tilt AMERICAN
IISSIIS suu
tisutttitu
German Boats Active Off
Seal Island, on the Nova'
, Scotia Coast, Recently—Ii
Standard Oil Tanker Lost
MINE'SINIIIHE
i suitsuutti
I
i
Crew of Burned Canadianwar Department Divides
Schooner Repeat State-l
1, ments of Men Aboard U-56l
'WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.——The sink-
tug of the American tank Steamer 0.
B Jennings. yesterday, one hundred
miles if the Virginia coast, announc-
ed t it, revealed the. presence'of at
least two German submarines on this
rode of the.Atlantic. The second raid-
er has been operating off the coast of
Nova Scotla and nearby waters for say
erstdilys. I
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—_—Thc Amer-
ican tank Steamship O. B. Jennings
was sunk by a German submarine yes-
terday. about 100 miles off the
Virginia coast and thirty survivors of
the vessel's crew have been brought
to Norfolk by a naval V8319], the Navy
Den min)! was today informed. The,
can .and one boat containing thin
man members of thotorew HTE'ullfiflan.
Wireless calls from the steamer. say
lug «beg. channelled by a submarine
worms-ca ved yesterday between elev-
en o'clock and illicit. Naval vessels
were sent at. once to the location indi-
cated, but arrived only in time to pick
survivors. the vessel having gone
doWn. The Jennings, which was built
in 1917. was of 7.890 net tons
Ollie. as Second Class Matter.
700 NAMES 0f
iauiiitttsuii
.names. the largest number reportSd in
ating number from any one state. This
was taken to Indicate that the casual-.
tutti/innit : *
tutttiswrtv
Entered at the South Net-walk Pol
wit tictltts
CIBIII ~ till
407, of Which 203 Were Kill-
ed in Action, Given Out
From the War Depart-
ment Today
» APPEAR TUESll/ll
List of Casualties in Twol
Sections
........._
WASHINGTON, August 5.~Casuai~,
ties among the American troops in the
severe lighting in which they have
been engaged since July 16 when‘thc
German offensive was launched and
halted at the Marne now are being re-
ported in the daily lists front General
Pershing, although no estimate of the
totaliias yetbcen received.
Today's army list contained , .407
a single day. Of the men named, 203
were killed In action, 3’! died of
wounds, and 148 were wounded, -l8 se-
riously and 100 degree undetermined.
A ._
titti CAIII
tilt of 7,500
lots with
Chairman Hurley Says It
Marks Another Milestone
in America's Progress of
the War '
sinusitis ‘ \
IIIIMIEIISMN
Hog Island
PHILADELPHIA, August 5.——Wlth
President and Mrs. Wilso odlcials of}
the Shipping Board and mnergenayt
'Fleet Corporation add thousands of
shipyard workers and their families
looking on, the Qutstconck, a cargo-
carrying vessel of 7,500 tons, Went?
down the ways of the Hog island Ship-'
yards today, marking. In the words of
Chairman Hurley, of the Stripping
.Board. “another milestone in Aineriq
ca‘s progress in the war against the‘
German Government."
The Quistconck, of which Mrs. Wil-
’i‘lie missing In actllon numbered only
three. In addition to the army list, the.
marine list today contained ten names
whine killed In action and one died of
wounds. 1
Men fiom fony'flvo states were
named in the lists with no predomin-
ties were scattered through
units. The states not represented in
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many I
and be- V
longed to the Standard on Company. ARMHR FUR TRflflps
(Continued on Page Four) »,- V ,
son was sponsor, Is the “first of the
.large cargo carrying vessels to_ be
Ilaunched at the Hog island yard, thel
‘largest shipyard in the world. it willi'
. (Continued on Page Four)
Seth LeGrand Gumman
30m loam“. can. Edith“, soccer is, 1918.
filth
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Spom’lohn Evans Caught in Act:
son for The Quistconck, at .
i
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
“‘_~_ .—
Germans, May Make Stand
~~> an
Thundenhowero this afternoon.
' on Soissons-Rhcims Front
CAPTAIN
leEli Ftllt tutu
nun illliSlEIts.
by Deputy Warden Oti‘ -
Fairfield Beach
M
As They
PASSES THE ’ .
