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" . . ' .'.V Y --' ---. -. .. . . - . . . . . . i VOL. LIXw-NO. 337 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, : CONN., THURSDAY, OCTOBER V 1917 TEN PAGES 80 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS City's Population. The Bulletin's Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other ' Paper, And Its Total Circulation is the largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the GERMANS R :EPEAT ATTACKS AT YPRES They Are Making Valiant But, Thus Far, Vain Efforts to Recapture Territory THEY ARE ATTACKING IN LARGE NUMBERS The British Gunners Are Working Havoc Among the Attack ing Waves There Still is No Indication of the Time Set c by Field Marshal Haig for Renewal of His Efforts to Press Forward French Aviators Are Keeping Up Their Attacks on German Towns and Cities, Among Them the I Town of Baden, Famed as a Health Resort. Cabled Paragraphs Employs Arrest Directors. Kharkov, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 2. (By A. P.) Employes of the electric light company today arrested the di rectors, and managers. " After a meeting- at which a. proposal to deal out summary Justice to the prisoners was repected. it was decided to hold them. until high wages bad been granted..- TO 6CND PROOF OP - GUILT OF BOLO PASHA. Congress Will Since the middle of last week the Qer tnan armies In Flanders ' daily have been trying to wrest from the British the territory taken from them in the recent big offensive of Field Marshal Haig. Ai on previous days. Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria on Wednesday unleashed large numbers of his troops in an attempt to recapture terrain on the Tpres sector, where the British are seriously threatening his communi cation line with Ostend and the subma rine base at eebrugge. Ever-watchful, the gunners of Haig have wrought havoc among the attacking waves and dispersed the Germans with heavy casualties and retained all their posi tions intact. There is no Indication of the time set by Field Marshal Haig for the re newal of his efforts to press on toward and cut the Ostend Lillle railway, but be is steadily keeping up his pounding of the German trenches with his mass es ef artillery of all calibres. Although the German war office as serts that in Tuesday's fighting along the eastern bank of tBe Meuse In the Verdun sector the Germans captured a comparatively long line of .French trenches, the French official cammuni cation makes no mention. . of this and asserts merely that violent artillery ngnung and spirited patrol engage ments took place. While British and French airmen continue their bombing operations against uermanys submarine base at Zeebrugge and points of military im portance behind the lines, the French aviators are keeping up their attacks on Crerman towns and cities in repris al for the shelling by German aircraft of the open town of Bar le Iuc. More than 16,000 pounds ' of explosives are reported to have been dropped on num erous German settlements, among them the famous town of Baden, famed as a neaitn resort. Likewise 'the Italians are ariviner the Austrians little respite from aerial in cursions, again having dropped tons of projectiles on military objectives at .foia, the great. Austrian naval base on the Adriatic and bombed other points of military advantage.- In addition, the Italians have repulsed - devisivelv another Austrian attack on the western slopes of Monte San Gabrlelle. in the Gorizia scetor. PERNICIOUS ACTIVITY OF PHILADELPHIA POLICE Described at Hearing of Cases Growing Out of Political Feud. - - Philadelphia, Oct; 8. The alleged pernicious activity -of the police, back ed by Mayor Thomas B. Smith, in helping Isaac Deutsch to win the coun cilmanio nomination in the fifth ward, which resulted in the killing of a po liceman and other bloodshed, was described in the municipal court at the second day's hearing of the mayor and eight other defendants charged with conspiracy to murder, aggravated as sault and battery and violation of elec tion laws. "Club 1 leads,"" was the order receiv ed from Police lieutenant David Ben nett, one officer testified. - "Bring (hem in and if they are 'Deutsche's men' I will excuse them, Carey men 111 send down." was the further order given by Bennett, the policemen said. The penalty for failure to "turn in" for Deutsch was transfer to another police district, or resign, eight police ment told the court. One of the offic ers refused to be transferred, quit and stayed in the ward to help Carey. One transferred man said Bennett told him that "clubs would be trumps" in the fifth ward on election day. Ben nett Informed the policemen that he had the backing of the mayor and that whatever be or Deutsche told the po lice to do. they muot . Witnesses also testified that the mayor made a speech to a delegation of Deutsch men. in which he said that he wanted order preserved in the ward And that if heads must be clubbed to maintain order the police roust club them. Aa incident of the hearing was the searching in open court of