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VOL. LIX-NO. -358
POPULATION 29,919
NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1917
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100,000 ITALIANS
TAKEN PRISONERS
Austro-Germans Have Shaken the Entire Italian Line
From the Julian Alps to the Adriatic Sea
MORE THAN 700 GUNS
Italians Lose Cjvildale, But They Destroyed All Their Depots
and Stores and the Town Was on Fire When the Austro-
Germans Entered It Rome Claims That the Italians Are
Retreating to Prepared Positions, on the Plains A
Special Meeting of the French Cabinet Has Been Held to
Decide Upon the Question of Allied Cooperation on the
Italian Front The British Have Bettered Their Position
Along the Ypres-Roulers
fie Austro -German armies under
-the command of Emperor Charles, who
.has as his chief assistant the brilll
:ant Field Marshal Von Mackensen, are
shaking the entire Italian line from the
Julian Alps region to the Adrtatio Sea.
Having pressed back the Italians at
several points upon Italian sol, the
combined enemy forces nave now
pushed forward on the Italian left
wing and captured Cividale, northeast
of -Udine, and are nearing the plains
beyond. In addition the Austrian town
of Qorizia, a point of great strategic
value on the Isonzo river, has been
retaken from the Italians.
According to the latest -Berlin offi
cial communication 100,000 Italians
have been made prisoner and more than
700 guns have fallen into Austro-G-er
man hands. The second and third
Italian armies are declared to be In
retreat. Some admits the falling back
of the second army, asserting that
cowardice similar to that shown by
the Russians in Galicia. was exhibited
In the face of the foe, the Italians sur
rendering or retreating without giv
ing battle, permitting the breaking of
the left wing and thereby offering- easy
access to the town of Cividale.
Prior to falling back, however, the
Italians destroyed all their depots and
stores and Cividale was on tire when
the Au'stro-Germans entered It.
Posslbjy the Italians in this region,
who are declared by Rome to be re
treating to prepared positions on the
plains, will turn about and meet the
enemy in open country fighting.
If they do not and the enemy is able
to keep tip westward the fast pace that
has been maintained binco the com
mencement of the operation, the great
er part of the Italian forces along the
northeastern line witl be threatened
with capture. The situation la so grave
FELL OR THREW H ERSET-F
IN FRONT OF TRAIN.
Crtelle
Doescher Probably
Hurt at Stamford.
Fatally
Stamford, Conn, Oct. 28. Estelle
Doescher, 27 years old, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Doescher of
iTonkens, was probably fatally hurt at
the local railroad station today. She
had been taken from the private sana
torium of Dr. Frank H. Barnes here
for an automobile ride and at the sta
tion re 11 or threw herself in front of a
moving train. One hand was cut off
find ahe was otherwise hurt. She had
tieen under treatment for a nervous
trouble for seven weeks, according to
tr. Barnes. She was . taken to the
htamford hospital, where her recovery
Is said to be doubtful. Her parents and
ler sister who were with her at the
fme of the accident refused to discuss
Jr.e case.
APPEAL FOR RELIEF OF
ARMENIANS AND SYRIANS
President Wilson Addresses Statement
to American People.
Washington, Oct. 28. President Wil
son tonight appealed to. the American
people again to contribute to the re
lief of stricken Armenian and Syrian
peoples. The situation among more
than 1,000,000 destitute survivors of
Turkish atrocities, he said, is "so dis
tressing as to make a special appeal
to the sympathies or all."
,TO SAFEGUARD HEALTH
OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
Action Taken by the Board of Health
of Newport.
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Newport, R. I, Oct. 28. The hoard
of health of this city has invited the
federal public health service to detail
a medical officer as sanitary adviser
to the board for the duration of the
War. The board also has asked the
co-operation of the state board of
health in its efforts to do everything
possible to safeguard the health of
oldiers and sailors quartered here.
ARMED GUARDS INCREASED
. AT ALL STOCKYARDS
Grain Elevators and Warehouses. In
Greater "New York.
New York, Oct. 28. Food Adminis
trator Williams announced tonight
that. In compliance with instructions
from Herbert C. Hoover, the number of
hrmed guards had been increased in
all stockyards, grain elevators and food
warehouses in Greater New York. The
precaution was taken because of re
ports which have reached Mr. Hoover
that alien enemies are plotting the
tiestrthSion of food supplies.
Man Drowned Off Branford.
Bradford, Conn, Oct. 29. Stephen
Sabo was drowned here today when
the boat in which he was fishing cap
sized a abort way from shore. Louis
Bebock, a companion, was saved by
men who rowed out from the shore.
frbo'm body was recovered. - ..j.
FELL INTO THEIR HANDS
Railway.
that a special meeting of the French
cabinet has been held for the purpose
of deciding upon the Question of allied
co-ooeraticA on the Italian front.
