New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 26, 1916, Page 1

‘% range in the basement is credited with ' reason 2| HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS HERALD “ADS” | BETTER BUSI RICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1916. —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED' BURNED TO DEATH TRYING TO SAVE FRIEND’S LIFE AT HOTEL BRONSON BLAZE John McCarty of Win- sted Victim of Spec- tacular Blaze in North End Hostelry. OTHER GUESTS MAKE ESCAPE IN SAFETY Thrilling Rescucs by Firemen, Bring- ing Men, Women Down Ladders and “Spider Webs— Prosecutor and Building Inspector Confer ReSarding Ownmer’s Failure to Provide Fire Escapes. Attempting to rescue a chum, whom he supposed to be either asleep or overcome by smoke in his room on the third floor, John McCarthy, 48 years old and married, of Winsted was burned into a unrecognizable charred mass by a two-alarm fire which swept and partially gutted the Hotel Bran- son at Main and East Main streets early today. Miss Nellie Bransfield of Hartford, a dish washer at the hotel, John O’Brien, an employe, and Eli George, a lodger, were partially overcome by smoke and in such a seri- ous condition from exposure that they were taken to the New Britain General hospital for treatment. Nearly 100 | guests and lodgers faced death, many * being taken to the street by firemen | and members of the police detail in thrilling rescues while others escaped by means of ropes and fire escapesi of the “spider web” type into the zero | weather scantily clad. The four story hotel building, owned by P. S. Mec- Mahon, was swept interiorly by the flames, the loss being estimated in ex- cess of $7,000. It is covered by in- surance. and Children | NEW ALLIED FLEET | OFF AMERICAN COAST English and French Warships Here to Protect Com- merce. Boston, Dec. 26.—The presence on this side of the Atlantic of a formid- able fleet of Allied warships was in- dicated definitely today. The vessels i are knawn officially as commerce pro- tectors. They are heavily armed and disguised. For obvious Teasons their exact disposition is not revealed, but the arrival recently in American waters of this newest unit of England | ;and France is made known from a course that hardly can be mistaken, Newport News, Dec. 26.—Officers of the Portuguese steamer Farro_in, here today for coal, denied that their ship | was the mysterious craft which en- circled the American steamer Zucrosa on December 12, south of Diamond Shoals lightshlp as reported by the Zucrosa yesterday on her arrival in New York. The Farro formerly was the German steamer Galata laid up in | Portugal at the outbreak of the war! and later taken over by the Portu- guese interest. The Zucrosa report of | the incident revived stories of a Ger- man raider loose in the Atlantic, The Farro was boarded by customs and immigration officlals, none of whom found anything amiss with her. HOLLAND SENDS NOTE BACK Reported to Have Resented Mind- Your-Own-Business Attitude Germany Regarding Belgium. 26, via London, | of Amsterdam, Dec. A big kettle of grease on the kitchen ¢ being responsible and for the flames f ‘Dbers of Engine Co. No. 1 and a water gaining much headway before discov- ery. responsible for the explosion which led to discovery of the fire and which blew out the heavy windows of the dining room on the second floor, many feet | distant, as a small boy bursts an in- flated paper bag. Caught on the third floor with es- »cape seemingly blocked by a curtain of fire that was sweeping up the stair- | way, nearly thirty men and women faced death, being saved only by mem- line. The flames were checked while the scantily clad and panic gripped crowd was led to safety down exten- gion ladders or aided down the rope fire escapes. Spectators Help to Raise Ladders. All of the city’s fire apparatus was brought into use, seven water lines be- ing in use and one being held in re- serve. Absence of enough firemen to _*raise the extension ladders in quick time nearly proved fatal and it was necessary to call policemen and spec- tators to assist in the work. There was a slight delay in getting Engine Co 0. 4 and Assistant Chief William J. Noble to the scene, the west end circuit being out of commission be- cause of a broken wire, caused by the | igh wind earlier at night. They were nally called on the telephone by Ser- geant T. M. Herting at police head- quarters. Benjamin Bennett, night watchman and clerk ‘at the hotel, and Super- numerary Policeman Dennis O'Keefe, patroling an Bast Main street beat, were standing shortly beforc 4 o’clock at-the outside door leading from the hotel office when the explosion came and a mass of flames shot up the dumb waiter shaft. The former had but shortly before been in the kitchen attending to the range fire preparatory to calling the chef and others of the hotel help assigned to work in that department. Box 42, Main and East Main streets, was sounded at 3:48 by Supernumer- ary