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LVIL—NO. 67 NORWICH, CONN., FRI DAY, MARCH 19, 1915 'Vl'héWBiullétin’s Circulation in Nt;rv)ich is Double That ofeo'\ny Other ;’ap;, Wa?nd Its Total VCirculationi is the Largest fEN PAGES vin 6nflnécti(£ut in Proportion to the City’s Population PRICE TWO CENTS RUSSIANS CAPTURE SEVERAL VILLAGES To the Northeast of Przasnysz, in Territory Where Fiercest Fighting of the War Has Occurred USSIANS FORCING THEIR WAY INTO GERMANY eep Snow and the Most Tryin ing Weather Conditions Retard Battles in the Carpathians—in France and Flanders There is a Pause in the Struggle—Austria is Strength. ening Fortifications Along the Italian Frontier—A Zep- pelin Dropped Five Bombs in Calais, Killing Seven Per- sons—British General Hawley and Almost 2,000 of His Men are Said to Have Been Killed by Dervishes in Egypt Last Decemeber—Still Another British Steamer Has Been Sunk by a Submarine, With Loss of One Man While there is a lull in the western| war zone, heavy fighting is going on in Russlan Poland and Eastern Gali- cla. report the capture of several vilages and heights to the northwest of Przasnysz in territory where some of the fiercest fighting of the war has occurred. Also near the border of Tauroggen and in Fast Prussia close to Memel battles are being fought, which indicates the intention of the Russlans of again forcing their way, if possible, into the country of the Germans. Deep Snow in Carpathians. Althoush the opposing forces in the Carpathians and East Galicia are struggling to their utmost in the deep snow and under the most trying con- ditions, no change worthy of note has taken place in the situation, Austria Fortifying Frontier, Austria is reported to be continuing work on the fortifications all along the Italian frontier. and the garrisons have been reinforced by artillery and in- fantry A large quantity of shells bound from Germany for Turkey has been held up by the Russian governmert, according to a despatch from the Bal- kan agency. Germans Building Railroads in Alsace. Switzerland advices say that the Germans are building two strategical rallroads on the Alsace-Lorraine fron- tier in order to strengthen the Strass- burg system of forts. Zepplin Kills Seven Persons. A Zeppeiin airship has attacked Calais, dropping bombs with the ob- ject of destroying the rallway station. This met with no success, but seven persons were killed. British Steamer Torpedoed. Anothe: British steamer, the Glenart- ney, from Bangkok for London loaded with rice, has been torpedoed by a German submarine off Beachy Head in the English Channel. Only one of the crew was drowned, Sudan Held by Dervishers, ‘The entire Sudan, including Khar- tum and also parts of Uub re held by the Dervishers, accor: ; to the story told by a German mc: _ant who has returned to Berlin irom Egypt. ‘The British general Hawley and al- most two thousand of his men are said to have beeu killed near Fashoda in December; while earlier, in No- vember, Senussi tribesmen are report- ed to have killed two hundred Aus- tralians near the Pyramids. Railroad and telegraph lines were destroyed. Turks Loot and Burn Villages. Advices received by the British for- eign office are to the effect that Turk- ish soldiers in the Urumiah district of Persla recently killed several hundred- civilians and looted and burned vil- lages. American Steamers Detainew. Three steamers carrying American meat products, which had been de- tained by the British examination, have been permitted to proceed. They the Norwegian Elsa, the Swedish Grekland and the American A. A. Aa- Yen. The German reichstag has adopted Fithout debate the war estimates and Mlso passed foreign estimates. ¥ French Defence Fund. ‘The French chamber of deputies has unanimously passed a bill authorizing the government to raise the limit for| the issue of treasury bonds for defence from $700,000,000 to $900,000,000, Inciting Turkish Invasion of Russia. Documents which are alleged to show that German consular officials in Persia and agents of German firms have been promoting a Turkish inva- slon of Persia and a rising of the tribes there against Great Britain, it is announced, have been recelved by the india office. SEOPLE IN VIENNA ARE UNABLE TO GET BREAD. Bread and Flour Tickets Are to Be Issued Throughout Austria. Venice, March 18. via London, March , 1.43 a. m.—Reports received in enice from Vienna say that _some housands of the population of the \ustrian capital were unable to obtain yread last Tuesdav, the new decree re- ftricting _production by _one-fourth aving caused a genera] dislocation of he entire baking trade. Stocks of lour are declared to have run so low hat in many places bakers found it mpossible to make bread, even Wwith he less quantity prescribed by the lecree. The supplies of bread made every- shere speedily sold out, especially in he suburbs, and later customers, un- iPle to obtain their portions, are’ said o have stormed the bakeshops in sev- ral districts. The authorities are re- orted to have endeavored to calm the tecple by declaring that the bread hortage was only temporary. Bread The Russian official despatches ard flour tickets will be issued in Vienna and in all towns in _Austria with a population of over 5,000 begin- ning April 4th. NO INFORMATION REGARDING GERMAN CRUISER EITEL. British and French Cruisers Still Wait- ing Off Virginia Capes. ‘Washington, March 18.