all the de fendants except Mayor Smith and William B- Finley for weapons. The court said it waa reported one of the men mlgbft have- a pistoL All de ned having any and none was found. The hearing will be resurled tomorrow. DECREASE IN LOSS OF ' BRITISH MERCHANTMEN Eleven Ships of More Than 1600 Tons Were Sunk Last Week. State Attorney General Lewis of New ' York ' Has Documentary Evidence. New York. Oct. S. Proof that Ger man money was furnished in this coun try by Count Von Bernstorff to Bolo Pasha, under arrest in Paris is a spy, will be forwarded tomorrow to the French government, it was announced here tonight by Mertin E. Ledie, state attorney general. The attorney general, who invejeti' gated Bolo Pasha's activities ljirVat the request of Ambassador tfsserand, said that it wa sa preliirjiary report submitted by him to Vrle ambassador at Washington lasl; .-week which , re sulted in the arrejj tf Bolo Paeha in Paris. "The concessions will be substan tiated by a.tnui of druiimntgm evi dence," ine attornev trener&l's state ment fyUd, "including photographic re- proa-cuons or the checks, bank records ana' Other nroofs of the ri ianrvsrtinn nt I tie German, money furnished Bolo t-Bia in oiu country Dy ex-AmDassa-dor Bernstorff.'" Bolo Paeha, who was in the United States between Feb. 22 and March 17, 1916, came here, according to Mr. Lew is, to arrange for the transfer of Ger man money to Paris through New York banking institutions to further peace propaganda in France. He suc ceeded in getting at least $1,600,000 over to the French capital through J. P. Morgan & company and other bank ing institutions, the attorney general s investigation disclosed. Part of - this money, it was ievealed, went to Sena tor Charles Humbert, owner of Le Journal, a Paris newspaper, which howeven, according to cable despatch es, he refunded after becoming suspi cious or joio. . Examination of the accounts of Bolo Pasha in the banks of G. Amsnick & company, the Royal Bank of Canada (New York branch), and J. P. Morgan sc company revealed. Mr. Lewis stated. that $1,683,500 had been deposited to me credit or the alleged spy. The money originally had been on deposit to the credit of the Deutsche bank of Berlin, with the National Park bank and the Guaranty Trust company here, and was transferred from these banks to Amsnick & company and later to the Royal Bank of Canada. The transfer of the money, it was al leged, was made on order of Hugo sscnmidt, a director of the Deutsche bank, now in this city. London, Oct.- 3. Eleven British mer chantmen of more than L600 tons each and two vessels under 1,600 tons were sunk by mines or submarines last week, according to the British admiralty statement made public this evening. ,The shipping summary fol lows: Arrivals 2 680; sailings 2,742. British merchant vessels sunk by mine or submarine, over 1,600 tons, in cluding two previously, 11; under i,eou tons, two. Fishing vessels sunk. none. British merchant vessels unsuccess ruiiy attacked. Including seven previ ously, 16. ' The above statement of the British admiralty again lowers the aggregate or OTitisn mercnantmen sunk by mines or submarines during any week since Germany began her intensified sub marine campaign. As against fifteen vessels sunk the previous week, which was the low record since February only thirteen merchantmen are shown to have been sent to the bottom last ween. Adjourn This Week mas been in - extraordinary session since april 2 BOTH HOUSES READY They Will Sand Committees to Presi dent Wilson fo Inquire if He Wishes Any 'Other Matters Disposed of. COTTONSEED OIL TRADING 18 NOT PROHIBITED Repert That It Had Been Proved to Be Erroneous. New York, Oct, . Edward "Flash, Jr., vioe president of the New York Produce Exchange, said today that the published report that speculative trading in cottonseed oil futures on Hie exchange had been forbidden was untrue. He explained that the report waa due to the misconstruction ox . a letter he sent to the trade. - "My letter to the trade," he said, "was merely a warning against exces sive outside speculation and a plea be confined so far as possible to in terests directly identified with the Cottonseed oil trade. There Is no talk whatever of closing the market which furnishes the only Hedging facilities In the country. Admiral YALE MEN ENROLL FOR NAVAL TRAINING COURSE Under Direction of Rear Colby M. Chester. New -Haven. Conn- Oct. 3. Interest in the announcement of the opening of a- naval tra'a-ng course at Yale uni versity under Rear Admiral Oolby M. Chester was so keen today that fifty additional undergraduates enroll! in siiition to the list of two hundred t ih Prof. (Mather A. Abbstt had in hand prior to the university announce ment of the appointment of Rear Ad miral Cheaper. Senator La Follette Denounced.' Indianapolis, Ind, Oct 8. Resolu tions directed at Senator Robert M. La Follette denouncing "all acts and rtterances of a disloyal nature" were adopted by the Indiana State Council of Defense, at its regular meeting to-fiajt- STATE CONVENTION BAY , STATE PROHIBITION PARTY Chester R. Lawrence Won Guberna- tional Nomination. Boston, Oct.