New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1916, Page 1

FARM LOAN BANK FOR SPRINGFIELD B 'S ’ S HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” 1 BETTER BUSIN PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITA-IN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1916—TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED : “Massachusetts City to Be Center for District Including Conn. CAPITAL STOCK FOR PUBLIC ill Be Open to Subscription for Thirty Days—Problem Presented in Selection of Employes Out of More Than 6,000 Applicants ‘Washington, Ma: Baltimore, C., Louisville, Ky.,, New Orlean Louis, St.. Paul, Omaha, Wichita,, Kansas City, Houston, Berkeley and Spokane were chosen as the locations ®¥or twelve federal farm loan banks today. The banks will porarily by the appointment by board of five directors for each bank, who shall be residents of the dis- trict in which the bank is located. The directors will select from among p}heir number the banks officers. The ‘capital stock of each bhank will “be open to public subscription for thirty | days. i ' If it is not subscribed at the end | of that time the government is au- thorized to take the unsubscribed amount. The twelve districts into which the | country is divided were announced by ! ,the farm loan board today as follow: District No. 1—Maine, New Hamp- shire, Vermon, Massachusetts, Rhode | Island, Connectlcut, New York and New Jersey. i District No. 2—Pennsylvania, Del- aware, Maryland, Virginia, West Vir- | ‘ginia, and the District of Columbia. District No. 3.—North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. District No. 4.—Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. District No. 5.—Alabama, v&ippi and Louisiania. District No. 6.—TIllinois, and Kansas. District No. 7.—Michigan, Wiscon- sin, Minnesota and North Dakota. District No. 8.—Towa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. District No. 9.—Oklahoma, .sas, Colorado and New Mexico. District No. 10.—Texas. District No. 11.—California, ~ada, Utah and Arizona. District No. 12.—Washington, Ore- gon, Montana and Idaho. 75 Cities Candidates for Banks. | “In determining the federal land bank districts and in designating the citles within such districts where | “federal land banks shall be located,” the official announcement says: “The | federal farm loan board has given careful consideration to the farm loan needs of the country. The bord held | Arpublic hearings in nearly every state in the union and in this manner col-| lected information of great value in| determining its decision, “Every reasonable opportunity has been afforded applicant cities to fur- Dec. 27.—Springfield, Md., Columbia, St. the | | Missis- Missouri | Kan- | Ne- S be organized tem- | s | M. ‘il“r(‘(‘zing Rain Interferes With Rail- | telgphone wires with ice seriously in- | tion throughout lower Michigan were | | THOMAS F. TRACY ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Former Doorkeeper at National House of Representatives Sends Bul- lets Into Ilecad. Hartford, Dec. 27.—Thomas F. Tracy, of Poquonnock, town of Wind- sor, of representatives in Washington and newspaper correspondent, attempted | suicide today in a local hotel, three | bullets from a revolver lodging in his head. He is in St. Francis’ hospital in a critical condition. The wounds were inflicted by a 22 calibre revolver and the shooting was done ni the hotel lobby. TIl health and genera] depression are be- lieved to be the reasons for the act. Mr, Tr v is 68 years of age. He was for sixteen years a messenger and | door keeper in the national house of representatives, getting his appoint- ment through Congressman E. Stevens Henry of Rockville. Some years ago Mr. Tracy received a considerable sum of money from the estate of an | uncle. A conservator was appointed { on application of his daughter, Mrs | Flags of Newark, N. J., but was later removed. Tracy had hotel about heen a year. COUNTRY UNDER GLAZE living at the roads and Telephone and Telegraph Systems as Far West as Chicago. New storm York, which 27.—A telegraph Deec. loaded glaze and terfered today with communication in this state and to a considerable ex- tent through the east. Some trouble was experienced as far west as Chi- cago. New York streets were coated with ice and traffic was badly hampered. Albany, Dec. 27.—A glaze gradually grew to the proportions of an ice storm and finally developed in- to a heavy fall of sleet seriously af- fected interurban and local traction facilities and wire communication in this vieinity today. Progress over Al- bany’s hilly streets was accordingly dangerous and many persons were in- Jjured by falls. Detrait; Bec. 27.