New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 17, 1916, Page 1

. No General Opposition to Large yanking republie tioned ten ho c¢pposition as will Vi gurrender: ginning of the debate. of Ohio, been listed g man P i 1 x 1 c ¥ stand x strength « 1 force « country expenditure army came any slatement te “ ,reported bill and prepared in a sane HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD! B, HERAL D“ADS" ME BETTER BUSINES PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1916 —SIXTLFN PAGE S. ESTABLISHED 18 “TELL MA NOT TO WORRY”—COSGROYV! ARMY BILL DEBATE OPENED IN HOUSE Local Soldier Expecting to Face Mex- ican Guns Soon Writcs Home to Father. That the long brewing {rouble ! which has just come (o a head in | Mexico will be a serious thinz hefore | it is over, is the opinion expressed b | Timothy Cosgrove, son of Police Offi- cer Michael J. Cosgrove, in a letter | written frm Laredo, Texas, Monday |and received by the paient today. and Each | Cosgrove is in Co. C of the 9th infan- | Regular Force Is Expected TALK LIMITED T0 TEN HOURS Torty Speakers Scheduled < " A try. Party Will Be Given Five Hours. R nin letter Fomie el logs | states that the Mexican norder at the | present time i “hot bee of hell.” Feeling among both Americans and Mexicans is at the fever point, he states, and the feeling is likely to burst into flame at any morment. He writes that his regiment is at present under arms, camp has been broken and the men are hourly expecting the order to march, Furthermore, Pri- vate Cosgrove writes that while the If possible, a | Mexicans are fighting among them- | sclves they do stick together and “if You shoot one Mexican you will have | to fight the whole country.” | The remainder of the letter with subjects of camp life and tement existing at present. closing his letter the soldier fa ht‘x to “tell Ma not to wor: me.” ldier Country United on Preparedness ¥ssue, Representative Hay Says. Wash Tuie gton, March limiting general the —Under a debate to ten house today began bill, the most ex- proposal for increasing the establishment ever 1 % in peace times. will con- ing the army tensive mlitary final x vote be reachcd tomorrow orty speakers I ilepublican ¢ asked for time. democrats were the list. All were expected to favor a wide degree of national preparednes n the deals the In k his about and equa represented on debate began no opvon- h~ the opinion of Private .Cosgrove | the strife in M dill fast a long time and he writes to his father tell- ing him not to pay any attention to | some newspapers that st ary com- | trouhle will be over in fo:\f‘? ‘I‘?: Kahn, | 1t will be a long time bLeiore it is appor- | over, he wirtes. Bttt oo e In the detachment of American in cvidence. So far | froopers first sent across the border no committee member | WAS one in command of Captain Fyan. favor reduction of the pro-|John Robinson of Sexton strcet is in ions for the regular army or the | Captain Ryan's company ard as his itional guard, although several are | Mother has not heard frora him it nown to favor a larger standing | IS Presumed that he was with the | troop that first crossed the border. Clark, who will deliver an | KILLS 24 MEXICANS Garret, News Was Suppressed for Fear of Anti-American Uprising. the general plan of prepared- had asked to be heard. No General Opposition. man Hay, of the mili hittee and Representative n member, wa is known ker ss in Representative Gordon, led off for the bill. democrat, He had an anti-preparedness | but explained today that his bpposition was only to a great stand- ng army. Wants Party Lines Forgotten, Representative Hay told the house he fact that the committee had eached a unanimous report on the bill indicated the feeling of the sountry on the vital subject of pre- aredness. All Americans should together on the issue, he de- regardless of party lines. The a Laredo, T March 17.—I"ourteen Carranza soldiers and ten civilians far reaching, he continued, | Were killed in an explosion of a cs and safe way, | 1984 of grenades and artillery muni- to exttemes oh either side. :ll()!l in the yards of the National Rail- R e the | TOAA lines at Monterey, Me last of the army, he said, the | luesday, according ‘to passengers » | reaching here today from Onterey. emmittee had gone to what war de- | qu o A8 - oter tment officials had testified was | ¢ NeWs was suppressed by the Car- ause of the ten- limit of peace time recruiting. A | LonZ Authorities bec 2k of 250,000 regulars would mean | h;':“‘:“':l“{'éxu‘fl“ee“ LE=SNtulitod) ompulsory service, fo Which he ! All the dead and injured were Mex- = Uli';’;’.)s‘uv";"r‘,‘w““h:*r icans. Immediately after the explo- e ,000, { sion, a mountainous cloud of smoke e Mr. Hay said, I it | SPread over the city and tho cry “The s saic, | Americans have arrived” ran congress would