Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 18, 1914, Page 1

VOL. LVI—NO. 65 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1914 PRICE TWO CENTS FIERCE BATTLE RAGING AT ESCALON Two Detachments of Federals Sent Out to Meet Villa’s Forces Advancing on Torreon ARMIES CLASH 100 MILES NORTH OF TORREON Rebels Ripottidiao Be Huad Pressed—Villa Departs From | Chihuahua With Reinforcements—Rebel Force is Esti- | mated at 12,000 While Federal General is Credited With an Army of 9000, and is Being Rapidly Reinforced. | Juarez, Mexico, March 17.—Heavy fighting, with the rebels hard pressed, ‘was reported here tomight. A force of federals is said to have met Villa's wrmy at Escalon, an important rail- road town 100 miles north of Torreon, nd both sides have been reinforced. fhe battie is said to have raged flerce- & all day today. Two Detachments of Federals. The railroad from Torreon runs porth through Escalon to Jiminez, Chi- huahua, and beyond. On each side of the road are mountains. These for ten miles are marked with rifle pits dug in previous revolutions. It is re- ported that the federals, whose num- bers are not known, moved out of Torreon in two detachments, pursuant to orders from Provisional President Huerta. One detachment is said to have moved over the plains west of the railroad with the mountains between it and the road, and the main body direct by rail to Escalon. The eastérn detachment evidently was trying 1o get to the rear of Villa, as it was moving in the direction of Jiminez, which is 53 miles north of Escalon. No Details of Battle. General Urbana of the constitution- glists, however, had been posted at Rosario to guard against just suc #trategy. and last Saturday is sai to have encountered the advance guard pf the federals at or near that city, which 'is about 110 miles west of Jim- | inez. He is said to have been outnum- bered and to have telegraphed for more men and artillery. The main battle at KEscalon, appar- ently nicely timed by General Velasco, the federal commander, to occur after reinforcemer ts had been detached to assist Urbana is believed to have be- gun last night or early today. No details are available. - The bare facts of an engagement were contained in & telegram of only 15 words, Rebel Veterans Driven Back. The Zaragova brigade of 1.300 vet- erans, under General Aguirre Bena- vides, encountered the federals at Es- calon and is reported to have .been pressed back yesterday. This is be- lieved to aocount for the sudden de- parture from Chihuahua last night of General Francisco Villa. It is assumed Villa brought up re- inforcements today and that the bat- tle was renewed with increased vigor. The rebel troops have been moving south from Juarez and Chihuahua and | elosing in from other directions for month. Rebel leaders have laid laim to as high as 25,000 men. but is regarded as a closer esti- mate. Refugees from. Torreon in the last two weeks have placed the federal ce under General Rufugio Velasco 7,000 to 9.000 and up to recently add- he was rapidly being rein- at ed that forced, Writ of Habeas Corpus Granted. Fort Worth, Tex., March 17.—Juds ¥Edward Meek in the federal disirict court here granted a writ of habeas Judge | | j corpus on behalf of the five thousand | Mexicans held as prisoners by the United States government at Fort Bliss, El Paso. NEW BRITISH POLICY. Make Through ! will Representations Its Own Consuls. Washington, March 17. After a con- ference today between Secretary Bryan | and Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the Britisni ambassador, it was stated that her"-’ { | | | after when the British government has occasion to make .representations to the Mexican corstitutionalists’ iun.hnl'fl ities in Chihtiahua it will do so through its vice consul at the capital of tkat state, or where the,incident occurs at Juarez through the British consul sta- tioned at El Paso. This is not regarded as constituting in any degree political recognition (]\f the constitutionalist government. was pointed out that all of the Ame can consuls in Mexico occupy a similax | status towards the Huerta government In other parts of Mexico, where the | British government has no consular | offices, Secretary Bryan has undertak- en to continue the practice of having American consuls look after British | interests as well as those of other na- | tions. | Reported Revolt of Rurales. |- Mexico, Mal official re- | port of the r at San| ; 0 Monclova, dead at one hun- | Buena Ventu Cabled Paragraphs James Gordon Bennett Improving. Port Sudan, Egypt, March 17.