Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 30, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag < VOL. LIX—NO. 234 POPULATION 29,919 AMERICANS SMASHING " THE HINDENBLRG. LING Have Crossed the Cambrai Canal and Captured the Towns of Bellicourt and Nauroy—In Belgium, Between Dix- . mude and Ypres, the Belgians Have Pressed Back the German Front From Four to Five Miles and Have Taken 6,000 Prisoners. (By The Associated Press.) American troops, boys from New York, Tennessee and North and South Carolina, were in the thick of the fray Sunday which badly smashed the German positions over a front of more than, fifty miles, from the region of Arras to La Fere. On a three-mile front the Ameri- cans stormed the Hindenburg. line and captured the towns of Bellicourt and Nauroy, crossing the Cambrai canal in_the operations. Meanwhile, to the south the British stormed the main Hindenburg defenses on the Scheldt canal, crossed the waterway and gained the hills beyond, taking many prisoners. To the north the British have their hands on Cam- brai, the important German base over which recently there has been so much fighting. The Canadians are in the northwestern outskirts of the city, while a naval division has reached the southern environs. South of St. Quentin to La Fere the French have pressed forward their line and taken some 500 prisoners. Along the Chemin dés Dames the French have advanced their line for a dis- tance of two miles, capturing the highest point on the famous ridge. In Belgium the Belgians and British have driven forward and taken Dix- mude, ten miles from the North sea, southeast of Nieuport, bringing their iine ihfo closer union with that in the region of Ypres. The capture of Dix- mude 3 it is pressed for further gdins east! will seriously affect the Ger- man. ine bases on the Norih sea. Additional large numbers of the enemy have been made prisoner and largé;quantities of stores have been Beping up relentlessly their vio- lent ¥attacks from near the sea in Belgium to the region of Verdun, the telglan, British, American and French tfoops are fast driving wedges into the énemy line, forcing him to retreat or defeating him in sanguinary bat- tles. No rest is being accorded the Germane, and apparently their front is fast going to pieces under the im- petus of the allied blows. In Belgium, between Dixmude and Ypres, King Albert's men have pressed ®ack .the German front from four to five ‘miles and taken 6,000 prisoners. Grognd that the enemy had held since the invasion of Belgium in 1914 has been restored to Belgian ownership through the efforts of the mixed Bel- glan and British force and at last ac- rounts the lllieg forces were well on their way to the important junction town of Roulers” y To the south, from the region east of Arras to St. Quentin, the British, with the Americans fighting on their right, everywhere have penetrated the German defenses over the thirty-five mile front. Desperate resistance was offered by the Germans, but the allied troops refused to be denied and swept through the remaining portions of the indenburg line and are standing, ac- cording to the latest reports, virtually on the doorstep of Cambrai. More than 16,000 prisoners have been taken in_this region since Friday. Under the efforts of the British, Americans and French, the Germans have been cleared out of the entire department of the Somme, and part of the department of the Ardennes now is in French hands for the first time since 1914. In unison with the attacks to the north the French along the battle front north and northeast of Soissons have delivered fresh attacks, under which the Germans are in retreat morth of the Aisne toward Ailette, indicating that the enemy line soon must be re- adjusted eastward at least as.far as Rheims, if not farther. The French now are on the banks of the Ailette river at the western end of the Chemin des Dames, making it apparent that this strong defense line soon must be passed by in retreat northward. In Champagne and northwest . of Verdun the Germans,have sensed to the fuil the seriousness of the situa- tion facing them—whereby advances by the French and. the Americans of necessity will compel the readjustment of the line from the north to the Swiss frontier. Large numbers of rein- torcements have been thrown into the battle in Champagne to'bhalt the ad- vance of the French toward the im- portant junction town of Vouziers, but nevertheless General Gouraud's men have pressed forward northward from the region east of Rheims ' to the northern fringes of the Argonne forest, taking many positions of the highest strategic value. Meantime the Americans alsp have advanced their front, capturing Brieuiles sur Meuse and Romagne and at last accounts were progréssing favorably northward along the .Meuse valley and to the east of the Argonne forest, the