Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 9, 1915, Page 1

VOL. LVIL—NO. 58 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1915 TEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Othe Papér, and Its Total Circulation is the Laégest in Connecticut in Prdbértign to the City’s Population RUSSIANS MAINTAIN GGRESSIVE ACTION But There Are No Reports Which Would Indicate the Approach of a Decisive Victory FALLING SNOW HAMPERS OPERATION IN FRANC Both the Germans and the Allies Make Claims to Positions Won—In the Dardanelles the Shelling of the Forts Guarding the Waterways Continues—The Turks Claim Injury Wrought Thus Far is of Little Consequence— The Crisis in Greece Continues, M. Zamias Having De- clined to Form a Ministry—DBritish Aeroplanes Have Dropped Bombs on German Submarine Base at Ostend_. While fighting continues on nearly all the battle fronts, no engagements which would indicate the approach of a declsive victory for either of the contending parties has been reported. The Russians still report progress against the Germans in north Poland and assert that an offensive movement begun by the Germans farther south, in the Pilica river region, has been re- pulsed and that the Russians them- selves have taken up the attack. In the west, where snow again is falling heavily, both the allies and the Germans make claims to positions won and the capture of officers, men and guns. Near Perthes, the French de- clare that their forces have taken an additional line of trenches, about 1,600 feet in length. § In the Dardanelles the shelling of the foris guarding the waterways contin- ues, with the allies claiming that great damage is being done to the fortifications, and the Turks asserting that the injury wrought thus far I3 immaterial. The_ British admiralty says that its East Indian fleet has silenced all the hostile forts and batteries of the Turks in the vicinity of Smyrna, while Petro- grad tells of the destruction by Rus- sian warships of Zunguldiak, Kozlon ard Kilimili, Turkish ports on the Plack sea. 5 The Greek crisis continues. M. Zai- mis, who had been asked to form a ministry to succee® that of M. Veni- zelos, has declined to accept the task, and M. Gournaris has been requested by King Constantine to assume it._ A Berlin despatch asserts that since tre opening of direct negotiations be- tween Italy and Austria a decided re- laxation in the tension of Austro- Italian relations is noticeable. Four British aeroplanes have dropped bombs on the German submarine base and officers’ quarters in’ Ostend. Great Britain has decided not to treat captured crews of Germax sub- marines as ordinary prisoners of war, but will intern them with a view to ble conviction at the end The president of the British admir- alty court has decided that no bellig- erent government has a right to requi- sition a captured cargo belonging to a 4eutral government. An Amsterdam newspaper declares at Zeppelin airship L-8 has been arecked at Tirlemont, Belgium, and that 17 men of a crew of 41 were killed. ‘FLEETS BATTERING THEIR WAY TO CONSTANTINOPLE Greatest Naval Undertaking in His- tory—In Number of Ships and Guns. London, March 8, 10.55 p. m.—The British and French fleets have bat- tered their way a step nearer to Con- stantinople, not, however, without damage to the ships engaged and the battle royal for the Dardanelles con- tinues. More Turkish forts on the Asiatic side have been silenced, ac- cording to a statement by the British admiralty, but the Turks are making a terrific resistance and the shells from their German-made guns have found more than one mark on the be- sieging craft. This struggle for the gateway of the Ottoman capital is at present the big feature of the war news and closely linked with this is the sus- tained excitement in Greece incident to the resignation of the cabinet of M. Venizelos, who, deeming Greece's entry into the hostilities on the side of the triple entente imperative, could not agree with his king and resigned. The retiring premier, according to Athens despatches, plans to leave for a rest and M. Zaimis has been en- trusted with the difficult task of se- lecting a new cabinet, the complexion of which had not even been tentative- ly announced tonight. From the number of ships engaged and the size and range of the guns, the battle of the Dardanelles is unlike anything in history, according to naval experts. At 21,000 yards the huge battleship Queen Elizabeth of the Brit. ish squadron, assisted by smaller ships, is still hurling, shells across the Gal- lipoli peninsula into the ‘Turkish strongholds on the Asiatic shore. The admiralty statement carries the operations through Sunday and ad- mits that the Turks not only scored three minor hits on the Queen Eliza- beth, but that the mapority of the ships_inside the straits, both French and Britigsh, were struck. None was struck and there were no casualties. SNOW INTERFERES WITH FIGHTING IN FRANCE Neither Army Has Made Any Notable Advance. Paris, via London, March 8, 1152 p. m.