Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 16, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 248 * POPULATION 29,919 ° _NORWICH, * CONN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1918 10 PAGES—74 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS, ALLIES CAPTURE TOWNS AND GUNS IN BELGIAN F The Capture of Thourout Completely Outflanks the German Submarine Base at Ostend and Brings the Allied Troops Within Ten Miles of Bruges—On All Sectors in France the Germans Are Fighting With Desperation to Hold Their Foes—Particularly Vicious. Counter-Attacks Are Being Made Against the Americans East and West of the Meuse. \ \ The Associated Press.) arms be sarve&!. and on various sectors tente forces in Belgjum and |LDey are meeting with success. In t sontinue suctesstully to drjve sector further gains have ¢ encmy before them. In Belgian |been made by the Americans in_ the he advance is somewhat |(ace of terrific artillery and machine 5 all the sectors in France |Sun fire and the natural defenses and nans are fighting with des- | <reat systems of wire entanglements eration to hold back their foes. which had to be negotiated. Owing to . sreat wedge that is being driven | bad weather the airmen have been un- he Beigian, British and Frenciw|able ot give their usual brilliant as- ps in ilanders now threatens seri- | sistance to the manoeuvers. the tenure by the enemy of| To the west the French are slowly any positions in north Belgium from | closing in upon Rethel on their way to © Lys river 1o the sea, including the | Mezieres, being only two miles dis- “ubmarine and other bases along the|tant from the town. West of Grand ast, while to the south the Lille|Pre they have effected further cross- Jlent gradually is being enmeshed |ings of the Aisne. About 800 Ger- i doubtiess soon will receive atten- |mans were made prisomer in this n frofn the pincers, which are being | fighting. i for the task of feclaiming this| In Flanders the British have taken iportant tract of territory as far as|the impertant railway center of \enciennes for France. Menin, Thourout has fallen, and_ the Meanwhile the French and American | Thourout-Courtrai railroad has been rees wre struggling valiantly forward | almost won. Numerous towns have their drive northward from the|been recaptured by the allied forces umpagne region into the country [and large numbers of prisoners have sver which {be Germans must effectbeen taken. Many guns also have ement 1o their own border in the | fallen into the hands of the allies. The t of a fnal debacle. As has been |capture of Thourout completely out- alwass since the offensive be- | flanks the German submarine base at the Germuns are vigorously de-|Ostend and brings the allied troops \Aing their positions. using innu- | Within ten miles of Bruge, whence the erable machine gun detachments in |railroad line runs porthward to Zee- ndeavors (0 hold their ground. Par-|brugge, Germany’s other U-boat base ularly vicious are the counter- [base on the North sea. \rusts that the Americans are being ompelled to sustain east and west of 7e Meuse, where the entire ememy ront ¥ threatened with immediate Jllapse should General Liggett's men through the line for material Reports are to the effect that the Germans are withdrewing what is left of their forces in the north, both naval and military. In Albania the Italians have occupied the Austrian naval base of Durazzo on the Adriatic, while in Serbia the allied forces are continuing to press the en- emy troops north of Nish. Nevertheless, both the ¢ French are deman Americans ng that their CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS OF THE GERMAN EMPEROR New York Oct 15.—Neither the ancellor nor the ministry of foreign airs has amy authority to speak in o name of the German empire, ex- )t by order of the emperor. Daniel umenthal, former member of the hstag from Strassburg and former n from Alsace Lorraine, declared In a staipment commenting on the ums of Prince Maximilian_and Dr. ~0if in their recent notes to President ison that they represented the Ger- ian people as well as the government, Slumenthal quoted from the Ger- constitution to show that com wuthority is in the nands of the TWO CENT TAX ON ALL BANK CHECKS PROPOSED Washington, Oct. 15.—A stamp tax of two cents on all bank checks is pro vided for in an amendment to the war revenue bill adopted by the senate fi- nance committee which is revising t"e house drafL. The amendment was adopted by a 'vote of eight to six. Many members, however, expressed doubt as to 1ts ac- ceptance by the senate. Such a tax is opposed by treasury department offi- cials and many senators becavse it not only. wouid be a-serious inconvenience 1o husiness but would tend to discour- age thrift and encourage hoarding. The amount of revemie irom such tak would be small in the opmion of reh. To destroy Prussian mili- | expert: rism, he added, the organization of | Consideration of the revenue bill 1o empire must be overturned progressed so rapidly ‘today that The German people are wholly with- a veice in international affairs, ording to the former Alsatian offi- i4l, who represents in this country nterests of the French ‘lost ovinces.” His statement follows: sian militarism, responsible for world catastrophe, draws its ength from the constitution of the ierman empire of April 16, 1871, whi legal basis. Accurding to this constitution, the ng of Prussiy is the hereditary chief Chairman Simmons tonight reiterated his prediction that the bill would Te completed by about October 23. Aside from the bank check amend- ment the only change made in house stamp tax section was : empt fidelity and sufefy bond such taxes. An amendment p these under a monthly tax as niovided in the bill for casualty insurance was | substituted. To aid in maintaining coal produc- tion at a maximum during the war, the 25 German confederate states.