Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 18, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVHI—NO. 303 POPULATION 28,219 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Dou ENCH SUCCESSES "IN MEUSE SECTOR Have Made Further Gains on Continuance of Their Great Offensive cmwucutml’mpoftm There will be no midnight masses n Paris on Christmas Eve. Cabled " Paragraphs London, Dec. 17, 9.85 p. m.—Lloyds of the Danish |Boston Votesnn From Penury Licen'ngimqrrow PARAMOUNT ISSUE OF MUNICI- PAL ELECTION 3 announces the steamer Michael British schooner Constance Mary. Norwegian Steamer Seized. Dec. 17—(By Wirele: to Norwegian > " The strike of the _employes of the Cubin Ratiway Co. has been settied. Austin, of Phiadelphi well known tobacco manufacturer, is e oy RAPID RISE OF THOMAS COCHRAN IN NEW YORK has been brought into a Ger- ‘German warships, ac- cording to ‘Overseas News Agen- T e el Charles Edward Hart, 69, professor b emeritus of Bthics at Rutgers 90“0‘!, CLOSE VOTE EXPECTED |ALL IN SIXTEEN YEARS ; . Gold coin to the amount of $500,000 wa swithdrawn from the Sub-Treasury for shipment to Cub: Pofish National Council to Meet Dec. 17—(By Wireless to The first meeting of the Saloon League H of Orators, Moving Picture Exhibi- tors and Pamphlet Distributors at Arrived in New York Virtually Penni- o . Sl (e less 16 Years Ago—Is to Become a Overseas News. Agency. meeting of the.Polish nati bly will occur in February. The American Red Cross shipped re- lief supplies the last week to Krance, Belgium, Italy and Syria. il jestroyed a block of bu (nF(.h"e dwain{as section of Oskaloosa, Towa, at a loss of $250,000. The Newark R Protection Association raised the price of a pint of beer to 15 cents. Partner in the Firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. January 1Ist. BfliTISl_I RAID ENEMY TBENGHES NEAR RANSART —_—— Transfer of Rumanian Foreign Offices Berlin, Dec, 17—(By wireless to New York, Dec. 17 ran, president of the Liberty National bank of this city, who came to New York virtually penniless 16 years ago, will become a partner in the firm of J. P. Morgan- & company on Jan. 1st, it was announced tonight. Boston, Dec. 17.—As the result of a campaign to stop the sale of Intoxi- cating liquors in this city other issues of the municipa] election to be held Tuesday have crowded out and there are. indications that the vote on the license guestion Thomas Coch- correspondent Stockholm of the Lokal Anzeiger t graphs that during the meeting of last Rumanian crown council it was resolved that the Rumanian foreign office should be transported to Petro- grad, the other ministries for the pres- Liquor Dealefs’ * German War Office Admits the Loss of Bezon Vaux and a Wood to the West of That Place—The Teutonic Armies Under Field Marshal Von Mackensen Have Crossed the President Wilson recommended the promotion of Brig. Gen. John J. Per- shing to be a major general. to the Gity's Population. PROPOSE REPEAL OF ADAMSON will be unusuaily close. Close Vote Looked For. The Boston Real Estate Exchange, advocating retention. of the existing limited license system, announces in a public statement that “it 1s a criti- cal situation” and that “a few thous- and votes may turn the scale.” The campaign for no been pushed with an enersy never previously approached. Sunday Lectures on Temperance. Evangelist services conducted Rev. Willlam A. Sunday have been devoted largely to lectyres on tem- perance and his many meetings have been pledged to The Massachusetts Anti- which has charge of has kept a moving bvicture ent being established at Kiev. FREIGHT WRECK ON BOSTON AND ALBANY s e Main Line Blocked a Few Miles Out- side of Worcester—No One Hurt. ‘was born in St. Baul, Mareh 20, 1871, his ‘parents moved to that city from New York At the age of 20 he came .to New York city in search of fortune. Hig first empiloyment here was with la real estate company. He earned a salary that the average man in Wall street today would con- sider small until he attracted the at- tention of Henry P. Davison, then vice president of the First National bank, but now a member of J. P. Morgan & Secretary of State Lansing held con ference with President Wilson regard- ing the German note on peace. Quantities of Railroad Rolling Stock—Petrograd Con- cedes That the German and Bulgarian Forces Have Cap- tured Another Town in Dobrudja. Charles M. Schwab announced that he will make agift of $2,000,000 to St. Francis College, at Loretto, Pa. license has ‘Worcester, Mass., Dec. 17.