Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 3, 1915, Page 1

T VoL, LVIL—NO. 104 W@ The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other " r, British Iorpédo Boat Destroyer Recruit Sunk by a . German Submarine in the North Sea TWO0 GERMAN foRPEDD BOATS WERE SUNK By British Destroyers—The German Boats Had Sunk the Trawler Columbia, 17 Fishermen Being Drowned— American Oil Tank Steamer Gulflight Torpedoed Off the Scilly Islands—There Has Been Little Fighting in Belgium and Complete Quit Prvails: Along the British Front—Russian War Office Admits the Occupation by the Germans of a Section of Shavli—Both Russians and Austrians Claim Success in the Carpathians. Naval-activities have come to-the !forefront again in the campaign. The American oil tank steamer Gulf- light, bound for a French port, has ‘been torpedoed off the Scilly Islands. A German submarine has sunk the | British torpedo boat destroyer Recruit in the North sea. Two German tor- pedo boats sank the trawler Columbia, 17 fishermen being drowned and were in turn pursued and sunk by British destroyers. Two German officers and 44 men were rescued by the destroy- ers. The French steamer Europe was sent to the bottom near Bishop's Rock; eam arrived at Yarmouth after an engage- ment with a German torpedo boat, in ‘which both craft were hit. The cap- tain of the trawler turned his two small guns on the torpedo boat, when thé latter attempted his capture. There El“ been little fllshfing in Btel:- gium and complete quiet along the British front. %‘}nmh have bom- ‘barded the entrenched camp of Mets and announce that their fire has proved efficacious against one of the forts, the barracks and the railway n % ‘The French occupation of the sum- mit of Hartmans-Weilerkopf is con- firmed in a despatch from a corre- spondent who has just returned to Paris from a visit to the French posi- tions there. The entire hill has been devastated as a result of the desperate fightin; which has been going on there for weuks. German forces are to the south- west of Mitau, capital of Courtand and their operations in the Baltic provinces seemingly have taken the Russians off their guard. This move- ment, according to the German offi- cial statement, is making satisfactory progress. The Russian war office -admits the occupation by the Germans of the re- gion of Shavl, in the province of Ko- vono; t German patrols have ap- peared near Libau, an important port in Courland on the Baltic sea and that hostile torpedo boats have visited the Gulf of Riga. Both Russians and Austrians claim successes in the Carpathians, while in Poland the fighting that is now in pro- gress has shown no decisive advan- tage for either side, The British war office announces that 26 men of the British fleet were killed and 53 wounded in the landing operations against the Dardanelles be- tween April 25 and April 30. An un- official despatch from Athens says that the 4,000 French troops who were landed on the Asiatic side returned to their transports after the purpose for which they were intended—supporting the occupation of certain points by the British—had been accomplished. A_white paper has been issued by the British government embodying re- ports tending to show that the drink habit is having a very serious effect on the output of war munitions and repairs to the warships and transport services. TWO GERMAN TORPEDO BOATS SUNK IN NORTH SEA. Ons British Torpedo Boat Destroyer Aleo Sunk in Running Fight, London, May 2, 8.10 p. m.—The Brit- ish admiralty stated this evening that two German torpedo boats had been sunk in the North sea., The British torpedo boat destroyer Recruit also was sunk. The text of the admiralty statement tollows: “A series of small affairs took place in the neighborhood of the Galloper and North Hinder lightships on Sat- vrday. “During the forenoon H. M. destroy- sr Recruit was sunk by a submarine, ur officers and 21 men being saved by the trawler Daisy. “At 3 p. m. the trawler Columbia was attacked by two German torpedo boats who approached her from the westward and commenced an action without hoisting _their colors. The Columbia was sunk by a torpedo, only sne deckhand being saved by other rawlers. “A divislon of British destroyer: somprising the Laforey, Leonida: Liawford and Lark, chased the two Ger- man vessels, and after a brief running :sht of about one hour sunk them oth, “The British destroyers sustained no