Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 13, 1918, Page 1

PRIOR 10 J [President Wilson is Arranging to Visit the Battle Front, the American Troops and Italy Before Conferees Con- vene—All the Members of the American Peace Mission Left Paris Thursday by Special Train for Brest President Wilson When He Arrives There. On Board the U, S. 3. George Wash- Tuesday, Dec. 10.—(By Wire- h to The Associated.Press), . Presi- H \Wilson learned today by wireless ! Colonel Bdward M. ITouse that the plans of the Freneh govornment ; contemplate the peace conierence gei- ! ting down to its sessions privr to Jan, 2, and he st once began arranging Iris rlans so as to utilize the intervening time ta clear up his visits <o the bat- tle front, the Americah (roops ftaly, the other functions, in order to ieave his time entirely free when the conference begins. In the meantime he will bave infor- mal conferences with Premier Lioyd George of Great Britain; - Premier Clemenceau of France: Prémier Or- lando of Italy and others, to smooth out any points of difference which may arise bstween the United States and the allies with regard to the ground- work of the conference. The president is planning to avoid rigorousty all Nunctions not. necessar- ily of an official nature and will veto all pleasurs trips. Virtually all of next weak has been reserved by President Wilson for con- ferences, at which he wi'l emphasize the idea that a league of nations nec- essarily must be part of the peace treaties and is not a subject for sep- arate action. Immediately after the Christmas holiday, the praldent prob- sbly will go to Italy, returning 1o Parls on January 2, ready to attend the peace conference. In the meantime he will visit the the devastated portion of France and General Pershing at the front for a review, and he probably will march at the head of the American column in a combined demonstration in Paris. AMERICAN ENVOYS TO MEET PRESIDENT WILSON AT BREST Paris, Dec. 12—Colonel E. M. House, President Wilson's _ personal adviser, General Tasker, H, Bliss, Gor- dom Auchincloes, son-in-law of Coionel House, and Joseph C. Grew, former counselor of the American embas: in Vienna, all members of the Amer; can commission for negotiating peare, and | as'the American peace mission hence- forth will be known, left today. special .tradn for. Brost -to_meet Pres- ident Wilson when he.arrives tiere tomorrow. - Immediately the Geo: ter to enter port, Colonel House, Gen- eral Bliss and Messrs. Auchincloss and Grew will blard the steamer and ccr- fer with President Wilson, imparting information_they have and the impressions they havc to him whatever gathered from the French people and officials and diplomatic officers con- cerning the feeling regazding.Presi- Gent Wilson's visit. Householders in the Champs’ Ejy- see, the Rue Royale, the Rue Mon- ceau and other streets through which the president will pass on Saturday have rented window spaces for spec- tators at fancy prices. PRESIDENT WILSON GETS GLIMPSE OF THE AZORES On Board theé U. 8. S. George Wash- ington, Tuesday, Dec. 10 (By_Wireless to The A. P.)—The George Washing- ton rounded the Azores this morning, running close in to give the presi- dent an apportunity, to catch a glimps: of the American naval base. - At dawn a flotilla of American de- stroyers from the Brest breakfast the islands -were - sighted, low liyng in the early mist. tuguese warships were saluted and re- turned a salute of twenty-one guns. The dreadnought Pennsylvania broke out signals to the flotilia to follow, and the president's flax was flown from the George Washington's main- then spread out in a broad column and the islands were rounded, the fleet. head- ing_northward toward Brest, which probably will be reached Friday after- peak. The augmented - escort noon. President Wilson spent his time in hard work during the morning and dined with the members of the com- miesion and the two ambassadors in the evening. FAVORS ALL AMERICAN NATIONS AT PEACE TABLE Boston, - Dec. 12—Speaking at the CHy Club tonight, Dr. Romulo S. Naon, formerly ambassador to the United States {rom rgentina, suzgest- ed that every nation on the western camiinent ought to have a voice in the discussion of world reconstruction in- asmuch as the new plan of interna- tional responsibility was of vital con- cern to the least of them. th en~ Gorwed the leadership of the United States in the plag for permanent peace and said that in every moment of the war Argentina had shided the anxie- ties and hopes of this country. The fulfiliment of the policy of Pan- Americanism, was, he believed, a po- litical necessity for the republics of the new world. “The peace conference whose ses- sions are about to begin,” he said, “will be called upon to deal with problems of capital importance as af- tecting the future destinies of the world. The first of these relates en- tirely to questions of a military char- acted and to the terms to be imposed to_secure the fruits of victory “The second and one of the most important, embodies the condition of the indépendence of the nations, a po- litieal problem pregnant with diffi- culties and dangers which inspire the statesmen of this continent with mo- tives of very deep concern. Upon the solution that the peace conference may give {o these problems will de- pend immediately the international organization of Kurope, but it will al- o affect indirectly the Pan-American policy, for the reasen that those prin- ciples will be sanctioned through the intérvention and the highly deserved influence of the United Siates. “Now I submit this question: is it possible that such a problem so full of consequences, can only be solved by the great powers and Withou# the intervention of every one of the par- ties interested in its adjustment Is it even advisable that the consultations upon this subject should take place without the individual participation of overy American country, when Pan- Americanistn canmot exist except up- on the basis of the sovereign equality of mations?” SCIENTIFIC DATA TO COMBAT INFLUENZA Chicago, Dee. 12.