Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 2, 1915, Page 1

VOL. LVIL.—NO. 52 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any 0eles o °°?‘a|;er, ar{d“ Its "T(—JtaiI'Circiulétionwis "thefi [a;gest in Connecticut in Fropnrtion to the City’s Population ALLIES ARE 12 MILES UP THEDARDANELLED Fort Dardanus on the Asiatic Side Has Been Silenced ---Weather Retards Work of Allied Fleet AGREEMENT TO GIVE RUSSIA FREE PASSAGE Has Been Reached by Great Britain, France and Russia— Russians Preparing New low Up Their Success in Offensive Operations to Fol- Checking German Advance in Northern Poland—On the Black Sea the Muscovites Have Occupied the Port of Khopa, Considered of Great Military Importance—In France and Belgium Storms Have Hindered Operations. erations of the Anglo-French fle’:‘?slnofhe Dardanelles have been in- terrupted again by unfavorable weofh- er, but considerable progress is indi- cated by an Athens despatch which Yeports that Fort Dardanus, twelve miles up the slrliilts gn the Asiatic silenced. 'h'i;‘hb:m:nb::?eernent which will give Russia free passage of the Dardanelles has been reached between Great Bri- tain, France and Russia is the asser- tion’ made by a Paris newspaper. There also are reports of rioting and panics in Constantinople and un- successful attempts to assassinate the Turkish ministers of war and the in- terior. i Details of the recent fighting in the eastern war zone are lacking, but the Russians claim to be preparing new offensive operations to follow up their success in checking the German ad- vance in northern Poland. The Rus- gian army of the Caucasus has occu- pied the port of Khopa, on the Black sea, which has been considered of great military importance to the ‘Turks. : In France and Belgium storms have hindered the operations and there is tle to report. IuA Meml;nl issued by the French government, denying that the Germans have fewer men in the western war theater now than In January gives fig- ures which indicate that there are 1,880,000 Germans on the western front and 2,080,000 Germans and Austrians on_the eastern front. The American ambassador at Ber- lin has received Germany's reply to the American note concerning the naval war zone. It is “an acceptance with a few modifications” of the iAmer- Scan proposals. The plan of Great Britain and her allies whereby they will attempt to cut off supplies from Germany-and at the same time prevent commodities from Jeaving German ports, has been an- nounced and communicated to the United States. This action is in re- taliation for the declaration of Ger- many of a war zone and while details have not been made public, it is noted that no mention is made in the offi- cial statement of a blockade of con- traband, % It is considered almost certain in official quarters at Washington that a protest will be made against the ac- tion of the allied nations, which is re- garded as an unprecedented and novel step and one likely to work injury to commerce between the United States and the countries with which she is at o. TpheamBrltl-!h parliament has voted the total sum of $1,810,000,000 asked for by Premier Asquith for the pros- ecution of the war. covering the ex- penses of the current year up to the end of the present month and, in his speech in the house of commons, the British prime minister, after discussing the proposed reprisals of the allies against Germany, made reference to “whispers of peace,” saying that it was not time to talk of peace—that this time would arrive only when the great purposes of the allies were in sight of accomplishment.” NO EASY TASK TO REACH CONSTANTINOPLE. Question Dominates Military Situation on Sea and Land. London, March 1, 101.10 p. m.—The operations of the allied fleet in the Dardanelles, as perhaps presaging quick developments in the Balkan sit- uation, dominates the military situa- tion on sea and land. The more opti- mistic minds expect Constantinople to fal, but there is a noticeable disposi- tion to realize that the ships face no easy task, notwithstanding the 20-mile/| range of the super-dreadnought Queen Elizabeth. ‘Whether any progress has been made since the outer forts were demolished has not been made known officially, a statement issued tonight saying that & gale from the northeast is sweeping rain and mist before it, hindering the operations and mitigating against long range firing and making it extremely hazardous, if*not impossible, for aero- planes to take wing from the ships for observations which are so necessary to direct the fire. The interest which the British people are taking in these operations is evidenced hy the fre- quent official statements: regarding them. HOW GERMAN ARMIES : ARE DISTRIBUTED. 