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NORWICH, -CONN.r WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 915
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ATTITUDE OF GRFECE
OF GRAVE
Entente Powers Are Making Efforts to Induce Greek
Government to Define Its Intentions
WILL ACCEPT NOTHING
The Presence of Lord Kitchener in the Aegean Sea and of
Demys Cochin, a Member of the French Cabinet, at
. Athens, It is Hoped Will Clear the Complicated
Situation Meanwhile the Bulgarians, Strongly Re
inforced, Are Attempting a Flanking Movement Against
the Serbians at Babuna Pass, Which the Serbians Still
Hold A Vienna Despatch Says British and Italian
Troops Are Endeavoring to Reach the Serbian Battle-
field Little to Report on Other Fronts.
London, Nov. 16. 10.15 p. m. With
the Increasing1 gravity, from the allies'
viewpoint, of the military situation in
Serbia, the attitude of Greece toward
the armies of the entente powers has
become a matter of the deepest con
cera and an effort is being made to
induce . the Greek government to de
fine its intentions. - v'
. Positive Guarantee Wanted.
". It is1 said that the presence at Salon
iki of a large number of French and
British warships with transports has
made some impression on King Con
stantino and his advisors. But, with
so much at stake, nothing, short of a
positive guarantee of the safety of the
, French, ) British and Serbian troops
should they be compelled by circum
stance to retire Into Greece, will sat
isfy London and Paris, the ministers
of which capitals are being strongly
ahpported by the Russian and Italian
representatives.,
.'''' Kitchener May Help.
The 'presence of Lord Kitchener, the
British secretary for war, 1 the Aege
an and of Deny s Cochin, a member of
the French cabinet, at Athens, it : is
hoped here, will help to- clear up a
very complicated situation. The time,
. however. Is short, for the Bulgarians ;
have been strongly reinforced, both-in i
-central and southern Serbia, and, be
sides attempting a, flanking movement
against the Serbians at Babuna Pass,
thereby threatening Prilep and : Mon
aster, are opposing formidable attacks
of the French at Gradsko and along
the left bank of the Cerna.
- . 'V . Serbians Hold Pass.
- 'Thus far the Serbians . are holding
the Babuna. Pass and the French their
original position, but the pressure is
necessarily., being felt by troops who
have ' been fighting for days without
cessation.
..' In the ."north the' Austro -Germans,
who have Joined hands with the Bul
garians west of Nish, are moving
slowly and steadily, but doubtless cau
tiously owing to the presence of the
unbeaten Montenegrins, with perhaps
other support, harassing them in the
- west. (
British and Italians Advancing.
A despatch" received tonight from
Vienna by way of Zurich says that
British; and Italian troops are endeav
oring to reach the battlefield where the
Serbians are meeting them, but does
not say from what point they are com-
ing. The Near East will be watched
with considerable anxiety for the next
few days.
-Other Fronts Quiet.
On .the other fronts there is little
to report. Both the Belgian and Pet'
rograd statements report quiet gener
ally. On the Styr river, however, the
Russians are still fighting for the river
crossings.
-Ia the west the weather is wintry
and there has been only artillery and
mining activity. The ground has hard
ned, however, and attacks which
could not be attempted in the mud.
might soon be possible..
BULGARIAN REINFOCEMENTS
IN REGION OF VELES
Pushing Repairs on Railroad Running
From Nish to Sofia.
Paris, Nov. 16, 10:80 a, m. A des
patch to the Havas Agency , from
Athens says:
t'Telegrams from Saloniki to the
Hestia. say the Bulgarians are active
ly reinforcing their troops operating in
the region of . Veles and Uskup. Five
divisions of Bulgarians are reported to
' be in the region of Babuna Pass and
Krlvolak with the object of opposing
the advance of the French troops be
fore! Cerna and the force on the height
of Babuna that defends the route
from Prilep to Monastir.
' "On they cerna front the Bulgarians
though twice repulsed, are renewing
their assaults. The defile of Babuna
s still firmly held by the Serbs.
Tespsttches from Sofia report that
the Bulgarians are pshing the repairs
to the. railroad running from. Nish to
Sofia. It is declared that trains will
be running over the line in a few
Says.'!
DECLARES CREW OF ANCONA
' i WERE PANIC-STRICKEN
: ,. ...
Vienna Official Says Loss of a Single
T Life Was .Unnecessary. "
i- Vienna, via Berlin, Nov. 16 (By
(Tireless to Sayville) The- full report
it the commander of the submarine
which recently sank the Italian liner
ancona in the Mediterranean has not
jeen received, but the report on which
- .he statement sent , out Sunday by the
. Austrian admiralty was based, showed,
tccording to authoritative officials, that
jie loss of a single life was unneces
iary. "r lt was alleged that the crew of
:he Ancona were panic-stricken from
- the beginning and - actually lowered
Jfebdats while the ship was moving
1 4 miles an hour. These boats nat
lfally were swamped, but it also as
lerted that there were still enough
lfeboats to save everybody. Further -nore,
the charge is made that the
BUT POSITIVE AVOWAL
members of the crew pre-empted the
boats and rowed far from the steamer,
the 'Captain of which had been al
lowed almost 90 minutes for the safe
removal of those aboard. An Austrian
official remarked incidentally that the
same panic-stricken - conduct was re
ported in the case of the Italian crew
of the liner Firenze; which was sunk
after the Ancona.
