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Bualletin VOL. LIX.—NO. 367 POPULATION 29,919 HURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1917 12 PAGES—84 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS [TALIANS MAKING AN ORDERLY RETREAT i Rear Guards and Airplanes Are Impeding the Progress of the Invaders NO INDICATION WHERE ITALIANS WILL STAND - Belief Prevails That, Reinforced by the British, General Ca- dorna Will Face the Enemy at the Piave River—The Teutons Are Declared to Have Staked Everything on Their Attempt to Crush Italy and the Allies Must Rush | Unstinted Assistance if the Invaders Are to be Checked— | On the Other Fronts There Have Been No Engagements The Itallan armles are continuing helr retreat westward over the Vene- tian plain from the Tagliamento ri er and southward from the Dolomites and Carnic Alps region toward the plain. The retreat is declared by the Ttalian war office to be an orderly one, with the rear guards on both fighting fronts holding back the cnemy and with airplanes also playing an im- portant part in harassing the invaders, destroying bridges tha: have been thrown over the Tagzliamento and ,mg troops trying to cross the } Although the Berlin officlal com- | munication asserts that the Germans | have reached the Livenza river on the | Venetian plains, along which it had | been expected General Cadorna would } fight a retarding action, it is be- lieved that this is only in the center and that the g er portion of Gen- eral Von Buelow forces is still ne- gotiating a passage of the Tagzliamen- to or working its way westward over ' ) flat country harassed by Italian cavalry. There has been no indication as to where the line of Italians retreating from the hills southward hos reached. Nor is there any information -oncern- | ing where General Cadorna, reinforced by the British and Frencl, will make i his stand, but the belief still prevalls | that the Piave viver will be chosen for i this purpose. | That aid by the allies is required— 1 Rome. The Teutons are declared to ANNUAL REPORT OF Financial Year Successful—706 Stu- dents Are in War Service. and in no unstinted measure—%as been asserted in semi-official quarters in New Haven, Conn., Nov. 7.—What Yale has done for the war and what ske is doing is told by Presidert Ar- thur T. Hadley of the university in his annual report made public tonight. Particular emphasis is placed upon the establishment of the reserve offi- [cere training corps and to Yale's re- sponse to the call to arms, scientific ard medical services reudered, and the financing of the university Juring the war. The president has gathered into ©one comprehensive statement the story of activities which have been told as separate inciderts from time to time. { The number of Yale students who have actually gone into service up to May | 85 wae 706. | _In spite of expenses and uncertain- ties due to the war, the financial year | of the university was a_successful one. Funds and balances increased from $18.865.000 to $20.227,000. The relitions between Yale and the city of New Haven, the president points out, have become closer than | ever. I MILFORD YOUTH KILLED BY A MOTOR TRUCK { Run Down While Walking the Road With His Sister. { in tilford, Conn., Ncv. 7.—James Yans, the 16 year old son of George Yans of l"ls tow was run down by a motor truck drivem by ¥ Rocdburg, of {New Haven, tonight and killed. The i boy was walking in the road near the town reservoir with his sister when i the truck came along. Roodburg says |that he did not see the boy and only {knew that he had_ hit_some one when lthe girl screamed. He claims that the lights of another motor vehicle linded him at the time of the acci- dent. His father, Samuel Roodburg, was with him at the time and after 1 heen taken to police *1 charzed_with reck- less drivi ~ame to New Haven tc secure t - 01,560 bail the police set. . DEAD MAN NOMINATED FOR CORONER OF FISHERS ISLAND ! By Republican and Democratic Parties of Suffolk County. Riverhead. N. Y., Nov. 7—The un- v .tting nomination of a dead man-for cvroner of Fislers Island by the re- publican and Cemocratic' parties of Suffolk county won the.elettion to that office for th socialist candidate, Nicholas Lewin. Fishers Island, n the eastern enirance of Long Islas scund, is, however, now entirely in the control of the federal government. amd whether lewin will have jurisdiction 4s a moot point. AN AMERICAN CAPTURED BY BILLA FOLLOWERS Was Passenser on the Train Which Was Dynamited Sunday. Jiiares, Mexico, Nov. 7.—An-Ataeri- can passenger on the train which was attacked by Villa followers and dy- namited Sunday. was madc prisoner snd taken to the mountains, accord- inz to a report received here today. An effért was being made tonight to verify the report. It become known tonight that a number of government officials from Torreon were on_the train when it was attacked and_all were identified and shot by the Vilia mea - PRESIDENT HADLEY OF VALE.