Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 24, 1915, Page 1

VOL. LVIL—NO. 70 NORWICH, "CONN., WEE&ESDAY, MARCH 24, 19f5 TWF;&E PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS the Cltys Populatlon RUSSIANS NOW AIM TO INVADE HUNGARY But German Newspapers Say Military Measures Have Been Taken to Frustrate Such a Move RECAPTURE OF MEMEL BY GERMANS ADMITTED Both Russians and Austrians Claim Capture of Several Thousand Prisoners in the Carpathians—Only Trench Fighting is Reported in Northern France—A Force of 1,000 Turks Have Been Routed Near Suez—Dardanelles Action Delayed by Weather—Acute Suffering Was Ex- perienced by Przemysl Garrison Before the Surrender— Petrograd Declared Russians Took These Prisoners at the Garrison: 117,000 Men, 2,500 Officers and Officials, 9 Generals and 93 Officers of the General Staff. That the Przemysl garrison was re- fuced to het last extremity before sur- rendering is indicated in all accounts of the Russian victory. Some of the anen of the garrison were-so weak from the lack of food that they could &carcely stand and ate moss and gnaw- ed at the straps of their equipment to keep themselves allve. Forty thousand are reported to have been killed since the investment began, while disease accounted for many more and had worked ravage among those who Te- mained. The prisoners taken by the Russian army, according to the official statement from Petrograd, number 117,000 men, 2,500 officers and officials, 9 generals and 93 officers of the gen- era] staff. The inner forts, containing large quantities of war material, are Baid to have been found intact. The fall of the Galician stronghold continues to overshadow all . other events in the war zone, and interest centers on the next move of the Rus- sians, whose objective will doubtless be w or southern Hungary. The German newspapers, however, declare that military measures have already been taken to prevent the Russians from gaining strategicil advantage by the capitulation of Przemysl, Germans Recapture Memel. The recapture of Memel, East Prus- sla, by the Germans is admitted by - the Russian war office, which says: “Our detachment which reconnoiter- ©d Memel has retired to Russian terri- tory.” Both Russians and Austrians lay <laim to the capture of several thou- ®and men in the Carpathians, and thus matters are about evenly divided. The battle in Poland continues, with no epparent progress on either side. Trench Fighting in France. In the western war zone the opera- tions consist largely of trench fight- ing. Little or no change is noted in the general situation in northern France in a communication from the headquarters of Field Marshal Sir John French regardinz recent activities. The operations of the allied fleet in the Dardanelics have been delayed by the bad wcather, and the ships which suftered damage in the last bombard- ment are hcing repaired. A Malta des- Patch savs that the operations are to be resumed at an early date and that every precaution is being taken to ®void surprises. A force of one thousand Turks who attempted an attack on the Suez canal, near the town of Suez, have been routed. The Turks were accompanied by German officers. The British colonial office reports that normal conditions now prevail in Singapore, following the recent muti- ny. Seventeen young Belglans are report- ed to have been executed at Ghent by the Germans after having been guilty of espionage. A French commission has declared valid the seizure of the former Ham- burg-American line steamer Dacla, which now flies the American flag, and the case will go before the French prize court. TELLING DEFEAT INFLICTED ON TURKISH TROOPS Which Were Operating Against the Egyptian Town of Suez, London, March 23, 850 p. m—A statement was given out by the offi- cial press bureau this evening telling of a defeat inflicted on a Turkish force operating against the Egyptian town of Suez. The statement says: “On the 22nd instant at dewn, one of our patrols discovered a party of the enemy near Elkubri post, opposite Suez. Shots were exchanged. “Aeroplanes estimated the number at ‘about one thousand, composed of infantry, artillery and a few cavalry. “The guns at Elkubri opened fire and inflicted lkasualties, whereupon the enemy retired and formed a camp eight miles east of the Suez canal. “Early this morning, the 23rd in- stant, a force under General Sir G. Younghusband, attacked and routed the enemy, who is now in full retreat. “A prisoner says this force came di- rect from Bir Elsaba, having taken twelve days en route, and that General Von Traumer and three other German officers were with it.” MUTINOUS INDIAN TROOPS HAVE BEEN' SUBDUED All but Eleven Either Killed, Captured or Imprisoned. London, March 28, 8 p. m.