- S. Chester R. Law rence of this city, candidate of the pro amnion party ror governor last year, was again nominated as the party Bianaara Dearer at tne state conven tion here today. Matthew Hale, who was nominated by the democratic pari iy lor ueuienCTit governor and w-ho r.as announced his intention of re taining alsv his affiliation with th progressive party, was named for lieu- The platform declared for Ten ma suffrage, the Initiative, referendum and recall, a more equitable adjustment of tne taxing system, suppression of gambling in the necessities of UfA aid for needy mothers, extension of saving nank industrial Insurance, old age pensions and annuities, health in surance, and the budget system of state nnance, and opposed appropria tions for sectarian and private schools. ACQUITTED QF THE CHARGE OF SMUGGLING captain Thlerlchens, Former Com mander of Prinz Eltel Frlodrick. Philadelphia, Oct. 8. Captain Max V. Thierichens, former commander of tne seized uerman commerce raider. Prinz Eltel Friedrlch, was today ac quitted of the charge of emusnrllne- ashore 19 duttable ship chronometers from the raider while she was intern ed at the Philadelphia navy yard. The government dropped the cases against tnree co-aeienoants. Albert K. Fisher a German, head of a manufacturing concern here that has a government contract; Mrs. Fischer and Henry ranner, a merman -American mer chant. DID NOT URGE BOYCOTT OF THE LIBERTY LOAN Mrs. Abby Scott Baker's Remarks Were Not Correctly Reported. Baltimore, Ml. Oct. S. In a des patch sent from Baltimore last night Mrs. aVbby Scott Baker of Washing ton, an official of the National Wom en's Party, was erroneously report ed as urging women to ; boycott the new Liberty loan. Mrs. Baker, who spoke at a meeting of suffragettes which also waa addressed by Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer of New York, dealt only with tne subject or suffragist plcket- JAPANESE MISSION '.' VISITED COL. ROOSEVELT Arrived at Oyster Bay in Automobile Decorated With Japanese Flags, Oyster Bay, N. Y., Oct. S. With the exception of Viscount Ishii. who in, at Atlantic City recovering from a severe cold. members of the JaDanese com mission paid a visit to Colonel Roose velt at his home here today. ine party arrived in automobiles decorated with Japanese flags. Dur ing luncheon Colonel Roosevelt nro posed toasts to the emoeror of Jansn land President Wilson. Vice Admiral Takeshita, who was the naval attache or tne Japanese embassy when Col onei Koosevelt was president, them toasted the host. In discussing their former associations, the vice admiral made inquiry about the colonel's sons, Archie and Quentin, who were small boys during his diplomatic service in the United States and who are now with the American expeditionary iurues in nance. Accompanying the party were Cap tain Chimps. U. S. N., who was in command or the Mayflower at the time of ,the Russo-Japanese peace ne gotiations, and Brigadier General Irons, U. S. A., who was at Santiago with Colonel Roosevelt. GERMANY EXAGGERATING EFFECTIVENESS OF U-BOATS London Says the Toll is About Two Thirds of That Claimed by the Ger mans. - London, Oct. 3. The total of all loss es to world's shipping since Germany's ruthless U-boat war went into .effect aggregate about two-thirds of those claimed by the Germans in . a state ment issued September 1. At the time the Germans alleged that an average of 900,000 tons had been sunk morth ly for seven months. The actual totals of tonnae-e sunk compiled here show that not even dur ing the most successful month for the U-boats April have the flerurea reached any such proportions, while the August losses dropped to almost nair tne April ngure. ; OPPOSITION TO PLAN OF NEW HAVEN ROAD Whereby Goods Would Be Accepted For Shipment Only on Certain Days. Boston, Oct. 3. Opposition to the 'shipping day" nlan of the K'ero Vrir New Haven and Hartford and the Boston and Albany railroads, kherebv goods would be accepted in Boston for smpment only on certain davs for per tain localities in this state was voiced at tne conrerence or shippers and rail road men at the chamber of com merce today; Representatives -nf wholesale grocers and fruit and nro- ouce dealers asserted that the plan wouio come near driving some mer chants out of business. I? , . ' "''Washington, Oct, 3. Congress will end its extraordinary war. session, which began April -2, Saturday or pos sibly Friday. Agreement of the senate today to take a final vote late .tomorrow on the administration soldiers and sail ors' insurance bill and the adoption, with record-breaking speed, of the con ference report on the war deficiency appropriation bill paved the way for adjournment until the regular Decem ber sessibn. Arrangements For Final Formalities. Arrangements for the final formal ities were made by Senator Martin and Representative Kitchin, majori ty leaders. Representative Kitchin prepared to Introduce in the house to morrow a resolution proposing ad ournment at five o'clock Saturday. Such speed was made on