Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 6, 1915, Page 1

Norwich VOL. LVIL—NO. 56 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1915 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is~ Douhie That of Any Oth;r Papér,wana 7Its Total Circulation is the e Largest in fignnecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population " SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ALLIES VICTORIOUS IN EAST AND WEST rard Fighting Continues in Poland Between the Rus- sians and Germans FRENCH REPORT PROGRESS IN BELGIAN DUNES Recapture by the Muscovites of Ground at Different Places on the Nieman-Vistula Line—Two Entire Companies of Germans Have Fallen Into Hands of the French—Fight- ing in the Carpathian Passes is Less Violent—Nothing New About the Attempts of the Allied Fleets to Force the Dardanelles is Known—Still Ahother German Sub- marine is Said to Have Channel. Hard fighting continues in north Po- 1and between the Russians the Ger- mans 21l along the front between the Niemen and Vistula rivers and also between the Britisk, French and Bel- gians and Germans on the western front at various places from the sand dunes in Belgium to the crests of the Vosges mountains. Victories for the allies are claimed in both the eastern and western the- atres in the latest reports made by the Russian and Franch war chancel- lories. Progress for the Muscovites in the recapture of ground at different places on the Niemen-Vistula line and also the taking as prisoner of numer- ous German officers and men and the capture of guns and war stores are ‘recorded by Petrograd. Two entire companies of Germans— (of the machine gun arm of the service and other of the Prussian guard—have fallen into the hands of the = @ fierce engagements, respectively Champagne district, according to Par- f=. In addition, the French statement says rome 850 yards of trenches in the region of Mesnil and trenches and ra- vines northwest of Beausejour were captured by the French, during fight- ing in which the German losses are described as having been extremely high. Twelve attempts by the Ger- ‘#aans to sap aflied advanced trenches in the sand Gunes of Belgium were repulsed. The fighting which has been in pro- gress in the Carpathian passes for sev- eral weeks seemingly has lessened in violence. Vienna reports engagements in some sections, but says that on the whole the situation remains un- changed. The taking of Stanislau, Galicia and the capture during _the camnaign in that territory of 153 Ger- man officers and 18,522 men, together with guns, horses and troop trains is recorded by Petrograd. Nothing new concerning the attempts of the allied fleet to force the Dar- danelles is known. Despatches com- ing by way of Berlin, reiterate that the damage thus far done to the Turk- ish fortifications by the shells of the warships is not as great as allied re- ports of the bombardment have indi- cated. It is declared also that eye- witnesses of the attacks have reported that several of the allied warships have been badly damaged by the Turk~ ish fire. ; Still another German submarine 1s declared to have met with disaster at the hands of an allied ship. The French admiralty asserts that a submarine of the U-2 class was struck in the English channel by three shells from a French cruiser and dis- a E¥eoals tancrven aro being sent by the @ermans from Wuerteemburg and Ba- varia into Alsace, according to Swiss advices. A newspaper despatch from Bucha- rest, Rumania, asserts that the Aus- trians have evacuated Czernowitz, rapital of Bukowina. Berlin reports by wireless that a French ammunition steamer bound for Nieuport went by mistake into Ostend and was sunk by the Germans. The error in making Ostend instead of Nieuport, the German army headquar- ters say, was due to the crew of the steamer being intoxicated. On the submission of new evidence by Germany the state department at ‘Washington has begun an_investiga- tion of an_ allegation that dumdum bullets are being manufactured in the TUniteq States, ALLIES SOLIDLY ORGANIZED IN THE DUNES IN BELGIUM Germans Unable to Push Forward Their Trenches. Paris, March &, via London, March §, 12.30 a. m—The following French of- ficlal statement was issued here to- night: e Belgium, in the region of the Dunes, we have organized solidly the advanced trench taken by us yester- day. The Germans attempted to push forward their trenches into contact with ours, but twelve times our fire dispersed them, “To the north of Arras, our counter- attacks in the region of Notre Dame de Lorette were crowned with com- plete success. On Thursday evening we captured a machine gun company. On Friday the enemy made a new at- but we thrust them back, re- gained the lost positions which had been