Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 2, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVIL—NO. 290 ROMANIANS MAKING: " A STIFF RESISTANCE NORWICH, CONN., SAT URDAY. DECEMBER 2, 1916 SIXTEEN PAGES—128 COLUMNS Teutonic Advance Continues to Press More Closely to the Rumanian Capital - MACKENSEN’S ARMY ON NIASLOV- LOWLANDS The Russians Continue Aggressively Their Offensive Against the Austro-German Lines From the Carpathians to Southern Transylvania—The Fighting in Dobrudja Has Become More Tense—In Galicia Ther: Has Been a Re- newal of Activity—Admiral Dufournet is Reported to Have Landed Troops at Piraeus, the Port of Athens— No Important Changes Are Reported on the Other Fronts. Desperately the Rumanians, Drob- mbly aided by Russian troops, are de- fending the southern and western ap- proaches to Bucharest, while the Teu- tonio a’vance continues to press more closely on the Rumanian capital from the northwest. Unofficially it 1s re- in London that Russian troops ve arrived in Bucharest to aid the hard-pressed Rumanian forces. Progress for the advancing German end Austro-Hungarian armies in Wal- lachia and south of Bucharest is re- ported by Berlin, which says the Ru- manians continue to offer resistance. ‘The Rumanians apparently are on or near the Hne of the Argeshu, as Pe- trograd say\ the invaders have occu- pled two towns south of Bucharest and near that river. Fielda Marshal yon Mackensen, Berlin records, has thrown an armv across the Niaslov lowlands, which would be approach- ing the Argeshu in the lirection of Bucharest. ‘Advancing southward from the Cam- pulung-Pilesht] region, the Teuton in- vaders have taken prisoners and can- non and much other equipment from the retiring Rumanians. In the fight- ing reported in the latest communica- tions, Berlin says the Rumanians lost more than 2,800 prisoners and 21 can- non. The Russians continue aggresstvely their offensive the - Austro- German lines from the Carpathians to southern Traneyivania. Berlin states the Russian attacks, which are de- clared to have been along a front of 186 miles from Jabolnitza to Kedzi Vasarhely, resulted only in small ad- ventages which are declared not to be commensurate with the cost in men and ammunition. Petrograd admits a repulse southwest of Vakarka in the thians but records the capture of a ridge of helghts south of Kirli- baba. The fighting in Dobrudja has be- come more intense. Bucharest an- nounces a violent attack along the whole front in that region. Beriin de- clares that the attack against the Bui- garian left wing in Dobrudja failed and that British “tanks” are being used by the attackers. % In Galicia there has also been a reawakening of activity. Petrograd records that an Austro-German at- tempt to take the offensive north of the Tarnopol-Zloczow railway was re- pulsed. In Macedonta, in France and on the Austro-Italian front there has been no important change in the situation. The artillery activity on the Somme front in northern France and in the Trentino and Carlso regions of the Italian theatre is reported to be in- creasing. Both Berlin and Parls claim the repulse of attacks northwest of Monastir, in Serbia. Admiral Dufournet, the commander of the entente fleet in the Mediterra- nean, is reported to have landed troops at Piraeus, the port of Athens. French, British and Italian contingents are said to have been included in the landing party. Aside from a 'report that Greek troops are beins sent to- ward Athens from the north of Greece, there ‘are no indications as to what measures the Greek gowernment.-hus- taken to comply with or-oppose. mira;. Dufournet’s demands for the turning over of Greece's arms and ammunition. An Associated Press despatch from London says a strong impression pre- vafls there that Great Britain will grant the request from Washington for re-consideration of the refusal of a safe conduct to Count Tarnowski von Tarnow, the recently-appointed Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States. AMERICAN SPEECH NOT INFERIOR TO ENGLISH Opinion of Prof. Frederick M. Ccott of Umiversity of Michigan. New York, Dec. 1.