Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 18, 1914, Page 1

The Bulietin’s But French Claim to be Satisfactorily Impressed|. With Present Situation ALLIES REPORT GOOD PROGRESS NEAR MEUSE Battle Expected Soon in Russian Poland, Where Russian Ad- vance Has Come Into Contact With Heavy German ‘Circulation in Norwich is Double That 'ALLIED LINES EAST O YP 7 Contingents—Austrians are Moving Back From Russian Army in Galicia, But Against the Servians and Montene- grins are Making Marked Progress—Germans Have Captured Gen Von Korff of Warsaw and Staff—A Re- port That a Launch of the United States Cruiser Had Ben Fired Upon at Smyrna is Discredited by Washing- ton Authorities. The German forces keep battering at the allied lines to the south and east of Ypres, but the French claim to be satisfactorily impressed with the present situation. The allies, according to the latest official communication, have been de- livering attacks from the Yser to the heights of the Meuse and record pro- gress at all points along the line. In the eastern arena no decisive ac- tions are reported. but one may be expected soon in Russian Poland, where the Russian advance has come into comtact with heavy German con- tingents. . The Austrians are moving back from the Russian army in Galicia, but against the Servians and Montenegrins the Austrians apparently are making marked progress and are again threat- ening Belgrade. The Germans have captured in the battle of Kutno, Governor Von Korff, of Warsaw, and his staff. A news agency despatch reports that the forts at Smyrna have fired upon a launch of the United States cruiser Tennessee, which was entering the Gulf of Smyrna to arrange for an an- chorage for the cruiser. The Prince of Wales, who is now at the front in France, has been made an maide de camp to Field Marshal Sir John French, The German converted cruiser Ber- Hn, formerly of the North German Lloyd line, has interned at Trondhjem, Norway. It is believed she had been as a convoy for German sub- marines. Several large American-owned fac- tories In Petrograd have been taken over by the Rissian government for the manufacture of small arms, for the supply of which Russia has depended on France. BATTLE IN FLANDERS DRAWING TO A CLOSE After Seven-Day Struggle German Effort Appears to Be Broken. Bordesux, via Paris, Nov. 18, 2.15 a. m.—The Bulletin of the Armies of the Republic thus sums up the military situation: ‘““The second great battle in Flanders seems to be drawing fo a close. At the present date, November 17, after a flerce struggle lasting seven days, the German effort appears to be broken. “It has been, as with the preceding attempts, a massacre of dense columns of infantry led to the assault by new- 1y appointed officers whose bravery does mot compensate for inexperience. In the presence of such results, it may be affirmed that the superior instruc- tfon and preparation of which the German infantry gave pproof at the be- ginning of hostilities—qualities whick greatly contributed to their successes in the month of August—have disap- peared and that today, as far as di rection of fighting, fire control and meaintenance of contact between in- fantry and artillery are concerned, su- periority has to our side. “In & word, three months of war has tempered the French army and depreciated that of the Germans. In the language of the fabulist the Ger- man rhinoceros stubbornly dashes against the wall with a mad hope of treading on the tall of the British lion. ‘Will the rhinoceros gain fresh strength and try sgain? Will the Germans carry their obstinacity so far as to strip some of their fortresses of troops in order to gain a few miles of coast? The near future will tell us.” GERMANS STILL BATTERING' AWAY AT ALLIES’ LINES. Along the Franco-Belgian Frontier— Almost Continuous Artiliery Duel. London, Nov.-17, 4.45 p. m.