Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 19, 1914, Page 1

Encounters Have Been Won and Lost at Various Places in Belgium and France RUSSIA ADMITS DEFEAT NEAR BZOUR, POLAND Where Germans Forced Back Muscovite Troops and Gained Y a Foothold Near Lenczyca and Orloff—All Along the East Prussian Frontier Petrograd Declares Russians Have Made Successive Advances and in Galicia Have Captur- ed Passes of the Carpathian Mountains Through Which Austrians, in Case of Defeat Must Retreat to Austria. “While ail along the fighting lines France and Belgium and in East Prus- sia, Russian Poland and Galicia fierce fighting continues and encounters have been won and iost at various places, nowhere has any decisive result yet been achiev by either the allies or the and Austrians, In the west the same ding-dong fighting that has been proceeding for weeks along the entrenched line, which extends virtually fro mthe North Sea to the Swiss frontier, is being ‘waged—here an artillery duel, there an infantry attack—with line, however, remaining but slightly changed. . Field Operations in East In the east the battling is more in the nature of field operations. Here there are clatms by both the Teuton al- Mes and the Russiaps to victories and an admission by the Russians to at least one defeat—near Bzoure, Poland. Pet‘lgrid says that here the Germans forced dack the Muscovite troops and gained a foothold near Lenczyca and orl All along the East Prussian frontier, however, Pctrograd declares the Rus- sienis ‘have made successive advances and claime that in Galicia they have captured the passes of the Carpathian BMountains, through which the Austri- -ans-would be forced to wend their way back into Austria in case of a decisive defeat. According to Berlin, the Rus- sians were forced to retreat near Solda: . HReport From Paris In the latest official I’t;‘telnlenlt! is- cned French ayar office it 1s an- xwunez?h‘u in the region of St. Mi- hiel the Germans have blown the west- ern part of Chauvencourt, which they had mined. An earlier official an- nouncement mentioned the fact that the French retained in their possession the western part of Chauvoncourt. It would thus seem probable that the French had met a re e at this ipt. with posgibly considerable losses. m&@.fl! this position, the Ger- man official stataement says: “On_the west bank of the Meuse, near Bt. Mihiel, an attack by the Trench which at first was successful, tatér broke down completely.” RUSSIANS FALL BACK BEFORE GERMAN OFFENSIVE Advance Guard Forced to Retreat Be- twoen the Vistula and the Warta. Petrograd, Nov. 18.—The following communication from general head- quarters was issued tonlght: Between the Vistula and the Warta our advance guards, in an engagement with the Germans, who took the of- fensive, fell back -in the direction of Bzoure. The enemy in, gaining a footing in the region of Lenchitza (Lenczyca) and Orloff,( throwing our @dvance guards in the direction of Piontek. £ In Bast Prussia our troops continue to meke progress and fighting is going on mear the Gumbinnen-Angerburg front which the enemy is defending. ‘In the trenches which we have captured near Varschlagen the ene- my abandoned more than 300 dead. Among the officers whom wWe took pri- soner here was an artillery officer sent to the infantry because of a lack of for that branch. = front along the Mazourian Lakes our reached the wire entaglements of the enemy’s position end forced them. On the front be- tween Czenstochowa and Cracow we have attacked important forces of the enemy, detachments of which operat- ing at Lodowitze were routed. ‘“In Galcla we have occupied suc- cessively the passes over the Carpa- thians. “In the Black Sea our fleet has bombarded the barracks and radio- telegraph station at Trebizond.” UNINTERRUPTED CANNONADE N NORTHERN FRANCE Nothing to Report from the Other Parts of the Front, Paris, Nov. 18, 10.38 p. m.