Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 9, 1915, Page 1

o wiletin VOL. LVIL—NO. 34 NORWICH, CONN., The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwi TEN PAGES _ PRICE TWO Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population GREAT LOSS OF LIFE IN EAST PRUSSIA And in the uarpathians, Where the Contending Armies Are in Series of Desperate Engagements | NO GREAT PROGRESS MADE BY EITHER SIDE Comparative Quiet Reigns in France and Flanders—British Parliament Has Been Asked by the Government to Give It a Blank Check for Army Purposes—Italy Has Ordered That Soldiers of the Second Category Shall be Retained Under Colors Until May 31 Next—From Berlin Comes Assurance That the Naval Measures of Germany Against Great Britain Are in No Sense a Blockade, and That No Hostile Actions Against Neutral Shipping is Contemplat- ! ed by the German Navy. . ‘battlefields in | of important forces whi W-rvi Dupone bas any ppreciable progress | brousnt into the action. W owe this| heen made by the armies opposing |success to the gallantry of our troops.| cach other. The official statements |In that particular encouner the Ger-| give no information beyond references | mans made extensive use of explosive to_what are now considered minor in- | bullets. 2 7 | cidents in the great war. Tn the lower Bzura region we Comparative quiet reigns in France | tinued to progress an don Febru: and Flanders, while the hundreds of {having forced three successive r(_v\\s{ thousancs constituting the fighting |of wire entaglements, we captured a| forees in Russlan Poland, the Car- |strong German point of support ngur} pathians and Bast Prussia, seem to be | the cemctery of the village of Ko- still_deadlocked in a series of des- |miov, faking prisoners the remainder| perate engagements that ha$ lasted for | of the garrison, five officers and more weeks past and has resulted in great |than 350 soldiers. A counter-attack | losses. by the Germans on hour later was re-| The British parilament has taken |pulsed with heavy losses to the ene- up the matter of army estimates, and has been asked by the British govern- ment to gize it a biank check for army purposes. [t is erpected that the pa: liament will vole a nominal-sum under sach of the fftien groups of expendi- tures and, If it does this, it will have voted eupplies without limit for an army of 8,000,000 men to be accounted for_wwhen the war is over. Premier Asquith in a statément be- fore the house of commons announced that the British casualties, including killed, wounded and missing, up to Feb. 4, numbered 104,000, An indication that Italy is pursuing e policy of walting and watching is found in a royal degree just issued, which orders that soldiers of the sec- ond category classes of 1393 and 1894, shall be retained under the colors un til May 31 next. As service in the Jiallan army covers a period of ml vears, these men should have been re- tarned to their homes. Second cate- #ary recruits are regarded as belonging the permanent army for th eight years of service. They pass to the mobdile militia and wards to the territorial militia. Thxs term of military service is supposed | 3 to be finished ai the age of 29 vears.{ Turkish Army In Full Retreat, From Berlin comes the announce-| London, Jan, 9, 12.48 a. m.—The offi- ment that the navall measures of Ger- | cial press burean has made publicsan many against British commerce are|official despatch received from Cairo in no sense a blockade; that no hostile | which states that the Turkish army | action against neutral shipping is con- | is in full retreat eastward. There are | templated and that Germany's war-|no enemy forces within twenty miles | | n the Carpathians our offensive is proceeding. On the Mezolaborcz- Lutowisko front we captured several| strongly fortified posftions and about | sixty officers, more than 3300 soldiers and eleven machine guns. GERMANS TO EXPEL NEUTRALS FROM ALSACE. The Order Strikes Principally at Italians and Swiss. { i Berne, Switzeriand, Feb. 8, via Paris, 4:55 p. m—The German gov- ernment has decreed the expulsion of neutrals from the province of Alsace. The order_strikes principally at Ital- ians and Swiss. In this region there are only a few Americans, they being for th emost part manufacturer: The number of persons of Swiss na- tionality in Alsace is estimated at be- tween 4,000 and 5,000. The Swiss gov- | ernment, however, has received as- | surances that many exceptions will be | | srantsd. > ships will endeavor to avold sinking|of the Suez canal, the despatch says, American or other neutral ships, tak- | except small retiring rear guards. ing every precaution to that end. — [ ltalian Troops Retained Under the LARGEST MILITARY BUDGET I Colors, { IN HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN.| Rome, Feb. 8, 940 p. m.—A royal| —_— - | decree orders that the soldiers of the| Two More Days Allotted to Discussion| Second category, classes of 1593 ana | . who should have returned home, | shall now be retained under the colors | | untik May 31, 1915. of Army Estimate. London, Feb. 5, 9.07 p. m-—The in-| troduction of the largest military bud- i get in the history of Great britain| HEARING ON POISONING OF | SUPERANNUATED ODD FELLOWS | Coroner Declares Testimony Sustained shared the stage in the house of com mons today with a discussion of the ac- tivities of the official press bureau. The task of introducing the bud- 5 get fell upon the parliamentary secre- Nurse Mors’ Statement. tary of the war office, H. J. Tennant, = 5 as Earl Kitchener, secretary of war,| Yonkers, N. ¥, Feb. S.—Another is a member of the house of lords. hearing in his investigation of the Twa mors days have been aliotted to| Siatement made recently by Frederick St o “army esti,| MOTS, a former nurse at th Institu- e o em st on that hioihiaa carmed His asetn: of of actual money which will be e E; z ; petel mndes {liem are ropresented by| 12 ¥EY, CvRe Beld toniehtny Coroner B iy TTanants speecn | I0Me were examined and after the p 5 - hearing the coroner declared that the was & storring tribute to the British| [S4Tl08 the corone e “It is true” he sald, “that recrutt- | Tieasure 1 d1 e ing thus far has been very satisfactory, s oo alihe giotims but it varies from week to week and| ;iU DeeR exhumed and analysed. | possibly at the present moment afpiFeven he eaid It would be in litle more energy put into recruiting | > or oot Ty had b Ol less O e onraioe., There 18}t him to exhume any of the bodies of no caus Every man wili be nocaes| the five victims who died at the home more men. =y atroeasd | eince it was moved here from Union- in this great life and death strugele.|ports Brone sowmcy. et mr thinont The variations and vicissitudes of this| f0r reguits misht be octaed o S w-;;_‘ fimny “yel; igl! ;g\:, e‘v‘; m"fi?" Bronx officials who are investigating ;::“ccg.-m_g&,, od o8 than have. 'éxe three deaths which occurred in help organize the forces of labor, 80| ° According to the statement attribut- that when a man went to join 'the|ed to Mors the Dalsnmort - Gatias :;lpoprfieg&s place would be adequately|were killed with poison internally ad- 3 ministered, while the other five were The press bureau discussion was|put out of the way with an anesthetic, brought on by a motlon by Joseph|The coroner believes that no trace of King, Lfveral, of North Somerset, “that | poison would be found on the bodies the action of the press bureau In re-|of those who died here. stricting the freedom of the press and| The coroner etates that his future withhiolding _information about the|action would be guided by the report war, has gulded by no clear principles|of Dr. M. S. Ggerory of Bellevue hos- and has been calculated to cause sus-|pital on the present mental condition picion and discontent. of Mors, who has been under observa- tion at the hospital. He expects to get the physician’s report tomorrow, he said. BATTLE ON THE VISTULA INCREASES IN VIOLENCE, Potrograd Reports Progress of Offen- | Price of Bread Goes Up in New York. i i New York, Feb, 8—The price of . Shelien. bread, will g up from five to six cents — 3 —rhe| @ loaf In this city tomorrow. An order fottoning communication trom s eohe | to this effect was made by several of ral taf was Issucd ihis everings""|the lgrge bakeries today. The present “On the right bank of the Vistula, ten cent loaves will be two ounces in the region of Serpetz, the engage- | Shter. The price of flour is given as ments have assumed a character of in- | the cause. creased violence. Vanguard encount- ers also are reported on the Khorjele- v A e o Rl Man Resoued F.:om Cave Aite *On the left bank of the Vistuls, ar- e tillery fire is still being maintained,| Butte, Mont, Feb. 8.—Richard Rog- but the attitude of the enemy is pas-|ers was Tescued today from the cave- sive. in at the Cegnan mine after having “The attempt to plerce our front in|been imprisoned 86 hours without food the reglon of Borjimow and Wolo|or drink. He suffered only a little.