton and woolen _ knit . textile machinery, binder twine ope; plants engaged exclusively in manufactufing boots and _ shoes; plants engagel exclusively in manti- facturing pulp and paper; cotton com- pressing; plants engaged principady producing newspapers or periodicals which are entered at-the ostoffice as second class matter; plants preserving, drying, curing,- packing and storing tobacco, ‘but not for. manufacturing -and marketing. $ AMERICAN REFUGEES- FROM MOSCOW REACH STOGCKHOLM Stockholm, Saturday,” Sept. 7.—(By Tne Associated Press. Tig Amefica: refugees from Moscow. reached Stock holm today, twelve davs afcer. thei® departure iroin the Bolshevik capital. Tney were met by Sheldon White- house, the American charge d affaires and a party of Americans and Euro- reans who were anxious t; learn :he iot of friends and relatives in Rus- immediately after crossing into Fin- land, the Americans were impressed by the orderly conditions prevailing, The Finns near the border had uffi- cient food, except flour and sugar. Conditions improved as the special train approached Tornea. opposite the Swedish border, and on the Swedish siGe they were almost unbelievable for refugees from Sovist Russia, which is stagzering on, hungry and miserable, toward a hopele: vinter When the Americans left . Russia they say flour sold at a dollar and twenty-five cents a pounl and it was idom obtainable at any price. The ce of sugar was 33 a pound—and the staple-was-searce-at-that. TURKISH VIZIER BELIEVES WAR WILL END BEFORE WINTER Amsterdam, Sept. 8.—Talaat Pasha, the TurKish grand vizier, in an inter- view published in the Vienna Neue Freie Presse, said he firmly believed that peace would come befpre win- ter, Talaat i now in Vienna. Talaat said the war had exhausted itself in ts achievements and that the continuance was manifestly useless. “All our enemies, mnot excluding America,” said Talaat, “will shortly come to recognize that there is no sense in continuing the hostilities.” YALE AND BROWN NAVAL UNITS ORDERED TC REPORT w Haven, Conn., Sept. 8 —Orders to all men who were in the Yale naval training unit at any time during the nast vear to report at the naval of- fice here on or hefore next Wed- nesdav, September 11, were issued to- day bv Rear Admiral Colbv M. Ches- ter. Those enrolled in the Brown sec- tion of the unit are ordered to.re- port to Rear Admiral J. R. Edwards at Providence, R. L, within the same period. RETURNS FROM DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY IN DELAWARE Wilmington. Del. .Sept. T.—Returns ‘rom yvesterday's democratic primary n Delaware show that United States Sepator Willard Sausbury won a large majoritv of the delegates elected “to, wext Tuesdav’s state convention ut Dover and that he will be renominated as a candidate for the senate. Rc- turns also show that a majority of tha delegates favorable to the renomina- tion of Albert F. Polk as a randidate for the house of represen‘atives were elected. y o == ALl i) R :,L'i!n grudh | £5 ADVANCE/ : E T GEALE oF MILES: MAP SHOWING ALLIES’ GAINS IN o L - CoMMERCTY 0 / - > i ‘ s ANCY FRANCE.