Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 24, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 21 FRATING 15 RESUNgE " ON THE WESTERN FRONT Germans Have Gained a Foothold in French Advanced ;Jrenches East of Nieuport ARTILLERIES INCREASE VOLUME OF THEIR FIRE i { ‘With the reported amelioration in the political unresf in Austria-Hun- gary and a continuation of silence as regards the internal situation in Ger- many, the notable feature in the world ‘war is the apparent resumption, and on & somewhat large scale, of the mil- itary operations oh the western front in France and Belgium. Although for the moment these op- erations, viewed from the cold facts @&s announced by the various war offi- ces, do not transcend in Importance the wsual small operations by raiding and recomnol! paries which have beea in progress since the severe win- try weather began, reading between the Mnes of the communications, it is not difficult to see that the manoeuv- res now in progress on various sec- 16rs are in the nature of trying-out processes of a ked character. From the Sea to the Swiss frontier the lessening in the rigors of winter has permitted the belligerents again to sond forth their men In en- tefprises which. seemingly forecasy the intention shortly to resume fight- ing activity more extensively. For weeks the hig guns along the edtire battle front have been roar- Ing In iatensive duels on numerous eectors, but the nfantry has laid idle oWin to the deen smows and later to the morasses which formed as a re- ®suit of the thaw, On their extrgie Ti~ht in northern Bélgium the Gedm- -~ Jave carried out an “important raii’ and gained a footing in French advanced trenches. cast of Nieuport “While along nearly nll of the front 4n Flanders the artil- leries have inirénsed the volume of their fire. ¥ To_the southj around Lens, .Arras and St. Quinton, fthe fighting, although' stil! by comparatively small - forces, daily is growing in strength, while eastward alonz the Chemin des Dam- es, past Verdun and thence to the Swiss border, g$he Trench and Ger- St. Quentin the Fighting Dadly is Growing in Strength—Activities From the North Sea to ' | the Swiss Border Indicate That Big Battles Are Impend- ¥ hg—hlh’ydnlhlilmfllnBeeuV'mh:atNum- | erous Points in Minor Actions—The Greater Portion of | the Strikers in Austria Are Said to Have Returned to ' Work—Two British Steamers Were Sunk Recently in the Mediterranean With the Loss of 718 Lives, —— mans are continuously engaged on va- rious sectors in artillery fighting and infantry activities considerably above the no , as compared with the early days of the year. On the front in Ttaly the change in the high command evidently has not resulted as yet in any betterment of the strategic position of the Austro- German armies. From the Aslago plateau eastward to the Piave river and thence southward to the Adriatic Sea, the Italians again have been vic- torious at numerous oints, gven though in minor operations, against the enemy forces, raiding ppsitions and bringing back prisoners, machine guns and materials or holding in their tracks Austro-German elements which ‘were endeavoring to launch attacks. The greater portion of the striking workmen in Austria are said to have returned to work, but the situation both in Austria and Hungary is de- clared to. be acute owing to the desire of the people for peace. In Germany some trepidation is being evinced by newspapers of Pan-German leanings over the situation in Austria and the possibility of the peace move there working at a tangent from the objects uppermost in the minds of the leaders of the German militaristic party. The socialist newspaper Vorwaerts of Ber- lin has announced the solidarity of the German proletariant. with Austrian labor in .the peace struggle, and for its pains has been suppressed. ‘the war aims set forth by ent Wilson and Premier Lloyd of Great Britain and reas- serted that if Germany will not ac- cept them, British labor, “must fight on.” Two British- steamers were -sunki recéntly in the Mediterranean Sea with the ‘loss of 718 lives, according to an announcement to. the house of com- mons. has Pri MYSTERY OF “DYNAMITE GIRL" PARTLY SOLVED Arrects Made by Fed in Several Ci Chicago, Jan. 23.