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VOL. LVIL.—NO. 79 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1915 " SIXTEEN PAGES. The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any (jio"*r Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the L;rgest in Connecticut irhi'l’rt;portion to the City’s Population PRICE TWO CENTS A BATTLES IN POLAND AND CARPATHIANS fStrong Russian Forces are Attacking the Austrians! in the Carpathian Mountains 3 _GERMANS DRIVEN BACK According t'o Petrograd Reports the Teutons Have Suffered Heavy Losses—Nothing of Importance is Reported From Belgium and France—French Airmen Have Dropped . Thirty Bombs on German Barracks and Aeroplane Hangars at Vigneulles—The Dutch Steamer Schieland Has Been Blown Up in the North Sea, Supposedly by a Mine. Battles of considerable _proportions {Bre proceeding in Northern Poland "and in th, Carpathians, but on the western front little is going on except Martillery duels and infantry attacks imilar to those which have been pro- here and there for some time, past. Strong Russian forces are attacking Austrians in the Carpathians, and, g to Petrograd, the Musco- wvites, despite almost urmountable barriers, continue their progress, tak- ing enemy positions and _capturing loonsiderable numbers of officers and men. Vienna in turn reports repulses ©of the Russians at various places, In the north Petrograd asserts that along the baitle front on the Niemen the Germans have been driven back toward the Bast Prussien frontier with heavy losses. i Franch airmen have dropped thirty- bombs on German barracks and ° s and the railway tation at Vigneulles, in the depart- Ument of the Woevre, doing consider- i@ow deisese, according to Paris. The {avintors returned safely despite a vig- fprous cannonade by the Germans, {Semo of whose shells struck the air- { craft. i The Dutch steamer Schieland has #been blown up in the North sea, sup- Dosedly by a mine. One man %of the crow of sixteen is said -to have been iled. i It the officers and crews of German ubmarines held prisoners in Great wre accorded treatment in any 'gespect worse than that of other pris- Zaners of war, for each prisoner so ‘Breated a British army officers sld prisoner in Germany ‘will receive earresponding harsher treatment.” This is Germany's threat of reprisal mxminst Great Britain’s reported in- ;tention to hold until after the war, or possible trial for murder, the ipaptured officers and crews of Ger- n submarines caught sinking British or neutral vessels of commerce. The German threat, conveved to the ABritish foreign office by the Ameri- > ambassador, brought the reply B the British foreign secretary that the prisoners of two German subma- rines are being held in camps sep- Brate from other war prisoners, as they had been “engaged in sinking ritish and neutral merchant ships wantonly killing non-combatants.” e secretary added that these men ‘could not be regarded as honorable op- ponents, $,at as persons who “have gommitted acts which are offiences Beainst the law of nations and con- trary to common humanity. “Fhe case of Raymond Swoboda, un- der arrest in Faris charged with at- gempting to burn ithe steamer La Tou- Taine, continties to mttract great at- tention in France. A rumor is cur- t that the charges against Swo- da antedated the La Touraine in- ‘ident and that Great Britain, prior to the arrival of La Touraine, had asked French government to apprehend GERMANS DRIVEN BACK £ WITH HEAVY LOSSES. Potrograd Reports Advance on the Niemen Front. TOWARD EAST PRUSSIA up yesterday mor in_the North sea at a point 24 miles from Spurn, on the east coast of England at tht en- trance to_the Humber. One man of the vessel’s crew was killed. The captai nand seven other members of the crew were brought to Hull while another boat with seven sailors is issing. The Schieland was a vessel of 653 net tonnage and was built in 1909. She was 331 feet long, 38 feet beam and 12 feet deep. Her home port was Rot- terdam. DETAILS OF THE ATTACK ON GERMAN CRUISER DRESDEN Was About to Be Interned’ by the! Chilian Gevernment. Washington, April 2—Details of the attack on the German cruiser Dresden in Chilean waters by a British squadron were officially re- ceived by the United States govern- ment today with- information of the, character’ of the representations re- cently made by Chile to the British government over the incident. It was revealed for the first time here that the Dresden was about to be interned by the Chilean government for over-staying the - Hmit of 24 hours