Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 14, 1916, Page 1

Not Likely That the Little Kingdom Will Continue the Unequal Struggle. ARMISTICE SAID TO HAVE BEEN AGREED UPON Cfiief Significance of Austrian Domination of Montenegro is the Advantage Gained joins the Austrian Naval Entire Austrian Fleet is Assembled—Italian Resistance to the Invasion Was Expected, But the Italian Force Which Landed Farther South in Albania Has Not Been Heard From—News of the Allied Occupation of the Greek Island of Corfu Has Aroused Indignation in Germany. London, Jan. 13, 9.50 p. m.—An- other decisive stage in the Balkan sit- uation has been reached, with Mon- tenegro now following Serbia in vir- tual absorption by the invading forces. It was learned tonight that Austria and Monteriegro had come to an armis- tice; this being construed as the last act of the little country after having its capital, Cettinje, dominated by the Austrian capture of Mount Lovcen. Great Advantage to Austria. ‘Whether King Nicholas will con- tinue the unequal struggle is consid- ered doubtfill here, but the accepted view among the best posted men in London is that Montenegro has vir- tually passed under Austrian control. The chief significance of this lies not in the smallF territorial acquisition, whieh is les$ than Serbia, but in Mon- tenegro’s Adriatic front, lying along- side the Austrian main offensive naval base at Cattaro, where, today’s des- patches announce, the entire Austrian fleet, including three dreadnoughts, is assembled and from which the re- cent: ngyal raid was malde against Italian ‘transports going to the re*]ief ol Serbia. Adrlaflo front with the dominating,| naval eenter of Cattaro is viewed as furthér tending toward the realization of Austria’s object of making the Adriatic an Ausfrian sea and thus king Italy’s ambition to make it an Italian sea. Waiting for Italy to Take Steps. Italy has so much at stake that officials 2nd diplomats had been wait- ing anxiously for the steps Italy would take to relieve Montenegro and at the same time avert another Austrian ex- tension on the Adriatic. They were awhre that Ifaly had once before pre- vented Austria from gaining territor- ial concessigns from Montenegré near Cattaro by, emphatically objecting to the treaty’ made in 1812. . As Italy was then'a member of the triple al- lance, Abstria reluctantly yielded to the Ifalian objection. It wag believed that dynastic rea- sons would play a part in Italy’s as- sistanceé of Montenegro, as King Nich- olas' daughter is the wife of the king of Ttaly, but help from that quarter dia not arrive as the Italian expedi- tion was landed farther south. in Al- ‘from the on the Adriatic Front—It Ad- Base at Cattaro, Where the bania, and has not been heard from since. The London Times asserts that Italy's interests-in Montenegrq are as important as England’s in the opening of the Dardanelles and that the pros- pective annihilation of Montenegro will have far reaching maritime con- sequences in the eastern Mediterra- nean. Allied Occupation of Corfu. The news of the allied occupation of Corfu is sald to have excited the greatest indignation in Germany, where the fact that Achilleion Castle is to be used as the Serbian head- quarters is regarded as a personal in- sult to the German emperor. It is said that the emperor has sent a per- sonal protest to the king of the Greeks, holding Greece responsible for any damage to German property. The official communication from Constantinople asserts that the Turks knew well in advance about the An- glo-French plans for the abandonment f the last Dardanelles positions and ade preparations accordingly, but the fire from the French and British warships appears to have been suc- o R ety Attempts 16 exact a- heavy toll Alarming Rumors of Kaiser’s Health. Rumors of the state of the . Ger- man emperor’s health have again as- sumed an alarmist tone, but without authoritative backing. A Rome des- patch reports that the crown prince has been summoned to a council to discuss measures in case the emper- or's illness is prolonged. An Amster- dam_despatch attaches significance to the fact that the emperor failed per- sonally to read the speech from the throne at the opening of the Prus- sian Diet, and says that the emperor repeatedly promised to be present at this function. An Amsterdam despatch to the Ex- change Telegraph company says: “The emperor is still abed suffering from his throat and a fever has sea The correspondent fails to give the source of his information, however. The only news direct from Berlin quotes the Tageblatt as saying that the “boil” from which the emperor is suffering does not prevent his walk- ing out. AMERICAN MINERS ARE LEAVING CHIHUAHUA Ordered Out by All the American Min- _ing Concerns. New York. Jan. 13.