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Bulletin Service Flax
VOL UX NO. 236
POPULATION 29,919
NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER
CENTS
10 PAGES 74 COLUMNS
2, 1918
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NTER THE
UENT1N
From Cambrai to St Quentin the Allied. Forces Have Won
Heavily' Fortified Position From " the Enemy
In Flanders the Belgians and British Have Captured Im
portant Towns and Have Cut Lines of Communication
Necessary to the Holding by the Germans of Their Sub
marine Bases on the North Sea.
(Dy The Associated Press.)
The town of St. Quentin, upon
which the Germans had so' firmly
1 a.ided their hopes of proving an in
euperaule barrier to the allies, at last
i.as been entered by the French, and
t.eemins'.y the gateway is open to Mar
shal Koch ior a swift advance east
ward in his task of reclaiming north
ern France.
Vleanwhile the Germans and their
allies on all the batJe fronts continue
to play a losing game, and report has
It that the Turks, realizing the criti
cal situation through successive de
feats and the withdrawal of Bulgaria
lrom the war, are sending out "peace
Meiers."
From northern Belarium to the re-
rn o' VcrJun the battle front is still
: ecthinr with activiiy on various
fonts, and with the Kntente forces
, rintinuirc tn make g.iins against the
M'trmar? which are seriously imper
: i-i.ng the enemy lines.
In Flan'I'Ts the T!eians and Brit-'.-h
in :h" i r "n from Pixmurte to Ar
tuentirr y li.ive further driven in their
i-liirp ens-; ward, capturing im-
lrunt towns and rutting lines .of
rommuTii'-i'inn nec-s.iry to the con
t nued h"irt.n; by the Hermans of their
cbmarine I vses on the North Sea.
From '"arobrai to St. Quentin, not
v .thRtanding most violenr reactions
1-cm the Germans, the B-itish. Amer
'i win; and French a .-a in have -,ivon
eavily fortitw-ii po,:ions r; tht "ne
all alnntr th front. Midway be
tween St. '.'Dentin -( 'iimhrai the ve
iraininc porfonn o; :iie oTd Hinden-
1 rg line are s'fwly be.ng temolihed.
although the Germans have imposed
the strength of nearly half a million
men against the allied troops to hold
the front, the breaking through of
which, in connection with the success
ful manoeuvers in Flanders, along the
Aisne and in Champagne, would mean
disaster.
Between the Vesle and Aisne rivers
the French continue to push back the
German3 north of the Aisne, while in
Champagne the French, operating in
conjunction with the Americans, are
steadily advancing northward. Their
guns now dominate the Aire River
valley running to the north of the Ar-
gonne forest, while on tha other side
of the forest the Americans are slow
ly coming up the Aire valley from tin
south and soon wni be in a position
with the French to nip this great
wooded bastion out of the German
t'l-.e.
In the mountain region of the Ital
ian front there has been a consider;!
b!e increase in .artillery activity and
it is probable that Mnfsh?! Foch soon
will begin an offensive nere against
the Alistro-Hungarian?.
General A'lenhj- in Palestine lias
surrounded Damascus and French
cavalry Is reported to be working its
way up the Mediterranean Sea coast
toward Beyrout.
In the Macedonian theater west o
Lake Ochrida the Austrians are evac
uating territory in Albania, probably
indicating that now tmigaria is ou
of the war the Austro-Hunsariar.s re
sliae they tire in a serious pieilica
ment, far from home and with no al
, lifs to aid them.
Cabled Paragraphs
Bulgarians Willinq to Fight Curks.
London, Oct. 1 (via Montreal). Bul
garia, during the discussion over the
armistice at Salonica, indicated that
she was not averse to attacking Tur
key, according to reliable news re
ceived in London, Reuter's Limited
states today. Bulgaria explained,
however, that she could only act mili
tarily in this connection in cooperation
with the allies.
Artillery Duels in Italy.
Rome, Oct. 1. Artillery duels, which
at times became intense, were pre
valent yesterday on the entire front
in the Pasubio area, on the Asiago
plateau and in the Montello region of
northern Italy, says the official state
ment issued today by the Italian war
office. South of Mari hostile parties
attempting to approach the Italian
lines were dispersed.
HELD DIVISION, COUNCIL
OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
Wa?h:nrton. Oct. 1 The new field
division of the council of national de-
, fence, which is intended to be the
nnnect:ng link between the council
. nd the citiv.en, bocan its duties today
rnder the direction of Secretary Lane,
'f chairman.
The purpose of the division as ex
plained by Mr. l ane is to organize and
iirouse the opinion and the energies of
"i he country upen tv.ir work by moving
throurh the Mute councils and subsi
diary organizations down to the smal'-
t Vommunit :'S. It will take the
! a e of tni- si.-te jp-tion of the cotin-
1 and the w-mm's committee, and
the ng'-n-if? of both are incorporated
a i part of it? machinery.
The work of the division will fall
t.mier nix h; ad:: "
The ifiiirnl aenry sction will
l;,- rarie of all work relating to
government department! and federal
a-enries requiring the aid of the tield
ii.i.nnn and t:ie nation-wide defense
crraniiation.
The oreani7.it :on and information
eetion wi',1 have ch-rpe of general
p.anrlng and the atlvisinig of state
n:incils as tn ihf h-st in"thodfi of
C'lrryini; on tjiir work.
There is also being rrfatd a field
a AT. the members'" of which will be
the eiccu'.i'. e connecting lii.lv between
ihe field division and the particular
gioup of states allotted to each mem
ber of his s'af.
