Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 8, 1915, Page 1

VOL. LVIL—NO. 7 NORWICH, CONW.. " FRIDAY, JANUARY 8 1915 PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Ar o Paper; and its Total Circulation is the Largest in Co_nnecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population FIGHTING IS SEVERE; | DETAILS WITHHELD A British Eye Witness Says That Really Marked Progress Has Been Made by the Allies GERMAN DEFENSE HE DEFINES AS ACTIVE In Both Eastern and Western War Zones the Germans Have Been Exceedingly Active—Russian Successes Against the Turks in the Caucasus and Against the Austrians in the Carpathians Have Overshadowed Actions in All Other Fields—Activity by Austrian Submarines Has Caused Withdrawal of French Ships From the Strait of Otranto at the Entrance to the Adriatic Sea. | | Neither have any G g g rrested, it is asserted. EOIEE S i T ordered that there be ay or two, it has betn rather no more fraternizing between the Ger- counted by the mans and their ~—"onents in field. i e FURTHER GERMAN ADVANCE trians in the Car- athians. In both eastern and western ar theatres the Germans have been ceedingly active, for steady progress noted in their official statements re- arding the operatic land, and he French official report lent German attac 2 the region Verdun Steinbach, in / Details of ti lacking, as the > referred to uis tter of routine, u extraordinary nat German Defensive Active. Regardin i and st the Av nd against the IN DIRECTION OF WARSAW. Is Verified by Latest German Official Bulletin: Wireless Tele- graphy to Sal The latest Ger- man official bulletins verifies the pub- lic expectation that a further advance in the dirction of Warsaw would be| nounced this week. 3 Austrian_official statement - is bulitin_only mention- Russians to con- . their advance In the Carpathian | mountamns and that artillry flghting s in progress on the front to the north and the south of the Vistula river, ar correspondent of the Vi- Presse notes that the v has lately begun to | expend ammunition much more econ- omically firing only when there is a zood prospect of effective results. { Some -Ruscian divisions, the corres- y | pondent says, are using antiquated tial | rifles and Ye infers that Russia’s sup- i | plies are becoming depleted. GERMAN SOLDIERS FORBIDDEN TO FRATERivIZE WITH ENEMY Berlin, al the one,” that acti pat it must r progress made has bee slow and laboriou nnounces the tha Ottoman troops aportant town of Pers Petrograd is celebrat he Russian Christma dayg later than that and the peo~le of seem to be in no war which has called o many miliions of men to arms. Activity of Austrian Submarines. Actlvity by Au hiarines, a cording to Rerlin, : Army Authorities. serlin, via London, Jan. 'he German army authorities have sued a general order prohibiting in ture troops in the fleld from frater- gz with forces of the enemy, as 9.02 p. m. iled the French ad {they did at several points in the west- ships from the b, at | ern th of the war at Christmas. he entrance to the { To st 1 extent was this frater- The German - Belglum gives denial t Cardinal Mercier, primate of govern zing carried | where th out that at Germans mas one place, | nd Britigh played | they agreed to | two days more. BILLIONS NEEDLESSLY SUNK gPL;'.NS FOR PROTECTING IN COSTLY RAILWAY STATIONSE IRRIGATION PROJECTS Testimonv in Hearing on Wage De- In California Laid Before Congress, mands of Western Railway Men. | With Request for $250,000 A-~ropri- | ation. Chicago, Jan. 7-—Two and a quarter villlons of dollars in excess of th needed have been eunk in costly way stations. terminals and other be terments since 1906 here today before the tion board hearing f western railway enginem he roads bear n burden of § 00 of overcapi c y W. J. Lauck, 3 the enginemer in the properties with the idea new bueiness would soon cail fo increased equipment thus provid Lauck testified, but the volume traffic failed to meet expectations. “I believe it is a matter of record | that the president of the Pennsylvania | —Pians for pro- | ation projects in California of the v and for prutecting the oject on the east side of the river and preserving the nav- of the Colorado, now classed igable, as far north as Yuma, were laid before congress today in a report of General Thomas L. Marshall, consulting engineer to the secretary of interior, with a request by Secre- y Lane for an emergency anpropria- 3 0,000 Secretary Lane warned congress that hout levee protection the Colorado river at a point below the federal arbi demand n. That 2.060,- | the 1 of - ke United Iroad has testified that the $130.