2,080,000 Germans and Austrains East, 1,880,000 Germans in West. Paris, March 1, 4:14 p. m—"It 1Is untrue th&t the Germans have fewer men on the allies front noy than they had in January,” says an official note which was issued today, dealing with the distribution of German forces on the French and Russian fronts. “Only one German army Corps was taken from the allies front and this was replaced later by other forma- tions. It is true that Field Marchal Von Hindenburg’s offensive was car- ried out with strong reinforcements, but these were made up of/mew forma- tions and those taken from sectioms) Rlong eastern front. . “The German army fought the bat- in tle of the Mazurian Lakes with rein- forcements of six army corps. The total number of German corps on the eastern from is 30, to which should be added Austriag forces numbering 22. “On the French front the Germans have 47 army corps. These figures have not varied since December.” An army corps consists;of 40,000 men the figures of the French govern- ment indicate that there are 2,080,000 Germans and Austrians on the eastern front and 1,880,000 Germans on the western front. GERMAN AMBASSADOR NO TTO BE RECALLED. Secretary Bryan Says Rumors About Count Von Bernstoff are Groundless. ‘Washington, March 1—Commenting on a published report that Count Von Bernstoff, the German ambassa- dor, was to be recalled, and another newspaper statement purporting to quote Admiral Dewa of Japan as criticizing the American government for lack of courtesy during his visit here, Secretary Bryan today outhoriz- ed the following statement: “I greatly regret that the news- papers should take liberties with per- sons representing foreign governments in this country.” Mr. Bryan said that the state de- partment had also information con- cerning the Bernstoff report. He addl ed that he had been assured by a tel- egram from Admiral Dewa that the report concerning him was groundless. part(- COMBINED FLEETS OF ALLIES TO BLOCKADE ENEMIES. Premier Asgquith Says Action is Forced as Measure of Self Defense. London, March 1, 10.10 p. m.—If the combined’ fleets of Great Britain and France can prevent it, no commodities of any kind except those now on the seas shall henceforth, until the cessa- tion of the war, reach or leave the shores of Germany. This is England’s answer to Ger- many’s submarine blockade and it is to_be effective forthwith. Premier Asquith, reading from a prepared statement, made the state- ment in the house of commons_this afternoon at a session which will be historic. Studiously avoiding the terms “blockade” and “contraband”— for these words occur nowhere in the prepared statemeni—the premier - ex- plained that after this day the allies considered themselves justified in at- tempting and would attempt to “de. tain and take into port ships carrying goods of presumed enemy destination, ownership or origin.” The premier emphasized, however, that vessels and cargoes so seized were not necessarily liable to confiscation and begged the patience of neutral countries in the face of a step through which they were likely to suffer. He added that in making such a step the allies had done so in self-defence, “We are quite prepared, he went on, “to submit to the arbitrament of neu- tral opinion and still more to the ver- dict of impartial history, that in the circumstances we have been placed, we have been moderate; we have been restrained; we have abstained from things that we were provoked and tempted to do and we have adopted a policy which commands itself to rea- son, to common sense and to justice. RAIN AND SNOW HAMPERS WAR MOVEMENTS IN FRANCE. French Statement Claims They Have Maintained Positions. Paris, March 1, via London, March 2, 12.05 a. m.—The Tollowing official com. munication was issued by the French government tonight: “Rain and snow storms have hind- ered optrations at many points on_the front. In Champagne we repulsed to the north of Mesnil, strong counter- attacks and maintained all of our gains of yesterday, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy. g “In the same region we have made fresh progress. Near Point-a-Mous- son in the forest of Le Pretre, we car- Tied a blockhouse. “At Sultezeren (Sulzern) northwest of Munster (Alsace) we repulsed an attack of considerable strength on Sunday night. “In both affairs we captured prison- ers. “In Mertmanns-Weilokopf we have kept the ground gained by us in spite of German counter-attacks.” ng in Mid-Ocean. New York, March 1—An unidenti- fleq steamship was drifting last week with all propellor blades shorn near the middle of the Atlantic, ac- cording to the log of the American line steamer New York, which reached here today from Liverpool. Circus Dwarf Dead. Warwick, R. I, March 1.