Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 7, 1915, Page 1

Bulletin —_— - VOL. LVIL—NO. 82 NORWICH, CONN. WEDNESDAY, APRIL- 7, 1915 TEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is ifierll:;rge's{ in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population UNABLE TO STEM THE RUSSIAN TIDE Now Occupy Two Villages on Hungarian Side of the Carpathian Mountains . RUSSIANS CLAIM PROGRESS ALL ALONG FRONT n Poland Only Desultory Fighting is Going on in the Vicinity of the East Prussian Frontier—Paris Reports “ “Appreciable Progress” for the Allies in the Occupation of the Village of Cuissainville, Near Verdun—Unof- Bombarding Smyrna. % # is still on the Carpathian moun- that the most bitter fishting is Drogress. The Russians have cross- the principal chain in the region of @ Rostok pass and occupled two vil- fages on the slopes on the Hungarian de of the mountains. This claim 1s Prade by ihe Tussian war office, Which that ell along this front the ussians have continued to make To the north, in Poland, only desul- fghting is going on in tae vicinity the East Prussian frontier. In the west, Paris reports “apprecia- progress” for the allies in the oc- jon of the village of Guissain- near Verdun, and advances to the of that fortress. The head- of & German colonei has been in_the Vosges, while in the oevre, 1t is asserted, six German bat- ns recently have been destroyed. Unofficial reports reaching London %o the effect that British warships are bombarding Smyrna. Grmbad, German Southwest Africa, een taken without opposition by Uplon of South Africa forces. Tord Kitchener bas decidad to wait fonger for the workmen of Great tain to voluntarily take up the task ot ring munitions of ” ‘war necessary for the prosecution of the Combat, and has appointed a commit- fee to obtaln sufficient labor for this e independent labor party, in an- fwal convention at Norwich, Engjand, a suggestion that there be a m“mn Great Britain and Ger- with the object of settling the he French press bureau asserts Ahat from figures compiled from offi- ®lal German casualty lists it has been ed that since the war began o Germans have lost over half of Rheir officers. Of 52,805 officers, it is that up to March 15 a total 9, kere killed and that 21,351 ‘wounded or were missing. RIS PRESS BUREAU LIST OF GERMAN OFFICERS LOST. #Half the Number in Service When War 3 Was Declared. Paris, ‘April 6, 3.15 p. m—The press of the war office gave out to- res compiled from different lists of losses of German of- These figures show, the press says, that of a total number ‘©f 480 generals in times of peace 48 have been killed and 57 are wounded “Out of 38154 infantry officers, 8,- bave been killed and 18,149 have) ed or are ralesing,” the ennouncemeant says ut of 7,083 cavalry officers, been kilied, 881 have been or missing. Out of 12,- 1 officers, 912 have been : and 2,264 bave been wounded or imre missing. “The grand totel of officers of the P army at the beginring of the' , including men in the active ser- reserve and landwehre was. #2505 out of which, up to March 15, 9925 have been killed and 21,351 have been wounded or are missing- This makes the total of losses 81,276. “This shows that the grand total of losses, among the officers of the Ger- man army is more than half their number on the day of the declaration of war” FRENCH WAR OFFICE REPORTS PROGRESS MADE. @ccupying Ridges That Dominate the Course of the Orne. Paris, April 6, 10.30 p. 2a—The fol- owing official statement was lesued| )y _the war office tonight: “The dey, although it rained, was marked by appreciable progress on our pert. To the east of Verdun we oc- the villages of Gussainville and the ndges which dominate the course| 'of the Orne. “Further to the south we advanced in the direction of Maizeray. In the| ‘Woods of Allly and Brule we maintain- ©d_our gains and carried new trenches. “In the forest of Le Pretre addition- @1 progress has been made It has learned from prisoners that dur- the course of our recent attacks in ‘Woevre six German bat- jtalions were destroyed in_succession.. " *To the southeast of Hartmanns- ‘Weilerk we carried a small peak which served as the headquarters of German colonel commanding the %flo during an engagement on March 26. We have advanced beyond this peak and have taken prisoners.” | MONTENEGRIN APPEAL TO AMERICAN RED CROSS. For Aid in Fighting the Typhus Emi- demis There- Washington, April 6—An appeal to the American Red Cross from the Montenegrin government for. aid in fighting the typhus epidemic was re- ceived today ihrough the statae de- ent. The department announced e appeal in the following statement: “The department has just received a tele of March 31 = from the American minister at Athens, Greece, {reporteing that he is informed by tel- raph by the Montenegrin govern- i much typhus in that ficial Reports Reach London That British Warships are country, a great dearth of doctors, medicine and disinfeotants and that the sovernment earnestly begs the Amer- ican Red Cross to send a mission with adequate supplies to Cettinje.” LOSS OF NEUTRAL LIVES IN SINKING OF FALABA. Message from Berlln Foreign Office Disclaims Responsibility. ‘Washington, April 6.