for two days in their possession and made numerous prisoners. “Rheims has been bombarded all day long. “In Champagne, in the_ region of Perthes, we made marked progress. On Thursday evening a company of the German guards b surroundeq in our lines and was captured. On Friday we gained ground on the whole front, carried a trench to the noyth- west of Perthes and occupled tof the north of Perthes a salient where we took prisoners. e captured six hundred metres (about 650 yards) of trenches with a depth of 200 metres beyond the group which lies northeast of Mesnil and made progress in the adjoining woods, Finally we gained possession of sev- eral trenches in the ravines northwest of ‘Beausejour. According to- prison- |ere’ accounts, the enemyv's losses were Met Disaster in the English extremely high. The morale of our troops was_excellent. i “In the Argonne region, at Vauquois, we made important progress in the western portion of the village, the only part where the Germans still hold their ground. “In the forest of /Le Peretre, a Ger- man attack was repulsed easily. In the region of Badon villers and in the region of Celles, our attacks made headway, having brought us into im- mediate contact with the enemy’s wire entanglements. We repulsed a coun- ter-attack. : n Alsace, at Hartmanns-Weiler- kopt, we captured a trench, a small fort 'and two machine guns.” OBSTINATE FIGHTING ALONG THE VISTULA Russians Have Made Progress in the Region of Mocarze. Petrograd, March 5—The following official communication from the gen- eral staff of the Russian army was issued today: “Along the entire Niemen-Vistula front obstinate fighting continues. In certain sectors our troops have made progress, particularly in the region of Mocarze, where we captured six ma- chine guns and four-officers anq sev- eral hundred soldiers. 'We also cap- tured a number of German _troops when we occupied the fortifications at Konopki, “In the Carpathians at Zaklidzyn (southeast of Cracow) we captured some fortified positions of the enemy. “The Austrian attacks yesterday were a little less vigorous. “In East Galicia on March 4_the Russian troops entered Stanislau, hav- ing successfully crossed the Lukwa.” FAMOUS FRENCH AVIATOR AWARDED MILITARY MEDAL. Adolphe Pcweufiewnrdfll for Services Rendered During the War. Paris, March 5, 10.50 p. m.—Official announcement is made that Adolphe Pegoud, the famous French aviator, has been awarded the military medal for services rendered the army during the war. The announcement says that Pegoud “on several occasions pursued enemy aeroplanes and on Feh. 2d attacked at a great height and caused the fall of a German machine. Soon afterwards he attacked two other aircraft, causing the first to fall and the second to land.” Adolphe Pegoud first came into fame in 1913 as the originator of the feat of fiying upside down in an_aeroplane while making experiments for obtain- ing safety in the air. A short time later he enhanced his reputation for daring by performing for the first time by any aviator the feat of looping the loop. For his experiments Pegoud was awarded the decoration of the Legion of Honor. Several times since the outbreak of the war Pegoud has come into_notice. On Aug. 20 he returned to Paris from the front to get a nmew aeroplane, his old one having been riddled by enemy bullets. He was mentioned in des- Patches for valor in November and later in January was reported to have destroyed a German explosive depot by dropping bombs on it. PETROGRAND ANNOUNCES AUSTRO-GERMAN REBERSES Culminating Reoccupation of Stin- slau by Russians, Petrograd, March 5, 10 p. m., via London, March 6, 222 8. m—Advices received in Petrograd ere to the effect that the Austro-German forces have met with a series of reverses at the hands of the Russians recently, culmi- nating in_the reoccupation today of Stinslau, which was evacuated a fort- night ago. Serious battles are reported between the Mazolaboretz Pass in the Carpath. ians and the River San, where the Aus- trian advance is said to have been checked. In the vicinity of Salinka, midway of this line, two Austrian regi- ments are sald to have been wiped out by the Russian machine guns. Dur- ing the fighting on March 2 and 3 the justrians chargea_the Russian lines repeatedly, at times reaching the Rus- sian trenches. Austrian officers captured during the fighting are reported to have said that their Josses never had been heavier. At Lutowsko, just south of the San and 35 miles southwest of Przasnysz, the Austrians made four attacks on the Russians, which are said to have been Tepulsed with heavy losses. The surrender of Stanisiau was pro- ceeding during the period from Feb. 21 to March 3 by heavy fighting, the Austrians having heavily fortified Halicz, & short distance to the north, and also the valleys of the Lomnica and Lukwa rivers. Here, it s assert ed, the Russians captured a large num- Dber of guns and repid firers, many of- ficers and men and a quantity of stores, - Movements of Steamships. Glasgow, March 4—Arrived, steam- er Pretorian. Boston. b : AT " _u Paragraphs .xish Troops Recalled from Eaypt. Paris, March 5, 11.25 p. m—The su- preme Turkish war council, according to a despatch to the Temps from Pet- rograd, has decided to abandon all fur- ther operations against Egypt and to recall to European Turkey the troops sent to Egypt. Dutch Steamer Reported Torpedoed. London, March 6, 3.24 a. m.