‘ have staked everything on their at- tempt to crush Italy and the allies must rush up assistance with the ut- most speed if Cadorna is to check the enemy. Thus far since the retreat from the Tagllamento and the north began It is evident that the invaders have not come in close contact with the main Itallan forces, for the Berlin war of- fice tells of no great battle having been fought anywhere and does not di- late on large numbers of prisoners having been taken, merely saying that several thousand troops have fallen into their hands. Of great significance to the Itallan situation and to that of the allies gen- erally is the announced arrtval in a British port of the American repre- sentatives to the inter-allled confer- ence which is to discuss and lay plans for the successful carrying on of tne ‘war. Colonel E. M. House, -long known as President Wilson's confi- dential advisor, heads the mission. On_ none of the other fronts than the Italian have there been any en- gagements of great importance. The Canadians are holding their gains of Tuesday before Passchendaele without the Germans offering serlous interfer- enc. On the greater portion of the remainder of the western front there have been only small encounters, in which the French obtained the advan- tage over the Germans. Gaza. on the Mediterranean coast in Palestine, has been captured by the.British and the column cperating north of Beersheba has made an. additional advance of eleven miles. i GREATER COMPRESSION IN BALING OF COTTON For More Efficient Loading of F Cars and Coastwise Ships. Washington, Nov. 7.—Greater com- pression, the adoption of a standard bale, more efficient loading of freight cars and an increase in the ship ton- nage in the coastwise and gulf trade were suggestions for facilitating the movement of the cotton crop advanced at a conference here today of cotton manufacturers, railway and steamship men and representatives of the ship- pihg board. Twa committees, which were - or- dered to report at another meeting November 23, were created by _the conference. One, to be appointed by Lincoln Green, vice president of the Souimern Raiiway, will discuss the problem with railway officials, while the other, to be named by George H. McFadden, Jr., of Philadelphia, will confer with shippers, manufacturers and compressors. MOTION FOR INJUNCTION % AGAINST MUTUALIZATION Of the Equitable Life Assurance So- ciety of New York. New York, Nov. 7.—The motion for an_injunction against the mutualiza- tion of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, brought in behalf of minority stockholders who objected to the price proposed to be paid by the society for the shares of T. Coleman Du Pont as exorbitant and a waste of the com- rany’s surplus, was denied today by the United States circuit court of ap- peals. The three judges upheld sim- ilar action by the district court. Judge Ward, who wrote the opinion, Neld that thé complainants had no interest whatever in the scurplus of the company and that if anyone had a right to_complain, it was the par- {icipating “policy holders and annui- ants, GOVERNMENT WORK HINDERED BY STRIKES At Charlestown Navy Yard and the Watertown Arsenal. Boston, Nov. 7.—One thousand me- chanics employed on government con- sfruction work at the navy yard and federal appraisers’ stores in_ this city, at the marine hospital in Chel- sea and the Watertown arsenal, went on strike today. Leaders said their action was “a protest against open shop conditions” at thé arsenal and at Squantum, where a strike has been in progregs several weeks on the im- mense plant erected as a part of the | pavy shipbuilding programme. Guards of soldiers and sailors have been placed «bout the buildings on which work was suspended. DECLINED VICE PRESIDENCY OF THE PRUSSIAN MINISTRY Herr Friedberg, Leader of the' Na- tional Liberty lrty in Germ-ny. London, Nov. ".—vA despatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Amsterdam says: “Herr Friedberg, leader of the Na- tional Liberal party in Germany, has declined the vice presidency of. thg Prussian ministry because Count Von Hertling, the new: imperial German chancellor, was unwilling to offer portfolios 'in the imperial or Prllllh.n governments to other members of parliament. Phe position of Gmt Cabled Paragraphs Australia to Vote Again on Conscrip- tion. Melbourne, Nov. 7.—The Australian government has decided to hold an- other referendum on the Question of conscription. SECOND LIBERTY BOND TOTALLED $4,617,532,300 9,400,000 Persons Subscribed to the Big War Fund. ‘Washington, Noy. 7.