—William Loeb, Jr, managing director of the Amer! can Smelting and Refning compan; announced today that he had received word from his representative at Ei Paso that. all_the American mining concerns in Chihuahua had ordered ‘their men out of that territory. Mr. Loeb said that this action was decided upon today at a meeting of the Mines and Smelters association at El Paso, an organization of mining con- gerns operating in the Chihuahua field He did not know, he said. how many men would be affected but the num- ber wauld rumn into several hundred. Officials of the Green Cananea and Phelps-Dodge _companies, operating mines in the Sonora district of Mex- | iufi said . they were not affected by | and that they 3 gum not with raw their men so long as conditions remained as they are Cafranza forcés are in absoiute con- | trol of their district, thev said e Greefi-Cananea comoany re- ceived a telegram from its represen- tatives at Cananea, Sonora, sa:inz o erything quiet. This apparen Gisposes of a ramor from K1 Paco that | three Ameéricans had been murdered in the Cananea distric: TIMPEfiATNR! DROPPED * 50 DEGREES IN INDIANA.! H i i i 1 T.I.phbm and Tllngr.ph Wires Were ! Damaged by a High Wind, Tndian: polis. Ind.. Jan. 13.—A high: wind, Sweeping out of the west, caused a sudder drop in temverature | of fi _v am or move in Indiana to- | day; vernment weather bureau Te] rnfl t the mercury here went | to 8 deerecs above zero at 8§ o'clock a_fall of sixev-one degrees since | wvestérday no and remained (here| for more thsh three hours. Temper- atdfe over tHe state ranged around ze i yme. plices reporting below. The : wind @id considerable damage to[ hone and telegraph wires. FOICE!{TO SURRENDER A STOLE’ AyTOMOBlLE.; Myron W. Wyllya of | News Britain! Had’ Bought Car in Good Faith. | l!mtagfn.mcann Fan: s clity, rom-d AeNG riomonta B for which he time ago to the po- The mchlne ‘was stolen ’s_bought jcongress who arrived DR. LIEBKNECHT EXPELLED FROM GERMAN SOCIALIST PARTY For Centmucuu Gross Infractions of Party pline. Berlin, Jan. 13 (By wireless to Say- ville)—“By a vote of 60 to 23 the socialist caucus has expelled from membership in the socialist party Dr. Karl Liebknecht fd¥ continuous gross infractions of party discipline,” the Overseas News Agency announced to- he socialist parliamentary * com- mittee has elected Friedrich Ebert in place of Hugh Haase, who has resign- ed and left the committee. New mem- bers of the committee elected to re- place Herr Haase and Gustav Hoch, Wko also resigned, are Georze Grad- nauer and Karl Hermann Kraetzig. Of the committee members Herr Kraet- zig is the only one of the minority group of socialists that voted against the budge “The socialist newspapers are dis- cussing the question of whether an- other convention of the party shall be called. majority of the pa- pers consi time “inopportune. PAN-AMERICAN DELEGATES VISIT NEW HAVEN TODAY Have Been Making a Sight-sesing Tour of New York City. New York, Jan 1! ‘The delegates Royal Marriage in Neuilly, France. Paris, Jan. 13, § a. m—Prince lipe Marie Alphonse de Two Sicilies, son of Count De of °‘3) tl mdl.nd:ur the Louise rleans, Duke De Vendome, at'the home o¢ the | latter in Neuilly. The ceremony wu strictly private. BITTERLY COLD IN THE WESTERN STATES. Expect Temperature of 18 Below in the Environs of Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 13.—The bitte of the last 18 hours in . the states, accompanied in ct sec- tions by rain and snow storms, showed no signs of material amelioration to- night. Railrcad schedules, demoralized dur- ing the day, were somewhat improved tonight, but telegraph wires wera down at many points. Along the Canadian border of the northwest, temperatures from 30 to 45 degrees below zero were recorded. St. Louis rerorted a maximum tem- perature of 4 degrees below zero and in Chicago the mercury dropped to 6 below. Oklahoma and Nebraska were promised decreasing frigidity, but Kansas, Missouri. Jowa and parts of Illinois were condemned tq further suffering. It was predicted that by morning the mercury in the environs of Chica- go would decline to 18 below .zero. In western cities several fires were attributed to overstrain of heating apparatus. Kansas City and Chicago both reported a death from exposure. Temperatures of from 30 to 45 de- grees below zero were common in the northern cities of Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. cold estern BOWL FIGHTS AND RUSHES ABOLISHED AT U. OF P. Result of Death of Freshman in Bowl Fight Wednesday. Philadelphia, Jan. 13.