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VOL. LXXXV. NO. 99.
ONE CENT u o Wrw
KUewher
TWO CENTS.
NEW
YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1917. tnmti. t d FannM., atwcuwwi.
WAR DECLARED ON AUSTRIA
ONLY ONE VOTE RECORDED
CABINET FAVORS
RUSSIAN REDS
SEEM TO HOLD
SIBERIAN ROAD
i
Petrograd Reports Arrival
of Bolshevik Troops in
Vladivostok.
BODIES OF 1,600 DEAD DUG
FROM RUINS AT HALIFAX;
BLIZZARD ADDS TO TEKROR
AGAINST IT IN CONGRESS
WILSON PLAN TO
CONTROL ROADS
Message to Congress Soon
Unless Opponents Give
Cogent Reasons?
Senate Passes Resolution,
74- to 0, and House,
361 to 1.
"NO" BY MEYER LONDON
Nov York Socialist Re
bukedLa Follctte Ab
sent at Roll Call.
BUSY ON AMENDMENT
Lodge Criticises Failure
Include Turkey and
Bulgaria.
to
Sftcitl Pupate to Ton ties,
Washington, Dec. 7. The United
states of America, and the Austro-Hun
garian Empire are at war. At 6:03 thta
afternoon President Wilson, In the pres
ence of Secretary Tumulty, affixed hla
llgxature to the Joint Congressional res
ection uhlch had been passed by the
JIouso and Senate In the course of I
s'ngle afternoon, and theoretically hoe
tillt!!s began.
In the Senate the war resolution war
I used by a vote of 74 to 0. Of the elx
fenfltorf who voted against war against
Germany, Gronna. Norrls, Stone and
"ardaman to-day voted "Aye." Lane
' dta.l ami La Follette was absent.
In the House the resolution passed by
:! to 1, the negative being Meyer Lon
don's. The declaration sots forth that a, state
iif war cxlsta between the two nations.
It la not retroactive, but declares only
the established fact. Hence the actual
lierinr.lng of war Is tho moment at
vUi h the Congressional enactment be
came effective.
Immediately the Resident put aside
h!3 sen the war machinery of the Gov
ernment, heretofore functioning alone
against Germany, began to operate
walnst the dual monarchy of which
Rmperor Charles Is the head. Presi
dent Wilson at once summoned "to the
W'hitn Itousn A. Mitchll Palmer, alien
enemy property custodian, for a consul- I
Htlon wlllt regard to me propers . reai.
w.rsonal and mixed. In which title re
ntes In subjects of the Austro-Hun-
iirlan Government
rlaim to Assist Itnly. I
Throughout the world to allies of the
United States and neutral Governments
the word was flashed that America's
e.irarnolous position with regard to the
dual monarchy had terminated by the
war declaration. With wax declared
dans for the assistance of Italy In her
..resent plight are now under consider
ation. These plans, it Is believed. In
ludo the sending of an American mtl-
a.v force, though naturally 6llenca la
l.e'.ng maintained ne tne war iepan-
.ent regarding this. Congress leaders
5e!lcve this will be done now that the
theoreltc.il peaco with Austria has ended
r.d practical war begun. '
Tlie scenes In the House and Senate
rlav Incked the tenseness or excite-
... . ... .... .
J ... . . .... i .i.... e
,en wmcn marnen me suitimb iijo
. .... . Is
1,,M Anril Hliell UOnKICffS ws munuiHifv,'- -
i d votlnt; on the question of tho break
v.-lth (lermany. To-day the session was
ene of sober business. There was no tn-
i twHsm. but only a determinaiion m ,
.-f.k an onclent friendship In the cnuse
if a speedier return to peace through tne
a- r mie of a comldete victory, mc pa". .
,.r iia senats Com-'
Tj.iatinn lirnuirht the
f-o'utlon to the floor of the Senate In
P'ts fuch an have not been ennvenea moke this picgranime effective ail avail- ueieai arc concerncu, iney resulted in niui-n n"7. ...... .m.. ......
i-o-War principles and are now more bel- ul)e wji be driven from now on defeat nnd colossal losses to themselves brotherhoods for years hayo been against
itoe than tho "oilslnal warmen." to their utmost capacity In speed for the after small gains and the capture of ' Government ownership of the railroads
abentcd themselves from the proceed- ila.ispoitatlon of material and men. thp prisoners and guns in their first rush. I for the reason that It would place them
' fir. ho ... i work tha nrcsent. tonnage What remains to our credit l that the In a position that the Post Olllco cm-
IV mure of the morning hour. It was united Statea under her building pro- line trenches, as well as a large tract of i-would be a war measure oni, aim an-1--3
when tho Mhsourlan asked , Krnmme. 'country nnd several villages. mittedly would not call for a Govern-
unanimous consent that the declaration ,
ot a atato of war bo mado tne business
v.., ... . .. .inso of tho i
', ,,,; .
morning nour,
One Hour's nlaeoaslon.
ro7lS 5.i
Senator Stone thought the Senate should
roee.il In order, nnd at 12:36. the morn-
ing's business having been completed, tho
sumte proceeded with tho discussion.
r, diseUlon. including Senator Stone'R I
e s.eibent In regard to II" onn o tb. ,
Do It now." shouted several henators
vV Tit "vi;. "tf.rsh.ll put the
qucttlon. At 1:45 the rollcall enuea na
the announcement was made that the
ine announcement m o . V.