—The main line of the Boston & Albany raliroad was blocked a few miles west of this city yesterday by an accident to an east-bound ffeight t:ain, in which 11 coal-laden cars were derailed. As a result, ithrough trains to and from Al- bany ‘were detoured over the Boaton & Maine railroad through Springfield, Greenfield, Ayer and this city, trains between Boston and New York, and New York and Boston, were sent over the New York, New Hayen Hartford road by way of Putnam and New London. lines were transferred around fn spe- cial trolley cars from Jamesville sta- tion, just west of the derallment, to the Union station - here. The freight train, bound from West Springfield for Worcester, was pass- ing the New Worcester station, when the truck of a coal car ownea by an- according to <uezon & Albany officials, broke, derailing that car and 10 others. thrown across all which were damaged for a distance of 600 feet. No person was hurt. rsons lost their lives while e e Mayme woods during ‘season which opened Nov. French are offensive in the Meuse sector of e Verdun fromt and bave —ma further gains. The ) 0 bave made progress and succeeded in Sat- /pight’s engagements in raid- trenches near Ransart and of Wytschaete, gaining a in both cases. The admits the loss village of Bezonvaux the west of that place, the French thrust northward broke down fire & height north lines at Vacherau- vaux and in the Cham- n_have been heavily Andl:’ river, in the tor, British detachments attempted to enter German trenches, but were re- Russian and Rumanian troops in Dob- rodja continues and forces are now close to the forest dis- trict in the north, where it is expected the Russo-Rumanian armies will offer resistance. Petrograd admits the ‘capture by tne German and Bul- garian forces of the Village of Test- mele, in Dobredja. Desperate_encounters marked the fighting # Volhynia, where the forces of Prince Leopold are declared by the Berlin war office to have stormed Rus. sian_positions on a front of 600 yar north of the railroad between Kovel and Lutsk, capturing five officars, 300 men and several machine guns and A thrust by the Rus- slans near Illutkst was repulsed. This result was accomplished only after three desperate attacks, according to “Promising Young Man." “promising young “discovered” together with ow president of the Bankers' Trust company, to aid him in a plan to reorganize the Astor Trust Mr. Dayison became chair- man of the executive committee of the Astor Trust company aud Mr. Cochran ‘was made vice president. rcles was rapid after that. In Mr. Cochtan’s third year at Yale his father met with blsi and the young man worked his way through the fourth year. vation he taught for a year, then for two years did railroad work in Albany ‘efore going to St. Paul. a director in numerous banks and com- mercial organizations. youngest of the 12 partners in the firm| P. Morgan & company. Hearing on national military trainir will begin today before a sub-commit- tee of the State mflltflr_y affairs com- In a search men” Mr. Davison ran “and_select Seward Prosser, Saloon league, the no-license actis big force of orators, exhibitors and pamphlet distributors at_work for weeks. The city voted last vear 46,115 ves; Registration this vear Is the largest on record, about 120,000, and a much larger vote year's is expected. PLANNING GREAT LINCOLN BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION At Cumberland Gap on February 10, Adolph Lewisohn, a New York bank- er, el ‘o brief conference with Pres- ident Wilson on the subjcet of prison The Bank 6f Long Island has sent out checks amounting to over $750,000 to the 19,000 members Christmas club. iness reverses The total estimated production of wheat_in the United States was 639,366,000 bushels, against 1,025,- 801,000 for 1915. . W. Huntington m?mber and chaivman of the board of the Virginia Ranway to succeed C. W. Hotchkiss, deceased. After