O'Keefe. A second alarm was gent in by Chief Robert M. Dame, who with Edward Woods, his chauffeur, and John Schmidt of Hook & Ladder Co. No. #, callman riding in the chief’s car to night alarms, were the first on the scene. Chief Dame saw the glare of the flames and spar phooting from the roof where the air ghaft terminates as his automobile rounded into Main street from head- quarters. Engine Co. No. 3 was the first on the scene with Engine Co. No. 1 from headquarters and Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1 soon following. Im- mediately following the arrival of Chief Dame, the big aerial truck was sent for and arrived under horse power. Scantily clad forms at the Windows, swinging from ropes or at- tempting to descend upon the narrow and infrequent fire escapes indicated that all of the ladders would be need- ed. The dining room and stairways were a mass of flames. Engine Co. No. 1 was assigned to fight the fire from the third floor while other de- tails were sent to the roof, other +floors and the roof of the old part of the building: McCarthy’s Body Found. Lying on the fioor of room 31, burned to a charred mass, with cloth- a (Continued on Eleventh Page.) | portations had caused a painful im- | A 1:30 p. m.—The Telegraaf says it has | to believe that Germany’s reply to Holland’s nate regarding the | deportation of Belgian workmen is | It is also credited with being framed in such terms that it was in- | &ccount, it to the |current report that the fire ‘from an advisable to communicate Dutch parliament and that the gov- ernment has requested Berlin to alter the reply in such a manner that it may be presented to the parliament. | The Dutch government last month ‘instructed its Berlin representative to notify Germany that the Belgian de- pression in Holland. A Rotterdam | | despatch to the London Times onJ December 5 said Germany had re- | sponded in words which were tanta- mount to saying “mind your own busi- ness.” SCHOOLS OVERGROWDED It Will Be Necessary to Have Two Sessions Each Day at Burritt, Rock- well and Northend Schools. | Owing to the already overcrowded | conditions in several of the local | schools it has been decided by Super- intendent S. H. Holmes to have two sessions each day, a three hour ses- sion in the morning and a three hour afternoon session at the Burritt, Rockwell and Northend schools. This new rule will become effective on Feb- ruary 1 and will affect six classes at the Burritt school and two classes | each at the Rockwell and Northend schools It has also been necessary to open | an extra room for scholars at the East | street school, the Smalley school and the Smith school. | Superintendent Holmes has received | resignation of Miss Josephine Buck of the High school faculty. She has | been instructor of English for the past two years. Miss Mildred Corbin, in- structor of literature in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades of the | Burritt school has also resigned. g | | | HAD DEAD CHILD IN BOX. In response to a report of the body | !'af an infant being found at 211 Osgood | ‘ street, Detective Sergeant Samuel A. | Bamforth and Detective A, J. Rich- !ardson were hurried to the scene yes- | terday. They found Steve Karalus of | 75 Grove street and the body of the infant in a box. Xaralus informed | | them that the infant was his and that | ! he had brought it to the house to]| make arrangements for its burial with the sexton of the Sacred Heart ceme- tery wham he supposed still” lived there, He said that pri of the parish had directed him to the Dsgood | street address but the sexton had | moved some time previously. MUCH CHICKEN POX. Dr. T. E. Reeks reports that the health department has discovered a number of cases of chicken pox about the city that are unreported. He wishes it understood that it is neces- cary for the attending physician or the parents to report all cases of chicken pox, measles and whooping | into the street and got a passerby to | and excitement. FLAMES THREATEN APARTMENT BLOCK Damage to Arch Street Property | Between $10,000 and $20,000 POLIGEMAN RESGUES TWO Mercure Carries Two From Building at Corner of Hart and Arch Streets —PFireman Found Overcome by Smoke in Street. Fire, supposedly starting from an | overheated furnace in the cellar, dld damage estimated at from $10,000 to $20,000 and for a time threatened to destroy the four-story block at the corner of Hart and Arch streets at 1:80 o’clock this afternoon. At press time the fire was still smouldering, but the firemen had succeeded in get- ting the blaze under control. This fire was one of the most spec- tacular that has occurred in this city since the blaze at Hatch’s block on Main street several years ago and was similar in many respects. An alarm was sounded from box 17 shortly before 1:30 o’clock and soon after the department arrived and Chief R. M. Dame saw the magnitude of the fire a second alarm was sound- ed, bringing every available piece