—Una 10 ‘mu- late a definita plan for fighting ‘ntin- enza becsuss of divergent \iows, the American Putlic Health Association, ¢ adjourned todav gave cu coples of all the medical and rclentitic data presented during the four day discussion with an exptanasion that different epi¢emics required separate treatments. “The various commun'ties for which we are working will *mow ‘hat we bave at hdnl the best avatab'e in- $ et discovered .* sid _ Dr. Charles J. Hastings, of Toroz{o, Cana- 4a, retiring president. Organization of a federnl depart- m"-:’r:t:dl;: uaon of va lous c a ivate health assce dations was nrged todav by Dr. George E. Vincent of the Rockefaller Found- AL AMERICAN PRISONERS HAVE LEFT GERMANY Geneva, 'Wednesday, Dec. 11.—(By The A. P.) The last contingent of prisoners from Germany, 560, left here last night for 3 theye Will rest before leaving for home. “The t consists mainly of men from Georgia and Indiana. All the troops were deeply touched by the. accorded them by the ‘who loaded them with gifts Particular atten- tion the few stretcher ceses among the men. e - et rn— PRESIDENT INVITED TO LUNCHEON IN LONDON DANIELS FOR CONTROL OF ALL RADIO COMMUNICATION 12 —Secretary Daniels, appearing before the house merchant marine commitree today in behalf of the administration bill for | Washington, Dec. permanent government control of all radio communication, through acqui- sition by the navy department of all shore wireless stations, said: ' “I hope the bill wiil not be eral government ownership of bt utilities. apart because the air cannot be con- trolled and the safe thing is that only one concern should control and own i Opposition to - the measure was voiced by Representatives Greene of Massachusetts and BEdmonds of Penn- sylvania, republicans, on the ground that it was part of ‘a government ewnership policy. Expenditure of $5,000,000 necessary, Mr, all will " be Daniels “said, "to ‘buy stations and equipments in- ¢he United States or jnsular possessions not now owned by the government. Secretary. Daniels. told of some of the benefits of radio control in the war. He said that the alien property Eatle G. Unangst. Hihgham} custodian, :through one intercepted Michael Durkin, Fall River, message, obtained the information Reuben *Yudowitch, Hartford; that led to the seizure of $16,000,000 e, Fall River, Mass.: Charies| worth of German-owned ships and that another message proved the ene- my ownership of the Sayviile station. ARE YOU LIVIN2 DECENTLY OR MERELY SXISTING?|pornors New Bedford, Mass.; Matt Chicago, Dec. 12.—A distinction be-|yew Malinauskas, Southbridge, Mass. tween living decently a. merely ex- isting was drawn teday by Professor of economics at Princeton unive-sity, who testified before Federal fudge Samuel Rova! Meek.r, former professor Alschuler in the, wage controversy be- tween the pakers and the stockyards at present is ier of statistics for the Un'ted States department of employes. The witne: employed as commissio: Iabor. He told of various mvestiga- tions made into the cost of maintain- ing workingmen's families ed that in his judgment $1 was_the minimum require d declar- were based on a survey made in 1916, and the cost of lixing inerensed since then. A Wwith the ail of charitable organi tions. GBITUARY. Mrs. Euphemia Emmz Ellsler. 12 al have been the oldest English speaking actress in the at the age of Having made her first stage appear- ance when only nine months old, .she plaved in her youth in n steck’ cont- pany which she and her husb/ind, John A. Ellsler, maintained for many years at the Euclid Avenue Opera hou: Cleveland. Here she appeared in POFt of ‘men 4nd women who later bo- came stage celebrities, including Jo- seph Jefferson the elder Znoth, John Gil- Drew, Clara Morris anl Mrs, bert. She retired 20 years ago. The Ellslers at one ti troit. Hor husband died 15 vears Amonz the surviving children e seph Jefferson Elisler of Cieveland. Roger O'Mara. Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. be became superintendent. to Meet LY, e Washington comes to anchor outside the harbor, which is made necessary by the fact that the stearnér’draws’too much wa- squadron came over -the horizon and soon after The Por- lie Radio communication stands a year to enable a workingman and family of five to Jlive decently. These figures. he said. ad materially wages un- der that, he eaid, compel'ed the ‘work- man's family merely to exst, often frs. Bupke- know. in theatric- circles a5 Effie Ellsler. reputed to world, died Fere tyday e fwned the Euclid Avenue Opera house and con- trolled theatres in Fittsburgi and De- are b William C. Eisler of Boston an1 jo. : 12.—Roger O'Mara, one of the best known police officials and detectives in- the coun- try, died at his home here today, aged 73 years. O'Mara entered the Pitts- | burgh police service in the sixties as a patrolman and was promoted until Later he established a private detective agency and in this capacity was assoclated with Harry K. Thaw as a guardian. |tion 3; total 108. He took a prominent part in Thaw's. Cabled Parag@iphs Luncheon in Honor of Masaryk. . Paris, Dec. 12.—(Havas). Presi- dent ‘Poincare today gave a luncheon in_honor of Professor Thomas G. Mar- saryk, president of the Czecho-Sle- “vak' républic.” 