Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 10, 1915, Page 1

Bulletin VOL. LVIL.—NO. 85 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, APRIL 10, The Bulletin’s Circulation- in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the " SIXTEEN PAGES. — PRICE TWO CENTS FURIOUS WARFARE ~ON BOTH FRONTS \Fresh Repulses of Germans at Various Points in l¢ '« France, Says Latest French Official Report - }, 'ALSO THE CAPTURE OF LINES OF TRENCHES i Viciousness of the Fighting in France is Indicated by the An- ¢ nouncement That There Have Been Infantry and Artil- ' lery Engagements, Hand to Hand Fighting, the Spaping 3 "of Trenches and the Throwing of Incendiary and As- > ~ phyxiation Bombs—Vienna Makes No Denial of Rus- ; sians’ Claim to Further Success in the Carpathians, But & Says Muscovites’ Attacks are Made Without Regard to -\ + Loss of Life—Heavy Losses in Men are Being Incurred ¢ on Both Sides on Both the French and Carpathian Fronts. F Fres: iepulses of the Germans at fous points n Fraice, the taking ‘< Les iparges, an important strategic Jolnt on the road toward their objec- ve, Metz, and the capture of lines of renches are anncunced in the latest French -flicial reports of the warfare n the west, wu.ile Petrograd asserts 'that in .he Carpathians the Russians Possess *he entirs principal chain of ¥aounta'ns, excepting oae hill. | The Cormans in on earlier statement ‘cutlin.ng the course of events in the ‘west devared ina® in the region be- tween ‘he Meuse and the Moselle, where 1es Eparses ie situated and Where sanguinary fighting has been in progress for scveral days, the French Charges were un.uccessful and their osscs heavier than those of the Ger- mans. Fea s losee: in men are being in- curred rn boikL the French and Car- athian -ronts Forls says that in the forcst cf Montmar re fifteen German attempt: to rciake tmenches captured frora them we.e repulsed and that heaps of German bodles lay on the grounc afterword, while in Champagne she Germans wers mown down in a +imila- offensr . movement. Vienna akes :10 deni.’ of Petrograd’s claim 20 fur . 1 stccocses in the Carpathians, Put si3s the xusslan frontal attacks mre beng made without regard to loss «f life . nd that aigh heaps of dead or woundod mar': the battiefleld. ._In addition to Les Eparges, the Freuch claim i have captured some 1800 feet of ground in the forest of WAllly acd to have retaken trenches Wrom e Germans north of Beause- ‘vjur. ¥rom the French and German port: the vici usness of the fighting s ind:cated by ine announcement that lchere huve been Infantry and artillery gements, hand-to-hand fighting, the sapping of trenches and the throw- {os of incendiary and asphyxiating m! Inquiries made in official and diplo- wmatic circles in The Hague have fail- ed to bring to light the reason for mlarmist rumors in circulation.in Lon- don that hostilities between Holland mnd Germany were about to begin. m Geneva comes the report that Germany has prohibited exports to Ttaly and that the Germans are stop- Ping at frontier stations all Itallan Zreight cars homeward bound. The re- port also has it that trains from Italy Feaching Switzerland are filled with German families. Germany on April 1, according’ to a Berlin despatch, held as prisoners 10,- 176 allied officers and 802,633 men, ALLIES CRUISERS ARE SEIZING GERMAN MAIL Have Taken From ltalian Steamers 2300 Bags Sent From Germany. Basle, Switzerland, April 9, via Parls, 4:35 p. m—British and French cruis- ers, according to advices rdeceived Bere, have taken from Italian mail steamers 2,300 bass of German mail addressed abroad and containing let- ters, post cards, money, checks and emall packages. i_ Bags coming from abroad Intended #or Germany will be treated in_the same way and confiscated. This course 6n the part of the allied coun- tries, it s understood, is being made in response to Germany's submarine war against non-combatant merchant and passenger ships. British warships recently coptured on a Norweglan vessel confidential letters forwarded by Dr. Von Betha- mann-Hellweg, the German Imperial Chancellor, to Count Von Bernstoff, the German ambassador to the United States. WAR MASS MEETINGS IN ITALY TOMORROW ical Parties Favorable to Im- medi Intervention. Rome, April 10:55 a. m., via Paris, 1085 p. m.