- |Stares bosnaans oo . Un 700000 invested in their New York | Phe et S vkézglilm“att;; terminal will never vield a return. | United Stat, 3 terminat wi ates. He and General Mar |shall said that the Mexi an govern- ment was concerned in this matter, but that negotiations with Mexico had been suspended as a resuit of the rev- olution there. “Of course, there is no way of cai- culating its advertising value. Such expenditures as that proposed for the | new union station in Chicage have no alue from the standpoint of pro- uctive efficiency W. L. Park vice president of the Tlinois Central railroad and a member MARYLAND’S BELGIAN i RELIEF SHIP SAILS. of the arbitration board, said that track elevatfon mercly meant that| pignitari - 3 rains would kill trespassers on the | - onitaries Participate in Ceremonies right of way, whereas before elevation | Before Its Departure. e Lo aooldent foceuered (L patine, MAdan T Besving s e e :ar%'zo%t srppll‘es rlnr }‘;e!mum valued at . 10,000, the Maryland relief shi Movements of Steamships. ! Hardie sailed from here°§a12'pz§.§’;‘3'-f Havre, Jan. 6.—Sailed. Steamer|Ceremonies marking the departure o Rochambes: ew York. the vessel were partictpated in by | Liverpool, Jan. 5—Sailed: Steamer|Emmanuel Havenit, Belglan minister | Lapland, New York. New York, Jan. 7.—Salled: Steamers at Washington: Theodore Marburg, chairman of the Maryland Belgian re- Sant Anna, Marseilles; Pannonia,|lief committee and former minister to Glasgow; United States, Copenhagen.{Belglum; sishop John G. Murray New York Jan, T.—Arrived, steamer |the Protestant Episcopal diocese of agara, Havre Maryland; Rev. Louls R, Stickney, Liverpool. Jan 7.—Arrived, steamer |chancellor of the Catholic archdiocese Adriatic, New York. Rotterdam, Jan. 6—Safled, otsdam, New York of Baltimore, and representatives of Governor Goldsborough and Mayor Preston, who were prevented from at- tending by filness. steamer FE { Taft Speaks in Philadelphia. | Prof. William | Philadelphia, Jan. H. Taft of Yale was the guest here to- day of the Ohlo society. The former president described his visit as recrea- | tion, but during the afterncon and | evening he delivered three addresses and attended a dinner. In his address Professor Taft reiterated his views on constitutlonal governrment and praised the services of Myron T. Herrick, for- mer ambassador to France, Arizona Alien Law Declared Unconsti- tutional, Washington, Jan. 7.—~While officials of the state department and some of the foreign embassies were keenly in- terested today in news that the federal ifornia had declared un- fonal the Arizona alien em- ploy rit lew, they indicated that no cemment would be forthcoming pend- of the text of the court’s Utah Millers Short of Wheat. Ogden, Utah, Jan. 7.—Inability of flour millers in Utah to secure wheat from the farmers in this section, to- zether with the raise in wheat prices Reforming Mexican Land Laws. Vera Cruz, Jan. 7.—A commence- ment was made today to reform the { was released | Scarsdale. . =uied Paragraphs Formidable Sunk by Two Torpedoes. ILondon, Jan.'7, 7.30 p. m.—The Mar- quis of Crege announces in the house of lords today that it was the definite opinlon of the British admirality that the battleship Formidable had been sunk by two torpedoes discharged by a submarine. France to Prohibit Absinthe. Paris, Jan, 7, 6.20 p. m—The cabi- net has approved a measure, for sub- mission to parllament, making per- manent the prohibition for the sale of absinthe and other similar liquors. The government finds that the mili- tary decree forbidding absinthe affects the population beneficially. Collier Passes Through Canal. Panama, Jan. 7.