5,041 NAMES IN TWO & 3 ARMY CASUALTY LISTS ‘Washington, Dec. 12.—The follow- ing casualties are reported by the Commanding General of the American ‘Expegitonary Forces: illed in action 352; died of wounds 20; died of accident and other causes 85; ded of disease 116; wounded severely 678; wounded (degroe unde- termined) 458; wounded slightly 239; missing in action 356; total 2,224. Connecticut, Rhode Island and southern Mfssachusetts men: led in Action. Privates —Charles Bromley, Bast Hampton, Mass.: Joseph _Cormier, Woonsocket, R. I.; Harry W. Moone, Westerly, R. L;Alphonse Yelle, Man- yilie, & 1; Joseph A. Dionne, Lincoln, R.IL Died from Wounds. Privates—Roy F. Edman, John (E.. Mulvey, Providenc Mortimer Gregory Blake, Walter Ecenich, New Britain. . Died ,of Disease. Sergeant Henry S. Sherwood, South- ington. Private James C. Brown, New Hav- en. Bristol; R. L orwalk; Wounded Severely. Sergeants—Frank B. Rhodes, East Greenwich, R. L; Felix Callan, Hart- ford. Corporals—Andrew Bodnar, Milling- ton;George J. Gaudette, New Brit- ain. Privates — David Joyale, Willi mantic; James J. Kirby, Bridgeport; Edward Morris, Providence, R. Frank J. Murgensai, Holyoke, Mass. Danfel' B. Ledley, Waterbury; David F. Barry, Putnam; Stanley ~Smith, New . Britain; Harry Bostow, Willi- mantic; Howard A. Carter, Leomin- ster, Mass. Wounded (Degree Undetermined). Lieutenants—Charles F. Wilkerson, Bridgeport; Sidney Wallace Bampton, Natick, Mass. Sergeants — Herbert _ Ratenburg, South Manchester; John W. Johnson, Bridgeport; Cedric E. Hodgman, Bev- erly, Mass. Corporal Myron D. Flags, Dor- chester, Mass. Privates — Max Baker, . Chelsea, Mass.; James F. Flannery, South Boston,. Mass.; ; Anthony F. Kowals Ipswich, Mass.; Felix Marcoux, Paw. tucket, R. I; Joseph Palladino, Mat- tapan, Mass. Joe Petrizzo, Hartford; James B.. G. Valentine, Andover, Mass.; Victor P. Caradonna, Worces- ter, Mass.; Louis N. Charron, Adams, Mass.; Newell S. Harris, Dracut, John J .Murphy, Pawtucket, . I;‘Ralph E. White, Waterbury, Mass,; Stanley W. Kirsch, Meride Martin 3 Killelea, Providence, R. Phillip O'Brien, Fitchburg, Mas: Alfred J. Plouf, North Adams, Mas: George E. Thompson. North' Smith- fleld, R. 1.; George J. Batzner, Middle- town; Harry Belluci, South = Man- chester; Raymond L. Bigelow, North Graffon. -~ Mass.; John M. Butler, ‘Wakefield, Mass.; Everett W. Daven- port, Beverly, Mass.; Frank J. Kill- ela,, Pittsfield, Mass.; Michael Krockl, Thomas- Rowley, “Glotces- ter, Mass.; Michael Skotepsky, Sey- mour; Carl G. Gabriel, Waterbury; Harry Varne, Athol, Mass. Wounded Slightly. Sergeant Frank Richardson, Spring- field, Mass. Bugler, Martin - Zamancuch, Water-, bury. Privates — Leonard Eramo. New Haven; Archie D. Mason, Burlington; John M. Mikolajczk, Newburyport, Mass.; Frank Stachelek, New' Brit- ain; Rudolphe E. Rouillard, Fall Riv- er, Mass.; ; Missing in Action. John _Archer, Dorctes- Mass.;- John L. Burns, Water- Edward H. Conley, Springfield, Privates ter, A: Gray, Ledyard; Regis Petcll, Wor- cester. Mass.; Eben B. Rich, Worces- ter, Mass.; Bernard A. Crowley, Ban- ford; James P. Dower, Hartford: | ‘Earl J. Griffith, Providence, R. L; Floyd Becker, West Haven; Adhemar | THURSDAY AFTERNOON'S LIST Killed in action 533; died of wounds §2; died of accident and other causes 14; died of airplane accident 3; died of - disease 239; - wounded severely 1,411; wounded, degree undetermined 76; wounded slightly 249; missing in action 208; total 2815, Conneceticut men: Killed in Action. Corporal Guiseppe Di Nolle, Water- bury: Bugler Alphonse Cappuccio, Haven. Private James C. Spencer, Haven. Died of Disease. Private Emery G. Peterson, Britain. Wounded Severely. Lieutenant Carl A, Bridgeport. Sergeants— Allan J. Marsh, Win- chester; Frank W. Parrish, Bridge- | port. Corporals — Francis Hart, Stoning- | ton; Martin Kelly, Simsbury; John C.. Shurtless, Hartford; Gustave Kriger, New Britain. Privates—Edgar L. Upham, Green- wich; Stenti Cwek, Terryville; Amedo Fulli, Waterbury; Andrew Nodulaztis, Fairfleld; Frank S. Rivers, Stamford; Andrew Vanacore, New Haven; Pat rick = Joseph Murphy, Waterbury: John Corliss. Stamford; William Gil- New ndquist, martin, Meriden: Zeronn J. Cobb, Bristol; Wiadislow® Drzonse, New Britain; Vincenty Makarewicz. New Britain; Walter Ferris, New Preston; ‘Walter B. Mather, Hartford; Steben Vivostek, Bridgeport. Wounded- (Degree Undetermined). Private, John Petito, Bridgeport. Wounded Slightly. Horsehoer Henry J. Sullivan, Hart- . | ford. Privates — John Mastro, Derby; ‘James F. Stone, Bridgeport; William 1J. Quigley, Fortiand; Joseph ~Sidlik, New Britain. Missing in Action. Sergeant John I. Ske Bristol. Corporals—George Bachman, Sandy Hook; Carlo Seaglio, Ridgefield. ! MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES Killed in action 19; died of wounds received in zcton 9; died of disease 3; wounded 'in action, severely, 72; in hands of enemy 2; missing in ac- The only Connecticut man, wounded defense at the Stanford White 'murder | severely, " was . Private ~William B. _ sxial, Rrewer of New Haven. “NORWICH, CONN; FRIDAY, DECEMBE 13, 1918 Warships are to- ; T[ansfifirt;l Troops 14 Battleships and 10 Cruisers to Be Refitted—44 Tran- ‘sports Assigned. / New Yorl. Dec, 12.