Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 12, 1918, Page 1

& & & 3 «.UQJ Buflettn Service Fiag VOL. LIX—NCL 245 { POPULATION 29,919 ERMANS ARE EVACOATING HEMIN DES DAMES Ridge W\mh".l'eumleheved to Be.a Bumuho an Allmh Advance Northward From Soissons—Eneray Continues | His Wild Flight Eastward From Battle Positions From “Doua toa Fere and Northward From La Fere to Meuse River—The Retreat of the Enzmy is so Rapid That the Foot Troops of the Entente Allies are Unalle to Keep in Contact With Him, But the Cavalry "and Tanks Are Tuking-a Terrible Toll From the Rear Guards — Austria-Hungary and Turkey Have Informed Ger-| ) many That They Will Accept:President Wilson’s Peace | X:tichoro, vass. FAMOUS Terms. \ the Ger- from their Douai to e abied | the groand nin - des Gergpans | from 't of Turkey reported f peace on the part of Turkey reported 4 £¢ Miin London despatches had not been | F?'DAV AFTE?NOONS AT received in Washington tonight. State| Killed in action $1; missing in ac- | . e 1 L it | Gepariment ficials expressed dgep in- | tion 33; wounded scverely 170; died o) can_troops are pus et | terest in the reporied move by the from wo §2; died from accident | northwazd their lit B irkish gowvernment, but stated posi-{and oth i died of disease | lost. ing movemen: iy that no proposal had reached | ghtly 2; prisoners 6; | o the enemy from L nee - Kcoeptanwe by AustiiaHu | New England men are: . rurkey of President Wils | Killed in Action., 1 e |reported in an Amsterdam 3 Lieutenants Alian Wilkins Douglass, | ile ambr a{Would not be surprising, it was sald |cagton, Mass.; Parker B. Jones, w e Conditions in both - countri are | Wil Tl b, Ma | P . n the merieans | known to be favorable to the ending| " pivodll TAS. po poiiew | Get into action today. St. Quentin Freneh over|Of the war at the earliest possible| s George Devoe, Millbury, Mass.; | X M Oice | moment { Peter ' Gallan, Taftville, Conn.; Thomas | B 3 The next move of the German| vaterbury, Conn.; Joseph L chancellor is being awaitord by-officials | Hampton, Mass.; 0 tie ‘Gorod with equanimity. This feeling is EBrideport, Conn. to give Gobain | intepsified because there 8 ot the| Aime Tarlov, South Norwalk, Conn. T be bastion d of the|sligitest intention 10 slicken the tre-| Corporal - Harry M, - Nightingal Whers it frns sayiNSHNE also | Mendons general offensive of the en- | Rumford, Maind | velpiessly ‘toward the rocky: ccast of o o PR the' Kkeystone | tente and American forces, Privates — Willlam Pollard, New| Islay Island. where most of the T . o Tfrogressing so rapidly and Bedford, M Raymond H. Bateh-| cania victims met their deatns, ’ [$ { clder, Auburndle, Mass. Thirty minutes after the crash the Officials were unable’ to D of \Dtabkse British destrover Mounsey, herself the submarine ks upo [l 2 damaged by the heavy seas,.appeared X batants and £t Macrgeant Peter J. McHugh, Brighton, | ;i of the haze in answer t6 thedis: oad won leading M and effect Germans The italians are he driviog: o re. Chemin des e et oraeatord, | vearer, against the great odds of hish REVISION OF \AMERICAN SHIPS WERE rorl e e foa Fxl-l waves and the wind, which threatened WAR REVENUE BILL | IN ATTACK.ON DURAZZO | N homas W MeAulitte | momentarily to carfy her entirely det, 11.—T! senate | An ltalian Seapowl in the Adriatic.| Mdnson Mass.; James C. Murray, Tsvzy:;creomalhe_t)ltma‘to oljdm dash) lj:r n mvising the war | Wednesday, O 8—(By The A P—| Westerly, R. Arthur. Rasiooks | wounded® veraat: & o oo ¢ ofiehe approved busi- | For the first iy in history Ameri- | Puznam, Conn.; Simon Sandler, Law- | e A ) ax. House pro- u n ships have fyught in the Adriatic, | rence, Mass.; Henry Dombroski Wat- | gay iig-m South :“i Si“;nr%c\ ;s':;"j “any teade, bu ,‘.’I.“ll.‘%,“‘ilf,fi’?,.‘.'L,}“;. ele i oy Bt el Island, an uninhabited Section where Sk) Tt ik Yo | triei haval. Bokes. Dut Missing in Action. the coast line in many pluces rises ere adopted af- |Italian fleet ok part in attack, it Henry Eradley - Frost,| Strcightiont of the water thithie rucky o to include faided by Anjeri submarine ' chasers | ATl , Mas z peaks many feet above. : hom the house had exempt- |and French ‘and British destroy, Mitchell Levesque, FallRiv-| As the destrover neared, the side/of i Announcemen: was made that| The expedition started from an the Otranto the men began t¢ jump which wotld furnish some | Adriatic 1frt at 8 o'clock in the morn- | e from thirty to forty feel ‘from . ner red {ing and fmmediately divided into two MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES. decks. The more experiénced sailors > groups. / The larger units sailed noth- casualtios o date: | Of the crew of the steamer had vei- tax ~r:—l\\¢ i1p up positions between | 11: wounded T6: {o. | teF_success than the soldiers, many with | Cattaro, where the bulk of the Aus- e e 1 0oe; | of whom had never seen thie sea until | upon | trian, flegt lay a nd Durazzo, for the | wounded in hands of eiemy 24; | IS trip. rokers, proprietors ement | purpose of frustrating -any att e otl 5340, ey, 2411 As the destrover steered toward the places, tobscco ma d | at /interteifnce. The remainder 5 12D; : side of the steamer many