Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 12, 1917, Page 1

NORWICH, DECEMBER 12, 1917 |Another Scare Given Halifax BY STEAMER AFIRE SAID TO HAVE CARGO OF MUNITIONS ABANDCNED BY CREW CONN., WEDNESDAY, “Make it a Red Cross Christmas” PRESIDENT WILSON APPEALS TO PEOPLE TO BECOME MEMBERS 396 ,919 Cabled Paragraphs Crew of Schooner Forbin Saved. St. John, N. B, Dec. 11.—A steamer arriving here today with officers and men returning from the front brought the crew of the Quebec steamer For- bin, abandoned in a foundering con- dition 55 miles off Cape Race, N. F. China Sends Protest to Japan. Peking, Monday, Dec. 10.—The Chi- nese government has protested to Jupan in a note against the Japanese ! establishment of civil administration | in Shantung territory outside of the Tsing-Tau area. The postponement of a settlement of this question until af- ter the war is being sought by the Japanese authorities. PRESIDENT IS STUDYING THE RAILROAD SITUATION Today He Will Confer With the Mem- bers of the Railroad War Board. Washington, Dee. 11—In his first SUPREME EFFORT BEFORE U. S. TROOPS ARRIVE| vt Do gi-to e gex ) {ation, President Wilson tonight author- ized t:;hai ;‘WW!DTDE‘ comswndenumfi: On the British Front Huge Numbers of Airplanes Are En-|Guestion as to whether he would ad- gaging in Battles or Searching Out Points ‘Where Troops Are Concentrating—Daily Reinforcements for the Teu- VOL. LIX—NO. BIG GUNS PRESAGE - GERMAN OFFENSIVE 'FORTY-ONE OTHER NEGROES GET LIFE SENTENCE Artillery Duels of Magnitude Are in Progress From the North Sea to the Adriatic TEN PAGES— 76 COLUMNS THIRTEEN NEGRO SOLDIERS | For Murder of Houston Citizens Whil Raid Last August ConJ;nsed Telegrams The German army possesses about | 2.700 airplanes. i wem News from the frontier indicates that quiet prevails throughout Port- ugal. i o i A general increase in prices of Utah | coal at the mine was granted by the fuel administration. The second relief steamer to leave Boston for Halifax sailed yesterday, carrying goods valued at 150,000. EN AN ARM OF THE SERVICE | FORTY-ONE OTHER NEGROES GOT LIFE SEN C. W. ook of San Francisco was named director of operations. for the shipping board on the Pacific coast. A Group of Dartmocth Citizens Board- ed the Ship and Extinguished the Flames—Survivors of imo Tell of Cause of Collision—Looting Begun. An Intensive Drive is to be Made to Enroli New Members, the First Org- Four Others Were Sentenced for Short Terms and Five Acquitted—The Condemned Negroes Who Had Thir Fate Since Sunday, Displayed Neither Brava Fear—They Rode to the Execution Singing a Snow fell in Birmingham, Ala., and throughout the state yesterday, fol- lowing an unusually severe cold spell. anized Effort Since the War Com- K menced. Street fighting has occurred in Mos- cow and the Swedish consul there has advised all Swedes to leave the city. Halifax, N. S., Dec. 11.-With com- plete disregard for their own lives, in an effort to save this desolated city from another catastrophe, a group of Dartmouth citizens early today board- d a steamship. said to have been laden with munitions, which was afire, and which was being abandoned hastily by her crew. Carried Deckload of Oil. The vessel carried a deckload of oil Washington, Dec. 11.—With the slo- gan “Make It a Red Cross Christmas.® an effort will be made to add ten ni- lion new members to the five million | now in the organization. Oniy one| weelk has been aliotted to the intensive drive, but it is expected that this will be enough. This is the first organized effort -the Red Cross has made to en- roll new members since the war start- ea. Soldiers Sing When on a March—The Execution To The capture of a carrier pigeon, under whose wing was a message in German, was reported to the police at Halifax. Place at Fort Sam Houston, Tex.—It is Ex: Other Cou dress congress, but that he has given the matter most careful scrutiny and consideration and if he determined a change in the present plan of dealing lwith the transportation systems was necessary the first word on the sub- Difficuities which threatened a strike of 2.300 telegraphers employed by the Baltimore and Ohlo Kailroad were settled. tsmartial Will Follow for the President Wilson's Appeal. - 0 = ject would be addressed to congress.|3Nd as she came in close to shore with| . "0 Gsones appeal is as follows: | Perograd mewspapers say that Ch San Ant Dee. 11.