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Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
CANADA TEARING UP RAILWAY
 TO MEET NEEDS OF WAR
Rails to Be Sent to France to FaciIi-
 tate Movements of Troops.

Ottawa, Ont, Dec 18.-Canada has begun to tear up 1000 miles of rail- way to meet the needs of the war on the western front in France and Bel gium, it was learned tonight. The rails will be shipped to France. where they will be relaid to facilitate the move ment of troops guns, munitions and supplies from French ports to the fight < Laborers now are at work tearing up 900 miles of government railway sid ings and it has been decided to remove 220 miles of rails between Edmonton and the Pacific coast, where the Can- adian Northern and Crank Trunk Pa c1fic run parallel. Traffic will be thrown upon one of these lines
 It is expected that some of the rails to be sent to France will be obtained from the Transcontinental railway and the Hudson Bay railway. It is stat ed that twenty miles of rails will load one steamer. One cargo, including rails, tie plates, colts and spikes al- ready is on the way to the seaboard, 1t is said.
 Soldiers will be employed to tear up the rails when laborers cannot be em- ployed, it was stated.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
$a5o,ooo FUND FOR Y. M. c. A.
 BUILDING IN WATERBURY
A Six Days campaisn-TotaI Number
 of Subscribers A80G

Waterbury, Conn.,, Dec. 1S.-Water- bury's Y. M. c. A. closed a six days campaign for $35O,o0o building fund here tonight with a total of $351, ,179- 35 subscribed. This is the worlds record for a six-day campaign in Y. M. c A. work and is about $50,0OO more than the last six-day score. The campaign was conducted under the di-f rection of International Secretary c. S. Ward, who announced tonight that he will undertake to raise $1,000, 900 in ten days in Pittsburgh early next year.
 Professor William H. Taft of Yale opened the campaign which has just closed and John H. Goss of the ScoviiI Manufacturing Company was head of the citizens committee. The total number of subscribers is about 4,S00 a dnthe contributions range from ten cents to $30,00O.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
Would Drop National Guard.
PRESIDENT AND MRS. WILSON
 CELEBRATE 1ST ANNIVERSARY
Motor Ride, Family Dinner Party and Visit to Motion Picture House.

Washington. Dec. 1S.-The president and Mrs. Wilson today celebrated their first wedding anniversary with a mo- tor ride, a family dinner party and a visit to the motion pictures.
 The president and his wife are very consistent theatre-goers but it was their first visit to 'tthe movies.' They went to see Annette Kellerman in a feature film.
 Notice of the anniversary was taken In the house, where Republican Lead CT Mann just before adjournment to- night arose amid hearty applause by making it ale subject of a brief ad- dress.
 The beauty of American politics. 9 said MT. Mann. 'is that we accept re- suits and remain friends. MT. Wilson recently was reelected president. [ did not vote for i'm. Today is the anniversary of very important day in his life and I wish to relfcitate him and Mrs. Wilson on their happy union of year ago and wish for them a continuance of that happiness and a long and pleasant life"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
REPORTS OF ROUND ROBIN
 IN EIGHTH OHIO INFANTRY
Have Been Denied by Brigadier Gen.
 erai Bell.


 Fl Paso, Tex, Dec. 1S.-Reports of 8 round robin" having been drawn by men of the Eighth Ohio infantry, in camp here following the death of Pri- vate Rodney Lapp of Akron, O., and the subsequent arrest of an officer and .nlisted men of the same regiment, were denied today by 6rigadier Gen : eral George Bell, Jr., commander of the border district here
 General Bell said lie had asked for a full report but added that as far as he knew no one was to blame for the death of Lapp, who died recently at the base hospital of pneumonia
 The report circulated among militia troops was that Lapp died after being placed in the guardhouse because ne was too i'll to drill. This was denied at the headquarters of the Ohio troops. General Bell also denied that any off, cer was to be courtmartialed in con- nection with the alleged event
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
1T American
 MuIeteers Killed
WHEN BRITISH HORSE TRANS
 PORT RUSSIAN WAS SUNK
II OF THE CREW KILLED
Made by the British AdmiraIty-Ship Was Sunk by Submarine in the Mediterranean December IA.