It is announced that the government
has in its possession the original in
structions to all Italian shipmasters
to attempt to ram a submarine or es
cape, depending on the relative posi
tions at the time of an attack.
BRITISH PLANS TO RELIEVE -AMERICAN
EXCHANGE RATE
Are Now Said to Be Complete Offi
cials Decline to Give Them Out.
London, Nov. 16, 6.20 p.' m. The de
tails of the plan to secure a credit in
the United States to relieve the Amer
ican exchangerate, on which a com
mittee of bankers- has; been working
for some' time, are now said to be
complete, but the officials concerned in
the matter decline to give out any -In
formation concerning it.. . . .1 '.-
It is believed, however, - that the
original idea of issuing- three months'
bills,, which might be renewed when
necessary, has abandoned and that the
credit will take the form of a loan
from . banks In the United States to
banks here, starting at 20,000,000
pounds sterling ($100,000,000) and in
creasing to 40,000,000 pounds sterling
(auu,uuu,uuu) wnen tne operation
would be complete. ' , .
The plan has been submitted by its
projectors to the" treasury, and they
are now awaiting the treasury's guar
antee of any losses which may be in
curred In the transaction by London
banks.
The amount of interest payable on
the credit has not yet been arranged.
It is believed in exchange circles that
as soon as the plan is in working or
der, exchange Will get back to a level
on which' there iwl be comparatively
little loss to traders in remitting funds
to the United States. Cable transfers
today were firmer at 4.66 5-8.
36 HOUR BATTLE
ON THE CERNA RIVER
Resulted -in Repulse of 30,000 Bul
garians with Heavy Casualties.
Saloniki, Nov. 16, 3. p. m., via Paris,
Nov. 16, 1.02 f. m. General Sarrail,
commander-in-chief of the French
army in the Balkans, in announcing
the result of a 36 hours battle on
the Cerna river, in southern Serbia,
declares that 30,000 Bulgarians were
repulsed . along - the whole line with
very heavy casualties. Not one French
gun was lost.
The.Austro-German effort to envelop
the Serbian armies in the north, it is
also announced, has failed and the Ser
bian counter-offensive is proceeding
successiuiiy.
SERBIANS RETREAT FROM
THE BABUNA PASS
To Avoid Danger of Their Position
Being Turned.
London, Nov. 17. 2.57 a. m. A des
patch received here says that the Ser
bians have been compelled to retreat
from the Babuna Pass, owing to the
danger of their position being turned.
The despatch adds that the Bulgarians
have captured" Krushevo and are now
six miles east of Prilep.
JAPANESE STEAMER
WAS SUSPECTED
French Cruiser Holds Up the Iro, Be
; lieving She Had Arms for India
Mutineers.
Peking, China, Nov. l. The French
minister, A. R. Conty, was advised
today that the Japanese, steamship Iro
had been taken into r Saigon bay,
French Cochin China, by a - French
cruiser on suspicion of being engaged
in carrying arms to mutineers in In
dia. . On board the - Iro was a . man
without a passport, who represented
himself as an American. Later he ad
mitted he -was a German. He is be
lieved to be a former German consul
in China;
The Iro left Shanghai on November
2, ostensibly for Bombay, t obe sold
by. her Japanese owners. When the
French cruiser approached ' the Iro
packing cases were thrown overboard.
An irregularity In the Iro's papers was
discovered, and also a shortage in her
cargo. . .
Tokio, Japan, Nov. 1. So far as
can be ascertained, no information has
been received - in official circles here
to bear- out recent dispatches from
America reporting revolutionary trou
bles in India. Advices to the American
embassy -from Calcutta and to Jap
anese officials from consuls in India
give no indication of - such disturb
ances. "
Cabled Paragraphs
V Chilean Minister Dies Suddenly.
Tokio. Nov. 16.Senor Herboso,
Chilean minister to Japan, died sud
denly tonight in a. hotel-at Kioto.
' Shaw's Play Not Suppressed.
I Dublin. Nov.K. 5.25 p. m. The man
ager of the Abbey theater denies the
report that the censor has suppressed
George Bernard Shaw's play on re
cruiting. The manager says it has only
been proposed.
ABOLITION OF . OFFICE OF
COMPTROLLER OF CURRENCY
Proposed to Federal Reserve Board by
Advisory Board.
Washington, - Nov. 16. Abolition of
the office of comptroller of the cur
rency, which has direct supervision
over the operation of all national banks
was proposed today to the federal re
serve board by the advisory council,
created by the federal reserve act to
advise the board on matters of import -anco
to the reserve banking system.