— James Gordon Bennett, proprietor ntI the New York Herald, who has been suffering from an attack of bron- chitis, is now doing well Countess L ved to Be 100. London, March 17—Elizabeth Rutb, Countess of Devon, wilow of the tenth Earl of Deven, died today at Chaltan- ham. The countess celebrated the centenary of her birth on March 12. Serious Fire at Bulgarian Seaport. Sofia, March 17.—A great conflagra- tion is raging at Varna, the principal Bulgarian port on the Black sea be- tween Kustendje and the Bosphorus. The fire started in a shirt factory. King Gustave lil. Stockholm, Sweden, March 17—The condition of health of King Gustave is causing anxiety in court circles here. His majesty has found it necessary to curtail his stay in the eountry where! he went from Stockholm a few days ago. New Italian Cabinet. Rome, March 17.—A new cabinet has been formed by Signor Salandra, for- mer minister of the treasury, to suc ceed the cabinet headed by Premier Ciolitti, which resigned on Mar Signor landra takes the portfolio of premier and minister of the interior. The minister of foreign affairs im the Marquis A, D Sanguiliano. Six Weeks For Suffragette. London, March 17—A sentence of six weeks' imprisonment at hard la- bor was pronounced today by the po- lice magistrate on Catherine Wilson, a militant suffragette, who was ar- rested last night in the lobby of the House of Commons while dressel in a man’s clothing and carrying a dog whip secreted in her sleeve. TO SAVE DEPOSITORS EXPENSE OF COUNSEL State Asked to Conduct Legal Pro- ceedings in Their Behalf. ew York, March 1 plea to Governor Glynn to hav the state’ through tI ttorney general conduct ; all legal proceedings on behalf of the depositors of the Siegel private bank, without expense to them, is contain- ed in a letter to the governor written Irederick R. Coudert, counsel for depositors, s some protection is afforded | places to the depositors,” the attorney wrote, | dred and that of the rebels at more | «ihe small amount which may ulti- | than three hundred. The revolt of | mately he distributed among them will | four hundred rurales in the state of | b greatly deecreased by expenses such | Mexico is reported from reliable | 54 ‘lawyers’ and ‘accountants’ | sources, but is denied by General| chargeg Blanquet.” The rurales are said to! " nMr (oudert wrote that it seemed | have joined Zapata, against whom the | «q; qlementary duty” on the part of | war department announces a more ac- | th, state in some measure to compen- | tive campaign, ¢ “for the negligence of the state = the past in not taking adequate | { American on Trial as Spy. El Pasgo, March 17.—The favorable | result of negotiations between the state | department and General Carranza over | | the protection of foreigners indi cated today when George C. Carothe: | speclal agent of the department of state, by invitation attended the trial by a military court in Juarez of James | Logan, an American negro, charged by | the constitutionalists with being a fed- eral spy. | More Americans in Troubfe. Vera Cruz, March 17.—Two Ameri- cans, Byrd and Goldsmith, who were | recently arrested at Tampico on the| | charge of Deing implicated in the Te- ! bellion, have been sent to Mexico City, | according to information received by the American consulate here. Gold- | smith, it is alleged, acted as dynamiter for the rebels. | Carrying Supplies to Tampico. | Vera Cruz, March 17.