Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 26, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 231 ISASTER BN AND VICH, CONN. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1918 10 PAGES—76 COLS. , PRICE TWO CENTS FRONTS Th THER ALLIS Entente rorces Continue Their Successes in Macedonia and Turkey—Advices From Berlin Indicate That There is Apprehension Over the Long Range Guns of tthmefl- cans—British and French Progress in the Surrounding of St. Quentin. (By The Associated Press. The Teutonic allied forces in Mace- donia and Turkey still are in flight Lefore the armies of the Entente, while on the highly important St. Quentin sector in France the Briteh and French armies after hard fighung have drawn more closely their lines in the :nvestment of the town on the north- west, west and south. The stubborn resistance of the Germans, in defenss and 11 counter-attack, has been un- avalling except to impede the progress of the men of the armies of Fleld Marshal Haig and General Debeney. In Macedonia the Bulgarian and German troops are still faced with disaster; in Palestine the remaining Turks seem to have scarcely & chance for escape from the Britiss forces and friendly tribesmen who are ciosing in upon them east of the River Jordan. More than, 40,000 prisoners and 2 guns have been taken by tho British, and yet General Al appetite for further emoluments for his nard cam- paign has not been satiafed. Gauged by the tness of the strokes Allenby is delivering, it is his purpose absolutely to overwhelm the Ottomans. And the fulfillment of his plans seems appreciably nea. In no less critical situation Germans and Bulgarians in Mace~ donia theater. Here, except immedi- on the Bulgarian frontier where ‘he mountaifious country gives them #round for strong fesistance to the sion of Bulgarian territory through passes, the Bulgarians and Ger- evrywhere are in rapid retreat the Italians, Serbians, Graeks British. Rent in twain at sev- era points the enemy forces are be- are the wildered and operating as separate units. Respectively on the western and castern fianKs, the Iialians and the Greehs and British are fast .throw- ing forward their lines in cr.deavors to enveiope the enemy, whiie in the center, where the Serbs have driven their sharp wedge toward Ishtip, there is no lagging, notwithstanding the dif. Heuit territory that is. being encoun- tered. Rear guards of the ememy, armed with machine guns, are but lit- tle delaying the men whose task it is to reciaim their kingdom. As yet there is 0 news of great ac- svity in Albania, but a resumption. of operations there in conjunction with those_in the east apparently cannot long bo delayed. On the French front the British have taken the village of Selency, a scant two miles from the western tn- virons of St. Quentin, and Loth the British and French troops rorth and south of this line have drived further wedges into the German front. More than a thousand prisoners and many machine guns have been taken by* the British in these operations. Numer- ous strong counter-attacks were deliv- cred by the ememy, both at Selency and at Gricourt, but Haig's ‘men put all of them down, with heavy losses to the Germans. < The Germans also have reacted strongly in the region lying west of the Chemin des Dames, endeavoring to regain the territory held - by the French as a menace against both the Chemin des Dames and the Laon sec- tors. Here also the enemy was beaten off. \ Good weather has returned to the American sector on the Lorraine front, but nothing has cccurred there except “he usual reciprocal bombardments and a resumption of aerial antivity on a great scale. Advices from Berlin are to the effect that there is much per- turbation in Germany over the long distance guns of the Americans, which are shelling the areas behind the Ger- man line. The advices say that prep- arntions are being made for' the ex- veditious evacuation of the eivilians from Metz and other places within range when such a move becomes ne- cessary, SBENATE COMMITTEE I3 REVISING WAR REVENUE Washington, Sept. Provisions of the house draft ol the war revenue Lill designed to raise trom incomes of ir proved with slight ch nate finance comm.( sins the measure normal rate of 12 per cent. in incomeés of in- dividuals with § per cent. for the firs: $4.000 or_jess- was adopted, bLut the ommitteé deided to readjust the sur- ax rates, however, without reducing mount of revenue they are de- eigned to, raise, In cousidering other sectioas of the individual income tax, the sepate commitiee made its first ‘roporian changes in the house bill~ Kor the touse clause exempting from income taxes suwaries of men in th: military e abroad or at sea up to $3,500, tee substituted a |rovision lary received from the gov- men “in active service i t sea” shall be exempt the fleid or from taxation Action on the house proviscns pro- posing a tax on the salaries of the presiGent, federal judges and offici of states. counties and mun vas deferred. The committee also ily passed over the house tax interest received from unty or municipal bond: new graduated surtax » 65 per cent .on those five million, but are to be ormly graduated. Tle house on incomes between $10,000 00 and between $100000 anil were regarded by committee as excessive, wk ie increases grades were believed to be ~xceeding more un her 0 low. In considering - the defimition of gross incdme, the committee vfsn de- ferred decision regarding the idclusion of praceeds from life insurance poli- es, but approved the house plan of uding income from gccident and th insurance. ADDITIONAL AMERICANS IN GERMAN PRiSON CAMPS Washington, Sept. 25.