Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 19, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX.—NO. 376 TEUTONS UNABLE TO' | POPULATIION 29,919 WICH, CROSS PIAVE RIVER At Sever:;xl- Places Where They Had Réached the Wesst- ern Bank They Have Been'Forced to Withdraw ITALIANS CAPTUZEE 2,000 PRISONERS, 27 GUNS Nothing Has Been Reported to Show That the British and French Reinforcements Have Reached the Italian Line— The Artillery Duel on the Flanders Front Has Reach Tremendous Propartions—In Palestine the ed British Troops Are Giving the Turks No Rest—Petrograd mfl Moscow Are Still in the Hands of the Bolsheviki. Along the Pi river the Italians are holdng the German and. Austro- Hungarian armies in check. Nowhere bave the invaders been able to cross the stream and at several places where they prewiously had gained wccess to the western bank they have lwen bril- Mantly counter-attacked and forced to withdraw to the water's edge. On 'the Zenson loop scctor in the south \the enemy has endeasored to extri himself from his se rious po- sition, but the Italians, putting down an attack with heavy losscs, closed in uponi the invaders and iride more precarions their situation. The Italian in the Mghting along the w ftern bank the waterway have captured con- -nderllxy,man than two_ thousand prisofiers "and also taken 27, machine gonsInithe Fagare zone ‘e enemy completely vanquished and Toed & giwe up his positfion In !he hilly region representing the fromt from Lake Garda to e on\sowth of Feltre all the Aus- tro- aitacks, some cff them de- wlth Fxtesie Viakince: bava & tq the Rome asserts &st northan of Asiago zind between the Brenta and the Piave rivers the Italians have Been: driven from fur- ther strong mountattn pordtions. No advices/ have 'come :throuzh to u-}:uvr that thé Britisth and French re- . hents have rached. the Italisn ls‘.r in consider rs” whic; bie mumbers, but it was announc- ed ’1@: v ek must inlm’:fie ‘before could Sl u e that, with the Ttaiie ing horne _the brast of the T tonic-pllied at- _GOOD 'WORK DONE \BY THE FOUR-MINUTE MEN — President Wilson Expresses Apprecia- tion of the Patrictic Work. ‘Washington, T/, — President Wilsen, in a letter muude public (to- mpight, expresses his appreciation of the nxrloue work beingz done by’ the Four Minute Men, ‘a soverriment egency of 15000 voiunteer speakers -to present war-time messazes of the to theaitre audiences Nov. in in the vigorous and intelli- gent work your orgamizatien is doing in comnection with the Committee on Public Information ™ said the presi- dent’s letter. “It is’ surely a matter wortliy - of sincere appreciafion that a body :of thoushtful ‘citizens. with the B co-operation e mmnagers -3nn¢ picture tWeatres, zre en- nnd in the présentation and discus- sfon of the purpvses and measures of thesd. eritical days. ' “Men and nations are at thair worst or at their best in any great strusgle. The spoken word may light the fire nreason or it/ may in- Hest:.action and nfblest sa- Upon you Four'Minute! Men, who :re charg- ed with & tvndl.} d‘t‘l? and en,c:iy a special privilege in the command of your andiences, will rest in/ a consid- erable degree the task of arousing and informing the great bbdy of our pecple 5o that when the record of these days is complete we shall, read page for with the deeds of army and ::vy story of the unity, the snlrlt b t = m& ?&mlnq labors, th Tmen and women at hm held unbroken the in- mer y best wishes and con- Intuut are with you In your a8 part of the reserve officer efl”fi a nation thrice armed because your efforts % knows better the ice of its cause'and the value and ml it 'defends.” a 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH OF KOSCIUSZKO, Polish Patriot and Soldier, Celebrated at Thcmvnnv vaim Conn., * Nov. t today commu anniversary of the. de.lth of Kosciuszko. the Polish patriot and soldier. After high mass it the Polish church. the various o of Poles march- addresses YOUNGEST SON OF EARL OF ROSEBERY KILLED Hon. Neil Primrose, M. P, Lost His Life in Palestine. 