—The federal { gunboat Vera Cruz arrived here last | night from Tampico. She began im- mediately loading with ammunition, artillery and troops, with orders to Jeave again for Tampico as soon as her cargo has been got on board. SENATORS OPPOSE FREE TOLLS REPEAL. Foreign Policy of the Administration Vigorously Attacked. Washington, March 17—Two re- publicans, Representatives Kahn of California. and Meore of Pennsylvania took the floor in the house today to oppose the proposed repeal of the tolls exemption clause of the Panama Canal act, although general debate on this guestion is not expected to begin until Saturday. Both speakers at- tacked the administration’s foreign policy generally and, held that the ex- emption of the Amlerican coastwise shipping from canal tolls was not in viotation of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Discussion of the tolls controversy is to be precipitated in the senate in advance of formal consideration of a repeal, measure. Senator Jones of Washington teday announced his in- tention to call up tomorrow his reso- lution asking President Wilson for in- formation as to the attitude of foreign governments toward tolls exemption. He will urge that the senate, before dertaking to pass upon the presi- t's plea for repeal of the exemp- tion clause, should have all informa- tion available as to the interests of foreign nations in the matter. TWO LIVES LOST IN A HOTEL FIRE. The Woodbine-;; Toronto Practically . Destroyed Last Night. Toronto, Ont, March 17.—Two lives were lost in a fire tonight which prac- tically destroyed the Woodbine hotel on King street west in this city. One person who was badly injured in the fire probably will die. The dead are: Max Cohen, New York. Fred Levinson, New York. Both were guests of the hotel. injured guest is Bdmund F. Giles of Montreal, a commercial traveler. He Jumped from an upper window of the burning hotel. Both legs were broken. It is feared his spine is fractured. The fire astarted in rooms above the kitchen and spread rapidly. Righty guests were in the house and there was a wild rush to get out of the building. Trolley Car Leaves Rails. ‘Woburn, Mass., March persons were injured, two seriously, when an electric car containing ninety passengers jumped the track on a sharp curve at the foot of the steep Bow street hill late tonight and plunged forty feet across the street jnto an embankment. The car remain- ed upright and most of the passengers escaped with slight bruises. Police Instructor for Panama. Panama, March 17—The govern- ments of the United States and the re- public of Panama have agreed that George A. Helfert, who was for ten years district governor of Zamboanga in the Philippines, shall act as police instructor in Panama for the next two years. The | 17.—Seven | CRITICiZED FRAMERS | 1 1 i i Senator Owen Says' Amendments Pro- vide Necessary Safeguards. Boeton, March 17.—Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma tonight critic- | ized the framers of the constitution o the United States and denounced stock | exchanges. Addressing the Irish | Charitable society, he emphasized the | danger of entrusting the rule of many | to a few persons, which he said was/ | the problem now confronting Ireland, and gave as an instance the framing of | ! the constitution. ki “The makers of the constitution met in secret conference,” he said. “They | omitted from that constitution the great safeguards of human liberty, freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of the press and the right of trial by jury. Except for the ten amendments which were necessary to secure ratification of the constitution, these great safezuards would _have been omitted.” i Danger of Floods Passed. ‘Washington, March 17—General ab- gence of rain and the unusually high temperatures prevailing during the past week have eliminated danger of high waters and floods from melting snow, according to the weather bu- reau. A special bulletin issued to- night said the snow covering all over | the country had disappeared except in { the more elevated districts. Duchess of Brunswick a Mother. Berlin, March 17.—A son was born, | this morning to the Duke and Duchess ! of Brunswick. The Duchess of Bruns- | wick was formerly Princess Victoria | ! Lnise of Hohenzollern, only daughter ! | of the German egaperor. The mar- ! riage of the princess to Prince Ernest | August of Cumberland took place on | May 24, 1913. Abolition of Party Enroliment. { | Boston, March 17—Abelition of party enrellment at primary elections, ! i demanded by both the democratic | and progressive party platforms and | by Governor Walsb in his inaugural | message was endorsed today by the house committee on election laws. i | $100,000 For Panama Exposition. ‘Washington, March 17—An appro- { priation of $160,000 for participation by the United States in the Panama exposition to be held in Panama next November was urged upon congress | today imn a special message from the | president. | Woman Suicides After Quarrel. | San Francisco, March 17.