—No informa- tion will be made public by the United | States government which might in any way aid British_and French cruisers waiting off the Virginia capes to catch the German converted cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich if her commander should decide to make a dash for the high seas from Newport News. State and navy department officials | made iteclear today that they intended to overlook no point in preserving the strictest neutrality in the treatment of the refugee. ship, Secretary Daniels said he had received a partial report from the American naval officers who inspected ‘the Eirel with a_view to ascertaining the extent of repairs necessary to make her seaworthy and expected to receive a final report in the course of a day or two. He an- nounced in advance,however, that he would not make public the conclusions of the board, either as to the amount of repairs necessary or the length of time they would consume. Counsellor Lansing, at the state de- partment, which must serve notice upon the German commander of the extent of his privileges, also declared positively that the state department would make public no information whatever from this time on regarding the Eitel Friedrich. It the captain is authoried to make repairs, and begins to do so, there will be visible evidence of his inten- tions, though naval officers recalled today that the commander of the Ger- man gunboat Geier, after making ex- tensive repairs at .Honolulu, allowed his ship to be interned. GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE HAVE NOT ANSWERED QUESTION Washington Authorities Do Not Know Whether Legal Blockade is Intended. ‘Washington, March 18.—The United States _governmert considers that Great Britain and France, in the or- der-in-council and in the accompany- ing notes, have not answered the ques- tions propounded to them as to what warant there is under international law for the establishment of an embar- g0 on all commercial intercourse, di- rectly and indirectly, between Germany ard neutral countries. It was stated officially at the state department today that this govern- ment still does not know whether the action of the allies is intended as a legel blockade or whether the ordinary rules of contraband and non-contra- band are to be the legal basis for fu- ture detentions. On a determination of this question probably will depend not only the nature of any steps which may be taken by the United States at this time, but also the basis for the many claims for damages arising out of the interruption to American com- merce under the policy of the alligs. INVESTIGATING ARREST OF GERMAN CONSUL. Department of ‘State is Taking Prompt Action. Washington, iarch 18.—On receiv- ing a protest from tha German embas- sy, the department of state and jus- tice today took prompt action to ascer- tain the circumstances incident to the service of warrants on the German consul and his assistant at Seattle, ‘Wash, At the request of the state depart- ment, the bureau of investigation of the department of justice telegraphed its report of the facts to Washington at once. The German embassy pro- tested to the state department that Muller, the consul, and Schultz, his assistant, were arrested in violation of a_ treaty between Germany and . the Urited States. Bulgaria Sends Protest to the Porte. Paris, March 19.—“The Bulgarian government,” says the Balkan agency’s Sofla correspondent, telegraphing Wed- nesday, “has just addressed a note to the porte asking that measures be taken immediately to obviate the diffi- cultles to *which Dulgarian travelers are subjected to in passing through Turkish territory, as otherwise the friendly relations between Turkey and Bulgaria will be gravely imperilled. Strike of London Firemen Averted. London, March 18, 10.20 p. m.—A strike of the London firemen, which was threatened, is not likely to occur. About the time the men were decid- ing to demand an increase in pay the fire committee of the London common council, which controls the depart- ment, unaware of the men's meeting, met and decided to recommend a sul stantial increase in their wages. o - @™ . Cabled Para s e Turks Rur © .a Persia. London, M Y 4 652 p. m. foreign offic, -+ advised toda Turkish sold: .s recently ran w the Urumiah district of northwestern Persia ang killed several hundred civi- lians. The Turks are said to have burned several villages after looting them, American Meat Ship Released. Deal, via London, March 19, 12.10 a. .—The American _steamship A. A. Raven, laden wita products of Ameri- can packers, which was detained by the British authorities on March 11, has been released. She proceeded for Dover to coal. The cargo was consign- ed to dealers in Rotterdam and the Pritish governmeat insisted at the time of the steamer’s detention that it must be consigned to The Netherlands Overseas trust. DETAILS OF SINKING OF STEAMER EVELYN Told by Five Members of Her Crew Who Have Arrived in New York. New York, March 18.