—Government officials took under consideration today a statement from the German embassy quoting an oficial message from the Berlin foreign office in which responsi- bility was disclaimed for the loss of any neutra] lives on board the British steamer Falaba, recently sunk by a German submarine. The claim is set up by Germany that the Falaba, as well as other British merchantmen, was armed and that military necessity made it impossible for tne submarine to give any longer time than was allowed for the pas- sengers to escape. State department officfals say that the death of Leon C. Thresher, an American, lost with the Falaba, con- stitutes a complicated case If the German view that all merchantmen be- ing armed are in the category of war- ships is accepted, the rights of neu- trals Lo travel aboard belligerent craft of any kind would be circumscribed. Furthermore, Germany contends that sufficient time was permitted for the escape of the passengers, and the in- timation js given that if Mr. Thresher was not ‘included among those saved there was an act of megligence for which the Germans werp ot Tesponal- le. Early today President Wilson told callers that no steps had been taken diplomatically by the United States in the Thresher case, beyond efforts- to obtain the facts and circumstances un- der which Thresher was drowned. INTIMATED THAT CARRANZA OPPOSES NEUTRALITY PLAN. Unwilling to Acoept-Proposals Regard- ing Mexico City. Washington, April 6—Intimations have come to the American govern- ment that General Carranaz will not consent to the neutralization of Mexico City as proposed and agreed to by the Vilia-Zapata forces. No deflnite answer has as yet been received to the Americen note on the subject sent to the two factions, but preliminary reports to the state de- partmen( indicate that General Car- ranza is unwilling to accept the pro- posal. It is believed, however, that arrangements may be made for unin- terrupted passage of trains to and from Mexico City and Vera Cruz, though a decision on this question also bas not been reached by Carranze. The state department’s summary of the military situation in Mexico, fol- lows: “The department is in receipt of ad- vices dated April 4th, stating that Gen- eral Obregon is at a place 30 kilo- metres south of Irapuato. It is re- ported that he has an army of 20,000 men. The army of General Villa was preparing, to leave Irapusto at noon on the 4th and expecting to come into contact with the forces of Obregon on the morning of the 5th. General Villa made preparations to leace Irapuato on the morning of the 5th to take per- sonal charge of the operations. ‘ “The departmect's latest advicés from Yucatan indicate that everything is qulet at and Merida. The Stavengeren has sailed from Progreso :?BGJN.’?W Orleans with 2,000 bales of MARCH WAS A COLD MONTH N THE SOUTH Least Rain in-Like Period Ever Known in New England, an extraordinary month this year, from a weather standpoint, according $o the official weather anq crop bulletin, is- sued today by the weather burean. Not since the extensive weather rec- ords began, more than forty years ago, has the weather over the southeast. portions of the country been so con- uously cold, sy the bulletin, and in portions of New England and other northeastern states the monthly pre- cipitation was the least ever known tor March. some cases, as at Boston, with a| record extencing back nearly 100 years, the precipitation March was the Imr for any month the entire pe- rioe As affecting crop conditions, March ‘was on the whole unfavorable east of Brain Dot e wesdhes - asieyea i er e rrawth.u ‘West of the M oy (gb crop more sat . while in the Exl:'elthhwwurfnmdeonfl— o, ‘Adulterated Candied Eggs. Boston, Aprfl 6—Candied eggs that are poll with lered talc are adulterated withln the meaning of the pure fooq act, acco: ‘finding Fengdereq by the federal court Of spe today. A jury had decided in a case agai ippers that such egss were not sadulterated. The court of appeals found that if any tale at all ;t.:d:xsed in the eggs the law was vio- ol Cabled Parao~ & ounkirk, 1 8.