legislation in the senate late' in the day, however. that Senator Martin said tonight - it migljt be possible to finish-Friday in stead. " Vote on Insurance Bill Today. Little time is expected to be re quired for conferees' agreement on the insurance measure after the final vote i in the senate tomorrow .and prompt approval by the bouse of the deficiency appropriation final draft al so is scheduled. Before adjourning both houses will send a committee to wait upon resi dent Wilson to inquire formally if the executive wishes any other matters disposed of, but so many members , of both bodies already have left the city And the demand for immediate ad journment is so insistent . that the programme for a get-away ' not later than Saturday is regarded as certain to be carried cut. Senate Passed the War Deficiency Bill GREATEST OF; TH E KIND IN THE HISTORY OF ANY NATION Condensed Telegrarris Polo Pasha, under irrtit a spy in Paris, has gone on a hunger strike. Counterfeiters are turning out bogus World's Series tickets in Chi-, cago. - President Wilson signed a bill open ing certain potash lands for develop ment. .... - 1 . .v.. A British food commission accomp- IT CAWUES $7,753,434410 ! an Atianurpor olflcer8' arrlved at British forces in 'Mesopotamia, . which, captured Ramadle, took . nearly . 4 000 Turkish prisoners. " w Conference Report Was Adopted With in Less Than Three Minutes Today the House is Expected, to Adopt It. GREAT BRITAIN'S EMBARGO ON EXPORTS TWO TROLLEY COLLISIONS IN EARLY MORNING FOG Both on the Line . Between Water- bury and Cheshire. Waterbury, Conn Oct. 3. There were two tail-end collisions of trol ley cars in the fog this morning, both occurring between this citv nnrl Cheshire. Windows and fenders of one of the cars were broken and Con ductor Holden was cut on the hand by nying -glass. xno one else was in jured. Milk Price Fell In Waterbury. Waterbury. Conn., Oct. 3. An at tempt by local milk dealers, to ob tain fifteen cents a quart for milk -has failed and today the price fell to tour ing and did not in her formal remarks, teen cents. The raise from 12 to IB mention the loan. cents was made early last month. " Was Declared After Careful Consid eration by Allied Statesmen. Washington. .Oct 3. Great Britain's embargo on the export of all supplies to the northern European - neutral countries, Just announced, was de clared after every phase of its possi ble effect was gone over in confer ences between American and allied statesmen. American officials, it waa learn Art today, initiated the discussions and in sisted that the British step be taken to make sure that there be no nulli fication - of the purposes the United States government had in view . in putting , into operation its own embargo. The step indicated that the allies have united in a decision that the neu trals must cut off the shipment of all supplies to Germany. American offi cials and some of the allies hereto fore have hesitated as lust how far to go in demanding cessation of trade between the neutrals and Germany. At one time it appeared they would ask no -more than that neither goods nor materials supplanted by allied com modities be sold to Germany bv the neutrals. The new policy can be accomnlished through rigid embargoes applied - bv all the allies. The neutrals cannot ex ist without British and American sup plies, ano witnm tne next two or three months all of them are expected to declare flat embargoes on the .ex port of their commodities to all coun tries. This will hit England as well as Germany, but the British, who can draw on the United States, are in a position to do without neutral goods, while Germiny. cut off from the rest of the world, cannot exist, officials here say, if neutral shipments cease. - To those familiar with the military an deconomlc situation in . Germany, the new policy indicates that the allied governments have come to the con clusion that by . making, every use . of economic weapons the war will be ended much more quickly than by mili tary supremacy alone. NEW YORK SUBSCRIPTIONS : BEYOND $100,000,000 .MARK monster riraae ana fageant is Planned For "Liberty Loan Day." New York. Oct. 3. Subscriptions to the second Liberty loan in the New Yprk federal reserve district ha ve gone tar beyond the $100,000,000 mark, the campaign committee announced to night. The unofficial total at 3 clock this afternoon was $105,345,850. and this did not Include hundreds of small subscriptions.. To spur orkers to'still greater ac tivity, .the committee tonight inform ed them the average daily subscrip tions are elow the mark which it will be necessary to maintain until Octob-t er 27, when it is planned to close the "drive" for the $1,500,000,000 sale which the district has been allotted. Heralded by a proclamation, by Pres ident Wilson designating the day "Lib erty Loan Day," a monster parade and pageant is being planned for Wednes day, October 24. Additional large subscriptions - an nounced today include: The Com Exchange-bank, $10,000,000; First Na tional Bank of New York city, $5,000, 000; Importers and. Traders" National