—Because Ameri- can speech has no uniformity does not e that it is inferior to that of the glish people in the opinion of Pro- ressor Frederick M. Scott, of the Uni- versity of Michigan, who spoke today st the annual convention of the Na- tional Council of Teachers of English. He Insisted that “dawg” is just as §ood a pronunciation as “dog.” Uni- ofrmity is not important, he declared, but speech should be sincere and show culture. The beautiful dialect of the south. ernerf need no longer be defended, said Professor Scott. “New England, Jormerly supposed to govern in choice dialect, no longer helds that honor have noticed that the most culti- vated New Englander holds that hon- r. 1 have noticed that the most cul- vated New Englander, when he warms up, pronounces his r' just as Sistinctly as his ‘p’ and ‘q’. ‘We must cultivate the poised in- telligent, sincere personality and the volce which will fitly express that nality.” P protessor William A. Neilson, of the fepartment of English literature at Harvard spoke on “The Curse of Mem- ory”* “It is only a curse,” he said, “when it allowed to take the place of real thinking, imagination ana ex- pression. The modern idea is that memory is not a storehouse in which to_place parcels not to be used until taken out, but rather an incubator in which you place the eggs and from whoch you extract the chicks. “We ought to train our memory be- cause it is useful in many ways but we must also use it as a means and not as an end.” WAR DOESN'T PREVENT CANADA’S REVENUE GROWING. For Eight Months Ending Nov. 30 It Totalled $144,812,570. Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 1.—Despite the war, Canada’s revenue continues to frow, according to figures made pub- ic here_todsy. For the cight months inding Nov. 30 the revenue of the Do- ninion totalled $144,812,570, which is the largest eight months’ period in the astory of the country, it was stated, jnd more than forty million dollars preater than the income for thc same yeriod in 1915. The total for Novem- yer was $I,164,765, a betterment of 15,000,000 over the same month last curtailment of ixpenditures on Canadian public vorks, 1t was also announced. Work n the new Welland canal will be dis- ‘ontinued this month and will not be ‘esumed until the end of the war. The yrogram for the construction of this mprovement was expected to cost fifty nillions of dollars. Bxpenditure on the Hudson Bay allway will be curtailed considerably, {ithough work on the project will not le entirely suspended. The railway, 0 miles in length, was to have cost millions, while the work of con- flm. Hudson Bay terminal at E was to have cost twenty TO ASSIST IN RESTORATION OF ORDER IN SANTO DOMINGO Is the Object of Occupation by Amer- ican Military Forces. Santo Domingo, Dominican Repub- lic, Thursday, November 30.—The pro- clamation of military rule in the Do- minican Republic issued by Captain H. S. Knapp, commander of the Unit- ed States forces here, declared on be- half of thg American guvernment that the repubfic has been occupied by mil- itary forces. It gives assurance that there is no intention on the part of the United States to destroy the in- dependence of the republic but. on the contrary, expresses a_ desire to assist the country to establish internal or- der and to enable it to comply with the provisions of its conventions and to fulfill its obligations as a member of the family of nations. The Dominican laws are to remain In force except such as conflict with the object of the occupation. The le- gal administration continues to be in the hands of the duly authorized Do- minican officials under the control and supervision of the military authori- ties. The Dominican courts continue to act, but any offending members of the American force are to be judged by_military officlals. Captain Knapp requested the coop- eration of the inhabitants in the re- storation of order and domestic tran- quility. A censorship of newspapers, the cable and telegraph lines was es- tablished. A promise was given that payment of the budget suspended in August soon would be made. GERMAN SUBMARINE SINKS STEAMSHIP BY SHELL FIRE Smaller Submersible Did Picket Duty While Firing Was in Progress. London, Dec. 1, 4.25 p. m—A Reuter despatch from Las Palmas, Canary Islands, says the Dutch steamship Ko- diri, 3,778 tons gross, has been sunk. The crew was landed. The Kediri was sunk by shell fire from a large submarine, which was accompanied by a smaller subma- submarine which did picket duty, the despatch says, while the Kediri was being shelled. Lloyds announces the sinking of the Danish steamship Egholm, 1,348 tons gross, and of the French sailing vessel St. Ansbert, 275 tons. AMERICAN SOCIETY HAS ABANDONED A REUNION For Sake of Economy in the Consump- tion of Food. London, Dec. 1, 545 p. b. — The American society has abandoned a re- union which had been arranged for December 12 because it was feared that, in view of the government's de- mand for economy in the consumption of food, the dinner might make a bad Impression. _ The soclety has waived the customary Foyrth of July and Thanksgiving dinners since the begin- ning of the war, but decided to hold a quiet reunion dinner with a plain menu instead of & Thanksgiving cele- bration, but it has now been thought Cabled Paragraphs 66 Persons Killed in Train Wreck. London, Dec. 1, 9.21 p. m—Sixty- six persons, a majority of them sol- diers, have been killed, in a railway accident at Herczechalén. The in- red aggregated 150, sixty of them g hurt seriousiv. Ludwig von Thalloczy, a weli known member of the Austrian diplomatic corps, and the foverner of Serbla. were among those e HOSTILITIES HAVE BEGUN IN GREECE French Sailors and Greek Troops Fight —Panic Has Begun -in Athens— Crowds Are Rushing Through the Streets and Shops Are Being Closed London, Dec. 2, 355 a. m.