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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
BOY OFF, PUNISHED.
DIES IN CLASSROOM
Weak Heart Breaks at Public
Humiliation.

WArERsuRr, Conn. Dec. 10.--Ernest
Albert Miller. Z years old. was detected
hy his teacher in some childish mischief
I'm a classroom OF the SlocuIn School this
morning. She called In the principal,
Mlss Alice Mahler. and laid the case be-
fore her because she did not wish to take
the responsibility OF infiicting punish-
ment
Miss Mailer did not hesitate. She
picked. up q ruler and brought II down
on the boys hands. 1t Is not charged
she struck him severely. but the humilia.
tion hurt him detp1v.
He went back to his desk and laid his
head on his arms when efforts were
made 10 arouse him q little later II was
found he was dead. The boy was the
sou Of George Miller, ~ Oak street, "A
tool setter. Tho boy had been under the
care Of a physician for a nervous afiic-
ton. = weak heart and rheumatism.
Miss Mahler denied herself to inter-
viewers tonight, Berlin w. Tinker, Su.
|. .psrinlepdent Of Schools. refused 10 dis
Guss &he- casa.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
STATE COUNCIL
GUSTS DILLON
DR.. Eugene H. Porter Named
as Successor, Effective
January I.
BUREAUS CONSOLIDATED
New Market Commissioner
Well Known as Dairyman
and Farm Pioneer. g
Special Desedtch to TsE SrN


, ALBANY. Dec. lo.-John Dillon. Com.
missioner Of Foods and Markets. was
removed from ONCE tonight by the state
Council Of Farms and Markets. Dr..
Eugene II. Porter Of Upper Lisle. Rroome
county. former state Commissioner OF
Health. was named to succeed him.
The removal ofCommissloner Dillon wa.
enected at a meeting of tho counc;, de-
signed 10 coordinate the work Of the
several State bodies now administering
the food control law passed at the sum-
mer session OF the Legislature
The fate Of Commissioner Dillon ha.
been hanging in the balance ever since
his declaration before Mayor Mitchcrs
milk committee to the effect that Gov.
Whitman was antasonistic to him and
department. At the time Commissioner
DILLON made this statement il was ex-
pected that his removal would result,
but the council was not prepared to
MAKE any changes until to-day. when II
met to consolidate the various bureaus
and outline the scope Of their work.
In addition TO the appointment OF Or.
Porter as Foods and Markets Commis-
sioner. the council appointed n. W. Nc
I.aury OF Milford, Otsego county. chief
Of the bureau OF animal industry: w. ".
Giles Of Skancateles. chief of the bu-
reau Of cooperative associations. and
Charles 8. Wilson. as Commissioner cf
the Division OF Agriculture. The last
appointment continues Mr. Wilson az
mead Of the Agricultural Department. a
position he has held for two years.
Or. Porter. the new Foods and Mar
kets Commissioner. is . director OF TIN
paipymen's League. For years he has
operated a large dairy farm, in Rroon,'
. conoty. and - ono Of tho pioneers In the
better farms movement. His csta bIish'
| rnent has beAit characterized 1.-The most
sanitary in the state Mr McLanry II
4 membr Of the New York Breeders
| Association and Mr.. Giles is secretary
! Of the state Grange
These changes will take effect January
!. The state Agricultural Department
, the Weights and Measures pepartmen
and the Foods and Markets Department
are consolidated under the new plan
, and A number OF new bureaus Including
lAeal. records and accounts. plan. in
/ d,tstry, dairy and rcguiatiVe are ere
ated.
Commissioner Dillon didn't bottle
about getting bulletins from Albany las
night. but went TO benefit performance
Of "a Tailor Made Man" At the CohaI
4 Harris Theatre.
THAT is the only decent thing ih'
administration has done for my depart
ment in three years" he said when h
heard the news that he had been force
out
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
Smoke Fund Is Helping
Many Soldier Husbands

