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WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair and colder to-day; fair, continued
cold to-morrow; northwest galea.
Highest temperature yesterday, 46: lowest, ao.
..Detailed weather report on last paga.
IT SHINES FOP, ALL
VOL. LXXXV. NO. 100.
NEW YORK, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1917 oonngM, im. y a, . rmtm, and puhum., Atsdatiea. 64 PAGES. PRICE FIVE
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HALIFAX DEAD 4, 000;
3,000 FILL HOSPITALS;
RUINS ARE
Bitterly Cold Wind From
North Halts Exhausted
Volunteer Diggers.
WINDOWS ARE NEEDED
Thousands of Destitute
Families Suffering in Un.
' heated Shelter.
BOSTON RELIEF ARRIVES
N arrows Gives Up 200 Bodies;
I, tOO Freight Cars Burn;
Girl at Prayer Saved.
FUutax, N. 8., Dec S. With the hor
ror of the exploilon crowing hourly as
th reports of workers among the two
end a half miles of devastated territory
come in city officials to-night were forced
to admit that the death total will reach
' 4,000 persons. There are more than
3,000 Injured In the hospitals.
Halifax is covered by a sheet of Ice
and a bitterly cold wind Is blowing from
the north. This has brought the work
of digging In the ruins for the dead
virtually to a standstill. The firemen
and voluntary workers are exhausted.
Their places are being taken by soldiers.
As the workers get deeper Into the
I rut masses of fallen brick and stone
grewsome sights are revealed. In many
oses soldiers have fainted at their work,
but no greatly are they needed that
upon being revived they are Immediately
put back on duty.
So far 1,900 bodies have been recov
ered. Forty of these were found to-day
In the hulk of the Norwegian steamship
Imo that rammed the, munitions ship
Mont Blanc.
Only 400 Uead Are Ideatlaed.
The- new estimate of the number of
dead is based on the fact that hun
dreds, and possibly thousands, of bodies
re turned in the flames that swept
the ruins. In some cases It Is known
'hat entire neighborhoods were wiped
nut, and. It Is admitted that the names
n all the dead probably will never be
known. Ho far only 400 Identification
have been made of the' bodies recovered.
The freeslng weather has intensified
the sufferings of the destitute, and many
deaths by exposure will be added to the
lift of explosion victims.
The greatest need litre Is for window
alas. rJeattJr!very window; in the.cKy
wa shattered by the blast when the
munition ship Mont Blanc was rammed
In the Narrows, and hundreds are shlv
Arlng in houses where paper and cloths
have been used In an attempt to shut
out the wind.
Boston nellef Trala Arrives.
The arrival of a relief train from
rtoston brought thirty-eight physicians
and nurses and fifteen baggage .cars of
all kinds of supplies. This was tho first
ipeclal to arrive with any considerable
amount of equipment oh board. Two
raqre, including the Red Cross special
from New York and another train from
Koston, are. expected before noon to-mor-tow.
This wilt greatly relieve the situ
ation, which was most acute.
The Narrows gaye up a parts-of Its
'ead to-day when a dragging of the
waters brought forth the bodies of 200
xoldlere, sailors and river front work
men. (
The city-officials were greatly cheered
by the reports that continue to come In
from dozens of cities and towns of relief
work of all descriptions that is being or
canized for the Halifax sufferers. The
'ports contain notices of special trains,
hips and Individual contributions of
food, clothes and money.
stories of miraculous escapes from
dcth are told by those who hate gone
into the ruins to help In the rescue work.
One of the most remarkable was of Lola
Auras, tbe eight-year-old daughter of
John Burns, a merchant of Granville
Mreet. The child was saying a morning
prayer when the explosion caused the
notise to collapse.
The Kir I was hemmed In by timbers
thu crashed all around her, but when
found she was 'unhurt. The rescuers,
"hen they pulled aside tho wreckage,
mw her on her knees still praying.
Soldier Finds Baby Alive.
Private Henneberry of the Sixty-third
battalion, who recently returned home
from the front, rushed to his home when
the explosion occurred and found It a
of ruins. He dug with his bare
fund until he heard the moan of a child
underneath the, wreckage, and then,
Wrful that he might loosen some of the
debris to that It might crush the living
"tie. he ahouted for help.
Workers went to his aid and after
(ireful digging came upon a kitchen
iove. from beneath it came a tiny
hand which was eagerly grasped by
Henneberry. It proved to be that of
eighteen-montbs-old baby Olive. The
(Mid was only slightly Injured. The
eldler's Joy was turned to grief a few
minute? later when, further down In
the wreckage, the, bodies of his wife
"id me other children were four.
Soldier searchers In the Richmond
district found beside some of the bodies
tegmenta of the Mont Blanc, These
missiles evidently caused instant death
and saved the victims the horrors of
Incineration.
