Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 6, 1915, Page 1

© VOL. LVIL—NO. 273 King Constantine Has Called Counc .o D;terinine Whether Greece is Align Itself Against Bulgaria | SERBIAN ARMY BEING SLOWLY GROUND DOWN \ ! The Fate-of Nish Hangs by a Hair—Only at the Further End of the Battle Front Are the Bulgars Meeting With Reverses—Germans Remain on the Defensive in France and in Russia, With No Large Battles Reported—Turk- ish Offensive at the Nardanelles Was Broken Up bv the British Forces. London, ov. 5, 10.30 p. m.—Another twenty-four hours have complicated rather than clarified the situation in Greece, the attitude of the king of which country is causing the entente powers much concern. Apparently determined that M. Zaimis shall remain in the office of premier, King Constantine today urged im to retain the premiership. Accord- ing to Athens despatches, however, M. Zatmis declined to acquiesce in kin's decision, whereupon the king _call- € = council of ministers, the deliber- ations of which may or may not deter- ,mine whether Greece is to align her- selt st Bulgaria or persist in her attitude of “benevolent _ neutrality” which means that though the allied troops may cross her soil her armies shall not aid them in driving the Buyl- garians from Serbia. Fate of Nish Hanging By a H: ‘While Greece hesitates the Serbian northern army is being slowly, but isurely ground down before the com- ibined pressure of the Austro-German and Bulgarian forces. The fate of Nish hangs by a hair and it is only at the southern end of the battle front that the Bulgars are meeting with any reverses. There, according to reports, the British are cooperating with ‘the French, buf, as heretofore, these reports are unofficial and frag. mentary and it cannot be said au- thorftatively whether the British are in touch with their new enemy.” Period of Uncertainty, If the Bulgar-Tenton tide is to be turtied, the best opinion here is that it will be same weeks hence, involving @ perfor of unceftainty such S pre- ceded_the stand before Paris and on tHe Yoer. _But siving ins;estanth . powers a month's time it is_argue: ' that they can throw three hundred thousand and perhaps 500,000 into Serbla, not including Russians,’ and with such a force not only dispute the advance of ‘the central powers, but contest Bulgaria’s occupation of Ser- bian Macedonia. The, Germans remain on the d \fensive in the east and west. Neith- er has developed any large battle as modern battles are reckoned. Turks Repulsed. The Turks continue sporadically ac- tive in the Dardanelles region, as is recorded in tomight’s British official communication. from the Gallipoli pen- insula. This says the Turks launch- ed attacks against the British right in the Anzac region. but that they did not defeat the British line. DIFFERENCES OF OPINION IN ITALIAN CABINET Concerning the War Fsve Led to Ex- isting Incidents. ‘Rome, via Paris, Nov. 5, 11.15 p, m— Shary difterences of opimion have de- veloped in the cabinet concernin@ the war, These differences have not reached the extent of a crisis, but have Dbrouglit about a conflict in views lead- g to an exciting incldent. 3 cept those devoted to the sale of food close daily at 7 p. m. Places of entertainment must close at 11.30, while eleven o'clock is the hour fixed for restaurants and clubs The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other " Cabled Paragraphs Chile Advocates Arbitration. Santlago, Chile, Noy. 5—The cham- m% ties has adopted a bill pro- r the settlement by arbitra- all disputes arising between the United States and Chile. Kitchener Not to Take Command. London, Nov. 6, $20 a m—The Times_declares today that a rumor that Field Marshal _Earl Kitchener might take command in France may e dismissed as entirely without foun- dation. OPPOSED-TO WILSON’S NAVAL AND MILITARY PROPOSALS. Henry A. Wise, of Naval Advisory Board, Says They Are Insufficient. Portland, Me, Nov. 5—Henry A Wise, of New York, a member of the naval advisory board, in a formal statement issued here tonight as chairman of the conference commit- tee on national preparedness, advocat- ed rejection of ~ President = Wilson's naval and military proposals “as wholly insufficient” Mr. Wood came to Portland to address a meeting called to discuss plans for the éstablishment of an aerfal coast patrol station in Casco bay. “In the name of the defense move- ment,” the statement reads, “I un- hesitatingly call for the rejection of the naval and military proposals of the president as wholly insufficient to give ‘us that degree of protection which en- sures peace. In this critical hour of world unrest it would be the suprema- ey of folly did America permit itself to remain weaker in sea power than the only nation that is causing it to re-arm at all. ““Therefore, the defense movement to close and for the adjournment of public meetings. 