DODGERS are out telling Of
~ the big benefit perform.
ance Of Whats Your Husband
Doing?" for the SUN Tobacco
Fund at the Thirty-ninth Street
Theatre next Monday night.
Actors and managers and audi
cnce are going to make IL an
other FIRST night" for this funny
and popular play.
The Claridge will see great
crowd tomorrow night at Miss
Grace Fields reception for our
soldiers smokes. It is to be a
"ffty-ffty" entertainment and it
holds out the lure. Read the
names Of the entertainers, and il
YOU feel even a bit lonesome and
out of sorts what you see Of the
programme OH page 5 will dissi-
pate both ailments.
The hotels are surely doing
theirs. The Ansonia is to the
fore again in its preparations for
a big Christmas Eve military hall
ynd the Waldorf has scheduled
the grand concert of the 18th
and something's secret-for
January 3 and a.
WARNING! THE SUN TO.
RACCO FUND has no connec-
tion with any other found, organ
ization or publication. It en-
ploys no agents or solicitors. 49,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
GERMAN REVOLT
SPIRIT GROWING
People Arc firing of Being
Regarded as Pariah by Re-
mainder Of World.
STRONG SPEECH IN DIET
Herr StrObel Asserts Nation.
Not Hindenburg. Must
Decide Wars End.
STRONG SPEECH IN DIET

l.oNpoN. Dec. lo.---Dcspitc the Ger
coming through neutrals which indicate
the growing dissffection in Germany,
where the spirit Of protest a.ainst au.
toeratic domination has been famed by
the example Of Russia.
In speech IN the rrusian Die, last
Thursday Herr Strobel, an Independent
Socialist. declared that what vas possi-
Bile in Russia was possible also in Ger
many. lie added:
II do not demand a revolution. but
the time will come when conditions will
be ripe for it IL we continue the war.
Who believed it would BE- necessary to
wage a submarine war for a year with
out tangible resuits?''
Here the speaker vat interrupted by
cries OF Leave that 10 Won Hinden.
burg" to which Strohsi reterted:
The question whether and how long
var should bc wazed cannot be left 10
Ii'nhAnbu!G. 1t Is the nstion'A business.
Foreign nations have right 10 demand
deinocr attic peace guarantees from Ger
many. The German people do not want
10 he regarded any longer as pariah
, among nations. Germany will make its
peace with humanity as a free nation
sha ping It's own destiny"
Such expressions as this are more and
more freely reported, although every e.
fort is made to suppress them. hut the
spirit Of revolt which is growing, cspe-
c!ally among the German women, who
are confronting the rrivat'ons OF another
| winter OF war. is reflected in these eN-
pressions OF nublicists and unqucstion
! ably is worrying the rulers, makirs
! them unpreceden,edly anxious TO gain
| some military advantages quickly and
/ then make peace without incu-ring un.
! due risks from sentiment at home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
TOOK VANDERBILT FOR JOHNNIE
Theatre Usher Thought lie Was
"Walting for I0diea,''

PIrrsBuHo. Dec. i0.--fiow Frank A.
Vanderlip, national director Of the war
savings campaign. came TO he mistaken
for a stage door Johnnie was told to-
day. Mr.. vanderlip spoke yesterday
afternoon at Polish meeting in the
Lyceum Theatre, but had to hurry away
while tho meeting was in progress. lie
started toward an exit, but became con-
fused among the doors.
A pretty girl usher futtered up to him
and chirped. Here, sir as she held
open a door You're waiting for the
ladies'"
Mr.. Vanderlip looked dazed and then
recovered with a start
NO, no." he exclaimed and he'd
I'm have to leave my cane at home"
he told a companion. "She thought I
was hunting for the stage door--a John
ME"
CINCINNATI, Dec. 10,---Frank A. Van
derlip, national director Of the war saw
inGs campaign. spoke here tonight
urging the purchase Of war savings
stamps and certificates.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
NIGHTS WITHOUT
LIGHTS PLANNED
Signs and Unnecessary Lamps
tO Be Darkened Most
Of Week.
DESIGNED TO SAVE COAL
Fuel Administrator Disap-
pointed at Failure to
Dim White Ways.
TO SAVE COAL
Speeidt Desnafch 10 TRt Sux


