Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 5, 1915, Page 1

LVIL—NO. 4 VOL. NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1915 PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, CAPITAL OF GERMAN EASTAFRICA SHELLE Much Damage Was Inflicted and German Ships in Harbor Disabled by British Warships ALSACE IS NOW CENTER OF IMPORTANT FIGHTING Engagegments of a Violent Nature Being Fought Eight Miles Northwest of Muelhausen—French Forces Have Driven Germans Out of Steinbach—At Points Along the North Sea Only Intermittent Cannonading is Reported—Both Russians and Germans Admit No Important Change Has Taken Place Along the Left Bank of the Vistula—In West Galicia the Russians are Making Steady Progress— An Italian Battleship and Coast Guard Have Shelled Durazzo to Check Revolution of the Mussulmans. Ubper Alsace seems to be the cen- of the most important fighting inj western arena of the we gage- ts of a violent nature are being| t out in the region of Sennheim,| 1 the Fren all Cernay, about| t miles northwest of Muelhausen. Germans Driven Out of Steinbach. The Frerch forces have occupied the heights around Sennheim, and in ad- dition have driven the Germans out of Steinbach, a village farther to the| north. e 1 At other points_along the front ex-| ending to the North sea ere has been virtually only intermittent can- nonading. No Change Along the Vistula. Both Russians and Germans admit that no lmportant change has taken siace of late on the front along th left bank of the Vistulla. In West Galici the Russians are making steady progress and accord- ing to their official estatement, have captured many Austrian prisoners. Ruseians Trying te Reach Cracow. Russian troops have crossed the crown land of Bukowina and occupied the town of Suczawa within a short distance of the Austro-Rumanian trontler. A correspondent of the Ber- lin Tageblatt with the Austrian head- quarters explains the recent change in the situation in Gali by the state- ment that the Russians have been heavily reinforced from K An- other German correspondent says the Germans are bending every effort to reach the fortress of Cracow, but have met with repulses and heavy losSes, owing to the well-selected Austrian positions. Capital of German East Africa Bom- barded, British warships have bombarded Dar-Ee-Salaam, capital o¢f German Bagt Africa, where, it ! reported, much damage was inflicted and all the els in the harbor weredis- German Submarine Sank Formidable. It was a German submarine which sank the British battleship Formida- bls on New Year's day in the Eng- lish chennel. This announcement is mede from Berlin, which was so ad- vised by a wireless despatch from the submarine. The Formidable, ac- rding to the same authority, met with disaster cff Plymouth. Italian Battieship in Action. An Italian battleship and a coast guard have shelled Durazzo, Albania, for the purpose of checking a revo- lutionary movement on the pa of the Mussulmans, a committee om whom demanded from Bs the provicional president, the French and Servian be handed over to them. An attack on the city by the rebels followed a re- fusal to compiy with this demand, and the Italian legation was appealed o for help. Both Itallan and French jegation officlals and the members of the Ialian colony have embarked on the warships. BRITISH WARSHIPS BOMBARD NAIROBI, BRITISH EAST AFRICA. inflicting Considerable Damage— German Vessele in Harbor Disabled. Nafrobi, British East Africa, via London, Jan, 4, 11.17 p. m.—The Brit- ish battieship Gotiath anr light cruiser ¥ox have carried out successfully op- erations against Dar-Es-Salaam, cap- ital of German Fast Africa. The war- ships bombarded the town, inflicting considerable damage. All the German vessels in the har- bor were disabled. Fourteen Europ- eans and twenty natives were taken prisoners. The British loss was one killed and twelve wounded. that minlisters Dar-Bs-Salaam, the best built town on the coast of German East Africa, ig & military station, with an excellent farbor, situated forty miles south of Zanzibar. It is the terminus of an im- portant caravan route, the residence of a governor and has a large com- mercial interest. The white popula- tipn in 1909 was estimated at 1,000; e tolal population at more than’20," a00, 2500 PRESENTS FOR RUSSIAN CHILDREN by a Member of the American Colony at Moscow, ¢rad, Russia, Jan 4 (via Lon- 5 p. m.)