Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 15, 1916, Page 1

VOL. ' LVIIL—NO. 301 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich i FOR GREAT rohibition| Aground in Wide P n Washington L] . . London lished a denial of a story printed in l the Morning Telegraph, of a yesterday peace offer to Belgium by the central Jam. 27 as a protest on g 3 - am) Y 4 . against the high Cost of living. y k g |HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE|CREW WAS IMPRISONED OVER| . hit ; ATTENDING NINTH ANNUAL ;::uwtu. 235 o e i \ RECOMMENDS 1T TWELVE HOURS men on the u..nw"::.‘.’i gt GOVERNORS’ CONFERENCE ernment today introduced i A st Raliway . been settied. ' L hove Samm chamber of deputies & bill conferring o _— The Rev. Dr. Andrew Watson, who o e ety S et mussionary work in Egypt, is dead. upon the government the large pow URPRISE B e o Promics: Do - |ACTION IS A S terday, to take measures for the ma- tional defense decree instead of fhe authorization of parliament in each instance. RUSSIAN ATTITUDE ON PEACE PROPOSAL Declares Offer Was Made to Placate People of Germany. 400,000,000 Pounds Additional Has Been Unani- ONE OF THE SPEAKERS mously Voted by British Wept Five Members of the Crew Were Brought Ashore in Breeches Buoy— “Struck a Land Pit Near the En- trance to Humboldt Bay, California. Tells How Connecticut Has Reduced Its Indebtedness Several Dollars Within a Few Years—in- vited to Dinner in White House. Prohibition Advocates Are - Jubilint Over Their Victory—Amendment Would Prohibit Manufacture and Sale of Liquor as Beverage. ‘Washington, Deec. 14.—Nation-wide prohibition tdok a long stride toward congressional considerationr today when the house judiciary committee unexpectedly voted to recommend adoption of the amendment to submit W. C. Nixon, president of the St. Louis & San Francisco' Kailroad, is seriously ill at his howme at St. Louis. Dr. Dana W. Bigelow, Memorial _Presvy.eriau Y., wasglouud pastor of the Church at dead in his INVADING TEUTONS PROGRESSING IN RUMANIA Utica, N, home. Washington, Dec. 14.~The exccutive budget system of Maryland, the ouly state with such-a scheme of financial control, was glveri general approval today in a discussion at the ninth an- Petrograd, via London, Dec. 14, 9.15 p. m.—The following statement regarding the Russian at- titude on the peace proposal has been issued by the Petrograd News Agen- Eureka, Calif, Dec. 14.—Twenty-six of the crew of the United Siates sub- marine H-3, imprisoned since dawn today in the submersible, which went ashore on a near the ‘entrance to Humboldt Bay, Wwere rescued to- Annapolis probably will be the site chosen by Secretary of the Navy Dan- iels lor tne Lew navai experiment lab- oratory. Invading Army in Rumania is Unchecked—Has Now Crossed the Jalomitza River—No Details Have Come Regarding French Operations Along the Meuse—Germanic Forces Have Bombarded the Entire Front in the Monastir Sec- tion—On Other Fronts Only Bombardments and Minor Engagements Are Being Carried Out. Both the German ané Austrian- Hungarian notes concerning peace have been received in Washington and soon will be transmitted to the bellig- erente of the entente powers. While Great Britain has not yvet ficlaliy received the proposal: titude and that of her allies with re- gard to peace was reiterated in the house of commons Thursd: An- drew Bonar Law, the new cellor of the exchequer, who said ntente allies required adequarte reparation for the past and adequate security fer the future. A seini-official statement Petrograd attacks the Teutoni ers for lack of sincerity and s: the firm determination cf the enteute “to continie the war towar da triumphal finish can be weakened by no propos tions of the cnemies.” That there is to Le no abatement in from pow- Great Britain’s preparations is 900,066. On the fighting: fronts ever except In Rumania and _aloni banks of the Meuse, only ments and minor er. ing carried out. In mitza river and all aieng th checked. . No details have come through as to | Which would allow her to consolidate French operations ildng the Meuse, excepi a statement in the:Berlin offi cial statement that the French hLave|the allies By seeking to make public made advances on both banks of the |OPinion believe that separate pous o~ reports bom- river. Paris merely bardments in these regions. The Teutens have Monastir and the entire section. REGULAR AIRPLANE MAIL SERVICE BEING CONSIDERED Betwoen New York and Chicago—Fly- ing Would Be at Night. Washington, Dec, }4.