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The 'Weather Report VYf Wow: Haven, Jan. 6 For Bridgeport and vicinity. Pair tonight; Sunday partly cloudy and. warmer. . . VOL. 54 NO. 5 rSlavs' Foes Insist on Sea Fleet, Removal of riiyiLU feMuJUM rill iiMli; (Hi PARI 1 : III TPII D -DtEA -TCel 11 EEP PI180E1S Weeks, and Re-establishment of Old Frontier Lines Would Retain Own Forces Because of War Against Entente and Seeks Indemnity for Losses Suffered by Individuals One Clause Asks Guarantee of Persia's Integrity. London, Jan. 5 Free passage of the Dardanelles for Rus sian ships, Russian evacuation of Turkish territory and the de mobilization of the Russian Black sea fleet are provided for in the draft of Turkish peace terms presented to Russia, accord ing to an Exchange Telegraph Co. dispatch from Petrograd. Turkey, it is provided, is to retain her active armv in conse quence of the continuation of The main points In the draft pre sented by the Turkish delegates are given in the dispatch as follows: 1. Frontier lines to remain as be fore the war. z. witnin two years ox iae eoncra sion of peace the contracting: parties shall conclude a convention respect ing sea trade and consulates. !. War losses Incurred by Individ uals to be refunded. 4. Guarantees to be 'given for the territorial Integrity and development ef Persia on the basis of her entire independence. 5. Free passage to be granted to Russian ships passing through the Iardnelles and the Besohorus. 6. Mobilisation within limits to be permitted for national defense. 7. Busela to undertake to remove her armies to territory within the previous Russian borders in six or eight weeks after signing the peace agreement, leaving only one division to safeguard her frontier, S. Russia to demobilise her army f special Armenian units, and to de mobilize the Black 6ea navy, I. Turkey to retain her aetire army in sonssquenee of continuation of war agamst the Entente. THREE MEXICANS KILLED FOR RAID INTO U. S, RANCH DougJas, Avis- Jan. 5. Three Mex icans were trilled and four were cap tured by members of a trooo of Unit ed States cavainv in a fisht two miles outh of the Mexican border which followed a raid -yesterday ly Mexi cans who surorised two American enlrfipra at thft 43tatwht.p4 TT! neb 9ft i miles east of here, and took them pris oners across the line. No American was killed) er wounded In the fiirhfc The American soldiers were successful in rescuing their cap tured comrades. HOLD MAN FOUND WITH MAPS UPON HIM, AS SUSPECT New Britain, Jan. S Detectiyes to day said that David Anderson, aged 23, arrested here late yesterday, had in his possession maps of New Britain end New York and bluep rints of ma chinery in the factories of the Colt Patent Firearms Co. of Hartford and the New Britain Machine Co. Ander son is. a native of Sweden and has been in this country since January, J91T. The police say he told them he had been sent to America to ob tain trade secrets and that his ability 4i i draughtsmen facilitated his er rand. Anderson's explanation is not satis factory to the authorities and he has ieen given into custody of federal of- fleers, who have taken him to -Hart-j ford on the ground that he might : 1e a German spy. Ha received $200 : from Sweden a short time ago but Insists that it was sent by the per son who employed him to come to this country in quest of American manufacturing methods. IADY ARTHUR THANKFCIi. Hartford, Jan. g Mrs. John T. Roberts of this city, daughter-in-law pf former Gov. Henry Roberts, has received from Lady Arthur Paget, titled English woman, a personal let ter thanking her for her co-operation to Ajaerlcan-Bitiah-Seiiaa roUef. mm. : 1 . Demobilization of Black Invading Army in Eight' war against the Entente. 1RSERY BABES REMOVED; WATER FLOODS ROOM Serious consequences from exposure to cold threatened nineteen children, inmates of the City Nursery, in Fair field, when the inadequate heating system with which the institution is equipped failed to radiate sufficient warmth, yesterday afternoon, and permitted a steam boiler to freeze to bursting point. Not only the boiler, but water pipes and pipes connected with the steam plant, were frozen, and the water escaping from the boiler partly flooded One of the rooms before it was turned off. This water also froze. The children were hastily trans ferred from the Nursery to Hillside Home, where a vacant dormitory was prepared for their accommodation, and they suffered no ill-effects from their experience. Had not the spact at Hillside been available, however, the children might have been in