grad- mine throwers. other road, The cars were main tracks, He will be the Southwest of Valeputna, wooded Carpathians, the Russians, aft- er repelling an attack by large Ger- man forces at the point of the bayonet. ured a height. ore actiyy artillery bombardments marked the Dghting in Italian theatre. Akron, Ohio, Dec. 1 lic announcement that head of the world cou ment, has elected chancellor of Univeysity at Gap, Tenn., and has resigned the gen- eral secretaryship of the world court to accept was made by Rev. Mr. Hill today while a guest of F. A. Seiber- ling, a trustee of the university. The announcement was aceompan by a statement that the trustees and faculty are planning the greatest Lin- coln " Birthday celebration ‘ever held in the United States at Cumberland Gap on February 10, 11 and 12. U. S. ARMY OFFICERS TEST TRACTOR TRAIN Over a Route Almost Impassable to Other Vehick The first pub- John Wesley GERMAN STEAMSHIP BREAKS BRITISH BLOCKADE Evaded a Line of and Torpedo Boats. —— H. SNOWDEN MARSHALL TO RETURN TO PRIVATE PRACTICE Pearson_announced that guard of Massachusetts | would be kept at maximum fighting |strength at all timet 5 Cumberland the national ritish Destroyers Not a Candidate for Reappointment as These and patrol en- gagements wure the only events an- nounced from this secton. Ramon Pizana was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. for participation with Mexican bandit raids in Browns- ville, Texas, last summer. Munsterberg, sy of Harvard University, urday while lecturing be- fore a class at Radciffe College. W. H. Truesdale, Lackawanna announced a bonus rang- ing from 6 to 10 per cent. to employes receiving $2,000 or less a year. The French Chamber adopted a motion abolishing 'll‘le litical censorship, while retaining the diplomatic and military censorship. 17.—(By Wireless to, Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, been anchored at Odde, near Bergen; since the beginning of the war, has arrived at Stavanger, accord- ing to a despatch from Christiania to the Frankfurter Zeitung “after having the British blockade outside A line of two British de- stroyers and three torpedo boats, the was crossed by New York, Dec. 17.—H. Snowden Marshall, United States district attor- new for the southern district' of New York, announcea@4odarthat he will not be a cgndidate for reappointment when his term expires May 7 next but will AMERICAN DEFENCE SOCIETY PREPAREDNESS PLATFORM Calls for Universal Military Training for Youth of Country. New York, Dec. 17.—A platform of preparedness measures advocated by the American Defence Society made public here tonight. planks calling for: Universal military tralning of the youth of the country and of the men of milftary age, according to the prin- clpals of the Mosely and Chamberlain professor of psy-| TO BE COMPLETELY CHANGED Organization to be Similar to That of German Townships. Berlin, Dec. 17—(By Wircless to According to which becomes valid January Ist, 1917, mays the Overseas News Agen- , judisdiction in the government of arsaw will be completely ohanged. The civil and military jurisdiction will be carried out by justices peace, the district courts and the su- preme court. In the courts tho use e S be Prince Lubomirsii, mayor of War- saw, and the representatives of sov- eral other Polish towns have proposed that an association of Polish towns be formed in order to realize their com-~ mon interests, says a despatch from Koenigsburg, Past Prussia Overseas News Agoncy. This organi- zation will be similar to that of the assoclation of German townships. STATION HOUSE OF HARBOR POLICE IN BOSTON. WRECKED By an Explosion of Dynamite—Nar- row Escags for Four Officers. Boston, 17—~The station of the the North Bnd district was partly wrecked today by an ex- of dynamite that had been laced against the outside wall = Four oflm‘nm d;nfl.fi‘d:. asleep in a ory ‘where the expl suddenly Sati return to private practice. nation of Roger B. Wood his chief assisfant, was announced yesterday. The Unite States supreme court is still_consiering Mr. Marshall's appeal message adds, to prevent the house of representatives German steamer. from punishing him for contempt, fol- lowing his controversy with