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LOCAL NEWSPAPERSJ 'PRICE THREE CLNTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, { % NEW BRITAIN HERA —TEN PAGES. HERALD “ADS” MEAN § BETTER BUSINESS ESTABLISHED 18 ~ MINISTER TROTZK! MAKES A STARTLING STATEMENT TODAY Says Demobilization of the Army « . Has Begun, But Its Development Further Depends on Peace GIVES WARNING OF A PROBABLE CIVIL WAR ".Givcs Address in Which He Says Ger- many Entered Negotiations Because Russian Revolutionists Pointed Way to Stop Slaughter of Thousands— ‘War Will Not End in Draw. London, Dec. 38.—Leon Tro zky, Bolsheviki commissary of foreign ar- fairs, according to a despatch to the Daily Mail from Petrograd, has Is- sued a warning with reference to the IFrench and American communications sent to Gen. Dukhonin who has re- fused to resign as comma de. -in- chief, regarding the armi ti and peace move, in which he says “‘Nobody domand from the present Alljed diplomats :e ognit'on of the commissaries’ government wh'ch s responsible for the fate of the coun- try. The government crnnot permit allied diplomatic a d milit ~ts to i1- terfere with the internal affairs of our countr; and to bring about ci il ar Further stcps in thi- dire tion wil bring the gravest comp ications, th: responsibility for whi h the govern- ment now disclaims.” Trotzky said that the demo’ il'zation of the army had begun, but that its development further would depend on the peace negotiatl ns. Why Germany Agreed. Petrograd, Nov. 29.—The German militarists are not listening out of humanitarian motives or a feeling of sympathy towards Russia to the pro- posal for an armistice Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki foreign commissary, said in ap address today to the sol- dafers’’and workmen’s delegates. Only fear of the Garman proletariat, in- spired by the example of.the revolutionists, prompted them to ac- cept the overtures of Ensign Krylen- ko. the Bolsheviki commander-in- chief. he asserted. “If the German emperor and his generals, their breasts covered with ribbons for the slaughter they have committed, had their way,” Trotzky declared, “the Russian revolution would have died, applauded by the bourgeoige and by our present allies. The German emperor and his generals entered negotiations hecause the Rus- sian revolutionists sald to the nations of the world: “For forty months von “ave heen ruining the lives of hurdreds of mil- llons Hunger is spreading wider and wider.” “The Russian revolution has pointed a wav out. and this makes us forget the want of military success. The emperor has spoken to us as edqual te eoual because he knows a revolution of the German proletariat, a rebollion of soldiers and peasants, would he the answer if he gave any other renly.” M. Trotzkv declared the dioloma- tists of the wor'd wrre destined to see the greatness of the power of the Bolcheviki which hnd heen rushed to hy all reoples adding: “If the diplomatists persist in their refusa]l to recognize it, thev will be swept away.” Some Prediction. Amsterdam. D~c. 3.—General von CLudenAdorff. richt hand man of Field Marshal von Hindenburg. is auoted by a ‘correspondent of the Vienna Neu Frie Press as making the prediction recently at German headquarters that the war will not end in a draw but be decided in favor of the Central Powers. A HOLDING ELECTIONS. Daniel P. Dunn, Once More Wants to be Willimantic Mayor. New Haven, Dec. 8.—Three mu- nicipalities in Connecticut are holding their biennial elections for mayor and a complete city ticket. In Williman- tic Danie] P. Dunn who has had the mayor’s office for six terms is now opposed by Charles A. Gates, sheriff of Windham county and re- Dublican state central committeeman, and as each is known in every town in the staté the Interest in the out- come ig keen. Putnam and Rockville re the other cities holding elections. (HARGED WITH MURDER. Accuscd Farmer Says Wife Was Killed by Robbers. . Wauseon, O. Dec. 3.—Frederick Lahma~, a wralthy young Fulton eounty farmer, today was placed on trial here, charged with the murder pt hig’ wife, Grace, by shooting at farmi near Swanton, September X.Ahmw claims robbers assaulted him in hisbarn, robbed his house and kiftea his wife. SENSATION MADE IN RUSSIAN AFFAIRS Bolsheviki Represehtative Ar- rested Previous to Revolution Appeared in London to Agitatc Rus- sians There and Later Returned to Petrograd by Way of Stockholm— high , Bulgaria Would Have Peace. Stockholm, Dec. 3.