granted t her when the British cruisers Glasgow and Kent and the auxillary cruiser Orama open- ed fife. "ACeording. to the official report of the Chilean govermment, when the dresden put into - Cumberland: ‘bay within 500 yards. from -shore and ask- ed for eight days in which to repair her engines, the maritime governor of Juan Fernandez Island did not agree, but gave the vessel a certain time ‘limit within which to depart. After the expiration df that time, he communicated to the Chilean govern- ment that with approval, he would immediately intern the vessel, In the meantime the British- cruisers arriv- ed and the maritime governor was about to gd aboard the British cruiser Glasgow when he was obliged to turn back, he reported, on account of the broadside she sent toward the shore. The reports adds that the white flag Was run up on the Dresden and word was sent to the British commander that the attack wag being made in territorial waters. As that failed to stop the attack, the German captain blew up his own ship. When the Ber- man captain @nd crew reached Valpa- raiso they were interned. The Ger- man government protested that they should be given their liberty since they were to be held in the same category as shipwrecked seilers, but the <Chil- ean foreign office repiied that the Germans were beiry interned for vi- olation of neutrality in overstaying the time limic given them for repairs, It is understood that the British government aiready ‘has shown @ dis- position to make reparation to Chile for . the incident, although what form the reparation will take is not known Cabled Paragraphs Car’t Hire Boats in Rome, April 2, 9: 20 p. n. —aris, April 3 E:00 a. m.—A royal _ccree is- sued today prohibits the sale or even hire of any kind of boat to foreigners. Austrian Deserter to be Shot. Venice, April 2, 7: 45 p. m., via Paris April 3 1:00 a. m.—Adives received here from Austria says the military tribunal at Laibach has condemned the aviator Johann Widmer of Trieste tn be shot in the back because he de- serted from the’ Austrian army, came 1 staly and endeavored to enlist &s an Italian military aviator. Widmer, however, is safe in Italy, PLANNING A NATIONAL AEROPLANE COMPETITION. One Object is to Assist Army Navy Corps. and in Development of Aviation New York, April 2.—A national aero- plane competition, to begin on July 4 and end on Oct. 4, is planned by the Aero club of America with the co- operation of 25 affiliated aero clubs, it was announced here tonight. Besides demonstrating the practicability of using aeroplanes for general purposes, it was asserted the aim is to assist the army and navy in developing aviation corps for the national guard and the naval militia, and to demonstrate for the postoffice department the feasibili- tv of using the aeroplane to carry mail to isolated places in quicker time than is_now done. More than $50,000 may be offered as prizes, the announeement says. The competition is to be for the greatest distance covered in 10 hours during the 90 days. PRINZ EITEL WELL PREPARED TO SAIL. Coal Enough, Stores Replenished and Machinery Repaired. Newport News, Va., April 2—Wheth- er the German raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich would steam to sea and at- tempt tc slip past the cordon of allied warships off the Virginia capes, or would submit to internment, remained a mystery tonight. If her orders are to sail, the Eitel appears well prepared. Her bunk- ers ale filled with coal enough to take her to the nearest German port; her stores have been replenished; her ma- chinery has been repaired and her of- ficers and crew are waiting for the wrod. When the Fitel had finished taking on supplies, which originaily nvere not to have been delivered until Sunday, two United States tugs stood guard : her stern. Coast artillerymen pa- trolled her pier and rain and dark- ness were propitious for a dash to sea. Eitel was fense. Every officer and sailor was on board, although at times some were permitted. to receiv visitors on the steamer. i CANADIAN SOLDIERS ; ARE. MUTIN US. Firty Break Bounds at Selleville, Ont. —Sickness in €amp. Belleville, Ont, April 3—Mutiny broke out at 11.30 o'clock tonight in the camp of the Third contingent-here where fifty soldiers of the.contingent Eroke bounds and declared they: were soing home. The claimed the, camp is inefflciently managed, that the sleeping accommodations are bad, beds poorer and food, unsatisfactory, ~There is sickness in the camp and one man has cied An outbreak os spinal men- ingitis is feared. No violence has occurred so far, al- though the men are in an angry mood. Some Eave their rifies and others side arms, with othér parts of equipment. There are 1200 men in the camp. DESECAATION OF FLAG WAS BY AN IRRESPONSIBLE PERSON When McManus Was Killed in Mexi co City—Brazilian Minister Reports. ‘Washington, April 2.