Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 15, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVIIL--NO. 275 The Bulletin's Girculatitn in - BRITISH IN CONTROL BEAUCOURT VILLAGE Makes Third Village Taken River Since Monday Morning OFFENSIVE CONTINUES A To the South of the Somme the Positions in the Region of Pressoire, With the French Vigorously Replying—The Rumanians in the Alt Valley of Transylvania Have Again Been Pushed Back by the . Austro-German Forces—On the Monastir Plain of Serbia and North of the Cerna Rivér Troops of the Entente Al- lies Are Attacking the G Duels Prevail in the Austro-Italian Zone. The British drive begun early Mon- @ay morning amid fog@nd rain in the region of the Ancre River in France has netted them another village— Beaucourt, on the north bank of the Ancre. The capture of this village makes three that have fallen into Brit- ish hands since the advance began, the other two being Beaumont-Hamel and St. Pierre Divion. There is no in- dication that the offensive has ceased at any point along the five mile tront. In the drive the British thus far have taken more than 5,000 Germans pris- oners and according to the latest re- port, more captives are being brought in. Aside from the gains in the Ancre reglon, the British also have made an advance to the sast of the Butte de Warlencourt, abdit three miles south- east of the imgortant town of Ba- paume. To the south of the Somme the Germans are busily engaged in shelling French positions in- the re- glon of Pressoire and on the sector of Biaches la Maisonnette with the French vigorously replying. On the remainder of the front only bombard- ments have occurred. ‘With comparative quiet still relzn- ing on the Russian and Austro-Ttalian fronts, the Rumanian and Macedonian theatres continue the focal points of interest. The Austrians near Orzova and the junction of the Austrian, Ru- manian and Serbian frontiers have cleared the right bank of the Danube in the Region of the Ancre LONG THE 5-MILE FRONT Germans Are Sehlling French erman-Bulgar Line—Artillery of Rumanians, a victory which probably means a lessening of the impediments the Rumanians have placed upon the navigation of the river in this region. Again the Rumapians in the Alt val- ley of Transylvania have been pushed back by the Austro-German _forces, who also have captured in the Jiul valley the village of Bumbeshli and forced the Rumanian left wing near Dragoslavele to give way. Up in the north the Russians have been com- pelled to retire from -the Gyergyo Mountains to the Rumanian frontier. The situation in Dobrudja still re- mains to be clarified. Just what the Russo-Rumanian troops and the forces of the central powers are doing there is not known. Berlin, Petrograd and Bucharest say merely that the situa- tion is unchanged. On the Monastir plain of Serbia and north of the Cerna river troops of the entente allies are attacking -the Ger- man-Bulgar lines. The battles have not reached a decision, according to Berlin. Aside from artillery duels in the Trentino region and desultory artillery activity along the remainder of the line, quiet prevails in the Austro-Ital- ian 'theatre. The artillery duel between the Rus- sians and Austro-Germans along. the arayuvka River in Galicia continues. Otherwise only unimportant engage- ments have taken place on the eastern front from the Baltic to the Carpa- thians. MALE AND FEMALE WORKERS IN JAPAN ARE ORGANIZING. President of Laborers’ Friendly Society of Japan So Tells A, F. of L. Baltimore, Nov. 14.—Male afd female workers in Japan are taking up the organized lahpr movement with vigor, Bunji_Suszuld, presideat of the Labor- ers’ Friendly soclety of Japan, today t0ld the convention of the American Federation of Labor. During the last eight montis, he sald, the membership of the socicty he represented had in- creased from 10,00 fo 30,000, “Some Americans,” the speaker con- tinued, “have mistaken ideas regarding Japanese laborers on the Pacific coast of the United States. These Japanese have come to realize vour ideals and are rapidly approaching your standards of lving. As a result of my investi- Eations of the conditions of Japanese laborers on the Pacific coast 1 found that they are not only on equal terms with American wortmen but in some cases they are recciving higher wages than their American comrades.” The federation delcgates were urged today by Thomas A. Stevenson, frater- nal delegate to the convention from the trades unions of Canada, not to in- dorse any legislation providing for government investigntion ond_settle- ment of industrial disputes. He said that 2 similar law in the Dominion had caused so mich satisfaction that the trades unions and labor congress of Canada had votel nearly unani- mously to apply to the next session of the Dominion parliament for repeal of the industrial disputes and investiga- tion act. President Gompers today received a telegram from Marcus A. Marks, pres- Ident of the borouzh of Manhattan, with reference to the proposed daylight saving scheme. He referred it to a sommittee which probably will report >n the matter to the convention. PRESIDENT WILSON URGED TO MAKE WESTERN TRIP In Recognitiun of Support Given Him Washington, Nov. 4.