—Railroad and in- | terurbah traffic and wire communica- affected by the great storm last night | and thaw this morning. Interurban cars leaving Detroit had difficulty get- ting through the outskirts of the cit T0 IGNORE ADAMSON LAW | Railroads Will Make Up Payrolls on Old Schedulé After January 1, Union Men Are Notified. former doorkeeper in the. house ! which i SUBMARINE HOLDS UP AMERICAN SHIP Nationality Alone Sa;ed It, U-Boat Captain Declared PLEASURE IN TORPEDOING Wishes Skipper Good Luck and Per- mits Him to Proceed-—Greek Ves- sels Ordered to Leave Grain at Can- ary Islands. Havre, Dec. 27, 4:55 p. m.—Captain Plater of the Ame ramento, who can steamer Sac- arrived here from Buenos Aires with a cargo of wheat, reports that he was stopped in the | English Channel by a German | marine. The commander of the sub- in]nnnc ordered him on board with his papers and after examining them You are carrying wheat, which is considered contraband of war, to France. 1t is lucky for you that your ship is American, otherwise we should have torpedoed you with great pleas- ure. You can proceed. Good luck to you.” The only steamer of the name of Sacramento listed in available mari- ) time records is reported by the New York maritime register to have been | recently transferred from American to | British ownership. She was blacklist- { ed by the British admiralty in April, 1916, on charge of aiding German | ships in the Pacific, but was removed { from the blacklist last Qctober. Greek Steamers Held Up in Channel. Madrid, Dec. 26, via Paris, Dec. 27. —TFour Greek steamships—the Omi- tres, Aristides, Isaropina and Con- tandois—have arrived at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, two of them bound | from America with cargoes of wheat Iand corn, after having Heen stopped by a German submarine. They were permitted to enter Las Palmas only on condition that they should discharge their cargoes at that port. Two Vi London, Dec. Tloyds shipping sscls Torpedoed. 27, 1:45 agen a. announce sunlk. Lloyds reports the Norwegian steamship Sno, gross. DANBURY HAS $10.000 FIRE Main sinking of the 1,823 tons Masonic - Templc on Threatened by Flames in Basement of Jewelry Store. Danbury, Dec. —TFire ~which started in the bascment of the jewelry ' nish evidence to support their claim as locations of federal land banks. ' More than 75 cities applied to* be designated as the headquarters of a bank and were heard through repre- | sentative committees and individuals.” The banks will be established as! soon as practicable. TUnder the law each will have a capital of $750,000. ! Application for loans have been pour- ! ing into the board in great volume recently, Almost the first wark of the banks after approving and issuing Toans, will be the issue of farm loan | bonds, a new form of security in this country. The bonds will be i denominations as small as $ it expected, and will bear interest at a | rate of one per cent. less than the in- terest rate charged farmers on their loans. ~ What the interest rate will be ha vmt been definitely determined. It limited by law to a maximum of si per cent. The expectation is that it will not not exceed 5-1-2 per cent, at first and subsequently may be lowered, Loans on farm land are limited by the law to fifty per cent. of the value of % the land and may be payable in from five to forty years. As fast as loans are made, bonds will be issued to cover them, so that at na time, under the present plan, will a bank's entire capital be tied up in loans to the detriment of other applicants. One is board is to find emloyes for the new More than 6,000 applications ons have been received. The ments will .be exempt from ervice regulations but the board intends to assemble a corps of men experienced in banking, The head of each bank will be desig- nated the registrar. They prob- ably will be only residents of dis- tricts involved and preferably attor- nevs. Through a process of borrowers subseribe in small amounts to the cap- ital stock it is expected that the banks not long after beginning operations will be virtual co-operative institu- tions. ADMITS FALL OF TORREON. Carranza Commander Says Forces Captured City. Ei Paso, Dec. 27.—Oflficial confirma- tion of the capture of Torreon by Villa forces was made today by Car- ranza consul Bravo here. Bravo denied reports that Gen. Francisco Murguia, commander at Chihuahua City, had an understand- ing with Villa and had made no of- fort to oppose Villa's recent capture of Chihuahua City. Villa of the chief tasks now confronting the | New York, Dec. 27.