Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 31, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 27 Nowhere Has There Been Than Small Proportions The Bulletin’s Circulation in No an Engagement of More SPORADIC CLASHES OCCURRED IN'MACEDONIA Bombardments and Small Infantry Attacks Continue at Va- rious Points in Belgium and France—On the Somme Front the British Have Carried Out Successful Night Raids—In the Eastern Zone Quiet Prevails Along the Russian and Rumanian Lines Except Southwest of Riga. Comparative calm continues to pre- vail on all the battle fronts. No- where has there been an engagement which has risen above the proportions of a small encounter. From the Baltic to the Black Sea along the Russian and Rumanian fronts quiet prevails, except south- west of Riga, while in Macedonia only eporadic clashes have occurred. Bombardments and small _infantry attacks at various points continue on the front in France and Belgium. No mention is made in the latest French official communication of hostilities in the region of Hill 304, in the Verdun sector, wherefore it may be assumed that the French have ceased, for the moment at least, their attempts to re- _— DEPORTATIONS OF BELGIAN WORKMEN CONTINUES But at a Slightly Lower Rate Than Previously. The Hague, Jan. 30, via Lohdon, 6.17 . m.—The deportations of Beigian workmen continue, but at a slightly lower rate than previously, according to information from an unquestiona- ble source. It is said that the depor- tations from Brussels are now being made at the rate of about 350 men deily. Many of these men, it is al- ieged, are not idiers but skilled work- men who have been cngaged for at jeast a part of their time in their trade. In some provinces the Belgians, it is said, are adopting methods of pas- sive resistance in efforts to escape deportation. This resistance takes the form of failing to appear at the ap- pointed place for examination. Out of 1,700 men called in five communes near Malines, not more than one-half presented themselves. Thereupon the German military authorities arrested three prominent men in each mune, hoiding them as hostages until the appearance of the absentees, who in the meantime were hunted by squads of soldiers. In Brussels many of the summoned men who failed to appear are now in hidine. . ‘About ‘one thousand Belgians con- nécted with the work of the Ameri- can Relisf Commission—members of provincial and communal committees or helpers in storehouses, mills or soup kitchens—have been deported to Ger- many over the strons protest of the commission. As a result of vigorous protests, however, a few of these men have been T tnined to their homes and no oth:: eing taken. WOMAN ATTACKED AISISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY CUNHA During Trial of Thomas J. Mooney in San Francisco—Struck Him in Face. San Francisco, Cal. Jan .30—The trial of Thomas J. Mooney, charged with murder in connection with the preparedness day bomb explosion here on July 22, 1916, was enlivened late today by a fistic attack on Assistant District Attorney Edward A. Cunha by Mrs. Belle Lavin, following testimony that_some of the c'nt ~7 of Warren K. Billings, a convicted was found in her rogm and that some of her clothing was found in his room. Mrs. Lavin. who was a spectator, re- sented Cunha's efforts to bring her name into the case. ng over to u_cowardly gt £1e Tollowed her remark by striking #47 in the face with her fist. At the der of Judge Frankiin K. Griffin she °d by two policemen and re- moved from court. With difficulty the policemen warded off her attempt to bite and scratch them. Billings was the second dynamiter that-lived in the house of Mrs. The first was M. A. Schmidt, convi in Los Angeles for murder gro out of the dvnamiting of the Times building in 1910. DEAD NEGRO CLERGYMAN HAD CONCEALED NOTES AND MONEY. Administrator Feound Both in Holes and Under Flooring in House. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 30.—Frank- 1n Koetler, administrator of the estate of Rev. Henry H. Johnson, for many vears pastor of the Emanuel Paptist church (colored), reported to_the pro- bate court’ today that the estate prob- ahlv wll amount to $100,000, instead of $500. as was originally estimated. Mr. Koeiler said that in examining the late clergyman’s house, he found notes and meney secreted in holes and under the “~-ring. He asked for an extension of ~ In filing an inventory of the es- tat>. which was granted. ved LosT IN SINKING OF LAURENTIC. Mary of Them Were Killed by the Explosion of the Mine. nha, she shouted: to humiliate Tondon, Jan. 31, 2.40 a. m.