—Americans re- sponded to the call for a second Lib- erty war loan by subscribing $4,617,- 532,300, an _over-subscription by b4 per cent. of the $3000000 asked and only $383,000.000 less than the $5.000,- 000,000 maximum fixed by the tneas- ury. Tabulations completed _ tonight, eleven days after the close of the na- tion-wide bond selling campalgn, showed that every federal reserve dis- trict exceeded its quota and 9,400,000 persons subscribed in the big war fin- ancing operation, which Secretary Mc- Ado described as the greatest ever at- tempted by any government. Half of the over-subscribed sum will be accepted, making the actual total of bonds to be issued $39808 766.160. Ninety per cent. of the subscribers will received the amount for which _they bargained. all subscriptions for $50,000 or less being alloted in full and those above the amount being pared down in varying proportions, ranging from a 90 per cent. allowance on . subscrip- tions between $50,000 and $100,000 to forty per cent. for the largest singlg subscriptions of $50,000,000. Secretary McAdoo made a denial of reports that the third war loan would be solicited in January, 1918. “In view of the large over-subscrip- tion of the second Liberty loan” he said, “I am glad to state that this will not be necessary.” It has been generally understood that the third loan would be sought prob- ably in late February or early March next year. The New York federal reserve dis- trict subscribed nearly three times as much as the second district on the list. Chicago. The results in each district_follows: - ¢ Distrtet Now York Chicago Cloveland Boston . Philadelphia San Franclsco Richmond St Touls Kansas City Minneapolls Atlanta . 80,695,750 80,000,000 Dallas . 77,899,850 75,000,000 Although only one per cent. of sub- scriptions were for sums about $50.- 000 for which only partial alotments will be made, $2,129,000,000, or nearly half the big aggregate, was made up by the larger sums. More than three quarters of a billion dollars were sub- scribed in individual amounts of more than $1,000,000. CENTRAL AGENCY FOR COAL DISTRIBUTION To Be Formed Through Which Ur- gent Requirements Will Be Met. New York, Nov. 7.—Establishment of a central agency through which the coal requirements of the government and important business interests in New England will be met was agreed upon here today at a conference be- tween representatives of water trans- portation lines to New England and members ‘of the committee on inter- national and water transportation of the council of national defense. Major General Willlam M. Black, U. S. A, chief of engineers, and R. A. C. Smith, New York dock commis- sioner, members of the committee, called’ the conference to obtain ac- curate information concerning the coal needs of the New England district and the best method of transportation from terminals in New York. Mr. Smith recommended the crea- ion of the central agency. Representatives of the transporta- tion sines decided unanimously that the greatest need for action was the prompt’ supply of coal to the supply terminals in this city. From here, they said, coal could be carried to New England by water with the pres- Total Subscriptions __Quota. -$1,530.453,450 $900,000,000 585,853,350 486,106,800 X 300.000.000 250,000,000 210000000 478,956,050 380.350,250 292671150 201,212.500 184/280.750 150,125,750 140,982,650 ent equipment. Plans were formu- lated for the release of private equip- ment for government use. Necessary work to organize the central agewcy will be hastened. it was announced. MAJOR BIRDSEYE B. LEWIS SUICIDED IN FRANCE Was With Aviation Section of Signal Corps. of Pershing’s Staff. ‘Washington, Nov. 7.—Major Birds- eye B. Lewis, detailed to the aviation section of the signal corps and at- tacheq to General Pershing’s staff whose death was previously reported to relatives in private cables, commit- ted suicide last Saturday. The war department was so advised today by General Pershing in a message giv- ing no details. Major Lewis, who was 29 years old and a_resident of Millbrook, N. Y., cntered the army after the war began. He is survived by his widow, a daugh- ter of Oakleigh Thorne, New York capitalist. Sergeant -Carl C. Taylor, infantry, died October 27 from a gunshot wound believed to have been suffered acci- dentally. Next of kin, father, Chester O._Taylor, Dover, N. H. Private James Shea, attached to truck company, died yesterday, acci- dental injuries to his head. Emergen- cy address, J. J. Comer, New York. Privates Wagoner Roland = Naylor and Chester H. Shapleigh, both of in- fantry, died November 4 from pneu- monia. Naylor’s next of kin, father, ‘Waller Naylor, Pleasantville, N. J. Shapleigh’s is his mother, Mrs. M. Shapleigh, Elliott, Maine. PERSONAL PROPERTY OF MURDERED MAN MISSING. That of Judge Albert P. Chamberlain, the Retired Ohio Lawyer. Richmond, Va., Nov. 7.