—There was no attempt at desecration of the Ameri- car flag by an authorized person when John J. McManus was Jilled in Mexico City by Zapata troopers, mccording to reports fo the state department to- day by the Brazilla nminister in Mex- ico. He says that after careful in- quiry he finds noofficial aunthorized tearing down of the flag. Upon his recommendation Secretary Bryan an- here. BERLIN DEFENDS ACTIONS OF GERMAN SUBMARINES. Petrograd, ‘April 2, via London, 9.35 P. m—The following Russian official statement regarding the fighting in the eastern theatre of war was given out here tonight: “On_the Niemen front our troops; hfter stubborn night fighting, yester- day continued their offensive. We drove back ~the Germans, inflicting heavy losses, and approached the Ger- man pesitions to the east of the line Pilwiszki - Mariampol - Kalwarya-Sua- walki-Augustowo. “In the Carpathians on March 31 and during the night of April 1 our of- fensive was pursued with success. It ‘was concentrated chiefly on the Volia- Michoai front, in the direction of Uzsok Bscalding under a violent Aus- jan fire escapements covered with| ice, our troops, after a long_ strugele, carried with the bayonet an important range of heights and almost all the summits of the Polonia range, north of the villages of Vestlina, Beregehi and Gornyja. Here our regiments took by @esault an enemy front well organized and surrounded by two hedges of ‘barbed wire and timber obstacles. “A number of Austrian counter-at- in the region west of the railway to laborcs, with forces recently concentrated here, have been repulsed, the enemy suffering heavily. In the region: of Koziouwka we blew up an enemy sap below ome of his own trenches. After driving out the enemy, we occupied the trench. “The total number of prisoners tak- en in_the Carpathians yesterday were 32 officers and about 2,300 men.. We aleo captured five machine guzs. “On the other sections of the front ere s no change. “From the latest information it ‘would appear that we were opposed near Chotin on March 30 by_units of tre 42d Honved diviston. We cap- tured over 30 officers and 2,000 men.” DUTCH STEAMER BLOWN UP IN THE NORTH SEA, _Off the East Coast of England—One Man of Crew Killed. Eng d, April 2, 903 p. m— i e Hull, Yutel stzamer Schieland >-< Asks if English Ships Would Warn Crews Before They Rammed Them. Berlin, April 2, by Wireless to Say- ville, L. L—The Overseas News agency tonight gave out this item: “Answering the English criticlsm against the conduet of German eub- marines, the Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung states that the behavior of the submarines is caused by the attempts of English merchant ships to ram and destroy them. The paper asks whether English merchant ships that boast of having destroyed German submarines invited the crews to leave the under- water boats and save their lives.” WRIT OF HABAES CORPUS IN BEHALF OF HORN Filed in Federal Dist: Court in Bos- ton—Hearing Monday. Boston, April 2—A petition for writ of habaes corpus. was flled in the federal district court today in be- half of Werner Horn, who is under indictment for allegel illegal inter- state transportation of explosives, pri- or to the attempt to wreck the inter- national railroad bridge at Vanceboro, Maine, on February second. By order of Judge Morton, the United States marshal will produce Horn in court for a hearing on the petition next Monday. The petition re-states the claim of the defense that Horn as an officer of the German army and a beliigerent, is not answerable to the courts but' to the department of -state for any acts performed in a mneutral country, against a nation with which his own is at war. Regina Adopte “Fast” Time./ Regina, Sask., April 2—Tonight at midnight Regima adopted “fast” time, following the experimn loetstafConn. following the experiment of last year. Clocks were pushed ahead one hour, including those of the postoffice de- partment,’ which received orders to this effect from ottawa. Theé rail- ways. however. retain the old time. nounced that no apology would be asked. SECY. GARRISON’S VIEWS ON PROMIBITION IN ARMY. Asserts 1t “Would Be Like Taking a Bottle From a Baby.” ‘Washington, April 2.