Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 19, 1915, Page 1

Norwich Bulletin VOL. LVIL—NO. 43 NORWICH, CONN.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1915 TEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS . N The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That =< 60“00 ALLIED TROOPS ARE PUSHING FORWARD In Continued Activity Which Marks the Campaign in Belgium and France ng the operation Rome, Feb, ment reopened today. dication of any immediate debate of importance concerning tional situation. Ame: | bave { week's ) front, | ations. i vabled Paragraphs Italian Parliament Convenes. 18, 115 p. returned an early in trip over visiting various scen: The officers 18, af the are portunity Poland. now Joseph five other American officers to Berlin m.—Parlia- There is no in- the interna~ an Officers Return Frem Fron.t| Berlin, via London, Feb. m.—Lieutenant Colonel Koan and bave 10.05 p. ter expect - to observe| (AMERICAN CONSUL AGENT — | HAND TO HAND ENCOUNTERS TO GAIN TRENCHES | ESCAPES EXECUTION. ficer. * Artillery on Both Sides are Battering the Opposing Lines—i In Poland the Russians Continue to Withdraw Before | the German Advance—Muscovites are Bringing Up| Strong Reinforcements to Check Onslaught of Austrians and Germans—An Indication That British Ships are Not Likely Hereafter to'Use Neutral Flags is the Fact| That Adriatic Made Entire Voyage Flying the Union Jack i | The ¥ pr atmen United teste o an at dema: against ti nded the pur who had threatened him. Mr. zent Carranza. American Was Cenfronted by Firing Squad of Carranza Troops—Saved by an Of- -That Hon. W. States government not| e discourteous onsular shment al western battle| of oper- the :\ Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population Ship Purchase Bill Blocked DEMOCRATS AGREE TO TAKE UP APPROPRIATIONS. |[KILLS EXTRA SESSION When 1t Will Again Be Subjected to a Filibuster, shington, Feb. 13.—Bffectually ed in their efforts to get the house purchase bill to a vote, demo- senators today agreed to ta ratic Tnited States at ebla, Mexico, was appropriation bills and se: confronted a firing Squad of Car.|Shipbing measure to conference ranza troops, who were about to exe- [l ebruary 37, whe > ute him when he was saved by the ::E;:F‘x'!‘zn A o its e O e o eiicd| Republican semators entered into a A g oe entlemen's agreement: with demo- “Details of the aftair became known|CTaticC leaders to let the house 8o together with the that ] 0 O e . representations on subject | Propriation l:_m passed witk ‘!‘] he unsmswered were promptly|nExt few days in order to avold an Toade ito. Ganerad extra session of congress. Work in Accord on Annrepriatians. The democrats, it was reported, reed to a reasonable cut in the ri ang@ harbors appropriation bill and VI the republica: n turn gave assur- e » Who hag extensive property in-|gnces that they would not filibuster In Mexico, was first arrested|ggain appropriation measures. zed activity marks the pro-| _the Zapata forces were in con-| Bemocrats further agreed that when saign in Belgium and | trol of the city and when the Carranze| t1o ship purchase bill comes out of In that arena the allles ap- forces subsequently entered, a ger-|conrerence, if ar. agreement on it have made { nt and several Carranza soldiers|.ver is reached, the republl 4 various poi | med «hat there had been iring|pe given an opportunity to rem both ::dv.fl‘ keeps o= m)m-[ ! Mr. Jenkins Bouee: 14“1?;“‘ °| fight against it osing lines, while there} as released, only tc arrested, 2 i - said, clubbed with plstols Agree on No Extra Session. of trenches at nu-| YALE AND HARVARD H 1toat acks \';‘ ere he Th"(- ompact wh I“A(unl‘ the 1(3)!1. for execution. Just in_time|struggle was reached late in the day. ; WAR AMBULANCES.|, rod and the| Administration leaders maintaine ossib a section A he be taken beforel it the best they could y e nr ss":m r:r-ni‘lln:ab\‘o withdraw be. | Twelve Have Been Shipped For Dis-| While the latter re-|1 der tie circumstances and ifore the German advance, although it tribution in War Zones. i apologized for republican senators insisted that the & reported that they are bringing up % - 3l | ordinates, the state!action meant the bill was de: All rong reinforcements to checl the| New York Feb. iS.