Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 11, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 10 INFANTRY ON BATTLE FRO On Al the Battle Fronts THREE TO FIVE FEET. OF SNOW IN ITALY The Movement of Supplies to the Teutonic Armies in the Hills is Greatly Impeded by the Snow—Teutonic Allies and the Bolsheviki Are Wide Apart on the Peace Ques- tion—Fighting Continues Between Bolsheviki Forces and Cossacks in Central and Southwestern Russia—It is Reported That Bulgaria and Russia Have Signed a Sep- srate Peace Compact—German Delegates in Petrograd Have Requested Sweden to Act as Go-Between With the Allies—Germany Announces Reprisals Against France. INACTIVE — On the fighting fronts the infantry is inactive, except for small raiding operations, but the artillery duels con- tinue intense on various sectors. In northern Jtaly snow has fallen to a depth of from three to five feet, bring- ing the operations to a halt. The movement of supplies to the enemy armies in the hills is being greatly impeded and the indications at present are that fighting of great intensity will be impossible while the snow lies on the ground. Unofficial despatches dealing with the deliberations between the Bol- sheviki and the Teutonic allies at Brest Litovsk indicate that for tie present peace is not being discussed, but the proposition of the Bolsheviki to change the gcene of the negotiations to Stockholm is the paramount issue. Trotzky, the Bolshevik foreign minis- ter, is said to have threatened the delegates of the_central powers tha® if they do not accede to his request for & transfer of the purparlers to Sweden the yoice of their own people and the strong arm of the Russian democracy will be felt by them. The German delegates in Petrograd have requested Sweden to act as go-between with the allies. A A despatch emanating from Switzer- land asserts that Bulgaria and Russi have signed a separate peace compact, but the Russians have rejected sep- arate peace terms on the proposals offered by Turkey. Meanwhile fighting continues in cen- tral and southwestern Russia between the Bolshevik forces and the Cossacks of General Kaledines and General Du- toff. The latest accounts of these op- erations - indicate that the Bolsheviki for the time being have the upper hand, both Kaledines and Dutoff hav- ing been compelled to flee after de- feats in battle. Germany has announced her inten- tion to send 600 French prisoners into Russia and 400 French women into the duchy ,of Brunswick as.a reprisal for the alleged retention of inhabifants of Alsace Lorraine by the French. ALLEGED PLOT TO GAIN OIL LANDS IN COSTA RICA ‘ncluded a Revolution to Oust Form- er President Gonzales. New York, Jan. 10.—Testimony con- cerning an American manufactured revolution in Costa Rica designed to overcome the opposition of Formpr President Gonzales to the granting of an oll concession was given in supreme court hers today. The story of the revolution was told by Manuel E. Lardizabel of Nicarague, who is suing ‘Washington S. Valentine of this city for one-half the profits from $1,000,000 early last year. Lardizabal testified that he had been associnted in business with Valentine for ten years and that in 1914 he in- troduced his partner to a Dr. Mon- tufor from whom Valentine purchased the consession. Valentine, the wit- ness asserted, was opposed by Presi- dent Gonzales. ~To overcome this op- position, he declared, and put through his deal to sell the grant, the revolu- tionary plot which resulted in placing Federico A. Tinoco in the president’s chalr was hatched in this country. By the purchase of the concession the Sinclair interests obtained 9,000,- 000 acres of unimproved ofl land which Lord Cowdray, the British ofl magnate tried for years to get. MORAL SUASION AS A REMEDY FOR DRUG ADDICTS More Effective Than Medical Treat- ment, Says Dr, Van Fleet. New York, Jan. 10.—Moral suasion is more effective than any medical treat- ment in dealing with drug addicts, ac- cording to a report made public today by Dr. Frank R. Van Fleet, in behalf of a committee of physicians to the legislative investigating _committee heard by Senator George H. Whitney. Gradual reduction of the quantity of a drug has not proved a satisfactory treatment, he sald. He declared, how- ever, that anyone who acquires the drug habit can cure himself if he has sufficient will power. For this rea- * son he maintained addiction is not a disease in a medical sense. Clergymen mar do more than doctors to help victims, Dr. Van Fleet asserted. PLAN TO PROVIDE RIFLE PRACTICE IN HIGH SCHOOLS Recommended by N al Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice. > e ‘Washington, Jan. 10.