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' VOL LIXw NO. 322 POPULATION 29,919 . . NORV
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The Bulletin's Circulation in Norwich is Double Thap
An9 Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion x to the City's Population.
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ITALIANS ON CREST
SAN GABRIELLE
OF
It Commands the Plain of Gorizia to the South and the
Frigido Valley to the East
RESULT OF THREE WEEKS OF BITTER FIGHTING
Capture is Considered the Greatest Feat of the Italans Thus
Far in the War Except Along die Casemates Plateau on
the Aisne Front There Has Been No Marked Activity on
the Other Fronts Premier Kerensky Has Begun to Re
construct the Russian Government, Some of His Former
Ministers Having Opposed the Taking of -Drastic Meas
ures Against General Korniloff and His Aides.
The ill eet of Monte San Gabrielle,
commanding tbe plain of Gorizia to
the south and southeast and the Fri-
rido valley to the east has been cap
tured by the Italians after three
weeks of the most bitter fighting:, the
Italian embassy at Washington ai
Bounces.
This news of the victory, probably
the greatest feat of the Italian arms
thus far In the war, precedes me lat
est official report from Rome. Fri
day's statement from the Italian war
office says that on Thursday the fight
ing on the entire Austro-Italian front
was impeded by heavy rain.
The Italian effort to capture San
Gabrielle began after taking of Monte
Banto directly north, by General Ca
dorna'a troops on August 26. Several
times the Italians had reached the
summit of the great mountain .so im
portant to their further progress east
of Gorizia as well as on the Caxso,
only to be beaten back again. On the
slopes of the rugged rock in the past
few weeks has occurred some of the
heaviest and most sanguinary fighting
tf the war, with the Italians hurling
themselves forward in desperate at
tacks and the Austrians holding to the
crest as desperately.
San Gabrielle's top was occupied by
the Italians, the embassy reports, after
the fortified hill or saddle of Dol and
the Gargaro basin, the main bulk of
San Gabriels, had been taken. The
Austria ns, however, still cling to some
positions on the mountain. In the
forest of Tarnovo, east of Monte an
Gabriele. the Italians captured posi
tions from the Austrians, after suffer
ing heavy losses.
Cabled Parage
French Minister Requests Explanation,
Stockholm, Thursday. Sept. 13. De-
layed.) The French minister to
Sweden called today at tbe foreign of
fice to request an explanation' of the
cable despatches sent by the German
minister to Argentina through the
Swedish . legation.
Prominent Britisher Coming to U M
London, Sept. 14. It is announced
that the next prominent Britisher to
pay a visit to the United States will
be the Tit. Hon. Sir George Houstoun
Reid, former high commissioner for
Australia and now member of parlia-
ment ' for St. George's, Hanover
Square.
TO CHECK EXPORT .
OF COAL TO CANADA
Large Amounts Have Been . Passing
Through Great Lakes Ports.
Washington, Sept. 14. Continued
export of coal to Canada in large
amounts through great lakes ports at
the expense or the northwestern states
will be checked immediately by the
fuel administration.
Dr. H. A. Garfield, the fuel admin
Istrator, today requested the exports
administrative board to -permit no
more coal to be shipped from the
country, except under license restric
tions and asked that no licenses be
granted unless they are approved byj
tuv iuci uuiiiiiii.iii tbijtiii. ium Here
tofore, along with other American
products, has gone to Canada under
blanket licenses issued by collectors
01 customs.
"The fuel administration . saM TV
Garfield tonight, "does not intend to
cut off Canadian exports, but with
this supervision It will be . able to
equalize the distribution of coal and
see that the northwest and Canada
both get their fair shares
Complaints coming to Dr. Garfield
that much of the coal going to the
lanes was not reaching the north
v. . i .i, , I western states prompted an investiera
marked activity on .the other fighting "on which revealed that a great part
fronts, ra ii wan reavuin uanaaa. w nue
A German attack aeainst French do- -" uwu p'"K a reserve- store
sitions on the . Casemates Plateau, - "ual- tnreateneq
Paris reports, was repulsed with W1"! a, shortage this winter, which, it
heavy losses. Berlin says German ls declared, may force industries to
troops penetrated to the second French flose own", Thf lakes J1?11 be Pen
una mi nflitori bovaia raiiitM TVi to tramc only a few weeks longer and
British artillery fire in Flanders, Ber- ""jess a" ample supply is provided by
line reports, has increased to drumfire. I .!PS.' the northwest will suffer. It
The political situation in Russia still , " "muwuw io iransporc enougn
In beclouded somewhat. The revolt nr I " . nyntciua over-
General Korniloff apparently has fail
ed dismally but- the former command
er-in-chief of the Russian armies has
not yet surrendered to the provisional
government. General KrymofT com
mander of the Korniloff forces Bent
taxed by the movement of- war sup
pnes as tney are now.
