Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 6, 1917, Page 1

LIX.—NO. 6 'SIXTEEN PAGES—128 COLUMNS INVADING TEUTO Entire Rumanian Province of Dobrudja Now is in the Hands of the Central Powers ADVANCE THROUGH WALLACHIA INTO MOLDAVIA Virtually All of the Danub- River is Now in the Hands of the Teutonic Forces—Galatz is the Only Rumanian Town in Rumanian Possession — Austro- GummTroochnveTakenmlfllndintthfimb— land Region From the Russians—Small Raids and Isolat- ed Attacks Have Taken Place at Various Points on the Western Front. on River Still troops zained additional ground and captured several hundred pris- Between Rimnik Sarat Kokshani, Von Mackensen’s men con- tinue to progress and have occupled the towns of Slobozia and Rotesti. and Rumanians, trograd announces, repulsed attacks at some of the points on the Moldav- ian and near Toposchik and Noruchia the Austro-Germans gained ground. Austro-German troops have taken an island in the Dvina Island region, north of Dvinsk, from the ussians. Attacks by the ussians, Berlin states, in attempts to regain the island, were repulsed with heavy losses. Small raids and have taken place at various points on the western front. Ner Loos, announces, the Germans carried out a London states the were driven out after heavy The Rumanian _province Dobrudja now is in the hends of the central powers, whose armies continue to advance through Great Wallachia into. Moldavia. Braila , an city in Great Wallachia, and on the west bank of the Danube below Galatz, Dbas been captured by German and d Bulgarian troops. Jages on the outskirts of _Braila also have been occupied and Field Marshal Mackensen's troops have taken 1,400 prisoners in their latest success. Virtually all of the River Danube, from its source to its mouth, is now in the hands of the Teutonic forces, Who control all of the eastern bank and all but a few miles of the western bank. Galatz 12 miles north of Braila, is the only important Rumanian town on the Danube still in Rumanian hads. The clearing of the Dobrudja by the combined Burgarian, Turkish German forces, it is reported semi-of- ficially from Berlin, part of those forces ready for their emptoyment _and closes the Dobrudja pathway to Constantinople and Russia. Advancing_through the mountains in western Moldavia, Austro-Gerntan commercial | the towns of S raid successfully. ‘A German attack against a small French post near Hill 304, east of the in_the Verdunregion,was re- Elsewhere there has artillery activity and trench bombard- Both Paris and London re- port considerable aerial activity the front in France. leaves a larger TEACHER TELLS OF TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA. Seemed as if the End of the World Had Come—Roar and Confusion. ! . McAlester, Okla., Jan. .5—How the {little rural schoolhouse at Okla., was torn from its foundations, Wwhirled through the air and ripped to pieces by a tornado, causing the death of fifteen children, was described to- | day by Miss Vera Carter, the teacher, as she lay on a cot in a hospital here, where she is under treatment for in- juries received in the storm. “I was hearing a primary class when the storm broke,” Miss Carter said. “It had been raining and above the noise of the patter on the roof we heard a peculiar long-drawn hiss. the door and looked out. clcud, moving very fast, came up the v, enveloped the Baptist Indian mission and threw pieces of it high in Away to the south the sky was a ghastly green which everything with an unearthly glow. twisted and hurled | straight towara the schoolhouse. | closed the door and placed my back There was SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF SOF""‘ COAL IN BRIDGEFORT. Available/-Daily Cnly 7,000 Tons Needs 4,000—$10 a Ton! rt, Conn., Jan. 5.—The most e tha tthig' city has ever known in regard to tlie supply of | bituminous coal was said, Local dealers assefted that the total supply of soft c evailable for sale was that the dally needs ¢f factories and other industries The price of bitu was $10 a ton, n than that of anthragite, while soft coal | under normal conditions sells at from $2.50 to $3 a ton/under the price of the hard variety./ The price is higher and the supply 18 smaller, dealers said, than during the big coal strike of 130 Embargoes on freight movements, and more particu er for a continued pe- recently fhat reduced barge tow- ing on Long sland sound almost to a minimum are given as causes for the vnusual shoftage. No immediate hope was held out for an early renewal of the supply. - FIVE DECISIONS BY THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS No Error Was Found in Any of the Cases—Advice in Another Case. Hartford, Conn., preme court of errors today handed down five devisions and Chief Justice Prentice rendercd advice in The decisions follow: Hartford county: eerious condition o exist to- n the city | 000 toms, and nous coal today ly a_dollar more A big black shortages of nothing we | When the storm struck it secmed as if the end of the world had come, so great was the roar and con- as the school lifted into the air, twisted dizzily and then went all o I was battered pieces of flying timbers, sucked for- ward by a terrible blast of air which took away my breath and left me al- It was awful, aw- It seemed as if I were being arawn into a mighty whirlpool. objects whirled around me. them were my pupils, my poor little 5—The su- most unconscious. Harris, Cohn and Harris vs. Dr. Angelo Sissa. Opinion by_Justice Beach. Fairfleld county: First Bank of Peru, Indiana vs. Automobile Opinion by Justice Roraback. Herbert H. Dreeland, Jr., vs. Jacob G. Opinion by Justice Ror- Appeal of George W. Jark- hoe, et al, from probating of will of Alexander Mackey of Darien. Opinion Vv _Justice Beach. New Haven county: bury vs. George court ,upheld_in_opinion g Chief Justice Prentice de- ‘William C. “After a time I found myself lying on a hillside, many children stretched some of them motionless, some of them moaning in pain. were covered with blood. I Through the clouds the sun was rving, et al. breaking and a rain was falling Miss Carter will recover, despite a broken right arm, a fractured jaw and | City of Water. | E€F serious bruises. NORWEGIAN STEAMER THYRA FOUND ADRIFT Bombs Were Placed on Board, Failed to Explode. Vigo. Spain, Jan. 5, via Paris, 2.35 p. m. — The Norwegian steamer Thyra of 3,742 tons gross, has been fyund adrift by fishermen. Bombs were plac- ed on board but failed to explode and the vessel was abandoned. The Thyra was reported on Decem- ber 30 to have arrived at Corunna, Spain, with a German prize crew of five men and seven members of crew of a torpedoed British steamship, as well as her own crew on board. It was stated that the Germans announc- ¢d they were going to todpedo the by Justice cided that the wills of Stratton and his wife of were valid and ordered the provisions set forth in the documents SERIOUS FLOODS IN HOLLAND AND GERMANY. Many Towns and Villages Have Been Greatly Damaged. London, Jan. 5, 11.30 p. m—Serious floods are reported in Holland and Germany because of the sudden rise Dutch newspapers report a serious situation in the southern province of Limbours, towns and villages have ‘been flooded, 21.0 great damage has been caused. Heavy floods in Saxohy involving a number of villages near the Austrian Lorder are reported despatch to Reuter's’ Telegram com- Barges.on the River Bise con- taining thousands of tons of coal have been sunk. The ci the River Mulde, 14 Saxony, is under Shipping on the/Rhine near Cologne for 24 hours, it is The city of oBnn is threatened and a catastroplie is reported to have occurred at Dig¢ringhausen, near Co- logne, and the fown is completely iso- ing tothe destruction oOf the ere many DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKE IN CENTRAL FORMOSA. 300 Persons Have Been Killed and Many Injured. - Tokio, Jan. 6.—Three hundred per- sons have been killed and many in- in a disastrous earthquake in central Formosa, according to Gespatches from Tai of Formosa. an Amsterdam of Glauchau, on has been held w It is estimal sty o estim at tuousand houses have been destro: The city of Nanto has aged extensively by fire, The island of the Philippine Is] is owned by Japan. The cif is situated in the been dam- $243,000 for Free Seeds. ‘Washingtor, Jan. 5—By a vote of 14 to 73, the house today settied the annual fight over “seeds. “".."".‘é‘."“m"“d’: island, about 101 < , 0 cprries $248,000. troku, | PaE s e Britain Awaiting Advices From France | ADJUSTMENT OF DIFFERENCES |HAS DECLARED HE KNEW THERE IS EXPECTED London, Jan. 5, 6.16 p. m.—The Brit- ish government “still is awaiting ad- vices from the French government con- cerning the publication of the entente reply to President Wilson's peace note. The Associated Press learned at the foreign office today. It is now be. hieved the reply will not be made pub- Tc before Monday. RUMANIAN GOVERNMENT™S DECLARATION OF DEFIANCE, Towns Placarded Saying the Ruman- ian Army is Not Conquered. Jassy, Rumania, Jan. 5, via Lonm- ¢on, 4.05 p. m.