—Al- cording to the Dally Express it is re- ported that the Dutch steamer Noder- dyk which was returning to Rotter- dam with broken machinery after hav- ing sailed for the United States, has Dbeen torpedoed in the English chan- nel. Germany to Exchange Prisoners. Paris, March 5, 5.40 p. m.—A des- patch to the Temps from Geneva, Switzerland, says that Gerany is for- warding to the Swiss frontier 30,000 interned French civilians for repatria- tion. The correspondent adds that Germany is desirous of being relieved of these civilians as soon as the for- malities of an exchange can be effect- ed. REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION ESSENTIAL FOR PROSPERITY. Statement of Chairman Charles D. Hilles of the Republican National Committee, New York, March 5.—Chairman Charles D. Hilles of the republican na- tional committee, in a statement at the conclusion of a conference here today with a number of manufacturers, mer- chants and business men, announced that the present business situation was discussed and the decision was reached that not “until a republican is returned to the White House can there be a re- turn to prosperity.” Chairman Hilles said there was no chairman and that the meeting was informal. -“The meeting_ wns simply one of a umber to be held throughout the country by business men and manu- facturers interested in the success of the republican party,” Chairman Hilles added. T am frank to confess the sentiment was unanimous among us today that if there had been a presi- dential election this year our candi- date would have won without diffi- culty.” Mr. Hilles denied #ffat any candi- dates for the presidency in 1916 were discussed. “We talked the situation over,” he said, “and arrived at the decision that President Wilson and his administra- tion of national affairs had plunged the country into the condition in which it now finds itself. There can be no return of prosperity, it was be- lieved, until a republican is returned to_the White House.” Mr. Hilles asserted that the admin- istration now has a deficit of $80,000,- 000. “This will be increased,” he said, “to' no one knows what amount when the war tax expires and the import and export duties further decrease.” James B« Revnolds, secretary of the national committee, also was present at the conference. “Both Mr. Hilles and myself were invited to come to the meeting; we did not call it,” he said. MANSFIELD REAPPOINTED INSURANCE COMMISSIONER It Is Expected Legislature Will Con- firm It Promptly. Hartford, March —Goyvernor Hol- comb, today, reappoinfed Burton Mansfield commissioner of insurance for four years from July 1. The salary is $3,500 a year. On receipt of the communication from the governor in the senate the nomination was referred to the committee on executive nomina- tions. It is expected the appointment will be confirmed_promptly. Commissioner Mansfield is_one of the leading members of the New Ha- ven bar, and prominent in the coun- cils of the Protestant diocese of Con- necticut and secretary and_treasurer of the Missionary Society of the dio- cese. He has many times served on important committees of the diocese. UNITED STATES DOLLAR LOOKS GOOD IN EUROPE Has a Strong Influence Upon the Ten- dency of Exchange. Geneva, Switzerland, via Paris, March 5, 5.35 . m—A circular issued by the bank Verein Suisse for March, noting the high rate of exchange on a dollar, which now costs 5.48 francs (a. frant is equal to 19 cents) in Switz- erland says: “The Uniteq States dollar is at pres- ent a device which has a preponder- ating influence upon the tendency of exchanges, because the United States is today the great furnisher of Eurobe in provisions and divers products. NINE PHYSICIANS GUILTY OF USING MAILS TO DEFRAUD. Advertised for Patients and Sent Same Treatment for All Ailments. Houston, Tex, March 5—Nine Hous- ton physicians today were found guilty of using the mails to defraud. Sen- tences will be passed later. The gov- ent charged they advertised for nts and in response to letters sent stereotyped treatment regardless of ailment. Those convicted are Nathan A. Hughes, August Marable, J. E. Corl, Walter P. Pegram, A. G. Olson, T. W. Hughes, Edward Parlan, J. F. Allen and O. F. Bourgue. 