Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 24, 1914, Page 1

VOL. LVI—NO. 304 HEAVY ENGAGEME In Progress Nearly Everywhere Along the Entrenched | Lines in Belgium and France AND FROM BALTIC SEA TO THE CARPATHIANS The French, the Germans, the Russians and the Austrians All Claim Progress for Their Armies at Various Points— All Reports Agree That Heavy Casualties are Resulting —A Newspaper Despatch From Athens Asserts That Austria Has Twice Made Peace Overtures to Servia but That Each Proposal Was Has Decided Personally Declined—Queen Wilhelmina to Take $1,000,000 of the Netherlands’ War Loan of $110,000,000. Heavy fighting is.in progress nearly 1y everywhere along the entrenched line In Belgium and France and in the eastern zone virtually from the Baltic sea to the southern side of the Carpathian mountains. But the news that has been permitted t® filter ‘through . official channels to the out- &lde world is not sufficient to show clearly to the public what any of the contenders has gained or lost. The French, the Germans, the Ri slans and the Austrians all claim pro- for their armies’ at varicus points, but none of them asserts that their men anywhere have gained a decided advantage over their antag- onist. From all sides, however, the officlal reports continue to show that heavy casualties are resulting from the fighting and that large captures of ers ard of muaitions of war are taking piace. France through her parliament ap- parently has given an ecarnest of her intention to prosecute the war to the end. Both branches of pjarliament have passed unanimously the govern- ment’s bill appropriating the sum of $1,700,000,000 to meet the expenses of gn‘aqfld‘x ‘months, lne!qdiflt the cost King Albert of the Bel s, in an interview in Which he thanked the people for the aid they have given his stricken people, asserted that he again some day would ride into ‘Brussels gt the hedd of the Bel- -army. The king praifed highly his army and declared he feit he was not claiming too much that the Bel- glans saved Dunkirk and Calais at the battle of the Yser. A newspaper despatch from Athens that Austria twice has at- tempted to make peace with Servia, But that each time Servia declined the proposal. Great Britain will indemnify from blic fund the people who suf- 24 from the recent German naval rald on the east coast of England. Rome has received a rumor that Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria- Hungary is dying. : Queen Wilhelmina has decided per- sonally to take $1,000,000 of The Neth- erlands war loan of $110,000,000. TURKS’ OFFENSIVE TURNED INTO DEFENSIVE. Driven Back From Van After Stubborn Resistance. Petrograd, Dec. 23.—The -following statement of the general staff of the Russian army in the Caucusus was is- sued this evening: “On the 22nd the Turks again show- ed -evidence of great activity in the direction of Olti (55 miles west of Kars.) They made a series of attacks in the direction of aSry-Kamysh, but these failed. “The Turkish offense in the direction of - Van was turned into a defensive movement which, however, our troops succeeded in_ breaking after stubborn resistance. We captured from the en- emy a number of prisoners with their arms:” ALLIES’ GAINS REPORTED TO FRENCH EMBASSY. Tncfude Néarly a Mile and a Half Northeast of Beausejour. ‘Washington, Dec.. 23—Details of progress by the allies, including a gain of nearly half a mile northeast of Beausejour, ‘and the silencing of two German batteries on the ‘Meuse, were reported to the French embassy here tacay by the foreign office. The des- pstch says in part: “Between the sea and the Lys we have progressed at different points on the front as foldows: One hundred and fifty metres between the sea and the rcad from Nileuport to Westende; 150 metres in the region of Steenstrate- Esxschoote. - Our gain is 800 metres northeast of Beausejour. On the Meuse ore battery of 77 mm and 15 mm was silenced by our artiliery.” CO‘NQHESS HAS SUSPENDED BUSINESS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Both House and” Senate Adjourned Until Tuesday Next. ‘Washington, Dec. 32.