|liberai allowances to coal operators for r 11 says that ‘he represents the | depletions and amortizations were | n international relations, de- |urged today by Fuel Administrator | sres war and makes peace in the|Garfield. This leniency, Mr. Garfield me of the empire t0id the committee, also shouid be “omsequently, neither chancel- | lowed because of the unusual h r nor the minister for foreizn affairs|of the occupation. | any authority to speak in the name — TOTA. LOSS OF LIFE ON TRANSPORT OTRANTO, 527 Islay, Scotland, Sunday, Oct. 13 (By the A. P.)—According to figures com- | piled here today and carefully checked | with army records, the total loss of life as a result of the disaster to tho transport Otranto is 321. These figures represent one Ameri- can_officer, Second Lieutenant Bernie H. Coffman of Robinson, IIL, 356 Amer- ican troops, 164 of the Otranto's of- ficers and crew and six members of the crew of a Irench fishing boat. Up to tonight 266 bodies had been recovered. Only two were found to- day as the result of a change of the Texas was the last state to report. | Wind, Which now is blowing stronsly registration as announced ‘tonight | O shore, and, according to seafaring Seneral 1 Crowder: Was 71| men, may sweep the bodies far out to ainst the driginal estimate of 546,- |#¢a- The two bodies found today were of an American soldier and a chief petty officer of the Otranto. The un- identified dead include two Asiatics, The work of recovering the remain- ing bodies of victims of the disaster «of the empire, unless it be at the very der of the emperor. The German ople has no volce whatever. re. in order to destroy Pru arism, the organization .of the em- re must be destroyed.” 12966564 MEN REGISTERED FOR SERVICE SEPTEMBER 12 Il states show that registered for military ptember 12. This was 1 of the estimate of 12,778,758 made experts in the office of Provost irshal Genmeral Crowder, basei on dictions from census figures. The total announced today does not lude registrations receiveld by mail local boards after September 12 r belated enrollments by men who M vt tnat | washed up on the shore of Islay Island e e Moo it i« be. |18 extremely difficult owing to the et o rtuar figure wil be ap.|rugged coast and the tons of wreckage which fills every crevice in the rocks. . CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES wall which are_to be held on later FOR AFTER WAR PROBLEMS dates recently fixed by the president Washington, Oct. 15—Creation of With the figures compiled today, the | six congressional joint committees in- roximately 13,000,000. This will still further increased by the registra- s in Alaska, Porto Rico and Ha- | according Cabled Paragraphs Blew Up a Zeppelin Shed. _London. Oct. 15.—The independent air force today bombed the Frescaty airdrome and blew up a Zeppelin shed, to official announcement here tonight. Wilson’s Reply Pleasing to Allies. Paris, Oct. 15.—La. Liberte says that the clearness of President Wilson's reply to Germany is such that it will rejoice the allies, because it fulfills the desires of all 895 NAMES IN TWO ARMY CASUALTY LISTS Washington, Oct. 15—The following casualties are reported by the Com- manding General of the American Ex- peditionary Forces: Killed in action 58; missing in ac- tion 34; wounded severely 182; died from wounds 31; died from accident and other causes1; died of wounds 26; wounded, degree undetermined 67; wounded slightly 1; total 401. New England men are: Killed in Action. Private John Di Raimo, Lawrence, Mass. ied of Disease. Privates—Joseph A Hardy, Paw- tuket, R. 1; Ignatz Klopotowitz, New Britain, Conn. Wounded Severely. Sergeant John Neil, Cambridge, Mass. Corporal Radcliffe W Bristol, Meri- den, Conn. Privates—Prucius C. Bailey, Groton, Conn.; John A. Eagleson, Suffield, Conn.; Clarence A. Ellis, = Lawrence, Mass.; Demetrios K Caltchas, Quincy, Mass.; Antone Medoroes, - New Bed- ford, 'Mass.; William J. Reardon, Med- ford, Mass; Samuel D. Scherman, New Haven, Conn.; Oscar Schneider, Waterbury, 'Conn ; Joseph F. Wald- ron, New 'Bedford, Mass.; John W. Zenewich, Ansonia, Conn.; Charles L. Pelton, Waterford, Conn. Wounded (Degree Undetermined) Privates—Samuel Goodman, Saugus, Mass.; Louis Griffin, Norwalk, Conn. Missing in Action. Privates—Rosario Le Blue, Lowell, Mass.; Carmine Meringolo, Worces- Mass.; Philip Richards, Fitchburg, Mass. TUESDAY AFTERNOON’S LIST. Killed inaction 47; missing in action 49; wounded severely 184; died of disease 34; died of accident and other causest; died from wounds 25; wounded slightly 15; wounded, degree undetermined 136; total 494 New England men are: Killed in Action. Privates—James H. Aurelius buryport, Ma: ton, Mass. New- Daniel Murphy, Bos Died of Disease. Privates—George N. Frye, Medford, Mass Edward F “Mullin, South Bos- ton, Mass. Wounded Severely. Lieutenant James A. Gettings, New Haven, Con. Sergeant rence, Mass. e s “Corporal Manuel T Ferrei ton. Mass. Wagoner Arthur J. Tessier, Good- year, Conn. Cook Peter N. Mass. Private: bury, Conn. . Taun- Anastis, Waverly, M e Banawicz, Water- Ralph