—Wita fourtesn battleships and ten armorcd eruisers, refitted as irvop ships and 44 trans- ports assigned to this service, the navy department expects to p'ay & promin- ent part in bringing home from France the American expelitionary forcos. The battleshice will carry on the aver- age of 1,000 roldiers and the aruisers 1,600, in addit:on to their rows, it was learned tonight. at the cfige »f. tne cruiser and transport sec here, while the troop ships wi'! b2 utili: largely to coivey the sick and wou ed. Nearly all the navy franep was stated, rave been eq:p lsrge sick bays, apd froin now cn they - will accommoda‘e \iriu entire westwird flow ¢ soldiers in capacitated ‘wounds, irjuries or iil- ness, leaving to the transtormel war- ships and 1> the armv e 1 with partment the returning cf weil troops. The cruiser North Car first of the warships, to be eq as a tem- porary transport, already is on. the way to Brest to pick up {90 osicers and 1,600 men assigned 10 demobili- zation-camps. Work on (e eresiion of standee bunks is nearly compisted in the other warships desiznated for thi duty, and most of them. it was st ed, will sail within a few daya. SCHEME OUTLINED TO GERMAN AGENTS HERE ‘Washington. Dec. 12.—Chairman Overman, of the senate committee in- vestigating beer and German propa- ganda today made public a ietter from Fdward Lyle Fox, asserting that au- thors of a scheme outlined to German agents in this country to stir up anti- Japanese feeling on the Pacific coast kad no intention of the plan being carried out. The purpose, Fox said, “‘was rather to enable a ihird person to swindle Captain Von Papen, (for- mer German military attache here) cut of a sum of money and then laugh at_him. Iox s one of the newspaper cor- respondents alleged to have beéen sent to Germany by Teutonic agents in America to send back pro-German news to this country. Last week, A. Lruce Bielaski, of the department of Jjustice, produced bafore ihe investi- gating committée a communication, written by Fox and suggesting that anti-Japanese feeling be stirred up. Hiram Moe Greene, editor of the II- lustrated Sunday ~Magazine, was named in the communication and in his letter to Chairman Overman, Fox said a great injustice had Leen done Greene by involving him in the mat- ter. “He is, so ‘far as I know, compjete- ly innocent,” said Fox’s letter, “and the unknowing vietim of an absurd scheme which was not original with me, but in the preparation of which assisted to the extent of copying and revising what another gave me, well knowing its absurdity and its pur- pose.” A letter from E, C. Richarason of Princeton University, whose name yas contained in. the *“important list™ of rames taken from papers of Dr. I R. Fuehr, German propagandist, also was_inserted in the recovery today. Mr, Richardson said he had not been ptro-German but that he helieved he could prov himself {o have been “pro- patria.” Messages vouching for the loyalty «f Professor Albert Bushne!l Hart of Harvard, whose name also was also was in the “important list” also were placed in the record, while Senator Weeiis of Massachusetts spoke in the nate today to record that no oue in Massachusetts believes Professor Hart cver was pro-German, PETROGRAD IS DESCRIBED AS A “CITY OF HORRORS” ‘Washington, Dec, 12.—Violent meas- ures are still being adopted by the commission charged with combatting the revolt against the Bolsheviki, ac- cording to advices reaching Washing- ton today through official channeis. Executions were said to be numerous, the victims including many priests and monks. Reports from Petrograd dated as late as Dec. ; and said to emanate from official sources state that the anti-revolutionary commission tinues to sentence people to death on the mere suspicion of having express- ed counter-revolutionary views. In one small city, Katernitj, in Viatka, ten people recently were executed, and at Spask the commission was said to have caused twenty-two people to be shot. Forigners reaching nutral coun- tries from Petrograd that condi- tions in that city are “beyond human power to grasp,” one describing it as “a_city of horrors.” The Bolsheviki also have planned to use even the legations of neutral countries at Petrograd in the event it became necessary to save their own lives in case of allied occupation of the ¢ it is stated in these advices. The Swedish legation was threatened by the Bolsheviki for a time, but now is said to be safe. BRUSSELS TO BAN USE OF ALL GERMAN P:ODUCTS Brussels, Dec. 12.—The board of al- dermen today approved a motion to insert in city contracts a clause bar- ring the use of any product of Ger- man origin. For infraction of the new law the holder of the contract may Le fined one quarter of the total amount involved. The aldermen also rscommended Jat the city services should not ask imates for work from citizens of enemy countries or from persons who have worked for or dealt with the enemy. RECOUNT SHOWS ELECTION Concord, N. H., Dec. 1 he mar- gin of victory of Georgs H. Moses. re- publican, ovar John E. Jamescn, demi- ocrat, in the contest for the sext in ihe | United Stat>s senate mads vacaut by the death of Jacob H. Gallm materiaily affected by the the votes cast at the state elecion which was fnished today. The final figures announced onignt cu: down Moses' margir. by only 2 ‘votes, giv- ing him a majority of 498 « was not DEFAULTING CASHIER FAILS TO FIND BONDSMAN Hartford, Dec. 12—Up to 1.3¢ this afternoon Merrick W. Chopin, alleged defanlting _assistant cashiec of the Phoenix Narional bank of this city, in the sum of $44,000 had not secured a bhondsman. iJe spent last night in a cell. No addizional light was thrown today on the manner in which Chayin spent the money he is accused of ogn-hng. He was pald a saary of §2,- con- | count of ‘Railroad Executives | hurried to the | off her premises | the “French high commission, OF MUSES TO THE SENATE ] Opposedto MeAdoo In Extension of Government - Control of Railroads Until; * January, 1924, Philadelphia, Dee: ~—Railroad €xecuiives representing 125 roads and 92 per cent. of the' miieage of the