Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 28, 1915, Page 1

Norwic tn N Balletin VOL. LVIL—NO. 100 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1915 TWELVE PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Ar ¢ MARCH HAS BEGUN | = 'ON CONSTANTINOPLE ' Allies Have Effected a Landing on Both Sides of the Dardanelles Under Excellent Conditions TURKS HAVE OFFERED DESPERATE RESISTANCE e Germans Have Been Checked in Their Onward Rush Around Ypres, and the British, French and Belgians are Pushing Back Hard in an Effort to Regain Lost Ground — British War Office Declares Canadian Soldiers Were Killed by Poisonous Gases—Accounts of Operations _4 in the Carpathians are Contradictory, Austrians Claim- " ing the Russians Have Suspended Their Attacks, While Petrograd Tells of a Severe Austrian Repulse on April 25 The march on Constantinople has n. British and French troops, having effected a landing on both sides of the Dardanelles under whn..t Jare described as “excellent conditions” have taken many prisoners and are ; continuing their advance. The British war office and admiral- ty announce that “the troops land- led on Gallipoll peninsular are | thoroughly making good their footing [ with the effective help of the navy.” Paris officially announces the occu- pation of Kum Kaleh, on the Aslatic ide of the strait, by French infantry fnd artillery. That the Turks offered Hesperate resistnce to both the land- ng occupation, although they were nder the guns of French warships, is ndicated by the fact that they de- vered severe counter-attacks and em- played heavy guns. More Troops Landing. “The number of troops on this ex- dition, which is in command of eneral Sir Ian Hamilton, is not nown, but while those already ashore moving forward and strengthening fheir positions, the disembarkation om the transports still goes on. The Turkish official statement re- pecting the operations declares that Ithough hostile forces were landed at Kum Kaleh and advenced under the otection of the warships, they were drived back to the coast, several hun- dren men being killed. . Turks Tell of Partial Victory. Bunday at four points on the west Foa of Gallipoli and that one of the nding -parties was finally forced to retreat to the ships. The battle around Ypres in Flanders ontinues but apparently the combat has reached the end of the first stage. Germans Checked in Flanders. The Germans have been checked 'in heir onward rush and British, French and Belgians are pushing back hard in n effort to regain the lost ground. Not snuch information is vouchsafed in the fficial statement from the war offices, evond that contained in the French tement that both French and British e making progress to the north of pres. Supplementing its previous charge at the Germans in the battle of Ypres used asphyxiating gases the ritish war office declares that medi- evidence shows that Canadian sol- lers died “not from wounds‘but from poisoning by gases employed by the enemy.” 3 Carpathian Operations. In the eastern war zone the.cam- gn at present occupies a secondary bsition to the operations in Fland- brs and against the Dardanelles. The fAustrian war office says that in the [[Carpathjans the Russians have sus- pended their attacks after having suf- lered severe losses. Petrogragd tells of severe Austrian repulse in the Car- thians on April 30 and the capture if an Austrian battalion near Stry. Women’s Peace Congress. The International 'Women’s 0 ess, which included 51 Ameri- ns, has begun its session at The gue. The desire of the congress, expressed by delegates from both ‘belligerent and neutral nations, is to pring the world war to .a conclusion nd ensure a durable peace. Peace RKS REPORT DEFEAT OF LANDING ALLIES Many Forced_:o Hastily Return to Their Ships, April 27, via Am- terdam and London, 8.05 p. m.—The [furkish war department today gave put the following official statement: Under the protection of warships the nemy attempted to land troops Constantinople, d at four points on the west.coast \Gallipoli, namely, at the mouth of nders, on the coast in the district ‘Aviburn to the west of Kabatepeh, bn the coast at Tekeburun and in the eighborhood of Kumkales, ‘he troops of the enemy which led at Tekeburun were forced to treat at the point of the bayonet and e pushed back to the coast. these forces on Monday night were liged hastily to return to their ships. frhe Turkish attacks at all points are Jprogressing successfully. “Simultaneously a fleet approached he Dardanelles