—Political parties fav- orable to Italy’s immediate interven- tion in the war, eomprising democrats, radicals, reformists, soclalists and na-. tlonalists, have arranged a great mass eeting to be held Sunday throughout taly in an endeavor to bring about the participation of the country in the conflict. The Corriere D'Italla, commenting today on the event, says that it has 2ssumed the character of a warning to | the monarchy, since the national league, which arranged the meeting, Adopted a resolution containing this sentence: “If, after long waiting, there are dil- lusions, no matter of what nature, a protound political upheaval is inevit- able.” Professor Mussolini, a soclalist lead- er, explains this section of the reso- lution thus: “In other words, if the monarchy to make national war, the ‘will cease to exist in Italy, as a profound political upheaval means a change of regime. CRUISER PRINZ EITEL AT NORFOLK NAVY YARD Tugs and Steamers in Hampton Roads Saluted Her as She Steamed by. Norfolk, Va, April 9—The Ger- man_ auxillary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich was interned late today at the Norfolk navy yard, where she will remain until the end of the European war. Tugs and steamers in Hampton Roads blew their sirens in salute as e slowly steamed from Newport News and took her berth near the his- toric frigate Constitution. Captain _Thierichens immediately went to the office of Redr Admiral Beatty, commandant at the yard, and signed an agreement not to violate American neutrality laws. He was in- formed that he, his officers and crew would have the freedom of Norfolk and vicinity. They will live aboard the Eitel. Tomorrow the breech blocks. of the Eitel's guns, part of her .machinery and her wireless apparatus will ‘be re- moved. BOY KILLED ON HIS WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL. George Axton, Aged 8, Struck by, _an Automobile in Milford. Milford, Conn, April g the street in front of the postofiice on his way home from sehool today, Georse Axton, aged 8, was struck and instantly killed by an automobile owned by D. C. Wheel er of Bridgeport. by Mr. Wheeler's Haymon. Death was caused by a compound fracture of the skull. Haymon detained pending the arrival of Cor- oner Mix, but was allowed to go with- out bon a rpreliminary examination. Mix said Haymon stopped his within five feet, after striking boy. chauffeur, the ANGELES PICKED FOR .PRESIDENT OF MEXICANS. San Antonto, Tex., April 9.—General Felipe Angeles has been decided upon for provisional president by the Villa and Zapata factions, says a despatch from Mexico City. The election of Angeles will take place, according to the message, at a convention to be held in Mexico City within a few days. General Villa asked that the conven- tion be delayed until he can “clear the eastern border of obstructions and have time to consider peaceful mat- ters of import.” General Angeles was chief of artillery in Villa’s army that overthrew Huerta. 9.—While The car was driven Louis was dg after that official had made ‘Coroner, car Cabled Paragrr. 812818 Prisoners o London, April 9, 915 p. 1 spatch received here fgrom B. . says that on Apdl 1, 812,818 prisoners of war were being held in Germany, 10,175 officers and 802,633 men. A despatch gives the prisoners by nationality as follows: French 3,868 officers and 238,496 men; Russian, 5,140 officers and 504,210 men; Belgians, 647 officers and 39,820 ‘men; British, 520 officers and 20,307 jmen, sxn ‘WAS SUBMARINE F-4 IN GOOD CONDITION? It % d in Ger- Amstera- wetter from Commander Indicates Was in Wretched Shape. Los Angeles, Cal, April 9.—In a let- written at Honolulu March, 22, Lieuterant Alfred D. Ede, in com- mand of the United States submarine F-4, whe was lost with his entire crew when the vesse! disappeared off Hono- iula harbor March 25, told his brother nere that “if the whole boat should vanish in smoke, I do not ~think I would be terribiy astonished.” Allison_Ede, 0 whom the letter was addressed, received it several days igo. e declined at first to make pub- 'ic the entire ietter, but an excerpt given out today contained the quota- tion “1 expect lne whole thing to go up in emoke any time.” Later the let- ter in full was made waublic. It reads as foll>ws: “Honolulu, March 22, 1915. “This Is not a very exciting place, Fut enough happens to the boat to at ieast kcep up interest. I just came “ack from Peari Harbor ‘Thursday, where 1 have bcen for ten days having 2 new metor put in. Previous to «hat we hac a hydrugen explosion in the sattery engine breakdowns, etc. “So tkere is something doing all the Jme Take a mere trifie like today— down 50 feet and no bottom below, and water trickung in through one of Tual does mot give us a In fact, if the whole hoac shcald vanish in smoke, I don’t ‘hink 1 would de terribly astonished.” ARGUMENT BEGUN IN RAILWAY MAIL CASE Upon Outcome Depends Whether the Government Will Pay Railroads $35,000,000, ‘Washington, April 9—On the out- come of arguments begun today be- fore the supreme court depends whether the United States government must pay approximately $35,000,000 to railroads in additional pay for carry- ing the mails since 1907.