Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 11, 1918, Page 1

Eulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 218 POSITION 0F GERMANS 15 CRITICAL irom the Region West of Cambrai Southward to the St. Gobain Massif the Foe Reinforced His Line Preparatory to Making a Determined (By The Associated Press.) The critical military position of thel o Go- bain Massif, and around tuis strong s from the region Cambrai southward west to the St bastion eastward to the territory north and northeast to_hold the eves of the world. For the moment the tacticai maneu- vres of ike belligerents in Artois and Flanders, ag well as eastward of Sois- sons into Champagne, although they still are of the greatast importance, second necessarily continue to take piace In interest to those seciors which are filled with momantous possibili- ties—where a successful move by the allies may bring a juick change in’ the entire German battle front, vr, on the contrary, a determined siand by the enemy with the large reinforce- ments in man and yuo power he is knewn to have assemblal, may re- st, for a time at ieast in a stale- mate in the game which is being ,played by the allies to crack the al- ready demoralized German line. The heavy rains of the past few days haye turned lowlands through- out the fighting zons into swamps, but on those sectors of the high ground between Cambrai and Sois- sons the storms have no: kept 'he Pritish and French armies from mov- ing forward. Nor have they served to lessen the strength of the enemy’s resistance. Near Gouzeaucourt and Havrincourt the British have preesed on a little further toward Cambrai, in the -for- mer region aft o nut dewn at- tacks by the Germans who endeavor- ed to reclaim the wish ground won by the British in 1ada fishting. To the south the irench from the dis- trict west of St. Quentin southward tc the western side of the St. Go- bain forest have pushed esstward to- ward the Oise river, with their flanks now resting, dengerously near both St. Quentin and La Fere. St. Quen- tin now stands only a Jittie more than of - Soissons, continues Stand. three miles away, while La Fere is so closely encroached upon from the west and outflanked from the mnorth that seemingly 1t soon must fall The French and Americans who are fighting shoulder to shoulder north- east of Soissons continue to carry out successfully .a co-related movement having the conquest of the St. Go- bain ‘forest in view and also the out- flanking of the German positions to the east. In their latest endeavors the Franco-American forces have made some slight progress in the face ot extremely stubborn resistance. Likewise in the sector east of Sois- sons the French and Americans have gained additional “round beiween the Vesle and Aisne fivers. Far to the north the British now are so nearly upon Armentieres that a few more strides forward seemingly will place them in a position to make the one time cotton spinning center theirs for the asking. La Basse alS® is being brought nearer in this gen- eral movenient which apparently has as its ultimate objective the recap- ture of Lille, and possibly, the even- tual falling backi-of the German line northward in Belgium, British air forces continue serious- Iy to harass the Germaas in the coast- al regions of Belgium, having again intensively bombed enemy military and submarine bases at Bruges, Os- tend and Blankenberge. Fijeld Marshal Haig is highly op- timistic of ultimate victory for the entente. In an order of the day he declares that the dark days have passed, never fo return acgain. He says that in four weeks the British troops have made ,000 Germans prisoner and taken 750 of their guna. Meantime peace feclers again_ have been sent broadcast by officials and men prominent in the high palitical’ councils of the Central Powers. The essence of their speeches showe pes- simiem as to the Teutonic allies being able to gain a military victory. GOMPERS CALLS MEETING OF LABOR REPRESENTATIVES London, Sept. 10.—The representa- tives of all the labor and socialist or- ganizations of the allied countries have been requested to meet in London next week in a conference called by ] Gompers, president of the n Federation of Labor, to dis- “emss the views of the federation on the ‘war and to ascertain the measure of their agreement with,the British labor memorandum on war aims. ‘Mr. Gompers in a statement made tpday prior to attending a reception at the Ameri Luncheon club, reiter- ated the d ination of American labor not tg mecede from the attitude . n had taken of refusing to meet the labor représentatives of enemy counm- tries until the war had been won. “Our first business,” said Mr. Gom- pers, “is t0 win the war and then ne- gotiate. But imperialism and autocra- cy must be crushed for all time. No sacrifice is too great to achieve that end.” s MURDERER BELIEVED ARREST WAS FOR DRUNKENNESS Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 10.