2 —_— THREE MEN BEL1EVE DTO HAVE PERISHED IN FIRE Which Burned Two Small Hotels in ineapolis. Minneapolis, Minn,, March 5.—Three men are believed to have perished in a fire here early this morning when two small hotels, the Astoria and the Fred- erick, adjoining on Hennepin avenue, were destroyed. Two firemen were hurt by falling from ladders and sev- eral other persons were injured. About 20 women were carried to the street by firemen. The property loss is estimat- ed at $50,000. Aol PR R i To Continue Investigation of Alleged Lobby Against Ship Bill. ‘Washington, March 5. — Senator Walsh, chairman of the special senate committee to investigate an alleged lobby against the government ship purchase bill which failed in congress, has called the committee to resume its inquiry next Monday. It is probable that only a few more witnesses wil be heard, ut least until next fall. President Kept Open House. ‘Washington, March 5. — President Wilson kept open house at the White House tonight for d members of the senate and house. He received callers at the executive offices up to 0 o'clogk. Danielson Raids by State Police GOT AN IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION OF INTOXICANTS. MET OFFICERS WITH GUN Oliver White, Who Was Inclined to Resist Officers, Was Laid Low by Policeman’s Fist. (Special_to The Bulletin.) Danielson, March 5.—REight state policemen, including Flynn, Bridgman, Jackson and Wheeler, swooped down on the borough Friday night and made a series of raids on places where it is presumed that liquors have been sold illegally. The raids covered a period of several hours and when they were Officials Sileni in Cook Case MICROSCOPICAL EXAMINATION OF HER VITAL ORGANS. DIRECTED BY CORONER Detective Says He Has a Subpoena for Mayo, but Coroner Emphatically Denies That One Has Been Issued. New Haven, March 5—Coronor Eli Mix today began an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the suicide of Lillian M. Cook, whose body was found in a lonely spot in a mountan- ous park of this city yesterdy after the police of three states had been searching for her for a week. The coroner spent the entire day in solution of slack business. on the job at all times. portant than advertising. tive, always at work and always the indispensible salesman whose umns of The Bulletin. therefore the best. 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This is the service which is furnished through the advertising col- It is the service which every business house should have because it is the service the buyers depend upon and salesman! During the past week the following matter appeared in its news General 976 241 251 258 252 162 2140 Total 1211 462 522 465 545 396 3601 145 122 163 124 188 117 859 completed there was an impressive collection of various'® kinds of booze locked in cell No. 1 at police station. The other cells were occupied by men Who were caught in the dragnet. Met Officers With Gun. Included in this number was Oliver White, who will be charged, when pre- serted in court, with threatening some ©Of the state policemen with a shotgun. When Officers Bridgman, Jackson and Wheeler and Deputy Sheriff John M. Bessette went to his home near the railroad tracks, south of the borough, to maké search for cider, he met them With a gun. The officers asked if he Wouldn't give them time to get their automobile out of,the yard, to which he agreed if they would hurry up, One of the officers toyed with the crank of the machine, pretending he could not start th eengine. Another officer worked around behind White and nabbed him. He handed him a wallop that laid him in a heap on the ground. The other officers closed in and relieved him -of the gun. White was locked up without further resist- ance. Other prisoners taken during the night were Antomio Mazzerelli. From his house 28 quarts of wine, some beer and other liquors wera taken. He had previously been heavily fined for violation of the liquor laws here. Na- tale Zicarro was arrested at his home on Furnace street. A quantity of beer was seized there. Some of the officars made a flying trip to Attawaugan and when they returned brought with them @ jug of cider and more than a dozen bottles of Jamaica ginger, 95 per cent, alcohol, taken from the place of Wil- liam Welch. He was ordered to appear in court this morning. Pony Expresser Captured. One of the classic events of the night ‘was the capture of one of the famous pony expressers, bound in from Put- nam with a load of contraband. The team was driven by Eli Dagenias. All of the beer was seized, but Mr. Dagen- ias eays that he has an order covering every case of the shipment and that each shipment was properly tagged ac- cording to the requirements of the state law under which he is operating. The state police took his book contain- ing the orders, but did-not arrest Mr. Dagenias. All of the cases will come up for hearings in the town court this morning. Raid Caused Big Sensation. The raid, which caused a big sensa- tion here, had been prepared for by a detective: who had been in town the past few weeks and who became very friendly with some of the people who were locked up Friday night. Cotton Ship Held Up by British War- ship. Boston, March 5.