turning of .which by -the combined forces of General Gouraud and General. Liggett. seems - probable within a shert time. The ‘Buigarian delegates who are endeavoring . to arrive at terms with the allied forces under which Bulgaria will quit the war have arrived in Sa- loniki, but the Italian, French, Greek, Serbian and British armies are keep- ing up their drive across southern Serbia and into Bulgaria. Krushevo, the Bulgarian base twenty miles north of Monastir, has been captured by the i in front .of whom the Bul- garians are in rapid retreat. The Ser- bians have won the important moun- tain range of PlachKovitsa, south of Kochana, while to the east the British and Greek forces have .taken further territory from the .enemy. in the re* gion of Lake Doiran and across the border in Bulgaria. In Palestine the victory over the Turks is all but complete. Friddy night General Allenby had counted 50,000 prisoners and 300 guns. The losses of the Tedtonic allies on the western front since the allied of- fensive began July ¢I8 have been 200, 000 men made prisoner and 3,000 guns, 20,000 machine guns and enormous quantities of material captured. BATTLESHIP MINNESOTA STRUCK MINE YESTERDAY | Washington, Sept. 29.—The battle- ship Minnesota struck a mine early today off the Delaware Breakwater. There were no casualties and the ship is proceeding to port under hér own power. The navy department tonight issued this statement: “The navy department is informed that the battleship Minnesota struck a mine early this morning off the Del-| aware Breakwater. There were no casualties, according to reports reach- | ing the department, and the Minne- sota is proceeding to port under her swn power.” There was no indication as to the extent of the damage to the battleship nor whether the mine was an enemy one. However, naval officers recalled that mines were laid in these waters by the submarines which carried out the first raids off the Atlantic coast last May and June and that the oil tank mer Herbert L. Pratt was sunk by striking one of them. The fact that the Minnesota ' was able to readh port without assistance was accepted as indieating that the mine struck the ship near the bow and that she was not badly damaged. The Minnesota is of the pre-dread- nought type, built at Newport News, Va., in 1905. She is of 16,000 tons displacement, 450 feet long and in nor- mal times carrifed a complement of 985 officers and men. Her armanent consists of four 13-inch. elght 8-inch and a number of smaller rifles. BRITISH IN PALESTINE HAVE TAKEN 50,000 PRISONERS London, Sept. 29.—Prisoners to the number of 50,000 and 325 gune had been counted by the British in Pales- tine Friday night, according to an of- ficlal communication issued tonight. Notwithstanding Turkish resistance in the region of Tiberias, the British forced further passages of the Jordan. To the sbuth the British cavairy drove the enemy northward through Mezerib and joined hands with the forces of the king of the Hediaz. EMPEROR PRESIDED AT CROWN COUNCIL IN VIENNA Amsterdam, Sept. 29— Em; Charles presided at a meeting olt’e{:: ‘erown council at Vienna yesterday, ac- ' to a dispatch n:’ e it. :r meeti! nf the night the chief subject was the foreeign . situation, particularly e Von Huss Trek, according to despatch, told newspaper reports mz Am:oafou "h:: ia-Hungary changed her attitude towards the war. A MURDER MYSTERY NEAR GREENWICH, CONN. Greenwich, Conn., Sept. - 20.—The body of Valentine Cherle, 54 years old, was found today in a lake on the es- W. W. Bashiell at Palmers Hill. with a bullet wound. ifi the head. p ‘olln A. Clarke, who at he believed that B et Gt on ell es- many years and was unmar- CONNECTICUT MEN IN GERMAN PRISON CAMPS Washington, Sept. 29.—Names of 48 additional ofiicers and men of the American expeditionary forces held prisoner in Geimany were made pub- lic today by the war department. The officers are Lieutenant Harrison E. iarringer of Jacksonville, Iia., held at Camp Villinger, and Lieutenant Xaton H. Tichenor of Auburn, Ala., held at Camp Landshut. The enlisted men include: At Lamsdorf: Sergeants Hagold W. Tucker, Providence, and George Nel- son, 157 Church street, Bristol, Conn.; Corporals Melvin' R. Carlson, Jamaica Plains, Mass.: Warren G. Andrew: Roxbury, Mass.; Harry i, McWhirk, Dorchester, Mass.; Edward J. Curtin; Roxbury, Mass.; Bugler Vincenzo La- briola, 88 Main street, Bristol, Conn,; Privates: Paul A. Peterson, Middle- town, Conn.: Charles W. Knowlton, Fairfield, Conn.; Arthur Heon, John: burg, Vt.. Ernest A. French, 42 Iry- ington street, New Haven, Conn.; John Knudson, 23 Reid street, New Haven rthur S. Johnson, 337 Chapél street, New Haven; Louis G. Ziegra, Deep River, Conn.; Howard N. Webb, Ansonia, Conn.; Dennie F. Sweeney, 255 Congress avenue, New Haven, Arnold D. Umba, Middletown, Michael E. Riley, Boston, At Giessen: Private George Evans, Hartford, Conn. GERMANY’S MOST SERIOUS ' HOUR HAS STRUCK Amsterdam, Sept. 29.