| Seydlowiecka, which began January The casualties as a result of the icci. #<==as stopped on February 6, in spits dent are four dead aud twe iniured. a3 | documents tending to show {Awarded by Sunday School Union to entl, | Cabled Paragraphs Teutonic Syndicate Advances $30,000,- 000 to Bulgaria. Berltn, Feb. 8. via Wireless to Say- ville, L. L-—The Over-Seas News Agency announced that a syndiacte composed of German, Austria and Hungarian b had _advanced 150,000,000 francs, ($30,000,000) to Bul- | saria. Russian Book on Armenian Reforms. Petrograd, via London, Feb. 8 11.10 p. m—The Russian forelgn office has published an Orange Book on Arme- nian Reforms. It contains copies of that Rus- efforts for several improved comdirions Turkey were { sia’s diplomatic years to obtain for the Armenians in blocked by Germany. $1,000 FOR BEST MANUSCRIPT ON CHRISTIAN UNITY. Rev. R. A. Ashworth of Milwaukee. Philadelphia, Feb. §—The American Sunday School Union today announced the resuit of the competition under the John C. en fund on the subjects of Christian Unity and Amusements. The iirst prize of $1,000 for the best manuscript on Christian Unity was awarded to Rev. Robert A. Ashworth, D, D Milwaukee, for his paper en- titled “The Union of Christian Forces in Ameri . On the subject of “Amusements, How Can They be Made to Promote to Best Well-Being of Society? st prize of $600 was awa . Howard P. Young of Table Rock, Neb. for his manuscript, entitled | ‘Character Through Recr and | the second prize of $100 to Robert | Whitaker of Los Gatos, Calif., for his | manuseript on “A Christian View of Amusemente.” | REAPPEARANCE OF FOOT | AND MOUTH DISEASE. Is a Serious Setback in Against the Campaign | Plague. Washington, Feb. $—While reap-| pearance of the foot and mouth ease in stock vards of nine cities mittedly is a serious setback i campaizn against the ment of agriculture offic that the new outbreak did not pre ave a situation e ori infection, because it did not attack 5 today stock held on farm. All the cattl infected in the vards at Chicago, Pittsburgh, Indianap Louisville, Buffalo, Cincinnaati, Colu bus, Jersey City and Baltimore wei for slaughter. The will remain closed until tey have been thorc nfected. Elimin of the infection, a department ment said, “is principally a mattef or ing all hiprients and they have pa cars used in th all yards through wh sed.” BODY OF MURDERED MAN FOUND IN FIELD Near the Suburbs of Croton Falls, N. Y., Remains Unidentified. : b. $.—The body maih found in a va suburbs of Croton Falls still remained unidentitied | moreue here tonight. Four old, well Itailan descent. Coroner Fenaughty, who is conduct- ing an investigation, says he has been unable to find the slightest clue as to the man’s identity. Nelther has he| to find any trace of the mur- The authorities are working on the theory that the crime was com- mitted elsewhere and the body brought | to Croton Falls and thrown into th field, GERMAN STEAMER ANCHORED IN GRAVESEND BAY | To Escape Wharfage Charges—British Warship Off Fire Island. k, Feb, steam: g passing y bound to an official New| sight of a mz quarantine, appar- sea, coincidental with rine report that a Briti- ish wa » was off Fire island, bound toward the entrance of the harbor, i excitement in shipping circles afterncon until the German ves- after passing through the Narrosws, d and anchored in Gravesend bay ship proved to be the Harburs, The which was merely seeking an anch age to escape wharfage charges, ac cording to her agents. She hove to| alongsido her sister ship, the Magde- burg, | MAN SUPPOSED BURNED | HAS RETURNED HOME, Relatives Bel ved They Had Buried His Body. "eb. S —William King, | suppe ve been one of the three | men burned to death a week ago in houes near Livermore Falls, returned to his home here today from Bodwoin- ham, where he had been employed in & Iumber camp. One of the three bodic had been sent here and buried by re atives after o funeral service. ~They were notified by the town officiais of Livermore Falls that, although there were no means of identifying the bod: there was no question that the nams of the three men as given out wero corre: OBITUARY. Sir Francie Langelier. Quebec, Feb, 8.