—Seventeen light| matter wi to agree that there slaughts of the Germans and 'Aus- | motor ambulances contributed by Yale! hment of session of ¢ Ha Harvard universities to ted ame - to The blockade of ¢ Cross have been shipped o] e S | 2o Isles is | aistribution in varfous secti he! OFEICIALS APPREHENSIVE ] in foll swing, but no event has oc- | WA zones, it was announced f: he letting the curred so far as the e vs, | Red Cross officers here tonight, Twelve| OVER GERMAN NOTE.| votes could be haa on ! aaric the beginning of German ac- | Of the ambulances were contribfited by | ; 28 ments. There was a flood of ities with mines and submarincs | Students of Yale university and five by| Disclaiming All Responsibility For|ung = 1 jes of roll against the entering those | &tudents of Harvard. They are Deinz| What Might Happen Neutral Ships. | all re voted waters whic ve been proclaimed a | distributed as follow L | 3 e Reporis trom. Londan dne | Thres Yales and cno Harvard t 15—German's r Bagty Linow Biansicdic) dicate that t do ¥ngland; three Yales and one Harvar can of warnir nator Bankhead started th the contemplated to France; three Yales and Hary acks on American v with =n amendment t with any alarm, al | Germany; three Yale and one TR e govern ave been [to Austria and one Harvard to astwise sh men the efforts of the m. defeated vote of 54 to 43 many to prever a white back! 1 has prevailed for ng Great Br of each side of each ambulance ssible e entirely hroken up, merc. lerge red cross about which is pai rrienaly & communication lican senators vo An the name of the organization an made favorable impression and gave ot 1 motio. On the bodies of th LRt B ITe Tor nocrats joi 1tral cere in Yale blue is the legenc fon of neutrals YPHES et et democrats “From Yale University 2 | r ! while on the bodies of were apprehe e it : Hitcheock offered | cars in crimson are the words: e ar ndment to _exportation || University Students med all responsibili war to belligerent na- : ight happen to neutral ves- Wag (spied by . xote ot g the protection | FIGHT AGAINST ALCOHOL g e e An smendment by Senato ships patrolll e waters { The additiona 2 teo,. - that hibit purchase of bel- Washington reports that German:’s | N R AR e el by ¢ By e e A Lok ath G0 45 RO | Sentiment of Deputies is Strongly For| tic surrounding Great Britain| J6C 0 1 00 FLO SHI K er ot hai 3 bl Prohibi i o ipe sarmomy| ocean transportation was tabled 52 to o dimlnish the concern of the Amer- 8 % A %o adq| 2l and one by Senator Poindexter to SExn goReEnTIent Goer thepassTits | s Paris 18, e 1 Interrutions . whion|Prevent government ships plying be- oF Aoy pNE against alcohol _in 'an commerce has suffered sinee| tWeen the United States and belliger- that American war- | Chamber of deputies today when thel i ered since| ent countries met a like fate. S American merchantmen | 9Uestion of prohibiting the opening of { Another Poindexter new bar of any establish- ked upon by the Washin TUOIRE, et S it e ment. whers liquor is sold was consid FoyerTant . o ered. A motion to postpone the de-| 9T SHBR oo C st bate because of the absence ata the| O 0 SREOE it front of many of the deputies was vot-| : ed the request for war- down, Minister of the Interior Mal-| & ships to convoy Dutch merchentm insisting on behalf of the govern-| rough the war zone proclaimed | Ment on the immediate discussion of| ¢ Germany. the = “Another disaster, which is attributed he large majority by which ihe 2 _German mine, is the sinking in| Motion was voted down apparently s Paltic of the Norweglan steamer | Showed the sentiment in the chamber RHCAD with o ben o in favor of prohibition. Many of sador Cferard, m Wi in rciated Pre: fre expected CHINESE MEMORANDUM Secreta; the offici transmission, reing While no comment was made at| the White House or the state department, the feeling of grave manifest ss COpy OF JAPAN'S DEMANDS, amendment to amend the appropriation biil to expend | $30,000,000 for construc of ships n American shiprards o o operate them ide the war Sent to Conference. The Fletcher motion to send the bill { to conference then prevailedm without {a dissenting vote, ferees appointed were Senators Ransdell, Martin, Simmons, Burton and Crawford. ” 2 Tied S Rl T Martin announced i her Gperati in the South At- | deputies attacked the liquer traffic = = : S oald inove 1 tantie, i Fantany et Pereouth At | dedlared that the time was opportune| To Be Given to Officials of United Shdboniai rman zuxiliary cruiser Kronprinz | to combat alcohol in all its forms. The; States, Great Britain, France and it e C s Wilhelm sank number of British | declared that the limitation of bars| Russia. { =5 5 steamers and salling vessels. T1 .