Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 4, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LX~—NO. 4 CLASS ONEMENTODO NATION'S FIGHTING POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, JANYARY 4, 1918 Young Men Without Families Dependent Upon Their Labor for Support FIGURES INDICATE THEY WILL NUMBER 1,000,000 Provost Marshal General Crowder Announces New Policy in Operation of the Selective Draft—5,870 Arrests Have BeeandeofTholeWhoHnlSflughttoEvadeRegi.l- tration—Of 9,586,508 Registrants 1,560,570 Claimed Exemption—The Total Cost of the First Draft Was $5,211,965, or $4.93 Per Man Accepted for Military Service—Recruiting Cost $28.95 Per Man in the First Nine Months of 1917—There Will be No Change in the General Training of Soldiers in the United States. ashington, - Jan. 3.—All men for flnwwu armies still to be raised by the United States will come from class one under the mew selective service plan. That means the nation's fight- ing is to ba done by young men with- out families dependent upon their la- bor for support and unskilled in nec- essary industrial or agricultural work. Provost Marshal General Crowder announces the new policy in an ex- haustive report upon the operation of the selective draft law submitted to- day to Secretary Baker and sent to congress. He zays class one should provide men for all military needs of the country, and to accomplish that shject he urges amendment of the draft law so as to provide that all men who have reached their twenty-first birthdays since June 5, 1917, shall be required to register for classification. Also in the interest of fair distribu- tion of the military burden he pro- roses that the quotas of states or dis- iricts be determined hercafter on the tasis of the number of men in class 2ae and not upor population. Available figures indicate, the repori says, that there are'1,000,000 physical- Iy and otherwise qualificd men under the present registration who will b found in class one when all question naires have been returned and the classification period ends February 15. To this the extension of registration.to men turning 21 since June § of last year and thereafter will add 700,00¢ effecfive men a year. ‘What Class One Comprises. Class one comprises: i Single men without dependent reia- tives, married men who have habitual- 1y failed to support their families who 2re dependent upon wives for support or mot usefully engaged, end whose families are supported by incomes in- dependent of their labor; unskilled farm laborers, unskilled industrial la- borers, registrants by or in respect of whom no deferred classification is claimed or made, registrants who fail to submit questionnaire and in respect of whom no deferred classification is claimed or made, and all registrants not included in any other division of the schedule. Narrowed down under the analysis of the first draft made in the report, the plan places upon unattached sin- gle men and marrieq men with inde- dependent incomes most of the weight of military duty, for the aggregate number of men in the other divisions of class one is very small General Crowder finds that the first draft surpassed the highest expecta- tions of the friends of the selective servics idea. He pays high tribute, not only to the thousands of civilians, who gave ungrudging service to mak- ing the plan a success, but aiso to the high patriotism of the American peo- ple as a whole. 9,586,508 Men Registered. Analyzing the first draft, General Crowder shows that 9,586,508 men be- tween the ages of 21 and 31 years reg- istered themselves. Up to late in De- cember only 5870 arrests had been made of those who had sought to evade registration, and of that num- ber 2263 were released after having and there remain only 2,095 cases to be prosecuted. The report de- clares that in the final analysis of thé records it will be shown that only 0.00026 per cent of the men Within draft age evaded ration. A rough figure of §.2 per cent. is given as the number of registrants who failed to appear when called by their local boards fgr examination, l:iu Genera] Crowder hastens to explain that most of these men already are in Europe in the American, Eritish and French armies. They did not await the draft processes in their eagerness to get into action, “The final data will undoubtedly show,” General Crowder added, “that the number of those who wilfully fail- »d to appear for examination when talled is insignificant.” 