—A member of the 1 colony of Moscow has con- 3,500 ‘presents for Russian vhose fathers are at the o gifts consist of gloves, other articles of their distribution is to before the Russian arye, Jr., the American rs. Marye. Henry D, ~al atteche of the gy and Cuptamn New- 1 ten A. McCully, naval attache, who have gone to Warsaw and are ex- pected to distrfbute Christmas pri ents from America at the front. will spend the Christmas holidays at Mos- cow. WAR NEWS FROM RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS Says Troops Are Now Twe-thirds of a Mile from Austria-Rumania Fron- tier. Petrograd, Jan. 4—The official com- munication issued from general head- quarters tonight follows: “During January 8 no 3 important change took place on the left bank of the Vistula. In many sections there have been the usual artillery engaz ments and secondary actions. “More desperate fizhting took place on the night of January 2-3 in the region of Bolimow, where the Ger- mans, after an energetic attack, forced one of our trenches, but were imme- diately dislodged from it by our coun- ter-attack, abandoning six machine guns and a number of prisoners. “In West Galicla on Januvary 2 we made progress again, taking more than a thousand Austrian prisoners and several cannon and machine guns. In the region of Uzsok Pass we took an equal nuraber of prisoners and cap- tured several guns and rapid frers In this action an entire Austrian bat- talion h eleven officers surrendered. In this region the staff of a column of the enemy, with the chief wound- ed, and all documents fell into our hands. “On our extreme left wing, our troops passing through the whole of Bukowina, have occupied the town of Suczawa, one verst (two-thirds of a mile) distant from the Austria-Ru- mania frontier.” TURBKISH TROOPS REPORTED TO BE RAVAGING Region of South Lake Urumiah, in Northwestern Persia. Petrograd, Russia, Jan, 4 (via Lon- don, 7.25_p. m.)—Turkish troops, whose defeat by Russian forces was announced on December 12, when they ttempted to invade Russia from Per- jan territory, are now reported to be | ravaging the region south of Lake Urumiah, in northwestern Persia. Has- taily assembled levies of Persian troops sent agafust the Turks were defeated. A protest was made some time ago to Turkey by the Persian government. It is sald that no reply had been re- ceived. TO PREVENT HASTY ACTION ON SHIP PURCHASE BILL. Meeting of Senators Brandegee, Gal- linger, Root, Lodge and Others. Washington, Ji 4—A group of leading republi senators at a con- ference tonight in Senator Gallinger’s office, discussed the legislative prob- lem and plans for preventing haspy ac- tion on the ship purchase bill. Pras- ent were Senators Gallinger, Root, Lodge, Weeks, Brandegee and othrs. It was agreed that the urgent reficincy bill would require two or three days of discussion, particularly on the item relating to Mexican expenditures. The legislative appropriation bill they thought would also furnish a subject for considerabie discussion as would other appropriation measures as they came along. “There will be plenty to talk about besides ship purchase,’ said Senator Gallinger. “Perhaps the democrats will put thelr programme through, but if they see some of their supply bills in danger of going over they may not be so anxious about new legislation.” Movements of Steamshipe. Piraeus, Jan, 4-—Arrived, steamers Patris, New York: Tessahloniki, New York. Naples, Dec. 28.—Salled, steamer San Guglielmo, New York. New York, Jan. 4.—Sailed, steamer Minneapolis, London. Rotterdam, Jan. 3.—Arrived, steam- er Potsdam, New York. Hamm Held on Murder Charge. Bangor, Maine, Jan. ¢.—Charles H. Hamm, a farmer of Hudson, was held for the February term of the erim- inal court today after & preliminary hearing on the charge of murdering Mrs. Marcia Whitmore last Friday. It is alleged that Hamm shot the woman because she refused to do housework for him. A Strong Villa Force Defeated. IMatamoros, Mexico, Jan. 4—A strong Vila force was defeated Saturday by Carranza soldiers under Generals Ma- clovo Herrera, Antonio Villareal and Vasquez at Paredon, near Saltillo, says a_report received here by Carranza egin?s tonight. No details were gievn. Cabled Paragraphs No Quorum in Portuguess House., Ligbon, Portugal, Jan Lon- don, Jan. 5, 1.30 a. v “enators of the Unionist » _ug _ the lead of the U- g .vers of the chamber of so¥% e resigned and as a co §5°° " _cre was no quorum in - - today and no sitting cot 090 0" e Sweaish Steamer Lost in North Sea. London, Jan. 5, 2.59 a. m.