Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 16, 1916, Page 1

French and Germans Have Been Engaged in Violent| GERMANS MAKE GAIN IN REGION OF SOMME Battles Both North and South of the River ARTILLERY PREPARATION FOR GERMAN ATTACKS British Are Consolidating Their Newly Won Positions North of the River Ancre—On the Transylvania Front the Austro-Germans Are Gaining Ground Against the Ru- manians and Russians—The Rumanians Have Occupied the Town of Foasic in Dobrudja—In Galicia the Russians Have Driven the Austro-Germans From Former Russian Trenches in the N‘riyuvkn River Region—The Royal Palace in Bucharest Has Been Bombed by Teutonic Allied Aircraft. While the British were further ad- vancing their front north of the An- cre river or consolidating their new- ly won positions, the French and Germans have been engaged in vio- lent combats both north and south of the Somme. In both regions the Ger- mans made gains—in the northern icorner and western outskirts of the St Fierre Vaast Wood, north of the river and in the eastern part the village of Pressoire, south of the stream. The French official communication in admitting the loss of this ground says the Germans obtained only limit- ed advantages at the price of very high losses. In the north the German attack extended from lLesbouefs to the south of Bouchavesnes, a front of five miles and south of the Somme from Alaincourt to the Chaulnes Wood, @bout three miles. The atiacks were launched after violent artillery pre- parations. ¥ Beriin, in reverting to the British at. tack which gave them the town of Beaucourt, says that except at Beau- court a. ewe British attacks broke down with heavy casualties. On the southern bank of the Ancre the at- fack has already been shattered, says Berlin, which adds that fighting 1is proceeding near . and Pressoire. According to London, 5,- 678 Germans have been made prison ers on the Ancre front since Mon- day. The British losses, considering the extent of the gains, are declared not to have been high. The Transylvania front, aside from the line in France, is furnishing the most sanguinary engagement. Here almost everywhere the Austro-Ger- mans are gaining ground against the Rumanians and Russians. In the Liergujuily, Alt and Jiul valleys, the Teutonic allies have forced their an- tagonists still further back. In the Dobrudja region Bucharest reports the occupation by the Rumanians of the town of Boasic, on_the Danube. The royal palace in Bucharest has been bombed by Teutonic allied air- craft. The royal family were not in the palace at the time. Eerlin admits that on the Cerna riv- er bend the entente allles have cap- tured some heights and thdt in the valley the Teutonic allied line has been drawn back ‘in order to prevent pressure on its flanks. In Galicia, according to the Petro- grad war office, the Russians have drives Austro-Germans from former Russian trenches in the Narayuvka river region. Berlin asserts, lowever, that attacks by the Russians in this vicinity were repuised. East_of Gal heavy “bombar the Italiass to give Up Somie of their trenches. On the Carso front the Italians have made advances at sev- A3d in Detroit by the Michigan Cen- Cabled Paragraph- London, % George today received J. P. Morgan in audience at Buckingham Palace. Reverse For Italian Troops. Rome, Nov. 15, via London, 5.45 p. m.—zlallan troops were compelled to evacuate some of their more advanced trenches on the San Marco, east of Gorizia, yesterday, after repulsing five Austro-Hi attacks on an Italian sallent at Two Pines House, saya‘. today’s war office announce- ment NO LAPSE IN SERVICE ' OF PRESIDENT WILSON Will Take Oath of Office on Sunday, March 4. ‘Washington, Nov. 15.—There will be no lapse in the service of President ‘Wilson, because of the fact that March 4 next, inauguration day falls on Sunday, according to an opinion reach- at the state department. It became known today that on account of re- ports that a lapse would occur and that Secretary Lansing would be act- ing president on March 4, a form let- ter explaining the law has been pre- pared at the state department to be sent out in answer to inquiries on the question. While it is not expected that the format- inauguration of President ‘Wilson will be until Monday, March 5, he will be advised by Secretary Lansing to take the oath of otfice en Sunday. If Charles E. Hughes concedes the re-election of President Wilson by next Friday, Vance C. McCormick, chair- man of the democratic national com- mittee, probably will discuss plans for the presidential inauguration with local democratic leaders when he comes to ‘Washington that day. Usually the chairman of the inaugural committee which has charge of the parade and other civic ceremonies is selected soon after election. It is taken for granted by officials that the president, follow- ing out his plans of 1913, will have no inaugural ball. HARDSHIPS OF SWITCHMEN CITED IN TESTIMONY Some Worked From Fourteen to Fif- teen Hours a Day. New York, Nov 15.