Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 15, 1915, Page 1

- Norwic Bualletin VOL. LVII.—NO. 89 7 oD, NO™ \eo"b. o CONN., THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1915 TEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS RUSSIANS CHECKED IN THE UZSOK PASS Germans Have Come Strongly to the Aid of the Austrians in That Vicinity RUSSIAN REPORT TELLS OF REPULSE OF ENEMY There is Little of Interest in the Campaign in France and Bel- gium—A Zeppelin Airship Crossed the North Sea and Dmppe;i Bombs in a Number of Small Towns and Vil- lages in Northumberland County, England—No Reports Have Been Received of any Damage Done. Germany has come strongly to the ald of Austria in the Carpathian mountains, particularly in the region of Uzsok Pass, the key to Hungary, by means of which the Russians hoped to open the door to the vast territory lying to the south and, as a conse- quence, the Russian advance, which a few days ago seemed to be making marked progress, has been checked. To the northwest of Uzsok, accord- ing to the Austrian war office, the entire position occupied by the Rus- slans has been completed. The Rus- sian war office, however, still lays claim to continued, though slight progress and declares that ail count- er-attacks have been repulsed and that a thousand new prisoners have been added to those already taken. In the western war zone, while there is little of interest in the land cam- paign, the tension among the Brit- i1sh people has been maintained by the visit of a German Zeppelin air- ship, which has raided the Tyne dis- trict of Northumberland. The Zep- pelin crossed the North Sea and drop- ped bombs on a number of small towns and villages, but no reports have been received as to the extent of the damage done, if any. An official report from Field Mar- shal Sir John French, in command of the British forces on the continent, places-the British losses i the fighting which ended in the occupation of Neuve Chappelle at 12,811, of whom 2527 officers and men were killed and 8533 officers and men were wound- ed. The German losses were original- Iy estimated at 18,000 and the Brit- iIsh commandes figures aproximate these. ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP FLIES OVER ENGLAND Dropped Bombs in Towns in North- umberland County. London, April 14,—A German Zeppe- lin airship passed over Blyth, on the North Sea, Northumberland County, at eight o'clock, dropping bombs, says a despatch to the Central News from Blyth. The bombs, it is ndded, fell in the outskirts of the town. A despatch to the Exchange Tele- graph from Newcastle says the Zeppe- fin passed over Blyth, the Tyne, Wal- nd and Cramlington, in Northum- Eflnnd and Seaton and Burn in Dur- dropping bombs at each place. Newcastle, April 15, 2:45 a. m.—A Zeppell raid was made in the Tyne listfict of Northumberland county last pight. It appears that the Zeppelin Sea at about 8:10 o'clock, passed over teached Blyth from across the North Blwh and Cramlington and proceed- »d to the neighborhood of Seaton- hurn. Bombs were dropped on several of [ Yillages passed by the airship— lve at &hoppington, three at Walsend, ;wo at Seatonburn and one at Bed ington. The airship passed near North jhields and Newcastle. While neith- ir city was visited both took precau- fons aginst attacks by extinguishing he electric Ights. JEWS CRUELLY TREATED BY RUSSIAN SOLDIERS itatement Issued by' Five American Workingmen’s Organizations. New York, April 14,—Five American lewish workingmen’s organizations is- ued a joint statement here today, wranding as false the recent denial v the Russian official press bureau, & behalf of the Russian government € charges that Jews in Russia had een persecuted during the war. ‘The statement asserts that the facts wve that Russian Jews have been e victims of cruelty by the Russian oldiers and calls upon the civilized rorld “to protest against the policy f the Russian government which has mly one aim in view—to “exterminate pe Jewish race.” Of this the Russian eople themselves, it is expected, are bt accused. The five organizations are the Unit- Hebrew Trades; Jewish National ‘orkers’ Alliance of America; Jewish st Labor Party; Jewish Social- Federation of America and the ‘orkingmen’s circle, who represent, hey say, 300,000 workingmen in the inited States. Thousands of Jewish citizens in New yrk have received private letters in details of the most cruel deeds ? the Russian soldiery were report- 6, says the statement, which also perts that