Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 19, 1913, Page 1

PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Girculation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population KING GEORGE SHOT THROUGH HEART| Cabld Parsgraphs Assassin, a Greek of Low Mental Type, Says He is Against Governments DEMEANOR SUGGESTIVE OF IRRESPONSIBILITY Grecian Monarch Was Walking in Street at Saloniki Accom- panied Only by His Aide-de-Camp—Prince Constan- tine, Who Succeeds to Throne, at Height of Popularity Because of Recent Capture of Janina. London, . March 18.—The official world at London and the general pub- lic were startled this evening by a terse message from Saloniki announc- ing the assassination of the king of Greece. Interest in the troubled Balkans has been waning of late days, but the news of this wholly unexpected tragedy created an instant and immense sensa- tion. It was not generally known that the king of Greece was still remaining et Saloniki, as nothing had been heard of his movements for several days. Assassin a Demented Greek. Concern regarding the details of the essassination was intense, but as the hours passed and no further news reached London it became evident that a rigid censorship was being maintained by the army administra- ticn. The strained relations between the Greek and Bulgarian contingents at Saloniki gave grounds for the fear that the asseassination of King George might have been incident to a clash between the allles; but a message re ce.ved at midnight dispelled such ap- vrebensions by ideatifying the assassin as a Greek degenerate. Another des- ratch referred to him as demented. Queen Mother Siater of Dead King. The British foreign office, Marlbor- ough house, where the queen mothe: Alexandra, 2 efster of the dead king, is residing, and the Greek~ legation were besieged by reporters, but no one al these places had any Information except the newspaper bulletins until neariy 10 o’clock. e king and queen of England are B-apy at Windsor castle and thas flrit official confirmation of the trage- dy._came to the foreign office In a de: perck from Prince Nicholas at Balon- iki and was transmitted to Windsor and te Marlborough house and then given to the pubilc. This despatch arncurced that the king had been shot a2d had dled In half en hour. An- other telegram, reporting _similariy, was recetved from the Greek adminis- tration at Baloniki. Was Her Favorite Brother, Farlier in the evening the press message had been communicated o the king and the queen mother as a ru- mor. The Queen Alexandra. King George Greece was her favorite brother. She only recently suffered another, although less tragic, blow in the death of her brother, King Froderick, of Den- mark. The Princess Victoria broke the news to her, and because of the uncer- tainty she was able to hope that the report was not true. But it was soon confirmed by an official despatch. GQueen Alexandra is said to be pros- trated and King George and Queen Mary will come from Windsor tomor- fow morning to give her what con- Eolation they can. No London Social Season. Even if the king of Greece's close relationship with the PBritish royal family did not exist, the circum- stances of his death would debar th- court for a time from social funotions. It is expected that court mourning will be announced for three months and that all oficial engagements except the most necessary omes will be can- celled. The London social season, which begine after Easter, therefore, will suffer an eclipse, and several branches of retail business will lose heavily thereby. It is expected that the body of the murdered king will be taken to Athens aboard a warshin for burial. He went to Saloniki immediately after the oc- cupation of that city and remained there in the capacity of commander- in-chief of the army. Very Friendly with Roosevelt. King George of Greece was a fre- quent visitor to London, his last visit being onm the occasion of King Ed- ward's funeral, when he met Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and became ex- ceedingly friendly with the ex-pres- ident whom he Iimpressed as one of the most democratic characters among the Buropean sovereigns assembled there. He remained as a guest at Buck- ingham palace for several days and with his brother, King Frederick of Denmark, walked about the streets en- tirely unattended =and unrecognized. Several times they joined the crowds which gathered in front of the palace to cheer the new English king, their identity wholly unsuspected by the workingmen with whom they rubbed elbows. Fond of Cards and Good Dinner. During a former visit to the city, the London corporation entertained him at_the Guild hall and presented him with an address of welcome. Of all the erowned heads of Kurope King George of Greece and his Danish brother, King Frederick, who was overtaken by a fatal illness while strolling in the. streets of Hamburg alone, were among the most unosten- tatious. He had many riends among the diplomats of the various