Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 15, 1915, Page 1

VvOL. LVii—NO. 13 NORWICH, CONN. FRIDAY, JANUARY 15. 1915 The Bulletin’ s Circulation in Norwich TEN PAGFS PRICE TWD CENTS is Double That A Any Other Paper, “and its Total Circulation is the Largest in Gonnecticut in Pmportlon to the Cltys Populatmn EARTHQUA OUT TWENTY TOWNS No Estimate of Aggregate of Fatalities Yet Obtainable ---Placed Between LOSS OF LIFE GREATEST IN CITY OF AVEZZANO Where Nearly All the Civic Officials, Including the Mayor, the Under Prefect, the Judges, Commander of Cara- bineers and Priests, Nuns Around Lake Fucino Suffered Vast Destruction—Near- ty Every Train Coming Into Rome is Filled With Wounded—Hospitals There are Filled to Capacity. an. 14.—Demoil or partly demolished towne dot that part of Italy | rthward to Ferrera and th B e e tay e be- h once were c public ere are Avezzano enty Towns Lev S9 as is known, about twenty towns bave been absolutely levelled, while an almost equal number suf- fercd serious damace. I these places persons were killed_or inpured. iIn the ruins throughout the day vol- unteers worked hero endeavor- ng to rescue wour bodie ad. manuel himself direc Avexzano, where the appeals. of persons cgught be eckage uld be plainly heard 4,000 Buried Alive at Avezzano. it 1s estimated in _Avezzano 4000 persons alive, some of them school an i- tution which collat four sol- dters of ison of 400 in the town scraped when the barracks fell. Sora Almost Entirely Destroyed. Sora, with ite population was almost entirely destroyed that buried children 1 sed. Only 20,000, All municipal and government perished. Four hundred and bodies already have been the ruins there and a I of injured are under treatment Wounded Arrive Rome. Trains arriving in Rome from the enst are bringing hundreds of injure into the city, where they are being taken to hospitals and private h; s for treatment. Surgeons and nur are being despatched from all direc- tions into the stricken districts to minister to the needs of the injuved, while_troops being sent to the a or damaged towns to guard 2gainst vandals. Names of Towns Destroyed. Among the towns which are sa heve been destroyed Avezzano, M: Marse, Massada chio, Celano, Lelli, Patern Giosn; Scurcola, Capist trosano and Castronoyme e cina, Ortonamarsi, lime Benedetto, Ortucchio, Cocullo, bise Balsorano, Canistro, Civitelladantino, astellafiumi, Pagliotra and Serbo are badly damaged. From many er | flaces come reports of slighter dam- ages to property and minor casualties. AVEZZANO FILLED WITH DEAD AND WOUNDED Nearly All the Civic Officials, Inciud- ing the Mayor, Perished. Avezzano, via Rome, Jan. ano is filled with dead and umans and their wrecked I s, Tt is like the ruins of a cemetery. Those who escaped the destruction of the earthquake went heroically to woi to rescue those penned under the fall en_walls They could not seem the delay in despatching aid to from Rome and other centers tng that more than twelve hou o3 before knowledge of the = to understand them the disaster reached the outside thordtles, Priests, Nuns and Monks Killed, Nearly all the civic officials of Aveszano including the mayor, the under-prefect, the judges, the com- mander of the carabineers and parish priests, monks and nuns perished, The coliege, with more than a hundred girl students, collapsed. The governor of jaflers and the doctors and ats in the hospitals were carried in the wreckage only notable person who sur- vived was the head of the police, Sizg- nor Ottavi, who though wounded, has labored since the first overthrow to give succor to the injured. Desperate appeals for help are heard on all sides from under the wrecked buildings, but the efforts of Ottavi and the few hur dred survivors have availed but little, for they lacked implements with which to effect Fifty Persons Rescued. But abont fifty persons, all of them wounded. were taken out with great lay about without a general rescue, @ifficulty. They shelter and without their wounds be- §ng dressed, owing to a lack of med- fcal supplies. Later doctors appeared on the scene and operated on some of the injured, under blazing torches. They