Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 2, 1917, Page 1

12 PAGES—84 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS jon is the in Gonnecticut in Proportion fo the City’s Population. 'vllsonit!iééussgd‘ Lawson Ready to | Condensed Telograms |Ghyrhy Papsiopn Foreign Affairs| Tell of “Leak” Fund Being Raised ;:.na.mly every county of New Eng- oF $4,000,000 PLEDGED FOR #ROTEST- ANT EPISCOPAL CLERGYMEN VOL. LIX—NO. 2 ATION 28,2 The Rulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double INVADERS STEADILY ENVELOPING RUMANS === The Russians and Rumanians Are Being Driven |aiiomacic aseat Cabled Parag Edward Strauss L. Berlin, Jan. 1.—A Vienna ch announces - the deatn. ot Bluard Strauss, the composer of dance music. | British Representative at Saloniki. London, Jan. 1, 7.59 p. m.—It is offi- cially announced that Earl Granville, counsellor of the British embassy in Faris, has been appointed representa- tive of the British government to the The copper market has remained very quiet during the past week with the tone unsettled. President Wlison h received New Year’s greetings from many of the rulers of the world. Captain L. W. Robbins of the schooner John Bracewell was lost from his craft off Block Island. William F. Carrigan was paid $23,- HAS GONE TO WASHINGTON FOR THAT PURPOSE WITH CHAIRMAN STONE SENATE COMMITTEE REVIEW ENTENTE REPLY [STOCK MARKET WRONG IT WILL TOTAL $5,000,000 # THE ANNUAL DINNER OF Back From the Transylvania Alp ARE ALSO GIVING GROUND IN LOWER MOLDAVIA Near Fokshany and Southeast to the Danube, Petrograd Re- ports That the Russians and Rumanians Have Taken Up New Positions, Without Pressure From the Enemy—In the Verdun Sector the Germans Attempted a Surprise Attack Against French Positions, But Were Repulsed, According to Parie—Bombardments and Minor Engage- ments on the Other Fronts. ¢ Bombardments and minor patrol en-|up new positions without pressure T eaa bt 8 kel o au‘from the Teutonic allies. In Dobrud o E 21154, the invaders, twenty-three bat- the fronts, except in Rumania, talions strong, have forced the defend- where the Teutonic allies are keeping ers to give ground. up their inroads into the kingdom.| In the Verdun sector east of the The Russians and Rumanians are be- [ Chambrettes farm, the Germans at- ing steadily driven back from _the|tempted a strong surprise attack Transylvanian Alps and lower Mol-|against the French positios but were davian region, their line in the latter repulsed, according to Paris. In the district now resting halfway between region of Ypres and Loos considerabl Rimnik Sarat and Fokshany. Around |artillery activity has prevailed. X Braila, on both sides of the Danube,| On the front in Russia comparative the invaders have further driven in quict prevails, while in the Austro- the defenders o fthe territory. Near Italian theatre the usuai bombard- Fokshany and thence southeast to the ments are in progress. No _reports| Danube Petrograd reports that the | have been received from the Macedo- Russians and Rumanians have taken|nian theatre. NEW YEAR’S DAY AN EVENTFUL ONE IN ENGLAND There Was a Rush at Recruiting Sta- tions All Day Long. PRESS VERSION OF ENTENTE REPLY RECEIVED IN BERLIN. Its Tenor Has Not Been Made Known to the General Public. Berlin, Jan. 1. 1 p. m., via London, 10.10 p. m.—The press versiop of the reply of the entente powers to T- London, Jan. 1, 6 p. m.—New Year’s day was an ewsntful one in the lives of many Britishers. Thousands of mil- itary age who hgpi been granted tem- ENGLISH CLUB IN LONDON Great Britain Has Advanced 600,000,- 000 Pounds to Her Allies. - London, 3 1.25 ‘a. m.—Sir George Buchanan, British ambassador = m;":d:'bom‘h“ {he annual = er FEnglish club last nigl said in part, accerding to a Hestds despatch’ from Petrograd. “Between us and Germany a t guif is fixed, red with the bl of peaceful non-comMetants. We cannot grasp her hand again until the ar- mies of Germany have been defeated and the spirit of militarism permeat- ing the whole nation exercised. Dur- ing the past two, years Great Britsin more than once has been accused not only of wishing to secure the lon's share of the speils but of thwarting the realization of Ruswia's traditienal ambttions. Premier Trepoff's recent statement in the duma laid that bogey at_rest forever. “The British government, when first approached on the subject of Constan- tinople and the straits early in the spring of 1915, immediately expressed