Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 12, 1915, Page 1

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LViil—NO. 10 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1915 TWELVE PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS 8o The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of An\'l‘,:‘w“ T ad raper, and lts Total Circulation is the Large: st in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population NO VICTORIES OF STRATEGIC VALUE Are Claimed by any of the Belligerent Nations--- Nothing Indicative of Serious Defeat ARTILLERY BRANCHES ALONE REPORTED ACTIVE Rain and Mud Hampers any Attempt at Maneuvring of Com- batants in the Lowlands of France—Snow in the Vosges Has Stopped Attacks and Counter-Attacks—Berlin Re- ports French Dreadnought Courbet Torpedoed by Aus- trian Submarine and Later Rammed and Sunk by a Sister Ship i nthe Adriati kirk by Bombs Dropped c—Six Persons Killed in Dun- by German Aircraft—Three German Aeroplanes Brought Down by Shell Fire. taking sporadic fishting is e on any of the battle fron cording to the latest rep is almost all between i branches of the opposin armies Probably the heaviest infantry _en- gagement occurred on the lower Nida river, in Soutbern Poland, wiere the Austrians claim that they repulsed with severe losses Russian attemnis to cross the' stream at several plicas No Notable Victories. No victorieg of strategic value are claimed by either side at any place and no repulses are forecast any of the war chanceliories whic dicative of a serious defeat. the situation everywhere rema tually it has for some ti a condition of stalemate ¢ owing to the well-entrenched positions of the combatants. Rain and mpd hampers any attempt at manuuveh- ing by the armies in the Iowlands while in the Vosges snow has almost stapped the severe aitacks and count- er-attacks that prevalled thmoughou last weeh when tihe French were tr ing to gain additional eround in Al- sace and the Germans were endeavof- ing to hold them back. The Austrians charge that the Big- stans are using Atsiro-Hungarian un forms in order to catch Aus trols. It is declared that of belligerents will not 1 Russians so masqueradi French Dreadnought Reported Sunk. A Berlin woreles despatch asserts trat the French dreadnought Courhet wae recently torpedoed by an Aus- trian submarine in the Adriatic and later was rammed my her sister ship the Jean Bart, and sank. The Je: Bart was damaged and docked Malata. Raids by German Aircraft. German aircraft agaln have brsy raiding in Northern Frar rersons were killed in Dunkirk o the suburbs of Malmo by bombs d ped from aeroplanes and severa ers are reported to have met did, their Germans Two of not pe machines { have fled when French air scouts gave chasi Turkey has introduced in parliament calling for an extraordinary war credit of $3,800,000. It is announced that The Nether- nds war loan of $110,000,000 has been over-subscribed. A news agency dep says the Italians are strengthening their gar- | ricons in the Aegean Islands and tha! | the islands are being strongly forii- fied. | BRITISH REPLY GR—ATIFYING BUT NOT SATISFACTORY. Officials Hopeful of More Specific In- formation in Next Answer. Washington, Jan, 11.—Great Britain's | preliminary reply to the American note .of protest concerning neutral ccmmerce, while gratifying in the con- cessions it makes, -has in many -~re- | specis. failed to satisfy the United States government. Officials confident- Iy hope that the second and complete answer from England will give the specific information -requested by the United States and clear up thé un- certainties which according to the Washington government, surrounds the commerce of neutrals. This disposition on the part of Washington administration was caled in high official quarters today although there was no formal com- me: When Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, called on Sec- yan to inform him t tie ritish supplementary note would not forthcoming for several days, the v told him that the Amorican would make no comme interim, but would patiently the coming of ths note. ihe it FOSSIBLE CONSPIRACY IN CASE OF MRS. ROGERS Whose Two Babies Died of Poison Ad- ministered by Her, New York, Jan. 11—A pc spiracy in the case of Mrs. Rogers, whose two babies died from