Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 17, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 15 ALL MANUFACTORIES T ARE ORDERED 70 CLD Drastic Order Has Been Issued by Fuel Commission- er Garfield to Meet Coal Famine—Effective - Tomorrow Morning—Includes Sunday —————— THEATERS AND STORES TO CLOSE MONDAYS| searia sen o unier sisrsers For the Ten Weeks, Beginning January 28, Mondays Arel to Be Observed as Holidays—Industries Producing War Materials Are Included in the Order—No Burning of Fuel to Provide Heat Will Be Permitted in Theaters, Moving Picture Houses, vate or Public Dance Halls or Saloons on Mondays From January 28 Until March 25—A Preferential List | the plasue of Consumers is Included in the Order—Food Shops | RUSSIA. TO SUPPORT Alone are Excepted in the Ruling, Which is Effective in|, .. All of the Territory East of the Mississippi River, In- cluding the Whole of the sota., e ‘Washington, Jan. 16. — America’s manufacturing enterprises with but ifew exceptions, in all states east of the | Mississippi river, were ordered by the | government tonight to spspend opera- ‘tions for five days beginning Friday morning as a drastic measure for re- ‘lieving the fuel famine. At the same time as a further means of relief it was directed that industry and business generally,. including all normal activities that require heating b observe as a holiday every Monday for the next ten weeks. This will close down on Mondays not only’ jactories, but saloons, stores except for the sale cf drugs and food, places of amusement and nearly all office buildings. While the order does not mention siip yards, it is known that they will be permitted to continue operations as mflhm munition plants will ¢ Order Came Without Warning. The ‘4.move came en- tirely warning in an order issued by Fuel Administrator Gar- field with the approval of President ‘Wilson prescribing stringent restric- tions governing the distribution and use of coal. It was decided upon hur- riedly by the president and govern- ment heads as a desperate remedy for the fuel crisis and the transportation tangle in the eastern states. Even munition plants are not excepted from the elosing down order. Officials tonight would not discuss the far-reaching effects the action) would have on the industrial fabric, and questions as to how the order was to be interpreted to meet specific problems went unanswered. Preferential List. The order prescribes a preferential Yist of consumers in whose interest it was drawn. These. users will get coal ‘in_the following order: Railroads. Housenold consumers, hospitals, charitable institutions, and army and navy cantonments. Public utilities, telephone and tele- graph plaats. | Strictly government enterprises, ex- cepting factories and plants working cn_government contracts. Public buildings and necessary gov- ernment, state and municipal require- ments. Factories producing perishable foods and foods for immediate consumption, Announcement of the ‘provisions of the order was made by Fuel Admin- istrator Garfield after a2 White House conference which was attended also by Secretaties Baker and Daniels. Bar- lier in the day Dr. Garfield had sought the views of other officials and it was the unanimous opinion that the meas- ure contemplated was necessary un- der the circumstances. As first drawn and as approved at the White House the order called for the closing of factories beginning to- morrow morning. This was changed upon the consideration of the confus- jon which would result when millions of workers went to their duties un- aware of the government's step, War Industries Included. Inclusion of war industries among ¢ those to which the fuel will be denied caused some surprise, but fuel offi- cials explained tonight that war plants have been producing 80 much more, material than the transportation sys- tems can handb that no serious ef- fects will be felt. War supplies manu- | <0 factured for export have moved to ::nboud faster than ships can move em. An exception is made in the case of shipbuflding plants because of the great need for vessels to move sup- plies already ready for shipment over- £eas. Fuel Administration wofficials will make an effort to increase production at the coal mines during the period that other business is suspended. Mines under contract to supply industries shut down will be directed in supple- mentary orders to send their output elsewhert. Coal loaded and on its Wdfly to these industries will be divert- ed. To Save 30,000,000 Tons. It was estimated tonight the en- forcement of the order would save a total of thirty million tons of bitumi- nous coal, which probably is about h4'f the present shortage. The indi- cations were that at the end of the t°2 weeks of Monday holidays a per- n at policy of restricted consump- ron would have been determined on. ‘Chis plan will limit the use of coal 17 the lesh essential industries under u self-rationing basis. inuisiana and Minnesota, which lie T rtly on both sides of the Mississip- 1© were specifically included as a 1 nole in the list of states to which the order applies. The order is ex- pected to go far towards clearing choked, and congested railroad tracks «and terminals. It was regarded to- States of Louisiana and night as likely that Secretary McAdoo, director general of railroads, might de- clare a rail embargo against the ship- down if necessary further to relieve the roads. Cabled Paragraphs - Fear For Safety of Ship Monitor. London, Jan. 18.