—Adoption of plans for providing rifle practice in all high schools of the country was rec- ommended today by the national board for the promotion of rifle practice. The board also recorded its belief that every effort should be made to thor- oughly instruct all forces of the ser- vice in the proper use of the rifle and that so far as practicable such instruc- tion should be completed prior to over- scas service. Another recommendation of the board was that a badge for marks- manship be provided for the men of the national army as well as for those of the regular army and national guard. DEPRECATES PRESIDENT'S CHANGE ON SUFFRAGE. New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage. New York, Jan. 10—A telegram dep- recating his departure from the “states rights” declaration of the last na- tional platform of the democratic party was sent to President Wilson today by the New York State Associa- tion Opposed to Woman Suffrage. In endorsing suftrage amendment yesterday, the message said, the president.- stepped aside from previoms declarations to the effect that he favored extension of the federal’ woman | iners TO SHIP MORE WHEAT TO THE ALLIED COUNTRIES. 90,000,000 Bushels to Be Sent—Ameri- cans Must Save That Amount. ‘Washington, Jan. 10.—Ship losses and crop failures abroad have brought such a serious food situation in the allied countries that the United States is planning to release for ex- port an additional 90,600,000 bushels of wheat, although the country’s export surplus had been shipped by mid-De- cember. > The American people will be asked by the food administration to cut their consumption to make up the amount to be exported. Uniess they do the nation is threatened with a shortage in May before the new wheat crop is harvested in June. The food administration is consid- ering legislation to make the saving of wheat compulsory and has approved a bill drawn by Representative Lever, author of the food comtrol bill, to en- force wheatless days. Proposals for mixed flours and for & form of war bread of mixed grains also are under consideration as le measures to reduce the use ‘wheat flour. Some food administration officials think a slight flour shortage next spring not only would not cause suf- fering here, but might have a whole- some effect in causing the people to turn to bther cerials. INSTALLMENT LIBERTY BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION When Held by Banks for Customers Who Are Paying for Them. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 10.—Attorney General George E. Hinman today an- nounced that banks wer eexempt from taxation on_Eiberty bonds held for customers who were paying for them by installments. His finding came as the result of a query by Tax Commis- sioner William H. Corbin as to whether the state could impose a tax. The at- torney general holds that neither the equity held by the customer nor that of the bank on partly paid for bonds of the Liberty issues are taxable against the banks. - That is, If the bonds held by a bank were two-thirds paid for, the third still owned by the bank would be tax exempt as well as the two-thirds acquired by the cus- tomers. U. §. WILL PROVIDE FOR BRITISH ISLAND COLONIES Which Depend Upon America for Foodstuffs and Other Supplies. ‘Washington, Jan. 10—British island colonies in the Atlantic which depend almost wholly on the United States for foodstuffs and other supplies will have their needs taken care of. This assurance has been given to Sir Wil- liam L. Allardyce, governor of the ‘Bahama Islands, who has been conefr- ring here with British and American authorities. The Bahamas, Jamaica and the Bermudas, as well as other small English West Indian colonies, have felt the effects of the recent stringent ex- port regulations of the United States, -|and as they are furnishing troops for service at the front, they feel the United States should recogniez them as co-belligerents. 5 MAYOR OF SEATTLE BARRED FROM PRACTICING LAW For Allowing Use of His Name in So- ing Police Court Business. Seattle, Wash, Jan. 10—Hiram C. Gill, mayor of Seattle, was barred to- day by the state board of bar exam- from practicing law in the state of Washington for one year. Today's decision was reached following a hear- ing of charges that the maypr allowed the :I;l:v firm of Gill, Hoyt & Frye to use his name in soliciting police court business. Cabled Paragraphs London Gets Beef and Mutton. London, Jan. 10.—The meat situa- tion, which has been so acute during night and” all ceived supplies Are Missing. own, Conn, Jan. 10—The o ‘the fir which swept the ing of the Connecticut hospital remains at two with two othdt ients missing tonight. The dam- age to the building and contents is now estimated at $200,000 and the to be deter- in other sections of the hospital, operation which was performed with- out panic or injury to any one. Search of such parts of the ruins as are suf- ficiently cooled is being made for trace of the missing patients .but it is still thought that both of them may have gotten away in the confusion attend- ant upon the fire. Later tonight officials at the hospi- tal gave out the names of three menr which include that of one of the dead the three is the dead man. The names made public are: Herbert