New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 16, 1916, Page 1

8 |* and threw a curtain of HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD! HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1916.—TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 187 JFRENGH ADVANCE AT VERDUN NETS - 0,000 PRISONERS I’ & e g en Neville Sends 100,000 Men ¢ Against Germans to Regain 4 Lost Territory | | TROOPS SING “MARSELLAISE” * AS THEY DASH INTO ACTION| Seventy Hour Artillery Bombardment Precedes Assault in Heavy Weather Germans Surprised and Many Make | No Resistance—Teutons Driven | Back Almost to Line l’rc\'lo\lsly} Held by Crown Prince, Paris, Dec. 16.—As his last act be- fore assuming the chief command of the French armies on the western front General Neville today smashed the German line east of tne Meuse along a front of six miles. The vic- tory has advanced the French posi- © tions two miles and they are now within a short distance af where the | Germans stood at the outset of the great Verdun drive. The military au- | thorities describe the victory as com- | plete and crushing and carried out, ‘without a hitch. ! Since the last great stroke, when| he blood soaked ruins of Fort Vaux | nd Douaumant fell once more into *the hands of Verdun’s defenders, Gen- | eral Neville has been quietly prepar- | ing to push his advantage by an at- tack on a larger scale. Men and guns wad been assembled, shells piled and %everything was in readiness for the moment when the general should see | s opportunity. Then the blow fell Jike a thunderbolt. A terrific artillery | preparation flattened the German de- ‘fenses, then the guns were elevated steel behind | Swhich the infantry from every trench }_from Pepper Hill to beyond Damloup dashed forward on an enemy still | stunned by the bombardment. | In places the Germans gallantly | strove to hold their ground but Gen- eral Neville's dispositions wemesso well _made that they were generally power- "ess to stem, even momentarily, the| tide. One after another Vacherau-| ville ‘and Louvemont villages, Cham- | Well Known Tranklin Square Woman | %rette farm and the Hardaumont and Resonvaux works fell without the de- | ‘fenders having time to carry away ‘either the guns or material and | prisoners began to stream steadily | rearward to pens prepared for thelir | reception. | Germans Deceived by Weather, | The weather, according to hitherto | accepted notions, was all against the \offensive. It was wet and misty and the French officers believe that this fact undoubtedly led the Germang to miscalculate the probabilities of at- | tack. The wretched. weather did not ! prevent the aviators from rendering valuable aid to the attack and their services are believed to have had an important bearing on the fact that the French losses were singularly small. ~The large number of prisoners, ac-| cording to latest advices nearly 9,000, | is an indication of the surprise nature of the onslaught. The news of the victory was re- | ceived in Paris with enthusiasm as a | welcome rellef to the gloomy tidings | from Rumania. General Neville is the | man of the hour. His latest achieve- | ¢ ment justifies, it is felt, his choice commander in chief and augurs well for the future, | The number of guns captured from the Germans as counted up to the| present, is 80, according to the latest | reports reaching Paris. Neville Chief Strategist. The French plan of attack was drawn up by General Neville, now the commander in chief, with the concur- rence of General Petain, who at the | time was his superior officer. The as- sault proper was left to General Man- gin. It was made by five divisions, or cloge to 100,000 men, under command of such leaders as General deMaud, Huy and General duPassage. | The front which the French infan- | try had held since the recapture ofi Douaumont and Vaux ran thus: The ! southern slopes of Pepper hill, t of | the Meuse, between Bras and Vacher- | auville; Haudremont wood, Haudre- mont quarries, the region north of the village, Tort Douaumont, the quarries northeast of Fort Douaumont the small wood southeast of TFort | Douaumont, Hardaumont wood, the village of Vaux, and the fort of Vaux Behind that line General Neville ha distributed groups of powerful bat- teries which for seventy hours be- fore the attack hammered the Ger- | man positions, particularly those on Pepper hill and at Hardaumont Besonvau From the positions occupied by the French it may be seen that the were installed on a series of heights, | some dominating the German posi- tions, but others being under the d rect fire of their opponents. To im- prove and strengthen th line it was necessary to wrest from &heir adv. gary the famous Pepper hill, Louve- mont, the crest of Hill whict commands Fosses Wood, LaBauche and Hassoule Wood, north of Douau- mont fort as well s the important works at Hardaumont, west of Douau- | | | and | | Veraun front the la | transmission by the post or | The BRITONS FLEE IN BELGIUM BATTLE German Troops Attack and Drive Enemy Out of Trenches MORE RUMANIANS CAPTURED Teutons in Balkans Continue to Press | | | Forward—Russians Halt Austro- German Advance Imto Oituz Valley —Macedonian Front Peaceful. Berlin, Dec. 16, (By wireless to ayville).