Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 28, 1916, Page 1

NORWICH, C ONN., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28 TEUTONS NEARING Cabled Paragraphs pibhoriii, Imports and Exports in France. Paris, Dec. 27, 5:10 p. m.—Official statistics now available place the value of imports in November at 2,- 111,000,000 francs, and exports at 727,- 000,000 francs. Mexican Minister to France Recalled. \ Rumania’s Oil and Grain Center is But Thirty Miles Distant From Advancing Invaders Paris, Dec. 27, 3:15 p. m.—Juan Sanchez Azcona, Mexican minister to France and Spain, will sail for the United States on board the steamer Alfonso XIII, having been called home by his government. Going to Coronation at Budapest. London, Dec. 27, 7.25'D. m—A Vien- na despatch forwarded by way of Am- sterdam says that Emperor Charles and Empress Zita of Austria left the Austrian capital today, accompanied CAPTURED RAILROAD TOWN OF RIMNIK SARAT |af susipitee o e comonadon Russians Were Defeated on a Front of Ten and a Half Miles APPEAL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE IN CANADA In an Endeavor to Make Conscription Southwest of Rimnik, While the Invaders Captured Annscessury: Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 27.—In a letter Several Fortified Villages—Petrograd Reports That, |sent today to orsanized labor, Premier feated With Heavy Casualties—Demobilization of the |tional service which would render u Borden said that “the proposal for national service is not connected with Other Than'at Megura, the Austro-Germans Were De- | conseription, but rather the jdea was to make an appeal for voluntary na- necessary any resort to conscription. . . - . e, H declined t ive S that Greek Army is Being Carried Out in Accordance With | iiaer no - circomatances. would con- Entente Demands. The net of the Teutonic allies ap- parently is fast closing in upon Rumania’s ofl and grain center Danube. Having taken Filipechti, 30 eld Marshal miles to the southwest, von Mackensen’s troops have captured the railroad town of nik Sarat, relatively the same distance to the east, while the gnns Dobrudja army are still hammering, and with some succes, the Russo-Ru- manians at the bridgehead of Matchin, on the east bank of the Danube op- posite Braila. Prior to the fall of Rimnik the Teutonic allies defeated the Rus sians on a front of ten and a half miles southwest of the town, the Teutonic Danube army ca several fortified villages, according to the Berlin war office. Petrograd ad- mits that the Russians and R: fans have been forced to fall north of Megura, but says e Braila, on the now Rim- of the Sarat while ptured uman- back where the invaders were defeated with heavy casualties. ot 2 Since December 22, says Berlin, | NATIONAL FOOD MARKET more than 8,900 prisoners and 27 ma- chine guns have been captured in Ru- mania. A and but re: Galicia scription be carried out in Canada, as- serting: “If conscription - should prove the only effective method to preserve the existence of the state, I should con- sider it necessary and should not hesi- tate to act accordingly.” IN NEW YORK CITY. rtillery duels, sapping operations | Plans Announced by Joseph Hartigan, attacks by small patrol parties, featured Wednesday’s fighting on the front in France. There have been sporadic battles at several points along the line in Russia and from Volhynia to the Carpathians, Commissioner of Weights and Meas. ures. New York, Dec. —Plans for a great “national market” through no important results have been | Rich food products, both for con- A o e o etnt is In prog. | 2broad. would be handled here under sumption in this city and for shipment fn' the Austro-Ttallan theatre. in | 80vernmental supervision for the pur- Macedonia comparative quiet pre- [P0se Of eliminating the middleman as vail: . an economic factor, were announced The demobilization of the Greek |t0day by Joseph Hartigan, commis- = in accordance with | Greeees | sioner of weights and measures of this promises to the entente allies is be- | Cit¥. £ g - ing carried out, according to informa- | e said that in April a conference tion received at the British foreign | Will be held which he had assurances office. STAMDARDIZATION OF HISTORICAL STUDIES Recommended at Meeting of Ameri- can Historical Association. Cincinnati, Ohio, from seocndary i their knowled today by a score of professors tory