—In Tesponse to a unan- imous vote of the chamber of deputles the Rumanian government has ordered that a “declaration of defiance” be Dplacarded in every town. The declara- tion, which was read in the chamber by Deputy Jorga, is in part as fol- lows: “To indulge at this moment in petty recriminations and personalities would be to fail to comprehend the great and tragic majesty of the time. This war will cause to arise here as elsewhere 2 new moral harvest in the soul of everyone who aspires to serve the in- terests of the country. We see clase at hand the grimacing spectre of the invader. greedy for the suffering of those whom he hopes to make his vic- tims. But the rallying of our moral forces will show the world all the in- telligence, energy and devotion that the nation possesses. ‘We are no longer party against party or personality against personal- ity. The country absorbs us in its £orrows and hopes. * * * * Two figures bitherto have been dominant in Ru- manian history—Stephen _ the Great and Michael the Brave. Now is added the great figure of Ferdinand, who, tefore conquering the enemy. con- quered himself by sacrificing, in order to become really king of Rumania, all the ties which attached him to his first fatherland, to the vears of his youth and to his race for those among whom he had come to live, so as to become one of us. * * * * “The Rumanian army is not con- quered. That is, unconquered in that which constitutes the sole value of an ermy even in this age of cowardly, sterile technique, namely, in the con- sciousness of having generously offered itself in order to save the country and tc secure the triumph of its race. Its long resistance does honor to its flas. The spirit of thousands who have per- ished has passed, with the heroie power of that supreme moment, to those who survived and who carry with them the spirit of their lost comrades. TO TRANSMIT DEMANDS OF LITHUANIANS IN U. S. Ambassadors of All European Coun- ~tries, Except Russia Favorable. - New York, Jan. | Blelskis of Hartford, Conn., president {of the Lithunian National council of America, announced here tonight that { ambassadors of European countries, | e>cepting Russia. had agreed to trans. |wit to their governments a declara- tion of Lithuanians in this country containing the following demands: “That ethnological Lithuania be nited in one political body. “That united Lithuania be given ab- solute political independence. The Japanese ambassador and the papal delegate also promised to for- jward the demands, it was stated, which are for consideration by those gov. erpments that will negotiate peace at the close of the war. The various organizations subscrib- ing to the demands are the Lithuanian { Roman Catholic alliance of America, the Lithuanian National fund, the { Lithuanian Roman Catholic Federas |tion of America, the Lithuanian Total | Abstinence alliance, the Lithuanian { Federation of Labor, the Lithuanian Roman Catholic Womens' alliance of America and the Knights of, Lithuania, Part of the resolution handed to the ambassadors declares: “At this critical momert, when the world is called upon to solve a very important problem, namely, that of establishing a humane and assuring a lasting peace, we. the empowered rep- resentatives of the Lithuanian nation, assume the privilege and duty of de- claring that it is eur sincere belief that lasting peace can be restored only it everv living nation be =ziven the right to determine her own destiny.” BITE FROM PRISONER CAUSED NEW YORK POLICEMAN’S DEATH Man Who Did the Biting is Charged With Manslaughter. New York. Jan. 5.—A bite received in the arm from a prisoner he arrested last July caused the death today of { Hugh McKiernan, a policeman, accord- {ing to the findings of a coroner's in- quest. Testimeny before the coroner showed that an infection set in after the officer was bitten, but the wound healed. Yesterday the infection sud- denly reappeared. McKiernan became Gelirfous and in twelve hours was dead. The police department ordered the arrest on a manslaughter charge of the man who bit McKiernan. 25 PERSONS KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK NEAR SAN JUAN DEL RIO According to Mexican Newspapers Reaching the Border. Laredo, Tex.. Jan. 5—Twenty-five persons were killed and niflety injured ir. a train wreck near San Juan Del Rip, Jan. 1, according to Mexican newspapers reaching the border today. A northbounad stock train crashed into a passenger train en route from Quere- tar to Mexico City bearing many rrominent Mexicans on their way to the capital to celebrate the holiday. The passenger train was standing still. MEMBERS OF BRITISH WAR COUNCIL IN ROME To Participate With French and Ital ian Governments in an Exchange of Views. London, Jan. 5, 10.16 p. m.—Premler Lioyd George and Viscount Milner, a member of the British war council, | Wwith three advisors, have arrived in Rome, says an official statement is- pued tonight, to participate with the “and ltalian governments in an of views upon ‘general WAS A LEAK BOTH HOURS AND PAY|MONDAY T. W. LAWSON After an All Day Session of Ui Leaders and Representatives of the Road, a Telegram Was Washington Asking for the Services of a Federal Mediator—Also Ask for Vacation With Pay. ion | Bernard Baruch Will be Subpoenaed if He Can be Reached—Representa- tive Wood Had Nothing But Hear- say Testimony to Offer Yesterday— Lansing and Tumulty May be Asked to Appear. New York, Jan. 5.