—Instances where railroad switchmen worked fourteen and fifteen hours a day and |} fell asleep after eating lunch, causing them t lose their jobs when they fail- ed to return on time, werc cited here late today by F. Eggleston, a switchman in the New_ York Central yards at Buffalo, N. Y., before the boarg of arbitration in the controversy between the Switch Tenders’ union and thirteen railroads wver demands of .the men for the eight hour day and higher pay. Eggleston testiffied he averaged twelve hours a day ana that he does not see his little son awake for weeks at times. Some jobs in the Buffalo s, he asserted. averms -fifteen hours. e 15 B. B. Duschane, 2 foreman employ- tral testified that by working three eral points. AGREEMENT FOR RECALL OF TROOPS IN SIGHT Announcement Made by lgnacio Bon- illas of Mexican Commission. Atiantic City, N. J. Nov. 15—Unless new and usexpected opposition de- velops, members of tne Mexican- Amerfcan joint commission believed tonight, &n agreement covering the withdrawal of the American punitive expedition and a method of border control Will be ready by the end of the week for submission t¢ the two governments. Announcement that an agreement was in sight was mare by Ignacio Bonillas, of the Mexican rep- resentatives, at the close of a ses- sion that had lasted until night. The altered attitude of the Mexi- cans, indicated by the announcement, developed at the second session to- day although it was not attended by Luls Cabrera, chairman of the Mexi- can commission, who did not return from Philadelphia until late tonight. He was accompanied here by Ambas- sador-designate Arredondo and Mrs. \Arredondo. No significance seemed to be attached to the coming of the ambasador since it has peen known for some time ‘that he had planned to spend a brief holiday here shortly ‘before the adjournment of the com- mission. RETURNS FROM NEW MEXICO ARE SLOW. Vote Now St: Hughes 29,757, Wi son 31,796 in 206 of 638 Precincts. Santa Fe. N. M., Nov. 15—Official figures on the election received by the secretary of state today from Bernal- illo, Taos and Torrance counties added 435 votes to Hughes' total and 243 to President Wilson’s. With these taken into aecoun the vote now stands: Hughes 29.757, Wilson 31,795, a reduc- tion of Wilso: le from iast right's figures of 187 vote ‘The larzest charge v in Torrance county, where no reports on the presi- dential vote previously had been re- ceived from oight precincts. Official reports 1ow have heen received from eight counties with 206 precin 3 There ar 20 of the 633 precincts in the state from which no report has been received Most of them are small and normally are republican. UNITED STATES AND JAPAN CONNECTED BY WIRELESS Emperor of Japan Sencs Message to President Wilson. Fan Francisco, Calif., Nov. 15—Em- peror Yoshihito of Japan replied to- night by wireless to the message from President Wilson, relayed from Bo- linas, Calif. today. The emperor's message g1d: *“Tt affords me much pleasure that the first use of the installation of wireless telegraphy between Japan and the Unitea States has been to transmit your cofdial message. In return T send this expression of my thanks for the ‘good wishes exhibited toward me and my people and of the hearty desire entertained throughout Japan for the continued prosperity and welfare of the United States. “(Signed.) “YOSHIHITO,” Snow In Winsted. Winsted, Conn., Noy. 15.—This sec- tion of Connecticut lad its first taste of winter weather when snow began falling at 10 o'clock tonight. Within IS ANOTHER SUBMARINE COMING IN JANUARY? Stevedores Who Worked on Deutsch- land Ordered to Return Jan. 5th. New London, Conn., Nev. 15.—Eighty negro_stevedores from Baltimore who loaded the cargo of the German sub- marine Deutschland last week have been ordered to return here on Jan 5, it was learned tonight. While offi- cials of the Eastern Forwarding com- pany declined to offer any explanation of the order, the belicf prevails that another (German submarine may be expected about that time, or that the Deutschland may make another trip here. Although the Deutschland’s cargo was losded several days ago, and she has pwvisions for sixty days on board, the time of her departure still was un- certain at a late hovr. Her crew was given shore leave tonight. Vice President Hilicen of the For- warding company has been in New York for several days and is not ex- pected back untl, Saturday night or Sunday. Clerks at the customs house worked late tonight. James L. McGovern, the collector, declined to comment on the unusual activity. PENSIONS PAID.TO UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS And Widows of Professors During the Past Year Amounted to $687,000. New York, Nov. 15.