Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 14, 1915, Page 1

- Norwich VOL. LVI.—NG. 305 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1915 Bulletin TEN PAGES Tiie 7Bu]letin’s Circulation in Norwich is ) o ALLIES HAVE C ROAD TO SALONIKI Have Successfully Carried Out Their Retirement From Serbia Across Greek Frontier ARRANGEMENT MADE WITH GREEK GOVERNMENT German Official Report Claims That “Approximately Two English Divisions Were Annihilated” During the Retire- ment—Accounts From Athens and Saloniki Say the Re- treat Was Carried Out in an Orderly Manner and With- out Heavy Losses—Question Now Arises Whether the Bulgarians and Austro-Germans Intend to Follow the British and French, and What Action the Greek Govern- ment Will Take Should They do So—The Remnants of the Serbian Army Are Still Resisting the Austrians and Bulgarians in Albania. T.ondon, Dec. 13, 10.25 p. m.—The British and Freinch troops have suc- cessfully carried out their retirement from Serbia across the Greek frontier and by an arrangement with the Greek government a clear road has been left for them to fall back on Saloniki. which is being organized as a base. Conflicting Reports. The German official report of today claims that “approximately two Eng- Jish divisions were annihilated” during the retirement, but this is considered here as exaggeration. Accounts from Athens and Saloni say the retreat was carried out in orderly manner and without heavy losses. By the destruc- tion of railway bridges and roads and by stubborn rear guard actions, in one of which two companies of the Innis- killing regiment sacrificed lhi‘l‘ns@}\‘es to save their comrades, the Bulgarians were kept at a fairly safe distance Puts Question Up to Greece. The question now a ther the Pu s nd Austro-Germans intend to follow the British and Irench troops into Greece and what action the Greek zovernment will take should they do The impression gained from atches emanating in Athens is welcomed in Greece that therefore if it has been decided to follow the entente allies the task will be under- taken by Austrians and Germans. However, with the railway destroy- ed, it may be some days before Greece is called upon to take action and by that time the Anglo-French force should be safe in the defences ot Saloniki and under the guns of their ships. i Serbians Still Resisting. The remnants of the Serbian army are still resisting the Austrians and Bulgarians in Albania while the Aus- trians are making very slow progress in their efforts to overwhelm Montene- gro, where heavy fighting continues. Only small actions have taken place on tha eastern and western fronts. On | the Gallipoli peninsula a fall of snow is impeding the operations, although lively for the Turks, whose attempt at an offensive last week seemed to have failed. Turkish Attacks Repulsed. A PBritish official report says that the Turkish attacks on Kut-el-Amara, where British reinforcements are ar- riving have been repulsed. The at- tacks were made from all sides, but jans n Srit siti vas so strong that hat neither the Bulgarians nor the|the British position w g t E[’\?\"! who also are reported to have | the Turks werc unable to make any arrived near the frontier, would belimpression on it ACTIVITIES OF LABOR'S NATIONAL PEACE COUNCIL. Records Turned Over to U. S. Attor- ney Marshall by Former Secretary. The records of National Peace New York, Dec. 1 Lhe activties of Labor’ councii, the organization through which, according to United States At- | torney Marshall, Franz von Ritelen carried on his conspiracy to instigate strikes in munitions factories, were turned over today to Mr. Marshall by L. P, Straube, former secretary to the council. This evidence consists of speeches, | notes, the by-laws of the council ana a mass of other material which, it was declarad at the federal building, sup- pligs important evidence for the prose- cution. One of the officials in charge of the prosecution stated that Straube’s evidence “substantiates the case against these conspirators in ev- etail.” i erétgaube came voluntarily from Chi- cago to give his evidence to Mr. Mar- shall. He will appear later in the Week before the grand jury when it reconvenes. ; Straube’s information confirms, it was stated, the theory of the govern- ment that the peace council was dom- inated by an inner ring of five men, all agents of von Rintelen. Many other members of the organization were sin- cerc peace advocztes who did not real- ize what was going on in the inner CH:EJ:‘Q: officers of the council were Con aressman Frank Buchanan of Illinois, president; H. Robert Fowler, former tongressmar. from _Illinois, ' general counsel; Henry Martin, president of the Anti-Trust league, treasurer, and Herman Schulteis, director. MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING OF A YOUNG WOMAN At an Inn Near Darien—Found in Bed With Bullet Wound Near Heart. Darien, Conn, Dec. 13.