17. — The that Hon, ungest son of 1 of Bn-ebery. hl.l been killed e.. He was a lieutenant in % Yeomanry. In the present vernment he had been parliamen- ry tmder-secretary for foreign af- irs parliamentary military sec- to the minietry of munmm ° was born in 1892. % Day of Y. M. C. A. Campaign 17—With tomors the campaign of : u:m.;:o !g:):wn_r rs ‘war a final appeal =1 7 e tack during the past week unaideid, the present week, with the aid of ther allies in their line, will turn the biil- ance of the scale in their fawor. ' Again the artillery duel on thie Flanders front has reached tremep - dous proportions and it is not unlil¥>- ly that Field Marshal Haig has !n preparation another dash forwedd from the region of Passchendaele wpl._ ward the town of Roulers and the i. portant railway line serving the G man front from the North Sea sou ward. The Germans, anticipating : other of the irresistible operations ! of the British .commander-in-chief, fare directing their heavy gun fires an ‘the positions in the neighborhood of P: jss- chendaelen and Langemarck and sc hith of_the Polygon Wood. To the south the big guns of \:he French and the Germans also‘are tive, along the Chemin des Da: mes and the present week doubtless will witness dnother attempt by Gerfi; Petain’s army here to press fur ther forward toward Laon. * The Palestine troops in Pnlespne are giving the Turks no rest. The ' portant city of Jaffa on the Med ranean has been captured by t the Ottoman forces offering no rchlst_ jance. It is stated that instead.! of standing and offering battle ¥ the Turks are in retirement northwirl. latest unofficial 'advices . i7om Russia indicate that Fetrograd |ind Moscow are still in_the| hands of | the Polsheviki :and that" 8 bastopol, / big naval base nll on Black SA.. has go n werks flerl flalenm ‘& fl‘"' \ )r- ors of Lh. ance to them. |commons To pesaTE Liovp | GEORGE'S PARIS SPEECH. British Premier Will Welcome Oppor. tunity to Defend {Plan. London. Nov. pasiiamentary | corrcspondents of the Swnday news- papers are unanimous'in their antiei pation that tomorrow’s important d. bate in the house of commans on Pre mier Lloyd Gecrge’s Paris’ clear the air and end th= controversy which has been raging during the past week. They victure the premier in a most militant mood and welcoming the opportunity of defendinz kis plan for an allied war. council against his crit- ics representeéd as an - ir-econciliable combination of radicals, pacifists and military conservatives. It is expected that Mr. his remarks in Paris were lntended as 2 reflection on_army leaduvrs. is also expecteéd to deal with the pros»ec~ tive inclusion of American represonta- tives in the council and to eyplain why no special arrangements hawe been magde for naval co-ordination. “The political correspondent of the Enndny Times says that with the ex- ception of Andrew Bonar Law, chan- cellor of the exchequer, the, members of the war cabinet are in full accord with the premier's new policy of form- ing an allied war council and will sup- port him even in the event of military resignations. GERMAN INTRIGUE IN 4 IRELAND DENOQI NCED By the Lowell Branch of the U Irish’ League. Lowell, Mass., Nov. 18.—Ge'man ln- trigue in Ireland 'was denounced in a | manifesto adopted here tonightt by the | Lowell branch of the Unitesd Irish league and malled to party leaders iul “As lnynl American ' citizens we are most deeply interested in the ot £ for vwhich the United ; States has tered the war and we are utterly irrevocably opposed to any palicy might injure the United States or ".h allies by giving aid and comfert to u:e enemy and thereby prolonging war.” says the manifesto. ', movement, ‘the for any promises of indepand- ence for Ireland coming from Germany, with all our souls we denounce thein as bypocritical and insincere, but eqipailly to be spurned if they were sincere. rmany is tn make a cati of Ireland and infortunately Trishmen are helping her hords otm paid agents in that direction.” TWO SUSPECTED CASEs OF MEASLES AT CAMP DEVENS, Has Caused the Tsolation of Two Bat-: teries of Artillery. § 4 ¥ {m'_m , CONN., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1917 TEN PAGES—70 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS aragr‘aphs Russia Denounces Tre: Amsterdam, Nov. 18T minister announces theg t provisional government /h: the" commercial treats o Semtomben 1846, between Hollan4 a/.d Russia. ary. foreign Russian e - . on of Jaffa. ndon, ov. 1 "Thi e u,mmg;n s ke session of by the ¥Firitish army in Pal- f——— In Ne'w French Cabinet. Paris, Novs 18—Charles Sergent has been appo /yted under-secretary of in t he new cabinet. M. Sergent was born An 1869. 