Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 20, 1917, Page 1

Walletin VOL. LIX—NO. 304 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1917 TEN PAGES—80 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS | ITALIANS COMPELLED T0 GIVE GROUND Before .Reinforced Teutonic Al es in Battle Raging Around Monte Asolone : MORE THAN 2,000 ITALIANS MADE PRISONERS Along the Southern Reaches of the Piave River the Invaders * Crossed the Old Piave River on a Pontoon Bridge, But the Italions Held Them to the Water’s Edge—The Fight- ing on the Other Fronts is Confined to Artillery Duels— ‘Guns Forecasts debouch upon the Venetia in_the region of In fierce fightiug around Asolene, in which the ememy suffered severe losses and sev- ies was repulsed, reinforce- n large numbers were brought the Italians were compelled The fighting lasted were made prisoner. Likewke slong the southern reaches ve river the invaders and in heavy fighting. A crossing of the Old Piave on pontosn bridge was successfully carried oul by one enemy detachment, but later the Italians drove the Teu- tons to thy water's edge. The fightig on the other fronts still remains bebw normal, aithough the astillery duels on_various sectors con- intenss. tinue The artillery muvi:y between the French and Germans in Champagne and in the mountainous regions near the Swiss border is in- creasing in volume, probably forecast- ing infantry attacks at an early date. BLIND MAN ORDAINED TO THE PRIESTHOOD At Boston Under a Special Dispensa- jon from Rome. which was attended by nearly 3,000 people. The young man was made blind in 1810 as the result of an explosion in the chemm-' - % P Canisius ~cllege, Buffalo, N. Y., where He was & gtudent.. Uiiw.. . v, s afiction, he kept up his studies. Reeently he had been connected with the Church of St Francis Xavier in New York. He is a member of thé Jesuit order. The records of the Catholic church mre said to show few, if in- stances of a similar ordination, and the dispe: Pope Benedict XV s that It must not be taken as a precedent. 800,000 DRUG ADDICTS IN NEW YORK CITY Many of Them Are Persons of “High Social Position.” New York, Dec. 19—There are ap- proximately 300,000 drug addicts in New York city and many of them are s of “high social position, B Bands, chief of the drug division of the department of internal revenue, declared today before Whitney legis- lative committee which {3 investigating evil The statement that in recent years the number of drug victims had de- creased 50 per cent. made by Justice Cornelius Collins before the commit- tee, was rcfuted, Sands testified, by his’ record: TEN YEAR SENTENCES FOR CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS. Penalty Prono: —-cd Upon Two Seattle Men by a Courtmartial San Francisco, Dec. 19—Ten years in & military prison will be the sen- tence Imposed hereafter upon “econ- scientious objectors to the draft” ac- cording to an announcement made here today by Major General Arthur Mur- ray, commantding the western depart- ment of the army. AlMred Bloss. Jr., and Wallferd E. Beaher, both of Seattle, Washn, who expressed scruples against drafi ser- wice, were sentenced each to ten years % a courtmartial at Fort Worden, RIVER TRAFFIC OUT OF MEMPHIS RESUMED Had Been Interrupted by Formation of an lce George. ‘which carried the rapidly melting floes southward. - Several boats which went aground ‘when the river fell Monday were float- ed today Guilty of Wife Murder. Bridgeport. Conn.. Dec. 19.—After ten hours' deliberation, ‘the jury re- turned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree against Willlam ‘W. Roberts, chprged with the murdey Bi$ wife on Jul- 4 last. The sen- fixed by statute is life imprison- TR ‘Loss of French Shipping. Attacks at an Early Date. o —— S Increasing Volume of Big Again the losses to British shipping through mines or submarines shows & decrease. According to the weekly statement of the- British admiralty 17 merchantmen were sent to the bottoni last week as compared with 21 the previous week. French shipping suf- fered only the loss of one vessel dur- ing the week, and this a small one of less than 1600 tons. An enemy submarine, however, has torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterra- nean sea the old French cruiser Cha- teaurenault, which was being used as a transport. The submarine which fired the fatal shot was itself destroy- ed. The soldiers aboard the Chateau- renault were saved, but ten members of_the crew of the vessel were lost. Little material damage was done by the Germans in Tuesday night's air raia over London, Essex and Kent. Ten persons were killed in London and seventy injured. Outside the capital five persons were wounded. One ene- my machine was brought down and another belleved to have been festroy- Another Spanish steamer, the No- viembre, has been torpedoed without warning by Teutonic allied submarine. 