—Unde-~ terred by wintry weather and floods, the Germans are still making an ef- fort to break down the allies’ defense along ‘the Franco-Belgian frontier. Al- though the Berlin official report refes to the day as haying been a quiet one, there has been an almost continuous artillery duel, with occasional in- fantry attscks, but apparently without either side making any progress. The line from the coast to Nieuport, which has been recelving less atten- tion since the Cermans began their at- tempt to get the British out of Ypres, hes been subjected to a bom- bardment whkich is descrived as a very violent one, while to the south of Dix- mude the Germans have been trying under fire from the ailles’ cannon 2 bulld works to check the flood which compelled them to evacuate part of their trenches. i At other pointe the big guns again bave been busy and Rheims has been subjected to another rain of sheils. From the allies’ point of view, prob- ably the meost tmportant operations are those to the south of Verdun, where the French troops for some time have been trying further to relieve the pressure which the Germans have been exerting on the fortness. They have at 3 led in this, according 1o the ¥ official communication, and besides making some progress on the kgights of the Meuse they have ad- vanced on St. Mihiel, the only point on the left bank of the Meuse which the Germans have been successful ja holding. BRITISH DENIAL OF USE OF DUMDUM BULLETS. Counter Claim to Charge That Has Been Made by Germans. London, Nov. 17, 740 p. m.—The war office tonight issued a statement denying German allegations that the British troops have used dumdum or soft nosed bullets, but maintaining that these kinds of missiles have been used by the Germans. The statement describes the British and German service ammunition as very similar, the bullets being pointed with steel and the envelope coated with cupro-nickel, covering the core, except at the base, and conforming with the provisions of The Hague con- vention. In the opinion of Sir Victor Hore- ley, a well known surgeon, this buwlet is “probably the most humane pi Jjectile vet devised,” for the reasm that “the long, solid point, consisting almost entirély of a hard nickel sheath, precludes “s-far as possible any ten- dency toward deformation of shape, while the strength of the sheath pre- vents the bullet breaking up. into fraz- ments except in very exceptional cir- cumstances he statement concludes: i ‘There is. however, clear evidence that Germany has not confined herself solely to the use of this unobjection- able ammunition. Her troeps in bott Togoland and France have been proved to have used'bullets with a soft core and a hard, thin envelope not entirely covering tho core, which type of bullet is expanding, 2nd is expressly prohib- ited by The Hague convention.” EMBARKED FOR ENGLAND Borne Through Lines of British Sol- diers and Sailors. Boulogne. via London, Nov. 17, 7.35 P. m.—A touching ceremony was en- acted here this afternoon when the body of Field Marshal Lord Roberts was embdrked for England. The body arrived in Boulogne from army head- quarters at the front in a motor am- bulance, accompanied by staff officers. It was carried aboard the steamer by men of the army service corps, through lines of British troops and sailors. On the coffin vested the field marshal’s service cap and swerd and a wreath of laurel. The pallbearers were General Wil- son, two French generals and othor officers. All the French and British o:ncers Ppresent joined in the preces- sion, . Arriving at the landing stnge, the coffin was placed on a catafalque cov- ered with French and British flags. Large numbers of soldiers and sailors marched past it. Numerous floral tokens were sent to the steamer from the French and Brit- ish army staffs, officials of municl- palitics and the military hospitals. ALLIES REPORT ADVANCES EVERYWHERE THEY ATTACKED Attacks of Invaders to East and South of Ypres Have Failed. 1 lefis. :«;o;’.llfl 10.45 p. m.—The fol- owing official communication was 1s- sued tonight: “According to the latest advices, the enemy has renewed his attacks to the east and to the south of Ypres, but they have mnot altered the situatiocn. The impression is satisfactory. “During the last iwo days we have registered progress more or less pro- nounced everywhere we have attackei; at Heteas, on the Yser, between Ar- mentieres and Arras, in the region .f Vailly, in the Argonne and on the heights of the Meuse.” GERMANS FALLING BACK iN EAST PRUSSIA Along Whole Front Between Gumbin- nen and Angerburg Petrograd, Russia, Nov. 17—An of- ficlal communication issued by the Russian general headquarters = today says: “In East Prussia the enemy Is fall- ing back along the whole front between fimqbinnten :nddA!;ls\!rburg. while con- nuing to_ hold the Sa, in the Masurian Lakes, S “On _the front between the Vistula and Warta rivers (in Ruiian Poland) the fighting continues, it taking the character of a great battle. “There are important German forces in Galicia. We have reached the Aus- trian rear guards in the region of Du- kia and the passage of Ujok.” Austrians Capture 8,000 Servians. Washington, Nov. 17.