New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1917, Page 1

*=IHERALD BEST OF ALL ~ {LOCAL NEWSPAPERS W BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEAL BETTER BUSINES } {PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW liRlTAlN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1917.—TWELVE PAGES._ ESTABLISHED 1 — " GREECE BOWS T ALLIES’ DEMANDS| ™0 DISCUSS PEACE i i Submits in Entirety, ! British Minister at | Athens Telegraphs to ' Home Government RUSSIANS REGAIN TOWN OF VADENI ’ “Drive Germans Out in Offensive Thrust and Hold Place in Face of Counter Attacks—Berlin Statement Admits Enemy “Succeeded in Gain- ing Foothold at One Place” and Re- ‘ pulsed at Other l;ol.nts. London, Jan. 17.——The definite an- ~smouncement that the Greek govern- ment has accepted in' their entirety the demands of the Allies was re- ceived here today in a cablegram from Sir F. E. H. Elliott, British minister at Athens. Russians Regain Vadeni, Petrograd, via London, Jan. 17.— The war office announces the recap- ture of the village of Vadeni, in Ru- mania six miles southwest of the Danube town of Galatz. An attempt by the Teutonic forces with reinforced columns to recapture Vadeni was frustrated by the Russians with heavy losses. Admit Russo-Rumanian Gain, Berlin, Jan. 17, (By wireless to ¢ Sayville).—Russian and Rumanian *! forces continued their violent attacks Wwith strong forces against the German "% llnes recently captured by the Ger- ' mans between the Kasino and Suchaz %7 valleys, says today’'s German army headquarters statement. At one only place, did the Russlans ani Rumani- Ans succeed in gaining a foothold, being repulsed at the other battle noints, Russian Attack at Smorgon Fails. Berlin, Jan. 17, (By wireless to Sayville). —Russian attacks against sthe German positions south of Smor- gon, on the Russlan front, were re- , bulsed yesterday, says the German official statement given out today. SKVINGS BANK ANNOAL ¢ Pirectors and Officers Elected at An- 3 nual Meeting This Afternoon—Over Million Dollar Deposits Increase, At the annual meeting of the in- .. corporators of the Savings Bank of New Britain, held at 2 g'clock t{his e afternoon, the following directors were elected: C. B. Oldershaw, H. D. Humphrey, C. B. Stanley, ¥ H, Hart, E. H. Davidson, E. N. Stan- \%"qey, G. W. Traut, C. F. Smith, John A, Anderson, E. Allen Moore, C J. .. Barker, C. B. Parsons, J. B. Minor, ~ P. F. McDonough and I D. Russell. The annual statement of Treasurer E. N. Stanley showed assets of $9,- . 487,068.81. - The increase in assets s4during 1916 amounted to $1,329,- #:/984.49, increase In deposits $1,268,- 847,42, increase in surplus $59,087.07, market value of securities in excess " of book value $120,706.02. # The directors in a later session elected the following officers: E. H. Davidson, president, C. F, Smith, vice president 1. N. Stanley treasurer; . G.'B. Oldershaw, assisant . treasurer | * and secrotary; Noah Lucas, assistant # smecretary, SAM GOMPERS THREATENS ! Head of A, I of L. Says He Would Violate Law to Make Strike Unlaw- ful, If Enacted. Washington, Jan. f Samuel Gompers of the -American ! Federation of lLabor, told the com- | merce commission today that if any . leglslation to make a strike unlawful were \enacted he, for one, could he ¥ counted upon as one of those who would violate it. “There is something deeper and more important than continuous oper- ation of trains, much as that may be desirable,” said he. Mr. Perham, president of the Order of Telegraphers also opposed the bill. Chairman Adamson flaty told him that the legislation proposed was in the intercst of the public and not to pleasa efther side. 17.—President H {1 i § HAMMERSLEY JUD Hartford, Jan. 17.—William J. J. Hammersley of Hartford, lawyer, private in troop B, Fifth militia cav- alry and representative in the general assembly from Hartford, has been ap- { pointed by the governor judge advo- «ate of the Connecticut tional Guard, to succeed Major G. Moss Ives of Danbury, resigned. ADVOCATE. ¢ n | CONNEGTIGUT LEADS IN ITS BIRTH RATE {Shares Honor With Mass. —Foreign Born 300 P. C. Ahead of Natives Here. ‘Washington, Jan. 17.