—Prospects for| Washington, Jan. 5.—Sensational ru- an early and satisfactory adjustment!mors of a “leak” in Wall of the dl‘::nnm';uh'é:a “’Y"".‘('" ;:d | vance of President Wilson's peace note wages ween ~ orR, il ouse rules com- Haven & Hartford Rallroad and Its | miree totey b Hepr signal men and telegraphers, of the Order of Railroad Telegraj were held out here late today. an all-day session between representa- tives of the union and of the railroad, a telegram was sent to Washington asking for the services of a federal reet in ad- mittee today by Representative Wood members | of Indiana in support of his resolution Phers, | for an inquiry. He prefaced his testi- mony with the statement that he had nothing but heresay to offer and vain- 1y protected against an open le‘llonl the committee. Rumors Thick and Fast. and rumored details of the came thick and fast ‘when Mr. Wood began his story. He mentioned Joseph P. Tumuilty, secre- Prospects of Settlement Good. According to H. dent of the Order of Raiiroad Teleg- raphers, who, since January 3, NO BETTER MEDIUM FOR ORGANIZED PUBLICITY At a large convention of churchmen one of the speakers said, “In our church we can reach many, but it is throuch the newspaper and other periodicals that we can best reach the man outside. coming to the point where we must realize that the church, like all other large organizations interested in moulding public sehtiment can best do it through organized publicity.” That statement was based upon experiments which have been car- ried on both by business and church organizations in attaining It has been shown that the news- paper is the most satisfactory method of reaching the people and there is no better endorsement of its accomplishments in that direc- tion than the continued use of the advertising columns by those who have gained their present position in the business world thereby. What is desired in such efforts is to reach the most people. this vicinity The Bulletin renders that service. thoroughly and it is therefore the medjum which can give your busi- ness the greatest publicity. énds desired through publi It covers its territory Are you Mr. Merchant getting its as- The following matter appeared in its columns during felegrapir=Local General Total Saturday, Dec. 30. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Dr. Julins J. | otals . ... . been the head of the committee rep- the men, the prospets for a settiement of the differences without the necessity of resorting to a strike are good. The negotiations for a new began last March and call for an average increase of 10 per cent. in wages for 1,432 men. A readjustment of the working sched- ule is also asked for, he said, as 600 {of the men are now working twelve |hours and_for these men a ten hour work day is asked. ployes 709 are now working hours and about 100 are working nine the difference in pending_on the class Which they are employed. Fifteen Day Vacation. “As the men are compelled to work every day in the week, Sundays in- Mr. Perham said, also asking a_l5-day vacation each year on pay for all men who have been employed for two years or more, and seven days’ vacation for men who less than two In addition, there are about twenty other gquestions of minor im- portance to be adjusted. T have every hope that a settlement will be effected within a short without any serious Order of Railroad Telegraphers not have a single strike in 1916, and during the year new schedules with various roads were arranged by which 53,000 men wages approximating $2,500,000. |on the indian reser tary to President Wilson; R. W. Boll- ing. a brother-in-law of the president; | lery, stationed at kort Hamiiton, com- Bernard Baruch of New York, and various brokerage most of this information to a letter received from This letter, produced later, was written on plain paper, writer's address, and up to a late hour tonight Kenneth Romney, deputy ser- geant-at-arms of the house, York, searching for been ‘unable to find any trace of him. Tumulty Demanded an Apology. Statements were issued committee meeting by Secretary Tu- Bolling ' flatly denying A. Curtis, Of the other em- hours de- nulty and Mr the reports regarding them. Tumulty demanded that tive Wood publicly apologize for men- Mr. Wood followed with a statement pointing out that he had desired to testify in private, but declaring that were being made the subject of rumor should court the fullest investigation. the committee probably will hear Representative Gardner, who declared on the floor of the house