Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 8, 1917, Page 1

- Norwi y b VOL. LIX.—NO. 393 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS BLIZZARD ADDS TO HORROR AND DESOLATION AT HALIFAX Official Estimate of Casualties is 2,000 Dead, 3,066 Others Injured by Explosion and Fires PROPERTY DAMAGE 25 T0 30 ‘MILLION DOLLARS = 2 - It'is Bfieved That All the Injured Burled Under Rum of Shattered Buildings Have Perished of Cold and Hunger —Storm Raging is so Fierce That Rescue Workers ‘Were Forced to Suspend Their Operations—The Win- dows and Doors of Virtually Every Home in the City Were Shattered by the Explosion—The City is in Dark- ness Except for Such Light as is Supplied by a Scanty Supply of Oil Lamps—There Are Upwards ' of 20,000 Persons Destitute—There is Enough Food for Immedi-| ate Needs—Red Cross Relief Trains Are Being Rushed Through New England—Portable Houses, Tools and ] ==t=> Are Being Sent Over New York Central Road. S s Halifax, Dec. 7~Five thousand cas- | ualties; two thousand dead, three | thousand others injured. This is to- | might's official estimate of the toll ex- | acted in human lives and suffering by | the explosion and fires vesterday. Stricken Halifax was swept tonight by a ragzing blizzard. So-fierce was the storm that rescue workers were forced to suspend their operations in the devastated section. It is believ- ed certain that all the injured buried under the ruins of shattered buildings have perished of cold and hunger. Biting Wind—Blinding Snow. Battered by ‘a biting wind and blinding_snow, the plight of the sur- vivors of yvestérday’s holocaust is little short of desperate. The windows an doors of virtually every house in the city were shattered by the explosion which wrecked the Richmond section and devastated a Jarge part of the wa- front. s give the elemerts and attempts to buildings_inte which the steadily drifting are hopeless. City is In Darkness. The city is again in darkness . to- night except for the illumination af: forded by a scanty sunpiv of oil lamps and unless these are -arefully seren- they are extincuished as soon as ]lrbtzd by the gale which whistles through the crude shutters. Only a | small percentage of the buildings have even this slight protection from the Cold, Shock and Exposure. The rufferings of those who escaped injury have been increased by the fact that every availoble blanket, quilt and tahle has been requisitioned for reds of injured in the tem- itzl Manv of these are so gravelv wounded their only hope ! Hes in th- “-=t of care. Serious fears are felt t -t cold, shock and exposure : will result in an oatbreak of pneumo- nia. A single telegraph wire, bending | @angerously in the storm, offered Hal- ifax cnly a precarious means of com- ! munication with the outside world and | it was that this At hest it gave only “tion wita other points. and te'ephone companies are making despera‘e efforts to pro- vide 2 makeshift servive but the work | is beset with rrect difficulties. Sgpesire of Famine. While many gencrus offers of ma- terial ieliaf have “~en received and trainloads of rupplies are on the way, the spestre of famine was abroad to- night for if it may seriously trafiic. 2 is enough food on hand for immediate needs, but it will las &nly a short time unless additional supplies are received. Hundreds of Bodies in Margues. As the of the a dimin’shed Improvised barricades of little protection against heat snow* 1s the storm continues interfate with railroad dav wore on the immensity sterr increased rather than Frundreds of bodies ‘were taken to t -gues and rescue squads we- o stantly finding new vietims under tons of debris until the | plizzara forced fhem to cease work. ‘There is eve #1s0n to believe ‘that} | many mor: vil be recovered. Death List Not Comp ed. No concerted effort has been made as vet to compile a list of the dead as every effort ig beins made fo iden- | tify those.who perished. ‘The con- dition of manv of the bodies make this exceedingly 4ifficult and a large pro- porticn of those who lcst their lives will be buried as “nameless " d | There_is no reason, however, to change the estimaie of 2,000 dead and 3,000 jured. e fires which had heen raging for 24 hours in the north end weré Ger control early today and no longer menaced by a Insmr:s Entirely 'uulnndod. While iers, sailors and volun- teers wer: searching the ruins of the a of the