Joint resolution had paesed the Senate by
vote of 74 to o.
Senator l.a Follette absented himself
f-om the chamber shortly before the roll
laj called. He did not return wncn u.o " ,L"- :lme rCnUred to discharge! Field Marshal, Hals. There was consld
"I's rang throughout the building an- half the time xcqviircu erable raiding both b llrlllsh and Oer-
r.ounclng that the vote was on. His
abfenea naturally caused comment and
rather sharp criticism. Later tne Men
lor returned to tho chamber. He asked
recognition of the chah- and then ex
pla'rd that he had gone to Ills office In
th Senate Building to prepare an amend
ment which ltwa.s his intention to sub
mit In tho rumble of the subway he
hi. nllr-d hearing the bells catling the
w t
rbh amendment which Senator La Fol
lette contemplated offering provided that
V the
'ne United States
declaration a complete disclaimer of any
Intention to participate In any partition
of Austrian territory subsequent to the
war or In any proposals to alter the
boundirles of the enemy country.
"I would have voted for the resolu
tion If my amendment had prevailed,"
ald Senator La Follette. "and I would
have voted against It had It been re
fused." There was not the slightest chance
that Senator La Follette's proposal would
have received more than half score
of votes so that his announcement was
tantamount to a declaration of opposi
tion to the measure.
Seat to the Hons.
Immediately the roll call was ended
and tha announcement of the vote made
by tha Vice-President the resolution was
rent to the House. That body had a
similar Joint resolution undsr considera
tion and thara the debate proceeded for
more than, an hour. At Its conclusion
attMrnet em rimM-jtete.
Declaration of War
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. The special resolution declaring
war against Austria-Hungary is as follows:
JOINT RESOLUTION
Declaring that a state of war exists between the Imperial
and Royal Austro-Hungarian' Government and the Government
and the people oi the United States, and making provision to '
prosecute the same.
Whereas the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government
has committed repeated acts of war against the Government and the
people of the United States of America, therefore be it
Resolved. By the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Congress assembled, that a state of war
is hereby declared to exist between the United States of America
and the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government, and
the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ
the entire naval and military forces of the United States and resources
of the Government to carry on war against the Imperial and Royal
Austro-Hungarian Government, and to bring the conflict to a success
ful termination all the resources of the country are hereby pledged
by the Congress of the United States.
CHAMP CLARK, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS R. MARSHALL, Vice-President of the United
States and President of the Senate.
Approved 7 December, 1917. WOODROW WILSON.
ALLIES' SHIPS
. TO BE POOLED
All Tonnage Will Bo Driven
at Maximum and Go Where
Most Needed.
FOOD PROBLEM SOLVED
Interallied Transport Board
Hailed as Triumph of
Taris Conference.
BptcUit Cable Dugatch to Tut Sex.
I'aius, Dee. 7. The creation of an In
terallied board to control sea transport
and the feeding of the Allies Isconeld
cred the solution of ono of the most Im
portant questions dealt with by the In
terallied Conference.
Tho delegates came here with the
realization that unless tha necessary
,r.rv.,n ... ,
'""'" li"n "-.""'"l.
the transiwrtatlon (.f foodstuffs and
munitions to tho troops could not be car-1
rlcd out according to programme. '
i j
jivosra. .-.:v.i.riHK-.i. wiBiiy,
Colby pointed out to their European col-
leagues that It was useless to arrange
for th nun-linn., nf ninntleM nnd obtain
. .
me money 10 pay ior mem urn u.c
nere r.iean3 to get these supplies where
they are needed. To tills extent the
, k . , conference de-
wmomii. worn oi .
Pended largely on tne success wnicn m.
Colby and Ills associates achieved in as-
pemniiiiB uuu ui.ih r...."
f.,.. lit, I ..a nf ttin l7nln,lt ill n PnillltlOTI .
ra..Miir. nf thn .-n!onl. In n common
-
h.n.M n n.n
Will .Not Waste Tonnage,
n.. rhl. tnerhAil thern will be no waste
... ,nnnair. Hhinments w 111 be regulated
SJ that precedcnco will be given to the
mmodity mfcst needed, which will go
lcre the demft
nd for It Is greatest To
. .... until the situation Is
..n.....i u.. -..u, nn-iriirtlon Ih Knuland
an(, r8t ships aro furnished by tlie
Kome jjp WU como from Japan and
IS from Uie Gemian tnips eeneu
.i.tii i.,! hut Franco and Italy
...in b "unable to furnP-h anv additional
Wll ,-mtu, .ii
tonnage. A p1
....nituiiin. which will be appor
tloncd according to tho iiKessltlca of
ii- t-te fnon. and the
amount and nl"r uZ lor
which the United Mates can spare ior
them at the 0enl;..1 endeavor to free
The board ab so will ea;r e
ns much tonnage as m ItooZ not
Ir?If fhaWtat ffialn
' P"es and wr m t
The
, inusi "" ;,a, ,0 be transported ment to-day. but the artillery ahow:
amount oz man aUa w, beimore activity. Two nlcht attacks we
I .i rin thi coming winter also will beimore activity, iwo msni auarss were
lurlnB by th0 Germans on tho French
L"", certain French ports by the In- lines east of the Meuse. Roth failed.
ma de n cert am d dat0 A srnalI eain north of I. Vacquefle
t.ltoUon of dc" hW cut ,n 1 ,s reported In the night statement of
cargo.
