Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 2, 1915, Page 1

e VOL. LVIL—NO. 28 o ot _wiWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1915 PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That s ~ny Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion t o the City'; Pofi:lation FRENCH REPULSE - GERMAN ATTACK In the Neighborhood of La Bassee and to the North __ . _of Albert, According to French Report GREATEST ACTIVITY IN THE ARGONNE REGION But the Engagements, So Far as Known, Have Not Been De- cisive—In the East the Austrians Claim Success in Rus- sian Poland and the Capture of a Large Russian Con- tingent Near Luplow Pass, in the Carpathians—Rus- sians Announce Further Progress in East Prussia— London Alarmed in Anticipation of a Raid by Zeppelin Dirigibles, Reported Sighted Over Dover—Cost of Liv- ing in All the Belligerent Countries is Rapidly Increasing. Ger- | the Germans lost a number of dead on The French war office repo: man attacks in the neighborhood of {the field. . La Bassee and to the n ‘At Beaumont Hamel, to the north ich are declared to lof ‘Albert, the German infantry at- pulsed. Probably the elopg the line in the played in the Argomne region, engagements, so far is know been in no way decisive, In the east, the Austrians c cesses in Russian Poland, West ¢ and the capture of a larze R contingent near Lupkow Pass, in tempted a surprise against one of our | trenches, but they were obliged to take lto flight, abandoning the explosives i hich they had been provided. e Argonne there has been great y in the region of IFonta Madame and the Forest of La Grur An attack by the Germans has been re- pelled near Bagatelle, One of our Carpathians. trenches, demolished by two min The occupation of Tabriz, Per: |was evacuateq without officially announced from Petrograd as| “In the Vosses and in well as further progress in B e N TS = The situation in owina, been very abundant. through which territory the Russians - - were planring to make their way into | MILITARY ACTIVITY Hungary, is declared by all sides to be without change. ~ondon sp\ o hours i x- . Sous anticipation of & raid by Zepaeln | Was Accelerated by Favorable Weath- dirigibles, but waited in v Reports | er Conditions. from Dover d ed heavy firing by | gt 1e batteries guarding the Via London, Feb. 1, 11.05 p. me- quarters if w following official statement fire was directed agair siven ont tonight: nd, in others, againat “Owing to the favorable weather ding to latest ad conditions, there was much military activity vesterday in Russian Poland, sia. Local successes were at- er coast tow The cost of living in al 1t countries is rapidly Labor troubles are threatened Britain, where the workm wages should b the cost of exist In Germuan No Russian atiacks west of Lup- th {men, two-cannon and two machine guns in an -engagement on a wooded impertance bas occur- na. In the southern > situation is though the rule limiting t has not vet been applic &n decree reducing the propec Theat or rve flour in bread making its| jron Cross for Head of Krupp Works. 50 per cent. will become effective on | Sl Saturday next. | Berlin, via eStenah nperor William today pe GERMANS REPULSED ed the Iron Cross, first ci WITH HEAVY LOSS. unchange.” stave Krupp Von Bohle: head of the Krupp Iror T wor Count Gunter Von Bernstor | | | During Violent Attack on Trenches|son of the German ambassador to the ! Near Bethune. ! - { Ir . Paris, Feb. 1, 10.40 p. m—The offi- | o= cfal communication iss office tonight was as follows: London “The night of January o the Exchange Telegraph company 1 was very quiet. In the 1 Dover savs: “The harbor ba February 1 the enemy ma s opened fire early tonight, while aitack on our trenches to the chlights swept the waters. It i of the road between Bethune beiieved that German submarines were Bassee. The attack was repuls > cause of the activit: NEW REGULATION FOR SALE HOW MANY CAN STAND OF BREAD IN BERLIN ON STREET CAR. No Measures to Restrict Amount o.‘iHearing Befors United States Public Purchase Yet in Force. i Service Commission. e 4y | £erlin, via The Hague to rdon, | New Yor, Beb. 1.—The value of the ¥ab. 1 ,11.10 p. m.