—Vladimir Schneur, one of the representatives i of the Bolsheviki in the peace nego- tiations at Breast-Litovsk, was ar- rested at Petrograd a fortnight be- fore the revolution of last March as a German spy, according to informa- tion obtained by the Assoctated Press from a well-informed source. Schneur was released in the gen- era] jail delivery which came after the revolution. He kept himself con- cealed for a time and then reappeared as member of the soldiers and workmen's delegates. He reached London ,in September, representing himself in aristocratic Russian as a member of a secret organization pledged to restore tihe monarchy. At the same time he was organizing Bolsheviki committces among the Russian anarchists in London. After the Bolshevikl revolution he returned to Petrograd by way of Stockhelm. Bulgaria and Pecace. Amsterdam, Dec. 3.—Bulgaria has decided to open negotiations with Russia, in accordance with her allies, and sent a reply to this “ffect to the Russian government, a Sofia despatch says. This announce- ment was made in 'the Bulgarian parliament by the premler. " CHANGE COAL PRICES Local Fuel Commission Meets Today and. Submits Figures to State Ad- ministrator Russell. f E. W. Christ, chairman of the New Britain fuel commission, stated this morning that following the action of National Fuel Administrator Harry A. Garfield in raising the price of coal at the mines the local commission has met and rearranged the price of coal as it is to Pe sold in this city. Mr. Christ stated that the figures fixed by his committee will be sul mitted to State Fucl Administrator Russell this afternoon and it may be possible to announce the price de- ‘ermined upon some time tomorrow. Regarding reports that dealers have ‘een selling coal at $10 per ton in al- leged violation of the fixed prices Mr. “hrist had but little to say. He did explain, however, that the order for the price of coal was sent out on forms fixed by the nalional adminis- tration and certain dealers had con- sulted a lawyer who found a legal technicality whereby if coal was to be delivered in bags the price could be made $10. WAS R GERMAN SPY \REPUBLICAN SPLIT |SECOND SESSION IN 1918 FORECAST Curtis-Quigley Fight May Have Culmination When Posies Bloom | POTATOES! PO-TA-TOES!! Will the War Mayor Be Able to Live Down Expose Concerning Expenses at Municipal Farm?—Time and Vo- ters Will Tell. With Alderman O. F. Curtis strew- Ing potato peelings, figuratively speak- ing, in the pathway of Mayor George A. Quigley, a split in republican cir- cles that may have an effect on the election next spring is becoming more pronounced daily. The Grand Old Party has usually had the happy fac- ulty of slaving over wounds at the last | moment and the present Curtis-Quig- ley fight may be only a passing flurry Then gaain it may dev:lop into one of those knock-down-and-drag-out brawls that have wrecked the hopes of more than one aspirant for political honors. As the days pass and Alderman Cur- tie continues to rattle the skeleton in the' potato closet, the dixpute takes on the complexion of 2 latile that will be decided only at the polls, or at the primaries at the earliest. So fa= Alderman Curtis is working a lone game, with occasional echues and ap- plause from Alderman Charles May, whose residential proximity to the municipal ice house may account for his coolness toward any movement in which the hand of the mayor is seen. Reserved Seats Yor Public.