~ yttrium
N orwalk Boy Successful in
Rigid Law Test
M ‘
Wilfred McMahon, of No. 50 France
street, son of John J. McMahon, of the
same address. has been notified by
the New York State Board of Law
Examiners that. he has passed the ex-
llillladiPORT, August 5.—-F‘oi talc
ing in short lobsters fonsaie in the
markets of Bridgeport, Deputy Game
“aria-n A. Joseph WI'Wcmsoa laatt
week arrested Captain John E\ ans, a
78-year-old flrheimalf, of 61 Lafayettei
street and. in the City court. Saturday"
morning, Evans was fined $25
and
costs. amounting to a total of $39.54
for violation of the Connecticut statue
dealing with the illegai'catching of'
fish and game. Evans was
catching lobsters less than six inches
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W
.WREBIIERS Wllllll, ..
"liN MAHllNlNfi
Two marine wreckers and repair
boats from the Naval Training Base at
New London are off Roton Point to-
day trying to float the steam-freighter
"Mahoning" which while bound from
Boston to Norfolk was rammed by tho
t parison with its predecessors, as is
mum“ The recent attainment of the use of
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iiIIIlIIIlIllNI t
PUSIAIIIEVENS
Popular Commander of 76th ‘
Dmsion Back, Coming to
Train Troops
_....____.
CAMP DEVENS, Mass, August 5.—
General Harry F. Hodges, the popular
commander of the 76th division, which
recently landed in France. has been
t
ordered back to Camp Devens to take which possesses one of the fittest col-I
charge of the 12th division, according
to an announcement of General March.
The 74th regiment,‘which is made up
,of a great many Connecticut men, in:
eluding those from Bridgeport and
qurtield county. has been practically
completed by men from the Depot Bri-
gade. "
Six officers of the American Expedi-
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FltOM FORECASTLE
TO THE BRIDGE
NEW LONDON. August 5.——The first
graduates of the United States Ship.
. lug Board’s free navigation school,at
ew London. are to go before Steam-
boat inspection Service officials in a
few days to take their examinations
1' licenses as mates. ‘ l
is willmake room for enrolling
more seamen who can qualify for free
ruingto become deck officers In the
ercliant Madge. Connecticut or
Long island sea ten who wish to. en-
ter should apply at once, direct to
Prof. Frederick Slocum, instructor, at?
the school, which is in the Y.'M. C. A.‘
building. ‘ _ .
The present class consistsmalnly of
namen from New London, New Brit-
.ain and Derby. Theacliool is not {or
unnamed, The first aim of all the
filimplng Board's free navigation
schools is to hell) al‘man get hIa first
license, and thus establish him as a
floensed Officer in the Merchant Ma-
lina; hilt the “boots are also open to
licensed men who feel the need 'of
brushing up On their navigation as a
step toward an"'advance invgrade.
;. .l‘liosc schools are 'a short cut from
'theitorec‘astie to the bridge. It is es-
timatedth‘at 4,000 masters and mates
i
«new . .
' . . .4 ..t....._.4....a.,..a...lc.m.i...1-i.udd-IJ. ,
Metropolitan Museum~ Pro-
vides Patterns For War
Experiments
WASHINGTON, August o.—Expeii-
meats made by Gen. Persiilng‘s men
in the u ‘
War Department for test purposes
have turned out so favorably that the
\ ’itr Department is considering a plan
for protecting soldiers in this manner"
on an extensive scale.
An announcement made yesterday
by the department disclcscs that for
months experts have been at work at
the Metropolitan Museum. New Yolk,
lections of ancient armor in the world,
going over the work of the old armor
makers.
Models turned out at the museum
li‘Oi‘ksliOp have been sent to various
factmies, with the result that twenty-
l’ivc different types of armor defences,
numbering thousands of pieces, have
been shipped abroad and actually
Worn by the soldiers' These include?
breast-plates, waistcoats, arm, thigh
and leg pieces, light shields audnew
kinds of helmets.
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fir-‘ ———,—-—_
'ItlEASEliIJIlIIENtiN ,
SMIII thJtIMES
Committee Favors Abate:
ment to 5 Per Cent. Tax on
Those Below $4,000
WASHINGTON, August 5.—-—Thc‘ba-
sis of the ubatoments to be made from
the 10 per cent. normal tax on person-
al incomes hasvlrtually been agreed
.on by the Ways and Means committee,
it was learned yesterday. The abate-
ments. which will. have the effect of
considerably lessening the tax burden
on smaller incomes, will go as for as
cutting the 10 percent. tax in two.
