Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 23, 1918, Page 1

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LIX—NO. 20 DSCONTENT IN THE DUAL 5 SHOLDERING - MONARCHY General Strike Which Involved More Than a Million Workers Ended THE PEOPLE STILL ARE CLAMORING FOR FOOD Mdnday Morning The Government Arrested the Cry of the Populace for “Peace” by Announcing: Without Annexations or Indemnities”—In Germany the Censorship is Holding the Newspapers in Check as Re- gards Discussion of the Internal Affairs of That Coun- try—Admiral Von Tirpitz is Touring the Country llp- ; pressing Upon the People That Success Calls for the Ex- penditure of the Whole of the Economic Power of the Nation—On the Fighting Fronts Comparative Quiet Prevails. “We Are Ready for Peace While the bitter internal political situation in Austria-Hungary seems to have abated somewhat in intensi- ty, the latest indications are that be- neath the rface the fire of discon- tent is rherely smoldering and that at no distont date it again may brenk out in a veritable conflagration. he politicians apparently with op- timistic utterances have quieted a sit- admittedly is fraught with 1 silities so far as the dual r~“ourchy is concerned, but the known wearine: £ the populace and the shortage are likely soon again to people into sharp discord . The general strike which it is assert- ed took more than a millign of men and women from their work—a large proportion cf them engaged in industries—virtually eénded Morday morning, but at last aecounts the peo- ple still were clamoring for food and for a cessation of hostilities. At the moment of the outhurst of public discontent, and throurhout the days when the discord was strongze: the government of the Aua! monarthy showed it was keenly alive to the nec- essity of calming the unrest. Imme- diately tke cry of “peace” arouse there came from the halix of tho govern- men the answer. “We are ready for peace without annexations or. indem- nities” and it was added that this feeling was shared into the utmost by the emperor-king. The loquacious Austrian press her- alded broadcast the alleged peace de- sires of the government and king, and its utterances likely had much to do with the subsidence of the popular clamor. With the return of the peo- ple to work, however, the newspapers apparently felt the stern hand of the eenmsor, for nothing concerning the sit- uation in Austtia or Hungary has sinee been permitted to creep through. Likewise in Germany the censorship seemingly is holding the newspapers COPPER TO REMAIN AT 22 1.2 CENTS A POUND UNTIL SEPT. 21 President Wilson Extends Time Upon Recommendation of War Board. ‘Washington, Jan. 22.—On recommen- dation of the War Industries Board, Preshident Wilson today extended un- til next June 1 the price of 23 1-2 cents a pound for copper fixed Sep- tember 21. The maximum price was ordered continued upon the following condi- tion: that wages be not reduced; the producers will sell to the allies and the public copper at the price paid by the government &nd that necessary ‘measures be taken under the dirsction of the war industries board to prévent copper from falling into the hands of speculators who would increase the price to the public; and that the pro- ducers exert every effort to keep up the production to the maximum of the past, so long as the war lasts, COUNT VON LUXBURG'S HEALTH IS PRECARIOUS He Has Been Removed to the Suturbs of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, June 22—Count Karl Von Luxburg, the former German minister, who was placed some time ago in the German hospital here be- cause of his mental condition, has been removed to the suburbs, where the surroundings are quieter than those in the hospital. Several violent attacks with which Count ¥on Luxburg has been seized during the last few days are sald to be leading his physicians to fear for kis recovery. DENMAN CLAIMS THAT HE HAS BEEN MISREPRESENTED Former Chairman of Shipping Board 8o Tells Senate Committes. ‘Washington, Jan. 22.—William Den- man, former chairman of the shipping board, told the te commerce com- mittee today that his position regard- ing wooden ships had been misrepre- sented to the public. He declared the press had “overplayed our hand in the matter of wooden ships” and said the irapression that the board was de- vated to a wooden shipbuilding policy orly had done more to harm ship ex- tousion in this country than anything e THREE KILLED IN COLLISION OF AIRPLANES IN FRANCE First Lieutenant Cheney and O. Cherwood and Private G. A. Beach. Washington, Jan. 22.