—The szle of bread |strap-hanger, the space he occupie: under the mew regulations opened nor- jand how many can stand comforta mally this morning, no measures hav-|i na street car were discussed today fng been adopted as yet to enforce the |in a public service commission inves- rule limiting purchases to two kilo- |tigation of the transportation facili- grams (about 4 1-2 pounds) per son- | ties of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit son weekly. The magistrates 2 company. Slaughter W. Huff. general what procedur manager of the company. testified thta followed. Meanwhile there was no rusn |he haq made a study of so-called to and the volunteer supervisors, ;sthaphanging. instalicd by the trades uniots to reg- | “The average standing capacity, as ulate traffic and keep the expected |we have figured it out,” he said, crowds in order, found no occupation. |one standing passenger for every seat- Swine were selling today at 95 to|ed one and one standing passenger for 100 marks (324-325) for fifty kilograms, [every two or three square feet on the contrasted with 57 marks at the out- | hear nlatform break of the war. The price is ex-| This he described as “comfc pected to show & further rise despite the number ready for siaught that feeqa bas been cut off. An Increase in the price of beer is| NAVAL SUPPLY STEAMER alzo looked for. The National Brew CELTIC RUNS AGROUND ers’ essociation has adopted a resolu- n to the effect that this is unavoid- [In Nantucket Sound—Ammunition e, owing to the higher cost of labor | Ship Lebanon Has Gone to Aid Her. nd’all the constituents of heer ex- cept hops. Newport, R. I, Feb. 1.—The. United States navy, supply ship Celtic went SEVEN MEN KILLED BY aground on Half Moon Shoal in Nan- | tucket sound today, according to a A FALLING WALL.| wireless message received at the naval G station here. The ammunition ship Dozen Persons Caught When Crash|Lebanon left at once to aid the strand- Came at Grand Rapids, Mich. ed craft. The Celtic carries a crew of about 150, Grand Rapids, M Feb. 1.—Seven | The weather was thick and rainy to- men were killed an dseveral other per- | night but the water was smooth and sons injured this afterncon by a fall-|the situation of the Celtic was not ing wall at the ruins of the Brown ana |regarded as imminently dangerous Sepler Implement Manufacturing plant.| She is bound for Guantanamo, by wo of the bodies were _identified.| Way of New York and is loaded with hree of the seven men injured were|foodstuffs for the Atlantic fleet. taken to hospitals and may die. S e The identified dead are: Morton B.| OBITUARY. Jameston and Fred May, of Grand| e Rapirs. G. P. Janes and Albert Zertz James Meikliejohn, and Homer Wright of Grand Rapids| Pawtucket, R. I, Feb. 1.—James were crushed under the debris and se-| Meiklejohn, father of President Alex- ousiv injured, { ander Meiklejohn, of Amherst college, Fire destroved the building two weeks| died today, aged 81 vears. He was a 8go. Only the blackened walls re-|native of Scotland and came to the mained. The crash came without| United States about 45 vears ago. warning and more than a dozen per- | e S ema sons were caught. ate this evening the| Two Policemen Killed in Street Car sixth body was removed. Fight. | Anniston, Ala., Feb, 1—Two police- 3 | men were killed here today in a street §10,000 for Rarents of Killed Duck|car fight with alleged illicit lianc Hunter. ers whose place of business they had Waanbigton. tinder aided. Kight policemen have been T e omisht i s | Killed ghore n three years in similar dian government will seftle claims|F2ids. o growing out of the recent shooting of (Jim Crow” Car Bill in House, two American duck hunters by y 3 dizn militiamen by paying $10.000 ‘Washington, Feb. 1.— A “Jim Crow" the parents of Waiter Smith, who was | car bill to cover public convevances at killed, and $6,000 to Charles Dorsch, | the capitol was reported to the house who was wounded iition to all|today Dy a committee with recom- ‘eral cxpenses mendations that it be passed. dents in London streets is an annual report of the board of trade. IN RUSSIAN POLAND.{ ow Pass (Carpathians) were re-| We captured officers, 800{ sustained the SAW MONEY PASSED sional distriet, *h, acecordin; the returns, G. H. Tinkham (rep: can) de ocrat), John J. Devlin, testified that he saw money passed near a polling booth hy Seni president of the democratic city com- mittee. George Kenne; member of a democrat told of hearing a rumor that Timi w ator Timilty took nied that he zave anyone money. He said that he urged members of ward clubs to vote for Horgan. He refused to Horgan. A number of democratic workers in| the district called as witnesses denied that they had receiv Verona, New York; sailed, er Re D'Italia, agara, New Yor] Philadelphia, New Yor} New York, London, Jon. 380.