In other parts of the ' countrv. the
situation, while not so serious as in
the northwest, is - giving Dr. Garfield
concern. New England states which
against Petrograd, committed Suicide S.1 al supply from the West
by shooting when informed by Premier I "y water transporta-
Kerensky of the probable fate that F'on Iiom ampton ttoaas nave ruft
awaited him - I tnus far recelved as much coal as
x,- i"w , -k, I usual at this time of the year. ' Seiz-
construct the government, some of his ure of coastwise shipping by the -gov.
former ministers apparently opposing ernePt h,as made more difficult the
the taking of drastic measures against wi"Jj"e u'es states.
General Korniloff and his. aides.
armiesahParis.hfflat
NETHERLANDS MINISTER v
HAS BEEN RECALLED.
Chevalier Van Rappard Has
Here Four Years.
Been
Washington, Sept. 14. The Nether
lands minister to the United States,
Chevalier W. L. F. C. Van Rappard,
pas bee recalled by his government,
fcnd today he called upon Secretary
Lansing to announce the fact and to
sk if -Mr. van Royen, Who has been
aamed to succeed mm, will be ac
teptable to the United States.
Chevalier Van Rappard. who has
been minister here for four years, will
be transferred to a European post,
possibly to a diplomatic position in his
Ei country. He said the matter of
transferral had been first broached
February, but no decision wits
reached until recently. The new-Bain
ister, Mr. Van Royen. was formerly
secretary of legation here and has had
much experience in diplomacy. He
Biarried Miss Winthrop of Boston.
Chevalier Van Rappard said the
failure of his endeavors to obtain
Release of foodstuffs for shipment to
Mouandejhad nothing whatever to do
with his recall, and that his successor,
who will not arrive here for a month
r two. would take up the negotiations
with the aid of the Dutch mission now
in this country.
FEDERAL AGENTS N
G. B. MEANS' APARTMENTS,
Tney
The coal situation in th . TTnitd
States may force a curtailment of ex
ports to other countries besides Can
ada. At present the government is
considering seriously cutting off ' coal
that is going to German-owned pub
lic utility concerns in South America,
which ,the state . department suspects
DISPOSED OF WORTHLESS
CANCELLED RAILROAD BONDS.
Confession of a Former Police Magis
trate of Eastwood, N. Y.
Chicago. Sept 14. Bugene Tu Flan
hi Ban. formerly a police magistrate in
Eastwood, N. Y. confessed today to
having disposed of more than $100,000
In worthless cancelled railroad bonds
in Chicago, according to a statenaScJ
bv Assistant State's Attorney Dwight
ilcKay. Flanniean s confession fol.
lowed the arrest of Tho4ras Tyble, a
real estate dealer, and J. C. Nelson
and Mrs. S. F. Ward, all of whom are
said to have operated with flannlgan.
Tyble asserted while in custody that
he had been made the victim of worth
lees bonds, having purchased some
from Flannigan. He declared he acted
m good faith. Peter Johnson, who ls
Mid to have worked with Falnnigan,
was arrested yesterday.
BAR SILVER PASSES
THE DOLLAR MARK.
War CorxJKFons Force Price at New
York to $1,005 an Ounce.
New Tork, sept. 14. Bar silver,
which, due to war conditions, has been
lor several months rapidly advancing
tn price, today sold at over zi an ounce.
It was quoted at $1,005, which ls J. 7-8
Cents over yesterday price.
The metal sold a( 47 3-4 cents an
vjnc9 ia juvmDer ox 1314. xne &a
vance ls due largely to heavy with
drawals of gold from circulation to
tneet the situation which the war has
developed. Production has not been
Increased and the supply from- some
sources has been curtailed.
WATERBURY DEMOCRATS
NOMINATE CITY TICKET
Mayor Martin Scully Won Hi Third
Nomination.
Waterbury. Cona, Sept. 14. Mayor
Start In Scully tonight won his third
nomination as the head of the demo
cratic city ticket, getting the delegates
from all five wards. The rival candi
date for the nomination. State Sena
tor John Hurley of the sixteenth- dis
trict, aectred 1,400 votes to 2,109 for
tayor Scully. The count in the fifth
ward win be protested by the Hurley
taction.
.
Found a Complete Telephone I of furnishing much of the monev that
Listening Device. I Is being spent for propaganda on the
ivortn ana ooutn American continents.
