Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 8, 1915, Page 1

No i VOL. LVIL—NO. 134 a NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1915 TEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, TEUTONS MAINTAIN OFFENSE IN GALICIA Not Only in Drive Toward Lemberg, But Also in the Baltic Provinces +3 FAIL T0 RETAKE TRENCHES IN FRANCE Trench Troops Have Resorted to the Use of a Flaming Liquid on the German Trenches, “by Way of Reprisal”—Aus- trians Claim That They Have Captured 30,000 Russian Prisoners Since June 1st—Vienna Admits That the Italians Are Pushing Forward With Strong Forces Against the Isonzo River Front—DBritish in Africa Have Driven Out With Heavy Casualties the Germans From Sphinzhaven. Violent e gements are in progress in the western zone around Arras, Neuville St. Veast, to the north of the Aisne other sectors, with of po and trenches by the allied forces, acording to the announgement of the Franch war of- fice; while in the eastern theater the Teutons are still driving the Russians before them, n in Galicia. Unofficial advices from Berlin are to the effect that in northwestern Rus- sia, the Russian offensive has shift- ed to a weak defensive and that the are malking headway day by only overshadowed by n gain > north of the Aisne two thousand Germans have been killed in an endeavor to retake from the ich two lines of trenches which > completed Sunday. In addition 250 prisoners and six machine guns Were captured, while many other ma- were found under the were suffered by according to Paris, Hebuterne, Progfess also is reported for the allies between So and Rheims and in Cham- pagne. The French report mentions the use their troops of a flaming liquid, which w prayed on the German trenche way of repris- al” Since June 1st in the vicinity of Phzemysl the Austrians claim that i their have L& more t} n prisoners. The Ttalians, according to Vienna, seem to be forward with strong forces the Isonzo river front. In this rn theater _the Austrians de tro have been s minor en- gagements in Africa have d asualties phinxhaven, on k in the lake the Her- d Italian flance min meeting at Nice have re- of the financial re- isters at a solved to make sources of the two countries during the war “in the same ungrudging spir- 1t as in the employment of their naval and military force: RUSSIANS ARE SHORT OF AMMUNITION Recent Reverses in a Large Measure Due to That Deficiency, ‘Washington, June burces have 3 ris of the t that reccnt Russian reve —Reports from convinced mil- ith of claims e been due in a e measure to shortage of ammunition Until the harbor of Archangel wa opened by ice breakers late in May, Russia was without a port through which ammunition could reach her shor Russian factories are limited and unimportant, so the only avenue through which munitions we: each - ing the country in quantity was the trans-Siberian railway, Japanese ammunition factories sup- plied virtually all their output to the Russians early in the war. Eut the disagreement between China and Jap- an over the Japanese demands and the prospect of war in the Far East caused Japan to hold its war supplies in re- serve temporarily, reducing traffic in munitions over th trans. berian route to the products of American factories reaching the Far East. The ge time passengers allow for the trip from Vladivostok to Pet- Q4 in times of peace is eleven a limited portion of the zh Siberia is double- freight ship- slow, even other traffic is sidetracked vay for war munitions. Ship- m the United States must rried from n Francisco on steamers which take at least freigh & month for the trip to Vladivostok. 1t is said, too, much difficulty shipments that there has been in timing American as to keep the Russian forces supplied with shells when the supply from Japan fails them, ‘Well authenticated reports indicate that artillery pieces and rifles, as well as shells and cartridges, were lacking among the garrison which lest Prze- mysl to the Germans. In some cases Russian troops are said to have been armed only with crowbars and steel rods, in lieu of bayonetted rifles for use in hand-to- hand conflict After the port of Archangel has been open a few weeks later military ex- a’s problem will be Preparations are -known to have been made at the great northern port to handie supplies expeditiously and the railway leading to distribution centers has tracks and bridges capable of transporting heavy ficid pieces without i GERMAN ARMORED VSTEAMER DESTROYED BY BRITISH SHELLS Near Sphinxhaven, South Africa—Had Previously Been Disabled. London, June 7, 9 p. m.