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LIX—NO. 238 ' POPULATION 29,919 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1918 The Associated Press.) the heart of the great coal re- orthern France,-and Arme:- equally important as been the Ger- the Germans: fortified positions between Cam- Quentin have been def- and the Austro-Hun- forsaken by their their reconquering of invaded Bel- » progress of the French re- Rheims ad east- “hampasne to the vicinity of ¢ remains the same— age give defences daily notwith- to be eaten nding the strong resistance that the to make null to close in on all arc from the border and high command to the Belgians, are keep- ard progress 1 the Germans d Zeebrugge, their railway lines of steel radiat- ard to Bel- to the north. ally are upon Railway. and Courtrai are Ostend-Rrugee dor in France the cap- Armentieres brings Lille. cap- the the all erritory between rtuall* in the hands of the Prit- of GERMANS ARE EXPERIENCING DEFEAT ON ALL FRONTS Lens and Armentieres Have Been Evacuated by the Teutons, Who Also Have Lost Fortified Positions Between Cam- brai and St. Quentin—Roulers, the Important Railway Junction in Belgium, Has Been Entered by the Belgians In Their Retreat From Albania the Austro-Hungarians Are Fleeing Before the Italians. sh. To the south from Cambrai to St. Quentin, the German resistance still is a | Strong, but neveretheless the British, Americans and French on all the sec- tors which are essential to the carry- ing forward of the allied programme, have valiantly attacked and with- Hindenburg positions and materially in | 2dvanced their line. Sequehart, north of St. Quentin, which the Germans in a violent _counter-attack recaptured from the British Wednesday, again has been retaken by Field Marshal Haig's men, who now are out on the rolling are all the allied troops from St. Quen- tin northward. Northwest of Rheims the Germans are pffering more resistance to the French along the Aisne and the sec- tors which are protecting the castern end of the Chemin des Dames, western end of which already is dom- ed by the French guns, but Gen- Berthelot's forces nevertheless have captured Cormicy and reached the Aisne Canal between Concevreux and La Neuvillette, a front of more than fifteen miles. In Champagne the French have en- larged their gains from the region in [north of Somme Py to the western fringes of the Argonne Forest: prisoners and inflicting heavy casual- ties on the enemy. The railroad junc- tion point of Chajlerange, a short dis- tance south of Vousziers, has been captured and here the French have completed domination of the Aire valley, running north of the Ar- gonne Forcst and are only awaiting the arrival of the Americans at the eastern_end of the valley to nip the = wooded hastion out of the fighting ne. The Americans are slowly ap- proaching the rendezvous. In their retreat from Alhania the Austro-Hunzarians everywhere are in flight before the Italians, burning the towns and depote behind them. Large | numbers of prisoners and quantities * material have been captured. ENATOR LODGE ATTACKS PRC-GERMAN PUBLICATION Washington. Oct. 3—Senator Lodge who denounced as called Two ne and Answers, read letter from the denying f Reviews company pro-Germanism and the publication was pre- the Review of Reviews office was not amonymous as charged. said Geurge Creel the committee on public in- written a special| suggested ter 5000 copies had been circulated changes be made in references to e reasons for the United but aside from ere was no word of criticism from the National sgue wished to make a political at- k on Mr. Creel"” Senwtor Lodge said he desired orrect any misstatements but renewed his attack on the One of its advertising circu- he said, read Did the Germans warn the passen- gers on the Lusitania®™ “The answer is in the book. I un- erstand.” he continued. t by indirection or by implication a iefense of Germany in one of the vary villainous things she dome, and that is saying a great deal, hen I cannot understand what an or- dinary sentence means. “The book Is now being pressed for sale by the Rewiew of Retiews com- jany and these circulars are going sverywhere. strange that a book of that sort should save no inhibition placed upon it when ihe secretary of war most wisely has rxcluded from the camps of soldiers’ ibraries books which certainly are no more objectionable than this.” chair- ates en- this to had has ever very HOW GEN. DEBENEY’S TROOPS SMASHED HINDENBURG LINE With the French Army in France, p. m. (By the Debeney’s troops in the region of Quentin vesterday began to smash through the lines of the Hindenburg position over the entire front of that A. P.)—Gen- \ry. Those lines were two and one-half miles deep in some places and were ~upported by several strongly organ- were defended by machine gun sections which proved unable to check General Debeney’s ad- A breach made in the Hindenburg line east of Le Tronquoy was widened 10 the outskirts of Lesdi north, the French troops in conjunction with British forces took several small in the face of Further \igorous resistance. The west bank of the Crozat canal ¥rench hands as far as Lesdins. troops have occupied Missy. A footing aiso has been gain- ed on the east bank of the canal at Morcourt, the western part of the tow# Frerch hands. With St. Quentin and the suburb of Jsle in his hands, General Debeney has made further gains to the south, ob- taining a foothold trenches west of Neuville St. Gen- enemy's Amand tremches were conquered in that reglon by the French aiter a violent struggle. WHAT IS REQUIRED OF COTTON MANUFACTURERS 3.