Delgiomo, East Boston, Mass.; John Alfred Ericson, ‘Waterbury, C ;.Louis Willimantic, Conn.; Martin A. Lyden, South Norwalk, Conn. Slightly Wounded. Jerry DiJoy Private Conn. Wounded (Degree Undetermined). Corporal William J. Phelan, Somer- ville, Mass Privates—George New Haven, Anderson, Water- bury, Conn.; Aime Banville, Chicopee Fall, Mass.; Joseph K. Blake, Oxford Mass. Missing in Action. Privates—George J. Brooks, Walt- tham, Mass,;; John W Weberg. South- bridge, Ma: mes J. Wedick, Man- chester, N. H.; Elliot F. Williams, Dorchester, Mass. BELIEVE GRIP EPIDEMIC HAS BEEN CONQUERED Boston, Oct. 15—Reports from ail parts of Massachusetts led officials of the state department of health to be- lieve the influenza epidemic had been conquered. They expressed hope that from this time on the number of new cases would show a diminishing ratio and that within the next week or ten days the epidemic_would be ended. In Fall River, New Bedford, Law- rence, Worcester and Iitchburg, the worst_centers of infection in the last few d: pronounced _improvement was shown today. Conditions continue bad in the western part of the state, but even there the health department sees signs that the eituation is clear- g. Major Roger Wolcott, in charge of the draft in Massachusetts, said to- night that physical examinations of draftees in all the eastern counties would be resumed on Wednesday. The improved conditions have releaseq a large number of examining physicians who have been fighting the disease. Major Wolcott said it was hoped ex- aminations in the western counti might be resumed within a few days. SERBIANS HAVE SEIZED total number of men who have been |stead of one to recommend legistation sistered in the reservoir of the se-|to meet after the war problems was lective service system since the United | recommended today 4n_ a report by States entered the war, including those | Senator Watson, of !.ngfms, chairman registered June 5, 19i7; last Junme 5{of the committee recently appomted ind August 24 and September 12, i3 by republican semators to consider a 13,456,001 resolution by Senator Weeks of Mass- achudetis, proposing such a commit- NEW ENGLAND MEN IN CANADIAN CASUALTY LIST Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 15.—New England an‘ in cana;'h.n casualty list: 7 BUCHAREST EXPRESS-WRECK Killed in action: E. Lowery, Mal-| London, Oct. 15.—One hundred per- den, Mass.; B. Tomlinson, Kennebunk, [sons were killed and 200 injured in the Me.: G. Bvans, Contocook, N. H.: H.|derailing of _the Bucharest express Davis, Central Falls, R. L; E. Donag-|near Piatra, Rumania, according to a hue, Worcester, Mass.., C. Williams, | despatch to the Central News from Warcester, Mass: J. Johnson. New | Amsterdam auoting advices from Fiedford, Mass.; W. J, Simoneau, Bai-|Vienna. The despatch adds that sev- tic, Conn. eral of the coaches of the tram fell Died of wounds N. Castonaguay,|mto the Bistrita river. Jeland Pond, Vt: M. J. Coilins, of Charlestown, Mas: 1l: R_Swansburg, Roxbury, Mass. Stewart, Fast Saugus, Mass.; 100 PERSONS KILLED IN MORGAN LINE STEAMER CAME INTO PORT AFIRE An_Atlantic Port, Oct. 15.—The Mor- gan Tine steamer El Valle, New York to New came- into port this afternoon with fire in her fourth hoid. The city fire department was called upon to aid in extinguishing the The ship had been on fire for 48 bours. She has a mixed cargo. INJUNCTION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST N. Y. POSTMASTER New York, Oct. 15—In injunction instituted by LARGE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL Washington, Oct. 15.—Advancing northward from Nish, Serbian troops on a wide front have captured the heights dominating both banks of the southern Morava, taking 44 field guns, a Serbian official statement reaching here today said. In the capture of Nish a large amount of war material was seized. Serbian detachments operating in the Kriva Palanka region report, the state- ment says, that, contrary to the stipu- lations of the armistice, the Fourth Bulgarian division carried off into Bulgaria approximately 2,100 sheep, 4,000 horses, 1,300 oxen, 1,020 mules and 1,500 wagons. The statement says a Bulgarian cap- tain ordered the storehouse of grain at Stratzin to be burned and the cat- tle belonging to the population taken | to Bulgaria. The Serbian cavalry in an advance in the direction of Kurshumlia and Prokouplie have taken numerous pris- oners from three new German di- visions and four 15-centimeter howit- zers and two field guns FIRE.AT TREGO MOTORS PLANT IN NEW HAVEN New Haven, Conn., Oct. 15.—Fire in the plant of the Trego Motors com- pany here today promised to be ey- tensive and seriously affect the - duction of Liberty airplane motors. Biorts to control the blaze resulted in confining it to the heat treating department, where damage of approxi- mately $5,000 Delay’ in re- suming capacit; 'k _will be - short, according o efficials of (he corpora- ¥ John' A MoNuity, -Law- | Le Blond, | Saturday Next to ~ |Chaotic Conditions Be Pershing Day —_— I To Be Devoted to Universal| Effort in Behalf of Fourth; ington Through Hartford, Conn, Oct. 15—In re- sponse to a request from senators; governers and others to make next Saturday Pershing Day, Governor Hol- comb issued the following this after- noon: Connecticut raised 147 per cent. of the amounts allotted to it uf the first, second and third Liberty loans. a to- tal of $206,046,850, which the army of citizens at home has invested in Lib- erty bonds as a practical