Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 22, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX.—NO. 306 POPULATION 29,919 URDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1917 FOURTEEN PAGES—104 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS INVADERS OF ITALY NOW ON DEFENSIVE Offensive of Italians on the Northern Line in ltaly is Meeting With Success. THEY HAVE REGAINED CONSIDERABLE GROUND Ytalians Also Have Taken the Initiative at Monte Pertica and Monte Solarolo, But Berlin Reports Their Attacks Were Without Success—Pronounced Artillery Activity and Minor Infantry Operations Are Reported in France and Belgium—Reports From Russia Indicate, That the Bol- sheviki Movement is Losing Ground—A Despatch From Petrograd Says the Germans Have Refused the Peace Terms of the Bolsheviki Delegates. The Ttalians on the nortaern line in Italy between the Brenta and Plave Rivers bave ceased, for the time be- ing at least, their defensive warfare against the attacks of the Austro-Ger- | mans and assumed the offensive with signal successes on several sectors. Attacking the positions which the enemy earlier in the week captured near Monte Asolone, General Diaz's troops have regained a considerable portion of the terrain and held it, not- withstanding the terrific artillery fire that was turned upon them. The German war office, in endeav- oring to belittle the success of the of- fensive, which it asserts was repulsed, shows that the effort of the Itallans was a determined one, the troops to the west of Monte Asolone delivering seven attacks against the enemy front. Admission is made in the German communication that the Itallans also have taken the initiative in the fight- ing on Monte Pertica and Monte So- larolo, but it is declared that thelr at- tacks on these sectors, as on Monte Asolone, were without success. Comparative quietude still prevails on_ the Eritish front in France and Belgium and along the French line Tunning from the region of St Quen- gn to the Swiss border, exeopt for ts and minor Infantry op- erations. From the Verdun region to Hartmansweiler Kopf in Alsace the artillery activity has been pronounced on_various sectors. The situation in Russia continues obscure, although such reports as are coming through indicate that the Bol- shevik movement is losing ground in the face of the opposition that is be- ing fmposed by the Ukrainians and the followers of General Kaledines. The Bolshevik commissioners are de- clared to have declined to accept the negative reply of the Ukrainians Rada to the Bolshevik demand that the Uk- raine cease aiding the Kaledines forces and have given the Rada an opportu- nity to reconsider its action. As indi- cafing that the Rada has finally de- clined to give heed to the dictates of the Boisheviki is a report that a defi- nite alliance has been formed between Kaledines' followers and the Ukrain- ans. A despatch from Petrograd says an unofficial report in circulation in the Russian capital is to the effect that the Germans have rejected the peace terms put forward by the Bolshevik dele- Sates. Recent despatches have indi- cated that the peace pourparlers in progress at Brest Litovsk were mere- Iy preliminary to the peace conference which is to assemble there next Tues- day ana which iz to be attended by German an ustro-Hungarian ministers. DISSOLUTION OF UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CO. is Asked in & Brief Filed in The Su- preme Court by The Government. the United Shoe Machinery company and its subsidiaries on the ground that they are a combination in restraint of trade and injunction against contin- uing the “tying leases” under which machinery is rented to shoe man- ufacturers are asked in a brief filed today in the supreme court by the government. The case will be reargued January 7. motion _picture patents case as well as a number of others handed down since the machin- ery case was fnstituted are cited by the government in an effort to demonstrate the mvalidity of the “tying leases.” “If the law does not permit the mo- tion picture patents company to tie together a. projecting machine and the film projected by the machine” says the brief” it is too plain for argu- ment that the iaw does not premit the deferidants to impose ‘limitations up- on the mse’ of a patented machine which tie it to