Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 10, 1914, Page 1

Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Sank the Monmouth and Good Hope ARE NOW CHASING NURNBERG AND DRESDEN Admirel Count Von Spee, Officers and Crew Went Down Belgium and France—Servians Claim Austrians are Re- he treating in Disorder, Losing Heavily in Men, Guns and | Vi7ia ‘War Material—Petrograd Says Russians Evacuated Lodz Without Losing a Soldier—Germans Claim Russian Loss Was Heavy—Great Britain Now in Control of 2000000 JEWS DRIVEN FROM HOMES IN RUSSIAN POLAND | mine Extreme Distress Also Prevails the Jewsiin Galicia. New York, Dee. twomiilion Among provinces of Pedolia and Bessarabia are o Ta musmiber of and destitute api pled by the Russian armies.” SAYS CONDITIONS IN VIENNA ARE NORMAL. Asiatic Turkey From the Junction of the Tigris and Eu- | cparies Denby, American Consul Gen- ph’dukivmtotheSe&-Empawwmi‘mmw"k Grent Britain has evened the score with Germany for the sinking of her the Hope Good and Mon- mouth off ili November 1. A "mm(’:ugm under Vice Ad- miral Sir Frederick Sturdee has sent to ‘Dbottom off g‘: southern coast Lo t Génisenau and Liep- German warships the defeat of Rear An 1l says it 1s reported there that these two vessels were badly damaged. ‘With the sinking of the Scharnhorst, the fl; \ ‘hip, Admiral Count Von' ‘probai,.y sought a grave neath the waves, ac was the case the official report- N i e were saved, o mention of the. reseue! f04r torpedo of any of the ‘ship's company of the Scharnhorst. Fighting in France and Belgium. et are along the en- tire front in continue to be waged. at va- German_cruis- | with,| Belgium and France and| S \ the coast of Chile on Nov. 1 sank the Britiah cruisers Monmouth and Good Hope, with the loss of about 1,500 men. Japs Had Been Searching f‘]l" Them. Since that time British and ese squadrons have been searchi for the German fleet, of which little been Recent reports from Monte- video, Ufuguay, were to the effect that the German fleet was believed to have rounded the cape and entered tl';: Largest Vessels of German Fiest. The Scharnhorst and Gnelsenau were the largest vessels of the German fleet, They were sister ships of 11,600 tons’ displacement, 450 feet on the waterline were, rated guns and he Leli ‘had a displ ot} . x‘:‘n‘a carried. 286 men. She was 341 feet long on the waterline, had a2 beam of 43 1-2 feet and was 28 3 largest guns, of which she carried ten, were 4.1-inch. he had also ten one-pounders, four machine guns and two ‘tubes. e tul D. : The British official statement show: that, as has been reported, the Ger- made its way man squadron the Pacific to the Atlantic. The Falkland eral There. Washington Dec. 9—Charles American consul-general of Uniteg States at Vienna, Austria, who is in_this coi on_personal busi- ness, called today on Secretary Bryan and 'told him that despite reports to the contrary, conditions were normal in reapect. offices as Theatres. hotels, and shops were open for business usual Mr. Denby said and there had| been no increase in prices, even in o GERMANS TO ECONOMIZE ‘IN USE OF PROJECTILES ply Vast Amounts for the Army. Parts, Dec. 9, 6.15 p. m—According :omrm-.nae:mfnmtm been found in a village in the depart- ment of Alsme, sending _ that be - o] in the use. of i rea- | o stated, - tion_ fa ‘en vh Gk nts army. :‘! SUpDLY. Indefic ammunition for the DANBURY MAN SUICIDES AT 0. U. A, M: MEETING, Stepped from Hal! Into an’ Anteroom and Shot Himeelf. Danbury, Conn., Dec. 9—While in attendance at a meeting of the local council, Order. of United American Mechanics, tonight, Foster Boughton, aged 65, a retired business man, step- the hall into an anteroom and shot himself through the mouth angd | Islands, near which the German ships | With a revolver. ed the positions re- strengthen taken from the Germans. 