nations and some of his warmest friendships were with untitled persons. King George had a particular fond- mess for a good dinner and a game of cards and was known to all the fore- most restauranteurs in the continental capitals ana watering places. He was popularly credited with being rather easy going in the matter of hard work. greaiest sympathy is feit for of Turks Cry “Shame!” At a meeting of Moslems and Turks sympathizers here tonight, the en- nouncement of the assessination was greeted with cries of “Shamel” al- though there were some cheers. The audience rose as a token of respect for the king’s memory. The Earl of Selbournme, presiding at a meeting of the Royal Colonial In- stitute announced the death of the king and said -that all would wish to ex- Press their deep sympathy for the queen mother Alexandra in her bitter loss. v Friction With Bulgarians. The long stay of the Greek kh:: at Saloniki, where he had been Ince. Nov. 12, was made the object of show- ing Greece’s title. to the permanent possession of the city. When the war with Turkey broke out each of the its interests lay. Saloniki was® the point at which individual interests were focussed and the Greeks, Bulgari- ans Serbe alike coveted the prosperous port. The Greek army won the race to the city and, unaided, received the sub- mission of the Turkish garrison. The Bulgarians, however, who were not far behingd, sent in a portion of their army and since then there has been consid- erable friction and even fighting. Surrounded by Malcontents, The Greeks, nevertheless, established an administration and the king hur- rledly left Athens for Saloniki, He played host to King Ferdinand of Bul- garia and afterwards the crown prince of Servia on their visits to the ¢ He realized that his presence ther: was not without peril, for he was sur- rounded by malcontents—Turks who had lost one of their mosf cherished citles and Servians and Bulgarians, who envied the Greeks their possession of the place. The king during his reign, ticularly in the latter year through many dangers, but s went about either alone or-attended by one or two aldes. When he was struck down arrangements were being completed for his jubllee and it seem- ed that this celebration would occur ‘a 2 period of national triumph. Possessed Personal Courage. Persoral courage was his marked characteristic. On one occasion when an attempt was made to assassinats him, while he was drivine with Prin- cess Marie, he rose to his full height in the carriage and shielding his daughter with his hody furiously shook his cane at two men who were firing et him at close r The king's popu beer waning owing tc the disastrous results of the Graeco-Turkish war, rose again at a bound to heights not before attained earljer in his reign. Fired on by a ventry. King George had another from death—this time at the hands cne of Lis own Sentries. As wus i lifetime habit, he was walking one night along one of the quays at Pireaus when a gentry chalienged him. Being unwilling to reveal his identity, the king turned abruptly and walked away. ‘Without ‘more ade, the sentry fired. The bullet grazed the king’s shoulde The next day the sentry was summon- ed to the palace, complimented on h attention to duty and presented with the Order of the Redemptor. and par- passed tways nge. y. which had eseapn £ SHOT THROUGH HEART. King Accompanied Only by Aide-de- Camp When Assassinated. SalonikigMarch 18.—King George of Greece was assassinated while walk- ing in the streets of Saloniki this af- | ternocon. The assassin was a Greel of low mental type, who gave his name as Aleko Schinas. He shot the king through the heart. The king was accompanied only by an aide de camp, Lieutenant Colonsl Francoudis. The assassin came sud- den]y at him and fired one shot from | a seven chamber revolver. The trag edy caused intense excitement. Schina: was seized immediately and overpow- ered. The wounded king was lifted into a carriage and taken to Papafion hos- pital. He was still breathing, but dted within half an hour. Death Announced by Prince Nicholas. Prince Nicholas, the king’s third son and other officerg hurried to the hos- pital. Arriving first, Prince Nicholas summoned the officers and speaking in a voice choked with sobs, said “It is my deep grief to have to an- nounce to you the death of our be- loved king ang invite you to swear fidelity to your new sovereign, King Constantine.” Crown Prince Constantine, who suc- ceeds King George. is at present at Janina. with all possible speed The assassin of the king is an evil looking fellow about forty years of age. On being arrested he refused to explain his motive for the crime. He declared that his name was Aleko Schinas and in reply to an officers who asked him whether he had no pity for his country, announced that he was against governments. Assassin Probably Irresponsible. Schinas maintained a perfectly stolid demeanor, which was suggestive of his being irresponsible for his actions. Notwithstanding the rapidity with which the king received attention, he was found to be dead on arrival at the hospital. Precautions were at once taken throughout the city, and perfect order is being maintained. Oath of Fealty to King Constantin, The king fell into the arms of his aide when shot. Two soldlers ran up on hearing the firing and helped to support him. He was placed in a car- riage and efforts wers made to stop the bleeding, but he breathed his last on_the way.to the hospital neer by. When Prince Nicholas bade the offi- cers swear fealty to Constantine, they shouted “Long -live the king!