re- cently that he knew Monday Thomas W. Lawson of ‘Boston is to appear and, if he can reached, Bernard Baruch will be subpoenaed. Lansing and Tumulty to Be Asked. It is understood that Secretary. Lan- sing and Mr. Tumulty will be asked to_testify before the committee. The committee adopted a resolution asking the New York stock exchange to preserve records of transactions from Dec. 10 40 Whether any of these records @°vidence will be Representa- tioning his name. have been BARUSCH DECLINED TO MMENT ON ent a Full State shall be sought as, decided later. ANONYMOUS LETTERS ON DYNAMITE EXPLOSION Asserting Responsibility Therefor, Re- ceived by Bopp and Prosecu! States That He H. ment to Chairman Henry. Charleston, S. C. Jan. 5. Barusch sta{ed today over the tele- phone that he had_sent a full state- ment to Chairman Henry of the house rules committee. Further than that he_declined to comment. Mr. Barusch refused to say anythbing regarding developments in Washington today but it is understood the state- ment sent to Mr. Henry goes in length to_the charges of Mr. Lawson. Mr. Barusch spends the winters at his estate, Georgetown, S. C. Jeave tomorrow afternoon San Francisco, letters asserting responsibility for vx- plosion of a barge of dynamite figur- ing in the trial 'of Franz Bopp, accused with others of neutrality violations, received today by Bopp and the Unit- ed States attorney case. The barge was destroyed in Se- attle harbor in May, 1915, the cargo was consigned to Russia. Destruction of the barge, asserts the government, was part of a Bopp and his associates to destroy munition shipments to the entente al The letters were signed “H. P.” the writer saying he would appear at the trial next Monday or “and perhaps surrender.’ Powers Prepa 5.—Anonymous He is expected to prosecuting E. H. SOTHERN'S CONDITION 1S CAUSING CONCERN Attended by Wife and Phy: His Return Tr Chicago, Jan. 5.—E. H. Sothern, the actor, who has been ill here, lefi for New York tonight, accompanied by his wife, formerly Juila Marlowe, and his physician. His condition is 1 matter of concern among his friends. From Chicago. s Another | Paris, Jan. 5, 440 p. m—The cen- tral powers are reported by the Lau- te to be preparing a sec- ‘the” entente enumerating itions of says a' “leak” in connection with President is the Largest in Connecticut. in Proportion to the City’s Population. ~ Condensad Telograms |\ BIENNIAL REPORT TAX COM'R COREIN Robert Clark, Jr., former Mayor of North Pldinfield, N. J., is dead. J. P. Baird, steel mill capitalist of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Pittsburgh, is dead. The New York police have been no- tified of the capture in St. Louis of a convict who escaped from Sing Sins. Secretary of State Lansing confer- red with Colonel House for more than an hour regarding the European situ- ation. The condition of Thos. A. Edison, who is ill at his home in Lilewellyn Park, N. J., was said to be muvh im- proved. The Austrian government has asked Switzerland to represent Austro- Hungarian Inferests in the unoccupied portion of Rumania. Four coal dealers have been called before the Federal Grand Jury in its investigation in New York city into the high price of coal. Frederick A. Hall, acting chancellor of Washington University, was ap- pointed chancellor to succeed David I, Houston Secretary of Agriculture. An explosion of gasoline on the 400- foot level of the Pittsburgh-Idaho mine at Gilmore, Idaho, imprisoned 13 miners, all of whom aré thought to be dead. Cabot W. Ward, Park Commissioner of New York, announced that he would install inFort Washington Park, a large brick oven for the use of pic- nic parties. The Girard National Bank of Phil- adelphia has withdrawn from the sub- Treasury $3,200,000 in gold for ship- ment to Argentina for the account of New York bankers. A meeting of the Democratic state committee will be held at Parkersburg, w. , next Monday to name a suc cessor to National Committeeman W. C. Watson, resigned. Col. Soren Listoe, American Conzul- General at Rotterdam, announced_ the engagement of hi dauzhrer, Miss Marjorie Listoe, to V. C. Cotssworth Pickney of New York The Postal Telegraph Cable Co. an- naunced that messages to Europe by wireless via Sayville, N. Y., may again Dbe accepted subject to indefinite de- lay and at sender's risk. The high cost of living, with sug- gestions how to effect a reduction in foodstuffs prices, was the topic at the New York State confercnece of may- ors at Schenectady, N. Y. Industrial accidents in _Pennsyl- vania during 1916 totalled 251,483, of which 2,387 resulted fatally, according to statistics made public by the State Department of Labor and Industry. The Senate Commerce Committee recommended the confirmation of The- odore Brent of New