The Americanization section will
handle the dissemination of education
m information and also will take over
lie work in educational propaganda
formerly handled by the woman's com
mittee. A speaker's section, under the di
rection of Frederick L- l'en, will ob
tain, nrranirti' and route speakers
throughout the count-v: whiie Dr.
J.sica P. Peixot'o will be in charge
o fthe child conservation section.
OPPOSITION TO GERMAN
CONTROL IN RUSSIA
Washington. Oct. 1. The Germans
are meeting with Increasing opposi
tion in their efforts toestablish con
trol in Russia. Swedish press reports
received at the state department today
f'-om Stockholm said that in a recent
battle with the Ukrainians the Ger
mans lost 1,500 men. German forces
which have centralized at Pskoff since
the German ambassador was forced to
flee from Moscow have found their
position untenable and are leaving the
city. They also are evacuating Biel
gerod. the reports said.
Food conditions, in Petrograd are
; growing continually worse and living
i conditions are utter- hopeless. Pas
I sengers who arrived in Stockholm
, from Pntrtgrad Sept. 29 said foreign
ers were starving, restaurants and ho
tels were closed and food prices were
increasing daily. Butter costs 12 a
pound By a recent decree civilians
were limited to one suit of clothes and
two pairs of boots. Cholera still is
raging.
A 'Stockholm newspaper of date of
Sept. 19 said the Turks were robbing
and burning Baku. The oil reserves
in that city have been fired and a
state of chaos exists.
828 NAMES IN LATEST
ARMY CASUALTY LISTS
"Washington, Oct. 1. The follow
ing casualties .are reported by the
Commanding General of the AmeJrican
Expeditionary Forces:.
Killed in action 94; missing in ac
tion 31; wounded severely 346; died
from wounds 38; died from aeroplane
accident 1; died from accident and
other causes 7; died of disease 12;
wounded, degree undetermined 1;
prisoners 4; total 534.
New England men are:
Killed in Action.
Privates Carl Mularin, WWtins
ville, Mass.; Vito Roseo, Worcester,
Mass.; Peter P. Brown, Whitman,
Mass.
Died of Wounds.
Sergeant William W. Wood, North
Falmouth, Mass.
Private Joseph Bazinski, Lynn,
Mass.; Henry G. Ellis, Beverly
Mass.; Harry V. Tyler, Milton, Mass.
Died from Disease,
Private Edward Farrell. Hartford,
Conn.
Died from Aeroplane Accident. ..
Lieutenant Stephen T. Webster,
Augusta, Maine.
Wounded Severely.
..Lieutenants John A. Harvey, New
London, Conn.; Franklin H. Springer,
Bristol, R. I.; Joseph Anderson Swett,
Eastport, Maine.; Byron Clark Brown,
Needham, Mass. .
Corporals Harold B. DeNully,
Brookline. Mass.; Ernest A. Sila,
Manchester Mass.
Privates Arthur Lewis Beatson,
Bristol, Conn.; Vincent Maggio. Dor
Chester, Mass.: Frederick V. Smith,
I'nionville Conn.; Tony Macluski,
Chelsea, Mass.; William P. Noonai
Lynn, Mass.; Vincent Gugliuzza, So.
Lawrence, Mass.; John A. McGilli
vary. Gloucester, Mass.; Anton Kolos
kjp. New Haven, Conn.; Woodman
Martinez, Ansonia. Conn.
Missing in Action.
Privates Archie Brown, Jr., New
London, Conn.; John i Carr, Rox
tiury, Mass.; Raymond Palbicka, Web
ster, Mass.
Prisoners.
Private Thomas J. Hart. Hartford,
Conn.
Big Subscriptions
to Liberty Loan
$20,000,000 by Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co. $7,-1
000,000 by Metropolitan
Trust Co. "
New York, Oci. 1. Accountants of
the Liberty loan committee for New
York federal reserve district, working
hard to catch up with the- huge vol
ume of fourth Liberty loan sales, had
tabulated tonight subscriptions to
talling $104,o77,450, or 5.8 per cent, of
the district's quota of $1,800,000,000.
Unofficial estimates treble this
amount. -
New York city's official total was
$87,601,250, or 6.57 j)er cent, of its quo
ta. Totals for sub-districts. with
their percentages, include: Fairfield
county, Connecticut, and Westchester
and Rockland' counties, N. Y., $2,782,
150, or 7.87 per cent.; northern New
Jersey $5,4i7,650 or 3.80 per cent.
Among the large subscriptions an
nounced today were $30,000,000 by the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany, $7,000,000 by the Metropolitan
Trust Company, $5,000,000 by John D.
Rockefeller and $",375,000 by the Great
-American Insurance Company.
The Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey announced a subwrription of
S4.000.000, of which $1;000,000 is cred
ited to the New York district and the
remainder to New Jersey, North and
South Carolina, Virginia Maryland,
Tennessee and other southern states.
Dr. V, K, Wellington Koo, Chinese
minister to the "United States, was the
principal speaker at "Chinese Day"
ceremonies at the "Altar of Liberty."
-Many Chinese from New York's
"Chinatown," attired in native' cos
tumes, participated.
A New Serum For
...
Spanish Influenza
Condensed Telegram
An epidemic of grip is expected to
affect the ourjiut of gold in 'South
Africa.
Purchases of War Saving and Thrift
stamps in New York to date are $30,
161,98. Production of bituminous coal for
the week ended Sept. 21 amounted to
12,650 000 tons.