657,000 NEW MEMBERS OF THE RED CROSS Atlantic Division—Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. ‘Washington, Dee. 19.—Six hundred and fifty-seven thousand new members of the Red Cross have been enrolled the u-—%-’m.. comprising ow York, New and Connecti- cut, during the first three days of the [Christmas drive for ten million new enroliments, ft was announced today at national headquarters. he Pemnsylvania division, which includes Delaware, has added 300,000 new since Monday, on reports from 49 out of 104 chapters. Rhinebeck, Towa, claims to be the first city in the country to be 100 per cent. Red Cross, having reported the enfollment of every man, woman ond child in the community. No attempt has been made so far to announce the total gains made since Monday, because of incomplete re- por THERE IS AN OVERSUPPLY OF BEEF AND MUTTON. “Meatless” Day Has Borne Good Re- sults in Nebraska. Omaha, Neb. Dec, 13. — Asserting that the general observation of “meat- less” days and other means of con- serving the meat supply have been so effective that there is now an over- supply of beef and mutton, a resolu- tion was adopted today by the Nebras- ka food congress asking the national food administration to modify _its “meatless” days order so that it shal epply to pork only. The resolution was endorsed by G. W. Wattles, Nebraska food adminis- trator, and was presented to the meet- ing by E. L. Burke, chatrman of the livestock committee of the food admin- istration. TO CASH LIBERTY LOAN COUPONS WITHOUT CHARGE Secretary McAdoo Says a Few Banks Have Been Collecting for Services. ‘Washington, Dec. 19. — McAdoo tonight called upon i banks of the country to cash Liberty bond coupons without charge, saying that he. had been informed that a few banks and ‘trust companies were col- lecting money for this service. Mr. McAdoo pointed out that the coupons are payable at any federal reserve bank or sub-treasury as well as at the treasury department here, and that eny pational bank which is 2 general depositary of government funds is required to cash the coupons without charge. GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE OF $162,000,000 Has Been Applied for by N. Y. N. G. Troops at Camp Wadsworth. ‘Washington, Dec. 19.—New _York national guard troops at C: ‘Wads. 3 burg, S. C. hold the record for number of applications for soldiers’ government life insurance. made public tonight by the war risk bureau show that of the 31,- 000 men in the camp, 19,275 have ap- plied for insurance aggregating $162,- 000,000, an average of $3,431 each. 13 SOLDIERS INJURED d WHEN TRAINS COLLIDED Near Baltimore Highlands — None Were Seriously Hurt, Baltimore, Dec. 20.—Thirteen soldlers from Camp Meade weer injured in a Two Men Burned in Powder Explosion Whitesburg, N. Y, Dec. 19—Two ‘were fatally injured and a num- of others less seriously hurt today wder explosion on construction Cabled Paragraphs Ten Killed in Air Raid on London. London, Dec. 19.—Ten persons were killed and 70 injured in London during last night’s air raid. Outside of Lon- don five persons were injured. General Sarrail Recaled. London, Dec. 19.—General Sarrail, commander of the allied armies at Saloniki, has been recalled, according to newspaper announcement in Athens, says a Reuter despatch from the Greek capital under date of Dec. 15. STATE OF SIEGE IN PETROGRAD Proclaimed by Executive Council of Workmen and Soldiers. Petrograd, Dec. 19.—The executive council of werkmen's and soldiers’ deputies has proclaimed a state of elege in Petrograd in an effort to re- press disorders due to the looting of wine cellars and shops. HOW PRODUCTION OF GUNS AND RIFLES WAS DELAYED Told by Heads of Large Private Mu- : nitions Plants. ‘Washington, Dec. 19.