oison administered by her, is being nvestigated, it was announced by I rict Attorney Francis Martin Bronx tonight, after the Dronx zrond jury had conciuded its fi ulry in response to the request for an indictment against the woman. Mr. Martin saiq that he wou poena as a witness before the lda Sn the unty t day's 0secutor's of murder 1 which will resume its inquiry on Wed- esday, Mrs_ Annie Rocquemore R ers, divorced wife of Lorlys Elton Rogers, the lawyer who Mrs. Ida S. Rogers says was the father of the abies. Mr. Martin said also that he had every assurance of co-operation om Emory D. Buckner, counsel for Ars. Caroline Giddings Rogers, the present legal wife of Rogers. “I am in hoves,” Mr. Martin . ¢ getting hold of the agreement which, it is alleged, was drawn up at the time when a divorce was agreed pon Rogers and his present wife.” Mr. Martin sald that he would have pis Ida S. Rogers transferred next week to the county jail from the hos- pital, where she is now recovering from the effects of poison self administered, SITUATION OF GREEKS IN ASIA MINOR DESPERATE. Are Being Subiected to Viclence and Prosecution. Paris, Jan. 12, —An Athens despatch says that the situation of the Greeks in Asia Minor is becoming de: perate, owine to the violence to which they jected. eek store: laged, women insulted y enrolled in the arm persecttion and are being sub- pil- been ud men At Sidonia, Magnesia, the despatch adds, several Greel ave been mur- dered in the streets, and condit are 0 bad at Smyrna that a massacre is feared. MERIDEN MAN IN STATE CF COMA FOR 124 HOURS Died Last Night Without Regaining Possession of Faculiies, Mieriden, Conn., Jan. 11.—Aft Lours of unconscicusness, Abrznam Grossman of this city died at midnight, never having regained possession of his” facuities and r having been iligible sound. For some days previous to lapsing into this state of coma he had complained of severe headaches and faulty heart ac- tion. He was always a prominent fig- ure in Meriden’ds athletics and ex- tremely popular. At the time of his iness he was Inspector at the Broad 0k reservoir. — 8 iflO\OOD PERSONS HOMELE“SS IN NEW YORK CITY. 562,710 Unemnloyed—Figures Compiled by. Church of the Ascension. { New York, Jan. 11 figures compiled for the pub 1z to forum | of the Church of the Ascension in Fifth | ue and made public tonight, a list of the unem ) ew York totals 562,700. of homeless persons. in tI |city who have not the price of shelte estimated at 60,000. | The figures were obtained by Samuel | A. Strodel, who was assigned to th task of countinz the unemploved i the city by a committee of the public forum. Arrangements were made to jturn over the report to City Chamber- {1ain Bruere who agreed to consider it in an official capacity. Strodel said he found that about 125,000 of the total 0 nempioy were women, and in ascértaining con- | ditions, which was ‘part of wor, he found that ty was greatly on the increase. nmora; STRANGE CRUISER GFF HAVANA HARBOR of a Steamer. Havana, Jan. 11—A strange cruiser with three funnels, displaving no col- { ors. but sunnosed to be British or Ger- jman, appeared this afternoon four mil; off the harbor and signalled Morro Castle. inauiring the name of a steamer which was then about to enter nort. The signalman at Morro refused to recognize the signals suspecting that the cruiser was a bellizerent. The lichts were still visible off the harbor tonight. GEN. SCOTT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES NEGOTIATIONS | For Peace Alonn the Mexican Border— Agreement Signed, Naco, Ariz. Jan. 11.—Brigadier Gen- eral Hueh L. Scott, chief of staff of the iUnited States army, successfully con- {cludea tonight negotiations for peace {along the Mexican border. Both Gov- ernor Mavtorena, the Vilia command- er, and General P. Elias Calles. com- manding the Carranza troops in Naen Sonora, have signed the agreement eliminating factional warfare along the { Sonora. border. Fell Under Coal Cart—Dies of Injuries. Hartford, Conn, Jan. 11—Frank Galiane, 25 vears old, slipped from a {coai wagon he was driving today, fell under the wheels and was so badly in- jured that death resulted. No Jap Ships in Naval Parade. Tokio, Jan. 12.