that body having ‘impeachment charges against him under consideration. es against him were the outgrowth of in bringing about’ the indictment of men active in Labors National Peace Council. The Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm twin screw steamship of 17,082 tons and was built in 1907. she was engaged in the regular ser- vice of the North German Liloyd line between Bremen and New York. When hostilities broke out the vessel was off the coast of Norway to the Arctic and put into Bergen to escape capture. MEXICAN CONFERENCES TO BE RESUMED TODAY Not Known Whether Ratified Protocol. Philadelphia , knowing whether had ratified the protocol signed at At- lantic City, the American members of the Mexican-American joint commis- sion, Secretary of the Interior Frank- line K. Lane, Judge George Gray and Dr. J. R. Mott, arrived here tonight to Mexican commissioners given by the Secretary Lane, San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 17.—Final tests by the United States army offic| ers of a caterpillar tractor train now under wdy in the Big Bend district, The train, pulling four trailers with a total capacity of 100 tons, has started over a route aimost impassable The trailers are load- ed with lumber, horseshoes, oats and other army supplies. ANOTHER WARNING OF PRESENCE OF GERMAN RAIDER Before the war his _activities my_transport Kilp: arrived at New York with sixty-one Tmembers of the crew of the transport Sumner, still hard aground off Barne- Immediate acquisition of a reserve supply of rifies, uniforme mobile artillery and ammuni- tion sufficient to equip an army of at least one million” men. Immediate establishment of a chain of fortified coaling stations in our five groups of islands stretching from the Pacific coast to the Philippine Isl- on_a cruise other vehicles. EFFORTS TO FLOAT SUMNER TEMPORARILY ABANDONED. Transport Has Sprung a Leak and is in a Dangerous Position. aresentative Rodenberg of Tili- ked for an investigation by a committee into the shipment of muni- tions from the United States to Bu- Carranza Has New York, Dec. —Efforts to float the United States transport Sumner, which went ashore off, Barnegat, N. J. last Monday, were temporarily aban- doned tonight by order of the war de- John M. Carsom, in charge of the army quarter- master depot in New York, said, now- ever, that the work would be rencwed as soon as the weather permits, The Sumner, according Carson, has sprung a leak and is in a much worse position than at any time since she grounded. the Sumner’s crew, who had remained on board, were brought here last night. Preservation of the naval petroleum Cruiser Off Sandy Hook. Pt e porter of the French Chamber of Dep- uties and formerly minister of labor, was appointed under secretary of fi- New York, Dec. 17.—Another warn- ing to shipping of the entente allies to be on guard against a German raider on this side of the Atlantic wae sent out tonight by a British cruiser off The wireless message was very largely a repetition of the one flashed a week ago and contained no new information as to the character and location of the supposed raider. It was considered in marine circles to be in the nature of a precaution. COLONEL H. T. HARRIS FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL Was Chief Surgeon of the Western Department of the Army. TRAMP STEAMER AGROUND ON NEW JERSEY COAST Efforts Are to be Made to Pull Her of War Baker sent to the e polemental estimate of $10,- 186,000 to be used for the purchase of automaatic rifles for the regular army and the militia. Sandy Hook- get from the tomorrow the answer Mexican executive. chairman of the American group, in- formed them in an informal meeting tonight of the communication he had reiceved from the Mexicans in _which Carranza’s representatives that they would submit tomorrow “his comments” on the protocol which had been placed before him by Alberto J. Pani, one of the commissioners. The Mexicans arrived late tonight, but declined to say what answer Car- ranza had made or to discuss character of his comments. Brigantine, N. J, Dec. 17.