Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 25, 1915, Page 1

Norwic VOL. LVIL—NO. 71 NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, MARCH 25, : 1915 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwichiié Douille That of Any bther Paper, a;Id its Totél 7Circu!ation is the TWELVE PAGES VI.'érrgesi in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population PRICE TWO CENTS RUSSIANS FORCING ENEMY TO RETREAT Both Germans and Austrians are Giving Desperate Battle to Stay Advance of Muscovites RUSSIANS INSPIRED BY VICTORY OF PRZEMYSL Are Attacking With Violence for Possession of the Heights Which Dominate Outlets From the North Into Hungary —Germans Have Brought Up Additional Forces in the North of Poland and are Pouring a Steady Fire Into Russian Ranks, and Have Repeatedly Undertaken Of- fensive Operations—British Air Raiders’ Damage Two German Submarines Under Construction—No Authen- tic Report of Operations at the Dardanelles. The Russian armies, Adoubtless in- Spired by the victory at Prysmysl, are forcing the fighting both in northern Poland and the Carpathians, where Germans and Austrians are giving des- perate battle to stay the attempted advance of the Muscovites. Probably the struggle in the Car- pathians will prove to be the one that presently will attract the more atten- tion, for even Vienna reports that strong Russian forces are now attack- ing with great violence along _the front extending for some miles from Uzsok Pass and that flerce fighting is taking place for the possession of the heights which dominate the important outlets from the north into ungary. Regarding the operations in that ter- Titory, the Russians claim to be ad- vancing and to have seized several for- tifieq heights on the front between the roads leading to Bartfeld and Uzsok. As Przemysl Is directly north of Uzsok is to be expected that rein- forcements will be sent as speedily as possible from the army which invested the fortress to aid those who have been_striving for months to capture the Carpathian passes, The Germans have brought many additional troops in the north of Po- lang where along the Narew and Orzyc Hivers they have heen pouring & stoady fire into Russian fanks and have repeatedly undertaken strong offensive operations. Notwithstanding this, however, the Russians claim to be making ‘“slow but sure progress, capturing trenches ang heights.” The Austrians are again devoting thelr_efforts to clearingg Bukowina of the Russians and the Germans have forced the Russian detachments, which recently occupied Memel, East Prussia, to_retire, British air raiders, according to an official statement from London, have Succeeded in damaging two submarines under construction by the Germans at oboken, near Antwerp end to have done damage also to the plant, which formerly was the property of a Brit- ish_company. There is some doubt as to what is going on in the Dardanelles, one re- port stating that the bombardment had been resumed, but others that the oper- ations were still being hampered by unfavorable weather. The damage done to the Dardanelles forts at the time of the bombardment when one French and two British battleships were sunk, is reported by correspond- ents who witnessed that bombardment as being of minor importance. REPORT OF COMMANDER OF GERMAN CRUISER DRESDEN Denies That White Flag Was Hoisted —Crew Cheered as Ship Was Blown Up—Crew Now at Valpar: London, March 24, 745 p. m.—An sfficial telegram from Berlin, recetved at Amsterdam today and forwarded to Reuters Telegram company _here, states that the commander of the German crulser Dresden. on arriving with the members of his crew at Val- paraiso, aboard a Chilean cruiser, after the destruction of the German warship by a British squadron, made the fol- lowing report: . “On March 14 fn the forenoon, the Dresden was anchoring in Cumberland bay, Island of Juan Fernandez. The ship was attacked by the British cruis- Kent and Glassow and the aux- Riary cruiser Orama from a direction which enabled the Dresden to use only ser aft guns. “The Dresden replied to their fire antil all her avallable guns and_three nagazines were unserviceable. In or- jer to prevent the ship's capture by the neemy, preparations were made for sinking her while at the same time + parliamentere was sent to the Glas- fow to point out that the vessel was n_neutral waters, “As the Glasgow, in spite of this, ranted to continue the attack, the Dresden was blown up at 11.15 o'clock Fith her flag flying, while her crew rave three hurrahs for the emperor. “This disproves the British state- nent that the Dresden hoisted a white lag and capitulate FrELLS OF HEROISM OF GERMAN OFFICERS. 