A military hospital on one of the piers
demolished by a twenty foot chain
from the Mont Blanc which had been
hurled through the air f distance of a
mile and a half.. Steamships alongside
the wharves showed gashed aides and
h'r,t tunnels, while the paint seemed to
lue been rubbed off their aides.
ay Blowa Taraaga Rataa- Unkart
At the Richmond school, where hun
dreds of children are believed to have
"ten killed; either by concussion or
'mothered beneath the falling roof .and
walls, a little boy was blown through
tnj ruins and was virtually unhurt.
Ueutsaant-Cotnmander James A.
.Murray, 'formerly captain, of the Km
press of Britain, but recently appointed
commander of the convoys, with head
outers here, wag killed instantly .at
Ths body of William Hayes,
ho was tha pilot of tha Imo, wm found
on tho shore to-day. ,
The tag Jteaw was let with ill
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Cesasmij,':;
. .At.
UNDER ICE
RAIN SAVES N. Y.
MANY A DOLLAR
Quickly Removes Snow Which
Threatened to Impede
Traffic,
HEAVY FALL IN WEST
Mercury Drops to 20 Below in
Minnesota and Other
States.
Real winter descended upon New York
yesterday not with Intense cold, but
with a driving snowstorm, which cov
ered the entire city In a mantle of white
until dark, when a heavy rain trans
formed the beauty of the snow banks
Into mud and slush to a depth of several
inches and caught the thousands of eve
ning rush hour pedestrians In a most
disagreeable mess.
The rainfall, coming when It did. un
doubtedly saved the city thousands of
dollars. It quickly removed the snow
which up to that time had threatened to
'impede traffic, and which, with the
present shortage of labor, would have
caused much trouble.
As to Just where the storm came from
there Is. a wide difference of opinion
among the ordinary- citizens' and tho j
amateur weather prophets, but that It
was a record breaker for December and
general over the Northeastern States alt
agreed. And with It canio the Usual I
reports of delayed trains and interrupted
wire communication, but as far as could
be learned up to a lato hour last night
no serious trouble had occurred on land.
Shipping bore the brunt of the blizzard.
Mttle Delay in' City Traflr,
While the snow, which began falling
about 10 o'clock after an early morning
of overcast skies, covered tho streets of
Greater New York to a depth of several
Inches and plied up drifts three or four
feet deep against buildings, keeping the
army of shovelmen busy, there was very
little serious delay In traffic In the city
Some of. the surface cars were nut a few
jiilnutes off schedule for a time, but the
trouble was soon remedied.
This was not true or the suburban
and through traffic from the West.- Hud
son Tube trains were thirty minutes late
In some instances, and praotjcally every
other suburban line suffered'morc or less
trouble. .By' t o'clock last nliht ;lh
terminal officials pf the various lines de
clared that all trains were at that time
running on schedule and no -further In
terference with traffic was anticipated,
the rain having solved the" difficulty.
The New York Central announced that
all Its night trains would arrive on time,
but rhe Pennsylvania road officials ad
mitted they were not so fortunate.
'Practically all our trains from the
West are late," was the announcement.
"Some will be an hour and others two
hours or more behind time, but there is i
no serious trouble."
Ohio, Indiana. Kentucky and as far
south as Tennessee described the storm
as Being the most severe In many years.
If not the worst snowstorm for Decem
ber in the history of these States.
Camp Mills Is Jilt.
At, Camp Mills, according to reports
from there, the blizzard caught the thou
sands of soldiers unorenared when It
came howling through the tented city.
ana an immeaiaie charge was made on
the great piles of cord wood that had
been cut and laid away, A new world's
wood chopping record was made, and by
dark more than 200 cords of wood had
been cut Into'stove wood and packed In
the thousands of tents.
While the toit stoves kept the boys
warm, many of the soldiers had great
difficulty in keeping their tents on the
ground until the gale subsided. The
thermometer varied between 26 and 30
degrees above zero throughout the day,
and many a man who had. never before
looked a woodpile in the faco grabbed
sn " and went to work like a veteran.
All the hospital tents stood up well un-
der the storm and none of the patients
suffered any III effects.
Came Up From Tennessee,
The official weather man. who Is at-1
rays accused of not knowing what . he
s talking about, but who is always
w
Is
listened to nevertheless, explained It all
last night In this way:
"First, I want to correct what seems
to be a general Impression this blizzard
was a tail end of the storm that has
been raging In Halifax for two days.
"It was not. It was first reported
from central Tennessee this morning at
8 o'clock and gradually moved north
east, reaching New York city about 11
o'clock. Along the west coast from four
to five Inches of snow fell. Up-State
the snow was heavier than In this city,
the record being from eight to ten
inches at certain points. The precipita
tion in New York wss 1.41 Inches, which
means the melted snow and the rain In
the gauge read that.
