Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 13, 1915, Page 1

VOL. LVIL—NO. 62 CONN., SIXTEEN PAGES. The Bulletin’s Circulation BRITISH AUXILIARY CRUISER TORPEDOED By German Submarine Somewhere in Waters Sur- rounding the BAYANO SINKS WITH Hardest Battle is Now Taking British Isles NEARLY 200 OF CREW Place Between Russians and Germans in Poland, With the Teutons on the Of- fensive—Paris Asserts That the French Have Taken a Trench in Belgium—Of the Engagements in Progress on Austrian Territory Both Vienna and Petrograd Claim the Advantage—Russia is Expected Shortly to Bombard the Bosphorous Forts—Nothing New from Dardanelles. Great Britain has lost another of her war vessels as a result of Ge many’s submarine blockade. The aux- sliary cruiser Bayano, with a crew said to aggregate about 216 men, has been sunk somewhere in waters surround- ing the British Isles by a hostile tor- pedo. It is believed that only 26 men gurvived the disaster and the British 2dmiralty believes the others on board the Bayano perished. An official report says the German underwater boat got in its deadly work @ the coast of Scotland, in the North . channel, the gateway from the Atlan- tic ocean into the Irish sea. The sur- vivors having been landed at Ay, Scotland, seems to give authority to this report, Fierce struggles on land are pro- ceeding in Belgium, France, North Po- land and in Austria’s territory in Gali- cia. Probably the hardest battling and that most resembling a great general engagement is taking place in Poland between the Germans and the Rus- sians, the former continuing the pros- ecution of their vigorous offensive in the region of Seiny on the right bank of the Narew and in ‘the vicinity of Przasnyzs. In this latter region Pet- rograd asserts that the Germans again have been checked. Of the results of the engagements on Austria’s territory further south, the reports are conflic ing, both Petrograd and Vienna mak- ing claims to successes. Paris asserts that the French have taken a trench near Lombaertzyde, in Belgium: that theé British have occu- pied Epinette, near Armentieres and part of the German line at Pietre: and that in Champagne, near Souain and on the heights of the Meuse irenches have been taken or retaken by the al- lies and officers and men captured. No_fresh details of the fighting in the Dardanelles are at hand. Russia 4s expected to start shortly the bom- bardment of the Bosphorus forts in cooperation with the attempt of the aliles to blow thelr way past the forts in the Dardanelles to reach Constan- tinople. BRITISH CRUISER BAYANO SUNK WHILE ON PATROL DUTY B0O Lives Lost—Eight Officers Eleven Men Rescued. and London, March 13, 12.45 a. m.—The edmiralty announces the loss of the auxiliary cruiser Bayano while the vesseu was engaged in patrol duty. In his statement of the disaster, the admiralty says: “On_the eleventh of March, wreck- age of the Bayano and bodies were discovered and circumstances point to her having been sunk by an enemy torpedo, “Eight officers and 18 men were res- cued, but it is feared that the r mainder of the crew were lost. “The captain of the Belfast steamer Castelreagh reports passing Thursday morning a quantity of wreckage and dead bodies floating in life beits. He attempted to search for possible sur- vivors, but was prevented by the ap- pearance of an enemy submarine, which gave chase for twenty min- utes.” The Belfa® correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says the Bayano was torpedoed Thursday morning at 9 o'clock oft Corsewall Point, Wigtown- shire, Scotland, and that nearly 200 lives were lost, as the crulser sank almost immediately. The vessel had a crew of about 216 men on board. Wigtownshire is the southwestern- most county in Scotland. It lies on the north channel which leads into the Irish sea from the Atlantic. The eighteen survivors of the Baya- no were rescued by the Belfast steamer Balmerino. They were afioat on a raft. Another steamer picked up one of the Bayano's lifeboats, which was adrift an dalso two of her rafts. The survivors were landed at Ayr. BRITISH ARE FOLLOWING UP ADVANTAGE GAINED Repulse Two Counter Attacks of Ger- mans and Take 400 Prisoners. Paris, March 12, via London, March 3, 12.08 a. m.