Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 18, 1914, Page 1

Planning to Cut Mexican Capital off from Its Elec- tric Lighting and Power Plant e 3 CAMPING ALONG COAST NORTH OF VERA CRUZ A Band of Revolutionists is Endeavoring to Capture Tierra Blanca, Which Would Break General Huerta’s Last Line ministration is Hustling Sanitary Work at Vera Cruz— Five Hundred Natives Being Used for General Clean Up Work--Advance Guard of Mexican Peace Party On Its Way to Niagara Falls. Vera Cruz, May 17.—A detachme: from the constitutionalists who hav b mping along the coast north of Vera Cruz may be sent on a short cut the countFy directly toiwalds the t is thought by military men here. That the constitutionaiisis will at i to worry the federals now in front of the American lines, hawever, is_considered improbable. it is gencraly. believed that the greater part of the cofstitutionalist army under General Gonzales “will be se:t forward from Tampido to unil ‘tih the main body of these in the interior in a campaign against Saltillo and San Luis Potos, but that tho: under General Candido Augilar, who ocupied Tuxpan, will be sent into th in‘erior ayer a trail through the moun- tains and jungle, that would bring them out in the vicinity of Necaxa, where the electrical energy is generat- ed for Mexico City and the large ter- ritory surrounding. the capital. capits This wouid Jenbe them some distance | from the capital, but woald enable them, i~ co-operation with the smaller organiz:tion alresdy, operating in that district. {o cut (the eapital off from light and power, thos' making the po- sition of President Huerta and the ideniz of Mexico City extremely ar: and adding materially to the seer on account Of . the : facilitles which darkness would give the mob element. Aguillar could also.bs utillzed to advantage in that part of the coun- try to organize numerous- bands- of eonstitutionalists who are.as yet op- ! erating independently. = To the south of Vera Cruz & band of revolutionists under Dr. Camacho has’ been meeting with considerable su: ss, his forces last a3 wute rounding Tierra a division point on the Ve Isthmus railroad, hres oibw small garrison. would pe valuable to the constitution- alisps, &1t would enable them to brefk erferal Huerta's last iite of comi- inunication with the east coast. phase of the occupation -of:can ‘“snipers”. A ok Blaiey that it would prob- resalt in stopping the train ser- from the capital to Puerto Mexico ad i rfare seriously with the depar- ture of refugees. It is reported that anather refugee train will be sent over | that route tomorrow. When paseen- gers who arrived here this morning left Mexico City vesterday 300 foreign- ers bad signed their names for pas- sage by that train. Sanitary Measures in Vera Cruz. The sanitary work at Vera Cruz un- der the American administration is edinz vigorously, but the doctors = finding the task easy owing to the work dome by the Mexican officials in the lasi few vears. Colonel H. P. Birmingham of the medical corps directing the sagitation, and his staff are all experiented inm work of this character. They have been alded by Dr. Johr Guiteras, chief sanitary offi- cer of Havana, and a house to house inspection has been completed The i divided into three district, and 0 natives are being utilized for the general clean-up. No increase in_sickness in the city has been reported and the majority of native cases in the hospitals are re- ceding. Every measure taken has been in conformity with the Mexican lews, which are ample and. modern, covering all points, such as compul- sory vaccination and the igfliction of fines for uncleanly houses. A Mexican lawyer from the capital is ziding in the work of compiling the laws for the use of the American officers. vera Cruz was once considered the pesthole of the gulf coast and was 's:unmd by tourists h?—\:llo of_yellow ver and smallpox. _Under Porfirio Diaz it was thorouglily _cleaned up, modern sewers were sstablished and oil was applied to standing wa- mosquitoes being virtually elim- . The American ‘authorities are v enforcing rigidly the .regula- tions then enacted. - The provost mar- shal is handling the native population on similar lines, applying the Mexican laws. Foreign residents are held ac- countable under military laws promul- gated by Brigadier General Funston and are being dealt with entirelr by the soldier police. D PEACE CONFERENCE TO OPEN WEDNESDAY. Several Meetings Have Becn Held- B, tween Representatives and Enveys. Washington, May 17.