Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 20, 1915, Page 1

R 77, 1 VOL. LVIL—NO. 93 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDA}, APRIL 20, 1915 TEN PAéES The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Pape, ~nd Its Total Ci PRICE TWO CENTS rculation is the Lar(jest in Connecticut ir;”Pr”c;porrtion vtohthe'Citry’s Population BRITISH CAPTURE A STRATEGICAL POINT In Belgium, a Hill Which Dominates the Country North and Northwest of Zillebeke REPULSED THE ENEMY’S EFFORT TO RETRIEVE London and Paris Report Capture of Terrain by the Allies— A Lull in the Fighting in the Carpathian Peaks and Passes is Announced—In Poland and Galicia Almost Complete Quiet Prevails—Turkish Minister of War Declares That Turkey Will Emerge From the War “Truly United and Stronger Than Ever”—No Hostilities in Progress at the Dardanelles. Fighting at various isolated points from western Belgium to the Vosges mountains has resulted, according to London and Paris, in defeats at sev- eral places for the Germans, in the capture and occupation by the allies of Terrain, or in the holding back successfully of vicious German at- tacks and counter-attacks. Lull in the Carpathians. In the eastern war zone, up in the Carpathian peaks and passes, some- what of a lull as compared with pre- vious days seems to have falfen on the operations of the Russians and the Germans and Austro-Hungarian ar- mies, while in Galicia and Poland al- most complete quiet prevails. “To the south of Zillebeke in Bel- gium, a hill which dominates the coun- try north and northwest has been cap- tured and consolidated by the British, says London, after a sanguinary en- gagement with the Germans. Repeat- ed counter-attacks failed to force the Britons out of the trenches and in front of the captured positions, when the fighting ended, lay hundreds of dead. French Advance in the Vosges. According to Paris, a further ad- vance in the oVsges, by the French has been made on both banks of the Fecht river, the Germans evacuating Eselbrucke and abandoning ° large stores of war materials. A German counter-attack at Les Eparges was re- pulsed, an infantry engagement with no advantage to either side was fought in the Montmare wood and the French had the advantage of an artiilery en- gagement in the region of Regnie- ville. Vienna characterizes as unimportant the only fighting that has been going on in the Carpathians, while the lat- est official communication issued in Petrograd deals with battles which oc- curred Sunday and farther back. Quiet in the Dardanelles. Aithough despatches covering the southern theatre around the Darda- nelles have intimated that preparations were beginning possibly for the land- ing of allied forces along the Dar- danelles and also for a recommence- ment of the naval attack against the forts of .the waterway, nothing has come through to show that such hos- tilities actually have begun. Turkish Minister Optimisito, . Enver Pasha, the Turkish minister of war, in an interview, spoke opti- mistically of Turkey's future, declaring that Turkey would emerge from the war “truly united and stronger than ever.” The forcing of the Dardanelles, Enver declared, would be a huge. task for the allies and even should they be forced the Turks still would be mas- ters of the situation by means of howitzers, mines, “and a fleet which is not so inconsiderable as some think.” EFFECTIVE USE OF HAND GRENADES BY BRITISH. Three Awards of Victoria Cross For Bravery in Use of the Missiles. London, April 19, 820 p. m.—The Important part that hand granades are playing in the western campaign is made evident by the fact that of five awards of the Victoria Cross announc- ed tonight, three were for ‘“conspic- uous bravery” displayed in the use of - these missiles. Private Edward Barber, of the First battalion of the Grenadier guards at Neuve Chapelle “ran in front of his grenade company and threw bombs on the enemy with such effect that a very great number of them at once surrendered.” “When the grenade party ‘regched Barber,” the report making the award says, “they found him quite alone and unsupported and with the enemy sur- rendering all about him.” Lance Corporal Fug}er Ofl the Grenadier guards won his cross the same battle. o “Seeing a party of the gnemy en- deavoring to escape along a communi- cation trench,” the report says, “Cor- poral Fuller ran quite alone toward them and killed the leading man with a bomb. The remainder of the men, nearly fifty, finding no means of evad- . Ing: his bombs, surrendered to him.” Lieutenant Cyril Gordon Martin, who