- | was only the beginning of the fizht. | | $38,096,358 EMERGENCY engers and crews of these Washington, Feb. 18—China has in- CURRENCY OUTSTANDIN heve Deen landed at Buenos A EMPEROR TO DIRECT | structed her ministers in the United| O RETaeING “Peace depends mor the work in the field BLOCKADE OF ENGL.ANDi | Built 120 Mine Laying this “The power of the enemy and tt Germans Have rity of the state are conditt e productiveness of asri Submarines, Each Carrying Over| privileges fn ret Venice learns from Vienna that this 100. lon of the territc appeal has been made by the Aus- orandu n of the rian minister of agriculture to the London, Feb. 19, 8.19 a, m—A des-| Kai Fu Shah armers, whom he adjures not to leave | patch to the Daily Mall, from Copen- | here, has j a eingle plot of ground uncultivated.|hagen, dated Thursday, says: andum to t! Emperor William, Prince Henry of Pruesia and Adr Emperor William, with his broth- iral Von Tirpitz, the er, Admiral Prince Henry of Prussie, | which the Japanese foreign office on minister of the navy, have gone toland Admiral Von Tirpitz, the minister | February 9 e to the diplomatic rep-| Wilhelmshaven and wiil proceed to|of the navy and their respective staffs | resentatives of Great Britain, France, naval stations to direct the|left Berlin today for Wilhelmshaven, | a and the United States, con- lockade of England. In a message | Helgoland, and other naval stations, to several other demands, about telling the German chancellor of the |direct the arrangements for blockad- ight in number. ictory of his troops in East Prussia, emperor said that his joy over the s was tempered by the estruction wrought by the R\lssi"._ns,i ing England. “It is reported that the Germans have duilt 120 big mine laying sub- marines during the last six months, | tiful Mazurian country,” he | each with a carrying capacity of over “is a wilderne: | one hundred mines.” GERMANY’S NOTE IS CHAMPAGNE CELLARS ! A GOOD REFUGE Hundreds of Persons Seek Shelter Therein at Rheime. FRIENDLY, BUT FIRM L 2t Establishment of War Zones Was Forced by British Pol- icy. Parls, Feb, 18, 10.15 p. m.—Rheims continues to be bombarded daily by the Germans and hundreds of persons have taken refuge in the immense cel- lars of the large champagne com- General era. Cruz DENIAL OF CARRANZA Great Britain, France and R: ver to thete powers a mem- originally made by Japan for concessions and| restora- demands urn for the f Kiao-( the Chinese n ow ninister esented the memor- state department. on comparison with the memorandum Th EVACUATION OF CAPITAL. al Castro. und er Castro wit Still Held by His Troops Under Gener- San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 18.—Denial was made by the Carranza consulate here today that Carranza forces have evacuated Mexico City. ceived by the consulate last night from Ceasareo Castro in ity said General Obregon had gone to to confer with but that Mexico City was held by Car- ranza_troops A message re- Mexico Carranza h Gen- 1 the most panies eral Benjamin Hill as military gov- e e X o cellaes /e : . , the federal district. Zapatis- saintains sition of Germany The celiars are also being used as | STDOT O 41 ~‘:e2:‘fi~‘ an:ogg;eclx?r L‘ L,e o | schools for the children, Night and | !38 were defeated in two fights in the hich ig @ lengthy document, was con- | 4aY_classes are being held. The ay- | SUDUIDS of the city vesterday, said this ] thorities have notified parents that | Message. erted into code at the United States € ., under the direction of Am- ssador Gerard, and has heen trans- witted in full to Washington. Tire note explains that Germany’s thefy cannot be responsible for acc dents to their children. Mine Sinks Nerwegian Steamer. | proposed acti is rendered necessary London, Feb. 18.—The Norwegian|Begun by National Great Britain’s policy of attempting | steamer Nordcap according to the Ex- cut off the food supply for the Ger- | change Telegraph company’s Copen- wan ci population By a method | hagen correspondent has struck a Chicago, Feb. 18. ever recognized in international law.