—The steamer Pa- cific, carrying cotton from Galveston for Rotterdam, has been held up by a British warship and taken to Deal, ac- cording to a message received by the Emery Steamship company, owners of the vessel, today. Vice President Marshall to Represent President at Exposition. Washington, March 5.—Vice Presi- dent Marshall will go to San Francisco to represent President Wilson at the formel dedication of the Panama- Pacific, exposition on March 20. The president still hopes to visit the expo- sition Iater. Retired Policeman Suicides. New Haven, Conn., March 5.—Will- fam M. Collett, 73 years old, a retired and it 15 said he had been brooding over the de of secretly examining several witnesses and heading the reports of physicians he rad assisned to perform the autopsy on the body of the young woman. A detective who had been engaged upon the case announced late today that Virginius J. Mayo, possessor of a dual personality and employer of Miss Cook, had been served with a subpoena requesting him to appear before the coroner on Monday and assist if he could, in determining what prompted the youns woman to take her life. Later, Coroner Mix stated emphatical- 1y that no subpoena had been issued for Mayo, Autopsy Performed. The autopsy was performed by Medical Examiner M. M. Scarborough and Dr. Richard J. Rand of the Yale Medical school. At the direction of the coroner they removed.the various vital organs from the body. A mi- croscopical examination of these or- gans was in_progress tonight, the| coroner said. He added that he ex- pected the examining physicians would report to him tomorrow morn- ing. Two reports were made b; the physicians today. After receiving the first the coroner said that he believed there “were sufficlent indications to warrant prolonging the examination beyond the mere tracing of the bul- let and establishing the immediate cause of death.” “We want to determine what caused Miss Cook to commit suicide,” he de- clared, & The second report was made later| in the day. Neither the coroner nor the physicians would divulge what, if anything, had been discovered dur- ing the course of the autopsy, which was performed in a morgue attached to a local undertaking establishment. In his statement of vesterday Mayo admitted that while he was residing in this city with his legal wife he maintained in Brooklyn an establish- ment for Louis Waterbury, who form- erly held the position occupied by Miss Cook at the time she disappeared. Mayo did not hesitate to admit that while he and his legal wife were childless, Loie. Waterbury, who was known “for convernience” as he put it, as “Mrs. James Dudley” was the moth. er of two of his children, Inquest Behind Closed Doors. Witnesses who were examined by the coroner behind closed doors today were Frank Cook of Brooklyn, N. Y., father of the dead girl, Miss Helen Wilson. her room mate in the building occupied here by the Young Women's Christian association and Miss Inez Hull, superintendent of the building. In addition, the coroner held confer- ences with State’s Attorney Aron A. ling and Detective Captain H. J. Don- nelly. When the examinatfon of the wit- nesses was completed, Coroner Mix made the following statement: “At this time I have found nothing that would warrant me detaining any- one or asking the police to see to it that any person did not leave my juris- diction. I cannot say what the wit- nesses told me. That would be going into testimory and T am not prepared Condensed Te]egrams The net public debt on March 1 was $1,129,500,189, i | he Bank of England purchased | 8,000 in bar gold Chief of Police Sylvester o ington applied for retiremen Wash- Several houses and barns were stroyed by a fire at de- atontown, N. J of discount is unchanged at 5 per cent. Merton Riddle, manager of the ilo: ida East Coast railroad, died at Jack sonville, Work in all resumed when were pacified. | | The Bank of England minimum rate | | | | Glasgow factories wa the striking engine The Arkansas river at Fort Smith, is expected to reach flood stage, feet, by tonight Construction of the new readnought M s begun at Genoa. Italian su- > Antonio Colonna President