—Pensions amounting to $687,000 were paid to 331 college and university professors and 127 widows of professors during the ear by the Carnegie Foundation, ing to annual reports of the president and treasurer, Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, and Robert A. Franks, at the annual meeting of the trustees bere today. The report showed that the general endowment of the foundation is now $13.000,000, the accumulated surplus $1,299,000 and the income for the cur- rent year $509,000. During the eleven years of the foun- dation’s existence 533 professors and 152 widows, representing seventy-three institutions ascociated with the foun- hours a day overtime, he is able to bring earnings to a basis where he can support his family. VILLA CLASSES AMERICANS AS WHITE CHINESE. Refugee Brings Story of No Mercy to Americans anu Chinese. El Paso, Tcx., Nov. 15 Francisco Villa referred to Americans as “white Chinese” at Parral when he entered the town at the head of his troops follow- ing its evacuation by Qenersl Luis Herrera, according to a Mexican refu- gee from Porral who came to the bor- der last night disguised as a peon. In a speech to thc people of Parral, Villa said he intended to kill all Chinesa and “white Chinese,” meaning Ameri- cans, the refugee reported. Three Chi- nese were d to have bcen killed there by Villa bandits. Villa also an- nounced his intention to go to Chihua- hua City and capture it from the Car- ranza trcops, the refugee said- SUIT TC RECOVER TAX MONEY FOR BABY ASTOR. Mrs. Madeline Force Dick Made Guard- ina ad Litem of Infant Son. New York, Nov. 15.—Mrs. Madeline Force Dick, who formerly was Mrs. John_ Jacob Astor, was appointed by the federal district court rtoday as guardian ad litem of her infant son, John Jacob Astor, for the purpose of prosecuting a suit to recover income taxes imposed by the collector of in- ternal revenue. . According to Mrs. Dick, the Astor baby was forced to pay $2,544 for the, year 1913 on the income from the $3,000,000 trust fund ieft by the late Colonel John Jacob Astor, a victim of the Titanic disaster. The income from the trust fund, it was said, amounted in 1913 to $111,660, tut none of it was devoted to the support, maintenance or education of the Astor baby. Part of this income, it was alleged, came from corporations which themselves were subject to the income tax law., FOUR FIRES IN TWO HOURS IN SPRINGFIELD Two of Incendiary Origin and Two of dation, have received benefits aggre- gating $4,912,000. William Frederick Slocum, president of Colorado College, was _re-elected chairman: Arthur Twining Hadley, the president of Yale, vice chairman; and Charles Franklin Thwing, president of Western JReserve Unfiversity, secre- tary of the board. MADE A MESS OF HUGHES’ TRIP THROUGH CALIFORNIA. Chairman of Republican State Com- mittee Ascribes Defeat to That. San Francisco, Nov. 15.—Chester H. Rowell, chairman of the republican state central comruittee, issued a stat ment today charging that the republi cans who undertook to look after Charles E. Hughes during bis trip through California not only made a bad job of it but sunpressed and dis- obeyed instructions from the east. The statement blames them for the loss of the state from the republican column. “If the advice ard practically the demands of the national managers of Mr. Hughes’ campaign had not been defied and suppressed by those tem- porarily in charge of it in Caiifornia,” the statelaent said, “Mr. Hughes would now be beyond question president-elect of Ty TdR S a Suspicious Nature. Springfleld, Mass, Nov. 15.—Four fires, two of which were of incendiary origin, and two of which were of sus- picious nature, and four false alarms, occurred in less than two hours time tonight. A man whs seen - riding away from one fire on a bicycle. Po- lice officials senrched the city. armed with a meagre description of the man, but were unsuccessful. _The mose se- rious was a blaze in Trinity Metho- dist church, causing damage estimat- ed at $1,000. The false zlarms were rung in while the department was answering other calls. AVAILABLE REPORTS FROM CALIFORNIA Give Lowest Democratic Elector Good Margin Over Highest Republican. San Francisco, Callr, Nov. 15— Available reports from county clerks of twenty-seven counttes showed the following returns at noon today: Highest republican elector 67,399; lowest democratic elector 74,310, a plurality for the lowest democratic elector of 6,911 votes. This was in accord with previous figures available from smaller coun= ties. < No notable upsets were re- A Derby-Bridgeport Car Crashed Inta. lision betwen two Cars at Stratford TWO PASSENGERS WERE SEVERE- LY INJURED 18 SUFFER MINOR HURTS a Stratford-Fairfield Car Which Had Been Halted by Trolley Pole Com- ing Off the Wire. Stratford, Conn., Nov. 