Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 19, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 225 POPULATION 29,919 ., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1918 10 PAGES—74 COLUMNS SUCCESSFUL SMASH AT THE HINDENBURG. LINE British and French Veterans Forged Ahead From 1 1.3 to Three Miles on a Front of 22 miles—Allies Surround St. Quentin on Three Sides—Its Fall Seems Only a Matter of Days. (By The Associated Press.) British and French veterans have de another viclous and fuccesstul 1t the Hindenburg line. Sweep- & forward on @ front of miles, ey went ahead from 1 1-3 to 3 mil ng many prisoners. The most im 1ant aspect of the advance is that makes more certain the capture of ~1. Quentin. which the Germans have cen ordered to hold at all costs. This mportant city is virtually surrounded three sides and its fall scems only | matter of days. jectives. They moved forward on a front of six miles to an average degth of one and one-third miles, adding | several hundred prisoners to the Brit- | ish bag. They now hold the southern outskirts of Contescourt, less than three miles from the suburbs of St. Quentin, This city, where the troops of Vom Goeben scored a great victory in 1871, one of the buttresses of the Douai- ambrai-St. Quentin-La Fere-Laon ine, beyond which it has been an- nounced_the Germans would not fall back. With the Fremch in the out- I jeld Marshal Haig's Third and rth ol ve skirts of La Fere, with St. Quentin in- e e (e Brition | vested and with' the British battling fore they were pushed back by the Teutonic flood last March. They cap- tured, in wide sectors, the outer de- nses of the Hindenburg line. "he Firitish assauit was over a front ¢ sixteen miles, from Holnon, west of <. Quentin, to (Gouzeaucourt, north of rehy their advance, which cached a depth of more than three 7iles at some points, they took more an 6,000 prisoners. Not only did the blow bring nearer Se eapture of St. Quentin, which the jermans are struggling desperately to hold, but it went far towards wiping the only bulge in the British line hich resembles a salient. Epehy. at e apex of the bend, has Leen taken nd the same fate has befallen iouzeaucourt and Hargicourt, which »od at the ends of the wings. The importance which the Germians ttached to the territory wrested from them is indicated by the announce- mept that they launched determined counter-attacks, as soon as they could organized, from Hargicourt to the Omignon rivulet. The succees of their «fforts remains somewhat obscure but t 18 not believed they can recover the sround they have lost. While the Frénch advance was less spectacular than that of the British, with whom they co-operatad, they were cqually successful in gaining their ob- doggedly for Cambrai, the great Hin- denburg defense system is in danger of being breached at three of its strongest points. Once ousted from it, the Teutons will have back of them no strong_fortiffcations until, they reach the Maubeuge defenses. The taking of St. Quentin remains a dificult task, however, for the Ger- mans are in strong defensive positions and a captured order from General von Morgen to the Fourteenth Reserve | Corps orders them not to yield another | foot of ground in “the imminent decis- ive battles.” While the British and French were forging ahead relentlessly in the west, the Serbs and the French in Mace- donja were -making more emphatic their defeat of the, Bulgars who have been reinforced . by German troops. There is every indication that the of- fensive in the Near East is of major proportions and that it will develop to the limit. It has widened until the front_extends over 16 miles. The al- lies have penetrated at some points a distance of ten miles. The resist- ance of King Ferdinand's troops is weakening as they are forced back. The day was one of comparative quiet for General Pershing's field ar- my. There was no activity of conse- quence on their front beyond the usual artillery and patrol activity, RECENT REGISTRATION 1S EXCEEDING THE ESTIMATE Washington, Sept. 15.—Complete re- urms from last Thursday's registra- tion In thirty-one states and the Dis- triet of Columbia showing an enroll- ment of 7651252 men as against the official estimate of 7,623,350, led Pro- vost Marshal General Crowder to an- nounce tonight that it very plain that ractically every living man.of the ew registration ages came forward. “There is no shortage between the umber of men that exist, alive and he number that registered.” fald Gen- ral @rowder. “This is where we have wcorsd a mational triumph. “If registration day means anything, means that this pation is unani- mous in the war to win—and to win it ompletely, decisively and foreves General Crowder pointed out that be- fore the registration his office esti- mated on the basis of figures furnish- experts e4 by actuarial and census that the registration would total 12.- 778758 and that the returns received indicated that the actual reg- stration would be at leasc Complete returns from show a registration of ainst the priginal estimate of 1,087, nd serial numbers have been given he registrants by all local hoards no e can be set for the drawing which of call of the men ' FORMER NORWALK OFFICIAL CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT Norwalk, Conn., Sept. Selleck. former cashier “airfield County National bank of Norwalk, and treasurer of the First axing district of the city, was ar- rested this morning, charged with mis- of so far “ntil rétarns are in from ail states o determine in a measure the order 18.—Chester | the | GERMANY PLANNED THE BETRAYAL OF ROUMANIA Washington, Sept. 18.