—A des- patch to the Daily Mail from Athens, timed 11.45 a. m. Friday, says: “Firing has taken place between French sailors and reservists on the slopes of the Acropolis. Passengers from Piraeus say that when passing the Treze railroad station they wi nessed the fighting. This fighting, ac- cording to other information, was be- tween French sailors and Greek troops. “Panic has bezun in Athens. Crowds are rushing through the streets and shops are being closed. “Two French cruisers have entere Phaleron harbor.” WAR MUST BE FOUGHT TO A MILITARY CONCLUSION Lord Robert Cecil Says Condition of Rumania is Causing Grave Regret. London, Dec. 1, 6.30 p. m.—"The war must be fought to a military conclu- sion on the west and east fronts, with the blockade playing only a secondary part,” said Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war trade, in discussion today with The Associated Press the latest de- velopments in the world conflict “The condition Rumarnia,” Lord Robert _continued, “causes us grave re- gret. But there is no reason to sup- Dose the operations there will affect pose the opeations there will affect the result of the war, which must be fought out on the main fronts. The conditions under which we will accept peace overtures remain the same as outlined several months ag Asked concerning the origin of the allegatior. in the Morning Post edito- rizl that Germany had offered the en- tente LaWers gencrous peace terms in return for a free hand in Central and South America. Lord Robert sajd: “Of course it is well known that Germany had very definite ambitions in Central and South America even before the -war, but I am unaware of any peace having been offered us on the terms mentioned by the Morning Post. e have no knowledge that such overtures ever had been made Rerm 77 . VILLA'S SUDDEN VICTORY COMPLICATES MATTERS Attitude of U.'S. Will Depend on Pro- nress He Makes in Next Few Weeks Washington, Dec. 1.—What effect the ascendency of Villa by winning the battle at Chihuahua City will have the attitude of the United States depends upon what progress Villa makes within the next few weeks and what steps the Carranza forces take to restore their control of the northern count Vil sudden victory, coming at a time when the protocol arranged by the Mexican-American commission for the withdrawal of the American ex- pedition and policing of both sides of the border !s before the two govern- ments for action, has suddenly com- P plicas a troublesome situation whick seemed on the way to settle- ment. The opinion prevails here that there "will be no change in the Amer- lean policy for the present and that the next steps will be guided by de- i velopments ,including General Car- ranza’s action on the protocol signed at Atlantic City. CATTLE DISEASE IN KANSAS DIAGNOSED AS STOMATITIS Suspected Foot and Mouth Disease is in Reality a Comparatively Harmless Needed by Bri TO COMBAT MENACE OF GERMAN SUBMARINES 2 CRISIS OF WAR IS NOW Admiral Baron Beresford Says Great Britain is in a Posi ion of Unparal- leled Gravity—Fears Expressed That Germany May Create an Effective Blockade, as Submarines Are to be Sent Out to All Trade Routes. London, Dec..1, 4.03 p. m.—“We are In a position of unparalleled gravity,” said Admiral Baron Beresford in an address at a meeting today to support 2 stronger naval policy. - “The crisis of the war is now. “Since ememy submarines have transferred their activities from the headlands and shallow waters to the blue sea, the menace Tequires new strategy and new tactics to deal with it, but so far no definite and systema- tic methods have been taken for sup- pressing the menace. To Send Submarines to the Pacific. “The Germans are now going to send submarines to the Pacific and to itish| Killed_@_ Wreck gw s NewNaval Tactics |Two Trainmen PASSENGER TRAIN RAN INTO AN tdher of Trade was sold for $7,500. Condensed Telegrams German output of steel in Oc- ‘was 1,423,535 tons. A _membership in the Chicago Board British casualties the month of November, as reported from all fronts, were 74,650. OPEN SWITCH NEAR BEACON FALLS Ploughed Through a Standing Freight |- On a Siding and Set Three Freight Cars Afire—Engineer and Fireman Died at Their Posts—Passengers Were Tossed in All Directions, Two Seriously Injured. Beacon Falls, Conn, Dec. 1.