—The war office to- night made public the following ofiffial ‘communication: “To the east of Lombaertzyde (Bel- gium) we have taken a German fort about 100 metres in front of our line of trenches, “Three kilometres (1.86 miles) east of Armentieres (France) 9 miles north- west of Lille, the British troops have occupied the village of Epinette. In the sector of Neuve Chappelle the pro- gress of the British army has been followed up. After repulsing two strong counter-attacks, this army took possession of that part of the German line which was situated between the hamiet of Pietre and the mill ‘of the same name ang captured about 400 prisoners, including five officers. In Champagne on Thursday eve- ning we carried, in front of the ridge northeast of Mesnil, several of the en- emy’s trenches and took some pris- oners, including officers. “On Fridey we made some slight progress in the same region. “Farther west, parallel with the Ta- hure road (northeast of Souain) we have occupied several German trench- e n the heights of the Meuse parts of a trench in which the Germans had succeeded in gaining a footing yester. day evening were recaptured by us this morning. “At Reich Ackerkopf we repulsed night attacks and advanced two hun- dred metres (about 600 feet).” SECRECY ABOUT GERMAN CRUISER PRINZ EITEL. If She Does Not Intern, Hour of De- parture Will Be Concealed. Washington, March 12.—Officials of the American government have decid- ed that the time to be allowed the Cierman raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich to repair at Newport News shall re- main an officlal secret. Whether the vessel is to be interned probably will not b decided until the expiration of this time limit, believed to be at least three weeks. When the German gunboat Geier put into Honolulu, British and Japanese isers kept up a night and day vigil ide the harbor and Great Britain hrough its ambassador here repeat- edly asked the United States govern- ment how long a time would be given the vessel to make repairs. Informa- tion was refused, however, on the ground that to reveal it would be to inform the waiting hostile cruisers and deprive the Gelier of the usual oppor- tunity afforded under the rules of in- ternational law for escape from a neu- tral port” If the Witel decides not to intern, but to renew her cruise, the United States wili keep secret not only the time limit for repairs but the hour of her de- parture. Officials think the vessel eventually will intern, although they are puzzled by the decision of the com- mander to have the repairs made, be- canse, if the ship does not put to sea, it will be useless lo pay for temporary repairs. SAYS PRINZ EITEL WILL STAY AT NEWPORT NEWS. Captain of the Frye Makes Positive Assertion. Newport News, Va., March 12—*T can positively say that the Prinz Hitel Friedrich never will leave this port until the end of the European war.” This declaration was made tonight by Capt. H. H. Kiehne, master of the American _ sailing _ship William P. Frye, which the German raider de- stroyed in the South Atlantic ocean Jan. 28 last. Captain Kiehne had just bidden farewell to Commander Thiei- riechens of the German cruiser. He had paid off his crew and wa sleaving for Washington to reveal the details of his ship's destruction d.rectly to heads of the government. Why do you make such a positive statement?” the American skipper was asked. That I will not say,” he replled; “but I know she has come here to stay until the war is over.” Notwithstanding _ this, ‘he com- mander of the Eitel Friedrich tonight reiterated that he intends to leave American waters as soon as posaible. BERLIN ADMITS SLIGHT GAIN FOR THE FRENCH. Abandoned Trenches Because They Were Made Useless by Shell Fire. Derlin, via London, March 12, 9.10 p. m.—Although the French reports for several weeks past have been claiming daily gains in the Champagne region, it is said in well informed quarters here that the total gains of the French during the entire battle have been in- sigrificant, amounting to only about 100 metres (about 300 feet) at three aifferent places. These positions were abandoned, it is said, because during the long strug- gle the trenches were destroyed by the shell fire and rendered useless. The three places are north of Le Mesnil, north of Beausejour and northeast of Beausejour. During the battle from Feb. 17 to date, it is said, the Germans have re- atired possession of all other parts of the front where the French have at- tempted to breach the line. The Ger- mans, moreover, are said to have gained ground af several places. GERMAN CRUISER DRESDEN ON COAST OF PATAGONIA. Reported to Be in Hiding in One of the Numerous Creeks. Victoria, B. C., March 12.—One of the allied ‘warships, returning from the south end of South America, brings the yeport that it is generally believed about Cape Horn that the small Ger- man_cruiser Dresden, the sole surviv- or of the fieet which was defeated by the British off the Falkan Islands, is hiding in one of the creeks which abount along the coast of Patagonia and Terra Del Fuego. The Dresden has not been since she lewt Punta Arena after the battle. Two British cruisers followed her, but she eluded them. The British vessels seeking the, Dresden have requested that sea- planes be sent which, flying along the coast, could spy out the Dresden’s hiding place. in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Papér, and Its Total Circulation is the La{rgést 'in Connecticut in I;f-bportifin toithéwcity's Population Cabled Paragraris= ——cl "Q\ France Calls Out 1= ("% .1 Recuits Paris, Mare® ® .v p..m.