Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 10, 1917, Page 1

Cabled_Paragraphs ] awson Declines French Parliament Reassembled. Paris, Jan: 9, 4.50 p. m.—Parliament ‘reassembled today and organized for the session of 1917. was re-elected president of the cham- ber of deputies. ——— LONDON NEWSPAPERS FEATURE COMMENT ON GERARD SPEECH Ascribe It to Unconventional Methods of American Diplomats. London, Jan. 10, 3.00 a. m.—While the speech of James W. Gerard, the American ambassador the German newspaper comment and reports of the impression created by it in the United States have givn and are still begin given prom- inence in the London morning news- papers, none of them has commented on the speech until Daily Express alone prints an After paving grateful tribute to Ambassador Gerard's efforts on be- half of British prisoners, Express says: s (Harry Thaw Again ~ 1o Be Coerced| inSerious Trouble INDICTED FOR KIDNAPPING A YOUTH OF 16 BOY SEVERELY WHIPPED Paul Deschane OVER AND OVER AGAIN REFUS- ED TO GIVE NAMES Teutonic Forces Have Taken 5,499 - Prisoners and Captured Ten Machine Guns STILL IN WASHINGTON Induced Boy to Leave His Home in Kansas City, Mo., to Come to New York—Beat Him With Two Whips Three Different Times on Christmas | [3Uo%0! Ggrd from eastern Night—Youth Escaped Next Day. home. John Finlayson, 106, explorer, whom Finlayson river and Finlayson Lake, in Yukon Territory, were amed, Four Motions to Cite Him Before Bar of the House Considered—Bernard Baruch Denied That He Had Any Advance Information of President Wilson’s Peace Note. today when the HAVE WON ADDITIONAL GROUND IN MOLDAVIA 9. — Although Thomas W. Lawson promised to dis- “names and amounts involving men high in official life,” if congress |insane where he was sent ordered an inquiry into the leak in advance of President Wilson's “It is not for New York, Jan. 9.—Hardy K. Thaw, criticize the unconventional methods of American diplomats and gratitude will prevent any British criticism of Mr. Gerard himself. to understand the attitude of America There is Still Vigorous Fighting Going on in Northern Russia ‘Washington, —The Russians Have Retaken Island in the Dvina River North of llloukst—Greece Has Been Given Forty-eight {months ago from the asylum for the | {killed Stanford White, was today in- It is impossible dicted here, charged with kidnapping 12 PAGES—124 COLUMNS s the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. Senate Votes to Abolish §alouns Condensed Telegrams 000 pounds. PRICE TWO CENTS Shipments of fresh and cured meats from Chicago last week totaled 41,832,- The tenth annual convention of the Connecticut state Optical society was held at Hartford. $4,500,000 to $6.000,000. his home at Catskill, N. Y. The Will Wood Theatre, National Guard from eastern IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AFTER The EI 1 W alkan: Dry Geode: Cox NOVEMBER 1, 1917. of St. Louis increased its capital from Col Omar W. Sage warden of Sing Sing prison from 1894 to 1901, died at {VOTE STOOD 55 TO 32 Measure Does Not Prohibit the Im- Kansas City’s oldest playhouses, was portation of Liquor destroyed by fire, at a loss of $60,000. The Fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania| Use—Requires Record to be Kept of Shipper and Consignee—Both Bran- fifteen | is dead. degee and McLean Voted No. Washington, Jan. bill to dbolish saloo: after November 1, 9—The Sheppard ns in the national after he The Magnolia Petroleum Co., Fred Gump, Jr, of Kansas City, Mo., |a barrel. peace note, there were indications to- night that the house rules committee was about to drop its hearings on the ‘Wood resolution for such an investiga- tion and return the resolution to the roblems of the war, obsessions to the complex unless the American mind carefully consider the factors governing the national opinion in the different parts of the United a youth of 16, and assaulting him | with a whip. Dstectives Looking for Thaw. Hours in Which to Comply With the Demands of the With him was indicted on the kid- a man_ described as | renton: o Entente Allies That All Greek Troops in Thessaly be Withdrawn. In view of these conflicting factors it is easy to understand that President Wilson’s main concern is to bring the war to an end as soon as possible and thus remove the danger house with an adverse report. Democratic members of the commit- tee freely expressed their weariness over the proceedings of the past few days and their conviction not only that napping charge, George