—Assurance that in- dividual cotton manufacturers will not be required to use specific amounts of cotton of grades below middling, pro- vided the industry as a whole makes arrangements for taking the propor- tion of those grades “determined upon as fair and equitable for American today by Charles Brand, chief of the bureau of mar- of the department of agriculture, in a tejegram to Rufus R. Wilson, sec- retary ‘of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers. Mr. Brand is chairman of the committee which will make government purchases of cotton, His message was in reply to a query sent by Mr. Wilson as to the proposed plan of distribution.of cotton to Amer- — Boston, Oct. BEULGARIA ASKED GOOD OFFICES OF UNITED STATES Washington, Oct. 3.—Stephan Pana- retoff, the Bulgarian minister, today made public the text of the message from his government asking the good offices of the Uniteq States in obtain- ing an armistice. Th message iivered to 'Secretary Lansing last day just afer news of the signing of the drmistice between the allies and Bulgaria had reached the state de- partment. The text, signed by Premier Malin- off, follows: ‘Kindly transmit to the president of the United States and to the secretary of state, Mr. Lansing, in Washington, the following “The Buigarian nation and govern- ment were constrained to enter into the general conflict after they had ex- hausted all peaceful means possible for neighbors and for realizing their race reunion. This fact Bulgaria reiterated in her note of Sept. 20th last in an- swer to the peace proposition of Count Burian given out on Sept. 14th. “If the ideas of the president of the United States are to be crowned with success and if their realization is that is | sought for no more in the old con- ception of methods of action but in the path pointed out by the honored president of the American republic for the establishment of a new order of things guaranteeing freedom and jus- tice among the nations, Bulgaria, which feels that the idea and cause for which she is struggling find place side by side with the principles in behalf of which America interfered in this war, is glad and ready to follow that path in order to secure the fulfill- ment of justice desired by her. “Having this in view, therefore, the Bulgarian government turns to the friendly republic of the United States with the request that its president use his good offices for putting an end to the bloodshed on the Macedonian front by the conctusion of an armistice after which are to follow preliminary nego- tiations for peace, the final settlement of the Balkan questions being left to be decided in the general peace con- ference.” AUSTRIAN DEPUTIES DISCUSS THE QUESTION OF PEACE Vienna, Oct. 3, via Basel, Switzer- land.—Discussion of the government's declaration and the question of peace was begun vesterday in the Austrian chamber of deputies. The socialist deputies demanded peace on the following basis: The creation of a league of nations. No economic warfare. No annexations. The restoration of Serbia, Montene- gro and Belgium. Revision of the treaties of Buchar- in|rest and Brest-Litocsk. A settlement of the eastern ques- tions on the basis of nationalities. The regulation of the Polish ques- tion by the Polish constituerts. The establishment of autonomy for each nation in Austria-Hungary. M. Stanek, a Czech deputy, caused an uproar in the chamber by violent- Iy attacking Germany. He reaffirmed the solidarity of the Jugo-Siavs, Poles and Czechs and declared that the only means of reaching peace was to ac- cept President Wilson's fourteen points. The sitting ended with the introduc- tion of a motion demanding an inter- national congress of peace to settle the Polish and international ques- tions. of ITALIAN TROOPS HAVE » ADVANCED IN ALBANIA Rome, Oct. 3—Italian troops in Al- bania bégan an energetic advance on Tuesday in the sector between the Adriatic and Osum, the Itallan war office announced today. The Italian columne in the evening had occupied the village ‘of flm the line of the Semeni from St to the Metali bridge and several heights. The Austro-Hungarian forces are re- treating rapidly and are burning their depots, The Italians are approaching Berat. They have captured a number of prisoners and a large quantity of war material. stood counter-attacks, smashed the old country to the eastward, as likewise the king Conn.; s de- | cester, coming to an understanding with their ! tion of ac from wounds 13; total 247. Mas tonvi Mass. Beacon Falls, Conn.; Newport, R. L Officers — Deaths missing 1; deaths hands of total 2,249; grand total compared with were 28 new cases of pneumonia and 56 of influenza. Vossische Zeitung ment of as imperial German chancellor may be regarded as an accomplished fact. Cabled Paragraphs Great Flight by Italian Aviator. Rome, Oct. 3.—Gabriele d’Annunzio, the Italian author-aviator, who on Sept. 26 flew from Turin to Chalons, behind the French front, a distance of about 290 miles, today made a return flight from the French front to Milan in three hours and ten minutes. AUSTRIAN NAVAL BASE AT DURAZZO DESTROYED Rome, Friday, Oct. 4—American, British and Italian warships have de- stroyed the Austrian naval base at Durazzo and the warships anchored there, according to an announcement made by Premier Orlando. 960 NAMES IN THREE ARMY CASUALTY LISTS ‘Washington, Oct. 3—The follow- ing casuaities are reported by the Commanding General of the Ameri- can Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action 55; missing in ac- tion 86; wounded severely 287; died from wounds 21; died from Airplane accident 1; died from acciient and other causes 3; died of disease 14; wounded, degree undetermined 6; total 473. New England men are: Killed in Action. Corporal Max Hirshovitz, Mass. Privates—Harold W. Ett, New Mil- ford, Conn.; Elmer Q. Anderson, New Britain, Conn. Died from Wounds Received in Action Lieutenant Arthur K. Atkins, Brookline, Mass. Wounded Severely. Lieutenant Raymond G.Flynn, Cam- bridge, Mass. Privates—John Francis Cavanaugh, Quincy, Mass.; Raymond J. Crouch, Greenfield, Mass.; James D. Duggan, Jewett City Conn.; William P. Gilles- pie, Roxbury, Mass; Henry G. Kane, Hartford, Conn.; Frederick W. Ken- nedy, Fail River, Mass.; Dona J. Mon- ette, Cicopee Falls, Mass.; James E. Mullen, New Market, Rebeck, New Haven, Conn.; Elihu C. Stevens, Westbrook, Conn.; Teddie J. Sullivan, Manchester, N. H,; Wi fred J. Vaillancourt, §. Lawrence, Mass.; John Edward O'Clare, Gros- venor Dale, Conn. Missing in Action. Sergeant Frank Bukoski, Mass. Corporal Bartholomew J. ‘Whitman, M Privates—! Boston, N. Gardner, Buckley, rman_Allen, BEdward Che lier, F Desire Cloutier. Som- ss.; Clarence R. Coupe, Mass.; Thomas J. Devitt, Providence, R. L; Philip L. Fillion, Fall River, Mass, Killed in action 92; ; missing in ac- tion 33; wounded severely 110; died| from wounds 14; died of disease 1; | total 250. New England men are: Killed in Action. Privates — Joseph Cusano Conn.; Jake Damhuk, Derby, Hartford, Wounded Severely. Privates—Raymond J. Connor, Wor- Mass.; Raymond D. Fowler, Middlefield, Conn.; Peter Gill, Quincy, Mass.; John J. Hennessesy, Hartford, Conn.; Anthgny S, Lalak, Webster, Mass.; John ¥. O’Connell, Peabody, Mas Missing in Action. Lieutenant Howard Paul Bittinger, Greenwich, Conn. Missing in Action. Private Samuel S. Pallotto, Hart- ford, Conn. THURSDAY A%YERNOON'S LIST. Kill d in action 95; missing in ac- wounded severely 102; died dent and other causes 2; died New ngland men are Killed in Action, ergeant Percy F. Lyons, Beverly, Mass.; Frank ates—Walt . Majkowski, Pri McMahon, New- Peabody, Mass. Wounded Severely. Bugler Michael Cohan Andover, W. Morris Privates—Frederick Rismiller, Selman, MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES. Summary of casualties to date: 40; wounded 67; total 1,043; w enemy 108; enlisted men— in unded 1 03, ng The following casualties are report- ed by the Commanding General of the American Bxpeditionary Forces cluded in abovi (in- total): . Killed in action .4; died of wounds received in action 1; woundgd in ac tion (severely) 24; wounded in tion (degree undetermined) 1; miss ing in action 1; in hands of enemy 1; total 32. New England men are: Previously Reported Missing. Private David E. Proctor, E. Cam- bridge, Mass. Severely Wounded in Action. Private homas W. Crane, Dorchester, Mass. Died of Wounds Received in Action. Sergeant Dwight P. Dutton, Boston, Mass. GOV, M'CALL ASKS RECALL OF GASLESS SUNDAY ORDER Baslon, Oct. 3.—On account of the epidemic of Spanish influenza throughout Massachusetts, J. M. Stor- row, New England fuel administrator, in response to a suggestion made by Governor McCall, Harry A. Garfield, United States fuel administrator, to lift in this state the ban against the use of automobiles on Sunday. tonight asked Dr. The purpose of the request, Mr. Storrow explained, is to allow owners and users of cars to get out into the fresh air and also to relieve congestion of railroad and trolley cars, which are dangerous sources of infec- tion. Storrow’s request under consideration, Administrator Garfield took Mr, DECIDED DROP IN DEATH RATE AT CAMP DEVENS Ayer, Mass, Oct. 3.—The most de- cided drop in the death rate at Camp Devens since the influenza epidemic reached its height came today. The base hospital reported fourteen deaths from influenza and pneumonia, as 23 yesterday. There MAXIMILIAN IS IMPERIAL GERMAN CHANCELLOR Copenhagen, Oct. 3. — The Berlin says the appoint- Prince Maximilian of Baden H.; Joseph oW Bed- | John Kutia, Uncasville, Conn. | jection of more than 95 per cer were from one to three inche; company to save an enormou of leather. gings and spiral puttees company and six of its employes fox alleged conspiracy to defraud th. ernment. tribution of man Baruch, of the board, in an dress at a regulation and 211 of the things which you gentlemen have to deal with. ity tulated was indicated by the fact that from an early hour today large orders were received to buy gild edged se- curities: bonds were very active and higher. PROVIDENCE RECALILS in Army Contracts Ofiiculs, Government In- spectors and Employes at Rosenwasser Bros.” Plant, Dang Lland: €ty Washington, Oct. 3—Colonel H. J. Hirsch and Lieutenant Samuel Grass, of the