Secretary Baker is in London to
Will Be Ready For Distribu-
tion in bmail Quantities m j participate in a conference with Amer
17 n T D ican military leaders.
a i cw uays lesis rivui- A movement was organized in Chili
ise Success..
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New York. Oct l.--Discovery of a
serum which, he said, preliminary ex
perimentation indicates will act as a
preventive for Spanish influenza, was
announced tonight by Health Commis
sioner Copelaijd. Tests have given
promise of success, he said, with the
result that the vaccine is; being pre
pared for use by physicians and will
be ready for distribution in small
quantities in a few days.
The serum, discovered by Dr. Wil
liam H. Parke, the health' department
bacteriologist, is made from influenza
germs obtained from persons in the
early stages of the malady, combined
with baceili procured at autopsies upon
the bodies of victims of the disease. It
is claimed the treatment "will cure the
disease.
Speaking of the growth of the epi
demic here. Dr. Copeland predicted in
creases for some clays in the number of
cases. The great majority of those
who are susceptible would be attack
ed, he thought, afterj which' the epi
demic would gradually die out. , -
Ninety-five per cent, of the'deaths
here were of persons between 15 and
45 years of age and men were easier
victims than women, he- saia
LIBERTY SUBSCRIPTIONS
NUMEROUS AND LARGE
Washington, Oct. 1. Subscriptions
to the fourth Liberty ' loan have
been more numerous and larger than
BOTH PARTIES IN STATE
CONVENTION IN NEW JERSEY
Trenton. N. J.. Oct. 1 Both the
democratic and republican parties
held their conventions here today and
adopted platforms for each party's
candidates at the coming election.
United States senator Frelinghusen
in a speech said he did not agree with
President that "politics was ad
journed," at least so far as the na
tional democratic leaders were con
cerned, but on the other hand, the
WOMAN SUFFRAGE BEATEN IN SENATE
Vote Stood 53 to 31 President Wilson's Address to the
Senate to Pass It as a War Measure Did not Result in
the Change of a Single Vote Chanjpions of Suffrage
Declare the Contest Will Be Renewed After the Novem
ber Elections.
STEPS TO STABILIZE
THE BUTTER MARKET
W:hirgton Oct. 1. THrousth the
rppoinrmtnt of a committee to inves
fzite the present situation a to d;rv
Vrodarts, the food administration an
ro'.inced tonight that first steps had
ln taken to stabilize the butter
market.
Irx-reased demands from 'he army
;:.d navy and the allies have produc
ed a temporary shot-tare of buttpr. the
food administration has been inform
rK by reprp-mtatives of the dairy in
terest. With the Increasing scanlty
th pne of hirtter has risen steadily,
sr.d consumption by the civilian popu-!-xinn
ha decreased. The condi
tions. iii uran have argeed. will soon
. r or taier produce a collapse in but
ter prices possibly below the cost of
rrJncilon. Dairymen have recom
mendKl thw wtn such a fall occurs
grwenunetTt porchnses be used to sup
r"rt the market at a reasonable level.
U. S. ARMY OFFICERS
SUBSCRIBED TO "MASSES"
New York, Oct. 1 Evidence tending
to show that United S'ntes armv officers
subscribed to the Masses, and that
one of them was Captain David A.
Henkes. who la-st winter was sentenc
ed to 25 years imprisonment for dis
loyalty after having tried to resign
from the American expeditionary force
was introduced here today at the trial
in the fcleral court of Max Eastman
and others associated with him in the
publication of the Masses, on charg
es ot conspiracy to hamper the na
tion's war preparations.
Rrfcrr the government rested its
case, a letter from Captain Henkes,
enclosing two dollars with Instruc
tions to send "your vnluable paper"
to two other army officers, was ad
mitted over the objections of the
counsel for defense, who asserted that
it could not be shown that reading of
the Masses had made Captain Kenkes
disloyal.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON'S LIST
Killed in. action 62; missing in ac
tion' 5; wounded severely 219; died
from wounds 5; wounded, degree un
determined 3; total 294. .
New England men are:
' Killed in Action.
Corporal Max Hirshovitz. Boston,
Mass.
Private William F. Brophy, Water
bury, Conn.
Wounded Severely.
Lieutenants William M. Fay, Cam
bridge, Mass.; Archie D. McGee, New
BedfoTd. Mass.
Corporal William J. Cavanaugh,
Bridgeport, Conn.
Privates Evol Grundini, Weatogue,
Conn.; Warren Louis Hoel, Collins-
ville. Conn; Franklin M.
Greenfield, Mass.; Theodore
Sullivan, Cambride, Mass.
Weimer, New Londorv, Conn.
FIGHTING DOLLARS ARE GALLED FOR
It is up to you to answer the call. The
Fighting Fourth Liberty Loan has gotten a good
start but it must be kept going.
Show the Huns that the people at home are
as quick in action as the "Yanks" they have
learned to fear. , ' '
GET YOUR BONDS AT ANY BANK TODAY
to bring about closer relations with
the United States
Berlin newspaper announces the
mobilization of school children to
serve as coal transporters.
Leon Trotsky, Bolsheviki Minister of
War, is reported to have- been shot."
His wound is not serious.
After working 54 years for the
Treasury Department Eliza R. Hyde,
clerk, resigned. She was ! never late.
Canada will launch its, second Vic
tory Loan Oct. 28. The minimum
subscription expected is $300,000 000.
Further restrictions to save . iron,
steel and rubber were put into effect
by the War Industries Board.