—The following official communi- cation was issued by the French war office tonight: “In Champagne snow storms have interfered with our operations. This morning the enemy tried to retake a wood captured by us on Sunday west of Perthes. He was repulsed and our counter-offensive enabled us to gain ground to the north and east and to take some prisoners. The advance continued and increased during the afternoon, “In’ the region of Perthes we won more than 500 metres (over 1600 feet) of trenches. “Between Le Mesnil and Beause- jour we lost some trenches we had taken yesterday but gained 100 metres (about 300 feet) on the ridge north of Mesnil, “In the region of St. Mihiel and in the Bois of Brule (forest of Apre- mont) we gained a footing in a Ger- man trench and captured therein a great quantity of materials. “Northwest of Pont-a-Mousson the Germans attempted to deliver an at- tack, which however, broke down. Our progress continued mnorth of Badon- viller. “In Alsace at Relch Ackerkopf, we repulsed a counter-attack.” TRIPLE ENTENTE FURNISHING FUNDS FOR SMALL NATIONS. Total Allowances Up to the Present Total $270,000,000. Paris, March 8, 5.20 p. m—The Temps today gives the details of the advances already made or about to be made by France, Great Britain and Russia t othe small allied countries, as agreed upon by the finance ministers of the three powers during their recent conference in Paris. The total advance for the presnt, according to the newspapers are to be 1.350,000,000 francs ($270,0000,000) which amount is to be borne equally by the three powers. These powera already have advanced to Belgium 250,000,000 francs _ ($50,000,000), to Serbia 185,000,000 francs ($37,000,000) to Greece 20,000,000 francs ($4,000,0005, and to Montenegro 500,000 francs ($100,000). There remains to be ad- vanced 894,000,000 francs ($178,000,- 0005, which will be divided between Serbia and Belgium. France ,the Temps says, will take care of Russia’s share for the present by placing sums against grain to be bought in Russia for French account. A bill now before the French parlia- Taent authorizes this arrangement. AIRCRAFT ATTACK GERMAN SUBMARINE REPAIR BASE. Six Aeroplanes Dropped Eleven Bombs on Basin at Ostend, London, March 8 10 p. m.—The ad- miralty tonight issued the following statement: “Wing Commodore Longmore re- ports that an air attack on Ostend was carried out yesterday afternoon by six aeroplanes of the naval wing. Of these, two had to return owing to their petrol freezing. The remainder reached Ostend and dropped eleven bombs on the submarine repair base and four bombs on the Kursaal, the headquarters of the military. “All the machines and pilots return- ed. It is probable that considerable damage was done. No submarines were seen in the basin. The attack Was carried out In a fresh, northwest wind.” Great Britain to Hold as Prisoners Crews of Submarines. London, March 8, 10.01 p. m.—The admiralty announces that it is not Justified’ in extending honors to the captured crews of German submarine boats, ‘owing to their methods and that it is Intended to segregate them under special restrictions pending their possible conviction at the conclusion of peace. The admiralty states that this ruling applies to the 29 officers and ‘men of German submarine U-8, which was sunk recently off Dover. PRESIDENT WILSON AT WORK ON BUDGET SYSTEM Of Government Expenditures, to Be Cabled Pa~.-aphs $11,916,000 ~ o Berlin ,0“\4 for piti ¥ ~“War Loan. .~ item given out ~the Overseas News .Afiat various banks and utions in Germany have -1'$11,916,000 to the war loan. ritish Collier Sunk by Torpedo. London, March 8, 10.15 p. m.—The admiralty announces that the British collier Bengrave was sunk Sunday, probably by a torpedo, off Iifracombe, which lies ten miles northwest of Barnstaple, County Devon, England. Gen. Von Dittfurth Killed in Battle. Berlin, via London, March 8, 10.05 p. m—Major General Von Dittfurth, commander of the Landwehr brigade and a member of the Prussian diet, was killed in battle near l.amza in Poland last Saturday. He had been widely known as a writer on mil- itary subjects since his retirement from the active service. JURY SWORN IN FOR TRIAL OF TERRE HAUTE MEN. Charged With Conspiring to Corrupt Federal Eelection. Indianapolis, Ind., March 8.