—Sir Francis Lange- lier, lieutenant governor of Quebec, died this afternoon at his official res dence, Spencer Wood. He had been ili for several months. Sir Francis was 77 vears old. He was former mayor of fhe city of Quebec and had been a member of the local legislature and of the Dominion parliament. James Congdel Fargo. New York, Feb. 8—James Congdel Fargo, a pioneer in the express bus- iness in this country, died tonight at his home here. He was 85 years oid. From 1881 until his retirement in 1914 he was president of the American Bx- press company, the National Express company and the Westcoit company and at the time of his death was a director in each of these companies. New Submarines Near New York. Washington, Feb. §.—Submarines G-1 and G-2, just put in full commis- sion at the New York navy yard, and G-4, will operate in the vicinity of New York until about February 26, Secretary Daniels announced today. Later the little craft will be sent to Annapolls for farther mapeuvres. ch is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lot the dangers to which nentral sh !the use of neutrs | stm ly perhaps position of than any other occasion of In some quarters, where it lmitted that no American st Rights of Neutral Shipon High Seas U. S. WILL VIGOROUSLY DEFEND | ITS TRAVELING CITIZENS. 1 IN PRESCRIBED ZONES| Today the Cabinet Will Take Up the| German Notification of Sea War Zones—Diplomatic Correspondence Likely to Follow. Yeb. S Informal dis- | t Wilson with his | an notification Washinston on by Preside advisors of the sjected in the newly nes around Great and Ireland and the use by the British liner ania_of the Ame can flag, foreshadowed today a dip- lomatic correspondence between the Unfted State Great questions. To Safeguard American Citizens. In each case the American govern- ment because of its neutrality cannot | nd both Germany and | espectively, on these discus the rules which the bellizerents may adopt toward each other. The | prescriptions of the war zone itself, however, or the use of by b ent-owned strate; f war has not i American officials concern the prospect that these ac danger the lives of American clt { whose right to travel i seas ©n neutral ships durir w it is intimated, will be vigorously nding rec of Ger- man foreign office memorandum from Ambassador Ge: and a report of the Lusitania nt from Ambassa- dor Page, no = will be taken Tomorrow the ation will be fuily discussed at a meeting of the president nd his inet. Formal inquiries as the German will take to veling on merchant quess for informat American fiags by val com- protect neutrals ships, and on as o the use British ships ge erally, it is understood, will follow | Inquiries From Neutral Diplomats. | Many of the neutral diplomats, amog | them the ministers from The Nether- lands, Denmark and ltaly, were at the | ate department today and to ail in- quiries > the poss action of jthe American government in ttion wi h the § erent merchant answered that these questions nder consideratic W none of the neutral envoys proposed joint action with the Amer can government, they ht informa- Secretar tion for the guidance their own foreign off Chain Representative Cline foreign affairs comm cussed the subject but afterward decline h Mr. It was apparent that the Lusita n and t cident had delicate situation, tou: ised to pre tral flag by land's attit of viewed wi vent the misuse of bell e tow 1 intere s | GERMAN NAVAL MEASURE | IN NO SENSE A BLOCKADE | Berlin Says No Hostile Act Against| Neutral Ships is Contemplated. zue to London, ires of Ger- ymmerce are in no sense = No hestile ac- | tion temy warshij 1s in their can or will take eve mists The around like similar against con- | were taken as a precedent, is d ed to warn neutrals that a s turing into t tions exposes itsel as a civilian battlefield, to the by a chance s The above n rect intenpret German proclamation 1r circles in Berlin. It that it might the Germa ing an carrying only sibility of escape ever, that war m out against British trade with upon the competent was stated today sible severity in order “to gi land.a taste of her own m. The warning to neutral s Was asserted, was considerc ticularly needed, in ported order to British ships a neutral flag whenever they danger, an order which if adl it was said, would make it difficult fo 2 German warship to disc: tween neutral and hosti AN INTERNATIONAL COURT OF PEACE. John Hays Hammond Declares Public- ity Would Have Prevented European War, Indianajolis, Ind., Feb. 8.