—Regular plain mail service hetween New and Chicago is the postoffice depariment. mer: was mad etods regarded practicab established with p: $100.600 postai a perimental nerial acrwice. Department ~officials — éstimats air- York being considered by Annouace- the. flight of 720 miles covld h2 mide in from six to fourteen fverage time of cight hours, aad a load of from five hundred to one thousand pounds of mail. Flying would be st night, a plane leaving each, city at 6 p. m., dlighting at three regular stations in the vicinities of Willams- port, Pa., Niles and poleon, O.. where extra machines, fuel and equip- ment parts would be maintained. At Niles a second machine would be taken on' relay. HOW CITIES ARE ) ELIMINATING BILLBOARDS Told by Speakers at Convention of American Civic Association. ‘Washington, Dee. 14.—How cities ar eeiiminating billboards and un- necesgary noises was told tod:y by hours, with an speakers at the annuai convention ofd the American Civic association, Mrs. Imogen B. Oakley of Philadelphia, chairman of the committee on the noise nuisance, reported that Rochos- ter, N. Y, had gone further in that direction than any other Amerjcan city. The committee will araft a model anti-noice ordinance and urze its in many cities during the next year. Jesse L. Bennett of Balti- more preserited a commitiee report ::‘Wh:’x that = n;lmber of cities have ‘used permits for erection ) - boards in the futur Sy —_— IMMIGRATION BILL PASSED WITH LITERACY TEST Senate Vote Stood 64 to 7—Now Go to Conferonce. ington, Dec. 14.—The im; ‘Wash: tion bill, containing the restrictive lit.! eracy test for admission ,of = ali which has caused three pnglde vetd such a measure, was pa: theé senate today, 64 to 7. T 11 goes to as amended in the senate now conference. It passed the house last senate reconsidered the clause to exclude anarchigts, who K2 destruction of property, 'as a propagan An amendment by Sen- ator [wick for the committee, per. mitting entry of persons who advocate or teach destruction of property ‘“in war, insurrection or revolution, but not otherwise, was adopted. SEAT IN CONGRESS FOR ALL EX-PRESIDENTS Is Proposed in Bill Introduced in the House—Sajary $25,000. Washington, Dec. 14.—Former Pres- idents Taft and Roosevelt and all other future presidents of the United States after their terms expire would be given a seat in the house of represen- tatives without vote, at a salary of $25,000 yearly by a bill introduced to- day by Representative Moore of Penn- sylvania. Candidacy for any political office would automatically "bar such men from membership in the house. Movements of Steamshi New York, Déc. 14—Sailed: steam- er Finland, Liverpool; Baltic, Liver- 01, Plymouth, Dec. 13.—Arrived: steam- er Pannonia, New York for London. Gibraltar, Dec. 11.—Sailed: Patria (from Napleh) New York. Kirkwall, Dec. 13.—Sailed: previous- ly, steamer Oscar II. (from Copenha- gen), New York. New York, Dec. 14—Signalled: steamer Yorl at miles east of Sandy Hook n thirteenth, dock 8.30 a. m. on Satu s Christiania, Deec. 4. —Arrived: steam. er Kristianiafiord, New Yflt. = steamer ienos Aires, Cadiz for New | RAILROAD CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT Court—Amount to $30,000,000. ‘Washington, Dec. 14—Claims federal governmen, $27,000,000 and’'§ court. The heaxing, win the. calied raflway ’flu(l’g‘mfiad" 1915. of compu pensation is raised. tion began congr basis of rallway mail pay, weight basis. Jacob Diek former cretary of war, was the railroad nsel in today’'s hgaring. PRESIDENT AND MRS. Strolled Through Business and Looked in Windows. ping together today for the first time. edly they walked in front of at the presidential flag fly flag pole erected on the W vesterday. Then they strolles in show windows. they were recognized by many returning greetin; LITHUANIANS ARE Several Revolts. London, Dec. 14, ing under date of Berne: “Forcible deportations of Lithuanian Germany has pro- peesants to work in indi- cated by the