1,057,363 Have Been Certified. Of the total registration of 9,586,008 the number called and examined was 3,082,549 and of these 1,057,363 were certified by the boards for military service. Since the first call was for only 687,000 men, there now remain 270,363 men awaiting summons to the mobflization camps. Of ail men examined, 730,756 or 23.7 per cent. were rejected for physical reasons. That, it is pointed out, shows an encouraging improvement in the physical condition of the young men of the nation since Civil war days, for ai that time the draft autherities re- jected 32 per cent. of all men called on physical grounds. ' 1,560,570 Claimed Exemption. About one-half of all men called, or 1560,570, claimed exemption. The claims of 73 per cent. of these were granted, showing in the opinion of offi- clals that very few fraudulent claims were flled. Of those exempted, 74 per cent were released because of depend- ent relatives, 20 per cent. because they claimed alien birth and nationality; and only § per cent. on vocational grounds. Less than one per cent. of the exemptions were granted to relig- ious objectors or to those morally un- fit. - The figures show 3,887 exempted because of religious belief, their ex- emption exten®ng anly to release from participating in actual combat; and 001 rejected for mogal unfitness. majority of the latter were convi now in prison. _First Draft Cost $5,211,965. The total cost of ‘the first draft, ex- clusive of the cost of the provost mar- shal general's office here, was $5,211,- 965. This amount has been refunded to the states by the federal govern- ment. It represents an average cost of $4.93 per man accepted for military service and with the provost marshal general's expenses included, $5 per man, against a cost of $24.48 per vol- untary recruit in 1914; $19.14 in 1915 and $28.95 in the first nine months of 1917. Prior to the draft act, during the Civil war, the cost per man was about $34 and after the draft was en- forced, about $9.84. In discussing the future of the draft. General Crowder takes occasion to say that the first’ duty is to provide an adequate army. Economic considera- tions must be regarded in selecting the men, he says, but not at the expense of an efficient fighting force. Viewed beside the efforts Germany and Aus- tria have put forth to place man power in the field, he adds, “it little becomes us to emphasize above a whisper as a substantial national preblem anything we have vet been called upon to do.” Striking “Results of Draft., = Tables accompanying the report show many_ striking results of the draft. Taking the total of 1,243,801 aliens registered, it is shown that of the 457,713 called up for examination, 6,545 were certified for military ser- vice, having voluntarily waived their right to exemption as aliens and in effect volunteer for the hattle democracy. NO CHANGES IN PLAN OF TRAINING THE SOLDIERS To Speed Up Productions of Munitions and Equipment, ‘Washington, Jan. 3—Recommenda- tion of the American War Mission that troops be sent to France as rapidly as possible will not result in any change in the general plan of training the sol- This was by Qecretary Baker in a general discussion of the efforts of the war department to promptly car- diers in the United States. made plain today ry out the mission’s suggestions. ry possible energy will be devot- ed to spesding up production of muni. tions and equipment and this with the agreement of the alljes to furnish necessary ships and equipment is pected to result in the despatch of armies abroad much sooner than was Neither ships nor heavy artillery for any great force would be available on this sids at first thought possible. of the Atlantic for some itme. MEXICANS AGAIN RAIP THE BRITE RANCH. Report Received at Military Headquar- ters of Big Bend District, Marfa, Tex, Jan. 3.—Another raid by Mexican bandits occurred late to- day at the Brite ranch, 35 miles south- west of here, and an equal distance from Valentine, Tex., according to re- ports received at the military head- quarters of the Big Bend district. No details of the raid were given. This ranch was raided Christmas morning by Mexican bandits and one Ameérican and two Mexicans killed. A troop of cavalry under command of Captain Carl, with a signal corps detachment, left here tonight for ‘Brite ranch to investigate the reported raid. Additional cavalry troops were ordered held in readiness to reinforce this troop. Mr. and Mrs, Sam Neill and My, and Mrs. T, T. Neill, who live at the Brite ranch and who were forced fight for several hours C morning to prevent the Mexican ban- dits from raiding their homes and killing them, returned to the rantch yesterday after spending the holidays in Valentine. After the Christmas day raid, Am ican troops pursued the bandits acr the border into Mexico, killing 18 and wounding many others. HEARING BY HOUSE SUFFRAGE COMMITTEE. tional Suffrage Associ Washington, Jan. 3.—Arguments by officials of the National American ‘Woman Suffrage association occupied all of the first day of the hearing by the house suffrage committee on the constitutional amendment resolution, which the hous ehad agreed to con- sider next Thursday. Opponents of the measure, who confined their efforts to- day to circulation at the capitol of a statement by Mrs. James W. WadW- worth, Jr, will be heard tomorrow, and representatives of the woman' party will make their statements Sat- urday, R The Even of the 381,168 ex- empted - forty per cent. went out .on other grounds than their alien status. Cabled Paragraphs Spanish Cabinet Dissolved. Madrid, Jan. 3.