con siderable danger. ARMS TO ERECT 2 STORAGE HOUSES The only permits issued by the Board of Building- Commissioners last night were to the Remington Arms & Ammunition Company for the erec tion of two one-story storage houses, which it is said will each be 250 feet in length. The value of the new buildings is $113,000. which repre sents the total amount of new build ings in this city for the entire week. POWER SAW CUTTING ICE iH HARBOR: BIB SHIP IN NO IS H Failure of the Standard Oil Co.'s heavy boats to bring the much needed lubricating oil to the local plants has exploded, the hopes held out by the shipping men for a channel to be broken through the Ice which con tinues to hold the entire harbor In its grip. Harbor Master Lamoad expected the big boats to arftve last evening, but this morning learned that owing to the almost impassable condition of the waters around New York and in the Sound the Standard Oil Co. de cided to send the oil needed for Bridgeport by rail instead of by boat. When the above facts became known to local manufacturers it was decided to get the power saws to work and cut a channel through the Ice which in places has reached the thickness of 14 inches. Work was started early this morning at Yellow Mill Bridge cutting a channel to the City Conl & Ice dock. Good pro gress is being made by a large force of workers and it is expected to have a dear passage before tonight. A report along the water front, that TRAPS 100; 7 MISSING Wilkesbarre. Pa.. Jan. 6. One hun dred men and boys were trapped in the Barnum mine of the Pennsylvania Coal Co. in PIttston today when the middle vein cved in, letting down thousands of tons of coal and rock. The main eamrwav was not entirely cut off and most of the imprisoned workers got out safely. About 20 were slightly hurt and. there remain behind the fall soven miners of whom the comnanv officials can get no trace. ' . The Pittsourerh station of the bu reau of mines when informed of the explosion . in the Barnum - mine . in Pittston. announced that an engineer tif the KSKOartment wbo-wia in Scran- ton had, been ordered to Pittston. TELLS POLICE , CHRIST TRIED TO SHOOT HIM If a bomb shell had exploded in their midst, members of the detective bureau eould have been no more as tounded than when a man describing himself as John Carayinis, of 198 Railroad avenue, walked Into Cap tain Cronan's office, this morning, and announced that Christ had tried to shoot him. For a while it was thought that the man was insane, and Blight become violent, and Captain Cronan was about to send fur a straight-jacket when the visitor explained that the attempt upon his life had been made by a man named Christ, who lives in a house at Froseect and Bread streets. Carayinis said that he was standing wth Christ at Broad street and South avenue when the latter drew his re volver and tried to shoot. The in tended vietim snatehed the gun away, and it was in turn taken from him by a third person. Christ then turn ed upon the third man, and .seizing the gun, ran away. Poliee officers later Bearched for Ihira, but without sueeess, and de tectives are now investigating. ICE-BOCITD SHIPS XTBTHURT Quebec, Jan. 5 Four American steamers which were caught In the ice fields off Cape Chatte several days ago are as yet undamaged, ac cording to word received from that place today. Cape Chatte is ' on the south bank of the St. Lawrence river, northeast of Quebec. ELD BY FLOES the tug McWilliams with two coal laden barges in tow was on her way to Bridgeport from New York caused sensation, but no word has been re ceived as to what time she is expect ed to arrive. She was passed by the S. S. Naugatuck, and was having a hard time smashing her way through the ice moving ait a snail's pace. It was also reported that a large passenger steamer was stalled in the ice out on the sound and was strug gling vainly to free herself from the frozen mass. If relief does not come within a very short while it is expected that power saws will be put to work on a large scale and an effort made to saw the boats loose from their "present positions. The fleet of the Bridgeport Towing Company is rapidly being put back into working shape and all the boati are now equipped with heavy steel shoes on their bows. Officials of the company say that they look for a gen eral breaking up of the ice Jam within the next few daB if the weather holds to the and Evening Farmer BRIDGEPOET, CONN., SATURDAY, Band of 200 Persons in Bridgeport Who Are Sworn Not to Enter Service of U. S. To Be Corralled, Authorities Expect The huge mass of literature