Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 10, 1915, Page 1

“They Are Fighting Desperately to Hold Back Teitons Until Assistance of Allies Can Reach Them in Norwich is Double That of Payment German War Loan. Berlin, Noy. 9 (by. wireless to Tuck- erton, N, J.)—Payment in cash on the thira’ German- war loan up A had reached the sum of 9.415,700,000 miarks ° (3,333,925,000) or 77.8 cent. of the total subscription, the Overseas News agency announced today. German Steamer Cordelia Missing. London, Nov. 10, 1.48-a. fn—The German steamer Cordelia, 1,046 tons, owned at Hamburg and laden with 2.000 tons of coal, has been missing simce. Sunday, according to a Copen- hagen despaich to the Exchange Tele- sraph company. It is believed that the vessel has been torpedoed by a British Trolley Wrecked |Foundation for Near Wilkesbarre| Thames Bridge BY ACROWDOFTI‘!R!‘ HUNDRED | AUTHORIZED AT MEETING OF MEN AND BOYS NEW HAVEN DIRECTORS PUT CREW TO FLIGHT|TQ BE FOR 4 TRACKS President Howard Elliott and Other Crowd Had Scattered Before the Ar- A heavy 200 years, Shrielin the earliest in swept Berl The coronation of Empaeror Yosohito of Japan takes place teday. Many wedding present are being de- at ihe White Flouse. ¥ R The Berlin “Vorwaerts” was temp- orarily suppressed by the authorities. 1 Subscriptions to the third Austrian war loan to date total 300,000,000 crowns. p . The United States Supreme Court | Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population Gondonsed Telegrams | SIONS FAMINE IN MEXICO OF IMPROVEMENT IN MEX Gonditions Now Such as Might be Expected A Years of Civil War Railway Service Has Been Reestablished in Many ToeR CITY IS SAID TO BE OVER unced the uali fall fro: Im' 5 ¥ submarine. rival of the Police and Deputy| Officers Were Alle Reelectsd—Com- Nov. 16 to '19? o i 433 ITALIAN LINER SUNK Sheriffs—No Arrests Made. mittees, Were Named. BB boake e e e 10 From Mexican Capital—Warehouses at Vera Cruz Are h - s Majestic Theatre at Springfield, Iil, 2 R s | BULGARS NOW IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH GERMANS BY SUBMARINE : and escaped with $940. : Crowded to Capacity—Ward Line Boats Have Resumed y 3 ————— ‘Wilkes Parre, Pa., Nov. 9.—A crowd New York, Nov. 9.—Howard Elliott, The Ancona Carried 422 Passengers|of thrée hundred men and boys today | chairman of the board and president The post office at Lacona, N. Y., was and 60 in Crew—270 Survivors Land- wrecked a trolley car of the Wilkes |of the company, was reelected to his Barre Railway company and drove the | present office at the meeting of the ent by thieves, who escaped with $2,125 in cash and stamps. Weekly Sailings and They Are Loading Hundreds of Austro-Germans Are MIng Progress Except in the West, ed at Bizerta, crew to Aight, in Lee Park, below this | board of directors of the New York, Where They Are Being Held by the Montenegrins—In the South the Growing Strength of the French and the Bulgars’ Route to Monastir—The Campaigns on the Other Fronts Continue Without Any Important Changes —Attitude of the Greek Government Remains Un- changed. 2 London, Nov. 9, 10.10 p. m.—Every day, ever hour adds to the peril of the Serbian armies which are fighting des- pérately to hold back the Austro-Ger- mans, pressing them from the north and the Bulgarians invading their country from the east, until the assist- ance their allies are sending can reach them. Bulgars Extend Grip on Railroad. Thé Bulgarians haxe extended their grip on_the Belgrade-Saloniki rail- way north and south of Nish and have occupled Leskovac, south of the cap tured capital and ' Aleksinac, to the north. At the latter point they are in close touch wii% the German - army, whieb, “after occupying Krusevac, ex- ténded its left wing as far as Djunis, on the left pank of thé Morava. Austro-Germans Advancing. The Aystro-Germans, advancing fouthward/ are making progress ex- cept in the west, where they are being held by fhe Montenegrins. The in- vading fbrces apé nmow reaching the most diffcult part of Serbia, the moun- tanious ‘region, where the natives, kno every hill and gully, can offer resistance. The - Aus- plentitplly suj W ith whiel Ald of Allies Beginning to Tefl. In ‘the squth _the ever-growing stredgth of the French and _British forcgs is be; ng to tell. They are carrying_on_an , energetic offensive inst the ; have managed to ke the raflway clear as far as Veles are barring ‘the Bulgars' route to Monastir. . While it will be some time before the Gérmans can sficiently repair the northern emd of the rallway for the transport of troops ‘and . ‘munitions, their successes have enabled them to send supplies to the Bulgarians and ‘Turks by the Danube as far as Niko- polis, fi which point they can be sent Dy to Sofla and Constantino- vle. £ No Chdnge in Attitude of Greece. ‘There s no change in the dttitude