—King Alfonso signed a decree today dissolving the Cortes. Argentine Ambassador Resigns. Buends_ Aires, Jan. 3.—Confirmation was received here tonight of the ru- mor that Dr. Romolo S. Naon, Argen- tine ambassador to the United States has resigned. In official circies every possible effort is being made to per- suade the government not to accept the resignation. WHY DELIVERY OF SHIPS WILL BE DELAYED Explained to. Scnate Committes by Ship Constructor Ferris. ‘Washington, Jan. 3.—A slow start made by the American International Corporation in construction ‘of one of the government'’s fabricating steel ship vards at Hog Island, Pa., will make it almost impossible for the yard to deliver vessels on schedtule time, Theodore E, Ferris, chief constructor for the shipping board, today told the senate commerce committee investi- gating the progress of shipbuilding. The other two fabricating plants— one at Newark Bay and the other at Chester, Pa—should be able to pro- duce ships as their contracts call for, Mr. Ferris said. The shipbuilding programme generally, he sald, is pro- ceeding about as well as might have been expected. Delays in wooden con- struction he blamed on a snortage of the proper timber sizes. Mr. Ferris told of changes made in the designs for wooden ships, which it is charged have caused delay, and de- clared they were mads with his ap- proval but not at his suggestion. He did not think they were necessary, he %aid, but he approved them because of the demand from many quarters. NEW HAVEN ROAD TO . DRCPS TRAINS JAN. 5. 2. cts presses to Be Discontinued. New Haven, Conn.,, Jan. 3.—Official notice was given at the local office of the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford Railroad tonight of the discon- tinuance of the Bay . State and the State of Maine express trajns. The trains will be taken off after Janu- ary 5 and the St. Louis express also will stop its runs from Boston on the seme date and from St Louis a day sooner. The dropping of the sleep- ing cars off the Federal Express was also announced. These trains are not all that are to be taken off. Tt was learned tonight from authoritative sources that trains in all will be discontinued. Some of these are in service on the Berkshire division and some run esat of this cit RUSSIAN ORDER FOR GUN BARRELS CANCELLED 500 Men Discharged Frdom the Avis Plart in West Haven. New, Haven, Conn,, Jan.,3—Becausa Of the” governrient crisia ful Russid 500. men at work in the Wist Haven plant of the 8. R. Avis and Sons Company were discharged today. The cancella- tion of an g-der for gun barrels for the Petrozrad government was _the reason. The Avis company had a contract to make 400,000 rifie barrels, the contract coming through th ‘Westinghouse Electric company. To. dav the Westinghouse corporation sent word to stop work on the order. It is thongh that New Haven factories will easily absorb the men lald off. SPINAL MENINGITIS IN SOUTH CAROLINA Warning Given Out by the State Board of Health. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 3—Warning of a_possibility of a state-wide epidemic of spinal meningitis was today given by the state board of health in a form- al statement to the public. The dis- ease, which has prevailed in military camps in the state, ahd which has been epidemic at Camp Jackson here, has appeared in various parts of the state, the statement said, and in each contact has been traced to the mili- tary camps. TRADING-WITH-ENEMY RULES HAVE BEEN MODIFIED for the ex- the LT To Qualify American Branch Houses in Neutral Countries. ‘Washington, Jan. 3. — Regulations prohibiting American business con- cerns from trading with the enemy were modified tonight by the war trade board to permit American branch hous- es in neutral countries to do business with the enemy when a refusal to do so would constitute a violation of the law of a commercial obligation en- forcible in the country in which the branch was located. No house, however, taking advantage of the ruling will be permitted to en- ter new transactions with the enemy. WARNING TO PROTECT THE SEED SUPPLIES Secretary Houston Asks Congress for an Appropriation for That Purpose. Washington, Jan, 3.—If normal pro- duction of the nation’s food and feed crops is to be had this year, prompt action to protect the seed supplies is necessary, Secretary Houston warned congress today in asking for an urgent deficiency appropriation for govern- ment purchase and sale of seed to far. mers at cost. A RELIEF SHIP HAS SAILED FOR GUATEMALA. Shipment Includes Vaccines Serums to Combat Disease. the to and er- 0ss A Gulf Port, Jan. 3.—A vessel sailed from here today for Guatemala with-a large shipment of medical supplies to be used in relief work among earth- quake sufferers in Guatemala City. The shipment included vaccines and serumg to combat any possible outbreak of typhoid fever, para typhoid or smgl- pox, OBITUARY. Captain William S. Dennis. New London, Conn.,, Jan. 3.