—After a day of confererce betweéen the thres repre- sentatives of the. Huerta government, the South Amrican mediators and (he American delesates, e advance guard in the Mexican ion proeeedings is now actmally on its way to Niagara Fulls for the conference ot open.there part: Senors Rabasa, oo siite: MY B elock this af iarge sul 3 o termoon fot. Naw-York, Trhere tiey, will fore, proceed- | delegates. Also the meeting between Justie Laniar and Mr. Lehmann and \!i';nme e Spanan sy’ Jast at em | night. while purely formal and soctal, | gave apportunity for closer mutual ex- cl than have been possible up to_this time. Before the Mexican party left today, Jot tary Bryan on Calumet Place | and made & call of eeremony by leav- ing their cards. Mr. Bryan returned delegutes at the hotel. There was no meeting between the secretary of state and the Mexicans. | delegates steadily refused to make any public statement regarding their mis- | sion, and it was only indirectly through | rep: they, falked while here, that a gen- eral lea of their viewpoint was ob- | Funston Reports Bridge Destroyed. The chief military development of |the day was a report from General 1on the Inter-Oceanic railroad, 28 miles {from Vera Cruz, had been destroyed. | This confirmed previous reports from )vations along _this route. General [Funston did not say how the bridge | had " been destroved, but it was as- done_ by, federal soldiers. The bridse, which spanned a ravine and the river Antigua, was of steel construction, 168 | dffect, ‘communicdtion ~ with Mexico City, as the principal route s over also reported ru- ! mora_that. G Navarette, the fed- ! eral eomman Lot Vera Crus with a force-of 3,000 men, officials’ ever, ette. has. S0 many troops in his, ‘dommand. General said the five Mexi- South Americans, had been released, in"accordance with instructions -re- ceived from Secretary Garrison. | spent-several hours at their desks to- day, but both announced that no new ordérs had been issued affecting naval Secretary Daniels came twice to fhe navy department-for.consultation with his. aides, but upon leaving late in the ing engagements, said no reports had been_ recelved from any of his_com- manders in Mexican waters. Secre- General Wotherspoon, chief of staff. Mexicans Refuse Hospitality. the departure of the Mexi. by of thelr hotel and chatted with resident Mexicans. ~ The state depari- ment had_engaged quarters for the ed that they must pay_their own bills. Ambassador Riano, Madame Riano and the staff of the Spanish embassy them farewell. Though the Mexicans would make no statement, declaring that. it would thing in advance of the negotiations it was learned from Quarters in clase touch with them that they are de- chances for mediation. Mexicans and other persons who talked with them say that they realize that the pres- fast crumbling and that the choice of “someone to succeed Huerta ls in- evitable, But, concerning the retire- to be‘most interested in the vital B tion of what is to follow, what 2 antees are to be obtained against pos- invading constitutionalists, what pro- tection will be made against condi- tions of and what kind of will secure woMd-wide . recognition, can be set up. Persons close to the delegates em- represent the Hurta govrnment at the ‘mediation nol“‘B\larflll‘J" or the représentatives of any group of interests of the people in the ter- ritory controlled by the Mexican fed- eral government. Though theoterically ternational | Guestion—the _differences which arosd with the United States out of the Tampieo ineldent—private- allv is the problem of pacification of Mexico. - Also, those close to Presi- dent Wilson and Becretary Bryan may is no longer the fallure of Huerta to ! salute, or the offenses committed against the dignity of the United States, { the three delegates drove to the home the call by leaving his cards for the Throughout their stay the Mexican 1 gentative Mexicans with whom tained. | Fungton that the San Francisco bridge naval aviators, who had made obser- | sumed by officials here that it was feet long.: .Its' destruction will not the Sexicen Cypital railroed. - was in, the vicinity | Army. e N ously doubted, how- first believed to be Secretaries Garrison and Daniels or military. movements in Mexigo. day to go south to fulfill some speak- tary Garrion was in conference with can deihguten thiy wers shout the b delogates but they courteously Insist- went to the rallroad station to bid be inexpedient for them to say any- cidedly optimistic concerning the ent administration in Mexico City 1s ment of Huerta the delegates are said sible_confiscation of property by -the government, thay will be stable and phasized that the three men who would 8, but were. representative of the the delegates are dealing with an in- Jy they admit that before them actu- the question which s to be mediated but the broad question of paci- fying Mexico. - In fact, those who best know the viewpoint of the Washing- ton government declared American troops will mot be withdrawn from | Vera Cruz until a stable