Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 18, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX.—NO. 302 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, 'CONN. TEUTONS HELD BACK | st IN NORTHERN ITALY Manila, Dec. 17.—Officials of warning to ship owners to beware of e e o e talint. settie Where There Have Been Sanguinary Encounters Be- tween the Opposing Infantry Catcasus Oil Wells Afire. London, Dec. 17. — The town of Grosnyi, in the Caucasus oil region, according to a despatch to the Times from Odessa, has been attacied by & warlike Caucasian tribe, the Tchetchen. The oil wells caught fire and some are said to be burned out completely. Bohemia Short of Coal. Zurich, Dec. 17. — The electrical works at Kolin, a_town of Bohemia, 25 miles east of Prague, have been compelled to shut down for lack of coal, with serious results to the sur- rounding country. Forty-nine towns and villages are without light and 34 big industrial plants and sugar Tefin- eries have been closed. SEC’Y BAKER HAS CREATED A NEW WAR COUNCIL To Deal With the Larger Problems Facing the War Department. Washington, Dec. 17.—In explana~ tion of the new war council he has created, Secretary Baker said today it was not in any way a result of con- gressional inquiry into operations of the war department, nor was it reé lated in any way to the inter-allied war conference -at Paris. The secretary was not inclined to discuss in detail the purpose of the new council, but said it was to deal with larger problems facing the de- partment in its war preparations and did not infringe on the functions of the general staff. Questions of sup- ply and equipment rather than mill- tary operations therefore probably will be ‘within the jurisdiction of the new body. . 3 It is planned that at least onemem- ber of the new council shall be fresh from France at all times, in order to keep the department in close touch with affairs at the front. Mr. Baker s2id he had no present plan of visit- Ing General Pershing’s_forces himself but would not bind himself not to make the trip. The council is composed of the sec- retary, the assistant secretary, the chief of staff, the provost marshal- general, the quartermaster-general ana the chiefs of artillery and ord- nance. The three latter will be re- lieved of their present duties to de- vote their entire time to the council Major General Goethals has been offered the post of quartermaster-gen- eral to succeed Major General Sharpe and it is understood that Brigadier General John D. Barrett hds been se- lected to succeed Major General Wea. ver as chief of artillery. So far as is n no suceessor has been chosen for Major General Crozier, chief of ordnance, whose nomination for an- other term was sent in by President Wilson a few days ago while the gen- eral was under fire as a witness be- fore the senate committee investigat- ing army war_preparations. Secretary Baker would make no comment on the changes. He neither deny or affirm even the state- ment that the offer had been made to General Goethals, who was_ in Wash- ington last week at Mr. Bakers re- quest. The fact that General Goe- thals was in uniform, although retired from active service, indicated that he had been recalled. General Bliss has re-occupfed his office as chief of staff and is said to be at-work on a report on his trip to England _and France with Colonel House. His assistant, Major General Biddle, continues to carry out the du- ties of chief temporarily, but Secre- tary Baker indicated that General Bliss is to resume all his duties soon. The_ general retires, however on De- cember 31 for age and while it is cer- tain that he will be retained on ac- tive duty, it is generally expected that a younger officer will succeed him as chief of stafr. i PR S Rata STATE DEPARTMENT STOPS SUGAR PROBE Deems It Inadvisable to Further Dis- cuss Contracts for Sugar. ‘Washington, Dec. 17.—Efforts of the food administration to bring out be- fore the senate investigating commit- tee its side of the story of Cuban raw sugar contracts were blocked today by an announcemeht that the state department deemed it inadvisable to discuss further the negotiations which resulted in these contracts. This ruling of the committes, which followed a conference with Councillor Polk of the state t, virtual- Iy ended an attempt by H. Curtis Lindley, counsel for the food admin istration, to question, through mem- bers of the committee, Claus A. Spreckels, who during three days on the witness stand had vigorously at- tacked the administration. The committee toward the end of the day’s session had agreed to per- mit