- Until recently, Alderman Curtis was contert to confine his attacks and Mayor Quigley content to confine his defense to the space bounded by the walls of the common council chamber. But that was too mediocre and both are now carrying on their argument in the columns of the press so that there is little excuse for anyone who takes an interest in public affairs to plead ignorance of the cause. Alder- man Curtis intimates in some of his published statements that His Honor would do well to take a post-graduate course in arithmetic, citing In his ar- gument some of the quotations of the mayor in regard to the cost of raising potatoes. Thus far the bout is an even one with both contestants going strong at the sound of each gong. ‘When Fate selected politics as the ocation of Mayor Quigley it played cruel practical joke on him by choosing the same ficld for Alderman Curtis. A few vears o th men were close personal friends. Then something happened——as things will— and the public was.amazed to see them flying at each other’s throats, still figuratively speaking. The breach widened so that when they approached each other in the political ring they | circled about and glared like a cou- ple of those nice little pets that brought Kilkenny Into the limelight. The climax arrived in the spring of 1914 when Mayor Quigley decided to av a (Continued on Fifth Page.) Y W.C. A. $12,000 DR VE GETS UNDER Seven Teams Composed of Prominent Women to Can- vass Town for Funds for War Work at Cantonments At 7:30 o'clock, this evening, the Y. W. C. A. campaign workers, those who are to engage actively in collect- ing a $12,000 war relief fund, will hold a meeting at the association rooms on Hungerford court to plan the work which will begin tomorrow. Seven teams of ‘young women will thoroughly canvass certain lists of homes, and about 50 others will have charge of factory collections. The fund to be raised will be used to as- sist the soldiers, both here and in Europe. Tomorrow and through Friday the campaigners will meet each afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the Y. W. C. A. when reports will be made, and on Saturday the final report of the week’s i work will be made at a meeting to be held at 7:30 o'clock. The war work campaign will be of- ficially opened this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, when Miss Ruth Crawford, of New York, immigration secretary for New England, working under the Na- tional Y. W. C. A. will address an , open meeting at the association gym- ‘[ nasium. | Names of Campaigners. | Following are the tcams to con- duct the campalgn: Team 1—Mrs. P. B. Stanley, cap- tain; Mrs. H. Mills, Mrs. Frnest Cooper, Mrs. H. B. Humason, Mrs. E. Dimmick, Mics Mary Whittlesey, Mrs. Clarence F. Bennett. Mrs. George W. Traut, Mrs. Donald Bartlett and Mrs. Herbert H. Pease. Team 2—Miss Flora Humphrey, captain; Miss E. R. BEastman, Mrs. H. D. Humphrey, Mrs. F. J. Porter, Mrs. Edwara Carter, Mrs. H. M Bates, Mrs. Stanley Goss, Miss Bertha | Shetdon, Miss Jennfc L. Haugh, Mrs. WAY TONIGHT Harriet Merwin, Mrs. Louis Young, Mrs. Robert Frisbie and Mrs. N, | Lucas. Team 3—Mrs. Kenneth Sloper, cap- tain; Mrs. Harold Sloper, Mrs. A. J. Sloper, Mrs. F. W. Porter, Mrs. Wil- ! liam C. Hatch, Mrs. F. S. Chamber- lain, Mrs. E. M. Wightman, Mrs. Rod- man Chamberlain. Team 4—Mrs. H. P. Carter, captain; Mrs. H. Parsons, Mrs. R. N. Hemen- way, Mrs. A. C. McKinnie, Mrs. Er- nest W. Pelton, Mrs. Willilam Booth, Mrs. Norman Bigelow, Mrs. Raymond Healy. : Team 5—Mrs. Wm. Brooks, cap- tain; Mrs. J. H. Kirkham, Miss Mary Bingham, Miss Agnes Middlemas, Miss Alice Tuck, Mrs. J. C. Loomis, Mrs. Charles Upson. Team 6—Miss K. Wilbor, captain; Mrs. J. H. Robinson, Mrs. R. Ger- mond, Mrs. Willlam Rowland, Mrs. Clifford Upson, Mrs. Charles F. Chase, Mrs. F. J. Wachter, Mrs. John Purney, Miss Margaret Eddy, Miss Jennie Wessell, Miss Mildred Good- win. Mrs. M. Stanley. \ Team 7—Miss Emily Andrews, cap- tain; Miss Louise Noble, Miss Bes- sie Oldershaw, Miss Barbara Moore, Miss Ethel Swain, Miss Kate Bradley, Miss Ina Attwood, Miss Mildred Fay, Miss Katherine Buol, Miss Beth Eddy. ; The Y. W. C. A. War Work. | Following is a statement concern- ing the five months of Y. W. C. A. war work and the $4.000,000 budget issued by the local association: Five months ago the question came swiftly and incessantly: “What are you going to do for girls in war time?” Today the National Board of the Y. W. C. A. has set under way, through its War Work Council of 100 repre- sentatives. called together June 6th to 8th, a program of wori: that makes reply to this question possible. ‘ Girls’ Work, Forty-six centers of work for girls in communities adjacent to Army and Navy camps have been furnished with 65 specially chosen workers. These i = (Continued on Third Page.) : tures remains to be provided for. DURING WAR Gongressmen Will Be Kept Busy | in Washington Until Autumn SEVERAL BILLS INTRODUGED Several Petitions Asking for Removal of Senator LaFollette Given to Committee for Alleged Disloyalty in St. Louis Speech in September. { Washington, Dec. 8.