| German mine in the Baltic sea and|lin sland’s course in ordering mer- | foundered. = All her crew perished. The chantmen to fly neutral flags, and|Nordcap was a steamer of 322 tons equipping them with artillery, with|and owned bdy ‘Wrangell and Company ders to destroy submarines, the Ger- | of Haugesen: The crews of one Dan- man reply contends, renders nugs- |ish and three Norwegian ships at right of search, thus giving | Aarhuus, Danmark. refused todar to|consumers in Chicago. right to attack English|sail for England and left their ships.| The recipi uy holds that she asked a' vight under the | Incoming Republicans Caucus Today.|aid in I gland T foarced upon .i.~~lieplhh\::.ns! AR Washington, Feb. elected to the house in the 64th con-| gress will caucus tomorrow to coneid- er their committee assignments. Since Germany must compel the na- tions with 1 she is at war to peturn to the recognized principles of internationa! law, and restore the ¢ seas, she argues that freedom of th $ie stand she has taken Is necessary. The grand jury investigating _the elevated railroad wreck in New York city last December, In which two lives ! Austrians Bombarding Belgrads. dict any of the officials or arn t the Interhorough Rapt® Trans were lost, announced its refusal to in-|chief of stafl. A CAMPAIGN TO LIMIT EXPORTATION OF WHEAT| Master Bakers. A Association campeign of to t the exportation of wheat, rye and secretary, nt of each Cir to petition his congressman to of cereals. Feb. who General flour, and so keep the price of bread within bounds, was begun today by the National Association of Master Bakers, through its mailed thousands of circulars to bakers and ular was Gen. Bliss Assistant Chief of Staff. ‘Washington, 18 —Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss, lately com- manding the southern department of the army, including the forces patrol- ling the Mexican border, sumed his duties here as assistant His successor on the Frederick today as- !Less Than 10 Per Cent. of the Amount Issued Since Outbreak of Wa.r W $39,006,553 | of emergency 2 fraction | Five Tramps Narrowly Escaped Being | {less than ten cent. of the total| Burned to Death. | amount issued since the outbreak of | Lt 1 the Buropean war, is st =zl Feb. | according to H today destr ssistan Secre 13 an estimate “that any fears tertained that the ditional currency put in after August 1, 1814, would flate the circulation and wo 3 tion y in- 1d not be promptly retired, may e dismissed. | The amount stili outstanding is les | than 30.40 per capita and only a lit- |tie more than one per cent. of the | total amount of money in circnlation in the United States, “Without doubt the issuance of this currency enabled the cour through the troublous times ing the outbreak of the Buropean war last summer, with much less strain than has attended financial disturb- ances of less meverity in the past and it is shown how advantageously the federal reserve notes may he the future.” used in TROLLEY CAR JUMPS TRACK NEAR STAMFORD Of a Dozen Passengers Three Were Saverely Injured. Feb. 18.—A fr Rochelle and Greenwich, Conn., ley ar of the New | Stamford line, bound for Stamford jumpeq the tracks at Barron Lodge about half a mile from Rye Beach aftermoon and overturned. The most seriously injured of the dozen persons on the car were: Mrs_ Howard Marshall, of Portches- ter, N. Y. cut about the head and face; Richard Kromer, Portchester, N. Y. injury to knee; his som, Richard, cut about the head: Patrick McBarral, the conductor. badly cut about the head and face. The others escaped with minor scratches and a shaking up. All the glass in the car was shat- tered. No explanation of the accident could be given by the company. Adriatic Had Uneventful Voyage. London, Feb. 18 9.27 p. m.