sasualties. “Two German officers and 44 men were rescued from the sea and made srisoners of war.” The destroyer Recruit was on pa- ‘rol duty Saturday morning, when the submarine sank her. According to de- talls received here, she was struck 1midships by the torpedo. The wound- :d vessel signalled for assistance. Her call was answered by the trawler Daisy and thirty men out of her com- plement of 85 were saved. It is stated that a torpedo was fired it the Daisy which was forced to eave one of her rescue boats behind jpd that the submarine chased this. R R boat and fired her gunat it, wound- ing four men. British torpedo boat destroyers, sighting in the distance two German torpedo boats which had sunk the trawler Columbia and apparently were supporting a submarine, engaged the Germans at_long range in the vicin- ity of the North Hinder light. The Germans endeavored to run away but British boats pressed them hard and shortly afterwards sank them. The British boats rescued some of the crews of the Germans and landed them today. FRENCH STEAMER BLOWN UP BY A SUBMARINE Threw Three Shells at Ship Which Came to Rescue of Sailors. London, May 2, 11.03 p. m.—The French steamer Europe, from Barry for St. Nazaire with a cargo of coal, ‘was torpedoed by a German submarine Saturday morning near Bishop’s Rock and sunk, says a despatch to Lloyds from Penzance. The crew was rescued by a steam drifter. The submarine signalled the crew of the Europe to leave their ship. When they had done this the submarine shelled the steamer which failed to sink. Meanwhile the skipper of a steam . drifter Rosevine attracted by the noise of the gun of the submarine, made an investigation, whereupon the submarine started to chase the Rose- vine. The Rosevine sent up distress rock- ets and was proceeding toward Scilly Islands when a patrol boat which had prevously had not been seen owing to the foggy weather, appeared. To- gether the patrol boat and the drifter went back towards the Europe, at which the submarine was still firing at with her gun half a mile from the Europe the Rosevine picked up a boat laden with members of the crew of the steamer, The work of rescue was interrupted by three shells from the submarine which fell within thirty yards of the drifter. Then, apparently alarmed at the ap- pearance of the patrol boat, the sub= mrine torpedoed the KEurope which disappeared in a cloud of steam and coal dust. The submarine carried no number, FRENCH REPULSE GERMANS TO NORTH OF YPRES. Invaders Using Inflammable Materials and Gases. Paris, May 2, 10.33 p. m.—The fol- lowing official communication was is- sued by the war office tonight: “In_Belgium, to the north of Ypres, the Germans attempted an attack on the right, but were immediately check- ed by our machine guns, “Nothing new has occurred on the British front, “At Maucourt, to the eouth of Chaulnes, an attack in which about 80 men engaged was directed against our lines, The Germans were armed with wire cutters, grenades, automatic pis- tols and knives. They were almost all cut down by our infantry; several of them were taken prisoner, “In the valley of the Aisne and in Champagne the enemy employed dur- ing the course of the day divers de- vices, which, however, were without effect—near Tracy-Le-Mont glass tubes which threw off, in breaking, the odor of ether; between Rheims and the Argonne bombs charged with in- flammable materials and, finally, gases emitting a_greenish smoke which rose over the lines of the enemy without reaching ours, 4 “In the forest of Le Petre the Ger- mans essayed a counter-attack, but were not able to debouch. We are holding all of our gain of yesterday. “We continued during the day te bombard tHe front to the south of the entrenched camp of Metz, The effi- cacy of our fire on one of these forts is undoubted, as well as on the bar- racks and the railway near by,” GERMAN PRISONERS ATTACK TWO GUARDS Guards Used Bayonets at Fort Henry Military P Ontario, Kingston, Ont., May 2—Two Ger- mans were seriously hurt at the Fort Henry military prison when they and some of their fellow prisoners made an attack on two guards. The guards, to protect themselves, had to draw their bayonets and as a result the two prisoners were hurt, One suffered a wound near tho heart and is in a dan- gerous condition and the other was stuck in the wrist, Using of bayonets lo(&l.l brought the disturbance to an en Casualtles of Canadians at Ypres Ottawa, Ont, May 3.