—Names of 71 additional Americans held prisoner in Germany were announced today by the war department. The men and the camps where located follow: At camp unknown: Privates D. E. Taubert, Clinton, Mass.; George E. Turner, Providence, R. I. Alton E. Stowell, North Dana, Mass. Carl Huffman (believed to be Carl Hoffman) Hampden, Conn. Wiliam T. Hall, 169 Olive street, New Haven, Conn. Bdward Gurney, 402 Huntington street, New Haven, Conn. The department also announced that Sergeant Erving A. Dresser of Bristol, Conn.. previously reported a prisoner. At Limburg, is now chairman of the help committee at Camp Lamsdort, Germany. BPAIN SILENT REGARDING MASSACRES IN RUSSIA Madrid, Sept. 25.—(By The A. P.) The Spanish government has not yet made any statement concernine the teceipt of President Wilson's recent note urging allied and neutral govern- ments to take action in cond:mnation of the massacres in Russia, According to information cbtained in reliable sources, however, Spain is ready to assist in any action having the re-establishment of order in Rus- sia as its objective, as King Alfonso and the Spanish governmeht are greatly interested in the future of that country, while Spanish capitalists hold 50,000,000 pesetas of the Russian debt. Spatn, therefore, without committing any uhneutral act is inclined to aid in amy common diplomatic action that is Lkaly to bring to an end the state of anarchy In Russla, it was said. BRITISH AVIATORS “GOT" 53 HOSTILE PLANES TUESDAY London, Sept. 35.—Fifty-three hos- tile alrplanes were accountel for by British aviators on Tuesday, accord- REAL ESTATE OF MRS. LILLY BUSCH TO BE SOLD Washington, Sept. 3p.—Rea estate on Riverside Drive, New York city, owned by Mrs. Lilly Busch, wife of the late Adolphus Busch, milifonaire brawer, of St. Louis, are to be sold by | federal custodian of alien property at | private sale. -~ Autherity for- the sale is given in an executi order of the president. made public today at-the { custodian’s otfice. All of Mrs, Busch's property in this ed &t many millions of ars was seized by the aiien prop- erty custodian while Mrs. Busch was in Germany, but since her return to America she has filed a petition ask- ing for its veturn on the ground that she is an American. No action has yet been taken on the petitions and the nresident’s order explained that it was for this reason that the propeny in New York copld be 3o0ld at public anc- tion. | _An offer for the purchase of the Riverside Drive property was made be- tore the president's order was issued, it is disclosed, and Mrs. Busch con- sented in writing that the sale be made. M Puseh’s Riverside Drive real estate, whih is unimproved over- looks the Hudson river and its sale was ordered under the section of the law which prohibits any alien from ovning .property or buildings in prox- imity to a naval station or base. AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING CO. EARNED 7991 PER CENT. Cleveland, 0., Sept. 2. In the ban- ner year of its history, the twelve months ended June 30, 1918, the Amer- ican Shipbuilding company earned 79.91 per cent. on its $7.600,000 common stock, according to President M. E. Farr's annual statement to stockhold- ers. After charging off estimated tax- es, ‘maintenance and ail other charges, net earnings amounted to $6 626,265. The statement says: “During the fiscal year 45 cargo ships of 165,000 gross tons carrying capacity and two special steamers for the United States navy were deliv- ered. “The greater part of the earnings for the year accrued from ship con- tracts made with private interests, The policy of the company limits the profits on ships contracted directly with any government department to an amount that is fair and equitable to the government and to the company.” AYER PROTESTS INCLUSION IN CAMP DEVENS QUARANTINE Ayer, Mass, §ept. 25.—A number of merchants and other gitizens of thi town went “on strike” against the town authorities tonight and took steps looking toward a_virtual an- nexation of the town to Camp Devens. Their particular grievance. as voiced at a public meeting, was the quaran- tine recently declared by the town board of health against the canton- ment on account of the influenza epi- demic. The meeting drew up a petition, which will be forwarded at once to the war department, asking that the department take over administration of the town's affairs. Speakers at the meeting declared that the quarantine was unnecessary, that it was unfair discrimination against the soldiers at the canton- ment and that it tended to spread rather than allay the epidemic by cre- ating panic. NEW ENGLAND MEN IN CANADIAN CASUALTY LIST Ottawa, Ont.,, Sept. 25.—The Cana- dian casualty list, issued tonight, in- cludes the following names of Ameri- cans: Killed in action: A. Parker, Lynn, Mass.; 'l E. ‘Hinchclie, New Bed- ford, Mass.; P, E. Libby, Needham, Mass.; W. J. Vincent, ‘Springfield, Mass.; P. A, Doyon Lowell Mase Wounded: 'J Robichaud Franklin, H.; J. Caldwell, Charlestown, Mas J.'o. Law, Barre, Mass.: R. Austin, Proctor, Vt; B, J. Collins Whitins- ville, Mass.; A, Guay, Lewiston, Me, Missing: J. J. Melville, Boston. Prisoner of war: A. Baribeau, Lynn, Mass. Died: Mass. N. J. W. Osborne, Rockland, Gassed: R. R. 