Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 4, 1915, Page 1

VOL. LVIl.—NO. 131 - Norwich = P > NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1915 Bulletin TEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS > o The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That - Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population PRZEMYSL BY AUSTRO-GERMANS REDUCED Casualties in Struggle for Into Hundreds of Thousands B Fortress Estimated to Run F TRy ! RESULT OF A MONTH’S DESPERATE> FIGUTING Some of the Biggest of the Austrian and German G Were Used in the Reduction of the Fortress—Lemberg is Like- ly to be the Austro-German Next Objective—Twenty- nine French Aeroplanes Dropped 178 Shells' on Head- quarters of the German Crown Prnce—Many of Them Are Said to Have Been Effective—Nothing of Moment is Reported From Western War Zone—Heavy Rains Are Retarding ltalians in Their Invasion of Austria—Rome Reports That the Austrians Are Withdrawing From Fiemme Valley. Coincidental with the fall of Prze- ysl—the recapture from the Russians of the great Galician fortress by the Teutonic allies—the new British min- ister of munitions, David Lloyd George, has begun his campaign for a vastly greater supply of war material for the British, French and Belgian sol- diers in the western war zone. Mr. Lloyd George admitted that the Russians had suffered a severe setback and attributed the German triumph to the superior equipment of the German soldiers, an overwhelming superiority of shot and shell and all things neces- sary for carrying on a successful cam- paign. The re-taking of Przemysl, which is the result of a full month’s des- perate fighting over many miles of difficult country, is considered on all sides as one of the great achievements of the war. If full credence is to be placed in the official statements issued of the_campaign in the Galician region from day to day, the casualties lists, encluding killed, wounded and pris- oners, must run into the hundreds of thousands. Some of the biggest of the Austrian and German guns were utilized in_the reduction of the fortress, from which some reports have it, large numbers of the Russian garrison were with- drawn. Lemberg, to the east, is likely to be the Austro-Germans' next objective. A spectacular incident of the war is to be found in a’ daring early morning raid by French aeroplanes over the headquarters of the German crown prince. Twenty-nine of these alr- craft, the French war office states, dropped 178 shells and seyeral thou- sand darfs on this well-guarded and unnamed section of France or Bel- gium and many of the shells are said to_have been effective. That the Germans were on _the alett to protect Prince Frederick Wil- liam is apparent by the fact that the neroplanes were subjected to a heavy gunfire. All of them, however, return- ed_safely to their base, Except for additional progress by the allied treops_in the “labyrinth” near Neuville-St. Vaast, Paris asserts that there is nothing new to report regard- Ing the operations on the western front. Berlin, however, declares that the Germans have met with success ngainst the British at Hooge, near Ypres, and that fierce fighting is going on north of Arras and the forest of Le Pretre. In the east the German war office res the Teutonic allies captured 75 men and 60 officers in the re- gion of the town of Stry. k Rome reports that the Austrians are withdrawing from the Fiemme valley, to the nodthwest of -Trent. RECENT FIGHTING BETWEEN BRITISH AND TURKS. Ottoman Forces Which Threatened Lines Have Been Dispersed. London, June 3, 5 p. m.—An account of recent fighting between British and Turkish forces in Mesopolamia was given out officially here today as fol- lows: fter hostile columns which re- cently threatened us on the lines of the Euphrates and Karun rivers had been successfully dispersed, as de- scribed in previous communiques, a combined naval and military attack was organized on the morning of May 31 against the remaining hos- tile forces in the position a couple miles north of Kurna. “Starting at 1:30 a. m. our troops, partly by wading, partly by boats, skilfully executed a turning move- ment. The enemy’s guns were soon silenced by our_artillery. Excellene practice was made by naval guns and by a territorial battery which was especially conspicuous. The heights ecupied by the Turks were seized by noon and the enemy fled, leaving three 16-pound guns, complete with ammu- nition and 250 prisoners in our hands. “After harmlessly exploding several heavily