were then removed to the sta- tion. where they were made 28 com- fortable as possible in trucks. Rescuing Parties Arrive Assistance camo at last from Ar- ~i_gnd Aquile and this morning large authorities | KE WIPED 25,000 and 50,000 and Monks Perished——Villagesi Rome rescuing parties arrived from |and Pescara. Thirty thousand soldiers have been | qistributed throughout the earthquake | Gistrict and already large quantities c ith | jons and clothing, together w e for the construction of huts, have {arrived, | Vast Destruction Around Lake Fucino | A tour of the towns and villages |around Lake Fueino disclosed v | destruction. The town of Magli | the ter of the Mar have been ripped open. belfry, w rose about 5 2% |lapsed. | In the church below -ail chapels were 1 except that o the Saviour, whe fix s stand cina the cathedral be the house of the bishop have entirel disappeared. No trace of Mon Bagnoli__the bishop of Pescin: | twenty Carmelites living ¥ {been found and it is feared t have perished, Despairing Appeals from Buried. The Work of rescue at Avezzano was carried on with much greater vigor this afternoon, the soldiers and ed workmen, who arrived from all tions- and 'still despairing _app could be heard from those buried. On boy was found ured inside a | stove. Two nuns were rescued from a _cel- r and an old man was taKen froni the basement of a house where he had {been protected by a wardrobe ch had llen across the wall AVEZZANO HAS APPEARANCE OF AN IMMENSE CEMETERY Frantic Cries for Help from Ruins of | a College for Young Women. | m.—-Tha | despatch of an | | 14, 514 | publishes 2 giving the recital ugee: can best describe Avezzano by | calling it an immense cemetery,” this man said. “From the ruins of the col- London, Central Jan, lege for young women we heard frantic appeal for help. ‘There are 140 of us_still alive here; help us quick- Iy Soldiers and civilians rushed to the scene and when I left were doing their Dest to cut a way through the s of ruins, “T belicve that twenty other towns sutfered severely. These include Cel- ano with 20,000 inhabitants.” | When King Victor Emmanuel left |for Avezzano he was quite withoutt | | _with the exception of Genes No_one_knows which route zano he will select. He wishes to come upon the scene unexpectedly so that he may give acourate impres- sion at is being done to relieve the suffering. e director of the observatory at Rome declared today that the earth- quake of yesterday was the most se- yere that ever had been recorded on iis instruments. No fewer than 130 large panes of glass in St. Peter's, X of which are in dome, were The quake also caused a mber of deep cracks in the masonry of the stairway leadigg to the huge ball on the top of the dome. Visits to the ball consequently will have to be_suspended. eral Mosaics inside the basilica also have been damaged, as was the | statue of the Redeemer standing on | top of the facade, | | “The column of Mar Aurelius is out of alignment by at least six inches. The Popolo Gate whicch was designed by Michael Angelo, has been shored . Its collapse is feared. The sky- ght of the chamber of deputies has Vbe(.n shattered. The senate building |and the offices of the minister of finance also were damaged. “The latest available reports s there are fifty dead at Torre Caetani twenty at Vilalago and that in_the lley of the River Caragliano there are about 200 victims of the quake. OF 12,000 INHABITANTS __ONLY 100 SURVIVE At Avezzane—20,000 Victims in Region Around Lake Fugino. London, Jan. 15, 2.43 a. m~—A_des- patch to the Morning Post from Rome | say “In the Marsi, around Lake Fucino, at Avezzano, there are 20,000 vietims of the earthquake. “Deputy Sipari, who represents Avezzano in the chamber of deputies, has asked for 25,000 soldiers and mate- train arriving from the Abruzzi brings hundreds of persons who have beon wounded. The refugees are received at the station by representatives of the municipal authorities and distrib- uted among hospitals and private houses. Every hospital in Rome was i3 rial for huts. “Fifteen other towns in the Marsi have been destroved and others dam- | aged. “Of the 12,000 habi s of vez- zano, only 100 survived i1 EVERY HOSPITAL IN i ROME FILLED TO CAPACITYE Every Train Brings Hundreds of Wounded from the Abruzzi. | Rome, Jan, 14, 10 ery | 2 r@"‘s 1‘ > ~*-aragraphs ~itiable Plight of Armenians. Pari Jan, 14, 6.30 p. m.