—The Ger- man armored steamer Hermann von Wissman has been destroyed near Sphinxhaven, according to a statement given out this evening by the British official press bureau. The statement says the Hermann Von Wissman was destroved by the shell fire of a British naval force. The steamer had been lying in Lake Nyassa, Southeast Africa, since her disablement by the Nyassaland steam- er Gwendolyn last August. Sphinx- haven is in German territory on the eastern shore of Lake Nyassa. It was hombarded and captured May 30. The Germans were driven ut with con- siderable loss by a bayonent charge. The only British casualty was one man slightly wounded. PERILOUS PLIGHT OF A BRITISH SOLDIER Hurled Back German Bombs Tossed Into an Excavation to Kill Him. London, June 7, 7:05 p. m.—The exploit of a British soldier who lay in the crater made by a shell and hurled back at the Germans bombs which the ytossed into the excavation to kill him, is related in a despatch from the front under date of June 4, from the official observer attached to the British army, as given out in London tonight. “After having got into a German trench and finding he was the only survivor of his party, he managed to crawl deep in a shell crater nearby,” the observer says, "the Germans knew where he was, but could not shoot him and were prevented by our rifie from approaching . They therefore contented themselves with lobbing hand grenades into the crater. “All_ day long this British soldier remained in the hole within a few vards of the enemy, picking up and { hurling back bombs with which he was pelted. At night he managed to crawl safely back to our lines.” Another incident described by the *ial observer has to do with an ‘er and ten men who, when the Germans stormed and captured Brit- ish trenches near Ypres, refused to re- tire. Surrounded by the Germans on all sides they stuck to their trench in the hope of regaining the lost ground by a counter-attack. At nightfall they withdrew, after holding the Germans at bay throughout the day.” FINANCIAL COOPORATION OF ITALY AND ENGLAND. Conference Shows Perfect Harmony Between the Two Governments, Rome, Via Paris, June 7, 9.25 p. m. —# official statement issued here to- " says: “Minister of the Treasury Carcanon conferred at Nice on the fourth and fifth of June with the British chan- cellor of the exchequer, Reginald Mc- Kenna. They discussed the financial cooperation of the two powers and de- cided on the measures to take to that effect. The conference showed per- fect harmony between the two gov- ernments. “The chancellor of the exchequer was accompanied by the governor of the Bank of England and Signor Car- cano by a director of the Bank of Italy.” ISSUING FRAUDULENT AMERICAN PASSPORTS. Rumor in London That German Na- val Officer Has Complete Equip- ment, Washington, June 7.—Ambassador Page has advised the state department of the circulation in London of stories to the effect that Robert Rosenthal, a German held there as a spy, recently made a confession in which he charg- ed that Captain Von Prieger of the German admiralty office, had a com- plete equipment for issuing fraudulent American passports Department of- ficials said today it was presumed the ambasador was investigating and would report later. RUMANIA’S COMPACT WITH AUSTRIA AND GERMANY. Treaty Which Runs Until 1820 For- bids Attack of Either. London, June 7, 5: 10 p. m.—The following wireless despatch was re- ceivd here today from Berlin: “Political discussions in Bucharest, Rumania, brought to light the fact that there exists a formal treaty to which Austria, Germany and Ru- mania are parties. This treaty, which runs until 1920, regulates the rela- tions among these countries and binds Rumania, in case of war, not to at- tack her allies. Camp of Instruction. New Haven, Conn., June 7.—The camp of instruction for the officers of the First and Second regiments, Con- necticut National Guard, opened to- day at the state range in East Haven. The chief feature of the school for of- ficers will be map making. Col. Charles F. McCabe of the Second in- fantry is commander of the camp. Cabled Parggraphs : British Le London, Ju- ,s‘@ e Heavy. 4. m.