Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 3, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 237 POPULATION 29,919 TEN PAGES—70 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS BELGIAN GOAST N LONGER TENABLE FOR THE HUNS Germans Are Being Expelled From Belgium Flanders and From Territory in France From the Region of Cambrai to Verdun—Huns Are Moving Their Heavy Guns East- ward From the Belgian Coast Towns, to Save Them From Capture. (By The Associated Press.) Again the Germans are in retreat on an important sector of the west- ern battle front in France. The scene of the new retrograd movement is a wide front north and south of - La Bassee Canal. ‘The continuation by the entente allied forces of their brilliant achieve- ments in restoring Belgian Flanders and the expulsion ef the enemy from furtHer territory in France from the region of Cambrai to Verdun evi- dently has brought the Germans to the realization that the great bend in Many additional towns have been captured by the allies in this region and numerous prisoners have been taken. The important railroad junct- ion point of Roulers is all but in the hands of the allies, while southward from Roulers the British have cut the Roulers-Menin railway at two places and are in the process of investing Menin. The French now are in full possess- ion of St. Quentin and have passed on eastward. The entire Hindenburg system between St. Quentin and Le Catelet has been completely smashed the line from Menin to the cast of |by Field Marshal Haig's forces, with Arras is likely to prove another such trap as was the St. Jess they are fast enough of foot to whom the Americans are brigaded. Mihiel salient un. |and further ground has been won in the outskirts of Cambrai and north of move eastward, giving up Lille, Lens | that city. At one point north of St. and Douai, and straighten their line from the vicinity of Cambrai to Belgium. i | Quentin the British were forced give up a village under a heavy coun- ter-attack by fresh German , troops. On all the other si¥ battle fronts:A band of Americans who had out- from Belgium to Verdun the entente forces are keeping up their succ ful advances, although the everywhere, except northw have stiffened T aterially and are offering strong into their on re- ish and French troops farther eastward from Dixmude, more will be re- troops to give penetrated southeastw d t wigium Flanders the wedge of}0f the cath | t positions by which Ostend, one ! of Germany's sea bases. will be made daicnable, and, indeed. the entire rtl Sea coast now in German hands | ut in jeopardy. British warships ire now violently bombarding the| eoasy and the Germans are reported 1 Le moving their heavy uns east- ward, fearful of their capture. |, GERMANY NEEDS COLS ABOVE AlLL ELSE Amsterdam, Oct, 2 —(R-uters, via Monwreal) Dr. W, 8. Solf, the Ger- nian colonial secretary, who has been mentioned as the probable successor of Count Von Hertling the r chancellor, in a lecture befo dience in Munich which in Luawig of B aria, said importance ot Germany colonjes far ‘ surpassed task. Substitutes for re raw he said, could;not suffica for peace re- material, quirements, For wool alone Germany would havé to keep fifty million sheep which virtually was impossible. The supply of raw materials was the weakest point an. Germany's world economy, nies, Dr. Soif argued that Germany must Hence the need for colo- have colonies to prevent her commer- cin! isolation. He said the policy of | the open door must be one of the most important demands at the conclusion of peace, Germany had no thought' of militarizing Africa, he contended, but desired to prevent the employ- ment of colored men in Europe. The Imperial German government, the colonial secretury said, adhered | firmly to its demand for the return of African and South Sea possessions as well as a fresh partition of A €0 as to consolidate Germany's scat- tered possessions. AMERICANS IN ADVANCED POSITIONS RESCUED British Headquarters in France, Oct. 2.—(Reuter). The . contingent of who had been holding out e Sunday in a far advanced posi- n between Cambrai and St. Quen- tin against zreatly superior enemy numbers have been rescuel. In our attack around Vendhuile yes- terday we were able to ight through and relieve this party, numbering some hundreds, who having taken up | their position Sunday night, were surrounded by the Germaas early on Monday. Notwithstanding that they were op- posed by such superior numbers and only possessing the ammuniticn and rations which they themselves were carrying, the Americans made a mag- nificent resistance and the ground was strewn with German dead. FIGHTING IN MACEDONIA CEASED MONDAY NOON Paris, Oct, 2.