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VOL. LIX. NO. 360
POPULATION 29,919
NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1917
12 PAGES 84 COLUMNS
PRICE TWO CENTS
TEUTONS COM!
DRIVE OF ITALIANS
But They Are Being Impeded by the Flooded Condition
of the Tagliamento River
UDINE HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY THE INVADERS
;They Are Pressing the Italians
Front and Invading Italian Territory From the North
Through Passes in the' Carnic Alps Italian Cavalry is
Fighting Rear Guard Actions to Cover Retreat of Troops
to Positions Chosen for
Forces Have Made Another Advance in the Ypres Sector
Artillery Battles Are Reported on the Other Fronts.
The drive of the Germans and Aus
tro-'Hungarian armies begun a week
aero against the eastern and northeast
fern fronts of the Austro-Italian thea
tre continues unabated, but with the
Italian cavalry fighting: rear guard ac
tions to cover the retreat or the Ital
lans to positions chosen for a stand
and the Teutonic- allies also being im
jxrded toy the flooded condition of the
Tasllsmento river.
Udine, former headquarters of the
Italian army in eastern Venetia, has
keen . captured by the invaders, who
also axe pressing the Italians westward
from the Isonzo front and invading
Italian territory from the north
Chraugh passes in the Carnic. Alps.
The invasion of the province of
,-Venetia from the east, with Udine the
apex of the drive, already is about JO
miles, but as yet no definite informa
tion is at hand from which It is pos
sible to judge the extent of the ad
vance of the Teutons in the other dis
tricts. If the movement from the north
keeps pace 'with that from the north
ast and the east, however, the predic
iament of General Cadorna's forces
jBecessarily will be a serious one, and
it is not yet beyond the realms of pos
sibility that unless the eastern armies
are able to make a stand on the plains
of Friuli, a further considerable num
ber of the Italians will be captured.
-.. Nothing has been vouchsafed in
Slither the Italian, German or Austrian
Official communications to indicate
what the situation is in the Trentino
ector, which lies to the w4 srr.S
northwest of the present zone of ac
tivity, but it is not improbable that if.
unofficial advices have stated, the
nstro-Swies frontier has been closed,
Reinforcements, both from Germany
GERMAN DAIDER SEEADLER
WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE
It Had Destroyed 25 Steamers and
Sailing Vessels on Cruise.
A Pacific Port, Oct." 30. Count Von
Luckner, commander of the German
raider Seeadler, told Fiji Island news
paper correspondents when he was
raptured near the Fijis' recently, that
the raider was destroyed by fire 2.
000 miles from land, ' according to of
ficers of a vessel which arrived here
yesterday with details if the count's
capture. Previous reports were that
the vessel was wrecked on an island.
The count also asserted, according to
the steamer's officers, that the Seead
ler destroyed twenty-five steamers and
sailing vessels on its cruise. Five of
the captured craft, all sailing vessels,
were sunk in the Pacific, he said. All
the crews were sent ashore.
A favorites plan of his, he was re
ported to have said, was to send out a
wireless message asking for the time.
Some one would oblige him and after
ward the ship supplying the time was
t'aced and sunk.
LANDSLIDE ON DERBY
WATER BURY TROLLEY LINE
Half Way Between Beacon Falls and
Waterbury Traffic Delayed.
Beacon Falls, Conn.. Oct. 30. Traffic
was delayed for over two hours tonight
on the Derby-Waterhury trolley line
at Dead Man's curve, half way between
Beacon Falls and Waterbury, by a
landslide. The slide occurred as a
result of the rain storm, several tons
of rock, trees, boulders and gravel hav
ing slid down and blocked the single
track trolley line. N'o one was in
jured. The officers of the company
were telephoned to and a gang of men
were soon on hand from Naugatuck
end Waterbury and they succeeded af
ter a little over two hours' hard work
lii clearing the track. The cars going
In both directions were stopped while
the track was being cleared.
EAST WOODSTOCK MAN
SHOT WHILE HUNTING,
Andrew Hamilton Neely Mistaken for
Moose in Woods of New Brunswick
Fredericton, X. B., Oct. 30. Andrew
Hamilton Neely of East Woodstock,
Conn., died at a hospital today as tje
result of 'a hunting accident. Neely,
with his brother-in-law, Norman
Sharps, was hunting yesterday whjfc,
Recording to the county authorities,
f-harpe mistook Neely for a moose and
shot him.
NOT TO USE GERMAN
EMBASSY BUILDINGS
They Will Be Returned Untouched at
the End of the War.
Washington. Oct. 30. It was offi
cially stated today that the government
has no intention of seizing the old
German embassy buildings for the use
of the enemy property custodian or for
any other purpose. They, will be re
turned to Germany untouched at the
end of the war.
Basic Price for Sugar in New York.
New York, Oct. 30. Basic price for
sugar delivered in New York city was
, fixed at 6.90, duty paid, for "96 centri-
fvgal," by tho international sugar
(committee in conference here tonight.
. The committee has under consideration
fixing of prices for other refining
1 points.
Westward From the Isonzo
a Stand Field Marshal Haig's
and Austria, are being hurried up "for
an offensive of great magnitude in tnis
region. The driving back of the Ital
ians southward in this, region might
seriously affect the plans of the en
tente allies to send relief to General
Cadoma if the route chosen for this
purpose were across the Franco-Italian
border and eastward by rail.
In the retreat of the .Italians the
British artillery units -which early is
the spring were sent to the Isonzo
front to aid the Italians in their drive
toward Triest saved all their guns, but
the men suffered severely from cold,
the inclement weather and lack of
food.
Field Marshal Haig again has sent
forward his forces in the Ypres sec
tion on what apparently were intended
as light-straightening operations, and
again has been successful in gaining
the greater portion of his objective.
The attacks were delivered over small
fronts in the region of Passchendaele
and Poelcapelle, -where spurs of ridges
and other points of vantage were
taken.
The Canadians, with their usual
brilliancy of attack, early in the of
fensive gained their objectives, in
cluding Crest farm, .400 yards from
the heart of Basschendaele. Some of
them even penetrated into the town
itself and also were close to the vil
lage of Goeberg to the north. .
. The German official communication
admits that Passchendaele was cap
tured, but asserts -that la-the Ctt-
dians were driven out.
.On the other battle -fronts, except
for spirited artillery fighting in the
Aisne and Meusc sectors of France, the
operations have been of a minor char
acter.
GERMANY HAS LOST 6,000,000
MEN DURING THE WAR
According to a Declaration Made in the
Reichstag.
Washington, Oct. 30. Germany lost
six million men in the three years of
v.-ar, according to a declaration made
in the reichstag by the independent
socialist Ledebour.
A report of his speech reaching
Washington rthrough Switzerland
states that, contemplating the pros
pects of a fourth winter campaign, the
socialist leader said:
. "You have not evidently, gentlemen,
an exact conception of what war
means. We have had 1,500,000 dead,
three or four million wounded, of
whom 500,000 ore crippled for life, and
two riillion absolutely invalided. That
make i altogether six million men lost
durinc; three years." . ,
It it stated that official information
confirmatory of these figures has been
in possession of American officials for
some time.
BRITISH CHANCELLOR
MOVES VOTE OF CREDIT
In the House of Commons for 400,000,
000 Pounds Sterling..
London, Oct. 30. Andrew Bonar
Law. chancellor of the exchequer, in
moving a vote of credit in the house
of commons today for 400 000,000,
said this amount would supply the
necessary funds up to the first week in
January next.
"From the beginning of the financial
year to September 29," he said, "the
daily average expenditure had been
6,648.000, an increase of 1,237,000
over the budget estimate. The in
crease was made up under the fol
lowing heads: army and navy 590.
000; miscellaneous services 306.-000;
advances to the allies and dominions
341,000.
The credit today brings the total
loans for teh year to $1,900,000,000 and
the total since the beginning of the
war to 5.69Z,000',000.
ACTIVITIES OF FRATERNAL
ORGANIZATIONS IN CAMPS
Scope Outlined in Announcement Made
by Secretary Baker.
Washington, Oct. 30. Secretary Ba
ker today announced a policy to govern
activities of fraternal organizations in
army training camps.
Camp commanders will fee directed
to permit the construction of buildings
within the camp sites by any fraternal
organization, individually or group of
organizations acting together; facili
ties of the camp for social and fellow
ship meetings will be extended, and
accredited representatives from the
various societies will be authorized to
visit the camps and arrange for enter
tainments for the men at the buildings
thus erected or in nearby communities.