other machines whose only relation to it is that they operate &t aifferent stages of its manufacture upon the same shoe.” ' 140000 TONS OF CORN AND OATS FOR FINLAND * Food Administration Permits Shipment by Way of Sweden. Dec. 21 —Permission of about 40,000 tons for the of corn i R TO CURE DRUG ADDICTS Declaration by Counsel at Investiga- tion Being Made in New York. but are merely supplying them with drugs” were the ou features of today’s session of the joint legisla- tive committee investigating the drug WAR SHOULD BE FINANCED OUT OF CURRENT SAVINGS Vanderfip Tells of the Necessity for Economy in Spending Money. | BIG COUNTERFEITING PLANT UNEARTHED IN NEW YORK. 8ix Men Arrested—More . $150,000 in. New Ten Doflar Seized. New York, Dec. 21.—What was said to be the largest counterfelting plant ever uneorthed in this city was raided tonight by United States secret service agents, who arrested six men and seized more than $150,000 In spurious new ten dollar notes of the federal reserve bank issue. Under Chief Wi- liam J. Fiynn, the secret service men had been on ‘the trail of the allesed count for the last months. i The plant, which 'was fn West Broadway, in lower New York, had been workinz night and @ay for the last week, Chief Flynn sald. The counterfeiters according te federal agents, to float $1,000,000 of the spurious notes through _confederates operating throughout the United States to whom the notes were to be sold at $5 each. Nonme of the product of the plant had been put in circulation, al- though packets of counterfelt bils had been mailed to various cities, These were seized in postoffices. —_— SUGAR IN NEW YORK, BOSTON AND PHILADELPHIA Those Cities Received 14,915 Tons Dur- ing Week of December 20. New York, Dec. 21.—For the week ending December 20 the cities of New. York, Boston and Philadelphia received’ 2.380 tons of Cuban_si from year's erop and 12,635 tons Trom other Countries, according to figures compiled by sugar experts in this city today. Refineries in the three cities melted m? ohr‘um mun and were es- o have haa ot Fd3 a total stock on ‘was announced also that art of the Louisiana susar crop. had yet been received here. although one-half ?‘:‘ the plantations bad finished grind- MAYOR MITCHEL SUED FOR. DAMAGES OF $4000,00 For Alleged Libelous Statements Print- ed in New York Newspapers New York. Dec. 21. - Ereeating $400.000, wern domasmod ot demanded Mayor John P. Mitchel in & suit- for Hbel filed again him today by Wm. Bullock, director of tbs Burean of City Inquiry, an organization whose avowed purpose is to watch over the expenditure of public money and the conduct of municlpal affairs, The alleged libelous statements, which the complaint says were forty in number and on which each $10,- 000 were as] ‘were > ked, printed in New Bullock the munition on. FORT ADAMS THREATENED WITH LIGHTLESS NIGHTS Unless Coal Arrives For the lliumina- tion Station Within Five Days. Newport, R. I, Dec. 21.—Fort Adame| e T s Cabled Paragraphs l Lieut. J. A. L. Zenor Dead. A Philippine Island Port, Dec. 21— Lieutenant John A. L. Zenor, United States navy, fell through the hatch of a warship today while supervising the loading of coal. He died from his in- Juries two hours later. ORGANIZATION CONSPIRED TO TRICK MINISTERS So Tribute Could Be Exacted From Houses in Chicago. e ot Chicago, Dec. 21.—How an organ- ization formed to profit from gambling conspired to trick ministers in pulling its chestnuts out of the fire, was told today by Tom Costello, under cross- examination in the trial of Former Chief of Police Healey =and _others charged with exacting money from vi- cious characters on the West. and South sides of the city. Costello_said the West Side Busi- ness Men’s association was formed to control gambling and to exact profits from high rents to persons who were concucting -their business outside the law. The association held frequent meetings and adopted solemn resolu- tions of protest asainst gambling houses which did not meet their ap- proval, the purposes being, he said, to close rival kouses or force.them to rent buildings from the club members. On one occasion a minister was im- ported who made an address in a downtown theatre attacking the house the association was after. The ex- penses were paid, Costello declared, by ‘“Mike the Pike,” Heitler, a promin- ent_member