Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 5, 1917, Page 1

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LIX.—NO. 390 POPULATION 29,919 NO PEACE PARLEYS President Wilson in His Annual Message Tells Congress War Should Continue Until Autocrats are Convinced They Can Have No Power in the Modern World ASKS DECLARATION OF WAR ON AUSTRIA Asserts That America is in the War to Stay Until the Peoples of the World Are Put in Control of Their Own Destinies--Has No Desire to Interfere With the Government of Austria-Hungary, But Deals With Its Rulers as Vassals of Prussian Autocracy --Will Entertain No Peace Overtures Until Ger- man People Send Accredited Representatives With Offers of Peace Based on Justice and Repar- ation for Wrongs Their Rulers Have Perpetrated --Recommends That Legislation Should Be En- acted Providing Penalties for Every Wilful Vio- lation of the Presidential Proclamations Relating to Enemy Aliens--Request That the Government Be Authorized to Set Limits to Prices to Prevent Selfish Profiteering--Regards Turkey and Bulga- ria as Tools of Germany. to Be Dealt With When They Become a2 Menace to America. —— ‘Washington, Dec. 4—President Wil- son delivered to congress today an ad- @ress, conmdered so important in its relation to International affairs, that in_the world ~ The president spoke as Gentlemen of the Congress: FEight foonths have elapsed since I last had the honor of addressing you. They have been months crowded with events of immense and grave signifi- cance for us. I shall not undertake to detall or_even to summarize these events. The practical particulars of the part we have played in them will be 1aid before you in the reports of the execative departments. I shall discuss only our present outlook up- on these vast affaffirs, our present duties and the immediate means of accom the objects we shall hola in view. I shall not go back to debate the causes of the war. The intolerable wrongs done and planned against us by the sinister masters of Germany have long since become too grossly obvious and odious to every true American to need to be rehearsed. But I shall ask you to consider again and with a very grave scrutiny our ob- jectives and the measures by which we mean to attain them; for the pur- pose of discussion here in this place s action and our actior must move straight toward definite ends. When Shall We Consider War Won? Our object is, of course, to win the war and we shall not slacken or suf- rations and second, that when this thing and its power are indeed defeat- ed and the time comes that we can discuss peace—when the German peo- ple have Srokesmis whoee word we can believe and when those men are ready 1y the nasas ok b people to accept the common juds: ment of the nations as tc what shall henceforth be the basis of law and of convenant fer, the life of the world— we shall be willing and glad to pay the full price of peace amd pay it un- grudgingly. We know what that price will be. It will be full, impartial jus. ice—justice done at every point and to every nation that the final settle- ment must affect, our enemies as well as our friends. No Vindicative Action. You catch, with me the voices of humanity that are in the air. They grow daily more audible, more artic- ulate, more persuasive, and they come from the hearts of men everywhere. They insist that the war shall not end in vindicative action of any kind; that no nation or people shall be robbed or punished because of the irresponsible rulers of a single coun- try have themselves dome deep and abominable wrong. It is this thought that has been expressed in the form- ula, “No annexations, no_contributions, no 'punitive ind#mnities” be- cause this crude formula the the right ‘been instinctive judgment as to of plain men everywhere it has made diligent use of by the master of German intrigue to lead the people of Russia astray—end the peopls of every otner country their agents could reach, in order that a prema- ture peace ‘might be about before autocracy has been taught its final and convirring lesson and the people of the world put in control of their own destinies. But the fact that a wrong use has been made of a just idea is no reason Wwhy o right vse shoud not be made lof it It ought to be brought under the patronage of its resl friends. Let it be said again that autocracy must first be shown the utter futility of its claim to power or leadership in the ‘modern world. It is jmpossible to apply any stan- dard of justice as long as such forces are unchecked and undefeated as the present masters of command. unill that bas done can right be set up as arbiter and peacemaker From one point of view it is mot Necessary to broach this fundamental matter. I do not doubt that the American people know what the war is about and what sort of an outcome they will regard as a realization of their purpose in it. As a nation we. B et i Syt et SMSR. pay 0se who tell me otherwise. 