—Sailed, steamer | House that there will be no let-up i Minneapolis, New York. Phelan to Take Testi would reach here tomorrow. ing on a bench warrant. Cabled Paragraphs Rumania to Supply Germany with Grain, Berlin. Feb. 1 (by iireless teleg- raphy to London, 8.20 p. m.)—It is semi-officially reported from Bucharest that Rumania is to supply Germany with a pre-arrangeq large quantity of grain, the transportation of which is to be furnished by Germany. Exonerated of Manslaughter Charge. London, Feb. 1, 9.30 p. m.—A coro- ner’s jury today exonerated Frederick Sharer, an America, of a charge of manslaughter for having run over and killed a 14 year old boy with his auto- mobile last week. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. Mr. Sharer is the managing director of the Na- tional Radiator company, an English corporation. TRAFIC ACCIDENTS IN STREETS OF LONDON An Alarming Increase Shown—25,800 Last Year. London, Jan, 21 (Correspondence of The Associated Press)—An alarming increase in the number of traffic acc shown in The total number of accidents re- corded 800 against 22,200 for the previous year, and the report more- over states that ‘“the proportion of 1 accidents is increasing rapidly, ng to the multiplication of motor icles. omobiles are twice as accidents as horse ve- s and the proportion of fatal ac- cidents is three or four times greater. The theo the motorist has such s machine that he can ident is disproved by expe- rience. The best llope of improvement lies with the pedestrian himself. He develop a new traffic sense. s, the report in- ates that the habits are changing. getting more restless and now makes 271 “journeys” ur, as against 143 a year ago. Most of the new traffic has been de- veloped on the electric car lines and motor omnibus lines, indicating that the Londoner is getti~= away from the center of the city into the healthier uburban DEMURRRERS OVERRULED IN TERRE HAUTE CASES. | Mayor Roberts and 26 Others Will Be Placed on Trial March 8. Indianapolis, Ind Roberts, mayor of Terre Haute, and 26 others will be placed on trial in the United States district court on March ged in a federal indictment with ring to_corrupt the election of 1914. The date was fixed today by Judge A. B. Anderson after he had overruled the demurrers filed for 27 men. ive oth rested in and proba the sam pleaded g Feb. 1.—Donn rs of the 115 who were dictment pleaded not g - will be placed on trial at time. The remaining 83 Ity. but haye not been sen- tenced. Judge Anderson in a lengthy decision overnment’s theory that the federal government has jurisdiction r elect achinery when members of co the United States sen- ate are & voted for. He also over- ruled the contention of the defense that the indictment was technically illegal he trial is expected to be lengthy, known that the government about 400 witnesses, and it 1 the defense also will have a SIS NEAR A POLLING BOOTH. gressional District, n, Feb. 1.—In the in al commissioners today tested election in the 11th co: bli- ted Frank J. Horgan (dem- or James P. Timilty, former club, 1s working for Tinkham. Later Sen- stand and de- whether he himself voted for d mone Movements of Steamships. Kildonan, Jan. 31.—Passed, steamer sow, Naples, Jan. 31,—Arrived, steamer th, steam- ew York. Jan. 30.—Satled, steamer Cadiz, Montevideo, New York, Christiansand, Jan. 30.—Sailed, steamer Hellig Olav, New York, Havre, Jan. 30.—Sailed, steamer Ni- Liverpool, Jan. 30.—S: led, steamers : 81st, Orduna, Liverpool, Feb. 1L—Arrived: Steamer Scandinavian, St. John, N. B, Havre, Feb. 1. el s S R Domingo City. ‘Washington, Feb. 1.—~At the conclu- sion of hearings here into the offictal conduct of Mfnister Sultvan of Santo Domingo, Senator-elect Phelan will go [law commission, appointed by Go to Santo Domingo City to complete [ nor Foss two years ago, made the taking ofg testimony. Secretary Fryan said tonight that Mr. Phelan |it submitted to the legislature. He added | der the terms of this measure the that he did not know whether he would | present metropolitan fire hazard law be called to examination, but that he|would be extended to all parts of weuld respond to any summons of Mr. Phelan, _—— e Roe Locked Up at Winsted, Winsted, Conn., Feb. 1-—Harry Roe, vhio was indicted recentl nto the superior court tomorrow morn- Floods Near St. Louis. St. Louis, Feb. 1.