its whole-hearted assent. We want to see Russia largely compensated for all her services and sacrifices; we want to help ber to the prize she has so long dreamed of; we want to see her strong and prosperous and we want to consolidate for all time the alliance which this war has cemented, for upon its maintenance depends the future peace of the world. That is the cornerstone of our policy.” Sir George said that Great Britain during the war had advanced more than 660,000,000 pounds to her allies for the purchase of war materials, which otherwise they would have been unable to procure, besides the mater- ials she supplied direct. CITIZENS’ LEAGUE WON AT KITCHENER, ONT. Soldiers of the 118th Battalion Start- ed a Riot. Kitchener, Ont, Jan. 1—Following a sweeping victory at the polls of the Citizens’ League, formed when _the name of the city was changed from Berlin to Kitchener with a view of reverting to the original name, a riot was started by the men of the 118th United States Will Take No Further Formal Action in Peace Movement Until Note to Entente is Answered. ‘Washington, Jan. 1.—President Wil- son late today went to the capitol and spent an hour discussing the coun- try's_foreign affairs with Senator Stone, chairman of the foreign rela- tions committee. Their talk covered a wide range, but, it is understood that much of the time was devoted to the situation growing out of the unfav- orgbls eutents: raply 1o the peace pro posals of the central powers, which the president had been studying dur- ing the day. No Further Action for Peace. Aside from transmitting the entente ote to Germany and her allies, the United States will take no further formal action in the peace movement at least until the entente govern- ments have replied to the communi- cation ‘of President Wilson addressed to them. If the note to the Teutonic nations had been forwarded tonight the state department did not disclose the fact, although it has been official- ly stated that it would be dispatched as soon as checking for errors in cable transmission could be completed. French Answer Same cs Other Entente Cable reports from Paris announc- ing that the entente answer to Pres: dent Wilson had been prepared and would be the same in effect- as that to the belligerents did not “increase hope here for a favorable outcome of the negotiations. It is known that the German embassy believes that unless the note to President Wilsen open the door for a further advance by its gov- ernment the war will go on another year at least. To Sanction President’s Action. So far as could be learned the president during his visit today to Senator Stone sought no action from congress relating to the peace move- ment. Afterward, however , it was lcarned that administration leaders in {the senate were preparing to sound sentiment on resolutions introduced just before the holiday adjournment which would declare it to be the sense {of the senate that the action of the Tells of Men Who Did Not Have $50,000 a Year Ago Who Now Have From $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 ‘Washington, Jan. 1.—Thomas W. Lawson of Boston arrived bere today prepared, he said, to testify before any consressional or other committee in relation to any phase of the stock exchange Pusiness, o e allege “leak* orecasting President Wilson's _note to the Euro- pean belligerents, Mr. Lawson said, was but a small part of the inside working of stock exchanges which the ederal authorities-should investigate. Every Phase of Stock Market Wrong. “I think every phase of stock mar- ket manipulations should be gone into by a congressional committes or some other authorized bod; he saia. Big Fortunes Made. “The stock exchange certainly offers a fertile field for investigation. I am in the game myself and certamly will be able to give some interesting tes- timony if it is really desirea. 1 know any number of men who a vear ago did not have $50,000, but now as a re- sult of playing the market, have from $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 each. This situation alone should warrant inves- tigation.” No Immediate Plans. Upon arrival Mr. Lawson had no Immediate plans for getting in touch with congress, except that he ar- rangsd to attend the session tomorrow. Hyp said Chairman Henry of the house rules committee. who telegraphed him to “put up or shut up” regarding the reported “leak” would know where to find him. NO LIGHTS IN SMALL COTTAGE THE NIGHT OF THE‘MURDER Two Campers So Testify at Trial of Frederick L. Small. Ossipee, N. H., Jan. 1.