—The fol- lowing official communication was is- sued t: tonigh “Phe day has been marked by a very violent and almost uninterrupted cannonade on our front in the north. “In the region of St. Mihiel the Ger- mans have blown up the west part of hguv rt, which they had mined. “There is nothing to report from the other parts of the front.” RUMORS OF SINKING -OF BRITISH TRANSPORT. Crown of Galicia Attacked by German Cruisers OF Chilean Coast. Valparaiso, Chile, Nov. 18—There are persistent rumors here that the British tronsport Crown of Galicia has been attacked by German criusers and been sunk. It is not state whether the vessel was sunk by her own crew or_by the 8. The crew of the transport it is said, was saved and wiil be landed at Val- araiso by the steamer Rha- “of the Kosmos Line The Crown of Galicia was e steame: ¥ 4,881 -tons. . She was built in 1006 S e e - and belonged to the Crown Steamship Company. French Buy Montana Horses. Livingston, Mont., Nov. 15—A ship- ment of 54 carloads of Montana horses purchased by the French government agents was completed here today. The animals cost an average of $55. STEAMERS IN COLLISION IN AMBROSE CHANNEL. Mallory Co’s Comal Drawn in by Suc- tion of White Star Liner Baltic. New York, Nov. 18.—The Mailory line steamship Comal, for Galveston, and the White Star liner Eautic, tor Liverpool, collided late today as both ships were passing out through Am- brose channel. The Comal was com- pelled to return to her dock, where it was found that she had been damaged to such an extent that her sailing has been cancelled, According to Lieut. Charles Pugh, U. S. N. one of the passengers on the Comal, the Baltic came up astern, passing on the port side of the Comai a ta distance of about 120 feet. It is presumed that the suction of the iarger ship caused the Comal to be drawn in, striking the Baltic amid- shipe. Examination of the Mailory liner showed that she had several badly bent plates on the port bow and o dis- abled capstan. The Baltic was not damaged and after-slowing up to as- certain if assistance was needed shie proceeded. ‘The {omal had 56 passen- gers on board bound for Galveston. REORGANIZATION ANNOUNCED OF RHODE ISLAND CO. Street Railway System Severs Its Con- nection with New Haven Road. Providence, R. I, Nov. 18—An an- nouncement that ihe Rhode Island company, which controls the street railways'in this state, had been re- organized so that the last link of its connection with the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad had been severed, was made today by the trus- i tees appointed under the federal i agreement. The new_directofate consists of: Theodore Francis Green, Rathbone Gardner, Charles C. Mumford, John O. Ames and John P. Farnsworth, the trustees and A. and A. T. Potter, president and vice president, respec- tively. Robert 'W. Taft, Howard Eiliott, D. Newton Barney, Henry H. McHarg, Frederick A, Brewster A. Heaton Rob- ertson L. F. Storrs, N. ‘W, Smith, Duff F. Sherman and A. E. Clark of the old board resigneG before the reorgan- ization and it was voted to reduce the number of directors from 12 to 7. Cattle Disease Cause of Failure. Toledo, O., Nov. 18.—The first bank- ruptcy growing out of the hoof and mouth disease epidemic to be reported is that of V. A. Foreman, stock buyer, of Willshire, Van Wert county. Ile filed bankruptcy schedules in the United States court Monday, listing liabilitles of $5,072.80, with assets of only $144.42. Foreman is said to have lost a number of head of cattle as a result of their contracting tne hoof and mouth disease. Coal Ship Afire. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 18.—News was recelved here tonight of a serious un- explained fire aboard the steamship Protesilaus, which is being used o carry coal from the British naval base at Esquimault, B. C., to British and Japanese warships cruising in the North Pacific. The fire occurred Oct. 26, but news of it was suppressed. Chile Ratifies Peace Treaty. Washington, Nov. 18—Ratification by the Chilean senate of the new peace <commission treaty with the United States was announced in a cablegram received today from Santiago by Min- ister Suarez. This treaty was ratified by the senate here some time ago along with a number of others of a similar nature. Chicago Stock Exchange to Reopen. Chicago, Noy. 18.—The Chicago stock exchange will resume business Mon- day morning. Trading will be permit- ted in all listed and unlisted stock at the closing prices of July 30. The fliuna rule applies to bonds. In andling dividend paving stocks trad- er< will be permitted to deduct one dividend. Smithfield Worsted Co. Bankrupt. Providence. R. I, Nov. 81.