unanimous vote of parlia- ment of an additional credit of £400,- Are Being Reviewed by the Supreme of more than 800 railroads against the involving between ,000,000 for extra compensation on mMail transportation were Teviewed today by the ‘supreme’ argued first before=the court-in-Aprily In test suits brought by the Chicago & Aiton and Yazoo & Mis- sissippl Valley railroads, the question nz the mail carriage com- Since the litiga- has changed the recently substituting the car space for the old | th kinson, a imong WILSON GO SHOPPING Section Washidgton, Dec. 14—The president and Mrs. Wilson went Christmas shop- Leaving the White House unexpect- the grounds and stood for a time looking ing from a slowly y through the business section of the|in the registration city, stopping here and there 1o look | makes it probable that During their walk shop- pers and Mr. Wilson was kept busy|blood in’ their RESISTING DEPORTATION Forcible Removal to Germany Causes 2.20 p. m.—The Wireless Press gives out the follow- ey: “The new appeal of our énemies is not their first attempt to_throw upon the entente powers the responsibility for the war they let loose. In order to obtain the support of the German peoples, who are tired of the war, the Berlin government many times has had recourse to fallacious words of peace and has ently, in order to animate its troobs, offered prospects | of a nearly peace. It promised peace when Warsaw was taken, Wwhen Ser- bia was conquered, forgetting that such promises unfulfilled would create profound distrust. : “In its further efforts, which are similarly due to the same interested considerations, the German . govern- where, | ment js obliged to carry this question hoth | outside of Germany. bombard- 5 zagements are be- { Rumania the Teu- tonic army has now crossed the Jalo- | United States. front the advance of the invaders continues un- All the world recalls these attempts, notably its Ballons d'essai, which were sent up in neutral _countries, particularly —the “Seeing the inanity of such methods, which deceived nobody, Germany at- tempted to create a peace atmosphere, , | her aggressive and imperialistic ten- dencies, while sowing discord between lers were in progress between her and the entente powers. There were &lso bombarded | Persistent revorts of a separate peace. front in this the. In view of the fact, however, that allies with strong unanimit. all these attempts, our enemi think of a more serious plan.” rejected had to VILLA EXPECTS TO GET OUR GOLD Bandit Says Europe Will Subjugate United States and He Will Share in Spoils. i E1 Paso; Tex., Dec. 14—Villa while in Chihuahua City declared his inten- tion of raising an army of 35,000 men, but denied he intended-to’ attack 'Gen- Pershing’s column, 1 Aotter ~ received herer 52 , according to tMe=Ietter, 3 made to the meeting of merchaWts called by Villa. Villa, the Chiiuahua City business man wrote, said he would have his men in the border states issue proclamations cailing up- on the Mexicans living on the Ameri- can side “to rise in rebellion against United States” and join his ar- the letter stated. Villa, the letter also declared, said he had 2,000,000 rounds of ammuni tion hidden in the desert. The Mexi- can leader also is reported to have re- ferred to political conditions in the United States, saying the JEuropean countries would subjugate the United States in order to get its enormous gold supply, in which he, Villa, would share. FECERAL !NDEX SYSTEM FOR VITAL STATISTICS Urged by Kentucky State Registrar— To Prevent Mized Marriages. Dec, of Laoui e, 14—Lax negr child be m. and great-grandch rying eins statement of W. L. istrar of vital statistics, made befor a stite mecting ‘of city and county health officers w closed here to- da Mr Heiser called it a real peril in Kentucky and asserted the number of guadioons and octorcons in other por- tions of the country as well who could not be distinguished from white persons was considerable. He recom- mended that registrars take greater care in accurately fixing of record the Voked severdl Tevolts in Lithuania, | F2Cial status of thei- progeny for tho There was a formidable rising in the e o oL SUWAlkl, Peons_ | Vitsl. statistics for the whole. nation protection of future white generations and vrged compulsory registration of the German military commission sent \;nder a card index system supervised there to enroll workmen. Tn_other districts many peasan its are hiding in the forest and marshes. _of Lithuania bands of destroyed railways, telegraph lines.” GARMENT WORKERS ARE Several Thousand Have Reached an Agreement With Employes. New York, Dec. 14.