156—Two pas- sengers were injured so severely as to need hospital attention and nearly all of the eighteen other passengers suf- fered minor hurts in a rear-end col- interurban trolley cars here tonight. Two Men Taken to Hospital. Harry Kovalchuk of 17 Clark ave- nue, Waterbury, suffered injuries to the jaw and William Carle of Ansonia had ‘many lacerations about the head nad body. They were taken to the Bridgeport rospital. It was expected that they soon would be dischagred. All Windows Broken. A Stratford-Fairfield car had stop- ped at the foot of a grade because the trolley le had come off the wire. ‘While Conductor James Vail was try- ing to readjust the pole a Derby- Bridgeport car came down the grade and crashed into it. The vestibules and platforms of both cars telescoped, nearly all the windows were broken and shattered glass showered the pas- sengers. Vail had a narrow escape, Jumping out of the way just in time. It was said that the fact that the first car was in darkness prevented the motorman of the second car from seeing it in time. Superintendent Chapman of the Connecticut Company said, however, that the cause of the accident had not yet been determined. RUMORS OF SUBMARINE OFF NEW ENGLAND COAST Steamer Howard Received Wirsless Warning of Presence of Enemy. Providence, R. I, Nov. 15.—A British warship, lying off shore, sent a wire- less message to the Merchants & Min- ers steamer Howard early today, giv- ing notice of the presence of a Ger- man submarine off the coast of southern New England, Captaln John E. Ryan of the Howard reported on the arrival of his vessel here today. The Howard was off Block Island when the message was received. The British warship, Captain Ryan said, gave neither her name nor. position. mecsage said the subm: was i ashore to mean that she was in readi- ness to act as convoy for the German submarine trader Deutschland, now preparing to leave New London for a return voyage to Bremen. Persons familiar with wireless op- erations. expressed doubt that the message picked up by the Howard came from a British cruiser. It was sald that although British warships were presumably off the coast, high powered wireless stations in Canada and the Bermudas had been sendinz out similar messages broadcast for the last month and that it was prob- ably from one of these stations that the Howard's despatch came. FORMATION OF A PEACE LEAGUE OF THE NATIONS Advocated by Oliver Wilson, Presi- dent of the National Grange. ‘Washington, Nov. 15.—Protection of the peoples of all lands from the rav- ages of wars in the future through formation of a peace league of the nations, was advgcated by Oliver Wil- son of Illinois, president of the organ- ization. Mr. Wilson recommended govern- ment ownership of both telephone and telegraph facilities, spoke for national prohibition and sald that free distri- bution of seeds by congressmen was a waste of money. Delegates from thirty-three states are attending the sessions of the grange, which will continue for ten| days More than 1,000 members will take the seventh degree, the highest in the order Friday. GERMAN RED CROSS GETS 200,000 MARKS FROM AMERICA For the Families of German Soldiers —Sent by U. S. Relief Committee. Berlin, Nov. 18—(By Wireless to Sayville)—The German Red Cross and the Association of Patriotic La- dies have received 200,000 marks from the United States Relief committee for the families of German soldiers, the Overseas News Agency says. to the committee,abi e..UNCOs-.... German = newspapers extend thanks to the committee, whase membership includes Governor Whitman of New York and the governors of several other states, Mayor Mitchel of New York city aud_other prominent men. The newspapers in this connection re- fer to the numerous deeds of charity of American residents of Berlin dur- ing the war. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN I8 ALLEGED By National Board of the American Suffrage Association. ‘Washington, V. 15.—A protest against alleged discrimination against women in filling civil service positions was sent to the White House today by the National Board of the Ameri- can Suffrage Association. The pre- amble to a resolution adopted by the board asserts that among 120 appoint- ments and 88 transfers in the war de- partment in the past two months only one woman was included. CRUISER COLUMBIA s COMING TO NEW LONDON The Base for Submarinés on the North Atlantic Coast. Philadelphia, Nov. 15.—The cruiser Columbia, which had beén at the Phil- adelphia navy yard for some time un- dergoing repairs, Jeft today, for New London, Conn., ‘the base for subma- PRICE DROPS 7 CENTS High Cost of Living POULTRY TRUST KEPT PRICES OF CHICKENS INFLATED Threat of Prosecution in New York Resulted in Voluntary Dissolution of Trust—Great Western Sugar Co. Declares Dividend of 42 Per Cent. New York, Nov. 15.