—Mrs. Lina | Lindrot, wife of a wealthy resident of T.as Angeles, committed suicide With poison in an apartment house here to- day in the presence of Kirt Larsen, a Los Angeles business -man. Larsen | and Mrs. Lindrot had quarreled. British Columbia has a law legaliz ing picket¥ _ |5 s to protect this large class of de- ors, who. by reason of their un- familiarity with business, are liable to be drawn into speculative and ut- UNITED STATES THE PARIAH OF NATIONS Has Reached That Stage Under One Year of Democratic Rule. ‘Washington, March In a bitter attack upon the administration’s for- eign policy, the fruit of which he said had been misunderstanding, distrust, vaccillation and humiliation, Repre- sentative Kahn of California today arned the house agalnst the pending i bill to repeal the tolls exemption provision of the Panama canal act, He cited several cases whith, he de- clared, conclusively proved that ¥ng- land would not yield if she were In a rosition similar to that of the United States and said “Her history is re- plete with instances in which she has firmly and vigorously refused to vield her inalienable “This greatest of all the world’s republics has grown to be in one brief | vear of democratic administration, the pariah of the nations,” Mr. Kahn de- rights clared. “Under the blight of its for- eign policy we stand today isolated, desert alone. It is a humiliating but its truth cannot be LICENSE REFUSED TO BRIDGEPORT CHAUFFEUR. Ran Down and Killed a Girl Last De- cember. Hartford, Conn., March 17— Secre- tary of State Phillips today declined to grant an application for an operator's license for 1914 to Andrew S. Hard, a Bridgeport chauffeur, who on Decem- ber 23 last ran down and killed Elsie Back, aged 13, in a crowded Bridgeport street. He finds that Hard recklessly drove his car by disregarding the rules of the road While it s true,” says the sebretar; that Mr. Hard has been a careful driver in the past with a good reputation, and although he has a fam- ily who is depending upon him. and his llvelihood is dependent upon the work that he can obtain operating a motor | vehicle, nevertheless I feel that the| public safety is to be taken into con- sideration.” GRAND JURY'S MINUTES A very Unusual Motion Argued in Fed- eral Court. New Haven, Conn., Mareh 17.—The motion of Philip Rubin-and those who were indicted with him in the bank- ruptcy cases, for an order to enable them to inspect the minutes of the grand jury which found the indict- ments, was argued before Judge Thomas in the federal court, late to- day. The motions were made by Jo- seph Weissman, Harris Glass and Isa- dor Simon, together, and by Morris Osmansky and Morris Gasfinkel in’ an- ‘ other, and an affidavit by Benjamin Slade, counsel for thes former was | attached, FERRY CRASHED INTO BY RAILROAD FLOAT Two Persons Killed and Seven Injured in Hudson River, New York, March 17.—Two persons were killed_ and seven injured, three of them seriously, late today, when the | Lackawanna railroad ferryboat Ithaca was crashed into by a railroad float being towed down the Hudson river by | a Central Railroad of New Jersey tug. All the killed and' irjured were pas- sengers on the Ithaca. The dead are: E., J. Meyers, Mont- {eloir, N. J., and George 8. Smith, Glen Ridge, N. J. It was not until shortly before his death, late tonight, that the uncon- PUs man was identified as Ralph Williams, 58 years old, of Orange, N. J. His death raises the total of talities to three. Steamers Reported by Wireless. _ Brow Head, March 17.—Steamen La Savoie, New York for Havre, signalled 230 miles southwest at 11.50 a. m. Due Havre 1 p, m, Wednesday, « | in games. ' Assassination Stirs up Paris POLITICAL OF IT ROYALISTS MAKE CAPITAL OUT “DOWN WITH REPUBLIC” Cry of “Long Live the King!” Coupled ) With It at Outdoor Demonstration— | Caillaux Resigns from the Cabinet. Paris, March 17.