—Twelve men were sworn late today in the United_States district court to try Donn M. Roberts, mayor of Terre Haute, and 27 others who are charged with conspiring to defraud the federal government through _corrupting _the election of November 3rd, 1914, in Ter- re Haute. After the jury was em- panelled, United States District At- torney Frank C. Dailey read to the jury the law on which the indictment is based and had begun the reading of the indictment when court ad- journed until tomorrow morning. Before the jury was completed, 29 veniremen were examined. Mr. Dailey questioned the veniremen in a manner to indicate he had information that an attempt had been made to tamper with the men summoned for jury duty. All, however, declared they had not talked to anyone or received any mail® tending to influence their judg- ment in the case. Both Former Senator A. O. Stanley, chief counsel for the defence, and the district attorney questioned the veniremen closely on their political afiiliations. The jury as sworn con- tains nine democrats, two republi- veniremen closely on their political cans and_ one progressive. Ten of them are farmers, one is an insurance man and one is a drugsgist. Mr. Dailey before starting to read the indictment, explained ti the jury that 126 men had been indicted. He said 116 had been arrested and of these 83 had entered pleas of guilty and 28 not guilty. ‘The 26 defendants were in court and Mayor Roberts was accompanied by his wife. ANOTHER ARREST FOR ARSON IN NEW HAVEN., Owner Who Carried $50,000 Insurance on Building Valued at $36,000. New Haven, Conn., March 8.—An- other arrest in connectjon with the al- leged incendiary burning of an unn: cupled dwelling house and an attempt to burn twc others on Sunday, was made today when the police arrested the owner of the buildings, Samuel Ruderman, charging him with arson. He is held in $20,000 bonds. Arthur Rosen, of Jersey City, was arrested in a hospital last night after he had been severely burned at the fire and he is held in the same bonds on the same charge. Fire Marshal Perkins claims that the three buildings, which were sit- uated.in Lake Place, were saturated with oil. The buildings, which were almost completed, were valued at $36,000. The police assert that the insurance carried was in the neighbor- hood of $50,000. According to the ‘police, Ruderman was the head of a company owning rine unoccupied houses in Hamden, which were burned from incendiary origin a year ago. Neither Ruderman nhor Rosen had been able to secure bonds at a late hour tonight. The latter is being guarded by policemen at the hospi- SUPREME COURT INJUNCTION ON NEW YORK ALIEN LABOR. Requires Public Service Commi Accept Voucher: on to of Contractors. ‘Washington, March 8.—The supreme court today extended its injunction granted last week in the New York alien labor cases so as to require the public service commission to approve vouchers of subway contractors em- ploying aliens during litigation over the constitutionality of the law before the court. Application for the extension of the injunction was made by attorneys of the subway contractors, who are said to have feared difficulty in financing their projects unless the commission was specifically enjoined against hold- ing up subway vouchers. The injunc- tion issued last week when appeals to the supreme court were granted mere- ly enjoined the commission from en- forcing the law pending litigation. Today’s order added to that of last week a provision that the injunction relative to the law issued by the appel late division should continue in force uniil final disposition of the cases. Motions to advance the cases were ‘Submitted to Congress. Washington, March 8.—President Wilson is taking active steps to work out a budget system of government ex:pfnditures for ;us::yission to the next congress. o he conferred with Representative Sherley, chair- man of the special budget commit- tee of the democratic caucus which will begin framing a programme in October. Meanwhile the cabinet will work on plans iof co-ordinating finances of the various departments. A bud- get system is expected by its sup- porters to be an economy measure and is regarded as doubly desirable at this time because of the effect of the war upon the government's revenue, PARIS APPRECIATIVE OF AMERICAN ARTISTS Who Contributed Works of Art to Be Sold for Benefit of Poor. Paris, March 8, 5.45 p. m.