in order to force the traits from the sea, but it was obliged _retreat before our fire. , *The forces of the enemy which nded at Kum Kaleh advanced under protection of warships, but de- te a heavy bombardment from adl es our trotops drove them back to coast . “The enemy lost four hundred men i1l and two hundréd taken prison- Our losses were insignificant.” | “A party of Moslem soldiers who d with the French troops on this t of the coast deserted the French Joined our forces, Before Kabatepeh we captured a er of English and Australian sol- among them a captaln and a The Turkish war office also asserts at the allies attempted t land troops WAR NEWS. SENT OUT FROM PETROGRAD Tells of Fruitless Attacks of Enemy Northeast of Uzsok Pass. Petrograd, April 27, London, April 28, 120 a.- m.—The following official communication from general headquarters was issued tonight: “Near Ossowetz (Poland) there has been an intermittent duel. On the left bank of the Vistula, southwest of Radosoczice, skirmishes on April 25 ended in our favor, “In the Carpathians, on the 25th, the enemy, after long artillery preparation, assaulted the heights to the northeast of Oroszepatak. The storming parties got as far as the barbed wire entan- glemenuts, where they were mowed down by our fire. On the night of April 25-26 the enemy delivered fruit- less attacks in the region to the north- east and to the east of Uzsok Pass. “In the direction of Stry stubborn fighting continues. A complete Aus- trian ‘battalion surrendered yesterday. “Our_ aircraft have successfully dropped bombs on German aeroplanes at an aerodrome near the village -of Saniki. During the day we damagzed and -captured two German and Aus- trian aeroplanes.” ALLIES REPORT PROGAESS NORTH OF YPRES. French Have Taken Offensive at Les Eparges. Paris, April 27, 10.27 p. h.—The fol- lowing official communication was is- sued bhx the war office tonight: “To the north of Ypres our progress continues, as_well as that of the Brit- ish army. We have taken a number of prisoners and have completed a quantity of material, including bomb throwers and machine guns. “On the front of Les Eparges-St. Re- my trench of Calonne, the Germans attacks have been completely repulsed. At one point alone an officer estimates the killed at nearly a thousand. We have taken the offensive and are mak- ing progress. “At Hartmans-Weilerkopf, after hav- ing retaken the summit we advanced for a distance of two hundred metres down the eastern slopes. STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS AT THE DARDANELLES Troops Making Good with Effective Help of Navy, London, April 27, 1147 p. m—A joint war office and admiralty statement issued tonight on the Dardanelles oper- ations says: “After days of hard fighting in a difficult country the troops landed on Gallipoli peninsula are thoroughly making good their footing with the effective help of the navy. The French have taken 500 prisoners.” The statement appends the follow- ing, which, it says, is officially pub- lished at Cairo: = “The allled forces under General Sir Ian Hamilton have affected a landing on both gides of the Dardanelles un- der excellent conditions. Many pris- oners have been taken and our forces are continuing their advance.” English Colleges Ban Alcoholic Bev- erages. Oxford, England, April 27, 7.02 p. m. —It was announced today that Jesus college has decided to bar alcoholic beverages while the war continues. Similar action has been taken by Oriel. Tt is expected that other col- leges will do likewise and that the entire university will soon bar alco- holic drinks, Another Forest Fire at Plainfield. Plainfield, Conn., April 27.—Another forest fire swept over the eastern sec- tion of this town and part of the town of Sterling tonight. It is estimated that about 800 acres of timberland has been burned over, Volunteer fire fight- ers work saved the school- house at Flat Rock fram burning. Several Hundred Acres Burned Over, New Milford, Conn.,, April 27.—For- est fires on Candlewood mountain, near here, and on Skiff mountain in Kent, burned over several hundred acres to- day. Many loeal citizens responded to calls for help and assisted in fighting the fires, Greece Negotiating Loan From Ameri- can Capitalists, London, April 27, 8.11 a. m,—The Ex- change Telegraph company’s Athens correspondent says the newspapers in that city state that the Greek govern- ment has negotiated with American capitalists for a loan of $7,000,000. German Agent Collecting Copper Coins Paris, April 27, 5.40 a. m.