Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 10, 1917, Page 1

voL. POPULATION 29,919 COLUMNS { i } i HALI APPEALS TO E OF CANADA N Twenty to Twenty-five Million is Needed for Immediate Relief of Homeless and for Reconstruction ISSUED BY MAYORS OF HALIFAX, DARTMOUTH | They Placs the Namber of Persons Killed at 2,000, But De- elare the Magnitude of the Disaster is Not Yet Known— There on Important Business Are Homeless. Halifax. N. the peopla of Canada for from $20,000,- 000 to $25,000,000- for immediate re- 1ief of the homeless and the recon- struction of the stricken district of Halitax was issued today by the mayors of Halifax and Dartmouth. The appeal explained that the ruin was complete in a wide area occupled ex- clusively by the laboring class. read: Text of the Appeal. ~An appalling disaster has visited the old historic city of Halifax and the town of Dartmouth. Its cause and a general account of it have already appeared in the press, but its magni- tude is not yet known even to our- selves. were was condi trict, each in te fords By been Damage to Shipping. *The damage to shipping and _the 's equipment is of a very serious En‘a.rr. windows and doors every- were shattered to pieces, and ‘$5 many streets outside of the ruined \istrict homes were partially wreck. $4 But in the areas which at closer \fange came under the full force of the explosion, every building of every class and description was completely de- stroyed and fire in many cases finished the work of the exploston. It is es- timated that at least 1500 dwellings and their contents have thus been Parciany dcstroyed, and from ffteen partially T arve 'io twenty thousand persons rendered “homeless. 2,000 Persons Killed. “Tt is feared that 3s many as two ithousands have been killed, thousands \have been injured ard in mearly all cases the families ir. the devastated areas have been left destitute and ipennfless. The stricken district was loceupied almost excis.vely by the peo- ple of the industrial and poorer class- fes. “For the present and immediate fu- iture sheiter and maintenance is being \found for them in public buildings and iprivate homes but the season of the year renders it imperatife that im- \mediate steps shall be taken to begin the work of reconstruction. For this wild ficers ruins No mate feet: remained open. about the streets but traffic conditions a man’s shoe-tops. Th appeared to have about filled the cup of public sorrow to overflowing. First. thought was for six hundred persons tee realized that the problem growing greater. The reconstruction nounced that in order to make tempor- ary repairs to damaged homes the fol- lowing was needed Glass, cre ‘million lishts or assorted sizes; putty, 50 tons: 18,003: doors, 2,000 roofing paper, 5,000 board, 300,000 square feet; 000 kegs, 2 1-4 to 4 inches. 'I'l:eAppfllEtphin.lThnth@Ruian Complete in a Class—Non-Residents Not Engaged in Relief Work or Have Been Requested to Leave Halifax Because of Serious Lack of Accommoda- tions—A Torrential Rain, Wtih a Fifty Mile Gale, Has Added to the Sufferings of Thousands of Persons Who ‘Workmen wandered deplorable and slow progress made toward restoring normal tions even in the business dis- where melting tnow had filled thoroughfare with streams over is second storm ng ard in damaged buildings which were not secure against a dr¥- ing rain. that aH had found shelter. Relief ef- Late today it was announced wers redoubled for the commit- was night 95 additicnal bodies had placed in the morgue. Several . deaths occurred among the Injured. Public's Nerves Are On Edge. The public’s nerves are on edge. A report of a burning - munitions ship heading into the harbor and fly- ing a red flag filled the streets with hundreds who shoted to others to seek the open. A coaler was on fire bat the flames were soon under control. of- and soldiers reassured the frightened - ones. Crowds visited the rellef stations where food is served and hundreds of heartbroken searchers dug among the of their homes. Differ as to Nugber Dead. attempt was made to check up or revise the death total. The morgue officials beld to their estimate of 4,- 000 dead but others said the esti- was tco great by half. committee an- Materials Needed. panes, sashes. scantling. 