—Violent artillery fighting occurred in Belgium yesterday, it is announced officially. Southeast of Zillebeke German troops advanced to the second British line, whose defend- ers, the statement says fled. On the rench drove the Germans from advanced cast of the Mcuse. 2,000 Taken Prisoner. Berlin, Dec. 16, (By Sayville).—The Teutonic Rumania are continuing vance all along the front, nounced in today’s ment. Two thousand more prisoners have been brought in. In Dobrudfa the Russians have retired. wireless to forces in their ad- it is an- Teutons Held Back. Petrograd, ;Dec. 16, via London, 2:36 p. m.—Russian troops have re- pulsed an Austro-German force which was attempting to advance in to Oituz | valley, on the Moldavian front of Ru- | towara the desk as though to steady mania, the war office announced to- day. Russian Tines Raided. Berlin, Dec, 16.—(By wireless to day’s army headquarters statement. Quiet in Macedonia. positions | war office state- ! | | | TEAGHING GIRLS AT RADCLIFFE COLLEGE Tempest by Discussions and Letters on Germany TWICE GIVEN HONORS BY KAISER WILLIAM | Falls on Floor Today While Deliver- Is Extinct Twenty Minutes Later— Young Woman Students Rush to Side and Call Physician, Who I of No Help, Cambridge, Dec. 16.—Hugo Mun- sterberg, distinguished psychologist and director of the psychological lab- | oratory of Harvard university died iS\deenly in a class room at Radcliffe college today. Professor Munsterberg had begun a lecture on elementary physchology before sixty young He had | talked for about a half hour when he appeared to hesitate and a mo- ment later stretched his right hand women. himself. As he did so he tottered and his hand swept his watch and eye glasses from the desk to the floor. Before any one could reach him he { Sayville).—A successful raid by Aus- | had fallen and was unconscious when ! tro-Hungarian troops on the Russian | Dr. Harold E. Burtt, an instructor, | lines west of Lutsk is reported in to- | Sprang to his side. | twenty minutes. | been called: from an adjoining room, | found the Death came in Dr. Jewett, who had psychologist dying when Paris, Dec. 16, Noon.—No import- | 1€ _reached him. ant events have occurred on the Dr. Jewett was Professor Munster- Macedonian front says today’s official | PeT8'8 physidian and Dr. Burtt was statement by the war office. MRS. MARY A. GARVEY FOUND DEAD IN BED | Retires Apparently Well But Bx- pired Early This Morning. Mrs. Mary A. Garvey of 84 Frank- lin Square, one of the most widely known Irish residents of this city, wa: found dead in bed at her home this { morning, the lifeless form being dis- Jones her house- keeper. The deceased was about the house yesterday as usual, and made no complaint of feeling any worse, her covered by Mrs. time. She retired early. At 4 o’clock this morning Mrs. Jones went to the { room occupied by the deceased to give her her medicinc. Shortly after 7 o’clock the housekeeper again went to the room and found that Mrs. Garvey had expired. Her body was warm, in- dicating that she had been dead only short time. Medical Examiner El- cock gave the cause of death as heart troubie. Mrs. Garvey was a native of Ireland but has lived the greater part of her life here. She was about sixty-five vears. She was a widow and is sur- vived by a daughter, Mrs. John Cas sery of Bridgeport, and a son James Garvey; two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Me- Carthy of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Mrs. Thomas Kelly of New York, and a brother Dr. John Cremin of New York. Monsignor Cremin and the Jate Dr. L. M. Cremin were brothers of the deceased. Arrangements have not heen completed for the funral. TROLLEY STRIKE SETTLED. Violence Brought to End By Wilkes- Barre Employos. Wilkes-Barre, Dec. 16.—The strike of he Wilkes-Burre traction com- pany motormen and condustors which has been in effest fourteen mont and which was marked by much vio- lence, was settled early today. The men voted unanimou cent the offered by vides that to ac- the company which pro- 130 of the strikers shall go back to work at once, placed on extra time. of the 300 who went out will be given employment The remainder FRENCH B!/ SWEETS. Rome, Dec. 15, via Paris, Dec. 16, 4:45 a. m.