Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 28, 1914, Page 1

VOL. LVI—NO. 74 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1914 PRICE_TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulafio-n in Norwich is Double ‘That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the I.arge_st in Connecticut in Propo rtion to TORREON ENTERED BY REBEL FORCE Gen. Herrera at Head of 4000 Men Fights His Way Through Streets of Federal Stronghold FEDERALS DRIVEN TO WEST END OF THE CITY Attempted to Escape But Were Driven Back—Message to That Effect Received at Juarez From Villa—Authentic News From Newspaper Correspondents Regarding Vil- la’s Occupation of Gomez Palacio After Four Days’ Bat- tle—Villa Credits Federal General With Being Man of Resource and Courage—Valor Shown by Bebel Troops. they were beiing borne 3 { ters, promptly cursed their would-be rescuers and tumbled out, joining the Juarez, Mexico, March ——A message dafed 5 p. Palacio, by .30 p. m. | at Gomez | m, General Villa, said | entrated his forces to | sred procession following in the join General Huerta | neral. i1 me command. Officials | Viva Madero! Viva El federals aiready had | Constitution!” they cried in cracked e from the city, but had | voices from parched throats. The remarkable endurance of these | peons and their mad obsession to re- driven Rebels in Possession. < 2 |turn to the front greatly impressed A telegr received at 4 o'clock|ihe Americans in the train of General Villa says that practical- | yjlla. There were men in that strange procession their chee flesh torn from their ba or in uniforms literally soaked in blood; with arms and legs torn and lacerated, d blood matted hair pasted over their eves. w deep gashes men with gre cross of ighs, m t Fought Way Through Streets. General Muerta at the head of 4,000 | all veterans, is said to have en- from the east instead of first reported, and to| Bodies Will Be Cremated. way through the, 1y, was more than patriotism to tered the city the north al ht hi fo ts to the bull ring on the DOTth |, pime the rebel assaults, for behind St pE e oS them lay the most cruel desert in Mex- Final Defense of Federals. ico, and ahead, the possession of the enemy, food and shelter and the cool- first to show that the feder ing ond telegram from Villa amend- I reams of the irrigation ditches. were concentrated in their last de-| The wounded in the outskirts of the enses in ihe western portion of the|city were the first to receive assist- ¥. Rebel officials here say that if | ance, but the small hospital corps, al- e federals do not hoid their position | though working heroically ,was abso- they must inevitably be captured. | lutely inadequate to the situation. The | dead who fel' early in the assaults, or Ville 5o Wemenke SERCk . {had been " - by federals® shells S e I o | Wwere groups of wounded. In plain e e e C g t of the dying, the dead were re- deral generals, Pena. Reina | moved and the bodies dragged into naya, have been killed and Gen- | g5)15w trenches. It will be necessary Ocarenza seriously wounded. to incinerate many of the bodies of those who fell in the streets as de- composition sets in rapidly here and the business of fighting requires ev- ery available man. General Villa is ious that the bodies shall be dis- 1ere was the o eral DETAILS OF THE BATTLE. Villa Occupies Gomez Palacio After Four Days of Fighting—Sustains posed of quickly in order to avoid a Heavy Losses—Valor of the Rebel [ POSCH of auickly i D Army—Villa Compliments Federal 2 ; prete iy Villa Compliments Federal General. In the course of the battle there were instances of detachments all of whose officers had been lost, running | | wildly about calling for new officers to lead them, or joining other com- mands which were not leaderles: Other detachments, in the excite- ment of the fight, failed to hear, or deliberately disregarded orders to fall back, or seek some shelter observed by their calmer officers. They dashed unheedingly into barbed wire en- tanglements or the enemy’s trenches and were mowed down In heaps by federal rapid fire guns. Another incident of the engagement yesterday was the meeting of two armored trains at long range, One was on a siding and the other on the main track. They exchanged shots like two warships, but with little damage, and the federal train which had the switch Gomez Palacio. Mexico, Mareh 27— Four days of fighting, including three | desperate assaults by Tebels, were wned today when General Francisco a moved into this city and es- | i ed his headquarters within three of Torreon. final and deciding assault was | ered yesterday. It was preceded bombardment, after which the in- and cavairy dashed info the machetes, pistois and hand ies were used in a hundred dif- encounters in the narrow hfares. The grenades, of home ifaciure, were lighted with the arettes which are an unofficial part he equipment of every Mexican sol- | dier. Villa’s Loss Was Heavy. | posed the youth was-ied to a cell (General Villa does not yet know his | track, retired around a curve. Gomez own loss, except that it was heavy.