—Casualties ?Imet’l“ th:zc?mdun contingent in the 0| Pres_ara now (o ave beon maarly 8,000, OF tho 2,000 are missing, the missing being gehiefly the 18th &nd 14(h Hats talionk of Montreal Highlanders, each 1,000 strong, -|Py the Gulf Refining company. Cabled Pai. .aphs —— 4 Extraordinary Councll In Tokie. Tokio, May 8, 11.80 a, m.—An extra- il gah-n :uéa met.hite $ils moruing na’ completely to the demandd of Japan. French Troops Retire From ‘Asia Minor Athens, via wireless to London May 8 2:10 a. m.—The French troops which landed on the Asla Minor side of the Dardanelles retired after a stubborn battle lasting two days. Rt. Hon. John Francis Moriarty... London, May 8, 2 a. m.—Rt. Hon. John Francis Morlarty, lord justice of appeal in Ireland died yesterday. FPre- vious to his appointment as lord jus- tice of appeal Mr. Moriarty had been slicitor-general I‘.ild also attorney- GERMAN TROOPS PURSUING RETIRING RUSSIAN FORCES. Have Penetrated Into the Region Southwest of Mitau. Berlin, May 2, Via l.ondon, 5.15 p m.—German troops in pursuit of re- treating Russian forces have penetrat- ed into the region official statement is- Sued by the army headquarters staff today. Mitau is 25 miles southwest of the Russian seaport of Rega, which is the seat of government of the Bal- tic provinces. The text of the state- ment follows: * “In Flanders the enemy after heavy artillery preparations again attempted to storm our new positions to the northeast of Ypres. The French at- tacked strongly between the canal and the road from Ypres to St. Julien, “The British attacked feebly to the east of this road. The efforts of the enemy were unsuccessful owing to our active flank and backfire from Brood- seinde and Veldhoek. Two machine guns fell into our hands. “In the Argonne our attacks to the north of Four De Paris progressed. In spite of a strong defense the French lost several trenches and 156 men were taken prisoners. “Between the Meuse and the Mo- selle the only heavy fighting was in the - forest of Le Pretre, where the French attacked in ‘great numbers, We repulsed all the attacks, some of which reached into our trenches, with heavy losses for the enemy. We cap- tured 90 men. “Yesterday two more French aero- planes were _ disabled. One was destroyed near Rheims by gunfire. The other, belonging to an air squadron, ‘was forced to land at a point to the northwest of Verdun. “Our operations in northwest Rus- sia are progressing. Near zawle (Shavli) we captured 400 more Rus- sians. Pursuing the flying Russians the German vanguard reached the re- gion to the southwest of Mitau. “The Russians made an ottack in the region of Kalwaria (on the east Prus- sian frontier) but were repulsed with heacy losses. Three hundred Rus- siang were made prisomers” T AIfiERICAN TANK STEAMER GULFLIGHT TORPEDOED Off the Scilly lslands—Captain Died of Heart Failure. London, May 2, 6.20 m.—The American tank steamer Gulflight, whica sailed from Port Arthur, Tex., April’ 10, for Rouen, France, was tor- pedoed at noon on Saturday off the Sciily Islands, according to a despatch received today by the Central News agency. The captain of the Gulfiight, accord- ing to the same advices, died of heart failure as a result of shock. Two sea- men jumped overboard and were drowned, ‘The other members of the crew were taken off by a patrol boat and landed The yessel was t@wed into Crow sound and beached. The Gulflight was a steel vessel of 3,202 tons net and was built at Cam- den, N, J, in 1914, She was owned The vessel was 383 feet long, 51 feet beam and 30 feet deep. She was equipped with wireless telegraphy apparatus. President Wilson Declined to Com- ment. New Haven, Conn., May 2 —News of the torpedoing of the American steamer Gulflight off the Scilly Islands on Saturday was communicated to President Wilson tonight on his spec- :al car en route from Willlamstown, Mass., to Washington, = He declined to make any coment, DUNKIRK BOMBARDED AT RANGE OF 235 MILES. It is Believed the Big Gun Has Been Damaged, Paris, May 2, 2.30 p. m.