—A Zeppe- appeared over «¢ coming from the direction .e sea. The dirigible apparently .atended to bombard the shipping In the harbor, but on being sighteq by the torpedo boats patrolling there turned and retreated to the Ger- man lines. Zeppelin Driver Dunkirk, Frar lin dirigible ° Dunkirk 1r Exchanged American Citizenship to Become British Subject. London, April 6, 7.05 p. m—The Very Rev. Joseph H. Hertz, chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire, has exchanged his American citizenship for that of Great Britain. The London Gazette announces that the chief rabbi took the oath of allegiance to the king March Rabbi Hertz was former- ly rabbi of the Congregation Orach Chayim of New York. az NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION Opening Address Made by \Senator Elihu Reot, Albany, N. Y. April 6—A keynote of conservatism was sounded today by Elihu Root. former United States sen- ator, in his opening address as pres- ident of the New York state constl- tutional convention. “In all our labors let us keep in ming that it is our dnty, so far as our pow- ers go, to preserve as well as improve,” he said. “While we seek to adapt the machinery of government to changing conditions, we are still to preserve the great body of rights and liberties which have grown through many cen- turies of political and judicial devel- opment, and under which we have so long been blessed by peace, order, jus- tice and individual liberty and oppor- tunity.” This is the first state constitutional convention that has been held in New York since 1894. Many big issues, i cluding conservation of natural r sources, revision of the judiciary sys- tem, short ballot, home rule, old age pensions and equal suffrage are to be disposed of. No one was nominated to oppose Mr. Root for the .presidency, ‘but thirty- two of the fifty-two democratic dele- gates cast ballots for Morgan J. O’Brien of New York. The vote stood 129 to 32. Hvery effort is to be made, leaders declare, to keep the convention non-partisan. There are no progres- sive delegates, Jacob Gould Schurman, republican, president of Cornell university, was elected first vice president and Mor- gan J. O’Brien, democrat, a former supreme curt justice, second vice pres- ident.’ Although they were not des- ignated as floor leaders of their re- spective parties, they are expected to to act in that capacity during the con- vention sessions. Messrs. Schurman and O'Brien chose the seats occupied by the majority and Former minority lenders of the state assem- bly, in whose chamber the delegates will do their work. Surrounding were men %‘fflflnent in the legal and political walks of state and nation, ‘Willlam Barnes, former chairman’of the republican state committee, drew a seat in the first Tow. It is expected that the preliminary work will be completed tomorrow and adjournment taken until the laatter part of the month. TERRE HAUTE MEN FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY Allowed to Return to Their Homes— Will Be Sentenced Monday. Indianapolis, Ind, April 6—Mayor Donn M. Roberts of Terre Haute and all except two of the other 26 defend- ants in the election conspiracy case who were found guilty by a jury in the federal court here foday, had return- ed to_their homes tonight to remain until Monday evening, when they will be sentenced by Judge Anderson. In the meantime, preparations for an ap- peal were being made by the attorneys for .the convicted men. The trial and the investigation which preceded it has cost the government approximatoly $12,000. The govern- ment's case has been handled by United States District Attorney Dailey. Motions for a new trial will be filed within a day or two for the majority, if not all, of the defendants, it is said. These, if overruled, will be followed by motions to arrest judgment. Both mo- tions are regarded in the nature of a formality and followinz the juggment the defense attorneys expect to apply for a writ of error. This writ must be supported by an assignment of er- rors and the mext step in the legal procedure is the granting of an ap- peal. In anticipation of an adverse verdict, many of convicted -men have already made arrangements for their appeal bonds. Only two of the 27 convicted men are in jaill here tonight. They - are iAlexander Aczel, alias Steel, who was. arrested -some time ago and held un- der $5,000 bond on a charge of at- tempting to corrupt government wit- nesses and Timothy (Bull) Conway, who just before, the trial opened was en a jail seritence in a local court or carrying concealed weapons. ch;:fi&m-.mu can be imposed. The o cumulative punishment under the four counts of the ment is fines totalling $26,000 and im- prisonment for 19 years. SCHOONER'S CREW RESCUED OFF FLORIDA COAST 8hip Was Waterlogged—Sprung Leaks in Gales of Saturday. New York, April 6.