Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 20, 1915, Page 1

LVIL—NO. 68 " The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any -6theréri.’aper, and Its NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1915 Bulletin SIXTEEN PAGES. Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population Total Circulation is the PRICE TWO CENTS ~ VIOLENT FIGHTING IN ALL WAR ZONES Heavy Losses Said to Have Been Inflicted on Ger- mans in the Vicinity of Le Mesnil VIENNA TELLS OF DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS Asserts That Field Was Covered With Russian Dead After a Battle in Galicia—Violent Artillery Engagements are Taking Place in the Carpathians—Holland is Reported to be Preparing a Note of Protest to France and Great Britain on Their Reprisal Plans Against Germany. ‘While no big engagements ar ported as in progress, violent fighting is going on at various places on the eastern and western front. Heavy losses are said to have been informed on the Germans in the repulse of an attack in the vicinity of Le Mesnil, while Vienna asserts that the fleld was covereq with Russian deed after a battle in Galicia between Austrians and Russians. Violent artillery en- gagements are taking place in the Carpathians, A Berlin news agency despatch de- clares that reports have reached Ber- lin to the effect that the British ar- senal at Sheerness, England, has been bombarded by tws German aviators. There will be no_stoppage of work during the war by English trades un- jonists. This result has been obtained through conferences between the Brit- ish chancellor of the exchequer and & _committes of the imperial defense. Wage and other differences of the men will be arbitrated. A relaxation of trade union regula- tions will permit the employment of semi-skilleq and female labor. Holland is reported to be preparing a note of protest to France and Great Britain on their reprisal plans against Germany. KARLSRUHE WAS SUNK NEAR WEST INDIES British Admiralty Announces Some of Her Crew Have Reached Germany. London, March 20, 1.40 a. m—The secretary of the British admiraity an- nounces that there is every reasom to belleve that the German cruiser Karls- ruhe was sunk in the neighborhood of the West Indies at the beginning of November anq that those of her crew who were rescued reached Germany early in December in the steamer Rio Grande, which has been acting in con- cert with the Karlsruhe, re- A Copenhagen despatch of March 18 sald a local newspaper published a story, emanating from a German merchant, that the crew of the Karls- ruhe had arrived in Germany early in December on the steamer Rio Negro, not Rio Grande, as the British ad- miralty stated. The Rio Negro reach- ed Swinemund December 6th from Brazl A previous report haq asserted that the Karlsruhe had been blown up by an explosion ang that a portion of her crew had reached Swinemund Still another report had the Karlsruhe ly- ing on one of the Grenadine islands in the Carribbean, having been wreck- ed in a storm or destroyed by an ex- plosion. Since the Karlsruhe on October 26 sank the steamer Van Duck in West Indian waters, little has been known of her movements, although there have been various unauthenticated rumors concerning her. On_ November 13 it was reported from New Orleans that the cruisers had been cornered by British warships, but had fled to the Canary islands. 'On January 4 a des- patch from Willemstad, Curacao, said the steamer Maracaibo had sighted the Karlsruhe January st off La Guayra, Venezuela. The Karlsruhe, according to a San Juan, Porto Rico despatch, was sight- ed ofr Moro January 23 by the steam- er Coamo. Later the warship was said to have taken on supplies in Haiti and in February a letter received in New York from Germany sald she was safe in Wilhelmshaven. Several times the Karlsruhe has been reported to have been sunk in engagements with enemy warships, but this seems improbable, as neither the British nor French admiralty de- partments have made any such claim. REVERSES OF GERMANS REPORTED BY PETROGRAD. Russian Cavalry Pursuing Enemy via_London, March 20, 12.50 a. m.—The war office today made public the following com~ munication: “After a battle on the left bank of the Niemen we occupied Veysee. Our cavalry pursued the Germans retiring on Heyne. “In_the direction of Przasnysz and Ostrolenko actions continue for pos- session of isolated villages and heights: “In the Carpathians the enemy on the 18th, attacked fruitlessly our po- sitions on the front of Cenjnoxitze, Gorlice, Ropitz, Bousskala, and in the direction of Wankese and Stry. “In the direction of Myszyniec and Ostrolenko, in the Vakh region, we repulsed on March 18 German count- er-attacks in which the enemy’s in- fantry suffered heavy' losses. “With a view of _enveloping flank the Germans marshes gour squadrons of cavalry. Our_artillery discovered them