Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 22, 1916, Page 1

T THAT U.S. MAY NO TH Misconstructions Placed On Oral Statement Yester- day Caused Alarm NO CHANGE IN NEUTRALITY OF UNITED STATES v for ratification of the treaty providing for the sale was adopted by the Fol- kething yesterday. After Conference With President Wilson, Secretary Lansing Cabled Paragraphs Approves Sale of * Copenhagen, Dec. 21, via SRS 7.15 p. m.—Both houses of the Dan- Dobrudja Reverses|Bill for Universal for Téutonic Allies| Miltary Training BE FORCED TO ENTER WAR ... ... - GION OF BALABANICA. RUSSO-RUMANIANS HALT ish parliament have now approved the| nsu-Racovitzeri Road, But Are En Issued a Second Statement to Correct Impressions Made by Oral Remarks—Notes Were Sent to Belligerent Na- tions to Impress Upon Them the F act That the United States, as a Neutral Nation, Was Entitled to Know Ex- actly What Each Belligerent Seeks in Order That It Might Regulate Its Conduct for the Future—Entente Dip- lomats Confident There Was No Hidden Meaning in the Notes. sale of the Danish West Indies to the The Landsthing, upper house, voted favorably upor the proposition today, 40 to 19. United States. The bill Grahame-White Marries Again. London, Dec. 21, 5.53 p. m.—Flight Commander Claude was married at the registry office to- day to Ethel Levey, the actre’su. Commander Grahame-'White's wife, who was Miss Dorothy Taylor of New York, obtained a divorce in Lon- Ethel Levey formerly was the wife of George M. Cohen of Their marriage was dis- first don last June. New York. solved in 1907. | ORGANIZING COOPERATIVE or| countering Stiff Resistance. have turned upon the invaders, ti of other positions along this line. I Racovitzeri road, but are meeting wit Stankuca front the Teutonic allies defenders. Municipal Employes of New York to|eral heights, and at various points o ‘Washington, Dec. 21. — President ‘Wilson's note to the belligerents, urg- ing discussion of peace, was officially interpreted today as not bearing any threat that the United States might be forced to enter the war, because o fthe continued invasion of its rights by the warring powers on both sides. ‘This_interpretation was made late today by Secretary Lansing in a for- mal statement issued to overtake what were characterized as widesprcad mis- constructions placed on one given out eariier in the day saying that because of the increasingly critical position of the United States as a neutral, it was entitled to know exactly what each belligerént seeks in order that it might regulate its conduct for the future. Secretary Lansing’s final statement, formally prepared and issued after he had been_called to the White House for a_ conference with President Wil- son, declared he had not intended to intimate that the United States was considering any change in its policy of meutrality and that the whole tono and language of the note were suffi- cient to indicate its purpose without further comment on his part, Mr. Lansing’s first siatement; made orally and of which np 'pfficial copy was distributed, led 0 exazeTations of its language and puvpose through- out official Washington. Its most striking phrases on which the widest speculation was based were that the United States was “drawing nearer ihe verge of war” and that the send- ing of the note “will indicate the pos- eibility of our being forced 1invo the war,” and that neither he nor Presi- dent Wilson regarded the note “as a peace note.” When word of what the secretary of state had said spread throughout the capital, it created ‘the greatest consternation in official circles and among the foreign diplomats, many of whom were calling at the state depart® ment to receive their copies of the note despatched to their capitals. the Number of 87,000. New York, Dec. 21.