—Public officials, led by Mayor Wilson and Su- perintendent of Police John H. Red- zate attende@ the funeral of Daniel E. Walker, former aiderman, which was held from St. Peter's Catholic church this morning. While the services were in progress, Louis Bonjon, the slayer, was umder cross examination in police headquar- ters, and learned for the first time the deed which he bad committed. Cap- tain Edward Cronan asked the prisoner why he had killed Walker, to which Bonjon replied that they were joking him, that he was arrested for drunk- enness and would soon be released. When shown the newspaper accounts of the murder Benjon fell to the fioor, crving: “He was my best friend” Bonjon was taken to the county jail this neon to await trial. SERIOUS OUTBREAK OF INFLUENZA IN BOSTON Boston, Sept. 10.—The outbreak of influenza in this city which started during the last week of August is a suming larger propertions, according to Dr. John S. Hitehcock of the state board of health. Many of the cases are developing into pneumonia. In warn- ing the public to take every precaution against the disease, Dr. Hitehcock said: “The state department of health be- lievés this outbreak may be most se- rious. Patients should be kept isolat- ed {0 protect others. Don’t fail to call in a good doctor. The disease is con- tagious. Put the patlents in bed and keep them there until sure they are entirely wel.” PROFITS ON SUGAR TO BE SCRUTINIZED Hartford, Conn., Sept’ 10 prices anq profits on sugar scrutinized by the food administra- tion. Sugar refineries are to receive nine cents per pound for granulated sugar in the bulk, but wholesalers and retallers may not increase their al- lowed profits. The rule of sale for re- tailers will be changed so that a fam- ily’s supply at the rate of two pounds per person per month may be sold at one' time, enabling the dealer to elim- inate ‘a .slight expense incurred by merely selling two pounis at a timo in cities or five pounds at a time in the country. ENROLLMENT DAY TO BE * “DRY” IN MASSACHUSETTS Boston, Sept. 10—Governor MecCall today issued a request that no intoxi- cating liquors be sold on enrollment day, next Thursday. ‘“The day should be devoted entire- Iy to such uctivities as will best ex- pedite the enroliment of such a large number of men as are required by the national government to enroll for mil- Rtary service,” says the governor's appeal. FINNS FLEE TO ESCAPE GERMAN IMPRISONMENT Stockholm. Monday, Sept. 3.—(By A, P.)—A large number of Finns have arrived at Gayle during the last few days. They declare taat they left Fin- land the Germans. were forc- ibly mobilizing for work on the Mur- coast both White and Red Guards Sn the refugees. C—— AMERICAN STEAMER DORA SUNK 400 MILES OFF FRANCE Tondon, “Sepl. | 10 —The American steamship Dora, formerly unaer the Austrian flag, was torpedoed and sunk cn September 4, approximately 400 miles off France as the result of an attack on a cargo convoy. The crew was smed. The steamship was struck at 6.20 c'clock in the morning. A calm sea enabled all the crew of 85 to escape. They were picked up by destroyers. The submarine daringly took up a positian about 170 yards from the starboard side of the comvey column and about an equal distance from the nearest destroyer amd fired at the Dora, which was heading a column of three ~ wessels. The lookout reported seeing a per- iscope just after the wake of the tor- pedo was discovered, but nothing more was seen of the submarine. The torpedo struck aft. throwins the ecar- g0 of army supplies as nigh as the mast tops, but only one member of the crew was hurt. The escorting ships dropped numerou: where it was believed the torpedo came from. Owing to the speed with which the warships acted and the close proximity of the U-boat, it is considered possible that the subma- immediately depth charges rine was either destroyed or badly damaged. This attack is somewhat different fro' mthe recent methods of boats in firing on lone vessels and giving no attention to protected ecnvoys, and it_shows more reckless daring In an effort to sink convoyed boats than has been usual during the past few months. TWO RUSSIANS ARRESTED FOR EVADING SERVICE Southington, Conn., Sept. 10. — A United States department of justice akent arrested John Yanskiede and Al- exander Shewan, Russians, here to- day. The men, emploved in factories here, recently came from Bristol and will be taken there tomorrow to be put under formal charges. the nature of which have not yet been divulged. According to the agent who made the sts, the pair came to Connecti- cut from New Jersey, where they had registered but had evaded classifica- tion. He also said that they had been accused of making pro-German ut- terances, CALL FOR MEETING OF LOCAL FOOD ADMINISTRATORS Hartford, Conn., Sept. 10.