—The high cost of chickens in New York has been re- duced by seven cents a pound as a result of the voluntary dissolution of the so-called poultry trust, it was an- nounced here toddy at the district at- torney’s office, which investigated the recent jump in prices and threatened prosecution under the state anti-trust W 42 PER CENT DIVIDEND ON SUGAR COMMON STOCK Declared by Great Western Co. in Ad- dition to Regular Dividend. Denver, Colo., Nov. 15.—The Great Western Sugar company today de- clared a dividend of 42 per cent. on its common stock in addition to the regular quarterly dividend of 1 3-4 per cent. on the common and prefer- red stock. The 42 per cent. dividend, it is ex- plained, includes a large block of stock heretofore authorized but un- issued. DRASTIC ECONOMIC MEASURES BEING TAKEN IN LONDON To Prevent Growers of and Dealers in Foodstuffs Making Undue Profits. London, Nov. 15, 5.44 p. m.—Walter Runciman, president of the board of trade, today announced that the gov- ernment intended to bring about the Pooling of engineering resources in ordef to expedite shipbuilding. Measures will also be taken, We de- clared, to prevent growers making an undue’ profit on potatoes. He also foreshadowed drastic gov- ernment action to prevent the use of sugar as a luxury. Mr. Runciman, who made these an- nouncements in an address in the house of commons, added that steps would be taken to control imported flour and that orders would be issued forthwith calling for milk contracts in order to Hmit the price. Runciman, in opening his speech, admitted that ‘the time had arrived when the gov- he question of food supplies as a war problem, de- claring that the strain the country would have to bear mext vear would be mainly in connection with the food supply. He saw. no reason why, at the end of this year, the production of ship- ping for the preceding six months should not approach 500,000 tons. Announcing that he was making ar- rangements for a pooling of engineer- ing effort on Tyne and elsewhere, Mr. Runciman said the government must “make the plunge” in this ter, for the provision of -more merciiant ships urgent. ng the intention of the government to prevent growers from making undue profits from the sale of potatoes, b on of dispensing w. s of food was -under and in this connection he me d elaborate and costly confectionery concerning which a committee of the Royal Society had been advising the board of trade. CONDEMNS SINKING OF STEAMER COLUMBIAN ‘29 of Her Line 7s Un- Registry, Manager | . 9.52 p. m.—After receiving a report from Captain Cur- tiss of the steamer Columbian, whic! was recently sunk by a Garman sub- marine off the Spanish coust, Charka Mayer, the London manager of the rance and Canada Steamship com- pany, owners of the Columbian, de- nounced the action of theé Germans in destroying an American ship. The Columbian, he said, had formerly been owned b the Hawaiian-American company, but was taken over by his which had been organized since the war. “All the shipping of our company, totalling nearly a quarter of a million tons, is owned in America and is un- der American registry,” he said. “The majority of the ships are under char- ter to the Italian and French gov- ernments. The Columbian wuns bound for Genoa with about 9,000 tons of oats when she was torpedoed. She had de- livered about 1,500 horses at St. Na- zaire. The whole cargo was loaded at Boston and New York, in addition to 2,000 tons of oil, which shé needed for fuel, as she was an oil-burner. Two-thirds of the Columbian’s crew were Americans.” Mr. Mayer said he planned to send the crew back to the United States on one of the company’s boats from France. LAWYERS AND LEGAL SYSTEMS ATTACKED ion of the National Conference of Universities. Philadelphia, Nov. 15.—Louis Bran- deis Wehle of Louisville, Ky., attacked lawyers and the legal system of the country as lacking social vision at to- night's session of the National Con- ference on Universities and Publiq Service, which opened here today. He made a plea for a new common law which would shift as to adapt it- self to a new age. He said the only hope for this chdnge lies in the uni- versity law schools. “The chief defects of our legal sys- tem,” Mr. ‘Wehle declared, “are in its ability to adapt itself to changing standards of public policy: its,proce- dural vices and its obstructive law of evidence.” N Expoeition of War Superstition “Exposition of At S -|than $1,000,000. , Condensed Telegrams " Alan R. Hawley was re-elected pres- ident of the Aero Club of America. New York will be absglutely “dry” gn New Year's Eve. The night falls on The earnings of the Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Co. in October. were more The Standard Oil Company of Cal- iforna voluntarily granted an eight hour work day. Oscar H. Peters, junior master of the Boston High School of Commerce for nine years, is dead. Robert M. Parker was elected vice president of the American Sugar Re- fining Co. of New York. Carrol Galt of Washington, nephew of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, committed suicide by taking poison. Gold coin to the amount of $100,00¢ was withdrawn from the sub-treasury for shipment to South America. Gold coin to the amount of $2,500,- 000 was withdrawn from the sub- treasury for shipment to Argetnina. Re-election congratulations _have been received by President Wilson from rulers of several foreign nations. Thirty-one officers of the Fifth New Jersey Infantry will resign when they are mustered out of the Federal service. The City of Berlin has paid out $40,- 460,000 to needy relatives of soldiers in the field since the beginning of the war. Julius Rosenwald, of Chicago, has glven $500,000 for the proposed medical department of the University of Chi- cago. The British prohi ation of cotton October 3, January 1. on on import- . established has been suspended until Forty-four thousand German naval prisoners are held by the British and 31,000 British naval prisoners are held by the Germans. Four trainmen were killed when a locomotive drawing a freight train on the Lackawanna road blew up near Hainesburg, N. J The United States Grand Jury met at Indianapolis to investigate the al- leged illegal registration and voting frauds in Indiana. E. L. Cord, of Phoenix, Arizona, won the -Phoenix automobile race 3° mile co e in A gift of $10,000 to be used in con- nection with the expense of the course mittary trainfng Was dniounced by he-Eniversity of Penmsylvania. A record price for beef cattle was paid at the Kansas City stock yards when 40 head, averaging 1,357 pounds cach, sold for $11.40 per hundred pounds. Nine-tenths of the ballots cast in last Tuesday’s election by the New York militiamen on the Mexican hord- er reached the office of the Secretary of State. The Department of Comierce an- nounced that 968 sailing, s and unrigged vessels were bai't in the United States during ten months end- ing November 1. Detcctive Sergeant W. T. Thompson died in New York Hospital frbm a complication of diseases resulting from a bullet wound he received while pa- trolman in 1907. Resolutions calling upon President ‘Wilson to “urge Congress to place an embargo on all foodstuffs leaving the country”™ have been adopted by the Columbus City Coun Rear Admiral Adolph Marix, U. retired, has received that his r phew, Squadron Commander Regzinald Marix, has been seriously wounded in an air battle in France. s, The Department of Commerce re- ports the exports of cotton for the week ended November 11 at 188,307 bales against 154,093 bales in the cor- responding week last year. Herbert M. Knapp, head of the pri- vate banking house of Burr & Knapp, of Bridgeport which was wrecked with heavy losses to the depositors, was sentenced to jail for one year. Clarence Ware, a member of artillery, was_severely bitten by a shark in the Panama canal yesterday opposite Corozol. He was taken to the Ancon hospital for treatment. Mary McDonigle, aged 18, is hic- coughing herself to death in a hos- pital at Wilkes-Barre, and doctors are unable to give her any reHlef. Five weeks ago she started to Aaiccouzh. Two Bellevue Hospital nurses were injured when the ambulance in which they were hurrying a patient to the hospital collided with a motor trvck at F’"l: Avenue and 59the Street, New York. Trial by court-martial of Capt. Ed- ‘ward L. Beach of the armored cruiser Memphis, wrecked in a hurricane on of many lives, was ordered by the the Santo Domingo reef with the loss Navy Department. sadore Matin, of Brooklyn, was ar- rested charged with having stolen from $4,000 to $5,000 a year in silver for the last five years from his employers, Piser & Miller, silversmiths, of 109 South Fifth Street, Williamsburg. Passage of a regulative dog law ‘whereby the sheep raising industry will be encouraged in New York State was predicted by Senator Chas. W. Wicks of Utica ,chairman of the Wicks Leg- islative investigation Committee. A fifth transfusion of blood has been made into the veins of Mrs. Inez Mil- holland Boissevain, New York suffra- gist now in T.os Angeles, and the pa- tient’s condition was reported as wcritical” tonight by the attending phy- siclans. Pleurisy developed. today to complicate the severe ane: Movements of Steamships. New York, Nov. 15—Arrived: Steamer Chicago, Bordeaux. York, Nov. 16. — Arrived: the | Constitutionality of the Adamson Law IS TO BE THOROUGHLY TEHT- ED IN THE COURTS TWO SUITS NOW ' FILED New York Central and Erie Roads Seek to Restrain the Government From Putting Law Into Effect—Ask Court to Define What It Means. ‘Washington, Nov. 15—Sults by rail- roads attacking the constitutionality of the eight-hour