—There was a sympathetic manifestation in favor of Americans today at the French artists’ day at the exposition of photographs and works of art con- tributed by American artists to be sold for the benefit of the families of French artists at the front. Leon Bon- nat, head of the National School of Fine 'Arts, declared that the photo- graphs on exhibition had not been sg:ued by innovations, but followed tl traditions of the French school. taken under consideration today by the court, NO INDICTMENTS FOR PALM BEACH GAMBLING. But Witnesses Summoned Were Fned For Failing to Appear. Palm Beach, Fla.,, March 8.—A grand jury which had summoned as witness- es a number of prominent men from various parts of the country, failed to return indictments today against John R. Bradley anqg Edward Bradley, pre- prietors of the Beach club, charged with conducting a gambling establish- ment. It was sald no gambling de- vices were found in the place. Fines of $25 each were imposed upon James M. Schoonmaker, vice president of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroad ani1 H. G. Nelson of New York, who did not appear at the inquiry after they had been subponaed. Destruction of Zeppelin Confirmed. Amsterdam, via London, March 8, 11.35 p. m.—The Telegraaf’s Tirlemont Belgium correspondent in a despatch confirms the report of the destruction there last Thursday of Zeppelin airship L~-8, which was forced to make a hur- ried descent owing to a derangement of its motors. The correspondent says the airship collided with some trees and smashed its cars and that seven- teen of its crew of 41 men were Kkilled. More Warships for_\lfla Cruz CARRANZA WARNED THAT U. WILL PROTECT FOREIGNERS. S. NOTE VERY EMPHATIC In Effect Demands an Early Change, or Steps Will Be Taken by United States to Enforce Improvement. ‘Washington, March 8.—General Car- ranza has been informed in a note from the United States government that unless there is an improvement i ions in respect to foreigners and their interests in Me: n terri tory under -his control, such may be necessary will be taken by the American government to obtain the desired protection. Carranza Warned. The note is the strongest and most emphatic docunient that has been sent by the Washington sovernment to Mexico since the correspondence ith Huerta a year ago. Carranza warned that the United States has viewed with deep concern the growing complaints made by foreigners gener- ally against his administration of af- fairs and now, in effect, demands an early change. Entire Change of Policy The contents of the communication were revealed to several of the am- bassadors and ministers here who ex- pressed satisfaction at its urgent language. Some regarded it as an entire change of policy toward Mexico on the part of the United State. American Consul _Sillman _ should have presented the note to Carranza today. Naval Demonstration Contemplated A copy of it was sent to the Bra- zilian minister at Mexico City to be shown to General Obregon, the Car- ranza commander. In the meantime some movements of American war- ships have been ordered, the effect of which will be a naval demonstration that is hoped by some officials wil convnce General Carranza of the de- termination of the American govern- ment to obtan a change in conditions in Mexico City. Secretary Daniels conferred with President Wilson tonight over the prospect of sending additional war- ships to Vera Cruz. Warships for Vera Cruz After a conference tonight between Secretary Daniels and the president it was learned on high authority that two more battleships would be order- ed from Guantanamo to Vewmy. Crus, probably tomorrow. Only one vessel, the batleship Dela ‘ware, has been at Vera Cruz for sev eral week, but five battleships will be in that vicinity within a few days. It was planned to send the Delaware to Guantanamo soon to join the At- lantic fleet in its spring manoeuvers. As a result of the latest develop ments, the Delaware ill remain at Vera Cruz indefinitel; the cruisdar Tacoma left Port au Prince, Haiti, to- day under orders to proceed at once to Vera Cruz; the gunboat Petrel al- so enroute from Mobile, Ala., and the cruiser Des Moines is bound from Progreso to Vera Cruz, while the gun- boat Sacramento is at Tampico. Other available light draft vessels more valuable than battleships in tropical waters—are the gunboats ‘Wheeling and Nashville, being held in readiness with the armored cruis- er Washington, in Haitien and Do- minican waters, while the entire At- lantic fleet of 21 first class battleships is at Guantanamo within two and a half days’ sail of