—Certain states containing .a third of the country’s population show a 78 per cent, greater number of births than deaths in 1915, in a survey completed today by the census bureau. The statistics disclose that in’the territory included in the investigation foreign born parents gave birth to many more children than did the native barn and that among the negro race the death rate is higher and birth rate lower than among the white. The areas covered in the survey in- cluded New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota and the District of Columbia. The figures are the first federal birth sta- tistics ever published. In the states given, the birth rates was 24.9 a thousand and the death rate 14 a thousand. Not considering migration the country’s population at this rate was increasing annually. The lowest birth rate found was 21.1 in Maine and the highest 26.7 in Connecticut and Massa- chusetts. The death rate ranges from 10.1 in Minnesotta to 16.1 in New Hampshire. The greatest excess of birth over death, 14.4 a thousand, was in Minnesota and the smallest, 5.5 a thousand, was in Maine, ' An astonishing 'preponderance of births is revealed among the foreign born papulation. In Connecticut, where, in 1910, approximately thirty per ceng, of the population was foreign born, the children born of foreign parents comprised 63 per cent, of the total. The excesses of the birth rate among the foreign born aver the native born ranged from 40 per cent. in Minnesota to 300 per cent. in Con- necticut. The, infan{ mortality rate was 100 to a thousand births. one child out of every ten born died . before reaching the age of one year. The figures disclose that a high infant, mortality rate did not necessarily: ac- company a high birth rate. The stdtistics compared with foreign | tables show that England, France, Belgium, Sweden and Switzerland be- fore the war had a lower birth rate than the United States had in 191G. | Countries with a higher rate were | Germany, Austria, Russia, Italy, Spain, | Denmark, Holland, Japan and Aus- tralia. =5 FOOD SITUATION | IN GERMANY WORSE ' Potatoes Scarce, Eggs Twenty Cents Aplece, Milk_Supply Decreased and Cities Are Complaining. Stockhalm, Via London, Jan. 17.— The food situation in Germany has six months, according to the experi- ence of an Associated Press corres- pondent who has returned from a trip to Berlin. Potatoes are so scarce that this week's per capita ration in Berlin was less than four and a half pounds. This is attributed in part to the farmers withholding shipments until February 15 when higher prices will be permitted, but it is not denied that the potato crop is insufficient to | meet the normal demand. No cheese has been on the market since August and eggs are unobtain- | able, except surreptitiously, at sixteen to twenty cents aplece. Berlin daily milk receipts are about 350,000 litres against a normal 1,000,000; it is im. possible to buy clothing, shoes, stock- | ings or blankets except by permission of the police. This latter, however, may be merely a precautionary meas- ure, as the shops appear well stocked with clothing. Chief Burgomaster Wermuth, as well as the heads of other cities, com- plains that the larger towns are com- pelled to suffer unnecessary hardships hecause the system of distribution of foodstuffs has failed in many respects. In some cities the situation seems to be better than in others and a Berlin man told the correspondent that he nad spent Christmas week in a Rhine ity where he got plenty of meat and wread without being required to show a bread card or meat card. BIRTH CONTROL Reitman Fined $1,000 and Sent to Jail for Six Months. Cleveland, Jan, 17.——Dr. Ben. L Reitman of New York, today wa found guilty of distributing birth con- trol literature, after the Jjury had deliberated 13 hours. Police Judge Cull $1,000 and sentenced months impri . fined Reitman him x to I ABROAD. ew Yor —The Nor- { wegian bark Spartan, from ILondon, was stopped on December 9 by a Ger- man submarine about 150 miles south- west of the Canary Islands and cori- pelled to submit her papers for exami- nation, according to the officers of the Jlark on her arrival here today. GERMAN This means that | BERLIN' CONTINUES Possibility of Further Goncessions As Contrast With Allies’ WAR PARTY GROWS STRONG Populace Has Submarine Warfare For Chief Topic of Conversation But Ruthless Assaults on Commerce Aro Not Expected. Berlin, via London, Jan. 17.