—Rueben Allen Steere, a dwarf in circusses a quarter of a century ago, died late last night in his 77th year." He had been a farmer since his retirement from his circuse career. § / Cab!- " .’s;aragraphs Gut._.ez Willing to Surrender. Vera Cruz, March 1.—An afternoon paper published a report that Eulalio Gutierrez, former provisional pres dert of the Mexican republic, has ex- pressed t oGeneral Pablo Gonzalez his wilingness to surrended unconditional- ly to General Carranza. American Military Attache Recalled. Beriin,”’ March 1, via London, 7.40 p. m.—Major George T. Langhorne, mil- itary attache at the American embas- v, has been recalled to Washington for duty with the general staff and was received by the emperor today at a farewell audience. Lieutenant Col- onel Joseph E. Kuhn, one of the American army officers who have been observing at the German front, will act as military attache until the arrival of Major Langhorne's successor. WOMEN ACTIVE IN BELGIAN RELIEF WORK Concerted Movement Has Been Be- gun in New York State. New York, March 1.—A concerted movement has been begun among the women of New York state active in Belgian relief work to obtain large contributions of food and other sup- plies to be sent to Belgium on the state ships Harpalyce and St. Kenti- gern, it was announced today by Mrs. Lindon W. Bates, chairman of the wo- man’s section of the commission for relief in Belgium. The Harpalyce will sail Saturday from this port. The St. Kentigern will not sail until early in April. Mrs. Bates stateq that the woman’s section of the commission had just perfected women’s county committees throughout New York state and that she had met enthusiastic response in every county, with the result that to date no less than 250 tons of food was now being loaded on the Harpalyce, with promise for'a much larger ton- nage for the St. Kentigern. It hecame known today that 2,000 bags of flour valued at $18,000 consign- ed to the Harpalyce, sank alongside the vessel vesterday. This shipment, it_was stated, will be made up from other source: MYSTERIOUS MURDER AND SUICIDE IN PHILADELPHIA Brought to Light by Mysterious Tele- phone Call from New York. Philadelphia, March 1.—A mysteri- ous telephone call from New York to- night inquiring whether there had been an accident at a prominent hotel here, brought to light an equally mys- terious murder and suicide in one of the rooms of the hotel. A couple who had registered as Charles C. St. Clair and wife, New York, were found dead in their apartments and when the man on the New York end was given a description of the dead woman, he ex- claimed that she was his wife, adding that he would come to Philadelphia immediately and hung up the receiver. The woman’s body, with two bullet wounds, was found in the bathtub and that of her companion was on the floor of the sleeping apartment. In his hand he clutched a revolver with three empty sheels, indicating, the po- lice said, that he shot the woman and then ended his own life. TREMENDOUS COST OF MODERN WARFARE. Premier Asquith Says It is Costing Al- lies $7,500,000 Daily. London, March cost of modern warfare which Premier Asquith estimated now at $7,500,000 daily to the allies, and likely to grow to $,500,000 or more daily by April, was the theme of that part of the premier’s address in the house of com- mons not dealing with the blockade. He gave these figures in asking for a suppiementary vote of credit, making a total of 362,000,000 pounds of sterl- ing ($1,810,000,000) to prosecute the war to March 31, 1915, which the house unanimously granted, The entire struggle with Napoleon cost England only $1,831,000,000 pounds and the South African war only 211,- 000,000 pounds. There were Mr. Asquith’s figures, Died on Eve of 108th Birthday. Bessemer, Ala.,, March 1.—Asa Good- win, said to be the oldest man in Ala- bama, died here yesterday on the eve of his 108th birthday, of pneumonia. Goodwin was born in Georgla in 1807. He has 74 grandchildren, 227 great- grandchildren and 13 great-great- grandchildren. . Mr, Goodwin formerly was a mnoted wild turkey hunter and killed his last turkey when 101. To/Organize National Banks. ‘Washington, March 1.—Nineteen ap- plications to organize national banks were approved during February, ac- cording to an announcement today by the comptroller of the currency. The total number of national banks doing business Feb. 27 was 7,610, with au- thorized capital of $1.076,434,175, and outstanding circulation amounting to $716,818,068. New Counterfeit $10 Note, ‘Washington, March 1.—Chief Flynn of the secret service has issued a warning of the existence of a poor counterfeit of the new $10 national bank note on the Second National Bank of Boston, bearing the portrait of Willlam McKinley. It is a photo- graphic production, on which no at- tempt has been made to color the seal or numbering. Cotton Prices In Hamburg. Washington, March 1.—Ambassador Gerard at Berlin notified the depart- ment of commerce today that cotton prices at Hamburg on Feb. 23 were 17 1-3 cents a pound for good mid- dling. The Bremen weekly average was 17 1-6 cents a pound. ‘The loss by ex- change now amounts to 15 per cent. of this price,” the ambassador said. Association to Rebuild Belgian Towns, Berlin, March 1. by Wireless to Say- ville.—There has been formed in Brus- according to the Overseas News agency, a new association called the Union Des Villes, the object of which is the rebuilding of Belgian towns. It is headed by prominent Belgians. The German governor general has prom- ised the association full facilities for the carrying out of its work. Wild Engine Kills Engineer. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, ‘March 1.—Har- ry Titzhal, engineer, was killed, and eight railroad employes injured, two seriously when a Rock Island switch engine, in charge of Titzhal ran wild here today and crashed into the rear of the Chicago and Northwestern fast mail train. None of .the passeng- ers were injured. .—The tremendous! British Defence of Warfare at Sea NOTE VINDICATING BLOCKADE OF GERMAN COMMERCE. fiETAUATORY MEASURE A Retaliatory Measure to Counteract Depredations of German Submarines will Be Made Without Endangering Neutrals. —Seizure of Ships ‘Washington, March 1.—Following is the full text of the British note, with which that presented by the French ambassador is virtually identical: “Germany has declared that the English Channel, the north and west coast of France and the waters around the British Isles are a war area and has officially notified that all enemy ships found in that area will be de- stroyed and that neutral vessels may be exposed to danger. This is in ef- fect a claim to torpedo at sight, with- out regard to the safety of the crew or passengers any merchant vessel under \any flag. As it is not in the power of the German admiralty to maintain any surface craft in these waters, the at- tack can only’ be delivered by sub- marine agency. Treatment of Merchant Vessels. “The law and custom of nations in regard to attacks on commerce have always presumed that the first duty of the captor of a merchant vessel is to bring it before a prize court where it may be tried. where the regularity of the capture may be challenged and where neutrals may rcover their car- goes. The sinking of prizes is in itself a questionable act to be resorted to only in extraordinary circumstances and after provision has been made for the safety of all the crew or pas- sengers. If there are passengers on board, the responsibility for discrim- inating between neutral and enemy vessels and between neutral and ene- my cargo, obviously rests with the attacking ship. whose duty itis to verify the status and character of the vessel and cargo and to preserve all papers before sinking or even cap- turing it. It also is the humans duty of providing for the safety of the crews of merchant vessels, whether neutral or enemy, an obligation upon every belligeren German Submarines Violate Precedent. “It is upon this basis that all previ- ous discussions of the law for reg- lating war at sea have proceeded. A German -submarine, however, fulills none of thesé obligations; she enjoys no local command of the waters in which she operates; she does not take her captures within the jurisdiction of a prize cour she carries no prize crew which she can put on board a prize; she uses no effective means of discriminating between a neutral and an enemy vessel; she does not receive on board for safety the crew and pas- sengers of the vessel she sinks; her methods of warfare are therefore en- tirely outside the scope of any inter- national instruments regulating ope- rations against commerce in time of war. The German declaration sub- stitutes indiscriminate destruction for regulated capture. Germany is adopting these methods against peace- ful traders and non-combatant crews with. the avowed object of preventing commodities of ayy kinds including food for the civil population from reaching or leaving the British Isles r northern France. Great Britain and France Will Harm Neutral Ships. Her opponents are therefore driven to frame retaliatory measures in order in their turn to prevent commodities of any kind from reaching or leaving Germany. These measures will how- ever, be enforced by the British and French governments without risk to neutral ships or to neutral or non- combatant life and in strict observ- ance of the dictates of humanity. The British and French governments will therefore hold themselves free to de- tain and take into ports ships carry ing goods presumed enemy destination, ownership or origin. It is not intend- ed to confiscate such vessels or ca goes unless they were otherwise li- able to condemnation. Will Not Stop Ships Now in Transit. “The treatment of vessels and car- goes which have sailed before this date will not be affected.” Not UNITED STATES MAY PROTEST ACTION OF ALLIES On the Ground That It is a Violation of International Custom. Washington, March 1.—All commer- cial intercourse by sea between Ger- many and the outside world was today declared prohibited by Great Britain and France. Identical notes presented by the French and British ambassa- dors here informed the United States government of this drastic step by the allies in reply to Germany’s war zone proclamation. If this policy is enforced, it will no longer be possible to ship cotton, man- ufactured articles and commodities hitherto of a non-contraband character from the United States to Germany, directly or indirectly, and from the latter country the supply of dyestuffs and other merchandise for consump- tion in this country will be cut off. The impression was general in offi- cial quarters tonight that a strong protest would be made against the ac- tion of the allies, which was regarded as an unprecedented and novel step. Officials pointed out that in the re- prisals which the belligerents were making toward each other there was a singular forgetfulness of the fact that, whatever might be the violations of international custom as between those countries at war, this could not affect the status of international rules as between the United States and coun- tries with which she was at peace. ROBBERS LOCK' BANK OFFICIALS IN VAULT. Get Away With ‘About $1,500 at Will- iamsville, Mo.—Posse in Pursuit. Wil ille, Mo., March 1.—The presidéitt, the cashier and three di- rectors, one of them a woman, of the ‘Wiliamsville Stato Bank, were locked in the bank vault this afternoon by two masked rokbers who escaped with about §1.500. -Bloochounds and a posse| immediately started in -pursuit of ‘the Tobbers. | ELECTIONS Granite Cutters Fight at Barre Vi. TWO FACTIONS OF UNION FOUGHT FOR BALLOT BOX STONES, BOTTLES USED Police Quelled Disturbance Thouand Refuse to Go Four Work Pending Adjustment of Wage Scale to —Strike Vote Tomorrow. Barre, Vt, March 1.—Four thousand members of the granite cutters’ union refused to g0 to the quarries and shops today, pending the acceptance of a new wage and working agreement of- fered by, the manufacturers. Two fac- tions of ‘the union fought in the streets for possession of the ballot box to be used in taking a vote on the question of accepting the new agreement. Stones and bottles were used as weapons and several of the partici- pants were cut and bruised. Police quelled the disturbance and the battle ended with the box in possession of officials of the union. Tnion leaders decided voting until Wednesday. to defer the GOVERNMENT REVENUES SHOW DECIDED GAIN. February Receipts at Treasury Depart- ment Greater Than Last Year. Washington, March 1.