—Two trainmen were killed .two passengers seriously hurt and several others re- cetved minor injuries tonignt when the northbound Winsted, _express from New York, over the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, ran into an open switch and plougned through a standing freight train on a siding near here. Engineer and Fireman Killed. The engineer and firemen of the ex- press were pinned at their posts ana probably were scalded to death by es- caping steam from, the boiler. The Dead: Eugene Lake, Bridgeport, engineer The location of a store is of m of business. be anxious to buy then or later, are of value solely to those who To depend upon that means portunities is not to follow the man. He knows that he wants ness and he has come to recogniz of so doing is through newspaper your store is on the main or a side appeal in black and white and note umns of The Bulleiin: Fotalsi. 03 Advertising Will Bring the Buyers The center of a community, where the most people pass the door, is highly desirable because the window displays are most valuable in attracting the attention of possible purchasers to the va- riety of goods which wre carried within. but it is to be remembered that they Dpass that way. of informing the people of trade op- advice of the experienced business to reach a much larger number of people than those who actually pass his door and who stop to look. He wants to talk to all within a trading radius of his place of busi- the leading medium is The Bulletin. It makes little difference whether Wwill find you. Make The Bulletin your show window, set forth your In the past week the following matter has appeared in the col- Balletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, Nov. 25.. 75 164 977 2i6 Monday, Nov. D75 %73 125 157 335 Tuesday, Nov. 28.. 99 152 179 430 Wednesday, Nov. 29.. 87 122 159 368 Thursday, Nov. 30.. 98 155 218 471 Friday, Dechv A= 578 152 245 475 uch importance in the development They interest those who may e that the best dnd cheapest method advertising, and in this community street. If you advertise the buyers the results. %l (=} 1935 3315 wherever British trade routes are. Baron Beresford advocated continual aerial attacks on the German base at Zeebrugge and the arming of mer- chantmen and contonued: “It is a most unsatisfactory state ot affairs. Thousands of tons of food which were waiting to come to Eng- land have been diverted to Germany.” The meeting adouted a resolution calling for a more effective blockade and for more efficient measures to deal with the submarine question. Naval Policy Denounced. Strong denunciation of the wovern- ment and its naval policy were made at the meeting, which was attenaed by representatives of the shipping and mercantile community of London. Malady. ‘Washington, Dec. 1.—Laboratory in- vestigations completed here today confirm that the ailment amons cat- tle at Kansas City, suspected of be- ing foot and mouth’ disease, is stoma- titis, a comparatively harmless mal- ady easily cured. The disease, a department of agri- culture statement says, is known in Europe and South Africa and has been found occasionally before in the Unit- ed States. It is contagious but ani- mals affected usually recover within eight or ten days. “The present out- break,” the statement says, “is the most extensive yet noted in this coun- try. The specialists of the depart- ment, therefore, are advising state livestock officials in whose ferritory the disease is found, to impose local quurantines to prevent its spread. They advise all owners and handlers of horses and cattle, particularly liv- erymen, managers of stock yards, and breeders, to Separate sick from well animals, to clean up and disinfect their premises and to wash out the mouths of sick animals with a weak solution of permangate of potash or pleric acid.” ATLANTIC FLEET NEEDS AN ADEQUATE FLEET BASE Captain Jonah McKean So Informs House Naval Committes. ° ‘Washington, Dec. 1.—The Atlantic fleet needs an adequate fleet base on Chesapeake bay, Captain Johan Mc- Kean, aide for material to the chiet of operations, told the house naval committee today. He urged purchase of the old Jamestown exposition site, facing the broad anchorage ground in Hampton Roads for the purpose. Cap- tain McKean appeared to explain es- timates of $5,133,000 for the air ser- vice and since there would be an avi- ation fleld at the proposed base, he went info the plan in some detail, al- though the navy department has not yet recommended to congress any ac- tion on the project. The owners ask $1,400.000 for the exposition land, which includes about 640 acres, Cap- tain McKean said. ‘Chairman Padgett remarked that such a_ figure would mean a wide margin of profit, but the officer thought the facilities offered for Thomas Gibson Bowles, who follow- ed Baron Beresford, made a vigorous indictment of the government, demand- ing new men and a new mind at the admiralty. He likened the admiraity to a Jericho, whose walls had fallen “to the trumpet announcing this meet- ing.” Mr. Bowles added: Unless the submarin dealt with, we shall ba 1 well as Germany and privation and famine prices will ensue. 