Vera Cruz. Mr. Daniels gave this summary of the po- sition of the warships but declined to discuss future movements. An Acute Crisist Reached. That conditions have again reached an acute crisis, was, however, admit- ted t all the government departments. Asked whether the United States in- tended to use physical force to obtain a compliance with its requests, Secre- tary Bryan today replied that “noth- ing had been decided upon yet beyond representations” and that it was best to_meet situations “as they arose.” Latest reports from Mexico City in- dicate a menacing condition of affairs for the 25,000 foreigners there, of whom 2,500 are Americans. The Car- ranza authorities have commandeered all the midicines and medical supplies in the chief hospital and sent them to Vera Cruz. Typhus fever and smallpox have broken out in the capital as well las at Tampico. B h Ships Siezed by Carranza Au- thorities. New Orleans, La., March 8—The British steamship Wyvisbrook has been seized by Carranza authorities at Campeche and her commander, Cap- tain Muir, has been placed in jail, ac- cording to mail advice reaching her tonight from Progseo. : Movements' of Steamships. Prawle Point, March 8.—Passed, steamer Rotterdam, New York for Rotterdam. London, March 6.—Arrived, steamer Minnehaha, New York. Liverpool, March 7.—Arrived, steam- er St. Paul, New York. Sailed, steam- er Adriatic, New York. Christiansand, March 8.—Arrived, steamer Frederik VII, New York. Havre, March 7.—Sailed, steamer Rochambeau, New York. New York, March 8.—Sailed, steamer Montevideo, Cadiz. New York, March 8—Steamer Car- pathia, Naples for New York, signalled 193 miles east of Sandy Hook at 11 a. m. Dock 8.30 a. m. Tuesday. Havre, March 8.—Arrived, steamer La Touraine, New York. 8.—Arrived, New York, March steamer Carpathia, Naples. Liverpool, March 8—Sailed, steam- er Philadelphia, New Yrk, Yale Senior Takes. His Life. Ripley, Ohio, March 8—Richard Stivers, a senior at Yale university, committed suicide on an Ohio River. ferryboat late today by shooting him- self through the heart with a revolver, while on his way to his home here. Ill health is believed to have been the cause of his act. Fe was 23 years old and the son of Frank A. Stivers, a banker. In Lapland men and women dress exactly alike—in tunics leather breech- es, wrinkled .stockings and pointed shoes. : Jury Selected for Thaw Trial TAKING OF TESTIMONY TO BE- GIN THIS MORNING. A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM His Attorneys to Endeavor to Prove That Their Client Was Sane When He Escaped from Matteawan. New York, March 8.—In the sam room where he had twice faced a jury for the killing of Stanford White, H ndali Thaw went on ate hospital for the criminal insane Matteawan. With him as co-de- ndants were five men whom the state charges with having been parties to the alleged conspiracy. The entire day was required to complete the jury. Taking of testimony will begin® to- morrow morning. Will Try to Prove Sanity. From the outset of the proceedings it was eviden tthat the trial would be another fight by Thaw to g Gom. His attorneys plainl: that with the permission of the court they would offer evidence designed to prove that their client was sane when he escaped from the asylum. Such being the case, they said in examining talesmen, the defendant was being illegally detained at the time of his flight. Questions Asked Jurors. free- They asked whether they prospective jurors would be prejudiced against a man who, providing that he of sound mind, used any means at is command to escape from a hospital or the insane. These statements were amplified later by John B. Stanchfield, Thaw’s counsel, who asid that should the jury find his client not guilty he would immediately sue out a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that his “detention was illcgal because the jury would have established his sanity.” Contention of State. On the other hand, the contention of the state, as outlined while an assist- aut district attorney was questioning talesmen, will be that Thaw, although insane at the stime of his escape, was nevertheless competent to enter into a conspiracy and that therefore he should be punished. Deputy Attorney General Kennedy, in charge of the prosecution, said that in the event of Thaw being found grilty he would be immediately re- turned to Matteawan. Thaw Offered Suggestions to Counsel. In ‘securing the jury each side used oniy three of its five allotted peremp- tory challenges. Thaw, smiling broad- ly now and then, assisted his attorneys in selecting the jurymen. His