F. O'Byrnes, and supposed to have been employed by Thaw as a bodyguard. Word was received that O’Byrnes had been arrested in Phila- delphia _and detectives were there | °F #10:000- 1 nothing to warrant further inquiry had been brought out so far. but that Mr. Lawson knew nothing to support his of American entanglement.” is still_vi fighti - is still_vigorous fighting go: looking for Thaw tonight. The invasion of Rumania The complaint, which was placed V' Vi Rai! 2 against Thaw with the attorney by :oyxl\{;ih‘exyl;lslng Il)l:::dc'(:nbetgr 31 former chairman of | $33'767.310 the United States Industrial Relations Ly SPANISH STEAMER PELAYO TORPEDOED AND SUNK troops of the central powers continues to progress, despite the efforts of the Russians and Rumanians to hold them back. Berlin reports that the invaders moving eastward into Moldavia from Transylvania Alps ing on in northern Russia in the re: gion of Riga. Berlin reports the ,é- pulse of Russian attacks on botb sl of the river Aa and between fried- richstadt and the Mitau The Russians, however, sweeping charges. Mr. Lawson continued today to defy the committee, refusing over and over again to give the names of the men he had told profited by after suggesting that he could name Frank P. Walsh, While Bound for England With Cargo and Domestic Articles. Commission, appearing now as Gump's he /e recap- counsel, alleges that Thaw enticed the to his room at a hotel here : 3 Christmas night and there beat him |Wwine 2rrested at New York, with two whips three different times, ? until he bled and became almost un- | The $4,000,000 endowment which the Massachusetts Institute of gaining ground step by step, while the force of Field Marshal von Macken- sen, driving northward has won additional ground, reaching the Putna river sector. ing the Teutonic allies, Berlin, have taken 5,499 prisoners nad an official higher up than any vyet mentioned.- Lawson Remain Four motions to cite him before the bar of the house for contempt, pending when he left the witness stand early in tured an island in the north of Illoukst, which,” was from them recently. ports also the repulse’ df German at- tacks south of Lake: Jan. 9, 10.50 p. m.—A report that the Spanish steamer Pelayo, with a cargo of oil and domestic_articles, has been torpedoed and bound for England, coming on top of the sinking of the Spanish in Moldavia, In this fight- sunk while according to Had Mania for Whipping. Testimony describing the whipping | has been secured In the other theatres, according to the various official bombardments increased popular the Temps’ captured three guns and ten machine - kg s Sl resentment, say: correspondent. All the leaders of party are in complete agreement as to Spain’s foreign circles it is believed that Germany is much concerned about the entente allies intend to adopt to protect merchant ships. information from a reliable source the ambassadors of the afternoon, were considered by the committee in executive session. decision was reached, but some of the indicated later Lawson probably would not be recall- ed and that if it was determined to report the Wood resolution unfavora- the contempt charges would be of young girls by Thaw made up some of the most sensational chapters in the numerous court actions on the question of Thaw's sanity after his acquittal of the murder of White on [Jan. 30 to Feb. 2. the ground of insanity and his com- mitment to the Matteawan State Hos- pital for the criminal insane. Alien- ists for the state testified that whip- ping was a mania with Thaw. " Gostly, B eV Nork SEnts. Leonida Bissolati, leader of the re- communications, and minor g and patrol parties Petrograd admits that the Russians along the line of the Putna and Se- reth rivers have fallen back, but says the manoeuvre was carried out with- A slight- retreat on the Kashinan River by the Russians is also recorded by Petrograd, asserted that south of the Oftuz ri er and near Rekoza, river, attacks by the troops of the ot 6 the monarchical been given forty-eight hours by the entente allies in which to comply with their demands for the withdrawal of all Thessaly, the reduction in the number of Greek forces elsewhere, the release of political prisoners and an apology to the allied nations and their flags. out hindrance. the measures According to| Gnancier remains in Washington sub- Ject to the committee’s orders. Hearing Continued Today. on the Suchitza central powers A short course in busine: tine Avenue, The Bronx. After several