—President Wli- gon is being strongly urged to make a western trip before the convening,of congress. The idea is being supported by many who are advising the presi- dent that he should in that way recog- nize the support which the western states gave in his re-election and at the sime_time pay the west the in- tended visit he was forced to abandon at the time of the San Francisco expo- sition. Many telegrams are on the presi- dent’s desk inviting him to a Thanks- glving day celebration in Denver. His lans are indefinite as yet and none of s official family knows what he' will do about the proposed trip. ST. LOUIS ALONE SAVED MISSOURI FROM PROHIBITION, Outside 'of That City the State Went on. 14,000 for Prohibi St. Louis, Mo, Nov. 14.—Official ye- turns from all but 14 of the counties of Missouri give the prohibition amendment a majfority of more than 14,000 outside St. T.ou The heavy adverse vote of St. Louis defeated the amendment in the “‘“?1 :e;:oraln: to returns already in, b; 1 ix years ago, when a prohibition amendment was voted on, it lost in the state ou‘side of St Louis by 92,000. The St. Louls vote brought this ad- majority to atout 200,000. COLD WEATHER FROM ROCKY MOUNTAINS EASTWARD Weather Bureau Predicts Cold Wave Will Last for 48 Hours. Washington, Nov. 14.—Cold weather from the Rocky Mountains spread eastward and southward tonight, freezing temperature being recorded in nearly all states. Snow appeared in New England, New York, the Ohio valley, around the Great Lakes and in Tennessee and sleet was genegal in northern Louisiana. The sun Shone §n_the west: Cold wave warnings issued tonight included all the south Atlantic states except south and central Florida, Freezes were reported in all the gulf states. Heavy rains preceded closely the cold wave along the Atlentic coast. Temperatures in the west were milder tonisht. The thermometer rose forty degrees today in Wyoming, the coldest state in the upion last night, with a_temperature of 26 below zero at Lander, Wyo. ‘Weather bureau forecasters predict that the east will be held by the cold wave for another 48 hours at least. , Storm warnings were displayed to- night in Atlantic coast sta‘es. RAILWAY MANAGERS TO CONTEST ADAMSON LAW Apparently Satisfied They Can Estab- lish Its Unconstitutionality. New York, Nov. 14—The interrupt- ed conferences between representatives of the nation’s railways and their 400,- 000 brotherhood employes, looking to- ward an adjnstment of thelr new dif- ferences on the interpretation of the Adamson eight hour law, was not re- sumed here today. Instead of meeting, the railway managers announced they would fight the law to the end in the courts while the brotherdood chiefs who remained in the city left for their homes, professing to believe that they may safely rest their case with Presi- dent Wilson. Both sides admitted that they could not foretell the problem outcome of the new controversy. The railroad managers are certain they can estab- lish the uanconstitutionality of the Adamson law while the brotherhood leaders are equally sure that the law will be upheld by the courts and en- forced on the detter and spirit. INTERURBAN CARS IN COLLISION AT EVANSVILLE Four of Twenty Persons Ai}fllfd Probuw| ably Fatally Injured. Evansville, Ind, Nov. 14—Four of the twenty persons injured in a head- on collision of cars on the Evansville and Eastern Interurban line near Yan- keetown today are not expected to re- cover, according to physicians tonight. Three trainmen. who were crushed when the front vestibules were tele- scoped are believed to be fatally in- jured. One of the passengers, Mrs. Victor G. McCoy of Indianapolis, who was scalded with water from heating apparatus, is also expected to die. Boti cars were crowded with pas- sengers and that many persons were not killed is attributed to the fact that the cars were of steel construction.® Movements of Steamships. New York. Nov. 14.—Sailed: steam- ers Italia, Genoa; Taormina, Genoa. Signalled: Steamer La Touralne, Bor- deaux for New York. Dock Sunday. | St. Michael's, Nov. 12—Sailed:’ Steamer Dante Alegeheri (from Genoa) New York. Copenhagen, Nov. 14.. er Frederick VIII, New Cabled Paragraphs British Steamer Corinth Sunk. London, Nov. 14, 615 p. m.—The British steanier Corinth has been sunk and her crew has been landed, says Lloyds Shipping Agency, which also states that the British steamer Ber- nicla is belleved to bave ¥ o sunk. LETTERS BETWEEN SI. G&OBERT BORDEN AND SIR SAM HUGHES Show That the Appointment of Si George Perley Causéd Difference. Ottawa, Ont, Nov. 14.