—Pending the | decision of the supreme court of the United States on the question of the constitutionalty of the Adamson ecight hour law, the railroad managers de- clare they will not be parties to any | action that might tend to nullify or | anticipate in any way the court pro- | ceedings. The railway workers of the | country are being notified that the | Adamson law will be ignored in mak- ing up pay rolls after January 1, and “until such time as the issue finally is determined In the courts.” The no- tices contain the first formal declara- ued in ' tion that pending the decision of the | of John (. Downs were also court there will be no change on hours or wages between the railroads and | brotherhoods. ¢ The conference committee of rail- road managers met here today to dis- cuss the situation preparatory to a i Joint meeting tomorrow with the | brotherhood chiefs. | RECOMMENDS VACCINATION No Small Pox in New Britain as Yet, But Superintendent of Health Urges Precautionary Mcasury Dr. T. Eben Reeks, superintendent of health, has recommended the im- mediate vaccination against small pox of all those who are not vaccinated, and re-vaccination of those who have not been vaccinated within the past | five vea The superintendent of health states that the proximity New Britain and Waterbury, epidemic of the disease is alarm, makes liable a similar outbreak in this city. Dr. Recks further states that while there is no known case of small pox in New Britain at present, he is looking for it to appear, as this disease gen- erally reoccurs in cycles of five or six vears and it is now a half dozen years since it was in this city, where an VENIZELOS FAVORS VIOLENCE. Washington, Dec. .—Copies of a letter from former Premier Venizelos to General Korakas, head of the Greek evolutionary movement in Athens, calling for extreme efforts to bring Greece into the war on the de of the Allies, even to ‘the de- struction at the proper hour of all designated persons, no matter who they may be.” were delivered to the state department today by Greek charge Vouros for its information. The letter was said to have been seized n the general's house and was dated Nov. 25. l of i causing | store of the F. L. Wilson company, Inc., in the Masonic Temple building, Main street, this morning caused damage estimated at about $10,000. The flames were confined to the base- ment but ate away the floor timbers overhead and a portion of the floor of sub- | | Maryland, which reported by wirel 'YESSEL DROPS FROM SIGHT | to the THOUGHT MINISTER WAS A BURGLAR Policeman Shoots ‘When Baptist Clergyman Reaches Into Pocket for Money to Pay for Purchase. St. Louis ,Dec. 27.—The Rev. Lot E. Doty, a Baptist minister, is in a serious condition today from a gun shot wound inflicted by a patrolman who last night mistook the clergy- man for a robber when he was mak- ing a purchase in a store. The patrolman said Dr. Doty had been pointed out to him as a robber and that he shot when the minister | refused to comply with his command to hold up his hands. Dr. Doty was putting some change into his pocket and the patrolman said he Dbelieved he was drawing a revolver. Coast Guard Cutters Unable to Find Trace of Steamship Maryland Which i Sent Out Call for Help. Nantucket, Dec, 27.—The steamer on Christmas night that she v sinking, had not been found today. The coast guard cutters Acushnet and Gresham, which had proceeded from Woods Hole and Boston, respectively, position approximately 200 miles southeast of this island, where the Maryland sounded her distress. calls, sent word this morning that the: had found no trace of the steamer. The cutters had cruised in those waters for several hours after it be- came known that the vessel's wireless had been put out of commission, evidently by a flood of water which swept into the engine room, MONASTERY DESTROYED Monks Hurry From Prayer and Fight Flames But Without Success— Place Famous for Its Cheese. UERMAN EAGERNESS English Papers Say Prompt Reply to U.S. Note Shows Waning Power HOVE WELGOME IN BERLIN Westminster Gazette Believes Enemy. Was Only Too Happy to Discern Avenue of Escape From Continua- tion of War—Conference Unpopular London, Dec. 27, 12:20 p. m.—The promptness of the German govern- | ments reply to President Wilson's | note is characterized by the evening | newspapers today as evidence of Ger- many’s eagerness to bring the war to an end. The Standard says: “It would be a mistake to neglect the German peace movements, but it would be even more fatal to time over them. .We.trust the gov- ernment will give President Wilson a perfectly courteous but also a definite reply and then get on with the war as energetically as possible.” The following is from the Westmin- ster Gazette: “¥or two or three days the pre- | tense was kept up that the American i proposals weré an .unfriendly attempt to snatch ‘the prize of victory’ from | the German people, but this clearly is not at all the view of the German government, which sees in it a wel- come opportunity to improve the oc- casion and at the same time push for- ward its own proposal for stopping the war. President Wilson is not to blame for this, and we should be very | unwise to rush to the conclusion that he expected to receive this answer and was to that extent playing into | the hands of the “ermans.” Must Know Germany’s Intentions. Commenting on a Washington de- spatch that President Wilson was in- pired by the desire to give the bel- waste Montreal, Dec. 27.