of i apparatus in the city to the scene. Even the old horse-drawn aerial truck from the central station was pressed into service and a pair of horses were secured from H. R. Wal- ker’s stables to draw it. At this time dense clouds of black smoke were rolling from all of the windows in the northeast corner of the struc- ture and the blaze and smoke in Ladd’s drug store on the first floor was so flerce that for some time it ‘was impossible for the firemen to ven- ture ‘within ten feet of the building. Chief Rawlings sent every available policeman to the scene, bhut even with their help it was a difficult mat- ter to hold the crowd of several | thousand spectators in check. Couldn’t Get Firemen. Various and spectacular reports concerning the origin of the fire were heard on all sides but George M. Ladd, the druggist ,who first dis- l.covered the blaze and tried ineffect- ! ually to call the fire department on the ’phone, the most comprehensive in which he disclaims the started explosion in the cellar. Mr. l.add stated that he was at work about his drug store when he smelled smoke and saw little ringlets of smoke issuing up through the floor ' from the cellar. He hastened to the front of the store to the telephone and endeavored‘ to call the fire de- partment. He was unable to get the number, he states, because the cen- iral operator seemed to be unahkle to hear what he said and kept asking “Number?” Mr. Ladd then rushed call for the fire department. He re- turned to the store and in the gen- eral excitement seems to have for- gotten ' the remaining detail: Carries Two to Safety. Supernumerary Officer Horace Mer- cure, whose home is directly across the street from the block, was one of the first on the scene and rushed into the drug store where he found Mr. Ladd leaning across the counter in a helpless condition, overcome by smoke He carried him bod- ily from the store and to the home of | ex-Representative Charles Mueller Across the street. Mr. Ladd recovered within a short time, but is still in a weakened condition, Returning to the sgene of the fire, Officer Mercure rushed through the tenements above the stores warning ' the occupants to leave. Mrs. John | Glaves, who occupies one of the upper tenements, was ill in bed and unable to leave her room. Officer Mercure assisted her from the burning build- ing to a neighbor's home. In strug- | gling through the smoke in an effort to find an exit the policeman stumbled head forcibly, discolorng one eye, Fireman Is Overcome. of the building' with a hose. this point that the smoke thickest. in such clolids that it was impossible to see the firemen standing there holding the hose. Suddenly a gust of wind rolled the clouds of smoke away momentarily and the prostrate form of Fireman Anderson was disclosed lying on the ground. He had been overcome by smoke and was carried from the scene by his companions. Fortunately he was npt seriously af- fected and in a short time had recov- ered. The building in which the fire oc- curred is a comparatively new struc- ture built by Wexler & Stein and owped by the Reliance Realty com- pany. There are two stores on the first floor and tenements above. These are occupied by the families of John Glaves, Bernard Stein, Israel Wexle Gustave Johnson, Joseph Olson, Harry Alpert, a family named Strickland and a family named Birnham. Mr. Ladd states that as far as he knew there was no explosion preced- ing the fire. As the cellar is sub-div- ided into elght different compartments with wooden partitions between them and each compartment has an in- dividual furnace, it is supposed that was the j vessel in distress off the coast. | American ship left Philadelphia Dec. | 22 , before late this afternoon, , coast guards of the Coskata 1 had been assured of the safety of all | taken off in | Jersey ports to the eastward. hope of saving eclther was express down a flight of stairs, striking his | g pressed Callman Anderson of Engine com- | i pany No. 1 was stationed at the front It was at | It issued from the building | | the night of December | guard cutter Seneca today. cough to the health department, (Continued On Eleventh Page). OINKING STEAMSHIP SENDS 5. 0. . CALL Coast Vessel and Revenue Cutter Speed to Help Maryland 380 MILES OFF SANDY HOOK | Three Schooners Driven Ashore on | Nantucket Island During Gale— Dutch Freighter Flying Distress Signals Off Martha’s Vineyard, New York, Dec. 26.