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VOL. LVL.—NO. 72 THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1914 PRICE TWO CENTS SLAUGHTER OF REBELS AT TORREQN, Condensed Telegrams Huerta’s War Department Reports That Villa's| Losses in Killed and REBELS RETREATINE‘PURSUED BY FEDERALS Arrival of 800 Reinforcements in Armored Automobiles Ma- terially Strengthened Federal Garrison—Rebels Lured Into Suburb of Torreon to Make Targets For Federal Shells—Federals Flee From Guerrero—Heavy Losses. Mexico City, March 25.—The war de- partment rebels under Villa were routed at Tor- reon with great slaughter early today. Eight hundred men, under General Joaquin Maas and General Javier de Moure, it is announced, arrived op- portunely from Satillo in time to add greatly rebels are said to be retreating north- ward, with the federals pounding at their rear. Rebels Trapped by Ruse. It is admitted that Villa’s men en- tered l.erdo, a suburb of Torreon but it is explained that this was a ruse on the part of General Velasco to ambush them. As soon as they were well into that territory, the federal artillery shelled them > the cavalry charg- ing as the rebels began to retreat Rebel Losses Piaced at 200. Generals Maas and De Moure are re- ported to have made the distance be. tween Hipolito and Torreon in Afty armored automobiles which they were carrying, the railroad having been cut at_Hipolito. The rebel losses in dead and wound- ed are reported to be 2,000. FEDERALS RETREAT. Gen. Guardiola Deserted 100 of His Men on Guerrero Housetops. Zapata, Texas, via Courier to Laredo, Texas, March i londay’s battle at Guerrero, near here, resulted in the retreat of the 900 federals under Gen- eral Guardiola. Guardiola. stationed 100 men on housetops at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and for three hours these men held the position, most of them, possibiy all, in ignorance that they were making a perilous stand. Meanwhile, Guardiola’s main force re- treated. A federal sergeant who escaped to the United States was authority for the story of tine retreat. He claimed Guardiola attempted to sacrifice the lives of 100 men of the Twenty-ninth fnfantry to save the major portion of bhis commaznd. Men on Housetops Deserted. These men, said the sergeant, were dispersed on housetops along the out- skirts of the town and kept bp a furi- ous rifle idre until Guardiola’s retreat was executed. It was not until 4 o'clock that the little band realized that they were fighting alone, facing eonstitutionalist forces aguipped with eannon and two machine guns. Con- sternation immediately spread among the handful! of defenders, who acat- tered in all directions, folowed by a rush of constitutionalists. Some of the federals were killed, some cap- tured, six crossed Jdnto the United and the others were said to scaped into the hills on the Mexican side. The sergeant said he fled to the Rio Grande and was overiaken while sianding on the bank. He said he dived into the river, the constitution- firing after him. He was hauled out, nearly drowned. by Mexicans on the American s Guardiola is said to be marching to Neuvo Laredo. Federals Taken by Surprise. the headquarters of General At An- makes the claim that the! to the federal victory. »The | Wounded Reach 2000 { tonfo_Villareal, constitutionalist com- mander, near Guerrero, the number of | rebels killed was given as nine, with | | 48 wounded. The federal loss was es- | timated at 50; many bodies were | found in the hills near Guerrero. The attack was wholly a surprise to the | federals, who had expected to meet the ! constitutionalists near Matamoros, which was the objective point of the federal campalgn. Guerrero, a town of 2,500 population in peaceful times, is now occupied by only three families, | all others having sought safety on the American bank of the Rio Grande, 1ere they live in tents. NEWS FROM AMERICANS. | Despatches Received at Washington i Which Allay Anxiety. | Washington, March 25.—While in- | terest in official circles here today cen- i tered upon the bitter struggle now in progress between the contending Mex- | | ican factions for supremacy at Tor- reon, there was some speculation as to | the effect upon the financial situation in Mexico of the temporary loan just obtained from General Huerta. Ch; O’Shaughnessy in a report to an confirmed the news that a ry loan of 5,000.000 pesos had en obtained. It was pointed the resumption of interest on_the foreign debts, sus- January, probably would | out that | payments pended last i tend to make Mexico’s foreign cred- | itors less anxious over the security r.fl their claims. Anxiety over the safety of several Americans under arrest in Mexico