New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 24, 1916, Page 1

2 I»HERALD BEST OF ALL l LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS \PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1916. —SIXTEEN PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1876, m——— RAILROADS WILL NEED HUGE SUM ~IN NEXT DEGADE Alired P. Thom Estimates Their Requirements at $1,250,- 000,000 Every Year THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE | ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION | Counsel for Railway Executives’ Ad- 1 visory Committee Favors Ccnll':tl(‘ | Control—Says Public Must Have Confidence Before Investments Are | Forthcoming—Tells of Goudging New York Central by Illinois- Washington, Nov. 24.—Railroads | will need $1,250,000,000 additional capital annually for the next ten or twplve years to increase their facili- ties to handle the country’s growing commerce, Alfred P. Thom, counsel for the railway executives’ advisory | committee, told the congressional railroad investigating committee to- day, continuing his statement on be- half of the railroads begun yesterday. About $250,000,000 a year addition- al, will be required, he said, to refund maturing indebtedness. To attract investors, Mr. Thom suggested that federal regulation should replace the present system of | authority divided between the states | and the central government. Does Not Include Extensions. Referring to the need of additional railroad facilities, Mr. Thom said: “It has been found that the wealth of, the country has been increasing at the rate of 8 or 9 per cent. a year and the same ratio of increase has ‘held good as to the demand for trans- portation. As the forces which have affected the growth and development of the past apparently still continue in full operation, and may reasonably be expected to continue for the next ten or fifteen years at least, the in- vestment in railroad facilities to meet the large requiremen.s of the future must consequently grow at a cor- responding rate of increase. The es- timate of $1,250,000,000 for addition- al transportation facilities includes nothing for extensions into new ter- ritory, he added. ‘Where is this money or any sum dpproximating it to come from?” asked Mr. Thom. “This is of vital interest to the public because on its successful solution depends the com- mercial facilities of the cauntry. Would it do to confront the investors, when asking for this great investment, with a situation where the revenues of the railroads are not subject to the control of the investars but are fixed | and limited not only by governmental authority but by many unco-ordinated state authorities in no way responsible to each other, and where the railroads cannot control and the government cannot and does not limit the expense account?” New York Central Heavily Taxed. Mr. Thom referred to the recent case In which the New Ydrk Central, which has not over twenty miles of of the United States emba hour's interview yesterday afternoon | with Chancellor von weg regarding the Belgian labor prob- lem. He laid before the chancellor, informally and unofficially, tions for a certain amelioration of the NO PROSECUTIONS UNDER ADAMSON ACT Department of Justice to Withhold Action Until Supreme Court Renders Decision. Washington, Nov. 24.—Under a ten- tative agreement, said today to have been arranged between department of justice officials and railroad attor- the government will not insist railroads putting into effect pro- visions of the Adamson act under un- til the supreme court has determined { the law’s constitutionality. The meas- ure becomes effective January 1 but prosecutions for violations will be withheld. The agrecement is condi- tional on the ability of counsel for the government and railroads, who are in Kansas City today to appear before the federal court there in the Santa Fe suit to decide on what cases should be appealed to the supreme court for the test. The agreement also would provide that railroads should not file new suits attacking the Adamson law pending the supreme court’s decision and should not institute further actions if the law be held valid. It would ndt seek to prevent effort to obtain legis- lation amending the Adamson act, however. N The joint congressional investiga- tion committee at today's heard Alfred P. Thom ,counsel for the railway executives’ advisory commit- tee, continue his presentation of the railroad’s ideas of legislative reforms .needed to better transportation condi- tions. Kansas City, Nov. 24.