of tite m yers of new or use PO Hpc\] i motorcycles. Sections al excise taxee upon evying spe the capita carporations were temporie passed over House schedules taxing i ltion (severely) 2; missing in act of theatres and other amusement| Throughout the whole operation, | 5- total 15 ) @ Tiesing G Piaces on the basis of sea v | cearlessly picking their way between | - xo New England as as the section 90 | sunken mines, the small ~Ameri SEndmen: AZainst cirens owmers were uccepted jons exempting Chautau- re lyceums, agricultural and tions under the aunspices of religions or charitable associations ae adopted by, the house also was accepted. The proposed 10 per cent. tax on sightseeing antomobiles based on their = receipts was amended 50 as to place a flat tax of $20 on each car seating more than seven persams. A rew section was added fixing a. rate of $10 on each passenger automobile scating not less than two persons nor more than seven used as a public con- Veyanee. Imposts against tobacco manufac- turers were approved without amend- ment. House Imposts on new or used aito- mobiles other by the purchaser were reduced ane- alf. The committee also reduced the tax _on electric automobiles from per horse power as nrovided in the bill 7o $2 and the weight tax from 50 cents cents fo reach 100 pounds. 100TH VICTORY OF AMERICAN AVIATION PURSUIT SQUADRON | With the American Army in France, Oat 11 (By the A, P)—The first American aviation pursuit squadron completed its 100th successive victory Thursday night with a “Boche strafing raid” which netted i machines. Of these. Ldeutenant Edward Rickenbach- or of Columbus, O. g0t two, bringing his official total to fifteen. with three more which probably will be-confirmed soon. Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge of Boston, Mass. and William Palmer of Bemmettsville, S. C, downed one be- tween them:. Lieotenamt James A. Melssner of PBrooklyn, Lieutenant Ralph A. O'Sefl of Nogales, Arix, Lnd \ Washingtam, paren Ame fers w | subs | companied the expedition all the way sropritors | kept a sharp watch from the air {untit {the d lowin; chases At battel shells. neare: thr. @, o crai the bott o nized ed to | were | boat to sli The surfac craft By been silenced and the whole town was one immense blaze. When. the . fleet d steamed homeward the ‘gmeat trian . muns. the last few rican ch of the fleet entered the mine field, fol- of water which were unable to manoeuvre ow- ing to the mines. The men .stood the I harbor and attacked two fhan electric to be paid submariens and a quantity of smaller arge stea ashore, while the two destroyers tried | American chasers and British destray- |ers headed them off and sent both. to the bottom after a short but action. already was enemy submarines appeared on . the of which hit a British destroyer with- out sinking her. Americans swooped down on the sub- marines and sank superb gunnery Cabled Paragraphs Col. Hunsicker Dead in England. London, Oct. connected . with the Harrowgate, 740 NAMES IN TWO ing casualties are reported by tl cav. Expeditionary Forces: thon 10; woundad severely 143; di from wanmds £9: Alad fmem 54; died from aeroplane accident total 343. New England men are: Killed in" Action. Corporals—William E. ton, Mass.; William L. en, Mas: Privates — Frederick | Fall River, Mas: John Died from Wounds. Paul H. King, Cambridge, Mass. GERMAN GOVEfiNMENYwmms J. Noonan, Medford, Mass. Oct. 11.—Proposals of days as well w 2d tly wanton and vea etndediRevaly; LWy ¥ Akin Czmus, Pawtuck headed straight for Durazzo. The s and allied destro went ahead on the lookout for ines. while airplanes which ac- American Expeditionary {cluded in above total): Killed .in action 14; woundd in a Force (i Is kept steadily on their they had crossed the whole anger zone way INQUIRY INTO NEWBERRY of Then the remainder | New York, Oct. inent Detroit 11- g in the track of the American Bukinssata and TS, this point the Austrian coast opened fire and great spurts were caused by the striking The projectiles kept creeping | and nearer the American craft, in contempt of court for refusal jury, the N Michig: witn, the inquiry into expenditures ewberry senatorial campaign 1 was resumed with oth here late this afternoon. | atta two, large and|gwn recognizance smaller steamers, two destroy- | . Though. Blair produced before the torpedo boat A number grand g Wiy tue DIOOT. Une,of | ers immediately made | the north, but as it was recog- as a hospital ship it was allow- proceed. The other —steamers quickly sunken The torpedo hit early in the action, was run of $176,000, he and his_two ax -ociat of/the campaign which selection of Lieutenant Truman H. Newberry, U. & republican nominee for Un senator. The naval officer Henry Ford, who, however, yi posed in the democratic primas s, The inquiry, which has bew progress all the week, with exami tion of many leading Michigan rep licans, was at a_standetill througho., 24 hours while the status of the r calcitrants was undecidde. osulted ., Comma. 