New Tork. Sent. 14. Asrents of the I If shipments to these concerns arc
department of justice took possession stopped, it is declared the South
late today of the apartment of Gaston I American governments will be forced
B. Means, companion of Mrs. Maude A. I to take over the utilities, which would
King when she met her death at Con- I Put an end in large measure to the
cord, N. C. Secrecy was maintained expenditure or their profits for propa
as to the reason for federal interven- I Sanaa,
tion in the case - and as to the nature
of additional papers which were ..-,.,,
A Troop Train
Was Fired Upon
NEAR - MINGO. JUNCTION
LAST NIGHT
OHIO,
43 Lives Lost With
S. S. Minnehaha
4 SOLDIERS WOUNDED
The Wounded Men Remained on the
Train, Which is Proceeding to Pitta
burgh Identity of Troops Withheld.
Steubenville. Ohio. Sent. 17. A troon
train was nrd upon tonight near Min
go Junction, Ohio, according to re
ports received here. Four soldiers are
said to have been wounded, one se
riously. The wounded men remained
on the train which is proceeding - to
Pittsburgh.
information as to the identity of the
troops or the destination of the train
was withheld by railroad officials be
cause of miiltary regulations.
it was said that the train was -fired
upon, while moving at a "rapid rate
through Mingo Junction, but that no
stop was made until his citv was
reached, the wounded men being cared
for by the detachment of medical
troops aboard. The information that
BIG ATLANTIC TRANSPORT LINER
WAS TORPEDOED
110 OF CREW SAVED
Condensed Telegrams
The removal "of the Belgian civilian
population continues.
The war department wants 600 chap
lains for, the national army going to
France. - . .
The Minnehaha' Was Returning to New
York After Having' Delivered a Large
, Cargo of Munitions in England.
New Tork, Sept. 14. Confirmation
of the destruction by a German sub
marine of the big Atlantic transport
liner Minnehaha, with, loss of life, was
received by the line late today from its
offices in England. The cable mes
sage said that 43 members of the crew
perished and 110 were saved.
-Chief Officer Albany, O. A. Mills,
purser. Dr. jr. J. . Barrett, surgeon
three officersand three engineers were
among those who lost their lives
Captain Frank Claret, the Minnehaha's
commander,, and First Officer Fierce
were saved.
The cable message did not disclose
the date or circumstances of the sink
ing. 'Unofficial reports of her loss,
which became known Wednesday, said
seized.
The secret service agents announced.
however, that they had found a com-
M IN ISTER
DECLINED TO COMMENT
plete telephone listening device and a I On Disclosure of Swedish Legation in
revolver with a supply of cartridges.
Ttiese articles were taken to the fed
eral building. It was intimated that
the documents found had been care
fully hidden in the apartment. One
unofficial explanation offered for the
Mexico.
Edgartown. Mass.. Sent. 14. W A v
!Ekengren. the Swedish minister tn the
united States, declined to comment
appearance of . govermem ageSs to
the case was the fact that the ramifi
cations of the mystery have extended
into several states.
Another figure who reappeared to-
using the Swedish legation in Mexico
as well as that in Argentina for the
transmission or inlormation to- Berlin.
Folke Cronholm, mentioned by the
!te department," he said, "was dis-
i, -rTt AfTZr, iSfo,- i EtSrfh - mIssed from the service some time ago
nnarrrnent tn th criminal " . "l"o lu aiexico
. r ------ UVH I an1 TXTSrvo hannana -rs A n-A
building at the request of one of Mr. r IC?' ?L?"'V"a
So.nn'. .M.n. ti "'yra 6ttuuus rattier tnan ours
VTLh ZCZ,"Z atwashington."
' Earlier -in the da Mf. Swann an-L,.1 Ane, e
nounced that facts in his possession gj"'v Secretary lJnW C
tenieH to sVwvnr o mntiro. fnr I I6suf! . ssecretary lanelng, he
in the case of Mrs. King and pTepara- Tnfid-"1 t0 Washln'
uonj lor a crime. I .rnC. - ,. ,
-What we know Justifies us in pre-I "C" .Tr. f"v"
Noth CaroUna," Mr. Swann said. '"We SeedlS. SlrmYsSfon ZnfJZ
n M iwxH.TO nrn.t,v.n -r I Tieea- IMS permission came and two
r ni;. rr,jr(: zza r wees 1 Jlned m7 family here.
expect to stay until the first of Octo
a crime was made here and several
facts which we have discovered, taken
togeTuoer. indicate a motive.'
This announcement was made after
ber. This is the first vacation I have
had m which I have dropped abso-
th nrlirinal of th , I TOni iy an oueiness or me legation
, t", -c-," lfj " C.t "Z I -Heretofore I have had some of the
, Tii .,' " business sent me by mail so I could
delivered to Mr. Swann by Carl It
attend to it personally, but this year
t nave ier matters entirely in the
Schurz. Gaston Means claims to have i Iv-iS I
found thin will amoriB- Mr, TCir, haJPds ? ?aroP Akerhielm, the
Possessions' eleve Tvears after her mMov ot the leatlt"- I am out of
possessions eleven years ar;er her t h niniretiier -nHth affair.
husband's death. Until today it was
believed the will was In a safe deposit
vault In Chicago. Schurz was a third
party to a contract under which Means
was to receive $50,000 from Mrs. King
it enons to nave ine will probated
were successful.