—Municipal em- | the n ployes of New York, numbering alto- | being displayed. gether more than 87,000, have engaged In a concerted movement to reduce the | The artillery duels have been spi cost of living by organizing cooperative purchasing societies in the various de- | front. partments, it became known tonight. So successful have tempts to cut the cost of food by buy- | men. It became that the secretary’s h]g in bulk and distrihufipg them at statement was mot fully approved at g:’;:rsa]“;‘"mgfl”:hg[‘°” pall. sy the White House and that there was : 4 = Question as fo the wisdom of making | been given the movement by the city any comment that might be regarded |&overnment first at- the recognition has | dun sector, where the French made The sinking fund com- the Russian front, where attacks b the Russians have been repulsed b Artillery Duels in France. ed at various points along the Fr2nc! In another raid British troop as an addition to the note. The White |Mission today gave permission to the | Louvemont-Vaux front. e i lest ame word |employes conference committee, as the strued as indicating that the Ameri- | the municipal building as headquarters | in the *Cerna river bend regina, San note was anything but what it |for the purchase of food, clothing and | infantry fighting has taken plac its fa So, afte: - Jother supplies. indicated on its face. So, after a con- fother supplies. === o o O oo Soorotary. Tansing, the Second state- | conference committee recently was in- ference between President Wilson and n O this sector Berlin reports tha ment was formally prepared and dis- | Corporated to encourage saving. Sav-| tacks. tributed at the state department. situation, became convinced that a clearer understanding of the necessi- |JURY OUT IN THE TEIPER MURDER TRIAL. | GERMANY’S OFFER DISCUSSED ties and purposes of the United States proved that their fear of a meore fa- vorable to Germany was not contem-| out All Flm.ed, and that this eountry would not rv to foree peace on -Europe. Their view grew that the United States fear- ed that unless the-peace Proposals try into action. ernments to w the note in a friend- ea States. GREAT REBOUND MADE IN PRICE OF WHEAT Caused by Sudden Demand on a Vast Scale to Supply Europe. Chicago, Dec. 21.—Notwithstanding aimost panicky selling and a seven cent break in wheat prices today, the market made a greater rebound, and closed strong with substantial net gains. Sudden merchandising demand on a vast scale to supply Europe with cheap wheat developed when prices tumbled sensationally downgrade. The ensuing big rally came with such sru- prising force that wheat at the last parted company with the stock market and traders temporarily ignored even the moves at Washington and else- where in regard to paece. At the opning unlimited quantities of wheat were thrown on the market the instant trading began and values crashed downward until in a few min- utes the maximum decline had been veached. It was not long, though, be- fore the fact was apparent that, how- ever important diplomacy might be, the question of foodstuff prices was in a large measure distinct. Signs that European governments were buying wheat on a scale not sur- passed in man yweeks, especially the latest estimates that sales to IEurope aggregated 2,000,000 bushels or mare, st the highest prices in weeks from across the Atlantic, started the up- ward movement of prices. Last pricse were at virtually ,the topmost level of the day. NO TESTIMONY OFFERED BY HARTFORD UNIONS In Defense of Suit for $25,000 Damages for Conspiracy. Hartford, Dec. 21.—The defending unions offered no testimony at the op- ening of court in the suit of the Cohn and Routh Electrical company against the Bricklayers union, the Electrical ‘Workers union and six other building trades unions, asking for $25,000 dam- ages for conspiracy and an injunction, arguments were begun. Trial of the case opened before Judge M. A. Shum- way Wednesday. In his opening ar- gument, Ralph O. Wells, of cousel for the plaintiff, announced that it waiv- ed all claim for damages and would msk for the injunction only. OPPOSITION TO $28,000,000 OMNIBUS BUILDINGS BILL From Executive Heads of the Govern- ment—Chairman Clark So Reports. Washington, Dec. 21. — Chairman Clark of the public buildings commit- tee charged in a speech in the house today that executive heads of the gov- ernment. were opposing the commit- 12¢'s $28,000,000 omnibus buildings bill because of a desire “to take the au- thorization of buildings away from congress and pass it to bureaucrats in the departments.” He declared cer- tain representatives also were hoping to defeat the bill and then put through @n emergency appropriations for build- ings in larger cities without making corresponding provision for the small- er‘communities. The measure will be pressed for passage after the Christ- was holidays. RESULT OF MANIPULATION | trial torneys at Boston, So Reports. New York, Dec. 21.