—Sharp fighting con- tinued on the Macedonian front up to noon Monday, when the Bulgarian ar- mistice became effective. In the region north of Monastir Ital- ian forces took Mont Baba, a position of much military importance. The Bulgarians kept up a vicious machine gun fight to the last and were sup- ported by infantry and numerous bat teries of field artillery. The enemy, however, was driven back and the Iudlians occupied Dolenci. When operations were suspended the Serbians held the high ground between Uskub and the Bulgarian border. On the extreme left allied troops had completed the occupation of Struga, uear Lake Ochrida, and Kichevo, fur- ther north, COMMITTEE TO DRAFT A “CURFEW LAW” FOR NEW YORK New York, Oct. 2—A committee to Craft a “curfew iaw” for the duration of the war for boys and girls less than 16 years of age was appointed today by the committee on civilian problems of the mayor's committee on national defense. The proposed meas- ure, which was said to be prompted by the enormous increase in child de- linquency in Europe since 1914, would bar children from being seen in pub- llc witholt an escort after 8 p. m. in ‘winter and 9 p, m. in summer, PREPARING STATEMENT OF, BULGARIA’S SITUATION Sofia, Oct, 2, via Basel—King Fer- dinand’s speech, which Premier Mali- noff read to the Sobranje, announced that the national assembly would be convoked and that the Cobranje would be adjourned until Friday in order that a complete statement of Bul- \ nced their fellows in arms, were rrrounded on one sector by the Ger- ¢, but were released after s, during which they killed many of the enemy who sought to capture them. Northwest of Rheims the St. Thierry massif has been captured and north edral city the environs of Betheny have been reached by thej French. The Germans along this front are in retreat to their old 1917 | line and the French have reached the | Aisne Canal at several points. The French in Champagne and the pressing northward on both des ef this bastion. In Palestine the British have occu- pied Damascus and taken more than 7,000 Turks prisoner. [GERMANS ARE EVACUATING LILLE, TAKING AWAY BOOTY Paris, Oct. 2—(Havas). The Matin announces that the Germans are evac- uating Lille and that the commander there has requisitioned all means of transportation, even wheelbarrows and baskets, to take away the bootv. The rewspaper adds that the evacuation of the townspeople to Belgian towns near the German border is being pur- sued hastily. A despatch from the Dutck border asserts that the German general in Belgium has given secret instructions to the governors of the provinces to send hastily all German archives to Brussels, Allied aviators have flown over Brussels drepping thousands of pamphlets telling the public to have a little more patience—that their hour | of liberaticn-is near. STORMY SESSION OF MASS. DEM. STATE COMMITTEE Boston, Oct. After a stormy ses- sion today the democratic state com- mittee by a vote of 18 to 6 refused Lo accept the resignation of Chairman Michael A. O'Leary. The committee tken reaffirmed its vote of July 27 that the conduct of the campaizn and the handling of the funls of all candi- dates should be ieft to the state com- mittee. In the primary campaign, O'Leary supported William A. Gaston for the nomination for governor against Rich- «rd H. Long and Edward P. Barry. Long nominated, O'Leary then offered to step aside in order that the party might “have a man at the wheel who s in perfect harmony” with the successful candidate. The committee also voted to post- pene until October 19 the state con- vention, scheduled to be held in Wor- cester on Oct. 5. This action was taken because of the prevalence of in- fluenza. BALTIMORE HEADS HIGH COST OF LIVING CITIES 2 Washington, Oct. Baltimore heads the high cost of living cities in which invest. tions so far have been made by the government, with Phila- lelphia second. A report today show- ed that in the Baltimore district costs have increased £0.18 per cent. since December, 1914, and 24.62 per cent. since last March. The increase in Philadelphia was 65.17 per cent. since The investigators also reported that the cost of living in Portiand, Maine, district, has increased 62.85 since De- cember, 1914, and 65.02 per cent, in the Bath, Maine, district. Since March, 1918, costs advanced 20.15 per cent. in the Bath district and 20.91 per cent. in the Portland district. ADMIRAL ROGERS, RETIRED RETURNS TO SERVICE Boston, Oct. Rear Admiral John A. Rogers, U. 8. N,, retired, 70 yeears old, and with a notable record in two wars to his credit, returned to the navy for active service today. He reported to Rear Admiral Spencer S. ‘Wood, commanding the First Naval District, and was assigned as com- manding officer of the new naval unit at Harvard University. Since his .re- tirement eight years ago, ear Admirdl ogers had been farming at his country estate in Perryville, Md., but he said today he could not remain out of serv- ice with the country at war. WAR MATERIAL CAPTURED BY AMERICAN TROOPS ‘Washington, Oct. 2.