"At 10 o'clock to-night the blizzard is
central In northeastern Pennsylvania,
with every Indication It has spent Its
force as far as this section of the coun
try is concerned. Sunday will be fair
and colder.
"The greatest wind velocity in New
York was it miles, but at Long Hranch
the gale recorded as high as 84 miles
for a abort time during the afternoon."
Heavy aaumfall la Indiana.
KvANSVii.t.s, Ind Dec, 8, Southern
Indiana and Northern Kentucky are to
day experiencing the greatest snowstorm
since weather records have been kept for
thla part of the country. More than
twelve' Inches of snow felt before noon
and thla afternoon It was still falling.
Traffic of all kinds delayed. .Fac
tories had to abut down or operate short
handed because employee could not get
to work.
110 hits la Nartawsst.
Chicago Winter settled down to the
actual business In hand to-day over all
the Northwest Preliminary symptoms
yesterday were unmistakable and the
wsathsrwlss began digging In when they
read of snow aa far south as Oklahoma
aM tat) verai urea r jasgrsas wow aero
3 GENT MILEAGE
FOR PASSENGER
FARE IS URGED
Legalizing of Pooling Also
Suggested to Solve Rail
road Problem.
CABINET WIDELY SPLIT
Additional Flat Charge on
Every Tou of Freight Also
Advised.
Kptciat Dttpalik to Tsa Sux.
U'AsiliNOTO.v, Dec. S, While a ma
jority of President Wilson's Cabinet are
understood to favor strongly Govern
ment operation of the railroads during
the war. an equally determined opposl
i tlon to this plan Is known to exist among
the other members. It Is being urged
upon the ('resident by these advisers
that the proper solution of the railroad 1
problem lies In legalising the pooling of
equipment and facilities with assurance
of greater returns for the railroads than
they are making under present condi
tions. Coupled with this suggestion a plan
for the solution of the real trouble
which has been encountered the ques
tion of money has been offered. Thla
would Involve giving the railroads higher
ipassenger rates, probably three cents a
mile, and permitting an additional flat
charge on every ton of freight hauled.
Careful consideration Is being given
this plan, as It would be applicable to
the situation regardless of what action
the President finally determines upon.
Republicans and Democrats alike are
sceptical of the chances of getting
authorization from Congress for a large
i0an to the railroads, and the surges
tlon for Increased passenger and freight
rates thus far Is the only other solution
offered for the problem of railroad
financing during the war.
Cabinet Member's View.
A member of the Cabinet, who is one
of the advocates of repealing the anti
trust and anti-pooling plan, said to-day
that It was recognised by the Adminis
tration that the railroads were unable
to obtain money to Invest In improve
ments and rolling stock and that sums
for these purposes must be obtained to (
carry the railroads lurougn me war
crisis.
Government operation would put the
burden "on the Government Just as com
pletely as would a loan from the Gov
ernment, as the money must be secured
If the transnortatlon systems of the na-
tlon are to be kept sufficiently efficient
to handle the great burden of traffic
which the war has thrust upon them.
This Cabinet member Is urging that a
flat arbitrary amount be added to the
charge for carrying each ton of freight
ami that the, .pasaengf rJarlff sdw iJm:
ralf-ed. .v -m, Y
The urgent need of the" speedy idop
tlon of such a plan was emphasised to?
day by n report from the Interstate
Commerce Commission showing that the
earnings of 'American railroads con
tinued to decline during October while
operating expenses were many millions
more than for the same mouth In the
previous year. The net revenues of the
Kastern roads and the Western roads
were several millions less than in Octo
ber, 191(1.
Itailroad Leaden Pasaled.
Kail road executives are at sea as to
the plan which will be adopted. They
feel that Government operation during
the nresent war will not be as effective
i as would private operation under the
pooling plan advanced with sufficient
income to provide for funds for the
proper Improvements and Increases of
rolling stock.
Since 1911 the amount wnicu tne
railroads have been able so to invest has
shrunk every year with the exception
of 1911, when slightly more than the
amount for the previous year was
utilized. In 1911 about SSOS.000.000
was Invested in the railroads for Im
provements, the purchase of new rolling
stock and the like. This nas raiien until
last vear on'.v about 2TS,000.000 could
be used for this purpose on account of
the decreased net revenues of the rail
roads. The feeling Is growing here among
officials of the Administration, who are
expected to have a largo Influence in de
termining the course the President
finally decides upon, that Government
control would lesscrr the efficiency of
the roads which would not be impaired
i by adoption of the pooling plan.
j One of the strongest arguments being
, used by officials who fax or the Govern-
,.rirencv Is the fact thai It Is
! elTfZ Prld'eTt afready !'