Mr. Lindley to suggest questions, after ignoring earlier a request by Food Administrator Hoover that he bp £iven, en opportunity to_make statem reply to Mr. Sprecke attack. When the commitie: afier an hour's executive session, during which he waited in an ante-room, re- called Spreckels to the stand without ering his request, Hoover left the building. ‘onight the £00d administrator went 10, the White House and laid_the sit. uation befo: president. Yo would not_discuss the visit. Mr. Lindley insisted that the com- mittee 2llow him to controvert the statemen the witness. Finally, hopever, he said: z We cannot explain the contracts for tne Cuban crop we are placed on lory while trying to sol difficult situation.” M REAR ADMIRAL HARRIS ASKS TO BE RELIEVED As _General Manager of - Emergency Fleet Corporation. ments. ARMIES INACTIVE IN BELGIUM AND .FRANCE _German Naval Forces Have Made Ancther Dash Into the North Sea, and Have Sunk a British Convoy, Five Neutral Vessels and Four Mine Sweepers—German Forces Consistedd of Four Destroyers—The Armistice the Fighting Fronts Where Russian Troops Have Been Engaged and Also Extends to the Naval Forces. —_— ment. The period of virtual inactivity con- finues in France and Belgium, except for reciprocal bombardments on vari- ous sectors and here and there small operations by reconnoitering parties. Only on the northern Italian front has thers been sanguinary encounters be- twein the opposing infantry, and in these the Austro-German forces again have met with: defeat in attempts to plerce the Italian front and advance the Venetian plaina. Caprille hill, at the head of the San Lorenzo valiey, where last week the Italians were forced to cede ground, again bas been attacked by the ene- my, but the operation brought him nothing but heavy caspalties, as he was driven back to his former line. German naval forces again have male a foray into the North sea and |J sufprised a convoy of merchant ships, | fighting fronts where Russian troo) sinking one British and five neutrai |have been engaged and also extends vessels and four mine sweepers. Of|to the naval forces of the contracting two British destroyers escorting the parties. vese»ls, one was sunk and the other @amiged. The German forces, so far as is known, consisted of four de- stroyers. Whether any of the vessels were hit during the fighting with the British destroyers has not been made known. B That German war craft recently have been operating close to ghe Eng- lish coast bas been made known offi- cially in the house of commons by the financial secretary to the admiralty, who announced that on Dec. 12 two neutral merchantmen and a trawler were sunk off the mouth of the Tyne river. The official text of the armistice be- tween the Russians and the Teutonic allies confirms the upoficial reports that it is to run from Dec. 17 until Jan. 4. The compact embraces all the ‘worth, Kas.; Riley, ical officers’ Mississippi; Camp Joseph ville, Fla.; Rariton depot, other boards. volunteer sby RULES FOR TREATMENT OF ARMY AIRPLANES. Public Warned to Keep Away from Those Forced Down by Accident. Washington, Dec. 17.—Rules to be followed by the public in its treatment of army airplanes which may be forced down by accident are contained in a resolution adopted by the afrcraft board and made public today in an- ticipation of the increasing number of stadent aviators who soon will be fly- in all parts of the country. a machine comes down the is warned to keep away from s00n @s it is established that the uninjured and not to touch TRIAL OF BRIDGEPORT NEGRO DIVE KEEPERS. Cases Continued Until Saturday After- noon—Bond Set at $5000 Each. Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 17.—After a court session lasting _from 8 o'clock this morning until after midnight to- night, Jacob Hawkine, alias “T 3 end 'Willlam Thornas, alias Sitirany attorhoon Bat v sl y oon. was set B ‘clock this mor = o this morning until after § o'clock tonight Coromer John J. Phelan held inquests over the prob- able deaths of Morris Pannio and Wil- lam Greene, who are in a very cri ical condition as a result of gun wounds received during the riot Sun- day morning. Physicians at St Vin- cent’s, hospital ‘hold out no hope for the récovery OF thase’ ruro mes Four others injured and confined in the hos- pltal are improving. Judge Wilder in the city court sed- tenced over 50 men and women held as fequenters of the resort to pay & fine Vanderli ment. of luxuries, tional movement, veloped thrift “In th derlip, “ this year, Now farmers omical. great activity 20 YEAR SENTENCES FOR VIOLATING DRAFT LAWS Two Providence Men Taken to Fed- eral Prison in Atlaata, Ga. Boston, Dec. 17.