Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 27, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVIIL—NO. 311 POPULATION 28,219 ~ NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, 'DECEMBER 27, 1916 TEN PAGES—70 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is” the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. “NEW GERMAN NOTE | ° STEP TOWARD PEACES = [ ) Considered a Prelude to a Series of Carefully Consid- ered Moves in Great Game of Diplomacy - NO _DIVULGENGE MADE OF PEACE TERMS Favorable to an Immediate Meeting of Delegates of Bellig- erent Nations to Exchange Peace Views—Note is Viewed at Entente Ally Embassies as a Document for Circulation in Germany and Neutral Countries With the Object of _ Placing Responsibility for Continuance of the War on the . Entente Rather Than as Answer to President Wilson's - Communication—Official Copy Had Not Been Received by President Wilson Last Night. —— h ,Dec. 26. — Germany's to t ‘Wilson’s note is re- led here as” having advanced the peace movement another step despite the fact that it disappoints in not “Mnt his m‘ga-aon‘tot an avowal terms. The veception Germany’s reply re- ceives among the entente es, whose statesmen have publicly de- clared against such a program, now becomes the point upon which a fur- ther move is hinged. The German note probably is the prelude te a se- ries of carefully considered delicate moves in the great game of world di- plomacy, all possibly leading to an ap- peal for e real discussion of peace terms on grounds which all the bel- ligerents may feel can place them at no_disadvantage. This is the official view of Ger- many’s reply so far as it has been formulated on the basis of the unoffi- cial text. The official copy had not been received tonight and President ‘Wilson was keeping his mind open. Neutral diplomatic quarters, too, re- garded the note as a step toward peace and rather leaned to the view that Germany might follow it with a confidential communication. of some sort outlining her terms. The view of the entente ally em- bassies, frankly expresséd, was that the note was not an answer to Presi- A4ent Wilson’s communication but ra- tier a document for circulation in Germany and in neutral countries with Jthe object of molding opinion to place “hie responsibility for continuing the war on the entente. Among the Germanic diplomats the one of sur- ¢ view expressed was E’e!])t of the entente many's original peace propc cember 12. It was everywhere agreed principal sticking point v of a definite statement of rte as President Wilson asked that the 1z ms such and such the 18s Lloyd George declared the allies would require if they were not to put their “heads in a noose with the rope ends in the hands of the Germans.” It is not beyond the realm of. diplomacy, however, to find a way to bridge that difficulty and Germany's failure is not regarded as a block to the negotia- tions although it makes them exceed- ingly difficult. Germany’s declaration that she re- gards the work of securing the world against future wars as a work to be taken up after the present conflict is ended was regarded with a diversity of opinion. Officials who turned back and com- pared the statement with the phrases of President Wilson's note did not find the two out of harmony, nor in disagreement with the president’s pub- lic utterances on a world league to preserve peace; yet there was an in- definable opinion abroad in official quarters that the ending of the war and the safeguarding of peace of the future were a Jjoint problem so in- separable that one depended the other. Those taking this view Tefer- red to Lloyd George’s declaration that the allies would consider it possible to enter a conference only if Germany would first openly offer ‘reparation, restitation and guarantees™ The German reply is regarded' as only failing to do this, but its sag- gestion that the work be left for the Cuture, it is feared, may raise a diffi- cult obstacle for the allied statesmen to surmount with their own people to whom an_ absolutely durable peace has been held out as one of the main justifications of the war. It also has been sheafed by t=> allied statesmen with the terms which would end the confl Despatches today from Petr outlining the official view ther shadowing that the allies wor discuss peace terms until they stood in military posses y they claim attracted much attention. TROLLEY CAR JUMPED @ TRACKS !N WATERBURY Crashed Into a Three-story Building— No One Seriously Injured. Waterbury, Dec. 26—A double truck trolley car ran away on Con- gress avenue, a steep hill in the Brook- lyn section of Waterbury ti after- noon and after a wild dash for al- most a quarter of a mile, jumped the tracks, crossed Bank street anc crash- ed against a three-story brick build- ing on Bank street, owned by John Yoksza. There were three passen- gers on the