The recommendation was adopted at
a meeting attended by nine of the
twelve members of the council and the
vote is understood to have been unan
imous. Later it was discussed briefly
by the board itself, though no action
was taken.
It is said the members of the coun
cil agreed that the office of the comp
troller had been made unnecessary by
the establishment of the reserve sys
tem and that there was bound to be
duplication of work since examina
tions of national banks, one of the
principal functions of the comptroller's
office, may be conducted by agents of
the reserve board at the request of a
reserve bank. An alternative proposal
was made' that if the office be not
abolished, the examination of mem
ber banks, including national banks,
should be made in the future exclu
sively by examiners of the board.
' The council recommended also
amendment of the reserve act to per
mit member banks to subscribe to
the stock of Joint branches in foreign
countries, particularly South and Cen
tral America: to permit national banks
to open branches in cities in the
United States and to permit member
banks to count federal reserve notes
as reserves. Several other suggestions
considered of minor importance were
advanced.
EXPLOSIVE EXPERTS TESTIFY
. IN LOS ANGELES TIMES CASE
Both Prosecution arid Defense Claim
to Have Won an Important Point.
Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 16. Two
experts on explosives testified today
at the murder trial of Matthew A.
Schmidt that dynamite caused the ex
plosion which wrecked the Los Angeles
Times building five years ' ago and
cause the loss of 20 lives. They were
Frank Garbutt, who said he had used
explosives in mining for 35 years and
Julias Koebig, a mining engineer.
Both said they had examined the ruins
after the explosion. , .;,' "
Both the prosecution - and defense
claimed to have won ah Important
point when there was ' introduced in
the evidence a steel beam of the same
size as one taken ' from the Times
building ruins and which was subject
ed to a test similar to that supposed
to have been undergone by the one in
the building.
' . The fact that an experiment had
been conducted was brought out by
Joe Harriman of counsel for the de
fense, who announced that the de
fense theory was that the Times was
blown up by gas.
Mr. Garbutt testified that a steel
beam of the same kind and size as
the one taken from the ruins had
been placed across an excavation, that
the equivalent of 20 pounds of nltro
gelatin, the explosive believed to have
been used in the Times Building, was
placed on top of It and exploded. Gar
butt testified that the explosion made
a break in the beam almost exactly 'the
same as the one taken from the. build
ing and which was introduced in evi
dence by the prosecution.
GREAT BRITAIN AUTHORIZES
RECOGNITION OF CARRANZA
Villa's Forces Are Moving Steadily
West and South.
Washington, Nov. 1 6. Great Bri
tain has authorized Charge Hopler of
the British legation in Mexico City to
extend recognition to the de facto gov
ernment upon his returned to his post
from the United States.
Mr. Hopler is now in Washington
and before starting for Mexico will
confer with Eliseo Arredondo, Car
ranza's representatives here, regarding
assurances of the safeguarding of
British interests.
A summary of state department des
patches from Mexico issued tonight
says:
"Reports dated November 15. from
the border say that Villa's forces are
all moving steadily west and south.
The forces of the de facto government
now control the Nacozari railway and
have garrisalied Nacozari. The situa
tion in northeast Sonora, as regards
isacozan ana na xigre is steadily im
proving. .
General Obregon was preparing to
take the field on the 15 th from Naco
and to send a large column against the
retreating Villistas.
"A telegram, dated Nov. 12, from
Mexico City, states that Walter Quim
by an American citizen of Soconusco,
Chiapas, who was reported to be in
danger there from the hostility of the
(jarranza leaders, DeliDpe and Hernan
dez, is well and safe and is leaving for
xuxcia.
"The department is informed that
Hermosillo fell about November 7 to
General Dieuguez, who marched
against it from Guaymas with 7.000
troops of the de facto Eovernment. Th
garrison there, under General Garcia
and Colonel Tenorlo,' is supposed to
have surrendered, although there is
no definite information. The depart
merit has not received any advices
that the forces of Villa are advancing
to rcituie xiermosiiio.
WACOUSTA'S CREW - '
SAFE AT SUDA BAY.
Norwegian Steamer Was - ' Recently
Sunk by a Submarine. . ;
Canea, Crete. Nov. 14. via Paris. Nov.
16, 5.30 a. m. Two boats from the
Norwegian steamer Wacousta, - which
was sunk by a submarine, arrived to
day at Suda bay, on the western coast
or Crete, with Capt'Tsensen and twen
ty-five sailors. -
' A despatch from London on Sunday
said the Wacousta, of 1,988 tons, had
been sunk while on tne way from No.
va Scotia for Vladivostok, and that
ner crew - naa been saved. , -
34 Imprisoned
in a Goal Mine
THIRTY-FIVE MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SEATTLE. -
CAUSED BY EXPLOSION
Caught in the Third Level, and Res
cue Parties Had Hard Time Pene
trating Beyond the First Level Be.
cause of Debris.