3 N, as v nk off hugging the coast line. lively fire of the Austrian batteries slackening when _ two e and jirel two torpedoes. one|to examination, ‘Befqre the enemy for their testimony. could do any more mischief the retary of the navy in Preside; Roosevelt's cabinet, is an officer the naval reserve and is stationed them both with 12:30 all the shore batteries had naval district. 11.—Colonel Millard Hunsieker, who for many years was United States Steel Corporation, died last night at ARMY CASUALTY LISTS Whzhington, Oct. 11.—The' follow- Commanding General of the Ameri- “Killed in action 56; missing in - et o] @ omer causes 3; Uled Of TWiSease . Canary, Bos- Harris Mald- D. Emmons, Charlestown Mass.; Arthur Levesque, | Carl Linquist, Law- Newell, North Degainer, New Bedford, he following casuaities are report- {ed.by the Commanding General of the CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES -After two prom- newspaper writer had been adjudged answer questions of the federal grand | waived and the men released on their y the financial reccrds of the commiitee, showing total ex; mditures refosed to give details of the ¢ nduct the ~d Statey Tefeated unop- a When they | refused a second time today to submit the hearing was_ re- sumed along lines which did"not call Commander Newberry, who was sec- New. York as assistant to Rear Ad- miral Usher, commandant of the Third ‘Of 699 Amonu;SoHlen on Board the Otranto 372 Are Unaccounted For. A British Pnrt Thursday, Oct. 10.— A Jarge number of American tropps have been lost as the result of the sinkine of the teansnacs Omaman i e o TRTTET DTTWES) tish and Irish coasts in a colfiston with the steamer Kashmir. The Otranto after the collision was he ed Scottish coast with a probable 10ss of 372 American soldiers. Threo hundred and one men were taken to Belfast by the “British de- stroyer Mounsey, the oniy vessel'which made an attempt at rescue in the ter- rific gale when the Kushmir, another vessel in the convoy with'the Otranto, rummed the Otranto amidshi Seventeen men were picked up alive on_the Scottish coast. dashed to pieces on the rocks off the |’ President Helps Liberty Loan Rally{ At a Theatrein New York Autographed Bonds ' as They Were Sold. 14 New York, Oct. 11—President Wil- son, who came to New York to take part i the celebration here of Colum- e e POTENL part fomight o an im- promptu Liberty loan rally'at the the- atre where he witnessed' a popular musical comedy. At the end of the performance an appeal was made for subscriptions, and no one, in the house seemed more in- terested in the responsethan did Mr. Wilson. After more than $125,000 had been piedged, E. Bertram Pike of Pike, N. H. announced that he would buy $100.000 worth of bonds for cash if one hundred ' other persons would buy $1,000 worth each, with the under- standing that the bonds were to' be autographed by the president. Mr. Wilson .readily assented to -the pro- posal and the sale began with a rus to take’the bonds to the president’ bos, and for mearly an hour he autographing them. son_ himself subscribed . for 0 worth, but not for cash. James was W. Gerard. former ambassador to Ger- | many, took $15,000 worth and then George Conroy of Pueblo, Col., a youth- ful' marine who lost part of his right hand at Chateau Thierry, announced that he would pay cash for three $50 bonds. This offer. was ‘'greeted with tremendous applause and the president invited the marine to his box and con- gratulated him besides ' autographing the bond. The total for cash aggregated more than $750,000. President Wilson was given a voci- h('nrr{?mw—hslie R. Hodse -Walt-|"of tne 699 American soldiers on i am, Mass. _ K board the Otranto 310 were landed. Eas(:of ‘Rheims(the iSuippe river has : card the o an Do ctighed ~ By g beh it mo | - -Privates—Frank H.' Frost, Worces- | Seventeen were rescued alive at Isiay, merous jdaces. West of the Argonne| Alexander, J. Bernard, | jcaving .372. unaccounted. Forest, which n held by the! b Geatge H. Woods, | The Otranto and the other vessels ventt, G e e O mans (Danb ry, Mass, {0f the convoy were battling with the are in and a number of addi-| Lied of Disease. heavy ssces and., hight winds. Bandey: tioral towns und villages have been| Licutenant Horace Wyman, Wor-}morning. The storm was so severe taken by the Franco-Am n forees. ) center, Mass 230 the Jviali Mibes B0 bheg thi i tie st of the Argonne and along the| Privates—Burl C. Deland, Provi. | Kashmir, a former Peninsuiar and Mcuse valley, the' Americans are stifl|dence R. L; Roland W. Seavey, West j Oriental liner, crashed into the Otran- progressing satisfactoril | Scarboro, Maine; James ' F. \mrron,,m;:e‘”{&;h;";‘ AR badt The retreat of the cnemy-along® the | Stoughton, Mass. | Gamaged, but was able to make Wr‘y thirty-five miles of ths w rn line | Wounded Severely. As the bows of the Kashmir were from Douai to the south of Sergeants—Harold W. Trefey,. New- | pulled from the great hole. in the side Quentint s still too fast, excet on iS0-l4on ‘ower Falls, Mass.; Roy Mac-|of the Otranto, the. water, rushed in, lated sectors, for the foot troops of the | Grange , Hartford, Conn. but for a time it not.serve to stop british, Ameraci and I'rench, to} " Corporals—Edward N. Duffy, Brook- | the engines. The Otranto tried to pro- keep in contact with him. The cavalry |jine = pja Morris