—The senior, Junior and freshman classes of the University of Pennsylvania today adopted ~ resolutions recommending that all class fights such as that of yesterday which resultad in the death of a first year man. be abolished. The sophomore class which was the op- ponent of the freshmen in yesterday’s bowl fight adopted similar resolutions last night. Provost Edgar .Fahs Smith an- nounced today that the bowl fight and all other class rushes would be abol- ished, but that he ‘preferred to have lh]. students take the acflon '.nan- selves., =~ found that v was to blathe for the death of Wil~ liam Lifson and no arrests will be made. Of the more than half a.dozen men injured, one remains in the hos- pital, but he will be discharged soon. EMPEROR WILLIAM IS IN GOOD HEALTH No Longer Remains in His Apartments —Takes His Usual Walks. Berlin, Jan. 13, via London, Jan. 14, 4.20 a. m.—Emperor William again_is in good health. He no ionger remains in his apartment, but takes his usual walks in Potsdam in pleasant weather. The boil on the emperor's neck has so far healed that he is again wear- ing his uniform, but he leaves the high collar open to prevent pressure on the tender spot. An official who conversed with the emperor Wednesday and Thursday said he was in exceptionally good spirits and that there was absolute- ly nothign to justify the pessimisite reports about him primed abroad. SUMMARY EXEGUTION OF GEN. RODRIGUEZ ORDERED.! By General Gavira, Commanding the Garrison at Juarez. ‘Washington, Jan. 13.—Capture of General Jose Rodriguez, General Al- meida and several other Villa ‘chief- tains by Carranza forces near Madera was announced -tonight in despatches from El Paso to the state department and the Mexican embassy. Almeida was shot immediately the message to the embassy said and summary execution of Rodriguez had been ordered by General Gavira, commanding the garrison at Juarez. OBITUARY. George Sheffield. New York, Jan. 13.—George Shef- field of the firm of Sheffield and Mc- Cullough, bankers and brokers, died today in this city. Mr. Sheffield was the son of St. John Sheffield, the vet- eran Yale rowing authority and a grandson of Joseph Earle Sheffle:? who built the railroad line from New. York to New Haven and founded the Sheffield Scientific school at Yale. Dr. Joseph Swett. New Hartford, Conn., Jan. 13—Dr. Joseph Swett, one of the best known physicians in' northwestern Connecti- cut, died at his home here late today of ‘pneumonia. aged 60. For many years he was the medical examiner in New Hartford and Barkhamsted. He was president of the New Hart- to the second Pan-American Scientific ‘e yesterday ifrom Washington, made a sight-see- {ing tour of the city. Accompanied by ‘their wives and children and_ guided by John C. Breckenridge, head of a citizens committee, the party paid a visit to the American Museum of Nat- ural History. the Metropolitan Museum of Art and 'Columbia university, where they wore the guests of President Nicholas Murray Butler. The delegates were entertained to- night at a reception at the home of President Butler and leave tomorrow for eNw Haven, Conn. 122 FORMER P, 0. EMPLOYES INDICTED AT PARKERSBURG They Are Charged With Obstructing and DM-!ninn the M Parkersburg, W. Va, Jan. 13.—The fedsral grand jury today returned an indictment sgainst twenty-two form- er post office cierks and carriers of the pest office at Falrmont, W, Va., on ‘a charge of obstructing and detaintng the mails. The iIndictment grows out of the recent sirike at Fairmont which resulted from the ploye. ford Electric Light company. Dr. Swett was a graduate of the Uniyer- sity of Vermont. His wife and three sons survive. f Asa A. Cook. . Hartford, Jan. 13.—Asa S. Cook, 93 years of age, for half a century a manufacturer in this city, died of pneumonia this afternoon. He was a native of Sandwich, N. H. He came to Tartford in.1850 and afterwards had a _contract at Colts. A few years later he engaged in the screw busi- ness and for years had been president | £°7 and treasurer of the Asa S. Cook Co. He leaves three sons and a daughter. He was a member of the Hartford club. Rev. William Herb Hutchinson, Utiea, N, Y., Jan, 18.