Orleans, and Wm- Denman of San Francisco, to be mem- bers of the Federal Shipping lioard. Trevor Arnett, recently appointed financial agent of the Rockefeller Foundation Prisoners’ Welfare Leasue, will sail for' Europe today on the Nor- wesgian lined Christianafjord from New York. President Wilson granted a €0-day respite to Edward Maberry, an In- dian, sentenced to be hanged Jan. 19, tion at Fort 3eorge, Spokane, for the murder of hi: sweetheart. Alexander Gibbs, a private attached to the Fourth Company, Coast Artii- mitted suicide jn a rooming_hotse at No. 203 East Thirty-ninth Street, by | inhaling bas through a tube. Representing more than twenty { bodies ,organized for patritotic pur- poses and to advocate military pre- paredness, delegates from all parts of |the Unitea States will meet at Wash- | ington, Jan. 15, for a conference. Senator Cummins, in an executive session of the senate last night, con- tinued his attack upon Winthrop M. Daniels, nominated by President Wil- sno to succeed himself as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion. The American reply to Gen. Car ranza’s rejection of the protocol for withdrawal of American troops from Mexico was taken to Luis Cabrera, | chairman of the Mexican commission- ers, in New York, by Dr. John R. Mott. The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion held that rates over the St. Louis-San_Francisco and the Atlan- tic Coast Line railroads on stock eat- tle from Birmingham, Ala.. and from points in Florida to Memphis, were unreasonable. The American Honorary Commerce Commission, formed by the Southern Commercial Congress to _stimulate trade between the United States and China, will leave from Vancouver Jan. 35, for a three months' tour in Japan and China. Damage suits aggregating nearly $500,000 were filed against the Bos- ton Elevated Railway Co. by the ad- ministrators of persons who lost their lives when a street car went through an open bridge draw into Fort Point Channel on Nov. 7. James B. McNamara, serving a_life sentence in the State prison at Cali- fornia for dynamiting the Los Angeles Times building in 1910, when 20 live were lost, has been placed in the dis- ciplinary dungeon for refusing to work in the jute mill. NOTICE SENT MEMBERS OF STOCK EXCHANGE To Preserve All Records from Dec. 10 to Dec. 23, 1916. New York, Jan. 5—George W. Ely, secretary of the New York stock ex- change, late today sent the following notice to all members of the ex- change: am instructed to notify you that you are directed to preserve all papers relating to stock transactions from Dec. 10 tos Dec. 23, 1916, bgth inclu- sive.”. This action, it was said, had been taken by the ‘exchange in anticipation that the records may be called for In the investigation now being conducted at Washi regarding an alleged Wilson's ‘recent peace note. PRICE TWO CENTS Many Important Changes Are Recommended in Re- port Made Public Yesterday EXHAUSTIVE REPORT COVERS 250 PAGES There Were 214,778 Taxable Lists in 1915-—197,230 Dwell. ings in the State—New Haven Had the Largest Number 15,382, Marlborough the Smallest, 97—A Few of the Revaluation of All Taxable Property on Statutory Basis at Definite Periods of Five to Ten Years; That Tax Collectors of All Towns and Cities be Either Appointed by the Selectmen or Elected for a Term of Not Less Than Four Years; Continuance of State Tax on Towns to be Prescribed by the Board of Equalization; Exemption of Cash to the Amount of $500 on Hand or On Deposit. Many Recommendations Hartford, Conn., Jan. mmendations are contain- ed in the biennial report of Tax Com- missioner William public here today. property sales to be furnished asses: ors for assessment purposes. The compulsory report by banks as other corporations to lateral held for security portant rec suessors of ¢ob He recommends the follow- real estate of savin, puting state tax instead of Ing paid on the same. Periodical Revaluation. companies on gross Interest t de periods pate poriody premiums on Connecticut busine to ten years. Abolition of ‘the custom of having R ateins [on intangible personal estates of decedents. Reglstgation of motor boats and the taxation of the same in towns located seven or more months of Publication The laying of the tax rate after the determination of the grand list. the general sessment date from October 1 to April Enactment of a law providing for recording with the assessors for confidential of property for The legislation of choses in action in determining name of the owner with the distribu- tion of a part of the proceeds from the Gifforent towns. Continuance of State Tax. Continuance of a towns of the the board of equal income tax s of the manufacturers’ state to be pre Amendment so that it will apply toindividuals ang