Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 13, 1915, Page 1

Norwich (5 ‘@vf’ 2 - Wax s 7ok SR | DR A\ X VOL. LVIL—NO. 87 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1915 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That.of Any Other Paper, FRENCH REPULSE GERMAN ATTACK Germans Prepared for Counter Attack on Les Eparges by a Severe Artillery Bombardment . FURTHER ATTACKS UPON THE TOWN LOOKED FOR Otherwise in the Western War Zone a General Calm Prevails —The Russians are Moving Down the Southern Slopes of the Carpathians, in a Fair Way to Make an Advance Into Hungary—Reports Prevail of Heavy Fighting in the North Sea, But No Details Have Been Made Public— British Steamer Wayfarer Damaged by a German Sub- marine, Les Eparges, occupied on April 9 by the French after a series of desperate engagements costing countless lives, has again come under the fire of the German guns. It was around this point that the Germans, according to a French official report, lost 30,000 in two months of fighting. It is here that General Joffre, the French com- mander, is bringing his strength to bear on the German wedge to force it out of the aliies’ side, so that the allied line that stretches in front of the great German fortress of Metz may be strengthened. After a lull of two days the Germans prepared for their counter-attack on 1es Eparges by a severe bombard- ment and a heavy rifie fire; then early in the morning they advanced on the position, which the French had made even stronger than when the Germans held it, but were forced to retire. The extent of this offensive is not known, but it has been reported that the Germans look upon this position, which commands the plain of the ‘Woevre, as one of great importance and further attacks may be looked for. Otherwise the situation in the west- ern war zone is of comparatively little interest, owing to the general calm that prevails. _ In the east, although the Russians have occupled the principal position in the western section of the Carpathi- ens, there is one height, known .as Helght 992, which they have not béen mble to master. Nevertheless they mre reported to be moving down the southern slopes and in a fair way to make an advance into Hungary. Reports persist of heavy fighting in the North Sea, but no explanation is forthcoming. These rumors date back ps far as April 7 and within 24 hours, reported firing off Scarborough, which seemed to indicate a naval engage- ment. But the British admiralty has vouchsafed no information. The British steamer Wayfarer, a 5,000 ton vessel, which had been in the Liverpool-Galveston trade for ten years and had been recently requi- pitioned by the British government, as been towed into Queenstown and ached with a great rent in her side Enu!ed by a German torpedo. One undred and twenty men from the Wayfarer have been landed at Fal- mouth. RUSSIANS MOVE TOWARDS PLAINS OF HUNGARY. Battles in the Carpathiqns Have Been Fiercest of the War. London, April 12—With the capture by the Russians of almost all the main chain of mountains, the battle of the Carpathians, which has lasted ypwards of elghty days, is apparently reaching a termigation over one ex- fensive front and the Russians are sald to be moving at varous points by railways and roads and along the riv- ers and streams down the southern slopes towards the plains of Hungary. ‘This movement, if it continues suc- cessfully, will, in view of the Russian military authorities, compel the retire- ment, with little or no fighting, of the Austrans and Germans who are still north of the Carpathians, to the east of Uzsok Pass and in eastern Galicia and Bufowina. The battle which has thus been stc- cessfully conducted by the Russians was, from all accounts one of the fiercest of the war and the manner in ‘which the Russians overcame the dif- ficulties of mountain fighting in mid- winter has been the subject of praise by those who witnessed the oeprationg or are acquainted with the ceuntry traversed. GERMAN HYDROPLANE ATTACKS A BRITISH SHIP. Captain Drove It Off With a Rifle—No Damage to Vessel. London, April 12, 8.45 p. m.—“Armed with a rifle, Captain Sharp of the British ship Serula, which has arrived here, successfully repulsed an attack made upon hjs steamer by a large Ger- man hydroplane and a small aeroplane oft the Noordhinder lightship,” says Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent. “The aeroplane first approached the ship, dropping bombs, which fell into the sea. As it returned to the attack Captain Sharp fired upon it with a rifie, hitting the machine several times and damaging one of its wings. Then the hydroplane took up the attack, but it also was driven off. Captain Sharp says he is convinced the aeroplane was 50 badly damaged that it was unable to reach Zeebrugge.” RUSSIANS REPULSE ENEMY IN THE CARPATHIANS. Vi nt Battle Develcped in Region of Uzsok Pass. Petrograd, via London, April 12 (Midnight).