Seattle, Wash-. Nov. 16. Thirty
four men were imprisoned today in
the Northwestern Improvement Com
pany's coal mine at Ravendale, 35
miles southeast of Seattle, as the. re
sult of an explosion of coal dust In
the main slope. -
Four Men Rescued.
Early tonight four men had been
removed by a rescue team sent by the
United States bureau of mines from
Seattle. One, a laborer; was dead,
but the others were revived.
Rescue parties were working In
dustriously to reach the thirty men
still unaccounted for, who are believ
ed to be in the third level.
. Debris Blocks Ventilation. -
The ventilation system remained in
working order and the first level was
cleared 01 gas, - out oecause or aeons,
the lower levels could not ie punned.
The first level was filled with
wreckage an dit was feared that the
bridges below the second level were
destroyed. Fifty men left the mine
Just before the explosion.
' . Found One Man Dead.
Tonight the rescuers succeeded in
penetrating as far as the third level.
where the thirty missing men were be
lieved to be imprisoned. At the " en
trance to -this level they found two
timber-men, one was dead and the other
succumbed after being brought to the
surface. -
CITY MANAGER FORM OF
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
Reports From . Seventeen at Second
Annual Convention.
Dayton, Ohio. Nov. 16. Report
from seventeen cities which have the
ity manager form of municipal . gov
ernment were represented tonight at
the meeting of the managers associa
tion whici) is holding its second an
nual convention here. All reports
that the taxpayers receive full value
for every dollar paid in taxes when
their municipal government is directed
by a city manager. - . - .,
Election' of omcer-s will be held .to
morrow.-- Three titrrer convention in
terlocking with that of the City man
agers will begin their sessions to
morrow. . They . are the National Mu
nicipal league, of which William Dud
ley Foulke of Richmond, IndU is pres..
ideht: the Ohio Municipal league and
the Ohio Civil Service association.
AMBASSADOR MORGAN'S
GIFT TO HARVARD.
600 Books of Brazilian History and
Literature Presented by Him.
Cimbridse. Mass.. : Nov. ' i6. Six
hundred volumes of Brazilian history
and literature directed to the Widener
library at Harvard arrived here today
from Rio de Janeiro. The books are a
gift from Edwin V. Morgan, of the
class of 1890 at Harvard, -who is the
American ambassador to Brazil.
The books were selected by Dr. Julius
Klein, instructor of history at Har
vard, who is now traveling in South
America. Mr. Morgan s object in max
lng this gift is to encourage the study
of South America affairs at Harvard
and in particular to commemorate the
courses in these subjects which are
given this year by his friend, . Dr.
Oliveria Lima.
TO ESTABLISH BOOKER
T. WSHINGTON DAY.
Negroes, of Savannah Propose Annual
' ' ' Negro -Holiday. -
Savannah. Ga., Nov. 16. Negroes of
this city, under the leadership of Prof.
R. R Wright president of the Georgia
Industrial college . here, have begun a
movement for an. annual national ne
gro holiday in memory of Booker T.
Washington. - .
As there is some uncertainty as to
to the date when Dr. Washington was
born, it is ' their purpose to have a
specific day set aside- on which to pay
yearly tribute to the educator.
COURT REFUSED TO ENJOIN
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
From Increasing Assessment Rates
$970,000,000 Insurance Outstanding
Chicago, Nov. 16 Judge Windes in
the circuit court, today refused to en
Join the Woodmen of the World from
increasing its assessment rates. George
W. Miller, counsel for the order. In
troduced an affidavit showing the or
ganization had $970,000,000 Insurance
outstanding with a valuation deficien
cy of $158,ft0,000, according to re
ports of the organization's actuary.
"There is a surplus of $26,000,000
which is only a bagetelle compared to
the amount of outsanding Insurance,"
he said.
KING ALBERT 8 ENDS REPLY TO
BELGIUM RELIEF COMMISSION
Expressing Gratitude for , Their Hu
manitarian Work. .
La ' Panne, " Belgium. ; Nov. 16, via
London, 3.15' p. m. King Albert of
Belgium - has sent a telegram to the
commission for relief in Belgium in
reply to Its congratulations upon the
advent of his name day. -
: "I am greatly touched by your kind
congratulations," King Albert's mes
sage read. "I thank you heartily-and
wish to express once more my sincere
gratitude for your humanitarian work
In Belgium," .,'.. -'.
Movements of Steamships. ; -
: New . York, Nov. 16. Sailed, steamer
San " Giorgio, . Naples! . - .- ' )
Genoa, Kov... 7. A rrl ved. - steamers
Dante Algehirt, New York; lJth.;.Eu
ropa. New York, . - - - -,, . . .
Bordeaux. Nov. .16. Arrived, steamer
Rochambeau, New York.- -.- , ' .
. Rotterdam, Nov. 16. Arrived, steam
er Rotterdam, New York., ,,. ,, -jl
Admiral Fisher .
Answers Churchill
. - .
