Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 28, 1917, Page 1

Balletin VOL. LIX.—NO. 384 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1917 TEN PAGES—74 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS GEN. BYNG'S RE-ENTER FONTAI Heavy Concentrated Fire of German Machine Falied to Stop the British Advance On the Italian Front the Italians Have Launched a Number of Attacks, Which Were Repulsed—American Steamer Ac- taeon Has Been Sunk by a U-Boat—Twenty Survivors Have Arrived in Spain, But Three Boats Containing Members of the Crew Are Missing—In Russia the Un- settled Condition of Affairs Appears to be Growing More Intense—Representatives of the Chief Nations at War With the Teutonic Allies Are Gathering in Paris for the Inter-Allied Conference. Around_the village of Bourlon and Bourlon Wood and about Fontaine Notre Dame; in the region of Cambral, the British troops are keeping hard after the Germans. In both sectors General Byng’s forces again have made considerable progress, especially at Fontaine, where, having been evicted by the Germans after the initial drive are missing. tions at war with the Teuton] discussed momentous of the war. BRITISH ARE KEEPING HARD AFTER GERMANS with additional members of the crew The representatives of the chief na- are gathering in Paris for the inter- allied conference at which are to be questions more unified action in the prosecution Cabled Paragraphs British Casualties for Week. London, Nov. 27.—British casualtiés cfficially Teported for the week end- ing today, agsregated 30,314. They were divided as follows: Killed or died of wounds, officers 269, men 5,- 947. Wounded or missing, officers §96; men 23,302. AMERICAN AVIATOR KILLED WHEN THROWN FROM HORSE Sergeant Paul Pauleka, Whose Home Was in Madison. Paris, Nov. 27—Advices have been received here from Saloniki to the ef- fect. that Sergeant Paul Pauleka of the French flying squadron, was kill- ed recently by being thrown from a horse nmear Monastir. He was buried at_Saloniki. Pauleka was the first American fighter killed on the Macedonian front. His home was Madison, Conn. He enlisted in_the foreisn legion at the outbreak of the war.but was trans- ferred to the aviation branch in No- vember, 1915. He served with the La- fayette Sauadron before Vérdun and in’ the Somme battle ana later volun- teered for service at Saloniki, where he was decorated with the War Cross for his bombing and fighting exploits. . Pavleka, prior to enlisting in the fighting corps in France, served four- teen months in the trenches with the Foreign Legion. He established a rec- ©crd in his preparatory training at the military flying school at Buc of plac- ing twelve bullets out of twelve shots in the head of a moving silhouette representing the body of a man, at a distance of one hundred yards. Pavleka received his first honor, the War Cross, and a citation in French army orders for brilliant work done before Verdun. In August of the present year General Sagrail, comman- der-in-chief of the French armies in Macedonia, cited Pavieka In orders and decorated him with the War Cross with palms. Guns ic allies WIRE BARRICADES ALONG NEW YORK WATER FRONT They Will Be Built for in Front of the of last weei, they again have obtained | The American, British and Italian Piers, 100 Yards Distant. @ footing in the town and have da- |missions already have reached tife ¥anced almost to the main street. A |French capital. They are led, respec-| New York, Nov. 27.—Patrol of the heavy concentration of enemy machine W i ia stopping the Bri southern portion of Bourlon village also was entered the British after a hot fight, but after having rescued some of their troops who had been isolated there for come time, the British withdrew to their original posi- tions. Possibly in a sapreme endeavor to break the Ztalian line before the Brit- ish and French reinforcements enter the fray, the Austro-Germans, com- prising an entire division, have attac! ed the Italians in the Brenta valley, on the northern sector of the Italian front. Like similar, though smaller, attacks during recent daye, the offen- sive was stopped by the Italian artil- Jery and infaniry, the enemy suffering heavy losses in ‘men killed or made prisoner. Four additional attacks be- fween the Brenta and Piave rivers aiso were put down with severe cas- ualties, and everywhere the Italians held their original lines. Another American steamer—the ‘Actacon. a former German vessel—has been sunk by a German submarine. Boats containing 21 survivors have landed in Spain, but three other boats advance. The premier. < In addition to determining the Bolsheviki factions are in sibly a most pertinent point discussions will be the future does not place the Bolsheviki of allies of