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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-07
RUSSIANS SHELL
FLEEING GERMANS
Hammer at Enemy's Posi-
tions on East Prus-
sian Frontier.

Petrograd, Oct. 6.-The following OF
fcisI statement was given out to-day
q, Russian general headquarters
"The Russian offensive cam osign
continues. The fortified positions OF
go enemv on the frontier are under
Soovv artillery fire. The enemy has
,ecn;yed roinforcements from the gar
rison at Koenigsters. There mas oeen
particularly desperate hghtihe !" '"o
ricinity OF Bakalarge~o.
"Railroads in East Prussia are
crowded with troop trains, ana our
aerial scouts report an uninterrupteu
Tnovement Of Germans IN a Westerly
direction. German columns and ger
ran troop trains are "lthdra"'hS
across the frontier
paris. Oct. Ga Havas Agency dis
rotcb from Petrogrsd gives the tol!ow-
inc official communications:
3Tbe German retreat continues along
uo Frortier of East Prussia. The Ger
mans have been forced 10 eVacuate
their fortified positions between "ler@'
bolo and Lyck.'
London. OCl. u N''
statements continue to repeat IN gen
eral way what has been accepted mere
"a fact for days that the eerman
army along the East Prusslan frontle1
has been more or less routed ana ciI CUT
TO pieces, but as this is only a Smsl. !.
norton OF the front it IS exceedingly
hard TO get anything like clear eu'
irrespective of the conflict.
The battle line along the RUSSIAN
border is not continuous, but inc lh-
teryals are comparatively small gaps
and the whole territory along the IRON
,icr from Tilsit, on the northeast por-
dor Of East Prussia, to Dukla Pass IN
the Carpathians, bristles with arms
No battle front extends beyond
Dukla Pass. but small mobile Russian
forces are marrying the plains Of Hun
gary. The longest continuous Russian
Inc extends from Dukla Pass to "A
noint almost on the Nistula River a
short distance from Warsaw. This IS
composed Of the armies which swept
over Galicia, aud is now the instrument
of the projected invasion OF Silesls'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-07
SHARKS GUARD GERMANS
Man Eating Fish SentinelS for
Island Prisoners.

In dock. after record breaklng run
- oO0 miles from Auckland, \. H.,
without stop. the officers OF the
Wbitc star Line freightcr Dclphic told
-, fvc thousand Germad prisoners OF
v.r over whom England had placed
nature a. guard
The prisoners Of war arc on an ISL
o,,d ar Auckland where the sea pro
~idcs a prison wall and the numerous I
,,an.eating sharks infesting those
waters prove efficient sentlncls. It was
a matter OF debate among the oHccra
.,,hoibcr the shark we're there because
tnev we're anti-Gcrman or because they
liked Germans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-07
CONFER ON MEXICO
AT WHITE HOUSE
Wilson and Bryan Discuss
Situation with Special
Envoy Silliman.
Lrrom rhc Trihnne Bureau J

Washington. Oct. s. John X. Sill
man, special envoy to Mexico, spent
more than two hours with the Presi-
oent and Secretary Bryan tonight al
the White House discussing the MeX-
can situation. but the conference was
shrouded in secrecy. 1t Is believed
however. that Mr.. Silhman brought as
surauces that Carranza would retire
as head Of the executive government OF
IeNico under terms explained by rep
resentatiyes Of Villa, with whom he
conferred just before his hurried trip
TO Washington.
Mr.. SilNman arrived here to-day. and
held : short conference with Secretary
BRYAN II the Department Of State prlor
70 Going to the White House TINS al
ternoou. He declined to talk about
Mexican affairs, except TO say things
are clearing up.
Mr.. Bryan would not discuss the con
ference tonight but intimated that tne
NEGOTIATIONS for peace between WI la
and CarranZa we're progressing sat's-
factorily. -,
Considerable mystery attends Mr..
SiIliman's mission TO Washington. Al
ministration officials. however, say that
il IS not significant OF any important
deveiopments in the Mexican SITUATION;
that the envoy came here merely 10
give President Wilson tirst-hand IN
formation about the Nilla-Carlanza
controversy after having talked with
representatives OF the two chiefs.
Friction Over Vera Cruz.
Rear Admiral Howard. commanding
tho American naval forces on the west
coast Of Mexico reported TO the Navy
Department to-day that there was a
shortage Of food all along the coast
and that the inhabitants OF Acapulco
were facing starvation. Foodstuns ;
we're not available at any price, he
said. Transportation virtually is at
standstill, and only meagre crops nave
beeu crown. Admiral Howard says II
is absolutely necessary that corn ana
rice he nrovided for Acapul promptly.
NEGOTIATIONS for the transfer OF au-
+boritv At Vera Cruz are SAID TO -
making little headway, due to Car
ranza's refusal to comply with the con-
ditions laid down by the United States:
Tho question of safe conduct out OF
the country for Mexican refugees Is
one of the many problems with Whlch
officials here are dealing.
The most important question under
discussion between General Carranza
and the American authorities is me
transfer of customs receipts amount,
inc 70 more than 81 100000 collected
during the American occupancy 9i
Vera Cruz. Word has come to wash
inrton that Carranza proposed to re,
;mpose these customs dues on an
goods upon which payment mad been
made to the American authoritles al
Vera Lrrz. To this the United states
Government has let it be known that
unless assurances came that no one
would be subjected TO double taHatloh,
the money eolieCTea frS% whom EUu'i it ca came.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-07
ITALIAN RESERVISTS SAIL
Rifles Wrapped in Paper, They
Hope for War.
(By Telegraph 20 The Tribune. I

Philadelphia. Oct. 6.-With nearly
500 Italian reservists aboard. the steam
ship Stampsls Of La Velocc Line
sailed from here to-day for Genoa and
Naples. Many of the men carried rifles
and other weapons wrapped in paper
OF cloth. They made no secret of the
object of their return TO Italy and were
enthusiastic over the psobability Of
Italy becoming involved in the war.
The Stampalis will go first to New
York. where about $500 other Italian
reservists will be taken aboard. OF the
total number of passengers taken on
here, III were women and children.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-07
PARIS MAY TO-DAY
AGAIN BE CAPITAL

London. Oct. The French gov
erpment will return TO Paris on
Wednesday or Thursday, according
10 the Paris correspondent OF The
Daily Express" Who makes this an
nounccmcnt on high authority.
The visit of President Poincare
to army headquarters is considered
good omen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-07
Villa on Way to Conference.

Toy TtIcgrdpH 70 HV T 'DU''0'
Torreon, Mexico, Oct. O. Welding 10
friends, General Villa to-day decideu
TO attend the peace conference a.
Aguas Galleries with a nunDeF oI u,o
generals, and left Iorreon loi INC
southern city. To-night he Is III
Accompanying him, it is understood
rnnresentative of the State De
...,rtmcnt of Washington. Villa TOOK
bodvguard with him, although he
nrotoeis that he has no fear OF
treacbery. Until late to-day he haG
ncrsistcatly refused either TO attend
~ ~ conference or to permit his gen
nrals 10 do SO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-07

Paris, Oct. The French Official
announcement issued late last night
says that a violent battle continues on
the left wing north of the Disc. The
text follows:
The characteristics of the situation
remain the same. On our left wing, to
the north of the Disc, the action IS
more and more violent
I'm the centre comparative calm pre.
walls.
"A little ground has been gained in
'he northern part of the heights Of
TIE Mouse"
UnoificIal reports indicate that the
situation tonight continues favorable.
IT,, battle on the Aisne is gradually
moving northwsrd OF the Somme. and
the enemy is now occupying nearly the
same ground as it did in the middle o.
August
The moral position is, however, radi-
oa!ly changed. and the German invaa.
ing army, instead of promenading
agslnst retreating foe, is desperately
making what may be its last stand IN
France. The Belgian army again is
playing role of the greatest import
ance, and all the efforts of Germany
to prevent the Belgiars from taking
the offensive and threatening the rear
and the communications of the army
iigntng for life against the Allies have
failed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-07

London, Oct. IA dispatch 10 "The
Times from Ostend, dated Monday.
says:
"A very important movement of Ger
man troops in Southern Belgium was
reported this afternoon. A column
10000 strong Of horse and foot ar
tllery. with a commisssriat convoy and
wireless apparatus. marched through
Templeuve, five miles north OF Tour
mai. in the direction Of the French
frontier to the west. All the troops
were young men"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-07

Paris, Oct. 6.-Probsbly s. the mos,
salient feature of to-day's official dis.
patches OF the progress OF the fghtirg
in France was the announcement that
the Germans had massed great cav.
airy force near Lille, just this side o.
the Belgian frontier, screening force
which is moving on a line betweei
Tourcoing and Armentieres, almost o.
the border
This region is exactly on the line Of
the northwsrd movement Of the Allies
left wing in its efforts to outhan<
General Won kluck's army.
This movement. an official announce.
ment to-day makes clear, has prog
ressed still further. as the Allies have
extended their lines more and more
widely.
Fighting at Arras Desperate.
Blow for blow sr-uud Arrss, the
scene Of sanguinary lighting recently,
is cyidcntly still N order there. Tn,
same may be said Of the region be-
tween the Sommc and the Disc. for u
is noticeable that the Allies have
claimed nothing there to-day except 3
see-ssw advance and retirement. The.
do maintain that they have repulsel
the enemy near Lsssigny. upon which
the Germans made violent attack.
A scissors. where the Allies re
Gently cleared the German trenchcl.
they have. according to the announce
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-07

London. Oct. .. The correspondent
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-07
WEATHER

GENERALLY FAIR TO-DAY AND
TOMORROW.
Yesterdays Temperatures;
High, 72; Low. 81.
Full report on Page ..
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26
LAST MARCH OF 6. A. R. MAY BE
 MEMORIAL DAY Elias Howe Post Will Dis cuss Tonight Plans for
 Annual Parade WIILIEAvE WORK TO SONS OF VETERANS Some of the Plucky Old Sol diers May Insist On
 Walking to Park

When members of Elias Howe, Jr., Post. No. 8, G. A. R.. march to the Soldiers and Sailors monument at Sea side park on Memorial Day it will probably be the last time that they will parade together as post. Most of the veterans have reached the age where the march to Seaside park and back is a little too much for their strength.
 The matter will be taken up at the meeting 1.-the post tonight and while there are number of the veterans who think conveyances should be pro vi1ed for all the veterans there are others who think they are sti11 spry as ever and they want to follow the old flag once more on foot.
 Every year all the old veterans who are able insist on marching. Many of them refuse to ride even when ask ed Last Mem orfal day Past Comman- der-in-ehief Alfred B. Beers and Past Port Commander Russell Glenn were among those who became exhausted on the march back from Seaside park. They were urged to take places in an automobile and ride the remainder of the way back but both refused and af- ter a short rest continued the march.
 This year the Memorial day conn nfttee of Elias Howe Post has asked 9 comnaittee of Franklin Bartlett camp, No. II, Sons of Veterans to as- sist in arranging the details of the parade and probably most of the work of placing flags and flowers on the veterans graves will be done by mem bers of the camp.
 The veterans committee consists of Commander Francis 1E Wilder, Judge A B. Beers, Henry J- Seeley and A l.. Ruggles. The Sons of Veterans committee will probably be D. L.. Graves, Judge Patrick Kane and Will liam IT. Hart. The matter of the pa- rade will be a subject for discussion at the meeting of the post tonight.
 Several years ago w w. Perkins Post of New London stopped march, ing in the Memorial day parades and now all members of the post ride in carriages. Today a veteran of Elias Howe Post said:
 seV hen we get so the members of the post have to ride I'll stand on the sidewalk and watch them go by. am able to walk to Seaside park and back 50 times day am opposed to giving up the parade and I don't think we will give it up as long as there is a corporal's guard able, to march,"
 Last year about 60 members of the post marched while some 20 rode in automobiles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26
BRI ITISH FIELD MARSHAL GIVES UP COMMISSION His Agreement With Off cers Repudiated, Head of
 Troops Will Retire D1sRUPT1oN OF ARMY IS FREELY PREDICTED Other Generals Declared to Be Contemplating Sim
 liar Action

London. March 26-Field Marshal Sir John French. chief of the imperial general staff Ot the British army. resigned hls commission today
 The field marshal. who Wa one of the signatoPies of the memorandum to Brig General Hubert Cough giving guaran- tees to the army. officers that they would not be ordered tO fight the Ulster Unionists. re- garded the repudiation of the document by the government as slight on himself For thi5 reason he resigned
 The opinion prevailed in mihtarr circles today that the resignation pa5 also imminent of Lieut. General Sir John Spencer Ewart, adJutant gem eraL
 consequence Of the repudiafion by the government of the memorandum to General Hubert Cough. commander oE the 3rd cavalry brigade in 1reianas which the two general had been l1a 'rc believe was approve. Eae c42- inet.
 Field Marshal French and General Ewart were joint signatories with Col SeeIy. secreary for war. of the two repudiated paragraphs that brousrt about the resignation yesterday. of Col Seeley which was declined by Premier Asduith.
 Much comment was aroused today by a conference at the war Ofice oe all the prinofpal commanding geuer- aIs of the British army including Field Marshal French, Lieut.. General EgaTf. General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith Dorrien, aide-de-camp general to tho King and Lieut.. General Sir James Aoncrfef Greerson, general in coUl- mand of the eastern district of Eng- land with Headquarters in London
 Col. See1y and Winston Spencer Churchill, lord of the admiralty. also had a long conference with Pren fer Asquith.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26
GOV. GOLQUITT AssAhs
 GOVERNMENTS TACTICS

Austin, Tex, March Ex-Governor O. B. Colquitt, commenting on the reported worry of Washington au- thoritfes over his attempts to recover Elemente Vergara's horses and the horse thieves, said:
 The State of Texas is going to act within it's rights and, as far as pos sible, the governor and his agents will avoid making any requests that can be made to appear ridiculous
 Tt is strange to me why the au- thorities at Washington should be so solicitous about the kidnapping of Mexicans and fear international com p1ications as a result when they so indfnerent1y regard the kidnapping and murdering of Texans and the taking of their property by Mexican marauders and kidnappers.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26
FIFTY PER CENT. RAISE IN SALARY FOR DIR. SHERMAN Frank M. OyBrien Onsted As Garbage Weigher-Snif-
 fen His Successor. TWO NEW SCHOOL
 NURSES EMPLOYED Present Nurses Raised From $500 to S8OO-New Ones
 Start at $75O.

Dr Florence Sherman, the medical inspector of the Bridgeport public schools. was reelected at a meeting of the health board late yesterday, at an increase in salary from $1. 200 to S1 800 The meeting was held in the charities departments quarters in the Police and Charities building, with Mayor Wilson presiding.
 Frank OtBrien, the garbage weigher at the reduction plant was suppla nt- ed by M IT. Sniffen. This position pays SIS per week. MT. Sniffen has been employed in the Bryant Electric Co. %
 Taking advantage of funds provided by the Board of Apportionment the Board of Health increased the num- ber of school visiting nurses from two to four Josephine Heating and Eliz- abeth c. Collins were engaged at $750 a year. These are new members of the department stan. 7 The two al- ready employed, Elizabeth Donegan increases in salary from $500 to $S00- -z-J ames P. Grace, who has been em- ployed as an assistant sanitary in spector, from week to week, was en- gagged for the year. at s936.
 The board voted to ask David w Lynch former clerk. to attend the next meeting to go over the records with: the commissioners.
 pr. Mcclellan. the health officer, and Dr. Knapp, milk and meat inspector, and Miss Dargan, clerk. were re-elect- e1 at meeting of the board last De- cemberl The terms Of the health of Mcer and milk inspector expire in De- ceu1ber, 1s15.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26
MARKET FALLS DEE,
 INTEREST LACKING

New York. March 26-Opendn g-- Speculative interest was lacking in the fore part Of today's market which was characterized by the same slow moveJ ments and yielding tendencies as the preceding session Union Pacific was the only one of the leaders which opened above yesterdays close. In Epif@c of the absence of demand no efforts were made to press stocks on the mark ct and recessions were trif- 1ing- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago 6 St Louis, which slumped violently yesterday on tho dividend reduction opened 5z higher at 76. Corn pro ducts, another recent weak feature, made 6 small gain.
 Noon-The slow downward move ment of stocks was resumed today Steel was sealed down because of the definite reports of declining business and prospects of lower prices. The railroad list again reflected the infiu- ence of dwind1ing earnings. Outside interest in the market was virtually dead. the moderate price changes be- dng due almost entirely to professional operations.
 Bonds were steady
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26
REBELS MAYaATTACK
 NUEVO LAREDO. NEXT

Laredo. rex. March 2s-The bat tered remnants of the army of 300 Federals, with which General Guardi- ola set out to attack the eastern head quarters of the Constd dtutionalists at Metamoros, Mex, returned to Nuevo Laredo, Mex, yesterday, having lost ammunition supplies and a. large part of their active force in Mondays bat tie at Guerrero, which ended in the rout of the Federals
 Preparations today were being made to resist a possible attack on iNueEo Laredo. After the fight at Guerrero. GuardioIa and his forces ~retreated to San Ygnacio and not counting the wounded, it is said that of his 1,200 troops only half that num- Der marched back to Nuevo Laredo. Seventy were killed according to ad- vices brought back from the battle field. The others fled.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26
PAR Y LINES SPLIT l. IN READINESS FOR
 CANAL T0LLSF FIGH I
Democratic Leaders Extend Time for Debate to
 Twenty Hours

Washington, March 26-Dernocratic House leaders abandoned the idea of only 15 hours debate on the Panama, tolls exemption repeal today and agreed to 20. This would bring a vote probably Saturday.
 Confronted by the most imp ortant legislative struggle of the session. the Presidents supporters today began; to draw upon their resources to the limit to carry the contest over the bill to repeal the provision granting free passage to American vessels.
 The division in the Democratic ranks, the first serious defection chat has confronted the President on a question of administration policy, and the general elimination of party lines in the contest promised a bitter fight, although the leaders of the Presidents followers expressed confidence that they would pass the repeal bill by a substantial majority
 Just as both sides were preparing for the beginning of the struggle and House galleries were packed with an expectant crowd, another delay crop ped out Representative Fitzgerald, one of the Democrats fighting the repeal. brought up the conference report on the urgent deficiency bill.
 A conference report always is in order under the House rules, so that displaced the river and harbor bill which still had the right of way over the Panama bill. The conference re- port contains a provision Tor paying for the care of the Mexican refugees from Ojinaga at Fort Bliss and this question precipitated small flibuster and long debate.
 While the opening slxirmish was on in the House, Senator Owen, in the Senate made4 a speech supporting the Presidents contention for repeal
 President Wilson conferred with several congressman before the House convened. They told him there would be a majority of at least s50 on the passage of a special rule and Of ( or 100 on the adoption of the repeal
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26
Governor Urges
 Use Of Prisoners s
Would Have Inmates of Jails Put to Labor Upon Pub-
 lie Works.
FILTRATION BEDS AND
 DRAINS COULD BE MADE
Baldwin Addresses HeaNh Off, ficiaIs on Dangers of
 Stream Pollution.

New Haven, March 26-The use of prisoners in the county jails and the state prison for work on filter beds and in laying drains for sewerage pur- poses was advocated by Governor Simeon B. Baldwin in addressing the the health officials of the state here today,
 ssPrisoners,'' the governor said ,tscan be treated as merely the bacteria of crime but there is a better way. They can be treated also as owing to the public, as a partial reparation for their crime, the work of their hands wherever the public see a proper use for it. It will be twice blessed bringing better health to them from spending their days in the opens and more value from their services be- cause these will all go straight to the benefit of the community without
 In welcoming the delegates, Gov ernor Baldwin said in part:
 life is not worth much without health and we are learning by slow degrees in modern times how much government can do to promote the cannot. by any possibility do for themselves. It can do a good deal also in forcing the people. where it lies in their power, to look out for themselves.
 GOOD STATE SYSTEM
 I've have a pretty good system of public health protection in Connecti- cut That ought to come and does come largely from the hands of local officials in the different towns. Home rule in most things has been for many years been fundamental prin- ciple of government. Though there are some questions too large for towns they affect many towns, perhaps all They need consideration in their group aspect.
 Tn a good many of our state con- stitutions, there is an article which declares that frequent recurrence te fundamental principIes is necessary for the maintenance of civil liberty For the maintenance of public health the same thing is true.
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