3ritish Observer's Tale of Battle of Neuve Chapell London, March 24, 7.19 p. m—“Al- hough stress has been laid upon the Sorman loss, our own heavy death roll nust not be overlooked,” says Earl Percy. who at present is acting as the /Micial observed with the British expe- \'Honary Yorce, in a report given out teré tonight by the official informa- on bureau. Dealing with the after- nath of the Neuvo Chapelle victory, Zarl Percy writes: X “We have had to pay the price. In s connection, -however, it is well to ar in mind that the progress made us during the action at Neuve Cha- I'e was gained in the course of one ‘tack. It was, therefore, an entirely ferent kind of operation from those indertaken in other guarters, consist- nz of gradual advances lasting many voeks. «r casvalties, great though they are, appear all the more severe in that they were incurred in the course of 2 few days instead of being spread over a much longer period, although the net result would have been the same. “Our trops have shown in attack, as they already had shown in defense, that they can endure the highest test of all. The cheerfulness of the sur- vivors and their readiness for another fight are proofs that their comrades have not died in vain.” Concerning the Germans, Lord Percy writes: ; “In_their counter-attacks from Bois Du Blez, during the fight around Neuve Chapelle, the German losses were tre- mendous. Line after line went down before our rifies. Indeed, in their pic- turesque phraseology, some of our Se- poys said that shooting the enemy was like cutting grain. “The German officers displayed the most reckless courage. On more than one oceasion they invited certain death by riding forward on horseback to within a few hundred yards of our line to direct attacks. None of those wWho 50_exposed themselves escaped. “One Jaeger, in charge of a machine gun, kept his gun in action throughout our bombardment and then, when our men_charged down upon him, waited death calmly, standing on the’ parapet of the trench and emptying his revel- ver at them. “Our_guns must have caused great losses both in Bois Du Biez and in the rear,of it, for an aviator has since repofted that the Germans have been burying numbers of their dead behind the wood.” TO PROTEST ATTACK ON BELGIAN RELIEF STEAMER. U. S. to Call German Government’s At- tention to a Bomb Attack. ‘Washington, March 24.—The United States government today decided to call to the attention of the German government a bomb attack reported to have been made recently by a German aeroplane on the Belgian relief com- mission_steamship Elfland, in the vi- cinity of the Dutch coast. Early in the day American Minister Van Dyke in a message to the state department detailed the incident and said representations concerning the at- tack already had been made to the government at Berlin by The Nether- lands. Secretary Bryan looked into the matter and later announced that the American government also would com- municate with Berlin at once. Minis- ter Van Dyke's despatch, borne out by unofficial reports from Rotterdam, re- ported that the Elfland was laden with foodstuffs for the Belgian commission and that the ship flew the relief com- mission flag. It had not expected at- tack because of the circumstances, but was harassed by a German aviator who dropped five bombs, one of them falling so near the ship that frag- ments of bursting shells were strewn over the Elfiand. “BREADC OR PEACE” SIGNS POSTED IN GERMANY. Police Remove Placards, But Have Not Found Persons Responsible. London, March 24, 8 p. m.—A des- patch from Copenhagen to Reuter's Telegram company says: “Red placards inscribed Bread or peace’ are continually appearing in towns in the province of Schleswig- Holstein and in Hamburg and Pue- beck, according to a telegram from Woyens, on the German frontier, pub- lished in the newspapers of the Dan- ish capital. “The police removed the placards, but they have not succeeded in ar- resting any of the persons responsi- ble for them. Wants Views of British Colonies on Terms of Peace. London, March 25, 312 a. m—Lord Milner, former high'commissioner for South 'Africa, presiding at a war lec- ture at the Colonial Institute tonight, entered a strong plea that the govern. ment should consult with the ministers of the colonies for the purpose of se- curing their views on the subject of peace terms Wwhen peace came to be negotiated. < Indicted for hway Robbery. Providence, R. I, March 24—Frank P, Cassidy and John Hazard, accused of robberies in New York, Massachu- setts and this state, were indicted to- day for highway robbery and held for trial in bonds of $20,000 each. The police say that the prisoners were re- sponsible for a number of robberies in and near Syracuse, N. Y, and in west- ern Massachusetts. 1t is also alleged that they escaped from jails at Syra- cuse and North Providence. Bread Tickets for Vienn: London, March 25, 3.05 a. m.—The Amsterdam correspondent of Reuter's Telegram company states that a des- patch from Vienna says the use of bread tickets for Vienna ang Lower Austria will be commenced on April 1. Cabled Paragraphs Poincare Advises Greece. Athens, via London, March 25, 12.30 2. m.—The Hestia publishes a state- ment to the effect that President Poin- care has assured the Greek minister at Paris that “coming events will con- vince Greece of the necessity of abandoning her neutrality.” Amnesty in Union South Africa. Cape Town, Union of South Africa, March 24, via London, March 25, 3.10 a. m—The assembly unanimously to- day passed an amendment to the war ndemnity bill removing the death pen- alty from all participants in the recent rebellion. Mine Sweepers in Dardanelles. London, March 25, 250 a. m.