of the club. This was not known to the speak- er, however, he said. Members of the club passed the collection box and took up a considerable sum in suppert of the cause, It was testified. The Ministers’ Association attended in a body and approved tae work. ANOTHER ENEMY ALIEN ARRESTED IN NEW YOKR Charles llg is Charged With Implica- tion in Incendiary Bomb Plots. New York, Dec. 21-—Another enemy alien allezed to have been implicated in incendiary bomb plots to destroy sugar and munitions steamships and start water front fires, was arrested by federal agents here today. ~The prisoner described himself as Charles Iig, 52 years old, and said_his home was: {n Richmond Hill. He is be- lieved to have been an associate of Franz Von Rintelen, one of the most notorious German agents in the Unit- ed States, who was reindicted today for placing an incendiary bomb on a British steamship. According to the federal authorities, Tig was an agent of Karl Schimmel, a lawyer who was convicted of fraud and practicing law illegally in this city, now reported to be either in Ger- many or Mexico. It is alleged that in 1915 Tlg advertised in Brookiyn. papers offering German reservists work and after careful investigation as to their devotion to Germany sent them to the office of Schimmel, where they. were supplied with bombs. CLAIMS MILK BUSINESS' IS CONDUCTED AT A LOSS New Haven Dajry Company. Boston, Dec.’ 21.—Figures showing that the milk business is conducted at a loss during a large part of the year were presented in testimony given to- day before the federal regional milk commission by Charles G. Morris of New Haven, Conn., president and gen- eral manager of the New Haven Dairy necticut Dairymen’s Association, an- other witness, asserted that those who had _insisted during the year that wn- profitable cows kept by some farmers: had made the dairy business a losing venture had not taken account of all the facts. Many farmers, he said, had tried high grade cows and while they had met with success for a time, something usually happened to give them a setback. The big reason why farming was un- profitable, Mr. Holt said, was the high cost of various necessities. Corn meal which formerly was $12 a ton now was $30 to $90 a ton, while bran, which he, could buy some time ago for $11 a carload was now $87. The hearipg was adjourned tonight to next Thursday. TURKEYS AND CRANBERRIES FAIL TO REACH FRANCE Our Forces There Will Have to Forego the Expected Christmas Dinne: With the American Army in France, Thursday, Dec. 20—(By The Associ- ated Press)—The great bulk of the expeditionary force will not get its ex- pected Ch: dinner. . A subma- rine attack forced the ship which was carrying cranberries to turn back and through some unknown cirew ces two_ships which were carryifig the supply of turkey left the United States 50 late that it was impossible for them to arrive in France in time. The turkeys which already have arrived in the army zone were left over from Teanksgiving as was the mincemeat which has been received. This sup- ply,~however, -will go an extremely short way. The quartermaster’s corps is = now busy tryinz to secure a substitute for the anticipated Christmas provender on this side of the Atlantic, but the army is disappointed, for turkey at Christmas has been looked forward to by virtually every member of the com- mand. 27 SOLDIERS TO BE TRIED * BY COURTMARTIAL For Being -Absent From Camp Devens Without Leave. ‘Ayer, Mass., Dec. 21.—Twenty-seven soldiers of the national army from Hartford, Conn., members of the 303rd Machine Gun Battalion, will be tried by courtmartial on the charge of be- ing absent from Camp Devens without leave, according to an announcement from’ divisional headquarters tonight. CONVICTED OF CQNSPIRACY AGAINST UNITED STATES. Alkert C, Kaltschmidt of .Detroit Guilty |- on Three Counts. Detroit, Dec. 21—Albert C. Kalt- schmidt Sras convicted on all three counts ofan indictment charging con- Spiracy against the United Stases a jury in the United States distrl court here early this morning. . Five of the others who have been on trilil with him r:!lo ‘were found guilty on one or_mo: counts in the indictment. Franz Respa was acquitted. Soft Coal o0m to New England ing. [Chairman Hurley on Shipbuilding TO RUSH SHIPMENTS BY RAIL|TELLS SENATE COMMITTEE OF AND WATER DIRECT FROM THE MINES Locomotives Have Been Loaned to|Labor Troubles, Lack" of New England Railroads by Other Lines—Fuel Administration Storrow Looking for Barges. - Boston, Dec. 21.