—“Germany’s most serious hour seems to have struck,” declares the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin, in discussing the Bulgarian ‘question. The Frankfort Zeitung says: “It is useless to gloss over this news and we ore not quite sure whether it wou'W nuot be useful to attach considerable importance to the semi-official at- tempts to veil the threatening seces- sion of Bulgaria or raise any hopes.” THREE AVIATORS PICKED UP 20 MILES OFF CAPE £0D An Atlantic Fort, Sept. 29.—A British steamship brought here today three aviators attached to the navai air sta- tion at Chatham, Mass., who had been picked up twenty miles off Cape Cod vesterday, after their hydroplane had been forced to descend because of en- gine trouble. Tossed by waves, the airmen clung to their plane for four hours before they were sighted. The plane was also taken aboard and brought here. 1 WOUNDED SOLDIERS HAVS ARRIVED AT ELLIS ISLAND New York, Sept. 29.—Several hun- dred wounded American soldiers at Ellis- Island today received a large bouquet of roses which the president and Mrs. Wilson sent to the hospital yesterday before leaving for Wash- ington. Attached was a card, wishing the men speedy recovery. CANADIANS ARE IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF CAMBRAI London, Sept. 29.—The Sixty-third naval division have reached the southern outskirts of Cambrai. The Canadians are in the tuoskirts on the . morthwest. .| German Newspafe | Plead For Calmness Call Upon Their Readers to Face the Bulgarian Situa- tion Without Apprehen- sion. Copenhagen, Saturday, Sept. the situation is serious but tingency. Georg ‘Bernhard in the German men must leave office.” a ‘“weary man at the rudder of the .war.” “Germany,” he says leadership and the chancellor is ieader.” Herr Bernhard asserts that the hap- penings in Bulgaria could not have come as a complete surprise to the He believes they were, at least aware of the feel- ing prevailing in Bulgaria for the last leaders of German policy. few months. “How,” demands Herr Von Bern hard, “could the chancellor make fully understandable that chancellor.” “Vorwaerts; the orzan of the major- ity socialists, asks its readers to con- sider the situation if Gepmany were left alone: with her back aeainst the wall fighting all the allies. The paper draws a graphic picture of defeat with thousands dving of hunger and the Jand and people enslaved. It closes.by an appeal to every German to stand fast. 4 GERMANY HAS SENT Tl HELP TO BULGARIA Paris, Sept. 29(Havac)— Admiral ! Von Hintze, German foreign minister | declared yesterday in a speech before | the Maip committee of the Reichstag | that as soon as the first alarming news | came from Macedonia front tie Ger-| man high command immediately sent ! to Bulgaria important forces fr omthe available reserves. A part of these reserves tion. in the opinion of military experts, re-establish the military situation_but i modity. rates over railroads opeating -notwitfistanding - there- were several | between eastern trunk line territory very unfavorable factors in the situa- tion which must be considered. “Neither for Bulgaria nor for us however, must the game be consid- ered as lost"” he fleeclared. A Sofia despatch by way of Zurich says the attitude of the socialist party actors in the ecision taken was one of the decisive decisive factors in the by King Ferdinand and his misisters. The central committee of the party on Premier Malinoff to open parleys for. peace They were joined in September 22 called upon with the allies. their request by the agrarians. Manifestations of hostility to places. ed in the outbreaks. AMERICAN INFANTRYMEN CAPTURED GERMAN PLANE With the American Army in France, Sept. 28—(By The A. P.)—Aimerican infantrymen have had the rare expe- rience of bagging a German airplane with their rifles. A German airman recently appeared the Vosges Mountains. He was flying so low that he bhad’ difficulty in escaping the fire of the Americans and his ma- chine canght momentarily on the tow- Two military po- Jicemen fired at the machine with their pistols, but the aviator did not ap- pear to be annoyed and continued his observations. Before flying off toward the east he raked the ground with over ‘the town of St. Die, in er of the city hall. machine gun fire, wounding a civilian. Unfortunately passed over a company of the company came into action. machine fell to the ground in flames, BULGARIAN DELEGATES ARRIVED AT SALONI Paris, Sept. 29.—The Bulgarian dels gates who are to discuss armistic and probable peace arrangements with the allied governments arrived at Sa- The delegates are the finance minister, and M. Radeff, a for- 10WA OVER THEROP loniki Saturday. General Lonkoff, commander of Bulgarian second army; M. Liapcheff, mer member of the Bulgarian cabinet. DEAD AMERICAN SOLDIER WITH TEN DEAD HUNS ‘With the American Army Northwest of Verdun, Sept. 29 (By the A. P.)