and by a sudden attack annihilated them. “In.the regicn of Ossowetz the ev- ening of the 17th, we ascertained that the enemy was working in the con- struction of new trenches. . About ten o'clock at night the foriress ar- tillery opened & violent fire on __the these works, causing the enemy such heavy losses that he was. compelled in some places to cease hiswork of trenching. An unsuccessful bom- bardment of Ossowetz lasted from 9 welock i nthe morning until dark. “In Bobr marshes near Eastrzembe our threw across the|’ we captured a German aeroplane with an_officer. ‘Lieutenant General Lyszovski was wounded vesterday while directing the operation of his division. “Numerous German deserters Who bave entered our encampments near Todnorejetz during the last few days had been wounded at the beginning of the war and when considered cured were assigned to service in the rear of the German army. In view, how- ever, of the urgent necessity for frsh troops these men lately had been drafted into the active army. They declared that they preferred to resert rather than to meet certain death in battle, Near Prysemysl the night of the! 18th we captured an enemy advance post without firing a shot and took 56 prisoners.” SCOPE OF BLOCKADE OF GREAT BRITAIN. American Naval Officers Do Not Un- derstand Its Area. ‘Washington, United States government does not not know officially as yet ‘whether; Great Britain and her allies intend to maintain a legal blockade or propose to apply general rules of contraband and non-contraband in enforcing their embargo on commercial intercourse between German and neutral countries, American naval officers and officials versed in international law expressed the opinion today thw: * e irdefini limit. prescribed® -“F_Xofan 4 water: including the Mediterranean—mmight ‘bo construed as a legal area of op- erations for a blockading fleet.” In_the formation of the policy of the United States relative to the treatment of neutral shipping by the allied fleets, naval officers .of high rank have constantly been consulted, 5o that in none of the diplomatic com’ munications sent abroad might an; thing be sald which could compromise the activities of the American fleet it- self in possible future wars. Rear Admiral Fiske, aide for operations in the navy department, conferred with Counsellor Robert Lansing at the state department daily and on the! neutrality board of three which acts| in an advisory compacity to the coun- sellor, there are two naval officers, Captains Oliver and Knapp, authori- ties in maritime law. EMPEROR WILLIAM HAS A THROAT AFFECTION An Operation Advised by a S Specialist. Geneva, March 19, via Paris, March 20, 12:10" a. m.—The affection of the throat from which Emperor William of Germany suffered two months ago, has again attacked him, according to apparently reliable information re- ceived here. It is said that the ail- ment has taken on a severer form as a result of continuous traveling, anxi- ety and lack of good care. German doctors, it is stated, fre- quently have advised an operation and it is said that the Swiss specialist, Dr. Mermod of Lausanne, considers if es- sential that there should be an imme- diato operation which would invite at least two months of complete Inactivi- y. A despatch here tonight from Ber- lin by way of Basel states that the emperor is seriously ill in the German capital. Other reports, however, ‘say that he 18 visiting the battle front. —_— Chinese aB’oycatt of Japanese Goods. Portland, Ore, March 19.—Chi residents of Portland foday declareq a boycott on all Japanese goods irf retaliation for the demands recently made upon China by Japan. The ac- tion was decideq upon at a meeting of the Chinese Six companies. Any Chinese violating the boycott, it was decided, will receive a warning upon the first offense and thereafter will be subject to a fine. A picket will e stationed In front of each Japanese business house. Russian. Squadron on the Bosphorus. London, March 20, 12.45 a. m.—‘It is officially confirmed that a Russian squadron has approached the northern part of the Bosphorus,” says Reuters Petrograd correspondent. ~ “The ap- pearance of the squadron caused a sreat panic in Constantinople. German Aviators Bombard Sheerness. Berlin, March 19 (via wireless to Sayville)—The Overseas News Agency today gave out the following: “Reports have reached Berlin to the effect that two German aviators have bombarded. the British arsenals at Sheerness, the British naval base” To Attack Matamora Washington, March 19.—Despatches from the border to the Villa agency tonight said convention troops took Aldamas today after severe fighting and were marching on to attack Mat- amoras, the Mexican port across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas. Studying Labor Situation in Colorado. Denver, Col, March 19.