country tonight. gave .out a formal statement in which they declared that’ Director General McAdoo's suggestion that the governmen: retain control of the railroads unfil January, 1924, “would simply lead to delay and con- fusion, demoralization of the organi- zation of ‘the ‘roads both on their cor- Porate and operating ‘side and defer efinitely a_satisfactry settlement” the railroad problem. The executives, the statement said, have reached the conclusion that there is sufficient time under the terms of ihe present act to fully consider the railroad situation in all its aspects ang arrive at a plan that would be just to the country. The statement was given out by Thomas Dewitt Cuyler, Philadelphia, chaivman of the railway_ executives' advisory committee, now known asthe Asgociation of Railway - Executives. The assoctation is here considering problems that will arise in connection with the Teturn ‘of the raiiroad prop- erties to the private owners. The statement follows: “The standing committee of the As- sociation of Railway Executives have considered the letter of the director general to the chairman .of the In- terstate Commerce committees of the senate and house, and have reachel the conclusion that there is sufficient time under the term of the present act to fully consider the railroad si vation .in all i aspects and to arrive at.a plan that would be just to the country as represented by its shippers and the public at large and on_ the ather hand to the security holders and shareholders and employes of the railroads. They are in full accord with the president in his statement as follows ““The only conclusion that I am ready to state with confidence is that it_would be a disservice alike to the country and to the owners of the rail- railroads to return to the old condi- tions unmodified. These are condi- tions of restraint. without develop- ment. ‘There is nothing affirmative or | helpful about them. What the coun- try chiefly needs is that all these means of transportation should be de- veloped, its railways, its waterways, ils highways and its countryside roads. Some new el¥xent of policy is therefore necessary—necessary for the service of the public; necessary for the release of credit to those who are administering the railways: necessary for the protection of their security holders. | The old policy may he changed much or little but surely it cannot always be left as it was. 1 hope that the congress will have a complete and imp: study of the whole problem institted at once and prosecuted as rapidly as possible.” “They feel that to at present ®- tond the time would simply lead to delay and confusion, demoralization of the organization of the ronds hoth on their-corporate and operating side and Geferwindefinitely” o saffstactory set- tlement of this great problem. “They resret to differ with the di- rector genere. recognizing the able way he has managed the roads durins ihe period of government control, but they feel confident that it would be unnecessary and unwise fo extend thé period of control bevond the time now provided for under the act. STOLE BIG NAVAL BALLOON 'AND WENT “JOY RIDING” Mineola, N. Y., Dec. 12.—Officials of Camp Milis today put the war de- partment on the trail of a suspected “joy rider” who took out a big silk ‘elephont type” naval balioon and landed with it eventually in the top of a tree on Mrs. Sarah Mills' farm at_Canaan, -Conn. Mrs. Mils observed the air monster t on Tuesday morning and think- its occupant had been injured, rescue. When her | hearch disclosed no aviators but only 2 few small trees uprooted by the “elephant,” she appeaied to the quar- termaster department here | | | ‘ ‘ fir ing to take it As ‘no naval bu! ported missing, officc.s here believe that the “elephani” was laken out by a “joy ridéf,” who escaped unhurt and abandoned the balloon when he found it ‘was impossible to get it up again; been re- MONTREAL 1S HELPLESS IN HANDS OF RIOTERS Montreal, Dec. 12.—With every po- liceman and virtually every fire in the city on strike for higher wages, Montreal is helpless tonicht in the Lands of rioters.” Fire stations have been wrecked, citizens robbed and stores looted. Saloons and disorderly resorts are wide open Law-abiding citizens®are helpless to prevent the | depredations of gangs of hoodlums. Mayor Martin has been. in confer- ence all night with representatives of the policemen and firemen in an effort to reach a settiement. The men. are said to have agreed to accept a year- ly wage of $1200, $1300 and 31400, ac- cording to lemgth of service. They also want ihe double shift system. 5,000 WORKMEN TO GO TO FRANCE AND BELGIUM Wilmington, Dec. Dec. 12—Five thousand wrkmen, to be recruited from this section of the country, will be taken to France and Belgium by the Lynch Covstruction company as the vanguard of an American indus- triak army to rebuild destroyed towns and_villages. The first army of workmen will be takert overseas immediately after the peace treaty is signed. Other con- {racts will be let for reconstruction by Lynch, president of the construction | company, said tonight, so that in a 6 villages will spring up again where they were before the war. DROWNING BOY RESCUED BY CHATEAU THIERRY VETERAN Piitsfieid, Mass., Dec. 12.—Swim- ming for a distance of feet through an ice covered geant Russell ‘A Smith F, of the 104th United try, a veteran of Chat: made a. bold rescue of nine vear old Edward Greenway today. reenway was trying to cross the pond when he broke through the ice. His cries at tracted Sergeunt Smith, who was passing in an automobilc. Smith tried 10 crawl out on the ice bilt wher he broke through, swam the 1:st of the Thierry, = | 1abor. { tain the Armenian, Syrian, Greek and 5 E - Condensed Telegrams New Hampshire college will teach farming by imail this winter, German potash production -in No- vember was 70 per cent. below pres war period. 