—The coastwise steamer City of Savannah and the coast guard cutter Acushnet hurried to the assistance steamship Maryland which, shortly after midnight, sent out messages stating that she was sinking and ask- The Maryland of the ing immediate help. gave her position as latitude 39, tude 67 or or about 380 miles east of Sandy Hook. The City of Savannah was 160 miles south of position given by the | Maryland when the call for aid was received. The Acushnet was at Woods | Hole when ordered to proceed to the assistance of the Maryland. The coast guard cutter Mohawk, which left Sandy Hook when the first appeal for help was received, was later or- i dered to return in view of the proxim- ity to the Maryland of other vessels en route to her aid. Since the first call for help was picked up by wireless stations in this city and at the at Newport, R. I, no further word was received from the Maryland and it is believed that the vessel's wire- less had been put out of commission, owing to the flooding of the engine room and the consequent lack of power. \ Steamer Not Identified. Two steamships named Maryland are listed in the maritime register, one a British vessel of 2,962 tons and the other an American of 1,892 tons. It is believed that the latter is the The | for London with a cargo of oil and iron pipe, paper and miscellane- | ous merchandise. She is owned by the New York, Philadelphia and Nor- folk Railroad company. today | tongi- | naval radio station 1 i | | 1 i | | The Maryland's wireless was out of | commission this forencon because of | the flooding of her cording to word operators on the coast. expected that the cutter could reach the Maryland’s engine room, ac- received by wireless Tt was not Acushnet position but steamship City of Savannah was thought to be able to get there soon after noon. Schooners Ashore at Nantucket. Nantucket, Mass.,, Dec. schooner Roger Drury was sunk off Great Point, the schooner Daniel Mc- Loud was stranded on the northern end of the Rip off the Point and the British schooner Ravolta was wrecked northwest gale today. After the station those aboard these three vessels, they were called on to watch another schooner, which was dragging her anchors and in danger of striking the | Rip. The Roger Drury was engaged in the coastwise trade between New York and St. John, N, B. Her crew, in a small boat, landed near the light- house, where they found shelter. It was soon after daybreak when the Ravolta was forced on to the Rip. Captain Sabin and his four men were the Coskata life boat. When the Daniel McLoud stranded, her crew also was brought ashore in [ day the life boat. Both the Ravolta and Daniel Mec- Loud are coal laden bound from New by the coast guards. Dutch Freighter in Gayhead, Mass., Dec. identified Dutch freight steamer, ap- parently bound west without cargo, was in trouble off this part of Marthas Vineyard today. She was anchored three miles northeast of here in Vine- vard Sound making signals of dis- tress and trying to send a message. Her anchors were holding well. was not believed to be in danger by coast guards who prepared to go to her assistance in g motor boat as soon as the heavy northwest winds and high seas would abate. Distress. 26.—An une Brazilian Bark Brought to Port. New York, Dec. 26.—The Brazillan bark Nepthis, which broke away from the tug Garibaldi during a storm on 15 and whose crew of twelve were rescued by the Italian steamship Sardegna and brought to this port December 18, was towed into port by the coast The Nep- in tow of the Garibaldi left Marn- Brazil, October 13. thi han, PSS S WEATHER, Hartford, De Hartford and vicinity: Unset- tied, probably snow late to- night or Wednesday. Warmer Wednesday. 26.—For 26.—The | i the | A\ Little | | | | sizé and speed, | strongly ' west of Lutsk on the southern end of the Rip in a | | ployes battled | balf of the force compieting She | DESTROYERS SUNK FENDING OFF RAID : Four Other Allied Warships Dam- aged, Is Austrian Statement OFF “HEEL OF ITALY” Riome Declares Enemy Ships Were Routed by T'rench and Italian Units —Battle Occurs in Strait of Otranto -—More Prisoners Taken in Rumania Berlin, Dec. 26, by wireless to Say ville—Two Allled patrol boats were sunk and four other Allied warships were damaged in the recent naval engagement in the Strait of Otranto, the Austrian admiralty announces. The Austrian destroyers were hit. The Austrian announcement lows: “On the night of Dec. 22, 23 four Austro-Hungarian destroyers made a rald in the Otranto strait and after an engagement sank two armed pa- trol boats. On their way back at least six hostile destroyers of greater evidently of the In- dominto class, blocked their way. A violent combat with guns ensued. One hostile destroyer was sect on fire and three others were hit' several fimes at short range. The enemy's sea forces, among which was one v sel of a more powerful and unknown type, were routed. ““One of our destroyers was hit twice in the funnel and another was hit in the superstructure. One man was killed. There were no wounded.” An official statement vesterday said: al enemy ships attacked our patrol vessels in Otranto channel on the night of Dec. 23. French and Ttalian warships came to the rescue and the enemy- fled under cover of darkness after a sharp engagement. What damage he suffered is un- | known.” fol- issued at 5,500 Prisoners Taken in Rumania. Berlin, Dec. 26. by wireless to Say- ville—In Rumania 5,500 prisoner:s have been taken by the Teutonic Al- les, the war office announces. The town of Filipe on the Barili s captured at the point of bayonet. entrenched Russian pos tions on both- sides of the village were stormed, the statement says. W, Activity on Carso Plateau. Berlin, Dec. 26, by wireless to Say- ville.