—Captain \William S. Dennis, ‘58, well known vachting skipper and most recently in charge of Commodore Morton F. Plant’s schooner Elena, died tlis morning his home_at Greenport, Long Island. He was a native of Shelter Island but had lived most of his life at Greenport and was known all along the coast as the skipper of fast racing yachts. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and seven brothers. Hundreds of Traidé?” to be Wit ON RAILROADS OF THE ' MJSSISSIPPI RIVER . ORDERS FROM MADOO Advisors Have Urged That Practically All Parlor and Slesping Cars Be Dispensed. With—Talk of ment Taking Express Companies. Govern- ‘Washington, Jan. 3—Hundreds of passenger trains on railroads east of the Mississippi will be withdrawn from service under orders soon to be issued by Director General McAdoo, based up on specific recommendations made to- day by a committee of eastern passen- ger traffic officers. The committee was divided as to the advisability of with- drawing most parlor and sleeping cars, leaving only those considered most necessary for important travel routes. Hours of labor of railway employes under government operation was di: cussed by the director general today with heads of the four railway unicn brotherhoods, and the question of wages will be taken up at further confer- ences tomorrow. President Goes Before Congress Today Tomorrow President Wilson goes be- fore congress with recommendations for legislation providing a basis for compensating railroads under govern- ment operation and for continued fi nancing with government assistance. Bills approved by the railroad ad- ministration will be introduced imme- diately and indications are that. they will be rushed to speedly passage, de- spite difference of opinion among con- gressmen over the basis of compensa- tion and the termination of govern- ment control. Not to Touch Interurban Traffic. ‘With regard to passenger train re- ductions, it was made plain today that interfering with commuter or interurban traffic, or with any other trains necessary for Some of the director general’s advisors have urged that practically all parlor and sleep- there is no intention of daily and regular travel. ing cars be withdrawn from ser ce, and that people be required to travel ordinary largely in day time in coaches. It is not considered - prot ble, however, that Mr. McAdoo w approve such a drastic course at this | The prssenger officers partici- tim rating in today's conference were. A B. Smith, of the New Have; Pennsylvania: B. New York Central, and W of the Central of New Jersey. The railroad brotherhood spent nearly three hours with the di restor. i ng, hility that the gov raflway congestion. * tained by railroads for overtime, May Take Over Express Companies. Mr. McAdoo now is considering whether express compamies should be taken over for government operation, and has received from his Jegal ad- visors opinions on_the proper pro- cedure in case he decides this is ne- cessary to maintain the hjghest effi- ciency. s In answer to numerous fnquiries to- day from state officials, it was ex- plained that free passes will not be granted for government business, MESSAGE FRCM MEN OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET Thanking the Red Crose For Gifts Re- ceived Christmas. Washington, Jan. 3—The Red Cross announced today receipt of this mes- sage from the men oi the Atlantic fleet: “The men of the flaet send New Yean's greetings to the Red (ross and thanks for Christmas gifts received.” ‘To this message was added one from the fleet commander-in-chief, express- ing his appreciation of the work of the Red Cross for the sallors, which, he said, could not help “but add to the determination of évery one in the ser- vice to do his utmost to protect those at home bringing this war 1o a suc- cessful conclusion.” KAISER REFERRED T AS A “BARBARIAN" In Will of Jean Baptiste Bourdis of| New York City. New York, Jan, 3.—Reference to Emperor William of Germany as “the barbarian who criminally caused the war,” was made by Jean Baptiste Bourdis of the former silk firm of J. Bourdis, and company of tleis city in his will which was filed today. A bequest of 500,000 francs was provided for “institutions under the control of the French government for the relief of helplessly crippled French soldiers, victoms of the crim- inal war by one man for the satisfac- tion of his own ambitions.” TO TEST CALIFORNIA MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT Suit Filed by Agents of the Church of the Spiritual Temple of Truth. Washington, Jan. 3—Injunctions re- straining Governor Stephens and oth- er officials frome enforcing the Cali- fornia medical practice act are asked in a suit filed today in the supreme court by representatives of the Church of the Spiritual Temple of