A. Mattoon, 58, admitted November 20, 1917. His son lives at 214 Monroe street, Hartford, Frederick Allen, 25, admitted April 1916, son of George L Allen, of Mid- Aletown. Sam Pogledunc, 5, admitted June 22, 4417. An alien with no known rela- tives. Was admitted from Waterbury. The local Home Guard, on duty the fire all day, were relieved at 6.3 this evening, at which time all danger of a new outbreak of flames had defi- nitely passed. The guard was to have been inspected today and was the more readily mobilized because of that fact. Former Governor Frank B. Weeks, chairman of the board of trustees, has summoned the trustees to a. special meeting to be held tomorrow morning to formulate plans for the further care of the patients housed in the burned wing and to consider what shall be done. in®he way of rebuilding. It was found necesSary to put pa- tients from the destroyed wing into the amusement hall and basements of other buildings for the night. Beds other Middletown institutions, The absence of any panic or serious trouble in getting the patients away from the scene of the blazé was large- ly due to the fact that all the patients were those mildly afflicted, many of them in fact were men who were able to work at trades. The ruins were still smoking and in places very hot tonight and it is doubt- ful if a thorough search of them can be made before. tomorrow. Im : th meanwhile _of -are ".SCouring - $he wvicinity of Middletown in the hope_of tients. CONTRIBUTORY CAUSES Disregard of Regular Channels of tribution and Low Prices Fixed. shortage in New York and other plac- es to disregard of regular channels of distribution by the fuel admiristra- tlon in its efforts to get fuel to certain committees. W. A. Marshall was on the stand His diagnosis was Both discussed the situation generally and lightly upon the acute most of the day. concurred in by C. G. Harris. touched only shortage in their own territory. Mr. Marshall spoke of the problem as a factor in had made good for New England. Prices fixed by the government for coal at the mines was too low in many the witness thought, and had resulted in reduced production, statistics showing an . His business, he said, had been reduced this winter to about one-third of normal because he could not get coal.. Mr. Harris said he believed his firm did not receive instances, notwith increase this more than ten per cent. of its normal supply. TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL OPENED AT LYONS, FRANCE. 1t Has Been Loaned to the American Red Cross. Washington, Jan. 10.—The Sainte Eugenie hospital for tuberculosis repatries at Liy~ns, designed to care for patients reaching France from the, oc- cupied districts of France and Belgium via Evian, has been opened in the presence of officials of the Red Cross, the Rockefeller foundation and the French government, the Red war council was advised today by cable. The hospital has been loaned to the American Red Cross by the hospital board of Lyons, which sup- plies heat, light, water and sanitation and furnishes at cost food, linen and disinfection. The Red Cross provides the nurses, doctors and medical sup- plies. Often as many as 65 tuberculosis repatries arrive at Evian in a single week and, returning to their homes, spread _infection. cares immediately for 200 patients in five new hospital barracks and in the main building, a chateau presented to the city of Lyons by the Empress Bu- genie. HEAVY SNOW STORM IN THE CENTRAL WEST Will Save Millions of Dollars Worth of Winter Wheat. Chicago, Jan. 10—A heavy snow storm now centered over Texas and due in the central west tonight, will save millions of dollars worth of win- |ter wheat, weather bufeau officials here predicted today. The heavy snow, they said, not only will protect the wheat from freesing, but is providing needed moisture to many sections of Kansas and Nebras- ka, where there was reported a seven- inch snowfall. Grain experts, following the last gov- ernment report, showing the greatest winter wheat acreage—and the poorest condition—in history, declared that heavy snowfalls probably would give the country a high record winter wheat crop. . e finding a trace of the two missing pa- | OF COAL SHORTAGE 'Washington, Jan. 10.—New York wholesale coal dealers testifying be- fore the senate investigating commit- tee today attributed much of the coal labor production shortage and predicted a shortage of coal for several vears. He praised the work of J. J. Storrow; New England fuel administrator, saying Mr. Storrow “had raised the devil” for others but ‘The new hospital NORWICH, CONN. FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1918 HOURS’ SUPPLY OF COAL Equivalent to Last Year. New York, Jan. 10.—While anthracite coal to &in, state. Hospitals With 12 Hours’ Supply. nistrator, for = New Reeve Schiey, New York city admin- istrator, said that two hospitals in the city had only 12 hours’ supply of coal on hand, and that at 6 o'clock tonight the New York Life building had.only & three hours' supply. The paralysis of shipping as the Monday. 