STANDS ON HIS RECORD OF 61
YEARS OF SERVICE ' , .
PEOPLE CAN JUDGE
Declares Churchill Said One or , Two
Things Better- Left" "Unsaid Left
Unsaid Some Things Which Would
Have to be Said.
London, Nov. 16, 4.40 p. m. Admiral
Lord Fisher, the former sea lord of the
admiralty, made a brief but striking
answer in the house of lords today to
Winston Spencer Churchill's state
ment in the house of commons yes
terday in - which Churchill com
plained that he had hot received from
Admiral Fisher with respect to the
Dardanelles attack, the clear guidance
before or the firm support after, to
which he was entitled.
Leaves Record in Hands of Country
men.
"Certain references," said Lord Fish
er, "were made to me in the speech
delivered yesterday by Mr. Churchill.
I have been 61 years in the service of
my country. and I leave my record-in
the hands of my countrymen. The
prime minister said that Mr. Churchill
had said one or two things he would
better not have said and had neces
sarily' and naturally left unsaid some
things which would have to be said.
I am content to wait. I contend that
it is not fitting to make personal ex
planations affecting national interest
when my country is in the midst of
a great war.
Lord Fisher thereupon rose and left
the house.
DESCRIBEB ATROCITIES
DELT TO ARMENIANS,
Former Missionary Addressed Boston
Laymen's Convention.
Boston, Nov. '16. Rev. James P. Mc
Naughton, a missionary who was
formerly in Turkey, addressed the
oBston Laymen's convention tonight,
describing atrocities which he said had
been perpetrated upon Armenians by
Tur'ts.
T have recently received a letter
from the mission field, describing the
treatment of an Armenian university
professor," he said. "Because he would
not make a confession of treason, . he
was hanged by his wrists.- for 24
hours: then his finger nails were torn
out. Subsequently he was subjected
to unspeakable .'barbarism. He died
without signing: the conlession.
"'Rev. Mr. McXaught asserted' that
attempts to obtain corifessutns of trea
son were prompted by a -wish -to .be
able thus to Justify atrocities as acts
of military necessity. - -
Bishop Herman Page,- head of " the
missionary district of -Spokane,
Washn., of the Protestant Episcopal
church, discussed "The Sort of Chris
tianity Needed to Conquer .the World.'
CLEVELAND SCHOOL TEACHERS
HAVE LOST THEIR FIGHT.
Discharge of Leaders in Movement to
Start a Union Stands.
Columbus. O.. Nov. 16. -Cleveland
school teachers 'today lost their fight
for reinstatement- of six officers of
their union who had been discharged
by Supt. J. M. P. Frederick on order of
thaaboard of education for their activ
ityn organizing the union. - -
The supreme court refused to renew
the suit brought by a Cleveland tax
payer in an attempt to have Mr. Fred
erick punished for alleged contempt of
court in discharging the teachers, al
lowing to stand the court of appeals
decision which held that Mr. Frederick
was justified in his action. '
Nearly two years ago 1.800 Cleve
land school teachers organized the
Grade Teachers' club and took steps
to affiliate with the American Federa
tion of Labor. The board of education
then adopted a resolution requiring the
Immediate discharge of any teacher
joining the federation. The case has
been fought through Ohio , courts
twice. v
LORD ROSEBERY DOES NT WANT
US TO STRENGTHEN OUR NAVY.
Says He Knows of No More Disheart
ening Announcement.
London, Nov. 16, 11.10 p. m. -"I
know nothing more disheartening than
the announcement recently made that
the United States the one great
country left In the world free from the
hideous, bloody- burden of war is
about to embark upon the building of
a huge armada destined to be equal or
second to our own," said Lord Rose
bery, presiding at the Rhodes lecture
In the University of London tonight.
'It mean's," he added, "that the bur
den will continue on the other nations
and be increased exactly in proportion
to the fleet of the United States. I
confess that it is a disheartening
prospect that the United States, so re
mote from tbe European conflict,
should virtually in these days take up
the burden which, after this war, will
be found to have broken, or almost
broken our backs." .
GOLDEN JUBILEE OF
. ARCHBISHOP PRENDERGAST
Large Gathering of Catholic Dignj
" taries at Philadelphia. '
Philadelphia, Nov. 16. Cardinal
Gibbons, Cardinal Farley and ..Arch
bishop Bonzano, the papal apostolic
delegate, together with hundreds . of
bishops, monsignori and . priests from
all sections of the country, arrived here
tonight to participate in the celebra
tion of the golden jubilee- of Arch
bishop. Prendergast tomorrow.
The Both anniversary of the dedica
tion of the Cathedral of Saints Peter
and Paul here, as -well as the golden
Jubilee of the ordination to the priest
hood of the archbishop, will be ob
served by the singing of ' a pontifical
mass in the cathedral.-, In the evening
there will be a parade under the -auspices
of the Holy Name society: .
OBITUARY.