—Brigadier . Genera G A Johnien today approved court- all busjness.™ to free the aviator. It is ihdispensable that any means of de- termining the cause of the accident be Freserved to avold other similar acel- Railroads are requested to ask all employes ¢o keep watch for eviators lsnding in isolated regions and furnish assistance. All trains or steamships are rcquested to ptop. to take on stranded aviators“and also at what- ever point the aviator may desire for {he purpose of leaving the train or ROCKEFELLER'S FOREST HILL HOME AFIRE. is Befieved to Have Been of Incendiary Origin, ‘Washington, Duan and A L."Yanger of Providence and of hi: teen years on kTits Stepanoyitch of this city. They were sont at once to the federal prison in Atlanta, Ga Dunn and Yanger were trica at fort e of ordnance. n. 3 —_— TECH. STUDENTS MAY : JOIN RESERVE CORPS Until They Graduate—Then Be signed to Engineer Branch. ‘Washington, Dec. 17—In order that technical siudents of draft age may complete their courses and receive their degrees, Major General Black, chief of engineers of the wrmy, announced today that a plan had been agreed up- on between the provost marshal gen- eral and bimself, whereby the stu- dents may jJoin in the enlisted reserve corps of the army until they are grad- uated, when they will be called into active service In the engineer branch or else discharged to take their chanc- s under ‘the selective drafe law. EDUCATION TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH Resolutions For That Purpose Present- ed to President Wilson. ' ‘Washington, Dec. 17. — Dr. Haven Emerson of New York and Dr. E. G. Williams of Virginia called on_Pres- ident Wilson today and presented reso- lutions passed recently by the Ameri- can public health associatio Cleveland, O., Dec. 17.—The homé of John D." Rockefeller at Forest Hill, in Bast Cleveland, a suburb of this city, took fire at midnight. It is believed i 'fl_l!hbe destroyed. e fire spread with such great ra- pidity through the four-story building that it is belic :d to have been of in- cendiary origi It was impo:sible to save any of the farnishings of the house and many valuable paintings, bronzes and tapes- tries were destroved. The home was exquisitely furnished throughout its Tho loss on_ the. buliding on e alone will ‘be_more than $50,000. Mr. Rockefeller bought the bufAing & number of years ago and has added many extensions. He has resided in it every summer since its purchase. TO SECURE ACCURACY OF INCOME TAX RETURNS Employers Must Report to Collectors All Payments of $800 or More. Washington, Deec. 17. and other employers within the next two weeks must report to revenue colleciors of all payments of 3800 or more made during the last year for salary or wages, rent interest, pre- mium, annuities or other form of com- The internal revenme bureau today to ‘require these partment, will As- The domestic vote. the reciprocity Returns and retarn to his post as chief of the navy’s bureau of yards and His request will be and a Chicago vice president of the Emergency Fleet Corpogulon. ‘will be named to succeed While no official announcement has been made as to Admiral Harris’ rea- irrendering the task, which he assumed less than a month it is said he did not find the work MEXICAN SOLDIERS FIRED ON U. 8. CAVALRY PATROL e PRESIDENT DEFERS ACTION ON RAILROAD PROBLEM. Will Take Mis Plan to Congress Ime medical _officers’ to Fort McDowell, boards of Pacific coast states, and to Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C., by all THRIFT CAMPAIGN WILL NOT DISORGANIZE BUSINESS Calls For Curtailment of Luxuries, Not Complete Abandon- Consequently, potbe_disorgan first place,” [Enlistment Open to Men of Draft Age CROWDER SENDS NEW RULES TO GOVERNORS LOCAL BOARDS TO ACT Restricted to Infantry, Signal Corps, Medical Corp and Quartermaster’s Department—None to be Accepted for Coast Artillery. ‘Washington, Dec. 17.—Provost Mar- shal General Crowder today issued %o sovernors new rules under which men of draft age may join the army at their own request. White men only will be accepted, and they may enlist only in the infantry, signal corps, med- ical corps and quartermaster’s depart- Supply conditions General Crowder said, that no men can be accepted in the coast artillery, field artillery, cavalry or engineers' corps. Enlistment Through Local Boards. Volunteer enlistments in the regular army by men of draft age ended at noon last Saturday, and they may be inducted into service now ouly throush their local boards. telegram specified these campe which men accepted to. the special operations open to them may be sent: Where Men May Be Sent. Aviation section, Kelly field, San Antonio, division, signal corps, Fort Leaven- are General Crowd signal _corps, Te: medical department, training camp, training _camp, ‘quartermaster E._ Johnston, ordnance Raritan, N. J. Caiif., Jac infan by Transportation and subsistence ex- pense to the camps are to be furnished the local boards. Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 17. — The most that may be expected for a war- time economy campaign is curtailment not a complete abandon- ment, said Frank A. divector of the in an address here today. will Vanderlip, war _savi he said, business ized by even a well campnign: 000,000.000 against with all this in luxuries. MAJOR GENERAL CROZIER CLOSES HIS TESTIMONY Senate Has Approved His Renomina. tion for Ancther Term of Four Years. Dec. 17.—The _sen: military committee, investigating war preparations, finished its examination of Mapor Gereral Crozier today after subjecting him to five days of sharp questioning concerning delays in pro- viding weapons for the war army. Just before the general left the stand it was learned that the unanimously had approved his renom- ination by the president for another term of duty of four years as chief Colonel Isaac Lewis, inventor of the Lewis machine gun used by the Brit- ish forces but rejected by the war de- testify tomorrow. The committee plans to continue its hearihgs throughout the Christmas recess of congress and probably will take up reports of clothing and food shortages after the ordnance question is_disposed of. house naval sub-committee which is to investigate navy depart- ment activities began arranging for. its hearings today and also UNION GOVERNMENT ‘WON CANADIAN ELECTION. 8ir Robert Borden Has Been Elected for Another Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 18.—Union gov- ernment has been returned and con- scription confirmed by the Canadian Five Years. Early returns received from all over Canade indicate that the sovernment of Sir Robert Borden has been elected to administer Canadian affaire for an- other five years and that Sir Wilfrid is as definitely defeated as in election of 1911 TUESDAY, DEO such, Tand Fort Kas., by local boards west of the ‘Mississippi river. and to the med- For Oglethorpe, Ga., by boards east of the department, local a Mr. Van is campaign of economy is. not _going to be 100 per cent. efficient. There was never a crop approaching SVl S Shen stins. i S 000,000,000 the vear the war broke out. committee expects to ER 18, 1917 No Coal May Glose Shops, Theatres HOUSEHOLDERS ARE TO BE TAK- EN CARE OF FIRST UP TO STATE OFFICIALS Fuel Administrator Garfield Requests Operators and Miners to Take Only Christmas Day as a Holiday—Coal Seized in Pittsburg. ‘Washington, Dec. 17.—Prospects of a widespread and serious -oal famine unless coal production is maintained drew from IFuel Administrator Gar- Beld today a request that operators and miners take only Christmas day as a holiday this season instead of the several days usually observed. The custom has been to Stop work for at least three days at both. Christmas and New Years, Every day the country’s mines are idle cuts production nearly two mil- lion toms. ~A proionged holiday sea- son, if observed, fuel administration officials said, would cause serious dis- tress in many states wherc fuel sup- plies are low. Householders Come First. Householders throughout the na- tion will be taken care of first in coal aistribution even ahead of industries, the fuel administration announced to- night. In line with this policy Ad- ministrator Garfield today gave W. K. Prudden, fuel administrator for Michigan, authority to shut off sup- plies to 'industrial plants or to any cther users if necessary to meet the needs of domestic users. Mr. Prudden has asked to close down on non-es- centia] users during the holidays. Dr. Garfield replied: Close Industrial Plants and Theaters “You are hereby authorized to ex- ercise your discretion. If you decide it necessary in order to meet domes- tic consumers’ needs, issue orders closing some or all industrial plants, theatres, halls, places of amusement during the holidays. State authorities elsewhere, it was announced, will be given the same powers if it appears the:situation war- rants such_ radical measures. Fuel Administrator Johnson, in Ohio, wired today that blizzard condi- tions are slowing up coal distribution there. Conditions in some sections, he said, are desperate, and on many roads three locomotives are necessary to move coal trains. Coal Seized in Pittsburgh. To relieve shortage in Pittsburgh, Pa. the fuel administration today seized for distribution in the city 7, 500 tons of cqal loaded on barges in the Ohio river. Miners* Differences Settled. Ohio operators and miners reported a settlement of their differences over powder prices which had threatened to bring about a shutdown of mines. Mines in the Kanawha and New Riv. er flelds of West Virginia resumed op- erations today after a shutdown caused by the war department’s di- er's to to to TDS, on- try. na- ngs $9.- wealth, | version of water from workmen with all this added income, ooty are not going to be universally econ- The \experience . of England was that there was not dullness, but we can do will only be to hold down|Feund Not Guilty of Murde, this activity in_luxuries. % o No one needs to be alarmed that we are going to suddenly disorganize MISS HARRIETT A. VARNEY ACQUITTED BY JURY Pauline Keyes—Jury Out Four Hours. Dedham, Mass., Dec. 18.—Miss Har- riet A. Varney, a nurse of West Up- ton, was found not guilty of the mur- der of Mrs. Pauline Keyes, the ten months bride of George H. Keyes, a Boston rea] estate man, by a jury in the Norfolk county superior court here early today. The jury deliberated more than four hours. Miss Varney burst into tears when she heard the verdict. She recovered herself quickly, however, and before the jury was dismissed she arose in her Seat and: turning to the jurymen, E “I want to thank the jury for all they have dome for me. Everybody bas been 5o kind to me* Then, she began to again’ and the Sury filed out of the courtroom. Miss Varney decided to spend ‘the remainder of the night at the jail, Wwhere quarters were arranged for her, Tomorrow she will g0 to the home of her sister in West Upton. COLONEL E. M. HOUSE CALLS AT WHITE HOUSE. Head of American War Mission Makes Personal Report to President Wilson. ‘Washington, Dec. 17—Colonel E. M. House, back from FEurope, where he attended the great inter-allied war conference as head of the American ate , OBITUARY. Walter R. Deane. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 17.—Walter R. Deane, treasurer of the Bast Hartford Trust company, died in the Hartford hospital tonight eral iperations. He was 33 years old and. s survived by a widow. ~Mrs. Nehemiah D. Sperry. TEN PAGES— 74 CENT PRICE TWO l Condensed Telegrams Norway has lost 5,000 sailors during | the war. G President Wilson bought $1,000 of War Savings stamps. tizens housed 11,000 Slocum. New Rochello soldiers from Fort The “Rev.” Billy Sunday is beginning a campaign in Washington. in Cincinnati owing to the coal short- age. Official denial was made that Nicho las Romanoff had escaped from To- bolsk. A university has been established behind the lines of the Canadian troops. The total enlistments in the United States regular army since April are 328 143 men. General Pershing subscribed to the French war loan and asked all his men to do so. Nearly 8,000 deer were killed in Maine during the season which closed at sunset Saturday. Colonel Roosevelt vi State National Arm. Camp Sherman, Ohi ited the United cantonment at Officers in charge of the Halifax lief fund of the Atlantic division nounced it had reached $40,474. an- Alien mischief makers at internment camps will be sent to National Army cantonments and made to work. Ohio schools, hospitals and public utility companies will have to close if, they do not get coal immediately. President Wilson in response to_the appeal for worn clothes for the Hel- sians gave a whole box of his own. Senator Gore of Oklahoma went to'a sanitarium at Washington for treat- ment for nervous trouble and insomnia. “Eat Horace versity. Hoover. horse meat,” says Dean W. Hoskins, of New York Uni- This is his suggestion to A. P. Gardner, a congressman from assachusetts, who won the title of ‘ather of Preparedness,” will go to France as a major. A national training station for the training of the crews of the United States merchant marine fleet will be organized at Boston. All manufacturing plants at Plaits- burg will be ordered to close down this week unless their products are absolutely necessar: Congressman Tinkham on the Italian front, while Tiding in an_autompbile, was injured. 'The auto fell over the mountain side 20 feet: Following the proclamation of Pyesi- dent Wilson forbidding the t[tors wers joined by the galleries in jer feng in the: District of Co. |such a demenstratics as is rarely pef- Tormer Secre- German aliens in the District of Co- lumbia. 