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It., diiess repair e eegaion of congress wftlch convenes on Dec. 6 will de vote, much of its tlmG to consideration of the adminis tration's measures foy preparedness. ecretary Daniels of the navy and Sec retary Garrison of the army have map ped out their programs, and President Wilson has approved both. The big fight now coming between those who favor large military appropriations and thoseswho oppose. The contest prom ises to be nonpartisan, as many Re publicans ars expected to support President Wilson, and many Democrats no doubt will oppose him. 1 Compiled politically, the membership mt the house will consist of 230 Demo 11 Wfe. x mmr cm -'a- iffiiff,5 WM Ct4ri-:t ':. Many Noted Athletes Killed In 'JjZl I--lyfN--- 3 i-A'. jri WmT- "vw i Photos by American Press Associat in. d Kenneth Powell. 2. John Graham. 3, Jean Bouln. 4. R. Poullon. 5. Anthony Wilding. RESENT day historians have made many prophecies con cerning the effect of the war in Europe upon civilization. Ponderous documents have been writ ten -foretelling the number of years it will take to rebuild the cities, to re store the peaceful commerce of ante bellum days arid to pay oft the mon strous 4ebt ' tecurred by the belliger- ' ....... '..-'i! Program crats, 196 Republicans, 7 Progressives,! 1 Independent and 1 Socialist. The Democrats will have a majority over the Republicans of 34 and a majority over all of 25. It is a. remarkable fact that more than three-fourths of the delegations in the house at the coming session will contain new blood, no fewer than 111 hew members being elected. In addition will be nineteen members who did not serve in the last congress, but who, nevertheless, have had prior congressional experience. Probably no congress in recent years has had as few "solid" delegations that Is, delegations belonging exclu sively to one political party- as the struggle that has escaped notice in the more momentous questions of the day is the effect of the war upon athletics. The 1916 Olympics were scheduled for Berlin, but it is doubtful whether there will be any for many years to come, and it is likely that international tour naments will be called off until the places In the ranks of .the noted ath letes killed or 'incapacitated can be filled. Johnny Poe, the Baltimore roan ktU-. ed at Loos recently; was probably the NEW BRITAIN DAILY o Occmpy Much coming session. Only Alabama, Ari zona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, . Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New Hampshire, North Dako ta, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Ver mont and Wyoming have such delega tions. In the lsrfit congress the Democrats, aa a result of the landslide of, 1912, had a two to one majority in the lower house of congress. Tfce senate had a Democratic majority of ten. In the last elections the Democrats made gains in 1 senatorial membership which is bound European War his life to the war god. He was one of the most . brilliant football players that have been produced by Princeton, and his death brought sorrow to the hearts of thousands.' Montague Nicholls of Spartanburg, S. C quarterback on the Navy football team in 1912 and 1913, is another well known American football player who has been lost. Like Poe, lie met his death in the British offen sive at Loos. Wilding, the Australa sian tennis champion; Nirnheim, a noted German tennis player: Chelli. Dn BousqMtt4Decurgi3 and Do lootis. HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER" W lSHC to result in a transfer of political in terest from that body to the house. In addition to a large influx of new blood, a number of tried veterans re turn to the Republican ranks in the house, who will "materially assist the small minority in the last congress in making its political record just prior to the opening of the national campaign. Among the old - timers who will take seats in the house on the Republican side are John Q. Tilson and Ebenezer J. Hill of Connecticut; William W. Wil son. George E. Foss, Charles E. Fuller, French tennis players of note, are gone. Golf has Jost Lord Annesley, W. A. Henderson and Julian Martin-Smith, and Miss Neill Fraser died while acting a? a trained nurse for the allies. Lieutenant W. W. Halswelle, the Olympic champion in 1908 in the 400 meter run and holder of the British 300. and 440 yards records; Anderson of Oxford, whq competed in the Olympicsy in Stockholm; Kenneth Powell, cham pion high hurdler, and James Duffy, the Canadian distance runner, are a few lost to England. J. Bouln, the greatest distance run ner France ever produced and holder of French records from 2,500 to 5,000 me ters and In English distance running from two to eleven miles, was reported killed some time ago. Germany, it is reported, lost the two greatest athlete the country ever had. One, R. Rau, was the champion sprinter and record holder. The other, Hans Braun, the middle distance runner, was one of the world's greatest half milers. Anthony F. Wilding was the best known tennis, player to be killed In ac tion. He was a member of the Aus tralasian team which captured the Davis cup in 1914. Another famous English athlete to meet Wilding's fate was .Kenneth Powell, who was captain of the Cam bridge team at the time Wilding at tended the Ehglish university. Dr. Otto Nirnheim, secretary of the German Lawn Tennis association and perhaps the most powerful figure in tennis in the kaiser's domain, died in a hospital in Louvain, having been ter ribly wounded by a bursting shell. The ranks of the leading French players were reduced by the deaths of Chelli, secretary of the Lawn Tennis club of France and a player of excep tional ability, and Du Bousquet, who fell at the battle of the Marne. Otto Froitzheim and Oscar Kreuzer, who composed the German team which lost to Brookes and Wilding at Pitts burgh, are