American Dile.atrs Praised
The efficiency of tho American dele-
gates l the T subject of most eulogistic but declares the British were thrown out
comment In the French papers, which after bitter fighting. Further north
agree that the expeditious work of the minor porn a were taken by storm, t
onffrence li largely due to their ox- says, and Marcolng was.cleared of Brit
.f.noT and mfthods. The Journal ' hdi. The German night report iys local
- . . -
'The participation of the United
States In the Interallied conference pro
a.a rmarlcable results In the way of
i organization. We have seer.
....iinn nt a common war treasury,
the standardization and Increase of
.,.i nnnatructlon. common control of
sea transportation, determination of the
means for fighting submarines, plana for
the concentration and distribution of
food products, definition of the scope
of the economic blocsade and unity of
naval control, all Diockea oui ny me
various committees, submitted to the con
ference and approved In the shortest
space of time."
Col. 'House has expressed himself on
several occasions as proud of the effl
clsnt work of his associates, who, he
!aid, stripped the husks from' the
problems they handled and presented
only the kernels to tho conference In tho
shape of logical, concrete recommenda
tions. .
William Thaw Wins Air tiael.
Pari, Dec. 7. Major William Thaw
of tha Lafayette Escsdrllle brought
down Oerman airplane in a duel over
tlia tntmy'i lines on Wedneaday. se-
eordlag to a meesage' published In Parts
I ts-tUr.
on Austria-Hungary.
GERMANS LOST
100,000 IN DRIVE
British at Cambrai Capture
More Prisoners and Guns
t
Than Teutons Took.
BREACH IN LINE HELD
Recent Operations Classed as
Victory for Byng and
Not a Defeat.
llr PERRY MOaiXftb.Y.
Bpctt Call Dtipotoh to Tns Scs In, tU
Lrmdcn Tim ft
Copyright, 1117, mil rtthu ritrvti.
Headquarters British Arkt in
Ft.ance. Dec 7. A, high authority here
estimates the German casualties slnco
the beginning of the battle of Cambrai
at 100,000. It Is a subject on which I
have no data to h. nn inHU-i,
. . - "1""' I
101,1 but It Is certain that theso casualties
wern extraordinarily large.
readjustment of our lines was
erfertrrt l-iii,. ., .
"-"i-' oi cuil a
J" oi leiepnone or telegraph wire.
"ur cnief disappointment was the retire-
ment from the helghtH of Bourlon U-nnrt.
hnf i, ,r-o- i.i . .., . ..
-v .. .-...TO1 en ,,,, Cablnet that pubi0 sriitlment has
formed, as It did, an acute angle at theihsen aroused bv trafllo del.ivs and la
end of a salient. The wood Itself Is shat-' demanding that tha Cm eminent ehall
tered and P!ghed by i-hells and full ' nstume charge. Tho plan" of appointing
of of ftagnant woter nn(J d.ada raiiroaa administrator to act for Hie
men lt ha3 been drenched continuously t President, such an administrator utlliz-
wUh ga3 untll tho rarrs3n had am0!t ng alt of the present railroad agencies.
nve gas maslis to a man.
.. .. .. ... . .
as io tne neigiu wnicji dominates,
Cambrul, our possession of It was Incon
venient for tho enemy. For hlm.lt la a
useful thing lo possess, it does not com
mand the country on our nlfli. nt lt rlnK
Deyonu
This withdrawal by no means begins
to convert our recent victory Into defeat
So far as Gorman attempts to Inflict that
breach In the Hlndenburir line, tho whole
of which .was taken, remains In our
hands with all its supporting and main
We have .,000 or 8,000 prisoners.
more uin m '""
somewhere around 100 guns, more than
he has of ouis.. WKether wo occept the There were rumors to-day that some
.,,imnl. f n,,,,,,-,,, llM l,l -a or not.. if ih P' Vrmr ehlof- were headed for
j. i: z.7i.;: .. .i "i
there Is no doubt that his casualties were1
many times heavier than ours,
INFANTRY INACTIVE.
Artillery Shows Greatest Vigor oa
Cambrai Front.
Lonpos, Dec 7. Only patrol clashes
occurred on the Cambrai front last
night, according to tho Ilritlsh state-
but tne artillery snowed
mans southeast and northeast of Vpres,
Berlin rdrnlts that the German po
sitions at-La Vncquerlo were penetrated.
engagements on both sides of Gralmourt
on tho northern side of the Cambrai
salient, were successful for the Germans.
There was considerable artillery firing
by both sides to-day on the right bans
nf the Meuse nnd In the region of Mai-
I .ni d Champagne. French airplanes
bombed stations at Frlbourg and Thlon
vllle. i
FOE'S POSITION BAD.
Germans Fare Frightful Task
Shot Riddled Desert.
In
Br (As Anoclattd Prtta.
British HEAPQt-'AttTins in Ibance,
Dee. 7. The Germans to-day continued
their work of reoccupytng tho devastated
ConHflued on TMrrl Pan.
Book Section
Paget 8 to 10
WOULD MAKE LOAN EASY
Labor's Attitude in Doubt;
Lovctt Issues New Rules;
Coal Is Coming. Here.
SpttUl Dttpateh to The Scs.