--Rev. Wiliam Herbert Hutchinson, rector eof Old Trinity chuch Ini this city, dled M-.y from an injury recelved a fiu' ago when he slipped in his bath striking his head on th- A native of BEngland of age. he did minloury London, spent a year at Yala School, was graduated from the’ ley School «| BANQUET AT IMPERIAL PALACE |GEN. HUERTA DIED IN AS HE WMv RITURN!NG FROM NOBODY WAS HURT Of Two Thrown One Exploded Just Behind Automobile, and the Other Failed to Explode—Thrower Escaped Tokio, Jan. 13—Count Okuma, the Japanese premier, who twenty-eight years ago wly escaj death at the hand of a bomb-thrower, had a similar lence just before mid- night as he was returning from a ban- quet at the imperial palace -given in honor of Grand Duke Mikhilovitch of Russia, who has brought the congrat- ulations of Emperor Nicholas to Em. peror Yoshihito on the occasion of the latter’s coronation. Two Bombs Were Thrown. The premier was not injured. His secretary and the chauffeur also es- caped unscathed. - Two bombs were thrown at the premier’s automobile. One of them exploded just behind the machine. The other failed to ex- plode. Broke a Window in Machine. The machine was traversing a densely inhabited quarter of the city when a- man dashed drito the street and threw a bomb at the car. The missile broke a window in the ma- chine, but glanced and rolled off into the gutter. The chauffeur realizing the danger, put on speed and managed to escape the second bomb which ex- ploded behind the car and slightly damaged it. Police Kept Details Quiet. The police kept the details of the attack quiet as long as possible, hop- ing thereby to capture the assailant or assailants of the premier. Accord- ing to eye-witnesses, the bomb- throwers numbered two. Both were dressed in European clothing but pre- sumably were Japanese. Despite the attack Count Okuma made another visit to the palace this morning. No Change in Festivities. The programme of festivities ar- ranged in honmor of Grand Duke Mikhilovitch will not be changed as a result of the bomb attack on the premier, but extra precautions will be taken to nr'vent future untoward in- cidents. At the ha.nquet prior to the attack, ich was attended by” the royal members of the et and the emperor and the grand duke, in addresses exchanged feicitations and voiced satisfaction at the growth of the confidence and friendship existing between Japan and Russia EL PASO LAST NIGHT. It is Believed an Effort Will Be-Made to Arrange For His Burial in Mexico. El Paso, Texas, Jan. 13.—Victoriano Huerta, former dictator of Mexico, died here tonight. General Huerta, who succeeded General Francisco 1. Madero in exec- utive_ power in Mexico City and later left Mexico, died of sclerosis of the liver. He was surrounded by his fam- ily when the end came. His death, which occurred at 8.35 o'clock, was not unexpected. Funeral engagements are to be made tomorrow, it was announced at his residence tonight. It is believed an effort will be made to arrange for his_burial in Mexico. General Victoriano Huerta was & professional soldier, and as such he had, up to the overthrow of President Francisco Madero, been known for his loyal,support of the existing govern- ments. He fought loyally for Pres- ident Porfiro Diaz until his fall, and when Diaz was no longer chief execu- tive, Huerta fought for Francisco de la_Barra, the Provisional President. After Francisco Madero was elected Huerta found it to be his duty to sup- port one who had so long fought as a | rebel. His loyalty was not challenged until the Felix Diaz revolution in Mex- ico City in February, 1913, when the Madero government was completely overthrown and Huerta himself ele- vated to the presidency. Huerta was the moving spirit in the consummation of the plot that re- sulted in the seizure of the person of President Madero and his brother Gustave. The assissination of President Ma- dero and his brother followed and in the meantime Huerta, with the mili- tary behind him, had been recognized as the Provisional President. DECISION ADVERSE TO WATERBURY EDITOR Suprsme Court of Errors Reverses Decision of Lower Court. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 13.