Former Senator Julius Ceasar Burrows
-'Kalamazoo. Mich., Nov. 16. Former
United States Senator : Julius Saesar
Burrows died at his home here tonight
-Cohdensed-Telegrarns ',;
; The first first snow - of the season
fell at Pittsburgh.- '
'Machinists ef Trenton, N. 4., de
clared a. general ' strike. "
. ' - ; ". .
: A ripert from Berlin says that meat
and butter tickets will soon be. issued.
7 A'trainloed of .wheat from Bulgaria,
the. first shipment arrived at Cologne,
Germany. , .
Brig-Gen. William : H.- Beadle,, re
tired, died at San Francisco, CaU aged
77 years. . - - --
Carried by a heavy wind. a snow
storm. , the first of the season, struck
northern Ohio: -
Bids, for two. dreadnaughts will be
opened at noon -on Nov, ,19 ' "by the
Navy Department.
' General' Padre Muniz. former-Pre
mier, of - Lima, Peru, and minister of
war, - died yesterday. .
Vincent -Aster, -head of the-' Astor
family, celebrated his twenty-fourth
birthday at Fairfield.
Dr. Edward I Trudaau. tuherculoala
specialist, died at Saranac Lake, N.. Y.
He was- 68 years old. - .
Order for 12 locomotives were' re
ceived by - the American Locomotive
Co. from several railroads.
The Supreme" Court took a reeesa
until Monday:' November 29. for its
annual Thanksgiving holdiay.
The Illinois Steel Ce. blest furnaces
at Milwaukee and South Chicago will
resume operations on Xtec. 1.
President Wilson issued a nroclama-
mation 01 neutrality in . the- war be
tween Bulgaria and the Allies.
rj.t txi. Djnnpieia, raass.;- went on
strike for recognition of their union.
MItkl An... 9Q . . ... u
Luuiiiy mujrea oy railing : irom tne
third floor of his home in New York.
General Car-ran ha, -. I,n n
order completely severing the railway
system of Mexico from military con
trol. ...
The Westehaatar nwMann at T.
grand -Griswold, a New - York broker,
was destroyed -by fire. The loss -is
Confirmation of the capture of Naco.
oonora, vy uarranta iorces - was re
ceived at the Carranza agency In
Washington. - - -
A report from the Department of
Agriculture estimates -the world's
wheat production for 1915 at 8.79S
080,000 bushels. ., .
Switzerland, .-celebrated ' the- anni
versary . of the battle of Morgarten in
which they won their, liberty-, fotn
Austria in 1315.
The law providing for a duty on the
expunnuoR" or minerals, irom - Peru
was --definitely : approved by -' the Pe
ruvian government.
. An order for 40,000 ' tons - of steel
raus was placed with the' Illinois
SteeL Co, by. Receiver- Dickinson of
tne Kock island. Railroad. - ; ,
Operations at the Chalmette La,1 re
finery of the American Sugar Refin
ing Co. will be resumed shortly giving
employment-to 1,000 men.-'
' Street Cleanina CommluJiina, Tcth
erston of New York began recruiting
his "army- for the removal of snow
irom tne sxreets mis winter.
A decree was issued by the New
Zealand government prohibiting- men
of military age from - leaving the
country without military permits.
The United States District Court at
St. Louts authorized Receiver Bush
of the 'Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain
system to spend s 1,000,000 for equip
ment. . ; - ....
The London Morning Post's Berne,
owiutrano corresponaent says It - is
reported that the TTiM Xf.r.h.1
Hindenburg .has left the eastern for
Liio western irenu
Leaders of the movement to form in
Pittsburgh a regiment of Secretary
uaxrison s proposeo: continental army
announced that 400 men had signified
weir intention or ojlnlng. .,...
Rear Admiral Charles Pend, until
recently In command of the . reserve
fleet of- the United States navy, left
oeraeiey, c, ior Portsmouth, N. H.
to take command of the navy yard.
Mra. Namin ' r r 1
dent Wilson, Miss Helen Woodrow
Bones and Dr. Carey T. Grayson. Vera
among the spectators at the - session
wt me umwa oia-ies oupreroe tjourt.
' Augustus O. Johnson, former col
tional Bank of Cincinnati, was sen
-letfnn - o1rk'-nr tYim mfw.th4- X-
tenced to serve five years in prison
ior emoezzung izi.uoo ox tne bank
funds. .
Eiston Scott, a negro - under sen
tence or death for murder, was - re
prieved for the second time by Got
ernor Dunne of Illinois. Governor
Dunn has refused to permit a public
uan&Jiig.
The Great Northern steamahio MIn
nesota, the largest vessel on the Pa-
cinc vjcean, is on ner way to tbe Unit
ed Kingdom to be used In the Atlan
tic trade.- The vessel has a a tonnage
The woman's section of the Navy
Lieague noiaing its.nrst annual meet
inar at Washina-ton frMtri . a nrm
nent ore-anizatinn and vntiwl tn .1 1 1 -t
a million members by January to aid
in tne campaign ior national prepar
edness. .,- .