and correspondence seized at 310 Fairfield avenue, the head quarters of the Workmen's Sick and Death Benefit Society, by federal agents yesterday, has been sent to District Attor ney Thomas J. .Spellacy at Hartford, to be translated and the arrest of 200 is expected in this city by Federal agents mo mentarily.. : . As a result of the expose of the alleged traitorous oath of the society which was publish ed exclusively in The Bridge port Times yesterday a nation wide round-up of the thou sands of members in Connecti cut and ' the 100,000 or more members scattered throughout the entire country is expected. Department of Justice officials re fused to discuss the matter in any de tail when seen at the Federal building today, but Intimated that big results are expected as a result of the investi gation which is now being carried on by federal ' agents all over the coun try into the affairs of this society. No arrests have been made in Bridgeport but the officers and mem bers of the society to the number of mors than 200 are all known and the authorities will have no difficulty in placing their hands upon the ones wanted when the signal for the gen eral round-up is flashed from head quarters. Simultaneous with the raid by fed eral agents in Bridgeport headquar ters of two branches of the soeiety in New Britain were entered by the authorities and a great mass of evi dence obtained. All the literature printed in foreign languages is being translated by government experts. Everything that would indicate con nection with the soeiety. was seized. The homes as well as the offices ef the executives of the organization in New Britain were) viaited ibv t-ha de tectives and according to advices re ceived in Brideeuort it is expected startling revelations will be made when the authorities are ready to ex pose their hand. It was learned) that Anthony Baeh man. now a member of the regular New Britain -oolice force, and one time jwesident of the German foranch of the society, was es&ellea frem the organization when it became known that he feeearne a member of the su pernumerary force in violation of his (Continued on Page 6.) CHEER UP! HIGH COST OF LIVING IS SLIDING DOWN Washington, Jan. 6 The high cost of livin'g is on the downward trend, according to a statement today of the bureau -of labor statistics, which says the retail prices of food as whole for November was 1 per cent, less than in October. ' Of standard articles, 12 showed decreases, four remained sta tionary in price, and 11 increased. The question of whether a continuance ef the decline may be expected was not touched upon by the bureau. U.S. PLANS TO LOCATE WAR PLANTS IN WEST Washington, Jam. 5 New plants for war products win be located in the middle west, according to plans of the war department which became known today. Congestion in the east made it necessary to use untapped re sources beyond the Allegheaies, while at least 200 miles from the seaboard Is regarded as a good strategic posi tion. Complete satisfaction with the pro gress of the air craft program is ex pressed by officials of the air craft I JAN. 5, 1918 British Premier Says England Will Stand by France to Death in Alsace-Lorraine Dis pute Adopts Stand Taken by President London, Jan. 5 Premier Lloyd-George, addressing the trade unions today on the sub ject of war aims, said that only the clearest, greatest and most just of causes could justify the continuance, even for a day, of "this unspeakable agony of na tions." "We ought to be able to state clearly and definitely not only the principles for which we are fighting but their definite, concrete application to the war map of the world. "Wo have arrived at the most crit ical hour of this terrible conflict, and before any government takes the fate. ful decision as to the conditions under which it oueht to either terminate or continue the Mruexto 4t should bo satisfied that the conscience of the na tion is behind these conditions." IJoyd-Ceonra said that during: the last few,, dams he had Tmeen special pains to ascertain the views and the attituHis of renresentative men of all sections of thought in the country. H had read the statement of labor's war aims, he continued, and had dis cussed the snWect of war aims with former Premier Asouith and with Viscount Grey. Had the Nationalist leaders in Ireland not been engaged with the taneled fprotuem of Irish self-government he would have' been happy to exehanere views with them. He also bad consulted representatives of Great Britain's overseas domin ions. As a result of these discussions, said