—Congress sus- pended business today and went home icr Christmas. Both house and sen- 8te adjourned to meet again Tuesday, Dec. 29. ‘The hollday recess finds the legisla- tive work well advanced. The consti- tutional amendment for woman suf- frage probably will come up jearly in January. Several committees will re- port appropriation bills soon after the recess and house leaders are determin- 2] to press them vigorously in their effcrt to clear up the session’s business by March 4. - mm n‘mn;lwfllbrenew the debate on e fmmigration bill immediately after Christmas, POPE WORKING FOR EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS Trylng to Get CE ent of Beiligerent wers. Bome, Dec. 23. 9:45 p. m.—Pope Ben- m in addition to continuing his ef- for peace is trying to obtain the consent of the belligerent powers to an exchange of war prisoners. The answers to his proposals thus far re- celved and the difficulties of various . kind that are being encountered are said to Incline the pontiff to the belief that his initiative will meet with no better su t¥Meal Wtkoidt Appeal to Germans to Food. Amsterdam, via London, Dec. 23, 5.54 p. m—The Vossische Zeitung of eBr- lin, prints an appea] signed by lead- ing German essors of political economy urges Germans to live on’ vegetables end rye bread, leaving meat, white brea dand delicasies for the sick and ' wounded.. “England wants to starve us and we must therefore do -everything possible to economize in the use of our foods. ‘the appeal says. Mrs. Emma Daschiel Vindicated. San Tonio, Tex., Dec. 23—No bil wase returned against Mrs: Emma held as a witness in con- with the recent killing of Ot- to Koehler, a millionaire brewer, the jury announced today. Miss Burgemelster, a nurse, was in- dicted charged with the marder of Koehler, two weeks ago. Mrs, Das- chiel resided with Miss Burgemeister. British Prohibit Transfer of Ships Une fesa Licensed. London, Dec. 23, 10.10 p.'m—An or- de~ in council has been lzcud ib- of British ships to register unless a license for this! is _obtained from the British trade. Econemize on OMAHA POLITICIAN SEEKS $10,000 DAMAGES For Alleged Libel Contained in Cam- paign Literature, Omaha, Neb, Dec. 23.—Thomas Dennison, a local politician, today filed a suit ?&inlt R. Beecher Howell, re- publicarf national committeeman for Nebraska and republican candidate for governor at the last election; Walter 1. George, chairman; C. E. Pierce, secretary, and C. C. Jones, manager of t! ¢ publicity bureau of the republican siate committee, asking for $10,000 damages for alleged libel contained in campaign literature circulated last summer. MEXICAN MURDERER LYNCHED IN TEXAS. Mzny - Shots Were Fired Into His Body. San Antonio, Tex, Dec. 23.—A Mex- fcrn, sald to have been the slayer of FBarry Hinton, jailer at Oakville, Tex., was lynched near there today, accord- irg to a meseage received here. Many shots were fired Into his body, it is said. Mexican Oakville, Another in crarged with complicity in the Hinton killing, was threatened with vioience, the message said, and the jail guard ‘was increased for his protection. SMITH COLLEGE GIRL BATTLES WITH ROBBER. in the Fenway Boston—Thief Fi- nally Got Holiday Money. Boston, Dec. 23.—Miss Clara Caul- son, of St, Paul, Minn.,, a student at Smith college, coming here on a Christmas visit to her sister, who 1s attending Simmons college, battled unsuicessfully with a robber in the Fenway topight. It was only after she had mede a pluck struggle that her assailant got possession of the bag in which she carried the money set aside for her holiday. Miss Caulson was thrown te the ground and sus- tained minor injuries. $54,000 Pledged for Wellesley College. Boston, Dec. 23.—Wellesley college has obtained in cash and rledges all but $54,000 of the restoration and en- dowment fund of two million dollars started after the destruction of Col- lege hall by fire, according to a state- ment tonight by Bishop Lawrence, chairman of the board of trustees. The bishop added that there was no underwriting of- the -balance, but that alumnae and trustees hoped to com- plete the fund by the close of the year. London 8tock Excharge to Reopen : January 4. | London, Dec. 23, 7.30‘p. m.