New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 27, 1917, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERAILD HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS PRICE THREE CLNTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER WEEKLY STATEMENT TELLS OF OFFENSIVE| War Depaftment éays British Took 10,000 Prisoners THE MILITARY SITOATION Increased Artllery Activities Are No- | ticed in the Sectors Occupled By Our Soldicrs, While Our Men On Tatrol Duty Secure Experiences. Washington, Nov. 27.—“The week just closed has been one very favor- able to the Allied arms,” says the War Deparment’s officlal communique is- sued today. “The success of the British offen- sive in the region of Cambrai and steady resistance of Itallans in the face of repeated attacks of the Aus- tro-German forces are two factors _ which may be considered as correla- tive elements of one and the same movement. “It is evident that the enemy took the offensive in Italy hoping thereby to extricate himself from the increas- ingly difficult position in which his forces find themselves in the west. The German higher command were apparently confldent that, in order to save Italy from invasion, such im- portant contingents of F¥French and British troops would be detached from the western front as to render any further Allicd offensive in this thea- ter impossible. Though the French and British have both dispatched large contingents to Italy, this has in no way hampered the continuance of their of- fensive operations. “It is the wastage of the enemy forces, the slow, yet relentless sap- ping of his man power by continued and sudden offensive thrusts, which must eventually result in the soften- ing of his line in the west. This is the ultimate objective of the series of intensive offensives so succesfully pursued by the Alles during the past six months, and is even more import- | WON'T SCREEN COAL FOR $9.65 A TON Conl Dealer Insists on Charging $10 in Violation of Administra- tion Price. Judging from a complaint made at the Herald office today it seems that at least one of the local coal dealers has discovered a method wherehy anthracite may be disposed of to con- sumers at prices in excess of those specified by Federal Fuel Adminis- trator Harry A. Garfield for the city of New Britain, A citizen whose name is withheld sent his housekeeper yesterday to one of the local coal dealers to inquire the price charged for a ton of mixed coal. The coal dealer is said to have replied to her query as follows: “It is $9.65 for all sizes of coal delivered directly from the car to the consum- er's bin and it will not be screened for this price. Coal screened and then delivered to the consumer will be sold at $10 a ton. The government does not specify that coal disposed of at the prices set by the federal fuel ad- ministrator must be screened.” RETURN TO HOMES New Britain Men Back After Intensive Course at Plattsburg. New Britain men who were success- ful in winning commissions at Platts- burg reached home today prepared to remain with their families for approx- imately two weeks. Captain C. Harry Barton has been assigned to Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass. First Lieutenant Thomas F. Jackson will report for duty at Camp Dix, ‘Wrightstown, N. J, Lieutenant Wil- llam W. T. Squire of the signal corps has been ordered to Champagne, Illi- nois. Lieutenant William .J. Smith and Lieutenant Raymond T. James will make their headquarters at Camp Devens. All these officers are on ant than the gain of terrain. Military Situation. The military situation is dominated by the spectacular success gained by the British forces in their thrust to- wards Cambral. By adopting new tactical methads, by evolving a strat- egy daringly conceived and brilliantly executed, the British forces have been able to record ‘@ greater success when measured by captured terrain, than any hitherto achleved by either bellig- erent in the same space of time along the western front. While seemingly continuing his offensive engagements In Flanders by a intense artillery bom-~ bardment in the sector stretching from Ypres to the North sea, Field Marshal Haig was able to mask suc- cessfully his plans for an offensive thrust between the Scarpe river and Bt. Quentin. “The number of prisoners enumer- ated hitherte is over 10,000 which ex- ceeds the total British casualties. “Along the front held by the French forces, the lattor have achieved a suc- cessful coup de main south of Juvrin- court, in Champagne, resulting in the capture of some elements of enemy trenches and the taking of numerous prisoners. “In the sector where our troopg are training Increased artillery ac:\_vny is noted. Small detachments, while on patrol duty, have gained some useful experience. “The Itallan armies, now complet- Ing thelr re-organization, have heen able to withstand the assaults of the numerically superior forces of the Austro-German divisions engaged against them. They have hitherto pre- vented any further invasion of the lian plain. Im“ln ;a.]estina the British forces under Gen. Allenby are advancing leave of absence until December 15. Lieutenant H. Leslie Eddy will prob- ably remain home until January and