GALE AND RAIN
AT CAMP DEVENiS
Forced a Suspension of All Outdoor
Work Yesterday.
Ayer, Mass., Oct. 30. A gale that
swept a heavy rain before it raged here
today and forced a suspension of all
out of doors work, at Camp Devens.
A 70-foot fira observation tower op
posite the base hospital was blown
over by the gale and the crash alarm
ed patients in the hospital. Windows
in many barracks were blown in.
Cabled Paragraphs
Orlando to Form Italian Cabinet.
Rome, Oct. SO. King Victor Em
manuel today received Professor "Vit
torio Orlando, minister of the inter
ior, in the Boselll government, who
agreed to undertake the formation of
a cabinet and took tha oath as pre
mier. FIRE RAGING ON BIG
PIERS AT BALTIMORE
Where Are Stored Vast Quantities of
Supplies for Forces In France.
Baltimore, Oct. 30. One of the
largest fires in Baltimore since the
great conflagration in February, 19(M.
trat destroyed the business section of
the city, is raging at midnight on the
t ig piers of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad at - its extensive terminal at
Locust Point, on the south side of the
harbor. Piers 8 and 9 are stored wifh
vast quantities of munitions and sup
plies for the American forces in France
and their allies. Within ten minutes
after the flames were discovered the
entire structure was ablaze. Fifteen
of the crew of a British steamer lying
at the pier leaped overboard and it is
feared some of them were drowned.
A dozen or more men employed on the
pier are missing. On one of the piers
were cases of shells which exploded at
intervals, leading to rumors that the
fire department was using dynamite
to check the spread of the fire. It is
reported that the fire was of incen
diary origin.
The Baltimore and Ohio grain ele
vators are but a short distance from
the burned piers, which are the main
terminal in this country of the Fur-ness-Withy
English line of steamers.
The firemen have so far succeeded
in preventing the flames from spread
ing to the elevators.
- Shortly after midnight pier 10, the
former immigration pier of the German
Steamship company, was burning, but
at that time the firemen believed they
could confine the flames to the three
piers.
Baltimore and Ohio railroad offi
cials could not give any estimate of
the loss, but ti will reach several mil
lions. FIRST ALLEGED DESERTER
FROM CAMP DEVENS.
Country-Wide Search Being Made for
Private Joseph Deltore.
z
Ayer, Mass., Oct. 30. The fiiret al
leged deserter from the ranks of the
New England division of the national
army. Private Joseph Deltore, of
Headquarters company of the 301st in
fantry regiment, was being sought to
night in a country-wide search by fed
eral and secret servire authorities.
Deltore, who was selected for service
by a Boston exemption board, has been
missing since Oct. 13.
Today Captain Neale W. Richmond,
hig commander, received . parcel post
package in which were all the articles
cf the missing man's uniform. The
package was postmarked 'Brockton."
Nc message of explanation accompa
nied the bundle.
Several . etoraw ot immboriintto
were made against Deltore TSjr'h'Is com
manding officers, one of them alleging
an assault upon a sergeant. Aftor.
pointing out to the man the penalties
provided for such actions. Colonel
Tompkins, regimental commander.
agreed to hold up the charges against
h.m - on his promise to reform. T-.-?
only punishment ordered was thrive
week ends without leave and a pro
vision that he do kitchen work during
those fatigue Cxxty periods.
SWITCHMEN DEMAND A
50 PER CENT. WAGE INCREASE
Referendum Vote on a Nation-Wide
Campaign Strike is to be Taken.
Chicago, Oct. 30. Demands for a
fifty per cent, wage increase will be
submitted to the. raflroads of the
United States "by th members of the
Switchmen's Union $f North Ameri
ca as a result of aur.ion taken by a
special committee t a two day's
meeting which ent" 1 here todaiy.
The Adamson law enacted in 1916 to
avert a threatened stxfke reduced the
daily hours of labor of the switch
men from ten to eight hut did not
increase, their wages.
The demand for a wage increase will
be followed by a referendum vote on
a nation-wide strike of switchmen it'
it is not granted in thirty days, it
was announced by S. E. Heberling of
Buffalo, president of the union. The
thirty days' notice which the con
tracts of the union with the rail
roads require must be given before
any change in wage questions can be
taken up was served on the railroads
at once.
OBITUARY.
"Private" John Allen.