Kei Hara, one of the leaders of the
great Seayu Ki party, was appointed
Premier to the new Japanese Cabi
net. Discovery of sulphur on the property
of the Texas Co. at their oil fields in
North Texas was announced by the
company. '
Arrangements of the New York Chi
cago Air mail service will be aban
don for the present because of the
shortage of airplanes.
General , Rogosa, Ukranian War
Minister, announced, plans for the
Ukranian army of two corps of eight
divisions each.
Four nurses and 13 soldiers died of
Spanish influenza at Camp Syracuse
in 24 hours,. and 1,000 more cases have
been reported.
Congressman J. Fred C. Talbott,
from the second district of Maryland,
is seriously ill in Washington with
heart trouble.
The government placed contracts
with a Detroit yard for the production
of concrete barges to be used on the
New York State Canal.
A bulletin issued by the United
States Geographical Survey shows
that the production of petroleum of
the world in 1917 was 500,651 086 bar
rels. The steamer Mexico orf the New
York & Cuban Mail Line reached an
Atlantic port with a Are in her cargo.
The flames were extinguished in port.
Contracts for a large commercial
fertilizer plant to be erected at West
Washington, Oct 1. The senate to
day refused to grant the request of the I
president that the women . suffrage !
resolution be passed as a war meas-'
ure.
After five days of bitter debate, cor
ridor conferences and cloakroom ne
gotiations, the Susan B. Anthony fed
eral resolution enacted by the house
last January received, on the final
roll call two votes less than the -neces
sary twothirds majority. Fifty-four
senators were recorded for it and
thirty against it with twelve absent
and pau-ed. :
Before the vote ' . was announced
Senator Jones of New Mexico, chair
man of the Woman's Suffrage Commit
tee, to comply , with parliamentary re
quirements, changed his vote from the
affirmative to the negative and moved
that the senate reconsider. This made
the final official record 53 to 31 and
left the resolution technically pending
on the senate calendar, in position for
further consideration, planned after
the November elections, when suffrage
forces hope to muster the requisite
number of votes.
against, with Hollis of New Hamp-
snire ana rreunghuysen of rew Jer- '
sey; republicans; Borah of Idaho, re
publican, against with Fall of New
Mexico and Harding of Ohio, repub- '
licans; Knox of Pennsylvania, repub
lican, against, with Johnson of Cali
fornia and Sherman of Illinois, repub.
licans; Swanson of Virginia demo
crat, against, with WTilney of Miss
ouri and King of Utah democrats. '
When the same resolution, the draft .
Susan B. Anthony first advanced fortv
years ago, was last before the senate
March 19, 1914, it also was defeated- ,
35 voting for its adoption and 34 in
opposition.
The vote today came Just' before 4
o'clock, after one of the most hitter
and spectacular contests in the senate
in years. , Today charges and counter
charges of responsibility for the re
sult were hurled back and forth, -with
partisan politics again an issue.
In a, last effort to win over demo
crats opposine the measure following
I flis address to the senate yesterday.
President Wilson today sent personal
President Wilson's personal address l?U.er? to ?ora Overman of North
to the senators yesterday, supplement
ed by letters today to several dem
ocratic senators opposed to the res-
nliTtinn rliH not chance n sinple vnte
altlir,i,D-li In tl-.fi fin.jl Hhnta crtmo ! POrt.
senators asserted that defeat of the I A" efforts today to amend the reso
Carolina, Shields of Tennessee: Benet.
of South Carolina; Martin of Ken
tucky, and it was reported, a few
others, earnestly seeking their auu-
resolution would mean repudiation of
tne executive. mciuQing tne ausent
and paired senators the roll call
showed that the senate lineup of 62
to 34 on the resolution remained vir
tually unchanged from the beginning
of the fight last Thursday.
Chairman Jones and other cham
pions of the resolution declared after
today's vote that the defeat is only
temporary, and that the contest will
be renewed after the. November
elections when changes in . member
ship are certain. Administration lead
ers also admitted that the vote was
the first reverse President Wilson has
men in advocacy of what he has de-
I clared to be essential war measures.
I The 31 senators voting against the
Hammond, 111., was let bv the Swift I amendment were:
Packing Co. The cost will be ?493,- I Democrats Bankhead, Benet,
000. ! Fletcher, Guion, Hardwick. Hitch-
Fiftv stock brokers were Questioned cock, Jones of New Mexico; Martin
HEARINGS RESUWEO IN
AIRPLANE INVESTIGATION
Waahirts'-on. Oct. 1. Hearings in
the department of justice airplane in
vestigation have been resumed after a
Tcws of several weeks devoted to
transcribing records of testimony.
rmy officers, civil officials and repre
sentatives of airplane manufacturing
tonnrrns are to be heard here this
week by Charles ii. Hughes and At-tnrn'-y
General Gregory, and these cf
Hciala expect to begin next week the
t4sk of compiling the final report. This
prob&biy wiil be completed and sent
to President Wilson in about three
weeks.
BROKERS' LIABILITIES $464000,
WITH ASSETS ABOUT $300
St. Lours, Mo.. Oct. 1. Alexis H.
Brown A Co stork and bond brokers,
nth merabeEshipa in Nw York, Chi
cago and St. Louis exchanges, today
waa placed in the hands of a receiver
after an involuntary petition in bank
ruptcy tail been filed agaJtmt the com
pany. The company's attorney de
clared the liabilities were J450.i00 and
trie assets about $300. The petition al
litn that cno of the members of the
firm im! lated for his own account
on the Nrw York - exchange, with a
loaa to tb? firm, according- to Its attor
ney, oi t-50.K)0 to 1300.000.