—Time ' enough having elapsed since the pub- lcation of the Entente's reply to | President Wilson to permit German opinion to crystallize the effects of the announcement, of terms which the Entente allies regard as a necessary result of the war are clearly evident. In the first place the pronouncement of the Allies, together with earlier in- terchanges of opinion on the' peace | Proposals, may be regarded as having | virtually eliminated the peace party in Germany except for a small minority of dissident soclalists, some of whose newspaper organs still see the possi- bility of continuing the discussions | after the Entente's reply. The large and influential section, including a majority of the soclalists and power- ful influences among non-socialists, { which up to last month was bringing the heaviest pressure to bear upon the government to take steps for the opening of negotiations for peace, based on an understanding, is now convinced such negotiations are im- possible. Virtually the entire nation is lined up behind the government for urgent prosecution of the war. Re- garding the possibility that Germany , would make peace ¢ terms, the an- | nouncement of Dr. Alfred Zimmerman ' the foreign secretary, to the Associat- ed Press indicates that this is now out of the question and the government has adopted this as a definite decision. For some reasons however, there is an impression which will not down, that the government may perhaps recon- sider and make some announcement of its peace program, particularly in regard to Belgium and the remainder | of the western front. as it has done al- ready in regard to Poland. Depends On Polish Spirit. | Whether the government will thus change its policy may, perhaps, de- pend upon the degree of enthusiasm shown by the Poles in defending their country. Announcement of terms for the res- toration of Belgium and return of the occupied provinces of France if issued, be made for purposes of con- trast with the prograin of the Entente which, so far as rmany is con- cerned, is interpreted as meaning an- nexation of Alsace and Lorraine, the clent Polish provinces of Prussia. Should the terms be announced it would not be in the expectation that | they weuld lead, for the present to negotiations with the Entente. The possible inauguration of ruth- submarine warfare in conse- | less quence of the attitude of the Entente | | with a view to bringing England to | terms, is much discussed. At present inauguration of a so- called big submarine war—in words, indiscriminate destruction without warning of hostile merchant- William grown much worse during the last men and of neutrals within the for- bidden zone—apparently 1s not con- templated, but there are. indications that naval warfare may be sharpened in other ways affected by the German- American agreement. Among possi- ble new measures {s an increase in the rigor of the prize rules. COALl FAMINE THREATENED. Interests in Middle West Work to Avert Shortage. Chicago, Jan. 17.—Efforts were be- | ing made today by coal dealers, rail- mine owners and public offi- |cials to relieve a situation which | threatened a fuel famine. The situa- tion was aggravated somewhat by the nnouncement of an additional em- i bargo by the Chesapeake and Ohio | railrond on all shipments west of | West Virginia. Previously the Norfolk and West- {ern and Baltimore Ohio had an- | nounced such embargoes, the result being, it was said that shipment of ninety per cent. of the coal used to | heat the city and office buildings and | hospitals was at a standstill. The | roads asserted that the junction ter- | minals in Ohio were inadequate to | handle the traffic pouring in on them. | roads, RATES British Lines and Ame crease Fares. ADVANCED. can Line In- New York, Jan, —An advance in passenger rates from this port was announced today by all