1 can see no glimmer of an overture for peace, but if overtures for an honorapte peace should come with sufficient guarantees it will be the duty of this government to examine them. I have arrived at the conclusion, however, that this government is more able to make peace than it is to make war.” The speaker demanded its dissolu- tion, declaring that the present coal tion ministry was the creation of a parliament more worn out than it was itself. The speeches were punctuated with shouts of ‘turn them out,” and similar phrases. BRITISH AIRPLANE CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE Off Mouth of the Thames—Two OFfi- cers Made Prisoners. menace is ockaded as Berlin, Dec. 1°-(By Wireless to Sayville)—A German_ submarine re- cently encountered a British damaged airplane floating on the sea off the mouth of the Thames, says the Over- seas News Agency. The two officers who were i nthe airplane were made prisoners and, the agency adds, the airplane was destroyed by the sub- marine. Movements of Steamships. Bergen, Nov. 30.—Arrived, steamer Kristianiafjord, New York. New York, Dec. 1.—Signalled, steam- er St. Louis, Liverpool for New York, 1,312 miles cast of Sandy Hook at 6.3¢ m., Nov, 26th; dock 830 a. m. Sun- day. 'Steamer Ryndam, Rotterdam for New York, 1,160 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon*Nov. 2); dock $.30 a. m. Monday. Earthshocks In Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, Nov. 30.— Two severe earth- Qguake shocks were felt here last night. Thore was no y e s of the express train. Charles Slack, Waterbury, fireman of the express train. Two Seriously Injured. The most seriously injured were Joseph Wright and Augustus Merkle, both of Pouzhkeepsie, N. Y., who were stealing a ride on the rear end of the tender of the express train. Merkle has a broken arm and scalp wounds; Wright nas severc rations about{ the head and bod; ey were taken to St. Marys hespital, Waterbury, where it was said they would recover. Miraculous Escapes. Both boarded tie train at Devon. They had miraculous cg-apes from more serious injury, Wright being hurled through the locked duor of the combination baggage and 1 car, while Merkle was pinned against the beams of tae vestibule of the same car Others who wera slizntly hurt were ! D. M. Creighton of Waterbury, a mail clerk, whose ribs were bruised, and A. L. Terwilliser of Cold Springs, N. Y., whose hand was laccrated. F. D. Nichols of New York, a calored porter, was cut about the head by broken dishes in the pantry of the Luffet. The cngine made its way through the caboose and three of+ the freight cars, setting them on fire. Three of the coaches of the express train left the track. The passengers were tossed about in all directions but only a few were hurt enough to require the ser- vices of physicians. The accident occurred just south of the local depot at 7 o'clock. :Within half an hour practically all of the passengers had boarded trolley cars for Waterbury and other points. arfifireteneto th now is the time for Cars Sprang Into Flames. Almost coincident with the crash the wrecked freight cars sprang into flames. E. R. Erler, who lives nearly opposite the scene, telephoned for the fire departmenr and ordered telephone operators to summon bphysicians from nearby to The firemen extin- guished the blaze in short order. Many physicians responded to the call, but there was little for them to do, Tender Hurled Over Engine Cab. Medical Examiner F. J. Tuttle gave orders to ratlroad workmen to remove the wreckage in order to reach the engineer and fireman. The tender had been partly hurled over the ensine cab and both mea, seited at their sta- tions, were weighted down under the mass of twisted iron and steel. At a late hour the work of clearing the tracks was progressing slowly. Panic Among Passengers. When the trains met there was a panic_among the passengers and a rush for the doors. The Rey. Father Morrison of Naugatuck and County Commissioner James Gedes of Water- bury were among those on the train who calmed frightened women and children. The coal strike which has been in progess’at Netboutne, nas beci set- the month $490,613,918. New Yerk custom house Wednesday | were $534,925. were withdrawn from the Assay office for shipment to Peru. destroyed Dby fire while lying at her pler at Newport, R. I who died on Auril 20 last, left