WAsHISeroS Dec, 1o,-Perscns who
are afraid to go home in the dark would
do well to make their reservations for
downtown Accommodations now. for the
Fuel Administration. disappointed in the
failure OF the plan for dimming the gay
White Ways OF the country. is preparing
new regulation which will call for
''lightness nights" About the only point
in the scheme yet to he settled Is how
many liEhtless nights there shall be in
q week.
Arguments in favor Of lights on
prayer meeting nights and the good OLD
Saturday are piling UP on official desks
and 1t would appear that at least two
nights in the week will be made CHEEKY
by merchants signs. But the other
nights are on trial and II the cold
vesthsr Keeps up they may sll be ban
ished to the limbo Of darkness
The success OF the Food Administra-
ton's wheatiess and meatless dayB have
capAed some envy In the Fncl Admins.
tration. The jealousy became more pro.
nounced when reports began to come in
from various State Fuel administrators
that. the plan for limited hours OF H.
luminat tion of White Ways was not work.
ing out and that the real loss in fuel
came from the many small slams which
run many hours and which in the agsre-
gate use up far more fuel than do the
. big theatrical signs used only a few
hours each day. Most OF the reports
show that 90 far as the layman Is con
cernsd the lights on Main street are
just as brilliant as ever and little il any
eaving has been effected.
Within few days the Fue, Admin.
istration hopes to have some figures or
the amount Of fuel that liGhtiess nights
would save. The plan under consid
GRAFTON involves campaign to show th'
citizens how much fuel can be conserved
II on certain nights sign owners, hotels
apartment houses and private homes
combine in shutting. of every unneces
sary lamp. It Is said that the consump
tion OF electricity and gas can be Gu
in half under this plan.
Under the plan inauEurated Novem
her . the gay White Ways have continue,
to he brilliant enough for any strange
to md them. Under the new scheme IN
would have to hire a hack or a guild
to take him to the scenes Of mirth an
gaycty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
u.BoAT SHELLS SPANISH SHIP.
EiEbt sailors Are KILLED aua
Others wosnded.

MApaIp. Dec. 1o.--Premier Alhuoenas
announced to-day that tho Spanish
steamshlp Claudio had been ho'nbarded
nv A German submarine. eiEht sailors
bcinr killed and others wounded. Tho
claudio was bound from an American
rort for spain with a cargo Of su'phatcs
for Spanish use.
Tho Government is preparing a pro-
test TO Germany. According to a de-
Snatch from Bilbao the Claudio managed
10 reach port under her own. steam.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
HUGHES CALLS ON PRESIDENT.
Couwrntulnt~s Him ON His Addrcss
to COnRrcss.

WASHINGTON. bee. 10.-Cnailes J..
Ur,aes called at the White House this
afternoon. According to friends OF the
President, Mr.. Hughes congratulated
President Wilson npon his recent ad-
dress to Congress. and especially rSon
hi, strongly avowed intention to press
the war until Gesman autoclacy has
been overthroNn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
ASK CONGRESS TO TAKE RAIL WAYS;
PLANS TO HAVE EARNINGS GUARANTEED;
WOULD HAND ROADS BACK AFTER THE WAR
KAISER SEEKS TO HOLD RUSSIAN LAND.

specioC Despatch o
copyroh
PETROGRAD lot said good authority that in the
the Ger
following indicated by the latter
likely to q part of any German pourparlers:
FGermany to obtain for fifteen years control of the Rus
enabling satisfy all her
Second-Importaton all German
Td-No territory occupied by German troops to be
rendered
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
Cets Suns Tobacco
With. Edison's Card.
Special Despotch to TsE stS.