—There were no lights in the Small coitage on the night Mrs. Small was fhurdered and the house burned down, according to the testimony of twe campers at the trial today of Frederick L. Small, charged with the murder of his_wife. 300 for man: aging the Boston Ameri- cans last seasen, it was learned. General Baron von Bissing, gov- ernor general of Belgium who is seri- ously ill with pneumonia at Brussels. Claude L. Wheeler, editor of the New York Medical Journal since 1909, died of pneumonia at his home. in Brook- lyn. day. Dr. Joseph J. Andzulatis, aged 51, 2nd Dr. George Clary, 87, two of the city’s best know physicians, died to- Four eclipses of the sun and three of the moon, the greatest number possi- ble in a single year, 1917. An_American Orange oil will occur in industry may be established as a result of the work of the specialists. Secretary under existing revenue laws the department of agriculture that McAdoo estimated ernment’s deficit on June 30, 1918, will be $279,000,600. Final plan s for bringing home the 200 Americans interned for months In Syria and Palestine were made by the state department. The Chinese senate has rejected the nomination of Chang Kuo-kan, pointed minister of the ap- interior by Premier Tuan Chi-jui. The iron and steel industry in the creased seve of coke due Frederick marine N-1 | Washington. {marines are lawyer and writer on polical economy, died in New York after an operation for appendicitis on Pittsburgh region is suffering with in- rity on account of a lack to car shortage. W. Whitridge, railroad ‘ednesday. Dealings in bords on the New York Stock Erchange during the year which !just closed totalled a par value of $1,- 581,209,600 and set a new record. United State: coast defen: sub- was launched at Seattle, Tow other sub- under construction there. The $4,000,000 Pledged is Contingent Upon the Other Million Being Rais- ed by March 1. New York, Jan. 1.—Success in o taining pledges for $4,000,000 towa?d the $5,000,000 church pension fund be- ing raised for Protestant Episcopal clergymen and their dependent fami- lies was announced here today by Bishep Willlam Lawrencé of Massa- chusetts, chairman of the fund com- mittee. Campaign Will End March 1. “This great sum of money is largest the church has ever raised. o %0 short a time,” Bishop Lawrence sadd. “The campaign, which began March 1, 1916, will end on March 1 of this year. On that day the entire $5,- 000,000 must be in hand; otherwise we are net entitled to keep the four mil- Uons now pledged. We are confident, however, that the extra $1,000,000 wiil be raised and that this pension sys- tem will be formally establ‘shed to provide substantial life annuities for aged and disabled clergy and the wid- ows and dependent omphans of de- ceased clergy.” Based or® Actuarial Principles The plan as described in an an- nouncement by the committee is ‘based on thorough investigation and recognized actuarial principles.” It is calculated to provide a mini- mum old age pensién of $600 to cler- gymen who voluntarily retire at the age of 68, while the maximum is to be half the ‘average salary. Disability Pension to be Provided. A disability pension also is to be provided, available any age, reck- oned on the basis of forty per cent. of the average salary for five years of service preceding involuntary retire- ment, with a minimum of $600. Un- der the plan widows will receive half of the pension the husband would have been entitled to If he had lived, reckoned from the time of marriage, which must have been contracted be- fore retirement, the minimum being $390. Orphans’ benefits are to be on a flat basis of $100 annually up to the age of seven years, $200 to those be- tween seven and fourteen and $309 to those above fourteen until they reach all such benefits many’s peace proposals was received here yesterday. A definite statement of the official attitude conecerning the document cannot be given until the cial text has been received, but of- ficials intimate that the reply is just out what had been expected, taking nto consideration the preliminary “nouncements from various _statesmen in the entente countries and that Ger- majority, ending, however, when the recipient ceases to be dependent. To Begin Immediate Payments. The $5000,000 being collected now Is to enable the fund to begin imme- diate payments to clergymen who will