an es- tate valued at $2,430,894. -degree murder in New York in October | hurt. Exports from the United States for of October amounted to The_total receipts for duties at the Bold bars to the amount of $580,000 The navy lafinch Chop was partly David Hill King, Jr, of New York, Gold coin to the amount of $500,000 was withdrawn from the sub-treasury for shipment to Canada. State bank examiners have closed the Union Bank & Turst Co., Ltd., of Bluefleld, West Virginia. Herbert S. Weet, of Rochester, was elected president of the New York State Teachers’ association. The Mallory Line freight steamer Santiago is ashore near Rebecca Shoals, 60 miles west of Key West. The capital stock of the Foreman Brothers Banking Co., of Chicago. was increased from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. The American Window Glass Co. of Pittsburgh, announced an advance in wages of 10 per cent. to all the em- ployes. William Hallam, 30, and John Shaf- 29, were killed when the boiler of saw mill exploided near Connells- ville, Pa. Mary Jennings, convicted of second in 1901, was pardoned - by -Governor Whitman. The Grarton & Knight Manufactur- Ing Co., of Worcester, Mass., announc- ed an increase of 10 per cent. in pay for its 1,800 employe Dr. Aldunate Basecunan, Chilian minister to Italy was appointed am- basador to the United States to suc- ceed Eduardo Sparez Mujica. Miss Clara Ruth Mozzor, the young- est woman ever admitted to practice in Colorado courts, was appointed Ju- nior Assistant Attorney General of the state. Harry George, of West Nutley, N. J., was killed when an elevator piung- er exploded in a furnace in the plant of the Otis Elevator Co. of New Jer- Sy, - The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion ordered a 5 cent reduction in the freight rates on flour from Minnea- [ENTENTE W Double That of Any Other Paper, and fts Total Circulation it;hé Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Popuation. ITHDRAW TRE New York. Dec. 1.—The wiihdrawal by J. P. Morgan & company of the proposed sale of a limited amount of short term British and French treas- ury bills at the request of the allied governments, announced here today, | came as a surprise to the financial community. The anncuncement issued from the Morgan offices stated that the action of the. Pritish and Freach gov- ernments was taken out of resard for the attitude adopted azainst the sale by the federal trade poard. The sur- prise was heightened by tie fact that all arrangements for the offering had been perfected. Other Plars Under Corsideratior Other plavs to finance the pressing necds of the British and French gov- ernments are already under way, it is understocd, but they have not yet reached a definite stage. A mcraber of the Morgan firm informaliy stated that no other plans had been |formulated, but it was learred _from reliable sources that the denial had been mezde as o matter of policy. The plans un- der contemplation, it is intimated, will involve u large amount of “dcilar credits” available to Great Britain, if not to her chief ally. British _institutions and private in- vestors still retain larse amounts of American securities, although they have been largely mobilized by the RESULT OF FEDEI%AL RESERVE BOARD A Recall Came as a Surprise, as All Arrangements for g Them Had Been Perfected—New Plans Under Cor templation Involve a Large Amount of “Dollar Credits” Available to Great Britain, if Not to France—Announce- ment Made by the Morgan €ompany States That the Treasury Bills Were Intended as a Credit Medium That | Would Accommodate the American Banking I Demands. “Wo have been instructbd by | British and French governments p withdraw their treasury bills from . ! sal 3 “We have accordingly expressed to those institutions and investors which had already placed orders with us for / these securities the wish to be 74 leased from the obligation to deliver, and they have been g0od enough to #c- cedo. “This action is because, as ed by the British chancellor of the exe chequer and by the French minister of finance, these governments desire o show every. regard to the federal re- serve board, sovernmental body o which the sccretary of the treasury .. and the comptroller of the currency are ex-officio member: Intended as a Credit Medium. “We may add that the sale in 3 ited amount of these tre e payable in dollars in New Y never been an essential % lied goverments’ Sianclt e have for some time been under coms ' sideration with a view to furnishing a credit medium that would date the American bankng for an instrument of short 5 and of such limited volume that the government could always undertake lay down gold in New York 3 11 British treasury. There have heen no cancellations of orders for war sup- plies