—A tentative agreement on a test case of the | Adamson law has been Teached by the | attorneys of the railroads and the | government who have been in con- ference yesterday and today. The agreement has been forwarded to At- torney General Gregory at Washing- ton and the conference here will wait his action upon it. GREW TALKS ON BELGIUM | Secretary of American Legation in Berlin Discusses Deportation of Civ- ilians With von Bethmann-Hollweg. Berlin, Nov. 23, via London, Nov. 24 | 8:50 a. m.—Secretary Joseph C. Grew, sy had an Bethmann-Holl- sugges- compulsory employment of Belgian | workmen as concessions to Belgian national feelin and neutral public opinion. Detaiiss of the conversation are regarded for the present as con- fidential. The Spanish ambassador, as the of- ficial representative of Belgian inter- ests, also had a conference with the chancellor on the same subject. | SECOND HOSPITAL f SHIP DESTROYED Steamer Braemar Castle Carrying ‘Wounded, Lost in Aegean Sea With No Casualties. London, Nov. 24, 1 p. m.—The Brit- ish hospital ship Braemar Castle, of lines in Tllinois was taxed $600,000 by the state of Tllinois as a condition of the consent of that state to the issue | of certain securities. He asked why | the states of New York, Ohio, Indiana | and the others through which the road | runs could not with as much reason | exercise the same right. “If they did,” he continued; “com- merce as a whole would be enormous- Iy burdened. If they did not, then their own commerce may help to bear the burden of this tax placed upon the road by the state of Illinois, contrary | | to their views of the justice of such | a tax. Blocking “New Haven” Improvements, | » As another illustration of the con- | flict of state action, the New York New Haven and Hartford in the sum- mer of 1913 arranged for the sale of | $67,000,000 of convertible bonds, [ “The states of Rhode Island and | Connecticut gave their approval, but | the approval of Massachusetts could | not be obtained. The result that the | issue failed and the consequent in- | ability of the road to furnish the pro- | posed mew facilities in the way of | new equipment and enlarged terminals is largely responsible for the great | congestion of business and interrup- | tlon of commerce throughout whale of New.England and surround- ing regions.” Speakers at Boston Meeting Predict New Outbreak and Say Guns Will Replace Clubs and Pitchforks, Boston, Nov. 24.—Speaker asked for funds to support another revolution in Ireland, asserting that “the Dublin rebels are going to fight again and fight very soon”, obtained subscriptions at a meeting here I night. The money, it was said, be used to purchase rifles, so that “swhen the new rebellion breaks the rebels Will have modern guns instead of clubs and pitchforks.” The meeting ,at which tribute w paid to Irish patriots of other year was addressed by Peter Goliden of New York and Luke Dillon of Phila- “vho w “the | 6,280 tons gross, bound from Saloniki to Malta with wounded, has. been mined or torpedoed in the Aegean sea, it was officially anounced today. All | on board were saved. The disaster oc- | curred in the Mykoni channel the an- | rouncement states. Mykoni is an island in the ‘Aegean sea, distant about 100 miles from Pi- raeus, the port of Athens. A com- paratively narrow passage Mykoni from the island of Tino to the northwest. Nov. a. m.—All via London, of the Wed, 11:25 A Nov ns, the 24, nurses on the Britanic were saved as | far is known. Those who were | drowned were stokers and engineers. | U-BOAT SITUATION DELICATE Revival of Rumors of Renewed Sub- tivity by Germany Fails to Change Washington'’s Stand. Washington N,ov. 24—Revival sensational rumors of remewal of ruthless submarine warfare by Ger- many and consequent action by the | United States were met today by the | statement of officials here that the situation, while delicate, was abso- lutely unchanged and would be until the United States had gathered all the evidence on recent attacks. | The state department still is wait- |ing the result of investigation. SUBMARINE CAPTURED British of | Naval Forces Reported Have Taken German Submersible, Landing Crew at Italian Port, Via Paris 5: naval Milan, Nov. 24, recently large German submarine according to the Corriere Della Sera. The newspapers say that a mine sweeper landed thirteen and two officers of the crew 5 | a. m.