Washington, Dec 7. All Indications
to-day seem to point to the conclusion
that the President -111 address Congress
soon on the railroad situation and that
he will udvocate Government control of
the railroads for the duration of tho
war.
The Cabinet had a lengthy session to
day with, the railroads as the chief topic
of discussion. The President, It Is under
stood, did not indicate that his mind
was fully made up as to tho course he
would pursue, but unless some cogent
argument Is presented to him In the
next few days against the plan for Gov
ernment control It Is almost certain that
he will urge that the railroads during
the war be operated under Government
auspices.
A majority of the Cabinet, It appears
now, favors this plan. Secretary Mc-
Adoo, Postmaster-General Burleson and
Attorney-General Gregory are under
stood to hold particularly strong views
with respect to the advisability at this
time of making tho railroads part of the
Govemment war machine to be operated
as such and coordinated with the other .
war making branches of the Govern-
ment until the expiration of the war. i 1.500 miles east of Moscow, to guard aboard this one train. In Halifax, said
Nicholas ItomanoT. the former Russian Mr. Frlzzell, men were running at ran
Senaa of Counu Tested. . Hniperor. dom. crying for water, and women
, . ... 1
. vr k X ,
the leading members of the Cabinet l
the fact, now generally admitted by lead
ers who have canvassed th.i sentiment
j In Congress In tho last two days, that
i no proposition for Government loan to
the railroads even s a war nie.iuirre
iould be put through Congress without
ii terrifla druggie, f4 Inn? as tliey
leiiiain under their own managers,
managers.
The railroad managers and the Ball-
tV.r Tln.rrf rrn.A lib. Ik. nra.,nl
system continued, but navo
.V.... . t.M1n ..nil--
... . ... , ni i ......
IltCllfc M41U filial U CII1C11U1. l.iia
would like to see In the form
Govet-mnetit loan or a Government
equipment trust. Chairman Sims of the
Interstate Commerce Committee of the
House believes that with tho opposition
as It Is In Congress It would take
slt montliH to get such legislation
lhhnt,li uHfh tli ,-li.lr.r,.
through, with the dunces favoring Its
defeat.
Chairman Newlands Is somewhat more
' optimistic, but In both tli Senatu and
tho House thero Is much radical sentl-
.., vi ,h 1;1llrn.-ii! nnv
nslsta nee unless the Goernment thould
control them.
The President Is aware of thl eIlt!
ment, and has been told by tomo
of
I finds the most favor. Some members nf
.. .... .
the caninet believe It wouiu uc neiier u
he wcro not a railroad nun. himself,
balxir'' Altitude Vnerrtnln.
i no niiuuao or. ine i,iiiruau wonr or
ganizations on the subiect, which Is now
engrossing tho attention of the Presl-
dent and his advisers, is still u matter
While the plan now being dlscu-ed
'for Government control of the railroads
ment organization of the railroads all
down the line, the railroad brotherhoods
are reported to bo ngalnst the plan.
.. . .. . :
this- city to make known their vlow.
That It "might affect their present wngo
demsnds there is no doubt.
X' .mibers of the Cnblriet who favor
Government contiol at this time, how
ever, do not ngreu with the railroad
manngcrs' contention that under Gov
ernment control there would be less
efficiency on the part of the employees
of tho railroads than nt present. They
contend thnt tho 'efficiency of the I'oit
Office Department compares favorably
lth that of the railroads.
Postmaster General Burleson Is lo
cating that the Government take mer
tho control of the telegraph nnd tele
phone lines, and there are sonio here
who bellei o that thU too may be sug
geated as a later war measure.
Decreased Effleleiiry Feared.
Members of tno Railroad War Board
mado It plain In a talk with the news-
paper correspondents Hint they would
prefer that the control of the railroads
should be left as It is, though admitting1
that tho Government control vlan with
j a guarantee would work out well for the
stockholders. Tint principal objection to
Government control, cited bj Fairfax I
Harrison, rhalnnan of the Railroad War
Board, was that It would lessen the pres. i
ent efficiency nf employees who now un
der tho spur of the rewards of private J
ownership were working at top notch.
In the opinion of tho railroad prcsl-1
dentu gathered" hero two measures rould
be sindert.ken without Go eminent eon.
trol which would do much to clear up
the situation, tho appointment at once of
a Government traffic manager for all
Government supplies and tho issuance of
an order giving priority In the manufac
ture of certain railroad supplies, particu
larly cars and locomotives.
The railroad executives understand that
a Government traffic manager Is about to
be appointed. This traffic manager would
assume churire of all Government ship
ments and would determine their order
of priority. This, the railroad managers
say, would put an end to the confusion
that has resulted from every Govern
ment department Issuing preference tags
Indiscriminately for Its own freight
Edward F. Chambers, formerly of the
Santa Fe system and at present traffic
manager for the Food Administration,
1 proposed as general trnfflo tn.riuer
CtwHsuan' on TAInf Pffyc.
I 111 l V din .ii
RUMANIA CAN'T FIGHT
Berlin Claims Progress in
Pcaco Negotiations, but
Hitch Is Hinted.