government is “established or is in sight in Mex- ico City. - CIVILIZED INDIAN RETURNS TO WILDERNESS. Two White Men Accompany ‘Him to Live as: Redmen Did of Yore. San Franelsco, May 17—Ishd, an In- 4ian who & couple of lears ago was, brought frém wilds of Tehame county by the University of California ant and: ht the -ways of ejvilization In San Francisco, has returned to the wilderness, 3 o m'l.ci_l::l'" l-{u will ol unts in the em to kill wild game arrow, to build “fires | to live as red- That of Any Cabled Paragraphs New Peruvian Premier. Lima, Pefu, May d7—General Pedro Muniz, the new SO via mallkter of war, will also act as premier in the cabinet formed by President Benavides who was Friday elected to office to succeed the exiled President Bill- inghurst. v Death Sentence for Murder. Tokio, May 17.—Sentence of death has been ‘pronounced by the court of appeals on Tomitary W. & Ko- rean, fl{ the am“d‘nl nl-“!h. tkhll year, of < le Mot Stryker, 'ormeriy O%Ha..:. N, J, whe was head of the hospital near Holkol, Ko- rea, AUTOS IN COLLISION NEAR STAMFORD One Man Perhaps Fatally Injured and Ancther Seriously Hurt. Stamford. Conn.. May 17.—One man is perhaps fatally hurt, and another seriously injured, the result of an au- tomobile crash on the highway be- tween Mianus and Riverside late to- night. “An automobile driven by John D. Curtls of Greenwich, who was ac- companied by Robert Mitchell of New York, struck a machine owned by a man said to be A. D.'Clark of Little- ton, N. H. The New Hampshire auto was knocked across the trolley tracks against an embankment, was over- tutned aud then caught fire. Clark was pulled from his blazing machine, but not until he was badly burned. Mitchell and Curtis were both thrown from . their machine and the former seriously injured. J. U. Comstock and his brother, of New York, came by soon after the accident in their racing car and they notified the police here, who sent out an ambulance. At the Stamforl hos- ital late tonight, it was said that Mr. lark's condition ‘was critical. Mitchell, it is Delieved, has a fighting chance for recovery. Curtis was later “arrested, charged with_reckless driving. Curts is a New York broker, who lives in Greenwich. Mr. Mitchell was corinected with him in his office, Cur- tis says that when he first saw the Clark machine it was “stuck” in the middle of the road and was apparently on_fire, The Curtis auto was not badly dam- aged, but the New Hampshire car was wrecked, EFFECT OF NEW TARIFF UPON AMERICAN EXPORTS To Be Topic Before National Associ tion of Manufacturers. New York, May 17.—The effect of the new tl.rfll upon American exports will be déalt with in reports of the foreign trade department of the ‘Na- tional Association of Manufacturers, as based on observation of its 2,300 agents, and presented at the conven- tion of the association to be held here tomorrow and Wed: announced tonight by “association together with the namies of many of the. principal speakers. Addresses are to be given by C:. W. Price of the Wisconsin - Industrial | commission; Prof. Breckenridge of Yale university: Edwin. G. Cooley, educator of Chi- cago: J. Schereschevsky of the public health department at Washington; James A. Emery, C. J. Medzikovsky, Russian commercial attache at Wash- ington and Manuel Gonzales, Costa Rican consul general in New York city. VERA CRUZ PATIENTS ARE DOING WELL. 41 Convalescents to Return on Solace To Rejoin Comrades in Mexico. New York. May 17—All of the pa- tients, including the amputation cases brought here from Vera Cruz by the hospital ship Solace, are doing well, according to D, C. G. Smith, in charga of the naval hospital in the Brook- Iyn Navy yard. The hospital was opened yesterday to callers for the first time since the arrival of the Solace. Throngs of rel- atives and friends called on the men during the day. - The navy department acceded to the earnest request of the 41 _convales- cents that they be permitted to rejoin their comrades in Vera Cruz. They will go back on the Solace when she sails, provided their condition is fa- vorable at that time. The Solace was placed in dry dock yesterday. She is badly in need of repaifs and may not be able to leave for Vera Cruz on June 9, as ordered by the navy department. THAW TO SPEND SUMMER IN WHITE MOUNTAINS To 'First Visit S8ummer Home Near Newark, N. J. Concord, N. H, May 17—With a week Harry K. Traw will leave this city, where he has lived for eight months at & hotel. Sheriff Holman A. Drew of Coos county, Thaw's custo- dian, is d master’ of the Masonio Grand I of New Hampshire, which meets here next week, and at the con- clusion of the meetings, he and his charge will be the guests of Thaw's room mate and constant companiom, Policeman Clark D. Stevens of this city, at Steven's eamp, Lake Massa- seoum, near Bradferd. Later they will visit W. A. Halsey of Newark, N. J., at his summer homa on the shores of Lake Sunapee. 