the central powers. points to the south. Unoffictal are to the effect that the . days. tively, by Colonel E. M. House, David Lioyd George, the British prime min- ister, and Vittorio Orlando, the Italian for stronger joint action against the enemy countries, the conferees doubt- less also will discuss at length the anomalous situation in Russia, where and where German staff officers reported to be acting as military ad- visors to the Lenine government. Pos- of the allied countries toward Russia— whether the situation as it now stands ment and its followers in the category Inside Russia the unsettled condition of affairs daily seems to be growing more intense. ~All communication now has been severed between north and south Russia, even the foreign em- bassies in Petrograd being unable to get in touch with Odessa and other rorthern army is in_ dire straits for food, having had no bread for several water front zones forbidden to alien enemies will be taken over imme- diately by United States troops. This decision was reached today at a con- ference of representatives of the ar- my, the United States marshal's of- fice, the police and transportation of- ficials. Local authorities will co-op- erate. with the military in guarding the harbor property. Barriers of barbed wire are to be erected, beyond which no one can pass without proper credentfals. There will be two series of wire barricades, and even if anyone should succeed in eluding the outer sentinels the au- thorities believe he could not pass the inner line. The fences will be built in front of the piers with gatewdys at frequent intervals. For the present the barbed wire barrlers will enclose small areas; but rater, it is expected, they will be ex- i L R 100 yards fixed by presidental decree as the boundary of the area forbiadén to enemy aliens. a basis control, are in the attitude govern- advices S — Russlan | ENTENTE DIPLOMATS ARE ASSEMBLING IN PARIS. Premiers of Great Britain and Greece GERMAN STAFF OFFICERS ARE IN PETROGRAD [Acting as Military Advisors of the Lenine Faction. ‘Washington, Nov. 27.—Official con- firmation of the news from London that German staff officers are in Pe- trograd acting as military advisors of the Lenine faction probably will be followed promptly by action on the part of the United States and the al- lies definitely to place the Bolsheviki Tegime in the list of Germany's al- MEXICO 18 EXPELLING to Charged With Failing Mexico City, Nov. and expulsion of a number of undesirable. 1f the Germans are there all doubt as to the purpose of Bolsheviki is re- moved, and the diplomats will be obliged to withdraw to a neutral cap- ital, probably Stockholm, to awalt in- structions from their ~governments. Such a development undoubtedly would be followed by immediate can- cellation of all oriers now in process of execution for military and other supplies for Russia both in the Unit- ed States and Japan. Several car- goes from the United States are now on the way to Viadivostok. but these can be diverted by wireless orders and it has been understood that their de- livery would be contingent upon evi- dence that they would not fall into unfriendly hands. ENTENTE TO PROSECUTE MID-WINTER CAMPAIGN Authoritative Announcement Made by Secretary Baker. Nov. 27.—The British i will be followed up milar offensives along at, in the opinion of linr with what is in pros- pect in Authoritative an- nouncement :'rcady had been made @broad that tais winter would see no Ralt in operations and with the re- turn of American divisional comman- ders from observation tours in France it has become certain that the French and British armies will prosecute mid-winter compaigns such as never before attempted. Secretary Baker said today that the returninz officers - would proceed to their divisional camps and resume the personal direction of the training of their men. So far as known, there will be no general conference of the officers here, but it is quite likely that they will call on Mr. Baker and gen- eral star oficials while en route to their posts. REPRES=NTATIVE MANN IN JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL Republican Floor Leader is Ugdergo- ' ing Medical Observation. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 27.—Represen- ‘tative James R. Mann of Illinois, re- ublican floor leader, is at Johns Biopkine Hospital undergoing medi «cal observation. y It was stated at the hospital that ¥ i the new constitution, which stitution. point, CHANGES IN REPORTS To Facilitate Response to sponse to ‘Washington. drive on C- Telentles: the w the lected, but not yet accrued.” s sl Sl TO HANDLE PROPERTY of a Number Appointed. ‘Washington, Nov. Palmer, custodian -of in the United States, today the personnel of 'the trust unti] the end of appointments include reau of trusts. HUNTING SEASON WAS T Hartford, tendent John M. Mr. Mann is in no serious danger and that overwork was the cause of his |8ix Commandeered ‘Ships Completed. ‘Washington, Nov. 27.