—Capture of 8,000 Servians by the Austrian army during the occupation of Valjevo was announced today in cfficial despatches «ig the Austro-Hungary embassy hore. The wireless from the foreign office in Vienna duplicated the war office statement concerning the ‘vic- tories in Servia, and announced fur- ther hostilities in the northern the- atre of war. ."p"“‘ LAUNCH OF CRUISER TENNESSEE FIRED UPON While Entering Gulf of Smyrna to Ar- range for Entrance of Warship, London, Nov. 17, 9.08 p. m.—A des- patch to the Exchange Telegraph from Athens says: “A launch from the United States cruiser Tennessee which was entering the Gulf of Smyrna to arrange for the cruiser to come into the harbor was red upon by the forts and compelled to return to the Tennessee. “The commander of the Tennessee informed the Vali that he had orders from his government to enter the har- b'ux; of Smyrna and had decided to do 0. Discredited at Washington, ‘Washington, Nov. 17.—Officials here tonight refused to credit or to be alarmed by the despatch saying the cruiser Tennessee’s launch had been fired upon_ by the Turkish forts at Smyrna. Secretary Daniels said that if any incident had occurred to give rise to such a report the department would re informed fully by tomorrow. In the meantime, he did not think it necessary to make a special effort to communicate with the cruiser. ESTIMATES OF COST OF WAR TO ENGLANOD Chancellor of Exchequer George Places It at $2,250,000 for Year London, Nov. 17, $:50 p. m.—David Lloyd George, chancellor of the ex- chequer, in the house of commons to- day estimated that the cost of ,one year of the war for this country would be 450,000,000 pounds ($2.250,000,000), the largest amount England has ever spent on a war and more than twice what was spent in the coiflict with South Africa during four years, To pay tbis enormous bill, the gov- ernment had decided to raise a loan of 350,000,000 pounds ($1,750.000,000), which would be issued at 95, bear in- terest at the rate of 3 1-2 per cent and be redeemable at par March 1, 1828 34 S chhboec b ‘Proposed and the house unanimously supported him that the nicome tax should be doubled, but only collected on one-third of the in- come this vear; that an extra half penny (one cent per half pint should be Jevied on Dbeer and an extra three pence (six cents) per pound of tea. He explained that the expenditure on the British troops would be higher in pro- portion than that of any other country in the world, as the pay and the cost of the army and navy were greater; there were Separate ailowances to the men and their families, and pensions were on a larger scale. Already 2, 009 were serving and arother mi were in the course of enlistment. WOMAN'S CURIOSITY RESULTS ing Bedy of Man New York, -17—A woman's curiosity tonight resulted in -the quick discovery of a probable murder and the entire detective force of Queensborough is now seeking two men who left a barrel, containing the body of an un- known man, on a lonely street under the Queensborough bridge. Seeing the mep drive up a wagon to the curb, dump a barrel there and drive quick away, the woman looked into the bar- rel as she passed it. The feet of a man met her gaze. She ran to a po- liceman and toid him of her find and when the officer had pulled the body out he found that it was still warm and that there was a_ bullet wound near the heart. An ambulance surgeon who was summoned said that the man had been dead less than an hour, The body was that of a man about 28 years old, who looked like an Ital- jan. The police believe his death was the outcome of a vendetta and that he was killed in upper Manhattan, placed in the barrel and!thus taken across the East River on a ferrvboat zhd then carried to the place where he was fcund by the woman, A prescription found in his clothing furnished a ciue which the Manhattan police have been asked to run down, while the Queens- ‘borough authorities are hunting for the men who drove the wagon. EXPERIMENTING WITH EXTERIOR EXPLOSIVES. Shells Designed to Explode on Contact With Hull of Ship. Washington, Nov- Daniels announced today that Rear Admiral Fiske and the naval board appointed