—Mystery surrounds the shooting of Miss Lida Wesselink of Darien, who is today in the Stamford hospital with a bullet wound near the heart. The shooting occurred yesterday at Chick inn, on the post road, a tea room opened by Miss Wesselink when she came to Darien from New York about a year ago. %Yo explanation has been secured from the injured woman, the only in- formation so far made public tending to throw light on the affair is con- tained in a statement from Andrew Taylor, a friend, who says he called on mer yesterday at her request and talked with her shortly before the shooting. Their conversation, he said, had been friendly, and after a short time she excused Rerself and went up- stairs, he in the meantime, he says, going to the kitchen and later out- side. On his return to the house, he says, he heard groans and, golng up- stairs, found Miss Wesselink lying across the bed with a bullet wound near the heart. Close at hand lay a revolver. He at once called in Dr. George H. Noxon, who attended her, and then directed her removal to the Stamford hospital. Grand Juror William H. Willmbtt has begun an investigation. Plantation Owner Mysteriously Shot. Clarkesville, Texas, Dec. 13.—A. F. Schrader, 33, owner of one of the larg- est pluntations on the Red River north of here, was shot to death mys- feriously today. Bloodhouds have been takan to the scene of the shooting. CHANGE OF VENUE FOR MEN ACCUSED OF MURDER Of William Black, an Anti-Catholic Lecturer, at Marshall, Tex. Marshall, Texas, Dec. 13.—The cases against three Marshall men charged with the murder of William Black, an anti-Catholic lecturer, killed here last winter, were transferred to Galveston today on change of venue. The ac- cus re Johrn Copeland, George Ryan and George Tier. Their trial was to have begun tomorrow. Judge H. T. Lyttleton ordered the change of venue on his own motion, saying the defendants could not get fair trial in this section. William Black was shot and 1led s hotel room, Feb. 3. The pre- night he had delivered a lec- ture a Menace to Civilization. have lectured again that night. in Marshall entitled, Romanism: He was to The three defendants ferred cases admitted in the examin- ing trial that they went to Black's room to ask him not to deliver h ond night's lecture. With them was John Roge their spok: B who made the request, and who was shot and killed in the fight which followed the request. The cases now are expected to come up at the January term in Galveston. Two_ others, indicted on the B in the trans- quitted, the state in those nouncing it lacked evidence sufficient to convict. These two were Frank O'Leary and Harry Winn. PLANS OF THE SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CONGRESS. To Build “A Greater Nation Through a Greater South. Charleston, S. C., Dec. 13.—Plans of the Southern Commercial Congress ta buiit “a greater nation through a greater South and methods by which the United States may reap a harvest in the vast commercial field of South America, were outlined at the opening session of the congress here today. United States Senator Fletcher of Florica, president of the congress, told what complished in developing the south's resources. John Barrett, director gen- eral of the Pan-American union, urg- ed «loser cooperation with the twen- ty republics to the south. Secretary McAdoo discussed “Today’s national affairs.” Making a plea for closer understand- ing between all American republics, Mr. DBarrett declared that after the European war the United States would find itself “unbeloved by all the present belligerents. “The victor willssay ‘we despise the United States, while the losers will say ‘we lost because of the United States.” He declared. HOTEL GUESTS ESCAPED BY FIRE ESCAPE ROUTE When Driven from Their Rooms at Bristol Hotel, New Bedford. New Bedford, Mass., Dec. 13.