addition to the 70,000 men we have furnished’ to the fighting force of the United States who are now on their wav to victory. The amount called for by the fourth Liberty loan is absolutely required to finance the war. Connecticui must not only do its pari, but every Con- necticut citizen should take as; much of the loan as-possible. This will en- ceurage our army and the armtes of our allie: 3 1 therefore, designaté next Satur- ‘Washington, Oct. —Interral po; sibl Austr -Hungary aiready has reached Berlin throus the Swiss foreizn office. existence 6f almos in the Centrai Pow chaot rs, but alse sail ing an immediate armisti ing of the military powers Liberty loan and to make our record first among the states of our union. (Signed* MARCUS H. HOLCOMB, Governor of Connecticut. the best terms she could get. cessary munitions and $43,202,592 IN LOANS BY WAR FINANCE CORPORATION Washington, O¢t. 15.—The War Fi- nance Corporation to: October 1 had aware. In the could be put in the light of : To Have and To Hold Buy Liberty Bonds to the full extent of your means. They will be worth more five years from now than what you pay for them today. They are the safest and best investment for the funds of widows, orphans, individuals, estates, and men going into service. Uncle Sam never had such good and urgent need for your money as he has today—therefore improve your opportunity. o A il HAS 579350 T0 RAISE i LEND BY BUYING YOUR BONDS TODAY 1 in Central Powers i Reports Have Reached Wash- | Official | ical conditions in Germany and pos- i as well as the military situation on the western front are cxpected to determine the nature and time of the German reply to President Wilson’s communication of yesterday definitely closing the door {0 peace nesotiations with German au- focmucy. The president’s note probably Reports reaching Washington today through official sources by way of neu- tral countries not only. indieated -the conditions that it was Field Marshal Von Hin- denburg himself who was' responsible for the German government aecepting the president’s peace terms and seek- It was said that at.a recent meet- and the He said the armies no longer had the ne- maierials to continue the strugsle, nor was there any source of supply so far as he was light of this situation, the field marshal said he felt the time nad come to try first for an armistice and then for peace and he urged that this 'Conde;sed Teiegrams The navy is in urgent need of sex- tants, ‘either old or new. . France has broken off{semi-official diplomatic relations with Finland, A cail Tor i,y negroes Guairned for Timited service fn the navy was issued. Frech scientists are reported to have isolated the* germs of Spanish influ- enza Senator Girard, Minister of Justice 3 : in the®Briand Cabinet, i Liberty Loan—Gov. Hol-| Sources by Way of Neutral |ifi uto aceident. "o 't comb Acts on Request of| Countries of Internal|,3f 0% Prisoners taken on the Senators. Troubles. five were generals. The National Bank of Nicaragua transmitted $35 000 in subscriptions to the Liberty Loan. Lieut. R. E. Graham, aviation in- structor at Fort Worth, Tex. was killed when his machine fell Wisconsin crop report places th condition of corn at 8§ per cent. with a yieid of 66,739,000 bushels. A state of siege exists in Portugal. At a town north of Oporto there was 1| a display of insubordination. King ~George, Queen Mary and Queen Mother Alexandria received at the estate of the royal family at Nor- folk a party of 25 American editors. All British looms were ordered to d |stop for one full week beginning next Monday, owing to shortage of yarn. Grain’receipts in Chicago last week totaled 6,193,000 bushels, a. decrease of 356,000 bushels over the precedilig week. - The second reading of the bill mak- e 2 ing war loan subscripti Isory day, October ‘19th, as Pershing Liber- |heads of the parties in (he re.chstas, |in- Austraiis was paseed by the Locr ty Loan Day, to.be devoted to a uni- | Von Hindenburg boldly declared tha‘|House = versal effort g0 subscribe for the fourth | Germany must have peace at once on o The Armour Grape Juice Co.'s plant at Westfield, N. Y., was burned to the ground. A Ibss of §15,000 was in- curred. After a short session .the .United States Supreme Court adjournes un- til mext Monday because of the influ- enza epidemic. special mission representing Czecoh-Slovaks arrived in Japan to thank the government for its military authorized $43.202,593 in loans, of |sion to the demands of the sociahsts | *°3otance. 3 e th which $40,540,300 went to war busi-{and pacifists in Germany. Prince et L s 4 the Senate Judiciary Committee on the bill authorizing dry zones for five miles around coal mines The battle flag sent by New York City's Young Italy Association was formally delivered to the American troops on the Italian front. The Essential Industries .Corpora- tion, with a capital of $1,000,000, filed a_certificate of organization with the New York State Banking Department. Arrangements were. made by .the Quartermaster's Corps whereby the laboratories of the Department of Ag- ricalture will be utilized by the Army more fully. & Prince Axel of Denmark, in Seattle on a visit, went fishing in Lake Curl He caught a basket of fish and res- cued a Seattle banker who had slipped from a floating log. Chairman Baruch of the War Indus- tries Board directs that all meetings {planned to be held Oct. 16 be post- poned until further notice, owing - to the épidemic of influenza. The secretary of the Chicago Board of Trade was requested by the Food Corporation will be in the market for a large amount of corn for exporta- ‘tion in November and December Justin F. Carter, former police chief of Amherst, N. H, charged with be- mg a fugitive from justice from Can- ada, waiveq extradition rights yester- day and was delivered to the Canadian {although the act under which the cor- poration operates specifies that - this method- shall be applied only “in e: |ceptional cases.” This situation, dis- iclosed today in a report of the cor- |poration to congress, explains - why Secretary McAdao and divectors of the corporation have been considering asking amendment of the act to pro- ivide that the usual method of making |advances shall be direct to industries to have strongly course, dreading a the junker's but imperial opposed such lement by peace followed: dent Wi ish appeals for peac on the assumption that -its relations with borrowers were confidential. In- terest rates charged were not disclosed although it is known a . number of loans were made at seven 'per cent. The law provides that tbe rate on loans direct te war enterprises shall be at least one per cent. higher than prevailing rates for discount of ninety for delaying replies to both these aj plications is to afford time for ik president’s response to Germany’ Austria_ahd Turkey thro orous censorship that e In. the meantime, atten centered on the military s renewed efférts to furnish ion now mond, San Francisco and Kansas Ci where they are 5 per cent. FOREST FIRES HAVE BROKEN AFRESH IN MINNESOT Duluth, Minn, Oct. 15. & wind increasing in_veloci fires broke out afresh FRENCH AND BELGIANS CAPTURE 7,000 GERMANS Havre, Oct. 15—The French and Beigian troops in Flanders have cap- tured 7,000 Germans and taken eighty according to the official com- tion issued by the Belgian war office tonight. Belgian and French cavalry is advancing on Litchtervelde, between Thourout and Roulers, having. crossed the railroad. The Courtrai- Ingelmunster railway line has been reached by the French and British. tonight on of here. Governor Burnquist left Duluth Lawler and Aitkin with 100 guardsmen to aid in flames. villages. Geperal Rhinow is considering cal ROOSEVELT CALLS FOR York, are to carry on the war “uncii|Section st to be expiored. we win the peace of overwhelming vic- tory” and to insist upon absolute Americanization in the citizenship of the United States. He paid high trib- ute to men of German blood who nave fought for American ideals. Official dead at close to 1,000. Lake, scores of refugees who p; thei 3 BRITISH CASUALTIES 1 IN 39 WEEKS, 700,000 New York, Oct. 15.—British casual- ties durimg the first 39 weeks of 1918 aggregated -700,000, accgrding to: a cablegram received by the British bu- reau of information here today. “This does not include losses in the heavy fighting of the past two weeks. The message stated that during the period between Jan. 1 ana. Oct: 1 the lowest casualty list for any single week was 4,126 and the Righest over 40,000, steads. The first steps to be taken, conktitution - permitting loaning terms. the work of rehabilitation. z adjutant general. Another German Repulse. Germany depends upén Lorraine for iron, which means that the prodizal bestowal of iron crosses may also meet with a repulse.—New York Tele- graph. BONAR LAW SILENT ON QUESTION OF ARMISTIC London, Oct. 14, 4 p. m A. P, Andrew Bonar La: Near Shannon, in the North Island of New Zesniand, a large tract of land recently subdivided into farms rang- ing from twenty to ecight acres, spld at auction at $97.35 to §082.98 per acre, averaging $245.97. ; liament today that it would be ver unwise for any of the allied ments to make any statement on nesses without the medium of banks,| Maximilian, the chancellor, is report- reaction against he socialists. pproval was given Von Hindenburg’s plans and the reuest for No indication has been ziven as to when replies will be made by Presi- on to the Austrian and Turk- . It is under- stood that there is no ground for tae son Deace proffer to filter to tire masses of h the rig- uation and anned by v, forest mile stretch between Lawler and McGrath about sixty miles southwest Adjutant General Rhinow and for home- %ng the, McGrath is reported to be burning and the fire, report said, was advanc- ing on Solona, White Pine and othsr ing out the entire guard iorce of ths AN®OVERWHELMING VICTORY :laéle to hold .e flames in :hick, New York, Oct. 15.—The two imme- | . Re€ports {r . the burned area to- diate duties before the United night were/ the #ffect that the bod- Colonel Theodore Roosevelt tonight | 165 Of ! ¢ vietims have been re- told the Liederkranz Club of New |ccvered much of the devastated continued to estimate the number of Coincident with the announcement that state officials will hold a rehabili- tation confarence tomorrow at Moose have been quartered here, started back for Nearly all expressed the intention of rebuilding their farm- was said, will be to provide funds un- der a recent amendment to the state of slate trust funds to farmers for long Already local dealers are re- ceiving—large orders for lumber and other building material to be used in General relief measures, it was sald, would be ina .gurated under the direc- tion ‘of the s(a%e public safety eom- mission, the state calamity- board and relief committee, tne governor and the 3 (By The govern- ment spokesman in the house of com- raons, made the announcement in par- 3 govern- terms likely to be imposed upon Ger- many before an armistice was grant- authorities. Carter is charged with embezzlement of license’ fees. % |BRISBANE PROBE MAY Hashington, Oct. 15.