Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 14, 1917, Page 1

Norwich VOL. LIX.—NO. 399 POPULATION 29,919 S -~ BWalletin NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1917 TEN PAGES—76 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS ALL ENTENTE LINES ARE STILL HOLDING The Latest Attack of the Germans in the Cambrai Region Was a Complete Failure TEUTONS LOST HEAVILY IN KILLED, PRISONERS n the Attack Wednesday Between Bullecourt and Queant, the Germans Left Many of Their Dead When a Hurried Retreat Was Ordered—In Italy the Austrians, Having Found Efforts Fruitless to Enter the Venetian Plain, |several bundings. | have been frustrated, telegraphs the correspondent at Tien-Tsin of the Daily Mail Madeira Shelled by U-Boat. Lisbon, Portugal, Déc. 13.—Funchal, capital of Madeira, has been bombard- led by a German submarine. Forty shells were fired, killing or wounding a number of persons and.damaging " Zeppelin Landed in Dutch Village. flag, descended on houseiops in the Dutch village of Eemnes this morning, the Telesraaf reports. The crew had previously left the airship. HELMSMAN OF IMO 18 DETAINED AS A SPY Steered Ship Which Collided With Mont Biano at Halifax. Halifax, N. S, Dec. 13.—John Jo- hansen, helmsman on the Norwegian steamer Imo, the Relgisn relief ship, whose collision with the ammunition steamer Mont Blanc led to the disaster of last Thursday, was detained as a German spy suspect today. He was turned over to the milfiary authorities by officials of the Massachusetts re- Autoist Gonvicted of Manslaughter FOR CAUSING A FATAL ACCIDENT WHILE INTOXICATED J. A. FARR, MIDDLETOWN Judge. Burpee Commended the Verdict of the Jury and Sentenced Farr, 22, From Six to Ten Years in State Re- formatory at Cheshire. Middletown, Conn., Dee. 13.—Joseph A. ¥arr of this city was feund guilty today of manslaughter under the pro- vision of a statute passed this year ‘which makes it a felony when an au- toist causes a fatal accident while in- toxicated Judge Lucien F. Burpee commended the verdict of the jury and imposed a sentence of from six to ten years in the state reformatory at Cheshire. ' Farr is 22 years old and was driving an automobile which ran into a bridge over Little river here early on the morning of Juiy 27. Edmund American Railway Engineers Killed BY GERMAN AERIAL BOMBS BE- HIND THE BBITISH FRONT. NUMBER IS NOT GIVEN Bombs Fell in a Street in. a Town Through Which the American Troops Were P: From Gunshot Wounds. ing—Two Americans Died With the American Army in France, Dec. 13—(By The Associaied Press, 6 p. m.).—A number of American rail way engineers have been killed by German aerial bombs in a town some- where behind the British front. De- tails are not known at this hour It is now permitted to announce that a German bomb fell in a street in a town through which American troops were passing., Pieces of the bamb shattered the windows of a house in which there were officers, showering them with glass, but hurting no one. Gondensedii'elegrams Canadians in Pershing’s army voted on the conscription question. Another loan of $25,000 was extend- ed to Italy by the United States. i Earth tremors were felt at Idaho Falls, Idaho. No damage was done. Mechanics for the first time are needed for the air service of the navy. Craig Biddle, Philadelphia million aire, enlisted as a private in the army Great Britain sent $5,000,000 to Hali- fax for relief and reconstruction work. General Pershing reported the deaths of three more men from natural causes. The distribution of 7,000,000 pounds of sugar to New York who.esalers was begun. An official Turkish statement, re- ports a victory in Mesopotamia over the British. Nearly eleven thousand men were listed and accepted Wednesday for the reguiar army. Premier Lloyd George will speak on the war before the Christmas adjourn- ment of Parliament. Twenty earth shocks were recorded on the seismograph at the Sacred Heart College at Denver. Waeh the senate military DELAYS IN PROVIDING WAR WEAPON the Senate Military Committee THREE HOURS OF SHARP CROSS EXAMINAT Responsibility for the Machine Gun Situation Was P Squarely Upon Secretary Baker, Who Had Or Investigation Which Resulted in a Change of Gun—D lay in Supplying Rifles Was Due to Factory C! Conform to the British Enfield Type—Today in E tive Session the Committee Will Press Questions Whic the General Objected to-Answering in Open Meet e ington, Dec. 13 —Members of committee today tions to conclusions dr eral Crozier's testimony Q Explained by Major-General Crozier to the Members TI0 d 9 . Murphy of this city was killed. Miss| Two American soldiers have