5 REPORT OF THE RED Appropri _Washington, Jan. 10.—Appropri tions aggregating approximately $Ti 000,000 had been authorized by the Red Cross war council since its crea- tion May 10 last up to Dec. 28, the council reported tonight in- a state- > Of this sum- $30,000,000 actually has been ex- pended, while collections from the hun dred million dollar war fund subscrip- tions have amounted to about $97,000,- were secured fo: temporary use trom [000. Officials estimated that at least an- other $5,000,000 will be collected -from war fund subscriptions, and some $3,- 000,000 of this fund retained by cer- tain chapters on account of the 25 per’ cent. which each chapter was to re- ceive for locat war relief work, which will bring the total of the fund to ment giving the condition of finances as of the latter date. about $106,000,000. about .$13, relief 000 _alrewdy 0,000 for —lgcal . retained and an $88,000,000. REMARKABLE RECORD OF H: Not Had a Courtmartial Time of Its Organization. Washingten, Jan, 1 itional army, Camp Dodge, of the command in h ber 24, record in general orders. BRIDGEPORT SALOONS 3 To Open Daily at 6.30 and Close 1130, Except Saturday Nights. Bridgeport, Conn., Jan, 10.—The s loons of this city will reduce the mencing on Monday mornihg. At loon Keepers Union held tonight, OBITUARY. Frank H. Stadtmueller. missioner, died at Vine Hill ill less than a week ago and it ease that caused his death. originator of certified milk. born on the farm where he died. there, held memberships in Town Health Officers’ 'sociation. He was a democrat and had been selectman in West Hartford and was. ‘health officer ‘there at the time of ‘his death. He is survived by his widow, a son, two brothers and a sister. General Juan J. Canas. San Salvaedor, Jan. 10.—General Juan J. Canas, dean of the Central Ameri- can poets and author of the Salvado- rean national hymn, died last night. The body is lying in state at the Na- tional university and will be interred tomorrow with fitting honors. mentary ‘General Canas was one of those who | trial here today fought against the invasion of Nicara- | others: accused of conspiring in this| London, Jan. 10- gua by William Walker, an American|country to set up a Hindustani re- |today rejected Lord Loreburn’s amend- filibuster, in 1855, an adventure which | public. as In 1869, | that $30,000 was obtained from the |exclude women from the suffrage. The eventually established Walker president of “that country. | age Close N.Y. Theaters TWO HOSPITALS HAVE ONLY 12 SHIPPING IS PARALYZED State Fuel Administration A. H. Wig- gin Declares Shipments of Anthra- to Canada.Are Made in Amounts New York is facing a fuel famine which threatens to close not only theatres, ‘cabarets and restaurants, but muni- tions factories as well, shipments of ida are being made in amounts equivalent to last year's tonnage, with a percentage for increased production, according to a telegram sent tonight to Federal Fuel Administrator Garfleld by A H. Wig- York re- sult of the coal crisis remains serious. Only six ocean-going vessels were sup- plied with bunker coal Wednesday as compared with 24 Tuesday and 30 on CROSS WAR COUNCIL. ons of About $75,000,000 Have Been Made Since Its Creation. From this sum must be deducted e A ‘hapter: in"addition to the ‘;’ { n-ef $1,300,000 to be paid. to b oS AR vet to. be col- lected. This would leave available for expenditures out of the war fund about 352ND INFANTRY REGIMENT Since 10. — Secretary Baker has expressed to the command- er of the 352nd Infantry regiment, Na- Towa, through Adjutant General McCain. his appreciation of the remarkable record ving had no courtmartial case or incident requir- ing courtmartial proceedings from the time of its organization up to Novem- The division commander has been authorized to publish the regiment's TO REDUCE HOURS at business hours by three hours, com- meeting of the Liquor Dealers and Sa- it was voted to arrange a schedule ‘whereby all saloons and cafes will open daily at 6.30 and close at 11.30 each night. On Saturday nights all places will remain open until midnight. Py Hartford, Conn., Jan. 10.