—The monastery and chapel of the Trappist Monks at Oka, were destroyed by fire today. The monastery is famous for the cheese it produced on a farm culti- | vated by the monks, who lived under m.— | that the Danish bark Josan has been | | were all at prayer in the chapel. Judge Cautions Lawyer For Street | { quiry to the point at issue. stated that as yet no evidence —had ! the store fell in, carrying with it show | cases filled with valuable stock. The Reigeluth department store, H. E. Northrup’s drug store and the tore of National Butter company in building suffered heavy | damage from smoke. The lodge | rooms and equipment of the Masonic | organizations and the dental offices dam- A heavy ice storm diffi- | the same | aged by smolke. made the work of the firemen cult. Mayor Thinks All City Documents Should Be in Custody of Some Offi- cials For Ready R.('l‘cl‘(‘\)(fl‘. Officially, the city of New Britain | has a large number of valuable docu- : ments, consisting of deeds, agree- ments, contracts, etc, which cannot be located unless the services of Under the e: a detective are solicited. | ments are kept by officials of the de- | partments with which they are con- the city clerks and others, ; and anyone wishing to see a certain document has no means of knowing where it may be found. With this in mind, Mayor Quigley has suggested the advisability of hav- ing some city official the legal cus- todian of all such documents, then it { would be known at all times where everything of this nature is kebt. nected, ALFONSO’S APPEAL WINS. King of Spain Succeeds in Having Belgians Returned. London, Dec. 27, 5 a. fonso of Spain has persuaded the German government to repatriate a large number of Belgian workmen who were deported into Germany, ac- m.—King Al- Radio agency The despatch says that the Spanish ambassador at n has telegraphed his home government to this effect and has been instructed to continue his efforts so as to obtain the libera- tion of the greatest number possible. | i | isting system at City hall these docu- cording to a Madrid despatch to the | Maine mino S tive association, gave up temporarily | the most rigid rules. Only men were admitted as visitors to the institution, When the fire broke out early today the monks, numbering one hundred, They fought the flameés Vigorousty but were unable to control them owing to poor water pressure. NO FRAUD SHOWN. and Maine Minority. Boston, Dec. 27.—Counsel for the’ minority stockholders of the Boston and Maine railroad who, alleging fraud and collusion by the directors of the road in connection with its re- verse rcceivership have opposed the permanent direction of its affairs by the federal court were ordered today by Judge Morton to confine their in- The court been heard tending to show fraud on the part of the directors. After this statement = Conrad W. Crooker, counsel for the Boston and stockholders protec- his examination of Henry Day, a di- rector. MRS. CHENEY DEAD. South Manchester ~Woman Was Jnown for Her Philanthropy. Manchester, Dec. 27.—Mrs. Rich- ard Otis Cheney, Sr., who, because of many local benefactions, had become known as the Santa Claus of Man- chester’s poor, died at her home on Oak Hill today. Mrs. Cheney was the daughter of Major Louis Bissell of St. Louis and \was married to Richard Otis Cheney, a leading member of the silk firm of Cheney brothers in 1863. She is sur vived by three children, Richard Ot Cheney, Jr., and Misses Nan Elsie. COMPLETING SMALL JURY. Prosecutor Expects to Make Opening | Argument Today. N. H., Dec. 27.—Efforts to the jury which will sit in the trial of Freerick Small, charged with the murder of his wife, were ontinued today. Four jurymen were accepted vesterday. i Ossipe, complete County Solicitor Walter T. Hill said | ble that the actual work of the trial might be started late in the day with his opening argu- ment for the prosecution. he thought it po; MAJOR POWELL DIES. ashington, Dec. ell Clayton, formerly attached to the genera] staff, war department, and re- cently assigned to the sixteenth cav- alry on the Mexican border, died to- Houston, Texas, from injuries 1 two weeks ago while school- horse over the hurdles on the field. He was the son of former Governor Clayton of Arkansas. R o T Uy WEATHER. Hartford, Dec, ford and vicinity: warmer tonight. Thursday ably rain, Boston | and | 27.