Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 3, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX.—NO. 388 POPULATION 29,919 H, CONN., MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1917 8 PAGES— 64 COLUMN$> PRICE TWO CENTS 'NO WEAKENING OF THE BRITISH LINE i | Encircling Movement Attempted by Bavarian Crown i Prince Rupprecht Was a Complete Failure "BRITISH LINE NOT ALTERED BY GERMAN DRIVE German Casualties in Twelve Greater in Number Than During Any Similar Period of ! Fighting Since the War | Who Were Trapped Fought Side by Side With the Britous wiid Aided in Repelling the Enemy—Austro- Germans Have Not Launched Their Expected Attack on the Northern Front in the Italian Zone—Turks Are Attacking British Positions West of Jerusalem. T The attempt of the Bavarian erown prince Rupprecht by an encircling movement to make nil the brilliant advance of the British General Byng toward Cambrai has resulted apparent- ly in complete failure. Although at certain points the Germans pierced the British lines and captured _ positions, jmen and guns, they paid dearly for their enetrprise in _casualties—the dead near La Vacquerie _during _the course of twelve hours having been greater in numbers than during any similar period of fighting since the war began. Relatively the British line remains as it was before the German drive. Tactically, it is just as strong. The | enemy. in’great numbers has endeav- Gred to pierce the front at Masnieres. delivering in all ten attack there, all of which were successfully repuised. {Some of the enemy succeeded by re- 'doubled efforts in penertating the ad- village of Les Rues Vertes. but @ were driven out in a counter- sattack. The sharp salient formed by the occupation of Masnieres by the British was an extremeiy hard one to hold and during Saturday night General Byng, to improve his line ordered the evac- uation of the village which was car- ried out unhampered by the Germans. who Sunday morning evidently had not learned of the strategic move. as they were continuing to Bombard the old position. Later Berlin announced that the village had been cleared of British. Near the southern base of the line Hours of Attack Are Said to be Germans also have attempted to bet- ter their positions around Gonnelieu, La Vacquerie and Bourlon, but their efforts. at at Masnieres, brought them nothing more than additional heavy casualties. The German war office claims that sixty guns and more than one hundred machine guns were cap- tured by them in the fighting of Fri- day and Saturday. An_interesing feature of the initial attack by the Germans Friday was that near Gouzeaucourt a large force of American army engineers were trapped the encircling movement. They took refuge in shell craters until the British pressed forward and _then, joining the British ranks fought side by side with the Britons and aided ma- terially in repelling the enemy. The Austro-Germans have not yet launched their expected attack in force on the northern front in the Italian theatre, but all along this line and al- so along the Piave River to the Adri- atic Sea violent artillery duels are in progress. Near Meletta an attempt by the enemy to break the Italian line, delivered with preliminary ar- tillery preparation of great intensity was put down and the attacking forces compelled to flee- In Palestine the Turks west of Je- rusalem continue to attack the British peitions, but evérywhere they have been repulsed with heavy losses. At one place the Otfomans péne- | trated a British position but later were ejected from it_leaving prisoners in the hands of the British. REPORT 8Y WAR COUNCIL OF AMERICAN RED CROSS Contains the Most Far-Reaching Ap- peals For Relisf in History. ‘Washingtén, Dec. Six months of effort to meet the most far-reaching appeals for relief in history is describ- | ed in a report to, the American Red Cross. It is the couneils first semi- official report and it tells how more than forty million dollars of the hun- drea million dollar war fund contrib- wuted by the people has been allotted for expenditure at_home and abroad. Demands from Europe to increase and on the recent basis of expenses, the council estimates ‘hat the war fund will not last much bevond soring. So far about $83,000.000 in cash has been paid into the fund by the sub- scribers. > Of $40.272.657 appropriated by _the council $7,639.000 has been advanced to chapters for the purchase of mate- rial and will be refunde For work abroad $27.885.816 has been appropriated, 320,601,240 of _the amount going to France, where suffer- inz has been “bevond description.” For work outside of France, exclusive of §750,000 recently sent for emergen- cy relief in Italy, the following ap- pronriations have been made: “Telzium $720.001: Freland $1.066.