from American universit colleges at a (‘onfo}uncc in connection Historical Associa- with the American tion in session here. Among the colleges a a general tendency exists to work of students in secondary schools, said Professor Arley B. Show, Lecland Stanford Jr. University, chairman of the conference. History courses, he said, must be s who adjusted to the needs of pup now find a complete and startl: of uniformity in the purs their students. Professor Show advocated = ardization of historical studies. least a uniformity in their teacl Representatives from leading uni- versinties in America formulat organization to be known as th. versity center for higher studies in Washington. According to the provisions of the idence and constitution adopted, center of study for students in and South America will be pr where access to the large res a of documentary history in the archives, oollections, museums and li- braries of the government may be avallable. Universities and collezes contribut- ing to the support of the center will organize a coumnsel, Zoverning end advisory committee. ERECTION OF GOVERNMENT PULP AND PAPER Approved by Joint Congressional mittee on Printing. ‘Washington, Dec. 27.—Erection of a government pulp and paper mill prices was approved by the join ressional committee on printing y the committee which an: paper. The government uses approximately 80,000,000 pounds of print paper a year, which is sufficient to abso; output of a 50-ton mill. The report says water powel extensive forest and mineral deposits to supply such a mill can be fou many government reservations. house committee on printing has also recommended a government mil POOR POTATO CROPS IN NORTHERN HEMISP International Institute of Agriculture So Reports. Rome, via Paris, Dec. 27, 9.05 —The International Institute o riculture reports poor potato crops in the northern hemisphere. Its prov fonal estimates are 201,000,000 United States, Canada, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Italy and Japan and —Pupils are _deficient ard his- tory text books fail of their purposs, according to expressions of opinion d uriversities of hs- and ignore stand- or at ed an e uni- North ovided ources board MILL s Lo = light saving. It sa: Com. | the capital from Queretaro today af- | L g 2 ter a conference With General Car-|taken shows that opi to in- | against sure an adequate supply a reasonable t con- today DECISION AGAINST CATHOLIC MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION |plan. The move, he said, has the en- would be attended by leading pro- ducers and shippers from every state as_well as official representatives ap- pointed by the various governors, to take up the practical details of the dorsement of Mayor Mitchel, and the Supreme Court of New York State|meeting is to be held under city au- Di isapproves Reorganization Plan. spices. “The fact that New York city repre- Buffalo. N. ¥. Dec. 27.—Justice |sents a market of 6,000,000 consumers Dudiey in supreme "court here today {ia- itself, -as well as being the chief decided aghinst the plan for the re- | Gistributing center for Furope, has organization of the Catholic Mutual | interested the producing men of the Ben: efit Association under which the | country in this plan purely as a good reserve fund of the organization was | business proposition,” the commission- join the number of men was be divided into two classes, posed of men 11904, the others of those ed after that date. reserve fund proportionate to the in the two classes had re- proposed after actuari we been divided into two parts. proposed that the organization | the middleman out of business by leg- one com- | islative means, but a plan to be oper- vho had joined prior to|ated purely on business lines.” er said. “It is is.no attempt to put SPENT TWO NIGHTS IN A MEXICAN JAIL ported that the organization was not|H- D. Harwcod Represented Himself on a sustaining basis. It was plan-| as a Special Envoy From President ned that the rates in the sezond ci Wilson. should be revised on a scientl basis. The old members would pay| I Paso, 27— After the same rates as long as the reserve fund proved adequate to meet the|H. D. H If it failed, extra assessments The old men ob- Jected to this plan and secured a tem- porar claims. mig] ht be imposed. injunction which was today continued. Justice Dudley did not discuss the llghl of the organization