—The mystery sur- rounding Josi¢ Tyndi, the 15 year old “dyramite gm{“ which has baffled the federal authobities for the past week, was partly solved today, authorities say, by arrests in several cities. Charles F. Cline, district attorney. questioned the girl, who was arrested ‘when she arrived in Chicago from Youn~<town, Ohio, carrying 36 sticks ramite in a handbag. Later he the afrest of John Scursel at ond of several . others he refused to reveal is lging held hond for violation of, st earrying explosives on Authoriti rederal officials as- serted ~ants of the case are too danzerct STOCK EX~ ""“GE IS TO CLOC- HEATLESS MONDAYS Board of Governors Arrived at That Decicion Yesterday. New York, T 234-The board of governors of th ew York Stock Ex- rhange today decided to close on the remaining heatless Mondays imposed under the f1el administration’s order. The hoard i managers of the Cof- fea and Sugar Exchange have decided to close next “ionday. It was not an- uounced who'sor suceseding heatless Monda would also be observed as holidays. REPUBLICAN CONGRESIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. Among the Members Selected Was Representative John Q. Tilson. Washinzton, Jan. 23. — Republican senators d representatives in joint conference tonight named the mem- ers of the republican congressional -ampaign - mmittee, Nominaiions for membership from ome states, including those without epublican ropresentation in- congress, were not ready tonight, and they will e passed upon later by the commit- i Among the members se- Representative John Q. ticut. TO BE RAPID MOVEMENT OF TROOPS TO FRANCE. Will Be Twice as Many There Next July as Was Originally Planned. Washingion, Jan. 23.—While declin- ing to comment directly on the state- ment attributed to President Wilson that there will be twice as many Amer- n eoldiers abroad next June as had been planned originally, Secretary Ba- wer said today: “The program of the department has heen a constantly developing one and many difficulties and limitations have heen removed or overcome. [ cannot Ascuss numbers of men in France or anticipated to be in Irance at any 1articular time, bui we have made =ubstantial progress.” 3 3 FORGER POSED AS A NORWEGIAN NOBLEMAN Harry B. Brandon Pleaded Guilty at Boston—Secured © Between - $10,000 and $20,000. — Boston, Jan. 23—Harry B. Brandon, who attracted attention here a few years ago by posing as a Norwegian nobleman, pleaded guilty today to a charge ‘of forgery. a similar plea was entered by Nils A. Green, who is alleged to have worked with him, and who was' indicted , for ing worth- less checks. The police claim the two secured between $1,000 and $20,000 by their operations in this city. They will be sentenced Ilater. Brandon had been employed recent- ly as a detective in a banx and while theer is sald to have carried out a plan of drawing checks against inac- tive accounts. MISFORTUNE BEFELL TWO ACTIVE GERMAN RESERVISTS Ebeling in Insane Asylum—Klein Died in Hospital. New York, Japn. 23.—Insanity and death overtook two missing members of the band of Germans who plotted to destroy food and munition ships leav- ing Ameircan ports, it was disclosed in testimony at the trial here today of Franz Von Ritelen, German naval re- servist, and twelve others charged with conspiracy. “ Police Lieutenant Barnitz testified that Herbert Ebeling. alleged to have been the man who took the fire bombs aboard steamships in ‘“cigar boxes” is in Bloomingdale asylum, and Max Klein, who eluded the best efforts of the police to capture him, had died in a hospital a few weeks ago CITY OF CLEVELAND WAS IN DIRE STRAITS FOR COAL. Five Cars Arrived Jusi the Lighting Plant Was About to Suspend. Cleveland, O., Jan. 23.—The eleventh hour arrival of five cars of coal loaned to the city by a large manufacturing company was all that prevented the municipal light plant from suspending light and power service at noon today to several hundred manufactusing plants and 15,000 homes. Engineers at the plant were just sbout to carry out the lighting com- missioner's order to shut off all power except just enough street lights going tonight when the relief cars arrived. The plant's coal supply had shrunk to 100 tons, a third of the amount con- sumed daily. £ Two_more cars were due tonight and city officials recelved news late today of further relief tomorrow. BELGIUM REPLIES POPE'S PEACE NOTE JLATION 29,919 Cabled Paragraphs Labor Disturbances in Argentina. Buenos Aires, Jan. 23.