Mr. Lloyd-George, although the government alone was responsible for the janguaee he oroeosed using, there was a national agreement as to tne character and wuroose of the nation's war aims and -oeace conditions. He was speaking therefore not merely the mind of the e-ov-ernment. but the mind of tha nation and the empire. Wo are not flebtins- a war of ag gression aeamst tae German people, declared the premier. "The destruc tion or disruption ef Germany or the German people has never been a war aim with us since the first day of the war to now. The British ueople never aimed at breaJunfr up the German pe&ole or the disintegration of their state. Our wish is not to destroy Germany's ereat nosition In the world, tout to turn her aside from schemes of militarv domination to evote her strength to fcenifieent tasks." The Tjremier declared Great Britain was not fishtinff to take Oonstantino- (Centinued an Page 6.) LAST SEEN NEAR FUEL OFFICES Hast seen standing in line at the fuel administrator's office in the Stratfield building, waiting to get a card that would entitle him to coal. Joseph E. Houston, of 683 Myrtle avenue, disappeared shortly after 6:15 o'clock yesterday morning, and has net been heard from sinee. Members of his family reported his absence to the detective bureau, this morning, and search is "being made for the man. His relatives are utterly at a loss to account 1'or his disap pearance. DECLARES JAPAN WON'T CONSIDER SEPARATE PEACE Mexico City, Jan. 5-If the enemy proposes a separate peace, no matter how advantageous, Japan will reject it, Baron Fugitaro Otori, the new Jap anese minister to Mexico, declared yesterday in a statement concerning the attitude of his country. Japan, he said, would remain on the side of the Allies and was co-operating in the war to her full extent. Being one of the signatories of the treaty of Lon don, Japan, the minister added, would not look on that treaty as a crap-of paper. . Four Women Become Hysterical at Fuel Office and Are Taken to Hospital Only 2,000 Tons of Soft Coal on Way to City and Fac tories Despair of Enough Aid. Fifty thousand skilled workmen who feared being thrown into the street, as a result of the inability of the plants in which they are employed to obtain coal, are today breathing easier as a result of the report that 50 carloads of fuel for factories will ar rive in this city for use in plants Monday. - This by no means, however, is a sufficient supply, and the 2,000 tons will only be sufficient to keep the plants going Mon day. More must arrive immediately if the industries are to keep running. - . 3 MORE DYING FROM EFFECTS OF GAS FUMES Three more names were added to the list of gas-poisoning victims in lo cal hospitals, today, when Myor and William Abramovitch, of 629 Colorado avenue, and Frank Aiello, a 14-year- old schoolboy, of 97 Booth street, were asphyxiated by the deadly fumes. The Abramovitch brothers are in St Vincent's, while the Aiello boy is in Bridgeport hospital, and all three are In a dangerous condition, with little hope held out for their recovery. Failure of an automatic electric gas- lighter to work properly was respon sible for the predicament in which the Abramovitches were found, at 8:45 o ciock mis morning. Tfte men are plumbers, and working in a bouse at 4803 FairfleM. avenue, yesterday, were busy until so late an hour that the people for whom they were working invited them, to spend the night with them. They were assigned to a large front room, and beforo retiring, tried to make a light 'by pulling the chain whieh worked the electric points. Their efforts, had no effect, and they decided not to bother, but go to bed at once. During the night the gas eseaped slowly from the jet, which they had failed to close, and filled the room, suffocating them. They were uncon scious when found this morning, but were restored to consciousness upon being removed to the hospital. Their condition, however, is serious. The Aiello boy was overcame in his father's shoe-repair shop, opposite their home in Booth street The lad went to the shop about 7 o'clock this morning, to relieve his father for breakfast, and failed to detect the odor of the fumes escaping from a broken gas pipe. He collapsed, and was unconscious when his father, re turning later, fouwd him. Dr. Louis Stmensen was called, and the Emer gency hospital was notified, the ambu laneo taking the bey to the Bridgeport hospital. CITY BOYS ARE . AS HEALTHY AS FARMER YOUTHS Washington, Jan. 6 The common belief that country boys are superior ' liiubb oi me city is net suDDorted by the records of the