—Major Pow- | ligerents, especially Germany, a bet- ter .excuse for defining their concep- tions of a possible settlement, and the | German reply that an immediate ex- | change of views was the most appro- | priate road in order to reach the de- | sired result, the Westminster Gazette | says: | “The German government can scarcely be .so najve as to suppose the allied governments would hush | hostilities or enter into a conference | with an enemy who has just pro- claimed himself the victor without knowing, even through the usual in- direct channels, what he was going to ! propose. “There are a great many misunder- standings, both her¢ and in America, | about President Wilson’s intentions and that makes it the more import- | ant we should make our own position | plain. We hope, therefore, that our reply to the American note will be a | careful and well-reasoned statement of the position as we understand it, | and not a mere hasty dismissal of the | American note.” | Gives Germany Coat of IKalsomine. | The Pall Mall Gazette say: “Ger- many has not been slow to seize the advantages given by President Wil- son’s diplomacy. “The studied impartiality of the American note supplies Germany with ! a coat of whitewash of which she was badly in need. Germany proposes an immediate conference of belligerents, which_appears to her to be the most promising way of promoting a fissure in the Entente. The Allies have only one possible attitude to this, namely they will hold no discu unpunished criminal or with a power whose solemn engagements are “mere seraps of paper.’ If Mr. Wilson's real | object was to elicit a plain statement of the aims and terms of both sides, | Berlin’s answer shows that he failed. | It did not require a note to pro- cure a plain statement of the allied | cause. Upon the German side the in- | vitation meets with summary dismis- | sal. The ill-conceited note has been frustrated and the most dignified course now would be its frank with- drawal.” Peace by Wircless. The Evening Star s “Germany has replied in hot haste. | She is working the Wilson note for all it is worth. She is trying to make peace by wireless. The contrast be- tween the panting precipitancy and the allies leisurely languor is great. “There is grave, urgent need for | cool wisdom and bold leadership in ! the circumstances. We note with alarm the growing development in certain quarters to make bad blood | between the British and American people. That is playing the German game and must be stopped. There must be no mercy for lunatics who are ready to poison Anglo-American relationshirs. Let us make a stand against the colossal misrepresenting | and marking President Wilson’s note” Would Reply in Lincoln’s Word: Rome, Dec. Paris, Dec tinue to discuss President note to the belligerents as an impor- tant diplomatic event. The Giornale D'Italia suggests that the Allies should L s President Lincoln effort to intervene in the “If the dead of President Lin- the newspaper, Trentino must answer to ed says Fettyshurg “oln’s Tespect,” ‘So our dead of the | inspire Baron Sonninino’s | President Wilson Amsterdam, Dec. 27, via London, p. m.—Commenting on the Ger- (Continued on Eleventh Page.) German Agents, at | The Hague, Arrange | For Peace Parley S | London, Dec. 27.—A | despatch from The Hague to the Exchange Tele- graph company says Ger- man agents have arrived at The Hague to make preliminary arrangements for German delegates to the peace conference suggested in the German reply to President Wil- son’s note. The despatch follows: “In view of the prepara- tory meeting of delegates to a peace conference sug- gested in the German re- ply to President Wilson, German agents have ar- rived at The Hague and are making inquiries for hotel accommodations for German delegates.” WARRANT FOR M'MAHON FOLLOWS HOTEL FIRE Theater Man to Be Charged With Violating = Fire Escape Law. Prosecuting Attorney w. Klett, after consulting with Building Inspector Arthur N. Rutherford, Chief R. M!"Dasreof-the. fire department, Chief Rawlings and forth of the police department, this afternoon issuedsa warrant for arrest of Patrick S. McMahon charg- ing the theater magnate and hotel proprietor with a violation of the statute providing for proper fire cs- capes on all public buildings. McMahon will be arraigned before the judge of the police court tomor- row and, it is said, the statute under which he will be charged carries with it a penalty of not more than six months in jail, a fine of not more thar $500 or both, if the accused is found guilty. This criminal prosecution comes as a direct result of the fire which gut- ted the Hotel Bronson early yester- day morning. Building Inspector Rutherford says he notified McMahon several months ago that he must put additional fire escapes on his hotel and fixed a certain date by which time the escapes were to be installed. It is claimed that McMahon paid no at- tention to the inspector’s orders and although the date settled upon has passed, no additional escapes have been provided. Building Inspector Rutherford this morning stated that not until he has taken out a permit will McMahon be permitted to rebuild his hostelry, and no permit will be grant- ed until he is assured the proposed plans are perfect in every detail. Men were engaged today in replacing win- dows at the hotel, but the building in- spector ruled that this is merely in line with protecting the building, and should not be termed re-building. In connection with the re-building of the hotel, Building