—Docks and boat- T Arrlved: Steamer La|ing the White House. Touraine, New Yorl ony at Santo [not goi Gen. Carranza’s Brother Executed FIRST CHIEF TO SEND TROOPS TO RECOVER THE BODY. | EEL LR tioner Are Reported Held as Hos- ta-es at Vera Cruz—Entire Staff of Dead Man Reported Executed. . L—General Jest Carranza, h on Abelardo and Ig nacio Peraldi, members of his staff, were executed by General Santibanez, former constitutionalist general, who defected to Zapata, rding to a tél- egram to the widow of al Car- a from the first chief at Vera First Chief to Send Troops. Mrs. Jest a refugee he in annou death of her hus band, sald General Venustiano Carranza, the first chief of the Mexi- can constitutionalists, had telograp! her that he would send troops to cover the body. General Jesus Carranza and his stafl wi taken prisoners recent near n Geronimo, on the Isth Tehauntepee. Carranz s to reports, were executed immediate- . nza, his son Abelardo and Peraldi, a relative, were held pris- oner for a time by Santibanez, who demand the price of their that Venustiano Carranza cease ¢ tions in that territory. Held as Hostages. The father, mother, wife and oth members of General Santibanez’s fam- ily were recently rey aptured in the state of Jalapa and sent to Vera Cruz, where constitutionalists said they would hold them pending dispo- sition of Jesus Carranz PURCHASE OF CARGO OF STEAMSHIP WILHELMINA Received No Reply to Its Offer. London, Feb. 1, 7.36 p. m.—The e mission for reilef in Belgium has re- ceived no reply to its of chase the cargo of the steamship Wilhelmina, t her from Hamburg and as ternational incldent, wi here to be inevitable if the vessel tries to reach Germany with her foods The announcement ton that Count Vor German ambassador to the States, will g be used has not influenced the ment. Officials at the I office say der: view of the Ge decreo placir food ment under govern- be conducted t offi paid o an E el nm. | THREATENING FIRE Help Was Summoned from Hartford, but Local Firemen Subdued Flames. W start Dbolle: Mathe an estimated ! time it was read to n as summoned { { ephone. The 1o able to cope with the and the re At o 3 ther and C. Mather, conducted gre drygoods - story i | secona ana third floors were | tenements and the occur rried escapes. | The Mather block was { the art of the bus | ved fire wal {portant part in prev spreading. Pomerantan, Portland, Me., for Glas- | PRESIDENT CONFIDENT OF PASSAGE OF SHIP BiLL | Indicated at White House That There | Will Be No Let-up in Fight. ‘Washington, Feb. 1.—President Wil son still feels confiGent of the passa of the shipping bill, despite tod: developments. He cussed the s uation at iength tonight with Secre- tary Bryan and Senator Williams a later it was indicated at the Wh the fight for the bill “We can beat them and we w! them,” said Senator William “The opponents of s bil as well as I do, that the pres the provisions of the measure Massachusetts Building Law. Boston, Feb. 1.—The state building| port today in the form of & bill commonwealth and 2 new state bu ing department would be created. $2,000,000 for Alaskan Railway, Washington, Feb. 1.—Secretary Lane with Isaac |asked the house appropriations com- Williams of Bridgeport, by the |mittee today to Include $2,000,000 in grand jury, for the murder of County |the sundry civil bill for the Alaskan Commissioner Hubert B, Case at Bark- hamsted last November, was brought | pense for construction of the railw. here tonight from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., by a state police officer and locked up. | been appropriated and mostly spent ir It is expecteq that he will de taken government rallway. The limit of e is $35,000,000. Of this $1,000,000 has Surv { Gifford Trial Postponed. Albany, N. Y, Feb, 1—The trial of Malcolm Gifford, Jr., charged with kill- ing Frank J. Clute, on April i, 1913, houses aleng the Merimac river near|was stopped today because of the ill- here were swept away today by a flood T ‘which occurred after a heavy ice gorge | Recess was taken until tomorrow was dynamited near Valley Park, Mo. it ] The river rose at the rate of a foot an ! defbergh would be able to resume his Liour, ness of David Vanderbergh, a juror. morninz when it was expected Van- place in the jury box. VICTIM WAS A GENERAL | Commission for Relief in Belgium Has to pur- | believed | g0 of where | &% U taken | frauds. s | AT WINDSOR LOCKS | by the war| German Submarines Still Active. |Im the Eleventh Massachusetts Con- = 1, 11 p. m—A despatch | [COAL BARGE MISSING OFF BLOCK ISLAND. rion_Cha |ican man Morgan Testifies atIndustrial Probe ADMITTED LACK OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING LABOR CONDITIONS IN FAVOR OF OPEN SHOP | ?Fother. Mother and Brother of Execu- iHolds Executive Officials of Corpora- tions Responsible for Labor Condi- tions Among Employes—Deies His | Firm Dominates