Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 3, 1915, Page 1

VOL. LVII.—NO. 28 PRICE TWO CENTS GERMANS MAINTAIN OFFENSIVE TACTICS With the Object of Penetrating the Lines of the| Allies in Fland ers and France FRENCH CLAIM PROGRESS IN VOSGES DISTRICT Russians are Continuing Their Operations in Prussia—Strug- gle Between the Germanic Allies and the Muscovites for Supremacy in the Carpathian Passes is Still Going on— Paris Claims a German Submarine Made an Attempt| to Sink the British Hospital Ship Asturias—Bombs Have Been Dropped on the F amous Homburg Castle in Al | sace, Where German staff Officers Were Housed— 20,000 Italians are Being Concentrated at Bari, on the Adriatic, for the Occupation of Durazzo, Albania. At various points on the battle front tn Flanders and France the Germans egain have started olfensive move- ments, with the object of capturing positions held by the allies or pene- trating their lines. In most of these attempts, Paris says, the Germans have been held and that to the north of Chalons and in the Vosges near Burnhaup LeBas progress been made by the French forces. Of the fighting in the other zones little is known, except that the Rus- continuing their operations a, that the Germans and Au: trians are in combats with the Rus ns at different points in Poland, that gle between the Germanic al- Russians for supremacy the Carpathian pa still_go- Austria claims that they have cessful in the mic Section the latter fr Paris declares t marine northeast of ship made an atte British hospital ship German_sub- Havre light- A news agency 000_Italians _ar ¢ Bari, on the o pation of Durazzo, report from London asserts lian servists in England h be ready to respc the colors of their country. Bombs have been dropped t & on the f Hombury ir ice, where German sta were residing. The build; ed A Berlin newspaper statistician re- ports that s a result of German regulation of bread and flour, less tons of rye and than four million wheat will be required in the country to the middle of Au: while from last year's harvest at the beginning f the war there were 18,000,000 tons of these grains, not including that left over from the 1913 harve: As a result of Germany's confisc of grain and flour to conserve the food supply, the British fleet n ordered to treat cargoes f nd flour destined for Germany Austria as conditional contra- d and subject to seizure The ican ambassador at London has formed the state department at ashington. i grain GERMANS ARE MAKING EFFORTS TO BREAK DEADLOCK. Which Exists on Both the Eastern and Western Fronts. , D ring Germans have on both the eastern and west “They have delivered a ser tacks, always preceded b: tivity and the allied lines in end ¥ nd while in almost every case they have thus won a preliminary rantage, before the fighting was ns have been able to regain the snches temporarily lost and in some to occupy the German positions. these attacks, according to the ports of the British and French gen- eral staffs, the Germans have suffered ro losses. he German artillery has been sub- jecting the Belgian positions in ilanders to a severe bombardment, which suggests that the moment has arrived for another effort to get across the Yser and thence to the French coast ports. In return, the French have bom- barded the railway station at Noyon, one of the military centers behind their advanced lines. More serious attacks, however. have heen made against the Russian lines in centrai Poland. Facer by flanking movements, both north and south, @ Marshal Von Hindenburg made esperate effort which apparently is to be remewed, to break through to Warsaw and thus not only gain a great military and political advantage for Germany, but at the same time re- e the pressure on Hungary and Prussia, in each of which re- the Iussian troops are slowly z forward. FRENCH DROPPED BOMBS ON HOMBERG CASTLE Where a Group of Important German Staff Officers Was Residing. Berne, Switzerland, Feb. 2, via Paris, 8.55 p. m.—French airmen today drop- ped bombs on the famous Homberg rastle in Alsace, where a groun of im- portant German staff officers was re- tiding. The building was set on fire tnd burned to the ground. After encircling the castle, the avi- rs suddenly dropped several bomis. Some of the missiles took effect, caus- ng heavy destruction. Fire broke out W the large casile and spread to a jumber of farm buildings adjoining it. Foon nothing was left but a smoking 1eap of ruins. Homberz castle .as the summer co of the French Countess Mau- It contained some celebrated re-.| The damage is es- million francs. jancient furniture. timated at several BRITISH PARLIAMENT HAS REASSEMBLED Session to Deal Chiefly with Financial Questions Raised by War, London, Feb. 2, 3.02 p. m.