already possesses the Distin- guished Service Order medal, was in sommand of a gredade-throwing party »f six and “although wounded, led his rrty into the enemy’s trenches and eld back their reinforcements over ours. %fi May of the tScittish Rifiles wnd Private Tollerton of the Cameron Highlanders were awarded crosses for rescuing wounded men under fire. GERMANS AND FRENCH BOTH CLAIM ADVANTAGE Hand to Hand Fighting Still Continues in the Vosges. London, April 19, 10:09 p. m—Activ- n:}ong the western battle ine but seems to partake of the nature of isolated engagements in- itead of a general offensive. Artil- ery duels have taken the place of the lerce hand-to-hand fighting, which is been the feature of the recent st le along the Meuse and near fhe Totraine border, but the _latter type of combat continues in the Vosges where, the official statements of both sides agree, sharp fighting is taking place on German territory. The agreement, however, ends with this fact, the French claiming to have occupied dominating positions here and the Germans declaring that the attacks of the French have failed. GERMANY OFFERS REPARATION FOR SINKING THE KATWYK. Full Compensation For Sinking by ‘a German Submarine. London, April 19, 647 p. b—The German government's willingness to make reparation for the sinking in the North sea last week by a German submarine of the Dutch steamer Kat- wyk is indicated in a Reuter des- patch, from Amsterdam. This mes- sage says semi-official announcement was made today at The Hague that the government, acting on its own in- itiative: sent the following _declara- tion to the Dutch government: “Neither the German _government nor the German naval authorities as is self-evident, had the intention of attacking a Dutch vessel. Notwith- standing this the German government believes it possible, that, ~owing to an unfortunate accident, the Katwyk has been torpedoed by a German sub- ‘marine. “At once, after the event became known, the German government or- dered an inquiry and requested the Dutch government to send to Berlin an official report on this subject, which can give enlightenment. If in- quiry proves that the Katwyk has been sunk by a German submarine the German government will express munhesitatingly its sincere regret and offer full compensation.” MEMBERS OF EITEL CREW ARRIVE IN COPENHAGEN. Were Provided With False Passports, According to London Daily Mail. London, April 20, 3.00 p. m.—“Sev- eral members of the crew of the Ger- man auxiliary Prinz Eitel Friedrich have arrived here on board the steam- er Hellig Olav from New York, head- ed by the second officer,” says the Daily Mail's Copenhagen correspond- ent. \ “They were provided with false passports describing them as Swedish subjects. They are bearing secret re- ports to Germany from the Prinz Eitel's commander.” The Prinz Eitel is now interned at the Norfolk Navy yard where she was taken from Newport News. April 9. Under internment order the captain of the cruiser gave his pledge that neither he, his officers nor men would leave Norfolk, Eitel Men All Accounted For, Norfolk, Va., April 19.—Rear Admi ral Beatty, commandant of the Nor- folw Navy yard tonight declared that no officers or men had left the Bitel Friedrich since that vessel was in- terned here April 9. Second Officer Victor Hartzen of the Eitel Friedrich declared that no officer had left the ship since she arrived in Hampton Roads, March 10. STRIKE OF PUPILS ¥ AT YONKERS IS BROKEN. A Hundred Boys of Advanced Grades Meek When Brought Before Court, Yonkers, N. Y. April 19.—Indica- tions tonight were that the strike of 1200 school children, pupils in public school No. 20. who refused to at- tend school because their principal. ‘William F. Maxson, had been notified that he would not be reengaged next year, had been effectively broken. Aft- er a demonstration in front of the school in which the pupils and several ‘hundred of the pupils’ parents joined and in_ which truant officers who at- tempted to force the children back in- to_ the school were roughly handled, a hundred boys, pupils of the advanc- ing grades, were taken before the judge of the city court. When asked by the judge if they would return to their classes, each of the boys replied meekly that he would. OBITUARY. Sir Thomas Clouston. Edinburgh, April 19, 8.30 p. m.—Sir ‘Thomas Smith Clouston, well known as an authority on mental diseases, died today. He was born in 1840 and married Harriet Storer, daughter of ‘William Storer, of New Haven, Conn. Galen C. Moses Me., April 19.