—That there are no grounds for the suspicion that the recent increase in the price of ccal was combination,” was the statement male here today by George W. Anderson, federal district attorney at Boston, who is in charge of the government's national food and fuel inquiry. with Special United States Attorney General Frank M. Swacker, in charge of the federal grand jury investiga- |joks tion in this city after having had sim- local authorities in Washington, Phil- adelphia, Cleveland and Chicago. “When there are indication that the movement of coal has been checked not only on railroads but at terminals,” Mr. Anderson said, “there is reason to suspect that such action probably is the result of an artificial and illegal tionate profits through a speculative market. “When you find coal brokers and coal dealers re-consigning coal cars over and over again so as to delay de- livery and thereby create a panic you find a prima facie case. Such a condition is similar to that recently called by David Lloyd George ‘profiting.’ Boston, Mr. Anderson said, turning to the food situation, “is the only ity | ANOTHER HORSE SHIP at present suffering. It even has a shortage of its favorite foodstuff— beans—which are now selling at seven dolars a_bushel.” % Mr. Anderson said that the depart- ments of agriculture, commerce and fisherfes, as well as the Interstate ing in the investigation. LINEMAN KILLED; DIDN'T Everett Carter of Berlin Came in Con- | Dec. 12, tact With High Tension Wire. current, it was stated to the authori- ties, had been shut off as is the cus- | IRRESISTIBLE PASSION FOR tom while the men were at work, but one of them thinking the job had been completed, telephoned to the power was turned on again with the result that Carter was'shocked to death. His home was here. OBITUARY. Imri M. Wilcox. ings can be deposited with the organ- Entente diplomats, at first at an ut- | ization and loans obtained at a rate not | successful bombardments of ter loss how to handle the unexpected |exeeding one per cent. a month. Day Without Agreemen®— Locked Up for the Night. Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 21.—At midnignt tonight the jury in the case of join| L, o lod ruthlessness . ondon, Dec. 21, :Sxd uril:a]x;glionfl ;:? e in boih sides | Bdward Teiper, charged with tne mar- : - e ; f Sjder of his mother, which will inevitahly force this coun- |36 of his, wn had not ag-e2l At that time the jur>s | tonight. Tt is indicated, therefore, that the ?:‘_d 1-2:;‘9 ty;fiyz; prr consideration B i 7 heir gov- 3 - allied diplomats will advise their Sov- 105, /. Wheeler waited at his heme i 3 ady to come to court at any time ly epirit and Zo as far as possible to- | ready y < v ik Tish Unit- | during the night ward meeting the wishes of the Unit- | during the night in members of his waited in the cffice of the Erie coaaty L NOT Jail. HIGHERICE 1OF COA At 12.15 this morning the jury in the £ John Edward Teiper, charg- = the murder of his mother, G. W. Anderson, Federal District At-|\as locked up for the night. in the event of a sounded ed with HAD SPURIOUS CHECKS ford For Trying to Buy Aute Under False Pretentions. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 21.—When Ad- dison W. Clark was arrested here late!|The German Mr. Anderson came here to confer|opight, charged with attempting to|lowed to see the i purchase an automobile under falst|disclose an aggressive pretences, the police found ten bankithe German people will in his possession and a large = number of stocks and bonds, said to ilar conferences with the federal and |he valued at thousanads of He tried to buy an automobile from a local dealer and presented a check on a Los Angeles bank for $1,200. The pelice say the man appears to bank said the check was worthless. be demented an dapparently has been over financial losses. him here. brooding combination designed to reap extor-|jjttle s known of came to Hartford a few months ago from Gilboa. N. Y. Many of the bank books show an- parent accounts in western states. The police say the aggregate apparent de- | by which tha posits in these banks are neizhborhood of $1,000,000. Clark claims to be a member of the American Legion and the Army and Navy Leagues. He the ‘Washington, Dec. 21.—An official Commerce Commission are co-operat- | port to the state department from * American consul at Malta said that the horse ship St. Ursula, bound from: - alonikl ¢ Montreal In ballast, with | ls Again in Possession of Jiminsz an six Americans in the crew. was sunl KNOW CURRENT WAS ON | without warning by a torpedo from a submarine of unknown nationality oa| Washington, Dec. 21. Two officers reported seeing ¢ the wake of the submarine and its — periscope, but not its flag. Berlin, Conn., Dec. 21.