—Tu the in- terests of an _international court of peace, John Hays Hammond, Wash- ington, chairman of the world court committee, and Dr. John Wesley Hill, New York, president of the Interna- tional Peace Foundatlon, addressed the Indiana legislature here today. “Publlicty is what is needed in inter- national affairs” said Mr. Hammond. “Publicity, we know, would pre- | vented the Huropean ar. That is evidenced by Germany's admission that the lineup of powers was far dif- | Viila's Assumption of Execu'ive Power CONFIRMED BY REPORTS FROM AGENT CAROTHERS. CARRANZA’S STATEMENT Denies That Any Friction Exists Be- tween the Dipiomatic Corps and Himself—Also Denies That He Or- dered Execution of Four Americans. Washi; announcement of his assumption of theWExecutive Power” in Mexico was med In official reports to the partment today from George American nt with Vil snrique C. Lio: represen- ere snnounced that “had been dendered ns son of the temporary inability sovereign convention to treely with the no; hern states of the ! repubiie. ! republic. In connectien mand with the recent General Obregon upor Spanish minister at Mexico Ci the production of Angel Del Ca Spaniard accused of being a V agent, the Carranza agency here m: public_tonight the following telegr om General Carranz It is e that any f de- the for etween the diplomatic corps and the|American racing yvacht, ursc chiet {moorings in North Cov lesio Arredondo, the ! Essex, Conn. agency, said that rtance = | wad heen given inci-| Miss Ethel Tumlin = department dent and t th no likelihood , sto: buyer of Birminghazm, Alg e of developing an erstand-'and killed herself in the Hotel McAl- ing en Carran: diplo- | pin, New Yorl. corps. The azency zave - — following telegram La-| Mrs. Mary Jackson, widow of the i Con Ge eral “Stonewall” rted h has been Jac seriously ill at her home in the cons forces. | Ch: N. C 0 detaus of tae fignting. The fali of H ha. nd nier. y Leen expected for sever- the that_teiegrapnic on betweeen El Paso and s bee tends to rep had cen captured uspended rt that Mo reported to be rierey ye.terday and ite department advice CARRANZA DENIES ORDER OF EXECUTION OF AMERICANS. El Paso Agents Say it May Have Been Act of Officials at Sonora, Paso, Texas, 2 —General C: ranza in a_telesram today from Vera Cruz qenied that he issued any orde for i 1tion of four American 1 Southern Pacific xico onora. It was said the local Sonora officlals of the Cgr- ranza governme > today denicd that Mon- terey had fallen into the hands of th rranza forces. T ey based their de egram A te P General Angeles at Mont \seneral Villa is repc as havir from Irapnato toward metropolis of the west ting was nd Mexi BANISHED FROM MEXICO. Claim They Were Imprisoned, Beaten and Otherwise Maltreated. Douglas, white, H. F. Hayn Arlz, Feb. $.—C. W. Li Lilywhite and _Arth olonia Mer i rived been ba a from Maytorena troops. | The alleged that the three americans had allowed o short- 2ze to prevail at Colonis exiles scaid they were two v andl were be: wise maltreated. MEXICAN GUNBOAT WILL ATTACK ENSENADA. A Garrison on the Pacific Held by 400 Vilia Adherents. Ange Mexican Guerrero, sailed from 2 Cruz several will Eneenada, »wer. California, eccording ices recéived by Mexican r tives here toda The Guerrero has 800 ¢ Jiers aboar da is held hy a garrison num- ng 400 men who are supposed rtisans of Villa STEAMER DARCIA'S CREW REFUSE TO SERVE. Captain Expects to Sail Today When| He Replaces Eleven Men. , Va., Feb. 8.—The cotton-laden, from C up on the second stas er > Rotterdam tonight, er eleven or more of her crew re 1 to conti in service. fireman, who said he represented eral others the crew, told United State: sioner Hamilton that som sailors feared that the Darcia would be detained by a British warship. Captain McDonald said that he had not replaced all of the men tonight and did not know when the Dacia| would sall. but her agents sald she probably wonld proceed tomorrow. clearcd today after loading coal Great Britain has announced the Dacfa will be seized on the c tention that her transfer from Gern to American registry was in violation of international law. THREE ITALIANS HOLD UP MERIDEN SALOONKEEPER Compelled Him to Give Up $25 As He Was About to Close Last Night, Meriden, Conn,, Feb. 8—Held up at the point of revolvers by three stranze Italians, Giovanni Papallo, a saloon- keeper in the Italian quarter, was com- pelled to pert with $20 on his person ferent from what she expected.” Dr. Hill said that armaments were no insurance of peace and urged the establishment of an international court of judicial settlement, with an international navy, if necessary, to en- force its decrees. and $5 In his cash box just before 11 o'clock tonight. The visitors entered about 10.55 and called for drinks. At 11 o'clock the proprietor told them to leave because of closing time. They immediately leveled their guns at him, took his money and disappeared. Feb, 8.—General Vilia’s| communicate | ction exists | 2 aitorney at San T Gondensed Telegrams | Tehophile Poilpot, the milits The State of Oaxaca, Mexico, declar- sh imports in January decreas- ed $3,020,000 and exports $97,790,000. Governor C. W Hays of Arkans: signed the State-wide prohibition bill. | The new submarine L-2 will be launched at Fore River, Mass., Feb. 11. Pupils admitted to New York and| rooklyn high schools last week num- bered 15,000 New York policemen will now be jallowed to leave their posts for 15 |minutes for In 8 | | An elephant belonging to the city of | | Breslau is being used in military work | Ave! Inear | During the haif year since the sale of. Vodka in Russia was prohibited, | 1,800 secret distilleries were discovered. ingmen and their families Spain arc suffering much ause of lack of employ- ment. An armed bandit held up the cashier bookkeeper of the Bank of Lima, | and | Lima, N. ., and caped with | 1 511,000, Titney” busses must keep off Main stre Mem Drivers must report to police headquarters to have routes mapped out. i The schoner Stephcn Osborne, aged 78, of Gentry, | Mo, s to be the champ’on rabbit far this winter grown coyote was captured drawn and That the Great main Untouched Should tra Session. ‘Washington, Feb. 8.—Administration foroes of the senate succeeded late today in R and le, leaders of e renewed their declaration of unrelenting war on the bill, to be continued, if neces: un- til adjournment on March 4 and gen- eral debate was resumed in another protracted session which showed no sig s of abatement at a late hour to- ight. Democratic champiors of the blll as- serted emphatically that the bill would not be withdrawn and that the great appropriation biils would be left un- ouched should the opposition unite in ckton, Kan. Hunters chased | 5 Y h i PP pent [ h ! preventing a vote on the pending (B et cn oo White House callers during. the, day | s S . oaiin | that there was no thought of yielding f Cardinal Fasloy Sl be the pemcivallfs oomiest ot Droposed legisla- s r“ IS | Hon. jhangust . R thoasEie Only Hope Is to Force Vote. i : : »| Sucn iation, it was generally | Lieut-Col. and five other | conceded, was almost certain to lead | American army acting In ihe |to an extra se of ‘congress. The of observers, left Berlin forjonly way to this it was sug- trip to the front. King George placed York House, ’lwmlu at the disposal of Lord Kitch- ener, Secretary of State for war, as| 1= residence for the duration of war. | | _Several guests of Mr. and Mr: {Calawell, at Yazoo City, Miss, were gntened when a three-inch snake was discovered in a dish of celery JE 1 6Queen Mother visited the Home ng persons Margherita, of Italy, Anglo-American nursing in Rome, which is now shelter- injured in the earthquake. Eleven 1. W. W.s were sent to the workhouse in New York for ten days They refused to pay for meals, to ‘charge it to the Mrs. C. J. Kruse of St. Johns, Mich. attempted to wash an electric lighi bulb with a wet towel. The current lifted her from her feet and burned her hands, “Old Zeke,” a mountain lion that for the vears Col., was h was terror of Estes Park, killed by forest rang- ers who h: led him for a week with dogs The steamship Alfonso Xill sank at Santander, Spain_Feb. 5th. Her crew was saved. The steamer left Cruz Jo BEilboa 16 and Havana Jan. Miss Georgie Krlman of Milwaukee ind Miss Beatrice Leonard, of Port will leave Port Chester, to be brides at a double iing in China. Robert E. Lee, a weaithy resident of Hartford, Conn., shot and fatlly in- jured himself in Roosevelt Hospital, ew York, where he was being treated | for a stomach disease. wed | Biagio Falzone, of Wakefield, Mass. gested, probably would be for the sen- ate to adopt some form of cloture to force a vote on the ship bill but even the administration leaders deemed this to be very unlikely. Opponents Renew Debate. Republicans and the democratic in- surgents had to renew the debate when Senator Flet: offereq a motion to e-commit the vill with instructions T0 the ConGMItE=a® to LTeDUEEL 1B Wikl amendmens forthwith. to get a vote on fort was made by recess until tomor: Motion to Recomm When he Lost by One Vote, This motion was lost by a vote of 48 to 47, with Senator Kenyon the only absentee. Senators Norris and La Follette voted mgainst the recess, while £onators