—About 260 men were lost in the sinking of the auxillary cruiser Laurentic, many of them having been killed by the ex- plosion of the mine whi eh-llg:‘f'l' h tom to the Star liner to dynamiter, | capture the trenches recently taken from them by the Germans. Between Soissons and Rheims and south of Hetsas in Belgium the Ger- mans have attempted advances by means of surprise attacks, but in both instances were compelled to desist un- der the firt respectively of the French and Belgian guns. On the Somme front the British have carried out suc- cessful night raids near the Butte de Warlencourt, in which German dug- outs were shattered, with bombs, and east of Souchez, where German works ‘were damaged. Considerable aerial activity contin- ues over the lines in France. Lon- don reports the destruction of three German machines and that three oth- ers were driven out damaged. AMERICANS TO BE WARNED TO KEEP OFF ARMED SHIPS Teutonic Allies to Send Communica- tion to State Department. ‘Washington, Jan. 30.—Information has reached here that Germany and her allies are considering communi- cating to the state department a vir- tual warning that Americans should keen off of armed merchant ships of belligerent nations. This became to- day ~ following the intimation in official ~circles - yesterday. that- -the United States might dssue “a new memorandum. setting forth its at- titude toward armed merchantmen. It is not known just when or in what manner the Warning may be conveved, but Germany apparently has been paving the wayv for sueh a step for several weeks past by submitting to the state department a series of statements alleging speecific instances in which merchant craft of the entente powers have used offensively against submarine guns carried ostensibly for defense. ‘The armed ship question, an unsoly ed problem throughout all the nego- tiations over submarine warfare, is involved in practically all of the cases now pending between the United States and Germany and over which an admittedly grave situation even- tually will have to be faced, Officials of the American governmént, how- ever, have adopted a waiting attitude during discussion of moves for peace, and still believe that the submarine issue will not e forced to a conclu- sion as long as there is a_ possibility of tangible developments toward peace.™ PEOPLE MUST LEARN WHAT TO EAT AND HOW TO LIVE. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley’s Solution of High Cost of Living. New Yorlk, Jan. 30—If the people of this country would reduce the cost of living, they must learn what to eat and how to live, according to Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, who _addressed members of the Economic club of New York at a dinner tonight. “All that is necessary,” he declared, “is wheat and milk for children. The meat problem is not much of a problem in my family. My boys eat whole wheat or brown bread and butter and milk. “If today we could come to this sim- ple life, no one would complain of the high cost of living. “If today I could go into the home of the wage earner and he and his wife would listen to what I have to say as to what they should buy and what they should eat, I could double the wages of every laboring ‘man without adding one cent to his stipend.” 529 WIEXICANS. GIVEN BATHS AT QUARANTINE STATION peicts i hb Regulations as Preve e of Typhus Fever at El Paso, Tex. E] Paso. Texas, Jan. :0. ine hun- dred and tweny-nine Mexicans were given baths at the United States im- migration station today, the third day of the enforcement of the quarantine regulations as a preventive of typhus fever. No rioting occurred and _the danger of a repetition of the “bath riot” is now believed by the United States health officials to _have passed. Two Mexican men and one woman were arrested by police officers at the American end of the international bridge on charges of inciting a riot The specific charge is that they cross: ed the international line and assauited Sergeant J. M. Peck of the Twenty Third United States Infafitry and In- spector Roy Schuyler of the customs service. The woman was later dis- m‘.r.:d and the men fined in police court. FORMER WHITE STAR LINER SUNK BY MINE Was Converted ‘Into British Auxil Cr r Laurentic. London, Jan. 30, 1130 p. m.