7 Large. Mexican mining companies announce they will have to close their mines, unless they receive a supply of dynamite. A meeting of the Farmers’ Confer- ence on’. Economic Reconstruction - in America . and International - Recon- struction was called ‘for Jan. 7 at Washington. ‘ - Alien-owned seats ih the New York Cotton Exchange will: be sold at an average of, $16,000 each. . Ambassador to Italy Nelson Page, accompanied by the Third Secretary of the: Embassy and the Naval At- tache there, left Rome for Paris. Copper representatives will leave for Washington soon to confer with Government officials as to the price of copper from Jan. 1, 1919. Shipyards may build ships for priv- ate owners or owners abroad without permission of the Shipping Board. California- oil production is 24,000,- 000 ‘gallons a month. Consumption amounts to 28,000,000 gallons. Canadian Pacific’s earnings for the first week in December totaled $3,- 480 000, compared with $3,289,000 in 1917, Century Steel Co. of America in- creased capital from $750,000 to § 500,000. Government estimates place the cot- ton yield for this vear at 11,700,000 bales, excluding linters. An investigation was ordered by the Senate into all matters affecting American shipyards output in No- vember totaled 171 vessels of 357,- 660_tons. The United States grand jury session at Concord, N. H.. liquor indictments. Mrs. Harrict Donovan, wife of Jere- miah Donovian, mayor of ihe city of Norwelk, di=al erd: Army taxi service will be inaugur- ated at once in New York, Philadel- phia, Chicago. St. Louis and Atlanta. A merger of the Utah Sugar Co.and Amalgamated Sugar Co. is in pros- pect. President Wilson appointed Houston Thompson of Colorado a member of the Federal Trade Commission. Canadian War Trade Board issued a notice of changes in the steel regu- lations. From April 1 to Nov. 1 the oil branch of the army purchased 2, 111024 barrels of oil valued at $23,- 809,000, .Evening News of London prints on its first page a glowing tribute to ‘Admiral_Sims, with his picture. Over $65254,127 was expended for charities and corrections, conservation of health and protection of persons and property last year by 118 New York State municipalities. Grand Duke Nicholas, former com- mander-in-chief of the Russian army, is in command of a force of Cossacks in_southern Russia. Shipping Board ordered cancellation of contracts for wooden ships where the contractor has spent not more than $200000 on a_ship. A business block of Wrightstown, J., where Camp Dix is located, was in reported 241 Wil ped out by fire. The Camp was} saved by dynamiting the buildings. Corn crop is estimated - at. 2,582;,- 814300 bushels by the Department of. Agriculture. New Haven and iled with shoe work- Brockton - laCtor.es, crashed into station yester Striking carmen of thé Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway at Omaha, Nebraska, voted to return to work. This ended the strike which began nine days ago. Turkish deserters are reported to be committing - “unheard of orgies" and ng many Christians in Broussa, sia Minor \ Firemen poured thousands of gal lons of water into a four-sto apartment house in Farmingion av nue, Hartford. - Loss $50 000. freight ~ar uear that calling upon the people of the United States to contribute money fo su! other war sufferers in the near Bast during: the winter was made public. Missionaries from lnd: Africa, Turkey and ihe Balkans were I at the 4essions of the Amecican board of Commissioners for {'oreign Mis sions in Hartford vesterday. ut. Godo:, & Chilean aviator, the Andes in an airplane. Bristol machine doniecd by government Brit sih Notes exchanged by the Ch’ zovernmert Wwith the Unnew 302 and Argentina relative in th. cO) Versy between Chile and Peru wii be published in a few days. Generals Rueski and Dimitriefi »f the Russian army have heen shot by order of the local sovie: at Propras gorsk Reports that King George contem- plates. a visit to the United States are denied in Lordon. Gold received from Russia by the Germans, amounting to mote thui $60,000,000, has arrived i Paris been deposited in the Bauk of Discontinuance: of the supcr-charge on Pullman travel nds marked increase in parier and s ing car traffic throughont lie try, | fhe Peruvian steame~ Urubamba | reached Callao yesterday with 400 Pe ruyian refugaes from Chile. Formal announ ent was made yesterday by the shipping voard tha: Charles Fiez has been eiecced -direc- tor.general of the Emergency iiced Corporation to succeed Chailes M Schwab, who resigned. NO SOCIALIST TiCKET IN MASSACHUSETTS NEXT YEAR Boston, Dec. 12.—The failure of Syl- vester J, McBride, Socialist candidate for governor at ihe recent election, to reccive three per cent. of the total number of votes cast, will deprive that varty. of official recognition: in the primaries next vear. At the Novem- ber election in 1917 the party ‘candi- date for governor polled more '‘than 16,000 votes out of a total of 350,000, This year there were 422,370 jotes | cast, of which McBride received 1,757, ‘This leaves the republicans and dem- oerats as the only official political par- ties in this state! GERMAN OWNED DYESTUFFS PLANT BROUGHT $5310,000 Albany, N, Y, Dec. 12—The, Bayer \Company, manufacturers of chemi- cals, dyestuffs and proprietarys com- pounds, with a large plant at Ren- sselaer, was sold at auction toda¥ s the._ Sterling Products Company of Wheeling, West Virginia. The pur- chase price was $5310,000 and the property also is subject to a govern- maent tax of $1,034,000. The sale was way smashing a shannel as he went. Emil L. Strauss, president of the National Association of Bruss Manu- facturers, died of influenza at his bome in Cleveland. He was 37 yeais oid. crdered by the alien property custod- ian. 3 A proclamation sby President Wilson | 1z For a League of Nations Steady Strengthening of Washirigion, * Déc.” 12.