to experiment with the ex- terior explosives invented by W. Isham would make every effort to test the value of the invention. Mr. Dan- iels said that while the majority f naval officers believed the armor- pirecing shell was most effective, there was a sentiment among members of | the house naval committee and many high officers in the navy in favor f giving the Isham explosive a thorough trial. The shells at present used by the navy are designed to explode after plercing the armor plate of a_vessel, while the Isham shell explodes on contact with the hull of a ship. GOV. BALDWIN'S CAMPAIGN EXPENSES WERE $2473 Report of Ch. an Stoddard of Demo- .cratic State Central Committee New Haven, Conn., Nov. 17.—Major Louis E. Stoddard, treasurer of the democratic state central ¢ommittee, made public his report of expenses and contributions at the recent state elec- ‘This report will be filed with the secretary of siate. Receipts totalea $10,505 and expenditures $8,656, leav- i#7 a balance on hand of $1,848. The largest contributor was Govern- or Simeon E. Baldwin, who contributed $2,474 in his unsuccessful campaign for! B United Staies serator. IN DISCOVERY OF MuaDER‘w‘ Saw Two Men Dump Barrel Contain- | 17. — Secretary | 3.1 e -Major General Dies of Wounds, lin, via The Hague, to London, Nov. 17, 9.33 p. m.—Major General Von Blankensee died November 14 of wounds received in action, according to a statement issued here today. Swedish Steamer Sunk. by Mine. London, Nov. 17, 5.28 a. m.—The Swedish steamer ‘Andrew struck a mine in the North sea yesterday ard sank. Highteen survivors, including two women, after drifting about in boats for twelve hours, were rescued by a liner and landed at Hull Casualties on Australian Cruiser ondon, Nov, 17, 11:30 p. m.—The casuaities cn the Australian cruiser i ro which destroyed the German cruiser Emden in the Indian Ocean, were four men killed and one officer and 14 men wounded. Tin Plate Mills to Close. Swansea, Wales, via London, Nov. 17, 5.30 p, m.—The prohibition of the exportation of tin_plate to Denmark. Holland and Sweden will mean the closing down of 35 mills and will de- rectly affect 1,700 men. CATTLE EPIDEMIC HAS COST $750,000 THUS FAR Of This About $400,000 Has Been Borne by Federal Government. Washington, Nov. 17.—To date federal and -state governments hav spent approximately $758,000 in tne campaign against the livestock foot and mouth disease epidemic. Of this about $400,000 has been borne by the federal government, almost exhausting the available funds of the department of agriculture. An emergency appro- priation of probably $2,500,000 will he asked of congress when it meets io complete the work of stamping out tne disease. Experts of the department estimate that about $700,000 alone has _been spent for slaughtering condemned #at- tle, one-half of which is borne by the and fts Total Girculation is the Largest in Gotton Loan Fund is Now Complete ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY SEC- RETARY WADOO FUND OVERSUBSCRIBED Yesterday Was Devoted to Securing Subscriptions of $100,000,000 From Non-Cotton Producing States— $185,000,000 Now Avaiiable. Washington, Nov. 17~The country- wide effort to furnish aid to cotton producers and find a bottom for the cotton market came to_a & conclusion tonight when Sec: Mo- Adoo announced the completion of the $185,000,000 cotton loan _fund. In making his announcement, Mr. McAdoo declared the success of the plan was now assured. The secretary’s statement came at the end of a day devoted to efforts tg secure the subscriptions necessary complete the $100.009,006 portion of the fund assigned to banks in non-cot- ton producing states. Eariler in the day, Mr. McAdoo issued a denial that the fund was about to fail and stat- ing that it still la~ked only a few mil- ilon dollars to insure succéss. Follow- ing this Mr. McAdoo, Paul M. War- burg and W. P.'G. Harding, members of the federal reserve board, in active charge of the pool plan, took active els‘xeps to gather in the remaining mil- ons, Kuhn, Loeb & Co., of New York, of which firm Mr. Warburg was a pagtner before he came to the board, agreed to subscribe $2,000,000. At a luncheon given by John Skelaon Williame, Ber- #fard M. Baruch, of New York, sald that .'u'mkedwmehuhe-ldflem adjourned uatil November. 