he may be sent to France before spring. J. Minot Bartlett, formerly of this city, has won a first lieutenancy and will be stationed at Camp Devens. Lieutenant Bartlett now inakes his home in Worcester, Mass., and will marry a Worcester young woman be- fore reporting at A Nothing but praise for the intensive training course and the officers at Plattsburg is heard from the New Britain men. While the work was difficult in many respects, they real- ized that they were taking a long course in military training concentrat- ed into three months. As a result of their outdoor life and unusual exer- cise, all are in excellent health. Kenneth Hartman, a former local man, has been commissioned second lieutenant of infantry. MRS. ROSA GLOVER DEAD. ‘Well Known Woman Passes Away at Age of 85. Mrs. Rosa Glover, widow of Andrew lover, died this morning at her home 24 Spring street, after an illness of five years. She observed her 85th birthday last September. Mrs. Glover was born in Germany and had been a resident of this city since 1872. She is survived by a son, Nicholas M., and a daughter, Miss Barbara Glover, and four grandchil- dren, Lieutenant Joseph A. Glover, U. S. A., now in France; Margaret, Rose and James Glover. The funeral will be held Thursday morning at 10 o’clock from St. Pe- ter's church. Interment will be in St. Mary’s new cemetery. Friends are re- rapidly on Jerusalem. They have now reached a point on the Ramaleh road approximately seven miles west of the city, while another force is bearing down from the north.” DEFENDANT WINS. Man Who Brought $25,000 Damage Suit Loses in Court. New Haven, Nov. 27.—A verdlct for the defendant, Hollis D. Immisch, was given in the superior court today, in a suit for $25,000 damages for alleged slander brought by Leonardo Suzlo, a contractor of Meriden, who was car- rying out paving contracts for that town. Immisch gave an interview in which he asserted that Suzio was not fulfilling specifications. The latter as- serted slander and Immisch offered the defense that his statements were the truth and that he had a right to criticise the way in which public im- _provements were being made. AMOUNT CONTRIBUTED. Hartford, Nov. 27.—The amount contributed throughout the state to the war library fund amounts in round numbers to $63,000. It was expected that in a week the state’s quota of 100 will have been reached. New Haven contributed $5,600. FIRST LICENSES. Nov. 27.—First ‘ashineton, were issued today by Trade make for the cific for blood-noison li- s for the use of German patents the Federal anmission to three chemical in New York and Philadelphia production of salvarsan, spe- The price was not fixed at this time by the commis- ston, but right to do so was retained. quested to omit flowers. DIES SUDDENLY. Prominent Bridgeport Inventor Strick en With Heart Disease. Bridgeport, Nov. 27. — Willlam Francis Lay, aged about 55, a well to do inventor of 122 Huntington ave- nue, Boston, was stricken with an at- tack of heart disease.and dled sud- denly here yesterday while in con- versation with a local manufacturer. Lay was submitting a proposition for the manufacture of an automobile headlight that he had devised when the fatal shock came. TAKES COMMAND. General Kennon Has Charge of the Eighty-Sixth Division. Rockford, Ilis., Nov. 27.—Brig. Gen. L. W. L. Kennon took command of the eighty-sixth division of the Na- departed on detached service. seen service in Cuba and the Philip- pines. He entered West Point 1876. ELECTION IN RUSSIA. Petrograd, Nov. 27—Election of del- egates to the constituent began today and will continue through Monday and Tuesday. Nineteen lists, representing various partles, factions and organizations, are in the flgld, In- cluding two women's leagues. the Moscow metropolitan committee h WITH COMMISSIONS tional Army at Camp Grant succeed- | ing Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Barry, who | Gen. Kennon, an Indian fighter, has | assembly | GHASTLY FAILURE AT ADMINISTRATION Russian Revolutionists in Hope- less Chaos Says Gorrespondent VAST GOLD RESERVE SAFE { | While Russia Is at Unrest, the Italians Are Stubbornly Resisting the Aus- 1 | trians in the Invasion, While the British Continue to Plow Through the Germans. | London, Nov. 27, (Associated Press) —The Russian/ revolutionists have made a “ghastly failure,” of their at- tempt at administration, according to the Petrograd correspondent of the Morning Post,” writing under date of | Saturday. He adds: “But behind or beyond all this ap- ! parently hopeless chaos, the forces | | which made Russia an empire are not idle and those who know Russian his- tory understand perfectly how mat- ters will end. “Even as I write the situation is becoming clear. The elec- tions to the constituent assembly will take place but the constituent as- sembly will not meet the success of the Bolsheviki movement, whatever that movement may really cover, as it already has damned the constituent | assembly. ‘“Meantime I will call attention to the following facts: “The vast gold reserve of the Rus- slan empire which was removed from Petrograd to the Kremlin in 1894 was later carried still farther into the interior. It is in safe hands. ‘‘General