—The murder cf Judge Albert P. Chamberlain, the rotired Iowa lawyer, for which ~his brother, Dr. Asa W. Chamberlain, is bemng held here/ took on new interest today, when the murdered.man’s sen declared that he father before coming to Virginia three years ago had $50,000 m cash and a quantity of valuable jewelry. Not a trace of either has been found, and the. murdered man was living in_abject poverty when he was killed. Tho dead man’s son, Al- bert L. Chamberlain. declared he in- tended to trace his father's lost wealth. Reichstag Will Meet Nov. 22. ‘Washington, Nov. 7.—The German reichstag will meet again Nov. 22, ac- I Thanksgiving Proclamation ISSUED BY PRESIDENT WILSON OF MORE THAN USUAL INTEREST BECAUSE OF THE WAR Calls for Especial Thanks Becau: With Reasonable Economy, We Have * an Abundance With Which to Sup- ply the Needs of Those Nations As- sociated With Us in War. Washington, Nov. 7.—President Wil- son issued tonight his 1917 Thanks- giying proclamation, calling upon the nation, even in the midst of the sor- row and great peril of a world shaken by war, to thank God for blessings that are better than mere peace of mind and prosperity of enterprise. The prociamation, fixing Thursday. November 29, as Thanksgiving Day, follows: . Thanksgiving, 1917 By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. “It has long been the honored cus- tom of our people to turn in the fruit- ful autumn of the year in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings and mercies to us as a nation. That custom we can follow now even in the midst of the tragedy of a world shaken by war and im- measurable disaster, in the midst of sorrow and great peril, because even amidst the darkness that has gath- ered about us we can see the great blessings God has bestowed upon us, blessings that are better than mere peace of mind and prosperity of en- terprise. * Opportunity to Serve Mankind. “We have been given the opportu- nity to serve mankind as we once served ourselves in the great day of our Declaration of Independence, by taking up arms against a tyranny that threatens to master and debase men everywhere and joining with other free peoples in demanding for ail the nations of the world what we then demanded and obtained for ourselves. In this day of the revelation of our duty not only to defend our own rights as a nation, but to defend also the rights of free men throughout the world, there has been vouchsafed us in full and inspiring measure the res- clution and spirit of united action. We have been brousht to one mind and purpose. A new vigor of common counsel and commgcn action has been révealed in us. We should especially thank God that in such circumstances, in the midst of the greatest enterprise the spirits of men have ever entered upon, we have, if we but observe a reasonable and practicable economy, abundance with which to supply the needs of those associated with us as well as our own. A new light shines sbout us. The great duties of a new day awaken a new and greater na- tional spirit in us. We shall never again be divided or wondér what stuff we are made of. Pray for Guidanece. “And_while. we render thanks for these things, let us pray Almighty God that in all humbleness of spirit we may look, always to Him for guid- ance: that we may be kept constant in the spirit and purpose of service; that by- His Grace our minds may be directed and our hands strengthened and that in His good time liberty and security and peace and the comrade- snip of a common justice may be vouchsafed all the nations of the earth. “Wherefore, 1, Woodrow Wilson, President _of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thurs- day, the twenty-ninth day of Novem- ber, next, as a_day of Thanksgiving and prayer and invite the people throughout the land to cease upon that day from their ordinary occupa- tions and in their several homes and places of worship to render thanks to God, the Greater Ruler of Nations. “In witness whereof, I have hereun- to set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. “Done in the District of Columbia this 7th day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hun- dred and seventeen and of the inde- pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty- second. \ “WOODROW WILSON. “By the Prosident, “Robert Lansing, “Secretary of State.” INFANTRY SKIRMISH PART OF DRILL AT CAMP DEVENS On Field Supposed to be Raked by Enemy’s Fire—Men Had to Crawl. Ayer, Masa., Nov. 7~—Infantry skirmish, with the men ocrawling a mile on their stomachs was of the arill of the men of the $0lst In- fantry at Camp Devens today. As ditches and brush patches as well as smooth ground had to be traversed, uniforms were in badly damaged con- dition as a result, The drill was on a fleld supposed to be raked by the ene- fire and if a crawling soldier lift. my’ edhllhlldorh Pfllhllmhc was considered * PRIVATE KONDEK ON HUNGER STRIKE AT CAMP DEVENS Declares ‘He WIII Eat Nothing But Steak, Onlons and Polish Bread, — e CAMP DEVENS SOLDIER KILLED BY TROLLEY CAR He Had Not ...ll Identified l' a Late Hour Last NinM. wu;ummmw- ena Attempt to Reduce Prices of Bread WILL BE THE NEXT MOVE OF THE FOOD ADMINISTRATION TO REGULATE LOAVES President Wilson is to Issue an Order That Every Baker in the Country be Required to do Business Under a Federal License—Bread Formula Se- lected. ‘Washington, Nov. 7.