—The official report given @t today by the French war department says it is believed that the great German gun which twice has bombarded Dunkirk from a rance of twenty-three and a half miles has been out of action. It alsa announc- es the bombardment by the French of one of the German forts, at Metz, the Lorraine capital. The text of the statement follows: “There is no modification to report in the situation along the entire front. “Information received from a de- serted is to the effect that for about two months engineers of the Krupp Gun works have been directing in the suburbs of Dixmude, a sector wrere there has been no fight for several months, the installation of a marine gun, capable of firin¥ a shell over very long range. It i this gun which may have bombarded Dunkirk. The gun is believed to have a rance of thirty- eight kilometers (23.5) miles). “Only nine shells were fired on the second and bombardment of the French seaport. There is rason to be- lieve that the gun has been damaged by a method of fire which the most powerful pieces do not resist a long time 8r that the continyal presence of our aeroplanes has had the effect of stopping its fire. “On our slde we yesterday bombard- ed one of the forts on the southern front of the entrenched camp of Metz." British 8t mer 8unk by German Sub- marineq London, May 8, 11 p, m—The British steamer ont was sunk h{ a Ger- man submarine northwest of tha Skel- lig Rocks in the dark of BSaturday morning, says & despatch to Liovds from Kilrush, Treland, = A boat contain. ing nine survivors and the body of the captain of the steamer, who had heen %0 | shot. and killed, was rescued by a trawler and landed at Iiirush, The {rawler was unable te find the second Tex o SRR ot NORWIF CONN.,~ MONDAY; MAY 3, 1915 PAGES —— PRICE TWO CENTS and lts Total Circulation is fie Largest fn Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population Divorced Friday, American Steamer CREATED A STIR IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES IN WASHINGTON, SERIOUSNESS ADMITTED First Case of an American Vessel Struck by a Torpedo With Conse- quent Loss of Life~No Comment Made Pending Return of President. Washington, May 2.—Press réports of the torpedolng of the steamer Gulf- light and the losses of her captain and some members of the crew cre- ated a stir tonight in officlal clrcles here where the seriousness of the oc- currences was admitted. In the ab- sence of Presldent Wilson, officials made no comment as to the probable action of the United States govern- ment beyond saying that a thorough inquiry as to the manner of the tor- pedoing and the responsibility for it would be required before a decision could be reached as to the kind of representations to be made, First American Vessel Torpedoed. If first reports are borne’ out, the attack on the Gulflight constitutes the first case of an American vessel struck by a torpedo with consequent loss of lives. Two American vessels have been sunk by mines, the responsibility for which never has been fixed and an American, Leon C. Thresher, was drowned when the British ship Falaba was torpedoed. The United States Zovernment has just completed Its in- vestigation of the Thresher case, but in view of the direct attack on an American vessel now reported, it is probable that both incidents will be dealt with in whatever diplomatic ac- tion is taken. “Strict Accountability” Note Recalled. It was generally recalled tonight that in the note sent by the United States to Germany in answer to Ger- man proclamation of a war zone around the British Isles and Treland, the Washington government stated that it would hold the German govern- ment “to a strict accountability” for the loss of any American lives or ves- sels, the phraseology being so drawn as to cover attacks on belligerent ves- sels on which Americans were trav- eling. Officials said at the time the Durpose »f the document was to insist on the rizht ot Americans to vovage on the high seas even on belligerent merchantmen and on the observance of the previous international rules, which provides for the transfer to places of safety of non-combatants abcard unarmed merchantmen. Similar Experiences of Other Neutral Craft. In diplomatic quarters the attack on the Guifiight recalled similar experi- enceg of other neutral craft with Ger- man submarines. A Norweglan and a Dutch steamer were torpedoed re- cently, but so far as could be recalled by officlals here no lives were lost. In these -ases the German government, besldes promising to pay damages for the vessels destroyed, expressed lts re- gret at the cccurrence. The language of the American note which said Germany would be held to “a strict accountability” has never been interpreted by high officials here. The possibility of any action other than a demand