London, Dec. 7. Fifteen hundred
Bolshevik troops nre reported to have
rurlved Ifl Vladivostok
This report, If true, possibly would
Indicate that the Bolshevik Government
Is In control of the Trane-Slberlan Hall
way, which runs from Petrograd a dis
tance of 6,621 miles to Vladivostok,
Russia's principal eeaport on the Pa
cific Former Premier Kerensky has been
elected Minister of Justice In the new
government organized In Siberia. It has
been decided to complete a coalition
Cabinet.
It Is reported that Gen. Kornlloff, who
rocently escaped from Bulkoff. where
he had been Imprisoned by the Bol
shevik authorities, has Joined Gen. Ka-
!,,,. tit lh. nnn
cossacks.
0cn 'Kornlofr formerly was commander
... cMet of the nussUri armies.
.vrmed pallors have arrested forty
,mDlo"ccs of tho State Unnlt who had
refused to work under me
Bolshevik
regime.
Send nusrd for rnrmpr Car,
Tho newspaper Prardri, organ of tho
RoLshrvIk Government, announces that
seeral detachments of sailors and the j
lted Guard have been cent to Tobolsk.
An armed Maximalist force has orcu-l
Pled the Marie Palace in Petrogrart and
has expelled the AIl-Runslan commission
In charse of the elections for tho Con-1 SrliooP. l ull Killed aOO.
stltuent Assembly. i tn(1 pf tJie 5pfctacular destruction
Another despatch from Petrosrad says or Ft, Joseph's Church and of tho col
that when Gen. Hoffman (probably on lal of tn Richmond fchool. killing
HoffmelPter), chief German delegate to the jno m.,,, c,n,jren- n t.,e ru. A mother,
armistice conference, heard the Russian
I proposal that the Germans during the
. . t..-i
' v. .LI,. I
v .itii TtT,t Uoi'nuestH In Courland and UllhuanU. In
stated that c)u31n(f MoQn ,slajlJ , th(J 0ll,f of
. tm. ViV.v It'ga, he becamo indignant and said: "If
umru HUJ1UJ .u. ; ......
Riga,
. . aun. n , . H
The text of the agreement bttwf en the
Slxty-seienth Russian Infantry division
and tho Thlrty-firVt German Infantry
division 1h printed in I'etrosrad by the
'nn !ii. It dotis not contain a nrd
:igrt'm-t tho transfer of troops to other
fronts.
Ilrrlln Rrpitrto PriKi''.
The following official communication 1
wa.s Isjuert to-day In D'rlln concerning
th i,in?r.M of the armistice motia- '
tiOIIH
The tepresentatlves of the quad
ruple I'onerfi ar.d the remaining
members of the Russian delegation
held committee sittings yesterday, at
which tho drawing up of protocols
with regard to the previous sittings
and the preliminary ork for tho fu
ture work of the full sltllugn was
concluded.
An official statement from Jassty, tin" "j have been In the trenches In
temporary capital of Rumania, an- Krnnoe. j gone 'over the top."
nouncea that hostilities hav len sus- I .-r;eni.!rf and comrades have been shot
pended along the entire Rumanian front. n !m. presence. I have seen sores of
The statement reads: 'dead" men bins upon the battlefield.
i no Hussiun commaviii navifig pro-
posed an nrmlstleo to the enemy and
to the. Rumanian troops forming part
of this front. It was decided that the
Rumanian troops should asroclate
thcm'elves with thl proposition. As
a consequence, hostilities .were sus
pended at !j o'clock on the whole of
the fiont.
The cnemj's troops Iqudly mani
fested their satisfaction and endeav
ored to approach the Rumanian net
work s.bteni. Tho Rumanian Hoops
maintained u reserved and dignified
attitude and rejected every attempt
at fraternization.
Iluiunnlu's I'lluht M-rlotia.
' ho Hunianlan tiuiqix me iuld!nn i
ritloiis along the western Moldavian
frontier nnd the line across Seuthrrn
Moldavia to the Black S-a. at which the
Germans and Austrian were ltaltid at
the conclusion of their drive In l'.'is.
Russian troops aro li'tirspcrstd with the
Contlnrieil on Third i'aye.
Soldiers First, Cry
of All Patriots Now.
gOLDIEHS first! That's tho slo
gan of good Americans this
year. Tho welfare of tho t-ol-dier
boys whotvc doing the fight
ing over in France, or who will
be on tho firinp; line fooii, should
be tho very first consideration
with every citizen. When you
buy tobacco for yourself don't
forget that they too want
smokes, that they need smokes.
THE SUN Tobacco Fund uITum
tho vehicle for helping them.
Don't let this week clotc without
sending a contribution.
The fund attraction to-day is
the concert and lecture at the
Allerton Thirty-eighth Street
Houfc. 138 Knst Thirty-eighth
street. Florence Nelson and
Carolyn Knight will sing, Hans
liarth, the American pianist, will
piny,, and the Rev. Samuel
Cranston Benson, who used to
be a pacifist, but is a fighting
parson now, will tell of his ex
periences on tho trail of German
barbarities.
A splendid list of attractions
in on tno rchedulo for next tveolc.
Read about it on page ,
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HORRORS TOLD
BY SURVIVORS
Halifax Dead Piled Like Cord
wood Worse Than Battle
field, Says Soldier.
BEDLAM RULED IN CITY
Parents and Children Crazed
by Terrifying Sights
and Shock.