— American staff officers visiting a bat- tlefield on this sector Saturday found a dead American soldier surrounded by ten dead Germans, whom he ap- parently had kililed before being slain himself.’ SERBIANS HAVE CAPTURED IMPORTANT MOUNTAIN RANGE London, Sept. 29.—Large fires are burning around the important base of Uskub, towards which the Serbians are advancing from Veles, according statement of The Serbians haye cap- tured the impbrtant mountain range of to the Serbian official, Saturday. Plachkovitsa, south of Kochana. Cabled Paragraphs Clemenceau at 78 Visits Front. | Paris, Sept. 28.—-(Havu.)-f‘nm;:er that Saturday was his seventy-eighth birth: day, visited the front and conferred with Marshal Foch. The allied soidiers alorg his route had heard that Sep- tember 28 was his anniversary and Clemenceau, notwithstanding they cheered him as he went by. Celebrating Capture of Holy Land. London, Sept. 29.—Special thanis- giving services for the deliverance of the Holy Land from the Turks were held today throughout the diocese of \ London. 28.— All the German newspapers, according to a special despatch from Berlin, are united in warning their readers to re- main calm in the face of the unsettied Buigarian situation. They admit that declare that the German nation will showit- self capable of meeting this new con- Vossische Zeitung declares that “it is necessary that the chancellor who no longer pos- sesses the confidence of millions }?l’ e characterizes Count Von Hertling :s the ship. of state at the worst period of “needs no a speech without even alludirg to the difficulties which might come? It is conceivable, but not fully understand- able, that the center party cannot sum- mon up courage to make its old lead- er understand that his furcher con- tinuance in office is incompatible with the welfare of the emnpire. Rut it is the other majority ‘parties will under no cirsum- stances work longer with the present (<O : 12\ ,»e.\;.-", ICH, -GONN., j.HMDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1918 . TEN PAGES—70 COLUMNS PRIGE: TWO CENTS ‘Condensed Telegrams Cost of living in New York has in- a‘g:aed 68.07 per cent. since december, = =3 Formal recognition of the Jugo- Clavs by the United States was asked of the State Department. Gabreile D’Annunzio, the Italian poet and aviator, flew across the Alps mountains to Paris. Chili seized the German vessels in- terned to prevent them from being de- stroyed by their crews. Three blankets will be issued .to every American soldier going abroad the War Department announced. German newspapers report that! meatless weeks will continue througn- out November, December and Januar; Two armed men robbed the . State Bank of Mer Rouge, near Monroe, La., of $12,000 after locking the cash- ier in a vault. A representa of leading | g0, Chili, met at that citizens of Sani city to plan steps for closer relations with the United States. y A schedule of maximum prices of | sulphuric and -nitric acids was an-| nounced by the price-fixing committee of the War Industdies Board. A According to reports of a British | liner which arived at an Atlantic| port a submarine sunk an American ; collier 500 miles off the American| coast. The War Department authorized the ! adding of three buildings 500 feet long | and 200 feet wide to the plant of the Hero Manufacturing Co., of Phila- delphia. { Sanmuel Gompers, president of the i Federation of Labor invited the| French Confederation of Labor to at- | tend the national conference of the| American Federation. i The Public Utility Board of New Jersep granted the Public Service Railway Corporation permission to in- crease fares to 7 cents in various parts of New Jersey. { The War Department announced| that since the United States entered into the war 146 322 machine guns, 2,- 437297 rifles of all types and 221,- 801 pistols were produced. Carlson, patternmaker at .a . A, jthey are incapable of a defence for a Seattle shipyard, was arested charge of “doctoring” steel for United States ships and tampering with roll- ing stock in order to cause wrecks. Interi g The Railroad Adminstration ordered | carly reports however, indfeatedbedvy on a Major Operations Yankees Smash Wire En- tanglements and Move For- ward With Astonishing Agility. With the American Army of Ver- dun, Saturday, Sept. 28, (by the A. P. —The fighting on the American front has developed into two major opera- tions, for the island-like region be- tween the Aisne and the Meuse. If the Americans can drive through on either sector the Germans must look | to the Brunhilde system of defenses, a line they hav not had to use up to this time. This extends along the southern