—A des- patch to the Havas Agency from Tiflis, Trans-Caucasia, says that the fleeing Armenians who have crossed the Rus- sian frontier ab dy number 8.0060. Th are in a pitiable state, accord- ing 't othe correspons t, Miss Elizabeth R, Rogers Married in | Berlin. Berlin, via London, Jan. m.—Miss Elizabeth Reid of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rogers, of Washington, D. C., as married at noon toddy in Trinity church to Prince Christian of Hesse. The prince is a nephew of the German empress and is a captain in the Ger- man navy. 14, 10.30 Rogers, Reports Italian Steamer Stranded. Willemstad, Curacao, Jan. 14.—The Dutch cruiser Heemskerck reports that the Italian steamer Bologna, which sailed Dec. 31 for Genoa, stranded on the north coast of the isiand of Cura- cao early yesterday. The cruiser went to the assistance of the steamer, but was unable to pull her off, although the passengers, crew and mail were saved, filled to its capacity early in the day. Prince Colonna, the mayor of Rome, placed at the disposal of refugees sev eral hotels, where food and lodging 1l be furnished at the expense of TRAIN THROWN FROM TRACK BY THE EARTHQUAKE Passenger Tells of Instantaneous Dis- appearance of Villages. London, 745 p. m—The e: riecnces’ of a passenger on a train, ich was thrown from the track by (uake, are related in a des- h from Rome o the Central News. Our train was near Lake Fucino when the earthqus occurred,” he said was one shock of great viole 1 by three others. The r hrown (ff the rails and many of the passens ers were inju ound on 1 climbed that almost al ings along tl sent despatch o1 in buil Tt building t a speed: estimated iried alive under the wreckage . Througi the night help could b ard. In a. EeKGE & ok surving 200 children, many of whom are still alive. is stated that 400 soldiers were ck Avezzano wher King Victor Emmanuel at Avezzano. Avezzanc Iy, Jan. 14 (via Lon- aon, 7.22 m.)—King Victor Ei manual arrived here this afternoon. { He inspected the ruins and w: the worlk of rescue which is being car- ried on by the troops with the as- stance of civilians. The persons most seriously wounded are being atiended here. The others are sent to Rome. American Ambassador Goes to Avez- zano. Rome, J —The American am- bassador, lson Pare. has ent some staff to Avezzano in order to learn the exact details of the t is from the Abruzzi prov- es that a large percentare of the emigration to America is derived. BRAZILIAN STEAMER IN A NORTHWEST HURRICANE Steering Gear Escaped Collisions York Harbor. Damaged—Narrowly Entering New New York, Jan. 14-—After encoun- tering a northwest hurricame, during which her steerir- gear was damaged on her vovage from South American ports, the Brazilian steamer Mer pursued an erratic course on entering this port today. narrowly avoiding col- lision with two ships. The steering apparatus, knocked as Dbig waves which swept over the ship at sea, became unmanageable as the Merity entered the Narrows and she nearly went aground. The | vessel headed out into the bay and barely averted crashing into the out- ward-bound steamer Colon of the Pan- ama line. Before reaching lLer pier the Merity had with the Mallory liner Sabine, DECREASE IN ACCIDENTS IN PENNSYLVANIA COAL FIELDS 401 Fatalities in Bituminous and 596 in Anthracite, Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 14—There was a large decrease fast yvear in fatal ac- cidents in both the anthracite and bitu- minous coal fields of Pennsylcania, ac- cording to figures made public tonight by the state department of mines. In the bituminous fleld 401 fatal accidents were reported last vear against 611 in 1913, while in the hard coal region there were 596 in 1914 against 624 the previous vear, The production of anthracite last ear was about the same as in 1013, but bituminous mined was 84,000,000 tons less than in the preceding year. German General's Nephew interned at Vancouver. B, C, fan. 14.