—Guests at the Bristol hotel in this city were driven from their rooms early today by fire and made their way to safety by means of the fire escapes. Mrs. Ed- ward Pothier, wife of the proprietor, was taken out unconscious, overcome by smoke. The hotel is a wooden structure and is located on Purchase street, in the heart of the city. The fire loss was $3,000. the congress already had ac-| | Cableg Paragraphs L Oro the entente allied ships keep things| Vote of Confidence by Italian Deput Rome, Dec, 13, via Paris, 5.05 2. m.— During the debate in the chamber of deputies which preceded adoption of the bill giving full financial powers to the government for six months, Pre- Mier Salandra raised the question of the chamber’s confidence in the gov- ernment. A vote of confidence was adopted by 391 to 40. TRIAL OF MRS. MOHR SET FOR JANUARY 11. on for a Separate Trial Was De- nied by Judge Rathbun. Pet Providence, R. I, Dec. 13.—Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mohr, charged with be- ing an accessory before the fact in connection with the murder of her husband, Dr. C. Franklin Mohr, in Barrington, Aug. 31, and the three ne- grees who were indicted for the actual murder of Dr. Mohr, will be put on trial in the superior court here Jan. 11. Arthur Cushing, Mrs. Mohr's at- torney, petitioned for a separate trial for his client, but this was denied to- day by Judge Rathbun. The quartette will be tried at the same time on the indictment charging Mrs. Mohr with being an accessory before the fact to the assault with intent to kill and the three men with assault with intent to kill Miss Emily G. Burger, Dr. Mohr's companion in the automobile on the night he was murdered. ALLEGED BOMB MEN PLEADED NOT GUILTY OF CHARGES Two of Them Remanded to Jail Default of $20,000 Bonds. in New York, Dec. 13—Max Breitung, Dr. Herbert Kienzle, Englebert Bronk- horst, Robert Fay and Walter Scholz. recently re-indicted in connection with alleged activities to destroy munitions ships of the allies, pleaded not guilty today when arraigned before Judge Mayer in the federal district court. The original bail of $20,000 was con- tinued, but the defendants, Fay and Scholz, who were unable to give bail, were remanded to jail. Counsel for Brankhorst and Dr. Kienzle asked the court to set a time to hear a motion for the appointment of a commissioner to broad and take testimony in the prisoner's be- half. The court said he would ent tain such a motion some time during the next five d JAPANESE LAUNDRY WRECKED BY MINERS Threw Furniture Into the Street and Burned It at Oroville, Wash. shn., Dec. 13.—T mob men drove two Japanese from ille, a mining town, 150 miles north of here according to word re- ceived here t . The mob wrecked the laupdry owned by the Japanese and threw the furniture into the street, where it was burned. The agcompanied by George Devon, Wenatchee, V of 200 owner of the building, have zone to Spokane to complain to the United States dis- trict attorney. No arrests have been made. Leaders of the mob, it d, had previously warned Devon s t rent- ing his property to the Japanese and had de ed that they would not per- mit Japanese to do bu ss in Oro- ville. BRITISH ORDER FOR 140,000 GROSS OF GLASS BOTTLES To Be Used in Sending Liquid Food to Men in Trenches. Wheeling, 13.—An order for 140.000 bottles has been given rritish government to the H lass company of this city Williamst s company of Williamstown, ) The bottles are to be used in sending liquid food, such as soups, milk, etc., to the soldiers in the trenche Demand for Am N bottles h. been so pronounced during the past few weeks that trade authorities pre- dict an export of fully 1,000 000 grc during the cor ar.” There is scarcity of wor in the factori hich were nev busy as they a present. £ ROOSEVELT LIKENED TO GIANT IN MOTHER GOOSE.; By Senator Tillman in Address on Naticnal Defense. <hington, Dec 13.—Declaring lliam J. Bryan as “simply obes and _Theodere Roosevelt as “the giant in Mother Goose,” Chairman Tillman of the naval committee, ad- dressed the senate today on national se and a. iled what he character- ized as the greed of private manufac- turers of war materials. upheld of Senator Tillman Daniels’ administration department and cha simply outrageous” cuitics of the department, nrumbering among them former Secretary Meyer. OBITUARY. Edward Fox Pugh. Philadclphia, Dec. 13.