REGULATING VISITS TO
' ".- WETHERSFIELD PRISON
Only Relatives of Prisoners May New
Visit sjh Fridays.
Hartford.' Conn- Nov. Announce
ment ' was made today fay ' Warden
Garner -of ' the state prison at Weth
ersfleld that . tbe. rule- providing. for
public visitations to- the prison - on
Wednesdays had been abolished. Only
relatives of , prisoners may - now .visit
on Fridays. ' Social workers may also
visit at any time. , . . -
The reason for the change .is .that
many persons visited the prison for bo
particular purpose and caused annoy
ance, to the attendants and to the
prisoners). " '. .
DECRIES BRITISH .STAFF IN FRANCE
Charges of Incompetency, and Neglect Made by
Baron St. Davids In House of Lords
PLAYED BRIDGE AND NEGLECTED THEIR DU1Y
Charged That During the Recent Fighting Many Men Who
Ought to be in the Trenches Were Added to the Staff
for No Military Reason -Asserted British Staff Was
Five or Six Times as Large as That of the French
'Claimed That More Than One Charge of Men Fell'
' Through ' Owing ' to Muddling in High Places Had
Heard That Women Visited Headquarters in France.
London. Nov. 16. $.10 o. m. Charges
of incompetency and neglect of their
work were brought against the British
staif in France by Baron St. Davids in
the house of lords-this evening, when
he asked the -government whether its
attention had been called to- the re-'
ports alleging that during the recent
fighting there : had been many com
plaints as to the failure of the general
staff work.
Many Added te Staff.
Lord- St.: Davids asserted that men
had been added to the staff for no mili
tary reasons who ought to be In the
trenches, and that he had been told
that the British headquarters staff was
five . or six times as large as that of
General Joftre, the French commander-
in-chief.- It had been stated, he con
tinued, that women visited headquar
ters in France, and he asked whether
the government defended their pres
ence there. '
- Neglected Duty to Play Bridge.
The people were sending their sons
to fight under the direction of men
who, he declared, were living at head
quarters in vast numbers and could
not get early to their offices because
tney were up late playing bridge.
Give Men fn Trenches a Chance.
"It is about time." ' said Lord St.
Davids, "that the men were given a
fair chance. More than - once the
troops have broken the German lines.
but owing to bad staff work tbe whole
REFERENDUM OF AMERICAN
COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Instituted by Chamber of Commerce
of the United States.
Washington, ;Nov. A referendum
of American commercial organizations
throughout, this . country and.' in Ber
lin, Paris, Milan, Constantinople and
Rio de - Janeiro,- on six recommenda
tions having to do with- economic de
velopments of the -European war, was
instituted ;- today . by the chamber of
commerce of the United States. The
recommendations drafted- by the special-
committee of the chamber, and
now forwarded to all affiliated organ
izations for their vote state that the
United States should take the initia
tive In:
- Securing a' conference of neutrals to
agree on rules to assure safety of life
and property on the high seas; estab
lishing an International court to set
tle disputes that do not come under es
tablished rules; forming a council of
conciliation for disposition of' questions
whe nthe facts cannot be established
by- International court; securing an
International agreement to bring eco
nomic pressure to bear on any nation
resorting to military forces Before an
International tribunal has passed on
the. points at issue; effecting with
other nations an agreement to use
concerted military' force against any
nation that cannot be compelled to de
sist from war by economic pressure:
and in "establishing the principal of
frequent International references at
expressly stated intervals for progres
sive amendment of international law."
' . The committee drafting these pro
posals was .headed by Edward A. FI
lene, Boston, chairman, and included
Herbert O. . Houston, ' New. York;
George E. Roberts, New York; Charles
NageL St. Louis.- and Howell Cheney,
South Manchester, Conn.
THREE GUESTS CONTRACTED
PTOMAINE POISONING
At Luncheon Given at the American
- . . Museum of Natural History.
New York. Nov. 16. Chemists of the
board of health tonight began analys
ing chicken sandwiches - served at a
luncheon given at the American Mu
seum of Natural History at which, it
Is said, three of the guests from uni
versities" all ever the country contract
ed ptomaine poisoning.
. John A. Kingsbury, commissioner of
charities, his wife and Dr. Ira S. Wile,
of the board of education of New
York, -became ill today, physicians say,
as a result of eating the chicken sand
wiches served at the luncheon given
yesterday. Their illness, . though 'not
serious, caused the board of health to
Investigate.
- -Scientists ' from Princeton,' 'Harvard
and the University of Chlacog were
present at the luncheon. .
THREE AMERICANS KILLED
IN INTERIOR OF MEXICO
Settlers Fear Mayo Indiana, Now on
, . the . Warpath. .. . v
Topolobampo, Stnaloa. Mexico, via
Radio, to San Francisco. Nov. 16.
Three Americans 'were killed in" the
Interior of Mexico recently, according
to advices received here today. .Set
tlers around Los Mochls were reported
in fear of attacks by Mayo Indians,
who are on 'the warpath.