—The Smithfield Worsted company was to- dav adjudeed bankrupt on its own pe- tition. ~ The_liabilities wero given as $181,105 and the' assets as $172,433. The company marufactured cotton worsteds and manipulated fabrics. it was incornorated in 1912 with a capi- tal of $70,000. Sunken Wreck in Track of Shinsing. Cohagsett, Mass., Nov. 18.—A sunken wreck In the track of shipping about 2.3-4 miles south-southeast of Minot's light was reported today. A heavy spar, heel up, attached to rigging, Cabled - Paragraphs Casuaities of English Officers. London, Nov. 18, 9.20 D. m.—. - ing to ity lists dated Nov. 11, 1S and 13, 25 cers have been killed and 50 wounded. Fourteen officers are re- pnriw;l missing. Among the killed is Henry Bligh Fortesque Parnell, fif:h Baron Congleton, a lieutenant ui.‘: the General Frederic C. the Ninth infantry b: ade. GOVERNMENT NOT TO LIFT CATTLE EMBAS0 In Uninfected Areas Until 709" ced of Non-Existence o 4ot ce. Nt ~—The federal 1ift the embargo attle because of the foot and m. . .a disease in uninfected areas of quarantined states until thoroughly convinced that the disease does not- exist in such terricory. Sec- retary Houston’s views on the subject were outlined today to a delegaticn representing the national livestock exchange, who urged such action ca the ground that cattlemen were being hampered because they cannot ship cattle from uninfected areas. The secretary explained tnat it had not_yet definitely been established that such areas were not infected and that to comply with the request of .tke stockmen it would be necessary to ar- range with the states to maintain *tae guarantine line within the infected states. ; While declining for the present to accede to the reguest, the secretary formed the delegation that it was his purpose to lift the embargoes from the uninfected areas in quarantined states at the earliest possible momeat consistent wtih eafety. TEN BURNED TO DEATH IN FLORIDA REFORM SCHOOL. Nearly a Hundred Boys Escaped by Climbing Dewn Sides of Building. Marianna, Fla, Nov.'18.—Ten per- sons were burned to death here today when fire destroyed the main buildings of the Florida reform school. Nearly a hundred boys escaped by climbing through a skylight and down the sides of the three-story building on fire es- capes. The dead ar Bennett Evans, instructor in carpen- try and Charles Evans, a guard, and tne foilowing boys: Earl Morris, ~Joseph _Weatherbee, Clifford Cliffords, Louis Haffin, Louis Fernandez, Walter Fisher, Waldro Frew and Clarence Parrott. According to a statement telegraph- ed to Governor Trammell tenight by Acting Superintendent Willlam Bell, all fire escape doors in the section where deaths occurred were locked when the fire was discovered Govern- or Trammell has telegraphed Presi- dent W. H. Milton of the board of di- rectors of the school asking for an in- vestigation. MUTUALIZATION OF OPOLITAN LIFE Question to Be Submitted to Stéck- holders at Meeting Dec. 4. ‘Washington, government w# on shipmer” New York, Nov. 18.—Policy holders of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company, numbering more than 10,- 000,000, will be given an opportunity to authorize a mutualization of that company at a meeting to be held in this city December 28 aeccording to an announcement made today. Direc- tors of the company already have unanimously approved the plan and it wag stated that holders of more than 90 per cent. of the stock have agreed to ft. The question will be formally submitted to the stockholders at a meeting to be held here December 4. The Metropolitan Life Insurance company is now a stock corporation with a capital of $2,000,000. Its sur- plus is estimated at $40,000,000 It is proposed to return the $2,000,000 cap- ital and to pay $4,000,000 of the sur- plus to -the stockholders under the mutualization plan. PACIFIC COAST BENEFITS BY OPENING OF CANAL San Francisco’s Export Business Has Nearly Doubled. ‘Washington, Nov. 18.—The great benefit reaped by the Pacific coast from the opening of the Panama canal is strikingly shown by the fact that while foreign bound commerce of the United States showed a great decline last month from the traffic of October a year ago at most of the great ports, San Francisco’s export business nearly doubled. The total from San Fran- cisco last month was $8,990,234, com- pared with $5,050,455_in October. 