—Thir- cers ¢ e sou tons Have Given Them Superior Numbers on All Fronts | It moud, B8 S000eses, 0 00 the smoke pouring from her superstructure |,,of® BESSIGEIUS BPRIAL 15,03 T0 nited | nese troops have -airived at Harbin, | teen negroc: < of the Twenty-| the sheriff of B members of the Rallroad War Eoard, ght of her beeing crew stirred | “T0 _ the | Manchuria, to protect Chinese in- | iourth s Tnfamry, were!the city or th dawn today execution terests. I of Hous- | fendants the watchers ashore to prompt action. ta of their murd —On the Northern Front in Italy the Artillery Fighting A volunteer fire fighting force was who asked for a conference today to “Ten million Americans are invited | submit information. The board, to join the American Red Cro-s dur- H - v o which speaks for the American Rail-)3uickly organized and the burning ship vel Christm The British casualties reported for ton <t August when mem- | their companion is Intense—In Russia the Counter-Revolution Move- |2t Siuais, [or 100 ARSHR, K27 | was boarded. “After hard work ' tne |Ing the, week ending with Chrisumas|, Th0, S7chGing *vasiorday mumbercd ' hers of that resiment cnzaged in mu- | announcement had bec ’ : = . _|roads themselves can work out unifi- m""'m“:,;e:‘;zh:fe"‘:g:fh“‘} rohe oreW |branch of our reat national effort | 23,556, compared with 28,822 in the tinous rioting in the city's streets.| Dressed As If For ment Headed by General Kaledines is Growing in|cation for the war without govern: |remained ashore today, preferring the Bianch o OiC hilcia "and it is pe- | Previous week. : - iy-ono. other mezroes’ wer Sen-| oy eomdemned me ment control, and without repeal of|ZiC ¥ @ DArt | culiarly fitting that at Christmas sea-| . i ton in| ton°ed 1o life fmpriscoment; four oth-| i Shorhing o few m Strength—The Situation in Moscow is Said to be Serious. | fnt-poclias laws or a government| gince the expiosion on the Mont[S0n the Red Cross should 'be the| 0 Jereass qfJen S0 & Shaqig | Giyen MO 1emS /1 five Years ac-| repular army reveil . It develored tonight Dantel Wiara, |Blanc, crefms of I'rench munition vas- | DUIRCE (oGS BRICH Tennissce was announced by the fuel | TTn the darle of the night army mo- |Miltary guard had be _— president of the Baltmore and Ohig|Sels are fevorted to be unwilling to| €55 [0 TP 3 SRR, | ican mea | administration. tor trueks conveved the lumber for the | ke Snd IO sound railroad and chairman of the govern- o Cross because it alone can carry the e scaffold to a little clearing In a lone-| TP T ENE 00 H Along the entire western front from ing in a great explosion in which sev- |ment’s war industries board, had asked| Statements by Two Survivors. * |pledges of Christmas good will t3 tha e| Alexander Von Girsewald, former|ly mesquite thicket the 'Bfe gov-| rore (Sleering exc _ the North sea to the Adriatic artillery leral hundred soldiers were killed. the heads of the four railroa em-| ' According to statements obtained to- |Who are bearing for us the real bur- | German consul at Seattle, was urrekujd ernment reservation, where the me- | i, T THOE ] -4 e C5t great magnitude are being| Between the Brenta and Piave rivers | ployes’ brotherhoods to meet him here aay from survivors of the Norwegian|dens Of the world war both in our |as a dangerous alien, according to fed- | groes, convicted by courtmartial, were | ogiilor uniforms St “which doubtiess are the fore- |on the northern front in Italy the ar- |tomorrow for a conference. Mr. Wil-| sioamer Tmo, which eollided with® the |army and navy and in the nations up- | eral authorities. %o aie. el I o of the expected great offensive |tilery fighting is described by th®|lard said his purpose was to talk about|Mont Blanc, the latter ahip flew ne|on Whose territory the issues- of the o <Pl 5 Erected Death Traps. Displayed No Fear. T eanio allies have in view be- |Rome war office as intense, and there |questions rending before the Indus-|red flag to indicate that She carrieq |world war are being fought out. Your| n.doltars will be advanced| . . " e e e e ore the American troops can reach the |is eimilmr activity in the coastal re- |tries board, but the fact that the broth- | a° carge of explosives. They deslared |evidence of faith in this work is neces- | by the war and mavy department to} And there. ! (Of bonfres.| They aisplayed ne battle fronts in great numbers. glon near the mouth of the PBve.