—British forces captured sailors of the fieipnio, submarine at an Italian port, session | | of the present war with its numerous [ terest in the war, and from time separates | to| British | SIR HIRAM MAXIM DIES IN LONDON Genius Invented Machine Gmn Now Used in European War BORN IN UNITED STATES — Famous Inventor Had Only Common School Education But Won Knowl- edge Through Intensive Reading— Knighted by Queen Victoria in 1901, London, Nov. 24, 8:20 a. m.—Sir Hiram Maxim, inventor of the auto- matic system of firearms, died at his home here early this morning. Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, Ameri- can-born, was one of the most famous inventors, civil, mechanical and elec- trical engineers of Great Britain. He was most widely known as the ventor of the Maxim machine gun, Wwhich makes the recoil of the weapon serve as the power for reloading and | which is the weapon largely used in the European war today. He was born in Sangerville, Me., | February 5, 1840, the son of Isaac Weston and Harriet M. Maxim, and received only a common school educa- tion, but he acquired scientific knowl- edge by reading and attending lec- tures. He went to England in 1881, and had resided there ever since. He was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1901. His son, Hiram Percy Maxim, is a well known inventor in the United States, known particularly as the in- ventor of the Maxim silencer. Saw Menace in Air. For many years Sir Hiram was a director in the firm of Vickers Sons and Maxim, but resigned that post in 1911. For more than thirty years he experimented in aeronautics and in- vented flying machines. In the light in- German airship raids on England, it is remarkably interesting to recall that eight years ago Sir Hiram took | the British nation to task for its small intere: in aeronautics, and pointed then, at a time when aeroplanes were in their infancy, that England was in grave danger of bombardment by airships. “Does any one doubt for a mom- ent,” said he, ‘“that in .case we find ourselves at war with a continental power, airships will be used for bom- barding English towns, both on the coast and inland? The city of Lon- don within a year's time can be at- tacked without our enemy needing to fear the hoasted British fleet.” Following the sucess of the Wright biplane, Sir Hiram renewed his long continued interest in aviation and in 1910 perfected a machine which he declares had certain advantages over the Wright’s. It was he who, with others, interested the British govern- ment in beginning its organization of an aerial navy, and though he was then seventy years old he lived to see the great war bring air fighting to pass in even greater measure, prob- ably, than he himself had dreamed. Had Many Other Inventions. In addition to his gun and aero- plane, he patented many practical in- ventions including incandescent lamps self-regulating current machines, sev- eral pieces of ordnance, and a smoke- less powder. The aged inventor took a keen in- to | time there were unconfirmed reports of his invention of devices to meet the needs of the war one of them being an apparatus to counteract the effects of the poisonous gases which the Ger- mans were first to bring into use. In 1915 he was appointed a member of the inventions board of the British munitions department under Lloyd George. Sir Hiram applied himself so stren- uously to science throughout his long life 'that even his recreations were given by him as “reading scientific bhooks and studying the abstract sci- He wrote many important ar- and an autobiography, “My Life” in 1915. | He was a chevalier of the Legion | of Honor, a member of the American | Society of Civil Engineers, the Roval | Society of Arts, the British Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science ad numerous other scientific bodies. | THIEF LOOTS GEM SHOP. | Tocks Clerk in Vault and Flees With Diamonds. Arkansas City, Kas. Nov. 24—A robber entered McDowell's jewelry store here shortly before noon today, held up the only clerk in the place and escaped with $10,000 worth of diamonds after locking the clerk in the wault. U. 8. A. 24.