—When Secre- tary Garrison’s views were sought to- day on the subject of prohibition in the army, he sald he was 80. busy. planning a reorganization of the coun- try’s military defenders thas-he had not éven considered what he would “prohibit” when he frad brought the army up to what he thought its proper size, To introduce a “dry” order into the army regulations at present, ‘Mr. Garrison said, “would be like taking a bottle from a baby.” GERMAN EMBARGO ON EXPORT OF POTASH, To Be Enforced, Notwithstanding Re- quest of the United States. ‘Washington, April 2—Efforts of the United States government to obtain concessions frem Germany which would permit the importation of Ger- man potash fertilizer failed today, it became known here, when American officials were advisell that Germany would make no alteration of her em- bargo. Negotiations had'been ih prog- ress since the outbreak of the Huro- Dpean war. The German refusal came at a time when American officialk believed thi way had been cleared for a restora- tion of at least part of the potash traffic between Germany and the Unit. ed States. The reason for the Ger- man refusal has not been disclosed. et s i Movements 6f Steamships, Liverpool, April 2, — Signalled: Steamer Lapland, New York £ Liverpool. Due 1 p. m. Sailed, 1st, steamer Argbic, New York. Havre, April _1.--Safled. Niagara, New York. Naples, April 2 —Arrived, steamer Europa, New York. o . Two Negroes Electroouted. Little Rock, Ayk, April 2—John | Hall and Walter @wens, negroes con- victed of murder, were _electrocuted here today in the ‘state penitentiary. Steamer i \ .f"&& possible | Tate today the situation aboard the| i) s <umen “Packed” Political Meeting ol IN MAYORALTY CAMPAIGN AT CHICAGO POLICE WERE CALLED To Eject Disorderly Men—Women Made Such a Noisy Demonstration ‘That Speakers Could Not Be Heard —Stood on Seats and Hooted. 2.—Scenes of dis- meeting of the Thompson _Club” ‘Women active in Chicago, April order marked the “Can’t Stand for here this afternoon. the mayoralty campaign led the demonstrations. The police were call- ed and several men who seemed on the verge of personal encounters were ejected. Not one of the speakers was able to speak more than a few words because of the disorder. Prohibition- Field Guns for UseatMatamoros VILLA HAS THREE BATTERIES COMING UP. SITUATION UNCHANGED General Funston May Return to San Antonia, But Will Leave Three Bat- teries of Heavy Artillery at Browns- ville. Brownsville, Tex., April 2.—General Jose Rodriguez, commanding the Villa roops investing Matamoros, said at ffis headquarters today that he. has three batteries of 75 to 80 milimetre field guns en route for use against the Mutamoros_trenches. At Rodriguez's camp it was reported that one battery of Villa's artillery was within a few miles of Matamoros, coming overland because ©f torn-up EASTER [From the Living Church] O white-robed angel, speak to me, Ere dawns the morning fair; Roll now away the stone of grief, Of gloom, of dread despair! O white-robed angel, bending low, I hearken to thy word— This Resurreetion morn, with hope, Hath all my pulses stirred! O white-robed guardian of a Grave Where once the Master lay, “The Resurrection and the Life” Shall be my joy today! O white-robed a-gel, point the way, Till I my Saviour see; *Fill willing feet shall follow Him To His loved Galilee! HELEN ELIZABETH COOLIDGE. ists, socialists, republicans and dem- ocrats alfke were hooted. Well-known women stood onthe seats and urged their partisans to further demonstra- tions. Political Event of the Campaign. ‘The meeting was the political event of the day and thousands were turned from the downtown theatre where the attempt to hold it was made. The scene was viewed from the stage by Robert Sweitzer, democratic candidate for mayor; John H. Hill, the prohibi- tion candidate and Seymour Stedman, socialist candidate, and their wives. Willlam Hale Thompson, yachtsman and former cowboy, was addressing a meeting at the stock yards from horse- back in behalf of himself as the re- publican candidate. Speaker Could Not Be Heard. ‘Women partisans led the Thompson contingent. Among, them were Mrs. Dora Earle, Mrs. J. F. Presnell, Mrs. Richard T. Folsom, Margaret Dobyne and many others. They are alleged to have ‘“packed” the meeting. Word came that such an attempt would be made and the Sweitzer forces respond- ed, men and women alike. Stedman could not make himself heard. Hill uttered only & few words and was cried down. ' Sweltzer's voice was overstained but it is said that he could not have made’ himself heard anyway. Marian