1913 In adaition to this direct business with foreign countries, San Francisco sent $5,096,064 worth of goods to New York last month, much of which, it is be- lieved, was destined for & European countries, All the New York cargoes and $3,- 846,988 of the foreign bound commerce went through the canal, England tak- ing over three millions of the latter figure FUNERAL. Mrs. Elizabeth Duer Griscom. Fairfield, Conn.. Nov. 18.—The re- mains of Mrs. Elizabeth Duer Gris- com, wife of Lloyd C. Griscom, who at one time was ambassador to Rome, were laid to rest here this afternoon in_Oaklawn cemetery. Mrs. Griscom died Monday morning from the effects of a severe cold which she contracted about ten days ago and which developed into pleurisy. Brief funeral services were held at Grace Episcopal church, New ¥ork, after which the body was brought hi accompanied by a large numbe&'era mourners. Revenue Cutter Gresham to Be Over- hauled. Boston, Nov. 18.—The duty of the revenue cutter Gresham in guarding against violations of federal neutrality by outward bound steamers ended tos day and after two weeks’' overhauling she will begin her winter patrol of the coast between Portsmouth, N. H. and Block Island. A torpedo destroy- er will take the pilace of the Gresham as port guardian, Medale for Panama-Pacific Exposition. Washington, Nov. 18.—A. C. Miller, chairman of the government exhibit ‘board -for the Panama-Pacific i- tion, and Robert Aitken, the California sculptor, today conferred with Presi- dent Wilson concerning the design for a commemorative medal to portray the event celebrated by the exposition. Presses supplied by the San Francisco. mint as a part of the government ex- :ltblfion will be used to coin the med- s Villa Marching on Mexico Ciiy N COMMAND OF TROOPS UNDER CONVENTION CONTROL OBREGON MOVESNORTH Forces of General Pablo Gonzales Loy- al to.Carranza, Are at Querstaus, Where First Important Clash Will Frobably Odeur. ‘Washington, Nov. 18.—General ¥Fran- cesco Villa in eommand of the troosp under the control of the Mexican con- vention at Aguascalientes, is march- ing on Mexico City. His army took Leon, the first important railroad cen- ter south of Aguscalientes, . without firinz a shot. The forces of General Pablo Gon- zales, loyal to Carranza, are gathered at Queretaro and Irapuato, where the first important clash in the hostilities between General Carrgnza and the con- vertion probably will eccur. Official Messages Received These facts were reported in offi- cial messages received today from George C. Carothers, American agent, accompanying General Villa.. Caroth- érs stated that General Villa was well equipped for the march. From American Consul Silliman came a dispatch saying conditions were far more serious in Mexico City than they had been since the parleys for peace began. He regards actual hostilities as inevitable, though some of the generals are still trying to patch up the differences. Carranza Claims He Was Misunderstood General Carranza, according to mes- sages from Mr. Silliman and Leon Canulo, special agent at Aguascalien- tes, has declared that he had been misunderstood; that he never intend- ed to deliver the executive power ex- cept .to General Pablo Gonzales or some other man of his own selection, in whom he had entire confidence, Of- ficials tonight believed that General Gutierrez, chosen provisional presi- dent by the convention at Aguascali- entes, had ordered a general attack on Carranza garrisons. Gutierrez con- trols virtually all the northern half of . Mexico and General Vailla’s advance guard is within 200 miles of the Mexi- can capital. One column of convention forces is moving eastward from, San Luis Poto- sl to Tampico. Another is endeavesing to cut off the forces of General Jesus Carranza at Puerto Mexico from com- municeation with Mexico City or Pu- ebla. An epgagement near Puert Mexico at Juile was reported today by American ul Canada. General gfi.iza Carabral, a Villa commander, was Whether the ex-federal forces under Generals Higenio Aguilar and Argu- medo, which threaten Puebla, are working in harmony with General Vil- la is not known, but renewed attacks on the Carranza lines by the Zapata troops who are loyal to the convention are not expected. OBREGON MOVING NORTH WITH ARTILLERY Claims Northern Forces Have Violated Every Promise Mexico City, Nov. 18.