g0 10| {jyr5ughout the poorer section. ¥ Applause greeted the The disaster, if caused by the care- of any smoker among the guard about the car, will re- main unknown, as everybody in tae immediate vicinity was killed. The Carranza authorities suppressed publication of the news, as it was feared the peon classes would rise nst American: lared, wa ot goin, In as he “Of cour: to war, extent.” Representative point out that vided for a peace Kahn interrupted while the bill pro- | Militai strength of 140,000 | fighting men, in the imminence of war the president could bring it up to more than 170,000, exclusive auxiliary troops. MAY FOLLOW VON TIRPITZ | Downfall of Von Bethmann-Hollweg, Opposses Two Year | not believe,” Mr. Hay a, | “that the two-year enlistment would | be a good thing. Half the time the | army would be composed largely of | If-baked recruit Those who ad- \te the short term enlistment also | that there be no re-enlistment. | will enlist if they know no future, and the backbone of the army today is the non-com- T G o | Von Bethmann-Hollweg, the imperial 'he proposed increase in the army, g s 5 Tel exyiained f conlalinelnccorplisney | coancellongmaygfollowffdmiraliyor through a four year enlistment as | TiTPitz into retirement, according to proposed by the bill. |a despatch from Geneva to the Dai Mr. Hay then turned to a generzl | Express, quoting Berlin reports, explanation of the plan to feder- |which also state that Prince Von alize the national guard. He contend- | Buelow, the former chancellor, will ed congress had full constitutional | soon leave Lucerne for Berlin. power to do it. 1' McCumber Raps Wilson. | While the house was debating the army bill today the final draft of the senate army bill was favorably by Chairman Chamberlain. Senator McCumber, republican, of North Dakota, made a speech urging the country not to be ved from a middle course between war hysteria and utter defenselessness. He con- tended the United States was in less danger of altack than ever before. , “Congress In its growing servility.” | daring French axiators: Ne said, *‘has allowed its function to | mentioned several time; in the re- be usurped by the executive until it [ ports of the Frnch war office, Which has become the tool to convert pres- | on Sunday last announced that he idential programs into law. Congress | had brought down his eighth saero- ould be the judge of the necessity | plane. He is twenty-one years old. and of the propriety of changing our h: 1 attitude.” STORRS ESTATE $4,570. Appraisal of the estate of Sterrs was reported today at the pro- It totaled $4,570.75. Of the drug store at 297 and “y do :1"’\‘“. Jmperial Chancellor in Germany, men Now Anticipated by Berlin. London, March 17, 2:40 a. m.—Dr. FRENCH HERO WOUNDLD. Daring Aviator, Aged 21, Brought Down Eigh "Planes. Parts, March 17, 5:20 a. m.—Ser- geant Pilot George Guynemer of the “rench flving corps has been wound- Has | Guynemer’s exploits have l'a reputation of one won him of the most He has heen | QUEEN DISTRIBUTES SHAMROCKS King Compliments Irish Regiment S. Created by Victoria, London, March 17, 1:30 p. George, accompanied Queen Mary m.—King Yate court. to- sh tea sprig 1his amount Main fountain shares of Syndicate vz Lold furnit in possession at no value. W, Hillard and | day to the headquarters of the with fixtures soda | Guards, where the Queen pre valued at $4,105.94; four {each officer and soldier with g the American Druggists | of shumrock. lued at $48 and house The king paid high tribute to t $250. Mining stock |Irish regiment, which was created of the estate was held | Queen Victoria to commemorate he appraisers were W. | heroism of Irish regiments in W. L. Damon. South African war. I reet the by the the | Explosion of Torpedo | adds DUTCH INDIGNANT AT NEW OCEAN OUTRAGE for Loss of Tubantia or Mine So Terriffic Life Boats Were Shatter- cd—Several Passengers Not Ac- counted for Thought Drowned. The Hague, Netherlands, March 1 via London, 4:12 a. m.—The loss one of Tolland’s finest has stirred the country deeply. The sinking of the Tubantia, valued at $1,600,000 and insured for $1,240,000 of valuable cargo of steamships means 10s: not easily replacable The opinion accredited to the cs tain that the Tubantia was torpedoed t0 the fecling of roused by the disaster. The Vade land calls attention to the fact th: the v 1 was sunk at almost the same time that announcement was made of the resignationr of Admiral Von Tirpitz as German minister of marine and of the statement that his successor would continue sub marine warfare without abatement. This newspaper refers to the cases of the Dutch steamship Katwyk, temis and Bandoeng, sunk or dam- aged as a result of German “mi takes,” and says that if the Tuban- tia was sunk a German subma- rine there will be increasing danger that Germany, against