—Owing to the war, Japan has decided not to send any warships to the Panama-Pacific expo- sition. were brought dokn by shell fire near Dunkork and another near Amiens. "wo hostile aeroplanes approachedi Paris Sunday, but are reported to Signalled Morro Castle In~uiring Name | \ Jap Steamer _.ca Paragraphs Rescued Shipwrecked | Crew. { Tokio, Jan. 12.—The steamer Fu- kuju Maru reports by wireless that she has rescued and is bringing to Kobe 170 persons, comprising all the passengers and the. crew of peninsula apd Oriental steamship company’s steamer Nile, which ran aground on a reef in the inland sea early Monday morning. $6,250,000 a Month to Feed Belgians. London, Jan, 11, 9 p. m—"“The civil army we have to feed is greater than the British and French armies com- bined. Yet we can scrape through on about $8,250,000 worth of food a month.” Thus spoke Emil Franqui, 2 prominent Belgian banker, who is on a brief visit to London, of relief work in Belgium, in the organization of which he played a conscipuous part. RAIDROAD CONNECTION WiTH ALASKAN COAL FIELDS. Construction Will Be Begun During { the Coming Spring. Washington, Jan. 1l—Actual con- struction of the government railroad to connect the Alaskan coal fields with the coast, authorized by congress last March, will be bezun during the com ing spring, according to a statement tonight by Secretary Lane of tie in- terior deparguent, following a conte ence at the White House between President Wilson and Mr. Lans and Willlam C. Edes, Lieutenant Frede ick Mears ard Thomas Riggs, Jr., con prising the Alaskian engineering com- mission. The members of the commission who have bcen coducting surveys ent proposed routes for the railroad since June, wi'l not complete their re- port for several weeks, but they went with the president and Secre Lan: any facts gathered in invest : Under the law providing for the | construction of the railroads, the pres- ice < authorized to decidesin route, on whether railroads already con- structed shall be purchased as a part of the line and other detai No d - cision will be reached on these points until after the commission has com- vleted its rep 4.000 PERSONS ANSWER WANT ADVERTISEMENT. Police Called Out to Maintain Order at a Factory in Suburb of Provi- dence. Providence, R. I, Jan. 11.—So many persc wered a want adve ment for help in a suburt 1ctory today that extra s el cars were run and policemen were called to main- tain order. It is estimated that four nd persons applied for emplc advertisement was insertoed by man who wished to see if he could eute ensugh employes 10 ¢ | MEETING OF CONNECTICUT AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION. To Devise Uniform Flagging System at Railway Crossings. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 11.—The Comnecticut Automobile ciation, at jts annual meetin today, elocted these officers President Charles H. Coles, ; vice president, terbursy secretar Jarles M. Robinsor treasurer, Fred C. Howe, Mr. Robinson was nameq as irman of the lezal committee and J grade crossing accidents in which au- tomobiles fizured and members serted that different flagmen had aif- ferent systems of signalling, which cazused confusion. PROHIBITICN OF WHITES AND NEGROES’ INTERMARRIAGE Incorporated in a Bill Passed by the House Yesterday. Washington, Jan, 11. hibit intermarriage of w groes in the District of ¢ passed by the house today by a vote of to 60. Vigorous debate vre- ceded the vote. Represeniative Clark of Florida, author of the bill, de- nounced intermarriage, declaring it worked harm to both races. Republi- can Leader Mann and Representative Madden of Illinois opposed the meas- ure. Mr. Madden said it would “leave many young girls at the mercy of brutes ‘willing to take advantage of them and then leave them to a life of shame: bill to pro- tes and ne- | ARRAIGNED AT NEW HAVEN ON COUNTERFEITING CHARGE Pau! M. Rosengarten of Waterbury Held in $5,000 Bond, New Haven, Conn, Jan. 11.—Paul M. Roser_#rten, arrested in Waterbury yesterday. on a charge of counterfeit- ing, was arraigned before United States Commissioner ~William A, Wright here today and after brief pro- ceedings had his case contipued until January 18, when the counterfeiting | case of Philip Leiberman is to come up. The Rosengaften arrest was made in connection with the Lefberman case. The accused furnished a bond of $5,000 for appearance on that date. Congressman Barton Stricken Acute Indigestion. ‘Washington, Jan. 11.