—Parlia- ment reassembleg today, after a recess for the house of commors, since Nov and for the house of lords since an. ceremonies and plunged at once intn the business to which the session will be confined almost entirely, consat] of various matters, chiefly financial, which have arisen as a result of the war. The political truce under which controversial measures are shelved has reduced interest in the proceedings. The hiouse of commons had an empty appearance. Some 200 of the 670 meni- bers are now at the front. Replying to a question put by George icoll Barnes, labor member for Gla £ow, whether the government was con- sidering _the matter of food prices, Premier Asguith HAL said: ese matters are being carefully re- ed.” ommittes now having the mat- hand, the premier continied, was ng full information from the departments of the government, 1t he could not say when the inquiry »uld be concluded. The government, that it certainly would have an appor assing the whole qu | tion. A THIRD INVASION OF SERBIAN TERRITORY. Austro-German Along the Danube River. Paris, Feb. from Nist rmation has been rececived port that it is the intention of a it Austro-German army under com- Archduke Eugene of Austr to attempt a third invasion of Serbian territory. These troops have been ac- tually concentrated alonz line ex nding from Tekia to Schifka nube river, a is Hungarian, 1e junction point wf the Rumanian and Serbian The attack has been de- the rising ofithe Danube and 1a; | th Y ! e Serbian general staff is fully | confident that the issue will be favor- to Serbian arms, as the troops morally and materially are de- col ab both S | clared to be In excellent condition.” German Cruiser Seriously Damaged. London, Feb, 3, 4.40‘a. m.—The Rot- terdam correspondent of the Times vs he has recelved indisputably ac- curate information that the German cruiser Seydlitz was very seriously damaged in the battle on January 24 in the North sea. He adds that it suf- fered a very heavy death toll. Canned Pork for German Arm. Amsterdam, via London, Feb. 3, 4.45 a. m.—The Berlin Tageblatt says that the German government intends to buy hogs to the value of $50,000,000 to be killed and canned, in order to save fodder useful for military and other purposes, TROLLEY TRAFFIC I8 TIED UP AT BRANFORD Car Almost Slid Into Long Island Sound—Crew ‘Unhurt. Branford, Conn., Feb. 2.—Branford was without trolley sérvice today ow ing to the severe ice storm. Late last night. a broken feed wire near Brocketts Point caused a general tie- up of all trafiic. Today & Branford bound car from New Haven, jumjed the tracks near the Granite Bay ho- tel at Short Beach and slid on the rocks almost finto the Long Island sound Thers were only two passen- gers aboard and these with the cre escaped unhurt. At high tide the wa- ter flooded the disabled car, Roe Remanded Without Bonds, ‘Winsted, Conn., Feb. 2.—Harry Roe, indicted with Isaac N. Williams, by the grand jury, for the murder of County Commissioner Hubert B, Case at Bark- hamsted, last November. was arraien- ed in the superfor court today on w bench warrant charging him with .he crime. After brief proceedings he was remanded to the county jall at Litch- field without bonds, to await trial. Boston’s Deficit $70,000. Boston, Feb. 2.—Mayor Curley claim- ed today that the deflcit in the city’s finances of $70,000 as shown by the report for the past fiscal year, was due to delinquent tgxpayers. Poor business and high interest rates has caused many of the large taxpayers to take the altermative of paying the The members dispensed with | Troops Concentrated | on the! | Laorts sl Cabled Paran = Australian ~gypt. London, Feb, <. m—The sec- ond Austialian « _.ngent has arrived in Egypt and has joined the first con- tingent. Irish Sea Free of German Submarines. London, Feb. 3, 3:50 a. m—No ac- tivity on the part of German subma- rines in tk ish sea was reported yesterday. > channel mail and pa will be resumed today Loandon, Feb. a. m.—A Stock- holm despatch to the Morning Post says that while a party of sailors from wedish warship were attempting destroy a floating mine near the en trance to Goethemburg harbor, it e ploded Two men were killed and nins injured. High Price of Bread in Rome. ome, Feb. 12.25 p. m.