—The Tenedos corresepondent of the Times, in a despatch dated Tuesday, says: “Mine sweepers are again at work in the Dardanelles, but the wind is still too high for other naval operations.” To Prevent Shanghai Riots. Peking, March 24—President Yuan Shi Kai has sent telegraphic messages to the governors of the various prov- inces, instructing them to reassure the people and to_prevent possible repe- titions of the Shanghai riots. He has informed them that the conferences between the representatives of China and Japan respecting Japan's demands are proceeding satisfactorily. BERLIN PAPER REPLIES TO SPEECH OF SIR EDWARD GREY Refutes His Statement That War Might Have Been Averted by an In- ternational Conference. Berlin, March 24—A reply to the speech of Sir Edward Grey, British foreign minister, on the causes of the war, was published today in the Nord- deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. Refer- ring to Sir Edward's assertion that the crisis which preceded the war might have been settled by an_international conference, as was the Balkan crisis, the newspaper says: “The Balkan conference decided matters ‘of interest to several of the great powers, whereas the question at issue between Austria-Hungary and Serbia related to only two countries. It was therefore incompatible with the dignity of a great power to sub- mit the question to other powers. Moreover, Russia would have availed herself of the delay for mobilization, thus making jllusory the decisions of such a conference.” The newspaper says that Great Bri- tain haq secret agreements with Rus- sia, France and Belgium, whose ex istence always was denied. “The London Times admitted that England was not in the war for Bel- gium,” it continues. “As to_the pre- tended protection by Great Britain of the independence of smaller countries, the history of the British colonial em- pire and the use made of the Briti navy is a sufficient refutation.” N. Y. COTTON EXCHANGE AMENDS ITS BY-LAWS To Conform With Recent Ruling of the Department of Agriculture. New York, March 24.—Members of the New York cotton exchange today Voted to adopt an amendment to_the by-laws incorporating into the New York contract the recent ruling of the department of acriculture that w: house receipts, accompanied by a writ- ten notice of grade, issued by the sell- er, shall be deemed a good dellvery, subject to appeal to the department of agriculture under the provisions of the Lever law. An amendment also was adopted providing that cotton rejected by the classification committee or by the ap- peal committee on rejection shall not be retendered under penalty of charges involving possible suspension from the rights of exchange membership. The proposed amendment proposing that in the event of cotton being ten- dered on sellers’ classification _the buyer should immediately pay only 80 per cent. of the invoice and deposit 20 per cent. in trust, pending the eutcome of any dispute as to the grade, re- ceived a majority of the votes cast, but was lost under the two-thirds rule, the vote standing 73 for to 45 against. BREADSTUFFS WORTH $357,091,823 SHIPPED ABROAD. During Eight Month Period February 28 Last. ‘Washington, March 24—American breadstuffs worth $357,091,823 were shipp=d abroad during the tigth month period ending February 28 last as compared with $115,215881 for _the same period of the preceding year. Figures given out today by the de- partment of commerce showed the greatest increase was in wheat ex- Ports, which rosa from $67,654,608 a year ago to $229,205,142. For the last month alone the breadstuff export to- talled $62,876,359, compared with $8,- 772,255 in February, 1914, and the wheat export increased from $3,893, 95 to $38,399,993. The departments tables do not show the destination of these shipments although it is known that the great bulk of them went ta feed the soldlers and civilian popula- tions of the belligerent countries of Europe. Ending GENERAL SCOTT LANDS INDIANS IN SALT LAKE CITY Turned Them Over to Civil Authori- es—Locked in County Jail. Salt Lake City, Utah, March 24— General Scott and the Indlans who surrendered to him near Bluff, .Utah, several days ago, arrived here this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Indians were at once turned over to the Unitel States civil authorities. Colonel R. E. L. Michie, Orderly Paul Randolph, United States Marshal Aquila Nebeker, Indian Agenut L. D. Creel, Chief A. B. Zoze, a Navajo interpreter and the Piutes composed the party. The In- dians brought here are Oid Polk, Old Posey, Tse-Ne-Gat (Everett Hatch) and a son of Old Posey. They are locked in the county jail, OBITUARY, Lady Margaret Lindsay Huggins. London, March 25, 3.20 a. m—Lady Margaret Lindsay Huggins, widow of the late Sir Willlam Huggins, the as- tronomer, and widely known for her scientific work, died