—Letters ex- changed between Sir Robert Borden, Canadian premier, and Sir Sam Hughes, whose resignation as minister of militia was requested, were made pudlic here today. _They showed that the appointment of Sir George Per- le-yas Overseas minister of militia led to the differences between the premier and &ir Sam Hughes. ‘While in England last summer, it was_disclosed, Sir Sam appointed a military _council to manage Canadian military ,affairs. Sir Robert Bordan, it was said, held that Sir Sam Hughes exceeded his authority. Then it was that Sir George Perley was appointed overseas minister of military with- out pay. Sir' Sam urged that Sir Max Aitken be chosen for the post. The premier declined and charged Sir Sam with “disregarding the principles of joint responsibe xovernment.” The premier resented an intimation that he and Sir George Perley had se- cretely planned for an Overseas min- istry of militia and asked for Sir Sam's resignation. In forwarding the resignation Sir Sam intimated that the Canadian pre- mier “wasted his time listening to the complaints of disappomted. people.” More than a vear ago, he said, he un- derstood the premier “had it in con- templation to et Sir George Perley in control in England.” Sir Sam declared in his letter to the premier that there was no more need for a separate minister of militia for England than one for a military camp in Canada. Finally ne regretted to have “heard on excellent authority that ypu had it in contemplation for some timé to retire to the supreme court of Canada by arrangement with the -present incumbent of the chief justiceship and hand over the.Cana- Gian prime ministership to another under whom it is well known I would not serve. . CABRERA REPUDIATES PLAN OF BORDER CONTROL Which Had Been Agreed on by the Mexican-American Commi: n. Atlantic City, N, J,, Nov. 14.—Repu- diation by Luis Cabrera today of a plan of border control that had been agreed on by two of his colleagues and the three American s representatives again has made doubtful the ability of the Americans on the Mexican- American joint commission to assist Mexico in its efforts to restore normal conditions along the frontier. The Americans were hopeful tonight that they might vet induce the Mexi- cans to agiee to what they believe wili be a satiifactory plan-for the pre: ection of life and property along the boundary, but it was indicated by those in touch with them that further opposition, characterized as quibbling, would not long be tolerated. There appeared reason tonight to believe that unless tre chairman of the Mexican commission adopted a more tractable manner he and his associates would be informed that further con- sideration of Mexico’s social, economic and military problems must come to an end. BRITISH SEND TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF CAPT. BOELKE Wreath and Two Letters for “Chival- rous Adversary.” Berlin, Nov. 14—A wreath and two leiters from the Royal British Flying Corps have been handed to the parents of Capt.” Boelke, the noted air fighter, who was killed recently at the front in France, says the Oversea: News ‘Agency, which describes the sending of these testimonials as follows: “A British airman dropped a pack- age behind our lines with two letters. One of the letters bore the inscription. “In memory of Captain Boelke, our brave and chivalrous adversary—The it Flying Corps. “The other letter runs: ‘To the of- ficers of the German flying corps on this front—We hope that you will find this wreath and are sorry that it comes so late. The weather prevented us from sending it earlier. We mourn with Captain Boelke's pareats and friends. We all recognize his bravery. Kind regards to Captain Evan and Lieutenant Long of the Moran squad- ron. (Signed) J. Sergeant Green, lieutenant.” INCREASES IN COST OF FOOD PRODUCTS Are Likely to Be Subject of Invest gation By Federal Trade Commission. Chicago, Nov. 14—Increases in the cost of food products are likely to be the subject of an investigation by the federal trade commissions Bdward H. Hurley, chairman of the commission, said here today the subject would be considered at a meeting of the com- mission in Washington Friday. “The high cost of the necessities of life is the most important problem be- fore the American people today,” he said. “I belleve it is within the prov- ince of the tradse commission to inves- tigate and I think it more than likely that we will hold meetings. determine the reason for the present high costs and apply a remedy if a remedy can be_found.” Mr. Hurley declared present coal prices were suicidal and charged coal >eerators with wastefulness. A LONE BANDIT ROBS OMAHA-LINCOLN EXPRESS Obtained $96 and Then Wished His Victims a Laughing “Good Night.” Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 14.