vears' litigation at a|form socialists and Minister thousand | portfolio in the Itallan Cabinet, was CSUEAL pRvE RoL R will present a note to the foreign of- fice demanding that all merchant ships shall be treated as warships in Spanish government, does not intend to give in to any intimidation. The hearing will continue throuzh- out tomorrow, at least, to give several of the men mentioned in the various reports and rumors related before the committee an opportunity statements. several hundred dollars to New (Continued on Page Six, Fourth Col.) FINAL MEETING MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMISSION ‘Will Be Held in Washington Saturday or Monda, ARGUMENTS ON ADAMSON LAW NEARING CLOSE CHARLES H. WAX WAS WITH MISS RAE TANZER On Her Excursion to Plainfield, N. J. —Hotel Proprictor So States. Government’s Case Will Be Made Today. examination Lawson frankly admitted that he was particularly concerned with the so-called leak itself. but that. his pur- pose in agitating the subject primarily bout a thorpush investi- atldh 6t the New York stock exchange The steamer Pelavo was a vessel of She was built in 1900 and owned in Barcelon: Washington, pected to be sthe final meeting. of the Mexican-American joint wil be held S#Hfarday” Br - Monday. Washington, Jan. fore the supremie court-on’ the.corsti- tutionNity of the Adamson act near- ed a close tonigh* aft: —Arguments be- commission | CABARETS RAIDED IN NEW s Ve Being anZall-day ot- and .to|awarded the military medal. passed late today now goes to the house, friends claim e The vote in While the me: of liquor in th, Ardmore, Okla., advanced the price of by the senate and crude ofl 5 cents a barrel to 85 cents it is assuréd of pase: e senate was 55 to ‘asure prohibits the sale e District of Columbia its importation i n amendment which would } would have submitted the proposal to a referendum of citizens of the dis- d just before pass- The body of an unidentified man, | with a wound in his neck ,was found ! in the gutter of Ferrier Avenue, East The first two floors and basement of a building at 319 Grand Street, New age by a tie vote, York, were destroyed by fire at a loss | e The vote on passage follows: Senators Voting in Affirmative. Democrats—Ashurst, B Chamberlain, Teon Subms South Dalkot. tin, Myers, Overman, Operating revenues of the Louisville Kern, Kirby, Pittman, Rams- Shields, Simmons, Smith’ of Gy Smith of Maryland of Goorgla; James Murray of Evansville, Smith of South and James McDevitt, of Cincinnati, Vardaman, Walsh, Willi. -28. Republicans: Chane Borah, Bradley, Clapp, Dillingham, McCumber, Technology started to raise last June | Norrls, Olver, Page, Poindeste: Steriing, Sutherland. Townses Fat- son, Works—27—total ayes 5o © o Those Casting Negative Votes. Democratc — Bankhead, Broussard, Hitchoock, for retail merchants is offered at the University of Illinots during the four days from Culberson, Alfred J. L. Rouelle, an artist, com- mitted suicide by inhaling gas in the kitchen of his home at No. 2698 Valen- O'Gorman, Saulsbury, Smith of Arizona: Tillman, _ Underwood—22. Republicans—Brandegee, Lean, Penrose, Wadsworth, Weeks—10 —total noes 32, Party Lines Ignored. Neither the vote on the referendum Rev. Edwin Flynn, assistant pastor nor that on the passage of amendment of St. Joseph’ church, Meriden, been transferred, effective Thursday, to St. Mary’s church, New London. A certificate has been filed Charles H. Wax, — New York, Jan. best knowr_as not James W. Osborne, New York attorney, was the man who accompanied Miss Rae Tanzer on her YORK ANTI-VICE CAMPAIGN J. | More Than a’Score of Arrests Made— Detectives Posed as Plans for the meeting were made to- day by Secretary Lane, acting for the American members, and Pani, representing the Mexicans, when Pani delivered a letter acknow that would lead to incorporation and federal regulation. Baruch on the Stand. Bernard Baruch of New York, who tack upom the law by Tomorrow the final ment of the zovernment’s case will be made and the test suit submitted to the court for decision. Millionaires. “Oliver Osborne,” Dinner favors of $100 bills were dis- a prominent |tributed at a banquet given by George F. Johnson, to 30 foremen in the Endi- cott-Johnson factories at Binghamton, now famous excursion to Plainfield, N.|N. Y. i New York. Jan. 9.