retire ‘during the early years of lIts operation. The system is to be main- Yeorge Glover and Arthur H. Boyn. ton. of Melrose, Mass., testified today that from their camp they had seen lights_in the Small home every night up to the evening she wos slain. Their testimony was brought out by the state in its effort to prove that| Sma’l had killed his wife before he left for Boston late that afternoon. The steamships Hero and Mystrand and the three-masted bark Kornmo, all flying the Norwegian flag, have {been. sunk. The crews have been landed. Gen. Howard Carroll, who was in- {spector general of the New York Na- tional Guard in the Spanish-American porary or other arrangements for ! battalion who are on furlough and the | carrying of their business were called | ity is under martial law tonight. |the - belligerent powers represented to the colors, while others who had| A hundred men of the 122nd Mus-|“the overwhelming pubHc sentiment been doing work of national import' koka battalion, stationed at Galt, are!and .eaimest desires of the people of and whose places have bcen now LB«k—FN““)“‘i“E theh stre’em.c }Vhen it be-jthe United States. en by women or by men over the mil- | came known that the Citizens' League bl itted. itery’ age donned khaki for the first|not only had elected “Alderman David| Sen:;‘; ';mch‘::;::‘ ::::1’3:; e time. Gross but had carried the : There was a rush at the recruiting!cntire state, the soldiers of the 118th resolutions on the subject on succes- E.resxdem in addressing his note to offices and all day long columns of men, after haying complied with the formalities, were marches off to the hols to commence (raining. The new railway timetables and! fares also came futo effect. Numerous tral were cancelled, stations were closed z1/! travelers were called upon | to pay a ffty per cent: increase in fares. Except in Scotland, where there is| another w 's supply of white flour, bakers today under the new order of | things started to bake excisively whole wheat or standard bread COMMERCIAL CO-OPERATION AMONG AMERICAN REPUBLICS. many, while disappointed that the hope of the end of the blood-letting and de- struction’ has vanished, is prepared to rry on the war with increased vigor and with a united people back of her. The entente statement, it is inti- mated, will probably evoke an answer in some form, Germany laving down frcm the government's standpoint the esults of the peace overtures and ana- lyzing the guestion of responsihility for a further continuance of the war. Owing to the holiday and the sus. pension of the newspapers, the note will not be published here until to- morrow. Its tenor is not known to the general public. LEGAL CONTEST FOR g i ARIZONA GOYERNORSH1p | International High Commission | Proving Successful. X 1 Has Been Instituted by C. W. P. Hunt, | S T Democratic Claimant to the Office. Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 1—Interest in the efforts of G. W. P. Hunt, demo- cratic claimant to the office of governor of Arizona, to prevent occupancy of the office by Thomas E. Campbell, re- publiean, who was formally inducted today, centered tonight in legal steps hington, Jan. 1—The achieve- of the International high com- mission in promoting financial and commercial co-operation among the n republics are described as marking a distinct success for the movement in a report presented to President Wilson by the United States | scction of the commission, made pub- {lic tonight. It reviews in detail the | steps taken at the Buenos Aires meet- taken to follow. | ing, including the creation of a perma- An armed deputy sheriff. actinz, he|nent central council. and the adoption £aid, on the authority of Leroy Ladd,!of a program for harmonizing money Hunt's private secretary, prevented standards, classifications or merchan- Campbell ‘adherents from occupying | disc and laws governing negotiable in- the governors offices. = A susgestion|siruments A draft of a treaty soon | by Campbell men that the doors be|is to be submitted, the report adds,| broken down provoked cheers from the | embodying the principle of federaliza- crowd which witnessed the inaugura- | tion of license fees for commercial tion, but Camphel] counselled the em- | travelers as recommended by the plovment of orderly means the crowd | Buenos Aires conference. ouietly dispersed. A formal demand Is to be made upon Hunt tomorrow to surrender the ofice | and turn over all official papers, it was announced. In the event this is refused counsel for Campbell stated that Hunt then will be served with a notice of application for a writ of mandamus. Attorneys for Campell tonizght serv- »d notice on Hunt of anriication for a writ of mandamus. The mafter has been set for hearing on Thursday morning. Another development of the night was a proffer frohm friends of Governor Hunt of a surrender of the office tomorrow on condition that the Inspection of the ballots be stoppsd at GENERAL BELL ISSUED NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS To All Officers and Men of the Border Distriot. El Paso, Tex., Jan. 1.