edge of the Boult Forest eastward along a line to the north of Brieulles where shells from Ameri- can guns already have xploded am- munition depots. starting fires. The positions which the Germans now hold and which they are defend- ing so vigorously are not bad, ' but long period except at the co-t of eror- mous losses. With heavy artillery preparation the American line moved forward early today. It was not fast going, but woods after woods were cleaned out and villages fell beford the steady push. Fires beyond the lines marked points where the Germans apparently were destroying warehouses and stores, the transportation of which might hamper their retreat. : From the bend in the Meuse to thej west flank the Americars foughttheir way out of the tangle of the Arg‘ol:me' forest and established a new _line, Across the Meuse the village of Vil- osnes was reported by aviators to have been blow to pieces by enemp mines. All bridges over the river in this sec- tion have been destroyed. : A little to the west the evacuation of Romagne appeared to be in progress, while further north trains were eob- served leaving for the interior. Other | FIGHT—TO THE UTMOST. JOIN THE FIGHTING FOURTH | BUY LIBERTY BONDS THE WAY OUR BOYS IN FRANCE EVERY LIBERTY BOND BOUGHT HELPS BRING VICTORY NEARER AND BRINGS CONFIDENCE taken | already | have arrived, he declared, and the re- | mainder soon will reach their destina- Austria already has sent on the way very considerable forces, he add- Admira! Von Hintze stated, the Aus- tro-German units would be ample to the dynasty took place in Sofia and other | In some instances troops join- for the German, he infantry resting at the side of the road. The cfficer in command ordered the men to fire at the machine and every rifle in The TO OUR BOYS IN AFMS AND H BUY TODAY AND BUY GEN _#_— | EROUSLY. | OPE TO A STRICKEN WORLD. | i i a _readjustment of all class and com- and central freight association erri- tory. Federal agents arrested Charles F. Banning on a Federal warrant charg- ing him with being the head of the, German espionage *system in western Pennsylvania. He was arrested at: Duquesne Club, Pittsburgh. | Homes in Juneau, Alaska, are being | torn away. a government hospital was abandoned, power plants are idle and all ubsiness is suspended becduse of | torrential rains. Represeentative Dillon of South Da- i kota denied reports that he was barred | from the British fronts - because of | seditions remarks miade on board a ship while going to Europe. i Upon the launching of two ships by | the Skinner & Eddy Corporation of | Seattle, making a total of 30 vessels | to be sent down the waps, airman » | Hurley sent the congratulations of the Shipping Board. 1 ——————— \ AMERICAN AVIATORS PROVE MASTERS OF AIR With the American Army North- west of Verdun, Sept. 28.—(By The A. ¥.) American aviators again demon- strated Saturday that they are the masters of the air on this sector, They ergaged in 52 combats and brought down 33 enemy machines without the loss of one American pilot. The German airmen appeared to bave lost the daring whicn had char- acterized their work of the previous days and did no: venture across the American line with reconnoissance airplanes after they had been attack- ed once by the American machi: The German balloons were h 1y lowered in the face of an American attack and did not appear again dur- ing the day One of the American pursuit groups engaged in 23 combats at low altitudes and brought down three enemy ma- chines. Another pursuit wing had 17 battles in two sorties along the line. A third group dropped bombs on Ro- magne and Cunel and engaged in sev- eral battles with (erman machines, bringing down six of them. IN LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE Chicago, Sept. 29.--The honor of be- ing the first state to complete its quota of the fourth Liberty loan was claimed for Iowa tonight when un- official reports from each of her forty- nine counties indicated that the allot- ment of $147,000,000 had been sub- scribed. In the third loan campaign Towa led all her sister states by a wide margin. J 5 Wisconsin reports indicated a big initial subscription. BRAZILIAN DAY WAS CELEBRATED IN NEW YORK New York, Sept. 29.—At the “Altar of Liberty,” erected in Madison square, Brazilian day was celebrated today in connection with the campaign for the fourth Liberty loan. Addresses were delivereq by Dominico Da Gama, Bra- zilian ambassador, and other Brazilian representatives, and the Brazilian flag was raised with appropriate ceremo- nies. GERMAN FORCES ARE ~LEAVING BULGARIA Paris, Sept. 29.—(Havas.)