—Not since the Drey- l fus affair has any event in French history so stirred the imagination of| the French people as the shooting of ( Gaston Calmette, editor of Figaro, by | Mme. Caillaux, wife of the minister of finance. The Immediate effect is a tense political situation, all the greater in view of the imminence of the elec- tions. M. Caillaux, broken in spirit, resign- ed from his post today, and the cab- inet was subjected to several chansgo:. The lobbies are seething with el! surts of reports, and .the resignation of Ern- est Monis, minister of marine and even of the whole cabinet is rumored. Boon to Anti-Republicans. The most reliable opihion seems to indicate that while the elimination of M. Monis is possible, the resignai.on of the ministry is far from likely, the dep- uties being unanimous that the bud- gct must pass for tle elections. Among parliamentarians the whole affair is considered as a great and un- expected boon to the anti-republican party, who will not fail to exploit il to the utmost with the object of discred- iting the government at the electiona. Attack on Caillaux. Throughout the day large crowds as- sembled around the (aillaux residence, the Figaro office and Saint ILazare prison, where Mme Caillaux occupies a cell. For the most part the crowds were composed of curious spectators, although many rowdles collected and attempted hostile demonstrations. The police, however, had no difficulty in handling them and made many arrests. Late tonight the Royalists’ associa- tion was called out by Leon Daudet, the leader. He mounted a table out- side a well known boulevard cafe and harangued his followers, attacking M. Caillaux in violent terms to the accom- paniment of shouts of “Down with the assassin, Caillaux!” “Down With the Republic!” M. Hennion, prefect of police, in com- mand of a large body of police, harried | the manifestants up and down the bou- levard and finally scattered them, the royalists fleeing with shouts of “Down with the republic!” “Long live the king!™ A score of persons were arrested, and many were bruised in the scuffles. Earlier in the-evening half a dozen mobs assembled in various parts of the city on the left bank of the Seine and endeavored 1o make their way to the chamber of deputies. In every in- stance formidable battalions of police barred the streets and made short work of the mobs. The police were ordered to repress all anti-Caillaux outbursts, both because they were dis- orderdly and because thy were pro- vocative of counter-demonstrations on the part of the socialists and his rad- ical supporters. Rochette Scandal Revived. The first consequence of the shooting of M. Calmette was to fan into white heat the long smouldering Rochette scandal. The Figaro last week made reference to a secret report concerning M. Fabre, which already had been the subject of an animated debate in the chamber, M. Delahaye utilizing it to attack the government. The govern- ment, however, succeeded in tempora- rily shelving it. M. Delaha brought this subject up again today, introducing a motion that, in view of the shooting of M. Cal- mette, which seemed, he said, from the admigsion of the author of the crime, to be intended to prevent the publica- tion of documents of a nature to ag- gravate charges of professional mis- conduct against a magistrate, the gov- ernment shoyld give the magistrate fa- cilitles to prosecute accusers. Mme. Caillaux Visited by Husband. The government refused to entertain this motion, but accepted another pro- viding for o appointment of an in- vestigating committee to inquire inte the Rochette affair, and giving it full judicial powers. Mme Caillaux was visited today by her husband, who spent nearly an hour in her company. She will be defended by M. Labori, the noted advocate. Hen- ri Robert, cousidered the most cele- brated lawyer in France, was asked to defend Mme Calllaux, but refused on the ground that he was a close per- sonal friend of M. Calmette. M. Labori offered the same objection, but finally consented to serve “for the sake of hu- manity.” 200 YALE FRESHMEN ARE ON PROBATION . Penalty Inflicted for “Bottle Night” Disturbance Sunday. New Haven, Conn., March 17.