3 Thaw, Drew and Stevens will loeato on June 1 at a hotel at Gerham, where they will spend much of the summer. Gorham is nmear Berlin, Sheriff. Drew’s home, and is one of the gateways to the White Mountains. OBITUARY. William M. Curtls, Conn., May 17.—Dr. William M. Curtis, & well known physician, | died at_his home today after an il ness of several months of Brights | disease and plenrisy. He was born in Norfolk 44 vears ago. He received his medical education at Yale and the College of Physicians and Surgeons. ( For a time he practiced In Cornwall and represented the town in the gen- eral assembly in 1900. He had been a resident of 1 for the ll.nm(':lrxo ears. He was/prominent In the fra- Yernal orders. His widow 'and daughter survive, 18 Gambling Chinamen Arrested. New_Haven, ‘Conn., May 17.—Righ- teen Chinese wers arrested for gam- bling in a raid temight on a Chinese | beardiag heuse in Geerge strest. One of them trisd to e, Ut U5 o~ lice ~ulled their revel and he gave himself up. They were held in bonds of $200 each for a D: Bristol |Consul General Tm’sfiiws of - Dies at London| Mexican Trouble HEART DISEASE BRINGS SUDDEN END TO JOHN L. GRIFFITHS. But Was Considered Completely Con- valescent Until the Final Attack— Nothing Decided Regarding Funeral. London, May 17.—Jon L. Griffiths, the American consul-general at Lon- don, died suddenly tonight at his res- idence, of heart disease. Congul Grifiiths had suffered from a slight ‘iliness recently, but was consid- ered completely convalescent. He was out and doing teday and was appar- ently quite well until the fatal at- tack. Nothing was decided tonight regarding the funeral. 92 John J. Grifiiths was born in Ne York Oct. 7, 1855, He studied law the State universiiy of Iowa and was admitted to the bar at Indianapolis, where he practiced for a time. He was appointeq consul at Liverpool in 1905 and consul general at London in 1909. His wife was Caroline Hende son, of Lafayette, Ind., whom he mar- rled in 1889 Mr. Grifiths was engaged in writ- ing the life of ex-President Benja- min. Harrison. AMERICAN . BRIG CAPTURED BY MEXICAN TRANSPORT Refugees Bring Tales of Atrocities on West Coast of Mexico—Confirm Kill- ing of C. B, Hoadley, of Branford, Conn. San Francisco, May 17.—Details" of the murder of Americans, the cap- ture by a Mexican transport of the American_brig Geneva, the imprison- ment of United States Consul Clem- ent S. Edwards of Acapulco and many atrocities on the west coast of Mex- ico, were brought in today by the offi- cers and 150 refugees on the British steamer Cetriano, which arrived from Manzanillo. The story of the taking of the Gen- eva was told by Captain Ferguson of the Geneva to Lieutenant Edward J. Minster, royal naval reserve com- mander’ of the" Cetriana, Lieutenant Minister got his steamer, loaded with refugees, away from Man- zanillo by daring and skilliful action on April 28 when he believed the Mex- icans were preparing to burn it at the dock by firing and dynamiting the ‘wharves. ~ According to the refugees, when news of capture of Vera Cruz by States... ‘the. west coast, it was taken by the Mexicans as thé beginning of war. The Mexicans were inflamed to a pitch, thep say, and the Amer- icans abandoried thelr homes and fled. All believe they would have been killed if they had stayed. As-the Cetriana got away from the dock, manoeuvring adroitly out of what is reported to be an attempt to hem it in by four Mexican steamers, a rifle fire was directed against it. Many of. the bullets struck the steamer. More than a score of murders, most- of Americans, were reported by the ‘etriana’s passengers, but it was dif- ficult to trace any of them to an au thoritative source. Two names were brought by the Cetriana of men who are said to be positively known victims of the Mex- ican anti-American feeling. They re- mained at work on the El Tovar mine and at a riot which was kindled into a flame of hatred for the “sringoem¥ C. B. Hoadley of Branford, Conn., and G. F. Williams, an Englishman, were killed, said the refugees. Other names of men believed to have been killed at Los Penas, between San Blas and Manznillo, are Ralph R. Ramsdell, J. H. James, Charles A. Kel- 50 and men named Nelson, MeAllister and Hi-delt. TWO PERSONS RUN DOWN BY AUTO AT SOUTHPORT A Woman Thrown 25 Feet—Died Without Regai g Consciousness. Bridgeport, Conn., May 18.