quartermaster's corps, Morris and Leo Rosenwasser, officials of Kosenwasser Brothers, Inc,, and twelve government inspectors and employes of the Rosenwasser plant at Long Is- iand City, N. Y., were indicted tonight by a_federai grand jury in Brooklyn on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government. returned against Corporation. The indictments announced by the department of justice resulted from an investigation by the Rosenwasser Rosenwasser Brothers, In which hold contracts agsregating several millions of dollars for leather coats and spiral putties for army aviators and for other war supplies. Most of the men indicted were ar- rested Sept. 17. ‘Besides, Hi Rosenwasser brothers and Grass, they are: Leslie Copeland and braham Friedman, superyising inspe the government David Labowitch, Samue! and W Simons, a private in the army Weiss, Louis Levy and Jacob Ros berg, foremen at the Rosenwa plant, and Isaac Merlis, Harry sonovitz and Louis Silvermen, men. Inquiry by work- the war department fol- lowed charges that forged government the were t paper inspection stamps were used at plant; that defective materials ed Dy inspectors and ti introduced into army place of leather. shoes in When the first arrests were made in New York department of justica offi- licted For Fraud A true bili also was tenight agents of the war departmient into the firm of Sam, inspectors for the government: George 'may Liberty Loan Total is $626,506,000 More Than $200,000,000 Subscriptions Were ported Yesterday at Treas- .ury Department. ‘Washington, Oct. 3. — More than $2,000,000,000 ' subscriptions to the fourth Liberty loan were reported to- day to the treasury department, an increase over the daily average heré- tofore recorded. Up to the close of business last night, the total official- Iy tabulated was $626,505.000.. This is the recognized harvest from four days campaigning—about half the rate at which subscriptions must come to reach the $5,000,000,000 total. Today'’s reports did not inchide the Kansas City, district, where the cam- paign has not actually started, nor anv subscriptions not supported by initial paymetns in the hands of ban Toledo, Ohio, furnished the spectac- ular feature of the day's campaign by achieving its quota of $19.000.000 from 72,000 persons. The ci campaign managers telegraphed that this was only a beginning. Subscriptions by districts included: Boston $121,049,000: ew York $182,346,000: Philadelphia $45,775,250. Closing of theatres and the abandon- ing of public meetings on account of interfered the inffuenza epidemic has seriously with loan canv: ticularly in New England. be necessary to cancel ments of the Great Laki next week. In spite of th however, 109,258 persons have bought bonds in New Enzland and 35 commu- sing, par- nities have over-subscribed. From Raleigh, N. C. fonight came the story of a little blind girl, mill worker. who subscribed for a $100 bond. In Caldo Parish, of Touisiana, which includes the city of Shreveport, negro farmer, David Raynes, Country’s cause. EVERYONE TO THE FRONT It is not only our privilege to buy Liberty bonds of the fourth issue; it is our duty. Our republic is winning its future liberties with men and labor and money. We must give all these until liberty is won. Our Country calls for this service. respond quickly, with ardor, with pride in our For the sake of our faith in democracy, let us do this service. GET YOUR BONDS TODAY AT ANY l?ANK Let us pt . | cials said that a reinspection of leath- |reprc ¢ er jerkins for aviators made at Rosenwasser plant resultad in th = o- the garments short- biing the amount Cause, it was alieged, € than specifications, ei High percen LIEUTENANT REJECTED 16,000 MILITARY RAINCOATS New York, Oct. 3.—Sixteen thcus- and military raincoats made for the vernment by the C. Kenyon com- pany were rejected by 35 inspectors working under his direction, Lieuten- ant Oscar H. Hulburg of the army quartermaster's corps testified toda in federal court at the trial of the Faulty cementing of strips over seams to make them waterproof, :nd | absence of any coats, the officer testified, were the causes of rejection. such strips meng TO FIX PRICES OF ALL WEARING APPAREL Washington, Oct. 3.—Prices and dis- virtually all articl by the War Industries Board. flgqu lations issued yesterday p cribing certain fixed prices for Sho nsti- tuted only the first step in a zene policy for price control of clothing. This was disciosed today by special meeting of the Na- tional Retail Drygoods Association. Referring to the putting intp effect of the agreement between the ‘board and the shoe industry, Mr. Baruch said: “After that will have to come the distribution of most 1 don’t want you to say it can't be done, because it must be done. It is unthinkabie that orly the man with the longest pock- etbook can get the things that he needs.” UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT TO POSTPONE OPENING Burlington, Vt, Oct. 3—Officials of the University of Vermont wired the war department today for permission 1o postpone the opening of the college, scheduled for next Wednesday, such time as the epidemic of Spanish influenza subsides. cases of influenza today in the mechan- ical school and signal corps connected with the univers curred during the past 24 hourg Offi- cial, tion was improving. until There were 13 y and two deaths oc- believed. however, that the situa- LONDON BELIEVES THAT TURKEY HAS CAPITULATED London, Oct. 3.