'Williams, Hyde P Mass. sl [ Cabled Paragraphs CIVILIANS PREPARING FOR - EVACUATION CF METZ Amsterdam, Sept, 25—"It is an- nounced that, owing to the long range bombardment of Metz and: other plac- es, prepartions are making for the ex- peditious evacuation of ‘civitians and movable property from places within range of such guns when the evacu- ation becomes necessary,” says & despatch received here from Berlin. ALTY LISTS CONTAIN 352 NAMES Washington, Sept. 25.—The follow= ing casuaities’ are. reported by the Commanding General of the Ameri- can Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action 120; missing in ac- tion 16; wounded severely 9; died from wounds 18;, prisoners 1; total 164, New England men are: Killed in. Action. Privates—Walter R. Kubli, Boston, ARMY CASU. Mass.; Arthur Bimbo, New Haven, David Chartier, Manchester, N. H.; Clifford B. May, Newington, Conn.; George E. Ryder, Livermore Falls, Maine. Died of Wounds. Sergeant Frank J. Hurley, Roxbury, Mass. Privates —Max Address, Chelsea, Mass.; Arthur E. Baker, Beverly, gm. John' J. Cleary, Waterburp, ‘onn. Wounded " Severely. Private Salvadore V. Fallisi, Hart- ford, Conn. Missing in Action. Private Arthur V. Bikiary, Lowell, Mass. TUESDAY AFTERNOON’S LIST. Killed in action 7; missing in ac- tion 83; wounded severely 92; died of disease 1; died from wounds 2; died of accident and other causes 2; wounded, degree undetermine 1; total 188, New England men ar Died of Disea: Private Wilfred E. O'Connor, Cambridge, Mass. . Wounded Severely. Lieutenant Robert N. Providence, R. L. Privates—Paul A. Swanson, New Haven, Conn.; Fred F. Pratt Ber- nardston, Mass.; Sam Ruben, Bridge- port. Conn.; Peter A. Smith, Boston, Mass; W. W. Wetherbec, Mass, Jr., Missing in Action. Corporal James A. Greene, Provi- dence R. L Privates—Stephen Golase, Thomp sonville, Conn.; Tony Kabart, Boston, Mass,; Frank J. Morey, Brockton, Mass. Returned to duty, previously re- ported missing in action: Private ‘William P. Hayes, New London, Conn. Lieutenant Charles F. LaDue, Wat- | erbury, Conn. FORD NOT TO BE BOUND BY PARTY CCNSIDERATIONS Detroit, Mick, Sept. 25 —Muiing his first purely political utterance since becoming & candidate for the United States senate, Henry Ford enlivened the proceedings of thg democratic state convention here today with a letter in which he informed the party leaders that although nominaliy their candidate, he did not inter to be bound by any party considerations, democratic or republican. .old my- self free to support such meagures, whatever their origi commend themselves to my judgment for the best ‘interests of ali the people,” ) Jtord wrote. He added that he ha not spent a dollar to win the nomina- tion at the August primaries and 'did not interd to spend a cent 10 win tne election. Mr, Ford did not attend the convention, The letter was. an unexpected fea- ture of the.convention, called to adopt tform for the campaign and r ate candidates for various state offices below lieutenant governor. The candidates chosen wihout contest are: for secratary of state, G. A. Masselink: for attorney general, James H. Baker; for state treasurer, Richard Powell; for auditor-general, C. Keith Jakews Despite Mr. d's statement that fhe had accepted the senatorial nomi- nation without specific oblisztions of any kind, the convention adopted res- vlutions, pledging complete support to his candidacy. Unlivided support to the democratic national administra- tion and the woman suffrage amend- ment which will come befora the vot- ers at the November election, also was pledged. Congressman Frank E. Doremus presided as temporary chairman at the convention and in his keynote address urged subordination of politics to the winning of the war. The resolutions condemned the cam- paign expenditures of Tcuman H, Newberry, republican candidste for senator, as being “in gross violation of the spirit and letter of the law.” EXPLAINS FAILURE OF GERMAN OFFENSIVE Amsterdam, Sept. 25.—General Von Wrisberg addressed the main commit- tee of the reichstag og behalf of the minister of war. He explained, accord- ing to a telegram from Berlin, that the failure of the German offensive on the western front was due to the failure of the German army to surprise the Enente allies and the necessity of as- suming the defensive on the arrival of the English home army in the thea- tre of war; to the employment of col- ored troops and to the intervention of American divisions. The withdrawal of the Hindenburg line, the general said, wes due to a “lack of well consolidated positions.” Speaking of the Americen victory in the St. Mihiel sector, General Von Wrisberg eaid: “It lies {n the nature of the case that we as the defenders lost a con- siderable number of guns and pris- oners. We can, however. with assur- ance calculate that the enemy obtain- ed his successes on the first days of the attack by surprise and with small icsses ‘but for the rest he suffered the heaviest losses. “The American armies should not territy us. We shall also settle with them.” FEWER NEW CASES OF INFLUENZA AT DEVENS Ayer, Mass., Sept. 25.—Although 77 deaths from influenza werc reported at Camp Devens for the 24 hour period ending tonight, the camp medical au- thorities said that the number of new cases was steadily ‘decreasing _ and that the situation was much . better than yesterday. Great cars is being taken to prevent a spread of the disease. Medical offi- cers each day go through the various barracks, inspecting each soldier. As a further means of allaying the disease an order was issued today discontinu- ing for the present week end passes. Christian. | Stow, | Until the Success of the Lib- erty Loan is Attained, Staf ment Issued by Chairman ~ Hays. i New York, Sept. 25.