or any other materials to the countries of the entente allics, accord- ing to the hankers acting for their interests, and no appreciable diminu- tion of orders is, expected. The British zovernment continues to hold large reserves of gold in Canada and the more rémote colonies, and these reserves it is heliesed. will be employed- fo_meel immediate. exigen- cles, ini stabilization of ex- change. The announcement was contained in the following statement: polis to New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Albert Kever, of the Bronx, was kill- ed when the wagon in which he was riding was struck by a street car at Boston Road and Prospect Avenue, the Bronx. Baseballs will cost from ten to fifty per cent. more next season than last, depending upon the market price of the materials, so sporting goods deal- ers announce. Edward Berry, charged with the murder of Mrs. Fannie Brookbank, at Jeflersonville, Ind., last Marcn, was found guilty and sentenced to impris- onment for life. Wiiliam A. Jones, of Munhall, Pa. member of a football team represent- ing the dental department of the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh, died of injur- ies suffered in a game on Nov. 1. Arrangements have been completed in Peekskill, N. Y., for opening a ve- hicular ferrv line across the Hudson river between Verplanks Point, south of Peekskill, and Thompkins Cove. One mechanician was killed instant- Iy in an auto race at Phoenix, Ariz. when R. B. Armstrong’s _machine plunged into the fence whila trying to pass another car. Armstrong was Heart disease caused the sudden death yesterday of Captain William E. Presgrave, at Salisbury, Md. He won the Brookiyn Derby in 1902 and a year later the Woodlawn Vase. He trained Dublin, Bryn Mawr, Prean, Moor and to meet the matured bills. “It was believed further that bills would have furnished at the of the war an excellent measure protection to the American situation inasmuch as these maturing obligations of governments would have tt prevent heavy drafts of gold market.” 2 No_Qther Plans Formulated. An informal statement by . a member of the Morgan company. no other financial plane formulated in place of the ones doned. z SPEAKER CLARK’S PLAN TO EXPEDITE LEGISLATION Would Eliminate Useless Oratory and Abolish Congressional Record. ‘Washington, Dec. 1.—Speaker Clark said today that if congress wanted to clean the legislative slate and go home next March 4, he giadly would join in a movement to eliminate uscless oratory by cuiting down gailery space and abolishing the Congressional Rec. ord and to introduce voting machines. “It isn’t difficult to see that the sal- leries and the Record cause an awfu: waste of time and money,” the speak- er declared today as he paused in his efforts to outline a pian whereby a session’s work can be dore in 63 leg- islative days. “Any time thot the gai- leries are full the orators on the floo are posing and wasting time. everybody knows -there are any num ber of congressmen who talk for thc Record u great deal more than is nec- essary. “The Record isn't necessary. The English house of commons has none. A journal is kept. Dr. Johnson used to write it after the day’s proceedings were over. He simply recorded who spoke and whicH side they were on. “I haven’t much hope, though, that I'd receive much support if I started to make a fight for smaller galleries and no record, so I won’t start it. But there is hope that the present method of taking roll calls will be abolished. It is archaic and a time waste.” The speaker also favors reducing the house from 435 to 309 members and holding it to that number. Short Hose. The Bigelow Hartford Carpet Co., of Thompsonville, employing 2300 hands hLere tonight announced a wage increase of 10 per cent. It is under- stood that the increase also 'agects the employes of the company’s mills at Lowell and Clinton, Mas: Dr. F. B. Swanbeck, who believed himself to be the oldest Odd Fellow in the United States, both in years and membership in the order, died vyes- terday at the Odd Fellows’' home at York, Neb. He was 101 years old and was born in Germany in 18 He was a member of the order for seven-| ty-two years. Colonel C. D. Langhorne of Alber- marle, Va., father of the famous Lang- horne sisters, has created a trust fund of his immense®estate for the benet of his children, each to_shure alike. Among the children are Mrs. William Waldorf_Astor, Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, Mrs. Harry Phipps of Bostax, and Mrs. Phyllis Brooks. ALLEGED SMUGGLING OF ARMS INTO MEXICO Will Be Taken Up ir the House Next Tuesday or Wednesday. Washington, Dec. l—Investization by a special house committee of al- leged smuggiing of arms and ammuni- tion across the border into Mexico will