bank, $2..171,000; the American Sugar Refining Company $2,000,000; Bankers Trust Company, $1,721,000, and the National .Surtty Company, $1,000,000; Kassau National bank, $400,000. VOLUNTOWN WOMAN " ARRESTED IN PROVIDENCE Washington, Oct. 9. Within less than three ' minutes today the senate adopted the conference report on ' the war urgent deficiency- appropriation bill, carrying $7,757,434,410 In cash and authorized contracts. Tomorrow the house' is expected to adopt it and send ltto .President Wilson.. , . The Greatest of Its Kind. . The measure is' said to be the great est of the kind in the history of- any government. . It emerged this after noon from conference between the two houses in which items involving over $780,000,000 has been In disi.Ite and went through the senate in record breaking time without the formality of. a roil call. The bill carries $5,355,976,016.93 of direct appropriation and authorizes the government to enter into contracts lor $2,401,458,393.50 more, almost en tirely for war purposes, including the navy s great destroyer programme, Items of the Bill. In . conference subsistence of the army, for which the house had voted $175,000,000 and the senate $321,000,000, was provided for in a compromise of $250,000,000. For army transportation, for which the house had voted $350, 000,000 and the senate $413,000,000, the conferees substituted $375,000,000. For regular quartermaster - supplies $125, 000,000 was agreed to after the house had voted $100,000,000 and the sen ate $163,000,000. TRIAL OF 13 NEGROES CHARGED WITH MURDER 0 . Outcome cf Race Riot in East St. Louis . Last July. - Belleville, Illsv, Oct. 3. Testimony fis to events leading to the murder os Detective Coppedge and Policeman Wodley of East St. Louis early on the morning of July 2. which in t-"n pre cipitated the - rioting that reached a climax in the slaying of negroes in East St. Louis that night, was given at the trial of thirteen negroes charg ed with the' murder of the police offi cers. - -.Edward WHaon. -a negro ice and coal dea'er, Identified the thirteen negro de fendants as having been in a .gather ing of negroes atll o'clock- before "the policemen were killed. Four of them, he named as having been armed. One I of these, he said, was Othaniel Peebles, j He said that Peebles . was bleeding j anout tne nose, naving been -hit by a stray bullet fired by the white- raid ers. Mrs. Barbara Stapp, a white woman, testified that she saw an automobile passing . through the negro district and its occupants firing aimlessly. She did not see the men and did not know whether they were white. She also said she saw automobile passing through the negro district and its occupants firing aimlessly. She did not see the men - and did not know whether they were white. " She also said she saw automobile loads of negroes after 9 p. m. going towards the home or L. .N. Bundy, ne gro dentist, with guns and rifles. She heard the -church bells ring and saw a dpzen automobiles loaded - with ne groes start from points near Bun dy"s home. ( SYSTEM TO DEAL WITH LABOR UNREST The Government is Working to Develop Some Compre hensive Method to Meet the Situation IS CONCERNED OVER UPWARD TREND OF WAGES President Menoc'al of Cuba signed a special decree creating a -Council of National Defense. More than 2,000 tons were destroyed by fire house" near Stockholm. . of in foodstuffs a store J. Ogden Armour' denied a report that Armour & Co., was planning to enter the retail business. . Out of 8,155 drafted -men examined at Camp Jackson Columbia,. S. C, there have been 788 rejections, j . ; , Major Evelyn Beerbohm'of the Brit ish army, a nephew of the late -i Sir Herbert Tree, was killed in action.., Returning from, a funeral, -Mrs. John Lavinsky was killed In Macanaqua, Pa.., when she stepped in front of a train. Francis Conley, 70, an insurance agent, was found dead in bed at his bearding house In. Danbury. .yester day. - ... . The nomination of Charles R. . Page of California as a member of the ship ping board was confirmed by the . sen ate. . . The Object is to Stabilize Conditions Without Doing Injustice ' ' to Workers or Employers One Plan to Encourage Em : ployers to Form Associations by Industry Groups to Deal : Collectively With Labor Demands Special Study is Be ' ing Made of the British Government's Methods. - Arrivals of foreign steamer at Bal timore during September totalled 88, compared with 103 arrivals during August. . ' ' Miss Jessie Spahr, of Princeton N. J.,. was awarded the prize of $200 for the best entrance examination record at Smith College. " . Proceedings brought against the Great Lakes Towing Co.. the alleged "Towing Trust," were dropped on. mo tion of the Oovernnsent. . A charter was granted at Dover, Del., for the Foreign Transport & Mercantile Corporation, with $27 500,- 000 to build and operate ships. . . Commissioner Woods has asked the New York police to help care for members of the department who have gone into the national service. MISSING WOMAN RETURNS AFTER 20 YEARS' ABSENCE Mrs. Chester Sampson . Had Been - Mourned as