—Chairman Will Hays of the republican national com- mittee tonight issued a statement di- rected to state, district and . county chairmen and ali republican workers saying that “the success of the fourth Liberty loan shall be the republican party’s supreme. motif of thought and action until that objective js attain- «d” He pledged the republican party workers to the’ policy of “no geogra- phy, political or physical, in the 2= triotism of this country” and declar- ed that everything else than makifg certain the over-subscription of the loan “is chores.” The statement fol- lows: “The mission of America is about to be \:complished. ‘American soldiers in France are at this moment demonstrating to _ the world the reason for America and the stuff of which this republic is made. “Their complets success and the consequence eternal _estahlishment everywhere in the world of the intef- rity of American rights, interests and honor and he right of men to govern themselves, are all assured with the proper performance of the plainest duty of the citizenry at home. “The fourth Liberty loan is our next objective. “There is no geography, political or Wilson to Open Loan Drive in New York Has Consented to Speak Fri- day Night — Preparations For Campaign Going Steadily Ahead. Washington, Sept. 25, — President Wilson will launch the fourth Liberty loan campaign with an address Fri- day night in New York cjty: The pres- ident previously had defided that he could not leave Washington to make an extended speaking tour on behalf of the loan, but he consented today to speak on the eve of the opening of the threc wezek: drive. Final preparations for the cam- palgn went steadily ahead today. Treasury dspartment officials took cognizance of widespread reports that no subscriptions of less than _ $200 would be accepted for the fourth loan and that no $50 bonds would be is- sued. As proving the falsity of these rumors officials pointed to _ the ,fact tat a larger proportion of $50 bonds have been printed this time than ever before and to the additional fact that lpan committees have instructions to make strons: efforts to sell these “baby bonds” to persons of very small means who are inclined not to partici- pate in the loan. g About 1,500,000 bonds, mainly of small denominations. had been finish- ed by the bureau of printing and en- graving today and these were on their way to tederal reserve district head- quarters. The first shipments went yesterday to San Francisco and other He gives— we only lend Soldiers don’t lend their lives, they give them. We are not asked to give our dollars but to lend them. Think it over. Buy your Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds on Saturday of this week, without fail. physical, in the. patriotism of this country. Democrats and. republicans alike love their flag and are ready to die for it. We continually insist fa* all parties tkat the war be kept out of partisan politics and that partisan- =hip be kept out of the war. “Just as in congress the republi- cans led the fight that made. possible the passage of the great war measures, £0 now the party membership and or- | ganizatioh has an immediate definite war task in the accomplishment of which it can fully function. I repeat let there be no contest in this country as to anything that touches the war ercept that contest—who best can serve, who mést can give. “The success of the fourth Liber- ty loan shall be the repub! supreme motif of thoucht and a until that objective is attained. “Whereve: republicans are together, by two or two thousand, it shall be a win the war meeting. Just as the re- publican party’s every action at »a“ times has been and shall be determin- ed solely by how we can contribute most to the war’'s success so now our every thouzht and action shall be de- termined entirely by how we can make certain the quick over-subscription of the fourth Liberty loan. “This is a united country's message to Germany. “The entire republican organization in every voring precinct in this coun- next try shall be a fighting force in this Liberty ioan drive. “This is the republican organiza- tion's business. “This is the real business of every man, woman and child in America. “Everything else is chores. “(Signed) “WILL HAYS" The American Alliance for Labor and Democracy also issued a state- ment tonight “in behalf of America's call to her people” to support the Liberty loan. Urging that to no others does the loan mean so much as to the workers of America, it calls attention to the declaration of the American Federa- tion of Labor that this is labor's war. “Labor must, by every device and by every effort, help to bring it to a victorious conclusion,” it adds. Commending_the federation slogan, ‘Do nothing that canont: be justified to the man risking his life on the firing line in France” the alliance de- clared that labor must shirk no obli- gation, evade no duty, go in lethargy about no task ADDITIONAL MILITARY EXAMINERS AT TRINITY Hartford, Conn, Sept. 25.-—Captain William M. Foord, of the personnel di- vision of the adjutant general's office in Washington, has been detailed to Trinity college, to assist Colonel Cal- vin Cole, commandant, in the exam- ination of candidates ~ for officers’! training camps. Captain _ Foord was ¢raduated from Yale university in 1910. Ho is_a resident of Stamford and represented that city in the state legislature before entering the army in the coast artillery branch. GUILTY OF ATTEMPTING TO DESTROY NAVAL MACHINERY Trenton, N. J., Sept. 25.