—Because there was no place in El Paso or at Fort Biiss large enough to receive the offi- cers of the border district, Brigadier | General George Bell, Jr, was forced |t~ abandon his plan for holding a New Year’s .reception today. There are more than 3,000 officers in his com- mand, and General Bell issued a New Year’s greeting to all officers and en- once and the contast proer be begun | VS men of his commend instead on the discoveries that have heen made | and at the army camps in this district 50 far in the insnection of a litt'e more | than half of the blots. = The prof- ity * fer was refected bv f'amphel’, who re- plied: “You have put yourselves be.| VoW CHANNEL LEADING INTO ST. GEORE HARBOR yond the pale of the Jaw. I will not stipulate with bandits.” Formally Opened—Day Observed as a Holiday in Bermuda. St. George, Bermuda, Jan. 1. — The new channel leading into St. George harbor was formally opened today by | EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT FUND OF A MILLION Being Formed For the Benefit of Ger- man War Orphans. |staff, the members of the iegislature, | New York, Jan. 1—The formation of ' the heads of the naval, military and a “million dollar eeducational endow- rivic departments and the members of | ment fund” wa sannounced today by the corporation of Hamilton. The day | the United States branch of the Hilf-|Was observed as a genmeral holiday sverein Deutscher Frauen, a society of | throughcut the colony. German women organized for the bene-| A ribbon which had been stretch- fit of war orphans. - ed across the channel was cut at 12.20 The society. according to the an-|o'clock this afternoon by the govern- nouncement, has made arrangements'or, who declared the channel opened to with a_life insurance company for the,the commerce of the world. A proces- purchahe of $1.000,000 endowment in-|sion of excursiop steamers an dtugs, surance to mature over a period of ten ' led by the governor on board a dredger, years. The German-American bank then passed through . the channel. will act as depository for the fund, to K Within half an hour after the 6pening which 1,000 benefactors will be a_sk-xo! the channel a Norwegian steamer =d to contribute $47.74 each for a pe- | In scarch of coal was the first vessel to riod of years to pay oromiums. navigate the channel. It is the intention of the society to — 3 distribute fRe fund to needy families Movements of Steamships. during the school vears of the father-| New York, Jan. l.—Arrived: steam- less children of Germany. thereby lers Kroonland, Liverpool; Alicante, out of state institutions thous- | Cadiz. Sailed: steamer Cedric, Liver- I~ the governer who was attend~d by his F#iously. formed 2. parade through the strests shouting, “Are we downkhearted? No.’ Some one attempted to tear away a jon Jack which one of the soldiers rying ohd the riot started. Provost Oshorre, of the Lond the e ‘@ers to disperse but without resuit snd he at once =ent a call to Galt for. a guard. The soldiers raided a newspaper of- fice and two members of the newly elected council injured. H. N. Ecwman was st ng concussion of fear: Asmussen was hit on the fore- head but was not so badly hurt. The provost marshal again order~@ the men to disperse ang declared martial law. The arrival of the hundred men from Calt put an end to the disorder. KING GEO&&E’S MESSAGE TO DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE Thanking Latter For Note Received in Behalf of Dominion of Canada. Ottawa, Ont,, Jan. 1.