—W. L. Mac- kenzie King, -former -Canadian minis- ter of labor and now connected with the Rockefeller Foundation, arrived here today. He will spend several wekes studying the labor situation in Colorado, March 19—While the| 4 Cabled Paragraphs Berlin Recalls Flour Restriction. London, March 20, 259 a m.—Ger- man newspapers reaching here contain the announcement by the Berlin city council withdrawing its restrictions regarding the use of wheat flour in bread, which formerly could not con- tain more than seventy per cent. of wheat flour According to the an- nouncement all wheat bread may now be baked without penalty. British Casualty List. London, March 19, 6.25 p. m.—A cas- ualty list of officers received from the British headquarters in the field, under date of March 15, gives the names of $3 officers, including Hindus, who were killed or have died from wounds, and 123 wounded or missing. This up the total casualties among , as officially reported, to 195 killed, dead or +wounded, and 69 wounded or missing. HORN TO BE TAKEN TO MASSACHUSETTS. Ordered to County Jail Pending His Removal to Boston, Bangor, Me, March 19—Werner Horn, who is charged with illegal in- terstate transportation of explosives in connection with his attempt to wreck the interantional railroad bridge at Vanceboro, will be taken to Boston for trial at the present term of the United States court as a result of the finding of the federal commissioner, Charles H Reid, here today. The commissioner decided’ that the indictment warrant, wkich was the only evidence offered by the prosecution, was sufficient basis for holding the prisoner. The motion of the defense for the release of Horn on the ground that he was a belligerent engaged in an act of war and not amenable to the courts of this country was denied. Horn was ordered to the county jail in Portland pending his removal to Boston. It is expected that he will be taken Massachusetts early next week. At the suggestion of District Attor- ney Merrill, the commissioner named $10,000 as the amount of Horn's bail, should he desire to furnish it. His counsel, former Congressman Joseph O'Connell and Daniel T. O’Connell, said tonight that no bonds would be arranged. Horn will probably go to Pcrtland tomorrow morning in the cus- today of United States Manshal Wil- son, Arguments by counsel occupied most of the second day’s session of the trial, tho defense citing many _decisions which it claimed supported its conten- n that the court lacked jurisdiction and that the case came under the head of international rather tnan federa! laws. Counsel for the prosecution re- plied briefly. to MINORITY STOCKHOLDERS OF N. ¥, N. H. & H. WANT $100,000,000 Suit Brought on the Gro:nd That More Than That Amount Was Werongfull. Expencicd. ot » - Boston, March 19.—Arguing for the Dlaintiffs'in the suit of minority stock- holders of the New York, New Haven and. Hartford railroad, who seek to re- cover from former directors more than $100,000,000 alleged to have been wrongfully expended, Attorney -Sher- man Whipple today declared that “all of the transactions referred to in the bill, with the exception of the West- chester railroaq deal, were in violation of laws of state and nation.” “There can be no question of re- sponsibility,” counsel asserted. “The time has passed when great corpora- tions can s with impunity: ‘We will put this thing. or that thing, through, no matter what the people say.’ “We ask the court to appoint some- one to represent the thousands of small stsckholders, so that their claims may be prosecuted in four or five jurisdic. tions.” There is no question, Mr. Whipple said. that the suit against the estate of the late J. P. Morgan had been lost. Th he said, was due to the “delay of the directors of the road in filing an answer to our suit.” Announcement was made by counsel for the plaintiffs that they did not care to press appeals taken from a decree dismissing the bill so far as it applied to the estates of Mr. Morgan, Edwin Milner of Moosup, Conn., and I. Do Ver Warner of Bridgeport, Conn. BROKER IS CHARGED WITH LARCENY Attleboro Woman Claims She Was Swindled Out of $4,500, New York, March 19—John C. Hume, a broken, with offices in New Haven and Providence, was arrested here tonight on a warrant from Mass- achusetts, charging him with the lar- ceny of $4,500 from Mrs. Mary H. Battershall of Attleboro, Mass., in a stock transaction. Mrs, Battershall alleges she deliv- ereq fo Hume ten shares of stock in a Georgia corporation and that he sold_the securitles to a trust company in Providence, appropriating the pro- ceeds, $4,500, to his own use. Charles E. Wilbur, chief of police of Attleboro, who made the arrest, said that Hume denles the charge and declares he returned the money to the woman, whose receipt he holds. SOLDIERS GUILTY OF ROBBING POSTOFFICE Got $15,000, of Which $3500 ls Still Missing. Denver, Colo.. March 19.