—The Sixty-' fifth congress reconvened today for its second and “long” session, with the leaders prepared to stay here un- til next autumn. | As in the special war session, which ended October 6, prosecution of the war is the principal task facing the legislators. ' Todny’s onenine moeeting was, as usual, brief and perfunctory, ACCOIPAIIEU DY UIUILALY Sovavs UL & new session—handshaking and other felicitations, with well-filled galleries and much bustle and confusion. After appointment of committees by both bodies to notify President Wilson and each other of their presence for duty and fixing their daily meeting hour at 12 o'clock, the senate and house ad- Journed until tomorrow out of respect to members who died during the re- cess—Senator Husting, of Wisconsin, and Representative Martin, of Illi- nois. Arrangements will be made tomor- row for a joint session, probably Wed- nesday, to hear President Wilson de- ; liver his address, expected to lnrgely1 define the legislative program. Organization of both senate and! house under democratic cantrol hav- | ing been effected at the special ses- sion, both bodies were ready to plunge into the mass of waiting business. Leg- islation, however, is not expected to get into full swing until next month, after the Christmas recess, although there s some agitation to forego the holiday. | Tomorrow will come the initial flood of bills, resolutions and petitions. | Among the latter are many petitions accumulated during the recess, de- manding the expulsion of Senatar La- Follette, of Wisconsin, for alleged dis- loyalty. His speech last September at . St. Paul, Minn., was considered today by the senate privileges and elections committee in connection with a sub- . committee’s investigation. General miscellaneous legislation is to come immediately before congress, possibly including some measures af- fecting this count course in the war in view of widespread sentiment among returning members for declar- ations of war against Germany’s al- lies—Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria. Congress is expected, how- ever, to follow the views of the presi- dent in this re-pect. Appropriation measures will re- quir e much time. Fourteen general and probably several special supply bills for the fiscal year beginning { July 1, 1918, as well as estimates of additional money for present war needs, are to be considered, probably immedi~tely after New Year's. Two bills, the legislative, executive and ju- dicial and District of Columbia measures, already are under prepara- tion. With $21,390,000,000 already ap-' propriated for the present fiscal year’s needs, many members believe that, with forthcoming appropriations, the | fifty-billion-mark may be reached for two years of war. New war revénue legislation is not scheduled for active consideration for a month or more. A deficit of, $3,906,000,000 in this year’'s expendi- Political affairs will come in for' much consideration during the session, with considerable speechmaking, in view of general congressional elec- tions next fall at which thirty-two . senators, nineteen democrats and thir- | teen republicans, and the entire house | membership are to be chosen. Many ! members believe political campaign necessities may shorten the session. The democrats start the session in control of both senate and house with ' 52 democratic senators against 43 re- | publicans, Wwith ane seat—Senator | Husting’s—vacant. In the house the democrats have 216 members, the re- | publicans 218, with five Independents | and one seat vacant. Several new members jolned the house today, Representative Lufkin, republican, of the sixth Massachusetts district succeeding Augustus P. Gard- ner, republican, who resigned; Repre- | sentative Deshlin, democrat, of the | twenty-eighth Pennsylvania district, succeeding former Representative Bleakley, republican, who resigned, and Representative Merritt, republi- can, of the fourth Connecticut, suc- ceeding Representative Ebenezer Hl, republican, deceased. P Important war legislation™expected to come before the present session includes measures to give the presi- dent further authority, especially over enemy aliens. Senator Chamberlain’s bill for universal mi'itary training, and measures, to meet labor condi- tions. Chief among domestic concerns are (Continued on Fifth Parge.) 