—Accord- ing to advices recelved here from Stockholm, the Swedish steamer Car- ma has been lost in the North sea with her crew of twenty men. It is presumed that the Carma struck a mine. Germans Place Belgian Railroads in Operation. Brussels, via The Hague to London, Jan. 4, 9.55 p. m.—The Germans have placed the entire Belgian railroad sys- tem in_operation and are employing about 8,000 railroad men, of whom 1,100 are Bavarians. Many of these men have just been brought into Bel- glum. SEVENTY “PICTURE BRIDES” ARRIVE FROM JAPAN. Until Husbands Claim Them They Are Held at a Detention Station. San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 4—Seven- ty “picture brides” from Japan arrived here today on the liner Shinyo Maru to meet husbands they never have secn. Fifty more arrived within the week on other steamships. Until husbands claim them, the brides are being housed on Angel Is- land, the United States detention sta- tlon. In the eyes of the Japanese law land so for the purposes of the immi- gration_officers, the brides have been married. There have been an ex- change of photographs, an approval by the heads of the two contracting fam- ilies and a formal declaration of in- tention, in writing, before a Japanese offictal. The brides come tagged and num- bered, are correctly awarded to the right husbands and then usually are taken in hand by the Japanese associ- ation which escorts them to the mar- riage license bureau, after which a religious service is held. METCALF DENIES DRAFTS ON LONDON AND MEXICO. Resuited in Loss to Atiantic National pank During His rresidency. Providence, R. Metcaut, Jan. 4—Edward P, tormer president of the At- ;antic Nadosal bank, on triat with nenry k. Le say, a New York broker cnarged with misappropriation of the bauk's funds, conciuded nis direct ex- amination teday. He denied that the drafts ‘on London and .Mexico, mmen- tioued in the inuictments, had resuited in loss to the bank during his con- nection with tbe _insutution. The $35.000 note of HedAry'li. Le Kay tor wnich he had been criticized during the trial, had been pertly paid and tne balauce had Leen reuewed for a year, Metcaif testined. ‘Tne triai was re- suma today aiter a lapse of more than two weeks caused by the ilness of a Juror. TO DECIDE TODAY ON EVICTION OF MINERS, Eastern Ohio Coal Operators to Hold Meeting 1tomay. eveland, Ohio, Jan. 4—That East- ern Uhio coal operators, at anpad- journed meeting tomorrow will decide tormalily to break off all negotiati with the United Mine \Worken union; wil plan to evict striking miners be- cause they have paid no rent since the strike was cal.ed the first of April, last and will decide to make overiures to tne miners as individuals to work “opéu shop” under the scaie rejected by the miners' organization, was the beleif expressed tomgnt by those in toch witn the situauon. While the operators declined to make an official siatement, it was learned from an au- thorative source that sentiment ex- pressed by operators at today's ses- sion indicated this action. DEATHS BY ACCIDENT IN STREETS OF NEW YORK. Increase in Number—Fewer Killed by Automobiles. New- York, Jan. 4—TFewer persons were killed by the automobile in the streets of New York city, but deaths through such accidents increased in number elsewhere in New York state in 1914, according to figures issued today by the National Highway Pro- tective Society. The automobile killed 120 persons in this city last year as compared with 302 in 1913. In the state outside this city, the number in 1914 was 310, as against 149 in 1913. In Buffalo there were 72 deaths last year; Syracuse 15; Albany 16, Rochester 24, Utica 8. Throughout the state 198 persons were killed and 35 automobiles and 31 wagons were wrecked at highway railroad crossings in 1914, SAYS KILLING OF DUCKHUNTERS WAS PLAIN CASE OF MURDER. Statement by Representative Smith of New York State, ‘Washington, Jan. 4.