—Albert Paget, Oliver Howard and Samuel F. Mortimere, members of Troop F, Fifth United States cavalry, recently sta- tioned in the Colorado coal strike dis- trict, today pleaded guilty to a charge of robbing the postoffice at Walsen- burg of $15,000. United States Dis- trict Judge R. B. Lewis sentenced Howard to thrée and a half years in the federal penitentiary and Paget and Mortimore to two and a half years each. _The postoffice robbery occurred last December. The sum of $8,500 still {s missing, the remainder having een recovered. Praise for President Wilson. Jefferson City, Mo., March 19.—A review of the record of the democratic national administration, praise for President Wilson and deénunciation of republican leaders and republican pol- icles were included in the speech of Senator James Hamilton Lewis of II- linois at a banquet of democratic members of the Missouri legislature tonight. Juvenile Courts in Rhode Island. Providence, R. I, March 19. — The lower branch of the legislature passed today, in concurrence with the senate, a Dbill providing for a system of juve- nile courts. May Appoint Special Policemen HOUSE VOTES TO GIVE GOVERN- OR THAT POWER. EMERGENCY MEASURE In Case of Labor and Other Troubles —Expense to Be Borne by Party Making Application for Protection. Bulletin.) It was plain- (Special to The Hartford, March 19.- 1y evident that when the house was called to order by Speaker Healey there was no quorum present, and the customary Friday roll call was omit- ted, at least forty of the members being in New London in the service of the state. There were many calendar matters disposed -of, action taken ‘on committee reports and another step taken towards early adjournment, which is now unofficially fixed as June The house adjourned to 11.15 next uesday morning. The Division of Norwich. Resolution was adopted granting the use of the hall of the house of rep- Mrs. Helen Angle Found Not Guilty VERDICT GREETED BY CHEERS IN CROWDED COURTROOM. ACCUSED COLLAPSED As Verdict Was Rendered and Would Fallen to the Floor Had She Not.Been Caught by Her Father. Have Bridgeport, Conn., March 19.—)Mrs. Helen M. Angle was found not guilty of manslaughter by a jury in the crimina rior court here late to- day. accused of having caused the death of Waldo R. Bal- lou at Stamford on the night of June 23 last. Verdict Greeted With Cheers, The announcement of the verdict was greeted with cheers by the crowd- ed courtroom. As the foreman of the jury, Byron Eddy of rfield, pro- nounced the words which made her a free woman, Mrs. Angle collapsed wi a sigh and would have fallen to the floor had she not been caught by her father, Leonard Blondel, who was Power of Newspaper Advertising More and more attention is being paid every are known as national advertisers to newspaper advertising. vears ago many of them used only the magazines, Ly those who A few experiments but with dally newspapers have brought such excellent returns that no; adays there is advertised exten; carcely a standard article on the market which is not vely in the newspapers, When advertising agencies recognize the power of newspaper pub- licity, all persons who have anything to sell, want to buy something, want to hire somebody or want moting sales and they would pay they did not get resuits thereby The advertising experts want the papers those which reach the people who buy. work would lead for the men who run the agverti no attention do well to follow their ing agencies are experts in pro- to the newspapers if with ations and This is what is furnished in cire its territory by The Bulletin and the service which satisfies these who carefully ers know Bulletin: Bulletin Satiyday, Monday, March 15. Tuesday, March 16. Wednesday, March 17. Thursday, March 18. Friday, March 19. March 12 {Hetals ol o e Telegraph Local 8¢ 77 100 95 z25 83 510 scrutinize advertising mediums should carry weight with all others who are looking for results. The Bulletin advertisers. In the past week the following m: The many thousand Bulletin read- ter has been carried by The Total 1448 460 520 411 481 381 3701 General 1218 272 301 208 290 495 » 150 111 119 108 116 103 707 2484 resentatives to the committee on new towns and probate districts for a hear- ing on the proposed division of the city of Norwich, on Tuesday afternvon, March 30. Mr, Back of Killingly stated that there would be a large attend- ance at the hearing in explanation of the application for the use of the hall of the house. The committee is com- posed of: Senators Thompson, chair- man, and Pierson: house chairman Mr. Back, Killingly; clerk, Mr. Atchi- Sherman; Messrs. Williamson, Allen, Litchfield; Basset, Ash- ford; Henderson, Norwich; Yost, Ver- non: Revere, North Branford; Wood- ward, Sharon; Talmadge, Prospect; Chittenden, Guilford. Volunteer Roster. The senate bill providing a roster of soldiers and sailors of Connecticut who served in the