- 20: Ttaly $214.000: Ru Rumania $1.518,398: Serbia_$493203; Armenians 7nd £1,800,000; others $113,012. WOULD TIGHTEN UP ON ENEMY INSURANCE COS. of Letter by Executive Committee American Defense Society. New York, Dec. 2—The executive committer of the American Defense society made public tonicht a_letter addressed to Secretary of the Treas- ury McAdoo by Richard M. Hurd chalrman of the board of trustew; of the society, calling for still more string- ent regulation of enemy and ally of the enemy fire insurance companie: Mr. Hurd asserts that these com- panies mow have in thels possession and will continue to receive a large supply of maps, surveys, sonfidential reports and detailed information re- garding munition plants, movements of explosives. factories and plers. Ho su that it would be prudent to wi w this informsation frem the German companies at theearllest pos- sible moment. . INCREASE IN EARNINGS OF NATIONAL BANKS Washington, Dec. 2. — Earnings of notional banws for the fiscal year ending last June 30 were $667,406,000, the greatest in their history, and $76, 764,000 or 13 per cent. more than for. the previous vear, according to com- piations made _public tonight by Comptroller of the Currency Williams. Nea earnings were $194,312000, an increase ober the preceding year of 336,778,000 or 23 per cent. Family pf Burned to Death. Butler. N. J. Dec. 2—Mr. and Mrs. Moses Miller and their seven children are believed to have been burnd to death early today In a fire which de- the two-story frame house in MERIDEN#LIQUOR DEALER PLACED UNDER ARREST Held For Death of Man Who it is Al leged He Pushed. Meriden, Conn,, Dec. 2. — Thomas Taylor, loquor dealer, was arrested last night by the Meriden police by | direction of Coroner Mix as responsi- ble for the death of Wiliam Tighe on Thanksgiving night. Tighe's death was reported as accidental by the po- lice, it being understood that he fell Off the side doorstep of Taylor's sa- loon and_sustained a hroken neck, dying a fem monents afterward. New evidence was secured Saturday by the police and an autopsy performed on Tighe's body. It is alleged that Tight and anoth- er man were inside the saloon arguing over a turkey raffle and Tavior step- ped between them' and pushed Tighe one side. Tighe, it is said. fell against a tollet door, striking his head. Ac- cording to the police formation, the man was picked up and taken outside the saloon and left there dead. Dr. Stoddard and Medical _ Examiner Bradstreet were then cailed and Tay- lor and other witnesses said that Tigi‘e had met with an accident outside the| saloon. Dr. Scarborough performed the autopsy yesterday. Taylor is held without bonds. SWEDISH MINISTER HAS LEFT BUENOS AIRES Without Making Farewell Visits to the Officials There. Buenos Aires, Dic. 2.—Bazs1 Lowen, the - Swedish minister, has departed. He did not make the customary fare- well visits to the officials there. Tt was through the Swedish lépation at Buenos Aires that Count Luxburg, when German minister to Argentine, | sent cipher messages ‘o Berlin, in which, among other things, he ad- vised '“sinking without trace” of Ar- gentinian vessels by _th> Germans. T Swedish foreign ministry said Baron Lowen was not responsible for the tenor of the German messages, Hjalmar Branting, Swedish minister of finance. annoumced in his newspa- per, the Social Demokraten, in Sep- tember, that the baron Lad been re. moved. ‘....g;' AMERICAN SOLDIER KILLED ~ BY MEXICAN CATTLE BANDITS. A Number of Bandits Are Reported to Have Been Killed in the Battle. in Cameron county eays that in a battle between Mexican cattle bandits and American sollers there Friday. one ol wounded. A number of ban: reported to have been killed. YOUNG DE SAULLES IS . RESTORED TO HIS MOTHER. Blanca Was Surprised, as She Feared | Resort to Legal Procedure. Rosiyn, N. Y. Dec. 2—John L, De Saulles, Jr., aged 4 1:2 years, was re- stored ‘today to the custody of his mother, Mrs. Blanca De Saulles, who was acquitted last night by a jury in supréme court at Mineola of the mur- are Cabled Paragraphs Mrs. John R. Christie Dead in Pa Paris, Dec. 2.—Mrs. John Reid Chris- tie, wife of a New York insurance man, diéd suddenly last night. Uprisings in China. Peking, Saturday, Dec. 1.