—The admiralty announces that it has been estabiished that the British auxiliary g-‘::_-elr‘l Laurentic, formerly N o:lh‘ihte ne -u-mg; was sun e ry - NORWICH, CONN., WEONESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1917 Cabled Paragraphs Change in Argentina Ministry. SECRET INSTRUCTIONS TO ARMED MERCHANTMEN Have Been Issued by the French Min- ister of Marine. Berlin, Jan. 30, by Wireless to Say- ville—Secret _instructions lssucd by the French minister of marine regard- ing the conduct of armed merchant- men fell into German hands on_Oct. 29, 1916, according to the semi-official Overseas News Agency today. In them, says the agency, the following occurs: “Manoguvres in case of attack: As soon as a submarine proceeding emerged is noticed, the stern must be turned towards the submarine, the engines brought to a_development of the highest speed and then if in the open sea, such a course must be taken as to force the submarine, in order for her to approach, to run against the seas, by which the submarine’s speed is diminished and the efficiency of its guns decreased. As soon as the submarine is within firing range fire must be opened. If the ship is belnz pursued and the submarine, se of greater speed, is drawing, nearer, the -ship, before the submarine is too near, must without hesitation turn about and overrun the submarine. _“If a submerged submarine is no- ticed at a near distance, the engines must be brought to a_development of the highest speed and then the ship turned towards the submarine or away from the submarine, according to whether the submarine is seen less or more than six points from the forecastle ahead. If the bow is turned towards the submarine, one must try to_run over it. “If a submerged submarine is sight- ed at a sufficient distance the ship must manoeuvre as if an emerged submarine were sighted. ADMINISTRATION REVENUE BILL BEFORE HOUSE Would Increase Inheritance Tax and Tax on Excessive Profits. ‘Washington, Jan. 30.—The adminis- tration revenue bill, designed to raise about $250,000,000 by increasing the in- heritance tax and by a new tax on ex- cess profits and containing authoriza- tion for an additional bond issue of $106,000,000 was taken up in the house today with a prospect of passage by tomorrow night! Discussion of the measure developed into an old-time tariff debate. The re- publicans accredited the prospective treasury deflcit to democratic lflssmm. agement and extra nce and urged & a substitute form%mon a measure to raise the necessary ue thvough higher cus\wms 3 Democ s tic leaders replied that the shortage was due almost entirely to the Mexican emergency and the unus- ual _preparsdness expenditures, and argued that levies on excess profits and inheritances would place the burden where it belongs and would be least felt. Majority Leader Kitchin had charge of the bill and the republican attack was lead by Representative Fordney, ranking majority member of the wavs and means committee. RESENTS ASSERTION MADE BY POULTNEY BIGELOW In Which He Cast Aspersions American Consular Service. on Washington, Jan. 30.—An address by Pouitney Bigelow, American author, before the Canadian club at Toronto vesterday, in which he cast aspersions upon the American consular service, was the basis of a resolution of inves- tigation introduced today by Repre- sentative Britten (Illinois). The resolution attributes Bigelow’s remarks to a “self-styled American” and then defends the American con- | sular service as “composed of men of j unguestioned honesty, selected under rigid civil service examination, and should, therefore, be free from ques- tionable political intrigue.” SUICIDE NOTE IS NOW REGARDED AS A RUSE Missing Town Treasurer of Norfolk Short Over $10,000 in His Accounts Norfolk. Conn., Jan. 30 —Examina- tion of the books of Philemon W. Johnson, missing town treasurer, has revealed an apparent large shortage, {according to a statement by the se- lectmen tonight. In view of the fact that the examination has not been completed, the selectmen declined to state the exact amount of the short- age, but they admitted it would be over $10,000. The state police, who jare working on the case, sa: they have found no clue of Johnson. His “suicide” note is now regarded by the state police as a ruse. WATERBURY MAN DIED - OF HYDROPHOBIA Had Been Bitten by a Dog Over a Month Ago. z ‘WWaterbury, Jan. 30.