—The following _official communication from general head- quarters was issued tonight: *“To the west of the middle Niemen there were isolated engagements yes- terday. Near Ossowetz and in the re- gion of Edvabno and between the Pissa and Omuleff rivers there were artil- lery duels. An attack by the Ger- mans against the village of Szafranki failed. : “In the Carpathians, in the direction of Rostoki, on April 10, we repuised by our fire at short range large forces of the enemy which were repeatedly at- tacking us. We made some Drogress and in so doing developed a violent battle In the region of Uzsok pass, which the enemy still holds. We cap- tured here three guns and about 700 prisoners. “In the direction of the Stry river we repulsed attacks on the Rosochaccz- Oravozil-Koziouwka-Rozanka front, inflicting enormous losses on the ene- my. “The enemy have held Heights 992 since April 9th, uut Koziouwka and the adjoining positions remain in our hands. “In the other sectors there has been no essential change.’ German Captain Violates Parole. London, April 13, 251 a. m.—Cap- tain Pfundeller of the German con- verted cruiser Berlin, formerly the North German Lloyd liner of that name, has violated his parole at Tron- dhpem, Norway, and disappeared, ac- cording to Reuter’'s Christiania corre- spondent. The Berlin interned at Trondhjem last November and Captain Pfundeiler was in a mountain sani- tarium receiving treatment for a minor ailment when he was last seen. LAWYER AND BANKER RUINED BY GAMBLING in a Tuberculosis Ward—Had Been a Charity Patient. Died Chicago, April 12.—Ignatius J. Chi- leski, lawver and private banker, who in 1911 fled from Chicago, leaving behind clients and depositors clamor- ing for more than $100,000 of their money which he declared he had lost in gambling died here today in_ the tuberculosis ward of the county hos- pital, a charity patient, under the name of Joseph Wagner. He had visited South America, Asia Minor and Afri- ca, but his efforts to regain a financial footing failed. He returned to Chi- cago several months ago, but did not communicate with his family. Just before he died he revealed his identity to a nurse and said: “Tell my old friends that I paid for my folly with my life. Gambling did t all” AVIATOR KILLED AT COLLEGE PARK, MD. Machine Fell 300 Feet—Cause of Ac- cident Unknown. ‘Washington, April 12.—Cecil Mal- colm Peoli, an aviator, was killed at College Park, Md. near here, today, while making a test flight in an aero- plane of his own invention, in which he had planned flights from Wash- ington to New York and from New York to St. Louis. The machine fell 300 feet and Peoli's skull was frac- tured. He died almost instantly, The cause of the accident has not been determined. Peoli was the first man to fly across the Andes mountains in South Amer- ica. The machine is said to have been the largest in the country. The dead aviator was 22 years old and came here from Los Angeles, where his mother lives, CLOSE OF NEW YORK EAST CONFERENCE. Pledged Support to President Wilson in Neutrality Efforts. New York, April 12—The New York [East conference of the Methodist Episcopal church closed its week's session in Brooklyn tonight after the announcement of assignments of pas- tors for the coming vear and the read- ing of reports of the various officers. Resolutions were also passed pledg- ing support to President Wilson for his efforts to maintain neutrality in the present European war, requesting Gov- ernor Whitman to veto the bill in- creasing the hours of women in can- ning factorles, and urging the passage of a law requiring a_more liberal Bible Teading in the public schools of New Yorlk state. TERRIBLE EXPLOSION AT LERWICK, SCOTLAND. Street Many Aberdeen, Scotland, April 13, 4.15 a. m.—The Free Press publishes the fol- lowing telegram from Lerwick: “A terrible explosion has occurred. Har- bor street was wrecked and many lives ‘were lost.” No details are obtainable as yet. Harbor Was Wrecked Lost. and Lerwick 1is situated on the east coast of Mainland, Shetland Islands. It is defended by an old fort, dating from the time of Cromwell, and is one of the chief stations in Scotland for the royal naval reserve. Lerwick is the capital of the Shetland archipelago. s Popula&ioir; Cabled Paragrs.s*” g Red Cross Aur’ & ale. London, April 12 ¢ p. m.