|Palacio is a railroad town and is a The wounded suffered terribly from | network of tracks. i General Villa said today that his| bat was off to General Velasco for his | defence of the town. The conduct of | the federals was a credit to them as | soldiers, General Villa sald, and Gen- | eral Velasco had proved himseif a man of resource as well as of courage. | Three of his generals it was report- ed, gave their lives in defence of the | town—Generals Pena, Rayna and Ana- ya. It was reported also that General Ocarnza was seriously wounded. rst and many died because of lack water and surgical attention. The dead of both sides were mingied the street or found hnddled under | piles of earta which had once been adobe houses or corrals, wreck- ed by the rebel sheils. Véterans say that no more furlous battie ever was fought In Mexico. It was a delirinm. General Villa did not to mowrn his losses, but with haracteristic epergy began prepara- ons to move on Torreon. He ex- ecis to co-operate with 4.000 men un- DOUBLE LIFE LED der Generai Herrera, who is under orders to attack the town from the BY A MILLIONAIRE east The newspaper correspondents were His Secret Is Bared by Suit of Com- | permitted to enter the city with Villa mon Law Wife. Tverywhere rebel soidiers were en- o gaged in rescuing the injured and tak- Louisvills, Ky.. March 26.—Intimate ing them to the rallroad. The day was | details of the life of Louis Philip hot and the alr fairly smelt of stale | Ewald, late ironmaster of St. Louis | blood. Those with flesh wounds dis- | and Louisville, which he devoted : 1 z > pains- dained to deser: and many a soldier, | taking effor and a small fortune to Mmping from a wound in the leg or | keep secret were revealed today, ai- with one arm supported in a blood- | most five years after his death, dur- stained bandage was seen among the stretcher bearers. Rebels Had Worst of It on First Day. in force took There was ing trial of the suit brought by Blien | J. Golden or Bwald, by which seeks to establish dower rights Ewald's estate common law wi Ewald's estate she | in | alleging she was his ays small number of fed ity and premature repor Zo. as worth about $4,000,000. estimated to be He willed $15,- i were sent out. Soon how. | 000 each to nine brothers and sisters, aver, the federals Teceived relaforce- | MOSt of whom live in St. Louls, and Taents, and in the desperats fighting | the remainder to Ellen Golden's thres ity (he rebels had rather | children, whmo Ewald adopted. The | | the worst of it, and General Villa with- | Woman is suing for a judgment for | half the personal estate and a widow’s | day, Wednesday, General|[interest in the realty. aggregating ap- 'S artillery commander, | Proximately $2,000,000, shelled the all day and part of the { The plainliff on the witness statnd night. Villa had learned that the fed- | today te; d that the alleged com- eral commander. General \'elasco, had | Mon law riage between herseif anad concentrated his forces in the town piace in St. Louis in | and was himself in the trenches in- , 189 Prior to leaving St. Louis | =piri men to do thelr d | to take up her residence in an elab- eaders und cove orate home b ght for her by Ewald, sombardmen concentrated {in an exclusive residence section of 2 man for a fresh assa this ¥, she lived in Wiliiamsport, | delivered Wednesday night, | Pa. Pittsburgh, Washington, Chicago | not decisive, although the [and Denver. ° More than a bundred | held their stone roun telegrams containing expressions of of- | and a few other natural defences fection purporting fo have been from | outskirts of T.ast night Ewald and addressed to the plaintiff third and fi assault was delive under the name of “Mrs. E. J. Sea- Genera! Villa, grimy with dust and |Mman” at a Detroit hotel, were read | a red bandanna andkercief | 10 the jur: The plaintiff admitted | apout his neck, participated. He rode | Sh® never was generally known as | up and down the lines, swearing and | Mrs. Ewald, cheering, cursing amd calling on the, Testimony at the trial, which began saints. At times he apparently was | Monday, has disclosed the double life calm, and again he was furlous. led by the eccentric millionaire iron- master, who apparently had a mania Wounded Anxious to Go to Front. Through it all he urged his men | forward. and all seemed to realize that the attack was the last one. Human flesh could siand no more of tha heat, | the thirst and hunger, and the ecruel scenes which followed one another un- til the wh picture was a confused blur of biood and fire, whers men In their dving agomies whined for water for secre: | | | | | | $132,000 For Bosten’s Siegel Depositors. Boston, March By the payment of $132,000, the Henry Siegal company of Boston will liquidate claims of the | inter-related New York companies | amounting to more than $1,500,000, c- | cording to the terms of a compromise | or cried ont uncanny vivas, patitions | reached tos at a heafing Ln-,luru} to Our fady of Guadaiupe, and other | Referee Olmstead in the bankruptoy | jargon of delirium. 5 court. Tt wus agreed that the payment | On the way into the city from i} should go to the Siegel bank deposi- | Verjel this morning, and particularly | fors whose funds were loaned to the | the streets of the town itseif, Gen- | Boston stor Villa was cdlfed on to rm the salutes of the wounded. Spme of these were limping. not to the onsiant] The First Disorder of an conse- quence since the sirike of shos wc vear. but to the front tv catch up | ers of Portsmouth. Ohio, began last | with their comrades. Some of them, | Friday, occurred last night, when sev- | aiready placed on hospital trains, es- | eral emploves of the shoe companies | "E'd and returned to their commands. .« who had refused 1o foin in the strike Iegaining consciousness as were attacked by strikera | level, lof the Central Baptist church of this | church, of which her husband was a | time she has had the most tender care | company Cabled Paragraphs Trace of French Swindler. Paris, March 27—Henri Rochette the man alleged to have swindled the French public out of enormous sums, is believed to be in Switzerland. Dowager Empress Seriously Iil. Tokio, Japan, March 27—The Dow- ager Empress Paruko, of Japan is se- riously ill today at Numazu. Arson Squad Busy at Belfast. Belfast, Ireland, March 27—A mili- tant suffragette “arson squad” is be- lieved to have been responsible for the destruction by fire early today of Ab- beylands, a splendid country resi- dence belonging to Major General Sir Hugh MecCalmont, near Whiteabbey, on Belfast Lough. Trainmen Jailed For Wreck. Melun, France, March 27—Sentences of four onths respectively were pro- prisonment respectively were pro- nounced today on the engineer and conductor of the Marseilles-Lyons- Paris express which was wrecked here on November 4, in a collision with an- other train. Roosevelt Still in Brazil. Rio Janeiro, Brazil, March 27.—Col- onel Theodore Roosevelt and his ex- ploration party are still proceeding down the Duvieda river to Manaos, Brazil, according to advices received here today from Colonel Rondon, the representative of the Brazilian govern- ment with the expedition. TANNENBAUM SENTENCED TO THE PENITENTIARY. Fine of $500 and Term of One Year Imposed Upon Him. New York, March 27.—Frank Tan- nenbaum, the youthful leader of the Industrial Workers of the World, who recently led a crowd of between two and three hundred homeless men into New York churches where he demand- ed food and shelter for his followers, was tonight found guilty of participat- ing in an unlawful assemblage. The jury that has been hearing the case against him deliberated about an Lour. Immediately after the verdict was found Judge Wadhams in the | court of general sessions sentenced nnenbaum to one yvear in the peni- tentiary and in addition Imposed a fine of §500 with imprisonment of one day for each dollar not paid Before the case was given to the jury Tannenbaum, at times highly excited, told his story on the stand. He ad- mitted he had led his “army of unem- ploved” into the churches and that on the evening he and the “army” invad- ed St. Alphonsus’ Catholic church he had addressed a large crowd in Rut- gers Square. He denied that disorder occurred in the church. 1 On_ cross-examination Tannenbaum said his occupation was that of a "bus boy or waiter's helper; that he was 21 | years old, had been in this country nine years and was not a citizen of the | United States. Immediatly after sentence was im- inf the Tombs_ where he will remain until transported to the penitentiary. THE TEXAS BLOCKED BY BROOKLYN BRIDGE. Wireless Masts Had to Be Lowered to Enable Her to Pass Under It. New York, March 27.