—A decree has been issued | forbiading for two weeks the manu- | racture cake or their railroads. further forhids hotels to :ontaining more than one The decree will prevent the send of an enormous number of Christ dainties intended for the soldiers at the front. of candies or dec serve med meat cou A MISS CLAUGHSEY CRITICALL Anna Claughsy, daughter ate M el Claughsey, in in itical condition at New Britain General hospital, having suf- fered a re Grave fears are felt for her recover Her sister, Grace, and cousin, Anna, are reported to be of apse (Continued On Tenth Page), well on the road to recovery. proposition for a settlement | while sixty are | eventually | the professor's assistant. sions at Radcliffe were suspended for the day. Professor Munsterberg had ap- peared to be in his usual health and on last Monday night delivered an ad- dress on “The phsychology of busi- ness,” before the Chamber of Com- merce at Brockton. Bitter Fight With Well known in educ for many vyears, Professor Class se: immediately te tional cir: | | berg became prominent in the public i | eve soon after the great war began. |'A German by birth, he presented in addresses and in written articles the attitude of the Teutonic allies as he understood it. Gradually he came to be regarded as a spokesman in New lEnglan(‘l for many Germans and oth- As a re- ers who favored Germany. ! sult he was brought into controversy | faculty, who were outspoken in the | defense of the Allies. The discus- | sions became bitter and at times per- | sonal. Among those who took issue | with Munsterberg was the late Dr. { Josiah Royce of the Harvard school | of philosophy. A storm raged at | Harvard when there was published in this country what purported to be a translation of a letter written by Professor Munsterbeng to the imperial | German chancellor, Von Bethmann- | Hollwesg. in transit by the British authorities. Assoclated faculty members assert- ed that the writer of the letter was attempting to influence American | public opinion in favor of Germany through anonymous contributions to the press. Munsterberg claimed that his letter had been badly translated from the German or intentionally garbled and that he had never writ- ten or said anything inconsistent with his position at Harvard, or his resi- dence in the United States. theless an attempt was made by number of persons, including some | of the Harvard faculty, to have the | board of overseers of Harvard ask for { his resignation. The board received a petition from these persons, | took no action on it | Professor Munsterberg had repeat- | edly urged that lasting. peace for the | world might be brought about | through the initiative of the United States. | Professor Munsterberg leaves | Wife and a daughter Marguerite, i Born in Danzig, Germany. Professor Munsterberg was born in Danzig, Germany, in 1863, and after i hed work as an educator in native land. came to Harvard in 1892 as professor of psychology. In 1910 he returned to Germany as Harvard exchange professor at the university of Berlin. 1In the follow- ing vear he organized and became the head of the Amerika-Institute f German overnment. At the expir: tion of his term as exchange professor in 1912 he resumed his work at Har- vard. He was n 1 dent of the American psychological ion in 1898. At the time of his death he was president of the Boston German asso ciation. Irs. Munsterber Miss Selma Oppler Germany. They were 1887, For twenty sterberg had philosociphal, but a w formerly Stra married vears Professor written psychologic: extensively on and sci- (Continucd On Tenth Page). Harvard Professor Stirred Up‘ ing Lecture on Psychology and Life | | health having not been g0od for some | With other members of the Harvard | The letter was intercepted | Never- | a | the | MUNSTERBERG DIES | TRANSPORT SUMNER | LEFT TO HER FATE Pumps and Wireless Out of Gom- mission and Crew Quits BRIDGEPORT STORM CENTER Vesscls and Tugs Freed to Seek Safety in Harbor—Tolley System Threatencd by Coal Shortage——Ship Ashore on Jersey Coast. New York, Dec. 16.—The grounded off Barnegat, N. J., Sunday night on the way to this port, | abandoned by her crew eearly today. | Heavy seas driven by a northwesterly | wind caused the transport to pound { heavily on the shoal and shortly after midnight the vessel leaked so rapidly that the pumps and wireless were put out of commission. Captain Webber and a small por- tion of the crew left on the boat were | taken off by boats from the coast guard cutter Seneca and the Barne- gat coast guard station. - The rest | of the crew were brought here last night by the transport Kilpatrick. | It was learned that only two boat- loads of the Sumner’s crew had left the vessel. A call was sent to Barne- gat for lifeboats to take off the men who remained on the transport. was Bridgeport, Dec. 16.