It'is the present opinion of,a ma-
jority of the committee ,that incomes
and portions 0 fincomes below. $4,000
and portions of incomes below.$4,000
that a 5 per cent. tax. The exemps
tions of.$2,000 for married and $1,000
for unmarried persons apply, of course. .
are needddlt’tor» the" nevi‘Mcrchant 113.1- , .
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«cantata. Osmond); g.
Buried This Afternoon
- From His Home on Grunt-w
steamer “Bay State" off Roton Point
Friday evening. The “Mahonlng” was
ton Point by her commander who tried
animation prescribed for admittance
to practice as an Attorney and Coun~
celicr-at-Law in the Courts of the
State of New York. The test under-
mt by Mr. McMahon Was assayed in
June; It was most rigorous and un-
compromising In naturc both as an
individual paper and in point of com-
;tartly exemplified by the few who pas-
-sed out of the many who tried.
twenty-one (21) years by the young
mad, and his able coping with as ardv
one a paper In this, his first attempt.
constitutes an appreciable disclosure
of the abality of which hols possessed.
Mr. McLuhan. r6091v§dhifpielimin~
ary education in and graduated, from
the Norvmk High School; his legal
varsity School of Law, New York City.
and In the office of a prominent Wall
atieet firm of that place, graduating
from Fordham this past June.
Of lndefatlgable application, pleas-
ing personality and stout character, he
is the possesor of those fundamentals
which insure hissuccess and which are
so necessary to achievement in all
others.
Mr McMahon has accepted a web
tion as managing clerk with a well
beached on the sand and rocks off 30.1 known down-town New York law firm.
and will shortly engage in active work
training was uqulred at Fordham Unl- ‘
Iand isouth of the Somme
Retire hat Way
The Vesle Virtually Cleared of the Enemy'anl '
Fismes Was Carried by Storm by-
lhe Americans.
Allied Troops Are Advancing.
Slowly But Gains, Arc ‘
Important. *
Great Quantities of Guns and Ammunition.
‘ Captured as the Allies Move ForWard. _
(By The Associated Press.) |salient about Montdidicr and tho»
Weakcned by the defeat sttfl'Cerfiine farther north in Picardy and
on the Soissons-Rheims front, ille‘probably 800011.11“ .le‘Illfi Withfi,
Germans apparently are prepariugdmwalg will and south t of mg“
to assume the defensive on the'somme, . . .. ‘ y. -
front from Ypres to Rheims. British ttrtltlpf-iibw lit‘fltl Haul“?
While continuing their retire-find Dcrnancourt,‘ on the west.
ment northward-to the Aisne, thefibank of the Ancrc, and the Ge“
Germans have given up good de'imans now are. to the cast of-thtl':
fensxve posrtions in Ptcardy, ”mil-iv”. At “be", where the All
Of Amiens. The “1°"emems “12:“; .‘cre divides tli’e‘ town, the situation
v . '
I
, is not clear. ‘
lbcen only local in character, but
lthey are tut indication that the.
German command is aware of the
of Montdder' to Barches,
From' Mesnil-St. Georges, wesf
the
Germans are retiring across the
Avrc. Their retrograde move-
ment already has averaged two
miles on a seven-mile front. 'The'
danger of an Allied attack north
'of the present battlefield.
Between Soissons and Rheims
Q of armor sent over by the} late residence, Rev. Frederic «\l. i-iol-I
man Hill,‘ Wilton
‘—._.—_.'...
Surviving his wife by exactly a,
year and a day. Seth LeGrand Gram-I
man died at his home, on Grumman
Hill, Wilton, Friday‘mfter a long ill-
HESS.
The funeral services will be held at
2:30 o'clock, this afternoon, front his
l
tlister officiating. 'The burial Will he.1
5in the family plot at Joe‘s Iiill biliy~
ting ground.~ '
The Seventh Wilton Son.
Setli LeGrand Grumman was the
seventh in the direct line of chat Gluin-
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WITEIIBIJIII nu ‘
vmituiuw
tWholes'ale Firm - of Morris.
Spirt & Company Ordered‘
Closed For Five Days I
HARTFORD, August 5.—.—Beginning
at midnight tonight the wholesale firm'
be closed, for at least five days, by the
Food. Administration. The‘firm, aftert
a hearing in this city, July 19th, was-l
adjudged guilty of a number 'of viola-i
tions of several of the Food Adminis-
tration and by its Waterbury local
‘Ch'arging excessive prices for sugar-,l
and charging excessive prices for'
flour.“ - - ' i
For nearly a year, even before lastl
November, when the Food Administra;
1(Continued on Page Four.) I
SERGEANT CROAL .
IS IMPROVING
—“L—‘—-i ‘ ‘ l I
has received a detter from France.
informing her that her son, Sergeant
William Croat, . otthe MarinetCorps.
who was severely wounded some time
ago. was rapidly improving.
The ictte‘rmaa written by one 'of
the army chaplains who stated that
Sergeant Croai had requested him to
write to hls’motlicn as he was unable
to do so because of his wounds. . l
Sergeant Croal is serving-his. sec-
,» (Continued on Seventh page.) .;
’Mrs. William Croat, of Spring streets:
to save the vessel in thiswny before
it sunk.
A 35-foot hole was stove in the
craft's side and it is in tlils that the
Navy Department's vessels are work-
ing on today to repair. it is thought
the boat will be at its present ldcatlon
for some time before it will be floated
and fit for service again.
LIMITED SERVICE
MAN GIVEN SEND-OFF
The Literary Poale Zion Club, of
‘Norwalk, got together, stmdavmen. flve. inclusive. and authorizing thezswamps line its course west of;
log. at its club rooms/Roodner’s Hail,
and gave a pleasant send~offto Chaim
.Zukoff, who left today at 4:45 p.:m.,' ages and at such times" as he may
for Syracuse, N. Y., Mr. Zukotf will
entérvthe limited service in the army.
Over thirty members were present,-
as Well as several invited guests and,
during the evening, the members ex-
pressed their good wlshes for their de-
parting brother.
1the Vesle virtually has been clear-
. led of enemy troops and Flames,
“hm hm success. the important base in the center,
is in, the hands of the Americans,
having been carried by storm.
I
MAN PBWER B'l-‘l‘ West of Rlleims the French have,
' ' made important gains and in the;
BEWRE BflNflREss lregion of Soissous the French are
!north of the Aisne.
l Enemy resistance apparently
,has been growing stronger from
Administration Manpower hill extend- - ' ,. |
ing‘ the selective service act to all men _Ftsmes “St to thelms. H0“ eveni
between the ages of eighteen to forty-ithe V93“ is in flOOd and as large;
in that capacity. His many friends
WASHINGTON, August 5.—Tho new
gl-trestdent to call such persons lntoIRheims, it is possible the resist-
military service "in such sequence of once may be due to the inability of .
lthe German to move to the northl
Fe C '1‘) , I l . ‘ i
p 81 e was nroduced many in be . The high water out
both houses of Congress. _ 0E.
The measure. which was 'preparedimauy German units elsewhere and
by Secretary Baker with the approval tthese fought until they were kill-
!of the President and Provost Marshal ied or hopelessly surrounded.
General Crowder. was referred to thel . .
‘milltary committees. Congressional Allied troops, havmg flattened.
French hold Braches, have peace
tratecl into Hargicourt and are on
the outskirts ofr'Courtemarclic.
The moveménts to the caster-it
bank of the Ancre and Avrc are?”
both defensi, 'in character. Thd
Germans’ liol lugs west of the riv-
er were not very large, but larga
enough to have served as “jump.
ing 03” places in future opera,
tions. The Allies-now control the
heights west of each stream. Mill;
tary experts have called the Avro"
the path to Amiens and the enemy
positions on the west bank were? ‘
most important if the drive‘ for
Amicns was to becontinucd with
success. ' \ '
-Gre_at quantities of ammunition
and guns have-been taken by thil .
French, American and British.
troops south of the Veslc, and all
The organization is anlntei-natloualt190ders Dian 10 have the 111888“? 003301“ the Marne POCketi have Mttindications are that the German.
society, whose object an purposes are
uthe re-establishment of Palestine as , period is over, the latter part of this‘
the Jewish homeland and the collect-
ing of funds for the immediate relief
of the Jewish war sufferers through-
out the war—strlcken zones.
The members then unanimously
of Morris Spirt & Company. Inc., of‘ 99,, to support the publication of thing would be done to expedite its.
No. 20-28 Canal street, Waterbury, will . $1)? Zhltlowsky‘s work on pategttne. ‘ passage. While Senate leaders admit:
This will require about $5,000 and. dur-
ing the evening, a goodly amount was
contributed for this purpose.
After refreshments were served,«the
party left, about midnight, taking pith
it thc’memories of an evening of‘ gen-
,uine pleasure. \ .
W
Papers Must , _
Reduce Consumption
WASHINGTON, Aug. '5.—
Pa er mills have been listed as
ties division of the War Indus-t
tires Board announced today, it
the g. understanding that t e
greatest possible economy will
beexweroised in the use of paper
and thpt newspapers will reduce
wilftoon per cent. on daily odi-
ttonii and twenty per cent. on»
Isidored soon after the summer recess advanced so rapidly during the‘
month.
Chaiman Chamberlaih, or the Senate‘uuit's keep in close touch with the
Military committee, explained its puercrmans, but it is probableithat
poses. and gave assurance that every-”wavy artillery will have to be
=br0uglit up if the Germans per-
past forty-eight hours as in the,
In presenting the bill to the Senate'prcvtous forty-eight. The leading I
Ibe’tween Soissons and Rheims. N0-
retirement was hasty and due to
the strong Allied pressure all
along the front which now has: .
been shortened 'to thirty-two miles
additional report on total of prisnw ;
,noers has been made since the mid— .
an senttal industry, the priorié l
their consumption of newsth I
[there may be some Opposition, they
hope that it will be finally passed by
September 1. _
Thepriuclpai portions of the bill pre-
“.sented, as amendments to the original
’ draft law follow: _
“The‘i‘Presldent may draft such per-
sons iiabie'to military service in such
sequence of ages and at such time or
times as he may prescribe * ' t ,
I a citizen or subject of a country hed-
ltral in the present war who has de-
lclare‘d his intention to become a citi-
Izen of this” United States shall be re-
]lleved from iiabllityvto military serv-
ilice upon his making a declaration in
inccordance with regulations as
‘Presldent may prescribe, withdrawing
{his intention to become a citizen,of
'tbe United States 4' * t and he
.shall forever be debarred from becom-
ing a citizen of the United States.” ,
The provisions referring to perspns
Icngagedgln industry and agriculture
. providing for their relief from military
: duty would be amended to read;-
“Persons engaged in occupations or
employment found to be necessary to
the maintenance of the military estab-
lishment of the effective operation of
3W?" “Slim; i? ‘
v .
l ; ,tcéatimgd‘ OI Matron) x
the l
SiSt in trying *0 how the Allies Offltllc of last week, but in Paris it is
at various Willis 310118 the “3519- ldeclared that when the aggregate
There is little doubt in Alllcdbf prisoners captured is 'madg.
icapitfils that the German Crown known it “will thrill the Allied"
Prince Will “ti". '60 the north 0f.world.” General Pershing reports:
the Alarm. HIS PGSISt-MICG tothat American troops alone have
IFreuch pressure inthe Rhetms Te‘tcuptured 3,400 men and 133 Elms-s
glad “(it unlikely IS for the par-I From Arras to the sea and from}.
pose of holding the Allies from'iaheims to Switzerland the battle.
breaking through and to prevent fmnt has been quiet. .1
‘tltem from getting between the; In Italy, French and Italian ,
EVesle and the Aisne before. he canjtroops have captured three hnnw
'get his troops to ‘the northerHfdrcd prisoncss in local sections.
'stretim. The heights 0f the Cllem‘IThc Italians have wrestcd Hill.l73~
tin (his Dames offer ihe most W‘t' Ion Dosso Alto, in the mountain ro-
'able defensive pos1tion, but evengion’ from the enemy. i
ithis would e precarious if ‘ the - .
‘Frcnch can i ovo forward from PARIS, August 5.—-French de~~
north of the Aisne in the Soissons ltactnmnpg, which crossed the Void
region. A strong movement here'are meeting with resistance. fm
'suffloicnt to carry the French to the Germans, sayg‘theomcatstgm.
lFort dc Malmaison, the western'ment from the War Office ‘todh‘y
key of the Chemin des Dames It is declared there is nothing , o
ridge, would have ’60 be on a more importance to report from the hate
extended front. . . . tlefront. . . = ’ 4- . a
This also would threaten ser-
i iously‘ the enemy positions in, the,
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