—Upon his return from a conference in Washing- ton today, Federal Food Administrator Robert Scoville issued a call for a meeting of local food administrators and local directors of home economics. in the hall of the house at the capitol at 11 a. m,, Sept, 18, At that time the winter program on food conservation will be outlined. With few exceptions each of the 178 towns has a food ad- ministrator and a director of home economics. SIX MONTHS, $100 FINE FOR DISLOYAL REMARKS New Britain, Conn., Sept. 10.—Chris- tian Eillinger, who has a son in the American army, was fined $100 and sentenced to serve six months in jail in police court today for breach of the peace, consisting of disrespectful re- | marks concerning the president, the United States and the American flag. This was the maximum penalty. EI- linger's remarks were made yesterday in a saloon and he was arrested after a lively chase. FIELD MARSHAL HAIG 5AYS ENEMY IS SPENT fondon. Sept. 10 (by Associated i Press).—“We have . passed through many dark days. Please God these vill never return,” Field-Mar- shal Hajg, commander-in-chief of the Eritish forces in France, in an order of the day. The commander then says: “The enemy has now spent his effort.” Austria Suggests an Views, Amsterdam, Sept. 10.—An exchange of views between the Certral Powers and the Entente was tentatively sug- gested by Baron Burian, the Austro- Hungarian foreign minister, in an a¥- dress to visiting German newspaper men, according to a Vienna despatch today. Exchange of Mail Alane Fel a Hicksile, L Aviator Edwnrd Gardner ang, His Mechanician Were In- jured —Taken to Hospital. New York, Sept. 10.—Edward Gard- ner and his mechanician, carrying mail by airplane from Chicago to Bel- mont Park, fell with their machine at Hicksyille, L. I, at 11 o'clock tonight. Both men were injured and taken to a hospital at Mineola. The engine of the airplana carrying Gardner and Edward Raddle, the me- chanician, “went dead” when they were af a heaght of 7,000 feet, but the pilot did not lose control of the ma- cliine and volplaned most of the dis- tance to the ground. Both men were suffering from exhaustion when taken to the hospita] but tueir injur- ies are not considered dangerous. They said they lost their way while flying over Long Island and o see the flares which were kept burn- irg on the landing field as beacons for them. ‘Gardner left Chicago in a rainstorm at 6.25 o'clock this morning. Their fiest stop was at Bryan, Ohio, at 8.52. They left there at 9726, arriving at veland at 11.40. Resuming the flight at 220 p./m. they arrived at Lockhaven, Pa., at 4.47 and started for Belmomt Park at 5.51. When they learned - of Gardner's plight, the postal authorities at Bel- mont Park drove to Hicksville and recovered the mail bags from the wrecked machine, bringing it to the New York gemeral postoffice. 764 NAMES IN TWO ARMY CASUALTY LISTS ‘Washington, Sept. 11.—The follow- ing casualties are reported by the Commanding General of the Ameri- can Expeditionary Forces: Killed in actfon, 88; missing in aec- tion 54; wounded severely 118; died of wounds 36; died from accident 1; died of disease e3; wounded, degre undetermined 20; total 322. New England men are: Killed in Action. Sedgeant ‘Daniel B. Wright, 59 Ben- edict St., Providence R. I Corporal James Collins, 15 Ami St, Providence, R. 1. Bugler John T. Fallon, 34 Ave, Roxbury, Mass. Private—Edward M. Fay, 69 Cedar St., Wakefield, Mass.; Ernest Firth, Pearl erryville, Conn.; Thomas Fitzgerald, 224 Gold St., South Boston, Mass.; John F. Harrington, 42 Gren- nell St, Greenfield, Mags.; Walter Newton, Mrs. Charlotte Newton, 131 Monument St.. Medford, Mass.; Ed- ward Regan, 167 Middle St., Leomins- ter, Mass.; Harry Dauphinais, 408 Main $St, Indian Orchard, Mass.; Dominicko Luciano, 128 N. Washing- ton St., Bridgeport, Conn. Died of Wounds. Privates—Mahlon J. Wilson, chanic St., Sanford, Maine; Laucjz, care Farnum —Tobacco East Windsor Hill, Conn.; Bessard, 52 King St, Waterville, Maine; Elmer Pero, 20 Moore St., Watevile, Maine; William Tinker, Jr., 33 Lamberton, St, New Haven, Conn. Died of Disease. ..Private Peter J. Fleming, man St., Woburn, Mass. Died of Aeroplane Accident. Lieutenant Leroy Gates Woodward, Scott Ave., Watertown, Conn. Wounded Severely. Sergeant Ernest J. Gorham, 73 Pearl St., Holyoke, Mass. Corporals—Charles Anderson, 23 Wharton St, New Haven, Conn,; Harry D. Jerred, Pardeville, Wis.; Percival Q. Moore, 105 Derby A\‘e‘, New Haven, Conn.; Harvey C. S. Mack, 6 Cross St., Gloucester ,Mass.; Henry Vozzolo, 20 Morgan St., Hart- ford, Conn.; Charles F. Watrous. R. F. D. 1. New Haven Ave., Milford, Conn.; Robert J. Frazier, 201 E. Cot- tage St., Dorchester, Mass.; Harold Gebhart, Heppenstall Forge Co., Bridgeport, Mass.; Alfred F. McGee, 104 Clarendons St., Fitchburg, Mass.; Angelo Vacca, 42 Bridge St., Middle- town, Conn.; William H. Reardon. 