—Everett Cart- | vivors, er, a lineman in the employ of the|were landed at Malta six hours after- Connecticut company was killed last | wards. night while at work in East Berlin by | The state department has ordered fur- contact with a high tension wire. The | ther investigation. Saloniki to Tne sur- including the six Amecicans, Four men still are missine. —Has Served Two Prison Sente New York, Dec. Richards, 21—Samusl__ L. who helped Thomas Mott Wk e Osborne organize the Mutual Welia.c | Has Been in the Philippines for the league ‘at Sing Sing prison and pe- el e/ iecb e enre ary: waa srreatel — 2 er etoday for passing a worthless| Omaha, Neb, Dec. 21.—Archb: Ao At ,?,g;’;“'mgn"c'zs";;;s‘":‘”%”_- check for $156 on Alexander Karlia, | Jeremiah J. Harty was ier of thi etna Life Insurance com- Mr. Osborne’s former attorney. Rich-|pishop of Omaha at Tnsx the Germans, little infantry activity is Snow amd rain are falling in Mae2- donia, @nd aside from an engagement In Mesopotamia the British reoonrt - | WILL BE LAID BEFORE CONGRESS NEXT MONTH. ESTIMATE OF COST In Rumania Proper the Teutons Are |Representative Tilson in Accord With London, | Advancing Along Both Sides of th e| Consensus of Opinion That a Great- - Iy Incnntod‘ Regular Army is Nec- essary for Defense of Nation. In the Dobrudja region of Rumania, ‘Washington, Dec. 21.—A definite where the Russo-Rumanian forces|plan for universal military training e | will be laid before congress next Teutonic allies have been driven from | month in the shape of a bill formu- heights in the region of Balabanica |lated by the general staff of the army, Ginh Thght | and, Dachkoi, and the Russians and | accompanied by complete estimates of gehame © | Rumanians are now disputing with |Of cost as compared to the present them in a violent battle the possession | Volunteer system. Major General Hugh n | L. Scott, chief of staff, told the house Rumania proper the Teutons are ad- | military committee today that the vancing along both sides of the Insu- | work was in progress and would re- h | Guire about a month to complete. steady resistance from the Russians|Chairman Dent said the committee and Rumanians. Along the Pilita-|would be glad to see the bill. 2 In response to a laughing question pushed back the advance guard of the |2s to who would introduce it in the house, Representative Kahn of Cali- Except_for the battles in Rumania, | fornia said: In the Carpathians southeast of the| “And I would be glad to have the PURCHASING SOCIETIES | Kimpolung-Jacobeni ~railway, wnera|honor to introduce it.” where the Russians have captured sov. | Gen. Scott Sharply Cross-examined. T | General Scott was subjected to sharp Y | cross examination today on his re- v | iterated recommendation for a univer- sal service measure, based in part on results of the volunteer system as shown in the mobilization of the na- tional guard for border servica. Five n of the 22 members of the committee Berlin reports a rail by Ger- | took occasion to assert theif belfef in mans on British trenches and the cap : Y 2 ture of four officers and twenty-sic| WO emphatically declared against the theory of universal service, while % |such a system. Those favoring were SEnEsa iy o 7 | Representatives Kahn, Greene of Ver- Bt Inter e elacred oA vor: | mont and Tilson of ‘Connecticut, Te- a | publicans, and Olney of Massachusetts L 5 New York, democrats notable advance last week, the Cer- |2nd Farley of New York, - mans have violently bombarded the | While those opposed were Representa- (Continued on Page Ten.) o | LIVERPOOL POST COMMENTS {h}; ON PRESIDENT WILSON’S NOTE #eutonic allies have held heignts east - NG i i Of Paralovo againet strong Taarn ar, | Says Allies Will Give Him Credit for the Best of Intentions. Livenpool, Dec. 22, 12.25 a. m.