city today business 1y suspended. . The leading | "® their efforts to or- ganizmg the work of.velief and sub- stantial progress was made in this re- | spect. e Miraculous Escape of Child. Incidents are coming to lightievery hour which emphasize the fact that life-and death go hand in hand. Deaths too horrible to describe occurred sim- vltaneously with miraculous escapes. A six year oid 1d was blown through the roof of a house in Young street, rolled from the roof to the and suffered only a few Anotier child was rescued from the . tuing in Richmond apparently urt. This rescue and others like it have added to the fear that many who were by falling buildings and un- to help themselves perished in fames or have Dheen frfl“m surgical through New England tonight to the ead.” | stricken city of Halifax. """ | which they were to pass. the persons rendered destitute consti- 'l P Some of those reported missing have been found and some families have been reunited. Among those Te- ported dead but who escaped was Dr. Murdock Chisholm. - The body of Captain James, port boarding officer, was_recovered from the ruins of Pier §. Lieutenant Com- mander James A. Murray was killed in the dockyard. When the body of Elizabeth Ryan, 10 years old, was found, she still was clutching a school- book in one hand. The wife of Lieut. Alfred Shaw, who sailed overseas last weel;, was Killed in her home. Good Work by Soldiers and Sailors. Soldiers from the garrison and sail- have Not ors from ships in_the harbor done heroic and devoted work. only have they picketed the streets, but they have toiled ceaselessly among the ruins. There have been no reports of loot- ing, although windowless stores and uses have afforded ample opportuni- ty_far Nearly' every stock to aid_ the injured or to and elaflle néedy survivors, - of Police Hanrahan reeived M utenant Governor ~rant nt has given is feed the fonmn: order: “You-are heréby authorized to .com- mandeer and make use of any Vel of any kind that you find necissary for_ the® purpose of moving the Jead anl injured of this city.” Property Loss $25,000,0N). The. property loss was estimacel at between $25,000,000 and $30,000,000 and the number of destitute at up- wards of 20,000 in a statement issu-d tonight' by Justice Harris, chairman of the ‘citizens' finance committes ommittee of the citizen: Halifax,” satd . the statement, - appointed to make a public statement of as “The on the damacge to the city of Halifax ‘and the town of Dartmouth after as careful a survey as possible of the damaged parts. While every building in Halifax and Dartmouth was more or less damaged, the devastated area is found near the scene of the explosion and embraces chiefly districts occu- pied by workers and the poorer class- 20,000 Persons Destitute. “Between 3.000 and 4,000 such dwell- ings were destroyed by the explosion or_the fire. The number of those af- fected is_estimated at 25.000, and, while the circumstances of alf, or eram most of them, cannot be ascertained until each one's case is investigated, it is feared the destitute people in the area will number upwards of 20,000 and their actual losses and the esti- mated cost of their temporary main- tenance will reach between $25,000,000 and $30,000,000. “It is to.be. clearly understood- that tute that portion of the papulation of Hali and Dartmouth least able to bear tfe loss and which must be im- mediately relieved by generous assist- ance of their fellow cmzem through- out nada.” RUSHING RELIEF TO _ STRICKEN HALIFAX Two Specjal Red Cross Trains Speeding Through N-w England. Are ‘Washington. Dec. 7. — Two special American Red Cross trains carrying the eprsonnel and equipment of an en- tire base hospital unit, with addition- al doctors, nurses and social workirs, foodstuffs, bedding, eclothing - supplies, wer: and rushing Before the arrival of* the h'lin!, however, the active work of Ame‘rlc‘ln Red Cross work was .expected to well under way as there were six tpz- eial workers with surgical®and hos- pital supplies aboard the chusetts ‘special train due ‘Halifax tonight, apd two other work ‘were on the grwnd ‘when the explosion occur- Massa- REPORT THAT A NAVAL MAGAZINE BLEW UP Brought From “Halifax | by a Refugee Who Has ‘Reached Boston. Dec. 7.—A report that' a. naval magazine. blew up, precipitat- ing ‘the HaMfax disaster and that a of a dead German was found near magazine wasd brought to this city tonight by a Mr. Coldberg, a button manufacturer here from Lh: hs ttend city. shattere: Golm ‘did mot vouch port. He le.la'the Tia he had Tt from & hh.lntmm-.n-lbor municipal ‘government at ‘] New York, of for explosion re- tion was ‘wha Cabled Paragraphs Thaw Brings Down German Airplane. Paris, Dec. 7.—Major Willlam Thaw of the Lafayette escadrille brought down a German airplane in a duel over the enemy’s lines on ‘Wednesday, according to a telephone message re- ceived in Parig last night, says the Herald today. PERSONNEL OF THE NEW EXPERT ADVISORY FORCE Which Will Counsel Government Pur- chasing Agencies. ‘Washington, Dec. 7.—Reorganization of the expert advisory force of the Council of National Defence which will counsel government purchasing agencies in spending hundreds of mil- lions of dollars has been completed. The personnel was announced y by _the council as follows: Bernard Baruch, New York, head of raw materials section; L. L. Sum- mers, Néw York, explosives; Eugene Meyer, Jr., New York, none-ferrous metals and cement; New York, steel; burgh, oil and R. H. Downman, Orleans, lumber; S. M. Vauclain, Phil- adelphia, chief of section on produc- tion of finished products; Julius Ros- enwald, Chicago, chief of section on supplies of finished products; ‘alter Robbins, St. Louis, electrical equip- ment; H. L. Horning, Waykesha, Wis., avtomotive products; G. E. Chatillon, New York, small tools: G. E. Merry- weather, Cleveland, machine tools; A. L. Scott, Boston, cotton duck; ur W. Lawrence, Boston, shoes: Alex- ander C. Brown, locomotive cranes; A. D. Edington, Boston, wool; Charles Eisenman, Cleveland, fabrics. Many of these men have been serv- ing_the government as advisors and as in the past, most of them will re- ceive only nominal salaries. GREAT RUSH TO ENLIST IN THE REGULAR ARMY By Men of Draft Age to Get in Be- fore Time Limit Expires. New Haven, Conn, Dec. T—With less than a week left when men af draft age may enlist in the regular army, there is a great rush all over the state to enter the service. Today 72 men were sent to Fort Slocum from here to take the enlistment oath and it is expected that on Monday next more than 200 will be forwarded. The rush just now is to get into the ord- nance department which ensures ear- 1y service in France and also a zood Tomorrow a, recruiting || *trom ‘here’ e, il for other branches to M ‘In” minor ‘defects as to teeth and ‘waived. e e coLp WEATH‘ER 18 PROMISED FOR SUNDAY Warnings Sent Out to Whole Coun- try East of the Ohio Valley. ‘Washington, Dec. 7.—Cold wave warnings for the Ohio valley, Ten- nessee, the plains 'states, the eastern If states and Texas were issued to- ight by the weather bureau. A cy- clonic depression \of considerable in- tensity is central over the lower Mis- sissippi valley, the bureau said, and as it moves northeastward there will be general rains in the south and spow in Tennessee, the Ohio valley and the middle Atlantic states. Sharply falling temperatures tomor. row in the lake region, the Okio val- ley. Tennessee and southward \to the gulf were forecast, with cold weather Sunday -in_Florida and the Atlln'.lc coast aistricts. FINAL CALL FOR DRAFT ° MEN HAS BEEN DELAYED Announcement Made at Divisional Headquarters at Cump Devens. Ayer, Mass., Dec. 8.—The final 15 per cent. of the first draft for the 76th divison of the nationa] army will not be called into service before January unless . something _unforeseen occurs, it was stated at divisional headquar- ters: at Camp Devens today. According to this -sto: when the naval magazine exploded ships in the immediate vicinity cut loose _their moorings and scurried out into sthe stream. In the fleét was 'a heavily laden munitions steamer. During the scramble for safety she was rammed by a freight steamer and blew up, spreading havot far and wide, PRESIDENT WILSCN SENDS EXPRESSION OF 'SYMPATHY On Halifax Disaster to the Governor- General of Canada. ‘Washington, Dec. 7.—President Wil- son sent to the governor-general of Canada today an expression of sym- pathy of the people of the United States becguse of the disaster at Hali- fax. His teledram follows: “In" the presence of the awful digs aster at Halifax the people of the United States offer to ties of kinshij community of speech and of ma- terfal interests are added the strong bonds of union in the common cause of devotion'to the supreme duties of national existence.” 1,000 PORTABLE HOUSES ON WAY TO HALIFAX Also 600 Men With Tools and Lumber for Bu dlng Purposes. New York, nu: 7.—Several special trains furnished by the New York Central Railroad were speeding from | mals ‘YQ-....“.,.W.,.,_._ 2 ad Problem NOSVIOVE IS LOOKED FOR UNTIL AFTER MONDAY PRIORITY ORDER ISSUED Fuel, Food and Government Suppli Preferential Over All General Freight—Effective Are Given Shipment December 12. ‘Washington, Dec. 7.—A decision as to the government's attitude toward the railroads, involving suggestions for either government operation during the war or suspension of anti-trust laws and financial support, still rest- ed tonight with President Wilson. No move was looked for until after Mon- Italian Troops Hard Pressed ENEMY SUPERIOR IN NUMBERS AND IN GUN POWER AT ASIAGO | TEUTONS MAKE GAINS | s | Italian Line Barring Entry of Invaders to the Venetian Plain tact—Rumanians May J Holding In- Arm- istice. That the Italians are being hard hard pressed by the enemy in greatly supefor numbers and in gun power is indicated by the latest official dom- ‘munication. Agdditional gains have been made by the invaders in the Asi- ago platean region, but again a heavy Drice’ in men Killéa or wounded was Early Shopping Accompanies Early’Adv'lertising Christmas is of course going to be observed as usual even though it may not be upon as extensive a scale as in times of peace. ‘will be the usual increase in the volume of trade. buyer made preparation for it and the But there The merchant has is interested. The lists of ‘wants will be as long as ever and those who are going to fill them are already seeking all the assistance Naturally they rely upon the advertisements in the for suggestions and the fact carn greatest aides to early shopping they can get. newspapers ot be overlooked thai ome of the and the relief of the comgestion of the week before Christmas is going to be contributed by early ad- vertising. And in this connection the important fact should not be overlooked that if the greatest number of readers and buyers in Nor- wich and this part of the state are going to be reached advantage should be taken of The Bulletin’s complete and profitable. In the past week the following letin’s columns: Baulletin Saturday, Monday, . Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Dec Bec. ‘Dec. Dec. Qec. Dec. Totals Telegraph Local General 77 advertising service. It is thorough, matter has appeared in The Bul- Totax 691 550 511 358 442 526 3078 184 117 170 98 102 122 793 430 355 260 197. 269 327 1838 day, when- the prasment will go_over the entire subjéct with Senator New- lands, ‘chairman of the congressional cogmmittee investigating transportation problems. Three Important Developments, Today, however, brought three im- portant developments in the situation. They were: An order by Robert S. Lovett, di- rector of priority, .giving preferential shipment to fuel, food and government. supplies over all gemeral freight. Indications that the government will name a general traffc manager to take entire charge of the movement of gov- ernment supplies and war materials. A" statement from Fairfax HB!'rlKo , chalrman of the railrpad war rd, that the roads under present direction are prepared to furnish all the trans- portation possible to ohtain under any anagement. Viewing It From Every Angle. % ‘The sident is viewing the prob- Jem from every angls. His advisors are by no means of one mind ‘on the subject-and their proposals have run all the way from a policy of govern- ment seizure to that of hands-off at- titude, leaving the roads to work the prpblem out for themselves. He gave careful studv today to the Interstate Commerce Commission’s recommend- ation to congress that the govern- ment operate the roads or suspend during the war, laws which prevent a complete pooling and a consequent unification of all rail systems. Senator Newlands prepared himself today for Monday’'syconference by dis- cussing with the Y Jeistative committed of the Interstate Commerce Commit- tee its recommendations. Priority Order Effective Dec. 12. Today’s priority érder. effective De- cember 12, is the first zeneral order is- sued by the government classifying materials for shipment. It was is- sued at the urgent request of the food and fuel administrations and govern- ment departments. The railroads have opposed if on the grounds that | would retard rather than expedite shinments. Unofficial action taken by their eastorn operatinz committee, they. have he'd. is accomplishing the re- sults songht and has not et up in- flexible rules which a government or- @er imposes. How Materials Are Classified. The materials classified today will W"lnt: 'der: on s move In tbe foll -3 i foods ond :eaar ‘military _supplies: other supplies on special coal for eo;:.lt plants a‘; coal current use. e movemen e ',:' prescribed in a manmer simi- lar to a request for preferential ship- ‘ments for specified M Te- guested of presucers ".“’ by Fuel Administrator Garfeld. WOMEN CONDUCTORS ON BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Filling Vacancies on Street Railway of | and Mm Nuw in-the Service. - s s cies represented by as many blue ‘stars on &;:,nrfleo flag of the New York “One ::a xs. uut ]lul-,dny eonductnu I ever D s e ias s B o S today from one “of m wemen ung ‘women “are, unflomed in sand rather" coats, “the -fll con- paid by the attacking forces. At last accounts the Italian line was still in- ]emmy debouching on plain. The Berlin war office in an an- nouncment of fresh victories achieved against the Italians asserts that 4,- 000 additional, men have been made prisoner, bringing the total since the new offensive began up to 15,800. Only minor. operations are in pro- gress on the other battle fronts. The cessation of hostilities along the eagtern front has now extended to that part’ of the line held hy the Rumani- ans. Jassy, the Rnmanian capital, says that as a result #’ the Russians having pro- tmsed‘ an armitics to the enmemy, it the. Venetian had been decided that the Rumanians Russians and that therefore fighting has ceased. The Rumanians, however, haye_dectined all attemipts by the en- emy %to fraternize with them. A FARMERS' EXCHANGE IS TO BE ORGANIZED Through Which Farmers Will Both Buy and Sell_Collectively. Springfield, Mass., Dec. 7.—Plans were announced here today for the formation of a farmers’ exchange to embrace all New England and include several similar organizations of Jesser | scope in other states. The exchange is being fostered by the field depart- ment_of the eastern states agrici tural and ‘industrial exposition, which may be specially chartered to cover |” the gactivities planned. Through the exchange .farmers will both buy and sell collectively. .The Rhode Island Market leners’ association has ex- pressed willingness to affiliate. POTATOES GROWN IN THE INFIELD OF RACE TRACK S e At Churchill Downs—Proceeds Donat- ed to Soldiers’ Christmas Fund. n of food. OBITUARY. Robert Jay Walsh. Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 7.—Robert Jay Walsh, prominent in legal, politi- FEABIEEE gg;: EE?E i! EHE this section of tact and the war barred against the | An official communication from | should associate themselves with the| | ! war. |the war message of President Wilson {Lou Condensed Telegram; The Jewish war relief fund totals $1,000,000. Postoffice departments are expect- ing heavy Christmas mail despite the | Ballot boxes containing soldiers at the front reached York. votes of New The latest Canadian casualties list contains the names of two Americans killed. s 5 Employes of three large packing piants in Seattle, Washington, went on strike. Twenty-eight recruits werc obtained at Madison Square Garden during the bike race. Secretary McAdoo named two wo- men as members of the Liberty Loan committee. Declarations of war on Austria- Hungary makes our enemy aliens to- tal 700,000. The Food Administration will ignore the protest of the Chicago packers against meatless days. The steamer Arial, bound from Ma- nila to San Francisco, was wrecked of? the coast Gf Japan. of Califor- ake the na- Representative Randall nia introduced a bill to tional capital “bone dry.” The Commercial Trust cn‘ of Phil- adlephia _has. been admitted to the Federal Reserve System. Sweden has #ppointed another del- egation to come to the United States to try and get more food. Mrs. Katherine H. Barrymore been divorced from her husband, Barrymore, the famous actor. Lieut. D. N. C. Ross of died of wounds in Frarce. member of the British ha Jacl New York He was a army. William K. Vanderbilt contributed $200,000 to the Red Cross to assist the wounded and help the needy. A report from 26 states show there is only $46,000 of the needed $400,000 for bibles for American troops. Fifteen hundred barrels of Govern- ment owned flour, valued at $16,500, kas been stolen in Toledo, Ohio. General Scott ShlPPv formerly com- mandant at the Virginia Military In- stitute, is dead in Lexington, Va. Capital of the French River Tex- tile Co., of Mechanicsville, Conn., has been increased from $100,000 to $1,- 000,000. Fred Schmidt, a German, will spend months in the Onondaga county ¥ for publiely condemnlnF the Unit- ed States. Fire of unknown origin destroyed the plant of the Wilmington ¥i Specialties Co. The loss -is esunmted at - $300,000. The Argentine press declares that i gained the approva] of ail the people of Argentina. % Repmsen(atlve Hubert of New York . infroduced a bill to aiwow- women be- | tween the ages of 18 and 25 to b come aviatrices. Losses of whaat ships bound for England in November amou; to 3 per cent. compared with 07 por cent in October. * One .person was killed and several wounded in an attick on men work- ing in cold storage plants in La Negra, Buenos Alres, by strikers. The dali‘mry of 10,500.000 pairs of army shoes for enlisted men in the army has begun. The new shoe is re- garded as the best ever made. A. Mitchell Palmer has extended until Dec. 20 for all persons holding alien property or an an enemy or ally of an enemy to file reports about it. Congressman London, Socialist, of New York, introduced a resolution in the House. He favors an_immediate establishment of peace, and a durable one. A contribution” of $150,000 for the | foundation of a law professorship has been made to Harvard University by ;'ab(:(n Byrnes, an attorney of New or] The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion orderéd lower rates on live stock from Missouri to points east of St. and the National stockyards, II- stration took away the food dealers’ license of Morris Sieger, a producer at Washington, be- Sl he allowed carloads of potatoes o ro The copper production of the In- spiration €opper Co. for ~November n;taled iosgg ,000 pounds, an increase of over 00 pou‘nds compared wi October. » % Representative Jeanette Ranl is urging the House Immigration Cem- mittee to repeal the law which makes a woman an alien enemy® when she marries one. The temporary independent govern- ment which has been organized in Siberia has elected Alexander F. Ke- rensky- minister of justice and is de- termined. to complete a coalition cabi.- ret. A despatch to the Exchange Tele- graph ‘at London from Copenhagen says Count Von Luxburs, formerly German - minister to Argentina, - has arrived in‘Bergen on board the steam- er Bergensfjord and proceeded toGer- many. “Maxmilian Harden, edftor of Die Zunkunft, Amsterdam, declared in an article recently published in his news- paper: “Only a miracle can bring Ppeace. Bither ny ‘be crushed or our enemle! There is no alternative.” An absolute emba shipments of corn oats into east- ern territory, effective at the close of business next Saturday night was issued. The administration says there is a plentiful supply of these pro- ducts in the east for domestice con- sumption. To Pray for No-License. . ‘Worcester, Mass., Dec. 7.—The mem- bers of Worcester W. C. T. U. ‘are to pray continuously from 10 a. m. until 4 p. m. Monday that Worcester may defeated. upon carload A vote Tuesday for mo-ligepse, . i | | 74. War Declared on Buai Monarchy RESOLUTION PASSED CONGRESS WITH ONE DISSENTING VOTE EFFECTIVE AT 5:03 P. M. Debate in Both Houses Was pectedly Short—The Measure Was Signed by President Wilson Without Formality. Unex- 7.—War between and Austria-Hun- declared today. > dissenting vote and President solution declar- ate of war be- lhe imperi and royal Aus- irian go nment and the zovernment and people of the United S S aulhon/lnl, the president to the nation’s armed forces and piedging its resources to victory. The resolution onse of con- Zress to the D request in his address Tuesda. passed April 6 d Germany. It became p. m, today, when it the executive without executive proclamation shortly: Unanimous Vote in Sonate. After but one hour’s debate, the res- oiution was unanimously pted by the senate with an affirmative vote of It was approved the house presentative londun the . cz the only S A few minutes late; Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark had signed the document and sent it to the White House, where President Wilson attached his signa- ture with Secretary Tumulty and