New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1917, Page 1

NBEST OF ALL M EOGAL NEWSPAPERS NEW ENGLAND VIEWS Hearty|Co-operation Ig' Promiscd by Practically Every Railroad in the Country as the Government As- sumes Big Responsibility. ‘Washington, Dec. 28.—At noon to- day the American railway system si- lently merged into one great conti- ental ehain. for the winning of the ar. Under President Wilson's decision he great event, regerded by many as the opening of a new epoch in gov- srnméent operation and control of pub- li¢ utilities, passed by without any for- mal ceremony. .- Director. Goneral McAdoo was con- hrrln. ‘at the time with the members of the railfoads’ war board and Rob- ert 8, Lovett, chairman of the pri- & ority shipment committee. The members of the war board— all lroad- executives who have been working, within the limitations of'law, to do what the government itself now proposes to accomplish, pledged their support to the government, as has & nearly every railroad man in the coun- i ryowiel'- for the actual unification of the lines, common use of facilities and ‘ equipment,’ which are expected to tfaise the freight jam Iimmediately, will be the first results. ' Complete control and operation of American rallroads for the ‘duration 'the w. passes Into the hands ‘ot the Unitd tates government. .noo: e hour fixed by President Wfio: mmuon for effecting possession, Secretary McAdoo, the new director of rail- roads, wag with his first official order . de ed to pool all traffic, and terminals to relieve the ' which has gripped the #ince the outbreak of the The jmmediate result of the order will /b6 to wipe out competition and -royts traffic over the shortest lines. its ‘wilt move’ directly to their n regardlesg of the company h, they' nate and term- .simed in common to effect ght will bs thefirst &im tu . general. htnant issued last night Mr. /he had given almost no m personne] of his staff fl mdo [3 clear that until his plans mature rafiroad operation “will be conducted through existing railroad: organizations.” New England Roads, ' ‘Boston; Dec. 28.—Members'of the ~committee which has been direct- ing ‘operation of New England roads sxpressed themselves today as uncer- taln what their status would be under full government control. The first move made by any rallroad in this section after the president’s announce- ment was an order by the Boston and Maine railroad eliminating al tourist cars on that line. Elliott: Named. ‘Washington, Dec. 28.—The follow- mg five railroad executives, each a leader in the business of transporta- don, will work out the plans for weld- ‘ng 260,000 miles of railroad into one great comtinental system for winning the war: ; Fairfax Harrison, president of the Jouthern railway; Julius Krutt- schnitt; chairman of the board of the Jouthern Pacific; Samuel Rea, presi- ient of the Penna.; Hale Holden, sresident of the Burlington, and How- | ird Eilliott, of the New Haven. HIGGINS TALKS. Chairman of Public Utilities Commis- sion Gives Out Statement. Hartford, Dec. 28.—Richard T. Hig- 3 dm;, chairman of the public utilities ’:ommission, said today that he sup- posed the effect of President Wilson’s srder on the functions of the com- nission would be to take from it the »ower to issue mandatory orders re- sarding running of railroads. The commission has not received wn official notification or instructions 10w to act in regard to the order. He, sowever, thought it likely that the :ommission would continue to have an »ificial interest in the running of rail- roads but that its orders would be | snly in the nature of recommenda- dons in the future. . GIVEN THREE YEARS. New York, Dec. 28.—Elmer Dwig- sins, arrested some time ago on a tharge of using the mails to defraud nvestors in Liberty loan bonds, »leaded guilty when arraigned today ind was sentenced to three years in \tlanta penitentiary. RUNAWAY GIRD nm Miss Lodin Gondeia of 89 Capital wvenue, Hartford, notified the police ast night that her sister, Irma Gon- lela, was missing from home and had 10t been seen since yesterday. The tirl is 14 years old, is 5 feet tall, of _lark complexion, and wore a brown iont and a gray velvet hat. The last dme she was seen was when she gent ncross the street to make a pur- ge at a store. The runaway was in New Britain last night in flm) with a girl friena, NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, BRITAIN H CONDITION OF STATE BANKS FOR THE YEAR Commissioner Sturges Gives His Annual Report, Showing Big In- crease, to Governor Holcomb Hartford, Dec. 28.