at her home here today. Ohio Coal Strike Development. ‘Washington, March 24—President, Wilson will take no further steps to bring about arbitration of the East- ern Ohio coal strike pending the out- come of the effort being made to pass| a bil through the Ohio legislature per- mitting operator and miners to make! contracts on the split rate basis. Vice President at Panam@usilion SPOKE WITH SOLEMNITY AT A FORMAL ' DEDICATION. HALTED BY APPLAUSE Impressiveness of Scene Was Added to by Scores of Foreign Represen- tatives and Officers of Army and Navy in Full Dress Uniform. San Francisco, March 24—Vice him remain ashore long enough to President Marshall, representing the president of the United States, for: mally dedicated today the Panama- Paciflc international exposition, Stand- ing beneath the great arch of the Tow- er of Jewels, the vice president ad- dressed a vast concourse of people who crowded the Court of the Uni- verse, Spoke with Soleranity. Mr. Marshall spoke with solemnity and was constantly halted by applause. Especially was this the case when, re- ferring to the Panama canal, he voiced Tegret “that this altruistic work has a real or seeming defect in the charge of an injustice done a sister republic to the south.” “Let us not be too much disms this day by reason of that fac he. “The American people are wise and they know he is not wise who is not_jus Three Cheers for Vice President, Charles C. Moore, president of the exposition, introduced the first three speakers, United States Senator James D. Phelan of California, Chester H. Rowell, representing Governor John- son and Mayor James Rolph, Jr., the latter expressing the hope to the vice president that the message he would forward to the president would be “California has done well.” President Moore called for three cheers when Mr. Marshall was introduced. Impressive Scene. The impressiveness of the scene was added to by the scores of foreign rep- resentatives and officers of the army and navy in full dress uniform. Conspicuous Attendants. Conspicuous among these were the members of the Japanese commission, headed by Admiral Baron Uriu, Her- man Garde, commissioner from Nor- way, H. Van Coenen Torchina, com- missioner for The Netherlands: Alfred Deakin, commissioner for Australia; Ernesto Nathan, Italian commission. er; Martin Burrow, Canadian minis- ter of agriculture: Major General Ar- thur Murray, Admiral L. B, Howardt Rear Admiral O. E. Pond and officers of the Pacific fleet. Franklin D. Roose- velt, assistant secretary of the navy;: former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks and Albert Taiman, French commissioner, also occupied seats. COMPLICATIONS HAVE ARISEN IN WILHELMINA CASE In Regard to the Ownership of Her Cargo. Washington, March 24.—Complica- tions have arisen in regard to the ownership of the cargo of the Amer- ican steamship Wilhelmina which are believed to have influenced the British admiralty court in resisting counsel's application for prompt determination of the proceedings before the court. it was at first supposed that the cargo of provisions was owned entire- Iy by an American concern and it was upon that understanding that the state department as late as last week, made representations to the British govern- ment with the view of having the legal procedings expedited to escape a loss from deterioration, Recently, however, it has been rep- resented to the department that the ownrship of the cargo was not entirely in one concern and now it is expected the proceedings in the British court will be shaped to develop all of the facts connected with the ownership. The Wilhelmina, being an American vessel, will be released, according to the expectation of the state depart- ment, regardless of the disposition made of her cargo. CONTEST OVER WILL OF FANNY CROSBY. Sister of Blind Hymn Writer Has Re- tained Counsel. Brodgeport, Conn., March 24.—Mrs. Julia Athington, aged sister of Fannie Crosby. the blind hymn writer ,today retalned counsel to protect her inter- ests in the settlement of the Crosby estate. The death-bed will of Miss Crosby, drawn by Judge E. K. Nickol- son of Bridgeport, was signed with her mark. The will drawn in 1907 made Mrs. Athington sole residuary legatee, aft- er certain bequests had been paid, whereas the later will gives her only & half interest under the trusteeship of Mrs, H. Booth, with whom Miss Crosby lived. Judge Nicholson said today _the change had been made because Mrs. Athington is aged and it was deemed wise to place her share under a trusteeship. STORY OF SHOOTING OF SENATOR BROWN. Woman Claimed He Was the Father of Her Tweo Children. ‘Washington, March 24—The shoot- ing of former Senator Brown in 2 hotel here on Dec. 8, 1306, by Mrs. Bradley was the sensational culmina- tion of an affair which four years previously had involved a civil court proceeding in which Mrs. Bradley charged Brown with having been the father of her two children. Mrs. Brad- ley entered Brown's room in a hotel here and shot him three times, twice in the stomach and once in the hand. He dled of the wounds. Brown's prominence and the sensational dis- closures which furnished part of Mrs. Bradley’s defense attracted wide atten- tion to the shooting. Sentences in Collateral Loan Cases. Boston, March 24.