—Trainloads of artlllery from General Obregon's for- ces have left for the north as a pre- liminary step in the campaign against General Francisco Villa. In a state- ment today General Obregon said: “The northern forces have violated every armistice and promise made to us. ‘I considor all the efforts made to settle the present. trouble without re- sort to arms as useless. My command of the division of the northwest is ready’ to fight again in defence of thé principles for which we have been fighting during the past three vears “I have all my artillery on trains and my troops are ready ot entrain at a moment’s notice. We will leave for the north shortl GENERAL VILLA BARS AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. Persons Crossing Berder Were Re- lieved of Papers by Inspectors- El Paso, Tex, Nov. 18.—All Ameri- can mewspapers were prohibited from entry into Mexico by an order from General Villa put into effect today along the horder. Even persons cross- ing the international border at this port were relieved of newspapers they carrlfed by Villa inspectors. No ex- planation was given for the order. The Villa troops were reported to- night as pressing south against the Carranza forces after the. taking sev- eral days ago of Leon. MEXICAN WOMAN KILLED ON AMERICAN SIDE. Six Others Wounded by Yaqui Indians In Attack on Naco. Nace, Ariz.,—One Mexican woman was killed, three others wounded and three men hurt on the American side today as tré result of the attack on Naco, Sonora, made today by Governor Mayotorena's Yaqui Indian rtoops. Three of Hills wounded were killed in their beds by shrapnel. Hill's casual- ties from the day were 18 killed and 50 wounded. Mayotorena’s losses are unknown. ‘There was heavy fighting all morn- ing, but the cannonading in the after- noon was intermittent. T. A. SCOTT WRECKING CO. EMPLOYE DROWNED A Cook Named Oldroyd Disappeared Near Juniper Point. Branford, Conn., Nov. 18—A cook named Oldroyd, employed on dredger No, 5 of the A. Scott Wrecking company’ of New London, was drowned in Long Island sound near Juniper Point early today, it is believed. When the crew of the dredger appeared for breakfast Oldroyd was missing, His clothing was found on board. It is surmised that he fell overboard thus Jost his life. The crew spent thi day in dragging for the-body, but at sundown tonight no trace of it had ble;-n found. Oldroyd was 40 years o The Kokomo Stell Factory, of Koko- mo, Ind., will resume operations with @ full foree ‘of 2,00 men, on Monday. To Ask Turkey for Explanation OFHCIA[S_AE PUZZLED Mined—Commanders Notified Take ‘No Overt Action. to \Washington, Nov. 18.—The Unitel States government has directed Aia- bassador Menry Morgenthau at Con- etantinople to ask the Ottoman go.- ernment for an explanation for the firing by Turkish land forces at a launch from the American cruiser Tea- nessee, which was proceeding from Vourlah to the American consulate at Smyrna, Asia Minor- Secretary Danlels, with the approval of President Wilson, simultaneously cabled the commanders of the Tennes- eee and the North Carolina, also in the Mediterranean, to take no action which might embarrass the American govern=~ ment and to await specific instructions from Washington concerning the gen- eral situation. Message from Commander of Ten- nessee. These steps followed the receipt of a message from Capt. Benton C. Deck= er, commander of the Tennessee, Which was paraphrased in this statement from the navy department: “Capt. B. C. Decker, in command <f the Tennessee, wired Secretary Dar- lels this morning that while proceeding from Vourlah to Smyrna to make offi- cial calls the boat was fired on. Consul anxious for safety of consujate. Ten- nessee proceeded -to. and left urlah at request of ambassador and is now anchored in the harbor of Scio (Chios), Greece, from which Captain Decker’s telegram was sent. Secretary Danisis wired for fuller information.” Awaiting Definite Details. Although without definite details as to just what occurred, high officials of the Washington government had no doubt that the incident, no matter where the responsibility lay, would be promptly adjusted through diplomatic channels- President Wilson is deter- mined that under no circumstances shall the United States be involved in war with Turkey. If the Turkish offi- cers acted without authority of the Ot- toman government, and the firing was not justified by naval procedure in a closed port, it is confidently helleved here the Ottoman government will ren- der apology. On account of the slow cable com- munlcn.uc‘ga gom aid lgl:mmun]gp through ave route, Dui- garia, Houmknia, Austria and Italy.