250,000 boards, (matched), 1,000,000 feet: squares: wall nails, 1,- Cabled Paragraphs No Trace of Simcoe's Crew. St. John, N. B., Dec. 9.—The depa ment of marine and fisheries here re- ceived word from Pictou, N. S., to- right that no trace of the Simcoe’s crew had been found. Hope is still held out here that the crew is safe. TO TRAIN AMERICANS IN BARRAGE FIRE. American Artillery Will Work With American Aviators. With the American Army in France, Friday, Dec. 7—By the Associated Press—A division of American troops, recently arrived in France, will begin regimental manoeuvres Sunday and will be trained in barrage fire, the American artillery _ working _ with American aviators. The site picked for the practice is rolling ground. The artillery will lay a barrage up to_the first objective, over theoretical Ger- man trenches. The infantry, following up the fire, will occupy the trenches and then execute a flank movement, which will enable the men to study the barrage moving on to the second objective. The signal corps will get the benefit of the manoeuvres, for they will be carried out as. if an actual attack were being launched and the business of the signal men will be to establish and maintain communication between the advancing sections and the regi- mental and brigade headquarters in the rear. Telephone communication is to be used from the first objectve piont to both these headquarters. The helio- graph will be employed between the first and second objectives to regi- mental headquarters, while radios will be sent from airplanes to brigade headquarters. ALLIED REINFORCEMENTS ON THE ITALIAN FRONT sh Position is Around the Heights of Montello The Bri Italian Headquarters in Northern Italy, Friday, Dec. 7—(By the Associ- ated Press.)—It will be cheering news %o the allicd world that ailied ref forcements have now definitely taken their place on the actual Italian front and are today occupying trenches in the battered positions held by the Italian troops, now relieved for a needed respite. The British position is around the heights of Montello, on the upp Piave, ‘where the batteries on the heights are already in action and rifle fire answers the steady sniping from across the river. The French position cafinot as yet be indicated, but it is in aw equally important sector. The formalities of transfer have been in progress for the past week and are now definitely accomplished, when the Italians saluted the British flag, and the Tommies cheered the men in gray as they went for their well-earned rest. ‘This transfer is significant. First it is visible evidence of allied unty. not alone in conferences, but on the fight- ing lines. It is evidence also of unity on the western front, whether in Italian enetian or French - Flanders. Second, it is the infusion of new biood new life, new spirit at a timely mo- ment. A NEW SORT OF GERMAN PROPAGANDA DISCOVERED It is Designed to Induce Soldiers to Continue Enduring Hardships. With the American Army in France, Saturday Dec. 8.—By _the Assoclated Press)—A new sort of German propa- ganda has been discovered through papers taken from a captice German captain and turned over to American officers. It is being employed among soldiers and is designed to _instruct them in German claims as to the caus- es of the war and the perils of defeat in order to induce the men to continue enduring hardships. ges Foundered, Six Lives Lost THREE WENT DOWN IN GALE OFF JAMESTOWN, R. I. 1,000 TONS COAL LOST An Eighty-five M Gale, panied by a Blinding Snowstorm, Struck the Tow. Accom- Newport, R. I, Dec. “9.—Six lives were lost when “three barges found- ereq off Jamestown last night, ac- cording to reports from the tug Charles A. McCaffery, which put in here today. The barges were the Madison, bound for Newport with one thousand tons of ccal intended to relieve this city’s coal famine; the Chippewa, and the Marion B., the lat- ter two bound for Fall River. Those Wwho were drowned were Captain John Fox, of the Madison: Captain George A. Newman, of the Chippewa, and his two_young 'children, and the captain of the Marion B., and his wife, whose names have not been ascertained. Blinding Snowstorm. A heavy wind, accompanied by a blinding snowstorm, struck