—The second day RETURNING"TO WORK y the federa! governmen HOW POOR OF MEXICO ARE SUFFERING. Wearing Native Grasses for Clothing and Eating. Roots. El Paso, Tex., Dec. 14.—The poor of Guanajuato, one of the large mining cities of central Mexico, gre dying at the rate of about 70 pefSons a day, according to an affidavit made by an American mining man who has ar- of .the clothing strike,. according to|rived here. The affidavit, which was officials of the Amalgamated Cloth- ing Workers of America, was today by the return of several forwarded by government officials to ked | Washington today, affirms also that ous- women teachers in the parochial and workers to shops, both Independ- | schools had been mistreated by sol- ent and Who had signed an | diers and that church properties were agreement wl* the union granting an | turned into bull rings and barracks. 8<hour day with of $2 a week. an increase of wages tomorrow, it was|the poor The document goe son to say that were wearing native grasses predicted 20.000 of the 60,000 sald to|for clothing and eating roots, and that be on strike will have res; according to Sidney Hil president. 2 OBITUARY. George Quifitard Horwitz. Philadelphia, Dec. 14—George Quin- tard Horwitz, 'a. leading Tnmyes of 1hja | Steamer Balboa Completes Passage in city, died at his hom@ here today. He §0n O the late Phineas J. lormerly surgeon-general of | Washington, Dec. 14—All records was the Horwitz, the United States navy.: ed work, | corn zent by the Americar. Red Cross , the union | to relieve suffering was seized by of- ficials and sold at $3.50 gold a bushel. MADE RECORD TRIP THROUGH PANAMA CANAL 8ix Hours 25 Minutes. for quick passage through the Panama Mr. Horwitz was a founder and a|Canal were broken when the HRttle director of the Alumni Association of | steger Balboa on Dec. 3 ade the trip the University of Pennsylvania. He |in 6 hours, 25 minutes. Her sister ship was 48 years old and was born in ;he ‘Cauca, made the transit in 7 ‘Washington, D. C. Charles B. Snyder. B. Sny: in Pen to two years later of the Wi barre Times-Leader. & Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 14—Charles | 890 record for the trip. ,. & former newspaper owner and more recently up Tusiness manager of Cor the Graphic here died today at the |estimated at abo age of 65. He was at one time owner | today by a fire of the Berwick, Pa., Independent, and | forth corporation’ ‘ilkesbarre Record and | here. The fire minutes. When the canal was plan- ned twelve hours was thought to be 5 in Stamford. Stamford, Dec. 14—Damage $30,000 was caused the Erskine-Dan- furniture factory building. . in the kiln drying the constitutional amendment forbid- ding the manufacture and sale liquor for beverage purposes in the United States. Even the most en- thusiastic champion of the amen ment had not expected favorable - tion as soon from the committee which at the last session voted to postpone its consideration indefinitely. How the resolution will . progress through the various legislative stages of congress at this session is proble- matical, but administration leaders doubt that it will reach the senate in time for action at his session. Prohibition Advocates Jubilant. Prohibition advocates are jubilant over the action of the committee, how- ever, and predict ultimate adoption of the resolution and reference of the amendment to the legislature of the various states much sooner than they heretofore had hoped. A two-thirds majority in both houses is required. Bill to Make Washington Dry. Coincident with the committee’s ac- tion on the amendment, the _prohibi tion issue was brought directly to the attention of the senate when the Shep- pard bill to prohibit the manfacture and sale of liquor in the District of Columbia became the unfinished bus- iness ta be kept before the sepate un- 1 disposed of. As