—Details of the sinking of the American steamer Eve- Iyn, after striking & mine in the North sea were told tonight by five members of the Evelyn’s crew who reached here today on the steamer Matanzas, which brought a cargo of dyestuffs from Bre- men. The Matanzas got in this morn- ing, but did not reach her dock in Brooklyn until the late afternoon. The five men who landed then were occu- pants of one of the Evelyen’s lifeboats and ha@ been picked up by a German atrol boat #nd landed at Wilhelms- haven. én the 28 members of the crew ex¢tpt one man, a fireman, who d of exposure, were saved, the ar- rivals said, the others being picked up by another patrol boat and landed at Helgoland. According to John Morgan, an ofler on the Evelyn, the vessel struck the mine at 4.05 a, m. The Evelyn was then 17 miles off the coast of Ger- many and was proceeding cautiously to avold just such an accident. The mine exploded on the port side, shak- ing the steamship from stem to stern Captain David Smith immediately ordered the engines reversed and sent officers and men through the ship, awakening the crew. Two lifeboats were swung from the davits and in them the entire crew desperately row- ed away from the stricken ship. Be- fore the boats had gone many yards that was another explosion. A second mine had exploded on the starboard side, blowing up the forward part of the vessel and almost cutting her n_two. The crew hovered around the sink- ing vessel. At first it was thought that the steamer would go down immediate- ly after the first explosion, but after sinking until the upper deck was sub- mergeq the Evelyn hung in that posi- tion for seven hours, finaily goipg down bow frst, UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS RESENT PRESIDENT’S DISMISSAL Fourteen Have Resigned at Salt Lake Salt Lake City, Utah, March 18— Fourteen etate university professors resigned today as a result of the atti- tude expressed by the board of regents in a public statement upholding the recent dismissal by President J. T. Kingsbury of four professors and de- motion of the head of the English de- partment. The fourteen were headed Dby Byron Cummings, dean of arts and sciences. Other resignations are ex- pected. Feeling throughout the state has been strong since the dismissals. The fact that all the five men affected by the president’s action are non-Mor- mons leads to a belief that religious or political considerations caused the action. This is denied by the state- ment made public by the regents to- day. The statement commends Presi- dent Kingsbury and says that two of the dismissed professors had criticized the administration of the university, haq spoken disparagingly of the chair- man of the board of regents, and that the positions of two others had been abolished. The statement intimates that the demoted professor, who had been connected with the university for 23 years, had become impaired in vigor. He was appointed honorary pro- fessor of English. TWO INJURED IN WEAVERS’ STRIKE AT SUMMIT, N. J. One Man Shot in the Leg and An- other Stabbed in the Eye. J, March 18.—Two men today in a clash of fac- tory workers outside the mlll of the Summit - Silk company, where 175 weavers, men and women, had just gene on strike. Muggerdich Gulamer- ian was shot in the leg and Bramley H. Abdener will probably luse the sight of an eye as the result of a knife gash. Eight arrests were made. The strikers say they “quit work because the company refused to dls- charge” -four men who, the weavers cleim, were brought here in anticipa- tion of a strike. Negotiations between the workers and company officlals for adjustment of wages and hours had been in progress, but papers in settle- ment had not been signed. The men arrested after today's dis- turbance included two of the four over whom the trouble is alleged to have started. Thirty-five other men who, the strikers assert, are strikebreakers, reached here after the disorders at the mill. The plant was placed under guard and the company announced it would be closed until Monday, and perhaps longer. A PROTEST HAS BEEN S8ENT TO GEN. VILLA Against Collecting Special Tax from Foreigners. ‘Washington, March 18.—A protest was sent by ‘the United States today to General Villa against the collection from Americans or other foreigners of part of a special tax of a million pesos levied at Monterey. The British embassy had brought to the attention of the state department a report just received from Monterey saying that the British-owned light and power company there had been called upon to pay $35,000 as its share of the new tax. Just how the gereral assessment was to be apportioned, the state department Wns not informed, but the understand- ing was that General Villa had laid an omnibus tax on the city, leaving it to the authorities there to raise the money in whatever way they saw fit. The order was dated March 15, it was eaid, and 16 days was the time given in which to raise the money. Serbia Pestilent With Diseases AN APPALLING STORY OF CONDI- TIONS RELATED. 