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VOL. 51 NO. 248
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20, 1915
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Counsel For New Haven
' Lose in - Hotly Contested
' Dispute As to How Far
Back Counsel May Go To
Prove iPresent Indict
ments. -
"Carly Mergers of Road Must
i Be Investigated, Court
Rules, in Order to Show
" the Alleged Violations of
Law At Later Dates. '
... New York. Oct 20 Jndge Haat
overruled today a motion of- ,conn.sel
for the- defendants in the New Haven
Road hearing, setting up the statute
Of limitations as an objection to the
introduction of the government's evi
dence prior to 1912. They held that
acts , committed subsequent to that
year must first he proved.
New York. Oet. 20 The. United
States Kovernment began today the
presentation , of. its evidence against
William Rockefeller, Louis Cass Led-
yard.: Edward D. Bobbins and eight
others charged. : while, directors of the
New' Haven railroad, with conspiracy
to monopolize the railroads -and trol
lev lines of New England. '
The government planned to call
Charles S. ; Mellen. formerly psesident
of the New Haven, today. Mr. Mel
len is .-regarded as one of thev govern
ment's important witnesses and the
nroeecutors expect to build up around
his evidence the whole story of the al
leged manipulation of the New Ha
ven's finances and the purchase or
Combination'' of many railroad -and
steamboat . lines. ; "
'- According . to th present plans of
the special 5 assistant attorneys gen
eral who are conducting the case for
the government. Mr. Mellen will
take the witness stand twicer On the
first occasion he will be questioned
about ""the affairs of the road during
his first period of employment prior
to going west - His -story-of what
transpired after .'he became president
in 1903 will be told later unless Judge
Hunt rules that Mr.' Mellen must tell
his whole story at one time.,
tt was expected that before placing
Mr. 'Mellen 1 on the stand the govern
ment Tyould introduce a mass of doc
umentary evidence. Warren Chase
of Hartford, one of the witnesses sub
poenaed by the government to tell
about the transactions involving the
New Haven's steamship lines, promises
to be, la,: court tbday.v He was called
in cburV yesterday but '; did not ap
pear. : . "
Mr. Mellen. arrived In "the Federal
building half an hour before court
opened and went lrttovconf erence with
Mr. - Batts and Frank L. Swaoker, the
federal attorneys. When he entered
the courtroom , there was , a broad
smile . on his face. He was greeted
.' by Robert W. Taf t. one of the men on
trial. Others of the directors against
whom he. Is to testify rose, to shake
-his hand.. ,
The defendants counsel also wel-
. corned the -government's star witness
and, until the appearance - of Judge
Hunt, the formers president of the
New Haven, was the- center of a
laughing. Joking group.
Mr. Clark was then called and the
government began the Introduction of
documentary evidence, which includ
ed minutes of the New Haven board
of directors meetings.
The evidence had to .do with the
eariyxhistory of the New Haven and,
as the first document was given . to
the witness to identify, . Thomas
Thacher, of counsel f or r the defense.
rose to object, , He set up against Its
admission the statute ief limitations
and raised the contention that be
fore presenting ,the evidence in ques
tion- the government must show what
acts were committed during the three
years prior to the indictment.
"This evidence is admissible," said
the attorney, "only on the theory that
it is Intended to show the character
of - theacts of the hree year periods.
This case will fail utterly unless the
: government ean show proof of eon
eplracy during the three year period.
"We have no suggestion that the
government has any proof of any
thing unfair or illegal within this
period, or that this did not, end in
- 1905. Not knowing what the three
year acts are, the jury cannot listen
intelligently to prior acts."
"John G. Milburn, also of counsel for
the- defense, 'followed with a similar
argument in which he quoted author
ities . .
"In .the name of goodness, he ex
claimed, "shouldn't we first have the
things upon which the light Is to be
; thrown before we get the things that
throw the light? The government
must show that a conspiracy existed
during thia three -year period. The
whole ease turns on that."
Mr. Milburn said he, felt "tensely on
this,", as' his client, Charlgs I Pratt,
did not come Into the New Haven un
til 1908.
"This conspiracy must have had Its
birth," remarked Judge Hunt.
.. "Yea' . said . counsel, "but we must
first prove that the child exists."