—First Lieu- tenants William H. Cheney and Oliv- er P. Sherwcod and Private George A. Peach were killed Sunday in a eoilision of airplanes over an Ameri- ean aviation school in France, the war department was advised tonight by . General Pershing. 5 war | in check as regards discussion of in- ternal affairs in that country. The only inkling of the still intense sit- uation is contained in a Leipsic news- paper, which announces the impend- ing resignation of Vice Admiral Von Mueller, chief of Emperor William's naval cabinet, who is declared to be out of harmony with the Pan-Ger- mans because of his desire for a peace by understanding with Great Britain. eanwhile Admiral Von Tirpitz, father of Germany’s submarine cam- paign, one of the leaders of the Pan- Germans and Great Britai®s arch- enemy, continues tp tour the country delivering bombastic speeches and holding out to the people the chimera of ultimate success for German arms. A bagic point in his arguments, how- cver, 'seems to be that in order to gain this success it is needful that the whole of the economic power of the nation be used. The status of the situation as re- sards Russia and the Brest Litov: peace conference remains unchanged. Trotzky the Bolshiviki foreign mini: ter, who is now in Petrograd, is said to be preparing another note to the entente powers on the subject of peace. . E On “the fighting fronts comparative calm’ preyails except for artillery duels and small patrol engagements. ‘That all has not gonme as planned with the Austrian armies in Italy is indicated by the fact that - General Szetozar Boroevic has been chosen by the Austrian high command to suc- ceed the Archduke Eugene as general- issimo on the entire Italian front. Boroevic is to take precedence even over Field Marshal Conrad Von Hoet- zendorf, who had been expected by Italian frint with his reinforced army and gain the Venetian plain before the heavy snowfalls set in, but whose plans failed owing to the stiffening of the Italian fine. WARNED NOT TO SAIL ON THE NIEUW AMSTERDAM Similar to Warning Issued Before the Lusitania Was Sunk. London, Jan. 22.—A despatch to the Daily Mail from The Hague says it is reported that some of the passengers on board the Holland-America liner Nieuw am have received respondent adds that the warnings are similar to those issued before the Cunard steamer Lusitamia was sunk. Advices received from Amsterdam last Saturday credited the Telegraaf as saying that the Nieuw Amsterdam was still lying at Rotterdam because the German government had declined to give a guarantee for her safe cross- ing of the Atlantic to the United States. ROOSEVELT TO URGE MILITARY SERVICE LAW. Also to Make a Statement on the Con- duct of the War. 'Washington, Jan. 22.—Colonel Roose- velt came .to town today and received a steady stream of callers at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Long- worth. Before he leaves town later in the week, Colonel Roosevelt will make a statement on the conduct of the war. Tonight he called in republican con- gressional leaders for a conference which began with a dinner at the home of Representative Longworth and lasted far into the night. Colonel ‘Roosevelt is here chiefly, he made plain, to urge passage of a uni- versal military service law. He saw Senator Chamberiain, author of a bill now before the senate, during the day and will see him again tomorrow. - THREE GERMANS TAKEN OUT OF COLT ARMS PLANT They Were Given a Severe Grilling at Hartford Police Station. Hartford, —an. 22.—Three Germans were taken out of the plant of the Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing com- pany, at 1°o'clock this afternoon and taken to the police station whers they were booked and held on suspicion. The men arrested were: Herman Ar- and, 31, New Britain; Richard Madler, 45, Hartford; Charles Predota, 25, Hartford. The arrests were made by Detective Sergeants Laurence J. Lowe and Andrew J. Williams. The men were given a long grilling in the de- tectives’ room upstairs in the station and Chief Detective Sergeant Frank Santoro would give no hint of what led to their arrests, or along what line, the police were invast#zating. The Colt company is working ex- clusively on firearms contracts for the goyernment. Kdjt. Gen. McCain has asked that all divisional commanders have their men sign § statement declaring they fully unders.and the Government insurance 1 the Austrian war office to pierce thc\ NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESMY_.