for damages in the present case is considered remote, however, because of the bellef of the officials that the attack on the Gulflight prob- ably will be found to have been acci- dental and not deliberate, FIREMEN CALLED UPON TO CAPTURE FRENCH MADMAN. Barricaded Himself in Cellar—Las- sooed and Placed in an Asylum, Parls, May 2. — Asphyxiating gas, which has been used with considerable success along the battle line failed to assist tho authorities materially in their efforts to capture Jean Boutet, an insane workman who attempted to kill his wife nd then barricaded him- self in the cellar of his home at_ St. Ouen, a town on the outskirts of Paris. A lasso and_the adoption of “Wild West” methods proved more effective, however, Efforts of the police to drive Boutet out of the cellar were futile and an appeal was made to Paris, Firemen were sent from that city with the di- rector of the lity laboratory and a supply of the gas which was pumped into the cellar. One fireman equip- ped with & smoke helmet entgred and tried to seize the madman but soon crawled out half suffocated and with- out his helmet which Boutet had pull- ed off. After a somewhat prolonged siege the workman was lassooed and carried o ffto an asylum, BRITISH COAL MINERS WANT WAR BONUS. More Than 1,000,000 Join in Demand % For 20 Per Cent. Increase. New York, May 2—D. A, Thomas of London, head of the Cambrian combination and known as “the Brit- ish Coal King” because of his vast mining enterprises in Wales, just be- fore sailing for Eupore on the Lusi- tania_vesterday, said he had just re- ceived word of the deadlock in'the ne- gotiations between the British coal miners and owners, More than 1,000,000 miners, Mr. Thomas said, had joined in the de- mands for more pay. They want a war bonus of approximately 20 per cent. Their output barely equal§ the demand for_coal in Great Britain and a strike, Mr, Thomas thought, was remote. Previous dispatches from London have asserted that the gavern- ment would not permit the-miners to strike. HAILSTONES A8 LARGE ‘A8 BASEBALLS FELL IN MISSOURI, A Young Killled by Lightning—Thou- eands of Dellars Dama; e Bt, Louls, May 3—Omno ?nnn in known to haye heen killed, thousands of dollars' damage done to orops, and hailstones as large as bassballs aroe re- ported to have fallen in a storm which swopt across Migsouri todn# A? aniey, 18 Bturgeen, Mo, TLeo K:url old, was In 2 old, w ;:meil by lightning, - In . uig the str were Dé!!‘ Pplaces to the depth ef several f Shot Sunday MRS. GUISEPPE LEONE, NEW BRITAIN BY A REJECTED SUITOR 19, OF Who Went to the House While No One Else Was There—Victim Is in a Critical Condition—Assailant Is Un- der Arrest. e New Britain, Conn., May 2.—Mrs. Guiseppe Leone, aged 17, who was di- vorced on Friday, is in the New Bri- tain hospital with a bullet in her breast and Samuel Carpenti, aged 21, is locked up at police headquarters, charged with assault with intent to kill. According to police information, Carpenteri, who claims to be engaged to the young woman, went to her home today and when she said she did not love him, shot her with a revolver. At the hospital late tonight it was said that while her condition was crit- ical, she had a chance of recovery. Carpenteri, it.is alleged, went to the house while no one was home, except the wounded woman's young brother. The latter notified the parents and then the police, after first picking up the revolver and hiding it on a pantry shelf. Carpenteri was later arrested at his boarding house. He denies the allegation. INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE AT VAN BUREN, ME. Dedicated Saturday—875 Feet Long and Cost $250,000. Van Buren, Me., May 2.—The inter- national railroad bridge, connecting the Bangor and Aroostook railroad on the American side of the boundary, with the Canadian Pacific, internation- al and national trans-continental lines which traverse northern New Bruns- wick, was formally opened to traffic yesterday. The bridge extends across the St. John river, between this town and St. Leonard’s N. B, and is 875 feet long. It was built by the Van Buren Bridge company at a cost of $250,000. The bridge company officials, in- cluding President Percy R. Todd and Treasurer W. A, Danforth of Bangor, and James Brown of New York, chair- man of the executive committee, en- tertained a number of Canadian and American government and railroad of- ficials with a banquet, after an in- spection of the bridge and the exten- sive lumber mills here. AUTO VICTIM LEFT BY THE ROADSIDE William Colson, 19, of West Suffield, Is Held Responsible. Suffield, Conn., May 2.