facts which have been ublished in the newspapers, especial- t in Russian Polish and Russian- ewish .newspapers, “under the se- erest Russian censors’ are alone suf- cient to refute the denials of the tussian government. ETROGRAD REPORTS RUSSIAN PROGRESS IN CARPATHIANS Vith Repulse of Repeated Counter- Attacks of the Enemy. Petrograd, via London, April 14, 8.55 . m—An official communication {s- 2ed by thie war office today says: wng continues in the region of 1€ K pass. “PDuring the night of April 13 our oops made slight progress and re- viseq with success repeated counter- attacks of the enemy on the heights south of the line of Volosate-Bukowecz. We captured about 1,000 prisoners and two machine guns. “Attempts of the enemy to assume the offensive on the heights south of Koziouwka and in Bukowina on the right bank of the iver Pruth in the region of Czernowitz failed. “Complete calf reigns on the other sectors along our, front. “Everywhere the spring making the roads very bad.” EMPEROR WILLIAM VISITED EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH. Conferred Regarding Negotiations Be- tween Austria and Italy. thaw 1is Geneva, April 13, via Paris, April 14, 5.10 p. m—Information has reached Geneva tending to confirm the reports that Emperor William paid a visit late last month to Emperor Francis Jo- seph. According to this information, Emperor William hastily determined to visit Emperor Francis Joseph upon receiving from Prince Von Buelow, German ambassador to Italy, a mes- sage to the effect that negotiations be- tween Austria and Italy concerning territorial concessions by Austria as the price of Italy’s neutrality had fail- ed. Emperor Willlam at once ordered that his special train be prepared and, wccompanied by two officers, set forth for Vienna, traveling incognito, by way of Munich. The train was stopped near the castle at Scheenbrun, on the on:skirts of Vienna, to which Emperor am went by motor car. With Francis Joseph were Baron Von Burian, Austro-Hungarian foreign m.nister, and Count Tisza, the Hun- garian premier. Emperor William is said to have conversed with them for three hours. He then returned to his waiting train and hurried back to Ger- many. BREAD MADE OF STRAW OF DOUBTFUL NUTRITIVE VALUE But is Tasty—Experiments af a Ber- lin Physician, Berlin, via Berlin, April 14, 9.28 p. m.—rhat bread made of straw istasty but of doubtful nutritive value is now the admission of Dr. Friedenthal, whose recent announcement thaat he had succeeded in producing a valuable food product from finely triturated straw, aroused predictions of a revo- lution in the feeding of the human race. Dr. Friedenthal explained his pro- cess at a meeting last night of the Berlin Medical assoclation, when he declared that “straw bread is not en- tirely without nourishment, because some’ admissible elements are pres- ent.” Samples of tarts made of ' straw were passed around and the epicures assembled found them decidedly tasty. Dr. Friedenthal will continue his ex- periments hoping to substitute straw for potato meal. BRYAN CONFERS WITH ORIENTAL AMBASSADORS. It is Believed the Pending Negotiations Were Discussed. ‘Washington, April 14. — Secretary Bryan held separate conferences today with Viscount Chinda, the Japanese ambassador, and Kai Fu Shah, the Chinese minister, in which, it is be- lieved, the pending Japanese-Chinese negotiations were discussed. 'No an- nouncement was mado by the state de- partment or the visiting diplomats as to the subjects under discussion. The Japanese ambassador was with Mr. Bryan for nearly a half hour and was followed by the Chinese minister, who talked with the secretary even longer. BRITISH LOSSES AT NEUVE CHAPELLE, Killed, 180 Officers, 2337 Men—Wound- ed, 359 Officers, 8,174 Men, London, April 14, 115 p. m.—Field Marshal Sir John French, commander of the British expeditionary forces on the continent, reports the British loss- es in the three days fighting at Neuve, Chapelle as follows: Killed 190 officers; 2,337 men. ‘Wounded, 359 officers; 8,174 men. Missing, 23 officers; 1,728 men. Field Marshal French's report con- tinues: “The enemy left several thousand dead on the fleld and we have posi- tive information that upwards of 12,000 wounded were removed by train, Thirty cfficers and 1,657 of oth- ranks were captured.” TURKS, KURDS AND ARABS DEFEATED BY BRITISH In Mesopolamia—Drove Them Off and Captured 300 Prisoner: London, April 14, 8.30 p. m.