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Field Marshal Von Mackensen’s Troops Have Taken Another of Rumania’s Fortresses NEARLY 4,000 PRISONERS AND SOME CANNON Capture of Fokshanty Fortress, 45 Miles Northwest of Ga- latz, Jeopardizes That Important Danube Town—In the Region of Riga the Russians Have Taken Trend:ecr From _ the Germans Near the Village of Kalzem—In Volhynia and in Galicia Attempts of Germans Against Russians Have Been Repulsed. — Another of Rumania’s fortresses has fallen into the hands of the Teutonic wilies. Keeping up their intensive forward movement along the railroad line northward into Moldavia, Field Afarshal Von Mackensen’s troops have taken Fokshani and with it nearly 4,- 000 prisoners and some cannon and machine guns. At last reports the in- vaders were pursuing the defeated Russians, while in spite of the snow @nd cold weather the troops of Arch- duke Joseph of Austria were press- ing back the Rumanians eastward in- to Moldavia between the Putna and Oituz valleys. 5 The capture of Fokshani, which lies on the raflroad 45 miles northwest of salatz, apparently places this impor- tant Danube town in great jeopard The Russian war office in its last communication does not mention the capture of Fokshani, but records a repulse of the invaders where they are said to have suffered heavy casualties. The repulse of Teutonic allied attacks at several other places, notably a short distance from where the Buzeu river enters into the Sereth, a short distance southwest of Galatz, also is told of. Up in the region of Riga the Rus- sians have taken tremches from the Germans near the village of Kalnzem end in addition captured prisoners, machine zuns, trench mortars and one heavy battery. In a three days’ bat- tle in this region the Rusians have taken 16 cannon and about $30 pris- oners. 3 In Volhynia, near Novoselki, and in Galicla north of Seborow, the Germans have attempted advances against the Russians but were repulsed, accord- ing to Petrograd. £5 Tn the other theatres there is little activity. except by the artillery and patrol parties. CHURCHES DID NOT PLAY FAIR WITH CHAPLAINS Contention of Chaplain Hare of the Fourth New Jersey Infantry. New York, Jan. §—The churches did not “play fair with the chaplains on the border and did not support their work morally or financially as y should,” it was asserted here-to- by the Rev. J. Madisan Hare, of the Fourth New Jersey ¢ Club to chaplains of the army and the national zuard. He defended the st troops by stating that the criticism to which they have been subjected was due to were expected to hs what the nths to do. the fact that they eccomplish in_two mor regular army takes s Eventually, he said, we shall have to go_into_Mexico. The Rev. William . Crocker, chap- lain of the Seventy-first Infantrv, satd that to zZo into Mexico “would be a crime.” Not all the outlawrv. he sa was on the. Mexican side of the bor- der. Dr. William T. McCord of the S enth regiment, declured the patriot- fsm of the men in this country w evidenced by the resps to the president’s call to the b fie as- serted there “was no r the young men could themselves there was their business and go. SUBPOENA SERVED ON MISS RAE TANZER Directing Her to Produce in Court the “Oliver Osborne” Letters. New York, Jan. 8 —Coincident with the announcement tonight that Charles H. Wax probably would be a witness tomorrow at the re-trial which began here today of Franklin D. Safford, charged with perjury, a subpoena was served on Miss Rae Tanzer directing her to produce in court the “Oliver Osborne” letters in her possession. Wax, brought here severai weeks ago from Chicago and held as a material witness, had admitted that he, and not James W. Osborne, a prominent law- yer, was the “Oliver Osborne” whose nlieged courtship of Miss Tanzer used her to sue James W. Oshorn for breach of promise of marriage. The Safford case was an outcome of Miss Tanzer's suit. his former trial Safford, a hotel clerk, was con- )((ed of perjury in identifying James . Osborne as Miss Tanzer's com- panfon cn a trip to Plainfield. The new trial was ordered by court of appeals. Addressing the jury in the Safford case, Samuel Herschenstein, assis United States district attorney, the government would produce real and only Oliver Osborne, who will testify that it was he who took Rae Tanzer to Plainfield.” " the TO STOP PRACTICE OF TREATING BY BARTENDERS Object of Recommendation of Boston Licensing Board. Boston, Jun. 8.