"I should say that the existence of a
parent should be shown before the
birth of the offspring," replied the
court. - '
Judge Hunt then overruled the ob
jection, instructina: counsel fcY the
government tnatT'fhey should proceed
to establish the prima facie evidence
of a conspiracy.
Dr. John Henry McCracken was in
augurated president of Lafayette -Col
lege at Easton, Pa, :
The British Government will not in
tern Bulgarians at present, in spite
t the fact that Bulgaria and England
xe at war.
TOO INJURED
MER RUT EXPLOSION
Marian Jowett Goes to Hos
pital With Shattered Arm,
Lacerated Face and Body
Sight of Both Eyes May
Be Lost As Result of Pow- K
der Accident.
Watchman Entering Segre-.
gated House Receives In
juries From Concussion
Caused ' By Blow-Up:
. Worker Alone in Building
When Caps Go Off.
" ' '
. As a, result of an .explosion this
morning in a priming room at the
plant of the Union Metallic Cartridge
CO;, Marian Jewett of 845 Kossuth
street, is in a critical condition at toe
Bridgeport hospital.
Jewett's right arms is fractured in
two places, he has many wounds tn
his abdomen, his head is lacerated and
'It is not yet known if , his sight -can be
saved. - While his - condition is ex
tremely 'dangerous, he has an excel
lent chance to: recover. . v
'-Robert-' Kinder, a watchman, who
boards on- Central avenue, was thrown
by the force of the explosion against
the glass of an electric lamp. . His
"face is lacerated but he is only slight
ly injured and is back at work.
Jewett was alone in a primer house,
as is usual, at 9:40 o'clock, this morn
ing when jhe was handling primers.
Tor one 6t those reasons that baffle
makers pf powder and cartridges, the
primers exploded and- Jewett ' was
thrown many feet. Kinder was walk
ing in the runway leading to the door
and the concussion threw him against
a lamp.,
. Either from the force of the explo
sion or the fall, Jewett's right arm
is shattered. He received much of
the powder tn his face and his sight
was lost, whether temporarily or not is
not known. ' ; He lay dazed on the floor
of the house until help came.,
The accident caused a flurry for a
time, but because of -the fact that the
primer houses are segregated. It was
known that few could be injured.
Jewett was carried to the company's
emergency1 hospital and was treated
by Dr. George ObwelL Later he was
removed to the Bridgeport hospital
Ttrhere he. Is in-a'crJUcal condition to
day, h v ' '.. ; -f
Efforts are being made , to save the
sight- of Jjewett's eyes, but the issue Is
doubtful." V His other Injuries may be
survived If the shock was not so great
to . injure him . Internally, it Is
thought.; . ,:" , -
The other 'victim was not Injured
much- ' He Is being treated this after-
nofen by Tr. -Cowell.
The explosion Is oas that cannot be
guarded, against 'as science has been
unable" to determine "any method by
which to avoid them. What ' causes
them Is not known. The company, has
done the next thing, while investigat
ing the causes at the same time, and
the houses in which this class of work
Is done are segregated from the others
so that no more than one may be in
jured and the property loss Will be
slight. , ". -. . .
EXPECTANT BRIDE
JILTED, SHE SAYS
FOR ANOTHER GIRL
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South End Merchant is Sued
Denies He Promised to
; Marry Friend.
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Claiming that Victor Miller, a
South Main street merchant, , jilted
her for another girl after promising
marriage on Easter Sunday last year,
Celia Gilbert of this city appeared be
fore Judge Scott in the common pleas
court this morning- to testify in her
suit against Miller. She declared she
expected to become Mrs. Miller until
she learned Victor had left the city
to make another girl his wife. Celia
said Victor was responsible for" her
condition. .
Miller denied the girl's charge. He
said the. girl boarded at his. mother's
home but he was never friendly with
her. He declared she asked him to
marry her several times butvhe told
her he couldn't because he had been
courting another girl for three years.
Miller said he was not the father of
Celia's-child, v " " .
Judge Scott reserved decision in the
case.
Accused Conductor
Has Good Excuse In
Court Case Nolled
A nolle was entered-by Judge. Wil
der in city court , today in the case
of. William Reiding, a local trolley
conductor residing, at the Kaiserhof
hotel on Water street, arraigned on
the charge of embezzling $11.05, the
property, of the Connecticut Co.
Reading said it constituted the fares
collected by him Saturday. ' N He gave
as his reason for failing to "turn it
In" that he feared he would have
to go out on a "tripper" Saturday
night if he returned to the barn. When
he failed, to report f or work Sunday
the officials of the trolley company
became suspicious and had a warrant
issued for his arrest. They did not
Wish'to' prosecute when the explana
tion was "made. ,
FORFEITS BOND
Cephas J. Cook of 899 Hancock
avenue arrested on the charge of
-violating the traffic ordinance in
front of St.- Charles' school on East
Main street yesterday noon, failed to
snriear when his name was called in
city court this morning and a bond
'( $2 5 was declared forfeited.
m U.M.G.
No U.S. Arms
For Mexico,
Says Wilson
Washington, . Oct- 20 President
Wilson declared today an embargo on
the shipment of arms and ammuni
tion " to Mexico. .
President Wilson signed a supple-
mentary "order, however, which excepts
Gen. Carranza's government from the
embargo and permits munitions to go
through to him unhampered. -, The
prohibition applies to the factions op
posed to the government which the
United States has recognized.
HARBOR PIRATES
BANDED TO LOOT
LOCAL VESSELS
That is Belief of Harbormas
ter Lamond Many
Thefts Reported. V
The depradations of harbor pirates.
which were so numerous a few years
ago as to cause ah. organized effort to
rid the city of them, have broken out
anew, - according to Harbormaster
William A. Lamond. '
Mr. Isamond declared today that "he
thinks he has evidence .that leads to
the belief that thefts of boats and
boat equipment have been going on
for many weeks and that the police
will nhd proofs in ft-, day or so.
Curing the last two weeks the boats
of Mrs. Isaac B. Williams, M. J. Jor
dan, of 11 88 -Main street and. William
Orters-of Stratford nave been visited.
For theft of the latter's boat, George
Croutch of 234 Rodney street, Brook--
lyn, a. carpenter in the employer , of
Albert Cunningham on Cannon street,
was bound over this morning to the
superior court under bonds of $500.
The . Williams power boat was
stripped of all the fittings and furnish
ings- that were portable. The skiff on
the rear was taken, but was found
later, moored near the Locomobile Co.
plant. !;
The same treatment was accorded
the boat of Jordan. . He estimates his
loss at $100..
Skiffs have been - stolen repeatedly
and it is the belief of the harbormas
ter that somebody Who hires small
boats "for air outing" has been in the
habit of stealingthem. . '
Croutch, , who was captured yester
day by Capt. William Lewis, after-he
had taken; the Venita, a power boat.
from its moorings, was arraigned in
the city court this morning and Judge
Wilder found probable cause, Croutch
said he was going out for a swim when
he was in the boat.
Although the prisones. Crouch,
is not definitely - blamed. Harbormas
ter Lamond said this morning that .it
is the suspicion ' that boats are taken
fromhere and at some port between
here and New York. V
Croutch's trunks are at the railroad
station waiting to be shipped and the
police were expected to search them
today. t . ' ' - . ,
RODERICK SLATED
FOR $1,400 FIRE
DEPARTMENT JOB
At a special meeting of the board
of fire commissioners to be held to
morrow evening, it is expected that
Lieut. Thomas Broderick of No. 1
Truck Co. at the No. 3 Engine house,
will be appointed to the position of
inspector of combustibles" and im
flammables. - . ' -
This position will be ereated in or
der to relieve the fire marshal of the
duties of inspecting the cellars and
other places where these materials
are stored. The salary . of the lieu
tenant will be increased from $1,300
to $1,400. ' '
" The meeting was to have been held
this evening but it was postponed un
til this evening at 7:30 o'clock. No
body will be appointed to fill the po
sition left vacant by Lieut. Broderick,
it is said; ; ; - -.
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
HAS COMMUNICATION .
ON KING FERDINAND
London, Oct. 20. A despatch
the Petrograd correspondent .of
from
Keu-
ter's Telegram Company says:
"The Official Messenger will tomor
row publish a long communication
from the Russian government con
cerning the role played by King Fer
dinand, who remained a German
Prince , although reigr.ing in Bulgaria.
The communication terminates thus:
M.ruring.-al-most-'30 . years .the Prince
of Coburg has stood between Russia
and Bulgaria. Throughout this period
Russia never ceased to hope that its
brother people would at last open their
eyes. Even now when Bulgaria sacri
fices itself to German pe-fidy Russia
still has not abandoned the hope that
the Bulgarians, faithful to their his
toric traditions, will not lift -their
hands against the sons of the " Russian
warriors who Jd for Bulgaria." '
LAKE 00. BOYS
MUCH PROPERTY
FOR EXTENSION
Development of Submarine
Plant Involves Large Pur
chases in East End.
WORK GOES ON FOR
24 HOURS EACH DAY
Big Order From Oriental
Power is Reported To Be
On the Way.
Large purchases of land announced
today by the Lake Torpedo Boat Com
pany of this city, including 17 tene
ments in the vicinity of Seaview; Ad
ams and other streets, and extending
as far back as Newfleld avenue, indi
cate that one of the largest shipyards
in the country is to be built in Bridge
port, capable of building and launch
ing the largest dreadnaughts. The
property purchased, from which ten
ants have already been notified to va-'
cate includes all those owned in the
section bounded by Seaview avenue,
Adams street and Newfield avenue to
DeForest avenue and Jefferson street
by Catherine Suggett, Charles E.
Brown, Lucy G. Brown, Peter A. Res
sell, Matilde Ressell, Ida McMahon,
John C. Chamberlain, trustee, John J.
McFarland and E Metcalf.
Fred Brown Whitney, general coun
sel for the company, negotiated the
purchase, which included with the
large area now being reclaimed by
dredging operations will give the
company ample space to build larger
war craft than heretofore though it
is believed that such will not be at
tempted at this time.
Rumors that cannot be confirmed
at the company's office intimate that
contracts for a large number of sub
marines may be awarded by a for
eign power in the Orient.
The government channel is being
dredged by the company itself for a
length of over one thousand feet,
width about two hundred feet and
depth at low water, about thirty feet.
The cut is used to fill about twenty
acres of tide land which is being
rapidly raised to normal levels of the
adjacent high land and the Jots just
purchased. A- second dredge arrives
this week.
At its own expense tha company-Installed
several blocks' of street sewers
in order td save delay.
A standard guage railroad is being
laid , by the company in the new ship
yard. The power is a steam locomo
tive crane. A ' second locomotive
crane is enroute to Bridgeport.
Shifts" are employed 24 hours per
day in making the' new shipyard. As
fast as the land Is raised to normal
level, the building construction gang
follows. The building for the angle
and plate furnaces is under cover and
the other buildings will be available
when a substantia order for subma
rines is in such shape that actual
work can be started upon the boats.
In the company's shipyard No. 1,
the office, drafting and engineering
building has been quadrupled and is
now occupied. - '
In the No. 1 yard, orders have been
issued for the construction of a. large
new shop for outside 'machinists and
electrical work.
The company does not employ con
tractors. All the work is done under
the supervision of Commander Rob
inson, who has organized a, dredging
and building staff which employs all
workmen and buys all the materials
for the new shipyard. ' t
BURGLARS FAIL
AT RESIDENCE OF
AUGUSTUS H. MAY
New Haven Road Treasur
er's Home Attacked By
Unsuccessful Cracksmen
' A burglar scare eaused consterna
tion at the home of Augustus S. May,
treasurer of the New Haven road, at
338 Clinton avenue, about 2 o'clock
this morning when the maid at the
home was awakened by the rattling
of the v screen door on . the near porch.
A telephone call was immediately
sent to police headquarters and the
red light signal system was soon in
working order. Several policemen on
the headquarters beat rushed to head
quarters and they were despatched
to the. May home in the auto patroL
Upon their arrival they discovered
where an attempt had been made to
force open the " screen door and it is
believed that the burglars were
frightened away when the maid flash
ed on the electric lights which bril
liantly lighted the . large lawn sur
rounding the May home.
JITNEY HITS WAGON;
WOMAN IS INJURED
Mrs. Moses Barken of 74 Cleveland
avenue received a contusion on her
t-icht si He H.nd suffered a severe shock
at 10:30 this morning when a jitney
car driven by Oscar osteroerg oi zs
Buckingham avenue, . collided, witn a
w-.i ii i n iirivon Vv Moses Barketi at
Golden Hill and Main streets. . She
was removed to her home in the
Emergency ambulance and the family
physician called to attend her.
Osterberg was taken to police head
quarters by Traffic Officer Robert
Tate but he was not held.
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs
day; somewhat cooler Thursday;
moderate southwest winds.
TWO OVERCOME
TRYING TO SAVE
GEMS FROM FIRE
Hotel Bartender Trapped in
Flames, Jumps From Sec
ond Story Window.
HOTEL AND COTTAGE
ON SHORE DESTROYED
Volunteer Fire Companies
Powerless at Beach With
Low Water Pressure .
iFire that is believed to have orig
inated from carelessness upon sthe
part of trespassers last night in
Carey's dancing pavilion. Walnut
Beach, caused $30,000 damage largely
covered by insurance.
Besides the dancing pavilion, the
Sound View hotel was burned to the
ground and a small cottage connected
with - Fitzgibbon's . hotel, was gutted. '
Other hotels and cottages in the im
mediate vicinity were ablaze at vari
ous times during the height of the
fire but the -flames were extinguished
by the owners and hastily formed
bucket brigades.
Narrow escapes from death were
recorded, John Leichle, the Sound
View proprietor, i and' his wife, who
were sleeping soundly, were awakened
in time to leave the building in their
nightclothes. A bartender was com
pelled to jump from a second story
window, and two Devon firemen, Alex
ander Blakesley and Harry Newcomb,
who ventured into the building to save
some Jewelry belonging , to Mrs.
Leichle, were overcome and dragged
from the building by their comrades.
Both received. treatment from Dr. J.
W. Ives. Blakesley's condition is said
to be serious today. -.
That the fire could have been con
trolled from the start had not the
water pressure furnished from New
Haven been so low as to preclude a
stream carrying above the ' second
story is testified to by members of the
Devon and other departments, called
to the scene from Walnut Beach, Sil
ver Beach and Fort Trumbull Beach.
Residents of Walnut Beach spent
tne night and' early morning hours
without sleep for sparks were rising
to a great, height and a change in the
wind threatened complete destruction
of the summer resort. The ruins
were smouldering: - o to ,a late, hour
this afternoon although - streams of
water had been thrown into the em
bers. The Sound View hotel, which is the
largest structure Durnea, is separated
irom (jarey s aancing pavilion Dy, a
three foot passage way. It was built
19 years ago at a cost of $20,000 by
Charles A. ' Doherty, of Milford. Tt
was a - three story structure, frame.
with a frontage of 90 feet on the
Sound, and 26 feet depth. There were
26 rooms in. all. Mr. Doherty oper
ated the hotel for 14 years, turning it
over to Mr. Leichle. It has been .a
most successful hotel. The Carey
Dancing pavilion was- built several
years ago at a cost of $1,800. Insur
ance amounting to $8,000 was carried
on the hotel and $1,000 on the dance
hall. It is understood that the Fitz-
gibbon loss amounting to -bout $1
000 was but slightly insused.
The fire was 'no discovered until
nearly midnight "when John O'Brien
and R. C. Gilbert, cottagers at the
beach passed the dance hall. The
inside of the structure near the ho
tel kitchen was then ablaze. Flames
were seen through the cracks of the
building. Alarms of fire, were sent to
adjoining towns and .a nue and, cry
was raised in the beach, which was
responded to by every available male
resident. .
The Devon department was among
the ' first companies to respond and
with Trumbull beach and Silver beach
departments stretched hose from all
hydrants in the vicinity. It was found
that the water pressure was very weak
arid a stream could not be sent into
the second story windows of the ho
tel, which was then afire. Calls to
the New Haven Water Co. did not
result in relief.
Mr. and Mrs. Leichle and a bar
tender iiad returned about 11 o'clock.
Mr. Leichle has been suffering from
blood poisoning in his right foot. All
were sleeping soundly and it was nec
essary for the firemen and others o
break in the doorway and grope
(Continued on Page 3.)
MOTHER GETS CUSTODY
OF OLGA KILLS AT TOKIO
Tokio, Oct. 20 The custody of Ol-
ga Eills, the young daughter of John
Eills (of Massachusetts, was awarded
to the mother today by the district
court. Mr. Eills appeared in court
1 to oppose his wife's application.
1 The Eills case has attracted consid
erable intesest in iomu. xne at
tempt of Mrs. Eills to secure custody
of her daughter began several years
ago in Massachusetts. After long
legal controversy in that state Mrs.
Eills was granted the custody of the
child, but befose the decree could be
enforced Mr. Eills left the United
States with his daughter and went to
Japan, where he obtained a position
as teacher of English in the Tokio
higher commercial school. An at
tempt to secure the extradition of Mr.
Eills nearly three yeass ago failed.
During the extradition proceedings
Olga Eills was - placed in charge of
Baron Kan da.
Mrs. Eills then decided to go to Ja
pan herself. ' Several months ago she
began proceedings in the Japanese
courts to secuse the custody of her
child .offering the Massachusetts de
cree in" evidence.
AUTO NEARLY WRECKED
Skidding on the slippery -yVarrenite
pavement on Washington avenue near
James street this afternoon, an auto
mobile said to be owned by Roy Tuthill
of 8354 North Alain street crashed
against a tree and was greatly dam
aged. Two wheels were smashed and
there was other small damage. The
I driver was unhurt.
aris Shoo
Explodes; 100
May Be Dead
Paris, Oct. 20 One hundred per
sons were killed or injured in an ex
plosion in a factory in the Rue De
Tobiac this afternoon according to a
report received at the prefecture 6
po'lice.
Russia To Encourage
Trade With America
London, Oct. 20. The Petrograd cor
respondent of the Times sends the fol
lowing: "A conference has been held between
Pierre L. Bark, , Russian minister of
finance, and representatives of. the
principal Petrograd and Moscow banks
to consider credit operations and the
position of the Russian Exchange.
They decided against any lottery and
in favor, of a short term loan, the de
tails of 'which will be settled by the
finance committee today. . .
Permission has been granted to the
Russo-American chamber of commerce
in Moscow to import, dutv free, com
mercial samples from America for the
encouragement of the development of
the Russo-American trade."
Zeppelins Are Being
Used to Aid Commerce
Amsterdam, Oct. 20 Zeppelins are
used by the Germans for the defense
of commerce against attacks by Bri
tish and Russian submarines, accord
ing to a -dispatch from Berlin. It. is
said that the steamer -Scotia, of Stet
tin, Prussia, bound from Sweden for
Stettin with a cargo of ore, was pur
sued .by a Russian submarine off
In reply to a wireless call for help a
Zeppelin suddenly appeared, where
upon the submarine submerged and
disappeared. ;
Buigars Take 2,000
Men And J.2 Cannon
In Serbian Advance
Berlin, Oct. 20 Capture by the Bul
garians of 2,000 prisoners and 12 can
non in Serbia was announced today
by the German war office. The re
port also stated that Bulgarian troops
.have captured Sultan Tepe.
Austrian troops have made a further
advance on Shabatz, on the Save, west
of . Belgrade. The Serbians have been
thrown back south of Lucica and
Bozecav.
Greek Diplomats
Detained at Nish
Athens, Greece. Oct. 20 The dip
lomatic corps at the Serbian 'court
has been compelled to remain in Nish.
pected departure of the diplomats
for Monastir has been postponed be
cause of the interruption of railroad
communication between Nish and
Saloniki; while between Saloniki and
Monastir traffic is suspended on ac
count of floods.
There ' has been no - telegraphic
communication with Nish for four
days. - I
HOAGLAND INVENTS
NEW CARTRIDGE TO
BE USEDJN BATTLE
Capable of Sending Bullet
Farther Than Any Now in
Use, Claim Is.
Frang O. Hoagland, residing at 85 6
Fairfield avenue and until recently
works manager of the Union Metallic
Cartridge Co. has invented what is
Delieved by experts to be a wonderful
cartridge, capable of projecting'a bul
let from present types of guns nearly
double the distance now gained. '
The device is outlined in the cur
rent issue of the Patent Office Gazette
and. assigned to the U. M. C. Co. is
comparatively sfmple in construction,
being an ordinary cartridge , with a
reinforcing outer shell, an Inner shell
carrying a moulded wad conically in
dented and an outer chamber into
which powder is compressed by a
packing flange.
The idea is to have two separate
powder1 chambers, one at the base re
inforced so that the powder may be
first ignited and gain sufficient ex
plosive force before "forcing its spark
into the second chamber of lower re
sistance. The full combustion force
of the powder is thus gained with two
separate explosions.
The bullet of the army type is
claimed by experts to probably carry
three or five thousand yards at kill
ing velocity.
The tailoring shop of Jacob Raport
at 1957 Main street was entered late
last evening by burglars who made
off with clothing to the value of $7,00.
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Eight Bulgarian Forces Have .
Invaded Serbian Territory )
-and Austro - Germanic
Sweep Continues.
Bulgarian Command of Rail-.
road Between Nish and'
Saloniki is Assured By Su-
perior Number of Troops, j
London, Oct. 20 Last re-i
ports from the-near east indi
cate that Serbia is in deadly
danger of being- overwhelmed
by the armies of her neighbor
No less than eight Bulgarian;
forces have crossed into Ser
bian territory.
The Austro-German forces
are advancing slowly - but;
steadily, their latest claim be
ing that a junction has been ef-:
fected to the west of Semen- ;
dria. The railroad between )
Nish and Salonika has been cut
by the Bulgarians, sweeninsr
over the frontier in superior
numbers. No news has been re
ceived 6f the, movements of the
Anglo-French army, although
ll is knpwntto have been in ac
tion, as the arrival of French
wounded in Saloniki has been
reported.
Italy's declaration of war against
Bulgaria increases the hopes of her
allies that she will Join in the Balkan
campaign, but what form her assist
ance will take has not been ldica ;d
definitely, Russlst.'the firstfcf tb .Al
lies powers to present an ultimatum
to Bulgaria, now ' finds herself alone
in not having issued a formal declara
tion of . war against her former
protege. "-..
Along the eastern front activity is
confined to the two tips of the long
battle line. ' The Germans are press
ing their offensive in the northern
are, near Riga, while Gen. Ivanoff is
making progress with his Russian
army in Galicia.
Reports from - the Allies on . the:
western front indicate that the Ger
mans have been reinforced heavily
and are showing a disposition to as
sume the offensive. Field Marshal
French announced the complete re
pulse north of Loos "of Germans who
made an attack after heavy artillery
preparation. Paris reports that east
of Rheirris the Germans made a fierce
attack on a large scaie, occupying
several French trenches. i
The sickness of Premier Asquith
has "brought a lull in political activity,
and the crisiswhich many persons
expected would develop in the. cabinet
this week is hardly likely to occur
until the premier is able to appear
in the House, of Commons. At that
time Sir Edward Carson may give a.
public explanation of his resignation,
of the attorney generalship.
British submarines, now reported
to have been v reinforced by Russian
craft, continue to inflict severe losses
on German shipping in the Baltic sea.
A Copenhagen newspaper asserts that
eight steamers have been prey of the
submarines since Monday.
Carson Out Because
of Near-East Views
London, Oct. 2 0 Sir Edward Car
son announced in the House of Com
mons today that his resignation from
the attorney generalship was due to j
divergence of views in regard 'to near- '
eastern affairs.
Russia Prepares For
Half Billion Loan
Petrograd, Oct. .20 The Russian;
government is preparing for the early j
issue of an internal loa.n of 1,000,000,- ,
000 rubles ($500,00,000). The in-!
terest rate will be 5 1-2 pes cent. The
loan will run for a short term.
U. S. Neutrality Is
Proclaimed Anew
Washington, -Oct. 2 0 President
Wilson signed today a proclamation
giving notice of the neutrality of the
United States in the war between
Serbia and Bulgaria... The proclama
tion was along the same general lines
as those already issued covering the
wars between other nations.
Mines Line Coasts of
Aegean and Black Seas
Washington, Oct. 20 The Bul
garian coast on the Aegean and Black
seas has been mined according to a
dispatch today from American Minis
ter Vopicka in Bucharest.
ACSTRO-GERM.WS
EFFECT JUNCTIOV
Budapest, Oct. 20 According to a
special dispatch to the Este the Ger
man and AuEtro-Hungarian troops
operating alongi the Danube river
against the Serbians have effected a
junction west of Semendria,
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