—After a short illness of pneumonia, Frank H. Startmueller, state dairy and food com- -Farm, ‘West Hartford, tonight. He was taken is thought that overwork of recent days had so'weakened him that he was un- able to combat successfully the dis- Commissioner Stadtmueller was one of the best known dairy experts in New England is credited with being the He was He lived with his parents on the farm for five. years after his birth, August 12, 1861, and then the family went to New Haven, where the father was curator of Peabody Museum of Yale Univer- sity for several years. After studying at Yale, Mr, Stadtmueller returned té Vine Hill Farm to become its mana- ger in 1885 and he has ever since been He was serving his second term as dairy commissioner when he died. He the Hartford Chamber of Commerce, United States Public Health Associationy Connecticut | G: Association; Connecticut Sheep Breeders Associa- tion; the West Hartford Grange and some fraternal societies. He was also president of the State Dairymen’s as- 12 PAGES—104 COLUMNS MoreThan1,500,000 AmericmsAreArmed SEC’Y 'BAKER TELLS SENATE MILITARY COMMITTEE ANSWER ARMY CRITICS Stated That an Army of Substantial Size Already ‘is’ in France, Ade- f quately Armed and to Fight. Ready Washington, Jan, 10—Every phase of the-war department's preparations for Dattle against Germany was out- lined and defended by Secretary Baker ay before the senate military com- mittee. He answered those who have criticized - the department during the committee’s investigation with the as- sertion that no army as that now un- der the American flag ever hcal been raised, equipped or trained so quickly, and that never before had such pro: vision been made for the comfort and health of an army. Read Exhaustive Statement. The secretary read an exhaustive prepared, statement' when he took the stand and was not interrupted until it was concluded. Then questions began to fly from every side of the committee table, launching a cross examination that ‘was- not concluded at adjourn- ment. tonight and probably will con- tinue all day tomorrow. Fighting Men Well Armed. Chaifman Chamberlain _and other committeemen wanted to know partic- ularly about delays in furnishing ma- chine guns and rifles and much atten- tion was devoted to the army’s suppl: purchasing system. Mr. Baker. admit ted there had been some mistakes and delays, but declared that all fighting men in France were adequately armed and equipped and. that ail sent over would be. He took full responsibility for delay in approving a machine gun, | i .that. the .value of the Brown- ing gun now'.developed was worth it. He also said the superior weapon ob- tained by having, the British Enfield rifie rechambered for American am- munition compensated for the delay there. More Than 1,500,000 Men Under Arms. More than 1,500,000 Americans are now\ under arms, Secretary Baker saXl, and an army of substantial size al- ready is am: France, ready for active service. Members, of the ing ‘eret p ment. Th committee were ;. disapproval of the se- g system of the depart- i shake Mr. Baker's port jyer. He 1nsls‘ud , guard agai i pUbHTItY ROHCEHNOE flants engaged on } CONFERENCE ON NEW HAVEN ON FUEL CONSERVATION City Officials, Merchants, Saloon Keep- ers, Pastors and Real Estate Dealers New Haven, Conn, Jan. 10.—A con- ference consisting of city officials, merchants, saloon keepers, pastors, real estate dealers, householders and other citizens was held in the city hail here tonight to plan for a cit: wide fuel conservation campaign. May- or David E. Fitzgerald presided and after hearing many arguments urging the curtalling of. houts of business in saloons, theatres. stores, and other en- terprises and also in church services tand open hours in-clubs, a committee of citizens was named to meet Friday night and draw up a set of rules for the guidance of all. Heads of various businesses agreed tc abide by any fair rules regarding hours and it is virtually certain that a large saving in fuel used to produce light wilF result under the rules to be {1aid down by the citizens' committee. CONVICTION OF HAMBURG- H AMERICAN LINE UPHELD a peals. 4 New York, Jan. 10.—Conviction of four officials of the Hamburg-Ameri- can line, including Karl Buenz, ma¥- aging director, on charges of violating to German cruisers early in the war, was affirmed by the United States cir- cuit court of appeals here today. The decision also upheld the conviction of the Hamburg-American line, which had been sentenced to pay a fine of $1. Through a system of false manifests, the government contended, the steam- ship officials concealed the destina- tions of outgoing ships which they had chartered, under an agreement with the Germaa government in the winter of 1914 to see that German warships in the north and south Atlantic were provided with coal and provisions. BIG PROFITS LAST YEAR FOR SWIFT & CO, PACKERS Equivalent to 34.65 Per Cent. of the $100,000,000 Capital Stock. Chicago, Jan. 10.—Net profits far surpassing all previous records were reported by Swift and Company, pack- ers, today, for the fiscal year ending with September, 1917. The profits given are equivalent to - |24.65 per cent on the company’s $100,- 000,000 capital stock and compare with net profits of $20,465,000 in 1916, which were equal to 27.29 per cent. on the $75,000,000 stock then outstanding. ross sales attained a new record of $875,000,000 which ‘compared with $575.000,000 in 1916. The company ex- pended $450,000,000 for livestock In 1917, USE OF A SUBMARINE TO TRANSPORT ARMS fxc bty Was Suggested by Indian Revolution- ary Leaders. San Francisco, Jan. 10.