her wishes, may find herself in conflict with neu- tral states on account of the conduct of her submarine commander: A stronger note is sounded by the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant, which says: “Between being tor- pedoed and being mined the only dit- ference which exists is that known in criminal law between intention and conditional intention. space Can Accept No Excuses. “If the ship was torpedoed, there was absolute intention or norance or neglect equivalent to tention. The submarine commander must have known, when he gave the command to fire, that the ship we the Tubantia. No words can be found to quaklify this crime; no excuses can be accepted.” No matter whether the Tubantia was sunk by a torpedo or a mine, the paper says, the country thal such occurrences c claves the government must 1 strongest representations to and continues: “The Tubantia a mere trap he the our mercantile marine. lvery sponsible naval commander would what she w ind whither she was bound. No account of the disaster mentions a warning of any Kkind. There is no excuse. No owrds qualify this misdeed, which stultifi all German assurances and prom £ This newspaper s Holland is un- fortunately placed between on bellig- erent “who professedly fights for the intere: of small nations but holds up our ships, seizes what she likes and paralyzes our imports and in- dustries, and another belligerent who, “while contending for the so- called freedom of the seas, sinks our ships on sight without notice.” American Consul Blames Mine. London, March 17, 10:55 a. Reuter despatch from Amsterdam then 1g It Uk de- was “Richard Schillmg, the American consul, who with his wife and daugh- ter arrived here today with other survivors of the Tubantia, expressed the opinion that the liner struck a mine, The steamer, he said to a standstill after being struck and almost immediately heeled over. The passengers and crew rushed on deck leaving all their belongings behind, ana consequently lost all their oas- sage. “Mr Schilling had heard that some persons on board had lost their lives, but the correspondent was unable to obtain any confirmation of this.’ Amsterdam, March 17, 2:09 a. m It is now believed that several were lost in the sinking of the Ho land-Lloyd line's steamer Tubantia either in the explosion or in an acci- dent which attended the launching uf one of the yoats. The steamship remained afloat for several hour According to all re- ports there v. panic, every ona on board bebaving splendidl Th boats were launched in their appoint ed order and tl.e passengers were all taken off fi The rescue work difficult to the darkne heavy mlist znd the rough sea. boats we val hours in finding the Noordhinder ligh two miles away. The captain and part of the crew remained on the gradually sink- ing ship for some time, the wireless operator keeping up the work of guid- ing Dutch vessels to the rescue. The captain was on the vessel for two hours after she was struck and w the last to leave. The res vels took ihe passengers and crew to Flushing, Amsterdam and the Hook. This newest and finest amship Jiling under (he Duteh flag was snnic shortly- hefore dawn yesterday, thirty miles off the Dutch co Although it is not positively established whether the sinking was duc to a mine or a torpedo, there singularly unani- is a or e who were mity on the part the (Continued On Fifteenth Pa Feel No Excuses Can Be Accepted | LIVES ARE BELIEVED LOST| resentmenrt. | Ar- | demands | s | the can | m.—A | WILSON WEARS GREEN TIE AND A SPRIG OF SHAMROCK Washington, March dent Wilson celebrated St. Patrick’s Day today by wearing a green necktie and a sprig of shamrock sent him by John Redmond, the Irish nationalist leader in the Brit- ish parliament. Sprigs of green were worn generall by White House employes, members of the cabinet and other government offi- cials. INCOME TAX GOES UP Ten Per Cent. for 2,200 Marks and New Schedule in Saxony, Dresden, Saxony, London, March 17, finance committee chamber of the parliament today voted unanimously to revise the come tax schedules upward, S0 persons receiving 2,200 marks inually shall pay ten per cent. those receiving 50,000 marks or more shall contribute thirty per cent. of their income to the state. Tathers supporting three or children and having incomeg less than Via. The March 12:05 p. of the 18, m an- increases. FRIGHTFULNESS POLICY 5 BROUGHT TO AN ENI] Advocates of Torpedoing | Every Ship in Sight Oust- ed in Germany. Berlin, March 16, 10 a. don, March 17, 12:39 a. m.