—A new phase of | contributed $50,000 to the last demo- cratic campaign fund, and whose name ledging the receipt of the Americans’ Questions of law, the merits of legis- reply to General Carranza’'s latest re- Jation and the manner of its enactment William Kitchen former proprietor of the hotel where| M. Herriot, minister of suppli crusade was undertaken tonight when were begun on !high to low degree which it is alleged are frequented by has been mentioned in the stories of money made through a “leak, stand this afternoon and denied that he had any advance information what- were raised and discussed at and merabers of the court continuea to 2dd interest to the proceedings by in- Miss Tanzer was a guest, j testified today in the trial in federal | French people shall be one pound and court of Franklin D. Safford, who is ratify the protocol signed in i »arets from ty. and Mr. Lane agreed that further negotiations by disorderly women- and Wwho {cided that rations of sugar charged with perjury because he swore | Feb, 1. terrupting coungsel with gquestions. Lack by congress of authority to en- act what tpoy termed railroad legislation was than a score soever on the president’s sioners were useless, although care had been exercised by the Mexicans writin: letter to the American us proceeding that James in a previ Osbrone.” The Frederick W. Whitridge, late presi- One of the places raided was a Pop- | George’s speech. After admitting that the principal line identification was made when Wax was |dent of the Third Avenue restaurant light” district near Bi The evidence he sold short many thousands of shares of United States Steel during the pe- riod from Dac. | sioners to avoid any such admission. Pani expressed the desire of the Mexicans for one more meeting, attack of the railroad atorn ter D. Hines and John G. Joh They contended also that the law brought into the courtroom. roadway and 47th The trial of Safford, who is clerk of Zainst the wom- he said his when Miss | Arnold Whitridge. by detectives s millionaires. The dancing fioor was crowded when the district attorney’s ai } appearance. action was due solely to his belief that this was the proper attitude to take (Continued on Page Three, 5th Col:) there was which he indicated that ks colleagues who posed a.continuation of the capable of operation without interpretatio;), takes property without due process of law and interferes with liberty of contract. Difficulty of definitely. act was emphasized by Mr. Hines, would ask for conferences. There was another report late to- agreement on a withdrawal of American Mexico City, but it was denied by Sec- proceedings w out of the young woman's suit for breach of promise s made their 'S were stationed at and none of the guests were the persons against James When Wax was found |merchant chase he free- applving the troops from PROCLAMATION ISSUED ooe of ich have| Three men, sa “Oliver Os- e said although the law fixes an ocight| hour standard railroad operatives, are employed on mile: monthly base: BY SULTAN TO ARMY Calls for Redoubled Efforts stroy Enemy. | wanted were taken into custody. arrested was a The women described them- “dancing instructors,” “mod- that it was he who had court- such emploves captain of . trip, run or nearly all ed Miss Tanzer COST TO GOVERNMENT TO that he went v a vent w COLLECT TARIFF DUTIES to Plainfield. young woman. "London, Jan. 10, 2:47 a. m.—A Con- identified Wax, | $5,000,000. After Kitchen had Safford motioned him to o stand up. The defendant looked close- | Three men were injured when a wagon in which they were riding was struck by a westbound train of the the formerly employed | Staten Island Rapid Transit line at at the Plainfield hotel testified that During 1916 Was 1.502 Mills Per Dol- lar on imports and Exports. SMALL SENTENCED TO BE HANGED. Protested Innocence When Asked if He Had Anything to Say. N. H., Jan_ 9.—Frederick L stantinople Reuter by way of Amsterdam gives the text of a prociamation of the sul- tan to the army, in which, after re- calling the peace offer tral powers, the sultan sayvs ““The enemy countries, the serious spirit of our purpose, jected our with our allies, leaving to the enemy material responsibility shed and the ruin of homes.” The suitan soldiers that during “briiliantly enhanced the ven- erated name of Ottomanism,” and ex- presses the conviction that “with the aid of the Almighty we final victory and deliver |INVESTIGATING CHARGES MADE BY R. W. MOON ly at Wax and then shook his head Washington, Jan. 9.