—Demon. tions over the high price of b d at vi places. especiail in Sardinia. As capital of the province of § nia, rioters | broke into a Troops v'ere called out 10M- strants, SCARCITY OF FOOD IN MEXICO CITY. $600,000 to Purchase Provisions to Be Sold at Cost to the Poor. Mexico Ci ~Severe fight- ng took pl in the suburb of Tacudaya ‘hapultepec Castle 3 himilc The forces of E ata everywhere w driven th 1o Eleven ofiicers and 73 men in the Zapata ranks are sald to have been killed. The constitu- tionalist losses are reported to have been insignificant. The scarcity of food in the capital 2 t about an acute situation. - of commerce has collect- 600,000, part of-a fund of $1,000,000 h will be used in the purchase of ons to be sold at cost to the poor. VILLA MEN CAPTURE SAN LUIS POTOSL. Vanguard of Villa Army is Marching On Tampico. Feb. General aphed the convention agen: it that General Tomas captured San Luis Potost Washington, 16 here Urbina yesterday and was in_tull control of the city and Urbina's column is supposed guard of the Villa force Tampico, No details of t king of San Luis Potosi were given in the despatch, : hough it was intimated that the ( ranza garrison had fled wit fight. General Urbina’s force number. ed about 5,000 men. marchi NEW YORK STATE SHIP FOR BELGIAN RELIEF. The Harpalyce, Capacity of 8,470 Tons, to Sail from New York. New York, Feb. 2—The commission for relief in B m_announced today arranged to have 3 Harpaiyce, capacity 8,47 m the port of New York York state ship. The en- € th el, the commis- ed e state of N be ready is announced, be received ew York. to load by e it will FOREIGN TRADE FOR JANUARY BREAKS RECORDS. Netted Balance in Favor of the United States of $131,133,888. Washington, Feb. from Jan. 2 to Jan. 80, through 13 principal customs ports, which handle ximately 86 pe: nt. of the na- export and import business, net- balance in favor of the United § of $131,133,888, exceeding all records for any one month. The total exports for the four weeks, Jan. 3 to 74096, or an average of per week. The imports were S, or an average of $26,804,- OBITUARY. ., Feb. Susan iter, prominent suff ate of single tax, is dead in Wyoming, near here, her home ed 97 years. Prof. S. Henry Hadley. . 2.—Professor 8. Henry musical director, composer, pi- anist and church organist, died today following an operation.. He was 70 vears of age. Professor Hadley had conducted many choral recitals, in- cluding the famous peace jubilee held in this city in 1879, Wyoming Statewide Prohi Postponed. Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 2.—The Wyeo- ming “senate today indefinitely post- poned consideration of & bill for the submission of a statewide prohibition constitutional amendment. Prohibits Rebates on Cable Messages. New York, Feb, 2.—The Central and South American Telegraph company issued tho following announcement to- day: “The Argentine government has today !ssued a decree prohibiting re- bates on all foreign and domestic ca- ble messages to and from the Argen- tine republic. The prohibition of re- bates also applies to all Argentine rail- ways.” n Bill Will of Prof. Andrew W. Phillips. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 2—The will of Professor Andrew Wheeler Phil- lips, former dean of the Yale graduate school, was admitted to probate here today. The estate, valued at between $50,000 and $75,000, goes to his widow for her life use and upon her death to his brother, Daniel Phillips, of Jew- ett City. Upon the latter's death, the estate goes to Yale university for the purpose of endowing a chair in math- ematics B. & M. Settles with Engineers. Boston, Feh. 2—Differences between the Boston & Maine railroad and its engineers which developed recently over interpretation of the agreement signed eight months ago, have been ad- Jjusted, it was learned tonight. A gen- eral commitiee representing the en- gineers which made representations to the management during the past week, dispersed tonight, while a general com- city six per cent interest rather than|mittee representing the firemen con- settle their bills. vened to take up similar grievances. Foreign trade | g Asks Extradition of |Worst Storm of the Winier i { | The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the i.argest in Connecticut in-Proportion t o the.City’s Population Bridg@_ypamiter WHO OPERATED ON CANADIAN SIDE OF MAINE BORDER. 