, ,,,,, now,r,,im,.,nt to do thi
clothed with powersufnvlent to do this
without additional legislation, whereas
the repeal of several sections, of anti
trust and anti-pooling laws would be
necessary to put the plan for pooling
the railroads' facilities Into effect and
permit them to continue the operation
of their lines.
No Partisan Cleavage,
The difference of opinion In Congress
regarding the two plans suggested for
war time operation of the roads cannot
be figured on party lines. Senator New
lands, chairman of the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee and a Democrat, Is
opposed to Government control, while
the ranking Republican member of that
committee. Senator Cummins, has de
clared In favor of Government ownership
during tho war.
On the other hand, Representative
Sims, chairman of the House Interstate
Commerce Committee, favors Govern
ment control of the roads, although he
will seek the repeal or the laws standing
in the way of legalizing the proposed
pooling plan If the President so desires,
The uncertainty In ths minds of rail
road executives of the course to be pur
sued by the Administration resulted to
day In indefinite postponement of hear
ings before the Interstate Commerce
Commission on the application, of the
Western carriers for freight rats In
creases, In the letter to the commission asking
postponement of the hearing it was ex
plained that one of the considerations
which led to asking postponement was
the fact that the present situation touch
ing the railroads Is expected to be cleared
up early In 1918 ; also' that figures will
then bo available for the entire year
1(17 which will show the need of greater
revenue for ths Western carriers by dis
closing the extent to which It has been
necessary to defer proper maintenance
of the roads and equipment.
. MMUDA CAIOUNA KUtORTg.
I alwl Trains via shortest real.. Boektat.
KAUOAKU AJR UilB. llli 8-way,-Jt.it-
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DESTROYER JACOB JONES SUNK B Y U-BOA T;
, ONE OFFICER AND 68 OF THE CREW MISSING;
COMMANDER WORTH BAGLEY IS SAVED
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U. S. Destroyer Jacofe Jones, Sunk by a Submarine in the War Zone.
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Photo from R. Muller, Jr.
TUG LOST; 11 MEN
DIE IN WILD SEA
Eugene F. Moran?s Captain
and Crew Fight Gale in Vain
Off Atlantic City.
FOUR HEROICALLY SAVED
Gallant Coast Guards Itravc
Death in Storm; Crafi in
Tow Driven Ashore.
Bftettl Df patch lit Tnz Si.
Atlantic Citt, N. J Dec. 8. Crushed
down by mountainous combers hurled
before a northeast gale which lashed the
coast throughout the day the tug Uugene
F. Moran. owned by the Mo r art Towing
Company. 17 Battery place. New Vork,
foundered and sank with all hands three
miles oft this city late this afternoon.
The Captain and a crew of ten perished.
Four others aboard a lighter and pile-
.driver, she was toMng from New York
to Philadelphia were tesuutd through
the gallant work of coast guards.
The rescued men were Gustavo As
pllnd of lfi Vernon street, Brooklyn.
Edward Johnson of S3 South street. New
York, and George Carlson and Johji Nel
son of New York, no street address. Tho
rescued men arc unable to give the
names of tho victims.
From Carlson it was learned that the
tur. with her tow, started from ew
York last night for Philadelphia. She
had haidly got outside before the sea
rose to terrible proportions before the
northeast aale. which increased in Inten
altv throughout the night. It wa a con
stant battle to keep ailoat fioin 10
o'clock last night. All through the night
th men feared d saster. and it was on'
due to 'the fine seamanship of the tug
captain that the two csseis Kepi
gtther and above water.
nalscd Signal of l)ltrc.
to.
The unequal battle continued until
late this afternoon, when the xcssels
appeared off Atlantic City. Signals of
distress were flying and during a lull
in the blinding storm sweeping the coast
Federal guards sighted the floundering
vessels.
Although It seemed Impossible that a
lifeboat could keep afloat In tho rmother
of breakers that piled across the Absccon
Inlet two left the Inlet, one a power boat
In command of CapL John lloldskom
and the other oar propelled, directed by
Cant. Samuel lloldskom, his brother.
Crowds who clung to the rail when
word of tho approaching disaster had
flashed through the hotel and. cottage
district witnessed the moit gallant battle
waged in rescue along Absecon Ueach In
years. Time and again the boats van
Continued on Filth Vayt.
Another Busy Week
for "Sun" Fund Ahead
"(TOBACCO is. the statf of life
of the soldiers. They need
it," declares the Rev. Samuel
Cranston Benson, who has been
driving an ambulance at the' front
and has made a close study of
conditions in France and Bel
gium. In a lecture yesterday he
called THE SUN Fund "a noble
enterprise."
This will be another busy week
for the fund. One of the big
events will be ttic Claridge enter
tainment Wednesday night, at
which the three Graces Ln Rue,
George and Field Vera Maxwell,
Raymond Hitchcock, Karl Carroll
and other favorites will appear.