— no. message concerning .the incident came from Ambassador Morgenthau. The last despatches received from the ambassador were dated Nov. 14th and were of a routine character ‘With the navy's message as the only basis for judgment, President Wilson and administration officials were puz- zled. The president telephoned Secre- tary" Daniels several times today and also discussed the situation with Act- ing Secretary Lansing. Two Sugges- tions were vouchsafed by high offi- cials, although they admitted that their views were purely speculative. Firing Probably Friendly. The firing, they thoughti, probably was a friendly act, giving the cus- tomary warning by a single shot, sig- nifying to the Tennessee’'s launch that the port of Smyrna was mined ani closed, or else the boat was turnel back because it attempted to enter without previous arrangements having been made with the Turkish authori- ties. Officials of the government declinied to believe that the firing was an un- friendly act. Assurances.given by the porte have repeatedly pledged protoc- tion and the closest friendship for American citizens. Regardless of whether or not Smyrna is a closed port, under the reguilations of the United States navy Captain Decker would be justified in seeking to enter the harbor to ascertain the faets with peference to the -American con- sulate and its citizens. . INCREASED SALARIES FOR OFFICERS OF A. F. OF L. President Gompers Gets Raise from $5,000 to $7,500. Philadelphia, Nov. 18.—The Ameri- can Federation of Labor in annual cou - vention today unanimously adopted 2 resolution calling upon the president of ‘the United States “to imsist that the Colorado coal operators immedi- ately comply with the federal plan of settlement” of the strike in that sta'e, and “in the event they refuse, that he take such steps as are necessary o have a receiver appointed for the pur- pose of taking over the mines affected and operate them in the interest of ihe people, under federal supervision, until such time as the civil and political «ights of the people are established.” ‘The resolution was reported to tle convention by the committee on the executive council’s report and was adopted without discussion.. The com- mittee expressed sympathy for = the strikers and assured them support un- til the strike is settled. The convention also adopted by a vote of 150 to 33 a resolution raising the salary of the president of the fed- eration from $5,000 to $7.500 a year ard that of the secretary from $4,000 t» $5,000. President Gompers, before the matter was put to a vote, asked the delegates not to vote the increase. Movements of Steamships. XNaples, Nov. 8.—Arrived, steamer San Guglieimo, New York. Genoa, Nov. 11.—Arrived, steamer Verona New York, 4 New York, Nov. 18.—Arrived, steamer Taormina, Naples. 8ailed, steamer Baltic, Liverpool. New York, Nov. 18.—Steamer Ber- gensfjord, Bergen for New York. sig- nalled passed Nantucket lightship at 8 p. m. Dock 8.30 a. m. Thursday. Conductor Shot by Robbers. Bagle Grove, la., Nov. 13.—William J. Reynolds, a freight conductor on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, was shot and killed today by a robber who entered the caboose just after the train had left Rradgat ; Taft to Lecture in Chicago- Chicago, Nov. 18.—Former President H. Taft arrived here today o deliver a series of lectures at the Uai- versity_of Chicago. T in [of Deputies in Bordeaux will return Paris. peared ‘Washington. The Cleveland Stock Exchange will open Monday. Snow fell to o depth of three inches northern New York State. The members of the French Gllmbro - The foot and mouth disease has ap- among cattle in the State of The Trio Oil & Gas Co, was in- corporated at Dover, Del, with a capi- tal of $100,000. Public dissatisfaction with the new Brazilian Cabinet led to street rioting in Rio Janeiro. & Part of the business section of Pat- chogue, L. L, was wiped out by fire at a loss of $40,000. The second annual meeting of the Great Lekes Waterway Conference was opened at Chicago. The new Cunard liner Transylvania arrived in New York from rpool on her maiden voyage. S. B. Chapin & Co. of New York purchased a seat on the New York Cotton Exchange for $9,600. Gold to the amount of $30,000 was withdrawn from the