be proposed in a resolution to be in- troduced Tuesday or Wednesday by Representative Kahn of California. Mr. Kahn said today gn a recent visit to the border he had heard much talk about smugglng and charges that bandit chiefs in Mexico were buying ammunition throush banks along. the border. He said the talk went so far as to Teport that some of the ammuni- tion shipped across in violation of President Wilson's embargo order in- Hinded dumddminuliste: 3 Minority Leader Mann today. ex- pressed the view, and offered figures to substantiate it, that under no_cir cumstances could the democrats have a majority in the next house, but that there was a chance for the republi- cans to have 218 members. He fur- ther said that he was not worrying about the speakership and thought it would be much more fun to remain on his present job. DIET SQUAD LOST WEIGHT ON THANKSGIVING FARE. Ten of the Dozen Lighter Than They Were the Day Previous. Living on a care- fully rescricted 40 cests a day diet, on Thanhsgiving day, when ti ‘whole nation was feasting, cost Chicago’s diet squad considerable loss of weight Ten of the dozen were lighter when weighed today. althougn the hotiday's meals were slightly morc tempting than those of the vrevicus davs of the test, on which they formerly had gain- ed weight. ‘Tomorrow’s meals will be: Chicago, Dec. 1. Breakfast: Stewed pears, hominy, toast, butter coffee. Luncheon: Codfish balls, Philadel- hia relich, bread, butter, appie aump- lings, vanifla_sauce. tea, Dinner: = Vegetable soup, braised beef, buttered rice, stewed onions, chocolate junket, sugar cookies, tea, The test will be firished next Tu: day night. PRICES OF SPRING WHEAT AND FLOUR LOWER Brands, Less Tl Chicago, Dec. 1-—Prices for spring wheat flour here were lower today in respomse to the recent sharp decline in the wheat market, some special brands being quoted as much as a dollar a barrel lower than a wWeek ago. Best brands are quoted at $9.30 a barrel. i oo Much as a Dol a Week Ago. Bome And | MOTHER FOUND DAUGHTER 5 AFTER 12-YEAR SEARCH. Object of the ‘Long Quest is Now & High School Girl . Hartford, Conn., Dec. 1.—After" search of 12 years through P 7 phia, the mountains of Pcpnsylvanige Chicago and portions of Cont Mrs. Florence Padmore of this has found her daugbter. Dorothy, now a high school girl in New. Haven, and today, at a snecial session of the su= perior court in this city, Judgo- P. Tuttle ordered a writ of o corpus issued directing Ell J. end Hatife Brickley, husband wife. of No. 1337 State street, New Haven, to produce Dorothy Pa at the superior court in Hartford om Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 10.30 a. m., and | show cause why the custody of the | =irl should not be turned over to the mother. ‘The petition for the writ was presented to Judge Tuttle by Penediet M. Holden, Mrs. Padmore's attorney, | and the papers werc given to Deputy Sheriff Peter McNerney of New to_serve. L 7 Mrs. Padmore said today she had not seen Dorothy since she was - ited away from her in Philadeiphia a dozen years ago, but she feels certain that her lonx search will be rewarded by the return of her Jaughter, th the girl, who is 15 yars old. does not know her real mother and has proba- bly formed an affection for the Brick= leys, whose “ame she now uses, i MISS TEIPER WILL NOT o APPEAR AGAINST BROTHER ians Deciare She Has No Rec- ollections of the Event. Physi Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 1.—Miss G Teiper will not be called as a wit against her brother, John Edward ver, on trial for the murder of mother, Mrs. Agnes Tieper, in the chard Park road last January. was decided today after ph had reported to the court that Teiper, only survivor of the except the defendant in this trial, no recollection of the events BdT‘thlh the murders. Y g e prosecution today brought 4 the first evidence tending - to Teiper's financial status. Johm Black, head of a brick products tributing company which €0 the plant that Teiper operated wms a_ leasing arrangement, testified about the middle of January, # weeks before the murder, Teiper sp¢ to him xbout buying the plant. Bla told Teiper that uniess he was pared to fnance the undertaking . the way through the sale o be made. He told Teiper th 3 company was contemplating the plant to some one else. On the day before the swore, Telper told him plant ‘had not been sold, he wa: renew his lease. Black told Tl that the plant had not heem: sold: did not say whether or _the I¢ had been renewed. At hiat | Black testified, Telper 3 company something less pavment on_his lease. from the plant after cancellea this debt, the Middletown.—Friends of patients of the Ci for the insanc have tend an exhibit and: of the occupation held in the | afternoons and ;