—German officials repeat the statement that submarine warfare will go on on the limits set by the German memoran- dum to neutral powers of last montl, but that the demands of those whao | wished to see the indiscriminate tor- pedoing of “whatever comes in front | of the torpedo tubes’ to usc the ex- | pression of one of those who advo- cate this policy, will not be fulfilled. This iso the deduction which those acquainted with the situation declare can be drawn from the resig- m., via Lon- was foreshadowed a few days ago } the reports of his illness. The con- ciusion to be strengthened b, fact that Admiral Von has heen che the new minfster e known merely as an excells administrative officer, not having 1 ship command in the last vear During this period. he has been at the admiralty, first as advisor on mil- itary affairs, then in the budget de- partments, and finally as head of the administrative department. He looked on as the right hand man of Admiral Von Tirpitz until his retire- ment last November. The Tages Zeitung, which has been one of the strongest supporters Admiral Von Tirpitz, says that it is “shaken by the news of the admiral's resignation and does not at present feel itself in a condition to make a comment thereon.’ The Morgen Post sa be universal regret that circum- stances made the retirement of the grand admiral necessar) The rea- sons for this and the inner relations of affairs with one another cannot now be discussed, but it will be re gretted that there was no other w out.” All the newspapers pay high com- pliment of the career of Admiral Von Tirpitz, the Berliner Tageblatt term- ing him “one of the few strong men | of the post-Bismarckian era.’ is said wpell n as is “There will Paris, Marfh lh 36 p. m.—7The re- tirement of \dmiral Von Tirpitz is considered in French official circies, according to the Paris newspapers, fo be due to the fact that he has op- posed the coming out of the German fleet while Emperor William desires t engage the British naval for Early action by the fleet 'is ed, pre- NOT DAMAGED. | German Authorities Deny Krupp { Works Have Been Harmed. Berlin, March 17, Wirele ““Foreign newspaper spreading reports that Jissen home of the Krupp works) ha: damaged badly by an attack encmy aeroplanes and that the rail- read station at Kssen has been at- | tacked with bombs,” says the Over- seas News Agency. These reports are pure inventions, as is stated by competent German zuthorities.” SSED by to are (the heen by N BURNED TO DEATH. Keyser, W. Va., March 17.—Ells- worth I3. Fout, a farmer of Cls near here, and his six children, rang- ing in age from four to eighteen years were burned to death early today in A fire that destroyed the Fout home- stead. ; | Harvtford colder ton SEVE ——— e WEATHER. Thirty Per Cent for 50,000 Marks | cond | and | more | 5,000 marks are exempted from the | nation of Admiral Von Tirpitz, which | qaf was | 9t | to | FIVEONSLAUGHTS AT Paris Reports Germans Hurled Back at Every Attack | Russia Reports Centinvance of cess Im Its Caucasus Campaign— Italians Said to Have Lost Bfcody | - i Engagements with Austrian Fore ! paris, l March 17, noon—-Impo | infantry | assaults on the French lines Do of Verdun were made by the Germans during the night. Five suc- ssive onslanghts in force were re- pulsed by the Fren -h. in- | that Paris, March 17 p. m.—The | text of the French official communica- tion on the progress ot hostilities gi | en out by the Fiench war office this | afternoon, reads as folloy | “To the west of the Meus bardment diminished last n ! region of eBthincourt and Cumicres. | After the bloody cnock to the atrack | of yesterday, tne enemy has not re- ‘ sumed his movement on Mort Homine. “To the east of the Meuse a recrud- l escence of the hombardment v fol- 10\\ ed. at § o'clock last night, by a se- of very violent offensive actions, duccled against our positions ai the village and the Fort of Vaux. Report All Attacks Repulsed, “Five success attacks in large ‘numben were delivered by the Ger- | mans in this region, bur without suc- Two of them werc against the of Vaux, tw2 others against the leading up to the fort, and the was an effort to emerge from a DProtected roadway to ihe southeast of the village of Vaux. “Every one of these attacks was | broken by our curtias of fire, and " the fire of our machine guns cost the enemy heavily. l “In the Woevre distvict there is the bom- it in the nothing to report furtaer than artil- ery exchanges in all of sectors to the hanges in all of the sectors to tiae -Mousson. A surprise a salient of the K { west of Pont-. | attack against { it possible for us to bring back some i prisoser the enemy “The night was calm on the remain- | der of the front.” atement. 