—The White Star steamer Adriatic, which ar- riced at Liverpool this afternoon from New York after an umeventful trip, flew the British flax all the way across the Atlantic. frish sea at Bill Sent to Conference Until Feb. 27, | this | | Frank James, 0ld , Time Qutlaw, Dead 1] iONE OF THE LAST MEMBERS OF A NOTORIOUS BAND, [STRICK.EN BY APOPLEXY i Surrendered and Spent a Year in Jail, | but Was Never Convicted—A Farmer the Past 30 Years. Excelsior Springs Frank James, ing member: gang, died on M., Feb, 18— one of the last surviv- of the notorious James his farm near here late this afternoon. James, who was 74 ¥ old, has been in ill health fo several monihs and was stricken with apoplexy early t z One of the last membe: a mno- torious robber band, whose unps alleled career of crime during the Civil war and the unsettied period that fol- lowed kept the people of a dozen states terror, Frank James, had been liv ing the quiet life of a farmer for more than Ity years. Son of a Minister. The a respected throughout t < ¥ Frank James ined Quan rillas, to- gether with his brother, J and took part in the sacking of Lawrence- burg, Kansas. Many Notorious Crimes. After the Guer: anded the | James brot wdits, Many notorious crimes decade fol- | war been laid at the | James-Younger gang, of rviving members werc : and Cole Younger, the latter of whom sw living at Lees Sum Mo. g these deeds were: Raids on “ommercial ban Liberty, Mo., in e bank de- | as k 70.000 was | oting o the Russellville, { in 1888, for $30.000. Bank atea, Mo, in 1868, in o cashie ptain John W. murderec »obery a bank at Col h R. A. Martir his was mib! cashier, in which $40.600 was sto | The wrecking and obbing « the | chicago, Rock d wounded, at £ $9,000 rrounded the James Mo. nuary | ghted bomb into | to James | It-exploded. tes e arm mothe and K their brother Arc ! | Annc the Jame: partici- | {pated in hundreds of rohneries, it is | now generally believed that there were | also hundreds of bberies charged up "n them of hich they w *> innocent. | Surrendered at Jefferson City. i 1882, aft esse James had been 1 an kille: in h ome in St. . Mo., by Bob Ford, also a T 2 ward of $50,000, ndered in Jeffe taken to Indepe hel i 1 | | | i | | i ser - Saturday a be in Kear: ich the | Burial wi | tle town | knew MILFORD TOWN HALL { DESTROYED BY FIRE. i of wood. e tramps }s fined in the lockup had a {narrow escape from being burned to | death were forced to break out | | of their ceils. One of the | | whose name could not be learr I 1 1y burned. i { is bel | records were saved, | kept in vaults. The fire st | 12.30 o'clock and had gained consider- | able headway before it was discovered. In an hour time, despite he hdr‘ll work of the firemen, the b almost completely burne ground. ANOTHER ARREST FOR LOS ANGELES TIMES DYNAMITING David Caplan Arrested a Few Miles from Seattle. "eb. 18.—David | Seattle Washn F Caplan, wanted by the Los Angeles horities in connection with the dy- namiting of the Los Angeles Time: building, was arrested tonight « Bainbridge Island, a few miles fro; Seattle, according to a telephone mes- age from Walter R. Thayer, manager ? the Seattle branch of a national | detective bureau. n Federal Board on Discount Rates. Washington, Feb. 18.—The federal reserve board tonight announced that approval of maximum and minimum rates of 4 and 2 per cent. for bankers acceptances discounteq by the fed- eral reserve banks of Boston, New York, or Chicago. The board approved { re-discount rates on commercial pa- |per for the Richmond bank of 4 per | i1 cent. on mateurties up to 90 days and five per cent .on longer maturities. Dutch Colors on British Ships. Berlin, Feb, 18, by Wireless to Say- ville, N. Y.—A despatch to the Over- seas 'News agency from The Hague says: The Netherlands government has officially confirmed the report that the Dutch colors have been painted on the bhoats of the British steamship Line ply- inz between Warwkh and Dutch ports, Condensed Tglegrams Steel hoops Pittsburgh. advanced 51 a Soldiers of France will receive half a litre of wine a day. Reductions of ten cents a barrel were | announced in Texas oil prices. The export of grass seed and clover | seed from Holland was prohibited. Deposits held by Chicago banks in- creased $90,000,000 since January 1. American fiags will wave on alil the in Chicago on Primary polling places Day. Sales of wool at Melbourne, demand. The Michigan Democratic State Con- vention endorsed Wilson for renomina- tion in 1916. ton in Aus- tralia, were resumed, with an increased Big Guns Wanted { for CoastDefences | ASKED FOR IN REPORT OF ARMY BOARD, | ] {RANGE AND PO‘WER, To Be Greater Than Any That Could Be Arrayed Against Them—Wanted Immediately, Washington, Feb. 18.