1o the of Nancy and in the forest of Argonne have inflicted heavy ocasualties on the allies. enormous losse: fered by the Russians. Turkish Forces Surrender. Great Britain, according to’ official advices, now is In complet control of part of Aslatic Turkey from the Junction of the Tigris and Euphrates to sea. is was accom- through the surrender of command Subhi-Bey, - to Britain's Indian expeditionary force operating at the Bead of the ePr- The latest bulletin issued in Ber- lin_concerning the condition of Em- peror William sald he had been un- to leave his bed and that his fever had not decreased. It added the mmm'e_flnmxlvemys. { man Comes- line. SUNK BY BRITISH SQUADRON tn Engagement OFf the Falkland lel- ands—Two Colliers Captured. London, Deo. 8, 7.57 p. m—It was officlaliy hiere today that th announced iy v o arnhorsi, Gueise- and Lelpzi- had been sunk off the d Islands in the South Atlantic. ‘The following announcement was is- sued by the official information 1eau: “At 7.80 a. m. on the §th of Decem- the b:rst, Gneisenau, :(1:;!:- berg, Leipzig and Dresden were - the d TIslands, squadron under Vice B captured. admiral reports that the ties are very few in Edlm Chile, = vics r casualf - hvz the Leipzig. 1 an iy German Cruisers Smnu.‘. Bantiago, Dec. 9—The were sighted, lie off the tip of South directly east of the Straits of JAPS. AND BRITISH SINK Ger- by rships off the Del Fuego, the south- ermost extrimity of South America, nday, according to advices just Teceived here. was contained in sunk ‘The information wireless despatch to- the n?lhh’y of marine from the commander of the Argentina war transport Piedra Bue- na. The message said that a division of warships, which the commander be- lieved to have been either English or fapanese, aggregating five {ronciads and one traveport, sank on the morn- ing of December 6 one of the Ger- mans in the roadstead of Picton Is- land., The two other gteamers were sent to the mg: the same evening Qutside the harbor of Pantalon, near n - Plo. One steamer bel to the Ger- e ownership of the two others, was not stated, but the commander of the Pledra Buena re- ported that one of them had a yel. low funnel -fith a black rig aroun it. FIGHTING IN EASTERN-GALICIA BE@OHING VERY STUBBORN. Berlin Says Nothing of Note Has Oc- curred in the Carpathians. Berlin, Dec. 9, by Wireless Telegraph to London, 6.08 p. m.—The Austrian general staff today published the fol- lewing communication in Vienna: In Eastern Galicia the fighting is asain becoming very stubborn. In the Teat our traops attacked _and causéd the enemy to withdraw from his posi- tion between and Wieliczka (southeast of Cracow). . “It b-.:hnn‘t t’:}bm Pfl!alt!blo to as- certain the total number of priso: taken. So far over 5, note_occurred . in the e Russian troops i to retire behi Austrians Are Retreating in Disorder, ar Material. He was dead when members of the lodge reached him. It is Mr. Boughton had been despondent because of financial troubles, which is believed to be the reason for hie act. ‘Washington, Dec. 9.—The American National Red Cross at its tenth annual meeting here today _readjusted its Buropean war work. Hereafter the so- clety will not solieit contributions for non-combatants, but will limit its so- 5| licitations to funds- for -relieving - the sick and wounded in the engaged ar- mies. It will transmit, kowever, non- combatant relief funds to European Red Cross organizations when the don- or designates the country to which the funds are to be sent. change in policy was in line with the remarks of President Wilson, who, as active head of the organiza- tion, presided at the afternoon ses. sion. In urging the strictest neutral ity on the part of Americans, the pres- ident took occasion to praise the spirit of the Red Cross as typical of the American spirit to lend a helping hand to the suffering. As Mr. Wilson talked, many of the women in the hall knitted: industrious ly away on socks for the Belgian suf- . Among those in-the audience ‘was Mrs. William H. Taft. In reporting to the meeting on the Buropean war work, Miss Mabel T. Boardman stated that the society had transmitted $171,000 to Burope, COLLIER JUPITER WAS DAMAGED BY. STORM Cleared from Philadelphia’for Boston —Is Putting Into New York. . ‘ashington, Dec. 9~In .a wireless despatch to the navy department Lieu- tenant Commander Kempff, command- ing the big electric collier Jupiter, an- nounced that his ship had been dam- aged by the storm off the coast and was proceeding to New York. The ves. sel left Philadelphia for Boston 'De- cember 4. Wi n, e sence of Nantucket Mghtship, ing to New York” To Investigats Conduct of - James M. Sullivan. ‘Washington, Dec. .