'IS A GERMAN OFFICER| His Claim is That He is Has Only ident “nited Stat by the act , who, operat side of the borde way bridge and then esca Submitted Quietly to Arrest. A few hours later in a room hotel here Van Hoin quictly st ted to arrest, but imm claimed himself an officer o man army and set up the claim he had committed an act of having fled to a neutral coun not be lezally surrendered to of the fatherland. Extrad The Canadian autho ferent view of the m instituted proceedi extradition of charge of ¢ th: war and, v, could an pr Washington coun Bridge Not Greatly Damaged, The bridge which Van Horn s to destroy w: Within a fe ed across one gers walking morning, railroad bridge would be trains to use it witho upling, Forms Bsundary Line of Main The St. Croix river tance forms the bo aine and New owned jointl for indary s wic some and the Canadian Pac is on the dire Pacific from maritime pro . Over this road have poed large quantit of w for the al ich were placed on board | ship at St. John and Halifas According to the . appointmer to him personally ! the bridee. T} a_satchel contain Hern insid about » Miles Awa the of word 1 Attempt Well Timed. attempt ¥ Horn was well days ago it Then the w A suggestic of tk set d upon Fk bridge. He h make any explanation and denfed that he of the men who suppli The police are searchi but had found no trace o APPLICATION FOR THE EXTRADITION OF VAN HORN Will be Presented to the State De- partment Today. Washington, Feb. 2.—Appli the extradition of Van Tior the British embassy here late tor and probably will be presented tc state department by the tomorrow. Officials of both the bassy and the departmen leclir discuss the case, pending forms entation of the appli Secretary Bryan said t nothing about the case would not have anyt it was before him officiallq, There was much conjecture in officia circles on the probability that Van Horn would set up a claim from im. munity from extradition on the that his offense was criminal. It was said, howeve even if such a claim were rec. the prisoner probably would be ecuted under the neutrality 1 the United &tates, Four-Masted Schooner in Distress. New York, Feb. 2.—The four-mast ed schooner, which was reported in distress today off the Montoloking 1ife saving station, on the New Jerse: coast, ceased to drag her anchors shoreward tonight. The vessel was re- ported to be in no immediate dangzer since the drifting had been terminated. amb: zed Dros- aws of British Cruiser at Callao, Callao, Peru, Feb. 2.—The British cruiser Newcastle arrived here today and is taking on provisions. The ves- sel will remain in port twenty-four Committed an Act of War and Es- ! caped—Canadians Think Differently —Another International Problem to ! Be Solved. | er granaeé the road the time limit is | | RAIN, SLEET, SNOW AND WIND |tell their ages when they resister | CONTRIBUTING. TRAFFIC WAS HELD UP! i suspended | i Condensed Telegrams The duty Italian Government su on wheat, cereals aud fiour. A | sin, paralyz blizzard swept through Wiscon- | ing traffic of all kinds. Women of voters of Chicago must { | A group of grain elevators in Ross-| { ario, Argentinc, were destroyed by fire. | 000 + New Zealand will purchase 1.0 els of Canadian in July. b wheat for del | in Some Sections of the Northern Tier |mal m the Union of South Africa was withdrawn. | Feet of Snow | sl 4 e | The Chicago Northwestern Railway Has Fallen—Telephone and Tele- | arder 000 tons of rails from the { { Lilino graph Wires Carricd Down by the | i | { Al measures in the [ SR e | ture are blocked by ifl)‘: liguor guestion. aind wind the n and, r v they have been d ssouri, Kansa. a report that s set in. middie The incres by a hav to the disrupting hampering 1 ion that the storm probably would ting New England coast Wed- nto the Atlantic, r in Heavy Snowstorms. , over the Northwestern of fourteen Wires Carried Down. ed cold gale and driftin borne into t The Treasury deficit for Januai cluding Panama Canal payments, amounted to $9,750,000. ey | About 15,000 men were set to work all- |to remove the two inche of snow which had fallen in New York. re cont { { Still Parleying o the Ship Bill REVOLTING DEMOCRATS FIRM ON STAND TAKEN. WANT IT RECOMMITTED | Democratic Senate Leadors Are Nego- tiating With the Reoalcitrants and Republicans in an Effort to Reach an Agreement—President Wilsen Confers With Republicans. hington, Feb. —FExtraordinary efforts were exerted by administration legders of the seunate to save the gov- nment ship purchase bill from threatened defeat or consignment to a, pigeonhcle for t seszion of co sress. Democratic Majority Struggling. The British navy's floating drydock at Esquimault, B. C. capsized and sank. The loss is placed at $250,000. however, hold: ief in the pre. Among the missing in_the casualty i ssued in London is Major Arthur 2 member of Parl- Morrison-Bell, leaving gen- | lament. s wake. The navy collier Jason arrived at Ma to load French and Belgian xhibits for Panama-Pacific Ex- posit several As a result| The new army collier, constructed raiiway trafiic s been almost |at Shanghai, China, for Philippine suspended or led. As an |service, is completed and ready for exireme example, a <Ch zo and |delivery. hwestr filled with pas- = " held in a huge bank of | Telegraph and telephone companies ribel, Wis. from 