Lieut. George H. Roeder will
deliver his splendid war lecture
in the Broadway Fresbytcriart
Church House, 601 West 114th
street, to-morrow night. The
fund, will benefit from it also.
Read of this and other attrac
tions on page 13 this morning.
And this and next week will
be SUN Tobacco Fund weeks in
Lou Freedman's Haberdashery,
1606 Broadway. The fund will
receive a share of the gross re
ceipts on each of thirteen days.
WARNING! THE SUN TO
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza
tion or publication,:; It employs
no events oitollcitors, ,
BELGIUM Gl VES PERSHING
USE OF 600
Turns Over Last of Her
Lines of Communication, Thus Saving
Much Valuable Cargo Space.
By t.'if Jnoetattd Prttt.
With the Amemcak Armt in
France. Dec. S. As a mark of its ap
preciation of what the United States
has done for Belgium the Belgian Gov
ernment has turned over to the Ameri
can expeditionary force 600 locomotives,
all that remains of the Belgian rail
authorized to make such 'disposition of '
them as he deems advisable. i
To a Belgian l cprescntatlve Gen.
Pershing expressed tho appreciation
which, he said, he knew would be felt
by the people of the United States,
especially as the Belgian Government's
'act would result ln a large saving ot
cargo space on American ships.
Karly in the war Belgium had ln
France about 1,700 locomotives. Since
tben the Government has turned over
for the use of the Allies about 1,100 of
these. ' Tbe remaining 600 the Belgian
Government had retained up to this time
as a nucleus for the rehabilitation of
the commerce ot the prostrated nation
after the war.
When It ns found that the American
expeditionary force could use a con
siderable supply of motive rower on the
llneRafrnm flip linpn nnrls fn nrmv
zone the Belgian tiovqrnment made
FIVE AMERICANS
TORTURED AND SHOT:
Meet Death, With Chinese and!
Gennan, at Hands of
Ynqui Indians.
Noualks, Ariz.. Dec. S Five Amerl-
cans, one German and three Chinese
were tortured ond then shot to death by
the Yaqul Indians -io raided Kspe
rarira, seventy miles south of Guaymas,
Sonora. Thursday, according to a report
brought here to-night bv an American
mining man.
Forty Germans working on a planta-
t'.on south of Uspcranza arc unaccounted!
for, lie fays.
The Americans' names wcie given
Jack K-.plcr. Fred llahn. George Boxer.
I.ec Ilasmuascu and Henry Fainum.
The Gci man was I.ucua Vogclmcnt
pjjg
Yaquis came upon the Americans, who
wore living In a colony near li-peruuza,
according to the report, took them pris
oners nnd tortured them for hours be
fore shooting them.
Yanul uprisings hae been reported to
Gen. P. Klias Callus, military Governor
Seised on Border.
Washington, Dec. S. Nearly .',000,-
000 rounds of small arms iinimunltiou
seized by Federal oinclalM on the Mext -
ran border have been delivered lo tho
Mexican Government under a general
inner of the War Department cai rying
out Ilm President s instruction that the
embargo be lifted.
SOLDIERS END SIEGE
OfGREELEY SQUARE
Army Tactics Win Battle
With Balky Mule.
Three artillery soldiers from Mlucola
went over tho top at Broadway, Sixth 1
mm. u.n ... , .,
avenuo and Thirty-fourth street al 3
o'clock last ingnt and rescued lliosoj
thoroughfares from a halt hour slcgu on
the part of ono mule. Fiom S;S0 to 9
o'clock not a car moved about tho vicin
ity of lltcclcy Square. Taxis honked,
chauffeurs swore and traffic officers did
their worst, but without uvnll.
The mule, much the color ot the slush
which covered his legs, was attached tu
a big lumber wagon. He chose the exact
middle of tho three car lines to balk, nnd
the balk continued without Interruption
for the half hour. Then appeared the
soldiers, newly versed In the arts of war
fare. They went immediately to tho
scat of tho trouble, and won the day
with proper persuasives administered vn
tbe mule's rear quarters and army lan
guage. Then traffic moved again In
Greeley Square.
of Sonora. fiom several parts or the tlcns adopted by various engineering so- iviador b is hoe,, nn n, vf.i-,- ... American destroyers which will be gent
State. Telegraph wires outh of Guay-. clctes urplllg hneclal consideration for breaking dli.iomitii elat Ions ,lnce ' to,,F!"'0I)e'al 'valers b'ore "ffxt S"mra''
mas are down and train service has engineering students because of tho I October laM whe IVm s ,ils wl U1 -1 ore or mort-, it is believed, so
teen suspended. 'value of such men. when trained, tc? the mled the Geriun Mini ter ,t Ilm, ,tlm l',!n tlio atrategrlc viewpoint the
. military establishment. About C.000 n" r,ri ute t 1?!,s ,"'lsht b '"counted were it not for
. wwr,,,m,xr or-r',-4c...r, BludnlB in 117 recognized engineering "on, Vk'1 ovIrmrt 'nfV,"' V I" of officers and crew.