‘ JANUARY * 23, Cabled Paragraphs Northeliffe Not to Succeed Carson. London, Jan. 22.—Lord Northcliffe says there is not a word of truth in the report that he is to succeed Sir Edward Carson in the war cabinet. Germans Capture Swedish Vessel. London, Jan. 22—A . Reuter des- patch from Stockholm says that the steamship Luna, captured by the Germ: was a Swedish vessel and that Sweden has lodged a protest with Berlin. 3, HEARING ON COMPLAINTS OF PACKING HOUSE WORKERS. Charges of Bad Faith Made by Baih Sides Before Mediation Commission. ‘Washington, Jan. 22.—Charges of bad faith were made by both sides to- day at the hearings before the presi- dent’s mediation commission of com- plaints by union packing houss work- ers that their employers have failed to live up to the arbitration agreement | signed last month when a strike was impending. Frank P. Walsh, ceunsel for the em- ployes, presented a proposal that both sideg submit all the questions involved in the original agreement to decision | by an arbitrator named by the council of national defense. He enumerated demands for a basic eight hour day, an increase of $1 a day in wages. time and a half for overtime. double pay for Sunday work, same pay for women as men, preference in employment for union men and no discrimination be- tween uniog and ncn-union men in the dlfh’ibution of work. original agreement,” said James J. Condon, counsel for the packers, “but not to accept the closed shop, which you now are demanding.” There the matter rested. after a d of conferences between the commis- sion, counsel for the two sides and the packers themselves, including J. Ogden Armour, Edward F. Swift and Nelson Morris. The request of the workers for gov- ernment operation of the plants during the war was lost sight of in the dis- cussion of the resolution dispute which precipitated it. CONNECTICUT DIVIDED FOR LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN Six Districts—C. D. Boss of New Lon- don Chairman For New London County. Waterbury, Conn.. Jan. 22. — Con- necticut has been divided into six dis- tricts to facilitate the work of the 'nP‘(l Libert:” Loan campaign, the dis- tribution committee of the Liberty |I.oan committee of New England to- day informed Judge W. D. Make- peace of this city, newly appointed chairman for this' district. The six districts and the chairmen are as follows: Northwestern district, including Litchfield county and towns in New Hayen county adjacent to Waterbury, including > gatuck and Be: District. i Dbeace. of terbury. Haven county with the exception of Waterbury and adjacent towns: Dis- trict Chairman H. V.. Whipple of New Haven. Southeastern district, indluding New London county; Distriet Chairman C. R. Boss of New London. Central district, including Hartford, E‘K}Htangha?d t;lriesox counties; Dis- rict Chairman William H. P of Hartford. e Windham county, north; Chairman H. H. Davenport. Windham county, sout Chairman C. H. Tillinghast. Fairfield county is not included, not be}ng ni the same federal reserve dis- trict as the rest of the state. CIVIL OR FEDERAL JOBS FOR SERVICE MEN INJURED Is Proposed in Rehabilitation Bill Be Presented to Congress. District District to Washington, Jan. 22.—Government machinery for the vocational rehabil- itation of soldiers and sailors unfitted | tor further military service would be! made available under certain condi- tions to any persons injured in ci or federal employment under the terms of a bill approved by a conference of representatives of government de- partments and- civilian organizations. The measure will be sent to Secre- tary Baker with the recommendation that it be presented to congress. Vocational rehabilitation is provid- ed in the bill for soldiers and sailors who are unable to return to a vrofit- able occupation after their physical reconstruction and mental rehabilita- tion under the surgeon generals of the army and navy befors their dis- charge from federal service. This training would be under the control and direction of a board of vocational rehabilitation, composed of one representative each of the war, navy, treasury and labor depart- ments and the federal board of voca- tional edueation, to be appointed by the president. Advisory committees to assist in the economic and social supervision of the work are provided for, one representing labor, one com- ;neroe and industry and one agricul- ure. The conference was called by Sur- geon General Gorgas at the direction of Secretary Baker. CONFLICT AT CONVENTION OF UNITED MINE WORKERS. “Men from the Picks” Won 2 Tempo- rary Victory Over Leaders. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 22.—The “men from the picks” won at least a tempo- rary victory over the administration leaders of the United Mine Workers in convention today on the question of changing the method of negotiating wage contracts throughout the coun- try with coal operators. The fight was over the adoption of a constitutional amendment providing that no officers, districts or group of districts shall have authority to make a basic agree- ment and formulate a policy to govern any other district without all districts being given an opportunity to be rep- resented and be given a vote. VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS IN THE UNITED STATES Last Year Showed an Increase of $6,- 000,000,000 Over 1916. Washington, Jan. 22.—Farm pro- ducts of the United States reached the unprecedented value of §19,443,849,381 last year, an increase of more than $6,000,000.000_over 1916 and almost $9,- 000,000,000 more than in 1915 A preliminary estimate just an- nounced by the department of agricul ture shows crops were valued at $1 PRESIDENT'S OPPOSITION WIL| NOT HALT ACTION CHAMBERLAIN TO REPLY President Wilson is Confident of Sup- port of the Country in Hjs Antagon- ism of Measure That Would Dis- rupt the Present War Machine. Washington, Jan. 22.—Neither lish a war cabinet and a di munitions. Chamberlain ' Expects to Reply. When the senate reconvenes Thurs- day, according to plans ‘made today by Chairman Chamberlain. and -his usso- ciates: on . the military committee - be- hind the legislation, the contest will be opened. They propose, with a motion to refer the war cabinet bili to. the military committee as the vehicle of We are willing to abide by the|debate, to open discussion of the mer- its of their war machinery reorganiza- tion program, and Senator Chamber- lain expects to reply to the statement issued by President Wilson last night y | eriticizing hi for his New “broken down.™ President Confident of Support. Administration leaders also conferred today at the capitol and planned fight the Chamberlain bills and answt attacks upon the government's con- duct of the war. In preparation, number of democratic senators saw the It is understood the president told them he believed the country would support him in his op- position to legislation which would abandon a machine carefully develop- ed since the war began in favor of a new and untried organization taking over many of his own constitutional powers under the proposed war cabi- president last night. net bill. Great Accomplishments. The president advised his visitors that under the present organization the war record of the government has been one of the great accomplishments and would result in plapinz abroad by next June twice the number of Americans Mistakes in such originally planned. a gigantic task, he suggested, were be expected. To Elaberate on Delays. SPO K¢ plies and equipment disz committees’ war Inquir: vestigation next - Saturday, Surgeon General Gorgas to- testify The record of the investi date was hastily compieied today to be fupnished to semators in readiness for Thursday’s dedat: Late the Senator Chamberlain included in the record a statement fyrnished by the; war department showing shortaze of ; equipment of natio over in all camps - and , Virginia, of woolen = and ; ina, report- ent., re- and } 5 an-l 60 per ches Secretary Baker mubmitted with ¥ time aco regard’ ing at Camp S New Bubl Prompte by statement last aigh reauof the war cerartmert has em. barked upon a mew publaity polic While no- official statement was able, it was -indicated that military necessity does not & suppression of facts and figur press. In connection with the mew nel 65,000 IN JEWELS AND CASH STOLEN AT DETROIT. Manager of the Store Was Beaten, Gagged and Bound by the Band Detroit, Mich., Jan. taken to police headquarters questioned during the day, no hurried estimate of the $65,000. W. R. Grainger, manager of seription of the men. According to the police, the robbery was one of the biggest in the city's history. THREE YEAR COURSE AT ANNAPOLIS DURING WAR Is Provided For in Bill Reported by Senate Naval Committee. Washington, Jan. 22—Reduction the Annapolis naval academy instruc- tion course from four to three.years during the war at the president’s dis- cretion is provided in one of eighteen reported -today minor bills' favorably by the senate navai committee. Temporary promotion during the war of retired navy and marine corps offi- cers and measures dealing “with -pay, - | dctails and other allowances of naval £10,462,782 and represented 70 per cent.