—Prison sentencc were imposed today on George W. Co and his wife Loranna, who pleadc gullty of larceny of $20,788 from ti Collateral Loan company, where Mr: Cole was formerly a bookkeeper. Cole was given a term of five to six years in state prison and his wife was sen- tenced to the woman's reformatory at Sherborn for an indefinite term. Tangle in Trial of Miss Tanzer IS CHARGED WITH USING MAILS TO DEFRAUD WHO IN BREACH OF PROMISE Clerk of Hotel W. Osborne Man Who Registered as Identifies in James 0. Osborne—Proprictor Declares He Is Positive James W. Not the Man. New Yor contradictory fore United States Houghton today when Miss Rae zer, who recently brought suit : James W. Osborne, former district attorney, for alleged breach of promise, was a ned for a_hearing. The proceedings will be concluded to- morrow morning and at that time the commissioner will decide whether Miss Tanzer, who is charged with using the mails to defraud, should be held for the on of the grand jury. The charge is based upon a bundle of letters which Miss Tanzer is claimed to have mailed to Mr. Osborne, whom st knew as “Oliver Osborne.” prior to the time she filed the suit asking $50,000. Sisters of Dcfendant Testify. Slade & Slade, defendant, placed stand_her sister; March evidence w for the witness and Ruth, , clerk of the Hotel at Plainfield, N. J. Rose and Dor both identified James W. Osborne, who was sitting in court with his wife and s the man who had called upon their sister Rae and represented himself to be “Oliver Os- borne,” a ranchman of Santa Rosa, Cal, Oliver, attorneys they declared, had given their si a diamond horseshoe and two diamond rings, but, they added, he took back his jewelry. saving that he wanted to have it repaired. The sisters agreed, too, that “Oliver Osborne” had told them that he liked Rae very much and that he intended to take her back to California with him. The sisters both declared also that_they been told by Rae, after she had known “Oliver” for more than two months, that she had found out that he was really “James W. Os- borne.” Describe Oliver Osborne. In describing “Oliver Osborne” the sisters said his hands were ‘“coverel with diamond rings” and that he was exceedingly well dressed. He never re eveglasses, they declared. Rae Tanzer said she had seen Oliver at her house only once. Mr. Osborne was-asked to stand up and she eaid she was not sure whether he was the man or not. Hotel Clerk Identifies Osborne. The hotel clerk, on the witness stand, said that Oct. 18 last there had cometo the hotel in Plainfield a man and 2 woman who signed the register ‘0. Osborne and Mrs. O. Osborne, of New York.” The witness identified James W. Oshorne as the man who had signed the register He said he had talked with the man for some time about property which the latter pro- posed to purchase in Plainfield. He, too, said “O. Osborne” wore no eve- glasses and that he was well dressed. ¥or the government, James W. Os- borne and W. J. Kitchen, proprietor of the hotel in Plainfield, testified. Mr. Osborne denied emphatically that he had ever seen Miss Tanzer or any of her sisters. He denied also that he had ever been in the hotel at Plainfield. He did say that he had talked to Miss Tanzer over the telephone. After he received a package of letters signed by her name, at the New York Ath- letic club and at his office, lie tele- phoned her to “put her right” as he said. He said he told her that she must be mistaken, as he had never seen nor heard of her. In reply, Miss Tanzer told him, Mr. Osborne said, that she knew she “had the right man.” Not the Mr. Osborne. Mr. Kitchen said that he had seen the man and the woman known in his hotel as “Mr. and Mrs. O. Osborne.” Mr. Osborne stood up and the witness said: “Absolutely, that is not the man who was in my hotel. I will stake every- thing I own on that.” Mr. Kitchen said he could not iden- tify the woman who was with “O. Os- borne,” as he had not paid much atten- tion to her. He did know, however, that the woman was small of stature. A vigorous cross examination failed to shake his testimony. The witness said that the man “O. Osborne” wore con- siderable jewelry, that he was very well dressed, and that he was a young- er man than James W. Osborne, whom, he said, he had never seen until he visited the offices of the United States district attorney in answer to a sub- poena. “O. Osborne,” he declared, did not wear eveglasses, although he Tead the registry and considerable printed matter in the hotel. Osborne Questioned. Mr. Osborne, recalled to the stand, was questioned by Commissioner Houghton. -~ The commissioner exam- ined Mr. Osborne’s thick lensed eye- zlasses. The witness, in Teply to ques- tions, said that he had not been with- out his glasses during his waking hours_for many years. He then lean- ed over a book which the commissioner had before him and, at