car, two women, one of whom had an infant child, but nei- ther was seriously hurt, although all were badly shaken up. The crew of the car had just changed poles at a switch point, when the car started to roll down hill. They jumped aboard nd stuck to their posts, escaping without injury. It is understood the absence of ‘air” caused the car to start. Several big plate glass win- dows were broken before the runaway car came to a stop on the sidewalk and shoppers in the stores.were al- most in a panic when the glass start- ed to fly about their heads. The run- away car narrowly escaped colliding with Fire Chief Heitman’s outomo- biie. The chief was on his way to a fire a few feet away from where the runaway trolley stopped. SAN LUIS POTOSI IN POSSESSION OF VILLA. Tampico is Believed to Be Objective of Bandit Chieftain. El Paso, Tex., Dec. A report was issued late today Yy sources known to be close to Francisco Villa and by government agents saying that Villa's forces captured San Luis Potosi yesterday, Many foreigners who left Torreon before ~Villa _attacked that town recently went to San Luis Potosi. No detalls are available. San Luis Potosi is southeast of Tor- reon, on the National railroad line, be- tween -Augascalientes and Tampico. Tampico is believed to be Villa's ob- jective, in order to obtain a ort through which he can import supplles: Villa. was reported to be between Tor- reon and Chihuahua, preparing to at- tack Chihuahua soon. \ In anticipation of this attack, Gen- eral Francisco Murguia was_reported 1o have ordered Ceneral Franciseo Gonzales, former commander in Juarez, to proceed south at once to reinforce the Chihuahua garrison. 2 SNOWFALL OF 17 INCHES AT BISMARCK, NI D. Broke Record Fall for 24 Hours Made Twenty Years Ago. Bismarck, N. D. Dec. 26.—A bliz- zard with a snowfall of 17 inches in 24 hours today broke the record of the all ulhl{ithe'gmt blizzard 20 years 1“: ovember. In t:x:‘ ‘wake of d ve. FEW INDEPENDENTS WILL DETERMINE SPEAKERSHIP Neither Democrats Nor Republicans Have Majority in the House. Washington, Dec. 26—Revised fig- ures on the returns from the last elec- tion show defintely that neither dem- ocrats nor republicans will have a majority of the next house, necessary to elect a speaker, and that a hand- ful of independents will determine which side will control the organiza- tion. Conceding seats to candidates in possession of certificates of _election, because they are certain to participate in the organization of the house, the personnel now stands: Republicans 214, democrats 213; in- dependents 2; progressives. 2; prohi- bitionist 1; socialist 1; contested 2. A majority is 218, hence should either democrats or republicans win both of the contests they would be still short of amajority. All of the independents are main- taining a strict silence regarding their attitude on the speakership, but the democratic and republican leaders are agreed on how most of them will vote, provided caucuses are held and soli- darity maintained by the two old par- ties. TWENTY LEPERS ESCAPED DURING THEIR TRANSFER From San Lazaro Hospital to Mariel, on the Island of Cuba. Havana, Cuba, Dec. 26.—After first refusing to leave, the San Lazaro hos- pital for lepers, 174 inmates today agreed to leave for Mariel, on receiv- Ing the promise of health officials to remove them thence o a new hospi- tal now under construction, as soon as it is finished. It is reported that more than twen- 4y of the lepers escaped from San Lazaro through a rear exit. Many of the mwept as they entered the ambu- lance to be transferred to Mariel. For a time the situation appeared critical, as it was rumored the lepers had weapons and threatened to resist forcible removal. — The hospital of- ficers were unwilling to use force. [NEW BRITAIN FIREMAN OVERCOME BY SMOKE Two Alarms Sounded For a $10,000 Fire There Yesterday. New Britain, Dec. 26.—Two alarms were sounded for a fire in a four story brick apartment house at the corner of Hart and Arch streets shortly after one o'clock today. The damage was about $10,000. Horace Mercure, a su- pernumerary policeman carried to safety the proprietor of a drug store in the building who was overcome by smoke and excitement and a woman ick in bed on one of the upper floors. ?ac fireman was overcome by smoke. An overheated furnace is for Cabled Paragraphs Swedish Peace’ Note. London, Dec. 27, 2.00 a. m.—Thelg® h says it understands Daily Tel : ¥ B identical in rt the note of the Swiss lent Wi peat been presented to ative, erent e UNNEOCESSARY DETENTION OF FREIGHT CARS INDICATED By Reports of Special ‘Agents of De- partment of Justice. Bostan, Deo 96.