Brandwen. Ames- | cecd, but magde me headway against and on the plains and (hrougi as”.: Stephen J. Cronin, H %e zale in her crippled =ondition. ihe wooded setors, however, are tak- ne; Jafes J. Madden, Law-' Within a short time the water put % a terrible toll from the rear guards. |y out_her fires gnd the Otranto drifted still farther back rmen tav A LS eaHlarManchdt ; ¥ cutting (to pieces the coiumns of | tanley M. Carabez, Wes- |~ Tidered foe as they try to make | ke.; Henry ' ‘Carter: 'Onklind, » way "0 their next defense iin Wiltred J. Lavalee, Holyoke, | » machine.zun seemingly is be 2 Charles’ K. Stahier: oW onz] chigfly depended upon by the, C don, Gonn.; Edward -J.. Toland, S. { mans to hald back the foe as their| pogioy Mass.; Earl Howard .Wood, the | main forxes retire. Village, .Conn.; Anthony | — Norwood, Mass.; George \LQOKS LIKE SPLIT IN hl nedict Dunnigan Allington, (.Dnfl B You can make Iynur SPEED UP THE DRIVE! count for more if you subscribe them now. Nothing is gained by delay—much may be Delay means aid and comfort to the enemy. Action means striking the enemy harder. BUY YOUR BONDS AT ANY BANK Liberty Loan dollars N ress calls of the Otranto. When the vanton add vei K ol jdes(rove;tma.ngguv;ed to [aet along. struction of French and Belgian citi v 270 snde, Captain Davidson of iz Otran- and towns by the retreating German Ashmont, Mass.;, Bawin C. Call, Dex< [, wamzd Lieutenant Craven, com- osts. Coming at a moment N j manding the destrover, not to maxe SEONtan ‘chancals it Lawrence C. Bunion, Bos- | the attempt, this condut: is, regarded as ju: 3 i When it was seen that Craven would a belief tha plete ‘disofgani 1 Frank J. Babola, Central}make the attempt amyway, the men exists in the % _{were ordered to remove their, shoes self and that 'y chief: { Mechanic William J. - Burke, West nd heavy clothing and (ry (o save acting in defiance of the wishes of the | Somerville, Mass. themselves as best they conld. civilian members of the government Privates—Stanislaw Bagajn, Law- The destroyer stood off ndred feet and then grad: bout a came et, | leaped too quickly reckoning and dropped betwesn - the Dboats. Seme of these disappeared: in the water, -but others of them werc caught and crusbed to death bety the boats and the: lifeboats which ‘had! heen lowered to act as .buffers. , The destroyer was badly battered. - The captain of the destroyer, eaci: time it was brushed away ‘rom the side of the Otranto. again would push rear enough for many more men to jump to the deck of his vessei. He described as a veritable rain'thé num- Der of men landing on ' the idestroyer. Many of those who reaghed’ the decks of the vessel suffered broken bones or otherwise were Lurt. Those who missed the deck of the destroyer went to almost instant death. Four times the battered destroyer and - misted tieh n- c- a to of in er Allan A. Templeton, Frank W. Blair| came alongside, and - each] time = the test splendidly and stood at thelr guns | nd Thomas P. Phillips, chairman, | Drevious scenes were repeated. ,At awaiting the order to fire Clear of|ircasurer ang publicity director, re-| the end of the fourth trip whe had 310 the mine field, the fleet immediately | cpectively, of the' committee. the men | Americans, 236 of the cresw, thirty fell into battle formation and began !aqjudged in contempt, ,were saved | French sailors and one British wofficer tnT';,g'm:a‘;:fi'c‘;; B eeferbes: \llieq |ITOM confinement in the Tombs by | on board. The boat was full and, hav- MMiIOyers Trent ABIEhE ints oo | Writs of habeas corpus. -Bail was | ing done all possible, shei s!aned for port. The survivors saw the ~ Ontranto drifting helplessly toward: the rocks as they pulled away toward 'the Irish coast. The destroyer barely had,time to send a brief message when her wireless was carried away. The little overloaded vessel had a rough trip to port. One of the American troops on board the Otranto pictured the.scene when the vessels collided. Soldiers lped the decks as though on parade, and at the word of .command stood at attention like statutes. They never wavered, re-| maining there .in_military , formation, exemplitying during the crisis the no- ! blest traditions ‘of the army for hero- 1sm and - discipline. The “sdne | thing, said the soldier, applied to the.sea-4 men. Numbers of bodies today )lvere ‘being washed up rapidly on the shore. ‘It was reported that 175:had.been count-’ ed at.noon and nearly all.of them had been identified. ‘A ‘seaman on the Otrando_described the most. tragic: momeuts. of .the dis- aster as that wher the order 'came for the men to jump, to:save them- selves. The destrover’ looked a vary es er e in - nt in in Aus- Mr. Templeton is president of the | small boat alongside the !on“er Orient sea base was a hean(of smoking | Detroit Chaniber of Commerce, Mr. | liner, and many en, among ' the i . Blair is a banker. American . troops - thought ~ themsetves ferous welcome when he was reos- mized upon his arrival and again at the ‘end of the first : He bowed his acknowledgmenis but merely smiled at the calls for a speech, NO ORDER ISSUED TO CLOSE ANY SALOONS IN THE STATE New Haven, Conn., Oct. 11.