—That the stock ex- nge firmly believed the authentic- of reports that Turkey bas capi- The war loan and exchequer NURSES FROM BOSTON Providence, R. I, Oct. J.—Because of the increase in influenza cases in this city, word to Boston today that it would be necessary the board of-heaith sent to recall tomorrow the seven city nurses sent from here to assist Masesachusetts city. Lours there were 44 deaths from in- fluenza and pneumonia. in caring for cases in the In the last. %4 tice | re- | cent. which brought the total for th triet less needed to ra ome | every scribed to the four Massachu: of New Eng lence of influenza more largely committee tonight indic were meeting with much succe: sylvania troops. sand sheets of paper end envelopes were given out to enable the men to} write home of their share in the vic- | Oct. .3, ment and Germans begin must evacuate ground because flanks are exposed and that it would prove extremely costly to try to ward Loff frontal attacks. < his entire bank account. Admiral Cowie, :n charge of{ the navy’s loan campaign announced tonight that naval officers had subscribed more than NEW ENGLAND RETURNS FROM LIBERTY LOAN 3—More than per ngland’s quota of half and men $5,000,000. Boston, Oc of New a billion dollars in the fourth Liberty loan remained to be raised tonight. sterday's subscription of on:]nn dis 1094,000, slightly verage d amount e the entire quota. t total for the four ‘day tonight at $29, mounting to $39 up than to § the credits to other New England com- munities. yor Peters announced that the sinkinz fund commissioners had voted $230.000 in the schooners and a of this port were gnifyving that rews had sub- i loan. on public gatherings in etts and in many other parts and, because of the preva has made it nec sailing out onor pennants membe The ban sary to revise the plan of campaign to a considerable extent, mail, tele- phone and personal solicitation being relied upon than hereto- fore. In this the women have had a large part and reports to the general ted that they flicial tabulations showed that in Massachusetts the women's committee had raised $2,240,650: in_ Vermont, $834.950: in $401,650, and in New Hampshire, $100,250. SMOKES AND EDIBLES FOR AMERICANS AT FRONT Paris, Oct. 3.—Twenty truckloads of tobacco and food, valued at $20,000, have been distributed among the American troops engaged on the Ar- gonne forest front. Three hundred . M. C. A. workers are being em- ved in this task and most of the smokes and edibles were given to men under fire. At the Y. M. C. A. headquarters to- day it was stated that thousands of gallons of hot chocolate were rved free while the men were awaiting the field kitchens. Alfred G. Parsell of Auburn, N. V. succeeded in getting through a load of bread for ammuni- tion drivers who had been without food for nearly forty-eight hours. Mrs, Lillian Jones of Mount Vernon, Y., Mabel Stillman of Wilmington, Del., Marjorie Skelding of Southbury. Conn.. Mary Arrowsmith of New York and Ethel Torrence of Tenafly. N. J.. made innumerable doughnuts and gave them to the men going to the front. Brandon Butler of Pennsylvania dis- tributed free 30,000 cigarettes to Penn- Two hundred thou- tory. GERMANS IN RETREAT CONTINUE TO DEVASTATE With the British Army in France, 11 a. m—(By The A. P.)— Fires and explosions again ure being reported from various sectors of the battle front, € They always precede a German retire- | ‘when the especially in Flanders, are started. on to realize that they their Anaconda copper | proauction for 2 September amounted {o 21,000,000 Was in C ; pounds. in Charl tterle erry mmand— Fhe names of 18 Americans wers | CaPtein Charles Satterlee of Gales F e m Lo contained in the Canadian * casualty J. F. McGourty of New London Was One of the st Re-| where it engage- naval band handicap, sub- seriber $100,000 which he had received from oil prospectors on his farm. This {Ottawa Oct. i jtion at Washington it was decided to 771,000 had been made here, but more than $10,000,000 was trarsferred in| Condensed Telegrams Asiatic cholera is raging in Vienna. Lieuteniants—Vessel Was Torpedoed and Sunk Sep 26th in the Bristol Channel, Off the Coast of England, While Escorting a Convoy—All on Board, Mostly New England Men, Were Lost. : shington, Oct, 3.—Loss of the naval patrol boat Tampa, formerly the coast guard cutter Midmi, with all on board—113 men-—was announced today by the navy department, The vessel! W. B. Clements, Boston. was sunk on the night of Sept. 26th| A. L. Saldarini, Union Hill, in the Bristol channel, off the coast of | Norman Waipole, Weehawken, England, and Vice Admiral Sims’ re-! F. H. Quigley, Wallingford, Conn. port indicated that she was torpcdoed | F. W. Wyman, Mariboro, Mass, while escorting a_convoy. H. Hoistein, Philadelphia. Through the sinking of the Tampa| E. F. Shanahan, Jersey y, N. J. the navy suffered its sreatest single| John ‘Bouzekis, Philadelphi 2 blow of the war. Ten officers and 102| R. W. Burns, Brockton, Mass. enlisted men, most of them taken over| J. I Richards, Dorchester, Mass. from the coast guard service when the| Michael Sarkin, South Framingham, Tampa was