—Compilation by emphatically in the negative. promfiraat Of Brutal Treaiment of Harry Penque that the cost to at State Scheol for Boys. the government to collect tariff s 1.502 mills per dollar of imports and exports handled. This is the lowest figure on record, compar- ing with 2.221 mills in 191 in 1914 and 2.545 mills in 1913, cost of the customs ser- disregarding Oshorne was | Grassmere, een there with addedl that he had| Secretary Daniels appealed to Cha 9.—Coroner Eli during 1916 w: disdainfully re- and we are obliged, to continue the wa the moral and hanged on Jan. 15, 1918, for the murder | investigating the charges made Florence A. Small, Siss Tan: identify hith as the with the young woman. of his wife, at_Mountainview, on Sept. Judge John Kivel asked Small if b had anything to say as to why tence of death should nouneéed in accordance with the ver- dict of the jury which was returned | last night. “T have, your honor,” said Small. know no more about the I am an innocent .person. 2.454 mills the death of Harry I’en- v of fresh blood- serted that treatment he received while an inmate at the Connecticut boys in this Superintendent supervisors compared with $9,930.261 in 19 141,178 in 1914 and $10,931,431 in 1913. e total amount of goods in which whacks were allowed last year was 70,945 more than twice as much | < in 1915 and nearly five times as|DoYS. He stated that he would resume in New Haven to- At the outset of the second day of the trial Judge Hand announced that decision on a mo- he would re by Safford’'s at- tion made yesterday crime than | s the case. shall obtain muth as in 1914. investigation the country was on party were 26 democrats and 17 republicans voting for the referendum democrats and 21 republicans voting against it. Most republicans of the so- the secretary of state by Richards & r-élled progressive group voted against Co., of Stamford showing an increase in capital from $150,000 to $2,000,000. itself there were republican _vot democrats and 10 republican: All the progressives voted democratic and 27 agalnst it. for passage. Provisions of the Bill. The prohibiting language of the bill t after November 1 iation, club or corporation, r their agents, officers, clerks or servants, the District manufacture for sale, for sale, offer for sale, keap for sale, export, ship out of the District of Columbia or exchanze or merchandise, or receive orders for the purchase of a half for each person a month after Co., who died Dec. 30, bequeathed his entire estate to his widow, Mrs. Lucy to be wanted by po- lice of several middle western cities on charges of swindling banks out of between $15,000 and $20,000 were arrested at Chicago. purposes or for any other than sclen- pharmaceutical, sacramental beverage purposes Another section cannot be construed manufacture, or sale, of denatured, methyl or of ethyl alcohol for scientific, med- icinal and like manufacture and d_druggists the measure to prevent A petition filed with the secretary exportation under that name and |of state to the general assembly an- nounces that the Eagle Lock Co., He has not vet been confronted by the | Terryville will ask permission to in- crease its capital from $1,000,000 importation, manufacturers. The so-called locker system is special- ly forbidden. Record of Shipper and Consignee. All common carriers bringing intox. A painter, | the Parkerson Avenue Crossing S could not.man Tillman, of the Senate 2 into the District are required keep a record of the shipper and who must make afdavit for personal law declares that no in alcoholic property rights Who wasicommittee, to defeat the compromise Wax as- American Red Cross Society, The con- i that the indicment | ganger from lack of funds. Clerk Arthur E. Kenison then read | the sentence, in which Small is ordered to be confined in the state prison until | 1918, when from the avidity of our enemies. “Henceforth, agains Saiford law did not to administer hearing before him. The number of emploves of the §r- vice decreased in 1916 from 7,079 1915 and the average salary, $1,3; was $26 higher than year pre. SEVEN PRISONERS TAKEN | BY NEW HAMPSHIRE TROOPS | Brush With Filibusterers redouble our zeal e a federai com- and efforts in ordér, with the aid of to destroy our It was at such a W. Osborne as the man who had ac SUDDEN DEATH OF U. 8. sultan concludes by in hat he el manufactured or legislation to give claimants leases on makes every he talked with Lapp onlthe navy petroleum fuel reserve s the District, the trip he alleged he took with Axxss;gul,gurni,, and Wyoming. violates the law a and gives the right to sue to enjoin such nuisance. place that “common nuisance” President Wilson as