to form two s of membership, but held that serve fund must not he divided. will be appealed, attorneys for the M. B. A. announced. The re-cls fication was to have gone into e on January 1. GENERAL OBREGON HAD CONFERENCE WITH CARRANZA | EY Committee Which Has Investigated | 3 se, which affects members of the organization all over the country, spending two nights in a Mexican Jai, arwood of Tucson, Ariz., who represented himself to General Jose Murguia, commadner of Juarez, as a special envoy from President Wilson, s released tonight through the me- diation of the American authorities. Harwood told General Murguia he was bringing an ultimatum of war on Mexico within four days unless Car- ranza signed the Atlantic City proto- col immediately. Harwood was fined $20 by the Mexican authorities before his release. DAYLIGHT SAVING PLAN PRONOUNCED A SUCCESS Its Conduct in England. Later Denied That He Would Take o Command of Troops in the North M exico City, Lendon, Dec. , 4 a. m.—The Times today prints a forecast of the report Dec. 27—General Ob- | L the committee which has investi- regon, minister of war, returned to|Zated the results of last year's day- the evidence on overwhelm- ranza last night. General Obregon |!DN8lY favors making the plan general denied that he would fake commang |in 1917. There is almost a consensus of the troops In the north operating |2Mong the interests which had the his ¢; DO: ion as minister of war. la or that he would vacats | most difficulties because of the setting of the clock ahead that they vanished No information has been-given out |iR Practice and that those that re- the war department regarding the |Mained were far outweighed by the nually | situation at San Luis B ¢ |adivantages obtained. The Times draws specifications for government | roon: S0 slion i Tor Tdavilght rb the r and und on The 1. HERE D. m. ¢ Ag- |avenue. It left the tracks, crossed quin alsd England, Ireland and Scotland, where the crops are the lowest on record. The figures for Germany and|® ‘rolley car while intoxicated. Austria are not avaflable. TRAINS IN COLLISION ON CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY 8ix Passengers Were Killed and Sev- eral Others Injured. Smith’s Falls, Ont Dec. 2 passengers were Killed and several | President Hadley of Yale. east- | yention lasts three days. others were injured when the Yale. tal the last communication of the Ameri- — can commissioners to the internationa) | STATE BOARD OF HEALTH it is virtually certain the daylight No indication has reached the capi- | Saving plan will be renewed in 1917, as to what, if any, answer has|but that it is likely begin some been made by General Carranza to |time in April instead of*May 21. conference. BRI Motorman is Charged With Operating Hartford, Conn., De: Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. DGEPORT TROLLEY CAR LEFT THE TRACKS Car While Intoxicated. WANTS NEW SANITARY CODE Dr. Black Says State Has Outgrown Its Present Health System. 27.—The state board of health, at a special meeting tonight, voted to recommend to Gov- 27.—A trol- | ernor Holcomb a new sanitary code. ley car containing seven presons com- | The report, which was prepared by ing down East Main street shortly Dr. J. T. Black, says that the state before midnight tonight at a speed of | has outzrown its present health sys- nearly 40 miles an hour failed to suow | tem. The proposed new code will pro. | dow! In for the curve into Stratford |vide for new standards for health offi- cers, the appointment of an epidemio- the street, mounted the curye, crossed [logist and sanitary engineers. Local sidewalk, smashed through a |town officers would also be empowered fence, plowed across a shallow lawn | to nominate local health officers. R rir il Counb e Tt and finally came to a stop in the ruins|_ If the recommendations are passed B g o |of the piazza of a dwelling. Four of |by the general assembly, the Appro- those aboard were injured, none seri- | priations will have to be increased the ously y. George Wright, the motorman, materially. It is estimated that-while was_ arrested, charged with operating |the per capita tax for health pur- Society of Ameris commenced its annual today. The one hundred delegates | Rev. Lot E. Doty Shot by a Patrol- listened to various technical X and visited the experiment station at < Tonight they attended a ban-| St. Louis, Dec. 27.