—The river craft and land positions in the | PoSt referring to President Wilson's region of Kut-el-Amara. IN HOUSE OF COMMON: Andrew Bonar Law Speaks in Praise |state of mind contrary to that at of Lloyd George’s Answer. spent in vain, means a war of attrition, unless W und from Saloniki | ever before and would fasten con- scription and militarism forever on all nations.” VILLA IS PLANNING A Santa Rosalia. State depa*. ment advices today indicated t small Carranaz garrison. Teicgraphi terrupted today, but the last reports from there said the British <onsn who has been representing America PASSING WORTHLESS CHECKS, | interests, was starting south with was further discussion of Germany’s e : peace offer in the house of commons|Of View, the nofe is not particularly Sir John A. Simon. in he. |ill-timed and ill-judged. half of himself and a group of follow- ers, gave unquglified support to Urem- |Fecent German overtures had no fer Lloyd George's speech in the house of commons and then Hastings B, L. |must be accepted. At the same time, Smith, libaral member. for Northamp- | it 18, to say the least, somewhat mal- sur-lton, in military uniform, sounded 7 |new note—urging that the German X : proposals be allowed to see the light|'When the allies are at the height of of day. Andrew Bonar Law, chan- |their power and Germany knows her jcellor of ~the evchepuer and member | OWN _apparently favorable pos of war council, promptly rose in he- | cannot possibly be maintained. half of the government and declared| “On the other hand there Is the that if the tone of Mr. Smith's speech | Possibllity that Mr. Wilson's efforts et T S iy s Epeceh | are directed toward eliciting from Ger- blood and treasurer which had been f}’fe""f\_i‘;{:g:fg‘?n‘;‘;‘:’se"fiq’(’,‘;‘:(;;;;;,"h_:;h AND TEN BANKBOOKS |Spent in the war would have been 2 t case a the ) 3 X | “My understanding.” said Mr. Smitn | USeful purbose may be served, for we the resulé of an s avtifetit and fiiesar|Addison W. Clark Arrested at Hart-j, 0 45 OS50 Gl 00 5enly of the dibein, o ; e et T Goohal the XDl of ih°| whetlier ‘war weariness is assoclat=g E e v = offect that the door was mot yet CloS-|of which Germany has been found ot Poscibla answer ot this Stase, | Builty in the judzment of the civiliz proposals should be al- ht of day. If they purpose, then realize that they are not suffering and dying for their mere existence. as they have dollars. | been told. * * * Ifswe were put to a vote of the men at the front whether| _-———— —provideq we could obtain guaran- | Declares No One Can Fail tc Appre- L $1,2¢ In|tees that our honorable obligations response to a telegraphic inquiry, the|would be fulfilled—we should then| g make a serious effort to get the par- oS ties together, then I am certaingsuch | e a proposition would be carried by But | virtual unanimity. 52 would mean carrying forward into| L) LI peace all hostilities and hatreds of the | Juronean intervention that haunted Tincoln, especially in those days when T oot vould divide Burope Intolthe cause of the north was passing SUNK WITH NO AMERICANS. [two hostile camps and would make The St. Ursula, to Montreal. against Torreon, where there is only a note suggesting that the belligerents make known their desires concerning peace, says: “President Wilson must not be sur- S | prised if, as far as the allies are con- cerned. his intervention produces a which he aims. The allies will readiiy give the president credit for the best 951 p. m—There | intentions, but they will be justified in wondering whether, from their point - | adroit that we should be so appealed tion proach to the entente. In tt world. and the extent to =hich t against future barbarism.” HOW LONDON DAILY NEWS which it is cous war more inevitable and deadly than |!hrough its darkest phase. of the nations engageed in the strug- finds the ayar still too deep he will CAMPAIGN AGAINST TORREON. | withdraw s plumb line and await A until a more favorable opportunity.” powers would accept the note eager- door should not be barred and bolted t|In their face. If thev have terms to Villa_is again in possession of Jiminez |offer the allies should taxe their own and Santa Rosalia, south of Chihuaiua, | proposals. and that he is planning a campaign The Daily News says there is no suffering in America_comparable with c|that in Lancashire during the cotton communication with Torreon 3 in- | famine brought about by Lcoln’s blockade and says it does not Lelleve 1, | the American people will put the dis- n some 200 foreigners, mostly Americans | despotism. O ot arent Jand the. carrent | Third Offense for Samuel L. Richards|end Germans. ARCHBISHOP HARTY INSTALLED Past Ten Years. AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN LINE STEAMER KANSAN DAMAGED Presumably by Striking Mine—Was Carrying Horses to France. New York, Dec. 21.