the commis- sioner’s suggestion, scanned the cap- tion at the top of the page. His nose almost touching the paper, he read: “Record of Common Cases.” The commissioner then read into the record of the proceedings a statement to the effect that the actual caption on the page was “Record of Criminal Cases.” Mr. Osborne's attempt to read other smaller type on the page was un- successful. Two Mr. Osbornes. “Oliver Osborne,” who appeared vol- untarily when he read of Miss Tan- zers allegations in her suit and an- nounced that he knew her well and that she had been writing him letters to Boston, calling him ‘“Dear Oliver,” 't the same time she was alleged to ave been writing to James W. Os- orne and addressing him in the same >rms, was not present at the pro- eedings today. As the government ested its case, it was plain that he sould not be called upon to testify. Tnited States District Attorney Mar- shall said, however, that he could pro- duce “Oliver” at any_ time he wanted him. - The arrest of Miss Tanzer was caused primarily by the statements accredited by the government-to Oliver Osborpa. Condensed Telegrams Spring cleaning has begun at the White House. Damages due to the war in Poland ana Galicia amount to $1,250,000,000. Jessop, English novelist died at Hampstead, George H. and dramatist, England. Secretary McAdoo is slowly recover- ing from his recen. operation for ap- pendicitis, The Angentine government gotiating a loan of $125,000,000, public works, is ne- Tor During the last session of the 63rd| congress, 40,714 bills were acted upon by both houses. An official decree was published in| Paris_bestowing 857 commissions on men in the army. The case of the American samer Dacia, is now before nch prize court. cotton| the Three civilians were killed when nt German aviator_dropped three bomb; on the city of Rheims. King George has withdrawn all his tered in the meetings at Liv- erpool and Lincoln this weelk. President Wilson of Ind shington for visited Senator who has been ill several weeks, The building commissioner of Louis condemned the bleachers tobinson field, the home dinals, st of the Car- It was officially announced in Berlin that all German warships lost during the war have been replaced by new | vessels, The War department declined 1§ approve a request that militia camps be established near the Panama-Paci- fic exposition. Governor Whitman signed the bill appropriating $425,000 for expenses of the Workmen's Compensation hoard until’ October 1 The peach and plum crops in north- ern Louisiana ere destroyed and those in Mississippi seriously ~ dam- aged by a cold wave, Charles S. Whitman, Jr,, infant son of Governor Whitman, of New York, received a vair of boxing gloves from the New York Athletic club. Marie D’Agastino, three years old, who was hit by a New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad train at Highwood, died yesterday. A consignment of 66 traction_auto- mobiles arrived at Tacoma, ‘Wash., st. They were tranship- ped to Russia for military use. Secretary Bryan announced that the government will transfer five million peses to Yucatan to pay for the baled crop of susal now stored at Progre- so. Judge L. S. Roan, who presided at the trial of Leo M. Frank for the mur- der of Mary Phagan in Atlanta, died in the Polyclinic hospital, New York, of cancer. A cheering crowd gathered before the Russian embassy in Rome on re- ceipt of the news of the fall of Przemysl was dispersed by the Italian police. Fire threatened the destruction of a large part of the downtown district at St. Paul, Minn. When brought under control, it was impossible to estimate the loss, Former Governor William T. Cobb, of Maine, will not be a candidate for the republican nomination for Uited Setates seator at the primaries next vear. The Matheison Alkali works, of Salt- ville, Va., closed a contract with the Gritish government to supply it with a large amount of the products of the Alkali plant. While playing war, Hubert Fleming of Harlem, aged thirteen, shot and se- riously injured his three-year-old brother, John, with a revolver belons- ing to his father. By order of the Italian government, all works of art in Venice will be re- moved to places of safety. Measures for the protection of those not re- mcvable will be taken, A new draft of a bill, which will permit the transmission of electrical power to other states, was favorably reported to the Maine Senate by the Judiciary committee. Beverly, N. J., voted “wet” by 41 majority in the first initlative "and referendum election on the excise is- sue under the commission form of government in New Jersey. Dr. Henry Vanderroest, of Nekark, N, was bitten on the hand while forcing a pill down a sick horse's throat, examination reveaied the fact that the animal had rabbles. The ltalian government asked Presi- dent Hawksley of the English society for the Protection of Animals if he BOMBS EXPLODED UNDER VILLA TRAIN On Railroad Between Monterey and Tampico---Forty Men of Advance Guard Killed OTHER MINES PLACED ALONG THE RAILROAD A Battle is Impending for Possession