—The United States navy collier Proteus passed through the Panama canal yesterday. She is the largest ship that has used the wa- terway. On an average six ships are making the trip through the canal daily The canal channel is in better condition than it has been since Oc- tober 15, when the.last big slide oc- curred. Exchange With Great Britain Normal. London, Jan. 7, 9.20 p. m.—The treasury has announced that, in view of the fact that exchange between the United States and the United Kingdom has now become virtually normal there no loreer is any necessity for further consideration by the two gov ernments of any plan for an adjust- ment of balances, and that any further consideration of this question would be left to the banks and the bankers of the two countries, NEW YORK ATTORNEY CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY In Connection With Inquiry Into So- Called Clairvoyant Trust. Chicago, Tan. Louis Spiegel, an attorney of New York city, was in- dicted here today on a charge of con- spiracy in connection with the inquiry into the so-called clairvoyant trust. Spiegel wa charged with bei volved in the extortion of $2,900 from ank Ryan, a clairvoyant. The death Brenner, former member of Yorik police department, it id, alone saved him from indict- ment . Spiegel and Brenner charged with having extorted the money from Ryan after he had fied from New York. Governor Whitman of New York, then district v, was made the dupe of the conspi to thwart justice, according to the testi- meny given the jury. In 1912 Ryan learned at police were on their way from Boston to rest him & New York, he testified. Harry White, known as Prof. David K. Ross, a member the clalrvoyant ring, went to Mr. Whitman and, under Dretense of having a grudge against Ryan, caused his arrest on a charge of having swindled & man in Bridgeport, Ryan was arrested and the Bos nolice cou’ - net take him. on 3 by Samuel Birbaum. Chicago. he testified. “I hadn’t been in Chicago long be- fore Spiegel and Brenner came” he told the grand jury. “They showed me some papers they said were extra- dition papers to tal me back to New York for jumping my bonds. Brenner had left the New York police depart- ment a short time before this and was hen empioyed by a private detective ton stifled that 20 demanded@ when Brenner had threat Spiegel and ned to ex; here. With the return of the indictment it was learned that Royal H. Weller, as sistant district attorney of New York city, has been here for some time, co- operating with Maclay Hoyne, etate’ httorney, in obtaining evidence show ing collusion between criminals. —_— RUSSIA CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS YESTERDAY Country Given Up to Festivities Last- ing Three Days. Petrograd, Jan. 7, via London, 1 p. m.—Russia toda; is celebrating Christmas. War's shadow has failed to darken the customary Christmas spirit, which is more .varioudsly and intensely manifested in the Russian capital than elsewhere in the world. The Christmas celebration is any thing but a brief ceremony. Officlally lasti=~ three daga, it is often prolong. festivities well beyond New Year's, during which tlme business is | suspended and the stores are closed, while the country is given up to one festive season which breaks the long period of winter. As in other places in Europe the war has interfered to some extent th the Christmas customs in Rus- sia. such as feusting and drinking, which suffer from the rigid eaforce. ment of the prohibition laws and the difficulty In importing fruits and Christmas dainties. Oranges and ap- ples wers selling on the Russian Christmas eve at 25 cents each. $80,000 HERU OF BLOODED CATTLE ORDERED KILLED By Government Inspectors at Chicano —Foot and Mouth Disease the Cause. Chicago, Jan. 7—A prize herd of blooded cattle owned by Enos M. Bar- ton, a wealthy manufacturer, and val- ued at $80,000, have been ordered killed by government inspectors, it was an- nounced today, because several of the cattle wers found to be affected with foot and mouth disease. The herd, containing 200 cattle, was condemned a month age, but Dr. S. E. Bennett, of the federal bureau of animal industry, Ppostponed ordering the animals killed, as he had hoped to eradicate the dis- ease. { Yonkers City Assessor Killed in Auto Accident. Yonlers, Y. Jan. 7.