—The <hamber of \ .oday passed a bill calling out 916 class of recruits. These recru .s will not be sent to the front, however, until after the men of the older classes are utilized. Finns Are Indignant. March 12 (by wireless to N. Y.)—Reports from Stock- holm, Sweden, to the Overseas News Agency say that indignation prevails among the people of Finland because of the deportation to Siberia of Judge Svinufvid, the president of the Fin- nish diet, Berlin, Sayville, Sealing Steamers Caught in Ice. St. _oJhns, F., March —The ealing steamers Terra Nova, Erik, iana and Viking, which were caught in_the ice three days ago, were still helg fast tonight. They are being car- ried south with the ice, but no im- mediate danger threatens and it is hoped that a favorable change of wind will open lanes through which they may escape. DEATH COMES SUDDENLY TO MRS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, SR. Had Been an Invalid, but Had Im- proved of Late, and Death Was Un- expected, Tarrytown, N, Y., March 13.—Mrs. John D. Rockeféller, wife of the rich- est mun in the world, died suddenly today in her seventy-sixth year at the Rockefeller country home in Pocantico Hills. She had been an invalig for a vear, but during the last few months her health had so improved that the rapid turn for the worse which her illness took early today was not an- ticipated by her family. For this reason the only relative at her bedside when she died at 10.20 a. m., was her sister, Miss Lucy M. Speliman. Her husband and her son, John D, Rockefeller, Jr., were at Or- monde, Fla, where they went—Mr. Rockefe February 28 and hi ¢, accompanied by t Mrs. Rocke- MRS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLBR. feller was growing better. Notified early today of the critical change In her condition, they left at once for Jacksonville, where arrangements were kly made for a_special train to bring them to New York. They were expected to arrive here tomorrow eve- ning. g Mrs. E. Parmiee Prentice, one of Mrs. Rockefeller's two_daughters, was summoned from New York, but failed to arrive before her mother's death The other, Mrs, Harold Fowler Mc. Cormick, of Chicago, is in Switzerland recuperating from an illness. Her hus- band was to sail tomorrow to join her, but cancelled -his passage and came here at once. Until the arrival, of Mr, Rockefeller, funeral arrangements will be held in abeyance, but it was thought at the Rockefeller house today that burial would take place in Ceveland, Ohio, where the Rockefeller family plot is Iocated. It was thought that funeral services would be held at Pocantico Hills on Sunday and the body at once taken to Cleveland. A NIGHT DASH PAST MINES AND SUBMARINES. Belgian Relief Steamer Strathtay Made Rotterdam With All Lights Out, New York, March 12—A night dash past the mines and lurking submarines to Rotterdam, where he delivered 6,- 500 tons of wheat loaded January 27 at Portland, Maine, was described to- day by Captain Robert Bowie of the Belgian steamer Strathtay, which ar- rived here on her return vovage. So great was the need of his cargo in Belgium, Captain Bowle said, that it was unloaded in one and one half days. Captain Bowle said he dodged many mines in the English Channel and that when night came and he was still thirty miles from Rotterdam he put out all the lights except the binnacle light on the bridge. “When seven miles from Rotterdam,” he continued, “the pilot came aboard and was sur- prised to learn that I had not been stopped by a submarine. He said a Norweglan steamer had been stopped only two hours before by such a war cr: GERMANY PLAYING INTO ITALY’S HANDS. Agrees to Make Territorial Concessions if Germany and Austria Win. London, March 12.—Authoritative re- ports reaching The Hague from Berlin secm to indicate tnat Germany, with a view to securing Italy’s neutrality, has induced Austria, despite vigorous oppo- sition by Emperor Francis Joseph, to agree to make territorial concessions to Italy if Germany and Austria are vic- torious in the war. It is understood, however, that al- though Italy has taken this tentative offer under consideration, no definite agreement has yet been reached. Italy’s decision is anxiously awaited in all circles here. The German imperial chancellor, Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg, according to Berlin reports, is visiting the German 1eral headquarters at Mezieres and it is therefore unlikely that he will make a speech before the reichstag committee. Lapata Occupies Mexican Capital AN AMERICAN SHOT BY SOME OF HIS SOLDIERS MOTIVE WAS REVENGE American Killed Had Shot Two Zapata’s