—Neither the end of hostilities nor proposals for a league of mations has altered the. pol- icy of the general board of the navy in regatd to making the American navy second to nome in the world. Rear Admiral Charles ' J. Badger, cheirman of the executive committee of the board, today told the house naval affairs commiittee that the navy should be equal fo that of any .other nation by 1925 and urged {hat sufficient appropriations to make this possibie be made by congress. “The general board believes that under the present world conditions and the conditions likely to obiain in the future” Admiral Badger said, “the United States navy should steadily continue to increase. ~Ultimately, it should be equal to the most powerful maintained by any other nation of the world. Year by vear development should be made as consistent with the facilities of the country, but the dimit ‘above defined should be atiained ‘not later than 19%5. “Navies must be the principal sup- port of a league of nations, and the United States, from its weaith, influ- efice and power. will be called upon to contiribute a large shgre of the inter- national police force to render such a league effective.” The duty of the navy in.the future, the admiral said, will be to not only guard the country against invasian but fo protect as well the great merchant marine now being built. “Sea power will always remain a factor of vast importance in interna- tional relations,” Admiral Badger de- clared. “The great naval lesson of‘the war has been that the nation pessess- ing the most powerful navy was able in a few weeks to drive the German merchant flag from the seas and to keep open her own trade routes,. and vet, when the war commenced, Ger- many possessed the second best navy in the world. It proved to be not zood enough. The blockade which she was not able to break was the greatest contributing caus: of her ultimate collapse.” g Completion of the three year build- ine program authorized in 1916 and which was haited to build anti-sub- marine craft was recommended by Admiral Badger. Work has not vet Dbeen started on six battleships, six baitle cruisers, two scout cruisers, nine fleet submarines, two destroyer tenders and one fieet submarine ten- der, he said. Lack of ships of this ‘pe. he declared. would have heen fatal to.the United States-if i had been iighting the -war alone. Admiral Badger seid that before the armistice was' signed requiring Ger- many {o surrender the greater part of Genenl Board of the Navy Informs the House mittee That Neither the End of the War Nor Proposals W'lll_ Always Remain a Factor of Vast Importance in In- ternational Relations—Construction Plans Outlm\'d. L Has Altered the ~Policy - for its navy the general board had mWee- ommended a six year building program to include twelve super-dreadnoughts and sixteen- battle cruisers, but addead that immediate. necessities would be' met by the three vear building pro- -gram recommended by the secretary of the navy. This program will add sixteen battle cruisers to the six @i- ready authorized, he said, and at the same rate of authorization would make a total of nineteen by 19 2 Great Britain now has thirteen of these vessels built or building, he said, and it is estimated she will have nine teen or twenty by 1925. Admiral Badger stated that pro = < the 1920 three ve#? program. There are now 342 either built or-beins built, he sald, and in 1925 there will there- fore be a total of 450, compared wit] England's 516 at present. % : “The submarine program . calls for 21 fleet submarines, 146 S. type, 24 anti-submarines and 42 mine layers,” he said. “There are now built, build- . ing or authorized a total of 169 coast submarines and twelve fleet subma- | rines. The general board es:&ale! e that 4 total of 294 S. type boats are required and recommends that 75 be. authorized now. -The British navy has now built or building 228 sub- marines, of which about 75 are of large or fleet type.” Admiral Badger emphasized the need for additional mine - sweepers . and patrol vessels and spoke of the devel- opment during the war of the airplane carrier. Fleet engagements- will be - preceded -in the future by operations in the air, he stated. and the general board recommends that . the fleet be provided with facilities to- carry on such _operations. 7 Disposition of the ships surrenflered by Germany rests with- the peace con- ference, Admiral Badger stated in re- sponse (0 questtons at the close of the meeting as to whether or not he thought these vessels should be de-': stroyed, returned or distributed among the " allies. “The necessity of the United States navy being egual to the most power- ful -mairtained by any other ‘nation lin the world by 1923 ix as great now [ as it has ever been,’ declared the ad- | miral. - “This may not be possible ! 