—Edward Fox Pugh, a widely known attorney and author on admiralty law, died at his home here today. He was 68 Secretary the nav; racterized as vears old. Movements of Steamships. Glasgow. Dec. 11.—Arrived: Steamer Sardinian, Moptreal. led: Steamer Carthaginian. Halifax. Lordon, Dec. 12.—Arrived: Steamer Montreal, Montreal. Christiancand. Dec. 12, rrived. Steamer Uniteq States, New York. New York. Dec. 13.—Sailed: Steam- er Verona, Naples. Rotterdam, Dec. er Rotterdam, 11.—Sailed: Steam- New York. Crew of Schooner Saved. St. Pierre, Miq., Dec. 13.—The crew of the schooner Companula, coal laden, from Sydney, C. B, to Newfoundland, which was driven ashore on the west coast of Miquelon during a gale Thursday, was landed here today. The Companuia, a small craft, was aban- doned. Readjustment of Livestock Rates. ‘Washington, Dec. 13.—General read- justment of livestock rates north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Mississippi was authorized to- day by the interstate commrece com- mission. Many increases were author- ized. Florida State Arsenal Burned. St. Augustine, Fla, Dec. 13.—The state arsenal. formerly a monastery of the Spanish Franciscans and one of the landmarks of St. Ougustine, burned today. The actual property loss was small. Storm a Small Sized Blizzard TRAFFIC OF ALL KINDS DELAY- ED THROUGHOUT STATE SNOWFALL WAS HEAVY Telephone and Telegraph Lines Hard Hit—Snow Sleet and Rain Was ac- companied by a High Wind—Ship- ping Was Tied Up in New York. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 13.—New Haven was in the throes of a small- sized biizzard today. From early morning until late at night there was a steady fall of snow, sleet and rain, accompanied by a high wind. In the outlying sections the snow drifted con- siderably. Traffic of All Kinds Delayed. Traffic of all kinds was delayed. On the main lines of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad the trains were from two to four hours late. The trolley service in the city was con- gested and cars on the suburban lines were far behind their schedules. Wires Down. Telegraph and telephone lines were hit. At 10 o'clock the Western Union had only one through wire to New York, and cities within the state were almost isolated. The Postal lines to New York were also down for a long period. A High Se: A high sea was running in the har- bor, but there was no damage to ship- ping, as craft had sought shelter earlier in the day. At 8 o'ciock, when the local weather bureau closed its office for the night, the official records showed that ap- proximately eight inches of snow and sleet had fallen here during the day. The barometer was then falling, stand- ing at 29.09. The highest velocity of the wind was about 36 miles an hour, and the temperature was exactly at the freezing point at 8 o'clock. The highest temperature during the day was 34 and the lowest 24. The pre- vailing wind was from the north. TROLLEY CAR STALLED NEAR NAUGATUCK. A Sleigh 'Bus Was Sent to Bring Pas- sengers to Town. Naugatuck, Conn., Dec. 13.—A trolley from Beacon Falls to Naugatuck, arrying 1 passengers, has been stalled_two miles outsidé of this town since 5 o'clock this afternoon by the snowstorm. Late tonight, wh n it was seen that there was litile nce of moving the car, a sleigh ‘bus from this town went to the scene and brought 42 of the passcngers, mostly women, to Naugatuck. The rest of the pas- sengers walked to their destinations through the deep snow. There has been no trolley connec- tion between Waterbury and New Haven since late this afternoon. The snow is over a foot deep on the level. SERIOUS TIEUPS REPORTED NEAR BRIDGEPORT. a Trains on Main from One to Three Hours Late. Bridgepc Conn., Dec. 13.