3 — The board walk'at y N« Y5 years. The Northern Pacific Railroad has bought the Gilmore & Pittsburgh Railroed. : hree Chicage Board of Trade mem- berehips have Sheen soid for $3,000 nek to buyers. The Rev. Dr. Robert Fuiton Crary, grandson of Robert Fulton, died at . Y, aged 80. . ipple at Island, Ky., was set A coal ed at a loss of $35,000. As a result of the European war, tos | factories at Binghamton, are running twenty-four hours a day. i Quinian, thirteen, of Brooklyn, acagentally. shot and - Wilted Bimsett while cleaning his toy rifie. The American White Cross, Society ‘was founded in New York. The mem- bers are unemployed ex-soldiers and sailors. The opening of the New York City Employment bureau was postponed because arrangements had not = been W | completed. The four-masted schooner Massasoit of New Haven, for Norfolk, V ashore at Smith Island Light, Va., dur- ing a gale. Because he sold cotton for less than ten cents a pound, Joshue Samuels of Ardmeére, Okla, was flogged by masked night riders. Edward A. Faust, 2 son-in-law of the late Adolphus Busch, resigned as vice-president and director of the An- heuser-Busch Brewing Co. The India House, a club organized for the cultivation and perpetuation of American foreign trading conditions, afire by “possum hunters,” ‘and burn-| ican Peace PFa_nf Upset PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT CHANG- % ES HIS MIND. BROKE AN AGREEMENT With General Carranza—Change Be- lieved to be Due to Pressure Brought by General Villa—Obregon in Com- mand of Capital. g Mexico City, Nov. 17—Generai Al- varado Obfegon today assumed su- preme command of the capital and the federal district. The minister of war, ghe governor and all the military offi- cers are_required to report to him. _The troops of General Obregon’s di- vision, which had been ordered nérth, Will remain here and those of General Jesus Carranza which were to have replaced them, are now in Puebla. which city is reported to be threatened by a large force of followers of Emil- lano and former Federal Gen- erals Argumedo and Aguilar. “Just when we helieved armed would be avolded,” said Gen gon today, “Gen. Eulallo Gu changed his mind regarding the las offer of General Venustiano Carranza I don’t believe this was due to r honor on the part of Gutierrez, b Q'x:lalupre on him by General Franc illa.” A number of foreign factory ~wr. in the federal distrigt hav de ¢ plaint to their respectiv ic ¢erninz alleged forced loans by followers of Zapata under ¢ Nayarro, ‘Word was received here today from Obre- 't to o federal and the other half by the state governments. The last outbreak of the disease—that of 1903—cost the fed- eral government alone $300,000. The infected states the nincluded Penn- he might invest in the fund up to $1.- 500,000. His offer was taken to the extent of $1,000,000 and the fupd com- pleted. A few hours after Mr., Ba- as opened in New York. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw of New York, was re-elected president of the National Woman Suffrage Assoclation, the governor of the state of Guanajuafo that the advance guards of General Villa had been driven back after a sharp skirmish south of Lasgos. Owing to the activity of the Zapata ruch’s offer, word was received from troops in the federal district the en- sylvanta, New York, Michigan and Maryland, On reports from field inspectors that outbreaks of the disease had occurred in the state of Washington and the District of Columbia, department ofit cers prepgred today to place the af- fected areas under quarantine. Action was_withheld, however, pending re celpt of more definite information. COMMITTEES OF- WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees of Connec- ticut Chairman of Literature. Nashviile, Tenn., Nov. 17,—With ap- pointment of chairmen of important standing conimitiees and formu'ation of plans for the work of the coming year, the business left over from the National American Woman Surage as- sociation’s annual convention was com- pleted here tod: at meetings of the cutive council and the board of directors. The board of directors appointed rs. Medill McCorm Qf Chicago chairman of the committee on con- gressional work with Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Chicago as vice chairman. It was announced that Mrs. Funk would go to Washington and take charge of the work before congres: Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw of New York was made chairman of the mem- bership committee, which has jurisdic | tion over admission of suffrage organ- izations to the national body. Other committee chairmen named were J Elections—Mrs. Chicago. Literature—\Miss Caroline Rees, Connecticut Presidential Suffrage—Miss Eliza- beth U. Yates, Rhode Island: The next convention lected later by the di i Sherman Booth, Ruutz- TWO MEN INSTANTLY KILLED BY A TRAIN Were Walking Along Tracks of Long island Road. New York, Nov. 17.