10 | were hampered by a sleet storm w}uch night until Tuesday |extended widely in all directions from train- reached Green |Chicago. Thomas A. Edison w hours, Vi erect a bulld- and Southern |ing to extract benzol from coking oil heavy snow- |at the plant of the Cambria Steei Co., Pittsburgh. Three persons were killed te in a collision bet ph lines have been car H ir and a steam train near e sleet and ice Ohi. ture is causi: g as con- ily coa‘ed wi'h | arrived at San Diego, L Lo bodies of two of the victims of the Wire comm boiler expiosion. many poin | 25 Sy o e S e ] With six hundred marines aboard the e hag cruiser Montana is steaming for Ha: o ti to aid in the protection of Ameri- | howeve n order to can_ intere: there. with ruwl an g pa= temrelng £ | H. A. Plant, Ernest Penley, and gL Sgue 10, Yyinnips William King were burned to death Twin Cities. troyed their home in New England Hard Hit. Me. The City Button Works of New reached i an order from the ard. Traffic sovernment for 50,000 gross of ) imneded for the army. greate 8 »adensh Twenty-threemen from the Nor- siness there 4 ea Anita whick went uspended near Turks Island, w land- ed at Norfolk by a tug. The Treasury Department issued 30 mile nor rat tiet of a new counterfeit $10 na- terurban traffi lon- ‘husetts 1 Bank of Lone s reported = R on electric An involuntary bankruptey petition New York ¢ r from traffic a time pered froze to t ey wires. b o ment structiv A\ number terfront b they probably W £ b ave b f rain, this city torm wept snow and for wint n 'm this T fr al had tion atalities the norn transpo; Two of the > to the storm. OW STepp men dredge caught nd sound, fou proper. in Rhode Island set as July 1, 1815. nn, houts at New York Not a Severe Sufferer. has not been e storm, a 1s cons will go to p! 'Islx DEATHS CAUSED BY STORM AT NEW YORK. | Two of the Fatalities Due to Exposure to Storm. ause, set to work by artment and snow remo 0on began to make and conditions approximat- | een restored lines tonight. and was killed, | born at Circleville, Ohio, 82 were drowned in and th man who drifted jon a raft also has perished. N. E. Road Asks Time Extension. Railroad Foreman Kiiled by Engine. New Haven, Conn.. Feb.. 2—Thomas a foreman, wsa struck ne in the Cedar Hill yards of the | York, New Haven and Hartford ! His widow and five children survive. Italian Troops Concentrated at Bari. Paris, Feb. 2, 5.50 p. m—A despatch ed the United States Court inst Arnold B. Heine lery importers. in sident Wilso of the Se believed ( » two battleships told Ch e nav: irman Till- committee " Pre 2an 1 The naval supply steamer Celtic, which struck Monday on Half Mcon shoal i Nantucket sound, was floated the teeth of a northeast blizzard. from the i r Nicholas of Russi sropriation of 38,750, , ApDTov- Empero: : 00 for o an ed apy 1185 miles northeast at|the White Sea. Police of New Jersey cities have been asked to be on the lokout for hrec conviets who ped from t State pr berland on 1 county. at L Cum- m b The United States Supreme Court ix deaths were appeal of Leo M. Frank tly, by the . convicted of the murd nd sleet whic Mary Phagan, and set it for 1 last t February 23, next. demoral ccasion thi t thousands While sleeping in his appartment in street the _ianhattan, Senator Robert F. Wasgner, was visited by a burglar who an-exed $153 in cash and the Senator’s watch and diamond scarf pin. b the on | | Dr. Robert Shoemaker Dana, reput- were due to ex- d to be the last Union soldier to leave bt the battiefieldof Gettysburg, died at in front of a Lo liis home at Morrisville, Ps He ars in the loss | = the gale on| While skating on Cove Pond, Stam- it is feared |ford. Cor Wilson Herrick, Wil «nd Hunter Marston, New siness men, fell through the hey were hauled out by com- Tessie Redmond, of Yonkers, recetv- Providence, R. Feb. 2T} 15150 for a scrotch on her nose. when Southern New F ind Iway, she se her claim against the New Grand Trunk subsidiary. petitioned the york Central for injury in a collision legisiature today for an extension of ns in the Grand Central tunnel time until July 1, 1917, for the comple- edesdas tion of the company c nf In the chart- The London “Globe, in an editorial nces the captain of the German " Bluecher as a pirate, because of women and children at The Bluecher was sunk Sea January 24. John McSweeney of Lynn, was found 1gh. . North an | : : of manslaughter ' In caus- {nsisntly Skihed fhe death of M. C. McGarry at Lynn, on October 28, 1914. MeGarry sustained a broken neck as the result .of being pushed down a flight of stairs at McSweeey's house. from Athens to the Balkan _Agency | ays that an Italian expeditionary| Frederick L. Green and George W. | corps. composed of 20,000 men, destin- ! yfijler, former employes at the Boston ed to occupy the Albanian seaport of | morgue, e found guilty of con- Durazzo and its vicinity, is being con-|spiracy in trying to discredit Dr. centrated at Barl, an Italian city on|B. McGrath, a medical, a medical ex- the Adriatic near Brindisi. aminer, and candidate for re-appoint- Sending British Troops to France. Via London, m.