—General Per- shing’s communique today says that a partial count of the material cap- tured Juring the past week by the American troops advancing between the Meuse and the Argonne rivers shows 120 guns of ail calibers, 750 trench mortars, 300 machine guns, 100 heavy tank guns, thousands of artil- lery shells and hundreds of thousands ria’s situation might.be laid before |of rounds of small arm ammunition. the representatives of the nation. Austrian Offer Rejected. Amsterdam, Oct. 2.—Czecho-Slovak| Amsterdam, Oct. SHIPPING GOLD FROM RUSSIA TO GERMANY 2—The second Jeaders have sharply rejected an offer | shipment of gold from Raussia to Ger- to enter An Austrian|many has arrived at the German fron- to th inet, according to a Viena- uél;‘:m‘i“ has been taken over by an 2, e 2 e .despatch printed in Frankfort Ga~- of 1 of the Reichbank, according tojand southward to Metz and Strass-|of factories ding planes and mo- T to! two | vight have made s against the Germans| the cleaning out of the Argonne governor- | Government 10 Fix the Price of Shoes Prices Will Range From $3 to $12 For Men and Women —Proportionate Prices For Children’ ‘Washington, Oct. 2—~The American people soon will be able to purchase shoes at fixed maximum and minimum retail prices, lower than those now prevailing, and obtain at the same time shoes of better quality. This an- nouncement was made today by ‘the War Industries Board based on an agreement it has entered into with the shoe industry. Under the agreement sices will be standardized as to quality and style at prices ranging from $3 to $12 for men and women grouped as follows: Class A from $9 to $12: class B, to $8.50 and class C, $3 to $5.50." Pro- portionate prices for youths' and chil- dren’s shoes have been.lixed in each of the three classes. The War Industries Board will check up on the quality of the shoe sold at each.price by means of a class number stamped in each shoe. Folicing, officials explained, will be done by the various state councils of defense, and where the public is in doubt as to what quality it is gettinz according to the price schedule, com- piaint may be de and the cost of nianufacture traced, While it is possible to purchase a shoe for $3 now, under the new sched- vle the shoe at that price will be of higher grade. Officials also said that it will be possible to buy better qual ity shoes throughout the three class at less money than at present. now retailing for as high as $20, they caid, will retail for the maximum price { $12 and be of at least cqual qual- ity. Manufacturers, jobbers and retailers subscribed to the agreement, and re- tailers will be required to pledge containing the mew pric and display it in their shops. to do so will mean the cutti supplies, The manufacturer: provides for standards of qus the quoted prices, The cutting of shoes under the new schedule will begin October 15, and it is expected first deliveries will be made within from thirty to sixty days after that date. Time is allowed re- tailers to dispose of present stocks at present pr 556 NAMES IN LATEST ARMY CASUALTY LIST Washington Oct. 2—The follow- | ing casualties are reported by the Comanding General of the American Expeditionary Forces: hoes i WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON’S LIST Killed in action 93; missing in ac-! tion 42; wounded severely 547; died! of disease 21; died of accident and other causes 6; died from wounds 38; | wounded slightly 5; prisoners 4; to- tal 556. New England men are: Killed in Action. | Corporal Earl A.-Covey; Exeter, N. Privates—Stanley Brogis, New Brit- ain, Conn.; John Doucett, Lawrence, Mass.; Jay Richitelli New Haven, Conn. Privates—Grover C. Walker, Clay- ville, R. L.; George J. Bush, Haverhill, | Mass.; Adolph Geidel, New Britain, Conn. Died of Disease. Private William A. Corcoran, Hart- ford, Conn. Died from Accident and Other Causes | Rokas Alexiewiczius, New Britain, | Conn.; Edward W. Higgins, Marlboro, Mass. Wounded Severely. | Lieutenant Walter B. Davis, South | Farms, Middletown. Sergeant Wilfred Nolet, Methuen, Mass. Corporals — Anthony Scicchitano, Fall River, Mass.; Burton J. Phillips, Livermore Falls, Maine; John Devaney Medford, Mass. Mechanics—Charles Derry, Groton, | Conn.; William J. McKay, Montague,? Mass. { Saddler Edward J. Riley, Haverhill, | Mass. i Privates — Luciano Di Fitchburg, Mass.; Edward A. Bates,! T. | Boston, Mass.; Antoine