17—The . German March theater of | merlin, officia | statement Western south British were Six mine Loos | | explosions sful In of the various sectors i tillery duels nt forward repeatedly a fresh division, which as on the 27th ad- | vanced on a comparatively small width of front and was notived as soon as | appeared against our p i Dead Man's Height. The fi | was without artillery prepar | the nature of a surprise. A few panies succeeded in reaching our lines, where the few unwounded men remaining were taken. The second attack was stopped bu our curtain of e . “Eastern and Balkan | sitution is unchanged.” com- theaters: The Russia Progresses in Caucasus, Petrograd, March 16, via London, March 17, 12:16 a. by the war department: “West front: In the region Dalsen Island a violent artiller has talken place, Below Dvinsk reglon of Illoukst east of Poniewesch Railway, the enemy threw hand gren- ades loaded especially with a high ex- plosive. Caucasus front: During the pursuit of the Turks we captured more pr oners. They include nineteen office of whom two are majors, and more n 250 asharis, and we also took the rental flag. Ttalian Losse of Reported Heavy. Berlin, Mar. 1 2 wireless to | ville.—Increased activity on the Rt | sia front is reported in the official Austrian communication of vesterday, as received here today. The state- { ment Tollows: 3 1 ©“On the fronts of the armies of | denerals Pfluy Baltin and Bochm- Ermolli, ther increased activity by the artillery on both sides. Rus- gian attacks northeast of Kozlov, on the Stripa, were repulsed. “Italian attacks on the Isonzo ed in violence. Two attempts to advance against the Podgor section Py strong Italian forces were impeded An Italian attack on northern slope of San Michele | was repulsed with sanguinary losses | for the assailants. i "wAt many places there were artil- ols during the night. On the Carinthian front there is artillery fire | in the Fella sector.” | i crea { the German Losses Exaggerated. Berlin, March 16, 8:30 p. m., London, March 17, 11:15 a. m.—TFur- ther confirmation the Teport that the German lo the capture of Douaumont, N« of Verdun, not e found in the memorial to the dead of regiment newspapers. Via, of in theast | were cessive regimental | the Brandenburg lin the German on (Continued Fifteen FRENCH LINE FUTILE | TWO TURK MAJORS CAPTURED Suc- | nt | enemy | | lines at the wood of Mort Mare made | 1d to inflict some losses on | unsuc- Cham- | | pagne and between the Meusc and the lle there have been sustained ar- “In the Meuse region (Verdun) the m.—The following official announcement has been issued | de- | appearing | The | 'BORDER TENSION INCREAS AS AMERICAN COLUMN NEAR VILLA’S REFUGE IN MOUNT? 'Swift Advance Division of Expedition pected to Enter Bandit King’s Domain Before Dark Tonight ; | POSSIBLE OCCUPATION OF CITIES BY U. S. TROOPS IS CAUSE FOR CONCEH SILLIMAN'S ADVICES INCREASE OPTIMISM! Official Washington Expects No Trouble With Carran- za’s Government. I]’Lr%ibl’: Occupation of Cities By jcan Troops Worries Carvan [i 1s—“Trenches” at Juarez to Be Harmless Water Diteh As Persh Nears Villa Tension Increases “¥lying Column” ritory. El Paso, Tex., March 17.—Re that American troops under commn of John J. Pershing been by snipers as their hunt for Fram unconfirmed td howeve. Brig. Gen. i fired upon the at- Washington, March | isfactory assurances titude of the Carran: ward the entrance of American troops mto Mexico were conv eved o the state department today v Comnsul Sil- liman who is with C . Carran reported no trouble from ihie forces was to be expected. s of administration officials centered on the desert plains northern Mexico where Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing is leading Amer- jecan troops in pursuit ct irancisco Villa and his band of outiav The censorship surrouuding movement of the expedition W strict that up to an eacly honr today | not a single dispatch from the Amer- jcan columns had been made public by the war department since the an- nouncement of Wednesday night that they had crossed the miernationsl border line. A long code me Funston came to the last night, but Secretary bBaker clared that it contained no news importance and would not make public, Unofficial advices from continued Villa Such an incident, remained | would be considered here indicating' the American army’s march into ico up to date was regarded othel than as a peaceful expedition se as the majority of the Mexican are concerned. A few definite facts about the pedition today stood out. clearness, as the published eports and news brought here by Americans have been in touch with some Do of the American movement. It seemed’certain that of the columns which are ‘‘somewhers Mexico”, one was constituted speed, while the other apparently moving more slow ed column was the seemingly mostly cavalry, into Mexico fifty miles west Of main army of Gen. Pershing, his forces crossed at Columbus, The secrecy which has surre the movements of the main eo has been slight compared « with' tite -border | record of this western fory Th «aid that Villa and his men are far | reason to believe, from the offid to the south of the American forces. | nouncements that the wes Army officials believe that it