—German agents are reported to be collecting all the copper coins available throughout the Balkan states and forwarding them to Germany. iy Cable. Paragraphs Famous Russian Planist Dead. Moscow, via London, April 27, 10:56 p. m.—Alexander Nicholaevich Scria- bin, the Russian planist and composer, died today. His death was due to blood poisoning, a slight wound on his face having become infected. 42 Delegates from United States at Women’s Peace Congre: The Hague, via London, April 27, 10:10 p. m—Forty-two delegates from the United States to the International Women’s Peace Congress, who had been held up on the steamer Noordom because of Great Britain’s order stop- ping traffic to Holland, arrived here today. APPEAL FOR RELIEF OF ARMENIAN CHRISTIANS Made to the Turkish Government by i the United States. ‘Washington, April 27.—An appeal for relief of Armenian Christians in Tur- key, following reported massacres and threatened further outrages, was made to the Turkish government today by the United States. Acting upon the request of the Rus- sian government’s board through Am- bassador Bakhemeteff, Secretary Bry- an cabled Ambassador Morgenthau at Contantinople to make representations to the Turkish authorities asking that steps be taken for the protection of imperilled Armenians and prevent the recurrence of religious outbreaks. ‘Ambassador Bakhemeteff called at the state department late today with a despatch from his government which included an appeal to the president of the United States for aid, forwarded through the Russian government, from the Catholics of the Armenian church at Etchmiadzin, in the Caucusus, Rus- sia being at war with Turkey and could not conduct negotiations directly in the matter. “The request from the head of the Armenian church to this government, forwarded tnrough the Russian ambas- sador,” said Secretary Bryan, “is the first official notice the department has received of the reported Armenian massacres. Our action was taken as a matter of humanity. We notified Mr. Morgenthau to submit the matter to the Turkish government, asking that inquiry be made and combined there with a request for representations on behalf of the Armenians. Despatches from Tiflis several days ago contained first news of atrocities against Armenians in Turkey. Officials here are inclined -to the belief that Mohammedan Kurds, whom Turkish troops several weeks ago drove out of Urumiah, Persia, where outrages had been committed against American and French missionaries and refugees, crossed into Armenia to renew their warfare against Christians. TREATMENT BY GERMANS OF BRITISH PRISONERS Discussed at Session of British Par- liament - Yeseterday. London, April 27, 9 p. m—The Brit- ish parliament occupied itself solely today with discussions on the treat- ment of British prisoners of war in Germany. In both the house of lords and the house of commons gratitude was expressed for the efforts that have been made by the United States to ameliorate the conditions of the pris- oners, Lord Kitchener’s speech in the house of lords, in which, as a soldier he said he lamented what he was convinced was German inhumanity toward Brit- ish soldiers, was the most notable ex- pression of the day. There were, how- ever, equally striking notes in both houses, notably by Lord Lansdowne, leader of the opposition and Lord Cro- mer, who expressed regret in the house of lords that the British admiralty had seen fit to segregate captured German submarine crews and by Premier As- quith in the house of commons, who declared that at the end of the war, the British people would exact rep- aration. No_ definite course of action concerning the treatment of prisoners ‘was agreed on by either house, In the house of commons Neil Prim- rose said that American officials al- ready had visited sixteen prisoner camps in Germany and that the re- ports thus far secured had shown im- Erovement in the treatment that was ing accorded the British prisoners held in them. Earl Kitchener said that as a sol- dier he hitherto had always held offi- cers of the Germany army in respect, but “constant testimony that has come in, not only from our own escaped prisoners, but from French, Russian, Belgian and American sources, has brought it home to all who have sift- ed the evidence that the inhumanity displayed by the German authorities towards British prisoners especially, is beyond doubt.” MAY HOLD INQUEST ON DEATH OF ARTHUR H. COWL. Although Medical Examiner Does Not Hold Miss Wheeler ‘Responsible. Bridgeport, Conn., April 27.