—A Reuter despatch from Las Palmas, Canary Islands, says held there that the Ameri- ‘Monitor Disorders at Malaga, Spain. occurred as the result police were restoring order. Pneumonia Plague in China. Feng Chengsi, Shangshi Province, China, Jan. The hotbed of the pneumonic-type plague prevalent here and in other parts of Shanshi province is_at present Paotechow, on the Ho- ang-Ho, :west- of Ningwufu, and the villages surrounding it. The natives are dying by scores in the streets. Ap- peals ‘for help are being sent broad-| sent into the province to investigate conditions. RIGHTS OF ARMENIANS Independence and Right to Decide Their Own Destiny. Petrograd, Jan. 16.—An official de- eree, issued to the people of Turkish Armenia angd signed by Nikolai Lenine and other members of the Bolsheviki, says that the government of peasants and workmen of Russia supports the right of Armenians in Russia and Tur- key to the extent of their complete independence and the right to decide ment of the products of plants closed |their own destiny. The decree enumerates the guaran- tees necessary for this programme, The critical coal situation is blamed | namely, the immediate withdrawal of on the unusually severe weather of | troops from the limits of Turkish Ar- the last week, which has made it ih- possible in many instances to move coal at all and which has cut off the fuel supplies of whole cities. Homes Must Be Kept Warm. Officials who worked omt the cur- tailment plan came to the conclusion, they said tonight, that the homes must be kept warm at all costs. have poured into the fuel a tration's offices for days past telling cf intense suffering in mauy parts of the country. Some of the jargest cit. ies of the east have .run-so short of fuel already that local fuel officials have stopped industriai -activitigs -to provide with coal. mh%m ducing” foodstuffs, the few exceptions to the general rule forbidding the use of coal in the period specified are piants whick must be continuously op- erated to prevent injury to the plan themselves, newspaper plants and printing establishments which, publish current and periodical magazines. On the Mynday holidays besides the manufact g plants the following consumers will be forbidden.to use coal: Business and professional offices (except to, prevent freezing) except those used for government offices or Lanks and trust companies and’ those housing physicians and . dentists; wholesale and retail stores, with ex- ceptions for drug stores and those that sell food: all amusement places and saloons. State fuel administrators may close the bank and trust = company buildings if they think necessary. On the holidays subways, surface, elevated and suburban cars will- be permitted to use only the amount of 3oal they normally consuifie on Sun- ays. i Domestic Utilities Exempted. Some domestic utilities probably will be exempted from the order in sup= plementary rulings, including laun- dries, ice plants and hundreds of oth- ers pon which the people are depend- ent for supplies and service. Cutting off coal to non-essential in- dustries had been expected in 'Wash- ington for a week. It was explained tonight that they were not discrimin- ate@ against in the order because of the fact that it was almost impossi- ble to classify industries as essen- tial and non-essential. Thousands of factorfes producing so-called non-es- sentials, it was pointed out, supply either directly or indirectly plants which themselves manufacture goods vitally needed by the government or. by the public. Most of the.industries manufacturing war goods are said to have on hand more manufactured sup- plies awgiting .. and ocean transportation than have' the non-es- sentials. Suspension of few indus- tries is expected to interfers with de- liveries if the wailroads can move the Boods in their present congested state. ‘Officials tonight forsaw that the n government might distort and make much of the order to improve the morale of the German people, but they said this danger was negligible when compared with that of permitting the | tioni fuel situation to continue unimprove Under Authority of Lever Act. The order was issued under author- ity conferred in the Lever food which provides a fine of $5,000 or im- prisonment for violation of its provi- sions and warning was given: that it would be strictly enforced. To prevent industrial unrest it was said tonight that government gh request . on in- dustries affected by the order to pay their employes during the time they are idle. Mr. Garfields Statement. Fuel Administrator Garfield issued this statement: “Adverse weather conditions in the recent week and the inadequacy of the present coal supply and on facilities to meet the war time de- mand have made necessary tmmediate restrictive measures as to the use of coal, in that part of the United States east of the Mississippi river. ‘“The movement of coal in transpor- tation must be so directed so as to aid the director general of raflways in dealing with the railrcad emergency created by recent blisxard conditions. Domestic consumers of coal must be kept warm and other absotutety neces- sary consumers must be supplied. + “All industry must be fully restrict- ed in its use of coal in order that the available supply = for the remainder of the winter may be ‘properly dis- tributed and may be made sufficient (Continued on Page Thrse.) act, | American menia; the organization of a militia by the Armenian people in order to assure the security of the persons and property of inhabitants, the repatria- tion without hindrance of Armenian emigrants scattered throughout dif- ferent .countries, as well as repatria- tion® within Turkish Armenia of Ar- menians taken by force during the war by the Turkish ' authorities, and the organization of a central government of the people of Turkish Armenia in ‘the form of a’ council of deputies of Armenian people, elected according to democratic pr;’nuip:es The says ' geographical frontiers ':iiedk;:y defi?maticv repreSer: tives chosen’ in nelzthoring comntries ?n‘ld the commission on " Caucasus af- airs. A i MILES OF LOADED COAL CARS ON RAILROAD TRACKS, Former President White of Coal Min- Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 16.—Leaders among’ the fifteen hundred delegates here from, the twenty-one' coal pro- ducing states of the country attending the biennial convention of the United Mine Workers of America expressed sympathy today for people and busi- ness interests in many districts that are suffering from fuel shortage in the Dpresent severe weather. The announcement from Washington shutting down, manufacturing indus- tries for five days made the miners realize more than ever before the se- riousness of the situation and the im- portance of their work to the comfort and prosperity of the people. As se- rious-as the situation is, the miners say they feel they have done all that is possible under present conditions to relieve the situation. “The trouble is with the railroads,” said John P. White, former president of the miners’ union, who is now as- ed with National Fuel Adminis- trator Garfield as labor adviser. Mr. White, who is attending the conven- tion as a delegate, said: “It is:not a question of production, There is plenty of production, but the railroads eannot move the coal that is mined. THhere are miners walking tue streets in mining towns right now, un- employed, because the railroads do not furnisH cars, “There ate miles and miles of loaded coal cars on raflroad tracks that are not moving. . The trouble is the coun- try has outgrown the railroads. The railroads have not kept the pace.” PEOPLE IN GERMANY ARE NOT STARVING Recent Arrival in This Country Tells of Conditions There, New York, Jan. 16.—While the peo- ple of Germany are living under a ra- ng system which provides much less food than was obtainable before the war, conditions in that country do not in the least approach a famine, according to Miss Lilllan Goldman of this city, formerly connected with the in- Berlin, who left the German capital about two months ago. g Germany is not starving, Miss Goldman 'said three and a half years of war have Lreated a shortage in necessities that is felt throughout the empire, and ocials have averted | calamity only by establishing drastic conservation measures. Germany did not, realize the true character of America before this coun- try entered the war, Miss Goldman s2id. - The - declaration of war was a surprise, she added, to a people who had convinced themselves that Amer- ica would not fight. BAN ON BOOKS ON | MILITARY SUBJECTS By Army Officers or Enlisted Men Un- less Approved by Government. ‘'Washington, Jan. 16.—Strict orders were igsued by the war department to- day against the publication by army cfficers or enlisted men' of books on military subjects, “except as an ap- proved government publication or as authorized by, the war department.” The constantly increasing number of soldier ‘authors publishing more or less incorrect “manuals” of advice to the service is believed to have led to the “action. ‘MACHINISTS West to Come East AND . OTHER SKILLED LABOR —_— FOR A FEW WEEKS To Stay Until Locomotives and Freight Cars Are Repaired and Put in Onritioq—-fl-ilmdn Are to Hire Mechanics During the Five Days Industries ‘Are Suspended. Washington,” Jan. 16.—To meet the shortage of machinists and other skiil- ed railroad workers in the east, the railroad administrat., today * took steps looking to mo £ these men. from west ¥ a few weeks until the .overburdened eastern lines can make delayed repairs to -locomotives and freight cars which now cannot be operated. Meanwhile, it was stated today, some eastern roads already have asked the less burdened western and southern lines to furnish them with machinists and car repairers. It was made plain that efforts will bs made to transfer only those men willing to make the change and that no attempt will ‘be made to coerce workmen. To Hire Idle Mechanics. Railroads plan to take advantage of the shutdown of industries the next five ‘days by order of Fuel Administra- tor Garfield to hire idle mechanics and other workmen for railroad work. This will ‘be left to each local railway éx- ecutiye. ¥ Rising temperatures in most of the country and clearing weather led rail- road administration officials tonight to hope that the traffic paralysis in the middle west and extreme ‘sluggishness in the east would be relieved mate- rially within-a few days. Conference on Railroad Legislation. The .director general today conferred with vice presidents of the. four. rail- way brotherhoods, who urged that the provision of the railread bill author- izing the president’to include railway employes in the government disability compensation system be made manda- Sty P . In a conference with state railroad and public utilities commissioners, the director general today emphasized that -governmental control does not contem- plate nullification of any existing state laws nor abridge the functions of state authorities over: roads. 5 The question’ of whether " the . gov- ernment plans to operate the many short “ independent railroads .not- con- nected directly with the national sys- tem was before .the .house - interstate commerce committee again today, and the y 2 % B ‘some | time precisely which of - these . short lines woild pe‘n%‘;ud: i 3 INCREASE "IN INQOM_E A i AND’ EXCESS PROFIT TAXES Labor -n;i‘ .qu-n' ‘Orgnmznt' ns Want ' Congress - to Raise Them. Washington, Jan. : 16.—Labér -and farmers’ organizaations want- congréss to provide Tor. a -decided increase in the income’ and extess "pro taxes curing the war. Chairman’ Simméns, of the sepate, finance committee, and Chairman Kitchin,” of the house ways and means cemmittee, were told today by: a delegation-headed by Benjamin C. Marsh, secretary of the association for an. equitable’ federal income tax iaw: Henry Zimmerman, of the non- partican league, and Mrs. L. H. Brooks a socia] séttlement worker of Los An- geles. | The ' delegation proposed that con- gress provide a flat.rate of .eighty per cent. on’ excess profits and that the in- come tax section of the war revenue iaw be amended so that 80 per cent. of income of $1,000,000 or'.more and one half of incomes from $50,000 to $1,000,- 006 shail be paid to the government. ANOTHER DISASTROUS FIRE ON BROOKLYN WATER FRONT Five Story Warehouse Filled With Government Foodstuffs Burned. New York, Jan. 16.—Another disast- rous fire on the Brooklyn water front destroyed today a five story warehouse filled with government,food stores val- ued at approximately $500,000. Inves- tigation was begun at. once, but fire department officials agreed that the laze had been caused by a plumber’s torch. 1 . Firemen had-a hard battle to control the fire and prevent its spread to ad- joining buildings and shipping: While the Brooklyn fire. raged an- cther blaze broke out in a six. story theatrical storehouse in Manhattan owned by William A. Brady. One fire- man was killed and several athers were slightly injured. Valuable scenery belonging to the Metropolitan Opera company was destroved. This loss was estimated at $75,000. A BAKERIES IN BRIDGEPORT' ARE WITHOUT COAL Notify Fuel Committee That 'They Will Have to Close." Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 16.—Two of the largest bakeries in the city, one sending bread all over Conneeticut, no- tified the local fuel committee today that they wrld have 'to close unless they could coal. The committee could offer ' relief, and -both an- nounced th:' .omorrow morning’s out- but would b# their last. The committee was considering to- day the’ advisability of closing all the office buildings in the city. Members said this.might be done before the énd of the week. The Seaside' and . the Algonquin clubs offered today to close their build- ings to save coal. No decision has beén reached. The Brooklawn and the Black ‘Rock Country 'clubs have al- ready closed. FOUR BANDITS ROB BANK IN MINNEAPOLIS. Locked Five Employes in Vault and Got Away With $3,400, Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 16.—Four tandits .without masks today held up the Continental State bank in. the bus- iness district, locked five employes ‘in 2 vault and escaped in an, automobile with $3,400 and.a $500 tie pin' taken from E. K. Stratky, president of the institution. . . M4 -| adian casualty list. wlletin TEN PAGES—70 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS Condensed Telegrams Only fifteen passengers were killed on steam railroads of New York state last year. " The fate of the crew of the Amer- ican-Hawaiian steamer Texan remains a mystery. The names of two Amerijcan wound- ed and one ill, appeared on the Can- Several persons were reported killed in a wreck near Beloit, Kan, on a Union Pacific train. German newspapers report that American’ measures against subma- rines are very effective. The New York. Court of :-App ruled that a saloon was not a place of public accommodation. TS Oscar Hammerstein's foot was saved by an operation performed at the German Hospital, New York. General Pershing has granted a leave of one week to every man that spends four months at the front. Stefanssen, the arctic explorer, dis- covered large islands northwsst of Banks Land in the spring of 1916. Senator Chamberlain introduced a bill to have the government excused from paying war.tax on automobiles. The four hundred coal miners who were on a strike at the Durham Mines near Chattanooga, have returned to work. _ The Argentine government has sign- Great Britain with 2,500,000 tons of ed an agreement to supply France and wheat. Traffic on the main Pennsylvania Railroad at a standstill snow storm. line of the is practically because of a heavy Theodore ' Roosevelt will deliver a patriotic address at the meeting of the Republican state convention, March 28th. New York Central trains have been abandoned until some relief of the snow storm which was seven inches deep in Utica. e Dr. Constanti Angelesco, Ru- mania’s’ first minister to the United States, presented his credentials to President’ Wilson. Secretary McAdoo asked the House for authority to admit free of duty articles made by prisoners of war in foreign countries. Postmasters now holding office at Lancaster, Reading and Willlamsport, Pa.,, were renominated yesterday by President Wilson. Vice-President Max Muller, one of the most successful German flyers, was killed by a fall from his airplane from a defect in his engine. , 18 réport Shortage of storage eggs is feared by wholesale dedlers of Boston, Who reported that only native and nearby eggs were coming into market. Ambaseador Naon of Argentina, who recently placed his resignation in the hands of the Buenos Aires Foreign Office, will sail for home this week. Canada will fix the price of flour. Millers will have to make their flour ‘with 74 per cent wheat; the rest must be either barley or American wheat. Colonel Charles W. Fenton, com- mandant at Fort Myer. and head of the .two camps which turned out na- tional army officers, died of meningi- tis. The American-Hawaiian line steam- ship Texan, reported sinking off the coast two days ago,- is safe, the line ‘was notified yesterday by the navy department. Carpenters in the shipbuilding plants on the Delaware turning out vessels for the merchant marine, de- mand 80 cents an hour or they will desert their jobs. The District Supreme Court at ‘Washington upheld the right of the postmaster-general to exclude from the mails the Milwaukee Leader for violating the espionage act. : Representative Cary of Illinois has asked for a Congressional investiga- tion of the slurs on American troops abroad alleged to have been circulated by the Anti-Saloon League. Senator Pomerene and Representa- tive Lever introduced bills to give the Food Administration power to force observance of wheatless and meatless days under a prison penalty. F. C. Walcott. personal representa- tive of Food Administrator Hoover, in New York, announced that the United States will have to supply France with 60 per cent of its food. Widespread rumors, untraceable to any source. that the United States had received directly from Germany a peace proposal or some other com- munication were denied by Secretary Lansing. T. J. Durand of the American army, detailed to the French ministry of war, was attacked without provoca- tion by ten young ruffians and left for dead. Eight of his assailants were arrested. Frank H. Simonds of the editorial staff of the New York Tribune, who since the outbreak of the war, has galned a wide reputation as a mill- tary critic, has served his connection with that newspaper, it became known yesterday. The money taken from the army bank at Camp Funston by Captain Lewis Whisler last Friday night af- ter he had killed four employes and injured a fifth was found today hid- den ‘in the walls of Whisler's quarters in the barracks. DECREASE IN SINKINGS OF BRITISH MERCHANTMEN Only Six of 1,600 Tons or Over Were Lost Last Week. S London, Jan. 16.—Another marked decrease in the sinkings of British merchantmen by mine or submarine in the past week is noted in the report of the admiralty issued tonight. In this period only six merchantmen of 1,.- 600 tons or over were sunk, and in ad- dition, two merchanimen under 1,600 toms and twe fishing vessels. AUSTRO-GERMANS FAL - T0 RETAKE POSITIONS They Fail in Counter-Attacks in the Mountain Region of Northern Italy THERE HAS BEEN GREAT AERIAL ACTIVITY German Populace and Newspapers Are Dissatisfied With Peace Agreement Section of the Pan-Germanists—Hun- garian Cabinet is Said to Have Resigned Because of Dissatisfaction With the Conduct of the War—The Situation Between Russia and Rumania is Growing More Acute—Russia Has Sent an Ultimatum to Ru- mania Demanding Release of \Bolsheviki Recently Arrested. e Except in the Italian theatre the mil- itary activities are still confined to small affairs carried out by raiding parties and bombardments on various sectors, The Austro-Germans both in the mountain region of northern Italy and around the lower Piave riv- er haye made vicious counter-attacks, after heavy preparatory artillery work, to recapture the positions whested from them early in the week. All the attempts were without result. Again there has been considerable aerial activity in this region in which five enemy airplanes were sent: to earth—four by British and Italian avi- ators and the other by anti-aircraft batteries. Although the peace pourparlers be- tween the Bolsheviki and the Teutonic allies have been resumed at Brest Litocsk, the peace by agreement sec- tion of the German populace and some of the newspapers continue their ex- pressions of - dissatisfaction with the ambitions of the Pan-Germanists and the terms that have been advanced by the German delegates at Brest Litovsk as the basis for a peace. Amsterdam despatches announce that an understanding has been reach- ed between the political and military parties in Germany on the basis of the Russian programme of no annexi- tions or indemnities in the east and leaving. to. Fie]d. Marshal Von Hinden- burg, in case of a German yictory, th of"dealing with possible annex. NO MEATLESS DAYS IN THE WESTERN STATES. Cattle Growers Forced to Market Their Stock Because of High Price of Feed. Washington, Jan. 16.—The food ad- ministration has decided all meats ex- cept pork may be eaten on meatless days in a grotp ‘of westérn states in which growers have been forced to market their stock becanse of the scarcity and high price of feedstuffs. ‘The ruling first was made to apply especially to beef, but was later made to include the other meats when it was found that in some of the states the same situation applied to their productio; In making this exception for the western states the food administration recognized that the peculiar conditions made it inadvisable to hold strictly to the general rule. Other regulations having to do with food conservation also may be changed to fit unusual conditions in some parts of the coun- try. HELL GATE ROUTE I8 OPEN TO FREIGHT SERVICE. A War Measure to Speed Up Move- ment of Necessities. New York, Jan. 16.—Opening of the Hell Gate bridge route for freight ser- vice beginning tomorrow, establishing for the first time a more direct line for traffic from New England through New York city to the south and south- east, was announced here tonight as a war measure to speed up freigit ‘movement. This route avoids the long water haul through New York harbor. estab- lishing an all-rail connection between the New Haven and Pennsylvania 10ads, except for a comparatively short tow between Brooklyn and Greenville, N. J. Tt has been in operation for passenger traffic only since last March. INCREASE IN PRICE OF PETROLEUM SUSPENDED By Interstate Commerce Commission to Permit Further Investigation. Washington, Jan. 16.—The interstate commerce commission today suspended proposed increases of 15 per cent. in petroleum in the middle west which were to have gone into effect Jan. 18 until July 18 to permit further investi- gation, An examiner’s report submitted to the commission today recommended that the application of the Santa Fe railroad for increases in petroleum rates varying from 10 to several hun- dred per cent. be refused. WILLARD RETIRES AS HEAD OF WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD. Place Will Remain Vacant Pending Action of Congress. ‘Washington, Jan. 16.—With the an- nouncement today of the resignation of Daniel Willard as chairman of thre war industries board, it was intimated that there would be no appointment of a new chairman pending action in con- gress on proposals for the creation of a war supply department or adminis- tration that would take over the work of the industries board as well as that of the bureaus of the navy and war departments. A metal tube resembling a bomb was found beside the drydock in - the navy yard at an Atlantic port. It was about Six inches long, wound with string and wire and had a fuse at- tached. Written on it in German were the words “This is a 25 second explosive bomb " jbills a ations in the west, but the evidence tends to show that the factigns are still at odds. Additional meetings at which speakers endeavored to outline the viewpoint of the militaristic ele- ment have been broken up and it is announced that Chancellor Von Hert- ng is to be permitted to deliver his delayed address on Germany’s war aims to the main committee of. the reichstag next Friday, for which the country has been clamoring. Adding to the political strife in Ger- many and Austria comes the an- nouncement of the resignation of the Hungarian cabinet due to the conduct of the war. Failure to obtain adequate support for the military programme put forward by the cabinet is given as the reason for the resignation of the ministry. The programme included the formation of an independent Hunga- rian army, which Emperor Charles ve- toed. 3 The situation between Russia and Rumania apparently is growing acute. On demand of the American ambassa- dor and the heads of the other diplo- matic mission accredited to Russia, the Bolsheviki authorities have released the Rumanian minister and the attach- es of the Rumanian legation who were arrested Sunday. ~The Council of Na- tional Commissioners of Russia now has sent an ultimatum to Rumania calling for the immediate release of members of the Bolsheviki arrested in Ruymania recently. EVIDENCE IN TREASON TRIAL OF EX-PREMIER CAILLAUX Will Include Messages Exchanged With Bernstorff. ‘Washington, Jan. 16. — Evidence which will play a part in the treason trial of former Premier Caillaux in France was given to the pablic by the state department today in‘another se- ries from the department’s store of in- tercepted diplomatic correspondence. The messages, exchanged between Count Von Bernstorff, former German ambassador here, and the Berlin for- ign office, show that during his visit to Argentina in 1915 Caillaux was in communication with German agents, condemning the French government, and asking that his position at home be not damaged by praise from the German newspapers. A final despatch gave notice that the captain of the ship on which Caillaux was sailing carried important papers, and urged that in case the vessel was captured Caillaux “in an unobtrusive way be treated with every courtesy and consideration.” The messages were furnished the French government before Caillaux’s arrest. It is understood that they were made public here by arrangement with Paris. U. S. NAVY HAS CONVERTED BETWEEN 700 AND 800 VESSELS. Passenger and Freight Ships, Yachts, Tugs and Fishing Boats Included. Washington, Jan. 16.—Since ' the United States entered the war the navy has taken over and converted to war use between 700 and 800 passenger and freight vessels. yachts, tugs, fish- ing boats and other craft. This was disclosed today in a statement by Chairman Oliver of the house investi- gating committee commending the bu- reaus of construction and repair and steam engineering for the preparations to meet war demands. Prompt action of the bureaus in get- ting supplies, the statement said, had enabled the American des r force in the war zone to keep in ww :finuous operation and in a high state of effi- clency despite the “difficult and oner- ous service” in which they are en- zaged. “GARABED,” AN INVENTION OF LIMITLESS ENERGY. Bill for Patent Protection Passed by Both Houses of Congress. Washington, Jan. 16.—The house bill for patent protection of ‘“‘garabed.” a mysterious invention, said to be a source of limitless energy, was passed today by the senate. It now goes to President Wilson. At the close of the last session the president gave the ocket vote. Garabed T. K. Giragossian, a Boston Armenian, is the inventor. He de- clined to reveal his secret fully until congress protected it, and made such satisfactory explanations to the pat- ents committees that they recomunend- ed passage of the bills. FRESIDENT IS URGED TO TAKE OVER PACKING PLANTS By a Delegation Representing Every Craft in the Industry. Chicago, Jan. 16.—The immediate taking over of all the packing plants m the United States wili be urged up- on President Wilson by a delegation representing every craft in the indus- try and headed by John Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicago Federation of ‘Labor, which departed for Wash- ington tonight. A