the tow, according to’ Captain George McDuf- fart, of the tus, making it impossi- ble for him to see the lights of the barges. When the tug suddenly be- came unmanageable the skipper knew that at least one of the barges had foundered and it was necessary for him to cast off the hawser. With an eighty-five mile gale blowins he cruis- ed around for a time looking for the crews of the barge, but the storm in- creased so that it was necessary for a time for him to put into the harbor for safety. NO AMERICANS WERE KILLED AT HALIFAX But Vice Consul Cut by Flying Glass. Hilifax, Dec. 9—No Americans ‘were killed in the explosion, according to reports received by Ethelbert Watts, American _consul-gerieral. _Theodore Fisher vice consul. was badly cut about the head by flying glass, but otherwise was unhurt. Mr. Watts has received a number of telegrams from the state department asking about the situation especially regarding the safety of Americans and while answers were promptly filed, ap- parently they never reached Washing- ton. “Department regrets it is still with- out information in regard _condition, needs and injury o ‘Americans, Secre- tary Lansing wired last night. “Your telegraph report anxiously awaited.” In reply Mr, Watts sent this mes- sage to the department today: “Consulate and staff safe. -No casu- alties among American citizens here excepting Vice Consul Fisher slightly injured. Several thousand killed and wounded. Relief rapidly coming in.” Bixcept for the fact that he was two minutes later than usual in reaching the consulate in Granville street, the consul-general would have been killed or seriously injured for the plate glass window' behind his desk ~was shattered. The consul's chair and desk ‘was piled high with debris. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER BAGLEY WAS RESCUED With Five Other Men He Was Up and Land: Scilly Island ‘Washington, Dec. 9. Lieutenant Badly ked 32 Families Made Homeless by Fire BURNED OVER THREE WHOLE| | BLOCKS AT JERSEY SHORE, PA. LOSS IS ABOUT $600,000; Several of the Families Burned Out Attire in Scant Were Driven Out With a Blizzard Raging. Williamsport, Pa., Dec, which broke out at Jersey Shore, ne: here, early this morning burned ove three whole blocks, rendering 32 fam- | ilies homeless, destroying 10 business | houses and causing a loss estimated at | $500,000 before it burned itself out] along the.river bank after raging un- | checked for several hours. The fire was discovered in the Mc- Cullough block at 4 o'clock and fanned by a high wind, was soon beyond con- trol of the single fire company. sistance was started from this but the motor-driven engine became stalled in a enowdrift a few miles north of this city and had to turn back. Lockhaven also started assist-, ance, but owing to the heavy snow the fire fighters did not arrive until sev- eral hours later. Several of the families burned out were driven out'in scant attire with the thermometer near zero and with a blizzard raging. Ten Business Houses Destroyed. Of the 10 business houses totally de- stroyed, the heaviest losers were the S. M. Carter shoe store, Kelschner undertaking establishment, Samuel Henry tailoring_establishment, Mc- Cullough drygoods store, Willard cash Probst meat market. A. L. Ens]ish drysoods store and the Zettle bakéry and confectionery store. A relief committee was named by John T. Hyatt, chairman of the Jer- sey Shore. A safety committee which will co-operate with the Jersey Shore Red Cross chapter is looking after the victims. x b STATISTICS OF WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION. Second District Had 4,872 Accidents, 1,266 Agreements, and 92 Awards. Hartford, Conn. Dec. 9.—Statistics compiled by the Hartford Courant from figures furnished by Frederic M. Williams, chairman of the workmen's compensation commission, show that during the vear ending Nov. 1 there were in Connecticut 45,093 accidents to employes and that in 11,059 of these cases agreements or awards were ar- rived at. Of the casualties reported 644 were to railroad men, and 11 séttlements were le. One contested claim was disallowed because the in- jured party was engaged in interstate traffic when injured. The Fourth dis- trict furnished the largest number of cases, 12,204 occurring there. The Third district had the greatest share of rail- road casualties, 1,109. Figures for the five districts, which | troducea i bill in the Senate. (?nvn;iensed Telegrams inland apealed to America and Great Eritain for food. Saranac Lake, N. Y., registered 15 degrees below zero. Chicago school children will have an extra week's vacation to save coal. The Cadets defeated the Bolsheviki candidates in most sections of Russia. The steamer Norwalk was wrecked in the Yucatan Channel during a storm New York city _contributed 1,693 more men to the Yaphank army of drafted men. American Consui- reported himself | Ethelbert Watts, General at Halffax, and his aid safe. Scrator Shafroth, of Colorado, in- a nation-wide prohibition British trops are waiting for what they expect to be the bizgest German assauit of the war. Governor McCall, of Massachusetts, ordered the State Guard out for duty in the barred zone. Fire caused $56,000 damage to the Freeman-Bain grain elevator at Aber- deen, South Dakota. .+ Edwin P. Seaver, a former superin- tendent of the Boston .public schools, died at New Bedford. Austria-Hungary with coal, iron, steel, agricultural preducts, etc. | strikers in the Southwest agreed upon the terms with their employers and the strike was settled. Emperor Charles of Austria said that “when peace if declared that it will be the greatest day of his life.” . The Government is considering the appointment of a general manager to look after the supplies for war. Acting Mayor Frank L. Dowling, of New York, sent a message of sympa- thy to the Lord Mayor of Halifax. “Jim” O'Leary, “King of Gamblers,” had to leave his $100.000 home in Chi- cago to satisty a $19 400 mortgage. A woman is president of the Com- bined Engineers of the University of Colorado an organization of students. Miss Jeanette Rankin, Representtives from Montana, is confined to her home in Washington with ptomaine poison- ing. Stone’s wharf, the Lynn terminus of a water express line between Bos- ton and that city, was destroyed by fire. -+ The House of Commons decided 'to disfranchise conscientious objectors for. the duration of the war and five years after. Five thousands delicatessen clerks and kitchen workers struck for shorter hours and more pay in 2,900 stores In New York. Eighteen deaths were reported from coincide with the congressional dis- trict boundaries, follow: First—All accidents, 10,781; railr- cads, 614; agreements, 2,724; awards, 214, Second—All accidents, 4872 rail- roads, 524; agreements, 1,266; awards, 92. Third—All accidents, 8,016; railroads, 1,109; agreements, 1,833; awards, 210. Fourth—All accidents, 12.204: rail- roads, 910; agreements, 2,417; awards, 69. Fifth—All accidents, 9,220: railroads, the base hospitals at Camp Bowie, Tex. The deaths occurred from pneumonia or measles. Second Lieutenant Brown, 339th Field artillery, Camp Djge, lowa, was found intoxicated and dismissed from the service. At a meeting of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church, New York, $1000 was appropriated for the relief of the Halifax sufferers. CIVIL Denmark will supply Germany and Général Kaledines, Leader Followers Immodiately to Rebellion— Italians Are The long-expected civil warfare in Russia apparently has come. General Kaledines, the leader of the ‘Don Cos- sacks, supported by General Eornilofr, former commander-in-chief of the Russian forces, is declared in an af- cial communication iasued by the Bol- sheviki government to have raised the standard of revelt in the Don Cossack resion against the people and the rev- olutton. As a counter to the movement the Bolsheviki government has ordered its troops and followers. immediately to et to work to put down the uprising forbidding even any attempts at me- diation. No details of the uprising are as yvet to hand, but the proclamation of the | Boisheviki government asserts t |the constitutional democrats and the | bourgeoisie are aidtng the movement opainst the Leninite faction. The Coseacks, of which Kaiedines is the leader, ‘15 famous as dashing fighters and in choosing Kornfloft as his right hand, Kaladines obtains a military man ‘of unquestioned ability. Of equal interest in the world ‘war is the brilliant stamd the Italians have, made. in keeping back the rush of the Austro-German forces from the Asia- g0 platean reglon to the plains of northern Italy. Although the ememy had bent bagk the line of the defend- ers fo a’ point where it scemed that it must give’ way under the press of overwhelming numbers of men an WARFARE RUSSIA HAS BE XS of the Don Cossacks, Started a Counter Revolution HE IS SAID TO HAVE SUPPORT OF GEN. KORNILO The Bolsheviki Government Has Ordered lis Troops and Set to Work to Put Down Holding the Austro-Gern Forces From the Asiago Plateau Region to the Plains o Northern ltaly—Little Infantry Activity is in Progress the Western Front in France and Belgium. uns, the Itdlians, Il strength of t Fremch troops rushed have stemmed the tide and for the moment at the fighting to a p: Their infantry amd shock balied, the Austrian and Gerr p are still heavily bombarding points along _the front be Piave and Brenta are belng answered shot by the cannon of the alli the sides of the passes wh are holding the Its into play with gre: ers which we: enemy on many tried to m: their towards the plain. Little infantry ress on the wi and Beigium, oecasi activity is e altho secters from the Nort Verdun The Gi to gion of are ensuing yet decided General Dy ‘orces chosen pogitions on t tor, althoush their art; considerable activh brai- and in the regions and Banteux In the Verdun sector Bave made.another attempt ¢ the Frenvh line in T zonvaux, but were rep somcwhat brisk fighti comsiderable casuatties again 44 SAVED OF CREW OF DESTROYER JACOB JONES One of Them, Ensign Staunton F. Kalk, Died From Exposure. Washington, Dec. 9.—Vice Admiral Sims cabled the navy department to- day that 44 officers and men had been saved of the 110 known to have been aboard the destroyer Jacob Jones, torpedoed and sunk Thursday by a German submarine. He added to the Iist of dead Bmsign Staunton F. Kalk, who died from exposurs, and te the survivors an unidentified man picked up by the submarine after the de- stroyer went down. The total number of survivors is given as 44, including the man taken prisoner, but the total probable loss SENATOR CHARLES HUMBERT LEAVES THE PARIS JOURNA To Face Charge of Complicity in i lations With the Enemy. Paris, Dec. Humbert announces isswe of the Journal ing that newspaper, which returns to original owner. Senator Humbert’s resignat the Henri Let the newspaper direction th just before the semate is t nitely on the suspension munity so as to allow charge him with com: tions with the enemy, through his leged deallngs with Pierre Lenc 1 William Desouches, regarding money by way Twenty-sight thousand drafted men of_Pennsylvania will be on their way within @ few days to Camps Meade, Lee and Sherman 487; -agreements, 2,017; awards, 217. cannot be given until the corrscted of Switzerlan roster of the ship has been reported. The statement, issued shortly after noon by the navy department, reads: “Additional information received today from Admiral Sims reveal the fact that the Jacob Jones was tor- pedoed at 412 o'clock p. m. on De- cember 6. She began to settle aft and finally sank at 429 o'clock. ‘A submarine was not seen until The construction committee accept- ed an offer from Governor Milliken of Maine for the shipment by special train tomorrow of 200,000 panes of glass, te ntons of putty, and one hun- dred 'thousand rolls of tar paper. Another train with 25 physicians, 70 nurses snd suppiies from Massa- chusetts ard Maine arrived todav. It brought an equipment for a_500-bed hase hospital. The memorandum says another purpose is to induce soldiers to sub- scribe to loans. The organization works from general headquarters through divisions to companies and ev- en platoons. “Reliable” men are chos- en from each organization to carry on the propaganda. ANTI-PNEUMONIA SERUM Commander David Worth Bagley and Lijeut. Norman Scott were among the survivors rescued after the sinking of the American destroyer Jacob Jones by a German submarine in the war zone Thursddy night. The navy department was so ad- vised late tonight by Vice Admiral Sims. 3 These two officers, two warrant of- with Bolo Pasha. for way of the United purpose o estimate that between Atwenty and twenty-five million dollars ‘will be required, and in the names of these stricken communities we send out this message of appeal to the gen- eral public of Canada for immediate help. “Wo have confidence that the citi- zens of our city and province will not \fail us in the hour of our distress YALE JUNIOR PROM. MAY BE OMITTED —_— The first draft of men under the It Has Been Decided It Would Be Out|Canadian military service law will be i iti called to the colors on January 3rd, of Place Owing to War Conditions. | f21eC 20 P05 C0lor® Ottawa. New Haven, Com EELGIUM AND| GERMANY TO EXCHANGE PRISON Arrangement Was Made Thro Alfonso of Spain. Dec. 9.—Folow- More than 100 British aviators flew ‘The 7,100 blankets and ficers and two enlisted men were |ing action by the prudential commit- h 1 R sts Dultiltien Dy An ey spital cots sent by sta AND DWPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN | nam 5 v trom the Western front across the | some time after the ship sank. The| Havre, fra e S Soafident Lope that our ‘appeal 1o the| 150, hospi £ by the state of pamed in the admiral's despatch as |tee of the ¥ale University Corporation | ¢ to°the ltalian front to helD|Submarine then plcied up one survie e, France, Dec. 9.—Throug survivors in addition to the 37 previ- ously reported saved. Admira] Sims’ report said that Com- mander Bagley and the five other men Intewvention of King Alfonso of S an agreement has been rea which Belgium will repatri: other porticns of the Dominion will meet with a prompt and generous re- sponse, so thot it will be found that withstand the Teuton attack. vor whose identity is not known. ‘““Fhe destroyer was mot so far from the European coast as was indicated Are Called For by the Relief Workers in Halifax. The first Massachusetts unit to ar- rive has occupled what was once the marsion of the British general in seems probable that the junior prom- Yale's most important winter social event, will not take place this The sucar factery owned by Louls man civiliane removed from e |these sorely - *i:ted people shall be ™ 3 s, o D Himel Planting & Manufacturing CO. | by the — first despatches (1t was | merk Wiiare romo . it e rnall be | command of the forces here, as a hos-| Washington, Dec. 9—Urgent calls|saved with him got away in a motor | season. The committes formally pass- | Fimel flanung & WEAWITHRIE 29- g = X 4 who are now = | e o '® a0d| pital, with 65 beds. Sir Hobert L.|for anti-pncumonia serum and diph-|boat and were picked up and landed |ed upon the matter Saturday and de- | % he FAveia planiation wes,, Do Qrought last night that the incldent | Prance. Germany in tur Borden, the premier of Canada, visited theria antitoxin came to the American the hospital today and declared it a uninjured at the Svilly,Islands. Red Cross headquarters tonight from cided that the big event would be out of place in view of the war conditions all Belgian women and chil ed in German camps who s Needed. coast).” The Holland-American Line steamer “It will be of great assistance to us| triumph of organizing ability Telief workers at Halifax. The pub- (400 MEN FOR COAST prevailing. It was announced that | . J e 2oing sentenees for | mis e & ma- e = Niew Amsterdam wired to New York 4 “ B box gt 1 3hon ofers of goods or buflding ma | Steamer to Be Held For Shelter, |lic health service arranged to supply ARTILLERY SERVICE |informal dances weuld be permitted | omces tolling that the crew and 350 | VILLAGE OF ILLION, N. Y, s e Quantitics should be mentioned . so|_ The steamer Calvin Austin, dut from ;““Zl‘::‘eu'f‘ o s Tur 0w J‘;;‘:;;‘: s o e T e e et o eaa? that| passengers were all safe at Halifax. IS WITHOUT COAL{ $5oibie 5 by 5 all n tomorrow with supplies, will be s, s e Choasn in Connecticut Be- 2 T e s et ak it g hies Of =1l kinds THRY COmS By e at hike pler Tor &’ faw @svh e & R e tween December 19 and 24, Yagul: Indiane:attacked, ‘Faperanza } Hail.and OUd; Fallows’, Temple Throws S B et g e . ‘mal = LAND e o 8 i “The Bank of Nova Scotia, Hallfax. | homs for relief workers. serum brought assurances _ that a STAIRIARN INEN [ENGLAND, O Open to Residents. reprisal measures will act as treasurer of the relief fund and the branches of that bank and of all the other banks in Canada will re- veive subscriptions and transmit them to Halifax without charge. (Signed “1. F. MARTIN, ‘Mayor of Halifax. Williams, “Mayor of Dartmouth.” Hartford, Conn., Dec. 9.—Governor Eolcomb received a_ telegram from Adjutant |General Crowder _tonight directing that Connecticut furnish, as part of its next draft, 400 men for the coast artillery service. These will be chosen from the lists already availabje between the davs of Decem- ber 19 and December 24 from any place where they can be most easily found and in each case the men tak- liberations of cussed later large part of the 1,000 units wanted would be on the way north before morning. John F. Moors, in charge of the Red Cross work in Halifax reported toda: that general medical and other needs had been so fully supplied that furth- er contributions of supplies and con- tongents of doctors and nurses should await specific Tequests. OPERATING COMMITTEE. NON-RESIDENTS REQUESTED TO LEAVE HALIFAX All Those Not Engaged in Relief Work or There on Important Business Halifax, N. 8., Dec. 9.—All non-res- idents not engaged in rleief work or here on business of extreme emer- Americans. Thirty men are missing. Utica, N. Y, Dec. %—The village hall and Odd Fellows' temple in Illlon, were thrown open today for the resi- dents .of the village who are without coal. ' Never In the history of the village has the scarcity of coal been so acute. There is actual suffering. A mass meeting was lield in Oda Fel- lows’ temple last night when it was reported that many peaple have closed under C..L. Bardo of the New Haven Road| hree hundred and fifty officers com- missioned’ at the last session of the Has Been Selected. Plattsburg training school will re- Boston, Dec. 9.—Asnouncement was | port for duty at Camp Devens this made today that C. L. Bardon of the | week. New York, New Haven and Hartford rafirond had- been appointed chairman of the New England operating commit- CLEVELAND SWEPT BY WORST BLIZZARD” IN Y Three Lives Lost—Several Hous Burned by People Thawing Out Pipe - Incomplete returns from Porto Rico indicate that a high percentage of = gency today were requested by May- - — ! o which will be charged with bring- | the drafted men in the Island are R g 4| Clevetna, 0, Dee. 5. — ¥ A W“"‘::;“;L‘Z’;':ED HALIEAX | Shodartin to leave The elty at once | FOODSTUFFS FOR HARTFORD T e T o abomt. che gxoatast possible uniica. | physically At &nd very few claim ex- B e e Bt b e thermomeier af 5 degres belo e ey ke 5 £ c B cocic this afternoo ] " " modation and “the”shortage of food DURING THE WINTER [{ive draft to go into, effect December | torrttory auring the war. 3 D e R orers | were lost, several homes. Hhsty %t Has Heid Up a Systematic Search|supplies. In a second proclamation, B 3 ¢ o The other members of the committee | It was announced at the Department | XoeP orm, =~ The <t persons thawing ot pines, o me rveg ol ey the ‘mayor urged persons not on re- | To Be Considered by City Officiale, |cuBA T6 DEGLARE WAR are B. R. Pollock, Boston and Maine | of Labor that the dispute between the 2 woen Gyerpame bs ; lief missions to stay away from Hal- ifax for the next two weeks. After reports from committees which are endeavoring to handle a situation railroad; J. L. Truden, Boston and Al-| St. Paul and Minnesota _street rail- bany rafiroad; J. H. Gardner, New |roads and employes was laid before the England Steamship company, and D | President. , C. Dousias, Maine Central railroad. Railroad Officers and Federal Agents. Hartford, Conn.,, Dec. 9.—The prob- lem of securing enough foodstuffs for their home, four men with frowen hands or f man was seriously injured car as a result of the BRITISH AVIATORS BOMB Halfax, N. 4 torrential A GERMAN AIRDROME. rain flooded Halifax at daylight today. Accomparsed by a fifty mile gale, it ON AUSTRIA-HUNGARY Menocal to Sand Messyge to President Tty to ther ey f ‘the|2lmost bevond them, Mayor Martin | Hartford during the winter will be Congress Today. Anmeuncement was made Sunday|During Patrol Flights Two Hostile |in years “weeping down e e ores e pey Of une|issued this proclamation, with @ re- |considered by & committes composed D A. F. OF L. TO RESIST night that the headquarters in Con-| Machines Were Brought Down. . |city and continuins nome too sure shelter after the de-|QUSSt to local newspapers to print it |of city officlals, railroad officers and | -Havana, Dec. 9.