Inspector Ruth- erford declared that he will positivel enforce regulations that will entirely prevent its becoming another fire- trap. He states that he will order the interior so changed that the dan- ger from fire will be greatly lessened, and he may also order an additional outside exit. The inspector states that it may be necessary for him to or- der the abolition of at least two rooms in the hotel in order to provide suf- ficient room for enlarged hallways and escanes. New and practical fire escapes will be another thing upon which the building inspector will in- George Detective Bam- Although the building was partially | gutted by the fire, several of the ten- | ants returned to their quarters yes- terday and occupied some of the sleep- ing rooms last night. This was no- ticed by the building inspector and | several other officials who visited the | hotel last night. i — the | WEAKNESS SEENIV |GERMANY'’S REPL)! IS STEP FORWAR! Washington Di . pointed Because B lin Did Not Expi Terms on Which Would Make Peac DOOR STILL OPEN FOR NEGOTIATIO Officials Silent Until Is Studied—German Public acquainted With Wordir of sage—Sweden Sends Peace Nof Belligerents—Dutch Church Pd Laud President Wilson. Washington, Dec. 27 reply to President Wilson's pe | had not been received here | form early today and officials reserving their comment until had opportunity to study it Despite the disappointnient bel Germany has not to | president’s suggestion ana laid her terms, the general view pre! that the reply was another ste ward in the peace movement, be t left room for subsequent neg | tions. | acceded | The . United States undotibted expected by Germany to transm | sense of her reply to the Ententl | ligerents and the immediate oul | depends upon whether the Allie, | modify their determination not f | ter conference before terms i been: Jaid down. It was pointe| | that the way had not been closd Germany to lay down terms, | Allies demand. In a diplomat | gotiation of such magnitude | scope officials do not look for | to be immediately apparent b pect the way to he paved cal and slowly. The next move wi be -determined until after th text of the reply has heen' e and carefuly considered. - Pre| (Wilson will discuss it thoroughly] { the cabinet, probably Friday. | Officials acknowledge their | pointment of Germany’s failt | reply directly to the pregident’ ‘ gestion that terms be laid dow] | were inclinea to hold the view the door to negotiations must | sarily remain open until the | themgelves close it. There corefully studied attitude of rg | to make any stdtement that be considered official and evidel ew the situation asl a | dication to v fully as possible. Expect to Learn Terms. The wiew persisted in T quarters that Germany reply. be followed by a highly coni oral or written communication cerning the terms upon whigl Central powers are willing to peace. The German embassy, repeatedly has made it clear thi Central powers were not like| make public their terms, hal ceived no official advices fro; lin today but. definite informati garding terms of the Teutonie was expected. Lacking official diplomats were light upon the gnanner in which| might be confidentially i the note given out in regarded as probable that they’ be conveved to FPresident through Ambassador Gerard. X an event, even the fact that th been stated, would not be discld Note Not Published in Germg Berlin, Dec. 6, via TLondon :16 a. m The Genman to President Wilson's note was to the United States ambassy| by Foreign Minister Zimmerm: sonally. Dr. Zimmerman 1 with Ambassador Gerard. No tion of the tenor of the ne peared in the German papers Its text will be published tom Sweden Despatches Peace shington, Dec. —Officl formation has been roceived he Sweden had ressed a pea to the belligerents and sent e neutrals urging considering, ter peace. Endorse Wilson'’s “Act of Fa The Hague, Dec. via Dec. 0 p. m.—The Dut In connection with safety devices in public buildings, the inspector states that he had previously notified veral other hotel owners to install dditional fire escapes on their build- | ings at once. Several other property owners have been notified either to in- | stall new escapes or to have their exits open outward. It developed today Carthy, vietim of yesterday mornin; fire at the Hotel Bronson, passed | some time before his death, in writing that John Mc | note tion of the world’s union of ¢ held a crowded meeting tonl the largest church in the city speakers endorsed President V of faith” the sending: to the belligerents and @ their brethren in bellizerent ot to foster an atmosphere in whi idea of peace might be develo; Lansing said in r 10 s today that such had not reached the state depa in {and he had no knowledge of § a numher of Christmas letters to rel- atives. About 10:30 Monday night he (Continued on Eleventh Page.) ‘ng been dispatched. The advices received (Continued On Tenth P; said t