—A w! ‘uhnecessaty in various of the country togeth- er with an abnormal sho; e frelght equipment is indicated by re- ports of special agents of the depart- ment of justice and inspectors of the Interstate Commerce Commisgsion, Fed- eral District Attorney George W, An- derson stated today, Mr, Anderson, wheo is conducting the federal govern- mnet's inquiry into the high cost of food and other necessaries, asks the co-operation of railroads in reporting to him all unnecessary detentions of freight cars. In letters ment today to President Howard Elliott of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rallroad, President James H. Hustis of the Boston & Maine Rallroad, and Vice President Howard M. Biscoe of the Boston & Al- bany Rallroad, Mr. Anderson said: “In and about some cities (I shall not of course now state where) we find that coal cars have been kept after reaching the delivery point from two to five times the normal period requir- ed for unloading. Such facts are ex- ceedingly suspicious. The point to probable combinations in restraint of trade, particularly when we find them accompanied by greatly enhanced pric- es, out of which extraordinary profits must have accrued to some of the per- sons apparently responsible for such detention of cars. “I suggest that there be now a sys- tematic co-operation by the railroads with this department furnishing to this frequent periods perhaps daily, of cars held unloaded over 48 hours; also lists of cars unusually delayed in reaching destination by reason of the abuse of the re-consigning privilege. “If this proposition meets your ap- proval. I suggest that certain com- petent men be designed to co-operate with the agents of this department in working out all ncessary details. “With such an arrangement I think we can have speedily and effectively brought to the attention or the law of- ficers of the department all suspicious facts and we can then .send .for the persons apparently responsible for such delays 4ha detentions, glving them an opportunity to show whether their acts are or are not a part of a_combination in_illegal restraint of trade. It is out view that such co-opera- tion between the railroads and this de- partment will not only prevent many violations of the law which otherwise it might be the duty of the federal government to prosecute, but also to assist the railroads.” WAR CONFERENCE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND HER COLONIES Prime Minister of Each of the Dom- inions is to Be Invited to Attend. London, Dec. 26, 7.45 p. m.—The sec- retary of state for the colonies has sent a telegram to the dominions explain- Ing the purposes of the forthcoming imperial conference Premier Lloyd George. explains that what contemplates announced by nce of the cmpire. The prime mini: dominions is ries cahinet in order to consider il of February. SAVANNAH DIDN'T GO TO AID OF MARYLAND | Captain Was Informed Coast Cutters Had Gone to Her Assistance. Dec. Boston, today a rived tonight from Savannah. Captain Hammond said that he of- fered to go to the Maryland's assist- ance when he picked up her call for help, but was informed by the dire- less operator at the Sankaty station that the coast guard cutters Gresham her a He expressed the opinion that it would have been futile for him to attempt to reach the Maryland in time! and Acushnet were speeding to aid. to be of assistance to her. The Maryland’s position was report- .ed as 260 miles off Block Island, offi- rers of the City of Savannah said. No further signals were heard from the steamer Maryland yesterday. . OBITUARY Right Rev. Henry J. Richter. Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 26.—Right Rev. Henry J. Richter, bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Grand Rapids, died here at two o'clock this afternoon of pneumonia. Bishop Henry Joseph Richter was born in Germany April 9, 1838, and came to the United States in 1854. In 1860 he went to Rome, where for five years he studied in the American col- lege. He was consecrated a bishop, in April, 1883, and immediatelygtook up the administration of the Granl Rapids diocese. Selecting Small Jurors. Ossipee, N. H. Dec. 26.—Four of the Jurors who are to listen to the evi- dence in_the trial of Frederick L. Small, a fSrmer Boston broker, charg- ed with the murder of his wife Flor- ence Arlene Small, were selected to- day. Movements of Steamships. Copenhagen, Dec. 24, — Arrives steamer United States, Falmo: 4, er Nieu Dec; 26, vltlfidn. 8.85 ldespread and tion of freight cars of through your department at at lists The telegram the government is not an ordinary im- perial conference but a special confer- ster of each of the “invited to attend a se- of special meetings of the war urgent questions affecting the prosecution of ! the war, possible conditions on which in agreement with our allies, we could ent to its termination and problems which “would then Immediately arise.” The premiers are urged to attend at an carly date—not later than the end Guard 26.—The steamship City of' Savannah, which reported early urrying to the assistance ing steamship Maryland, ar- Official Returns Presidential Vote COUNTRY WAS 568,822, 18,638,810 BALLOTS CAST Total Popular Vote 8hows an Increat of 3,631,689 Over Previous Presiden- tial Election—Socialst Vote W; 750,000, Prohibition 275,101. New York, Dec, 26.—Complete official returng of the presidential election show that Mr. Wilson received 9,116, 298 votes and Mr. Hughes 8,547,474, a plurality of 568,822 for the president. In 1912 Wilson (democrat) received 8,826,322; Taft (republican). 3,846,399; Roosevelt (progressive), 4,124,595. The vote for Mr. Be ed against 901,873 for Debs (socialist) in 1912, and for Mr. Hanly, prohibitionist candidate, was 225,101, against 207,928 for Chafin (prohibition) in 1912 The total popular vote for the four candidates was 18,638,871, as against 15,054,322 in 1912. This is an increase of 3,593,549, accounted for by the in- creased population and the women vote in the new suffrage states. Vote by States. The following is a table showing the vote by states for Wilson and Hughes: States. . Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado - Connecticut . Delaware . Florida. Georgia Idaho Tilinois Indiana Towa . Kansas - Kentucky . Louisiana .. Maryland .... Massachusetts .. . Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri ... Montana .... Nebraska . Nevada .. New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New.. ¥ork. . North Carolina Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina . Scuth Dakota Tennessee . Virginia .... . Washington .. West Virginia ‘Wisconsin .... Wyoming . 28,316 Totals .. . 9,116,296 8,547.474 FRANZ BOPP DENIES VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY. States He Neither Forwarded Nor Di- rected Dynamiting Attempts. San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 26.—Franz Bopp, German consul, geday denied under cross examination during his trial with six associates for conspiracy to violate neutrality, that Captain Franz von Papen, former military at- | tache of the German embassy at Wash- ington, had financed or -directed the al- leged dynamiting _attempts charged against the San Francisco consulate. Von Papen was in San Francisco during 1915, Bopp said, but chiefly for recreation. It was in- that year the government alleges various dynamite plots against allied munition shipments | land Canadian railroad property were ! planned and executed. “Is it not a fact that Lieutenant G. W. von Brincken and C. C. Crowley, two other defendants in this case, planned to take service under Von i Papen because he had more money to spend on dynamiting entente munitions shipments?” District Attorney Preston asked. “Not at all. There is nothing to it, Fopp replied. “Crowley went to New | York under my directions. He had | failed to obtain the information about | Cunadian military contingents for which I had sent him east. He had a letter of introduction from me to Von Papen. It had nothing to do with dynamiting.” 15,000 SCHOOL GHILDREN STRIKE FOR VACATION Some of Them Marched Through the Streets of Scranton, Shouting, “We Want a Vacation.” Scranton, Pa., Dec. 26.—As their an- swer to the school board's decision in not granting a Christmas vacation ‘of one week, fifteen thousand school chil- dren of the 22,900 enrolled in the pub- lic schools of this city remained away from s ons today. Students from central and_technical high: schools marched through the city yelling: “We want a vacation,” and at in- termission period at both institutions the “strikers” managed to induce sev- eral hundred others to strike. The school board at 1ts regular meeting tonizght voted on the ques- tion, but the vacation plan was de- feated by a vote of 5 to 3. NO FURTHER CALLS FROM ~8TEAMER MARYLAND Which Sent Out Distress Signals Say- ing She Was Sinking. Nantucket, Mass., Dec. 26.—The ra- dio stations at Siasconsett and at New- port, R. [, listened in vain through- out the day and night for further news from the steamer Maryland which sent out distress calls late lasf night say- ing she was sinking 380 miles east of Sandy Hook. The coast guard cutters Acushnet and Gresham were on the way to the steamer’s aidfbut were not .to kg able to expected. sition given until German Arms in As_cendancy Wfl.&ON‘ PLURALITY IN ENTIRE |CONTINUE GAINS OVER RUSSIANB | New York of jewels worth $1,000. AND RUMANIANS CAPTURE 5,500 RUSSIANS British Victory Over Turks at Mag- hadaba, 90 Miles East of the Suez Canal, Was of Great Proportions— Artillelry Active on Otherd Fronts. Rumania continues the theatre of greatest activities. . In northern Wal- lachia, along the southern Moldavian border, and in Dobrudja the Teutonic ellies continue to make gains over the Russians 'and Rumanians. Thirty miles zouthwest of Braila the invaders have captured the town of Filipechti, and west of Rimnik Sarat are on the of- fensive. In this latter region during the past few days 5,500 Russians have been made prisoner. In Mesopotamia the British forces are still in quest of Kuet-el-Amara, in which sector they have made furth- er advances on the right bank of the Tigris and consolidated and extended their positions south and east of the town. Gassabs Fort, twenty miles southeast of Kut, a base from which hostile Arabs had been operating against the British, has been destroy- ed. The British victory over the Turks at Maghadaba, 90 miles east of the Suez canal, was of great proportions. In addition to making prisoner of 1,350 men of the Turkish force of about 2,000, seven guns, a large num- ber of rifles, much ammunition and large quantities of other war stores were captured. On the other fronts there have been only artillery engagements. TIME LIMIT FOR MEXICAN PROTOCOL HAS EXPIRED Indications Are That a Belated Rati fication by Carranza Would Be Ac- cepted. ‘Washington, Dec. 26.—Although Gen- eral Carranza had not replied tonight to the demand of the United States that he either ratify or repudiate the protocol drawn by the Mexican-Amer- fcan joint commission, the expiration of the time limit was not made the occasion for formally declaring the ne- gotiations at an end. While the time expired at midnight, officials were inclined to take into con- sideration - that a reply might ha been delayed and -indicated that a fa- vorable reply even though a day or more late would not be rejected inas- mueh as an adjustment of the interna- }lart‘al difficulties was the chief ob- ject. Refusal to accept the terms of the agreement, under = which American troops would be withdrawn from Chihuahua, means the closing of ne- gotiations through the joint commis- sion for adjustment of the questions at issue between the United States and the de facto government of Mexico. What efféct the new situation then bresented would have on the policy of the United States is not known, but it was said at the state department today that any further move would be made through the usual channels, and not by the commission which for more than three months attempted to effect an amicable settlement. B. & M. LEASED LINE SYSTEM WRONG IN PRINCIPLE In Opinion of Henry B. Day, Federal Trustee of the’ Stock. Boston. Dec. 26.—Testifying in the federal district court today on the question of making permanent the tem- porary receivership of the Boston and Maine stock owned by the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, e: pressed the opinion that even receivership was removed and the present rate of earnings kept up, the road would not be in a position to pay dividends for at least three years. Mr. Day testified that the trouble with the road was that its leased line sys- tem was wrong in prinéiplé. Further limitations on the inquiry were imposed by the court today. Judge Morton ruled that before going deeper into details of proposed plans of re- organization, evidence should be in- troduced tending to show that the pres- ent board of directors was improperly interested or influenced to bring about reorganization through a receivership. Minority stockholders have alleged that the directors were guilty of breach o ftrust and were in collusion with the petitioning creditors in assenting to the receivership. TWO PROBABLY FATAL ACCIDENTS IN MIDDLETOWN Elderly Man Fell Heavily and a Wom- an’s Dress Caught Fire. Middletown, Conn., Dec. 26.—Merritt 8. Brooks, of Chester, aged 84, fail- ing to notice an extra step at the doorway of a store here from which he was leaving, today, plunged head- | foremost to the sidewalk, and is at the hospital possibly dying frm‘ cra- nial and other injuries. In the Middlesex hospital also, in dying condition, is Mrs. Annie Coo- per, of Philadeiphia, whose dress caught fire last night from a gas ra- diator in the home of her sister, Mrs. Charles H. Bowers of Washington street. € GEN. JOFFRE TO BE MADE MARSHAL OF FRANCE In Recognition of H vices to Eminent Ser- Country. Paris, Dec. 26, 11.16 p. m..~The gov- ernment has decide dto raise General Joffre to the dignity of marshal of France in recognition of his eminent services to the country. decree nominating him will be submitted for the ratification of parliament as soon as_possible. The title of marshal of France has |mary fallen into disuse since the establish- ment of the ht;intihrenubll& A bill, in , regul e army des, re- tained the rank, but tpeclm‘? that the coz‘diuons ‘mde; bv;hlch it could be plementary bill. That e Condensed Telegrams | Sing 8i convicts received truck- loads of from friends. - D Mrs. Ben of Brooklyn, age 105, her ristmas dinner. Burglars robber Mrs. Eve Finan of Capt. Bartlett has given up ho e of fi.