A. Dupuls, | Springfield, Mass.; William B. Mec- | Carthy, S. Manghester, Conn.; Angelo | Pietro, Waterbury, Conn.; Stephen | Rypha, 424 Main St.,, Norwich, Conn.; | Napoleon J. Stebbins, Fedfling Hills, | Mass.; Patrick Dubreuil, Manchester, | N. H.; Charles E. Sullivan, Cam-! bridge, Mass.; Harry Gillespie, Water- ! Conn.; Francis Edmund Hall, East Providence, R. 1.; William Hinkson, ! Bridgeport, Conn.; Framcis E. King,! Dorchester, Mass.; Isadore D. Lehman, 2,000 dressed beeves, the shipping shed | New Haven, Conn.; Stephen Sidor- ento, Hartford, Conn. | Wounded Slightly. Corporal Benjamin Shapiro, Reveere, Mass. Wounded severely in action, prev- iously reported missing in action: Privates—Sotereas M. Makes, Wor- cester, Mass.; Arnold L. Wilson, Presque Isle, Maine. Killed in action, previously report- ed missing in action: Privates—Melkis Hasbatanian, Hav- erhill, Mass.; Edward Peterson, Rock- port, Mass. Sick in hospital, previously report- ed missing in action: George Myers, Westport, Conn. MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES. Summaries of casualties to date: Officers —Deaths 40; wounded 67; | missing 1; total 108; enlisted men— Deaths 1,038; wounded 2,009; inhands of enemy 20; missing 163; total 3 229; grand total 3,337. H The following casualties are report- | ed by the Commanding General of the American Expeditionary Forces (in- cluded in above total): ! Killed in action 7; died of wounds received in action 2; wounded in ac- tion (severely) 7; wounded in aec-| tion (slightly)1; missing in action 1; total 28. Second Lieutenant David A. Red- ford of Pawtucket, R. I, was listed as | killed. i TREVES RAILWAY BOMBED BY BRITISH AIR FORCE London, Oct, 2.—The Treves Rail- way was bombed by the British in- dependent air force:Tuesday, accord- ing to an official statement issued to- night. % town in the German empire. Condensed Teiegrams Twenty New York State cities went ry. \ King Alfonzo of Spain is ill with in- fluenza. New Jersey shipyards are turning out 14 ships a month. Twenty-two officers were named for the Distinguished Service Cross. Mexican oil shipments to the United Sllales in August totaled 4,834,000 bar- rels. Sale of War Saving and . Thrift stamps in New York to date amounts to_$30,348,380. The War Department authorized the building of a phcsphorous plant to cost $500,000 at Fairmount, W. Va. The Vatican was ‘“advised” King Ferdinand of Bulgaria had abdi- cated in favor of his son, Prince Boris. _The names of one officer and 10 sol- diers in German prison camps were announced by the War Department. Shell department of the Columbian | Iron Works in Chattanooga was de- stroyed by fire, and a loss of $100,000 incurred. i All men who have had seafaring ex- perience are asked to so state in their questionaires in order to aid the mer- chant marine. Three . majority parties in the Reichstag agreed to the formation of a parliamentary government with a Tesponsible ministry. The Red Cross work rooms in Bos- ton have need for 2000 gauze masks for influenza patients to wear to pro- tect nurses and doctors. General Pershing awarded a double honor to an American soldier from Nebraska for putting machine gun nests out of action twice in two days. Franz Rintelin, who plotted to plant bombs on outgoing cargoes and send cargoes to German raiders at sea is off to serve his prison term in Atlanta. The Federal Reserve Bank of Pitts- burgh notified the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange not to trade in new Liberty bonds until the end of the campaign. The Canadian Railway War Board granted increases in wages amounting to $22,000,000 a year for 75,000 men. A‘; eight-hour day was also establish- ed. The United States mined 4,051,144 ounces of gold in 1917 valued at $83,- | Germanic people are clamoring. Hence The silver output amounted |the belated attempts of the emperors 750 440. that | | | | | | { Ger: Dynastiesof Central | Powers Weakening Realize They Must Yield to Participation of Civilian| Elements in Government During This Crisis. Washington, Oct. 2.