partnerships. Amendment to chose In action uniform rate of 12 mills, said tax to be p retary of state inz out the license an town in which the owner resides; payment of such returned to the tion of notes, bonds, et of the owner, ual value. rather face value, ng the use of ‘tax m tax in lieu of their taxation land leased for a period of 95 years be taxed in.the name of the Longer Term For Tax Collectors. [of relier o oy Amendment elected for less than four vears. the taxing be required to conform administration ment that the the purpose of t | ttance tax. absence of | TInclusion of assessed v a court deci on the estate of 233 of the public acts of 191 tax commissioner. ‘xemption from taxation of the amount of $500 on hand or commissioner after prope: from the judges of probate w give the appraisal v list of the intangible pers Exhapyeiva together with ducted for debts and the expenses of edministration. Appointment of Assessor ¢ all, nssessors the amount the most exhn ble lists in 1915 as comp limits shall be appointed by the mayor and by the selectmen in other towns for terms not less in years than the number of as- 230 dwellings. riborough the smallest 000 motor vehicles The rate of ta ation varies o The discontinuance of the validitat- = general absolution. essment of manu- Willington—four has the highest—23 mil sixty-five towns at its full market value, The scientific facturing property True consideration SERGIUS SAZONOFF AGAIN ADMITTED TO RUSSIAN COUNCILS SAYS . SUFFRAGE CAUSE WAS WILFULLY CHEATED. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt Urges Mors Stringent Corrupt Russian Minister of Foreign Office Reinstated By Czar. Practices Act. Wireles to Sav- zonoff, former ‘Washington, Jan, 5.—A charge that the suffrage cause had been and perhaps more, wilful graud within ' the Chapman Catt, | the National American Suffrage assc | ciation, in an address advocating mors stringent corrupt practices laws dell ered tonight before the National Pop: lar Government league. “In twenty-five states Catt, “no provision has been made the election law for any form of con test or recount on a referendum Litical corrupters may, in these state bribe voters, colonize voters and peat them to their hearts' content redress of any kind is practically im A case might be brought the courts and the gullty parties pur ished, but the election would stand.” DEUTSCHLAN ville.)—Sergius sian minister of foreign affairs, st July, M. Ster, then premier, then taking over the foreign office, has to the delibera- perpetrated been admitted tions of the ministerial council mperor Nicholas, according to a statement by the Agency today. The agency, which does not give its authority, says in its statement: headquarters, the emperer authorized that M. Sazonooff in future take part in the deliberations of the council ministers regarding After his arrival in Petrograd an in- formal meeting of the members of the cabinet was held, at which M. onoff was present. The meeting lasted Internal problems as well as_the foreign policy were discussed. Anglo-Russian commerce at a formal meting appoint- ed M. Sazonoff its honorary president, Acting’ President Timeryaresey, for the reason that aft- er the Paris conference of the entente allies he had declared ought to pursue her own interests in the economic line. apparently brought about by the inter- vention of Sir George Buchanan, British ambasador, hespondence with M. Timeryaresev mentioned.” four hours. D STEVEDORES RETURN TO NEW LONDON Cause Reports of Another Trip of Ger man Undersea Merchantman. New London, Conn., Jan. rival of twenty-five from Baltimore at the dc Eastern Forwarding uuring the week has given rise to ports that | Deutschland would make a to this port soon. Eastern Forwarding company The change was who had had cor- unfriendly nature TEIPER'S APPLICATION FOR A RETRIAL DENIED His Counsel Will Seek a Certificate of Reasonable Doubt. was expected until the early spring. The stevedores were Baltimore when the Deutschland mads her trip there last summer and wers brought to New London last November to unload and reload boat's cargo. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 5.—John Edward Teiper’s application for a re-trial charge of murdering his mother, was denied today in the supreme court. Teiper was convigted of second degree murder and the court today imposed the seutence of twenty vears to Jife. Teiper's sentence will week from Monday and in the mean- time it is mnderstood, his counsel wili seek & certificate of reasonable doubt pct as a stay of execu- George S. Miller. Hartford, Conn., Miiler, who wa insurance coj issioner, died home here tonight after an [lness He was 83 years of age superintend - Connecticut's second date from a Since 1876 he which will