300 MEN WERE LOST WITH BRITISH TRANSPORT. Sunk in the Aegean Sea in September By a Hostile Submarin London, Nov. 5, 8.01 p. m.—Official announcement by the war office to- night of the sinking of the British holds it vital to the preservation of the sovereignty of this nation that steps shall at once be taken torestore America to the position of second naval power, from which through he unwis- domy of weak advisors, it was permit- ted to fall and that the military plans adopted shall be those of the general staff of the army, not of the civilian secretary of war.” ADMIRAL LITTLE APPEARS transport Ramazan by a hostile sub- marine in the Aegean sea in the lat- ter part of September, previously re- ported, shows that more than 300 men g«'era lost when the transport went own. E RUSSIAN GENERAL GETS 15 YEARS AT HARD LABOR. For Absence From Fortress of Kovno During the Fighting There. Petrograd, Nov. 5, via London, Nov. 5, 4.55 p, m.—Absence from the fort- ress of Novno during the fighting there and inadequate prepasation of the de- fense were charged against Genersl Gregorieff, who was commandant of the fortress when it fell, in the court- martial proceedings at Dvinsk which resulted in his receiving & sentence of 15 years at hurd labor and the loss of all his rights, ko ITALIANS STRENGTHEN THEIR PUSITIOl Bad Weather Interfering ‘with Their Operati Rome, via Paris, Nov. 5, 11.55 p. m. —The following statement from the Italian headquarters dated November 5 was made public this evening: “During yesterday there was an in- tense action by our artillery and in- fantry which are actively engaged in strengthening conquered positions, We repulsed enemy attacks In the valleys of Rlenz and the Pontebbana torrent on the slopes of Monte Calvario, northwest of Gorizia and on the-Carzo. We have taken 64 prisoners and one machine gun. “Bad weather prevails throughout the theater of operations. There is an abundant snowfall in the higher zone and a persistent rain in the lower.” WHY MILLINERS ARE OFTEN OVERSPEEDED Hats Ordered Thursday Are Expected to Be Delivered Saturday. Cleveland, O., Nov. 5—That most new hats ordered on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday are expected to be delivered by Saturday night was given by Dr. Susan Kingsbury of Bryn Mawr college as one of the chief reasons why girls employed in the “needle trades,” millinery and dressmaking, often_ are overspeeded and made to work long One of the ministers at a recent of the cabinet is said to have expressed the view that Italy'’s best interests would be served by assisting o movement toward the restoration of peace. This caused an angry protest and charges were made against the good faith of the minister suggesting peace. It is reported that epithets were exchanged and that one of the minls- ters, overcome by indignation, threw a book a: his colleague whose sugees- tion had caused the strife. The incident is declared to have been largely of a personal nature and the cabinet and Country are united, with thic exception, for continuing the pres- ent palicy. X “While a cabinet crisis, such as those which have occurred in France, Eng- land and Russia, has been avoided, opinion here is divided concerning the conduct of the war, especially as re- gards a Balkan expedition. KING CONSTANTINE IS ;| CONFERRING WITH CABINET. Effort to Preserve Cabinet and Dis- solve Greek Parliament. _Nov. 5, 735 p. Paris, ". . -&:fimontMlh t;lm:lllfl it seems certain that he is défermined o hoe ‘Zaimis cabinet and hours, in an address today at the na- tionadl consumers’ league convention. “The general public is responsible for conditions prevailing in trades which have short seasons and long weeks of work during busy seasons,” said Dr. Kingsbury. “Women and members of the Con- sumers’ league, especially, should or- der their clothing, hats and other nec- essaries in advance so as to keep the industries they patronize in operation steadily throughout the year. Learn to do not only vour Christmas shop- ping, but all your shopping early.” N OBITUARY. Rev. Amos Skeele. Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 5.