railroad law were begun today in many parts of the country and the department of jus- tice laid plans to defend them. Will be Many Suits. No offer has yet been made by the railroads to settle the question by one test case. It was stated officially that Attorney General Gregory has made no such proposition to the railroads and the department is planning to con- test each suit as it comes up for hear- ing. Assistant Attorney General Un- derwood will have direct charge of the government’s defense and Frank Ha- german of Kansas City, $0., has been retained to assist him. Mr. Under- ‘Wood expects to appear personally in most of the cases, but their number may take it necessary to employ other special counsel. Lines of Defense Laid. The attorney general and Solicitor General Davis have been in conference with Mr. Underwood frequently since the first suits were filed and the gen- eral lines of defense have been laid. Information so far reaching the de- partment shows that the railroads base their prayers for temporary re- straining orders against the law be- coming effective on the ground that it is unconstitutional’ and incapable of enforceme; The government will re- sist those contentions and assert that conzress bad ample power to enact such legislation. Prompt Decision Po: Prompt supre @ ble. and final decision by the ourt of constil\ jonality of aw is possible under federal court practice, it was stated today by law- vers familiar with federal procedure. nder accepted practice, , in an it was ex- of the district courts s are brought, the dis- judge might call in one or two strict or circuit judges to sit with him in the case. After a dscision by such a ‘court,” it’ was' stat that, as the constitutionality of an act of con- gress is drawn in question-and appeal could be taken direct to tHe.suprema court withcut delay for its considera- tion by a circuit eourt of appeals. Cases May Have Priority. Should a test case or cases be ap- pealed to the supreme court, it was believed here that, despite congestion of important cases on its docket, the court would advance Adamson act proceedings for early hearing and de- cision. et Some of the railroad _brotherhood leaders are expected: hemea*within a day or two to.prepare ‘for their ap- pearance before the corgressional com- mittee, maikin road investigation into the transportation problem _and probably they will see President Wil- son. The statement of Samuel Gompers that the law would go into effect, “in- or no injunction”, and the S. Carter, Nead of ‘the locomotive firemen and enginemen, de- that a strike had been threat- if the law were not enforced, has acted attention among federal offi- SUITS FILED BY N. Y. CENTRAL AND ERIE ROADS To Restrain the Government From Putting Law Into Effect. New York, Nov. 15.—Suits filed by railroads against the federal govern- ment to test the constitutionality of the Adamson eight hour law, also are xpected to result in the interpreta- 1 of the statute if it be upheld, the road managers comprising the na- conference committee of rail- ways announced in a statement here tonight. z Suits desisned’ to test the validity of the law and to restrain the gov- ernment from putting it into-effect were filed in this city today by the New York Central and Erfe ruswouas. Similar suits are to be brousht within the next fe wdays by each rafl- road in the country in each of the federal districts it traverses, accord- ing to Elisha Lee, chairman of the conference committee. Mr. 1s- sued a statement at the end of the committee’s three-day secrwe session, explaininz they railroad’s programme in their fight against the law. The statement follows in part: “Two_questions are involved in the appeal by the railroads to the courts for light on the Adamson law. “1—Is the law constitutional. “2—If it is constitutional, what does it mean? “Opinions have been expressed by eminent authorities that the law is unconstitutional and there are con- flicting opinions as to how the law, if constitutiopal, should be applied. “Therefore, the raflroads must, as a matter of duty, ask the courts if the law is'within the power of congress. It is a duty they owe, not alone to the owners of these properties, but al- S0 the public that provides the rewe- nues for the payment of wages. “If the law is declared comstitu- tional, it is expected that the courts will make clear its meaning and the railroads, it is unnecessary to say, will faithfully follow the instructions of the courts.” SELECTING JURY FOR FRIAL OF LEIPER Charged With Murdering His Mother Near Buffalo, on Jan. 30. Baffalo, N. Y. Nov. 15.—Three fur- ors were selected from 32 tales men examined today in the trial of John Edward Lelper, with the murder of his mother, Mrs. Leiper, on the Orchard PaYk on An extra panel of 76 mén was sum#ioned and indications wers - January 30.