—Carl ephew the German general re ¥ the em- peror of in Po- iand, v he police, actin, ns. Mack- enzen his farm and will Dbe kept o, prisoner of war until peace is restored. Dr. Dedlirh, a Germa: lawyer of Vancouver, was the same time. Both are in the Westminste Great Britain Not to Manufact London, 4,11 2. v - ernmer for the farmation o any {0 manufacture ne dyes. which industry Germany has heretofor abandoned, according to the da! press, owing to the faflnre of the terested flrms to provide the “meces- sary capital: The present scheme will be withdrawn, says the Express and some new plan formulated. a_ similar experience | ! s | i | | {SWISS, GREEK, | than ever before known. ! flmenee of Excitement in Wheat Market ITALIAN, DUTCH AND FRENCH BUYING. 10,000,000 BU. A WEEK Farmers Who Have any Wheat Said to be Hanging On for $2 a Bushel— Dollar a Sack Flour Said to be Sight. in Chicago, Jan, 14.—“Exports to end soon,” was the cry that today sent wheat fylng up’ almost out of at 5148 Flour Continues to Rise. Flour at retail continued to rise. Flour which formerly soid ai retail at 70 cents a sack went today to the householder at 90 cents. The dollar sack was siid to be in sight. Five Foreign Governments Buying. Five governments of Kurope were reported today to be actively in the | wheat market on this side of the At- { lantic, in addition to a larger number of individual buyers from foreign fields The result be exportation at the miflion to ten mil was figured to rate of efght bushels a week Market a Blaze of Excitement. in the hands of farmer Great Britain Has 60 Days’ Supply. should n pvernment. HEARING ON CHARGES AGAINST MINISTER SULLIVAN. of State Bryan Accused His Appointme: New Testimony which i L3 made by ministration sovernmer minican_rep s seeking conntry inquiry the financ Sen: Phelan of ¢ determine whether James ) { American ster to the fit_to hold his position Secretary Dry: cused of lend: ear in Sullivan to_th muel ¥ coterie of New York fina whe controlled the Banco X Santo Domingo, alleged becn instituti island and whi its cof an out Willian' al of the fied t 1 ihe F had cavsed be. published in a Dominjcan newspa- ver that W. Doyle, head of tie department 3 merica_najt lin the state depart had been re moved of Miteholl and that M said to_hir Santo In June, 113, Mitchell came fo him again, he sai and told him that Russell, Ameri mirister. under Taft, w t ing “He told ige’ ess testifie that if 1 was esser, hed tell me the name of the next minister. It ends with an ‘N’ he said.” AMERICAN FARMERS NEED NOT FEAR COMPETITORS. retary of Agriculture. dred Kansas farmers in his addres Defore the yearly meeling of the Kan- sas state bogrd of agriculture here fo- da. Mr. Houston urged the carly enactment of farm credit legislatio and closer cooperalion among the farmers. It is gratifying to know thal at end ¢ years in foreign trade agricultural commodities this country 15 still an exporting nat the se.- retary said. “The balancé in fave of exports during the last vear was ximately 260,000,000 doliars, Even on our South American trade, of which we hear so mu mere farm and forest pro we export cts to that tign. “The shortage the TUnited 19 as of the States, 3 corn croj comparad crop, was - 300,000,000 entire erop of Arge: that year was less than one third bushels. tine of this s} The importation corn from all « includix for th ding October 14, was 16,006,000 bushels, or seven h of one percent of the domestic crop. Dnring this same pe- riod tho United States exported il,- 900,000 bushels. tuation i sented i trade in meate. other countries of the world a | pendent on Ws for their food s and for 1o come. Furc likely cularly dependent up- en us. Garage Burned at Newtown. Newtown, Conn., Jan, 14.