co-de- fendants, however, rarely offered sug- gestions. These = co-defendants are Richard J. Butler, formerly state as- semblyman; Roger Thompson, alleged to have been the driver of the machine in which Thaw fled; Michael O'Keefe, Eugene D. Duffy and Thomas Flood. When the adjournment was taken upon the completion of the jury, Thaw, still smiling, was escorted to the sher- iff’s office on the floor above the court roum. Thaw Greeted His Mother. There he greeted his white-haired mother, who, with Mrs. George Carne- gle, his sister, and Josiah Thaw, his half brother, had been in court all day. Thaw threw his arms around his mother and kissed her. Then the two sat down and held a brief whis- pered conference. Before he returned to his cell, Thaw said he was perfectly satisfigd with the jury as completed. ! Thaw appeared jo have' taken on considerable weight since his return from New Hampshire. His face was ruddy and he seemed to be in perfect physical condition. Condensed Telegrams Government authorities motor service in Berlin. stopped all Thirty-two members of the crew of the American steamer Dacia arrived at Havre from Brest. William Deering, for president of the Deering Co., left an estate of $1 many years Harvester 06,873, Secretary of Agriculture Houston is- sued an order forbidding employes of| his department speculating in cotton. The steamer Cambrian sailed from Boston for London with 640 ho for the British army as part of her cargo. The Ward Baking Co., will reduce| the wholesale price of bread from five to four cents today, the former price. Over 5,000 comfort kits for soldiers | in the trenches from the Lafa fund left for Havre on the Chicago. William Dwyer, aged eighty a Civil| War veteran, died as a result of s | focation when his home at Fort Plains, N. Y., was burned. The American steamship which was detained by the authorities at Deal, England, has| reached Rotterdam, her destination. Gen. T. Colman du Pont denied the| report that he had sold the E. I du Pont de Nemours powder plant to the allies for $119,000,000. An official celebration of the 100th| anniversary of the birth of the late; Prince von Bismarck will be held in| Germany on April 1. As a result of the steady progress of the allied fieet in its attack on the Dardanelles, grain prices in England| are steadily dropping. Fifteen thousand coal miners in the New River, W. Va,, fields threaten to g0 on strike, as the operators refuse to make concessions to them. Harvey B. Ferguson of Albuquerque, N. M., who retired Thursday as a member of the house, is now private secretary to Secretary Bryan. William R. Nelson, editor and own- is_seriously ill at his home in Kansas City, Mo. All_men_in the Knickerbocker ho- tel, New York, bread line who had whiskers were hired by a motion pic- ture concern to pose as Russians. The German government asked the TUnited States to care for its diplo- matic_interests in <Constantinople should the allied forces occupy the city. Crazed by losses in a real estate| deal, Monroe Phillips of Brunswick, Ga., killed five and wounded twenty with a shotgun before he was shot and Kkilled. While playing Indian on a farm at Ashland, N, J. Arthur Hillman, aged 13, was shot and killed by a bullet from an air rifle carried by a com- panion. “Laughing gas” caused the death of Dr. Thomas D. Bailey, a dentist of Monteclair, N. J., who was found dead in his office. His death is believed to be an accident. The Dutch consul at Rio de Janeiro complained to the Brazilian govern- ment that German reservists are coun- terfeiting Dutch passports to use in returning to Germany. The Cambria Steel Co., Johnstown, Pa., received an order for 46,500 tons of steel, valued at $2,000,000, to be used in the manufacture of shrapnel for the Russian government. Burglars entered the postoffice at North Chelmsford, Mass., blew open the safe and escaped with its con- tents early yesterday. The amount SENATOR PHELAN READY TO REPORT ON MINISTER SULLIVAN Has Returned to Washington from Trip to Dominican Republic. Washington, March 8. — Senator James D. Phelan of <California re- turned to Washington today from his trip to the Dominican republic as a special commissionér of the state de- partment to investigate the fitness and conduct in office of American Ambas- sador James M. Sullivan. He an- aounced thnt no further formal hear- ings would be held and that he would make his report probably within the next two weeks, or as soon as possible after receipt of a brief to be filed by Mr. Sullivan. Senator Phelan came back with an optimistic report on conditions in the