—A casualty list issued % .ght again shows heavy I~ % killed, wounded or missir $ _list contains the names of * sfficers and 3,500 non-com- . . officers and men. Thirty- . _of the men are suffering from & poisoning contracted on the west- era front, RIOTOUS OUTBREAK IN CEYLON BY BUDDHISTS. Moslem Shops Were Looted and Many Murders Occurred. London, June 7, 8.20 p. m—A riotous outbreak in Céylon by Buddhists against the Moslems, in which numer- ous Moslem shops were looted and many murders occurred, is announced in an official communication made public here tonight. The official statement says “The governor of Ceylon reports that on the 28th of May, the birthday of Buddha, Moslem shops in Kandy were looted by Buddhists. The outbreak was quelled in Kendy, but was diffused through the central province, where it was re- pressed by the arrival of a military de- tachment. “On the 31st of May there was a later outbreak at Colombo, which sub- sequently spread south. Martial law has been proclaimed in the western, central, southern, northwestern and Sabara Gamuwa provinces. “On the 3d of June the governor left Kandy quiet and proceeded to Colom- bo, where he found the town quiet, but the district perturbed. He hoped to suppress the disorder in a few days. “The disorder is due to a sudden outbreak of racial and commercial an- imosity and is not directed against the European population or the colonial government. Much Moslem merchan- dise has been destroyed. There have been numerous murders and several rioters were shot. “The latest telegrams state that the situation is in hand and improving.” TRANSPORTING FOREIGNERS FROM MEXICO CITY. American and British Consul Gener- als Are Aiding. Vera Cruz, Mexico, June 7.—The American consul-general, Arnold Shanklin and the British consul at Vera Cruz, John S. Hutchinson, de- parted today on a special train for Pachuca, where they expect to meet the foreigners whose departure from Mexico City has been arranged. Among the refugees, according to ad- vices received by John R. Silliman, President Wilson's representative in Mexic#, are 100 destitute Americans, 127 Spaniards, 44 Englishmen. They probably will reach Vera Cruz on Fri- day. Rear Admiral Caperton today order- ed the American gunboat Wheeling to ‘Tuxpan, POSED AS HARVEST HANDS; DRIVEN FROM CALDWELL, KAS. Threatened to Break Into Stores Un- less They Were Fed. Caldwell, Kas., June 7.—When 350 idle men posing as harvest hands, be- came defiant today after city officials had refused their demand for food, Edward George, the mayor formed a posse and escorted them out of town. “Unless we get something to eat we will break into the stores” the spokesman of the men told the mayor. That official then telephoned the town marshal and enlisted 25 armed citi- zens. While the men were mumbling threats the posse marched them in double file to the depot and made them board the first outgoing freight train. BASEBALL PRIZES BY NEWSPAPERS ILLEGAL Court Decision Places Them Within The Louisiana Lottery Law, New York, June 7.—Baseball prizes given by “The Weekly World,” a sporting paper published at Wilkes- barre, Pa., come within the Louisiana lottery law in the opinion of Judge J. D. Fisher, of the New Orleans crimin- al court. Judge Fisher today gave Thomas Thomasson_the alternative of paying a fine of $250 or spending six months in jail. Thomasson appealed the case. He was charged with be- ing an agent of the paper. OBITUARY. Patrick Clark. Spokane, Wash., June T—Patrick Clark, 65 vears, a millionaire mining man known in the Coaur d'Alenes of Idaho and the mining camps of Neva- da and Montana, died at his home here today of heart failure. He had been associated with the late Marcus Daly and former Senator W. A. Clark of Montana. Three sons and three daughters survive. Autonomy of Outer Mongolfa. London, June 7, 11:25 p. m.—A Reuter despatch from Petrograd says that the special envoys of Russia, China and Mongolia signed today at Kiakhta, Siberia, the tri-partite treaty regarding the automomy of outer Mongolia. This treaty was agreed on after a conference that has lasted nearly a year. By the terms of the agreement Chins will retain a nomi- nal suzerainty over Mongolia, but neither China nor Russia will inter- fere with the administration of Mon- golia’s internal affairs. Italian Reservists in New Orleans Called to the Colors. New Orleans, June 7.