probably | May have gone into Will take several days for the Amor- | than the main body. | ican pursuers, aided by ihe Carranza | riving here asserts | soldiers, to cross the desert and ove wing has traveled the farther | tuke the bandits. They Ao not ex- | these same reports, the two. cel S b W o e e will form a junction near the i Official advices from diplomatic | €hed Mormon colonists, pOSSiS representatives in Mexico reports cor- | the Casas Grandes region. ditions as generally quiet. There | Carranza Officials Worried, were some signs of unresti ia the Tam- it was learne pico district, however. sussing Wwith Overnight dispatches received concern whether ~American Acting Secretary Polk of th during the Villa pursuit, would | partment and Secretary bLaker were | to occupy any Mexican cities! optimistic. The text of none s | effect of such occupation upon made public, but it was said by ad- | can public sentiment. 1 ministration officials that the Mexican The Carranza officers have situation seemed entirely satisfactory. |expressed the hope that the garel President Wilson receiva.: the re-|ing of the cities can be left to | ports before the cabinet mecting. The | own troops. The American & | administration believes tne danger of | choice of the Chihuahua desert forces | place of entry precludes for the active opposition by Carranza is growing 1 ent such a problem as city gary Secretary Wilson at tnday’s cabinet | duty. meeting told of a marked increase fa | It is estimated here that the immigration from Mexico since the |¢f the Villa pursuit at preseni recent outbreak. Many of these lie vpward of $40,000 a day, icans are destitute, he sail. Water was running today in i rigation ditches back of the Ju | & race track and thereby was exp WILSON’S GOURSE APPROVED a sensational report widely publi eorly this week that the Jaurez Senate Unanimously Endorscs His Ac- of the s S0 auxiliary witich ge from Gen. jepar-ment late of it 1 aranza officials, day, have been di by state de- rison was digging military tren Sunday Americans at the races brown-clad men who seemed digging in ditches and the tn story spread. They were WOrky cleaning rubbish out of irriga aitches so that the water might @ Daniel Hurst, son of Bishop B Hurst, of the Mormon church, reached here yesterday from Mormon colonies with important 1 about Villa for the American af considered his chances of gel through safely so uncertain tha made part of his trip in hiding | neath some cover arranged by train conductor under one of ccach seats. Hurst left Casas Grag Wednesday Appr Expectation keved to its the general | tion in Sending Punitive Expedition Across Mexican Border, Tollette, republican, today introduced {and the senate adopted without opp | sition, a resolution approving Pr | dent Wilson's course in sending | punitive expedition to Mexico and as- suring the Mexican pedple further | that the object of the expedition was werely punitive. " FOSTER IS EX EXPELLED ected | | | Washington, March 17.—Senator La, | | Villa Territo \long the border highest pitch toda belief that before ni fall the advance guard of the Am) an expeditionary force would entered Villa territory the mg tains of the regiol | Mexico. ? While the censorship prevented from the lower branch of Massachusetts legislature today |Oficial news of the whereabouli | the American column re for irregular and improper conduct | ¥ in connection with the collection of | Lrousght by Americans ving: funds to aid in the passage of legis- | the interior, coupled with the of lation for public improvements on |iations of men thoroughly fum | Cape Ann. Mr. Foster is a republican. | With the terr'tory over which the | For the past fiftcen years Mr. Fos. | Peditionary force passing magd ter has been an active figure in pub- | Feasonably certain that the Un lic life in this state, having States soldiers must be close to is Dbelieved served 3 terms in both branches of the legis- | district where Villa exercise his gr test: influence of sym| Troops ch I'rom Massachusetts House of Revresentatives for Conduct in | Collection of Cape Ann Fund. in asas Grandes March IFoster, of Boston, vy C. 17-—Representative ! e expelled the Gloucester, was is lature. He is a former mayor of | Gloucester. have the lar number thizers. With ighting Al t t MURDERE Cambridge, the with the V moment in every possibility nt act illistas might by ) HIS FATHER. Mass., March 17— bert J. Roper, of Teweksbury, indicted today for the murder | his father, Albert Roper, florist of that town March 1 e { dictment also d Ler that inu,u his father any was item intellige w any light the attit ‘arranza adherents and m) that the five arranza troops who b | deubled of that thr of the ( cspecially o on on chars he it on of robbery. Rop in Boston th killed | tachments of Cs claims (Continued On Six