—As a result of the “bottle night” disturb- ance at Yale Sunday night, among the Yale freshmen at their dormitories, 200 members of the class were today placed on probation for an indefinite time. This means that the athletic teamse of the class will be consider- ably handicapped, because men on pro- bation are not allowed to participats Two freshmen were ar- rested for throwing bottles at pedes- trians, and were fined $25 and costs each in the city court today. CHAUFFEUR UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR. Was Driving Mayor and Other Bridge- port Officials. Waterbury, , Mareh 17.—Wil- liam Seeley, owner of a garage at| Bridgeport, was arrested in the Center | tonight on a charge of driving an au- tomobile while he was under the influ- ence of liguor. With the driver were Mayor Wilson of Bridgeport and three Conn | other men, said to be prominent eity | | officials of that city, but whose identity | has not as yet been established. Adulterated Food Burned Up. . Washington, March 17—Several tons of adulterated foods and drugs gath- ered by the government's pure food guardians made a_monster benfire here today at the department of agri- culture. The confiscated articles rang- ed from gallons -of bad whiskey to pounds of chewing gum. St. Louis Victim Identified. St. Leouis, Mareh 17—The body of Neorman Hancock of St. Louis, a clothing salesman who perished in the Missouri Athletic Qlub fire, was iden- tified today. | from a remarkable operation at a hos Condensed Telegrams Miss Mary E. Miller, lawyer and active suffragist, died at Chicago yes- terday. The National Balloon Race for this :;e?.r }vll! be sailed from St. Louis on uly 4. Rear Admiral James W. Thompson, . 8. N, retired. died at his home at Moodestown, N. J., yesterday. A Chorus of 50 Boys whistled the hymn tunes in the services of the Calvary Reformed church in Phila- delphia. Charles B. Stracker has been named by President Wilson for position of assistant United States treasurer at Boston. Fire Yesterday Destroyed the large plant of the M. H. Pettit Malting company at Kenosha, Wis, with an estimated loss of $150,000. Mrs. John Larsen, mayor of Trout- dale, Oregon, caused the arrest of her own husband yesterday on z charge of selling liquor to minors. “George H. Strevel, one of the most widely known railway builders in Western Canada, died at Winnipeg, Man., vesterday, aged 79 years. Cy Warman, poet and author, is seriously ill at a hotel at Chicago. He was stricken Sunday and remained un- conscious for more than 24 hours, The Bank of Hermanville, Miss., has closed its doors pending an investiga- tion by the directors. It will resume if its affairs are found to justify ft. Oliver Johnson, Colored, was ar- rested at Hartford yesterday ior tle New Hayen police. e is wanted la thal city for alleged embezzlement. District Attorney Pelietier will call a special session of the grand jury. te investigate the banking operations of the Henry Sizgel company «f Bos- ton. Application For Pardon by-18 of the labor leaders convicted in the “dy- namiting cases” at Indianapolis, was filed yesterday with the department of justice. With a New Nose made from one of his ribs} strapped to his face, Ross Allen, a young Canadian, is 1ecoverin rital in Baltimore. Dr. George O. Welshman, a promin- ent Newark, N. J., physician, was in- stantly killed yesterday when his au- tomobile was struck by a Lackawanna train at a crossing at East Orange. Mrs. Thomas McCauley, her six vear old son, John, and Josephine Callaghan, a servant, lost their iives when the Brechin hotel at A Man Who Registered as “W. Ja- cobs of Boston,” was found dead, with a bullet wound in his right d#emple, in the Union Square hotel at New York yesterday. He had no bag- gage. Failing in An Appeal to Washington, Mrs. Sadoy McDaniels, Japanese wife of an American surgeon in the Orient, was deported from Tacoma, Washn., yesterday on the Japanese steamship Canada, The Entire Print Works of the Pa- cific mills, at Lawrence, Mass., em- ploying over 2,000 hands was shut down yesterday in consequence of tha strike of 250 employes of the dying department. Governor Baldwin Announces the appointment of Mrs. Samuel . ‘Wheeler of Fairfield to be a state delegate to