—The first day of the & .ion Christie’s on b’ of Red funds brough tal of $19,275. Berlin _ilharmonic’s Plans. Berlin, April, by Wireless Telegra- phy to Sayville, N. Y.—The famous Philharmonic orchestra. of Berlin is paning to make a concert tour of elgium, early in May, according to announcement made today by the Overseas News Agency. Felix Wein- gartner will conduct and the musi- cians will play twice in Brussels. HEAD YOUNG ANARCHIST BOMB MEN FOUND GUILTY Placed a Bomb in St. Patrick’s Cath- edral, New York, March 22. New York, April 12—Frank Abarno and Carmine Carbone were found guil- ty by a jury late tonight on the charge of having made and placed a bomb in St. Patrick’s cathedral here on March 22, The jury recommended clemency for both men. The case went to the jury early tonight. Summing up by counsel and the court’s charge occupled nearly all the afternoon session, Simon O. Pollock, attorney for the defendants, characterized the case as “a frame-up” by the police. He point- ed out that Amedio Polignani, the de- tective who had posed as an anarchist, admitted purchasing some of the ex- plosives used in the bombs. In summing up for the prosecution, Arthur C. Train, assistant district at- torney, declared’ that if Polignani had not been telling the truth on the wit- ness stand, he would have sworn that he had seen the fuse of the bomb lighted instead of swearing that he did not see it. He continued further that there was much more involved. “Polignani is from now on a marked man,” he declared. Mr. Pollock interrupted to object and asked the court to declare a mistrial because he said there was no evidence to bear out Mr, Train’s last remark. Judge Nott denfed the motion. Justice Nott announced that he would impose sentence on the two men and hear any motion regarding the case on April 19. The prisoners were then remanded to the Tombs. Ten minutes before“the verdict was given the jury returned to the court- room for information as to the culpa- bility of a police officer who was an accomplice in the commission of a crime. The question concerned the position of Amedio Polignani, the young detective who had associated with Carbone and Abarno until their arrest, posing as an anarchist. Justice Nott told the jury that the law does not regard as guilty a police officer who, in the performance of his duty, aids in the commission of a crime, because he does not have the guilty conscience necessary to make a crime. G One of the jurors then asked the justice to define Juress and to state how far duress would excuse the com- mission of a crime. Justice Nott re- plied that if a defendant could prove that he had acted because he believed he was in danger of his life or of bodily harm then he should be ex- cused. The jury retired again and ten min- utes later came back with the verdict. MAYOR ROBERTS, TERRE HAUTE, SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS And Fined $2,000—Four of Convicted Men Sentenced Yesterday. Indianapolis, Ind., April 12.—Four men convicted in the Terre Haute elec- tion fraud trial and sentenced by Judge Anderson today to the federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, received their commitment papers late today and were given until Sunday to begin the trip to prison. The other sixteen, including Mayor Donn M. Roberts, who received prison sen- tences and appealed, and the 87 who were given sentences ranging from one day to six months in the local jail, were in jail here tonight. It was said the sixteen will be given two or three days in which to obtain their appeal bonds, which were fixed by Judge An- derson at $10,000 for each year the men were sentenced. Edward Holler, the former chief of police, who had plead- ed guilty, also received a prison sen- tence. The four who withdrew from the appeal are John M. Masselink, city sealer of weights and measures and former member of the state legislatur: Arthur Gillis, progressive election offi- cial; Joseph Strauss, liquor salesman, and George Sovern, gambler. Each had been scntenced to a year and a day in prison and to a fine of $100. To obtain liberty pending his appeal, Mayor Roberts, who was sentenced to prison for six years and to a fine of $2.000—the severest sentence given—— will have to furnish a bond of $60,000. Efforts to secure the bonds for the sixteen were begun this afternoon. Only eight of the 116 prisoners es- caped punishment. Movements of Steamships. Liverpool. April 11.