charged mines discovered later In the river bed and on land, we con- tinued our advance on June 1st, but found that the enemy had hastily evacuated his camps at Marhan and Ratta, leaving a number of tents standing. He was observed retreating in steamers and native boats which were speedily pursued by the naval fotinlla. & “By evening we reached a point five miles north of Ezra’s tomb, some 83 miles north of Kurna. “The Turkish steamer Bulbul was overtaken and sunk. We also captur- ed two large lighters—one of which contained three field guns, ammuni- tion, mines—and about 300 prisoners. The pursuit was continued by moon- light. “Our casualties have been trifling, about twenty in all” Italian Destroyers Set Afire. Rome, via London, June 3, 10.10 p. m. statement issued today Monfalcone says: “Our vessels on their return to- day from their scouting cruise report- ed that 24 hours after the bombard- ment of Monfalcone by our destroyers on May 31 clouds of smoke and tongues of flame could be seen from Port Buso arising from Monfalcone.” PETROGRAD ACCOUNT OF CAPITULATION OF PRZEMYSL Declares Austrians Left It in a Condi- tion Incapable of Defending. Petrograd, June 3, via London, June , 327 a. m.—The communication is- sued by the war office tonight s: “The battle in Galicia continued June Ist wit hthe same desperation on the whole front from the Vistula to the region of Nadworna. On the left bank of the lower San our troops, after a powerful advance on the 2d of May, finally” pierced the enemy’s line and captured an important position which the-enemy had fortified in the region of Roudnik, where we took about 4,000 prisoners.and some guns and numerous machine guns. “Our offensive on the whole front as far as the mouth of the Wis tinues to develop successful 1, in view of the state andits works, which were destroyed by the Austrians be- fore their capitulation, was recognized es incapable of defending itself, its maintenance in our hands only served our purpose until such time as our possession of positions surrounding the town on the northwest facilitated our operations on the San. “The ememy having captured Jaro- slau and Radymno and begun to spread along the right bank of the river, the maintenance of these posi- tions forced our troops to fight on an unequal and very difficult front, in- creasing it by 35 versts (about 24 miles) and subjecting the troops oc- cupying these positions to the concen- trated fire @f the enemy’s numerous guns.” PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS COALITION MINISTRY. Sir John M. Simon Silenced Mutter- ings in the Lower House. London, June 3, 715 p. m.—Both houses of parliament met today for the first time since the formation of the ne wcoalition ministry. The new members of the cabinet, however, were unable to take their places on the ministerial benches in the house of commons, owing to the law which made them ineligible to sit until they were reelected by their various con- stituencies, This situation, however, was speedi- ly remedied, for the house of commons passed in all its stages a bill remov- ing this disability for the period of the war. The house of lords passed the first reading of the same bill and will take up its further stages to- morrow. This situation, however, was speedi- ly remedied, for the housé of commons passcd in all its stages a bill removiug this disability for the period of the war. The house of lords passed the first reading of the same bill and will take up its further stages tomorrow. There were some mutterings in the ®wey lLouse against the bill being rushed through tone sitting, thus pre- venting a general discussion of Pre- mier Asquith’s declaration calling up- on the opposition to assist him in carrying on the war. This was silenc- ed by Sir John M. Simon, the secretary of sfate for home affairs, who led the house in the absence of the premier, promising to, srant a day for the dis- cussion of political changes. TWO TRAWLERS SUNK AND SEVEN MEN KILLED. Toll of German Submarine Activity Yesterday. London, June 4, 153 a. m.—Two Welsh trawlers have been sunk by German submarines—the Hiorld of Cardiff and the Victoria of Milford. The Hiorld was sent to the bottom about 150 miles sowthwest of Lundy Island and the Victoria 135 miles from St. Ann’s Head. Several men on board the Victoria were killed by shells from the subma- rine. The remainder of the ships company and the crew of the Hiorld have landed at Milford. Stamford Physician Missing. Stamford, Conn, June 3.—Dr. Ed- ward B. Rowell, Jr, a well known practicing physician here, has been missing since May 24, it was learned today. His father, also a physician, said his son had taken charge of the rather's practice during an illness of the latter, had been suffering from overwork, and had spoken of taking a long rest. He is 35 years old and mar- Tied, Cabled Paragraphs Order Re-established in Milan. Milan, June 3, 10.35 a. m.,, via Paris, 5.20 p. m—Order has been re-estab- lished in Milan, following the demon- strations of the last few days against Austrians and Germans. Marquis Cassls, the prefect, today resumed the administration of the local govern- ment, which had been superseded tem- porarily by the military authorities. Norwegian Steamer Was Accidentally. Christiania, Via London, June 4, 1.44 a. m.—Germany has informed Norway that an investigation has shown that the Norwegian tank steamer Belridge was torpedoed accidentally by a Ger- man submarine. The communication says Germany deploes this fact and is willing to pay compensation. Torpedoed PLANNING FOR RELIEF OF MEXICAN NON-COMBATANTS Consular Officers Along the Border Are to Cooperate With Red Cross. ‘Washington, June 3.—While the government awaited today the effect of President Wlison’s warning to contending military factions of Mexi- co, the American Red Cross, aided by the state and war departments, carried forward comprehensive plans for re- lieving hungry non-combatants in the famine-threatened republic Orders were telegraphed to consular officers along the border to co-operate in assembling and moving, food sup- plies and similar instructions will be given the frontier military posts. Brigadier General Devol, general manager of the Red Cross, conferred with war department officials pre- paratory to leaving for Texas in the next day or two to supervise the movement of supplies into Mexico. The general telegraphed the American railway.association at New York ask- ing that the railroads grant either free transportation or reduced rates for foodstuffs to border points. Meanwhile Miss Mabel T. Boardmans chairman of the relief committee, undertook arrangements to organize special committee in New York, Chi- cago, St. Louis and other cities to collect and forward supplies purchased or contributed. Tomorrow all the plans will be placed before the Red Cross executive committee, which in- cludes among its members Secretary Lane, Counsellor Lansing of the State department, Surgeon-General Gorgas of the army, Surgeon-General Brainsted of the navy and Solicitor General Davis. CONFEDERATE VETERANS PARADE IN RAIN, To Laying of Cornerstone of Monu- ment to “Stonewall” Jackson. Richmond, Va., June 3.—Veterans of the Confederacy braved wind and rain today to march through Richmond's streets in a military pageant and to lay the cornerstone of a monument to General Thomas J. (“Stonewall”) Jackson. The ceremonies marked the close of their twenty-fith annual re- union. Nearly 6,000 wearers of the gray, flanked by the militia of Virginia and thousands of representatives of south- ern civic_societies, marched again to martian Dixie airs, bared their heads to the statue of Jefferson Davis and sounded the “rebel yell” as they passed the monument to General Robert E. Lee. The pgeant was an impressive spectacle, notwithstanding the stormy weather which caused its postpone- ment for several hours. The southern vetcrans were hailed with constant cheers. Rivalling them for the day’s honors were the famous Richmond In- fantry Blues and tehir guests, the First company, Governors Foot Guard of Connecticut. 150 AMERICANS TO LEAVE MEXICO CITY Brazilian Minister Hws Arranged for Transportation to Vera Cruz. Washington, June 3. — Secretary Bryan announced today that the Bra- zilian minister at Mexico City was ar- ranging for a_train to carry 150 Americans to Vera Cruz, where they may embark for the United States. Mr. Bryan said other foreigners who wanted to leave the capital because of the food shortage would be taken on this train. He recalled that the standing advices of the state depart- ment to Americans in Mexico had been to leave the republic and added: * “We have helped all those Ameri- cans who wanted to come out and were too destitute to do so at their own expense. The only ones whom we have not helped have been those who have come out once and have gone back in the face of the department’s advice.” ROWE CALK PLANT BURNED AT HARTFORD. Was Rushed With War Orders—Em- ployed 300—Loss $60,000. Hartford, Conn., June 3.