—Guns of great- | er range and power than any that 5(-0‘\21.31 iy yed zgainst them were — | asked for American coast defences, in The Bank of England earmarked | a report of the sy hoard suneetite) 1,000,000 pounds for the redemption of Secretary Garrison and made pub- Treasury notes, lic today by the house appropriation 2 | committee. ° 1 board advised thai John Richards, a negro, was lynched | the old typs e-inch guns T?o by a mob near Sparr, Fla, for insult- | mortars “are not equal in Tange any ing a white woman. power to major calibre guns afloat.” i — 4 Mr. Garrison recommende, A landslide caused by torrential| mediate kmproverment of come op rains at Varcosabina. Ttaly, buried 2| coast defences s0 that the ramge . ef house occupied by eight persons. 16 old twelve-inch zans could be in- Hs = | creased to yards and the board 'Efinjimlr} S. Platt. 76, sted that wherever it was nec- clerk of the senate since 1 ary to construct new works the at Washington after a brief illnéss. arger guns should be 16-inch, forty SO . | five calibre wes g “ Lioyds of Londen is issuing poli- The boar report said in part: cies that the war will not end beforal «xfter full considoraiimn of o Cues June 30, at a premium Of 25 per cent.| tion presented by the secretary of tie : war the board e Eastern Ohio coal operators w o open their mines, closed since April ype Mortars inadequate. last on acount of strike, on open shop “That the old type 1 ch guns and basis. not eg range anc R : to major-calibre guns afloat; By a vote of 24 to 18, the South Da- | that by such minor chanzes i the kotal Senate rejected the hill recent- | carriage of the old tvp inch gumns passed by the House granting suf- | at present emplaced as will frage to women. vation of 15 de; nd by the pro- i vision of ertain preparation of The battleship Georgia will take on hiter profectiles of approximately 70¢ board 2 men 3 Newport, R. I, to| vwunus . el-nt, an Tective range of be distributed s g the fleet in|about 20,000 vards can be given these S auEhec | guns: that these changes should be made. By proclamation of the Governor,| That the great majority of our 14- irsinia celebrated the hundredth an- | zuns, with certain slight changes of the Treaty of Ghent. All| which nave already been ordered and ices were closed. the supply of u portion of the pro- jectiles of lighter weight than the The Mills Corporation of Oneida | heaviest now furnished, are suitable ', was chartered at Albany, N.|in power and range to meet any thai , With capital of §1,000,000 to manu- | may now be brought against them., yarns, The main buildings and dormitorie Modernizing of Fortifications. . policy should be adopted of the Chamberlain Military Institute | ing, through: ancual appropri- at Randolph, N. Y., were destroved by e ocemisins, ot Sfartl. L e e e ations as will result in keeping pace th the improvement Du Pont Coal Co.s mines at Lex: ton, Kv., will suspend operations irday, pending a conference with resentatives of the miners. Following a consultation of surgeons, in s en afoat. SR That @ case of those work: where modernlzing involves very ex tensive changes in emplacements, guz carringes, etc., it will be policy to con- struct new works and provide new it was announced at Bordeaux, that|2fTiaments for the demands of the sit. the leg of Mme. Sarah Bernhardt will | Yation. £ i not be amputated until Monday. That the old works should be held Three men were drowned when the | S6Condary line of denfense. when practicable and desirable as a White Star tender Megantic collided |, “That wherever it may be necessary with, and sank the schooner Kate in | !0 construct new works, especially af the' Mersey river:during a S important points, such as the entrance David A. Sullivan, the banker, was | of our principal harbors, naval bases etc. the major-calibre guns should be paroled from Sing Sing prison in the | 2t 1€ast a sixteen-inch forty-five cali- ustody of Warden Osborne. He will | PT€ &un, mounteq so as to have the be rearrested on fi other charge: Charles E. Walker, treasurer of the | \f oss printing press, left perso property in Chicago valued at ov $800.000. Ar. Goss died November 1914 Nevada Senate. sreatest possible protection and all- round fire where it ma: ¥ be necessary have such fire. New England Discount Co., of Boston, Range of 21,000 Yards. Nas arraigned there on o charge of| “That the mortars to be installed in i 0,000 from the company. | future should be not less than twelve. _ inch calibre, with u rang eas Louis C. Roth, the fasting tailor of | 51,000 ~acae, A Palo Alto, Cal., died of starvation atter That this weapon sho u esta a new record of abstain- | merically pre ant tyi a1 e 1z n = I eponderant tyvpe our 15 from food for nearly sixt - | coast detences, as it is cheap, has long life, can be easily protected, is v Judge Park made an earnest appeal | offective againet '\"':‘ur\‘: :um‘i?fi = 'igq to the grand jury at Monticello, Ga., to | as & valuahle adjunct for the land 4 ’“““‘.xy'.