—The first op- portunity to gauge the Immenstty of the new super-dreadnought Texas, the most powerful battleship in commis- sion, came to New Yorkers today,when the battleship slowed down like a dis- gruntled giant before the prohibitive girders of Brooklyn bridge. Under these same girders, which are a distance of 125 feet from the water the tallest sailing vessels had passed with space to spare, but the wireless poles of the Texas overtopped the girders at the center of the bridga by five feet. Any one of the cheering rowd which gathered on the center of the bridge could have jumped into the basket of the fire control top with- out appreciable risk. Standing in this basket, the ship’s flag officer, signalled the pilot, upon the lewering of the wireless masts, that there was five feet of head room. The throb of the bat- tleship’s engines became slower and the big Dbattleship slid under the bridge. OBITUARY Mrs, George W. Noyes. Mystic, March 27.— 1ily (Fish) Denison, widow of George W. Noyes, passed away at her homs in Mystic on March 25th. She was born in Mystic, March 13, 1881, the daughter of Isaac and Levina Den- ison and was seventh in a family of nine children, only one of whom, Mrs. Benjamin Burrows, of Mystic, survives. Among these children were the Rev. Frederic Denison, at one time a pastor city and John L. Denison, a superin- tendent of its Bible school for more than twenty-five years. In 1842 she united with the Union Baptist church of Mystic during the great revival under the preaching of Rev, Jabex Swan. She was married in 1856 to George W. Noy the first cashier of the Mystic River National bank. After her marriage she attend- | ed the Mystic Bridge Congregational member and always took an active interest in it swork and in that of her home church so well. Her husband’s death occurred in February, 1866 Mrs. oyes possessed an unusually cheerful temperament and was unfail- ing in her thought of othtrs. She was always ready to help those who were in distress, or who in any way needed her assistance. ie had been an In- valid for seven years but for the last eleven months hed been confined al- most entirely to her bed. During th that loving Her eighty-third ands could bestow. | birthday occurred | on the_ thirteenth of this month, at | which time she was surrounded by members of her family. From this time until her death she slept peace- y_and entered the heavenly rest for which she was so_well prepared. She leaves one son, George Frederic oyes of this cliy, a stepson, Edwin B, Noves of Mystic, several grandchildren and many nephews and nieces, among hom are Mra. John H. Cranston and Charles D, Noves of Norwich. A step- daughter, Mrs. John Gallup and step- m, Harry B. Noves, died several years ago. the wife of the latter having lf with her and been her constant com- panion and comfort of her declining vears. Sale of the Nantucket Ordered. Norfolk, Va., Maroh —United States Judge Waddill today directed | ale of the Merchants and AMiners’ | Transportation company's steamer Nantucket, held In limited llability proceedings following her libel for $1,- 000,000 by the Old Dominion Steamship after the Nantucket had rammed and sunk the steamer Monroe at sea January 80. Reports from ma- rine engineers showed the Nantuck- et's estimated value te be $175,000, | & plea for every Mexican People nof Understood BISHOP HAMILTON PLEADS THEIR CAUSE. AT M. E. CONFERENCE Compares Conditions with Libby and Andersonville—Bryan’s Grape-Juice Policy- Endorsed by a Speaker. (Special to The Bulletin.) Willimantic, March 27.—Friday was known as Efficiency Day in the pro- gramme of the New England South- ern conference of the Methodist church, now in session in this city. The morn- ing session was given over to the Reluctant to | Ketire Seely ASQUITH NOT READY TO RELIEVE SITUATION. | Seely’s Appointment Characterized as a Mistake by London Paper—Another Cabinet Council to Be Held Today. London, March he political sit- uation tonight appeared to be un- changed. Another cabinet council will be held tomorrow morning and no offi- cial declaration as to what course Field Marshal Sir John French, chief of the general staff, and General Sir John GETS THE BUYERS AND SELLERS TOGETHER has “Follow the man who uses printer’s for many a man who has wanted to grow, and it 2] to every one who seeks te develop trade, be he in the city or the builded busin pl country. Advertising h offered by Farm and Fires people who want to buy dir would gladly sell direct f gained by that mode of selling gether. All that is necessary newspapers of the neare: farmer should not be b him advertise Smith’s pot has to sell. Do it in a manner Smith is proud of his cabbages. ct, rge ink” is advice which its value for the farmer and a good