Special Despotch to TsE StS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.---A
w grateful echo from the
trenches reached the Capitol to-
day, when Col. Charles P. Hig.
gins Of Missouri, Sergeant at
Arms Of the Senate, received
the following postcard from his
son, John Higgins, now serving
as a private in France as a
member of the Washington Uni
versity Unit Of the Ambulance
Corps. It read:
Dear Father: Everything
going fine. Received an issue Of
tobacco from THE SUN by
package bearing the card Of
Thomas A. Edison. Love to all.
JOHN"
Col. Higgins exhibited the
card all over the Senate wing Of
the Capitol.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
JAP TROOPS AT
VLADIV0ST0K
Reported They Have Landed
to Protect War Material
From Bolsheviki.
VAST QUANTITIES THERE
Assembly of Chinese Forces at
Harbin Also Regarded
Significant.
VAST QUANTITIES THERE
Npeciai Desndteh 10 Tar SrN.

WAsHiSGroN. Dec. 10.--Reports that
the japanese have landed fore. at
Nladiyostok 10 protect valuable supplies
there usher in a new factor in the Rus
sian situation. according TO diplomats
here.
This move on the part OF japan, with
the fact that Chinese troops have con-
centrsted at IIarbn. means that practi-
cal measures have been taken to safe
guard the Trans-Siberian Railway from
Bolshevik attack and also to prevent
millions Of dollars worth Of accumulate ed
war material from being taken over by
irresponsible parties or destroyed by
Rolshevik agents acting in collusion with
Germany.
There have been Japanese engineers
and other Representatives OF the Impe-
rial Japanese Army at V!adivostok for
some time, Their number has been in
creased from time TO time. especially
since conditions in Russia became un.
stable.
L. =. In ClOae Touch.
| But tho 'Tok,o Govern -nent, reaiz,nA
the deiicacy OF the situation. i,as moved
slowly toward concentrating forces
there. and II is understood tho United
.. states and the Entente nations have
been in close touch with every plan OF
! the Japanese.
| Apparently the Government of Japar
has had approval from the United State
| and the Entente for more yigo,..-
protective policy. Enormous quantities
OF supplies have been going 10 Nlad
! vostok for several months There the,
remained because the trans portation sys
tenn virtually had broken down an,
| there WAS no way to move them. Loco
motives and rolling stock sent from th
| United states have reached Nladivostol
| in large numbers. hut there appears Il
have been difficulty IN getting railroa'
work reall, under way.
II is an open secre. that there ha
D"en much concern over these Naluabi
! shipments following reports Of ,hao
! in Russia. The Bolsheviki announced re
Gently that taeir representatives ella lme
control over this principal Asiatic por
and gateway for the Trans-Siherian Raj,
way. Coupled with the Rolshevik arm,
istice proposal and with reports tina
Nkolai Lenne. tho Rolshevik leader
was an agent of Germany, there SCENE
to he serious danger IN allowing thes
supplies to get under Bolsheyik contro
Independence p~ciared.
Later advices from 'rukio say tina
Nladiv vostok and Anur Province hav
declared their independence. II Is ar
parent that the Russian disturban
are likely a, any moment to shift, I
Nlslivostok and II is regarded as neces
Sary that means 5e provided to pyotec
supplies,
Officials here are careful not 70 az
cra>a ate tho situation by laying too muc
stress on the role which the Iapancs
troops might play in guarding NladNc
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
Raise Flag Of Revolt.