—Representa- tive Silas Barton, of Nebraska, was stricken with acute indigestion today while standing in the Republican cloak room off the fioor of the house, He fell forward heavily, striking his head agalnst the marble floor and for a time it was feared he was badly hart. Upo nrecovering consclousness, how- ever, he was able to go home tonight. With suit of the Continental Securities com- pany agalnst, the New York Central railroad, brought to prevent the mer- zer of the New York Central and [ake Shore lines, was begun here today be- fore Justice Keogh of the supreme court. President Alfred H. Smith of the New York Central railroad was the principal witness. | ORDER INVOLVES 3000 MEN of. differ- | {ing factor Three hundred women were hired and it was said that a| hundied men would be en d to- merrow. .| Confident That Governor-Elect Man- AL @mersor. of Ansonia chairman | of the publicity committee. Ir. Robinson was instructed to de- vise u uniform fiagging system to & used at railroad crossings and submit the same to the legislature for ac- tion. There have been a number of olumbia was | It was said his condition was not se- | rious. { T SR i . = i Prosperity in the Wast, ! Suit Against New York Central. | Wash¥ngton, Jan, il.—Prosperity has White Plains, N. Y. Jan. 11—The |returhed to tho wekt, according to Sec. Governor Blease Disbands Militia | H IN| SOUTH CARCLINA. STATE - FEDERAL ROW Differences, He Says, Have Resuited in Serious Breaches of Discipline— Unfair to Turn Over to His Succes- | sor Inefficient Militia. S. €., Jan. 11.—The organ- of South Carolina was dis- Columbia, S. ¢ ized militia banded by an order signed today by Governor Blease. The order is ef- fective immediately. Approximately 3,000 men are involved, including about 1600 whom the governor had refused to muster out of service upon orders | reveiced about eight months ago from the chief of the federal division of mi- litia affairs. Serious Breaches of Discipline. Governor Blease explained his action dif- in the aorder, stating that the ferences between the secretary of war and the secretary of the navy and State Gdjutant Moore on one side and himself on the other, prompted him to take the step. The difference, he resulted in serious breaches of {pline in the militia corps. disci- “The present governor of the state of South Carolina is of the opinion that it would be unf: and unjust on his part to turn over to his success in office the militia of South Carolina in its present condition,” the order read. Friction Arose Two Years Ago. Friction to which Governor Blease |referred in his order disbanding the militia, arose about two vears ago| nd according to reports of the ad- jutant general, resulted in a marked | deterioration in the troops’ efficien i Cause of the Controversy. The cause of the controversy be- tween Governor Blease and Adjutant General Moore was said to have been the result of the governor's refusal to sign some official papers presented by the adjutant general. The secretaries of war and the navy became parties to the controversy ac | cording to official statements, when'| | the accounting for about $100,000 worih which the depart- 1 property |of fede ments claimed had been Io: de- stroyed by. the militia ions, was held up. i Governor Forbade Encampment. The situation became further com- plicated last summer when the gov- {ernar refused to permit tne militia to | participate in the annual encampment {ordered by the war departmnet. That action, according to_statements from the adjutant general's office, resulted lin appropriatio by congr aggre- | gating about 5,000 for maintenance and equipment of the South Carolina military being held up by the war de- partmelit, pending settlement of the differences. _ Adjutant Genral Moore will gos to Washington to cofer with {war department officials over re-or- ganization of the troops when Govern- or Blease's term expires January 19. OFFICERS TRYING TO PREVENT COMPLETE DISARGANIZATION. ning Will Rescind Order. { Columbia, . C., Jan. 11.