—While walking along the trolley tracks =t Roundhouse Curve, Southport, about 3.30 o'clock tonight, waiting for a trolley car to carry them back to Bridgeport. Mrs. Florence Johnson and H, S. Crowell of this city were hit by an auto driven by Radcliffe Sprott, secretary of the Gas Appliance com- pany of Bridgeport and Mrs. Johuson was almost instantly killed while Crowell escaped with a bruised leg. Crowell and Mrs. Johnson had taken o trolley rade from Bridgeport to Southport and had gotten off one car and were walking along waiting for another to return when the auto came along behind them and struck both. Mrs. Johnson was thrown about 38 feet’ and her chest crushed in, caus- ing_internal injuries from which she died in a few minutes without re- gaining_eonsclousness, Mr. Sprott assisted in earrying the body_ into' a_nearby house and when Dr. Charles E. Hyde was called, wait- ed until the giri had died and then put himself in charge of the physician, Who called up the presecuting author- ities and arranged for Mr, Sprott’s ap- earance in court teday; It was stated ater by Medical Examiner Denaldson that Dever H. Warner, who is head of the Gas Appliance company, had assured the autherities that he would be respensible to. any amount for Mr. | Sprott’s appearance and this was ac- ceptable. 5 Governor Baldwin Favors Internation- al Arbitration, New Haven. Conn, May 17.—Gov- | ernor Simeon E. Baldwin, speaking to- night at o patriotic service at the | United Chureh on the Green, express- {8d the Delief that the friendly ser- | yices of the “A. B. C.” countrles of South America would result in driving away the Mexican war cloud. The governor spoke strongly in faver of International courts of arbitration for | settling all disputes. | dent Tatt also spoke briefly flar lines. long sim- Chartered Merchantman 8: New York, May 17—The steamship P_-nunm recently chartered by the War department, bas sailed from her | pler in South Brooklyn for Gaiveston. Fanama carried ammunitien, con- ng chiefly of shells for fleld piecs and small arms, and foodstuffs for the w o command -of Captain h Former Presi- | | qualifying. | er, went fishing in a rowbeat. DECLARES WILSON ERRED IN AIDING CONSTITUTIONALISTS WOULD BE COSTLY WAR Estimates It Would Take 400000 Men “Two or Three Years to Subdue Mex- ico—Cost Would be $1,000,000 Per Day New York, May 17—Wiiliam H. Taft gave his views on the Mexican situa- tion today in an address at the Frée Synagogue's Celebration of Peace Sun- day Whije the former President ex- pressed little hope that the pending mediation conference would accomplish its immediate purpose he declared that the offer Of mediation and our acceptance was an important step to- wards the future settiement of Inter- national difficulties in the western hemisphere. He asserted that thero was no popular pressure of military policy which the administration can- not resist. He said that the people ‘were determined to do their duty even should that duty involve war. But for ‘war, he added, the people have at pres- ent little enthusiasm. The criticism which Mr. Taft levelled at the Wilson administration had to do with the aid which, he said, the administration had given to the Mex- 12 (o my Judgment” ho sald, “that “It is my t” he l, if, in our course toward Mexico during the past year, we had not exerted such direct influence as we have, to aid one of the oohtanding parties, we should not now be so near general interven- tion and war.’ % He declared that 400,000 men and two or three years time and an expend- iture of $1,000,000 a day would be re- quired for’ the subjugation of Mexico should the present complications pro- duce war. In conclusion he called upon all American. to aid the President in his effort a find peace. Mr. Taft took the place today of Se retary JBryan, whose duties at Wash- ingtom' prevented him from fulfilling an engagement to address the congre gation upon “International Peace. Ogear Strauss representative of the Uhited States in the Hague confer- ence also spoke, He pointed out that the Russian-Japanese war was settled through mediation and that interfer- ence by an outside power in an inter- natioal dispute was no longer regard- ed as an unfriendly act. Mr. Taft's speech follows in part: other batticahips sssemiled ot Tampl: ps assembied at Tampi- co, v-b-: Cruz and Mazatian, with 5,000 or more of our regular army in possession of a Mexican city and with the reat-of cur-aveslable force assemb- ling at convenient stratgetic points for possible further invasion of Mexican territory it may occur to some that it is not appropriate to have a peace Sun- day or to hold a peace meeting. For those of us, however, who hope that we may not be invoived in further warlike activity, or in actual war, there could be no time more fitting for an expression of that hope. Time For Clear Understanding. “This is not a time for wishing that the past had been otherwise, but it is a time for candor and for clear under- standing of the situation. Our argu- ments and our hopes for peace will seem reasonable only when