—The Ger- man forces of occupation in Rumania began to retire from that country Fri- day, according to information receiv- ed in Swiss political circles. There are persistent rumors in Switzerland that the Rumanian population has re- volted. The German civil authorities are said to be removing their archiives hastily. Don’t despise small things, young man. A 19 cent box of candy goes a leng way with some girls | ments, making their way . | shooting down obseervation balloons. concentration of enemy troops at Dun sur Meuse.and. that_strong- resistance might be expected. Tar to the left a number of ‘anksl that had been working through the| wilderness of the Argonne forest made comparatively rapid progress. Most of these machines were of the small French type. With astonishing agility they mov- ed forward, smashing wire entangle- over trench- es and firing pointblank at machine cunners who endeavored to . check them. The efforts of small rear guard forces equipped with new anti-tank guns to impede their progress were futile and many of these new weapons were added to the rapidly growing salvage dumps. Late information indicates that the Germans are making every effort to| strengthen their lines while prepar ng new positions. It has been estab- lished that five new divisions have been thrown into line since the offen- sive began. Six German airplanes were downed pesterday in a battl between seven American and seven German ma- chines. The battle took place in the air over Separges Woods. One German machine was sent crashing to the earth at the first en- | counter. After manoeuvering for po: la ition the six remaining enemy planes | returned 'to the combat. When the: battle was finished five more German | machines had been brought to the| ground. i Throughout the day the American airmen were intensively active. 1In addit on to making observation of ene- my movements, pursuit planes d'd ex- cellent work in attacking troops in formation. in choking roads and in Before noon nine enemy planes were | reported downed southwest of Bay-i onville. One aviator attacked a re- treating column of machine gun car- riages, dispersing the entire outfit. AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL i coMMISSION IN PARIS Paris, Saturday, Sept. 28.—Victor Boret, the French administrator, today received the American agricultural commission which is investigating the food conditicns in France. The mis- sion is headed by Carl Vroom, assist- ant secretary of agriculture and the other members are W. F. Thompson, W. A. Taylor, W. C. Romel, George R. Argo, R. A. Pearson, Thomas F. Plant. Dr. Coker, John Wilmot and J. C. Creelman. M. Boret, speaking in English, con- gratulated the party on coming to see France persanally instead of being sat- isfied with printed reports and statis- tics. He said they would find the live- stock and forests of France diminished and the potato and bean harvest de- ficient. When the Americans visited the front the food minister told them they would find that the best food- stuffs were reserved for the soldiers. UNEASINESS IS INCREASING IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA Paris, Sept. 2).—(Havas) Uneasi- ness over the Bulgarian situation is increasing in Germany and Austria. Germany is endeavoring to pursuade General Todoroff, chief of the Bulgar- ian staff, to throw his influence to her side. Vienna newspapers believe that the political reaction in Bulgaria will re- sult in an Austrian retirement in Al- bania. Disorders are reported to have occurred in Vienna. FIRE DISGOVERED ON A CUBAN % MAIL LINE STEAMER An Atlantic Port, Sept. 29.—Fire| discovered in the cargo of the New York and Cuba Mail Line’s steamer Mexico while the ship was at sea had been brought under contral when the vessel reached this port tonight. Part of the cargo is being unloaded so that a survey may bee made of the damage, which is not believed to be great. l i lin Worcester, Mass., Raised Its Quota Saturday—The Entire Northeast is Making a Splendid Showing—New Yérk Estimate Saturdays Sales Washington, Sept. 29.” — Although treasury department officials teday made no attempt to estimate the to- tal sales on the opening day of the Fourth Liberty loan campaign yes- terday, all indications were that the luan had gotten away to a zood start. _Only ocne district committee, New York, had attempted to estimate its szles, placing them at $209,000,090 or ore-ninth of the $1,800.009,000 ailotted the New York federal reserve dis- irit of the loan” d a treasury department statem: s ex- emplified in a telegram from Worces- ter, Mass. a eity which achieved its Guota yesterday. An elaborate voting plan for putting :r the city's quota had been worked ou! there, but it had to be abandoned at the st minute because of an epidemic of Spanish in- at About $200,000,000. fluenza. Without a moment's hesita- tion the sales committes adopted a new plan of selling and §$15,000,000 was raised. “Other telegrains from New Enz- land indicated that the spirit of Wor- cester is that of the entire northeast.. Up there they are calling this' the