sent to the war zone many | Mass. ¥. L. Wilkes, Nantucket, Mass. *W. E. Deering, East Boston, Mass. Three hundred Italian soldiers are in New York to aid the Liberty Loan drive, Large deposits of coal and iron are reported to have been found at Law- son, Sound, Denmark. Spain will be permitted to export 56 400 tons of pyrites to the United States up to next January. The cotton crop for 1918 was esti- mated at 1k 818,000 1500-pound bales by the Department of Agriculture. Cotton ginned in the United States in 1918 to Sept. was placed at 3,719,915 bales by the Census Bu- reau. German papers make little comment of President Wilson's Liberty Loan speech and fail to publish it in full. Twenty soldier patients were killed when a German shell struck an Amer- ican hospital behind the lines in France. Commercial failures in the . United States in the nine months just ended numbered 8,069, with liabilities of $122,075,024. s Soldiers and sailors from Dorches- James A. Frost, Jr, Brooklyn. nlisted men’ included: i Joseph Cygan, New Bedford, Mass. F. J. Taylor, Cambridge, Mass: J. P. Wiley, Dorchester, Mass. months ago, were aboard, and in ad- dition it was reported that one British rs : army officer and five civilian employes! W. P. Hastings, Philadelphia. ter, a district of Boston, were adopted | were on the vessel. H. B. Irish, Buckland, Conn. by the people of the city of Dor-| Other vessels of the convoy, which, Charles Dechrit (no next of kin giv- en_in records). Peter Fonceca, East Boston, Mass. C. W. Parkin, Greystone, R. I The latest muster rool at coast guard headquarters here shows the follow- ng as having been attached to the 2 Tampa when the roll was made out in -+ August, although none of these names appear in the despatches giving a list of the missing: ‘Boatswain W. Hickey, Gunner J. G. Darnou, Carpenter C. Klingelhoefer, Acting Machinist 'W. Knudsen, Cox- swain E. T. Green, Coxswain E. E. Riles Acting Water Tender F. Reiger. - Seamen S. S. Cooke, N. W. Finch, A._A. Soder, Fireman P. Johnson. Seamen S. C.- Wright and A. A Turin. Coxswain E. T, Green. Records at the coast guard head- chester, England. The threatened shortage of natural gas for industrial consumption this winter was discussed at a conference in_Washington. State, municipal and industrial ac- tivities in St. Paul were halted when the body of Archbishop Ireland was taken to the cemetery. A large appropriation .bill .will .be asked of Congress by the Senate com- mittee on commerce for perfecting a standardization of canned fish. The President approved the prices fixed for sulphuric and nitric acids. The prices were announced Sept. 26, and will continue until Dec. 31. The British flag was hoisted in Ebetaff Harbor, Spitzbergen Island. in the Arctic, and German houses and a wireless station were destroyed. Flying 143 miles an hour, it appears, the Tampa had steamed ahead of, made a thorough search in the vicinity after they felt the shock of the explosion, bui they failed to find a single survivor. Two bodies in naval uniform were picked up, but they had not been identified up to the time Admiral Sims' latest despatches were filed. Captain Charles Satterlee, formerly of the coast guard service, was the commander of the Tampa. His name and those of six other officers and 99 |men have been cabled to the navy | department by Admiral Sims as in- cluded among those missing from the Tumpa. It was assumed that the names of the other men would be sent as soon as they could be definitely ascertained. The list received from Admiral Sims was as follows: % Caleb 1 3 quarters show that the first eight men Brage, a civilian pilot, arrived at| Officers: still were attached to the Tampa at Washington from Dayton, a distance| Captains Charles Satterlee, Gales|last reports. Coxswain Green went ta of ASg miles, in two hours and BOVHrr' Conn.; A. H. Scally, Savannah, |a hospital July 8 for treatment. Sea- seconds. Ga. 3 man Soder was transferred to a naval Fuel Administrator Garfield discus- 3 | v First Lieutenant Engineers J. S.[dispensary for treatment Aug. 19. ised with President Wilson the demand | Carr, Jamaica Plains Mas: Fireman Johnson, the records_show, : | for increases in wages for mine work- FFirst Lieutenants J. F. MoGourty, | re-enlisteq Sept. 21. Seamen Wright & in the anthracite fields in Penn-|New London, Conn.; R. A. Bothwell, |{and Turin were held for duty at base sylvania. Brooklyn; J. M. Earp, Baltimore; 9 of coast guard July 14. Thomas A. Whittle, confectioner, of Rochester, was ordered to pay $1,000 to the Rochester war chest and sur-| render certificates for 4,000 pounds of | sugar. $ GERMANY NOT CRUSHED, BRIDGEPORT'S "BABY DOLL”™ SECRETARY M’ADOC WARNS ON TRIAL FOR MURDER H. P. Davidson was awarded the| Washington, Oct. 3—Admonition to| Bridgeport, Conn, Oct. 3—William Commander Cross of the Legion of|!hc American people not to let the|Thomas, known in connection with the Honor of France. his is the highest | news of allied victories cause a Keystone club riot as “Baby Doll,” was placed on trial, charged with murder today, the jury having been completed during the forenoon. Joseph B. Hill, of Haston, was the twelfth juror se- rank ever conferred upon an American | vickening of eff civilian, {for the fourth erty loan was ex- The Western Power Corporation