MISS FLANAGAN HAS
RETURNED TO HARTFORD.
One of the Suffragists Jailed for
Picketing White House.
Hartford. Conn.. Sent 14 M1k
Catherine Flanagan of this citv. one
of the suffragists Jailed In Washington . , , y , n Jne last
tor ffoimr nieket dt tf official voting list, the signatures of
MAY BLOCK VOTE ON
LICENSE IN MERIDEN
Liquor Dealers Claim the Petition
Filed is Illegal.
Meriden, Conn., Sept 14. The Mer-
iden Liquor Dealers' association of
this city are contemplating registering
objection to a vote on license in the
biennial town election. It alleges that
the petition filed by the no-license ad
vocates on August 51 is illegal. Failure
to secure the street addresses of te
titioners in conformity with the last
non-residents and the appearance of
names incorrectly spelled are some of
the objections which it is alleged make
the petition illegal.
tor doing picket duty at the White
TTiHI.A .3 u , .
u t j, ci.uiii7u Luua.y unoramayea oy
her 24 days of confinement and" her
uiet of bread and water. She nn
ehe still believes In the picket pro
gram ana necause tne UonnefftiMTt
Woman Suffrage society does nnt oho I OPPOSITION WILL SUPPORT
locaT'body? reSiSa " seoretary 010 THE HUNGARIAN PREMlll
In All Policies Necessary for the Con-
SWEDISH GOVERNMENT "r"' I tinuance of the war.
TO REFORM CONDITIONS Tendon, Stept. 14.-Count Tisza has
tr-: nn- r i mrarmea trie jiuiiiumn noise tnt
n the Foreign Office Decision After I th. onnoaitinn would iirt tw
Series of Conferences. I Wekerle in all policies necessary for
Itha fOTtiniTSlTi of thA WOT ava .
OUKHUOlin, mursaay. Kent 13 Th a 1 f'onrrol TslAwa Knmsitch frnm A-m-A
swedlsn government has decided to I dam today. The bringing about of
aw steps to rerorm conditions in fhelnesne. he trusted, would be nrrvmntol
foreign office. This follows a. nerlna I bv nil means In the eovern-mAnt'o
of cabinet meetings, conferences of of- I power, but he considered it served no
nclais with the king and concversa- I useful purpose to assert this again and
tions with Tra Nelson Morris. the lapain. That was a si en of weakness.
American minister, and the entente I he added, while .the central powers in
ministers. 'fact were In a position to win throus-h.
What Everyone Should Know
-Convinced of the far reaching effect , of the daily newspaper and
understanding what a thorough and satisfactory means it furnishes
for reaching the people, an advertising manager for an automobile
concern spent $o0,000 in one day in setting forth the ruerits of his
product.
He is a strong advocate, of newspaper advertising and concern
ing that, advertisement he said: "I'm a firm believer in the -dailies,
and I'll stake my reputation on that ad making good. I believe we've
supplicated every reader that can be reached through all other medi
ums andadded 5,0O0,O06 more to them. No single medium could pos
sibly reach more than 2,000,000 , and I know of no other class of 'pub
lication that, for the same expenditure, could reach half of the 10,
000,000 we've reached with this ad." .
This advertising manager had learned the lesson that many have
not and that is that It" ls the paper which has the circulation which is
most valuable to the advertiser. That is the service which The Bul
letin renders and those who have anything to sell would do well, to re
member it. '
The summary of the reading matter in The Bulletin the past week
follows: ' ;
Bulletin
Satgrcfay,
Monday,
Tuesday,
Thursday,
Friday,
Telegraph Local General "Total
Sept. 8. . 140 -174 1293 ' 1607
Sept, 10. , 184 191 .235 " 610
Sept. 11... 132 136 171 439
Sept. 12'.. 144 ' 150 170 464
Sept. 13. . 162 127 210 499
Sept. 14. . 157 -126 227 , 510
..... 919 904 2306 4129
L - According to a Berlin report, German
aviators never Intentionally attacked
allied hospitals.
The Jersey troops named to go to
Ann is ton are delayed owing to the lack
of Pullman cars.
BRITISH SUCCESS AGAINST U-BOATS
Descriptions Eight Encounters in Which Eight Ger
. man Submarines Were Sunk
The value of" exports in the seven
months ended July have reached a to
tal of l,007,O65.19O.