—Investigation into the purchase of the Washington Times by aid of money advanced by, very likely will devek inquiry into the activities of German the committee on public information, would be calleq as a_witness. In further preparation for a general inquiry, the committee has asked E. he a7 is | secured by the government as to the political activities of brewers as re- : e ihe armies | vealed by federal grand jury investi ¥ commercial paper. These dis-|closing in on the central powers all |gations a¢ Pittsburgn, while a similar count rates are 4 3-4 per cent. in alljthe men and material nceded to|Fequest also was sent to B. F. Looney. federal reserve districts cxcept Rich- |achieve a military victory in the field. 3 B =4 attorney zeneral of Texas. A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property custodian, whose charges made in a speech in Harrisburg, Pa. resulfed in the, senate ordering the investigation, A but opening of the hearing was post- poned because of the illness of Ale; ander Konta of New York, the princ pal witness. Counsel for Konta filed a Konta was in any way connected with the purchase of the Washington Times. Konta explained that in writing a let- ter to Bernard Dernbers, German propagandist in America, out- lining the newspaper situation in New Rork and_the ‘opportunity of German 1. | Propagandists to obtain control newspaper there, he was acting Dernberg's bro since or with any brewers, X AGED RECLUSE MURDERED s Hooksett, N. FL, Oct. 15—The mur- der of Dennis Clifford, an aged reclu was disclosed today when two resi- dents of Manchester entered his shack and found his body on’the floor. There were three wounds in the head, ap- parently made by a hammer, and the skull was crushed. it|club lay near the body and room was a broken chair. A bag of money which Clifford was understood to hage kept in the house was missing, as well as his watch, which had been snatched - from its chain. The Manchester men recently had bought some wood from Clifford and went to his little farm todag to chop it. They discovered the bddy when in the axes at Clifford’s grindstone. CHIFFON VEILS AS AN INFLUENZA PREVENTIVE New York, Oct. 15.—Wearing of E | chiffon veils was advised today by Dr. Royal S.Copeland, health commission - er, as one means of checking New York's continually spreading epidemic of Spanish influenza. “T heartily favor every woman wes ing a heavy chiffon veil.” Dr. Copelund e|said. “These veils would serve an ul- most absolute preventive. It may ie- come necessary to order evervone in New York to adopt tiris measure.” Administration that the Grain Buying RESULT IN GENERAL INQUIRY by the senate judiciary sub-committee |i Arthur PBrisbane with the breyers into a general Lowry Humes, former federal district attorney at Piltsburgh, to furnish the committee with a digest of information appeared before the committee today, an affidavit of his client denying that | once chief r and denied that he had had any dealings with Dernberg NEAR HOOKSETT, N. H. , | with their percentages, include: north- A hammer and a they went to the shack to sharpen their [NLY HALF OF IBERTY LOAN SUBSCRBED | | Reports Yesterday From the Whole Nation -Showed Sub- i scriptions of Only $156,000,000—Grand Total to mk Night Was $2,954,870,650—To Realize the $6,000,- i 000, 000 Called For It Will Be Necessary to Raise More Washington, Oct. 15.—Only $136,- | scriptions, so as to fill New England's 000,000 of mew Liberty loan subscrip- |quota as soon as possible.” tions trickled in today, according to| With the lifting of the bgn on open reports from the whole nation sath- fair gatherings imposed by the health. lered by the treasury and raised ‘he|authorities because of the influenza | total for the loan so fat to $251,870,- | epidemic, the loan workers in this city 1650, still short of three billions, the|had several ralliés today. Most impor- “half way figure.” tant was the one on the Common Witk In viéw of the ~expectation that|Lieutenant Governor Coolidge, Mayor « ruits of Liberty Day celebrations last | Peters and Charles A. Morss, governor Saturday would be fully reticcted in |of the federal reserve bank, as speak- oday’s reports, treasury officials de-|ers. Thousands of dollars’ worth of subscriptions were made. {ciared the outiook grave. 3 i “Those in charge of the Liverty lcan | Throughout New England the women cumpaign made no conceaimeni of |loan workers redoubled their efforts. the 'fact that the situation was very|In the Boston metropoiitan distriet disappointing,” said the official review | they conducted a number of outdoor {of the loan’s progress. “Witn oniy |meetings. Booths for the sale of bonds i were placed in roped-off streets of the four days of the loan period rematn- f t ing, the country now faces the lask of | usiness section and had @ thriving [ trade. raising in excess of three billion Jol- Iars or more than $700,000,000 a day | Early morning messages to he: quarters stimulated hope, mot borne { out by tonight's fizursZ, that President Wilson’s rejection of the German pro- posal for an immediate armistice weuld create a wave of enthusiasm which would sweep a multitude of sub- scriptions on its crest. ‘Tomorrow's ures will he watchea carefully for ence of this situation reported in B $11,000,000 SUBSCRIPTIONS PLEDGED IN 15 MINUTES Boston, Oct. 15.