—With his ves- I sel plunging her rails under water in a strong undertow, the captain of the three-masted schooner Charles H. | Trickey, bound from Kennebec, M with a cargo of lumber for the West | End Lumber company in Black Rock | hailed a passing tu in the outer har- | bor last night and asked to be brought | inside. Examination showed that, with | the falling tide, the schooner would | pound to pieces on the beach and she | was quickly wulled ont of danger, | being taken to Black Rock today. An- | other three-master bound for New ! York, was forced to anchor about | three miles off the light but rode out | the gale in safety, althowgh frequently | being swept by huge waves. Five sound tugs with tows bhound for New Haven. New I.ondon and | Providence for New York were forced jomeeek-selier tn the harbor from: the snowstorm which compelled the submarine G-5 to suspend test trips outside the breakwate The tug Addae V Second of Norwalk started for that port but was foreed back | Shortage of coal at the power | plant of the Connecticut company | threatened to cripple the trolley ser- ivice of the city and this was only | averted, officlals said, by the timely | arrival of a boat load. | el | Ships In Distress Off Bridgeport. { i | i | Vessel Ashore on Jersey Coast. Sandy Hook, N. J., Dec. 16.—A re- port received here today from \Lhe | keeper of the Little Beach Live sav- ing station says an unidentified steam- ship is ashore about two miles east- southeast from the station and that a revenue cutter has been notified. Brigantine, N. J., Dec. 16.—The vessel ashore off the Little Beach life | saving station appears to be a tramp steamer, according to a telephone | message from the Little Egg life sav- |ing station. Storm Costs New York $500,000. New York, Dec. 16.—Yesterday’s snow storm, the first of the winter, | will cost New York city about $500,- 000. The fall was the greatest here in any day since Dec. 26-27, 1910, when eighteen inches fell in 24 hours. Traffic is still blocked today, owing to the shortage of men to clean the streets. Record Fall in Boston. Boston Dec. 16.—Boston today dug itself out of the first considerable l snow fall of the season and the great- est precipitation in a December storm {in several vears. Eight and one-half | inches of snow were on the ground at ; daybreak. Wireless Station Wrecked. Wellfleet, Mass., Dec. ‘16 —The radio station of the Marconi \_Vu‘eless | Telegraph company of America was out of commission here t_oday as a result of the storm last night which wrecked the antennae of the plant a number of wires of the Western TUnion. WOMAN ILL IN SNOW PILE. The prostrate form of a woman was discovered in the snow in front of the Smalley early this morn- ing, George LeWitt tolephoning the jinformation geant T. M. Hert- ing at polic iguarters. Police- [ hen Gustay Hellberg and Michael Mechan were sent to the scene in the patrol, found the outline of her body in the snow but she had bcen re- auoved. Hartford, De¢. tford and vicinity: colder tonight., Sunday and continaed coid. SCCTNA | =l lunks. United | States army transport Sumner which | BROTHERHOODS AND | RAILROAD TRYING T0 GET TOGETHER Bight Hour Dispute May Be| Settled Out of Court, Both Sides Admit DISCUSSIONS ARE STILL IN UNFINISHED STAGE | President of Western Road and Head I of Trainmen Admit Holding Con- ferences in Hope of Adjusting Dif- ferences Before Adamson Law Goes Into Effect—No Basis of Settlement Reachied Yet. | Chicago Dec. 16.—Hale Holden, president of the Chicago, Burlington | land Quincy railroad, who was chair- | man of the committee of railroad ex ecutives which met Presiaent Wilsén and the brotherhood officials in Wash- ington last summer, when a railroad strike was threatened, confirmed to- | day that informal conferences = had been. held by railroad representatives | with brotherhood officials concerning a settlement out of court of the con- troversy between the rallroads and their employes. | W. G. Lee, president of the brother- | hood of railway trainmen, also an- nounced at Fvansville, Ind., last night that negotiations are under way be- | tween leaders of the four brotherhoods and operating officials of several rail- roads looking to a settlement of the entire controversy before Jan 1 when the Adamson law is to go into ef- fect. . Both men, said, however, that the | discussions had not progressed far enough even to suggest a basis for a permanent settlement. “I don’t feel that I can say much more than that the conference was held between the brotherhood men {and the railroad officials” said M. | | Holden. ““The meetings have been of | @ purely informal nature, and to date there has been no suggestion of an | ultimate adjustment.” 'B. & A. MAIN LINE BLOCKED BY WRECK | Eleven Coal Cars Thrown Across Tracks at Worcester—Passengers / Routed by Other Lines, « Worcester, Dec. 16.