an amendment to this bil! Senator Underwood has pro- posed a referendum to the male voters of the district. Senator Kern of Indi- ana has added a proposal that women also should participate in the referen- dum. Sentiment in the senate for and against the referendum appears to be closely divided, with a vote on the subject expected within a day ‘or two. Discussion of the Sheppard bill af- forded opportunity for comment on the proposed amendment, several senators, among them Sheppard, Vardaman and en, predicting triumph for the cause nation-gide prohibition in the near “Dominant Legislative 1ss x Hardly anyone doubted tonight thal prohibition will be a dominant legislat- ive issue before the new Sixty-fifth congress if the-constitutional amend- ment does not reach a vote this winter. How the Vote Stood. = Seven members of the judiciary com- mittee voted against Yreporting the prohibition amendment. They were Gard, of Ohio; Dyer of Missouri; Tgoe of Missour: Graham and Steel of Pennsylvania; Walsh of Massachu- setts- and Danforth of New Yori Representatives Elza Willlam of IIli- nois and Carlin of Virginia, who were opposed to the resolution at the last session, voted this time to recommend its adoption. To Stop Sending Liquor by Mail. President Wilson was urged late to- day by the Rev. Clarence T. Wilson, representing the Methodist Conference Board, to use his influence with con- gress to prohibit the use of the mails for the sending of liquor advertise- ments by unlicensed liquor dealers. An effort is being made to have such a provision included in the current postoffice bill. WAR RISK MARINE INSURANCE HIGHER. Fifteen Per Cent. S| fer Mediterranean its. New York, Dec. M4—War risk may rine insurance is mow up to 15 per cent. for Mediterranean shipments and from 8 to 10 per cent. fur trans- Atlantic cargoes‘ with rates based on total valuation of ship and cargo :ind not on the latter only as heretofore. Hhis is a higher level than that reach- ed at any other time since August, 1914, whegewith the beginning of the war the went to 20 per cent. Tho action of the New Nork under- writers followed similar action taken in London. With the average valua- tion of the munition-laden ship be- tween $3,000.000 and $4,000,000, a 10 per_cent. insurance entails a payment of $300,000 to $400,000 in premium. CANADIAN COMMANDER SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS Charged With Inciting Men In His Command to Desert. Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 14.—Colonel Pag- nuelo of Montreal, a prominent law- yer and commander of the 206th Cana- dian Overseas Tregiment, was today condemned to serve six months in Jail. He was founl guilty of address- ing the men of his battalion at the time it was broken up at Valcartier camp inte reinforcement units for Ber- muda and elsewhere, in terms which would encourage them o desert. A courtmartial found that he. told his regiment that the battalion funds would not be used to bring them back. The government has confirmed the sentence of the courtmartial. 'PROTEST COMES FROM DANISH WEST INDIES Wishes to be Permitted to Manage Its Own Affairs. St. Thomas, D. W. I, Dec. 14—At & mass meeting held here today the following resolution was adopted and cabled to the home government at Co- penhagen: p “The island does not desire to be governed as Porto Rico, but wishes to be permitted to manage its own af- fairs under the federal government, American citizenship to be accorded immediately on the transcfer, the -port to be free and natives to be given pre- ference in appointments to govern- ment positions.” 3 A_delegation probably will be sen! to Washington to support the stand ‘taken ‘.n.!:hi resolution - of| night. . . . Officers and Crew Rescued. Five %ot the ' crew - were brought ashore on a breeches buoy at 5 o clock. Within an hour, the remain- ing 19 men of the crew and the two officers were rescued. Coast guard men shot a line across the bow of thé H-3 as darkness set in and watchers on shore saw the sub- marine become more steady in the roll of the surf as the line was made fast. Then 4d breeches Buoy was rig- ged and five of the trapped crew were rescued. Aground in Dense Fog. In a densé fog the H-3 struck a sand spit early today