—Officers of | the South Carolina militia, which was disbanded. today by Governor Blease, | | took steps tonight to prevent a com- plete disorganization of the troops. | |They were confident that Gov jelect Manning, who will succeed Blease next week, would rescind the order. Telegrams were sent tonight to South Carolina members of congress urging them to have the war depart- ment dela ing return of $200,000 ! { worth of s issued the militia. Differences between the governor, the militia and the war department | over organization and equipment of the | troops were given by Governor Blease | {as the reason for his action. The of ficlal order said it would be unjust| and unfair on the governor's part to turn over to successor in offlce the militia ‘in it ent condition.’ | _Adjutant General Moore will go to Washington tomorrow to confer with war department officials on the situa- tion. WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN HOUSE TODAY Resolution Will Be Voted on Before Adjournment. Washington, Jan. 1l—Lines we | drawn today for the battle in the hot | tomorrow on the Mondell resolution, proposing an amendment to the fed- eral constitution guaranteeing _the right to vote to all citizens regardless of sex. The resolution will be voted upon before the house adjourns. Dr. Anna Shaw, president of the N: tional American Woman's Sufirage as- sociation; Mrs, Carrie Chapman Catt president of the International Women's Suffrage Alliance and the congression- al committee of the national associa- tion were preparing tonight for the suffrage side of the figh The anti-suffragists’ efforts were di- rected by Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, pres- ident of the National Association Op- posed to Women Suffrage and a com- mittee of that organization 1 16 Year Old Boy Confesses Holdup. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 11.—Irwin An- derson, 16, under arrest here on the charge of robbery, confessed today, the police say, to an attempt on the night of Dec. 23 to hold up the employes of a restaurant in Cincinnati when Al- fralle Annan, a Louisville youth, was shot and killed. Anderson, according to the police, also confessed that he and Annan previously had held up the employes of two restaurants in the Loulsville business district and robbed the cash register in each. Mondell | retary @McAcoo, Who got back 1o | Washington today from a trip to the Pacific coast. Mr. McAdoo said tonight that what ho had seen and what he had heard from busiress men from the coast all the way to Chicago convinced OF ACCOUCHMENT, By Commis: Became a Mother While Without Leave. Albany, N. Y. Jan. ho leave, and v neglect of duty, W ed. Decisions in five other teacher appeals are expected Mrs, Peixot! 1913. ' She carried her case ed the determination missioner Absence Excusable. nley's d Mr. Fi Mpre. Pei ision education and its officers ervice all women of childbirth and to sences as inexcusab ause such ab that a woman teac His conclusion was: ed the natural coroilary voluntary or enforced, of emp reta upon returm, be unable, after schkool duties. declsion read, wilful absence, du able cause, could b lect of duty. and creditable social reason shoul g to infer, inefficiency re fact of motherhood. “If, as thi in the six in December. The appeals argued early ca CONFIRMATION OF DEFEA In the Fightin~ About Sal from General Villa. the Carranza enemy thei; Carranza, Newtown, Conn., Jan. board resigna 1 mest 0, Large lcebrg him that business conditions are im- proving and that prosperity is on its way. which arrived here today states Mrs. Bridget Pixiotte, declares xotto’s dismissal made it ap- parent that the purpose of the board of was adopt the policy of dismissing from the eachers who ab- sent themselves from their positions Mother-Teachers Not Dismissible FOR. ABSENCE DURING PERIOD NEW YORK DECISION n of Education—Rein- Wheo Abse 11.—A teacher not he dismissed because she ab- herself from the public schools was dismissed by the New York city board of education for ordered reinstat- mother- soon. was dismissed in April, to t courts, and the court of appeals decid- of the mother- teacher question rested with the com- of education department. th: & le.” assi Calls for Favorable Consideration. “That the board should have accept- of its policy, loying 1ing married women teachers and Mr. Finley heid, would be warranted if, a_ teacher- was found to perform Absence Due to Unavoidable Cause. “But it is difficuit to conceive,” “how a reasonable, t to natural unavoid- construed as neg- difficult to un- derstand why an absence for the mpst 1d De of the siate, to prevent neglect of duty from t honorable board appears s T OF CARRANZA FORCES o Received defeat wa Dairy Barns Burned at Newtown. 