—Three young women walking arm in arm along the Long Island railroad tracks near Lau- rel Hill, on their way home from fac- tory work after dark tonight were struck by a fast moving train and two of them were instantly killed. The third was mbrtally injured. Those killed were Millicent Brani- gan, 17 years old, and Fannie Berg- strom, 16, both of Brookiyn. The in- jured girl is Mabel Rankin, also of Brooklyn. * She has a fracture of the skull and internal injuries. The whistling of a high wind in the cut through which they were walking is believed to have deafened the girls to the roar of the train coming behind them around a sharp curve. They were walking the tracks as a more direct way home than the highway afforded. SUICIDED RATHER THAN FACE CHARGE Made by 15-Year-Old Girl Left in His Care. Los_Angeles, Callf., Nov. 17.—Her- bert W. Lowis, head of the children's Home Aid society of California, com- ! mitted suicide in a park today by tak- i ing polson. | Lewis was srrested vesterday on a i San ‘Francisco warrant, the complain- jant being a 15 year old girl in his {charge. He was to have'appeared in gourt in habeas corpus proceedings to- ay. He was 5 years old, = man of fam- ily and of more than statewide prom- inence in the work of rescuing waifs and reclaiming wayward giris. He had Drotested his innocence of the offensc charged against him. ELECTION TO YALE JUNIOR GREEK LETTER FRATS Five Connecticut Men Among the Lucky Ones New Haven, Conn., Nov. 17.—“Cal- cium Night” at Yale, when elections are given to the junior Gpeek letter fraternities, was held on the campus tonight. Harry Le Gore, fullback on the elev- en, went to Delta Kappa Epsilon and Noelle Harriman, son of the late E. H. Harriman, was elected to Psi Up- sflon, - Connecticut students elected were A. W. Harbinson and Austin Dunham, Hartford, Psi Upsilon; W. M. Goss, Waterbury, Alpha Delia Phi 1 tt, Bridgeport, Psi Upsilon, and Oleson, Glenbrock. Psi Upsilon, several banks that they were willing to suhscribe to an amount of about $2,- 500,000, but their assistance was not needed. As it stands, the fund is over- subscribed about $390,000. HOLE STOVE IN STEAMER PLYMOUTH’S BOTTOM Scraped Bottom at the Sunken Mea- dows—Inrush of Water Threatened Engine Room. Tk, ‘The Fail River e steamer Plymouth scraped the bottom at the Sunken Meadows in Long Island sound - opposite - Fort Schuyler as she was on her way to Fall River tonight with 300 passen- gers on board. The impact knocked a hole in the steamer's bilge and caused an inrush of water which threatened for 2 time to invade the engine room. Captain Rowland, when he found the pumps had all they could do to kiegp the influx in check, turned the Pi¥mouth about, the boat returning to her pier in safety with few if any of the passengers knowing what had caused the reversal of the Plymouth’s course. It was nearly three hours af- ter the accident that she reached her @ock. Arrangements were immediate- ly made to transfer the passengers to 'wport on the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford railroad. | The Plymouth, it was announced, | will be laid up indefinitely, the Pris- cilla taking the place of the disabled steamboat. There were some panicky manifestations among the passengers when the Plymouth made the turn and started on her return trip, but Captain Rowland, assured them there was no occasivn for alarm and soon managed to calm their fears. WATERBURY MEN ARE ACQUITTED OF ARSON Were Charged With Burni at Hotchkissville Litchfield, Conn., Nov. 17.—After de- liberating an hour and a half, the jury in the superior court late today ren- dered a verdict of “not guilt; in the cases of Roswell A. Clark and oJseph Holstein, both of Waterbury, who were charged With burning the factory of the American Knife and Shear com- pany at Hotchkissville last June. The trial had been in prozress here for sev- eral weeks and had attracted great at- tention. When the jury returned its verdict the crowd in the room gavve the ac- quitted men a great ovation. Mr. Clark later passed around cigars to the spec- tators. g Factory OBITUARY. Dr. E. L. Conger. Pasadena, Calif.,, Nov. 17.