—Signs are mul- tiplying in reports reaching the state department from various agencies in neutral European countries of the rapid weakening of the despotic con- trol which the military elements in Germany and Austria have imposed upon the civilian population. So exten- sive and consequential are the events quickly followinz one another in Ber- lin and Vienna that American officials are becom: convinced that the im- the Rear. Washington, Oct. 2. — The German grip cn northern France and Belgium has been definitely broken. Even the . v most cautions military observers in perial rulers have been forced, how- | ROt cautions ever, reluctantly to the conclusion that | [y@shington agrced tonight that the if they are *to preserve their dynasties UL was isintegrating and army officers centered their whole attention on the efforts of the German lead-rs to extricate their armies with- out ¢ crushing disaster. Outflanked in Belgium and in the Champagne, the zreat- German zone of defensive works known as the Hinden- burg ime already was becoming un- tenable when 1d Marshal Haig's men smashed through it today just north of St. Quentin. The immediate investment of the citv by French troops and the swiit widening of the breach northward coupled with the continued rapid progress of French, Belgian and PBritish forces in Belgium, it is thought here, possibly may upset | the whole German scheme of retire- ment which already had begun on the Rheims front. from destruction they must yield to the growing demands of the civilian elements for the right of participation in the government during this e The military parties have retained their control only because of gheir as- serted ability to secure a military de- cision that would confirm German su- premacy over continental Europe and the British Isles as well. Now that the 'man armies are beiug defeated and a en back into Germany, and the na- tion is confronted with the painful certainty of an invasion and retribu- tive justice for the wrongs inflicted upon the French and Belgians, the in- Auence of the Pan-Germans and mili- tary parties is waning and it is be- lieved that the two emperors have de* cided that if they are to retain the = y 3 support of the people they must turn British penetration of the line, it was fo the civilian parties that have been |S2id, may furnish Marshal Foch with a means to embarr: treat alwavs ne possibility of precipitating a veritable rout Ringed by a wall of victorious ene- mies ovéer the whole front, from the No Sea to Verdun. the situation of the Germans undoubtedly is grave. The dfive in Belgium is menacing vital communications on one side wile the { Americar and French troops in the demanding a voice in affairs. It was pointed out today that Pres- ident Wilson has repeatedly declared that with the military rulers of the Central Powers convicted of broken faith and deceit there can be no dis- cussion of the peace for which the the German re- h KEEP GOING! That is the only way to win. boys are deing over in Europe, and that is what everyone must do here at home. Our work is cut out for us as plaist as theirs for them. They will not falter and we must - not in raising the Fighting Fourth Liberty Loan, Lend the way they fight. GET YOUR BONDS TODAY AT -ANY BANK Champagne are surging forward to- ward equally vital supply lines on the other. The battle line is assnming the shape of a vast trap, thrusting its jaws out to engulf the German armies. The German leaders have seen their danger. Official reports to the state de- partment today indicated that evacu- ation of the submarine bases on the Belgian coast was imminent. There al- so is conclusive evidence that evacuation of the lines before Rheims is well under way. The question” up- permost in the minds of army officers s whether the German high com- mand has acted in time. Announcement from Paris that 2,000 prisoners were taken by the French vesterday in operations between the Vesle and the Aisne rivers is signifi- cant of the difficulty of getting troops back safelv out’of an abandoned fight- ing line. There has been no hint of a French attack on a large scale on this front and the Berlin statements have characterized the movement s a with- drawal. Only a narrow front was in- That is what our volved, vet 2,000 men left as rear guards were captured. To withdraw the whole 250 mil'e frort, where the allied ard American forces are charging forward day aft- Mitchell Palmer has taken over the|to erect a structure enemy interests in the German Con- |cratic government through the crea- | { er day will be a stupendous task. With constantly increasing superiority of numbers and gun power resting with of real demo- BRITISH WARSHPS ARE SHELLING BELGIAN GOAST German Grip on Northern France and Belgium Has Been Definitely Broken—Military Observers in Washington Are Epeculating on the Likelihood of British Landing a Force on the Belgian Coast to Assail the Enemy From the retreat wili he difficult beyond s. There is no possibility, it was of forecasting! what may hap- pen. There are several places on the front where the situation appears particular- ly critical. Officers said that evacua- tion of the Belgian coast probably will be forced on the enemy in an effort to avert an even more serious reverse in the Lille sector. The PBritish wing of the drive in Belgium is hammering at the vital supply lines of the Lille sa- lient on