—Galen C. treasurer of the Worumbo ng Company at Lisbon Falls, died todgy aged 79 years. His benefactions to this city included a public library and a Young Men's Christian Association building. * Labor exchanges throughout Great Britain found work for 1,000,000 peo- vle last year. & Cabled Paragr «° General Satisfactic § olland. The Hague, via ., April 19, 10.25 p. m—Ther \ eral satisfac- tion here in cons .Ce of the dec- laration by Germa.y of her willing- ness to express regret and pay an in- demnity in the event an investigation proves that the Dutch steamer Kat- wyk was sunk by a German subma- rine through a mistake. The irritation caused by the sinking of the Katwyk has almost completely subsided. CHANCE FOR JAPAN AND UNITED STATES. To Show Friendship in Dealing With Chinese Question. New York, April 19.—The present situation as regards China furnishes a supreme opportunity for the United States and Japan to show the mean- ing of their friendship, not only for each other, but for China as well, de- clared Dr. Shailer Mathews. dean of the University of Chicago, in an ad- dress here tonight. It was difficult at present, he said, to hold an unquali- fled conviction that Japan’s plans to- ward China were magnanimously in the interests of China and herein “the United States and Japan have an op- portunity to demonstrate the power of diplomacy based upon the giving of Jjustice.” Dr. Shaller was co-speaker with Dr. Sidney L. Gulick, at a dinner welcom- ing them home from their recent mis- sion to Japan as representatives of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ of America. The dinner was attended by members of that organ- ization, of the Japan society, of the New York Peace society and of the Church Peace union. Both speakers brought messages of peace and friendship for the United States from Count Okuma, the Jap- anese prime minister, and other Jap- anese statesmen and emphasized the necessity in this country of a better understanding of the Japanese in order to allay .what they described as the unjust suspicions entertained in this country for the motives of Japan. Dr. Mathews, discussing the demands made upon China by Japan, said that if Japan's only purpose was to build up an Asiatic Monroe Doctrine, “the American people can hardly fail to sympathize with her, particularly as . we recall her need for territory in which to expand.” PRESIDENT TO REVIEW THE ATLANTIC FLEET. In New York Harbor, May 17—Water Carnival to Follow. il Washington. Aphil 19.—The Atlan- tic fleet will be reviewed in New York harbor May 17 by President Wilson. Secretary Daniels announced the date tonight at the conclusion of confer- ences with Admiral Fletcher, com- mander-in-chief of the fleet. The re- view will be followed by a water car- nival at night and a land ~parade probably the next day, May 18. Blue- jackets ang marines from the fleet will march through Fifth avenue with army _troops from Governor's Island, the New York National guard and other organizations yet to be deters ‘mined. The exact number of war craft to be assembled at New York has not yet been decided, but virtually all the battleships, many of the cruisers, gunboats and destroyers attached to the fleet, and some of the submarines and auxiliaries will be ordered out. The review will be the first here since October, 1912. 500 LABORERS ON STRIKE AT STAMFORD. Want $2 for an Eight Hour Day and Recognition of the Union. Stamford, Conn., April 19.—About 500 laborers in Stamford struck today for $2 a day, an eight hour day and recognition of the union. The strikers include practically all of the laborers employed by the city, excepting the street cleaners and- garbage collectors, and nearly the whole of the force em- ployed by the contractors. Building operations have been tied up. Recently the laborers sent notice of their demands to the contractors, but, according to the strikers, no attention ‘was paid to the notice. The demand for recognition of the union has not come up before. The laborers have been getting $1.75 to $2 for a nine- hour day. Six strikers were arrested today on charges of intimidation. TWO MEN HELD FOR BURGLARY AT STAMFORD. Goods Found Upon Them Were Identi- fied by the Owner, Stamford, Conn., April 19.—Emilio Bassol and Henry Consol were.held in $10,000 bail each after a police court hearing today for trial in the superior court. on charges of burglary. They were arrested early Saturday morning shortly after the police had been noti- fied of a robbery at the home of W. L. Baldwin. Property taken from the men at the time of their arrest and ex- hibited in court today was identified by Mr. Baldwin as belonging to him. VILLA DETERMINED TO AGAIN ATTACK OBREGON Is to Reorganize His Forces—Losses at Celaya Estimated at 6,000 Men. ‘Washington, April 19.