—The su- preme court of errors, in an opinion handed down today, finds an error on the part of the district court of Wa- terbury in sustaining a demurrer in the proceedings brought some months ago against William J. Pape, e%r of the Waterbury Republican. e case is remanded and ordered proceed- ed with according to law. This makes it possible that there will be a new trial. A complaint was brought against Mr. Pape under the breach of the peace statute by Senator James A. Peasley, who charged that the news. paper printed offensive matter abou him while he was a candidate for an office in'the city court. Mr. Peasley at the time was a member of the general assembly. Counsel for Mr. Pape flled a demurrer, alleging that a newspaper editor could not be pro- ceeded nst for Hbel under this statute, 'his was sustained. The state then appealed to the supreme court, Justice Wheeler, who wrote the su- preme court's opfnlon, says in- effect that - the demurrer ‘should not :3 sustained. - The .tlte conte: pd that under the breach HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY DE FACTO GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO. s TROOPS ARE IN PURSUIT g —_— Every Carranza Soldier in Northern Mexico to Be Pressed Into Service Condonsd'l‘ u-;u"o’. :;rn- have dlo‘ at Juarez, ’l‘empm The Dukn of Connaught is suffering fro attack of g'r.lp l.tlottl'l. moflnu Kansas. Senator WII-ul of Ontario county, introduced a bill at Albany for state- wide prohibition. Governor. Whitman of New York is reported to have offically announced his candidacy for re-election. After spending nearly eight months at the front his traeps, King View tor Emmanuel returned to Rome. If Necessary to Exterminate Outlaws ‘Washington, Jan. 13.—Eliseo Arre- dondo, ambassador designate of the de facto government of Mexico, called at the state departmen today and per- sonallyassured Secretary Lansing that Carranaz troops had been despatched to western Chihuahua with orders to kill or capture all the bandits con- cerned in the slaying of American citi- zens. He said every Carranza soldier in northern Mexico would be pressed into service, if necessary, to achieve this purpose. Slain Men Had Been Warned. In a statement later Mr. Arredondo declared that the men who lost their lives had attempted to reach their place of business before complete con- trol of the region had been accomplish- ed by the Carranza forces. He said they had been given permission at their own request to pass through the Carranaz lines, although the Ameri- cans had been warned to keep out of territory in which guerilla warfare was in_progress. Mr. Arredondo went to the state de- partment at the close of a day devoted largely in official circles here to the Mexican situation. President Wilson conferred with Secretary Lansing and discussed the subject with callere. He is understood to have told some of the latter that the Chihuahua mine em- ployes had been specifically warned not to go into Mexico. Americans Warned to L During the day Secretary Lansing made it clear that the United States would expect from the de facto gov- ernment evidence_that the murderers had been punished, and that if proper steps were not taken an issue might arise between the United States and the Carranaz administration. This statement was considered significant of the determination of the United States to enforce protection of its citizens in Mexico. The secretary added another warning to Americans in Mexico to leave the districts where there is revolutionary trouble. As to the responsibility of the Carranza gov- ernment for the murders, Secretary Lansing declared nothing would be de- termmed until all the facts were at ‘hands: the ‘Thesey it was asreed conferencé with the president, should be gathered from every reliable source, SPECIAL TRAINS TO TAKE AMERIOANS OUT OF MEXICO. De Facto Govorflmnm Has Been Asked to Provide Them. El, Paso, Tex., Jan. 13.—Negotiations were begun tonight with the de facto government of Mexico to secure special trains with which to bring Americans still remaining in Mexico ot the inter- national border. Military escorts ade- quate to insure the safe arrival of the refugees were also requested. Officials of mining companies oper- ating in Mexico, at the urgent request of the United States department of state, ordered their employes in Chi- huahua and Durango to return to the United States. The execution of three more Ameri- cans by bandits or Villa adherents was | confirmed by advices received from western Chihuahua. These messages | stated that George E. Parsons, accord- ing to these reports, was slain while prospecting near the Babricora ranch. It was at this ranch where Peter Keane was killed several weeks ago. Keane's death was confirmed in to- day's despatches. Bart Kramer was executed in the Guerrero district. The capture of General Jose Rodri- guez, one of the most prominent Villa generals, bya party of 125 Americans |- and Carranza soldiers near Madera, was confirmed tonight by the Mexican consulate here. The Americans and Carranza soldiers were commanded by Maximiano Marquez. WIRELESS TELLS OF DUTCH STEAMER STRIKING A MINE Crew Abandoned the Maashaven—Ship Afioat and Ablaze. London, Jan. 13, 7.45 p. m.