™ Prince Nicholas is the only member of the roval family in Saloniki. Mourn- ing embleme are displayed evlerywhere. The Greek governor has issued a proclamation announcing that the oath ?;kfeilty to King Constantine has been en. THE NEW KING. Constantine at Height of Popularity Because of War Record. London, March 138—Crown Prince Constantine comes to the threwn of Greece at the very height of his pop- ularity, which he has won on the fleld of battle in Macedonia, and wich the capture of Janina raised to the highest pitch. It was not always thus. He suffer- er with the other members of the royal family for the failure of the Gre¢k arms in the Turkish war of 1897 and ‘when at the conclusion of that war an act was passed creating the post of commander-in-chief and conferring it allies made fer the territory in which / on Constantine, the bitterest opposition He is expected to come here | Death of General Andre. Dijon, France, March 18.—General Louis Joseph Nicolas Andre, former minister of war, died today. French Loan of $46,000,000. Paris, March 18.—The French gov- ernment today asked parliament to authorize a loan of $46,000,000. Of this sum $82,000,000 is to be devoted to public works. Sixty to Eighty Vessels Sunk. Hamburg, Germany, March 18— From 60 to S0 vessels, mainly small craft, were sunk off here during the night in a southwesterly hurricane. The deaths of 12 men of their crews have already been reported. French Cabinet Resigns. Paris, March 18.—Premier Braind and the whole of the members of his cabinet handed their resignations to President Polncare at the palace of the Eiysee at & few minutes after 7 o’clock this evening as a sequel to an ad- verse vote im the senate on the pro: portional representation bill Cause of Female Morbidness. Paris, March 18.—A certain morbid- ness which rests so heavily on mod- ern life, is caused, according to Dr. Manjon of Nice, in the course of an address delivered before the Physical Education congress today, partly at least owing to the girls and women not having sufficient sun baths or air baths and not- taking enough physical exercise in loose garments. GIVEN A SHILLELAH OF IRISH BLACKTORN. President Wilson Received Seasonable Gift from New York. ‘Washington, March 18.—President Wilson worked under an ~unusual strain today, though physically some- what indisposed. He received a num- ber of callers on a variety of polit- ijcal errands, sat for more than two hours with his cabinet, ate a hasty luncheon, shook hands with 550 visitors in the east romo, mostly schoolgirls, in the record time of twelve minutes, and devoted part of the afternoon to consideration of his statement on the Chinese loan. Returning late in the afternoon from an automobile ride the president found news that caused him to go to the support of the New Jtrsey reform bill for the sesond time in two days. The president today receiveed a “blg stick.” It was =a shillelah of Irish blacwthorn and was tied with a green ribbon. W, Walpole Bell of New York sent it t6 the president in the hope that he might wield it against “the toads and snakes that follow in. the walte of suecess.” SAVED HIS LIFE BUT LOST HI8 LEG. New Haven Brakeman's Heel Caught in a Switch Liidgeport. Conn, Mareh 13—Charies F. Simmons of No. 1250 Main sareet, this eity, a brakeman employed by the New Haven road, saved his life it Gicat Barrington, Mass. this afier- nocn, at the expense of iesing ais les. His heel caught in a switeh and he euuid not extrieate it. A train was Pearing down on him at good spesd so he threw himself to one side. The heavy engine passed over his foor, lacerating his leg terribly. He was placed in a eaboose an dhurried to & hospital at Pittsield, Simmens will probably recover. Prof. Ira N. Hollis, for the past 20 vears professor of engineering at Har- vard university, has accepted the pres- idency of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. was aroused. He continued to hold | the post, however, until the revolution | of the military league in 1909, when he was forced, with the other princes, to resign from the army. Allegations of cowardice during the Turkish war were made against him and it was even thought possible that when he | went a short time afterwards on a visit to the European capitals he | would not return to Greece. But like his father, whose abdication wus oft- en rumored, he returned in time to more than regain his popularity with the people. His repeated triumphs during the | Lresent war have created the wildest enthusiasm for him an donly a few | dovs ago it was announced that an | equestrian status would be erected in | his honor in the capital. Crown Prince Constantine recently | took over the command of the army sieging Janina and bidding his time and by a military ruse, captured rhe fortress. The new queen who w: Princess Scphie, sister of Emperor William of Germany, has become deepiy at | ed to the country of her adoption and is extremely popular in Greece. KING WAS HAPPY. | el Fatal Shot Fired Just As He Had Expressed Satisfaction. London, March 19.