one side while the steady ad- vance of other Bri forces north- eastward from the positions south of Douai is aimed at the only rouie of escape from the rapidly form- ing pocket. Already the larze enemy forces holding the depths of this pocket face the necessity of passing along the British front on the Lys if the best lines of withdrawal are fol- lowed. To the south, another critical situ- ation is developing. It seems certain to officers here that the German lead- ers planned to withdraw slowly from the most advanced grourd they hold about Rheims, gradnally straightening and shortening their lines as they went and with the movement screened by a machine gun rear guard battle. The Dritish smash north of St. Quen- tin, however, has opened the way to the valley of the Oise and the invest- ment of Laon from tbe north. The fall of Ia Fere, already encircled on three sides by the French, and the swift develonment of an attacking line along the flink of the withdrawal seems imminent. Already the Germans have given up the hizh ground just northwest of Rheims that has been their center of resistance on that front. The French now face them for some distance along the Rheims-Laon road with open ground at the German’s backs. Inci- another pocket is developing of Rheims ihat the enemy _disregard and extension of the withdrawal to this sector appears a logical process. Tt would cause little surprise here it a wholly new assault developed within the next dav or two with the French striking directly northward from Rheims and the lines east of that place to a junction with the ad- vancing French army west of the Ar- zone. The open ground through which the German retirement must carry them looks attractive to many observ- ers as the scene of possibly open war- fare wit@ the odds all on Marshal Foch's side. The sifuation on the Belgian coast brings up again the old suggestion of a flank attack by sea. There was some speculation tonight as to whether it %ight not prove possible to force a landing and assail the enemy in the rear as reports said the German sea- solidated Newspaper Co. of Cleveland. |tion of cabinets responsible to the Marshal Foch, observers here believe! coast batteries were being withdrawn. to 71,740,362 ounces valued at $59,- | parliaments in the hope that with 078.100. | these the entente statesmen will be| The Curtiss Airplane Co. has been allotted an order for 7,200 aeroplanes. Part of the contract is for 4,000 De Haviland planes with 80 per spare_ parts. D. W. Cooke, Fuel Administrator of New York State, ordered consignees ' parties for minor places in the cab- | of coal cars to unload them promptly so as to have no shortage of cars at the mines. The #anufacturers Light & Heat Co.. which supplies fuel to West Vir- ginia, western Pennsylvania and east- ern Ohio cities, was taken over by the government. More than $484,000,000 was asked by President Hurley and Vice-President Piez of the Emergency Fleet Corpora- tion for the construction of additional | 1 ships. stee! An officer of the air service Jjust Geronimo, | back from Europe says that the De! Haviland motors have made a favor- able impression abroad. Four hundred thousand . tons Swedish ships were turned over to the United States and Britain under an agreement perfected by the govern- ments last July. Restrictions upon platinum and ir-! ridium or their compounds, becomes effective today. No person except licensed dealers may have more than one ounce in his possession for $0 day Two cooling plants containing about and the machine shop of the Crescent City stockyard at New Orleans were destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $200,000. Thousands of acres of wheat are be- ing raised in western Kansas through the aid of the Federal Farm Loan Board. More than 1,000,000 acres will be sown in the Middle West through this aid. Adjutant General John A. Wilson has requested President Wilson to fix Getober 26 as registration day for men between the ages of 18 and 45 years in Porto Rico. RETURNS FROM LOAN IN NEW YORK DISTRICT New York, Oct. 2—The New York federal reserve district had subscrib- ed $139,418,500 to the fourth Liberty loan up to the close of business yes- terday, or 7.7 perceent of its quota of $1,800,000. according to official figures announced tonight. These figures, however, do not in- clude big sales made today, its business and financial districts by American marines wounded at Cha- teau-Thierry and Belleau Wood, a parade of Italian veterans from the Austrian front. and ceremonies inci- {dent to the Cuban Day celebration at the “Altar of freely. Official totals from the sub-districts, with their ~ percentages _includ: northern New Jersey $9,409, 300 or 6:5; Fairfield County, _Connecticut, and Westchester and Rockland counties, New York, §3,830, 450 or 10.8. PRODUCTION OF LIBERTY MOTORS IS NOW LARGE Washington, Oct. 2.