60,000 TYPHUS VICTIMS Nine American Nurses and Two Physicians Have Been Stricken with the Disease—Sanitary Experts Are Needed, London, March 18, 6.50 p. m.—An appalling story of conditions in Serbia was related today by Ernest Bicknell and Henry James, Jr., of the war relief committee of the Rockefeller founda- tion on their return to London after a tour of inspection through that coun- t They said that several diseases were epidemic in Serbia. Doctors Victims of Typhus. Typhus, the most deadly of these, already has caused the death of 60 out of 400 native doctors of the coun- trv. The foreign Red Cross units have suffered great losses. Two American and one British unit have been com- pelled to suspend their regular work because of typhus. Nine American nurses and two physicians have con- tracted the disease. Diseases Are Epidemic. The commissioners went first to Nish, then proceeded ot Belgrade and left the country by way of Uskub, thus visiting the three most populous towns During their tour they learned that typhus, typhoid fever, cholera, small- pox, diphtheria,.scarlet fever and re- current fever are all existing in more or less epidemic form. The largest number of cases is of recurrent fever, but this disease is seldom fatal. Tp- phus is particularly deadly. Smallpox and diphtheria are diminishing. Mortality Heavy. The Seribans assert that typhus was introduced by Austrian prisoners of war, who were permitted to wander over the country and infected the pop- ulation by spreading vermin, which conveys the germ of the disease. No figures are available as to the number of cases of typhus, but the commis- sioners believe that the mortality is so heavy as to bring the situation within their purview. Sanitary Experts Needed. Physicians and sanitary experts are needed badly, but unless they are fully equipped with medicine and also with furnishings for taeir living quarters, it would be unwise for them to go to Serbia, since they probably would fall victims to the disease. Unable to Guard Prisoners. Mr. James said that the situation could be dealt with effectively only by a joint organization of medical units opeérating _under a system whereby strict sanitary control could be en- forced. Some plan must also be de- vised for plasing Austrian prisoners in camps. The Serbian government has been unable thus far to provide guards for concentration camps, and prisoners at present are permitfed to wander freely about the country, Mr. James sails for New York on Saturday to make a report to the Rockefeller foundation. Mr. Bicknell will remain to make further investiga- tions. AMERICAN SANITARY COMMISSION FOR SERBIA To Aid in Suppression of Typhus, Which Has Claimed 60,000 Victims. ‘Washington, March 18.—An Ameri- can sanitary commission has been or- ganized under the auspices of the American Red Cross and the Rocke- feller foundation and soon will be at work in Serbia aiding in the control and suppression of typhus fever, which already has clalmed 60,000 victims there. Red Cross Has Sent $50,000. The Red Cross announced today that $50,000 had been furnished for carry- ing on this work, which Surgeon Gen- eral William C. Gorgas of the United States army says is the most impor- tart sanitary development considered in years. The Serbian government by <cabie has expressed its approval of the 2id offered and Dr. Richard P. Strong of Boston, one of the foremost plague experts in the United States, already is on his way to the disease-stricken country. Headed by Dr. Strong, the commis- sion will be composed of Dr. Thomas W. Jackson, Spartanburg, S. C.; Dr. Hans Zinseer, New York; Dr. A. W. Sellers, Boston; Dr. George C. Shat- tuck, Boston; Dr. Francis D. Grinnell, Beston; Charles S. Eby, Washington, secretary, and two sanitary inspectors to be selected by Surgeon Ganeral Corgas from men who had experience under him at Panama. Threatened With Cholera. Large additional funds, it is expect- ed. will be required as cholera is threatened in Serbia, and unless check- ed early may srread to all parts of Europe. The commission probably will live in tents. Great quantities of stpplies, especially for disinfecting work, will be sent and the equipment will include a motor truck for trans- portation of supplies and a steam laundry. Dr. Strong and Secretary Eby are en route to Serbia with an initial sup- ply of 10,000 anti-cholera treatments. They will be followed immediately by the other members of the commission. Dr. Nicholls, the F'rench expert on. ty- Dhus, has been Invited to co-operate with the commission. British Steamer Disguised Hailing Port New York, March 18—The British steamer Trinidad, of the Quebec line, arrived here today from Cardiff, Wales, disguised by the name Ida on her bow and Boston, indicating her hailing port, upon her stern. Maratime records give the Trinidad’s hailing port as Lon- don. ~ The vessel steamed from New York for La Pallice, on Feb. 8 with a cargo of acid. She was 13 days in making the return passage. 