London, Dec. 19, 1925 a. m.-Seven- teen American muleteers have been killed and eleven of the crew of the British horse transport ship Russian,
 lien was sunk by submarine iii the Mediterranean on Dec. IA. The British admiralty makes this an uouncement as follows:
 ''The empty westbound British horse transport ship Russian was sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean on the 14th Eleven of the crew were killed, including the chief officer, the first officer and the second officer. Also Secenteen American muleteers were killed. Their names have been com municated to the American consult
 The transport Russian referred to is probably the British steamer of that name which sailed from Newport News Nov. 16 for Alexandria, Egypt which would be about due to return. Her net tonnage was 5,753
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
RESIGNATION OF CAPTAIN
 CHARLES s. PALMER
As Commander of Company L. Second
 Regiment, c. N. G.

Meriden, Conn.,, Dec. 1S.-The resig- nation of Charles S. Palmer as captain of Company L, Second regiment, C.. N. G., was officially announced at the regular weekly drill of the company held at the armory tonight He sent his resignation to Adjutant General Cole on December 1 and though a spe- cia1 order it was accepted by Govern or Holcomb December IA. Captain Pal mer entered the service five years ago. He was in command of the troops dur Ing the recent stay on the Mexican border. Captain Palmer was a can didate for te position of major of his battalion,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19

Constanza railway, has been crossed by the Teutonic troops, who have now retaken virtually all the ground they held during their previous advance in northern Dobrudja.
 The advance in Dobrudja brings the forces of the central powers near the important railroad and storage centers of Ibraila and Galatz.
 On the western Moldavian frontier the Russians have taken two ridges of heigts, according to Petrograd. One ridge was in the Uzeul valley and the other east of Glashutte, where more than 200 prisoners were captured.
 Except for the repulse of Russian attacks by the Austro- Germans near Lutsk in Volhynia, and near Zborofr, in Galicia, there has been little activity on the other battle fronts
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19

French troops have regained the en- tire occupancy of the Chambrettes farm, northeast of Verdun, and about tne center of their advance of last week. Prisoners taken in the latest French thrust on the Verdun front now total more than Il ,000 in addition to 116 cannon and 107 machine guns captured or destroyed. Paris reports the repulse of several German offensive attempts in the Somme region.
 In the region of Buzeu, Berlin states, the soldiers of Field Marshal yon Mackensen have been successful in minor engagements. Petrograd as- serts that in the region of the Fili- pechti railroad station, east of Buzeu, hostil attacks were arrested.
 The Babadagh- Pecineaga line, about 70 miles north of the Tchernavoda-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19

be a straight-out federal force"
 Yet the states must maintain the national guard or some other force," Senator Brady suggested.
 constabuIary Force for Each State
 q believe a constabulary should be tary force," explained the general. The police are trained to control while troops are trained to kill. There is less resentment when men are ham, dled by police than when troops are called out. The people feel it is the policeman's business
 Plan for Universal Service.
 General Wood outlined his own plan for universal service. which in effect would be a combination of the Cham berlain bill itself, an adaptation of the Australian system and the French general staff plan. His scheme would provide that all physically fit men be given six months training during their 18th year. passing them into the organized reserve, to be available for first line duty only between the ages of 21 and p, after which they would be passed into the unorganized re- serve until 29. The result would be a constant force of trained men with full equipmen ent of more than 4.009,- 900, he said. in addition to a standing army of 250,000 composed of men who were professional soldiers by personal | tion would attack us,'' he remarked. Senator Thomas asked what the general thought of the feeling of the nation toward universal service pro- | posalS.
 Believe People Would Endorse lt. | 'I believe the people will endorse it | today" General Wood answered. La ! boris with you when you D1ake if q b. l soIuteIy certain that aI men, rich or poor, will share alike II military ser- | vice"
 Senator Thomas called attention to MT. Fishers suggestion that raising l the pay of the regular army to $3o a 1 month would bring in all the men nec- | essary. The general said this merely would extend the evils of an already | hopeless military system that had fai1- | ed the nation in every war.
 And in this present mobiliZation,7 ' | he added, we cannot get the men for l either the regulars or national | guard"
 Mobilization Details Today.
 General Scott will go into details as to the mobilization when he resumes his testimony tomorrow. He has at his disposal an exhaustive report com piled by the militia bureau after de-
 tailed accounts had been received from all regular officers assigned to
 mastering work. The formal declara-
 tion of the general staff against the national guard system. already pre- sented by General Scott, is understood l to be founded upon this evidence as
 we'll as upon the concerns of military students.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19