—The Nor- tramp steamer Juno, which went ashore off Little Beach life say- ing station aground tonfght. cutter Mohawk and a tug. made sev- eral atterapts to pull her into deep water end-when it was found their efforts were futile another tug was summoned from New Lork. Upon its arrival late tonight or early tomorrow harbor police The men of A new line of steamships will be es- tablished next spring between Balti- more and Newburn, N. C. The will include severai ports in Virginia and North Carlonia. e aNis shcsator old, telephone operator, Boston, was struck and killed by ex- press train on the Boston and Maine Railroad at Malden. coast guard three of them 5t above the tore a hole C. The route VILLA REPORTED AS. BEING AT MATACHES Nearest Point to Pershing Expedition Since Bandits Left Chihuahua City. El Paso, Texas, Jacinto Trevino, mander of the Carranza forces in Chi- huahua City, said on hi sarrival here today he had no intimation would be, sent on a_mission abroad. He left tonight for Eagle Pass. General Trevino's brother, Francisco Trevino, late civil governor of Chi- huahua, and several staff officers ac- companied him. Other mexicans who arrived here to- day reported Villa was at Matachio, north of Guerrero. This is the nearest to the territory occupied by the fall of Chihuahua City. the wall, but all escaped harm. Residents along Commercial and Salu- tation strects nearby were glven a s their houses were another attempt will be made to re- leashe the -trmdnd]'veuel, The captain and crew of 23 men re- mained aboard. Coast guards at Lit- tle Egg station said the ship is in no immediate danger. plaster was crecked and broken glass fell about them. 3 sald the explosion was intended probably es an act of retali- ation because some unlicensed meet- ings led by Industrial Workers had been broken up recently. cted persons were 0 arrests were made. San Francisco, Colonel Henry S. T. Harris, chief sur- geon of the western department. of the army, was found dead here today at the hotel where he lived. of death was believed to be apoplexy. He was 53 vears old. graduate of Columbia university and entered the United States army in 1886, SAY KING CONSTANTINE HAS FORFEITED THRONE Inhabitants of Greek Issue a Proclamation. Paris, Dec. 18, 12.20 a. m.—The in- habitants of the Greek Island of Lem- nos have issued a proclamation claring King Constantine tc have for- feited his right to the throne, accord- ing to a dispateh from Saloniki to the Havas Agency. A committee of prom- inent citizens has been appointed. the despatch adds, to convey the decision of the Lemnos populase to the provi-| sional government at Salonfki. OBITUARY. Captain. Saniel M. Lee. Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 17.—Cap- tain Saniel M. Lee, brother of the lats General Fitzhugh Lee and nephew of General Robert E. Lee, died here last night at the age of 71 years ~ He serv- ed in the Confederate army. " George Parry. Liverpool, O., Dec. 17.—George Per- ry, member of the old Baltimore ey Bt e 17.—General until recently Twenty-three and a half millidn per- sons, or about 24 per cent. h countty’s population, were enrolled in varions educational institutions in the United States in 1916 ELECTRIC CAR TIPPED OVER AT TIVERTON, R. I. PEERAGES CONFERRED ON TWO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, Sir William M. Aitken and Rt. Hon. ‘€. B. Stuart-Wortley, London, Dec. 17, 9.30 p. m.—The king ‘has conferred a peerage on Sir William Maxwell Aitken and the Right Honor- able Charles B. Stuart-Wortley, mem- bers of the parliament, respectively, for Ashton-Under-Lyne and the Hal- lam division of Sheffield. unionist seats in the house are va- cated for members of the new cabi- Sir William Aitken was formerly of- ficial eye-witness with the Canadian On a Sharp Curve—Si sengers Were of the 45 Pas- Aid announced | that it has shipp clothing and other relief supplies to the war sufferers of France since the org- anization of AUTOS TO DISPLACE STAGES IN YELLOWSTONE PARK Big Ten-Passenger Cars Will be in Use There Next Summer. Fall River, Mass., Dec. 17, tric car containing 45 passengers tip- ped over on a sharp curve at the foot of Conanicut Hill in North Tiverton, R. 1, today. Six of the passengers Te- quired hospital treatment for cuts and bruises but only Borden of this city, seriously injured. The car was bound here from New- port, R. L, over the lines of the Bay State Street Railway company. From some cause which the company offi- cials had not determined tonight, the motorman was unable to control it in descending the hill. BANKERS UNDER ARREST IN CITY OF MEXICO Men Are Said to Have Declined to Obey an Order of General Carranza. land of Lemnos Henry J. Dorgeloh, assistant cashier of the Coal & Tron National Bank, of New York, was sentenced to serve a term of five years’ imprisonment in the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta. ‘Washington, Dec. 17.