Jackson, Miss., Oct. 30. -"Private,
John Allen, member of congress from
Mississippi for sixteen years, until his
retirement in 1901, and one of the
picturesque figures of that body .in
those days, died at his home in Tupe
lo, Miss., today. He had been ill
about two weeks.
James Mehr.
Greenwich, Conn., Oct. 30,-James
Mehr, 79 years old, counsel for the
People's Light, Gas and Coke company
of Chicago, died here today at his
summer home at Belle Haven. Mr.
Mehr was formerly president of the
company. He had been here all sum
mer and had been ill most of the time.
The body will be taken to Chicago for
burial.
General C. H. Grosvenor.
Athens, O., Oct. 30. General Charles
II. Grosvenor, former representative
from the Eleventh Ohio district, died
at his home here early today, aged 84.
General Grosvenor, for many years
a notable figure in republican politics
in Ohio and for twenty years a mem
ber of congress, had been failing in
health for many years. His congres
sional career ended in 1906, with his
defeat by Albert Douglas.
General Grosvenor was a native of
Connecticut, born at Pomfret, Sept
23, 1833, of Revolutionary stock, and
came to Ohio in 1838, with his par
ents. He was admitted to the bar in
1857.
Bridge Rendered Unsafe by Rain.
Oakville, Conn., Oct. 30. The New
Haven railroad bridge over the reser
voir of the Oakville company was ren
dered unsafe by the heavy rain of to
night, and the 6.22 train for Water
bury was unable to make its run. Re
pair gangs were sent at once to stay
the bridge up and it was promised to
be in condition for use tomorrow.
Football Injuries Proved Fatal.
Trinidad, Colo., Oct 30. Elvin An
derson, member of the sophomore class
of the Trinidad High School, who sus
tained an injury to his spine in a foot
ball game with the Lamar Hierh School
at Lamar last Saturday, died at a
nospitai toaay. , -
More Notorious
Luxburg Codes
MADE PUBLIC BY SECRETARY
LANSING LAST NIGHT
TEXT OF TELEGRAMS
Reveal That Luxburg Appealed Vainly
for a Squadron of Submarines With
Which to Awe Some Latin-Ameri-
can a and to Flatter Others With
Salutes.
Washington, Oct. 80. Two more of
the notorious Count Von Luxburg's
messages to the German foreign ofce
from Buenos Aires were made public
tonight by Secretary Lansing. They
provide official confirmation of Ger
man's plan to control southern Brazil,
shedding light upon Teutonic intrigue
in South America generally, and re
veal that Luxburg appealed vainly for
a squadron of submarines with which
to awe some La tin-Americans and to
flatter others with sahites.
The despatches, like others that have
gone before, were given out by Sec
retary - Lansing without discussion f
their contents. The only comment was
in' this statement attached to the
copies:
"In view of the fact that the sub
stance of certain telegrams addressed
by Count Luxburg to the German for
eign office has been published, the sec
retary of state makes public the actual
text of the telegrams."
The Messages.
The messages follow:
"No. 63. July 7, 1917. Our attitude
towards Brazil has created the impres
sion here that our easy-going, good na
ture can be counted on. This is dan
gerous in South America, where the
people under thin venire are Indian.
A submarine squadron with full pow
ers to me mignt probably still save the
situation. I request instructions as to
whether after a rupture- of relations
legation is to start for home or to re
move to Paraguay or possibly Chile.
The naval attache will doubtless go to
Santiago de Chile.
"LUXBURG."
".No. 89. Aug. 4, 1917. I am con
vinced that we shall be able to carry
through our principal political acts in
South America, the maintenance of
open market in Argentine and the re
organization of South Brazil equally
well whether with or against Argen
tina. Please cultivate friendship with
Chile. The announcement of a visit
of a submarine squadron to calute the
president would even now exercise de
cisive influence on the situation in
South America. Prospect excellent for
wheat -harvest in December.
Jr.. a-- LjJ0Bt-JitG:""
After the state deportment made
public the "sink without a trace" mes
sages, which caused Argentina to hand
"Von Luxburg his passports, the Ar
gentine government sent to Washing
ten a number of the former German
ministers' despatchtes for decoding.
Whether the two now published were
among them, or were obtained by the
United States at the same time it
came into possession , of other tele
grams forwarded to Berlin through the
Swedish legation at Buenos Aires, &
not disclosed.