—‘‘The artillery fire was more active temporarily on the Carso pla- teau” says the official Austrian re- port of Dec. 24 from the Italian front. On Russian Front. Berlin, Dec. 26, by wireless to Say- ville.—Regarding military operations along the Russian front, today statement by army headquarters read: “Front of Prince Leopold: On the i Lower Stokhod the Russian artillery was more active than usual. North- an enterprise conduct- ed by German detachments resulted in the bringing in of sixteen prison- ers.” |BUSY CHRISTMAS AT POST OFFICE by Mail Parcel Post and Force Is Tired. After handling the heaviest busi- mess in the history of the offlce, the employes of the post office today set- tled down to the regular routine, tired but satisfied, with the, excellent | results. Probably the most enthusi- | astic person about the building to- was Postmaster Delaney, hos face beamed with smiles of satisfac tion as he commented upon the re- sults. From ecarly morning until late ) night during the past week the em- with the heavy influx of mail as -it poured into the office. Not a minute was wasted, the “boys leaving thelr duties only a sufficient length of time to partake of their food. On Saturday evening, they were the guests of the postmaster who had supper served in the office. For the first time in many years some of the carriers were able to have their Christmas dirner at home over their rounds before 1 o’clock. Others came in at various times, and at 3 o'clock all of the carriers had finished their duties. In the parcel post = depart- ment, Foremen Mechan and his charges found plenty to do through- out the day, seven teams and twelve men keeping on the jump. Superintendent James B. Grace of the clerks estimated today that the increase in mail matter this year over that of last was at per cent. Despite this, there was not an evening when, at the closing time. every piece of first class outgoing mail W not ready for shipment. Thu day and Friday were the heavies days, it is estimated by Superintend- ent Grace, between 500 and 600 gacl of matter leaving the office. As usual there was the heavy supply of post cards to bhe handled, hut at closing time Saturday evening, every one had lreen’ sorted. The emploves were re- remembered by outside patrons of the office, who sent in cigars. Every- where there are words of appreciation for the work of the local office in giv- All Records Broken and o~ e~ et | ing prompt service. | charged with the murder CENTRAL POWERS PROPOSE PARL CARRANZA’S lAST flAY Answer Wilson’s N T0 COME TO TERMS By Suggesting Co e ference With Al Discussion With Mexico May in Neutral Counrry Be Brought to Close Teday. PERMANENT PEACE TO BE DISCUSSH Washington, Dec. 26.—Unless Gen- eral Carranza returns favorable answer today to the last communica- tion made to his the American rep ago at Philadelphis will come to an end. 1 The Mexican will | meet at New York and if Carranza has | geady sent to them his answer it is expected Luis Cabrera, chairman of the Mexi- | can delegation, will forward it im-| mediately to Secretary Lane, chair- man of the American section. When the joint Mexican-American | commission reconvéned at Philadel- phia Alberto J. Pani, the Mexican comissioner who had carried the pro- | tocal signed at Atlantic City to Quere- taro for ratification by General Car-! ranza, submitted a counter proposal. It was in cffect a rejection of the agreement entered into by the com- missioners and the substitution af a|Dr il oty £ protocol that had been drafted by |Siatemont =58 I8 B° TSUE S the Mesican commissioners at the di- [after the enc it g oot ottion off Casransa The note savs: “The high mf The Americans replied in a written | Suggestion made by the Presides communication, saying that they |the United States of America i could mot consider the counter pro- |8CF to creéate & UES ;y‘(f{“co“'l‘" o8 posal and insisting that the agréement | 1500 o \ond” considered Tarar already made must either be ratified |FeceIVed anc 3 Y or definitely repudiated perial sovernment U tNS jUE It was not specifically that failure to | SPirit which was expressed | president’s communication. ratify the agreement would result in,j PYERCentS ORI L 00 a final breaking in the negotiations | - ¢ BXeFIER " DUNE but the intimation was given that the | “1I¢ ‘u RoIih e el American government would not con- | °Pen th 5 o i o ithe G bates the hiave To the imperial government extended over three month immediate exchange of views se Whether Carranza has ratified the | '© ]:"' “'“;0_“‘{"]:”‘h'(‘"’('i"" .'