—The Rev. Lot Convention of Bacteriologists. quet at a hotel and were welcomed by bound Toronto-Montreal Canadian Pacific Railway express crashed into the westbound Cornwall local at 6 o'~ clock tonight near St. Polycarpe tion, according to reports at ional headquarters here tonight. ® Movements of Steamships. New. York, Dec. 27—Sailed: ers Carpathia, London; Caserta, Junc- | Baker has gone to Cleveland to close Baker Not to Leave Cabinet. papers man poses now is two cents, it will be increased to four and one-half cents. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 27.—The|BAPTIST MINISTER WAS Bacteriologists 4 MISTAKEN FOR BURGLAR convention here in St. Louis. E. Doty, a Baptist minister, is in a The con- | serious condition today from a gun- shot wound inflicted’ by a patrolman who last night mistook the clergyman for a robber when he was making a Washington, Dee. 27.—Secretary | purchase in a store. The patrolman said Dr. Doty had divis- | up his personal affairs there and sell| been pointed out to him as a robber house. Rumors %that he would |and that he shot when the minister his were thereby disposed of. leave the cabinet, it was said today, | refused to comply with his command Officials | to hold up his hands. Dr. Doty was closely associated with the secretary | putting some change into his pocket Gen- | said today they ‘were ‘ potmve he|and the patrolman said he bel!eved_‘ he was drawing s,rsvplm. 2 - Carranza’s Reply |Discussion May mens. SPECIAL MESSENGER IS BEARING COMMUNICATION IS THE HOPE EXPRESSED BY PRESIDENT WILSON ON PRESENT PROTOCOL Luis Cabrera, Mexican Delegate, Germany Her Terms on First Day of Con- is Ready to Make Known .Accompanying Messenger to Wash- ers. ington to Personally Explain Gen-| ference, Should One Materialize— Rumors Persist That Some Confi- eral Carranza’s Position—Delay May be Overlooked. — B mother. Dr. Sarah Jenness, ‘Washington, Dec. 27.—Carranza’s| Washington, Dec. 27.—In spite of the |cently a practicing physician in attitude toward the Atlantic City pro- | wide gulf between the insistence of Boston, was burned to death in her Condensed Telegrams The price of monkeys has gone up due to demand for pathlogical speci- The Russian language is to be taught in the schools of Scotland in prepara- tion for world trade. of Fear of a bread famine increased in Buenos Aires when there were addi- tions to the ranks of the striking bak- Howard McCleary 16 years old, of Baltimore, killed Leroy Jacobs, a dential Word Will Follow Note. boarder, when the man attacked his 80, until re- tocol, which will determine whether |the central powers for an immediate |home at Wolfboro, N. H. negotiations between the United | peace conference and the forecast of The proposed merger of the Shaw- mut and Merchants’ has been abandoned. BUT GULF IS WIDE/|, Thomas F. Kelly of Galena, Iil, paid for a shirt that he got on credit forty years ago from a merchanat in Virginia. Boston Growth of Our National Banks RESOURCES 000,000 IN PAST TWO YEARS INCREASED $4,000,- TOTAL $15,520,000,000 Greatest Percentage of Increase is in the Western States, Where the Fed- States and the Mexican de facto gov- | & unanimous refusal by the entente| The Consolidated Stock Exchange of ernment are to be continued by the |gllies to enter such a conference with- | New York has planned a parade for to commemorate the lined to Secretary Lane tomorrow by [ vance, the American government be- |ending of a prosperous year. existing joint commission will be out- [ Sut knowing Germany’s terms in ad- | next Saturday Luis Cabrera, one of the Mexican |lieves that the negotiations in progress had reached officials tonight. o Tane, who is chatrman of | Wil continué to hope that any discus- the commission, was notified early to- night that a special messenger bear- ing a communication from the Mexi- can commissioners, presumably Gen- eral Carranza’s reply to the American demand that he approve or reject the protocol, had left New York for Wash- ;ngu:a. ?V‘l::nhthe secrle}:ary retired Statement by Von Bernstorff. or the night, however, the messeng-| T er had not arrived and word had come Titogard theinote of myusovcEnmony, meantime that Mr. Cabrera himself would reach the capital tomorrow morning to explain personally General| (jong of Europe.” Cranza sl Hong It was made clear at the embassy |Senate. Delay May be Overlooked. that Germany stands