—The Brit- ish conolial office this evening gave out a statement dealing with th sit- uation at Singapor, where recently there was a mutiny among the Indian troops. The statement read: “All messages from Singapore since the last notification show a* restora- tion of normal conditions. Of those who took part in the recent riot all eleven have now surrendered, e heen captured, or have lost their livea, “Five rioters have been shot after trial by a2 summary general Cc\l"k mar- tial. One has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment and seven to one year's imprisonment each.” RUSSIANS REPORT CAPTURE OF 117,000 MEN AT PRZEMYSL Exclusive of Nine Generals, 93 of Gen- eral Staff and 2,500 Officers. Petrograd, March 28, via London, 7.55 p. m.—The Russian war office an- nounced today that 117,000 men were captured at Przemysl. The statement from the war office follows: “According to figures given by Gen- eral Kusmanek, late commander at Przemysl, the number of prisoners who surrendered to the Russians was nine generals and 98 officers of the gSeneral staff, 2,500 officers and offi- cials and 117,000 men. “The number of guns and other war material captureq is being calculated.” EXPORTS FOR FEBRUARY EXCEEDED IMPORTS $173,604,368. Total, For the Month Was $298,727,757, Against $173,920,145 For February, 1914, ‘Washington, March 23.—American export commerce for February exceed- ed by $100,000,000 the business recorded for that month in any previous year, according to the figures given out to- dfl.\' by the department of commerce. total for the month was $298,727,- against $173,920,145 for February, 1914 ard $198,844,326 for February, 1912, tke previous high record for February The excess over imports for the month was $173,604,366. February imports totalled $125,123,- 391 against $148,044,776¢ for the same month in 1914. OLEOMARGARINE PLANTS RAIDED IN PROVIDENCE. Company Charged With Having De- frauded Govemmlnt of $400,000 Providence, R I March 23.—The first of several cases growing out of federal raids on oleomargarine plants in this city was opened in the United States district court today. William H. Higgins and Jeremiah H. Hall of the New England Manufacturing com- pany were charged with conspiracy and with defrauding the government of $400,000 in taxes on artigcially col- ored olecmargarine. At the request of the prosecution the indictments were consolidated. A motion by the defense to quash the conspiracy indictment was denied. 77 Pasengers Off Floride Landed at Newport News. ‘Washington, March 23.—The 77 pas- sengers of the French liner Floride, taken from that vessel when she was sunk by the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eite]l Freiderich and brought to Newport News by the German raider are to be returned to France at the expense of the owners of the Floride. After being held on the Prinz Eitel at New port News two weeks while their disposition was determined, the pas- sengers will be taken to New York on Thursday to be placed on steamer La Touraine for Bordeaux. Woman Suffrage Fails In Maine. ‘Augusta, Maine, March 28.—Woman suffrage fafled to pass in the house today. Although the vote in favor of the resolve proposing to submit to the voters of the state the question of giving women the right to vote was favored, 88 to b, with one pair and two absentees, it fell short of the two- thirds vote required. The senate last week passed the resolve by a wide margin, $16,200 for Yale Medical China. New Haven, Conn., March 23—The China medical board of the Rockefeller foundation has mede a grant of $16,200 annually for flve years to the Yale medical college at Changsha, China, ac- cording to an announcement here to- night. The momey is to be used to provide for six American trained physi- cians at the institution. Child Struck by Railroad Train. New Haven, Conn., March 23—While playing on the railroad tracks near her home in Highwood today. Maria D’Agastino, aged 3, was struck by an incoming train on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad and re- ceived injuries which will probably cause death. She is in a hospital in a critical condition. College in Democratic Leador of R. I. House. Providence, R. I, March 28.