we make it clear that we are not blind to exist- ing conditions with deference to the views of others, it is my judgment that, if, in our course toward Mexico during the ldst year, we had not exerted such direct influence as we have, to aid one of the contending parties, we would not now be 8o near general interven- tion and war. Nor would we have been 80 responsible for law and order in Mexico to the world, as we are now likely to be if & new government comes into power through our influence. So much I think I should say in order that 1 may not be misunderstood. But not for this reason can 1 or anyone who agrees with me in this, fail to approve and applaud every honorable effort that our Government can make and is making to avoid Intervention and and further conflict. “I yield to no man in my earnest de- sire for peace and in my detestation of | war; but an advocacy of peace that ignores conditions and takes no note of what is practical s futile and inef- fective. Threatened war between two stable nations is much easier to deal with than such a condition as con fronts us in Mexico. 1 am glad to feel- that there is, a noteworthy movement toward the adoption of practical ma. chinery for avoiding war between ru sponsible government. NAVAL ACADEMY EXMS ARE NOT TOO SEVERE. Nearly All the Nominees Succeeded in Qualifying For Entrance. Washington, May 17—That the tests | required of candidates for admission | to the naval academy are not so severe as to be beyend the aspirations of the average American boy is the asser- tion of the navy department in a state- | ment issued teday referring to the en- | tranee examinations held at Annapolis | ou April 21, In support of its claim, | the department calls attention to the | large number of suceessful eandidates | at that time. The statement is in the nature of an answer to criticisms of the entrance examinatiens. At the examinations held on April 21, according to the department, bappened not infrequently that | the nominees, principals and alternates of certain congressmen succeeded in BROTHERS DROWNED { IN SWIMMING MATCH | Result of One Dollar Wager at Seuth Manchester. South Manchester, Cenn., Andrew and Frank Orloski, brothers, were drowned today in Glebe Hollow | pend, as the resuit of engaging in n] swimming match for a wager of $1. | The two, with Stephen, another broth- | When | about halfway back Andrew cried for May 17— | | help and Frank dived overboard and | swam to him. Andrew caught his | brother about the heaqd with a “death | grip™-and the two sank. - Stephen tried to save the two, but of no avail. The were recovered several hours after the accident. Andrew was 24 years ald and is unmglnu widow and three chil- | board Another case of buboni e has been Teported at Hav:m: e The battleship Oklahoma, building in New York, o r.’.:.per cent. com- Ppleted, - The First National bank of Gallatin, Tenn., waich was closed March reopened. Frederick D. Menk, former minister of public works in the Canadian cabd- inet, died in Montreal J. C. Adkins, assistant attorney - erai_at Washinglon, resigned 10 take up the practice of law, ., The new Forestry buildil New York State College of Agricul- ture at Ithaca, N. Y., was dedicated. Because of two leaks in the Erie canal between Utica and Syracuse navigation will be delayed for sev- eral day: g of the Mrs. Robert P. Doremus has given $75.000 to the Washington and Lee university at Lexington, Va, for a gymnasium. A picture of Champ Clark on a $10 bill caused a St. Louis grocer to be- come suspicious, It was declared counterfeit. t was announced ‘that the Chinese government would apply to the Five- Power banking group for a loan of $37,500,000. John Stuchwisch, his wife, and Os- car Maurer, were killed when their automoblle was struck by a train near Edwardsville, IIl, Francis Martin, a workman, fell 75 feet from a scaffold at Winooski, Ver- mont, landing on his head. He suffer- ed a bruised shoulder. “Arson squads” of suffrageites set fire to and destroved costly grand- stands at the cricket grounds at Dir- mingham and London, B. T. Galloway, assistant secretary of agriculture, will resign to become dean of the faculty of the New York State Agricultural college, About 2,000 miners, who were on strike despite an agreement with coal operators in the Kanawha, W. Va. flelds, have returned to work. Mayor Mitchell will ask for an ap- propriation of $100,000 to install an exhibit of the city of New York at the Panama-Pacific exposition. Thomas J. Ste of Oxford, La., shot and killed Miss Hattie Bovnton and then committed suicide. Steele leaves a widow and six children Oliver Madox Hueffer, correspondent of the London Dally Epress, has been expelled from Mexico City, although he was a bearers of a British pasgoprt. Adjutant General De Witt Hamilton has Teceived a gold medal from Gov= ernor Glynn in recognition of his 35 years of service in the National Guard. Aeroplane passenger service across San Francisco bay to Oakland. was begun with a regular schedule of trips. Mayor Rolph was the first passen- ger. Captain Edward D, er, of Lon- don was appointed manager of the international polo tournament to be played at the Panama-Pacific expo- | sition. The will of Franci ton yachtsman. lea: Sadie Carr Skinner, girl. The estate is 000,000. s .