British steani- ship lines and by the American line, which the Mercantile Marine company. On certain liners §15 has been added to the cost of first class travel, $5 to second class and $2.50 to the steerage. is part of International COWBOYS KILL Nogales, Ariz.. Jan. 17 cans were killed Sunda American cowboys, 30 miles west here, when they were fired while herding back cattle by the Mexicans. according sheriff’s office here. by two of upon “rustled’ the HALT LEAK PROBE | itor of the Providence Journal, whose | news despatches regarding leaks Law- would, | | miliar with | west bank of the Rhine and the an- | | The | commenting upon the speculation on other | UNTIL TOMORROW T0 HIRE COUNSEL Committee Takes Sudden Action As It Is Ready to Re- sume Hearing FINANCIERS GATHER TO FURNISH THEIR STORIES Thomas W. Lawson Prepared to Re- turn to Witness Stand to Continue Chapter of Startling Announce- ments-—Mrs. Visconti, Missing From | Home, Returns and Is Subpoenaed to Appear. ‘Washington, Jan. 17.—Today’s ses- sion of the leak hearing was sudden- Iy postponed as it was about to open. Witnesses are notified to appear tomorrow morning. The postpone- ment was made so the committee might ask the house for authority to employ counsel. Meanwhile the committee will make its plan for continuing the in- auiry into a general investigation which was foregast when it sum- moned J. P. Morgan, Frank A. Van- derlip, Henry P. Davidson and other well known financiers. Some of them were on hand today waiting to tes- tify. Thomas W. Lawson also was ready to go on, and Mrs. Ruth Thom- | ason Visconti, who, Lawson says, told him Secretary Tumulty was involved in the leak, had been served with a subpoena. “The committee has decided to ask permission of the house to employ counsel and accountants and for an extension of thirty days in which to report,”” said Rep. Garrett, in ex- planation of today's action. Another witness to arrive before the postponement was announced was | Pliny Fisk of New York, described | by Tawson as the man who told Archibald White he ‘‘controlled” Sec- retary McAdoo. John R. Rathom, ed- son read into the records, also ap- peared. o ‘When the house met, Reprefientauve Pou, acting for Chairman Henry | asked unanimous consent for consid- | eration of the new resolution to au- thorize the committec to employ counsel and expert. ountants fa- stock exchange transacs n outside necessary. tions and of Washington authori: it America Rapped at Dollar Man Amsterdam, via London, Jan. 17.— Leipsic Neueste Nagchrichten, the New-York stock exchange at the time of the issuance of President ‘Wilson’s note, under the heading of “The Washington Scandal” says: “What interests us most in the scandal, so characteristic of American adroitness in making dollars out of a | horrible slaughter by rustling peace palms, is the searchlight falling on national institutions and administra- tion. The war shows anew what peace taught to us a hundred times —Jupiter mammon is the real ruler of these states which praise to us stay-at-home Germans their free contentions and which, so far as they are linked with our enemies, talk to us of their aim to liberate us from militarism and monarchy and offer to bless us with their patented liber- ties. “Germany declines with thanks the offer to improve us. Though there may be many respects in which we need reforms and are susceptible of improvement, the inner purity and unassailability of our monarchical government raise us high above the pseudo-democratic-republican repub- lic and cause us to thank God that we remain protected from this all too western progress.’” SHELL CONTRACT IS SENT TO ENGLAND Hadficlds, Limited, Wil Furnish Pro- jectiles for American Navy At Cost of $3,141,000 ‘Washington, Jan. 17.