was sllayed by today’s consula¥ despatches. | The release of J. H. Newby, long held i at Culiacan, for the alleged embezzle- ; i 1 i i | ment of funds under the Madero re- gime, has been ordered by Governor Riverog of Sinaloa, who insists that eavby leave Mexico for Mexico's good | The Americans, Goldsmith and Dona- hue, arrested in San Luis Potosi, as| spies, by the federal authorities, have | been taken to Mexico City, and their cases will be considered by the federal | authorities. Charge O'Shaughnessy | has asked both the foreign office and | the Mexican war department to guar- antee a free hearing for both. ! Like representations have been made in behalf of the American, Byrd, who, although arrested with the other two, is still heid in San Luis Potosi. { Seventy Killed at Guerrero. ! T.aredo, Texas, March 25.—The bat- | tered remnants of the armmy of 1,200 | ffederals, with which General Guardio- | la set out to attack the eastern head- quarters of the constitutionalists at matamoros, Mexico, returned to Nuevo Taredo today, having lost ammunitlen, supplies and a large part of their act- ive force in Monday’s battle at Guer- rero, which ended in the rout of the | federals. Seventy were killed. ! Terrazas Won't Be Executed. ! Douglas, Ariz, March 25.—Louis Terrazas, Jr.,, held captive by the con- stitutionalists at Chihuahua, will not be executed in any event, according to statement made here today by Ro- berto Pesquiera, representative in Washington of the insurgents, who was in Douglas on official business. He will not be released at present. HOBSON'S CAMPAIGN EXPENSES $5,63734. Alabama Congressman Ome of First to Comply With New Law. —First es in sena- primaries under the new direct s amendment were made public t Representative ent in a detailed expenditures aggresgating 7.34, of which $3,174 was spent in d $2,618.19 in newspaper other advertising. Contributions fund amounted to $1,825, of 3600 came from the National Repre- sentative Underwood, Mr. Hobson's opoonent. has not made his report. South Dakota, Senator Craw- ho was defeated yesterday by tative Burke, reported spend- Representative 3 Senator re- and to h which Woman's Temperance union. From ford, fid ena: v of Indiana reported he had spent nothing. CHILDREN DRINK GIN; BOTH DEAD. Four Year Oid Twins Obtain Bottie Unknown to Attendant. March 2 mother Franklin, Mass., “doctor” while their tne four year old dirs. Berpard drinking the con One, Joseph, died was twins of Mr. and ahill are dead from -nts of a bottle of gin. Yesterday. The death of the other, Margaret, occurred | McCahill was confined to her bed with a baby born three weeks ago and the children obtained the bottle in the absence of an attendant Much Ice in the Atlantic. Halifax, N. 8, March 25—Large ice- bergs have been scarce in the north Atlantic steamer lanes this spring, buc the =malier masses, known as “growl- ers” and “slob ice” have been numer- ous, according to Captain Johnsten of the United States revenue cutter Sen- ec He reported today when the cut- ter put in here after weeks of cruising on ice patrol duty. Says He Was Threwn Into River. Hartford, Conn., Mareh 25.—After he had escorted a woman friend to her home in Wethersfield avenue tenight, Fred Hooker was assaulted by three mer and thrown into the Comnecticut river. At least that is the sfory he told the police. Hooker says he managed to swim ashore. Foreign Convict Made Goods Barred. ‘Washington, March 25.—After a vig- orous partisan contest the house today a bill to bar foreign convict- made or pauper-made goods from com- petition with the producis of American free labor. The measure now goes to the senate { | was contradicted today by news that BIDS TOO LOW FOR SIEGEL PROPERTY. All But One of Eighteen Submitted | Are Rejected. | | { New York, March All except one | | of the eighteen bids made to the fed- eral rTeceivers for the various failed | properties operated by Henry Siegel and Frank E. Vogel in this city were rejected today by United States Judge M. Hough. That of $387,600 for the | Charles | by a big department store merchandise of the Simpson-Crawford company was accepted unconditional- ly. Judge Hough will decide finally on Monday. Regarding the other bids, the court held that the amounts offered were too far below the value of the property. Judge Hough thought these properties could be sold at auction to better ad- vantage. The wholesale value of them | was placed at §$1,149,000. The moners | offered totalled less than $4580.000. { iAMEFHCAN EXPRESS CO. STILL IN THE RING. Will Erect 32-Story Office Building in New York. New York, March 25—Popular be- lief that the parcel post has left the big express companies in hard straits ; ‘wascontradictedtodayh | the American Express Company would | erect a two million dollar office build- {ing on Lower Broadw: The build- | ing is to be 32 stories high and is to | have a frontage of 80 feet on Broad- way. It will run through the block to Trinity Place, and adjoin the newiy | completed building of the Adams Ex- | press company. The site now occu- pvied by two five-story buildings ten- anted b Ythe American Express com- | pany is estimated to be worth $2,500,- 1 000." Of the 32 floors the express com- | pany will reserve ten for its own use. To Settle Coupler Works Strike. i Depew, N. Y., March 25.—Efferts to bring about a settlement of the strike | at the Gould Coupler works will be re- sumed tomorrow through the state board of mediation and arbitration. Manager G. W. Hayden, for the com- pany, today made an appointment to meet Patrick J. Downey and James McManus of the state board, and the striking molders and coremakers clothed their committee with full | power to take up and econtinue the negotiations with the company. Flagman Under Engine Wheels. Troy, N. Y., March 25.—While at- tending to his duties as flagman at & crossing in this city, Moses B. Hicks, 60 vears of age, was struck by a loco- motive tonight and ground to pieces beneath the wheels. He had been sta- tioned for many yvears at the crossing where he met his death | coastwise ships free passage through | i TRANSFER OF “TAP | tonight at a meeting of a hundred “an- j vote on the entire subject will be held | of embalmers was in executive session | position grounds in fan Franci Poet Mistral Dead. Marseilles, France, March 25—Fred- eric Mistral,- the celebrated provencal poet, died here today in his 84th year. German Prince lil. Kiel, Germany, March 25.—Prince Adalbert, the third son of Emperor ‘William, is suffering from an acute at- tack of stomach and intestinal catarrh. Died at Monte Carlo. Monte Carlo, March 25—Harry Maule Crookshank, formerly British controller of the Public debt in Egypt, died here today, aged 65. Degree for Ambassador Page. Aberdeen, Scotland, March 25.—The degree of doctor of literature was con- ferred today on Walter Hines Page, American ambassador to the court of St, James, at Aberdeen university. Another Chinese City Sacked. Peking, Marchy 25—“White Wolt,” the Chinese brigand, and his foliowers today captured and sacked the city of Lung Chu-Chai, province of Shen- Si. They killed 230 of the inhabitants and wounded and captured many hun- dreds more. Meningitis on New York Steame Naples, March 25.—The steamer Ber- lin, from New York March 14, which arrived here today, was guarantined in consequence of several cases of men- ingitis aboard, with one death. No cases are reported among the American passengers. LINING UP FOR THE BATTLE OF REPEAL. Party Lines Obliterated on Free Tolls Proposition. Washington, March 25.—Lines were sharply drawn tonight for the opening of the most bitterly contested legisia- tive struggle that has confronted Pres- ident Wilson's _administration—the fight to repeal the law giving American the Panama canal. For the first time since the deu-‘ cratic administration took charge of | the government, administration lead- ers have found a strong, resourceful and determined element within the party opposed to a policy which Presi- dent Wilson had personally espoused. Personal convictions on the question bave virtually obliterated party lines. The president’s supporters tonight declared they were gaining ground in the house and one enthusiastic admin- istration leader predicted the passage of the repeal bill by a majority of nearly 100. The more conservative members of both sides anticipate a hard fought struggle, with a bitter and protracted debate, followed by a close vote. DAY” Yale Juniors Resolve in Favor of the Barkeley Oval. CEREMONY. New Haven, Conn,, March 25—That the opposition to_the senior secret so- clety system at Yale is not as vigor- ous as it was last year, was evidenced ti-society” juniors, when, instead of in- sisting on the abolishment of historic “Tap day” a motion was passed call- ing for the transfer of the ceremony from the old campus to the less fre- quented Berkeley oval. A referendum tomorrow. The resolutions adopted last year called for abolishing “Tap day” on ac- count of its publicity; the selection of members on merit alone and other minor demands. It is believed that the transfer of the ceremony, if adopted, will remove much of the objection to “Tap day,” for the event will then be much less public. Bank Robber Eludes Pursuers. Atlanta, Ga., March 25.