12 Newfoundland Men Went With the Bayano. St. Johns, N. F., March 18—Twelve Newfoundlend naval reservists were on the British auxliliary cruiser Bayano When she was sunk by a German sub- marine last week, and of these only one was saved, according to despatch- es received here today. This loss brings the total casualties list of the sea contingent from this colony up to 61 out of a thousand men actively en- gaged in the naval war zone. Down Shot at Deserter, Hit Two Others AT 38TH STREET AND BROADWAY, NEW YORK. CROWD SOUGHT COVER A Blind Peddler Dangerously Wound ed—Fleeing Soldier Slightly Wound- ed—Sergeant Who Did Shooting Under Arrest. New York, March 18.—Sergeant Henry Wetiting, of the Sixth Coast artillery, U, S. A, fired four bullets from an automatic pistol at a deserter whom he pas pursuing at Thirty- eighth street and Broadway today. One of them dangerously wounded a blind peddler. Another inflicted a slight wound in the neck of the deserter, Joseph Flelschman, while a third grazed the cheek of Dr. Charles Hunt, of Washington, D. C. The fourth whizzed over a crowd of pedestrians. Doctor Stopped Fleeing Soldier, Fleischman surrendered at a police station early to v. The police tele- s Island and Ser- ent over. On the island Fleischman geant Wetiting was way back to the started to run. The sergeant ordered him to halt. Fleischman increaseq his speed, how- ever, and then his pursuer fired, The blind peddler dropped to the sidewalk as Dr. Hunt grabbed Flelschman and threw him down. Matinee Crowd Dodged. Meanwhile men and_women in the matinee crowd on Broadway had dodged behind every available shelter. When the shooting stopred hundreds of persons rushed for the place where Dr. Hunt and Fleischman were strug- gling on the pavement. Police Charged Into Crowd, Three policemen ed into the crowd around Dr. Hunt and his cap- tive ang after much difficulty succeed- ed in getting them to an automobile which they had commandeered. Charged with Felonious Assault. The wounded peddler was hurried vue, while the sergeant and oner were taken to a police Sergeant Wetiting ~ was charged with felonious assault and aroled in the custody of Captai of the Fifth Coast artlllery to ap- pear in court tomorrow cha DANIELSON C. A, C. COMPANY AWARDED A BRONZE SHIELD For Proficiency of Members in Small Arms g Hartford, Conn., March 18.—Adjutant General George M. Cole of the Con- necticut National guard today an- nounced that the shield for the highest figure of merit in small arms firing for 1914 has been awarded to the Second regiment, infantry. The mark was 40.11. Bronze shields for individual com- panies, with figures of merit, have been awarded as follo Coast Artil company, Danielson, First regiment, K, Hartford, 85.69. Second regiment. infantr: F (New Haven Grays), 99.8; For the unattached organizations, a bronze shield and pendant has been awarded to Troop B, cavalrq, Hartford, with a figure of 78.94. corps, 40.63. infantry, Thirteenth Company Company GOVERNOR OF UTAH VETOES STATEWIDE PROHIBITION. Believes People Should Vote on It, Not Their Representatives. Salt Lake City, Utah, March 18— Governor Spry vetoed the statewide prohibition bill today. The veto message cites the local op- tion law of the state as affording pro- hibition to such communities as desire it, especially with the operation of the new “dry” bill which the governor ap- proved this week. The governor also says he believes the people of the state have a right to express themselves on the question, “not through representation that has pr.mised on ething and provided an- other” His con.luding objection is that the bill abolishes the saloon and makes the druggist the dispenser of alcohol and wine on the physician's prescription, “with the generous allow- ance of a maximum of one quart of liquor under each prescription.” PRISONER MADE ESCAPE FROM THE TOMBS. Walked by Guards With the Aid of a Visitor’s Pass. New York, March 18.—Jacob Abrams, 22 years old, a clerk who has been con- fined in the Tombs for several months awaiting court proceedings on a charge of forgery, accomplished the rare feat of escaping from a cell in that prison today. He got away during the visit- ors’ hour and walked by the guards at the door with the aid of a visitor's pass. The escape was dJiscovered ‘when the man to whom the pass had been issued tried to leave the prison. He is held pending an inquiry. Investigation revealed that the lock on Abrams’ cell had been tampered with, thus giving the prisoner an op- portunity to slip from his cell. SEVERE SNOWSTORMS ALONG ENGLISH COASTS Result in Loss of Life and Damage to Shipping. London, March 19, 3.05 a. m.—Severe snowstorms along the English coasts during the past 24 hours have resulted in loss of life and considerable damage to_shipping. Three boats of the Newbiggin fish- ing fleet have sunk off the Northumb- erland coast with a loss of nine lives. The steamer Upas went down off the County Down, Ireland, Thursday noon and seven persons perished. This dis- aster was due to the ship turning turtle when her cargo shifted. Last night the Fleetwood boat train coliided with a freight train near Rochdale during a storm and two per- sons were killed and 20 injured. No Direct Primary in Vermont. Montpelier, Vt, March 18.