The war department announced that
the national guard units wiU be divided
at little as possible.
The German Hildesheim 2eitung de
clares President Wilson as the "most
honest of all enemies."
Former Gov. James F. Fielder of
Jersey City was named as New Jersey,
state food administrator. .
The 12th infantry regiments of fed
eralized New York-troops will leave
their armory for camp today.'
A large German airplane was "direct
ly hit" in a raid over Zeebrugge. ac-
coraing to tne hiritlsh admiralty.
Portugal Was declared in a atata nf
or siege, according to a telegram at
Madrid, due to the general strike.
The allied military conference . which
was to have been held in Paris this
month w,as postponed until October.
Viscount Reading. Lord Chief Justice
of England, and Secretary McAdoo
were -in conference for half an hour.
Twenty-four alleged I. W. W. mem
bers arrived at Douglas, Ariz., on their
way from Columbus, N. M., to Bisbee.
The department of agriculture an
nounced that the government will not
take food supplies held by housewives.
More than twice the amount of de
stroyers in the United States navy are
being" built in - the United States ship
yards. "
Pour hundred million Red Cross
Christmas seals will be made this year
to be sold throughuot the United
States.
COVERS WHOLE GROUND OF ANTI-U BOAT WAR
An Auxiliary Cruiser, a Seaplane, Two Armed Merchantmen
and a British Submarine Figured in the Engagements--
V Detailed Descriptions of the Eight Battles Are Given,
With Convincing Evidence That the Submarines Were
Destroyed One Tried to Escape After She Had Given
the Surrender Sigmal. t
Burglars blew the safe in the post-.
office at Avon, near Rochester, N. Y.,
and escaped with $500. in cash and
stamps.
The United States employment office
at Buffalo issued a call for 2,000 work
ers to save the peach crop of western
New York. ...
Frank van Tassel, a Branch eountv.
Mich., farmer, who . shot and V killed
Sheriff Ralston, was killed by a posse
of farmers.
England, France and Italv will train
American aviators, due to the tempo
rary lack of machines and facilities in
this country. .
four soldiers were shot was a?iven rail
road detectives here by officers in
charge of the train. Seven shots were
fired according to advices here.
Railroad detectives and city police
were rushed to the scene of the re
ported attack, but were unable to learn
anything as to the identity or where
about of the persons who fired the'
shots.
A colony of several hundred foreign
ers, the majority of them steel work
ers, resides 'near the place where the
attack . is said to have occurred.
the Minnehaha was sunk a week ago
today, .a short distance off the coast
of Ireland. She was strnck. it " was
fsaid. near the engine room on the
starboard side, the explosion killing a
numoer or the crew outright. Others
were reported to have been drowned
in getting away in boats. The Min
nehaha was returning to this port
after having delivered a huge cargo of
munitions in England.
KORNILOFF SYMPATHIZERS
PLACED UNDER ARREST
Staff Headquarters is Besieged by Re
bel General.
Petrograd, Friday, Sept. 14. (Noon)
Mohilev, the staff headquarters, has
been -declared by General Korniloff in
a state of siege, according to informa
tion received here. Orsha Junction,
a point eighty miles to the northward,
has been occupied by government
trops and all officers and soldiers ar
riving there bound for the north are
being arrested.
A request by Korniloff to send pro
visions to Mohilev has been refused
and an effort by Korniloff to commu
nicate by telephone with Moscow has
been frustrated. One of Korniloff's
staff officers arrested at Orsha said
Korniloff daily was expecting the ar
rival of General Alexieff for a confer
ence.
Pskoff is . in the hands of govern
ment troops.
Reports received from Moscow and
Odessa says that many Korniloff sym
pathizers had been arrested, includ
ing officers of the army and the fleet.
Quantities of proclamations relating
to the uprising have been seized and
destroyed. A 'despatch from Minsk
says that forty officers on their way
to the front nave been arrested and
orders from Korniloff found on them.
NO FOUL PLAY IN
DEATH OF MRS.
DUNNING
Investigation of Police Cleared Away
All Suspicion.
Fall River, Mass., Sept; 14. An In
vestigation by the police into the sud
den death of Mrs. Dunning, widow of
Robert Dunning) an artist. ' cleared
away all suspicion of four play- Med
ical Examiner Thomas F. Gunning said
late today. The investigation was be
gun after Jessie Malcolm, a maid em
ployed hy Dr. Leroy C. Hill, Mrs.
Dunning:s sister, reported that she
had been awakened by the strong odor
of gas and had found Dr. Hill uncon
scious in a gas-filled room adjoining
her office, while Mrs. Dunning lay dead
upstairs. ,
Dr. Hill had tried to light a gas
heater in her own room. Something
went wrong with the heater and the
physician was overcome. The gas.
however, did not penetrate to Mrs.
