Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 30, 1915, Page 1

e VOL. LVIL—NO. 319 NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1915 The Buiit;tin’s Circuiation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the RIGOROUS WEATHER NOW STAYING STRIFE But Artillery Duel in the Vosges Mountains May Prove One of the Big Operations of the War GAINS IN EITHER DIRECTION HAVE BEEN SMALL By All Accounts Saloniki is Now Safe—75,000 Serbians Have Reformed in Albania—Montenegrin Army is Now | Ready to Throw liself Energetically Against the Austri- ans—Most Severe Part of the Winter Has Begun in Russia and [t is Doubiful if Any Serious Events Will Oc- cur Before the End of January. London, Dec tches from 1 ss the belief is li ubstacle ere ter is fr the end general’s of Jan remark would pro this year. Reuter's * correspondent headquarters after British staff is lles now are so munitions that the the German line: time comes, dec big movement ncipal fronts during reply a year mands for a great offer res that the weat is the chief reason for postponin and movement needs careful the next few d pericd of win- of December to was a Irench g0 to tke de- ive he same bably e.qually at western remarking th: onfider at tne al- trong in men and v can broak whenever add extreme caution. Roll always inv. e the possibility ter attacks which may end in up the aggr ors with the face the country a porous and mushy condition, it impossible to effect the essential quick movements of ar- i thout which any big offensive ed to fail. troops would proba troukle in occupying the greater part of the Germon front trenches forihwith, because the enemy se lightly. But when vith rezister aerial » woul A “The mo: now begun All report this v increa events uary. Despite doubt becur u the w EXPLANATION Or ither ed to a nicety and machine d rom uns cather ful if ntil the end of any se the uel in the BRITISH CABINET SITUATION. | | EFFORTS TO PREVENT | Pending Judicial 1 the westerr zone eventually prove operations of the either direction small, but the ench claim pre in their effort establish themselves on the crest foothills, which here dominate and ma one of the b The gai in far have been to of the ccounts S the cent. ate ve oniki is now safe. 1 pow show no the positior re-formed in Albania t ud the nfore h: 1y from war, is now cally into which seograph part in the he: throw the ns to the were at Dje! recently repul potje where they wer; *d by the Mor grins and cannot reach cutari without crossing the Aloanian Alps and the flooded river Dr No official announcement is yet available in Li of the cabi ion as to the decision in favor of compulsion but the political atmosphere has bee considerubly cleared by che adm sion that the princivle of compuisi is accepted by a ity f the mem bers of the c Puniic »pinior has not yet c lized but there is widespread approval of Premier As- quith’s gene i there i« e and a fe that the public is nuite readv to be convinced The difficult within_ wt cabinet may be expected to as the tion shapes itself tical for: represer and th : > unions has been st monec tomorrow statemert of the labor Iy to follow. REMOVAL OF OSBORNE.' Dctermination i Indictments. i and Jury United on Question of Compulsory Service For Singie Men. Tendon, De 29, 11.51 p. followinzg ¢ =ity will rers of London furnishesd by the pre “Jt s heen Premier Asqui men would spirit, but the view ers that a further men to enroll ould not be in- tent with the Iment of that pledge. “The nremier himself interpretation of his words and in formed the resort to com pulsion was cpini not only to able ohl 0 it was ed, i e of the w “On the « ion of compuls: vice for s men, with rel to later groups of men eneiced in served occupatiens, there is no dif-| ference in principle 1 the cab- jnet. T'ntil the det cediire nve dcfin‘telv e no exre n of persor the admin tion. however to pass taee from part of the troduce BODY OFVM|5S|NG GIRL difficulties.” of rei FOUND IN VACANT LOT Miss Margaret Curtiss of Greenwich, Aged 19 Years. Greenwich, C body of Miss vears old, whn home of lian W. Curt found today ir house. She h of health and it s ha private schcol nea and i the ho'id formed tomorrow. nd Mrs. Ju- lot near her en in the best eved that she room and died the storm. d heen attending a r Westhrook, M: during be per- OBITUARY. John F. Cenniff. Hartford, Conn,, Cenniff, deputy br several vears, and jeca. the state. died teday. He wa native of Hartfor twe weeks ago and in th sickness it was fon fcrm an operation case was critical Edwi Hartford, Dec. 2 to be the invento ing colors in robbons, died in a hos-{ pital herc tonight aged 20. He wa: of Bridgerort end taken to that city leaves two sons. R., of Brodgeport. and fraternal Dec. 2 John F. nild pertor for well known in polit- throughout " hospital en ill idst of his Ty to per. cess. His art, nd nece for an m the n H tdwin Hall, said of a device for fix- after a long ilkness, s a former resident the body will be for burial. He George and Charles | request |NEW FROPOSALS FROM She was | and a| ¥. N. ¥, Dec. 2 f Tho Mott Os- S prison. to rom office pend- ion of grand = offic ipied much t of Governor ate su- im- rounce lcfense Oshorne ties as w tomaor Ri voluntarily ¢ ‘en he would be OW. | the priso; them of New Y Columbia L. Kirchwey of upy rden if Oshorr A vacation was granted. GERMANY ABOUT LUSITANIA That Beriin Foreign Office Hopes Will Be Satisfactory to United States. Washinzton, Dec. 29 gn office le to the U to be pr i department n, veel unde |stood the negotiations between S v Lansing and Count Vor the German s resultir would probab! after ew Yea day. mation receiv Te the Be s to end of the adver: have bee request cenver <oon indicates for man naval and militar the demands upon Austria-Hungary as a result of the sinking of the Ancona. The present is very status of the negotia- closely guarded. tions Dec. 29- t Hartford, who was kit by an automobile there last night, wrile on the way to this city to visit )} her daughter, who is ill at St .Francis’ hospital, died at that hospital today of a fractured skull. She was 57 vears old. The automobile was driven by Henry Hall of Hartford. Operations will be begun on Jan. 1, of the Old Slip Station, New York, Swiss Government for the supervision of the importation of iron, steel, and other metaols. Cabled Paragraphs Army Officers of Portugal Me Paris, Dec. 29, 5.20 p. m.—A long and important meeting in secret of the principal army officers of Portu- gal is reported by newspapers of Lis- bon, says the Havas correspondent there. The ministers of war and ma- rine attended the conference. Kaiser H London, Dec. 30. 4.10 m.—A des- patch to Reuter's Telegram company frem Amsterdam says reports received there from Berlin are that Emperor William is suffering from a non-ma- lignant boil. He is remaining indoors owing to the unsettled weather, but is not confined to bed. CONVICTS MUTINY IN KANSAS PENITENTIARY Fifty Were Placed in Solitary Con- finement as Result, Dec. 29.—Fifty s state peniten- litary confine- th being rin in'a mutiny yesterday in the mines operated by the peniten- According to Warden J. K. Codding, virtua the 300 con- viets at work in t mines 1 part in demonstrati A a score of s had been u by mutineers armed with picks the pri on officials nted the dc of convict food to_meet a committe talk over cor the mutineers persed. The mutiny was not nd until Prof. R mining and engineering school of the University of with a party of dents, de 1ded into the minc tour of inspection. As on as »pped at the m of the Prof. Gridier | students seized by the convicts and hu tled away to the mine stables, whes other convicts were 1 dozen guards at bay, to hack them to »uld thy A @ the mutiny P to permit th and act took up the nd t tinees BRITISH SEIZUR_E OF NEUTRAL MAILS Prompted by Desire to Recover Bel- gian and French Securities. ton, I . 29.—Unofficial ad- eived today at the state indicated that recent seiz- t Britain neutral mails e United States from m iefly by a Europ the ti ch pap i rcial value, it saic sent from Germa urce. 1d, the mail nd b i ment has asked of fa 1tement e w in_Holl d to for- Giving Over the Ent to t Dec “SIDENT AND WIFE CAUGHT IN SUDDEN STORM. White House Automobiie Toop Them, Criping, Back to the Hotel. e y Wilson spent and reply- a morning afternoon a dent and | e, out for e caught | in the sndden storm. A White House | wutomobile took them, dripping, back to the hotel FCRD PARTY TO DRAFT TENTATIVE PEACE PLANS Which Will Be Submitted to the War- ring Nations. memt le tentative peace plans wn up and submitted to the i en versed in inter- law will be employed for » on technical points. the first effort of the peace on be rejected or ignored by the ns will be modified and 3 ed until persistence at- attention. SIXTY CHINESE TO TAKE SEAMAN EXAMINATION. Under Provisions of the La Follette Act—First of Their Race. San Francisco, Calif, Dec. 29.—Six- tl Chinese members of the crew of the China_ Mail liner China expect to take the able seaman examination today under the La Follette Seamen's act. They are the first of their race to take this™ test, although nearly 2,000 men of other nationalities have already been cranteq certificates. British Aviator Killed. Portsmouth, Eng., Dec. 29, 7.10 p. m. —Lieutenant Rogers of the Royal Fly- ing corps was killed today when his aeroplane, which was flying at a low altitude, suddenly tilted forward and plunged to the earth. of Mas: Storm Was of Sho_n_l]uralion BUT IT SERIOUSLV DISRUPTED WIRE CONNECTIONS N EAST AND SOUTH Storm Signals Ordered Down on the Atlantic Coast Except on the New England Coast. ‘Washington, Dec. 29.—The storm that disrupted wire communication to- day throughout the eastern and south- ern states was over tonight. Reports to the weather bureau indi- cated that its center had passed to sea over the New England coast and the foiecaster predicted clearing or fair woeather tomorrow for virtually the entire section east of the Mississippi. Storm warnings displayed today along the whole Atlantic s dered down except on the New England coast. HEAVY RAINFALL IN NORTHERN CEunGIA. Slightly Less Than Four Twenty-four Hours. Inches in Atlanta, —The heaviest rain since orded here for the 24 hours ending at 7 o'clock this morning. The average rainfall for the hours over the entire northern sec- of Georgia was slightly less thaa inches, four said. STORM CAME FROM THE SOUTHWEST. Started Tuesday Night in Tex Louisiana. and Chicago, received by concernin: Dec. 2 the Meager reports local weather bureau storm which, starting in ! ht exas and Louisiana swept northe ard today, showed that the brunt of the storm, so far as the central west is concerned, was borne by Ohio and Kern up.per Missiesippi valley y unaffected. The sun shone brightiy in Chicago. A heavy sleet storm raged this af- ternoon in northern O Reports from western Kentucky parts of Ohio to! sleet and high w ent According to re- ports the heaviest damage was from bre n wires and erturned telephone and telegraph poles. Interrupt service resulted for a time in com- runication with the east by the usual nieans being cut Uff, HALF A FOOT OF SNOW IN YORK STATE. Country Roads in Northern Are Impassable. Section 9.—The winter d big alear county te ¥ inches of snow had fa ro sre impassable. 3 < now from twenty inches in to three and If feet in the e st con- as without ! the *d its prede .| WIRE COMMUNICATION PROSTRATED IN OHIO. Steam and Electric Railroad Trans- portation Hampered. Colnmt arrving W d Ohio of sleet, rai its grasp wire communic for the most * raiiroad eded. 29—A storm y | STORM WAS SEVERE IN PENNSLYVANIA. For a Stretch of Forty Miles All Poles Were Down or Leaning. Dec. —H erials wer today in answe from the storm rid- ephone com in with linemer Philadelphia over Pittsburgh, Penna 29. vy for and the railroad it- | extra men it could it Reports received by the r: 1 here ndicate forty mile be- e Atglen almost ing dan- t mi between pole w left < he north of surgh yards went during the day an dthos side were not co down nsidered safe. “GENERAL” COXEY TO RUN FOR SENATOR. Has Outlined Campaign As an Inde- pendent Candidate. Columbus, Ohlo,_ Dec. 2! Jacob ¥ ‘General” Coxey, wealthy manufacturer llon, Ohio, who led the “Arm: of the Ctmmonwealth” to Washington in 1894, outlined today plans for his campaign a san independent candidate for United States senator from Ohio succeed Senator Pomerene next to ar. He said he would run on a latform demanding that congress au- thorize issue of $1,000,000,000 lezal tender currency, half of which is to be used in creating a merchant marine, and half for naval equipment of coast defences. VILLA SAID TO HAVE SAILED FOR HAVANA. Story Published in a New Orleans Paper the Authority. New Orleans, La., Dec. —That General Francisco Vilia, the Mexican revolutionary leader had arrived in | New Orleans last night from ElI Paso and was hurried across the city to the steamehip docks boarded the steamship Excelsior, which later sailed for Havana was the story pub- lished in a local moon paper anf credited to a friend of the Villa fam- ily who arrived here last night from Juarez. All efforts to confirm the story were unavailing. \board were or- | weather bureau officials | ent | ide | e on the south | Five Slain wéifi_ an Axe at Zethel SLAYER, A NEGRO, THEN TOOK FATAL COSE OF POISON EVIDENCE OF STRUGGLE Jealousy Ascribed as Reason for Kill- ing His Wife, ‘daughters and a Brothe Two Young Step- n-law. Bethel, Conn., Dec. 29.—William Ar- thur Steele, colored, tonight killed his wife, two step-daughters and his brother-in-law, Littleton Riley, wita an axe and then committed suicide by dvinking poison. The murders took place in Steele's bome in Milwaukee avenue. He is said t> have been jealous of his wife and the police believe that he killed her and the others while temporarily in- sene. Evidence of Desperate Struggle. The house gave evidences of a des- pcrate str taken place. One door was smashed in, apparently with an axe. The blood-stained weapon und in one of the rooms. all appearances, Riley, who was 15 years old, was kiiled while try- ing to protect M Steele. She was found in the bedroom, with her throat cut and her head battered. The body ! R was found on the floor near . The bodies of Steele’s step-daugh- | térs, Hannah and Winnie Hubbell, ased 5 and 6 years old, respectively, | were found wrapped in bed clothes in cicsets in other parts of the house. All the bodies were mutilated. Appeared Rational. H The crimes were committed appar- ently late in the afternoon. Afterwards i Steele, to all outward appearances as rational as ever, walked to a drug stcre sed the poison with | wkich s life. On his way | Bome rt of the way with | | constable. Bell says | unusual about Steele. | d him where he was | winter (to work) andj | ‘I am going below. Next hear from me you will re- | member what I say. | Swallowed Poison. cording to the police theory, then went to his the poison. A n Steele home and swallowed eighbor, T. W. Perry, heard a noise at his front door tonight and found Steele on the steps, groan- 2. He took him into the house to immon medic . when Steele told be best to get a y s they were s led to an investi- losure of the trage- | i jail for med- died soon after | i old. of zood habits butler in prom. viecin | GROUP MEETINGS OF PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS Ceusider Means of Binding All Ameri- | cas “One for All, and All for One.” | i tually into con- rates ostensibl linated L erat Amer the nism racterize Mor Amer g the SCHGOL BUILDINGS { { AS POLLING PLACES. | ‘Thsir Use Advocated at Session of | American Civic Association. i “Wilson place of cit ssociated in one non- nen-exclusive organization, to delib- | erate upon questions on which they vote, and to promote in more direct wars the life and happiness of the bborhood and city or town. The idea that it was proposed to make the school social centers for public enter- taiament or to throw them open free t> whatever public organization might for the moment MALADY AMONG CHILDREN BAFFLES BOSTON PHYSICIANS | Seven Deaths Believed to Be Due to New Form of Influenza. Boston, Mass., ous malady Dec. 29.—A mysteri- which afled definite dingnosis by medical authorities had rimed seven victims among infants |in greater Boston tonight. An Increas- ing number of children were reported as suffering from the same disease. Medical Examiner George B. Masrath after performing an autopsy on the body of one of the children tonight isaid that he belicved the iliness to |be a new form of influenza but that i until chemical analysis of the stomach of the child made, he could add little to the dge of the case. s as the cause of ', Was more a mymp- ause, he stated. He was gre> with early med- Al opinions that the deatns were duc to eating poisoned candy. i % s e Movement of Steamship: Bordeaux, Dec. 28.—Arrived: Steam- er Espasne, New York. Mayor Carl H. Keller of Toledo, O., was indicted for accepting a bribe. | liee when 1 lations of Amer PRICE TWO CENTS Condensej Telegrams Pacific coast wheat prices are ad- vancing steadily. King Victor Emmanuel is reported to have been wounded in battle. A heavy gale swept the British coasts. Several ships are missing. The Anaconda Copper Mining Co. declared a quarterly dividend of $1.50 a share. Col. Robert Townsend, who served o.nthe staff of Grover Cleveland, died at Oyster Bay. Germany and Austria have reached an agreement defining their governing spheres in Poland. A seat on the New York Cotton Ex- change sold for $12,500, a decline of $250 from the last sale. The American Association of Anat- omists opened its 32nd annual con- vention at Yale University. Construction of the new $3,000, 6ugar refinery at Port Wentworth{ Ga., will be started immediately. C. C. Howard was appointed assist- ant general passenger agent of the New York Central Railroad. Cable communication with Dutch Guiana via Hayti was restored by the Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. Bringing $3,930,000 in gold, the American Line steamer New York ar- rived at New York from Liverpool. Prince Hohenloe Schillingfurst, old. est son of the late German chancel lor, is dead. He was 63 yvears of age. Cash payment on the third German war loan amounted to 11,11,111,900,- 000 marks, or .4 per cent. on Dec. 23. Senator Charles O. Hennessy, of New Jersey, has entered the race for the Democratic nomination for gov- ernor. American Red Cross officials be- that Great Britain will remove the embargo of Red Cross supplies to Germany. A wireless station is being con- structed at Honolulu to connect the United States and Japan by wireless teleplony. Philadelphia manufacturers are pur- chasing all availwable coal in prepa- ration of a strike of miners expected early in 1916, An order for 10,000 tons of steel rails was placed with the Illinois Steel Co., by the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Rallroad. Freight traffic through the American and Canadian canals during the sea- son just closed amounted to more than 71,280,304 ton: Begi cigarettes wil be many, owing to order to conserve obt the gold. inable in Ger- government's King Ferdinand of Bulga Prince Boris, and a Germ e reported to be en route ir, Serbia, travelin; , Crown n Prince to Mc incognito. Miners, representatives and officials of the Colorado Fuel & Iron ( vened in t first annual mee er the Rockefeller indv Secretary of the Navy Daniels op- posés a request of S Phel of Californ th 1 Mished Officials of th Co. Whe rm b When Eugene Robinson, of t_years old, wa fe One hundred we s in the Tulare The embargo on between C; RS potatees i St ce of scab >ment th o Sergeant Alexander Anderson o pSta n N R tiver 2 ailor, wh hile lee inte rive; g angry ected b his and despondent sweetheart, Vi- Pensel d the k and rl commitie de the — T Instructions were sent to all cus-| achool Dancing {toms officers by the Secretary of the Pl !'l'w sury ordering them to cooperate naval officers in preventing an neutrality in wire- less communications. FRENCH_SENATE SENDS GREETINGS TO ALLIED ARMIES Also Agreed to Accept Bill Paris, Dec. 29, 6. ate today agreed to accept the income tax bill as it was passed by the cham- ber of deputies yesterday. Befcre ad- journing to January 11, the senate sent to_the French and allicd armies and their chiefs its greetings and ex- pressions of confidence and hope. The chamber of Geputies sent sim- flar sreetings. The chamber at its session today passed a bill creating a department of government which will regulate the sale, distribution and price of coal. The idea of this department is to cen- tralize all operations regarding the furnishing of stocks for public and private industries and those working for the national defense and to con- trol domestic consumption. HELD FOR MURDER OF HER 5-YEAR-OLD WARD Elizabeth B. Cannon of Springfiela Indicted by Grand Jury. Springfield, Mas: Dec. 29.—Eliza- beth B. Cannon was indicted br the grand jury today charged with the murder in Russell of her five year old ward, Lucille M. Thomas, Nov. 11. It is charged that Miss Cannon killed the little girl by drugs and then set the house on fire in an effort to con- ceal the crime. Income Tax Passed by Deputies. p. m.—The sen- ning Jan. 1, no more gold tip | then | Lé;gest in Gonnecticut in P_l;;)portion to the Ci;y’s Population Warranis Issued inConspiracy Case FOR CONGRESSMAN FRANK BU- CHANAN AND THREE OTHERS ARE TO RESIST ARREST Buchanan's Claim of Immunity From Arrest is Denied by United States Attorney Snowden Marshall. New York, Dec. 20.—Warrants for the arrest of Congressman Frank Bu- chanan of Illinois, H. Robert Fcwler, former conzressman from linois, H. B. Martin and Herman Schulteis, four of the eight men indicted vesterday |for conspiracy to foment strikes in | American munition factories, were sent to_Washington tonight Three of the remaining defendants, Frank S. Monnett, former attorney | general of Ohi, Ja o ‘Taylor, president of Labor's National Peace council, and David Lamar, ppeared voluntarily today in the United States district court and were releascd in 00 bail each. The eighth man in- dicted is Franz Van Rintelen, the Ger- man agent, who is £aid to have fin- anced the alleged con. He is a prisoner of war in England. To Resist Arrest. Each of the four men for whom warrants were issued have announced thelr intention of resisting arrest. Bu- chanuan h sserted that he is pro- tected by his prerogative as congres an, but this is denied by United jStates Attorney Snowden Marshail. | The warrants will be served in Wash- ngton tomorrow morning by United | States deputy marshals. Statement by Monnett. Following his arraignment, Mr. Monnett issued from the offices of his counsel a statement in which he de- nied ever having accepted, or received any offer of any German money. He said he er knew either Lamar or Von Rintelen and that as far as he kEnew neither had any connection with the peace council. Monnett denounced the shipment of tions to the allies as criminal and 1. He declared President Wilson s beinz deceived and that he was anxious to do everything in his power 0 undeceive him. Denial by Taylor. Tavlor also made a statement deny - ing categorically the charges brought against him and also claiming that oth Lamar and Von Rintelen were strangers to him. Lamar refused to make any comment, | The investigation into the actlvities German agents in this country will be resumed by a federal grand ju vhich will convene here on January 6th | BUCHANAN'S CLAIM OF ! IMMUNITY FROM ARREST Baced on a Decision of the Supreme Court in 1908. under t ient authority for the ial ion that congressmen ent no immunity in crim- In th Rep- s t upon suborn TWO MEN DROWNED IN BUZZARD’S BAY. | During the Storm of Sunday—Were Caught In a Squall. some flc | ried swamped ] found on the Cataumet. their boat. shore of € A WORLD COURT FOR JUDICIAL INVESTIGATION And Settlement of All Quest International Dispute. ns of New York, Dec. 20.—A world co {for the judicial investigation and sei- tiement of all questions of interna- tional dispute with former Preside Willlam H. Taft as honorary pres dent and John Hays Hammond president_was for! v launched i today. Plans were outlined tor a great world court congress to be held in Louisville, Ky. the second weck in April. Leading men of this and other countries will be invited to ad- dress the congress. CHARGED WITH BREAKING AND ENTERING AND LARCENY Earl D. Linnell, Formerly Bookkeeper of Palmer National Bank. Springfield, Mass., Dec. 29.—Earl D. Linnell was indicted by the grand jury today charged with breaking ana entering and larceny. It is charged that Linnell attempted to enter the Palmer National bank, of which he was bookkeeper, in Palmer, Nov. 29. It is also charged that his books snowed a shortage of $700. The indictment was filed and Linnell was arrested on a federal warrant and taken to Bos- ton. Swiss reports state that an operation will soon be performed on the Kais- er's throat