—A Saloniki des- patch to the Times graphically de- scribes the assassination. It says: “The king was shot while return- ing with his equerry from a walk to the white tower. He was In a happy and contented mood and as he strolled aloag talked of the war, of the suc- cess of the Green arms, of the cap- ture of Janina and Saloniki and of this fitting climax to his fifty years reign. ‘““Fomorrow,” said the king, “when I pay my formal visit to the dread- nought Goeben (The German battle- ship which Is to honor the Greek king here in Baloniki), that fills me with happiness and contentment.” “These proved to be the monarch's last words, for at that moment a shot rang out from behind Colonel Fran- coudis. The king’s alde sprang round and selzeq the hand of the assassin which was already poised for a sec- ond shet, Cevering his royal master with his body, he seized the assassin by the threat and held him fast un- til passing soldiers ran to his assist- ance. “But the first shot had found its lodgment. King George had already sunk to the earth. He was lifted into a_carriage and, with his head resting on his arm, continued to breathe for a short time. But before the hos- pital was reacheq life was extinct. “The bullet which was fired at a distance of two paces, entered the back below the shoulder blade. Its point of exit was below the stomach. 7Whers ‘was a severe hemorrhage. The jew- eled cross which the king always wore was smothered with blood, “The assassin is & Greek of feeble intellect, He says he was driven to desperation by mickness and want, The crime therefore appears to be with- out a motive,” Queen Embarks for Saloniki, Athens, March 18.—Queen Olga, who arrived at Athens this evening, will embark ai midnight on & Russian cruiser for Saloniki, Dealing With - Suffragettes HOME SECRETARY ASSAILED AS HOPELESS FAILURE. A DEBATE IN COMMONS Deportation . Suggested As One Rem- edy for Militancy—Home Secretary Says They Aspire to Be Martyrs. London, March 18—The methods of the British home office In_dealing with militant suffragettes, which = parlin- mentary critics have dubbed so inept and inefficient as to have brought ridi- cule on the administration of the law and disgrace upon the country, were discussed in the house of commons this afternoon during the debate on the estimates. Administration of Law a Farce. Harold Smith, a unionist member, in introducing the eubject of the out- 1ages committed by the militant wom- en, sald the country faced practically mob law. Reginald McKenna, the home secretary, had reduced the ad- ministration of the law to a farce, he sald, and the natural consequence was that the mob was taking the law into its own bands. It was a disgrace to a civilized country that women were al- lcwed openly to boast that they wers criminaily conspiring to break the law and that nothing could deprive them: of their liberty. The home secretary, he argued, ought to have proclaimed a® uniawful the meetings of the mili- tant suffragettes, but his only attempt to remedy the situation thus far had been his futile efforts at forcible feed- ing, which were barbaric in thelr cruelty. Deportation Proposed. Mr. Smith called upon the home sec retary to resign from the cabinet be- cause he was a “hopeless failure” and the present serious state of affairs could be ended only by strong men. Lord Robert Cecil, unionist, foresaw the possibility of lynch law if fanati- cal women were allowed to continue their tactics, He advocated the de- portation of the militant suffragettes for an indefinite perfod. McKenna Defends Himself. Reginald MecKenna, the home secre- tary, eharacterized the criticisms as unfair. Out of 62 women who had been sentenced to jail sinee Jan. 1 eight had -been released before th= completion of their sentences, he said. All of these women had beem let zo heeause they refused food. All of them were suffering from complaints whieh prevented attempis at forcible feeding' and many of the militants were actuated by a determination te mzke martyrs of themselves and were ready te-starve to death for the cause. Mr, MeKenna said he had te face this faet daily, and by bitter experi ence he knew these‘eases could eniy be dealt with individually and by exer cising patience, ~Humanity, he con- cluded, slowly but surely weuld en- deaver te break dewn the movement. “Send Them to Ireland.” The heme seeretary added that the only alternatives under the existing