—Uprisings are in progress in the Yang-tse-Kiang provinces, including two_independence movements. Rebels in Hu-Nan prov- ince are threatening to march on Han- kow. General Wang Shi-Chen has been named acting premier. It is expected his_cabinet will be only a temporary makeshift. The ministerial crisis has disorganized the war ministry. GALLANT CONDUCT OF U. S. ARMY ENGINEERS When Caught in the German Turning Movement Near Cambrai. With the British- Army in France, Saturday, Dec. 1—(By The Associated Press) —lLarge numbers of American army engineers working on the British railwaye in the region of Gouzeacourt, caught In the German turning move- ment, escaped by lying in shell holes and prone on the ground while the British fired over them. There they remained until the British were near enough to guable the Americans to join the ranis, when they fought val- iantly and played an important part in replying to the enemy. The British commanders refer to-thelr gallant be- havior with the greatest enthusiasm. Americans elsewhere took a busy hand in the fighting and were under hot German ehell. Number of them volunteered for patrol work in the danger zone and acquitted themselves finely. A British general told the corre- spondent that he could not praise them too highly. It is reported thatsev- eral Americans were captured but es- caped after a few hours and rejoined the British. The_engineers were New York. mainly from MISS H. A. VARNEY'S TRIAL BEGINS TODAY Nurse is Charged With Murder of a Bride at Brookline, Mas: Dec. 2—Mill Har- riet A. a nurse. will go on trial here tomorrow. charzed with the murder of Mrs. Pauline A Keyes, the bride of George H. Keyes, of Brookline, a rea lestate dealer and dog fancier. Elements of mystery in the case have attracted wide interest in the trial. Mrs. Keyes, 36 vears of age, was her husband’s stenographer before their marriage. June 19 last. she was found dead at the dining table in her Brookkline home. A partly loaded revolver lay on the table beside her with purportine to explain why committed suicide. The state asserts that Miss Varney tame from West Upton to Brookline to slav Mrs. Koves, whom she regarded as her rival in the affections of Keyes she had VIENNA PAPER ASKS FOR ENGLAND'S PEACE TERMS! Says Austria issNot Affected by Di sencions Between England and Ger- many. Amsterdam, Dec. Neue Freie Presse invite: consider whether it is not possible to open peace poprparlers. It considers that such an_invitation should proper- Iy come from Austria, because the dis- sensions between Engiand and Ger- many dating from the death of Queen Victoria do not directly affect Aus- tria, The paper argues that a war of de- struction has already been rejected by. Lansdowne and probably bv Asquith and that it becomes impossible on the day Russia and Germany agree upon peace. 2. —The Vienra AUSTRIA ACCEPTS BOLSHEVIKI OFFER OF AN ARMISTICE Russian Delegatés Scheduled to Attend Conference at German Headquarters London, Dec. 2.—A despatch to the Daily Mail from -Petrograd says that Leon Trotzky. the Bolsheviki foreign minister, addressing the Petrograd workmen's” council Friday, announced Austria-Hungary’s acceptance of = the Bolsheviki_offer of an armistice. He said that Russian delegates would at- tend Sunday’s conference at German headquarters but ®hat nevertheless they would be on their guard against contingencies for bourgeoisie alwavs was dexterous in manipulating poli? cies so as to face about on what ap- pears to be an obvious truth. BOSTON TO HAVE RED ,CROSS THEATRE DAY December 7 They Will Donate Matinee Receipts to War Work. Boston, Dec. 'his city s prepar- ing to do_its part toward making the national Red Cross theatre day, De- cember 7, a success The leading thea- tres will glve special matinee per- formances of their regular attractions and donate the gross proceeds to the Red Cross Committees _appointed jointly by the Fed Cross and the thea- tre managers will issue several thous- and tekets.of varying prices, to be ex- changed by purchasers for reserved to attend. FISH FRY TO STOCK LAKES AND PONDS n Will Be Received by Supt. Crampton Today. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 2—Word was received today by John M. Crampton, superintendent of Connecticut’s game preserves, that tomorrow there will Several protected lakes and ponds of the state. The fish were sent from a United States hatchery in Dubuque, are DOCUMENTS FOR USE cluded in the fry. ve Been Received by Assistant Dis- trict Attorney of New York. Cpncord, N. C, Dec. 2—John . T. Dooling, assistant district attorney of New York, who is assisting in the prosecution of Gaston B. Means, on trial here for the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, received by parcel post today four packages, the con- Ten montas later, on | a note| Eneland to] LisFof Preferred [Thrift Stamps on HAS BEEN PERFECTED BY THE FUEL ADMINISTRATION SENT TO PRODUCERS The Government Makes Toward Curta First Move 9 Non-Essential In- dustries During the War—Priority is Asked for a Period of Thirty Day—It Expected Producers Will Comply. ‘Washington, Dec. 2.