.St. John, Jf. B.. Dec 7. A story of
bodies piled like so much cord wood, of
suffering, misery and desolation came
to-day from passengers who arrived
from Halifax. Among the first of the
soul harrowing narratives was one from
a passenger that he had seen fifty bodies
piled In a hoap, and that In a walk from
Halifax to Needham 169 bodies had been
counted scattered In the fields.
C. IL Frlzzell, who wan one of the
early artlvals. left thlj city Wedneidny
night and on Thursday was an eye wit
ness to the horrors of Halifax. A train
came along aa he watched tho scene.
Near Its track walked a continuous pro
cession of men, women and children,
terrified and benumbed. They were
taken on board the train. Among the
refugees wa? one little fellow who had
lost both of his legs,
One hundred and fifty were takn
added to the bedlam with their frantic
appeals for help.
whch j0.,(1 n(,t j,aJ t0 fave he.r hus-
...
and four children w::o
vere Im-J
ill lur pnjcosion o; iKraeuir.' iteiniis.
A tirakeman sat In the caboote of a
frelcht train apparently In the act of
lighting a cigarette. When he was ap
proached. It was found that he was dead.
The smoking clmrcttn still remilnod be
tween his uplifted .Tnn!..
Tho:na- Trainor, a pilot, paid that
1.000 bodjjj had been temver'd He had
teen rec I steamen. In the h.irbor that
bail li?en damaged and raid that tho
number of seamen killed was Urge.
Tan batllefiulda of Emop do not fur
nlsli a pirallel.to the scenes witnessed at
llallf,i, In the opinion of Duncan Grey,
who arrived hero to-day. He was en-
g.s;e.: m in&peein.g snens in n euwi uu
the waterfront when tho dev.iotatlon be
cm and baiely cwaped before the build
ing collapsed. This Is his story:
I "A few Kvpnds after the roar of the
I exploskm a piist of wind swept through
' the shed and then down c.-itnn pillars.
' boards and beams. I rushed to the
I open and tl. sleht that met my gaze
I was the worst that 1 expect ever to
see In thl" world.
. but the sight that
greeted mo yester-
day was a thousand times worse and
far more pathetic.
Helped to lleseue It'J.
i "I saw people lying nrnund under
'timbers, stones and other debris; some
i battered beyond recognition and others
groaning In their last agonies.
"Rushing here and there, 1 struggled
to asf'st them and as near o I can
i remember pulled out twenty-two men
1 and children from under tho wiwVaze,
As I was rl.-.ht In the affected district
. I witnessed the fu'.l horror of the situa
tion. "Partly Minded by the smoke from
burning dwelling", I (.-roped around as-
vittini; -mild of the poor mothers nnd
little 'ones who were running about
screaming ana searenmg aioo i. kw , makes occasional Inspections for dan
ons In many InstapcoH never tn be seen g,,oua renditions." the report continues,
by them nsaln. , bilt these nrn of cry little value and
"I struggled on, coming across more rcCords of Inspections aro not kept"
nnd moie Isidles nf dead men. dear Halifax's condition would b bad
women ami dean cnuuicn. ucin w a rr.nush in a city well prepared to tight
everywhere. ; nre. Thin, the report holds., the city of
"Flames were sweeping a wide path- iaifiiX aR I10t ,i,ip.,,.,i t fio. Just
w.iy for themselves. Doomed structures no,v Pnvtt!vclv her fin. dpir!rnent met
were beh hliHT forth great volumes of conditions that have p-i,tr.iled the Nova
smoke fiom door and windows. The 5fotan rty 1 rot yet written, for
district was a living bell. i lhe ncWj) Cnn.f!, But slowly from the ?one
"Half strangled by the rmoke, 1 kept of devastation, but the underwriters a
pulling out bodies from under beams VIMr as0 tn norml times, reported as
and fallen chimneys and under wreck- , follows :
age Pome of tho liodles wen: without j ".Source of water supptv barely tide
clothing. Many wero so mutilated that ut- fcv.ocn r.nmnwha'. imreiinhle
, It was difficult to rcallo that they were
num. in.
"Some men were virtually demented.
Thinking only of their wles and chit -
dren. they dashed about tn the burning
debris hazarding their lhes with the
I single thought of rescuing their own.
"I shall never fotget lio- I felt injnff n r(.sere; 6 hose wagons, 3 ladder
that hour. I saw little kiddles runtiln.-, truri and 2 ihetmcal engin-s. The
iilnnu, r-ome with blood streaming from apartment uns headed bv Cine P. J.
ine-n. .mi una cijiu mr inn,- paicnw
wlllio rntner-f aim moinerf ruien uooin
111 frenzy,
so patlietl
I haxe neer teen jnvihlng
F. H. Pattee of Hohnke, Men.
survlor of the atiif trophe, left here
to-nlsht on his way to Holjoke, "e
"!?.: ., , mo , th.SIMCOE SINKING,
"I was blttine In the corridor of the
Halifax Hotel rfa.'lng whoi the ex-j SAYS SOS CALL
plosion occurred I w as showered with v
broken glass nnd my head and one, earl,.
were cut. I hurried to the street and i message rrom dflip
lived teu.'e hours In the n-eneo of deso-1
latlon."
Trnllis llnlleit li; Mlmrdrlf t.
' A beavv mowftorni. threatlnlng.