Drake, who, two years ago was Chicago's first woman alder- manic candidate, was howled down when she tried to speak against Thompson. Mrs. HBarle occupied a box from wiich she frequently oried out to her followers, leading them in each fresh demonstration. CHARGED WITH FALSIFYING BOOKS OF NATIONAL BANK. Coney C. Slaughter, Until Recently Cashier of Bank at Pueblo, Cal. Denver, Colo, April 2—Coney C. Slaughter, until recently cashier of the Mercantile National bank of Pueblo, Colo,, now in the hands of receivers, was indicted today by the federal grand jury on a charge of falsifying the of the bank. W. B. Skaught- er, president of the bank and father of the cashler. wes arrested at Pue- blo Wednesday night, charged with embezziement of $20,000 of county funds, The younger Slaughter has not been arrested. According to a statement made by tho elder Slaughter, the cashier was semt east last week to raise money on_$20,000 of the stook of the bank. The Mercantile National bank closed its doors March 29. W. B. Slaughter, Wwhose homie is at Dallas, Texas, went to Pueblo with the avowed intention ©of adjusting ‘the affairs of the inetitu- tion. His arrest was on-a com- plaint sworn to by A. H, Standard, county treasurer, Indicted For Robiing Ma Denver, sora, of 3 Mc:«, T Atchison, traln Junta, Zh eharged | whi rails. A biplane lay idle at the camp all day. The repaired parts of this machine, held up on the American side of the river last night, finally were allowed to cross jnto Mexico. Rodriguez said he did not expect Villa to join him in the attack on Matamoros. Major General Frederick Funston, U. S. A, who has been watching the sit- uation here, said tonight that he might return to San Antonio tomorrow af- ternoon. The situation across the river re- mained unchanged. He said he would leave three batteries of the Third fleld artillery here, and be ready to return himself on short notice. TWO AMERICANS AND TWO GERMANS KILLED. By Carranza Troops on a Ranoh 20 Miles Southwest of Mexico City. E1 Paso, Texas, April 2—Two Amer- icans and two Germans were killed in early February by Carranza troops on a ranch twenty miles suuthwest of Mexico City, according to details sent in a letter today to President Wilson by R. H. Aitkin, who said he was at the ranch at the time of the alleged killing. Aitken_ said that the Carranza troops while attempting to make away with a_large herd of cattle kdlled his uccle, V. M. Smith, formerly a farm- er near Houston, Texas, who owned the ranch; Roscoe Billings, an Amer- ican cowboy; Hane Heinrich, a Ger- man citizen; another German whose name he did not'know and two Mexi- can cowboys. The refugees said that he was asleep with the other ranch hands in the ranch house. They were . awakened by the soldiers, who said that Smith and his employes had been killed. The ranch house was burned after all val- uables had been removed, ‘Aitkin said. He escaped north, arriving yesterday at Juarez. WASHINGTON NEWS OF MEXICAN AFFAIRS. Villla Announces Surrender of Gen. Jose Isabel Robles. ‘Washington, April 2—Despatches ‘to the Carrtnza agency here stateing. that General Obregon was threatening the line of communicatfon of the Vil- la-Zapata. forces by occupying Quere- taro, and @ message from General Vil- la to his representative announcing the surrender of General Jose Isabel Robles, gecratary of war to General Eulalio Gutierres, were the chief de- Velopments tonight in the military. situation in Mexico. The defection of Robles, Who was said to have turned over his command| on promise of annesty, Which was granted, -was_accompanied by _the flight to Davls, Texas, it was reported, of General Eugenio Aguirre Benavides, another Gutierrez cabinet officer. Secrataly. Bryan ce8 formal-. [ the plans for the declaration- £ ‘operations wae “urder. sideration, but saidthe had no state- the megotiations, S Condensed Telegrams Lord Kitchener also renounced alco- hol. The Florence Iron Mines, near Flor- ence, Wis., will resume operations in a shot til Walter Schultz, a 14-vear-old hoy of Sea Breeze, suicide by shooting. The New York Senate pas the bill intended to reorganize the Con- servation Commis Stockholders of the Detroit United Street Railway lines voted to sell to the city for $24,900,000. Whitman appropriating h signed $50,000 disease. Governor Walter bill, fight the foot-and-mo the to Operation of the mines of the Read- ing Co., Reading, Pa. will be started next Tuesday fo rthe month of April. Treasury returns of Great Britain show that the revenue for the fiscal vear ended March 