11.—Large | Dr. J. E. Adams, for the last five years pastor of the Trinity Methodist Epis- copal church here, today sent notice to the official board of the church that he | would conclude his pastorate here. The soon and accept the ! ghted. after He then pointed out that a law providing position auto- were Condensed Tele;rams Tobacco sent to Germany for French prisoners of war will be admitted free of duty. Exportation from Holland of woolen blankets and preserves of all kinds has been prohibited. Great B has lost, since the war began, a total of 1174 officers killed and 2,300 wounded. Charles S. Price, president of the Cambria Steel Co., died at his home in Westmont, Pa., of heart failure. Weathering the worst storm of her Atlantic career, the White Star liner Megantic arrived in port two days late. ntl . John Benham:-oF Brooklyn, Wis; cap- tured the biggest deer ever taken alive in that State, a six-prong 300 pound buck. There are 116,000 cats according to fisures compiled by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty r a chi.d, Commissioner John |l TH 20 H. Finley of the state department of et cducation decided today. The decision| oy g SOTEL L definitely determins the —status = of|gjealers in provisions were fined $1,500 & s " |state commerce. Mother-Teacher Reinstated. ey the decision today Mrs. Bridget| After serving 51 years as vessel Peixotte, a teacher of the BronX, Who|master on the Great Lakes, Captain became & mother while absent Without |\ 11, Wiilliams. of Detroit foreacd. ed his resignation. h Ambassador has visited the prisoners of war in the Austrian detention camps and has ascertained that they are being well treated. The Spa he Railroads entering the city of Bal- timore sent out notices that they were obliged to place temporary embargo on grain for export from Baltimore. 3t The steamship Voltaire, of the Lam- port & Holt Line, arrived with _the largest cargo of Argentine beef, ! tons, that has ever come to this coun- t to Massa- to the anity, £y | One rerson in every 271 ir chusetts is insane, according report of the State Board of I filed with the legislature, matically became vacant when she married had been declared unconstitu- | gohedules in bankruptcy of Simon tional, Hurwitz, 2 building contractor of Bos- ton, led today, show liabil ing to $838,000 and assets of $2 Secretary of the Navy Daniels an- nounced that 57 naval vessels make up the fleet which will go to San Francis ies amount- ,000. or The Thomas B. Clark sale of Chinese rugs at the American Art Galleries, brought the highest price that has ever been paid for a Chinese rug at auc- B tion, $15,300 ne un-| Mrs. Ella Miller of Findley, Ohio, who was testifying in her suit for di- vorce, stated that her husband gave her only 5 cents since they were mar- ried 35 vears ago. s0 treated. e 3 . | When notified of the death of hi M°“‘,°"‘°°d No Ba""_" aged mother, Jesse Pomeroy directed s commissioner, I would give every | that a portion of the money credited ble aid in my power to promote | fo his account be used for the purchas devotion to dut service and | of fiowers for the funeral. efficiency on the part of the teachers * A dead whale, which drifted ashore ind to eliminate in- |on the northern part of the Dutch competence, attribute only such |coast was found to be riddled with 3- igh purposes to the board of educa- |inch shells and had obviously been in its actlon in this case. But I |mistaken for a submarine am of the clear opinion, which I am | oblized to follow, that these ends and John F., Adams, former mayor of purposes will not be served by select- | pawtucket, R. 1. and the ol past seeming to select, for stizma | gran or Mason of Rhoc and, eproach sudh a reason for tempo- | Giog night, following an opo- v _absence from school duty as is|plectic shock sustained s case, or inferring. or i he Risking hér life by thin piece of ice from a feet, M Josephine Hower c crawling over a tance of 100 to hold, married women teachers | egiued George Labarre, 14, who had hould ipso facto end their service on |proken throush the ice