—Jphn War- dowski, 37 vears old, was struck by an automobile said to have been driven by William Colson, aged 19, of West Suffield, early today and he died later in a Springfield, Mass., hospital as the result of injuries recéived. Dardow- ski was found unconscious on the West_Suffield road by a passing auto- ist. Pleces of glass from an automo- bile windshield and an oil gauge were discovered near the body. The police traced the glass and the gauge to Col- son’s home, where. the machine was found minus the shield and its radi- ator covered with blood. Colson is being held for a hearing tomorrow. Wardowski leaves his widow and two children. BOY SCOUTS COLLECT FUNDS FOR THE POOR. Stationed Themselves on Street Cor- ners in New York — Girls Aided Them. New York, May 2.—Three thosuand women and girls, aided by Boy Scouts, armed with cojn boxes and bundles of ting American flags, stationed them- selves on street corners and at all public places today to collect funds for the poor and unemployed of this city, The flags were given as receipts to all persons who dropped coins in the boxes. - The campaign was organized by a committee of prominent women head- ed by Mrs. M. Dryden Brewer. ;, They called the day “Flag day,’ and at the request of the committee many hotels and business places throughout the city displayed the stars and stripes. Lawson’s Fate in Hands of Jury. Trinidad, Colo., May 2.—The jury in whose hands rests the fate of John R. Lawson, international board mem- ber of the United Mine Workers of America, spent the day in delibera- tions, but no definite information was available as to the prospect of reach- ing an agreement. The case, in which the labor leader was charged with the murder of John Nimmo, a deputy sheriff, during the Colorado coal strike, was given to the jury late yesterday. At midnight when the jury had not agreed, Judge Hillyer announced that he would not receive a verdict until Monday morning. Armed Guards Patrol Levee: Texarkana, Ark, May 2. — Aymed guards yesterday were set to patrol the Red River levees in the flooded dis- tricts in Midler county, Ark, and Bowie county, Texas. It was feared that persons threatened by floods farther down the river might dynamite levees near hers to relieve the pres- sure on the levee below. Carman Trial Begins Today, Mineola, [, I, May 2.—For the sec- ond tlm:' Mrs. Florence Carman will tomorrow be placed on trial on_the charge that she shot to death Mrs. Louise Balley on June 30 last year in he office of Mrs, Carman's husband, Bdwin Carman, in Freeport. Th first trial last 1 resulted in a dis- gareement, Bince then Carman has been out on lnlp;flll' Qolorado Mines, {ospaot the mims of (e 5 ey & Iron company, From Walsenburg Mr, King will ta Pueblo to visit ! {he companvs flx}g& Genag. Condensed Telegrams Iron colns will be introduced in Bel- glum by the Germans. Governor Whitman will give a hear- ing on the Albany Post Road Bill on ‘Wednesday. Becretary Bryan signed an order re- quiring the watchman in his depart- ment to wear uniforms. Fire drove 130 guests from the Courtland Hotel in Canton, Ohio, and caused a loss of $40,000. Irvin Davis, an Erie trainman was seriously injured when he fell from a traln near Middletown, N. Y. ‘The greater pol n of the town of Hillman, Mich., was destroyed by a fire that caused $200,000 damage. Three attempts to float the steamer Minnesota, aground at the entrance to the inland sea of Japan have failed. Evelyn D’Alroy, the well-known English actress, died in London, fol- lowing an operation for appendicitis. A $15,000,000 South African 4% per cent flve to ten-year issue was au- thorized in London. The price is 98%. Edward G. Miller was appointed postmaster of Fort Wayne, Ind., and ‘Willlam F. Delaney at New Britain, Conn. lly Sunday declared in Paterson, N. that he had refused an offer of $175,000 to appear in the movies for a year. Governor Rye of Tennessee received a “Black Hand” letter, written in Itallan and threatening him with death. Colonel Roosevelt will ko to New Orleans on June 1, and will spend a week tarpoon fishing off the Gulf coast. In a crusade to boom matrimony, elibible maids and bachelors in Smith Centre, Kan, will be posted like un- claimed letters. James Duffy, prominent