—The betrayal of Roumania and elaborate advance plans of Germany and her Russian Bolsheviki tools for suppressing and murdering loyal Roumanians, Rus- sians and Poles are exposed in detail by today’s chapters of the astounding secret Russian documents which the American government is giving to tne public. DAL Other installments of the series have described how the Bolshevik leaders, Lenine and Trétzky, and tireir asso- cia bought by #he Getmans n gold" and engineered their bloody averthrow of Russia for the benefit of their masters. Now the story is told of how, while the Brest- Litovsk peace conference farce still was in progress, the Bolsheviks were sending hired agents into Roumania to disorganize the armies of Russials ally, dethrone the Roumanian king and turn loose the German armies occupied there for service in a gre offensive on the western front. The second phase of the latest di closure shows the Bolshevik at Ger- man direction undertaking not only to kill refactory Russians but to shoot individually and wholesale Polish sol- diers who were refusing to be sold to the Germans and patriotically keeping the field against their enemies. One of the documents transmits orders from the German intellizence service o “take most decisive measures, up to shooting en masse, against Polish troops,” and to institute surveillance of institutions and persons, including | the Roman-Catholic Polish clerg: Explanatory notes by Edgar Sissons. who obtained the documents, add many details lacking in the papers them- selves, including a story of how the Roumanian minister barely escaped as. sassination after being arrested by the ppropriating the district's funds to| Bolsheviki anq released through the the amount of $35,000 efforts of Ambassador Francis and Until & month ago Selleck was a|other diplomats. tank cashier. An inquiry had been onducted into the First taxing dis- irict funds, which were formerly the sinking fund of the city of Norwalk safore the comsolidation of the Nor- walks. While the charge i« that of cmbeszling $35000 in funds, the smount has been variously estimated at between 320,000 and $35,000. BRITISH AVIATORS HAVE BOMBED DOCKS OF BRUGES London, Sept. 18.—ritish army and savy aviators in the last 48 hours have dropped thirteen tons of bombs on the ocks at Bruges and a German air- rome in Belglum, says an official statement from the admiralty today. in air fghting eleven German air- planes were destroyed. Five enemy seaplanes which ap- proached the east coast of England were driven off by four British ma- hines, one ememy machine being de- stroyed CANCEL CALL FOR 513 MEN FROM CONNECTICUT | Hartfofd, Conny Sept. 18.—The pro- vost, marshal general's qffice has can- the call announced Monday for 518 _men from Connecticut to be sent o Camp Dix, N. J., Major John Buck- ley was advised today. This action was taken as a result of Major Buck- iey's report that there are but 1,723 men left in Class 1 in the state. The call for 1.710 men to be sent to Camp Greenleaf, Ga., on Oct. 7 will be filled. ALBERT HURD, FAMOUS HORSE THIEF, DEAD North Adame, Mass; Sept. 18.—Al- bert Hurd, alias Charles Eastman, one of the most famous horse thieves in this country, died in the county house of the jail af Troy, N. Y., early this morning of pneumonia, Hurd was 77 yoars old and had spent the greater part of his life in jail for horse steal- ing, his most recent offense teing in Doyntonville, N. Y., not far from here on July 18. in North Adams. GERMANS PUT TO FLIGHT ON THE MAECDONIAN FRONT Washington, Sept. 18.—German troops sent to the Macedonian front to aid the hard-pressed Bulgarian Vi the Buleariads, says.a Serbian with the gays.a Ser statement on today’s operations tenight_at the Serbian lega- o — . He spent his early lite WAGE ADJUSTMENTS TO BE MADE ON 8-HOUR DAY BASIS New York, Sept. 18—The general application of the principle of a basic =ight hour day by the war labor board in settling all future’ working hour disputes was forecast here tonight by Frank P. Waleh, joint chairman of the board. in announcimg the decision of Chief Justice Walter Clark of North Carolina, umpire appointed by the board to .settle a working dispute be- tween the Molders’ union and the Wheeling Molders’ and Foyndry com\- pany of Wheeling. W. Va. - Justice Clark's decision, which be- comes autematically the ruling of the war labor board, directed that, in the future, molders should be required to work more than eight hours’ a day “only when an emergency exists’ and directed appointment of a permanent committee of four to deside when an emergency actually exists, EMBARGO ON LUMBER SHIPMENTS TO THE EAST St. Louls, Mo, Sept. 18—An em- bargo against the shipment of virtu- ally all kinds of lumber from any point in the United States or €anada to any point east of the Mississippi river and north of the Ohio river ex- cepting shipments for war purposes was announced today at the St. Louis office of the railroad administrations The order contains a clause, how- ever, which permits such 'shipments for commercial purposes when the consignees can produce evidence which the railroad administration considers sufficient to warrant the issuance of a permit. The order is effective as of last Monday. It states that shipments in transit will be accepted. TWO MEN KILLED IN . GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT Canaan, Conn., Sept. 17. A Gagnaar, 25, and Harold Lamb, 18, of Plainville, Conn., were killed this af- ternoon when & truck upon which t} were riding was struck by ‘a bound train at m at & e Sheffield, The truck from Hud- son, N. Y., with beer Kegs, and the young men apparently, did not see the approaching . The motor truck was demolished, and the locomotive was so badly damaged that the train could not proceed io this station for an hour. The aceidenf happened near the Berkshire Lime Company’s plant, ' institutions. and office buildings" - Cabled Paragraphs 268 CASUALTIES REPORTED IN TWO ARMY LISTS ‘Washington, Sept. 18.—The follow- ing casualties are reported by Commanding eneral of the can Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action.37; missing in ae- tion 38; wounded severely 39; died of wounds 11; died from aeroplane acci- dent 1; wounded, degree undeter- mined 5; died of disease 8; prisoners 3; total 142. New England men are: Killed in Action. George M. Shanon, Boston, Wounded Severely: Privates—Daniel Fernimo, Hartford, Conn.; John Joseph Kiely, Westfield, Mass. Ameri- Corporal Mass. Private Alfreq W. Page, Easthamp- ton, Mass . Prisoners. Lieutenant Crawford J. Cambridge, Mass. Private Joseph Remi Hetu, Woon- socket, R. L . Ferguson, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON’S LIST Killed in action: 37; missing in ac- tion 7; wounded severely , 71; died from wounds 11; total 126. New England men are: Killed in Action. Lieutenant George F. McGillen, Brookline, Mass. Corporal Jordon Brnest Phee, Jam- aica Plain, Mass. Private Walter A. Marr, Lowell, Mass. Died from Wounds. Privaté Raymond E. Blake, Paw- tucket, R. L. Wounded Severely. Privates—James W. Francis, Bos- ton, Mass.; Harry A. Munroe, Lynn, Mass.; Archie Q. Neiss, Wakefield, Mass.; Charles Neumaier, Prospect Conn.; Omer J. Poitras, Nashua, N. H.; Ralph Vincent Sanita, Providence, R. L; Patrick J. Stanton, West Quin- ¢y, Mass.; Leo Thibaudeau, Worces- ter, Mass, _Previously reported missing in a tion, now reported wounded (degres undetermined): Privates — James | Whitinsville, Mass. son, Boston, Mass. Previously reported killed in action, now reported wounded in action: Private Clyde C. Perry, Alboin, Maine. E. Lightbows William D. Man MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES. Summary of casualties to dat Officers — deaths 37; wounded b4 missing 1; total 102. Enlisted men— deaths 919; wounded 1,9 in hands of ‘enemy 11; missing 151; grand to- tal 2006; grand total 3,108. s o m > 5 £ » z = m z m| z £l ] > iz o FROM INFLUENZA IN 24 HOURS Boston, Sept. 1S—Influenza and pneumonia continued today to take a toll of death in New England. With- in the 24 *hours ending at 10 o'clock tonight 41 deaths were recorded by tie | Boston health authorities. At the naval camps and stations in New Bngland there were 11. deaths and ary camps. and fortss reported four. Several cities and towns-ayithin.a-25- mile radius of Bosion reported deaths among the civilian population. Dr. William C. Woodward, health commissioner of Boston, said there need be no cause for alarm, as tne health authorities had the situation will in hand. SIX DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED AT CAMP DIX Camp Dix, N. J, Sept. 18.—Six deaths from ’Spanish influenza e | occurred in shis camp among the 1500 | men who have been stricken with the disease since Sunday, and 200 otker cases are considered by camp medical officers to be serious, it was learned tonight. Two hundred new cases were discovered today, and it was - found ! that 35 men iil with influenza had! developed pneumonia. that | now The doctors believe, however, the | the spread of the disease has been checked. ! SANITATION ENGINEERS I TO COMBAT INFLUENZA | Washington, Sept. 18.—Steps' were | taken toaay by the emergency fleet | corporation to prevent infiuenza from | interfering with ship production. San- itation engineers in all ecastern ship- | yards were notified by Lieutemant | Colonel Philip S. Doane, head of the health and sanitation section of the | corporation, to exhaust eve 10 keep the disease from the yards, Colonel Doane, in a statement issued tonight, advanced the theory that the disease, which h¢ characterized as “nothing more or less than ‘old-fash- ioned grip'” was brought to the United States by members of the crews of German submarines, who, he said, were reported to have been ashore at New York and other places. THREE DEATHS FROM INFLUNZA AT NEW ORLEANS New Orleans, La., Sept. 15.—Three members of the créw of a Mexican vessel now in port here have died and fourteen others are ill as a result of what is believed to be Spanish_ influ- enza, it was announced today by the health authorities. The vessel arriv- ed a few days ago from a Mexlcan port and was held at quarantine, of-| ficials then stating that several cases | suspected as influenza had been dis- covered aboard. STEADY ABATEMENT OF INFLUENZA AT NEWPORT Newport, R. L, Sept. 18—Steady - provement in_the igluenza situation in the Second naval district led the commandant, Rear Admiral Joseph W. Oman, to rescind today the order is- sued a few days ago forbidding enlist- ed men to leave Newport without a special pass. In and about this city today 241 new cases of influenza were reported, with four deaths, CHARLES H. HIGGINS OF NEW HAVEN KILLED BY AUTO New Haven, Conn, Sept. 18— Charles H. Higgins, 41, a brewery worker of this City, was probably fa- tally injured tonight when he was strcuk by an automobile driven by Walter A, Yost of Martford. ~Hig- gins _was, taken to the New Haven Pospital, where it was stated at mid- night that he was in a dving condi- tion. Yost was placed under arrest, charged with reckless driving and re. Jeased on $500 bonds pending arraign- ment in city court tomorrow. YALE TO KEEP TEMPERATURE IN WINTER AT 65 DEGREES New Haven Conm, Sept 13. — Al Yale University buildines will be kept this winter at a temperature rot high- er than 65 degrees. A statement by the Yale Corporation tocay said this action was taken “in the hope that it may followed by other academie | carefully planneq undertaking of con- | manufacturers, and®the stock yards, ! daily newspapers did mot Operating| They Played an Important| Part in Defeat of Germans at St. Mihiel. ‘With the American Army ‘on tHe Lorraine Front, Sept. 18.—(By the A. P.)