—There are disturban: more or less labor inces throughout the country. The shipping of the port has nearly been p: aralyzed as the result of a strike. A general strike on the Central Cordoba Railway Bands of the workmen ‘who already have gone out have burn- ed 45 carloads of wood which it was is ‘threatened. intended to use as fuel. SENSATIONAL CHANGES IN tion of Commissioner Bugher. New York, Jan. 23.—An upheaval in the New York police department, the most sensational in years, -was N. Y. POLICE DEPARTMENT Mayor Hylan Demanded the Resigna- NORWICH, 'CONN., THURSDAY, ‘JANUARY: 24, 1918 Swiss to Mobiize German Deserters 30,000 HAVE TAKEN REFUGE IN SWITZERLAND TO PUT THEM TO WORK The Deserters Are Being Assisted by Swiss Socialists to Organize a Meet- ing to Protest Against the Service. caused by Mayor John F. Hylan to- day when he demanded the resigna- tion as commissioner of Frederick H. Bugher, whom he appointed to the of- @ice on January 1. Mr. Bugher prompt- ly complied with the demand and es- tablished a record for brevity of ser- vice as police commissioner, an office always beset by storms. Mayor Hylan selecting for the post Lieutenant Ricl ard BE. Enright. The law which pro- vides for a civilian head for the po- lice department was complied with by giving Enright a leave of absence. The ostensible reason for the re. moval of Bugher was his faflure to suspend members of the motorcycl squad on charges of levying tribut on motorists accused of violating traf- fic regulations. Trial of these offic. ers by the commissioner was recom. mended in a presentment handed up by the grand jury which investigated police 'laxity in connectidn with th murder of Ruth Cruger in the bicycl shop of Alfredo Cocchi, which was a rendezvous for motorcycle police. Bugher declared, however, that he ‘was about to place these men on trial and that the real reason for his dis- missal was his refusal to submit to dictation by the mayor in the matte: of appointments, and his determina- ONLY EIGHT BRITISH Under That Tonnage. London, Jan. 23.—Again the sinkings of British merchantment by mine o submarine have been held at a point. Only six vessels of 1,600 ton: or over and two under that tonnage ‘were destroyed in the past week, ac: cording to the admiralty report to. night. The sinkings of British merchant. for the large and two small ones. In the pre. vious week two fishing vessels also were sunk; in the past week the fish- ing craft escaped entirely. The admiralty reports on January the, sinkings as w! 2 2 and January 9 gave ‘twenty-one merchan ‘eighteen were over 1, ? cage. 8CHOOLS FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. Corps of Women to Aid in First Stage of Rehabi ‘Washington, Jan. 23—As part of the establish re- habilitation and vocational training schools for disabled soldiers and sail- Gorgas an- nounced today the creation of a corps to be known as “reconstruction aides,” ‘whose work will be to assist In the first stage of rebuilding and re-educating governments’ plan to ors, - Surgeon General the men sent back from France. The corps will be composed of wo- men especially trained for the work, and Miss Marguerite Sanderson, presi- dent of the Boston school of physical education, has been appointed supeg- They will work in hospitals to be established throughout the country, helping governmental as well as phy- disabled visor. sical rehabilitation of men. the —_— e KILLED HIMSELF BECAUSE HE ODVERSTAYED LEAVE | Lieut. Charles P. McMichael of U. S. A. Medical Corps. New York, Jan, 23.--Lie P. McMichsael of the Un. Charles himself in his room 4t the Pa. Acecord to the police, McMichael had ov ayed his leave and Kkilled himse 'ter he made a statement to the nead of the imvestigation depart- ment of the army intelligence bureau. Nothing was divulged as to what ex- planation he gave. He shot himsel ‘when the Intelligence Bureau men lef: him in his room while they called Al lentown on the telephone. McMichael was connected with the army ambulance service and was sta- tioned at Allentown. SIX COAL-LADEN BARGES another precedent when he appointed a unis formed man as acting commissioner, tion to keep politics out of the de- partment as long as he remained in office. SHIPS LOST LAST WEEK 8ix of 1,600 Tons or Over and Two low e past week duplicate the ngs for the previous week—six 2d States army medical corps, shot and Xkilled Hotel Ciarldge Inte today. He was 34 years old and his home was at Allentown, Berne, Switzerland, Jan. 23.