Washington, Dec. 1S.-The mobfiiza- tion of the national guard for border service was described as a military failure, emphasizing the urgent neces- sity of abandoning the volunteer sys- tenn as the nations reliance for de- fense, in statements today by Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the army, and Major General Leon ard Wood, commanding the eastern department before the senate sub committee considering the Chamber lain universal military training bill.
 Universal Training Advocated.
 Both of the generals advocated uni versal training General Wood de- clared that the country now was ut terly defenceless against a well 'or- ganiZed force; that the mobilization was a tragedy and that if the guards men had met good troops they would never have known what hit them"
 General Scott told the committee that lessons drawn from the present war proved that in case of war with first class power the United States would need immediately 2 trained force of 1.500,000 men, with another 100000 available within ninety days. Opposition to Universal Service. On the other side of the question | the committee heard Walter L. Fisher of Chicago, former, secretary of the interior, who opposed universal ser vice though he stood for adequate de- fense measures and suggested q reg ular army of half a million. He l thought if the pay of privates were raised to $30 a month the service would be more attractive to recruits. Physical Detectives. General Wood, from whose depart ment went S5, GOO of the guardsmen sent to the border, said of the men enrolled when the call came, an ave- | rage of 30 per cent. Of each company ! had to be dropped for physical defects I and the organizations went to the bor- | der filled with green men.
 | Guardsmen Would Have Been Annihi-
 lated.
 | Its been a tragedy" said he but ! worth all it cost if we only profit by l it. It was not the fault of the officers or men, but of a defective system Ii 1 we had been compelled to meet good l troops down there, it would have beer a scene of carnage. The guardsmer would never have known what hi | them
 What should we do with the na- asked.
 Would Drop National Guard.
 Tt should be replaced as rapidly a: possible with men trained under {
 universal service system,'' Genera | Wood replied. When the system ha:
 been well started I would drop thu national guard entirely from an! scheme of national defence, although we want every officer and man O
 them in the new plan. But it mus
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
s1oo,ooo, 900 FUND FOR
 RELIEF OF WAR SUFFERERS
By Subscription from People of the
 United States is Proposed.

New York, Dec. 1s.-The suggestion that lan organization be formed to ob- tain $f00, 100000 by subscriptions from the people of the United States for the relief of war sufferers of all nations of Europe was made by Felix M War burg, chairman of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic societies, at dinner held in his honor here tonight. He proposed that Presi- dent Wilson appoint a distributing committee and that the secretary of the treasury be appointed honorary chief treasurer of the fund.
 MT. Warburg said all denominations and war relief committees might CO., operate in such a campaign. He rec commended that each donor be afforded an opportunity to designate the pur- pose to which he wished his gift ap- piled.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
CHICAGO IS FACING
 A FUEL FAMINE
In Zero Weather-DeaIers Attribute
 Shortage to Lack of Cars.

Chicago, Dec. 1S.-With zero wea- ther prevailing, Chicago tonight was said to be face to face with a fuel famine.
 Reports from all parts of the city indicated that householders and own CTS of apartment buildings were ob- taining coal only with the greatest difficulty and that the visible supply is rapidly diminishing. Dealers, who attributed the shortage to a lack of cars, assert no relief was in sight In an effort to reduce the coal con- sumption, the city health commission CT urged Chicagoans to reduce the av- craze office and house temperature from TO to 60 degrees.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
ORDERED TO DISREGARD
 THE ADAMSON LAW
Until the Supreme Court Has Decided
 First Test Case.

Toledo, O., Dec. 1S.-Walter L. Ross, receiver of the Clover Leaf railroad, was ordered by the United States dIs- trict couyrt to disregard the Adamson law. Instead he is ordered to adhere to agreements now in force with the four railroad brotherhoods until the supreme court has decided the first test case.
 The receiver also is to keep his books in such a manner that any diff ference in wages due the employees, If the law is constitutional, may be com = puted These differences, it is ordered, must then be paid
 The court order was issued in reply to the receivers request for instruc- tionS.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
IA YEAR OLD BOY
 STRICKEN WITH APOPLExY
Son of a Barcelona Merchant Released
 From Ellis Island.