Fighting Fourth’ loan and they ars going to fight it through regardless of Spanish ‘i’ and other obstacles.” Rear Admiral Cowie, who is charge of the campaign in the navy, said today that a new record for first scriptions was set in the navy. H ¢ estimate was $2,000.000. The larges: single subscription, $875000, came from the Philadeiphia navy yard. Tie battleship Delaware reported the lars- est_ship subscription, $102,600. “Fire a broadside of bonds at the German fi " was the message sent to the navy by Admiral Cowie. GERMANY PROTESTS USE OF SHOTGUNS BY AMERICANS Amsterdam, Sept. 29. Germany, through the Swi legation, has sent an ultimatum to the government of the United States that if no i answer is forthcoming by to the German protest about the use of shotguns by American soldiers “re- prisals will be taken. A semi-official telegram from Berlin s the following additional details ef the note: % 'm prisoners captured during a rmish during ratrols on July epeating shotzun was taken. he i who belonged to American v, Resiment 307, of ‘the T77th Division, stated their patrol t-ossessed i three such guns, each leaded with six artridzes and each cartridze contain- = nine shots of size 00. “Another s captured on September 11 from the Third Infantry giment of the Fifth American Di- vision. “The nse of such weapons were for- bidden by The Hague convention as causing unnecessary suffering. The German government protests energet- ically and expects from the United States government that steps will be |3 taken immediately to discontinue the employment of shotguns. “It is pointed out to the government of the United States that a prisoner cn whom a shotgun or shotgun ammu- nition is found forfeits his life.” KAISER WITNESSED THE k MANOEUVERS OF HIS NAVY Amsterdam Sept. 29.—Emperor Will- ia visited Kiel on September 25, ac- cording to the Lokal Anzeiger of Ber- and witnessed manoeuvers in which submarines attacked a supposed convoy. He arrived at the German base early in the morning with his brother, Prince Henry, and Admiral Scheer. After inspecting all tyvpes of sub- marines, the emperor boarded a vesse} which proceeded to sea - with -other ships in the usual convoy formation. The convoy was surrounded by des- troyers and other escort vessels which the submarines attempted to attack The emperor followed the manoeuvers i with great interest. One of the escort ships and several of the vessels in the convoy were the victims of theoretical hits made by the U-boats. The emperor taiked to several of the U-boat commanders and in an address to the officers thanked them for their co-operation and expressed confidence in further successful work by the sub- marinas. AT LEAST 85000 CASES OF INFLUENZA IN BAY STATE Boston, Sept. 29.—At least 85,000 persons are ill from Spanish influenza in Massachusetts, and the death list is growing hourly. State Health Com- missioner Kelley tonight wired Sur- geon General Blue of the public health service tinues seric Reports reaching the health com- missioner that Boston, Brockton, that the situation “con- Gloucester, helsea and Quincy are the worst hit of the larger cities. A majority of the Protestant churches in the state were closed to- , some being opened only for pray Masses were celebrated in Cath- churches in this archdiocese, ex- cept in communities where orders were issued closing all houses of wor- ship. Spanish influenza and broncho-pneu- monia tock 149 lives in Boston in the twenty-four hours ended at 10 o'clock tonight, bringing the total death toll since the epidemic started on Sept. 14 up to 1,226 persoms. AMERICANS BOMBARDING THE FORTRESS OF METZ Amsterdam, Sept. 29.—The Ameri- can bombardment of the fortress of Metz is getting on the nerves of the German people. This is emphasized by a correspondent of the Rhenish Westphalian Gazette of Essen, who visited Metz on Thursday. ‘When the bombardment of the fort- ress area started the inhabitants of the city believed an air raid was in prog- ress and took to their cellars. When the truth became known, many per- sons left the city but most of them now have returned. Between September 22 and Septem- ber 26, the correspondent says forty shells fell in the outskirts of the city. (where thee forts are located), killing a few persons and doing damage to property. Other correspondents attempt to ap- pease the anxiety of the Germans by pointing out' that Metz is fortified strongly with all the latest devices. DIRECT HITS MADE BY § BIG GUNS OF THE ALLIES With the American Army Northwest of Verdun, Sept. 29 (By the A. P.).— Direct hits by the heavy guns of the French and Americans upon the broad gauge railroad at two points east of Chevieres, which lies immediately north of the Argonne forest, were re- ported today by aerial observers, The Germans have been using the railroad to bring up troops from the west. One shell is reported to have cut the railway and the other to have badly damaged the roadbed. BOLSHEVIKI THREATEN | TO DESTROY MOSCOW London, Sept. 29.