law were to let the women die or let them out. He refused to let them out and he wished he could deport them, but it was doubtful ‘whether parlia- ment would grant him power to do so. “Send_them to Ireland,” a racy Hibernian voice. Mr. McKenna added that he intend- ed to ask for an inecrease of powers to enable him to compel women out on license to make frequent reports to the police and to provide for their further incarceration if it was thought necessary. He believed this method woulq prove effective. Their Efforts at Martyrdom. Mr. McKenna told how one woman in prison sponged herself all over with hot water and remained uncovered all night in the hope of catching her death of cold. Others pretended to take their food but surreptitiously starved them- selves 8o as to become exhausted and die in prison. Some had voluntarily self-tortured themselves by thirst, re- fusing to touch milk or water. - They are actuateq by the fanatical deter- mination not merely to bring the law into contempt but to martyrize them- selves so that their herolc example may act as a stimulus to others en- gaged in the cause. Plan to Kidnap McKenna. Sir Arthur Markham, liberal, re- marked that there was a conspiracy on foot among the militant suffra- gettes to kidnap Home Secretary Mc- Kenna. He hoped the forcible feed- ing awaiting the home secretary would give him the backbone he lacked at present. 2 The militant suffragettes union to- day issued a copy of a leiter received by Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst from her daughter Sylvia, now in . Holloway prison. It was In the following terms: Fed Through Stomach Tube. ‘“Dearest Mother: I am fighting. Fighting! Fighting! I have four, five or six wardresses every day as well as two doctors. I am fed through the stomach tube twice a day. They pried open my mouth with a steel gag press- ing it in where there is a gap in my teeth. I resist all the tim¢. My gums are always bleeding. I am afraid they may be saving that we do not resist, yet my shoulders are bruised by the struggling while they hold the tube in my throat. I used to feel I should go mad at first and’ be pretty near to it, as I -think they feared, but I have got over that and my digestion is the thing most likely to suffer now. “SYLVIA.” interjected WED WOMAN OF 78 TO OBTAIN LEGACY Turner Now Entitled to $260,000 in- stead of Income from It. New York, March 18—The surro- gate decided today that John Spen- cer Turner was. legally married and therefore entitled to a legacy of $250,- 000 left him conditionally by his fath- er, John Spencer Turner, a wealthy cétton manufacturer. - The will of the elder Turner provided that his son was to receive only the income of the inheritande if he remained singie, but if he married he was to get the prin- cipal. Mr, Turner remained a bach- elor for twelve years after his,father’s death but last summer married Mrs, Helen Doty Compton, of Ann “Arbor, Mich,, in London, - His wifs, who was 78 years old, died two months after the ceremony. Pope Recoives /(:’f‘;:gra!ulnglonm _Rome, March 18. o speclal cele- brations will be hell tomerrow In henor of the name Jav of the pope, but the pentiff Ris walready reteived thousands of messages and addresses ®f felleitation wi for his com- riete Tecovery Claims Reports Are Unreliable SUBMITTED BY RAIL- ROADS ERRONEOUS. THOSE ASSERTS W. S. CARTER President of Firemen's. Brotherhood Declares Engineers Suffered Because Arbitrators Had Faith in Them. ~New York, March 18.—The arbitra- tion board which decided the contru- versy between the Brotherhood of Lo- comotive Engineers and 54 eastern railroads last fall “stumbled into # pitfall’ through erroneous reports made by the railroads to the interstate commerce ‘commission: So stated W. S: Carter, president of the Brother- hood ‘of Locomotive Firemen and En- ginemen, at today’s hearing of the ar- bitration board in the controversy be- tween the firemen and the railroads cver the firemen's demands for in- creased pay. Engineers Have Suffered. Mr.' Carter d_the railroads’ re- ports of men employed covered only high-priced, full-paid men and that sny statistics based on the reports of the rallroads to the interstate com- merce commission were erroneous be cause the reports ire erromeous. ¢ ‘I understand that the engineers have greatly suffered because their arbitration board stumbled into a pii- fall; they went into a trap—based on the figures of these reports. I don’t want this board to fall into any such pitfall,” Mr. Carter declared. Lauck Got Figures from Same Source Statistics introduced on behalf of the firemen by W. J. Lauck of Wash- ington, D. C, were attacked today by representatives of the roads. . When Mr. Lauck was cross examined he said he had obtained them from reports by the railroads” to the interstate com- merce commission. Favorable as some of Mr. Lauck’s computations, based on these reports, were to the firemen, Mr. Carter declared his belief that the figures failed to tell by a great deal the real facts in the firemen’s favor. No Intent to Falsify. He said that in a previous arbitra- tion proceeding with the Denver and Rio Grande railroad the flremen had seen_the railroads’ payroll. He elaim- ed that the road had left off 25 per cent. of thelr firemen in their reports tc the interstate commerce commls- sion. The method used in making the reports, he thought, “was more respon- sible for the inaccuracy than an in- tent to falsify. 