—Subscriptions to the fourth Liberty loan totalling almost as much as the entire amount subscribed in the New Ensland district yesterday were pledged in fifteen minutes today, a ta meeting of several hundred busi- ness men, bankers and representatives of corporations. The meeting, held at the Exchange club, was arranged by the business men's committee of the | first ten per cent. installment and, that | New England Liberty loan committee. { consequently their pledges do notshow | The subscriptions totalled more than {in the,official figures, campaign man- | $11,000,000 and all were in addition to lugers today urged that bond buyersy Previous liberal purchases of bonds by {pay down their ten per cent. install- | the same individuals, firms or corpora- ment immediately. This will have the | tions. Many of the original subscrip- effect of relieving banks of the tre-|Hons were doubled. mendous task of tabulating these pa: The largest amounts pledged were ments in the rush of ihe lust hours|$1000,000 each by the United Shoe {this_week and will show the nation |Machinery corporation, the Boston jor Saturday, the final day, precisely |Five Cent Savings bank, the Pacific how big a job is cut ou: for it that | Mills and the Calumet and Hecla Min- day. There is the belief, also, among | ing company. 2 3 s G EE e e Jinjamniion, Charles BISFISIEE : h 2 i miconni b nbste meeting_that the wool houses of this entering new pledges. By city today had increased their sub- it was pointed out, they will scriptions from §5,400,000 to $8,900,000 create unnecessarily long li and planned to raise a total of $10,- prospective buyers at bank windows, | 000,000: : or to take the time of workers which ARG vould be devoted better to stirring up | UNDERSTANDING WITH ALLIES | scores of telegrams from field werkefs. Considering the chance that sub- ribers are delaying payment of the hersons who may have escaped | ON PRODUCTION OF AIRCRAFT earlier solicitations. > : Consequently uy now” promlses to ‘Washington, Oct. 1Z.—An agreement under which the aircraft resources of the allied countries and the United States wre to be developed in carry- ing out a joint program was arrived at during the visit to Bngland and France of Assistant Secretary Jobm D. Ryan, head of the army aircraft di- vision. . Détails of the plan necessarily be a companion to “douple the third” jas a campaign slogan for the remain- der of the week, Despite the generally discouraging reports a few bright spots appeared in the Liberty loan map. Governor Gunter of Colorado telegraphed Secre- tary McAdoo that the state of Colo- rado and the city of Denver had both {2y not e disclosed,” but Mr. Ryan xceeded their quotas. Southern In-|Said toda contemplated jolfit ef- ana. that DUrt [ine it St Louts |forts bot in_aircraft-production and in' the Gperation of the machinessin battle. Vil So far as the operation of the ma- federal reserve quota of $18.8 to name a ship. strict, also passed its ,900 and won the right = : .- | hhirtes in’ battle is concerned, he ex- New England reported improved epi- demic conditions. Dublic . meetings | Plained that the supreme commander, Will be resumed tomorrow throughou: | Marshall Foch, and the field —com- manders, Generals Petain, Haig_and Pershing, will continue to control the air fleets as they controlled every other element of the armies under their command. The agreement, in the form of an understanding reached in a series of conferences between MF. Ryan and bis aides and the French and British air ministers and_directors of munitions, contemplates that each country shall the district and plans are being made for a whirlwind finish. In New Eng- land 435 communities have won honor flags. Tomorrow _will * be Liberty Loan Navy Day. Rear Admiral Cowie chal- lenged the country to match the ef- forts of the navy. He issued this statement “The leaders of the mation are call- upon the people to float this loan I ; e o | use_its ‘production resources to_the o Tl o Rl o oo |limit in the lines along which it is S el the hish ‘Water mark |Dest equipped’ to work and that the fighting forces of ali three.air services shall be supplied out of this produe- of $21,000,000 and is goinz ahead with navy undiminished force. ~The is o Sho At B R tion &b that there will be no delay on and the exceptional method through |apprehension which has asisen in ”’%‘i,“g“ffif‘?né?cfl‘e‘i as oy mem. e b?z‘gpel'r.nstr‘m?ggi the part of any one of the three in banks, Austra that the president would re- |bers of the committee after informa-|Ior the sake of the country, for the | oontributing its share to the building The corporation up to October 1 had |fuse to repiy to Premier n's ap- | tion obtained by the army intélligence |sake of victory, Match The 9fia reatials no advanced through banks $2,112,000. All|peal because of the autocratlc charac- | service had been submltted to the| ~Our slogan has been: The augenniem |loans were secured by collateral which {ter of the Austrian government. _ It | committee, in executive session. Sena-| “Fight or buy bonds—the nas ready is unquestioned, Mr. Ryan said, recated $64,033.000 of which only | Was said thai this mizht well fizure |tors declined to discuss the information | both i but without co-ordinated efforts and 0.000 wis in Liberty bonds. ip a final peace proposal, out would | put announcement was made that Cap-| Secretary Daniels sent the fllowing | C0-ordinate control the centralized air Actual payments