' bllizai'il proportions, .nlded to tho hor
ror of desolated Halifax to.nlght. rto
lief tralna on the way with urgently
I needed suppllis w-ero held back by great
drifts. Other trains bearing hundreds
or injureii away troin inn cny, wncro r,
was iniposilblc to provide facllltlea or
treatment for them, were jitalled In the
snow, Hellef workers on the scene, al
ready exhausted by superhuman efforts
In digging survivors out of the debris
of two nnd a half t-quaro miles of d
C'onftmirrf on Xcroni Pni.
N. Y. Salvage Corp
To Rebuild Town.
SPECIAL trains left over the
w New York Central last night
for Halifax, carrying 600 men,
S15.000 worth of tools, $150,000
worth of lumber, 1,000 portable
houses and twenty-five motor
trucks. A special salvage corps
under twenty expert engineers
will aid in the work of rescuing
the city and in the construction
of temporary shelter. Dr. Dar
lington, former Health Commis
sioner, Is in charge of temporary
housing and will aid local au
thorities in maintaining sanitary
conditions in the stricken city.
The work is in charge of the
Hedden, Pearson, Starrett Cor
poration. STRICKEN TOWN
REAL FIRE TRAP
Underwriters' Report Reveals
How Vulnerable Halifax
Was to, Disaster.
MOSTLY BUILT OF WOOD
Firemen, Except Chief, Paid
Only on Call Big Hazard
Even in Normal TiniCH.
The plight of hapless Halifax and
conditions that contributed to It ; the
devastation following the explosion that
rocked her from the city's topmost tower
to bed rock foundation beneath . the
sea: the fires that neeni to have
Bt-irteJ simultaneous!;- In the wreckage
of buildings shaken down In widely
separated areas by the awful force of
tha explosion, all were forecast as pos
sible In a repert got up a year ago
by the National BosM or nr un
derwriters ut trie request the :ww
Scotia board.
OfltlclalH of the Home ar.d other In
surance companies In this city were
counting half heartedly yesterday on
minimum ilro losses, basing surmise on
the theory that the grealer loss was In
liulMines wrecked by concuxsiou ana
presumably untouched by Are, but, as
one of tho officlHl pointed out. It Is
! ..1IA IIV..1.. I tnl
the overturning or
stoves and the disarrangement o; w i 'iu.t; umuuj; i.i" hvuir. uumivu ui.
trie wlrlnit in thcto wrecked buildings , dale, the only, admiralty JikIk-o In Nora
resulted In many ares, ptobably affect- Scutla, will head the commission,
lug the bustniss i-tfctlon ltelf.
1,000 llnillea In Margon,
IVt I'lrcpruuf llnlldlniis. . Po mUy.h for thp en)fl official faots
Speaking of fire hazards In the busi
ness section the report e aid :
"There aro nine fireproof buildings in
the district, but their combined area Is
only 3.7 per cent, of the total building
aioa, nnd owing to their location would
act only as local' fire barriers. Frame
construction U found In all but five of
tho blocks and oners rearly one-third
of the area built on. It forms more
than ono-thltd of th construction in
ten blocks and more than two-thirds in
tht'0 blocks : IS per. cent, of the bulld-
. lrg havo h.ilngle roofs ; Indlvl
mdlvldual areas
, are Miiall with a few exceptions, but
where the bulldlngi are pritiped thero
are few brick cut off walls and the
hazard In gtncr.il from tills tvpe of con
struction Is very high."
It this condition prevails In tho b'isl
nefs fectlon, renditions elsewhere may
be Imagined. But It Is unnecessary to de-
petid on the ImaKlnatSon entirely. Tho
report at Icafit affords a spur In tha fol
lowing: "Residential sections are mainly
frame with shingle roofs, and though
most of tho dwellings are detached some
are In tramn rows and thero Is the lia
bility of extensive fires bccausn of tile
phlnylo roofs.
Inspection vt I.Ktle Value.
"Trin rsltlrtf nt ' ri liirMslnnlnt
,lr M,ppiy serlounly deficient through-
out both low services and only fair in
' hgh service. Fire department weak In
. tr.,ne,i men and r.pparatiii, including
, pumping capacity. Fire alarm .ystern
- cftrlrMi.il v mi t l!n h!f Mini In ii1nii.itf "
Halifax then had 7 lire engines. 2 be-
, Rro,ior!ck, 10 years old and I
rty-thrce
wan full
vra.. . iireman The chic'
paid, but others were paid on call. Tho
latlf r pnase. was one to which tho under-
1 . iii.t un rt Iciiltrl.- nhl.,trf
Picked
Up by Canadian Station.
cJt'kbkc, Dec, 7, A wireless meotase
received to-night from Fame Point said
an SOS call had been picked up
there from tho Government steamship
Plmcoe, which reported that she was
sinking
The message gave the Plmeoe's posl-
lion as off the Magdalen Islands. The
vessel Is commanded by Capt Dalton
and carried a crew of forty-three men.
Tho veasel left hero about a month ago
with a cargo of supplies for llghthouaes
on the north shore. Belle Iale and the
Newfoundland coast A wireless mes
sage received from her at noon to-day
said she was on li?r svny te PrlnceJCd
ward Island.
Hundreds of Victims Still
in Debris 3,000 Per
sons Injured.
DEATH TOLL OVER 2,000
Ottawa Commission of 8
to Start Investigation
at Once.
REFUGEES HALF FROZEN
No Americans Known to Be
Dead Boston Relief
Train Arrives.
f(iteM Detpalth to Tna SCN.