Gems kaledin Oh the Don and Dutofr
~ tho Cral province have raised the
flag of revolt. The Constitutional Dem
ocra'ic party ia pro, iding the necessary
means 10 enable them TO carry on the
fight against the people. The Rodz.an-
kos. the Milukons. the C;utchkofs and
the Eonovalofrs seek to regain power
and with the aid OF tho kaledins. the
kornilons and the Dutcfrs are cndeavor-
inG 10 turn the Cossack laborers into an
instrument for achieving their criminal
aims.
Gen. kaledin has declared state OF
"s" in the Don region. is hiiiatrirS tic
supply of bread TO the front and collect
ing his forces. thus menacnc Ekaterino-
slaN. kharkoV and Moscow. Gen. korni-
lof. who fed from prison. has arrived
At his side; Korriloff who in July intro
duced the death penalty and conducted
a campaign against the revolutionary
power in Petrograd.
"!n Orenburg Gen. DutoN has arrested
the executive and the military revolu-
/ iionary committee. has disarmed the sol
ders and ~ ondesvorins 20 capture
/ Tcheiabnsk TO cut off the supply Of
bread from Siberia 10 tho front and the
| towns. Gen, karaulof is attacking
! Tchechcnrev and lngusher in the Cau-
! cSsus.
| THE Constitutional Democrats are the
/ political leaders OF this rising. The
| bourgeois Central Committee of the
Ckrahian Republic. which is wAging a
struggle against the rkrsiniaa~ Work
mems and Soldiers Councils. il assist
ing Gen. Ealedin in drawing troops TO
the bon region and is hlnderng the
Worklnen's and soldiers Councils from
distributing the necessary military force
tllroughou the Ukraine for the sun
! preston of the kalediu rebellion
"rhe Constitutional democrats, tie
worst enemies OF tho ncoplc, who to-
cethcr with the capitalists of all co,,n.
tries. prepared the present world war
arc hoping that a. members OF the
Constituent Assembly they may he able
to como to the assistance of their Gen
erals the kaicdns. the korniloNs and
the Dutorfs. in order to strange tho pco.
ple with their aid"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11
ARMORBD TRAIN
TO HALT REVOLT
BOlsheviki Moves to Check
Progress Made by Maxi
malist Uprising.
LEADERS FORM JUNCTION
Radicals Reported Overthrow
in Arenburg, With Mos
cow Menaced.
LEADERS FORM JUNCTION

LONDON. Dec. lo.-Steady progress Of
the revolt against the Boleheviki in
Russia appears to have been made. al
though reports OF the uprising come
largely from sources controlled by the
Maximalists. There is no doubt that the
party now dominant in Pctrograd re-
CARDS the uprising as formidable ana
that it will use its utmost efforts TO stop
il.
The London Times prints special des-
patch from PetroH. ad to the effect that
Gems Kaledn and kornilon. the two
powerful leaders Of the revolt. have ef-
fected junction of their forces and that
Gen kharkoff has sent an armored
train to attack them, According to a des-
patch to the star Gen. AleXien also Is
at the headquarters OF the Don Cossacks.
which have been established at Nova
Tchcrkask. capital Of the territory. Mi
chael Eodzt.nko. President Of the Ouma,
is said to have Joined the military lead
ers. The Cossack forces consist largely
OF cavalry, although organization OF in
fantry is proceeding rapidly.
To Cut OF Food Supplies.
The anti-Naximalist leaders appear
to have realized ut once the importance
81 the food question and are taking steps
to osit off provision supplies from Siberia.
Announcement came from, P.trograd to-
day that the provisional Government of
Siberia had ordered the stoppage OF food
shipments for European Russia. particu-
larry the capital. through fear that they
might reach Germany. An ofIicial Bo,-
shevik proclamation says the uprising
aims at cutting of the food supplies and
! at "seining authority in southeastern
| Russia
The Maximaiis,s admit officially that
Gen. Dutoff has overthrown the Boil
sheviki in the province Of OrenhurE. and
| say the coalition forces arc menacinS
| Moscow. az well as r;katerinostav. khar-
kow and other towns Tche,abi nsfis-Ar
t, important railway centre In northeastern
Orenburf. is hesieged hy Gen. pu.off :
troops. In the Caucasus Gen karaulofr
! is attacking Trhechenrev and 1ngusher
\ Holsheyik proclamation says that
the enemies of tho people have under
taken last attempt to destroy the cause
. OF peace. and that the constitutional
! Democratic party is providing the means
for the revolt. The proclamation reads
while representativ tives Of the tonsr
| OF Workmen's and Soldiers Delegates
/. and the Congress OF Peasants Deputies
were negotiating to secure An honorable
peace for the exhausted country the enc
mics of the people, the Imperiaiis's. th'
land owners. the bankers and their al
lies the Cossack Generals. have under
taken nnal attempt TO DESTROY Tn
Cause of peace. wrest the power from
tho hands OF the soldiers and workine,
and the land from tine peasants and Il
compel soldiers. sailors and Cossacks q
shed their blood for the benefit OF th
Russian and allied imperialsts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-11