—Representative Smith of New York, who sought in- formation at the state department to- day concerning the recent shooting in Canadian territory of the two Buf- falo men, was told that officiais would confer further with Ambassador Spring-Rice after they had famillar- ized themselves with a report from Vive Consul Curtis at Fort Erie, Ont. As he left the department, Represen- tative Smith said he had facts enough to convince him that the killing of Walter Smith was a plain case of murder. MEMORIAL COIN ISSUE FOR PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION Authorized by Bill Which Passed the House Yesterday. ‘Washington, Jan. 4-—A memorial issue of gold and silver colns to com- memorate the Panama-Pacific exposi- tion is authorized by a blll which passed the house today. It already had passed the senate. The measure would suthorize the cofnage of $50, $2.'0 and $1 gold pleces and b0-cent silver pleces. A part of the issue, rold $50 pleces, would be after the model of the octogonal coins issued in Celifornie in 1851, Cenate Ques'ions [ Pres.dent’s [ight -4NA SINIWINIOddVY 3INVW OL ING RECESS. AN INQUIRY IS ORDERED l By Judiciary Committee — Senatar Brandegee a Member of Sub-Com- mittee of Five to Conduot the In- vestigation—Appointes Rejected. Washtngton, Jan. 4—Differences be- tween President Wilson and some members of the senate over federal appointments resulted tonight in the senate judiciary committee ordering an inquiry into the authority of the pres- ident tc make a recess appointment to fill a vacancy created during a ses- sion of congress. Senators Culberson, Reed, Walsh, Brandegee and Borah were named as a sub-committee to conduct the investigation. Fighting Confirmation of E. G. Bland. This action followed the decisi the committee to recommend rej of the appoint of Bdw Kansas City, to be United States shal for the Western Missouri district. Bland was given a recess appointment to the marshapship, which was vacant beforo congress adj Octo- ber. After the present s h!s nomination was s ator Reed has been fighting firmationn ever since. Nominations Rejected. Soon after the meeting of the diclary committee the senate his cutive ses on unanimou: the nomination of Mrs. Mar: 2] Bloom to be postmaster at Lake, N, D. Three months ago the senate refused t oconfirm the same| nomination and after congr: ad- journed the president made a recess ap- pointment. He had nominated her in the place after the appointment of her husband to the office had been jected by the senate, follow an in- restization of cha RELIEF OF NON-COMBATANTS IN NORTHERN MEXICO. Has Been Undertaken by American Red Cross—Suffering Most Acute. Washington, Jan. 4—Relief of non- combatants in Northern Me has been undertaken by the American Red Cross. Arrangements have heen made by telegraph for th purchase of enough corn to relieve the immediate needs of several thousand families re- ported to b starving in the city of Monterey znd tomarrow Acting Na- tional Director S. P, Morris will leave for the southwest to make a personal appeal to commerclal organizations for aid. Major Generai Davis, chairman the Red Cross central committee a letter to Mr. Morris tod. de: ibed conditions i xico as “most acute “The erying need of these poor peo- ple is food and clothing, especially food,” wrote General Davis. SCOTT AND VILLA TO MEET ON INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE. At Ei Paso With a View to Arriving At an Understanding. | of in Washington, Jan. gadier Gen- eral Scott, chief of of the United States army and General Villa, chief in command of the forces of the Gutierrez government Mexico, have arranged to confer on internation- al bridge at.El Paso, with a view to arriving at an understanding that will permanently prevent further firing in- to American territory by Mexican factions fighting along the interna- tional line. | Ei Paso, Jan, 4.