31 was 226,694,030 pounds. Standard Oil Co. of New York an- nounced a further reduction, one ten points in all grades of refined oil for exports. Two more oil gushers started on the property of the Taylor Thrall Co., Taylor, Tex., making six new wells in a month. Deputy sheriffs near Marion, | dispersed bands of armed miners who threatened to come together to fight out a feud. The New York Assembly passed a bill abolishing the New York Board of Coroners and substituted a medical examiner and staft. The Tennessee house of representa- tives rejected a bill to legalize the manufacture and sale of beer in Ten- nessee. The cruiser Olympia at Key West was ordered to Vera Cruz to join the squadron under command of Rear Admiral Caperto An order totalling $1,250,000 for forging and packing boxes was re- ceived_ by the Barney & Smith Car Co., of Dayton, Ohio. Tse-Ne-Gat, whose attempted ar- rest on a charge of murder caused the recent Piute Indian uprising at Bluff, Utah, was brought to Denver. The London Allied Engineering Trade Union decided to demand in- creases of six shilling per week, or 15 per cent on plece work. Chili and Urugauy signed a peace treaty identical with Secretary Bry- an’s peace commission convention be- tween the United States and Chili. William - Stritt, . general _passenger dgent of the Canadl Pacific Railway dropped dead from heart faflure at the offices of the company in Montreal. Five men were killed and a sixth missing as a result of an explosion of dynamite in the wheel house of the IEQunable Powder Co., near Alton, 1. Secretary Bryan and other cabinet officers were the guests of Ambassa- dor Naon at Annapolis, Md, at lun- cheon aboard the Argentine battleship Moreno. A special meeting of stockholders of the Du Pont International Powder Co. was called for April 23 at Wil- mington, Del., to vote on the dissolu- tion*of the company. Make Him Confess, That mantic. New York, April 2.—Cross examina- tion of Carmine Carbone at his trial with Frank Abarno on the charge of attempting_to explode bombs in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, failed today to shake the story that his participation in the alleged plot had been instigated by Police Detective Amedio Poligrani for the purpose of “framing him up.” Says Detective Made Bombs. Carbone denied stoutly that he had anything to do with mixing the in- gredients of the bombs, accused the detective of having manufactured them and swore thathe was induced by him to go to the cathedral. Accused Police of Beating < The witness accused the police of |beating him in order to make him confess. He denied knowing anything about the anarchistic literature said to have been found in his possession. | He said Polignani had purchased such literature for him, but he had not read it. Some of it was in English, which he could not read he said. Asserts Detective Urged Violence. Abarno also took the stand in his own defense and told a similar story. Polignani had taken him along Fifth avenue, he said, pointed out the homes of John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Car- negie and other wealthy men and urged violence against them as well as a raid on jewelry stores and banks. Mother Had Warned Son. The mother and sister of _Abarno testified that Polignani was a frequent visitor at their home and exerted an evil influence upon him. The mother said that for this reason she had warned Polignani to cease his visits._ “My_brother was a 'good boy until e ‘mét Polignani” testified the sister. Abarno described the making of the bombs and the trip to the cathedral. He said that at Polignani’s bidding he helped the detective mix the ingred- ients of the bombs and wind the cop- per wires around them. Abarno said he and Polignani each took a-bomb which they placed under their coats and started for the church. Near the cathedral, Abarno said, they stopped 'BOMB PLACERS AGCUSE DETECTIVE Abarno Testified That Detective Polignani Pushed Him Up the Aisle of St. Patrick’s Cathedral ASSERTED THAT A DETECTIVE LIT THE FUSE Carbonne Accused the Police of Beating Him in Order to Detective Polignani Manufac- tured the Bombs, and Induced Him to Go to the Ca- thedral—Claimed the Anarchistic Literature Found on Him Was Purchased by Polignani—Testimony Unshak- en on Cross-Examination—Of Two Detectives Who Mysteriously Disappeared, One is Said to be in Willi- at a cigar store at suggestion of Polignani, who bought two cigars and to him. Abarno said he lit s cigar from the one already lighted by the detective. Was Pushed Up Aisle. Reaching