The fl(thting on the western front in
Flanders has died down to some ex
tent, except for artillery duels, The
British, however, have bettered their
positions along the ypres-ltouiers ran
way in small attacks, wnno rne tiei
glans and French have oa tared several
important salients In the region of
Dtxmude. Along the Aisne front the
French are violently bombarding . the
German positions and it is probable
that soon again tney will deliver an
other of their sharp and decisive
strokes toward laon, their objective
in the recent fighting'. An attack by
the Germans near the Froidmont farm
was repulsed.
In the Gulf of Riga and in the region
of the head of the Gulf of Finland the
Germans for several days have re
mained quiescent, making no endeav
or to land further forced on the main
land, wher they met with repulse
twice last week. No large Infantry
actions ' have taken place along the
.Russian front. On the contrary there
has been a return to the fraternizing
between therRnsalans-ni Germans
which was 'noticeable some' lime ago
on various sectors. Near nioukst and
in the region of Krevo such efforts
have been noticed. In the former sec
tors scores of Russians who had gone
out to meet the enemy on a footing of
friendship were dispersed by the fire
of the Russian artillery.
British airmen daily are flying over
points behind the line in Belgium held
by the Germans and dropping bombs
upon military positions and airdromes
Hflway Junctions have been bombed
effectively and explosives have been
loosened several times on the Sparap
pelhoek and Engel airdromes.
SOME OF SUNDAY'S
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS.
Gov. John G. Townsend of Delaware
Injured, Mrs. Townsend Killed.
Wilmington, Del., Oct. 28. Gov.
John G. Townsend, Jr., was injured
and Mrs. Townsend is dead as the re
sult of an automobile accident late last
night. While returning o their home
at Selbyville from Newark, where the
governor was the speaker at the cor
nerstone laying of a new dormitory for
tne woman s college, tney encountered
a storm and suddenly a team loomed
up ohead of them. The governor threw
en tne brakes or his motor car and it
skidded, turning ovet -twice. The gov.
ernor was thrown clear and not badly
nurr His wife was pinned under the
ear and died a few minutes after he
had freed her.
Boy Killed at Ansonia.
Aneonia, Conn, Oct. 28. Michael
Clifford 7 years old, died today from
injuries lie sustained when he darted
into an automobile driven by Samuel
Dworken of this place. Th epolice say
that the boy was "stealing a. ride" on
a trolley in Bridge street and when
ordered off ran into the motor car.
His kull was fractured. Dworkin was
not held, although it is alleged, that
his car was proceeding on the wrong
side of the ..street. Coroner Mix has
ordered an investigation tomorrow.
Man Hit In Bridgeport. -
Bridgeport, Conn, Oct. 28. Herman
Streicher, aged 66, of this city, was
struck by an automobile at the corner
of Main and Elm streets this afternoon
and so badly hurt that hospital physi
cians hold out little hope of his re
covery. Streicher was crossing the
street when an automobile driven by
Mrs. Mary Papalis of this city swerved
sharply and knocked him to the side
walk against a fire hydrant, crushiifg
him in a frightful manner, and the
force of the blow breaking the hydrant.
A HOT DISCUSSION
ENDED IN STABBING
Vincenzo Ferrico Held at Waterbury
for Assault With Intent to KiU.
Waterbury, Conn., Oct 28. Vincen
zo Ferrico, 33, a factory operative, se
riously stabbed John Jennard twice
below the heart with a knife in a
Brooklyn stone yard tonight after they
had had a hot discussion. Ferrico
ran to his home half a mile off and
when the house was surrounded took
refuge on the roof. After a patrol
man had fired' one shot Ferrico gave
himself up. Ho was locked up, charg
ed with assault with intent to kill.
Jennard received medical attendance
at ms Home. Tne wounds are seri
ous. - Prince Christian Dead.
London, Oct. 28. Prince Christian
of Scaleswig-Holstein died at his Lon
don residence this evening after a
long illness.
Prince Christian was born in IS 31
and was married In 186 to Princess
Helena, third daughter of Queen Vic-
tro-ia . -
Cabled Paragraphs
Brands U. S. Naval Program a Bluff
Amsterdam. Oct. 2-8. A despatch re
ceived hero from Vienna says that Dr.
Dumba, former Austro-Hungarlan am
bassador to the United States, in I
speech in the relchsrat asserted that
the giant naval program of tne unit
ed States was mostly bluff.
GOVERNMENT DISBURSED
$1,000,000,000 DURING OCTOBER
An Average Expenditure of Approxi
mately $42,600,000 Daily,
Washington, Oct. '28. Government
expenditures of one billion dollars Is
the record which the month of Octo
ber has established at the treasury
department. The total, which includes
loans to the allies, may exceed even
this huge sum, possibly by 1100,000,000.