—Half of the thirty thousand German men who have taken refuge in Switzer- land as deserters or in order to avoid military service in their country are to be mobilized by the Swiss govern- ment for civilian service. Paid Same as Soldiers. ‘They have been formed into com- panies of one hundred and fifty each under the supervision of Swiss officers and have been set to work on the land to increase the agricultural produc- tion. They will receive food and cloth- ing and 26 cents pay a day, the same amount paid to Swiss soldiers. They are being assisted by the Swiss socialists in organizing a meeting to ® | protest against this service. - | SENATE IS TO CONSIDER WAR COUNCIL TODAY. Chamberiain to Reply to President’s Denunciation of His Speech. ‘Washington, Jan. 23.—The contro- versy between the administration and - | members of the senate military com- mittee over proposals for a war cab- r | inet and director of munitions will be - | brought before the senate tomorrow, with prospects of spirited discussion. Senator Chamberlain plans to rise to a question of personal privilege to reply at length to President Wilson’s denunciation of the senator’s recent e e the government had broken down in the war as a distortion of truth. Sev eral speeches on behalf of the admin- istration also are planned. In a series of conferences among senate leaders today plans of procfd- r|ure in the forthcoming contest over the legislation which the president op- s | poses were crystalized. Tonight ad- ministration spokesmen expressed con- - | fidence that the military committee’s - | efforts would be brought to a vote. It was agreed today not to oppose Senator Chamberlair’s motion for ref- -jerence to his committee of the war cabinet bill. Afterward, however, it is proposcd to refer the BTl also to the - | naval affairs committee to study re- garding its effect on the navy. SHORTAGE OF LABOR 5 “IN° THE NORTHWEST men Ar-Warned Agaires Go- 7 ing to Oregon. NO ‘Washington, -Jan. 23.—Stor es. of la- bor unrest. agitation by rasicals and shortage of workers in the northwest were declared today by the United States employment .service to greatly exaggerated and misleading. ‘Workingmen in other sections of the country weré warned agalinst going to Oregon without first ascertaining what jobs are in sight. -Sources of the misleading reports were not mentioned by the service. Statements recently have been made by department of justice officials. how- ever, that persons in.sympathy with the enemy were turning their atten- tion to the spreading of discontent and false rumors. v Only five classes of skilled workers are needed now in the Oregon ship- building district, the service announc- ed. These are shipwrights, shipfit- ters, caulkers, boilermakers and ma- ,| chinists, and only men in the first three trades can proceed with reason- able assurance of emplovment. Log- gers will be needed in early spring. All shouid apply first to the Portand office (‘7’1; the United States emplovment ser- ce. NEARLY 100 MEN WERE ENTOMBED BY AN EXPLOSION s | In Colleries at Stellarton, N. S.—Seven Bodies Have Been Recovered. Halifax, N. S, Jan. 23.—Nearly 100 men were entombed by an explosion tonight in the Allan shaft of the Aca- dia Coal Company’s collerines at Stel- larton, N. S, Seven have been brought up alive. Rescue workers are going into the shaft and emergency appara- tus of all kinds is being concentrated. Rescuers returning to the surface at 9.30 o'clock brought seven bodies. f | Another party went down, but reported i ‘There - |is no word of the ninety-five men still in the shaft. The explosion occurred shortly af- ter 5 o'clock. The day shift had left ouly a few minutes before. Dense smoke came from the mouth of the bit but the explosion was not heard even by persons on the surface nearby. ¢ | its passage almost impossible. LOST IN THE SOUND = e Percentage of Losses Drawback to Fuel Relief. Hartford, Jan. 23.—State Fuel Ad- ministrator Thomas W. Russell was in “The was the statement given out at Mr. Russell’s in New York ‘today on business connection with his department. coal situation is very bad,” office in the capitol. Arthur G. Wolley who has charge of the soft coal and for the adminis- trator said a three or four-days’ thaw would do more than anything else to It is ag- of so many barges of coal coming up the sound Four or five were this morning. The percentage of losses is too high to expect that the shipment clear up the coal situation. gravated by the loss from tidewater. UAst Ldst night and another of coal will give. relief. CANNON AT CAP{TOL IN A WHEEL CHAIR. With Disabled Knee Arm, the Result of a Fall. Washington, Jan. 23.—*“Uncle Joe' Demands Absolute Political, Economic and Territorial Independence. Havre, Jan. 23.—The Belgian gov- ernment’s terms of peace,' so far as they concern Belgium herself, set forth in her reply to Pope Benedict’s peace note, made public today, are, in sub- stance, absolute political, economic and territorial independence. Cannon reappeared at the capitol to- day in a wheel chair, with a knee dis- abled and an arm fractured at the shoulder from his recent fall. Doctors and nurses a week only. house if necessary. is a Serious and Fractured succeeded in restraining the veteran in his room for 3 Now he is back at the capitol attending committee meetings and says he will go on the floor of the | hea: YALE JUNIOR PROM. INDEFINITELY POSTPONED If Held at All It Will Take Piace Dur- ing the Easter Recess. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 23.—After being shorn of virtually of all its usual functions, the Yale junior promenade has now been indefinitely postponed. The big mid-winter social event had been scheduled for the night of Feb- ruary § as an affair of the academic department, the Sheffield Scientific School deciding not to participate. Today it was decided upon the request of the university prudential commit- tee and the local administrator to call it off for the time being. If held it will take place quring the Baster re- cess. < A BRIDGEPORT MAN KILED BY A HEAVY SEA - | Charles E. Bourke of Worcester, Burned in Oil Fire. ‘Washington, Jan. 23.—An oil fire in the engine room of a degtroyer result- ing in the death of two water tenders, Martin O. Callaghan of Columbus, O, and Charles E. Bourke of Worcester, Mass., was announced tonight by the navy department. No details were given. . The department also announced that r Menard, seaman 'of Bridge- port,” Conn.,” had - been “killed by a vy sea dashing. over the transport ~ Haneock during ‘a recent storm. statement that every department of pakticularly | -20ia anthracite regions was nearly ! uvities - going. . AnUnofficilEmbargo| Condensed Teearams | Story of Ahiuction Practically in Effect = of Esther Strickland tion on May 1. ON ALL FREIGHT EXCEPT FOOD, | Alf schools,in New York city will be | PORTLAND GIRL SAYS SHE SPENT FUEL AND MUNITIONS coal. 48 HOURS IN THE OPEN ‘| Direct radio communication between the United States and ‘Italy is an- nounced. Austin, the capital of Texas, has gone dry by a majority of 102 votes. 'TO WAS* KEPT PRISONER Three Irish weekly newspapers in New York city have been barred from the mails. LAST SEVERAL DAYS Accuses Sylvester Rivoli of Criminal Abuse and Threatening Her if She At- tempted to Send Word of Her Plight Covers All Territory East of the Mis- sissippi and North of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers. Premier Lenine issued an order for the arrest of the assassins of two Ke- rensky aides: ‘Washington, Jan. 23.—Af unofficigl embargo on all freight except food, fuel and munitions practically was in effect tonight east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, as a result of Director General McAdoo's authorized embargo today on three eastern trunk lines. Although the restriction was applied formally only to the Pennsylvania and the Bal- timore and Ohio east of Pittsburgh, Vincent Astor’s greenhouses at New- port, R. I, were ordered closed as a Portland, Conn., Jan. 23.—After Es- fuel measure. ther Strickland, a 17-year-old girl of this town, had testified that Sylvester Rivioli, 35 years old, had kept her a prisoner by force for a week, Justice Harry Howard held the man under $2,500 bonds for trial in the superior court. Private advices to Berne do not confirm a report that the strikes in Hungary are over. A German warship captured a Dutch ship with a cargo of sugar consigmed to Sweden. Couple Found in a Hut. The girl was found in a hut in South Glastonbury in company with Rivioli and the Philadelphia and Reading,| “The wolf winter,” as called by |yesterday after the pair dropped out other railroads accepted little fretight|Swedes, has not let up. Ships are|of sight as the young woman was on today, particularly if it was desfined for eastward movement. Will Continue for Several Days. This situation probably will continue for several days, until milder weather permits railroads to begin to move the great quantity of gemeral freight ac-|ihe French aviators under actual bat- cumulatefi during the past two Weeks | tje conditions in France. of winter storms. 2 = Factors contributing to the unofficial| Three student aviators at the Royal eastern embargo were the priority of | Flying Corps camp at Toronto, Ont., movement for coal and foodstuffs and | were killed in accidents: the continueq preference in coal deliv- eries given to domestic consumers, ships and certain war industries which were exempted from the fuel admin- istration’s general closing order. The ban on coal consumption was offiically lifted at midnight last night, but scores of manufacturing plants, unable to di- vert coal from the stream flowing to the more essential industries, remain- ed closed or prepared to suspend oper- ations in a 'day or:'two when their available coal stocks are gone. This fact and the knowledge of many ship- pers that ordinary freight had little chance of prompt delivery, tended to curtail the shipment offerings toda). To Establish a Zone System. To reduce railroad mileage in haul- ing of coal, some sort of a zone sys- tem of coal distribution probably will be put into operation by the railroad end fuel administrations within a week. Plans for such an arrange- ment were discussed today at a con- terence between Director General Mc- Adoo and Fuel Administrator Garfield, both of whom announced later that they were working in entire unison in developing a plam of greatest efficien- cy for coal transportation. Although weather remained cold over most of the east today, the lack of new snowfall enabled the railroads to make a slight improvement in the J4rafic. gituation. - The flaw of coal it d >_Atlaptic. seaboard and : —‘:fl SOImMeW!) T ~of locked in harbors. her way home from high school. She swore that Rivioli had threatened her and her father if she made any at- tempt to send word of her plight. Scanty Supply of Bread. After telling of her abduction the girl stated she had been kept in the open for two days and nights, one of tne nights in a pouring rain, and that she had been given but a scanty supply of bread for food and that she had had to drink rain water. She accused Ri- violi of criminal abuse and told of be- ing forced to occupy a barn for a time and finally of being taken to a hut. Rivioli was unable to secure bail ané was taken to jail to await trial in the Tho demand that the Unitsd States h court. industry e ke icontral fof theipacking AWARDS OF THE CARNEGIE of the country has broadened. HERO FUND COMMISSION. Ten of the Heroes Lost Their Lives— Dependents Pensioned. Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 23—Twenty- 5ix acts of heroism were recognized by the Carnegie hero fund commission in its fourteenth annual meeting here today. In seven cases silver medals were awarded; in nineteen cases bronze medals. Ten of the heroes lost their lives, and to ‘the dependents of nine of these pensions aggregating $4,660 a year were granted. In addition to these money grants, in two cases $2,100 - was appmprhxt:d tom;e educational pur- The first Canadian-made aeroplane | POSeS, paymen: made as needed R mn‘fl Hgia - tests’ A |and approved, and in eleven cases o of these engines will be built ?wu\i_s aggregating $8,000 were made this mdyear. or other worthy purposes. Payments - ;rhx thb:seeflcqses will notfbe made until Philip D. Armour, grandson of the|the beneficiaries’ plans for the use of foun(lle: of Armour & ‘Go.. and nephew | the awards have been approved by the of J. Ogden Armour, has enlisted in|RRESOR o 5 ! Amo: seanded Aronse. med e Anstion Cpms' ghen % we‘,rshth;;se Fgwa New England men: g . One shundred- and-= si thousand ohn F. Frawiey, 360 Summier street, _tT0DS. . .Of m;qmwmm Lynn, Maes., rescBed J:-Lee Keardon iy of General Falikenhayn, sent by ;""1“;1; runaway at Lynn, Mass., Aug. ; |James L. Wood, 26 Colberg,avenue, Roslindale, Mass., saved an u‘nflem_\_ fied woman from' being killed by a fire engine at Boston, Mass., Nov. 18, 1915. TO OPEN LIBERTY THEATRE AT CAMP DEVENS Photoplay and Vaudeville Show Semi- Weekly for 20,000 Men. Ayer, Mass, Jan. 23—Liberty The- atre, recently constructed by the gov- ernment near the batrracks of the 308rd Infantry at Camp Devens, will be opened next Monday evening, it was announced tonight. The new piay- house will furmish a photoplay and vaudeville show semi-weekly to 20,- 000 national army soldiers at 10 cents i i . ‘eflch. The initial programme will in- David Lubin, American representa- : Chicago, Jan. 23—Meatless davs tive at the International Institute of|Siude a band comcert moving pictures A weekly newspaper for American soldiers in France will be called the “Stars®and Stripes.” More Americans are training with Women students in radio at the Na- tional Radio School are doing much better work than the men. French chemists are advocating the making of bread with seawater to save the salt and its transportation. Three boys, all under 16 years of age, were arrested for setting afire the Warspite, a British naval vessel. Discussions -of the American and Canadian Fisheries Mission were in- terrupted for a call qn President Wil- son. The Du Pont Powder Co. is erecting a large powder plant at Williamsburg, Va., to execute the orders of the Gov- ernment. Bty cars to min- er. Ice Interfered. With Lighterage. The number, of sbips awaiting bun- . = ker coal at Atlantic ports was smaller | & 186th Michigan Gun Battalion, was today, but freezing of coal in the cars |found dead with a bullet hole in his still hampered dumping, and ice & ihead, at Camp Wadsworth. - harbors interfered with lighterage. The ! . o supply of empty t s Passengers arriving in New York on pply pty cars to the Pennsyl ‘me ol R L o DRE mouth said that at Newport, R. L, the vessel was ‘searched for spies. irst Lieutenant Dean H.: Buchan- normal, thousi the central Pennsyl- vania bituminous district got only| A e mper, The: laborers, who went on strike ai the Beaumont, Texas, ship yards hayve returned. The wage dispute was left to the Federal Shipping Board. work at 70 p cent. capacity. 25 PER CEMT. DECREASE IN CONSUMPTION OF MEAT.| pebdii S04 | Maxmliian Harden asks Germany not to repeat the mistake of taking i Poland and Lithuania as she did when ishe took Alsace from France. Armour & Co. Reports the Result of have resulted in a 25 per cent. de- | Agiculture at Rome, suggests mobili- [ 324 & vaudeville skit by Marty Me- crease 1n consumption. according to|zation of American women for farm |2le and Harold Janvrin, former base- the report of Armour & Co. today. 1w O ball stars and Francis Oulmet, the The business of the company in the McHale, Janvrin and Ouimet United States i» 1317 amounted to! are now members of the national army ‘z"s.ooo,coo, on wiich a net profit he{% et LIS £21.000,000 wr earged. The firm's|; neil in fa irty- usand pairs new | business in precncts originating in this | sial distsicte W overshoes, more than enough to equip country—soid bere and abroad— every soldier in the was $30,000,000 seater than the world | e Teceived at the quartermasters stores business of the fum in 1916. ! Rheinhold Faust, who placed a bomb | 12d3y. The work of distributing them “15'!19 net income was equivalent to|in a Chicago theatre, was found guilty | Will begin tomorrow. .5 per cent. on invested cavital oriof conniving to extract $100,000 from Wrr 21 per cent. on capital stock. The!Jrank Wetmore and James Forgan, | HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOTE FOR BUREAU OF MUNITIONS profit from the sals o¢ meat and othe# § Chicago bankers. food products amounted to 2.21 cents ! Vote Stood 75 to 19—Discussed War Council Proposal. 1 work. A proclamation fixing March 5 as the date for the special elections to fill w York congres- sional districts was issued by Gover- nor Whitman. on each dollar of sajes. In 1916 Ar-|° Lombardus Mueller, a retired sea mour’s total profits were $20.100,000, or | captain of Paterson, predicted that the 14.7 per cent. on investment and 20| Kaiser would die on Jan. 18. He killed per cent. on capital stock. himself, leaving a note behind that he J. Ogden Armour in a statement ac- | was a bad prophet. companying the financial report offered | as an explanation for the high pricel of meat products during the past year the fact that live meat animals cost approximately 37 per cent.- more than they did the preceding year. In regard to meatless days, he said they have proved benreficial in !-e-[ dueing consumption an® enabling the packers to care for the needs of the army, navy and allies. BREAD IS TO CONTAIN ONLY 75 PER CENT. OF FLOUR. Notice Has Been Given to Flourmen’s Club of Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 23.—Bread in Chicago after Feb. 1 will contain only 75 per cent. of flour. Notice to this effect was given by the Flourmen’s club of Chicago tonight, the action being in response to a plea from the federal food administration received during the day. Similar action, it was said, {s ‘being taken throughout the coun- ry. The method of erforcing the sub- stitution ef 25 per cent. of rye, barley, corn, rice meal, alfalfa meal or soy bean will be to fill the orders from bakers with a product containing 75 pe reent. of wheat and 26 per cent. of some substitute. The federal food board will be asked at once to fix maximum prices on these substitutes. MAY CONFISCATE COAL " STORED IN CELLARS. Statement Issued by Chairman.Bassett of ‘Hartford Fuel Committee. ‘Washington, Jan. 23.—Republicans of the house in conference tonight voted 75 to 19 in favor of the creation of a department or bureau of muni- tions and ordnance with a director appointed by the pretsident. \Thera was some discussion of the war'coun. cil but no attempt was made to put ;.!Lm conference on record in regard te The increased cost of living was re- flected in a deficiency estimate of $736,723 for the i soldiers’ i homes, submitted to congress yester- i day by the war department. Major General Murray, commander of the western department of the army, approved sentences imposed on three soldiers for trying to incite mu- tiny at Camp Seward, Alaska. When the vote was anmounced the point of no quorum was made and the conference adjourned, leaving the way . 3 o opg;'le tarha.nother discussion of the The New York Board of Aldermen |Tho resotution. wotcn mewons 15, held. Tejected the resolution of the seven|duced by Representative Gillett . of f Socialist aldermen to have the Pres- | Macechvcatts, acting. fleor lomacr, o ident modify the order of the fuel ad- » X a substitute for the McCormick-T.en- ;xgx:;f.‘rs&cr for closing industrial | root resolution. considered last week, A BILL TO EXTEND THE A report from Hamburg says the board (?f the German Vacuum Oil Co., PENSION LAW OF 1912 Americans, hich was composed of _— fxwasmhee: replaced by a committee un- | To Include All Men Who Served 90 Days During the Civil War. der the presidency of Dr. Poelchau, of Hamburg. . Wi i e ‘ashington, Jan. 23—A bill to ex- A resolution providing for the sub- | tend the pension law of 1312 to officers mission to popular vote of a prohibi- | and enksted men of all state militia tion vote to the state constitution was | and other state officers that served passed by the house of representatives | ninety days or more in the Union army during the Civil War, of the Kentucky genmeral assembly, $0 provide pensions « for their widows, to 11. The resolution now goes to the minox children and dependent parents favorably senate. was reported today Count von Reventlow anmounced, ac- . Trouithe cording to a German diplomatic rep- resentative to a neatral ceuntry, that the U-boat warfare would be re- stricted if negotiations could be open- ed between the Urnited: States and Ger- many. —_— Germans Deplore Loss of German Raiders. Amsterdem, Jan. 2&—German news- papers received here today commoant on the sinking of the former German cruiser Breslaw, renamed by the Turks Midullu, and the grounding of the rechristened Sultan Seaim, u}:mmmuuuwom se! Emma Burgemsister, charged with the murder of Otto Koehier, a. brewer, was found not guilty by a jury San Antonio, Texas. at Koehler was killed November 12, 1914, in the house which he had given to Miss Burge- Hartford, Conn., Jan. 23 —William B. Bassett, chairman of the Hartford fuel .committee, tonight issued a formal statement to the press declaring that although the local coal situation was somewhat improved it was nnm such as to give satisfaction. He that unless much greater of fuel reached the city soon the local committee would resort to the confis- cation of supplies stored in cellars of business firms to keep necess®y ac- Bishop James McGolruck Dead. Jan. 23 — %“m Blsbo)“i Duiuth, died suddenly here tomight. Several on the have been ed by the authorities and into convedescent homes-for wounded sol- e oo - the more than one hundred ti seriously damaged -tiss engaged in breaking icr diers.