AMMUNITION RELEASED, colleges and schools are affected. . '-iTiNo Vi ' ? the m i d Vlt ! '"y T)l"llcl". w'' l" '"ado his
.. . . . , ..'KJ.0.: ??.?! uYdor rntunatertlt'he would "al
LOCOMOTIVES"''""
Railway Power . to Equip '
haste to offer the use of the locomotives,
realizing that to ship as many from the
llplted States as wcro needed would
require a large amount of cargo space
which might ho used for other sup
plies. Many of the locomotives will be
speedily put Into use nnd will be
operated under the direction of the
transportation department.
MORE U. S. CASUALTIES.
1
Urn. Pershing Itenorts Tno Ilratha
nnd One More 'Wounded.
WtsiiiNd'sax, JJec. S. The name of
Private Fritz Fulks was added to-day
by Grn. Tcrshing to the list of en
gineers wounded In action November
JO, the day American engineer units
with the British army helped Oeu.
Byng's troops to halt a German attack.
Fulks was slightly wounded. Ills emer-griH-v
address is It. It. Koberson. friend,
Hoxlr. Ark.
These deaths wcr reported by f7en
l'ei filing:
Private Chatles V. Con den. ciml
netrs. ineartes, complicated with bioncho
pneuinonla, acute. I'ina Island. Minn.
I'rlvale Antonio Valcrio, Infantry, ot
wounds, rcult explosion hand grenade.
' Ceperana, Italy:
6,000 ENGINEERING
PUPILS ARE EXEMPT
117 Schools Ue -
Students in
leased From Selective Draft
by ew Hilling.
i
Washington. Dec S. Virtual uxcmp
j tiou from the selective draft under 'cr -
tain prescribed conditions w-as given to-
d.iv to engineering student. In schools
recognized the War Department. Tho
action resulted' fiom a conference
among Secretary
Baker. Provost Mar
shal General Crowder and officials of the
.nnln.npltl. unrl.ll..
Tll(J stmif,H rc ,cnCd as jnlUury
assets of the future and preferred cl.isst
flcatlon Is granted to "them, as well as to
medical students In certain cases, so that
th- m.iv roinnlete their coiir-cs. They
2ev.r, Bl,,omntlcally to their foimer'
classification cm graduation ami may oe
! VnllUU UUl HIIIIIV M, ,v,, an (.txw.vw ..,vt.
01 inn ciiKincer
fhc problem of engineering BUiflouls
in the draft was presented by Mllo S.
Ketchum ot Boulder, Col., president of ,
the Society for tho Promotion of Kn -
glneerlng. nnd 0-. B. Mann, dean of Mas -
sachusetts Institute of lechnologj. They
nieu wuii .mi. urtKir tujiic vi i i-.-uiu,
ilivafr fit 1-1 ft I IniiB flvlurr etiMi cfiulniila
, ,le samg ciass,icatlf,n ils student doc-
i tors. Wheie they can present cortltl
catcs showing that they arc enlisted In
j the Kngineer Itrscrve they will bo
placed In class live by local boards
. These certiorates must tome from the
' Presidents of the institutions they at-
tend, ftatlng Hint they have shown
ability that places them among the high
est third of tho graduates of such
schools during the last ten years.
A resolution adopted by tho Society
for tho Promotion of Knglnecrlng and
approved b- the council of the American
Society ot Fnglnccrs w;is presented at
to-day's confcience. 11 Is pointed out
that a majority of-tho i,30n engineering
students graduated during 1917 aro til
leady in the natlon.ilt-ervice and that
one-thlrd nf the 131 S class has already
c" "cu' , ,
Tlc duuppp 8 m)t tliit t students In
engineering will icfraln from enlisting."
the resolution added, "but thai they will
enlist before they arc sufficiently trained
to he moat effectlvo in uctlvc service."
SYMPHONY LEADER ARRESTED.
.1. llrnM KuiivvhIiI, lualrlnii,
Srliril In t'lnelnimll,
('iNi'iN.V'fj, Pec S, J, F.rnsl Kun
wa'd, an Austrian subject nnd director
of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra,
wai arrested hero to-day by United
Ft.ilet Marshal Dcvnnnry on nu order
received from Attorney-General Greg
cry at Washington.
Marshal pevanney announced that
Prof, Kunwald wns arrested In accord
iftiro wilh article 13 of the President's
ijoclamatlon relative, to alien enemies.