Thus far It stands at 1 988,842,8-87,
with yesterday's spending not mama
ed. For the twenty-three working
days thus far eeunted. It shows ave
rage expenditures of approximately
84-0,600,000 .daily, or almost 830,000 a
minutes day and night, Expenditures
for last Friday, the latest reoord pub-
lished, ware 188,873,048, but this was
an unusual day, though not a roe
ord.
A two billion dollop month officials
assert, is not far off. It may be
reached with the retirement of short
time treasury certifloateata be met
out ef liberty pond receipts py mid
winter.
Expenditures for the fiscal year thus
rar nave reaoned tne total of $3,448,
659,764, ef whleh tl.TfO.TOO.OOfl Is rep
resented by leans to the allies, These
loans and the interest upon them are
to be repaid to the. government by
the borrowers and, therefore, do not
represent aetuai expense to tne- Amev
lean people.
October's volume of funds paid out
la made up M follows: for the army
and navy, the shipping, the aircraft
preoption peara, tne reed adminis
tration, the nmlntananee ef deraestie
governmental machinery and all etfte
Federal government activities, 3a,,
899,900,
Interest en short time eertifieates
of indebtedness endi interest enthe
publlo. debt 18,488,788,
For maintenance of the Panama Ca
nal l,fi3,059,
Tor redemption of eertifloates of in
debtedness issued in antlelBatien ef
Liberty bond reeeipta of the seeennV
issue, Iis3,ti34,afl?,
For bonds, interest) bearing notes
and certificates retired, $200,
For the redemption of ane year
treasury notes, $5,057,000,
For the retirement of national bank
and federal reserve bank notes 81,872,
B65, For loans to the allies 8444,800,000.
Total $988,948,987,
During the corresponding period of
last year, before America's entry into
the war, the total was $81,036,866, The
total expenditures of tfle current flsoal
year to date 83,448,8SS.784. compared
witn 3si,23g,3i3 aunng tne same, per
iod last year, ...4 ... . a
Because of the" larie Ysaue of "short
time certificates of- Indebtedness this
month, the government's reoeipts have
been greater than its expenditures and
total $1,0(50,064,807, This Is almost
twenty times the amount, $5-4,651,90.
received during the corresponding per-
iod last year.
A SWEEPING TRANSFER
OF MEN AT CAMP D EVENS
To Be Made Before the End ef the
Present Week.
Ayer. Mass., Oct. 28. Six thousand
men of New England's national army
division will be wearing new insignia
before the end of the present "week,
according to a reorganization plan an
nounced at Camp Devens today.
A sKeepmg transfer of the men In
the cantonment will bring about the
change. ilany men of the Infantry
are to chrlige their blue hat cords for
the red of the artillery; and men of
the artillery are to be shifted to don
tho blue of the infantry or the insignia
of. the signal corps.
The transfers are the result of tabu
lations of the physical qualifications,
mental capacities and general individ
ual fitness i" the men for different
branches of the service, gauged by ob
servation of their . officers during the
first weeks of their training. Their
mechanical ability also plays an im
portant part in their selection fpr the
transfer to other units.
The shifting of the men. while it will
disorganize the strictly community
makeup "of the regiments and bat
talions, will go far towards imnrovinsr
the efficiency of the entire division if
the expectations of army authorities
are realized.
The first actual battle formation
manoeuvres will take place this week
wnen on im vb," so named in honor
of the division s number in the army,
men of the 302nd Infantry will shir-
mish over shell craters and shell holes,
through barbed wire entanglements.
and tnen into bayonet hand-to-hand
fighting-with sapling dummies, all of
their own making.
The men of Major Barlow's battalion
of that regiment have themselves con
structed the fighting area on the 65
foot ,hill opposite the cantonment's
athletic bowl, according to the latest
plans of actual battlefields in Europe.
HEAD OF PEOPLE'S CHURCH
SEIZED AT NEWP6RT, KY.
Shoved Into an Auto, Handcuffed and
Driven Away.
Cincinnati, O., Oct. 28. Herbert S.
Bigelow, head of the People's Church
and prominent as a member and lead
er of the People's Council, whose
pacifist utterances broug?it about the
raiding by lederal authorities re
cently, was seized tonight in front of
the Odd Fellows' hall in Newport, Ky.,
across the river from here, shoved in
to a waiting automobile, handcuffed
and driven quickly away.
Bigelow was to adJress a meeting
Of socialists today. Ase he stepped
from his . automobile in front of the
hall, four men rushed up, inquired as
to his name, and before hia friends
could interfere, was being speeded
away. At a late hour tonight Bigelow
could not be located. He was spirit
ed away so -quickly that it was im
possible to ascertain whether he was
under formal arrest, or was the vic
tim of a kidnapping plot. - Federal
authorities declined to comment. Lo
cal police profess they know nothing
concerning the affair. Socialist leaders
r.ppealed to Newport, Covington and
Cincinnati police to assist in locating
their leader.