—Hope for relief from New England’s bituminous coal shortage was held out today when word was recelved that shipments were coming by rail and water. Locomo- tives loaned to New England railroads by other lines will be used to rusn through heavy shipments direct from the mines and all available empty coal | CAUSES OF DELAY SAYS HE IS RESPONSIBLE Housing Workers Were Two Causes of Delay —States That Construction is Now Going Forward Satisfactorily. ’ Washington, Dec. 21.—Full re- sponsibility for the success or failure of the government's shipbuilding pro- | gramme was shouldered today by Chairman Hurley of the board, testifying at the senate com- merce committee’s investigation of de- lays in ship construction. Called as the first witness in the in- of daily papers in the home was reduction in this expense was decision until the housewife cal was not to be overlooked. 8ut its metropolitan journals. and while it is Buyers Need It In M ‘While the cutting down of expenses was local household a few days ago the question of reducing the number brought up. taking three newspapers, two from New York and The Bulletin. lewed from all angles without a final d attention to the fact that on num- erous occasions she had been able to save not a small sum on the purchases which had been made as the result of following the adver- tisements which appear in The Bulletin. It was an jnvestment which could not be sacrificed and the result was that the family is now getting along with- ‘What The Bulletin is to that home it is to thousands of others both as a newspaper and as an advertising medium. homes and it renders a real service which means rauch to the reader, indispensable to the buyers it is equally -so to the advertiser. To neglect its aid is to cast aside opportunity. In the past week the following matter has appeared in The Bul- - letin's columns: Bulletin Telegraph Local General Tota Saturday, Bec. 15 82 435 436 658 Monday, Dec. 17.. 84 141 306 531 Tuesday, Dec. 18.. 103 129 245 477 Wednesday, Dec. 19.. 82 123 234 439 Thursday, Dec. 20.. 95 105 425 625 Friday, Dec. 21.. 65 130 331 526 Totals . ... . $516557 762 1977 32567 under discussion In a The family had been The It was an advantage which It goes into the cars have been started south from this | quiry, Mr. Hurley admitted that there territory to handle the consignments. | have been delays but declared that the To Load at Hamoten Roads. ' * James J. Storrow, fuél administra- tor for this district, sent word today from Washington that he was trying to load at once at Hampton Roads all the ‘cbal he had succeeded in having consigned for New England. His next efforts would be devoted, he said, to obtaining enough barges. _TPwo coal-laden barges arrived to- day. "One of them had suflicient fuel | to_keep the Bay State Railway in op. eration for five mere days. Industries Curtailed. Factories and shipyards working on important war contracts for the gov- ernment have either started to reduce their output by doing away with night work, or are-faced wigh the prospect of stopping some of their machinery altogether. DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST . PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA In Buenos Aires as Result of Publica- tion of Luxburg Telegrams. Buenos Aires, Dec. 21.—As the re- sult of the publication of the teélegrams | ship construction were gven sent by Count Ven Luxburg, the for- mer German minister, foreign office, it again has been neces- recent réorganization’ of the board’s BEmergency Fleet Corporation for the first_time gives the chairman of the board_proper-aisthority and fixes re- ‘sponsidblity where it belongs. The dpal organization of the board and the corp- oration, he said, has been done away with and the .present general mangg- or of the corporation answers direcll to the chairman. Needs No Additional Legislation. “The present organization” Mr. Hurley said, "is the only way that ships can .be. built. -We do not need additional legislation. If the head of the institution .does not build ships It = becxcas 8 ‘:;n- Ineffictency and not use ts of the organization. From Mr. Hurley and John A. Donald, who