—General Villa retreated: yesterday- from Iraguato to entes, with fourteen troop trains, according to official despatches late today to the state department. Villa announced, the reports say, that he would reorganize his forces at Aguascalientes for another attack on General Obregon in the vicinity of Celaya. His losses in his recent as- sault-on Celaya %e estimated officially as 6,000 men. bregon’s losses are unknown. Movements of Steamsships. Genoa, April 17.—Arrived, steamer Duca D’Aosta, New York, Sailed: 10th, steamer Regina D'Ita- tia, New York, ‘openhagen, April 17.—Arrived, steamers Hellig Olav, New York: 19th, Frederik VII, New York. Liverpool, April 18.—Arrived, steam- er Metgama, St. John, N. B. Glasgow, April 18.—Arrived, steam- er Sardinia, Philadelphia. ILdverpool, April 19.—Arrived, steam- ers Philadelph: New York; Tran- syl New York. Sailed: 17th, New York, New York. Bergen, April 19.—Sailed, - steamer Bergenstjord, New York. Queensland possesses an area of five and a half times that of the nited Kingdom, y armt Wilson’s Speech Beforethe D. A.R. COUNSELS SELF POSSESSION AND CALMNESS. GUARDED IN REMARKS Told His Auditors He Could Speak Only in General Terms—French Am- bassador Praises United States. ‘Washington, April 19.—The need of self-possession, calmness and a judicial temperament on the part of the United State in the present world crisis was urged today by President Wilson in a speech beforc the opening session of the twenty-fourth Continental con- gress of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution. The president said self-possession was the supreme test of a nation’s mettle, and ursed the con- gress to rally to the cause of righteous- ness as ministered by those who hold their minds quiet and judge upon principle. Gratitude of the World for U. S. Fellowing the president’s speech, Ambassador Jusserand of France told the congress that'the United States had behaved in the European crisis in such & way as to command the grati- tude and thankfulness of the world. “We in France” he said, “have learned to know what the American heart is made of—the pure American gold that is in it. I am glad that I may afirm the thanks of France for the generosity of America—the neutral United States.” The ambassador said the “chief question in the Buropean struggle” was the same problem that confronted America in revolutionary times. “We thought we had solved the problem of human liberty,” he added, “but it again confronts us. It will be solved now Just as it was solved in former times, as it was solved in the trenches at Yorktown.” The president in his speech declared that he could speak only in general terms, and that it was “indiscreet” for him to speak even in that way. Preparing for Election. Mrs. John Hays Hammond, R. C. B. Thurston, president-general of the Sors of the ‘Revolution, and Johr Bar- rett, director-general of the Pan- American urion, also addressed today’s meetings of the congress. The routine organization of the congress was com- pleted and the rival followers of the two candidates for president-general of the society were busy preparing for the election Wednesday. Mrs. Willlam Cumming Story, who ‘presided at today s session, will be a candidate for re-election, and she will be opposed by Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey of Kansas. President Wilson’s Address. The president’s address follows: “In these times when unusual things are happening, and there are many queries as to the future; I suppose that these associations whose business it is to commemorate the past must be asking themselves what part they have in the future. Our business, of course, is ot merely one of recollection, not | merely the business of remembering and reverencing the traditions of the country that we love. There is no dignity in a tradition which has lost its practical energy, and our interest in tragitions is that they should bear fruitage in the present and a still richer fruitage in the future. Nation Wants Mettle. “Your society is particularly in- tended to commemorate the circum- stances of the birth of this nation, but 1 take it for granted that it is not your thought to create an exclusive com- pany of those whose recollections by heredity run back to that great day, but that your thought is also of the constant rebirth of the nation. In a peculiar degree the United States seems to be reborn