GERMAN SECRETARIES CF
STATE HAVE RESIGNED
AmOnr&mi, Oct. L All the imperial
rmaa auxvtarws of state have re
iimnt and the Prussian ministers in
tend to mrnou aoctjrdttiy to the Ber
lin Tacebfcut, a ooay-of which has
ee recrTr ed .grg. -
CONFERENCE OF STATE
OFFICIALS ON LABOR LAWS
AVashington, Oct 1. A resonrtion
declaring that only the secretaries of
war and the navy should be permitted
to suspend state labor laws was
adopted today by a conference of state
officials from thirty states charged
with the enforcement of state labor
regulations.
Complaint was made by speakers
that agents of the war and navy de
partments had removed all protection
of state labor laws from workmen at
plants engaged on war contracts.
Before adaourmngt. the conference
discussed the questions of women in
industry and child labor, but no formal
recommendations were made.
WILSON HEARS PROTEST
FROM NEGRO DELEGATION
Washington, Oct. 1. President Wil
son today received a delegation of
negro men and women delegates to the
national race congress now meeting
nere. ur. w. r. jem&gin, president
of the congress, assured the president
of the loyalty of the 11000,000 negro
citizens of the country and called his
attention to the drecrimination which
he said was practiced asrainst them by
public officials in government depart
ments. He asked that, the principles
of democracy be applied to members
or tin race.
Lapine.
M. N.
Louis
NO UNDUE PROFITEERING
BY ROASTERS OF COFFEE
Hartford, Conn., Oct. 1. Word was
received from the federal food admin
istration by B.obert Scovi'.le, United
States food commissioner for this
state, tonight, to warn roasters of cof
fee that no undue profiteering woulS
be allowed in that commodity. A
telegram of instructions to be made
known to roasters in Connecticut was
sent to Commissioner Scoville as fol
lows:
"While opposed to any general ad
vance in price of roasted coffee to the
consumer the food administration will
permit where necessary on bulk roast
ed coffee an advance sufficient in
price to ensure coffee roasters a profit
in cents per pound equal to the pre
war profit. Owing to the elimination
of the expensive packages and the
consequent saving on this item, it is
assumed that any advance in pack
age coffee is unwarranted. Full state
ment satisfactory to the food admin
istration will be required showing
that the advance in bulk roasted cof
fee does not exceed pre-war profit and
is warranted in every case."
ROOT WARNS AGAINST
BELIEF THAT WAR IS OVER
New York, Oct. 1. A warnini
against supposing tnat the war is
over now because of the blessed and
cheering news that comes across the
water" was sounded by Elihu Root
here today in an address before the
Student Army Training Corps at Co
lumbia University.
. "A long and terrible struggle' is still
Detore us,' he said, "iou and all that
you can learn here, and all that you
can make ot yourselves all the power
that you can acquire here, will be
needed before the struggle is over.
lou may have to give your lives.
at this stage ' of any previous loan
campaign. This was indicated today
in telegrams received from all sections
of the country. Actual totals in the
campaign to raise $6,000,000,000 in
three weeks were' not available but
treasury officials believed that a re
port could be obtained from every dis
trict by tomorrow night.
"From the reports now at hand,"
said a statement issued at loan head
quarters tonight, "it can safely be as
serted that sales are moving much
faster in the early days of this cam
paign than they did during the third
Liberty loan drive."
Reports received today . said the
state of Oregon was near its quota.
The treasury was officially informed
that the state of Iowa had over-sub
scribed its quota by more than a mil
lion dollars. Kansas City, Kan., was
the largest city in reporting an over
subscription today. 1
The twenty-four war exhibit trains
moving tlrrough the country are given
much of t credit for the enthusiasm
of the first days. Thousands of peo
ple daily are passing these trains, re
ports said, and staying after the trains
have gone to hear speeches and enter
their subscriptions.
Thirty-two communities in the
Cleveland district already have over
subscribed their quotas ana more than
$10,000,000 in subscriptions have been
officially reported to Washington.
Subscriptions in New England for
the first two days was $67,000,000, of
which $43,000,000 came from Massa
chusetts. The Kansas City district is devot
ing this week largely to propaganda
and will start, active bond selling next
week.
The St. Louis district committee
was so busy selling bonds today it
made no report.
The Pacific coast had sold $50,000,-
000 of bonds at the close of business
last night, reports from San ran
Cisco said. Subscriptions in Hawaii
on the opening day were $3,461,000.
word: "Depression due to bad busi
ness conditions is giving way before
a tidal wave of patriotism , and
drought-stricken sections are sending
in very encouraging reports.
The Richmond and Atlanta . dis
tricts report more subscriptions than
could be tabulated.
Admiral Cowie in charge of the
navy's campaign, said tonight that
approximately $3,500,000 had been
subscribed by officers and men.
TRIENNIAL CONVOCATION
.OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS
Baltimore, Md., OoL, 1. T;c thir
teenth triennial assembly of the Gen
eral Grand Council of Rojral and Se
lect Masons adjourned here today to
meet in 1921. Georre A. Newell of
Medina, N- Y.,' was chosen general
grand master.
The cessions of the triennial con
vection of the Royal Arch Masons will
open here tomorrow.
CARDINAL GfBBONS OFFERS
SISTERS OF MERCY AS NURSES
Baltimore, Md., Oct 1, Cardinal
Gibbons has offered to the military
authorities at Camp Meade the ser
vices of the Sisters of Mercy as nurses.
Influenza aod pneumonia continues un
checked at this cantonment. There
were W deaths and l-ftWi new cases in
the past U hours, a total of 42 deaths
and 5,009 oases.