Sub-Treasury for shipment to South America. A large organ consisting of over 4,000 parts, is being_installed in the prison at Blackwell's Island, New York. James A. Quealey, of New York, an actor, was stabbed and robbed by two men, as he was about to enter his home. The interior of the Second United Presbyterian church, at Pittsburgh, was destroyed by fire, at a loss of $50,000. It was announced that President Willson will not_attend the Army- Navy game at Philadelphia, Novem- ber 28. The Western Cartridge Co. of Alton, I, received an order for $4,000,000 ‘o Prohibition THRIFT AND PROSPERITY RE. PLACE CRIME AND DESTITUTION AN OVER-NIGHTMIRACLE Marks of Suffering, Pinched Looks of liness and Improper Nourishment Have Gone in Faces of Peasantry— Prohibition is Absolute. __Petrograd. Russia, Nov. 15.—There is prohibition in Russin’ today, prohi- any other strong liquor is cbtainable from® one end to the other of a territory populated by 150,000,600 people and covering one-sixth ©f the habitable &' e story of how strong drink has been utterly banished from the Rus- sian empire was related to The Agso- ciated Press by Michael Bemit:ofltch Tcheliehef?, the man directly respom- sible for putting an end to Russia's great vice, the vodka habit. Frem Drunken Inertia to Sobriety. It should be sald in the beginning that the word prohibition in Russia, must-be taken literally. Its use does not imply a partially successful at- tempt to curtali the consumption of liquor resulting in drinking in secref places, the abuse of medical IHcenses and general evasion and subterfuge. It does not mean that a vast popu- lation * who consumed $1,000.000.000 wdrfh of vodka a year: whose ordinary condition has been described Ly R slans themselves as ranging frc slight degree of stimulation upwar has been lifted almost in one day from a drunken inertia to sobriety. The nation has been compelled, virtuaily overnight, to abandon its enormous daily consumption of vodka, a liquor that is almost pure alcohol and hecome abstemious to the extent of letting no liquor pass its lips, Liquor Placed Under Imperial Seal. On that day when the mobilizatiop of bullets. The cosignee Is not made {of the Russian army began, specis public. policemen visited every piace where The Navy wili establish wireless ap- (Continued on Page Six.) paratus at Cape Cod to help ships!| groping in the fog to determine their. positions. Mrs. Heien D. Longstreet, widow of the Confederate General filed a pef tion of voluntary bankruptcy in Jer- sey City. Jam®s M. O'Dell, of New York, pub- lic. school truant officer, was instantly BRIDGEPORT INVESTIGATING A PERPLEXING CRIME Autopey Shows That Man, Supposed to Have Boen Burned to Death, Had Bullet Wound Heart, Btidgeport, Conn., Nov. 18.—em- killed by a fall from the window of | bers of the local police and detective his home. - Twenty-eight murderers presented applications for clemency at the open- ing of the Court of Pardons, at Tren- ton, N. J. Thieves robbed the wholesale whi key store of James McAvoy, in New York, of a wagon load of ryegin bot- tles and kegs. California citrus crop for the 1914- 1915 season is valued at approximately $32,000,000 practically the same valua- tion as last year. The special election at Salem, Mass., made necessary by the petition for the recall of Mayor John F. Hurley, will be held on December 29. American- Hawaiian steamer Arizon- ian, from San Francisco by way of the Panama Canal, ran aground in lower New York harbor. The North Dighton, Mass, post- office safe was dynamited and about $900 in cash and stamps stolen by robbers who escaped unseen. Jared Flagg of New York was sen- tenced to serve eighteen months in the Federal Penitentiary at Atlants, for using the mails to defraud. Bessie Van Vorst, the American au- thor, will wed Hughe Lereux, one of the editors of the French newspaper Le Matin, in Paris, December 26. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad will spend $13,000,000 within the next four years in electrification work in the Rocky Moutain district. The police of New York are comb- ing the city to register the names of black hand men and anarchists to pre- vent further bomb throwing in police courts. Miss Beatrice Colt, youngest daugh- ter of United States Senator LeBar- on B. Colt of Bristol, R. I, died, after a brief illness from typhoid fever, She was 23 years old. Ralph Grecco of New York, escaped from the Lebanon Hospital where he was a prisoner, in bath robe and slip- pers and went to his home, where he Tto unravel “Were-sel- to work tonight what i3 declared to be one of the most perplexing crimes ever committed in this city, when it was discovered ‘late this afternoon by an autopsy performed on the charred re- mains of Steve Molmar, tbat the mau had died from the bullet wound. The police are working on the theory that after the man had been . killed his clothing was saturated with kerosene and the body burned. Molmar's charred body was found near the plant of the Crane company, in this city, two weeks azo and at that time it was believed the victom had met with an accident or brought about his own d The latter version, however, was not seriously entertained by the police au~ thorlties. Coroner Phelan, who held an inquest over the body this afternoon, dfrected Medical Examiner Garlick to perform an autopsy. The medical examiner found on investigation that a bullet had pierced the heart and that death was bro t about by this means. ‘The police immediately took into custody Mrs. Molmar, widow oft vie- tim, and John Kerekas. a boarder af the Molmar home. When questioned at headquarters both asserted thelr Innocence and denied any knowledge of -the alleged crime. Mrs. Molmar ‘was later released. cITY O‘WWIALS HAVE RIGHT TO CENSOR MOVIES. According to Deolsion Handed Down from Bench Supreme Court of New. York. - New York, Nov. 18—The right of city officials to prohiblt the eXhibit - motion pictures believed to be contrary, to public policy was upheld today in a declsion by Supreme <Court Justice Vernon M. Davis. ~ The decision vacated an injunction obtained by . a preducer restraining George H. Bell, commissioner of city licenses, from prohibiting the display of a “war” film supposed to show Ger- man atrocities. Mr. Bell ordered the picture taken off at a local theatre af- ter~he had learned that the natiomal board of censorship had condemned ti.. The position was taken by the board that the fllm violated the principle of . neutrality. It was shown in court that as caared o | the picture had been suppressed in pThe short _lumber mille of c. 3.| ZOMOR Prpvidence, Mitwaukee, Kan- TeWOorgy . and Whitcomb [} 1 % p Lode on Zoppestte bankome| It is said ‘the declsion stremgthens the, Union i were burned. ver, at Ellsworth, Me., The commission of Patrick McCabe, Conservation Commissioner of New York, was filed in the Secretary of Stae’s office. appointment will take effect on Dec. 1. {:ajr‘:im hgv a bullet lh?d across the ler where a battle is being by Mexican factions. ¢ o A $35,000 fire .di > buil of Eisira Wells Cm.‘ mu.xw nmh. manufacturers of marine engines. The fire was set by burgiars who were un- able to crack the office safe. The Progressive, Socialist and Inde- pendent Labor parti in the recent election faiied to met votes enough in Minnesota to entitle them to legal standing as politicial organizations. The British steamer La Corrontina, w&mcfl left lliu:"na: Ayres October 5, lverpool, a val at $1,000,000 has not. mwmmm, and fear is expressed for her safety. Charles W. ‘widely knowr;t in kering, Jn, & member Philadelphia, banking disease’ while o1 the plan- of the national board of can- sorship to extend its activities to all large cities. ALL CLASSES HONOR = THE BELGIAN RULER Required Large Motor Truck to For- ward Mail to Flanders Havre, France, Nov. 18, via Paris, 6:15 p. m~—A large motor truck was to forward to King Albert at his head: ers et Flanders the mafl recetved for the king on the ec- casion of his fete. No class of society forgot the rules on his saint’s day, which corresponds to a birthday in- Protestant countries. Picture post cards, contaiuing coun< gratuiations and best wishes, were in the majority, but the king's mail con- tained poems, drawings, paintings and even ‘original musical compositions. Children were heavy contributors, as also were wounded' soldiers in the hos pitais. All ranks from the nobility to the “peasantry were represented. Officers of W. H. M. Society. Providence, R. I, Nov. 18—Afra Walter P. Buck of Stafford Springs, Conn., was today re-elected president’. of the Woman's Home Missionary so- ciéty of the New England Southerm Episcopal conference. Mrs, Albert W. Rogers of New London, Conn., was.chosen corresponding g