from generation to generation, because renewed out of all ithe sources of human energies in the world. There is here a great melting pot in which we must compound a precious metal. That metal is the metal of nationality, and if you will not think I am merely playing upon words I would like to spell the word ‘metal’ in two ways. For it is just the mettle of this nation that we are now most interested in. Self-Possession Supreme Test. “There are many tests by which a navion makes proof of its greatness, but it seems to me the supreme test is self-possession, the power to resist c€xcitement, to think calmly, to think in moments of difficulty as clearly as it would think in moments of ease— to be absolutely master of itself and of its fortunes. “Therefore, it seems to me that the object of traditions such as this socie- ty cherishes, and means to assist in perpetuating, is to show us the basis of principle upon which we shall keep our poise. We are interested in the United States, politically speaking, in nothing but human liberty. We are no: interested in politics of govern- ment for their own sake. I venture to say that if there should ever be dis- covered a better form of government than the democratic, we should wish to adept it, because it was better, for our object is not to stick in the dark, our object is not merely to preserve forms, but to preserve a precious essence, and that Is the essence of equal oppor- tunity and essential human rights. Such ideals cannot be maintained with steadiness of view amidst contest and excilement, and what I am constantly hoping is that every great influencec as vou ladies exercise, for example, will be exercised to produce the sober seccnd thought upon every critical maiter that arises. The first thought is apt to proceed from impulse, is apt to rnroceed from prejudice, from pre- dilection, from some transient sympa- thy, but we cannot afford to sympa- thize with anybody or anything except the passing generations of human be- ings. America forgets what she was bo:n for when she does exactly the way every other nation does—when she loses her recollection of her main ob- ject, as sometimes nations do and sornetimes, perhaps, she herself has done, in pursuing some Iimmediate and transitory object. Preserve Judicial Temperament. “T_cannot epeal, ladles, as you kngw, in more than general terms. Indced, it is indiscreet for me to speak at all. “But I 'can ask you to rally to the cause which is dearer in my esti- magion than any . other. .cause, and thal is the cause of righteousness as miristered to by-those-who-hold their minds quiet and judge according to Submarine F-4 Raised 12 Feet NOW RESTS ON AN UPWARD IN- ] CLINK & BOTTOM DIVER IS RECOVERING Experts Believe the 21 Men Aboard Were Killed by an Explosion—Re- port Received at Navy Department. Honolulu, April 19.—The United States submarine F-4, submerged on the ocean floor gutside the harbor since March 235, was raised twelve feet early today and towed inshore until it rest- ed on the upward inclining bottom. The salving crew postponed further work until the lifting tackle was strengthened. The satisfactory work done thus far in towing the submarine, it is believed, will make unnecessary the pontoon methods of raising the craft. Diver Loughman, who became en- tangled in the lifting cables Saturday, is recovering slowly. HOPE THAT CREW OF SUBMARINE DIED QUICKLY Experts Believe the 21 Men Were Killed by an Explosion. ‘Washington, April 19.—Hope that the crew of the ill-fated submarine F-4 died quickly, escaping the torture of suffocation as the vessel lay at the ‘bottom of Honolulu harbor, is held out in a mail report received at the navy department today from Rear Admiral Moore. Experts on the scene, the ad- miral said, believe the 21 officers and men were killed by an internal ex- plosion, “There is no positive information at hand upon which to base a reliable theory as to the cause of the accident,” said the report, “but it is believed by the submarine experts here that the men in the boat were killed by some sort of internal explosion. They be- lieve that had there been one man left alive, eh could have made signals or blown the tanks and thus caused the submarine to rise.” Condensed :felegrams . It cost Chicago $6,985,903 to arrest 116,985 persons during the year of 1914 Miss Rose A. Gray of Newark, N. J., rounded out 50 years of service in the one factory. A pig having two heads, two mouths and four eyves and ears was born at Peabody, Mass. President Wilsor: will attend the an- nual luncheon of The Associated Press