Clarke, Camden, Bank- head, Hardwlck, Hitcheock, O'Gorman and Vardaman, the seven democratic stood th the re- revolters, publica up the ts Senator Lodge declaring that no motion would be permi be avoided. Senator Jones in Protracted Speech. When the night session was assured, Senator Jones, of Washington, who had been preparing for such an emergency for more t n a week, took the floor and launched into a speech designed to eatend throughout the night. Sen- openea the vote on the Fletcher ed if it could SENATE IN DEACLOCK ON SHIP BILL Administration Forces Have Succeeded in Forcing Al~ lied Opponents Again to Take Defensive DECLARATION OF UNRELENTING WAR ON THE BILL {To be Continued, if Necessary, Until March 4—Democratic Champions Asserted That the Bill Will Not be With- Appropriation Bills Would Re- the Opposition Unite in Pre- venting a Vote on the Pending Measure—President Wil- son Intimated to Callers That There Was No Thought of Yielding to the Opposition to Proposed Legislation— New Phase of Contest Arose When Senator Fletcher Offered a Motion to Recommit the Bill With Instructions to Report it With Amendments—All Night Session, With Prospects of Indefinite Continuance May Cause an Ex- ator Jones dgeclared he would talk un- til March 4, if it was physically pos- sible and necessary in order to accom. plish the defeat of the bill. g Few senators on efther side rematn. ed in the chamber after 8 o'clack, leaders of both parties leaving guards to call for reinforcements if neces- sary. Spent Night in Committee Rooms. Scores of senators made prepara- tions to spend the night in committes rooms adjacent to the senate chamber. Every phase of the country's polit ical and business situation was dis- cussed by Senator Jones as the night grew on. He took up the president's Indianapolis address and declared that a weelk ago last Friday, when the sen- ate was In sesion all night on the bill, the order had gone out from _the “captain of the team at the White House to pass this shipping bill that night.” He insisted. that the filibuster which he admitted the republicans were now conducting had Dbeen started by .the democrats in their refusal to permit consideration of any other legislation than the shipping bill for -seversl wecks. Now, he said, they were try- ing to put the measure through. by brute force, but would be unable fo accomplish their purpose, Senators Drift in at Midnight, Shortly after midnight, many sen- ators who had been attending dinners and theater parties, returned to the chamber in evening dress,.to relieve those who had been on guard during the evening hours. The latter retired to the improvised bed chambers in committee rooms, leaving an order to be called should any effort be made to force the vote. That there would be no chance. for a vote during the night was conceded by leaders of hoth sides and it was predicted that a record-breaking con- tinuous session had been begun. Difficulty Keeping Quorum Present. Shortly before midnight Senator Fletcher interrupted. Senator Jones to surgest the absence of a quorum..A. Toll call showed fifty senators on the floor, although only half a dozen had , been present when it began. . Senators came from the cioak rooms, rubbing the sleep from their eyes. Senator Reed made the point of Gr- der that Senator Jones had lost the floor when he yvielded to Senator Fletcher, Senator Ashurst, in the chalr, overraled the point and on an appeal the rall call showed only 27 senators present. At midnight another quorum call started anq the sergeant-at-arms w structed to seek absent sen- ators, NARRATIVE OF MAN BURIED BY EARTHQUAKE Saw No Ligit for 25 Days and Be- lieved He Was Blind. Rome, Feb. have lived to tell - that of Michel Cairolo, who was extri- cated from the earthquake ruins at Peterino yesterday havinb been tmprisoned for 23 without food found guilty of murder in the first de- lzree by a jury last week, was sen- {tenced to death by Judge Irwin in the | superior criminal court. | | The senior medical unversity students | roughout Italy recently ordered ito | nd a special course of emergency rzery, having been drafted into the | tical corps of the army. James M. Uhlmeyer, of Lawrence- z, Tnd, who weighs 400 pounds, nt to Toof to repair a chimney nd was seized with a nervous pros- tration. e was lifted down by a der- e The commanders of two steamers which brought 13,200,000 pounds of raw sugar into Boston declared that there was an unusually large amount of |sugar awaiting shipment at Caribbean Harry Clewer, superintendent