—Population on Ja 102,826,309 IN Washington, Nov. of continental United State uary 1, 1917, will be 102 with its outlying pos: 985, the census bureau estimates, upon the increase as shown by the | federal census of 1900 and 1910. ons 1 SWEDISH STEAMER SUNK. London, Nov. 24, 11:22 a. m—A | Reuter despatch from othenburg, ! | Sweden reports the arrival there of} trawler Detphen with the crew | of the wedish steamer Arthur which « sunk by a German sub- | marine. The Arthur was a steamer | of 1,350 tons net built in 1908, | | Sturmer, CITY IS GROWING, _DIRECTORY SHOWS Figures in New Publication Estimate Present Population as Being 51,730, a Pronounced Gain. Figures published in the new 1916 city directory, distributed by the pub- lishers today, show that the present estimated population of New Britain is 51,730. These figures are derived by muliplying the 22,996 names con- tained in the directory by two and one quarter, an arithmetical compu- tation agreed by census expertd The directory shows that since 1915 there have been 10,698 changes in the di- rectory, including 2,669 changes of address and an increase of 1,310 names. Using records in the 1915 directory as a basis for computation it appears that during the past year New Britain has grown by 2,937. Since 1914 the population has increased 3,626, Where during the 1915-1916 period the di- rectory shows the addition of 1,310 names, during the same period of a yvear ago the gain was only 311. In addition to containing every available nmame in the city, the di- rectory contains a special section in which the various city streets are printed in their alphabetical order and containing the residential num- ber and name of the residents. This section also-is so arranged that resi- dents having teiephones in their homes are so designated. A business directory is also an important part of the book as is an index to ad- vertisers. Many pages are devoted to infor- mation concerning the city, such as the officials, lodges, churches, etc., and in addition to these facts are par- cel post rates and other mail informa- ‘ion, census records and similar items of general information. TREPOFF RUSSIAN PREMIER Retiring Official, M. Sturmer, Appoint- ed Grand Chamberlain and Will Continue in Council of the Empire. London, Nov. 24, 11 a. m.—Alexan- der Trepoff, Russian minister of rail- ways, has been appointed premier, ac- cording to a Reuter despatch Petrograd. The retiring premier, M. by an imperiad ukase has been appointed grand chamberlain of the imperial court, retaining his func- tions as a member of the council of the empire. Petrograd newspapers say that the appointment of M. Trepoff as premier implies the necessity that the govern- ment make a communication to par- liament explaining the impending problems connected with the work of the government. The retirement of Premier Sturmer and the appointment of M. Trepoff as his successor probably are outgrowths of what has been referred to in a few carefully censored Petrograd de- spatches recently as a serious politi- cal crisis in the life of the Russian nation. The change apparently im- plies a victory for the liberal elements of Russia over the bureaucry regime, for M. Sturmer always has been prominent in the affairs of the Rus- sian bureaucry while M. Trepoff in the past has engaged in a variety of reform work. MILK RIOTS IN FEW WEEKS | Head of Large Distributing Company Forecasts Violence Unless Situation Is Remedied—Allies Getting Supply. New York, Nov. 24.—Declaring that purchasing agents of the Entente Al- lies outbid his agents by twenty-five per cent. in the purchase of raw milk from New York state dairy men, Lot- on Horton, president of one of the largest milk distributing companies in this city, in a statement today predict- ed milk riots in this city within a few weeks unless steps were taken im- mediately to curtail exportation of milk products. “Our local milk supply is affected seriously by this enormous drain for foreign markets,” Mr. Horton said. “In my estimation fully 150,000 quarts of milk that should flow daily into the local markets are being shipped abroad in ckeese and powdered and evaporated milk. It is time the pub- lic knew that Furope threatens to drain New York's milk supply dry. I have fifteen men out searching for ad- ditional sources as far west as Chica. go. The' situation i sserious.” PUT KEROSENE IN FURNACE. New Haven, Nov. 24.