—Squadrops of American-manned tanks, operating for the first time on a large scale in the attack on the St. Mihie] salient played an important| and dramatic part in the federal de-| feat of the Germans, Divided into brigades, light, inter- mediate and heavy—the fanks swung out onto the fleld of battle immedi- | ately after the barrage. Before the day had ended they had entered the villages of Nonsard, Pannes, la- marche and Binney considerably ahead of the infantry. Early in the action difficulty was experienced in getting to the front sufficient gasoline, although a great fleet of gasoline tanks had Leen pre- pared to carry supplies. The gas tanks were attacked by the enemy or were mired and it was here that the American ingenuity came to the res- cue. Barrels of gasoline were trundled and rolled over the roadless fields by daring volunteers to mect the most pressing needs. Bobsleds, curiously enough, were found more efficient than wagons in earrying supplies, since they could be dragged over the mud with- out being mired and on them hundreds of gallons of gasoline were conveyed to the fighting tanks. The advance of the tanks brought out many examples of daring on the part ‘of their crews. One major whose machine was enuipped with a 37 mil- limeter zun instead of a_machine gun violated his orders and went far ahead until he was within range of Nonsard. With one well placed shot he knocked two Germans oy of a church steeple from which thiey were firing a machine gun. A lieutenant, shot through the palm of the left hand by an explosive bul- let, was sent to a hospital but es- caped and walked six miles back to the field. He appeared at his tank ith the statement that he could “carry on” with his right hand. Several others were wounded but remained on duty. No one was killed, Lowever, even though a German six inch shell ploughed clear throuzh a small tank, destrovingz it but injuring but one of the crew. Another tank cap- tured a battery of ‘“seventy sevens” but was =o far ahead of the infantry it cou! not “turn over the guns to them. / The storv is told of another tank which went into ¢ with a ser- zeant armed with a rifie perched on the turrét. This machine two hatteries of “sevent machine guns and many mer. Tanks were occasionally as much as two miles ahead of the infantry throwing consternation into the Ger mans. Part of the ruccess which at- tended their share in the battle un- doubtedly was due tothe intensive training given drivers who are taught to operite. fhe miAehines bindfolded. guided only by signals from the gun- ners. This sometimes is necessar when the drivers are blinded tempor- Iy by splashes of mud. E days before the offen- sive the tanks which were to take part were manoeuvred in an interfor town while the civilians watched them with amazement with no knowledge of what it portended. Some time be- fore the battle the tank crews were given their final instructions on a hypothetical battlefieid mathematical- Iy divided up into debarking points and supply ddepots. MORE THAN 1,000 ARMORED" "CARS USED AT ST. MIHIEL! Amsterdam, Sept. 18.—The Frankfort Zeitung's correspondent telegraphs the iollowing from the west front under daie of Sept. 16: 7 “The Franco-American attack at St.| Mihiel is now seen to have been a siderable magnitude. The number of attacking enemy divisions is not known for certain, but we know that our losses in prisoners were due to the extensive use by the enemy of tanks. More than 1,000 armored cars of all sizes participated. ‘One of our divisions counted in its ector alone sixty large and forty small tahks. Troops who hold out ste in their positions are always liable io be surrounded by this mobile arm.” WORK OF FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSTON CRITICIZED Washington, eSpt. 18. — Continuing. his testimony before the senate agri cultural committee today n justifica- tion of the attack of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States upon the Federal Trade Commission, Rush C. Butler of Chicago cited varlous In- stances in which he said the commis- sion's activities were subject to criti- cism. He referred particularly to the commission’s investigation of the news print, paper industry, the brass bed and to the commission's criticisms of Wilson and Company and Morris and Company, packers. Senator Norris of Nebraska inquired whether the packers advertising in the influence editorials favorable to the Chamber of Commerce’s criticism. “I do not be- lieve it was quite as bad as that,” Mr. Butler replied. Senator Gore inquired whether Mr. Butler or any member of Lis law firm ad ever been employed in any ca- pacity by any of the packers. The witness said he was emploved by Cud- ahy and Company, from 1910 to 1915 or 1916 in connection with its interstate business. Mr. Butler declared that t wne charges against the packers were true, “the department of justice, from the attorney general dow) should be im- peached for failure to proceed against them. GEN. SOUKHOMLINOFF WAS COURTMARTIALED AND SHOT London, Sept. 18.—General ~Souk- homlinoff, minister of war in the Rus- sian imperial cabinet from 19309 to 1615, was courtmartialed on Sept. 8 and shot on the same day, according to a Pefrograd despatch printed in the newspapers of Vienna and transmitted here by the Amsterdam correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company. HOSTILE PLANES BROUGHT DOWN BY THE BRITISH London, Sept. 18.