Matamoros, Across the Rio Grande From Brownsville, Texas—Despatches In- dicate That Skirmishes Have Already Taken Place— Villa Forces Are Said to Number 8,000, While the Car- ranza Commander’s Troops are Placed at 3,000 Men Entrenched. Los Angeles, Dynamite bombs agents were exploded 1 a trainload of Villa's advance guard near Forton, on the railroad between Monterey and Tampico and forty men were killed, ac g to o message received today from Vera Cruz by An- tonfo Villareal. a Carranza represen- tative. he injured number several hundred. The_explosion also siderable: length of {rackage, the mes- sage -said, and other mines along the raiiroad were expected to keep the ad- vance of Villa's army on Tampico in check until Generals Benjamin Hill and Pablo Gonzales were in position to attack. Another messa ay from Vera Cruz to Adolfo Carillo, Cagranza con- sular agent here, said that Carranza had sent a number of heavy guns to Tampico, MEXICAN BATTLE IMPENDING NEAR THE RIO GRANDE. Across From Brownsville, Tex—Shir- mishes Have Been Fought. March Calif. place Carrai night under wrecked a con- Washington, March 24.—Report: the state department and to the M ican agencies here late today told of an impending battle for possession of Matamoros, the port across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, which apparently is to be the scene of the first real fight of the Villa cam- paign_against the east coast of Mex- ico.” Some of the despatches indicated that skirmishes already had taken place. To Support Carranza Troops. According to a statement issued by the Carranza agency, the citizens of Matamoros at a public mass meeting today determined to organize to sup- port General Naffarate, the Carranza to commander, W a garrison of 3.0 provided with guns. General were said to be on the ment atc department nsville announced force marching sinst was 8,000 strong and had point very near the town. Conditions in Yucatan. Secretary Bryan and Secretary Dan- iels continued _today inquire into conditions in Yucatan, where thesisal crop vpon which American twin man- ufacturers depend, mperilled. Del- of independent iwine manu- sited the state department hing possibve be ty and transporta- to_have a renched and and machine nd De Lara way Wwith re- despatch that from the Villa Secretary Daniels said a warship would be assigned to convey money for the movement of the crop, if nec- essary, but that so far no action had been taken. Port of Progreso Open. Colville Barclay, counsellor of 1 embassy, colled at the state artment late in the day and was at the port at Progreso Yu- ains open and that quiet the sisal district. Belated received at the embassy, Mr. Barclay said, related to the burning of some sisal owned by Bri interests. the Southern Pacific Eridge Burned. Naco, riz., March 24.—The South- ern Pacific is attempting to resume regular scrvice between here and No= A train leaving y and Cananea this stopped by a burned Dbridge twenty miles south ‘und backed to Canun€a. According to Mexican of- ficials here, the bridge was burned by two Americans employed by General Elias Calles. Nog vesterd: morning wa: MENACING FACTORS IN THE CATTLE BUSINESS Unremunerative Prices, Market Fluc- tuation and Fear of Effects of Re- moval of Duty. San Francisco, March 24—Alarm- ing conditions in the cattle industry were described by H. A_Jastro, pres- ident of the American National Live- stock association in his annual ad- dress at the opening of the convention today. Unremunerative prices, market fluc- tuations, fears of the effect of the removal of duties on cattle and meat and unsatisfactory ranging conditions were given as the menacing factors in the cattle business. A shortage of cattle, however, he sald, did not exist. The calamitous condition, zenerally pictured by the Ppublic, is not true. “We still export more meat products than we import and we will continu to do so probably for many years, Mr, Jastro sald. He also denied that the meat prices were raised by the war in_Europe. The foot and mouth disease, he said, if it gets beyond control will mean abandonment of all large stockyards and slaughtering establishments. NEW YORK CONFERENCE METHODIST CHURCH. Committee Appointed to Consider Po- sition on Shipment of Munitions. New York, March 24—At today's session of the New York conference of the Methodist Episcopal church a committee was organized to report on Friday and Saturday as to whether the conference shall go on record as favoring an embargo by this country on munitions of war to European bel- ligerents as a means to help end the war. The conference includes past of New York city, districts upstate and in Southern New England. The committee wa sappointed aft- er Bishop Luther had expressed the opinion that the conference should urge the government to take steps to stop the shipments of munitions of war as a means of bringing the War to a speedy termination. would be wiling to organize a Blue Cross society in Italy in case of war. The patent leather factory of the John J. Riley company, at Woburn, Mass., was burned. The 1085 Was es- timated at $50,000, of which $40.000 was on stock. The body of Lieut.