—The Dutch steamer Maashaven, of 2,609 tons, bound from Norfolk for Rotter- dam, has struck a mine, according to a wireless message picked up at Scheveningen, forwarded by Reuter's correspondent at The Hague. The crew is reported to have aban- doned the vessel, which was _still afloat with her forecastle ablaze. Fourteen men were rescued by the Last week’s. expenditures by Great Britain amounted to £23,000,000. The Tevenue amounted to £13,831,000. President Wilson is opposed to con- scription, Chairman Hay told the House Committee on Military Affairs. Damage of soo.aoo was caused when the American hotel and several other lb)\.lllfidli.!:lgu at Panama were destroyed ¥ The revolutionary movement in China is practically at an end, the in- surgents being active only in Yunnan Province. The efficiency of the Argentine em- bassy at Washington will be strength- ened by the creation of several new positions. Fifteen new flying machines will be delivered to the naval aeronuatic sta- tion at Penmsacola, Fla., within the next sixty days. The German. Crown Prince has been recalled to Berlin. It is thought that he will assume the regency because of the Kaiser’s illness. Hans Schmidt, sentenced to die Fri- day for the murder of Anna Aumuller was given a reprieve until Feb. 14 by Governor Whitman. The International Institute of Agri culture at Rome forecasts the 1915 16 production of wheat in Argentine at 181,161.600 bushels. Infantry losses on all British fronts now average 15 per cent. Under Sec- retary for War Tennan informed the House of Commons. Erwin Baker, the American motor- cyclist, covered 930 miles in 24 hours at Melbourne, Australia, establishing a new world’s record. An lnvflleltlon of the feasibility of using hol lesh as food in Illinois was started by the State Board of Agri- culture at Springfield. % Johv;n:!ich-rdl. ‘nnmn, said to &AVQ een impliatecd in_the murde farmer, én from Ja.ll “‘I Golds- boro, N. C. and lynched. Frank L. W.N. 51, for 18 years as- sistant news editor of the Boston Evening Transeript, died of monia at his homs iz Boston. A compuisory - military service measure was flled at the Massachu- y setts state house by Former Adjutant | General Gardner M. Pearson. Pneu- The illegitimate son of the late King Milan of Servia has been proclaimed King of Servia at Belgrade by Aus- and rman authorities. Sumner |. Kimball, general super- intendent of the United States Life Saving Service, will be retired Jan- uvary 15. He is 81 years old. . Thomas Anselmo was shot and ser- iously wounded as he entered his nome at No. 212 Forsyth Street, Manhattan, by two burglars who were escaping. Pr lent Wilson accepted an invi- tation to speak at the annual dinner of the United States Chamber of IC(;Jmmerce in Washington, February An order for flflun thousand 9.2- inch shells was received by the Cruci- ble Steel Co., from the British gov- ernment. The shells will cost $3,- 750,000. Six hundred machinists who _have been on strike at the Niles Tool Works at Hamilton, Ohio, for the last three months, signed an agreement with the employers. Soldiers from the German garrison at Dusseledorf were sent to Essen to help extinguish the fire at the Krupp owrks, which was still burning on Wednesday. ' Two hundred masked men took from the Wayne county jail at Golds- boro, N. C. John Richards, charged with the murder of a white man, and hanged him Gov. , Brumbaugh of Pennsylva approved the merger of the Pittsburgl Coal Co. and the Monongahela River & Consolidated Coal & Coke Co., with a capital of $80 ,000,000. steamer Goentoer, which also saved the Maashaven's papers, according to the despatch, while eight men were picked up by the steamer Juliana. BRITISH CENSORSHIP , OF AMERICAN MAILS d to Havé Disclosed a Widespread Espionage Plot. London, Jan, 13, 7.11 p. m.—The re- cent inauguration of a censorship upon both outgoing and incoming American mails has already produced results, according to officials, in' the form of the revelation of a widespread es- plonage plot, which the officials de- clare has amply justified the organi- zatlon of the large department neces- sary to carty on the work. According to evidence revealed by the opening of American mall it is stated, an ofganization of -pte- here has been sending information - an e Eranel wHlh T aated Tt to Germany by various routes, chiefly by one through Holland. VERDICT FAVORABLE TO NEW BRITAIN PRIEST. Mrs. Margaret ¢ Gaudr Claimed Rev. Patrick Daley Had Struck H. . Hartford, Jan, 13.