—Three hostile air- planes on a mnight bombing expedi- tion were brought down inside the! British lines last. night, according to| the official statement on aviation is- sued tonight. Fourteen enemy ma- on Large Scale| Cyclone Started at Eastern Point Swept Through Groton Longg Point, Midway, the Mystics | and Into the Sound. New London, Conn., Sept. 18X | cyclone that started at Eastern Point about 4 o'clock this afternoon cut a| swath eight to ten rods wide and sev- | eral miles long through' Groton Long! Point, Midway station, Mystic, 0ld| Mystic and out into the Long Isfand | sound. Several small buildings were | blown down, roofs blown from houses, | hundreds of trees uprooted, some near- ly elghteen inches in diameter, and| telephone wires were down at many | points. Morton F. Plant’s estate suf- | fered some damage, many choice trees | Deing uprooted. Soveral persons were | struck by fiying debris, but no one was seriously injured. STATE PROBITIONISTS | OPEN THEIR CAMPAIGN | New Haven, Conn,, Sept. 18. — To open the campaign which has for its objective the nomination and _election of members of the next general assem- bly who will \ete to ratify the pro- posed amendment to the federal con- stitution prohibiting the manufacture | and sale of intoxicating liquors, a gathering of prominent men was held here tonight and a central committee chosen: E, G. Buckland, president of the New York, New Haven and Hart- | ford Railroad, was made chairman of | the committee. Among the vice chair- | men elected were Dean Blumer of the | Yaie Medica! School, Howard A. Adt| and Leonard S. Tyler, heads of two| large manufacturing plants, Professors Irving Fisher and C. J. Bartlett of Yale, D. Beede, superintendent of schools: Rabbj Mann, Rev. E. A. Dent, district superintendent of the Metho- ist- Episcopal Church, and Rev. C. O. Scoville, of Trinity Episcopal Church. On the committee itself, practically ¢ alrge Industry in the city is ented and among fourteen pro- sors of the Yale faculty - serving are Director Chittenden of the scien- tific school, Professor H. W. Farnan, Professor Robert N. Corwin and Dean Toumey of the forestry school. Mr. Buckiang, pregided and. during the discussion Judge C. J. Martin of Orange claimed thar the next house would ratify the ' prohibition amend- ment ond that the fight was to secure | control of the state senate. The mendment will be: supported by the Temperance Unign the state grange and twenty-five a 2 whose influcgce, would e excrted and_elections. He candidate 5o said that “dry 2sented to the vot- ers in ‘every s al district, “even v it be nece v %o nominate a d ticket if both political parties fail to recognize the necessity of hav dry candidate represent them.” | "“Chiiran’ Herbert C. Hoover of the | yne B. Wheeler, general counsel| pejgiym ~ Relief Commission | of the Anti-Saloon Teague. was the | Dot o of clothing for dests chigf speaker, describing the cam-| oo 08 0 SNl pll . B baign in Washington to secure passage|prance. - The drive will be condu of the proposed amendment which Willjy the American Red Cross during the | be submitted to the states. Ho prophe- | 2% [1eamerd i sied that' forty-two states would iralt Ma, o i his adopt the amendment_ana _thought |, A™irS] Mayer accompanied by his! there was « fighting chance to carry| e ' American navy in European| Connecticut. Sl : _The other speaker was Professor| g phighest radio aerial in the Flsher. who discussed the liquor ques-fyo1q, the cables of a captive balloon, | tonsfeomyily s economic Vi is in use in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.| o=t The yard is in communication with| ARRANGEMENTS FOR FUNERAL o i OF CARDINAL JOHN M. FARLEY | Thomas A. Edison has suggested | New York Sept .18 y | that every letter written in the United | the two surviving American cardinals | close with the words “Yours for the | and Catholic d| tions of the country, the Cardinal John Farley able archbishop of New from all sec- funeral held next Tuesday morning at St. Patrick’s cathedral. After a pub ceremony” at 10| o'clock, the hody of the prelate wil be lowered .in the presence only of clergythen and members of the re- ligious orders of the archdiocese, into a crypt beneath the altar. Here, in the very heart of the great edifice built under his leadership, the Irish- born priest who rose to the highest cflice, next to the papal, throne, in the Catholic church, will find a last rest- ing place beside the remains of Car- dinal McCloskey and Archbishops Hughes and Corrigan. Rites of the church leading to the final obsequies have been planned with claborate detail. On a catafalque in the main aisle of the cathedral, so placed that it may be viewed from all parts of the gidi- torfum, the body of the prelate will lie in state from Friday until the hour of the funeral The funeral mass will be celebrated by Bishop Hayes, assisted by many priests high in the ranks of the Cath- olic clergy of America. SEC’Y DANIELS SPEAKS AT NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATION Annapolis, Md., Sept. 18 su 3 s the only argument Gi militarists can unde: Daniels declared here today, at the graduation exercises at the na- \al academy when 646 new ens:zns re- ceived their commissions after an in- tensive ten week course oi study. “The attention of the wcrdd in the past few days,” Mr. Daniels said, “has been centered upon four tings: first, the victories of the allied forces, cul- minating 'n Pershing’s advance and capture of prisoners; second the scream of the Kaiser at Essen: third, Germany’s offer of a treaty of peace with Belgium; fourth, Austria’s sug- gestions of a conference of all the bel- ligerent nations for the purpose of ex- changing views, peaking AMERICANS EXCEL IN ARTILLERY ENGAGEMENT With the American Army on the Lorraine Front, Sept. 18 The A, P.) In the artillery exchange of Tues- day the American gunners held the upper hand, destroying German am- munition dumps near La_Chausee, in addition to a big gun, and making di- rect hits near Chambley. Tuesday night the Germans threw eight hundred shells into the regions around Xammes, Beney and Chateau St. Benoit. Czecho-Slovaks Capture Perm. Paris, Sept. 18 (Havas)—A despatch from Vladivostok announces that the Cazecho-Slovak forces have captured Perm. The same despatch states, on the other hand, that the government of Samara has been transferred to Ufa, in the government of the same name, 280 miles northeast and much nearer the Siberian border. Perm is the capital of the govern- ment of Perm and is situated on tne chines were' destroyed altogether and five others driven down out of con- trol. Bleven British machines fail- “ed to retura, Kama river. Near it is one of {ne Jargest Russian ordnance works. The 'games were cancelled by the Brazilian |..A gencral conservative program for tand, Secretary |? 