—If the Bolsheviki are compelled to leave Moscow thev will attempt to destroy the city and slaughter the bourgeois wholesale, de- clares Hans Vors in a letter to the Berlin Tageblatt. The German writer says he learns from authentic sources that the Bolsheviki have placed in the upper stories of high buildings every conceivable ‘agency of destruction. Innocent bourgeois hostages, the let- ter adds. still are being shot by the thousanda 778 NAMES IN THREE ARMY CASUALTY LISTS Washington Sept. 30.—The follow- ing casualties are reported by the Commanding General of the American Expeditionary Force: Kilie¢ in action 37; missing in ac- tion 17; wounded severely 290; died from wounds 22; died from .accident and other causes 3; died of disease 6; wounded, degree undetermined kg total 377. New England mn: Killed in Action. Priyate Salvatore Virgilio, New Ha- en, Conn. ¥ Died from Wounds. ..Privates—Manual Arseneault, . N} Carver, Mass; William Edward Dou- cette, Dorchester, Mass. Died from Accident and Other Causes. Private Charles L. Post, Wethers- field, Conn. Wounded Severely. Corporal Harold B. DeNully, Brook- line’ Mass. Private: Stanley C. Swift, Walth- Joseph E. Daly, Lowell, hn P. Dauiot, Stoughton, ‘Walter H. Sullivan, Westboro, | Mass.; Charles S. Brown, Waterbury, Conn.; Frank P. Sescilia, Holyoke, Mass,; Louis Larsen, East Provi- dence, R. I.; Edward F. Kerins, Wat- erbury, Conn. ! Missing i nAction. Private George B. Hollowap, Taun- ton, Mass. SUNDAY’S LIST. Killeed in action 27; missing in ac- tion 27; missing in action 38; wound- ed severely 128; died from wounds 2; died from accident and other causes 1; died of disease 5; wounded. degree undetermined 2; wounded slightly 1; prisoners 4; total 208. New England men are: Killed in Action. Sergeant ~Arthur Childs'™ Boston, - Private Earl W. Green, Rockville, Conn, Wounded Severely. Corporal Thomas J. Kevey, Charl- estown, Mass. Privates—Patrick Joseph Rich, Der- by, Conn.; John A. Foley, Manchester, . Missing in Action. PrivateMichael J. Comcowich, An- sonia, Conn. ..Prisoner. Mechanic William J. Donovan, Jam- aica Plains, Mass. SATURDAY AFTERNOON’S LIST. Killed in action 43; missing in ac- tion 49; wounded |from wounds aero- iplane accident 1; died from accident and other causes 4; died of disease 10; total 193. New England men are: Killed in Action. Privates—William M. Durr Norwich Town, Conn.; Heiry A. Young Somer- ville, Mass. Died from Private Tony Conn. Wounds. Desandre, Meriden, Wounded Severely. Sergeant Carl J. Kalberg, South Boston, Mass. Privates—John J. Cdary, Hartford, Conn.; Kieran Hickeey, Concord, Mass. WAR CAUSES CHANGE OF SENTIMENT IN JAPAN Tokio, Sunday, Sept. 22.—(By The A. ¥.)—Marquis Okuma has informed the emperor that the war has brought a great change in the sentiments of the people because of the widening gulf between the wealthy classes and the masses. This has created a dangerous tendercy, he said, which, if ignored, might undermine the social founda- i tions of the empire. The power of the working class is asserting itself, ‘he declarad, and must be met. Aarquis Okuma recommended ‘that Marquis Saionji was pre-eminently suited to bring national support to the government. As a consequence Marquis Saionji has heen entrusted with the task of forming a cabinet which, it is Lelieved .will Le based up- on political parties. CHARGED WITH VIOLATING ‘THE TRUE NAME LAW™ Boston, Sept. 29.--Charged with vio- {hllion of *“the ‘true name law,” more than 100 men and women were taken into custody early today during raids on four downtown.hotels and a num- ber of lodgihg houses in the South and West ends. There was considerable excitement as the squads of uniformed policemen went through the hallways, arousing the guests by knocking on the doors. - .The raids, made on orders issued by the licensing commission, were' the first under the law passed by the last legislature providing that guests at a hotel or lodging house must register under their true names. . The authorities said tonight that managers and proprietors of places where violations of the law were dis- covered would be prosecuted, : MANY CONNECTICUT MEN (Special- to The Bulletin,) ‘Washington, Sept. 30. — General March chief of staff stated in reply to questions by The Bulletin correspond- ent that the 26th Division is now on the line and the 76th Division is used as a base division. At the present time many Connecticut men are in these di- visions, According to Gereral March’s statemeni he also stated that there was absolutely no foundation for the report that the 102nd Regiment been ordered back te the States had United NOW ON BATTLE LINE |American Troopsn | GOOD START FOR FOURTH LIBERTY LOAR