—The govern- ment’s first move toward curtailing non-essential industries during the war was made today when the fuel admin- istration sent to coal producers a pre- ferred list of consumers to serve as a guide in filling orders. The list estab- lishes preferential shipment for gov- ernment orders, railway fuel, house- hold requirements, public utilities, steel plants, coke ovens and munitions plants. No Direct Order Issued. Although mo direct order was issued requiring operators to give the list preference, a definite request was made and fuel ‘administration officials be- ve it will be followed. The priority is asked for a period of thirty days. “The requests are designed,” said Fuel Administrator Garfield tonight, “to Mmsure fulfiiling of the requirements of those coal users whose activities are essential to the military and economic efficiency of the hation in the conduct of the war.” Emergency Requirements. To obtain coal for emergency re- quitements operators were .asked to notify the fuel administration imme- diately of the amounts of their free tonnage. This coal will be used to supply communities that run short un- expectedly. The preferential lists went to virtu- ally every operator in the country. ex- cept in the Rocky mountain distrais, which serve local consumers. More | than 5,000 were mailed. To Take Radical Steps if Necessary. Facing a coal shortage of Afty mil- lion tons for the country, the fuel ad- ministration deiermined that a radical step was necessary if essential indus- tries and public utilitias were to be {kept runfinz. It turned down sugges- jtions that a list of non-essential in- dustries be prepared to which coal should be denied and established in- stead the preferential list as less like- |1y to injure the banking credit of con- cerns which it is considered certain will suffer. Power to Regulate Industry. Coftrol of coal production and_dis< tribution glves the government greater power to regulate industry than is con- {tained even ‘in the priority of ship- ment act. The tWo powers will be used jointly and a general priority order already prepared by the committee on priogity will fit in with the request to coal producers made today by the fuel | aaministration. This order will es- tablish_priority for specific materials, including coal, and later probably will I be extended to cover industries as a whole. Today's preferential list went out in slightly different form to_the various coal producing -fields. Operators in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Illinoi Indiana, Alabama, Tennessee Colorado and Okiahoma were requested to give preference in shipment to governmert orders, railroad fuel. domestic require- {ments, public utilities and munitions plants; those in Pennsylvania ar@l Kentucky to government orders, rail- way fuel domestic requirements, pub- lic_utilities. steel plants, by-product coke ovens and munitions piants, and thosé in Virginia and West Virgini to government orders. railway fuel tidewater snipments for New England, domestic requirements, public utilfties and munition plants. Conservation of Power. Fuel saving thréugh conservation of power used by electric railway com- panies is sought in a communication the fuel administration has- sent to all state fuel administrators. Revision of schedules and more economic heat- ing are among the suggestions ad- vanced. AMERICANS WIN WAR CROSSES IN FRANCE For Acts of Valor Performed ous Sections. Paris, Dec. 2.—War crosses have been awarded to Robert P. Lamont of Evanston, LL. Benjamin Burton, Jr. of Colusa, Cal, and Herbert Hope of Oakland, 'Cal, of the American field service. . Mr. Lamont’s left hand was torn off by a shell on Oct. 7. Mr. Burton and Mr. Hope drove a motor truck under heavy bombardment on Oct. 8, two men with them being killé A divisional citation has been awarded to Philip Rice of Wilkesbazre, Pa., for bravery in carrying wounded men from the battlefield under heavy in the Verdun sector in Augmst o8d_September, e All the citatlons were awarded for services performed before the sections Vari- but| seats in whatever theatre they choose | te which the men were otirchag: oong incorporatell in the American army. TROOPS AT CAMP DEVENS TO BE REVIEWED TODAY. The Entire Division Will Parade as a Unit for the First Time. Ayer, Mass., Dec. 2—Bven the raw recruits at Camp Devens will be in the long line of soldiers who will march past Assistanit Secretary of War Bene- San Antonio, Tex.. Dec. 2.—A report |arrive here a consignment of several | dict Crowell and others of the review- reaching here tonight from La Feria |million fish fry to be used in stocking |ing party : tomorrow when the entire division parades as a unit for the first New arrivals from Meriden and New r was killed, one wounded | Towa, and will be taken to the Deep | Haven, Conn., who have not yet re- and a Mexican river guard in the em- | River hatchery for future distribution. | celved uniforms, were drilled today in ployment of the United [States also|Bass, perch, pickerel, carp and catfish | squad marching so they could take their place’ in the parade. Many of them were without overcoats and the cold kept them on the jump. IN MEANS MURDER TRIAL | progLEM OF SHIPPING SOLVED BY THE ANLIES. Bainbridge Colby So Asserts at Inter- Allied Conference in Paris. . Paris, Dec. 2—The problem of ship- ping_has been solved by the allies, Bainbridge Colby, representative the American sRhipping board at the linter-allied conference, ' said today. ich they lived on a farm near!der of her divorced husband at his|tents of which, he said, were to be|“The eolution is found in.the enor- body of one-of the children home near Wes . L. I, the night [used by the prosecution. He did not|mous shij +bair mature. - United : vrogram. of of Goal Gonsumers, Sale This Morning CAMPAIGN IS TO CONTINUE OPERATION ONE YEAR TO RAISE $2,000,000,000 Public Meetings Have Been Planned First Few Weeks of the Campaign in Nearly Every Locality —25 Cents Smailest Unit, $8240 Largest Certifica for the ‘Washington, Dec. 2.—America’s new- est plan for raising war funds and encouraging habits of thrift will go in- to operation early tomorrow morning with the opening of sales of war sav- ings stamps and certificates at post- offices and banks. The campaign is to continue for a_year in expectation of veceiving the $2,000,000,000 maximum authorized. Expect Children to Invest. The smallest unit in the war sav- ings plan is the thrift stamp which costs 25 cents; the largest is the war swvings certificate, which cases $82.40 and is redeemable in five years at $100 at the rate of 4 per cent interest compounded quarterly. Officials in charge of the progressive campaign expect many millions of persons, in- cluding children and families of small means, to invest regularly in the stamps as a means of helping the na- tion win the war and laying aside money to be returned to them ater. Postoffices Have Supplies. Every postoffice in the country has a big suppy of the stamps, and from the twelve federal reserve banks shipments of stamps and certicates were rushed to banks today so that the sale might open with a rush tomorrow. By the end of the week arrangements will be made to supply millions of other agencies such as retail stores, schools ana savings societies. Allotments for Each State. Allotments for each state and the six districts into which the country has been divided for -organization _pur- poses have been made and will be an- nounced tomorrow. Every staté di- rector then will assign a certain por- tion of expected sales to each . coun- ty, city, town or sub-division, on ‘the basis of about 320 for each person. The competition between states or sub-di- Vvisions is counted on strongly by those promoting the movement to stimulate interest, and a number of op- timistic state directors reported today that they expect to reach their quotas within three months. Preparations for the war savings campaign have been under way in ‘Washington™or-several ‘months under the direct management of the Na- tional War Savings Committee. head- ed by Frank A. Vanderlip, of New York, and supervised by Secretary Mc- Adoo. A federal director for each of the six districts and a director for cach state, with two each for New York, Pennsylvania and California will report to the savings committee. Un- der the dircctors are state committees of industries trade or professional in- terests and also local committees. Public Meetings Planned. Public_meetings have been planned for the first few weeks of the campaign in nearly every locality. Mr. Vande: lip will make a tour of the eastefn sec- tion of the country. Campaign directors are to be named later for Alaska. Hawali, Porto Rico and the Philippines. Billboard adyertising, street car posters have be in most states to boost the sale of stamps, particularly for Christmas presents. Officials believe many mill- fons will be purchased in the next three weeks for this purpose. MRS. DE SAULLES ACQUITTED OF MURDER OF HUSBAND. In the Verdict No Reference Was Made to Insanity. circulars and provided Mineola, N. Y., Dec. 2—It required byut one hour and forty-three minutes ior a jury in supreme court here last night to reach a verdict of not guilty in the trial of Mrs. Blanca De Saulles for the murder of her divorced hus- band, John L. De Saulles, former Yale tootball star and clubman, at his home near Westbury, L. L, the night of Aus. Mrs. De Saulles, who had maintain- ed an air of extreme self-possession throughout the two weeks of the trial, received the verdjct smilingly. She shook hands with’each of the jurors s they left the box and to each gave a nod of appreciation. In the verdict no reference Whatever was made to insanity. It was a plea of temporary loss of accountability ‘which formed the basis of the defend- ant's case. STREET CAR SERVICE IN ST. PAUL HELD UP Union Sympathizers Smashed Win- dows and Otherwise Damaged Cars. St. Paul, Minn,, Dec. 2.—Street car service -in St. Paul was suddenly in- terrupted late this afternoon when a large crowd of men, said to be union sympathizers, stopped all cars in the downtown section, smashed and otherwise damaged the cars, and forcea the motormen and conductors to leave their cars. One trainman Who offered resistance was injured. Fully fifty damaged cars are to- night stalled in the downtown dis- trict. - All other cars were ordered to the barn. The trouble did not ex- tend to the company’s lines in Min- neapolis. —_— OBITUARY. Mrs. Jennie A. Peasley. ‘Waterbury, Conn.,, Dec. 2.—Mrs. Jennie A. Peasley, widow of Andrew A. Peasley and mother of Judge F. M. Peasley of this city and State Rep- resentatives James A. Peasley of Che- died suddenly in Beloit, Ala., oliege, Ohlo, where sho first met h i N where ane or jate husband. The funeral will _be Held in Worthington, O., Tuesday. Be- sides her two sons in this state, Mrs. Peasley is survived by another son, Andrew A. Peasley of Ohio, and a ‘Mrs. Curtls, at whose h Past Dictator ~Thomas W. A North_Maoge. = Condensed Telegrams The France. The navy will need 28,000 recruits by Dec. 22. Rainbow Division is safe in Maximilists troops occupy the Petro- grad State Bank. Europe is suffering from a serious shortage of coal A call for 5000 men was sent out by the United States Naval Reserve. The Canadian Government will as- sist Canadian farmers to purchase hogs. The Navy Department equipped with enough shoes for its men for the next year. John F. Carroll, the former Tam- many, leader, left an estate amounting to $491,095. Germany's war credit of 15,000,000,- 000 marks passed second reading in the Reichstag. New export duties have been plac- ed on hides and rubber by the Mexi- can Government. The crop area of Calgary, Alta, is being increased approximately 15 per cent for next season. Great Britain has extended its con- trol over raw horsehides to leather produced from horsehides. Five thousand tons of sugar on two boats from Cuba arrived in New York to end the sugar famine. Harvard students training for the of- ficers’ reserve corps have been warned against slighting their regular studies. The Okalhoma crop report for the month of December puts the candition of wheat at 51, against 84 a year ago. A 17-year-old schoelboy was arrest- ed at Cassel. Germany, for stealing art treasures of the Kaiser from the pal- ace. A call for inspectors of shoes and leather has been issued by the Quarter- master Corps of the Army and Marine Corps. W. H. Maxwell, superintenden of New York schools, who has been in the Flushing Hospital for two months, recovered. One hundred carloads of apples will be sent to the American soldiers in France by the fruit trade .of the United States. An 800-acre farm, which was prairie land three years ago, was sold at Sasakatoon, Sask, for a considera- tion of $42,200. A lightship stationed near White Island in the lower St. Lawrence, is adrift on the ice. She has a crew of six or eight men. Stockholders of the Aetna Mills will meet in Boston on Dec. 4 to authorize the proposed increase in stock from §225,000 to $525,000. . An Amenican patrol boat which ran ashore on the North Atlantic Coast two weeks ago was refloated and taken into port for repairs. Anti-British motion picture films, dealing with the Revolutionary War, were seized by the Federal authori- ties at Los Angeles, Cal. Since the advent of cooler weather, conditions at Camp Mills necessitated the bringing of a hundred soldiers to New York for treatment. In an address at Jackson, Miss. Representative Harrison of Mississippi declared himself in favor of a decla- ration of war against Austria. Field Marshal Haig of the British armies wears the heavy cavalry sabre in preference to the ivory handled sword prescribed for officers of his rank. Passengers on the Broadway Limited. arriving in Chicago doated their fre- fund checks, for $1 each—the train was an hour late—to the Red Cross. Posetto Angelo, address unknown, was shot and killed by Policeman Michael Kelly in Brooklyn when he tried to escape after being called on to halt. More tentage will be used at Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga., as a sanitary measure. Hereafter. only five men will be assigned to a ten instead of nine as heretofore. Leave of absence for a year was granted to Rev. Oscar E. Maurer of Center church, New Haven, that he may go abroad to assist in work for American soldiers. With 4,000 of the first American bal- lots cast upon Buropen soil C. L. Grant. one of the special election com- mittee of three, has retwrned from England to France. American troops using trenches con- structed by the French have found lthe session would last until next Au- GONGRESS GONVENES ATNOONTODAY President Wilson Will Sound the Keynote of the Legis lative Program in His Opening Address Tomorrow ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE FOR LONG SES A Feature of the Opening Day Will be the Receipt of Ap priation Estimates, Aggregating Many Billions Dollars, for War and Governmental Purposes— President’s Message is Said to be Unusually Long, De: ing With Many Matters of International and Dom: Moment—Unless the President Recommends F; Declarations of War, Litde Business is Planned Th Week by Congressional Leaders. Washington, Dec. 2.—Congress re- assembles tomorrow at noon for its second war session. ome on the subject yet. I o main thing between Christmas holidays w Most of the senate and housemem- |tion bills, which are bers tonight had arrived and all ar- |forward.” rangements were complete for what| Both Mr. Kitchin and e promised to be another epochal and [Simmons of the senate fin lensthy . session. Increased determi- | mittee, who largely nation of the American people for [making of the war tax st vigorous prosecution of the war to|statements regarding ti victory was the message universally |form of tax legistatior Lrought by the returning members. “But the fundamental prin L : the law is sound,” said Mr. Sim Brief Sessions Today. o e e L MBI Brief and routine opening sessions [ed.” are scheduled for tomorrow in both Revision of Tax Law. senate and house. Immediately after Many members convening and appointing committees Cormgmons to formally notify President Wilson and each other that the second ses sion of the sixty-fifth congress is in advocating heavier dri during the reces: Wisconsin, who was accide Senator Husting of tally shot, cratic and republican lead and Représentative Martin of lllinols. | aoypioeee” [Prepared to - Another feature of the opening day | mittea to supervise st will b recelpt of appropriation- esti- | raire o mates, agsresating many billions of | "5 i dollars, for ar and general govern- New Treaties to Be Submitte mental purposes for the next fiscal Foreign affairs promise t Vear. much senate attention. New to be submitted will provid ing of aliens. The treaty 000,000 to Colombia is Some senators also are priv posed to ask questions abou pointment of Colonel House ers to the inter-allied conf wall as about the Chinese r tiated by Secretary Lansing w count Ishil of Japan. Calendars of both are filled with bill left over from the I many new ones are scheduled troduction tomorrow. The W permitting American expor mbine in foreign trade is tk ate's unfinished bpsine: Speaker Clark planned t der a call of the unanim calendar in the house tomorre cause of the large number of & over on that calendar but he w at all hopeful of goin; them, particularly as ms resentatives, finding it aifficult to quarters for the session, want t look about for homes be: down to work. Gillett Republican Lea A _conference of republican sentatives probably will the outset of the session minority matters. Repr Mann of Mimois, the republica leader, has been under tre: Baltimore and his presence is not expected. . In leadership naturally senfative Gillett of who is the next ranking the republican steering Until the selection of the committee at the last session gress the ranking republic: ways and means committe was_ floor leader, but Repr Fordney of Michigan, who rank, {s not a member of the committee. Ranking members steering committee in their Representatives Mann, Gille dell, Moore and Lenroot. Mr. i figared conspicuously in ¢ : leadership gossip early at the last sion. AUTHORITY OF THE BOLSHEVIKI IGNORE By Ministers of Fimance, Agricult and Communications. : Petrograd, Dec. 2.—The en the ministries of finance, and communications have recognize the authority of sheviki and have begun a two days. The military reveltionary tee sent a saflor to the suppHes to ascertain the meat and other food in Petro President’s Address Tomorrow. The keynote of the legisiative pro- gramme, both in its effect on war and domestic concerns, will be sounded Tuesday by President Wilson in his annual opentmg address to be deliv- cred in the house chamber at 12.30 D. m., at a joint session. It will be the president’s first appearance before congress since the historic night meet- ing of April 2 at the opening of the special session called to permit him “to ask for the declaratiom of war against Germany. Public_printers were today at work on the message, the delivery of which is awaited with unusual interest be- cause of the opportunity it presents for comment upon the war accom- plishments and aims of the nation, in its relations with the allies, the up- heaval in Russia, the reverses of Italy and the immediate policy as to Ger- many’s allies. The message is said to be unusually long and dealing with many matters of international and do- mestic moment. A recommendation for a declaration of war against Aus- tria-Hungary is not generally expect- ed. Other messages on special sub- Jects durmg the session are expected to follow the president’s initial state- ment. lo Business This Week. Unless ihe president recommends further declarations of war, little bus- iness is planned