—A direct primary bill was killed in the house today by a vote of 102 to 134. Advo- cates of the measure stated that a new bill might be introduced. Condensed Telegrams The Belgian Relief Fund totals 979,- 770. J. P. Morgan and sailed for Europe on hiladelphia, Mrs. Morgan the steamship The strike of 1,400 union painters in Cincinnati ended, and the men re- turned to work. Sheet iron mills in De Forest and ‘Warren, Ohio, bega work under a re- duced wage scale. General Carranza will aid the Amer- ican Red Cross Society to get pro- visions into Mexico. Brig.-Gen. Scott returned to Denver after an unsu ssful search for the band of renegade Piutes. Thousands of sprigs of shamrock were worn by British soldiers on the firing line in France March A decree prohibiting the exporta- tion of pork in any form w d by the Government of Holland. Lives were threatened and property to the value of $25,000 destroved in a fire in Suffolk hall, Lowell, M: Of the total number of voters elig- ible to vote at the Chicago municipal elections April 6, 286,624 are women. Consideration of the workmen’s compensation come up in the New York today. compromise bill will Assembly The steamer Arabic sailed New York for Liverpool, car econd class and 85 sengers. from ving 120 steerage pas- The New York Senate committee on internal affairs reported favorably a bill to tax motorcycles $3 each, and dealers $10 each. Ten tin mills of the National Enam- eling & Stamping Co. Granite Cit 1ll, resumed operations, giving work to over 800 men. Fire that threatened the entire bus iness section of Champaign, 11l des troyed property valued at $500,000 be- for brought under control. The Maine senate concurred h the house and passed to be engrossed the bill to limit the employment of women and children to 54 hours a week. Eddie Foy was held for Special Sessions for permitting his 1l4-vear-old daughter to sing in a vaudeville sketch he is producing. trial in Forest fires at several thousand mountains of Pike threatening several mills. damage estimated dollars in the county , Ky., villlages = and Great Britain is planning to trans- port a large number of prisoners of war now held at Kingston, Jamaica, to Halifax, to build fortifications for Canada. The trial of Frank Abarno and Car- mine Carbone, charged with placing a bomb in St. Patrick’s cathedral, New York, was tentativeiy fixed to begin on March 29. A bill permitting doctors to drive their autos as fast as a fire depart- ment chief, when attending an urgent case was iatroduced in the New York Senate. President Wilson accepted an invi- tation to attend a meeting of the gen- eral conference of the Methodist Epis- coral church at Washington next week, but will not speak. Presidet Wilson gave a recess ap- pointment to Representative Joseph T. Johnson of Spartanburg, S. C., as United States judge for the western district of South Carolina. Officials of the Federal administra- tion observed St. Patrick’s Day by displaying the green. Shamrocks, ribbon and ties were evident in all the Washington departments. An alleged confession to her that he had killed a man, and was paid by a woman for doing it, was made by Pres- cott Pratt to his housekeeper, Mrs. Clara Cutting, at South Paris, Me. Fourteen men and .three women, drug -flends, asked the authorities of Atlantic City, N. J., for sentences of 30 days each in the county jail for treatment to cure them of the habit. The Rev. W. A. Tucker, of Miami, Fla., arrested for sending letters con- taining objectionable matter to Miss Harriet. Delaney, a member of his church, shot and killed her and then shot himself. Angered by jealousy caused by his brother’s attentlon to his sweetheart George Cheatham, of Macon, Ga., shot and slightly injured the latter and her two small brothers and then killed himself. The suit of the federa! government to dissolve the United Shoe Machinery corporation at Boston on the ground that it was an illegal monopoly in re- straint of trade was dismissed by the United States district court. The New Hampshire house, through reports of the committee on appropria- tions, killed bills appropriating $249,- 000 for the state college. It was an- nounced that a new bill would be in- troduced appropriating $156,000, Miss Florida Settel, arrested last November for firing a shot at a man named Waterman for teasing her dog on board the liner Chicago bound for Havre, was fined $40 in Paris and sentenced to a month’s imprisonment. The jail sentence was suspended. After June 30, when the fiscal year end, the West Virginia National guard will consist of but one man, the commander, unless money to sup- port the _organiation is borrowed. Governor Hatfleld vetoed the part of the appropriation bill providing for its maintenance. Movements of Steamships. Genoa, March 17.—Arrived: Steamer Verona, New York, Liverpool, March 17.—Sailed: gantic, New York. New York, March Steamer Philadelphia, Liverpool. Captain of Allaw Liner Killed. Halifax, N. S, March 18.