both prisoners of war, hav ing been captured by the English at Gibraltar. Maurice Galvao, well known in this country, where he has won several ten nis tournaments of prominence, is now in the field with the German Infantry. Lord Annesley, former amateur golf champion of Ireland, is perhaps the most prominent golfer to pay the ex treme sacrifice for hia country. Captain W. A. Henderson, who put out Jerome D. Travers some years ago at Muirfleld, was killed last fall. Lieu tenant H. N. Atkinson, erstwhile Welsh title holder, is another to lose his life. Julian Martin-Smith, well known to many American golfers and a brother to, Edward. Martin-Smith, i4 ol wounds received in the battle of the Mama, .. Time He John A. Sterling, Joseph G. Cannon, William B. McKlnley and William A. Rodenberg of Illinois; George A. Loud of Michigan; I C. Dyer of Missouri, A. C Shallenberger of Nebraska. Cyrus Sulloway of New Hampshire, William S. Bennet of New York, Nicholas Long worth and D. A. Holllngsworth of Ohio, and B. K, Focht and 3- H. Miller of Pennsylvania, Jfew York state has followed tho precedent set by Wisconsin two years ago and has aent to congress one So cialist; M, M. London. It will be re Seeking a Suitable Fuel Oil M ANY experiments are now being conducted by engi neers and chemists who are seeking to find some fuel oil for submarines which will enable the undersea boats to run under the water without the use of storage bat teries. It i not possible to burn gasoline or any other fuel oil while the boats are submerged, as each explosion in the en gine takes a certain. fUWQuni of oxygen out of the atmosphere and makes it impossible for the members of the crew to live; hence the necessity of having the storage batteries. If some chemist could devise an oil which would not take the oxygen out of the air when it explodes in tha en gine the cruising radius of tha subma rines would be very much greater and likewise a greater speed could be at tained. Living conditions in the submarines are not good, as every one knows, but these are being constantly improved, and more and more comforts are being provided for the men who riak their lives every time one of the boats takes a dive. Because of living conditions on bat tleships and submarines which ap parently cannot be corrected without reducing the fighting efficiency of the vessels tuberculosis and pneumonia took a heavy toll of enlisted men last year, Surgeon General W. J. Braisted of the navy said in his annual report. Despite the military activities of both sailors and marines at Vera Cruz, they found the dangers of warfare less than living conditions on battleships. There were thirty-eight deaths due to tuber culosis and thirty-three to pneumonia. Three of the fatalities were among offi cers. Gunshot wounds killed thirty. Braisted held responsibility for this situation to the fact that "in the crowded condition necessary to man ning and equipping vessels of war hy gienic primal principles such aa are ac cepted as indispensable In life ashore practically never receive recognition. "Overcrowding, extreme reduction of tha amount of air space per person, im proper proportion of moisture and the inappropriate placing of air inlets and exits, over or under heating of the air these are all faults and problems in cident to the packing of 1,000 men in quarters which theoretically should bold but SQQ." While he praised naval constructors for doing as well as they have under the conditions laid down by "military necessity." Braisted was unable to re port that great Improvements can be looked for, "due o tha necessity fpr Sessfep of called that Victor L.. Berger, a national leader of the Socialist party and Its head in the city of Milwaukee, served In the Sixty-second congress. The ca reer of Mr. London in the house will be watched with as much interest as was that of Mr. Berger. The close majority in the house of representatives will make necessary a complete rearrangement of the mem bership of all the committees In that body. In tho last congress the Demo crats, by reason of their large ma jority, had practically two-thirds of the Photos by American Press Association. Two G Type Submarines fighting and cruising efficiency of the vessels." . The report recommends that two new hospital ships be provided and that ar rangements be node tor SJia .ncrchaas i'w Ju! Coores 1.p-Sentor Kern, mtjprfty teadtr, 2 Uncle Jo Cannon, who "earn back", from lllinoia. . 3 Viaw of tha huat in aeaaion. 4 8antor Undarwoad of Alabama. 6. Champ Clark, apeakar of the houae, 6 Senator Chamber lain, chairman of military committee. 7 Senator Tillman, a leading mem bar of tha military com mitt to, 8.- Jama Hamilton Lewi a, Democratie whip. 9j View of capital. 10. Meyer London ol Naw York, only Sooialial in congraaa. 11. Repreaentativo Kitchin. majority leader of houae. 12. Vice Preaident Marehall, wha presidea over' senate. members on most of the blf commit teea of the house. These committal ships are proportioned among tha parties according to their atreng th, and , in the coming congress, if this rjle U j adhered to, the Democrata will not hav mnu tV a n nn, nr at th Tnn tn. ni. . jority on any committee. Inasmuch aj I practically all of the chairmen of iba ' house committees of Importance, coma . from the south, where Republican Mac ' torlea are few and far between, thera will be practically no changes in chair- manshlps in that body. Tho defeat of John J. Fitzgerald of New York for supreme court Justice if the recent election saved to the north ern Democrata the Important chair f manshlp of the house committee on ap propriatlons. which would probably have gone to Sherley of Kentucky Tad Fitzgerald been elected, For Submarines Running at Full Speed. of nriimnrlat marphant CIaft for U ambulance ships or medical transpof ... Th Solaca the 01 iu tuns vi no.. ' hosnltal ahln in service that is i jjmm mmm mnw a