Half the Railroads. New York, Feb. 3 testifying today at the inquiry b on_indust hilanthropt of i railre denial was called forth by attributed to the A stateme controlled all the railroads. Denies Control of Railroads. “We certainly do not contr of the roads,” Mr. asserted w anything about Kuhn, Loeb and but 1y wrong.” It was Mr. Morgan's first public ap- as spokesman for the vast fi- nancia interests of the Morgan com- pearanc par When Mr. Morgan arrived at hearing John itchell, former pre: dent of the United Mine Work ) a member kers o half an hou miners of Colorado and Pennsylvani and characterized as “simply absurd, the Rockefeler plan of settling labor lorado. Amused by Questions. an confessed his I rding labor cond troubles in C Some of the uest the commissioners him. Several times ed to himself before answer ies he cht ed betw: officers of corporati exccutive officials, were responsible abor condilions among the emp Mr. Morgan declared. ie was i of the “open shop” and consider in labor disputes the empl ‘play the part of any dece Philanthropic foundations considerable good he b PLEAS OF GUILTY IN GREAT ! | WESTERN JOBBING FRAUDS | Involve Mercantile Transactions That Amount to Millions of Dollars. ere so-called ce defend; t Western jobb int he alleged fraud 1 be shifted to the first store wo the pro: After entered trial jointly. The A. Cohan, Alfred Gold- muel B Jacob L. Lc urice Garf arately, »owit kel w 1 tried sep- Was Cast Adrift With Four Men Aboard ng With the ba she was in tow when them adrift because of nd do Annie will be made is owned by the New compa. HYDROPLANES NOT VESSELS OF WAR | State Department Dissents from Ger- | many’s Contention That They Are. Washington, Feb. 1.—In reply to ‘Germuuys recent protest against ] »uilding of hydro-aeropianes by .]\mv nd ¥ A, h: informed Count Von Bernstorff, the German au bassador, that the state departm does not concur in the contention th: ich craft must be regarded a: els of war d rent states by neutrals cpped.” New Faction in Mexico. Texas, nst ' the launched by the Clentifico par suoported the Diaz and the Huerta re- res, according to information re- ed here today. The new move- ment is sald to have received the ad- herence of many former wealthy owners, $150,000 Fire at Albany. Albany, N. Y, Feb 1.—Fire in t wholesale district here tonight caused a 1o H 1. M. Strasser, wholesale tobacco dea and Newton and Millard, merca: tile azents, were the heaviest losers. Griffiths Outpoints Freddie Welsh. Akron, O., Feb, 1.—Johnny Griffiths, local lightwelght, outpointed Freddie Weish, the world’s champion, in a 12- roung bout here tonight, according to the majority of newspaper men who Condensed Télegrams Six-cent bread was indorsed in Chi- Association of Joseph F. McLaugh was stabbed to death in a quarrel by William B. Irvine. of New York | President V M ,000,000 this | Hudson County, N. J first time in its history. 00 and 3,000 saloons , Went dry were closed. A python 24 feet long escaped from | 1 it had Dbeen the largest snakes in captivity. | Mrs. Ella Van Tine committed —J. P, Morgan, ng conducted by the federal commission relations_into the great foundations and the lustrial uprest, denied that his banking firm dominated half of the is in the United States. The t Samuel Utermeyer, when atter was a witness before the mmission, that two banking firms at | democrats joined an alliance with T a Stamford sanitarium during Sunday | PUblicans in an effort to send the A fire due to defective insulation did |23 U slight damage in the home of J ator shaft kefeller at Pennsylvania trains half organ asserted. He h a laugh, “I don’t know m- Utemyer was certain- atterdon, a brakeman, w. Fifteen persons were injured, none SAFETY OF BRITISH y n an Atlantic Coz s was wrecked by a bro at Callahan, Fla. t Line en radl of John Mann of of the ate workmen's compensa- on, was on the stand.