while cruising down the coast from Puget Sound on her way to the Mare Island .navy yard in San Francisco Bay. She was ac- companied by the C. S. S. Cheyenne and the submarines H-i; and H-2. Officers of the Cheyenne said they be- lieved the accident was caused by the engines of the H-3 becoming disabled. How_Crew Escaped Suffocation. Commander W. E. Howe of the Che- yenne, directing the rescue work on shore, said the men had been able to keep alive by crowding beneath the conning tower for air, in this way es- caping the chlorine gas fumes from the batteries. Lieutenant -H. R. Bogusg is in com- mand of the H-3 with Lieutenant E. F. Zemke second in command. ALLIES UNLIKELY TO STOP AUSTRIAN ENVOY Washington Expects He Will be-Al- lowed to Pass BYoekade. Washington, Dec. 14.—While is virtually settled that no safe conduct be issued Dby the entente allled avernments to Count Tarnowski, the ewly appointed Austrian ambassador, it is also eonfidently expected that ht <be n P through the any- other civilian passenger; -on.. the Danish steamship on which he will sail from Copcnha- gen for New_York next Saturday. In this way will be avoided an embar- rassing precedent and debates in the parliaments that might be critical of the governments of the entente pOW- ers. The decision not to issue formal safe conduct for Count Tarnowski will leave unimpaired the right of the French government to persist in .its refusal to permit the passage through the en- tente lines of Fuad Bey, whom the Turkish government has for some time past has been seeking to despatch to Washington as its ambassador. AN ELECTRIC TRAIN BURIED BY SNOWSLIDE Rescuing. Party Dug Out Passengers, Two of Whom Died. Berne, Wednesday, Dec. 13, via Paris, Dec. 14.—An electric train crossing Bernina Pass today was buried under an avalanche. A rescuing party dug out the passengers, two of whom had died. Another train is still snowbound near Bevers, in the Engadinc. A detachment.of soldiers sent to dig out a mail car in the Juller Pass, were thrown over a bluff by a Snow- slide but burrowed their way out LLOYD GEORGE TAKES £ TURN 'FOR THE WORSE Physicians Order British Premier to Stay in Bed Few Days Longer. London, Dec. .1 ‘The condition of Premier David Lloyd George has taken a slight turn for tHe worse. He suf- fered considerably from a severe chill contracted early in the week, and his physicians have ordered him to re- main in bed a few days more. Friends of the premier express the hope that he will be able to appcar in the house of commons next Tues- day, as planned. ELECTED PRESIDENT OF SWISS CONFEDERATION. coee i Edmund Schulthess Given 176 Out of . 189 Votes, Paris, Dec. 14, 1.20 p. m.—Fdmund Schulthess of Aargau was today elect- ed president of the Swiss confedera- tion for 19i7 by a vote ef 176 out of the i89 votcs in the Swiss national assembly, says a despatch from Berne today. He was vice president of the fede: council for the current vear. HeM¥ Galonder of Trins was elected vice president of the federal council for 1917. EMBRYO 'NEWSPAPERMEN HAVE DECLARED STRIKE. Benior Class of Pulitzer School Believe They Are Overworked. New York, Dec, 14.-—Declaring that the yare bverworked, the senior class of the Pulitzer school of journalism at Columbia university is on strike The embrys newspapermen maintain that during the past few weeks they have been asked to do an excessive amount of study and when the director ordered eramination tests on two suc- cessive days this week they rebelled. BRITISH ARE CONSIDERING ARMING MERCHANT SHIPS Anncuncement is Made of This Move Before the House of Commons. London, t‘1’3"8: 1T4—~In mm of commons y amara, o mara A sachtias: o ad- miralty announced that the iralty had under earnest matter of arming Richard Dunn, of New York, was sentenccd to serve Lwo months in the Wigl'khcu:e for beating his fhve-year- old son. Miss Amanda Bradley of Rjver road, Bdgewater, N. J., a movie aciress, died of injuries received in an aulomobile accident. E. J. Wilson and Richard Johnson, of Bridgeport, were arrested at Augusta, Ga., charged with the theft of two au tomobiles. Charles Clarerice Linthicum, of Chi- cago; for many years fessor of Patent Law at Northwestern Univers- ity, is dead. The American ambassador to