—Daniel J. Carroll, citz assessor, was Instantly killed tonight when an automobile in which he and Daniel F. Fulton, oity engineer, were riding, overturned near Fulton was seriously in- but will recover. Thomas the chauffeur, was slightly jured, Magner, hurt. Ifiinois State Assembly Deadiocked. Springfield, Iils., Jan. 8.—The state assembly adjourned today until Tues- dav having made no substantial pro- gress toward settiing the contest qver patd over the | him | With the police and | throughout the nation, caused the re- land laws when General Carranza in|th- two vacant seats which will de- tail grocers to raise the price of flour to $3.76 per hundred pounds today. The normal prices here are $1.90 to $2.25 per hundred pounds. Four at Salt Lake ~old at $4 per hundred pounds todsw. a decree ordered the return to the |termine control of the senate. The lawful owners who, in all cases, are|deadlock in the house over the speak- Indians, of community property when |ership also remained nnbroken. Party there is evidence that it has been il- {ranks in both houses are unsettled by legaliy taken. “wet” and "“dry” elignments, i Carranza forces Stale Bread Clubs FormedinChicago TO FORESTALL A RAISE TAIL PRICE. IN RE- BREAD ONE DAY OLD Claimed It Has Virtue of Health Be- sides Its Economic Value—Action Caused by War Wheat Prices, Chicago, Jan. 7.—Wheat flying hirh- er and higher on its war wings had today caused the public advocac the formation of “stale bread cf throughout this city. To forestall at- tempts to raise the retail price of bread a cent a loaf, making the re- tail cost six cents, was the purpose of the proposed clubs. Members of the “stale bread club: it was claimed, would pledge them- selves to buy bread one day old. Su- perior health values were asserted for -old_ bread b advocates, who declared that what the dry loaf lack- ed in flavor was more than offset by . an officer of the bak- ers’ organization, said that the prac- tical result of the plan would be to abolish the existing system bv which bakers have been compelled by cus- tom to remove from their shelves every Joaf that was not sold the day it was baked. When this wasteful tem was done away with, it was prom- ised an economy would be effected which would enable bakers to con- tinue to sell at five cents a loaf, un- less the war price of flour should go skyward to an extent not looked for. BRYAN PRINCIPAL SPEAKER AT JACKSON DAY CELEBRATION Held Under Auspices of Woman’s Na- tional Democratic League. ashington, Jan. 7 ecretary Bry- an was the principal speaker tonight at a Jackson day celebration hel@ un- der the auspices of the Woman's Na- tional Democratic league in convention here. He lauded Jackson as one of the two greatest democrats of history and urged American women to rear their children according to Jackson princi- ples of democrac AMr. Bryan analyzed in detail the rec- ord of the democratic particular attention to the programme of the present administra- tion. Incidentally he reiterated his conviction that women should have the right of suffrage. “The right of voting,” he declared, “requires the exwression of two qual- intelligence and morality. Until ed that women have not they should not be denied the ballot. ‘“Polite larceny,” the secretary said, ed too much in present- " and ha remarked that the man who stole upon a small gcale today was looked upon as a common thief and a menace to soclety, while the one that stole upon a large scale was regarded as a apoleon of finance,” his rascailty covered by ad- miration. GEN. VILLA MOVING TO ATTACK BORDER TOWNS 8,000 Convention Troops—To Drive Carranza Forces Out. El Paso, Texas, Ja —(ieneral Villa is moving to attack the Carranza garrisons of the Mexican border opposite Naco and Dougls 8.000 convention troop: out , with a’s eolution of the prob- the border towns is Vi lem of stopping border fightin It became known here today Villa had communicated his intention three day ago to Brigadier Gen 1 Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the United States arm: 10 is here to confer with the Mexican chief. In hls message Villa promised to expose the American towns to fire for not more than eight hours, at the end of which period he promised that the