—Completion ot ong talked of plans for substituting automobiles for the picturesque horse- drawn stages in Yellowstone National Park was announced tonight by Secre- Next summer there will be be ten-passenger motor cars to #peend visitors siretches of Lodge-Pole-Forest, giving them time to linger at points of spe: clal interest. horse is a feature of a general reorgan- {zation of living and facilities in ‘ho park under which bet- ter hotel and camp service is prom- Mrs. Henry SEPARATION OF GENERAL was regarded as SALAZAR FROM VILLA Unconditional Surrender to Government Troops. The House postal committee voted 9 to 5 to_discontinue the pneumatic mail tube service at St. Louis, Chi- . Philadelphia and Boston, and to New York tubes within six Story of Hi Chihushua City, Mexico, Dec. During the strict secrecy kept by Gen- eral Murguia in his campaign against Francisco Villa, rumors have reached here of the separation of General Sal- azar, from Villa and of his uncondition- rrender 'to government forces. An- other rumor has it that Villa’ ers had a battle among themselves at Yeabel over the division spoils taken from Chihuahua City. General Murguia, after a visit to his forces in the fleld, returned here and again disappeared. pe e s MR M SALVAGED CARGO OF THE STEAMER SANTIAGO Freiahter Shawmut Has Arrived Tampa, Fla, Ylifll a Portion of It. Tampa, Fla., Dec. 17- bk wmut arrived here “tod Key West ‘with a portion of the sal- d cargo nt;the“mnfl Southern b STORM COSTLY TO NOVA SCOTIA LOBSTERMEN Southern and Western Shore Strewn With Lobster Traps. The French Consul General at New York issued a notice to Frenchmen in New York and in the United States, who were born in 1898 to report their names to the Consulate not later than Feb. 1 The Board of Estimate appropriated $400,000 for clearing up the snow in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx; $10,000 for the Borough of Queens and $5,000 for Richmond. The American Relief _Committee, to be sent by wireless of widows and orphans of the war in Germany, received $13,- to B14 last week, and an additional $10;- 000 from the Chicago branch. The esablishment of commission for the claims between the ernment and the Republic of Chile is proposed in a resolution introduced in the Senate by Senator Swanson. St e e transportation BRITISH 8CHOONER WRECKED * OFF NEW BRUNSWICK COAST Mate of Laura E. Melanson Only Mernber of Crew Lost. 8t. John, N. B., Dec. 17.—Word of the total wreck of the British Laura_E. Melanson off the coast of Brunswick in Saturday’ was received here tonight. was the only member of the crew lost. Safe Blowers in Chicago. Chicago, Dee. 7.—Five safe blowers tate street store early to- entered a State iy ly e e a sul of London and ~Meeie, ‘Wilhelm Hap- lustave Montau- than $100,000. The whole southern and western shores of | with Rafael don, Federico ot o and of traps other gear and the desiruction of many flogting cars e lobsters adc heavily fo the loss. Yaow Vincente , Echer- gary and Francisco J. Livera, mem- bers of the board of counsellors of that bank, are under arrest in the City of Mexico, according to newspapers ro- ceived today. for the arrests is given that the men .order of General for the reliel sociation, died here today. S Plainfield Merchant Dropped Dead. Plainfield, Conn., Dec. 17—James G. Miller, la gr‘::_nmut ‘merchant town ant ling, dropped of heart disease. and s survived by his WILSON SENDS $2500 CHECK TO HELP MEET DEFICIT ‘The freighter an - arbitration today from settlement jof all .m nited_ States gov- i - oratic National Committee. Inducten! Fatal. 'Washington, Dec. 17.