--No or- der has yet come to Yale university concerning the closing of saloons in the area of half : f the build- ings now used nd reci- tation rooms for ti C. The military authorities state that thi matter bas been the subject of cor respondence and an order such as out- iined is looked for. A delegation from Middletown rep- resenting” {he saloonkeepers there came here today to ascertain the facts as to an®orde; aid to have been received a leyan vesterda: Secretary Fitzsimmons of the state association had a_talk -over the tele- phone with an officer Soston who would have the enforcement uf a clos. ing order, and he was told that there had been no order issued to close any saloons in this state. If an o-der was given i iddletown such order would ‘also have effect at other places. NEW YORK TAKING INFLUENZA PRECAUTIONS New York, Oct. 11.—Dr. Herman M, Biggs, state . comn sioner of health, was directed by public cheglth the council of the state department at.a mecting here today fo take charge of the' Spanish influenza situation in the state. He was ordered to spare no ex- pense in getting' the macHinery of his department into immediate action to check the alarming spread of the dis- case.' The epidemic was reported to be more serious upstate-than in New York city. - The council adopted a rule making it a misdemeanor for, any person to cough or sneeze in 3 public place na: where. in_ the state without covering the mouth or nose. - Violators will be rigidly prosecuted. Punishment will be $500 fine or one year in prison, or both. It was decided to make influenza a reportable dis se and every new. case will be placed immediately under gtate control. safer aboard the larger vessel. was fatal to many of them. The victims are to be' collected at the most suitable place and buried there. A boat left Liverpool today with material for coffins, fifty laborers and carpenters and ‘chiplains fo conduct the funerals. Fach grave will be marked and charted so that it will be possible to locate each man later. There were a few cases among the dead where identification was delayed Every man had worn an identification tag-on his wrist or neck, but in some instanc these were torn off and it This was necessary to take fiinger prints of the men. An instance of thé many rescues by the Mounsey was that of T. L. Camp- Dell, a Memphis lawver and a secre- He weighs pounds. He was perchal on the Otran- 10's rail awaiting a chance to spring upon the destroyer the third time the Momnsey came up. As he leaped the Mounsey lunched away and nstead of landing in the middle of the deck. as he had hoped to do, one of his legs caught in the guard cable on thie side of the destroyer. Campbell puled him- self aboard uninjured. . < éJust when the destroyer was pull- said ingiaway for the last time, Campbeli today, “the men railg or. stéod on the after-deck. ing.a farewell' A huge wave struck a crowd ‘of abou( . eighteen’ privates on the after-deck and a dozen of them ‘were swept inio (hesen to sure death, as it was. impossibldio save persoms {from waves running from sixty to sev- enty feet high. | | stock_exchanges ha ‘Condensed Telograms # An additional credit of $5,000,000 fwas extended to Belgium. New York City's budget for 1919 will ‘be $6,300,000 higher . than last year. | War ' Industries Board declared ecessity. exists for fixing the price of cotton. ‘A meeting will be held in Chicago on: Oct. 17 on the proposed new oats standards. Capital of the Keystone Tire & Rub- |ber Co. was advanced from $1500,000 to_$2,000,000. Tot: < of War s ving and Thrift stamps _in New Yark = =-— T <0 T v, Contracts » for = 40,000 freight cars. for 'overseas will be distributed. in a week. Private Royal C: Johnson, former representative of ;South Dakota, wounded in France. Ten New York State ' banks and trust companies joined fle Federal Heserve system in September. = | Registration of 500 women enemy aliens began in ‘the ' United = States marshall's office in Brooklyn. Thirty thousand beds are ready for American - wounded in - southern France, the Red Cross announced. The United” States Steel Corporation reported unfilled orders on its books for September 8,297,905 tons. The War Department announced the ‘conversion of ‘Fort Sheridan, IIl, into a base hospital of 4,000 beds. Missouri farmers added 900,000 acres to.their winter. wheat crop in- creasing the State’s yleld to 149,221,- 440 bushels. Resources of the national Hanks .of the United States at the close of busi- ness on Aug. 31 amounted to $18 043,- 605,000. William Graves Sharp, American Ambassador, was ‘the’ first civilian, after the mayor, to enter the captured city of St. Quentin. Manufacturers of leather ~loves and mittens will be put on a conse program to prevent unnecessary use of_material and capital. | The Senate Finance Committee favorably reported the nomination of Albert Strauss to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board. President Menocal of Cuba offered to the United States through the Cuban Minister a detachment of troops for service on the battlefield. The Japanese steamer Hirano Maru was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine while bound for Japan. The loss of 300 lives is