1l o WEATHEZXR Hartford, Dee. 3.—Forecast for New Britain and vici Cloudy and warmer tonij Tuesday Snow or rain warmer. ey and THIRTEEN BILLION DOLLAR ° BUDGET SENT TO CONGRES Principal Items in Record War Budget Legislative Executive . Judicial Agricultural Foreign Inter- course 4 Military (army) Navy . b Indian Pensions Panama Canal . Public Works (practically all fortifications) Postal Service Miscellaneous Permanent an- nual appro- priation .. 6. a 1,014,077,508 12,255,210 157,060,000 283,171,624 3,504,918,055 331,818,345 1,026,208,317 E 711,166,825 Totals (cents omitted here and above) $13,504,357,910 Deduct sinking fund and pos- tal revenue ., 485,632,345 Total «....$13,018,725,595 SUCCESSFUL BREAK FROM PENITENTIARY Thirteen Prisoners Make a Getaway From Joilet Prison Today. Joliet, Tlls,, Dec. 3.—Thirteen con- viets escaped from the state peniten- tiary here early today by breaking through steel doors and heating two guards into unconsciousness. The guards on the penitentiary wall fired many shots at the fleeing con- victs but owing to darkness it is not believed any were hit. A posse of sixty started in pursuit of the prisoners who took a southerly direction The risen continenient for men were in solitary having caused distur- bances last week in the cell houses. To ape they had to break their individual cells ana then saw through two barred doors, and finaily out of | Expenses of Army For Fiscal Year of 19,5‘ Piaced at $6,615,936,554 and Estimate For Navy- $1,014,077,503, Grea'est in ‘Histor of United States---Interned Germans Costlg s # WAR ACTIVITY IN ALL BRANCHES WILL COST MORE THAN $11,000,000,000 Washington, Dec. 3.—Estimates of re than $13,000,000,000. greatest in the nation’s history—for the conduct of the government ai prosecution of the war during the fiscal year, 1919, were submitted to cons gress today by the Treasury department. In rough figures, more than $11,- 000,000,000 of this sum is for the war alone. Only part of it will be realizad from taxation; the remainder will come from issues of Liberty Bonds, Deducting $168,000,000, intended as an annual appropriation toward sinking fund for the discharge of the old public debt, and some $33,000, which will be turned back to the treasury from pastal revenues, the mated sum for which congress actually is expected to appropriate is Bii 018,725,695. No previous estimate has ever exceeded two billions. i Expenses of Army. v U The greatest sums are estimated for ;’f;‘:cg‘? b{ac;-:a:xbg ‘ es‘t:hn-dwnr;:. én the Army and Navy. For the signal| taiing a great part In the. devefol service, which includes the great army | ment of mechanical appliances . b for the air service, $1,138,240,315 Is| the W:nnl:gnt;f the war several ims T ludes the | 5ums in addition to the reguler @) e:‘,‘maoedoa This "‘m; 1n¢! “fl teq | Prition are asked. One blukctp $85:000:0, previously appropriated |y, qer the head of military, resé: for the great air fleet. A billion dol- is put at $250,000. The es lars is asked for pay and miscel-|the coast and geodetic survey laneous expenses of)the Army, more | doubled to make it $2,325,000. Pre than two billion dollars for the quar-| tically one milion dollars of this termaster corps, $167,000,000 for hos- | for new ships. In the bureau pitals and medicines, $135,000,000 for | fisheries items are submitted for the equipment of engineer troops and | extension or establishment of hatd $892,000,000 for the expenses of their| erfes including one at Berksh operation in the fleld. Ammunition for | Mags, B the bilg guns is estimated to cost| mhe interior department asks $204 $390,000,000. For machine guns; o0g for investigations of .minis more than $237,000,000 is asked. Fur| 135,000 for scientific investigatiol armored motor cars more than| petriloum and natural gas; $28 $75,000,000 is estimated. for new buildings and improvem Some of the comparatively minor|oe tne bureau of mines bulldings items stated in simplo millions are: | Bianyrgn and Bruceton, Pa; fo For the extension of the military |\ " inel rescue car the departm academy, $4,000,000; asks $30,000. 