while skating. maternity, th: ~licy (which I eannot — beiieve sound in principle or whole A national employment bureau g P e Cl be sl pos |reaching every section of the United only through legisiation making States will be put in operation by the lawful to discharge, because of mar- [ Dancrtment of Labor mext week. care G fvife | Meanwiifle ng out the suggestion of President it is the duty of the board to Wilon a practice in accord with the s intent of existing law and in harmony > in 1914 i e Of 2,200 persons arrested in 1914 in E Topeka, . capital of a prohibition state, on 91 different charges, 661 were charged with drunkenness. This is the largest number arrested for any single offence. The first case of African “sleeping sickness” recorded in Massachusett has resulted fatally. The victim, ria Nunas, native of the Ca : = | Islands, died at the Tewsbury X1 Paso, Tex., Jan. 11.—Confir | firmary. tion of the reported defeat of the ( K AT ranza forces in the hting _abc D i o <. = ’ Z s . eputy Sheriff G. Grube of North- gl capital of the state of Coa-|ampton County, recently - received suiin, wash received today from Gen- |check of 45 cents from District Fi yla, now ~at Chihuahua City.|Warden Kemmerer of East Penn town- Villa telegraphed: ship, Carbon County, for putting out a | It was communicated to me today | fornst fire that in the battle near Saltillo with T s ek While on the way to a fire in Pal- complete and that the campaign in ) S S C i ci & isades Park, N. J. a new automobile foahuila, virtually was ended. Four-|iryck of the Leonia fire department A Al e ‘;"d“;‘i";g; crashed into a pole. One of t{hc fire- artillery ‘ammunition were taken From |Ien was killed and the machine was the enemy. badly damagec Gene! Senjami I Ay i — : e o ponjamin Hill, who Com-| The Bell-in-Hand, Boston's famous Sonora, qurine the Maytorena siege of | tavern where statesmen, gmffll-?r the last two months, passed thronsh |and Harvard students for years have Fl Paso tonight on his way to Vers |delighted to sit on time-worn furniture Cruz, Where o has been cailed he|and drink a stein of old musty, has closed its doors. Water turned the wheels of industri- al establishments at Ogdenburg for the st time since last June, the longest dairy barns owned by H. P. Bovson in |iow water period in the history g2 the | the Palestine district and E. T. Hook | Oswegatchie river A thaw cause the on Botsford Hill were burned tonight |river to ri four feet. within an hour of each other. The ori- gin in each case is not known. Boy-| By direction of President Elliott, a son’s loss is about $3,000; Hook's $2.- | party of officials of the New Haven 000. @Cattle and horses were taken |road are making a trip over other from the burnin~ buildings. roads to see what, if any, of their e practices may be adapted to the New A Pate Bt P et s ar Haven with the result of increasing L 4 . efficiency and economy. New Britaln, Conn., Jan, 11.—Rev. Robert Helt, being taken from Chi- cago to New' York to be tried on a charge of using the mails in an at- tempt to extort money, escaped at T Ipin rough a car train was moving ie yards. window slowly i Since tery Bryan unwittingly Halifax, N. S, Jan. 11.—A lz\rze; iolated the jaw by hunting rabbits in iceberg 250 miles east of Newfound-' Fairfax County, Virginia. R. C. Cock- lind was sighted last Thursday by rell, game warden. his been in a_tur- the Allan line steamship Pomeranian, moil with the resuit that that official a!is now satisfled that duty compels him stormy sixteen-day voyage from Glas-|to seek the arrest of the Secretary of &ow. State. in Brooklyn, | 00 | Locust, | Wheat Supply Exceeds Demand NEITHER BAKERS, MILLERS NOR FARMERS HAVE IT 'GOV'T = INVESTIGATION Into the Possibility of a Bread Famine —Crop This Year 130,000,000 Bushels More Than in 1913—Exports Only 50,000,000 More. . Chicago, Jan, 11.