—It was ounced this evening that “exchange will re- _xé’: 23— today end is provisions and coal. Queen Wilhelmina Signs War Lean. The Hague, via London, Dec, 23, 9.05 Pp. m—Queen Wilhelmina in si g a today for a war loan of 275,000,000 ($110,000,000) informed the ficance minister that she would per- ccrally underwrite 2,500,000 florins ($1,000,000) of the amount. $300,000,000 WORTH OF SUPPLIES FOR BELLIGERENTS. Have Been Contradted for in the United States Since War Began. New York Dec. 23.—The nations of Burope have placed contracts in the United States for more than $300000,- 000worth of supplies since the begin- ning of the war, according, to Charles M. Schwab, president of the Bethle- hem Steel Corporation, who returned here today from England aboard the steamship Lusitania. Mr. Schwab pre- dicted that for this reason the United States was now at the threshold of the “greatest period of prosperity it has seen in many vears.” Mr. Schwab, who sailed for England less than a month ago, admitted that the object of his trip was to cancel provisional contracts he had made with the British Government for the building of submarines. This he had done he said, after having been advis- ed by Secretary of State Bryan that for an American concern to supply submarines to any of the Belligerent nations would be a vielation both in letter and in spirit of the neutrality of the United States. The contracts which he had given up, he sald, were worth more than $15,000,000, but he had been able to secure while abroad contracts for the supply of various muitions of war although he declined to say with what nation they had been negotiated. KANSAS CITY HAS REAPED SEVERAL MILLIONS. By Supplying Horses Mules, Provi- sions and Shoes for Armies. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 23—Kansas City has reaped several millions of dollars from the warring nations by supplying horses,. mules, provisions and shoes for thelr armies, according to figures announced by the commer- cial club today. These show that five million doflars worth of horses -and mules have been marketed through here to the British government. - One manufacturer alone has supplied ha.f 2 million pairs of shoes to the same market. The exports of Sfty-two flour mills in " this district outside Kansas City have -been 217,000 barrels this year compared with 75,000 barrels last year due chiefly to Dbig demand since the war began. CELEBRATION OF.PEACE CENTENNIAL POSTPONED London Times Expresses Gratitude to America for Proofs of Sympathy. London, Dec. 24, 12.55 a2, m.—In an aditorlal commenting regretfully on the necessity of postponing the cele- bration of the peace centennial mark- ing one hundred vears of pace be- tween the - English-speaking nations, the Times today expresses the nation’s gratitude to America for material proofs of sympathy and affection and for the work done for victims of the war. The article details a long list of American war charities and adds: “In all history there has been no work like it. Never befcre have we received from another people proof so moving of interest and regard. We are not an effusive nation, but the American self-sacrifice and warm kindliness have sunk deep Into our hearts. If we cannot today unite with our American friends in a great peace celebration we can at least bear tes- timony to the unparalleled munifi- cence of thelr charity and the good woll they are showing to all, but none not least to ourselves and our allies.” INVESTIGATING ALLEGED PLOT TO DESTROY OCEAN LINERS Special Agent of Department of Jus- tice at New Orleans. New Orleans, La, Dec, 23.—F._C. Pendleton, special agent of the de- partment of justice, started an inves- tigation here today into the alleged plot to destroy British or French trans-Atlantic liners, disclosed last night through the arrest of four men said to be Germans,. Hans Halle and George Summers, two of the four men , are be- ing held by the police on charges of violating the Loulsiana law relating to preparation of bombs for use in destroving ships. The other two men were released. The sate law was en- acted soon after the ‘Boer war, after a man had been arrested here charged with placing a bomb on board a ship at Chalmette. The vessel was carry- ing mul to the British troops: in South ica. Violation of the Louisiana law fis punishable by a maximum penalty of twenty years’ imprisonment. RESIGNATION OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER Dr. W. H. Donaldson Has Held Office Since 1893, Fairfield, Conn., Dec. 