feared. - The War Department announced that every American fiver that goes over the German lines in combat. «r bombing planes will carry oxygen tanks, Two_army captains were killed and ix officers badly injured as the re- sult of a fire at officers’ quarters, Base Hospital No. 3, Colonia, near ! Rahway. ’ | Lieut. Reme Fonck, according to an {announcement in Paris, is - credited i with downing four airplanes in 20 jminutes on the same day, making his total 70 victories. | Former Supreme Court iJoseph A. Kellogg, ‘of Glens {was elected by the jcratic State Commitiee as State Chairman to succeed Edwin S. Harris. Labor troubles and .disputes .bé- | tween employers ‘and emplovees ~ in {many quarters of the country are to settied in the nest week, according to the schedule of the War Labor Board. Chairman Baruch of the War Indus- | tries Board asked manufacturers, re- :ddmunll shipment Falls, supply him with full details on the cost of manufacturing ‘and distribu- tion. Three hundred packen will discuss possible government control of pack: ing houses among other question: when the convention -0f American Meat Packers’ Association opens at Chicago, Oct. 14. The Swiss ballodn shot down by . a German aviator had two large Swiss flags on it and two Federal crosses painted on the envelope. The German Minister expressed regrets to the President and promised an investiga- tion. Measures taken by big German banks to stop a papic on the Berlin little effect. A. M. Willard, painter of the famous picture “The Spirit of !76,” died at his home in Cleveland yesterday, aged S1 years. WOMAN'S ' CONTEMPTIBLE WAY OF “GETTING SQUARE" New York, Oct. 11.—At the request of the federal authorities a young wo- man_describing, herself as Miss Mar- tha_Elizabeth ; ears old, said to be a college graduate, was ar- rested today and pleaded gniity in a city court, to a charge that she wrote letter fo Mrs. Nellie Estes, falsely intimating that her son, in army ser- vice, had been killed in ' action in France. At the time ‘the letter by Mrs. Estes, the son, tockton M. Dstes. now an instructor in this country; was in Franc ‘whera be was cited for bravery. ' Mre. Es- tes was engaged in essential war work at_Hammonton, N. J. Miss Simmons_said today hat she wrote the lett se Mrs. tes had had charge of & plint from which the defendant was discharged. Miss Simmons was held in $1,000 bail pending an inquiry into_reports that German propagandists rive been operating in this city with intent to Undermine the morale of parents of men in service. PANIC CONTINUES IN SOUTHERN RHINE CITIES Basel, Switzerland, Oct. *11.—(By The A, P.) Travelers arriving from Germany assert that they encountered considerable risks because t"eFrench and American heavy guns are bom- barding with considerable effect the railways connecting the southern Rhine cities. Near the Swiss frontier the railway was struck by shell sev- eral times at different points. Panic and a state of nervousness continue in the southern Rhine cities iespite the efforts of (he newspapers which admonish the people to remain calm. FORMER RUSSIAN GENERAL MICHAEL ALEXIEFF DEAD Basel, Switzerland, Oct. il.—General Michael Alexieff. commander-in-chief of the Russian imperial armies in 1917, died at Yekaterinodar, on O€t.° 10, according to-a report received here today from Kiev was 1ecelved sutenant Geneyal Alexieff in Seplember, 1917, was reported to have commited st de and in the follo May lie was id to have been killed in ‘battle at Novo Tcherkash HUNGARIAN PREMIER " ANNOUMCES RESIGNATION Budapest, via_Basel, Oct +11—Dr. Alexander ~ Wekerle, the ~Flungarian premier, announced his resignation af- ter an audience with King Chariés. Vienna newspapers received: here say that a ministerial crisis in Huri~ mary is imminent and that a coalition cabinet is probable. ew York Deme- | was tion | Justice | tail and wholesale clothing dealers 1o, | ! | Fat this point. Wid:MotéThn.nl,SOOONAmechmbudefl theanttndanArmyan,mooo in Preparation, ~Genersl mmys‘itn‘lmp!nuvemt:fie Toney Be Provided in Order That the American Armies Have . Ful Support. Wuhxfls‘lon, Oet. than 1.900,000 American troops, . sounded an urgent call bave full sapport. “This is no time to hang back with’ the idea -that the war is over’ Gen- is to hurl at the Hun our maximum re- Sources in men. and money and maks eral March said. “The thing to do victory certain.” The chief of staff preceded his re- operations with ‘an to back up c of the absolute need that am- view of military ple unds be forthcoming outli the fighting men at the front. “The war.department.” he said, “has had the draft ages changed so as to | secure ' more than two million add: | tional first class fighting men and has eighy demanded of congress over billion dolars to raise, equi) me accomplished.” Turning to the great war map, Gen- eral. March pointed out the sweeping train and transport this victory army to France. The fourth Liberty loan is now before the people of the United States. With- out the financial backing nothing can 11.