—Italian re- servists of virtually all classes from 1878 to 1897, residing in New Orleans consular district are called to _the colors by an order issued today. It is estimated there are about 20,000 re- servists among the Italian population of 80,000 in the district. y Advocates Building of Merchant Ships. Andalusia, Ala., June 7.—Construc- tion of merchantmen rather than bat- tleships was urged by Senator Under- wood in an address here today. “We eed transportation facilities,” said he. If we had a number of merchantmen there would be a way to transport our cotton and there would have been no depression of business in. the south.” He urges calmness in deliberations with Germany Transport Carrying Food to Mexico. Galveston, Texas, June 7.—The United States army Buford sailed for Vera Cruz tonight carrying food sup- plies collected by the American Red Cross, which will be distributed in the famine threatened section of Mex- ico. Rations sufficient for 500 people for twenty days were carried. and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Pl;oportion to the City’s Population Thrilling Battle Fought in Midair ZEPPELIN DESTROYED BY BRIT- ISH AVIATOR. CREW OF 28 KILLED From Greater Altitude of Aeroplane the Britisher Pierced the Zeppelin's Shell Repeatedly with i diary Bombs, Incen- London, June 7, 8.37 p. m.—For the first time on record a Zeppelin in the air has been destroyed by an aviator in an aeroplane. Reginald A, J. Warneford, a young Canadian sub- lieutenant "in the Royal Navy, who mastered aeroplaning only this sum- mer, has performed the feat and to- n_lght is somewhere within the British lines, while the Zeppelin lies in ruins sprawled on the roof and ground of an orphanage near Ghent. Falling there a blazing mass, after being struck by the young aviators bombs, its crew of about 28 men were killed, 'as were also several occupants of the orphanage building. Zeppelin Sighted Far Off. The theory is advanced that this Zeppelin was the craft which raided the east coast of England last night, for the fact that it was in the air over Belgium, between Ghent and Brussels, at 3 o'clock in the morning leads to the belief that it was return- ing from an expedition, not starting. Down breaks early these days and the huge Zeppelin could be sighted far off and it is presumed that the craft was headed for her home hangar when Warneford came winging swiftly un- der the gray skies. The Zeppelin, which was flying com- paratively low, began to mount at once, but the British wasp was speed- ier and climbed into the air in long spirals, reaching a position, at length, over the German's vast bulk, Pierced Zeppelin's Shell. From this point of vantage Warne- ford pierced the Zeppelin's shell re- peatedly with his incendiary bombs. Without parallel in this war or any other, is the story which the young aviator will have to relate, for de- tails of the fight have not yet been told. First came the long pursuit, for, according to the admiralty report, the aeroplane was 6,000 feet up. To reach this altitude would require nearly 20 minutes and_the Zeppelin, meantime, could drive forward approximately 15 miles. Manoeuvring for Position. Then followed the manoeuvring for position and finally the dropping of the bombs, from which the dirigible tried vainly to escape. Minor ex- plosions occured and, at last, one of, terrific' force and the Zeppelin burst into flames, Turned Completely Over. At that moment Warneford must have been at close range over the dirigible, for almost simultaneously with the outburst his machine turned completely over and for a moment he hung head down, with his monoplane, all control of hich had been lost, pitching and tossing in the swift cur- rents of air which rushed up to fill the vacuum created. Righted H Machine. Then by a desperate effort Warne- ford righted his machine far above the earth and planed to_ a landing behind the German lines. He alighted unhurt, got his propeller going again and flew off to the west. Whether the Zeppelin's machine guns or rifles were turned on the aviator is not disclosed, but in order to attain such an advantageous posi tion, the British lieutenant must have handled his machine skilfully, for this is an extremely difficult feat. Although the target the Zeppelin presents is extensive, it can be lifted by its own buoyancy to a great height, while the pursuing aeroplane has to rise in spirals by the power of its engine alone, Hopes Raised in London. As the fight in midair occurred over that part of Belgium held by the Ger- mans, hopes are raised in London that the Germans will be forced to move their Zeppelin base eastward, thus making raids on England more haz- ardous, Four Killed in Orphanage. Some of the reports say that the non-combatant victims were two nuns and two .orphans and that others were injured, but a Reuter despatch re- ceived ‘tonight says that two nurses and two children were killed and many others injured. All versions agree that the Zeppelin crew perished and this seems certain, as the great craft was struck while more than a mile in the air and must have been a roaring torch before it struck the earth. THIRTEEN MEXICANS EXECUTED BY INDIANS. Were Connected With Army of Gen- eral Eulalio Gutierrez. Brownsville, Tex., June T7.—Three Mexican generals and ten other Mex- icans, connected previously with the army of General Eulalio Gutierrez, were executed by ndians composing part of the Carranza army under Gen- eral E. P. Nafarrate, acording to Crr- rnza advices made public in Matamo- ros tonight. Carranza officers said the party was being sent by Gutierrez to the United States with a million and half pesos, which was to be used in organizing another revolution in Mexico. They were captured last week near Aldam- as, Nuevo Leon, it was said and promptly executed. The generals executed were, accord- ing to the statement, Eugenio Aguirre Benavides, Julian Delgado and Guil- lermo Moran. Hole in Hull of Torpedo Boat Des- troyer Down Boston, June 7.—An examination made in drydock today of the tor- pedo boat destrover Downes disclos- ed a hole in her keel sufficient to have caused her to sink had it not been for her bulkheads. The acci~ dent is believed to have been due to striking some sunken object off the Graves, while entering the harbor last week. The Downes was floated out of the drvdock during the day in order to let some of the battlesh:ps enter for a cleaning. Note to be Terse and Explicit AND NOT SUBJECT TO UNNECES- SARY DELAY. CAREFULLY CONSIDERED Officials Say It Will Not Only Sat- isfy American Public Opinion, but Will Place Squarely Up to Ger- many Decision on Maritime Warfare. Washington, June — President Wilson let it be known tonight that the note which the United States is to send to Germany concerning _submarine warfare has been prepared with the utmost expedition and had not been subjected to an hour's unnecessary de- lay since it was first drafted. The president’s desire to have the document state explicitly the position of the United States government, so that it cannot possibly be misunder- stood abroad or invite protracted dis- cussion on the fundamental issues in- volved, is chiefly responsible for the fact that the note has not yet gone. Examined With Great Care. Legal officers of the government ex- amined the note with minute care to- day and sent it back to the president with some changes. It may require further consideration by the president and his cabinet tomorrow, and high officials did not know tonight just when it would be cabled. On the high- est authority, however, it was stated that as soon as the president regarded the communication as satisfactory in phraseology it would be transmitted to Ambassador Gerard. Legal Phases of Communication. Questions of such serious moment are involved in the wording of the new note that the president is anxious that the communication not only shall meet his own wishes but should be unim- peachable from the point of view of the experts in internatiomal law. While the president has been at work on the document, special agents of the United States government have their investigation corroborated in every de- tail the statement made in the first American note—that the Lusitania was unarmed. At the same timé, Meyer Gerhard, personal envoy of Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, has been voyaging nearer to Germany, carrying important messages from the German embassy concerning the American point of view on submarine warfare. The latter circumstance, however, was declared in high official quarters to have been merely a coinci- dence and in no way to have influ- enced the progress of the note. No Intention of Delay. Officials familiar with the situation {destpated the notion that any influ- ences had arisen to delay the sending of the communication. One of the president’s closest advisers declared that there had been no intentional de- lay, but that the note had required much scrutiny and careful considera- tion. Will Satisfy Public Opinion. ‘When the document is finally made public, these officials stated, it would not only satisfy American public opin- ion but would place squarely before Germany the issue as to whether the imperial government intends to adhere to the hitherto accepted principles of international law on maritime war- fare. ‘The president has been displeased by the numerous detailed accounts that have been published of what the note would contain when he himself had not yet settled finally on its contents. He is anxious that misconceptions of the position of the United States shall not be cableq abroad and that the Ameri- can people shall suspend judgment un- til they read the text of the document. WERNER HORN HAS PRESENTED A DEMURRER Indictment Charging Him To With Carrying Explosives. Boston, Mass.,, June 7.—Werner Horn, the German army officer who was arrested in connection with the attempt to blow up the international bridge between Canada and Vancebo- ro, Maine, on February 2 last, today presented a demurrer to the indict- ment charging him with carrying ex- plosives from New York to Vancebo- bo, in violation of the federal laws. Horn attacks the indictment on technical grounds and filed a pl against the jurisdiction of the court. This plea is based on the contention that he committed an act of war and consequently was beyond the juris- diction of the United States courts. He asks also to amend this petition for a writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that he did not state in the original petition that he was domi- ciled or resident in Germany. Judge Morton said he would hear the motions Wednesday. REFUSED TO TESTIFY AGAINST SWINDLERS. Toronto Man Held in $20,000—Changed His Mind After Making Complaint. New York, June 7.—William O'Reil- 1y, a builder of Toronto, complaining witness_against Fred Gordorf and James Fitzgerald, alleged wireless wire-tappers who are charged with having swindled O'Reilly out of $17-- 000, was himself locked up today in default of $20,000 bail for changing his mind and deciding that, after all, he would not testify against the two men. O'Reilly was held as a material wit- ness after the grand jury had found true bills against Gondorf and Fitz- gerald. When Judge Mulqueen learn- ed that O'Reilly was reluctant to give his testimony he told him his testi- mony was needed against the accused and others that might be indicted and to insure his appearance ordered him held in $20,000 bail The reason for O'Reilly’s change of mind was not dis- closed. Merritt Heads Christian Scientists. Boston, June 7.—The First Church of Christ Scientist, mother church of the Christian Science denomination, today elected Edward A. Merritt of Cleveland, Ohio, as president. Reports at the annual meeting showed that members of the chuch had contrib- uted $127,667 to a fund for a relief of sufferers from the war. Condensed Telegrams German troops in the Argonne have been vaccinated against cholera. More than 11,000 women have beep enrolled in Great Britain as police. The graduating exercises of the Yale school of religion were held yesterday. More than 30,000 school children of Brooklyn visited the navy yard in a body. John C. Rice, widely known comed- ian died of pneumonia in a Philadel- phia hotel. French government agents began filling_an_order for 20,000 horses in East St. Louis. The “Daily Citizen” a London labor organ, suspended publication because of lack of support. The steamer Duca degli Abruzzi sailed from New York with a number of Italian reservists aboard. As many men as can be raised in Australia_will be sent to England in response to an urgent call for troops. 'ty-seven German and Austrian ships in Italian ports, totalling 216,77 tons were confiscated by the Italian Government. Porter Charlton the voung American who murdered his wife at Como, Italy, in June , 1910, was declared sane. His trial begins this week. A German submarine operating around the Dardanelles under the Tur- kish flag, arrived at Constantinople, where it received an ovation. Howard J. Russell of St. Johns, N. Y., was killed when an automobile he had just purchased with money he in- herited two weeks ago overturned. The new Portuguese Government will release several of the leaders of the old regime, who were arrested during the revolutionary outbreak. Four men were arraigned in court in Elizabeth, N. J., and