—Liberty motors now have reached quantity production and American-built airplanes are be- ng shipped in trainload lots daily Liberty,” subscribed Treves is in the Rhine province of | from the factories for service overseas. Prussia and claims to be the oldest | W. C. Potter, acting director of the The | bureau of aircraft- production, made railroad passing through Treves runs | this announcement today upon his re- northeastward to Coblenz and Cologne | turn to Washington from an inspection . of | when | New York city, stirred by a tour of | cent. | perogat | willing to confer about peace. As a half way measure and in a desperate effort to save the imperial e, Emperor William already | SUSPENSION OF CONGRESS OVER NOVEMBER ELECTIONS Washington, 2.—Plans for sus- t ; b pension of congress over the Novem- has tried the expedient of himself|}e; clections were revived today by selecting leaders of . the. opposition | congressional leaders after a survey ; 0% |of senate and house legislative calen- inet and promising to forward the|qars. enactment of ‘popular measures. But{ The seven billion dollars army {the socia generally have de- ¢ appropriation bill, now be- | | clined to accept anything short of ab- | tore the hous solute control through the Reichstag|cmergenc: of the cabinet without reference tol b the wishes of the emperor and officials military committee, the power bili; passed yester- day by the house, the conference re- ; {port on the emergency agricultural believe that at length they are about il with its war-time prohibition to _realize their aspirations. rider pending before both Louses and Such a change in Germany doubt- |formalities in the senate of laying less would be followed, if not, indeed, !,cide the woman suffrage resolution preceded, by Austrian parliamentary a similar revolution in were listed for preferential considera- government | riar tion. and it is fully expected that as soon!| |emocratic and republican leaders as real representative government 1Sy the house reached a tentative a fact in the Central Empires there|agreement today to suspend the house will be an irresistible movement pext Friday and begin a series of towards peace, even on the terms laid | (hree day recesses -until October 14, down by President Wilson. | when it is planned to take up the ar- appropriation measure. Prompt ge of the bill both houses it was expected that by October 20, congress could ad- journ for a month over the electio: In the meantime, < ONE-FIFTH OF NEW ENGLAND'S LOAN QUOTA SUBSCRIBED Boston, Oct. 2.—Although the New England district had subscribed near- Iy one-fifth of its quo:a of $300,000000 | pected to pass the power bill in the fourth Liverty loan in the first |and both houses act on the agriculture three working days of the campaign, | measure. officials tonight urged workers to re- The woman suffraze amendment newed efforts. The total as announced he federal reserve bank today was 2,000, leaving $492,308.000 to be will come ore the senate tomorrow on the motion of Chairman Jones of the woman suffrage committee for the The committee pointed out |reconsideration of the fo 31 vote that to reach the quota 1t would be!by which it was lost terday. Tre necessary to obtain subscriptions at|motion, however, probably will not be the rate of $25,000,000 during the remainder of the campaign, an amount greater than that of any sin- gle day in the drive for the third loan. The total for yesterday was $30,564,- 000, of which Massachusetts contrib- pressed to a vote untii after the elec- tions. Although leaders are certain® that both senate and house virtually can suspend work by the three day recess plan, the new proposal for a month’s uted $16,759,000; Connecticut $5,021,- | recess from about October 20 to Nov- 000; Maine $2,693,000; Rhode Island |cmber 20 is dependent on the progress 100: Vermont $1,893,000, . and the senate finance committee w Hampshire $909,000. Subscriptions in Boston for the third day aggregated $34,768,000, but cred- to other nlaces reduced this to- night to $25,478,300. Other city totals as reported officially included: Connecticut: Hartf New Haven § 1,900 350. Waterbury $924,700; don $1,831,350. the war revenue bhill. Chairman Simmons of the committee today changed his estimate of com- pleting the measure in three weeks and said considerably lonzer would be required. Majority Leader Martin said tonight that after the imperative pending measures are passed he could see no reason why congress should not recess until the finance committee is ready prospects 22. ch New Lon- PLENTY OF