—Joseph Gel- gauda died of hvdrophobia early this morning. He was bitten by a stray dog over a month ago and became ill last week. Several other persons, liv- ing in this city who were bitten by a| maa dog over a week ago, received an offer of treatment at the Pasteur in- stitute at the city's expense, but only one of the persons bitten has accepted the offer. CHINESE TEMPORARIL' ADMITTED TO THE U. S. Refugees from Mexico Given an Asy- lum at Columbus, N. M. Columbus, N. M., Jan. 30.—The first of the Chinese refugees from Mexico who are not entitled to enter the United States under the strict terms of the exclusion law arrived here today, where they will be given an asylum by the government until it is thought safe for them to return. OBITUARY. Miss Sarah Morton Pardee. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 30.—Miss Sarah Morton Pardee, a member of one of the most prominent Connecticut fami- lies, and daughter of the late Jared and how are. you Indications That There Was a Leak BROUGHT TO LIGHT IN HEARING AT NEW YORK YESTERDAY SENSATIONAL MESSAGES Accurate Forecast of President’s Peace Note Was Sent to Brokers Were Handed to Newspaper Men—Baruch Made $476,168. Three Hours Before Copies New York, Jan. 30.—From the files of a Wall Street broker house, con- gressional inquisitors today brought to light private and confidential tele- grams regarded in some quarters as definitely indicating that there was a “leak” on President Wilson's recent peace note. Sensational Telegram. The most sensational telegram, con- taining a brief but remarkably ac- curate forecast of ‘the contents of the note, was sent by E. F. Hutton & Co., one of the largest brokerage houses in the Street, over its private wires to scores of other brokers with whom it did business throughout the country, on the afternoon of December 20, more than three hours before the first copies of the note were handed to newspaper men by Secretary of State Lansing. Note Sent Abroad in Code. At the time the Hutton message was sent, according to the testimony of Secretary Lansing before the commit- tee in Washington, no ome in this this country save persons connected with the preparation and despatch of the note had as much information re- garding its contents as the message revealed. The note previously had been sent abroad in code. Publication of the note followed transmission of the Hutton message to various brok- ers by more than ten hours. Message Missing. Information on® which the message to brokers was based, Edward F. Hut- ton, head of the firm, testified, came in another message, now missing, from F. A .Connelly ofsF. A. Connelly & Co., a Washington brokerage house, in which R. W. Bolling, a brother-in- law of President Wilson, is a partner. Connelly was declared by Hutton to be hastening to New York tonight to appear before the committee tomor- row. Information Based on Rumor. Hutton _testified that his under- ding was. -Connelly’s-informa: tion regarding note was based on rumor. Indicative that _other b erage concerns were in possession of similar informato®, Hutton said, was another message he produced which Clement, Curtis & Company of Chica- go, sent his house prior to Connelly’s first message referring to a statement to be issued by the state department “intended to promote peace prospects.” This message contained no detail Certain members of the committee, however, privately expressed convic- tion that the person who originally supplied the information on which Connelly’s mssion message was based, either had read the president's note or obtained an excellent resume of it. Says Someone Read the Note. “Some one read the note!” Repre- sentative Campbell of Kansas, rank- ing republican member of the com- mittee, emphatically declared after the close of the hearing. Chairman Henry and Sherman L. ‘Whipple, counsel to the committee, decined to express any views on the situation. To Probe_Connelly Information No effort will be spared, Whipple announced, to throw the fullest light on the origin and transmission of the Connelly information, both in the mes- sage from Washington to E. F. Hut- ton and Company and the subse- quent message sent by them to their correspondents. The latter message, according to Hutton, was prepared by George S. Ellis, Jr., a member of«the firm, who is now ill in Georgia, he said. Hutton also requested the com- mittee not to call Ellis to New York if it could be avoided- Telegraph Operators to be Questioned. Chairman Henry, determined to have Ellis testify, said he would probably would be examined next week in Washington. Telegraph operators and others wh o had to do with the trans- mission of the