—Dem- ocratic members of the Rhode Island house today elected Representative A. Hughes of Pawtucket floor Mr. Hughes defeated Repre- sentative John A. Cooney of Provi- dence by a vote of 14 to 12. At a pre- vious caucus the two assemblymen each had 13 votes and efforts to break the tie then were futile. \"\e ‘,«@‘ . aragraphs William Cancels Celebrations .don, March 23, 9.35 p. m—Em- pr.or William has decided to cancel the celebrations planned for April 1 to commemorate the centenary of Bis- marck’s birth, on the ground that pres- ent conditions make such a_condition unsuitable, says a despatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Amsterdam. Newest Zeppelin gible. Geneva, Switzerland, March 23, via Paris, 4.30 p. m—The newest Zeppelin dirigible balloon to be completed at the Zeppelin works on Lake Constance left Friedrichshafen yesterday. Another new aircraft, the Zeppelin X, will be ready in a few days. Chief Engineer Durr of the Zeppelin works, has been awarded the Iron Cross. British Women and Children to Leave Belgium. London, March 23, 845 D, m.— Through the kind offices of the Amer- ican minister at Brussels, Brand Whit. lock, the British foreign office an- nounced this evening, permission has been obtained from the German au- thorities for British women and chil- dren to leave Belgium. A special train will con them from Brussels to the Dutch frontier. NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS SHOT DEAD IN ST. LOUIS. His Wife, Who is Suing for Divorce, Arrested on Suspicion. St. Louis, Mo, March 28.—Richard Randolph, president of the Torchon Lace company and the Central Mer- chandise company, and nominated at the recent republican primaries for corgress from Kentucky, was shot and killed mysteriously in the offices of the company here today. His wife, Mrs. Della. Randolph, who recently was sued for divorce by her husband, was ar- rested tonight, but she denied any knowledge of the shooting. The police also have issued a general order for the arrest of a man named by Ran- dolph in his petition for divorce. Several persons, including the board of directors of the Torchon company, were in the store with Randolph when a shot was fired through a plate glass skylight near the rear of the building. The bullet struck Randolph in the back and he died soon after. On the second floor of the building, near the skylight, the police found a repeating rifle of a large calibre, and it is_believed that Randolph’s assassin used this weapon. Mrs. Randolph was arrested a fow hcurs after the shooting on the third floor of the building, where she and her husband lived until the filing of the divorce petition. She said she was not at home at the time of the shooting. Randolph was 52 years old. MALLORY LINER SENT WIRELESS DISTRESS CALLS. In Sinking Condition—Passengers and Grew Taken Off. New York, March 23 —Passengers and crew of the Mallory line steamer Denver were taken off by the Atlantic transport liner Manhattan late yester- day, 1,300 miles from New York, where the Denver was found by the rescuing steamer leaking badly ‘and in apparent danger of going down, according to a wireless despatch to the Times this morning from the American liner St. Louis, The Denver, which was on her way for New York from Bremen, reported herself leaking and in distress in a wireless call at 3 o'clock Monday af- ternoon, the despatch said. Several steamers, including the St. Louis, Man- hattan, Megantic, Corsican and the Vestris, picked up the call and hurried to the point indicated. Darkness and rough weather prevented the prompt finding of the imperilled steamer, but both the St. Louis and the Manhattan sighted her at noon yesterday. - FIFTY-SIX MINERS WERE KILLED BY AVALANCHE At the Britannia Mines—Many Buried They Slept, Vancouver, B. C., March 23.—Fifty- six dead and twenty-two injured as the latest official estimate made to- day of casualties in the avalanche dis- aster early Sunday at the miners’ camp at the Britannia Mines, Lim- ited, on Howe sound, 25 miles north of Vancouver. Loosened ' by melting snow, parts of the mountainside far above the mine level gave way and snow and rock crashed onto the build- ings of the camp, burying many of the victims as they slept. Among the dead are C. E. Copeland, engineer of the copper and silver mine and his wife, of Seattle. One other ‘woman, wife of a miner, and her two <hildren and three children of an- O(P;elc" family are known to have been killed. Worry Caused Suicide. New York, March 23—Henry En- demann, a local importer of china and glassware who