CONNECTICUT DEBT-FREE;
HAS SURPLUS ON HAND
Hartford, Conn., Oct. 1. Connecti
cut is debt-free, according to an an
nouncement frotn the ftite treasurer's
office today, aod covering the period
to the closing' of te state's fiscal year
yesterday. Mot. or.y will civil funds
liquidate the debts and pay outstand
ing bonds, but tbere is a surplus on
hand.
The state's debt on Sent. "0, 1917,
was $2,897,979; in 1912 it was $4 S77,-
856: in 1913, $6,748 GSS: in 1914, $10,-
951. "72; in 1515, $11,920,002;
$S,S55,5S8.
1916,
WARTIME PROHIBITION
SENT BACK TO CONFEREES
Washington, Oct. 1. An attempt by
Senator Gore, chairman of the senate
agriculture committee, to oring up the
conference report on the emergency
food bill, carrying a rider for wartime
prohibition after next July 1, failed to
day when the senate adjourned until
Thursday. The bill was sent back
by. the conferees, who 'were unable to
asTee on the amendment regulating
rents in the District of Columbia.'
COTTON MANUFACTURERS
WANT FOREIGN LABOR
Boston, Oct. 1. If the production of
cotton goods for government and civ
ilian purposes is to continue at its
present rate, it is very important that
the immigration, laws be relaxed in
order that the supply for the cotton
mills may be kept as nearly normal
as possible, m the opinion of the la
bor committee of the National Asso
ciation of Cotton Manufacturers,
which made its report on. the subject
public today.
'The most obvious method of in
creasing the labor supply," -said the
report, "is a relaxation of the present
immigration laws."
FISHING CREW ALL
SICK WITH INFLUENZA
An Atlantic Port, Oct. 1. With all
the members of the crew down with
Spanish influenza, the Gloucester fish
ing schooner Athlete has made this
Eort with difficulty. . Some of the men
were too ill to stand their watches or
take any part in sailing the Athlete
in from the Banks.- , Frank Poole,
member of the crew, died after the
siilip's arrival. The other members
are being cared lor- here. -
republican party had proved itself
supremely patriotic and loyal. He
took several flihgs at national leaders
in the democratic party and said that
no one had resigned from the presi
dent's cabinet to make way for a re
publican although in other allied
countries parties had been ignored in
making cabinets.
The republican platform pledges the
candidates to vote for the national
prohibition amendment insofar as
they are not bound by pre-primary
promises; binds the candidates in the
same manner to woman suffrage; rec
ommends public ownership of utilities;
urges a Drier session of the legis
lature which shall consider only war
needs; advocates , training for useful
occupations of disabled soldiers; asks
for the temporary suspension of the
levying of the state road tax until
conditions permit road building; en
dorses the thorough Americanization
of the schools by using the English
language as the medium for instruct.
ion ana presses for a prepartion for
Industrial readjustments preparatory
to the ending of the war. (
The democratic convention was tu
multuous and ended tonight in a
stormy scene over a plank to endorse
woman snffrage which was opposed
by James R. Nugent, former demo
cratic state chairman, who offered a
substitute plank leaving the suffrage
question, to the voters of municipal
ities to decide. The vote on the ori
ginal plank was 27 to 27and was lost
as was also the substitute. Secretary
of State Thomas F. Martin and sever
al other prominent democrats were re
fused a vote because they had not
written proxies.
Among the democratic planks were:
an attack on the state public utilities
commission for allowing increases in
trolley fares; charging the republican
party in holding back the seven-cent
fare trolley decision until after the
primaries; accusing Governor Edge
with using the election machinery am
the executive patronage to secure his
nomination to the United States sen
ate; opposing national prohibition as
an infringement of state rights but
favoring war prohibition, and attack
ing the state constabulary bill of last
winter as a coercion of labor.
by District Attorney Swann's assist'
ants for buying bonds under their par
value. All promised td discontinue
the practice.
Countess Rena von Kuppers, owner
of the Nassapequa Inn. Long Island,
and Leon Wasservogel, manager, were
sent to prison for selling liquor to sol
diers. ' .
Seventy-five thousand longshoremen
engaged in oversea shipping at ports
from Boston to Norfolk are asking for
$1 an hour pay and $2 an hour for
overtime.
Applications for the exportation .of
coin, bullion, currency, or evidence of
indebtedness should be made to the
Federal Reserve Board, and not the
War Trade Board.
Guilty," was the plea -esterday of
John Holub, New York stock broker,
who secured a large clientele and
whose margin deposits he was ac
cused of appropriating to his own use.
The fourth great government lock,
the largest in the world, connecting
Lake Superior and Lake Huron, will
be completed in a few days when the
1,100-ton gates are installed.
Frank E. Blakeman of Stratford,
has been appointed a member of the
state board of agriculture to take the
place of the late J. Henry Blakeman
of the same town until the third Wed
nesday in January.
There were but 29 deaths at. Camp
Devens yesterday as a result of in
fluenza and pneumonia and the au
thorities announced the disease had
been "stamped out" in the cantonment
of Virginia; Overman. Pomerone,
Read Saulsbury, Shields, Simmons,
Smith of Georgia; Smith of Mary-;
land; Smith of South Carolina;
Trammel, Underwood, Williams and
Wolcott.
Hepublicans Baird, Brandegee,
Dillingham, Drew, Hale, Lodge.