11 Per Cent. Incre: in Five Years. During the five years between 1907 and 1912, Mr. Lauek testified, the fire- men had been granted but 11 per cent. increase In wages. Since 1902 they received as a body 38 per cent. ase, but this was based largely upon overtime work, he thought. Dur ing the-11 vears, he continued, the fire- men had received less than 3 per cent. inerease of the revenue of the raii- roads. MIDDLETOWN’S TAX COLLECTOR ON RACK. Has Made No Entries on His Book Since Last August. Middletown, Conn., - March 18.—At the adjourned annual city meeting, to- night_considerable surprise was ex- pressed when Corporation Counsel G. B. rison .reported that the finance committee of the common council had been ‘unable .to audit the accounts! Tax Collector William B. Senglaub fo the reason that no entries had b made in .the collector's, books since Aug. 12 last, although money had been paid for taxes in the interim. Mr. Carlson explained later that.the committee had: found stubs for re celpts for taxes on a spindle in the ¢ol- lector’s office. The city clerk and treasurer ‘sald — that - approximately $9,500 had been turned in to him by the collector since August, although there ‘was mnothing on the cellector's books to show it. F. M. King made a motion. that the collector be remoyed from office for neglect of duty, as is provided by statute, but Mr, Cgrlson sald the meeting could not consider the ques- tion, as it was not in the call. Tt Was then voted to be the sense of the meeting that the common council at its meeting in April take action as is provided by law. Mr. Senglaub was present, but diJ not talk on the point at issue. n HARTIGAN’S WIFE URGES PATROLMAN TO CONFESS. His Counsel Secures Postoonement of Sentence to Friday. New York. March 18.—John I Har- tigan, patrolman, convicted of perjury in his attempt to shield the police System, was given his chance today to turn against the grafters and save Eimself from ten vears in prison, the Sentence he faces for bribery, District Attorney Whitman did not dppose a motion by the patrolman's counsel to- day for a postponement to ¥riday of the eentencing of Hartigan. The se- verity of the sentence he then will receive 1s expected to depend upon Hartigan's frankness with Mr. Whit- man tomorrow. Hartigan’s wife is pressing youthful patrolman to confess. the 1000 Homeless by Last eek’s Storm. - Jackson, Miss., March 18.—Fourteen persons were kilied and 1,000 rendered homeless at and near the hamlet of Guntown, Miss, by the storm last week, according to a committee that Tequests state ald of Governor Brewer bere tonight. The committeemen said if aid was not soon forthcoming many would die of exposure. Twenty tents were shipped -to Guntown today and the governor will send money as soon as he can get the authority. i e Human Hair Dealers Indicted. New York, March 18.—Antonio Mu- sica and his son Philip, dealers in hu- man hair, with branches and connec- tions all over the world, were indicted here this afternoon for defrauding J. & W. Seligman, bankers, out of $16,793 by means of fraudulent invoices. The ftransaction, District Attorney Whit- Jman asserts, is but one of many through which the Musicas have ‘de- frauded twenty-two American and Zorel, banks out of approximately $1,000,000, Steamers Reported:by Wireless: | Siasconsett, Mass. . March - 18, Steamer Prina Adelbert, Hamburg for Philadelphia, signalled 330 miles east T Cape’ poe Condensed Teiegrams Jersey City . Wholesale Ice Dealers | have advanced prices $1 a ton. The Elgin, Ill, Board of Trads re- duced the price of butter to 3¢ cents, & decline of one ‘cerit. p _John D. Rockefeller, Jr., ing a movement to abolish the turkey trot from North Tarrytown, N. ¥, i The Body ot George Hopkins of Fall River, who is supposed to have com- mitted suicide, was found fleating in Mount ‘Hope yesterday. Clara.Morris, in' her time one of the greatest emotional actresses, celebrat- ed her 64th birthday, The aged actress has been blind for four years, Train Service Has Not yvet been com- pletely restored in northern Nebraske as a result of last Thursday's blizzard, which was the worst in 20 years. Frank L. Parady, aged 28, a lineman employed by a power company at Wa- terville, Me., fell from a 21 foot ladder yesterday and was fatally injured. Rev. H. A. Backus Resigned as pas- 'L?r of the Episcopal Church of the {?ansfigux‘adon, Brooklyn, because Bishop Burgess refused to sllow him to burn incense. After an lliness of Five Weeke Prof. Louis Amateis, of international fame as a sculptor and designer of art rvorks. died at Washington of apop- exy. The