—An attempt to reduce bread prices will be the next move of the food administration in assuming control of the principal food commodities. At the request of Ad- ministrator Hoover, President Wilson will issue within a few days an order directing that every baker in the ccuntry be required to do business under federal license. Rules Have Been Drawn Up. Rules and regulations governing the boking industry already have been drawn up by the food administration and will be put into operation as soon as the executive order is out. They will provide a etandardized loaf. A bread formula has been selected and bakers will be permifted to use no other. Bread Will Contain Less Fats. The war bread will contain less fats. The lard and milk content will be cut down considerably. It probably will be produced in wtenty ounce and ten ounce loaves. No prices will be fixed outright, but only reasonable prices may be charged Consumers’ commit- tees have reported that in most places Icaves of this size can be sold at ten end five cents, respectively. It is believed likely that before many months bakers may be required to add a certain amount of corn flour in baking bread. Dietetic experts now ere working out formulas containing wheat flour substitutes. MORE REVOLUTIONARY TROUBLE IN PETROGRAD session of Official Telegraph Agency. Petrograd, Nov. 7.—An armed naval detachment, under orders of the Max- ilmalist revolutionary committee, has occupied the offices of the official Pe- trograd telegraph agency. The Maxi- malists also occupied the central tel- egraph office, the state bank and. Ma- rie Palace, where the preliminary parliamentary had suspended its pro- ceedings in view of the situation. No disorders are yet reported, with the excepion of some outrages Apaches. The general life of the By remains normal and street traffic has not been interrupted. " In.-the—early hours of the morning. a delegation of Cossacks appeared at the Winter Palace and old Premier Kerensky that they were disposed to carry out the government's orders con- cerning the guarding of the capital, but they insisted that if hostilities commenced it would be necessary for their forces to be supplemernted by in- fantry units. They further demanded that the premier define the govern- ment’s attitude toward the Bolshevikis, citing the release from _custody of some of those who had been arrested for participation in the July dis- turbances. The Cossacks virtually made a demand that the government proclaim the Bolshevikis outlaws. The premier replied “I nd it difficult to declare the Bolshevikis outlaws: the attitude of the government towards the present Bolsheviki activities is known.” The premier replied “I find it difficult who had been released were on bail and that any of them found participat- ing in new offenses against peace would be severely dealt with. ENT BRAZ SUPPORTED BY BRAZILIAN DEPUTIES Recommendation of Repri Against German Aggressions. Rio Janeiro, Nov. 7—The chamber of deputies today adopted all the measures recommended tb the con- gress by President Braz as reprisals against German aggressions, as well as supplementary measures, includ- ing a state of siege, These measures include the annulment of contracts for public works entered into with Ger- mans; prohibition of new land con- cessions to German subjects and of the transfer of ownership of German properties; control of German banks and German commercial firms and the internment of German suspects. WATERBURY DOG WARDEN BADLY BEATEN When He Attempted to Capture Unlicensed Daschhund, Waterbury, Conn., Nov, 7,—An at- tempt to capture an unlicensed dasch- hung brousht a fist fight on Do, John govereux, local dog warden, teday with two assailants, The warden's right hand was tangled in the leash and he was badly beaten, The men were arrested and gave fheir names as Cornellus and Henry Riggins, They were released on bail, One of them obtained a license for the dog later, LOST CONTROL OF MOTOR CYCLE WHILE SPEEDING John Duggan of Danbury Dled of In- Jurles In Hospital, Danbury, Nev, Cenn,, 1.—While speeding on & moter eyele at a rate estimated late today John at forty miles an heur here‘ ru & hatter, 85 years old, lost centrel { and died of m- the machine, was thrown juries in fln Danbury hespit: fractured and he re: ull was 'inmnfl in- {;l.flnl- Duggan Was & \ves one son, idewer and NEW YORK SUFFRAGISTS LEADING BY 04,202 VOTES With Only 895 Election Districts Miss- Ing, Mestly Rural. New York, Noy, 7—With enly 89| election districts missing late tenight outotuwflotlfllhuu-bu. fln election t, terday steed at ’l.in. dis uystate, u Hehars asama i rho vote was{ yes Ml,sfl_ly | PRESI in Condensed Telegrams Russia has granted full ‘autonomy to Finland. Hotel Fire destroyed the Greylock J. at Wildwood, M Germany and her al ready to talk peace. s are reported A. E. Burkhardt, well know furrier, died in Cincinnati, aged 73. President Wilson has prepared his Thanksgiving proclamation. A Russian submarine has sunk a Turkish torpedo boat destroyer. Fire destroyed a hosiery mill at Mohnton, Pa., causing $50,000 damage. Sportsmen rabbit hunting vania. the best Pensyl- are enjoying in years in The War Industries Board began consideration of the prices to be fixed for zinc. A leading St. Louis baker says the Government will soon institute stand- ard war bread. Women students of the University of Rochester N. Y., have formed a mili- ary tactics class. The Paris Municipal been asked to name President Wilson. has after Council a street The Government may take over all shipping on the Pacific Coast to pre- vent more strikes. i En route from a French port to Portland, Me., the British steamer Marconi is reported sunk. The first Scandinavian ship to ar- | rive in America for several months arrived at an Atlantic port. Money for vocational schools will be given to the State of Pennsylvania by the United States Government. Aid_wil be extended by the Ameri- ican Red Cross to Italians made home- less by the Austro-German advance. One American is listed as killed on | the latest Canadian casualty list. He i(? C. H. Heathers, of Washington, D. Study of the German language will be eliminated at the Polytechnic In- stitute, Baltimore, and French substi- tuted. Seven sailing vessels of the Alaska Packers’ Association have been taken over by the Government Shipping Board. Gen. Magdaleno Cedillu who has been terrorizing the Mexican State of San Luis Potosi, was killed and his army defeated. Due to the proximity of an army camp, the segregated district of Pine Bluff, Ark., has been ordered cleaned by Jan. 1. John Killoughy, a druggist of Wat- erbury, was found drowned in a smdll pond in” the Riverbank section of Stamford. Convicted of wi beating, Edward Stewart. of Cumberland, Md. was lashed twenty times and will spend a year in prison. Eight states have passed their goal in the food administration’s family enroliment campaign for food conser- vation during the war. Arrested in August in connection wih the recent strike Deputy Marce- lino Domingo was released from jail in Barcelona, Spain. Mexican troops fighting for the lat- est revolutionary leader. Gen Felix Diaz, have captured the important cities of Puebla and Jalapa. Arthur E. Wiggins, of Ogdensburg, N. Y.. a private of the Quartermasters Department at Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass., died there of pneumonia. In an effort to increase the minimum wage scales for Pacific Coast- ship- yards, the San Francisco Iron Trades Council will appeal to President Wil- son. The first of a large fleet of stand- ardized wooden ships being built for the American and allled governments will be launched on the Pacific coast Dec. 15. Mrs. William Nann of New Haven, who was injured in an automobile ac- cident in Berlin Monday night, died yesterday afternoon at the hospital in New Britain, The namos of the three men who firat fell in a land battle against the Germans ‘will probably be engraved on a bronze tablet and placed in the War Department. Two frelght cars Jumped the track near Madison last t, blocking both tracks. The delay extended over an hour but #o one was hurt and no ma- terial damage resulted, President Wilsen's laber commission, headed by Secretary of Labor Wilson, reported that it had completed its work in the Arizena cepper districts, where output had been decreased by labor unrest, P. Hall Packer, a former mayor of the borough of Seabright, N, J., was re-elected to that office by a ‘rather unusual majerity in ' eleo- tien returns disclomed, Te- ceived every vete oast for mayor. An |mmediate Investigation of echargea that coal operators and dealers are not. carrying out the orders of the fuel adminjstration fixis %r.lou and gmmlul distribution will started Yy the department of justice, John R, Lee and A, W, Copeland, of Detreit. Mich, were named members of the official committae of three of the Automoblle Ind to ald the government in apply energies of the industry to the prosecution of the STRAIN OF ELECTION HASTENED DEATH Of Richard Il-w». ‘Whe Was Reeleot- ed Bnerlff of Mdloun. Bfldn 3 V &. Mn e llxth osu-nfl o ‘fla r E‘E was n ald, 1€ u( election 'is msu-ne e have od War Mission is Safely Overseas ANNOUNCEMTNT MADE OF AR- RIVAL AT A BRITISH PORT PERSONNEL GIVEN OUT The Object is to Perfect a More Com- plete Coordination of the Allied Na. tions in Order to Attain the Highest Efficiency—Place of Meeting Not Given Out. Washington, Nov. 7.