—The use of :m“m:nlflu foom. Chtta, to Indn,“d n -from 2 in order that British missionaries and agents in China might not become sus- picious, was suggested by Indian revo- Iutionary leaders, according ‘evidence introduced at the of several Hindus and The evidence also purported to show ‘Walker, who had invaded Honduras,|German foreign ofice to aid the work was captured and shot. _ onists o of the Indian, md e e e e A e By the United States Court of Ap-| Coridenééd;' Telegrams General Pershing reported the deaths of four private soldiers from natural causes. 5 P A separate peace agreement has been signed by Russia and Bulgaria, according to a Swiss newspaper. Separate peace proposals made by Turkey. it is reported, have been re- fused by the Bolshevik government. Generals Kaledines and Dutoff, the Cossack leaders, have been defeated, says the Russian official news agency. Mark L. Requa of Oakland, Cal., was appointed head of the newly appointed oil division of the fuel adminisiration. The Bolshevik government intends to publish a decree within a few days cancelling the Russian national debt. Dr. Romulo S. Naon refuses to re- considér his resignation from the post g{uAtrgentine ambassador to the United es. Four children lost their lives in a fire at Ottawa, Canada, which destroy- ed the west wing of the Catholic Gen- eral hospital.* The voleano of Tunguragua, in cen- tral Etuador, has been in eruption for séveral days, emitting - showers of stones and ashes, Heavy increase in gquicksilver production largely used in war mu- nitions manufacture was announced by the geological survey. The voleano Irazau, which became active on the night of January 7. con- tinues erupting. The ashes are falling over an area of many miles. John Lind, former governor of Min- nesata, will he one .of the advisors commission to assist Secretary Wilson n mobilizing labor for war service. Capt. Harry E. Mitchell, a retired officer of the United States army, has been named by the war department as military instructor at Yale university. The war has caused a falling off in registration at Harvard university of 1,972 pupils for this academic year as compared with the figures of last year Benjamin Shepard, eighth in descent from. Miles Standish and from William Bradford, and ninth in line from John Aolden‘ died at East Orange, 50. W. Cateron Forbes, former govern- or-general of the Philippi was elected president of the Navy League to succeed Colonel Robert M. Thomp- son. James Garvy, superintendent of the glazing department of the Patterson Powder company at Patterson, Okla, was killed when an explosion syrecked the plant. 2d and eleven: olifsion hetween two sections of the “Katy” Fiyer on the Missor apd, Texas railwa at Granger Bex . Word was received at Danbury that Joseph C. Merritt, formerly of that city, who disappeared from Ridgefield several weeks ago, had been put undef arrest in Chicago. - Rev. Charles H. Waldron of Wind- sor, Vt, denied chargey 2 against him when- he the stand in his ,own defense in the Tederal court at Brattleboro, V A detachmenit of American cavalry, sent into ‘Bear Valley, Ariz.. to observe trails, clashed with a band of Yaqui Indians, capturing ten, one of whom died at Nogales of wounds. Through intercepted communications found on arrested aliens, the Zovern- ment has discovered a concerted effort to organize German sabotage and anti- war propaganda in this country. Captain W. J. MacDonald, U. S. Marshal for the northern district of Texas at one time body guard for President Wilson. is seriously ill of pneumonia at Wichita Falls, Texas. Adoiph Bollman, detained by federal authorities at San Francisco as a sds- pected German spy, has escaped, ac- cording to announcement by Don Rathbun of the U. S. department of Justice, Draft men placed in class 1 of ‘the selective army will not be given com- missions in the non-combatant arms of the service, under a resolution adopted the customs laws by sending supplies;by the war council and approved by Secretary Baker. Commissioner Joseph E. Davies and Francis J. Heney. special cotnsel left Washington for St. Paul, Minn.. where hearing will begin Monday in the Fed- eral Trade Commission’s investigation into the meat racking ndustry. A seat on the New York stock ex- change was posted vesterday to trans- fer to Max ‘Siegel. employed for 18 years.as a page on the floor of the exchange and more recently a ser- geant of floor pages. The considera- tion was §55,000. - The German government has offered to pay to the family of Enrique Gran- ados, the Spanish composer, 666,000 pesetas as indemnity for the loss of their father. He and his wife were lost in the sinking of the cross-channel steamer Sussex in 1916. o At the first sitting of the resumed negotiations at Brest Litovsk on Tues- day the discussian between the Rus- sian delegates and those of the cen- tral powers cenfered on the selection of a city in some neutral country in Which to continue the delfberations. VIRGINIA SENATE RATIFIES PROHIBITION AMENDMENT Vote Stood 30 to 8—It is Expected the — House Will Pass It Today. Richmond, Va., Jan. 10.