—A recommendation that all bartenders shouli be licensed by the state was made in the annual report of the annual report of the Boston Licensing board to the legisla- ture talay. It was stated that the roposal was aimed at the practise of reating” by bartenders. now for- bidden iIn this city. A bartender’s li- pense would be revoked if. it were found that he had given away drinks. 23 CASES OF PNEUMONIA AMONG BORDER TROOPS There Have Been 24 Deaths Since the Coming of Cold Weather. B Paso, Texas, Jan. 8.—Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Stark of the United States Medical Corps in charge of this military district, stated today that re- rts from the various resular and Flard camps showed there were only cases of pneumonia in the hospi- Is which indicates that the epidemic well under control. ~There have been 24 deaths in this district from pneumonia since the cominz of cold weather. WARRANT OUT FOR FORMER POLICE CHIEF OF CHICAGO Charles H. Healey is Charged With Accepting Money from lllegal Resorts Chicago, Jan. 8. warrant charg- ing Charles H. Healey, superintendent of police, with conspiracy, was sworn out today on request of a representa- tive of Maclay Hoyne, state’s attor- ney 8 Mr. Hoyne alleges that Chief Hea- ley_was cne of a number of men.who accepted a share of contributions lev- ied on illegal resorts. Others of tie alleged ring ere arrested as follow: Thomas Costello, alleged collector of ‘the tribute; “Mike De Pike” Heit- jer, former aileged head of the old IWeést sSide tenderloin district: L tenant lartin White, of Streer police station, and Skidmore, a saloon keeper and politi- cian. The arrests took place in Cos tello’s office. Mr. Hovne said that collections us- ually were made on 'onda that approximately $1.000 was on hand for division in Costelio's office when the raid by Hoyne's detectives was made, and that Chief Heajey's share was us- ¢ delivered to him at his home. ual The state’s attorney added that on ral occasions Costello had been ed to the chiefs home. o this afternoon Mr. Hoyne is- sned statement in which he asserted that corrtption ran riot in the city hall. When a reporter show ed it to Chief Healey, the chief said “Any Chicago newspaper _printing this statement will) be cailed to ac- count for libel. That’s all I can say. The rest is up to my attorney, Jchn J. i Healey.” CAR FERRY BECAME WEDGED IN in the Straits of Mackinac—Dynamite Was Used to Release Her. Mackinac City, Mich., Jan. $.—The car ferry Chief Wawatam, which early today was caught in the ice floes in the Straits of Mackinac, was released late this afternoon. The ferry car- ried 300 persons and became wedged in the ice one mile out from' this place. Dynamite was used to open a way for the vessel. The ice formation in the straits is unusually heavy. ICE FLOES OBITUARY Fritz Von Frantzius. Chicago, Jan. 8—Fritz Von Frant- zius, banker, broker and art critic, is dead here at his home here of he- t dise: He left an estate valued at $11,250,000. Von ' Frantzius was born in West Prussia in 1864 and came to America in 1888. His Chicago business career began in 1892 with a minor clerical position in a real estate office. A divorce separated from his first wife in 1912 and the next year he married Miss Clarissa Rose, an Aus- tralian dancer known as “Saharet.” Six months later he obtained a di- vorce from_the dancer. Richard Pearson. Seymour, Jan. 8—Richard Pearson, 75, a_member of the last general as- sembly was found dead in the yard of his home today. Death was due to natural causes, it was stated. He served in the army and pavy during the Civil war. = Charles E. Perkins. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 8.—Charles E. Perkins, former president of the Con- necticut Bar Association and for the past 25 years president of the Hart- ford County bar, died tonight after a short ilness, aged 85. He was one of the oldest producing lawyers in the state, having been admitted to the bar in 1855. He was a graduate of ‘Williams College. Five children sur- vive. ‘Vice Admiral Warrender Dead. London, Jan. 8, 4.30 p. m~—Vice Ad- miral Sir George Warrender died in London today. According to the latest available British naval list Sir George was commander-in-chief of the Plymouth naval station. Earlier in the present war he was commander of the seco hfi;tle squadron. He was 66 vears old. ~ o NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1917 g Constantine Gets Bread Card. Athens, Jan. 7, 9.30 a. m., via Lon- don, Jan. 8, 1130 a. m.