—Fred Bis- choff, Heidelberg graduate and prac- ticing dentist, today_pleaded guilty, in federal court to a charge of attempt- ing to blow up the navay machinery plant of Gould & Eberhardt at Irving- ton, N. J. on June 26 last. Federal agents frustrated the attampt. Bis- choff will be sentenced later. William Henmayer of Irvington, in- dicted with Bischoff as an accomplice, will be ‘arraigned for trial tomorrow. TO WEAR WAR SERVICE AND WOUND CHEVRONS ‘Washington, Sept. 25.—Wearing of war service and wound chevrons' by enlisted men and officers of the navy wa_authorize dtoday by Secretary Daniels. The chevrons authorized are similar to those adopted by the army and may by permission of command- ing officers be worn on the left sleeve to denote service and on the right sleeev for wounds. distant points, and officials hope to have some bonds ready for outright ale in the larger citie: her the su cription period open Friday midnight. just ufter next SENATE TO VOTE ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE TODAY 1 Washington, Sept utcome of the vote in the sen on woman surage apparently was in greater doubt tonight than-has been tion by consress in many yea: The on! on which the advo- cates and oy were agreed v that the hou: submission to t B. Anthony constitution wot of and other suffrage termined tonight to & tion before the senate ur on. Final arrangements for contest were made today tiations for and campai both faciions. Wome nthron senate office building, making their final drive in the fight. Most of the personal iicitation was made by members the suffrage organization, sition, however, w Preparations ve handling a capacity © ate galieries. Displ and other demonsirations in ate galleries. it was annou: be_prohibited. In anticipation of a vote, many sen- ators who have been out of town ar- rived today, and more are due tomor- row, some on late trains, which ma hold off the roll cal speeches are planned by vo o not inact fa- ng the resolution, but plans of the opponents were not announced. senator: BULGARIANS RETREATING ON A FRONT OF 130 MILES London Sept. ‘The whole of the Monastir-Prilep-Gradsko road con- necting up the two Bulgarian armi is now In the hands’of the allies, ac- cording to news received here late to- night, The. allied cavalry is within ten miles of the second line extending between Veles, Ishtib and Prilep. The enemy is fighting hard to obtain possession of this road and also in the sector west -of Prilep, and it seems to be a race for Uskub, as the allied forces are as near to the city as the Bulgarians. The allies now are in poseession of the whole course of the Vardar river from Gievgeli to Gradsko. Tonight's reports say that the Serbians have taken_thirty guns in addition to those already reported. The Bulgarians now are retreating on a total front estimated’at about 130 miles, the second Bulgarian army. under General Feodoroff, being in re- treat before the British and Greeks on a front extending from the Vardar to the Struma. A British invasion of Bulgaria seems likely, and the Bul- garians are reported to be fortifying the old road from Tobrovo to Stru- mitsa, which the British cavalry is ap- proachins. STEAMER STOPPED BY SHOT IN LONG ISLAND SOUND New York, Sept. 25.—A pound shell fired across Long Island sound from Fort Totten over the bows of a steamer bound east struck a residence on City Island today and demolished part of its foundation wall. No one was injured, but the 300 inhabitants of the island rushed out of their homes in a panic. A police inquiry at Fort Totten, which is on the Long Island side of the sound, brought an expression of regret for the occurrence, with the ex- planation that' imperative orders had been received to stop the steamer. The identity of the vessel and the reason for turning her back was not disclosed to the police. the Both | sides t confi- dence in the 1t but it was not |certain a vote be reached be- fore adjou Senator Jones. of The opyo- | Condensed Téiégrams : Consul General Poole arrived in Fin- land from Moscow. Parts of London were affected by the strike on the Great Northern Railwa: American troops have established a guard over the Suchan coal mines of Siberia. Thirty-one persons were killed and 59 injured when trains collided at Dresden, Germany. General Wood organized a motor and vehicle division on the office of the di- rector of purchases. _Frank E. Ferguson resigned as as- sistant director of the government bu- reau of engraving and printing. Thirteen” ships were completed and delivered to the Emergency Fleeet Cor- ggralion during the week ending Sept. The Navy Department announced that Lieut. Ivan M. Graham. U. S. N., San Diego, Cal, died of influenza at Quebec. President. Wilson approved prices fixed on iron ore, pig iron and iron and steel products by the War Industries Board. _ Elimination of styles and patterns of bicycles, ordered by the War Indus- tries Board, will result in the saving of 2500 tons of steel. Arrangements were compléted by the War Department for leasing of 251,- 000 square feet in one of the buildings of Anheuser-Busch Co., St. Louis. Major Raymond CollishaWw, of ~the British Naval Force was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for bringing down 51 enemy planes. Receipts