—The belief was ex-| BURLESON'S RECOMMENDATION | necticut of the British-army recruiting % Ry Heariity of oou = Etruction of their homes Thursday by [In DIE tyDe on their front pages and |federal government atents in New [pressed By several congressmen thia detail would be changed trom Hartford | Londoh, Dec. 9.—Reporting on 'the |pressure hove added to 1 the explosion on the ammunition-lad- | 0,§%¢F, It there: - o | 2yen Monday. While food shortage |afternoce that President Menocal to- | That Postal Employes Be Denled the| 1o New Haven today. activities of British naval aircraft, an | forts. All traffic has be ayes is already felt here it is feared that soon condition will be mich worse as river transportation must cease short- 1y. One plan that wil be discussed is that of having the river steamers land thieir cargves at Seybedok Quriny the |ed nter and have them re-shipped by rail to Hartford. This has never been done but will be this season if the en steamer Mont Blanco in the har- morrow would send a ‘bor here. Search For Dead Held Up. Systematic search for the dead in a 2 half squaro mile area in was expected to take part today was held up. Throughout the devastat- ed zone the rain turned three feqt of admiralty statement says: President Wilson sent to the Senate| " «On Satur@ay forenoon naval air- the nominations of Howard E.. Coffin. | craft carried out a bombing raid upon of Michigan to be. chairman, and|the Aertryoke atrérome. The weather Richard Howe, of New York, to be a|was cloudy, but many bombs were member of the Afrcraft Board. dropped upon the oNfectives. ‘The 2. bombers were at®icked by enemy air- Clashes bn-';"“" ‘m‘;'—uh' triad| cratt scouts, two o h . wers, of Gaston B. Means rder brought down completely out of con- and afilate with the | Mys, Maude A. King, reached such| trel and appeared to be damaged. REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL Dr. Sidonio Paes Has Been Named Provisional President. Madrid, Dec. 9.—Information accommodations and scarcity of food supplies, all non-residents at present in the city not en relief work, or bus- iness of extreme emergency, are re- Quested’ to kindly co-operate’ with the rellef committee by leaving the city as soon as possible.” v AMERICAN AVIATORS that postal_empl right to organize snow into slush knee-Jeep at points, but despi‘s these conditions men and sharly. No additional estimates were forth- this morning as to the num- ber of dead. not. .'vam“ carried to the morgues = 2 bodies found in umexpected and it was sall many of the in- TRAINING IN FRANCE railroad facilitles 4re found to be ade- quate. 3 e R . VILLA 18 EXPECTED TO— RETURN TO OJINAGA Resist the Efforts of Federal Troops to Capture the Town. El Paso, Texas, Dec. 9—Francisco Villa and his main body of troops are To LAKE TRAFFIC 18 AT federation. He said the - federation STANDSTILL AT DETROIT point t the court ordered the 2100% ‘o vemain within the bar. Warner 8. Kinkead, col of cus- toms at Loutsville. long & widely Jnow- tucky, dled at Loulsville e et i, stetar-tn- v, Mre. Teached thc!l; in | the ary to native “During patrel flights two hostile machines were destroyed and one put out of eontrel Al of our machira: returned safely.” CUDAHY PACKING CO. EARNED $4,430,000 LAST YEAR Afeer iDeducting Intersst Payments and Reserve for War Taxes. Chicago, Dee. 9.—Various details of Samad I Tho. mational report Of 5. A in nal report o 5 of the Cudahy R ring. the saraiogs. of ; for the yeur ending O o T80, In round numbers et today, ioher & $4,430,000 teen recelved by the Portuguese tion in Madrid confirmatory of ous advices that the revolutio movement in Portugal had cessful. ‘According to the legation’s tion, the government under Costa has been thrown irom po and Dr. Sidonio Paes, former P guese minister. to Germany, has named president of a provisions ernment. Fall_on lce Proved Fatal Middletown, Conn.,. Dec. 9.—A on -the ice sustained by Le Grand Carpenter near his home Hampton today brought en & of heart failure that proved fatal Carpenter was 76 yeara of age and or. o. fthe best known business men