Truth, wha contend that the law is discriminatory and unconstitutional. The proceedings resulted from the refusal of the board of medical exam- iners of California to grant licenses to practice to I E. Nickall and Robert J. Burke, ministers of that church. ' FEDERAL MONEY FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING | Connecticut Will Receive $22,906.78 This Year. Hartford, Jan. 3—The state will re- ceive this year from the federol gov- . $22,902.76 for vo- cational training during the present year. The money is divided info three classes, agricultural, domestic econ- omy and the training of teachers in ernment the sum of these courses. James P. Anderson and R, E. Wright of the Vosburgh. of the . Hope Teaders . YRBTLE Fait 60 ed by a Stamford. fire engine v loyes to work much over- time in order to clear present freight This would involve extra wages, which the railfoad administra- tion is to be willing ‘to pay on the basis of “time and a half” now main- TEN PAGES—76 COLUMNS $100,000Fire Rasults FromPlumber's Torch EIGHT BUILDINGS WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY BURNED AT DARIEN About Twenty-Five Families Were R‘-ndcudu Homeless—Firemen : From Surrounding Towns Saved the Bus- iness Section From Destruction. Darien, Conn., Jan. 3.—A fire which wholly or partially burned out eight buildings, caused a loss now estimated at nearly $100,000 and was only stop- ped when aid was sent in from out- side towns occurred here today after a plumber’s torch used to thaw out frozen pipes in the basement of the Walter Stewarq Company grocery store had started a hlaze that quick- v caught oil/stored mearby. Tenants Got Out -Quickly. ‘When the fire started in the Stewart store,an alarm was sent to.all the ten- ants in the building and all got out quickl as it was seen that the fiames would sonn consume the whole struc- ture. But little of the stock in the stores or furniture in the flats above them con'd be saved. The losses in this buildinz are put at a total of more than $50,000, of whicn 520.000 is on, the strae - $20.500 to the Stewart ‘e % -The loss to the Home Bank s ‘sfight” as the building Is of stone, but the Rernstein family lost practically all their belongings by fire and water, about £1.000 in the ag- sregate. the West millinery and the Strang- ward shops, where the rear of the es- fahlishments were totally burned out. Tere the stock was gotten out but it was badly damaged bv smoke and wa- ter and the loss will be heavy. From this hnilding the flames communicated to the Rernstein repair shop, which was completely destroyed with several an- temohiles undereoing renair. This was as far west as the flames spread. Stocks Were Taken Out. To the east the fraie buflding oc- cnpied by a butcher shop and a barber shon were fotallv destroyed but in each case the stocks were taken ont. The loss here was more than $2,000 to the building. The Co'umbia - hotel aext went up in smoke. There were mo muests at the hotel when the fire start- ed. The furnitwye and a laree sup- nly of liquors were lost, as well as the hotel, causing loss of about $25,000. Fire Jumped Across Street. The fire then jumiped across Centér street and attacked .the house of Dr. Hanson, which was also _completelv hurned aut cn the' inside, only the walls ‘being leff. “Here'the fire was check- liad come: to the aid of the Da partment. - ! The water pressure in"the mains was very poor and the town has only old fashion fire fizhting apparatus so heln was quickly souzht from nearby towns. Firemen and apnurtenarces from Nar- oton Feizhts, New Canaan. Norwalic. and Stamford responded to the call and saved the whole husiness center of Darien from destruction. About 25 Persons Homeless. families comprising about 25 persons were rendered homeless and they have been taken in by neigh- bors. Firemen* suffered severelv as the temperature was near (ue zero mark and residents around the fire zome furnished food and hot coftee tq aid the mer. in their labors. Owners of all the burned-out buildings have already begun plans for reconstruc- tion. o ' DOZENS OF COAL-LADEN BARGES ARE ICEBOUND Coal Shortage in New York City Grows More Serious. New York, Jan. 3—With the temper- ature hovering around zero for the sixth successive day, New- York was ed tonight with a fuel short- age. Wwing mo ienacing every hour as the ‘waters surrounding the city became coated more deeply with ice except where the tide runs swifts est. Dozens of coal-laden barges are ice- of fuel. Fuel administrators transportation officials were in almost constant conferences to devise means for releasing thees boats. Serious con sideration was given to the use of dy- nemite -for- breaking, the ice an dfran used as ice breakers. The next building to go was. hound on their way from New Jersey terminals with many thousands of tons and tic efforts were made td assemble a fleet of power tugs which could hs Condensed Telegrams Alien enemies in Italy will be n- terned with no exemptions. 