1925, if the German ships are dis- tributed in large numbers to certain powers. biit we should do it as-speed- ily ‘as possible. Admiral Badger told the committee that the Enmited States had agreed with. the British government to pay 1830 for each American soldier trans- ported overseas in British vessels. He said England frequently had asked for @ larger sum Hul no agreement as ta ¢ SYSTEM OF MULTIPLEX TELEPHONY AND TELEGRAPHY Washinzfor., ‘Dek, 12. General Buicson today «"letter from Theodore N dent of the Amer Telephone (*ampa nnonneing invention and developrient by technical stal? of the 13c'l system of 1 practical cystem of muitiples tol- and ‘elegraphy hw the wse of ch it D ¢ fold the message cur rg telephone and e is s s letter “four telavhon ns over ne pair of wires a ultaneou: reied on, r wA the telephone conversa 1 by the ordintry method:. Thus over a singie pair of wires a total of five tel- ephone conversatiol re.-simal ously opérated, sach good as that provided working in the ordimary -v “In- teiegrashy, as wo b | phony. senza:ional resul: { attained by ‘ic bining {wo teieg: L tallic circui* of the type:tsetk ephone work.ng and by . e way impair graph working. “The natu. is + 220 that e used partly: jor telephone a: for telegraph. A pair of “Wires able eithe; ve siminitinsou phone conve: sations or ultaneous tele<raph mes ly for ore and partly fo-+ Mr. Va id that ar ins.ailition of the muitiplex telephone sys.em ta- tween Baltimore and Dittsourgh had been in service for more than a month. BERGER'S COUNSEL DENIES . THE CON3PIRACY CHARGE Chicago, Dee. 12, ymour * Sted- man, counsel for (‘ongressman-elect Victor L. Berger of Milwaukee. - and four other leaders in the socialist par- {y, charged! with conspiracy .to.vie- late the espionage act, made the open- ing statement for the defense.loday before a jury in the, United Statés ais- irict court.. Stedman began an, ex- planation of the ideals and aims of socialism, but was interrupte ob- jections from _the -prosecition.’ * He then attempted to show. the relevan- cy to his defense, .of conditions - in Germany and England, but the' court cut him short on that line of argu- ment, * :y e y Stedman’ denied that his clients had entered into any conspiracy) bt “they were opposed to the war," he added; “and-so were ten million other citizens in this count: ehe e, PLANNING DISPOSITION: - - - - - - : OF RAW MATERIAL ‘Washington, Dec. 12.--Sécreta a ker emphasized today that war, de- partment plans for disposition of sur- pius stocks 02 raw materials contem- plate the absorption of {hesc stocis) by the ordigary peace time, industri of the country in sucH a 'w: prevent_economic_disturbance In letting’ go of its . considerable Loldings of copper. steel, lead, or similar_products, Mr, Baker said,- the war department will consuit both“the producers and the ‘consumers of these ‘What a pity it Is that our neigh- bors don’t kiow as well a8 we o whats' good for them. commodities and will arrange for, the sales at sueh times and at soch prices 'as will not disturb the market or im- pede the production. an increase had been reached. 4 BRITISH PATROLLING THE RHINE BRIDGE AT COLOGNE logne. Sunday, Dési §.—(By ' The' A« P.) British 1roops today Were\Jr possession of all the great hrid, aeross. the Rhine at Cologne as a rel sult of jhe sudden and expected wit drawal of Germun sentries from th c tern end of the crossings during - the night. 2 ,DE British_soldier. terday were pa- trolling two-thirds of each bridge while the Germans were keeping their beats gver the remaining third. About ten o'clock last night it was nficed that the Germans had disappeared and investigation showed they had de- ed, presumably to rejoin ‘the re- ing Teuton army. Erg In going, the Germans cut the elee= fric wires in. the towers on their end of the bridge leaving the eastern side in darkness. There was no other rea- son for this. according to army offi- than”to se annoyance to the British if possible, ‘The arrival of Scoteh infantry Im the city Jate today caused the great® est excitement among the sightseers as the Kj S swung through the streets behind their wailing bagpipes. Thousands of folk hastily collected to sec the strange soldiers in skirts, of whom Cologne had heard with unbe- I ng S0 cazerly did the people press for= ! vard that at times irafiic wvirtualiy was ‘halied, Cértainly for a moment the crowds can as near forgetting * their hatred of the allies as thoy had s at any {ime in four yeass, for the Highlanders made a hit and drew @ smile 10 many hara faces. AIRPLANES FOR'NEW YGR¥- * ‘CHICAGO AIR MAIL ROUTE Flizabeth, N. J., Dec. 2.~ Within the « abxi few d wiil be de~ tions along the Néw. ir mail route to pre- wration of the, service next Wednesday. it was . apnounced here tonighi: The stations betweem here and the western termiaus will bé at Lelighton, Pa. Beil-fonte, Pa., Clarion, Pa., Cleveland. O, and Bryan, tivered to th York-Chicago pare for inau 0. Sixteen aviators wil Le used. = The air wail service dctually will § E start from abelh insteal of fromy New York, the first class and regis fered mail which will he carried be= ing brought here by rail from New York, Philadelphia, Trentou, Balti- more and Washington. | © The schedile for (ha westward flights is as follow ve Elizabeth 8 & m. Cleveland 11 m., arrive at {Chica 3 p. m. The eastward flight from Chicago will start and end at the same time a$ the westward, the stop at Cleveland be'ng -at 930 SPAIN PLANS BUDGET y AND ECONOMIC REFORMS. Madrid, . Tuesday,” Dec. 10.—Count Romanones, the new Spanish premier, today. addressed the senate and the chamber of deputies, outlining govetnment’s vrogramme, Wwhich in- ciudes the a~Jition of the budget and economic, re’urms. The premier said that discussion of autonomy for Cata- lonia ,and, Spain's interests in Mo~ rocco was necessary NEGRO SOLDIER SHOT ¥ o ¢ DEAD AT CAMP, DIX ‘Washingion, Dec. 12.—S. A. Cohej @ negro ‘soldier, said 70 have By 3~ deserter from -Camp Dix, was sl and_ Killed here tonight by military police while attempting to escape af- ter be‘ng/.rm!ed.