—Coroner John J. Phelan said tonight that if public opinion demands it he will hold an inquest in the case of Arthur Hearn Cowl, who was shot at the home of Arthur DeForest Wheeler on Academy Hill, Stratford, Monday night. In the opinion of Medical Examiner Garlick, who gave the permission to remove the body to the youth’s home at Great Neck, L. I, three is no ques- tion but that Cowl committed suicide. The medical examiner does not hoM Miss Wheeler responsible for the shooting in any way and thinks that it would have been impossible for her to pull the ribbon which was attached to the trigger of the gun in such a way that it would have been discharged ‘without aid from Cowl's own finger pressing on the trigger. ‘The medical examiner will fille his report with the coroner Wednesday, and after the coroner has seen the re- port he will decide whether an inquest 1s necessary. 27 VICTIMS OF FLOODS IN TEXAS. Property Loss Will Reach Into the Millions. Austin, Texas, April 27.—The death tolls resulting from the Texas floods ‘was increased to-27 tonight when the bodies of 'Albert Ezell, nine, an un- identified woman and three negroes were recovered near Austin. The num- ber of missing is estimated wvariously at from 15 to 20. Property loss will reach into the millions. Conditions tonight were pronounced encouraging by government observers. General Lucio Blonco, reported kill- ed three weeks ago, has joined the Villa-Zapata forces with two brigades, according to despatches today from Chihuahug, to the - Villa agency here at Washington. N Seven Killed by an Explosion OF DYNAMITE AT KENSICO DAM, NEW YORK ELEVEN ARE INJURED Premature Discharge Threw Out Forty Tons of Rock While Men Were Get- ting Ready to Run to Place of Safety New York, April 27.—Seven Italians were killed and eleven were injured in a premature explosion of dynamite this morning in the cut-off trench at the new Kensico dam, The explosive had been placed and the men were getting ready to run to a place of safety when the whole charge went off, throwing out forty tons of rock. The men who <were caught under the rock were killed in- stantly. Seven Men Caught in Trap. Four of the injured are so badly hurt that it is thought they, too, will die, The men had been working about ninety feet down from the surface. The charges had been inserted in holes drilled in the rock some ten to twenty feet above them, where there was a big piece of stone that had to bs blast- ed out. When the signal to break for cover was given the Italians started for a cut-off trench, but had taken only a few steps when there was a tre- mendous report, followed by the crash of falling earth and rocks. Only the seven men caught in this trap in the lower level met death. The fifteen men who were injured were all on an- other level and were struck by fiying bits of stone thrown to a great dis- tance. Wires Must Have Been Crossed. The foreman of the job, a man known as Juliano, had only one expla- nation for the accident. ‘“The electric wires leading from the battery to the dynamite charge must have gotten crossed,” he said. There were 1,600 laborers employed at the dam by the Kerbauch compan; About 100 of them were mustered in the trench after the explosion, and the work of rescue began. More men could not be used to advantage. Wounded Hoisted to Surface. The wounded were placed in slings and hoisted to the surface by a der- rick. They were then rushed to the camp hospital, to which several doc- tors from White Plains had been call- ed. Dr. Lawrence, in charge of the hospital, went into the trench, where he atiended many of the men. News of the disaster spread quick- 1y, and soon the entrance to the works was crowded with women and ‘hildren, relatives of the employes. The aque- duct police were hurried to the scene and kept the crowd in order. YALE OARSMEN HAVE THRILLING EXPERIENCE Sudden Squall Filled Varsity Sophomore Shells with Water. and New Haven, Conn., April 27.—A sud- den squall which kicked up unusually high seas on the harbor, imperilled the Yale varsity and sophomore eight oar crews early tonight. Both shells were filled with water, but the oarsmen managed to reach shore safely after thrilling experiences. <C. V. Caesar, of Tacoma, Washn,, who was in a sin- gle scull near the breakwater, five miles from the boathouse, was pulled aboard the coaching launch after his water-filled scull had nearly capsized. The varsity boat was three miles out when the storm broke. Coach Nickalls sent the coaching launch to the rescue and after seeing the shells in smoother water, turned about and went to the assistance of the sopho- more boat and Caesar. The shells were landed at Morris Cove, the oarsmen wading ashore. THERMOMETER REGISTERED 90.9 IN NEW YORK New High Record for Appil—Several Heat Prostrations. . New York, April 27.