1 hear the voices of dis- sent—who does not—I hear the criti- and the clamor of the noisy, tless and _troublesome. 1 also its nature nor the WITH | ANY AUTOCRATIC RULERS commerce that were involved for us in her success and stand or fall as we had or did not have the brains and the initiative to surpass her. But at the moment when she had conspicu- ously won her triumphs of peace, she threw them away to establish in their stead what the world will no longer permit to be established, military and political domination by arms, by which to oust where she could not excel the rivals she most feared and hated. The peace we make must remedy that wrong. It must deliver the once fair lands and hanpy peoples of Belgium and northern France from the Prussian conquest and the Prussian menace, but it must_also deliver the peoples of Austria-Hungary, the peoples of the Balkans and the peoples of Turkey, alike in Europe and in Asia, from the impudent and alien domination of the Prussian military and commercial autocracy. Not to Interfere with Dual Monarchy. ‘We owe it, however, to ourselves to say that we do not wish in any way to impair or to rearrange the Austro- Hungarian empire. It is no affair of ours what they do with their own life, either industrially or politically. We do not purpose or desire to dictate to them in any way. We only desire to see that their affairs are left in their own hands, in _all matters, great or small. We shall hope to secure for the peoples of the Balkan peninsula and for the people of the Turkish empire the right and opportunity to make their own lives safe, their own for- tunes secure against oppression or in- Justice and from the dictition of for- eign courts or parties. Not Against German People. And our attitude and purpose with regard to Germany herself are of a like kind. We intend no wrong against the German empire, no interference with her internal affairs. We should deem either the one or the other abso- lutely unjustifiable, absolutely contrary to the principles we have professed to live by and to hold most sacred throughout qur life as a nation. The peoples of Germany are being told by the men whom they now per- mit to deceive them and to act as their masters that they are fighting for the very life and existence of their empire, a war of desperate self defense against deliberate aggression. Nothing could be more grossly or wantonly false, and we must seek by the utmost. openness and candor as to our real aims to convince them of its falseness. We are in fact fighting for their emancipation from fear, along with our own, from the fear as well as from the fact of unjust attack by neighbors or rivals or schemers after world_empire. No one is threatening the existence or the independence or the peaceful enterprise of the German empire. . _ To Emancipate Germans. .. __ The worst that can happen to the detriment of the German people is this, that if they should still, after the war is over, continue to be obliged to live under ambitious and intriguing masters intended to disturb the peace of the world, men or classes of men whom the other peoples of the world could not trust, it might be impossi- ble to admit them to the partnership cf nations which must henceforth gharantee the world’s peace. That partnership must be a partnership of peoples, not a mere partnership of governments. It might be impossible also in such untoward circumstances to admit Germany to the free eco- nomic intercourse which must inevit- ably spring out of the other partner- ships of a real peace. But there would be no aggression in_that; and such a situation inevitable because of distrust would in the very nature of things sooner or later cure itself, by processes which would assuredly set in. To Right War's Wrongs. The wrongs, the very deep wrongs, committed in this war will have to be righted. That of course. But they cannot and must not be righted by the commission of similar _wrongs against Germany and her allies. The world will not permit the com. mission of similar wrongs as a_means of reparation and settlement. States- men must by this time have learned that the opinion of the world is every- where wide awake and fully compre- hends the issues involved. No repre- sentative of any self governed na- tion will dare disregard it by attempt- ing any such covenants of selfishness 4nd compromise as were_entered into at the congress of Vienna. The thought of the plain people here and everywhere throughout the world, the people who enjoy no privilege 'and have very stmple and unsophisticated standards of right and wrong is the air all governments must henceforth Dbreathe if they would live. It Is in the full disclosing lizht of that thought that all policies must be conceived and executed in this midday hour of the world's life . & German Rulers Have Upset Peace