—Tele- phone, t ph, tr 2 uminating and railroad companies reported seri- ous tieups this evening as a result of the first heavy snowstorm of the y There is no traffic late tonight L tween Norwalk and this city on t trolley line. The New Haven trolle line w held up for several hour when a car jumped the track in the ) End. The Derby car line is held two cars being off the track at intermediate points from this Trains between New Haven and York, in the electric zone, are from one to three hours lat A “BABY” BLIZZARE RAGED AT DANBURY. Snow About a Foot Deep and Drifting Rapidly. Danbury, Conn., Dec. 1 izzard weeping thi of t, it being the worst s time. Trol- ley is demora and cars have been der By work the tracks of the Central England railroad are being kept cl to accommodate the great crush freight trains bound we: is about a foot deep on the level drifting rapidly on account of the h wind. SNOW TEN INCHES DEEP AT WINSTED. Freight Traffic on Central New Eng- land Almost Completely Tied Up. Winsted, Conn., Dec. traffic on the Central railroad, which has been congested in vicinity for some time, was al- most completely tied up tonight by a blizzard. Trains are barely moving and all passenger trains are late. By 8 o'clock the snow was about ten inches deep on the level and drift- ing. 13.—Freight New England STORM WAS SEVERE IN NEW YORK STATE. Two Feet of Snow on the Hills and in the Woods. Troy, N. Y., Dec. 13.—The worst storm sjnce the blizzard of February, 1914, struck this section today. This evening twelve inches of snow had fallen and from the outlying districts of Rennsalaer county came reports that two feet of snow lay on the hills and in the woods. The street car lines were crippled and trains on the Boston and Maine and Delaware and Hudson lines were much behind their schedules. HEAVY, WET SNOW AND HIGH WIND IN NEW YORK. Outward Bound Vessels Did Not Sail— Others Unable to Make Piers. New York, Dec. 13.—New York to- day experienced its first severe snow- storm of the season. Heavy, wet snow, driven by a high wind, fell throughout the afternoon and greater part of the night, interfering with traffic in the Move to Acquire Pacific_M_aiI Ships AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION ORGANIZED TO KEEP FLEET INTACT The Seven Remaining Ships Are to be Used to Preserve Commerce Be- c and Western Central American Ports. twen Pa New York. Dec. 13.—The American International corporation, recently or- ganized by interests connected with the National City bank and other prominent financiers, today announced the purchase of the entire remaining fleet of the Pacific Mail Steamship company, consisting of seven steam- sships. Save Fleet from Disintegration. In this venture the corporation has secured the cooperation of Willlam R. Grace and Company, importers and ex- porters between the United States and South America, who are represented on the board of the new international corporation. Incidentally, by this step, the last fleet of vessels under the United States flag, on the Pacific ocean, will not suffer complete disin- tegration. Statement by New Corpo The statement issued by officials of the American International corpora- tion says “It has been known for some time that the Pacific Mail Steamsship com- pany desired to dispose of its vessels. Recent it sold, to the International Mercantile Marine corporation, its four large trans-Pacific steamships, the Manchuria, Mongolia, Siberia and Ko- re: The remaining vessels, which have just been purchased, were en- gaged chiefly trade. Would Have Shut Off Trade with Cen- tral America. “The breaking up of this fleet would have taken from Central American ports on the west coast all shipping accommodations and would have prac- tically shut off all trade relations he- tween our Pacific ports and this part of Central America. Since the organization of the Amer- ican International corporation, appeals ave been made to it to take up the situation, especially with a view of saving, if possible, the shipping service between Pacific ports and the west coast of Central America. The San rancisco chamber of commerce and the business men of the coast, it was learned, have protested _seriously against the breaking up of the fleet. in the Central American Fleet Will Be Kept Intact. “In order to maintain the shipping service with Central America, so that rade relati can be continued, the t has be rcquired and will be kept intact, ¢ the “W 1bling continuance of nt R. « 1d wide experience in s who ing, mpan: ha will ‘'manaze and direct the operation of the ships. The following vessels constitute the fleet: Aztec, City of Para, Newport, Pennsyl Peru. an Jose, San Juan. After the sale of the vessels, the remaining assets of the Pacific Mail Steamship company will consist only of the cash paid for the v. cer- tain miscellaneous property and cur- jrent accounts which it is understood will probably be liquidated as soon as feasible.” BRIDGEPORT SCHOOL BUILDINGS INADEQUATE. State Agent Informed There is Not Enough Room for the Children. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 13.—Secretary Charles D. Hine of the state board of education has been informed that all | the children of school ge- j port e not the m ing | a common school education. The agent says that when he reported to the Bridgeport school authorities names of children not attend chool, he met | with the reply that there was no room for them. In a number of instances the children belong to families of im and whose e children were board of educa- »n authorities in 30 Freighters Loaded With Grain. Fort William, Ont., Dec. 13.—From midnight Saturday night until last midnizht, the last hours before the official close of navigation, no less than 30 big freighters were loaded = with grain and cleared for the East, it was announced today. These boats carried seven million bushels of grain. city and tieing up shipping in the har- bor. Outbound vessels, especially coastwise craft, did not sail, and many incoming vessels were unable to make their piers on account of the blinding snow. Owing to the slushy condition of the streets, accidents were frequent. Four- teen thousand men were called out to attack the blanket of snow, estimated at three inches, and the indications were tonight that as many more will be needed tomorrow, the weather bu- reau reporting that the snowfall would continue. The temperature re- mained at about the freezing point. The blizzard was the result of the meeting here of two storms, the weath- er bureau reported, one from the Great Lakes region and the other from the ocean. . S HEAVY FALLS OF SNOW IN INLAND NEW ENGLAND. Steam and Electric Railroad Traffic Badly Handicapped. Boston, Dec. 13.—The first severe storm of the winter swept over New England today and tonight. Inland cities reported heavy falls of snow, which greatly handicapped steam and electric_railroad traffic, but points along the coast were drenched under a fall of rain whipper along on a gale of from 50 to 60 miles an hour. Bliz- zard conditions were reported at some points. In many places telegraph and telephone service was prostrated. Meriden.—When Collector Roberts closed the office of the water depart- ment Saturday evening at 8 o'clock the receipts totalled over $38,000, leaving less than $2,000 in rentals unpaid. »« > That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Con PRICE TWO CENTS Condensed Telegrams An outbreak of scurvy was reported from Lemberg, Austria. The Ford peace party is due at cox‘.’m:unm on the steamer Oscar II today. Reports from Albania state that the people there are on the verge of starvation. No quarter was given Villa soldiers in the battle which started Thursday morning at Frontreas. Total subscriptions to the $200,000 fund being raised by the Boy Scouts of America now total $82,503. The United Securities Dye & Chemical Co., was incorporated at Dover, Del, with $5 000 capital. Railroad communication between Vienna and Constantinople, via Buda- pest and Semendria, was resumed. President Yuan Shi K of China, has accepted the throne of China, offered him by the Council of State. King Peter of Serbia and his head- quarters staff arrived at Scutari, Al- bania, and established headquarters. Gen. Edouard de Curieres de Castel- nau was appointed chief of the French General Staff by General Jof- re. A man identified as Patrick Huffex, of New York city was struck by a }:al]n and instantly killed at Bellerose, The Post Office Department will start an aerial mail service as soon as Congress appropriates the necessary funds. According to the London Daily Times, Berlin landlords have lost more than $25,000,000 in unpaid rents, to date. The Atlanta Council ordered a recall vote on Mayor James G. Woodward and feur members of the police de- partment. William W. Canada, American Con- sul at Vera Cruz for 18 vears, ar- rived at New York to visit his home in Indiana. A man seventy-two years old who applied to the Boston City Hospital for treatment was found to be suffer- ing from leprosy. Measures to secure all gold stored