ready to make the end of the war. tonight from New York, authorized 2 . The Associated Press to make the fol- | Elsie Jani destroyed the commissioners. No definite informa- | are resulting in good. It was said| More than 700,000 pounds of wool of tion to indicate what that attitude is|with authority tonight that until the |the fall clip has been shipped from San door to peace actually is closed by one | Angela, Texas to Boston. The average Special Messenger Bears Message. side or the other, President Wilson | Price was 26 cents per pound. sion of the subject will tend to hasten| Dr. Haven Emerson, Health Com- missioner, sent a notification to the Count von Bernstorff, the German |Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. that cars ambassador, returning unexpectedly | were not heated according to law. led the North Tarry- lowing statement: town firemen to fight the fire which six-family _apartment house of John Kosello in Elm Street. as constituting an acceptance of ev- Secretary Daniels has made many erything suggested by President Wil- | promotions in the navy. He will lay son in his note to the belligerent na- [the list before President Wilson and ater the nominations will go to the Although the United States had set|known her terms on the first day of | District Attorney Swann asked for last midnight as the time by which a |any gonference that may be held, and |dsimissal of th e indictment against reply from General Carrana woulzd be | cficials expressed themselves as being | Robert C. Wood, former public service expected, it was indicated tonight that | sreatly surprised at the view prevail- | commissioner indicted on a charge of if the protocol is approved the delay |ing in some quarters here that the |bribery. may be overlooked, since the chief [ Berlin government had failed to meet purpose here has bee nto secure a sat- | the president’s suggestions by not set- Mrs. Blanche Pritchard of Brook- isfactory adjustment. under way to wind up the commiss- [son had no intention of drawing a |of mercury. affairs.and adjourn sine die. public_declaration concerning terms Just what the next step would be|from the central powers. On the con- Representati Pershings expedition would be interp- | now at war such an avowal of their |early next year. reted here as a reinforcement of Gen.|respective views as to the terms upon drawn unconditionally. No Change in Policy. her enemies. - b dam, New York. It is reiterated that there ‘been German Policy Outlined. ‘no change #h the administratf¥8’s pol- does not purpose withdrawal of the | low: ent that the step will not endanger | suggested by it first should be com- American territory. NANTUCKET FISHERMAN of the New York officials would not discuss. A rejec- | trary, they think the president’s sug- |City Boy Scouts of America 2 tion of the protocol, which provides|gestion “that an early occasion be|President Wilson to address a patri- for conditional withdrawal of Gen.|sought to call out from all the nations |otic rally of 8,000 scouts to be held ting down in the reply the terms upon |lyn, owes her life to Patrolman Koel- If the protocol is rejected Secretary | which it is willing to make peace. The | ber, who forced her to drink a bottle Lane will proceed with plans already | German diplomats say President Wil- | of milk after she had taken bichloride invited Carranza’s demand of last summer|which th ewar might be concluded” Gen. Edward A. Merritt, consul-geq— that the American troops be with-|has been fully met by Germany in |eral in London under President Grant's seeking an immediate conference with |administration, and former surveyor of the Port of New York, died at Pots- , The German policy, upon which the| Gov. Whitman plans to force the icy, which contemplates ntenance | reply to President Wilson's communi- |election of George A. Glynn, of Onon- of an efficient force at the border and | cation is based, was outlined as fol- |daga, or August F. Allen-of Chautau- qua as paid Chairman of the Repub- Pershing expedition until it is appar- | “Germany feels that the conference |lican State Committee. posed of delegates from the belligerent | The State Department received a e countries whose duty it would be to|Lloyds report statilg that the Swedish settle territorial terms. Once these|steamer Skiftet has been mined off the terms are agreed upon, representatives | coast of Finland. All of the crew and GET ABANDONED SCHOONER |of the neutrals should be called in to |60 passengers were drowned. participate in consideration of the Brought Ship Into Port in an Appart- | questions of guarantees for the future,| The Standard Oi Co. of Kentucky an- ly Seaworthy Condition. Nantucket, Mass.,, Dec. 27.