— ‘Gar- rison has fiw" to Wrwdm that the forthcoming investigation of the conduct of United States Minister James M. Sullivan of Santo Domingo be conducted by the state epartment slone. He pointed out that Which" had ' heen lodged against T Sullivan by Walter former eral of ‘W. Vick, - Domini acel in ~Vienna | 85 ‘mine passed 1 = general_superintend- the company, said, however, of the men might have drop- & small stick of dynamite or box an explosion of sufficient force to. shatter the platform of the cage. EVACUATION OF, LODZ ADMI"&D BY RUSSIANS. Claim They Did Not Lose a Soldier While Giving Up-the Position. __ BUILUINGS BURNED. Four Firemen Injured—Estimated That 8,000 Men and Women = Will Be flm'fiqhflvymm—ulm at 67, to Start All -Over Again— Carried Only.$2,000,000 Insurance. ‘West Orange. N. J.,, Dec. 9—Fire des- 0 pected imately _$5,000,000, An entire square block of modern ‘reinforced concrete buildings which were su; to be fireproof was burned ‘out. The only building saved in the block was the laboratory build- ing, containing valuable scientific ma- chinery under the immediate super- Lntdndencé.o( the :E'el;ltltbr‘ 'la'lm:nl-l :e Edison. pecial efforts made to sa: this structure were successful. 7,000 Employed at Plant. It {s estimated that about 3,000 men and women will be temporarily thrown out of work because of the fire. In all about 7,000 ns were employed at the plant, but as the storage battery bullding ‘across the street from the main plant other bufldings near- by, it will be possible to keep some- thing more than half the force em- ploved. Four Firemen Injured. Four firemen were injured in fighting flames and were taken to a hos- pital, but are not thought to be se- lod | riously hurt. To Start All Over Again. “Althourh I am more than 67 years old, I'll start all over again tomor- row,” sald Mr Bdison. “I am pretty well burned out tonight, but tomorrow there will 2 mobilization here and the debris will be cleared away if it is cooled sufficiently, and I will go right to work to reconstruct the plant.” The inventor expressed himseif thus as he stood Al"'“mbunudlth‘ St tick up building after ng of his mam- moth _electrical “plant, started, it is thought, by an_explosion in the in- spection building, one of the smaller frame structures. 'This building was quickly a mass of flames and' the *| spread of the blage to other structures | nearby was rapid, s did mot lose a soldler when the position was given up. 1,The text of the communication fol- o “The . German ~official communica~ tion says that the Russians must have enormous losses evacuating Lodz. : The, confiderce that should be placed in “this communication is evi- dented by th fact that the Russian troops withdrew from ~Lodz about mirnight on December ¢ while the Germans remaired motionless for 15 hours in frout of our empty trenches, y on which had cost them more than 10,000 soldiers and upon which they dared rot advance. “Only gt three o'clock in the aft- ernoon of December § did the Germans move forward to verify that there was nobody in the trenches -facinz them. They then entered the town. “In_changing our positions in the reglon of Lodz we did not lose a sol- ier. We only undertook this man. oeuvre after we had ascertained thaf the Germans had definitely decided not to, continue their attacks in this dis- of. “Our manoeuvre was entirely inde- pendent of any suggestive action on the part of the enemy.” AMERICAN NAVY ‘EXCELLED ONLY BY THE BRITISH. Assertion of Admi Fletcher Before House' Naval Affairs Committee. ‘Washington, Dec. 9.