-—Miss Mar- garet Costella died at the hospital to- day of burns received vyesterday at the home where she was employed as a domestic. She was 22 years old. Her clothing caught fire when she at- tempted to revive the fire in the fur- nace by the use of kerosene. FIRE DESTROYS CHURCH. Quebec, Nov, 24.—Fire today de- stroyed the Limoilou Roman Catholic church here with a property loss esti- mated at $180,000. Fifteen years ago the edifice of this parish, which under the guidance of the Capucine Fathers, W similarly hurned. is WEATHER, ford, Nov Hartford and vicinity: tonight and Saturday. colder. Much { from | : call for a s i Juarez stated. Chihuahua City. BIG CONTRACT MAY COME TO THIS CITY Cohen Motor Co. Hopes to Build Government Hydroaeroplanes HAS $100,000 BACKING If Awarded Contract New Britain Men Are Prepared to Begin Work Imme- diately, Either Here or in Hartford. Bids for 148 new military hydro- aeroplanes opened by the war de- partment at Washington yesterday | show that the Cohen Motor Car com- pany of this city, of which Aaron G. Cohen and Nels J. Nelson are the | principal members, submitted bids which, when analyzed and compared with those of other concerns compare most favorably, so much so that there | is a strong liklihood that when the contracts are awarded within a few days the local concern may be recog- nized. The United States army now has in its coast defense service 245 aero- planes under construction or in actual service and when the new contracts are awarded the total built and build- ing will be nearly 400 machines. Local Men Design Machine. The Cohen Motor company bid on lots of four machines up to lots eighty. Kach machine would be equipped with two eight cylinder mo- tors' of 100 horsepower each = and would also be provided with electric self starters. In additlon, the ma- chines would be capable of aftaining an altitude of 2,500 feet in ten min- utes and would have a maximum speed of seventy-five miles per hour. The machines would carry fuel enough for six hours of continuous running and would have room for a pilot, an observer and a machine gun. The bid, as made out by the New Britain men, calls for a delivery of two complete machines in eighty-flve ) returned today and was present when | days and one machine every forty- five days thereafter. Bids Compare Favornbly. Although at a casual glance the bids of the local men would seem to be considerably higher than other companies, it is not so for it is said the concerns whose bids are Tow- er do wot provide motors with their product. Other 16w biddérs equip their machines with a two cycle mo- tor, it is said, and the specifications ndard motor. Inasmuch as the government has never seen fit to use or recognize a two cycle mo- tor, but has always used four cycle motors, it is not thought likely that these bids will hold. The motors the local men would use, if awarded the contract, would be the highest priced ones they could get, probably either a Curtis or Thomas. Have $100,000 Backing Promised. Already Mr. Cohen and Mr. Nelson have interested sufficient capital, par- ticularly in Hartford, to warrant their incorporating a $100,000 concern should they be awarded the contract. They would have their factory either in this city or in Hartford and would be- ready to begin work immediately. Inasmueh as they would purchase their motors, the only equipment nec- essary for such a shop would be wood turning devices for the planes, braces, ete. Should the contract come to New Britain it is of sufficlent size to keep the makers busy for several vea The complete bids as forwarded by Messrs. Cohn and Nelson follows: Four at $ 700 each, eight at $2 250 each, twelve at $25,050 each, si 25,000 each, thirty-two at teen at K ach, sixty-four at $23,750 $24,250 aach, eighty at $28,150 each; two to | one | alti- | be delivered in eighty-five days, every forty-five days thereaftel tude 2,600 feet in ten minutes jmum sped 75 miles an hour. VILLA RESUMES ATTACK Bandit TForces Return to Assault on max- Chihuahua City—Carranza Garrisen Loscs Three Officers and 100 Men. El Paso, Nov. 24.