the cathedral, Abarno said he rebelled against going in, but Polignani threatened him_and then they walked in. “Inside I saw hun- s of men and women kneeling in Abarno continued. “I sick- thought of sacrificing 1 tried to turn and leave the church, but_Polignani pushed me up the aisle. With the bomb _still tightly clutched in my coat pocket I turned and began to walk out. Just then a detective grabbed me and tore the bomb from me, and then two others grabbed me and 1 was chained to Polignani.” Says Detective Set Fuse. In answer to a question, Abarno said he did not light the bomb with his cigar. The cigar was out when he entered the church, he insisted. Abarno asserted_that one of the de- tectives lit the fuse with a match after he had taken the bomb from him. Adjournment was taken until Mon- day. The court notified counsel for both sides that the case must close on that day. Mysterious Disappearance of Detectives Carlo Tresca, Industrial Workers of the World organizer and orator, who was present at the trial, made a state- ment today In which he commented on a remark made yesterday by Police Captain Tunney to the effect that two detectives—Elrich and - Spivak—who Dbad been working as spies among an- archists, had mysteriously disappeared. Captain Tunney expressed the fear that the detectives had met with foul play. Spivak in Willimantic. “I could have informed Captain Tun- ney where his two spies are” said Tresca. “Elrich is in Baltimore, doing work for the L. W. W., while Spivak is in_ Willimantic, Conn., with his wife and children.” ANOTHER DRAFT OF THE BOSTON AND MAINE BILL. Is to Be Submitted to the Massachu: setts Legislature. Boston, - April 2.—Another draft of the hill for the reorganization of the Boston and Maine railroad and the Assomblyman Donovan of the lower | songolication of its leased lines will be house of the New York Legislature, was excused from the session when hq received word in the Assembly of the death of his financee. William Hunter, chief engineer of submitted to the legislature. At a conference today between a sub-com- mittee on railroads and attorneys represented the public service com- mission, the federal trustees of _the. Postor: and Maine and the leased lines the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, | profeseor W, . Ripley of the depart. was stricken with paralysis Terminal in Philadelphia. , Nearly 10,000 men have retufned to work in the steel mills and factories of Chicago since lack of material and business depression caused _shut- down at the beginning of the vear. Wiiliam F. Chapman, 28 years old, committed suicide at Hartford by in- haling illuminating gas. It is belleved he was mentally unbalenced. The po- lice say he had made.previous at- tewpts to en dhis lifa, A contract for-the construction freight steamer costing $600,000 the Crowell & Thurlow Steamship Co., of Boston, was awarded to the New- port News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va. e The common sofdiers and the popu- lace were the only sufferers from starvation in Przémysl; the officers had abundant ‘fopd, wines and_cigars to the last, according to The London Times’ Przemysl correspondent. I would rather spend four years in hell than in a turpentine ¢amp,” Len F. Green told ‘the Alabama legisla- tive committee investigating condi- tions in the camps of south Alabama where convicts are hired out. A warning of the appearance of two new counterfeit national bank notes, one of 320 on the National Security Bank of Boston and the other $5 on the Home National Bank of Cleburne, Tex., was issued in Washington. Agents of the bureau of inves! tion of the department of justice gan an inquiry today into the issue of | an American passport to Raymond woboda, under arrest in Paris charg- ed with starting the fire on La| Touraine, the French liner. The last word on behalf of the op- posing sides in the arbitration of the|F, A Hyde Was Con demands of enginkers and firemen of| western railroads for higher rates of pay was spoken of at Chicago yester- day when Warren>S. Stone, head of the Erotherhood of Locomotive Eng- gineers, conchrded his oral argument. Memorial For Presitlent MoKinley. Youngstofn, Ohlo, April 2.~—Papers(ieave for his home tomorrow. | were filed today-recording the transfer|ficlals announced today Hyde had left of nearly $100,000° worth Teal to Niles to the city a?