—Contracts for armor piercing navy projectiles of the fourteen and sixteen inch type, totaling 53.141_000 today were award- od by Secretary Daniels to the Had- ficlds, limited, the English munition company. Bids from American more than $200 a that submitted by nouncing the aw Seere iels said the department hod made every effort to secure rveductions in prices which would enable it to give a contract to an American concern but had failed to obtain satistactory bids. firms were S WEATHER. Hartford, Jan. 17. — For Hartford and vicinity: Gen- craliy fair, continued cold to- nigit ~nd Thursday. (OGS S | ! THREE INJURED IN EXPLOSION OF KILN L F. & G Workmen Hurt Through Probable Leak in Gas EMPLOYE LIGHTS MATCH Joscph Dudik Now in Hospital With Deep Burns on Head, Ncck and Arms and Probable Fracture Shoulder. of "Three were injured, one seriously S0, a japanning kiln wrecked and the windows with their sashes blown out of a one-story brick building of the Landers, Frary & Clark hardware de- partment by a terrific explosion of gas shortly after 1 o’clock this after- noon. Joseph Dudik, 31, of 153 Broad street is at New Britain Gen- eral hospital with a probably frac- tured right shoulder and deep burns about his head, netk and hands. Paul Carre of 276 Elm street was thrown up against the side of the building, received general shock and numerous abrasions. He went home. Another workman whose name was not ascer- tained is reported as having been slightly injured. Hidden by Sheet of Flame. It is supposed that the gas supply for the kiln was not turned complete- ly off at noon or there was a leak in the feed pipe. It was not sufficient- 1y noticeable to cause attention when workmen returned after the noon hour when Dudik prepared to re- light the gas under the kiln, a mas- sive receptacle of iron, eight by ten feet. There was a terrific explosion, @ sheet of flame and then the agon- ized cries of Dudik: were heard. Car- re was in another part of the bulld- ing but the force of the explosion was sufficlent to throw him to the floor and up against one of the walls. The windows, running almost the entire depth of the building, were blown completely out with their sashes. This fact is believed to have min- imized the force of the explosion and to have prevented more serious dam- age to tho building. The top of the Xiln was blown to pieces. Dr. J. 2. Martin was called and gave first aid treatment to Dudik prior to the arrival of the police ambulance in charge of Chauffeur Frederick wagner and Policeman Patrick Meehan. Vice President Joseph F. Lamb of the plant said that the cause of tho . explosion has not been definitely as- certained but that an investigation is to be made. He said that he is in- formed that Dudik is not seriously in- jured and the blowing out of the win- dows lessened the force of the ex- plosion. ‘Wire Sticks Through Eyeball, Joseph Spanyo, employed by the J. H. Grozier contracting company of Hartford, met with a minor accident while at his work in the Landers’ factory this noon. He was working around some pieces of wire and in some way one of them struck him in the eye going through one section of that member and coming out through his nose. After receiving first aid treatment he was sent to Dr. Joseph Walsh who dressed the injuries. ESTATE OF “BERLIN BEAUTY” IN COURT Granby Probate Judge Takes Juris- diction and First Hearing Is Held This Afternoon. The estate of the late Carrie Ben- nett Pollard better know as ‘“Berlin Beauty,” who is reputed to have left an estate worth many thousands of dollars, was admitted to the probate court at Granby for settlement today and the first hearing was held at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. There has been much interest in this city and Berlin regarding the settle- ment of this cstate. As far as is known, no will has ever been found. In case none is located the estate will have to be settled according to the provisions of the law. The fact that the estate is to be settled by the Granby probate court is also the cause of some surprise by local people. The law in this respect provides that the probate court in the district where the deccased ‘last dwelt” shall have the jurisdiction in settling the estate. 