will | Pressed tonight by Secretary McAdoo construct a $6,000,000 power stationon | il Pointing out that to date su 5 in the campaign | Peather River, Cal, to provide elec- | lions toward the $5,000.0003%0 total | cured. tric_energy for the war needs of San|?re being received at.only about one-| " After the defendant had been placed Francisco. half the necessary rate. —Althousi|at the bar, his attorney. Mr. Lewis, of The Second Provisional Wing of the | $200,000,000 in subscriptions were re- Boston, moved that the jury be taken ation Ser: Gol 2l EGuSton) sorted today, Mr. M Tex Adoo said that to the scene of the rioting and shoot- named Ream Field in honor of lond sales must average more than|ing Carl Foster, who appears for the st Flying Surgeon W. R. Ream 000000 - day for the nineteen|giate objected to this, and Judge Joel who was killed there Aug. 24. {working days if the goal is to be|yr Reeq denied the motion. Mr. Lewis Commissioner Pringle invited Cana- |r¢ached. —Subscript B 50 st then moved that all witnesses be ex- Close gf buging cluded from-the court rdom while one - = ¢ dian publishers to.attend a meeting in 16, to consider recom- e Y : + Sec. | witness was on the stand and this was i mendations to reduce consumption of | ermany Is not vet crushed,” Sec-|;greed to by Mr. Foster. a8wshrint paper diiring the ‘wai: . TotEY e ifoo sald In urel S iione| . The first witness was Aubrey B. e Bepartinert et liisticassubmit o 51 on Ohe | Fuller, a civil engineer, who had made ed to the House a deficiency esti- |0f strong fishtin aston AF {heloypians of the layout of the streets close mate of $2,000.000 for the detection | Pattle lines and with invasion of their|P by the club and the two fioors on which and prosecution of crimes against the { O\ lerritory facing them they will g5 v Uniton States Tor ihe . cursoas oo | fizht even more desperately than here- | S100tings occurred. He was under o - S re.” cross-examination when noon recess The submarine which torpedoed and Vhile I am confident that the | ™ t:‘”\\;l’;ve Tendy, a nurse ‘n the gp- sank the French cruiser Dupewin |American people will in the eni com-| 2 - s erating room of St. Vincent's hospital Thouars in European waters, Aug. 7,|!lete the enormous was the principal witness in the trial was in turn destroyed by an American | */'. cAdoo task befor continued, “I es them,’ e to 4 of “Baby Doll’ Thomas and ‘“Jake” Bt Ahad S ‘ov | UTEe everyone not only to subseribe 10 el JIREL ORI e S Bl D Hawking, charsed witn, the murder of Investigation of the charges against |Scribe at the earliest possibie moment | Morris Pannell, this = frecnoon. 5 nst Arthur Brisbane, publisher of the order that his subscription may|Tendy ftestified she found a bullef under the hlanket after Pannell had been removed from the operating ta- serve as an inspiration to o hers. Vashington Times, Alien Property Custodian almer, were indefinitely SR g ble. She identified a bullet shown by postponed by the sub-committee of | CONCRETE SHIPS TO BE Judge Foster, representing the stat the Senate Judiciary Committee. CONSTRUCTED IN FIVE YARDS| Dr. Daniel J. McCarthy testifieY to At a conference of congressmen . of 2 wheat-growing states and officials of | \Vashington. Oct. the National Wheat Growers' Associa- | Ment-owned shipyards struction of concrete present month, nz the operation on Pannell said that the bullet could have sed the wounds. Two wicked look- ing revolvers, hrass knuckles, a black- ive govern- 1 begin con- during the hips send a special committee to urge the | i i £ 1919 | Director Gereral Schwab of n old k and a number of President. sm e s T Cominin an- | cartridges were "T"“T‘LEL:"{%E:Z All theaters and moving picture | NOUNCEd foday the programme, which |Thel EE PI-I u‘r;gr];,xhh!_ ?M Faal shows in the District of Columbia | (2lIs for 38 nd cargo ships of | Weapons probably be ir have been closed until Spanish in- | 800 deadweight tons cach, three A’nen wee 2o ships 3,500 deadweight tons and one | ship of 3,000 deadweight tons. will be guilt in the go\ernment fluenza in war crowded Washington is stamped out. | John Adrian Martin, captain of the | INCREASED WAGES FCR STREET RAILWAY MEN Georgetown College basketball team | at Wilmington, N. C., Jack-| Washirston, Oct. 3—Employes of in 1911, died yesterday at Pelham Bay, a., Mobile, Ala, Sun Fran-|the Boston Lievated Railway company N EpRacay TRl e rre s o and San Diago, Culif, and the|and the Rhode Isiand company of S vears old. He was home in New |first launchings are scheduled in De-|Providence were granted increased Britain on a visit last Sunday and|Cember with the entire programme 10| wages in awards announced today by S i ercellont Hoalin: be completed within a year. the war labor board. At the same Dr. David A. Flynn of New Haven pleaded guilty in the superior court yesterday to criminal negligence in the operation of an automobile and was time recommendations were made that the companies be permitted to increase their fares so as to absorb this ad- RULING FOR MUNITIONS WORKERS OF BRIDGEPORT vance in operating costs. - t Adltomo? 