|erhood leaders would be here gave riso | aiso. that they were not aware that|Sary for their heartening and cheer. | the Bethlehem Steel Company on mu- | army ensin prec ficeanic g R e o I Ea Arras fronts held | where the Austrians Monday captured |to weneral beliet that they would be|ihe Mami Bione en motnmmare that RId T Fotiol of, Bullorimn. nitions contracts. ape we .3 n theling a hymn, but the by the British, on various eectors east- |a position in the Cape Sile region, but | called into some of the various con-land that when they saw her crew| «you should the Fod Cross bes s in F e o T e | O O a rrom St Quentin to Alsace, in |later were driven out with heavy 1osses | foernces on the big auection of What|running away thes (hOuSht it was fae ou should join the Red Cross be-| Every American soldier in Framce|the condemned nexroes and the oficersed at the clearing, the The hill country bordering the Italien |in killed and men made prisoner. the Eovernment is £oing o 00 AhoUt| 1o oS aes Snale, (IOUERt it was due lcause this arm of the mational service |including those atiachud to the French |and men of the militars uard. Tt was|the men shack : Dlains and at ponts slong the Piave| In Russia the counter-revolutionary |the railroads. e T e e Curon: e || Siseatastly audl emclantly mafutatns | snd’ Grifish axmics) willl rective” & |the sy molor tmick: the oniy incl_| the trackscto n river the big guns everywhere are in |movement L ener, lo- = was coming into the harbor on the| s 2 o i SO R e T N aa o o o n in strength. Realiz- . fering land, administering our millions tion different from previeus ones. that dressed to me . Siilligh fveat: Mugs numbee e T o e sitacsion, | CONVENTION OF WOMAN wrong side when, the collision occurred. | wisely and well and awakening tie| A vessel flying the American flag, | enabled tha officers in charge to keepiguard, who had been in charsze of Mirpienes are. Gontinuously winging | considerable forces of troops from the SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION Confused by Whistle Blasts. Eratitude of every Deople. Our con- | belleved to 'bo A herring fisherman ! vecret the time .and the place of the|grocs since they v their way to the battle lines, engaging | Russian front are being rushed from = > There was a slight mist, they said, |Science will not let us enjoy the Christ- | from Gleucester, Mass, went ashor nging. And it was the army truck | from Fort Dliss, w PP amtics im the alr or searching out |the trenches to give battle to Kale-|400 Members Will March om the Cap-|ana while in the narrows they heard |0as season if this pledge of upport|near Codroy, that so quickly obliter:ted all traces|sion from any of the ne s where troops are being concen- |dines’ Cossacks. itol in Washington Today. |20 Diast, Indicating that 4 ship whs |to 0Ur cause and the word's wenl is 2 of ihe exteution and carried the Aead! Apmy Chaplain O . Prated. | The only infantry ectivity| The situatior in Moscow, which is Approaching on ihe Tialifax sida of the |1eft unfulfilied. Red Cross' member-| Judge Alexander Dowling, 80, judge |bodies to n place nearhy which is as| SO7 BUAP 900 OF et on any of the Fronts 1s in |held by the EH:heviki, is sald to be| TWashington, Dec, 11.—Four hundred|harbor, which was the wrons cide. The [ShiP I8 the Christmas spirit in terms [of the supreme court of Indiana from | indistinguishable as the execution site.j AT Army chaplain o the nature of raiding operations. serious. Unofficial advices are to the|women gathered here for the 49th an-|Imo's course was directed toward the |Of action. e E T o N lond GReinibiRiorl) befare fthe lofeinl anncuncement Mad|fl 5 2 thit nesrods The Teutons daily continue to rein- [effect that street fighting already has | nua! convention of the National Amer- | Dartmouth side and while taking that |.president - or bl At ON: pog | fice at New Aigany, Ind. been mado of bow, the order of thel liood quietly while cay 1 force by larss numbers fheir already [occurred there and that the garrison|jcan Woman Suffraze Association will | course they heard one biast, which in- | Fresident *of the American Red K’ e courtmartial had been carried out R e anyorien ang thes . stperior forces on all the fronts. In |is showing signe of mutiny against the (march on the capitol tomorrow to | dicated a vessel was on the right side, S Eotier Eremise, Awiith. stronsly, |Swhe ibonnrel Mumination!; for. thelrrl Saws” mador in chaw . he rush of troops and munitions to|Bolsheviki, who have placed ‘machine | present arguments to fheir state con-|The Imo attempted to etop but could endoryed President Wilsoh'a inemsage | hanging Just &s ‘the eastern skv was| "o\ ieave a sign the theatre in which the British are|guns in the streets to combat a feared | gressional delegations in _favor of the!not, and the Mont Blanc was struck | FURTHER REDUCTION OF as clearly expressing the intentions |streaking with grav through thej | sprang the traps. Plunged Ninc F uprising. Starvation is threatening the Populace of the city. and desires of the allies. operating one German train is reported morninz clouds, the hleak Jandscape of o have collided with another, result- @ull gray and bronze against the new passage of the federal suffrage amend- under the bridge, starboard. ment, reported today by the house ju- Hope Abandoned for Sixty Men. ALCOHOL IN BEER. diciary E T T 2 It is reported at Eagle