message also are to be interrogated. Other members of the Connelly firm also probably will be called. ~Mr. Bolling already has testi- fied at the Washington hearing that he had nothing to do with a “leak” of any kind. Mr. Bolling’s connection with the Connelly firm was the subject of much interrogation by Whipple dur- ing his_examination of Hutton, when the broker first took the stand. Hut- ton told of Connelly caling on him five or six menths ago, informing him that the firm of F. A. Connelly and Com- pany was to be_organized with Boll- ing as onme of the partners and asking if the Hutton firm would become its New York correspondent. Hutton said the fact that Bolling was to be a member of the firm had made no im- pression upon him. He denied that Connelly had sald anything of any expectation of getting “high class customers” through Bolling’s rela- tionship to the president. The Con- nelly account he said, however, had been “very attractive.” Had Hutton Produce Messages. ‘Whipple then had Hutton produce messages which had gone over the firm's private wires during the peace- period” in the stock market and which he had been commarded to brng under subpoena. The first to be read was the Clement, Curtis & Co. telegram, marked “confidential55 tim- ed 12:48 o'clock eastern time, which was about an hour and a quarter after Secretary Lansing had told the news- paper men in Washington that a note ‘was coming from the president. “I hear that state department will issue statement today regarding economic conditions European war as affecting neutrals,” the Clement mes- “Intended to promote peace ‘What you think of this on llocl!??—chm- ent.” t Hutton’ to The next was s reply to this, sage said. prospects. Bradford is Now Go. Commissioner APPOINTMENT MADE UNDER SUSPENSION OF RULES DULL DAY IN ASSEMBLY Distribution of the Bills to the Vari Committees Touching Reference Made to Death of Representative Howard B. Peck of Derby. ous is Underway— (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, Jan. 30.—The legislature is in the doldrums temporarily, pending the distribution of the bills to the va- rious committees for assignment for hearing and general classification. At the opening of the house session Tuesday the chaplain, Rev. H. W. Benedict, made touching reference to the death of Representative Howard B, Peck of Derby- The business of the senate at Friday's session was trans- ferred toethe house and assigned to (Continued on Page Two, 4th Col.) TO RESUME DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH MEXICO In an Effort to Settle Questions With the de Facto Government. ‘Washington, Jan. 30.—Full diplo- matic relations with Mexico are to be | 3pol resumed immediately in an effort by the United States to solve through for- mal channels the troublesome ques- tions pending with the Carranza de facto government and for its moral effect in aiding Carranza to restore order and set up constitutiopal go ernment. It was announced after to- day’s cabinet meeting that Henry P. Fletcher, confiermed as ambassador to Mexico months ago, would leave for his post in a few da: accompanied by his embassy staff. There has been no American am- bassador at Mexico City since Henry Lane Wilson was recalled after the killing of Madero aud Huerta’s as- sumption of power and formal diplo- matic intercourse has not existed since Huerta handed Charge Nelson $’’Shaughnessy his passports, April 23, 1914, upon the landing of American marines at Vera Cruz. The Brazilian minister cared for the interests of the United States for a long time; various unofficial agents have been sent -} Mexico on special missions; and since the n;:]og.uhn of the de facto consti- L_government subordinate of- als have been in charge of the em- bassy. Ambassador Fletcher will carry with nhim complete instructions on ques- tions now pending which President Wilson and Secretary Lansing desire taken up with the Carranza govern ment. These include protests already made against provisions of the pro- posed new Mexican constitution dis- criminating - against foreigners and their interests. EXPEDITIONARY FORCES MOVING TOWARD BORDER Villa Has Occupied Territory Vacated by American Outposts. El Paso. Texas, Jan. 30—The first Amecrican troops of the expeditionary forces reached Palomas Lakes, eight miles from Columbus, N. M., early to- day, it _was reported here this after- noon. The detachment of troops wa: small and_made up of negro soldiers) from the Twenty Fourth Infantry. A camp is being laid out at - Palomas Lakes, eight miles south of Columbus, N. M., where the American expedition- ary forces will concentrate before marching across the border. Major. General Pershing left Colon Dublan today for Ojo Federico - and Palomas Lakes. He waited until the last train of refugees had left for the border at Juarez. Troops of the expeditionary force were expected to reach Palomas Lakes Friday and would go into camp there until the review of the troops is held Sunday, after which they will move to Columbus across the border. The re- fugees are not expected to wait for the troops. la was reported to government agents to have been in Namiquipa, south of El Paso, vesterday. His troops were occupying Pershing’s abandoned outpost south of Colonia Dublan and were expected to move into Colonia Dublan after General Pershing left. “DEATH BOOK” KEPT BY BUSINESS AGENTS OF UNIONS According to Testimony Given in Fed- eral District Court at Chicago. Cchicago, Jan. 30-—A ‘“death book containing the names of persons mark- ed for destruction was kept by business agents of some of the unions of elec- trical workers, according to testimony given today in federal district court in the suit of the government against four former business K agents and eleven switchboard manufacturers. They are charged with violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. ‘The witness who gave testimony re- garding the “death beok” was J. A. F. Nichols, a former business agent of one of the electrical workers who has testified heretofore to employment of gunmen in the allegéd . conspiracy .of union agents and electrical manufac- turers to prevent installment of elec- trical appliances that were not made in in bufldings under construc- ARGUMENTS MADE IN SPANELL MURDER TRiAL His Fate Should be in the Hands of the Jury This Afternoon. San Angelo, Texas, Jan. 30.—The trial, of Harry J. Spanell, accused of the murder of his wife at Adpine, Texas, last July, entered upon its last phase today. Both the state and de- fense rested their cases, the judge de- livered his instructions to the jurors and tonight arguments to .the jury begun. It is expected the argu- ments will be concluded tomorrow and that Spanell's fate will be in the hands of the jury tomorrow afternoon. Spanell is charged also with the urder of Colonel M. TEN PAGES—70 COLS. August Rodin, the famous sculptor, is seriously ill at Paris. Captain Clifton M. Butler, 17th In- fantry, dled at Douglas, Ariz. — Prussian income taxes for 1916 were $124,500,000 2 compared with $88,500, 000 in 1915. Denis O’Sullivan, founder of the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters, is dead. Mrs. George E. Breese, wife of the Mayor of Charelston, W. V., dropped dead from heart disease. More than $40,000 for relief of Jews in the war zone was raised at a mass meeting at Philadelphia. Operations have been resumed at the Monterey smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Vo. in Mexico. Collin Neblett ,of Silver City, N. M., ‘was nominated United States District .‘ludge for the district of New Mex- co. Half a billion dollars is to be ap- propriated by the Canadian govern- ment for war purposes for the year ending March 31, 1918. Edwin D. Carter of Russell, Mass., pleaded gullty to second degree murd- er at Springfield, Mass., and was sen- tenced, to life imprisonment. Frank Olesky, proprietor of a board- ing house at No. 84 North First Street, Williamsburgh, was arrested on a charge of grand larceny. Governor Edge announced that he would appoint James H. Mulheron, of Trenton, J., as principal keeper for the New Jersey State Prison. The Federal Grand Jury at Indian- lis, resumed its investigation into alleged irregularities in the last elec- tion at several cities n Indiana. Capital punishment will remain on the statute books of Utah.