—The following message from King George was receiv- ed tonight by the Duke of Devonshire, the governor-general: “I thank you warmly for the mes- sage you have conveyed to me on be- half of the Dominion of Canada. It is with the fullest confidence in the ul- timate issue of this great strugsle that 1 heartily reciprocate the hopes.of the Canadian people that our victory will secure an_abiding peace to my whole empire. T am deeply sensibie of Can- adian self-sacrifice and firm resolution to crown the success of the allied arms with God’s blessing and I pray that the new year will prove the vindica- tion of our righteous cause.” AMERICANS WHO ESCAPED FROM OIL FIELDS IN RUMANIA Seventy Have Arrived at Gothenburg on Their Way Home. London, Jan. 2, 2.25 a. m.—Seventy Americans who escaped from the Ru- manian oil fields during the German invasion have arrived at Gothenburg on their way home, according to a despatch to the Morning Post from Stockholm. The engineers quit the oil flelds at the last minute, they say, and several persons were killed when the rear car of thelr train was shat- tered by the German artillery fire. EXPLOSIONS UND?R TWELVE MANHOLES IN BOSTON One Boy Killed and Several Persons Injured. Boston, Jan. 1.—Explosions occur- ring almost simultaneously in twelve manholes in the South Toston district today, caused the death of one boy and the injury of several persons, none se- Thomas A. Nugent, a news- boy, was instantly killed when a flying manhole cover struck him and nearly severed his head from his body. Thom- as Murphy, a compsnion. was blown thirty feet by the force of the ex- plosion but escaped harm. A PROMINENT FARMER i SHOT DEAD BY A WOMAN _— Said to be Because of Remarks He Had Made About Her. Quincy, Mise, Jan. 1.—E. G. Mize, member of the county board of su- and a prominent was l%ot and lled here = h. m y stories told ty officers. the trag- edy was a re of “and fo ve days, one of which was refrered to the committee on foreign reiations and the other permitted to lie on the {senate table, where it is in order to {be called up for action tomorrow. It }is understood that the president wouid like it assured that the resolution if pressed would not be rejected. Borah the Only Objector. Senator Stone tonight conferred with Senator Hitchcock regarding the resolution now on the table and urged him to ask tomorrow that it lie over for a day in order that there might be a conference of senators on both ijsides of the chamber regarding it. {When it was first proposed Senator |Borah of ldaho objected to its im- ;mediate consideration on the ground that it was too_important a matter to be dealt with hastily. Whether the Idaho senator wouid attempt to defeat its passage could not be learned to- night. Senator Stone Favorable. Senator Stone frankly stated that he was heartily in favor of adopting ithe resolution and that friends of the i president geuerally believed that an official endorsement of his action from the senate would be advisable. Sen- ator Hitchcock will confer with the | chafrman of the foreign relations com- nittee on the matter again tomorrow {morning Dbefowe the senate mests. It {will then be determined whether to press for immediate action or to per- mit another day’'s delay. The president, it was learned, dis- cussed many phases of foreign prob- lems with Senator Stone, inciuding the Mexican situation. OBITUARY. General Edward Lewis Hayes. Verona, N. J., Jan. 1.—General Ed- ward Lewis Hayves, a cousin of Presi- dent Rutherford B. Hayes, and at one time governor of Nerth Carolina, died at his home here today. He was 97 years of age late Friday. At a cele- bration in honor of the event he in- sisted_upon cutting the birthday cake himself and_seemed better than he had been for some months. That nignt, however, he suffered an attack of indigestion and grew steadily worse. General Hayes was a prominent re- publican and was a delegate to the convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for the presidency. He served throughout the Civil war, entering the service as a major in the 100th Ohio volunteers. He was promoted i to colonel of that regiment and later became a brigadier general. He took part in thirty battles. although he was a_prisoner in Libby prison for eleven months. During the recon- struction period he was governor of North Carolina for nine months. After the war General Hayes enter- ©d the commission business in New York city, but retired eight years ago because of failing health. He is sur- vivea by a daughter. TOOK A POISON CAPSULE INTENDED FOR A DOG 14 Year Old Boy Left Note Requesting Father Not to Kill Puppy. Metheun, Mass., Jan. 1.—Charles L. Ward, 14 years oid, is beiieved by his father, & poison capsule given him to admin- | ister to a pct dog. The boy was found . foeas &t iy hbus hace last fntipies | t. ear the was a “Don’t kill big puppy. T died in his T.” Ward, to have swallowed | Dr. Irving W. Hodson, a physican of Mountain View, where thc Smalls made their home. testified that Small, when asked on the night of the fire, what should be done with his wife’s body, and exclaimed: “Why, is there enouch left of the body to require a casket?” An alarm clock and a clock spring which he had discovered in the rufns were identified by the physician. He denied that he had been in consultation on the case with representatives of the insurance comwany In which the lives of Small and his wife had been joint- Iy_insured for $20,000. When the witness was asked by County Solicitor Walter D. Hill, con- cerning experiments he had made to determine the length of time a candle wiil burn, counsel for the defense ob- jected and Judwe Kivin ruled out the matter as irrelevant. FROM RUSSIA BY WAY OF BERLIN. “NEWS” P Govicy Quoted ps Saying Futurs is Dark for Russia. Berlin, Jan. 1 (By Wireless to Say- ville).—Reports of the recent memora- ble session of the Russia duma r ceived here, says the Overseas News agency, inciude a speech by a mem- ber of that body named Tshenkeli, quoting him as saying: “The parliamentary majority, form- ed in arbitrary fashion, raves against peace in order to conceal the fact that the whole Russian nation and all la borers of Russia desire nothing more ! ardently than peace. The so-called progressives intrude themselves in an effort to separate the government from the people in order to enslave the na- tion to a so-called allied power which today is even more hated than all our enemies together.” Maxim Gorky, the Russian poet, is quoted by the Overseas News agency as sayin gin a speech at the anniver- sary celebration of the Association of Russian Writers that the future now s darker for the Russian nation than er before, that her military prospects are hopeless and that Russia is facing a winter of famine, privation and mis- e "Russia sacrificed herself for her friends, and In return has been aban- éoned by them,” Gorky is quoted as declaring. “Wealthy England, which could alleviate . our misery, remains dull or offers to help at conditions which are shameful and humiliating.” The news agency adds that Gorky predicted a further increase in reac- tionary tendencies in Russia and as- serted, “since it is impossible to bring the war to a heppy ending. it would be t oterminate it in order to avoid a peace by the grace of England.” AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN APPROVAL OF SCANDINAVIAN NOTE. Foreign Minister Pleased With Sup- port Given President Wilson. London, Jan. 1, 9.35 p. m.—The Austro-Hungarian foreign minister is quoted in a despatch to Reuter's Tele- gram company from Vienna by way of Amsterdam as saying, with regard to the notes of Sweden, Denmark and orway concerning peace: “The Austro-Hungarian government is glad to state that its views in this matter asree with yours. It has puthetically accepted President Wil son’s suggestions and therefore with satisfaction sees Sweden, Denmark and Norway support President Wil- war, | New York. . Wil Civil War. Bangor, Me., branch of th ducers’ Asso Prediction restored “ve: !John D. The heads prohibition azines of na ed increases to be valued dollars, now Texas from the northern the world’'s shoes manuf: 968,100 pairs died suddenly G. C. Kimball, a photograph- er wideiy known died at Concord, N. H. He was 73 years of age and a veteron Milk producing farmers parts of Penobscot in Ireland is certain unless peace is Moore, | Friends of Irish Freedom. Brockton retained at his home in in New England, of the from all County met in and formed a county New England Milk Pro- ciation that another revolution by ry soon” was made the secretagy of of five anti-liquor oragn- izations conferred at Lexington, Ky., relative to a proposition to merge all bodies in the United States nto one national party. Owing to the increased cost of white paper and other to printing and art work several mag- materials necessary tional circulation annouc- in price of subscription. A shipment of gold and silver, said at a quarter of a million on the way to El1 Paso, Laredo, will be used in paying the de facto Mexican troops in zone. s supremacy as leading center for men’s racturing, by shipping 19,- of shoes, including army products and domestic footwear, dur- ing the year 1916. A strike of tenants azainst a $1 a month increase in rent imposed by landlords who owns nearly 200 apart- ment and tenement houses in the borough of The Bronx, was launched at a mass meeting. Marine insurance showed anot] rates yesterday her increase. Underwrit- ers quoted six to eight per cent for insuring cargoes bound to ports of the United Kingdom and ten per cent. to Mediterranean ports. 8t. John' coal shortage due in part to the small supplies _available ‘whence most of the comes, and N. F., is facing a serious in Cape Breton, Colony’s stock also to the scarcity of ships to bring the coal. Dr. Paul Nathan, America as man-Jewish in Der Tag = warns well known in the secretary of the Ger- Aid society, in an article the Germans against the view that President Wil- son is a mere puppet pulled by Brit- ish wires. Major Gen: the America border, advi: that he had tiate rumors ering party from the Un! A drast nish authort eral Funston, commanding n forces on the Mexican seq the war department been unable to substan- that a Feliz Diaz filibust- had crossed into Mexico ited States. proposal designed to fur- ty under which private manufactures or ship buflders would be compelled to give preference to navy work, has been submitted by Sec- retary Daniels to the house naval com- 1918 naval mittee for inclusion in the appropriation bill. In a signed document addressed to the nation, more and laymen representing country, have st what fifty prelates of various denominations many sections of the ted in a warning declare may be a Nl T tained through ten payments by each parish of 7 1-2 per cent of the rector salary. Pensions for ministers, ths state- ment says, is social justice and it is *“a strange anomaly that the church has lagged behind business corpora tions and governments in this matter. It is stated that unless the resery fund of $5,000,000 has been definitely pledged by March 1 no pension plan whatever will be Inaugurated. TWO MOTORMEN KILLED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION. Twenty-four Passengers Were Injured Near Jamestown, N. Y. Jamestown, N. Y, Jan. 1.—Herman Swanson and Frank Wood of this cit both motormen in the employ of th Jamestown, Westfield and Northwest- ern railway, an electric line operated between this city and Westfield, were killed this afternoon in a head-on col- lision near the Pennsylvania railroad junction between Mayville and Hart- field stations. ‘Twenty-four passengers were in- jured, of whom twelve were brought to a hospital in this city. Nearly all are residents of this city or vicinity. Jamestown students on their way to Westfleld to take a train to return to colleges and schools escaped injury. MME. SCHUMANN-HEINKE SANG AULD LANG SYNE Before Vast Outdoor Gathering at Pan- California Exposition. San Diego, Calif, Jan. 1.—With the sounding of ps” followed by the rendition of “Auld Lang Syne,” by Mme. Schumann-Heinke, before a vast assemblage at the great outdoor orgn, the Pan-California Bxposition passed Into history at midnight tonight after having been open continuously to the public for two years. A sham battle in which soldiers of the Twenty-First United States In- fantry took part was a feature of the day’s programme as was an army and navy parade and review. HOLD UP IN SMALL STORE IN PROVIDENCE and a Customer arits Fled. Proprietor Killed Wounded—A Providence, R. I, Jan. 1.—Two men entered a small store at Priscil'a and Sterling avenues here tonight, shonted “Throw up your hands,” and fired, kily- ing the proprietor, John Magnall, aged 67, and wounding a customer, John Broadben They then fled. ‘Train Carrying New York Guardsmen Ditched. Topeka, Kas., Jan. 1.—Sixteen car: of a Sante Fe troop train carryin: New York national guardsmen are in the ditch near Augusta, Kas., accord- ing to information. reaching here. No information regarding injuries to the guardsmen has been received Ten of the sixteen cars were ditched ard six derailed, aecording to word re- celved from Augusta, seven miles from the scene of the accident. The guards- men were members of the New York Field Artillery. It was reported in Augusta that there were no injuries but this could not be verined. Other sections of the troop train are being routed to Wichita, it is said. Coast guard cutter Acushnet passed through wreckage covering the sea for about five miles well east of Nan- tucket lightship in the vicinity where sless calls for help were sent out night from the steamer