Pass, Tex,|tifmbers of the roush seafford stood| The negroes plunged r = Sifeary committee without recommend-| o 00 N pandoned today for sixty |Beer Brewed After Jan. 1 Will Contain | that Mexioan forces headed by Gut: fout, the khuki-glad mittary guard, of- | stant desih INDUSTRY AT FORJ SMITH, MOTOR VEHICLES FOR The executive cwn%{'l“n ‘was learn- m‘ ‘:ano e londhg provisions on Only 2 3-4 Per Cent. 2:;;;1“ an u:‘d:lg::d;-:x:c:wer- bave flcm;sflwl:}:\ m:‘; Is"nlm':': l|pt|n;nn(\ y:‘v.,,,f,‘r;m- the éxecution = h 2 ed today, probably Wil recommend |the steamer Picton at the Acadia. sugar | S T i red 3 E ‘|meatn > cold, all made an unfor-|turn of the guard to ;i ARK, PARALYZED BY STRIKE| ., TRANSPORTATION-OF MAIL |0 290 o whicl begins form-|refinery -at the timé ©Of the disdster.| Washington; Dec. 11. — President Tl X gettable picture. Hu now, one might|what had occurred dic t sp fs Have B: Made to Wash-|ls Indicated in Notice. Received at|20l7 tomorrow, that if the suffrage|There were shells on the ship and when | Wilson tonight iesued a proclamation| Strong support is beifig given the!tramp for hours over the ‘brush-cov:|through the camp or throush fire broke out on the Mont Blanc they |reducing the alcoholic content of beer | press of Rome to a proposal made by 2 s = amendment is defeated at this sessio cred acres of the military reservation |until anmounced by newspapers ington and State Officials for Relief. Hartford Calling for Bids. the nssooiation enter the congressions|decided to put the eovers on fhe holds, | brewed after Jan. 1, 1918, to two and | several organizations to name b street | withont Anding either execution site | crented some demonstration == = al election nevt year in an effort to|though most of them knew the Mont | three-quarters per cent. by weight|of Rome after President Wilson. or place of burial, though the hanginz he'y Hartford, Conn., Dec. 11.—That the United States government is to use motor vehicles for transportation of mail in order to relieve the railroads of the burden is indicated.in a notice negroes who had follow of the trial in the nat ings’ at a few negro chureh at_these, however, we No announcement when the forty-one n Fort Smith, Ark, Dec. 11.—The gen- eral strike sitnation here wWas un- changed today, all industry being par- alyzed by the want of power. Volum- inous telegraphic appeals to Washins- and prohibiting the use in the manu- se.ure of malt liquors of more than seventy per. sent. of the averaze amount of foods, fruits, food materials and feeds used in such manufacture Blanc carried high explosives. As the shock came, the pier to which the ship was moored collapsed, a mass of wreckage. It is belfeved the sixty men were buried in the ruins. elect enough members favorable to sufftage to insure passage of the amendment by the succeeding con- gress. DETAILS OF SINKING OF occurred not more than a__hundred yards _from both houses -which lhave heen hullt mear a swimmin= pool in the Seldo Creek for men of the nation- al army cantonment at Camp Travis. ..British tonnage completed in the month of November was within meas- ureable distance of the tonnage losses in that period by’ enemy attacks. In order to ‘augment the police force |during the one year period ending on & L I =sentence hy th - ton and the state capital for relief|received here calling for bids on such and give the much overworked con|that date. The Western Union Tesgraph com- All Were Stoical. ARt S e Hawe been made by business interests. | work. The notice calls for sealed pro- DESTROYER JACOB JONES |stablet a chance to rest, a number of| After Jan. 1 the proclamation pro-|pany declared an extra dividend of ' mue condemned nezroes had lmown | worth. The injunction granted against in- |posals to be received by February:l, ——— Prominent men of ‘the. Gity ‘underiook | vides no péroon_shall use any fond. | one per cent, togsther with the IeEUIAT |of (hetr fate since Sunday. Twelve| = Of ihe others, four were 3 terference by strikers with the opera- 11918, making bids for a motor mail [ Was Struck Just After She Had Com-|the work of resular constables to- |f-ults, food materials or feed in ehc|quarterly disbursement of 1 1-2 PeT|of {hem sought spiritial consolniion |to dishomorable dischar o tion of the power hon‘ie proved -m ;m-r‘}e I;gl:we;x:_‘fle’wu Yor'l:, o I';ml; pleted Target Practi night. - Drodllcflc“\ of malt :‘Nuor unéeas he - of army Y. M. C. A. workers. The|army, forfeiture of anl yesterdaye for the reason ford. 3 w! ew Yorl e & = cures a license to do so and complies e o n cen’| ances due, and prison ter B Jeotion “eompany refused to take by way of Watsrbury, Danbury ami Man Found Alive in the Ruins. 2 | thirteenth, whose namo has not by ances due, and p with - rules and regulations that < A man who survived the explosion ! hereafter be igsued governing the p: R was found among the ruins today. He | duction of such liquor and its alcohol.c was discovered while searchers were content and no person shall import any Base of the American Flotilla in British Waters, Dec. 11.—(By The As- sociated Press.)—The American tor- | A Geneva despatch to the Copen- | hagen Vessische Zeitungz says f.i on| receiving the cardinals the peopie wil deliver a pronuncianto on the ques-| disclosed, ‘gave no inkling that he knew. Outwardly all of ths negroes were stofeal. Thev dil not know the vears and two ve Five were acouitted their_commands. White Plains, a_distance of 105 miles. The schedule calls for the motor truck to leave Hartford at 530 in the morn- the risks under the protection offered. Today officials of the county and city offered the protection the traction i | oLt LRSS SRR SRR (o Secmed. mecessary and it 1a |ing, reaching New York not later than | hoog sont oo Tre nad mm e oo | Femoving the debris from the North |such liquor except under license (o be | tion of peace. fate (S aihe expontion. bfilast mlentl In wplfs of fhe sxecull : expected that light and power will be 230 in the aftérnoon. Cars willleave |get practice. The torpedo struck the|Strest rallway station. He had Leen|issued by the treasury departme.it’ S : guardhouse, where thex have been|this morning the riot at Iic avallable by tonight. New York and arrive in Hartford on |destroyer admidships, blowing the aft- | S*3Sht between two beams, and beyond Samuel Strouss, 31 years old, anl in- | | igoners more than month and placed |a closed incident. Investiza D s Radule. _|er part of the vessel to pleces. Some|2 feW brulses was unhurt. It is pre- {l . tpdte of & flarge boarding house. ln|i, separate barracks i in prograss and it is These trucks will not only E sumed _the man had been unconscious | MEETING OF SAVINGS Bridgeport. has. been isolated by the | S : - DIoEES 1 4% e - GERMANY MADE PEACE €aITy | ity men engaged in that part of the Aside from less than a dozen offi-!tional courtmartials wiil mail bags but the drivers are to be required to sell stamps and receive and deliver registered matter and al- S0 to take care of the registry of mafl along the route. The contracts are to run until June 39, 1921, and the con- tractors are to be bonds of $20,000. 1 since Thursday. When placed on his feet he seemed dazed and asked what had happened. His identity has not been learned. Looting Has Begun. ' At the request of the city board of control, the military authorities will BANK ASSOCIATION Was Addressed by Alfred L. Aiken of Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. health authorities because of his being ship were killed. The remaining afflicted with smallpox. members of the crew got away on farts and life boats, in which they remain- ed until the next morning, when the regoue steamer arrived. | - everal of the men died from ex- required to furnish | posure, while others suffered severely during the seventeen hours in the boat. OVERTURES IN SEPTEMBER Foreign Secretary Balfour Is Told the House of Commons. London, Dec. 11.—Foreign Secretary Balfour fold the house of commons ELECTIONS IN SIXTEEN MASSACHUSETTS CITIES An Unchanged Lineup on Liquor Li- RECORDS ESTABLISHED BY, CROPS OF COUNT Two hundred thousands persons took part in a demonstration before the American embassy at Rome. Among the speakers was Congressman Fiorello la Guardia of New York. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 11.--4t the snnual meeting of the Savings Bank Association of Connecticut heid here Value Far Exceeds Other Years. Their tained. today that a communication had been received by Great Britain from Ger- L ‘was re- Boston, Dec. 11.—An unchanged line- T e o UNDE! v, oY o umber of frelght cars were | 05 Chosen were: Willis S. Lyon, of | ghancellor of the exctequer, AndreW |, °cn'hi liquor ilcenss was maintain- |zenerally, with the R e oo e miad o wet R _CULTIVATION | govERNMENT FUND TO oman soorterto he “pom: ong | Bridgeport: Arst. vice president: Ar- | Bomar Law, will movs o credlt of|cF By the uixteen Masmchysetts citiex Rocal, cstablished records TO PLACE MORE LAND The survivors of the disaster are reported to be doing well. place a mounted patrol on the de- stroyed area to suppress looting. To- today, S. Fred Strong-of New Haven efected president. Other offi- In the house of commons today the £550,000,000, bringing the total for the cense M, Washington, Dec. 11 B naation with Gree | Sscretary Lane Suggests e e hile uncons S DOl o | thur L. sAllin, Middletown, second Vice 00, bri © tots holding elections today. In contragt|tion this vear and their value R et e o oeiation oF fl,w'o.ano i BUY_FARN. LOAN BONDS | e e Tl e ko | preaint: Axtier T Netiieton, New | fiscal’ year 191718 to £2,450.000000.. | wieh the’ overturna of the municipal|ceeds that of other years. C: 3 - s own, resident: Willi s el ver, v an early frost The British government replied it| pose, May Be Established to Strengthen|ment driver, who was thrown to the |% thicd wice prestient; Wiliam .| - o jice investigation -resulted. in:'the | Sloctions last week, when, four Ofithol2uesy/ CCUERT bY) &0 cat was prepared to receive any commu- nication the German government might decide to make, and to discuss it withi Great Britain’s allies. CONNECTICUT WILL SEND DOUBLE'ITS QUOTA Into the Armies of the United States —4,305 Men Have Enlisted. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 11—Con- necticut will send double its quota in- to the armies of the United States. When recruiting closed tonight the to- e ‘Washington, Dec. 11.—Hundreds of thousands Lane today reported to congress. of acres of land in the other equipment and to make ar- rangements for working the land un- der the direction of the secretary. A survey conducted by the depart- ment of the interior under authority of congress has shown that approxi- mately 600,000 acres of land ‘on vari- Agricultural Loan System. ‘Washington, Dec. 11—A $50,000,000 United States, hitherto untilled, “may | governmeat_fund with which to buy be placed in' cultivation, Secretary [farm loan bonds' may be established An | by congress as a means of strengthen- appropriation of $1,900,000 was sug- |ing the agricultural loan system gested for the purchase of seeds and If the fund is not created the alter- cent. . | native probably will be the raising of the interest ratesto 5 per cent. In an- ticipation of the possibility of such faction, the interest rate.on loans farms has been raised to 5 1-2 per to Another modification of the farm street from his engine by the explo- !lt:?’ had money mgfiun his pock- e \Warning was issued about picking up explosives_after an ‘accident this morning to Clifford Ceondran, a boy. He picked up a tube ‘and struck it with a hammer. It exploded and in- jured him severely. He is not expect- ed to recover. Unable to Sort Mails. Since Thursday Halifax has been practically cut off from mail communi- cation with ‘the outside world. The few'officials able to work at the post- Lum, Wallingford, secretary: Harvey J. Brooks, Deep River, treasurer. The executive committee chosen follows: Jchn H. Wadham, Torrington: George H. Stoughton, Hartford; Charles F. Harwood, Staffora Springs: Frank E. Robinson, Jewett City; Bdward H. ! Deming, Farmington. The meeting was addressed by Al- fred L. Aiken, governor of the federal Reserve Bank of Boston on Savines and War Financé, and John E. Old- ham on Public Utifity Bonds as Sav- ings Bank Investments. Bankers from nearly every town in the state were present. . identification of a decomposed body found buried near the Du Pont plant at Hopewell, Va., as tha Hallihan, a soldier, Pa. is able to act. The situation t of W. from Pittsburgh, The correspondent at Amsterdam of the London Daily Express reports that the Germans are rushing troops to the western front with the idea of smash- ing the entente allies before America Moscow is reported to be grave, according to a Times des- eighteen cities were swun from dry to wet, the twelve cities which opposed license last vear adhered to their poli- cy today and the four citles favoring licenses maintained their former at- titude The license cities ars Chelse rence, Lowell and Worcester. y cities’ are Attlebord, Beverly, Everett, Lynn, Malden, Medford, Melrose, New- burypert, Newton, Revere, Somerville and Woburn. Three rapublican mayors were elect- ed: Charles W. Fldridge, i~ Somer- ville; Wilfred D. Gray in Woburn and ‘Worcester. J. a miliion bales from ca Lateness of planting, beca weather, and the shortness son. due to early frosts, cur duction of many crops. Final estimates announced the department of agric the great corn crop to have azed to the extent of bushels by frost. never production establishes year with 3,159,494,000 © is value, also a record, is $4.0: The wheat crop shows a d about 9,000,000 bushe o , @, lmes - - e 5 ous reclamation projfects and large|loan system which will be sought of |office, with th® condition the Buloin patch from Petrograd. The garrison |P. G. Holmes-in forecasts, ~This vear's — = at 4-lareas of Indian lands are suscepil neress to increase from to = 8 | Fi how: n; ination and i % 58,000 365 and the ‘nn.m!:r asked for is 2,- (o b ible | co1 $10,000 is in, h_ave ‘Deen unable to sort.the| TROLLEY FARE HEARING shows signs of insubordination a: B‘“E mated at 650 828,000 228, The rush to enlist continues and the total is expected to be well over 4,500 when recruiting closes Thursday afternoon. Notice was given here to- of cultivation. ON TRIAL FOR VIOLATING FEDERAL FOOD LICENSES ual. $25,000 the maximum which may be made by a land bank to any individ NEW NON-STOP RECORD mails. 5 The city began ‘the task, of clear- ing the streets of thausands of tons of broken glass. Interments took place CLOSED AT HARTFORD. ger Punderford Exhibited Chart of Increase in Cost. . General Mana sheviki commander. reported to be disobeying the The Cossacks are preparing to fight, the Petrograd correspondent of the OBLIGED TO ENLARGE RECRUITING STATION Because of Rush of Men to Enfist at value at $548 372.000. ats is a record crop bushels and a value of with 1 0 13, 600. 3 The potato crop ls the ¢ day that men of African descent may . |all day at the cemeteries. London Daily Mail reports. Three Hartford. vn with a tota Sow secure good army berths by en. | Two Wholesale | Grocery Establish- FOR AIRPLANE FLIGHTS.| A scare was caused ratng hen ome | Hartford, Conn., Dec. 11.—In closing trainioads of Cossacks are said to be (gt g L as mechanics or artisans. ts , walls ‘buil at Bielgorod and three at Sumy, com- s ., Dec. 11.—Such Pl o) odant Tisting hanics o ments in New York. s R s Mok Sl e e s s the day’s hearing on the six cent fare Igorod ai Y, Hartford, Conn., Dec. uch. 2| - Other crops whose prod: 7000 TONS OF COAL DUMPED INTO LAKE ‘When Steamer Presque Isle Went Ashore Near Sheboygan, Wis. n, Wis., Dec, 11.—The coal cargo- of 7,007 tons of the steamer New York, Dec. 11—Trial of the first cases growing out of violations of federal food licenses in this city| was conducted by the federal food board today when proprietors of two ‘wholesale grocery establishments ‘were arraigned on charges of extor- tion in the sale of sugar. Decisidn ed in both cases sfter.the was Diego, Cal., Miles in Nine Hours, Ten Minutes. San Francisco, Dec. 11.—Miss Kath- erine Stinson, lished a new official American non- stop record for airplane flights when she arrived here late today fromt San covering the distance of €10.miles in nine hours and ten min- Texas aviatrix, estab- found to be in a very dangerous con- dition and likely to collapse. It was shored up affer the oocupants had been ordered out. MONTHLY REPORT OF STATE BUREAU OF LABOR before the public utilities commission this afternoon John K. Punderford, vice president and generdl manager, exhibited a chart showing the increase in cost of maintenance and operation that has come about recently. His testimony dealt largely with the feas tures of labor and . Of labor he sald that when the Connecticut company wae organized it only paid manded by General Korniloff. Under the of Osca December 3, the widow, A volume . written by Simuel De r Lewisohn, who died at his home in New York who was formerly Bdna May, the actress, is be- Qqueathed $125,000. Mr. - Lewisohn's wealth had been estimated at $5,000,000. rush to enmlist came to the local United States army recruiting station today that the officer in charge was com- pelled to engage a*large office adjoin- ing his guarters to take care of the applicants. During the day 84 of those examined were passed and'sent away, and tomorrow an even bigger .day's 'work Is anticipated. Today many of the men enlisted were those who had lishes records are rye beans, onions, cabbage FEDERAL AGENTS AFTER FOODSTUFFS SPECU A Number of Them Have Left nd ington for Various Parts of Cou Presque Isle which went ashore ten|defendants had agreed to refumd the |utes. - Pesitions Were Sesured;For £,804. Par- | ST el per hour for 1abor on a | Champlain in 1603 on his explorgtions | been calied under the first draf. and | Washington, Dec. 11— miles porth of here Sunday, was |overcharges to customers. ‘Miss Stinson_started at 7.37 a. m.| -Sons—There Were 3,264 Applicants. |ien hour basis as It now paid o a alns |in Ci entitled “Des Sauvauges,” |most of them entered the coast ®rtil- |0f the federal trade comm s 3 dumped into the lake today after the| Herman Pwokis, one of the defend- |from the North Island aviation grounds| hour schedule. which whs bought several years ago in |lery eervice. Enlisting here will end [here tonight for various s boat commenced to leak badly. Ac-|ants, was charged with compelling [at San Diego and arrived at the Pre.| Hartford, Conn, Dec. 11.—The re- - a book 'store for 30 cents, was sold for |at § oclock Thursday evening. the country to b n A tion was taken in order to release the |customers to purchase other articles |sidio military reservation at 4.41 p. m.