28—After a service of 21 years Dr. Willlam H. Donaldson, the local health officer, tendered his resignation this evening to the county- officer, G. E. Hill of Bridgeport, because of inabllity to give the necessary time to the work, Dr. Donaldson was appointed to the office In 1893, by John C. Chamberlain, who was then the county health offi- cer, shortly following the passing of the present law regarding sauitation and appointments to the various of- fices. A new health officer will be named . by Mr. Hill January ist. Dr. Donaldson is one of the ¢ldest health officers in the state in point of ser- vice. - Movements of Steamehipe. 8a, Deec. 22~ steamer ree- gres, Passed {vtonio ‘Lopes, New York for Ba ona. Kinsale, Dec. 23—Passed, steamer Mks:anabie, St. Jobn, N. B, for Liver- Vool Copenhagen, Dec. 22. — Arrive sicamers Frederick VIIL New Yor.é‘ 2fd. Hellig Olav, New York. Dec. 22~—Arr steamer Naples, America, New York. New Yerk, Dec. 23—=Sailed, steamer Eaitic, Liverpool. GONN. THURSD : ,-and lts Salgsman’s Body BURIED IN CELLAR IN FOREIGN SECTION OF WAKEFIELD. Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population Found Jewelry {Floods in Arizona by Heavy Raifl, THREE PERSONS KNOWN TO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES MISSING THREE DAYS|LIVESTOCK DESTROYED Disappeared Shortly After His Ar- rival in Wakefield—No Trace of $2,000 Worth of Jewelry—Man Ar- rested on Murder Charge, Wakefield, Mass., Dec. 23.—The body of Maurice A. Alertson, a Lawrence Jewelry salesman who has been miss- ing three days, was found today burfed in the cellar of a small shanty in the foreign quarters of the town. Body Hacked With Knives. The body had been hacked with knives, ten wounds haveing been in: flicted. Indications were found also that the man had been choked by a rope used as a gag. The body was wrapped in a torn sheet. Disappeared Sunday. Albertson disappeared Sunday aft. ernoon, shortly after he came here with $2,000 worth of jewelry at the suggestion of men who had told him that they wished to choose Christmas and wedding gifts. No trace of his jewelry case nor of the valuables it contained had been found up to a ‘ate hour tonight. A Shoe Manufacturer Arrested. The discovery of the body was fol- lowed Dy the arrest on a charge of murder of Luigi Grassidonio, a shoe manufacturer who has gained some local prominence as a labor agitataor. Lawrence police officials asserted that he was one of the four men who vis- ited Albertson at his office at Law- rence Saturday and prevailed upon him to bring his stock here. ‘Two brothers named Jumbressi, both stone masons, were detained on sus- piclon. Several more arrests are probable, according to officials. PEACE ALONG ENTIRE MEXICAN BORDER. A Possibility as Result of Gen. Scott's Interview With Mexican Leaders. Naco, Ariz.,- Dec. 23.—Peace along the entire Mexican border is a possi- bility, as the result of conferences to- day and tomight Dbetween BErigaditr- General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the United States army, and the two Mexican leaders of Sonora. “Very satisfactory, was General Scott's opinion of his conferences with General iy EIL' fhe Car- ranza » Sonora. He deemned the result favorable to the solution of the border problem. Tha mecting lasted less than an hour and was held in the bullet-dmaged United. States customs hoise, fifty. feet north of the internaticnal boundary. Governor Maytorena, the besieger of the village, came across the line later to the tent occupied by General Scott and Brigadied-General Bliss, who commands the 4,7000 American troops here. Previously he had re- fused because of a constitutional pro- vision prehibiting such a journey in his capacity of governor of Sonora. Therefore he came as “military chie:,” riding in a feur-mule United States army ambu'ance sent at his requet. GENERAL SCOTT HAS ¢ SATISFACTORY INTERVIEW. With General Hill, the Carranza De- fendor at Naco, Naco, Ariz., Dec. —Brigadier- General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the United States army, today cun- ferred with General Hil, the Carranza deferder of Naco, Sono- ra, an dsaild that “it was a very sat- isfactory interview.” Governor NMaytorena, the besjeger of the Mexican village, sent word that the Sonora law prohibiting his as governor of cressing the border with out authority from the legislat: prevented his coming to Genes Scott’s tent. His agents suggested that he come as “military chief” byt he did not corsent. A third appoint- ment with him.has been made for to- morrow ‘on the border four miles east of here. PRESIDENT GUTIERREZ QUITS MEXICO CITY. Another Provisional President to Be Selected January 10. San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 23.