Spanish war, the Philippine insurrection and Chinese expedition was tabled for calendar and printing. Liquor Laws Upheld. The excise committee reported un- favorably in these matters and the reports were accepted and bills re- jected: Concerning the sale of liquor in public buildings, which did not amend any existing law; to permit the sale of liquor on election day upon petition of ten per cent. of elec- tors: bill defining temperance bever- ages, specifying that beverages con- taining not over two per cent. of al- cohol were not intoxicating and be sold without license or tax; the dispo- sition of money recovered for liquor li- censes, as the committee has similar law under consideration, Interment of Bodies. The act concerning the disinter- ment of bodles from Smith cemetery, Groton, reported unfavorably by the committee on public health and safe- ty, was rejected and the report ac- cepted. No one appeared at the hear- ing in favor of the measure. Stonington Court Pay. The committee on judiciary report- ed unfavorably the act concerning the salary of the officials of the town court of Stonington, and the bill was reject- ed and report accepted. It was ex- plained that Senator Hewitt, who pre- sented the bill, appeared at the hear- ing and withdrew the proposition. The bill provided for an increase in_the salary of judge and prosecutor from $500 to $800. Embalmers Retained. The bill to abolish the commission of board of embalmers and transfer the dutlies to the state board of health, ‘was unfavorably reported by the com- mittee on public health and safety. It was explained that this commission was self-supporting and that no sr- guments or evidence presented at the hearing to show. why the commis- sion should be abolished. The report was accepted and the bill rejected. Minor Calendar Matters. These matters on the calendar were passed: Concerning the sale of bar- ber shop, restaurant, shoe shining or hat cleaning business and assignment of insurance; the printing of reports of the Connecticut Agricultural sta- tion; concerning election and term of service of members of board of relief in towns that do not elect under the (Continued on Page Six) beside her as he had been through- out the twelve days of the trial. When she had revived sufficiently she was escorted sobbing from the court- room by her father and a_ physician and taken to the private office of the sheriff to rest. Later she entered an automobile with Mr. Blondel to go to the railroad station and take a train for Stamford. Crowds Lined the Streets. Outside the courthouse crowds lined the streets for two blocks waiting for her appearance. The jury was out an hour and three quarters. ~ Afterwards it was reported that three ballots had been taken be- fore a unanimous vote was reached. The closing hours of the trial were given up to the final argumen: for the prosecution by State's Attorney Homer S. Cummings and the charge to the jury by Judge William H. Williams. The jury retired at 3:15. On’ leavin~ the courtroom, Jacob B. Klein of counel for Mrs. Angle de- clared that “the verdict was a just and proper one and meets with pop- ular approval” Declares Verdict Fair. In a brife statement Mr. Cummings sai T am heartily glad that the trial is over. It has been a severe ordeal for all concerned. The case was fully and fairly tried and the verdict should be accepted _without question. Other than this T have nothing to_say.” The accusation on which Mrs. was brought to trial was that of hav ing caused her aged suitor, Waldo R. Ballou, to plunge down the _stairs leading to her apartment in the Rippo- wam building to hes death by a frac- tured skull on the cement landing be- low. She was arrested shortly after Ballou haq been found unconscious at the street entrance of the building. Owing to her nervous condition her trial had several times been postpon- ed, untll it was finally started twelve days ago. GEN. CARANZA'S TROOPS MEET DECISIVE DEFEAT. Marks the End of His Resistance in Pedras Negras. Washington, March. 10—Defeat and complete rout of the Carranza forces under General Monclovio Herrera by the troops of General Rosalio Hernan- dez at Oregano, southwest of Piedras Negras, was reported today to the Vil- lista Agency by the military command- er at Piedras Negras. Another report today said the scat- tered remnants of the Carranzista forces surprised and routed by Gen- eral Villa at Ramones, east of Monte- Tey, were retreating’ morthward to- wards the border city of Camargo and the main_body had reached Aldamas, with _the Villa troops in close pursuit. All their artillery and ammunitjon was captured. Lassen Peak Erupting. Redding, Calif, March 19.