- The bill to abolish the death penalty was defeated in the lower house by a vote of 30 to 13. The advance in export rates on steel and steel products proposed by car- riers have been suspended by the In terstate Commerce Commission until July 29. A man arrested for alleged attempt to wreck King Alfonso’s train was identified as Rafael Dura Floriot, a de- serter from a regiment stationed at Malaga. A meeting of the stockholders of the Triangle Film Corporation will be held in Richmond on Feb. 2 to consider in- creasing the stock from $5,000,000 to $8,000,000. The Pennsylvania Railroad has placed an embargo on lines west of Pittsburgh, which applies to all east- bound shipments of carload freight ‘which originate at Chicago. Anthony Koudelka, of New York, known as the champion wrestler and strong man of the Bohemian colony on the upper East Side, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. Herr von Markowitz, an honorary member of the Reichstag, representing the Polish Party, was appointed by King William of Prussia, a life mem- ber of the Prussian House of Lords. President Wilson was told by Repre- senative Sims, of the House Commerce Committee, that it would be impossible to obtain favorable action in the House on Mr. Wilson’s program for railroad legislation. Chief Justice White announced that the Supreme Court will take its cus- tomary midwinter recess from Ieb. 5 to March 5, for the preparaton of opin- ions in cases which have been argued and submitted. John J. Murtha, warden of the branch penitentiary at Hart's Island, was discharged by Burdette G. Lewis, commissioner of correction. He is dis- charged with neglect of duty and of- ficial misconduct. Announcement was made at Chicago that price advances, ranging from 25 to 50 per cent., will be recommended to owners of more than 2,000 shoe re- pairing shops by the United Shoe Re- pairers’ Association. Fire Tuesday destroyed 20,000 barrels of potatoes in storehouses at Hill Sid- ing, six miles onrth of Houlton, Me. on the line of the Bangor and Aroos- took raiflroad, with an aggregate loss estimated at $100,000. The Canadian government received a request from the Town Council of Tutherglen, Ont., for the admission into Canada of a citizen of an enemy country. A bond of $50,000 is offered for his proper conduct. The War Department has approved a bill by Representative Jones of Vir- ginia, providing for the construction of a bridge across the Potomac, south of Washington, for the proposed Balti- more to Newport News Railroad. Several hundred clergymen and lay- men representing the _churches of New York met in conference in the auditorium of the Metropolitan Build- ing to hear outlined the progress of the Anti-Saloon League's campaign for nation-wide prohibition. Eleven hundred children of St. An- thony’s parochial school, at Jersey City, were vaccinated by physicians of the Board of Health as a precau- tionary measure following the discov- ery of a cose of smallpox among the laborers employed by the Erie Rail- road .near the school. GIRL WHO CLAIMED TO BE MISSING DOROTHY ARNOLD Has Filed Libel Suit for $5,000 Because She Was Held for Investigation. Honolulu, Jan. 30.—A girl who had called herself Dawn Moore and Doro- thy Arnold, and who was _arrested when she arrived here from Hilo three days ago on the st$'mer Great North- ern and held for investigation, wis re- leased today and immediately filed a libel of $5000 against the steamship company. According to the stewardess of the steamer, the girl declared.she was the Dorothy Arnold who disappeared from New York in 1910. She was taken, she said, to Shanghai by a married man. The police, however, said there was no resemblance between the girl and tions wln,wn‘flamhm- - "ya—-"“u'm“""" p PRICE TWO CENTS s Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population Debate on World Peace in_ Senate HALTED BY ACTION OF ADMIN- ISTRATION LEADERS TABLE CUMMINS MOTION Borah and Other Re- publicans Have Served Notice That They Will Make Addre: Subject in the Near Future—Presi dent’s Plan Defended. enators Lodg s on the Washington, Jan. 30.—Debate on President Wilson's world peace address enlivened the senate for several hours today before it was halted by ®ertain action of administration leaders, Then Senator Cummins’ motion to take up his resolution to set aside time for a general discussion of the subject was tabled by a vote of 38 to 30. No Prolonged Discussion. Senators Hitchcock and Williams of the foreign relations committee engi- neered the movement to kill the Curm mins resolution, Senator Martine of New Jersey being the only demoerat refusing to eupport them in their con- tention that the clogged condition of the legislative calendar made the ac- tion necessary. Republicans voted sol- idly against the motion to table. The action of the majority, while definitely disposing of plans for a prolonged di cussion, will not serve to check inter- mittent debate, Senators Lodge, Borah and other republicans having served notice that they would address the senate on the subject in the near fu- ture. Cummins Spoke at Length. Senator Cummins spoke