Dunming's room.. Her death was due
to natural causes the medical examiner
said, t
Exports of American tin plate in the !
fiscal year totaled 621,44,330 pounds, 1
STEEL ROLLERS EAFifNG
ABOUT $10,000 A YEAR.
Several Workingmen in Youngstown
Paid at Rata of S800 a Month.
Youngstown, O., Sept. 14. Several
rollers in steel mills here are earning
as much as $800 a month or at a rate
of approximately $10,000 a year as a
result of increases granted in a recent
agreement with Amalgamated associa
tion workers, according to managers
of the plants. Heaters, roughers and
other skilled workers are able to
make $12 to $1'5 daily. The new wage
scale is based on the selling price of
steel. This has almost doubled the
wages given for some classes of work,
manufacturers' say.
LOSSES OF
NORWAY'S .
COMMERCIAL. FLEET
Mora Than One-Third Has Been De
stroyed by Germany.
Philadelphia. Sept. 14. More than
one-third of Norway's commercial
fleet has been destroyed by Germany
and present prospects Indicate that if
the present situation continues long the
remainder will be sent to the bottom.
according to Dr. Pridtjof Nelsqn of tEe
Norwegian mission now in this coun
try.' He was one of the principal
speakers at tonight's seseWon of the
national conference on the world's
supply being held here under tfie au
spices of the American Academy of
lolitical ana Social Science.
OBITUARY. "! '-
Rev. David W. Hearn.
Newton. Mass- Sept. 14. Rev. David
W. Hearn, president of St. Francis
Xavier college. New York, from 1900
to 1907, died here today alter a years
illness He was born In Boston, studied
at Boston college and late rwas its
vice president. He was vice president
of St. Francis Xavier college two years
before being named president.
. Waiter F. Medding.
Maiden, Mass., Sept. 14. Walter T.
Medding. for 37 years paymaster at
the local plant of the Boston Rubber
Shoe company, died at his home early
todav. In 1915 Mr. Medding was
grand commander of the KassaclKT
setts and Rhode Island grand com
mandery. Knights Templar, and held
membership in a number of fraternal
orders. He was 04 years old.
Sam Cates, a. negro, charged with
having annoyed a white girl in Ens-
land, Ark., was taken from a sheriff
and shot to death. ;
The average freight rate per ton per
mile received by the railways of the
United States in 1916 was 7.16' mills,
the lowest on record.
President Wilson is expected- to an
nounce the appointment of the collector
of the port of New 1 oik, to succeed
Dudley Field Malone.
Secretary Lansing received the spe
cial Guatemalan mission which is
Washington to discuss
growing out of the war.
in
questions
Negotiations to provide a credit of
$75,000,000 for imperial government
purchases of meats, bacons, etc., in
Canada are now in progress. ,
Spanish naval officers,' under the
new agreement between England,
France and Germany, will control the
hospital ships at Toulon, France.
Bruce Smith,' a Chicago banker, was
named as manager or the central di
vision of the Red Cross in place of A.
H. Sprague, Jr., who resigned to enter
the army.
Lieut. Walter Hoehndorf was acci
dentally killed on the western front,
He was Germany's best aviator, after
Boelke and Immelmann, both of whom
were killed. ;
At a meeting of the "four lodges of
machinists at .Bridgeport last evening,
a committee was instructed, upon vote,
to meet Monday night to set a date for
the general strike. - " .
After cutting all the- wire leading
from Sullivan. M. So .roues souxneast
of St. Louis,' four auto ;bandits locked
up the town marshal while they robbed
the bank and postofnee,.
The Austro-Hungarian. war offiee
announced that the Italian losses on
the Isonzo battle front in-, the latest
battle totaled 230,000 xvn, Including
20,000 prisoners captured.
Root Heada Nat. Security League.
New York, Sept. 14. Elihu Root has
accepted the honorary presidency of
the National . Security League, suc
cedinsr the late Joseph; H. Choate, it
was announced here tonight.
British corporations which have
loaned $110,000,000 on southern cotton
and farmlands ars asking for payment.
which may embarrass farmers uHie
they can transfer their loans.
An invitation to congress to send a
delegation to visit - England and toe
British fighting forces on the front
was received by Vice President Mar
shall from Lord Chancellor Finlay and
J. W. Lowther, speaker of the house
of commons. I -
PATRIOTIC RALLY BY
NAT. SECURITY LEAGUE.
Elihu
Root and ; Samuel Gompers
Among the Speakers.
