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VOL. 193-EST. 1790 ?rZZnclls? SnSS? Vhfir BRIDGEPORT, CONN., THURSDAY,AUGUST 15, 19l8 KStfSL" eWe!.r &Ponr?
Reports Say 600 From Remington and 900 From
Bullard Shop Go Out at Noon Failed to Re
turn After Lunch Hour Action Said to Be
Against Orders of Union Leaders Bullard
Official Says About
None From the Gun Shop Action Not En
tirely a Surprise.
Approximately 1,500 men
Arms company and the Bullard
government rush orders went
the orders received from Washington last night that they re
main at their work pending the decision of the Taft-Waslh
Labor Board. '
Fully 600 men at the Remington plant requested that they
be paid up to noon today and failed to return to their work at
the end of the noon hour. Reports were current in the city
today that all the men in the Bullard plant had gone out, but
when seen this afternoon Stanley Bullard said, "Less than one
hundred Socialists employed in our works have seen fit to
strike against the government ol the United States. They will
not retard the work on government orders and I have not the
slightest hesitation in saying that the strike will not spread.
"Not one man went out from the Gun Shop, but I certainly
think that something ought to be done to stop this disloyalty to
the government by men who throw down their tools when the
work they are engaged upon is of vital importance to our men
at the front."
Although not entirely unexpected the walk out of the men
today was somewhat of a surprise as it was directly in opposi
tion not alone to the government orders, but to orders issued
, by the heads of the International Machinists Union.
At a mass meeting held last night in the State Street Casino
it was decided to go out today
the afternoon and to remain out
tion Board reached a decision in making the award to the ma
chinists. It is said that the telegram which was dispa'hed to the
business agent of the union about six o'clock last evening from
Washington was in possession of that man while the meeting
was in progress, but was not read until after the men had de
termined to walk out.
Early this morning the men were met as they entered the
factories and shops and told to pass the word that the meeting
scheduled for this afternoon would not take place, but that a
meeting would be held at the State Street Casino tonight at 8
o'clock when plans for future action would be formulated by
the leaders of the union.
AUSTRIAN EfflPEROR AT
GERiAl HEADQUAI
Charles Holds Conference With William on Military and
Political Questions, Local Anzeiger of
Berlin Says.
Amsterdam, Aug. 15 Emperor Charlesof Austria is at
German main headquarters according to a telegram to the Lo
kal Anzeiger of Berlin, from Karl Rosner, its war correspondent.
Sergeant Barker
Wounded in France
Sergeant John M. Barker, a former
resident of Fairfield, and brother of
Joseph Barker, manager of the Sur
prise store, was severely wounded in
action, "Somewhere in France." on
July 23. Sergeant Barker enlisted
about a year ago with Co. K, 102nd
Infantry, and has been in France
EUme lime. no cto Kn.aocu " f- 1110
month of May, but recovered from the
effects and again "went over the top."
Sergeant Barker is very well known
in this city and his friends will be glad
when he recovers.
CORONER AT FORT ADAMS.
Coroner John J. Phelan recently ac
companied his nephew, Robert E.
Phelan to Fort Adams at Newport,
R. I., where young Mr. Phelan Joined
the Coast Artillery Corps in which he
enlisted recently. He is the son of
Mrs. Patrick Phelan of 1836 Noble
avenue.
100 Men Left Plant, But
employed at the Remington
Machine company working on
on strike today in defiance of
from noon until two o'clock in
until the Taft-Walsh Arbitra
Emperor William and his advisors
have been holding an important con
ference at headquarters, the corres
pondent reports and these delibera
tions on political and military ques
tions are "reaching their highest
point," with the coming of .the Aus
trian Emperor and his advisory staff.
Rosner's telegram, which was sent
from Germain Main Headquarters,
reads: ' - -
"For days past the headquarters
has been the scene of important and
fruitful deliberations by the Emperor
. . I j. , . . , i
i f nd h's yl" " ?.ol,"cal and mlU:
ary questions. With the arrival of
Emperor Charles and his political ad
visors the deliberations are reaching
their highest point.
"Accompanied by Count von Wedel,
Admiral von Hintze (the German
Foreign secretary) and his suite, the
Kaiser received hisgust guests at
the Etation. Aftr exchange of
party greetings ar presentation
of the suites, the Emperors an 1 their
personal retinue proceeded to . the
quarters of Field Marshal von Hihden-
K, ii.fr .1 riot. T . . ,1 . - i x i
o liuu'i iuuru io near
their report on the military situation."
and
PRESIDENT
WEEK END
WITH COL.
TAKES
OUTING
Leaves Washington for
Brief Trip to Colonel's
Summer Home.
Manchester, Mass., Aug-. 15. Pres
ident and Mrs. Wilson arrived here
today for a visit at the summer home
of Colonel E. M. House. Their spe
cial train made the trip from Wash
ington in approximately 12 hours, ar
riving here at. 9:20 o'clock this morn
ing. Escaping by a few hours some
of the hottest weather of the summer,
the President found the north shore
delightfully cool and clear.
The President and Mrs. Wilson were
met at the station by Colonel House
and Mrs. House, and a few other
friends. It was undertsood that it
was the wish of the President that
he be .permitted to enjoy a brief out
ing quietly, and so far as known no
visitors were expected.
The President and Mrs. Wilson left
Washington quietly last night for
Manchester, Mass., to stay over the
week-end at the summer home of
Colonel E. M. House. Only the White
House staff and the newspaper cor
respondents, who were asked to keep
the secret, knew of the trip in ad
vance. It was said at the White House
that the President's purpose was to
rest a few days on the cool Massa
chusetts shore. He has many imDor.
tant problems pending which may be
discussed with Colonel House, who
almost invariably is called into con
sultation when Mr. Wilson hq
weighty decisions to make.
Mrs. Bishop Under
Surgeon's Knife
The many friends of Mrs. Florence
Klein Bishop of Mill Hill avenue, will
be surprised to know that she un
derwent an operation at the Bridge
port hospital yesterday afternoon. In
quiry at the hospital this morning
elicited the fact that she is restine
comfortably. Her friends will hone I
for her speedy recovery.
AMERICA MUST SEND
MM TO WIN THE WAR
Chief of Staff Tells Military Committee We Are Expected
to Win the War Man Power Bill Re
ported in Senate Today.
Washington, Aug. 15 In reporting the administration man
power bjjl extending draft ages, today, Chairman Chamberlain
disclosed to the Senate that General March had told the mili
tary committee it was up to the United States to put enough
men in France to win the war on the west front and had ex
pressed the belief that four million Americans under one com
mander could go through the German line's whenever they
pleased.
The report also revealed that the
new American war program calls for
eighty divisions, or something over
3,000,000 men, in France by June 30
next year, with eighteen more divis
ions in training at home then.
All men called for active service
under the proposed new draft ages
18 to 45 General March told the
committee, would be in France by
next June, according to the program.
Secretary Baker informed the com
mittee, the report said, that the Presi
dent's policy called for concentration
of American forces on the western
front including Italy and that "the
theory of the fighting in the future
is that we must force the issue and
win on the western front."
Immediate extension of the draft
ages was declared by the army rep
lesentatives to be imperative in order
that the United States may throw its
full strength in the struggle and
win.
If the draft ages are fixed at from
IS no 45, General March said the sys
tem of volunteer enlistment in the
United States Army automatically
disappears.
' Plans for beginning cons'deration
in the Senate Monday of the new man
power bill extending the draft ages
were blocked today by a failure of a
quorum to appear when . Chairmnn
Chamberlain, of the Military Commt
tee, submitted the measure with a fa
orable report.
Irw his report Chairman Chamber
lain quoted extensively from testi
. . .
mony ueiure me uumimnee -Dy Sec-
retary Baser, uenerai March and
' Provost Marshal General Crowder.
Evening Farmer
American Schooner Dorothy
Barrett Sunk by Shell
Fire Yesterday.
BELIEVE SUBMARINE
DAMAGED BY BOMBS
Survivors of Fishing
Schooner Sunk Saturday
Reach Port at Boston.
Washington, Aug. 15 Sea
planes and naval patrol boats
attacked with depth bombs
a German submarine which
shelled and set fire to the
merican schooner Dorothy
Barrett, New York for Norfolk,
yesterday afternoon off Cape
May, N. J. v ,
Navy reports today said one bomb
a seaDlane exploded within 75
feet of the bubbles and wake from
the U-boat, which had submerged
when the planes and patrols were
-ihtorl. When the planes had com
pleted their -attack, two patrol boats
closed in and let go aepin uu,u .i
the spot where bubbles were observed.
The result has not been determined
but the submarine did not again ap
pear. The crew abandoned the schooner
as soon as the submarine appeared
and opened fire, and have been landed
safely at Cape May, N. J.
Despatches to the department today
did not make clear whether the ves
sel was destroyed. She was .bound
from New York for Norfolk when at
tacked, six and one half miles from
Northeast Lightship, near Cape May.
Mine sweepers have been sent to the
scene as there is a possibility that
the submarine laid mines in that
vicinity as was the case when the
raiders made their first appearance in
American waters last May.
This submarine probably is the one
which Tuesday evening torpedoed the
oil tank steamer Frederick R. Kel
logg, 30 miles south of Ambrose
Light, with the probable loss of seven
men of the tanker's crew. The tank
er today was reported still afloat with
a chance of being salvaged.
The American tank steamer Fred
erick R. Kellogg, torpedoed Tuesday
evening by a German submarine, still
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"The United States srovermnpnf
General March is quoted as saying,
"has been asked by her allies to em
bark upon a program so large that it
was necessary very carefully to as
certain whether wo could go through
with it ' or not, and one of the fea
tures of this enlarged program was
providing men. The desire of the ad
ministration is to establish limits,
botff-maximum and minimum, which
will accomplish this program and at
the same time disorganize the indus
tries of the country as little as possi
ble." Genera! March told the committee
that he was unqualifiedly in favor of
having the army composed of as
many young men as possible. Young
men between 18 and 20, he said, not
only do not have many encumbrances
but they are better fit physically.
"The president," said Gen. March,
resuming his statement, "has finally
announced that the American military
policy from this time on is centered
on the western front and we have
declined to be diverted from that one
thing. The war department has now
adopted this is a policy and it is the
policy of the United States that the
military program is to be centered in
France.
"The purpose of America is to fur
nish enough man power to whip the
Germans from now on. The only way
that Germany can- be whipped is by
America going in there with her
whole strength."
"Then America has got to put
enough me nover there to whip Ger
many?" asked Senator Kirby.
"That is it .in a nutshell," General
March replied.
:BGATE GETS
LETTER FROM
CAPT. I'COOK
Sends Thanks to People
Here From 304th Regi
ment For Gifts.
Superintendent of Police John H.
Redgate is in receipt of a letter today
from Captain Anson T. McCook, of
the 304th Regiment (Bridgeport's
Own), who is now on the other side,
and in the letter the captain who
numbers his friends by the hundreds
in Bridgeport, requested the super
intendent to thank in behalf of the
regiment the people of Bridgeport for
their iQpst generous gifts to the regi
mental fund and the thousands of
courtesies shown, to the entire com
plement of all ranks.
The letter emphasizes the splendid
spirit in which the Bridgeport boys
are in and the eagerness with which
they look forward to getting to grips
with the Him. Every mother's son
of them is looking toward the time
when the big hike to the heart of
Hunland will begin and the people
of Bridgeport may expect to hear
great things from their boys across
the seas in the near future.
25 SURVIVORS
LANDED SAFELY
REST ARE LOST
Crew of Steamer Penistone
Report Another Boat Con
taining Survivors Lost.
Boston, Aug. 15
Twenty-flve sur -
vlvors of the British steamer Penis
tone, sunk by a German submarine off
the Massachusetts coast Sunday, land
ed at Cape Cod ports today and re
ported that another boat containing
members of the crew had been lost.
Four of the survivors were badly
burned and injured, indicating the
vessel had been attacked before the
crew had a chance to escape.
Navy department reports earlier in
the week did not explain how the
Penistone had been sunk and first ad
vices from the Cape today failed to
clear up this point, as it was said
naval authqrities had taken charge of
the ship's crew. The men were in
two boats, which had drifted since
Sunday. They were well nigh ex
hausted from exposure and lack of
food.
The number in the boat reported
lost was not stated.
The injured were engineers and fire
men. Two of the Penistone's officers
were aboard the first boat to reach
shore.
Later reports to naval headquarters
here said 29 men had landed. The
statement by survivors that one boat
had been lost was not accepted as
definite, as it was thought it might
have been picked up by a passing
steamer or fisherman.
SE
T
OLLAND NOLLED
N CITY COURT
Former Remington Official
Accused of Embezzlement
Is Freed by Judge.
Joseph A. -Holland, 38, of 144 Cole
man street, formerly manager of the
employment office of the Remington
Arms plant who was arrested at his
home on the evening of Aug. 4 by
Detectives Malone and Garrity,
charged with embezzling $500 from
ICosta S. llelligon, was before the city
court today and the charge against
him was ordered nolled by Judge
Wilder.
In the discharge of Holland today
the case which caused such wide
spread interest in Bridgeport ends.
When arrested it was charged by his
former, partner in the employment
agency business that Holland had
embezzled $500 from him, but upon
the evidence being sifted it was found
that the money was apparently cov
ered by a not aend that Holland was
not guilty as charged.
When Holland was first arraigned
before the city court Aug. 5, his case
was continued and until Aug. 7 and
when he came up for trial on that
date it was continued until today un
der bonds of $1,000.
Gen. Humbert's Men Have Carried Ribecourt
Seriously Endangering German Positions in
Thiescourt Ridge and Ouscamp Salient Lull
in the Fighting British Line Advanced
Slightly East of Rainecourt Northwest of
Chaulnes Patrols Active Throughout the
Night
Paris, Aug. 15 Both sides are gathering strength for a re
sumption of heavy fighting. That, however, does not prevent
the French from hammering away at the Lassigny-Noyon line
and doggedly struggling onward through gas-choked woods.
General Humbert's men have carried Ribecourt which bar
red the road running 4oward Noyon between Thiescourt ridge
and the Oise and protected the Germans in Ourscamp forest,
east of the river. It is a success that seriously endangers both
Thiescourt ridge and the Ourscamp. salient.
The enemy in the Thiescourt position, already severely
shaken by the attacks of General Humbert's left, is reported to
be showing signs of giving way. ,
Paris, Aug. 15. The violent artil
lery duel between the Avre and the
Oise continued during last night, ac
cording to the statement from the
war office today. A German raid in
Champaign failed. -
Paris, Aug. 15. General Hans von
Boehn, the German "retreat special
ist," has been appointed to the su
preme German command on the
Etomme front. The newspaper believe
this change in the German command
is highly significant. The German
withdrawal north of Albert Is looked
upon as the first application of his
tactics.
With the French Army in France,
Aug. 14, 2 p. m. Along the new bat-
tie front from Gury to Thiescourt
wood the struggle came to a stand
still today. In addition to the St.
Claude and Ecouvillon farms, we hold
ground to the north of Velval village
and a footing in Plessier-de-Hoye
park. The battle, therefore, has
reached a natural conclusion and the
danger of a counter attack from
Thiescourt massif has been removed.
It is unknown whether the 'battle
will be renewed or not, but if it is
it will' be a new operation, with
stronger material and greater man
power on both sides.
London, Aug. 15. The British line
has been advanced slightly east of
Rainecourt, in the district northwest
of Chaulnes on the Picardy battle-
front, today's war office statement an
nounces. Since August 8, when the Allied at
tack in Picardy began, the British
and French have taken prisoners to
the number of 30,344.
British patrols were active through
out last night in the district between
Albert and Ayette, where the Ger
mans began their retirement yester
day. The patrols have maintained
close touch with the enemy in this
region.
(VIET TROOPS
Reserves of Gold Stored in Basement of the Kremlin
" Have Been Removed to Some Un
known Place.
Amsterdam, Aug. 15 (British Wireless Press)-sovjet
troops have begun to evacuate Moscow. The Gold reserVM -which
had been in the basement of the Kremlin already have
been removed to an unknown place.
Despatches received in London on
WOUld Kather t Ignt . j Monday reporting that Premier Lenine
Than Go To Jail
John Natorvieh and John Runitz,
who were arrested on the charge of
theft were arraigned before the City
Court today. Runitz was assessed
a fine of $10 and' costs and given a
jail sentence of 30 days while Nator
vieh was sentenced to spend 10 days
in jail.
Both men were accused of stealing
a suit of clothes from a fellow board
er in the Central House in State
street and having disposed of the
garments to a second hand clothes
dealer.
Runitz expressed u wisli to fishi
the Kaiser and as he is a strong,
strapping fellow, he was given a
chance to sign up and will be exam
ined by the doctors today with a view
to giving him a chance to get his and
swat Bill Hohenzollchn.
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rRICE.TWO CENTS
The British made further progress
at several points along this .front.
(By The Associated Press.)
Allied success in Picardy appar
ently has compelled the Germans tore-align
their positions between A.1
bert and Arras, Enemy troops have
begun a retirement on --i five mile
front but complete details of the
movement are lacking.
Between the Ancre and the Oise
the fighting still is confined to local
actions at various points. The Brit
ish and French have improved their
positions at various points. The Brit
ish and French have improved their
positions slightly north of the Somme,
northwest of Roye, south of Lassigny
and along the Oise. Enemy troops
have shown no disposition to counter
Attack elsewhere and have confined
their retaliatory efforts to artillery
bombardments.
The extent of the German 'with
drawal north of Albert is not yet
clearly defined and its effect upon the,
situation as a whole is problematical
Field Marshal Haig announces the
enemy has left his forward positions
at Beaumont Hamel, Serre, Puisteux-au-Mont
and Bucquoy. These are in'
the Hebuterne sector where the Ger
mans were stopped In their offensive
of March 21. Many vain efforts were
made by the Germans to reach the
heights around Hebuterne as their
positions in this sector were domin
ated by the British guns.
Should the German lines be move!
back any great depth the line south
to Albert and thence to the Sommo
would be affected. Likewise the line
northward to the Scarpe might have
to be readjusted. It is not unlikely
the movement here Is similar In pur
pose to the recent withdrawals in the
Lys salient and is part of a German.
plan to get into as strong positions
possible on the entire front -
Ypres to Rheims.
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and War Minister Trotzky had fled to
the naval bare at Kronstadt added
that all the government departments
also would be removed there. Tho
flight of Lenine and Trotzky was said
to be due to threats by the Social Rev
olutionists of the Left that they were
about to begin a reign of terror there. .
Whether the Soviet troops were forced
to depart from Moscow is not clear,
but the loss of the city to the Soviet
government undoubtedly will be a ser
ious blow to their cause.
Moscow, the ancient capital of Rus- .
sia, was made the Soviet capital in
March. The Lenine government fled
there from Petrograd toward which
the German troops were marching. It
has been reported within the past few
days that the Germans had renewed :
their march toward Petrograd.
Czecho-SIovak troops have been re
ported in force along the Volga, about
500 miies east of Moscow.
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