—King Con- stantine has appliedd for and receiv- ed the regular bread card whick is issued to all heads of families Change in British Diplomats. - London, Jan. 8, 5.567 p. m.—A Reuter despatch from The Hague says Sir Walter Townley, British minister to Persia and former counsellor of the British embassy at Washington, will succeel Sir Alan Johnstone as Eritish minister to The Netherlands. it e s S DRAMATIC VERSIONS OF DEATH OF “MAD MONK” Was Lured to Place of Assassina by Telephone Call From “Friend.” Petrograd, Wednesday, Jan. 3, via London, Jan 8. (Delayed).—New and more dramatic versions of the death of Gregory Rasputin, the Russian monk who exercied great influence over the members of the royal family and first conjectures as to the nature of the plot which succeeded in rid- ding Russia of the most powerful and picturesque of “the dark forces which it is alleged have been attempt- ing to poison the internal life of Rus- sia, have only heightened the sensa- tion caused by the first news of Ras- putin’s death received last Saturday. It is now definitely known that the assassination was only one of a se- Ties of attempts upon Rasputin’s life. Shortly after midnight Rasputin, who was sitting alone in his house in Petrograd, received a telephone call from the house of Prince Yussupoff. The invitation proved particularly al- luring and Rasputin accepted in the best humor. Soon afterwards a young man called for the monk at the rear entrance. The night was extremely cold and the long cloak worn by Ras- putin_concealed the costume which he had donned for the occasion, consist- ing of dark, baggy velvet trousers tucked into high polished boots, a silk blouse and brizht colored sash. The other wore conventional evening dress. Rasputin was not long seated in the house to which he had been invited before one of the guests arose quiet- ly and offered a revolver to him, with the following word. “We have decided that you must die. Kijll vourself.” According to the prevalent version Rasputin pointed the revolver at the man who had offered it to him, whereupon the other guests drew over and fired upon the monk. SEVENTEEN SENTENCED IN LAHORE CONSPIRACY CASE Received Death Sentence, One Transportation, the Others Impris- onment. . London, Jan. 8, 5.30 p. m—Seventeen of the accused persons in the supple- mentary trial held in connection with the Lahore conspiracy case were sen- tenced last weel, says a Central News despatch from Calcutta today. Six received death sentences, one was Sep- tenced to transportation for life and the others were given terms of im- prisonment. In delivering the judgment, the court, says the despatch, indicated that Manila was still an active center of revolutionary activity but that the United States remained the chief cen- ter of the movement, it being fostered, it was said, by German consular agents. “We are fully satisfied that the United States has become the chief center of the movement,” deciares the court’s opinion as quoted in the de: patch. “The overthrow of the Brit- ish empire in India was planned and discussed when the KEuropean war broke out, and many Indians safled from the United States. The enemy's plan was to bring about a war of mur- der and rar Activiti the British gov- ernment in India among certain elements of the native popula- tion were reported in mail advices to Washington more than a yvear ago, in November, 1915, which told of the ex- ecution of 24 persons and the sentenc- ing of 27 others to imprisonment for life by a governmental commission at Lahore. JOHNSON’S FAREWELL TO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE Reviewed Progress of State Under His Administration. Sacramento. ‘Cal Jan. S—In a farewel] address to the California leg- islature. Governor Hiram W. Johnson United States Senator-eiect, today r viewed progress in this state during the last six vears under his admin- istration and asserted that govern- ment achievements can be maintained only by ability to defend’ them. “We have learned,” Governor John- sbn said, “that the first obligation and duty of government are to its men and its wemen and its children. Six years ~40 California was one of the mo-. backward states in the nation. Today it is the most advanced state, where democracy obtains. “Recent worldwide events, the brief military operations in our own nation. have brought the sorrowful realiza- tion that we may only maintain and preserve our governmental _advance and achievements by our ability to defend them.” / EIGHTY NEGRO PRISONERS HEMMED IN BY FIRE At Frankfort, Ky.