400 have departed. Boston medical lar neariy. all day, appeared on_ the floor. e e e ot ceclare that | and joimed in Teceiving consTatulations With Representative Webb of North adults have no need to fear over, sugar, shortage as nature has pro- vided ‘sufficient substitutes. More than 20,000 field workers start- ed a home canvass in Chicago yeste day to obtain this city's quota of 000 members for the Red Cross. Elisha P. Burd, 53, a farmer, during the storm of Thursday ngiht. J. H. Woodward, 75 years old, a retired iron and steel operator, and father-in-law of Senator Underwood, died at his home in Birmingham, Ala. It was indicated yesterday that Président Wilson will make no further move in the railroad situation until cengross . re-convenes after. the' holi- ys. Fifteen thousand volunteers for the new United States Guard in the De- partment of the East will be re- cruited in New York by the mayors committee. Further denial that Japanese troops have been landed at Vladivostok was contained in despatches to the state department from the American embas- sy in Tokio. The naval investigation will begin before the house naval committee to- morrow with Secretary Daniels and Paymaster-General McGowan as the first witnesses. Rev. John Edgecomb, 86, for the last 25 years—of Christ Episcopal church at Cranford, N. J. dropped dead in the pulpit of his church Sunday while he was preaching. i German newspapers have united in their effort to' cause dissatisfaction | among the German people in President ‘Wilson's aim in fighting to make the | world a democracy. Judge Burt J. Humphrey, of Queens, and Zhorndye ' C. McKennee, commissioner of jurors of that county, are seeking the passage of a bill to allow women jurors. The administration bill to increase the number of cadets at the Annapolis naval academy was passed late Jester- day by the house without debate and now goes to the senate. that the French portion of Canada has gonme heavily for Sir Wilfrid Laurier and English constituenajes have returned men who services \will be held here tomorrow, Rev. Dr. Watson L. Phillips of Shelton William Caildwell Plunkett. | Night church service was eliminated | EVOT Great Demonstration in VOTE 282 70 128, 26 M Resolution is Identical With Save That it Gives the 5 Instead of Six in Which tory—The President’s A, dent and Speaker Clark State Electors, Instead of ‘Washington, Dec. prohibition wor in the hou: quired for adoption. Both Sides Predicted Victory. Both wets and drys had been dicting victory all day and it until the last few names lLad conceded their defeat. er Clark announced the result the v mitted in the house. tary . Bryan,.an interested spectator, Carolina, who had led the fight. The resolution adopted by the house is identical with that passed by the senate last August, except that it gives the states seven years instead of six in which to ratify the amendment. Senator Sheppard, author of the reso- of | lution, predicted fonight that the sen- Brass Castle, N. J., froze to death go- |ate would _accept the amendment to- ing to his home from u trolley car|morrow. He sald he had assurances that the seven year period vwuld be approved, and tfiat he did not believe a roll cail necessary. President’s Approval Not Required. The president’s approval the resolution. “It would be submitted tomorrow as a Christmas present to the American “ang T believe it will be ratified within three people,” said Senator Sheppard, years.” IDE PROHIBIT! Clark Announced Victory for Prohibition F temp's to Put on Amendments to Except Li and Bezr Were Beatern—141 Democrats, for Submission of Constitutional Amendments 17.—Nation-wide today and pre- not been called that the anti-prohibition forces When Spealk- is not re- quired and the state legislatures may act as soon as they please after the signatures of the vice .president and Speaker Clark have been attached to ES NATI Galleries When ORE.THAN TWO Measure Passed by t [ State Legislatures to Ratify the Amendn 137 canz and Four Independents Effected Prohibition pproval is Not Required State Legislatures May Act as Soon as the Vice Pr Attach Their Signatures.