2 00?}""“ for cavalry, Faruconunulng the construction Tasracks and quarters, $16,000,000; | operation of the Alaskan raiiro . Construction and repair of hospl- | TioTe than 37,400,000 is asked. =Othg tls, $25,000,00 : / Manufacture of arms, $50,000,000; | $225.000; medical rellef for native Small arms target practice, $75,-|$82,500. Many estimates are submi ted for the nattonal parks the sus etc., $28,000,- 000,000 Civillan military training camps, |4n all cases, being increased. $6,000,000;; The department of labor’s incre Rifle ranges for the instruction of | are due principally to the probl civilians, $1,700,000; of experiment and settlemeént of lah 2quipment of Home Guard organi-{ disputes. For salaries and expengh zations, $4,500,000; of federal commissioners of &on Supplies for reserve officers’ train-{ tion $200,000 is asked; $28,000 . ing camps and ordnance stores for the | asked for investigation of trade ngne same, $5,000,000; ments and $210,000 to investisay -Ordnance equipment for military| conditions of labor in many indusf schools and colleges, $1,380,000; principally, coal, steel and shipbui thréugh a heavy steel door which leads into the ‘‘solitary” from the prison corridor. Albert Channelli, a guard station&t just inside the steel door, was beaten into unconsciousness, but not before he had summoned John Carlson, night captain of the guard, with his cries. Carlson, too, was beaten into uncon- sclousness, The thirteen men then climbed the fifteen foot wall at the east gate, | Guards with rifles in the two towers | hearest the gate saw the men disap- pear over the wall and fired at them repeatedly but the night was dark and as far as known early today no one was hit. | Warden Murphy stated that the men could not have escaped without the assistance or connivance of some- body about the prison. Three of th> men were serving life sentences. BUYS FIRST STAMP HERE fayor George A. Quigley Purchases War Savings Stamp for $4.12—Sales Begin Today for Government Fund. The first War Savings Stamp to be sold in this city was purchased at the local post office this noon by Mayor George A. Quigley for $4.12. The sale of War Sapings Stamps and Thrift Stamps began throughout the country today in the government's campaign to raise $2,000,000 by this method. War Savings Stamps may be pur- chased at $4.12 and may be redeemed in ‘five years for War Thrift | Stamps can be purchased in denomi- nations of 25 cents Mayor Quigley has telegraphed to Howell Cheney, siate director of the sale of these stamps, endorsing the moyement and assuring him of his co-dperation to boost the sale of these stamps in New Britain. SUGAR SHORTAGE ACUTE. One Wholesaler Predicts No More Until After First of Year. That the sugar shortage in New Britain is now more ‘acute than at any time is plain to anyone who has attempted to buy this commodity at the stores. Only comparatively few of the stores have any for sale at all ard the-e few that have any on hand arc limiting the sale to a pound per customer. One large wholesale dealer today made the prediction that no sugar in any quantity would be received in this city until after the first of the year, but another dealer held a more optimistic view and thought that a limited supply will-afrive shortly. For gathering information, the gen-| ing, For the enforcement Y eral staff asks $2,000,000. child labor law, the deputmexY:n Expenses of Navy. $165,000. i The Navy's total of a - little more than $1,000,000,000 is distributed | $1,000,000 for Interned Ge principally in this way: For the expenses of the Intern Pay of officers and men, $426,000,- | Germans at camps under the ju 000, tion of the department, $1,000,000 Aviation, $94,000,000. asked.. To extend the employm Pay, provisions and clothing for the service the department asks $750,0 Marine Corps, $61,000,000. | In the department of justice; Recruiting, transportation and out- principal increases are to provide fitting