-Commander, Willam F. Bricker of the gunboat Scorpion, drowned Saturday ' in . the, Bosphorus oft Constantinople will be brought to Chambersburg, Pa., his former home, for burial The New Hampshire house Lilled a bill providing for a G4-hour work week for women and children, thus reversing its action of a week ago ‘when it refused to indefinitely post- pone the measure. Waolystaew Adamerzk, also known as Walter Adamcryk, who was ar- rested at Warren on Sunday charged ‘with the murder of James McMahon in Blackstone, Mass, on Saturday night, was held for the grand jury after a district court hearing. Telephone Rate Regulation in Ver~ n mont. N. H, March 24—The Eave final passac. o a ding for the placing vl iele- phone rate regulation in the hands of the public service commission. The -bad-already passed the house. TWO SISTERS DROWNED AT STAFFORD SPRINGS Aged 6 and 5 Years—Broke Through Thin Ice on Pond. Staiford Springs, Conn., March 24. Dorothy Wood and her sister, Alice, aged 6 and 5 years, respectively, were, drowned in a pond here today. ~They broke tbrough thin ice. 1he bodies have been recov: d. Movements of Steamships. Genoa, March 16.—Arrived, steam- ers Italia, New York:; 22d. Caserta, from New York; Dante Algehirie, New York; Finland, New York. Kirkwall, March 31—Arrived, steam- er United States, New York. 3 - Liverpool, March 23, — Arrived, steamer Northland, Portiand, Me. Rotterdam, March 23. — Arrived, steamer Ryndam, New York. New York, March 24. steamer America, Naples. steamer Lapland, Liverpool. —Arrived, Sailed, Seamen Landed at Boston. Boston, March 24—The British steamer St. Ronald arrived here today from Buenos Aires with Captain Cyrus ‘W. Parks and three - the British schooner Wilfred was sunk on Jan, 16 by Li. .crman auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm while bound from St. Johns, N. F., to Bahia, Brazil, with fish, ANOTHER EFFORT TO SAVE LIFE OF POLICE LIEUT. BECKER, Attorney Asks Court to Reverse Judg- ment of Conviction. Albany, N. Y., March 24.—Another effort to save the life of Former Po- lice Lieutenant Charles Becker, who is under sentence of death for instigat- ing the murder of Herman Rosenthal, was made before the court of appeals today. Martin T. Manton, Becker's at- torney, asked the court to reverse the judgment of conviction resulting from the second trial and to give Becker one more chance to defend himself be- fore a jury. The case will be con- tinued tomorrow. During the three hour argument the wife of the condemned man sat in the courtroom and took frequent notes of the proceedings. Manton attacked the testimony of James Marshall, a negro witness at the second trial came into prominence recently by reason of conflicting gf- fidavits which he made concerning what he knew of the homicide. “*Marshall lied at the second trial” Manton said. “He testified then that he saw Becker conferring with Rose, Schepps and Webber, accomplices, be- fore the murder, but he was not pro- duced at the first trial. A short time ago he gave an affidavit in Philadel- phia that hi stestimony was false. He virtually substantiated that amdavit! before me. But still later he repudi- ated both of these affidavits.” The refusal of the trial court to ad- mit the alleged confession of “Da. go Frank” Cirofici, made in_his cell in| Sing Sing prison, a few hours before| he and the three other gunmen were! electrocuted, was held to be a rever- sible error by Manton. He also cen- tended that the second trial “was staged in an atmosphere hostile tol Bedker.” FATALLY STABBED BY 15 YEAR OLD STEPBROTHER.' Victim Was Matthew Bradley, Son of the Woman Who ed Senator Brown of Utah in 1906. Price, Utah, arch. Bradley, 20 year old son of Mrs. Bradley, who shot and killed former United States Senator Arthur Brown of Utah at Washington, D. C., in 1906, died here today of knife wounds in- flicted In a quarrel last night by thur Brown Bradley, his half brother, 15 years old, who is a son of the fo) mer senator. In the temporary ab- sence of their mother, Matthew Brad- ley and his two half brothers were keeping house, and the quarrel is said to have arisen over the manner in which the dinner was prepared last night. Arthur seized a butcher knife from the table and attacked the older boy, slashing him several times in_the abdomen and about the limbs. Dac- tors attended the wounded boy, but were unable to save his life. GOVERNMENT MARINE INSURANCE SHOWS PROFIT, Premiums Paid Amount to $1,750,000— Losses Total Only $670,663. ‘Washington, March 24.—Pren ms have been paid to the government was risk insurance bureau to date amount- ing to $1,750,000 and losses have ag- gregated ondly $670,663, according to an announcement tonight. & The loss may be considerably redue- ed through vage of cotton in the cargoes of some of the steamers lost. The bureau had outstanding tonight policies aggrezating $18.000,000, out of a total of $66,000,000 written since the war began. Its earned premiums date amount to about $1,250,000,