—Safe arrival at a British port of the American com- missioners to the allled war confer- ence, headed by Colonel E. M. House, was ‘announced late today by the state department. Members of the Mission. Members of the mission are Admiral William S. Benson, chief of naval op- erations; General Tasker H. Bliss, chief of the army staff; Oscar T. Cros- by, assistant secretary of the treas- ur: ce McCormick, chairman_ of the ‘war trade board; Bainbridge Col- by, of the shipping board; Dr. Alonzo E Taylor, of the food administration, and Gordon Auchincloss, secretary. To Perfect Co-ordination. In making the announcement Secre- tary Lansing id the conference would be essentially a war conference, with the object of perfecting a more complete co-ordination of the activities * the allied pations in order to attain e highest efficiency. This is the American government’s first definite announcement of the purposes of the meeting. Personnel Had Been Kept Secret. Even the fact that the Americans to participate in the conference had been named had been a carefully guarded secret until they were through the submarine zone and safe on British soil. The part that the inited States is to play in framing the great allied program is emphasized by the fact that the mission, headed by President Wilson’s closest personal filend and advisor, includes the high- est officers of the army and navy. HOW GREAT BRITAIN IS INCREASING WAR STRENGTH Told by Andrew Bonar Law, Bri Chancellor of Exchequer. Manchester, Nov. 7.—The British chancellor of the exchequer, Andrew Bonar Law, at a great war aims meet- ing here tonight, declared that Great Britain could look to the future not only with hope, but with absolute con- fidence. He said that Great Britain's overseas force is more than three mil- lion, adding: “A mightier force never existed. “Great Britain had trebled the air- ph;na engine production.since-Oocteber, 1916. “As for the submarine campaign,” continued the chancellor. “I can say with certainty that it is not going to bring us to our knees.” Referring to the Italian situation, Mr. Bonar Law said: “We are watching with the deepest anxiety what is happening in Italy— with deep anxiety, but not without hope.” He believed the Italian army would be able to stop the German advance until aid had come from Great Brit- ain and France. " MISSING AUTO FOUND BURIED IN THE WOODS Car Was Two Feet Under Sand With All Appointments Complete. ‘Thompsonville, Conn., Nov. 7.—An automobile owned by Anthony Munff, of Springfield, Mass., which had been reported missing ten days ago, was found burled in the woods three miles east of the center today. Tre car was brought to light by.persons passing through the wood who discovered a pair of shovels on a new-made mound of earth. They notified the police, who dug over the spot and unearthed the automobile. The license tag on the car bore the number 93,266 of Massachusetts registry and the police in Springfleld were made aware of the find. They reported the name of the owner. The car when found was two feet under sand with all its appolnt- ments complete. There is no clue as to who hid the car or their motive in so doing. THE REV, J. T. TERRY INDICTED FOR MURDER. Former Pastor of a Methodist Church at Russellville, Ala. Russellville, Ala., Nov. 7.—The Rev. 3. T, Terry, former pastor of a Meth- odist church here, was indicted today by the county grand jury on a charge of murdering Dr. Thomas [ughes, elso of Russellville, Trial was set for the week of Nov. 12. - Terry still is confined to the jail hos- pital ward, suffering from pistol wounds recelved at the time Dr. : Hughes was killed by a discharge from a shotgun. The preacher and doctor, who_had been friends. left here in a bugky and later wefs found in a coun- try rpad, the doctor mortally and the ° preacher seriously wounded. LABOR SHORTAGE ON SUGAR PLANTATIONS. All Idlers in New Orleans and Inmates of Prison Are to Be Put to Work. New Orleans, La., Nov. 7.—As a_ means to relieving the labor shortage or sugar plantations in _the state, Mayor Behrman today ordered the po- lice to arrest all idlers in the city and {o release from the parish prison and house of detention all ‘minor offenders who are willing to work in the sugar belt. He also requested chacitable in- stitutions and eimilar orgenizations not to feed able-bodied men but to re- fer them to federal labor employment agencies. RESULT DOUBTFUL ON PROHIBITION IN OHlIO -| With 44 Precinots Missing Drys Lead by 1,“0 Votes. ch. 'h—At midnight & m::fi-m 1448 m""n. 1 B1E4A20: agains® |