—Pursued through the main streets of the city after he had been driven empty-hand- ed from the Atlanta State Savings bank, a negro institution here, late to- day, a lone robber escaped by forcing the driver of a buggy to gallop with him into the suburbs where he disap- peared. The bandit’s dash for liberty followed a pistol duel with the con- ductor of a street car which he at- tempted to board of escape the purmu- ing crowd. Steamship Arrivals. Algiers, March 30.—Steamer Ocean- New York for Trieste. Cadiz, March 24.—Steamer Aijres, New York for Genoa. Glasgow, March 26 —Steamer Sar- dinian, Philadelphia. Naples, March 25.—Steamer Berlin, New York. Queenstown, h Steamer | Me-ion, Philadeiphia for Liverpool. London, March 25.—Steamer Ascania, | Portland. Examinations for Embaimers. Hartford, March 23, The Connecticut board of examiners ic, Buenos Tuesday at Hartford for the purpose of passing on 11 candidates who took the sState examinations a week ago at the Yale Medical school. The members | of the board are A. R. Leet, Thomp- | sonville, who 1is president; Edward | Jones, Winsted, secretary:; Thomas O’Keefe, Middletown, treasurer; Charles J. Dillon, Hartford, and Wil- | liam Henry AHen, Norwich. Hartford, March The state civil servicce commission | held an examination at the Capitol, in | Hartford, Wednesday for positions con- nected with poultry husbandry at the Connecticut ~ Agricultural college. There were two candidates, A. A.| Brown of Amherst Agricultural college | for instructor and Charles E. Crocker | of East Hampton for manager. | Enter Round-the-Woerld Race. New York, March 25.—Two Ameri- can aviators, Lincoin Beachey and Bobh Fowler have announced their inteation of entering the round-the-worid race to start from the Panama-Pacific ex- co next year, It was stated here tonight by Ar- nold Kruckman, manager of the con- test, Steamer Blown Up. Honolulu, March 26.—The inter-isi- and steamer Maui is reported to have blown up tonight off Pear]l harbor. The reports indicate that the entire crew of 12 lost their lives. Tugs have left this port to search the coast. The Maui left here at 5 o'clock for Kauai with a cargo consisting largely of ex- plosives. Policy Raid at Waterbury. Waterbury, Cenm, March :25, T, Sullivan and 14 others were arres:- ed topight on a chasge of playing poli- cy. .The raid was made by the loeal detective force at &a early hour and was urexpecied. Steamships Reported by Wireless. Cape Race, N. F., March 25.—Steani- er la Provence, Havre for New York, signalled 1221 miles east of Safidy Hoox at 6 p. m. Dock £30 a. m. Sotur- day. ! | Temperance and Foreign Missions| DISCUSSED AT THE METHODIST CONFERENCE. WAVE OF PROHIBITION Is Sweeping Rev. Dr. Wilson—Christian Teaching Pacific States, Declares a Solution of Mexican Problem. (Spectal to The Bulletin.) Willimantic, March 25.—The second | day of the New England Southern con- | ference of the M. E. church continued to receive the good fortune of pleasant weather, and was marked with a spirit of earnestness and fervor. All the ses- sions were fully attended, and appre- clably enjoyed. ued to come in during the day, and the church parlors were the scene of a busy time for Pastor Nuzum and his able corps of assistants. The Methodist Book concern had an interesting exhibit on view in the par- REV. lors, which were full of visiting groups and others engaged in writing or seel- ing rest. Committee meetings occupied a zood part of the day. Morning Session. The morning session began wiih a conference &t 8.30 and was opened with W. F. OLDHAM, D. D. an anthem. Rev. W. L Ward of Prov- | idence, R. I, and Rev. G. C. Scrivener of Norwich, two of the three district superintendents of the conference, read from the scriptures, and Bishop John | W. Hamilton led in prayer. In the communion service which followed the bishop was assisted by Rev. W. O. Nuzum and the three district superin- tendents, the third being Rev. A. J. Coultas of Fall River, Mass. Bishop Hamilton delevired a short address previous to the communioen service, in which he said in part: “In these days of laxity and loose living and thinking, I have comse to be a littls more dogmatic. There never was an hour when we ought to em- phasize more particularly the deity of Jesus Christ. The man who says he (Continued on Page Three) PUZZLING CASES AT STAMFORD HOSPITAL Had Peculiar Trouble—One Dead. Children Intestinal Stamford, Conn., March 25—Physi- cians at the Stamford hospital are puz- zled over two cases of a peculiar in- testinal trouble that has caused one death and may result in another. Doris, the three years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ward of New Canaan died today, and her brother Harry, six years old, is critically ill, but has a fighting chance of recovery. The children were taken mysterious- ly and suddenly ill on Friday, and after receiving medical treatment at New Canaan, were brought to the lo- cal hospital. Dr. Staub, the aftend- ing physician, says the symptoms ap- pear somewhat as if the children had been poisoned. The parents are un- able to tell where the children could have obtained poison. An autopsy will probably be performed to ascer- tain the real cause of death of the girl URGES PROTEST AGAINST LEO FRANK'S EXECUTION. Miss Jane Addams Takes Up Cause of Convicted Murderer. Adanta, Ga.. March Mi Jane Addams of Hull House, Chicago, has written to Mrs. Emily McDougall, At- lania club woman and leader in tk woman suffrage movement, asking At- lanta women ‘to protest against the ex- ecution of Leo M. Frank the superin- tendent of the National Pencil com- pany, sentenced to be hanged here on April 17 for the murder of 14 year old Mary Phagan. The Hull Houhe leader, in her letter, which was made public here tonight, suggests that Atlanta women, through their organizations or through petition, seek to have the ex- ecution postponed pending further in- vestigation, to determine the guilt or innocence of the convicted man. Wom- en’s organizations here have taken mno action on Miss Addams’ suggestions. To Rejuvenate Company L. Meriden, Conn., rch that Company 1., Second infantry, be disbanded soon because the present complement of officers and men is re- duced to 37, former members of the company are circulating a petition to have former Captain Joseph De Can- tillon, retired, placed in command again. Fifly ex-members have agreed to rejoin the company if Captain De Cantillon, who resigned a year ago, Is reinstated. Holdup Near Hartford Park. Hartford, Conn., March —Four men were arrested by the police late tonight, charged with holding up and robbing Michael Tuilly near Bushneil park. Tully was severely beaten an Tobbed of $15. The police seoured th park and arrested Joseph Keenan, Jo- seph Rellis, E. Drew and Frank Collins. Tully identified Rellis. More Bubonic Plague at Havana. Havana, March 25— Three new cases of bubonic plague were reported here today. Those attacked are Spaniards, employed as clerks by a sugar com- pany. Ome of the cases is critical, Finch Tenders Resignation. Washington, March —Stanley W. Finch, head of the department of jus- tice bureau for the suppression of white slave iraffic, resigned today, Seiad The delegates contin- | Cabled Paragraphs Cornell University is facing an epi- demic of German measles. * A Senate Bill for a postal rate of half cent a pound on seeds, bulbs and cut- tings, was favorably reported yester- day. The Chicago City Council passed an ordinance providing for a new $65,- 000,000 terminal and station for rail- roads. Chief of Police Howe of Cleveland has instructed the force to detain any one heard swearing and give them a | scolding. W. H. Underwood, assistant to_ the passenger traffic manager of the New |Yark Central lines at Chicago, died yesterday. The New York Assembly passed the Knapp bill raising the minimum age of those to whom liquor may be sold from 18 to 21. | Mrs. Frances Squire Potter, 47 years | 0ld, leader among workers for wo- | man suffrage, died at her home &t Chicago yesterday. Fire Early Yesterday Destroyed the textile bullding of the North Caro- lina College of Agriculture and Me- chanical Arts, at West Raleigh. Because of the Discharge of a fore- man, 79 turn workmen in the shoe factory of Millet, Woodbury & Co., at Beverly, Mass., struck yesterday. The Senate Yesterday Ratified. the treaty with Costa Rica extending for five years the arbitration convention with that country concluded in 1909. Francis T. Reeves, democrat, a form- er mayor of the city of Waterbury yesterday was sworn in as judge of the Waterbury district court. Warning of a Derelict in the steam- ship line beiween New York and Europe was sent broadcast yesterday the wireless at Brooklyn navy yard. Archdeacon J. A. Biddle, one of the best known T in the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Con- necticut, is critically ill at his home in Manchester. One Thousand Dollars will be raised by the Vassar students and forwarded to the Wellesley College authorities as an evidence of sympathy for their sis ter collegians. Dr. Nathaniel E. Loomis, assistant professor of chemestry at Bowdoin has | accepted the professorship of Psysi- cal chemistry at Purdue universtty at Lafayette, Ind. P Rev. Samuel R. Maxwell minister of All Souls’ church at Greenfield, Mass., | was asked yesterday to accept the { pastorate of the Second Church (Uni- tarian) of Boston. Fire of Unknown Origin yesterday caused damage estimated at $200,000 to the rosin and cotton wharves of the Atlantic Coast Line raftway at Savannah, Ga. 1\ Fir> Visttadithe Ropinsts Siction oF | ing five buildings and badly damaging | half a dozen others. The loss was es- | timated at $75,000. Mallick Salisbury, a farmer of | Champaign, Ill, shot and killed his | wife and then committed suictde at their home yesterday. The couple had | been married forty years. A Five Percent Reduction in salaries of all Boston officials and employes of the public works department receiv- ing $1,000 or more a year has been ordered by Mayor Curley. Those Who Deposited Money in the Boston Seligel bank on December 29 and 30, the last two days the bank did business, may get their money back. The amount is about $3000. Sending of Racing Bets or odds from foreign countries into the United States or from state to state would be prohibited under a bill introduced by Senator Lea, of Tennessee. Charging That Her Husband put her in “soak” when he left her as hostage for a hotel bill in Buffalo and that a sister “redeemed” her, Mrs. Jane Coyle of Detroit is suing for divorce. As the Body of D. C. Biles, an aged Confederate veteran, was being low- ered Into its grave near Conway, Tenn., Biles’ friend and neighbor, B. F. Chambers, also a veteran, dropped dead near the coffin. Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce, U. S. A,, retired, Newport, R. 1, who en- tered the navy 73 years ago, celebrat- ed yesterday his 87th birthday and si- so the 25th anniversay of his retire- ment from active duty. ..Former Congressman Lewis Sperry | of Fast Windsor Hill brought into Hartford yesterday two handsome ot- ters taken from the Comnecticut river in a fish net Tuesday by Baker of South Windsor. The Lower House of the New Jersey legislature yesterday defeated 18 to 37, a resolution offered by a democrat, pe- titioning members of congress from | that state to vote against the repeal of the Panama Canal tolls. Harry Schaeffer, 22 Years Old, was yesterday sentenced to serve from 20 years to life imprisonment in Sing Sing for the part he played in the murder at New York- of Willlam G. Martin, a milliner of Toronto, Cana- da. | The Directors of the Pittsburgh, Cin- | cinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Rail- way company, the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh. yesterday reduced | the dividend on the common stock from 5 per cent. to.3 per cent. and on the preferred stock from 5 per cent. to Action in the Case of Charles S. Mellen, former president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- road company, charged with man- slaughter as the outcome of the ex- press wreck at Westport in October, 1912, may come in the April term of the superior court for Fairfield coun- ty as the criminal side of the March sitting was adjourned yesterday. Hartford Democrats Nominate Lawler. Hartford, Conn., March 25.—At the demoeratic town convention tonight, Joseph H. Lawler was formally named as the candidate for mayor at the munricipal election in April. Three re- publicans were endersed: Otis J. Hart for collector, Henry ¥, Smith for town clerk and Charles H. Slocum for treas- urer. Managers of “Movies” Organize. Hartford, Cenn., March 25.—Afanag- ers of all the moving picture theaters in the state met here teday and form- ed the Connecticut 'Fheatricai Man- agers’ associatio W. D. Ascough of v was chesen president and the other eofficers are alse from Hartr ford. > Mount Tiry, Md., yesterday, destroy- | \ViLHAmI To Use Force if Necessary STRONG DECLARATION OF SIR EDWARD GREY. TRAGEDY OF BLUNDERS War Secretary Shoulders Blame and Offers Resignation—Paget Also Made a Serious Mistake and May Resign. London, March 25—The published today its pmmisego:(z:::: ({f its dealings with the officers of the Third cavairy brigade who had revolt. ed, and the house of commons held another heated and disorderly session. Between the documents presented and the statements drawn from the cabinet ministers the vital facts of the affair Were made clear. They reveal a com-~ edy, or tragedy of ©rTors, perpetrated by Colonel Scely, secretary of state for war, and Sir Arthur Paget, com- manding the troops in Ireland. Colonel Secly Tenders His Resignatien Colonel Seely took all the bl: his own shoulders. He 4 ul;;l: clared he had made a great mistake. His written assurance to General Hu- ben_Gu_ugh that the government “must retain its right to use all the forces of the crown in Ireland or elsewhere to maintain order and support the civil powers in the ordinary execution of their duty, but has no intention whatever of taking advantage of this right in order to crush political oppo- sition to the policy or the principles of the home rule bill,” was given withoft the knowledge of the cabinet and com— trary to its policy. ._The war secretary iendered his res- ignation to Mr. Asquith, buc e pre- mier refus to accept it. The gow= ernment has withdrawn Colonel Seely’s guarantees, according to the state- ment made by Viscount Morley in the house of lords, and Sir Edward Grey told the house of commons that the government’s decision would be made known to General Gough tomorrow, General Paget’s Blunder. Thus the situation with respect te General Gough and his 89 c Who sent in their papers is still in a state of suspense. The most important revelations of the day were to the effect that the government did plan an important military and naval demonstration upon Ulster. ‘Winston Spencer first lord of the admiralty, the reports that he had ordered the third battle squadron and a torpedo flotilla to Irish waters, but explained that when the military arTrangements had been successfully carried out he countermanded the orders by wireless ——an explanation which the unionists received with jeers. The blunder made by General Paget appears to have been in giving a vir- tual ultimatum to the officers of the cavalry brigade, to say whether they would take active service in Ulister or accept dismissal. Government Prepared to Uss Force. The cabinet on Monday framed a general statement of the of Ppo tion and duty under the law, and Col onel Seely freely admitted that his er- ror was in yielding to General Gough's demand for a written assurance that the army would not be used to sup- Dbress the covenanters. Premier Asquith’s statements that the officers should return to duty une conditionally were made in good Zaith, since he learned of Colonel Seely's amendments to the cabinet memoran- dum oniy yesterday afterncon. The Pprime minister made plain to the house of commons the government's position regarding the army, declaring thet he would not assent to the claim of any body of men In the service of the crown to demand assurances of what they would be required to do in er- cumstances which had not yet arisen. Sir Edward Grey spoke even mese strongly. He said: “The government is prepared at any moment to use force to whatever ex- tent is required to make the will of the country prevail. This is a contingency which cannot erise for a long and we will still labor to awoid it” Paget and Gough May Resign. Much of the oratory in the debate in the house of commons tomight con- sisted of flery denumciations of the military aristocracy. The government members were placated by revelations, but Temain a very strong and outspoken dissatisfaction with the whole affair among the radi- cals and laborites. Many think that the matter would have been allowed to rest except for the ahmost unanimous attacks by the MNberal press and boast- ings of the conservative press over what they call General Gough’s wic- tory. All tallk of a comproniise on the homse rule bill js for the time The conservatives hold that recemt events have shown that no compromise is possibie, except in unconditional ex- clusion of Ulster. The liberals say that would not bes compromise, but surrender. Colonel Seely’s transfer to another cabinet post is predicted, and the an- nouncement and acceptance of the res- ignations of General Paget and Generad Gough would be no surprise. M. E. Conference Organization. Wiliimantic, Conn., March 2§.—Com- plete organization of the M. E. confer- ence here was formally effected by the selection of the following officers: Secretary, J. Francis Cooper, Brocikbon, Mass.; assistants, Rev. L. G. Hotton, Westerly, R. ; Rev. E. S. Studiey, Stoughton, Mass.; Rev. G. A. Grant, East Weymouth, Mass.; Rev. W. H. Bath, Newport, R. L; retary, Rev. F. L. Mass.; assistant, Rev. G. L. Luck, Chil- worth, Mass.; treasurer, Rev. John Ridgefleld, North Truro, Mass.; assist- ant Rev. John Oldham, Wakefleid, R. L - Opening of American Unmiversity, Washington, March 26.—Trustees of tho American university made plans hele today for opening the mew fnsti- tution May 27. It was announced that Secretary Bryan, S Danlels, Willlam S. Corby and Col. H. O. 8. Heisland had been elected to the board. Dr. Frank W. Collier of Boston was appointed director of research and members of the board of award were named. King and Emperor Meet. Venice, Italy, March 25.—King Viec- ‘tor Emmanuel arrived here today and had a cordial meeting with Emperor Willlam of Germany. The Marquis di Ban Giuliano, the Italian minister of foreign affairs, accompanied the king. —_— Unemployed Leader Convicted. Saeramento, lif., March 25.—Fd- ward Teesdale. one of the “unemplayed army” leaders arrested here on ¢! of vagrancy during the riots three weeks ago, was convicted today. He will be sentenced tomerrow PR AT e e B