(“:':;ETI‘: agreement is unknown by the Ameri- | OTGer 10 red A “I heg therefore, in the sense off - ners y state de- b ;:‘:mcf’::;ms oriers or by the state de-| ;. ision made on Dec. 13, which] It Carcanza’s answer is communi- |fered a hand for ‘peAchENARHNN cated to Secretary Lane arrangements | 10 Propose immedigie St for a continuation of the conference of | delegates of the belligerent state the joint commission will be made un- | & neutral place. g less the character of the reply is such | _The imperial government I8 as to make it evident that continued |°f the opinion that the great Wworl debate on the subject is usel preventing future wars only after the end o struggle of the nations “It will, when this moment have come, he with pleasus collaborate cntirely with the Un ; States in this exolated task.” The answer of the Central Pg { concludes with the usual diplon terms of politeness. a J | | | | i | { | | | Tmmediate Meeting of Del commissioners by entatives a week | the all Belligerent Countrics negotiations ] of Plan—President’s = Sugges Called “High Minded —Gern v commissianers to Help Make Futurc Impossiblc. Berlin, Dec. 2 | ville.—Germany her tr Hungary, RBEulgaria today replied to the note of Wilson in which he asked belligerent nations state the which ,they were fighting The posal is made by the Central that a conference of the all the belligerents be jately in a neutral city preventing future wa by wireless to § allie and and y. " Presid that aims I POV delegate held imm The task the offl expr out and lei pre| 2 E1 Paso, Dec. ~—Raout Loya, act- ing chief of police of Juarez, was | shot and killed last night by a Car- | ranza officer whom he ordered to sur- render his arms, | { CHOOSING SMALL JURY Charged With Publicity Washington, are surprised 1o President given out before this country in offici form. 4 | pointed out that in sending his President Wilson allowed two da tween the time of its despatch ¥ making it public that it reach the Ge n governmenty Some officials who compare reply with President Wilson's professed to conftict tween the Gierma it thay work of securing the ure pea the world shoyld be deiayed until end of the présent struggle while er were of the opinion entirely out of harmon President Wil peatedly for the a 1n\r( cnt subject bros Washingto )ficidls rmany’s i peace ‘note received Surprises Dec. 26 that G Wilson’s it Boston Broker to Be Murdering Wife and Setting House j was on Fire to Conceal Crime, N. H, Dec. eighty talesmen, Little C towns, summoned to the court house be chosen the jury to the evidence in Freder L. Small, of his wife, Small. The start of 2 o'clock this aft- Kivel came Ossipic, 26 penal farmers from of rrol county s0 m here today, will which will the case n of I"iorence Arlene the tria] was set o ernoon. Justice John here to preside. The prosecution was attorney general Jame: County Small's Matthew and Somersworth and Wolfeboro. Small's coltage at ainview near here, was burned on the night of September 28. Mrs. Small's hoady was found in the 11 the next morning, with a cord about the neck, a bullet wound over one cye and | wounds on the head. Small was Boston when the fire was discovered but immediately returne. in charge of P. Tuttle and ter T. HIL William W, Sydney F. Stevens of | Sewell Abbott of Mounts > noie hac department CONSUIL POPP UNDE xamination Copep Charge Is Continucd on WHOLX i tion of general here, the federal district ing of the fourth v jopp and rged with cc \muimn neutralit alieged that German (‘lal~ employed agents tc movement of munitions Britain and her allies. United States District Preston, who has examination of Bopp, T'riday to force admi neutral acts from met at every turn that the consul and his employes acted within their rights to pr shipment of munitions, but thaf thorized dynamiting of ships and roadtunnels had part in activities. TAMILY MURDERED. Tive Negroes for Wholesale, Minden, La., j.—I%ive negroe suspects were under arrest here {aday C} consulay > hampoy for ( in connection with the killing of four members of the family of John Nelson Reeves at their home, about nine miles from Minden Sunday night, although the authorities appear to have nothing - definite upon which to base a charge against any of them. There is no doubt, the police o that Tobbery inspired the crime and that the men responsible for it got away Wwith considerable booty. Mrs. Reeves is said recently to have re- cefved a legacy of $3,500 and to have kept it in a chest with about $500 Reeves had saved. The chest w broken open and its contents taken. Attornay conducted] attempted ions of Bopp but he with a reiter no ALLS FEW INCHES; DYIN( Conn., Dec. 26~ —_ T THEIR SIXTH SNOWSTORM. Middletown, Los Angeles, Dec. 26.—Snow fell to- day over part of the city for the sixth time in the forty vears since the weather bureau was established here. } It melted almost as rapidly as it fell Foothills in this section were topped with white, rit S. Brooks, of Chester, age failing to notice an extra step a doorway of a store here from he was leaving, plunged head m to the sidewalk and is aj hospital possibly dying Trom e and other injuries.