this week by con- gressional leaders. A week-end recess Pprobably will be taken to have appro- priation committees begin preliminary surveys of the mammoth supply measures and the session is not ex- pected to get into its stride until af- ter the Christmas holidays, when a stream of appropriation bills will be in flood. Few members expect the session to end before the fall congres- sional elections. Senator Martin, dem- ocratic leader, today predicted that enate a gust at least, while many members o believe it may merge with the final session of the sixty-fifth congress next December. Before the holiday recess, which Speaker Clark and others favor aban- doning, disposition of the national prohibition question is to be pressed. Revenue Legislation. Revenue legislation will not be taken up immediately, but a deficien- cy appropriation bill ‘before the holi- days to care for unexpected war ex- penditures is probable. The senate democrats’ steering _committee and house ways and means committee may meet this week to discuss tentative legislative programmes, but no party caucuses or conference for that pur- pose are planned. Early activities will include consid- eration by semate committees of Sen- ator La Follette’s much-discussed St. they must dig a few inches deeper, as the avirage American is taller than the average Frenchman. trict of Lower California, has been ordered by Col. Esteban Cantu, mili- tary governor of that district. Indefinite leave - of absence was ranted its pastor, the Rev. HEdgar R. Hyde, by the First Baptist church, Middietown, that he may engage in war work with the Y. M. C. A. The cotton mills of New Bedford, employing over 30,000 operatives, may be obliged to close Tuesday as' the re- sult of a strike vote of the mill fire- men’s union today. The firemen de- mand an eight hour day. Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, daughter of President Wilson, sounded the open- ing call in_the drive to secure $200,000 in New Bngland _for the $4,000,000 Young Women’s Christian Association war work fund, with an address to | Mass. campaign leaders at Wi The federal, state ::: x‘.wm- ments were represen large gathering _ of personal, politioal business friends at the funeral of "Wil- liaga E. Chandler, ‘secretary of the navy, at Concord, N. H., candidates were Frank Bailey was elected South and Pariss, official in charge declined to de: an agent of the revolutionist a fused the information. BRYAN PREDICTS A FEDERA PROHIBITION AMENDN In Address at Opening Session o nual Convention of W. C. T. L ‘Washington, Dec. 2—Ratif the states of a prohibition amen to_the federal constitution wit years was predicted tonight liam Jennings Bryan, speak the opening session of the an vention of the Woman's Ch Temperance unfon. _With already dry and prohibition spreading ‘in others, Mr. Br federal amendment before 1 certain. Nearly one thousand delegates resenting every state, are her convention, which will conti next Friday. AMERICAN WAR MISSION IS COMPILING REPORT Clearing Up Minor Details Prepar tory to Returning Home. Paris, Dec. 2—The members American war fission began up their affairs today prepars leaving for America. ~They were compiling reports and clearing up nor details in conference wWwith th French and British assocites. Pershing and Northcliffe-Confer. Paul speech, and railroad transpgrta- tion problems. The senate privileges and election committee will meet to- morrow to extend the time for its sbb-committee’s investigation of the La Follette speech. Chairman Pom- erene today arranged with Former who will be the B peat before the committee his denial of Semator La Follette’s assertion that he knew ammunition was loaded on the Lusitania and pleaded with Pres- ident Wilson to prevent her sailing. . Transportation Questions. Transportation questions will be considered Tuesday when the New- lands joint congressional commiittee resumes its inquiry into general rail- including ~ sovernment congress is awaiting suggestions from President Wilson and Secretary McAdoo. The administration is repocted disposed to recommend new bond .issues rather than .taxes to meet immediate needs. Re) e Kitchin, democratic leader in the house, upon his return here today, announced there would be Do new revenue legislation attempted until along toward the middle of the session and that he expected the ses. sion to be a prolemged one. Statement by Leader Kitchin. “There is nothing definite about the revenue pregramme yet,” he said. “s have no plan of my own yet ex- I may call the:ways and means committee together thelast of this week to talk over and agree| Paris, Dec. 2—General Pers upon some, legislative programme! It's | commander of the American expe too early to say an: about the | tionary forces, and Viscount,Northc reyenue. _ I havemV.i i with.any-_ had a.conferenceshers stiisimron i