—Ne ability of the Amerlcan navy to meet success- fully the war fleets of any nation in the world except Great Britain was Rear Admiral commander-in-chief ~of -the Atlantic’ fleet, before the house naval affairs committee. Frankly admitting the overwhelming superiority ot Britain’s forces, -the admiral said that the possibllity of conflict between the Uniteq States and Great Britain was so remote-that he did not believe in a naval policy for this country de- signed to control the oceans as against Admiral Fletcher was under exam- ination all day by the committee at i timer during. the Lo es | of the first public hearing on .-a naval appropriation bill held in many years. He was plled with questions about the condition of the navy, judged by les- sons of the European war and in the course of the day made many refer- ences to Gregt Eritain, Germany, Russia, Japan and thé Philippines. Al- though confidently declaring that the. American navy was matched only by that of England, he adde dthat if this country continded to build only two battleships a_year Cermany on the basis of her present construction pro-, gramme soon would be far in the lead. 3.!0,” CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR CRANE CO. EMPLOYES. Chicago - Firm Reimburses Men for Loss in Wages During Past Year. Chicago, Dee. $.—Ten thousard em- ployes of the Crane company will share in 2 $660,00¢ stmas gift this year ag a partial recompense for the shrink- ago in wages that resulted from lost ‘past .year, according 2n announcement by R. T. Cranc, 34, today, “Busiiess all over the country, has been much depressed this year, jand women marching out in virtually 1 Firemen Constantly in' Danger. The guantities of chemicals in some of the larger buildings made the work of fighting the fire extremely difficult as the firemen. constantly in dan- ger of injury. s of chemicals {oceurred frequd " @uripg the pro- e e e TS b vee at work in the various departments about the plant all escaped safely, the fire drill Dell being sounded and men perfect order. Eleven Buildings Burned. In ail eleven bufldings in the main plant went dewn with the fire. The buildings destroyed inciuded those oc- cupied by the XNew Diamond Disc company. the one occupled by the Ki- netophone company and the building which housed the Bates Numbering machines, together with' the Primary Edison Battery building, the talking machine building- and the administra- tion building. Lack of Water Pressure. The fire departments from Orange, Pust ana South. Orange. Bloomfleid, Montclair-and some companies from Newark responded to a call for help, but the firemen from all were badly handicapped by lack of sufficient pres- sure. Additional water later was se- cured Dy connecting with the Bast Orange mains, but by this time the whole block was in flames and doomed to Gestruction. - The electric light wires of the town went out of commission when the power house at the Edison plant was destroyed, plunging the place into darkness. From the blazing elec- trical plant itself. however, there shot up towering flames which illumined the countryside for miles around. Thousands of ersons from - the Oranges and nearby hurried to the scene and the police had their hands full controlling the crowd. Edison Anxious About Laboratory, Mr, Edison was not at the plant recting the forces flames which were sweeping awey the bulldings that represented the work of years of his brain in thelr design. equipment and the products they sent out. He was especially anxlous re- garding the laboratory building and when he found that it probebly weuld be impossible to save the greater part of the rest of the plant, he had the ef- forts of the fire fighters centered upon the laboratory structure. In the mean- time stich of the valuable sefentific ap- paratus, drawings. models and other treasuréd possessions of tHe inventor in this building as could be readily secured were carried to a place, of safety. - 2 After the fire it was made the estimate of loss. burned buildings, the inventor com- mented, were supposed to bo among the finest examples of modern fire- Proof construction and pictures of them as such had been exhbibited all over the country. GOVERNMENT SHIPPING BILL HTRODUCED IN SENATE. Practically 1dentical to Alexander Bill Pending in the House. Washington, Dec. 8.