Kaledines, hetman of united Cossackdom is in secure pos- session, with truthworthy and disci- plined troops of all arms, of all those regions of European Russia that pro- duced a harvest this year, and is rapidly capturing those remaining ter- ritorles upon which Russia relies for its daily bread. | “A last union, under the name of the Southeastern Union has been formed. It includes the Don terri- tory, a great part of Little Russia, the lower Volga provinces and Turkestan —the area which feeds all Russia. This union is extending and promises to cover the Siberian corn land. “‘General Kaledines, holding the gold reserve and the bread supplies, | is master of the situation and those he serves will accept dictation neither from Kerensky, Lenine nor anybody | else, least of all from Germany. “The Allies may safely admit a bowing acquaintance with the curious | individualities thrown up from the depths by internal disturbances, but for intimate friendship and future partnership they must look elsewhere and in the meantime must await un- concernedly until their old friends re- appear above the present turmoil.” Italian Headquarters. Ttalian Headquarters, Northern Italy Nov. 26.—During a trip of one hun- dred miles today through the fighting zone in the north, the correspondent met the major-general commanding the most exposed front between the Brenta and Piave rivers, where the pressure has been greatest and the losses heaviest, and obtained from him details of the situation and the splen- did fight his troops are making against heavy odds. The general estimated these odds at four or five to one, but even against such odds his men were fighting with a power of resistance, courage and dash beyond all praise. Attacks werc almost continuous at one point or an- other, but the Italians were always ready to respond, and had not only repulsed attacks, but driven the ene- my back after a series of herolc charses. The general summed up the physi- cal conditions of the battleground which made the struggle particularly trying on the troops, the terrible strain of endurance and natural fa- tighe accompanying nights and days of ceaseless fighting, the extreme cold, lack of shelter, no trenches or dug- outs, and no water from unfailing sources. After summing up the physical hardships, the general added that there was the still more serious con- dition of many commands being with very few officers, as the continuous fighting had told terribly on officers. As a result now men were suddenly called upon to lead large forces far beyond their experience and sub-offi- ! cers as well as junior officers = were | directing superior commands in many instances. The general said that there have been fearful losses among the troops, which required a constant re-forming of companies, regiments, brigades and | divisions. But with all these terrible | | conditions, the general said the spirit | of the men was unabated in the deter- | | mination to hold any cost. British Headquarters. British Army Headquarters in France, Nov. 26.-—British troops. in- cluding some from London last night continued to bore their way forward through the Hindenburg support line west of Moeuvres. There was vigorous fighting at close quarters in this re- rion, and, as a result, the British to- day were ‘in possession of a further | section of support trenches 2,000 yards long running cast and west just south of Pronville and Iuchy-en-Artoisc. The British advance in the last few days had made this scetion of the line | announced that the clections there | have been postponed for/a week. (Continued on Eleventh Page) | by a bell signal. 27, 1917.—TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1876, DEMENTED MOTHER KILLS HER CHILD e Starksboro, Vt, Nov. Mrs. Bert MacField, living on a farm near here, killed her girl baby with a rifle last night and then shot herself, inflicting & wound which probably will prove fatal. Physiclans said her mind was temporarily do- ranged. - STATE I3 RELYING ON OUTSIDE EXPERTS Circumstantial Evidence Will Cut Figure in Means Murder Trial. Concord, N. C., Nov. 27.—At the re- opening today of the murder trial of Gaston B. Means, accused of killing Mrs. King, the wealthy widow, two jurors were selected. L. Culp, a farmer, the second ven- ireman examined, and R. Buchanan, a weaver, the fourth venireman, were jurors chosen. Two other veniremen were excused, one because he said he had formed an opinion that Means was innocent; the other because he believed Means was guilty. The state’s counsel asked the ven- iremen if they would accept circum- stantial evidence and also if they would give due and proper consider- ation to the testimony of expert wit- nesses on an equal basis with other testimony. They were questioned also to whether they would be prejudiced against witnesses from an- other state. The questions indicated that the state is relying on circumstantial evi- dence, and by New York and Chicago experts, to show it would have been physically impossible for Mrs. King to have inflicted in the back of her head, the bullet wound that caused her death. The state’s attorneys were careful to ask questions as to Kin- ship and business connections and in- quired of veniremen whether they had visited Means in jail./ = Means’ counsel asked many ques- tions as to opinions formed and to what extent the veniremen had talked about the case. THESE BURGLARS DID NOT DISCRIMINATE Break Into Private Detective Agency, Post Office, and Jewelry Store. New Haven, Nov. 27.