—The main line of the Boston and Albany railroad was blacked a few miles west of this city today by an accident to an east bound freight train, in which eleven | coal laden cars were derailed. As a result, through trains to and from Albany were detoured over the Boston and Maine railroad through Spring- field, Greenfield, Ayer and this city, and trains between Boston and New York and New Yark and Boston were sent over the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad by way of Put- nam and New London. Passengers on local trains were transferred in special trolley cars from Jamesville station just west of the derailment, to the union station here, The freight train, bound from West | Springfield for Worcester, was passing the now Woorcester station, when the truck of a coal car broke, derailing | that car and ten others. The cars were thrown across the main tracks, which were damaged far a distance of 600 feet. Nobody was hurt, Wrecking crews from Boston, Springfield and this city were expected | to clear one main line before noon and to have a second available at 4 p. m. it was said. T. A. STANLEY SERIOUSLY ILL. Proprietor of Cedar Hill Expected to Live. Farm Not Theodore A. Stanley of Cedar Hill farm is dangerously ill at Roosevelt hospital, New York city. Mr. Stanley went to New York December 6 for | examination and treatment and it was found by the - attending physicians that he was in a serious condition and not sufficiently strong physically for an operation. It has been learned through the medium of an x-ray ex- amination that an operation would be impossible, Mr. nley's family has been sum- moned to his bedside as it is believed he has only a short time to live. It is not tkought expedient to bring Mr. Stanley hack to his home in this city. TON KILLS TWO, Two Refining Stations of Standard Oil Company Wrecked, Wood River, 111 men killed and others injured in an explosion that wrecked | two r the Standard | il company today. The explosion by a fire which f tened ten large | Dec 16.—Two v several | | | | | | ning stations of here early was followed time thre illed with oll. | matum by saying that it accepts the | the sincere friendly sentiments which | have always animated | Entente. | wards will immediately cease. i out as rapidly as possible. i the excellent i ~-Jut-Georgia Man Will,Not Be Toc !'a story of her romance with a* ; of the federal officers. ! by Crumbwell Jackson, a | gave is expected VON BERNSTORFF CALLS ON | LANSING TO LEARN STAND | ON BERLIN'S PEACE OFFER GREECE SUBMITS T0 | DEMANDS OF ALLIES Expresses Hope Blockade of Ports Will Not Be Con- tinued. | Paris, Dec. 16, 4:30 a. m.—An of- had accepted unreservedly the ditions of the Allies was received at the foreign office at midnight accord- ing to the Petit Journal. TLondon, Dec. 16, 7 a. m.—Accord ing to an Athens despatch to Reuter’ Greece has replied to the Allies’ ulti- demands made on it as it is desirous of giving another manifest proof of it toward the The reply says that no hos- or been projected that the transfer of material and north- Orders have already been given, it is stated, regarding the movements of troops and war material and will be carried In. respect to the attack on British Discusses Subjec From Standpoint of U. S. and Explains German Attitude : WILSON TO SEND NO i COMMENT ON PROFFER ficial telegram announcing that Greece | con- | No Mediation at Present by America on Reached by Presiden After Cabinet Meeting—Effort Mad to Harmonize Notes From Teutoni] Allies, Which Differ in Phrasd ology. Washington, Bernstorff, the Dec. 16.—Count German Vol ambassadof conferred with Secretary Lansing td | tile movements of troops hvae ever | day, sceking information of the aty taken place tude of the United States toward ti i peace proposals of the Central power | to aiscuss the general subject of pead | from this government's viewpoint an | to give any information Mr. Lansi | might desire on the attitude of ti and French marines in Athens Dec. 1, the government declares that it desires to give every legitimate sat- isfaction and refers to the proposals to arbitrate. Tt expresses the hope that the Allied powers will reconsider their dec ade which, it says, is straining tions and impressing public rela- opinion. The reply concludes with the expres- | { sion of a desire by the government and people of Greece for a resumption of traditional confidence which previously existed between Greek and the Entente nations, 700 BUSY T0 MARRY Busy to Explain to Court Alleged Violation of Mann Act, Hartford, Dec. 16.—An attrac appearing little southern girl v the office of United States Di Attorney Spellacy yesterday and trict told which ‘had brought him inta the toils The girl was 16 year old Maude Page of Sanders- ville, Ga., who had been brought north man much who will States Commis older than herself, and taken before United sioner Wright in New Haven, Monday, | on charges of violation of the Mann act. The girl was accompanied Hartford from Bridgeport by Hewitt, supervisor of the Bridgeport Protective society, which is at present | caring for the Page girl, Jackson and the girl were arrested in Bridgeport, December 1, by local officers and held for the government authorities. From the girl's story it appeared that Jackson had promised to marry her several times and really did go so far as to get a « license in Georgia, but it was sai was not particular whom he ms and once suggested to another that she marry him and he girl would | erase Maude’s name from the license and insert the other girl's name. Evidently he met with a rebuff, for about three weeks ago he induced Maude to leave Georgia with him and they came to Bridgeport, making several stops on the way. The girl says every time she askod Jackson why he did not marry her he said he did not have time. EVADES GERMAN RAIDER Steamship Chicago Within 150 Miles | struction Destroy of Warship Secking to Allies’ Commerce, Passengers Sa New York, Dec, 16.—The French line steamship Chicago, which arrived here today nearly forty-eight hours overdue from Bordeaux, passed about 150 miles from the point which a wireless message posted on board in- dicated was the position of the Ger- man commerce raider reported in the Atlantic, according to passengers, | The bulletin was put up on Decem- | ber 4 and to the surprise of the pas- sengers torn down minutes later. The Chicago then detoured, and this change of course, together with the heavy snow storm vesterday, accounted for the delay. The bulletin the raider’'s position 48.34 | latitude north and longitude west, or approxin ,500 miles west of Bordeaux New York steams was five as ately ind in the liverpool- hip route. i HIGH COST OF AUTOING. ! Hartford, Dec. 16.—The state au- | tomobile department had received to- | : receiving registration, for | numbers. This | total receipts | ay, the = 898, on rencwing one last next year's last year's eventh of the foi next year. of $132 on on to continue the block- | man | be | to | Miss | 1 Was With German government. Ambassador Bernstorff sald after | ten minute visit with Secretary Lan| | ing: “We did not discuss peace tern |in any way. I have not received ai ! formal terms and the American gol | ernment knows officially that formal terms have been proposed. Germany has suggested is that i | belligerents come together and talk President Wilson's decision to g { ward the Central powers’ peace nof to. the Entente allies without mediation offer by the American go ernment left today only the task j translation and revision of phra ; ology to be finished before they ! transmiited. The president's detérm i ation to have the United States gd ernment act only as a medium for | change of the notes between the bl | ligerents was made after a prolongl > | cabinet meeting late yesterdagp. trom Germal were The notes recrived Austria and Turk identical, but the translations | here differed slightly in wording, a " an effort was made today to harmd | ize them. ‘) ys Tt Rests With Germany. London, Dec. 16 ,8:15 . mu— first essential of peace, in the opin | of the Nation is that both sides &l concede the right to independenced all jons. Commenting on GH many's peacc offer the Nation says “The fest will come when our swer is known that Germany hag decide whether she will modify ¥ offer and come nearer to our positid | The real onus for the continuange | the war will rest on the side Whi ! maintains any demand which Wol | be fatal to the independence and | ture of any belligerent | “If Germany. for nstancs ly claimed Serbia as her prey she I { included at least one point which ¢d viets her cither unbelievable pidity or more insincerity and if claim is maintained tes furtl discusslon. But an offer cluding such a principal our &% must be reasoned and precise, shall lose nothing in the world's coN of honor by rejecting that claim § let not lose sight of our suld | principle that this war is waged the endi of militarism. If Gormi made n claim involving the dests tion of an independent nation the is not yet morally won. Her repudi tion of all such claims will be test of her sincerity.” F has re| 1 of n e HF,\‘RY*]‘ FAIRCHILD DEAD feriden Building Con for Fifty 16.—Henry Years. ¥ od Meriden, Dec | child, very well known in the trades southern ngland as vice president of H. Wa company, general contractd at his. home today from he He was in his 78th ¥ ymer Mr, Fairchield was health was apparently Death came unexpectedly. Mr. rehild who born Woodbridge, this had connected with the for vears. His wife by riage and two Frederick L., .ines lied but his stored. was 1te, company 2 second w hd il m STRUCK BY LOCOMOTIVE, Car Inspector, Recently Married, >xpected to Live. rtford, Dec. 16.—William inspector in the East the New Haven probably lly early this morning when he struck by a locomotive. He walking on the track at the timgl the accident and arently dig hear the approach of the engine, right arm w fractured, the musd of his back and arm seriously to He sustained several scalp wou and possibly internal injuries. Murphy is thirty years old and been married but a few weeka, M Ha 3 injy phy, a cax ford yards road, was of