Bigelow has been prominent in Ohio
politics for several years and in 1912
was president of the Ohio constitu
tional convention. ,
Three Massachusetts firms were
awarded contracts for 150,000- pairs of
shoes forthe navy.
Total Sales of
Bonds Unknown
AMOUNT IS STILL A MATTER. OF
SPECULATION
FINAL REPORTS DELAYED
It It Believed Trjat Sale Will Ap
proximate $5,000,000,000 Exact Fig
urea Will Net be Known for Several
Day.
Washington, Oat, 28, The total
amount subsarlbed to the second Lib
erty loan, the treasury department an
nounced tonight, is still "a matter of
speculation," (Several days probably
Will elapse before th full . extent of
the nation's subscriptions is ascer
tained. The department was without figures
tonight showing any change in the es
timated totals, other than in the New
York; district. New York's maximum
of $1,600,000,000, reported last night to
have been exceeded, it was said to
night, might be increased by later re
turns to as much as $1,750,000,000, Pre
vious estimates had piaced the total
as approximately $1,650,000 000 or
$100,600,000 less than tonight's esti
mate. Bank 'Officials Resting.
Reserve bank officials and local com
mittees, working until after midnight
Jast night all over the country, rested
teday. It was virtually the first
breathing ppell they had taken elnae
the campaign began,' . Few districts
even riiorted to the treasury and the
assum f ion was that they WQuld take
their time in transinitting the finals.
They have till next "yiursday to make
me eampiete report.
"Returns r-eeeived re the treasury
teday gave little tndieatlen en to the
final result, the aepartmant announc
ed tenlght, ''On the face ef returns
it eannot be said whether the sale ex-.
eeeded $5,000,000,406, ftoqvifUien Is
general, however, th It. Bropal1'-.1 ap
proximated the maximum total. Hanks
of eeurse, have made no efforts to tab.
ulate all their returns and may not da
so until the final day for reporting,
November 1. Obviously, great chang
es may be made in the total between
now and Thursday. ,
-Every District Beyond Minimum
"It seems certain that everv district
has gene well past its minimum ' and
that several will exceed their maxi
mum nulfioiemly to carry the weaker
districts to the nigh mirk in the gen
eral total.
vorkx. Chicago, riiM I
iHBra were showing eSpac.'allyT
Wow
nTa"riHBrro
stroner in the late returns," How far
New York will go over Its maximum is
a matter of conjecture. Some think
that the excess may reach $250,000,000.
Chicago distriet chairmen have be
gun to feel that their total may reach
the maximum ef $700,000,000, Every
message today from Chieago showed
new increases.
"Heads of othee districts rose infre.
tiuently trom their avalanche of re
turns long enough to ask that final
judgment not be passed upon them for
a few flu y a until all tales have been
thoroughly canvassed.
Chicago and Kansas City.
The Clilcnieo and Kansas City dis
tricts sent the nearest f.ipjete to-
i i .
uus yot icceiveo.
" 'Every state In our district has
exceeded its minimum allotme-nt,' the
Minneapolis district reported. 'Many
townships have sold bonds to every
family. Large manufacturing estab
lishments have sold bends to everv
employe. Some of the former most
rabid German aympatlyxers, including
ministers, were now staunch support
ers of the government and for the last
week have been Baollciting sales.'
Final Reports Delayed.
"At last reports virtually every" part
of the San Francisco district had pass
ed its minimum and many had gone
beyond their -maximum. Messages from
the Dallas, Atlanta, St. Louis and
Richmond districts toll of great dis
plays of enthusiasm on the last day of
the sale, hut added that many reports
on final totals were badly delayed.
"Indians have subscribed S.66.760,
according to the latest reports by Cato
Sells, commissioner of Indian affairs.
"Figures now in show that the army
has subscribed something' over $82,
000,000. About $50,000,000 has been al
loted thy soldiers, to the federal bank
at Xv ew York. General Pershing ca
bled that $5,784,600 has been subscrib
ed by the American expeditionary fore
es in France."
PRESIDENT WILSON IS
GATHERING TESTIMONY
From Prominent Americans Recently
Returned From Europe.
Washington, Oct. 28. From a num
ber of prominent Americans recently
returned from European war fronts
President Wilson is gathering first
hand testimony concerning conditions
there and among civilian populations
of America's allies. Men who have
jnade observations within the last few
weeks across the water have been wel
come visitors to the White House,
where they have been plied with ques
tions by the president.
So far the answers almost universal
ly have been that the great mass of
civilians of Franche, England, Russia,
Italy nd other allies want no cessa
tion of the war until. Germany's men
ace is removed. Peace agitation, food
riots -and other seeming indications of
'dissatisfaction, reported occasionally
by cable from allied countries, said to
be caused by only small portions of
the peoples, rep.tesent the spirit of the
nations no more than cases of draft
resistance represent America's ideas.
BRIDGEPORT WOMAN
SUICIDES IN MAINE.
Th Body of Mrs. Mabel Orters Found
in Lake 8ebasticook.
Newport, Me., Oct. 28. The body of
Mrs. Mabel Orters of Bridgeport,
Conn., who has been missing since
Oct. 12, was found In Sebasticook lake
las night. In a pocket was a note
indicating that she contemplated sui
cide because of grief over the death
of her husband. Mrs. Orters was 45
years of age. She had been visiting
friends in Bangor just before her dis
appearance. Ithaca, N. Y is to devote
its energy to raising hogs.
part of
German Plan for
Invasion of Brazil
REVEALED IN TRANSLATION OF
LUX BURG DESPATCHES
A SENSATION CREATED
Newspaper of Rio Janeiro Demand
Publication of th Dep itches, Whioh
Have Been Sant to Washington for
Translation.-
Buenos Aires, Oot 28. A sensation
has been occasioned here by the pub
lication of despatches from Rio Janei
ro assert ire that the Brazilian foreign
minister has made it known that
translation of despatches sent . by
Count Luxxbifc-g, through the medium
of the Swedish legation, while the
eeunt was German minister to Ar
gentina, has revealed a project for a
German invasion -of Southern Brazil."
Government Criticized.
The newspapers hero demand that
the government publish the Luxburg
despatches or else authorize their pub
lication by a foreign government, (The
despatches were sent to Washington
for translation and the "foreign gov
ernment" referred to evidently is the
Untted tflue. The Argentinian gov
ernment is being criticized for its si
lence. It was reported unofficially last Feb
ruary that bapds of armed Germans,
presumut ly tailors interned In 'Argen
tina, had crossed the Brazilian border,
Carreira de Freitas, a Brazilian ex
deputy, at that time denounced oper
ations carried on in southern Brazil,
where there is a large German ele
ment," In connection with the Hamburg
eolonipatfon. company. It wan report
ed that this company purposed to col
onise a section of southern Brazil, ad
mitting only Germans, In April It
was reported that Germans In south
era Brazil ware cenoentratlng and that
a German insurrection was being
planned.
PRAYER. FOR SUCCESS
- OF NATION'S ARMS
Were Said In Churches and Homes
Throughout U. 8. Yesterday.
Washington, Oct, 28,- In churches
and homes throughout the country to
day Americans, led by their president,
bowed n solemn prayer for success
Pf their nation's arms. It wan the
pj'f aV';f f yrJay.6!!J2-!!!tgn?ted b?-
PffmTrWJawon- r since the
uoiBd Biaiei entered tne war.
On. warships and at "'aval shore sta
tions the day was also observed with
memorial services for the 28 sailors
lost 'in. - the linking of the American
transport Antilles,
At Central Presbyterian church here
the president and Mrs. Wilson heard
the Jlov. Jr, James II. Taylor utter
tlila supplication:
"Remembering always the teachings
of Christ; we must believe that our
oauso at this time is Just. we prav,
thecrfnre, O Ood, that the liberty and
democracy with which our nation is
bieceed shall be shared with peoples
lens fortunate, even at the cost of the
blood of our sons. May. the time come
speedily when nations, great and
small, powerful or weak, may he free
to work out their ideals without
threats or menace. May we be part
or Tny agency. Thy agency on earth
to bring these blessings to the world."
GEN! BIDDLE APPOINTED
AS8ISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF
Post Has Been Vacant 8!nce Gen.
Bliss Was Made Chief of Staff.
Washington, Oct. 28 Secretary
Baker tonight announced the apnoint
ment of Major General John H. Biddle,
as assistant chief of staff, a post va
cant since General Bliss succeeded
Malor General Scott as chief of staff.
General Fiddle has a reputation for
executive ability. As n. colonel he or
ganized and commanded an . engineer
regiment which was among the first
trpops sent abroad in tire war.
secretary isaRer made it plain re
cently that he did not regard the se
lection of an assistant chief of ' staff
as a preliminary to the naminer of a
new chief of staff to succeed General
Blirs t hen the latter reaches , retire
ment sec December 31. .
Mr. Baker taid that the matter, of
naming a new chief of staff was not
now under consideration and that
when it did become necessary, every
efort will be made- to select the men
best fitted for the post, regardless of
any question or precedent.
TWO GUNNER'S MATES LOST
BY CAPSIZING OF BARGE
They Were Attached to Deep Sea Div
ing Force of the Navy.
An Atlantic Port, Oct. 28 Two war
rant officers attached to a deep sea
diving force of the United States navy
lost their lives by the capsizing of a
barge in a storm early yesterday.
Thev were Rudolph Zugehor, son of
B. C. Zugehor of Webster, N. T., and
Charles Henry Bllnn of Minneapolis.
Both were gunner's mates, second
class. - ,
With a companion, Gunner's Mate
Michaels, they went on a deep sea div
ing barge In tow of a warship when
a heavy sea raised by a sudden squall
overturned the barge. The warship
lowered toats m tne. miast or tne tem
pest and succeeded in rescuing Mi
chaels but the other men were drown
ed. Zugehor was 28 years of age. Bllnn
was 24. The barge was saved.
MUST ANSWER INDICTMENT
CHARGING CONSPIRACY
Francia Miller. I. W. W'Who
Arrested at Providence.
Was
Providence, R. I., Oct. 2S. Francis
Miller, arrested here In the recent
roundup of members of the Industrial
Workers of the World, yesterday
agreed to jreturn next; . Tuesday to
Chicago, to answer a federal indict
ment charging conspiracy against the
United States. Counsel for Miller,
who had opposed an order of removal,
stated that the prisoner was unable
to furnish $20,900 bail demanded by
Federal Commissioner Ilealy.
Condensed Telegrams
The United States Emergency Fleet
Corporation is being reorganized.
J. F. Child of Honolulu was appoint
ed Food Administrator for Hawaii.
An Italian steamar arrived at an At
lantic port with 4.000- tons of Spanish
onions.
Express companies will aid Commis
sioner Hoover by expediting food ship
ments. T.he Erie, Oswego, Seneca and Ca
yuga canals will be closed at midnight
on November 15.
President Wilson will go to Prince
ton to vote in the New Jersey state
legislative elections.
The Anaconda Copper Co., has se
cured the Orphan Boy mine, and will
soon sink a shaft there.
Seventy-two locomotive were turn
ed out last week by the Baldwin Loco
motive Works, a new record.
Th limited woman's . suffrage law
was held unconstitutional in Indiana
by the Indiana Supreme Court.
All railroads were asked to move re-
frlgerator cars .northwest immediately
to move perishable foodstuffs.
Anthracite operators named A. S.
Learoyd. of New York as their repre
sentative in the -Fuel Administration.
When th Kaiser left Constantinople
on his last visit he invited the Sultan
of Turkey to visit Berlin in November.
The 8tate Arsenal In New York city
Is to be .abandoned, the property sold
and a new arsenal erected in Albany.
Secretary Tumulty reiterated that
President Wilson would take no part
in the municipal elections in New
York.
Two of Germany'a latest guns were
captured by the French In their cap
ture of Gobinaux. The guns were un
charged. Th plant of th Canadian Explosives
Co,' near Montreal was blown up. It
is not known yet if there were any
casualties.
Through tralna will be run Nov. 25
on the New Haven and Pennsylvania
Railroads from Boston to St. Louis by
the Hell Gate bridge.
- President Wilson'- daughter. Miss
Margaret Wilson, sang at Windsor
Hall, Montreal in aid of the Red
Cross Society of Canada.
The American Girls' Aid hae ship
ped . since its organisation - 9,460 cases
of clothing and other relief supplies to
the war sufferers in France.
A snow fall ef fifteen inches
reported in Bliss, Wyoming Co.. New
York. Bean and ' potato crops are
though to have been destroyed.
. Montelalrv N. J, Boy Soouta appear
ed in New York with a home-made
tank mounted op an automobile. The
boys were selling Liberty Bonds,
The German Government has sanc
tioned visits of the Y. M. C. A. secre
taries to camps where Americans may
be in terned during the period of the
war, . '
Mexico la sending a commission to
Washington to try to arrange a steady
supply of corn and American gold, for
Mexico in return for silver conces
sions. Perry C. Hays, of Mendon, Ohio., one
of the Consular Service men of the
United States, declared that the Chil
ean army is pro-German and the navy
pro-Ally.
The exooutive oouncil of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor has decided
to participate in an international con
ference of workmen and Socialists of
all countries.
When William J. Bryan was re
fused permission to speak at Camp
Sheridan on woman suffrage, he
spoke on patriotism to western Penn
sylvania troops. ,
Two Mount Holvoke . College airl
have completed a month's service as
apprentice drivers on a mllw wagon at
South Hadley, Mass, They nave prov
ed very efficient.
According to evidence -gathered at
Vancouver army camp, mules nave
been stabbed and bread was found
poisoned. German Spies are thought
to be at work again.
Abe L. Cugorman, "Mlnesota secre
tary of the Socialist party,, was sen
tenced to three years in the Fort
Leavenworth penitentiary for influenc
ing men to evade the ajraft law.
The French Cabinet was upheld by
a small vote. On Oct. 31 Premier
Painleve's Ministry obtained 846 fav
orable votes and on Oct. 25 obtained
only 288, little more than one-half.