—Bank Commis- sioner Everett J. Sturges submitted today to Governor Holcomb his re- | port for the year ending October 1, | 1917. The report shows the condi- tion of savings banks, state commer- cial banks, trust companies, building |and loan associations, Morris plan | companies and mortgage Investment companies coming under the jurisdic- tion of the state banking department. It shows that at the end of the year for which the report was made, "that the liabilities of savings banks in the state amounted to $390,297,- 584.39, or $20,228,804.31 more than at the end of the previous year. ' The li- abilities include deposits amounting to $366,740,691.98 as against $347,- 384,713.92 for 1916. The savings banks had a surplus at the close of the year amounting to $15,062,540.94 which was an increase of $847,531.60 over the surplus which they had at the beginning of the year. ANNUAL CONVENTION OF COLLEGIANS HELD President Faunce of Brown University Makes Pa- triotic Address. New York, Dec. 28.—The war of- fers college athletics “a priceless op- portunity of appraisment and revi- sion,” declared President W. H. P. Faunce, of - Brown university, in an address before the twelfth annual convention of the National Collegiate Athletic Association here today. “We cannot at this national crisis say ‘business as usual,’ nor will we announce ‘business suspended,’” he said. “We do not want athletics as usual, because they have usually been abused, nor do we want them abol- ished. But we want all business and all sport, all work and all play, relieved of superfluity and extrava- gance stripped for action in the na- tion’s service, and co-ordinated with the laboratory and thel ibrary and the classroom in the endless task of creating men fit to be citizens of (America.” Representatives of nearly 200 universities, colleges and various intercollegiate athletic associations from all sections of the country at- tended the convention. Col. Palmer Plerce, U. S. A. president, in his an- nual address, stated the government favoréd the continuation of sports among the colleges. INVESTIGATORS NAMED. Quigley Putg Curtis On As Member of Council Committee. ¥ Mayor G. A. Quigley today named a committee of five to investigate the construction and cost of the town farm dairy barn, as instructed at the last meeting of the common council. The members named by the mayor are Max J. Unklebach, architect and civil engineer; Claude J. Leroux, plumbing contractor; Alderman Orson F. Curtis, builder and instigator of investigation; John E. Downes, build- ing contractor, and A. D. Clifford, building contractor. Alderman Curtis, at the council meeting, declared he would not serve on the committee unless he wasg ap- pointed as chairman. CHILD IS INJURED, ‘Son of Former Bank Clerk Has His Skull Fractured. ‘Waterbury, Dec. 28—George Thom- ‘as, aged 5, while coasting -this afr- ernoon, slid out from Cooke street and ran into an automobile owned oy Mrs. Henry S. Chase, of which one of Mrs. Chase’s daughters and the chauffeur were the occupants at the time. The sled, with the boy on it, ried into a nearby house. He is now at the Waterbury hospital and is said to be badly hurt. It is believed the boy’s skull was fractured. SOCIETY FOR SAVINGS. Hartford, Dec. 28.—Announcement was made by the Society for Savings today that after July 1, 1918, inter- est on mortgages taken by it would be charged at the rate of 6 per cent. Treasurers of other savings institu- tions in this city, while not making definite statements, admitted there was a general trend toward 6 per cent. throughout the state. The So- clety for Savings has more than $40,000,000 in deposits. AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS. Paris, Dec. 28—American volunteers serving in any branch of the French army may hereafter apply to any y American camp and secure their transfer to the United States army, says the Herald today. A circular to this effect s now gong the rounds this effect is now going the rounds RELEASES BRIDEGROOM. Hartford, Dec. 28.—Henry Brielt- gens, the enemy alien who was torn from his bride’s side here on Deec. 1 and lodged in jail because he vio- lated his permit, was r ed today on a parole from Washington. His two best men, Karl O, Beck and Ier- dinand Schmiegel are still in jail. the woman, is locked up, as a result ‘Faser of London is in went under the fender and the young- ! ster was removed from there and car- ! | committees SEVERAL KILLED IN BIG EXPLOSION Chicago, Dec. 28.—A number of persons are reported to have been killed in an explosion of a blast furnace in the plant of the Inland Steel company at Indian Harbor, Ind., today. It caught fire and is threatened with destruction. Ambulances from nearby citics were rushed to the scene. BOARDER SHOOTS NEW HAVEN WOMAN After Firing Revolver, An- tonio Goes to Police Station for Protection New Haven, Dec. 28.—Mrs. Flor- ence Gianni is in a dying condition at | the hospital with a through the abdomen, Carpentiri, bullet wound and Antonio self-confessed shooter of of a quarrel between them today over some food served at the boarding house conducted by Mrs. Gianni, and at which Carpentiri was a boarder. Following the shooting he rushed to the police station, a short distance away, crying: “I have just committed a murder. Hide me. A crowd of my fellow countrymen are after me and they mean to kill me.” Almost immedi- ately an excited crowd of persons besieged the police station but the crowd dispersed when informed that Carpentiri had been locked up. ENGLISH WOMEN IN SHOES OF BROTHERS Fair - Sex Relicves 1,250,000 Service at the Battle Front. for ‘Washington, Dec. 28.