—~With * 'more the treasury review tonight said: em- barked for the front and an army of 2,000,000 in preparation. to make vic- tory certain, General March, chief of staff, ‘at his” weekly conference . today for popular support for the fourth Liberty loan in order that the American armies may “In the face of high officials pleas for united support of the loan and emi- phatic declarations 'that peace talk should not cause a slackening of sub- seribing, this result and the outlook for the success of the loan is distinet- ly_ disappointing. “Briefly stated, the situation tonight is_that $532,000,000 must be subscribed on every onme of the remaining seven working days of the loan if the total asked. by Secretary McAdoo is to be obtained.* Only 37 percent of the six billions has been raised. “Inasmuch as the belief is prevalent in some quarters that reports on sub- scriptions are being withheld in an endeavor to create a ‘bear’ impression, it seems proper to explain the manner in which tho official figures are ob- taindd and made public. Every after- noon at 3 o'clock Washington time the twelve federal reserve banks of the country report to the treasury de- partment every subscription made through incorporated banks and trust compaies, on which deposits of ten percent have been paid. These re- ports are made public = absolutely without change. The whole tduth of the situation is told by the figures tnd they speak for themselves.” 1- advance of the Anglo-American forces | District. Subscription. Percentage. in “the Cambrai-St. Quentin region.|St. Louis .....$182,954.700. 70. With the capture of Le Cateau, 'he | Minneapolis $122,676,450. 58. €aid, the British had gained fourteen | Boston 3249538400 49, miles in three days, “more than they |San Francisco..$187,527950. 46 gained in any comsecutive three days |Dallas $55,707,350. 44, since théy first started their drive|Chicago .......3377,466,300. 43. tast of Amiens in August.” Cleveland $211.548,800. 35, “The enemy's resistance, tempora-|Richmond ..... $96,015550. 34. rily at least, was badly shaken 'and |Philadelphia ...$150,709,600. 30. disorganized” General March said.|New York......$513.797,000. 28. “At Le Cateau the British are culy|Kansas City.... $72,085,600. 27. fourteen miles from Aulnoye. This|Atlanta .. - 349,848500. 25. town is a very important strategical It is the junction of the main railroad which I have spoken abuut Valenciennes {through to Metz and the other great northern artery called the Liege-Mau- beuge railway. These two roads join An advance of about | put that junction under gunfire and it is point. before runming from nine miles in this direction will a point of vital importance. “On Tuesday and Wednesday main American advance. would sever the railroad. The largest bombing pedition of the ' war Wednesday in- this sector when - antonments near Damvillers. “In’ the .north, the British ady: from Valienciennes. fenemy is beginning half miles on a ten-mile ifront. the Trench and American forces attacked ieast of the Meu<e and advanced one iand oné-half.miles on a front of four miles; clearing the right flank of the Here, 3s at Le Cateau, an advance of ten miles Metz-Valenciennes ex- | took = place 32 tons of bombs were dropped on the nee along the Bscgut is but twelve miles The communica- tions. of Douai are_threatened and the to withdraw. From Lens to the Scarpe the British on Wednesday advanced one and one- | Philadelphia reported a gain of $17,- 000,000 and totals for the district now are divided: Philadelphia proper $82, 049,900; eastern Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia, $51,886,800; southern New Jersey $12,219,850 and Delawere Sl Safl '150 116 MEN L0$Y WITH STEAMER TICONDEROGA Washington, - Oct. 11.—Ten officers and 106 enlisted men of the American Steamer Ticonderoga, sunk by an en- emy submarine Sept. 30, were report- ed ‘missing in an announcement today by the navy department. Lieutenants, Frank L. Miller, Oakland, aCl,, and Julius H, Fulcher, Frisco, N. C, were {taken prisoner by the U- oat cibwy ‘Three officers and five enlisted men .wWere: announced ds the only known survivors of the :Ticonderoga. Sur- | vivors landed at an Atlantic port re- ported as numbering about 25 are be- lieved to include members of a de-* tachment of soldiers detailed to care for ‘horses which were being trans- ported. The navy announcement gave mere- 1y the names of the crew of the Ticon- deroga reported as missing, saved and . taken priéoner. No details of the sink- Between the Argonne and theling of the Ticonderoga, a vessel of Meuse in the American sector there|:13p tons, formerly the . German has been stiff fighting for local pointsigieamer Camilla Rickmers, have been of advantage and the pocket in the|announced. other than that she was line on the Argonne south of thelgent down by a submarine Sept. 30. Grand Pre gap has been wiped out | Syryivors arriving in this country “The constant pressure ai many points on the line is keeping the ene- 's reduced forces continually in &c- preventing adequate periods of | tion rest for exhausted divisions.” SUPREME EFFCORT FOR LIBERTY LOAN TODAY very Liberty Joan committee in New England will make Boston, Oct, 11.