'He was assistant governor..;f the Bank of France, which position Ae resi to accept the gstine yesterday. /'The Turks. who a\@-! tly are Continuing thelr with- | rawal northw fed. siesq he opposi- tion. under-se tretaryshlp. He has under- taken mw/any fingncial missions abroad since t'Ae beg¥aning of the war, his latest lieing ¥o Greece. NEGOTIAZ 10NS WITH JAPAN HAVE BEEN BROKEN OFF For Jtp-nm sh ping in Return for Ame S(ul “»km Saturday, Nov. 17—In a thy statement today the depart- nt of communications announces that the negotiations with the United S/ates, by which Japan was seeking ) have the American embargo on steel 'auod to a certain extent in Japan's /-avor, have been broken off, to Japan's regret, because of the differing circum- stances in which the two countries are placed. America’s demand for Japanese ship- pi in return for the concession would virtually destroy Japan’s Euro- pean trade, the statement declares, while the equivalent offered was an inadequate one, cannot reach the ex- tent of infringing upon the necessities to her national existence. WASHINGTON OFFICIALS EXPRESS CONFIDENCE That Negotiations With Japan Will Be Concluded Successfully. ‘Washington. Nov. 18.—Confidence that negotiations looking to the e: change of American steel for Japa eseé tonnage will be concluded success- fully was expressed by officials here tonight despite Japan's apparent re- fusal to sell her ships at the price offered. The question of price, it was said, is the only ‘point that remains to be cleared up.; it M’CORMICK BF ES NO PROSPU‘T OF EARLY PEACE Eecause of Ru 's Collapse and Un- readiness’ of the Umhd States. Chicarzo, /Nov. 15— Russia’s collapse and thi 1mreadiness of the Ilnlmfl States make hopeless any 18, Dtfi"i‘ before 1919 in MecCormick, either are we. he war presents a stzlemate from ‘which we are unable to :gxfricate our- ehves, because of the cofliipse of Rus= ia_and the u—u—uadmesa; the United States. I “Nowhere in Burop-s4lid T find an in- formal soldier or pvAFc man who be- ‘lieved that a militApy decision could e achieved before./¥319, when _ the United States mirfy. add effectively to pressure on the crtral empires. There fs practically no ope that Russia can be useful durirgs 1918. Russia is so disordered that,‘she cannot make war. Happily, in s probability, neither can she make/peace. £ “The resov fes of the central powers have been ergetically spent. They are bleedi'f& terribly. But they act With grea for energy, unity and skill than their enemies.” £ DISORDERS OF INCREASED / GRAVITY IN ZURICH. Pacificfsts Smashed the ~Blinds / Windows of the Prison, — is, Nov. 18—A despatch to the s Agency from Zurich, Switzer- 1, referring to the pacifist manifes- ion of Friday, says: /*“Disorders of increased eravity broke out again last night. Two thousand persons assembled in the Place Hal- Yetia, and then marched, singing “The Internationale.” to the prison where ‘were confinod those persons arrest~d during the riots of Friday night. The blinds and windows of the prison were smashed and the police charged the lnoh with drawn sabres. “The rioters again erected barri-] cades and replied with volleys of | stones, . whereupon the police drew their revelvers and fired. Four per- sons were killed. A machine gun firing blank cartridges, brougzht the trouble! to an end.’ A despatch to La Presse says a_doz- en persons were killed and that a larze number were wounded and that the movement of the population has been prohibited in several quarters .of the itown. & ‘FOREMOST CHEMISTS ARE TO INVESTIGATE EXPLOSIVES They Are to Act as Advisors in the Bureau of Mines. Washington, Nov. 18. country's most foremost and P- Ha 1a t- Work in Hartford SENDING THREATENING LETTERS TO WEALTHY PERSONS ONE DEMANDED $25,000,; Mrs. Ralph W. Culley, Who Had R ceived Two Letters, Also Receiv- ed Telephone Message to Make Haste. Hartford, Con! Nov. 18.—A recur- rence of blackmailing letters sent to wealthy Hartford persons is in evi dence here again. Two such letters have been received within the week by Mrs. Ralph W. Cutler, widow of the late president of the Hartford Trust Company, and by John L. Tal- cott, president of the Strand Moving Picture Circuit. In the case of Mrs. Cutler $25,000 was demanded under paln of death and $2,500 of Mr. Tals cott. Mrs. Cutler was told to leave the money in Simsbury and Mr. Tal- cctt was ordered to leave his at the “four corners” in Albany avenue. Urged to Make Haste. Mrs. Cutler has also received a mes- sage by telephone urzing her to make haste or else suffer. The letters sent by the blackmailers are written illi- terately and resemble closely a se- ries of similar missives sent prominent Hartford people last summer at which time State Librarian Godard was one of those who received threats. Home Guarded by Special Police. The home of Mrs. Cutler is now guarded by special police night and day and she is in a state of nervous coilapse as a result of the threats which began three days after the re- cent death of her husband. UNITY PLAN AND CONTROL BETWEEN ALL THE ALLIES Pmid-_m Wilson Regards as Essen- tial to Achieve a Permanent Peace. London, Nov. 18.—Colonel E. M. House, hyad of the American mission, bas received a cablegram from Pres- fdent Wilson stating emphatically that the United States government conernment considers that unity ofj “plan and control between ail the allies and the United States is essential in order to achieve a just and perman- ent peace. President ‘Wilson emphasizes the fact that this unity must be accom- plished if the great resources of the United. States are lo be used to the best. Mv-ntm and he Mues'-l tha( has nsked c&orwi "House to attend fi.e first meeting of the supreme war council, with General Tasker H. .FPliss, as military adviso: It is hoped that the meeting wihl take place in Paris before the end of the month. SISTER . MARY BASIL ""AWARDED 324.000 DAMAGES Against Archibishop Shratt and Oth- ers at Kingston, Ont. Kingston, Ont, Nov. 18.—Sister Mary Basil, who sued Archbishop Shratt and others for $29,009 damages for assault and abduction, was award- ed $24,000 by the jury before Justice Bntlfln in court here last night. Of wis amount the archbishop, the Ro- man Catholic Corporation, Mother General: Frances Regis and the Sis- ters of Churity are to pay $20,000 and Dr. Daniel Phelan $4,000. The other defendant, Policeman Naylon, was as- sessed nothing. Sister Mary alleged that she had reported to Rome that conditions in the orphanage with which she was connected’ in the province of Quebec ‘were “deplorable.” As a result, she averred, the arch- bishop and his associates attempted to abduct her from the orphanage and have her confined in an asylum for the insane. GEN. PERSHING VISITED NEWLY-MADE GRAVES Of Three Americans Who Were Kill- ed in Ru.m Trench Raid. ‘With the American Army in France, Saturday, Nov. 17.—(Ry the Asso- ciated Press). General Pershing on a trip to the front visited the newiy- made graves in which lie the bodies of the three victims of the recent trench raid. They are on a green hill, overlooking a small village. General Pershing showed e!peclll interest' in the simple markers upon ! jthe graves, recording the name, com- | pany and regiment of each of the Americans buried there and in _ a wreath- of native flowers hung within the enclosure, upon which had been piaced in French, the following in- scription: “Here lie the first soldiers of the great republic of the United States ‘whe died on the soil of Francs 1sr Justice and libert Na\' ber 3, 1917.” 100 VILLA TROOPS OCCUPYING GARRISON AT OJINAGA ! The Remainder of Bandit’s Men Are' South of the Town. Fresidio, Texas, Nov. 18. — l-‘bwer than one hundred Villa troops occu- pied the garrison at Ojinaga today, the remainder of Villa's men being in the field goufll of the town or at San Juan del Rio, nine miles ou the Sanches river: ‘When Villa entered Ojinaga | Weanesday night his ordnance officers and will advise the bui»au in the op- ‘| eration of the recently enacted law resu!lflns '.he sale of explosives. The members are. Dr. wmhm H. Nichols, 0! the G!ll- Ayer Mass., Nov. 18.—Two uu.pqct-— z cases of measles caused th flon of Battery D, of !hc Iflllt Ar'.ll-. lery, and Battery B, of the 302nd Ar-. il eryfi today. ci of at a Argentine Railway Employes M-ik.. _Buenos_Alres, Nov. 18.—~The !w., ation of that a strike, rcuse: crowds of visitors who were kept | l-uui ice by m‘p‘ uncovered quantities of ammunition and rlflu which had been hidden in the houses of the little town. These had bgc&,]elt there by the Villa troops who were’ in Ojinaga last June. ‘u—g.m SAVED BRITISH DESPATCHES whumfiom By -Hi ing ' Them -|* U-Boat Were" ‘C.Nhln- .‘.-m.r. i London, Nov. 18—The name o ‘the " Blaskmailers at |Kerensky Will Not Regain Control HIS PARTY ACCUSES HIM OF LACK OF RESOLUTION PETROGRAD IS QUIET Railway Employes Are Refusing to Transport Troops of Either Faction— Foreigners Are Being Well Treated. Stockholm, Nov. 18.—Petrograd was Guiet up to Wednesday evening, ac- cording to advices from what are re- sarded here as reliable sources. The railway employes were refusing to transport troops for either faction and the food situation in the capital was becoming serious. Assembling Force of Cossacks. There is little definite news from the provinces, but an apparently re- liable report said that General Kale- dines was assemblins a considerable force of Cossacks. The correspondent talked with an American business man, manager of a concern in Petrograd, on Wednesday morning. He reports that no foreign- ers in the city had been molested and that Lenine said to a delegation of foreign diplomats who called on him at the Smolny Institute: Foreigners Not Molested. “Instructions have been given to treat foreigners with all consideration. They are guests of the republic.” The American traveller character- ized Lenine as a man desiring p-ace, kut said that Leon Trotzky was using violent language and threatening all opponents with death. He report- ed the city quiet except for the occa- sionally killing of some military ca- det or other youth. whom the mad- dened revoutionaries mistook for a cadet. Comparatively little looting was reported. Some of the shops were open. Dangerous to Be Well Dressed. The capitsl was unsafe for one to appear in the streets conspicuously well dressed. Elaborately dressed wo- men, he reported, had repeatedly had their clothing torn from them by mobs on the thoroughfares, the mem- bers of which cried: “Our wives, sis- ters and daushters are-in rass.” The TLenine adherents, however, he stated, were ampy supplied with money, from German sources, he believed. Kerensky Probably Eliminated. The correspondent’s informant be- lieved with all the others with whom the correspondent had talked in the wcglon that K&z%gq would qever party b tor o Tack of e & o e mm flwvhtfly m‘nct months ago when ‘the plans of the Bolsheviki could have been dealt with effectively- “their very inception. The urban Tobulation as a whole wis showing a s.nn&ar apathy toward the current =ik KERENSKY PROPOSES A TRUCE 'AND A PARLEY Message From Gatchina Was Dated Tuesday 9.20 p. m. Petrograd, Wednesday, Nov. 14. — (Via Haparanda). Premier Kerensky telegraphed from.Gatchina today pro- posing a truce and a parley. The message, dated 9.20 p. m. Tuesday, was as follows ‘Following the suggestion of the Committee ~for Saving the Country and the other. democratic organiza- tions united with it, T have stopped operations agazinst the insurrectionary forces and propose to send Commis- sioner Stankevitch to enter into nego- tiations for taking measures to avoid useless bloodshed.” Simultaneously there came a mess- age from General Krasnoff, comman- der of the Third Cavalry Corps, and in charge of the Kerensky forces, pro- posing that the Bolsheviki troops be withdrawn to Petrograd, leaving only pickets in a neutral zone to be estab- ed between the opposing forces. Since the foregoing long-delayed despatch was filed " the ‘advices from Petrograd have reported the flight of Premier Kerensky after he had been abandoned by the greater part of his FATALLY INJURED IN INTER- CLASS FOOTBALL GAME. Charles Curtiss Persiani, Jr., of Plantsville, Student at Penn. Mili. tary College. Chester. Pa., Nov. 18.—Charles Cur- tiss’ Persiani, Jr.. of Plansville. Conn., a student at the Pennsylvania Military college, died early today as the resuit of injuries received yesterday in an inter-class football game. He played halfback throughout the contest and complained of no injury until two hours later. when he was seized with severe pains in the head. He was taken to the Chester hospital, where an operation disclosed a ruptured blood | vessel in the brain. Persiani. who was a member of the class of 1920, was the son of Charles C. Persiani, vice president and manager of the Clark Bolt Manufacturing com- pany, of Plantsville. He was 19 years old. Although not a candidate for the varsity football eleven. he was one >f the best all around athletes in college. OBITUARY. Major H. P. Hitchcock. Hartford, Conn., Nov. 18.—Major H. P. Hitcheock, one of Hartford's best known citizens, died at his home here tonight. He was ones of the organ- izers of the “Wideawake,” an organ- ization prominent in: the. first cam- paign of Lincoln, and a trustee of t-8 Goodwill club here which has been in- strumental in educating poor boys, one of whom became a mayor. fath. er was the maker of the chair, now sought by reliable hunters. He was a major in the.old City Guard, before his death, one of the thirteen surviving veterans. = He had served as’ councilman and alderma: One Son, John L. Hitchcock of New York, survives. Warren 8. Young. ‘Washington, Nov. 18.—Warren S. Young, T3, for thirly-six years sociai a_ | clerk at. the White House and known ly by every pu-klen:l.l cabinet personally. officer. and Wash- Hitcheock | ic| isation Condensed Telegrén{s An earthquake, 5,000 miles away was recorded at Washington. Shortage of railroad cars is material- ly reducing the output of many coal mines. The names of fourteen Americans were included in the Canadian casual- ty list. Through miscalculations the Bolivar Lighthouse on the Bolivar Peninsula was shelled in target practice. William Doran, finance commission- er of Dallas, Tex., offered to his son, $500 for every German he killed. Missing since Sept. 25, the American steamer Kansas City has been given ap for lost by the Navy Department. Every crossing on the Mexican bord- er is being guarded by American troops and machine gun detachments. The Kings of Denmark and Sweden will visit King Haakon, the Norwegian king, at Christiania, for a cenference. The German Crown Prince, and the former Imperial Chancellor, Prince von Buelow, had a conference in Ber- lin. The Red Cross Council issued an ap- peal to the women of the country for; more knitted articles for the soidiers and sailors. The St. Paul Railroad has ordered 17 electric engines; 10 from the West- inghouse and seven from the General Electric Co. Renewed warnings a have been posted in all navy and stations in placards headed wvare of Spies.” ies yards “Be- President Wilson attended the fun- eral of former Secretary of State John W. Foster, father-in-law of Secretary of State Lansing. Directors of the Solar Refining Co. declared the regular semi-annual divi- dend of $5 a share, and an extra divi- den of $25 a share President Wilson is considering sending Secretary of Labor Wilson to try to settle the strike of workers in the Texas oil fields. President Fang Kwo Chang of China has refused to accept the resignation of Premier Tuan Chi Jui, which was presented Saturday. After a week of fighting two hun- dred men have succeeded in putting out the forest fire raging for two weeks in southern New Jersey. Helen Brion, 35 years old, a teacher in an infant school in Paris, has been arrested, charged with carrying on an- ti-militarist propaganda. “Billy” Sunday’s son, George, is in the United States army. His father sald that he.was proud his son was willing’to help his_country. n congrassmen and cl qsnu'vm ng the front in ce were - éntertainied by the King of Belgium on his birthday. The former German steamer Goehen, now in the Turkish navy and named the Sultan Sellm, was hit in a recent | air raid by British aviators. Two of four men charged with as- saulting and robbing Thomas A. West of the American Net & Twine Co. of Cambridge, Mass.,, were arrested. Lord Cecil announced in the House of Commons, answering a _query, that England is not responsible for any plan to take some of Portugal’s colonies. A force of 5,000 Mexican government troops sent into the state of Morales to operate against the Zapata and Diaz bandits were practically annihilated. Four hundred Xmas cheer boxes consigned individually to New York University men in active service in France are on piers ready for ship- ment. The sending of Japanese troops to Europe is impossible said Minister of Finance Shoda in his address before the National Economic Association at Osaka. At an address at the meeeting of the Engineering Club of New York, Lieut. Col. Tyor Thor-Gray, told the members that Germany plunged into this war to get America. A second death from scarlet fever was reported in the American training camp in France. One death from pneumonia and. another from a train wreck, were reported. Operations at the Baldwin Locomo- tive Works are being rushed, one lo- comotive being turned out every work- ing hour of the day. The output is to be increased still further. A ‘“non-partisan food nference of producers and, consumers’” will be held in New York November 26, it was an- nounced by A. C. Townley, president of the Non-partisan Farmers League. Postmaster-General Burleson renew- ed his charge against Victor Berger, editor of the Milwaukee Leader, pre- liminary to cancelling his second- class mailing privileges for violating the Espionage act. Reports from the United States that the embargo on Dutch vessels in American ports has been raised and that the vessels will be allowed to car- ry grain from Argentina and Rus- tralia, caused much satisfaction. Joseph Forcol years old, a na- tive of Italy commitied suicide by shooting in a street of Stamford, last night because of worry over his wife and other relatives who' are now in the zone of the new Austro-Ger- man invasion. Heniy Howard, director of recruit- ing for the United States shipping board, announced the appointment of John F. Lewis, United States commis- sioner at Philadeiphia, as chief of tion two of the free government nav- and marine engineering schools. NEW FINNISH GOVERNMENT 1S EXPECTED TO BE FORMED With Oskari Tokoi, the Social Deme- cratic Leader, as Premier. London, Nov. 18.—Oskari Tokoi, the social _democratic leader in Finland and former Finnish premier, is expect- ed to form a new Finnish government on llonm .wordlnt to a Haparanda gfllp,tdl hagen. e atet will proclatm land an lmpfi‘glm.tflqr:guhuc on um Combination Sugar Sales Forbidden ROBERT SCOVILLE IS TO MAKE RULING EFFECTIVE AT ONCE CORNMEAL lS EXCEPTED Practice of Dealers Requiring Purchase of Other Articles in Order to Obtain Sugar Has Been Declared lllegal. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 18 Ttk ruling of the national food . adminis- tration that the practice of ‘“combinz tion” sales by grocers and others, re- quiring customers to make additional purchases in order to obtain a certain food article, may not be continued, cept that a dezler may require the cu tomer to buy twice the weight of corn méal, grew out of inquiries of the Connecticut food administration a few days ago as to the legality of sucn “combination sales.” At a conference in Washington last week, it was stated today, the food administration of Con- necticut and Rhode Island pointed out the increase in “bargain les to ob- tain sugar and other sales of non- essentials had been unnecessarily stimulated. Robert Scoville, the state food ad- ministrator, today stated that the ruling is effective at once, and its en- forcement can be brought about by wholesalers. TO REDUCE CONGESTION AT FREIGHT TERMINALS, Highway Transport Committee to Uss Motor and Freight Vehicles. Washington, Nov. 18.