recruits, $15,000,000. prosecution of orimes against . tHM For the food administration $5,000,- United States. One million dollar § 000 is estimated. asked for that work. ¥ For the fuel administration $2,600,- Virtually all the inereases ifi 000. department of agriculture are to 1 No estimate appears for the com- prove the work of stimulating £oi mittee on public information, the ex- production and furthering' the b penses of which are being pald out vation of plant and animal life aa's of the president’s §1,000,000,000 War war measure. They include the s emergency fund. nual jtem of $24,000 for the distrib Under Secretary for State Dept. tion of free seed by congressmen; The state department revives its pro- usual million dollar estimate posal for an under secretary of state eradication of foot and mouth @ at a salary of $7,600. To meet the ease and the annual $15,000,000, £ increased cost of living for consular federal ald to good roads. A no and diplomatic officers, which is recog- exhibit appears in the department nized as being all out of proportion estimate for motor vehicles. It gif to their small salaries, the department the name of every man who will asks $800,000, an increase of $500,000 o government vehicle and over the sum for the same purpose gpecifically on what business he as asked last year. The total sum jt, placed under the head of foreign in- In the Indlan service the worlk tercourse exceeds $6.500,000 and rep- reljeving distress and preventing resents to a large degree the increased ease has been extended to an activities of the diplomatic service be- creased estimate of $400,000 and’} cause of the war. increased estimate of $3,700,000 In the treasury department the gypmitted for Indian schools. An' growth of the war risk insurance bu- creaged estimate of $500,000 is o reau including insurance for the I1Ves ¢or injustrial work among the nationiy of soldiers, satlors and merchant vargs ang to teach them the eare crews as well ag merchant ships, calls {imper. Total estimates for the Im-| for an estimate of $4,000,000. The gian ofMce which include the usual federal farm loan bureau presents & gumg of maintenance and improves new item of $4,387,000. ment total more than $12,000,000. The internal revenue bureau shows For continuation of work on oF s large Increase In expense for the ., pietion of public buildings author collection of the many war taxes. Ex- .4 the following estimates are fin- pensea of ordinary collectons “mre &oj.q.5:" aow Fork (absay ofi Dlaced at $3.000,000; collection of spareny v o income tax is placed at $3,700,00, and ' for collection of the special war taxes , Now ltems for marine o 2 $15,0003 $9,0000,000 is estimated. SR LAl AlLshemintsinndlesany ol cereiare e N e wiltan o tianaranting fiatioll estimated for as usual. Snelnde:t Bost 3,000, In the war department the cost of 'PTlde; Eoston, B2 000 s additional emvloyes is estimated at eftursmatats \commerce i ahuIAC $1.000.000. The. total estimates for Sion asks a little more than five mil river and harbor improvements are $29,615.000. For the maintenance and fmprovement of the Panama Canal. exclusive of fortifi~ations, $15,- i lions. The expenses of the shippini board are placed at $899,517,500. For the Council of National Defense $97 000 is asked. The federal trade 495 800 is estimated, which takes mo commissions expenses are estimated account of amounts derived from totts, 2t $1.429.240. Thefusual’3bU, I8 In the navy depa-tment nearly a 8sked for the fedoral hoard for the milon dolarg §s asted for rxtea Mediation and counciliation of intebe] slarfaal forces. mal- 1t '$2,280.0nn, State franencetatinn ware dicputes, A This -is ex-lusive of ~~val construe- "°W item of $37.500 i3 presonted for tion and consequent activities. “:“"”s of “_‘“iU"""‘; ’:}t’fl:“s von;npen- sation commission and their em s To TIncrease Commerce. The estimate for the nationa] -d‘:'m-y ‘The department of commerce asks committee is increased to” $260,000. $100,000 for promoting commerce in For collecting infarmation of th Central and South America, a like prevalance and geographical distry. sum for promoting commerce in the (Continued On Third Page). ,” Far East and $200,000 for commercial | (Continued on Fifth Pa z