—For the first time since Juiy, government revenu for a month of the present fiscal year have beaten the pace set during the fiscal year 1914.. During February the treasury department received in reve- nue from all sources § 6,272, pared with receints in February, 1914, of $43,633,857. Ordinary expenditures however, amounted to $56,137,624, leav- inz a net deficit for the month of about 12,500,000. The excess of ordinary dis- bursements for the eight months of the al year which ended yvesterday over receipts for that period amounted to $83,356,62 Customs receipts February amounted to $14,393,395, or about $3,- 200,000 less than last February. Inter- al revenue receipts ran up to $24,6: 29, or about $8,300,000 more than last bruary. Much of this increase was due to returns from the emergency | tax. ‘The net balance in the treasury’s general fund at the end of February was $42,636,065, and the total h as- sets in the treasury $1,975,85 for IN TEN CITIES IN MAINE Seven Republican and Three Demo- cratic Mayors Chasen. Portland. Maine, March 1.—Elec- tions in ten cities of the state today resulted in the choice of seven répub- licans and three democratic mayors. In Auburn, where the progressives sought to retain the control they have held for three years, the republicans elected Henry R. Porter as mayor. Other republican mayors elected are Charles M. Harrington at Rockland, Martin F. Bartlett at Waterville, Ed- gar M, Cherry at Bastport, Alexander C. Hagerthy at Bllsworth, James J. Featherson at Saco and Charles E. West at South Portland. The democratic mayors elected are John A. Small at Bath, Judge Louis J. Brandt in Lewiston, Samuel B. Otis in Hallowell. BOSTON BREAD BAKERS USING CALCIUM SULPHATE. Health Inspector So Reports to Mayor Curley. Boston, March 1.—Bakeries in this city and New York are making bread which contains calcium sulphate, oth- erwise knoyn as plaster of paris or gypsum, according to a report by In- spector James O. Jordan of the board of health, made public by Mayor Cur- ley tonight. This is the mineral used in makinz plaster casts. “The combination of this mixture, even in small guaities with flour in bread making, unknown to the pur- chaser, may be classed as a swindle, Mr. Jordon .declared. He said that the addition of gypsum and ammonium cloride made the loaves much larger and lighter. ARIZONA SOLONS RESCIND ANTI-SMOKING RESOLUTION Action Was Opposed by the Sole Wom- an Member of the House. Phoenix, Ariz., March 1.—After going smokeless for most of the legislative session, the house of representatives of the Arizona legislature voted today to rescind the anti-smoke resolution, and the members will burn tobacco during the 11 days remaining of the session. The action was taken over the protest and vote of Mrs. Rachel Berry, the sole woman member of the house. The senate members have been smoking throughout the session with the approval of Senator Frances Munds, the only woman senator. SMUGGLED CHINAMEN ARRESTED AT BINGHAMTON. Were Found in the Cellar of a Chinese # Laundry. Binghampton, March 1.—Four China- men were arrested by United States Marshal Foster Black today at noon for having been smuggled into the United Staates. They were found in the cellar of a Ckinese laundry. They were attired in American apparel but could give no explanation of being in hiding or lack of certificates of resi- dence. The officials believe that they have unearthed an extensive smug- gling plot. National Amphitheatre. ‘Washington, March 1.—Ground was broken in Arlington National Ceme- " Condensed Telégrams The hamlet of La Caille, near les-Bai1 France, was buried snow avalanche. Aix- by a Princeton students $1,100 to the American Hospital in Paris. contributed Ambulance Out of 11,600 male high teachers in Germany, 4,000 are serving with the army. school now The old vine covered aresnal in Cen- enue cutter service, died in the IHerm- itage Hotel, New York. As a result of the midvear examins tions, sixty-six undergraduates Princeton were dropped. Contributions amounting to $1,469 were received by the Americna Cross bringing the total to $464,; W. F. Delaney received word that he had been recommended at Wash- ington for postmaster at New Britain. The old vinecovered arsenal in Cen- tral Park, opposite East 6ith street, is to be torn down. It was built in 1850. Chief of Police Laurent of Paris re- fused to grant permission for a revival of boxing in Paris during hostilites. An epidemic of scarlet fever devel- oped in Hamiiton, N. Y. Several stu- dents of Colgate University are vic- tims. The Massachusetts house of repre- sentatives defeated a bill which would make New Year's Day a legal holiday in that state. German newspapers state that Pro- or Fredenthal of Berlin University covered a means of converting food. fe: d straw into General prominent revolution home Alejandro figure in the against Spain, in Havana. Rodriquez, a last Cuban died at his Lieut. Samuel Peacock of the coast guard cutter Miami sent in his resig- nation because he refuses to be vac cinated for smallpox. A meeting of Harvard undergradu- ates will be held Thursday to debate the question of whether or not beer shall be served at class functions. Seven miners accused of murdering a party of mine guards and a chauf- {feur during the recent Colorado mine strike were acquitted at Pueblo, Col. General T. Coleman du Pont, pres- ident of the Du Pont Powder Co., sold his entire holdings in that company to a syndicate connected with the con- cern. The Holy Rollers of Jackson C 1., inaugurated another crusade against sin at Grand Tower, Ill, and will kick the devil into the Mississip- pi River. Rudolph Berger, one of the principal singers in German operas at the Man- hattan Opera House, died in New York of illness contracted in the Austri- an army. A Chiese boycott on all Japanese industries and business houses as a retaliation fo rthe demands made on China_by Japan was started in San Francisco. Governor Alexander of ldaho, sign- ed the prohibition bill. The bill makes the manufacture or sale of intoxicat- ing loquor in Idaho unlawful after January 1. 1916. The National City Bank filed a suit in the Supreme Court against the ci of New York, alleging the bank's stock held by shareholders has been improperly taxed C. F. Stagger, marine diver, received an official permit from the War De- partment to salve the Russian sloop of war Neva, wrecked near Sitka, Alaska, with $200,000 in gold aboard. Fire in an oil warehouse on Central wharf, Boston, menaced other property along the Atlantic avenue waterfront, but hard work on the part of the fire- men Kept the flames from spreading. Max Staudt, aged 15, of Passaic, N. J., was arrested there after he had taken $15 belonging to his mother to go to Philadelphia and hear Billy Sunday, and spent- it at a “movie” show. Copyrights of valuable law books, written by the testator, and a residu- ary legacy of $25,000 were bequeathed to Harvard Law school in the will of Professor John C. Gray, of the Law school. A colonel and two majors were sen- unty, | Closing Day of Gung_rffs Busy ADMINISTRATION WORKERS ARE STRIVING FOR EXFEDITION. HAVING NIGHT SESSIONS Leaders of Both Houses Concentrate Efforts on Conference Reports of Unfinished Appropriation Bills—Ap- propriations Will Total a Billion Dol- lars. ashington, March ss worked un administration leaders rescurce to expedite be enacted before - noon. credit legislation as an amend- ment to the agricultural appropriation bill held tie hou on far into the night. The sen: er devoting a second day to appropriation tangles in_the $11,000,000 Indian supply bill, laid it aside this evening for an execu- tive session and to take up general calendar bills Compromise on Naval Programme. A compromise on the naval building programme was one of the important 1.—Both houses on that adjournment in ses: (Continued on Page Six) FARM LOAN PLAN IN AGRICULTURAL BILL Generally Accepted as Having Sanc- tion of the Administration. shington, Ms: plan was written appropriation bill after and vigorous fignt rural amendment reported by commitiee, and gener- having the sanction of ion, was wh 1.—A farm loan gricultural tionized the preposal framed in the house, the plan provide for a system of farm ons formed in individual make loans on farm re than six sociations would banks in districts the present federal reserve districts for the purpose of dealing in the mor es held by the association and loaning to the associa- tion upon those morts . In the banks the government would have a supervising and under certain circum- stances a stockholding interest. They would be authorized to issue bonds based on their farm mortgage securi- ty. The cr came on an the secretary Panama cana bonds to the would loaxn communit: mortgage per cent form federal lan. c sponding to These of the fight in the house amendment to authorize of the treasury to issue or other government amount of $50,000,000 a year to take over the bonds of these Jand banks. The amendment was adopted in committee of the whole by a vote of 157 to 44 The administration proposal was a substitute for the McCumber direct loans of rurai credits plan incorpor- ed in the bill in the senate. It pro- posed a series of farm loan associa- tions with a system of land banks un- der private ownership and control to handle the loans-through the sale of boads to the public. SENATE PASSED 77 BILLS UP TO MIDNIGHT. Most of Them Were District of Co- lumbia_Relief Measures. Washington, March 1.—The senate toiled on the calendar for two hours and a half and at midnight had pass- ed 77 bills, the majority of them being private relief measures or of purely local interest. Consideration of the Indian appro- priation was then resumed under an agreement that no other business should come before the senate and that a recess should be taken at 1.30 a, m. until 11 o'clock tomorrow. Among the bills passed was a meas- ure extending the thanks of congress to Colonel Goethals and other officers of the army and navy who have parti- cipated in the constriction of the Pan- ama canal. The senate amended the bill to provide for the advance of these officers one grade in ranlk. Another bill passed provides for the construction or purchase of Six new revenue cutters. THE PRICE OF BEER tenced to death by a courtmartial at Sofia, Bulgaria, on a charge of mutiny, for surrendering two Bulgarian regi- ments during the Rumanian invasion in 1913. A bullet wound received by Gustaf A. Frederickson during a struggle at Cambridge, Mass., with Julian Lane, resulted fatally. Lane, who claims that the shot was fired in self defense, is under arrest. Arrangements were _completed for the funeral today of Major William Arthur, U. S. A, retired, a brother of the late President Chester A. Arthur, who died at his home at Cohassett, Mass., last week. g The Investment Bankers’ Associa- tion of America has decided to con- test the income tax regulation, hold- ing that income received by a part- nreship is not to be considered in- come of the members. The Southern Plantation Develop- ment company and bther creditors fil- ed an involuntary petition in bank- ruptcy at Chicago against the Ala- IN AUSTRIA RAISED. Increase Received Everywhere With Protest—Scarcity of Food. Venice, March 1, via London, March 2.—Beginning today the price of beer throughout Austria was raised two! heller (2-5 of one cent) per glass.| The increase, it was reported here, | was received everywhere with protest. | Advices received from the province! of Trent are to the effect that there is much suffering there owing to a| scarcity of food and that considera- | ble sickness has resulted from the eat- | ing of war bread. It was added lhati the distress of the poor had been great- | ly aggravated by the terrific snow-i storms in the provinces. The snow in | many places is said to be seven feet | deep. i “IF YOU WANT TO KILL A MAN PUT WHISKEY IN HIM.” Quotations From Decision of Missis- | sippi Supreme Court Judge. bama Tobacco company. The liabili- ties are given as $168,000. Two thousands bags of flour, worth $18,000, which were to have been sent to the Belgians sufferers, went to the bottom of the East River when the Tighter carrying them to the steamer Harpalyce at Brooklyn sank. Governor W. S. Hammond of Min- tery today for the National amphi- theatre recently authorized by con- gress. Worth Babley Daniels, son of the Secretary of the Navy, turned the first spadeful. 300 Miners Return to Work at Fair- mont, W. Va. Fairmont, W. Va., March 1.—Three hundred men returned to work at the mines of the Jamison Coal and Coke company in the Farmington district today. the 700 who remained on strike mmg no demonstration. nesota signed the county option bill recently passed by the Minnesota leg- islature providing for the disposition of the prohibition ssue by countes. The law become’effective immediately. Governor Walsh announced that one of the great sheds at the Common- wealth Pier, Boston, would be open- ed as a shelter for the unemployed. The shed is lighted and heated and cots will be installed. It is believed more than 300 meh can be accommo- dated. Jackson, Miss., March 1.—The Mis-, sippi supreme court today upheld the May-Mott-Lewis law prohibiting the keeping of intoxicants in social clubs. In its decision the court quoted the followin; “Whiskey is a good thing in its place. ‘There is nothing like it for preserving a man when he is dead. If you want to keep z dead man put him _in whiskey; if you want to kill a live man, put whiskey in him.” Girl Rescued by Firemen. Nashua, N. H. March 1.—Fifty girls employed at the factory of the Granite | Overall Company made their, way . down the fire escapes to safety upon the, breaking out today of a fire that destroyed the plant, a three-story brick and wood building on Water street. One girl was carried out un- conscious by firemen but later was re- ' vived. The loss is placed at $20,000. '