COAL FOR NEW ENGLAND WAR INDUSTRIES' Washington, Oct. 2 Continuous that after the elections. this will nct be until U. S, TROOPS INFORM ENEMY OF BULGARIAN ARMISTICE operation of the war industries of 5 England during the coming winter is American He-\drlu:{raors mn har‘me, ured, provided there is no inter-|Uct. (Reuter). News of the Bul- ruption to the operation of mines rail- roads or coastwise shipping supplying | the district during October and o- | vem With a continuation of efforts by the New England public to | conserve coal, the fuel administration | in a statement tenight. said that “not even a repetition of the unprecedened ! soverity of last winter's weather will prevent the furnaces of New Enzland from operating at full blast from the| present time until the return of mod- erate weather next spring.” | Attention will now be furned to the | building up of a supply in other local- ities, which through the summer have | been subordinated to New England owing to their superior fac es for winter transportation. The New Eng- land supply has been assured throvgh co-operation of miners. the railroad has ' ba ved by the . who shouted it across to the enemy lines, Where the lines were near enough. The change in the weather to cold ar s made the roads again hle for traffic. The enemy op- ut there are indi- x zhting is of a cov- ering character and that he contem- ates a withdrawal to a more dis- nt line of defense. PRUSSIAN UPPER HOUSE HAS REJECTED SUFFRAGE Amsterdam, Oct. 2.—Berlin_advices received here say that the Prussian upper house has rejected the motion to introduce suffrage based on \‘a- tions and passed an equal! direct suf- frage measure in accordance with the EXTENSION OF BARRED ZONE FOR ENEMY ALIENS New York, Oct. 2.—Promulgation by Fresident Wilson of an order estab- lishing a new barred zone for enemy aliens. embracing Rockaway Point, all of Staten Island and the New Jersey ast, thirty miles southward from New York, was announced here to- night. The object of the order, said Rufus W. Sprague, head of the New York en- emy alien bureau, is to improve pro- tection of the port and ils shipping and to assist the authorities in guard- ing against possible communication be- tween German submarines and enemy agents on shore. The regulations apply only to Ger- man_aliens and reasonahle time will be allowed persons affected by the or- der to apply for residence or travel permits excluding them from enforce- ment of the order. Fxtension of the prohibited areas, it was stated, will zuard the “jaws” of the harbor extending from Rockaway Point to Sandy Hook.In thz Jersey shore barred zone wiil be Atlantia Highlands, rearded by the authorities as the most advantageous point for signalling on the north Atlantic coast 22 OFFICERS AND MEN REWARDED FOR HEROISM Washington, Ogt. 2—General Per- shing today reported the award of the Distin hed Service Cross to 22 of- ficers and enlisted men of the Ameri- ecan expeditionary forces for extraor- dinary heroism in action. They include Lientenant Harry S. Wheat, North Cambridge, Mas: Serzeants John H. E. Winthrop, Bryn Mawr. Pa, and Thomas Cavanaugh, Pittsburgh, Fa.; Corporal Robert R. Riley, Chester, Pr.; Lieutenant Chandler Sprague, Haver- hill, Mass.; Corporals Raymond Pea- cock, Norristown, Pa.. James D. Moore, Erie Pa.. Ravmond D. Row- bot:om, Avalon, Fa. and Privates Al- bert R. Purphv, Philadelphia; Philip Maurer, Baltimore, Md., Lester Carson, Clearfield, Pa.. Fred Otte, Fairmount City, Pa.; William C. Evans, no rec- Sing Kee, San Jose, Calif, and Frivate Newlin, no record. ESTIMATES SUGAR CROP IN U. 8. New York, Oct. 2—The sugar beet crop of the United States for this vear shows an estimated increase of 376,623 tons over that of 1317, but the gen- eral condition of the crop on August 1 was below that of the ten vear ave- raze. The federal food hoard an- nounced here today the estimate for 1918 is 6,359,000 tons, compared with £,980,379 last year. The crop condi- tion, as given t the board's state- ment, was 83.6, whereas the averzge is 91, TO RECOGNIZE ARAB FORCES AS BELLIGERENTS London, Oct. 2—The allied govern- ments have decided to recognize the bellizerent status of the Arab forces fighting as auxiliaries with the allies 2gainst the common enemy in Fales- tine and Syria. DEFERRED CLASSIFICATION FOR MALE SCHOOL TEACHERS New Pritain, Conn., Oce. 2.—It was announced at the offiice of the board administration, the shipping board and government bill, with tae addition of the fuel administration, the statement said an extra vote for persons over fifty years of age. | of educartion today that claims for de- ferred classification for all male school | teachers here would be prescnted to the local draft boards.