- Over 800 railroads are terested in pending | claims. Under statute passed in 1873, com- pensation for carrying the mails is based on the weight carried, ascertain- ed quadriennfally by actual weighing for a specific period. Owing to the fact that the mails were not carried as a rule on Sundays then, Sunday whs excluded in the selection of a divisor in ascertaining the average weight. In 1907, the postmastér general an- nounced that in contracts thereafter to be made Sundays would be included, thus reducing the weight average and the rallroads’ compensation. Deputy Attorney General Thompson for the government, contended that the postmaster general had a right under the law to execrise his discre- tion in selecting the divisor. Jacob M. Dickinson, former secreta of war, and John G. Johnson, of Philadelphia, for the railroads, argued that the se- lection of a divisor excluding Sunday had_been tacitly recognized by law so that the postmaster general could not change it. TWO KENTUCKY TOWNS MENACED BY FOREST FIRE‘s. That Hkave Aiready Caused Damage to Timberland. Lexington, Ky., April _ 9.—Whitley and Hauer, two towns 1n Pulaski coun- iy, were threatened today and tonight "y forest fires that already had caused damage amounting to thousands of dollars to owners of timber, according io a report from Stearns, Ky. The fire had burned close to Whit- ley before it was checked by volunteer fire fighters. At Bauer a wide furrow was pioyed around the town, but to- night it was feared this would be in- effective. State Forester J. E. Barton has or- ~anized a forest fire protective asso- clation and has many volunteers fight- ing the flames. Heavy OBITUARY Prof. Thomas R. Lounsbury. New Haven, Conn., April 9.—Prof. Thmosa R_Lounsbury, professor eme- ritus of England at Yale University and one of the best known English scholars in the country, died suddenly tonight while visiting at the home of Secretary Anson Phelps Stokes of the untversity He had been in poor health for some time. Professor Lounsbury was born Jan- uary 1, 1833, He was graduated from Yale {n 1859. Immediately after his graduation he became assistant editor of Appleton’s Encyclopedia. At the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted and became a lieutenant in the 126th New York Volunteers. He was made a tutor of Engljsh in the Shefeld Scientific School! in 1869 and a year later was made & full professor. He was librarian of the scientific school from 1878 to 1906, ‘when he became pyofessor emeritus. He had written a number of books, the best known probably being the “Standard of Pronunciation in Eng- lish” Other works included “History of the English Language;” English Spelling and Spelling = Reform;"” Shakespeare as a Dramatist;” “The Life of James Fenimore Cooper;” for the American Men of Letters series; and “Studles in Chaucer.” Aberdeen University in Scotland gave him the honorary degree of LL.D. Rt. Rev, Monsignor McCready, LL. D. New York, April 9.—The Right Rev. Monsignor Charles McCready, LL. D., widely known Catholic churchman, died here tonight from pneumonia. aft- ed a brief illness. Monsignor McCready ‘was born in Letterkenny, Ireland, in 1837. While attending schoel in May- nooth, Ireland, he was a classmate of Cardinal Logue. Monsignor McCready was made a permanent rector of this archdiocese in 1891. He was vice pres- ident of the New Yoria Catholic school board and president of the Maynooth Union of the United States. Candle Grease Easily Removed. Sprinkle a little spirits of wine on the spot and rub gently. The grease will soon work up into = fing pewder, which can be brushed off. : New York State Railways Enjoined FROM PREVENTING SYRACUSE SYSTEM USING TRACKS IN THE LABOR WRANGLE Indications Point to Protracted War- Labor Or- Strike Vote May Be Taken Monday. fare Between the Rival ganizations—General Syracuse, N. Y., ‘April 9.—With the New York state railways enjoined by court order from preventing the Au- burn and Syracuse electric line from operating its cars over the former's tracks in this city, a new and more serious angle in the strike of the Germany Sends Note of Protest SAYS U. S. HAS SAME RIGHT TO SHIP FOODS TO GERMANY AS ARMS TO THE ALLIES Complains That the American Govern- ment Does Not With Equal Energy Pursue Its Right to Ship Food to Germans as Arms to the Allies. ‘Washington, April 9.—Germany has sent to the United States government a note complaining that the latter has accomplished nothing in its diplo- matic correspondence with the allies to obtain for American exporters the right to ship foodstuffs to the civillan An Agent That Brings Results It is but the repetition of experiegce to discover that the most successful business houses are the largest advertisers, Those who have made the greatest rise in business are free to admit the large share of credit which is due to their judicious use of printer's ink. Modern advertising is attractively arranged and there is no question but that advertisements are given almost if not quite as much atten- tion nowadays as news by the readers. carries the news, while it is news, ‘When placed in & paper which , advertising has its greatest value, because it is the paper that Ie read that gets the very attention which is sought for the advertisements, If for any reason you want to reach the public you can do it through the newspaper better than any other way, and when it comes to getting to the people of Norwich or Eastern Connecticut no medium can furnish the service which is given by The Builetin. it & newspaper with the news but covers the fleld thoroughly. Make Not only is because thereof its circulation The Bulletin your business agent. During the past week The Bulletin has carried the following news matter: Bulletin Saturday, i A Monday, i - ‘Tuesday, i Wednesday, i 2 Thursday, i Friday, TOtalS « oo v i erie L) Telegraph Local 84 98 81 114 88 =973 General 987 320 204 178 298 241 Total 1265 579 405 420 514 461 3644 194 161 120 128 128 123 2228 Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes against the United Empire Railways was reached tonight. Protracted Labor Warfare. Every indication points to a protract- ed labor warfare that may eventually engulf not only the transportation systems of this city, but also those of Rochester and Buffalo. Only the most powerful mediation, it was said, could prevent an open break between the traction companies and their employes. Injunction Granted. The injunction was granted by Jus- tice William S. Andrews in an action brought by the Auburn and Syracuse Electric Rallroad company against the New York State Railways. In addi- tion to the restraining clause, the court ordered the defendant company to re- place immediately its trolley and feed wires and other apparatus near the city line. Today, at the direction of the company, over 400 feet of trolley and feed wires were taken down at the city line. The step was taken, ac- cording to General Manager Tilton of the Syracuse division of the state rail- ways, as a protection to the company and to insure the maintenance of street car service in this city. Steps Looking to General Strike. M. J. Sullivan, president of the local division of the Amalgamated associa- tion, when told of the injunction to- night, said that unless an immediate hearing was granted steps looking to a general strike would be at once taken. No Strike Vote Before Monday. “No strike vote will be taken before Monday,” sald Mr. Sullivan. “The casting of the vote will require several hours, and there is no doubt as to the outcome. Only b1 per cent. is required and we are sure of a big majority. The injunction means a general tie-up. The strike will not be declared in one city at one time and in another later, but the men will quit here, in Rochester and in Buffalo at the same hour of the same day.” Local trolley officials looked with favor upon the conference ‘at Chicago tonight between Warren S. Stone, chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers; W. D. Mahon, international president of the Amalgamated associa- tion; Horace E. Andrews of Cleveland, president of the New York State Rail- ways, and C. Loomis Allen, and hopes were expressed from this conference some amicable solution of the difficulty would arise. o OPERATIONS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS, Obstained Work For 1,245 Persons Dur- ing February and March, ‘Washington, April 9.—First reports on the operations on the federal em- plcvment bureau inaugurated recent- 1y by the department of labor, in co- operation with the agriculture and postoffice departments, show that during the months of February and March 1,245 persons obtained = work through. th& government agents. In view of the fact that the work of the bureau has not yet been com- pletely systematized -on the nation- wide basis intended, the results so far are considered most satisfactory to the officers in charge. Price of Cotton Sky High. New Orleans, :April 9.—After a de- cline from 9 to 11 points-cotton today. suddenly rose 34 to 36 points or near- Iy two dillars a bale. clode was 19 to 21 points up. Buying was the heaviest in months. The longs were aided by peace rumors and large mill takings for the week. population of a belligerent country. The communication intimates also that the United States has virtually acquisced in the British order-in- council prohibiting commerce with Germany. Germany’s Claim. In view of these considerations, the German government then calles atten- tion to the facts that the allies daily are obtaining large shipments of arms. and ammunition from dealers in the United States and declares that the American government while insisting on its legal right to ship arms to belligerents, does not with equal en- ergy pursue its right to ship foodstuffs and non-contraband articles to the civilian population of Germany. Spirit: of Neutrality Should Be Ob- served. The note urges that irrespective of the formal aspects of the question of shipping arms to elligerents the spirit of neutrality should bo ob- served. In support of this contention, a_ portion is cited from President Wilson's address to congress on Mex- ican affalrs in August, 1913, when he said: Quotes President Wilson. “I shall follow the best practice of nations in the matter of neutrality by forbidding exportation of arms or mu- nitions of war of any kind from United States to any part of the republic of Mexico—a policy suggested by several interesting precedents and certainly dictated by many manifest consider- ations of practical expediency. We cannot in any clrcumstmoes be par- tisans of either party to the contest that now distracts Mexico, or consti- tute ourselves the virtual umpire be- tween them.” Officials of the state department have begun-the preparation of & re- ply, which will be delivered shortly to Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador here. The complaint that neutral countries had submitted to the influence of the allies in connection with the right to ship conditional con- traband and foodstuffs to the civilian population of . belligerent has been made befors by Germany in her o lomatic notes—this being cited by the Germar. forelgn office as one of the recasons for proclaiming a submarine war zone of the waters surrounding Great Britain and Ireland. The Unit- ed States denied in its reply then that it had been silent on the question. and called attention _to its diplomatic notes to Great Britain, dealing with these subjects, No Hosti s Between Holland Germany. The Hague, via London, April 9, 10.22 p. m.—The closest inquiries made today in diplomatic, ministerial and military circles failed to discover the. reason for the alarming rumors print- ed yeeterday in London newspapers relative to the possibility of hostilities between Holland and Germany or for the charging of high insurance pre- miums. Nothing appears to have arisen recently at any point along the frontier which would cause Holland to cease to maintaln her position of the strictest neutrality. and Guilty of Shooting Nurse, New Haven, Conn., April 9.—A jury in the superior court today found George J. Pinter, an inmate at the Undercliff Sanitarium at Merlden. guilty of gssault with intent to kill and Judge Webb sentenced him to states prison frm three to five years. Pinter shot a _nurse, Josephine Flannagan, at the institution on March st Lrargt;.st' i Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Popuiétion Condensed T;Iegrams The Hotel De Gink in New York was closed by city authorities. Fire did $50,000 damage to the Col- lins block at Adams, Ma Carl_Busch, son of the late Adol phus Busch, the millionaire brewer, died at St. Louis The international horse show, usual- Iy held in London, will not be held because of the war. From Feb. 20 to March 31 the net income of the Panama-Pacific Expo- sition Co., was $85,110.65. The Grimsby trawler Zarina was blown up in the North Sea. The crew of nine was reported lost. President Wilson was invited to at- tend the reunion of Confederate vet- erans at Richmond in June. The Malone , intended organize the State Boxing sion, passed the New York Assembly. Active preparations for the opening of navigation on the Great Lakes are being made at Sault Ste Marie, Mich. Under the terms of a Federal law the motion pictures of the Willard- Johnson fight cannot be shown in this count The name of one of the five apart- ments at Buckingham Palace has been changed from “Bismarck” to “W: ington.” Purchase or sale of spirituous liquor by French soldiers in the Vosges dis- trict was forbidden by the general in command there. Billy Sunday refused an $1,000 to_deliver his “booze” once in Providence, R. I, in hibition campaign. offer of sermon a pro- Justice Purps of Hackensack , N. J., imposed a fine of $40 and costs on Rocco Vaccrea, of Lodi, for shooting a robin on Sunday. The Rev. James R. Carrigan, a Rom- an Catholic priest of Pttsburgh was found dead in his bed at the Chel- sea Hotel, New York. Mrs. Catherine Tucholski of Stan- dish, Mich, celebrated her 111th birth- day by running a race with one of her great grandchildren. Alfred Carter, aged 42, was arrested in New York for impersonating an inspector of water supply, to effect sales of filters to housewives. Automobiles will be provided for po- lice captains and inspectors in the outlying sections of Brooklyn, instead of horses and carriages hitherto. The Great Eastern Railway on- nounced in London that a bi-weekly passenger service between London and the Hook of Holland will be resumed next week. George W Breckenridge of San An- tonio, Tex., presented to the Univer- sity of Texas his $100,000 vacht “Nav- dad,” to be assigned to the biological department. Midshipmen at the Naval Academy will hereafter be required to study only one foreign language. Formrly they were rquird to study both French and Spanish. Baron de Bode, formerly ary attache at the Russian Em- bassy in Washington, was killed while commanding a regiment on the south- western front. After writing a note saying that his wife treated him ‘“mean than any cow,” Frank Shalla, proprietor of a hotel near Camden, N. J, shot and killed himself. The five American army officers who were attached to the German military forces as observers until recalled by cable on April 3, arrived at Berne on their way home. Mrs. Henry Gribboek, sister-in-law of Albert Gribboek, Jr, who was murdered while asleep at his home in Rochester, N. Y., was arrested charged with his murder. Italian steamers in American ports have been ordered to postpone all sail- ings until April 20, according to a Rome despatch to the Exchange Tel- egraph Company. United States Minister Gonzales, at Havana, who issued passports to Jack Johnson and his white wife, demand- ed them back, saying they were ob- tained under false prtenses. Every available cutter south of Boston was ordered by the Coast Guard cutter service to proceed to Diamond Shoals, N. C., at full speed, to aid elght vessels wrecked there. A man giving the name of Willlam E. Linstedt, of Greenwich, Conn., was roughly handled by a mob in Brook- lyn when he tore down the American flag from a recruiting station. The Rev. Robert R. Earl of Schuy- ler Falls, N. Y, was expelled from the Troy Methodist Hpiscopal Con- ference at Saratoga on_charges in- volving defamation of character and galsehood. Thomas H. Molloy, for years a picturesque figure in New Haven dem-~ ocratic politics died _yesterday. _He suffered a nervous breakdown about four years ago and had been ill since that time Molloy was 50 years old and married. He was a native of Ber- lin, Conn. Movements of Steamships. New York, April 9.—Steamer St. Louis, Liverpool for New York, sig. nalled 1490 miles east of Sandy Hook at 7_p. m, th. Dock at 1l a m. Sunday. Steamer Finland, Naples, for New York, signalled 1050 miles eest of Sandy Hook at 8 p, m, Tth. Dock 8.30 p. m. Sunday. Bordeaux, April 7.—Arrived: Steam- er La Touraine, New York. Marseilles, April 5. — Arrived: Steamer Patria, New “York. Naples, April 7.—Sailed: Duca Degll Abruzzi, New York. Armed Motorboats Protect Zeppelins. via Twenty-nine large motorboats armed with quick-firing guns have arrived at Friedrichschafen by rail from Stettin. They are to be Geneva, Switzerland, April 9, Parls, 4.30 p. m. used in patrolling Lak aviators from the Belfort. Steamer e Constance and to defend the Zeppelin dirigible bal- loon works against attacks by French French fortress of. CARRANZA BLOCKS NEUTRALITY ZONE Will Not Agree to Neutralization of Either Mexico City or Railroad From There to Vera Cruz SAYS MEXICAN CAPITAL IS HIS OBJECTIVE POINT Washington Officials Disappointed Over Failure of Negotia« tions—YVilla Troops are Closing in on Matamoros—Dur- ing a Skirmish There Yesterday an American Flag, on the American Side of the River, Carried by a Mexican- American Ranchman, Was Fired Upon. Washington, Api General a has finally notified nited government through Cons iman, that he cannot agree to the neutralization of either Mexico C: or the railroad from the capital to Ve Cruz. To both of these suggestions, made by the state department, the Vil- ties had given their Car- za refused to exclude the field operations on the ground that it is an objective point in his military campaign. Mil- itary reasons also are given for the refusal to neutralize the railroads be- tween Vera Cruz and Mexico City. Officials here, while disappointed over the failure of the negot ‘which had for their object the furnis] ing of a means of ingress and eg for foreigners, are hopgful that railroads between Mexico City and American border will soon be repa and accomplish the ne purpose. . present this line is interrupted by operations of the Carranz der General Obregon in the vicinity of Irapuato. VILLA TROOPS CLOSING IN ON MATAMOROS Now Within 600 Yards of Carranza’s Entrenched Troops. Brownsville, Texas, April 9.—Villa troops investing Matamoros drew in rranza trenches today rds in front hment crept ng rifle shots without apparent side. The second ops, about 1,200 Ridriguez's head- cd south of atamoros. said this brigade intended to close the south- ern approach to Matamoros, Fired on American Flag. An Ameri 1l: carried by a Mex= ican-Ame: hman on the Amer- ican side of the river, was fired on today from the Mexican side by men. oncealed in the brush. The ranch- was piloting a party of newspaper to a ferry and the flag was in- ended for use in the boat. The party stake appeared on the river bank kirmish line and holsted. ction. Not more* n bullets were fired them before they gained cover. Juan Perales, a 12 year old Villa cavalryman, in the Red Cross hos- pital here, died today. He was tha boy who on East Sunday promised not to cry if a rabbit was given him when his wound was operated on. An old rice mill has been obtained by the Red Cross here for use as a hospital in anticipation of the mnext attack on Matamoros. NO FURTHER RESPITE FOR CONVICTED LUMBERMEN Found Guilty in Philadelphia of Using Mails to Defraud. Washington, April 9 —Attorney Gen- eral Gregory today @eclined to grant a further respite for the five men connected with the International Lum- ber and Development Co. convicted in Philadelphia of conspiracy to de- fraud through the use of the malls. A respite of thirty days granted by President Wilson last month expired at_midnight. Word _came from _authoritative sources that the president will not par- don_ the men. The attorney general told John Schwarzkopf, counsel for the peti- tioners, that he did not believe in re- spites and that he believed men who had been convicted and had exhausted all methodsc provided by law should be committeed and begin service of sentence. A special apppeal was made for William H. Armstrong, Jr., who, the attorney said, was ill nd unable to ap- pear in court tomorrow for commit- ment. Mr, Gregory said, however, this was a matter for the court to deter- mine. Mr, Schwarzkopf was at the White House early in the day, but did not see the president or Secretary Tumulty. HAS FINISHED INSPECTION OF PRISON CAMPS Chandler Hale Says General Situation is Steadily Improving. ‘Washington, April 9.—~Chandler Hale, who represented the L'nited States in the neutral inspection of prison camps in gnEnald, France and Austria, made a final call at the state department today, concluding his work in this ca- pacity. Mr. Hale stated that the feel- ing of the various nations in whose borders he has been active, had great- ly improved regarding the treatment which their prisoners were receiving at_the hands of the enemy. The delivery of parcels to men in the camps had been arranged. Mr. Hale stated that in all the countries in which he had travelled the general situation was steadily improving. RIGHTS OF FEDERAL JUDGES TO SUSPEND SENTENCES Department of Justice to Test Author- ity for Such Action. Washington, April 9.—The depart- ment of justice is planning to test- its view that federal judges have no war- rant for suspending sentences of crim- inals or failing to order commitments after convictions. Department officials are wating closely the progress of sev- eral cases in which they expect judges to suspend sentence or fail to com- mit, and they intend when the time comies to seek in the supreme court or the proper circuit court of appeals a mandamus to compel enforcement of sentence. THREW HER 7-YEAR-OLD FROM FOURTH STORY WINDOW. Then Leaped After im—Mother Dead, Child Sehiously Injured, New York, April 9.—Rather than be separted from her children, Mrs. Mary Biyle, an inmate of the Salvation Army Home for Women, threw her seven year old son, John, from a rear window of the fourth floor of the home, today, ti%n leaped after him. She died in Bellevue hospital. ‘The child sustained grave injuries. For some time she had been brooding oyer the fact that the boy was to be taken from her and sent to another inst tution. = Tearing Up Steps of Capitol. ‘Washington, April 9.—Stone masons ‘began today tearing up the historic steps leading to the main entrance to the capitol. The sandstone had fail- ed to endure the grind of footsteps during a century and will make way for new marble slabs. MUTINY OF CREWS . OF SEALING STEAMERY Reported by Wireless to-Owners-at St, John’s, N, F. St, John's N. F.. Aprfl $—{&-mutiny of part of the crews of the sealing steamers Terra Nova and Viking was reported by the captains of‘those.ships in wireles messages too the wners to- day. FElghty-seven men of the Terra Nova and seventy on.biard the Viking are declared to have struck as a re- sult of the ship's lack of success i capturing seals. The vessels are now! in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. According to the messages from the: captains received here, the strikers de- mand that in view of the discouraging’ outlook for the seal hunt this sea-i son, the voyage be abandoned and the ships brought back to this port. The Terra Nova, which is the vessel in which Captain Scott made his fil- fated vovage to the Antarctio, car- ried a crew of 203 men, in command of Captain William Bartlett, senior. The Viking, a smaller ship, has 189 seamen, _under Captain = Willam Bartlett, Jr. MAY 17 TO 22 “KINDNESS TO ANIMALS WEEK™ So Designated by the American Hu< mane Association. Philadelphia, April _9.—Announce- ment was made today that the Amer- jcan Humane association has desig- nated the week of May 17T to 22 as “Kindness to Animals Week,” during * which the organization purposes to interest people throughout the coun- try in the more humane treatment of animals. The assoclation has also designated Sunday, May 16 and Sun- day, May 23 as “Humane Sunday.” Clergymen will be asked to preach & sermon on kindness to animals on one of these two days. OVERTAKEN ON RAILROAD TRESTLE AND KILLED E. Beardsiey of Waterbury Was Unable to Escape. ‘Waterbury, Conn., April 9.—Wilbur E. Beardsley, 50, of this city was struck by & passenger train above Waterville this morning and instantly. killed. Mr. Beardsley retired fromx active work last October, he having for many years been been assistant: foreman at the factory of the Water- bury Brass company. Beardsley was on a railroad trestle, and saw the train coming. He ran to get to the end of the trestle but was overtaken by he train and killed. Wilbur Charged with Violating ‘Anti-Narcotio. Law. Covington, N. Y., April 9.—What are claimed by government officials to be the first indictments under the Har- rispn anti-narcotic law wers returned by the federal grand jury here todey. against two local druggists, I J. Mil- ler and Harry A. Weichelman, both of » whom are charged with selling drugs contrary to the federal statute. The new law provides a penalty of not more than $2,000 fine or five years in the penitentiary, or both. Reserve Banks Subject to Stats Laws. Washington, April 9.—The federal « reserve board tonight lssued a state- ment declaring no conflict of jurisdic- tlon between state and federal author. ities should reesult from the authority. given natiorfal bangs by the board to act as trustee, executor or adminis- - trator. The board declared that banks exercising the functions will be sub- ject to state laws as are any other corporations exercising the same func- tions. 3 Schooner Supposed Lost, is Safe. Fall River, Mass, April 9.—Word was received today by the J. A. Bowen Company, owners of the five schooner Mary W. Bowen, that the vessel which was thoushi to have foundered, had arrived safely at Por-. o to Rico. Se had been days.