—General Villa left| Mexico City today and will arrive hers| | Wedn to begin n tiation \\ith} | General Scott regard er | situation MEXICAN BORDER TOWN HAS GONE “DRY.” Shattering Hopes of Arizona Saloon- keepers Who Expeoted to Open | Thore. Douglas, -Agua Prieta, the Mexican town across the border, has gone dry, shattering the hopes of American saloon keepers, who were put out of business December 31 by the Arizona dry law and expected to re-open in the Mexican town. Colonel Arnuifo Gomez, the Consti- tutionalist commandant of Agua Pri- eta, issued the followi brief order today “No liquor may be brought across the border, even though duty be paid; and no liquor may be sold or glven away, in Agua Prieta, under penalty of $200 fine or thirty days in the Cuartel.” The order applies alike to Mexicans and foreigner: MOTHER AND CHILDREN WERE KILLED BY FARM EMPLOYE Tragedy at Luray Cleared by Finding of Body of Murderer, Luray, Va. Jan! 4—Mrs Charles E. Burner and her three small chil- dren, found dead in their home near here yesterday, w: killed with an axe by William hols, who later committed suiclde, according to a coroner’s inguest verdict. Nichols was employed on the Burner farm. His | body was found in an unoccupied house of a_neighbor, Charles B. Burner, husband and father of the victims, who had been absent since Saturday, returned_ today. He said that he had spent Sunday with friends and that he left Nichols at his farm to take care of the live- stock. Greek Reservists in Canada Ordered to Report to Colors. Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 4—Instruc- tions have been received here that all Greek reservists in Canada must re- port to the colors by March 1. Young Woman Sulcides. Leominster, . Maes, Jan. 4—Leida G. Meader, aged 21, committed sul- cide - tonight ' by shooting herself through the right ear while in a fit of despondency overil! heglth. jords h and Its Total Circulation is the Larfiest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population New War Prices Paid For Wheat EUROPE’S NEED.CAUSES SPEC- TACULAR BUYING AT CHICAGO. GREAT EXPORT DEMAND Total Sales for Yesterday Were Estimated at 3,000,000 Bushels —Steady Absorption of Every Bush- Offered for Sale, Europe el Chicago, Jan. 4—Burope's bitter need of bread resulted today in spec- tacular buying of wheat and r:ause](l new war prices here in earnest. was polnted out, however, that the ti top quotation attained today, §10.34 for May delivery, was still roundly fifty cents a bushel under the price forced here in 1898 by Joseph Leiter during a world-wide peace—$1.85. Little Effect on Farmers. Notwithstanding * that wheat today at one time showed a rise of 3% cents over Saturday night, the upturn ap- parently had little if any efféct on farmers. Country offerings were de- cidedly meagre as they have been for some time past. Millers Anxjous Buyers. Although the pri prices today came from seemingly un- iimited export demand, there was no doubt that the general public bought wheat heavily and especially o in the last hour of the session. Millers, too, were gaid to be anxious buyers, fearing that the tremendous export call would leave them short of supplies. Roubhly, the total sales to Burope today in the United States were estimated at 3,00 000 Dbushels, Of his aggregate 000 bushels was definitely known to for the relief of the starving people of Belgium. No Unusual Excitement. Experienced observers failed to mo- tice any unusual excitement despite the swift upward swing of the market. The one striking fact was the steady absorption of every bushel of wheat offered for sale. Only Big Exporting Nation. Talk among brokers centered almost wholly on the idea that for the time being the United States was virtually the only big exporing nation in the world. Nobody seemed to look for an immediate opening of the Dardanelles and it seemed to be taken as a certain- ty that owing to prohibitive vessel rates Argentina would be unable to take care even of contracts already mede, especially with Italy, where embarrassment will he serious if large amounts expected pricr to March 1 from Argenting are not recelved as bargained for. NEW WHEAT PHI%E RECORDS ON PORTLAND GRAIN EXCHANGE Ali Grades Sold 2 1-2 to 3 Cents Higher Than Bids of -Saturday. Portland, Ore., in exchar Jan, 4.