—Completion of six commardeered merchant ships during the week cnding November 24 ‘was announced today. e shipping board. These vessels‘were seized by t on the ways when all merchant ships bulld- with the exception of Tolland and Windham. been practically extinct state. was represents about ual pumber. —_— Nine thousand teachers are ing the State Teachers’ FOREIGN CLERGYMEN With Provisions of the Constitution 27.—The arrest clergymen was announced in a state- ment issued today by the governor of the federal district. The statement says the clergymen already have been sent on their way out of the country, together with other persons classed as The expulsion of the clergymen is said to have resulted from their fail- ure to comply with ‘the provisions of only Mexican born priests, to exer- cise religious functions. According to the statement, the clergymen who are being deported were warned to cease violation of this article of the con- The clergymen probably will taken out of the country by way of Vera Cruz although no official infor- mation has been given out on this OF NATIONAL BANKS Call for Conditions November 20. ‘Washington, Nov. 27.—To facilitate the reports of national banks in re- the call for conditions as of November 20, Comptroller of the Cur- rency Williams tonight waived the re- Quirement that the reports must in- clude jtems of interest “accrued but not yet collected” and “Interest col- Banks must keep their records of loans, However, So that these loans may be reported In further calls. OF ALIEN ENEMIES of Hartford One 27.—A. Mitchell enemy property S o5 which will handle the milions of dor lars of money and property held in the war. The Scheide, of Hartford, Cons the diviton, ©f tearance 5t snict, of POOR IN THE STATE With the Exception of New London, land and Windham Counties. Nov. 27—Superin- and game commission stated toda; that'the hunting season which closed last Fridey was poor in all counties New Londo: Deer " had from The number killed ‘atter the present law passed from 1915, to Nov. 3, 1917, was 2,222, This One-third of the act- Convention at Syracuse University, . Among the Number. Paris, Nov. 27.—David Lloyd George, the British premier, accompanied by Foreign Secretary Balfour and other Eritish officials, and Premier Venizelos ©of Greece arrived in Paris tonight. Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, first lord of the admiralty; Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, chief of the naval staff; Barl Reading, the lord chief justice, and General Sir ‘William Robertson, chief of the imperial sta flfat army head- quarters, were the other members of the British party. They were met at the ‘station by Premier Clemenmwau. former Premier Painleve and Stephen Pichon, the minister of foreign affairs of France. Comply foreign Permi's| PETITION OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY DENIED Sought Permission to Turn Over Three-Fifths of $20,000,000 to M. I. T. Boston, Nov. 27.—The full bench of the supreme court today denied a petition of Harvard university for au- thority to enter into an asreement Wwith the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the expenditure of part of the income of an endowment of more than $20,000,000 Jeft to the university by the late’ Gordon McKay. The university desired to turn over to the institute three-fifths of the in- come of the endowment for the con- duct of courses leading to degrees in mechanical, electrical, civil and sani- tary engineering, mining and metal- lurgy. FREE GOVERNMENT NAVIGATION .SCHOOL Deck Officers for Merchant e Opened in New York. Boston, .Nov. 27.—The opening of the first’ free government navigation school in New York to train deck of- ficers for the new American merchant marine was arranged for today by Henry Howard of this city, director of recruiting, United States shipping board. The school will start December 1, with classes at the Seamen’s Church Institute. be OHITUARY. Rev. John D. Whitne: Hoston, Nov. 27.—Rev. John D, Whit- ney, former president of the George- town university at Washington and prominent in the Jesuit order, died to- day at the faculty house of Boston college. He was on leave of absence from Loyola college, Baltimore, hav- ing been in failing health for more than a year. For some years prior to his servi® at Baltimore he was treasurer of Bos- ton college, He was a native of Nan- tucket. E fish Lovell Hall. Middletown, Conn,, Nov. 27.—Lovell Hall, who has practiced law here for nearly fifty years, and a former pros- ecuting attorney and coroner, died here_tonight at the ase of 73 years. He was born in Middletown and was graduated from, Yale University in 1856, For years'he was an attendant at the sessions of the state legisla- ture and was often attorney there for various interests. He was unmarried and is survived by one sister. had August attend- Kerosene for export was advanced one ‘cent & gallon n New Tork. |Arrest of lialians on Pacific Coast FOR PLOTTING TO HELP GER- MANY WIN THE WAR SAID TO BE ANARCHISTS More Than 100 Miners and Shipyard Employes Are Charged With Work- ing to Foment a ‘Revolution in Italy to Overthrow King Victor Emmanuel. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 27.—More than 100 Italians, T3t of them miners and shipyard employes, said to belong to the Corcola Studi Sociali, an alleged anarchistic society, were arrested in Seattle, Portland, 'Spokane, Tacoma and other northwest cities by federal agents in raids which ended today, ac- o to announcement by H. M. White, federal immigration commis- sioner. According to federal agents, Italians’ plotted to help Germany win the war by fomenting revolution in Italy to overthrow King Victor Em- manuel. Federal officials in disguire, it was announced, attended the socie- ty’s recent meetings at which calls were 1ssued for volunteers to foment disturbances in this country. To Be Interned. Officials planned to assemble all the prisoners in one camp, where they probably will be interned for the. dura- tion of the war. Nineteen Italians, arrested in the raid in_ Cle-Ellum, Roslyn and Easton and Kittitas coun- ties, were broughts here today in a Sr<cial coach attached to a Northern Pacific train and lodged in ceils at the federal immigration station. The propaganda, it was caid, urged Italians everywhere to rise against their government and resist all mili- tary service. ENORMOUS the INCREASE IN GOLD EXPORTS Have Been Absorbed Largely by Ja- pan and Spain. ‘Washington, Nov. Details of the conntry’s commeres for the first nine | months of the year made public today by the department of commerce, showed that the enormous increase in =old exports was absorbed largely by Japan and Spain. Japan took $155,467,726 in gold from tle United States from January through September, as compared with §9,300,630 in the same period of 1916, and was virtually the only one of the allied countries to receive precious metal from America in September. Spain imported '$99,327.400 for nine months azainst $9,601,520 in the same period of the preceding year. Importations —of. -merchandise - for September included $1,428 worth of German soods bought before diplo- matic relations were severed and held in transit by the allles’ blockade. EXTENSION OF TIME TO DISPOSE OF HOLDINGS Granted New Haven Road and N. E. Navigation Company. New /York, Nov. 27.—An extension until April 1, 1919, was taday granted by Federal Judge Mayer to the New York, New road and %the Ney England Navigation company of the time in which to dis- pose of stocks and bonds of the East- ern Steamship lines, Incorporated, i which were ordered sold by decree in the government dissolution suit 2gainst the New Haven system. The Eastern Steamship lines, Incor- porated, is the successor of the East- ern Steamship corporation, which was one of the supsidiaries of the New Haven. ITURKEY TO COST MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. Prices Average 5.4 Cents Higher Than for the Past Four Years. ‘Washington, Nov. 27.—The nation’s Thanksgiving turkey this year cost more than it'did a vear azo. Re- ports to the department of agriculture made public today show that poultry growers were receiving an average of 1.4 cents per pound more for turkey and 3.1 cents more for chickens on Nov. 15 than they received on the same date last year. 5 Turkey prices averaged 21 cents, 5.4 cents higher than the Nov. 15 average for the past four years, and chickens cents over the four year average. averaged 17 cents, an advance of 5.8 KANSAS HAS CALLED FOR FEDERAL TROOPS Governor Capper Fears Destructive Work of I. W. w. Topeka, Kas., Nov. 27—In a tele- gram to ‘Secretary of War Baker to- day Governor Capper made an appeal for federal troops to protect oil re- fineries, pipe lines, packing houses, mills and elevators in Kansas. The governor explained that fear of de- structive work by L W. W. caused him to send the telegram. The telegmam was sent following the receipt of message from various parts of the state asking that the Zovernor take the step, it was said. TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR ARMY 'DESERTER Sentence Imposed Upon Felix Thorn- ton by Courtmartial. Camp Dodge, Towa, Nov. 27.—Felix Thornton was sentenced to ten years in the federal prison at Leavenworth today after his_conviction by court martial on a chargs of desertion. Thornton was said to have failed to respond to tie call of the local draft board at Hammond, Ind., where he registered, and was arrested at Devil's Lake, N. D. Thé authoritles also charged Thorn- fon was an . W. W. organizer. SWITZERLAND CLOSES " ALL FOUR FRONTIERS For' the First Time Since the Out- break of the War, Geneva, Nov. 27.—The Austrian and German _frontiers were closed last night. Both the French and Italian frontiers had been closed for an_indefinite period. Thus Switzerland’ four frontlers Haven and Hartford rail- | are now sealed for the first time since ____the outbreak of the E Cabinet Discusses Railroad frnb!emT BELIEF IS THAT POOLING .IS TO *BE GIVEN GOOD TRYOUT SOME DOUBT PREVAILS General Opinion Among Administraion Officials is That if the Pooling Pian Fails the Government Then Should Take a Hand. 3 Washington, Nov. 27.—The, railrocal problem was discussed at lengih today's cabinet meeting. Afterward it was said that government operation of railroads during the war will be at- tempted only if it becomes certain the roads themselves are unable to deal with difficulties that confront them. The general belief among admini tration officials is.that the pooling plan about to be inaugurated by the roads should be given a thorough tryout and that if it fails the government then should take a hand. There is no concealment, however, of some doubt that any pooling plan will work as well as it might so long {as each road is compelled to concern itself with its individual profits. Watching Pooling Movement. Since railroad congestion and coak aistribution are linked so closely off cials are watching a movement tow- ards the pooling of coal shipments in the middle west. If the plan works well it will be extended with =overn- ment encouragement to other districts Government requisitioning of coal and a general government coal pool are considered likely next ar. At prce ent there is a disposition to let n- tracts run out -before a government pool is formed. The committee of railroad heads named here yesterday by the railroad war board to operation of the railroad pool will hold its_first meetinz tomorrow in Pitts- | burgh. Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the war board, today blamed much of the freight congestion in the east to routine priority orders issued by gov- ernment departments. In the country as a whole, Mr. Har- rison said congestion is not so severe. “Reports from the west” he added. “show no sericus congestion and that the railroads are handling the traffic in as satisfactory a manner as could be expected in view of the larga vol- ume. They are unable to furnish all the cars asked for. but this is largely Gue to the detention of cars in eastern territory. In the southeast the roads could handle a still larser business.” PENN. ROAD NOT TO REDUCE ITS PASSENGER SERVICE Unless a Limitation as“& War Measure, Philadelphia, Nov. 27.—The Pennsyl- vania railroad will not reduce its pas- senger train service unless a limita- tion is placed on the traffic as a war measure, according to a statement is- i sued tonight by Samuel Rea, president of the company. “Less passenger train service on the eastern railroads, and especially on the Pennsylvania system, would be very desirable, but. until the situation de- velops further. and some limitation is placed on the traffic ag a war meas- ure, it will be difficult to accomplish,” says the statement. ‘Any traveler on this system can see for himself on day and night trains the extraordinary increase in the pas- senger travel, including the heavy fam- ily_travel to and from camps and to and from Washington on government business. T doubt whether slower and lonzer trains of coaches carrying full jloads would reduce the number of cars and trains or materially relieve the tracks and terminals. Therefore. at this time, I can see no other course than to continue meeting the abnormal demand for passenger transportation to the best of our ability.” ENTENTE PROTEST RUSSIA’S SEPARATE PEACE MEASURES General Dukhonin Notified Army That Truce Would 8e Dangerous. Copenhagen, Nov. 27.—General Duk- honin, the Russian commander-in- chief, has sent an order to the Rus- sian army pointing out that the entente had protested to the Russian supreme command against any breach of the treaty of Sept. 5, 1915 (the treaty of London, pledging the entente powers not to make separate peace) and threatening that any breach from the Russian eide, especially the calling of a separate truce, would be fraught with serious danger, according to the semi-official Austridh correspondence bureau, says a Vienna despatch. The Russian supreme command has further announced, according to the same authority, that the United States had stopped the transportation of sup- plies to Russia until the _situation cleared and that should the Bolsheviki retain power and make peace wita Germany this prohibition would be maintained. BOYS IN PLAY WRECKED 2 A TRAIN ON ST, L. AND S. F. Threw a Piece of Scrap Iron on Tracks —Two of Train Crew Killed. ‘Weleetka, Okla., Nov. 27.—The play- ful throwing of a piece of scrap iron, to which a rope had been attached, by three small boys on the tracks of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad near here caused the wreck Sunday morning of the fast train known -as the Meteor and the death of two mem- bers of: the train erew, according to a confession made by the boys to their parents today. When the iron became ‘wedged in a joint the children aban- doned ft. No action has been taken ‘by the authorities, who have been working on the theory the wreck was caused by enemy aliens or 1. W. W. agitators. TO USE OTHER MATERIALS IN PLACE OF WOOL In Manufacture of Outer Garments for Women and Children. York, Nov. 27.—Resolutions New of wool, were adopted to- s ting of 300 woolen anl manufacturers and others in- in the production of women's. at| direct | B Pliond on 1| Condensed_ Telegrams The price of codfish has been forced | up to twice that before the war. ! The United States Supreme Court | took a recess until December 10. The Diamond and Bell mines of thc Anaconda company resumed operii- tions. The charges against Senator La- Follette for disoyalty indefinitely. were postponed Viscount Ish sion arrived at eventful trip. and the Japanese mis- Japan after an un- All_enemy aliens on the New York waterfront will be given until Thurs- day to leave. Dr. Ami Jacques Magnin, chief surgeon of the American Neuilly, is dead. Hospital at Sir Leander S. Jameson, who led the Transvaal raid in South Africa in 18 died in London. The American Congressmen who vis- ited the British front, arrived safely t an Atlankic port. Four blockades within a few hours occurred on the New Haven Railroad near Danbury, Conn. i communications between Wireless | ‘nment and Ger- | the Bolesheviki gov many were anounce Canada has temporarily set aside the ruling requiring a license to ship livestock to the United States. An option on 5,000 acres was obtain- ed by the Mariné Corps for rifle prac- tice on the Great Piece Meadows, N. J. Representative W. J. Cary demanded a Federal inquiry into the death of the | 11 persons in a Milwaukee police sta- tion. | The Baldwin Locomotive Works is lis still kecping up its record of turn- ing out one locomotive every working | hour. | i __A colored soldier of he N. Y. N. G., | 15th Infantry, was shot ana killed in 4 ap game at Camp Merritt Tenafly, . J Cardinal Logue, the Roman Catho- lic primate of Ireland. severely de- | nouncea the plans for an Trish Iiepub- lic at this time. The Food Administrati n may cut | off the supply of meat to dealers | charging exorbitant prices -before the {end of the war. 2nator Stone, chairman of the | foreign relations committee, wants war declared on all the German allies as well as Germany. A large steel manufacturing plant | will be built on Puget Sound, near Se- attle. by the newly formed Alaska Gastineau Mining Co. torpedoed American liner Rochester arrived on board on American steam- ed at an Atlantic port. Every city and rural mail carrier in the United States will be a_salesman for war saving stamps. The cam- paign will open Monday. | Another appeal to the women of the country to keep on knitting for the soldiers and sailors has been made by Secretaries Daniels and Baker. A club for officers of the United States and allied armies was opened at the Hotel McAlpin. It will be known as the United Service Club. All employes of the Victor Talking Machine Co. of Camden, N. J.. who re- ceive less than $30 weekly were grant- ed a 10 per cent. increase in wages. H. G. Turner, St. for the United Shoe Workers has been abductéd. Several men in an au- tomobile kidnapped him from Moberly, 0. Louis organizer The estate of the late John W. Fos- er. former Secretary of State and noted diplomatist who was father-in-Taw of R Leaders of the coal industry are op- timistic with regard to the situation. The president of a large concern eays there be no need fearing that any one will freeze. Major-General Treat who arrived on a French vessel at an Atlantic port, declared that the worst foes of the United States and the Allies were mud, rain and cold. Major-General John F. O’Ryan, com- mander of the New York troops ‘at ‘Spartanburg, returned from Europe and will proceed to his headquarters in South Carolina. Prof. JFranklin Mattews, teacher of journalism in the Columbia University, dropped dead on the Long Island Rail- road platform of the Pennsylvania. sta. tion in New York. . Activities of the president’s medi- ation commission headed by Secretary of Labor W. B. Wilson have been halt- ed owing to the illness of Secretary Wilson at Portland, Ore. The country’s rubber coat produc- tion was placed at the government's disposal vesterday by manufacturer, who conferred with advisors of the Council of National Defense. President Wilson made an appeal to Eight members of the crew of the | _DE SAULLES’ STORY UNSHAKEN MBS | District Attorney in Four Hours of Cross-Examination Falied to Confuse the Accused Fl CL ANSWERED ALL QUESTIONS PUT SEREN Letter Written by Mrs. De Saulles to Her Husband During the Time He Was “Indifferently Neglectful” to Her Cont: ed Endearing Phases and Warm Professions of Lov Were Explained by Declaring That Her He Broken, But She Would Not Let Her Husband Know It- Today Will Mark the Beginning of Expert Test: Suppert of Claim of Mental Derangement. nony Mineola, N. Y., Nov. 27.—Four hours’| cccurrence. ft was du of searching cross examination by Dis- | tioning of Mrs O'N trict Attorney Cha T Weeks to-|who attended De S day failed to move Mrs Blanca De|the birth . of 3 aulles from the story she told from ' Saulle the witness stand yesterday in her|in 1912 trial on a charge of murdering her| Mrs O'Neii said Mrs. T former husband, John I. De Saull | zone to the eailroad stat Answers Were Deliberate. {dav a to m ' The 23 vear old Chilean heir - | who telegraphed & iterated her version of the tragedyiiNg from New Yo e of the night of August 3 at De|end with her. Saulles’ Long Island home in the same | $om% time later mug dispassionate manner in which she|De Saulics s { testified vesterday. Her answers were!YOURE Vife went i deliberate and were frequently mad:|[hers, the murse testic after lapses in which she seemed (o her ohil S aavie | be giving them consideration or striv-| ief chiig and. oy ing to freshen her recollection. = 7 Her attitude of complete self-pos- Experts to Begin Ted session despite the unusval nature of| Mrs. De Saufles the examination she was undf°soing|pleted, her attor was a subject of comment among ths | hart, tonizht d ! {spectators who crowded the trial|wouid mark the 1 { chamber. troduction of expert te v Gnce, when his questicains =1 been!port of h nt's proceeding in a rathe: fodnic niderans t for some minutes, the Aistrict attor-|inz. T ) nev vecred unerpectedly and, In an|alicnists abrupt tone, asked: “physiolezist « 5 2 . |an efort to b down th® Failed to Surprise Witness e caa “When dil von first know vou had|medical ssic shot your husband {or a by tho The quesiion failed of its evident! It is a tr n purpose of taking the witness una-|tle of enn<ide for she looked steadi techinical will i secutor. deliberated for some sec-| Tividen onds and finallv answered slowly: | eventu Justi E “Why—Dr. Wight told me. “Did he tel] you vou Fad T in_the back” was the naxt qu ot “T don’t réemember.” the witn en the math iswered, after'a pause. Indications a t There was a reversion to this point|well Into next week b some minutes later when the prose- {ing to the {cutor askea: “TWhen did_you first know that yonr | ER STRIKING husbhand shot in the back—he = s was. wasr’t he?" . MiL C “Was he?” auestioned Mrs. Da| Saulles fn return With Explanation That am asking vou,” urzed Weeks. | Were Commuted to Expire “Why, it was in court last weel e when T heard Marshall Yard testi- hinston, No: ¢ sald the Aefendant fi : hunger striking milit t Marshall 'Ward was an _ intimate]man’s Party were turned friend of the De Saulles “olumbia j ed by the prosecution as weel. Could Recall Nothing nf Shooting. Of the actual shooting, Mrs. De Sanlles maintained her claim that she could recall nothing—that her mem- ory utterly failed to serve her in re- lation to what happened after her divorced husband told her she. conld not have her son, for whom she de- clares she went to “The Box." De Saulles’ home, the night of the trage- dy. She clung to her previous as- sertion that not until her awakeninz in the Nassau County jail some davs later did she again hocome rational With Justice David F. Manunine’s permission, the district atterney | sought to ‘assist the witness by nsk ing whether she did not remember hav- ing told the officers who arrested her that they would find the revolver with which she did the shooting lying near s eall- last District of the explanati t ot from 15 days to sev n commuted to expire at cial statement to be had, but the women in the belief that in demonstrating ot big enough their Keepers. Nine other militants prisoned. They have ger striking and the autk not In such a hurry to be rid There were intimations tonig ever, that they, too, will be tomorrow. Among those Paul, national chairm man’s Party, sentence to seven months' i so-called picketing of the ¥ House, and Miss I chairman, who -bes: months’ sentence two week: and w a witness they hi that th for both thém a freed n A hat rack in the hall of the. De|or’ch S ot P ha o Saulles’ home; that the followInz|faa been foreibly fed f ornine she wrote a check for $1.000{(fme and thes had har 2 with which to bail out her maid. Su-| (o teli of their treatmen zanna Monteau, who had been held as a_material witness and that shortlv after the shooting, she thought of such GYPSIES AND BOOTBLACKS things as “lawyers, malds and mon- CLASSED AS IDLERS ev.” ~ On nonme of these points. however.