has been a ber of the board since its creation, the committee drew a long story of the troubles of the board and fleet corporation, start- ing with the row at the outset be- tween Willlam Denman, first chair- man of the board. and Major Gene; Goethals, first general manager of the fleet corporation. Cause of Delay. Besides organization faults, factors which have contributed to the delay in by Mr. Hurley as the navy's utlization of to_the Berlin | shipbuilding facilites, Iabor troubles, lack of housing for workers the ne- sary to call out mounted patrols to|cessity of building new shpyards and aisperse crowds of people who de-|changes in specifications of ships. manded a rupture of relations with Germany. Mr. Donald described the fleet corp- oration’s lon which stripped The mob, which was shouting “Long | Rear Admiral Capps, General Goethal's live the republic!” and President Irigoyen!” was dispersed af- ter a fight with the mounted police in the Calle Florida. Heavy guards again have placed over the property owmed ! also are guarding the office of the 2o | e o i ek on takiar by maval efficer Germans in the city and mounted men | ures without consuiting the “Death to | successor,. of authority and led to his resignation. The recent resignation of Rear Admiral Harris. who succeeded Admiral Capps. juit after about a due, Mr. Donald meas- board. ‘Admiral Harris ‘was succeeded by newspaper La Union, for which Count | Charles Plez, ‘of Philadelphis, whose Von Luxburg obtained a eubsidy. office as vice president in charge of production ‘was combined with that of. general manager. . The trouble be- planations from the government re- | tWeen Denman and Goethals, Mr. Don- garding the state of affairs as by the Von L telegrams. general belief is that the publicatio: of the documents will lead to new d exposed | ald said, appeared to be a difference in The | temperament and the question as to who was in supreme charge of the building pi The controversy, rogramme. mands for the severance of rejations|he said delayed the shipbuilding pro- with Germany, congress having al-|gramme and permitted more than a ready refused to sanction the budget | dozen ships to get away, from the appropriation for continuing the Ar- geatine legation in Berlin, which was | retained if the Board: United States which t have been. commandeering insisted on by the organs of President | Order had been issued earlire. Irigoyen: Street comment indicates that the public is net satisfled with the gov- ernment's statement -which accompa- nied the publication of the Von Lux- burg telegrams.. g \ CLERGYMAN CHARGED WITH SEDITIOUS ACTS. Rev. Clarence H. Waldron of' Brattle- i —_—— wooden ships. The change it develop- Brattleboro, Vt., Dec. ZL—Rev. Clar- | og spin Mnmeboflnom‘:odx gence H. Waldron was arrested today. | ship by about 700 tons, but will make gharged with seditious Scts: Ender an|the vessel mors seaworthy. terday m!wé-.B’: CANDLES IN WINDOWS New Board Went Right to Work. power, but the week's delay cost the United - States several ships. _Asked why the order was held up Mr. Donald said Gen Goethgls was ready to dau::dwm:m';u'.l‘ “but it ‘was postponed at the instance of Mr. ON CHRISTMAS EVE Dr. Anna Shaw Calls, for One for Each: Man In the Service. 3 shippins | aking Purchases E | | Condensed Telegrams In eleven months autos in New York city killed 462 persons. Masked men robbed the Illinois State Bank at Chicago of $30,000. In Argentina 25,500,000 francs were subscribed to the new krench loan. The British casualties the week: ended December 20, totaled 17976 men. Bandits held up and robber a_ bank in Cleveland and escaped with $5000. The German general berg, ber 5. von Warten- was killed in action on Novem- Enrique Esparsa, the last survivor of the Alamo, is dead at San Antonio, Texas. .Marshall Field 3rd, has been pro- moted to first lieutenant, at Camp Lo- gan, Houston, Texas. New Rochelle’s drive for $30,000 for the Knights of Columbus War Camp fund has netted $11,620. The Duke and Duchess of Devon- shire are on the way to Halifax on a pecial train from Otaawa. The officers of the Russian army in ‘France have volunteered as a body to fight for the United States. A violent earth tremor lasting near- ly an hour was recorded on the sei: mograph at Fordham Universit: Three British aviators in training { at Fort Worth, Texas, were killed when { two machines collided in the air. Thousands of soldiers in the ab- sence of liquor are using more chew- ing gum, candy and soft drinks. General Leman, the hero of Liege, was sent to Switzerland by Germany for internment until after the war. The death toll taken Thursday night at Shepherdsville, Ky., in a | train wreck haq reached forty-six to- day. Bonar Law on commenting the British troops in Persia, says, “they are there only for the purpose of securing order.” upon Tuan Chi-jui, former premier of China, was appointed chief of the Chi- nese Buropean War Bureau, by a presidential mandate. Norway reported the. loss of two more steamships. One was torpedoed {and the other struck a mine. Eight sailors 10st their Jives. FURTHER EXPOSURE OF MEAT PACKER N\ ro-y J. Ogden Armour Named as the Packer Who Aide H. Prince to Make Questionable Deals E TESTIMONY BY TREASURER OF ARMOUR & CO Evidence Was Introduced to Show That After the Reorgan zation of .the Chicago Stockyards Company It Was Abl. to Cut a “Melon” of More Than $3,000,000 Out of tt Junction Railways Surplus- and to Declare Quart Dividends of 21, Per Cent. On Its Capitalization Letter Submitted Telling. How It Was Planned to Hoc wink the Small Stockholders. Washington, Dec. 21.—J. Ogden Ar-, ‘Mr. Heney did not on mour was named at the federal trade|further on the subject. Fror commission's meat investigation today | witnesses an effort wi a as the packer who aided F. H. Prince | ascertain whether Armour and S of Boston obtain control of the Chi- ientered Into any - cago Junction railways and Union |the meat po Stock Yards company and turn it over | In orsan 8 to the Chicago Stock Yards company. | Yards compan ArT orsanized and controlled by them- |eame the posses selyes. ccording to imony Records were introduced in evidence | the other shareholder to show that after the reorganization |concealed through t s the stock yards company, without as- | warrants, payable to bearer sets or business other than controlling | sajd Armour now had tu the older corporation. was able to “cut | stock to Armour & compar a_melon” of more than $3,000,000 out | that the eight otl = of the Junction s surplus that concern, all of them m <o declare quarterly lends of | e Armour’ family, might per cent. on their $8,000,000 capit | Ownership of the stock, howe tion after the small investors in Junc- | lumped with other assets tion Railways had been given their| -Details of the methods used guaranteed 9 per cent. per annum mour and Prince In obtaining Testimony of W. M. W treasurer of the stock «nd Frederick W. Croll dden formes ards comp nction prelimi ry asurer tion of‘the new concern, were Armour & company, established out in letters obtained by. the com Armour’s connection with the d sion’s investigators. 5, Efforts to prove that other big packers 9 Letter Telling of Scheme. were interested in the_company met With little success. Non-commfttal| In a letter to Armour, Prince wr replies were given by the witnesses| “I propose to have ‘the & to questions as to what was meant by [ stock listed on stock “the packers” and “the other Chicago will people” in correspondence concerning the organization of the Chicago Stock Yards company. Francis J, Heney, special counsel, and the present from the list 1 then to depreciate the outstanding stock so as small holders to come in. Then Three masked bandits robbed a bank in Minneapolis, locked the president and two employes in a vault, securing $5,000, and then escaped. President Wilson will send a mes- sage to congress. recommending transportation legislation immediately after the holiday recess. Fire believed to be the work of German agents destroyed the town of Wayland, north of .Whitesburg, Ky., causing.