—Ar official report issued today by the German navy department calls at- tention to the extensive transportation of thoops to France and adds: ) Berlin, Feb. R ment, by a jury today While attempting to stop a sleigh ig which two men were trying to cross la front of a fast train near Beaver Falls, Pa., Lorette Gentile, a_crossing “We|watchman, was struck and killed by 715 p. Up to a late hour tonight the demo- cratic majority still struggling over the legislative dilemma nothing but entative plans of procedure had been (Continued on Page Eight) NURSE SAYS HE KILLED SUPERANNUATED ODD FELLOWS In Order’s Home at Yonkers—Declares They Ware of No More Use. Feb. Fred 3Mors, who a former nurse in the Odd home in Yonkers, near here, the police a puz: to solve today lking into the ict attorney’s office and announcing that he had led “eight superannuated oceugena- rians” in the home wio were “of no more use in the world.” He had used son to do away with some and an- hetics to kill others, he said. Mors was committed to Bellevue hospital for mination into his sanity. Mean- le the Yonkers authorities were no- ed of his story. It was learned that eizht aged pa- tients had died. in the Yonkers insti- tution while Mors was employed there, but Dr. E. M. Justus, the house sur- geon at the home, declared that all had died from natural causes. Investiga- tions, however, be made by Cor- oner Dunn and Chief of Police Wulf, although each declared that he placed little credence in Mors’ story. | BURSTING WATER MAIN MAKES WORK FOR NEW YORK POLICE, Reserves Called Out to Handle Crowds at 42d Street and Eighth Avenue. w York, Fel a big water main strest and eighth avenue, just after the theatres closed tonight, resuited in the flooding of a large section on both thorough- fares and the calling out of police re- erves to handle the crowds. For a distance of eight blocks along Eighth avenue and tw, on 424 street llars were in nd shows were forced to close hurried A taxicab attempting 1e became si ed and t © men who stepped fro i cross the © women m it in an mpt to the sidewalk were swept away by the wat nd carried the street until rescued by po- licemen. Three of the party required medical atter ineers were unable and it was feared system would be RELEASED CUBAN GENERAL IMPRISONED FOR MURDER. Escorted from Prison in Havana te His Home by a Cheering Mob. Havana, Feb. 2—General Ernesto Asbert, former governor of Havara, province, who 1 June was sen- tenced by the supreme court to twelve vears' Imprisonment for killing Gen- eral Armando Riva, chief of the na- tional police, w git released. He was escorted from prison to his home v cheering crowds The i in_July 3 Enge: rias, the house of represent: sent d to twel ator Vidal M ho with the the escaped with the it of a small fine for firing a nate last night tial veto the h was designed passed over the amnesty bill to effecta libera- i | MEETING OF VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. | Dr. B. K. Dow of '¥illimantic Elected President. i At the an- ecticut Vet- i | Capt. Charles A, Q. Morton. Hartford, b. 2.—Captain Charles A. well known in G. A. R circles throughout the state died at his home hcre today aged T4 years. Mr. Norton was born in Ban- gor, Maine, served in the Civil w in the First Maine cavalry in which he enlisted February 13, 1862, and in the Seventh New Hampshire volun- teers, enlisting in August, 1864 He was & member of the Landing party at Fort Fisher, was wounded and lost an arm thereby. Rev. John B. Doolittle. Meriden. Conn., Feb. 3.—Rev, John B. Doolittle, a former chaplain of the house of representatives of the state legislature, died suddenly at his home here early this morning, aged vears. He was chaplain of the Fifteenth Con- necticut volunteers during the Cival war and chaplain of the Soldiers’ home at Noroton for several years. He had been pastor of Congregational churches in the state. eH Jeaves a widow and two sons. Princess Maria Pia Dead. St. Gall, Swiize..a..u, - Feb, 2, 11.50 p. m.—Princess Maria Pia, daughter of the Duke of Parma and sister-in-law of Archduke Charles shal] use every method of war at our the train, which also killed the two Francis, the Austrian heir-apparent ‘them.’ disposal against > men iz the sleigh. died today.