Chicago, Sept. 14. Treason to
America in the war was defined by
Elihu Root and labor was pledged by
Samuel Gompers to figTit until world
terrorism had been overthrown at a
patriotic rally held here tonight by
the National Security league for" the
announced purpose , of vindicating
Chicago of alleged intimations of un
"The men wno are epeaKlng and
writing and printing arguments
against the war and against every
thing that is being done to carry on
the war are rendering more effective
service to Germany than they ever
could render in the field with arms In
their hands,"- declared the former sec- i
retary of state amid cheers. -
London, Sept. 14. Stories of some
recent successes of the British navv
against German submarines were given
to-the public tonis-ht in a spriea hrlof
descriptions of eight encounters in
which eight, and possibly nine, U-boats
were accounted for. These eight sea
battle pictures were selected so as to
cover virtually the whole ground of
anti-submarine activities.
In one case there was a battle be
tween an auxiliary cruiser and a sub
marine, in another an engagement be
tween a seaplane and a submarine,
then a battle between two submarines
in which the British submarine cap
tain proved himself the better man,
and finally two tales fit successes of
armed merchantmen against the
enemy.
First Shot Hit Two Periscopes.
First: "From one of our auxiliary
mival forces a torpedo was seen ap
proaching on the starboard beam. It
jumped out of the water when a hun
dred yards off and struck the engine
room nooaing several compartments.
"Soon after a periscope was observed
just before the port beam. It turned
towards the ship but quickly disap
peared. Again it appeared and was
followed this time by the conning
tower. Fire waa opened find the first
shot hit the base of the conning tower
and removed - the two periscopes.
Many other hits were obtained and the
submarine quickly assumed a list to
port and several men came out of the
hatch. Jtea
Two Survivors Pickod Up.
The U-boat wallowed along for a
space with the stern almost submerged
and oil squirting from its side and the
Srew came on deck and waved their
hands. At this sign of surrender
'Cease firing' was ordered, whereupon
the enemy -started to make off at a
fair speed, hoping to disappear in the
midst. Fire again was opened, a loud
explosion took place forward and ia
falling over on - hCs side, the enemy
sank, the last thing seen being his
sharp bow, end up. . Two , survivors
were picked up.
Dropped Explosive.
Second: "One of our small craft
sighted .an enemy . submarine at a dis
tance of 10,000 yards. She maintained
her course and five minutes later the
enemy stopped and ben proceeded
towards her.' Suddenly he submerged
and. shortly aftes, a periscope appear
ed close on the starboard bow for a
few seconds and then disappeared. The
helm was ported and when over the
place where the periscope was seen
an explosive charged was dropped.
"The ship circled and dropped an
other charge. The explosion of this
charge was followed after two or three
seconds by another much more violent
explosion. The water became black
over a large area and a considerable
quantity of thick oil and flotsam came
to the surface."
Encounter Between Submarines.
Third: "One of our submarines
starboard bow and dived, but after see.
ing him through a periscope for a few
minutes lost sight o him. Our boat
came to the surface again and later
saw the enemy on the- starboard beam
two or three miles away.
"Our boat dived to attack, but the
enemy altered his course and agaiil
wan lost to view. Our course was al
tered in the hope of cutting him oft '
and, eventually, he again was detected
Win the port bow. Our course was
again altered and whe na favorable
position was obtained a torpedo was
fired. A few seconds later the enemy
was seen with his stern out of water,
smdke hanging around it and the
conning tower half submerged. -A min
ute or two later he disappeared."
Seaplane Attacked U-Boat.
Fourth: "A seaplane proceeded ta
attack a nenemy submarine which ah
observed manouvering into position to
fire a torpedo at a passing merchanl
ship. Before the seaplane arrived
ovur the submarine the latter nub.
merged, but three bombs were dropped
on the position where he diippeared,
Five minutes later a large upheaval
was notieed where the bomb waa
dropped.
"This could be best compared to, a
hugre bubble rising some distance above
the level of the sea andrdietinetly vis
ible for a minute or more. There was
no further sign of the submarine."
Oil and Bubbles Came to Surface.
FiftU: "A patrol noticed a waka
with a considerable amount of foam
traveling parallel with her course a
short distance away. She crossed the
wake and dropped an explosive charge
over it. Almost immediately a second
charge was dropped and after it had
exjploded another explosion took place.
Oil and bubbles came to the surface .
and on this spot a further c-harge was
exploded.
"Two more patrol craft arrived on
the scene and discharged charges. Oil
was still rising after an interval of
twelve hours."
Sighted Enemy Submarine.
Sixth: "One of our naval forces,
hearing gunfire, steered for the po
sition 'and soon sighted an enemy
submarine on her bow. Fire was open
ed and a hit was obtained. A. large
explosion resulted but its effects
quickly disappeared, to reveal no sign
of the enemy."