As- sistant Secretary Forster as the only witnesses. The resolution follows: “Joint Resolution. “Declaring, That a State of War s between the Imperial and Royal IAustro-Hiungarian Governmunt and the Government and ‘the People of the United States, and Making Provision to_Prosecute the Same. “Whereas, the imperial and Austro-Hungarian _government has committed repeated acts of war against the government and the peo- ple of the United States of America; Therefore, be it, “Resolved Dy the Senate and House o Representatives of States of America sembled, that a state of war is hereby declared to exist between the United States of America_and tho Imperial 5nd Royal Austro-Hungarian govern- ment and the president bé, and he is lhereby, authorized and directed to employ ‘the eutire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the government to carry on war against the imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian__government; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination all the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the congress of the, United’ States. “Champ Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives. “Thomas R. Marshall, Vice Presi- ldent of the United States and Presi- !dent of the Senate. “Approved 7 December, 1917. “WOODROW WILSON In accord with -President Wilson's suggestion, action in respect to Tur- key and Bulgaria, Germany’s other al- lies, was. left, to the future. Wide- spread demand' in congress for their inclusion in the declaration was indi- cated in both senate and house de- bate, but when the roll calls came, the president’s advice was followed in a demonstration of American unity and harmony. Representative London, socialist, of New York, who cast the one negative vote, explained his up- position by stating that he was pledg- ed to that course by the soclalist par- ty. Caustic criticism of his position enlivened the house proceedings. Debate in both houses was unex-- pectedly brief, lasting but an hour in the senate and only two house and forty minutes in the house. Put Orie Over on La Foilette. Senator La Follette, of Wisconsin, who also opposed war with Germany,- was absent when the .roll call was. taken and did not vote. Later he ad- dressed the semate explaining that he did- not hear the summons to vote, which was taken while he was at his._ office preparing an amendment Dro- viding that the United States should not observe any agreement of the en- tente allies to deprive or control any territory of Austria held August 1, 1914. The Wisconsin senator said with inclision of this amendment he would have voted for the war resolu- tion but against it without his belated proposal. MEANS TELLS JURY OIF- SHOOTING OF MRS. KING.. Says _He Was. at a Spring Getting & Drink When Shot Was. Fired. Concord, N. C., Dec. 7.—Gaston B. Means toid the jury Cabarrus county court -tryfng him for murder that he was getting a drink of wa(r at Blackwelder spring when Mr: Maude A. King was shot with a calibre automatic pistol which he h placed in the fork of a sycamore tree near by before going down to the spring.” He had warned her not to “foql” with the.gun, he said, after she had taken it out of the tree and she had replaced it at his direction. ‘When he saw Mrs. King put the pis- tol back in the tree he went on to the spring, Means declared. He got the. Sipper. filled 1, t, struck a match to see that there were no bugs in the water, and was in the act of raising the dip- per to his lips when he heard the shot. *“T Jooked and saw her falling,” said the witness. “She was about two and a half feet from the tree. I rushed right up to her. When I first saw her she was nearer the, ground in B WobDling motion-Just Crumpling up. "I got to her quickly and took hold of her. feeling to ascertain where she war wounded.” Means then told of calling to Cap- tdin W. S. Bingham and his brother, Afton Means, who were near by, angd of taking the body in an automobile to.a hospital. He did not say where the pistol was when he reached Mrs. King: The state expected to develop this and other points it regards ma- terial on the cross-examination. Bolshevi Troops at Vliadivostok. Petrograd, Thursday, Dec. s.—m- teen hundred Bolsheviki troops are reported'to have arrived in Viadivos- Whe ‘Washington, Dec. ally Wilso: ing e: tween stence of a 1 th effective at 3 was signed formal An will. follow ac royal