—Street ther- mometers were flirting with the 100 degree mark in New York today under the rays of a mid-summer sun. Some climbed to 97, but the official ther- mometer of the weather bureau was content to stop at 90.9 degrees at 83:45 p. m., setting, however, high record for April temperature in this vicinity. The previous maxi- mum April temperature was establish- ed on April 18,1896, at 89.9 degrees. ‘Thers were several heat prostrations, and summer clothing, including an oc- casional straw hat, was in evidence. 25 SUN SPOTS COVER i 200,000 SQUARE MILES Reported by Observers at Christian Brothers’ College at St. Louis. St, Louis, April 27.—Twenty-five sun spots, covering a solar area estimated at 300,000 square miles, were reported today b‘; observers at Christian Broth- ers’ college here. The largest spot, it was said, was 20,000 miles in dia- meter. Wireless stations here were said to have observed atmospheric phenomena, due, it was believed, to the sun spots. NEW DRAFT OF DEMANDS BY JAPANESE ON CHINA Now in the Hands of the Chinese Minister—Will Be Further Discus. sion. Peking, April 28, 335 a. m.—With the new draft of the Japanese demands on China now in the hands of the Chinese foreign minister, Lu Cheng- Hsiang, interest is aroused in the na- ture of the modifications which Japan has made in the original document. to be the subject of further discus- sions, y Rhode Island Legislature Appropriat- ed $2,814,169.76. - Providence, B. L, April 27.—8 of- ficlals announced today that thfia‘ll' lature, at the session ended last mukm_, appropriated - $2,814,169.76. The come for the year, they said, prol ! would exceed this amount by 2111,552. a new. Manufacture and Sale of Electricity HOUSE PLACES IT IN CHARGE OF UTILITIES COMMISSION REVISION OF STATUTES House Concurs With Senate—Norwich Judgeships Go to Barnes and Pettis “Movies.” +S8enate Kills Sunday (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, April 27.—There was con- siderable discussion in the house when an act regulating the manufacture, transmission and sale of _electricity was taken from the house calendar. The bill provides that the public utili- tles commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction over every system used for the transmission of electricity, and the kind, quality and finish of fixtures used in the construction and operation, and the method of their use, including all plants and apparatus used for generat- ing electricity located upon private property upon which there are con- ductors capable of transmitting elec- tricity to other premises in such man- ner as to endanger any person or prop- erty. Sald commission may make any order necessary to the exercise of such power and direction, which order shall be in writing and entered in the rec- ords of said commissioners. Every ‘person or corporation operating any such system or generating plant shall, at its expense, comply with such order, ‘Any person violating any provision of any such order shall be subject to the penalty prescribed in section 35 of chapter 128 of the public acts of 1911. Sec. 2. Any corporation authorized to sell and distribute electricity to electrio light and power companies, railroad companies, street _railway companies, or electric companies, may, within the territory within which it is authorized to transmit or convey such electricity for the purposes aforesaid, and subject to the restrictions con- tained in section 3 hereof, sell, trans- mit, convey and deliver the same to any person or corporation desiring to use such electricity for the purpose of power, and for any use incidental to or connected with manufacturing pur- . 3. No corporation shall exercise the privileges conferred by the pro- visions of this act within the territory where any corporation organized un- der any special act of the general as- sembly of this state shall be engaged in the business of selling and dis- tributing electricity for light, heat or power, until it shall have given notice of such intention to the public utilities commission, with the names and loca- tion of the persons and corporations to whom it proposes to sell such elec- (Continued on Page Ten) BIG GUN PRACTICE BY COAST ARTILLERY Fourteenth Company of Bridgeport High With 12-Inch Rifles. ‘Washington, April 27.