116 Dakland Terraca, Hartford, Conn Wagoner Lester M. Pittsley, 27 Mul- berry St., Fairhaven, Mass. Privates—Daniel J. H. Fram, 7112 E. Main St, Waterbury, Conn.; John Gogoli, 49 West St, Thomastonville, Conn.; Morris Lappe. Broad St., Fo estville, Conn.; Vincent Ostroski, Pequabuck, Conn.; Stanley Gadzik, 14 Crystalline St., Kensington, Conn. Joseph Janczweski, 17 Maple St, Shelton. Conn.; John Y. Jearde, R. F. D. 1, Willimantic, Conn.; Joseph B. Mclnnes, 53 Marion Ave., Leominster, Mass.; John F. Marshall, 8 Pembroke St., Somerville, Mass.; Harold A. Nute, 7 Rockport Road, Worcester, Mass. Wounded (Degree Undetermined). Privates—Fred Jamees«Bradford, 238 W. Ivy St. New Haven, Conn.; An- thony Rocco Piccone, Box 11, Goshen, Conn. Norfolk Me- Joe Co., Harold P. 18 Buck- Missing in Action. Corporals—Raymond F. Law, Union Ave., West Haven, Conn.; John S. Petro, 83 Clifton Ave, Ansonfd, Conn.; Joseph L. Sinsigallo, 26 Park St., Hanfurd Conn. Privates— Sam Nazzaro, Main SL Branchville, Conn.; Ernest Spossi, 217 Park St., Bristol, Conn.; Edward E. urney, 402 Huntington St., New Haven, Conn.; Anthony V. Nicastro. 51 Acorn St, Norwalk, Conn.; Howard W, Sandland, 330 Piedmont St, Water- bury, Conn.; Czeslow Zitrosky, 66 George St., Ansonia, Conn. TUESDAY AFTERNOON’S LIST. Killed in action 74; missing in ac-| tion 107; wounded severely died : of disease 5; died of wounds 25; dlefli 379 of accident and other causes 6; total | 442. New England men are: i Killed in Action. Lieutenant John H. Feltham. Jr., Vernon Ave.. Newport R. Sergeant Paul R. F:rre“, Hampden, | Conn. | Corporals—Arthur Julius Stuart, Lu- bes, Maine. Privates—John Barbarino, 16 Hale! St.,, Boston, Mass.; John B. Healey, Station A, New Haven, Conn.; Henry J. Schmitz. 104 Pine St., New Haven, Conn.; Albert Thomson, 8 Market St. Amesbury, Mass.; James A. Wood, The Maples, Palmer, Mass. Died of Disease. Corporal Verne R. Downs, 106 Chest- nut St., Springfield, Mass. MWounded Severely. Sergeants—Donald Agar, Sheffield Mass.; Robert E. Conway. 14 Bell St., Portland, Maine; John J. Crowley, 397 Ashmont St, As<:mont, = Mass.; Frank J. Hurley, 50 Fisher Ave., Rox- bury, Mass. . Corporals—William McCarthy, 126 Bonton St., Dorchester, Mass.; homas ' Mazza, 64 Webster St., East Boston, “| lords | P. McGuire, =linand of Bulgaria returned | «Merican labor party headed by ini« Gompers arrived in Italy. ra Kaplan, alleged assailant of the | Bolsheviki Premier Lenine, was exccuted. Production of soft coal in the United [ States for the week ended Aug. 31 was | 12 642,000 tons, The Italian government issued a de- | cree ordering soldiers of every class from 1890 up sent to the war zone. The Arachavla sugar Cardenas, Cuba, was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $3,000,000, The socialists’ central committee of Italy decided not tp attend the inter- allied conference in London Sept. 17. Regular service of railroad admin- istration bargcs on the Mississippi will be established the last week of this rhonth. A resolution was adopted in the sen- ate asking for an estimate of the pro- duction, consumption and export of gasoline. Lieut. Kelleher flew 23500 feet high at the United States war exposition grounds, Grant park, Chicago ,in a two-seater airplane. The Scandinavian inter-parliament- ary conference approved the league of nations scheme as the only means of a permanent peace. The Turkish minister of finance an- nounced that he had secured a new loan of 45,000,600 Turkish pounds from the German gogernment. Two thousan® telegraphic protests against the man on the manufacture of beer after Dec. 1 were received by the food 2dministration. 4 The interstate commerce commi granted increased . rates. to oil line companies in_ Iliinois, Pennsylvania and New York. The house adopted the resolution of Senator Kelloge empowering the presi- dent to establish dry zones around pine Indiana, ship plants, munition factories and mines. The bandit lesder Palez ed Panuco, near Tampico, Panuco is at the edge of a large oil field that sup- plies the American and: British navies. Capt. Count Bertrand de Lesseps was killed while leading a decon- noitering party before Ecuvilly. He was the third son of the builder of the Suez canal. Moises Huerta, Spanish sculpter, completed the model for a monument dedicated to the victims of the Lusi- tania. It wili be erected on the sea- shore near Boston. Five hundred men who were born the United States registered at the office of the American consulate at Toronto under the recent army draft treaty clauses. An American mission designated te study desert conditions in Algeria and remedy them has arrived at Algiers. The members are specialists in dry farming. To conserve gold for monetary pur- poses, the government forbade the is- suance of gold bullion to manufactur- ers from the mints and the New YorK assay office. * The southern export committee place dan embargo on 2ll grain des- tineg for New Orleans and for export except wheat moving under trans- portation orders of the war depart- ment Sixteen 1. W. W. members are being held in - Fresno and Sacramento jails on federal warrants charging destruc- tion of wheat fiolds in South Dakota and lumber fires in Washington and Oregon. GOOD RESPONSE TO CALL FOR PLATINUM ‘Washington, Sept. 10.