—Lassen Peak and two smaller craters, each gistant abouc three miles from the main crater, emitteq rolling clouds of sulphurous smoke and steam today. It was Lassen’s eighty-first eruption. Be- ginning at daybreak, it continued until dariness prevented further observa- tion. Condensed Telegrams President Wilson plans to attend the naval review to be held off New York during May. The Nebraska Legi railroad bill increasing pass to 23 cents. lature killed the enger rates A landslide of 2,600 square yards oc- curred on_the mountain = between Rome and Tivoli. will Five hundred thousand dollars be spent by the Carnegie Steel ( improving its Homstead plant. Five cottages at Ocean Grov ummer resort between Fall River Touisset, were destroyed by fire, Standard Oil officers and clerks have a private roof garden restaurant costing 100,000 at No. 26 Broadway. Pierre Loti, famous French author, was placed in command of a French gunboat operating at the Dardanelle r of the n. of injur- A bomb exploded in the home of Mayor Daniel Herm Guttenburg, N. J. No one w ed. ication with Germany and | the Tuckerton wireless suspended until further Commu Austria via station was notice. Members of the London fire depar: ment demanded higher wages. If T fused, they will ask for arbitration, or strike March 24, Alphonso Collura, charged with murder of Salvator Pusseli in last November, entered a plea of at Lowell, Mass B. 0. of Pittsburgh, receciving teller of the Cleveland Federal R serve Bank, shot and killed himself, because of illness Aver ilty Joseps Fusiano of New York was shot and killed by a man believed to be a gangster, as he was on his way to work, with his wife. and General von of the German the German head- ance. Emperor William Falkenhayn, Chief Staff, arrived at quarters near Lile, the be in “Deutschland Ueber Alles,” famous German war song, will stricken from the German reader schools of Ontario, Canada. The firm of Henri Loten in Brussels was fined $5,000 for violating the order of Governor-General von Bissing not to pay creditors in England. With 2,000 tons of German dyestuffs valued at $800,000, in her cargo, the sSteamer George Warren is due at New York Sunday from Rotterdam. The Washington State Legislature passed a bill over the Governor's veto, veto, compelling each jitney ’bus driv- er to put up $2,500 surety bonds. The Town ®ounci Germany, use all stocks of flour exceeding 50 pounds, found in private houses. A earthquake shock, lasting four minutes, was felt at Perpigan, a French town at ethe eastern end of the Pyrenees. No damage was done. Deposits in the Chicago branch of the Postal Savings Bank of the United States Government increased 33 1-3 per cent since the outbreak of the Eu- ropean war. Secretary Daniels announced trat, unlike the smaller submarines, the hew sea-going submarines now being built will be named, instead of lettered or numbered. Army transports will be used to used to carry goods from the Philip- pine Islands, because it is impossible to obtain sufficient tonnage to trans- port goods from the islands. The Athens correspondent of the Morning Post says that the United States government has consented to. take charge of German interests in Turkey in event of the fall of Con- stantinople. At the annual convention in Wash- ington masters and pilots demand that heceforth charts give water depths in miles or fractions instead of fathoms, calling the latter term obsolete. Shipments of cattle into New York State from territories outside the State where foot-and-mouth disease has been prevalent were forbidden by the State Commissioner of Agricul- ture. Lieutenant Alfred Humbert, of the French Rifles, a prisoner at Strass- burg ,was sentenced to six months in prison because he wrote a poem con- taining a sarcastic reference to the Kaiser. Charles Smith, sald by the police to have a record as a burglar was shot in the knee by Patrolman Booth in Phillipsburg, N. J., as he was try- ing to break into a store with a com- panion. Producers in the vicinity of Kane, Pa, who had made plans to drill a numberof new wells, abandoned their plans when the decrease of 5 cents in Pennsylvania oil prices was an- nounced. ALLIES LOSE THR EE BATTLESHIPS Battleships Put Qut of Action PROBABLY WERE VICTIMS OF DRIFTING MINES .Entire Crew of the One French Ship, Blown Up, are Believed to be Lost—The Ships Sunk are the Irresistible and Ocean, British, and the Bouvet, French—Two Other British Battleships Ordered to the Dardanelles and Op- erations Will be Continued. London, March 1 admiralty ar battleships have heen admir 10.10 p. m.—The at Irresistible Ocean o I'rench blown ounces t and that the hip Bouvet was aldo mine in the Darda- ind that virtually her he admiralty tement adds that the battleships Queen and implacabl we been dispatched from kngland to replace t sh The drifting and the es the ible probably with a like ter. It is against ing The admiraity British losses am the ships the sc mine Irresist- met disas- announceg that t the Dardanelles are »perations continu- the of statement the per w consic of the operations The British | and her forward control w a heavy and will The Irresistible left the listing heavily, accirding por Vice Carden, tie Inflexible re hit sed _repairs. battle line, the re- to fdmiral Sackville Hamilton ill, has been succeeded in cqr 1 at the Dardanglles by Rear Admiral John M. Derobeck. Paris, March 19, 10.30 p. m.