selective draft, I A special comparison made bv thn provost marshal general's office be tween 10 large cities and 10 rural counties in various parts of the coun try show that of 35,017 registrants in the selected cities, 9,969 were reject ed, while out of 44,463 registrants in the rural areas, 12,432 were disquali fied. , The result was v.i .u ii; a tie as 28.47 per cent, of the city boys were rejected, as against 27.96 per cent of the country boys. . I "The country lad," says Sen, Crow der's report, accustomed to hard phy sical labor, may be more muscular than, his city cousin, but he is not superior in the possession of the de gree of physical soundness essential to his acceptance as a soldier." For the first time in history, solid trains of coal were being .. rushed through the Union passenger station at Columbus, O., with the right of way over all other service. The Want Columns C3astSd adverfisingr la this newspaper is effeettv, no matter what yrra may de siro to advertise. Try tt onoa and aee. PRICE TWO CENTS The anthracite situation has improv ed. Police Superintendent John H. Kedgate this morning stated to a rep- -raesentatlve of The Times that he is about to confer with the fuel board and will follow the example of the New York authorities to get coal for needy families. The police will make house-to-house canvass of homes on their pa trols and win ask each femfl.y if C-!? have enough fuel supply to admit of their selling a smaU quantity to those without coal. The information will immediately be reported to the fuel board which in turn will inform appli cants. The prospective purchaser can then arrange to proeure the coal from the family willing to sell. The fuel board received a telegram this morning stating that the 50 car loads of soft coal would arrive in Brdgeport tonight, having left the ! Harlem river yards early this mora- j Ing.i The fuel committee today start- ! ed a drive for more soft eoal with re- i newed vigor. Relief for the .domestic shortage . is coming in" from all sides. Untold i sufferings were revealed today as! more than 1,000 persons besieged the ! fuel committee's office in the Stnat- , field building. Because of the dis- i order of the last few days, a squad of police in charge of Captain John S- gan and Eerst. James BuraeL were i deailed to the office. During the crowding and rushing i four women became hysterical and j were treated at the Manufacturers' j Liability hospital, opposite the com- mittee office. The line started to j form at 5 o'clock this morning when ! 4wo women appeared and clung dose tc the office door. They started ' coming in groups up to 8 o'cioek j when, Captain Regan estimates, there '. were 600 persons in the halls. A barge of anthracite coal was com mandeered by the committee in the harbor yesterday and towed to the docks of the Wheeler & Howes Co. j for distribution under the eommit- i tee's supervision. The American i Brass Co. offered the committee to- . day two carloads of nut eoal in ex change for the same amount of egg coal. Other shipments, by barge and rail, are headed for the city, but are delayed by railroad difficulties and the condition of Sound navigation, The Manufacturers' association in aiding the committee is workimr to arrange deliverv facilities, i which at present greatly handicap the retail dealers. Clarence E. Bilton, presi dent of the Bilton Machine Tool Co., also head of the Manufacturers' asso ciation, offers the use of two automo bile trucks and hopes others will fol low suit. The Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. of (Contir.ued on Page 6) CAN'T BURN COAL CLAIMS SALOONS ARE SHOWN FAVOR Appealing ior an immediate sub-. Ply of furnace coal today, Mrs. Emily, ber of one of Bridgeport's oldest and best known families, toid the fuel committee today that Dr. B, M. Tukey, 429 State street, had offered her his home as a haven of comfort for herself, mother-in-law and daugh- ter, the latter two being under a- phy sician's care. She said she had ob tained a half ton ef coal through, the committee and it had been delivered, but could not be burned in the fur nace. Willis F. Hobbs, president of the Bridgeport Hardware Co., appeared in person at the committee's office and said he had 20 employes in hiq factory who are m dire need of fuel, He complained that saloonkeepezs in the West End are being favored and that in two cases he knew to be posi tive two saloons had been given eight and five tons respectively during the fast week. He declared the Manu facturers' association of which ho i4 a member, would insesUf&ta tbi 1