~Dynamite is to be Used in Efforts to Release Them. Frankfort, Ky. Jan. 8—An un- known number of negro prisoners, es- timated by prison authorities to be as many as eighty, were cut off from escape tonight by fire which started in Cell House “A,” the oldest build- ing_in use at the state ¥eformatory at_Frankfort. Dynamite has been ordered from the city workhouse to blow a hole in the walls in an effort to release men held in cells which must each be unlocked individaully before its occu- pant can escape. The blaze was dis- covered shortly before 11 o’clock and Is still burning. Several men were rescued before the blaze cut off in- gress to the building. All But Two Rescued. Later.—Dynamite brought from the city workhouse was used to blow a hole through the walls of the build- ing at one end where the blaze was least fierce. Prison officials said at 12.15 o'clock that all but two prison- ers had been rescued safely. Many were unconscious from the effects of smoke. 7 Thirteen men and one woman are candidates to suceed the late Dr. ‘Walter B. Gunnison as principal of the l?mus Hall High School in Brook- 0. a Defiant Witness “LEAK” HEARI«G BEFORE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE. WOULD GIVE NO NAMES AT A Motion to Cite the Boston Financier Before the Bar of the House for Contempt H. Been Taken Under Advisement—Tumulty and -Lansing Made Emphatic Denials. Washington, Jan. 8—Through a be- wildering maze of _intimations and heated colloquies. which turned the ‘hearing into an uproar, the house rules committee wrestled for several hours today with Thomas W. Lawson of Boston, without obtaining any definite information to substantiate the stories of a “leak” to Wall Street in advance of the president’s peace note. May Cite Lawson For Contempt. When the committee adjourned until tomorrow with Mr. Lawson’s examina- tion uncompleted, motion to, cite him before the bar of the house for con- tempt because he refused to give the names had been considered in execu- tive session and taken under advise- ment. Emphatic Denial From Tumulty. Earlier in the day Joseph P. Tulmul- ty, secretary to President Wilson, whose name was mentioned by Repre- sentative Wooq in the rumors he laid before the committee last week. peared to give an emphatic statement, endorsed by the president, that he had no knowledge of the peace note before it was given to the press. He also denied the report. repeated by Repre- sentative Wood that Mr. Tumulty and Bernard Baruch. a Neiv York stock broker, had conferred in a New York hotel a few davs before the note was made public. Mr. Tumulty denounced the action of Representative Wood in making public charges based on a let- ter from an unidentified man and de- clared from the witness stand, look- ing Representative Wood in the face, that he was still awaiting the con- gressman’s apology. Sy Statement by Lansing. Secretary Lansing of the state de- partment also took the stand to assert that he had no knowledge of ad- vance information havine been u- lated regarding the peace note. Mr. Lansing related the physical history of the note, how it was prepared, through who<# hands it passed, and of his par- participation in its preparation. . He also told of x-$tatement he had given in confidence to newspaper men on the morming-before the note was made public, in which he told them to ex- 2 note at 5 o'clock that evening for publication Thursday morning. He did not go ine details with the cor- respondents, he said, but did say that it was not a promosal for peace. nor an offer of mediation. The secyetary further stated that he had not given the possible effect of the note on the New York, stock ex- change the least thought. but that he had cautioned one of the secretaries because of the courtesy due to the for- eign nations that the communication should not be published here before it ad been received abroad. Lansing Curbs Chiperfield. When Representative Chiperfield, re. publican, of Illinois, sought to inter- rogate Secretary Lansing regarding his interpretations of the note on the day following its publication the sec- retary said firmly that such question- ing was goinz bevond the cope of the inquiry and was sustained by the com- mittee. The committee’s troubles with Mr. Lawson began soon after the financier tock the stand and grew into a noisy row, quieted only after Chairman Hen- (Continued on Page Three) CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY ITALIAN BATTLESHIPS More Than Forty Persons Are Im- prisoned in Rome on That Charge Rome, via Paris, Jan. S, 3 p. m.