—Portland’s whose new nrice rec- ve been an almost daily occur- rence for the last month, saw one of the most pronounced advances today nee the nning of the Europe: etles of wheat sold a' to 3 cents higher than the Saturday. Ten thousand February forty-fold and an equal amount of snot-club sold at $1 32 bushel, respectively, 2 gain of s bids. Twent y bushels of February club scld at $1.34, of 2 cen! g TROUBLE IN NEW BRITAIN BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Mayor Quigley Removes Chairman of Board “For Cause.” New Brital Jan. 4—An un- sual situat reated tonight at meeting for organization of the of public safety. Recentls yor Quigley, acting under the char- ter, announced that he had removed, “for cau. the chairman of the board Joseph R. Andrews . Mr. Andrews at- npted to preside at the meeting to- ght, with the result that Mayor Quigley, who was present, ordered policeman to remove him. The offic lined to s The bo cted as its temporar: chairm: Alling. but Mr. An- drew; declined to recognizel im. Finally, after a lengthy debate, the meet was_decla®ed adjourned sub- ct to call, by both Messrs. Andrews nd Alling. BOSTON POLICE |NSPEC}OR INJURED BY EXPLODING CAP While Explaining its Use by Cracks- men to Another Inspector, Boston, Jan. 4—Thomas H. Lynch, a police inspector with an internatior al reputation for his knowledge of safe cracksmen and the explosives they use, was severely injured when a de- tonating cap exploded on his desk at police headquarters today. The officers in the building thought for a time thai an infernal machine had gone off. The explosion came while Inspector Lynch was explaining to-Inspector McKenna the manner in which the cracksmen use the caps and other articles which had been left by gurglars in a store in Walitham recently. Lynch is expected to recover. McKenua was not in- jured. OBITUARY. Judge Sylvester Barbour. Hartford, C Jan. {—Judge Syl- vester E: of the oldest mem- bers of t E bar, died at his home tonig! illness of several months. e was born in Can- ton, Conn., Jan. 20, 1821. He had been member of the bar since 1836. In the he was & resident of Ansonia, and in 1875 he was town clerk and judge of probate there. At the time of his death’ he was sec- retary-treasurer of the Fremont Vet- eran associatio Arrest of Carranza's Brother Is Con- firmed. Washington, Jan. 4.—Official des- patches from Carranza headquarters at Vera Cruz to the agency here to- day, confirm earller reports of the ar- rest of General Jesus Carranza and the. execution of all his staff on the isthmus of Tehuntapec. e impetus for high | Condensed Telegrams R. C. Bonne of Fredericksburg, Tex, butchered a Tamworth hog that weigh- ed more than 500 pounds. Thomas A. Edison, predicted that 1815 will be 2 most prosperous year for mauufacturing in this country. The Kaiser has ‘been advised by his physiclans to undergo an operation at once for catarrh of the throat. New York coroners must go, says Commissioner of Accounts Leonard M. ‘Wallstein, in a report to Mayor Mitch- el J Montgomery Wright of Kentucky Marshal of the United tSates Supreme Court since 1888, died after a long ill- ness. Mrs Donald Albright, of Duchess.| Junction, New York, hiccoughed to death after a fit that lasted eighteen hours. Construction of the placements for coast defence batteries at Fort Arthur, on Point Firmin, Los Angeles Harbor, has begun. i | substance: “The present condition of the New The Mexico Petroleum Co. has plans under way for a reinforced concrete oil plant to be constructed at Mariner's Harbor, S. I, at a cost of 00,000. The Bureau of Immigration reported a decrease of nearly 500,000 immi- grants arriving in this country during the five months of the European war. Dr. Frits B. Talbot, of Boston, an- nounced that he has discovered a method to cure children of asthma by | inoculating them with whites of eggs. Several wealthy New York business men including Percy Rockefeller and Commodore George Lanier, Jr., are to run a newspaper in Greenwich, Conn. The United States District court of Philadelphia handed down an opinion, {refusing the zovernment’s petition to dissolve the Keystone Watch Case Co. Sutherland, a blacksmith of Redding, Pa., recently received a check from the Canadian Government for services rendered by him in Nova Scotia in 1866, James Shipments of cotton to Mexico, held up for. several weeks on notice from Vera Cruz that no freight for interior voints would be accepted there, will be