'II S Tfl R0RR
SillrTlNU rUUL
Hurley Snys Work From Fac
tory to Front, Must He
Systematized.
(Tnoks
TO PREVENT C
ST I OX
Speeifit- Cargo for Every Ves
sel to He Designated in
Advance.
Sp'rial Drtpilfh to Tin Si v
Wishingtov, Pec. S America un
doubtedly will dlcLnte the policy of the
Interallied board to control sea trans
portation which probably will be formed
at the conference of thp Allies In session
In Paris, according to i'dward N Hur
ley, head of the Shipping Board.
Mr. Hurley said : "Four points of
contact must be observed In meeting the
problem nf supplying utir troops and get
ting food and Amorlr.in products to the
Allies. These point.-, are: Uncongcsted
railroad lines to our ports, quick loading
and despatch of tiansports, rapid un
loading In European ports and railroad
facilities, partlcul.uly in France, for get
ting the goods diMrluutcd.
"Wc must have system all along the
line. Americans who aie directing ship
ments mutt know where and when to
ship goods. All exports cannot go to
one port, nor can they bo Miipped in
such quantities that Ihe docks will be
come congested.
"By the pooling ; Ian one man can
Idliect what shall be shipped on any
! "Hied vessel. This nirnns that a3 toon
golng cat go Is prepared and she is loaded
within a few days utter lm has dis
charged. Tho 'Vessels can be kept going
mi ii "chedule which will insure them
belter protection by convoys.
"Because they will be loaded by direc
tion of Americans on fixed plans it will
ii,,. ci,sy fon Americans on the other side
1 10 devise the best and quickest means
! flr unloading them,
ZI.SV uT
i joam,,,- aml uistrluutl n:b v rail the sun.
plies sent our men ln France. Butthcie
is always room for Improvement and the
pooling of the transport interests will
go a long way in giving us tho close knit
service so essential If our transport 3 a
tern N to bear the great burden placed
unou It"
cuvnuvn oi,vxjta ItJCOiAllurta.
lln-ul. With (irrmauy OrUclnlly
Aunnnnreil by Gin erniurnt.
UtTOtlt TVitr,,lf n.w, K I . ., , i
, lint1 ll.lU CAt'Srcil j-tit-lls-IITirl 1 -r'.l I'ltlnlio
, wlth Germany, according to an official
I announcement made by the Government
. in-dav
up his lesldenetj at Quito, the 1'cuado
lean capital. Tin.' Ucuadorcan Secretary
of Foreign Affairs, lion ever, announced
that tho Minister would not be lecelved
I olllclalh bv the Goicrnmcnt of Fcuador
'
COAL FIRM YIELDS
TO GARFIELD THREAT
Decides to Cooperate When
Its Supply la Menaced.
!pciQl Vetpatch lo Tux Sin,
I Washington, Dec. K Coal dcaleis in
inn I nitcrt States must cooperate with
the Federal Fuel Administration or go
nut of business. This policy was laid
down In an ultimatum ta Pennsylvania
firm to-day by the Fuel Administration.
The message ient by Dr. Garfield's Bu
rein i lead ;
"Administration Is advised ou lefuse
to cooperate with Federal Fuel Admhls
trntor. If this Is the case administra
tion will take steps to have all coal
shipped to jou diverted to other local
.dealers who aro willing to coopcnito
with this administration In relieving
whole, situation.
"It Is not a time when dealers cm
run their own business nS they see tit
and cooperation on part uf dealer must be
given If efforts ot this administration are
to be successful. Unless advice that you
aro willing to cooperate is given bv 4
o'clock this afternoon we. will arrange
to have ll mal now in transit diverted
to other dealers In jour city."
Within a short time a reply was re
ceived denying charges that tho firm was
refusing to work in 'harmony with the
Fuel Adminlxti-atlou and assuring the
Government onhlali of wupport.
Attacked by Submarine in
Dark, Probably While
Convoying Transport. '
SHIPS PICK UP ;7 MEN
Found Clinging to Life'
Buoys Which Floated Off '
as Warship Sank.
FIVE OFFICERS SAVED,
Six Survivors Arc Landed Un
injured on tho Stilly.
. Islands.
Offfial lltipaleh f Tna St v.
Washington, Deo. S. Attacked undet
the cover of darkness on Thursday night
by a submarlno operating several hurj-'
dred miles off shore, the American de
stroyer Jacob Jones was sunk with one
officer and sixty-eight men of lier crew, '
according to the latest estimates receive
in despatches to the Navy Department
to-night. Details are lacking In a large
measure both as to the sinking and W
the rescue, owing to the fact that Vice
Admlral Sims, in London, has been un
able to get nio! than the brief announce
ment that the Jacob Jones was torpedoed
nnd sunk and that one British vessel
rescued thirty apil another JJrltlsh ship
seven of the survivors.