of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions for the year ending Aug. 31 were larger than ever before. Delegates attending the eleventh annual convention of the Atlantic Decper Waterways association made a ninspector of Boston harbor yester- ay. Cotton Manufacturers asked the War Industries Board for increased prices on their manufactured products owing to the higher price of raw cot- ton. Secretary Daniels appearéd before the House Naval Committee to urge the government to take over the con- sthuction of the $4500,000 Boston Dry Dock. Attorney General Gregory announced that unnaturalized German women {may not live within the half mile lim- it of army camps or other prohibited zones after Oct. Shipments of compressed cotton and cotton linters will not be accepted after Oct. 1 unless loaded to a mini- mum of 75 bales to a car, the Railroad Administration announced. TFhe Quartermaster Corps is in need of stenographers, typists, firemen, chauffeurs, auto mechanics, hors shoers, butchers, laundry men, refrig- erator plant men and janitors. Dr. R. A. Pearson, assistant secre- tary of agriculture resigned that he may be able to take up hié duties as president of Iowa State Collese of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Chairman Hoover, of the Belgium Relief Committee, announced that the inhabitants of the German occu- pied territory of Belgium will be sup- plied with food for the next 12 months. Five hundred applications for,. ex- emption from military service f{inder draft treaties tween the United States and Canada were received at Ottawa from Canadians residing in the United States. | At yesterday's session of the Sons ,of Confederate Veterans at Tusla. Ok- a resolution was adopted of- services of the organ: on son in any form that ered most desirable toward winning the war. SOLDIER VOTE MAY DECIDE NEW JERSEY PRIMARY . J. Sept. 25.—Ind that the soldier,vote ma is to te the d rati the long term as United r from this state. While early returns from yes seemed io for Georg rday’s an easy an to dis- ires became m Friends of Charles “onnor Hennessy of Hacken. vho had *nb opposition for term nomination, promptly complete returns would show hi { winner. To ander also ht Frank McDefmit and Alex- S on the other candidates, rted that they were by no convinced they hadq been de- Each claimed the result still doubt and would not be de- 1 until the soldier vote had unted,-as well as that in the remote districts in the state, impson carried Hudson county b abour 8000, and his managers con tended this would virtually wipe out the apparent lead of La Monte and Hennessy. 1t is estimated there are about 5 New Jersey soldiers in | throughout New Jersev who were el gible fo vote in the prifnaries. Speciai commissioners were delezates to take the vote of these men and they have b in which to make returns. supporters claim the nom- nation for him by a plurality between 00 and 1000. Hennessy, howey carried Bergen, Fssex and Union coun- tiel, besides polling a heavy vote in scaitering d throvghout the state. BRITISH RAILWAY STRIKERS VOTE TO RETURN TO WORK Cardiff, Sept. 25.—At a meating hers v ¥ men decided unani- ume work at once. r, in addition to recom- mending a general resumption of work tomorrow, added that “we pledge ourselves to resist to the uttermost anv attempt at - victimization.” Troops arrived in South Wales to+ day to operate the railways the strike having caused a cessation of work at many of the coal mi ARMY DISCIPLINE WILL PREVAIL AT YALE COLLEGE New. Haven, Conn., Sert. 25—On a ricid military bas! Yale university will be opened tomorrow for its 219th year, College officials estimate that af lease 2,500 men will be enroll- ed and that all but about three hun- dred of these will be in uniform as members of the students’ army train- ing corps. Army discipline will pre- 1 vail, the men will be noused in cam- pus barracks and will eat mess in the university dining hall, which has been tike: over by the S. A, T. C. NO DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN 7 SCHWAEB AND HURLEY Philadelphia, Sept. 25.—Charles H.: Schwab directorégeneral of ' the Emergency Ileet Corporation, in 2 formal statement tonight, denied as “utterly untrue and unfounded” re- ports of a_disagreement between him- self and Edward W. Hrley, chairman of the shipping board. He said he had nothing but words of commendation for all that Mr. Hurley has done in the great ehipbuilding undertaking. Washington, Sept. 25.—Spanish in- flucnza has spread over the country so rapidly that officials of the public health service, the War and Navy de- partments and the Red Cross confer- red today on measures to help local communities in combatting the dis- ease. Calls for assistance already have been received from several cities and in one instance, Wilmington, N. C., the public health service hospital ~was opened for treatment of persons suf- fering with the disease. Surgeon General Rupert Bliue ‘of the publi¢ health service, said tonight that latest reports showed that the malady has made its appearance in 26 states from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The disease is epidemic in New Eng- land, where it first made its appear- ance, and officials in that section are considering drastic steps to curb its spread, including the prevention of public gatherings. . ¥ Influenza has_appeared on the Pa- cific’ coast, in Washington and Cali- fornia, but is not yet epidemic_there. It also has been