-nfi'. for the Arcflc‘::ext Tommer, Miss Ruth Orkin, a fashion artist in- 1 her ankle in a mysterous fall in New York. American sledge dogs are being used by the French army in the campaign in the Vosges. The Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology has received from a “Mr. Smith” $4,000,000. Lincoln’s statue on exhibition at the Union Theological Seminary, attragted thousands of visitors. Percy Woodland, a famous jockey, was shot down while operating with the Royal Flying Corps of Egypt. Mrs. Charies W. Ness, 77, was found dead, seated in a chair at her home in Meriden, from gas poisoning. John Rudy, who served 30 years for shooting his father, shot a woman and then killed himself at Lancaster, Pas Jack Marshall, af Manasquan, N. Y., rescued a man who attempted to imi- tate Santa Claus and got jammed in the chimney. The Erskine Hotel at Lake Hopat- cong, N. Y., one of the oldest at that resort has been burned. What started the fire is not known. Lieutenant Simpson, an American flyer with the French army, was men- tioned for gallanntry a short time be- fore he was killed in action. Twelve white mice were responsible for a fire and tenement panic in Lib- erty Street, Brooklyn. They were let loose by a joker and gnawed matches. When former President Taft was asked in Philadelphia what he thought of President Wilson's note he replied, “I see that nearly all the Chrstmas trains are late.” | The Second Chamber of Holland’s Parliament has passed a revised ar- ticle of the constitution which will raise the salaries of members from $800 to $1200 a year. The winter home of Mrs. Mabel Hunt Siater, wealithy widow of N. H. Slater of Boston, has been offered’as a Christ- | mas token to the Webster Boys’ and Girls’ Club of that city. New York “newsies” 500 of of those who peddle papers in the downtown business district were entertained at the Brace Memorial Newsboys' Home with turkey and trimmings. The Birmingham News and the Birmingham Ledger, afternoon papers, announced that subscription rates would be advanced $1 because of the increased cost of news print paper. Alfred T. Bennett, a rural mail car- rier, at Geneva, N. Y. mysteriously disappeared on Friday, and has not been heard of since. Bennett took his load of mail out Friday morning as us- ual. The steamship Kristianiafjord of the Norwegian-American line has arrived bringing two cases of suspected small- pox among the steerage passengers. The patients were taken to Swinburne Island. The cholera epidemic has greatly abated-in Japan. No new cases have been reported in Tokio since Nov. 15, and the rate of increase throughout the empire has fallen to about twenty cases daily. Louis Glayre, of Tolland Turnpike, near South Manchester, a wood deal- er, committed suicide T drink- ing poison. No reason is xnown for the act. His wife and several chil- ! dren survive. One of the most disastrous floods in the history of Colombia is reported. The Magdalena overflowed the lower valley, which is fifteen miles wide, in- undating Calamar, Maganague and many other towns. John D. Rockefeller and Mrs. Fin- iley J. Shapard played Santa Claus to telegraph operators and telephone em- ployes. To all those in the vicinity of their Westchester estates, they gave ten dollar gold pieces. Ebenezer M. Crofoot, aged 62 years, eity school truant officer, enumeration officer and school supply distributing agent, died in the Norwalk hospital today, following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Norris A. Huse, editor and half own- er of the Norfolk, Nebraska, Daily News, has been made vice president and manager of advertising of the American Press Association, with headquarters in New York city. When the steamship Tou e, of the French Line left for Bordeaux she car- ried eight more Americans who are go- ing to e to offer that nation their services as ambulance drivers with the American Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Edward D. Waters, aged 38, one of the best known caterers to public ban- quets in Western Connecticut was found deggl in the bathroom of his home at Bridgeport early yesterday | morning. Gas was the cause of death. Strain of trying to provide a living for herself and seven-y: -old son, while her husband .is on the Mexican border with the Sixty-ninth regiment, New York, caused a woman to faint in the regiment’s armory while awalting relief. Two men pushed their way through Christmas throngs near the Capitol on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, threw a brick into the plateglass win- down of a jewelry store and made off with several thousand dollars’ worth of Jewelry. Private Dixon, of the Eighth Ohio Infantry, will be called before a sum- court to answer the charge of having drafted a “round robin” for 400 members of the regiment and sent to an Akron (Ohio) newspaper but inter- MDM( en route. ‘Small pockets _for Hoes, o ha valuables; in- to linings of Tornado in South Central Arkansas NUMBER OF PERSONS KILLED PLACED AT 17 TO 70 ALL WIRES ARE DOWN Storm is Said to Have Swept a Path About Four Miles Wide and It is Re- ported That Fires Broken Out in the Wreckage. Several Have Little Rock, Ark, Dec. 26—From to 70 persons were killed in a torna- do that struck south-central Arkansas this afternoon, according to reports received here tonight. Four are known to be dead at Eng- land, 17 ‘reported killed at Keo and several are reported killed at the state convict labor farm at. Tucker. All Wires Down. All wires into®the storm area are down. The known dead the Albert L. Swarts, a farmer, and three negroes who lived near England. The Swarts’ home was carried 100 vards. Mrs. Swarts was probably fatally injured and and 18 year old daughter was hurt. The storm is said to have swept a path about four miles wide and it is reported that several fires broke out in the wreckage. Every physician in the little town of England has gone to the country to care for the injured. ! Alarm Over Situation at Convict Farm. Considerable alarm situation at the state convict farm at Tucker, where there is said to have betn a heavy death list. There are about 325 prisoners at the farm. Cap- tain R. J. Burkett, warden of the state penitentiary, tonight took rein- forcements for the guard at Tucker. The death of three persons and the injury of five others are reported from Carlisle, 28 miles east of Little Rock. The dead.are three little girls, Choice and Altalee Padgett and Fran- ces Snow. Other members of the Padgett and Snow families were re- ported injured. _Several houses were blown down in that neighborhood. Scenes of Destruction. Passengers arriving tonight on a train that passed through the storm are a_described the scenes of destruc- tion, but had no authentic information as to the number killed and injured. “We saw furniture in tree tops,” said one passenger. “Wires were blown down, trees uprooted or snapped off and the ground was covered with wreckage. There were terrific flashes of lightning and torrents of rain. “At Keo we heard a report that a negro settlement near there had been wiped out and that seventeen negroes were killed.” The storm extended to Pine BIUff, where a house was demolished and a number of barnz and outbuildings des- troved or damaged. No deaths were reported in Pine Bluff. is felt over the FEDERAL CONTROL OF ALL RAILROADS INEVITABLE Unless Rates Are Adjusted to Con- form to the Expenges. New York, Dec. 25.—Unless railroad rates are adjusted to make revenues conform proportionately to expenses, federal control of the country’s rail- - road’s is inevitable, according to the annual report of the general executive committee of the Railway Business Association, made public here tonight. “If total revenues are not made ade- quate to total expenses,” the report states, “no question will long remain as between federal and state author- ity, because sooner or later the fed- Jsral government under those condi- tions must take over the roads. In that case the states would lose all voice whatever and federal regulation, if any, would present the grotesque spectacle of one political officer su- pervisin ganother whose tenure pro- ceeds from the same source of power as his own. Whoever omits from_his prescription statutory obligation ubon the commission to permit rates ade- quate to carry the national business and develop the country leaves out the essential ingerdient without which the whole compound is valueless. “The present law,” the report points out, “declares that each rate shall be just, reasonable and non-discrimina- tory.” BATTLESHIP DELAWARE RAMMED BY NAVAL TUuG Norfolk, Va. ship Delaware was rammed and a hole three feet in diameter was stove in her stern above the water line by the naval tug Sonoma at the navy yard here late today. No one was injured. The Sonoma was working her way through a fleet of twenty or more warships when she struck the Dela- ware a fullvblow at half speed. The armor plate at the stern is not so thick as that on the sides and was pierced by the tug's sharp nose. The Snoma’s bow was badly damaged. The Delaware was scheduled to sail from here January 6, but will be de- layed two weeks as a result of the dent. The navy yard commandant ordered an inqui SNOW IN LOS ANGELES FOR SIXTH TIME IN 40 YEARS. Far Western States in the Grip of a Cold Wave. San Franciscs, Cal, Dec. 26.—Far western states were in the grip of the coldest weather of the season, and snow fell in Los Angeles for the sixth time in forty years today. In Helena, Mont., thermometers registered 29 de- grees below zero. There was more than a foot of snow in eastern Wash- ington and Montana, and transconti- nental trains were running behing schedule. Munsterburg Estate $5,000. Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 26.-—The late Professor- Hugo Munsterburg of Har- vard University left an estate of § 000 according to an appraisal filed in the probate court here today. He died without leaving a will and his wife, Mrs. Selma I. Munsterburg, has filed