—Captain J. W, Hatherly, commander of the Al- lan liner Monkolian, was killed by an accident aboard his ship in drydock yesterday, it became known today. He was in the forehold of the ship when ; wé‘re hoist broke, striking him on the o8 ANGLE CASE GOES TO JURY TODAY Opening Address of State and the Fuil Arguments for the Defense Have Been Made STATE SPRUNG A SURPRISE IN LAST WITNESS Otto Makowsky Testified to Having Speken to Ballou at the Ent¥ance to the Rippoawm Building 2 Few Minutes After 10 o’Clock on the Night of June 23, in Contradiction of Statement of the Defendant That Ballou Was in Her Apartments That Night From 9:45 to About 10:45— State Maintains Ballou’s Death Was the Result of a Drunken Brawl, While the Defense Contends That No Evidence Has Been Given Connecting Mrs. Angle With the Death. Bridgeport, 18. case of Mrs. been on trial here for ele manslaughter, is ex the jury some time tomorrow. At ad- journment today all the evidence had been put in, the opening address of the state and the full arguments of counsel for the defense had been com pleted, and ther iained for tomor row only the c address by State Attorney Homer S. Cummings and the charge of Judge W. H. Williams be- fore the jury is asked to render its verdic as fo whether Mrs, An: aused the death of Waldo R. Ba in Stamford on the night of June 23 last. Denounced Stamford Police Matron inciation of the policy of the t Conn., March Helen M, Ar —The ho has s for go to bolice as a pigeon pump Mrs. Angle on the one hand and to zet into her confidence on the othe made by Jacob B_ Klein of the de- fendant’s counsel, and a dramatic dec- laration by Judge N, C. Downs, also her counsel, that a bloody footprint in_the defendant's rooms near and pointing to the telephone showed that she had intended to call for help after having carried Pallou to the door of the Rippowam building in_ the hope that the fresh air would help him, as she had_testified, featured the argu- ments of the defense. State Sprung a Surp The presentation of evidence was completed during the forenoon. the state springing a_surprise in its last rebuttal witness, Otto Makowsky. who testified to having spoken with Ballou at the entrance to the Ri_powam building a few minutes after 10 o'cloc! on the night of June 23. Mrs_ Ansle had said that Ballou was in her apart- ments that night from 9.45 to about 10. e. Opened Arguments for State. Albert C. Phillips, former prosecutor in Stamford and special assistant to State Attorney Cummings, opened the arguments for the state. He quoted from the testimeny a statement at- tributed by witnesses to Mrs. Anele to the effect that was all due to a drunken brawl” and declared that tthe state submitted that this was the truth and that because of this Ballou was “precipitated to his fatal injury on the cement landing at the foot of Mrs, Angle’s stairs.” Father of Defendant Affected. While Mr, Phillips was speaking. TLeonard Blondel, the defendant’s fath- er, seated beside her, leaned forward on the back of a chair in front of him, burving his face in his arms. His daughter patted him gently on the shoulder and he immediately raised his head and smiled at her. Argument for Defense. “The state has solemnly invited you to a guessing contest, with the liberty of Mrs. Angle as the stake,” declared Mr. Klein to the jurors, in opeping for the defense this afternoon, refer- ring to the testimony placed before them. “There isn't a bit of evidence to prove that Mrs, Angle had any con- nection with the death of Mr. Ballou,” he added. Accused Grew Weary, ‘Mr. Blondel left the room as the lawyer began to speak and Mrs. Angle watched the door anxiously until_he re-entered with a glass of water. She smiled a greeting as he took his place beside her again. Later in the after- noon she apparently grew quite weary and leaned forward against her father, resting her face on her hand. Relations with Ballou Ideal. Mr. Klein referred to maps of the Angle apartments made by Harold A. Parsons, a civil engineer of Stamford, saying that Parsons had said under cross examination that he had drawn in a representation of blood spots “free hand.” He thought, said Mr. Klein, that “he coald guess, if the state could.” He described the friend- ship between Ballou and the defend- ant as ideal and ridiculed the idea that she had struck him, as claimed by the state. He declared that Bal- lou fell down stairs on his right side and that explained why the bottle found in his life hand pocket was not broken. “That's my guess” he said. “And why do I sav that. Because all the doctors testified that there were marks on his right hand and arm and none on the left. Said Police Testimony Was Rehearsed. He spoke of the Ballou spectacles, claimed by the state to have been found in a rubbish box on Mrs. Angle’s back piazza, referring to what he de- scribed as ' “the wonderful detective work of Chief of Police Brennan." He recalled Mr. Blondel's testimony to the effect that the spectacle- were not there on Thursday, tw days after the tragedy and said the police had claimed to have found fh-m there on Saturday following, Tafsing the suggestion, he said, of thé sossibility of a “plant” He referred to the po- lice