Men When They Tried to of Loot His House on a Previous Visit —Reparation Demanded. shington, March ncourag- ing advices telling of the relief of the fo0d famine in Mexico City through the evacuation of the capital by the forces of General Obregon, the Carranza commander, were beclouded today by Thaw Jury Locked Up for the Night OUT FIVE HOURS WITHOUT REACHING VERDICT. WERE INSTRUCTED ONCE Thaw Himself Awaited Until Word Came from the Jury Room at 11.22— Court Recessed Until 10 a. m. Today —Thaw Taken Back to Tombs. New York, March —The jury sit- ting in the case of arry Kendall Thaw and four co-defendants on trial charged with conspiracy, was locked up late tonight after it had deliberatea for nearly five hours and failed to find What It Has Done For Others Results are what count, whether it is marbles or advertising, and it is an old-time saying that the proof of the pudding comes through the eating. It is period of hardship. It has been a well-known fact that business has been going through a referred to as paralyzed, and yet those who know the importance of advertising have not forsaken their best ally One instance of what a spirited campaign losed by a business man of the middlewest even in hard times is d in advertising can do when he declares that despite the depression from the war he experi- enced a maximum gain in did it and he acknowledges it. business of 70 per cent, over a flourishing trade in the same period the previous year. It was advertising that Another large concern makes the statement through its president that it did more business in 1914 than it did in 1913 and credit for it is given to the extra advertising that was done. These business houses like others used the best advert They went after the business and got it. of a service which The Bulletin furnishes in its territory. It is the most potent agency in its fleld and diums. man should be without it. therefore the cheapest. ing me- It is just that kind No business In the past week the following matter has appeared in its columns: Bulletin Saturday, Monday, March Tuesday, March Wednesday, March Thursday, March Friday, March March 6. 8. 91 10. ot 12 Totals .. .. the news that on the entry of Zapata troops John McManu: American_citizen, was murdered— down in his home, the door of which had been sealed with the coat of arms of the United States. and over which flew the Stars and Stripes. Demand for Swift Punishment. . Instant demand was made by the Brazilian, minister on behaif of the American_government for the punish- ment of those guilty of the crime. Af- ter a conference between President Wilson and his cabinet, Secretary Bryan telegraphed the Brazilian minis- ter, approving of the action he had taken and adding a demand for repara- tion to the family of the victim. The minister was instructed to insist on the early punishment of the offenders and to impress upon the post mander at Mexico City—General zar—the seriousness with which American government viewed the currence. Promises Demand Will Be Met. The general—who is not the same Salazar nor a relative of the independ- ent chief who has been conducting an independent movement in northern Mexico—promised that the demands of the United States would be promptly met, The occupation of the city by Zapatistas, which was hailed with en- thusiasm by the people, was marred by three cases of looting. Official reports said no disorders had occurred and the city was quiet w the lasi despatch, dated 4 p. m. yesterday, was filed. It said the killing of McManus at first alarmed the foreigners, but when it be- came apparent that the attack on Mc- Manus was an isolated case, and that assurances had been given for the pro- tection of foreigners generally, the ten- sion was relieved. The Brazillan minister reported at length in several despatches on the murder. Revenge Motive for the Crime. The motive for the crime, he ex- plained, was undoubtedly revenge for killing of two Zapata soldiers by Mec- Manus when their forces last left Mex- jco City. The mminister said that when the Zapatistas withdrew several weeks ago, after the departure of Geneéral Gutlerrez, some of them attempted to loot the home of McManus. The lat- ter stood on his doorstep and though it was never definitely established who fired the first shot, when the attackers fled because fo the arrival of Carranza forces two were left behind dead. Apprehensive of what might be his fate on the return of the Zapata forces, McManus induced the Brazilian miuis- ter to seal his door with a coat of arms of the United States and hoisted an American flag over his home. Ap- parently, the minister reported, Me- Manus was killed by a simuitaneous volley, for the shots were fired from a short distance and his hat was filled with bullet holes. No One Witnessed Shooting. Previously the American had_taken precautions to sené hls wife and fam- ily to the home of friends and no one, <o far as is known, witnessed the shooting. the oc- Retires From Geodetic Survey. Washington, March 12.