—Rev. Dr. Amos Skeele, who recently resigned from the rectorship of the Church of the Ephiphany (Protestant Episcopal), after a service of 34 years, died this morning. He was born in Chicopee, Mass.. Was graduated from _Kenyon college and took d from - the Philadelphia Divinity school and Ho- bart college. He was 47 years in the One of the most tnteresting phases of Dr. Skeele's personality was the comfort he extended in his later years to two clergymen in the Episcopal ministry who were unfrocked on heresy charges. In 1834, when a Rev. Mr. MocQueery, on trial in Ohio, ap- pealed for support from the ciergy, | Dr. Skeele, although he did not know v. 4 ¥ “The kingtas ehown his ‘the sttitude of General Y: - of ‘war, by i the supporters of for- renizeios, as it is taken to lessen their leader's mer an B te REDUGING ARTIFIGIAL X LIGHT AT PETROGRAD. SRT AT fuel | Troels Lund; the acclised, went to him and remained throuhout the trial. He was an at- tendant at the more recent trial of his friend, Rev. Dr. ‘Algernon S. Crapsey, m was expelled from the ministry in Swedish-Government to Make Distri- bution Next Week. Tondon, Nov. 6, 1.56 . m.—The Co- perbasen correspondent of the Dally h sends the following: Swedish government has de- cided to distribute the Nobel prizes next weelk:as follows: ' A. Edison and ‘Physies, Thomas Nicola Tesla; literature, Romain Rol- land, French, Hendrik Pontoppidan and and Verner Von Danes, Heidenstam, a Swede; chemistry, Pro- | fessor Theodor eb. Svedbers. IN HIS OWN DEFENSE. Testified He Had Protegted Govern- ment from Loss by Battery Defens Boston, Nov. 5.—Rear Admiral Wil- liam N. Little, who was called out of retirement to answer before a court- martial charges of neglect and care- lessness in connection with his work as an inspection officer during the con- struction of the submarine K-2, ap- peared voluntarily as a witness in his ow=z defense today. He testified that he had protected the government against loss by battery defects through a promise obtained from S. A. Gardiner, an agent of the Blectric Boat company, that such imperfections as had developed would be corrected. This promise, which was put into writ- ing, he said, was not an agreement and involved nothing that would prevent the navy department taking action in the. matter. ‘ ke disappearance of the which the promise had been written t It was one of three papers which were “mislaid” at the same time. t the yards of the Fore River Ship-| bullding company, whers the K-2 was under construction, he 'said. One of these papers was the contract for the building of the torpedo boat destroyer Cushing, ~which was ~subsequently found. OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD N CRITICIZED in an Address at Convention of Lay- men’s Missionary Movement. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 5.—Dr. Rudolph B. Tcusler, medical _missionary in charge of St. Luke's international hos- pitai in Tokio, Japan, in an address today before the convention of the laymen’s missionary mocement, se- verely criticized the attitude of the TUnited States toward Japan. Muck of the feeling of unfriendliness and distrust against Japan in this country, he said, is the result of preju- dice and misinformation. He praised the aftitude of Japan toward the Chi- nese and said that Japan's policy of a Monvoe doctrine in the far east will do much for the preservation of the integrity of that nation. Dr. Teusler, who is a cousin of Mrs. Norman Galt, fiancee of President Wil- som, has been in Japan 16 years. FIRST NAVAL ORDER BY WIRELESS TELEPHONE Sec'y Daniels Talked from Washington to New York Navy Yard. ‘Washington, Nov. 5.—Secretary Dan- iels transmitted the first naval order ever sent by wireless telephone today to Rear Admiral Usher at the New York navy yard. From his desk in the navy department the secretary talked to the commandant of the New York yard by way of the big government radio tower at Arlington and ordered a _report on repairs to the dreadnought New York. Navy officials say the achievement brings closer the day when a secretary of the navy may sit at his desk in Washington and talk to the fleet commanders all over the world. STEAMER REACHES HALIFAX WITH FIRE IN HOLD, Rio Lages Found It Impossible to Get It Under Control. Falifax, N, S, Nov. 5—The British stcamer Rio Lages, reported on fire at sea, 2rrived here tonight. The fire, which is in No. 2 hold, is burning briskly. The Rio Lages left New York Oct 31 for Queenstown with a cargo of sugar. The fire was discovered yesterday morning and as it was found impossi- ble to get it under control the steamer was headed for this port. She was an- chored off quanantine tomight. PLEADED GUILTY TO LARCENY OF $20,000. C. E. Walker, Former Treasurer of N. E. Discount Co. Boston. _ Boston, Nov. 5.—Charles E. Walker, former president and treasurer of the New England Discount eompany, un der indictment for the larceny of $20, 000 from that company and from the Commercial Union _Paper _company, pleaded guilty in the superior court today. The indictment -contained 127 counts. Walker, who has been out on bail. will bo sentenced later. paper on ! President Wilson’s ~Auto Struck Boy LAD APPARENTLY MORE FRIGHT- ENED THAN HARMED ORDERED CAR STOPPED President Waited Until Boy Said He Was Not Hurt Before Continuing Trip to Railroad Station in New York e New York, Noy. 5—President Wil- son’s avtomobile struck and injured a small boy here late today while the president was motoring to the Penn- up trade. smaller ones. fore a convention of merchants, business. It Works Alike For Everyone It isn't only the big department stores, tacturers or other enterprises which reach out for ‘business throughout the country which find that advertising is necessary to their success. They can, however, point to the increased trade which they haye re- ceived as the direct result of newspaper advertising and are freo to declare that it is an indispensible. force in maintaining and building What is true of the big business houses is equally true of the They need the business push which advertising gives. They need the selling atmosphere Which it creates and there is much sense in the statement of the head of one concern who declared, be- “If you can't advertise, quit your The merchant who makes no announcement justifies the belief on the part of the people that he has nothing to announce. ‘When advertising the idea is to reach all the people. that The Bulletin's columns should be used. A trial convinbes. News matter carried by The Bulletin during the past week was as follows: . Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, Oct. 20..- 90 176 1193 1459 Monday, Nov. 1.. 101 140 253 494 Tuesday, Now. 2-078§ 150 181 V416 Wednesday, Nov. 3.. 95 137 237 469 Thursday, Nov. 4.. 86 154 298 538 Friday, Nov. 5.. 110 144 249 503 ToRls i, .5 000 867 901 3879 v Stoamer Ashorgat | Condensed Teograms Lower California BY 24 PASSENGERS LANDED BREECHES BUOY LIFEBOATS CAPSIZED Heavy Seas Were Breaking Over the Steamer, Fort Brigg—Pacific Station Flagship San Diego is Steaming Full Speed to the Rescue. San Diego, Calif,, Nov. 5.—Radio ad- vices received latae today from the United States cruiser San Diego said that the coasting steamer Fort Brage, the automobile manu- That means g'h—z,m mua;hmb?wn his train fir; ilngton. . The.boy was apparentl: oy, frighterted than hurt. After stop- ping his car and ascertaining that the accident was trivial, the president con- tinueé to the station and boarded the 220 train for Washington. Boy Darted in Front. The accident occurred as the presi- dent’s car, a limousine, just turned a corner in front of the Pennsylvania station. Marlo Passi, the boy who was hurt. darted from. the sidewalk across the street directly in the path of the automobile. . The youngster escaped the wheels, but a mudguard brushed irst his left arm and knocked him over in the street. Bounded to His Feet. Within a moment the boy bounded to his feet and began to rub his arm. The secret service men, following in another car, ran to_him and asked if he had been hurt. He shook his head. President Wilson, who apparently saw what had happened, ordered his chauffeur to stop the car. Leaning out of the window of the car, the president awaited the boy's reply to the secret service men. When the Tttle fellow, who appeared to be about 7 years o0id, shook his head and said he was not hurt, President Wil- son ordered the car to continue, and the trip to the station was resumed. Watched President Drive Away. The youngster ran to the sidewalk, wiped his face on his sleeve and watched the president drive away. Mr. Wilson glanced back. The boy was stil! standing on the curb, rubbing his arm and grinning, as the car passed out ot sight. President Wilson and his party were motoring from the home of Cleveland H. Doage, where the president and his Jancee, Mrs. Norman Galt, had lunch- ed with Mr. Dodge. Bruised His Arm. City detectives with the party said afterwards that the president's car had rot actually hit the boy, but that he siipped and fell almost under the wheels, bruising his arm in this way. The boy himself did not seem to know what had happened. The president displayed deep inter- est in the mishap. Mrs. Galt was not in the car with the president. After the luncheon at Mr. Dodge's home she had left quietly in another car and was awaiting the president when he reached his private car at the raiiroad station. PRESIDENT TO MAKE INQUIRIES TODAY Showed Concern Over the Mishap in New York. - ‘Washington, Nov. 5.—President Wil- son, with his flancee, Mrs. Norman Galt, and members of their party, re- turned to Washington from New York shortly after 8 o'lock -tonight on a special train. 2 On the return trip Mr. Wilson show- ed concern over Mario Passi, the small boy who narrowly escaped being run. over by the president's automobile in New York while the president was on his way to his train. Arrangements were made at the White House for in- quiring about his condition tomorrow. Movements of Steamships. New York, Nov. 5.—Signalled: Steam- er Taormina, Genoa for New York, 829 miles east of ‘Sandy Hook at noom. Dock late Sunday or 8 a."m. Mbnday. Liverpool, Nov. 5.—Arrived: Steam- er Baitie, New York. . - Cigarettes are used extensively . in Denmark. 1hllt\ T wrecked at San Jose de Cabu, &t the tip. of ‘Lower California, had shot ‘a. e ashore at Palmilla Poiht and that the 24 pusséngers aboardwere being landed by means of a_breeches buoy. All but one of the lifeboats capsized in the heavy seas which were break- ing over the steamer. Then the res- cue was accomplished by use of a breeches buoy. % Wireless Operator Stuck to Post. The wireless operator stuck to his post on the vessel, which was fast breaking up, until the flooding seas quenched the furnace fires, rendering useless his instruments. The last mes- sage_received from him was at 10 a. m. The vessel had not caught fire as previously reported. - Passengers Landed. Washington, Nov. 5.—Safe landing on the beach of the passengers and crew of the Fort Bragg was reported to the navy department tonight by Rear Admiral Winslow. A wireless from the admiral, said his flagship, the San Diego, was steaming full speed to the rescue and would arrive about 8 o'clock tonight. The message said: “About 6 o'clock this morning re- ceived distress message from steamer Fort Bragg, bound Guaymas to San Francisco, stating on rocks at Palmillo Point, 20 miles_northeast of Cape San Lucas.” U. S. S. San Dieo then near Tresmatias Islands, two hundred fifty miles distant. Have been steaming tull speed to her relief and will reach her about 8 o'clock tonight. “Last reports from steamer. Fort Bragg state she has 23 crew,. 24 pas- sengers aboard.- Heavy surf running, taking water, fire flooded, has line ashore landing passengers on_beach. Her crew will stand by ship long as possible. All passengers and crew then reported safe. We have heard nothing from her since 10 a. m. Prob- ably filled with water and going to pleces, & “Passengers and crew have reached shore safely.” PRESIDENT APPROVES OF AERIAL PATROL Along the Coast Lines of the United States. ‘Washington, Nov. 5.—Approval was given by President Wilson tonight to 2 movement started in Portland, Me., for the inauguration of a system of aerial coast patrols along ée coast lines of the United States. The move- ment has been started by private in- dividuals who propose to place their services at the disposal of the federal government in time of war. The president was informed by the Portland chamber of commerce that it [/a; had appointed a committee represent- ing_the cities of Portland, Bangor, Wi terville, Augusta, Brunswick, Bath and Lewiston to raise $10,000 to purchase a_hydro-aeroplane and the equipment of an aerial coast patrol to cover the coast from Porthmouth to the mouth of the Penobscot river. It was sug- gested that such a patrol was essen- tial for national defense and that the step ‘taken in Maine might serve to encourage similar action other states through which the entire coast line would be protected. The president sent the following tel- egTam to the president of the Portland chamber: ¥ “I join with the secretary of war and the secretary of the navy in feel- ing a very great interest in the devel- opment fl\dr aerial service In téh:l country and in hoping that your cit- Will meet with entire success in interesting ‘undertaking.’ places The first snow of the season fell at Altoona, Pa. 3 There will be no British election until after the war. The business section of Muncie, Ind. ‘was almost destroyed by fire. An upr is_reported in the Island of St. , Danish West Indies. Although 71 years of age and il King Peter of ia has gone to the front. Russia has imposed a war tax of from five to fifty cents on every the- atre ticket. general ‘According to the Amsterdam Tele- graaf, nine more spies have been ex- ecuted at Brussels. Samuel Rea, president of the Penn- sylvania Railroad, underwent a minor operation at Philadelphia. A report from London states that the prospective French five per cent. loan will be issued al $6 or 87. More than 1,000,000 members of German trades unionsgor 42 -per cent Of the total, are servile in the army: The steamer Seistan arived in New York from Bussorah with the first cargo of the new crop of Persian dates. General Francisco Villa declared Naco, Sonora, the “Capital of Mexi- oo His troops will rest there for 30 ys. Dr. George Sarrazin, English Philology at the University of Busllau: Fltrmmny, disd. theranged Lisut. Stangen, a grandson of Geo. Ehret, the New York brewer, died in Perlin of wounds received on the bat- tlefleld. Nineteen foreign-built vessels, with a total tonnage of 49,082 were admit- ;za to American registry since June last. Contracts for $25,000 worth of steel rails were placed with the mills at Gary and South Chicago, Ill, during Oetober. The bodi of two American Mor- mon colonists, reported shot down by Gen. Villa, were taken to Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. Richard Lioyd George, son of David Lloyd George, British Minister of Mu- nitions, has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-colonel. The Rev. William H. Rainey, Chap- lain on the U. S. S. Connectiut and known. as the athletic priest, Is seri- ously fll in New York. . About 350 employes of the shell de- partment of the Westinghouse Ma- chine Co. plant at Pittsburgh, went on strike for higher wages. 5 ) B e i Yiait to the Go s 126 Benativn Tasid W by | _ The steel will be ueed for improvements on the system. ctural_stes Floods caused by the overflow of the Tiber killed many cattle near Rome, and endangered the lives of peasonts. No loss of life was reported. Dr. Gruitch, a Serbian army doctor, declared in london that there are nearly 2,000 women in Serbia's ariy and that more are being organized. Hyman Hoffman was four others injured in a fire caused by the explosion of a gasoline tank in the Standard Ash Can Co., New York. Governor-General von Beseler of Poland issued a norder that the Jew- ish_population is not to be disturbed In the exercise of prescribed religlous uties. The United States naval collier Neptune failed to attain the required speed with her engines off Norfolk, Va., and will have another trial No- vember 16. A keg of methylene blue dye, offer- ed at a sale in London of lost pro- perty by the Midland Railway, was sold for $1,650.. 1t was worth $60 be- for the war. Three men were shot and slightly wounded in a riot at the car barn of the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Railway Co., where a strike has been in progress for three weeks. Bids will be asked by the Southern Pacific Co., for two freight steamers to be used‘in the coastwise trade. The ships will be operated between Gal- veston and New Orleans and New York. / Prince von Buelow former German Chancellor, declared at _Lucerne, Switzerland, that he had not gone there on a peace mission, and added that Germany will continue the war to its’ conclusion by arms. ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH BANDIT ACTIVITIES Martianno Rodriguez, Jr., an Ameri- can Born Mexican, Thought to Be a Leader. Brownsville, Texas, Nov. 5.—aarti- anno Rodriguez, Jr, an American- born Mexican, was arrested today in Matamoros by the Carranza authori< ties on “suspicion of connection with bandit activities on the American sid of the river. ' Rodriguez is a resident of Riohondo, Texas, where Luis de la Rosa, alleged leader of bandits, lived Jbefore he is supposed to have turned ndit. It ‘is alleged that Rodriguez attempted to secure recruits for a “revolutionary” army on the Ameri-" can side. POLICE ARREST 14 GARMENT WORKERS On_Strike at Chicago, Who Clashed with. Them. Chicage, Nov. 5.—Fourteen men and ‘women were arrested today in a clash with poiicemen who attempted to dis- perse ‘a crowd gathered about uverl:: pon—unlon garment work- ers_were at work. Women strikers made such an outcry when the police sought to makethem move on that a crowd gathered and a near riot “Largst in Comnecit in Propotion o FINAL EFFORT MADE AT “A LITTLE DINNE! One of John M. Hall’s Letters Tells How He Had to Fly Around Among the Senators to Get Them to Rebury the Resurrected Charter—Tells How “Bob” Coit Committed Lounsbury, Who Was Out for Gubernatorial' Nomina- tion, How He Could Curry Favor With the Best Re- publicans in Norwich—Recalls How Charter Was Voted ' in Senate Over Adverse Report of the Railroad Com- " mittee—Develonments in Trial of New Haven Road = v New York, Nov. 5.—"A little dinner” given by John M. Hall, former phest- dent of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, to the railroad com- mittee of the lower house of the Con- necticut legisiature, figured in a testi- mony introduced by the government today at the trial of the eleven form- er directors of the New Haven road charged with - violation' of the Sher- man anti-trust law. Political Activities at Dinner. The dinner was given, acsording to a letter written by Hall, 45 the cul- mination of political activities in be- haif of the New Haven which result- ed in the falure of a Connecticut trol- ley company to obtain a charter to build a line parelleling the New Ha- ven. It was the Montville line run- ning from New London to Norwich, Conn. Tried to Block Montville Charter. “I_went over to the capitol,” Hall wrote, on June 9, 1897, to H. C. Rob- inson, a New Haven director, “and found the failroad company Tesurrect- ed the Montville charter and got it in- t0 the senate. As 1 was all alone I had to fly around among the senators and get them to rebury it. At the little dinner we gave the committee afterward at the Hartford club, they seemed -well satisfied. In view of the fact that some of them will be back again two years hence I thought it was well to show them this little atten- tion.” Any Means to Thwart - This and- ather : by- Hall to ondflmfi@wm&? the charter were S'\x(_lnkhl}; l&‘ovl’rlnt; ment, according to s of 4 . counsel, to. show the i g;fim;" Over American Territory, = . means or anhy. ", empl Dby B . the New »fiuefi‘ “to thwart’ comipeti- |- Washington, Nov. 5.—General Villa's tion. 1T . request for permission to move his One’ letter written by Hall 'on. May|wounded from Naco to Juares over 20, 1897, to Samuel Fesseden, then a|American territory was denied member. of the republican - national |by the state department. Such committee from Connecticut, read: | llege, the department hoids, cannot Interested in Defeating. Charter. | ETanted to forces in arms against - de facto government of Mexico We are interested in the defeating She United St nized by the.United States. of the Montville electric road charter.|” The department ordered an investi- which is a parellel road to the New . S gation of the reports that two Amer- London Northern and will also_be par- | jcan surgeons and their chauffeurs had alle! to our extension af the Norwich |heen killed between the Carranza and and Worcester from Norwich to Gro-|Villa lines at Agua Prieta. Advices ton. to the department today sald the men Wanted to Reach Lounsbury. |were seen alive yestérday morning and “Today in the senate Kendall tried |press despatches announced that they to indefinitely postpone the bill, but | were on their way to the borders. was unable to do so. Now, we want| The Mexican agency here issued & to reach Lounsbury to support the |statement tonight summfarizing ad unanimous report of the railroad com- | vices from Mexico City regarding plans e O Tpacial comndission. spmalalie’ to 2 i spec n aj Best Republicans of Norwich Agalnst| A special commission appolated to Proposition. to ascertain the consensus of opinion “I he proposes to run for govern-las to the best methods of unifying the or, he will have the very best republi- | republic’s currency and retiring issues cans in Norwich, men on whom he |now outstanding. would to rely to carry Norwich and| “The constitutionalist government,” who are unanimously against this pro- | the statement continued, “has issued position,, against him, besides other |a decree forbidding governors of the interests that could and would do him |27 states of the republic from grant more harm than any friends he can|ing any special privileges of any na- make by voting for this parallel |tureto any individuals, firms or cor- scheme. porations and revoking all that have “Bob” i i granted heretofore. Bob” Coit Committed Himaself. — O s Bob” Coit. in the house, president| i, of any local taxes in gold and of the New London Northern, cOM-|forbids the placing of any administra- mitted_ himself to vote for this road |{[e Ol diacies whateoever i the way when he was nominated, but at heart | ¢ apgolutely free-importation and ex- he, of course, does not wish It ‘but|jortation of merchandise between the very foolishly committed himself for the sake of getting into the legisia- ture. 1 think I should have preferred to stay at home than to take such & state.” EDWARD LAUTERBACH humiliating ‘position. “Kindly give this attention as quick- CENSURED BY COURT ly as possible so that we may know |For Part He Played in Lamar’s Prac: we can count Lounsbury. tices. Another letter written by Hall on ey May 18, 1897, to E. D. Robbins, one of{ New York, Nov. 5.—Edward Lauter- the defendants read: bach, who Was counsel for David La- Over Report. | mar 'at the time of Lamars alleged c)::;;:- ;;:\:lle chl::: s p:::ad impersonatidon of Representative A. o odny over an_ adverse | Mitchell Palmer and Speaker Clark in gl g telephone calls to friends of the late Leo spoke In favor of it and no one | Y. ¥, Morgan, v Fan today el against it and it passed on a flve to| . Y r"g: am;: i"n -2 four vote. The senators had evidently | FS0R Of Fhe supreme court or not been seen at alf by anyone unless | FoXt Ne played in Lamars practices hey bad been plowed with by the con: argely of seeking ;:;Zr side, obtain employment as an attorney for How Senators Voted. J. P. Morgan and Company through misrepresentations. I roticed that Plimpton and Good-| No facts other than' those disclosed rich voted for the bill. They should |at Lamar's trial in December, - 19 be- seen at once. Lake, ' Vinal and{on the charge of having impereonats ‘Wright did not vote, nor did Lounsbury |a government official were mentipned or Marigold. Warner and Herman|in the court'’s decision. Lamar was voted for the bill. We arranged for a reconsideration -and had it laid on the found guilty and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. Of Lauterbach table, but you should set Lake to work agains: that charter at once or the the appeliate division says: We ave concluded that the Te- whole thing will be lost. spondent shoul verely censured, Feared Coit Would Have to Favor It |rather than suspended or disbarred. 1 fear iffit gets into the house Coit will ‘have to-favor it, and there will be for . certalnly - some penalty must be imposed as we cannot nllow‘:ucl DP,::‘ danger that the Wil ‘go_ through. | o3 10 &0 nnbuked. He 1y cersursds }’Ie:aekls’onto l:“fl“b:::n Igmpollible. — thinl you on’ you RIS T ey S Se% o | KENTUCKY GUBERNATORIAL moTning, i 60 Lot (link UOY. MUK CAECTICR SHEHTY CLSSE - friend Harrison has lifted his m to assist in defeating that bill. 3 A..O. §tanley Has Plurality of 671 in Ancther to Charles P. Brooker, a 875,000 Votes Cast. =l defendant, dated May 30, 1897, re- —— quested him to use his influence “to have Senator Steel (who was lil) write Senator Kendall that he is against the construction of the Montville road and get Lim to arrange a pair for Steele Wwith. some one who favors the road. We wish to beat this bill on account of and Hall wrote to the Central Vermont, as ov-rers of the New London North- ern, requesting them to oppose the Litigaticn, as “Bob Coit had committed himsel! and Brandegee, his ney, fears he would be laugled at in oo if he appeared in opposition.” ’ The government also got before the jury today minutes of the board of-di- Tecto:s and correspondence. between Hall and Robbins showing how _the New Haven got possession of the Peo- plcs’ Tramway, an eastern Connecticut line, which later became the ‘Worcester and Connecticut Eastern railway. The main advantages of this line to the New Haven, read a report of com- mittee of the board of directors, au- thorized it “acquire it, “consists im vrevesting the operation of a compet- ing line in the hands of outside inter- ests.” . Objection to Admission of Evidence. Befcre ,adjournment today, counsel for tbe defense filed with Judge Hunt . memoranda in support of their objec- tion tc the admission of . evidence “tencirg to show that the so-called €0~ cotspirators contemplated at any time: the uUse of, or actually employed any means or methods in furtherance of the supposed conspiracy other than those set forth in the eight sub-divisions of tle paragraph which undertakes to de- scribe such means and methods.” Thé defense maintains that polif % activities were not mentioned in the ‘i% ihdictment. STATE DEPARTMENT 3 DENIES VILLA’S REQUEST To Be Aliowed to Move Mis Wounded = Ky, Nov. 5.—With the: late fonight of ;a‘r; turns from 115 of the 120