reported in Minne- sota- and lowa, but with few cases. East of the Mississippi, however, there are few states wlhere it has not been found. The disease continued to spread to- Aay in army camps, 5,324 new cases heing reported to the office of the sur- geon-general of the army uy to noon. No new camps were added to the list and it was announced that there are fifteen camps and stations free from influenza. The total reported from the camps today was the largest in any one day and brought the total for all camps to 29,002 cases. The number of pneu- raonia cases reported among the sol- diers since the outbreak of the influ- enza epidemic Septemoer 13, is 2,313 and the number of deaths since that date is 530 with 155 reported today. For the first time since the out- break the number of new cases re- ported from Camp Devens, Mass, was lower than the number reported from another camp. The new cases at Camp Devens numbered 399, making the -to- tal 11 715. Hohoken reported the great- est number, 1,025. This. however, in- cluded several camps and depots. Camp Dix, New Jersey, reported $03 new cases, the largest of any single carp, while Camp Lee, Virginia, had 393 new cases. Otlier camps reporting new cases were Logan Texas, 2 Sevier, South Carolina, 105; Syracuse, New York, 149; Funston, Kansas, 135 Gordon, Georgia, 213; Tllinois, 293; Humphrey, Virsinia, = 106; _Jackson, South Carolina, 2€8; Lewis, Washi ton 24; Meade Maryland, 208; Pike, Arkansas, 289: Taylor. Kentucky, 43 Upton, New York, 101; and misce laneous camps and posts Other camps reported from one to four new cases, At Camp Devens, 324 new cases of eumonia were reported today with deaths. Camp Dix ‘reported 41 new cases of pneumonia and Camp Lee 39. Pneumonia cases also were reported by 23 other camps. ALARMED BY DEATH TOLL IN NEW ENGLAND Boston, Sept. 25.—Alarmed by _the rapidly mounting death toll in New England from Spanish influenza, { Massachusetts, the center of the epi- | demic in the east, today began a c certed effort to stamp out the dise: The executive council in special ¥ 70 CONTRGL THE SPREAD OF LU to Help Local Communities—In Massachusetts $100,- 000 is to Be Devoted to Suppressing the Epidemic. * | the German chancellor himseif to add operators through influenza—about one-sixth of the persofnel. The Boston police today ‘began an anti-spitting crusade in an effort to help stop the spread of the disease. Rear Admiral Spencer S. Wood, commandant of the eFirst Naval District, was among those stricken today and is confined to his home. Influenza conditions among sailors of the First and Second Naval Dis- tricts showed improvement today, There were only three deaths ahd sixty new cases in the First District and_thirteen deaths and 64 new cases in the Second.District. Seventy-seven soldiers died today at, Camp Devens, but the number of new cases is steadily decreasing, LOOKS LIKE CONFIRMATION OF DISCONTENT IN GERMANY ‘Washington, Sept. 25.—There was just one thing in Chancellor Von Hert. ing's speech before the main com- mittee of' the reichstag yesterday that interested American officials. It was his [rank and open admission of the seriousness of the internal situation in Germany. Following so closely upon the for- mal declaration by the sociai demo- crats of the conditions upon which their party would consent to partici- ‘pate in the government, the speech was rezarded as intended primarily for internal consumption in Germany. It is regarded as part of a plan to persuade the Socialists to come to the aid of the government in its grave straits by demonstrating that there are no substantial differences of prin- ciple between their party and the gov- ernment. The marked similarity be- iween the statements made by Von' Hertling regarding the basis of peace and those prirciples laid down by the sociaiists at once was moticed. When attention was directed to Ven Hertling’s statement that he had had no response from the United States to his proposal last February to accept in_principle the conditions of peace lald down by President Wilsen, offi- cials pointed out that the president himself had effectually exposed the insincerity of Von Hertling’s proposal when, in his Baltimore och, he pointed to the crime against Russia as a sufficient reason for rejecting any offer to discuss peace “Bresi-Litovsk fashion.” rurinermore, it was declared that there could be no talk of peace until the last German and Austrian sbidier has been withdrawn or driven from the occupied territory. The inclination of the government to rezard the speech as insincere and unworthy of consideration is based upon the feeling that in_scarcely a single point does the premier make an unquglified declaration of adherence to the fourteen principles laid down by | President Wiison. Everywhere in his speech officials said there were limita- tions and qualifications Official Washington noticed the ad- mission of the deep discontent exist- ing among great masses of the Ger- man veople. Through neutral coun- have come reports of disorgani- n, mutiny, rioting and despera- tion m Germanv, but it remained for the official wanted, confirmation: which was W. L. B. HAS JURISDICTION IN GENERAL ELECTRIC TROUBLE sion set aside a fund of $100900 and {acting Governor Coo mediate ly created the emergency public heaith | cimmittee. | | The first step taken by this commit- | tee was to call on the American Red Cross at Washington for physicians | and nurses to take the places of those who have died or have