—Platinum, one of the scarcest of metals, has poured into the office of Raymond T. Baker, director of the mint, so plentifully in the past few days in response to an appeal to sell scraps of jewelry to the government for war purposes, that he requested today that it be sent here- after to the United States assay of- fice, New York which has better fa- cilities for receiving it. Scores of packages containing platinum rings, chains, scarfpins and other jewelry, dental pins and false teeth, together with discarded lahoratory equipment worth in the aggregate thousands of dollars. have reached the director of the mint here. Payment will be made for these con- signments, but persons wishing to do- nate the metal may give it to the Red Cross, which will sell it to the gov- ernment. CONSERVE COAL FOR MUNITIONS FACTORIES Cincinanti, O., Sept. 0.—Failure to produce and conserve the coal neces- sary for the manufacture of vast quantities of ‘'munitions needed by General Pershing’s army in the final drive against the German forces will mean the sacrifice of theusands of American youths on the field of battle, P. B. Noyes, director of conservation of the fuel administration, said an address here tonight before the Asso- ciation of Stationary Engineers. In such an emergency, with success depending upon steel, and steel de- pending on coal, Mr. Noyes said he was confidenet no man would spare himself either labor to save the last pound of waste, or any sacrifice in volved in devoting the fuel and mate. rial vitally esséntial in carying out the army program overseas. AMERICANS REPULSE A HOSTILE PATROL ‘Washington, Sept. 10.—Repulse of a hostile patrol which attacked an American outpost in ths Woevre is the only activity on the fronts held by American troops noted in General Fershinz's communique for vesterday, which was received tonight at the war | departmeant. British Destroyer Sunk. London, Sept. 10.—The atimiralt announces that a torpedo boat destroy- er was sunk Sunday as the result of a collision during a fog. There were no casualties. Mass. Privates—Charles W. Caulkins, Great Road, Littleton, Mass.; Frank | H. Flynn, 65 Gardner St.. L)nn. Mass, Frank Ralph Hanson, Main St. West. port, Conn.; Hepolt Soltan. 87 Sharon St.. Springfield, Mass.; Walter Ray- imond Spring,352 Darling St., Worces- ter, Mass. St, S. Norwalk, Bridgeport, Irving C. Young, Sunope, N. H. Missing in Action. Lieutenant Willard E. Bushy, Norton St., New Haven Conn. Sergeant August E. Lundmark, Gay- le, Cunn Privates—Paul M. Baldka, 5 son St. East Hampton, Mass. Conn.; Par- Charles 22 Putpam. Ave, Cam- bridge, Ma: 754, North Easton, Mass.; Reed, 47 Batavia St. Edwin J. Sweet, East Side, Bridge- port, Conn.; Paul James McDonald, 40 Buckingham St., Hartford, Conn.; Joseph Mathieu 107 Withington, Fall River. Mass.; John Rogalski, % Han- over St., Westfield, Mass.; Arthur D. Stevens, R. F. D. 152, Fairhaven, Mass. Samuel V. Boston, -Mass.; refinery at} 41 OUTBURST AT DEBS TRIAL Frank Scholfield, 56 Fort! 2914 - Joseph Mazzacone, Box | | i . Collision on B. & M. ! |Extra Freight Ran Into Rear i of Passenger Train— 22 i Persons Injured. Brattleboro, Vt., Sept. 10.—Three men were killed and 22 persons were injureq when an extra freight train ran into the rear of a passenger train on the Boston and Maine railroad at Dummerston today. The dead: Frederick S. Piatt. clerk of the fed- eral court at Rutland. W. J. Conant, Bellows Falls. Richard King, Boston. All of those killed were in the rear | car of the passenger train, which was the smoker. The injured were brought to a hospital here, where it was stated it was believed all would recever. | Among them was Engineer William B. | ‘Webb of the freight train, whose home is in Springfield. Mass. None of the other trainmen was hurt. The smcker was demolisheq and the two cars. ahead were telescoped for half their length. The train held to the tracks. Had it been derailed it would have gone into the Connecticut river. 1 The passenger train, a lor‘a‘ bound from Newport, Vt., for Springfield,! . had taken a siding here to al- | low a southbound express train to pass. According to the stories of the trainmen, the express had gone by and the block behing the swiich was clear when the southbound freight came along. The local train had just got! out to the main track, but there was not time to send back a flagman before the freight rushed around a curve and crashed into the rear end of the local. The engineer of the local, Leo C. Forgette. of Springfield, Mass., ouick- ly detached his locomotive and ran it to Brattleboro. five milds south aof Dummerston, and a party of physicians rode back on the engine to the scene of the wreck. A train was then made up and the injureq were brought here Mr. Conant, one of the victims, was a retired furniture deaier. Mr. King was a traveling salesman. FLAGS T© FLY AND BANDS TO PLAY ON . REGISTRATION DAY -~ Washington, Sept. 10.—Goneral Crowder today also issued a re- quest to editars of morning news- papers that they publish this legend on the first pages of their papers tomorrow “Provost Marshal General Crow- der says: “‘l wantevery flag flying and every band playing on regis- tration da; LABOR BOARD TO IGNORE BRIDGEPORT STRIKENS Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. received here from Washington midnight tonight indicates that War Labor Board intends to ignore the five thousand str g machinists and tool makers here. Announcement was made of the appointment of Al pheus Winter as permenent adminis- trator of wage awards here and he! stated that in caring for this duty the men now out would be considered hereafter only as individuals without power to be heard regarding collec- tice bargaining. The men struck to enforce a de- mand for a minimum wage for tool- makers of £0 cents an hour and for machinists of 70 cents. Later repre- sentatives of all labor bodies cted delegates to act as committees in fu- ture labor disputes and these will be heard when occasion arises. It was stated at the headquarters of | the strikers tonight that steps for a| poll will be taken in Hartford. New Huaxen, Plainfield, N.'J., and Newark, N. J., looking to a strike i 10.—Word at: | the[ in the affected factories in Pridgeport. | Thissis a modification of the strikers’ | erigiml plan to seek to enlist fellow wunionists to inauzurate general sym-| patketic wa.kouts. Havtford Machinists Not to Strike. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 10. — George| A. Dovle, an organizer of the ]nter-[ national Union of Machinists, at a; meeting of the local here tonight cau- tioned the men against taking action | looking to the calling of a sympathetic to aid the Bridgeport localj i which has been on strike for two weeks. Bernard Rose, miner of the! local here, assured the meeting that he could promise on behalf of the gov- ernment fair treatment in the negot ations now pending on the wage ques- tion. Among the union men here it} wne stated that there was no senti-| ment favoring the calling of a strike, | sympathetic or otherwise. In the union | here are enrolled about 1,300 men of: whom 900 are employed in the Colt's Patent Fire Arms Company, which has | large war department orders. No Call at New Haven. New Haven, Conn.. Sept. H'—Thcre‘ has becn no call here upon the ma- ! chinists” union to consider the ad- visability of calling to support the one in progress in Bridgeport. Union leaders here express the opinion that the New Haven local would not favor isuch a move. {SEVEN PERSONS FINED FOR i jt. 16.—Judge D, ( , tered fnes at the | teday to the seven pers vesterda \hrgarm Pro 'ed in court) Stokes, Mrs. 2o to jail as a mat- | ter of pri but friends argued them out The go\kln'ncr‘t then bezan the in- troduction of e ce in itg attempt to prove that ene V. Debs vio- ated the. espionage act in a speech at nton, O., June 16. 112 PERSONS KILLED IN A RAILROAD WRECK IN NEBRASKA Alliance, Neb., Sept. 10—Twelve people were killed and 18 injured when a westbound Burlington train was : wrecked seven miles west of here this iat:ernoon. The passenger ran head- on into \a work train, telescoping’the first two cars of the passenger tra:t. All of the dead and injured were in the second coach. Misunderstanding on account of the change in time between Mountain and Central time is ascribed as the cause of the wreck. A bend in the track obstructed the view of Loth train crews. i | { | saig that two shots were observed to | same battery. ]otficia! who Las returned from the Bol- ihad h=en shot after being captured. | {in Vologda, and that many ‘Three Man Kiledin | ENEMY SUBMARINE SUNK OFF THE COAST Had Been in an Engagement Lasting 29 Minutes With the American Steamer Frank H. Buck—U-Boat Went Down After a Terrible Explosion. Washington. Sept. 10 —Deszrucnonl of an enemy submarine Sept. 3 off the | Atlantic coast hy gunfire from the American steamer Frank H. Buck was | reported to the navy department to- day by the master of the steamer. He hit the submersibl a terrific explosio The submarine, the captain opened fire on the steamer at a range‘ of 14,000 yards, but when it found after | an interchange of three score shots | that it was outranged by the American vessel's guns, it tried to draw off. It was then that the ship put in the two shots which the captain believes de- stroyed the enemy. The captain's narrative, as sum- marized in the report to the depart- ment, follows: “On Sept. 3, at $.25 a. m. which sank “after an enemy submarine was sighted on the star- board beam at 14,000 yards. %he i ‘marine opened fire with two ! guns. nch We answered fire with forward gun: We saw the shot fall about 400 yards short and immediately swung stern forward to submarine, using af ter guns. Our shots were very close to the submarine, and the submarine | shrapnel were bur: very mnear to| us, some of ieces fallinz upon | our deck amidships. We changed the | course: frequently h seemed toj| upset the submarine’s aim and gange. A< soon as the submarine saw our nge was equal to hers, she hauled | from us. Up lo that time she| £ in on us. “Before the submarine could get out of range our 28th shot from the after sun apparently hit her stern. The 29th | shot hit her just forwarq of the con- | ning tower, near and under the water line. The bow immediately shot up into the air very suddenly, then set- tled and went down out of sight. the said, | p stern making a half turn toward us, .\nd then it d1=appeared Upon shots striking the submarine we saw Very clearly a terrific explosion and black smoke which enveloped the submarine. I am positive that we de- stroyed her, as she sank almost im- mediately after the shot struck her. The engagement lasted 29 minutes Some of the fragments of the sub- marine fell on our decks and were ed up by the quartermaster and ief zunner's mate, “The submarine was about long, of the early type of German submarines, with high bow, and had two s guns cl to the con- ning tower, fore and aft. She fired in- salvos, using about 60 shots alto- ¢ 300 feet gether. She was camouflaged and flew no flags.” THe navy department announced that the captain 0! the Buck Lighly commended the efficiency and conduct of Chief Gunner’s Mate Joseph Stef- fens ang the entire armed guard under his command. The account of the encounter ae given by the master of thc steamer was rece.ved over the long distance telephone from an Atlantic port at *h the Buck has arrived. he summary was made public with- out comment and pending receipt of more detailed reports naval officials reserved opinion as to whether the submarine actually had been destroy- ed. e were expected within a day or two. The location of the ficht was not given in the department’s announce- ment. The deseription of the sub- marine by the Buck's captain was ac- cepied as beuring out the previously expressed belief of naval officiais that the raiders operating on this side of the Atlan re converted merchant- men of the Deutschland type. .. These vessels were about 300 feet long and carried six-inch guns. FIRED FIRST SHOT CF EXPEDITIONARY FCRCE New Pork, Sept. 10.—The story of the first shot fired by the American expeditionary force in the war with Germany—a shell sent screeching into the German lines about as dawn was breaking on Oct. 23 1917--is contain- ed in a letter sent to The Associated | Press by the commander of the In- diana battery which performed tlns important action in American history. Alex Arch of South Bend Ind., a ser- geant in this unit—Battery C of the Sixth field artillery—is the veteran soldier who. accordi: to this. letter, vanked the lanyard of the pioneer gun to speak for the UnXed States on the soil of France. Newspaper correspendents who in- spected the zun on the day it was fired were permitted at the timé to say in their cablegrams only that this sergeant was from South Bend. The honor of firing this first shot had been claimed by another member . of the Captain Idus B. Mc- Lendon, in commang of Battery C, in writing of this event, expresses his conviétion that the people of the United State€ should have available an authoritative account, both because of the nificance of the deed and be- cause in his opinion, credit should go to the man to Whom the officers of Battery C say it is due—Sergeant Alex Arch. EOLSHEVIKI FORCING BOYS OF 14 TO FIGHT Archangel Thursday, Sept. 5.—(By A. P)—Many of the Bolsheviki en- gaged agzainst the allies in the north are ignorant of the identity of the forces they are fighting, an American shevik front with prisoners informed the correspondent today. Some of the ecaptur Bolsheviki dec'are their commanders claimed that the soldiers dressed in the uniforms of the allied powers were only RuSsian White | Gnards masquerading. Another pris- {oner thoucht he was fighting against the Germans. At one place the Bolsheviki sent a force of mere hoys, fourteen to fifteen vears old. to the front, under threat of death unless they fought against the Russo-Allied forces. Two soldiers from the Russo-Allied forces who had been missing for some days were found dead ith their clothing removed. Apparently they | Fugutives arriving from Bologda aftre a long round-about journey, brousht reports that a reign of terror had been instituted by the Polsheviki| ersons of | were being eim- There is no confirmation the hourgeois cla cuted daily. of this. BEQUEST FOR BOY SCOUTS OF RHODE ISLAND | ' Providence, R. I, Sept. 10.—The Boy Scouts of Rhode Island, through the wil! of Captain (leorze Bucklin, “)H' receive the incoms from a trust fund | unting to about - $300 000. Provi- | ion iz made that one-half of the fund | | my e used for the erection of a headqurarters building. Mr. Bucklin, a Civil War veteran \\}‘o died at Long Beach. Calif. 