— said the ship was torpedoed when, be- cause of engine trouble, hind her convoy about 1,700 miles off the Atlantic coast. After eending a torpedo crashing into the side of the ship, the submarine, they said, shelled the Ticonderoga and her boats, killing and wounding many of the American sailors and soldiers. Among the members of the crew, re- ported missing ar he fell be- a supreme effort tomorrow, Liberty| Lieutenants William Bennet, East day, to rouse the people of its com-|Boston, Mass: Samuel S. Magruder, muBity to the rescue of the badly lag- San Francisco; Norwin B. Norris, ging fourth Libefty loan campaign.| Memphis; Harold T. Smith, New York. Today was the most discouraging so| Enlisted men: Benjamin Baylor, far, only $14.018,000 in additional sub- | Philadelphia; - John B. Ahern, Man- scriptions being reported to headquar- ters here. Governor McCall madé a plea to the people of this state to subscribe more “The importance of the loan to the country and the cause for which we are fighting cannot be over-esti- freely. mated” he declared. "The Liberty loan committee of New | England issued this statement: “The,, off. all possibili any groups of citizens. to do for fiperty. from .now on to reach the .quota. was the smallest full day’s total.in th, present campaign and left an enormous | margin to be raised.” Massachusetts was the banner state subscribing five- in today’s report, inflienza _epidemic has. swept of demonstration by The test is for the individual as tp what. he is going Tne subseription, on the eieventh day of the campaign was less than, half the required’ average chester, N. sea, aMss.; Mass.; H.: James Carolan, Chel- 1 Chaput, Ipswich, TUlric Charette, Salem, Mass.; Wilfred Cloutier, Alfred, Me.; Joih Condon, Wilmerding, Pa.; William Crawford, Juniata, Pa.; Henry Depar- thy, Palley R._1; Harlie Duns ham, Pittsburgh; _John _ Eannuceir Trenton Junction, N. J.; Henry Fen= der, Pittsburgh: William Ferry, Tren= ; William J. Golle, Philadel- Eugene Grafius, Montoursville, J. Graves, Worcester, ., Harry L. Haberlein, Allisod Park, Pa.; Alexander Haines, Malden, Mass.; ' [4aa I Jones, Jr., Camp Mer-" J.; David J. Kelly, New Dur- Tt J.; John Gayden McBride: e | Florence, Mass.; Joseph L. Martel, Ipswich, Mass.: William _F. Miller, Philadelphia; Herbert J. rence, Mass.; Sykesville, Pa. Nolan, Law: Lester . Philippi, ‘Wallacw t. Scott, Jera sevenths. of the total. Grand totals for |sey City, N. J.: Robert Sorber, Noxen, the New England states tonight were: | Pa.; Ernest D. Thompson, St. Johns- Massachusetts, $161,824,000: Connec- | berry, V' ticut, $38,711,000; Rhode Island, $21,-| -The survivors include: 3 572,000: Maine, ~ $12,017,000; New| Lieutenant Commander James J- Hampshire, $8160000; Vermont, $7,.- | Madison, West Hoboke: J.; James " 280,000. The total for the district E. Leonard, Pittsburgh; George 8. $243,364,000. Hoiyoke was the largest communit to report an oversubscription of it quota today quota of $4,558,000. New England now has 333 cities an towns which have oversubscribed their quota. LIBERTY LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW TOTAL $2,269,876,200 11.—Celebration | of "Libérty Day tomorrow thughmn“ the nation is expected by Fourth Lib. loan managers to send ‘the cam- n forward with 2 jump from the Washington, Oct. §5.556,576.200 total where' stood tonight. This inerease ~of §245,000:000 - over day’s total. ‘Bublic meetings and _paradee, ranged for Liberty Day the “vecor: have been cal led off. nearly. evervihere because of but_thousands of volinteers' have been enlisted for Stores £ the day; the jnfluenza_epidemic, house to house * canvasses. will.close for the'day. or ha in many cities. In Washington. th importance of the day as % stimulus t the - Joan most gn\emment departments wi suspend “business to permit employes and officials. to give all their eéne to the loan. President Wilson participate in the-célebration af York and Secretary cago., The committee sent word it had obtained $300,000 more than the represented an vester- ar- is considered so grea; that ew McAdoo -at, Chi- qommemmx on the dav's nho‘fln'. Tapply, Waltham, Mass, Willoughby, and Edward 24 1 N s Providence, U. S. DESTROYER SHAW IN Washington, Oct. 11.—In a collision i hetween the United States destroyer { Shaw and a British vessel Oct. § two officers and eleven enlisted men of the_ destroyer .were lost. Thirteen oOther members of the crew were injured. The collision occurred in British wa=., The; destroyer. was able fo make past™ nder her own'steam, the navy de-: {partment said tonight in announcing {norts,. was caused by the jamming of @i the destroyer's steering_gear. i Lieutenants Gearge F. Parrott, ‘of Kingston, N. (., and John D. Ed-* -} wards’ of Buckroe Beach, Va., were the officers. lost. IMPORTANT TESTIMONY ;: IN “BABY DOLL” TRIAL -Bridgeport, .Conn., Oct; 11.—At the trial of “Raby Doli* Thomas and Jake Hawkins-this afternoon in the criminal superior court Private Trelierick {Crawford, U. S. A.. gave important tes- timeny + for two. men accused of ihaving killed Norris Pannell. Craw- ford said. he heard Pannell say, while wounded: x “If 1 die tdday or tomorrow, & cop shot me.” The 1 | Tuesda; o o il i resumed 1 will + pe COLLISION; 13 MEN LOST - i the collision, which, according to re-"_ Jry" " s =)