4 Bridzeport, Conn., Oct. *—Alpheus Ll ase of the Boston fined $300 by Judge William Maltbie. Wintor restdnt leran Toen ol oL Na :;}r\gvm\_l; . nvr =f he o The grand jury in session at Litch- | tional War Board assigned to apply | gxeqd the pay of surface line motormen. field brought in a true Dill of first de- and interpret the Otio M. Eidlitz | Tag e P2y O St e B O renta gree murder against Thomas J. Wil-|award, here today made the ruling |- f m, : clevated liams, who is alleged to have shotrand sghonriandior mofanmeon that the increase awarded to workers i G . 4 X lines at from 45 to 30 cents. Wages Kifled George Johnson in Morris onin the factories coming under the | of alevated guards and brakemen were Sy 10 ward shall include piece workers as|fivoq at from 40 to 44 1-2 cents an Establishment of Lafayette National | wel hourly workers. Minimum | oo T other | antby park on Mount Desert Island, Me., is are released for emploves t00 | given a minimum wace of 42 provided in a bill introduced by Sena- average work or ver- | yreon S T O s W tor Hale of Maire and adopted by the |sons mentally deficient. Former em- | pa TR FRE NS BEE VRl ™ senate. It now goes to the house. 'S now in I\l!e(l r\-.dif'\‘ E vice Motormen and conductors of the During the week ending Sept. 27, | made beneficiaries under the | Rhode Tsland company were given €54 sick and wounded soldiers from |aWard wage increases of from 43 to 48 cents the American expeditionary forces Ut an hour, with a minimum of 42 1-2 were landed in the United States. ARGENTINA AND URUGUAY cents for o , effective as One hundred and thirty-three firms| TAKE CHCLERA PRECAUTIONS |of last July 1% company also were added to the enemy trading list —Argentina | must pay women the same wage as by the war trade board and nineteen {and Uruguay have adopted joint rrfg‘ men for the same cla of work. were removed ures of protection in view of offici cer:..m.qunas, with $1H1000, Fhs 12 | infosmation received resarding the | SHOE FACTORIES CRIPPLED ported as the first town of Porto Rico |SPread of cholera in Europe. both BY SPANISH INFLUENZA to subscribe its quota to the fourth|countries declarinz that all ports of | Brockton, Mass, Oct. 3—Shoe facs France, Ttaly, S Liberty loan. n nd Portugal are tories in this city and surrounding : suspected. A commission has been ine wace) aBnonalsi e Edward L. Ripley of ton was|® ! e _ been ! communities seriously crippl p,u.fed Al B:’:r"gt Was|sent to Brazil to seek co-operation in|{ogay by the prevalence of Spanish First Church of Chri entist, the | Procautionary measures against the | zfuensa among the workers. -The TGt:r thureh ot 1h tian Science | Ntroduction of cholera into South|peaith authorities estimated that there body. He succeeds William R. Rath- |- merica. von, whb resigned to become a member of the board of directors. were 12,000 cases in the Brockton shoe district and said there had been an average ‘of 50 deaths a day in the dis- trict this week 2 The ten shoe factories at Middlebor | will be closed down and fumigated om Saturday. - Similar action is expecied in the factories here. g TO HELP LOCATE 25000 NURSES IN THE EAST New York, Oct. 3.—In response to the call of Surgeon General Gorgas HUNS MUST ESTABLISH NEW LINE ON DANUBE London. Oct. 3.—The Central Pow- ccording to the view in mili- ary circles here, will be forced to es- tablish a new line on the Danube to protect Austria from hostile nation- alitip_within her own borders and to keep down the unrest in Rumania, which, reports say, is becoming more, threatening dail LONGSHOREMEN TO GET HIGHER WAGES | New York, Oct. 3.—Forty-five thou- sand longshoreme Y . Bal- timore, Boston, Norfolk and Newport News were granted an eight hour day and an Increase of 15 cents an hour for regular work and of 25 cents an hour for overtime by a decision of 3 adjust " Germany has thirty-three divisions|for 25,000 war nurses before Q\e e]]d e publie. hee: Yoot CommMIs- | 4nq” Austria-Hungary has thirteen di-| of the year, a survey to determine ire The decision, which affects only | Visions in Russia_some of them poor |rursing resources of the Atlantic di- longshore. labor in' connection with | roops. These could be ransported to |vision of the Red Cross was hegun trans-Atlantic vessels and cargo re. | the Damube quickls but if this were|here today under the dirsction of Di. pairmen and which is effective as of | done, military esperts point out, the C. Meyer of the Internation Dotober 1, denies to the longsherc. | Central Powers virtually would aban- | Health Board, Rockefeller iourdation. don all they have gained by Brest-Litovsk treaty men their demands for $1 an hour, e with a $2 hour rate for overtime. They will receive under the new schednle 65 cents an hour instead of BRITISH TORPEDO GUNBOAT SUNK; 53 MEN MISSING Oct. 3.—Fifty-thrse menarg Noted Swimmer Dead. 50 cents for regular day work, and §1 ngton, Mass, Oct. 3—Henry J. the resuit of the sinking ! an hour, instead of 75 cents. for over- on, a swimmer who in 1913 sh*torpedn gunboat in a col time. Regular work was defined as|ihe record of the course from B ision with a merchant vessel Septem- ber 0, according to an official state- ment issued by the British admiralty « tonight. : that done between § a. m. and noon |to Boston light, died at his home here on week days ind between 1 and 5 |today. He had been ill of pneumonia P. m. on all week days hut Saturday.!which developed from influenza.

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