—Miss Helen the United Btate telling the women of this coun- try what their English sisters have accomplished in their war work. “I think that it is essential that the American and the English women should know each other and be of service to each other,” said Miss Fra- { ser. “The first thing that we can do is to. express our very deep sense of | icans with us in this struggle. We feel that the American women will tribute in no small degree to the final victory. “The women of found that the woman’s task in war is not only that of healing, of inspir- ing, of being of great spiritual com- fort and help to their men, but also that it is essential in every particular plece of war work, in industry, in munitions, in food production and conservation, in financing the war, in executive work, -and even as part of the army organization. “From our experience, I should ad- vise the women wherever possible to work ‘side by side with the men in | in the | the great organizations and government and voluntary committees. In labor problems we have found it essential to bring together the repre- ! sentatives of labor, both men and women, government, to thresh out the great essential questions and conditions of | labor, payment and of the welfare of the workers.” In England, Miss Fraser states, there are 1,250,000 women directly re- placing men in the ordinary indus- trial pursuits outside of munitions. They are in every department of work, and functioning with signal success. ! | The prime minister has a woman sec- | retary, and women are on almost every important national board. There are two women co-directors of food ' control with Lord Rhonda, and ! a woman, Mrs. H. J. Tennant, serves as director of the Woman's. National Service bureau. The War Savings of the country have more women than men on tHeir lo- cal boards, two women serving on the executive central committee. “We think that it simplifies matters to have but one committee of men | and \women serving together wher- ever possible,” said Miss Fraser. “An- other method in which we differ from vou is in registering. We Rave never appealed to women to register en mass, but have asked them to regis- ter for specific pieces of work, such as munitions, agriculture, etc. We is- | sue such posters as “We want 10,000 women for the land” or “We want 100,000 women for munitions.” handle “the responses to such calls we have emplovment exchanges in every town. These local exchanges examine the candidates and transfer them to the department of tne gov- ernment requiring their services. “We also have a register for pro- fessional women which we find invalu- able. That register was secured with the assistance of the universities, col- leges and high schools. This register has helped the government to find the right women for the right places. The government also has in that task the ance of a very splendid vol- untary organization called the Wom- en's Service Burcau, with headquar- ters in London.” To | gratitude and joy at having the Amer- | 5008 REV. F. C. THOMPSON ASSIGNED TO TEXAS Assistant Pastor of South Church Made Secretary of Y. M. O. A. at San Antonio Camp. Rev. Frederick C. Thompson, as- sistant pastor of the South Congre- gational chaurch, left this noon to be- come secretary of the Y. M. C. A. work at the San Antonio- (Texas) avi- ation camp. He received his appoint- ment Wednesday. It Is expected Rev. Mr. Thompson will be given a leave of absence by the authorities of the South church with whom he had mo opportunity to arrange his affairs before departing for the Lone Star state. News that Mr. Thompson will be in charge of the Y. M. C. A. at San Antonio will be received with pleasure by New Britaln mothers, many of whose sons have enlisted in the Signal Corps, Aviation Department, which will train there, WOMAN OF MYSTERY KNOWN TO POLICE Quarrel Between Alleged German | Agent and Neighbor Results in Disclosing Identity of “R.” - Los Angeles, Dec. 28.