—Results of big gun practice by the coast artillery militia during the past year were made public tonight by Brigadier General Mills, chief of the war de- partment’s militia division. The companies making the best scores with the various weapons with their average of hits, follows: Six inch rifles—Fourth Maine com- pany, four hits out of five, shots mean range 5,276 yards; figure of merit 68,000. Eight inch rifles—Fifth North Caro- lina company, two hits out of three shots: mean range 6,197 yards; figure of merit 42,800. Ten inch rifles—Third Maine com- pany, three hits out of three shots; mean range 7,007 yards; figure of merit 60,550. Twelve inch rifles.—Fourteenth Con- necticut company, three hits out of three shots; mean range 6,277 yards; figure of merit 60,104. MORE '_l'ROLLEY TROUBLE AT SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 800 Employes Vote to Strike Again “If Necessary.” - Springfield, Mass., April 27.—The union of 800 employes of the Spring- field Street Railway company, who re- turned to work after a two days’ strike a month ago, tonight voted to strike again, “if necessary.” This action fol- lowed the report of a committee which had conferred with representatives of the company regarding the provisions of a new working agreement. Union officials announced that their committee had reported a disagree- ‘ment and that the union had placed its case in the hands of John H. Reardon of Worcegster, a member of the execu- tive board of the International Street Carmen’s organization. Mr. Reardon was empowered to confer with the street railway officials, if he so wishes and was instructed that the carmen were ready to strike “if necessary.” DECIDED IMPROVEMENT IN STEL AND 1RON INDUSTRY March Earnings Were $8,004,136, Against $4,511,058 in February. New York, April 27.—Decided im- provement in the steel and iron indus- try is seen in the financial statement of the United States Steel corporation for the first guarter of the calendar vear, issued today. Taking the report by months it shows that March earn- ings were $8,004,136, as against $4,511,- 658 in February and $3,667,176 in Jan- uary, . Total earnings were $12,457,809, a gain of $1,524,639 over the preceding quarter, the pet income showing an increase of $339,815; this left the small balance of $915,058 applicable to pay- ment of the preferred dividend which required an outlay of $6,304,919. To meet this deficit it was neces: to draw on last 'S un ided surplus to the extent of $5,389,861. Harvard Baccalaureate Hymn, . Cambridge, April 27—Lionel De Jersey Hm. of London, a member of the senior class at Har- vard and a descendant of a cousin of the founder of the college, has won the competition for composer of the senior mavvalaureate hymn, it was an- nounced today. The hymn will be sung on baccalauregte Sunday and at the chapel exercises on class day. Condensed Telegrams A baby llama was born at the Cen- tral Park Zoo. Woodbury High 8chool, Woodbury, J., was wrecked by fire at a loss of $50,000. Theodore B. Chase wealthy grain merchant, died at his home at Mount Vernon, N. Y. James Maher, national supreme di- rector of the Knights of Columbus, died in Chicago. The $11,250,000 Victoria, 415 per cent loan jssued in was oversubscribed Australia, London Richard E. Fagan, wealthy mine promoter, shot and killed himself at his office in Duluth, Minn. - While canoeing on Owasco Lake at Auburn, N. Y., Thomas Johnson was drowned, when his canoe upset. A gang of young men and boys caused a pan icwhen they “sat up” a moving picture house in Loulsville. The trawler Envoy, believed to have been sunk by a German submarine, was brought safely into the Tyne. President Wilson promised to go to Brooklyn June 10 and review the an- niversary parade; public business per- mitting. As a result of the strike of carpen- ters and millworkers, 80 lumber yards, employing 6,000 men, shut down in Chicago. To prevent the spread of disease and the eating of spring wheat, Germany has begun an extensive war on flies and crows. Out of 147 charitable organizations formed in Paris since the war began, 76 are swindles, according to the Paris “Matin.” Andrew Sheehan, aged five, a crip- ple, was burned to death when, left in the Sheehan home in New York, he set the house afire. The Uruguayan delegates to the Pan-American Financial Conference arrived at Santiago, Chile, on their way to the United States. At