—Fire starting from an explosion of gasoline in the Workshop destroyed the garage of William Wakelee and five automo- biles housed there to The loss ix 93,000, While the wheat market here today was in a blaze of excitement, the| minority of farmers who still’ own heat were said to be in many case for $2 a bushel. Approx- 25 per cent. of the 1914 crop estimoted by experts to be still| ] ch are direct purchasers in the United es are | So far the British govern ment done a govern- ment. but Great is said here t lay basis and if Statement by David F. Houston, Se:-, Topeka, Kas, Jan. 1{—That the| Leon Sanova, special American farmeér need never concern|of the state department, has accepte himself competitioll with the|a bribe for their efrorts in getfing the e outside world was the | fusitive ity s message David F. Houston, secretary them and of agriculture, gave to several hun- the state continent than we import. iMuch has| Dbeen - said about the importat of Argentine corn and beef and it i3 worth while tc know the exact situa- Henry H. Peitis For llegu}_y Judge NAMED IN RESOLUTION PRE- SENTED BY SENATOR BARNES. FOR TWO YEAR TERM From July 1, 1915—Petition to General Assembly That Yantic be Incorporat- ed as a Town Presented by F. B. Rickerson. (Epecial to The Bulletin.) Hartford, Jan. 14.—With the excep- tion of New lLondon coun represen- | tives from all other counties will cau- cus next Tuesday ‘ternoon to nom- inate a candidate for county commis sioner, for the terru that ends in O tober, 1917. This is to cover th pointments made by Governor Baldwin during the recess and where appoint- ment will expire next Wednesday There is no such condition in New London county. as Albert H. Lanpher: was elected by the general assembly and the ony one to be chosen, The several committees met for or- anization the |s 1in the hous | the sw of much | ment. { betition to the gen ard will which me has mmitte H. Kenyomn ommittee ary ard Willi i TWO COMMISSIONERS FROM NEWSEONDON COUNTY i Appointed at This Session— | Sentiment Points to Norwich for {+ One of Them. | k (Continued on | SENSATIONAL ESCAPE FROM g DEATH IN MEXICO | tturbide Rode Nearly €00 Miles | Through Deserts and Over Moun- tains. de. once member of the it the from circumsta in | which for threatened to caus |a serious bre: reral Gu- tierrez and Ger and Palafos ‘m said he rode 600 mi to the American er leavin train south of uahua to avoid |a railroad :&h an xile, who is a great-grandson lturbide who proclaim- emperor of Mexico about 10 an athlete and cracic pistol shot and polo playe: rmerly wealthy, but i 1(” rfiscated statement recently was given out reral Palafox, minister of agri- the errez_calebr that American Cor al | QUARTER OF A MILLION CONDITIONAL TO PRINCETON From Mrs. Russell Sage, Provided a Like Amount Is Raised by July 1. | e | SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF | | Chamber of Commerce Attempting to Bring in Corn in Wagons. | Jan, " 14.—A foo shos Monterey is assuming so- {rious proportions, it was announced today ‘at Nuevo Laedo, by Carranza officialé, who said some of the (ar | Fanz {roops had returned to Mon- terey. | The Aonterey chamber of commerce, it ‘was announced. was attempting o bring in corn in \wagons. Apparently there is no regular train service into that city. No tralns ran between Nuevo Laredo and Monterey today. There is no bread, floar or corn for de in Nuevo Laredo and most of the_ stores were closed (oday. on J., Jan. 14—That ty will receive a quarter of a million dollars from Mrs. Russell Sage, provided a_like amount is raised by July 1, was the chief item of interest brought b the trus- tees of the institu at their meet- ing tod: A special commitiee was appointed | by the board to consider the guestion of continuing compu: week day chapel service, The commi will re port at the next meeting of the trus | tees in April. The undergrady | back of & movement urging be not required to attend chapel ser- | | vice au the weeks. FOOD AT MONTEREY | | Condensed Telegrams | The Copper Producers Association vot- ed to dissolve. Montana will take a census of its big game animal | The Santa Fe road’s emparge of {srain at Gaiveston was lifted | ets and sheet bars in Pittsburgh are about 50 cetns a ton higher. Germany in 1913, provided Ecuador | with one-Tifth o 1 The deficit of the Toledo, Peoria & Western decreased §2,082 in December. The Haytien rébels have captured Limonade, a city southeast of Cape Haytien. Hundreds of acres of winter wheat in Oklahoma are infested by the