—Arrived, steam- er New York, New York: salled, steamer Tuscania, New York. Avonmouth, April 9.—Sailed, steam. er Principello, Halifak an Juan, April 9.—Sailed, Kroonland, New York, - . Steamer St. Michaels, April 10—Sailed, steamer Roma, Providence and New T Gfbrattar. . April 10.—Sailed, steamer Duca Degli Abruzzsi, New York. New York, April 12.—Arrived, steam- er_Antonio Lopez, Cadiz. New_York, Apri] 12—Steamer Ryn- dam, Rotterdam for New York, 850 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon, 11th. Dock 8.30 o, m. Wednesday. Glasgow, ADril i2.—Arrived, steam- er Cameronia, New York. S e Y Investigating Dealings of a St. Louis Alderman. St. Louis, April 13.—Charges affect- ing financial and real estate transac- tions of A. H. Frederick, who last Tuesday was eiected president of the St. Louls board of aldermen by a. plu- rality of 22,000 were taken up by the grand jury. Frederick is in a local hospital and thus far has given out no statement, nor has he replied to the letter from John Schmoll, repub- lican city chairman, asking an explan- ation of the charges against him. Tugs Save a British Bark. New York, April 12—The British bark Invermay, which ran ashore in a_ fog yesterday, 15 miles north of Barnegat, N. J., was floated by wreck- ing tues late today and taken in tow for New York. The Invermay was bound from Dublin for New York in ballest when she met with her mis- ap. Bank Charges / aflllspiracy BY SEC’Y. M’ADOO AND JOHN S. WILLIAMS COMBINED TO WRECK Riggs National Bank of Washington, D. C.. is Alleged in Proceedings Be- gun in District Supreme Court, ‘Washington, April 12. — Secretary McAdoo of the treasury department and Comptroller of the Currency John Skelton Williams wert made defend- ants today in proceedings begun in the District of Columbia supreme court by the Riggs National bank of Washing- ton, D. C., which alleges that these of- ficials have combined and conspired to wreck that institution. Injunctions Are Sought. Temporary and permanent injunc- tions to halt the alleged conspiracy and to prevent the comptroller from mak- ing what the bank charges gre unlaw- ful demands for special reports of vari- ous kinds are sought from the court. One portion of the petition seeks to restrain_John Burke, treasurer of the United States, from payment into the treasury of $5,000 declared to be due the bank as interest on $1,000,000 of United States bonds deposited with the comptroller against its note circula- tion. This interest was withheld to cover penalties of $100 a day for failure of the bank to make certain reports. Once paid into the treasury, only an act of congress could get the $5,000 out, and Justice McCoy late today granted a temporary injunction on this phase of the case. The justice then set April 16 as the day for answer by the defendants to show cause why permanent injunctions should not be issued. The bank’s bill of complaint covers 86 typewritten pages and contains 37 specific allegations designed to show that the comptroller has adopted un- usual and legally questionable tactics in dealing with the institution. It re- cites that evidence of an unusual de- sire for information concerning the bank was shown by Mr. Williams shortly after he assumed the office of comptroller more than a year ago and has continued ever since. Prior to that time, in December, 1913, it says, Mr. McAdoo charged officers of the bank with responsibility for publications regarding the official conduct of the de- ¥endant Williams as assistant_sec- retary of the treasury. ‘When this charge was denied by the officials the bill asserts, Secretary McAdoo cursed Milton E. Alles, a vice pres dent of the bank, and said to C. C. Glo- ver, its president “Mr. Glover, you know what this means to the Riggs National bank?” “Meaning thereby,’ the bill adds, “that from that time on the power of the treasury department would be ag- gressively used for the ruination and destruction of the plaintiff bank in or- der to satisfy the personal malice and ill-will of said defendants, Williams and McAdoo, and shortly afterwards the said defendants, Willlams and Mc- Adoo, began a series of persecutions against the plaintiff bank for the pur- pose of impairing or destroyving its sald business, thereby prostituting their high public office and violating their oaths in order to vent their per- sonal vindictiveness against the offi- cers of the plaintiff bank.” Tax Withdrawals. A few months later, the plaintiff avers, the bank was notified by C. S. Hamlin, now governor of the federal reserve board, but then assistant sec- retary of the