President of the violations, including a provision aime at physicians who prescribe liquor for patients without a cause. to sue for damages from person who person or property” intoxication sued an appeal for renewed subscrip- tions to.enable the society to carry on ts war relief work, which is in serious the | injured Private Frank W. Hilliker, of consequence of oath in|mwelfth U. S. Cavalry, died at companied Miss Tanzer to Plainfield. | home was in Lanesville, N. J. 125 FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVES FOR BRITISH GOVERNMENT 1917 Order For Baldwi Near Zapata, Tex. the Almighty with success. EMBASSY ATTACHE IN MEXICO Has Raised a Mystery Which State Department May Investigate RESIGNATION OF RUSSI;N PREMIER ANNOUNCED San Antonio, Tex. prisoners were taken by men of the First New Hampshire infantry regi- ment in their brush with filibusterers Saturday night near Zapata, Tex., ac- cording to an official report at south- ern department headquarters of the United States army. Firing began when the Néw Hamp- shire border patrol intercepted a large number of Mexicans crossing the Rio | the report said. known how many men there was the filibustering expedition. the Mexicans were killed. congress | WONDERFUL VITALITY OF BUFFALO BILL Locomotive LAFAYETTE GIRL KILLED; QUARRELED WITH SWEETHEART Shot—Man Then Committed Suicide. | Prince Golitziné Trepoff as Prime Minister. Washington, Jan. death of Louis d’Antin, an citizen attached to the Mexican embas- sy here, in San Luis Potosi, while en route to Mexico City with Eliseo Ar- redondo, General Carranza’s ambassa- dor, has reised a mystery whicli may be investigated by the state depart- ment. Officials said today that if mem- bers of @Antin’s party requested they would mage inquiries. D’Antin, for years chancellor of the American embassy in Mexico City, was recently attached to the Mxec#n em- He was said to know more about Mexican affairs than any other American. Philadelphia, Jan. 9.—A contract for freight locomotives from the Brit- government was closed 'today by the Baldwin. Locomotice Works of this ‘The order approximates $2.750,- 000 and is to be completed during 1917. OBITUARY. Herrmann Stump. Baitimore, Mad., Stump, former member of from Maryland and the first Urited States commissioner-general of immi- gration, died today of pneumonia at|gource of Amazement to M. tendants and to His Family. Russian premier, Alexander Trepoff, Providence, R. I, Jan. 9.—Miss Pearl Moon was shot and killed at her Fpme in Lafayette, near Wickford Junction after a quarrel Reuter corres both Premier Trepoff and Count Ig- natieff, minister of public instruction, have resigned. with Frank who was regarded as The latter fled from the house to a nearby barn, where he turned the weapon upon himself, com- mitting suicide. Hendrick, Jr.. At member of the council of the empire, has been appointed premier. Senator Kulchitsky has pointed minister of public instruction. M. Neratoff, deputy foreign minister, has been appointed a member of the council of the empire: bassy here. KING OF SPAIN HAS his home near B CONFIDENCE IN PREMIER Thomas Emery. Alexander | have made at the banquet a. m—The| u, Chicago Flat Janitors’ Union has given its executive committee au- to the Petrograd, | thority to call a strike on senator and| Ggoers of the Thirty-first Regiment of the Michigan National Guard be- gan an investigation of charges made blood relatives. Efforts to absolutely in the District from it were beaten without-a record An amendment by Senator Phe- lan which would permit sa ale, beer and porter” also was defeat- s base hospital at Columbus, N. M., of | that Safford identified James | pneumonia, vesterday. e was a mem- ber of the punitive expedition. forbid manu- The State Department cabled to Am- bassador Gerard at Berlin requesting a report on the speech he is said to . Litlo Debate on Its Terms. The vote was preceded by little de- terms, but m: ana tions were given by senators or their reasons for voting for and against the referendum Under the agreement for the vote to- (Continued on Page Three, Fifth Col.) OFFICERS CONNECTICUT STATE OPTICAL SOCIETY. H. E. Jones of Stafford Springs One of American Association of Commerce and Trade last Saturday night. bate on its Underwood amendment apartment building in the city where the owners have refused to grant an increase of pay averaging 10 per cent. been ap-|pinree officers of the regiment that ’ George Sch Alexander Feodorovich Trepoff suc- | ied & PEACEA, 6 DAt riaPiad B Jan. 9.