—John Knox, arrested yesterday in comnection with the killing of Hermann Jakopatch, in a remote part of San Gabriel can- yon, today identified, aecording to the sheriff’s office the mysterious “R” an alleged German woman agent, said to have directed the activities of Franz Schulenberg, held at San Francisco as a spy. This woman, according to a state- ment attributed to Knox by deputy sheriffs, is a German whose husband lives at a mountain camp. He gave her name and officers set out in search of her. Knox was arrested in a wild part of the canyon 50 miles northeast of here, where there are three cabins— Knox's, Jakopatch’s and one owned by a man known as ‘“Schulenberg’ and whom, the deputy sheriffs said, many corroborating details caused them to believe was the alleged Ger- | man master spy held at San Fran- cisco. In Schulenberg’s cabin were found 50 pounds of dynamite, fuses and de- tonating ‘eaps, the officers reported. “R,” the woman in the case, ac- cording to the alleged statement to | the deputies, frequwentiy.y pateh and Bchulenberg, and it was over her that Jakopatch and Knox quarveled Christmas night. Wednes- day Jakopatch was found dead. Many visitors, some of them wait- ers in Los Angeles, were said to have visited Schulenberg, according to per- living along the cany trail. These persons, according to tHe sher- | iffs, corroborated details of the case. con- | England have and the employes and the | NOVEMBER COMMERCE fExports Decreased $55,000,000 from October—Imports Increased $44,- 000,000 Over November Last Year. ‘Washington, Dec. 28.—Exports during November amounted to $488,- 000,000, a decrease of $55,000,000 from October, 1917, and of $28,000,- 000 from' November of last year, ac- cording to a statement issued today by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Cominerce. For the 11 months ending with* No- vember, exports were valued at $5,- 639,000,000, against $4,959,000.000 a year ago. Imports valued at same as in $44,000,000 a year ago. WWhe imports during the 11 months this year were valued at $2,725,000,000, a considerable in- crease over the imports for the 11 months’ period of 1916, which were valued at $2,187,000,000. The exces§ of exports over imports amounted to $268,000,000 in- Novem- ber, 1917, against $339,000,000 a vear ago. The exces of exports during the 11 months ended with November amounted to $2,914,000,000 in 1917, against $2,773,000,000 in 1916, an in- crease of $141,000,000 in the current vear. Gold imports during the month amounted to only $3,000,000, against ring November were 1,000,000, about the ber of this year, but | $47,000,000 a year ago; and gold ex- | ports amounted to $7,000,000 in No-i vember, 1917, and $26,000,000 in 1916. | During the 11 months ended with November, gold imports amounted to $535,000,000 and exports to $367,- 000,000, leaving an cxcess of imports of $168,000,000 in 1917, against $399,- 000,000 in 1916. Silver imports during the month amounted to $9.000.000, a consider- able increase over previous months; while silver exports fell to less than $5,000,000. Tor the 11 months pe- riod the silver imports amounted to $47,000,000, against $20,000,000 a vear ago, and the exports were valued at $74,000,000 in 1917 and $62,000,- 000 in 1916 Hartford, Dec. 28.—Forecast for New Britain wod vicinity: Unsettled, probably snow to- night; colder. Saturday, fair; colder, with a cold wave. S T e e e e than in November | i reach him. GASUALTIES AMONG | PERSHING'S MEN Corporal of Amencan Engineers Killed and One Private Wounded BOMBS KHL TWO MORE Germans in Mo»onlight .\erial Raid Drop Bombs Upon Amecricans “amped in the Woods Ncar Firing Lines in France. ‘With the American Army in France, Dec. 27 (By the Associated Press).— A corporal of American engineers was | killed and one private was wounded Christmas eve when a German shell dropped near a party of American en- kineers working in trenches on a sec- tion of the French front. gineers for several weeks had been working along the front with veteran French engineers for purposes of in- struction. During a recent moonlight night German aviators dropped bombs near a certain town and two American pri- vates, who were in a camp in a wood, were killed. Under orders received from general headquarters, ‘divisional commanders of the American forces issued orders suspending temporarily Paris leave for all officers and men. No explanation was given. ing intermittently American zone, training of troops tions. companied the snowfall, and many roads are becoming almost impassable on account of drifts. No serious diffi- culty has been experienced thus far in supplying the troops in the outly- throughout the and The en- | For three days snow has been fall- | interfering with the | communica- | At times a strong wind has ac- | 1917. —SIXTEEN PAGES. SURROUND AND SEIZ BANKS IN PE UNON MEN HAVE | A GENERAL STRIKE 4,000 Refuse to Go to Work | in Factories in Hamil- ton, Ohio, No Resistance Is O of the Red Guard cials to Stop Work An Hamilton, O., Dec. 28.—Four thau- sand union workmen refused to go to work today, and as a result a general strike of union men has resulted from the imprisonment yesterday of thirty union leaders, charged with rioting in the recent disorders here. While' it was at first thought the strike was to be only of one day's duration as a protest against the imprisonment of their fellow-workers, it became known that the strike leaders had decided the strike would last until the men are relased from jail. Practically every factory here is either closed down completely ar se- riously affected by the strike. FEDERAL COMMISSION HEARS EVIDENC Keys — D Charged With “Sabf Pctrograd, Dec.