| administration are provided - in - the of the valye of all farm products.® other bills. the aggressive opposition of President Wil- son nor the ‘apparent certainty that their measure would; have no chance in the house, even if passed by the senate, is halting the campaign of ad- vocates in congress.of bills to estab- irector of York speech. in which the Oregon senator said the military establishment' had To meet the arguments of the ad- w'con Toalls; | ministration i w _Se % ury. preparing to elaborate on the defici: Northwestern district, includiny New cles and delays in providing army sup- sed in the Today the committee decided to resume the im- cailing P garding - cantonment sanitary condi- | tions. guard and na- | tional army cantonments on Jan. 1. On that date the overcoat chortage was the principal deficiencies in moat of the camps were | i wherever | d | : o, fall | information as to what the burezu js doing or has done will be given o the it was disclosed that reorganiza’ nn\ of the ordnance bureau began early in May, 1917, less than a month after the declaration of a state of war. A rough: i’ draft of the' reorganizations referred to by President Wilson in his etate- ment, so far as that bureau is con- cerned, at least, was drawn up during May and had the approval of the presi- dent himself before it was undertaken. 22.—Although nearly a score of persons had been and trace had been found tonight of the $65,000 in jewels and cash taken by three men who this forenoon held up the down- town jewelry store of Ralph Dewey.:A amount of jewelry and cash taken at first. placed its value at $60,000, but a carefu] check-up later showed that it totalled the store, who was badly beaten, gagged and bound. by -the ‘ bandits, was able to give detectives only a meagre de- 1918 TEN PAGES—70 COLUMNS \SenateisWorkingon |France Has Chartered War Gakinet Plan Thirty lie_nlan Ships SEIZED BY BRAZIL WHEN IT EN- TERED THE WAR L It is Expected the Will be Used to Move Some of the 25,000,- 000 Bushels of Wheat Recently Sold “by Argentina to the Allies. Vessels Washington, Jan, 22.—The thirty German ships seized by Brazil when it entered the war have been chartered by the French government for war purposes. The vessels represented an aggregate of about 120,000 gross tons. France Not to Be Hampered. This anniouncement by the state de- pavtment gave further evidence of the inter-allied agreement that the pro- visioning of France should not be ( hampered by troop movement from America. * This government had considered en- tering into negotiations for the ves- sels to supplement the transport and supply fieet of the expeditionary forces but France’s need of tonnage to bring in food was recognized asbeing more urgent. Gl The terms under which France has chartered the ships from Brazil include an agreement .to move the Brazilian coffee crops. It is expected that the vessels will be used in moving much of the 2,500,000 tons of wheat recently sold by Argentina to the allied govern- ments. to o REPUBLICANS TO CONTINUE 1916 CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Measure Had Been Advocated by the Progressive Wing of the Party. a Washington Jan. 22—A sub-com- mittee of the republican national exe- cutive committee, meeting here today, voted to.recommend to the national committee which meets at St. Louis Feb. 12, the continuation of the 1915 campaign committee, which includes Islx progressives and the creation of an dvisory committee of women; and to suggest . that the advisory committee of the 1916 campaign be ordered to meet with the national committee. These measures, advocated by the progressive wing of the party, are un- derstood to have been adopted by a vote' of 5 to 4 after some heated dis- cussion. . Be s The five supporting these measures wete ‘Chairman William R. Willcox, A. T. Hert, of Kentucky; R. B. How- ell of ‘Nepraska; Herbert Parsons of :New. York, :whose proxy. was voted by gemt‘é»r Caides; nnq [ajor- Charles B, Warren of Michigdn, whose proxy was voted by Chairman Willcox. Opposing were John T. Adams of -Towa; JaNes 4 Hemenway of Indiana; Alvah H. Martin of Virginia and Fred W. Es- tabrook of New Hampshire. The sub-committee . was - appointed more than a year ago to _consider methods of uniting all political forces iopposed to the democrats. The qu tion. of electing a successor to Chair- man_ Willeox, who will resign at the i St. Louis meeting was not discussed today, it was stated. to i A LEAGUE OF NATIONS AFTER THE WAR IS WON to Eminent British Statesmen. New York, Jan. 22. — To promote unity between America and her Burop- e2n ailies during the war and pre- ! pare poblic opinion for a leazy= of { nations after the war is won is the invitations extended sador Page to eminent emen and churchmen, to ccme to the United States for a speaking tour of its principal points, the national committee on the church- es and the moral aims of the war an- nounced here tonight. Herbert Asquith, former prime min- er; Bichop Gore, Viscount Grey, count Rryce, Arthur Henderson, the abor party leader, and George Adam i ! Smith are among those whose ser- i vices the committee will endeavor to wre. The cablegram to Ambassa- dor Pase was signed by Former President Taft and Alton B. Parker, representing the I.eague to Enforce Peacs Rev. Frederick Lyon, of the Tinion, and Rev. Charles “hur: These organ tion of the committee on public jon in arranging for the tour he speakers, it was stated. HOME GUARD RECALLER Major Gumnl"Eurpee Believes Danger to Railroads and Shipping Has Passed. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 22.—Believing that any anticipated danger to rail- road or shipping property in this state had passed, Major General Burpee this afternoon recalled from outside duty members of the Home Guard and or- dered that no others be sent out. This relieved from duty a considerable number of guards who had been told to report tonight for service in vari- ous parts of the state. During the past day bridges, docks and other stra- tegic points had. been under suard of armed men, many . of whom were standing their first tour of duty in the open. After the recall of the Home Guard General Burpee made a statement out- lining the reason for the zall. SYLVESTER RIVIOLI, PORTLAND, CHARGED WITH SEDUCTION In Connection With the Disappearance of Esther Strickland. Portland, Conn., Jan. 22.—Sylvester Rivioli, 35 years old, was formally charged with seduction in a justice's court presided over by Justice Harry Howard here late today. Rivioli plead- ed not guilty and the case was then continued until tomorrow afternoon to allow him to secure Public Defendsr George Burnham as. counsel. Rivioli and Esther Strickland, 17 years old, disappeared about a week ago and it is allezed that since then they have been living in South Glastonbury,where the man was arrested today. Before his-disappearance Rivioli was employ- ed by the girl's father, F. E. Strick- land P of Condensd Telorams | Garfgl Has Asked | For Freight Emhargo nurses. ON EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOOD AND COAL British casualties for the week to- taled 17,043 officers and 'men. <Men of draft age will not be allow- ed to enlist in any foreign legion. The names of seven Americans ap- peared on the Canadian casualty list. ~ A large increase in hydrophobia is shown in the latest reports of the Paris Pasteur Institute. Director General McAdoo, to Whom the Recommendation Was Submit- ted, is Not Inclined to Look With Favorion the Proposal. Half of the crew of ten of a Nor- wegian bark are ill with yellow fever off Westhampton Beach, L. L. The Southern Pacific Railroad an- nounces that 1,632 men have joined the colors since war was declared. A minimum price for hogs on the Pacific Coast was arranged by pack- ers and the Food Administrator. ‘Washington, Jan. 22. — An urgent recommendation -that -an embargo: be declared for a few days on ce by the railroads of any freight except coal and food was submitted to Direc- tor General McAdoo tonmight by the fuel administration. Garfield Says It Is Imperative. - This action is imperative, Adminis- trator Garfield said, to assure adequate movement of fuel during the balance of the week, when the general trans- portation situation east of the’ Mis- sissippi threatens to become worse daily, owing to the prolonged straln on railroads of deep snows and intensely cold weather. - . Tonight the five day period of in- dustrial suspension ended and. with the resumption of manufacturing to- morrow, railroad officials look for a new flood of traffic which the railroads cannot handle until normal weather is restored. A McAdoo Not Favorable. Director General McAdoo tonight was not inclined to look with faver on the embargo proposal. He held that, under government operation and con- sequent pooling of facilities and short haul routing, the railroads would be ahle to clear all freight offered. for transportation without priority and without embargoes. Coal and food al-, ready have preference over all other classes of freight, he pointed out, and are being-moved to tidewater -and. to localities where domestic needs .are Rreatest, as fast as is physically pes- sible. Secretary McAdoo appointed former President William H. Taft head of the $1,000 Limit Club of Connecticut.” Men of draft age married since May 18, 1917, should not be exempted from service, says Marshal General Crowder. Secretary Daniels asked Congress for authority to have the enlisted force of the navy incre: to twice ' its size. : The motorship Oregon, in distress and with its deck load gone, is being towed to a Pacific port by anotherl steamer. Regulations and protection of Alas- kan fisheries is proposed in a bill in- troduced by Delegate Sulzer of that territory. An_American ship arriving at an Atlantic port brought three alien en- emies for internment at Fort Ogle- thorpe, -Ga. Fishermen on the upper Mississippi have caught thousands of live turtles and are stering them until the Len- ten season. Thirteen non-commissioned officers at Camp Ayer, Mass., were reduced in rank and sentenced to hard labor for six months. Miss Anita Patton, of San Marino, Cal, denied the rumor that she wasi going to be married to General John J. Pershing. i To Study the Question. Mr. McAdoo promised, however, -to Istudy closely Dr. -Garfield's figures { showing how coal production had been curtailed in recent weeks, ang to take whatever action seemed best. Mean- while he and Dr. Garfield set about, devising a scheme by which cross hauls of coal will be eliminated largely i@ fuel will be transported -from:mines L> consumers over the shortest possi- ble routes. By this means, it is plan- ned to save many thousand miles. of needless hauling, and devote locomo- tives and labor thus conserved to transporting greater quantities to re.’ gions where the coal shortage threat: Several thousand German _troops are being sent to Belgium ,and many tons of munitions, indicating a big drive is near. Many national banks with the name “German” in them have applied to the controller of the currency to have the name eliminated. The sale of War Savings Certificates and Thrift: Stamps from Dec. 1, 1917, until Jan. 17, 1918, have reached a to-|ens to -acute if-bliasard tal of ;zo,zfins.‘ weather continues for a few days W longer. 7 The War Trade Board announces that the Government is negotiating for the chartering of Dutch. ships in New York harbor. Committee to Weérk Out Plan. A committee of two officials ffom i the railroad and the fuel administra- j tions will work out'a plan, which may FROM OUTSIDE DUTY! Hawarden, the famous old Gladstone estate, is to be sold, because high taxes have made it impossible to keep it as the elder Gladstone desired. The Standard Oil Co. of New York announced.an advance of 25 points in refined petroleum in cases for export, making the price 16.75 per gallon. be based on a division of the east into districts, each of which is to get its coal mainly fram a designated mining area. Howard Elliott, president of the New Haven: and A, G. Gutheim, an official of the Interstate Commerce Commission’s car service bureau, -will represent the railroad administration on this committee. - Necessity For Some New-Method, - The necessity for some new methgd of dealing with the coal, transporta- tion problem was emphasized today by scores of reports that wedther condi- tions were as bad or worse than at any time since the unprecedented per- iod of cold and stormy weather start> &d nearly two weeks ago. Heavy snow throughout New York and New Eng land, in Pennsylvania. -West- Virginia and elsewhere, made traffi¢.movement extremely slow and cut the supply o! empty cars to coal mines far below even the sub-normal supply of the last few days. Satisfactory Result of Industrial Sus- pension. e The bright phase of the situation was a report of Fuel Administrator Garfield - that ships- were-being bun- kered more rapidly than last webk, end that coal was going in 'sufficien: quantities to domestic consumers. These were the main purposes of the industrial curtailment order of fiys days ago, Dr. Garfield said, and com- sequently the result of the industrial suspension was satisfactory. i Military guards were placed about | the Federal Building at San Juan, P.| R., in which are located offices of the United States Insular Government. Discontinuance for the duration of the war -of the extra pay allowances for men in the aviation service is un- der consideration at the war depart- ment. A Christiana dispatch to the Nation- al Tidende says that the terms offered by the United Htates cannot be ac- cepted for the shipping of food sup- plies and ships. The embargo against shipments to Chicago has been removed by Illinois Central which reports its lines open and traffic increasing with coal move- ment nearly normal. President Wilson has given approval and support to the nation-wide cam- paign for $600,000 which the National | Council of the Boy Scouts of America will wage in February. Wiiliam C. Hamilton, a private ge- | tective, was sentenced to prison on a charge of holding a sailor until his ship could leave port and then claim a reward offered for deserters. DESTRUCTION OF ENEMY FIGHTING AIRPLANES. Described in Despatch Received at the Belgian Legation. ‘Washington, Jan. 22.—Destruction of two enemy fighting airplanes and the capture of a big bombink fiyer with its crew was described in an official despatch received today at the Bel- i The strike of negro freight handiers employed by contractors at New Or- leans in the trans-shipments of 25,0000 { bags of Cuban sugar for points north ; and east was settled yesterday. i A coal barge with 1,000 tons of coal | was saved f?:)m sinlringi atcthe l‘:]!lc- zell Towing Cos piers in Greeneville 90 tntoithe barge WaX pumBediont |l o lanevicracand over the Belgia Watler Camp, trainer and Yale ath- | trenches and over ‘No Man’s Land! letic director. has installed a new sys- | The Belgian anti-aircraft guns fired tem af traininz for the aviators of | With shrapnel twenty-five camps of the United States t 115 p. m. one of our shells which will canse fewer nervous break- ; 3{Tuck an enemy airplane and knock- downs. ed off one wing, above the Route ‘de ‘Woumen at Steenstraat. The air- plane dropped and the body. of the pilot fell into our barbed wire from which it was removed during the night. “Twenty minutes after this action a’ second enemy fighting plane was brought down in the same region and smashed to earth at Clercken. 3 “Towards evening our _gunners brought down a third airplane which belonged to the enemy /mbarding squadron. This airplane, finding its motors. wrecked, hastened to.drop its bomlis without aiming, hoping to be able to escape, but having been struck in a vital part of its machine it;land- ed within the Belgian lines near Wul- veringhem, where our soldiers made prisoners of the officer and the. three non-commissioned officers who con- stituted its crew.” SALOONS MUST CLOSE TUESDAYS IN CLEVELAND Fuel Committee Decides They Ars Places of Amusement. Cleveland, O., Jan. 22.—Under a new ruling handed down today by Wailter D. Sayle, chairman of the county fuel committee, a saloon is net an indus- try, store, office or shop. He decided they are places of amusement and may | remain open on heatless Mondays. but am;n close on the nine fuelless Tues- £ United States Senator W. S. Kenyon in an address at Ottawa, Ont., urged the cutting of red tape and the speedy building of ships whether of ‘wood or steel to carry men, munitions and food to the allfes. The post office department has sus- tained the decision of the postmaster at New York in excluding. from the second - class mailing privileges the issues of the Irish’ World of January 19, which contained editorial matter held t obe in violation of the espion- age act. PHYSICIANS OF LOCAL BOARDS TO BE COMPENSATED One Dollar Per Hour, Not to Exceed $750 a Day or $150 a Month. Hartford, Jan. 22.—Governor Hol. comb has received from Provost Mar- shal Gen. ‘Crowder in Washington a despateh in which the general says that physician members of local boards and examini- »hysicians not members of local 1« ; may receive compensation at the . .- of one dollar per hour for each hour that they gre actually present at the office of the board and fully engaged in the duties of making physical examimations but not in-any case to exceed $7.50 for any single day or $150 for any single month. %