died in 3 Bt S ittee 1008Y | congress, by failing Piave Rivers—Contradictory Reports Come of the Situa- liet hospital where he bas been under|Maron Murray, & nurse, was injured | hospital from Eunshot wounds. George Willis Botsford, istorian, | fubjected Major General Crozier, chiet | (908188, bY fallie | — # a B StHIte s hoepttal, anasthive gied suddenly at his ofce’ at Colum- [of ordnance, co three hours of sh ‘gely responsible for jon i ia— British Admiralty Declares erman atient Acted Queerly. other women less seriously hurt. Tes- | BINGHAM ESTATE TO PAY ia university yesterday. cross examination. king explana Crozler said he ha tion in Russia- the G One of the nurses at the hospital, a|timony shofved that Farr was intoxi- 4 — of delays in providng the war arni an interpr P . voung woman from New York, whose |cated at the time of the smashup and $2,000,000 INHERITANCE TAXES| The business center of Attleboro, | With weapons. Tomorrow in executive |lions of dollars Submarine is Being Held, But Has Not Been Mastered. | ome was not revealed. is sald to have|was driviag in a grossly negiigent e = Mass. was swept by a fire which |session they will press questions which | been expended called ' the attention of the hospital 3 Indications Are State of Kentucky|caused damage estimated at $300,000. |ine generai objected to answering :a | Delay in supplying rifies Staff to Johansen yesterday. She had Filed-Notice of Appeal. Will Collect it Without a Contest. 5 the open hearing. explained in great de noticed that the patient was acting| Gustaf Carlson, counsel for Farr, The Federal Trade Commission in-| Throughout the examination Generl|(he factory chanecs The British, French and Italian retake the lost position. Snow and |queerly and that he did not seem to|filed motice of appeal to the supreme| Louisville, Ky, Dec. 13.—Collection | vited all consumers of newsprint paper | Crozier insisted that there had L3 |iication of the Drit Sren are stil homing firmly against |mist are hampering the operations in |be wounded. FHer report on the case|court and asked that his client be ad. |by the state of Kentucky without a|to the hearing of newspaper print men. !:n&, ould be no in_eauippir large private s onslanghts of the Teutonic allies, de- | this region. led to a second examination of the pa- |mitted to bail. Judge Burpee will rule | contest of approximately $2,000,000 In; . | o Ty soldiers sent ab lie admiv are equipbe b livered with heavy reinforcements that| Reports as to the progress of the|tient by the physicians and the con-|on this point tomorrow. inheritance taxes on the estate ‘of the| Dr. A. T. Sill, founder of the osteo- | that because of a shortage of machin: | American ammunition. B¢ have been drawn from the Russian operations between the Bolsheviki and |clusion was reached that the man was| In passing sentence Judge Burpee|late Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham,| bathic school of medicine, died in the|guns the Amcrican troops in Francelare a result, he insisted. i front since the cessation of hostilities | Kaledines forces in Russia are be- shamming {liness. declared that the highways of the state igh was indicated by announcement here 30th year of his age, at Kirksville, Mo. were supplied with weapons of French Kraig an® other Lype < s Z i ake, and -that therc was a lack of |sent to national arm a there under under the armistice. clouded by reason of variant state- " rort: 2 g must be made safe for travel and that |today that an inventory of the entire 5 i e iy - S The latest attack of the Germans,|ments of results. Both sides are| D:n"" > E? d ";, E0aDe. ter | thore had been too many hecldents of | estate of the late Mre, Robert Worth| A credit of $2651,030,000 was moved | both machine guns and rifles In (heland that otner pro made in the Cambral region between | credited with victories in Mifferent | A watch was set over him, and 1ater] ;e gort before the court. A fine was |Bingham, was indicated by announce. | in the House om Commons byy Chan- |training cantonments, but = declared |inz = Detailed = statement Bullecourt and Queant, was a com- | unofficial versions of the operations. dewu T = at g’ml sen mm ‘Wm‘:‘l! inadequate punishment, the judge said, |ment here today that an inventory of|cellor of the Exchequer Andrew Bonar ;dl the “;A ing of troops would not|prospective dellveries piets failure when the Teuton losses |One report says Kaledines is besieg- | Jesperato efforts vy Sh & 1|and a term of confinement was the|the entire estate wonld be filed with Law. e_seriously retarded. rded as confiden a x in men killed and made prisoner