$250,000 to a former shop- valued at ski of Russia, brought her five children to America to search for her husband. him with a new wife and children, The Farmers’ bank, at Iowa, was closed. H. D. Himme' ident, filed a petition in with assets of $150,000 and liabilities $300,000, Joseph A. Wasserman, a former ro- liceman, who sued the Bronx Home Publishing Co. for $100,000 for libel, was awarded a verdict of six cents damages. Harley Beard, slayer of thres mem- bers of the Massle family, near Iron- ton, Ohio, said that he would return from Chicago fo rtrial without extra- dition papers. When arrested in Chicago, Henry Beard, 18 years old, confessed to mur- ering Mrs. Dennis Massie and her son and daughter, on their farm at Tronton, Ohio, After living since April 4 with a broken neck, Jonathan M. Price, of Providence, R. I, died todey. He w a chauffeur and was injured in an au- tomobile accident. Dr. Joseph E. A. Lanouotto, one of the foremost physicians in New Hamp- shire, died at his home in Manchester. He was a_native of Champlain Que. He was 664 years old. seppi Vicaretta, of Rochester, N tempted to shoot his wife. ' As pressed the trigger she grasped his wrist and the bullet entered his neck. killing him instantly The Brazilian minster at Mexico City in a report to the State Department expresser apprehension regarding number of Americans who have com- centrated at San Quentin. Noguchi Kamaskul Japanese steamsdip off d was arrested in Se- of $3,000 bond three of his The United Stat effirmed the . an Ohio newspaperman, who was to 27 months' imj sending scurrilous through the ma matter The general syned of the Reformed .. in the Unifed States has set 000 to aid forelgn missions. This action was taken on the reccim- mendation of the foreign mission of the church. The president sent (o the senate the momination of Charles V. Duffy, of Paterson. for coliector of internai revenue, Fifth district of New Jersey: and Charles Warren, of Beston, for assistant attorner general, Fire Destroys 11,000 Bales of Cotton. ADRIFT IN OPEN BOAT FOR Baut Five Alive of Sixteen Men When Re Bodies of Those Who Succumbed C of Those Rescued Were in a State. 5 Dboat load of fifteen who escaped in the third boat of the freight steamer Columbian burned at sea on May 3, were picked up today by the United States rcvenue cutter Semeca forty miles of Sable Island, according to a dispatch received here from the cut- ter tonight. When their short allowance of bis- tained 1life by chewing boot and the few stray crumbs of hard tack. Rain water served them when their water cask went dry. The first two days after drifting away from the flaming Columbian they saw three steamers, t0o far away to_be signalled. 2 The dispatch from Captain Johnson of the Sencca follows “Sable Island, S. S. Seneca. 10 .a m., forty miles south of Sabie Island rescued lifeboat with Officer Robert Teire, Sailors Oscar Kendall, Peter Be- Fireman Michael Ludwigsen, survivors of fifteen. Oiler George Hull died tenth. Peter Triel today. Others between, - namely Engineer Margetis, Fireman Anderson, Antonio, Richmer, Gustafson, Jakob, _ Boy | Dyckmen, Cook Schrimberger, Satlor j Christensen. Al died of exposure and hunger. Short allowance bis- cult and water. Eating biscuit crumbs !and boot leather when rescued. Saw three steamers firse two days, nome since. Much rain. Fine today. All under doctor doing well. “(Signed “JOHNSON.” Story Sent Out From /Hafifax. Halifax, N, S, May 17.—After thir- teen days of terrible suffering in an | open boat, four survivors of -the freight | steamer Columbian were picked %u« the North Adantic by ihe Usited States revenue cutter Scgeca (o |~y Eleven others of the boat’s which left the Columbian wh ‘was burned just south of Sable on May 3d had succumbed to. and privations and thelr bodles Bad been thrown overboad. The death roll of the lost freighter now stands at fifteen. Twenty-seven other members of the crew were saved by the Cunard liner Franconia and the steamer Manhatian after two days of exposure. The men snatched from death by the Seneca today were the first officer, whose niame was not given in the radio ch from that vessel, Seamen Tiese; Oscar Kendall and Peter Bellanger ahd Fireman Michael Lud- wigsen. The Seneca reported that she was hastening