— More than forty persons are now im- prisoned as a result of the investiga- tion into the destruction in Septem- ber, 1915, and August, 1916, respective- 1y, ‘of the Italian battleships Benedet- to Brin and Leonardo da Vinci. The latter was blown up in Taranto har- bor and 258 men perished. Lieutenant-General Count Cadorna, chief of staff, came to Rome on Thurs- day to attend a meeting of the cabi- net which was heid for the purpose of deciding upon the disposition of the prisoners, but the question has be- come a political one from the intro- duction into the case of the name of one of the officials of the Vatican. An Italian named Ambrogettl, who was among those charged with being implicated in_the destruction of the warships ,claims to be the financial agent of Monsignor Geriach, Pope Benedict's private chamberlain. Mon- signor Gerlach is an Austrian and ac- cording to information here was once a cavalry officer, who became a priest and won the favor of the present pope when the latter was a cardinal. He was the bearer of the Red Hat from the pope to the three French cardi- nals who were appointed at the De- cember consistor: YOUTH DROWNED WHILE TRYING TO SAVE BROTHER Whose Sled Carried Latter Into Chan- nel of River at New Canaan. New Canaan, Conn., Jan. 8.—Steph- en Marvin, 12 years old, was drowned in Lake Wampanaw near here today in a fruitless effort to save his 8- year-old brother Edward from drown- ing. The tragedy was witnessed onlv by two small boys who ran for heip and, although neighbors pulled both bodics from the water fifteen minutes after the accident, efforts to revive them were unsuccessful. The boys had been sliding down hill onto the ice. Edward's sied carried him over the channel, coated with thin ice and he broke through. His broth- er promptly jumped in after him. The parenis, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin, are prostrated. Movements of Steamships. New York, Jan. S.—Sailed: Steamer Espagne, Bordeaux. New York, Jan. 8.—Arrived: steam- er St Paul, Liverpool. Sailed: steamer Patria, Naples. Carl 12 PAGES—84 COLUMNS Being Dissected IN ARGUMENTS BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. OPENING OF DEFENSE Argument Will Continue Until Wed- nesday—Decision in a Few Weele— Outcome Hinghes on Whether Con- gress Has the Power to Regulate Hours of Service and Wages, ‘Washington, Jan. 8.—The test case to determine ' constitutionality of the Adamson law, enacted last September when a general raiiroad strike threa- ened, came up today in the supreme court. Argument will continue until Wednesday and a decision is expected within a few weeks. Meantime, al- though the law was passed to become effective January 1 last, all litigation under it and the changes it prescribes are suspended by agreement. Power of Congress Questioned. The question whether congress has power to regulate hours of service and wages furnished the keynote of the arguments today in which the jus- tices manifested keen interest, inter- rupting with many questions. In open- ing defense of the law for the depart- ment of justice, Solicitor General Da- vis declared it regulates both hours of service and wages and contended congress has authority to regulate both. He asked annulment of the de- cision of Circuit Judge Hook at Kan- sas City in the test case of the Mis- souri, Oklahoma and Gulf railroad, holding the law void. Time of Argument Extended. Although three hours is the usual time allotted for argument of a case, the court today granted an extension to eight hours, equally divided be- tween the federal and railroa dcouncil Tomorrow Walked D. Hines, chairman of the railroads’ general committee of counsel, and John G. Johnson, of Phil- adelphia, will speak for the carriers and on Wednesday, the closing argu- ment for the government will be made by Frank Hagerman, special assistant to the attorney general. Several Labor Leaders Spectators. The railroad brotherhoods are not participating through counsel but sev eral labor lead=rs were spectators to- day. Attorney General Gregory and his entire staff and many members of congress also were in the crowded court room. Solicitor General Davis in a two hour argument told the court that it “reached the heights of imagination” to say that the primary object of con- Zress in passing the law was not to limit the hours of toil. He asserted that Elisha Lee, the railroads’ spokes- man, throughout the strike controver- sy, often had admitted that fact as well as that the work is workabls, now denied by the railroads. Power to Fix Wages. When Mr. Davis cited congress dis- turbance of railroad contracts in pas-~ ing the federal employes liability act, upheld as valid, Justice Day asked: “Do you claim the same power fixing wages as in fixing rates?” “We do,” replied Mr. Davis. Chief Justice White Puzzled. “I can’t follow that argument,” in- terjected Chief Justice White. “The subject is regulating hours of service. The government has regulated com- merce for ages, so to spe It was (Continued on” Page Three) in DIVERGENT VIEWS ON PROPER MILITARY POLICY Laid Before Senate Committee by Two U. S. Military Officers. Washington) Jan. 8.