of lo- comotive operation of the C., R. L, & P. railroad, testified in the western railroad wage arbitration that in his {opi the demands of the engnemen to hostlers were impracticable Duval West, former. United. States Antonio, conferred cretary Brvan He is one of - under consideration to represent American _government in Mexico No selection has been made. |5 Four masked men broke into the car house of the Providence and Fall River Street Railway at Swansea Cen- ter, Mass., beat the watchman, Henry Holmes, into unconsciousness, blew open the safe and stole a small sum of money. The watchman later suc- ceeded in freeing himself from an arm- chair into which he had been bound and gave the alarm. Winnipeg Stock Exchange Opens. Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 8—The Win- nipeg stock exchange opened for limit- ed trading today. Sales were few and business uneventful y covering from the effects which he was able experiences, 2 the earthquake occurred.” he said, “T attempted to escape, but found myself blocked with stable by the uins. Beneath the stable a cellar was peing excavated from . rocks. 1 made my way into this excavation and so_nvoided being crushed to death. “}rom the moment I entered the cellar 1 saw no more lizht and I be- lieved I had become blind, as my mind could not conceive that the ruins cov- ered the cellar so completely as to prevent a single ray of light from Penetrating throngh. For a long time —I cannot say how long—my despair increased. until I became almost fren- zied. I shouted with all my strength until I fell into an apathetic condition almost like a coma. This saved my lite. for had T continued my desperate efforts to free myself, I must have died of_exhaustion, “By feeling about with my hards in the darkness I found a wet spot and moistened my burning lips. This re- vived me, and with my hands I duz a hole in which water collected ard T was able to drink. “Thus I managed to exist until ves- terday I heard voices above me. I aroused myself to 'a supreme . effort and screamed: ‘T am alive, here in the cellar. Michel Cairolo. "Those above me came to my res- cue and ini sbout three-hours I was ee.” Movements of Steamships. New York, Feb. 8.—Sailed, Buenos Aires. Cadiz. Gibraliar, Feb,. Passed. Minnewaska, New York for Genoa, Feb. 1.—Arrived, Manual ‘Caivo, New York, Havre, Feb, 6—Arrived, Rochambeau, New York. <Liverpool. 'Feb. 7—Sailed, Tasca a New York. Gibraltar, Feb. 8—Arrived, Duca Degll Adruzzl, Naples. steamer steamer London. steamer steamer steamer steamer New York for MORGAN COLLECTION OF 5 CHINESE PORCELAINS SOLD To a New York Firm of Art Dealers —About $4,000,000 Involved. » ® 1. P. Morgan an- mounced today that Le had sold the “iuu -of Chinese porce ial:s, now on exhibition in the soul win~' of the Metropolitan Museum of Aris. The collection will be delivered er as soon as fts pro- bate value has been established. Mr. Zan did Lot give the name of the purchaser nor the price paid. Later, however, a local firm of art dealers, announced that they wers the purchasers of the collection. While the purchase is not yet determined, owing to an incomplete appraisement, it is understood that approximately §$4,000,- 000 is involved. The firm stated that the collection will be removed from the museum to their studios within three weeks and that it will be sold in Individual pieces. There are about 500 pleces in the collectlon, including the work of many periods. The purchasers declared that it is the finest and probadly the larg- est collection of its kind in the worid. Wilson to Make Important Nomins- tions. Washington, Feb. 8—President Wil- son is expected to make several nom- inations for important positions In -the near future, because of his desre. to avoid making appointments during & recess of congress. Places to be Al include the five positions on the fed- eral trade commission, a distrigt judgeship in lowa for which Martim E. Wade virtually has been selccted, a judgeship in southern California. several federal offices in New York and somre important vacancles in the treasury department 3 U, of P, Alumni to Dine at Hotel Taft, New Haven. 4 New Haven, Conn., Feb. 3.—An- nouncement was made here toni that the annual meeting and di of the Connecticut Alumni soclety the University of Pennsyivania, ¥ be held at the Hotel Taft, New Hax next Saturday night. More than 100 members are expected to be The speakers will inclide Josiah Penniman, vice provost of the 1 city; Vivian Nickalls,