German rulers have been able to An Inter-Allied Naval Commitiee DECIDED UPON AT INTER-AL- LIED CONFERENCE. IT IS TO BE SUPREME Military Unity of Action is to Be As- sured by an Staff Which Inter-Allied General Will Establish Pro- gramme of All Military Questions as They May Arise. s, Dec. 4—The foreizn office of- ficially 'announced todav that at the recent inter-allied conference, in which the Unitad States participated, asree- ments were concluded “upon the basis of ‘a complete understanding and close solidarity among the allies for the s lution of the questions in which they have a common interest in the war.” It was announcea that the crea- tion of a supreme inter-allied naval committee had been decide3 upon. Unity of Military Action. The inter-allied general staff, it was stated, was working upon a definite military programme which was pla ing unity of miiltary action in the way of certain realization. The announcement rezarding the re- sults_of the conference was made in the following official rtatement: Results of the Conference. “The minjster of foreizn affairs re- ported to the cabinet council today the results of the conference of the allies. The reading of communications from the presidents of each section of the allied conferénce, at which were pre ent for the first time representatives of all the countries takine part with us in_this war, has given felicitous- re- sults from every point of view: They give assurance of practical unity of action, economically, financially ~and militarily. A Complete Understanding. “The agreements have heen conclud- ed upon the basis of a complete un- derstanding and close solidarity among, the allies for the solution of the ques tions in which they have a common interest in the war.’ The financial needs of each of them, the .require- ments of their armament, their trans- port, their food, have, have been the subjects of profound study which guar- aatees perfect satisfactioe. The crea- tion of a Supreme Inter-Allied Naval committe> has been determined upon: Military nnity of action Fas been plac- ed upon the course of certain realiza- tion by the Inter-Allied General Staff which is at work upon an established programme of all military questions. Assures a Commen Victory. a_aiplomatic point of view en- “@ccord resulted from the Tia- sions amonz the.representatives of the powers upon all the business, which has been wrranged tozather, to assure the common victory of their countries.” liberty of saying to the sepate in Jan- uary. Our entrance into the war has not altered our attitude towards the settlement that must come when it is over. When I said in January that the nations of the world were entitled not to free pathways upon the sea, But also to.assured and unmolested access to these pathways, I was think- ing and I am thinking now, not of the smaller and weaker nations alone, which need our countenance and Sup- port, but also of the great and power- ful nations and of our present enemies as well as_our present associates in the war. I was thinking and am thinking now of Austria _herself, among the rest, as well as of- Servia 2na of Poland. Justice and equality of rights can be had only. at a great price. We are seeking permanent not temporary foundations for the peace of the world and must seek them can- aialy and fearlessly. As always the right will prove to be the expedient. What shall we do then, to push this great war of frcedom and justice to its righteous conclusion? We must clear away with a thorough hand all impediments to success and we must make every adjustment of law that will facilitate the full and free use of our whole capacity and fighting _unit. Urges War on Austria. One very embarrassing obstacle that stands in our way is that we are at force as a war with Germany but not with her | allies. I, therefore, very earnestly re ommend that the congress immediate- ly declare the United States in a state of ‘war with Austria-Hungary. Does it seem strange to you that this should be the conclusion of the argument I have just addressed to you? It is in fact the inevitable logic of what I have said. Austria-Hungary is, for the time being, not her own mistress but simply the vassal of the German government. We must face the facts as they are and act upon them with- among the nations. But when that has been done—as, God willing, it assured- 1y will be done—we shall at last be free to do an unprecedented thing and this is the time to avow our purpose to ‘may attain it, with They @o not touch the upset the peace of the world only be- cause the German people were not suffered under their tutelage to share the comradeship of the other peoples of the world, either in_thought or in out sentiment in this stern business. The government of Austria-Hungary s not acting upon its own inifiative or in response to the wishes and feel- ings of its own people but,as the in- anything. ~They may safely strut their uneasy hour and forgiver. Must Make .Object Plain. do it. We ehall be free to base peace on generosity and justice to the exclu- slon of all selfish claims to advantage even on the part of the victors. No Peace Won Until action corsider the war to be for and what pgrt we mean to play in the set- of its searching issues. We of the American d they have a right to know their purpose is ours. bl W E f ] i (d § . i i E i et i i 8 I purpose. They were allowed to have no opinion of their own which might be set up as a rule of conduct for those Who exercised suthority over them. But tho congress that con- cludes this war will feel the full strength of the tides that run now in the hearts and consciences of free men everywhere. Its conclusions will| run with those tides. Russians Have Been Deceived. All these things have been true from the very beginning of this stu- pendous war; and I cannot help think- ing that if they had been made plain at the very outset the sympathy and enthusiasm of the Russian people might have been once for all enlisted on the side of the allies. suspicion and distrust swept away and a real and lasting union of purpose effected. Had they believed these things at the very moment of their revolution and had they been confirmed in that belief since, the sad reverses which have recently marked the progress ofstheir affairs towards an ordered and stable government of free men might have been avoided. The Russian people ve been poisoned by the very same choods that have kept the German people in the dark and the poison has Dbeen administered by the very same hands. The only possible antidote is the truth. It cannot be uttered too Plainly or too often. Freedom of All Natlons. From every point of view therefore, it has seemed to be my duty to speak these internretations which I ook tha these declarations of purpose to add |m: strument of another nation. We must meet its force with our own and re- gard the central powers as but one. The war can be successfully conduct- ed in no other way. The same logic would lead also to a declaration of war against Turkey and Bulgaria. They also are the tools of Germany. Turkey and Bulgaria More Tools. But they are mere tools end do not yet stand in the direct path of our necessary action. - We shall go where- ever the necessity of this war car- ries us, but it seems to me that we should go only whero immediate and practical considerations lead us and not heed any others. The financial and military measures. which must be adopted will suggest themselves as the war and its umder- takings develop, but I will fake the iberty posing to you certain other acts of legislation which seem to me to be needed for the support of the wor and for the release of our whole force and energy. wi necessary to extend in certain particulars the legisiation of the last session with regard to alien enemies; and also necessary, I belleve, to create a very definite and particu. lar control over the entrance and, de- parture persons into and from the United States. Aliens Should Not Be Coddled., Legislation should be enacted de- fining as a_criminal offense every wil- ful violafioh of the presidential proc- lamations relating to enemy aliens pro- “section 4067 'of the atatutes and Droyviding epnyo- \War Trade Board Issues a Blacklist OF 1,600 FIRMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. ENEMYTRADINGLIST All the Firms Named in the List Have Been Charged With Secretly or Openly Assisting America’s Ene- mies—List Later Will Include Firms in the United States. ‘Washington, Dec. 4—A blacklist of 1,600 firms in twenty Central and South American countries with whom merchants of the United States are forbidden specifically to do business except under special license was pro- mulgated tonight by the War Trade Board. It is officially styled “Enemy Trading List” and constitutes the first section of a record which eventually will include the names of firms in most of the countries of the world, including the United States itself. Assisting America’s *Enemies. Latin-America is dealt with first be- cause of the large number of German firms in the southern republics active in aiding Germany’s cause. Evidence put before the war trade has shown that many of these firms, including public utilities companies, have fi- nanced to a large degree German propaganda work in the United States. All those named in the list issued to- night have been charged with secret- Iy or openly assisting America’s ene- mies. Authorized by President. The action is taken under author- ity conferred on the president by the trading with the enemy act and is Gesigned solely for the guidance of American concerns to enable them to observe the provisions of the law. The act forbids not only trading except under special license with an encmy or an ally of an enemy, but prohibits commerce as well with & purpose con- ducting trade’on behalf of or for the benefit of an enemy. - Any licenses issued far trading firms named in the list will be apart from the rezular export and import licenses, which must be obtained for the ship- ment in or out of the United States of most commodities. It is possible that in many instances licenses may be issued, as it may be found that trading in certain com- modities, with those named in the list will not work to any advantage for T SS—— To Classify Non-Enemy Firms. To minimize as far as possible any inconvenience to merchants in thig country arising from the declaration, the war board will classify the names of non-enemy firms dealing in the same commodities who may serve as cubstitutes for the biacklisted con- cerns. In every case the board will take pains’ to assure itsclf throngh consu- ar officers or other agencies that the substitutes are not acting as agents. it will not, however, assume respon- sibility for their financial standin (Continued on Page Five) ON TRIAL FOR SELLING e BEER TO U. S. SAILORS Jacob Grab and Son of New Rochelle Pleaned Not Guilty. ew York, Dec. 4—Tentative pleas of not guilty were entered by Jacob Grab and his son, Herran, of New Rochelle, upon _arraisnment in the United States district court today on indictments charging conspiracy to vo- olate the federal laws by selling beer to a United States sailor in uniform. Pending final appeal they were re- leased on the bonds they furnishe when they were brought before the United States commissioner. The allegations of United States Marshal McCarthy concerning the pre- valence of vice in New Rochelle were 1 denied by Mayor Edward Stetson Grif- fin today. SRR T SV S S e priate punishments; and women as well as men should be included under the terms of the acts placing restraints upon alien enemies. It is likely that as time goes on many alien enemies will be willing to be fed and housed at the expense of the government :n the detention camps, and it would be susgested to confine offenders among them in penitentiaries and other sim- ilar_institutions where they could be made to work as other criminals d>. Eliminate Profiteering. Recent expertence bas conyinced me that the congress must go further in authorizing the government to set lim- ite to prices. The law of supply and demand, I am sorry to say, has been replaced by- the law of unrestrained selfishness. While we have eliminated profiteering in_several branches of the industry it still runs impudently ram- pant in others. The farmers, for ex- ample, complain with 2 great deal of justice that while the regulations of food prices restrict their incomes mo restraints are placed upon the prices of most of the things they must them- selves purchase: and similar inequities obtain on all sides. Full Use of Water Power. The president advocates necessary consideration of the full use of the water power of the country, th& com- pletion of legislation proposed at the Jast session with regard to regulated combinations _among systems If I have overlooked anything that ought t6 be done for the more effective conduct of the war, your own counsels will the omission. What I am’ pertectly clear about is that in the présent session of the congress our (Continued on Page Thres) the purpose of the legislation I haves Condensed Telegrams Germans are using potatoes for mak- ing munitions. Russian degrees and titles were abolished by the Bolsheviki. Triplets were born to Mr. and Mrs. G. Fontano of Hackensack, N. J British and French troops took over sectors of the Piave Italian front. The rebellion in Ecuador has ended. The leader Intriago was captured. The Treasury announced it would buy all of this country’s silver output. The International Moulders’ Union of Cieveland asked for a wage in- crease. Women jurors in New York are an | early possibility owing to the scarcity of men. Charles W. Dailey, a builder of Northwest raiiroads, died of apoplexy at Detroit. All packages for American troops will be inspected twice as a 'precau- tionary measure. New York city’s women voters will meet in 62 separate conventions to elect district leaders. A movement is on foot by the Fed- eral authorities to clean up the vi- cinity of Fort Slocum. General Kaledines, the Cossack leader, is reported marching on Mos- cow with 100,000 men. Leaves of absence of German sol- diers are allowed only when the sol- diers buy War Loan bonds. was named Mrs. Elizabeth Moss overseer of the poor in Montclair, J., at a salary of $900 a year. the men pick the The new rules will give who are drafted a chance to branch of service they choose. The Lehigh Valley Railroad raised its embargo on coal against the Penn- sylvania at Philipsburg Junction, Pa. Barton Hepburn, New York banker, has volunteered to serve as a mem- ber of the Federal Milk Commission. England will forbid the use of cream after Dec. 8 except for infants. in- valids, and for use in butter-making. A five-cent fare is being charged in| Deroit, the company having cancelled | its eight ticket for 25 cents contract. The War Department confirmed the report that an American soldier was executed for murdering a French girl. Herbert Hoover, food administrator, declared there is plenty of food in the country and no anxiety should be felt. Walter Hale, actor, artist and au- thor, dled yesterday in New York | after an extended illness, aged 48 years. Congress estimated the cost to im- prove the condition of harbors and rivers at 29515697 for the fiscal year of 1919. Twenty-seven persons were injured when a train of the Pennsylvania struck a freight car in the yards at Derry, Pa. Orders that sufficient coal be sup- | plied to the various Du Pont Powder mills were issued by the Fuel Ad- ministration. alians in Boston pledged one day's wages for the funr for the relief of Italians driven from their homes by | the Austrians. The American steamship Artemis | was driven aground in Ambrose Chan- neu after coliision with the British | freighter Alcinus. | Production of the Anaconda Copper | Co. in November amounted to 21660,- 000 pounds, a decrease of 676,469 | pounds from Octobe: L. Fuehrs, 17 years old, of West- wood N. J., was shot in the leg by a { boy companion, and was taken to the | | Hackensack hospital Free postage for soldiers, sailors and | marines in active service, wag pro- | | posed in a bill introduced by Repre- senttive Dunn of New York. Mexico appointed two special dele- | gates to the international congress at Buenos Alres and one military attache. It will be held next month. The cost of living was increased yesterday in Dalias, Tex. when one of | the leading dairies raised the price of a quart of milk to 2! Scnator Lodge of Massachusetts de- clared that a declaration of war against t Austria by the United States is essen- tial for the unity of the Allies. A fighting force of 100,000 men has | been offered to the Eritish government by the great Liama of Lassa. The men are from the Thibetan plateau. ! discrimination against nesro men British Now Are in a B Attacks of the Ene Again Have Disperse ently, have 2 penditure of lives of their troops in trying to blot out the Cambrai salient held by General Byng's forces. After four Gays of onslaughts that have beefi characterized as equalling any previ- ously witnessed durinz the war, only the artil is now engaged. A Ty though the Germans claim the capture of more than 6,000 British prisoners in their attacks and also more than 100 guns, reports from the scene -of battle, both from the British war office d from correspondents have indi- cated that their own loss in men kill- ed, wounded or made prisoners w a terrible price to pay for the small recovery of lost terrain. While it is expected that further at- tacks will be delivered on the Cambrai sector, yhich is a salient very menac- ing to the important railroad junction of Cambrai, with its roads and rail- roads radiating in all directions as fecders to the German Jines north and south, the British troops are declared now to be in a better position to of- fer stronger resistance to their efforts, if such a thing is possible, than here- tofore. As_yet the anticipation of renewal by the Austro-Germans of their in- fantry attacks. on a large schedule ve CAMBRAI ATTAC FURTHER ATTACKS ARE EXPECTED The Anticipated Renewal of Infantry Attac Austro-Germans on the Venetian Froat Has Materialized--Along the Piave River the Itali etter Position to my in That Sectc < by d Austrians Who W Concen&ra:ing for Attacks--There is No Chan in the Situation in Palestine--The Russian Ge eral Staff Headquarters on the Northern Ru Front Has Beer Captured by the Bolsheviki. against the Italians on th front has not materia my artillery, however tive from t Asiaz ward toward th 2d_w Piave River. Or Tr where there h. n no some time, the e attack which was heavy bombardment, t repulse. Along _the Italians again have trian bodies concentrating for Likewise in_Palestin between the Turks an for the possessicn of J not begun. Tw a1 no change in t! &ion, 1 forces ha sives in the nature ed or captured the isn_trenches. The Russian zener: ters on the northern R been captured troops under headquart fighting, bu commander- cently to carry out t Bolsheviki_to nego with the Germans train by ALLEGED DISCRIMINATION AGAINST NEGROES IN ARMY Complaints Are Unwarranted andl Due to German Propaganda. ‘Washington, Dec. 4—Th ordering an investigation of complaints of allezed the national army, Secretary Baker to- day made it plain that he considers most of the complaints unwzsranted and due to-German propaganda. The inquiry is to determine whether the war department’s instructions have not required to do an wnfair share of the manual labor of the army. ‘The secretary a memorandum to Emmett J. Scott, former