'treatment and 'exchange of prisoners Condensed Telegrams Cuban citizens registored .for .the draft total about 125,000. o Internal revenue collections for tho fiscal year ended amounted to $3,694,- 703,334, Licenses of German insurance com- overnmer:t. The Standard Oil Co. of New York announced an increase of % cemt in the price of refined oil for export. Two steamers arriving at an Atlan- tjc port from West Indian ports report severe storms all the y up the coast. | Four thousand men are in guaran- tine as the result of Spanish influenza | at the Great Lakes Training Station, nL. One million rifies were produced by the Eddystone plant of the Midvale} Steel Co., near Philadelphia, in a year. Secretary Daniels issued an order prohibiting naval omcers from using| gas driven automobiles while gasoline | Sunday remains in effect. ] The Union Trust Co. of Providence, R. 1, with $1000,000 capital and $12,- 000,000 resources, was-admitted to the Federal Reserve system. All of the Reading Coal & Iron CoJs | collieries except those in the Shamo- kin region resumed work at the re- quest of Fuel Administrator Garfield. A favorable, report was made to the | Senate by the military affairs commit- tee on the bill authorizing the creation of a department for aeronautics. The North Birmingham powder plant of the Aetna Explosives Co.w i reported blown up. No communica- | tions have been received from the| plant. The President of Argentina asked Congress for authority to requisition | steamers of Argentine register. They | will be operated by the government. the furniture inustry covering mate- ial, labor, capital, and transportation was announced by, the War Industries | Board . ) Primary campaign expenditures of candidates for Congress in New Yorl Tllinois, Ohio. Michigan, West Virgin- | ia and several other s are under | investigation of the Department of Justice. ! A petition was circulated on the floor | of the Chicago Board of Trade re- | questing the directors to make grain in car lots on track deliverable for future delivery. The first furnace of the ferro-man- ganese plant of the Anaconda Copper Co, at reat Falls, Mont, was blow in. Four more are operation by Nov & A large fund for the establishment of a convalescent home for waunded soldiers and sailors who were formerly | employed by the railroads is being taken up by railroad men. Cadets and student officers at Kelly | i Tex.. are helping t in which training is not gener ‘approved by the training section. Consideration of the oil leasing bill | ate way blocked. Senateand | conferes ailed to on | provisions relating to_the supervision | in the Interior Department of the de- | velopment of coal and oil lands. States during the n, fourth Liberty Loan. Alvin Hutchinson of New Britain sentenced to 6 to 10 years in the criminal court at Hartford on a stat- five wee it utory charge involving a woman. The horribly mangled body of | George Shulauskas of 3) West Porter | treet, was found at the foot of the elevator t at the Hellmann Brew- ing company’s plant, Waterbury. ] Charles G. Peck, warden of the cor- | ough, Newton, died at the Danbury| hospital yesterday after a long illness. | Increases in wages for operatives | employed by the Uswoco compa=y | mills at Lawrence, Mass. amounting | to 10 per cent. on light work and | 12 1-2 per cent. on heavy worls were announced by Henry B, Endicott, - | Se¢ond Lieutenants James L. Me- | Keever of New York city and John M. Widenham of Los Angeles, Cal, both stationed at Love field, Tex., .were | killed vesterday when their airplane | went into a slide slip and crashed io | earth, twelve miles north of Fort| Worth, Tex. S | Barton Smith of Toledo, Ohio, was re-elected sovereign grani comma’u’lerl of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rites for the Northern Masonic Juris- | diction, at the annual meeting at Bos- ton yesterda MORE MEN NEEDED FOR AIRCRAFT SERVICE | n, Sept. 18.—Production of 1d motors and the training raft personnel are now so; advanced. the .wa d rtment nnounced tonight, that add nal pi- lots, observers and mechan needed. To secure these men the service enlistment rolls have been re- opend for volur ¥y induction of men | of draft age. i i ir | Since the declaration of war, the announcement aid, the enl a strength_of the air service has in-| creased from 1110 to 147,434 JOHN W. DAVIS TO BE LONDON AMBASSADOR | Washington, Sept. 18 (hy A, P.).— John W. Davis of West nia, now | solicito}-general of the United States, has been selected by President Wilson | to succeed Walter Hines Page as am- | bassador to Great Britain, The announcement of Mr. Davi se- lection today disclosed that he had arrived safely in Switzerland. where | he is tp head the American delegation at the Berne conference Detween | American and German missions on the | of war. PERSHING REPORTS FIVE AMERICAN PLANES MISSING ‘Washington, Sept. 18, “ive Ameri- can planes are missing as a result of | an attack by a superior German force | during a bombing expedition in Lor- raine, General Pershing reported in, today's communique received tonight | by the war department. . With the exception of artillery activity in Lor- rajne and Alsace, the American ‘sec- | tors remain inactive. FIVE SOLDIERS KILLED IN TROOP TRAIN DRECK ! Washington, Sept. 18 “ive soldiers | were killed and at least 4 injured in the wreck last ni zht of a troop train near Marshfield, Mo. This was an- population at the last ecensus was aeut 50,008 i nounced tonight Sy the wir depart- mens