1t was generally believed that before her death “Ber- lin Beauty” dwelt in New Britain. For many weeks preceding her death she was seen almost daily about the streets selling her wares or picking up seraps and she was known to have lived in a house in New Britain. It was commonly believed too, that her hushand also lived in this city and worked as a sweeper in a local fac- tory. Judge B. F. Gaffney of the local probate court stated that he knew nothing about the provisions by which the estate is to be probated in Gran- by, but the law on the subject is sutficiently indefinite to permit a cer- tain freedom of definition of the words “dwelt” and Cvisit” It might be argued, he that although the “Berlin Be: s here for some time befor death she was here only on a v The judee stated that he has no desire to guestion the jur- isdiction of the Granby court. A EIGHT BRITISH, TWO FRENQ VESSELS DESTROYED IN RA OFF COAST OF SO. AMERIQ Two English Craft Also Captured by Gern Sea Rover—Voltaire, 8,618 Tons, a Georgic, 10,077 Tons, Among the Victin London Abandons Hope For Ther Safé MARINE INSURANCE RATES FOR PORTS BELOW GULF OF MEXICO ARE ADVAN London, Jan. 17.—Eight British Yarrowdale, 4,652 tons gr and two French merchant vessels are | built in 1912 and owned in Glas| believed to have been sunk by a|The last report from her was hey German raider. | rival at Havre from New Yorlk The ships sunk by the German ! vious to Jan. 8. raider are: British, Dramatist, Rad-i{ The activitics of the German norshire, Minihi, Netherbyhail, Mount | rival the exploits of the raider Mo Temple, King George, Georgio, Vol-|which after cruising in the Atl taire; French Nantes and Asnieres. |for several weeks, returned safel The steamship_ St. Theodore and {a German port early in Mareh Yarrowdale werc captured. Their | 1916. According to an officia whereabouts is unknown. [ nouncement at ‘the time she ha hoard 199. prisoners and 1,00 marks in gold bars and had ! fifteen steamships in addition to Was | ing mines which destroyed other vessels, the British battls King Edward VII. & Admiralty Statement. The following announcement given out here officially toda; “For some time past it had been assumed that the following British and French merchantships which had long heen overdue had been sunk by a German raider: “British, Dramatist, Radnoreshire, Minihi, Netherbyhall, Mount Temple, King George, Georgic, Voltaire. “i"rench, Nantes and Asnieres. “Definite information has now been received from Pernambuco confirm- ing this assumption. “On the evening of Monday, Japanese steamer Hudson Maru rived off Pernambuco, having board the masters and 237 men the crews of some of the lost vessels which were sunk on various dates | between Dec. 12 and Jan. 12. | “In addition, the steamer Theodore } was captured and a prize crew put ! on board and the steamer Yarrow-'gegtruction of Allied shipping in] dalo was captured and sent awaY gouth Americain trade by a G with about 400 men, the crews of ,aider was followed by an advang others of the sunken vessels, Who yorine insurance rates here ' were to he landed. No further News gt s 1.3 to 10 per cent. for ! h-;\s 3;or been received of their where- . yngjan and South American PO abouts.” i Horses, Powder and Wheat Philadelphia, Jan. 17.—The B steamer Georgie, Philadelphia, | Brest, reported sunk by .a. G raider, had in her cargo horses! France, a large quantity of cdttle 198,000 bushels of wheat, 10,000 rels of lubricating oil and 430l of rifles were destined for Liver The cargo of the King Gel ar- Philadelphia and Wilmington, on Tor Manchester, also reported of included 1,199,100 pounds of po from the DuPont Powder Works 40,000 bushels of wheat. the Marinc Insurance Rates New York, Jan. 17.—News of] South ' Atlantic Their rGaveyard. Most of these boats when last re- ported were in the south Atlantic, in- dicating that the German raider has been at work off the South American coast. At Nortolk last night there was picked up a wireless warning that a German raider was off the Brazilian coast near Pernambuco last Friday. horn on Dec. 17 from the Tyne. The message, addressed “to all ships,” Otta, of 5,238 tons gross, salled) placed the raider in latitude 7 degrees Dec. 15 from Schieda.n for Barry, south and longitude 25 degrees west. cording to the' latest marine i The German vessel was described as a of her movements. i ship of about 4,000 tons, well armed, | and with tarpedo tubes. She had one | i black funnel and