in New York city today, With 1,511 cases, Bellevue hospital had the largest number of patients in the 50 years of its history. The largest and the morst elaborate fireproof resort hotel in the world will be opened June 1 at Atlantic City. Manchester, Eng., racing authorities have lowered the value of the Man- chester cup, to be run May 28, from $15,000 to $10,000. The new Argentine battleship Moreno arrived in Hampton Roads from Phila- delphia and after loading fuel coal will steam for Argentina. Miss K. L. Lawrence, granddaughter of Charles Lanier, the banker, was thrown from her horse in Central Park and seriously injured. Operations on 4,000 buildings, in- volving more than $30,000,000, were tied up by the lockout of 16000 nnion carpenters at Chicago. Oscar Sheffield, a negro, was taken from jail by a mob at Lake Park, a town near Valdosta, Ga., and shot to death in the public square. The Hamburg-American steamship Georgia, now at New Orleans, has been transferred to American registry and renamed the Housatonic. The baseball season at Sing Sing was officially opened when tige St. Au- gustine team, made up of villagers, was beaten by the score of 6 to 5. Three men were killed in a mine of the Davy Pocahontas Coal company near Roderfield, W. Va., when a pocket of gas was exploded by a shot. A Havas despatch from Madrid says the Comedia. theatre, one of the finest and most aristocratic playhouses in that city, was destroyed by fire. The fur dyeing plant of A. Hollander & Sons of New York, where a strike of Since the report was written ten days ago, navy divers from the New York navy yard with special equip- ment have reached Honolulu to aid in the efforts to raise the F-4. Lines have been attached to the sunken hulk and it is being gradually hauled into shallower water. 21 TERRE HAUTE OFFICIALS NOW IN PENITENTIARY Today They Will be Assigned to Dif- ferent Departments. Leavenworth, KXas, April 19.— Twenty-one city officials and former city officials of Terre Haute, Ind., convicted in the election conspiracy cases spent tonight in the United States penitentiary here as prisoners serving time fo rtheir crimes. To- morrow they will go out into the vari- ous departments of the big institu- tion to the tasks assigned -them. Fifteen of the men led by Mayor Donn M. Roberts, came to the prison this morning in a special car while six under special permission of the federal court at Indianapolis, came unac- companied later in the day. ‘While guards and officials on the train reported that the convicted men laughed and joked on the journey from Indianapolis their demeanor changed when they were once inside the prison and officials said they had never seen a better disciplined group of men. ‘When the prisoners were given their supply of clothing, each also was handed a little book of prison rules. They spent the afternoon studying the regulations. As “first rate” prison- ers they will enjoy all the privileges at the prison, including recreation hours and a ticket to the baseball game on the institution grounds every Saturday afternoon. CONNECTICUT SOCIETY OF FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS W. H. Taft Elected to Membership— Officers Elected. New Haven, April 19.—The Connec- ticut Society of Founders and Patriots at its annual meeting here today elect- ed the following officers: Governor, Frank A. Corbin, New Haven: deputy governor, Clarence H. Wickham, Man- chester; secretary, Paul S. Thompson, New Haven; chaplain, Rev. John G. Davenport, ~Watterbury; treasurer, Philo P. Havens, Stratford; state’s at- torney, A, W. Lovell, Waterbury; gen- ealogist, I, W, Brooks, Torrington; his- torian, Arthur E, Woodruff, Mount Carmel; registrar, Eli Mix, New Ha- ven. Former President William H. Taft was among those elected to member- ship. The society voted to publish the historical and colonial documents of New Haven county. Saved Companion, But Lost His Own Life. ‘Waterville, Me., April 19.—Philmore M. Faulkington of West Jonesport, a freshman at Colby college, saved a companion, George R. Skillings, from drowning but lost his own life in Mes- salonskee Stream today. Faulkington helped Skillings into a position to support himself on their overturned canoe, but became exhuasted and sank while he was swimming to shore to obtain assistance. Chickenpox in Providence. Providence, R- I, April 19.