lived at Far Rockawfay, committed suicide in one of the uptown hotels here today by shooting himself in the head with a revolver. Worry over his inability to obtain shipments from Austria and Germany with which to supply his trade is be- lieved by the police to have caused the act. Endemann was 50 years old. Seven German Prisoners Drowned. Belle-Isle-En-Mer, France, March 28, via Paris, 12.15 D. m—Seven Ger- man prisoners of war Wwere drowned here today. A severe storm was rag- ing on the coast and they went down to the beach to watch the breakers. They took up ‘a position on a large oscillating rock. The big waves start- ed the stone swaying and the men were thrown into the sea and drown- ed. - Found Dead on Floor of His Office. Boston, March 23.—Sigmond A, My- ers, local representative of H. W. Levy company of New York, leather deal- ers, was found dead on the floor of his office in Chauncey street today. He had been shot through the right temple. Business acquaintances said he had appeared depressed lately. Brockton Teachers Going to Oregon. Brockton, Mass., March 28.—Four Brockten school teachers will leave at the close of the school term this sum- mer to teach In the schools of Po: lanfl, Ore., Superintendent of Schools George L. Farley announced today. Teachers from the western city will ccme here to take their places. The exchange is for one year. Infirmary Burned at Muncie, Ind— Thirteen Persons Missing. Muncie, Ind, March 23—Three bodies had been recovered tonight from the puins of the county infirmary near here which burned today. Thir- teen are missing and are believed to have perished in the fire. Demands onChina Made b)_{ Japan DISCUSSED AT CONFERENCE HELD AT PEKING. 5 ARTICLES AGREED ON Japanese Government Has Withdrawn Demand for a Joint Police Admin- of Throughout China. istration Important Places Peking, March articles bearing mands upon Chi 24, 3.35_a. m—Five on the Japanese de- were initiated as concluded by the Chinese foreign min- ister, Lu Cheng-Hsiang, and Eki Hioki, the Japanese minister, at the conference which was held at the Jap- anese legation yesterday. The Japan- ese minister recently suffered slight injuries by a fall from a horse and his condition did not permit him to go to the Chinese foreign office and for this reason the meeting was trans- ferred to the legation, Articles Agreed Upon. All the articles concern Manchuria. China agreed to the following stipula- First—The Japanese government’s consent shall be obtained before a loan is made with a third power in- volving the pledging of local taxes in South Manchuria. Second—The Japanese government’s consent shall be obtained whenever permission is granted to a subject of 2 third power to build a railway, or wren a loan is made with a third pow- er for the building of & railway in South Manchuria. Must First Consult Japanese. Third— If the Chinese government in South Manchuria employs advisors or instructors for political, financial or military purposes, the Japanese gov- ernment shall first be consulted. Transfer of Railway. Fourth—The transfer of the Kirin- Chang Chun railway to Japanese con- trol for 99 years. The fifth article was proposed by China and provides for the continu- ance of such treaties as are not affect- ed by the present treaty. The Japanese have conceded the point of a separate discussion regard- ing East Mongolia and South Man- churia, which were combined in their list of demands. Land Ownership in Manchuria. In the Manchuria group, the immi- gration and land ownership clauses have not as yet been settled, but defi- nite progress has been made. This is the case also with respectto”the mining clause. The Japanese government has defl- nitely withdrawn what is known as “article 3 of the fifth group,” namely, the demand for a joint police admini; tration of “important place; throughout China, .and has also indi- cated its willingness, it is_announced, to withdraw one or two other articles from this so-called general group. The Chinese government has re- ceived advices confirming the report that 600 additional Japanese troops have arrived at Tsinan, making a total of about 2,000. Chinese Boycott Japanese Goods. Boycotts by the Chinese on Japanese goods are reported from several places in the south, where it is considered that the Chinese are most likely to get beyond the government’s control. A Shanghai despatch says that rioting occurred within the foreign settle- ments Monday night. Japanese thea- tres and shops were stoned. The for- eign police were called out and made some arrests. PROHIBITED READING OF BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Supreme Court of Louisiana Upholds Catholic and Jewish Protest. New Orleans, March 23.