—The |tees in the German view necessarily | with the company for more fisher folk at Great Point gained a |would have to do with the freedom of | months ad who receive less than $3,000 rich prize today when they brought |the seas, limited disarmment, forma- |a year. into port here, apparently seaworthy, |tion of a world league of nations to by her cre The men of the Drury | tion. went out to her in the small steamer | of their own in terms such as those |commodities. Petrel, however, found her riding the | relating to territor; seas easily. With the price of tonnage : ; unusually high, their salvage rewara| _Something Confidential Coming. er Drury was bound from New York |UpPon the subject, the view still per-|g1,000 bail on for St. John, N. B. Ravola, the latter of British registry, | Pe followéd by some highly confiden- | plainant. Which were thrown on te rip at Great | tial oral or written communication to e oo piees: broad tentative terms might be stated. | market for 3, CENTRAL POWERS’ REPLY result of his recent visit to the United | $50,000,000. IS SAID TO(BE EVASIVE | 5310t G ‘thoroughly. familiar with the | By the Editorial Writers in Rome—| |, 01, with Alfred Zimmerman, the many respects Rome, via Paris, Dec. 27. 10.20 p. m. | him. .The answer of the central powers to - President Wilson's peace proposal is declared by the editorial writers to OBITUARY be evasive, and especially as regards the president’s chief request that the Lelligerents state their terms of peace. announced. Levi Henry Elwell. may lead to some satisfactory form of ncgotiations. All of them, however, are agreed that the entente allies can only conclude peace on terms which will preclude the possibility of future wars. faculty for 39 years. He was 62 years | enforce peace. old. gl 2l diocese in 1876. He became chancel- | York. Captain Plater of the American|lor Of the diocese a year later. Since Steamer Sacramento. ity. He was appointed a monsig- ese steamer Havre, Dec. 27, 4.55 a. m.—Captain | the 5% e o - Plater of the American steamer Sa- cramento, who arrived here from Buenos Aires with a carso of wheat, William W. Wheeler. reports that he was stopped in the| Meriden, Conn, Dec. 27.—William English_channel by a German subma- | W. Wheeler, who conducted a com- rine. The commander of the subma- | mercial photography plant in this city way in. papers and after examining them |pleuro pneumonia. He was 64 years said: “You are carrying wheat, which |old and leaves a widow. He was an we consider contraband of war, to|author of many books dealing in France. It is lucky for you that your | economic questions and was one of have torpedoed you with zreat pleas- |state during the populist party’s_ex- | Raniway. ure. You can proceed. Good luck to |istence. He was a native of East 3 you.” Haddam. & Frank Demont Roberson. New York, Dec. 27.—Frank Demont TUBERCULAR PACKAGES iews of President Wilson, had taken| Naval training 1888 he had been rector of St. Louis’ Customs offici church, the oldest Catholic church in |suspicious when they boarded the Port- the tree-masted schooner Roger Bru- |enforce peace and the establishment| New Haven chamber 1 ry, which was abandoned yesterday |of an international court of arbitra- |has adopted a resolution calling upon 3 the National Chamber of Commerce to had reported that their vessel wasin a| Germany is said to consider that |petition congress for a federal inquiry sinking .condition. Te fishedmen who | neutral nations can have no interest |into the high cost of food and, other in which neutrals are as vitally con- |nonuced a bonus of one-half a month’s cerned as belligerents. These guaran- |salary to all employes who have been than 6 of commerce charge of Point, in vesterday’s gale, probably |President Wilson, in which at least| The lItalian government - In this connection officials noted with |shrapnel. The shells are to be com- interest Berlin press despatches saying | plete, except for loading. that Ambassador Gerard, who as a |will invove between Faro The American Locono ANALYSiS OF CRIME CONDITIONS IN