—President Wil- the. selection at .00, ‘Washington. Dec. 17—Reports that railroad and brotherhood heads in veace conferences have planned to propose the repeal of the Adamson act and the substitution of a work- ing agreement of their own making for it,” today aroused Representative Adamson, author of the law, to declare that ‘congress would “spank hoth sides to the controversry if necessary.” Mr. Adamson, who is the house rep- resentative of President Wilson in Tailway legislation matters. is will- ing to_co-operate in any plan employ- es and employers may evolve for the Interpretation of his law as applied to working conditions, but will vigorougly ovpose repeal of it. as he thinks will the majorities of both houses. “Congress will not agree to anv re- peal of the Adamson law,” he said to- night. “The measure was passed ifi good faith and it is a constitutional{' ennctment regulating hours of labor and not wawes. Let the roads and their men settle their wage disputes. “I hope that the nezotiations between the railroads and their employes will result in an agreement which will not make further legislation necessary. but The Object of Peace Conf‘emwos Between Ra and Brotherheod Heads Good Faith and That Congress Will “Spank Both Sides to the Controversy if Necessary”’—Asserts That It is a Constitutional Enactment Regulating Hours of Labor and Not of Wages—Declares the Roads and Their Men Must Settle Their Wage Disputes. growing belief that stands for a compulsory law has put the brotherhood leaders in_a conciliatory frame of mind. Neither labor nor congressional lead ers here have official reports as te Just what phases of the railway sit- uation the conferees have taken up. Belief is current, however, gressional circles, that the foremost feature of the final agreement will bé: an interpretation of the Adamson law so_satisfactory to bboth sides that the suit to test the act’s comstitutionality, now before he supreme court, may be Repeal of ‘the law, it is thought, hardly will be suggested. is pointed out that many members both_houses, having defended the law on the stump last fall, would not be anxious to defend the repeal of it im the next campaign. 2 ikvestigation of threatened strikes also is expected to' result from the deliberations. is determined that no compulsory ar- .. bitration law shall go on the statu books, but realizing that the presi- dent evidently is very serious in his determination to prevent strike 3 without investigation, they will congress will see that the public gets a fair deal. If it becomes necessary to spank both sides, we'll spank them, T hope that won't be neces- misitically , however, upon the efforts of the railroads and _brotherhonds heads to get together. He said the result of the presidential election made fhe emploves more eager for peace than they were last fall.and that the BHIPPING ACCIDENTS ON BRITISH COAST Were Numerous Saturday’ Owing to Heavy Fog. every effort to draft a plan that will have his endo: The conferences are proceeding, parties to them maintain, without the official promise of administratien lead~ ers that action on the president’s legislation programme held up pending an agreement. Con- gressional leaders are watching them. v, however, and nothing will bg dome to interfers with their for the present. FAMILIES OF WEALTH 2 INVOLVED iN KILL"(G} ims, a Prominent Cat-| tleman at Snyder, Texas. Of Edward C. 8 London, Dec. 17, 9.43 p. m.—Numer- ous shipping accidents are reported owing to Saturday’s fog. ~ The crew Snyder, Texas, Dec.: 17.—Two fam- flies of wealth and wide social prom- inen¢e in the southwest were involve of the English and Welsh Ground lightship have been landed at Barry and report that-the lightship was dunk in collision with the steamer Welsh- man. * The Norwegian steamer Annavore collided with the Belgian relief steamer Vightstroom lying at anchor in the Thames. The Annavore went ashore in a_sinking condition. The sern if the Vightstroom was damaged. The steamer Royal Transport col lided in Barry Roads with an unident- ified vessel and was compelled to g0 into drydock. The steamer Norahelmsie was towed into, Portsmouth harbor after a col- lision with tne steamer Chloris. The tug Morena from Buenos Aires strand- ed off Chichester harhor. OPPOSITION TO CURTAILMENT OF ALCOHOL IN FRANCE By Syndicate of Large Wine and Spirit Dealers. Pafls, via London, Dec. 17.