Navy Department has ordered a small number of oxygen helmets to be supplied to the submarines and to all of the battleships which use crude oil as fuel. John Mulrennen, a Papermaker 20d one of the early mettlers at Millnocket, N_le., was killed yesterday by the acei- dental discharge of his gun while hunt- ing mink. Following Two Attempts at Suicide, Joseph Warnis, who was in jail at Sa- iem, Mass., awaiting trial for murder, was committed to the Danvers insane hospita] for observation. President Wilson Does Not Intend to accept gifts of value. He recelved yesterday a razor strop mounted in gold, but sent it back to the donor with a letter of regret. Rev. P. A. Seguin, a former priest, now a Campbellite minister, will testi- fy for- Tom Watson in the govern- ment’s suit charging the Georgian with semlllng obscene matter through the mauls, Edward Eckart of Pennsylvania was yesterday paroled from the Wisconsin penitentiary after 37 years behind the bars, He was conyicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment when 21 years old. -.James G. Oakley, president of the Alabama convict board, was arrested yesterday on-a warrant charging him with = embezzelment. Digcovery of a shortage of about $200,000 preceded Oakley's arrest. - With Only Four More States need- od, Delaware vesterday refused to join the affirmative states in ratifying di- rect election of United States senators. The senate killed the house resolution favering direct election. Adrienne Auguarde, an English act- ress, who has been playing in musical coinedy and vaudeville in this country during the winter, died at Chicago yes- terday after an operation for appendi- citls. She was 23 years old. Declaring There was Only one “per- fect” woman and that was his divore- ed first wife, Russell Gautier, a prom- inent farmer of Princeton. W. Va., eloped with this first lifetime mate and deserted the third woman whom he had led to the altar. A Shortage irf the World’s supply of flour and the raw product for bread- stuffs is threatened, according to Geo. Bury, vice president of the Canadian Pacific railroad because of the increas- ed demand for flour for China. The New Draft of the Act to repeal the law making the Roman Catholic bishop a “corporation sole” and to pro- vide for the incorporation of the par- ishes, reported to the judiciary com- mittee, was passed to be engrossed in the Maine house yesterday by a vote of 81 to 6 A Hotel Porter’'s Mistake at Law- rence, Kan,, ir assuming that a Meth- odist bishop who complained of being thirsty wanted whiskey instead of wa- ter, has started an investigation that probably will lead to exposure of per- sons there engaged in the illegal sale of intoxicants. Mrs. Grace Tracey’s Love for her husband was wort] $50,000 in the opinion of Supreme Court Justice Guy, who directed a. jury at New York yes- terday to find a verdict for that amount for the husband, George W. Tracey, a wealthy physician, in his suit against Samuel McCurdy, an advertis- ing man. BULLET WHIZZES BY THE AMERICAN CONSUL Latter Believes They Were Stray Shots from Cowboys. Laredo, Texas, March 18.—Nuevo Laredo, the Mexican town _opposite this eity, prepared for battie late to- day. Federal troops barricaded them- selves in strong bulldings, sharpshoot- ers took up positions and all was in readiness to repel an expected attack when it developed that the “rebels* seen in the distance were gowboys driving¢a herd of cattle. It also was reported that Amer- fcan’ Consul Alonzo B. Garretf, who was a member of an automobile party riding near Nuevo Laredo had been fired upon. Mr. Garrett, however, is of ‘the opinion that several builets which whizzed over their- heads were stray shots from a cowboy's pistol Receivers for G. A. Stafford & Co.. New York, March 18.—Federal Judge Mayer today appointed receivers for the business of G. A. Stafford & Co., Conneetiout corporation, dry goods dealers, in an equity suit instituted by creditors. It is said that the recelver- ship is preliminary to a reorganization of the company, which has a capital stock of $360,000. The liabilities ag- gregate 31,160,000 and the assets are said to be worth $1,250,600. Eight Years for Vilé Crime. Hartford, Conn, March 18.—The jury in the superior criminal eourt today brought in a verdiot of ity in the case of Charles F, Schofleld of Wes! Aven, charged with a statutary of- in relation to his fifteen years old ste] ighter, Viola Lankton, Judge eph P, Tuttle enced him to frem weight to ten years in gtate prison, Bohofield married the girFs is support- tion of a Reserve Army | DUTLINED BY NEW SEC RETARY OF WAR. ARMY NOT PREPARED “We Are Not Even Prepared to Pre pare,” He Declares—Shorten the En listmgnts and Train More Men. Washington, March 18.