—Outstanding features of today's police reports on burglaries here were that a privite detective agency was broken into and articles were taken; that the FEast Haven post office was entered for the third time in a year and postal re- ceipts were stalen, and that a jeweler lost $400 worth of articles through a broken window. Mrs, E. G. Duggan, who, last week, reported $2,500 worth of gems lost, recovered these, the ex- planation being that a man found them and did not know their value until the police gave out a notlce. He got $200 Teward. AGAINST ANARCHY American Consul at Tiflis Reports the Establishment of New Government as 2 Protest. Washington, Nov. 27.—The Amer- ican consul at Tiflis today reportrd establishment of the new government in the Caucasus as a protest against anarchy in Russia. His report contained few detalls, but indicated that men in the now movement were of the conservative element and were determined to \lo what they could to hold back from their part of Russia the waves of dis- order. The governing power has been placed in an assembly of thirty-six men, No direct news comes from Petro- grad today, but from Sweden reports were received that indicated that ca- dets have manifested their sympathy for Gen. Kaledines. Conditions Finland are reported threatened with in | new complications by the probable re- | newal of a general strike. The food shortage is becoming more acute. SENT TO HOSPITAL. Manchester Couple in Dying Condi- tion As Result of Accident. Manchester, Conn., Nov. 27.—Mr and Mrs. S. Hoffman, of Rockville, occupants of an automobile whicl was struck by a Hartford-bound train at Lyddall's crossing, two miles from this town today were sent to Hartford hospital in a dying condi- tion The crossing in question through the woods but is protected Mrs. Hoffman wors ear muffs and Mr. Hoffman had his cap over his ears and probably neither heard the signal nor perceived the ap- proaching fast running train. WTATHFE. Hartford, Nov. —Fore- cast for New Britain and chity: Unsettled tonight, Wed- nesday probably snow. Ris- ing temperature. LB e ) i the president for the aid given AMERICAN SOLDIERS REGEIVE WAR CROSS . Impressive Ceremony Marks the Presentation by General WERE IN GERMAN RAID In Giving Crosses General Said That Clear Headed Coolness and C -Are Necessary, and That Company i Behaved Under Yire As Expected. ‘With the American Army in France, Nov. 26 (By the Associated Press)— Amn impressive ceremony marked the presentation of the French war cross to the American soldiers who with- stood the first German rzid early this month. Fifteen officers and men, cited with their company by the French general commanding the sector, were decorated today. It was late in the afternoon when the regiment to which the company which suffered casualties is attached marched to the top of a bhig grassy hill. There, under skies threatening rain and with the cold, wintry wind blowing, they formed three sides of a hollow square, at the base of the square the regimental colors and the stars and stripes cracked in the wind. The regiment was called to attention as the general commanding came up and took his position in the open side of the square. He first read the citation for the whole company, which was standing near the colors, breaches in the ranks $howing where the men now prison- ers in Germany or in hospitals had formerly stood. The general congrat- ulated the company, saying: “Occasions arise frequently in war, and will arise frequently again, where clear-headed coolness and courage are necessary. This company behaved on the one occasion as it was expected to do and as every other company of American soldiers is expected to do under similar circumstances. The French general commanding the sec- tor considers these men have earned war crosses and I here deliver them and the citations. You must understand that you must not wear them, but must keep them in your possession until congress authorizes the wearing of them.' He then presented the. company’s cifation and cross to the lieutenant commanding. Next the three lieu- tenants stepped from their positions, saluted and received their individual crosses. The general congratulated each. Nexi the non-commisstoned off cors and men lined up o= ulated on receiving the honor and then returned to their places in the ranks The company licutenant was given the cross and citation for a corpor who was unable to leave the hospital hecause of a severe wound. To the regimental colonel the geueral en- trusted the decorations awzrded the three men killed in the raid, asking him to see that they were sent to the next-of-kin in the United States . were con STILL CC Railroad Men Disc at Washington Conferenc Washington, Nov. 27.