—Reading of the Bible and recitation of the Lord’s prayer ai the opening of the public schools in Caddo Parish is prohibited under a decision of the supreme court of Loulsiana, announced today. Lay- men who studied the complicated case thought the decision might be con- strued to allow the reading of the Old, but not the New Testament. The plaintiffs were of the Catholic and Jewish beliefs and arguments be- fore the court have been based al- most entirely upon religious views. ‘The court held that the plea of the Catholic plaintiff that “the reading of the Bible would be contrary to the dictates of his conscience” was “not clear.” Two Jewish complainants at- tacked the New Testament and were upheld. FLAG ADOPTED FOR CITY OF NEW YORK Nsw Emblem Will Be Raised on City Hall June 12. New York, March 23—The board of aldermen today adopted a flag for the city of New York—three perpendicu- lar bars of blue, white and orange, which were the colors of the Dutch flag used when New York was New Netherlands. The board also adopted a new city seal, which will appear in blue on the white bar of the flag. The new emblem will be raised on the city hall on June 12th, the 250th anniver- sary of the establishment of the board of aldermen. Heretofore there has been no standard city flag, the near- est to this being the mayors flag. CORRESPONDENCE COURSE IN MASSACHUSETTS Gov. Walsh Advocates Establishment of University Extension. Boston, March 23.—Governor Walsh appeared before the legislative com- mittee on education today to advocate the passage of a bill providing for the establishment of university exten- sion and correspondence courses. The governor said that 90,000 people in the state were taking correspon- dence courses of an institution in an- other state. He belleved that this con- dition warranted the establishment of a state educational institution. A Ban on Advertisements of Whiskey, Chicago, March 23.—The Poster Ad- wvertising company of the United States and Canada has placed & ban on the advertisements of whiskey and other uplflt\luus liquors, it was learnel here Beer and wines are not in- cluded. Libel Proceedings Against Odenwald | GERMAN STEAMER WHICH TRIED TO LEAVE SAN JUAN HARBOR. United States Has Ordered Three Warships Off the Coast to Prevent Violations of Neutrality—Ships Or- dered to Other Points. Washington, 22 March Attorney General Gregory late today instructed the United States district attorney of Porto Rico to institute libel proceed- ings against the German steamship Odenwald, which attempted Sunday to leave San Juan harbor without clear- ance papers. Under these proceedings the vessel may be held in the custody of a mar- shal pending settlement of the qu tion whether she shall be forfeited to the United States under the recent joint resolution of congress prescribing penalties in such cases. Two Destroyers at San Juan. While the department of justice was considering the a of the Odenwald case, tr s before them a report from San Juan that fear was felt that both the Oden- wald and another Hamburg-American liner, the Praesident, might, under cover of darkn slip past the guns | of Morro Castle and dash for the sea. Secretary 1 vas informed of the and a conference with sident, Admiral Fletcher at was instructed to dis- patch royers to San Juan and the coast d" service ordered the cutter Algonquin, now cruising in the West Indies, to steam at once for that port. Attorney General Gregory's action, indicating the purpose of the govern- ment to undertake confiscation of the Odenwald by due process of law in the district court for Porto Rico, attract- ed much attention in official and dip- lomatic It is the first definite by the administration un- ongressional _authority. It was explained tonight that the own- ers of the ship might give bond and secure her release from custody pend- ing disposition of the case in the court, der course would be followed, Odiciais are waiting for further in- formation before taking any action un- der the criminal sections of the neu- trality resolutions, for violation of which the owners or master of the Odenwald might be subjected to fine and imprisonment. Enforcement of Neutrality. The general subject of enforcing neutrality has been brought promin- ently to the front by the situation in Porto