|. 28. ing under orders of sioner Menshinsky seized all private including the bran§h Clty Bank, of New)'¥ ager, R. R. Steven detained for a'short ti Many bank directors. Several surrendered the bank vaults, but Steved J. B. Wright, counselior of tH erican embassy, called on Mf. during the afternoon. | Glennie, Testifying, Says Packers| The Natlonal City :Bank of York was granted A\ license last Were Establishing Big Meat Stores | uary to commencg, yainess tn Mot sia, with particul ference Boston, Dec. 28.—John Glennie, witness at the federal trade commis- sion hearing of the packing business charged today that packers were es- tablishing big meat stores in various | cities for the purpose of driving re- tailers out of business. The Mohican { company, which operates a chain of iness in Russia sinee 1879. At the time for the opéning’ banks detachments:of the R gathered in the streets and b the entrance. Later the banks entered under the leadership o}’l Menshinsky. Orders were given ing towns and districts, but it is feared the supply problem will give trouble if the storm continues. Motor trucks today were crawling over the hilly roads at a snail’'s pace the snow. Numerous accidents were that many cars were frozen and could not be moved. Brigade maneuvers of a division whose units have seen for a time because of the snow, Phe troopy-of & newly-lapded ai- vision, composed of former National Guardsmen, tonight reached the towns in which they are to be billeted tem- porari fter marching for two da through the storni. Their experienc seemed to have done them more good than harm, for the men are rapidly becoming hardened. practice despite the storm. ALUE OF BANK STOCKS Commisioner Makes Estimates for Purpose of Assessment Tax | , Tax Commissioner Willlam H. Cor- concerning the value of bank stocks in Connecticut. The estimate is made | for the purpose of taxation. | for this city and vicinity: | Share Par Value | New Britain National Bank | Commerc ! pany .. New Britain.Real Fsln.te and Title Company New Britain Trust Com- pany .. S Plainville Tru';'. Company 50 LARUE DIES $19 I DR. ‘Well-Known French Doctor of Putnam i ‘Was Popular Around State Putnam, Conn., Dec. 28.—Dr. Omer Larue, a practicing phpsician, well known to French-speaking people of New England, died at his home here | "today, aged 68 years. He was con- neeted with various Franco-American organizations, was a charter member and former treasurer of the Franco- American Historical Society of the United States and in 1886 was vice- president of the national convention of French-speaking people of the United State: He had held various town offices and was a former presi- dent of the Windham Medical asso- ciation. BURNS TO DEATH Oit Stove Fixploded in Stamford, Re- sulting Fatally to Aged Man | Stamford, Dec. 28. — Henry H. i Alken, 82 years old, was burned to death and his aged wife was probably fatally injured today, by the cxplo- sion of an oil stove at their home here. Alken was bed-ridden and was fatally burned before assistance could Mrs. Alken’s condition is due ‘chiefly to inhaling the flames. The explosion caused fire damage to the house of about $4,000. The Aikeng lived on the upper floor, Stader, occupyirig the downstairs the owner of the dwelliag, Frederick apartment. ATROLS ACTIVE Rome, Dec. 25 —Active patrolling and aerial operations occurred yester- day but there s no renewal of in- fanury fighting on a large scale because ‘of the drifts and density of | reported and the weather was so cold ! service in the trenches were called off Former guards- | men of another division engaged in | bayonet, grenade and automatic rifle | | bin has issued his annual statement | The following values are estimated | stores in New England, was one of | these concerns, he said: The pack- | ers, he stated, set prices at these stores 80 low that independent.stores could not compete and many went out of business. Glennfe, who has been in the ren- dering business in New England for many vears, declared’ further that | there were no independent soap man- ufacturers in theé ‘country. * He had been obliged to sell his waste product | S to trust concerns. ¥y B "t R "ekplaining ~th As competitibn by ¢ cameé sharper -he-éxperienced trouble | banks M. Menshinsky said: {'We let it be known long : in getting shipments of waste to his is | Private banks should =~ send ! plant. Tt was held so long at various oints that it deterlorated greatly in{Weekly to the stato bank. Thig) { value, especially during hot weather. | doRe, but the ‘reports were ineo | After many protests he obtained some | It Was then degided to otcup | improvement but the situation never | banks, rcvise theéir:iuctivity an | became so good as it was beforc he | Sec that they resumed. busines met “trust” competition. keys are in the hands of (o That a' fund was maintained by an | sioner Obelnsky of the state assoclation of rendering companies | a8 are the books and docul { here, controlled by the packers, to pay | Which have been séized.” Pig ' bonuses for the business of new re- It is reported thut a special @4 tailérs, was the testimony of Abram | mittee will investigate the banks, spending a week in the Gunsenhiser, for many years engaged e in the provision business here. The | cess, and that the institutions '3 business went to the highest bidder ! not be ‘permitted to resume bus in the meantime. . The ety Is. and the owner had nothing to say in | a serious financial shortage, the matter, the witness said. !ln currency of . 8 1 ‘denpmin | which has been uj n.lh.ble 0 eral days. Y L i The delegates of, the Central § ers to the peace confarence at Litovsk hav agreed to ten cesg in the peace negotiations will be resumed January 4 at a not yet determined. 3 Leon Trotzky, Bolsheviki fos minister, is reported to be dr new note to the Entente aliied bassies again asking them to ticipate in the peace conference, Trotzky is also sald to, be pr a new message to the peoples of | ! world. The Russian' delegates t peace conference’ Wi\ feturn here| work cease and that the banks render their paper§ and the ke their vaults. In .most m-mnea. resistance was offered. Mr. Stevens declared his bnnk‘ no ‘vaults but only small safes. Al his arrest he was permitted to. to the bank, which was placed { guard. The bank directors who arrested ‘were accused of - ephone 3 g 4 LAST (‘\L[‘ DF'F'LRRLD | Final 15 Per Cent of “N‘ Draft Not ! Going Until February 15. | Members of the first and second | exemption districts have received | notification from Provost Marshai | Crowder stating that no formal call will be made for the deferred quota of the first draft before February 15. | General Crowder asked that this faet | be given full publicity in order to relieve the minds of those in the last 15 per cent as ‘well as their | triends. Under the ruling, individual cases may be called where the men will be g sent to the camps. For instance, it K MOrrow or Saturday, j ! is explained, if there is & vacancy and | AD armistice is reported to an eligible registrant desires to go, | been reached between the Boh permission will be granted. There forces and troops of Gen. Kfl will not be a cal for the entire quota at Rostov, with a neutral Zoj of the final 15 per cent before the | tween the opposing lines. middle of February. London, Dec, 28.—Opinion New' York, Dec. 28.—Hyman Bor- | the reply of the Central po rok, a shirtwaist’ manufacturer, plead- . the Bolsheviki peace ‘terms, as ed guilty to sugar hoarding in police | can be judged from the ‘edit court here today, and was remanded [ the morning newspapers foil f,? for sentenge later. * Borrok’s arrest | main lines. On one hand it au followed af investigation by the dis- | be feit the Central powers have i 4rict attorney which showed he had | a perfectly sincere offer to end purchased and stored away 21,000 | war immediately while on the ot} pounds of sugar. hand it is declared they have sef cunning trap in which they hope, FAMINE IN AUSTRIA though vainly, to catch the Allfes. Zurich, Switzerland, Dec. 28.—Vi- The former view is not confined enna newspapers report Austria’s | papers generally regarded as ha: near approach to famine . in egss, | pacifist leanings. It is suppoy vegetables, sugar, bread and milk. | strongly for instance, by the cf As a result of poor and insufficient | servative Daily Express, which food there is said to be a large in- | uncompromisingly for victory over: crease in skin diseases manifested in | Central powers and ‘is an, ard boils, abscesses and eczema. apostle of anti-Prussianism. In § The working capacity of the labor- | the papers taking this view the ati er in mines and munmtition plants, and | ment of the Centra] powers is regi the health of the children is serfously | ed as being addressed less to Buf menaced. Any further deterioration | than to the Allies collectively and of the food supply is bound to have { offer made through Count Crernig inconceivably grave consequences, say | assumed to be an initial prop; Austrian papci which the Central powers probsl are prepared to modify in the coy of bargaining, for nowhere arve Tokio, Dec. 28.—The building of { terms of the Central powers the superdreadnought Nagato has [as entirely acceptable in their p had to be abandomed for the time be- | form. The Express says: ing on accoupt of a shortage of labor. “The terms may be taken as This seems almost unbelievable in | many’s first aid. The proposals Japan but the rapid rise of wages has | of course, wholly inadequate, but § been most marked in shipyards, and | significant that the idea of. con the workmen have left the naval | has been abandoned completely, docks at the Kure arsenal for em-|is the first indication that Ger ployment in private companies which pay higher wages, SHORT .\GE'\(‘)F LABOR q (Continued On Fiftcenth Page)]