Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 21, 1915, Page 1

© VOL. LVI—NO. 311 " 'NORWICH, CONN. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1915 ; BRITISH GALLIPOLI - CAMPAIGN FIZZ Marks the End of One of the Great Chapters of the War’s History FIRST TO LAST WITHIN FEW MILES OF VICTORY British Retain Possess of the Tip of the Peninsular at Sed- dul Bahr, Protected by a Double Line of Ships—Pros- pects of Forcing a Way to Constantinople Through the Dardanelles is Apparently Abandoned—A Fair Degree of Quiet Prevails on All War Fronts—Greece Denies Reports of Bulgarian Surprise Attacks. London, Dec. 20.—The announcement of the British withdrawal from Galli- poll overshadowed all other war news tonight. For the British public the abrupt war office statement marks the end of one of the great chapters of the war's history. The shock of the news was hardly broken by the fact that rumors had been current in the street for some days anqd the withdrawal of the forces had been a matter of widespread ‘pro and con dlscussion ever since Lord Ribblesdale’s famous speech in parli- anjent in which he declared that with- drawal bad been recommended by a high military authority. The feeling of the man in the street was generally one of relief mixed with regret. A popular half-penny pa- per sums up, the British public's atti- titude as follows: “Thus ends the enterprise on which the highest Lopes were built and which if it had succeeded, would prob- bly have turned the tide of the war. pur troops from first to last were within fifteen miles of victory.” The policy urderlying the Darda- nelles expedition may vet be carried to a successful issue in some other auarter of the Near East, but the pros- pect of forcing a way to Constan nople through the famous straits is apparently relinquished. British _troops continue to the tip of the peninsula at oceupy Seddul Bahr, commanding the entrance to the straits where many British have de- clared a new Gibraltar will one day arise. The position here is protect- ed by a double line of ships and it is assumed that this will be held. A fair degree of quiet has continued on the war fronts during the past 24 hours and ncne of the offirepeated threats of a big offensive in France, in north Russia, Galicla or the Bal- kane has yet actually materialized. Persistent _reports of a Greco-Bul- garlan encounter, resulting from & Bulgarian surprise attack, having been cleared up by the Greek statement that the encounter took place in Al- banfan territory. No one was killed or wounded. Order was restored promptly and an amicable inquiry is preceeding. It is announced from Paris that no enemy detatchments has yet crossed the Greek frentier. Meanwhile, work on the defensive lines around Saloni- Greek villages in the nelghborhood of ki is being actively pushed and the the lines are being evacuated by the populaticn. Greek military clrcles declare they are convinced that the forces opposing the allles will not attempt to créss the frontier, the Bulgarians, because they realize the danger of provoking Greece, the Germans because they are grateful for Greek neutrality and because they | realize the tremendous cost which the enterprise would entail. AMERICAN LIEUTENANT DETAINED AS GERMAN SPY. Edward L. Dyer, On Leave of Absence From Philippine Duty. ‘Washington, Dec. 20.—The war de- partment has been unofficially advised that Lieutenant Edward L. Dyer of the coast artillery, had been given three months’ Jeave of absence from duty in the Philippine Islands, is detained in Singapore as a German spy, having aeglected to obtain a passport on leaving the Philippines. No word from him or official news of his deten- tion has been received. Lieutenant Dyer left Fort Mills, P. I.. September 10 last. His leave expired five days ago. He had planned to spend the time traveling in the Orient and was to have gone to Puget sound foi detail there on the expiration of his leave. PITTSBURGH POLICE SIEZE $14500 LOOT IN RAID, More Than a Pint of Diamonds Stolen in More Than 100 Robberit Pittsburgh, Dec. 20—Seven persons are under arrest here today following a rald by the police on an apartment in the East Bnd during which $14,500 worth of jewelry and silver plate was seized. More than a pint of diamonds, emeralds and other stones which had been removed from their settings were found in the apartment, according to the police, who tcharge that the loot was eslen in more than one hundred robberles which have occurred in that section of the city during the past three months. Persons whose homes have been entered by thieves recently will be called in today by th police to attempt to identify their property. NEW TAX PROPOSALS FOR SUBMISSION TO REICHSTAG. Next Budget Cannot Be Balanced Without Additional Income. Berlin, via London, Dec. 20, 1110 p. m.