1v. left no immediate family. tate is estimated to be worth recent- DRAFT BOARDS TO MEET IN' HARTFORD SEPT. 1710' Hartford Sept. 10. Major John Buckley has notified local draff boards hat a meeting wiil be held in the cap- itol, Tuesday, 17, of rep-| resentatives instruction | from all over : will be addressed hy a representative ! of Provost Marshal General Crowder. ! These boards of instruction are ap-| pointed by iocal boards. HEARING ON LA FOLLETTE SPEECH TOMORROW Washington, Sept. 10. — Senator Pomerene of Ohio announced today that a meeting of the senate electio committee will be held next Thursday to resume consideration of the alleged disioyal speech delivered by Senator La Follette of Wisconsin in St. Paul last September. Sentiment in the senate favors disposition of the case without furthet delay. RAIDS BY BRITISH NAVAL AIR FORCES London, Sept. 10.—British naval air forces between Sept. 1 and Sept. 7, it | { made DEEATE IN HOUSE ON WAR REVENUE BILL Washington, Sept. 10.—Debate on the war revenue bill continued in the house today with members of the W and means commmitt2e_delivering prepared speeches in whica they eriti- cised some features of the measure, bhut promised to vote for it on final | rissage and predicted for it the pa- triotic support of the country. Leaders now plan 1o end general discussion Thursday with a view to taking up the bill Friday under a five minute debate rule for consideration of amendments. In the meantime, the ways and means committee will consider special amendments to fa- cilitate the sale of -Liberty bonds, which were suszested today by the tieasury department. Representative Caraway of Arkan- sas, democrat. attacked the proposal by some members in debate that a tax be placed on cotton. He said no. protest ~against’ such a tax had come from cotton growers, but declared that such legislation weuld be “outrageout.” The south, he said, now is bearing its share of tae war cost. At the senate finance committee hearings on the bill today. witnesses and_senators criticized the = ewwess profits rates. Effect of prohibition legislation on the nation's revenue al- so_was brought up. Representative Hull of Tennessee told the hbuse todav that the nation’'s tax budzet after the war will be $4,- (60.000.000 annually and warned that little of this can be made up by tariff rate increases, as suggested by some members. He urged consumption lev- ies on sugar, coffee, tea, silk and rub- ber. Declaring that wealthy persons are taxed to “the ahsolute limit” in the bill. Representative TLongworth said that for future increased revenue, taxes on necessary articles of daily consumption must be resorted to. He predicted that these taxes may have to be imnosed sooner than congress had expected because of nending war- time vrohihition legislation. which, he estimated onld reduce federal reve- nues by $1,590.000. BREAK LIKELY BETWEEN TURKEY AND BULGARIA ashineton. Sept. 10.—Information reached here today from a source usrallv relinble that Turkev has sent a large force to the border of Bul- caria where trouble is brewing over division of territorial spoils of war betweon these fw lies of Germany and 4 of open conflict be- tween Turker and Bulgaria is watched here with great interest and is known to he cu i ngs at pirit is rife: n and among the according to . re- The Pule: norts. ians want more ter- iritory and ore said to be determined to secure 21l of Serbia and even a { portion of Austria Turkev damands the cession of that portion cf its northern territory that had previonsly been ziven Pulgaria -as a reward for enterin~ the war oh the side of the Central Powers. LABOR MUST WORK AND FIGHT TO WIN THE WAR Boston. Sept. 10.—The immediate &k befor® orzanized labor is to work and fisht to 'win the war” George N. iVrenn, president of the Massachusetts branch of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, told dele- es to the annual convention of that ody today. “It is our solemn duty.” he said, “to put aqur whole weight into the scale in hehalf of the gov- ernment and civilization. Thig is no ime for delay.” CLEMENT WINS IN REP. PRIMARY IN VERMONTY Montpelier, Vt., Sept. 10.—Percival W, Clement of Rutland was nominat- ed for governor by the republicans in | today’s primaries. according to press returns received tonight. He is presi- . dent of the Bermont Local Option league and made his fight as an op- ponent ‘of ratification of the constitu- tional prohibitory amendmeni. The other candidales had advocated rati- fication of the amendment. MAGAZINES AND PAPERS DISTRIBUTED BY RED CROSS Washington, Sept. 10.—Repoms re- ceived by the war council of th made four attacl on German sub- marine shelters and workshops on the docks at Bruges, Belgium, according to an official statement issued today by the British admiralty, Several hits were obtained. The Ostend docks and a motor boat depot . Blanken- berge aiso were atiacked with good results. American Red Cross disclose that dur- ing June the American Red 'Cross in France distributed 30000 magazines and 600,000 newspapers in tae 130 units of the American army in France and among the hospitals. This represents an increase f magazines and 200,000 newsya) above the total distribution for Ma: