New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1915, Page 14

ity NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DE reparedn Photos by American Press Assoclatic HE session of congress which convenes on Dec. 6 will de- vote much of its time to consideration of the adminis- ation’s measures for preparedness. Secretary Daniels of the navy and Sec- retary Garrison of the army have map- ped out their programs, and President 'Wilson has approved both. The big fight is now coming between those who favor large military appropriations and those- who oppose. The contest prom- {ses to be nonpartisan, as many Re- publicans are expected to support President Wilson, and many Democrats no doubt will oppose him." Compiled politically, the membership of the house will consist of 230 Demo- crats, 196 Republicans, 7 Progressives, 1 Independent and 1 Socialist. The Democrats will have a majority over the Republicans of 34 and a majority over all of 25. It is a remarkable fact that more than three-fourths of the delegations in the house at the coming session will contain new blood, no fewer than 111 new members being elected. In addition will be nineteen members who did not serve in the last congress, but who, nevertheless, have had prior congressional experience. Probably no congress in recent years has had as few “solid” delegations— that is, delegations belonging exclu- coming session. Only Alabama, Ari- zona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippl, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New Hampshire, North Dako- ta, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Ver- mont and Wyoming have such delega- tions. In the l#t congress the Democrats, as a result of the landslide of 1912, had a two to one majority in the lower house of éongress. The senate had a Democratic majority of ten. In the last elections the Democrats made gains in sively to one political party—as the senatorial membership which is bound ess Program to Occupy Much to result in a transfer of political in- terest from that body to the house. In addition to a large influx of new blood, a number of tried veterans re- turn to the Republican ranks in the house, who will materially assist the small minority in the last congress in making its political record just prior to the opening of the national campaign. Among the old timers who will take seats in the house on the Republican side are John Q. Tilson and Ebenezer J. Hill of Connecticut; William W. Wil- son, George E. Foss, Charles E. Fuller, Noted Athletes Killed In European War Many Y| Phatos by American Press Associat sn. 1—Kenneth Powell. RESENT day historians have made many prophecies con- cerning the effect of the war in Europe upon civilization. Ponderous documents have been writ- ten .foretelling the number of years it will take to rebuild the cities, to re- | storg the peaceful commerce of ante- % bellim day$ and to pay off the mon- 3 ; Mm’xed by the belliger- 2.—John Graham. 3.~—Jean Bouin. struggle that has escaped notice in the more momentous questions of the day is the effect of the war upon athletics. The 1916 Olympics were scheduled for Berlin, but it is doubtful whether there will be any for many years to come, dnd it is likely that international tour- naments will be called off until the places in the ranks of .the noted ath- letes killed er ‘incapacitated can be filled. Johnny Poe, the ‘Baltimore man kill- ed at Loos recently, was probably the 4—R. Poullon. S~—Anthony Wilding. his life to the war god. He was one of the most brilliant football players that have been produced by Princeton, and his death brought sorrow to the hearts of thousands. Montague Nicholls of Spartanburg, 8. €., quarterback on the Navy football team in 1912 and 1913, is another well known American football player who has been lost. Like Poe, he met his death in the British offen- sive at Loos. Wilding, the Australa- sian tennis champion; Nirnheim, a noted German tennis player; Chell, R RSt Decurgis and De Joguls, French tennis players of note, are gone. Golf has lest Lord Annesley, W. A. Henderson and Julian Martin-Smith, and Miss Neill Fraser died while acting as a trained nurse for the allies. Lieutenant W. W. Halswelle, the Olympic champion in 1908 in the 400 meter run and holder of the British 300. and 440 yards records; Anderson of Oxford, who competed in the Olympics, in Stockholm; Kenneth Powell, cham- pion high hurdler, and James Dufty, the Canadian distance runner, are a few lost to England. J. Bouin, the greatest distance run- ner France ever produced and holder of French records from 2,500 to 5,000 me- ters and in English distance running from two to eleven miles, was reported killed some time ago. Germany, it is reported, lost the two greatest athletes the country ever had. One, R. Rau, was the champion sprinter and record holder. The other, Hans Braun, the middle distance runner, was one of the world’s greatest half milers. Anthony F. Wilding was the best known temnis player to be killed in ac- tion. He was a member of the Aus- tralasian team which captured the Davis cup in 1914. Another famous English athlete to meet Wilding’'s fate was Kenneth Powell, who was captain of the Cam- bridge team at the time Wilding at- tended the Ehglish university. 3 Dr. Otto Nirnheim, secretary of the German Lawn Tennis association and perhaps the most powerful figure in tennis in the kaiser’'s domain, died in a hospital in Louvain, having been ter- ribly wounded by a bursting shell. The ranks of the leading French players were reduced by the deaths of Chelli, secretary of the Lawn Tennis club of France and a player of excep- tional ability, and Du Bousquet, who fell at the battle of the Marne. Otto Froitzheim and Oscar Kreuzer, who composed the German team which lost to Brookes and Wilding at Pitts- burgh, are both prisoners of war, hav- ing been captured by the English at Gibraltar. Maurice Galvao, well known in this country, where he has won several ten- nis tournaments of prominence, is now in the field with the German infantry. Lord Annesley, former amateur golf champion of Ireland, is perhaps the most prominent golfer to pay the ex- treme sacrifice for his country. Captain W. A. Henderson, who put out Jerome D. Travers some years ago at Muirfield, was killed last fall, Lieu- tenant H. N. Atkinson, erstwhile Welsh title holder, is another to lose his life. Julan Martin-Smith, well known to many American golfers and a brother to Edward Martin-Smith, djed of wounds received in the battle of the Marne, Tj John A. Sterling, Joseph G. Cannon, William B. McKinley and William A. Rodenberg of Illinois; George A. Loud of Michigan; L. C. Dyer of Missouri, A. C, Shallenberger of Nebraska, Cyrus Sulloway of New Hampshire, William S. Bennet of New York, Nicholas Long- worth and D. A. Hollingsworth of Ohio, and B. K, Focht and §. H. Miller of Pennsylvania. New York state has followed the precedent set by Wisconsin two years ago and has sent to congress one So- cialist, M. M. London. It will be re- called that Victor L. Berger, a national leader of the Socialist party and its head in the city of Milwaukee, served in the Sixty-second congress. The ca- reer of Mr. London in the house will be watched with as much interest as was that of Mr. Berger. The close majority in the house of representatives will make necessary a complete rearrangement of the mem- bership of all the committees in that body. In the last congress the Demo- crats, by reason of their large ma- Jjority, had practically two-thirds of the me In Session of Congress 1.—Senator Kern, majority Uncle Joe Cannon, whe “came back" from lilincis. . 3—View of the houss in session. 4.—8enator Underwood of Alabama. 6. —Champ Clark, speaker of the house, 6—Senator Chamber- lain, chairman of military committee. 7.—8enator Tillman, a leading ma.g ber of the military committes, James Hamilton Lewis, Democratie whip. 9.—View of capital. 10.~Maeyer London of New York, only Socialist in congress. 11.— Representative Kitchin, majority leader of house. 12.—Vice President Marshall, whe presides over senate, members on most of the big commit. tees of the house. These committ¥- ships are proportioned among the parties according to their strength, and in the coming congress, if this rule is adhered to, the Democrats will not have more than one, or at the most two, ma- jority on any committee. Ipasmuch a8 practically all of the chairmen of the house committees of importance come from the south, where Republican sse- tories are few and far between, there will be practically no changes in chaine manships in that body. The defeat of John J. Fitzgerald of New York for supreme court justice &f the recent election saved to the norths ern Democrats the important chairs manship of the house committee on ap« propriations, which would pro have gone to Sherley of Kentucky Fitzgerald been elected. ANY experiments are now being conducted by engi- neers and chemists who are seeking to find some fuel oll for submarines which will enable the undersea boats to run under the water without the use of storage bat- teries. It is not possible to burn gasoline or any other fuyel oil while the boats are submerged, as each explosion in the en- gine takes a certain.ameount of oxygen out of the atmosphere and makes it impossible for the members of the crew to live; hence the necessity of having the storage batteries. If some chemist could devise an oil which would not take the oxygen out of the air when it explodes in the en- gine the cruising radius of the subma- rines would be very much greater and likewise a greater speed could be at- tained. Living conditions in the submarines are not good, as every one knows, but these are being constantly improved, and more and more comforts are being provided for the men who risk their lives every time one of the boats takes a dive. Because of living conditions on bat- tleships and submarines which ap- parently cannot be corrected without reducing the fighting efficlency of the vessels tuberculosis and pneumania took a heavy toll of enlisted men last year, Surgeon General W. J. Braisted of the navy sald in his annual report. Despite the military activities of both sailors and marines at Vera Cruz, they found the dangers of warfare less than living conditions on battleships. There were thirty-eight deaths due to tuber- culosis and thirty-three to pneumonia. Three of the fatalities were among offi- cers. Gunshot wounds killed thirty. Braisted held responsibility for this situation to the fact that “in the crowded condition necessary to man- ning and equipping vessels of war hy- glenic primal principles such as are ac- cepted as indispensable in life ashore practically never receive recognition. “Qvercrowding, extreme reduction of the amount of air space per person, im- proper proportion of moisture and the jnappropriate placing of air inlets and exits, over or under heating of the air —these are all faults and problems in- cident to the packing of 1,000 men in quarters which theoretically should hold but 300.” While he praised naval constructors for doing as well as they have under the conditions laid down by “military necessity,” Bralsted was unable to re- port that great improvements can be looked for, “dua to the Rnecessity for A -\ Photos by American Press Association. fighting and cruising efficiency of the vessels.” The report recommends that two new hospital ships be provided and that ar- rangements Ye made for ilie nurchass Seeking a Suitable Fuel Oil F or bmis G e Two G Type Submarines Running at Full Speed. of additional merchant craft for use ambulance ships or medical transpoj in time of war. The Solace, the hospital ship in service that is rnihy, Pact: