Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 28, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 24 'ULATION 29,919 AUSTRO-GERMAN ALLIANCE ICount Czernin, Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister, Cabled Views on Peace to President Wilson 'KAISER TO WAGE MORE INTENSIVE U-BOAT. WAR While the Reinforced Armies of the Teutonic Allies Are Mak- ing an Offensive on the Western Front the Submarines, Which Have Been Refitted, Will Try to Cut Off Sup- plies to Our Troops in France—On the Battle Fronts There Has Been No Change in the General Situation— AllOvu'fl:eVenel:iml’hinTbaeHsveB_eenBanlesin the Air, in Which Austro-German Aviators Were Worst- el RSN Coumt Czernin, the Austro-Hunnga- frian foreign minister, it is reported from Vienna on good authority, has announced to the Austrian delegations that the text of his speech on the Aus- trian war aims was farwarded to Pres- ident Wilson before its delivery. This has caused a great sensation, accord- ing fo the Cologne Gazette, which in- terprets it to mean that actual steps had already been taken to bring about an exchange of views between the western powers and Russia and Germany. Pan-American papers express . the opinion that Count Czernin's peace in- vitation to President Wilsoy is indi- cative of a break in the Austro-Hun- garian alliance; That the Teutonic allies in their of- fensive on the western battle front are not to be satisfied merely with infan- try operations, but will employ their submarines in the most intensive man- ner they yet have adopted to aid them, is an announcement that has just been made by Secretary of War Baker. TWhile the armies of the enemy, re- inforeed to a great extent by men withdrawn from the Russian front, are attacking on land, under-water boats, refitted and generally prepared, are to _seek the lanes of commerce, especially those between the TUnited State= and France, there to attempt to ravish commerce and to cut off, it possibie, men of the American army +w@nd.food and ammunition supplies that &re being hastened Europward by the Tnited States. Since the debacle on thé Russian frant the fact has been well establish- ed that the high command of the Ger- man army purposes at as early a date @s was practicable a_general. military attack arainst the entente front from the North Sea to the Adriafic, in the hope of gaining victories at various points through the bending of the en- tente's line which would give new heart to the people at .home, whose hopes for ultimate victory are at low ebb. . Doubtless, however, the American. Pritish, French and Italian navies will not be taken unawares by the sub- marine menace, which recently has fallen off In a great degree when the number of merchantmen sunk by the underwater boats is compared _with that of previous monihs. Depth charges, bombs dropped from sea- planes and m: shipping- plying the trade routes. The German chancellor’s speech to the main committee of the reichstas on Germany’s requirements for peace has not quenched the thirst of the great mass of the people outside the militaristic realm for a cessation of The furore created among. this branch of the people has been S0 Pan-German newspapers are declaring that Field Marshal Von Hindenburg and his right hand man, General Von Ludendorff, are The militaristic wing seemingly is of the opinion that the words of the chancellor were too desiring hostilities. great, apparently the talking of retiring. moderate; the proletariat, peace, considers his speech as evasive. One of the German newspapers char- acterizes it as “equivalent to a battle won by the enemy.” From Austria there is a notable lack in comment on the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister’s address to the "’?E' e government censors are holding ex- pressions of opinion by a majority of the newspapers, which, gauged by pre- vious utterances, would be favorable to peace and antagonistic to the Ger- man yiewnoint as set forth by Count by way of Amster- that King Charles has accepted 'the resignation of the Hungarlan cabinet and charged of srath, possibly indicating that Von Hertling. Reports coming dam are to the effect Premier Wekerle with the task forming a new one, On the battle fronts there has been no change in the general situation. In- termittent artillery duels and patrol encounters continue on various sec- tors. Near Capo Sfle, on_the lower Piave river, the Austrians have again attempted to penetrate Italian bridge- head positions but met with repulse. All over the Venetian plain, from there have been numerous air battles in which Austro-German aviators were Lake Garda to the Piave river, worsted. In their incursions the again bombed Trevisco and airplanes. . GEN. WOOD ACCIDENTALLY WOUNDED IN THE ARM 'Five French Soldiers Killed and Two Other American Officers Wounded. Washington, Jan. 27.—General Per- shing cabled the war department to- day that Major General Wood had been slightly wounded in the famy by an accidental explosion in France which killed five French soldiers and slight- ly injured two other American offi- cers, Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. Kilbourne and Major Kenyon A. Joyce. Secretary Baker announced the ac- nt in this statement: A cable despatch from the head- uarters of General Pershing states that an aceidetnal explosion occurring today killed five French soldiers and slightly injured Major General Wood in the arm, Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. Kilbourne in the eye and Major Kenyon A. Joyce in the arm.” It is understood the message was brief and gave no further details. Gen- eral Wood's tour would carry him both to the front and to the American training camps behind the lines, but there is no indication as to where the @ccident occurred. All of the divisional commanders have been or will be sent to Europe for brief periods. General Wood, com- manding Camp Funston. Kansas, went wover several weeks ago. ) STEAMERS COLLIDE IN STORM ~ OFF THE DELAWARE CAPES, ©One Bound for New Orleans Had to Return to Port. An Atlantic Port, Jan. 27.—A coast- ‘wise steamship which sailed yesterday for New Orleans with 137 passengers on board returned here today after be- ing in collision off tie Delaware Capes b with an unidentified a heavy snowstorm. A large hole was torn in the steam- ship's bow above the waterline aft of the collision bulkhead. When the vessels crashed the pas- sengers became alarmed, but soon were calmed b vassurances from the ship's officers that they were in no danger. JUBILEE OF WOMAN'S PARTY HELD AT HARTFORD. Principal Speaker Was Dudley Field Malone. The ford, Conn., Jan. 27.—Suffragists from all over the state attended the Jubiiee of the woman's party here to- nl at which the ‘principal speaker was Dudley Field Malone, former col- lector of the port of New York. To #id the campaign to have the Connec- ticut legislature ratify the constifp- tional amendment recently passed by pongress, $2,139 was pledged by thgse Jttending the rally. STONINGTON BARKEEPER 18 TO BE' INTERNED. Fritz Popkin, 40, is Police Station at New London, New London, Conn., Jan. 27.—Frits Popkin, 40, a German alien, who has been employed as a barkeeper in a saloon in Stonington, is locked up at the police station here and a presiden- tal warrant is on its way from Wash- Ington which will consign the man to an internment camp for the duration of the war. He was arrested Saturday night at the saloon by County Detec- tive W. E. Jackson at the suggestion of United States Commissioner Frank L. McGuire of this city. Popkin has been outspoken in his pro-German sentiments, but the climax came re- cently when he struck in the mouth a young American who started to sing | The Star Spangled Banner in the sa- | loon, where a crowd of German sym- pathizers had been singing Die Wacht Am Rhein and other German airs. IDENTIFIED AS BURGLAR WHO SHOT POLICEMAN Harry Manster of Oakland, Cal, Trap- ped by Boston. Poll Boston, Jan. 27.—Four persong to- day identified Harry Manster as the alleged burglar who last Sunday af- ternoon hurried from an apartment Louse in the Back Bay district where Patrolman Joseph C. Reiser was found shot to death. Yesterday Manster, who claims Oak- land, Calif, as his home, was caught in a police trap in his aptrement here to which he was lured by the young ‘woman with whom he had recently been living. When the police told Manster that they would hold the wo- man as an accessory he' admitted that he was gullty of " thirty apartment house burglaries in this city, but stoutly maintained innocence of the charge of murdering the policeman. e ity BERIOUS FIGHTING BETWEEN RUSSIANS AND RUMANIANS, Russian Troops Attempted to Fight Their Way Through Galatz. Petrograd, Jan. 27.—Serlous fighting has taken place berween Russians and Rumanians in the a report received from Austrian head- quarters at Brest Litovsk. The Rus- sian Ninth Siberian division and a portion of the Tenth division attempt- ed to fight their way through Galatz Russian. territory, from d regain which they had bten cut off by the Rumanians on Jan. 20. The struggle against the Rumanians on the lower Danube continued for a whole day and night. - Heavy artillery was _engaged, as well as monitors on the Danube, but thus far the Russian attempt seems to have failed. v othor methods have been adopted by the American-and associated naval forces to*overcome the U-boat attacks and most successful- ly, and the assumption is that, fore- warned, these efforts will be greatly muitiplied in an endeavor to protect emy. estre, killing or wounding non-combatants. Three hospitals in Mestre were bad- ly damaged by bombs from hostile Locked Up in neighborhood of Galatz, near the border, according to '8 PAGES—60 COLUMNS Cabled Paragraphs " U-Boat Sinks Spanish Steam ‘Madrid, Jan. 27.—After pillaging the Spanish steamer Giralda yesterday, a German submarine eank the vessel, which was of 4400 tons. The crew was saved. e Bolshevik Troops Occupy Krementchug Petrograd, Jan, 27.—it was an- nounced today at the Smolny institute that Bolshevik troops had occupied the towns of Xrementchug, in the province of Poltavd, and Pudvl, in the province of Kursk. EXPLOSION AT NEWPORT NAVAL TORPEDO STATION Caused the Death of Twelve Civilian | Employes and Injury of Seven Others | Newport, R. L, Jan.. 27.—Naval au- | thorities today Started an investiga- | tion to determino the cause of the ex- i plosion that wrecked three concrete bomb proofs at the naval torpedo sta- | tion yesterday, causing the death of | twelve civilian'.employes and injuring seven others. ‘With the exception of James Maho- ney, all the men at work in bomb proof No. 2, where the explosion_occurred, were iilled. Mahoney and the survi- vors were taken from the other two structures wero injured so severely that they could give no account of what happened. Captain Edward L. Beach, commandant of the station, said that so far as he could learn the explosion was accidental. A few days ago the regular sailor guards about the bomb proofs and other naval establishments were re- placed by picked men from the United States marine corps. Today =_the guards at the bomb Droofs were dou- bled. The search of the ruins was contin- ued until tonight, when it was an- nounced that all wodies apparently had been recovered. In addition to the at the bomb proofs were still unac- counted for. The twelve bodies taken from the wreckage were positively identifled as follows: William Caswell, T. E. Wyatt, John Connolly, Joseph Matoza, George Spoo- per, Joseph Frazier, Timothy Fitzger- ald, J. Andrea, John F. Murphy, Da- vid J. Sullivan, r, — Pelleteire, G. Giblin, ‘With the exception of Pelleteire and Fitzgerald, all of those killed lived here. Caswell was one of the oldest employes at the torpedo station. Most of the victims were killed out- right but early today, several hours after the explosion, a rescue party dis- covered two men buried alive in the wreckage of bomb proof No. 1. A pipe .| was run into the debris and stimu- lants were sent down to the imprison- ed men but when the stones and con- ;retde fragments were lifted they were ead. Bombproof No. 2 was used for dry- ing detonators after they had been filled with fulminate of mercury. Cap- tain Beach said that not more than 125 pounds of explosive was set off. The bombproofs were buflt into the ground and it was due to this fect that the explosion was not widesprea Tonight the mavy officials -beHeved they had aecounted for all the wotks: Who were in the bombproofs when the: explosion occurred, as they learned that the men previously reported as missing did not go’to work that af ternoon. There were eighteen men, in the three work rooms, according to the officials, and of these not one escaped death or injury. 1| Private Mills, who was on guard a short distance from No. 2 bombproof, showed his pluck when the blast went oft. He was hurled fo the ground and his rifle torn_from his grasp by the concussion. But he struggled to his feet and attempted to reach the fire alarm box. only to collapse. Ho tried once more to stand up and run for the box, but this time fell, nearly un- conscious. Leon Hardt, a seaman’s mate, saw him fall and picking him up, carried him to a nearby emergen- cy dressing station and then sent in the alarm. FIRST FEDERAL ECONOMY ORDER FOR RAILROADS. Ordered to Dispense Wi e and Political Agents and Recall Passes. ‘Washington, Jan. 27.—Railroads were ordered by Director General McAdoo tonight to dispense with the services of legislative and political agents and all attorneys not engaged in the per- formance of necessary legal work, and to observe strictly the law regulating free passes. This, the first economy order under government operation of the railyoads, will cut off large and well paid staffs maintained by many companies end eliminate from payrolls hundreds of lawyers throughout the country ywho draw annual retainer fees. If it is complied with to the letter, as the director general's office intends to see that- it is, thousands of free passes now held by state, county and munici- pal oficials and others will be can- celled. General order No. 6 is the title of the order, sent to officers and directors of all railroads. It follows: “During the period of possession, op- eration and government control of rail- roads, it is necessary that officers, di- rectors and agents of railroad com- panies be very carefal in the handling of moneys and in the dealing with transportation matters. Without at- tempting at this time to give general directions, there are a few matters involving ' the expenditure of moneys for purposes having no direct relation to_transportation which should receive immediate attention, as well as the is- suance of free transportation. “It is ' therefore orlered that the earriers' operating Tevenues shall not be,_expended: “1—For the payment of agents or other persons who are employed, in any way to affect legislation. “2—For the employment of attorneys who are not actually engaged in the performance of necessary legal work for the company. “e—For the payment of the expenses of persons or agencies constituting as- sociations of carriers unless euch as- sociation is approved in advance by the director general. “4—For any political purpose or to directly or indirectly influence the election of any person or an election affecting any public measure. “ISSUANCE OF FREE PASSES. “No pass or free transportation shall be issued by ‘any carrier under®fed- eral control or any official of such irier unless the ‘issuance of such free transportation is expressly author- ized by the act of congress entitled * Act to Regulate Commerce, Approve Feb. 4, 1887, and Amendments There- t0;' and any such passes or free trans- portation heretofore issued not in come formity with said act must be recalled, “This order applies to all carriers under federal control, whether, inter- state or intrastate.” The act of 1887 referred to forbids the issuance of passes to other than employes. | baking twelve dead, however, four employes [ WILL CONTAIN /A 5 PER CENT. SUBSTITUTE FOR WHEAT FLOUR BE INCREASED TO 20% Presidential Proclamation Calls for Two Wheatiess, One MCI!';'S, Two Forkiess Davs and a 10 Per Cent. Reduction in Sugar Ration. Washington, Jan. 27.—Bakers will begin tomorrow the manufacture of the new Victory ioaf, a war bread con- taining a 5 per cont. substitute for wheat_ flour, prescribed by the food administration as a part of its 1918 food conservation program. At the same time grocers will sell to house- holders wheat flour only when the purchaser buys an equal amount of some other cereal. Substitute Flours. The percentage of substitute flour used by baking establisnments will be increased gradually until a 20 per cent. substitution is reached on Feh. 24. As substitutes, the bakers may use either some other cereal or flours made from Ppotatoes or beans. Applies to Hotels and Restaurants. Hotels, restaurants and pther public eating places will he reql?red to ob- serve the regulation down for stablishments. To fofce wheat conservation wholesalers and retaile: quired to limit the wheat flour to 70 per cent. of last years supplies. The remaining 30 per cent. will be taken from the mills by the food administration for the pur- pose of creating an export surplus and building up a reserve store to fill emer- gency needs. Wheatless and Meatless Days. laid Both will be re- purchases of vation program announced yesterday ir. President Wilson’s proclamation are two wheatless days—Monday and Wednesday; one meatless day—Tues- day; two porkless days—Tuesday and Saturday, and a 10 per cent. voluntary reduction in the household sugar ra tion. OREDR OF FEDERAL FOOD ADMINISTRATOR MO.DIF|ED. Twenty Per Cent. of Specified Flours to Be Used in Baking. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 27.—So far as this state is concerned, the order of the federal food administrator has- been mfined So,that the purenase of an guantity of -a.substitute -with- 846 ‘of \wheat A0ur 1s BOF to be ed tomorrow. Instead, the house- wives of Connecticut will have to se- cure but 20 per cent. of some of the specified flours to use in baking and cooking. State {9ood” Administrator Scoville was in _consultation tonight with wholesals &rocers from many cities of the.state and thereby learned that sufficient are lacking to make the 50-30 ruling effective. Further, beeause of the tieup in traneportation’ at this time, it is unlikely that cnoush of the substitutes can be brought in. In issuing his order Administrator Scoville says “After consultation with a number of representative wholesalers the fed- eral food administretor for Connec cut announces that because of temporary shortage of many of substitutes, the percentage of cer to be sold ‘with wheat flour is 20 per cent. This means that with every four pounds of wheat flour the consumer must buy at the same time at least one pound of one of the follow- ing substitates: Barley flour, buck- wheat, corn flour or corn meal. corn starch, corn grits. hominy, oatmeal or | rolled ‘oats, potato four, rice and rice flour. This ruling applies to sales by wholesalers to the trade and sales by retailers to the consumer.” Administrater oville supplements his ruling by stating that all the wheat | substitutes named are wholesome and expresses the idea that Connecticuf housewives will not be put to any great hardship, because many of the | food articles are often used, Advice a8 to the proper use of the substitutes is promised through the press from time to time. E LABOR SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN EXACT BALANCE. United States Employment Service So Reports. New York, Jan. 27.—Labor supply and ‘demand in the United States are in exact balance, according to a state- fnent issued today from the newly opened office here of the United States employment ‘ service attached to the department of labor. The only draw- to an exceptionally favorable sit- uation, it is declared, is the number of men, particularly those of the build- ing trades many sections, “who doubtless will have to take up differ- ent lines of work in other localities, where labor will be in demand for m\ng 'mu.\. purposes such as shipbuild- “Except for temporary inconven- lences” says the statement, “the ser- vice believes that practically every able and willing worker can be weil employed during the current year, and that the needs of every industry can in a reasonabie time be filled up to 100 Pper cent” Boston reports that “it ig hard to actually place more than one man in every four.” There is a great demand in Newark, N. J,, for all crafts familiar with ship- building. New York shows “a _comfortable :::}nce between help and jobs want- . IMPROVEMENT IN NEW YORK’S COAL SUPPLY. Coaling of Steamships is Reported Al- most Back to Normal. New] York, Jan. 27.—Steady im- provement in New York’s fuel supply, with the coaling of steamships almost back to Normal, was reported tonight trom the office of A H. Smith, assist- ant director general of railroads. conditions, although still far normal, were said to be clearing despite weather handicaps. Along some railread tracks in the east and middle west, snow drifts are as high s 18 feet in some places, five and six locomotives being necessary 9 plow & train through, Other features of the new conser- | upplies of substitutes ! ' Md;nsw ‘Telegrams : A new consignment of Portuguese troops have arrived in France. Sec'yBaker's Weekly Military Review It is reported in Copenhagen that the Austrian Premier resigned. The Chicago Stock Exchange decid- ed to.close on heatless Mondays. Armed .guards patrolled the Boston Fish Pier Saturday for the first time. AGAINST ' U. S. LINES| The Bolsheviki troeps have . driven General Dutoff’s rebels toward Dern: berg. Attaches Great Military Significance | Heaith con ons for the American to the Victory ¢f the British Over ;;l‘:"y;e‘i" France show only a slight the Turkish Naval Forces Off ~the < Two-tl in Wash- Dardanelles. ington have been ordered closed to v |save coal. The Corn Products Renfinging Co.'s nét earnings for the year 1917 were §10,000,000. Washington, an. 27.—Warning that tie Germans are preparing for a great submarine offensive against the Amer- ican lines of communication with France in connection with the jmpend- ing Teutonic drive against the west front is given by Secretary Baker in his weekly military review made pub- lic_tonight by the war department. Recently there has been a marked decrease in the number of allied mer- chant ships sunk by submarines. The explanation for this is found in the withdrawal of submarines in prepara- tion for the coming thrust on iand and sea. The review says: “As the time draws near when once n the enemy will endeavor to strike a decisive blow in the west, it must be emphasized that he will not be content with mere military opera- tions on a large scale. U-Boats Are Being Refitted. “During the past fortnight enemy submarines have-been recalled to home POrts to be re-fitted and the most pow- erful submarine offensive hitherto un- dertaken be expecied to be lnunched t our lines of commu- nication with France, to interrupt the steady flow of men and munitions for our own armies and food supplies for the_alli During the period under review, re- newed activity along the entire west- ern_front is noted. “The region ,bordering the North Seéa has once again become the scene of severe fighting. Bomkardment of Ostend. “A careful co-ordinated operation undertaken by British monitors actins in concert with larg batteries in the area north of Ypres subjected the Ger- man defenses of Ostend and surround- ing country to a severe bombardment. o infantry action was attempted in this sector by the British, but iater in the week the Germans reacted sharply and directed a strong assaul: against the_short sector of the i in the dune area, which fringes the coast in the vicfpity of Nieuport. This at- tack, which must be considered some- thing more than a simple raid, broke an the French lines and for 2 brief Leo Hirsch, a bell boy of Paterson, N. J.. was held on $1500 bail for sell- ing liquor to soldiers. Secretary Danicls announced the promotion of 176 enlisted men to_tem- porary warrant officers, Five stares of the business section of Fairhaven, Vt.. were destroyed by fire, which caused a $40,000 loss. Twenty-six second lieutenants, southerners, were assigned to the old 14th Regiment of New York. The New York Produce Exchange will remain open on the Monday hol- idays for trading in foodstuffs. All anthracite in Newport has been used. The Fuel Administration has taken over 300 tons of soft coal. _The War Department has leased the big Cape May Hotel. at Cape May, N. J., for use as a military hospital. The War Trade Board afinounced that after Feb. 1, a comprehensive ex- port application form will be in use. Lord Robert Cecil said that “Chan- cellor von Hertling’s speech was a very warlike, not a peace speeeh.” A train of the Virgi Carolina Railroad has been stuck in the snow at White Top Gap since last Tuesday. Representative Carter of Oklahoma introduced a resolution to have the Indians made citizens of the United States. Premier Lioyd George of England has summoned all the Irish leaders to confer with the members: of the Cabinet. Five men on board an oil-carrying vessel were taken into custody by fed- eral authorities on a charge of being slackers. period, the enemy detachments were able o hold their ground in the ad- Vaneed'French’ outposts. “The French speedily brought up fresh forces, drove | out the enemy and were able to re-es- tablish themselves in’ their former po- sitions without difficulty. “In the Italian theatre the import- lance of the successful French assault in the region of the Monte Tomba three weeks ago is proven by the retreat of the enemy in this area. Enemy Retreating in ltaly. “The enemy has abandoned an e {tensive tract bf terrain north of the { Monte Tomba extending to the Piave, {The Austrian lines \now rest on the Monte Spinoncia. s Tt would appear that the enemy has for the time heing abandoned his at- tempt to break through this channel ito the plain. “The Austrians, while strong in this sector, nevertheless no longer directly threaten the key positions of the Ital- in line. The increasing liveliness of {enemy artillery in the Val Lagarina, {is recorded. Tt is apparent that the | Austrians are carrying out their plans of shifting their center of attack fu ther to the west. | “The Val Lagarina offers peculiar attraction for an invasion of Italy, Tt it a classic path of invaders coming from the north. We may expect that Ishould the opportunity seem favora- ble, the-enemy may attempt an opera- | tion in this area. i “Reports reach us of the increasing | i Testiveness of the Slav population in Austria, more particularly the Czechs “The general strike n Vienna and other upheavals throughout the Mon- archy are assuming serous proportions and they are no longer to be hela of mere internal interest, but will inevi- tably react on the general political situation. “In Russia _peace megotiations have continued with frequent interruptions. “In Palestine the British are extend.- {ing their lines to the morth and dur- ing the week advanced further in the neighborhood of Durah on'a frontage of approximately four miles. British Naval Victory. he victory of the British over the Turkish naval forces off the Dardanel- les must be mentioned as an event of especially military significance. “Observers coming from Constanti- nople very recently informed us that as long as Constantinople remained under the guns of the former German cruisers Goeben and Mreslau, the Turks would necessarily continue un- date line, announced that all to work. The resignation of Theodore B. Fer- ris, chief designer of the Federal Ship- ping Board. was acceted by Chairman Edward N. Hurley. The Gert to have the name changed to the Cit- izenship Association. The Red Cross has given 300,000 bottles of milk to the children of Rus- sia. The milk is enough to last 25 000 children for two months, President Wilson had to cancel all his engagements and a_Cabinet meet- the White House all day. Lloyd George, and Viscount Milner, members of the British War Council, are golng to Paris to confer with the French Premier Clemenceau. The Labor Conference, in convention at Nottingham, adopted a resolution in favor of having the House of Lords and Second Chamber abolished. Gen. Pershing reported the death of another man killed in action on Jan. 22. The names of six others dead from natural causes were also report- ed. - Major Rhinehart and Capt. Phipps, of the PBritish Royal . Flying Corps, traveled 60 miles to saféty from San Antonio to Fort Worth with a broken wing. Dr. W.' Horace Hoskins, dean of the New York State Veterinary Col- lege urges that ‘more horse meat be used on the tables of the homes of the people. . Increases in class rates between Memphis’ and Mississippi River points have been asked by the railroads. The increases asked for range from 10 to 60 per cent. W. C. Anderson, a Laborite member of Parliament, declared at the labor convention -at Nottingham, England, that a “dangerous industrial situation is looming in the horizon,” The Taylor building in City Square, the largest business block in Taunton, Mass,, was burned yesterday. It con- tained twenty stores and offices. The loss is estimated at $175,000. 4 der the domination of the Germans.” RAILROAD EMBARGO TO REMAIN IN FORCE Three manufacturing concerns were wiped out, and a fourth crippled by fire which swept a five story building in the industrial section of Philadel- phia last night. The loss is estimated at $250,000. This Week on Eastern ing i ‘Washington, Jan. 27.—Although im- provement in weather conditions and freight movement was reported to the director general of railroads today, the embargo on tbe shipment of.freight other than fuel, food or munitions now in effect on several eastern trunk lines will remain in force this week. The railroad administration also plans to keep in operation the re-routing plan In force on southeastern lines. The blizzard that swept over the middle west last night had passed early today and train movements were resumed on nearly normal schedules. Difficulty continues to be experienced with dumping coal at eastern terminals on account of frozen cars. The work] of bunkering steamers at Atlantic ports proceeded rapidly yesterday and today coal was being provided as fast as needed, ‘Higher temperatures in Virginia and West nia facilitated fuel move- ments in that section today. Pregident Wilsorn’s Cold Better. ‘Washington, Jan. 27.—President Wil son was nat troubled go much toddy by the cold which has kept him indoors ce Friday, and Secretary Tumulty said he probably would be out tomor- s—Rerout- Force on Scutheastern Lines. John McNiff, a railroad switchman, was killed in the freight yard at Dan- bury yesterday when ‘he stepped out of the way of one train and was hit by another. He was 39 years of age and lived in Bridgeport. A German naval engineer, with the rank of lieutenant, deserted, announc- ed that the German mutinies = were more severe in the German navy than in the army. He also sald that 117 Germans were shot down by machine guns for rebelling. ¢ Charles W. Fulton, former United States senator from Oregon and for many years a prominent figure in state politics, died at his home at Portland, Ore., after a long illness, aged 64. His term in the senate was from 1903 to 1909, Hungarian Cabinet Resigns. Amsterdam, Jan. 27.—King Charles, according to a despatch from Buda- pest, has accepted the resignation of tle members of the Hungarian ‘cabi- net and has charged Premier Wekerlo with the’ reorganization: of -the) min- Istry. A Vienna telegram, with a Germmn the strikers in Austrian shops were back -American Alliance of Kansas City filed a petition in court ing because of a cold. He remained at Wilson Appoint an Arbitrator z PLANTS TO BE OPEN SHOPS DURING THE WA‘_S The Man to be Appointed by the Secretary of Labor Must Have the Approval of the Council of National Defense— Grievance Committee Appointed by the Workers Will be Received by the Employers Whether Their Memberships Consist of Union or Non-Union Men—Agreement Af- fects Worke:s in Plants at Chicago, East St. Louis, Kan- sas City, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, St. Joseph, Oma- ha, Denver, St. Paul and Sioux City. ¢ ‘Washington, Jan. 2 -Adjustment of the.industrial dispute between the biz meat packers and their employ- es was effected today when an agree- ment was. reached, for an open shop during the war-and determination of the wages and hours questions refer- red to an administrator appointed by the secretary of labor. The awards of the arbitrator, not vet appointed, will be effective as of- Jan- uary 14. 3 Tnder the agreement grievance com- ‘mittees appointed by the workers will be received by the employers, wheth- er their membership consists of union or non-union jmen. It affects many thousand workers in Chicago, East St. ioufs, Kansas) City, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, St. Joseph, Omaha, Den- ver, St. Paul :and Sfoux City. Suggestions! of the union men that the gavernment should take over the packing plants for the war are not af- fected in averting a strike. President ‘Wilson still ‘has the suggestion before him, but in receiving it he said oth- er methods of dealing with the situa- tion would be considered first. Eighteen Questions at Issue. There were 18 questions at issue be- tween the packers and their union employes. Those concerning the rights of union members. wages and hours were regarded as. the most ib- portant. Six of the 18 go to arbitra- tion, including demands for $1 a day flat increase |in wages,: equal pay for women with men, a guaranteed num- ber of hours’ work, 2 basic eight hour societies maintained by the companies The companies agree to provide sani* tary Iy1ch rooms, lavatories and oth: er improved working conditions. Reached Crisis Before Christmas. Differences between the packers and their union employes reached a crisis just before Christmas, after a strike vote had been taken which was said to have resulted 98 per cent. in favor of a cessation of work is necessary in force betterment of their wales and working conditions. Thé mddiation commission brought the two sides to: gether in an attempt for arbitration. Later it was charged by the -workers that the packers failed to abide by this agreement and the men _then brought the matter to the - White House, with the suggestlon that the plants be commandeered by:the gov- ernment. The president again asked his mediation commission to straight- en out the tangle and after 'many davs of conversations with both' sides the agreement today restlted. Tn joint meetings of the packers and union leaders, the packers declared they -met the representatives of the workers solely as individuals add that their action was not to be construed as recognition of the union. The union leaders on their side asserted that Fecognition of the union was not one of their demands. Secretary Wilson's appointment of an yrbitrator will be subject to apprava al by the Council of National Defense. Both sides to the controversy will suggest men for the place, but agreed t0 accept the man named. 1 X statement of the settlement basis) bers either /in employ or in distribu- tion: work; -this clause taking the place of the! union men’s demands for preferential ‘employment of union men. Seniority will be observed in promotions. - - Standing committees on grievances were not provided for, but it was said by the union men that there was to be no objection. to ap- | pointment of the same representatives | again and again. The employes will inot be required to join the insurance Yo CONTROVERSY HAS ARISEN =l IN THE GERMAN PRESS Regarding Count C: vitation to Presi Amsterdam, Jan. 27.—The socialist paper Vorwaerts joins in the contro- versy that hag arisen in the German press as to whether Count Czernin's peace invitation to President Wilson is indicative of a greak in the Austro- German alliance. Pan-German papers think .that it is, but Vorwaerts ints to the “weighty” phrase in VonKuehl- mann's speech, “We are in agreement with Count Czernin,’ as proving, con- trary to the Pan-German assumption, that “Count Czernin's fraternal kiss | tor President Wilson received the Ger- man -government’s - blessing in ad- vance.” | " Again complaining of German Chan- | cellor Von Hertling's ambiguity, Vor- waerts outlines its own program. based on “the honest right -of self-! determination, for. the eastern. peopl including .the. right to rejoin Russia: the complete re-establishment of the independence of Belgium and the re- turn of occupied French' territory on the * sole* condition “that France fore- goes her claim on German territory.” ' Vorwaerts - asks - Secretary - Kuehl- mann whether any obligation prevents Gim from adopting this prosram. no_preferential shop. The matter of adjustment of wages and hours is to be left to the determination of the administrator appointed: by the secre- tary of labor with the approval of the council of national defense. “The agreement reached is in afl respects in accordanc/ with the offer made by the packers in Chicago after the employes -had refused to accept the increase In wages offered by the rackers.” BAKER BEFORE THE SENATE MILITARY COMMITTEE TODAY: Answer Senator Chamberlain's’ Charges of Inefficiency. in’s Peace In- | To i | { lent Wilson. ‘Washington, Jan. Overshadow- ing every other activity at the capitol tomorrow will be the appearance. of Secretary Baker before the _senate military committee to answer Senator Chamberlain’s charges of inefficiency and outline the war department’s ac~— complishments at home and abroad. The secretary is prepared to reveal much that hitherto has not been em- phasized or even made public and is, represented as confident of reassuring’ the country regarding the nation's part in the war, as well as of demonstrat- ing the absence of necessity for the senate committee’s proposed legisla- tion for reorzanization of the war- making machine: Though without a prepared etate- ment. Mr. Baker will zo before the. committee and with a mass of data Bearing upon every important activity of his department.. Cross examination by committee members is planned and hig testimony probably will continue all day and possidly pari of Tuesday. Later in the week he may make & similar statement before the hous military committee and comment fur ther onarmy questions before the com ittee in connection with the $7.,700,- 000.000 army appropriation estimates. = In_both eenate and house this week. » nossibly beginning tomerrow, extended ; debate on war efficiency i€ planned.’ Administration leaders of both bodies | are preparing addrcsses championing | the government’s record and replying ' NOT MUCH DAMAGE FROM LATEST SNOWSTORM. Railroads Report Improvement in the Moving of Coal. Chicago, Jan. 27.—The fourth severe snowstorm to sweep the central states thus far this winter. died out last night without causing much material dam- age_either to property or transporta- tion. Coming so closely on the two blizzards of the early part of January, it ‘was feared ‘that the added snow would hamper train movelents, but tonight the railroads reporteéd normal train movements. ‘Street conditions in Chicago were found to be little the worse for yes- terday’s snow, but citizens were ap- pealed to for help in seeing that fire hydrants were made accessible and crossings were cleared. The railroads reported that the movement of coal was even a trifle better today thanp during last week, more cars reaching and passing Chicago than on any one day for several days. EMBARGO ON TANK CARS THREATENS OIL SUPPLY. May Cause a Curtailment of Public Utilities and Munition Factories. ‘Washington, Jan. 27.—The public must expect a radical curtailment of public utllities.- munition factories and all industrial activities dependent upon oil shipments, unless immediate relief cin be had from' the embargoes the have ‘ placed against the movement of tank cars, both' loaded and empty, according to a statement issued tonight by the petreleum whr eervice committee. The petroleum industry -has- made an urgent appeal to the director gen- eral of railways to order the railroads at the: earliest ; possible - moment - to PREDICTION OF SEPARATE PEACE WITH RUMANIA® Made by Foreign Minister Kuehimann * in the Reichsta: Amsterdam, Jan. 27.—Prediction of &'} separate peace with Rumania in the : near future was riade by - Foreign Minister Kuehlmann at the close of hig long speech in the reichstag Fri- day in ‘which he recounted the progress of the. negotiations at Brest Litovak. He' emphasized also the cordiality of the relations between Germany anf Austria; - o “Austria_has stood by us in com- plete loyalty, and will- consinve to do £0,” he said. “I will. never undertake ; any proposal interfering with such close and unshakeable friendship.” CUNARD LINE STEAMER ANDANIA TORPEDOED OF ‘the Ulster Goagt—She Has Not' Sunk—No Deaths Resulted. Bejfast, Jan. 27-~The Cunard: line . steamer 'Andania- was torpedoed but ~ not sunk off the Ulster coast this - morning, save. the Jrish Daily Tele- fraph. The newspaper adds it is be- . iéved that no.deaths resulted from the _explesion. P A The Andania -is' a_vessel “of 13,405 tons. She was bilt at Greenock, Scot- land. in 1913, and since then-has made many trips betweer British and Amer- ican porss G Agreement Has Been Reached to Have Secretary : 4 ay, 5 léx“tmt:'r overtime and | made by attorneys for the e { time for: Yapendsshali- | ollows: - T “% | ABYs, v il W R * “There is to be an open shop dur- It was iat. there should Ba{ing the' period of the war: there is to, no discrimi n against union mem- be no. récognition of any union and