at length to- day, saying that to carry dut President Wilson’s suggestions would necessitate the creation of a world power that would destroy the sovereignty of na- tions and lead the United States in- evitably either Into constant world war or constant rebellion against the au- thority of the new world sovereignty his peace league plan would create, itchcock Defends Peace Plan. Replying, Senator Hitchcock insisted that the Towa senator’s criticisms were based upon an erroneous assumption that the president proposed a new mill- tary world power to enforce pDeace. The president, Senator Hitchcock de- clared, advocated diminution of arma- ments, the rule of reason and the right of all nations to work out their own polity “unhindered, unthreatened and unafraid.” Praised President's Purpose. Praising the president's purpose In seeking to bring an end to the war, and eulogizing much of his address Senator Cummins confined his critic- ism to his own interpretation of con- ditions which Mr. Wilson would impose on Americ; joining a league to en- force peace. “There is but one conclusion that can be drawn from the president's ut- terances,” he declared. “It is all that over all the nations of the earth that shall be a common and supreme power which will not only undertake to de- cide all the controversies which may lead to international disturbance, but which, having entered judgment upon them, will compel obedience. There is but one way in which obedience can always be compelled. The protesting or rebellious nation must be overcome by force of arm Policy Calls for Force. “That T am right in the interpreta- tion which T have put upon the mes- sage is further proven by the analogy which he finds between the Monroe doctrine and his doctrine of the world. I will not pause to point out that in- stead of analogy there is utter repug- nance; but evidently there is a parallel in his mind, and that is sufficient for my present purposes Those who think that the president does not intend that the decisions of the league of nations are to be executed by force have but to remember that if any foreign power were_to attempt to invade the Ameri- can Monroe dectrine_there is but one way for the United States to enforce it. Without the force.of arms, eith actual or potential, behind it, our policy {in this regard would be the emptiest bravado.” In concluding his address the Towa senator said he stood with t®e presi- dent in every moral effort possible for him to_exert to end the present war, but refused to follow him “when he leads the way toward the world sove- reignty which he has proposed.” Prolonged Debate Not Advisable. Senator Hitchcoek insisted that pro- longed debate at this time could get the senate nowhere and that Senator Cummins had misinterpreted the presi- dent’s address. The president, he de- clared, had presented no program, but merely had suggested a principle un- der which this government could unite with a league of nations for peace. ““The address,” said Senator Hitch- cock, “has met a responsive shord in every great country of the world; it will be the greatest Instrument for world peace at the close of the war it has hastened the advent of peace and probably has saved millions of lives among the fighting nations. Since the message was delivered there has been a tremendous epread of sentiment in Europe for steps toward peace, and it is only by the aid of a great outside power lile the United States that peace can come.” Secret plomacy Dne Cause of War. The Nebraska senator predicted that after the war there would be such a development of democracy and senti- ment for popular government that a future war would with great difficulty be forced upon the people; Future peace of the world, he sald. would de- pend upon self government and pub- licity of diplomacy. Secret diplomacy and acts of a few individuals, he in- sisted, thrust the present war upon the world. Although democratic leaders seem determined to prevent any action re- lating to the peace iseues at this ses sion, and the vote today indicated the; will hr- - e power to enforce this de- termi . there remains before the senate t! ~ze resolutions bearing on the subject. Two of them were introduced today an! may be called up at any time on - motion, thus again precipi- tating discusslon. The Eastern Steel Company declar- ed an initial quarterly dividend _of 2 1-2 per cent. on the common stock, together with the regular ‘quarterly disbursements of 1 3-4 per cent om