Dead. ; Hartford. Conn.. Oct. 3. After hav ing been mourned as dead by her family for twenty years, Julia Scan Ion, now Mrs. Chester Sampson, is back in Connecticut and will soon hold a Reunion with members of her fam ily. - She has already met one broth er here, Patrick Scanlon. and will go to Thompsonville to greet the others' : Mrs. Sampson is now a resident of Detroit and is the mother of two chil dren. A score of years ago she disap peared from Winsted then the home of her parents, and until recently none of her relatives had heard from her. When she left home ponds and rivers were dragged, it being supposed that fie had been drowned. No trace of her being found and no werd coming from her, it at last was thought that she had perished by some accident. . A short time ago the. remark of .a waiter in Detroit that he knew' a wait er in Hartford by the name of Patrick Scanlon gave Mrs. Sampson a clue to her relatives. She wrote hr broth er and then came east. . She had written to her people Severn 1 times after leaving home but because they had moved from the old home the let ters nver reached them. She pays she left 'home because she desired to make her own way. in the world. Stocks of meats at the principal western packing - points .:, decreased 63 576 000 pounds during September. Lard decreased 9,194.000 pounds. . . Great difficulty in shipping to the United States the earl V - vegetable crop of Bermuda is anticipated owing to the shortage of ocean tonnage. Six sons of Mr. and Mrs. MaGua-:-an of Chicago are now in some branch of the national service. Four other sons are kept at home , only by their age. ' Food . prices - in Argentina were trel?i3d when stevedores Joined the general strike. Ore&t suffering is be ing caused among the poorer classes. Emporium, Pa, mills of the Aetna Explosives Co. which have been run ning on part time for the past six months, will soon resume on full time, Washington, pet. . The govern ment is:.working to develop some com prehensive system of dealing with the labor unrest which threatens to ham per war , production. It is concerned over . the , .pronounced upward move ment ' of wages.- . disproportionate for various industries, and the difficulty of stabilizing conditions - without (doing injustice ,to workers or employers, pearly all production now is directly or lndicely necessary for. the prosecu tion pf the war. and the output of war materials is curtailed by . strikes, ex traordinary movement ofworkers from one industry to another or from plant to . plant, and other unsettled condi tions. . Oh the recommendations of the commission headed by Secretary Wil son of, the department of labor, which left today' for the west, will largely depend the government's eventual pol icy. Meanwhile, it is understood the government's eoKirse will be: - The Government's Course. To extend to a number of industries having war contracts the present sys tem' of. wage adjustment boards whlcn have been created for cantonment con struction for the shipbuilding, long shoremen's work f and army and navy clothing production. . To increase the number of war de partment contracts, containing clauses providing that' in case of . suspension of , work- by , strikes, tho secretary of war shall settle the disputes. To enforce agreements with indus tries for whose products standard prices are fixed, not to reduce wages. To encourage employers to. form as sociations by- industry grpups to deal collectively with labor demands, and ' To press informally for adjustment of disagreements before they reach the strike stage, under 'the implied pres sure of the government's war power to commandeer and operate plants. . These' practices already, are In effect on a small scale, having been develop ed gradually to deal. With specific labor failed to prevent many walkouts, how ever, despite the government's recog nition in most cases of the right of labor's demands for higher pay to meet the increased cost of living. Not Working in Harmony. Continued evidence that employes and employers were not working in harmony led government officials and their advisers of the council of na tional defense to look for a more fun damental solution. With this end in view, special study 'a being given British government methods by many American officials, including Secretary Baker, Secretary Wilson, Sampel-Gom-pers, chairman of the defense council's labor committee, and Felix Frank furter, special assistant to Secretary Baker for labor adjustments and sec retary of the new labor investigating commission. While recognizing that British meth ods' may not be adaptable entirely to American labor conditions, officials here are giving special attention to the following British practices: Centralization of administration of all labor matters affecting war pro duction in a single government de partment. Entrusting of mediation of troubles reaching the strike stage to another branch. Government promotion of the organ ization of labor now unorganized and of employers by industries, to make collective agreements possible; and heavy tax levies