umed next week. | The Anti-Saloon League of New | York State will attempt to get the ature to ss a bill requiring dvertisements on alcoholic Bevera be labelled poison. The appointment of women as mem- bers of the Board of Education and Board of Health of New Brunswick, N. J., was a feature of fthe formm- tion of governing bodies for 1915 Never the history of the fruit trade was grapefruit as cheap as it today. The best can be bought in New York for a box. The average is about sixty grapefruit to the bix. Among passengers sailing from New York on the Santonio next Friday will be M v Roberts Rinchart, the writer, her way to the war front as a nur: She will write articles on the war. Production of petroleum in the Unit- od States in 1914 was greater than ever before, according to preliminary figures { { by the geological survey, the output being estimated at 292,000,000 barrels, Three men were arraigned in York- ville court, suspected of having been involved in thefts of silk from the firm of Theodore Piedermann & Sons of |New York, during the last three | months, Hadley’s Views on New 'EYE" Road GIVEN BEFORE 20TH CENTURY LIMITED CLUB, SPRINGFIELD. HOPEFUL FOR FUTURE Says Present Condition Was Brought About by Some Unwise Finance, a Great Deal of Unwise Operation and Unwise Politics. Springfield, Mass., Jan 4.—Presidens Arthur T, Hadley, of Yale untversity, spoke on the railroad situation, with special reference to the New Yérk, New Haven and Hartford road, before the Twentieth Century Limited club of this city, this evening. He said in Haven road was brought about by a combination of some upwise finance { with a great deal of unwise operation and unwise politics, Westchester Deal Justified. “At the end of 1903 the New Haven road had outstanding about $75,000,000 of stock and $8,000,000 of fixed annual charges ahead of the stock. Ten ye later its outstanding stock had I creased to $150,000,000° and an- nual charges to $21,000.000. During the decade the manage sued securities and obli, value of $360,000,000. One quarter of this sum represented mere refund operations: one quarter was for provements in the road for the purchase of ¢ ds 1A steamship quarter for of the purc] gations to t one h, there was ve cial irregularity and, e Rhode Island and Berkshire troiley developments, little that conld be call- ed recklessne: The purchase of the New York, Westchester which has been more severely cized than any other, was j the necessity of controlling an import- ant entrance to New York eity. Adverse Political Conditions. or three or four vears all went well. The urities paid 1dends. the compan credit and prospects continued good. Then adverse polit- ical conditions came into play. The Interstate Commerce act of 1910 pre- vented the railroeds from raising their rates at a time when everybody else was raising theirs. In 1913 the New Haven road paid $9,000,000 more for ges and fuel than would have been tife case at the prices which prevailed ten years earlier, and received no more for its services. This trouble was felt by railroads throughout the country, but it more particularly hard on the New Haven because this road derived so larze = _part of its revenue from passengers. Methods of handling freight had become more economical the volume of traffic Increased. Methods of hs Y came more expen. ditfons. The York state compelled road to do its commut ger business at rate: loss of nearlv United Stat the road an the carriage of the m | ) 1 passen- mean a 300,00 government pen- eqt 1 amount for These three Is. things, taken together, would have in- { volved a serious reducticn of the New Haven dividend even if there had i Charles P. Sumner, General Agent, of the Cunard Line in the United States took over the management, of nchor Line on the retirement of am Coverly after fifty vears’ of service. It was announced that $10.000 had {been obtained for the American hos- | pital in Parls at the Fifty-Fifty and sale which closed recently at the udio of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney of ew York. N. Parker Shortidge, the oldest di- rector of t Pennsylvania Railroad Co., died at his home in Wynnewood, Pa. About ten days ago he contracted slight cold, pneumonia. which developed into The