—Fire to- night partly destroved the factory of the Rowe Calk company in Mechanic and Commerce streets, causing a loss estimated at $60,000 and upwards. The company has lately been rushed with war orders, but the plant hd been closed down for a few weeks, for the overhauling of machinery. About 300 ‘hands had been emploved. The fire started in the hardening room and gave the fire department a hard fight. The lives of several firemen were imperilled when the roof on which they were working collapsed and they were precipitated in an ofl tank. They were rescued by fellow firemen, however, and none was seriously hurt. TO GET FOREIGNERE TO LEAVE MEXICO CITY. John R. Silliman Asked to Make Re- newed Effort. Vera Cruz, June 3.—The state de- partment at Washington has instruct- ed John R. Silliman, President Wil- son’s special agent in Mexico, to make renewed efforts to get foreigners out of Mexico City. Of the total foreign- ers there, Mr. Silliman learns from the British charge d’affaires, 300 Americans and perhaps more desire to leave immediately. Italian Reservists in New Haven Reg- istering. New Haven, Conn., June 3.—Italian reservists in this city received word today to register with the vice consul here in order that they may be read- ily found should the Italian govern- ment issue a call for them to return to the colors. There are said to be about $00. reseryists in New Havan. Brief, But Pointed, Note fo Germany HAS SEEN DRAFTED BY PRESI- DENT WILSON. BEFORE CABINET TODAY Coincidentally Count Von Bernstorff is *to Send a Personal Emissary to Tell the True State of Feeling Iin the United States Toward Germany. Washington, June 3.—President Wil. son today drafted a note, brief and pointed to be sent to Germany con- taining questions whether the imperi- al German government is to be guided in the future by the humane principles embodied in international law for the conduct of maritime warfare. It will be submitted to the cabinet tomorrow and dispatched before the week end. Bernstorff to Send Emissary. Coincidentlly there will start for Berlig/a personal emissary of Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassa- ador ,to lay before Emperor William and high officials of the German gov- ernment the substance of what the ambassador learned from President Wilson in his talk yesterday, the true state of public opinion in the United States toward the German government and the American point of view on submarine warfare. The ambasador in his interview with the president. it became known today, sald he would send within a day or two a man of judgment and breadth to outline the situation to the German government, Envoy’s Passage Arranged For. The president made arrangements at Count Bernstorff's request for the safe conduct of the envoy. His name is not known generally, but foreign governments already have given as- surance to the United States that he will not be molested. The ambasador is understood to have explained that he had difficulty on ac- count of the cable censorship making his government realize the feeling in the United States and that erroneous reports had reached Germany. Presi- dent Wilson’s emphasis yesterday on the fact that the United States would omit no word or act to secure an ac- quiescence in its position in the Lust- tania case was described by the am- bassador in a memorandum which he has transmitted to his government. Count Von Bernstorff saw Secretary Bryan for a few minutes today and is understood to have given him this memorandum to be delivered through Ambassador Gerad to the German foreign office. At the state department the ambassador also learned that ar- rangements had been made for the safe conduct of his spokesman. The despatch of the ambassador's representative will not affect the send- ing of the American government’s re- jolner to the last German note though it may delay German’s reply. To Describe Situation Accurately. The transmission of a cabled report on a conference such as occurred yes- terday through the courtesy of a foreign government often makes it dif- ficult it is pointed out in diplomatic quarters for the recipient nation to give full weight to the language of the writer of the communication, on {the assumption that he does not speak s freely and frankly as might be the case if the message were not read by the officials of another government. Ambassador Bernstorff's idea Is to sup- plement the cabled report with the personal words sent through an emis- sary capable of describing the situa- tion accurately. IMPORTANT EVIDENCE IN BARKHAMSTED MURDER CASE. Incriminating Telephone Conversation Between Pfaefflin and Williams.. Litchfield, Conn., June 3.—What the state considers as important evidence, given in the superior court late today by William Lowerre of Cole- brook, against Isaac N. Willlams of Sridgeport and Harryd Roe of Pough- e, N. Y., who are on trial for the murder of County Commissioner H, B. Case at Barkhamsted last December. Lowerre said his telephine was on the same line as the telephone in the Brickelmaier place, where Arthur Pfaefflin wa semployed as a caretak- er. The latter, who is still held on the coroner's order in connection with the murder is expected to be one of the important witnesses for the state later in the trial. According to Lowerre's testimony, he overheard telephone conversations to Pfaefflin from Williams on various occasions. On December 24 he assert- ed that Williams _telephoned _from Bridgeport under the name of Harry Watson, by which he was known in Winsted. Wiyiams said_he was com- ing up to see Pfaefflin but the latter ser him not to as the police were ng for him. The conversation, according to the witness, then was carried on as follows: “I'm coming up anyway—they won't know me. Was it because of the Barl sted matter?” “Yes. “Have they heard anything from the CLIMBED ELECTRIC LIGHT POLE AND WAS ELECTROCUTED. Lark of Young Man at North Boscaw- en, N. H,, Cost Him His Life. H. June 3—Climbing an electric light pole cost Ellsworth BEdmunds his life early today. With three friends he was returning from an automobile trip to an amusement park. The car stopped in North Boscawen and Edmunds got out and proceeded to climb a pole. Near the top he grasped a high tension electric wire and drop- ped dead. Edmunds was 20 years old. Frankiin, Killed While Driving Cows Across Railroad Track. New Haven, June 3.—While driving cows across the main line tracks of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad at New Haven tonight, Charles H. Thorp, a well known North Haven farmeér, was struck and killed by a northbound express train. His body was carried an the engine fender almost to Wallingford before the train came to a stop. He was 68 years old. Two cows were also killed by the train, England is Shy of Eninunitiun DAVID LLOYD GEORGE APPEALS TO WORKMEN TO WORK. HAS PLENTY OF MEN Attributes Great Victory of Germans at Przemysl Entirely to Superiority of Equipment—Says English Work- men Must Make Sacrifices. Manchester, June 3, 10.30 p. m.—De- claring that the German victory in Galicia was due to an overwhelming superiority in equipment, and that if the allies in the west had been as well equipped the Germans would long ago have been driven from France and Belgium, David Lloyd George, the new minister of munitions, made a stirring appeal tonight to the employers and workmen to supply the British army with the necessary munitions. The speech was delivered before the employers in the engineering trade and trade unionists. David Lloyd George, who had previously lunched at the Clarenden club, received a remarkable ovation from the people of Manchester which was in striking contrast to the manner in which he had been received in this city on previous visits of a political nature, particularly when he appeared at the time of th eBoer war as an opponent of that struggle. Outcome of War Depends Upon Work- shops. “I come,” he said, “as an emissary of state to carry the most urgent mes- sage ever told to the ears of a Man- chester audience. Our country is fight- ing for its life, for the liberties of Europe, and upon what it does, upon what it is prepared to sacrifice, de- pends the issue. It depends more upon the masters and men occupled in run- ning workshops than upon any part of the community whether Great Britain will emerge from this colossal strug- gle beaten, humiliated, stripped of power, honor and .influence, and a mere bond slave of cruel military tyranny, or whether it will come out triumphant, free and more powerful than ever for good in the effairs of men. Tells of Great Triumph of Germans. “I come here to tell you the truth. Unless you know it, you cannot be ex- pected to make sacrifices. Our Russian allies have suffereq a severe setback. The Germans have achieved a great success, not because of the superior valor,_of their soldiers. or strategy of their generals. The German triumph is due entirely to superior equipment, an overwhelming superiority of shot and shell and munitions and equip- ment. It was a battle won by the use they made of their skilled industries and especially by the superior organ- izations of German workshops. English