—Francisco Villa and his mmand renewed their at- tack on Chihuahua City at 9 o'clock this morning a message received in Chihuahua City 23, Via EI| Paso Junction (delayed by military censorship)—One general, two colon- els and 100 men of the Carranza forces were killed during the fighting today between Carranza troaps and | Villa bandits. Four hundred men of | the Villa command are known to have | been killed and left on the battle field. The names of the Carran killed have been suppressed military censor. General Trevino in command of the Carranza forces, suffered a scalp wound. He refused to retire to the field hospital however, continued di- recting the movements of his mand. The bandit forces went in disorder. officer: by the com- back El1 Paso, Nov. 24.—Andres Garcia, inspector general of Carranza con- sulates, today officially denied re- port that General Trevino and his force were at Terrasos Station, north of Chihuahua City and had evacuated a of | those of | RUSSIANS 'MEXICANS EXPECTTO | REPORT TO GARRANZA| Confident United States Will Not Object to Two Weeks’ Recess. Atlantic City, Nov. 24.—When the Mexican-American joint commission met today it appeared almost certain Jthat the request of Carranza's rep- resentatives for a recess of two weeks would be granted. They were in- sistent that they must be given an op- portunity to refer to their government a full account of the proposals made by the American commission after Secretary of the Interior Lane, chair- man of the commission, had secured | from President Wilson his approval of the plan. They were unwilling to sign the agreement as it stands, however, even after certain modifications had been made, unless sanctioned by Car ranza to whom it was planned that Alberto J. Pani, one of the: commis- sioners, should render in person. So certain were the Mexicans early today that the recess would be grant- ed that Mr. Pani had made all pre- parations for leaving today for Quer- aro, where the first chief is now at- | tending the congress assembled, for the purpose of drafting a new consti- tution. It is understood that Luis Ca- brera, chairman of the commission, will remain in the United States until the joint commission reconvenes. It was indicated that action on the request of the Mexicans would have been taken yesterday but for the ab- sence of Dr. J. R. Mott, one of the American commissioners. Dr. Mott the meeting began. The American commissioners appeared to regard the determination of the Mexicans to place the question in the hands of { Carranza not as indlcative of failure | to effect an agreement, but merely as | another day. Tt is understood thatthe | Mexican commissioners haye been | practically convinced that the agree- | ment should be signed but that they [do not care to assttme {HE" responsts | bitity. | | FRANCE CALLS MORE MEN | | Hundred Thousand Previously Ex- al empt From Service Army. i | Paris, Nov- 24, 5:10 a. m—The min- |ister of war has introduced a bill in | the chamber of deputies by which all persons exempted from military ser- | vice or mustered out us physically un- |fit, prior to April 1, 1916, must sub- mit to a further medical examination. During the first period of the war | the main object in recruiting was not | to overcrowd the depots and conse- | auently only the strongest men were taken. The minister believes that of several hundred thousand men thus | exempted an appreciable number will | be found on a less perfungtory medi- cal examination to be capable of being enrolled for the service. Certain de- fects, hitherto considered inhibitiv are not ‘incompatible with service in | the artillery 6r even the fighting rank. DENY ’s_@(mfi BRITANNIC German War Office Officials Say Large Number Aboard British Hospital Ship Is Cause for Suspicion. Londno, Nov. 24.—A virtual dis- |'avowal that a German /submarine had anything to do with the sinking of the British hospital ship Britannic in the Acgean sea is contained in a wireless despatch today from Berlin, which reads as follows: i “According to the reports so far at | hand, the Britannic was proceeding from England to Saloniki. For a jour. | ney in this direction the large number of persons on board was extraordinar- ily striking and justifies a strong sus- picion of the misuse of a hospital ship | | for transport purposes | “Inasmuch as the ship bore the Gistinguishing marks of a hospital | ship in accordance with regulations, | there naturally can be no question of | a German submarine in connection ! with the sinking.” i 60,000 I'TRE IN BOSTON. Five Story Structure in Threatened. —[Fire in the