—The adminis- fration bill for a government shipping d by President Wilson yesterday Mr. the espe- | in his annual address was introduced since the besinning of the war, | to in the senate by Senator Kern. clally day and it has been difficult to keep the!lt is practically i manufacturiog plapts running even-on | ander bill pending in the house. time,” & atatement by the.board | was referred to the commerce commit- . tee, o “the Crame company iept iu} - President Wilson outlinee in detail it was ne to full working force, shrinkage _of and this resuited in {man of the ehipping committee 3 chamber of to the Alex- It bis plan to Irving Bush, - ci of the Y commerce, the men's! s n'-ohtz ?::fln is investizatine the sublect to e whether. its members shall A bill,. Fire destroyed Columbus, Ohlo, ‘: > The war has caused a deficit of 38,- 500,000 in the Japanese customs nue. Americans were warned by the State | ]'Jlem( to keep away from Tam- co. £y : The business section of the village | of Benton Ridss, Ohio, was wiped out The Dollar homeless Belgians has tal of $26,782. All diamond mines in the Cape, Transvaal, and Orange. Free State province are closed. The mountain town of Coracora, Pe- ru, was wiped out by an earthquake. Many lives were lost. Island Lighting Co., of Long Isl has increased its capital from $300,000 to $1,000,000. A seat on the New York Coffes Ex- was sold for $1.350, the last sale being $1,275. Tunky Transportation & Pow- . was chartered at Dover, Del, to operate a railroad in Nicaragua. The English football Association has-decided to proceed with the annual cup competition In spite of the war. The Baltimore City Council desig- nated Tuesday, December 15, as “Self- Denial Day,” for the benefit of the city poor. A French aeroplane flew over Ant- werp and dropped leafiets with the message: “Have courage! We will see you shortly.” * The crew of 20 men of the Swedish steamer Norra-Sverige perished when the steamer struck a mine on the coast of Finland. Because of the foot-and-mouth dis- ease among cattle, 30 counties in Ohio, and 12 in Maryland have been put under quarantine. change previous The er C The Southern Pacific steamer Mo- mus a._chored outside of New York harbor with steering geer disabled and machinery out of order. During a test of the new $250,000 German_pontoon crane Hercules, at Colon, the boom buckled and collaps- ed while lifting 150 tons. 5 H. M. 8. Tuna, the latest addition to the a, Tavy, snd ome of the fastest boate. in_the Bitish fleet is. the navy dockyard at Halfax. Leut. Karl Wilhelm Gross, formerly a pro at Cornell University. was killed while leading a bayonet charge against the French at Ypres. Military and civilian prisonera in England have to be kept | nseparate canips, as they are contsantly quarrel- ing as to their respective bravery The English civilians interned in a concentration camp near Berlin, have prepared for a long stay. They have elected a camp commander and squad captains. - The Allegheny ~Steel, Pittsburgh Plate Glass, and Tarentum Glass Com, panies plants, of Pittsburgh employing about 1,200 men, resumed operations on full time, Baron Kato, the Japanese foreign minister, in addressing the Diet, thank- ed the United States for its.kind of- fices in securjng the relcase of Japan- ese in Germany. The Holland-American liner Noor- derdyk arrived at New York from Rotterdam with a full cargo, including a_large consignment of German toys and 15,000 canary birds. An unnamed American woman, who owns a villa on the Oise, gave $20 to each memiber of a French Socialist regiment, which protected her home from destruction by Germans. Mayor Mitchel of New York denied the story that there has been any controversy between Police Commis- sioner Woods and himself over the appointment of a deputy commissfon- er. On the fiyleaf of a Bible found on a woman arrested in San Antonio, Tex., the name of Dorothy Arnold, {who has been missing from her home written. An inventory of the estate of the late Edward Mirris, Chicago packer, was filed in the probate court, giv- ing the sum of $100,600 as the fi year award to the widow. No value of the estate was included in the inventory. President Wilson laughed heartilly when told tbat Senator Sraith, from Michigan, had announced that: the evacuation' of Vera Cruz was the re- sult of a 24 hours ultimsatum from General Carranza. Red Cross ssais should. in accord- ance with Order No. 5020 of the post- {office Department, “be affixed to the jreverse side of domestic mail matter,” and nowon the zddress side of any letters or packages that are going through the mail, Moverients of Steamships. Napies, Dec. 5—Arrived, -Gteamer Finland, New York. Sailed 8th, steamer Stampalia. New York. | THavre, Dec. '9.—Arrived, steamer { Chicago, New York. Sailed, Sth, La | Touraine, New York. New York, Dec. §.—. Megantic, Liverpool. President’s Daughter to Spend Christ- mas at the White House. some time afterward. The preside: decided not to - is Purely Defensive, as Wil Not Cross the Line, But Will Fire From Their O Territory—Range of the Artillery Sent to Naco is Fr Five to Six Miles, and Shells Could be Sent Over # . Mexican Town Into the Lines of the Mexican Fact Similar Warning, anuly Given, Was Heeded, ‘Washington, Dec. 9,—If the contend- Ing Mexican forces opposite Naco, Ariz, do not cease firing into Amerl- can territory, the three batteries of field artillery sent to the internation- al line by President Wilson and Sec- retary n will be ordered to re- turn the fire. 4 This is ‘the determination of the United States government, it became known toulght after a full discussion of the question by President Wilson with his cabinet e N P er er H. Bliss, who was directed to proceed to saco with the fle'd artillery. But while he is enroute tnere, officials ex- Ppect an answer to the sharp warning Wauich has bee.. given to General May- | torena, commandizg the Villa . troops i bt bul ets and shells ot corces, and shells must not fall on American soil. Similar warn- ing has been communicated to Gener- al Carranza and Genera! Villa through American consular ageats. Not an Act of Aggression. No aet of " is contem- plated as was explained in a state- jinent lsued by the \vhite House to- day, but officials draw a distinction j between aggressive and tion. For the eleven troops of cavairy and three batteries of field artil'ery to cross the Mexican line or open fire would constitute an act of 'S aggre: slon, but to remain on American soil and return the fire of the Mexicans I5, In_the opiaion o hig! der of war or invasion. Previous Warning Was Hesded. Mhanu:un’mcmuflb Her General Scott, staft ‘o falls: Jusiified S = e circumstances and not an act known, now | perted ‘that on the yesterday’s cabinet meeting where the telegrams were discussed, it was tm- & den!osdtlhat the determination to P 2n end to such occurrences was em- phatically expressed. 3 Statement by Carranza’s Agent. Rafael Zubaran Capmany, Carran- . ze's agent here issued a statement to= night charging the Maytorena garrie son at Naco with responsibility for the firing across the border, ana chal= lenging Governor Maytorena on be- half of Geueral Hill, the Carranza = commander, to withdraw into the fn- terior of Mexico for a pitched battie, He made public the following tele~ | gram from General Hill: = “1 again call your attention to the onvenience of ene_erticaliy protesting O the Amer.can .overnment asainst the irritating discriminating attitude of the miilary authorities at Naeo, Ariz, whose good graces have won by | o the Maytoreraistas. “Bullets from our enemy are com- stantly causing damage to the Amesie can town but we are held responsi- ble for it, due to the above mentioned diserimination. 