principal tax provisions of the war the house toda. clerks we them. b considered leaders Dbelieve a final vote W | bility that it may come tomorrow. e proposed efther was 1ejected summari- 1y or passed over so that the ithat they are too high. n {ment by Representative Platt of -New xpected to be in | i to construct a weir in the St. { few thou i HOUSE WORKS ONNEW WARREVENUEBLL All the Principal Tax Provisions Were Approved as Fast as Clerks Could Read Them—Only 2 Few Minor Amend- ments Remain to Be Considered—May Reach Vote Friday. ! ‘Washington, 18—AN of t};e‘ new bill were . approved by almost as fast as two ing in relays could read With only a few minor pro- and amendments now to be Sept. annually according to horsepower, was sharply agtacyed but finally approved. Chairman Kitchin of the ways and means committge said' the proposed license tax virtfally is a road tax, in view of government appropriations for road work. Some members doubted that the tax would apply to used autos, but Representative Kitchin said that Vo matter how many times a machine changed hands, each swner would have 10 pay the lederal license. The provisions ‘amending the Har- rison drug act, wigh much more dras- tic regulaticns of traffic in narcotics adopted without change. Among new proposals to be offered tomorrow is the plan, urged generally by republicans but opposed by Pres- ent Wilson, for a joint congressional committee to super war expendi- tures. Representative Moore of Penna sylvania plans to offer an amend- ment authorizing creation of such a committee. The house upproved without dedate the doubled tax on beer $6 a barre the wine tax schedule raising $20,00 000, and the tax on insurance policies. The distilled spirits section increasing the rate from $3.20 to $§ a gallon on beverages and estimated to raise $795,” revenus ng 1 be reached riday with a possi- After adopting within an honr -the excess profits provisions without hange. the house passed . important ections raising many millions of dol- rs without a word of objection or en discussion. ~ Every amendment vays ind means commiztee can _consider them before final action is taken. Besides the war excess profits sec- tions which yield the greatest returns to come from the bill, provisions rdopted today were taxes on estates, stimated to raise $110,000.000; trans- ons, $100,000.000; excise taxes, uding automobiles, jewelry. lux- s dnd semi-luxnries, $515,000,00 Deverazes $1,137.000,001 tobacco, $341,000,000; capital stock, $70.000,00 e federal automobile license provi- ion, $72930,000 and stamp taxes,| 200,000 was adopted. The doubled tax 332,000,000, | of 30 cents on rectifiers also was *The luxury taxes caused some dis- | passed. on, some members contending the 1's rates are too low and others An amend- Other provisions approved without interruption of the reading clerks in- cluded the new 30 per nt, tax on “near beer” and similar beverages; the 20 per cent. tax on grape juice, root beer, mineral waters and other soft drinks sold by the manufacturer.and the new tax of two cents cn_each ten cent sale at soda fountains, ice cream parlors and similar soft drink retail establishments. The doubled cigar and cigarette taxes also were passed with scant de- bate. The doubled tax of two cents on each ten cents paid for amusement admissions, cabarets, “scalpers” tick- €ts, theatres and private hoxes and the doubled tax of 20 per cent. on club dues were adopted without comment. The increase of from 3 to 5 per cent. in tax on commercial automobile manufacturers’ sales and tné increase from 3 to 10 per cent. on pleasure au- York to reduce the luxuries rate from 20 to 15 per cent .was defea‘ed. The most important matters re- maining to be disposed of are the pro- posal to tax cotton $3 a bale and to impose a 5 per cent. tax on products of child labor. The cotton tax was formally proposed” by Representative ! Moore of Pennsylvania and the amend- mert met_instant and spirited oppo- sition. Leaders predicted tonight that the amendment would be reject- Representative Green of Towa zave otice that tomorrow the will offer his labor amendment with predic- that it also would be rejected. Other provisions deferred for action morrow include: The cause $10 annualy on | “propr trade, business or | tomobiles, motor tires and ac- profe whose gposs recelpts are | cessories were approved without de- e bate, as were the rates on [ianos and An by Representative | other musical instruments, athletic Treadwar of Massachusetts to levy 10 | goods, chewing gum, candy, cameras, ner cent. on gross receipts from bill- | photographic films, and plates and board, street electric sign andjmany other articles. Similaf advert The dispute over taxing cotton was Allowances denletion of oil and |brought up by Representative Moore of cae wells and mines, Pennsylv but agreed to postpone The husiness, or occupational. li- | the question until tomorrow. He of- cense tax of $10 proved a stumbling|fered an amendment to levy a tax of bloek today, because of confusion over |$3 a bale on cotton used in a variety nd it was dctermined er having the section redraft- of cotton goods enumerated against which Representative Crisp of Geor- gia, made a point of order. The two cents a gailon tax on < line was,approved without discu: d federal license tax for ranging from % to $30 'mobiles, RENEWAL OF BR'DGEPORT STRIKE 1S THREATENED GERMANY DISCLAIMS ANY KNOWLEDGE OF PEACE NOTE Washington! Sept. 18.—German dis-| Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 18. — The claimers of knowledge of Austria’s in- | Status quo has been reachcd in tention to despatch or proposal for : Bridgeport strike situation with fifty | employes of the Usfon Metallic Car~ tridge company on ‘recess” and sev- enty employes of the Liberty Ordnance company not reinstated pending intef~ pretation of the national war labor board’s ruling and the ordnance de- partment action in supplying muni- tions work. Messages have been sent to Messrs, Taft and Walsh of the mational war labor board asking for an interpreta- tion of the order demanding that the men be reinstated upon their old worl Twelve girls working upon grinding operations at the U. M. C. company have displayed an equal number of returning strikers who were offered other work, but geclare-the wage rate is too low. The company officials re- fuse to displace tie girls until they are ordered to do so by the war board. At the Liberty Ordnance plant, op- erated by the American Can company for the government, officials claim they have no work for the men still unemployed. Théy await ordnance de- partment sanction before reinstating them in idleness. The matter has been placed before Waldo C. Bryant, chief of the Bridgeport ordnance di- vision, ‘and in turn transmitted- o the procurement division at Washington in the hope that immediate work will be granted the Liberty Ordnance plant. Both sides in the controversy be- tween labor and industry here accuse the other side of quibbling and a new rupture is momentarily threatened. non-binding discussions of peace are betng made in the face of information ! of the Americati government that the German_ zevernment was fully aware | of its ally’s purpose. It is not known that Germany' gave her spesific approva. to the Austrian move, but officials are satisfied that if approval was withheld it was solely for the reason that a doubt was enter- dined as fo ‘the success of the under- | king. That the German government was in full sympathy with the Austrian pur- pose is regardeq as established from | ihe record. Officials today called at- tention to the fact that this latest proposal was in reality nothing more than an elaboration in many words of one of the initial peace efforts launch- ed by both Germany and Austria Dec. 12. 1918 As in the present case, the special interest of the pope was so- licited and the neutral states were notified. Officials here see the marked resemblance between the two proposi- tions. It was said at the state department today that so far it had not been in- | formed of the replies to be made by any of th eother co-belligerents but it was manifest that little d~ Wt was | entertained as to what they § ould De. COMMISSIONERS OF CONCILIATION NAMED Washington, Sept. 18—Commission- ers of conciliation were named tod: by the department of labor to adjy differences hetween employes and em- overs at a number of plants work- g on war orders where strikes either are threatened or are impending. The plants include: RECORD PRODUCTION OF COAL AT CONNELLSVILLE" Uniontown, Pa., Sept. 1S.—All coke production and mining records of Colt Fire Arms Company and Bil- | ae Connelisvilie region were shat- lings and Spencer, Bridgeport. Conn. [ tered last week, accordins to! figures where drop forgers demard increased | issued today by produsers. There wages and an eight hour day. were 346955 tons of coke produced | Savage Arms Company. Philadelphia, | and 216,184 tons of coal shipped. The where foolmakers and machinists are | total coal tonnage Jmined was 736,953, more than 15,000 tons over any pre- vious record. Producers expect to turn out 800,000 tons this week. ard_and other plants at Los Calif., where the men cl: awards have not been put into w effect EXPRESS COMPANY DESIRES TO INCREASE ITS RATES Washington, Sept. 13.—Application for another ten per cent, increase in express rates has been made by the American Railway Express Company to Director General McAdoo, Who now has the proposal under consideration. The new scales wouid add to the com- pany's annual revenue $24,000,000 a year. TO CONSTRUCT WEIR IN % THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER Washington, Sept. 18—The Interna- | Joint Commission has granted pplication of the Alpminum com- of America, a Pittsburg concern, Law- rence river at Long Sault near Mas? sena, N. Y. overruling the objection of the Canadian government that the construction would violate Canadian DANISH-AMERICAN SHIPPING treaty righ » The commission held that construc= _AGREEMENT COMELETED tion of the a war emergency | Washington, Sept. 18. —' Danish- as it would the outpui of [ American commercial and shipping luminum needed by the Urited States nd the allies in the manufacture of war materials. Authorization.to main- tain the wier limited, however, to the period of the war agreements which have been the sub- ject of negotiations between the War Trade Board and the special Danish mission in Washington, were com- pleted tonight and signed. Similar agreements have been made with all European neutrals except Holland. INTEREST FROM ALLIES IS ABOUT §10,000,000 A MONTH Washington, Sept. 18.—Interest paid Germans Are Planting Mines. the American government by the al-|) With the Amierican' Army 08 the lied countries on war loans now sorraine Front, EOI tor . g_“‘ amounts to about $10.00.009 monthly | P-)—American patrols after a mighi near the enemy’s lines reported that the Germans were plachig mines at various points in the region of Hau- mont. This seemingly indieates that the Germans are preparing {o evacus ate. - and ‘within a vear is expected to reach $40,000,000 a month. This was discio: ury dep: d todav by tseas- tment officials who said a and dollars still ix_due from the Russian sovernment for the 3187.- 000,000 advanced earlier in .the = ah But that this would be paid as soon Lower Prices in France. } ccounting. difficuities - ~are - Péris, Sept. 15. — The' government: st oned out. Approvimaiely | has decreed prices for wheat and oth- 110,000,060 in interest has been paid |cr cereals from the. 1319 harvest, all <o far by allied governments. . Current | showing a glight reduction from the loans are made at 5 per cent 1918 rates.