—The government's intention to prohibit _lhe | consumption of alcohol in France nas {aroused strong opposition among the large wine and spirit dealers. The syndicate of the wholesale merchants of Bordeaux is sending a deputation to Paris to remonstrate with Premier Briand. A protest signed by a Parls syndicate of wine and spirit merchants declared that the proposed measurc will have a serious effect upon agri- culture as well as the wholesale and retail dealers. As in the case of ab- sinthe, prohibited since 1915, demands are to be made for substantial in demnities if the new measurc goe: into effect. EDUCATIONAL SECTION OF NEW MEXICAN CONSTITUTION Bars Clergymen a} All Sects from Teaching in Any School. Queretaro, Mex., Dec. 17.—The con- stitutional assem last night passed the educational section of the new con- stitution barring clergymen of all sects from teaching in any school, by a vote of 99 to 56. Felix M. Palavacini, for- ed in the killing yesterday of Edward | C. Sims, 2 prominent cattleman, Sid- ney Johmson, a brother of Sims' di- vorced wifes Mrs. Gladys Sims, was ar- He wili be given a prelimin- ary hearing tomorrow. Witnesses of the shooting told th sheriff today that a dispute over the two Sims children precipitated the afe Since Sims and his wife wers divorced several months ago, the chil- dren have been claimed by both fathe er and mother at alternate Sims recently married again, Yesterday Sims stopped his autos, mobile in the business dirtsict, mear. the car of his former wife. and it is alleged tried to take the children their mother. Mrs. Sims fired several shots from. & small pistol, witnesses asserted, wounded Sims _twice. About the same time a heavy discharge from a? shotgun - was fired into Sims' right side, causing 2imost instant death. } surrendered. Mrs. Sims was not arrested and no charg~ es were filed against her. daughter of W. A. Johnson, president of the lirst National Bank of Sny-' AMERICAN SCHOONER MARCUS * L. URANAN ABANDONE In a Water Logged Condition in the Vicinity of Azores. London, Dec. 17, 10.04 American schooner Marcus L. Uranan has been abandoned in a water-logg condition, according to from St.” Michaels, Azores, to Lloyds.: The despatch adds that three of the crew have been landed at St. Michaels, the remainder weer drowned. 2 despatch' The Marcus L. Uranan, a five mast. ed schooner of 1,399 tons gross regis-' try, was built in 1904 and was owned by ‘the Coastwise Transportation com-~ pany of Boston. YOUTH’'S DEATH SAID TO BE DUE TO APOPLEXY(A Joseph H. Sanford, 16, of Redding, Was Injured in Basketball Game. mer secretary of public instruction, who favored allowing clergymen to Redding, Conn. teach in private schools, bore the brunt of the debate, but delegates who based their arguments on “Remember the Inquisition” induced the assembly to pass the measure. PUBLIC AUTION SALE OF INDIAN LANDS 110,000 Acres in the Big Horn and Little Horn River Valley. Billings, Mont, Dec. 17.—Approxi- mately 110,000 acres of lands in the Big Horn and Little Hom rivre valley within the Crow Indian reservaftion are be offered for sale at public auction at Crow Agency on January 2 next. All bids ntust equal or exceed the ap- praised value of the land, which av- erages around $20 an acre. The pro- ceeds will be divided between.300 In- dian beneficlaries. _Ciyil Conseription of Schoolbo; TLondon, Dee. 17, 832 p. m.—A Retu er despatch from Copenhagen says that the government of Schieswiz, Prussia, has proclaimed eivil - conscription of b . They will be used Dec. 17.—Joseph Sanford, the 16 vear old som of D Sanford, headmaster of -the school, 'was found dead today -in wer house connected with the ‘he medical examiner says due to apoplexy. The youth was tain of the school basketball team ai it is believed he injured himself ternally during a game last night. When Jast seen he had gone power house to shut off the It was first usual duty. had been electrocuted. SYLVIA PANKHURST WAS MOBBED BY When She Endeavored to Hi 5 onstration in @ London, Dec. 17, 11. Pankhurst, the and a number of s