two masts. The Voltaire and Georgic, long over- due had been virtually given up for lost. The Voltaire left Liverpool | November 28 for New York and was gt ong nine captured by a Goff not heard from again. She was be- 1,iding v I i lieved to have been sunk by a mine or} a submarine. The Voltaire was a ves- sel of 8,618 tony gross and built at Glasgow in 1907. She was owned by the Liverpool, Brazil and River Platte Steam Navigation company. The White Star freighter Georgic sailed from Philadelphia December 2 for Liverpool with a’ general cargo. The White Star agents said somo time ago that her destruction must be conceded, as she had never taken more than fifteen days in the past to cross the; Atlantic in winter. Her gross tonnage was 10.077 and she was built in 1895. The Dramatist, 5,421 tons gross. was built in Glasgow in 1913, She sailed from Seattle on November 9 &nd San Francisco November 18, arriving at Colon, December 3 and St. Lucia De- cember 10, the last teport of her movements. The recent movements of the Rad- norshire have not been recorded. She was*a Royal Mail steam packet ship of 4,302 tons gross and was built in Sunderland in 1913. The Netherbyhall, 4,461 tons gr was built in 1905 at New Castle. She belonged to the Hall line of London. When last reported she was on her way from India for Cuba. The King George sailed from Phil- adelphia on Nov. 24, and Wilmington Nov. 29 for Munchester, being booked for a return trip to Philadelphia. Her tonnage was 3,852. She was bullt in 1906 and owned in Glasgow. The Minihi's recent movements are not recorded. She was owned in Lon- don, was built in 1876 and was of 2,890 tov £S. The Mount Temple sailed from Montreal previous to Dec. 3 for Lon- don. She was owned by the Canadian Pacific railway company of London and was huilt in 1901 at New Castle. | Her tonnage was 8,780. i The Asnleres was a French four- !y o0 With Hot Water While ¥ masted bark of 3,103 tons gross, built 3 % in 1902 at lavre. She sailed from ing Near Stove. W Bahia Blanco on Nov. 29 for Pauill- | Poli Rilz, aged vears and 1a ‘months of 88 Cleveland street, df today as the result of scalding Norwegian Ships Sunk. oLndon, Jan. 17.—Lloyds ship agency announces that the Norwél steamers Solvang and Otta have sunk. The Solvang, of 2,970 tons was last reported as arriving at & — 9 Nine Reported Captuved, tio Jenerio, Brazil, Jan. /17, cording ta information recelved today from a British official, sof seven vessels in the Atlantic have! THAW FAILS T0 RALLY Physician Says He Is Still in Understand and Does Not Has Happoned. Philadelphia, Jan 17—Physiclan the hospital where Harry K, Thay confined said today that Thaw I8 recovering as rapidly as expected | expressed concern both as to mental and physical condition. Dr. lwood R. Kirby Thaw vate physician said early today'§ his patient was showing only sif improvement and was still in & por. ‘“He doesn't seem to T where he is or what has happen sald Dr. Kirby . Danish West Indies Now Owned) United States After Negotind g Half Century, Washington, Jan. 1 Che West Indles passed today under: severeignty of the United States, i gotlations continued for more half a century came to a cancli with the exchange of ratification the trecaty of ce: on by Secref Lansing and Danish Minister Brui Formal transfer of the islands, ¥ the ralsing of the American flag take place as soon as the $25,000, purchase price is paid over, S time within the next ninety days Lasi gross SCALDS FATAL TO CHILD.: 5 'he three-masted French bark Nantes, 2,679 tons gross, was built tained at her home yesterday. in 1909 at Rouen and owned in Nan- child was playing about the s tes. She sailed on Oct. 9 from Ique- | when she accidently overturned que, Chile, for London. | boiler of hot water. Her body The St Thedore which has been 'burned in a horrible manner. captured s _ British ship of 4 | was summoncd from a nearby f tons gross, huilt in 1913, She was | tory,/but the child failed to respd ovmed in Liverpool. She led from |to restoratives. Medieal Exami Norfolk, Dec. for Savona, Italy Elcock was notified and he gave p| The other captured steamship, the |mission for burial.