8ix_of Syracuse's largest schools closed when the heating system froze. Parts of the White House are not behig heated in order to conserve coal Steel Co. announces a gugn:rly dividend of $1.50, payable ‘eb. 1. China has 125000 men behind the firing < lines in Mesopotamia and France. Sir George Buchanan, British am- bassador, has left Petrograd, owing to il health. The supply of beef in London is so scarce that many stores were without meat at all. The Hudson River between Nyack and Tarrytown is frozen over 16 inches thick. It is rumored that Dr. R. S. Naon, Argentine ambassador at Washingion has resigned. Stockholm rs report that' the Swedish negotiations witn the United States are satisfactory. All Cossacks of military age are be- ing mobilized to take arms against the Bolsheviki Government. All confectionery stores and pastry shops in ¥rance will be closed by order of Food Dictator Boret. L persons were killed and 24 injured by a mine washed ashore at Ramsgate and Deal, London. It is reported that General Siebert will soon head the southeastern dis- trict of the United States army. Fire and explosion destroyed the major part of the new garbage plant on Staten Island, costing $3 000,000. Mrs. Aniie Hawkins, author of many | gospel hymns, including “I Need Thee Every Hour,” died at Bennington, Vt., aged 72. Essex Falls, N. J., boasts of a resi- | dent who works in eight paying posi- tions, including postmaster and rail- road agent. Every pound of freight carried water for .the American army France will be transported inland motor trucks. by in by ‘was chosen to succeed Major-General Siebert as second in command of Gen- eral Pershing. A * Netherlander employed in the Krupp munition works until recently announced there.were 4,000 Hollanders i in Italy—Killed Eighteen The virtnal collapse of the negotia- tions between the Central Powers and the Russian Bolsheviki for peace and {the possibility that hostilitles again may be resumed by the Russians on BOLSHEVIKI REJ PEACE PROPOSAL e Collapse of Negotiations Has Caused Surprise Concern in Berlin and Vienna TROTZKY CALLS PROPOSALS “HYPOCR War Loan in Hungary Proves a Failure—The Gruur Part of the Amount ' Received Was Forced From &e Leading Banks—Nothing of Importance Has Ommed o2 on the Battle Fronts—Austro-Germans Continue Raids > Persons in Two Hospitals, . © Russian revolution. The central com- mittee of the Council’ of Wi and Soldiers’ Delegates in a approved- Trotzky’'s stand. .\ppneafl,’vl adding to the crisis is the refusal | foreign mi s 7 | s i actions Major-General Robert L. Bullard | SOCi2list factions |, Trotzky, as the mouthpiece of the the eastern front, even though with only « comparatively. small army, have caused surprise and perturbation in Berlin and Vienna. Realizing the seriousness of the sit- uation, the German and Austrian em- perors -have conferred at length with their chiefs of state and the German and Austro-Hungarian foreign minis- ters who attended the peace negoti: tions at Brest-Litovsk have been sent back there post haste, probably for the purpose of attempting to moder- ate the situation. Not alone fs Trotrk of German also have volubly expressed their antazonism to those sections of them which call for the retention of Poland, Lithuania, Cour- land and other territory ncw in pos- ssion of the invaders. Rolsheviki, has announced in unmis- takable terms, that the Rucsian work= on the pay roll. hanged for participation in the riots at Houston. Praesident Wilson will review the cases. vhich ! Five, more - négroes ~were -ordered” SRy Captain Lee Howell, prominent in transportation circles of the middle west died at Evansville, Ind. Old age caused death. AP | General Mann, commander of the | Announcement Made by Lord Rhonda, Rainbow Division, was appointed head 1did not agree to the free destiny of of the Eastern Division of the Army | of the United States. % Quotations in German papers point to President Wiison as John Bull as being the worst enemy to the German empire. The names of three Americans kill- ed and one reported missing. and found again, were reported on the Canadian casualties list. Five schooners were frozen fast at New Bedford, Muss. Signals for help were sent out, but no tugs could be spared to assist. The French War Office announces that French aviators brought down six German planes. Tywo others fell be- hind the lines badly damaged. Fire destroyed the plant of the Pipe & BendingCo,, of Harrisburg, Pa. A large guantity of four-inch shells for the Government were destroyed. Senator Marconi, head of the perm- anent mission in the United States, told the Italians that great friendship exists between America and Italy. Dr. John J. Moorehead, a New York surgeon in the French war zone, has discovered a new treatment for wounds which have become infected. | Judge yohn A. Shauck, aged 76, who served nineteen years on the Ohio su- preme bench, died at a hospital