| Under Provisions of the Mary was the witness able to amplify her Compulsory Work Law. story, she declared. Letters Read Into Record. Baltimore, Md., Nov. s Letters written by Mrs. De Saulles | tus of gypsies and bootblacks 3 to her husband during the time she al- | tablished here 4 leges he was “indifferently megiectful”|they will under the and unfaithful to her were read into|Of the compuls the record by Attornev Weeks during[law. ITollow conference, the cross exaination. Endearing|Police Marshal Carter and Geo phrases and warm professions of love | Mahone, dircctor of the statc contained in them wore emphasized hv au.’a number of sypsies rounded up. The meh wore the lawyer as indice=inT th~t Mrs. De Saulles’ alleged marital ‘dificulties did not weigh so heavily upow. her as she claimed in her direct testimonv. “My heart was broken, but I would not let him know—I never told any- one,” explained Mrs. De Saulles when asked why she wrote the love lefters if her relations with her husband were as unhappy as she had claimed One of these read in mart: “Dear Jack: * * * * T want to tell von that T am really sorry for havine made you so unhappy. * * That 1 was not able to make you a. zood wife will ever be a regret to me. * * * T hope from the bottom of mv heart apiece for not idlers and T.onis was notified tha city immediately Magistrate liam Cole, colo: black, for fai He had been a state roads. The ma ple should shine their ow inz the war Mitc all must e an_emplio | THIRD INDICTMENT FOR ARMY AND NAVY BAZAAR George F. Sweeney Pleaded Not Guilt: negro farmers of the South to all they can to help win the war by producing foodstuffs for their own needs and cul- tivating a normal cotton acreage. Because he fell short of weight by seven pounds. Ernest Porter of New York. aldescendant of Admirals Porter and Farragut was denied entrance to the Navy. He weighed = only 103 pounds.. Russian Ambassadors In Paris, Lon- don and Rome will follow the lead of Ambassador Bakhmetieff in Washing- ton of refusing to take orders from the Bolesheviki Government, at the same time retaining their places. NEGOTIATING TO FIX THE PRICE OF SILVER, United States and Great Britain Are to ing the of silver for the year, Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, announced in the house of sommuny todey. ~He el he_thought t possible an agreement woul reached. . that you will find the happiness that is_vour due.” “De Saulles made me believe that 1 was always at fault,” said the defend- ant in explaining her reasons for| writing this letter. A Humorous Situation. A humorous situation enlivened the proceedings, when, just prior to thel noon recess, a juror yawned so lond that District Attorney Weeks turned to Justice Manninz and said: “The seems to be tire: ou_can’t blame the jurv—anyone wonld be tired.” said Mrs. De Saulles in a tone so low the remark barelv reached the ears of the attorney and the_justice. “You mean that T asked Weeks. “Yes,” answered the witness candid- —Held in §2,000 for Trial. New York, Nov Sweeney, who had char, venir program of the r r vavy bazaar was indicted on of forgery in the third e ew York county gran He entered a plei of not arraigned in court and was $2.000 for trial The indictment is the been returned as the of investigation by Distric Swann into the financi bazaar. which netted profit $750 from receipts of about GOVERNMENT DETECTIVE WORK BY N. Y. POLICE hird that am tiresome?” 1y. ls Urged by Poli missior “To you? the lawyer questionea. |'® U959 v Pelice = Com “Yes” she replied. e When Weeks explained that he un-| po o0 oo T @rstood he was not exactly “enter- | oyl Tl 0, SETHONE X ' taining” but that his duty demanded|pr th€ POUICE of the countr that he make the examination, he was congucting Mrs. De Saulles apologeti- cally said she meant “no disrespect.”|York, in an address at & chamber Pathetic Incident.' commerce luncheon here tod There was a pathetic incident re-|'Woods suggested that the pol lated from the witness stand later in|be of great assistance in secret service i2e day which contrasted with this operation with the war- wms urged Woods, police commissioner o