CHICAGO campss Lk to the May Lead to Some Negotiations. German foreign minister, and probably | Camp, are to be established next sum- e discussed the peace situation with [mer at Newport, Alfred Kammerer who said he was 4 was the manager of the Blossom Inn, is expected to prove large. The Rog-| While there were no official advices | Rockaway Read, Queens, was held in forging sisted in German quarters tonight that |checks. Morris Shoenthal, a silk mer- The schooners Daniel McLoud and|the note of the central powers might |chant of No. 640 Broadway, was om- s in the 75-millimetre The order $40,000,000 and similar in Plattsburgh Chicago, San Francisco and probably at Pensa. cola, so Secretary of the Navy Da.niels found Norfolk, Samuel T. Dutton, recently active in Ambherst, Mass., Dec. 27.—Levi Hen- | Armenian and Syrian relief warkyilS; S ry Elwell, professor of Greek at Am- |sued a statement protesting agains| Some Ofihe hewspapers express the |herst Coliege and regarded as an au. |the proposal that the United States Shouldimot. be sllsmed Ito base: as'ir|tnotlty in philologyl @iedltoday:! ‘He|States stiould emterca enlition’of Tor- 2 had been a member of the Amherst|eign powers and establish a league to Calvin Derrick, supporter and aide Rt. Rev. Monsignor Paul Hoelscher. |of Thomas Mott Osborne, resigned as Buffalo, Y., Dec. 27.—The Right |Assistant Warden and Confidential Rev. Monsignor Paul Hoelscher died |Clerk at Sing Sing prison. It here late today. He was born in 1851 |timated that Mr. Derrick will take up WISHED “GOOD LUCK” in Westphalia, Germany, was ordained |the work of re-organizing the Depart- BY SUBMARINE COMMANDER | in Innsbruck, ‘and came to the Buffalo |ment of Correction of the City of New was in- nothing at Newport nor of the pope’s household with epis- | News and accordingly issued her pap- copal rank about fifteen years ago. er. Reports had been that the vessel, originally German but seized by Port- ugual, was acting strangely on her : e Co. inad- rine ordered him on board with his|for many years, died this evening of |aition to the 150 engines for France reported a few days ago, has closed contracts for three Pacifics, four Mi- kado and two switching engines for ship is American, otherwise we should | the foremost free silver men In the | o T St Bort Bridee. & Tormson CONTAINING CIGAR BOMBS | Roberson, lecturer and explorer, died | Four Causes are Liquor, Lust, Gamb- e 05 last night at Denver, it became known Postmasters Are Warned to be on the | here tonight. For the last ten months Lookout for Them. The Nations at War. Los Angelgs, Callf, Dec. 27.—A |y Roberson was born in New |just completed the globe four times and had made 33 visits to Europe. In 1800 he made an extemsive tour of Africa. His death was due to a relapse after an apparently successful operation for ages containing cigar bombs” was sent tonight to postmasters through- out the United States by local postal authorities who say they have learned that 25 of the explosive cigars were THhe local postal authorities began Wi B company. their investigation of the sending of Tug Lost With All Aboard. by Thomas warning to watch for “tubular pack- | LorK in 1871. He had been around |jprige, secretary of the state board of ling and Bad Company. he had been lecturing in Canada on| gpringfield, Ilis, Dec. alysis of crime conditions in Chicago Kil- ‘pardons, shows there is a holdup ev- ery six hours, a murder every second day, two suicides a day and an arrest every 7 1-2 minutes. diciti: The four causes of crime, he said, mailed December 22 at Goffs, Calif, | 2Ppendicitis. are liquor, lust, gambling and bad cigar bombs through the mails after | Panama, Dec. 27.—The canal tug |President Wilson 60 Years Old Today. 27.—President .was seriously injAred when one he | York, sank off the Colon breakwater | Wilson will celebrate his 60th birth- Congratulations began John D. Bennett of Brawley, Calif, | Reliance, formerly the Scully of New | Washington, in a heavy sea today. The tug’s mas- | day tomorrow. ter, Peter Evans of San Francisco, gvlflx today Dec. at the Whil kK te House. eral Reserve System Has Been in Operation—Federal Reserve to be Located in Springfield. Bank ‘Washington, Dec. 27.