on war profits, whicn some observer; consider a prime cause of labor unreal. The defense council's labor commit tee, headed by Samuel Gompere, will co-operate in any movement to stabil ize labor conditions, but cannot be ex pected, -officials say, to prevent strikes or force mediation except hy its gen eral advocacy of industrial peace as a war policy. Efforts of the sub-committee on conciliation, of which V. Everitt Macy is chairman, have been limited by the fact that it lacks defl- problems as . the yarose. They have nlte . government authority. A. VERDICT OF $10.000 IN BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT A bill restoring the rights of Steve dores under the workmen's compen sation act which was declared illegal by the Supreme Court, was passed by the Senate. An airplane will be sent to th training camp at Plattsburgh for the trench war mano'evvres there . next week. Three anti-aircraft ; guos are expected, also. The National Geogrsphic -Society's expedition to Mt. Katmal returned to Seattle reporting that the mountain probably will not be active again - in thousands of years. Frederick G. Fisher and Francisco Ortigas of the Philippine Islands, were nominated- by President Wilson to be associate Justices of the Philip pine supreme court. -. Secretary Daniels commended' for gallantry in saving persons from drowning Seaman Arthur O. Radcliffe. of Browns vine. I., and Fireman James Tt. McGregor of Lee, Mass. Estimating that electric ' sins in New York alone take . 10 000. tons of coal a day.. A. J. Vasey. publisher of a coal Journal, urged that the United States prohibit larger signs. . The degree of doctor of laws, was I conferred by -the University -of Bo- Chester. . N. Y.. upon Lord Morthclirre, and William R. Rlddell, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario. Canada. - In Favor of Mrs. Wilhelmins-Meyer- Msyo No Defense Made. New York, Oct. 3, A -erdict of $100,000 in ' favor of Mrs. Wilhelmlna Meyer-Mayo' in her breach "of ' prom ise suit asking $250,000 from Virtrin ius St. Julian Mayo, a wealthy radia tor manufacturer of New Haven, Conn., was handed down, by a su preme court Jury here late today. -The elderly defendant did not even take the stand in the case, which, called today, was disposed of Tn less than four hours. The Jury rendered Its verdict after hearing the complain ant's side and only a plea by counsel in behalf of Mayo. Mrs. Meyer-Mayo's complaint was that, after marrying Mayo in 1904, she discovered later, through notoriety given to- Mayo's marital relations a year or two aso, that he had been pre viously married to Florence Weeks of Scranton. Pa. The latter obtained a divorce from him, leaving him free tc re-wed the complainant legally, but this- Mrs. Meyer-Mayo claimed, he re fused to. do, snying that he was obli gated to a woman In Brooklyn by whom he had three children. James W, Osborne, Mayo's attorney, admitted the breach of promise, but said that Mrs. Meyer-Mayo kneTV Mayo had ' been previously married when she married him, that his client had given her $23,000 and that he felt she was amply provided for. REVENUE OF WAR TAX DURING THE FIRST YEAR Official Estimates of Treasury partment Experts. De- Charged With Shooting a Bellboy at the Hotel Allen. Providence, R. I., Oct. . 3. Ovid Rickey, 24. a bellboy at the Hotel Al len, was shot following a quarrel on the sidewalk in front of the hotel to day, and , Mrs. Gertrude Downing, 23, wife of Jeremiah Downing, a -well-to-do resident, of Voluntown, Conn, is un der arrest, charged with assault. Mrs. Downing told the police she shot Rickey because he had ruined her life. GOETHALS TO ENGAGE IN MANUFACTURE OF AIRPLANES Has Been Elected President of. the Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation. New York. Oct. Oct. 8. Major Gen eral George W. Goethals, -who resigned some time ago as general manager pf the United States emergency fleet cor poratlon, will. devote . himself to the manufacture of airplanes for, use in the war. Announcement 'of his elec tion as president of the Wright-Martin aircraft corporation was made here today. - Sheriff's posses are scouring the country about Pensaeola. . Fla., for William and Robert Blackwell, under sentence of death." who escaped from prison during last week's hurricane. Two thousand workmen at the Avi ation Training Camp at; Lake -Charles. La., who went on strike Sunday, re turned, having been granted wage in creases and revised working; sched ules. . . Demanding a pay. increase of 26 per cent, the 7 000 members of; the International Brotherhood of - Co-op erative Potters, in Canada-, and this j country have voted to go on strike on Oct. 11. Drafted men who are to leave Bos ton this week for Camp Devens. Ayer( Mass.. will be given ' dental treatment free of charge by members of the Preparedness League, of American Dentists. TROLLEY SERVICE IN WATERBURY CURTAILED to Impossible to Man Enough Cars Care For the Traffic. . - Waterbury, Conn, Oct. 3. Trolley service in Waterbury has been cur tailed by six -cars -in morning and night rush periods, since the fare