—The vitality el William F. Denver, Col., $10,000,000 FOR MISSION WORK IN LATIN-AMERICA Alfonso Had a Long Conference With Count de Remanones. Penn Yan, N. Y, Jan. 9.—Thomas|shown by Colon ceeded Boris V. Sturmer to the prem- iership in November, 1916, his appoint- |} ;a1 bills and bills due to Emery, believed to have served in one Bill| office in the Masonic lodge longer than | o e ayioe Yo said by his physicians night, was a source of ment being rcgarded as a victory for public opinion against so-called ““un- | {205 During Next Five Years Urged by Dr. John R. Mott at F. M. Conference. any other Mason in Madrid, via Paris, Jan. 9, 9:30 p. m. the United States, |amazement to hls medical attendant —King Alfonso today had a long con- died here today at the age of 96 vears [and members of the family at the bed- just influences. Soon after taking of- Premier Trepoff made his fam- |1 pepsONS INJURED de Ronmanones, . ference with Count attendance, | the premier whose cabinet had resign- Full confidence in- the He had been tyler of the local lodge | aige. for forty-nine comsecutive vears and|who has been in constant Y | the noted scout gained strength dur- ing the day although the heart action |premier was expressed by the king, who requested that Count de Roman- The govern- According to Dr. ous-speech in the Duma, in which he declared that the entente allies had agreed to the Russial stantinople and the istence of this agreement had been a long time alleged but never before had it been thus publicly and formally ad- Garden City, N. Y., Jan. 9—Expen- diture of $10,000,090 for mission work in Latin-America during the next five was urged by Dr. Mott, 'a member of the Mexican-Amer- ican joint commission and secretary uf the International committee of the Young Men’s Christiaan Assocition an address at the annual foreign mis- sions conference which opened hure to- last Friday was installed b proxy for the fiftieth time. John Davis. Lyadon, Jan. 8, 602 p. m.—John Da- vis, commandant of the American Civil | Was said he had been sleeping quiet- War Veterans in London, is dead. Although Mr. Davis was a_ British subject, the veteran of the American ‘wote to Presi- a previously. claim to Con- was very weak and_digestive func- tions had ceased. FEarly tonight it|ones continue in power. ment therefore will resume its duties 1y for two hours. with the same ministers holding port- Arnold Daly, Actor, Cri recently. New York, Jan. 9. dent Wilson congratulating him on|actor, was in a critical condition here | reconstruction of the steered the ship|late tonight after having undergone |Nashville Ohlo River at B oare! el by the: marend were u 2 ‘as within Entente Ultimatu to Greece. War Department orders requiring i via Londen, Louisville & 2 dge ‘across the|Jan. 9, 9:40 p. m—The ultimatum of e entente powers after making its s on Greece gives Greec guar- extension of the wooden navy Arnold Daly, the —_— Movements of Steamships. New York, Jan. 9.—Sailed, steamers : American consul- P . nd Thee H -general, having “su of state from the shoals of war.” The|an operation for appendicitis, Robert P.|came ill several days ago, but contin- ~the veterans in' ued acting in his new play until yes. i e ,at addition- Moluflm.fl_’y Skinper, is -g:tl:t they were refused service in a res- the Vice Presidents. taurant because they were in uniform. 9.—The Con- necticut State Optical t, a clerk, 23 years tenth annual filed a petition in bankruptcy with lia- convention here the following officers: Presi- Comstock, Ansonia; { vice presidents, G. S. Jasse, New Ha- rants and to taxicab companies in New | prise lost race track bets, I O. U secretary, James Masterton, town: treasurer, F. H. Grater, Water- AT FIRE IN TROY, N. Y- || Apy CLOUSTON DIED The ex- | By an Explosion Which Blew Out the Front of the Building. and thre eadjoining structures. SUDDENLY IN EDINBURGH of William She Was the Storer of New Haven. 10, 2:30 a. Y., Jan. 9.—Fifteen persons, including Chief Bryon of the fire de- partment, several firemen and poliee- men, were injured. four of them seri- ously, tonight during a fire which de- stroyed the Troy Observer building London, Jan. Clouston ‘died suddenly at Edinburgh on January 6. She was the daughter of William Storer of Conn., and the widow of Sir Thomas All were hurt by an explosion which | S. Clouston, a noted alienist. blew out the front of the building. [her sons, J. Storer Clousto, is a well- The damage is estimated at $100,000. known writer.