Brazil, Edwin V. Morgan, has arrived in Lima. President Pardo held a recep- tion for him? The body of a man believed to be Jeremiah Healy of New York, was found floating in the North River, off Dyckman Street. Gold to the amount of $9,000,000 was received from Canada and deposited at the Assay Office for the account of J. P. Morgan & Co. Several miners were asphyxiated at Pinos Altos’ ing camp, néar Silver City, N. M., when they drilled into a gas pocket in a mine. Rodman Wanamaker’s steam yacht, the Nirvana, was a'most totally de- stroyed by jire yesterday in her win- ter berth at Bath Beach. Imported baseballs for use on Amer- ican diamonds here after must be stamped with the name of the coun- try in which they were made. The Argerican schooner Edward J. 4 3 for. Barec- @y ATT at. St.-Michaels, Azores, _condition. John W. Bloddett, of Grand Rapids, Mich., and James B. Forgan, of Chica- 80, were elected directors of the Fed eral Reserve Bank of Chicago. Chas. R. Wing, a private in the Second Wisconsin Infantry, now on Mexican border_ service, received an appointment to West Point Academy. Federal authorities at Galveston, seized 100,000 rounds of rifle ammuni- tion which they believe was intended for one of the warring factions in Mex- co. Five companies of marines doing duty in Santo Domingo and Hayti will be returned to Philadelphia as soon as transportation arrangements can be made. The Ohio Coal Co. at Findlay, Ohio, announced an advance of five cents a barrel on all grades of oils with the exception of Plymouth, which was raised to 10 cents. E. D. Hamilton, was killed, and William Salt of New York, was fatal- 1y injured by an explosion in the plant of the Hercules Powder Cg. near Youngstown, Ohio. Representative Lewis, of Maryland, author of the Parcel Post law, intro- duced a bill proposing government ownership of the public telephone sys- tem in “the capital. The resignation of xtss Mary E. Dreier as a member of e New York Board of Education was announced. She will devote her time to the cause of woman suffrage. Fifty-three dolegates were named by Governor Whitman to represent New York state at the Congress of Con- structive Patriotism, to be held at ‘Washington, Jan. 2! 2 A_special committee was appointed by President Eugenius H. Outerbridge of the New York Chamber of Comq merce to make an investigation into food supplies and prices. . Commercial Attache ~Kennedy at Melbourne cabled the Department of Commerce that the Australian gov- ernment has prohibited the importation of tin plate from the United States. Members of the crew of the German auxiliary engiser Berlin, which has been interned at Trondhjem, Norwav. since November, 1914, have been al- lowed four months’ leave in Germany. Legislation designed to place re- tuz:ng Canadian soldiers on agricul- tul lands as far as possible, will be introduced in Canadian parliament by the government early in the approach- ing session. Two women were seriously injured and six others slightly hurt When powder used in the manufacture of munitions exploded in the plant of the Bartlett Haywood Co., at Turners Station, Baltimore. The Commission Created by Con- gress to investigate Federal prison in- dustries recommended installing a tex- tile mill at the Atlanta penitentiary and a furniture factory at the Leaven- | worth penitentiary.” * Reduction in freight rates effective Feb. 1 on fuel and refined in carload lots from producing points in Califor- Kansas and Texas to points in ona. were ordered by the Inter- state Commerce Commission. Capt. Augustus U. Dunning of the Fifth Regiment, New Jersey National Guard, who has been a prisoner at Fort Hancock, since Nov. 13, charged with neglect of duty, will be *: on trial Saturday at Sandy Hook. 5 nual governors’ conference. Harrington of Maryland Its pro- Governor nd by Dr. Frank J. Goodnow, president of Johns Hopkins university, who was chair- man of a committee that drafted the plan. Those attcnding the confererce werg dinner guesis tonight at the White House. Covers were iaid for ahout forty governors, former governors and governors-elect and half as many ‘women of the Zoveravrs' party. Interest in the ' conference was quickened today by prospects that Secretary of War Baker and Brigadier