Canadian long distance runner, was killed at the front while serving in the Ca- nadian contingent. J. D. Rockefeller has added 105 acres to his Tarryton, N. Y., estate by ac- quiring the John Webber property at Tarrytonw Heights. Five alleged counterfeiters were cap- tured in a raid on a farm house at Chinchilla, Pa., by a United States agent and local polisce. Edward D. Eaton, one of the organ- izers and president of the Columbia Phonograph Co., died at the Central Valley, N. Y., sanitarium. President Wilson will not establish an office at the summer White House in Cornish, N. H,, but will spend most of his time in Washington. The Panama-Pacific Expesition at San Francisco will be the objective point of a 10,000 mile cruise of the Annapolis midshipmen this year. Antique jewelry valued at $20,000 was stolen from the $500,000 coliec- tion of Rohert de Rutafjael, F. R. G. S., on exhibition at No. 734 Fifth Ave. Neill Forsyth manager of the Royal Opera Convent Garden, was drowned while fishing with his wife in the River Spay, near Grantown, Scotland. President Wilson announced he is willing to serve as umpire in accor- ance with an arbitration trcaty being negotiateo between Hazardville China. Contracts amounting to $3,000,000 for the construction of 200-by-product coke ovens at Struthers, Ohio, were awrded by the Youngstown Sheet & Tubs Co. Mrs. Emelia Carranza, wife of Col. Sebastian Caranza, brother of General Carranza, first chief of the Mexican constituionalists, died at San Antonio, Tex., aged 56. President Wilson will open the Pan- ama-American Financial Congress in Washington on May 24, and will wel- come the delegates from Central and South America. Don Luis Isquierdo, Chilian delegate to the Panama-American financial congress to be held in Washington May 24, arrived at New York on the steamer Carillo. The three-masted schooner Flora A. Kimball, of Bangor, Me., ashore on Barneget bar, en the New Jersey coast, was refloated with the aid of a wrecking steamer. President Wilson declined to yield to the demands of the engineers and firemen in the strike waged against western railroads and remove Secre- tary Charles Nagle as one of the arbi- trators. By the McWhitney bill, signed by Governor Whitman, the state of New York appropriates $995,000 to acquire lands for the proposed Long Island Canal. The Federal Government will construct the waterway. The whaleship Pythia and the American steamer Leeland are load- ing cotton at Galveston for Gothen- burg, Germany. They are the first cotton ships to make ready for a trip to Germany in several weeks. Haunted by the memory of his crime for thirteen years, during which time he wandered over much of the world, Antonio_Bizzo, confessed in the Pitts- burgh Court House that he had killed Mikelangelo Distan in Sharpsburg, Fa., in 1902. A casualty list by the British de- partment shows that during the land- ing of British troops in the operations against the Dardanelles between April 25 and April 30, 26 men of the Srit- ish fleet were killed and fifty-three were wounded. .. Fatally Wounded by His Wife. Kansas City, Mo, May 2—Louis Schweiger, ldent of a construction company, Wwas shot and probably fa- tally wounded by his wife yesterday in the corridor of the county court houge. Mrs. Schwelger then shot her- self. Sohweiger obtained a divorce last week and yesterday his wife went to the court house to flle a motion in the case. Movements of Steamships. New York, May 2.—Arrived, steam- ers Philladelphia, Liverpool; Hudson, Bordeaux; Patria, Marseilles; Europa, President Sponsor for His Grandson —_— CHRISTENING SERVICE HELD AT WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS, ST. JOHN’S P. E. CHURCH The Child Named Francis Woodrow Sayre—Cried Lustily During Cere- money, Which is Considered a Good Omen. ] P ‘Williamstown, Mass., May 2.