—The crew of the three masted schooner Lizzie B, 'Wil- ley Srere rescuod today off the Florida coast by the Southern Pacific steam- &hip Proteus, according to a wireless message recelved here. The vessel, which left Savannah March 81 for FPamucket, B I Jas in a waterlog e lon, ha: g sprung Il {hg sale of Baturday. The me::')dt New Orleans April @ for New York. The Lizzie B, Willey carried a crew :lf seven. S?. 1‘:&? built in Thomas- fon, Maine, in and has a gross tonnage of 73. A AN OBITUARY, ¥ TERER Lyman B. Clover. Chicago, April 8—Lyman B. Clover, dramatic critic and one time manager for Richard Mansfield, died here to- day. Some time ago he was operated on for the removal of a carbuncle and did not regain his strength, Pinchot Tells of Expulsion FROM BELGIUM BY THE GERMAN GOVERNOR. SEARCHED BY MILITARY Reason Given Was His Relationship British Minister at The Hague, Who is His Brother-in-Law. The Hague, April 6, via London, April 7, 12.11 a. m.—Both Hepry Van Dyke, the Americen minister to The Netherlands, and Gifford Pinchot, at- tached to the American legation, have endeavored to the utmost to keep the matter of Mr. Pinchot's expulsion from Belgium by the Germans from pub- licity, lest such action should render more difficult the work of relief in Belgium, involving the succor of nine and & half million destitute people of that country and the northern prov- inces of France. Pinchot's Statement. Mr. Pinchot, however, on learning today that the incident had been pub- lished, gave The Associated Press the following signed statement: “Some time ago 1 was asked by Herbert C.-Hoover to become a mem- ber of the commission for rellef in Belgium and to take charge of the feeding of the French in the invaded Provinces north of the German lines. After going twice to the continent, a rangements finally were completed and guarantees given to the commission by the German government that the American commission’s food would not e _taken. “I came to Tie Hague and reported immediately to Dr. Van Dyke to whose legation I was atlached by orders from Washington, with the specific duly of representing the commissjon of relief in feeding the civil population in northeastern France within the Ger- man lines. Sent to Antwerp. “Dr. Van Dyke procured from the German legation at The Hague the necessary papers for entering Belgium. | On March 30 I went with my wife in a commission automobile and was ac- companied by a Brussels representa- tive of the commission to the Belgian frontler, where my diplomatic and commission passes were examined. After three hours’ delay, we were sent under an armed escort to Antwerp. Told to Leave Without Delay. “The next morning orders came from the German governor, General Von Bissing, through the head of the pass office in Antwerp, that we were to leave Belgium without. delay. No T9agon was assigned. for this action,, Reasons Given for Expulsion. “Betore leaving, however, 7 received 8 letter from the American minister at Brussels, Brand Whitlock, saying that the reason given him by General Von Bissing for our expulsion Wwas my re- lationship to_the British minister at The Hague, Sir Alian Johnstone, who married my sister, and the fact that I had stayed with him at The Hague on my way to Belgium. Accordingly, we returned to Holland on March 31 and since then have been staying with the American minister at The Hague, awaiting instruction from Washington. “In_entering and leaving Belgium Mrs. Pinchot and I were searched by the German military authorities. “I cannot close this statement with- out expressing %the deep impression made upon me by what I saw of the worl of the American commission for relief in Belgium, and especially by the warm expressions of gratitude and appreciation which came tu me from every side and from all classes of peo- ple, including many of the leaders of the province.” GERMANY’S ACTICN BARRING PINCHOT FROM BELGIUM Matter to Be Taken Up with German Foreign Office. ‘Washington, April 6.—Secretary Bryan said today that he was not yet prepared to make any announcement concerning the refusal of the German government to permit Gifford Pinchot to act in the Belglan war zone in the distribution of food supplies. He in- timateq that the matter was still be- Ing discussed with the German foreign office and that an understanding had not yet been reached. Mr. Bryan de- clined to say to what duty Mr. Pinchot now would be assigned, ATTACKS EXPATRIATION OF WOMEN MARRYING FOREIGNERS From Right to Vote—Brief Filed by a San Francisco Woman, ‘Washington, April 6.—Constitution- ality of the federal law of 1907, ex- patriating American women martying foreigners was attacked by Mrs. Ethel C. Mackenzie of San Francisco, Calif.,, in a brief filed today in the supreme court. She was denied the right to vote in San Franglsco on the ground that under the federal law she had lost her American citizenship by marrying Gordon Mackenzle, a subject of Great Britain, living in_Califqrnia. 