Nevers! Manufacturing Co.. of New Brunswick, N. J., will start night nd day forces to work continuously for seven months to fill a $£1,000,000 contract for the Russian Government for horseshoe calks, John Edward Schuyler, tenced to be hanged in California for murder, has returned to his former home, at Vernoy, N. J., under a license to be at liberty, granted by the Cali- fornia Pardon Board. twice sen- Gilos W. Easterbrooke began his I In his inaugural message he re- commends a bond issue of -1,000,000 to meet the expense of eliminating the grade crossings in the clty. A bill to prohibit the serving of in- toxicating liquors to minors on Amer- fcan vessels in waters within the Jur- isdiction of the United States was passed yesterd: by the house . It would fmpose a fine of $500 for viola- tions. The youngest noncommissioned of ficer in the French army is Marcel Vernier, 13. He followed the artillery as a kitchen helper at the opening of the war and learned to ride a horse and ; s quickly promoted to be a cor- pora The case of Philip Leiberman, ar- rested recently in @ farmhouse at riborough on counterfeiting charges was continued until January 18 when it came up before United States Com- missioner William A. Wright at New Haven yesterday. B Ignazio Moreila of Wakefield, pleaded not guilty in the court to the charge of murdering Maurice A. Albertson, a Lawrence, Mass, jewelry salesman, whose body was found on December 23 in the cel- lar of a house in Wakefleld Coroner 8. A. Herman of Torring- ton, Conn., began an investigation into the death of Alva MecClelland, the elght-year-old boy who died Thurs- day as a result of injuries recelved when he collided while coasting with an automobile driven by Thomas P. Temple of Waterbury. Mass., district sixth year as mayor of Pawtucket, R.| no outside purchases of any kind. i Unwise Measures Adopted. “To meet this deficiency in eur- | rent income unwise measures were |adopted. Instead of cutting off profitable servic nd paying strict jattention to discipline, nent economized on ms effect of this false ec in an appalling series o cidents. A change in the keadship of the company in 1913 stopped the accidents immediately and gradually introduced much-needed reforms in the operation of the railroad. Two New Elements. “But meantime two new elements had entered into the situation—a com- | railroad & merciai_depression which greatly re. duced the railroad traffic of New Eng- land and > on the part of the olve the system r the Sherman a been the outcom government to d of such a prosecution if the case has come to trial no one can tell. Under ordinary circumstances the company. would have contested the question in the courts natier isting conditions | have meant a receive | the company could do v decree which would allow time for the sale of other transpor stockholders might ob { for them. i Substantial Surplus Insured. If the business of the country, and particularly that of XNew England, should recover from the present de- pression within a reasonable time, the economles already brought about by Mr. Elliott, coupied with the more friendly pollcy of the Interstate Com- merce Commission to the road in the matter of rates, are sufficient to {nsure =& substantial surplus of earnings above expenses from the road itself: while the terms of the supreme court de- cree regarding the sale of outside hold- ings and the excellence of the trus- tees selected under that decrse are such as to give ground for hope that the loss on se properties will be by no means so great as was at one time assumed. CONFERENCE COMMITTEES ON IMMIGRATION BiLL adequate holdings in ion lines so that the n a fair price N“ot Appointed Because of Delay in Printina Senate Amendments. Washington, Jan. 4. — Conference ~ommittees on the immigration bill, which has passed both houses, were not appointed today owing to the de- lay in printing the senate amendmen Representative Burnett, chairman of the house immigration committee, said the bill probably would be sent to con- ference without debate tomorrow and that he anticipateq little discussion in ~onference. Administration leaders in both houses predicted tonight that the measure, with it literacv test pro- viston, would go to the president within a few days,