to Halifax and expected to reach there tomorrow morning. The survivors had lived om only a few ship's biscuits and a cask of water which had long since been exhausted They had gone the limit of human en- durance. Hope for this missing third boat had been abandoned after a dozen trans Atlantic liners searched for five days within a wide radius of the spot where the Columbian burst into flames. That was in the vicinity of latitude 41.19 north, longitude 59.35 west. To sea- W sue o8 a’ small boat could pass through the series of gales that has since swept those waters, and the news that the Seneca had picked up survivors was recelved almost with increduiity here, Survivers Too Weak to Tell Story. Although the survivors were too weak from their suffering to tell the story completely, the revenue cutter's officers gathered that some of the fif- teen men who had hastily piled into tha third boat had been so badly burn- ed that they died within the first few days. It was decided to lighten the boat by casting the bodies overboard at once. Some who had tumbled from their bunks at the first explosion and had rushed on deck balf clothed suc- cumbed to the cold. Others, weakened Boston, May 17—Four survivors of | by starvation T B j ;2 sank into lethargs it g Somehow, 1 A keep the boat head-on te the weather became I past few bo made to through his ‘was seen. The Seneca. and, running down to ti her gig alongside. The. vivors were deck of the cutter between the Thirteen of the lumbian were conla fifty hours driven to the boats plosions of feared that all ed, for a long conla failed to the other boats. ter the rescue of the. came that the steamer ed by the hours of I3 make the boat’s ranking officer” t} B and fire arove the ot 80 oy g 50 dense that nothing was see other boats. % lessly for hours without make any effort to look mates. s At the time of the explosions sea was fairly smooth, but the in the vicinity of the heavy ice was cold and as most . the had been asleep when took the Columl . chance to put on The e'even dead brings the blan'to Beteen, were report fiilr:n into the blazing bold steamer. % Report Sent to Washingtan. Washington, May 17.—Five of : mmumku‘:. thira steamer Nn"‘ ‘were ot Goast of Nova ‘today United Statés reveni into the sea. Insthe boat were Tiese, Oscar Kendall and Peter langer, seamen, and Michael Ludwig« sen, fireman, and the first officery ‘whose mplete mental physical compls m“nuu The men were overcome injuries and let the boat b All tion a8 *0f their terrible perience in the open boat at sea. was reported to the revenue service here tonight in a relayed e i, ropors. aiatad. thet. Colurabians® boat had been picked- ‘morning in tity MELLEN TO CONTINUE $ HIS STORY TOMORROW Counsel Folk for Commi: That Is His Expectation. ‘Washington, May 17.—“No change has been made in the plans of the iInterstate Commerce commission to proceed along its original lines, with the inquiry into the New Haven rafl- road’s financial operations.” With this Statement tonight, Joseph W. Folk, covnsel of the eommission, disposed of intimations that former President Charles S. Mellen of the New iaven might not continue his testimony be- gun before the commission last Thurs- day. Beyond the mere statement that Mr. Mellen s expected by the commission to proceed on Tuesday with his re- markable story concerning the XNi i Haven's financial affairs and his nection with em, Mr. Folk declined tonight te talk. He snid there had elopme: during the day that none was expected before | Mr. Mellen resumed his testimony.' " Mr. Folk and his assistants worked |today upon exhibits, including doen- | ments and papers, hich have been |made a part of the record of the pending investigation. They hope to cemplete their examination By Tues- day and thus be prepared to go on with the guestioning of Mr. Mellen in the light of information which here- | tofore bas mot been avallable. - Death of Civil War Nurse. Terre Haute. Ind. May | 17—Mrs. Leonora Wright, 53 years of age who | a8 & nurse during the i | war. died at Lier home here early | terda¥. ~ She for four vears was pres- {ident of the National Association™of Nurses and was honorary pres- 5 destroyed a warchouse of the Army Galveston, Texas, May 17—Fire early | jdent at the time of her death. toda; finuhtyunfinsflo‘lm Merchants and Planters’ n hyll WAKEFIELD RIOTERS DRIVEN FROM By Force of Local and Met: Police—One Woman Arrssted. - Wakefield, Mass., May 17—A langy crowd which > mmm— of Ty, the asene ‘ot rio m’. ‘scene the strests by o pathizers were A small number of for when ) for day. eorted by police and lested, FIFTEEN ARMY O MUST LI To Comply With Law motion in ‘Washington, May ficers must be remoy service in the Y ply with the | '5?'\ number_of prom annually. La fell of e Sonathed: