Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 3, 1915, Page 1

| Making the Position of the Serbian Army in the a2 "‘ North l!oré Prooanous SERBIANS ARE WITHDRAWING TO pqouu”rAms Where They Will Make a Stand While Awaiting Promised Aid From the Entente Allies—On the Western Front TlaeteuhtlleDomg—-ln!!uEut at Least Three or FmBm&tfluAremfioms—TheOfimveofdn “Itnlians Against the Austrians Continues, But Vienna Reports That it ney across nel was exceedingly rough, h it “well. - On is Meeting With No Success. town in France to the coas:, ft de- he.directed the lanes Oliver Brooks of the Cold~ be | unsi due to his recent accident, the king pinned the: ruedal on the 'soldier’s tunic. He did so lying prone and was so weal that he found it difficult to push. the pin Ihalki, h the ‘With his face flushed, Sergeant Brooks knelt by the king's bea until the medal had been affiixed. The king's journe e chan- ‘but . His. -his ar- r efforts | WHITLOCK REPORTS ON EXECUTION OF MISS CAVELL Facts Submitted to. Ambassador Page Were “Not f'r Publication, Washington, Nov. 2.—Brand Whit- lock, American ~minister e Argonne _several ‘were exploded without dm-n ‘works. Our infantry fire pre- enemy from occupying the is pothing to report on the the front.” clal, cammaniontion t and oke, t Jaques Capelle and ‘ths ferry- ‘house.” T TRV PREMIER ASQUITH IN . HOUSE OF COMMONS Cabinet Committee of Three to Five %o Oondmfl the’ War. - e Nov. 2. 745 p. m—The prime fster, Mr. "Asquith, in the house of eommons today, delivered be- o the largest assembly of the year g ‘wide-heralded and much-discussed tement on the progress of the war. o speech was a charac- one. His most important dec- was:that the war will bt con that the pre- secretary for Airst lord of ‘the tish foreign t fice. which made tham public. e -Publication of the letters, seem nflsfleflfihb his explanation and there is no indication of Turther 4 culty. His occupation of has been a delicate one, since hi no diplomatic status minister* tQ a0 Brieia ”b"“‘““‘ = of e at Bru on court. f th German cor ez'.’ it g LONDON BANKERS WORK ON AMERICAN EXCHANGE PROBLEM. Ctmplnlng a PI-n to Stabilize the Exchange Rate. London, Nov, 2, 3:33 p. m.—It is un~ derstood that a committee of bankers and others working on the American exchange problem is nearing comple- change rate ox a higher basis than gy T change dealers are very cautious in their' dealings at present and are keeping pretty : even books. pending a definite anncuncement of the plan, As a consequence of the New o¥rk holiday transfers were dul. 4.63°5-8 to 4.63 3-4 SHIPS FOR NORWAY TO . BE'BUILT IN AMERICA Four Motor Ships for the Oil Trade Have Alv-dy Been Ordered. around mol h.“.’b;wit 1‘4 A;Mhn okl !fi delivery within & year to Norwegian companies. w Pay Trll-h to Herman Rid- Nov. 2 (b to Say- ville, u}%‘. Y. ~vAl‘l ’fiu B!flln fi'l- print obituaries man crutflur!ork.whandn'.h is generally The obituaries pay_ special tribute to-his merits for truth and a just appreciation of Ger- many. FAVDR TRANSPORTATION lTRIKE IN BOSTON Sentiment. Exprund by Labor Leaders After Conference with Freight Hand- fers.” 2—Sentiment .in favor transportation. strike in iabor Jesd- e in Magor Cur. ween representatives o striking. freight handlers of the Boston and Maine, Boston and Albany. and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads. and various inter- ests involved had faled to result in any agreement. . The oniy concessions made by the compavies, ‘it was derstood, were that they would receive, committees represnting the strikers to- meorrow afternoon. Efforts to have the companies agree to submit the dmemands of handlers . for more pay uccessfu! The strikers' committees will report the result of the runference to & joint and the teamsters' joint council to- morrow night, when some sction re- gerding the question of a general transportation strike is expected to.beo Botl e bodfes have already. announced. thelr full. SUpPort of e treight handlers strike. ASKS EXPLANATION FOR “SEIZURE OF HOCKING| AM" /Payne Instructéd to As- certain the Reasons. New % | tigation. is that no oElection wil) e, though all to fim present case was. that of the American steam- ship Davia. — PRESIDENT INTERESTED N ELECTION RETUIN& rly From Massachusetts, Maryland and Kentueky. Even before casting his ballot in an effort to restore the New Jersey legis- lature to t\~ democratic president had been told . by leaders thnt the republicans would retain co Tonight. o ‘Wilson evinced particu lar inferest in the returns from Mass- achusetts, Maryland =~ and Kentucky, ‘where governors were chosen today and in the woman suffrage contests in New York, Massachusetts and Penn- sylvania. DENY REQUISITIONING OF BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE Only in Cases Where Emergency of lmmm Exists. London, Nov. "% & p. m—The tol. wing offi statement was issued “The board of trade d that the gov emplate rer further reg- ent of British ship- of cargo between by means of licenses.” SALEM, MASS., DISCARDS COMMISSION GOVEINM!N‘I‘A‘ Had “Been in Operation There For Past Two Ys.n. S‘l-n‘m-.flw. 2.~The - com- mission form government which has been in op-nt.wn in this ' city for the last f{wo years was ove at' the state slection today, ‘ote of 3,142, to 2,677 the city to adopt the plan C. B. WILSON, FOR - MAYOR, u-un EVERY mi“m KARGESTVGI'EEVER All the Republican Nominess for Al dermen Were Elscted—Amendment, ' Providing for Commission Ferm of Government, Was Carried by M jority of 2099. ° Bridgeport, Conn., Nv. 2.—Clifford B: ‘Wilson, republican, who is lleutenant governor of Conpecticut, was elma ot ot.fl';h:h brxut umn vote of 6, e Vo o en <candidate for that office. R.pubneui Carried Every 'District. For the first time in the history of the ofty a mayoraity candidate SYecy-dlutistay T all oEtthe n Cthe republl- mm Mdml‘otll Ji recet Levy, socialist, -secured 1,48 Dantet mem] mittee bel \fi-flw Commission Government. “The mlu voted for a new char- ter wi o vmom. Fhe Spiiican fines nd the cltizens’ ti were. a majority of 516. BELIEVE THAT BOSWORTH KILLED JUDGE KNOWLES New Haven Police at Work on That Theory. Haven, Conn., Now. !—-lnvu- to danflnlna wuuer °Lindel ing to the that told him he to kill the chlet of fl)(eunmh ‘taken to Bridgeport t ‘was 0 Tt to- The: police do not: believe ‘that Me- Nally has told them all he about Bosworth. While McNally bas sald he did not know where h 9 poliok, hve learned that he spent a week at Bosworth’s home in Providence, leaving there with him last Wednesday. esday. NORTH PACIFIC STEAMER SANTA CLARA WRECKED ©On the Coast of Oregon—At Least 15 Lives Were Lost. Portland, O: Nov. 3.—At least 15 lives wero lost today when the North Pacific . Steamship company’s steamer Santa was wrecked on the, south Jetty rocks in' Coos Bay. Oregon. . The owners of the . vesscls San With 8 passengérs and o cargo of freight. She was in charge of Captain Guu The Santa Clara is 223 feet Lofsted. iong. 10 deat beam, 24 feet depth and Yupt e 2 1900 -at Bverett, Washn. ed by the North Pacific is 1,200 tons. - She operates between Portland and San Francisco vio.Coos Bay and’ Eureka. Among the known dead in the Santa Clara “wreck is Captain Lotsted of Portland. There were known to dead at 8 o'clock. BELGIANS IMPLORE ’ POPE TO INTERCEDE For a Number of Persons Who Have Been Celld.lvm.d to Death. Rome, via Parls, Nov. 2,11 p. m— Pope Benedict has received a number of letters from Bel el en and mombers of the church in Belgium im- ploring him to aid in saving a number persons who have been conds to_decth or to serve long terms of im- nment. Onpe letter calculates that sentences aggregating over ten thousand years of imprisonment have been pronounced since Belgium was, occupied by the Germans. OBITUARY. f‘nmuinhll nflrflulfllhflk layer and was a member of fha General Funston and | terfere in ‘Mexico, 1 provide for commission | erty. GEN. FUNSTON -NOW IN cOM- |iae MAND AT DOUGLAS Rumor That Villa Intended Sheiling Douglas Has Caused Approhension —Priyate. Jones Has ~Died _of Wounds Inflicted. by Bullet From Mexican Side. 5, Ariz, Nov. 2—With Salvos of beginning. at 5.17 this ev- ening, General Villa y began perparing tonight for. his flh.h“uxul t Pricta, " oL Funston Takes _Charge. Dougl command in Douglas today, removed the American troops from their trench- es.on the international boundary. This move, coup] Teports that Vii- Ia ln!endai shelling Douglas and that was preparing to in- caused apprehen- " Many Women Left the City. Many women, whose homes we spattered 'Yllh bullets during the fis g around Ant Prieta last night, left It was stated. however, that no move was .contemplated against the fighting Mexican factions unless eith- er were guilty of an overt attempt to endanger American lives and prop- General Funston Endangered. General Funston in a ride along the United States’ army border line, was himself e’ndlfl!mir during ‘the day by _stray Mexican bullets. Civilians Ordered Out of Range. General Funston earlier in the day ordered all civilians kept out of a zone within range of the boundary. Infantry battalions were shifted to strengthen the United States army po- sition facing the Mexican battlefleld. Four troops of cavalry ordered from Naco, Ariz., arrived this evening. Three other troops of the Thirteenth cavalry has been ordered from Columbus, N. M., to reinforce further the Amerl- <can moun! troope. Bullets Struck Close to Funston. Bullets from the Carranza and Vil- eral. -they through the danger zone, in which two ST3. Were Wounded —te= on the exposed mesa facink the mundu_v line. were cleared of de- ‘here | cupants. PRIVATE HARRV JONES DIES OF WOUNDS. Received at Agua Prista—Ch Taylor in Critical Condition. Douglas, Ariz, _Nov. 3—Harry Jones, private in Company C, Eleventh Infantry, died todey of the. wounds inflicteq last -night by a bullet from the Agua Prieta baitle lines. Jones was_shot in: the stomach as he stood guerd over' an army supply wagon several bundred yards . from the boundary. Louis F. Taylor, the eivilian woy ed “during the machine gun fusil lian d- de on the United States custom house yesterday, was reported in a critical condition tonight. Taylor's can fire were said to be in favora- ble condition. NO ADDITIONAL" ORDERS FOR FUNSTON Must Use His Own Judgment About Returning Mexican Fire. Washington, Nov. 2.—War depart- ment officials conferred over General Funston’s reports on the situation at Douglas, but no. additional orders were sent to him. He will construe his instructions about returning. fire into American territory according to his own judgment but under no cir- cumstances will he cross the border without special authority. The Carranze government. agency bere made public -tonight a ‘me: sage from General - Calles, command- ::g the Agua Prieta garrison, say- am telegraphing General Obre- gon as follows: “At this moment mil- itary bands parade.the strests of Agua_Prieta, ee!eb'nuu the defeat of the Villistas. The battle ended at sunrise today and I have the homor to inform you that orenistas who took part in the engagement un. der the command of the Yaqul Chief Urbalefo and attacked from the west have fled In disorderly rout towards Callardo. 1 am clearing up the bat- tlefield. ~ The number of ‘enemy dead ed | near our lines exceeds 400. CARRANZA TO TREAT BANKING INSTITUTIONS LIBERALLY in View of the Disturbed Peried in mnfi.ry Wltl.n-. 5. Nov. L—An announce- by the Carranza foreign phandge at Pit ‘-d ut of the chapel, which was 'l'h. Vli forms hfi‘ mw-l-'uu-. forma: i r«v!«km 8. w Gnld. rmh&o‘-n,vu on fire. Fourteen persons injured in a der ‘explosion at Carney's Point . 3, were brought to Wilmington hospitals today. W. R. Stone, (repul n and .pro- gressive) was elected mayor of Syra- cuse, N. Y., over Wills, (democrat) by, 8,544 Medical hnlfi. from all parts of the wurld are at Battle Creek, Mich.. to attend the seventh interdenomina- tional medical missior conference. Forty-two platers of the Underwood Typewriter factory at Hartford, went on strike, completely vacating one de- Fire destroyed the print the Cochrane Manufacturing Co. .at Ml;;g;n, Mags. The loss ll « stimated at $25,000. The British admiraity anno\mud that the British torpedo boat was sunk at Gabraltar after beiny in a collision. The Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Cq m, Pa.. started on a contract for 116,000 sir-inch shells " for foreign government. The headless body of a woman about 25 years old, was found on the railroad ‘track between Pawtucket and Providence, R. L William F. Walker, embezzling treasurer of ruw Britain _Savings | teen bank, has been a tem parole” from Wat.hgnneld o~ The hardwars store of Reynolds & th year. The opinion h entertained by the ese gOV that a monarchy 18 preferred; rather than a repubih by a large majority of the people. Mayor Harry N. Spaulding, Man- chester, N. H. republican vsu Te- clected by a vote of 5036 to 4,284 for Former Mayor Charles C. Hay, demo- crat. Mrs. Edgar Mudh of Gujlford, was u-mumy Killea when she was thiro: from a carriage in which sne wi drlvlnx with her daughter, Mrs. Addie The air_ship Panther and the destroyers Worden, lacDonough, Walke, and Monaghan, are being over- ?-ulgi a the navy yard at Charle on, . Maojr Frank R. Lang, U. S. A, tired, wa sacquitted of seven of the elght charges against him by a plea in bar before a court martial at Leavenworth. Ordinary receipts of the Federal m, year, their toltal be- ing sEbBanIIE Sir Frederick Edward Smith, has been solicitor-general, has appointed to succeed Sir Edward Car son as atto)) ey-general, Premier As quith announced. Robert Davis, Jr, charge of the American legation at Port au Prince, Haiti, on account a§ #Il health has been authorized to return to the United States at once. ~ who been Joséph W. Stevens, republican, was re-elected mayor of Albany, N. Y., defeating WllY.er F. Van Guy&lln‘, democrat progressive, by an indi- cated plul'!llw fl 8,000. 7 One thousand uflon textile manu- facturers and -operators from the southern and New England _states gathered at Greeneville, S., C., for the Southern - Textile axpoduon. Fire - of my*l'i-u ori estimated in caused been in operation for several weeks. Wirt de V. Tassin, a prominent chemist and metallurgist and former- useum, heart fallure atter several months {liness. ato i 3 ..‘fim m..‘%'."n:‘a‘.’r’fli’.'h charged wm: prist- and 5 this countey Se. Hnll mmm of the e of Mexico. " | vear Walker, Fort | est republican victory since John anfluncmflcvm&nh-lhflmofwu tives—In Boston the Ballot on the Recall of lfiy@ fi Curley Was M—wmw Govm—hN"VukShhMWuflb :ecqudopt.hewcmhthquefuud-Sd- frage Was Defeated in Pennsylvania—In New Jersey the Republicans Gained Two State Senators—XKentucky is Claimed by Both Parties. Bostor, Nov. 2—Samuel W. McZal, republican, was elected governor to day, defeating David I. Walsh, denic- crat, in a close contest. With thirty elecilon precincts to be heard from, the vote was McCail. 226,920: Walsh, The balance of the republ n ticket was elected and thq republicans made a net gain of twelve seats in the lower branch of the legislarure. with no change in the senate. The woman suffrae amendiment was de- feated decisively with thirty precincts missing the vote was: Yes, 147,260; no_ 270, 788. Republicans Elect Whole Ticket. There seemed to be no doubt that the republicans had elected the whole of “the state _ticket ‘below governor. Calvin Coolidge, the republican nom- inee for Heutenant governor, was running more than 20,000 votes ahead majority. at the last session, made a decided gain. Republican Gains in Legislature- Returns at a late hour showed fif- democratic seats in the house of Tepresentatives captured by republi- cans. who lost only four to their op- Pponents. Progressive Vote Light. The progressive “vots in the state was almost negligible. they e or, polled nearly five times -the vote indicated ' for Clark today, whil Evans, prohibition, received about guarter of the vote cast-today haw. Suffrage Defeated by 83,000 Boston, Nov. 2.—Woman _suffragé was defeated af'the state election to- day by a majority estimated on_ap- proximately three-fourths of the vote, not including Boston at about $3,000. Mayor Curley Not Recalled. In the city of Boston, where the question of the recall of Mayor James E. Curley was on the baliot, returns indicated the probable defeate of the recall movement by a fairly close vote. Statement by McCall. Samuel W. McCall, the republican candidate, issued the following Me- ment late tonight: “After many defeats and wl.l\fler- for ings_in ‘the wilderness Massachusetts has been redeemed. This is the Sreat- Andrews, the war governor, was elect- ed. 1t would have been enough to contend against Governor aione, for with the exception of wm- jam E. Russell, he is_the most popu- r democrat who has ap; in our state politics since the Civil war. But thate were too other candidates in the fleld, ipaigns. “The_victory was due to the activity and enthusiasm of the republicans and to the. potent aid that. we. received from the progressive with ~Charles Sumner Bird and .other leadsr at their head. 1 befleve the result means very much to the nation.” DECISIVE DEFEAT FOR SUFFRAGE IN NEW YORK New York City Voted 25,117 For and 71,791 Against Censtitution. New York, Nov. 2—Woman suffrage was decisively defeated, a revised con- stitution refected and a republican majority to. the -assembly and thres republican congressmen elected in New York state today. The supreme court election results have not been tabu- lated. Viats on Suffrage. With 2,005 of the 5,718-election di: tricts in thé state rej there were 203,133 votes for suffrage and 264.030 against. A conumuxlon of this major. ity would mean 165,000 votes’ againat the proposal in the entire state, but the - general belief was that oul De larger than that figure. This was due to lh. fact that a larger part of who waged very energetic = 1., | be “offset by ihe:upsidie vote were shattered by the carliest returns. e largest cities ¢ majorities against the By, virtue of the defeat foday the Droposal catinot be eubmittsd again until 1919, It will be necessary ey A R e proposal to the voters and one session of a- legislature must intervene be- tween the two votes. ELECTIONS AS SUMMARIZED BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Giving Outcome of Principal Issues in Various States. The voters of the state of New York bave defeated by a large majority the proposal to grant the suffrage - gomen. The retums undoublediy th- dicate alsé the defeat of the project to_adopt a new constitu Shon, The vote on suffrage from 2467 dis- tricts out of 5,713 in the state gave 241,928 for and 321,418 votes the measure. The republicans have a safe. jority in the new l-embly. The -‘ elected thr Snell in the Sist and W. in the 23rd district. uffrage was oqnl-llv uflel‘lflm in Pennsyivania. slow in coming 1n. hlll !h defeat ‘ the Was Indicatsd by aH S¥- (republican) was nati. 2 Detroft, - Mich., voting on a_plan to purchase the local street rallways, showed from 88 prvctneu out of 14351 votes for and 14,618 against. measure. £ In -New Jersey the- gained two state senators, which make the next senate stand 13 Te- publicans to eight ident Wilson came over from Wash- inugton to vote at Princeton. The indications pointed to & Tepubli- can victory in-the next state assem- In Kentucky, where a governor heing elected, both republican aad democratic leaders are ming vie- tory. The latest returns, however, showed that A. O. Stanley (demoerat), ‘was leading the republican nominee, Morrow, by about 5,000, 3 "No returns had been received up h mldnl;m from either Virginia. In the first state, m and county tickets and municipal of- ficers are being elected; in the the voters are deciding upon the com- position of a new legislat SUMMARY OF VOTE ON SUFFRAGE. Overwhelming Majorities ~ Against - Votes for Women, New York, Massachusetts and Penn- vania defeated the pro of suffrage to women by over- wheinving majorities in yesterday's election. Tre indicated majorities against suf- e were_ at an early hour this morn- ing, a< follow: Massachusetts 108,000 (returns prac- ticaily complete). New York 205,668 (about two-thirde of the st: Teported). ‘Fenoayivania 160,000 (about one-fitth of_the state. reported). Txis is the Indicated result of the first_big poptlar vote on the suffrage question in. the eastern states.. New Jerser. the omly other eastern staf that has voted on the question, de- feate the proposition at a :I.G;;am on Oct. 19 by a majority of in ncne of these four states will ‘the women have the opportunity of getting the suffrage project before the voters again for some time: four years in-New grauting Jersey, and two in Massachusetts. PHILADELPHIA REPUBLICANS w"l NOTABLE Vlm Candidate for’ Hly-r Wins by M‘ i 80,000 to 80,000 Plurality. = o] g ¥ 1a | York. five in Pennsylvania and New