—Pres- ident Wilson became the godfather of his only grandson here today and add- ed to his duties by promising to safe- guard the religious welfare of the child, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fran- cis B, Sayre. Immediately afterward the president left for Washington, where he will arrive” tomorrow morn- ing at 9 o'clock: Named Francis Woodrow Sayre. At the christening the baby was given the name of Francis Woodrow Sayre, the Woodrow being added in honor of his grandfather. Shortly aft- er his birth in the White House his father announced that he would be named simply Francis Sayre, because . the president thought he should live his own life. It was said today that the president’s objections had been overcome. Small Party Witnessed Ceremony. Only a small party, including the president, Mr. and Mrs. Francls B. Sayre, John Nevin Sayre, Mr. Sayre's brother: Mrs. Robert H. Sayre, his mother; Miss Margaret Wlison, Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, Dr. Cary T. Grayson, President Harry A. Garfield of Williams college and Mrs, Garfield and a few other friends of Mr. Sayre, witnessed the ceremony. Arthur Brooks, a trusted negro White House employs for seven years, was also present. Mrs. Sayre Held the Baby. In St. John's Protestant Episcopal church, where the ceremony was held, the family gathered before the white baptismal font, Mrs. Sayre holding the baby. Rev. J. F, Carter, the rector, read the brief Episcopalian service, the president and John Nevin Sayre, the godfathers, and Miss Agnes Winter of Philadeluhia, the godmother, made the responses, promising to guard the spiritual life of the child during his childhood. Child Cried Loudly. As Rev, Dr. Carter took baby Sayre from his mother for the actual chris- tening, the child cried loudly in pro- test, but was quickly q £ " | — stitious members of the party were pleased when the baby cried, saying it was an omen of good luck. The services were short and afterward the family went to the Sayre home, Mr, Sayre carrying the baby. The president attended religious ser- vices at the Williams college chapel this morning. He walked to and from chapel and afterward stood a few minutes and listened to the student choir singing hymns on the campus Later he visited President Garfield The president said goodbye to Mrs Sayre and his new godson at the Sayre home, but Mr, Sayre accompanied him to the train. Dr. Grayson, who at- tended Mrs. Sayre at the time of the baby’'s reported that he was progressing favorably, Students Applaud President. Several hundred students were ai the station here this afternoon when the president legt. When he appeared on the observation platform of his car they applauded warmly. Just as the train pulled out a woman held a small boy dressed in_a soldier uniform up to the rail and the president leaned over and shook his hand and patted him on the head. MISSING MAN’S BODY FOUND IN CONNECTICUT RIVER John D, O'Brien of Middletown—Upset in Rowboat. 4 Middle Haddam, Conn., May 2.—The body of John D, O'Brien, of Middle- town, who has been missing since April 16, was found floating in the Connecticut river near here today. O’Brien, who was 65 years old, former- ly conducted a shoe store jn Middle- town. It is believed that he was upset in his 1owboat at Middletown by a wave ‘rom one of the Sound steamers and be.ng unable to swim because of par- tial paralysis of his legs, lost his life by drowning. The gverturned rowboat ‘was found near Middletown a few days ago. OBITUARY. Charles Edgar Littlefield. New York, May 2.—Charles Edgar Littlefield, former representative iIn congress from Maine, died in a hos- pital here today following an opera- tion. Mr. Littlefield was born in Lebanon, Maine, June 31, 1851. He was a re- publican_and took an active part in politics. While practicing law he was elected a member of the Maine legisla- ture. Later he was elected attorney general and upon the expiration of his term went to congress. Mr. Little- field is survived by a widow, one son, and a daughter. Walter Scott. Cheshire, Conn., _May 2. —Walter Scott, proprietor of Scott's inn, and, one of the best known hotel men in' the state, died suddenly .today from a shock. He was 62 years old. He had been in the hétel business thirty years. His widow survives. English Mine Owners and Miners Are_ Deadlocked. London, May 2. — The conferenges which have been going on in London between the mine owners and the mine laborers have ended in a dead- lock. Representatives of the men yesterday rejected the offer made by the owners of a 10 per cent. increase and decided to leave the matter in the hands of Premier Asquith, who will appoint an arbitrator to setile the dis- pute. Greek Steamer Held at Quarantine. New York, May 3—The Greek steamer Christoforos, which arrived X today from Marsellles and Cran, is held at quarantine because one of the ad developed symptoms Indi- The man will be island for ob-, disinfectode crew cating typhus fever. transt Hoffman erred to servation and