Carranza garrisons would have surrendered or would be driven into the Unitea States, Half of Villa’s force passed through Juarez today enroute to Casas rGande, whence the troops will move overland into Sonora. It was at a_“great sacrifice” to his campa the eastern seaboard that he came north, Villa stated, in order to settle the Arizona border difficulty Villa's communication was received v G eral Scott shortly after his ure from Naco for El Paso, where he | {arrived three days ago. | General Villa spent today at Chi- huahua City. AMERICAN MERCANTILE HOUSES IN COPENHAGEN; Were Formerly Located and Austria, in Germany Copenhagen, Jan. 7, via London, Jan. 8, 1225 a m.—Man cantile houses with branches form located in Germany and Austria h moved their European headquarters t Copenhagen and are discovering th thie city offers advantages for the d tribution of goods not to be found in 18509 other places on the continent. The American consul general, Edward D. Winslow, saya that about 2 such branch housges have at his advice es- tablished themselves here. The free port Is crowded with American goods, both for home con-. sumption and trans-shipment and three vessels flving the American flag are at the docks discharging cargoe: —the steamers Ruby, John D, Rock feller and Edward Bierce CARRANZA ADVICES TELL OF ANOTHER VICTORY. Villa Forces Put to Flight Near Vic- toria, Tamaulipas. Laredo, Texas. Jan. 7.—In a battle today near Victoria, capital of the state of Tamaulipas, Villa forces were put to flight leaving many dead and wounded on the fleld, according to Carranza advices in Nuevo Laredo,| Mexico. No details as to casualities were given. Some prisoners, horses and ammunition were said to have been captured by the Carranza forces. The Villa forces, according io the report, after eight hours of fighting re- treated with General Caballero’s force pursuing them. ve the | n against Carranza Forces on | American mer- | Senate Takes up Ship Purchase Bill REPUBLICANS BRAND IT AS A DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT OPERATED AT A LOSS Republicans Announce Determination to Debate Measure at Great Length —Question of Routes Called Up. ‘Washington, Jan, 7.—Opening the republican fight against the govern- ment ship purchase bill, Senator Bur- ton of Ohio today assailed the meas ure as a dangerous experiment In gov ernment ownership and asserted it would open the way to building up of privileged jnterests, The Ohio senator talked for several hours after Senator Fletcher, in charge of the measure, had succeeded over persistent opposition, in bringing it squarely before the senate for d cussion. Later the District of Co- lumbia appropriation bill took the right of way, but the debate will be resumed as soon as that measure is out of the wav. Republicans Determined to Debate. Senator Burton, who emphasized the oft-refterated determination of repub- licans to debate the measure at great length, had not concluded his address when he gave way for the appropria- might be worked out by the shippinz |board that it Involved a great deal of careful ot isee benefitted. report i of its signers the | ernment was powerless {c as people in the emergency prese: He ted nt: - be done, that Amer- ould be told the: t until their diffi- themselves. nothing whate ican shippe would ave to v culties settled Ships Would Be Operated at Loss. Even the advocates of the bill, Sen- ator Burton ins { government ships would be operated {at a loss and, he argued, that to be- {lieve those ships ever could be d jposed of and the government retire from the business without a tremen- }dous loss on the original investmen as well as the deficit of or on, was folly. Senator Gallinger suggested that the loss in this way would be many times greater than the expen of ocean mail subsidies such | favored. | Senator Burton gave it as his opin- on that the president “with the mfn- |ifold duties which he is discharginz so ably.” could not have had all available data before him when concluded that transportation faciii- tles were limited. The fact is,” portation { South Ame: are abun going from New York to | ica have plenty of e {for the reason that buying ca- | pacity of S countries | is greatly reduced owing to_the finan- }clal stress, which began befora the |war and later developed into a real | erisis, om in th | IMMIGRATION BILL SENT TO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. With Literacy Test Provision—House Disagrees With Senate, hington, Jan, 7.—The immigra- 1 prescribing a test of literacy iens coming into this country s sent a conference committe of the house and senate today by the of the African or black race,” and xempting from the literacy test and the contract immigration provisions of law, Belgian agricultural immigran ming to this country because of cor tions ed by the European war. sion. The negro exclusion amendment s defeated, 252 to and the Bel- an exemption with a division. The house concurred on one tmend- ment, that to exclude all persons of ity and persons with chronic alcohol 2ids Much of the debate was against the literacy test provision, despite the fact that this already had been agreed upon by both houses. Gallivan of Massichusetts, m 2 an effort to secure another vote on the provision, but was ruled out of order. REQUESTS PUNISHMENT OF DUCKHUNTER SLAYERS. U. S. Government Hae Sent a Formal Note to Great Britain, Washington, Jan. 7.—The United states government today sent a formal cil Spring-Rice, the British ambassa- dor of those guilty of the killing of Walter Smith and the wounding of Charles Dorsch, two American citizens, who were shot by Canadian militiamen at Fort Erie, Ontario, while hunting Qucks in ellegeg viclation of the Can- adian game law The communication, which was of & friendly character, pointed out that not only 1id the United States gover: ment expect the offenders to be du | punished, but that adequate compen | sation he given the familles of the | victims. the note Secretary Bryan received a ish ambassador here, after which the secretary &sid: “The PBritish government, without deciding the question of liabiiity, will constder the payment of damazes to the injured men and the familv of the ' deceased.” From this, state department ofllcials took it for granted that damaczes would be paid after the Domini>n au- thorities had completed thery inquiny. American commerce by the s It contended id. not for some other vlan of re thuat that offered by the | majority of th mittee, but that ted, believed that the | the | he | house, after a vigorous debate over the amendments written into the | measure by the senate. Before send- | |ing the bill to conference, the house | registereq its disagreement the nate amendments excluding “mem- 2! Both of these amendments caused protracted discussion which kept the house busy throughout the day's ses-| “constitutional pscychopathic interior- | Representative | note to Great Britain through Sir Ce-| here, requesting the Dunishment | Coincidentally with the sending of| personal memorandum from the Brit-!| Con&énse;i Telegrams Biack Smallpox has broken out Vera Cruz at The Remey Electric Co., will build a $1,000,000 plant in Detroft. One million dollars for aicraft was voted by the Hous Forest fires in British Columbia dur- ing 1914 covered more than 300,000 acres. The Ashland steel and rod mills, K 3 { Ashland, in full The Japanese postoffice has given notice of the reopening of mail service to Tsing-Tau. Owing to continuous and heavy rains the Thiames Valley near London, is in a serious state of flood. Kaiser Wilhelm is now in Berlin, where it is believed that an operation on his throat is ne; ary. died in Parls from the effects chill contracted at Arras. Walter Smith, of Newfoundiand, } J., was rendered deaf when struck by a Susquehanna railroad train. Papers of incorpoation for the New | Jersey Association of Spondylathera- pists were filed in Newark, N. J. Harvard University is to send a squad of surgeons to assist maintain- ing ther American Hospital in Paris. The excess of withdrawals over de- posits in French state savings banks for the year 1914 was 118,000,000 frnacs. tion bill. He challenged advocates of == _ the bill to tell any specific route of | Rag Apple Korndyke, a Holstein bull trade on which it was proposed to|Was sold at auction at Syracuse, to establish a government line. Oliver Cabana, of Buffalo, for $25,- Senator Fletcher