New York, Dec. 1s-Carlos Valdez Alvarez, the IA year old son of Man uel Valdez Alvarez. the Barcelona merchant who was stricken with apoplexy aboard the steamship Buenos Aires which arrived here yesterday was released today by the immigration authorities after relatives and friends of the family had appealed his de- tention. The immigration law does not permit an alien under sixteen years of age to enter the United States unless accompanied by parents or guardian and young Alvarez was sent to Ellis Island
 The condition of the boys father, who was removed to a hospital, is said to be improving.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
JOHN STANFIELD RESIGNS
 FROM CANADIAN HOUSE
Chief Government Whip DispIeased
 With Government Appointments.

Ottawa. Ont. Dec. 1S-John Stan field, conservative member of Col chester, Nova Scotia, and chief gov ernment whip of the Cana dian house, has resigned his seat, it was announc- ed tonight. A statement saving his action had been prompted as a pro- test against the manner in which the administration has made appointments to the government railway service. His brother. Frank Stanf1eld, also an- nounced the resignation of his seat in the Nova Scotia house for similar req sons. A year ago John Stanfield rais- ed a Canadian regiment and took it to England.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
CLOSE OF FIRST PACKING
 COMPANY EVER ORGANIZED
Farmers Cooperative Packing Com pany at Lacrosse, Wis, Had 2,5oo Stockholders

Lacrosse, Wis, Dec. 18.-The plant of the Farmers Cooperative Packing Company, the first organization of it's kind in the United States, which was established in 1913 under the auspices of the American Equity, has closed its doors.
 The company was organized with a capital stock of $250,00O and had over 2,500 stockholders. Inability to raise enough capital to run the business on a profitable scale was given as the reason for closing the plant
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
ELECTRIC GAR JUMPED A
 CURVE AT FiTcHBURG, MASS.
Tipped Over Within 15 Feet of a Deep
 GuIly-Three Passengers Injured.

Fitchburg. Mass, Dec. 1s.-An cleo tric car containing eight presons jumped a curve at the foot of the South Street hill tonight, plunged across the street and tipped over with ing fifteen feet of deep gully. Three of the passengers, Miss Hilda Siipola, and Miss Lunt of this city, and Miss Lillian Brown of Leaminster, were se- verely cut and bruised. The others es- capped with minor injuries. The car was bound from Leominster to this city over the lines of the Leominster and Fitchburg Railway Company.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
24-HoUR GENERAL
 STRIKE IN MADRID
As Protest Against the increased
 Price of Food.

Madrid, Dec. IS, noon, via Paris, 5.05 D. m.-The 24-hour general strike call ed by the labor organizations as protest against the increased price of food has resulted in a complete tieup of factories, stores and other businesses throughout Spain Quiet prevails ev- anywhere.
 All shops, cafes and restaurants in Madrid have been closed. Soldiers and civil guards fill the streets and great precautions have been taken against any disturbances.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
BERNSToRFF SENDS WREATH
 FOR HUGO MUNsTERBUR1
Unable to Attend Funeral Because of
 Peace Situation.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-Count von ,Bernstorf, the German ambassador today instructed the German consul at Boston to place in his name a floral wreath upon the casket of Hugo Munsterburg, the distinguished liar yard psychologist, who died Saturday. The ambassador, on account of the peace situation, was unable to leave his post to attend the funeral
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
STORM MOVING NoRTHWARp
 ALONG ATLANTIC COAST.
Snow With Cold Weather and Gales Today-Storm Warnings Displayed.

Washington, Dec. 1s.-A storm nov Ing northward along the Atlantic coast tonight left heavy snows from North Carolina to New York and Will continue north, the weather bureau says, with snow cold weather and
 tomorrow. ls'
 The storm, entered tonight off the North Carolina coast, had traveisd from northeast Texas in "A hours. Storm warnings were displayed along the entire Atlantic coast north of Jack 5onville and extreme caution was urged for shipping.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
OBITUARY.
Princess Caraman chimay,

Detroit, Mich. Dec. 1s-Princess Caraman Chimay, formerly Miss Clara Ward of Detroit, died at her villa in Italy today. according to advices to the Detroit Free Press. The cause of death is not given.
 Clara Ward was born in Detroit in 1873, the daughter of wealthy parents. At the age of 17 she was married to Prince Joseph de Caraman Chimay, q Belgian nobleman. She was divorced from the prince few years later.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
OFFICIAL TITLE OF
 FRANZ JoSEF's SUCCESSOR
Arranged So as to Avoid Duplication
 of Titles.

Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Dec. 16. D. m., via Berlin and Wireless to Tuckerton, N. J., Dec. 1S.-The ques- ton as to what the official title of the new emperor should be in Hungary, so as to avoid duplication of the titles of previous kings Charles, was settled to- day with the announcement by Premier Tisza that the emperor will call him. self at the coronation Emperor Charles of Austria and King Charles " of Hungary and Bohemia
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
DINNER IN HONOR
 OF MISS RUTH LAW
Who Recently Established Cross- Country Record Flight from Chicago to New York.

New York. Dec. 1S.-Women soon may find that an automobile trip from New York to Boston is slower and less pleasant than an airplane voyage from New York to Chicago, in the opinion of Miss Ruth Law, who recently es- tablished A new cross-c country record In her figet from Chicago to New York. At a dinner given in. her honor here tonight by the Civil Forum and the Aero Club of America. Miss Law said Gl1t she hoped to devote aTl her time to popularizing air travel for wo- men.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
EHBOLD ESTATE ESTIMATED
 AT ABOUT $2o,ooo, ,ooo
Divided Among Wife and Children With Exception of a Few Minor Be- quests.

Nfy York. Dec. 1S.-The will of John D. Archbold. president of the Stand ard Oil Company of New Jersey, filed for probate here today, divides an es- tate roughtly estimated at about s2O,- poo, 900 among his wife and children, with the exception of a few minor be- quests. The widow receives MT. Archbolds Tarrytown home and a one- third share of the estate. The children, Mrs. Marie A. Van Buren, Mrs. Annie M. Sanderson. and John F. Archbold, receive the remainder in equal por- lions.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
POPULAR ELECTION FOR
 GOVERNOR OF HAWAII
Proposed in Bill introduced by Ha.
 waiian Delegate.

Washington, Dec. 1S-Popular cleo ton instead of presidential appoint ment of the governor of the territory of Hawaii and exemption of the Ha- waiian and Porto Rican trains used exclusively for carrying $sugar cane from provisions of the federal safety appliance law were proposed in bills introduced today by Delegate Kalan- ianaole of Hawaii.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
WARRANT ISSUED FOR
 ARREST OF VENIZELoS.
Former Premier of Greece is Charged
 With High Treason.

London, Dec. IS, 7.a5 p. m.-A war rant has been issued at Athens for the arrest of Eliphtherios Venizelos, the former premier, on charges of high treason and of labelling the Greek general staff in articles published in a newspaper several months ago, says a Reuter- despatch from the Greek capi- tai
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19

Fire Commissioners Adamson of New York, accompanied by twenty-five uni formed policemen, arrested 131 men who were caught smoking in factory buildings.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
CAPTAIN DEBEAUcHAMP,
 FRENCH AVIATOR, KILLED
Met Death in an Air Flight Near
 Douaumont-Fell Within French
 Lines.

Paris. Dec. 19. 12.50 a. m.-Captain Debeauchamp, who in November made on the town. has been killed He met his end in an air fight near Douau- mont his machine falling within the French lines. In his flight to Munich Captain Debeaucflamp crossed the Alps and covered distance of 437 miles.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
General Won Fabrek Dead.

London, Dec. 19, 2.S3 a. m.-General von Fabrek, conmander-in-c chief of one of the German armies on the western front, is dead, according to German newspapers, says a Reuter- despatch from Amsterdam. An Ex- change Telegraph despatch from Am sterdam says that General von Fao- rek commanded on the Somme front and that he became sick after the summer fighting.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19

Ambassador Page at London official ly notified the State Department that the allied naval commanders had been instructed to grant unhindered passage to Count Tarnowski, the new Ambas- sador to the United States from Aus tria- Hungary.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm Continues Trir,

Berlin, Dec 1s.-(By Wireless to Sayville). Reports from Copenhagen say that the German steamship Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm which several days ago broke the British blockade off Vardo, Norway, and put in at Sta- vanger, has continued her voyage and now has arrived at Helsingberg, Swe- den, according to the Overseas News Agency.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-19
SCHOONER MARGARET M.
 FORD LOST IN A STORM
Off the Southern Coast-Captain and
 Crew of Seven Saved.

Boston, Dec. 1S.-Word was received here today that the three masted schooner Margaret M Ford, bound from San Domingo to New York with a cargo of lumber, had been lost in a storm off the southern coast. Captain Malcolm and the crew. of seven are reported to have reached Miami. Fla, In safety.
 The schooner registers 291 tons and is owned by J. B. Ford of Cambridge.