a mass meeting of street car men in Cardiff, Wales, resolutions were passed protesting against the em- ployment of women conductors. Fire that broke out in the army hay stores at Florence, Italy, was discov- ered and extinguisehd before much damage was done. The fire was in- cendiary. Governor Whitman of New York, Mrs. Whitman, and the Governor's staff are due to arrive at the Panama- Pacific Exposition May 31 for a ten day stay. The sum of $300,000 was set aside as a pension fund for aged Methodist ministers by the Methodist Episcopal Book Concern, at its conference in San Francisco. The two American army field hos- pitals which left Ne wYork on April 117 on the steamer St. Louis, arrived at London, and will be attached to the Belgian army. Three persons were seriously injured and several others hurt when two ex- plosions wrecked the plant of the Manhattan Refrigerating Co., Hora- tio and West streets. The national board of management of the Daughters of the American Revolution met in Washington to con- sider the foundation of a national uni- versity by the society. Capt. John Geddes, once prominent on. the Chicago Board of Trade, was killed in the recent fighting in France, where he was in command of a com- pany of Canadian troops. Secret Service agents have been in New Rochelle, Port Chester, and ‘White Plains,, N. Y, trying to get trace of counterfeiters who are cir- culating spurious $5 bills. The Norwegian bark Ville de Dieppe, Havre for New York, crashed into the United States dispatch boat Dolphin at quarantine in New York harbor. Neither was seriously injured. Despite the fect that the West Vir- ginia Legislature failed to appropri- ate funds for the support of the State militia after June 30, most of the com- panies now in service will continue. The gunboat Concord, one of the Manila Bay battle fleet, and one of the first steel ships of the navy, was turned over to the Treasury Depart- ment as a quarantine ship in Puget Sound. The officials of the Vermont Medical association announced that because of the high death rate from cancer in Vermont a state wide educational campaign with speakers of mnatiornal repute would be instituted. Mounted cowboys and Indians driv- ing motor cars formed part of a pa- rade walcoming delegates to the an- nual convention of the southern com- mercial congress which began a five- day session at Muskogee, Okla. President Wilson’s plans for going to the summer white house at Cor- nish, N. H., are dependent on de- velopments in Europe and Mexico. He said today, however that members of his family would go to Cornish. As a result of about 90 failures among prospective West Point cadets in the March examinations, Secretary Garrison ordered an additional exam- ination for May 25 next, to be held at 16 army posts in all parts of the coun- try. According to the Department of Health, not a single death of typhoid fever was reported last week in New York city. The only other week in the history of the Department when ixgosane died of this disease was In The appeal of the British committes for relief in Belgium has resulted in 60,000 pounds ($300,000) being col- lected in less than twenty-four hours. New South Wales contributed $143,- 750. The lord mayor of Melbourne’s fund-aggregated $100,000. e e fiovmnh of Steamships. ‘Bordeaux, April 28.—Arrived, steam-~ er Mm%eagfl New York, New York, April 27.—Sailed, steamer TLa Touraine, Havre., Arrived, steamer San Guglielmo. Genoa. Gov. Roosevelt Obeyed Plat WHEN LATTER INSISTED UPON ATTENDANCE AT A MEETING MORE LETTERS READ Revealing Hitherto Unknown Political History—Believed Cross Examin- ation of the Colonel Will End Today: Syracuse, N. Y., April 27.—Morq hitherto unknown chapters of political history were revealed in the suprem¢ court here today when confidential correspondence that passed between Theodore Rooevelt on the one hand and_William Barnes and former Unit. ed States ‘Senator Thomas C. Platt— “the boss”—on the other, was read tq the jury which is sitting in the trial of the $50,000 suit brought agains Colonel Roosevelt by Mr. Barnes. I was the former president’s sixth day upon the witness stand. He identified the letters and answered _question: about them and some more about cam- palgns contributions and big business. Bosses Named. He wound up day by clatming as_his own s and interviews published in New York newspapers, in Which he said some things about the men he called “the bosses.” The names of Barnes, Murphy, Guggen- heim, Cox, Lorimer, Penrose and others