Army Lacks Equipment. “Two hundred thousand shells were concentrated in a single hour on the heads of the gallant Russians. Had we been in a position to apply the same process to the Germans on our front, the Germans would have been turned out of France and driven half way across the devastated plain of Flan- ders. They would have been well out of the country they had tortured and tormented with dastardly cruelty. More than that, we should have actu- v penetrated into Germany. “or the moment we have more than plenty of men for the equipment avail- able.” More men will come to the call, but we want the workshops to equip them with weapons. The state now needs the help of all, and I am per- fectly certain that British engineers can do what the French engineers have already done.” MEXICAN TRIED TO IMPLICATE GEN. H. G. OTIS Declared the General Engaged Him to Organize a Revolt. Los Angeles, Calif, June 3—N. S. Zogg, self-styled Mexican revolution- ary leader, on trial for issuing a worthless check, declared on the wit- ness stand in the superior court today, that he had ben engaged by General Harriscon Gray Otis, owner of the Los n9geles Times and General B. J. Viljoen, a former Boer leader, to or- ganize a revolt in Lower California. General ~Otis' son-in-law, Harry Chandler, recently indicted - on & charge of having conspired to violate American neutrality by supporting such a revolutionary scheme. General Harrison Gray Otis de- clared in an interview he never had heard of Zoge. General Otis was at Tebon Rancho near Bakersfleld, and was reached by telephone. “I never authorized him or_ anvone else to organize such an expedition to Lower California,” he added. * ‘The man is not telling the truth. Harry Chandler also said he never had heard of Zogg. “The story, I think, is a famrication for the purpose of excusing his of- fenso of passing valuless checks” he said. DECISION OF STEEL CASE OF INTEREST IN WASHINGTON. Government Appeal to Supreme Court of the United States Regarded as Certain. Washington, June 8.—News that the government had lost its dissolution suit against the United States Steel corporation for the moment almost matched the international situation in interest. The suit is regarded as prob- ably the most important anti-trust ac- tion ever brought by the department of justice. Undoubtedly it will be appealed to the supreme court of the United States, because the government will be un- willing to leave such questions as were raised unsettled except by the highest court in the land. Without knowing details of the decision of the court at Trenton, officials today preferred not to comment. Movements of Steamships. New York, June 3.—Sailed, steamer Cretic, Naplés via Boston. Liverpool, June 2.—Sailed, steamer Cymric, New York. New York, June 3.—Sailed, steamer United States, Copenhagen. New York, June 3.—Salled: steam- Livernoal. ax Condensed Telegrams The Chicago Board of Trade will be closed for business next Monday, ju- diclal election day. The Duke de Apulia, aged 17, en- listed as a private in the Italian army, and departed for the front. Twenty-five hundred graduates re- ceived their degrees at the commence- ment of Columbia University. Sir Arthur Herbert Church, noted chemist, and author of books on chemistry, died in Iondon, aged 81. Yale University will receive $500,- 000 from the estate of Charles Farnam, Jr., who recently died Paris. Lumber and coal yards of the Tay- lor-Goodwin Co,. Haverhill, Mass, were destroyed by fire at a loss of $200,000. King Victor Emmanuel of Italy was appointed a third corporal in the first company of the Third Zoauves at Constantinople. Emperor William ordered that no works of living Italian composers may be performed in German theatres during the war. The Opposition introduced in the Japanese House of Representatives a resolution expressing lack of confi- dence in the Cabinet. An order for 500,000 pairs of shoes for the army was placed with a com- pany at Binghampton, N. Y. by the Rumanian government. Orders were sued by the military authorities forbidding officers and men of the German army to visit cafes or wine rooms in Berlin. The State of Sonora, northwestern Mexico, is under the government of Yaqui Indians, who have proclaimed a republic of their own. The cup defense yacht Resolute was launched at the Herreshoff shops, Bristol, R. I, where she has been laid up since last September. Contracts were obtainable by the Carnegie Steel Co., for 13,000 tons of steel for three ocean steamships to be built at eastern yards. Sixteen hundred children left St. Gabriel’'s Parish school, New York, in two minutes when fire was dis- covered in the basement. The famous gilded horses on the Cathedral of St. Marks at Venice were removed for fear that they might be damaged by hostile airmen. The Norwegian freighter Anita, which lay wrecked for 5 months on a ‘West Indies reef, reached New York in tow of the steamer Rescue, Francesco Chinigo, the Albanian pa- triot leader, will form an Albanian legion at Naples to fight with the Italian army against Austria. Prince Teano, a former deputy, and son of the Duke of Sermoneta, at one time Italian foreign minister, joined the Socialist Reformist party. The British steamer St. Helena, to sail from Galveston for Rotterdam in a few days, will carry 250,000 bushels of wheat for Belgian relief work. Although the Panama Canal is in condition to allow the passage of battleships the Atlantic fleet will not g0 to the Pacific Ocean, as planned. The body of a girl taken from Lake Michigan was identified as Migs Grace Bond Coney, of New York, a worker at the Northwestern University Set- tlement. Police Commissioner Woods of New York announced he had issued an order directing captains to excuse from duty patrolmen subpoenaed as witnesses. The barracks at the Town of Halle, in Saxony, occupied by captured of- ficers were accidentally destroyed by fire. None of the officers prisoners ‘was hurt. Walter and Nelson Freeze, azed nine and eleven, respectively, were burned to death when their father’s farm buildings at Guilford, M., were destroyed. Resolutions favoring pensions for mothers, policewomen and legislation to uplift the morals of the communi- ty were adopted by the Vermont Federation of Women“s clubs. Secretary Bryan denied reports that the State Department received affi- davits asserting that the Lusitania was armed and carried explosives on her last voyge from New York. Mrs. John B. Jackson, wife of the former United States Minister to Ru- mania, was decorated by the Rumani- an government for her aid in Red Cross work during the Balkan wars. Captain Lane of the steamer Winni- fred, which arrived at Galveston from Tampico, reported that a dozen Amer- icans have been killed in the past few days by Mexican bandits near Tam- pico. Frank Lang, 15, was killed when he crawled into the dumb waiter at his home in New York. His neck was broken when caught between the ledge and the top of the compart- ment. The unusual persistence of the ice blockade of the Nefoundland coast is delaying the annual migration of fish- erman and their families to Labrdor and is endangering those vessels ‘which have ventured out. Submarine D-2 at Newport, R. I, has been prepared for the testing of an air purifying appliance by which it is proposed to reserve the supply of compressed air in the accumulat. ors and thus add to the time of pos- sible submergence of these vessels. Miss Nona McAdoo daughter of the secretary of the treasury and Miss Katherine Britton, daughter of a ‘Washington banker, who went to France in February to act as nurses in a private hospital, will return to the United States, having had enough of nursing and scrubbing. Customs _ officials at Bridgeburs, Ont., seized the American tug Major Symonds and the sand-sucker Penn- sylvania. The seizure was made under the terms of a Canadian war regulation providing that foreign- owned boats shal report to Canadian customs officials when they arrive in Canadian waters. U. S. Steel Wins Government Sui IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR NEW JERSEY. INJUNCTION IS PDENIED Decision Holds That the Corporatior in Acquiring Its Foreign and Hom( Trade Did Not Violate the Shermar Anti-Trust Act. Trenton, N. J., June 3.—The Unif States district Gourt for New Jemees today handed down a unanimous de- cision refusing the petition of the fed- eral government to dissolve the Unitec States Stee] corporation. As against the government the court refused to dissolve the corporation holding that in acquiring its foreigr and home trade the concern did not violate the Sherman anti-trust act and refused all the injunctions prayed for by the department of justice. No Occasion for Injunction. As against the steel corporation, the court held that the committee meet- ings participated in by 95 per cent. of the steel trade of the country, includ- ing the steel corporation, subsequent to the famous Gary dinners of eight or nine years ago, were unlawful com- binations to control prices; but as these meetings had stopped before the government filed its