«m Th mnd site belng Nathiomal Birth-|months ‘haad while i v i Waiting for a train in the Reading | Jopy, % coqpomics at Hervard unl ere’ instructed to make changes in the’ bill now before the railroad committee. The principal feature of the redraft will be a provision thata in rase the Boston and Maine, or any receiver of the road, fails to pay the rental charges of the leased lines, the latter! companies may, with the approval of the public service commission, enter into negotiations with any other rail- road. It is expected that the redraft meas- ure will be sumitted to the sub-com- mittee early next week. Otf‘::- ENGINEER ON KNICKERBOCKER EXPRESS KILLED IN CAB. Struck by Another Engine as He Leaned Out of Cab—Train Ran Wild for Nearly a Mile. New York, April 2—With its engi- neer dead at his post, the Knicker- bocker express, bound from Boston to New York, on the New Haven road, ran wild for nearly a mile just outside this ‘city tonight. The -train was ‘brought in by the fireman, who jumped to the throttle as the body of the en- gineer fell into the cab. The engineer, Charles A. McConville, a veteran in the New Haven's service, had leaned out of the electric locomo- tive after passing Woodlawn to exam- ine the trucks, when another passenger train struck him, killing him instantly. The noise of the impact attracted Henry Greszer, the fireman, Wwho stopped the train, and later brought it to New York. 'McConville was 48 years old and lived in New Haven, where he leaves a widow and three children. He had been in the New Haven's service for 30 years. MILLIONAIRE SERVED 16 MONTHS IN JAIL icted of Land Frauds in California. ‘Atlanta, Ga., April 2A—Frederick A. Hyde, millfonaire clubman and busi- nes leader of Oakland, Calif., has been released from the federal penitentiary ‘here after serving siteen months, in connection with land frauds and will of- ison late D racident. Wilsen determined and-which had re- in his Femaining In erison four after his sentence had ex- Hyde originally was“sentenced to two years imprisonment but that was commuted to a vear and a day ibefore he Began his term. CLASS FOR INSTRUCTION IN NAVAL AERONAUTICS To be Organized in June at Naval Station at Penascola, Florida. ‘Washington, April 2.—Secrétary Daniels is about to select a new class of ten naval and marine corps, officers and men to be organized in June for fnstruction in naval aeronautics at the naval station at Penascola, Fla. The officers will spenq the first six weeks at the plant of some aeroplane manu- facturer, after which instruction in flying will begin at the Penascola sta- tion. There are already four aeroplanes at Penascola; two have been ordered and three more will be bought soon. Eight Student aviators of the class of of- ficers formed last year are now at the station and one of them, Ensign C. K, Bronson, already has qualified for his_air pilot_certificate. Mr. Daniels already has received many applications from officers and enlisted men desirous of being includ- ed in the new class. 800,000 CHINESE IN U. S. TO BE ASKED TO PAY $20 For the Purpose of Raising Funds to Resist Japan's Demands. San Francisco, April 2—Each of the 800,000 Chinese in the United States soon will be asked to pay a tax of $20 for the purpose of raising a fund to resist Japan’s demands upon China, according to prmoinent members of San Francisco'’s Chiese colony. Plans for the collection of this fund, it was said, were laid today at a meeting of Chinese leaders and heads of the rev- olutionary party held at the quarters of the Chinese Six Companies. OBITUARY, ’ Mrs, Sarah Ellen MoLaughlin. ~ New York, April 3.—Mrs. Sarah El- len McLaughlin, a marchioness of the Roman Catholic church and widow of Hugh McLaughlin, for years d cratic leader of Brooklyn, died here to. day in her 86th year. She was creat- ed marchioness by Pope Pius X. John Engli New York, ‘April 2—The death of John Englis, for vears the chief fig- ure in the well known ship building firm of John Englis and Son, was an- nounced today. He died late Thura- day in his 63rd year at his home in Brooklyn Mr Englis built many of the noted river sieamboats in this section of the country. Included in the list are suck boats as the Daniel' Drew,- Dean Richmond, Saratoga, Granw Republic and_Columbia. The firm also built a number ¢ fthe famous old time coast- | ing steamers. 14 Closing. Arguments Case. Indianapolls, April 2.—A. O. Stanley, former congressmav, Who is represent- ing Mayor Donn M. Roberts and majority of the 28 Térre Haute men on trial in the Federal court here om charges of election frauds, began the. closing_argument for the defense ay: He will speak four hours tomor- row, after whick District = Attorney hour ar- Terre Haute