Rico. Although treasury officials are said to be satisfled there is no truth in reports of plans to slip some of fast German steamers in port in New York and Boston to sea, con- ditions in New York are such that Captain Bertholf, commandant of the coast guard service, has been over to confer with Collector of Customs Ma- lone about possible measures to be taken to keep a stricter watch on out- Zoing ships, Particular fear now is that some of the smaller ships which clear from New York will violate the ntutrality laws, by taking supplies or ammuni- tion and coal to sea to transfer to ships of belligerent nations. For the present treasury officials do not expect to send more coast guard cutters either to New York or Boston, although the work of the cutters in handiing outgoing ships has been par- ticularly pleasing to customs authori- ties. In the near future, however, many of the cutters will leave their winter stations and may be assigned to karbor work if more protection is necessary. The Semeca now on ice patrol in the North Atlantic, will be back in New York in a few weeks and prohably will be stationed in the har- bor to help Collector Malone, EMIGRANT PERSISTENT IN EFFORT TO ENTER COUNTRY Fourth Round Trip to Brazil to Prove Mental Qualifications, New York, March 23.—Back again to Brazil goes Nathan Cohen, champion sea traveler, who has lived aboard the Lamport and Holt liner Vasari, since last Mal, with admittance denied him both here and in Brazil because of his mental condition. He will sail on his fourth round trip, March 27 and, unless all_signs fail, he will be back in New York harbor again in six weeks. Then his friends ashore will make a real attempt to have him landed. Cohen’s last sea voyage seemed to benefit him greatly, and physiclans believe that when the Vasarl makes fast to her dock in Brooklyn again, he will be well. uel Lippman, the Ellis Island representative of the He- brew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Soclety of Amerlca, decided today not to risk Cohen’s chances of landing with a board of inquiry till he is further improved. He believes that the 11,000 mile trip to Brazil will make Cohen entirely well. Then the bar to his admittance to the United States will be removed. But Cohen’s travels will not end then, according to the society’s plans. ‘When he lands here—if he is permit- ted to land—the soclety expects to let him remain ashore long enough to know how it feels to stand on earth and then put him aboard another ship and send him to Russia. He has rel- atives in Russia and wants to go there, Mr. Lippman said. Cohen lived ia Russian Poland before he emigrated to Brazil, Movements of Steamships. Marseilles, March 19. —Arrived, steamer Sant’ Anna, New York. Gibraltar, March 22.—Arrived, steam- er Duca Degli Abruzzi, New York. Patras, March 16.—Sailed, steamer Thessaloniki, New York. Lisbon, March 20.—Arrived, steamer Roma, New York. New York, March 28—Sailed, steam- er Ionnia, Piraeus. New York, March 28. Arrived, steamers Wabash, Karachi; Calypso, from Rotterdam. oco, Pn.mlm Buenc Aires; Santa Rosalla, Santos. New Yx‘x’fl‘u;‘%‘ffh czs. — ‘Arrived, steamer v, Copenhagen. Rotterdam, March 23 —Arrive York s ATTORNEY GEN. ACTS| altnough it was not likely that such a| s Condensed Telegrams n inch of snow fell northern New York. in | The French moratorium to rents was extended until applying July 15. Racing at Havana, Cuba, poned until Thursday beca; clement weather. e of in- A will be established at Pacific Exposition. Ex-County Judge William B. Hurd, of Brooklyn, died in Roosevelt Hos- pital of pneumonia. the Panama- Las Gascogne sailed from New York for Havre with 1,500 horses destined for the French army. The collieries of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Coal Co., at Scranton, Pa., reopened. Between 200 and 250 of the 400 em- ployes at the Estes Waste = Mill at Fall River went on strike. An order for 478 all-steel cars was placed with the Pullman Co. by the Interborough Rapid Transit Co. The Asscociated Oil Fran declared th annual dividend of $1. An official German reprt issued at Berlin gives the number of prisoners of war held by Germany as 891,000 Co. at San regular semi- 0 a share. | Al railway traffic between Italy and | Germany by way of Switzerland was 1l stobped by the Italian Government. Two young men just escaped being mobbed when they appeared on Park Row, New York, wearing straw hats. James I. Campbell, a retired Meth- | odist minister of Hasbrouck Heights, N. J. was arrested for beating his | wife. Racked by pains in the stomach that doctors could not cure, James Smith of Greeneville, Pa., coughed up & live frog. The Crane iron furnaces at Catas- ! auqua, banked for six months, will be put into blast the first week during April. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail- road will buy about $2,000,000 worth of rolling stock within the next few months. The Du Pont Nitrate Co. purchased the nitrate stock of the South Amer- Co., of Taltal, Chile, for Five French army veterinarians ar- rived at New York on the French lin- er La Touraine to buy horses for the French army. According to advices from Rome, | tlie Italian navy was strengthened by the addition of 21 submarines during the last six months. Frank T. Bliss, a prominent member of the Chicago Board of Trade for thirty years, died at his home in Chi- cago of heart disease. After a warning from Lord Kitchen- er, Liverpool dockmen, striking for the second time within the past few weeks, returned to work. A German submarine. was.seen off Deal, eight miles from Dover, Eng- land, but dived and escaped before warships reached the scene. A contract for a large number of hells, involving at least $20,000,000 was -placed with the Canadian Car & Foundry Co. by the Russian Govern- ment. Mother of 13 children, latest having been quadruplets, Mrs. C. O. McKnight of Sacramento, Cal, Ww voted $5,000 by the California Legis- lature. the Secretary Bryan and the Russian Ambassador at Washington, George Bakhmete, exchanged ratifications of the peace treaty between Russian and the United States. Six firemen were seriously hurt, and several persons slightly injured when an auto truck of the Washington Fire Department turned over after collid- ing with a street car. Leaving a note to the coroner say- ing that her act was a sane one, Mrs. Willlam B. Dutton of Ellenville, N. Y., killed herself and her five year old daughter with poison. Legislation which would permit the consolidation of railroads operating in Vermont, popularly known as the “Boston and Maine,” bill was passed by the Vermont senate. During a_discussion in the French Chamber of Deputies,. M. Roche, a well known economist and a deputy, declared that French investments abroad total $8,000,000,000. Wireless despatches received from the Newfoundland sealing fleet indi- cated that the threatened destruction of the icegripped steamer Eagle had been averted, temporarily at least. Because of financial conditions due to the war, the Government of Jamai- ca, declared that for the present, it cannot agree with the American sug- gestion for a two-cent postal rate. Speaker Champ Clark, his wife and daughter, Genevieve had narrow es- capes when the Lynne Castle, at Pass Christian, Miss.,, where they were stopping, was burned at a loss of $50,- 000. Mrs. Wallace O. Gould and her daughter Amy each sustained frac- tures of the left leg when they jump- ed from a window of ther apart- ment in the burning Pastime Theatre block at Brunswick, Me. The aged Baroness de Maganville of Paris went to Geneva, Switzerland to ask the aid of the Swiss Govern- ment to secure the release of her hus- band, aged 80, who was taken hostage by the Germuna near Novon. Constantinople cfi-pdehn received at Berlin _reported that Lieut.-Com- ‘William F. Bricker and three sailors of the United States converted yacht Scorpion were drowned Saturday night in the Bosphorous when their rowboat capsized. Three murderers and - | escaped from the state b criminal insane at Chester, IiL, and have not been recaptured. men from a tin tobacco box I:fl.hw-ym.n made & key »with which they unlocked their cell doors. | was post- | permanent coast guard station | Elmira Police Chief Killed by Burglars ALSO A DETECTIVE SERGEANT— BOTH SHOT THROUGH HEAD. ONE BURGLAR CAUGHT Man Captured Sustained Broken Leg, and Threatens to Peach on Man Who Escaped Because Him, Latter Deserted Elmira, N, Y. March Police John'J. Finnell, and Datective Sergeant Charles Gradwell were shot and killeq late today in a local board- ing house where they had gone to question Edward Westervelt and Jack Cramer concerning a series of recent in this city. Both officers ot through the head and their were found a few minutes later when Police Captain Weaver burst through a window, having been no- tifieq that shots had been heard # the house. One Man Escaped. After the shooting both men es- caped through a window, but in doing so Westervelt sustained a broken leg and was captured a