McLean, Penrose, Wadsworth and
Weeks. ,
The following senators were pair
ed: Beckham of Kentucky, democrat,
8,000 INFLUENZA CASES , ; ? ;
1N THE ARMY CAMPS
Washington, Oct. 1. The total num
ber of influenza cases in all army
camps now is 88,000, while pneumonia
cases number 6,769. Deaths since the
epidemic began, number 1,S77. Camp
Devens, Mass., was the only one which
did not report an increase.
Every available medical ofheer and
nurse is on duty, said a statement to
night from the office of the surgeon
general, and wherever possible civil
ian medical personnel is being recruit
ed to assist the army doctors.
It was said that despite the alarm
g increase in influenza cases, the
pneumonia rate contimtes low, reports
showing that pneumonia has devel
oped in only one of every thirteen
cases.
The malady also has appeared
among the 4,000 apprentices at the
Snipping Board s training base at Bos
ton, but the spread of the disease is
bting checked by exposing the pa
tients to fresh air and sunshine.
AMERICANS HOLD OUT
AGAINST SUPERIOR NUMBERS
With the American Army on the St.
Quentin Frinf, Oct. 1 (By The A. P.)
Some hundreds of Americans in a
certain far-advanced position between
Cambrai and St. Quentin. which they
reached late Sunday, were holding out
valiantly against superior enemy-
numbers, according to the latest re
ports which were received yesterday.
The Australians made heroic at
tempts to assist them and. so far as
can be learned, are still keeping up
these efforts, the result of which is
not known. Furious fighting continues
here.
BERLIN PEACE RIOT;
BULGARIA CHEERED
London, Oct, 1 (by A. P.) A peace
demonstration took place in BerKn
cn Saturday, according to news re
ceived here today. Cheering crowds
assembled m front of the Bulgarian
legation at the German capital, nec
essitating police intervention. The
rioters, according to the information.
got the upper hand of the authorities
and committed excesses. A number of
statues in the Berlin squares were
destroyed.
Emperor William in a message to
the Fatherland Party is quoted in an
Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange
ielegraph Company as saying:
"I have the confident hope that the
whole German people in these most
serious times will resolutely gather
around me and give their blood and
wealth until the last breath for the
defense of the Fatherland against the
shameful enemy plans.
"Such a unanimous Iresolve to exist
will and must, with God's help, suc
ceed in breaking the enemy's will to
war, and secure for the Fatherland
the peace it is worthy of among the
people or the world.
GOV. HOBBY OF TEXAS
ON COTTON PRICE FIXING
WTashington, Oct. 1. Governor Hob
by of Texas appeared before the com
mittee on cotton inquiry today and
gave his views of the cotton situation
with reference to price fixing. The
people of Texas, he said, believe that
if, as a war measure, price fixing be
comes necessary, the price should be
at least 35 cents a pound. Any price
less than that, he told the commit
tee, would be a hardship on cotton
growers, owing to the increased cost
of production and the general eco
nomic situation in the south.
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS
RROTEST NEW CLASS RATES
Washington. Oct. 1. Protest or
newspapers and the American Newsr
paper Fublishers' association against
applying new class rates to express
transportation of newspapers which
would mean advances of from 50 to
164 per cent was heard today by the
Jnterstate Commerce Commission.
The present rate is on a basis of
one-half cent per pound and has been
in effect since. 1874. The American
.Railway Express Company seeks to
apply first class pound rates, con
tending that it must have more rev
enue because of increased operating
and labor costs.
SERBIA
military
ALLIES MUST PREPARE
NEW CAMPAIGN IN
Washington, Oct. 1. The
authorities are agreed that the alHe;
must prepare a new campaign in Ser
bia against Tne Austro-Hungarian and
German forces which number' 150,000;
including those in Albania. The Ger
man elements are chiefly concentrated
in the neighborhood of Uskub, which
French cavalry have entered, while
the Austrians are expected to defend
Nish.
lution were futile.
While the final discussion proceeded
last minute polls and pleas were
made, with the opposition standing
adamant. When the vote was an
nounced by Senator Lewis of Illinois.
temporarily presiding, there was no
demonstration.
Hiss Alice Paul, chairman of the
National . Woman's Party, issued this
statement on the vote:
"This defeat is a temporary defeat.
The vote today, we are convinced, will
be reversed before this congress ends."
A statement by Mrs. James Wrads
worth. president of the National As
sociation Opposed to Woman Suffrage,
said:
"Our faith in the wisdom and in
tegrity of the United States sanate is
justified. The' legislative branch of
the government has retained its In
dependence. The principle of 'self
determination,' the constitutional right
of each state to settle this question
for itself by popular vote, has
triumphed over every consideration of
political 'policy' ."
Chairman Jones announced that h
would not call up his motion for re
consideration until he is positively'
certain of having the necessary ma
jority. "The defeat is only tempor
ary," said he. "We made a good fight
and will win the next time."
250,000 GERMAN TROOPS
HAVE ARRIVED IN SOFIA
London, Oct. 1. Germany, if reports
from a neutral center can be relied
upon, is going to make a great, effort
to maintain communication over the
Orient railway with Turkey, and thus
hopes to keep her eastern ally in the
war. - '
According to a Hague despatch to
the Central News, 250,000 German and
Austro-Hungarian troops have ar
rived ,at Sofia from Rumania, and
while part of these will remain in
Sofia from Rumania, and while part
of these will remain in Sofia as an ar
gument favoring the overthrow of the
Malinoff government, the majority will
endeavor to keep the allied troops from
the Orient Railway which joins Ger
many and Austria with Constantinople.