|for the I ad to wait more than|chine in a pencil factory, E fore the commission finished with Mr. Mtichell, who testi- fied regarding conditions among the Because her mother had lded her Angenline Colombo, 13, of ew Ro- | inquire nd killed herself | about conditions there. He was told Moran was nominated by |adequate water sident as postmaster at South- |sitles and that there ot The office carries a | Ports of viol tions | he is al ms put_ to! ppeared to alligator arrived at Port The American flags flo ird cutters and on co: > changed from import- coast- sta- To save the life of Maitland Churton kin from their arm: ion aboard flagship claimed anoth- death of Ralph B. of Indianapolis, Ind. Firemen called Labetto Schilatti, 14, of Caldwell, arrested on a charge o totalling $900, The first three days in June were | order of Ge ral Bennett H. of hypnotic suzgestions. to | 11 stein, Jacob Lipman violatio nof the on colored Court at St. Louis. Three hundred men inmates at fl\c: re in a combinu- |nj and dormitory. Three armed bandits York clerks and the store ued at $20,000. The climate e 3 in in tor- remarkable manner years. Rain xandria during accession of the An ordnance introduced rley of Boston, providing for the transfer of the harbor quarantine sta- | from clty cont h Service, was r May- | to the Federal | thing. Jected by the (ea Mrs. Wilda Fift, daughter of Ar. W “anton and h Irwin and four men | 1y injured when their a; H a tele. | DEMOCRATIC LEADER Pittsburgh | NEW PHASE OF nd | WHITE SLAVE LAW.i i | Woman May Be Indicted as Co-Con-| spirator—Supreme Court Decision, e law was interpreted today _supreme court as authorizing indictment of a woman ,transport- | Feb, 1.—A move- rranza conspiracy 3 have her- f transported with a view to black- tice Lamor gave dissenting | Ve V' i in which Justice Day concur: | this sounter in: uamrenmd i contended sion had cut away the jonal support of the law. Su- e court lawyers skilled In the ad- act were of the t the decision would have ffact of making prosecutions very estimated at $150,000. William | company, Wholesale grocers, | S I T A Death of Major General Luke O’Connor Tondon, Feb. 2, 3.48 a m.—Magjor [the president. Mr. Humphrey declared, General Sir Luke O’Co-nor. who r~se from the ranks after winning the Vice toria Cross at Alma, saw the fight. No decision was given. war, died yesterday. n the Crimean Democrats Desert - Ship Purchis3 NINE JOINED AN ALLIANCE WITH REPUBLICANS. The seven counties composins souti- REVOLT WAS SURPRISE “alifornia will s Two lives were lost in a fire that de- | Turned an Administrative Advantage ed a cheese » N. Y, at a Into a Defensive Position—Demo- for| ©rats Succeed in Getting Adjourn: ment with Motion to Recommit Pending. Was] ton, Feb. L.—Without warn- ing, 1n ‘the senate late today, nins government ship purchase bill back to the commerce committee. The revolt, expected as it was sudden, turn- ed an administration advantage into a defens} position ch tonight seemed almost hopeless to many dem- ocratic leaders. | TForced to fight for the life of the " |measure, the democrats succeeded in (Continued on Page Eight) IN MEXICO CITY S Zapata Said to Have Cut Off the Wa- Two freak kittens belongi ¢ : By tinetis| ter Supply—English Embassy Anx- with claws and| ious. Washington, Feb. l.—Alarmed for Miss Catherine McQuillan of Brook- | the safety of British subjects in Mex- d a verdict of $10,000 | ico City as S by a ma- | Cutti he result of the reported g off by the Zapata forces of the ty’ main water pply, Coun sellor Barclay of the British embassy lled at the state department today to hat the department had heard that, according to the Amer ernment’s advices, an gov- the city had an PPIY to meet neces- ad been no re- in_the capif From Tamp tod copy of blo Gonzal punist a fine of $10, 30 and " | with vere measures a a second tim all be im M , which had eneral A |NO BRITISH NOTE ON SHIP PURCHASE. Denied by Democratic Leader Under- wood and Secretary Bryan. tent state- ve Mann in the partment has a note or letter from regarding the purchase Brran derwood de- | note, come whic It | he senate ompels the hip or interned ves it dis- | has DEFENDS PRESIDENT WILSON Declares He Would Be the Last Man to Involve This Country. Democratic vood defended President on in the house today against rges that the purchase bill ght involve the country in war. Of all “the presi- dent would be the i 5 country in 2 war unjustif 3 tter what you may t reasons for this iegislation, no matter whether you think it is wise or not, from a govern- mental or economic standpoint, there is no man who will say on honor as a man and as a member of c gress that the president would = olve this country in unfriendly relations with any nation in the world. “The recorq of the president justifies this position. Is it not unwise o. the floor of this house to agitate this gues- tion when people of the whole country desire that peace and peace alone shail rest upon u: Representative Humphrey, republi- can, suggested that Mr. Underwood had made an eloquent defense of the president when no one had attacked however, that the shin purchase prop- ositlon was “a most crude and soclalis. tic scheme” without precedent in amy nation.