—That Provisional President Eulalio Gutier- re had quit Mexico City, due to dif. ferences between him and Felipe A: gelts and followers of Zapata, was ported today to T. R. Belran, local constitutionalist consul. The mes- sage said the capital was governed by a committee composed equally of Vii- la_and Zapata adherents and that aa- other provisional president would be: selected January 10, Carranza to Make Monterey Capital. Brownsville, Texas, Dec, 23.—Gen- eral Carranza soon will make Mont- erey, capital of Nuevo Leon, his cap- ital, according to apparently authen- tic information in Matamoras. It is said Carranza is rapidly increasing his forces and that General Pablo Gonzales, Carranza commander, has increased to 6,000-men. Germans Withdraw Demands * on Brussels. London, Dec. 24, 3.39 a. m.—A des- patch to the Daill Express from Am- sterdam says: ‘“The Germans at Brussels have withdrawn their de- mand for.a new war contribution- of $100,000,000 presumably owing to .the protest of'the American minister who asserted that the levy violated The Hague convention.” Strike- of . Ohfo Miners Endorsed. Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 23.—Indorse- ment of the strike of 12,000 miners of eustern Ohio and a declaration in fa- vor of the.mine run system of weigh- ing coal in that field was made at a n-eeting of the executive board of the certral co ve field at the head- qvarters of the Uhited Mine Workers of America here today. French Senate Passes Appropriations. Paris, Dec, 28, 7.11 p. m.—The sen- ate this evening passed i the oRbmter of B 'the ‘deputies. unanimously _}prefln!my voted by| com; BIRAEAN & Ranch Houses and City Residences Destroyed in the Santa Cruz Valley —Nearly a Week of Unbroken Rain- fall. Tucson, Ariz, Dec, 23.—Floods, the result of a week of nearly unbroken rainfali, have inflicted heavy damage upon_the entire area of the state ly- ing between Phoenix and the Mex- ican border. Havoc Wrought by Storm. Three persons, so far as known to- night, hava lost their lives; livestock by hundreds of head has been des- troyed; ranch houses and city resi- dences have been wrecked or wash- ed away by torrents roaring through what usually are dry canyons an.l traffic by rail, highway and wire eith:- er has been either badly crippled voc completely suspended. Bridges and ‘Houses Swept Away. The most serious damage seems to have been suffered in that part of the Santa Cruz valley lying thirty miles south of here. The Santa Cruz river attaineq a width of more than a mile and a half today, and the crest of the flood, after sweeping through Ama- do and the farming region roundabout, reached Tuscon tonight, sweeping ouvt bridges and houses and threatening to work further destruction. Dozens of Ranch Dwellings Destroyed Dozens of ranch dwellings were des- troyed in the vicinity of Amado. Two Mexicans were drowned _there after they had hung in the branches of trees for hours awaiting rescue. A United States soldier was reported to have been drowned at Naco. An open cut a mile long, contalning ma- chinery costing $500,000 which served the Tuscon Farms company project, went under water today. Poles coming down the river a little later indicat- ed that the power lines had been des- troyed. At Bisbee floods poured through the deep canvons between the mountains and inundated portions. of the busi ness sections. Gangs of city worl men were engaged there tonight re- moving a three-foot layer of sand, de- posited upon the main streets by tha flood, which receded almost as rapid- ly as it came. Many Towns Isolated. Nogales remained isolat tonight. also Forts Huachuca, jhcf and Ray, the two.latter being near Phoe- nix, where the Salt River Valley. ir- verely. Full Extent of Loss Unknbwn, The full extent of loss, both in lives and property, could not be ascertain- ed tonight owing to the - continued facts and to the fact that many of tbe ching communities in the path of the floods could“not be reached. A Southern Pacific train on the liae between Tucson and Nogales was ma- rooned by washouts of trackage both sides of it. A relief train was sent out late today to rescue the passengers. Detachments of national guards- men were sent out tonight to aid flood sufferers and guard threatened points. Washout on Southern Pacific Main line trafic on the Southern Pacific was stopped tonight when the Rillito river culvert, nine miles west of here, was washed out, . Passengers on the stalled Nogales train at Otero, fifty miles west of here, were without food for 24 hours. Then they made their way to neighboring ranches. National guardsmen tried in vain to swim their horses across three miles of water neck-deep at Sahuar- ita, 19 miles south of here, in response to telephone calls for help from a family caught by the flood. Irrigation Dams Carried Away. Bisbee, Dec, 23.—The river, west of Bisbee, is a mile wide tonight, the El Paso and South- western Rullway tracks are washed out in several places and five irriga- tion dams In the San Pedro valley have been carried out. on Ariz., San DOUGLAS FLOODED BY TORRENTIAL RAINS. Five Inches of Rai Has Fallen Four Days. in Douglas, Ariz., Dec. 22.—Five inches of rain fell in four days have caused the greatest flood recorded In this section in recent years.. Rail- roads on this side of the border and In Sonora have suffered. Tracks and bridges have keen. washed out. Tho E. Paso and Southwestern railroad was among those whose service was badly crippled today. Several hun- dred feet of track and several bridges of .the Nacorizt rzilroad were des- troyed. . Fort Huachuca, an American army post, was completely cut from rail and wire communication. ‘From Bishoe came reports of serious damage. to the flonding of business houses sit- uated in the low-lying districts be- tween the hills. Denied by Washington Representa- tives. Washington, Dec. 23.—No report that General Gutierrez had left Mexi- co City and that the capital was be- ing governed! by a commission h: been received here late today. T Gutierrez agent declared he had tal ed over the wire late last night with Gutierrez himself in the national pal ace. Resinous Products Are Contraband. ‘Washington, Dec, .28.—Great Britain has decided that resinous products, camphor and turpentine, are to be placed on the list of “absolute contra- band.” The. British« embassy potified the state department lafe today of a receipt of a telegram from London to that effect. . No date was given as lo when it would become effective. Jap Cruisers Leave Callao, Peru. Feru, Deo. 23.—The Jipanese Callao, armored cruiser Azuma, which enter- ed. this port. rigation project, with its extensive and costly canal system, suffered se-|Edward D. Pearce, and prominent in Condensed Telegrams The Bank of England bought 68~ 000 pounds _sterling of bar-gold. Ex-United States Senator William S. g:lt. died ‘at his home in Valdosta, Employers of the New York Stock Exchange will not receive the usual Christmas bonus this year. The Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao, Spain. was badly damaged by fire, Twenty persons jvere killed. A ocampaign has been - started by i s in Ohio for the repeal of the two cent passenger fare law. The steamer Kentucky from the United States for Denmark, went ashore near Fraserburg Scotland. Symmetry in the feminine form is the ideal of a new course to be insti- tuted at the University of Pittsburgh. Secret Service operatives have dis- covered a new $10 counterfeit note on the National Park Bank of New York. The White Star liner Megantic col- lided and sank the barge Brazil, in the Mersey River. The crew was saved. The committee of five has ruled that there shall be no'restrictions on securities on the Hartford Stock BEx- change. Fred Wilcox, agent of the American Express Co., at Long Branch, N. J, was held up and robbed of $400 near his home. The Italian anarchists and Republi- jcans convicted of sedition in the rail- waymen's strike last May received a royal pardon. Thirty-four of the fifty-four prison- ers in the Oklahoma State prison who were were granted Christmas pardons, were released. A. J. Randall aged 92, aif editor of of Georgetown, Col., was remarried in Kansas City to his wife, whom he di- vorced in 1867. The River Plate Commercial Co., has filed notice at Albany, N. Y., that it has increased its capital from $200,- 000 to $500 000. The British cruisers Lancaster and Suffolk and the Canadian cruiser Gloria, appeared off the entrance to New York harbor. The Amoskeag Textile Mills, wf Manchester, N. H. employing 17,000 hands, will be shut down for ten days beginning tomorrow. The Standard Oil Co,. of. announced that they will cut the price on all refined oils 1-2 cent per gallon, both in barrels and bulk. Dr. Stephen Panaretof, formally pre- sented his credentfals as the first Mni- ister from Bulgaria to President Wil- son at the White House. By % Indiana Mrs. Elsie Simmons Pearce, wife of society in Providence, committed sui- cide by opening an artery. An unidentified steamer is ashore on the Cedro Islands, 200 miles south of San Diego, Cal. The steamer Arisoni- an is standing by to aid her. Immigration at the port of New York is now only about 20 per cent of norm- al, and is made up largely of Italians, Irishmen and Scandinavians. Miss Jennie Newcomb, an adjutant in the Salvation Army, died at the Hartford Hospital vesterday following an- operation for appendicitis. Senator Works, who gave Washing- ton a stricter law regulating saloons, introduced a bill to enforce a Sunday closing rule for barber shops. Mrs. Alice Bennett of Brooklyn, 108 years old, expects to cook her own Christmas _turkey and indulge in an Irish jig when the dancing begins. Twenty-twe grandsons and oreat grandsons of Queen Victoria are fight- ing in the present war, five for Eng- land and the remainder for Germany. Charles Leoplod, Jr, of Newark, N. J., was sentenced to three years prison for having beaten hjs aged mother when she refused him money. Every public school in Hoboken, N. J., including the High School has been closed as a result of an epidemic of diphtheria, which has killed ten pupils. Leaving a_note saying that she was giving up & hopeless fight against tub- er of East fe by inhal- erculosts, Mrs. Esther Orange, N. J., ended her 1 ing gas. Senators Cummins introduced a bill extending the benefits of the pension laws to soldiers who served less than 90- days in proportion to the service rendered. Announcement was made yesterday by the Hartford and New York Trans- portation company of abandonment of navigatiqn in the Connecticut River for, the season. ..Barrend Wessels a member of the South African Parliament from Beth- lehem was arrested at Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony, because of pro- German tendencies. Sberos Sarandakos, ‘a Greek ar- raigned in Lowell, Mass, on a charge of murdering his son-in-law, Nicholas Psikramis, confessed to 16 murders, 15 of them in Greece. Peter Burks died in the Bridgeport hospital early from a‘ of the skull suffered in a fall from a furni- ture truck. He is said to have a wife and two brothers in Hartford. Documents filed with thefisec::tg of state, show the incorporation Royal Cycle Car Company, Bridgeport, capital §40 000; Oakville Wagon Works, ‘Watertown, $25,000; Laurel Hill Farms, Branford, $10,000. Judge Burpee in the superior court at Bridgeport handed down a deci- sion yesterday for the defendant tn the $5,000 libe: suit of George Burns, a former fire commissioner of this city, azainst the Telegrame Publishing ccmpany. Thomas ' J, Spellacy, Edward M. Yeomans and Joseph I Kopelman have filed a petifion to the genera) assembly -Alnlfmtur & charter for a street rallway v v -and Willimaztic, passing through er the towns of W Andover, Coventry and Federal Sleuths Get Goumerfeiler‘ IN ISOLATED SECTION OF MARLe BOROUGH, CONN. WAS .OUT ON PAROLE Philip Leiberman, One of the Clevers est the Country—Found Dies, Presses and Other Paraphernalia for Making $10 Notes. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 23, Leiberman, better Davis, said by secret service men to be one of the cleverest counterfeiters in the country, was arrested today in a small house in an isolated section of Marlborough, Hartford counyt, by Chief Willlam J. Fiynn of the United States secret service and five assist- ants, charged with counterfeiting, He was brought to New Haven late to- night by Chief Flynn and will be given a hearing here tomorrow before United States Commissioner Wright. According to Chief Flynn, Davis was sentenced to 13 1-2 vears in the fed- eral prison at Atlanta, Ga. for coun- terfeiting. in 1902. Shortly before that he had been arrested in Revere, Mass. He has been out on parole for nearly two years. Followed by Agents. Chlef Flynn says he had his agents follow Davis during his parole and finally traced him to Marlborough, This is one of the arhaliest towns In the state. There he boarded with a family by the name of Kopel Golde hagen. Found Counterfeiting Paraphernalia. ‘When the secret service men entered the house today they found dies, press- es and other paraphernalia for making ten dollar notes. An etching of a por- tion of the latest government ten dol- lar note was also found by Chief Fiynn. Took Arrest Caimly. Davis took his arrest calmly, it is said. When he saw Chief Flynn ex- amining the etching of the ten dollar note he smiled and said: “Chief, you came too soon.” The arrest caused a sensation in_ the iittle town of 300 in= habitants. He had lived there about a month, it is said, occupying a room on the second floor. One of Cleverest in the Country. ' In discussing the arrest at lice headquarters here tonight, Chief declared Davis was undoubtedly one of the cleverest counterfeiters in the country, his specialty being in etching notes. Arrested in 1836, . —_ In the summer of 1836 Davis and & number of companions were arrested for circulating spurious ten dollar notes at race tracks. Davis escaped and fled to Encland Tater he fall into ‘the clutclies ‘of Scotland Y- with some friends. Davis, it is _sald, turned king's evidence and was freed, going to Belgium, and later returning to this country. For giving evidence Davis is said to have received $2,500, Counterfeited Russian Money- While in England, it is said, Davis and his confederates counterfeited im- portant Russian papers and made the equivalent of nearly half a million dol- lars of notes of the Bank of England, PRESIDENT GIVES TURKEYS TO WHITE HOUSE EMPLOYES, Distributed 125 Each Weighing Fifteen Pounds, ‘Washington, Dec. 23.—Today the president presented each of the White House employes with a 15 pound tur~ key as a Christmas present. He dis- tributed 125 turkeys, remtmbering the policemen as well as all the clerks and domestics. The president plans to commemors ate his wife’s memory by emulating her-action of last year in distributing useful presents to some of the citys poor who have been called to the at- tention of the family. Mr. Wilson s in | @ regular contributor to the Washing- ton Associated Charities ana through that agepcy will assist in making many needy families comfortable. ‘With the approach of Christmas the ‘White House mail hag grown to huge proportions because of the many greetings sent to the president from all parts of the world Many pres. ents have also been received by mem-= bers of the family. None will be opened until Christmas. MRS. CAROLINE M. KING WINS DIVORCE SUIT. Against Carleton Hudson, the Chicago Lawyer Who Posed as a Financien Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 23.—Mrs, Caroline M. King has won her suit against Carleton Hudson of Chicago, all polnts being decided in her favof. The decree was handed down by ge Amidon -in federal court late today, awarding her property valuzd at_approximately $160,000. Under the decree four deeds, said to have been obtained to Minneapolis property by “fraud, foroe and blacke mail,” were caucelled and notes ag- gregating $60,000 were set aside. The judge, in his decision, characterized Hudson as “a minister of darkness who exhibited. all the qualities of a confidence man, a blackmaller and loan . shark Hudson, who posed as a financier, was recently. taken from Chicago to New York on a charge of having fisd while under a bond of $20,000 for alleged forgery committed twenty years ago, under the mame of Betis, in a case similar to Mrs. King's. THE NEW YORK 2 EAST CONFERENCE. And Extension Missionary Society Beneficiaries to Amount of $116,000. the juary estates of the late E. Williams who died a ago at Searingtown, L. L it de- ‘when the transfer tax apprais- al the estate was filed here