Halifax. N. 8., Dec 7 A bllisarC
blinding, raging and driving, sent Us
rescue workers to-night from the blaete
ened ruins of tho district which was
wrecked when 4.000 tons of T. N. T. ex
ploded on board the munitions ahtB
Mont Illanc. and halted the grewsotae
work of taking from toppled buildings
tho dead bodies that had been buries"
beneath thtm.
Cold wrapped tho stricken city of Hal
ifax In a dreary, llfo killing mantle, and
under the coverlid of the snow were fcu
rled many victims that willing workers
would fain have brought to tho morgue
or tho hospital.
It was the mot dreary curtain that
Kate could have dropped on the fright
ful tragedy that cost 2,000 lives and left
3,000 Injured pon-oni at tho mercy of
volunteer workers and the chilly charity
of tho winds.
The clementH began their ronrtlbutlon
to the catnstropho of Halifax in a gen
tle bnoBstftrm that served the merelful
pmposu of aiding the firemen extinguish
many sporadic files that blazed through
out the ruined area. From a 'gentle
snowfall tho imtcorologicat attack
changed to a barrage of lee and enow
through uhlch tho rescuo parties might
not work. A hundred fires went out; a
hundred lives accompanied the fires.
Tha proiwcty loss In cjftimatcd at tt5,
000,000 -to .t0,u00,000, and tho number
of destitute at upward of 20,000.
Canada lias taken teps to hold a
solemn, olllclal Investigation to find
why the r.000 victims and the millions
of property la were claimed In this
thrifty shipping civile, A special tri
bunal, ojn"l?tl"g of one Judge, one naval
expert and one mercantile xvrt, was
ordered tr-iy from Ott.ma to begin
Its Inqueft upon th dead ar.d Its ln-
as they come to-night from the stricken
city. Vor the rest. It Is a scene of
deva-it.it on. desolation and destruction
with the most p'tlfiil tales that have
ever c.i-iie sinee tho overwhelming of
Pompeii to mmmand tears and to chal-
' lcnit" sympathy
More than bodies hive now
been recover ed' and nie stretched In
the dreary morgue. The wounded In
droves have 1,1 en taken Into hospital?
mid private home", and have made.
th!r way lo neighboring points. StrtV
Irg'.y llln-trritn t- of th horror of the
whole thing, our woman was found
leading by the hand .i fold and 111 els4
ch'M, v' iV -ii,. i-irrled in her free
arm lln he. idles boly of an Infant
That is the story "f Halifax In a
jmuspi'h it sket lies Hie genera! stt-
intion m i vc'itlts. cnly nnd amieted
I city, ove, v lib li soldiers and sailors
ketp wntc'i and ward, whllo xolunteet
doctors ar.d nur.-es. who have come
from a'l side-, d, Iv. In tho ruins, for
the -1-ad .-"ui hj'iie, or minister to the
s-iilf'rint: ot tho.se woo wero not an
t mbed In the . .itastiophe
Tl.e nffl.iil slfiteme.'ts lsied to-nlgBt
say thai there Is no foundation for ru
mors iliat t'if illsfst-r was due to
evil deslgps It li accepted as the rs
siilt of an -ice' ic t. -f nn error In navt
g.ition, nn,l il.r.l;.'. mi'!- that any
eneiry !ur,d had part In tne demoralisa
tion and r uin of tl" P'H'
lloton ll.llel Trill il Arrives.
Union's relief ir.inp, sept in thre.
lelays Inve brouc :l elioer to the peopls
The fust, aller a i.,n on tho way,
cached the cltj to-i.'gM Two more,
ear:) tug the humane sign of the Ge
neva rross that marks the activities Of
the American Red Oroo, aro speeding
to the relief of the people
Itankern and lltrinclil men represent
ing rho wealth of llallia came to
gather to-night to consider, ii ml to meet
the city's mianclal ne, js They came
with assurance troui every IrnportsnJ
centre in Cinal.i and In the United
Stvtes tint they would bv supported In
of that is rei'ivsary to ru.ike more mer
ciful the fate of the hlstorl. old town.
The most rareful Investigation falls
sn far to devc'oii that any xe"set from
the I'nlted Mates, aed particularly th(
any that might li.ivo lionie men who
were to haie some pirt In foreign af
fairs, suffered In ne dKister Tho only
American railn-s known to be In the
.dapper zone m those who guar with
bayonets th" ruined area nnd who aid
with iilaciitv 'n the work of rescue
That work Is gome on incessantly to.
nlshl By lantern light ihu tollers ara
digging under ruined noms and ehat
ten , buildings Ii will be days before
lhe iM.ct lull of the high explosive mon
ster tersely known as "T N. TV" will
be know n.
o.OOO DEAD OR INJURED.
Pnrvtwtra Dlit In simott t'orerei
llnlns rnr Victims,
IlALtrAx, N. 4S , Dec 7. With one
tenth of the total population 'of Halifax
numbering r.,0oo (trkken souls, on the
official list uf dead and Injured, the
city settled down grimly to-night to the
work of rerciro and relief, Here and
there throughout the town a tire flick
ered and flared, und Incessantly pro
gressed the work of digging, digging,
digging for the liodles of those ho were
caught as their homes and plaeee of
business collapsed, above their liiadr,.
The rescuers worked In a heavy-snow-