of Greefe, although it is comsidered that at fhe moment that Bulgaria has again ted against the hospl- tality ed the allied troops at Salonild the Greek government has ap- plied the allies for flnancial as- slgtan n application which is re- cel: favorable consideration. The!Greek government has also re- i¥wed to the aliies an' expression ol its. determination to maintain neu- 'n‘m; and of its sincere good will to- ward’the entente powe: Hussians Are Still Attacking. ‘The campaizps on the other fronts contfnuc without any important s. The Russians are still at- %‘: in‘the north and south and are commencing to feel Germany in the center, which, it is belleved, has #n weakened for the purpose of st hening the two wings. No big mavement Is expected, however, until thfnconflutm of the ground improves. hoth the west and on the Italian front there has = been fighting. COMMONS DJSCUSSES SUSPENSION OF GLOBE Proceedings’ Arainst Editor and Pub- tisher' Under _Consideration. considerable London/ Nov, 9, 437 p. m—"Is the governmént afraid of Lord North- cliffe?” was the query propounded by Harry Anderson Watt, member for the college ; divislon of Glasgow, in the house of commons this afternoon, but the speaker ' promptly forestalled dls. cussiah of the topic by disallowing th aquestion. The house was discussing the sus- pension of the Globe at the time. One inquisitor wanted to know why an- other evening paper which had com- mitted the spmeo offense as the Globe was not similarly_suppressed. John A. Simon, secretary of te for home affairs assured the house that any newspaper acting as the Globe did would receive similar treatment. _As to_the dength of the suspension of the Globé and proceedings against its editor and publisher, the secretary a, saia these ,flmm, were under con- sideration. / ANNUAL/aAm:uET OF LORD MAYOR OF LONDON Curtailmént of Sumptuous Menu Due ""to War Economy. Londgn, Nov. 9, 8:30 p. m.—THe an- nual ‘benquet of 'the lord mayor of. London was celebrated in the Guild- ha!l tonight, Sir Charles Cheers Wake- | field Baving been inaugurated during the o of the dav. Al the city officigls, ,many” members of the gov- nt ‘abd the diplomatic represent- atives attended. The only difference between the tonight and those of other wa3 to be obeerved in the cur- of the customary sumptuous mitn, one ¢ appropriate to war ncéonomy.. :aking its place and the presence of many of the guests in mil- itary ymiform. it Premier . Asquith, his wife and daughter were cheered when they en- tered the hall, the cheers also were given for th Serblan minister and for the representatives of the allies, not- ably the French and Italian ambassa- dors and the Russian Grand Duke Mi- chael.” The high commissioner of New Zealand, the Hon. /Willlam Thomas Mackenzie brought his son who wus blinded while serving in the Darda- ntlits, and: the young soldier was giv- en an ovation. The Earl of Derby, director of re- cruiting, was warmly received, as was also the Belglan. minister. ‘When the toast “The King” was given, the assembly rose and sang the national anthem, which was never done. before. Sir John A: Simon, secretary for home. affairs, responding to ‘Our Al- lies,” said that the alliance would be- come stronger with the duration of the war. GRECIAN GOVERNMENT WARNED BY BULGARIA That Latter Cannot Be Held Respon- sible for Future Attitude of Greece. Paris, Nov. 8, 5.40 p. m.—The Tem) prints ‘a despatch from Saloniki in which . Premier Radoslavoff of Bul- garia is quoted by the Sofia corre- spondent of the Pesti-Hislap, of Buda- Pest Hungary, as declaring: “The Greclan government now has been warned that it cannot hold the Bulgarian government responsible for t.h‘tl consequences of its future atti- tude.” This notification, according to the correspondent, followed representa- tlons made by the premier to M. Naoum, Greek minister to Bulgaria. Premier Radosiavofl, the correspon- dent, declares regards the facilities dccorded for the disembarkment of al- lied troops at Saloniki, as incompat- ible with Gréek neutrality and has Informea Minister Naoum to this ef- rect. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NISH AND PIROT Has Been Reestablished and Traffic Has,Been Resumed. Berlin, Nov. 9.—(By wireless to Tuckerton, N. J.) Rallway communi- cation between Nish and Pirot, on the line to Sofla near the an fron- tler, has been re-established and traf- fic has been resumed, according to a Sofia despatch given out today by the Overseas News Agency. NEW HAVEN DIRECTORS' TRIAL MORE UP TO DATE. Evidence of Acts Committed by De- fendants Since 1912, New York, Nov. 9.—For the first time since the trial of the eleven for- mer directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railway began, nearly four weeks ago, attorneys for the government placed before the jury today evidence of acts committed by the defendants within the three-year poriod’ of the statute of limitations, which began in 1912. This had to do with allezéd. efforts of the New Haven to make absolute, through the acquisi- tion of minority shares, its ownership of the Central New Engiand railway, control of which it purchased in 1904, AL the testimony that had been pre- vicusly introduéed, dating back to 1890, tl:e year of the enactment of the Si:erman law, which the defendants are accused of violating, has been designed t2 prove that a conspiracy to monop- ciize the transportation traffic of New Engiand existed prior to the three- year period. It is only upon illegal 2cts commimted as a part of the. al- lexed continuance of the conspiracy within this period that the defendants can be convicted, according to the court’s ruling. BRIDGEPORT NEWSPAPERMEN ARRESTED FOR EXTORTION. Aiexander Gondof and Victor Gondof of the Daily News. : New York, Nov. 9.—Alexander Gon- dof. editor of the Dally. News, Bridge- rort Conn, and Victor Gondof, his Dbicther. publisher of the newspaper, werc aiTested here today in the offices €t the Trans-Atlantic Trust company on charges of extortion. Julius Pirnit- . president of the trust company, charged the men with having extorted from him a check for $2,000° under tureat to publish an article concerning him in the Bridgeport newspaper. Ac- <Cerding to the police, a check for $2,000 identified by Pirnitzer was found on Alexander Gondof. “China.Honors American Engineer. New York, Nov. 9—The Chinese gcvernment ‘Has awarded to Georse Bionson Rea, an American engineer of Brocklyn, the grand prize for the best programme for a national system of railways, according to a cablegram re- ceived tonight from Peking by: the Far Eastern bureau..: - A Rome, via Paris, Nov. 9, 11 p. m— The Iialian liner Ancona has been sunk by a large submarine flying the Austrian colors. She carried 422 passengers and 60 in the crew. Two hundred and seventy survivors, some of them wounded, have been landed at Bizerta. The Ancona sailed from New York for Naplés on October 17. She had on board 1,245 Italian reservises and a general cargo. She arrived at Na- Ples on October 29 and was due to =ail from Naples for New York today (November 9.). The Ancona was built at Belfast 1908. She had a gross tonnage 8,210, was 482 feet in length and feet beam. e e FINANCIAL SITUATION OF GREAT BRITAIN To be Discussed in Both Houses of Parliament — Expenditures Now Nearly $30,000,000 a Day. London, Nov. 10, 2:28 a. m.—The se- rious financial situation will be the subject of debate in both. houses of parliament today. According to the Daily Telegraph. Premier Asquith will ask for an increased vote of credit of 300,000,009 pounds sterling ($1,500,- 000) or 850,000,000 pounds sterling ($1,750,000) and will make an import- ant speech dealing _comprehensively with the financial aspects of the war, while in the house of lords, several prominent members are expected to support a motion by Viscount Peel in- viting the government to exercise a more_ effective supervision over naval and military expenditures.” The constantly increasing -war ex- penditure, which is now nearly $6,000,- dhay M A e SR A is ] o create anxiety in . itbile Soind mnd mi e bty I the press.and-in _public dise about the waste prevalent in every department in war expenditures. in of 58 ACTRESS CHARLOTTE CRABTREE GUEST AT THE EXPOSITION Tuesday Was Designated as Day” In Her Honor. San Francisco, Nov. 9.—Charlotte Crabtree of New York and Boston, re- tired actress, known as ‘Lotta” was the guest of honmor at the Panama- Pacific Exposition and it was “Lotta Day” in her honor. She was given a medal. Miss Crabtree began her theatrical career in Petaluma, across the bay, and from being a San Francisco fav- orite, acquired national popularity. She received large salaries and by ju- dicious investment made a fortune. She presented “Lotta’s Fountain,” a local landmark, to San Francisco. She is 68 years old. SCALE OF WAGES FOR BOSTON WAITRESSES To Make It Unnecessary for Them to Depend On Tips. “Lotta Boston, Nov. 9.—Plans for a move- ment to gain for waitresses a scale of wages which would make it unnec- essury for them to depend on tips fur the’r livine were announced tonignt Ly Mrs. Del'a Furley. president of the wa.tresses’ union. Mre Hurley stated that {a some plaiss the wowen re- c=ve no wages, heirg depoitent np on gratuities while in many other <nges they receive ony frum 1 to $1.50 each week. MOVEMENT OF GRAIN AT SAULT STE MARIE Greatest Amount Ever Put Through the Locks in One Day. Sault Ste Marle, Mich, Nov. 98.— The greatest amount of grain ever put through the locks here in one op- eration was handled today when the steamers Grant Mordes ecarrying 4ba - 000 bushels of wkeat and the Snyder, Jr.. with 460 000 bushsls. were passed turough. The Snyder's load was a record for Great Lakes wheat cargues. FUND FOR WORKERS IN DANGEROUS OCCUPATIONS Mrs, E. H. Harriman a Donor for an Educational Campaign. 9—Mrs. B H. Harriman has donated a fund to carry on an educational campaign for the benefit of workers in occupations dangerous to their iives or health, it was announced today by the American Museum of Safety The amount of the donation was nct made public. The chief otject will be to minimize dis- case among workers in _shops and factories in New York. Lectures and motion pictures are to be given daily. Movements of Steamships. New York, Nov. 9.—Signalled: Steamer Pat Marseiiles, for New York, £30 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon. Dock.late Thursday or 9.30 a. m. Friday. Naples, Nov. 3.—Sailed: _ Steamer Duca Degli Abruzzi, New York. New York, Nov. 9.—Sailed: Steamer Nieuw Amsterdam, Rotterdam via Fal- mouth. Naples, Noy. 9.—Safed: Steamer An- cona, New York. Nine Miners Killed by Explosion, Berlin, Nov. 9 (By wireless to Say- ville, N. 'Y.)—An explosion of fire damp in the coal mine of the Kaiser com- pany .at Essen caused the death of aino riners and_ the injury of nine |1 others. e city. Car Crew Fired Three Shots. The car crew are alleged to have fired threc shots, which attracted the attention of a number of rmen and boys from the mills in the section. The work of destruction took but a few minutes, and when the township police and deputy sheriffs arrived the crowd had scattered. No arrests were made. Other Lines Operated The Lee Park outbreak was the first in two days. The cars on the other lines operated are running intermit- tently but dre carrying no passengers. AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN NOTE ON EXPORTATION OF MUNITIONS, Its Contents Ar'—Duocrob.od as Friendly Arguments. Washington, Nov. 9.—The text ot the second - Austro-Hungarian note concerning exportation of war muni- tions fro mthe United States to the al- lies was made public tonight by the state department. It was. received hers ten days ago, unofficial summaries have already been published. The document - discusses at length contentions inthe American reply to the protest from Vienna on this sub- ject and reiterates the opinion that trafic in munitions in _the United States has assumed such proportions as to violate the spirit of neutrality. Its contents aro described in the con- cluding paragraph as “friendly argu- ments which are merely intended as & final supplement to the statement of the legal aspect of the matter as a de- fined in the note of Jume 29 of. this year.” Omcials of, the Washington govern- ment do not consider that the com- munication calls for a reply and for the present, at_least thera pbr:‘h.bly will be no.further exchange, between the two goverpments on the question. APPGINTMENT OF COMMY’ s “OF ‘Al F. OF L. CON oN Providence Has Made a Bid for the Session Next Year. San Francisco, Nov. pointment of various committees to handle the work of the convention was the most important work of a single adjourned session of the American Federation of (5" Siholal recosition of repressr: to bar of recognition of r v tatives of religlous organizations as fraternal delegates failed to material- ize, but it was sald would be offered at_a later session. Providence, R. I and St. Louis sent telegraphie invitations bidding for the convention mext:year. ‘No action was taken. — SANITARY PREPAREDNESS A GREAT NATIONAL NEED. Advocated at Convention of Southern Medical Association. Dallas, Tex., Nov. 9.—Sanitary pre- paredness was termed a greater na- ticnal need than military by speakers at_today’s sessions ofé the Southern Medical association’s annual conven- tion here. Dr. Rupert Blue, surgeon- general of the public health service, made the principal address, while a military_turn was given the discus- sion by Dr. W. L. Rodman, president of the American Medical assoclation,when be asked the association to help de- velop a medical corps large enough for any expansion of the army and navy. N. Y, N. H.'& H. ROUNDHOUSE AT LITCHFIELD BURNED. A Combination Express and Mail Car Also Destroyed. Litchfield, _Conn, Nov. The roundhouse of the New York, New Heven and Hartford railroad -and a comkination express and mail car were destroyed by. fire .of uncertain -origin late tonight. Louis Higgins, the night watchman, discovered the blaze, and he managed to move an engine and two cars to safety. The firemen suc- ceeded in preventing,a spread of the fire to adjolniig bulldings. The loss is several thousand. dollars. ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT AT MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGE. Gift of $25,000.by Mr. and Mrs. Norman Harris Completes Endowment. South Hadley, Mass., Nov. 9.—A gift of $25,000 by Mr. and Mrs. Harris of Chicago completed the en- [dowment of the zoological department a:i Mt. Holyoke college today. This is the second gift of the same amount New Haven & Hartford Railroad com. pany here today. The other bfficers reelected were: Vice presidents. Ben- jamin Campbell, A. R. Whaley; vice Dresident and general counsel, E. Buckland; vice president and comp- troller, J."M. Tomlinson: secretary, A. E. Clark; treasurer, A. S. May. Executive Committee. These membefs of the executive committee of he board of directors were elected: Howard Efliott, Boston; Arthur T. Hadley, New Haven; T. De_ Witt Cuyler, Philadelphia; W. Murray Crane, Boston; Edwara Milligan, Hartford; John T. Pratt, New Yor! Frank W. Matteson, Providence; T. Maxwell, Rockville, Conn. Other Committees. The other committees named were: Committee on Housatonmec Power company and Waterhury Gas Light company. Howard Elliott, Eli Whitney, Harrls Whittemore, John T. Pratt, Ar- thur T. Hadley: committee on Bil- lard company matter, Howard Elliott, James L. Richards, Francis T. Max- weil, Edward Mullizan: committee on Boston Real Estate. Howard FEiliott, James L. Richards, Joseph B. Russel committee on Eastern _Steamsship company matter, Howard Elliott, Ben- jemin Campbell, James L. Richards, Joseph B. Russell: committee on New England Investment and Security company matter, Howard Elliott, James L. Richards, Joseph B. Russell, Edward Mulligan. Change in Purchasing Agent. The resignation of H. A. Fabian. urchasing agent, was accepted by the tors and George G. Yeomans was appointed his successor. Foundation for Thames River Bridge. Authority was given by the direc- fors to begin at once the putting in of a_four-track foundation for a new bridge over the Thames river at New London, 'Conn, F. AMERICAN PAMPHLET BARRED . FROM MAILS TO INDIA Jaid - to Be Translated Excerpts San Francisco, Nov. 9—Ram Chan- drs, a local Hindu editor, announced today that a pamphlet which he says is made up wholly of translated ex- cerpts from W. J. Bryan's “British Rule in India,” had been barred from the malls to India at the request of the British government. The pamph. let is entitied “Angan Di Gawahi, which is sald to be a translation of the Bryan title. Ram Chandra made public a letter signed with the name of Charles W. Fay, postmaster, which said: “T have to inform you that the gov- ernment of India has prohibited the importation into British India of any copy of a pamphlet, entitled ‘Angan Di Gawahi’ published by Yuganter Ashram, San Francisco, U. S. of Amer- ica, whatever may be the language in which the pamphlet referred to may be printed. “Under these circumstances, it will be necessary for this office to decline to accept for mailing to British India, coples of the pamphlet referred to.” PRESIDENT WILSON CABLES TO EMPEROR OF JAPAN Cordial F citations on the Accession to the Throne. Washington, Nov. 9.—President Wilson today cabled to the emperor of Japan his cordial felicitations on the accession to the throne. The mes- sage follows: “To His Imperial Majesty, Yoshihito, the Emperor of Japan, Tokio: “On this auspicious occasion of Your Majests’s formal accession to the throne, I take pleasure in extend- ing cordial felicitations and in ex- pressing the confidence that the in- fluence of your high ideals of right and justice which will continue. to sulde you in your exalted office will insure "to the advancement of your country. I "assure Your Majesty of my best wishes for your personal wel- fare and that of- Your Majesty’s fam- ily -and for the continuance of the friendly relations existing _between Japan and the United States.” VILLA DESERTERS OFFERED $5 EACH FOR THEIR RIFLES At the Mexican Consulate in EI Paso, Texas. El Paso, Texas, Nov. 9.—Villa de- serters are offcred 35 each for their rifles at the Mexican consulate here orman | in @ notice issued by Consul Andreas D. Garcla today. The notice sets forth that the wea- pons are in reality the property of the de facto Mexican government and that Mr. and Mrs, Harris have made to the department, to which the Sigma will be seéized wherever found, but that they will be purchased as a means of Thetn Chi fraternity has given $2500 | Preventing many of them falling into for a scholarship. GENERAL CARRANZA VISITS A WATERING PLACE Devoting Considerable Attention to Af- faire of State. Laredo, ~Téxas, Nov.' 9.—Géneral Carranza, at present t manas, a watering_place on the rail- way line between Pledras Negras and Monclava, is devoting considerable at- tention to affairs - state expected several days will fore he will continue terey and Neuvo Auto Fatalities in Chicago. is trip fo Mon- the hands of private dealers. OBITUARY. Francis Edward Bliss. Hartford, Conn., Nov. 9.—Fran Edward Biiss, president of the Amer- ican Publishing company here for meny: year, and said to have been the fiust publisher in this country to sell Visiting . Her- | beoks by the subscription method, died 4t his home today after a long iliness. g:rvu ‘born in Springfield, Mass.,, in 1d it 18| “Barly in life Mr. Bliss was engaged be- | in the banking business in New York. He came here in 1566 and ever since ‘been connected with the American Publishing company. Among the books he sold by subscription while the idea Chicago, Nov. 9-—~Two hundred and{was in-its infancy were those of Mark twenty-séven persons wete killed in|Twain, Bret Harte and Charles Dudley Cook €« < o Beceher 3. 1314 16 Ne- vember .1, year, L led: nl;u ‘Warner. :He took an active interest in church mfin - |afiaire and for 47 years was clerk of the. .Asylum .Avenue Congregational ! Church society.. Two sons survive. The White Star Line will no longer book passage from England to Amert- ca for emigrants eligible to military uty. George F. Baker, chairman of the Board of the First National Bank of New York donated $260,000 to Cornell University. = The Navy ent announced that plans ~will be completed for training .citizens for naval duty with- in a month. A vigorous campaign started by the French government against persons who have been im- plicated in army frauds. has been Owing to the dim lighting in London the traffic policemen have been equip- ped with warning lamps, which are fastened on their backs. Ten thousand horses are being gathered at Elizabeth N. J., for ship- ment to Europe to be used by the sarious belligerent armies. A large sugar refinory wil' be es- teblished at Chatham, Omt.. by the Dominion Sugar Co., of Wallacebursg, Canada, at a cost of $1,000,000. After 13 monfll—l of idiness, the Sharon, Pa., plant of the American Steel Foundries will be opened at cnce, giving employment to 00 men. Fifteen persons injured and two dead is the record of automobile, rail- road and motorcycle secidents In the vicinity of Binghamton, N. Y. on Sunday. Frank Bell 30 years old was killed instantly by an ‘explosion in one of the small mixing houses at the Union Metallic Cartridge company’s piant at Bridgeport. After an hour's talk with President Wilson, Representative Kitebin, House. floor* leader, announced that he would not support the Administration naval programme. The Minneapolis Steel and Machin- ery company announced that it had obtained a $1,500,000 contract to man- ufacture six-inch shell casings for the British government. ) Their Elimination. Washington, Nov. 9.—Conditions in Mexico are improving and there are signs that give hope for a gradual re- turn to order and prosperity = there, accoréing to a summary of advices from various parts of the republic tonight by the state department. Famirie in Mexico City Over The famine in Mexico City is said to be over, rallway service has been re-established in many directions, the Carranza government is_distributing food to the destitute, and while bus- iness is dull compared to peaceful years, it is pictured as better than at any time since the revolt against Diaz began. The 1ows: “Conditions in Mexico City are such as might be expected in any country that has passed through about six years of civil war. Those hopeful for the restoration of order and of Mexi- co's former prosperity beliove that there now is a chance for them to im- prove. “In Mexico City the famine is a thing of the past. Now, through gov- ernment officials, there is food for everybody and the improvement of the railroad service makes it certain that food conditions will be better every day. The government has been main- taining 46 stations where food is free, consisting of a portion of soup and bread. distributed &aily to every wo- mazn and child who comes. In addi- tion there are 56 commissaries where food is sold to those in better cir- cumstances at cost. Further, there are ten dining ooms wheve meals are served free. Conditions are so much better that. Eidering”the of these free stations. Business ls Improving. “While business is not flourishing, compared with former years, in Mex- ico City, it is probably better than it has been at any time since the trouble started. The stores are open and department’s gtatement fol-! i Police visited an alleged Chinese gambling den in Pell Street. New York. The place was found deserted but a large amount of gambling para- phernalia was confiscated. After striking a broakwater and springing a leak while entering tne Dutch harbor of Muiden, *he Dutch stewmer Monnikendam, Newport News for Amsterdam, was heuched. American military air ft are be- ing tried out by the Dutch army with success. American hydro-aeroplanes will form part of the equipment of the Netherlands East Indian army. The strike of shell makers at the Pittsburgh plant of the Westinghous Electric & = Manufacturing Co. has been settled, the strikers accepting the company’s plan of paving by the piece system. The American steamer Hocking, de- tained at Halifax, N. S., for prize court proceedings, narrowly escaped being driven ashore during a heavy blow. She was hauled out of danger by four tugs. Traffic in the New York subway was halted for an hour when Mrs. Helcn B. Mitchell, aged 23, of Jersey City, was killed between the cars of 2 southbound train at the Fulton Strect station. Several European riders have been granted furloughs from the armies in which they are serving, to attend the annurl six-day bicycie race which starts at Madison Square Garden, New York on Dec. 6. Detective armed with cameras are taking pletures of every employe of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in West Virginia that they see drinking lquor. A number of emploves have been discharged. The Berlin Geographical Society has elected ~ General von Beseler, conqueror of Antwerp and Novo Georgelewsk, as its president. suc- ceeding Albert Peuck, the famous geographer, who has resigned. Privates and non-commissioned of- ficers in the army will have no op- portunity to reach commission rank by competitive examination in the near future, because of the lack of vacan- cles in the grade of second lieuten- ants, The Aluminum Co. of America has purchased the French holdings in a dry-aluminum plant near Whitney, N. C., which, when completed, was to of the war. struction work will proceed. Coroner John J. Phelan, after a two days’ inquest today found no criminal responsibility on the part of Dr. H. Le B. Peters of Bridgeport, whose au- tomobile struck and killed Miss Rose Tavlin there last Sayurday night. General Wu Dan, a Chinese, who claimed to be a former assistant of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, was arrested in Hono- Iulu by the immigration authorities, on orders from Washington. He i Con- ,000. Work on it was | most of them ars well stocked, in T Tons Every Trip—In the Rural Districts There Are Still Roving Bands of Bandits—A Number Hanging From Telegraph Poles Shows That Progress is Being Made in contrast with the conditions of a year end a half ago a the end of the Hucta regime. “Restoration of railrosd service throughout the country will not only be the big step towards resuming normal conditions, but it will also be the barometer of peace and order in the country. Railroads have beem in the last few weeks transferred from the military to the civil authorities. The latter are now attempting to_get the railroads on a running schedule, working under the most discouraging handicaps. Of the former equipment of the Great National system of rail- roads more than two-thirds of the en- gines, cars, rolling stock and_stations have’ been’ destroyed. One-half, &t least, of what is left is still being used by the military. For instance: on the road from Vera Cruz to Mexico City one sleeper is avallable and, accord- | ingly, has an alternate schedule. This is a better schedule than any other stretch of the system. Short- age of freight cars and locomotives is | holding back the resumption of the = normal commerce of the country. Warehouses of Vera Cruz Crowded. “The warehouses at Vera Cruz are hiready crowded to capacity. . The Ward Line boats have resumed week- Iy sallings and they are loading hundreds of tons there every trip. The railroad is helpless to move more than .a small portion of freight to- wards the interior. Practically evefy mile of railroad has been repaired by the different armies. z Few Roving Bands of Bandits. . “In the capital and in all of the large cities and towns under the con- trol of the Carransistas law and order have been restored as rapidly as pos- sible. Some parts of the rural dis- tricts still have roving bands of ban- dits Whom the soldiers have been un. able to apprehend and exterminate. Various bandits hanging from tele- graph poles on the railroad right of wity, however, show that progress 18 Deing made in thelr extermination.” PLAN $100,000,000 ENDOWMENT FOR NATIONAL RED CROSS. And Combi Relief Societies Al Founded Since Outbreak of War. New York, Nov. .—A movement to combine all relief societies founded in this country since the outbreak of the European war under the control of the American National Red Cross and to obtain for that organization a per- manent endowment of $100,000,000 was started tcday at a meeting of promin- ent people at the hotme of Mrs. White- law Reid. Among those who urged the plan were Joseph H. Choate, former am- bassador to Great Britain, who presid- ed; Former President Taft, Miss Anne Morgan, Mrs. Leonard Wood, Mrs. E. H. Harriman, Jacob H. Schiff and Miss Mabel T. Boardman of the Red Criss executive committee. Unions of all the organizations now working inderendently to achleve the same end—relief of distressed people in Europe—was urged by Miss Board- man. “With all independent effort placed under one control the Red Cross should have an endowment of $100,000,000," said Miss» Boardman. “This would put it on a footing sim- ilar to the Rockefeller and Carnegie foundations. The Red Cross should be the strongest organization -in the world with every citizen in this coun- try in its membership.” Mr. Taft stated that President Wil- son, as head of the Red Cross, had ap- pointed him president of the central committee. “I do not know what the burden of the office is, but whatever the load will be I will soon be under it,” he said. “When you have that kind of interest you can be earnestly eloquent in ask- ing other to help.” A MINING ENGINEER LOST IN A SWAMP. Students and Others of Houghton, Mich., Search For W. D. Stevens. Houghton, Micl Nov. 9 —Wilam D. Stevens, a_minin gengineer, a son of the late Horace D. Stevens, a well known authority on copper min- ing, is lost in the swamp ten miles south of Houghton tonight. Stevens, who headed a party o1 seven, lost his way while searching for three men who disappeored Mon- day. The three and Stevens six companions have been found. _ The student body of the Michigan School of Mines, of which Stevens is a graduate, as well as many of the cit- izens of ‘Houghton, have joined in the search for him. ITALIAN OIL SHIP AFIRE 5 ABANDONED AT, SEA. in Gulf of Mexico—Crew Was Taken Off By Tug. Galveston, Texas, Nov. %.—An Itallan ship. loaded with oil from Port Arthur, Téxas, for Italian ports, is on fire said to have been fomenting opposi-|at sea, 65 miles east of Sabine Bar, and tion to President Yuan Shi Kal. President Humane Association. St. Augustine, Fla., Nov. 9—Dr, has been abandoned, according to wireless \advices received here to- night from the steamer _Gulfstream. which is standing by. The crew ot Willlam O. Stillman, of Albany, N. Y., |the burning vessel has been taken ofy oday was reelected president of the |by the tag Russell. Thefire re- American Humane. assoclation at the ! ported in No. 3 bold and the name of annual meeting here. the ship was not given. PRESIDENT WILSON APPOINTS W. H. TAFT TQ RFD CROSS Chairman of the Central Committeo— Succeeds General G. W. Davis. Washington, Nov. 9.—President Wil son today appointed Former Presi- dent William H. Taft chairman of the central committee of the American Red Cross, to succeed Major General George W. Davis, retired. General Davis resigned on account of il health. When General Davis determined re- cently to give up the work, president Wilson, mindful of Former President Taft's experience for many years as president of the Red Cross, wrote to him asking if he would accept the chalrmanship. Today the president received a letter from Mr. Taft saying ' he would be very glad to associate himself again with the socety’s work, The appointment immediately follow- o When Mr. Taft was secretary of war he was elected president of the Amer- ican Red Cross by the central com- mittee, on February s, 1905, He was re-elcted successively and_served un- til April 20, 1913, when, after the in- auguration of Mr. Wilson as president of the United States, he resigned and sugBested that the honor. should with the office of the president of the United States. The susgestion was accepted promptly by the committee and Mr. Wilson became head of the organization. = Mr. Taft's appointment, it is said, means that he will take active charge of the central governing body of the Red Cross, which passes on all admin- istrative affairs of the organization, He will preside at the business meet- ings which are held in Washington * from time to time and in that way will relleve the president from the detail duties now required of him. : General Davis had been chairman of the central committee since 1906, having been appointed by Former President Roosevelt. VILLA'S ARMY MARCHING EASTWARD FROM NACO. Toward Agua Prieta, the Scene of His Recent Unsuccessful Attack. Francisco Vilia'’s army is marching eastward from Naco and Villa Verde, Sonora, toward Agua Prieta, the scene of Villa's recent unsuccessful attack on the forces of General P. Ellas Cal- les, the Carranza defender, according to advices received here tonight fi American farmers on the border of_here. These advices stated that just be- fore dark a column of troops estimat- ed at several miles in length, passed through Anavacach? Pass, twelve. =outhwest of Agua Prieta and eastword. Advices from Naco, were that séven thousand Villa% troops between there and Anavacacl Pass late today were engaged wi scouting parties sent out from Prieta by General Calles. $1,000 Each to 32 Card Players: Bangor, Me, Nov. 9.—Thirtyf members of two card clubs in Bang and Rockland, were given $1,000 each under the will of Mrs. F. W.. ‘wht died at her home here recently, it - announced today. Mrs. Hill. ¥ member of both clubs and the - were made “as token of