suggestion is de when the or the sake All that remains is for them to get to- is a small city. shful about having his name easily seen. oes, Smith’s cabbages or whatever Smith that People will more readily buy of a man it says: “The cities are full of country is full of farmers who of the additional profits to be play advertisement in the in tge ad the Let And writing will leave the impression that when he stamps his name on his goods in a manner which shows that he is not afraid to be known as t he! This is applicable to all kinds « of getting the farmer or those with something to together is through The Bullef The Bulletin guarantees it In the past week the following Make onsor.” advertising and the sell, and the buyers and that is what best means matt and been read daily by at least 45,000: Bulletin Telograph Local General Total Saturday, Mar. 21.. 84 150 980 1214 Monday, Mar. 23.. 86 138 267 491 Tuesday, Mar. 24.. 83 144 244 471 Wednesday, Mar. 25.. 88 128 288 504 Thursday, Mar. 26.. 104 261 265 630 Friday, Mar. 27.. 87 76 190 353 Polals ot iociaine839 897 22343663 the seven phases o church work, each ably represented by speakers actively associated with the work of the church along those lines. In the afternoon the new fingn- cial plan was expounded by men well known n the ranks of Methodists, and who have been largely responsible for the budget system and the every ber canvass as means of qu religious activity and putting rious churches on a definite, financial footing. While the men were ferent phases of the afternoon the women and the Home Mission meetings in the Bapt presentation of considering dif- project in the t church, which were well attended and interesting. addition, the Laymen’s association held In its annual meeting at 1 p. m Congregational church house. At the evening session, the chief feature was an address by Bishop John W. ton upon the Mexican Crisis. F per was enjoyed in the church ve: 2t 6 o'clock, between the sessions the conference, in the Today's Programme, Today will open up a little more of the social side, with the bishop’s r ception at the parsonage in the after- noon and the pilgrimage to historic points conducted by the Business Men's association. There will be meetings of the conference at 8.20 at 2 and at 7.30. The morning conference Friday be- gan with devotions as usual and was resided ov 3 milton. President Irwin o academy gave a short talk on th ject of education, referring to M man and the splendid work which it was doing, and sayiny it was not the church itself which was doinge the Methodist work, but the institn and organizations of the church, Tribute to Bryan's Grape-Juice Policy. The regular programme followed. Rev. John Lowe Fort was introduced by the bishop and explained the pro- gramme as an endeavor to present the work of the church as one work with seven differing phase, The first of e phases was pre- sented by Rev. True Wilson of Topeka, Kan. Church Temperanc: lined to the conterence. s of the amount and told what w the money. He made strong ¥ work : at hand with plea for newspaper public stated that the time is 5 work _ for amendment. - Bryan’s “grape-ju it in glow ing terms, and sp a fact th der the present administration the zone was “drv,” as was the U. Importance of Teacher-Training. The second speaker was liam I. Haven, secretary of odist Bi Rev. resented the claims of his s y Mculties and accomplishments. Sible, said he, created Puritanism and liberty in the Eng! re, and he closed with pne to become a Bible soclety of his own, and aid in o culating the work which “held the title deeds of the people.” Dr, Trenery of Wisconsin followed with'a talk upon the Sunday “The supreme business of tod he, “i8 to lay hold of the mind of the | child and for the futur clal emphasis him religlous trainin: The speaker laid esp upon teacher-training e and the adult Bible class. Educational Efferts of Church. ‘The Board of Education had an able Bovard, | must | representative who pleaded hat onnectionailze” and standardiz A K. institutions, as well as gelize” them, which latter he plained by saying that “an evangelist seeks to separate a man from his sins for the goed of his soul, while a “finangelist” (Continued on page threc) Rev, W. S the church wi- | he Meth- | cigned, the government wouid not flinch breadth from the task it had meeting. Reluctant to Remove Seely, leader in 1 London, | Gen avon for ough third avalry e, at C | coming to the capital, to be premature. He is | ragh camp. The continuation of the crisis tributed to Premier Asquith’s tance to remove Colonel Seel the post of of w of of rragh the camp, still Colonei his port- and Premier As- having him do so ares that when he leff the Unio he took his old mental fur- niture with him and never really be- came a Liberal. It adds that it w a great mistake to put him into war office, harder muscle—like John Burns, pres- ident of the local government board, or Walter Runciman, ‘board of agriculture— he ne determination to put the army place and restore the authority of parliament has through“the country and adds: its | Concession to Labor Party Suggested “If the ernment will lead, and good; if not, other champions w. next parliamer | heretofore always themselves to the The Liberal leade ve declined to b labor party in It is said a large section of therefore are anxious to reach a set- tlement of the home rule question consent, Percy Holden Tliingworth, chief Lib- eral whip in _the that officer in every the army re- ja ha in hand . Steamers Reported by Wireless. Sable Islgnd, March | Colorado, Hull for E. | York, sig: on and Boston at 11.30 a. m. New York, March | mistocles, Piraeus for er Barbro: Bremen for New Y t 410 p. ny. Cape Race, er Philadelph York, sign Hook at Monday. Steamer Grampian, Glasgow for Bos- ton, signalled 430 $ B om. m.| Dock 8.30 5. m. . F., March 2 a, Seuthampton for New lled 1101 miles off Sandy p. m. Dock 8.30 a. m. | DISSENSIONS IN CABINET adjutant general of the Unionist adier scemed tonight would satisfy Generals s the The Nation suggests that a man of president of the is needed to cope ith the present situation in the army. paper declares that a wave n threatened swept ell 1 nd Won't Flinch If Every Officer Resigns. | the | Unionist party realize this danger and | ouse of commons, in a speech at Blackburn tonight declared Steamer New alled 600 miles east of Bos- | —Steamer The- | w York, sig- m- signalled 193 miles cast of Sandy Took | | Satur- Steam- | miles southeast at | Condensed Telegrams The First Carload of Argentine corn has arrived in Chicago. Teachers East Liverpool, a labor union. in the Public Schools at Ohio, are organizing Health Conditions among the In- dians is described as deplorable by Indian Commissioner Sells. The Will of the Late Frederick Townsend Martin, estimates his es- tate at “More than $500,000.” The Senate Yesterday passed with- | out division a compromise bill to reg- ulate trading in cotton futures. As a Nuptial Offering William Rus- sell Grace, of Great Neck, L. L, gave $25,000 to the local Roman Catholic church. Lieutenant Commander C. R. Train, has been detailed as naval at- the American embassy at American Made Automobiles are gaining in favor abroad while foreign made cars are losing their popularity in this country. A “Jack the Clipper” again invaded ‘West Philadelphia cutting 18 inches of hair from the head of Helen Faulk- ner, 12 years old. “General” Kelley's Army of the un- employed, numbering 106, has reached the outskirts of Denver on the way to Washington, D. C. Secretary Daniels reported to con- gress yesterday that coal from the Bering River fields in Alaska was un- suitable for use by the navy. The lowa Board of Education yes- terday accepted the resignation of John G. Bow, president of the Uni- versity of lowa, effective March 31 President Ellen F. Pendleton an- nounced yesterday that arrangements made assured that the Wellesley col- would be resumed on sessions | A Native of Hillsboro, N. H., Benja- min Franklin Keith, the vaudeville ragnate who died at Pal Beach Thur night, had lived in New Eng- land all his li Robert White, Aged 30, of Taunton, emploved in the Warren ho- t Worcester, attempted suicide | rday by drinking nitrc acid dur- {ing a fit of insanity. Luke A. Grace, widely know: missionary of the Roman Ca. church, died yesterday at the St. Vincent de Paul, Ger- Philadelphia. Rev. as a tholic rectory mantown, Silk Workers at Paterson, N. J, adopted a resolution agreeing to strike for a nine hour day whenever the central committee of the Industrial Workers of the World issued the order. A Searching Party Found the body of Robert Purkis, an old resident of Harrison, Maine, in a hole in the ice at the mouth of Bear Brook. He had | broken through the ice while cross- ing. forces, w e, A The Bill Providing for the submis- et a T e i ek |aton to the voters of Maryiand. = i indrh Z : { constitutional amendment for state- | wide prohibition was killed in the e of delegates vesterday by a vote to 42 Robert M. Friedman, a civil en- gineer, fell or jumped yesterday from the 24th floor of the new municipal building at New York, landed on the cornice of the 12th floor and was in- stantly killed. Miss Mattie R. Tyler, 70 years old, | a granddaughter of former President Tyler, went to the White House yes- to plead with President Wil- son to con ue her as postmaster at | Courtland, Va. The Oyster Steamer James Morgan, | nearly a century old, filled apd sank as she was en & the harbor at Bris- tol, R. I, yesterday with a full cargo. The steamer’Amerique also took off the cly Nation, which may be | THe St ! regarded as organ of ‘Changelior | *= Tiembers ot the’ crewC o G Dol @he ] The New Massachusstts Law pro- i s Colt | hiviting the employment of children | between 14 and 15 years of age, more | than eight hours a resulted in the | discharge during the first years of 4,- 000 out of between 25,000 and 30,000 | A Fund Estimated at $400,000 will be ated for the maintenance of Cor- nell of _deserving male grad the Williamsport, Pa., ¢ the final disposition of ate of the late Alfred D. Her- mance. Twenty Pupils and their teacher were burned and stunned by lightning which struck a school building at Wy- andot, near Upper Sandusky, Ohio, yesterday. ery pupil was knocked down and many of them were rendered unconscious. i | | Two Hundred Employes of the Wy- e roas St ion 1u h anced by | andotte Worsted mill and_the Chaso the Nation S har ihahen advanced BY | Shoddy mill at Waterville, Maine, were | should” strike a bargain by ensuring | Eiven an enforced vacation yesterday | the labor party a hundred seats in ths | PY_Closing for an indefinite period of these mills’ hecause of weavers and loom fixers. a strike of 45 Mrs. John T. Sterling, former P e oy | vice T M erten o the Natlon's sUEECston | . esident general of the National So- | ot the army versus parliament it iy | clety. Daughters of the American Rev- not improbable, as the radical news- | olutlon and through whose efforts a papers claim, that the new coalition | lower step was placed on high open Would sweep the country | troll s, died at her home at % | Bridgeport of cancer. She was 358 vears old. | g Because of the Prevalence of pow- dery scab disease in potatoes In por- tions of Northern Maine the depart- | ment of agricuiture vesterday warned | ETowers to accept only seed potatoes | from Arcostook county, Maine, bearing | the certificates of the Maine depart- ment of agriculture. David S. Rose and Theobald Otjen, | defeated candidates for mayor of Mil- ! waukee in Tuesday’s primaries, yester- | day announced that they would unite | forces with those of Mayor Gerhard A. | Bading, the successful candidate on | the non-partisan ticket in an endeavar to defeat the socialist candidate, Emil Stidel. | ton at a. m, Sy S o Steamer Kingstonlan, ILendon for Steamship Ar | Boston, slgnalled 690 miles east of . et Alexandria 3 Mareh 26.—Steamer Cel- tie, nalled 250 miles east of Sandy Hook | PeTator, New York for Southampton ok o and Hambursg. at noon. Dock at 2 p. m. urday. | *75 3 i agconsett, Maas,Marell St ! Iymouth, March 27.—Steamer Oece- New York for Southampten, Palermo, March 21 New York for P | New Yerlk, March raine Havre. Steamer La | King’s Gold Medal to Dr. Rice. i Lendon, March 27.—The Royal Gee- | graphical society ha advanced the kin; old medal to Dr. Hamilton Rice of Boston, Mass., for his work of ex- i ploration of South America the City’s Population Repeal Forces Have Majority FIRST TEST A VICTORY FOR THE PRESIDENT, FINAL VOTE TUESDAY Debate Limited to Twenty Houre—An Exciting Day in House—Question Warmly Debated in the Senate, Washington, March —President Wilson today won the opening skir- mish of the greatest legislative battle of his administration, when the house, over bitter protests from the recos- nized democratic leaders, and almost solid minority opposition, adopted a special rule for the consideration of the bill repealing the free tolls provision of the Panama Canal act. Speaker Clark, Democratic Leader Underwood, Republican Leader Mann and progres- sive leader Murdock were at the head of those lined up against the admin- istration, but the house responded to the president’s personal appeal for prompt consideration of the repeal bill as a means of supporting his admin- istration’s foreign policy. Two votes demonstrated the prea- ident’s commanding influence with his. party in congress. On the first test.'’ a motion to end debate and preclude amendment on_the rule carried by a vote of 207 to 176; the rule itself was adopted 200 to 172, e Repeal Confidently Predicted. Nothing to compare with the scens today had occurred in the house since the famous Cannon rules fight four years ago. In vain Representative Un- derwood took the fioor of the house and urged his colieagues to vote against the rule. The rank and file democrats, after lis ening to threa hours of passionate argument, swung into the president’s column, 199 of them voting to prevent the amendment of the special rule, while only 55 fol~ lowed the leaders In joining with the minority in opposition. Tonight administration supporters considered the cructal point passed and jubilantly predicted the passage of the repeal bill itself Tuesday or Wed- nesday by a majority of more than 100, Several of the twenty hours allowed for debate under the rule had been consumed when the house adjourmed, and with the speech-making contin- uing without interruption, it was thought the final vote could be reach- ed late Tuesday afternoon. Eight Republicans with Majority. Only eight republicans jolned the majority in support of the administra- tion’s programme, but it was conceded tonight by leaders on both sides that many republicans who voted against the preliminary administration would vote eventually for the repeal. The solid progressive dslegation of the house. led by Representative Murdack of Kansas, was aligned agatnst the majority. President Wilson's triumph was eon- sidered most notable dy the rank and file of all parties because of the un- usual alignment of forces with the democratic ranks. Two men who had sought with him the prestdential nom-— ination at the hands of the party— one the speaker of the house and the other the floor leader of the dominamt party—were openly and actively array- ed against him. Speaker Clark, though he did not take the floor today, had issued his elsventh hour attack uponm the plans of the president’s friends to limit debate and announced that he would speak against the repeal bIH Tuesday. Representative Underwood, who has been in the open against the president on the issue, pleaded urgent- ly against the rule, and later delivered an attack on President Wilson's pol- icy, denouncing the repeal of the toll exemption as an economic mistake and declaring the president to be wrong in his conclusion that exemption is In violation of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, Mahan Votes with Minority, Other democratic chieftains, among them Representatives Kitchin of North Carolina, broke with the president. Yet, in the face of this opposition from men who heretofore had but to raise thetr volces to have the democrats of the house follow them, the presidemt won within the party membership by nearly four to onme. Mahan was re- corded against the president. While the house was engaged in the initial and decisivesstruggle of the con- flict. the controversy was the medium of enlivening discussion in the senate. Senator Owen, in a speech voicing the president’s position, declared that toll exemption never had ben supported by & majority of the democrats in con- gress and pleaded dramatically for his colleagues to uphold the homor of the nation. Senator James and Semator O'Gorman, the latter leading the re- volt agalnst the president In the upper houses, engaged in a stirring colloguy, while Senator Gallinger introduced s resolution as a substitute for one In- troduced yesterday by Senator Lewis which would declare It the sense af the American congress that it had the right to exempt American coastwiss ships from canal tolls. i | STENOGRAPHER STOLE $1500 DIAMOND RING. Former Employer of President Wilson Charged With Grand Larceny. New York, March 27.—Onde stenog- rpaher to Woodrow Wilson, when he was governor of New Jersey, she de- clares, Mary Hazen, & young woman of Trenton, was held today in $1,500 bail in general sessions court on a charge of grand larceny. Miss Huzen was ar- rested on the complaint of Mrs. Lora Studebaker, wife of a member of a | manufacturing firm, that while Mlss Hazen was paying her a social call several weeks ago she left the room for a moment and when she returned Miss Hazen was gone and S0 was a dlamond ring worth $1.500 which had been on the bureau of the dressing room| At Trenton a few days later, accord- ing to Mrs. Studebaker’s statement to the district attorney, Miss Hazen sor- rowfully admitted her offence and sur- rendered a ticket for the ring, which had been pawned in this city. Mature reflection, the complainant states, caused her to present the matter to the district attorney. Miss Hazen, who pleaded not gulity, was released on fupnishing bail. Five Years for Mail Swindier. Detreit, Mieh, March 37.—E. R. Ki- ger, allas K. R. Jordan, pleaded ity in federal court toddy to o ng a ‘wholesale mail erder swindling busi- ness at Frenton, a Detroft suburb, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 and spend five years in prison. He ad- vertised goods for sale on an install ment basis, but failed to deliver -them,