—How produc- tion of rifles and machine guns for the army was delayed during the early days_of 'the nation/s entrance into war, but is now being speeded up, was recounted today in the senate military committee’s war inquiry by heads of large private munitions plants. The manufacturers enthusiastically praised both new types of American weapons. They told of private enter- prise in anticipating the nation’s war necessities, and one of them criticized the ordnance bureau for alleged in- difference to the probability of war. He said the department heads brusque: ly declined to consider ordering ma- chine guns immediately after the Ger- man ambassador had been dismissed. Orders for rifles placed several months after war was declared, the manufacturers were agreed, are far ahead of contracted deliveries, with- out yet reachirg maximum factory ca- pacity. Virtually all of the contracts for rifies, machine guns and cartridges, they testified, are on the,“cost plus” a per cent. of profit basis, with machin- ery in their plants owned by the gov- ernment. With the testimony of the largest private munitions makers, the commit- tee virtually completed its inquiry into the ordnance situation. VILLA OPERATING UNDER NAME OF GONZALEZ. Has Looted Small Towns, Held Up a Railroad Train and Killed Civilians. El Paso, Tex., Dec. 19.—Francisco Villa has changed his name and is now operating under the name of Severino Gonzalez, according to_es- caped federal prisoners who have reached Chihuahua City and made re- ports to the commander there. With Martin Lopez, Villa has been conduct- ing a guerilla campaign in Chihuahua under the. e of Gonzalez and loot- ed eeveral- towns, held up a railroad train and killed a number of oivilians, Villa’s other name, which is used ‘when he is referred to in any official communication of the Mexican gov- ernment, is Dorotea Aranja, which was the name he dropped when he be- came a bandit in the Mexican moun- SINN FEINER M’CARTEN ~BROUGHT TO NEW YORK. To Be Tried on Charge of Fraudulent- iy Obtaining a Passport. New York, Dec. 19.—Dr. Patrick Mc- Carten, so-called “ambassador to the United States of the Irish republic,” was brought here today from Halifax and will be arraigned tomorrow in the United States district court on a charge of fraudulently obtainig a sea- man’s passport. McCarten came to the United States eight months 'ago and ‘was associated with “General” Liam Mellowes, another SiAn Fein leader, who was arrested as he was trying to leave the country. McCarten left New York Oct. 17 as a seaman on a Belgian relief ship un- der the name of “Francis Conlin,” and ‘when the vessel reached Halifax he ‘was arrested by the British authorities on information from the United States departmetn of justice. RECOGNITION OF NEW GOVERNMENT IN PORTUGAL. British and French Ministers Com- municate With Dr. Sidonio Paes. Parts, Dec. 19—The British _and French ministers at Lisbon have placed themselyes in communication with Dr. Sidonio-Paes, head of the new government in Portugal, according to the Temps today. ‘This recognition of the existing sit- uvation, which has also been partici- pated 'in by the Italian and Belgian ministers, is by way of preparation for formal recognition of the new govern- ment, the newspaper explains. Dr. Paes, it is noted, has seized every op- perbimity Z daei;.re that Por is resolve orous! continue the war against Germany. ¢ YEAR'S TOTAL OF DEATHS ON AMERICAN SHIPS, 592. Of These 210 Were Suicides and Ac- cidental Drownings. ‘Washington, Dec. 19.~—Only 71 per- sons were lost out of more than three hundred million carried on American ships during the fiscal vear ending June 30, the annual report today of the steamboat inspection service shows. The total of deaths on Amer- tcan vessels jincluding those who went down with torpedoed merchant craft, was 592, but suicides end accidental drownings accounted for 210 of these. The years total was 684 less than that of the ?or:z“m % Jear, when 800 persons were on the steamer East- land at Chicago. 3 TWO NEW YORK SCHOOL TEACHERS DISMISSED For Spreading Disloyal Propaganda in Class Rooms. New York, Dec! Samuel ~ Schmalhausen, A. Henry Schneer and Thomas Mufson, teachers in De Witt Clinton High school, rec- ommended by the committee on high schools after finding them guilty of “holding views subersive of discipiine and tending to undermine good citi- zenship in the schools” was ratified by_the board of education today. The teashers were accused of spreading disloyal propaganda in the class rooms. : Philadelphia’s Mayor Indicted CONTEMPT OF COURT, VIOLATION OF ELECTION LAWS JUDGE AND JURY TRIAL Outcome of Rioting at Primary Elec- tion Last September—Ward Leader and Police Lieutenant Indicted for Murder. Philadelphia, Dec. 19.