—The French ministry of marine tonight e out the following communica- tion o been the Dardanelles a mine, “The battleship Gaulois aged and put out rction. Two British battleships were sunk ¥ mines Part of believed to Bouvet h erations 1n plosion of battleship s the o by the e was dam- the crew of the Bouvet have been saved.” is ARCH CONSPIRATOR FRAUDULENT PASSPORTS Said to Have Aided Stegler, Who Pleaded Guilty Yesterday. New York, 2 19—\ represent- ative _of the German government in this &untry “who, on account of his position, is immune from arrest,” wa d ed in the federal court here to- day as the “arch con in the plot to obtain a false American pa port for Richavd P. Stegler, a Germ naval reservist. The accusation wius made by Charles 1L Griffiths, Stegler’s counsel, in ask- ing for a light sentence for his client, after he had pleaded guilty. Stegler got 60 days in jail. His two fellow- conspirators, Richard Madden and Gus- tave Cook, Who were vesterday con- victea by a jury, largely on Stegler's testimony, were sentenced to ten ch. ffiths told the court that a “great deal more has centered in this tria] than the mere welfare of Cook and Madde: He made reference to the attacks upon_ Stegler's character by counsel for the two other defendants and to an alleged effort to compromise Stegler's wife by two reporters for a German newspaper. “Both Stegler and his wife have been preyed upon and harassed by various persons who wanted to discredit them,” said the attorney. “This is what Stes- ler has been subjected to because he told the truth.” Calling attention to the fact that in order to prove the case against Mad- den and Cook it had been only neces- sary- for the government to begin_ at the point wher Stegler met them, Mr. Griffiths said that the court was “there- fore not acquainted with the motives that prompted Stegler to obtain the passport.” “Stegler is not the instigator of this conspiracy,” he said. “He is not the arch conspirator. Having lost his po- sition in an exporting house, Stegler went to a representative of his govern- ment here to see if he could help him out. There a plan was suggested to him to get a passport and go to Eng- land as a spy. Money was given him to get the passport tosether with rec- om:mendations from firms in the United States to firms in England to carry out the scheme. There was where the money came from—$200 in all—out of which he pald Madden and Cook.’ an BRIDGEPORT MAN SHOT BY HIS BROTHER. Result of a Quarrel About a Young Woman. Bridgeport, Conn., March 19.—Stav- ros Stavrospoles, 29, is dying in a cot at St. Vincent's hospital here, fatally wounded by shots fired by his elder brother, Stares. In an ante-mortem statement to the police, which he sign- ed, Stavros said that his brother shot him twice, once in the head and once in the left lung. He said that they quarreled about Stares’ daughter. At the time of the shooting two policemen were standing on a nearby cormer. They rushed into the Stavropoles home and arrived in time to find the twe brothers with arms interlocked, Stavros trying to prevent his brotker using the revolver again. The police disarmed Stares and placed him under arrest. At police headquarters Stares said that he shot his brother when the lat- ter tried to prevent him from commit- ting suicide. Charles A. Gillig, an American, lcng resident of London, shot and killed himself on the steps of the Westmin- ster Hospital there. The war had ru- ined his business as a steamship tick- ef agent. The of the late Theodore M. Davis, the Egyptolos ‘Wwhose _art treasures are underst to have been left to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, was filed in the probate court at Newport, R. I. Robert G. Fitch, a former Boston fire commissioner, and for many years an editorial writer on the Boston Evening Transcript, died at his home in Allston, Mass., after a brief ill- ness. He was born in Shefeid, Mass, n 1. . The railread reorganization bill, pre- pared by the public service commis- sions of Maine, New Hampshire, Ver- mont and Massachusetts, was pre- sented to the New Hampshire house by its judiclary committee without recommendation. The petition of John I Fitzgerald seeking to_prevent redivision of the wards of Boston by the city council, was dismissed by the supreme court on the ground that the legislature had the right to confer authority for such action upon subordinate officers. Not Guilty of Accepting Rebates. Houston, Texas, March 19.