2 Her argument Is that congress can- not merely because -she has entered into take away her citizen- ship as long es she remains in the Unfted States. points to the state's granting full or partial woman suf- Tage as evidence that a husband and ‘wife are no longer to be considered as poll one, with _their identity merged into one and that the hus- band’s. On account of the European war, ‘she that her citizenship is of ine value, YOUNG GIRL CONVICTED OF IMPERSONATING AN 'OFFICER Caroline Kiink, Stenographer, Sent to Workhouse for 30 Days. New Yo April 6.—Caroline Klink, a 17-year. stenographer, pleaded guilty in the United States district court here today to a charge of rep- resenting herself as an officer of the government and was sentenced to the ‘workhouse for thirty days. According the officials who caused the arrest Battleship ‘Arizona to Be Launched |R2d June 19, ‘Washington, April §—The new bat- fleship Arizona, buil at the New York navy yard, will be hed June 19, Secretary Daniels announced today, The governor of Arizona has been in- vited to name the ship’s sponsor. turn for sums of money. The girl sald to have raised more than $2,000 Hartford Dems. Control Aldermen REPUBLICANS GET MAJORITY OF CONSTABLES AND JURYMEN. A LIGHT VOTE POLLED One Surprise Was Defeat of A. G. Nystrom, Republican State Central Committeman, for Alderman. Hartford, Conn., April 6.—Democrats sained control of the board of alter- men at the off-year city election today, carrying eight of the ten wards. The board will be made up of fifteen dem- ocrats and five republicans. In the town, the. republicans elected mafjority representations on the board of edu- cation and the nigh school committee, as well as electing a majority of the constables and grand jurymen. e of the day was the de- of A. G. Nystrom, republican state central committeeman, who was a can- dldate for alderman in the Fifth ward. He was defeated by James B. Dillon, democrat, by 42 votes. as light, only 49 per cent total registration taking the to cast their ballots. A lesser per cent—voted on va- rious appropriations. Measures in voiving appropriations of $1 passed and other measures totalling $160,000 were turned down. REPUBLICAN MAYOR ELECTED IN CHICAGO. William Hale Tmompson Has Pluralty of 130,000, Chicago, April 6—Returns from 1,- 409 precincts out of 1,566 indicates thit Willilam Hale Thompson, repub- was elected mayor of 'Chicago Dby 130,000 pluraity over Robert M- Sfeitser, democrat. Other city of- fices wero won by republicans by about 70,000 pluralty and the city council is probably republican for the first time in five years. The women's votes were divided between the candi- dates in about the same proportion as the men’ Mayor-elect Thompson was born in on, Mass., in 1868, and was . In a_ blographical h which he issued prior to the lection he stated that as a boy he sold newspapers and later went to Wyoming and worked as a cowboy and a_ brakeman. He received much of his education in the public schools and later entered Yale university. He is a dealer in real estate, having succeed- eq “to ‘he business of his father, yho teft a l¥rge estate. Mr. Thompson is also known as a yachtsman _and formerly was captain of the Chica- g0 Athietice association football team. He served several terms in the city counsil and also as county commis- sioner, WISCONSIN VOTED ON ‘LIQUOR QUESTION. Returns Show a Gain For the “Dry” in Thirteen Towns. Milwaukee, Wis., April §.—Early re- turns from today’s election through- out the state show a gain for the “drys” in 18 towns while the “wets” gained one town. Thirty towns now vet” remained in that column while 23 “dry” towns remained dry. ~The larger citiss voting on _the license question are Ashland, Superior, Be- loit and Madison, which went wet. Madison voted wet by 300. Chief Justice Jobn B, Winslow of the state supreme court was reelected without opposition. Of the five school directors elected in Milwaukee, only one social democrat, Mrs. Meta Berger, wife of Former Congressman Victor L. Berger, was successful. The other directors were elected as non-partisan. St. Louis Two to One Republican: St. Louis, Mo., April 6.—A two to one. republican victory was belleved to be indicated tonight when returns from 120 out of approximately 400 precincts gave A. H. Frederick, republican candi- date for chairman of the board of al- dermen, 12,770 against 7,118 for Fan- cis M. Curlee, his democratic oppon- ent, New York, April 6.