—Otto H. Tit- man, superintendent of the United States coast and geodetic survey since 1900, retired from office today after forty-eight years of government serv- ijce. He will be succeeded by Dr. E. Lester Jones, now deputy commission- er of fisheries. Samuel Bowles Improvi Springfield, Mass., March 12.—The condition of Samuel Bowles showed some improvement today and tonight hore is expressed for his full recovery, although he is still critically il Telegraph Local General 94 90 103 105 86 94 Total 1230 484 520 445 461 450 968 254 168 140 140 118 119 118 803 N N [CESHEN [ RN [CeNoNN] (8] ) 3590 (1 a verdict. Thaw, who had been wait- g word from the jury room in the sheriff's office directly above the court room was taken back to his cell in the Tombs prison to spend the night. In the hope that a verdict ultimate- Iy might be found the presiding su- preme court justice and attorneys for both sides remained in the criminal courts building until 11.22 o'clock. Then Justice Page caused the announcement to be made that he had decided to de- clare a recess until 10 o'clock_tomor- row morning. Thaw will be brought back from the Tombs to the sheriff’s office at that time. The jurors, it was made apparent by questions asked when its foreman came in for instructions, seemed to be divided on the question as to what I sh legal status was at the time of escape and what part his belief that he had a right to flee should play in_the determination of The case went to the jury afternoon ,after a day spent in com- pleting the cross examination of Thaw and the delivery of closing addresses to the jur: attorneys for all the interests concerned. In his charge to the jury the presiding justice said that “the question of Thaw's sanity should enter into the case only in so far as he might be shown to have a mental ecapacity and the intention to enter into a criminal act At 11.22 o'clock the jury was ordered locked up for the night and a recess of court was declared until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, TO MANUFACTURE BENZOL AND TOLUOL FROM PETROLEUM. Bureau of Mines to Co-operate With Aetna Explosives Co. Washington, March 12—Secretary Lane announced today that the United States bureau of mines had entered into a cooperative arrangement with the Aetna Explosives company of New York for the development on a com- mercial scale of the process discovered by Dr. Walter F. Rittman, one of the bureau's experts, for the manufacture of benzol and toluol from petroleum. Through Dr. Rittman’s discoverles, it is expected, 'bases for dyestuffs and high eoxplosives heretofore almost ex- clusively imported from Germany will be drawn from petroleum and inde- pendent producers will be able to double their output of gasolene. The announcement fas made fol- fowing today’s cabinet meeting and after President Wilson had approved of the plan. Secretary Lane, as trus- tee for the public, already had applied for patients on the process, which was demonstrat~d recently by Dr, Rittman before experts in New York. Forest Fire Near Plainfield. Plainfield, Conn,, March 12.—A forest fire, supposed to be of incendiary or- igin, is burning over the Pine Hill dis- trict, west of this village. The fire started this morning and at a late hour tonight was still burning, fanned by a high wind. Tt is estimated.that more than 300 acres have already been burned over. Fire Warden Mathew- son, and a number of volunteers are fighting the blaze. Movements of Steamships. Naples, March 6.—Sailed, steamer Napoli, New York. Liverpool, March 11.—Sailed, steam- er Lapiand, New York. New York, March 12—Steamer Os- car II, Copenhagen for New York, sig- nalled 400 miles east of Sandy Hook at_noon. Dock 3.30.p. m. Saturday. New York, March 13.—Arrived: Steamer Arabic, Liverpool. February output of the Rand gold mines totaled ‘676,000 fine ounces. Condensed Telegrams The Spanish Government prohibited the exportation of potash. Governor Whitman's first hoy was | born in the Executive Mansion at Al- | bany. The widowed mothers’ pension passed the New York Senate unani- mously. Statistics on Swiss trade show im- provements during the last few weeks due largely to orders from Engiland, Steady improvement in business during January and February was re. ported by the Postoffice Department. Two memberships of the Chi Board of Trade were sold at $2,900, reduction of $100. from the last prev ous sale. President Wilson gave a reces pointment to William Shelton as United States or western Missouri. Marshal A jury in the United States I trict Court in Trenton found the Cen- tral Railroad of New Jersey guilty of rebating. J. P. Mergan & Co. are forming an underwriting syndicate to offer $10,- 000,000 Erie Railroad 5 per cent. one year notes. The steamer Suriname, Buenos Ayres for Boston and New York, aground near Buenos Ayres, was light- ened and floated. All lead mines in St. Francois coun- ty, Mo., will resume operations in full March 16. Forty-five hundred em- ployes are affected. Fourteen persons were killed and eighteen injured when a landslide wrecked a pasenger train on the Vigo- Arsene line in Spain. The bill designed to prohibit men to hire out as “hit-the-nigger” dodgers at amusement resorts failed to pass the New York Senate, The Culebra Cut channel which was blocked by an earthslide on March 6 was reopened. Twenty-six ships were iting to go through. By order of the 'Governor-General of Belgium, compulsory school at- tendance by all Belgian children will be enforced henceforth. The entire fire fighting force of Mon- treal was called out to fight a fire in callers, other than government of- ficlals for the next three weeks. For a month, Government wireless inspectors have been searching for a secret high-powered wireless station believed to be in or around New York. The Colorado house of representa- tives has passed a bill defining treason against the state and providing penalties of life imprisonment or death. One million dollars will be expend- ed by the tSate of Minnesota in re- claiming 1,100,000 acres of land in Beltrami and adjoining counties this spring. Lieut. Armori di Ordiané and three privates of the Italian army arrived at New York from Naples on the lin- er Ancone to buy cavalry and artillery horses. After a “party” Ed. through Grafton, W, a., with a sign saying “I contain two pints of pure rye whiskey and six bottles of beer” on his hat. Strange walked The steamer Madonna arrived at New York from Nice, France, bringing the body of Mrs. Ellen McClellan, widow of Gen. G. B. McClellan, who died there. The America steamer Vitalia, de- tained since February 20 at Falmouth, England, was released, and her cargo reconsigned to the Netherlands’ Over- seas Trust Co. Suing the Erie railroad for § for damage done to his wagon struck by a train, Frank V. Wilkin- son. of Newark, faces a counter claim of $100 for damaging the engine. Secretary Daniels ordered the des- troyers Drayton and McDougal from Guantanamo to join the gunboat Dol- phin’s watch on the interned liners in New York harbor. A seven million dollar combine to be known as the Olympia Theatre Co., was formed in Boston to take over all independent vaudeville and movie houses in New England. It was announced last night by the commission for relief in Belgium that Dr. Grier Hibben, president of Prince- ton University, has accepted the office of chairman of the New Jersey com- mittee of the commission. Malachi L. Jennings, a member of the Massachusetts ballot law commis- sion, died suddenly at his home in ‘West Roxbury. He was a well known attorney and was prominent in demo- cratic politics. Officers of the American-Hawai Line steamship Nevadan, arriving at New York from Bremen, where she delivered a cargo of cotton, reported that on February 26 while in the North Sea homeward bound, they were closely inspected by a big German submarine. The Kentucky railroad commission ‘won a victory in the United States district court in Covington, Ky., when United States Judge Denison, acting as special judge, refused an injunction asked for by the Louisville and Nash- ville railroad which sought to restrain the commission from enforcing its order reducing the charges on ship- ments of grain. Austrians Release Eminent Violinist. Venice, via London, March 12, 9.17 p, m—Through the efforts of Frederic C. Penfleld the American ambassador to Austria, the Austrian_government has releaseq Dr. Adolf Brodsky, an eminent violinist who had been in- terned in Hungary for several months. Dr. Brodsky is a Russian subject, The ambassador has been besieged with appeals from the United States, Great Britain and Italy to obtaain the release of the violinist. New Mexico Auditor Censured. FSanta Fe, N. M., March 13.—Gover- nor W. C. McDonald and Howell Ear- nest, traveling state auditor, were se- verely censured in the report of the legislative joint investigatirg commit- tee presented today om the fallure of the First State bavk of Las Cruces. Committed New Britain Murders SLAYER OF FATHER ZEBRIS HELD AT WILMINGTON, DEL. HISPARTNER CONFESSED Pair Are Now Held by Wilmington Authorities for Killing a Poliesman. in That City—Believed to Be Guilty of Brookline, Mass., Murder, Wilmington, Del, March I2—Berv nard Montvid in a signed statement, according to Wilmington and Connecti~ cut authorities, today confessed _his connection with the murder of Rev. Joseph Zebris, a Lithuanian priest, at New Britain, Conn.,, and his house- keeper on [ebruary 8. He named Pe- ter Krakas, alias Melba, as the actual perpetrator of the- crime and declared the priest had been killed because ha had retused their demands for money, Three Other Men With Them. Three other men besides himsels, Montvid said, had accompanieq Kra- kas to Father Zebris house on the night of the murder. The names of the other men were not made publiq by the police. Montvid and Krakas are in the work- house here for the murder of Francis Tierney, a policeman, after a sen- sational pistol battle last Saturday in which three other policemen and two citizens were fnjured. Krakas is al- leged by the police to be feigning in- sanity and no effort was made to get from him a corroboration of Mont- vid’s story. Had Threatened Another Priest, Montvid, according to the police, #aid that Krakas was known in _ New Britain as Kelson and declared that they had sent a threatening letter to. another Lithuanian priest 1in New Britain after the Zebris murder, He declared that he had furnished the stationery and typewriter and that Krakas had written the letter. A typewriter, which, the prisoner said was the same one, was found in Mont- vid's room here. Murder Planned in Saloon. In his confession, according to the police, Montvid sald the murder of Father Zebris was planned in a New Britain saloon and that the same night Krakas, Montvid and three other men left their hoarding house and went to the priest's home. He remained out-, side, the confession states, as guard, while his companions entered the pa-’ rochial residence through the front door. Half an hour later they reap- peared and Krakas, the confession goes on, said: “Everything is done. I could not get any money and I killed him.” Montvid_said that he and Krakas had left New Britain soon after the tragedy and did not meet again until Monday night last yeek in Philadel- phia. They came here the next day. To Be Surrendered to Connecticut. While giving the confession, the au- thorities say, Montvid became alarmed and urged them not to inform Krakas of what he had done and to keep it from the public, “for I would be killod.™ Montvid, it is expected, will be sure rendered to the Connecticut authorie ties, who announced that they would: take steps to secure his Indictment for murder. Krakas will be placed on trial here next Monday for the mur- der of Policeman Tierney. & CHARGED WITH MURDER OF A YOUNG WOMAN Proprietor of a Pharmacy at North Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge, Mass, March 12—Joseph St._Plerre, proprietor of & pharmacy in North Cambridge, and John Lehand of Somerville, were arrested today charged with the murder of an uniden- tified young woman who was found unconscious on the street early today and died later at a hospital, The police say their investigations indicate that the defendants met two voung women in Boston last night and accompanied them to St. Pierre's store, One of the women, known to the polics | only as “Alice” is said to have return- | ed to Boston. The one who dled was | known as “Esther” She was well dressed and wore a wedding ring. An autopsy to determine whether drugs were taken by the woman has been ordered. SIX HORSES BURNED IN FIRE AT HARTFORD Early This Morning—Loss 1s Esti- mated at $30,000. Hartford, Conn., March 13.—Six val- uable horses, owned by Walter . Goodwin, were burned to death tn a fine that destroyed the stables in the western part of the city early this (Saturday) morning. C. Clark, the butler, his wife and two children, who slept on the second floor of the struc- ture, were awakened by the stamping of the horses in their stalls. The fire had then made considerable headway ! and they had barely time to make their| escape from the building, i The loss is estimated at $30,000. The fire is supposed to have started from' an overheated stove. GUADALOUPE SUNK BY KRONPRINZ WILHELM. i Crew and 143 Passengers Arrives at Buenos Aires. Buenos Adres, March 12—The Diario, announces that the British steamer/ Churchill arrived today at Pernambu-! co with the crew and 143 passengers of/ the French steamer Guadaloupe. The Guadeloupe was sunk near the Island of Fernando de Noronha, in the South Atlantic, 125 miles off the east ex- tremity of Brazil, to which country it. belongs, by the German _auxiliary, cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm. ‘The Guadaloupe salled from Buenos Aires February 13 for Bordeaux. Seamen’s Home Opened at Hoboken. Hoboken, N. J,, March 12.—Chevalier Van Rappard, ambassador of The' Netheriands to the United States, at-! tended the opening of the Hoiland Sea- men’s home here todey as the personal : rerresentative of Queen Withelmina. ' The minister said that the queen would | glve her personal attention to aiding the home and that she felt especially thankful to those who had unrertaken ‘the project.