— ‘the Senate Senator Brandegee Introduced a Resolutic the State Legislatures. attempt today to ts to except Every amendmer only the adjustment of a slight differ- |beer was beaten an ence in resolutions between the house|stood aligned with 137 and senato now stands in the way of | four independents submitting to state egislatures an|victory for the prohibit amendment to the federal constitution| Following Is the resoluti forbidding the manufacture, sale oried importation of intoxicating liquor for The Reselution Adopted beverage purposes in the United States| «Resolyed, by the sena or its territories. of represenidtives, tha Vote Was 282 to 128. amendment to the constitut The vote in the house, taken after|hereby is, proposed tc a day of debate before crowded gal-|become valid as a part leries, was 282 to 128, with the parties|tution when ratificd by tk dividing almost evenly The margin|of the several states as | for prohibition was just eight votes|constitution more than the necessary two thirds| “Article—Section 1. After of the membership of the house re-|from the ratification of t manufacture, sale intoxicating liquors portation thereof into, tion thereof from the [r and all territory subje diction_thereof for is hereby prohibited. “Section 2—The o several states shall power to enforce this arti priate legislation. Section 2—This article .| onerative unless it shall have ified as an amendment t tution by the legislature eral states, as provided tution, within seven ve date of the submission to consress.” The Connecticut Messrs. Freeman, -| Merrett ana Tilson amendment the repr vote Resolution by Senator Bra While the house was deha olution by Senator Brande nesticut, providing a plan for submi amendments, was fav r by the senate judiciary provides that all amencm: acted upon within eight submission and, instead of a present by state legislaty amendments shall be submitted of the state electors. amendment probably W ted before the Brandegee reso passes, and therefore, will not fected by it. “DESERVING DEMOCRATS OR MONGREL REPUBLICANS.” Senator Penrose So Classes Men Ap- pointed States Explosives Inspectors. ‘Washington, Dec. 17. — President ‘Wilson’s appointment of states explo- sive inspectors were sharply crécized tonight by republican members in a senate executive session which con- ENCOURAGING REPORTS OF RED CROSS Seattle, First City to Report, 40,000 New Members. ‘Washinston, reports of the s day of the Red Cross bership drive were re national headquarte firmed all such appointments pending except a few recently made. Partisan- ship in the appointments was charged and the qualifications of the appointees as a whole were criticized. Senator Penrose, who led the oppo- sition, said that virtually all of the appointees are “deserving democrats or mongrel republicans” and that few of them had demonstrated their fitness for their dutiés. Many of those named ‘were said to be local politicians and the Pennsylvania appointee, Senator Penrose declared, was “a specialist in root beer.” PRESIDENT OF WESLEYAN IS GOING TO FRANCE. wi m Arnold Shanklin is to Engage in Y. M. C. A. War Work. Middletown, Conn., Dec. 17.—William Arnold Shanklin, president of Wesley- an university, has accepted the invi- tation of the war world council of %o International Y. M. C. A. to become one of ‘the directors of their work with the allied armies in Burope. He will sail for ¥France in a few days, accompanied by his daughter, Mary Arnold .Shank- lin, who is going into the war work of the Young Women’s Christian assa- clation in France. A leave of absence of six months wili be granted to Presi- dent Shanklin by the university trus- tees. PENROSE BLOCKS FARM LOAN BANK LEGISLATION Claims System Has Been Permitted to Drift 4nto Its Present Condition. ‘Washington, Dec. 17.—Legislation to stabHlize the farm loan bank got un- der Wy in congress today with the , the maximum penalty of one yea Only fragmentary reports ly separated districts were c tonight, but all indicated that army of workers was me: uniform success. The first port was Seattle, Wash nounced the enrollment of 4 members and with pros t 000 more would be added t booths closed for the day Penneylvania and Delaware r 125,000 new members as the r today’s drive. ANOTHER OFFERING OF TREASURY CERTIFI Asked For by Secretary Mc Part of Liberty Loan Financ ‘Washington, Dec. 17.—Anot ing of treasury certificates of ir ness of indefinite amount wa tonight by Secretary McAd part of the Libeety Subscriptions will federal reserve banks in denominatinne of $500 $10,000 and $100,000 at June 25, 1918, wi of 4 per cent. After allotment, the subser must be paid not earlier than Ja 1918, nor later than the ress Jan. 15. loan par, h interest payabl FOUR MONTHS' SENTENCE FOR SLEEPING AT Penalty Impossed on Axel Jens Sailor, in Federal Court in Bo Boston, Dcc. 1 xe sallor, was sentenced t in"jail by Judge Morton today charge of failing to obey order: endangering a trans-Atlantic I going to sleep in the submarin while supposed to be on wat “If you were in_the United navy,” said Judge Morton in imp sentence, “you would be dead no Judge Morton announced t ture cases of the kind he would impos Jansse four