island republic and predicting an era of. peace and prosperity thert as a re- sult of recent developments. “The Jiminez government, now in control,” he said, “has a proper un- derstanding and appreciation of the at- titude of the United States govern- ment toward the republic and is co- operating in the fiscal reforms which huve been successfully inaugurated and maintained.” Secretary Bryan’s note warning the Dominican government that the United States would not permit any govern- ment established by _revolutionary methods to control the finances or fill federal offices, Mr. Phelan said, had produced “the wholesome effect of dis- ©ocuraging revolutionaries.” “This is so well understood,” he added, “that the people of all classes accept the situation, not as an unwar- ranted interference by theo United States, but as a measure for their own safety and protection.” State Organists Officers. Meriden, Conn., March 8.—At the an- nual meeting of the Connecticut Coun< cil of the National Association of Or- ganists held here this evening the following officers were elected: Presi- dent, Edward Laubin of Hartford; vice president, Professor Karl P. Har- rington of Wesleyan; treasurer, George G. Martin of Meriden; secre- tary, Treat Southwick of Mer- iden; chairman of membership com- mittee, Howard E. Brewer of Hart- ford, Snow in San Antonio—First Years. San Antonio, Texas, March 8.—The first real snow storm in twenty years visited San Antonio this afternoon and after a precipitation of two hours, snow lay inches deep in some parts of the city. The weather bu- reau predicted that the storm would continue for several hours. in 20 stolen could not be learned. Five hundred bales of cotton from the American steamer Evelyn, wrecked by a mine in the North sea, were washed ashore at ‘West Schleswig and 400 more on Manoe Island, Germany. A despatch from Amsterdam says that according to Vienna telegrams Count Stephen Tisza, Hungarian pre- mier, will scon be appointed Austro- Hungarian foreign secretary. Despatches to the Overseas News Agency from Rotterdam say it is re- ported at the Dutch seaport that a damaged warship was towed into the Firth of Forth, Scotland, last Satur- day. Joseph Conti, a shoe worker, was arrested at Boston, charged with the murder of his brother-in-law, Dr. Vincenzo Del Piano, at South Nor. walk, Conn., jon January 6. Conti will be taken %o South Norwalk today. Because officials of the Mandorr Manufacturing Co., Springfield, Pa., do not believe in praying for peace and selling arms, the concern turned down an order for 100,000,000 copper bullets caps for use in Europe. Patrolman Francis X. Tierney, of the Wilmington, Del., force, was shot and killed and two other policemen and a citizen wounded when they attempt- ed to arrest a foreigner suspected of having stolen watches in his posses- ston. The appointment of a special com- mission to investigate the production and transportation of milk and report to the next legislature was recom- mended by Governor Walsh in a spe- cial message to the Massachusetts leg- islature. William McCormick, son of "a mil- lionaire manufacturer, and a Yale student, violated six Connecticut auto laws, to hide the identity of soclety girls of Norwalk with who he and two other Yale students were joyriding. He was arrested. The Wyoming Supreme court grant- ed a new trial to Robert Meldrum, the famous “gun marshal” of Cripple Creek, Colo., and Baggs, Wyo., who ‘was convicted of murder in the second degree for killing Chick Bowen, of Slater, Colo., at Baggs, three years ago. Arthur Cote, former welterweight champion of New England, was bound | stz Power of States Over Railroads FINDING OF SUPREME COURT MADE PUBLIC ALLOW COMPENSATICN State Has No Right to Establish a by Burden Upon Shippers of Goods. Low Passenger Rate Placing Was court ngton, March 8.—The supreme day laid down the principle it bevond the power of s to require a raiiroad one commodity or class of loss, or only nominal profit, though an adequate profit is obtained rom its business as a whole within tke state. Rates Annulled by Court. er this principle the co the North Dakota lignite coal to the rn Pacific and t. Paul and Sauit Marie railroads and the W Vir- 1a two-cent passenger rate law as to the Norfolk and Western. Justice Hughes announced the dec tice Pitney alone di In arriving at its general the court neld that w lects one commodity or clas: for regulation it must apportion to it a.proper part of all general exp ard then allow substantial compensa- e lled as Expense Must Be Borne Equally. “Th tate cannot estimate the cost of car g coal,” said Justice Hughes ir. the North Dak: throwing the expense incident to the mainte- narce of the roadbed and the general expenses upon the carriage of wheat, or the cost of carrying wheat by throwing the burden of the upkeep of tke property upon coal and other com- modities.’ Shippers Should Not Be Burdened. In the West Virginia case he said: “It would appear to be outside the field of reasonable argument that the state should demand the carriage of passengers at a rate so low that it could be justified only by placing upon shippers of goods a burden of excessive charges in order to supply an adequate return for the entire service.” Fur- thermore, the justice declared, such action could not be Jjustified as a “declaration of public policy” to de- velop an infant industry or to make one community independent of another. Not to Build Up Local Interests. “While local interests serve as a mo- tive for enforcing reasonable rates,” he added, “it would be a very different matter to say that the State may com- pel the carrier to maintain a rate less than reasonable to build up a local erterprise. That would be to go out- side the carriers undertaking and wonld be equivalent to an appropria- tion of its property to public uses un- der terms to which the carrier had in no way agreed. It does not aid the argument to urge that the state may permit the carrier to make good its loss by charges for other transporta- ti 1f other rates are cxorbitant, they may be reduced.” The court left undetermined the ex- act elements to be considered in fix- ing a value for railroad property for rate making purposes, accepting the findings of the states in each case as showing substantial compensation had not been allowed for the service em- braced within their laws. HEARING ON INCREASED FREIGHT RATES IN WEST Roads Unable to Maintain Standard and Get Adequate Returns. Chicago, March 8.—The hearing to- day of the petition of 41 westery rail- roads to the Interstate Commerce ('om- mission for increased freight rat-x on certain commodities was devoted - tirely to the presentation of statis.i purporting to show that because higher wages and taxes, more require- ments of efficiency and forced reduc- tions in rates, they were unable to keep the roads up to the standard demanded by the public and still pay adequate returns for investment. The statistics were submitted by L. E. Wettling, an expert for the rail- roads. The figures were largely a com- pilation taken from Interstate Com- merce Commission reports. Clifford Thorne, chairman of the Iowa rail- road commission and acting on be- half of all the shippers, objected to the admission of the figures on-the ground that they falled to show cer- tain facts asked for by the attorneys. Later the railroad attorneys agreed to turn over to the shippers all the orig- inal documents from which the com- pilation_was made. Mr, Wettling stated that in the next seven years the western railroads would be required to raise money to meet $425,000000 in maturing obliga- tions. A, B. Helm of Kansas, rep- resenting the shippers, brought out in cross examination that in the last seven years the roads had met obli- gations equal to twice that much. The witness said that part of these obli- gations were paid out of surplus. Today’s hearing concluded the gen- eral argument offered by the roads. Tomorrow the various crimmoditiels upon which increases are asked are to be taken up in detail. GOOD SUPPLY OF CROPS REMAIN ON THE FARMS. Notwithstanding the Enormous Ex- ports to Europe. ‘Washington, March 8.—Despite the much discussed effect of grain exports to Europe on the home supply, todya’s official report by the department of agriculture on the percentage of the 1914 wheat, corn, oats and barley crops, remaining on farms March 1, shows only slight decreases when compared with the percentage of last| year. Elections in Maine. Portland, Me., March: 8.—Flections were held in five cities of Maine today. The only contests were in Bangor, where Frank Robinson, democrat, was chosen mayor, and in Augusta, where Blaine S. Villes, heading the republi- | can ticket, was successful. In the re-! maining cities the mayors elected are, Charles R. Coom! republican in Bel- ' fast; Frank H. Nickerson, repubilcan, over to the supreme court, charged with a murderous assault up on _his wife in a restaurant at Biddeford, Me., Saturday night. It was alleged that he fired two revolver shots at hen in Brewer and James G. C. Smith,: democrat, in Biddeford. . Copenhagen compels all taxicabs to be ventilated after each trip.