Argentina Demanded Publication.
Several days ago press reports from
Buenos Aires said a sensation had been
created there by the publication of a
despatch from Rio Janeiro saying the
Brazilian foreign minister had made
known that translations of the Lux
burg messages revealed a German plot
to invade southern Brazil. The Ar
gentine newspapers demanded then
that their government either publish
the despatches or "authorize their pub
lication by a foreign government."
The "reorganisation" of south Brazil
referred to by Von Luxburg is as
sumed here to refer to the activities
of the Hamburg colonization company
in connection with the large German
element already located in that sec
tion. Several months before this des
patch was written there were reports
of plans for a German insurrection.
The break between Argentine and
Germany, which Von Luxburg appar
ently was expecting in July, has not
yet come, and latest advices from Bue
nos' Aires do nort indicate any inten
tion on the part of the Argentine gov
ernment to join Brazil and other South
American nations on the side of the
allies. Von Luxburg, who was expect
ed to sail for home Nov. 1, the allies
having agreed to grant- him safe con
duct for the voyage.
A SEVERE ELECTRICAL
STORM IN WORCESTER
Caused the Death of an Unknown Girl,
Aged 18.
Worcester, Mass., Oct. 30. A severe
electrical stord in Worcester today
caused the death of an unknown girl,
aged 16, wrecked the hode of C. J.
Eckere, blew out the big show win
dews of the American Supply company
store on Front street and caused a lot
of damage by blowing over trees.
The girl killed by the automobile was
carrying an umbrella and, in trying to
protect herself from the driving rain,
she walked off the sidewalk into the
path of the machine, which she did not
see. The lightning ripped the roof off
the Eckers house and tore the plaster
off all the ceilings but did not injure
anybody.
A STANDARD LOAF
OF WHEATLESS BREAD
Is to be Adopted by the Hotels of
) Massachusetts.
Boston, Oct. 30. A standard loaf of
wheatless bread will be adopted by
hotels throughout the state, it was
announced at the conclusion of a con
ference 'between leading hotel pro
prietors and Henry B. Endicott. state
food administrator, today. A com
mittee was appointed to compile re
cipes from which the best will be se
lected and submitted to every hotel
chef in the state. . Those attending
tht conference said the recipe agreed
on probably would be given also to
the public for home use.
Kaiser to Announce Definite Policy.
Washington, Oct. 30. Berlin des
patches received here by way of
Switzerland say that Emperor Wil
liam through the head of the civil cab
inet, has informed the majority party
leaders in the reichstag that he will
make a definite decision during the
coming week on the subject of tnegov
crnment's policy.
A Great Chance for
U. S. Chemists
ENEMY-OWNED PATENTS OPEN
ED TO THEM
SOME 2,000 ARTICLES
Salvarsan, Used in Virulent Blood Dim
eases, and Non-Toxio Substitutes for
Local Anaesthetics are Among the
Drugs Which will ba Manufactured
in America. '
Washington, Oct. 80. The latest
store of German scientific information
in this country was opened today to
American manufacturers in regulations
issued by the federal trade commis
sion under which enemy-owned pat
ents and copyrights will be licensed
for manufacture by citizens .of the
United States.
When the regulations had been made
public, the commission met a group of
medical men to consider licensing the
manufacture of certain drugs princi
pally Salvarsan used in virulent blood
diseases and non-toxic substitututes
for local anaesthetics, of which the
supply in this Country has run dang
erously low since the war interrupted
commerce.
200,000 Articles Affected.
Approximately 20 000 patented and
copyrighted articles are said to be af
fected by the commission's order,
These include dyestuff formulas of
vital importance to American indus
tries and mechanical, devices of wide
use, though thed humanitarian effect
of the order, attracts the wides atten
tion. German though for many years
has been in the forefront of medical
research, evolving remedies for disease
and for alleviation of pain, all of
which patented in the United States
will now become available" to end suf
fering in this country.
Public Interests to be Safeguarded.
Whether prices for drugs manufac
tured under license will be determined
by the commission was not announc
ed, but it was intimated that the com
mission would safeguard the public
against exploitation. The trading-
with-the-enemy act, by authority of
which the patents and copyrights will
be aken over, confers on the president,
who has delegated the trade commis
sion to carry out the law, power to fix
conditions of licensing, which might be
countersigned as authorizing ' limita
tions of prices if the public welfare de
manded it. Prices of drugs have un
dergone tremendous increases since
1914 many remedies having increased
as much as 1.000 per cent
imt fr. Issue pf Ljcens.es..it .