—An offi- cial report issued by the India office says that the Turks, who had collected a force of 11,000 regulars with 28 guns, and some 12,000 Kurds and Arabs at- tacked the British positions at Kurna, Apwaz and Shaiba, in Mesopolamia, on March 12. -They were driven off, how- ever, leaving 300 prisoners and two guns in the hands of the British. The British casualties, according to the report, were 92 men wounded. 3 o™ ¥ The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Af sSwer Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest i Connecticut in Proportidn to the Clt}’s Popfila{tibn X Cablea Paragraphs $620,000 for Belgian Relief. London, April 14, 852 p. m.—The Australian_state of Victoria has con- tributed £124,000 ($620,000) to the Beiglan rellef funds, according to an announcement by the colonial office. To Commandeer Refrigerating Ships. London, April 14, 6 p. m.—An order- in-council was issued this evening commandeering all the refrigerating ships engaged in trade between the ports within the United Kingdom and Australasia. HAMBURG PAPER QUESTIONS UNITED STATES’ NEUTRALITY. Asserts That America is Assisting En- emies in War Against Germany. Amsterdam, via London, April 14, $ 40 p. m.—The Hamburger Nachricl ten. commenting on the German mem- orandum to the state department at Washington, recently given out for publication by Count Von Bernstorft, the German ambassador, declares that the United States allows England to act as she pleases and supplies her with all the war materials she requires and continues: “Many a one who has had to observe this procedure of the United States has struck the table with his fist. The anger created in Europe is greater than the people over there allow them- relves to imagine. “Our foreign office has now found ihe right language against France, against England, and, without any sort of consideration, against the United States, too. With consideration and lorvearance we get no further forward. The German people will gradually fin- h with their declared enemies, al- though tremendous efforts will be re- quired, but behind them stand other enemiés who pretend to be neutral and claim from us the rights of neutrality together with every consideration, but “who, nevertheless, continuously ~and zcalously sUpport our enemies and as- sist them in their war against us. ‘It is time that a strong word went 1o Washington. In expression it will be polite, but its meaning can only b ‘Are you neutral or are you enemy LAST STEP TO GET GERMAN DYESTUFFS Being Prepared by Officials of the State Department. ‘Washington, April 14—Officials of the state department were prepared to- night to take up with the German gov- ernment the last step necessary to sup- ply American textile millers with two cargoes of German dyestuffs bought ard paid for with American cotton be- foro March 1st. The way was cleared by the announcement® that the British government had agreed to per- mit these cargoes to come through from Rotterdam, under certain condi- tions, the recent order-in-council aim- e at all commerce to or from Germany beipg set aside to that extent. As the position previously taken by the German government has been that 1£ would permit shipment of dyestuffs in exchange for cotton or copper, some officials believed there would be very little difficulty in getting these two cargoes out of Germany to Rotterdam. At any rate, only the consent of Ger- many is necessary to get this much- reeded supply for American mills, and state department officials will keep v.ith the millers’ agents in efforts to complete the transaction. A preliminary study of the message today indicated that the cargoes were already at Rotterdam. DIVER WALKS ALONG TOP OF SUNKEN SUBMARINE Made World’s Diving Record, Going Down 288 Feet. Honlulu, April 14—Chief Gunner’s Mate Frank Crilley went 288 feet under water here today and walked along the top of the submarine F-4 which disappeared March 25. ‘The depth is said by naval officers to be a world’s diving record. He found the F-4 lying in a smooth, sandy bottom with no coral growths to impede hoisting operations. She lay on her starboard side, her bow pointing shoreward. Two parted lines were found attached to the craft. After Crilley reported, it was sald further operations probably would be made before an attempt is made to raise the F-4. Crilley went down in an ordinary diving suit and the re-compression chamber designed to reduce pressure on the diver was not used. VIENNA REPORTS GENERAL SITUATION UNCHANGED. Artillery Engagements in a Majority of Sectors on Carpathian Front. Vienna, April 14, via London, 7.50 p. m.