—A cablegram from Captain Forsythe, of the steamer Kansan, received here today by the American-Hawaiian line, said she was pany, died¥at his home here late to. | 2198, Who is 42 years of age, Das spent| thedral today. Two prelates of the|damaged on Tuesday, “presumably by night, aged 68. He had been in ill 27 years in penitentiaries and reform- health for two years. His wife and |Stories. five children survive. Charles C: Gray. ter serving four years at Sing Sing Catholic church and 120 priests of Ne- | striking a mine.” The Kansan car- braska and Iowa were present at the | ried horses for France, in addition to Providence, R. I, Dec. 21.—Charles | he obtained $2,000 by writing Mr. Oa- Although the See of Omaha is onl: C. Gray, state auditor and insurance | borne’s name on a check and persusd- | a bishopric and its head bears th commissioner, died here today. He |l -t o e ng an admirer of the former wardei|lower titie, .Archbishop Harty Hart: was 75 years of age and served with n | of Sing Sing to endorse it. For this|retains the rank and title held prev Rhode Island command in tne Civil joffense he was paroled in Mr. Os- op Harty. ously and will be known as Archbish Less than a year ago Richards, af- | ceremony. Archbishop Harty has been | & general cargo. in the Philippine islands for the last| It was the Kansan that first report- for forgery, went to Baltimore, where |12 years. ed the activities of the German sub- y | marine U-53 off Nantucket on October 9. A wireless message from QCaptain lForsythe said his ship had been stop- ped by the submarine and compelled to prove her identity. The Kansan was then on her way to Boston. Condensed Telegrams e House approved the continuation of the Sub-Treasury at Ball All the canals and locks at Sault Ste Marie, Mich., were closed for the winter. Judge W. W. Lambdin of the United ‘St?i(:h‘l}lltrlct Court at Savannah, Ga., s The Federal Oil Co. of Cleveland in- creased its capital from $3,300,000 to $4,400,000. The battleships New York and Tex- as of the North Atlantic fleet, arrived at New York. President Wilson called at the resi- dence of Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi. The Hunter Arms Co., Inc, of Fulton N. Y., increased its capital from $150,- 000 to $500,000. Fire destroyed the J. P. Allen de- partment store at Atlanta, Ga. ata loss. of $200,000. - Two hundred workmen in men’s | Si clothing manufactories at Vineland, N. J., went on strike. The 13th Coast Defense Command was designated as escort for Gov. ‘Whitman on Inauguration Day. Fire destroyed Elevator B. of the Nye-Schneider Grain Co., at Fremont, Neb., at a loss of about $500,000. “The president’s assurance that the prompting influence on his proposals to by the United States at a moment then would be in a position to judsze wit hthe consciousness of criminality a s will induce her to vield to the allies’ inexorable demands for guarantees Lordon, Dec. 22.—The Daily News, which is the nearest to pacifist among & the Tondon newspapers, says today T am not prepared to face the pros- < ; e pects of & military decision, . which | Fegarding President Wilson's note: "| "“No one can fail to apvreciate the ! am convinced there is no other way |SPITit in which the propow is made out. I believe in the security scheme|®F 0 approve the cautious terms in nations agree together | V! e each to guarantee all and all guarantee | | 2© Ereat struss each. An attempt to hold the central { empires down by a military decision, hed. The history of e in his own country is too recent and too memorable for President Wilson to be unaware of 4 = 100 | the perils of too hasty intervention. ved b, stra g , 5 > followed by economic strangulation, | {h® PeTls of too hasty, ‘ntervention, “Mr. Wilson is far too wise to add that trouble to the enormous burdens gle for liberty no less and far great- er. He is taking soundings. If he The newspaper says the c entral ly and despite their arrogant tone the ability they are suffering in the scale against victory of human liberty over The Department of Commerce re- ports the exports of cotton for the week ended December 16, at 180,655 bales. A bill providing for imprisonment of those found guilty of cormering food- stuffs was offered by Senator Poin- dexter. The Norwegian steamship Juno, which grounded on Beach Haven, N. J., New York from Cardiff, Wales, was floated. Gold to the amount of $8,200,000 was received from Canada and deposited at the Assay Office for the account of J. P. Morgan & Ci Miss Adelaide Hamilton, the blind granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton, American statesman, left an estate valued at $720,478. The coldest December temperature in 15 years was recorded at St. Paul, Minn., when the mercury dropped to 23 degrees belo wzero. Increase of all railway fares in Great Britain 50 per cent. beginning Jan. 1, was announced by the Board of Trade in the House of Commons. Two men were seriously injured when the Atlantic Coast Line pas- senger train, No. 57, ran into the rear end of a freight train at Troy, Ala. One man.was killed and two wer:’ injured in an expiosion in the Edge- water mine of the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railway Co., at Birmingham, Ala. Maurice E. Connolly, Borough Pres- ident of Queens, accepted the resigna- tion of James A. Dayton as Public ‘Works Commissioner for that borough. Sergeant Robt. E. Gonzales, of the Machine Gur. Company, South Caro- lina Infantzy, son of W. E. Gonzales, United States Minister to Cuba, is dead. Army medical officers on the border reported there was no danger of the cases of spinal meningitis among Georfia and Pennsylvania troops be- coming epidemic. The wholesale warehouse of the Zion Co-operative Mercantile Institution, controlled by the Mormon Church, at Pocatelia, Idaho, was damaged by fire at a loss of $200,000. Mrs. Catherine Suilivan of the Rov- bury district of Boston, who w13 struck by a train at North Wilmington Monday night, died at a hospital m Lawrence, Mass., yesterday. The War Department has issued a permit to the New Jersey Interstate !Bridge & Tunnel Commission to build |Street, N. Y., to 13th Street, Jersey ate the Spirit in Which Proposal is | CIty- The commissioner on Domestic ani- mals issued an order, ordering the muzzling of dogs for a period of nine- |ty days in Danbury, Litchfield and bies. Charles E. Hughes carried_ Oregon | by a plurality of 7,314 over President Wilson, according to the official re- turns announced today. The_ final count was: Hughes 126,719; Wlilson 119,435, General Funston ordered Colonel Richard H. Wilson, commanding troops in the Yuma district, to send a suf- ficient force to Ajo, Airz., to protect the place against threatened Mexican trouble. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad placed an embargo against all west- Jbound carload freight connections ‘west of Cumberland, Md., except per- ishables, livestock and foodstuffs for human consumption. Harvey Dow Gibson, at the age of 34, has been elected president of the Liberty National bank in New York, become a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan and company. Baron Robt. E. Oppenheim, Lon- don and Paris banker, held up at New York by immigration authorities on the ground that he had been impli- cated in charges involving moral turp- itude, was ordered released. Luther Burbank, plant evolutionist, and his secretary, Miss Elizabeth Wa- ters, were married at San_Francisco Thursday by Rev. C. S. S. Dutton, pastor of the First Unitarian cnurch. The ceremony was private. One passenger was killed and sev- eral persons were injured when the Seminole Limited, from Jacksonville to Chicago, running on the Central of Georgia Railroad track, jumped the track nine miles from Opelika, Ala. Movements of Steamships. Copenhagen, _ Dec. _19.—Arrived: Steamer Frederik VIII, New York. ‘Bergen, Dec. 20—Arrived: Steamer Bergensfjord, New York. New York, Dec. 21.—Signalled: Steamer La Touraine, Bordeaux for New York. Dock 8 a. m. Friday. Liverpool, Dec. 20.—Sailed: Steam- er Lapland, New York. % {2 tunnel from about the foot of Canal | Hamden because of prevalence of ra-, Exciting Day in the Stock Market THE DAY'S SALES AGGREGATED 3,176,000 SHARES. PRICES SLAUGHTERED “War Bridés” Were the Most Advers- ly Affected—Losses of From 5 to 33 Points—Bankers Not Alamed—Out- siders Are Standing the Losses. New k, Dec. 21.—The stock mar- ket today went through the mosi ex- citing day in its hisotry, with one ex- ception. President 'Wilson’s note to the belligerent powers, followad by ecretary Lansing’s first explanatory statement of its intent, were the occa - sion of frenzied selling, whch n scope and volume farly dwarfed all the op- eratons whch followed on the peace proposals from Germany. Prices were slaughtered to the ex- tent of 5, 10 and 15 points, in one case 33, and the day’s sales aggregated 3,176,000 shares, a total withoat prace- dent eince the famous Northern Pacific corner of 1901. The decline was vir- tually unchecked, only a few nominal rallies marking the trading of tne final hour. “War Brides” Adversely Affected. The liquidation of the forenoon, ag- gregating more than 1,300,000 shares alone, was confined, ag has been tho case in the recent operations, to the so-called “war brides,” or.stocks whickt might be adversely affected by the declaration of peace, but soon af‘er the publication of Secretary Lansing's statement suggesting that the United States was “drawing nearer to the verge of war,” rails also began to participate in the decline, selling off sharply, with losses of from four to eight points before the close. Brokers’ offices long before the opening were loaded with selling or- ders, and when the gong on the floor (Continued on Page Ten.) RAILROADS NOT COMPLYING TO REDISTRIBUTION PLANS, Boston and Albany and Maine Contral Two of Eight Roads Named. ‘Washington, Dec. Z1.—In line wi‘h its announced policy of bringlag be- fore the bar of public opinion the railroads which do not co-oparate in car redistribution plans, the commis- slon on car service of the Ameriwun Railway association announced ton:ght that eight roads had failed to cairy out_recommended redistribution meas- juree. The announc’hent exXpresses a hope “that these lines will at once show a marked improvement in their performance.” The roads named are the Boston and Albany, the Maine Central, the Lenigh Valley, the Philadelphia and Reading, the New York Central, the Michigun Central, the Wabash and the Toledo and Ohio Central. “It is clearly apparent” says the announcement, “that these companies, having an excess of box car equip- ment, have not complied with the re- quest of the commisgion on car service to deliver a designated excess of bux cars to southern and western connec- tions above the number of box cars received from such connections.” MATTHEW HARRIS, A NEGRO, WON $42,500 DAMAGE SUIT. Decision Rests on “A Man’s Home is His Castle”—Fired at Posse. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 31—Upholding the contention that “a man’s noms i3 his castle and he has a right to decend it,” which Judge John E. McCall am- phasized in his charge, a jury in fed- eral court here today awarded Mat- thew Harris, a negro, $22,590 compea- satory and $20,000 punitive Jamages in his suit against John A. Reicaman, former sheriff of Shelby couny*, and members of a sheriff's posse. Harris, who sued for $100,000, was seriously injured when his home was dynamited in an attempt to dislodze him after he fired on the posse which was searching for one of his relatives- Harris testified that he was not aware of th eidentity of the posse m2a when he resisted their efforts to search his home. # Riechman was exempted from the verdict for punitive damages, as it was shown that he was not actually a member of the posse. POPULATION OF UNITED STATES IS SHIFTING TO CITIES 40.9 Per Cent. of the Country’s Inhab- itants Live in Cities of More Than 8,000. ‘Washington, Dec. 21.—The popula- tion of the United States continues to shift to the cities, according to esti- mates announced today by the census bureau. The estimates, based on the rate of population increases from 1900 to 1910, disclosed that 40.9 per cent. of the country’s inhabitants now live in cities of more than 8,000, as against 88.9 per cent. in 1910. The entire pop- ulation of Continental United States for 1916 has already been estimated at to succeed Thomas Cochran, who will|102,017,312. The total in the states, territories and United States posses- sions is put at 112,444,620. COULDN'T FIND VOUCHERS, SO HE KILLED HIMSELF Postmaster Walter E. Marean of Steep Falls, Me, Hanged Himself. Steep Falls, Mo., Dec. 21.—Postmas- ter Walter E. Marean hanged himself in a deserted camp today after wan- dering all night through a swamp fol- lowing his failure to find certain vouchers for a post office inspector. The matter of the vouchers could have been cleared up easily, according to the inspector. sfiIALL RUSSIAN STEAMER STRUCK BY A MINE Fifty-nine Persons Were Killed—Only One Aboard Escaped. Copenhagen. via London, Dee. 21, 11.22 p. m.—The small Russian steam- er Skiftet has been sunk by striking e mine near Abo, Finland, according to advices received here. Fifty-nine persons were killed in the disaster. Only one person aboard the steamer was saved. 5 o e e e g T