The regWationsr issued "today fol
low the law closely in safeguarding
the interests of patent owners who
must be reimbursed for the use of their
inventions, and provides that licenses
will be issued only yirhere the interest
of the public demands it, to supply a
demand not now being met. The li
cense must give evidence of abilitay to
manufacture the article.
When the commission will issue the
first licenses for manufacture of arti
cles patented by alien enemies or their
allies probably will depend on the time
required for American producers to
meet the license requirements.
REFERENDUM VOTE OF
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
Favors Government Fixing Prices of
Materials for War and Public Wei;
fare.
Washington, Oct. 30. The declara
tion of the recent war convention of
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States at Atlantic City that it
is necessary that the -government fix
prices on all materials needed for the
conduct of the war and affecting the
public welfare has been endorsed by a
great majority - of its members
throughout the country.'
The preliminary count of the result
of the referendum on this subject, sent
out before the Atlantic City meeting,
shows it was announced today, that
the members favor extending the au
thority to control prices to raw ma
terials and finished products and to
prices the public pays as well to
those paid by the government.
The recommendation of the cham
ber that price control be placed in the
hands of a small board to be named
by the president and that an agency
to work in harmony with this board
distribute available supplies to those
purchasers whose needs are most
directly related to the public welfare
also is endorsed.
Approval, too, is given the propos
al to have each leading industry and
trade appoint a committee to confer
with the agencies that control prices
and distribution.
HARMiFUL RESULTS OF
THOUGHTLESS COMPLAINTS
Explained to Every Man in the Ser
vice at , Camp Devens.
Ayer, Mass., Oct. 30. Major General
Harry F. Hodges, in command at
Camp Devens, was directed today by
the war department to take such steps
as he deemed proper to explain to
every man in the service the harmful
results of making thoughtless and un
just complaints in letters to relatives
and others. General Hodges said the
department was anxious to point out
that the letters written by soldiers to
home folk often were misinterpreted
and created considerable trouble. It
was stated that while no serious com
plaints had been made against condi
tions at the camp, thia inference was
drawn from some letters which were
not intended to convey that impres
sion. LICENSE FOR A CONCERT
WITHHELD IN PROVIDENCE
Until Frieda Hempel Promises to Sing
The Star Spangled Banner.
Providence, K. I, Oct. 30. The po
lice commission today withheld the
granting of a license for a concert
here Sunday by Frieda. Hempel pend
ing a, promise by the grand opera
singer that sh.e will sing The Star
Spangled Banner. While in this city
last spring Mme. Hempel refused to
include the national anthem in her
program, claiming that she did not
know it.
"If she does not know it she must
learn it by Sunday if she hopes to
appear then," the chairman of the -com
mission stated when application was
made for a license.
Condensed Telegrams
Births in Germany hava decreased
ed 700,000 in a year.
Anaconda mines hava produced 200,
000,000 pounds of copper in October.
National bank circulation in the
week ended Oct. Z6 decreased $61,495.
Under the protection of the British
navy, 13,000,000 men have crossed the
seas.
There are now approximately 12.000
men at work in the Butte mining district-Frosts
have destroyed nearly all of
the corn crop on the central plateau
of Mexico.
The Portuguese Government is in
quiring for 80,000 tons of wheat for
early delivery.
Two mess halls at Camp Bowiss,
near Fort Worth, Texas, were burned
at a loss of 6,000.
Drastic measures will be adopted by
the Government to keep alien enemies
irom aestneted territory.
The United States Armv Field Ar
tillery camp at Pine Plains, N. Y., will
De aoaaonea lor the winter.
Former Governor James E. Ferguson
of Texas announced that he would edit
a weekly Journal at Temple, Texas.
Jesus Martinez, Mexican vice-conau
in New York was indicted, charged
witn railing to report for the draft law,
The barge Aloha foundered in Lake
Ontario nine miles off Kingston.
Eighteen persons are reported drown-
ea.
Detective Joe Ivins shot and killed
J. W. Flanagan, a member of Com
pany C, Eleventh Infantry of Chatta
nooga.
Preliminarv mttarv.h nf nnm ti,i,0
houses has failed thus far to disclose
looa hoarding to any appreciable ex
tent.
Seventy-three of the 110 persons ar
raigned before Magistrate House in
A-ovv xuin. lur speeaing paid nnes to
tailing 2,500.
If a settlement is not reached be
tween the Rrnnklvn halrpr ntHVrt-. on A
the employers. New York may be in a
Townsend Martin and Chas. B. Hall
were awarded the French War Cross
for bravery for removing wounded men
unaer neavy lire.
The urgent need for shipbuilders is
so great that the United States may
nave to conscript men to work In the
shipbuilding yards.
Subscriptions ito the second Lib
erty loan in the New York federal re
serve district have reached .an. official
LvLct iui x,ao,ooo,suu. .
The British Purchasing Corporation
is reported to have let contracts for
z.ooo.ooo six-inch shells, to cost ap
proximately Dl,VV,U)U.
Field Marshal Haig commander of
tne jsntisn armies in France congrat
ulated the Canadians and highly prais-
eu mem tor tneir good work.
rrance's third war loan will be
10,000 000,000 francs. The bonds Will
bear 4 per cent., are redeemable in
i4d, and are free from taxes.
Announcement wni m& v,.. .i.
y lll7
r uuu Auiriinisira.tion mat iuo.000 tons
of sugar has been turned over to the
American tougar Refining Co.
more pay on the New York and Man
hattan ferries between Williamsburg
i no in i . .. .
" oju oireei ana xtooseveit street
Seven German r!.nt. xrAr
YorK are serving terms on Ellis Is
land tor not oDeying the warning to
Keep tneir moutns shut about the war.
Dr. von Seidler. the Austrian nremmr
ueciarea tnat "tne central Powers will
keep up the war if the enemy persist
and that they will show the power and
torce or peace.
Caun vnn lu.ki.pn tk.
man diplomat at Argentina, will be
Kiveii nine passage Dy tne trench and
DHL sn -EovprnmMiTS ha rcfii .oil
rrom New York.
Tha 1 1 1 i nn i pAfid Am!m!,4..i..
ed the retail price of eggs from two to
nve cBins lower, xne prices of imi
tation butter were set for 30 cents and
no cents a pound.
The Knights of Columbus are es
tablishing and maintaining war recre
ation centers at home and overseas,
through a $3 000,000 fund of which
$1,000,000 is subscribed.
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The Eastern Steel company declar
ed an extra dividend of 5 per cent, on
the common stock, together with the
usual quarterly disbursements on corn
con and preferred stock.
Responsibility for the strike at the
South Boston plant of the Western
Electric company was placed upon the
company by the Massachusetts board
of conciliation and arbitration.
The New York State Industrial
Commission has adopted new smoking
regulations. They prohibit smoking
where there is inflammable goods.
Where smoking is licensed signs must
be posted.
The trial of CaDt. Howard Sullivan
of Batterv T. 105th Field artillery.
New York National guard, division,
chare-ed with ordering the whipping
of Private Otto Gotteachalk of his
command was concluded at Spartan-ti.-rg.
S. C. before a military court
martial. The finding of the court win
be sent to the war department for ap
proval. NEW ENGLAND COAST
SWEPT BY 84-MILE GALE.
Many 'Small Vessels Were Driven
Ashore Frame Building Razed.
Boston, Oct. 30. A southwesterly
gale which reached a maximum ve
locity of 84 milen swept along the New
England coast today held shipping in
port and did considerable damage.
Many small vessels were driven ashore
and fishing and pleasure boats in the
harbor here broke away from their an
chorage and were rounded up wdffa
difficulty.
The blow did not exceed 45 miles in
Eoston, the wer.ther bureau stated, al
though reports from many shore afift
interior points indicated that frame
buildings were razed and trees uprooted.
Decrease in U.S.
Steel Earnings
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING SEP.
TEMBER FIRST
MORE THAN $20,000,000
But the Corporation Has Again De
clared an Extra Dividend of S Per
Cent, on Common Stock Reduotlon
of Earnings Due to Lower Prices
iPaid by the Government.
New York, Oot. 30. Notwithstand
ing a decrease of more than, $20,000,000
in the total earnings of the United
States Steel Corporation for the quar
ter ending on September 80, the cor
poration today again declared an ex
tra three per cent, dividend on the
common stock, together with the regular-
quarterly disbursements of 1 1-4
per cent, on the common and 1 3-4
per cent, on the preferred issues.