—Widely diver- gent views as to the proper military policy for the United States were laid before the senate sub-committee on universal service today by two of the government’s military officers, Captain George V. H. Mosely of the general staff of the army and Major Willlam G. Harlee of the marine corps. The committee heard also urgent recom- mendations that universal military training be enacted from a score of surgeons and physicians representing the important medical associations of the country. Major Harlee disapproved of all uni- versal service proposals and suggested a plan of his own, one of the most radical changes in policy yet pro- posed. He asserted that as a recruit- ing officer he had learned that the “military caste, the most orthodox caste in the country,” and the fixed obligations of the enlistment oath were the factors that deterred men from entering the army. “The oath of enlitment is an oath of bondage,” he said. “It brands th man who takes it as of a lower caste. T am opposed to any service except that rendered by willing men.” The major proposed that no enlist- ments be required and that the men trained annually be permitted to leave the service at will. To make it a seri- ous matter for them to quit, however, he suggested that a minimum month- Iy pay of $30 be provided and all but a small sum be held back until the training period had been completed. Captain Mosely explained the pur- poses of his bill, already before the committee, to provide for the training annually of a million boys 19 years old. He said 36 training divisions, properly distributed through the coun- try, should be created as, permanent training factories. In case of war, each of these would constitute an army_ division with the regiments raised to war strength by summoning back to the colors the last two classes graduated. JOHN W. DONAHOE ALIVE; LEGALLY DEAD 17 YEARS Left His Home in Granby 33 Years Ago—Has Been Farming in the Mi. dle West. Hartford, Conn., Jan. S.—Declared illegally dead seventeen years ago, John W. Donahoe, who left his home in Granby 33 years ago, returned to Hartford today and deciared he was going to take things easy for the rest of his life. He has been engaged in farming in the middle west. Donahoe is now 59 vears old. His estate was administered in 1900. His parents and neatly all his relatives, save for his_brother Michael of West .Springfield, Mass., are dead. at of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Girculation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. Cabled Paragraphs || awson Proved |Adamson Law is Condensed Telegrams C. W. Kraushaa, well-known York art dealer, is dead. General Maximilian = Wielemana, ghief ‘of the Belglan general staff, is During 1916, private American ship- yards bullt for American owners 1,163 merchant vessels. The exports of specie from tho district of New York from Jan. 2 to Jan. 6 were $4,590,485. New A charter was granted to the Wire ‘Wheel Corporation of New York, with a capital of $3,000,000. Lloyds shipping agency announced that "the Norwegian steamer Manse had probably been sunk. The Commercial Cable Co. announc- ed that communication with North China beyond Chefoo is restored. The gross receipts of the Toronto Street Railway for 1916 amounted to $5,822,907, an increase of $212,608. The House Committee on interstate and foreign commerce gave a hearing on the Stephens’ price fixing bill. Dr. Friedrich Adler, who assasinat- ed Premier Stuergkh of Austria, at- tempted to hang himself in his cell. Frank O. Lowden, Governor elect of Ilinois, resigned as a member of the board of directors of the Pullman Co. Scientists at the University of Cal- ifornia have discovered the substance tm:it produces growth in the humun body. Six 14-inch guns arrived at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. They are to ve placed on the new dreadnaught New Mexico. Plans for a $12,000,000 “movie” film corporation are under way at Chicago. The new concern will be known as the Universal. Prof. Frank W. Taussig, of Har- vard, accepted a place on the tariff commission and probably will e made chairman. Mme Elmira Brockway, of Chicago who was arrested {.n London last month charged with fortune telling, was found guilty. Departure of Pennsylvania Division Headquarters and the Fourth Penn- sylvania Infantry from El Paso was postponed until January 8. Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, was taken to the Emergency Hospital, in Washington suffering from inflam- mation of the gall bladder. Two hundred marines left the Phil- adelphia Navy yard yesterday on the transport Hancock for. Haiti where they will relieve men on duty there. Two members of a posse were killed and one probably ‘fatally wounded In a fight with a band of robbers, eigh- teen miles northeast of Nowata, Okla. led and four in- jured in an explosion of gas in-the Maxwell colliery of the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co., at Wilkes-Bar- re, Pa. Two men were Michael Gilroy, captain of a coal barge owned by M. & T. Tracey, of Now York, was burned to death in his cabin, at the foot of Myrtle Avenue, Flushing. Representatives of most of the 95 medical schools of the United States, in session at - Washington, adopted resolutions advocating universal mil- tary training. Comm ner John E. Dillon of the New York State Department of Foods and Markets and George W. Perkins held a conference to draw up a new bill to regulate food costs. Captain Frederick Courteney Selous, hunter, explorer and pioneer during the growth of the British empire in Africa, was Willed in action against the Kaiser's troops in German East Africa. Two men were killed and four badly injured by an explosion in the smol ing compartment of the Southern Rail- way’s Birmingham Special just as the train was entering Birmingham from New York. One members of the Eighth Ohio Infantry at El Paso, Texas, has died and one other soldiers of the same command is sick with spinal meningit- is, according to Col. Edward Volrath of this regiment. The sentence of Dr. Haldane Clem- inson of Chicago, condemned to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife in Nov. 1909 ,was commuted by Governor Dunne, to twenty-five years’ imprisonment. Robert Lansing Secretary of State, has cabled to Mr. Vopicka, American Minister at Bucharest, asking for a statement on Germany’'s charge that he had been guilty of unneutral con- duct by favoring Rumania. The National Woman Suffrags Asso- ciation announced that within the next few weeks bills permitting women to vote in municipal as well as presi- dential elections will be introduced in the legislatures of every non-suffrage state. ENTENTE NOTE TO GREECE WAS DRAFTED IN ROME Gives Greek Government 48 Hours to Conform to Demands. London, Jan. 9, 3.25 a. m.—The Times today says it understands that a note was drawn up at the entente allied conference in Rome and has been despatched to Grecce. “It requires,” the Times adds, “prompt compliance with all the pre- vious demands of the allies and noti- fication of the acceptance of those de- mands by Greek government within a period which does not exceed 48 hours.” HOSPITAL SERVICE TRAIN ON WAY TO FORT BLISS To Pick Up Sick Men and Take Them to Hot Springs, Ark. Tucson, Ariz, Jan. 8.—With one hundred soldiers aboard, the United States army hospital service train is on the way today from Nogales to Fort Bliss, where it will pick up morc sick men and depart for Hot Springs, Ark. The train consists of ten. cars and carries a corps of nurses. PRICE TWO CENTS $12,000,000 for Our r_«_fl Yards APPEAL MADE TO CONGRESS B SECRETARY DANIELS. ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY Purpose is to Equip Sufficient Yarde to Enable the Navy Department to Construct Warships for Which Bids Received from Shipbuilders Are Deemed Unreasonably High. Washington, Jan. 8.