—As the Missouri Pacific’s Gmaha-Lincoln ex- press train No. 108 was leaving Leav- enworth, Kas., tonight for Kansas City, Mo., a masked robber entered the sleeping car, levelled a pistol at the four male passengers and the conduc- tor, S. E. Schmitt, and obtained $96. Eighty dollars was taken from the conductor. The bandit then informed his victims that they might resume their seats, “I'll ride a piece with you,” he said. At intervals as one of the passengers would shift his positicn, the pistol in the robber’s hand would shift to cover him. When the train pulled into Xan- sas City, Kas, the man wished his victims a laughing “Good night” left the car by the rear platform and dis- appeared. v Slight Change in _ California Count NOT MORE THAN TEN VOTES ONE WAY OR THE OTHER MINOR GAIN -+ LOSSES Secretary of State McAtee Announces There Are No Indications of Notable Divergence From the Unofficial Count. San Franeisco, Nov. T8—“The com- pleted count for California will not show a difference of mgre than ten votes one way or the offier from fig- ures already given on the presidency,” Sidney M. Van Wick, Jr., chairman of the democratic campaign committee, announced here late today. He based his assertion on examination of re- turns from all counties in which the county clerks have completed their work. Gains and Losses Counterbalance Minor gains and losses—seldom more than a dozen votes in a precinct, thus far have counterbalanced each other, Mr. Van Wick said. He prom- ised a set of figures tonight. At the headquarters of the republi- can presidential campaign committee it was said that returns from six coun- ties indiacted that “interest centered entirely in the diversence between the vote for top and bottom electors on the tickets. No predictioas, it was said, could be made as to what this might amount to. “We have no_ startling information of any sort,” saild Sylvester . McAtee, secretary of the committee. ‘“There are no indications of notable diver- gences from the unofficial count. We are simply counting to see what the count develops.” CONDITIONS WHICH WOULD SP&IT CALIFORNIA’S VOTE. If Total of Highest Republican Elector Exceeds That of Lowest Democratic. San ' Francisco, Nov. 14.—Whether the highest vote for a republican elec- tor in California was greater than the lowest vote for a democratic elector was about the only question of interest to California_politicians tonight. If this should prove to ‘be the case, the state’s delegation in the electoral col- lege may be split. The republicans admittedly unearthed nothing in the course of tne day to indicate for or against such a prospect. Sidney M. Van Wyck, Jr, chairman of the democratic campaign committee, worked all day bringing in _reports from little counties in the mountains Where the county clerks had finished their count, and also succeeded in ing qne-ar_two fair sized counties ‘total for- 20 “counties showéd that the totals for the lowest democratic elector in each county added 6,466 votes more than the totals for ‘the highest republican elector in the same counties. This count would show, when completed, the Wilson electoral vote at its lowest ebb, Mr. Van Wyck said. That is to eay. if the lowest demo- cratic totals are fineilly ahead of the highest republican totals, a sclid dele- gation in the electorai college is as- sured. If the highest republican totals exceed the lowest democratic _totals, this &p not necessarily indicate that any républican elector wins, because the lowest democrat and the highest republican are not the same in all counties. Republicans and democrats _alike manifested surprise at rumors, trace- able in all cases ‘to the east, that a considerable error had been found somewhere in the state counting the votes. The mistake as reported would have to be in San Francisco, Alameda or Los Angeles county, said Mr. Van Wyck. “It is in none of them and €0 far as we have been able to learn it does not exist. The final count will show no material change.” Reports from republican headquar- ters were similar. HENRY FORD AIMS TO REVOUTIONIZE AUTO BUSINESS That's Why He Wishes to Double or Triple the Capacity of His Piant. Detroit, Nov. 14.—Henry Ford, on the witness stand today at the Dodge in- junction hearing, declared that his plans for spending many millions of dollars to double or triple the capacity of the Ford Motor Car Company's plant, would probably - revolutionize the automobile business. Ford admitted that he contemplates expending millions of dollars to ob- tain ore deposits and more millions to erect blast furnaces on ihe Detroit River near Detroit. When his plans are completed, he testified, his com- pany will be able to ship ore to its furnaces and there make castings di- rect from the ore. Ford, as president of his company, is defendant in an _injunction suit brought by Horace E.and John F. Dodge, local automobile manufactur- ers, to restrain him from using Ford company’s profits to develop its bus- iness. The Dodge brothers own ten per cent of the F~=? “~~% and demand that the profits, which now total abc $50,000,000, be pime ~ue in dividends. They allege that Ford's plans to de- velop his company are ‘“reckless and unwise.” The hearing which began today is on the motion to make the tmporary in junction prmanent. The testimony was given before a circuit court com- mission. BELGIAN CABINET SENT TELEGRAMS TO KING ALBERT Extends Felicitation on the Fete Day of His Patron Saint. Havre, Nov. 14, 9.25 p. m—The Bel- gian cabinet, terming itself “the au- thorized organ of a nation condemned to the silence of death,” today sent to King_ Albert o mnthe occasion of the fete day of his patron saint a telezram of telicitation. The message said the present time was particularly painful to their unfortunate country, as the war