Gencral Mann, chief of the division of military affairs, might discuss the status of the national guard hefore one of tomorrow’s sessions. Resolutions were adopted today inviting them ta speak, after some discussicn. Governor Spry of Utah declared the militia probiem was one of the most impor- tant the governors faced. Governor Holcomb Speaks. Governor Holcomt of Connecticut said no one knew the present %&tatus of the guard and that he intended to oppose the huilding of any armories in Counnecticut until he learned defi- nitely where it stood, “It now locks,” he said, “as though the guard i§ about nineteen-twentieths federalized, with the rest of the au- thority in the states.” - The Maryland budget planm as de- scribed by Governor Harrington seeks to moke impossible an expenditure of more money in appropriations than is received by the commonwealth from all sources. It centers authority in the governor. Governor Holcomb described the Connecticut system of naming a state financial board to aesist in planning appropriations and tcld how the stafe’s indebtedness had been reduced by sev- eral million dollars within the last few years. Othérs outlined the fiscal sys- tems of their own stat 4 praised the exe i aat.e Governor- McCall- of - M; pointed gut:tHat SiACs the r of the house had shorn of his power in tha selection of committees, federal appropriations were larger than ever before. _Those invited to the president's dinner included &overnor Holcomh and former Governor F. B. Weeks of Connecticut. visions were outlined SRS A PEACE OVERTURES CAUSED PANIC IN JAPAN News of German Proposals Staggers Stock Exchange. Tokio, Dec. 14—News despatches from New York were the first infor- mation reaching here of Germany’'s peace proposal. The news was a com- plete surprise and caused a panic on the stock exchange. Shipping stocks tumbled and were followed by er securities until the governors ordered the exchange closed unti] Dec. 16. The foreign office, the Bank of Ja- pan and other influential circles have received no advices but gave out in- terviews expressing a firm belief that the allies would not consider*any pro- position which would leave Germany in her ante-war position or anything approximating thereto. Officials of the Japanese foreign of- fice said today that they dc not take the German peace proposals seriously. They expressed belief that the entente allies would have to fight to the end. Japan, it was stated, has not yet been officially notified of the making of the proposals. — CHICAGO IS EXPERIENCING 7 REAL WINTER WEATHER Temperature -~ Four Degrees Above Zero—Snow on the Ground. Chicago, Dec. 14.—The first real winter wealher of the season descend- ed on Chicago today, the mercury standing at four degrees above zero. nt snows remaincd on the ground. Low temperature extended over ail the northern Mississippi pailey. Charles City, Iowa, report:d a tem- perature of fourteen degiees below zero, and Des Moines six below. At Duluth, Minn., the mercury dropped to fifteen below zero eariy this moruing and at points along the northern Min- nesota line the tcmperaturc was re- ported to be thirty below zero. FLAG TO FLY WHEN 2 PRESIDENT IS HOME When Absent from Washington Flag at White House Will be Furled. ‘Washington, Dec. 14.—President ‘Wilson's presence in Washingtion here- after_will be denoted by the flag of the President of the United States floating over the White House. When he is out of the city the embiem wiil be lowered. The American flag will fly constant. ly over the White House whether Mr. Wilson is_here or away. = A pole has just been erected for the President’s flag which bears the great seal of the United States on a blue background. VERDICT IN “GOD’S MAN” LIBEL CASE IS $35,000 . Poiice Magistrate Corrigan York Wins Suits Against Publishers New York, Dec. 14—A verdict of $35,0§0 was given by a jury today for Police Magistrate Joseph E. Carrigan in his suit against the Bobbs-Merrill company of Indianapolis, publishers of George Bronson Howard's novel, “God’s Man,” in which he alleged he was libelled. He sued for $290,000 damages. charged that one of the chief characters in the novel was intended to represent him and that it contained matter defamatory to him. in New