wer ed through these articles. Roosevelt and Platt Friendly. The lettérs that passed between Col- onel Roosevelt and Senator Platt show- ed that the two continued to consult on friendly terms while the former was governor, vice president and then president. In a telegram sent to Col- onel Roosevelt while he was still gov- ernor, the senator urged the signing of a bill for exempting from the franchise tax grade crossings of steam railroads, and said that “our friends of New York Central” and_ Senator Depew were “anxiout Colonel Roosevelt replied that he had received the telegsram “too late,” and that anyway he considered the matter was one upon which he should take the “ddvice of the tax commission, unless it could be shown that they were wrong.” Roosevelt Obeyed Platt. In another telegram, when Senatof Platt insisted that Colonel Roosevel then governor, attended the meeting of a commission, the colonel, after pro- testing, agreed to do so and added: “But you are not an easy boss.” The colonel, when vice president, asked that his friends be “taken care of” by the senator. In other letters appoiniments were discussed, while in one written by the senator after Col- onel Roosevelt was in the White House, the cabinet to be selected by the mayor-elect of New York, <Seth Low, was written of. The name of William Barnes, the colonel admitted, did not appear once in all this correspondence. Barnes-Roosevelt Letters. The letters between Mr. Barnes and the colonel covered a period between 1904 and 1910. Their tenor was en- tirely friendly and at times they al« most bordered on the formal. Appoint- men of men to office and a variety of political affairs were discussed and the “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” elements Colonel Roosevelt said Mr. Barnes had in him were the subject of questions which resulted. Hostilities Between Lawyers. Hostllities broke out betweem the opposing lawyers several times. On each occasion Justice Willlam An- drews, presiding, smoothed them down. The Roosevelt counsel fought against the admission of the news- paper articles.” Then when the colonel was asked about campaign contribu- tions from men affiliated with the American Powder company, the New Haven railroad, Harvester company, the Steel corporation and the Ten- nessee Coal and Iron company, and whether he, as president of the United States, had ordered the attorney gen- eral to investigate or bring action against the concerns, the attorneys clashed again.” The Tennessee Coal and Iron com- pany and competition by the steel cor- poration was under discussion when John M. Bowers, chief counsel for Colonel Roosevelt, said: “Now, please stop with that. We will be all summer trying this case.”. “We may,” replied Mr.William Ivins, chief counsel for Mr. Barnes. “We did not start this game.” “Yes, you did,” declared Mr. Bowers heatedly. “Yes, you did,” returned Mr. Ivins. “Colonel Roosevelt made the first pub- lication.” Then the court intervened. Colonel Seemed Fatigued. The colonel spent considerably more time listening to the lawyers read let- ters and mewspaper articles than he did in apswering questions. He seem- | ed to be more fatigued at the end of & day of inactivity than he was on the' days when one question after another was being asked him. The belief prevailed here tonight! that the cross examination of the for-| mer president would end some time to- | morrow. Mr. Barnes was in court! again this afternoon, having returned from !Albany, where he went to attend' the state constitutional convention. OBITUARY, £ Theodore S. Garnett. Norfolk, Va., April 27.—Theodore S. Garnett, a distinguished lawyer and former Confederate officer, died hers today. He was on the staff of Gen- eral “Jeb” Stuart. - William W. Mosher. Meriden, Conn., April 27.—William ‘W. Mosher, a local druggist for 48 years, died tonight after a twb weeks’ illness of cerebral hemorrhage. Mr. Mosher was born in Canajoharie, N. Y., in 1843 and came to Meriden in 1865. He was a vestryman of St. Andrew’ Episcopal church an dtreasurer of the Curtis Home for Agel Women. He was a Mason. He leaves a widow and one son, W. W. Mosher. Mr. | Mosher held many political officers, being tregsurer of the town for seven; years and city treasurer two years. Detention of American Cotton Shlpc" ‘Washingtor, 7. on American cof —Conflicting mfll ships de-| ed by Great Eritain caused Secre Y tary Bryan to cable Consul (Jen- eral Skinner at London for statements from consuls where the vessels are de- tained. the