Hes- sian fiy. The 10,000,000 pounds 5 per cent one- rl"uu"h treasury blils have been sub- scribed. The Pittsburgh Foundry & Machine Co’s plant at Salem, Olio, resumed opéfutions. King George granted an audience to the Roumanian Minister at Buckin- ham Palace. Lloyd’s in London made a quotation of 6 per cent. on insurance against peace by June. Bankruptcy proceedings against Cramp, Mitchell & Co.,, of Phil phia, were dismissed The Lawrence Gas Co., se its capital stock $2,500,000. will incres {900,600 to Great Britain's strictures on copper have not disturbed production or smelting in British Colu It is understood that the ranty Co., of New York, is arransing to import French gold coin from Lont don. jeert cargo |port. Arguments were made the dissolnt Street T aur in Boston has barrel, for e for| [ been the be rar of Montreal to negotiate $1,750.000 treas : The Phijadelphia -& Reading | tons of used to the main track The Eastern Stesl Cols plant at| | Potisville, Pa, resumed operations in séveral departments Ih which work | was recently uspende seried - from the ga etween November 15 31 according to a dispateh Matin. Germans are leaving Italy in large numbers. Many _applications which have been made for Italian nations within the last few days huve been refuse n_of Samuel Carver, an Attorney at Dos- ton, was arrested on indictment warrant charging larce 90 from a client by alleged fraudulent rigages. rs. Mary E. Diegan was awar |$2,540 for the death of her husband |while performing his duties con- ductor on a Central Railroad of New Jersey train. | Armour & Co ative to confer with jon delay ents that have alre jers $5,000,000. 1 represent- b officials of meat ship- dy cost Fire Yesterday Destroyed Grace Methodist Episcopal church, a large wooden structure, at St. Johnsbury YVt The loss is estimated at $40,00 The fire started near the furnace. Matthew H. Nickerson, of Hyannis was taken into custody In Hart today by Deputy United State 5 Timothy E. Hawley charge of forgery. A number of New York banks have formed g syndicate for the purpose of I buying acceptances drawn by the Rus- leian Government' in payment of com- modities purchased in this country. Samuel H. Ordway, president of the Civ ice Reform Association has |accepted Governor Whitman's offer to rman of the recognized state civil service commis- i become New York To replace the revenue lost throuzh the European war the Panama Gov- introduced in v bill providing n liquors hecks and rvice commission of the and_Telephone and Tele- and its relations with ephone company graj the Amer introduced i The Seventh Months’ Old Child of E. D. Hively of Madizon, Me., was fatally <hot througn the top of ‘he head last night by Ed~ar Beaulier, a~ed ,1°, while the latter was ~laying with a riffie found in the Hively home. The d had been left its imported goods. | | Eleven thousand German scidiers de- | pack- | | | | The iso i {ty, compar cent. in the { rly part of 1 | The steamer Austyian Prince sailed {from New York for St Na: | Fr v 1,000 horse: | vai each. Leo Barta, an Austrian, was arrest- when trying to lasso 2 hippopota- s ig Central Park to send to Em- peror Joseph “to make him smile.” in the care of two |doubt in thei FRENGH ADMIT "PARTIAL SUCCESS OF ENEMY 100d lat vance is Germans Win Two Day Battle. After continuous en: s which | erat lasted nearly two davs. the Germans!explained ed the krench to yield in -front!sroup the Vregeny, to the .ast of Crouy. It|.r . cplained by the French war of: 3t rendercd precarious - Drops Bombs on Ant- ng o right k. hese e ro _withorawr, t was thous wiaior in the week ossible to send reinforcem bomb.. oh the Germa SEpat Antwen) cordin’; <o adversari the French stat done Ly the bombs has net ment, “but’ wil hav. no influence on Ftaise ¢ an he operations whole.” Lave om Emperor W If w nburz «d in the ¢ several thousand Austrian Nobility Deposit Money in were continued through- | , Geneva reports GOVERNCR BLEASE SENDS IN RESIGNATION, Political Career Marked by Spectacular Incidents and Controversies. umbia, S. ¢ 13.