—Faced with the possibility of the government tak- ing over war-time operation of the na- tion’s railroads unless freight conges- tion on eastern lines speedily is reme- died, officials of the eastern carriers in conference here today with the railroad war board renewed their ef- forts to devise a pooling system that effectively will solve the problem. The pooling plan to be undertaken provides for the indiscriminate utili- zation of trackage and equipment of all eastern carriers in an attempt to eliminate the congestion which is hin- dering the country’s war prepara- tions. All lines in the affected area will be operated as a single system under an agreement providing for pooling of profits. General control is to be vested in an administrative board of railroad executives. NFERRING. PRESIDENT BU Cabinct Mecting and Appointments Take Up His Time. Washington, Nov. Wilson had a bu 27.—President ¢ day with a cab- inet meeting and several engagements. Gen. LeClerque. head of the Bel+ gian military mission called to thank the its visit here and te mission during | bid him farewell. A committee representing the or- ganization in charge of the Armenian and Syrian rellef work in this coun- so called to express their ap- i preciation for the assistance given by i the president and citizens ths | runs | | | of the United States. Wm. E. Gonzales, American minis- ter to Cuba also was a caller. The president played golf in morning. the I ES DECREE. Mexleo City, Nov. 27.—President Carrunza has issued a decree increas- ing the taxes and import duties on all wines and alcoholic liquors, to take effect Jan. 1. All aleoholic Hquors produced in Mexico will be subject to m tax of 50 per cent and wines 26 per cent. Wines and alcoholic bev- erages of foreign make will have ta pay a stamp tax of 70 per cent above the import duties. Foreign-made beer will be taxed 80 per cent above the import duty. BANDITS ATTACK CHIEF BOOKKEEPER | five Men Beat Him Into Insensibility and Steal $37,000 From Toledo, Nov. Five automobile | bandits attacked the chief bookkeeper of the Huebner-Toledo Breweries company today, beat him insensible and stole $37,000. The robbers es- caped in an automobile stolen yester- day from A, G. Spieker. The bookkeeper, Anton Comes, 56, has been with the company forty vears and for years has made daily trips to the bank with the preceding day’s receipts. ' He wag attacked one block from the Brewery office at 11:10 o'clock while on his way to catch a car to take money for deposit in the bank. Two of the handits slugged him with billies and two others battered his head with beer bottles until he | fell unconscious. Then they snatched from him a small black satchel which contained the money, ran around the corner to | the waiting automobile and escaped. | HEALTH HEAD PLANS | Supt. Moore to Wage Active | Campaign This Winter. By the introduction of a new system of treating pneumonia Dr. Henry F. Moore, superintendent of health, plans to wage a strenuous campaign against the ravages of ‘that disease in New Britain this winter. In outlining this system, Dr. Moore explains that pneu- monia is divided into four different kinds, known as type one, type two, type three and type four. In no case, however, can the doctor differentiate between the various types except by a' bacteriological examination in the laboratory or by biochemical means. Inasmuch as pneumonia is the result of a definite germ it is necessary to determine just what type affects the patient. About 32 per cent. is due to tyvpe one per cent. is due to cent. to type three and 24 per cent. to type four. The mortality in type one is from 28 to 30 per cent, type two, about 32 per cent., type three, 55 ver cent., and type four, about 16 per cent. Thus, by determining the type of germ the doctor is able to ascer- {1ain the chances of recovery of his patient and in the case of type one diseasc it has been found that the mortality has been cut down to 6 per cent. by the use of a special serum which is of value only in these cases. The diagnosis is made by putting the sputum of the patient into the abdomen of a white mouse where the germs grow so rapidly that they can be removed and differentiated. other possible way of differentiating by urinealy: of all pneumonia germ. About 31 type two, 12 per DIDN'T SAY IT. French Ambassador Misquor Statement About Submarines. New York, Nov. 27.—A published report quoting Jules Jusserand, the French ambassador, as having told a group of French officers and Ameri- can sailors last night at the Hero Land bazar that six German submarines had been sunk within the last four days was denied by the ambassador toda: He explaied that he had made a ref- erence to the five submarines reported by Lloyd George sunk. “The reporter was a little too en- thusiastic” he 'said. “I only wish I could say that I know six more were sunk!” ed in COAL PETITION. South Norwalk Business Men Intend to Start Up Yard. South Norwalk, Nov. —Local business men are back of a petition being circulated in South Norwalk to call a special meeting of the Second district, which is the old town of South Norwalk, to start a coal yard, selling coal at the docks to residents of the Second ward only. If it goes through, it will add a coal yard to municipally owned library, docks, public buildings, electric light and' power plant and water works. SEVERE COLD WAVE, ‘Watertown, N. Y, Nov. 2327.— Northern New York is in the grasp of a severe cold wave, the coldest for November during the past 16 years. The official temperature here early this morning was two degrees above zero, while outside points report tem- peratures as low as 10 below. SUFFRAGE FOR $279,174. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 27.—Election expense statements of the State Wo- man Suffrage Party, showing expendi- tures of $279,174 and of the state par- ty opposed to woman's suffrage, show- ing receipts and disbursements of $26,- 981, were filed with the secretary of state today. MAFLE ST. BARN AFIRE. In response to a still alarm at 10:55 o'clock this morning the fire depart- ment went to 91 Maple street where a barn was afire. The fire which caused a damage of about § was started by sparks from a joiner’s shop next door. WAR ON PNEUMONIA | MRS, DESAULLES STILL ON STAND ' She Really Believed “Loving Husd band,” Was Working Very Hard WAS “HER DARLING BOII‘ Testifics That She Thought “the B‘(‘H Way to Hold Love Was to Fattel Him to Dcath”—PoPrtion of - Le ters. Mineola, Nov. 27.—The trial of Mrs ! Blanca DeSaulles was resumed thil morning. There wis but a fraction of the crowd which yesterday jammes the corridors outside the court roon ! when the doors to the trial chambe ovened today. Nearly all who cam to the place gained admission. Contrary to predictions yesterdas Mrs. DeSaulles was returned to thf witness stand this morning for €ro: xamination by District Attornef Weeks, who is conducting the prose It was believed that beeal physical conditio} jon of the cou cution. of the defendant a special conce | would be sought so as to postpone hi cross-examination some days from h gruelling five hours on the stand yel terday. Weeks' first question was in rel | tion to her closing statement yestel day that she remembered noth from the time she heard her form husband refuse to give her custody their son until she awakened in county jail. He asked whether si testified to that effect. The witne answered in the affirmative. Other questions brought a statemes from Mrs. DeSaulles that she has s fered considerably from the heat dul ing her three months’ imprisonmen The defendant said she had not s fered any lapses of memory durin the time she has spent in jail. Mrs. DeSaulles said her finger had been very brittle and that hair had fallen out to an appreciahl degree the past few months. Attorneys for the defense maint these symptoms indicate the proi of the disease of the thyroid gl hypothyreosis, with which she claimed to have been suffering at tH i time of the tragedy and which | cluimed to have been responsible her lapse of accountability dufid which the shooting occurred. After Weeks drew from Mrs. D Saulles a statement that it was “ju before the war that she first believd her husband was not faithful to he he read a letter which the witns identified as having been written her in which she told her husband H had been “such a perfect, loving ho band” and a *sweet father.” This ter was dated South Bethlehem, just after the birth of their son, Joh L. DeSaulles, Jr., on Christmas 19 “1 sail that because he had stayd with me during the birth of our baby Mrs. DeSaclles said after the letd had been read. Other letters, purporting to shaj that Mrs. DeSaulles was living in | state of domestic tranquility prior the time she secured a divorce we read into the record. In onc of these she urged her hi band to “get an appointment as mii ister to London.” She was in Lond: at that time, she said. In answer another question, the witness said i “had a pretty gcod time there.” In the midst of Weeks' questiont; Mrs. DeSaulles interrupted to say: never wrote a letter or sald anythin to any one Jetting them know. I anything but extremely happy.”’ “Whether you were or not?” aski Justice Manning. “Yes, your Honor,” answered M Desaulles. One letter Mrs. DeSaulles wrote her husband, “If you don’t trust m at least give mo credit for having good head. T am very careful wi the invitations 1 accept and kno when I can go out with a man.’t “Have you found any one than your baby girl?"” Mrs, D asked her husband in another m It continued: “I have not found one I could place in the same sph with you, darling boy. I have s no one as handsome, as sweet and manly as you.” “Did you think all these thin about your husband—that he manly when you wrote that?” aske the attorney. “I thought the best way to hold ‘husband was to flatter him to death’ was the answer. “Your answer is hardly responsive, interrupted Justice Manning. * you wish the jury to understand yo were not sincere in those statements «T flattered him in an effort to he him”, said Mrs. DeSaulles. In another letter reference w. made to members of the Maur Hecksher family of New York. “Are these friends of yours? asked Weeks. “They are friends of the DeSaulles, was the answer. “Are they friends peated the attorney “No." “Were they friends of yours at thal time.” “1 thought they were,” replied th witness, Attorney Weeks asked whether De Saulles did not decline an appoint nment by President Wilson as ministe to Uruguay because he thought h could make more money in a busines; of your: (Continued on Eleventh Page)