—Resources of the national of Japan combined. Increase 18 Per Cent a Year. In a statement based upon returns from the last bank call, the comptroller calls attention to the fact that the increase has been at the rate of approximately eighteen (Continued on Page Ten) Albany, the Paleontological banks of the United States, Comptroller Williams nounced tonight, METHODS FOR CHEAPENING an- .ve increased more than $4,000,000,000 during the past two years and now aggregate $15,520,000,- 000, exceeding by about $1,000,000, 000 the total resources of the Bank of England, the Bank of France and the Bank of Russia, The German Reichs- bank, the Bank of Italy, the Bank of Spain, the Bank of The Netherlands, the Bank of Denmark, The Swiss Na- tional Bank and the Imperial Bank November 17, per SUPPLY OF PETROLEUM Albany, N. Y. N. Is Being Discucsed by Geologists at Y., Dec. 27.—Methods of developing and cheapening for com- mercial purposes the supply of petro- leum in this country and Canada will be among the principal subjects dis- cussed at the annual meetings of the Geological society of Amerrica and Association of American State Geologists, the first of which were held today. Scientists from all parts of the country, including 36 state geologists, are here for the ses- sions. During the meetings favorable action probably will be taken on the recom- mendation of the National Academy of Sciences to President Wilson Celegates be appointed to a national résearch council. council, parts in all the known acti: that The object of the it was explained today by Dr. John M. Clarke, geologist of New York state and president of the Geo jogical society, is i the scientific force§' of the ebuni efficiency, so that the scientists in the United States can better pla; lor their ities of science and more fully develop the country’s national resources.” The state museum in the education building will be formally opened to the public on odore Roos iday night. cipal address. Colonel The- elt will deliver the prin- His topic will be Pro- ductive Scientific Scholarship. YEAR'S IMPORTS OF GOLD AMOUNT TO $639,300,000. Includes Latest $12,600,000 Consigned to J. P, Morgan & Co. from Canada. New York, Dec. 27.—With only three business days of the year remaining after today, $639,300,000 has been gold to the amount of imported into the United States from all sources dur- ing 1916. L ‘his includes fresh con- signments of $12,600,000 from Canada deposited at the Philadelphia mint to the account of J. P. Morgan & Co. TO SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS ON GOLF COURSE Wealthy Canadians of New York and Philadelphia Ha: New York, Dec. 27.—One of Elaborate Plans. the finest golf courses in the country, with initial expenditures amounting to more than a million dollars, is to be laid out on 1,400 acres of ground near Somer- ville, J., for the benefit of wealthy Canadians residing in New York and Philadelphia. ganize a golf club, GRESHAM STILL SEARCHWNG FOR STEAMER MARYLAND The Canadians will or- it was stated, and many of them plan to establish homes on the property. Which Reported Christmas Night That She Was Sinking. Nantucket, Mass., Dec. 27.The steam- er Maryland which reported Christmas night that she was sinking, had not been found at a late hour tonight, ac- cording to a message received from the coast guard cutter Gresham. message said that the Gresham was still engaged in a search for the ves- sel. It was believed that if any of the Maryland’s boats had succeeded in getting away from the steamer, they would have drifted westward in the path of trans-Atlantic steamers. PHILADELPHIA GIRL SHOT DEAD IN BUFFALO Was to Have Been Married There on Saturday Night. Dec. 27.—Celia Schnitzer, 22 years old, was shot dead today by a man believed by the po- lice to be Maurice Gold, 45 years old, of Philadelphia, who afterwards com- mitted suicide by shooting himseif. Miss Schnitzer came here four weeks ago from Philadelphia and was have been mdrried on Saturday night - Buffalo, to a Buffalo man. N. 33 e CROSS-EXAMINATION OF LIEUT. VON BRICKEN German Consulate Attache on Trial With Consul General Franz Bopp. The to San Francisco, Calif., Dec. 27.—Cross examination of Lieutenant G. W. von Bricken, German consulate attache on trial with Consul General Franz Bopp and five others for conspiracy to dy- namite entente munitions shipments in 1915, brought out today that von Bricken received but $150 a month from the consulate, although Louis J. Smith, whom the defense claims was von Bricken's -nbmfllnu.e. ‘from 250 to $300. T received