—Dr. Karl Heffricht, secretary of the imperial treasury, announced in the reichstag today that the next budget cannot be balanced without additional income, and that proposals for new taxation are now being drafted for sub- mission to the reichstag. The secretary declared that no mat- ter how large a war indemnity was received, the war would impose a coloseal ‘burden of taxation on the Germans and they must therefore ex- pect greatly increased taxation after the war. BOCIALISTS WANT CONFERENCE OF NATIONS TO END WAR. Have Appointed a Committee to Urge Passage of House Resolution. Chicago, Dec. 20.—The national ex- ecutive committee of the socialist arty here today named Eugene V. Debs, Indianepolls, Morris Hillquit, _New York, and James H. Maurer of Penn- p= as a committee to go to to urge President Wilson to.ald 1h the passage of a house reso- Tufion which has for its object the call- kL of & conference of neutral nations a view to ending the European ‘War. Colonel Robert Hart Acquitted. Watertown, N. Y, Dec. 20.—Colonel Robert Hmu S. A, commanding officer at json Barracks, was ac- quitted in the recent court artial held at the barracks, according to the finaings made public there today. The general charge against Colonel Hirst ‘was “conduct pmnld‘i.cm nto military AUsctpiine.” 400 TOOLMAKERS OUT AT SPRINGFIELD. MASS. Employes of Westinghouse Co. — A General St Discussed. Springfield, Mass. Dec. 20.—At a meeting of the striking tool makers and machinists of the Westinghouse company a general strike of all em- ployes was discussed. Nearly four {hundred tool makers and machinists struck Saturday. The advisory com- mittee of the striking men will meet tonight and will appoint a time for a meeting of all the union employes of the company when a vote on 2 gen- eral strike Wwill be taken. Union of- ficials say that if the strike is voted it will be called not.before Wednes- day. Such a strike would affect the 2.000 men employed in the various Westinghouse shops and union men say an effort would be made to spread it to other firms doing work for the Westinghouse concern. BRITISH SUFFRAGETTES SHOWS RESOURCEFULNESS. Deprived of Printing Press, They ls- sue Typewritten Sheet. London, Dasc. 20, 2 p. m—A single sheet of fools-cap. closely typewritten on both sides, takes- the place this week of the customary issue of Bri- tannia. the organ of the Woman's So- clal and Political union. No mention is made of the police raid which deprived the suffragettes of their printing press, which they had concealed in a garage, but Christabel Pankhurst continues in this novel is- sue the suffragette attack and shows no disposition to consider the Women’s Social and Political union baffled. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR RELIEF OF INHABITANTS OF POLAND. Executive Proclamation Designates New Year’s Day as Time to Donate- ‘Washington, Dec. 20.—An _executive proclamation 'designating January 1, 1916, as a day for making contribu- tiors for the relief of the stricken in- habitants of Poland was issued today from the White House. President Wil- son signed the proclamation Saturday after the senate had adopted a resolu- tion suggesting that he do so. The fund thus raised will be administered by the American Red Cross, with headquarters here, to which, the proc- lamation states, donations should be addressed. ARRESTED FOR VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY LAWS. Carrying to Mexico a Cargo of Arms and Party of Revolutionist: Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 20.—Captain H. B. Snell of the American schooner Lucy H,, arrested today by. federal of- ficers, charged with violating the neu- trality laws by carrying to Mexico a cargo of arms and a party of fifteen alleged revolutionists, was released under bonds for appearance at the May term of the federal court. I J. Diaz, a Pensacola timber mer- chant, alleged to be the owner of the Lucy H., has been indicted In connec- tion with the schooner’s activity. William Howard Taft Il La Crosse, Wis, Dec. 20—William Howard Taft is il here today at the home of former Yale classmate, George W. Burton. The former ' president contracted a severe cold on his way bere to deliver a lecture. A telegram sent ahead for a throat special- 15¢ to meet him upon arrival last nigh Cabled Paragraphs Death of Aged English Actress. London, Dec. 20, 430 5. m. — The death is anounced of Mrs. B. H. B e, an actress long associated with rooks T&ole and Irving. She was 81 years ol British Have Attacked Turkish Trenches. London, Dec. 20, 7.50 p. m.—Parties of the Brtish Mesopotamian army. that is holding positions on the Tigris river at Iut-el-Amara have been sallyins forth and attacking the Turkish ad- vanced trenches, it was announced in an oflicial report tonight on the ope: atlons of this expeditionary forces. The losses of tho Turks since December Ist are estimated to have been at least —_— DAVID LLOYD GEORGE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS Reclares 80,000 Skilled and 300,000 Un- skilled Men Are Wanted in Muni- tions Factories. i London, Dec. 20, 859 p. m.—David Lioyd George, minister of munitions, gave an account of his stewardship in the house of commons tonight. Begin- ning with the oft-repeated story of the Insufficiency of munitions in the early days of the war, the minister gradual- ly warmed to his subject and reached the climax with the declaration that the success of the allies in the war depends upon the attitude of organized labor. “We want eighty thousand skilled men and from two todthree hundred Lthousand unskilled men for these new factorjes,” he said. “We must reduce the proportion of our orders which go abroad and develop our home re- sources. Upon the supply of labor de- pends, 1 think, our success in this war. Upon’ this dépends whether we can reduce the cost of the war by scores of millions of pounds. Upon this de- pends whether we can supply our troops with the right sort of guns and enable them to make next year’s cam- paign a success. “Here only organized labor can help us. We have done our best to get skilled labor by the system of muni- tions volunteers. “The whole question depends on or- ganized labor. Unless it allows us to put unskilled workers on the work which hitherto has been the monopoly of skilled labor, we cannot perform this task.® There can be only one ap- peal, namely, to patriotism. Victory Qepends on this. “It is & question whether we are going to bring the war to an end in a year or linger longer the bloodstained path. Labor has the answer.” PRESIDENT AND BRIDE ON LONG AUTO RIDE. Mrs. Wilson Gowned in Black Velvet, With Fur-Trimmed Coat and Small Toque. Hot Springs, Va., Dec. 20.—President Wilson and his bride tock a long au- tomobile drive over Virginia mountain roads late today after spending most of their morning answering some of the messages of congratulations that have come to them from all parts of the world. Since the couple came to Hot Springs yesterday morning, hotel guests and townspeople have been politely eager to get a glimpse of them, and when it was whispered about that they would motor a crowd quickly gathered. A White House automobile with the na- tional coat of arms served as a guide to the side entrance from which the jstart was to be made. Mrs. Wilson appeared in one of the most beautiful costumes of her trous- seau, a gown of black velvet, with a heavy fur-trimmed coat, and a small toque. After driving about five miles over a rough trail, the chauffeur turned back, and with better luck took his passengers over fifty miles of smooth roads, through magnificent mountain scenery and past some famous springs. The president is attending to mat- ters of important business that can- not await his return to Washington, but so far few messages have come to, the executive offices. He brought his stenographer along and also his own typewriter, in case of need. AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL NEUTRALITY LAWS, More Than Thirty Recommendations Submitted to Attorney General Greg- ory. ‘Washington, Dec. 20. — More than thirty recommengations for changes in the federal neutrality laws have been prepared for the consideration of At- torney General Gregory by assistants concerned in enforcement of neutrali- ty statutes. The amendments proposed, it is be- lieved, would cover every contingency such as has arisen in this country in the last vear. Officials of the department sald to- day that other arrests were expected soon in connection with the alleged plot_discovered in New York to blow up the Welland canal. ADDISON G. FURNESS TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. Fact Revealed by Search of Hartford's s Vital Statistics. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 20.—Addison G. Furness, aged 48 and single, who died here on Dec. 9, ended his own life, it developed today when the vital sta- tistics were searched. The medical examiner, Dr. P. D. Bunce, declined to discuss the case and the police claim they have no knowledge of it. Furness lived in a residential section of tl city, and according to the records, builet from a .32 calibre revolver was the cause of death. The body was taken to Waterbury for interment. Persons who lived In the same house with Furness clalm to know nothing of the affair, except that he dled sud- denly. OBITUARY. Henry F. Greene. Duluth, Minn, Dec. 20.—Henry F. Greene, for six years United States civil service commissioner at Wash- ingtor, D. C. under appointments of President Roosevelt and Taft, dled here today, aged 65 years. The Rev. William S. Singleton. Philadelphia. Dec. 30.—The Rev. William §. Singleton, a Jesuit, educa- tor and former vice president of Bt. Joseph's college, here, died today. He had charge of the deaf mutes in the archdiocese of Philadelphia. Father Singleton was born in New York city, 51 years ago. - - Sign Agreement TO TURN ARMY OF THE NORTH OVER TO DE FACTO GOV'T. VILLA LEFT CHIHUAHUA Has 400 Men With Him and May Have Repudiated the Agreement to Surrender Which He Made With His Subordinates. Washington, Dec. 20.—Gratification and relief were frankly displayed by administration officials today when news came from El Paso that seven of Genersl Villa’s generals and leaders bad signed an agreement to turn the rebel army of the north over to the de facto government of Mexico. Early Peace Indicated. Villa’s withdrawal* and the incor- poration of his army into that of the de facto government are regarded here as indicative of early peace in Mexico. It will pave the way for reducing ma- terially the United States border pa- trol. Villa’s elimination, it is believed, Will leave Carranza free to move his army into the south and concentrate his forces against the rebellious bands still operating in the interior and near the capital. Many Monthe More of Fighting. It is realized here, that while the withdrawal of the rebellious northern army will improve the situation ana render Carranza’s task of pacification easler, his army hag before it many monthis of serious Azhtime. Advices to the state department do not indicate how many men are oper- ating in other parts of the republic against the de facto government, but estimates place the number at many thousands. AWAITING REPLY FROM THE i FRENCH GOVERNMENT. About GPuiser “Taking Germans and Austrians Off American Vessels. Waskington, Dec. 20.—The _ United States still is awaiting a reply from the French government to the vigorous protest recently lodged against the action of the commander of the cruis- er Descarles in stopping three steam- ers of the New York-Porto Rican iine and taking off Germans and Austrians. Supplementary representations wili be made over the removal of Wilhelm Garbe from the steamer Borinquen. Regardless of the fact that Garbe| had taken out his preliminary papers of natvralization, which under United States laws entitles him to the same protection as an American citizen, France has been informed that the Tnited States does not concede the right of a belligerent to remove from an_ American ship on the high seas any passenger or saflor, no matter what may be his nativity or cltizen- ship. TUBERCULOSIS PATIENT LOST DIAMOND RING. Inmate at Hartford Has Complained to State Commission. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 20.—John Beau- man, a patient at the Hartford tuber- culosis sanatorium, has complained to the state tuberculosis commission that he. has lost a diamond ring valued at $58 which he had at the institution. The commission held an inquiry iAto the matter at the capitol today. Beau- man claims he gave the ring to the officials for safe keeping. One of the office assistants says she has a recol- lection of his having asked for the ring and of his saying he wanted to show it to a friend, and that he had not returned it. PARCEL POST PROTEST SENT GREAT BRITAIN. For Interference With Shipments Be- Washington, Dec. 20.—The United States has protested to Great Britain against interference with parcel post shipments between this country and Sweden, Secretary Lansing announced today. Mr. Lansing said that the Swedish minister had complained to the state department that parcel post shipments had been held up by British warships on the high seas. Besides filing a protest, the state de- partment has asked Great Britain for an axplanation, Mr. Lansing said. TRACING FUNDS ALLEGED SENT TO GERMAN AGENTS Cashier of North German Lloyd Co. Before Grand Jury. San Francisco, Dec. 20.—B. Hauss- childt, cashier for the North Germany Lloyd Steamship company, testified to- day before the federal grand jury which has been investigating allesed German plots and violations of neu- trality. Hausschildt was summoned, it was sald, in an effort to trace about $125,- ito | cbastise him. Quarrel Over Food ALEXANDER BOCHIMA, 17, DAN- BURY, KILLED STEPFATHER NO PREVIOUS FRICTION Claims He Wrenched Revolver From Elder Man and Used It in Self De- fense to Save Himself from a Beating. Danbury, Conn, Dec. 20. — John Bochima, aged 45, was shot and killed by his_stepson, Alexander Bochima, aged 17, In the yard of their home to- night. The tragedy followed a dispute brought on by fault finding of the stepson over food served on the sup- per table. Gave Himself Up. After carrying the body of his step- father into the house, the young mana walked, bareheaded and coatless, to the poiice station, a mile away, and gave himaeif up, saying that he had killed his stepfather. Claims Self-Defense. He further claimed that the weapon used had been flourished by the elder man, that in the struggle he wrenched it away, and then in self-defense, to save himself from a beating, he fired twice, one bullet going through John Bochima's heart. The police had heard of the shooting and officers were om thelr way to Victor street, In West Danbury, to investigate. ~They got Mrs. Bochima's version of the affair, and it corroborated in many partict laps the story her son had told at the police station. Claims Stepfather Had Revolver. Alexander Bochima said he had come home from work and had seated him- self at the supper tabie, making some remarks about the food. ~When _his stepfather came in a little later Mrs. Bochima repeated what her son had Alexander, his stepfather tried to The younger man pPgo- tesied and in the scuffie which follow- ed-both meached the yard. Alexander told the police that his stepfather had a revolver in hand which he wrenched away and a minute later, to protect himself, fired twice. Death was immediate, and later ex- amination of John Bochima's body showed that one bullet had gome through the heart. Tossed Revolver Away. When askéd where the revolver was, coat he had left the house to give him- self up. He was locked up to await the coroner’s inquest. The Bochimas were hatters and the family are spoken of as being of good standfng In the community. Austrians by nationality. ~When his mother married a second time her son his stepfather. ter. There is also a daugh- No Previous Friction. So far as preliminary inquiry show- ed, there had been no previous friction of any moment between the men prior to the burst of anger from the step- father which followed the recital by his supper. TWO MEN HURT BY WATER-TANK EXPLOSION. At Hotel Chesterfield. Heard Several Blocks. wealth avenues, at 9.30 o'clock today, caused serious injuries to Joseph E. Richardson, of 27 Athens street, and scalded George Smith, the janitor, Richardson, who is nineteen vears old, was taken to the City hospital. Smith was poking the fire in a boal- er and Richardson, wagon which collecis ashes, was talk- heard for several blocks the tank. suc- pended overhead, exploded the room with _steam. head. bent double. covered with eight inches of hit water steam. and made his way up to the sidewalk. His cries resulted in a fire alarm be. ing turned in from Box 1583, at Beacon street, and the quick arrival of the firemen. The damage is estimated at $500. ASQUITH DECLINED TO DISCUSS PEACE. Replies to Suggestions That Reichstag Debate Indicated a Willingness. London, Dec. 20, 3.50 p. m.—Premier Asuith today declined to be drawn in- 000, part of a fund of $520,000, said to bave been sent here by German agents for use in various ways. FAVORS WATER POWER CONSERVATION BILL. Lands House Committee on Pul Agreed on the Measure. ‘Washington, Dec. 20.—The house committee on public lands practically agreed today to report favorably the administration water power conserva- tion bill immediately after the holi- days. A similar bill passed the last house and dled in the senate. Water power resources of the government lands would be leased, the government retaining.the title. . NO FORD MEETINGS IN COPENHAGEN. He Will Go There, However, to Select Delegates to Go to The Hague. Christiania, Dec. 20. — Henry Ford has recelved information that he would be prohibited from holding meetings In Copenhagen, it was learn- ed today. He will go there, however, to any peace In the house of commons, when Sir Willlam Pollard Byles, member for North Salford, in question, sug- gested that recent debates in the reichstag indicated a disposition to trainsfer the issue of the war from the battlefield to the council chamber. Sir William wa sanxious to know if the government could see its way to suggest any form of response to that disposition. The premier told his questioners that the latter was quite as competent as the government to draw inferences from reichstag debates, but intimated that the government's position was unchanged on the matted of peace. “Y can only refer to the public state- ments 1 bave made,” added the pre- meir, “and particularly to the answer I gave on Dec. 8. Anti-Austrian Demonstrations in Rome Rome, Dec. 20, 9.40 a. m.—Despite persistent rain, there were notable anti-Austrian ' demopstrations today throughout Italy in commemoration of the anniversary of the death of the Trieste student Oberdank, who was hanged by the Austrians 33 years ago for an attempt on the life of Emperor Francis Joseph. Oberdank was pro- to select delegates to accompany his peace party to The Hague. £ claimed by demonstrants a martyr to the Italian cause. said. The elder man told Alexander |messages, has bech suspended for that if he did mot likke the food he|more than one week. could get out of the house. According young Bochima said he had tossed it away, and without waiting to put on a They are Alexander took the family name of Mrs. Bochima of her son's criticism of Boston—Noise Boston, Dec. 20.—The explosion of 2 a large hot water tank at Fotel The Brown university _football Chesterfield. a family hotel, at the|Schedule discloses that Colgate has corner of Massachusetts and Common- | D¢en given the Thanksgiving date the driver of a ing with him. With a noise that was deluging Richardson with hot water and filling Smith was hurled against the bofler, striking his The poker he was using was Recovering from the shock, he found the boiler room floor and was unable to see because of the He made his way to the door. Richardson crawled through a coal |, chute, forced up the covering outside discussion of the subject of | Condensed Telegrams Emperor William will ‘western firing line. All untrained landsturn in Bavaria were called to the colors. M -General Stockjausei, of the e army, was killed in action. ‘Women will begin doing the work of motormen in street cars in Berlin next week. Exports of all fats and acids from Denmark were prohibited by the Dan- ish government. Collections for duties at the New York Custom House during the last week amounted to $2,458,759. Orders were placed in Baltiriore for four new motor-propelled ships of 3,500 tons each, by Norwegian firms. Cellars in textile inspect the s at Manayunk, Pa., were flooded by the Schuylkili River, which rose 12 feet in 24 hours. Seven persons were drowned when the sloop Lady Harrington capsized near Oxford, Md., during a violent storm. The new desroyer Jacob Jones was slightly damaged when blown against a breakwater at Lewes, Del., by a 10~ mile gale. The_villa of John C. Uhlraub, a New York importer, at Stamford, Conn., was destroyed by fire at a loss of $25,000. Eastern munitions factories have offered to employ every memiber of the Panama-Pacific Exposition force of 300 policemen. A vote of lack of confidence in_ the governmeént was defeated in the Jap- anese House of Represcntatives by a vote of 222 to 132. The Rev. Narcisse Z. Lorrain, bish- op_of the diocese of Pembroke. On- taro, for the last 32 years, died at Pembroke, aged T4. Thirteem hundred birds and animals were received at Carnesie Musium at Pittsburgh from its agents in various parts of the world. Telegraphic_communication between Russian and Japan, except for official Ferty-flve extra guards were put om duty at Fairmont Park, Philadel- phia, to protect the srubbery against Christmas tree thieves. The Hale & Kilburn Co., Philadel- phia, received a large war munitions contract, and is erecting a new fac- toroy to handle the order. Exports from France during No- vember showed an increase of $23,- 600,000 over the same period of 1914. Imports decreased §70,000,000. According to a report from Copen- hagen the Swedish-American line is planning to buy two 12,000 tons Ham- burg-American line steamships now at New York. Captain Boy-Ed recalled German naval attache, will not safl from New York for Europe until Dec. 28. Capt, von Papen, recalled military attache, safls today. A man named Henry Ford applied for enlistment to the Marine Corps in Philadelphia. He had been doing plece work on truck castings at South Bethlehem. The Swedish-American liner Stock- holm, formerly the Potsdam, of the Holland-American Line, was released by the British. It had been detained at Kirkwall. 4 Several members of the American Sanitary Commission who left Salon- ika for Italy a month ago after com- pleting the campaign against typhus were recalled there. which for the past six years has been allotted to Carlisle. Howard Jones, Yale football star of 1905-6-7, was signed as coach of the University of Iowa football team. His contract is for five and a half years, beginning Feb. 1, 1916. The lagrest single shipment of plat- m_ever arriving in this country received by the du Pont Powder Co., of Wilmington, Del. The ship- ment is viaued at $400,000. ing A posse of 100 men set out from Little Falls, N. J., to capture Antonio Federici, an outlaw, who sot and kili- ed two policemen, and wounded two others who attempted to arrest him. After clinging for more than three ours to the bottom of their upturned power boat, George Hammel and Thomas Patten, were rescued off At- lantic City, N. J, by a fishing smack. According to the London Daily Ex- press, eight members of the crew of the Zeppelin which raided London on Oct. 13 were found frozen to death when the airship returned to Germany. An_employes’ welfare _association will be established by the Lehigh Valley Coal Co., to provide free medi- cal service for it s20,000 employes. The association will cost the company £50,000 annually. Detected in to blow office at an open the safe of the post Fort Washington, a suburb of Phila- delphia, four veggmen escaped in an attempt cutomobile, after a revolver with the police. battle The supreme ocourt dismissed for want of jurisdiction litigation started by Mrs. Catherine D. Stead of Phila- delphia_over the $2,000,000 estate of Jacob Z. Dayis, who died in San Francisco in 1896. Placed in a cell at- Laurel, Del, where another man had died a few weeks previous, Hooper Lade, a young negro accused of forgery, neraly died ‘when he went Into spasms of fright, and had to be removed. For the first time in many years, a yoke of oxen appeared on the streets of Caldwell, N. Y. The oxen, owned by a. dairy farm, were used because the sonw prevented the farm's pro- ducts being shipped by auto. Willle Ritchie, former lightweight champlon, defeated Eddie McAndrews, a local lightwsight, in a six round bout at Philadelphta. Ritchie had the bet- ter of every round, slthough McAn- drews fought pluckily and came back strong at the finish. PRICE TWO CENTS 4 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population 7 Villa Generals [Fatal Ending of David-Lloyd George Tells of Teutonic Mechanical QUARTER MILLION OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES DAILY Last May the Germans Were Making a Hundred Times the Number of High Explosives Great Britain Was—Ex- perience Has Proven the Futility of Shrapnel in Con- to Set Up a Great Business to Cope With the Problem. Londen, Dec. 20, 6.38 p. m—“The successes of the Germans have been due almost entirely to the mechanical prepondérance they achieved at the be- ginning of the war,” said David Lioya- George, minister of munitions today. “Their 'advances east, west and south, allkke were due to this mechinical su- periority, and our falure to drive them back in’the west or cheqk their ad- vaace in the emst was due to the tard- iness with which the allies developed their mechanical resources. . “But the superiority of the centra powers in these respects will be brought to an end at the earliest pos- sible _moment.” Referring to the lesson feamned from the prodigal wse of machine guns by the Germans Mr. Lloyd-George sald: “Here was a place where, if we stinted materigl, we squandered life,” In one direction, he added, ~, allis had the superiority on the mechanical sid “Our coramand of the sea,” he said, is due not to the excellence of our #ailors, but to our overwhelming su- periority of machinery.” Lloya Georse's statements were made in the house of commons. In explaining the work of the minister of munitions, which now controls more than 2,000 munition factories, empiby- ing about 1,000,000 workers, he said: German Output of High Explesives. “In May, when the Germans were turning out a quarter of a million of high explosives daily, we were pro- ducing only 3,506 and 15,000 shrapnel.” The house listened with closest at- tention as Mr. Lioyd George took up the ehortage of munitiens for the allies in the early stages of the war. “Our troops knew it, the enemy knew it, but neither knew how short we were in some very essential particulars,” he sald. . “Take guns and ammunition. English military opinion was wedded to shrapnel when we suddenly found the high explosive was the thing. We still have a higher opinion of shrapnel than the French or the Germans. “Last May, when the Germans were making a hundred times the number of high explosives we were, three-fourths of our factorles were working on naval munitions. The munitions organization at the war office had nbt grown with the demamd. They had to set up a great business organization to cope with the problem. Describing the steps taken to speed up the output, Mr. Lioyd George men- tioned particuiarly the purchase of ma- chinery in America and the acquiaition by the government of faw material for many months to come for its allies as well as for itself. He emphagiz the unexpected success which had at- tended munitions work in Ireland, thanks, he said, to the assistance of John Eedmond. New British Factories Successful. Turning to the new national fac- tories, which he said now numbered 33, he declared they had been conspicu- ously successful, minimizing labor dif- ficuities and enabiing the government to check prices. There were also hundreds of private faetories under the co-operative scheme that previous- ly had not been engaged in munition work. These factories alone, he eaid, were now making three times as many shells as the wnole United Kingdom was making last May. Referring to American orders, Mr. Lioyd George said: “David A. Thomas comes back speaking in the bighest possible terms of the service rendered this country by J. P. Morgan & company, not mere- ly in the selection of firms far con- tracts, as in fact they saved us many millions of pounds by their efforts to Teduce the inflated prices prevailing before they took the matter in hand.” BAYS SCHMIDT WAS LEADER IN DYNAMITE PLOT. Detective’s Tale of Blowing Up of the Long Angeles Times Building. Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 20.—Matthew A. Schmidt was the leading figure in the conspiracy which resulted in the blowing up of the Los Angeles Times building, with the death of twenty men, five years ago, according to the testi- mony today by Donald Vose, a detec- tive, in Sehmldt's trial on a charge of murder. Voge was placed on the trail of Schmidt fifteen months ago. Schmidt, Vose declared, recounted at the home of Emma Goldman, in New York, Sept. 23, 1914, his part in the dynamite piot and asserted that he had carried it forward in spite of Anton Johannsen, a San Francisco building trades organizer, who called a meeting of labor leaders and then advised that it be called off. Vose, who admitted on the witness stand that his real name was Donald Voss Mezrve, was the man who caused the arrest of Schmidt in New York in February last. He has been kept in seciusion here since the trial began. Once several weeks ago, when he was found in a hotel lobby he was assaulted by a number of men, and was saved by his_bodyguard. Vose testified that he arranged with William J. Burns in Seattle_in Sep- tember, 1914, to go to New York and fing Schmiat. Under cross examination he denied he had arranged to share rewards of- fered for the arrest of the alleged co federates of the McNamara brothers. Vose also testified that Schmidt told him that he and his alleged co-con- spirators intended to kill General Harrison Gray Otis, owner of the Times. Vose declared Schmidt told him that the destruction of the Times had done little g0od, since General Otls had_escaped. “Schmidt_sald the only good thing about it,” Vose added, “was the killing of twenty men. He said it would be a good thing if more like them were put out of the way. ACUTE DIFFERENCES IN GERMAN SOCIALIST PARTY. Possible That in Next Vote in Reich- stag Party Will Split. Berlin, Dec. 20.—(Via Wireless to Sayville)—Among the items given out for publication today by the Over- seas News Agency, was the following: “The differences of opinion pre- valling in the German socia#st party before the war have now reached an acute stage and it is possible that in the next voté in_the reichstag the parcy will split. While before the war the extremists seemed to have a ma- Jority it has now become evident that the trades unionists, together with the right wing of the party are decidedly in_the majority. “This majority now publishes an ap- peal to the minority saying that the German soclalist party will be obliged to vote for the war budget in order to avoid the impression t\t Germany Is exhausted, which would prolong the war unnecessarily.” GUILTY OF THEFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS AMOUNTING TO $16,000. George B. French, for Thirty Years Treasurer of Holbrook, Mass. Dedham, Mass., Dec, 20.—George B. French, for thirty years town treasurer of Holbrook, who pleaded gullty to the theft of public funds amounting to $16,000, was _ sentenced in _superior court today to serve two years in the house of correction. Trench was indicted on seven counts and District Attorney Barker accepted a plea of guilty to four counts. MAJOR R. R. MOTON SUCCEEDS BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Unanimously Selected by Trustees of Tuskegee Institute. New York, Dec. 20.—Major Robert R. Moton of Hampton institute, Hamp- ton, Va., was unanimously selected to succeed Booker T. Washington as pres- ident of Tuskegee institute, Tuskegee, Ala., at a meeting of the special com- mittee of the trustees of the institu- tion here today. The committee mak- ing the selection was composed of Seth Low, chairman of the Tuskegee trustees; ' Frank Trumbull of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad; Edgar A. Bancroft, W. W. Campbell and Vic- tor H Tulane. Major Moton will not be installed as head of the famous negro institu- tion until the commencement exercises in May, 1916. Until that time he will give his services to the campaign for the Booker T. Washington memorial fund. The new head of Tuskegee has been commandant of ¢adets at Hamp- ton since 1890. He was born in Vir- ginia and is of pure negro parentage. In a statement issued by the com- mittee it is declared that by the elec- tion of Major Moton “the policies, aims and attitude of the inetitute will con- tinue unchanged.” BESTOWAL OF BIRETTA UPON CARDINAL FRUEHWIRTH. Eleborate Ceremonies Were Conducted at Munich, Berlin, Dec. 20 (by wireless to Say- ville).—Elaborate ceremonies accom- panied the bestowal of the biretta upon Cardinal Fruehwirth, apostolio delegate at Munich, who was ereated a cardinal at the recent consistory in Rome. The ceremony, which took plac at Muuich, is described by the Overseas News agency as follows: “Military honors were accorded the new cardinal and King Ludwig of Bavaria as they arrived before All Saints’ church, troops belng drawn up to recelve them. The bestowal within the church wae at the hands of the king, the privilege which he had of placing the biretta on the head of the cardinal being one which had previ- ously been reserved for the Austrian emperor and the king of Spain. After the Te Deum, a banquet was given in the castle, King Ludwig being seated between Cardinal Fruehwirth and Car- dinal Bettinger, the archblishop of Mu- nich.” ARMENIANS IN ADRIANOPLE MASSACRED OR DEPORTED. Women and Children Were Subjected to Brutal Treatment. London, Dec. 21.—A despatch to the Times reports that all Armenians in Adrianople have either been massacred or deported by the Bulgarians, 1,600 men being deported to Asia_ Minor. Women and children were detalned two days in prison before their re- moval, says the despatch, and were subjected to brutal treatment by their captors. - Many were placed on sailing veesels bound for Asia Minor. Two of these vessels foundered off Rodosto and a majority. of the exiles on board ere drowned. Continuing, the des- patch says: “A memorial presented to the Bul- garian government, invoking interfer- ence in behalf of the persecuted Ar- menlans, gives 3 frightful picture of their sufferings in Asia Minor at the hands of the Turkish authorities. The document furnishes a list of twenty- nine districts in which the Armenian population, consisting of between $00,- - 900 and 900,000 persons, either were killed, exiled or forcibly converted to the Islam 2 GERMAN SUCCESS, PREPAREDNESS