under the advances [not operate to prevent the considera- |tain G. B. Lester of the army intelli- | message to all men in the nav: fleet might be concentrated against cuthorized amounted to $24,183,000.tion of an armistice which Austria | gence service had been subpoenaed 10| ‘Lot etery navy man ansv R B With the balance subject to draff. | seeks. appear next Tuesday when the in- | Fohenzollern toast of ‘Der Tag in overwhelming numbers for any n::': Sorpopation s 7 s e I trugeol e Burkish ap- | quiry will begin. It also was under- | making Navy Day, October 15, the gay | Short r;;;;dbmughz baek encomigeiig rak ic ithe names of interests|peal, and. while not officially siated, i ve in f] e dGom.” Mr. z to whom advances were made, acting |it i3 belleved that the brime 1ason |{ne somitin by wnoily heirman Of |of daye I N e o e reports as to the service of American- built aircraft at the front, He per- sonally interviewed commanders of the American_squadrons both before and after the battles of ©t. Mihiel and Ar- gonne and also talked with the pilots. Without exception, he said, Where sev- eral machines for the purpose are available, the pilots select the De Haviland machine with the Liberty motor, built in the United States, as the machine in which they prefer to fight. Its performance in action has been fully demonstrated As to the Liberty moto: . Ryan said, his chief difficulty ' with thé French and British air authorities was to keep their demands for these ma- chines within the limits of the possi: bility of producing them. The British particularly have now a considerabla number of machines of their own man-, ufacture equipped with American- made Liberty motors in action at the front. ported scription the battleship Mis- sissippi $103 and the Oklahoma $100. Douglas Fairbanks, a motion picture actor, who reached Washington after a trans-continental tour, broug! The batileship Kansas has r: ah average individual su thus far of $154: him a $20,000 Liberty loan tion which had been ziven him at guna, New Mexico. by Abietia, £ ernor of the Pueblo tribe of Indiar This subscription represented ceeds from the sale of wool by this tribe. By order of Abietfa tue inter- est on these bonds for the next five years was donated to the Red Cross NEW YORK LACKS 604 PER CENT OF $1,800,000,000 New York, Oct. 15—The New York | federal reserve district ton 2 [the necessity of raising $1.086 or £0.4 per cent. of its $1.800,01 ‘ourth Liberty loan quota in remaining days of the c: Subscriptions official night amounted to only $30.549.550, the poorest day’s showing the distr made since the campaizn by “BABY DOLL” DENIED = . FIRING SHOTS DURING RAl Bridgeport, Conn, Oct. 15.—With 3 evidence by both sides completed in of a|grand total reported tonight wa the trial of “Baby” Dosll 1‘):J’més and as 600, or 39.6 per cent. of 'h> dis-|rike Hawkins for murder, Attorney quota, but these figures 4id not|ijiam H, Lewis of Boston, for the include many large subscriptions made | jefense, ‘moved that the court render under the stimulus of President | (o0 Moved thaf the © e oo's firm reply to ‘the ferpmala Tolls Tl AT peACEl NOR, 3 A nied the motion and the casa will con= New iYork oliyis. totdl toule - tinue Wednesday, with both sides pre- $494,940,900, or 371 per cent. of it | it MEHATRCIN TN e quota. Totals for the sub-districts | “mhomas took the 'stand in +his own behalf at this afternoon’s session; and denied he had fired any shots during the night or’ morning of the raid upon the Keystoue club, Juring which Nor was ar ern New Jersey $76,005,830, 52.5; Fairfield county. Comn., and West- chester and Rockland counties; N. Y., gl or o ris Pangell met his dcath. an’d‘ S °9A’fe3i;i'r‘;“& 332 towns| It is expected the case will réuch the jury early honor flags for over-subscriptions. Eharaday. LUXEMBOURG DEPUTIES APPEAL FOR PROTECTION Amsterdam, Oct. 1 According to the Bremen Weser Zeitung, the Lux- embourg chamber of deputies has unanimously adopted an order of the day, besging President Wilson to pro- tect Luxembourg's rights. The order demanded that the government should obtain the evacuation of the country and the liberation of ali nationals of Luxembourg condemned by the Ger- man military courts. The statement sa associates itself APPEAL TO PECPLE TO BUY EVERY BOND POSSIBLE Boston, Oct. 15.—N. Penrose Hallo- well, executive chairman of the Lib- {erty loan committee of New England, tonight appealed to the people of the district to buy every bond possible, in lorder to prevent threatened failure of the district to subscribe its full quota to the fourth Liberty loan. He said reports for vesterday, showing a total of '$12,303,000, were the most discour- aging vet. Oniy $298,603,000 has been subscribed thus far, leaving the district more than $200,000,000 short of the| Guota. Denying reports that the committee had been holding back announcement of some subscriptions, Mr. Hallowell said “The federal reserve bank and the committee are not only reporting ey- ery subscription of which they have!will be requived to Tecord, bui are urzing in the most | mistice with Gener: forceful way we know how that indi- | mander viduals and banks hurry their sub-|eStine a: s the government h the order. MILITARY SURRENDER TO BE REQUIRED OF TURKEY London, Oct. 15.—Great ply to Turkey, the Eveni it understand: unconditional a demand 1 The - Turks cotiite an a Allenby, " com- aurende Than $7,000,000 Each Day of the Remaining Four Days. ‘the British forces in Pal- S RN s