The Americans reported killed were
Maurice Free and Charles Goldsber
ough. slain- Nov. -4th, at Bateve. and
W. 8. .Windham, killed at Qulmichis,
Teplc , '. ...
Carranza troops have been ordered
Into the Yaqut valley, according to ad
vices received today to protect Amer
ican interesta.
' President's Visit, to Columbus, O.
i Washington. Nov. 16 A reception
by .the 'Franklin County'--Democratic
club will be included in the - pro
gramme of President Wilson's visit to
Columbus, Os. Dec. .10. -'The president
already has promised to make two ad
dresses there. --''-.
thing fell through. Many lives have -been
-sacrificed owing to the muddling
In high places.. . . , -. -
" Authorities Investigating.
. The Marquis of Crewe, lord privy
seal, replied that, the allegations that
successes at Loos had been missed
owing to the failure to bring up re
serves at the right time was the sub
ject of an inquiry between the highest
authorities that could be invoked. .
Baron Newton, who said he was un
able to disclose the number of the
British stan, defended it, as did also
Viscount Haldane, the former secre
tary for war. . .
Says St. Davids Lacks Information.
' Lord Haldane declared that Lord St.
Davids had launched his attack with
out adequate information.
"It is true," he said. ' "that the
country has suffered owing to the want
of an organized general staff. Never
theless, there has -been evolved a gen
eral staff ot the highest order. To say
mat tne work 01 tne start la a failure
is to say something which is very far
from the truth. As for Field Marshal
French, he is up at 6 o'clock in the
morning." '
The Marquis of Crewe said that'from
his knowledge of Field Marshal French
he thought it exceedingly unlikely that
he would submit to having persons
forced upon his personal staff. Lord
Crewe had no hesitation in eaying that
unless women had business at head
quarters they ought not go there. .
TURKEY PROTESTS ARRESTS
' ' OF CONSULS IN PERSIA
Transmitted to Secretary Lansing by
Hussein- Bey. ...
Washington, Nov. 16. Hussein Bey,
charge of the Turkish embassy today
transmitted to Secretary Lansing for
the Ottoman government ' a protest
against' the alleged action of Russian
and British soldiers in arresting Tur
kish consuls In Persia and vaking
over the consulates.
The communication described the
acts as "violations of - the elementary
principles of international law resort
ed by the adversaries of Turkey
against Ottoman agents in the terri
tory of a neutral state."
One despatch from Constantinople'
cited in the communication told of the
arrest by Russian authorities of Tev
fik Bey, acting consul at Resht, Per
sia, bis transfer, to Russia and the '
clearing of the consulate including tbe
taking away of the archives, the ooat
of arms and flag. Another described
the occupation of Benderbouchir, Per
sia, by British troops, seizure of the
Turkish consulate and the hoisting of
the British flag in the place of the
flag which was flying above the con
sulate. WAR COLLEGE PLANS
NOT TO BE MADE PUBLIC
Until After the President Has Deliv
ered His Message to Congress. -
Washington. Nov. 16. National de
fense plans prepared by the war col
lege division of the army general staff
will not be made public until after the
president has delivered his message to
congress and Secretary Garrison's re
port, containing the administration In
creased army plan, has been submit
ted and published. President Wilson
so decided today when the subject
was brought up at the cabinet meet'
ing. Secretary Garrison favors im
mediate publication of the war college
plans, which are understood to pro
pose a far greater degree of military
preparation than the administration
programme. The president's position
is said to be. however, that as head
of the government-he is responsible
for the general policies urged for the
various departments and that his
recommendations should be presented
before the detailed reports of the cab
inet officers and their subordinates,
upon which his decisions are founded,
are given out. Similarly, the reports
of the department heads, he feels,
should precede those of the various
subordinate bureaus ' or divisions. -
DECIDE TO LET DEFORMED,
" . SUBNORMAL INFANT DIE.
Of a 8core of Hospital Nurses Only
' One Voted For Life.
Chicago. Nov. 16. A ballot to de
termine whether to attempt to save
the life of a deformed subnormal in
fant, or whether by inertia to let the
child die resulted in a death sentence
for the little one today.
The infant's mother, told that an
operation might save the child's life,
although no known Intelligence could
promise any mental development for
the babe, wept and agreed to abide
by the Judgment or the physicians. Of
a acore of hospital nurses consulted,
one alone voted for Vie life of the
child. Dr. H. J. HalscVden. took the
responsibility and did not perform the
operation. The child was still alove
tonight but authorities at the hospi
tal said - It - would probably not live
through another 24 hours.
- "It Is ' a question of ethics," said
Dr. Haiselden. "While we all know
physicians do not allow monstrosities
to live, the line must be drawn some
where.. I have drawn the line. In this
case. ,- ..
- The child could have been saved
as one more Idiotic defective. Defec
tives are prolific. It would reproduce
its kind and then Its deformities would
have become magnified and multi-plled."
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