—Mayor Thom- as B, Smith was today indicted on charges of contempt of court and vio- lation of the election laws in connec- tion with the holding of the primary election in the fifth ward last Sep- tember when a policeman was shot and killed by New York gunmen. Oth- er charges, including one alleging mal- feasance in office, will be considered tomorrow. The action of the jury assures the trial of the mayor befors a judge and jury. Other Indictments. Indictments were also handed down by the srand jury for conspiracy to murder, manslaughter and conspiracy to prevent a free and fair election against Isaac Deutsch, defeated can- didate for the fifth ward leadership; Lieutenant of Police David Bennett and five policemen. The murder charge is in connection with the Kill- ing of Policeman George A. Eppley. Mayor Smith when arrested last September in connection with the case was also accused with conspiracy to murder and held in heavy bail, but was virtually exonerated of that charge in- subsequent habeas corpus proceeding= Therefore this charge was not presented to the grand jury for consideration. More to Be Considered. Indictments asainst other political leaders and detectives employed by a private agency who are charged with bringing a squad of allezed New York gangsters here for election work, will also be considered by the jury tomor- row. Seven Gangsters Under Arrest. Seven members of a New York gang are under arrest here in connection with the case, and one of them, Jacob “Butch” Mascia, is now on trial ac- cused of being the man who actually shot ana killed the policeman. The commonwealth rested its case today and the defense opened. Mascia. claim- ed he fired at the policeman in self defense. Willlam G. Kier, Mascia’s counsel, said the prisoner beiieved that Eppley, who was in civilian clothes, was a’ member of a supposed “piclk axe gang” from the tenth ward. One of the witnesses Mascla today was “Mike” Dennehy, one of the al- leged gangsters, who has turned states ce. DAIRY FARMERS NEVER WERE WELL REPAID. Testimony Before Federal Milk Com- mission for New England. ‘Boston, Dec. 19.—The farmer never received for his milk a great deal above the cost of the food for the cat- tle, according to formal surveys made by Dr. Joseph P. Lindsay of the chem- istry department of the Massachusetts Agricultural college, who testified to- day at a continued hearing before the federal milk commission for New England. Dr. Lindsay said that his first in- quiry was conducted with 139 Jersey |. sows selected for the purpose. He found that the cost of a quart of milk to the farmer who produced it was 0716 cents. In another test, based on the showing made by 809 cows in eight states, the cost was found to be .0653 cents a quart A third test that he put into the evidence was based on results from 5369 cows in Delaware county, New York, where the cost to the farm- er was .077 cents a quart. e OFFICERS OF MERCHANTMEN MUST OBEY NAVAL MEN Disobedience Will Cause Withdrawal of Merchant Officers’ Licenses. ‘Washington, Dec. 19 —Complaints that American merchant ship captains have not co-operated with command ers of convoys and with nava] gun crew commanders caused the depart- ment of commerce to issue instructions today to merchant officers to " follow the directions of their naval associates in every instance where they _are prompted by military. ity. | Dis- obedience of the instructions, it is pointed out, will cause-the withdrawal of merchant officers’ . licenses. The instructions make clear, how- ever, that in matters relatmg solely to navigation and to the discipline of crews the authority of merchant cap- tains will be upheld. Attention is call- ed to the need for the strictest disci- pline in war times and to the neces- sity of enforcing particularly sobrigty among the men. NEW EXPERIMENTAL STATION OF THE BUREAU OF MINES Is to Investigate Petroleum and. Nat- ural Gas Industries. OF 'BRITISH MERCHANTMEN. Fourteen of More Than 1,600 Tons, Three Uader and One Trawler. Woolen Uniforms | For All Troops EITHER AT THE CAMPS OR ON THE WAY THERE SEC’Y BAKER EXPLAINS Health and Clothing Equipment Con- ditions at Camp Devens, Camp Up- ton and Camp Meade Are Entirely Satisfactory. ‘Washington, Dec. 19.