continued to be more and odious and cruel. Despite the suffer- ings of. the people, the messaze added, the cabinet was ‘confident of “a re- vengeful victory:” ¥ The members of the Belgian cham- ber of deputies also sent a_congratu- latory telegram to the king. It likewise condemned the act8 of Germany in TEN PAGES—80 COLUMNS New British Note I}gfines Blacklist 2 A MEASURE CONCERNING ONLY BRITISH GOVT. AND CITIZENS MOVE TO SHORTEN WAR Note Fails to Meet the American De- mand That the Names of American Firms be Stricken From the Black- list. ‘Washington, Nov. 14—The British reply to the latest American note pro- testing against the trade blacklist, made public tonight by the state de- partment, denies that rights of neutral traders under international law have been ruthlessly cancelled, defines the blacklist measure as a municipal reg- ulation plainly® concerning only the Eritish ' government and_British _citi- zens and contends that it is designed to shorten the war. . Fails to Meet American Demand. The note falls to meet the American demand that the names of American firms be stricken from the blacklist, but attempts to convinoe the state de- partment that the Brrush position is just and founded on law. It leaves open the door for further negotiation, which is expected to follow. The note was subscribed by Vis- count Grey, the British foreign min- ister, and was addressed to and trans- mitted by Walter Hines Page, the American ambassador at London. Refutes American Contention. A part which attracted much offi- cial notice dealt with the subject of (Continued on Page Two) WOMAN HAD FACULTY FOR BORROWING MONEY Miss Annie E. Sharpley Got. $80,000 Without Security. Chicago, Nov. 14—Miss Annie E. Sharpley, 'who borrowed $80,000 from wealthy Chicagoians without security by her mere pgwers of persuasion, ad- mitted goday she was the same Annie| Sharpley who once was sent to the federal penitentiary from Philadelphia for forgery. Miss Sharpley’s affairs | became public after she filed . petition in_bankruptey scheduling $80,000 in debts and declaring that her extensive poultry farm from which she sold eges ! to many wealthy families here, had | beeri sacrificed to her longing to have | produced a, play she had written, “Lights Ahead.” Today she admitted that her adven- ture in theatricals had cost her only $800 ana_that she had never dealt with the New York producer, but with an ‘mposter who. had defrauded her. Among Miss Sharpley’s creditors are Mrs. T. B, Blackstone, who _signed notes for $47,000 for her, and Herman Cohen, a pawnbroker, who declared he had loaned her $20,000 without se- curity. Cohen finally took over the poultry farm as security for $4,000 of the loan. After this Miss Sharpley borrowed $350 from him, he said, to pay the first month’s rent on the farm. Miss Sharpley said the money shé had obtained by her forgeries as well as the amounts she borrowed in Chi-| cagzo had gone for the support of an | Englishman whom she had loved ‘in| her girlhood and who had sincy lived | on the money she had been able to make. He was killed recently in bat- tle, she said. The same persuasiveness that ena- bled Miss Sharpley to borrow large amounts has prevented any of her creditors from taking action against her, it was said. Cohen, after listen- ing'to her story today, announced that he would stand by her and Mrs. Black- stone sald she‘believed thoroughly in her honesty and was prepared to lend her even moge money if necessary. Miss Sharpley said she could repay the loans if given time. CHAMP CLARK CONFERS WITH DEMOCRATIC LEADERS Not Willing to Concede Republican Plurality of Five in House Washington, Nov. 14.—Champ Clark, Speaker of the house, reached Wash- ington today and conferred. with dem- ocratic leaders regarding the consres- sional election which, according to the latest unofficial returns ,leaves control lof the next house in’ doubt. The Speaker first conferred with Repre- sentative Doremus, of Michigan, chair- man of the democratic congressional committee, who predicted, despite un- official returns indicafing the election of five more repubilacsn than demo- crats, that the final canvass would give the democrats centrol and that the Speaker would be re-elected. On_the other hand, Representative Woods, of Iowa, chairman of the re- publican congressional committee, was insisting that complete returns would show republican gains instead of loss- es and that republicans would dictate the organization of the house. PRESIDENT WILSON MAKES A GAIN IN NEW MEXICO Court Now Stands Hughes 29.334, Wil- son 31,548 in 610 Out of 638 Precincts. ! Santa Fe, N. M., Nov. 14.—President Wilson made a net gain of forty votes over Charles E. Hughes in official re- \turns from five New Mexico counties reported today to the secretary of state. The unofficial tabulation in- cuding the official count in five coun- ties tonight shows 610 out of 638 pre- cincts in the state have heen heard from. The count stands: Hughes 29,334; Wilson 31548. It is expected a week wil elapse before all returns have been received officially. HUGHES HAS LEAD OF 1,004 IN MINNESOTA Candidate is Consistent Gain. ?puhli:fln Making a $.° Paul, Minn, Nov. 14.—The lHugheu lead in Minnesota suffered many changes today, but tonight stood at slightly more than 1,000. Returns came slowly into the capital today and there were several differences be- tween them and unofficial returns pre- viously published. There was a con- sistent gain for Hughes in the aftes noon figures. The vote tonight, after a_ complete re-check, stood: Wilson #178,260; Flughes 179,264. Hughes’ plu- Tality 1,004. Condensed Telegrams - The first snow of the season fell in ‘Rochester, N. Y., The strike among the Oklahoma coal miners has been settled. The Pope is preparing to protest to Germany against the deportation of Belgians. . ¥ Shipments of fresh andscured meats from Chicago last week totaled 43,662, 000 pounds. Harry Theophilus Toulmin, Federal judge for the southern district of Al- abama, is dead. ¢ Gold coin to the amount of $800,000 was withdrawn from the Sub-Treasury for shipment to Cuba. Col. Joseph E. Kuhn, military at- tache of the American Embassy at Berlin, is to be recalled. The Great Western Petroleum Corp. was incorporated at Dover, Del, with a capital stock of §5,000000. The General Roofing Mfg. Co. of Springfield, Ill, increased its capital Trom $2,000,000 to $20,000,000. The trial of J.oV. Thompson, the Uniontown banker, was set for the week of Jan. 8 in Pittsburgh. The National Council of Economics is being organized by Mr. Clementel, French Minister of Commerce. President Wilson will resume has conferences with Washington news- paper correspondents next week. Mrs. Jacques Mayer, an American, was decorated with the Red Cross |@edal by order of Emperor Wiliiam. The epidemic of infantile paralysis which was prevalent in Massachusetts for months has been virtually wiped out. rold S. Watson, died in a hos- pital at Meadville, Pa., from injuries sustained in a football game last Fri- day. Edward J. Doheny, president of the Pan-American Petfoleum & Transport Co., won a $500,000 bet on President ‘Wilson’s election. Ten persons were injured in a col- lision between two Grand street cars near the Long Island end of the Will- iamsburg Bridge. William Honrach and his tén-year- old daughter Ruth, were injured when their carriage was struck by a trolley car at Orange, N. J. Mamie Gamboe, 5, Heights, N. J., was burned while play- of lasbrouck ing with a bonfire and died in the Hackensack Hospital. Twenty-seven per cent. of ajl the Sunday schools of the Methodist church are making no contributions to- ward missionary work. The National Bank of Commerce in New York will ship $1,000,000 in double eagles to Uruguay on_the steamer Hi- larius, sailing Nov. 17. The name of Edwin W. Sweet was sent to the President by Secretary of Commerce Redfield for reappointment as- Assistant Secretar: James McKenna, 20, of New York, convicted for complicity in a murder, made a desperate attempt 1o escape from the Tombs Prison. The Panama government has decid- ed to withdraw from circulation §500,- 000 of its silver coins accumulated in the Canal Zone Treasury. Danie! K. Hendrickson, formerly a Long Island Railroad brakeman was run over and killed at Locust Valley, L. L, by a passenger train. The Interborough Rapid Transit Co. in September carried 58,026,654 pas- sengers against 48,527,637 in the cor- responding month a year ago. The trial of Oscar D. McDaniel, county prosecutor charged with the murder of his wife, Mrs. Harriet Moss McDnaiel, was resumed at St. Joseph, Mo., Two men severely burned in a gun explosion on the third floor of the Federal Composition Co.s factory at Nos. 264-268_Forty-first Street, Brook- Iyn. Gov. Charles 8. Whitman of New York, arrived at New Orleans en route to McAllen, Texas, where he will in- spect several thousand national guards- men. Central Vermont was under a blan- ket of ten inches of snow Tuesday. It had fallen during the night in the heaviest storm at this date in many vears. In a bold daylight robbery two con- tractors working for the Lawrence Limestone Co., were held up by four masked men at Wampum, Pa, and robbed of $1,000 Nine persons at least, including two women, were drowned in the Frazer River near Vancouver, B. C., when an automobe stage from Ladner, B. C., plunged through an open .Jraw. W. Burke Cochran, the New York lawyer, will defend without charge the five men indicted at San Francisco, for the murder of ten victims of the “Preparedness Day” bomb explosion. Sixty men from the U. S. gunboat ‘Wheeling, were sent ashore at Puerto, Mexico to fight a fire caused by light- ning which struck two tanks of crude Ofl.hwflh a capacity of 55,000 barrels. each. The Spanish submarine Isaac Peral has attained higher speed than any submersible in the ‘United States navy, according to a statement today by an official of the Electric Boat com- pany. Hearing of proposed Western trunk freight rate increases involving almost all west bound transcontinental traffic were fixed by the Interstate Commerce Commission for December 2 at Kansas City, Mo. Warrants for the arrest of State’s Attorney Maclay Hoyne and the city editors of five Chicago newspapers were asked today by Chief Justice Ol- son of the municipal court, who charged criminal libel. Holman A. Drew, for several terms sheriff of Coos county, N. H., and for nearly a_year one of the custodians of Harry K. Thaw while the latter was in New Hampshire, following’ his es. cape from MMatteawan, dled at Berlin. Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. DAYLIGHT SAVING To be Considered at a National Convention to be ~ inNewYorkJan. 30 and 31 Next PLAN PROPOS WOULD EFFECT SAVING OF OVER $40,000,000 WouldSettbeClod:ForwchneHmintchniledw From May 1 to September 30, 1917—Chambers of Com- ‘merce Throughout the Country Will be Represented at the Convention—Governors of States, Mayors of Cities, Financial Institutions and Labor Organizations Are to be Requested to Send Delegates—An Effort is to be Made to Have Congress Enact a Daylight Saving Law—Enorm- osu Saving in Gas and Electric Bills the Object. New York, Nov. 14—The adoption of the daylight saving plan by Setting the clock forward one hour in the United States, through publio concur- rence, from May 1 to September 30, 1917, will be considered at a national daylight saving convention to be held here on January 30 and 31 next, plans for which were announced here today. All States Will be Represented. Chambers of commerce and boards of trade throughout the country will be represented and the governors of all states, the mayors of 150 cities, the American Bankers Association and state banking organizations, the Amer- ican Fedcration of Labor, and various other commercial, financial, labor and scientific bodies will be requested to send delegates. To Ask Support of Railroads. The American Railway Association ‘has been asked to lend its support and will, consider the project at its semi- annual meeting here tomorrow. A re- port drawn up by a committee haaded by E. B. Thomas, president of the Le- high Valley Railroad, will be submit- ted tomorrow, recommending that while the roads should not antagonize the movement, they should not agree to the plan “until it has been previ- ously adopted by the principal busi- ness and municipal centers, together with the state and local authorities.” Individually, many of the railroad presidents favor the plan, according to information received by the New York Daylight Saving Committes, which has arranged the national convention. Daylight Saving Law Advocated. This- committee, appointed by Mar- cus M. Marks, president of the bor- ough of Manhattan, is prepared to con- fer with railroad heads and with fi- nancial interests before the convention is held and will endeavor to learn from the attorney-general of the United States whether it is constitational for congress to enact a_daylight saving law. The committee has been inform- ed by the legislative reference bureau in Washington that such a statute is not constitutional, according to Mr. Marks, although a number of congress- me nhave written individually favor- ing the plan. Scientific Study of Plan. On behalf of the committee 5 sclen- tific study of daylight saving as it would affect the United States is be- ing made by Professor Harold Jacoby, astronomer, of Columbia University, who will report his findings to the convention. 4 Saving of $40,000,000. A report prepared by the commif based upon an afalysis of annual re- ports of public lighting corporations of the United States, estimates that the proposed plan would effect a sav- ing of upwards of $40,200,000 in the people’s gas and electric bills next summer. SR GO R v A5 SRR S Sl PO e WP S R R DEPORTATION OF BELGIAN CIVILIANS INTO GERMANY Has Reached Serious Propo State Department to Protest. ns— Washington, Nov. 14—Deportation of Belgian civilians into Germany for forced -labor has reached such serious proportions that American Charge Grew at Berlin has been directed by the state department to take the mat- ter up personally with Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg. The charge was Tequested to say that suchy deportations could not but have a most unfortunate effect.on neutral opinion, particularly in the Unitea States, which has the welfare of the Belgian civilian popu- lation very much at heart: The instructions, it was learned to- day, grew out of a long report from Charge Grew in which he stated that he had discussed the situation infor- mally and unofficially with Under-Sec- retary of Foreign Affairs Zimmerman. The Jatter admitted that a definite pol- icy had been adopted to enforce the labor of melgians in cases where they Would net work voluntarily, on the ground that so many refused to work s to malie a strain cn public charity intolerable. 3 The deportations are viewed here not only as a violation of international law, but in a desree as a violation of Germany’s assurances to Ambassador Gerard last June, which, thouzh relat- ing to the 20,000 French women and girls deported from Lille, Roubaix and Tourcoing, are felt to be applicable to Reed of Missourl will confer wit hthe the Belgian situation. At that time when Mr. Gerard had gone to general headquarters in France to discuss the attack on the Sussex with Emperor William, assurances were given by the Germans that no further deportations would be made. The case of the Belgians is considered identical in principle. TO PROBE USE OF MONEY IN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN Definite Plans Made by Administration Leaders for Action in Senate. Washington, Nov. 14.—Definite plans were laid by.administration leaders to- day for having the senate begin an investigation as soon as consress con- venes of the use of money in the last presidential campaign. Several sena- tors have discussed the guestion with officials of the administration and it was said tonight that beyond question, the investisation will be held. ‘Suggestions were made that Presi- dent Wilson might mention the sub- ject in his next annual essage to congress in recommending passage of a corrupt practices act, but some offi- cials thought he would take the posi- tion that he should leave the question to the senate in view of the fact that he himself was a candidate. Senator president tomorrow and the question may be brought up at that time. As outlined by officials today the investigation will be very thorough and will include the cross examina- tion of wealthy men supposed to have made campaign contributions, as well as of the men in charge of the spend- ing of money raised fgr the campaign. PASTEURIZATICN OF CREAM USED IN BUTTER MAKING Proposed at Convention of National Creamery Butter Makers. Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 14—A law requiring the pastourization of al} cream, used in butter making, the abo- lition "of a flat rute for all grades of cream and payment according to grade were some of the proposals ad- Vanced by speakers at the anpual con- vention of the National Creamery But- ter Makers' association here today. The present high price of butter is due to the heavy export demand, speakers Geclared, adding that there prospects of lower price in future. are no MIDDLEMAN BLAMED FOR HIGH COST OF FOODSTUFFS By President Wilson in Spesch Wai- coming National Grange. Washington, Nov. 14, — Wilson blamed middlemen mpm cost of foodstuffs here tonizht in a speech welcoming to Washington the convention of the National Grange, the first formal speech he has delivered since the clection. Urging that farm- ers increase their output, the presi- dent eaid: Ed “We ought to raise such big crops that ciroumstnces like the present ean never recur when men can make as it the supply was so short that the mid- dleman could charge for it what he pleased. It will not do to be niggard- 1y with the rest of the world in respect to_its food supply.” The president did not mention recent petitions to him to declare an embar- g0 on exportation of foodstuffs from the United States to the rest of the world and he did not refer even indi- rectly to the outcome of the presis dential election. His address was in- terrupted frequently by applause from the farmers attending the fiftieth an- nivirsary celebration of the founding of the grango. SWITCHMEN SUFFER FR_DM LONG HOURS OF EXPOSURE So Stated in Testimony Before Board . of Arbitration. New York, Nov. 14—F. D. Reid, & switchman at the Chicago terminal of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, tes- tifying late today before the board of arbitration selected under the New- lands act to settle the eight hour day controversy between switchmen of thirteen rallroads and their employers, declared he had seen a switchman ery- ing because of long hours of exposure to_the cold. Reid asserted the man was and husky,” and that icicles had form- ed on his evebrows which interfered with his sight and increased the dang- er of the work. Other_ railroad workers testified in favor of the elght hour plan. Among them was Peter J. Finnegan, yard con- ductor for the New Haven rairoad. Some of the witnesses expressed pre- ference for shorter hours with less pay’. SUBMERGENCE TESTS e MADE BY DEUTSCHLAND Her Longest Stay Under Water Was Half an Hour. New London, Conn., Nov. 14—Thres submergence tests for the German under-sea freighter Deutschland were held at her pler today, and according to her officers, they were entirely sue- cessful. On one test, the submersible completely disappeared from sight, not even her masts showing. Her longest stay under water was haf an hour. ‘While everything been in readiness for some days, the time of her departure was not tonight. the Bastern Forwarding Company de- clined to discuss the subject. A GIFT OF $25,000 FROM ANDREW CARNEGIE Announced by Offici: of Phillips- Andover Academy. > Andover, Mass,, Nov. 14.—A gift = the the s The' school $25,000 from Andrew Carnegie to used towards the purchass of property formerly occupled by Andover Theological S announced by the officials of Andover Academy today. purchased the estate soon after seminary was removed to Caml to become a part of the Harvard apaprently has Oticors.of the eraft and ot vinity sohool ten years ago. The price was $200,000 and it is un - Mr. the near | Carnegie’s gift virtually clears up the