short time later in the cellar of a nearby church. Cramer made good his escape. Accord- ing to the police Westervelt admitted that he and Cramer had committed the burglaries and accused the latter of shooting the two officers. Police and Citizens in Search, Every available policeman and many citizens on foot and in_ automobiles immediately began searching the vi- cinity for a clue to Cramer's where- abouts. Elmira was in a high state of excitement tonight over the shoot- ing and fears were expressed by the authorities that if Cramer were cap- tured his life would be in danger. Justice McCann of the supreme court early tonight issued an order calling out the local militia for an emer- . gency. Series of Daring Burglaries. For several days past Elmira had been stirred by a series of daring bur- glarfes. The police suspected Cramer and Westervelt and had questioned them before today concerning their actions of recent date. Westervelt, the police say, told the following story of what happened at the boarding house today: “One of the office: over to headquartes search you.” Captured Man Denies Shooting. “‘Jack’ said. ‘You wont search me' and I made a dive for the window. One of the bulls’ caught me by the leg and twisted it. I had to lay down on the floor, it hurt so. While I was on the floor Jack opens up on 'em. Hon- est to God I didn’t do the shooting. Jack done it To Turn “Stool” on Pal, “He made for the window and left me on the floor. T'll turn stool on him for leaving me alone. 1 climbed out of the window and crawled about a block, but my leg was broken and I could not get away. “T haye served time for burglary be- fore. I got out of Rahway prison about five years ago. “Yes we have been doing these jobs here. There is no use making any ‘bones’ about it. “I don’t know where Cramer lives. T met him in Binghamton about ten days ago and we came to Elmira.” 23.—Chief of said: we ‘Come on want to 94,000 SHARES OF U. S. STEEL CHANGED HANDS On the Stock Exohange Yesterday— Rose 2 1-2 Points. New York, March 23.—Dealings in securities on the stock exchange to- day were larger and of broader scope than at any time since the resumption of business last December. Total transactions approximated 620,000 shares and the average of prices was highest for the current year, but some- what under the best quotations of the middle of last December. J. S. Steel led with an aggregate of almost 94,000 shares, many large blocks of 1,000 to 3,500 shares chang- ing hands on the rise of 2 1-2 points. Reading came next with a gain of 2 3-8 on a total output of 73,000 shares, followed by Union Pacific and Amal- gamated Copper, each of which was traded in to the extent of 41,000 shares and gained 1 3-8 and 2 3-4 points re- spectively. Dealings in these four leaders comprised about 40 per cent. of the day's operations, which em- braced 168 issues and included a num- ber of inactive specialties. Of all the prominent stocks, Bethlehem Steel alone faileq to record a net gain, al- though it touched a new high record price of 73 in the early session, but fell back and closed at 6 3-4 on in- creased profit taking. Renewal of active trading followed advices from Europe which suggested an early termination of the war. Other factors of favorable influence included further larger gold imports and signs' of greater improvement in the coun- try’s democratic and foreign commerce. A large percentage of the day’s bus- iness was traceable to speculative de- mand and short covering, the latter feature playing an important part by reason of the recent activities of the, bears. Investment Inquiry continues to show extreme caution, as_denoted by the bond market which failed to keep pace with the day’s movement in stocks. Favorable Reports on Railroad Bills In R. I. Senate. Providence, R. I, March 23.—Favor- able reports on a bill to grant to the Railroad company powers sought in New York, New Haven and Hartford connection with plans for financing the company, and on the measure to extend from July 1, 1915, to July 1, 1917, the time for the completing of the constsuction in the state of the Southern New England railway, a Grand Trunk subsidiary, were submit- ted to the senate by the legislative committee on corporations today. Both bills have passed the hous: Funml of L‘-harh. Francis Adams. died at Wuhh:gh)n 4 held today in Church of the Pres- idents, so-called because the bodies of Mr ‘Adams’ grandfather, John Quincy and his great-grandfather, are buried beneath f{t. at Mount Wallaston