treasury, in charge of the fiscal bureau, that Secretary McAdoo purposed to exclude the Riggs bank from a share of deposits to cover the District "of Columbia tax withdrawals, which deposits by custom are divided among the national banks of the dis- trict. McAdoo Refused to Explain. McAdoo later wrote to Mr. Glover, the complaint states, declining to ex- plain why such action should be taken and announcing at the same time his intention of withdrawing all govern- ment funds from the bank Subse- quently, 1t is alleged, government de- posits amounting to over $1,200,000 were withdrawn from the bank, includ- ing Panama canal deposits amounting at one time to $1,158,479. These withdrawals were brought about by Secretary McAdoo, it as charged, at a time when the Buropean war and the business depression in the United States had made banks hus- band their resources and “in a_delib- erate attempt to wreck the plaintiff bank, in the execution of the con- spiracy existing between him and the defendant Williams for that purpose.” Further complaint is made that Mr. Williams, as treasurer of the Red Cross society, had the funds which it kept on deposit with the Riggs bank removed to other institutions. Special Reports Demanded. For almost a year, the bill avers, the comptroller has bombarded the Riggs National bank with demand for spe- clal reports of many sorts, exceeding the inquisitorial and visatorial powers vested in him. The bank declares that it has made an effort to comply with these demands, has worked its clerks early and late to do so, but that requests for a little time.have been met with refusals and in some in- stances with a reminder that failure to make reports asked for by a comp- troller involve a penalty of $100.for each day after a report is demanded and not rendered. Exact as to penalties which the comptroller may hold the bank has incurred in this connection, the bill states, is not clear, but it estimates that it mus tbe at least $150,000. In making some of these demands, the bank allegss, Mr. Willlams has vio- lated the fourth and fifth amendments to the constitution, prohibiting unrea- sonable searches and selzures and forcing anyone to be a witness against himself. Assessed Penalty of $5,000. In February last, according to the bill, Mr. Williams wrote to the bank asking if its officers had destroyed any of its records. On March 30, it further sets forth, he demanded & complete history of loans of the Riggs bank to its present officers, and gave notice that for failure to comply with a like request made on Jan. 22 it was as- sessed a penalty of $5,000. The next day a formal demand for payment of this fine made by two bank examiners was refused. On April ist a quarterly installment of the interest on the Carranza to Furnish a Train FOR AMERICANS DESIRING TO LEAVE MEXICO CITY- 300 TO LEAVE TAMPICO Has Ordered the Transport Sumner to Bring Back the War Department Foreigners Now in Tampico. ‘Washington, April 12—General C‘flr~ ranze informed American Consul Silli- man at Vera Cruz today that he would furnish a train for Americans desiring to leave Mexico City. He said he would permit a passenger train from Vera Cruz to proceed as far as Ome- tusco, 40 miles east of Mexico City, where the Americans would be p‘lckefl up. The first chief asked to be noti- fied as to the number of Americans expecting to leave and the time they wish the train to be ready. To Aid Foreigners. This action grew out of the effort of the United States government to secure the neutralization of the road between Mexico City and Vera Cruz. Although unwilling to make any per- manent arrangement, General Carran- za now has expressed a desire to aid foreigners who are anxious to reach the seacoast. Transport Ordered to Tampico. Many Americans and foreigners in Tampico simllarly are planning to leave as soon as transportation ar- rangements can be made. Secretary Bryan sought the aid of the war de- partment today, and the transport Sumner at Galveston was ordered to Tampico to bring back the 300 or more foreigners. In its summary of reports from Mex- ico today the state department said work on the railroad south of Piedras Negras was proceeding slowly because of the lack of material, and traffic would not be resumed for three weeks. Short of Ammunition. Some fighting was reported from the west coast and the outcome of an at- tack on Acaponota by Oarranza forces was not definitely known. Both forces were short of ammunition, the report said. A mail censorship has been es- tablished at Colina. The abandonment of the proposed Villa attack on Neuvo Laredo was re- ported from the border, General Her- nandez having returned to Piedras Ne- gras with his forces, and the remain- ing Villa troops mnot being strong enough_to attack. The Villa agency made public today the following statement from Diaz Lombardo, minister of foreign affairs, explaining the recent mining decre Not to Confiscate Mines. ‘|The provisional government does not mean to confiscate the mines, but to re-establish in effect some pro- visions of the old mining laws, which provisions are universally adopted and enforced and which consist in declar- ing the forfeiture of a mining property when, without justified cause, it is not developed or operated within a given time, or when the owners of said prop- erty fail in the payment of the taxes. One of the provisions of the old law re-established is that no mining prop- erty can exceed 15 pertenencias (min- ing claims) for each individual or 150 pertenencias for a company. “This last regulation will have no retroactive effect. Existing properties are not subject to its application. It is intended only to take care of future claims.” Obregon Declines to Treat with Con- suls. El Paso, Texas, April 12.—General Obregon, who has advanced north as far as Celaya, has declined to treat with the German, French, British and American consuis from Guanajuato regarding the exit from Celaya of women and children, according to a statement received today from Gen- eral Villa, who is preparing to bom- bard the town. The Carranza commander was quoted as having answered that he did not “consider necessary the in- terference of foreigners in our af- fairs” No further fighting was re- ported. Villa’s telegram was sent from Irapuato. Villa Troops Defeated. Laredo, Texas, April 12—Villa troops were defeated shortly after noon today in a battle with Carranza forces between Huisachito and Jarita, 30 miles south of Nuevo Laredo, opposite this city, according to a telephone message received here. The constitu- tionalist force numbered about 2,000 men and the Villista army 1,500, it was sald. The Villistas were reported re- treating southward. The number of casualties is not known here. Insurgent Stockholders of Rock Island Road Meet. Chicago, April 12.—Insurgent stock- holders of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad at a prolonged meeting tonight elected Nathan L. Amster, of Boston, one of their rew leaders to the board of directors. Am- ster was one of four new directors chosen, the others being W. Emlen Roosevelt, William Q. Matheson and Charles Hayden, all of New York. $1,000,00 of two per cent. held by the Riggs bank in the comptroller’s custody to securities circulation came due. The comptroller, the complaint sets forth, “wrongfully and unlawfully ordered the treasurer of the United States to with- hold the payment of this interest.” this connection the bill alleges Mr. McAdoo “had usurped” the powers of the treasurer. Asks for an Injunction. The bill asks that Mr. Williams be enjoined from revoking the Riggs des- ignation as a depositor for the reserves of other national banks or refusing to approve it as euch depositary. An injunction to restrain Mr. Mc- Adoo from “usurping the powers of the freasurer of the United States” is also jked. The court also is asked to find the sections ‘of the revised statutes dealing with the examination of banks unconstitutional and void if they must be construed as they have been and are being construed and enforced by the defendants. The bank’s officers tonight gave out a statement outhning at length their view of the events of the last year which led up to the proceedings of to- day, along the lines of the sworn statements in the bill of complaint, Condensed Telegrams The Belgian relief fund totals §1,- 017,159, The Cuban Senate passed a bill pro- hibiting prize fights. Six children were lost every day in New York during the first quarter of 1915. Japanese Christians throughout the Empire started an organized evange- listic campaign. A six per cent. dividend was declar- | ed by the Vulcan Shipbuilding Co., oi’l Hamburg, Germany. The Rev. Abbot Anacleto Salazar, the oldest priest in Europe, died at Onate, Spain, aged 10: The new $250,000 newspaper building and plant of the Springfield, Ohio, Daily News was opened. Examination for tuberculosist by the New York Board of Health school teachers will begin thi Charles G. Dawes, a Chicago banker, announced that he will build a $100,- 000 hotel for unemployed men in Bos- ton. One death and two cases of bu- bonic plague at Havana, were reported to the Public Health Service at W: ington. John Bryson of Comanche, Tex., was shot and Killed at the ranch of his son | near Ballinger. His assailant is un- identified. President Gonzales Garza of Mex- ico, issued an order prescribing the | dress that must be worn habitually | by judges. Fire in the Stanley Warehouse on the Mersey River docks, England, caused several hundred thousand dol- lars damage. Pope Benedict issued a decree for the recital of peace prayers in Roman Catholic churches all over the world during May. Governor Whitman paid his first of- ficial visit to Buffalo, spoke at three dinners, and reviewed Troop 1 of the 74th Regiment. | Ashburnham house, a boys’ dorm tory at Cushing Academy, Ashbur: ham, Mass, was burned causing loss ‘estimated at $75,000. a | Mgr. Denis J. McMahon, rector of | = the Roman Catholic Church of the Epiphany, New York, died in St. Vin- | cent’s hospital, aged 59. A crook called the “Phantom Burg- lar” made another haul of nearly $2,000 in a Harlem apartment house. Three apartments were entered. Three hundred unemployed Amer- icans appealed to the State Depart- ment for transportation from Tampi- co, Mexico, to the United States. After having been published for 64 years, the Poughkeepsie “News-Press” passed out of existence. It was ab- sorbed by the Poughkeepsie “Eagle.” The Navy Department despatched the gunboatNashville from Santo Do- mingo City to Port-au-Prince to take on board Arthur Bailly-Blanchard. Dr. Reeder, a surgeon at the Ancon, Panama Hospital, used the membrane of egg to draw a broken eardrum to- gether. The operation was succeesful. The German Admiralty announced that 940 officers of the German navy, not counting those who went down with the Bluecher, have been Jilled in action. In recognition of Lady Ralph Paget's work with the Red Cross in Servia, the municipality of Uskub decided to name the finest street in the vcity after her. Kamp Kill Kare, the Adirondacks estate of Francis P. Garvan, was al- most destroyed by fire that caused damage estimated between $75,000 and $100,000. Brig. Gen. Samuel K. Schwenk died at his home in New York from ail- ments due to a bullet wound received at the Battle of Cold Spring, diring the Civil War. Mrs. Bowman H. McCalla, widow of Rear Admiral McCalla, presented to the White House three wine glasses owned and used by President John Quincy Adams. Cliveden, the home of Major and Mrs. Waldorf Astor, near London, loaned to the Red Cross will be ex- tended to house 500 soldiers instead of the 100 now there. A short circuit on the Fulton Street “L” at the Rockaway station, East New York, caused much excitement among passengers. Firemen took con- trol of the situation. Firing his revolver to call a police- man to rescue his father-in-law who was being beaten up, Joseph Dejos- tino, of Jersey City, shot and killed Albert Jenneff, aged 28. Frank Ripp, a German tailor of Mount Vernon, N. Y., believed to have been driven insane by reading about the war, escaped In a woded section uf“The Bronx, threatened to kill him- self. Mme. Pallie, the woman aviator, aided by five other well known Eu- ropean air-women, recruited 150 wo- men chauffeurs at an organization of the Women’s Military Aviation Corps ni Paris. After killing several _bloodhounds and fatally injuring J. C. Robbins, a member of a pursuing posse, Joel Green, a negro bandit, was shot and killed in a swamp in Clarendon Coun- ty, S. C. Thirty-three Chinese, part of the crew of the steamer Desola, sunk in Halifax harbor, were brought to New York on the Red Cross steamer Ste- phane, and will Ibe guarded until they sail for England. The two-masted schooner Kit Car- son, coal laden, from New York for Nantucket, went_ashore two miles south of the Narfasansett Pier coast guard station and probably will be a total loss, Four taxation bills framed by a legislative committee to remedy al- leged inequalities in the taxation sys- tem of the state of Massachusetts, were declared to be unconstitutional by the supreme court vesterday. British Detention of American Ship U. S. TO REQUEST PRIZE COURTS TO ACT. SHIP OWNERS APPEAL {So Far Not a Single American Ship or Cargo Has Passed Through Prize Courts—Many Seized Months Ago. gton, April 12—Moved by als for relief from the owners ships and cargoes now ish ports, malnly at rkwall, the state department is reparing further representations to 3rit government requesting a up of the machinery of the rts. So far not I single erican ship or cargo has passed through the British prize courts, al- though many of those held were seized months ago. Unable