the international confer- ence of C., Aprii 2 Having Been i since Sunday - evening, Chinaman, aged 60, is believed to be dying in a hospital at Bridgeport. He dropped unconscious while cooking in a Chinese restaurant State of coma Leong Hing, a Because the Pastor, Rev. HEdward Gallagher, in his sermon reproved the singers for whispering during serv- ices, members of the choir of the Ryland Mthodist Episcopal church at ‘Washington, went on strike ., Herbert L. Pratt, of New York, has purchased an autograph signature of Button Gwinnett, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia, for $2,800 from the Tel- fair Academy @f Arts at Savannah. J. C. Adkins and F. M. Schwatter, connected with the department of jus- tice at Washington, who are in New England investigating the affairs of the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford railroad were in New Haven yes- terday. Discussion of Proposed Reforms In court procedure held the attention of those present at the annual dinner of the Ramsey County Bar associa- tion at St. Paul, Minn.,, last Taft was principal spealker, Warning Was Issued to all coliecters of internal revenue last night that in- comse tax returms are “inviolably comn- fidential,” that disclosure of returns in viclation of t law, and the siightest infraction will be punishecd. While Seouth Boston was in the midst of its annual celebration of Evacuation day, the legislative com- mittee on legal affairs yesterday filed an adverse report on a bill to make it a legal hollday througho.t the state, The Massachusstis State Board of rarcle refused yesterday to recom- mené commutation to life imprison- ment for Willlam A. Dorr of Stoca- ton, California, wh» is sentencea to die next week for the rmurder of Gecrge E. Marsh of Lynn. President Wilson let it be known yesterday that he does net foresee any receivership for the New Haven rail- road, that he regarded the negotia- i tions between the department of jus- tice and the New England railroads as proceeding satisfactorily. Submission to the Nine-typs ayatem of cotton grading favore by the United States was acknowledged yes- terday by the board of managers of the New York Cotton Exchangse in the adoption of a resolution making the government standard types of cotton the basis for trading on and after April 1, 1915, Fewer Accidents on Railroads. ‘Washington, March 17—A maters deerease in the number of train accl- dents and in the number of people killed or injured in suech acetdsnt was shown by an inierstate commerce commission bulletin issued today for the quarter ended September 30, 1913. During the quarter 211 persons were killed and 4,011 injured fn trein acci- dents, decrease, as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1913 of 77 killed and 587 injured, I Ont., was destroyed by fire.; night, | | at which former President William H. [Gity of Sydney Appeaflnomed LAST OF THE CREW TAKEN OFF BY A TuG |SOME OF CARGO SAVED Passengers Taken to Halifax on Coasting Steamer—The Sydney Ran Onto Rocks During a Heavy Fog. Halifax, N. S, March 17.—With h eleven passengers, four o‘f them w:f men and one a four-year-old girl and jcrew of 36 saved, the steamer Cit: inf Sydney, which early today in a to’g’ jran on the Sambro rocks, 25 miles | east of here, was abandoned tonight lar.d is likely to become a total loss. It was possible during the day to ! i&l\‘e a little of th ut her position is said to be such that much hope of getting the vessel off could not be entertained should rough weather set in, Captain Taken Off at Night. The passengers of the steamer ar- rived here late today on the small coasting steamer Rosemary, as did also thirty of her crew, When the Rosemary left the City of Sydney, Cap- tain McDonald, Second Mate Scanlon, Third Mate Chapman, Boatswain Les and two of her engineers were still on the stranded vessel, but they were taken off tonight by the tug Togo. Wireless Brought Assistance, _The City of vdney was bound frem New York to Johns, N. F. e impact of the vessel striking brought some of her passengers on but most of them had to be awakened by the crew. The sea was calm and no* great anxiety was manifested by those on board though the vessel heaved heavily with the