become ex- | |hausted by their arduous work. The | | committee then sent out a statewids | request for the tempora all theaters, motion picture and other places of public gathering, | except churches. Canceliation of all parades planned for the immediate future was included in the request. In this city all agencies available for preventing the spread of the dis- | | ease and relieving sufferer: were | merged at a conference in the c lled by Magor Andrew J. Peters. ecial health committee of five A was all preventive work. Henry B. Endi- | cott chairman of the state emergency | committee. brought the committee’s request for the closing of places of public gathering. At the suggestion | of the city committee, Mayor Peters issued a call to all theater and motion | picture house proprietors and mana- here to meet the committee at City Hall tomorrow morning when a decision regarding. the closing of their | places will be made. Meanwhile, Health Commissioner W. C. Wood- i\\':\rd a member of the city committee {sent out a squadron of inspectors to |ascertain conditions among the audi- { ences. A suggestion that met with con- derable favor by the city health committee was that the 3,000 school { teachers in this city be asked to vol- unteer as assistant nurses. The wom- len’s health committee of the council lof national defense offered to enroll |all teachers who were willing ‘to un- dertake this service. g The state health committee tonight | recommended that _specialists | could temporarily give up their prac- | tice should register with the state health commissioner for service agdlinst the influenza epidemic. Warn- ing to jroprietors of eating place {against careless handling of food also was sent out by the committee. Action designed to assist in stamp- ing out the disease was taken tonight by James J. Storrow, New England | with the request of Dr. Eugene R. Kelley, state commissioner of health, Mr. Storrow advised all ‘local fuel committees and householders through- out the state that on account of the prevailing epidemic the .moderate use of coal for heating dwelling’ houses, apartment houses and office buildings was permissibl It was estimated. today that there were between 50000 and 75,000 cases of influenza and. pneumonia in New gland., There have been more than one thousand deaths in the New Eng- land cases in ten da There weree 107 deaths from in- fluenza_and pneumonia in Boston for hours ending at 10 o'clock to- night, a decrease of two from yestere day. : Deaths from the disease in this city since September 14 have. totalled 697, Schools theaters and other places of public assembly were closed today in many New England cities and towns. In some cities public funer- als have been forbidden. Telephone exchanges in Greater Boston have lost the services of 700 appointed to take full supervision of | .. who | ter hington, Sept. 25.—Joint Chair- r Taft of the war labor board de- d tod that the board has juris- @cetion in the controversy between ves and the General Electric Lynn, Mass. Testimony been heard in the case ill now consider it and a ve a decision. The proceedings had been delayed by the action of the company in ©BITUARY. Archbishop John ireland. Paul, M Sy -Arch- bishop John Ireland of the St. Payl diocese of the Roman Catholic church died early today after a long illness + disease and stomach trouble. s old. public the archbishep’s afternoon, his secretary in accordance with the nterment would be cemetery and not in . Paul cathedral he became -uncon- hop Ireland said: bt out there with my peo- reen sod of Calvary. making i words thi anncunced prefate’s w made in Cal the erypt in the Shortly ¥ ple, under t It is my w Tentative plans dicate the body will lie in state at thg cathedral on Tuesday and the funeral will take place on \Wednesday morn- ing, John Ireland, St. Paul held a keen and active terest in ral affairs in the United past half century a publicist as zeal. He was one of the inguished of the Roman Ca churchmen of Ameri- ca, There were few fields of intellectu- al, po or spiritual endeavor in which d to take a positive stand, ma himself at times the center of troversy. 23 in dreland, a earpen- son, he wAs carried with his par- ents in the tide of Irish $mmigration to America when he was a child. Altar service at Burlington, Vt. and a jolt- ing trip webt on a prairie schooner were among his boyhood memories, bringing him finally to " 3 in 1852, when Indians in gay blankets stalked -the streets of that frontier town. After being o~dained at St. Paul, he eazerly accepted an appointment. as chaplain in the Fifth regiment 8f the Minnesota volunteers, He ardent for the Unionist cause and shared every hardship of s life in their terrible win- At Tuka he gave yeoman's ng ammunition to the front when it was sorely needed. He was ‘stricken with fever after less than a vear's service and returned to a St. Paul pastorate. He became bishop in 1875 and arch- bishop in 1885. He received support from many of his admirers for ap- pointment as the fourth American care dinal. Celebrating his golden jubilee a few years ago, the priests of his dio- cese presented him with a purse of $100.000. 3 As a speaker ' Archbishop Ireland was direct and magentic, with a sense of humor. One of the phrases which has often been quoted as characteristie of his particular endeavor in life is this. for the funeral in-. archbishop of “The watchwords of the age reason, education, liberty, the amello- ration of the masses.”