—In an official statement of policy todsy, Secretary of War Garrison declared in favor ¢ immediate preparation of the milit forces of the United States to m any. emergency, holding & discuss of disarmament by international agr: ment to be entirely out of piace in gonsideration of what the United States government should do to meet existing conditions. The secret proposed retention of the regular arm at its present strength, improvem of national guard and creation of Teserve. Doesn’t Advocate Militarism. Declaring that he was not urging militarism, Mr. Garrison said the 1 ing men in the United States army dc not advocate militariem, which meens the existence of a large standing army, but precisely the reverse—a small, compact, but thoroughly efficient army. The most rabid anti-militarists, he #51d, would not seriously suggest that the present army of 90,000 to look after a population of more than 11 000,000 in the United States and insular possessions had any hint of militarism in it. Mobile Force Under 35,000. “No one will pretend,” he added, “that with a mobile force of less than 36,000 men (in the United States proper) we are prepared; in fact, if you don’t alter the condition, we are Dot even prepared to prepare. I1f we are oslled on to meet force with forc We simply sacrifice men and money ‘n & shameful way. We literally send men out to acquire their education in armies under the fire of an enemy, an enormity which has obly to be stated to cause one to shrink from permit- ting it.” Two Year Enlistments, For relief, the secretary proposed & reserve of trained officers and men: improvement in the present national guard, and provision ffr & volunteer soldiery, to be trained. wihile the regu- lars, the reserves and the national guard respond to the first danger cal Regarding the reserve, the secretary suggested that this best could be cre- ated -without bringins into existence & large professional eoldiery by shorten- ing the present four year enlistmest term to two years, 3o a8 to train more men in short pericds, and turn them back into civil life, immediately avail able in case of need. Would Draw on West Point. “Many fine young fellows,” he said “would delight in a short, effectiv military training. ¥ it did not unduly interefere with their starting in civi pursuits.” To insure a sufficient supply of offi cers, the secretary would make 5004 use of the academy at West Point turning into civil ilfe the graduates who are not needed in time of pemce No Increased Cost. Finally he suggested an adequate scheme should be provided that volunteers may be readily called, offl cered, equipped and trained, when ne Cessity arlses, recailing that the frst two years of our Civil war revealad the frightful waste of life and treas ure involved in sending untrained mer into the fleld. In conclusion, the secretary ed that thq execution of plans would entall no additional and earnestly appeals to all citizens to aid in this situation, “which bitterly cris for a remedy. a anmer ABDUCTED YOUNG WOMAN WANTED IN WATERBURY, s Was Taking Her in Taxicab. New York, March 18.—On an affi- devit charging conspiracy to abduct Dora Podaloff, 18 vears old, wanted as a witness in Waterbury, Conn, 2 negress, Annie Easley, was arrested New York Neg Away ! today and held for further examina- tion tomorrow. The Podaloff girl, according vate detectives, was in their case ponding her appearance In a Water- bury court to testify for the state the prosecution of a _head of a b ness house implicated In a suspicious fire on hig property. Tho detectives told Magistrais Ap pleton that the Easley woman obtalr ed a pesition as mald In the apart ment house where they had placed the Podaloff girl and was entering a taxi cab with the girl when they arrested her. to pr FREE WOOL BEATEN IN THE COMMITTERE. Favor of 15 Per Cent. Ad Valorem Duty. Washington, March 18.—The tariff revision bill 18 now virtually In shape for submission to the democratic cau- cus of the house, though still subje to a smoothing out process. The dem- ocratic majority of the house commit- tee on ways and means today voted to make raw wool dutiable at 15 per cent ad valorem, with substantial reductions in the present rates on manufactures of wool, much along the lines of the previous demccratic wool measures of the last congress. This vietory of the protectionists over the free wool advo- cates was the culmination of a lively contest in committes. The present law imposes @ duty of 11 cents a pound om raw wool, which the house bill of the last congress would have changed to an ad valorem of 30 per cent., a reduc. tion figured to represent approximate ly a cut from 47 to 20 per cent. ad va~ lorem. In the committes today meats wers put on the free list as, they were in the house session, and cattle were left on the dutiable list. Sentiment in favor of a single tarift bill, instead of a schedule by schedule revision, developed today among dem- ocoratic leaders at the capitol If this idea. is adopted by the coming demo- cratic caucus of the house, the pend- irg tariff revision bids fair to go down into history as the Underwood tariff of 1943, Steamship Arrival Ha March 17-—Arrived, steamer mmuu. New York, New TYork, March 18.—Arrived, steamers Ban Guglielmo, Naples: Mea- doza, Naples M) .