—The government’s investigation into the possibility of a bread famine threatened to turn toward the board of trade today after the representatives of two interes: the millers bakers, had visited tha i United States district attorney and jcomplained that the present price of wheat must eventually cause an in- crease in the price of bread. Bakers and Millers Complai The bakers asserted that they could not make a loaf of bread weighing | from 12 to 14 ounces for five cents with flour above six dollars a I The millers said that they made t of approximately eight cents on each barrel of flour with wheat at its pres- ent vrice. “We cannot acord to buy wheat agd hold it” said A. P. Husbard tary of the Millers’ National Federa- tlon. “We have neither the money nor the space.” Albert L. Hopkins, assistant district attorney in charge of the investiga- tion, reported that, including Nove ber, 1914, fifty million bushels more of wheat were exported than in the previous year. Bumper Crop, “The wheat crop last bumper.” said Mr. Hopkir than 900.000 000 bushels, an increase of 130,000,000 bushels over 1913, were rajsed. Seventy per cent. of the crop already has ted. This shows that the farmers are not hold “The law of supply and demand docs not warrant the present pr S. The wheat crop of the country is large enough to supply twice the amou of export t de now tatk Mr. Hopkins said that he would con- lter on a e of acti me cour: should have given at least favor- [co by way of the Panama Canal nest|morning with Charles 17 Ur able consideration to an absence for | March. States district attorney. childbirth as is normally given to ab- : sences d for reasons of personal| Carl von Wagner, of Hoboken . J.,| Cut Size of Loaves at New Orleans. convenience, or minor or grave illness, | was arrested on a charge of PavVNE| ' New Orleans, fa. Jan. 11 Bokers or for purposes of study and travel, married almost a dozen women: and | e e of improving health.” obtained considerable money from | Spontting, e sixo of Dismissal for general inefficiency, | them. e oL B pRebaiig CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET SEMI-DEMORALIZED Big Houses with Selling Orders Could Not Find Buyers. Chicago, Jan. 11 1t came near- er to a panicky mark-t today than at any time for months. ere were many in which big houses with 1 | orde; uld not find buye tire tra was semi-demora ing a brief period with pric away fas steadiness t abot It was not until values had | broken down $ 1-4 a bushel be- low the top mnotch rice a few | days ago that frant ers could be | foreed to recozniz rmation | was lacking for stori the Dar- { danelles forts w » A he pc | surrende X T an: would be fa world wheat sh remained t | sentiment had acquired impetus owing to recent thr | for government interference f threats of six cent bread ar 7 ilit Roumar erally equence of ies by > would mean 4 than had been CHARGES AGAINST NEW YOR® PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Filed with Gov. Whitman by Counsel! for Flushing Association. sconduct airman I Sargent Cram and George V. Wil- liams of the First district public ser- vice commission and requesting t the part Call removal from office were filed today with Governor Whitman by John H. Clark, Jr., counsel the Flushing as- sociation. The governor said he had not determined w ion he would take concerning posed investigation of | vice comm 3 accusations deal principally v alleged faii- ure of the commissioners to_improv the service on New Y. an Queens County Railroad company. MONTEREY IS HELD BY CARRANZA TROOPS. | Tampico Also is Still Held by Carranza Forces. Laredo, Tex., Jan. d by Carranza troops ireports here tonicht, which said that | General Maclovio Herrera arrived there | today with a e force. When Her- {rera’s troops approached Monterey the citizens mistook them for Villa troops and became panic stricken. Banks and —Afonterey is cording to business establishments were closed and there was a .general flight from the city * General Herrera iedly sent out scouts, who informed the populace that no Villa troops were in sight. and to- night conditions were approaching nor- mai again. It was stated positiv 3 Carranza agents here that Tampic still is held bv Caranza forces. Movements of Steamships, Glasrow. Jan. 10.——Arrived, steamer Cameronia _New York, Havre, Jan. 10 —Arrived. steamer Chicago, New Y-k ailed, steamer La Touraine, New Liverpool, Jan. Transylvania, New Yor steamer New York, Jan. 11.—s steamer Carpathia, Naples, Glasgow., Jan. 11.—Arrived steamer Sardinian, Boston, New York, Jean 11.—Steamer Ordu- Tiverpeol for New York, signalled. "o~k 2.%0 p. m. Tuesdayv. New York Jan 11-—Arrived, steamer neras Avres. Cadiz | Rotterdam, Jan. 10.—Arrived: Steame 'er Ryndam, New York,