to Get Before Courts. The typical case is that of the Antilla, which has been tied , Scotland, since Febru- 26, u ble to get before a prize ourt. Her cargo was composed main- ly of cattle food of various kinds con- Signed to Sweden. Both the Danish and Brit consulates in New York ed that there was nothing in Antilla’s cargo that was not spe- cifically covered by the Swedish embargo. In_-other words, none of the goods could be exported from Sweden to Germany. The state department felt that un- der the circumstances the British thorities should have ordered immed: ate release of the vessel and her car- go. Virtually the same conditions are said to exist in the case of the Amer- ican steamer Joseph W. Fordney hose owners today appealed to the te department for her release. She was seized off the Norweglan coast and taken into Kirkwall although, ac- cording to the evidence before the de- partment, she should not have been det: ed. Expense to Be Charged to Shippers. Notice was received today from the British government that in case of band is found in the cargo of ained ships, all the expenses of 1 unloading and dockage will be charged to the shippers. In vieW of the wide range of the British con- traband list, few cargoes can hope to pe these charges. The note which the state depart- ment probably will address to tha British government in regard to these detentions_also will _ cail atfention..te this situatidm and remind the British government of the promise contained in the note transmitting the order-in- council that everything possible would be done to avoid unnecessary inter- ference and delay to American com- merce. Demurrage Charges Heavy. The demurrage charges in the case of some of the American vessels are very heavy, those of the Antilla amounting to about $1,500 per day and it is understood that the sugges- ton wili be made that where a ves- sel and her cargo are finally decided to be “innocent” the British govern- ment should meet this expense. RAILROADS TO MEET COMPETITION OF CANAL. By Making Rates That Will Freight. Divert ‘Washington, April 12—That trans- continental railroads propose to meet competitioi via the Panama canal by making rates that will divert freight to points jusi mast of Pacific coast terminals for distribution was made clear today in ‘hearings before Inter- state Commerce Commisioner Clark on the adjustment of rates in so-call- ed back-haul territory. Charles Donnelly, representing the Great Northern and other trans-con- tinental roads with terminals at North Pacific coast points, served notice on the commission of carriers purpose. Mr. Donnelly supported the rail- roads’ proposal to cut the rates in back-haul territory by reducing the terminal rate which forms a part of the back-haul charge. Representa- tives of Sgn Francisco. Tacoma, Port- land, Seatfle and other seaport termin- als opposed the plan. TAFT AND ROOSEVELT TO BE PALLBEARERS At Funeral of Prof. Thom: R. Lounsbury at New Haven. New Haven, Conn., April 12.—Former Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft will be among the pallbearers at the funeral tomorrow afternoon of Prof. Thomas R. Louns=- bury, the Yale authority on English, who ' died last week. Other bearers will be President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale, Director Russell H. Chittenden of the Sheffield Scientific school, Prof. Brander Matthews of Columbia univer- sity, former Governor Simeon E. Bald- win, Professors Cross, Pirsson and Beers from the Yale faculty and George Dudley Seymour of this city. The services will be in Battell chapel at Yale. Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, secretary of the university, will be in charge, assisted by Rev. Stewart Means, pastor of St. John'’s Episcopal church of this city. Burial will be in historic Grove street cemetery. MAY SEND MONEY DIRECT TO BELGIUM. Arrangements Made With All the Bel- ligerent Countries. New York, April 12.—Persons desir- ing to send money direct to relatives or friends in Belgium, a privilege that has been denied them since the out- break of the war, can now for a small rate of exchange forward such money through the New York offices of the commission for the relief in Belgium, it was announced here tonight by Alex- ender J. Hemphill, treasurer of the commission. These payments are permitted only to Belgians or Belgian institutions. The arrangements have been made at the approval of all of the beligerent governments with a view to facilitating work of the commission, it was stated. Liege is the chief cattle market of Belgium. ” .