—Efforts to re- duce congestion about railway freignt terminals by greater use of motor and horse vehicles for distribution of cer- tain classes of freight in areas will be made through highways transport committee of fl’\i council of national defense. The committee announced today that it does not contemplate the operation of any truck lines itself, but has begun a careful study of the situation with a view to making recommendations for the co-operation of shippers and rall- roads. Particular attention will be givea the problem of freight congested sheds and cars held to be unloaded. e committee will seek ways and means of keeping delivered freizht moving out of the sheds more promptly and also of releasing loaded ears with less delay. Roy D. Chapin, president of the Hudson Motor Car company, is chair- man of the committee. and assoeiated with him are Logan W. Page, director of the office Of public rqads, depart- mért of agriculture; Henry G. Sherley, chief engineer of the M:.\.r) land state roads commission, and George H. Pride, president of the Heavy Haulage com- pany of New York city. GERMAN CRUISERS CHASED THROUGH HELGOLAND BIGHT Pursued by British Warships to With- in 30 Miles of the Island. London, Nov. 18, German light cruisers which fled through Helgoland Bight vesterday before British war- ships of similar type were pursued to within thirty miles of Helgo'and, where ‘they came under the protection of the German battle fleet and mine fields, the admiralty announced to- day One of the German light cruisers was observed to be in flames and the ma- chinery of another seemed to be dam- aged. One German mine sweeper was sunk. The British light forces returned without loss2s, with but little material damage to the ships nd slight casual- ties among the personnel. GOMPERS HAS BEEN INVITED TO VISIT ENGLAND By Parliamentary Committee of Bri ish Trades Union Congress. Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. 18.—There was no session of the American Federation of Labor convention here today. Many of the prominent officers in the —r- ganization spoke from pulpits = and fornms and the socialist delegates were invited by the local socialist organiza- tion to attend a mass meeting. President Samuel Gompers, it was announced today, has been formally in- vited to visit England at the close’of the "present convention. The invita- tion was brought by John L. Hill and Arthur Hayday, fraternal delegates from the British trades union con- gress, and came from the parliament- ary committee of the trades union congress. Mr. Gompers Has not indi- cated whether he will accept. FOOD DEBATES IN THE PRUSSIAN DIET It Will Be Necessary to Reduce Both Meat and Bread Rations. Copenhagen, Nov. 18.—The view that Cerman authorities are pursuing a policy of blufi at the present time in granting food allowances consider- ably higher than are justified by the crops of the yvear, seeming is confirm- ed by the recent food debates in the Prussian Diet. It was stated in these debates that it probably would be ne- cessary to reduce both the meat and bread rations March 1, in order to make the stocks last through. The food authorities, according to all information reaching here, appear to be gambling cn the chances before spring and now have set great. hopes on the results of Russian and Italian developments. TRIAL OF MRS. BIANCA DE SAULLES BEGINS TODAY Charged With the Murder of = Her Divorced Husband. Mineola, N. Y.. Nov. 18.—Mrs, Bianca De Saulles, Chilean beauty and heiress, will go on trial here tomorréw morn- ing charged with the murder of her divorced husband. John L. De Saulles, of Yale football fame. Dutch Lugger Sunk. Amsterdam, Nov. -18.—A despatch from Ymuiden says it is officially re- ported that a Dutch lugger has been sunk by Gefman naval forces, one man bvlu drowned and. the remainder be- taken to Wilhelmshaven. It is -uo reported that the lugger Jacoba ban sunk and ‘all ‘her crew