in Mayor Hylan| Columbus, O. from uraemic" poison- ordered that fire and police boats be|ing. used for this purpose. NEW ENGLAND COAL A warship was rushed to the aid of the Japanese freighter Shinyo Maru Number 2, which was racing toward a SITUATION GROWS WORSE | Pacific port with 2 fire raging in her 2 old. - Blizzard Prevents Attempts to Move Fuel by Water. “Boston, Jan. 3—New England’s coal situation grew worse today when the steady grip of the cold paralyzed land tran on and a heavy blizzard Off the coast put the finishing touchs on all attempts to move fuel by wa- ter. Only two barges loaded with coal arrived today and both of these were for local manufacturing concerns. The nearest trainloads of coal diverted by the federal authorities to meet the crisis in New England were reported tomight to be somewhere in the vi- cnity of Maybrook, N. Y., but queries as to prospects of getting the cars through to this city and other New England points brought conflicting statements. Additiona] extensions of the. Christ- mas vacations for the schools have been announced by various cities and towns. - ARMY MOTOR TRUCKS ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON One Plunged Over a 20-Foot Embank- ment, But Continued the Journey. ‘Washington, Jan. 3.—After trials of three of the one and ene half ton army motor trucks arrived in Washington today from factories at Detroit, Cleve- land and Ardmore, Pa. One of the ma- chines plunged over a twenty foot em- bankment but continued the jouruney under its own power. Quantity production of the. trucks| will be ordered as soon as further tests here are completed. { Federal officers and crew of the Bol- sheviki steamer Shilka are allowed the freedom of New York city. It was thought that the ship would be in- terned. R. J. Bulkeley and Colonel Charles Keller, representing the secretary of war, left for Buffalo to confer with manufacturers and officials of power companies there. All the . electric railways between Baston and Phillipsburg, two between Baston and Bethlehem and the line to Nazareth, Pa,, were taken over by the Federal Government. § H. J. Poe of Los Angeles and Mi- guel Marfinez, of Nogales, Ariz., Americans were among the thirty-six persons killed when Yaqui Indians at- tacked a train south of Empalme, Sonora, Mexico. Admiral Benson, chief of operations, told congress it was folly to belleve there was anv loss of morale among Germans submarine crews and that he believed their morale was the best in the German navy. Judge Thomas Chatfield set Jan. 16 as the day for the trial of Paul Hen- nig, who is accused of tampering with the manufacture of shellg for the Gov- ernment at the Bliss ammunition fac- tory in Brooklyn. On the recommendation of the judge advocate-general, Secretary Baker has declined the offer of the municipal authorities of Otisville, N. Y., to loan the government the city sanitarium for a medical depot. i supplanting | 1y, i {sals. which he.terms-*hypoeritical.” He. | COMPULSORY RATIONING ors will net accept the peace propo- asgerted that if the Central Powers the Polish and Lettish-nations it would be urgently necessary to defend the ENGLAND IS TO HAVE the Germans tq transfer the adjourned meeting of the peace conference from Brest Litovsk to Stockholm. ; The financial situation in Hungaty seemingly is not what it once was. for the seventh war loan, from which it was- expected eight n would be released, brought forth oniy three billion kronen. According to re- ports, the greater- part of the amount subscribed was forceq from the lead- ing banks, the populace generally tak- ing only an insignificant portion of it. * On .the battle fronts the infantry - continues virtually inactive, but bom: bardments of considerable proportions are taking place on various sectors: E Belgium, France and Italy, z importance has occurréed on the Italian front since the driving of the encmy from the western bank of i Piave at the Zenson loop gave Ttalians full control of the right ba of the stream. Austro-German airmen are k¢ up their raids on Italian open the latest of which to be bomi ing Castelfranco Veneto, W hospitals tients Kilted. If a by the the san ory rati effect in and consérve food supplies. wers Hit and eightee: lan that has been form ish focd: controlieris ion of the cabinet, ¢ gland. to prevent HOOVER REPLIES SHA‘RPLY\ TO CHAIRMAN billion kronen ing shortly will be puf the Food Controller. London, Jan. 3—Co t at Silverton today. fraid that compulso: have to come and that it was on its Compulsory ration- 2 is to be put into effect in England an early date, according to Lord onda, the food controller, speaking ie prefaced his During Senate Committee’s Inv tion of Sugar Shortage. ‘Washington, Jan. 3—Exaniinaf Food Administrator Hoover was pleted today by the senate co investigating the sugar and coal ages after Chairman Reed a Hoover had enlivened the proces with a clash that had been & since the inquiry started. way, and