—Dr. E. L. Conger, widely, known as a human- itarian, died at his home here todav. aged 74. "He was a brother of E. Conger, former minister to China. Movements of Steamships New York, Nov. i7.—Steamer Oscar 1., Copenhagen for New York, signal- led 1,285 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon. Dock 8:30 a. m. Saturday. New York, Nov. 17.—Sailed, steamer Ryndam, Rotterdam, London. -Nov. 1 Minnetonka, New Yorl South Wellfleet, Mags., Nov. 17.— Steamer Taormina, Genoa, for New York, signalled 415 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon. Dock 4.30 p. m. Wed- nesday, S g s vatheia To Withhold Reperts of Cabinet Offi- cers, a E g: 4 5 o § 2 Washington, . cabinet meeting it was decided that the annual reports of the various cab- inet - officers this year should not be made public until after President Wil- son had read his annual address to congress in December. The president's communication to congress will be brief and the departmental reports will be in the nature of detailed sup- plements.” Fixing Size of Lard Pails ‘Washington, Nov. 17.—The power of the states to fix the size of lard pails was challenged In an appeal’ to- day to the supreme court for a decision ¢f teh North Dakota supreme court .| holding valid the North Dakota statute requiring lard pails to contain even ol &nd mot fractions of pounds. 17.—At today's |- in conventibn at Nashville. The British steamer Wiemar, from Archangel, Russia, to Leith, Scotland, was driven ashore on the coast of Norway, near Rorre Island. A brick wrapped in for a bomb in the Court of Sessions, Brooklyn, caused spectators to leave hurriedly. paper mistake: “our Specia all the Two hundred women strikers, who tried to storm the Federal Sugar Re- finery at Yonkers, were' driven . back by hot water from fire hose. Mrs. Victor Innes and her husband were acquitted of the murder of JMrs. Nelms-Dennis and her sister, Beatrice Nelms at San Antonia, Texas. The American steamer Berwind, re- ported captured by British cruisers, ived in New York with a cargo of sugar from South America. Dr. Ewald Fluegel a professor at Stanford University died as a result of a general breakdown attributed to worry over the Buropean war. © Henry C. Filler, who ed the most_conspicuouos part in giving Gen- eral Phil. Sheridan to the nation, died at Columbus, Ohio, aged 90 years. An initial shipment of 2,000 barrels of Japanese flour was received at T coma. It is very poer quality, and not expected to compets with American flour. Two submarines known as K-5 and K-6 passed through Cape Cod Canal, en route to New York to be equipped with torpedoes. Outside there was a high sea. Ex-President Gomez, who returned to Havana on January 4, after a trip to France and Spain, informed his friends he is willing to be a candidate for the presidenc: William G. Sharp will present hie credentials as American Ambassador, to President Poincare of France on December 1 and take over the office now held by Myron T. Herrick. John R. Lightfoot of Shelton it was announced, was appointed by Judge Williams of the superior court, temp- orary receiver of the Shelton comp- any, manufacturers of bolts and tacks. The New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals refused to permit the merging of the American Malt Corporation and the American Malting Co. into a new company with a capital of $15,000,000. Albert Cutler defeated Jake Schaf- er 300 to 183 In a billiard players’ |league match at Glens Falis, N. Y, {last night. Averages and high ru 13 1-23; 102. Schaefer 7, 9-2: Members of the Clemson Mllhlg College football team, @t Columbus, C., were arrested by the authorities of the school. They failed to get a form- al permit to leave the town to play a game. Hanging from a chandelier and with gas flowing from an open jet, the body of Jacob Meyers, aged 60, a Ger- man resident of the Brooklawn sec- tion of Bridgeport, was found at his home. James M. Sullivan, minister to the Dominican Republic who has been on leave, had a final conference with Secretary Bryan, preparatory. to leaving for New York to sail for San Domingo City. Five hundred million dolfars of the new British war loan of $1,125.000,000 already has been taken by one firm, it was announced in the house of com- mons by David Liodv-Geoge, chancel- lor of the exchequer. Citizens of Pennsylvania and New Jersey will file protest with the Inter State Commerce Commission. against the in¢rease in fares announced by the Pennsylvania Rallroad and the Phfla- Gelphta & Reading. Sonator Wiiliam J. Stone of Jeffer- son City, Mo., had a plurality of .54, 517 when he was re-elected to the senate on November 3, according to the officia! returns announced by the secretary of state. 