Bad- Albany, Plympton Boston, Nov ger building, at | and Warham streets in the south end distrigt, gave the firemen a two hours | tight arly today and damaged three upper floors of the five story brick structure to an extent estimated at $60,000. Nearby factories and lum- ber yards were endangered. The principal losers were the Gor- don Supply company, the Dickerman and Moreland company, paper box manufacturers and the American | Shoe Finding company. outh End Is | CONQUEST OF WALLACHIA COMPLETED BY TEUTONS; START DRIVE Part of Western Ru- mania Is Now En- tirely Dominated By Invading Army CZAR’S TROOPS OPEN DOBRUDJA OFFENSIVE Rumanians Also Take Initiative and) Capture Several Towns—-British Un able to Gain on Germans on Somme] Front After Heavy Artillery Bom. bardment—Forty Aecrial Engage ments. Virtual completion of the Teutonid conquest of little Wallachia is an nounced today by Berlin. = Orsovi and Turnu Severin, on the Danubd | have been captured by the Austro. German forces, svho have broken thd resistance of the Rumanians in thi section of western Rumania. The retreat is assumed to have been cut off with the recent capture b General Von Falkenhayn's armies of Craiova and with it the only main lin railroad line eastward. Passing eastward from the Jiul vals ley after their capture of Craiova, th Austro-German forces were ami nounced as approaching the Alt val ley. It is along this valley that th Rumanians apparently have elected make their next stand. Simultaneously a movement i been made presumably by the Bulg rians, which may prove of notal importance. Bucharest reports an aff témpt by hostile forces to cross th Danube at Zimkitza, 35 miles south west of Glurgiu, on the railroad lead] ing to Bucharest. This move, if su cessful would mean A cutting in fal behind the present Rumanian lin along the Alt. Zimitzka is seventy miles southwe of Bucharest. On the other hand, th) Russians have made a counter mo: In Dobrudja. Both cast and west @ Monastir ,on the Macedonian from the entente armies are pressing thi Germano-Bulgarian lines hard ani making further advances, according the French war office announcd ment today. Berlin announces th repulse of local attacks by cntentl troops morthwest and northeast o Monastir. Neither Paris nor Londo| reports any infantry activity on frony in France and Beigium. Accordin| to Berlin the British attacked in ¢ Ancre region but failed to gal ground. Last Barricr is Down. Berlin, Nov. 24, by wireless to S@ ville.—Orsova and Turnu Severl both on the Danube, have been ¢ap tured by Austro-German troops, th war office announced. Rumanians Take Ofensive. Bucharest, Nov. 2¢, via TLondorg 3:44 p. m—Rumanion forces bave a8 sumed the cffensive in the proving of Dobrudja, says the official stat ment issued today by the Rumani war department, and have advanc along the entire front, capturlig se! eral towns about fifteen miles nort of tho Tchernavoda-Constanza ral road line. In the Oltenle valley, the stat ment adds, the Rumaniang have with drawn from the left bank of the O tetz river, An attempt to cross the Danube a point 35 miles southwest of Glurgl| on the railroad leading northward g Bucharest, has been mads by Teuton | ic forces. The nttompt was made Zimnitza, which is about seveny miles southwest of Bucharest. Russlans Advance in Dobrudja. Petrograd, Nov. 24, via Londol 2:50 p. m.—The Russians have be gun an advance in Dobrudja. h war office announces that Russi; troops have reached Lake Tasba) and crossed the Kartal river. Paris, Nov. 24, Noon.—Enteni forces on the. Macedonian front a making progress in their attacks of the Germano-Bulgarian lines, accord ing to today's war office announed ment. To the west the Ttallans, co: tinuing their progress, have rcachu ipole. Tively Bombardment on Somme. Paris, Nov., 24, Noon.—Thera ‘wq 1 lively bombardment on the Sopum front last night in the region & @ Suilly-Sailisel north of the river, ay that of Ablaincourt, south of .tream, the war officc announced td day. The night was uneventful o the remainder of the front. ench aviators took part in forf aerial engagements on the Somm front, during which five hostile ma chines were brought down, Sui Lieut. George Guynemer accountinj for his twenty-third German machin British Attack Fails. Nov. 24, (By wireless -Heavy firing began nort (Continued on Fifteenth Page.) Berlin, sayville)..