$100000 damage. E Reports reaching Tokio describe the situation n Harbin in Manchuria as very grave. During the last three months 237. murders occurred. General Goethals- notified Governor Edge of New Jersey that he had ac- cepted the .post of Quartermaster- Genera] of the United States. More than 800 mechanics ‘are out lof work at Madison, IIl, because the order for. 6,500 cars for the Russian fovrnment has béen cancelled. Alcoholic . beverages, except light wines and beer, are denied to members of the American expeditionary forces in France by GeneraP Pershing. ish army anv navy canteens to save tea Jeaves. They will be uzed to help in the manufacture of munitions. Direct assurances of the confidence of both the French and British in General Pershing’s ability and his methods have reached Washington. France has almost private use of gasoline. Only doc- tors, munition workers and a few others, will be allowed to operate. Cardinal Gibbons gave his sanc- tion to Roman Catholic miners work- ig on holy days falling within Christ- mas and New Year’s holiday season. Gongressman Luther W. Mott, of Oswego, N. Y., though not a prohibi- tionist, deflared the State of New York will be dry within three years. stopped _the Instead of the distribution of tur- keys as is the custom of many firms in Boston at Christmas thrift savings stamps will be given this year. | It is reported in Calgary that pur- chasing agents of the allies have ar- ringed to take all the surplus flour and oatmeal manufactured in Canada. The ages of the generals on the new war council average 60 vears. General“Bliss is_the oldest, 64, and Major-General Stiatpe tlie younsest, The 'Russian embassy in Wash- ington reported that t was without news of the progrefs of the Bolshevi- ki and the Central Powers’ peace pians. f A proposal that the province of Que] secede from the Confederation anadiad provinces was expressed n a motion Introduced into the Pro- vincial legislative assembly. Alice’ Nielsen, one of the most cele- brated of Americhn operatic singers, and Dr: Leroy R. Stoddard, a promi- nent physician of New York, were married at Greenwich, Conn. General Scott the former chief of staff, on_his return from France told of the sinking of a U-boat by the quick and efficient work of the mer- ican gun crew on an American liner. Maury 1. Diggs. who has been serv- ing sentence in the federal penitentiary at Monell's Island. Wash.. is on his way to his California home, having mbednnuolod by the prison parole Dr. John R. Mott, a member of the missfon to in an ad- American dress to the Canadian Club at Toron- to, told the ~members that “Russia emerge from the confiict sound and splendid.” He was, fimed $500. rule of the kaiser as under its own.|said that he could not see the boys!ing will pursue the matter further in other | the next two or three months sessions of the inquiry, and aiso will|fice will bysy itself with getting t sgek to develop the extent of the pack- | outstanding stock in, which in tir ers’ control of the marketing of cattle | We should get down to a minimun soon as we have all the it seems advisable, we < surplus by a dividend stock.” Armour and Prince, letters, put up the $1,0: peared inthe records paid by Frank R. Pe; and cashier for Prince and the distribution of meat products. Testimony by Treasurer Croll. Some 1dea .of the ramifications of the -inquiry was given today in brief questions concerning ownership of the yards at Kansas City and St. Paul Croll testified that neither J. Armour Ogden nor -Armour: & : company, of on ac Ar; which J. Ogden Armour owne 70 per | was,$194,000, which entitle m cent:, had any interest in the Kansas [19.4 per cent. of the new stock x City 'yards. > Prince having divided the obligation “Did any of the big packers have a plant at St. Paul before “Armour & company began building their plant there?” asked Heney. .“Yes, Swift & company, Croll. “Did _Armour. & company receive a bonus for going there?” “A citizens' committee agreed Something, dut 1 do not know they have done nor. what ‘the amount was to be.” “Was it as much as $500,0007" “I carmot say. “Was it more -than $100 0007 “I venture to say it was.” “Do_you know if, after this agree- ment was made with the St. Paul citi- zens’ committee, any agreement was made with Swift & company to secure part ownership of the St. Paul yards " “I do not” “Was any agreement made for part on a pro rata basis of their ow of Junction etock. Later, howe money was loaned back fo them. Wad- den insisted that he obtained security for all loans was _treasurer. Since the organization, the Chicago Stock Yard controling the_propertie: the Chicago Junction Union Stock Yards company enough money to pay the J stockholders their 9 per cent. and stockholders in the new concern cent. Distribution of Chicago Yarde dividends has been e: having clerks and bookkeepe on the records as drawi checks of $17,500, $18,700 