—Woolen uni- forms for all troops have beén pro- vided and are ecither at the camps and cantonments or en route there, Secretary Paker said today, explain- ing steps the war department has taken to meet the unsatisfactory health conditions at the training posts pictured in reports of the surgeon gen- eral made public yesterday. The secretary announced that all except onme of the recommendations of the medical department had been complied with immediately and point- ed out that the reports upon which action was taken were received for the most part two weeks or more ago. One Proposed to Be Acted Upon. General Gorgas’ one proposal that remains ‘o be acted upom, Mr. Baker said, is that regarding the establis! ment of observation camps in which shall be zathered all mew drafts of recruits for a period of two weeks be- fore the men pass into their company orzanizations at the training -cam The surgeon general believes that dur- ing this two week segregation period and with the recruits under close medical observation, it would he pos- sible to prevent the communication of epidemic diseases to the troops in training. Latent diseases would have time to develop ana men found to have measles or any other communicable ailment would be sent to.the hospi- tal. \ Why Action Was Delayed. Mr. Baker said action was delaved pending decision made as to the wi course to pursue in establishing observation camps. It mav be mee- essary to establish on= camp in con- nection with every divisional train- ing_center or, on the other hand..to build sevcral great observation camns at suitable points throughont _the country where recruits would be held Quring the two week period to be dis- tributed later to the training camps The question also is under discussion as to the type of camp to be construct- ed, whether cantonments or semi-per- manent tvre with® wooden buildings, or tent camps such as those occu- pied by the national guard. Reports From Northern Camps. Secretary Baker receivedt today per- sonal reports on conditions at three of the northern training centers, Camp Devens, Mass.; Camp Upton. N , Y. ana Camp Meade, Md, to the effe that_health and clothing _equipment conditions _there are entirely satis- factory. _He received also an invita- tion to inspect the national army di- vision at Camp Meade tomorrow, with the promise that he would see every man at the camp clothed in Condensed Telegrams A spectacular fire damage in Atlantic City, The Bethlehem Steel Co. has now unider cosntruction 200 destroyers. Cavalrymen at Camp Wadsworth will go abroad as machine gun men. The House Rules Committee agreed on a vote for woman suffrage Jan. 10. The first snow storm in France crip- pled telegraph and wireless communi- cations. The torpedoing by a submarine of the Spanish steamship Noviembre is reported. A petition to close the New York Stock Bxchange on Monday is being circulated. Followers of Louis Gutirrez took the town of Musquiz, 70 miles south of the Texas border. An American company is shipping three-inch guns at the rate of 1,000 a month to France. The House of Representatives voted 308 to 1 to subject their salaries to the excess profits tax. left Detroit for an Atlantic now past Cleveland. port All men between the ages of 18 and 50 years have been called for service in the Italian army. Fire which swept through a portion of the business section of Erie , Pa., dia $150,000 damage. Shiploads of presents have arrived inu France to make Christmas a joyous occasion for the soldiers. The use of coal for heating New York theatres may be curtailed, Fuel Administrator Wiggin says. Maria Ouevas and Silvaria Silva, un- der sentence to die by hanging. _com- mitted suicide in jail at Wallu, N. M. Senator Borah’s efforts to have Congress stay in session during the holidays was defeated by a vote of 43 to 32. Secret Service men guarded Presi dent Wilson's two sans of coal until it had been stowed away at the White House. Miguel Perez, a rich Cuban, is named defendant in a suit for $300000 in New York for breach of promise of marriage. The Council of National Defense announced there would be no fixing of the price of lead for war purposes at this time. A lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps with the American army in France was dismsised for drinking with enlisted men. New Jersey is to be the first State in the Union to organize its manufact. uring industries on a war basis to as- sist the Government. The British steamer City of Naples on December 5 while under convoy of destroyers was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. Francesco Romei, assistant musical conductor of the Metropolitan Opera, woolen uniform and clad in his heavy overcoat. CONDITION OF WINTER WHEAT IS DISAPPOINTING On December 1 it Was the Lowest on Record For That Date. ‘Washington, Dec. 19.