—The following statement was given out today at the war office: “In general the situation is un- changed. On the Carpathian front, in a majority of the sectors, there were artillery engagements. ‘ Northwest of Uzsok p&Ss the entire position occupied by the Russiand was attacked .and conquered by the 19th and 26th Hungarian infantry regi- ments. “In southeastern Galicia and in Bu- kowina all is quiet.” RUSSIAN CASUALTIES IN THE CARPATHIANS. Budapest Paper Places Them at 50,000 Killed and 10,000 Prisoners. Venice, via London, April 14, 9.10 p. m.—The Russians, after the FEaster battles in the westérn passes of the Carpathians, according to the Budapest newspaper Anap, were forced to retire in order to recover from their enormous losses. During their offensive , which commenced in January, the newspaper adds, the Russians lost 50,000 men kill- ed and 10,000 prisoners, $25,000 Fire in Danbury Hat Factory. Danbury, Conn., April 14.—The hat factory ef the Vinson-Doyle Company, situated in North street, was partly destroyed by fire late today, entailing an estimated loss of $25,000. The employes had just left the factory when the flames shot from the second story windows. The structure, which ‘was wooden, was soon mass of flames, but the firemen after a hard fight suc- ceeded in saving part of the build- ing. The origin of the fire is not known. $72,908 For Cancer Research. - Bogton, April 14—Gifts amounting to $72,908, to be devoted to cancer re- search at the Harvard medical school, were announced at a meeting of the Harvard overseers today. Of this sum $50,000 was provided by the will of Philip C. Lockwood of this city. Villa Winning Battle of Celaya APPEARS TO HAVE ADVANTAGE FIRST DAY. 45,000 MEN ENGAGED General Obregon’s Forces Said to Have Been Surrounded and Retreat Cut Off—Outcome Still Doubtful. Washington, April 14.—General Vil- la appears to have gained the upper hand in the first day of the battle with the forces of General Obregon near Celaya and vicinity, according to| consular advices to the state depart- ment today from.San Luis Potosi. From other points as well, it was re- ported that in the struggle, in which officials estimate 45,000 men are en- saged, the first fruits of victory are with the army of General Villa, Gen. Obregon Surrounded. General Obregon is declared to have been surrounded and his retreat cut off from all directions. according to one report: As the firing line is extensive, detailed advices have not reached here from General Villa’s headquarters and the final outcome of the fighting is still doubtful. Important Bearing on Political Situa- tion, Victory for Villa would mean the re- sumption of communication by rail and wire between Mexico City and the American border, while success by General Obregon would _divide the Villa-Zapata forces and destroy their communication between the northern and southern sections of the country. In many quarters here it is belleved that .the result of the struggle will have an important bearing on the general political situation in Mexico, indicating which of the two major tactions is to dominate. GENERAL FUNSTON HAS ARRIVED AT BROWNSVILLE. Yesterday Passed With No Bombard- ment of Matamoros. Brownsville, Tex., April 14.—Major General Frederick Funston, who ar- tived here today from San Antonio to take charge of the border situation crecated by the siege of Matamoros, said his coming was due to reports that the Villa artillery was arriving and that the fighting might be expect- ed to come to a head soon. The day passed with no bombardment of Mata- moros, however. From eight miles down the Rio Grande came a report that the sound of cannon fire was heard this morning &nd two hours’ rifie skirmish was heard this afternoon. This fight apparently vias between scouting parties, The aeroplane ordered here from San Diego will, army officers say, clear up Important questions as to Browns- ville's safety from artillery fire direct- ed against Matamoros. MILITARY AVIATORS TO LOCATE VILLA CANNON Whnich Might Be Placed So Shells Would Drop in Brownsvi San Antonio, Tex., April 14—Mili- iary aviators and a military aeroplane fiom the milltary training school at San Diego, Cal, was said in army circles here today to be en route to Brownsville, Tex., today. The machines are expected to enable army officers to locate positions of Villa cannon which might be placed so shells would drop in Brownsville. It was said at railroad offices here that the aeroplane and nine men con- nected with the training school at San Diego would arrive here tomorrow on their way to Brownsville. No official statement could be obtained at head- quarters here regarding the report, but it was understood General Funston had recommended the machine as a result of his previous trip to Brownsville, when the Villa attack first began. MAY BE COUNTER CHARGE AGAINST THE RIGGS BANK. For Alleged Violations of the Nation- al Bank Act, ‘Washington, April 14—Interest in the efforts of the Riggs National Bank tos secure injunctions against Secre- tary McAdoo and Comptroller of the Curfency John Skelton Williams cen- tered today on the question of ‘whether these proceedings might not be overshadowed by a counter-at- tack upon the officials of the bank with proceedings alleging violations of the national bank act. Mr. Williams declined tonight to discuss this phase of the matter or to indicate whether or not the govern- ment's case would go beyond civil proceedings. It became known, how- ever, that careful consideration was being given to all statements and cor- respondence between officials. of the bank and the comptroller’s office. Dis- trict_Attorney Laskey, whose aid would be invoked in other than civil proceedings, was in conference today at the department of justice with Louis D. Brandeis, counsel for the comptroller and Mr. McAdoo. Late today Mr. Willlams called on Secretary McAdoo and discussed the case. The secretary has been con- fined to his home since his recent op- eration. MRS. THEO. ROOSEVELT TO UNDERGO OPERATION. ls a Patient in Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. New York, April 14—Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt hospital in this city, where Roosevelt hospotal in this city, where ~le arrived late this evening with Col- onel Roosevelt from their home in Oys- ter Bay. It was said that she would be operated on tomorrow. No. infor- metion regarding Mrs. Roosevelt was fo thcoming at the hospital tonight ex- cept that she was a patient there. Colonel Roosevelt remained at the hospital for some time, leaving at a late hour. s Movements of Steamships. Gibraltar, April 13.—Passed: steam- ;’l‘ Duca D’Aosta, New York for es. s he annual Vermont state encamp- ment of the G. A. R. and | zanizations ended yesterday. 13 Killed in Street Car at Detroit WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A STRING OF FREIGHT CARS. 10 WOMEN VICTIMS Motorman Misunderstood Signal to Wait and Ran Onto Railroad Tracks —Car Smashed Almost to Bits. Detroit, Mich, April 14—Thirteen persons, ten of them women, were in- stantly killeq and 27 others were in- jured late today in a collision be- tween a Detroit city street car and a freight train on the Detroit and Iron- ton railroud. Three of the injured are expected to die. Only Three of Dead lIdentified. Hours after the accident only three of the dead had been identified. They were: Miss Gail Gladys George, a school teacher; Mrs. Zepak Wagorgas and Louis Kornich. Most of the victims were foreigners whose homes were in the western end of the city. The strect car, one of the largest in service, was heavily loaded with passengers homeward bound from their day’s work. Motorman Misunderstood Signal. As the car approached the railroad crossing it stopped and the conductor ran ahead to see if the track was clear. He signalled the motorman to wait, but apparently the latter, who is said to have been inexperienced, mis- understood his meaning. He applied the power and the car ran rapidly aowr an incline and onto the railroad tracks. Dead Dropped in the Street. . A string of freight cars being push- ed by a switch engine struck the street car fairly in the middle, smash- ing it almost to bits. The wreckage was pushed along a hundred feet. sev- eral of the dead and injured dropping along the street before the train was brought to a standstill. Crushed by the Debris. Others were crushed in the splinter- eq mass of steel and wood and it was several hours before they could be tricated and their exact number not known: Many private automobiles, together with the ambulance, carried the injur- ed to the hospitals. Several of those so removed were so badly hurt, it is understood, they may die. Two Buildings Partly Demolished. At the place where the accident oc- curred the railroad tracks occupy a narrow street. On one corner of the intersection stood a grocery store and on the opposite side, the Delray sta- tion of the Detroit, Toledo and Iron- ton raflroad. Both these