WORRIED. OVER I N FLBENZA
AT HOG ISLAND SHIPYARD
Philadelphia, Oct. 1. The number of
cases of Spanish influenza at the
great Hog Island shipyard 'has In
creased to such an extent that'
Charles M. Schwab, director-general
of the Emergency Fleet Corporation,
tocay showed concern as to the ef
fect it will have on ship production.'
It was estimated that at least two
thousand men engaged in yard con
struction and shipbuilding are suffering-from
the disease in varying de
gree., Lieutenant . Colonel Doane, of the
health 'and sanitation department of
the corporation, reported to Ur.
Schwab that there were sufficient
nurses at the yard and that the dis
ease was under control. There are
one hundred cases In the ship yard
hospital, according to Francis T.
Eowles, assistant general manager of
the corporation.
At the New York Shipbuilding com
pany yard at Camden, N. J., it. waa
estimated that more than 500 men
were off duty because ot influenza.
The Pusey and Jones shipyard at
Gloucester, is also affected.
There are many cases among tno
employes at the Frankford Arseni in
th'is city but ammunition production
has not been seriously curtailed.
SCHOLARSHIPS WON BY
ENTRANTS TO YALE
New Haven, Conn., Oct. 1. Scholar
ships won by entrants to Yale univer
sity, in the recent examinations, were
announced by the- secretary s office to
day. The W'aterbury scholarship was
won by Morns Weinstein; from ew
Haven county, Henry G. Carroll.- Shef
field Scientific Schoof; from Bridge
port. Morris N. Slotnisk; from Hart
ford. George Schwolsky; from New
Britain. Abraham M. Schaefer; from
Litchfield county, George A. War
ren: from Tolland .county, W. E.ussell
Pease. Pine scholarships from Anso
nia. Michael E. Sheehy and Edward
J. Scully: Flainfield scholarships. Ar
nold Everett Bowen and Roger Chip
man Brown. No awards were made for
the state at large. Fairfield, Hartford,
New London, Wmdham and Middle
sex counties.
DRAFT SLACKER RAIDS
ARE TO BE RESUMED
Washington, Oct. 1. Draft slacker
raids will -be resumed within a few
days by .department of justice agents
in about a dozen cities in the east and
on the Pacific coast. Special efforts
will be made in these roundu,ps to get
men who failed to register Sept. 12.
Meanwhile ample opportunity will be
given for belated registration.
Bank tellers usually know more than
they teU.
SUBMARINE CHASER
- SUNK IN A COLLISION
Washington, Oct. 1. Xaval' subma
rine chaser No. 60 was sunk earlv to-
! Hnv tn 3 collision with thn nil claama.
S. W. Wa!I?r off the coast of New
Jersey. Two men from the chaser are
missing, but the other members of
the crew were rescued.
The missing men -are Machinist
Mate Walter II. Kluth and Seaman
Martin A. W'ilson., ' . . ,
The collision occurred at' two o'
clock this morning. No cause was
given, but it was assumed' that it re
sulted from the possible fact that both
craft Were running without lights.
FIVE WOMEN INJURED
WHEN AUTOS COLLIDED
Wallingford, Conn., Oct 1. (Five
women were injured, two seriously,
when a motor van and a passenger
automobile collided here tonight. The
injured persons were all of Meriden
and were in a car driven by Paul Bar
bour'of the same city, which was ram- ;
med by the truck driven by Edward
Yudkin of New Haven. With Yudkin
was George Collier of West Haven,"
who has been held, as has Yudkin, in
$200 bail for a court hearing on Sat
urday next. ,
The crash came in South Colony '
street, when the truck was making a ,
tur nand its headlights blinded the
driver of the automobile. All the in- ;
jured persons were taken to the Mer
iden hospital, where it was stated .
that Miss Sadie Kilroy of 91 North . 1
street was seriously hurt about the '
body, and that Miss Viola Elster, 9
North street, had sustained a broken
leg and other injuries. The less bad
ly hurt were Alberta Elster, Miss
Ruby Morse and Miss Alice Kilroy.
The" driver was unhurt. .
HOUSE HAS PASSED
EMERGENCY POWER BILL
Washington, Oct. 1. The house to
day passed without a dissenting vote
and sent to the senate the administra
tion emergency power bill, providing
for government acquisition and exten
sion of electric - power plants.- It au
thorizes , the expenditure of $175,000,000
for extending existing plants or the
building of new ones.
INCREASED TAX ON WEALTHY
FAMILIES OF NEW YORK
New York, Oct. 1. Wealthy families
of .New - York city will taxed much
more heavily on personal property
next year, it was shown today, when
the books of the department of taxes
were opened to the public. The as
sessors have Increased personal prop
erty valuations by $G00.4S8,930, and
have been placed opposite the names
of many prominent residents figures
manv times as great as the estimates '
Of 191 S. "
Thirteen members of the Vanfier
bilt family, who this year were listed
at sums ranging from $100,000 to
$380,000, are now asked to pay on a
valuation of 51,000,000 eaCh. John T.
Rockefeller, assessed at $5,000,000. this
year is taxed on a $10,000,000 basis.
Charles M. Schwab, whose valuation
this year was $110,000 has $1,00,000
beside his name.
OBITUARY
James E. Magenis.
Boston, Oct. 1. James E. Magenis,
who was candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor of Massachusetts on the pro
gressive party ticket in 1914, died here
tcday of pneumonia.
He was born in North Adams In
1868 and before coming to Boston in
1S97 he was a reporter on the North
Adams Transcript and editor of the ,
Adams ' Freeman. He practiced law
ia this -city. , .
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