—The nation” al prohibition amendment was ratified tonight by the Virginia semate by a vote of thirty to eight. A resolution to submit the amendment to a refer- endum was defeated, 28 to 10. It is expected that the house of delegates will vote tomorrow. HOUSE OF LORDS REJECTS ANTI-SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT Introduced by Lord Loreburn—Vote Was 134 to 60. “The house of lords ment to the representation of the peo- ple bill, by which it was sought to vu: against the amendment was 134 to J., aged |} SUFFRAGE HAD EXACTLY THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF VOTE Connecticut Members Were braced Each Other - lujah!”—Suffrage Vote in the Sena ‘Washington, Jan: 10.—Woman suf- frage by constitutional amendment won in the house tonight ith exact- Iy the required number of aftirmative votes. While members in their throngs in the galleries eager interest the house adopted by a vote of 274 to 136 a resolution provid- ing for submission to the states of the so-called Susan B. Anthony amend- {ment for national enfranchisement of women. But for the promise of Speaker Clark to cast his vote from the chair for the resolution if it was needed the change of a single vote to the Gppo- sition would have meant defeat. Re- publican Leader Mann, who came from u Baltimore hospital where he has en under treatment ever since con- gress convened, and Representative Sims of Tennessee. just out of a sick tbed and hardly able to walk to his scat, brought the votes which settled the issue. Connecticut Members Divided. The Connecticut members were di- vided on the vote, Freeman,Glynn and Merritt voting for the amendment and Lonergan anq Tillson against it. The house hardly had adjourned be- fore the suffrage champions hagan their fight for favorable action on ths senate side of the capitol. Recent polls there haveindicated. that the re- cessary two-thirds vote Could not be 'mustered, but encouraged by tha house victory and ecounting upon the in- fluence of President Wilson, who came to their support last night, the sufra- zists hope to bring the senate in line so as to have the amendment I~ state legislatures during the comi™ year. They feel sure at least of for:- ing a vote in the senate before the present session ends. Advocates Were Confident. Advocates of the amendment ha been supremely confident of the result in the house' after President Wilson advised the members who cailed upon him,#ast night to support it. They werk so confident that the close vote was received with amazement and some of the opponents were almost as much surprised. When_the first roll call was finish- ed unofficial counts put the result in doubt and before the speaker couid make an announcement there was a demand for a recapitulation. Then the name of each member and the way he was' recorded was read. Announcement of the vote was greeted with wild applause and cheer- ing. Women in the galleries literally fell upon each other's necks, kissing and embracing and shouting “Glory, Glory, Hallelujah.” Resolution as Adopted. The resolution as adopted follows: “Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Canstitution of the TUnited States extending the Right of Suffrage to Women. Resolved by the Senate and House, Etc, Two_ Thirds of Each House Concurring Therein, and the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states 2s an amendment to the constitution of the United States, which, whenrat- ified by three-fourths of said legisla- tures, shall be valid as part of said constitution, namely: “Article—Section_1—The" right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on ac- count of sex. Section 2—Congress s have power, by appropriate legislation to enforce the provisions of this arti- cie.” All Attempts to Change Defeated. -Every attempt made to amgnd this language was beaten. Representative Gard of Ohio tried unsuccessfully to put on it the same limitation carried by the resolution. for the prohibition constitutional amendment that it must be ratified by the states within seven years from the date of its submission Representative Moores of Indiana sought to have a referendum or special convention in each state required. Thé Gard amendment was rejected, 159 to 245 and the Moores amendment, 131 to_272. ‘When the final vote came on the res- olution Representative Austin of Ten- nessee challenged the vote of Repre- sentative Dominick, of South Carolina. Who appeared late in the roll call ant said he had not heard his name call- ed. Mr. Dominick told the speaker he was in the hall and listening and did not hear his name called. His vote was then recorded. The speaker watched the vote, pre- pared to cast hjs own into the breach ! if necessary. “One more negative vote,” he ex- plained afterward, as he chuckled over the victory. “would have changed the situation and the amendment resoln- tion would have been lost, in which event I would have directed the clerk to call my name and that would have been just sufficient to carry it." Of the total membership of 45, there were 410 members voted. The lineup follows: G How Vote Stood Partywise. For_the resolution, democrats 104; republicans 165; miscellaneous 5; to- tal 274. Against the resolution: democrats 102; republicans 33; progressive 1; to- tal 136. Urgent orders had been given by the leaders to bring in everybody pos- sible. ~ When Representative Mann walked slowly to his WINS IN HOUSE 274 T0 136 iE | B Divided Three and Two—' ~~d Em- : ase e o 5 from les lu...... over to, him and r Clark broke a precedent’ by announcing from the rosirum that he |'was sure everybody in the house wel comeq him back. There were two women on the floor Guring the contest, Miss Jeannette Rankin of Montana, who, as represen- tative of a suffragist state, was ac- corded the courtesy of not only con- trolling_one-fourth of the time of de- bate, but of ‘making _the opening speech, and Miss May Offterdinger, of this city, who as clerk of the Woman Suffrage Committee, sat beside 'its chairman, Representative Raker of California. Final Roll Call at 6.25 p. m. The house met at 11 o'clock this morning, an hour earlier than usual, and began consideration of the reso- lution under an agreement to close general debate and begin voting an lamendment at 5 o'clock in the after- noon. It was 6.25 o’clock when the fi- nal roll call began and just 45 min- utes later when Speaker Clark an- | nounced the result. p RAILROAD SITUATION \ HAS BEEN IMPROVED' ther Coal Famine in Any Part of the Country. ‘Washington, Jan. 10.—The railroad situation has improved under govern- ment operation sufficiently to guaran- fce that there will be no further coal famine in any part of the country this winter, Director General McAdoo was informed today by A. H. Smith, as- sistant in charge of transportation on eastern lines. 5 | “Tiocal shortages will be inevitablé conditions, under existing ' abnormal Smith said, but indications are Mr. that no important industries will be forced to shut down because of lack of fuel, and householders will be_ sup- Diled Teasonably. He added that this appiies to New York and New Eng- land, where the coal shortage has been most marked in the eat. Whether operations of express com- panies shall be assumed by the gov- ernment was discussed with the gov- {ernment today by heads of the four express companies and it was said Di- 1 General McAdoo's advisory board ih a few days would recommend that govirnment control be extended to them. PETITIONS OF THREE RHODE ISLAND SLACKERS DISMISSED. Dunn, Hiller and Yanvar, Who Have Been Sentenced for Twenty Years. Boston, Jan. 10—The petitions of John T. Dunn, Theodore Hiller and Adolph F. Yanvar, all of Rhode Isl- and, who sought release from military service by habeas corpus proceedings, were dismissed by Judge Morton ‘in the federal court today. The three men have been sentenced by a court- martial to imprisonment for twenty years at Atlanta for desertion. The evidence showed that all three failed to register June 5 and were sub- sequently arrested and registeerd; that later they were called for physical ex- amination but did not report, and were arrested by military authorities as de- serters, indictments brought against them by the United States attorney at Providence bejng dropped when;the military authorities stepped in. UNITED STATES ARMY IS CLEANEST IN EUROPE. Statement by Dr. W. T. Foster, Whe Visited Entire Prench Front. Chicago. Jan. 10.—That the United States army is the cleanest now Burope was the assurance given Amer- ican parents by Dr. W. T. Foster, pres- ident of Reed college, Portland, Ore. who visited the entirc French front as the representative of the war council of the Red Cross, in an address deliv- ered in Chicago today. “I visited every camp in France where American soldiers are quarter- ed,” sald Dr. Foster. “and I never saw any drunkenness. The morals of the American soldiers are good, t00.” BIG CONTRACTS FOR SOLES AND TOPLETS FOR HEELS. 9,000,000 Pairs of Former, 7,000,000 of Latter, to Cost $5,750,000. Washington, Jan. 10.—Contracts for 9,000,000 pairs of half soles and 7,000,- 100 toplets for heels were let today. by the section on supplies of the advisory commission of the national couneil of defense. The half soles will cost §4,- 500,000 and the toplets $*,250,000. 706 Below Zero Sweden. Stockholm, Jan. 10.—Unprecedented temperatures ‘for Sweden are reported at various parts in the north. Some of the lowest figures are 70.6 de Every Attempt to Amend the Language of the Resolu- tion Was Beaten—When the Annocuncement of the Vote Was Made Women in the T~ Submission to States of the Anthony Amendment for National Enfranchisement of Women b P McAdoo Says There Will be No Fur- - A below zero, Fahrenheit, at Asele; 67 below at Soerfors and 63.4, below at Hogdalejoe. The last mentioned tem- perature is also reported from Fin- Y b .