cash. ~ These were endors |g1id deposited in Boston bar olders of share warrants. a year a check for approximat replied to do what total and uarter] control of the Drovers' bank?” 000 was drawn t“pay to the order o I do not know. The entire matter | New York check,” which. accort t was handled by George B. Robbins, f the correspondence, Croll rec o vice president of Armour & company.” | Armour. EVERYTHING BUT OVERCOATS READY FOR THE ARMY Major General Sharpe So Informs the Senate Military Committee. DISLOYAL AZMARKS LED 7O SHOOTING AT MALDEN, MO a¥shal Was Shot Dead by the O fonder, Who Was Later Fata Wounded. ‘Washington, Dec. 21. — Clothing, shoes and food supplies for the Ame; ican army were investigated today by the senate military committee, turn- ing its general inquiry into war prep- aration to_the quartermaster-zeneral’s department. It was developed that millions of dollars were spent just be- fore the .United States entered the war to provide for the great army since raised. - Major General Sharpe, quartermas- ter-general, now a member of the new war council and soen to turn his of- fice over to Major General Goethals, was before the committee all day and for an hour of that time answered confidential' questions hehind closed < Majden, Mo., Dec. 21.—Marsh St.~Clair of this city is dead slayer, L. H. Wissman o IN,.is.said to be dying as of-=demonstration which followed al- leked disloyal remarks Wissman hrre today According to several witnesses mam; when appealed to by Red Workers, made ‘remarks dero; tB&-government. The city m out o arrost the man, overtaking at the outskirts of the town. W resisted arrest and, according t ¥ps. who were present 3 that followed. fatally shot St. CI i Ha Wiss- it doors. He was closely éxamined, es- |. _-Wissmal then fled into N dri pecially regarding the admitted short- | COURtY. Posses were formed and lat age of overcoats, which he said was [ t0day Wiesman was captured Bbrought here. due principally to late u Principelly deliverles of [ arge crowd gathered and large orders. Except for overcoats and a few oth- | ¢ned .to storm the jail and take er winter garments, of which, he |Prisoner. While the eheriff and stated, complete stocks would be in [deputies held them off. some one Fha-crowd fired a shot through th wifdow, fatally wounding _ Wi gecording .to Coroner E. F. Harr! camp by December 31, the general, de- clared there is no clothing shortage. Shoes, also, General Sharpe said, have been provided in ample quantities per capita, but the average drafted man of the national army has proved to be so much larger physically than the regulars and = guardsmen with ‘whom the department has had to deal in the past that many of the shoesl and overcoats as well have phoved useless. Manufacture of the smaller sizes has been stopped, but the situa- tion resulted in some hardships for tHe drafted soldiers before it could be cor- rected. Of food, General Sharpe stated and the committeemen assented, it has been ample and of fine quality. No complaints regarding food, he said, had been received. NO EXPORT OF BUTTER '“EXCEPT TO ALLIED NATIONS War Trade Board Prohibits Send It to Other Countries. { Wdshington, Dec. 21 —Exportat butter except to nations ' with the United States ifhst Germany has been ‘the War Trade Board. his_was disclosed tonizh statement by the food administ réuesting buttermakers and d to -wbandon certain types of used in shipping butter ta * the-alltes. FACTORIES IN MICHIGAN 5 ASKED TO SUSPEND TWO BOYS KILLED BY ! TRAIN AT NEW HAVEN Heavy Mist Prevented Them Seeing It —They Were Picking Up Coal. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 21.—A thick e fog which prevailed here today was| ' Washington, Dec. 21.—F instrumental in the death of Stanley | {n\Michigan have reached su Jacobs and George Schneider, 10 year| éDB-that Administrator W. old boys. From Tonight Until December 29 Be cause of Lack of Fuel: X They were picking up = coal| dem-tonight asked manufacturers in a rafiroad cut and the heavy mist|that state to suspend operations ihem seeing an approach- train, the locomotive Struck and killed them. The engineer iGdastrial plants from midnight t of _which| morrow until midnight December 2 e oniy exceptions are factories mak- war munitions needed for pr yland was not held by the authorities. shipmient. -