continueA on THIRD Pdss.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-18
DURBOROUGH BATTLE FILMS
COMING TO LIMRERTON
AT PASTIME THEATRE JAN. 2.

Invasion, of Poland Depicted in Nov
les of Warfare on Eastern Front
$500 Feet of Remarkable Photo
graphs Taken on Firing Line With
the Germans
Stirring EPISODES of the great Ger
man offensive against Russia, init
mate views Of Kaiser Wilhelm and
the royal family and scenes depicting
the economic and military life of Ger
many will be thrown on the moving
picture screen under the auspices of
The Robesonian at the Pastime the
'atre starting Wednesday, aJnuarv "a.
at 1 p. m. The films, which are de-
clared to be the most remarkable pho
tographs that have come out of
Germany, were taken there under
special arrangement with the Ger
man government by W. H. Dur
borough, press photographer. who
traversed over 5000 miles in securing
them and passed time and again
through fire swept regions in an en-
deavor to get actual scenes from the
front for his American audiences.
The Durborough pictures are said
by experienced men who have seen
them to show the German army in
action as no other series of pictures
! have done. Mr. Durborough travers-
ed regions devasted in the terrible
| fighting between the Germans and
Russians until they reached the very
front of the battle line Step by step
the pictures take the audience from
Rotterdam to Berlin, unfolding the
civic life Of the German nation, de-
plcting personages like the kaiser
the kaiserin, the crown prince ana
princes and men of the German gen
eral staff; passing into the wa
country and showing the German ar
my advancing against the Russians
accompanying General Won linden
burg's army into Warsaw and Gen
eral Won Beseler5s army into the tri
! umphant assault on the last Russian
stronghold in Poland, Nov
& Gecrgievsk.
"By far the most telling Of n
1 pictures are those that show init
mately the advance Of the Germa
! army into Russia" said Mr.. Dur
borough. "Here are the wrecke
homes Of the Masurian lake countr!
the devastated fields, the refugees re
q turning to them, the onslaught 0
q Novo Georgievsk, perhaps the mos
) terrible of that entire advance. TIL
action of the great guns and the
effect came strikingly before the Ter
Of the camera. 1 took $4,000 fee
8 and the German censorship cut OF
s. $500, the $500 feet have brougl
81 back with me contain some of tt
3 most wonderful disclosures of tn
i methods used by the German arm
q that it has been the luck of any phi,
8 tographer to get"
& The Durborough films will be show
= at the Pastime theatre from 1 D. I
to II p. m. January "a.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-18
TO FORM CREDIT UNION
Meeting Will be Held at Marietta
January 20-Farm-Loan Associa-
ton Already Organized

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Marietta, Jan. 16-Marietta Farm
Loan association has been organized
by Prof. VIM. R. Camp, embracing a
territory Of Marietta, Sterling, Fair
mont and Gaddy townships. Appli-
cations for loans have been made
by IS farmers aggregatings7O, OOO.Of-
ficers and directors have been elect
ed and qualified and are ready to &C
cept applications in the above-men-
toned territory and make assessment
of property at once.
Marietta is also organizing a N
| C. credit union and Prof. Camp is to
be here on Saturday, goth, to complete
the organization.
Anyone wishing to file application!
for stock in the credit union or fol
longtime loan on farm. land should
| present same to the secretary, Ma