sea and after awhile began to settle aft. Water invading the vessel's stokehold put out the fires. The wireless remained in commission and made quick summoning of as- sistance possible. Rescue vessels found it hard to locate the steamer ow- ing to the dense fog. Rescued Five Hours After Accident The City of Sydney struck about 3 o'clock and about 8 o'clock the res- cue ship hove in sight. A few min- utes later the transfer of 41 persons from the steamer to the Rosemary was accomplished without mishap by the lifeboats of the two vessels. That the City of Sydney had run on the Sambro rocks was first learned by inhabitants of Ketch Harbor and Sambro Island about 7 o’clock. The Rosemary put out quickly from the latter place and a little later the life- savers from Duncan's cove went to | the scene of the wreck. No Explanation Given. No explanation has been given of the stranding of the City of Sydney. Only a mile to the northwest of where she struck the bomb at Sambro lighthouse was fired at regular intervals through- out the night and morning. The light- ship Halifax which was moored to the southeast of Sambro Island was in position and the City of Sydney was soon out of her course to the eatrance of Halifax harbor, e steamer’s cargo, “FORCE WILL BE MET WITH FORCE"” Deciaration of John E. Redmend at St. Patrick’s Day Dinner. London, March 17.—John BE. Red- mond, leader of the Irish nationaltit party, presided over the Irish National banquet here tonight and in respond- ing to the toast “Ireland a Nation™ said: “In a few short weeks, in the absence of a political earthquake, the home rule bill will be a law of the land, probably in precisely the form im which it now stands.” The efforts of the government te conciliate Sir Edward Carson, the Ul- er leader, and his friends, Mr. Red- mond declared, had met with Insult He referred to the failure to agree on the temporary exclusion of any part of Ireland, and declared that it was a great sacrifice to make as the price of peace, but in maling that sacrifice, to-avoid a conflict, they had made absolutely no sacrifice of principle. It the proposal had been for the perma- nent exclusion of one inch of Irish territory they would unhesitatingly | have rejected as the principles of the bill must be maintained, ‘Speaking for myself and my eel- leagues and, I believe, the Irish na. tion,” Mr. Redmond continued, “the: principles are our last word. Beyond them one inch we cannot, and we will not go. If force is interposed, that force will be met with force.” VICE PRESIDENT IS ELECTED PRESIDENT Result of Delayed Braxilian Elections Is Learned at Washington, Washington, March 17.—Despatches received here tonight announced the election of Wenceslas Braz Perra Go- mez, formerly vice president, as pres- ident of Brazil, to succeed President Fonseca, who under the constitution could not succeed himself. The presidential elections in Brasil were fixed for March 1, but owing to the disturbed conditions of affairs wers delayed and on March 5 the Brasiliap government proclaimed a state of seige in the cities of Rio Janefro, Nicthoroy and Petropolis. A atrict censorship over the telegraph lines has been maintained since then, a large number of opposition papers have been suspended and several editors arrest- d. On March 10 martial law was pro- claimed throughout the state of Cearsa, where a strong revolutionary move- ment was in progress, | Steamship Arrivale. Piraeus, March 9. —Steamer Patris, New York. Trieste, March 12.—Steamer Argen- tina, New York. Genoa, March 12.—Steamer Caserta, New York. Christiansand, March 17.—Steamer Frederik VIII, New York for Copen- hagen. . Gibraltar, March 17.—Steamer Celtic, New York for Genoa. Glasgow, March 17.—Steamer Cale- donia, New York. London, March 17.—Steamer Minne- tonka, New York. New York, March 17.—Steamer Zee land, Antwerp. Pushed Wife Down Stairs. Hartford, Conn.,, March 17—Return- ing to his home tonight and finding that his wife was en ing sev- eral of her women friends with liquor, Daniel A. Flint quarreled with her, and finally g-u-hed her down & flight of stairs. She has a fractured skull and internal injuries, and is now in @ local hospital in & serious condition. Flint-was arrested,