replied that the | 000. question of routes was one which o=y | The McKeesport Tin Plate Co., has | filed at Harr] urg, Pa., notice for in- | creasing stoc from $1,200,000 to $3, 000,000. Temporary offices for the Federal Commission on Federal Relations have been opened in the Pulitzer building, New York. A disciplinary school for boys, to be incorporated as part of the educational 7&3'lf'm of the city is to be establish- {ed at Boston. A small live alligator, sent by par- | cel post from New Orleans, is the new- {est resident of the zoo of the city of | Portland, Ore. | Francis Delaney, aged 3, of Water- bury was drowned yesterd: when he |fell into a hole which was excavated {near his home. | | The Johnson Line of Swedish motor in a service to Europe ports via the Pan- May 1. | The illinois Central Railroad has o |ordered 25 locomotives from the Lima | Locomotive Corporation, to be deliver- ed within sixty < | | The 1,450-ton schooner Henry W. Cramp, towed into hart at Savan- nah, after it became w rloogged in a 1I be a total lo: Cornered by the police after an all night chase, Walter Burdett, want- ed on a charge of stealing automobiles, lled himself at Atlanta. |storm at sea, wi | that th Secretary Daniels announced e naval parade thr 1 the Panama Canal will not postponed on ac- jcount of a lanc Gold Hill. | The Rev. Frances E. Higgins, known lall through the lumber regions of the |North as the ‘“Lumberjack Clergy- {man,” died at his farm near Toronto. Representative E. Hart Fenn of | Wethersfield has tendered to Governor Holcomb his resignation as a_member of the commission o heries and game. . Danie! Haggerty, 11, of Bethel, Conn., | was drowned about 8:30 yesterday morning in a attempt to rescue his |eight vear old brother, James, and a companion. The Savannah Cotton Exchange is plannin g protest to | agaisst alleged intereference of British {authorities with ca sent to n {tral countri ! Six hundred housewives in Ridge- |wood, N. J., have pledged themselves {to regulate their shopping so tha |store clerks may have Wednesday {afternoon off. | The Australian Commonwealth has decided to allow the shipment of me- rino woll to the United States pro- | vided a garantee is given that it will not he re-exported. | The State civil service commission |has denied the request of | positions in the state library be placed {in the exempt class. A tobacco barn on the Rowland es- | tate at Windsor was burned early ves- |terday with its contents of about 40 {acres of tobacco, bundled and ready for shipping. Loss $10,000. Secretary McAdoo and Mrs. McAdoo left San Francisco on their return to [the East. Secretary McAdoo repre- | sented President Wilson at the open- ing of the San Diego exposition. i {at Patterson, N. J., Justice E. Min- {turn eriticized the last grand jury for refusing to indict eleven alleged vi- olators of the Sunday closing law. | The Long-Bell Lumber Co., of Kan- i sas City, shipped 8,000.000 feet of lum- ber via Port Arthur, Tex., to England for use in the construction of defen- sive trenches along the British coast. ! John Kellogg, one of the founders of |the Fitchburg Sentinel and editor of the paper for 41 years, died in Pine- | hurst, N. C, where he had gone to |spend the winter He was 69 years iold. John Walker, 19, of Huntsdale, Pa., while coasting, was Impaled through the abdomen by a rail from a fence into which his sled swerved beyond his control. Death ensued an hour later. . Edward Kendall, who has been pro- hibition candidate for governor of Massachusetts and widely known man- ufacturer of boilers, died in his sum- mer home in Holden of heart dis- ease, aged 98 Yyears. naval committee. | 1l resume operations | Francis Tattegrain, the French artist | of a Washington { State Li- | | brarian George S. Godard that certain | At the opening of the grand jury | $250,000 For Canal Celebration ASKED FOR BY PRESIDENT WiL- SON LAST NIGHT, [PLANS ARE APPROVED By Democratic and Republican Lead- ers in Congress—Naval Parade Included in Programme Submitted. Washington, Ja ence late today with republican leaders of ident Wilson asked for enses of the celebration planned for opening of the Panama canal next March, The president summoned