2 Rosa Reick dealer in clothing and furnishings in Bridgeport filed a peti- tion in bankruptcy in the United States district court yesterday. Herl ja- bilities are $47,7 She asks for the appointment of a receiver to conduct the business. il tire line of constitutfonalists has been strengthened. RECORDS OF SIEGEL'S 14TH STREET STORE A Hard Fight to Have Them Excluded Failed hard fen Lrom the records of the case of Hariy Siese: Indicted banker-merchant, the testi. mony of Jokn Flint, an expert account- ant, as to the actual condition of the Fourteenth Street store, resulted in a victory teday for the people. The tes- timony, it was sajd, showed discrep- ancies in the statement offered tg the Nafional Bank of Commeérce of New York, upon which a loan of $100,000 was obtained. Oniy four out of the 60 de- partmentd in the New York Fourteen- th Street store made a profit in the year ‘1912, Mr. Flint testified. Robert G. [cMeekin, secretary- .treasurer of the Siegel Stores corpora- tion, ended his testimony today. Al- though he claimed friendliness toward the defendant, the prosecution regard- ed his testimony as favorable to the people’s case, {VETERAN RESERVE ARMY WAS ADVOCATED By Army of the Philippines to Strengthen National Defenss Chicago, Nov, 17—A plan to strengthen the national defence with a veteran reserve army was advocatl- ed in & resolution adopted by the Army of the Philippines, which ad- journed its 14th annual conveition to- day, after electing Brigadier General Jacob H. Smith of Portsmouth, Ohio, commander-in-chief to succeed Colonei John C. Loper of Des Moines, lowa. The veteran reserve force, &g con- templated by the resolution. would make approximately one mlilion men avallable to the government in the event of war. It would incinde officers and enlisted men, within the military age limit, who have had military ser- vice in the nited States army, navy, marine corpg, United States volunteers, ational Guard and American citizens ith experience in any foreign army. Geneseo, WELLESLEY COLLEGE v ENDOWMENT FUND $2,- Subscriptions of Approximately 200,000 Have Been Pledged. Boston, Nov. 17.—Sub: approximately $2,200, ) cash have been obtained toward the Wellesley college endowment ffind, made necessary by the burning of Col- lege hall last March, according to a statement by Bishop Lawrence, chair- man - of the trustees of the college, at a concert for the benefit of the fund tonisht. Bishop Lawrence stated theg the money already obtained wonld be $rullified unless $270,000 ad- ditional was_forthcoming by 'Decem- ber 31. .2 pledge of $750,000 by the Rockefeller Foundation and thousands of doliars other - pledges, he sald were contingent on this further sub- scription. Approimately_ - $2,500,000 must be assured by New Year's. FIVE FIREMEN TRAPPED ON BURNING GRAIN ELEVATOR Jumped 50 Fest Into Life Net—32,000, . 000 Fire at Galveston, Galveston, Texas. Nov. 1T—A loss of approximately $3,000,000 and infury to half a dozer firemen was caused by fire which destroyed the Sunset Grain elevator here today. according to W, B. Scott, president of the Suneet Cen- tral lineg of the Southern Pacific sys- tem. The losg is covered by insurance. Captain J. Ryan, who with five other firemen was trapped on an upper roof by -tha flames and was compelled to jump 6ffty feet into a life net, prob- ably s seriously burt. The other men also received injuries by jumping. Montgomery, Ala., Bank Man Arrested _Montgomery., - Ala., - Nov. 17.— Campbell, head bookkeeper of the First National bank of Montgomery, arrest- ‘ vesterdav in oonnection with an shortage of $58,000, was bound over to a federal grand jury today by United States Commissioner Eimore .on & charge of making a false entry to defraud. Bond was fixed at $10,000. ‘ “‘Overcoatings for War Purposes New York, Nov. 17—The sale of 1.- 000,000 vards of wool overcoatings for War purposes was reported herg todavay