—Robert X. MacLea, gne time textile expert for the federal tarift board, declares that Raymond Rolfe Swoboda, who is charged with plotting_the destruction of the French liner. La Touraine, is the victim of ‘a business 'conspiracy likely that the ring engaged in swind- ling France on war suppiles would view with equanamity the invasion of its field by & man Amer- {can manufacturers prepared to sell in bulk and with only a reasonable profit? If it could put him out of g\ll’i:l’e.fl don’t you suppose it would 0 it? 3 Condensed Telegrams The Supreme Court did not hand down a decision in the Frank case. Fire did $15,000 damage to the plant of the Steel-Drake Baking Co. in Brooklyn. Ludwick Kroted, aged 25, of Sco- beyville, N. Y. died of exposure in the snow. Two German officers escaped from the concentration camp for prisoners at Denhigh, Wales. Over 10,000 rabbits have been killed in Harney County, Ore, as a result of a bounty offered. The discharged Western Union tel- aphers at St. Louls were rein- ated and the strike settled. driven from Thirty families were fire at their homes in a tenement Hastings-upon-Hudson, N. Y. A seat on the New York Cotton I change was sold for $11,000, an crease of §500 over the last sale. William K. Pierce, formeriy a mil- lionaire radiator manufacturer, shot and killed himself in Washington. Albert Gribbroeck, wealthy grocer of Rochester, N. Y., was shot and killed while sleeping in his home. Louis Gambo of New York, aged three, was scalded to death when he tipped a pan of boiling water over. A man-sized baseball outfit was re- ceived the one-month old son of Governor Whitman from an admirer. E. F. Leonard, a well-known poli- ticlan in Illinois and a friend of Ab- raham Lincoln, died in a New York hotel. Four houses were robbed the Billy Sunday services in Pater- son. Many pockets were picked in the crowds. during There were no fashion parades in | Paris on Easter Sunday, the only | colors besides black being uniforms of soldiers. W. B. Cox, an American, said to be from Williamstown, W. Va., was ar- rested at Chihuahua City Mexico, on a charge of counterfeiting. Three thousand workers ‘and wood workers in Chicago went on strike, joining 3,200 mechanics in other branches who struck Saturday. Secret Service agents declared -that counterfeit $5 and $10 gold pieces are being made in Chicago and have been in circulation for eight months. Much damage by the storm of Sun- day the Clyde liner Algonquin arriv- ed at New York after a hunt for the Isinking steamship Prins Mauwrits. | Canadian customs returns for the fiscal year ended March 31 show a total of $78,361,535, a decrease of $27,- 882,223 from the previous 12 months. A religious revival in New York without Billy Sunday was further planned at a meeting of 75 ministers at the Park Avenue Presbyterian church. As a result of an argument over the Johnson-Willard fight, Arthur Heller, aged 21, was shot and fatally injured in a Philadelphia poolroom. His assailant escaped. A letter of sympathy and a wreath of flowers were sent by President Wil- son to the home at Freehold, N. J., of the late David S. Crater, secretary of state of New Jersey. Many prominent business men of Fairmont, W. Va., organized the Rat Exterminating Association. of Fair- mont and will pay a bounty of 5 cents for each rat killed. With Captain Edward T. Dilks and seven of the crew of the schooner Rob Roy, wrecked during Sunday’s storm, the steamier Westwego arrived at New York from New Orleans. By agreement of counsel for both sides, the trial of the $50,000 libel suit brought by William Barnes of Albany against Former President Theodore Roosevelt has been set down for April] President Wilson will receive from the Washington ball club a season pass to the American league games in that city and a request that he attend the opening game with New| York on April 14 Otto Zinn, proprietor of a restaurant in Third Avenue, New York, and two employees Wwere murdersd with meat cleavers by burglars who attempted to crack the - restaurant safe but without success. Orders to the various department commanders of the army to provide Jjoint fleld artillery camps the com- ing summer to be participated in by militia and regulars were issued by the War Department. For the ninth time since last sum- mer the Tiber river has flooded the surrounding country, causing serious damage. The village of Fiumicino, 15 miles southwest of Rome, is again IS PRINZ EITEL GOING TO LEAVE? Shortly Before Midnight:Everything Seemed in Readi- ness for Cruisertto Leave Shipyard CAPTAIN HAD BADE FAREWELL TO OFFICIALS = Apparent That No One Knew:Exactly What the Plans of the German Commander Were—Attaches of the Collector’s Office Were Keeping in Touch With the German Ship as Closely as Possible—Orders Were Given to Pilots Not to Take the Merchant Ships of Any Enemy of Germany Out of Newport News Until Further Notice. Newport News, Va., April 6.—Short- 1y before midnight tonight everything appeared to be in readiness for the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz_Etel Friederich to leave the Newport News shipyard. Collector of Customs Hamilton, who ited the Eitel during the even- jovial farewell by the t officer invited him.| aboard, 1 you would remain and go Farewells Exchanged. Captain Thierichens, it was learned, had bade farewell to American gov- ernment officials in his visits today to the battleship Alabama and to the customs house. The collector in turn wished the German commander and his office bon voyage. At 11 lock tonight Admiral Be- attl, commandant at the Norfolk navy ard, transmitted a radiogram to the customs house here. Collector Ham- ilton remained at his office awaiting developments. Attaches of the office were keeping in touch with the Ger- man ship as closely as possible. That no one knew exactly what were the plans of the German commander seemed apparent. A newspaper boat which steamed up the river, the only point from which the raider could be seen, was not picked up by the German cruiser's searchlights as had been the case on on previous occasions. Even the nav- al tug Patuxent did not flash her lights until the despatch boat had passed. On board shep there appeared to be activity, but there were few lights and ports were heavily cur- tained. WAY CLEARED FOR DEPARTURE OF PRINZ EITEL Belligerent Ships to be Kept Port of Newport News. in Newport News, Va. April 6.—The way for the German merchant raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich to leave neu- tral waters was cleared today by the United States government. Orders were given to pilots not to take the merchant ship of any bel- ligerent enemy of Germany out of Norfolk and Newport News until further notice. The order went inta ffect into effect about 11 o’clock to- day, following a direction by British authorities last night to British cap- tains not to clear their ships after noon of any day while the Eitel's sta- tus remained in doubt. The government's action served ta arouse the British authorities con~ siderably, when apeals for informatiof as to when the piloting ban would be lifted met with no explanation. Although no interpretation of the government order could be procures it generally was understood thatf th xpired which had been al- lotted the Prinz Eitel Friedrich for repairs and that merchant ships of belligerents had been detained in po: in order to extend a final period 5} liberty for departure to the German cruiser. A surprising . development in thi connection was that holding up British ships last Frday night for. 2 hours, thus giving the first peridd of liberty to the Eitel, had not been brought about by the United States government. According to autherita- tive information here it was the re- sult of direct action by the British government, through consuls at these ports. At 1 a. m. Was Still at Pier. Newport News, Va., April 7—At one o'clock this morning the German aux- iliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich stil} was at her pier. Officials were in con- stant communication with Washington, with_the battleship Alabama in Hamp. ton Roads and with the Norfolk Navy Whether the commander of the Ger- man cruiser would put to sea or sub- mit to internment still was unknows at that hour. NUNS DRIVEN FROM MEXICO ARRIVE IN NEW YORK- Tell of Shameful Treatment by a Mob of Drunken Soldiers. New York, April 6—Six Spanish nuns, who said they were driven from a convent near Vera Cruz, by Carran- 7a troops who besieged the convent six day and threatened their lives, reach- e1 New York today aboard the Span- sh steamer Manuel Calvo from Vera Cruz and Havana. The nuns, who were in charge of Mother Superiov Simona Naito, said they hac for seventeen years conduct- ed a hospital in connection with their convent at Orizaba. When a Carran- za crder was issued in February ex- pelling all_priests and nuns from the state of Vera Cruz they decided to Temain to nurse twenty patients in the. hospital. They appealed in vain for protection, they said to Governor Aguilar of Vera Cruz, where they had cared for when he had fever two years 280, “A mob of drunken soldiers sur- rounded the convent and hospital on March 1 and threatened our lives,” Mother Simona said. “They beseiged us six days, but our faithful servants, protected us. We escaped at night by putting aside our nuns' dlothing and wearing the common garb of Mexi- can women. An artillery officer, for whom we had once done a kindness, helped us to escape. We went to Vera Cruz, stayed in hiding there two days and_ther boarded the vessel, our passage being paid by friends. = We had only thirty pesos among us when we leit the convent, “Not till after we got aboard ship @id we resume our nuns’ clothing, We were afraid to do so before” The party will go to Spain. A GLOOMY VIEW FOR TEXTILE INDUSTRY. Unless German Dyestuffs Are Availa- ‘Washington, April 6 view of the immediate future of the American textile industry was pre- sented at the White House and the| isolated from the outside world. The contest over the will of The- odore M. Davis, the Egyptologist in- dicated by the filing of a bill in equity at Newport, R. L, by his widow, Mrs. Annie B. Davis two weeks ago, began. The will came up for probate but the bill acted as a stay. At a meeting of the trustess of Co- lumbia University a leave of absence from now until the end of the aca- demic year was granted to Dr. Hans Zinsser of bacteriology, to enabie him to serve as chief bacteriologist of the medical commission being sent to Serbia by the American Red Cross to stidy the epidemics. ..Captain Wyndham Halswelle, ' the widely known British runner, was led while fighting at the front on 'h 81; it was announced in Lon- don .yesterday. elle broke the quarter mile record at the Olympic games in n in 1908 in an exciting conte He also held other athletic records. Captain James Dowden, an: gld-time master, died at New Britain. He was 84 years old, In 1871, when 14 of the 32 vessels comprising the mAm fleet were lost in the state department today by a commit- tee representing 400 mills and headed by Former Representative Metz of few. York. Unless some relaxation of| the recent British blockade order-in- council is obtained and German dye- stuffs reach them within six _weeks time, Mr. Metz declared, 270 mills will be forced to close and 260,000 opera- tives will be thrown out of work. No great hope was held out to the, testilo men by government officials. The sftuation is complicated in the ex- treme and while unofficial negotiations are in progress with the British gov- ernment, apparently there is little, prospect of framing an agreement that be satisfactory both to Great Bri- and Germany. nder & previous agreement with Germany, ships carrying Americon cotton to German ports were permitted to bring back dyestuffs es. The new sh order, however, struck: at this fraffic in both directions and officials were at & loss today for a new plan under - which the German chemicals could be obtained. Boston Belgian Relief Ship Sails. Boston, 6—The British steam- . s I o ?‘a...... today w! cargo. relief supplies sent from this city. She carried 241,232 bushels of wheat and 200 tons of flour. Scorer said that he expected to make the trip in about fourteen days. TO ASK FOR DEPORTATION OF FREDERICK MORS Who Told Story of Poisoning Inmates of Odd Fellows’ Home. Yonkers, N. Y., April §.—Coronej Dunn announced today that he woul ask the department of commerce an: labor at Washingion for an order of deportation in the case of Frederick Mors, the former employe of the Ger- man 04d Fellows' home here, who sev eral months ago told a story of having killed by poison eight aged inmates. of the home. Mors is still a prisoner in the Westchester county Jail af White Plains. ] Coroner Dunn said that the authori= | ties of Westchester and Bronx coun- ties have announced to him that they have been unable 0 substantiate Mors' story and that therefore he wants the government to pass on the man’'s men- - tal condition with a view to his being sent back to Southampton, England, whence he came last June. BREAKING OF SHAFTING CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY To One and Imperilled Many Others in a Fall River Mill. a Fall River, Mass, April 6.—The Dbreaking of the main_shafting in one of the mills of tne Pohasset Manu- facturing company caused serious ins jury to one operative and imperilled scores of others today. Several large pusts in the cardroom on the first floor - Were broken, causing each of the four floors above to sag dangerously. Ma- chinery on every floor was damaged to some extent, and large machines were overturned when the flooring i’ two rooms gave way. HOLDUP MAN GIVEN E EIGHT YEAR SENTENCE Robbed a Conductor at North Provi- dence Last January. Providence, R. I, April 6.—A prisoi sentence of eight years was imposed. | today on John Hazzard, convicted of | holding up a street car and robbing the conductor at North Providence last January. Hazzard, with an o accomplice, Fran- P. Cassidy, is ace cused by the police of having commit- | ted numerous robberies in western Massachusetts anq to have escaped. from jails at Syracuse, N. Y. and Centerdale, this state. Cassidy, wh was convicted yesterday of complicity in the North Providence ob ry awaits sentence. Movements of Steamship Liverpool, April 6.—Arrived, steam er_Dominion, Philadelphia. i London, April 3—Sailed, ste Minnehaha, New York. Glasgow, April 5.—Arrived, Tuscania, New York. ‘Naples, April 6—Arrived, steam Ancona, New York: salled, March |- steamer Italia, New York. New York, April 6.—Sailed, steam Potsdam, Rotterdam. New York, April 6—Steamer P adelphia, Liverpool for New York si nalled 1030 miles east of Sandy at 10.30'a. m. Dock 7.30 p. m. Th tay. New York, April 6—Arrived, er_Cymric, Liverpool. Rotterdam, April 5.—Arri: er_Nieuw Amsterdam, New Yo Liverpool, April. 6.—Sailed ord New York. = - New York, April 8. er Re D'talia, H &