in safety deposit valuts since the war began, have been instituted by the German Reichsbank. A petition signed by 40,000 women of Alberta, Canada, saved the life of Msr. Rosell Stoley, sentenced to be hanged for murder.” She was, pardon- Four girls and two men were seri- ously burned, and $100,000 damage caused by fire that destroyed the Cor- gar Chemical plant at New Rochelle, John E. Osborne, sistant Secre- tary of State, who underwent an op- eration in Washington, is much im proved and his rapid recovery is pected. The Texas n, Daughters of the Confederacy, voted to have the famous ‘Rebel Yell” recorded for pos- terity by having it recorded on phono- graph records. More than $41,000 was raised in 15 minutes at a ma meeting at Wash- ington by the Congressional Union for women suffrage in connection with its annual convention. scount Bryce, former British Am- bassador to the United States, was unanimously elected president of the Pilzrims of Great Britain, succeeding Field Marshal Earl Roberts. Rev. James J. McCarthy, pastor of St. William’s church in the Dorchester district, Boston, and state chaplain of the Knights of Columbus, died in a hospital following an operation. General Miguel M. Dieguez, com- mander of the Carranza forces in Southern Sonora, repuorted to be looting Catholic churches there and driving out Catholics and priests. About 10,000 persons who lost all their possession: in_the fire that destroyed Hopewell, Va., the powder boom town, are being cared for by a relief organization at Petersburg, V Fears were expressed that 29 men of the crew of the British steamer St. Kilda, wrecked on the ledges of the French Island of Miquelon, had per- ised from exposure during the he: blizzard. A clinic which will accept only pa- tients suffering from queer, interest- ing. or unusual diseases will be es- tablished at Urbana, Ill. in connection with the Universi of Illinois Medi- cal School. Omaha Republicans filed a petition with the Nebraska Secretary of State naming Henry Ford as a candidate for the presidential nomination in the Nebraskan republican primaries, to be held next April. The body of 'Cadet Thurber Sweet of the Virginia Military Institute, who died of spinal paralysis thought to have been caused by hazing, was shipped from Lexington, Va., to his home in Chicago. Through the efforts of the Harvard students’ employment bureau, 589 un- derzraduates were able to add a total of $90,000 to their incomes last year in various vocations which did not inter- fere with their studles. The Chinese quarter of San Fran- cisco went on record as being opposed to the reversion of China from a re- public to a monarchy and decided to resist strenuously the proposed change In government. Investigation being made by the State Department into the conduct of Olney Arnold of Rhode Island, con- sul-general at Cairo, Egypt, who is charged with unneutral utterances by American resident at Cairo. A vessel believed to be the Norweg- jan steamer Kwanko is ashore on By- ron Island, one of the Magdalen group in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and will probably be a total loss. All on board are reported to have reached shore. Private Anderson, a member of the §9th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, stationed at Fort Monroe, Va., was ar- rested for accepting money to allow visitors to photograph the big guns and works over which he stood guard. necticut in Proportion to the Eity’s Population German Gonsulate Employes Indicted BY GRAND JURY AT SAN FRAN- cisco TWO COUNTS EACH Charged With Conspiracy to Destroy Commerce and With Using Mails to Incite Arson, Assassination and Murder. San Francisco, Dec . 13— Baron George Wilhelm von Bricken, an at- tache of the German consulate here, C. C. Crowley, a detective employed by the consulate and Margaret Cor- nell, who was in Crowley’s employ, Were indicted today by the grand jury on two counts each. The first count charges conspiracy to interfere with and destroy com- merce between the several states of the union and the United States and foreign countries; the second charges use of the mails to incite arson, as- sassination and murder. Bail Fixed at $5 000. Bail was fixed at $5,000 on each count in the indictments. Counsel for the defendants, all of whom had been ar- rested previously, promised to appear in court tomorrow. Previously Charged With Conspiracy. Baron Von BErincken and Crowley were previously charged in commis- sioner’s warrants with conspiracy to interfere with and destroy commerce. They have been at libérty on $10,- 000 bail. The statute upon which the second count is based was dis- covered by Mrs. A. A. Adams, who at the time of her appointment was said to be the only woman deputy United States district attorne; Overt Acts Not closed. The overt acts set forth in the in- dictments were not disclosed tonight. It was charged at the time of Crow- le; arrest on November 26 that he a directing agent in German plots to destroy by fire and dynamite ships bearing munitions to Great Britain, Frnace and Russia. An explosion of a barge of dynamite in Seattle harbor last May was charged to him by gov- ernment agents. Worked Throughout Country. Crowley’s operations, the govern- | ment charges, extended throughout the United States. That he consulted fre- iquently with superiors in New York Ocity and vicinity is also alleged. Louis J. Smith, who was brought here {from Detroit, was said to have been implicated with Crowley before .the grand jury. The investigation resulting in to- day’s indictments has only begun ac- cording to John W. Preston, federal district attorney. Federal agents said today the gov- ernment was in possession of the most vital data yet obtained in statements d to have been made by J. H. Var Koolbergen were substatiated. | Van Koolbergen, a San Francisce civil engineer was reported to be in custody in western Canada and it was thought he would be brought here to testify His testimony, it was said today, would be ‘most startling.” Forty Explosions. Federal agents said today they had lalready connected alleged Pacific ;coast conspirators with forty explo- i sions. MEASURES FOR AGRARIAN REFORMS IN MEXICO ] | Governors of All States in Mexico Ask- i ed to Report at Once. | Galveston, Texas, Dec. 13.—Govern- H of all states in Mexico have been {asked by Secretary of Gobernacion An- |cona to report at once on the meas- ures they have taken to carry out the agrarian reforms provided for in the decree issued by General Carranza last January, according to information reaching the Mexican consulate here today. The despatch adds that a re- nt official visit to Modeling, state of Vera Cruz, where old community lands were apportioned eight months ago, showed that the new owners of the land had harvested sreat crops. The management of the street rail- way company in Mexico City, says the message, has voluntarily increased wages of its employes from 45 to 1,000 per cent. It ako is declared that b iness conditions in the capital are i proving rapidly. It is pointed out that the real estate transactions in the cap- ital during November amounted to over fifteen million dollars, as compared with four million dollars the previous month. YAQUI INDIANS RAIDED AN AMERICAN SETTLEMENT. Drove Off 200 Mules Loaded With Grain from Ranches. Topolobampo, Mex., Dec. 12 (by radic to San Diego, Cal).—Yaqui Indiane who have been raiding the American settlement in the Yaqui valley de- parted yesterday, according to reports received here today, driving off 200 mules loaded with grain from Ameri- can-owned ranches. The mutilated bodies of six Mexican laborers employ- ed on one of the ranches were found. Four hundred Mexican cavalry left Esperanza yesterday for the Yaqui vailey, 12 miles distant, but camped for the night after reaching Providen- cia, a halfway point, and have not been reported as arriving at the troubled district. The United States cruiser Raleigh has arrived at Tobari Bay, and a di- virion of destroyers has reached Guay- mas, where the cruiser Denver is now anchored. MAIL CLERKS INJURED IN REAR-END COLLISION On the New York Central Road Front of Utica Station. Utica, N. Y., Dec. 13.—George Stacy of Lyons was the most seriously hurt of several mail clerks in a rear-end collision of an eastbound mail train and the second section of passenger train No. 4 on the New York Central railroad directly in front of the station here early today. A blinding snow- storm prevented the engineer seeing the passenger train, which was not moving. None of the passengers in the Pullman was hurt, although the headlight of the locomotive went through the vestibule.