buildings were struck by the street car as it was carried along in front of the freight and partly demolished. No oc- cupant of either structure was injur- ed. X is TRIAL OF ALL INDICTED IN TANZER CASE NEXT MONTH. Whereabouts of McCullough, Detective, is Unknown. New York, April 14—The trials of David and Maxwell Slade, attorneys, Rae Tanzer and her sisters, Dora and Rose, Albert J. McCullough, detective, and Frank D. Safford, hotel clerk, all iuldicted on_ federal charges growing out of the $£50,000 breach of promise suit against James W. Osborne, will be started within a month, it was-said to- day at the office of the United States district attorney. Miss Tanzer, who Is accused of using the mails to defraud Mr. Osborne, plerded not guilty today to the indict- ment against her and was released on a bond of $5000. David Slade, who was in New Haven, Conn. yesterday wlen the Indictment was filed chars- ing him and his brother with conspira- cy to obstruct justice, telegraphed that he would appear and plead tomorrow. McCullough, indicted on_ the same catrge, had not been found up to a late hour, but a telephone message purport- ing to come from him said he would surrender as soon as he found a bonds- man. The other defendants have pleaded not guilty and have been released on ail. CURIOSITY OF BRITISH PUBLIC NOT SATISFIED About Knowledge of War, Conditions Nor of Proposed Liquor Restrictions. London, April 14, 10.85 p. m.—The Eritish - parliament reassembled today aad simultaneously Field Marshal Sir John French’s report on the British tory at Neuve Chapelle, about which there have been many rumors, was rublished. Neither event fully satisfied the curi- osity of the public on the matters on waich the minds of the people have Peen occupled during Tecent weeks, The house of commons sat only for 35 minutes and the expected statement of the ministers an the questions of liquor prohibition, the acceleration of the out- put of munitions and the general progress of the war were postponed until future sessions. The statement of the under-secretary of war, H. J. Tennant, that there was 10 present intention to prohibit the sale in the army canteens of beer, the only alcoholic Hquor now sold at these establishments, indicated, however, that the restriction to be proposed by the government will not be so drastic as some have been led to expect. TWO BROTHERS FOUND DEAD IN A DORY. Fishermen Caught in Snowstorm Off Maine Coast. e Rockland, Me,, April 14—A dory con- taining the bodies of David W. and Bidney E. Lawry, wven trawl fiscermen and brothers, wha disap- peared on April 3, when they = were caught in Green Island channel in a heavy mortheast snowstorm, was pick- ed up today by the Rockport sloop Myrtle off the entrance to Penobscot bay and towed into Vinalhaven. . Clasped in each others’ embrace, the Bodles were stretched upon a _bed wmade of trawis. Their coats had been removed and were used as pillows. It was believed .they were carried out to £ea and died of starvation rather than Condensed Telegrams ennsylvania House passed the bill repealing the full crew law of 1911. F. M. Fisk of Detroit, president of the American Society in London, died in London. Governor Whitman and his staff will review the New York police parade on April 24. Dr. Lewis Waldstein, pathologist, physician died in London. well-known and author, The Greeneville, Pa., mill of the Carnegie Steel Co., resumed opera- tions on full time. There are more theatres in Italy in proportion to the population than in any other country. Marquis Jules della Chiesa, a broth- er of Pope Benedict, died, according to a dispatch from Genoa. A petition_in bankruptcy was filed against the Metcalf Company of New York, silversmiths, capital $50,000. Former Senator Burton of Ohio left Lima, Peru, after several days there, to resume his tour of South America. The advace of $1 a ton was an- nounced in Pittsburgh by the more important steel shafting manufactur- ers. An issue of $75,000,000 six-months’ British Treasury bills was placed in London at an average of about 3% | % oW OF Pper cent. Four women taken in a saloon raid at Paterson, N J., were “sentenced” by Recorder J. F. Carrol to attend Billy Sunday’s service. of the Panama Canal are according to Major-Gen- who arrived at New Or- Panama. Defencas condition,” eral Wood leans from Founders’ Day was celebrated at the University of Virginia, Charlottes- ville, Va., by the unveiling of a bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson. Women street car conductors are be- ing tried in Glasgow. In Hamburg, women conductors are to be installed to replace men called to war. Thomas W. Poile, a wealthy retired stock broker, shot and killed himself at his home at Ironsides, Md. where he lived a recluse for three years Newsboys from Baltimore called on President Wilson and presented a per- mit that would allow him to sell papers in the streets of Baltimore. Two hundred inmates of the Chicago | i raphers’ union of America, and 'W. T. State Hospital for the Insane were rescued from a fire that destroyved an :.‘%'\ex The loss is estimated at $50,- A resolution to submit a state wide prohibition amendment to the voters was defeated in the Florida senate. ;I;he house phad passed such a resolu- on. Several additional courses for mis- sionary practice are to be added to the curriculum of the Yale school of Reli%lon, acording to an announce- ment. By a vote of 31 to 18, the New York Senate passed the Sage bill creating a State single-headed hospital com- mission to take charge of the State hospitals. The launch Husky, with 11 men made harbor at Port Los Angeles after having been blown thirty miles out of her course. She was reported missing last night. A delegation of fifty women sailed from New York on the steamer Noor- dam on their way to The Hague to attend the Women's Peace Confer- ence to be held ther Rear-Admiral Pond, in command of the naval defense district of the Pa- cific, was named by Secretary Danfels to take command of the Pacific re- serve fleet at Puget Sound. Mrs. John Chapman, famous hostess when her husband was editor of the “Westminster Re- view” is an inmate of a London poor- house. She is 82 years of age. who was a About 300 men will get work by the reopening of the blast furnace of the Pennsylvania Iron & Coal Co., Canal- dover, Ohio, which will take place as soon as it can be placed in readiness. President Poincare of France and Minister of War Miller left Dunkirk for Paris after a visit of three days with the French and Belgium troops and King Albert in the vicinity of Dunkirk. Four men and one boy were blown to pieces, and forty persons seriously injured by a mysterious explosion that caused a fire that gutter the big city herring market at Lerwick, Shetland Islands. John B. Scarlett, former director of the wercked Roseville Trust Co., was convicted of conspiracy resulting from the collapse of the bank. Two weeks ago he was convicted of overdrawing his accounts. Three men were drowned and two others narrowly escaped the same fate when the United States mail boat between Bayfield and La Pointe, ‘Wis.,, was crushed in the ice of Che- quamagon Bay. Demands for increases in wages of from 10 to 20 per cent. were made by lathers and bricklayers, sheet meal workers, hod-carriers, scaffold build- ers, mortar-mixers and common lab- orers in Pittsburgh. President Wilson declared that American. women. delegates. to .the peace conference at The Hague, now on their way tho the meeting, have no official status as far as the United States is concerned. Only 122 professional football play- ers out of about 1,800 in the English league teams have enlisted in the Football Battalion, which was espec- ially organized to bring professional football players to the colors. Former Representative Theron Ak- ron of Amsterdam, N. Y., who won his way to congress with an empty dinner pail and a lemon, was sued for $10,000 damages by Miss Clara Remy, of Fort Johnson, N. Y., for defamation of character. The Kentucky senate has passed a bill authorizing the employment of convicts - in the manufacture of ar- ticies for state use. Contradiction by Te_legaphers OF STATEMENTS MADE BY GEN ERAL MANAGER REYNOLDS. FIVE WERE SUBPOENAEL None of Postal Operators Satisfied- Think They Do Too Much Work fa Too Little Money—No Redress. Chicago, April 14.—Five Postal Tele graph company telegraphers, suddeny subpoenaed to appear before the Unit ed States commission on industrial re today unanimously contradict erday’s testimony of BEdward d Reynolds, general manager of the com pany, who eaid that conditions of em: ployment were 100 per cent. satisfac Mr. Reynolds remarked that tix commission could confirm his state ment by asking the men. None of the Operators Satisfied. The five witnesses said that none o the operators were satisfied, in ti( main, because they thought they di( too much work for too little money; they knew of no way to obtain redres: and there were minol troubl D. F. Rogers, extra split trick” for the Postal com- pany, was the last witness. A he wa( being excused he was asked by Franl working a “regula | P. Walsh, chairman of the commission if he further complaint t« make. Thinks He'll Lose His Job. “Only that I won't have any job to morrow,” he said. Mr. Walsh replied: “If you or any other of the young men get into difficulty because of youi testimony during the life of this com- mission, please notify Secretary Brown.” e “It's ten to one that you will heax from me,” Rogers insisted. “Oh, let us hope mnot,” chairman. Never Get Another Job. “Tll be fired, and I never will get ancther job,” the witness concluded. Other witnesses were Thomas Care roll, traffic superintendent, western di- vision, Western Union Telegraph com: pany; George Duffy and Eli Rosen- burg, messenger boys; B. Frank Shrimpton, secretary and treasurer of the New York local, Commercial Teleg- had any smiled the Russell, 8. P. Aubrey, T. L. Yarring- ton and Clare B. Emerson, Postal com- pany operators who preceded Rogers. S. J. Konenkamp, president of the "telegraphens’ organization, added a few words to his previous testimony re- garding the telegraphers’ strike of 1907. 'When Russell took the stand Mr. Walsh stated interrogatively: - “Mr, Reynolds, your general mana. ger, stated yesterday that conditions among Postal company telesraphers were satisfactory and there were no complaints?” “Hounding of Men to Speed Up.” “There is much dissatisfaction over wages and the ‘hounding’ of the men to speed up,” Mr. Russell replied. “In Chicago our instruments are too close together and we can’t work in comfort and when short rellef from the key is necessary sometimes you can’t get it for hours” “Why don’t you state your griev- ances through the union?” Mr. Walsh asked, “or acsoclation of employes to which Mr. Reynolds testified yester- day? Mr. Reynolds stated that this union elected its own officers and was a channel for the adjustment of griev- ances. Never Heard of Postal Union. “I never heard of it,” responded the witness. The other telegraphers either had not heard of the union, or only vaguely. They regarded the chief operator as the court of last resort, they said, and considered it a hazardous experiment to appeal that high. They complained, if at all, to the sub-chlefs. Russell said that he wrote direct to Mr. Reynolds a year ago, but never received a reply. No Two Men Satisfied. “There are 300 men in the Chicago office, and I don’t believe that you can find two of them who are satisfied,” said Russell. “Mr. Reynolds testified that he him- self was not satisfled with his own salary,” interjected Commissioner shton, who laughed and added: “You needn’t answer that.” The witnesses work on circuits pay- ing $85 a month, but those of them on the extra list were unable to work full time and earnings fell below that. Emerson said that he never had trou- ble getting short relief from the key if ke appealed to the chief operator. Yarrington complained that the com- pany required the men to rent the typewriters used in the office, while a rival company provides them free to the men. ORGANIZED FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN THE COUNTRY. John Gardiner, 99, Oldest Active Bank- er, Dead at Norwalk. Norwalk, O., April 14.—John Gardi- ner, aged 99, the oldest active banker in the United States, dled today. He ‘was president of the Norwalk National bank, in which he became a clerk 81 years ago, and until six months ago ‘went daily to his business office. Mr. Gardiner helped Salmon P. Chase, then secretary of the treasury, organize the first national bank in the country in 1862. He once was presi- dent of the Toledo, Norwalk and Cleveland railroad, now part of the New York Central system. M., K. & T. to Extend $19,000,000 Notes New York, April 14.—Announcement was made_ today by .directors of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rallway company of a plan to extend for one year the company’s $19,000,000 five per cent. notes, due May 1st, at the inter- est rate of six per cent. Holders of a majority of the notes have already agreed to the extension, it was said, and the rest are expected to accept. 18 Year Old Boy Took Poison. Calais, Me., April 14—Heman Hylen found his 13 year old son Clyde in his dooryard today, suffering from the ef- fects of a poison believed to have been taken with suicidal intent. The boy was alive but died before a physician arrived. He had run away to East- port Monday evening and returned last mght, but did not enter his home.