raise to six ents. local company officials admitted tonight. The draft will' take crews of four cars tomorrow and the company hopes to secure 10 or 15 men within the next ten days. It is impossible to ..; man enough tears to . care for the traffic, it WAA TTil in ad The American Mercaiftile ' bank, of Caracas, of Hartford, has filed arti cles of incorporation with the secre tary of state, showing. . a capital of $2,000,000 and beginning business' on $5OTI.O00. A fee of $1,000 was paid the state. j OBITUARY. VICE PRESIDENT OF CUBA . IS VISITING IN NEW YORK. General Nunez -Will Rview th.j Red Cross Parade - Thers Today, New' York, Oct. 3. General Emiliano Nunez;- vice president ' of '; Cuba, ar rived here' from Havana -y-sterd.iy, it was announced by. the ' Republic 01 Cuba' News' bureau ' here to.liy. He will be one of those wh j rerl:w ihe Red Cross nurses' parade - ! tomor row and after attending oMht public fuctions . during the coming fortnight he plans' to return to Cuhi by w.iy of Washington. General Nunez's visit to this country is not ofti?ixl. WAGE SCALES FOR NAVY YARD EMPLOYES. Washington, Octfl. 3. Final official estimates of treasury department and senate finance committee experts of revenue expected from the war tax bill during the first year of its opera tion follow: Incomes, individual and corporate, $851,000,000. . Excess profits, $1,000,000. Distilled spirits, $135,000,000. " Restifieci spirits, $5,000, 00(1 . Fermented liquors, $46,00,000. Wines, liquors, etc., $7,000,000,000. Syrups, soft drinksh, etc., $13,000, 000. Cigars, $10,000,000. -Cigarettes, $21,500,000. Tobacco, $30,000,000. Snuff, $1,800,-000. Cigarette papers, $100,000. Freight transportation. $77,500,000. Express packages, $10,800,000. . Passenger transportation, $60,000, 000. Pipe lines transportaticn, $4',500,000. Seats and berth3, $4,500,000. Telegraph and telephone messages, $7,000,000. ' Insurance. $5,000,000. Automobiles and motorcycles, $40,- 000,000. Musical instruments, phonographs, records, etc., $3,000,000. Motion picture films $3,000,000. Jewelry, $4,500,000. Sporting goods, $1,200,000. Pleasure boats, $500,000. Proprietary medicines. $3,400,000. Perfumery and cosmetic, $1,90-0,000. Chewing gum, $400,000. Cameras, $750,000. Amusement admissions, $50,000,000. Club dues, $1,500,000. Stamp taxes, including Maying cards and parcel post, $29,000,000. Inheritance taxes, $5,000,000. Virgin Island prrducta, $?0.000. First class mall matter, $70,000,000. Second class mail matter. $6,000,000. Munitions manufacturers' tax, $25, 000.000. Total, $2,534,870,000. Agreement Reached Between Navy -, Department and Trade Unions. Washington, Oct. 8. An agreement on wage scales virtually was reached today between the navy department and the president of the International Trades union, representing navy yard employes.. .While figures have nM. been finally decided, it. was announced officially that the conference had reached a point where the trade union men expected to sign up tomorrow for the ensuing year. The effect of the scale under consid eration will be to increase the cost of navy yard labor to' the ' government more than 10 per cent, over the scale for 1917, which expired Sept. 24. WABASH - PASSENGER ' TRAIN. WENT INTO DITCH the' Outskirts of Toledo Six Per- . . 'sons Wrs Injured." Toledo. O... Oct. 3. Six persons were injured, lone fatally, -when Wabash iiassent trai l No. 68. bound from Fort Wayne, Ind., to Toledo left the iting the men to be examined to the NO PROVISION FOR EXAMINING DRAFT MEN Is Made in the Deficiency Bill Passed , by Congress. Washington, Oct. 3. The proposal to examine for military service all men registered for the army draft and not yet called was killed for the present, at least, today, when tho house and senate conferees ellminnted an appro priation for the purpose frrm the war deficiency bill, the conference report on . which was promptly accepted by the senate. This plan was suggested by the provost marshal general's office in or der that every registered man might know whether he was liable for ser vice and if so the actual order of hl liability. The wnr department asked for expressions of opinions from the governors of states, and only two sig nified disapproval. Secretary Baker -said recently that the department had reached no de cision In the matter and would not until congress acted upon the proposed appropriation to flefray expenses and thereby expressed Its will. In . passing the deficiency bill, the house included the appropriation and Ihe senate added an amendment lim- Henry Kehn. ' Hartford, Conn.. " 0"c't.' t." "Henry Kohn, for BO years a Jeweler In Hart-, ford and widely known in hi line in New England and the eai I. v died at I track and went into a ten foot -ditch I numhor arnn t h nriA - Tho vtn his home here today -after an illaess t in the. outskirts of the city at elghtlferees eliminated the whole provision of two years. He waa a nativs of ' o'clock tonig'. - The wreck wis caya- Their report will be adopted tomor Bnhamla and 7J veara at w. -i ed bv a broken rail. row by the house.