Col. Dan T. Moore, of the 810th
Field Artillery Regiment at' Camp
Meade, Maryland, is the man who
struck the blow that resulted in the
blinding of one eye Of Theodore Roose
velt. The seventeen Mexicans, who were
ordered deported -from Mexico ana re
ported as having Deen ' unable to enter
the United States, were able to enter
this cuntry after a few nurs or ror-
mallties.
Stamford police are searching for
clues that will lead to the identity of
a driver of an automobile that ran
down and seriously hurt Mrs. Henry
Wittenbrock yesterday and then drove
away without offering assistance.
Recruiting officers for Paderawski's
Polish army received applications for
enlistment In the army from thirty
young Poles of Waterbury at he con
clusion of a mass meeting there
yesterday afternoon.
.
NEW YORK OVERSUBSCRIBES
' MAMUM ALLOTMENT
Final Return in From Only Small
Part of th District.
New York. Oct. 28. Indications that
the $1,600,000,000 maximum Liberty
loan allotment of the New York fed
eral reserve district has been heavily
over-subscribed, grew today when it
was found that up" to early evening
$1,335,705,850 had been actually re
ceived at the federal reserve bank
with final returns in from only a small
part of the district.
ASKS CO-OPERATION
IN CONSERVING FOOD
President Wilson Calls Upon Every Home and Eating
Place to Pledge Its Support
INAUGURATES THE FAMILY ENROLLMENT WEEK
Everybody in the Country Will be Asked to Become a Mem
ber of the Food Administration People Requested to
Economize in the Use of Food, so as to Insure an Ade
' .. quate Supply Both for Our Own Soldiers and for the
Civil Population-and the Armies of the Allies By so
Doing May Obtain and Establish Reasonable Prices at
Home.
Washington, Oct. 28. President
Wilson in a statement today urged
every home and public eating place
in the United States to pledge Us sup
port to the -food administration and to
comply with its requests. His -appeal
marked the inauguration of family
enrollment week, during which every
body in the country will be" asked ta
become a member of the food admin
istration in order to assure nation
wide co-operation in food conserva
tion. The president said that in no other
way than through this co-operation of
the peodle can the r.atlon accomplish
its object in the. war. The statement
follows: '
"The chi6f part of the burden of
finding food supplies for the peoples
associated with us in war falls for
the . present) upon American people
and the drain upon supplies on such
a scale necessarily affects the prices
of our necessarie- of Hfe.
uur country, however, is blessed
with an abundance oi toodstuffs and
if our people will economize in their
use of food, providently confining
themselves to the quantities required
for the maintenance . of health and
strength; If they will eliminate waste;
and if they will make use of those
commodities of which we have a -surplus
and thus -free for export a larger
proportion of those required by the
SECRETARY M'ADOO STRONG
FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Assarts His Belief That Women Are
Qualified for th Ballot. -
Washington, Oct. 28. Secretary Mc
A'i.o tonight issued a statement as
sei ting his bel:ei that women are
qua-lined for the ballot and expressing
the hope that they would get it in New
Xork. Mr. McAooo said:
"The time has come when suffrage
should be given to the women of
America. It should be given promptly;
it should be given ungrudgingly; it
should be given gladly. The women of
the United States have In every way,
especially since this war has broken
out, shown themselves qualified for the
right of suffrage
"When America emerges from Ois
war, as she will, with enhanced pres
tige and responsibilities to the whole
wcrld, women and men alike must,
upon a perfect equality, so far as their
civil status is concerned, work out the
momentous problems of the future as
equal partners.
"It is my earnest hope that the great
state of New York will take the lead
among the states of the east in doing
justice to lti women. The constitu
tional amendment to be voted upon
Nov. - 6 should be adopted. Ii New
York -sets such an example to the
country of Just and progressive ac
tion, it will not be long before women
realize the benefits of full citizenship
in every state of - the. union."
AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE
FIRED THEIR FIRST SHOT
Allies Look for a Great Display When
They "Go Over th Top."
London, Oct. 28. News that the
American troops have flred their first
shot of the war on the western front
took the place of honor Jn the Sunday
papers with the first American- offi
cial statement from Paris. The an
nouncement was received with great
enthusiasm bv the American congress,
men who are,here. They said it would
carry profound satisfaction to the
people of America. Telling of' the
event, the correspondent of the Week
ly Despatch says:
"The allies are extremely . fortunate
In having American troops take a
place in the line at - a comparatively
quiet time of the year. During the
winter they will have ample opportu
nity of mastering the intricacies of
trench warfare which never can be
taught satisfactorily behind the lines.