—Gov. Cole by ton with thé resigna transmitte~ to the senate. was accepted utenant Govern took the h for the unexpired t No reason for the governor's action was given in his resignation. It was ‘tated that Governor Llease today was <0ld of a meetinz of some of the me ers of the legislature Tuesday ni; jwien, a ding to :::mn hers (rf the chment proceedings arainst him Governor Ilense’s political caveer 1as been m. ed by sveciacular in derts and While prac- cing law in Newber 8. C. he be- ~ame active in politics, and in 1890 was lected to the state house of repre- entatives. He also served In the s president pro tempore L heated defeated andidate campaign, in whi e prohibition ele- cratic p 1 as inausural governor assumed of \ding clemency to state penitentiary, de- privately conducted tuber stitution at the breeder ement atiributed t ne was that t one pri gover a he eov he would ach day al day re- o¥imately he had ed since i to avail- Jle records here. he h: nted ex- ~cutive clemency to 1.674 - priconers, ing less than 125 nersons in the Dpenitentiary ecent INSURANCE OF RAILROAD ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN Not Desired on Books of Life Insur- ance Comnanies. Chicago, Jan. 11.—Railroad engineers and firemen are not desired on the boolis of insurance ,companies, it was asserted today bv Dr: W, B. Corey, 2 witness at the w tern railroad wage arbitration. When railroad enginemen can get insurance it is at excessive rates, declared Dr. Core The employes object to the require- ment that they away their right to recover for injuries, it was testified by G. N. DeGuire. Tle men also pro- test_against furn plete form ~ards of their per: said DeGuire. The declared that such _informat vailable for blacklisting purne “nd said that he had pers e of such use being made of Jan S roads, asked to aper bui the cross examination, vestion was Investigating Death of Man Electro- cuted. Stamford. Conn. Jan. 1i.—Coroner John J, Phélan of Dridzeport today be- « > the death Glenbrook, -who was killed by an clectric_shock as he was about to board a New Canaan at the Stamford station Tuesd Va officials connected artment of the he motorman of tie 4 there was considerable - minds as to how the ac. ident could have occurred. FRENCH FORCED T0 YIELD TO GERMANS In Front of Vregney, to the East of Crouy, After Battle Almost Two Days Emperor William Himself Was Present at These Operations Which Resulted in the Capture of Several Thousand French Prisoners—Petrograd Claims That the Russian Troops Have Progressed on the Right Bank of the Vis- tula Where the German Cavalry Has Been Repulsed— No Important Actions Are Taking Place in Galicia. t |OFFICIAL com No Important Action in Caucasus. |army devotes a MUNICATICN ROM FRENCH WAR OFFICE Admits Success of Germans Along the Aisne River. Paris, Jan. 14, 1 ) owing officiai commu n.ght our tro in a sudden at. of overwhelming t constructed the Germans © the northe 1quescourt, north »f Rove ‘departm )t the Somme) “The attacks. of enemy in_the on to the north of Sois have een stopped, been said in the communi- this mor dzes, h ng ¢ he ht bank. We vre- vented from sending ments. This has be of the withdrawal which were fighting under ondition We were obllged to aband v all of them unfit for use rmans have made pris wonnded 1 ™ rawal movem de a numb important not wounded. belonging to " infue In fact tions which we will be un: the rive; Tocal n the T ng to report. nemy Movements of Steamships, London, Jan, 14.--Arrived, steamer an, St, John, N. B. raltar, Jan, 14.—Arrived, steamer D'Acosta, New York ETPO 1 Jan. 14.—Arrived. steamer ston via Halifax led, :egmor Baltic, New York. Jan. b.—Sailec t mina, New York. South Wellfleet, Mass.. Jan, 14 Lapland’ Liverpool for New gnalled. k 830 o m. Fri- ernool; Jan. 14 —Arrived, seamer Haverford, Philadeiphia. New Zeopelin Airship. Geneva, via Paris, Jan. 14 6.55 D —A new Zepvelin a. 1 - erichshafen yesterday on <ht of an hour. " After skirtin an- ce, the airship di ver Grand Du ater romrned safe ito m z the trip lane ade & scouting i pre= vent a surprise by ® Austrians Acaressive i Tan. 14 to a G trian _forces tiated the the at severu! en hag 18 Russian dismissed from cred. with the assertion erals have been Dortant wositions.