are|ing Rostov-on-Don and that fighting tion. Surgeons reported that he had Pproper penalty. the state taxing authorities. The an- Responsibility for the machine gun d until tomorr ~ ffered a nurse $50 if she would go . Charges of disloyalty against five|situation was placed by the general|sio i put in the balance with their small|is in progress in the vicinity of that (O The case had been on trial in the |nouncement was made by dfficers of 2 ion w laced the jon.. ? Fain of ground against -the British; |city, where men and guns from the :xfnaa%nbiil:‘m‘mwflg;“h“m 25 |superior court for.three days and tho|a Loulsville Trust company, adminis-|members of the Uni e{'iil{,eotv::lliy;\m: squarely upon Secretary Baker, who.| While General Guother attack by the German crown |Black Sea fleet are aiding ‘the Bol-|Sumbtion beins that he Baf in od |jury quickly reached a verdict when |trators of the estate with will annex- | faculty E out (he said, had taken a personal interest |ing, his momin srince in the Caurieres Wood on the |sheviki. Another despatch asserts D BCap! the case was turned over to it. ed. srounds. g e matter and ordered an investi- |as ordnance chict Verdun sector, which was delivered | that General Kornloft has routed the Under Military Guard. ¢ it was taken to mean the heirs| L o G ¢ has o |E2tion which resulted in the adoptlon | President Wilson by with large effectives has met with the | boisheviki near Bielgorod, while still| After that incident, a military guard|LEGAL POINT IN ESTATE would not resist imposition of the tax.| The Norwegian Government has de- |in June of a mew cun known as .m»! When (old of Gene r customary repulse, while in the high- |another says that Korniloff has been | was placed on duty by his bed and e R oa e M| & sbovsstiostoE ety was, ses | SIS0 DIE ieside tavgs public finds {Browning type.” This statement came |mony, Secretayy Bal ! jands of the northern front the eme- | wounded and in danger Of capture |later when the incident was called to ; Honry M. Tiagler of New York, left e encouragement of home steel [when Chairman Chamberlain said committee was D oy u—x;ua?hu';ufnn being held in 1‘::;::‘:: ;‘u‘ffl" by -‘f-‘p";fi:":;t&:; the attention of Ca%m(n Henry G. Lap- | garge Captain, Who Periched Off |37 ostate estimated at $80,000,000. industries. - s :Eoelns‘-’:\dl:if;iadb\;/i‘trn‘\vj;{;“efl\‘i’”;:nuun Lk;mt\;‘.w,: as o wh: check by e lans. L food ham of the Massachusettes state gnard > % ” 9 " 2 ey~ i e e Sonasd h :-tylr R L\ R e e e e e v et |k jthe peavoRt uant s et iihy P g e (A TIEWKITCHEN (CARD ey Sy B e Sl i ol (e oiiens Fhr T A bt Dorsonaiiy | Sadas Sana Fhrthor thE e ot T et war stlos At ] Fhe O B e falled mce 1g |29 Johausen was locked up. e v PR 1 s e BY FOOD ADMINISTRATOR | piosives Corporation of Poughkeepsie; | responsible. the Browning sun w mits that only a few British shelters |being held, but has not yet been Lot of Spy Rumors. tribution Of the estate of George — capital, $2,100,000. Nearly every member of the com-!approved the spe ind ninety prisoners were taken, while | mastered, according to the first lord | In connection with the arrest the|Newman, a barge captain, who per- |Makes Sugar Ration of Three Pounds —_— e mittee jolned in the examination and |pointed to consider e Field Marshal Haig reports thatheavy casualties were inflicted on the ene- my all along the front of the offehsive, numerous of his dead being left be- fore the entanglements when the im- possible task of piercing the British lines became apparent and a hurried retreat was ordered. of the British admiralty. In a state- ment, the first lord says the down- ward trend of mercantile marine losses, the construction of merchant ships and_the number of enemy sub- marines that are being destroyed all are satisfactory. Anotber high naval authority says the Germans have been liveliest lot of spy rumors heard here since the war began was gpread broad- cast. These culminated in a report that eight Germans had been shot at sunrise. Military anl naval authoritles while acknowledging that the Johan- sen case was being thoroughly investi- gated declared that the shooting story. ished off Newport last week, can be made, ‘the court must be given evi- dence to show, which died first, the father, or the ' two children, Daniel, four and a half years old, and George, five and a half vears old. who lost their in the storm on the barge - father. The eftate con- for Each Person a Month. Washington, Dec. 13—A sugar ra- tion of three pounds for each persdn a 10nth, a porkless day and one wheat- less and meatless meal a day will & recommended to householders in a new kitchen card soon to be.put out by Rigid investigation is being made in- to the condition of army officers to ascertain their physical condition and military preparedness. An American steamer arrived at an Atlantic port with 64 passengers, many of whom had good-sized bundles swer. questions were fired across as| rapidly Chairman Chamberlain took excep- ' the table as the general could light machine & that the entire for producing e under contract. an- TO HURRY DRAFTED LACK OF FUEL CAU Finaing that the cffarts of the Aus- |attempting a submarine offensive of (wasabsurd. that o [2505 Of some real cstate in Bast Ha- |the food administration. Observance of sugar cane from Cuba. _MEN INTO SERVICE DEATHS IN NEW YOR wians to break through the Italian |the greatest possible magnitude, but nother persistent story was 1at ven, and if it can be proved to the [of wheatless and meatless meals wil o - B 5 T SV R 5 ‘ront l::l debouch mgthn plain of |that they have signally failed and |secret code in German had been found | satisfaction of the co!:’t that th: be asked in addition to the wheatless Maj.Gen. Charles M. Clement was|Orders Have Been Received at Camp | Health and Market Officia Venetia were futils, the German troops ander Gemeral Von Buelow have re- have had to pay a heavy price in ves- sels lost at the hands of the Ameri- on Johansen and that a wireless sta- tion had been unearthed in the district children died first, the father’s heirs, his brothers, Daniel F. and Bernard and meatless days called for now. The normal consumption of sugar ‘m relieved of eommand of the 28th army division at Spartansburg. - S. C., be- Devens Calling for Entire First Quota Steps to Relieve t he St nforced their allies and with them [can and entente naval forces. destroyed by fire after the explosion.|Newman will receive the estate. If |the United States has been more than ! cause of physical disabilities. Ayer, Mass, Dec. 13—Orders to ew York, Dec bave delivered another powerful as-| Aerial bombs dropped by the Ger- Another. Version of tie Afiie the children survived the father, their | seven pounds a month for each per- s hurry into service the entire first |market officials of N saukt between the Brenfa and Piave |mans in a town behind the British| ;" " Birchan counsel for the Fmo|Beirs. their uncles and aunts on both |son. The German general staff announced | draff quota were recelved at Camp |steps today to relieve t rivers. At only one point, however, were the combined Teutonic forces able to dent the line of the defenders on Monte Spinotcia, where they se- cured a temporary foothold after hav- ing sustamed several casualties. Here front have resulted in the death of a number of American railway engi- neers. In another town German avi- ators attempted to bomb a marching American column, but all the men es- caped unscathed, although the missile in the admiralty hearing on the col- lision of the vessels, said tonight that the secret code story as far as it con- cerned Johansen was absolutely with- out foundation. Johansen, Mr. Burch- all said, had been living in the Unit- the Italians are striving valiantly to | exploded dangerously near them. ed States ten years and as he was anxious to return to his old home in sides’ of the family, will be the benefi- ciaries. This is one of the instances, a storm at sea, in which it will be difficult to' prove which lived the longer. The law presupposes the ‘weaker vessel, children and women to die first, and in this instance, it may be n as in several others of similar character, to compromise. |food administration The cards will caution against hoarding foodstuffs in homes, pointing out that_the practice not only is sel- fish but” that it contributes to high prices and defeats the purposes of the in seeking an equitable distribution. ARGUMENTS IN MEANS that 22 captive balloons and 205 air- planes were the total losses in air for the month of November. Plans are being shaped to try ad- ditional men of the .Twenty-fourth Infantry on charges growing out of the Houston riot August 23. the forms on the the rec comers Devens_today. quota who are yet to be called were consignment the work of brigade. Word came that uni- for the 6,000 men of the first the poor from the se the coal shortage. H. A. Garfield, trator, Dr. the departm for fuel to heat the who, he said, wer ing numbers as In way, and upon receipt of the assembling ruits will be started. 4 The new- will be assigned tothe depot - e, Arrangements for granting Chris quate supply of heat. Norway, he shipped on the Imo. It Word was received yesterday of the|mas leave to 80 per 3 r i HTL I 3 cent. of the mén| An appeal for the poor LAWYER REBUKED BY NO DEVELOPMENTS IN | is Mr. Burchall's theory that Johan-||TALIANS TORPEDOED TWO TRIAL TIRE JURYMEN. | geath at Lille, France, on July 31 Iast, | in camp went forward todav. notwithe |by Dr. Henry Moskowis, c CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE THE RAILROAD SITUATION |Sen, who is to testify at the inquiry, =7 3 of Consular Agent Christopher standing an_ announcement from |er of publi o —_— 3 ‘was still dazeéd from the-effects of the AUSTRIAN BATTLESHIPS [Send Message to Judge Asking That King, born in Providence July 5, 18T Washington that only those living | letter to Actin: In Case Testing Constitutionality of the | President Wilson Has a Mass of In- [explosion and was making efforts to ¥ They Be Speeded Up. within trolley distance of the canton- | Dowling that small dealers = - escape from the hospital fearing that|In the Harkor of Trieste—Italian Tor- Owners of the recently torpedoed | ) ad i ling advantage he shortag . Army Draft Act. formation Before Him. t ecently torpedoed | ments would be allowed to go. It is|ing advantage of'the shortag i be misht be put in jall because of the|. pedo Craft Escaped Unharmsd. Concord, N. C., Dec. 13—The jury|Spanish steamer Claudio are demand- | believed here that the order omly ap|ccal by indefinite mes Washington, Dec. 13.—A scathing rebuke administered by Chief Justice White to one of the lawyers attacking the law enlivened argument before the supreme court today in cases testing the constitutionality of the army draft act. J. Gordon Jones, representing Al- bert Jones, convicted in Georgia of failing to register. declared the law ‘was unconstitutional because it re- quired mon to take part in a war which had never received the people’s approval. His remarks were cut short. “I don’t think your statement has anything to do with the legal argu- ments” said the chief justice sharply, “and should not have been said to this court. It is a very unpatriotic statement to make.” Washington, Dec. 13—The railroad situation continued to engross Pres- ident Wilson today with the financial problem involved in a possible gov- ernment control drawing most of his attention.. The president has before him a mass of information on the sub= ject, including details of the British plan of government operation. The ~senate - interstate commerce committee was told by Chairman Newlands at a special meeting today that the president probably would recommend _railroad on to congress within the next few day: The indications are. Semator New. lands said,! 2s yet the president has not definitely made up his mind as to his course. Until his wishes are known the committes will defer Jiscussion or consideration of legis- on. many lives. SCHEME OF SLACKERS TO DEFEAT THE DRAFT LAW Unscrupulous Physicians Inject Drugs Into” Their Systems. New York, Dec. 13.—Another scheme scheme of slackers to defeat the draft law with the connivance of unscrupu- lous physicians has been brought tr. light through the courage of Louis Whitestone, 28 vears old, an enlisted man in Medical Corps No. 3, it was announced tonight at the office of the director of the draft. ‘Whitestone reported to Dr. Alexan- der Hoffheimer, of the medical corps, that he had overheard a physician New York, Dec. 1%—The torpedo” »\ of two Austrian battleships In ti harbor of Trieste by Italian torped. craft on the night of Dec. 9 is reporied in a message reccived here today by Commander C. Pfister of the Italsn navy. The information was contained in a ‘telegram received by Commander Phister from Captain L. Vannutell the naval attache of the Italian em- bassy at Washington. “After successfully crossing several obstructions and mine flelds,” the des- patch said, the Italian torpedo craft “entered the harbor of Tricste, whero they fired four torpedoes mgainst two Austrian men-of-war -of the Monarch type. All the torpedoes reached their targets and exploded: ‘“Though the most intense artillery fire was concentrated against the at- itrying Gaston B. Means for the mur- der of Mrs. Maude A. King tonight sent a_message to Judge Cline asking that the argument of the case be speeded up. The request came at the close of the second day of continudus jaddresses to the jury by counsel for the state and defense. Five lawyers still are waiting to speak. Counsel on both sides were agreed late in the day that the case probably | would not go to the jury before Sat- urday, but that was before the jury indicated its weariness. POWERFUL AUTO TRUCKS ON PARADE IN HALIFAX Headlights Gave City Its First Big Illufination in a Week. ing that Spain urge the German Gov- ernment to pay them for the steamer. Shortly after the fire which resulted in the explosion of the T N. T shells at the Bethlehem Steel Co. at Wil- mington, Del,, two foreigners were ar- rested. o Members of the Smith College, of Northampton, Mass. relief unit in France are assisting the inhabitants of the country by seliing necessitfes at less than cost. Robert R. Clark, son of the Rev. Davis W. Clark, a Congregational minister, shot and killed himself in the lounging_room of the Union Boat club at Boston. G The Me; roads. carried Gove: and_hi Preside plies to camps in the south where a general leave of absence an enormous burden trary are received, four days furlough at Christmas to men of the 76th division here will be jumped trenches with men _after deciining the services of A plank bridge, and praised the appear- ance of the Connecticut soldiers. UNION MEN IN THE TWIN weights at prices whict to more than §: witz urged tha pending ordinance sale of coal by wel “CUT-A-CORD CLUB” would _put upon the rail- Unless instructions to the con- the plan to allow out. rnor Holcomb of - Conneeticut s staff visited camp today, the younger Boston, Dec. 13.—Th club” movement tiated by the state fue will be officially launc ping bee to be held ne: ternoon on the Lincoln J. Storrow, fuel adm Storrow 'has a 22-acr CITIES RETURN TO WORK. nt Wilson’s Special Labor Com- HAS BEEN ORGANI Chopping Bee to Be Held on tate of Fuel Administrator Sto . Dr. e ul which has 1 adm hed estate inistr; woodlot w mission is to Investigate the Situation.|bhe has turned over for the use “Cut-a-Cord” organiza of members of the Appalach It is the expectation of the ministrator that the movement tend to every locality we The attorney apologized and contin- uved his argument. Counsel in nine pending suits ad- dressed the court. They admitted the right of the government to draft cit- izens through the state militia, but not o City council announced that corn imported from the United States will be sold for 21 centavos a kilogram, about five cents a pound in American money. explain to a would-be slacker ways in which it was possibie to obtain ex- emption by injecting into the system drugs which would cause the symp- toms of certain diseases. “Try it on me” said the medical Halifax, N. S, Dec. 13.—Ten pow- erful auto trucks, each manned by a Boston driver and- each bearing the ! banner “From Massachusetts to Hal- ifax,” went on parade here tonight. tacking torpedo boats, and though even torpedoes were fired asainst them. all of our units returned A. B. Gar-tson, president of the Order of Railway Conductors, called the White House on the telephone during the A~ t- -~ reports. that St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 13.—All union men in St. Paul and Minneapolis who went on strike today in sympathy with the street .car employes had returned fhe four brotherhoods are op as individpals, and contended the Jaw prevents political and religious freedom and denies citizens equal pro- ection. government operation. The employes, he said, will co-operate in the ful.est | measure, whatever action the presi- dent may take. Officials who are urging govern- ment operation of railroads during the war sald today that the making of satisfactory . financial arrangements presents perplexing difficulties. The president, it is understood, is ready if he decides on government operation :a;kpcr:u_ %0 guarantes the rail- -war earnings and the rail- roads are said to want such a guar- antee to be based orf 191 revenues. Of- ficlals tonight estimated that such an arrangement might cost the govern- [ment next year as much as $109,000,- HARTFORD BOATS MAY RUN FROM SAYBROOK -ast Trip Between Hartford and New York Will Be Made Today. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 13—Upon an- mouncement today that the last trip of the steamers of the Hartford and New York Transportation Company would be made tomgrrow until next spring the transportation. committes of the state coancil of defense sent a telegram to Washington asking that the boats be kept iy service. The message wag directed to How- ard Elliott, former president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad _ Company, owners of fhe SNOW STORM OF BLIZZARD PROPORTIONS IN NEW YORK corps private. “I don’t mind taking a chance for Uncle Sam.” ‘Whitestone was given-the injections and in less than 24 hours the symp- toms predicted appeared. - Whitestone ‘was taken before an army medical board for examination ‘and Was re- Jected. SUGAR SHORTAGE UNTIL THE FIRST OF THE YEAR ‘Rolph Says There is No Prospect of Filling Market Demands This Month. New York, Dec. 13. — George M. Rolph, federal sugar administrator, issued a statement today in which he said it was probable the short- age would continue until the first of the year. Copsumers in the east are not paving any more for sugar than those in the west, he - said. While Fears Felt That It Will Interfere With the Transportation of Coal New York, Dec. 13—A snow storm of blizzard proportions which swept New York city tonight made officials in charze of the fuel situation appre hensive lest coal awaiting transport from New Jersey would be storm. > tod n that event, it was admitted, suf- fering throughout the city and es- peclally amons the poor, would in- crease tomorrow, as harbor transpor- tation facilities had hardly recovered from the upset caused by the storm of a few days ago. transportation company. It request- ed that an order be issued directing the two steamers of the line to make Caily trips to and from Saybrook and New York, the plan being to re-ship merchandise, particularly = foods, by wrain to Hartford. Another telegram was sent to the president of the transportation com- pany asking that he take action to keep the boats plying the Sound all winter. SIL FIRE ON NAVY TUG AT A NATLANTIC PORT. Three Men Were Fatally and a Fourth Seriously Injured. ‘Washington, Dec. 13—Three men were fatally and a fourth seriously in- jured in the fuel oil fire on a navy tug @At an Atiantic port yesterday, the navy ent announced tonight. dead are: Bruce . Ross, ma- Lloyd J. GOVERNMENT PURCHASE | OF FARM LOAN BONDS Is Advodhted by Members of Federal Farm Loan Board. temporary relief mizht be provided. Mr. Rofph declared, there was no prospect of ‘filling * the -~ market de- mands this month. Nine thousand bags of Venezuelan sugar and 11,000 bags of Cuban sugar will soon be ready for distribution, it was announced by, the International Sugar Refiners’ committee. * Distribu- tion_of 7,000,000 pounds of sugar was completed here today, the committes stated. THRIFT STAMPS GIVEN 3 TO WAITERS AS TIPS Practice Adopted by Frequenters of Restaunants in New York. New York, Dec. 13.—Thrift stamps w5 tips to waiters was a suggestion placed bsfmge the pll;‘bll'x‘:élwn ud:ykz persons, interested in the promotion e owas learned” thet the. praciice’ had was_learn o been adopted by a number of restaur- ant patrons. . o ‘Where the customary tin“amounts to five or ten cents each day is TIMBER 1S ASSURED - FOR WAR FURPOSES By Settlement of Labor Troubles Lumber Industry of the Northwes ‘Washington, Dec. 13.—In" reporting to President 'Wilson the voluntary adoption of the eight hour day after next Jan 1 by the Western Pine as- sociation, Secretary Wilson, of the president’s special mediation commis- sion, said this action makes the com- mission confident that “the lumber in- dustry in the northwest in its entirety soon will adopt a policy which will be 4 unique contribution toward the ‘af- fective execution of the war pro- gram. Much of the timber used manafacture of airplanes comes out of the northwest and the adoption in that section of the national policy as to ‘working hours and conditions condu- cive to etability is expected to speed up the output of timber needed for that and other war purposes. WISE PROTESTED HIS o INNOCENCE TO THE END. He Was Executed .Shortly After Mid- might at Wethédrsfield. In the hotel district, still dark and | gloomy with all doors and windows ! hoarded, the headlights on the trucks { ave the city its first blg illumination in a week. . The trucks came today aboard a re- lief steamer which brought a heavy cargo of supplies. They were put in- to service at once and as they trav- cled over the snow, making deliveries at hospital and relief stations, did not aftract much attention. But they were the center of interest tonight. Crowds flocked to Hellls street from the ho- tel and restaurants and When the si- rens began to sing the throng set up a hearty cheer. RECRUITING OF MEN OF . DRAFT AGE ENDED. ©n Monday Volunteers Under or Over Draft Limits Will, Be Accepted: New Haven, Conn., Dec. 13—Re- cruitinig of men within the draft_ ages ended in Connecticut today at mnoom and at every army station the enroll- ng force was kept on the jump to care for the applicants. During the day 403 accepted men were sent away, making '.:nm " quota. émfiz Rasriate a q ting for the ordnance’ corps\will continue for two days more. On Monday next volunteers under or over the draft Hm- by |its will be accepted for any branch of the service. 6AS FOR HOUSEHOLDS AHEAD OF INDUSTRIES. e;;n Those Plants Working on- Gov- ernment Contracts. 