Within four or five months they should
become seasoned troops and the allies
confidently look to a' great display
when they 'go over the top." "
PARI8 ELATED OVER ENTRY
'OF U. 8. TROOPS TO TRENCHES
Faot Wa Featured in All th Morn
' ing Newspaper.
Paris, Oct. 28. The first Amerk-an
communication announcing the pres
ence of American troops in the trench
es on the battle front, to which For
eign Minister Barthou made reference
Thursday night. Is printed prominent
ly in all the morning newspapers to
day. The newspapers in editorial ar
ticles express Joy over the announce
ment. .
Director of Mint Baker Injured.
Washington, Oct. 28. Raymond T.
Baker, director of the mint, is suffer
ing from painful injuries received last
night when his automobile skidded and
struck a lamp post. Severe bruises
about the cheat and head probably will
keep him away from his office for sev
eral week. Mr. Baker was on his
way to call at Secretary Tumulty's
home when the accident happened and
ne wa carried there for first aid
treatment. ,
world now dependent upon us, we
shall not only be able to accomplish
our obligations to them, but we shall
obtain and establish reasonable prices
at home. To provide an adequate
supply of food, both for our own sol
diers on the other side of the seas
and for the civil populations and the
armies of the .allies is one of our first
and foremost obligations; for if we
are to maintain . their constancy in
this struggle for the independence of
all nations we must first maintain
their health and ' strength. The so
lution of our food problems, therefore,
is dependent upon the individual ser
vice of every man, woman and .child
in the United States. The great vol
untary effort In this direction which
has been initiated and organized by
the food administration under my di
rection offers an opportunity of ser
vice in the war which is open to ev
ery Individual and by which every in
dividual may serve both his own peo
ple and the peoples of the world.
"We cannot accomplish our ob
jects in this great war without sac
rifice and devotion and in no direc
tion can that sacrifice and devotion
be shown more than by each home
and public1 eating place sln the country
pledging its support to the food ad
ministration and complying with its
requests. .
"WOODROW WILSON."
OPTIONS TAKEN ON 8UGAR
BY FOOD ADMINISTRATOR.
Held in This Country Awaiting Ship
ment to Neutral Countries.
Washington, Oct. 28. Options have
been taken by the food administration
upon all the sugar belonging to neu
tral countries held in this country
awaiting export. This was disclosed
tonight In a statement by the admin
istration denying published report
that it was tr; ing to force the neu
trals, unable to get export licenses,
to sell their sugar as a loss. The op
tions are at the prices paid by fhe
neutrals. No figures were given, but
the administration said that with
tariff duty added the average price
would be 50 Cents a hundred higher
than the price it has undertaken to
maintain for the benefit of the Amer
ican consuming public. There is no
indication of an intention to permit the
cost to the public to be increased, so
probably few of the options will be
exercised for domestic uses.
The administration emphatically de-r-ied
that it ha3 placed any restriction
upon the sale of sugar by neutrals to
American manufacturers. The only
purpose in limiting such sale to man
ufacturers, the statement said, was to
avoid disturbing the general market
and thus eliminate the necessity of
consumers paying more than the basis
fixed by the government.
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS FIRED
ON BY RU8SIAN ARTILLERY
For Fraternizing With Germans Of
ficial Announcement Made.
Petrograd. Oct. 28. (British Admi
ralty Per Wireless Press). Russian
soldiers who fraternized with Ger
mans were fired on by Russian artil
lery yesterday, snys today's official
communication. The announcement
follows:
"On all fronts there were fusllladc-s
and reconnojterlng operations.
In the region of Illiukst several
scores of our men, fraternized with
the Germans. The troops so engaged
were dispersed by our artillery fire.
The Germans also attempted to fra
ternize in the repion of Krevo and
near the village of Larovo. southeast
of Baranovichi.
"In the Baltic-Sea. In the resrion of
the- Gulf of Finland, there were no
operations. On the Riga coast the
situation is unchanged."
OBSERVANCE OF FOUNDERS'
DAY AT WH EATON COLLEGE
A New Chapel, Like' Old Meeting
House, Was Dedicated.
Norton, Mass., Oct." 28. The dedi
cation of a new chapel, built along
the lines of the traditional New Eng
land meetinghouse, marked the ob
servance of Founders' Day at Whea
ton College yesterday. Governor Mc
Call. Ralph Adams Cram cf Boston,
architect of the chapel, and President
Samuel Valentine Cole of the colleg
delivered addresses.
PREMIER KERENSKY
HAS GONE TO THE FRONT.
War Minister Begins Reorganization of
th Russian Army.
Petrograd, Oct. 28. Premier Keren
sky has gone to the front. The news
papers today publish a note to the
I effect that the war minister has begun
ine eiRDorauon oi a scneme ror me
reorganization of part of the army on
the basis of separate nationalities.
As the result of the continuance of
disorders, martial law has been pro
mhUmed In many citia and towns.
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