a fifth, Andrew Mestler, fined $35 for refusing to an- swer the questions of the census tak- ers. Frederick B. Lynch of Minnesota was elected chairman of the finance committee of the Democratic National Committee, at a meeting in Washing- ton. Count Leopold von Berchtold, form- er Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister, offered his services to the Austrian army in the Italian campaign as a volunteer chauffeur. Mott A. Sherwood, master me- chanic for the Michigan Central Railroad, was shot and killed by an unknown person while driving friends in his auto at Jackson, Mich. An additional $5,000,000 gold was received at the sub-treasury in New York from Ottawa. Of this amount $2,500,00 was engaged last Friday, the other half coming unannounced. The Emperor of Japan and the privy coun gave approval of the new treaties with China negotiated as a result of the confession made by China in accepting Japan’s ultimatum. While trying to escape pursuing dogs, a young buck deer ran in front of an_express train of the Central New England Railroad, near Brewst- er, Y. It was struck and killed. The Danish Diet unanimously adopt- ed the new constitution which con- fers suffrage on women and abolishes the special electoral privileges form- erly exercised by the wealthier class- es. Mrs. Martin Brown, of Austin, Pa., who is bitterly opposed to the sound of auto horns, shot and slightly wounded Dr. Phillip Horn, when he began testing his auto horn near her home. For one bass, not ten inches long, $1 That’s what it cost Christopher Glenn, of Paterson, to catch one smaller than the game laws of New Jersey allow. He went to jail in de- fault. Because it made a protest against the sinking of the Lusitania, the so- cialist newspaper “Goerlitzer Volk- zeitung” was ordered by the com- mander at Posen, Poland, to suspend The Foreign Trade Commission of Pittsburgh received an inquiry asking that Pittsburgh manufacturers be re- quested to bid on 1,000,000 shells, large quantities of shrapnel casings and other war munitions. Michael Parisan of Medford, N. Y., after several vears of experimenting, patented a lightweight flying ma- chine which he calls a paraplane, which the Ttalian Government has purchased for use in the war. The lid is on in Coney Island. For the first time in years the hotels, sa- loons and cabarets have been forced to obey the law which requires them to close their doors at one o'clock in the morning and midnight Saturday. Miss Mabel Boardman, chairman of the National Relief Board of the American Red Cross, issued an ap- peal for an endowment of $5,000,000 to maintain the organization as ef- ficiently as any other in the world. Lorenzo von Arnim auf Kennesdorf, who claims to be related to General von Arnim of the German army, was arrested at Ogden, Utah, for the theft of the strong box of the Mahrajah of Karpurthala from a Salt Lake City hotel. Dr. Francis L. Strickland, president of Simpson college, Indianola, Iowa, announced his resignation as head of the institution to eccept a position as head of the philosophy department of the University of West Virginia. His successor has not been selected. A posse of American cattlemen and miners rode eight miles across the Mexican border into Santa Cruz, So- nora, and while 150 Mexican soldiers looked on, levelled their guns at the commanding officers and obtained the release of two American boys kidnap- ped from Arizona. The election of Rev. H. Schulz of Schenectady, N. Y., as president of the Atlantic district of the Missouri synod of the Lutheran church, was announc- ed at the annual convention at Boston. Rev. P. Roesnes of New York was chosen vice president and George Drinker of Brooklyn secretary. Villa Willing to Iflesl Garranza HAS DECIDED TO ASK FOR 2 CONFERENCE, ON WILSON’S WARNING Request Is for a Meeting on Neutral Territory to Forestall Intervention— General Billa Also is to Send & Re« ply-to President Wilson. El Paso, Texas, June 7.