to the | White House before he took the traix for Indiananolis, Senators Overmar Hcke Smith of Georgia and ger. and Representatives U Sherley and Many and 1aid & tentative plans for the cel mitted to him by Garrison and Daniels. The pian includes the enterta of visiting officers of foreign f which are fo participate in the r review and paes through the if that 1s possible and the trans tion of the fleet and visitors canal Party Leaders Agres, Although all details of gramme were not made public, president told the delegation that estimated expenditure for the cee tion would be about a million of dollars. publicans alike approved the plar S 1t 4 presidential message would v in order to procure funds sreed that anoth ference shonld be held with the matter as soon as the returned ffom Indianapolis. Naval Parade Included. _Possibility that tbe naval through the canal cannot the expendit that no | suggested recently by Colon | thals on account of slides, was cussed at the conference, hut agreed that preparations sho forward without regard to s sibility. The plan contemplates a rece for visiting naval officials and repre- sentatives of foreign governmenis Washington and for their depart from the capital March 5 for Ham Roads, where battleships Wi boarded for the canal cruise. MINIMUM WAGES LAW FOR WOMEN AND MINORS. Opposed by Employers Before New York State Factory Commission. New York, Jan. 7.—A state law pro- ing minimum wages for women and minors was generally opposed by plovers who testified today at open- ing of a series of hearings before t state factory Iinvestigating commis- sion. Labor and trades union repre- sentative: who were itne were unanimous- in_favor such a The purpose of the commis will be ended pstate, is to detern mmend the enactment quiry, whi ) week to cities whether to re of minimum wage legislation. Heads of sto s warned departm the commission that the umer, through increased prices goods, | would not t to develop the max mum of efficiency among workers; and declared that it hou! be left to the stores themselves to decide the amount their employes receive. The on was told that the number »ved would be increased be ores would be compelled to discharge hands incapapble of earn- ing the fixed wa 35 SEAMEN TAKEN OFF WRECKED DANISH SHIP. Brought Into Los Angeles by a Wreck- i ing Tug Yesterday. s Angeles if., Jan. 7.—Thirty- seamen, taken off tne Danish mo- hip Malakka, wreck December 18 on a ledge off Cedros Island, 300 miles south of San Diego, ., wero brought to this port by the n steamer Taq tons of the s car- Zo w d, by the the left = Cedr the | Steamer Acme at- tempting to and fittings. he a total lo 000 and carried ued half m lollars s destined worth of California produc for_Copent Five gen. volunteers of the crew who storm to row from the le ¥ the vessel struck to Cedros Island proper in search of help, found only two Japanese on the island, | Te there had once been a settle- I ment of considerable size. TREASURER OF ST. JEAN | SOCIETY USED FAKE BANKBOOKS 1 Millbury, Mass.,, Man Hoodwinked the Auditors of Society, Worcester, , Jan. 7.—Charzed with the larceny of $4.000 from the trzasury of St. Jean Baptiste soclety of Millbury, Joseph N. Bazinet, 42 vear old, treasurer of the society, was arraigned in district court today and was held in $5,000 bonds for superior court, Officers of the society testified that Bazinet, who has heen treasurer since 1910, hegan his alleged pecula- tions in 1911, and hoodwinked the au- ditors of the society by showing them fake bankbooks with biz balances credited to the soclety, while the real bankbooks showed that money had been drawn on orders claimed to be forzeries, until less than $100 of the societys’ money svas left in four banks. An officer of one Worrester bank testified that the real balan credited to the soclety is now $11, while Bazinet's book showed ecredit for $1,842, OBITUARY. Franklin N. Burr. Ansonia, Conn., Jan. 7.—Franklin N. Burr, secretary of the Fmerson Pub- lishing company (The Ansonia Senti- nel), died suddenly tonight from an acute attack of auinsy sore throat. He was 65 years old and is survived by his widow and several children. He was well known in Odd Fellow circles.