Melendez of San Salvador named Dr. Francisco Suarez as minis- ter of foreign relatio; India’s contribution to the war for the financial r beginning April 1 next will be £47,500,000. By a vote of 28 to 9, the lowa senate killed a resolution endorsing the war poiicy of President Wilson. Retiring directors were re-elected at the annual meeting of the Baldwin Lo- comotive works in Philadelphia. Five hundred carpenters at the Du Pont Powder company plant at Car- ney’s Point, Del,, went on strike. Because of the high cost of living, cemeteries of Paterson, N. J., advanced the price of graves from $25 to $30. An order for 2,000 tons of steel rails was. received from the Pennsyivan! railroad by the Illinois Steel company. The French customs duties of $18 per metric ton on steel rails was sus perded by government decree until further notice. Many of the two hundred persons in the Hotel D'Angleterre, Copenhagen, had narrow escapes when it was de- stroyed by fire. To handle the large number of per- sons going to Sau Francisco for the exposition, the Southern Pacific put on 104 special trains. The strike of coal heavers at Liver- pool, which has held up Atlantic liners for several days, was settled and the men returned to work The_bill of Senator Joseph in tle New York senate, which penalizes the possessor of a bombshell or bomb, was advanced to final passage. Representatives of the French ana British governments placed orders for 80,000 tons of prairie hay with hay shippers at Houston, Tex. A state of siege was proclaimed in the greater part of Cyrenaica, Tripoli, in an effort to put down a rebellion, Cyrenaica is under Italian rule. Jeff Mansel and H. M. Candy, white fishermen of Camden, Ark., were lynch- ed in the woods near ther They were accused of stealing hogs. Princeton university will introduce a course in military training under the direction of army officers. The course opens after the Easter holidays. A Chicage banking firm announced it would receive subscriptions for the new German imperial government ver cent. loan of 1,200,000,000 marks, Public ownership of street railways came within one vote of a favorable report in the Massachusetts legisla- ture. A human skull, thighbone and parts of an arm were discovered in the stomach of a 12-foot shark caught off Soldier Key, Fla., by Henry Sanford of New York. William E. Eames, an architect and art critic, known = throughout the United States, died at St. Louis, Mo. He was 64 years old. Death resulted from a general breakdown. A bill was introduced in the New York senate providing for the appoint- ment by the mayor of New York city of two women as associate justices of the inferior criminal courts. Pope Benedict has sent a message of congratulation on the humane work of the Red Cross during the war to Gus- tave Ador of Geneva, president of the International Red Oross society. The contract for the erection of a $2,000,000 addition to the Carnegie Steel company plant of Newcastle, Pa., was awarded to the Pennsylvania En- gineering company of Newcastle. The Maine House refused to re- fused to repeal the direct primary law. The vote was 97 to 32 on adoption of the unfavorable report in concurrence with the Senate. One member of the crew was killed and six others severely burned by an explosion of petroleum under the fore- Crippled Transportation Uprising. Washington, March 5.—President Wilson was confronted tonight with cne of the most serious and perplexing developments that has ever arisen in the Mexican situation. Mexioo City is on the verge of starvation: General Obregon, the Carranza commander, re- fuses to permit an international re- lief committee, composed of wealthy members of the foreign colony, to suc- cor the needy Mexico needs no foreign aid, general is reported to have said. People Are Living in Terror, ‘All merchants who closed their stores been ordered to reopen under threat of punishment. Three hundred of them, all Mexlcans, have been imprisoned.” The people of the ity are living in terror of another evacuation, since Obregon has an- nounced that he will not prevent loot- ing or pillaging for food or money The Brazilian, British, Spanish and Italian ambassadors called separately at the state department today bring- ing pessimistic reports of the situa- tion, which corresponded to reports already recelved by the American gov- ernment. The foreign diplomats sug- gested no solution. Secretary Bryan announced that he had sent an urgent telegram to Amer- ican Consul Silliman with instructions to lay the situation earnestly before General Carranza, so that General Obregon might be directed to accept the proffered aid of the foreign resi- dents. Transportation Facilities Withheld. Freight service is suspended between Mexico City and Vera Cruz. Trans- portation facilities for relief purposes are being withheld by General Obre- gon on the ground of military neces- sity. President Wilson was advi the facts late today as revealed in of- ficial messages and the reports from the forelgn ambassadors. Tonight the president was reported to be studying closly the various phases of the ques- tion. Should General Obregon continue to refuse outside aid, drastic measures might be necessary in the view of for- eign diplomats. The situation is de- scribed by them as more intolerable than it ever has been since revolution- ary troubles began in the southern re- public. Talk of an Allied Expe Talk of an allied expedition similar to the one that went to the relief of foreign legations at Peking during the Boxer uprising was again heard in of- ficial quartetrs where it was gener- ally admitted that a grave condition of affairs had arisen For the present the outcome of the telegraphic correspondence with Gen- eral Carranza will be awaited. Hither- to he has been reported as standing by all the activities of General Obre- gon, whose purpose according to of- ficial reports, seems to be to force the lasses to enlist in the Carranza army or starve. Wild Rumors Afloat in Mexico City. All sorts of wild rumors are afloat in Mexico City due to the utterances of General Obregon, who in newspaper interviews, has virtually sanctioned plunder for food. General Carranza has the been asked SITUATION IN MEXICO IS CRITICAL President Wilson Confronted With a Serious and Perplexing Development in War Riven Country - MEXICO CITY IS ON THE VERGE OF STARVATION Situation is Described as More Intolerable Than it Has Been Ever Since Revolutionary Troubles Began—All Sorts of Wild Rumors Are Afloat in Mexico City, Where Gen- eral Obregon is Said to be Inciting the People to Loot Stores—Relief Committee Unable to Aid the Poor by Facilities— Brazilian, British, Spanish and Italian Ambassadors All Make Pessimistic Southern Republic, Similar to the One That Went to the Relief of Foreign Legations at Peking During the Boxer Reports—Talk of Sending an Allied Expedition to the [ by the American government to in- struct General Obregon to take some measures to protect lives and property of foreigners in the event of evacua- tion. The people fear that the water supply may be shut off and that the electric cables may be cut, thus leav- ing the city in darkness at night ana bermitting the irresponsible element to commit wanton depredations, 300 Merchants Imprisoned. Just wh the 300 merchants were im- prisoned has not been revealed. They were reported to have appealed to Obregon for relief from a heavy tax which he imposed on them. Secretary Bryan saiq that so far as the state department haq been advised, all the Mexican priests arrested for failure to contribute funds demanded by Obre- gon were still in prison. Not Permitted to Aid the Poor. The international relief committee, which raised about 250,000 pesos, was not permitted to aid the poor, ac- cording to official despatches, because General Obregon declined to accept funds restricted to any definite use. He answered that the forelgners pay the tax, recently levied, but revoked on representations from forelgn gow- ernments, without questioning how it would be used. The latest decree put into effect by Obregon provides that all merchants not only must open their places of business under threat of punishment, but that any person refusing to ac- cept Carranza’s flat money will be im- prisoned, Diplomats to Use Their Own Discretion Beyond saying that conditions were much worse than they had ever been in Mexico City, the various foreign diplomats who called at the state de- partment did not discuss the situation or indicate the attitude of their gov- ernmentst. All of their ministers at Mexico City have instructions to with- draw from the capital at thelr own discretion, but in the circumstances they are desirous of remaining so as to exert what influence they can for the relief of the starving population. At the request of the government of Guatemala, the state department in- quired after the safety of the Guate- malan minister to Mexico and learned that he was safe. Difficulties Are Numerous. The difficulties of the situation, from the viewpoint of administration offi- cials, are numerous. General Villa and his forces and the Zapata faction, ac- cording to official reports, seems to be rapidly gaining ground in the mil- itary campaign, but their plans have for their object at present the dom- ination of other parts of Mexico, par- ticularly Tampico and the northern part of the country, The presence at Vera Cruz of Charles A. Douglas, an intimate friend of Secretary Bryan and a legal ad- viser in Washington of General Car- ranza, it is believed in some quarters, may assist the negotlations which the state department has instituted to ob- tain a solution of affairs at Mexico City. but officials were not optimistic, Dbecause of Carranza’s refusal hereto- fore, to heeq representatioas from the Washington government, INVESTIGATING MANUFACTURE OF DUMDUM BULLETS In the United States for the Use of the Allies. — Washington, March 5.—Investigation of alleged manufacture of dumdum bul- lets in the United States for the use of the allies has been undertaken by the state department as the result of the submission of new evidence by the German embassy. Secretary Bryan announced today that an . inquiry had been ordered. castle of the tank steamer Tiflis, from New York, in the harbor of Alicante, Spain.. Chung How, boatswain of the Bel- an relief ship Harpalyce, waiting to sail from Brooklyn, was arrested by customs inspectors who found oplum sum worth $2,000 hidden in a coal bunker. In commemoration of the birthday of her mother, Mrs. Joseph Slocum, Mrs. Russell Sage of New York pre- sented gifts amounting to $50,000 to public and charitable institutions of Syracuse. Frederic J. Stimson, American am- bassador to Argentina, was tendered a dinner by Saenz Valiente, minister of marine, on board the new Argentine dreadnought Rivadavia, which is at anchor in Buenos Aires harbor. The leaders of the grainte cutters’ to do that” Satisfied Mayo Is Not Responsible. union, at Barre, Vt, members of which have not been at work since Monday, will endeavor to take a vote tomor- Whe nthe embassy senta protest with exhibits to the department some weeks ago Mr. Bryan said that if it could be established that such ammunition was being sent out of the United States the president would use his influence to stop it Charges Against Hans Halle Dismissed ew Orleans, La., March 5.—Charges aguinst Hans Halle, arrested in De- cember in_connection with a plot to blow up a French liner, were dismissed today by the criminal court, but the state appealed and he was ordered held in custody. Halle admitted that he made a bomb with the intention of putting it on a French ship leaving New York for Hayre, but the court decided he had violated no Louisiana law. Three other men arrested with him already have been released. Chile Removes Duty on Flour Wheat. Santiago, Chile, March 5.—Owing to the tremendous rise in Chile of the price of flour and wheat, the govern- and At the state’s attorney’s office here, |row on the proposition of the mawn. |ment today made an announcement to the following statement was issued 1450 | facturers for another working aeven. |the effect. that hoth these. preducts tonight: A “The state’s attorney’s office 1s sat- isfied that Mr. Mayo is not criminally responsible for the death of Miss Cook. This of course ends any further Investigation on the part of the cor- oner.” State’s Attorney Alling declined to My the statement. ment for five years. Dennis H. Finn, a former member. of the ‘was brought into court at i e, Mass., for I'Dfl- liminary hearing on a_charge of as- sult with intent to kill Alderman Paul The case was con- tinued untll R could be imported free of duty. John Farwell. \ Greenwich, Conn, March 5.—John Farwell, a well known real estate pro- motor and owner of what is known as Farwell Island, in the sound, died here today of heart disease. He was 80 vears old and leaves seven children. . 78 BODIES RECOVERED FROM LEYLAND MINES. Most of the Bodies Were Found in Natural Positions. Hinton, W. Va., March 5.—Seventys eight bodies had been recovered late toright from the workings of the Lay- land mines, wiere an explosion Tues- day entombed more than 170 men, of ‘whom only 10 escaped alive. The rescuers have completed the search of mines Nos. 4 and 5 and will begin on mine No. 3 tomorrow. Most of the bodies recovered were found in natural positions and only one was mu~ tilated. ar] Henry, chief of the state depart- ment of mines, believes now that the force of the explosion within the works « ings was not great, s Tt is estimated that the number of. victims will reach 150. g DANIELS TO VISIT PANAMA- Will Make Trip on a Warship ; Panama Canal. Washington, March 5—Secretary’ aDniels stated today that he intended to carry out his original plan to Vflfl' the Panama-Pacific exposition next July, making the trip on a 5 via the Panama canal about July 1. o There probably will be a number 4 distinguished guests in the W Party, as it has-been found that there is an available appropriation for the entertainment contained in one of acts of the first session of the congress, — Yacht for Misslonary Work. Boston, March 5—The steam yach Hope, formerly the flagship of C modore Herbert M. Sears, of the Rast ern Yacht club, was sold to