For several hours to-day it was b
lloved that Lieutenant-Commander Da
vid Worth Bagley, a brother-in-law of
Secretary Daniels, who commanded the
Jones, had been lost, but lato to-night
word came from Viof'-Admlral Sims
that Lieutenant-Commander Baalevand
j Lieut. Norman Scott were among those
I lescued. The report of Vice-Admiral
I Sims sale that Bagley and Ave men.
I Including four officers, who were saved
w.in mm, got away in a motor noat ana
-vete picked up and landed uninjured at
the Sclily Islands.
The fact that these men reached the
Scllly Islands gives the only clue as to
the wet Ion of the war zone In which
the Jones was operating.
Nothing definite has come as t!o
whether tho Jacob Jones was on patrol
duty or was engaged In convoy work
at the time of the accident. The fact
that two British vessels rescued sur
vivors and ar returning to Queens
town with them indicates that the
American tUrftro'ei na not unaccom
panied at the. time
Clang In I.lfe Itafta.
Three officers nnd thirty-four men
were picked up by these British vessels
from life rafts to which they clung.
Destroyers In the American Navy are
equipped with life rafts lashed on the
deck in such manner that they relcasn
themselves and come to the aurfaco
when the ships sink. Under normal
ciiciimstances there are enough life
rafts for the entire crew. Tho pre
sumption therefore is that the torpedo
struck a vital part of the vessel caus
ing her to sink almost at onco and
possibly killing many of tlin crew by
the explosion.
First news uf tlio accident was flashed
lo Secretary Daniels shortly before last
midnight it was the bare announce
ment that the vessel had been sunk.
Mr. Daniels at once cabled to Vice-Admiral
Sims for details and another frag,
mentary report reached the Navy De
railment this morning.
Ocvurrrd Far Off Shore.
The fact that the destrojer was sunk
at night and the added fact that the U
boat was apparontly operating further
off shore than anticipated aro two dis
turbing factors to the naval authoiltles
here. It has been assumed that tin
submarines were not ablo to stalk their
prey under cover ot darkness. It is be
lieved even now that tho U-boat must
have "stumbled" on her prey by a luckv
chance and been able to discharge her
torpedo before being detected by the
alert watch always maintained by tho
tews of American destroyers.
The. Jacob Jones was one of tho largest
and newest American destroyers. Her
loss will bo felt, but within the last few
da.is n new American dcstioyer has suc
cessfully had -her trials ami is icady to
juaiit: goou me gap in tno ucstioyer
forces abroad. The number of new
nii that over the loss of tin' Jones, I hn
gleatet to the navy thus far In
the war. At this time it was believed
that Lieutenant-Commander Bagley had
gone down with Ills ship. Commander
Bagley's mother has lived for several
ears at tha Secretary'. home.
A brother of Lieutenant-Commander
Bagley, Kuslgu Worth Bagley. was th
only American officer killed In tho war
with Spain. Ho was aboard the de
stroyer Wlnslow.when It was Miuck by
a shell in n battle off Cardenas, Cuba,
in April. 1SSS.
Some of the llvarucil.
Names of nn,v .s.teMi f the
forty-
Jhree survivors were given in the lies-
p.nchc" rtreivrii neru These names fol
low :
l.leuteiuiit-( 'omnia nder David Woiili
B.igley. Lieut. Norman Scon Lieut
John K lUdianl. MnsUn Nelson N.
Gates, Assistant Suigeon L. L. Adam
Klewlcz, Cbeiies '.. Pierce, fireman
Timothy l'dwnrd Twomney. seaman ,
John '. .lohni-'on, seaman; Henry A.
Stutzke, chief machlnl-is mate, Kd
waril F Gradv, fireman, second rlas.s ;
John .1. Mulvaue. scain.iu. Myron
Flood, seaman: Clarence Mollrnle, chief
boatswain's mate; lien Nuniur. cox
swain Lawrence G. Kelly, ihlef elec
trician. Joseph Korzenierk), lliem.iu
Tho list of officers and enlisted niou
on the Jones follows:
Ol'KICEr.S.
BAKI.IIV, n. W LlfUlPiuiil-Coinmaiilei,
mother, Mrs A. W llaislfy, vvajhliii-
Ion. ! I llliporl,d iHvel
SCOTT, NOUMAN, Lieutenant, M. Lgult.
lltrp'irli-d saved I
OATCS. N. N',. Knslgn, Bay Cltj. Mich.
(Kfpnrlnl naveo.)
AUAMKIV.WIOX. I.. I., Atslitant Silrwon,
Itllwaukca, Wi. HUP'Hted kifd.i
RlCBAnDS, J. h'., Ueultnant; Vltv, Dor-
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