—Government plans for a billion bushel wheat crop next year to help the United States feed its_allies have received a set- back. It was disclosed today by the, December crop report of the depart- ment of agriculture that while winter wheat was planted on the largest acreage ever sown to the cereal, its condition an December i was the iow- est on record for that date. A winter crop of 540,000,000 bushels was forecasted by the bureau of crop estimates. The actual production will be greater or less than that quantity according as conditions here- after are better or worse than aver- age. Though a great spring crop is still hoped for to brinz the year’s to- tal to somewhere mear the billion mark. An area of more than 47,000,000 acres was the mark set by the government for farmers to plant to winter wheat this fall but the December canvass shows that 52,170,000 acres were sown. The farmers aid their bekt, department . of agriculture officials said, but conditions were against them. The very dry weather in most of the winter wheat belt was a large draw- back, while late harvest of other crops and shortage of farm help wero contributing causes for the failure. GERMANY’S STRENGTH ON FRANCO-BRITISH FRONT Placed at 154 Divisions—Nearly to Largest Force Ever Mustered. EVA TANGUAY HAS BEEN GRANTED A DIVORCE Because of Irregular Habits of Her ,Husband, John W. Ford. Chicago,” Dec. 19.—Eva Tanguay ob-. tained a divorce today F B0 ahor: the sotsmas ! e ipivn hegl c before . Judge.-David M. testimony ! Brothers, - Ford was her.danch = ner and ‘the actress swore that after their marriage his habits were so. ir- regular that he would remain away from the show. for days at a time. They ' were .married at Ann Arbor, Mich., in i > < dled at the Roosevelt Hospital, New York, of heart disease. Directors of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad met yesterday but deferred action for one month on the common and preferred dividends. Several barracks in Camp Merritt near Englewood, N. J. have been quarantined owing to appearance of scarlet fever and measles. An official German announcement says that two sailors were saved by the Germans when _they sank the American destroyer Jacob Jones. The death of Ensign Phillips Ward Page. in England, December 17, as the result of a seaplane accident, was reported to the navy department. The National War Savings Commit- tee will center its efforts to have peo- ple give War Savings Stamps instead of money for Christmas presents. George T. Taylor, formerly for 18 years superintendent of the Plymouth division of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R, died at his home at Quincy, Mass. Private John H. Smith was dis- honorably discharged from the 1224 Infantry at Camp Wheeler, Ga., for re- fusing to have his adenoids removed. One trainman was killed_ ana one fatally hurt when the New York-Chi- cago express of the Grand Trunk carshed into a freight train near Stony Creek, Ont. The Pennsylvania Highway De- partment announces that the entire route of the Lincoln highway be- tween Philadelphia and Pittsburgh is open for traffic. . Gov. H. F. Graham of Vermont an- nounced his intention of . going to ‘Washington today to participate in a conference of New England governors on the coal situation. ' Diverted from Halifax because of conditions due to the recent disaster there, a British ship bearing more than 2,000 wounded Canadian soldiers, ar- rived at an Atlantic port yesterday. The homes of many wealithy families at Newport, R. 1. were searched by secret service agents - Teports 're- ived the government that quan- tities oszusi; had been hoarded. None was found. Mrs. Ida Hauh, a sculptress, form- erly the wife of Fditor Max Bastman of the Masses of New York. received a_suspended sentence in court after pleading guilty to dissminating birth control literature. The old French crulser Chateaurs- umm.,amp!mdu 2 transport. was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediter- ranean