then declared that his de- partment had completed a scheme and that as soon as the sanction of the cabin® had been received it would be carried out. Yesterday when Hoover stand- Senator Reed, a critic food administrator since the of his work, vielded the task of Lord Rhonda warned his that there ~would -continuz to be prove and improve steadily. ‘There is nothing alarming in the “You have onlv The people ¢* g situation,” he ‘said. to tighten your belt. this country are undergoing nothi like the privations in Germany. There they have leéss than a~pound of meat a week.” WEATHER IS RETARDING SHIPMENT OF COAL hearers 2 shortage, though the position would tioning. to Senator Lodge, and the ex- amination progressed very smoo Today, however, the chairman wcst into cross examination himself most 3 vigorously. e attacked the Wm of the food administration, sald Hi % had usurped powers in handling the wheat situation and sought to develop that sugar price agreements were made to benefit eastern refinere. Hoover's replies were as e question. The wheat situation, he said, was handled with the approval of President Wilson, and the farmers now were getting more for their wheat, while. fiour was selling for less., He warmly denied all of the chafrman’s 250,000 Tons of Anthracite Held Up in New Jersey Terminals. ‘Washington, Jan. 3.—Fuel shortages in various parts of the country were given attention today by the fuel ad- ministration. = Further measvres were taken to speed the movement of coai to-New England and 700 cars of bi- tuminous were ordered diverted from the West Virginia fields to relieve di: tress in Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky. Producers supplying New Englard were directed to make up soiid train- loans of twenty-five cars of coal daily for routing over the Boston and Maine railroad, now somwhat free of cenges- tion. The New Haven, too, according to reports to.the fuel administration. tioning the by Reed interrupted. charges and said the food administra-. tion would save the people on alone - between three and five mill dollars in the year beginning O¢t. 1. Senator Jones of New Mexico, ques- about support given the food administration by the country, drew a ripple from spectators in the committee room_ « 9hairmun ‘witness of a brusque retort when JAPANESE FREIGHTER . IS AFIRE AT Shinyo Maru is Racing at Full Speed Toward a Pacific Port. applause. is clearing its tracks, and mines wers advised to ship as much coal as po. sible_over its lines. to New En and Philadelphia. SCHOOL MUSIC SUPERVISOR AT MERIDEN DISMISSED Committze Says G. Frank Goodale Has “Too Much Artistic Temper- ament.” Meriden, Conn., Jan. 3.—“Too much artistic temperament,” is assigned as the reaso nfor the town s&hcol com- mittee 's request for lhe resignation of G. Frank Goodale, music super- visor of the Meriden public schools for the past 15 years. Mr. Goodale is 2 resident of New Haven and a gradu- Shipments over the Boston and Maine will be alter- nated beiween the city of Beston and towns in the interior. Routh weather 's still interfering with water shipments and through New York A Paciii> Port;, Jan. 2—The situation of the Japanese freighter Shinyo Ma- ru No. 2, in whose hold a fire has been raging since last night, was described as hopeless in a ‘cablegram received by the marme dspartment of tie cham- ber of commerce here tonight. . As- sistance was near, th: message sall, and it was expected that her crew of approximately fitty men would be re- moved from the blazing vessel without loss of life. v All day the Shinyo has been racing at full speed toward a Pacific port: where it was expected that the fire might be combatted successfully, To- night as she was almost within sight of her goal it seemed certai ing to the advices, thaj-s}ie would be destroyed together wtii her cargo of 7,680 tons of stecl, cotton and other merchandise. % Naval vessels rushed to her aid to- ay and it was understood that the as- ance spoken of in the message re- ceived tonight referrsd to them. ate of Yale. He i sentitled to a hear- ing if he wishes it but up to date the board has not received such a request nor have they appointed his successor. RECE'PTS OF MOTOR VEHICLE DEPARTMENT For Registratien and Drivers’ Licenses Amount to $322,6589.08. Hartford, Jai —The receipts of the motor vehicle department from registration of vehleles and drivers’ licenses ‘1‘1: to Jan. 2 for 1918 amount to' $322,689.68 and fines $334. For the same in the year 1917 the re- ceipts were $278,641.55. _Denver, Colo., Jan ued at $250,000, DIED IN POORHOUSE. Discovery Made by a Real Estate’ Dealer at Denver. £ —John Knowlex, | 6 s old, who died in the county hospital Dec. 20 last, alpne and appar- ently penniless, was the owner of an" estate which real estate men have vat- it developed today. Knowles Is €aid to have been & resi- dent of Manchester, N. H., at one time. A real estate man with ¥ Knowles omce had been ."'m?x e 0,