\”pn me\'mr»*r of the mob that | fence. It must not, however, at a ccently lynched four negroes at that | important point, be adopted to the ex. ¥ clusion of high power direct fire guns g “The ‘enera vi e Frederick L. Goss, inventor of the - s b ey to seacoast defences should be to hate the armament there emplaced of great- er range and power than any which can be brought against it.” Will Require $40,000,000, man astron Mrs. Henry E. Huntington of Secretary Garrison’s statement te York and Los Angeles, offered to | the committee reviewed the pro- Gity anc S i granime for construction of coast Pl ed at|fences. which he said would require SRS i BN e All employes of the New Haven rail- | PR road in the passenger and locomotive | (oA T T EARANCE OF departments of the Readville , Mass., THE METCALF COMET: shops, numbering 2,200, were laid off e until March 1. !Revealad on Photographs Taken by The easy divorce bill" which re- | VisssLeavit of Hariand vives the old six months’ residence | 18— provision in the State of Nevada,| smet 1:11:1;:—: abolished two vears ago ,passed the| tron ] An Itallan Laborer, known ¢ 92, was killed by engaged In digging = ord. sewer a A number of other worl escaped. Creditors of the Sheer Drygood company of Fall River, filed a petitic for the appointment of a receiver the federal court. The company's ilities were placed at $150,000. A bill providing for a credit of 500, @ cave-in of earth Leavitt was aid- the ephemeris of | t e course around s | Bianchi, an Itale n gives the ) of the com. Greenwich mean =1 hours 28 mi: 000 francs, from which loans can be | Deciinati inua made to small business interests ruin- | (R tp e ed by the war will be introduced in| 5 oD 5 the French Chamber of Deputies. i £ laborers were injured, four se. when the cable of the steamer New Experiments conducted, by the wire- of a steam Haven, at her pier in New York broke, plunging the elevator to the bottom of the shaft. Movemants of Steamships. o e eb. 15.—Passed, steamer Sant’ Anna, Marse w York. Piraeus, Feb. —Arrived, steamer Tonannia, New York Liverpool, Feb. 18.—Arrived, steam- ers Adriatic, New York; Corsican, St John, N, B.; Zeeland, Portland. Sailed, less society of Tufts Colfege, Medford, | 17th, steamer Baltic, New York. Mass., show, it was announced that| Marsellles, Feb. 15.—sSailed, steamer radio messages may be received and|Roma, New York. transmitted hout the use of lofty| Genoa, Feb. 11.—Sailed, steamer aerials Casertam. New York. New York, ¥Feb. 18.—Steamer Fried- The City of Havana and the City of | rick VIII, Copenhagen for New York, Memphis. two of the four vessels of | signalled 1,030 miles east of Sandy the Ocean Steamshiu Co. that have| Hook at noon, 17th. Dock 8§30 a. m. safely crossed the Atlantic with cotton | Saturday. cargoes were chartered at Galveston for second voyages. A well dressed man, who refused to give his name, created a panic in the Iobby of the Hotel McAlpin, New York, e fired a blank L. Hains of, when cartridge al Samu German spy.” Secretary Garrison instrueted Brica adier-General Scott, Chief of Staff of the Army to call upon Capt. Willlam Mitchell, of the General Staff, to ex- plain published remarks attributed to|pea! the direct primarv law was thelfeated by a vote of 21 him ‘on the unpreparedness Tnited States for war, of Philadelphia, a suest of the hotel, crying “You are a New York, Feb. 18.—Sailed, steamer Hellig Olav, Copenhagen. Appointments by Governer Holcomb. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 18—Governor Holcomb foday reappointed John H. Parrish of the trustees of the school for boys at Meriden for two years from Juiy 1 next and John A. Laverty of Bridgeport to De commissioner of phar. macy for three years from June 1 next. t Direct Primary Survives in Maine. Augusta, Me., Feb. 18.—A bill to re- de- te 10 in the state enaf etoday.