—S8ecretary Dan- iels today appealed to congress for $12,000,000 to add to navy yard con- struction facilities because of the fail- ure of private builders to submit bids for the battle cruisers and scout cruls- ers. The secretary made his request in a letter to Chairman Padgett of the house committee. It said in part: Remedial Action Necessary. “The situation with regard to the preparedness programme is such that if the manifest intention of congress and the country is to be carried out, remedial action is necessary. * * “Thy department has done its ut- most in this connection bu finds the private shipouilders of the country are unable or unwilling to undertaks the complete programme with any assur- ance or speed in completion, even at prices which the department regards as unreasonably high. The prepared- édness programme halts by reason of thi_sconnection. Six million dollars already has been authorized by congress for the im- provement of navy yard building epuipments. To equip sufficient yurds to enable the department to authorize building of ships for which it has been unable to contract with private yards, the addition of $12,000,000 is sought. Four battleships, one scout crulser, eighteen destroyers and _ twenty-nine coast submarines have been awarded to private builders. Two destroyers, one coast submarine, one fuel ship, one hospital ship, one gunboat and one ammunition ship have been assigned for navy yard construction. This leaves four battle cruisers and three scout cruisers for which construction remains to be provided. BUFFALO BILL CALMLY AWAITING THE END. Tells Sisgter to “Let the Elks and M. sons Take Charge of the Funeral. Denver, Col, Jan., 8—Colonel Wil- liam- F. Cody (Buffald Bui) is dying in Denver tonight, facing death in the same manner that he has faced it many times on the plains of the west in conflicts that made his name fa- mous. The colonel heard the warning of the approach of the end of his left to- day from Dr, J. H. East, his physician and friend. He had summoned the physician to the home of his sister, where he is spending his last hours. When Dr. East walked into his room, Colonel Cody said: Sit_down, doctor; thing 1 want to ask you. to answer me honestly. chances 7" “There is a time, colonel,” said the doctor, “when every honest physician must commend his patient to a higher vower.” Colonel Cody's head sank. “How long?” he asked, simply. “I can answer that,” said the physi- there is some- I want you ‘What are my cian, “only by telling you your life is like ‘the hour glass. The sand is slip- ping, gradually, slowly—but soon the sand will all be gone. The end is not tar away.” Colonel Cody turned to his sister, Mrs. May Decker. “May,” he said, “let the Elks and Masons' take charge of the funeral.” Then the man who made history- in the west when it was young began methodically to arrange his affairs. Dr. East tonight sald death would come within thirty-six hours. Hundreds of telegrams of sympathy trom men of prominence all over the country came today. Many boys from different parts of the United States wrote to him. “Won't you please send me the story of your life and all your pictures, so T can be a scout like Buffalo Bill?” one youngster wrote. The letter was taken to Colonel Cody. “He is a typical American youth,” said the colonel with a smile. Death a Matter of Few Hours At 10.30 tonight Colonel Cody’'s phy- sician issued a statement saying the noted plainsman was sinking rapidly and that his death was “a matter of a very few hours.” GIRARD DINNER REGARDED IN A POLITICAL LIGHT As a Development of High Importance —Berlin Papers Comment on | Berlin, Jan. 8, 12.30 p. m, via Lon- don, 10.12 p. m.—The dinner given by the American Association of Commerce and Trade of Berlin in honor of Am- bassador Gerard continues in the fore- front of interest. It is recognized, as pointed out in a Berlin despatch to the Cologne Gazette, as a political devel- opment of high importance, leading the German editors to devote their Monday reviews of the week largely to a discussion of its bearing on future German-American relations and upon Ppeace prospects. The event has, in general, a friendly press, and "Ambassador Gerard’s decla- rations regarding the excellent condi- tion of the relations between Germany and the United States are generally welcomed, although the outspokenly anti-American newspapers do not re- frain from exploiting them in an un- favorable sense. The Tages Zeitung finds that the American ambassador ‘“violated all diplomatic proprieties” in speaking of the relations at all, and partigularly in associating their prolongation with the continuance in office of Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg. Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, chief of general staff, and General Luden- dorf, first quarfermaster general, are mentioned by Tages Zeitung in this connection. ‘Theodor Wolff, in the Tageblatt, la- menting that in the flood of misunder- standing such reasonable exchanges of opinion and information are not mors frequently heard, expresses high pleas- ure at the course of the dinner.