testimony as “rehearsed”; spoke of the efforts of Mrs, Klahre to get information from Mrs. Angle about the tragedy; and described her as “a stool pigeon, ‘seeking to pump Mrs. Angle on the one hand and to get into her confidence on the other.” He conclud- ed: Ple 4 for Acquittal. “For nine ..onths this defendant has waited for this ordeal. She has walk- ed the road to Calvary. She has borne her burden.” He pleaded with the 1I:l’] to acquit her and restore her in peace to her father’s arms Judge Downs in closing for the de- fense, reminded th that the al- legation contained in the state’s come plaint must be proved beyond a rea- sonable doubt. The fact to be consid- ered was whether fell down- stairs accidentally from an act of the defendant He asserted that the as asking the jurors to infer the defendant was responsible death because she had down to the street door. If she had struck him down, he asked, uld ried him to the i it not have been more ve left him at the foot where it would appear has Going to the map of defendant’s apartments on the - pointed out the bloody foot- print near the telerhone, reminded the jury that Mrs. le sald she hur- ried upstairs to ca up Mr, Guernsey, t whose house Ballou lived, for help natural £ the he had Submits Map to Jury. sentlemen, when you take that map to the jury room, I ask you consider v hether that bloody foot- rint near the telephone and approach- it does mot show that she intend- to call for help. he jurors, defendant and counsel on both sides laughed as he recalled the emphatic language of a police wit- nes: ho said there was a door open- ing on a stairway leading to the floor above Mrs, Angle's rooms. He re- called the testimony describing it as a large sizeq door. There was no door there, he said, as shown by tes- timony of witnesses for the defense, and never had been. There was a representation of a door painted on the wall. to in ed GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY AGAINST UNITED STATES. Madden and Cook Convicted of Pro- curing False Passports. March 18—Richard Mad- den and Gustave Cook of Hoboken, N. J. were found guilty today of con. spracy asainst the United States in aiding Richard P. Stegler, a German naval reservist, to procure a false American passport. The jurors, who hud been selected for their neutral opinions on_the European war, delib- erated for six hours before they reach- ed a verdict. They added to it “a strong recommendation for mercy.” The pair_will be sentenced late to- morrow wfternoon, and immediately afterward Stegler 'who became the state’s witness ang testified against the two men, will be called for trial. His counsel announced today that Stegler would plead guilty and throw himself upon the mercy of the court. It was expected that in asking a light sen- tence for Stegler his counsel would re- fe rto international aspects of the case not _hrought out in the trial, but given publicity at the time Stegler was ar- rested. The penalty for the offense is a max- imum of two years in prison, $10,000 fine, or both. Cook was accused of in- troducing Stegler to_ Madden, and Madden of furnishing Stegler with his birth certificate to enable him to pro- cure a passport in Madden’s name. PROOF OF DEPRESSION IN STEEL INDUSTRY. Earnings of U. S. Steel Corporation Decreased $65,421,000. New York, March 18—The annual report of the United States Steel core poration for 1915, issued today, offerg Proof of the depression in the steel ine dustry in that year. Earnings of $8 746,518 show a decrease of $65,421,000 compared with 1913, while the net in- come of $46,520,408 indicated a de- crease of $5§,800,084. Net income for 1914 shows a deficit of $16,971,984, against a surplus of $30,582,184 the previous year. The corporation’s expenditures of $45,372,- 594 for maintenance, repairs and ex- traordinary replacements were $14,570,~ 376, or 24.31 per cent. under the previ- ous year. In 1914 the corporation mined only 12071,910 tons of iron ore, against 25,733,451 tons on 1913, and its total production of rolled and other finished steel products for sale fell off 3,360,- 326 tons to 9,041,521 tons. The average number of employes in the service during 1914 was 179,56 |asainst 225,006 in 1913, and the payrol decreased - from $209,206,176 to $162,- 379,907. Average salaries of employes at the mills were higher, however, the increase being from $2.85 per day to $2.85. In the administrutive and sell- ing departments salaries increased from $2.92 to $2.97 per day. Rockefeller Foundation Gives $25000. New York, March 18.—The Rocke- feller foundation announced today that it has made a contribution of $25,000 to the American Red Cross toward the cost of sending a special sanitary com- mission to Serbia to ald the Serbian government in controlling epidemics of typhus and typhoid fever and pos- sibly of cholera. Yucatan Insurgents Defeated. Fl Paso, Tex., March 15.—Details of the defeat of the Yucatan state insur- gents who recently attempted to set up an independent government were re- ceived today in advicesjto the Car- ranza agency here. The' battle was not stafed L place of the -