3 “The famlies of our chiefs and of- ficers and many of our soldiers under the shelter of the reutrality laws are jdving in Naco, Ariz. Under these circumstances you can see how rea= sonable”it is for us to avoid firk towards the United States.” Summary of Conditions in Mexico. Despatches telling of conditions in general in Mexico were summarized by the state department tonight as fo!lows:d : “The department is informed that om Stinday_General Eduardo Fay. arrive ed in Piedras Negras and addressed a large audience at the theatre on be- half of General Carranza. It is re- aftel s States.. ition | throughout Shells Could Be Sent Six Miles. It was ‘explained at the state de- parfment that the range of the gr. ® to Naco is from to six Shells could be sent over the Me town, without in- juring the ts, into the lines of the Mexican = firing into American terris s ings prove tutile, ‘which insisted the plan of officials should warn- trict. Convention Called For Jan, 4. “A dispz § ~from Mexico City con- firms the report that the permanent commission met on December 5th and decided to call a full meeting of the convention on Janu: 4. At that meeting, it is stated. thirty aceedited Zapata deley tes will attend and par- ticipate in e proceedings. “The impression in Mexico City seems to be that the provisional pres- ident is endeaVoring, in the matter of his ap; § adiments, to give all elements common consideration. Dominguez e| Valdez Lano was on December 5th foreign complications would be a serious domestic liability to whichever faction was shown to be responsibie for them. Act Constitutes a Precedent. The adtion of the Washington gov- ernment constitutes a. precedent . for the future and was taken to mean that firing into American territory from any point alapg the border would be met by similar steps. Many telegrams had come from Governor Hunt of Arizona and residents of Na co tell § of the injuries and deaths resulting from stray bullets and ai appointed comptroller of the treasury with Colonel Alberto Fuentes as as- sistant. 20 Tons of Cartridges Destroyed. “The department is advised that on December 7th a train burhed at Cor- doba, destroying twenty tons of cartridges. It is stated that all out. bound passengers from Vera Cruz, whether they depart by land or sea, are required to procure a passport from the military commander. Gener- al Carranza has issued a decree taking all. over telegraphic, telephonic and rallivad communication in territory under constitutionalist control TWO KILLED, 100 INJURED ON EIGHTH AV. ELEVATED. In Rear End Collision of Two Crowd- ed Trains. New York, Dec. 9.—Two men were killed and more than a hundred per- sons were injured here tonight in a Slof New York for several years, was|. ALIEN LABOR CLAUSE OF NEW YORK LABOR LAW Upheld by the Court of Gereral Ses- sions in, Crane Case. New York, Dec. 9.—The alien labor clause of the New York labor law was upheld by the court of general sessions here today when.a test suit brought against Clarence A. Crane, secretary of the general contractors’ association, jon the charre of violating this law By juries | eMPIoYing aliens in the construction of « ed. A defective controller of the local operate the said to have caused the, train, which failed to brakes, is collision. The accident occurred just after a seven car passenger bound e i track to the local track and in- to the station at 116th street. A six car traln, also _northbound, grasmed Into the rear of the stand- ing express. Flames immediats broke out in the Tear ‘cabis of S car of the local. the pas. < I 13 @ catch basin, was decided against the | defendant, who was fined $50. Counsel for Crane immediately filed notice of apj This was the second court decision upholding the alien labor clause with= in 24 hours. In a test case which came up in the supreme court yester= day Justice Newburger declined to - continue a temporary injunction pe= * Straining the public service commis- sion from declaring to be void ments with contractors who have bech employing aliens in the construction of the new subwa NO PROSPECT OF SETTLING COAL STRIKE IN OHIO. Mines to Remain Closed Until a Wage is Agreed Upon. % 4 settling 2 strike of 15,000 coz] miners in the east= jern Ohlo fleld was indicated foday when the Ohio Coal Operators' Slationt ipmued o statement def position. The statemen that their mines would not be reopen until the miners agreed 10 a wage “In line with other contracts wi they. have made in competitive and which is not an _increase over year” The statcment s also to mean that for the present at the tors have oned - thousht of reopening their mines om “open shop” basis. Mrs. Young Re-clected prospec