|POTt Of the state bureau of labor for| EXPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS $3,600 at a book sale in New York rected by Commissioner V yessel to Rvert danger of the Dboat|befors they could gbtain sugar, and|The flight was made in a biplane with |the month ending November 30 shows ING H yesterday. 4 MUNITIONS FACTORY IN dock into reported specula pounding to pleces. the firm of Goldbers and Cohen was |a triplane body. that in the five free agencies 3,822 per-|. ARE_GROW; EAVIER. | stuffs which Food Admin No attempt will be made to define charged with having charged as high the future position of Jerusalem until sons applied for and of these 2,- as 18 cents & pound for sugar. 894 were secured positions. During GERMANY DESTROYED |ver has charged w shortages and hi h r WOMAN’S PARTY MILITANTS For Ten Months Ending in October MERIDEN MAN KILLED 3 —_———— the month 3,246 persons for| ° Totalled $, a_general comes, the London jessei hemical Works N Destinagions of the FILE_ EIGHT $50000 SUITS| i,y 00 NAVAL RESERVISTS BY FALL ON ICE workers. " The mt.n%pfl- wm o l:na«.o«. | Zim e uy?'tg understands. Tn the e G'::::E,:.:::hg.m.o e were kept secrct and Against Jail Officials of the Distriot - cants who were placed at work was ashington, Dec. 11—Exports of | meantime the city will be treated as ¢ 3 ing thieir activities vwill be \gal ail frgreseF ) GOING TO PALM BEACH |Joseph S. san, 47, Died of a Brok-|75.7 against 77.3 for October. foodstuffs from the United States for | British mluuxl;;:eouplflnn and wil be || 1ondon, Monday, Dec. 10.—Germany |Until the commission en Neck. “eriden, Corin., Dec. 11.—Joseph S. the ten fonths ending in October to- talled $1,802,244,046, figures announced Dy the bureau of foreign amd for suspected person fenders will be haled the . commission, _ Those Who Attended. the Training Camps in Connecticut. suffered a disaster comparsle with a very serfous military defeat in the ex plosisn’ last month . which destroyed GENERAL STRIKE OF UNION MEN IN TWIN CITIES W on, Dec. 11.—Bight damage A resolution by _Senator Overman rashingt suits for $50,000 each were filed to- tonight T7ison, aged 47, slipped commerce show. For the | asking the secretary of war whether . 2 step, and ordered to s @ay aguinst the threo commission- | An Atlantic Port, Dec. 11— Enroute | ihe soad st oUtora ot Mn Socae pers 8 ey ¥ 3 Jear the total was | there are any military rules pronibit- | o Crlessein: chemical =works —near| Dol (ol “Vigiation ot ers who govern the District of Co-|to West Palm Beach, Fla., to continue | tonight and died a few minutes later.|1as Been Ordered For -Thursday 4B176, B ot o, foodstuity fn the mingiing of ‘officers and- pri- (Frarkiort-on-the-Maln, ome = of the | ocy) in’ carrying the Imbis and the superintendent of the | training for service in the American|He had started downtown on an er.| Morning—In Sympathy With Street O?bcr of this year exceeded $98,000,- | vates ly when off duty or which 5,?:‘,‘;"‘;‘;‘,"‘““;““‘0~ A eement 1o |eral_court Jal hers, by 1S womany Party mill- |navy end merchant marine, the first |rand and took to the road for safer| Car Employes. 7 000. would tend to caste . distinctidy was | Forid, according to) . statement is-| Crull publictty will pe Sormen | Jenios navel Sesorve salioniror Hesy tonight. Those walking. The gutter was filled with . Sales of manufactured goods abroad ice and he slipped and fell, dying with- * 951 1 Rt aompared with B0t the adopted by the, genate. case where the: commiizsicr ing the White Houss. The to believe that speculat - “|said to bhe impossible ta reconstruct charged assault and comspiracy. Minn., Dec. 11.—All union the works during the war. The state- St. Paul, men in 8t Paul and Minneap will amoun t composing the detach- [in ten minutes. The m - |advantage of their country & ment aitended the trainiig camap con- | Iher returncd & Nading of |sbclasnial o m | 336000 for ' the same Deriod of 1915, | st e et Show oh her AENEInE. tronts | Hme. Sultan of Turkey Il ducted in Connecticut during October. | death, due to @’ broken netk. Mr. Wil- with | The _increase was in'the ex- iron amounting to [ e aflw“ R e ko e 036 Geneva, Dec. es re-| Another detachment, made up of|son is ‘survived by his nephew, one it of manufactures for further 15 per cent., 3 East Berlin. — Although ¢ ceived here by way of report | boys from New York, and a third from | daughter, a teacher ‘in the Deep Riv- , which reached Yitimore and Obi scarce, the stone jjuarry oo hat the sultan of Turkey is seriously | New England- states, are to be sent|er school, and one son, a. sophomore “application_filed with the 'secondary schools in Portu- shipment of crushed stone, anc [ pe ~Ito the winter training camp soon. at Harvard. - 592 Commerce’ Commission. closed as_the result of a strike. plant is running daily. - ! are. )