—Genera] Francisco Villa has decided to ask Ceneral Venustiano Carranza to agree to a neutral territory for a confer< ence to consider the suggestions con« tained in Persident Wilson’s note, ao« cording to a telegram received hare to« night from Colonel Enrique Perez Rul private secretary to Villa The teles gram was dated Aguas Calientes. General Villa ordered his secre taries to come from Chihuahua tq Aguas Calitntes to draft the note tq Carranza, said Colonel Rul, “and alsq the reply he will send to Presiden{ Wilson. ~ Villa’s ministers reached Aguas Calientes today.” The Rul statement relates that Vil la decided to invite Carranza to agreq to a truce “to prevent further sacri< ffica in the republic which might pro- duce intervention” and that when Vil- la, in keeping with this suzgesti ordered his troops to retire, Genera Obregon started in pursuit, “bringing on a battle in the station of Leon.” FRREGULARITIES IN EXAMS AT NAVAL ACADEMY, Attempts Made to Enter Desks of Four Heads of Departments. Annapolis, Md., June 7.—That there was reason to believe that attempts had been made to enter the desks of the heads of at least four naval acad- emy departments and secure the exams« inations in advance was the testimony given late todey by Rear Admiral Ful- lam, superintendent of the academy, before the naval court of inquiry ap- pointed by Secretary Daniels to in- vestigate charges of irregularities in examinations. It is the belief of the authorities, however, that only one attempt had ‘been actuelly successful. This was in the case of the department of modern languages. The reading of the record of testi- mony taken before the board of in- vestigation appointed by Rear Admiral Fullam, superintendent of the academy, occupied the court from 10 o'clack this morning until after 5 o’clock this after- ncon, with only a short intermission for luncheon. g Six members of the graduating class who on last Friday received their di- plomas and became ensigns were or- dered recalled as a result of the men- tion of their names during _today’s reading of the testimony and record of the previous investigation conducted by a board appointed by Superintend- ent Fullam. X Prof. Carlos A. Cusachs of the de- partment of modern languages, Who was named in the previous record, also will be recalled. LOOKING FOR FORMER INTERNAL REVENUE AGENT, Said to Have Been Connected With Whiskey Frauds in Alabama. ‘Washington, June 7.—Department of Justice agents are seeking to locate Knox Booth, former internal revenue agent for the Alabama-Tennessee dis- trict, for whom a warrant has been issued in connection with _alleged whiskey tax frauds through which the government is said to have lost about $100,000. The warrant for Booth was issued after the arrest of John L. Caspar, a Fort Smith, Ark., distiller, and was based on _correspondence between Cas- par and Booth. The latter disappeared two weeks ago. Guy L. Hartman, an associate of Caspar, and about a dozen other persons, had been arrested at Fort Smith previously in connection with the case. The frauds charged involve the eva- sion of taxes on distilled spirits through collusion between distillers and lesser government officials, and are similar to numerous cases which treas- ury officials have uncovered and dealt with in the past. NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF MIDDLETOWN ASYLUM. Dr. C. Floyd Haviland of King Park State (N. Y.) Hospital Chosen. Middletown, Conn., June 7.—Dr. C. Flovd Haviland, first asistant super- intendent at Kings Park State hospi- tal, New York, was chosen superin- for the Insane, at a special meeting of tendent of the Connecticut Hospithl the board of trustees The office was vacant owing to the death last March of Dr. Henry S. Noble, the superin- tendent. Movements of Steamships, Gibraltar, June 6.—Passed: Steam- er Themistocles, Piraeus for New York. Arrived: Fourth, steamer Cal- abria, New York. Genoa, June 6—Arriver: Stampalia, New York. Liverpool, June 6.—Arrived: Steam- er New York, from New York. Sail ed: Firth, steamer Orduna, New York. Deal, June 4. — Sailed: Steamer Nieuw Amsterdam (from Rotterdam), New York. Steamer Bordeaux, June 6.—Sailed: Steamer Roclfambeat, New York. Palermo, June 6.—Sailed: Steam- er San Giorgio, New York. Montreal, June 7.—Arrived: Steam- ers Megantic, Liverpool; Pretorian, Glasgow; Hersperian, Liverpool New York, June 7.—ATived: Steam- er Ancona, Naple: Boston & Maine Affairs. Boston, June 7.—A conference of representatives of the Boston and Maine railroad and of the lines which it leases, held in this city, agreed that it was desirable to keep the present system intact and that Treceivership- could be avoided. Elected Mayor of Denver. Denver, Col, June 7.—The Denver city commissioners today elected Dr. W. H. Sharpley mayor for a term of four years. Sharpley was elected com- missioner of social welfare in May.