on the morning of December 14 and the ‘submarine which attacked her later was destroyed. A massive triumphal arch_in_memo- rial to the soldiers of New York state Who ‘see’ service abroad in the pres- ent war_is cluded in the plans ‘for the new state building at Albany, N. 53 e i Justics Garretson Reti Now York, Dec 19—After_ twenty years’ service on the bench, Supreme Court Justice Garret James Garretson of Long Island City retired today. He is 70 yearp oid. . The Government war trucks which | +ato rot rather than sell them at a loss. IDANIELS EXPLAINS GROWTH OF NAV) caused $30,000 | At Opening Session of Inquiry by House Sub-Comm tee Into Navy’s War Activities COUNTRY MAY REPOSE CONFIDENCE IN NAVY The Navy Now Has More Than One Thousand Ships in C mission and an Enlisted Personnel of 280,000 Office and Men—There Are 424 Ships In Course of Constru tion—Battle Cruisers, Battleships, Scout Cruisers, stroyers, Fuel Ships and Gunboats Are Included in Number. ‘Washington, Dec. Secretary Da | pared for war 19.—A recital by the committee els of how the navy pre- |Submarine_chasers, v building 250, and d by adding several hun- |small craft. The dred ships to the fleet and letiing con- | jervice by early tracts for hundreds of others, includ-| Included in the ing dreadnoughts. battie cruisers, de- |were battle cruiser stroyers and auxiliaries, and an expla- | cruisers, destroyer e nation of the operation supply department by McGowan, paymaster gene hospital " ar seagoing Re the navy |bo Admiral | hip marked | al, d submarines. the opening today of the inquiry by a| The navy at ti i house sub-committee into the navy's!participation in the w war activities. -|continued. had at it sp The sub-committee adjourned today | money needed for = t without fixing any time for resuming |sion immediatel the hearing, and probably will not meet | pressinz cases where w again until after Christmas. ove ligations W Representative Briiten Tliinois | Within the last f asked Secretary Daniels the | had to ask for $86, department had received com- | the rezul ima 1 plaints from Vice Admirs om- {$1,039.000,000 for the n manding naval forces in tl The secretary said the «; before the house I { improper and “that mess goss Secretary Danie should not be bandied about, but he |had more than s ladded that Admiral Sims had been |sion as against 300 t given everything possible that navy could give. Later, when Adm. McGowan was cailed to the | submitted an order issued by that an enlisted personne and men, cor lana 4,376 om ared war. nonths ago directing Adm “Has the navy u Sims’ requests for supplies be acted |asked. “It is my firm {upon on the same day they were re- |close of the investis ve ceived. We have 424 ships | construction,” Secretary | 1t has, anc < n to re in, course of! Daniels told | the mavy- TURKS STRIPPED CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE TO DELVE INTO INTRICAC OF THE PACKING INDU Before They Surrendered Jerusalem to| Federal Trade Commission is the British. Open Hearings. Washington, Dec. 19.—An official| Washington, Dec. 19 despatch received’ here today from |industry will be put unde France says that the Turks before surrendering Jerusalem {o the ‘British light of the federal investigatiye pow trade ¢ at brutally mistreated -Christian pri beginning tomorrow. carried off the famanusail tire of Uniess tliey conie of their o Church of the Holy Sepuichre, valued | tion, represestatives of th o' five ‘great packing families present. as the commission that subpoenas would not be them. While the commis explanation of its decision, clals’ called attention ity of giving immunity to pers: ing testimony on which futur cutions might be bas: The specific question at morrow and in subseque to be held in New York, probably Chicago, will bé ship of the Chicago stock the Chicago Terminal at millions of dollars, and sent to Ber- lin _the church's celebrated ostensory of brilliants Monsignor Camassei, the patriarch of Jerusalem, is said to have been de- posed from his office, and Father Pic- 'cardo, an Italian priest, to have died from the effects ofsTurkish brutalities. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre had remained unmolested heretofore during all the centuries of Moslem oc- cupation of Jerusalem. TNe same despatch told of the in- dignation among Mussulmen of Asia Minor over the action of a German general in establishing _staff head- | National Cattlemen’s quarters in the great Mosque of the|at various times cha city of Aleppo, near the Syrian bor-|Porate relations between the roads and the packing p! packers have contended that ed no stock in the yards or and that their businesses ducted without other ‘than relations with the great cai and the terminal transpo: ties. der. EMBARGOES ON CORN AND OATS LIFTED Through Middle West by Direction of the Food Administration. PHILADELPHIA TO GET 15,000 TONS OF COAL DA ‘Washington, Dec. 19.—Railroad em- bargoes against the shipment of corn and oats into and through the middle west, imposed Dec. 8, were lifted to- day at the direction of the food ad- ministration. They were put into forte to relieve congestion on eastern lines and to permit the return west of box cars used in transporting grain. — In notifying millers today that the embargoes were off, the food adminis- tration issued a warning that corn and oats users should not ship more @rain than needed for actual require.|ministrator Garfleld y Wil ments. If the instructions are not|fuel asaministrator for Penn. followed, the millers were told, it prob- |*"N." Dotier drew from th ably will become necessary to renew |ministration ales o promice Kh e confiscation of coal in Philade Director Krusen, of the depar FURTHER CURTAILMENT health and charities. Seizures OF PASSENGER SERVICE than fuel officials is held to and the fuel administrs By Boston and Maine Railroad in Or-. der to Move War Freight. Arrangements Made to Meet Ho hold Requirements. Washington, Dec. 19%—Arrafigem to furnish a daily shipment tons of anthracite coal to Phil for household requirements by the fuel administration todas mine conditions in Philadelphi brought to_the attention of F entinued. Transportation conditions rroving, the fuel administration w Boston, Dec. 19—The Boston and|informed today by A. W. Th Mailne rallroad, facing an emergency | chairman of the genwral pers in the matter of lts locomotive fuel supply, has decided on a further cur- tailment of passenger service in order not to interrupt the movement of war freight, James H. Hustis, temporary receiver of the road, announced to- night. Details of -the proposed train reduc- tions- will be announced later, but it is not the intention at this time, or except as a last resort, unduly to turb the morning and evening com- muter service, the receiver's statement says. “DIAMOND JIM” BRADY'S ESTATE ONLY $1,219,809. Several Millions Short of Estimates Made by His Friends. New York, Dec. 19.—A net' estate of only $1,219,809, secerol millions short committee of eastern railroads HIGHWAYMEN GET AWAY WITH $25,000 AT GARY, Killed a Negro and Wounded a Saloo keeper on One of the Main Streets Gary, Ind., Dec. 19.—After William McCarty, a negro, ously injuring Michael Binze loonkeeper, two highwaymen sawed-off shotguns escaped with 000 in cash which the pair we: from the bank to pay steel mi The affeir took place on on main streets. WOULDN'T LIVE WHERE ONLY GERMAN WAS SPOKE Chicago Woman Justified in Refus of the estimate of his wealth made’ by to Live With Her Husband {his friends when he died, was left by James Buchanan Brady, “Diamond| Chicago, Dec. 19.—Judge Jim” it was disclosed today by the filing of an appraisal of the state comptroller. g Total assets were $1,546,876, but de- ductions of $327,067 were made for ad- ministrative expenses and debts. The sppraisal valued Brady’s famed colicc- tlon of jewels at $507,445; pictures, $127,522, and securities, $791,461. LICENSE OF WHOLESALE FOOD DEALERS REVOKED. 'Newport News Firm Permitted Pota- toes and Omions to Rot. ‘Washington. Dec. 19.—The food ad- ministration today withdrew the Ii- of Lester Brothers, wholesale food dealers, at Newport News, Va., after an investigation of charges that the firm permitted potatoes and onions ruled today that Mrs. Frede derman was justified refy live with her husband when ed that they reside at his home where only German He dismissed Geld! vorce which charge CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING MAIL TO GERN Norwegian Girl Arrested at Her in Brooklyn. New York, Dec. 19.—After ters signed by her had beer the possession of a Narwe rested on a charge o' smugel to Germany, Miss Astrid Am daughter of a captain in the Nor gian navy, was arrested at her b in Brooklyn today by agents of naval intellizence buress -