complaint in Oc- tober, 1911, the judges held that thera was no occasion for an Injunction. The opinion of the court suggests that such practices lie within the province of the new federal trade com- mission, but adds that if their repeti- tion is ‘apprehended, the court will on motion of the government retain juris- diction of the case for that particular purpose. Case One of Business Facts. A synopsis of the decision of the senior judge, Joseph J. Buffington, prepared by direction of the court, states that the keynote of the entire opinion is that “this case, a proceeding under the Sherman anti-trust law, is largely one of business facts.” In another part of the opinion the court states that “the real test of monopoly is not the size of that which is acquired, but the trade power of that which is not acquired.” “If mere size were the test of monopoly and trade restraint,” the court further on said, “we have not one, but half a dozen unlawful monopolies in the large department stores of a single city.” Nothing Wrong in Tennessee C. & 1. Deal. The court found nothing wrong in the steel corporation acquiring ‘the Tennessee Coal and Iron company during the financial panic of 1907 and thus virtually approves the attitude of the Roosevelt administration in not interfering with that deal. In this point the court held that the output of Tennessee at the time was only per cent. of the country’s total out- put; that up to that time it had not been a business success; that its prin- cipal product, rails, was made at a loss; that its ultimate success was doubtful and involved a further outlay of $25,000,000 and that the purchase of the Tennessee property, as well as that of several other sieel concerns earlier in the history of the big cor- poration, was made in fair business course and was “the honest exertion of one's right to contract for one’s benefit, unaccompanied by a wrongful motive to injure others.” Carnegie’s Retirement All Straight. Wtih regard to Andrew Carnegie who, the government charged, was a party to the “unlawful combination” and “took the bonds of the corpora- tion with all the infirmities attaching to such participation,” the court found that there is no proof that he accept- ed any other relation in the formation of the steel corporation than that of seller of his stocks and bonds; and the court declared to be true that Car- negie's statement that he disposed of his interests in a desire to retire from the hazards and responsibility of ac- tive business. Four judges, Buffington, McPherson, Hunt and Woolley, sat in this case. Government Probably Will Appeal. “While the suit was filed in the dis- trict court it was heard on a writ of expendition by the judges of the third judicial circuit who form the court of appeals. The next step in the cass will be the filing of a formal decree and the government will probably then take an appeal to the supreme court. The suit was instituted by the Taft administration and was prosecuted for the government by Jacob M. Dickin- son, former secretary of war, as chief counsel. U. S, STEEL OFFICIALS ELATED WITH OUTCOME Chairman Gary Says It Should Have a Good Effect on Business Condi- tions. New York, June 3.—Chairman Elbert H, Gary and other officials and direc- tors of the United States Steel corpor- ation made no effort to conceal their gratification at the outcome of the case. Judge Gary, however, made only brief comment on the decision, saying that he would have to weigh it from every angle before speaking at length. He said: “I am very much gratified by in- formation from Trenton that the cir- cuit court of appeals, composed of Judges Buffington, McPherson, Woolley and Hunt, have unanimously decided the government case against the United States Steel corporation in fa- vor of the defendant. I feel that this decision approves the general policy of the steel corporation. It should have a great and good effect upon bus- iness conditions throughout the coun- try. For several weeks there had been a growing belief in financial and in- dustrial circles that the federal court would absolve the steel corporation from the more serious charges made by the government. This belief was mainly based upon the change of at- titude shown by the higher courts in similar cases. Nevertheless, it may be stated that the steel corporation had made all the necessary prepara- tions to meet almost any decree of the court, whose sweeping decision ex- ceeded their most sanguine expecta- tions. When a man is beaten he admits it —but it is different with a woman.