Seventh: "Two submarines attacked
a defensively armed merchant vessel.
The first submarine fired a torpedo at
close range, which missed, and the
ship sank her by gunfire. The second
submarine then attacked the ship by
gunfire, but was damaged and driven
off."
Eighth: "A defensively .armed mer
chant vessel encountered a submarine
which endeavored to attack at close
range. The ship opened fire, hittinf
the submarine twice and causing it to
disappear vertically. The sea appear
ed to boil for a considerable time af-
sighted an enemy submarine on the ter.'
PREMIER KERENSKY IN
A DIFFICULT POSITION
Situation Complicated by Attitude of
Petrograd Deputies.
Petrograd. Sept. 14. 5.50 p. m. The
cabinet crisis continued all day. The
evening newspapers assert that
Premier -Kerensky is in a? very difficult
nosition and that his resignation is
not excluded from the possibility.
The situation is complicated by the
attitude of the Petrograd council of
deputies in which, at last night's meet
ing, the Bolshevikis for the first time
gained as overwhelming majority of
279 against 150 in favor of the extreme
radical position, which declares that
not only the social democrats but all
the renresentatives of property owned
classes must be excluded from power.
This troerramme also demanded an
Immediate declaration of a democratic
republic, the abolition of private prop
erty, working class control over pro
duction, confiscation of war profits,
th '-merciless taxation of capital, an.
immediate invitation to the warring
states tp conclue peace," etc.
FIVE TAGEBLATT OFFICERS
UNDER $10,000 BAIL EACH
To Await Action of the Grand Jury on
Espionage Charge.
c!tadelplla, Sept. 14. Five of the
aix officers of the Philadelphia Tage-
blat . arrested in a government raiu
,, Monday on the newspaper plant.
held under $10,000 bail each by a
Unitet' States commissioner today to
await fhe action of the graafl Jury on
charger' of violating the espionage act.
Wal(?ettar .Alfredo of the editorial staff
was d nv',nsj'?e1, -ii witnesses have
been orrl'"1" to a-PPear before the
grand larV- Tne evidence Drougnt out
todav aW?11 other charges, tended to
iw' that! the paper misquoted and
Vifews for the alleged purpose
of favoring German cause.
GENERAL V KORNILOFF
HH8 NOT SURRENDERED
Some of tha rstriKing Dattanons re
Still Firrtn" wlour
twot,. c-Pt -14, 3 p. m."1 The
Associated Pres-5 '9f"a"y,, '"ftorm:
ed that Oweral J1 Hi
surrendered. fiti V-ljf"!
u- .u-t-.-vkbur battalions an"
, rv.i number of detach-
ments of Tekke rtCurTOmana.. .
DENIAL BY GERMAN
MINISTER TO MEXICO
That He Ever Recommended Anyone
for a Decoration.
Mexico City, Sept. 14. From state
ments made this evening by men In
high official circles, made after tlyy
read the statement by Secertary of
State Lansing of relations between
Henrich con Bckhardt, the German
minister to Mexico, and Folke Cron
holm, former Swedish charge d'affaires
at fife Mexico capital, the conclusion
seemed to have been reached that it
was not the Mexican government s
business to take action in the matter.
Thin viw was voiced bv Luis Ca
brera, former minister of finance and
a leader in congress, wno wra no um
not think it was necessary for Mexlro
to take official cognizance of the mat
ter by action or declaration.
Senor Cabrera said he tnougnt it
improbable that any action or an
nouncement from the foreign office or
the executive would be forthcoming.
Herr von Eckhardt today denied
himself to all visitors. He has made .
no statement beyond his declaration vt
last night that the matter did not in
terest him and that he had never rec- .
ommended anyone for a decoration. M.
Cronholm is in hiding, but it believed
to be in the city.
STATE CONVENTION YOUNG
PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN UNION
Opened at Danbury Tendered a Ban
quet by Local Union.
Danbury, Conn.. Sept. 14. The twen
tieth annual state convention of the
Young People's Christian Union of the '
Universaiist church opened heife to
day. The delegates were welcomed
in an address by Miss Bessi Pierce,
president of fciip local union. Responsa
was made by Frank W. Rogers of
New Haven, the state president. The
afternoon session consisted of devo
tional services led by Joseph S. G. Bol
ton of New Haven and the reading of
a paper on "Disinterested Service,"
by the Rev. T. H. Saunders of Meri
den. Tonight the delegates were tend
ered a banquet by the local union.
President Frank W. Rogers was toast
master and the chief speaker was Miss
Catherine Yerrington. of Arlington,
Ma:., a member of the national board.
Business sessions will be held tomor
row. -
Since the breaking off of diplomatio
relations with Germany only 100 '
Americans are left in that country.
Berlin holds half ibis total.
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