—Roy Campbell ‘was acquitted in the fed- eral court here today of accepting re- bates on railroad shipments, Charges made in connection with the same case against the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad ana Joseph F. Dolard, the railroad’s commercial agent at San Antonlo, it was announced, go over until the next session of the court. Campbell was Secretary of the South- ern Truck Growers' association, which organization . also was indicted and acquitted of the same charge. American Bark in No Danger. New York, March 19.—The owners of the American hark Pass of Bal- maha, which recently went ashore near Sylt, one of the North Frisian is- lands, received a message today from the state department at Washington notifying them that the vessel was in no danger and that all the members of her crew were safe. Pleaded Guilty of Murd, Lowell, Mass., March 19.—Alphonso Collura, ‘charged with the murder of Salvatore Pulselll in Ayer last Novem- ber, entered a plea of gullty of man- slaughter today. It was accepted and he was sentenced to state prison for a term of not less than five years nor more than eight vears. TRYING TO RECOVER HIS MENTAL EQUILIBRIUM Immigrant Has Traveled Between This Country and Brazil Since Last May. New York. March 19.—Nathan Co- hen, the immisrant who has been trav- eling back and forth between this country and Brazil since last May, on the Lamport and Holt liner Vasar trying to recover his mental equili brium so that he may enter the United ates in the Aid Society announced that it to his aid and try and_trouble: to this countrs Cohen came here in May, 1912, from Brazil. He was ordered deported aft- er he haq been in this country twa years on his_allegations concerning his sanity, and was sent back to Ric Janeiro. Rio refused to permit him to enter Brazil and he was sent back to New York. New York sent him back again. Yesterday he reached New York for the third time, Rio having again refused to receive him. All told, he has traveled 33,740 miles on one '$45 _ticket, “It is inconceivable that this man should spend the rest of his life, as he appears doomed to, sailing between New York and PBrazil” said an_officer of the society today. “We have declded to employ alienists to determine if he is really insane. If they find that he is sane, we will appeal to the com- missioner of immigration, at Wash- ington to permit him to reenter this country. “We have reason to believe that there is nothing much the matter with him. Anyhow, he has relatives in this country who would be willing to guar- antee that he will not become a public charge. We will do all in our power to end the intolerable situation in which he has been placed.” Cohen was still aboard the Vasarl today. CHARGED WITH AIDING PRISONER TO ESCAPE merica. The society would come to end his travels by having him admitted Guard at Wethersfield Placed Under Arrest. Wethersfield, Conn., March 19.—John J. Moriarty, a guard at the state pris- on here, was arrested tonight, charged with complicity in ing Charles Cre- aton to make his escape from the in- stitution recently. Walter T. Law- rence, another suard, who was arrested some days ago, was brought before Justice of Peace J. C. Wells and ¥ raigned with Moriarty on the same al- legation. Probable cause was found and both were bound over to the June term of the superior court in bonds of $5,000 each, Regulation of Auto ’Buses in Rhode Island. Providence, R. L, March 19.—A bill to regulate automobile 'buses was in- troduced in the legislature today. The measure would provide for licensing} the ’buses, would require them to have specifiell routes, would limit the num-| ber of passengers for each car, and! would place the ‘buses under the juris- | diction of the public utilities commis- sion, Army Deserted Arrested. % Naugatuck, Conn., March 19.—Will- fam Lyznski, aged 18, who the poliee say has confessed that he is a de- serter from the United States army at Fort- Wright, was arrested at Union City tonisht upon complaint of Rev. Paul Piechacki, pastor of a local Cath- olic church, who claims that Lyzn- ski tried to obtain money under false pretenses. Lyznski was wearing _the. uniform of a United States soldler when arrested. Movements of Steamships. New York, Makch 19.—Steamer St. Paul, Liverpool for New York, sig- nalled 1,185 miles east of Sandy Hook at 805 p. m. 1Sth. Dock noon Sun- day. Liverpool, March steamer Montreal, Naples, March 3 Duca D 19. — Arrived, B Steamer Boston & Maine Affairs. = Boston, March 19.—Except for the hope of reorganization under enabling legislation, the Boston & Maine rail- road would already have been in the hands of a receiver, the public ser- vice commission declared in a letter to the legislative council committee’ on raclroads late today. Cattle Epidemic in Rhode lsland. Fall River, Mass, March 19.—All slaughter houses in the Fall River dis- trict were closed today because of the prevalence of the foot and mouth dis- ease. i