—The two supposed cases of smallpox on the French steamship Roma, which ar- rived yesterday from Marseilles, Lis- bon and the Azores, were found today to be chickenpox, Both patients are Arab stokers. rinciple. We must preserve the ju- cial temperament, not because we wo'dd sit in judgment upon others, but because we should ultimately wish to sit in 3ud£nent upon' ourselves, be- cause we should ultimately wish to be Justificd by our own consciences and by the standards of our own national life. Do you wonder that, hoping for such things and expecting such things from bodies of people like this, I should be glad to come and greet you? That I snould esteem it an honor to say that I hope I shall have some part in the great things that you are trying to do and to create in the field of the na- tional spirit?” 200 workers has been in_progress for more than a week, closed indefinitely. War orders for uniform cloth ap- proximating $1,150,000 were placed by agents of the British government with manufacturers in New York city last weelk, Miss Gertrude McCaffry of Brooklyn is showing a check for $100,000 which she said represented her profits on Bethlehem Steel during the past month. The Paris Figaro announces that the electric magnet has been utilized by engineers to draw sustained continu- ous organ-like tones from stringed in- struments. George W. Guthrie, the American ambassador to Japan, accompanied by Mrs. Guthrie, left Yokohama for the United States on board the steamship Manchuria. Panama’s finances have reached a critical state owing to a deficit in the treasury of approximately $2,000,000 resulting from decreasing revenues and increasing expenditures. Struck on the forehead by a batted bail during a_high school game at Freehold, N. J., John A. Deroche, Jr., 16, died a few hours latér. A blood vessel burst in his head. Peter McEnroy, English heavyweight boxer, has received a commission as a lieutenant in the Leinster regiment. He has been in the thickest of the fighting for some months, Secretary Daniels offered the newly created position of chief of operations of the navy to Frank F. Fletcher, ad- miral of the navy and commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet. The Giornale D’Italia says Emperor Francis Joseph and Pope Benedict have exchanged autograph letters, through special couriers, the contents of which are kept strictly secret. Accused of being one of the three men who on March 9 assaulted Thom- as McDonald of Camden, N. J.,, and robbed him of $20, George Aitken, 16, was arrested in New York to await extradition. Ludwig Paul Selbach, who says he is an American citizen, was remanded to custody in London on the charge of being an alien enemy who had failed to register in accordance with the British regulation. The German auxiliary cruiser Kron- prinz Wilhelm has moved into dry- dock at the shipyard at Newport News for the naval board’s survey on which will be based the time to be extended for making the crulser seaworthy. The latest scheme for raising funds for the non-combatants in Europe and the unemployed at home is to have an army of women sell the flags of Poland, Belgium and America on the streets on May day. A jury before Judge Julian Mack in the " United States district court awarded Mrs. Theresa Bump of Balti- more a verdict of $15.000 in her suit against the French line for injuries which she received on the steamship Rochambeau. Jury Selected for Roosevelt Trial SEVEN REPUBLICANS, THREE PROGRESSIVES, TWO DEMS. 22 MEN WERE EXAMINED Motion to Dismiss Suit, Made by Roosevelt’s Counsel, Was Denied by Court—Testimony Starts Today. Syracuse, N, Y., April 19.—The jury which will try Williz Barnes' suit for alleged libel Theodore Roosevelt was completed in the su- preme court here late today. It is composed of seven republicans, three progressives and two democrats. Twenty-two talesmen were examined before both sides announced that they were satisfied with the twelve men in the box. The list is as follows: Makeup of Jury. 1—(Foreman) Henry Hoag, clerk, republican. 2—Irving J. Mills, woodworker, re- publiean. 3—Walter J. Zuill, manager, repub- lican. 4—Franklin S. Rhoades, farmer, pro- gressive. 5—Leonard K. Hungerford, painter, progressive, 6—F. W, Pierce, carpenter, republi- can. 7—Warren H. Somers, grocer, repub- lican. 8—Ray Tanner, farm hand, demo- crat. 9—John W. Brown, farmer, repub- lican. 10—George Boschert, manufacturer, progressive. 1l—Edward Burnes, publican. 12—Peter Bencke, coal dealer, dem- ocrat. Motion to Dismiss Denied. Immediately after the jury had been completed, counsel for Colonel Roose- velt made a motion to dismiss the com- plaint against their client, on the ground that such allegations as he made in the statement upen which the suit is based were privileged and that in naming Mr. Barnes and Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall as the con« trollers of “rotten government” in the state of New York he did not mean anything personal or to imply that either of the two men named had in any way profited by the alleged “rot- tenness.” The motion was denied by _{uslice Willlam S, Andrews, presid- ne. Newspaper Men First Witnesses. _Aectual taking of testimony will be- gin tomorrow upon the conclusion of the opening address of Willilam M. Ivins, chief of Mr. Barnes’ legal staff. The first witnesses will be newspaper men, to whom Colonel Roosevelt is- sued the offending statement. Other newspaper reporters who have inter- viewed Colonel Roosevelt during the last five years will also be called and photographs of nearly a hundred news- papers from various sections of the United States, in which allegel libel- ous statements claimed to have been made by Colonel Roosevelt appeared, will be presented in evidence, it was said. This testimony will be offered in an effort to prove publication of statements issued verbally and in writ- ing by Colonel Roosevelt. Alleged Verbal Statements by Roose- velt. Counsel for Mr. Barnes said tonight that they would make an effort to show that Colonel Roosevelt began to make statements which they consider Ilibelous during the Syracuse conven- tion of 1910, when he defeated James S. Sherman, former vice president of the United States, as candidate for chairman. The Barnes attorneys said further that some of the newspaper reporters would be called upon to tes- tify regarding certain verbal state- ments which Colonel Roosevelt made to them in amplification of written statements he had prepared. One of these statements it was said was made when Colonel Roosevelt was sailing for Spain to attend the wedding of his son, and another when he was about to leave New York for South America on a hunting trip, After Mr. Barnes’ attorneys have presented this evidence, the defense will begin its case. As only two of the great number of witnesses sum- moned for the defense were in Syra- cuse tonight, it was presumed that Colonel Roosevelt’s first witness would not be called before Wednesday, i then. Great Crowd Outside Courtroom, Although there was room in the court for less than fifty spectators, & great crowd stood in the corridors and outside the building all day. Half a hundred policemen were sta- tioned in and about the building te preserve order. motorman, re- LEO FRANK LOSES IN COURT OF LAST RESORT Apparently His Only Hope of Escap- ing Death Penalty Lies in Pardon. ‘Washington, April 19.—The suprems court today held that the state of Georgia had denied Leo M. Frank no right under the federal constitution in sentencing him to death for the murder of Mary Phagan, an Atlanta factory girl. The court affirmed the action of the United States district court for north- ern Georgia in refusing to release Frank on a writ of habaes corpus. American importers have arranged with the British government for unin- terrupted passage of nearly a shipload of flycatchers, 5,451,000 cases bought and paid for in Germany and now at Rotterdam awaiting shipment to the United States. State’s Attorney Homer S. Cum- mings signed an application for a writ of mandamus citing the board of se- lectmen to show cause in the superior court why they should not heed a pe- titlon of Stamford electors to call a l{)&lka.l election for choosing a town clerk. William J. Pape, editor of the Wat- erbury Republican appeared in the city court at Waterbury to answer to the charge of criminal libel brought against him on complaint of State Senator James A. Peasley. Neither side was ready to proceed and an ad- journment of one week was agreed d ordered hy t 1 " April 22 will be ol FTAMew Xork state. Justice Pitney announcing the opinion. Justice Holmes delivered a dissenting opinon, in which Justice Hughes con- curred. The decision, it is believed here ex- hausts all means of fighting in the courts to save Frank's life. His at- torneys will have, however, thirty days in which to file an application for a re-hearing. At the end of that time, the.court’s mandate will issue and ap- parently only the possibility of a par- don will be between the prisoner and death. The habaes corpus proceedings rest- ed on the claim that the trial court had lost jurisdiction over the prisoner by reason of “mob domination” during the trial and by Frank's involuntary absence at_the time the verdict was rendered. It was claimed this denied him “due process” as guaranteed by the federal constitution. nup day through-