cretary to Booker T. Washingtor, afid recently named as-assistant in the department to look after the interests of the ne- gro soldiers, calls upon all citizens of both races to co-operate and pre- vent the enemy propagandists from at- taining their object. Racial discriminiations, the memo- randum eays, had been “discouraged both as a matter of policy and to safe- ruatd the very Institutions which we are now at the greatast sacrifice en- gaged in defending and which any ra- cial disorders must endanger.” CLAUDE TAYLOR SENTENCED TO FROM 9 TO 12 YEARS Pleaded Guilty to Theft of Two Horses and Mino~ Robberies. Hartford, Conn., Dec. the opening session of the criminal super- ior court here today Claude Taylor, the outlaw recently captured in Wil- lington, was sentenced to from nins to twelve years'in the state prison at Wethersfiald. to three charges, one the theft of two horses at South Windsor and the rest of minor robberies in the same vicin- ity. He was paroled from :he Massa- Japan is awaiting the [ the interallied conference at Paris to | decide whether Japanese troops will be used if a Bolsheviki peace 1s ob- tained. > The shell case of the first shot. of American artillerymen on the west- ern front was presented to President Wilson. by the party of members of Congress. It is thought at Lincoln, Neb, that the Nonpartisan League will carry Nebraska at the next election because of the discontent of farmers over the fixing of the price of grain. Hyman Bachman, a grocer of Orange, N. J., lost considerable trade because a. report was circilated that he gave a feast in honor of the Austro-German victory over the Italians. He offers to give $100 to each suffering Italian if the story is proved true. SUMMER RESIDENCE AT GOSHEN POINT BURNED. That of Mrs. J. A. Rumrill of Spring- field, Mass.—Loss $20,000. New London, Conn.,, Dec. 4—The summer residence of Mrs. J. A. Rum- riil, of Springfield, Mass at Goshen Point, Waterford, about four miles from 'here, was-totally destroyed by fire tonight. The loss Will be prob- ably $20,000. Firo. companies from this efty re- ‘sponded to a call for help’but as there ‘was no water supply were not able to do anything. The cause of the fire i= anlnows. i chusetts prison at Quincy in Septem- ber last and made his wayv into this state in violation of his parole. He is’ also alleged to be implicated in holdups in Massachusetts before he came to this state. BRITISH STEAMER APAPA TORPEDOED AND SUNK Eighty Passengers and the Crew of the Vessel Perished. London, Dec. 5—The British stcam- er Apapa .has been torpedoed and sunk, according to the morning pa- pers. Eighty passengers and the crew of the vessel perished. About one hundred and twenty passengers were saved. It is reported -that the sub- marine fired on women and children in open boats. RECRUITING FOR ARMY HAS TAKEN A SPURT ports Show That *2984 Men Were Accepted Yesterday. ‘Washington, Dec. 4. —Recruiting for the regular army has taken a spurt. Reports today showed 2.934 men ac- cepted yosterday, making 271,562 war ‘volunteers enrolled since the outbreak of the war. For weeks the average dally record has been less than 1,000. Pennsylva- nia led among the states yesterday 'with 477; Massachusetts second With 437,"New York third with 318. in| been carried out that the negroes be | Taylor pleaded guilty| FOUR BAY STATE CITI SWING INTO Fall River, Fitchburg, Hav Taunton Change From Boston | decided of the sale of 1 \aditional cit umn in t | tions held in Fall River, Taunton cha In Leomins: Dee. 4—1 into Fit license eighteen vears {the license forces can teen votes of winnins | probably will be N | ing the sharpe h has been mac prinzfield remain otes and in othcr citic howed comparat The struggle in T more than ordinar of its p cantonment New Charle New T carrying w of the Cit ried the ty A BILL TO INCREAS NUMBER OF Has Been Intr: o man >f Naval Afi Washinsten, Dec. 4 crease the number ¢ pointed to the troduced today by chairman of the no tee. It would |each by one from District of Columbia by the president named at Torto Rie among enlisted men LICENSE FORCES WIN OUT IN SPRINGFIE The Government of the City Reputlican. Sprinsfield, Mas: field staved “wet” by 2, election today after the the license question perienced in vears. Last ve Jority in favor of license was smallest since *1893. Th complexion of the ci mains republican, EIGHT MEN ELECTROCUT AT ANHEUSER BUSCH Three More Shocked Severel Wire St. Louis, Dec n alectrocuted and three su shocks when a wire whicl were handling at one of the Ar Busch Association’s p day. and fell on a Uni > ble heavily charged Hartford—Mr. _and Fiske, of Riverside Drive city, anmounced the _enga their daughter, Miss Mari Fiske, to Lieut. Kermeth Clark J son, of Hartford. Mr. Johnsor graduate of Yale, and was at th vard Law school until the o the war. His is now a lieut the Oficers’ Reserve Corse M