2 At the request of Secretary Baker the Army Intelligence Bureau will take over the New York Bomb Squad of Police Department and all who connectéd with it. Valuable - paintings - and were lost in a fire that destroyed the summer home of Richard M. Hurd, at Locust Point N. J. The loss is esti- mated at $400,000. soldiers have died at the base hospital at Camp Shelby. Hattiesburg, Miss.. since Monday night from pneu- monia, it was announced. Four from Kentucky and two from Indiana. Vice Admiral Sims notified the navy department' that Lester Joseph Gilson. a seaman previously listed among the missing of the destrover Jacob Jones, has been found among the survivors. Fuel Administrator -Garfield inform- ed- Governor Cox - of Ohio that he would not be permitted to. interefere ‘with distribution of coal in Ohio under the direction of the state fuel admin- istration. Pittsburgh police believe that Mrs. ‘Bmma Beyers. wife of Hugo Beyvers, Gratimman, was siain by - German .was _slain agents and their home at Edgewood blown up. All of Siberia east of the Ural Moun- tains is_clamoring to be sold to.the United States. according to C. A. Hof- fart of Marysville, Calif,, who ar- rived at a Pacific port from Nichol- alevsk, eastern Siberia. Two aged clam diggers, William Glaucett and his brother James, found on the beach at North‘m dead from _exposure “Halifax Contributions -$26,077. York, Deec. ‘of the Red Cross announced that it had received contribu- | $26,077 for the relief ports against anti-un their trades. in connection with either town. Labor leaders, while admitting that the exact number of strikers two cities was unknown, insisted that approxi Medford, N. ¥., Dec. 13. parlor” at which United placed under arrest Lucy Askins, years old, and Mae Burnie, five years younger, who conducted the establish- ment. They are charged with selling Muuor to soldiers and with liquor without a license. An accldent at the Medford railroad station a week ago led to the mar- shal's raid. the station agent permitted thirough ‘his numbed fingers an express |diew such a throng that it w package labelled “Corn service up for a chat with the station agent saw what gave every indication of be- | wheelbarrows, small wagons and ing & flask of whiskey which had fall- 13.—The Atlantic|en from the package of “Corn Cure.” .‘flxut‘;nklhl:wwho ere found in the parior” gave names an agreed to appear as witnesses against the youns to work by mid-afternoon ance with instructions from their lead- ers and the brief interruption caused no_known hardships, according to re- and heads of big industries. Immediately after advices were re- celved that President Wilson's special labor commission would investigate the Twin City situation, both cities, who had quit as a protest ‘Minneapolis and 7,000 in St Paul— had responded to the call WOMEN SOLD WHISKEY Two Arrested at Medford, N. Y.—Camp | , | in accord- |available for chopper: assist in conserving as_ well tunity for vigorous out t as afford, an excelle onight from police authorities the strikers in on New England the state safety commission's ion button order, returned to There was no violence the walkout in Boston, Dec. 13.%La. for shipping by water great causes of conge England railroads, acco: 4 Graham, who testifled and passenger rate Examiner La Roe of Commerce commission Mr. Graham appeare the. textile interests of He ‘ig_chairman of the committee of the associ in tho imately 16.000 men—9,000 in LACK OF FACILITIES FCR SHIPPING BY WA One of the Great Causes of Conges nd tha doo; Railro a the today d_in New tr: of Massachusetts. Mr. ed ‘the increased rates IN A “BEAUTY PARLOR.". as a war measure. Steamship lines runn: n and Portland for points wglh. he stated, en over by the govern: The “beauty | re i dtra “m AR P Mo result that their traff ir restorers and corn cures Upton Men Customers. o was raided today. by Btates - Marahal Power. He|POLICE RESERVES C TO CONTROL selling New York, Dec. 1 by a coal firm in Lo The day was cold and|today that coal would to sljp|poor in 100 pound lo ¢ Cure.” A se-|eary to call for agent who had sauntered|maintain order. carriages, and carrying rels, ‘stormed the yard and fought wish e the than Jots. the New England railroads, police Men, women and children gates of police got them into 150 tons were sold in 100 poun Gral ing out o New ¥ hi ment i thrown upon the railroads with tide, creating ‘a condition for w were sold to officers and men from |roads should not be heid r Camp Upton, ALLED “COAL When a Long Island Deafer Sold Pound Lots at 50 Cents. Annou: ng I be sold reserves bags and the ach other line.