These earnings totalled $68,2-43,784, as
compared with $90,479,204 in the pre
vious quarter.
Net Income $55,246,377.
Net income of $55,245,377 represents
a decrease of slightly more than $19,
000,000 and the surplus of $21,824,554
is less by almost half that shown
three months ago, namely $40,965,761.
The falling off in business is attrib
uted largely to the lower prices paid
by the government for its supplies.
As a matter of fact the earnings for
the third quarter compare favorably
with those of the three months Imme
diately preceding which constituted a
record. The sum of $68,243,784 was
arrived at after appropriating $63,733,
013, or almost half of gross returns,
for war income and excess profits in
addition to expenses incident to oper
ations and interest on subsidiary
bonds.
This item is larger by almost $10,
000,000 than the appropriation set aside
in Jhe previous quarter and makes a
total of $151,516,885. To this should
be added as additional allowances for
the first half of 1917 the sum of $12,
716,724, also for war Incomes and ex
cess profits, pursuant to the revenue
bill as finally adopted, making total
appropriations of ,$164,a33,609.
FIRST ACTUAL CASH FROM
SECOND LIBERTY BOND SALES
Treasury Department Has Received
$124,590,753 From Reserve Banks.
Washington, Oct. 30. The treasury
department today received the first
actual cash from the sale of the sec
ond issue of Liberty bonds. Federal
reserve banks --turned in - $124,690,754,
representing part of the two per cent,
paid by subscribers with their appli
cations and a small part of the fund
received for the smaller bonda bought
for cash.
No further reports as to total sales
came from the reserve banks today
and none are expected until Thursday,
when member banks and other sales
agencies must deposit with the reserve
banks the "first payments and returns
from cash sales.
Complete figures for subscriptions
by the navy were in hand tonight,
showing that tho enlisted personnel
and civilian employes in the navy de
partment bought $10,202,1-50 worth of
bonds. The battleship Texas led all
warships with a total of $107,350, more
than $100 to each member of the crew.
STEEL PLANTS TO HAVE -
AMPLE SUPPLY OF COAL
Fuel Administration is to Modify th
Priority Shipment Order.
Washington, Oct. 30. Steel plants
working on. war orders, were prom
ised an ample supply of coal at a con
ference of representatives of the steel
industry today with fuel administra
tion officials. Some concerns, it was
declared, are about to close down be
cause of a lack of the kind of coal
they need.
To meet the situation the fuel ad
ministration will modify the priority
order under which large (quantities of
coal are moving to the northwest and
divert to steel plants by-product coal
necessary for the production ow coke.
The by-product coal is the only kind
the steel mills can use for making
coke, while other kind of coal will do
as well for the northwest.
MEATLESS DAY OBSERVED
IN A HOLIDAY SPIRIT
Regarded as a Novelty in a Majority
of Homes in Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 30. Meatless day In
Chicago was observed In holiday spir
it in this city. It was a novelty In
the majority of homes only in the
sense that it was by government or
der, for soaring prices long since had
made meatless days in the majority
of homes an economic necessity. There
were few who had not had individual
experience of meatless menus even
among the wealthy who led the vol
untary movement to reduce the con
sumption of meat.
FURTHER DVANCE IN
THE PRICE OF COTTON
Caused by Increased Demand by Do
mestic and Foreign Interests.
New York, Oct. 30. Reports of In
creased demand by domestic and for
eign trade interests, combined with
unfavorable weather in the south,
caused fccntton to advance here today.
January contracts rising more than a
cent a pooinl above yesterday's low
level. Fear of cold weather In the
eastern sections of the cotton belt
caused a further scaling down of crop
estimates. The market closed firm at
a net advance OL' 70 to 95 points.
VACCINE FOUND TO
CONTAIN TETANUS VACCINE
Manufacturers Call for Its Return
From St. Paul Minn.
St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 30. Health of
ficers were asked today by manufact
urers of vaccine sent here for use in
vaccinating against smallpox to re
turn it, as in certain instances it had
been found to contain tetanus germs.
The vaccine was accordingly shpiped
to Washington, where it will be an
alyzed.
How the supposed tetanus germs
got in the vaccine is unexplained,
though It was s-URgested that enemies
of "o-intry might be responsible.
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