—After delibera- ng one hour, the jury in the case of rs. Margaret Gader, oW Britatn t the Rev. Prince Eric, son of Prince Walde- mar of Denmark, has sailed for New York on board the steamer Hellig Olav. The prince will spend two years in Canada studying agriculture. The schooner Philippine arrived at Melbourne from Port Bragg with her bow smashed and other damage to her forepart, caused by a eollision with the British steamer City of Florence. The Belgium government is pmpar ing protest to all neutral countries against the war tax of $967,000,000 which the. German government has threatened to levy on Belgium this year. Surgeon flcntl‘ll Blue of the U. 8. Publlo Health Service, appointed Dr. L. BE. Cofer to take charge for one year of the New York city quarantine station, now controlled by th. State of New York. John Barrett, director-general of the Pan-American Union, who has been in charge of the tour of the delegates, | {3rs was obliged to leave the party and go to Aunmc City to recuperate from a slight congestion of of the hm Offi and_members of the crew of t.h‘:rl.lnor Persia, to give at Mn-nm-, rnnea. on their nnlvu nmtonflmofldmdm —_———— Sent Miss Burgar MRS. MOHR HAD wll'l'I'EN CARD TO BROTHER-IN-LAW. TO AVOID “SAD ENDING” Police Inspector Says Spellman Gave Him the Information on Which He Procesded Against Mrs. Mohr. Providence, R. 1, Jan. 18—The al- leged confessions of the .two neeroes. C. Victor Brown and Henry H. Spel man, who with Mrs, Elizabeth F. Mohr are on trial charged with the murder of the latter’s husband, Dr. C. Frank- lin Mohr, were narrated to the jury today by William F. eil, chief in- spector of police, who also told of the circumstances leading to-those state- ments. Another alleged confession signed by George W. Healis, Dr. Mohr’s negro chauffeur, who is to be a witness for the prosecution, was ruled out by the court. No Signed Statements. A lengthy argument arose between counsel over a question by Mr. Lewis for the defense as to whether the written memoranda purporting to be confessions of Brown and Speliman contained an admission by either that he shot Dr. Mohr. The court eventu- ally admitted the question and In- spector O'Neil replied that there was no such admission in the written state- ments. He added that he had not finished taking Brown's story when Mrs. Mohr was brought into his office and interrupted him and that Brown did not sign the statement. No Third Degree Methods Used. The witness denied positively that he used any third degree methods, so- called, on Brown and Spellman to get them ‘to make the statements. He said that the only time he !aid hands on Brown was while he was conducting him back and forth between his of- fice and the cell and that then he just took him “firmly, but gently by the arm so he would not escape” Hp denied that he annoyed Brown in his cell from midnight till daylight to prevent him from sleeping. Speliman Implicated Mrs. Mohr. On cross examination by John J. Fitzgerald, counsel for Mrs. Mohr, In- wtor O’Neil did not deny that George Rooks, brother-in-law of Miss Burger, Mr. Mohr's secretary, was the first one to mention the name of Mrs. Mohr after the arrest of Hea- lise on the night of the murde It was not true the inspector declared, that moment. he tried to-im- rreu is theory that Mrs. Mohr was behind the murder upon all those who 'm mmod in connection with the e Inspector said that Healis imnllutad Brown and that Spellman was the first to give him information on which he proceeded against Mrs. Mohr. Sent Warning to Miss Burger. A card which Mrs. Mohr admits having written before the tragedy to George Rooks urging him to persuade his sister-in-law to keep away from Dr, Mohr’s home at Newport, on pain of “having a sad ending,” was one of the dramatic bits of evidence of the day. Mrs. Mohr told the inspector, the latter testified, that she wrote the warning in one of her “frenzied moments—that this woman, Miss Bur- ger, had aggravated her till she could stand it no longe: FORD PEACE PARTY HAS CHOSEN DELEGATES. But Not Without a Lively Tilt Be- tween the Members. The Hague, Jan. 13, via London, Jan. 14, 3.10 a. m.—The Ford peace expedi- tion has elected the following Ameri- can members of the permanent peace board to sit in Europe indefinitely with the purpose of using all efforts to settle the war: ‘William _Jennings Bryan, Henry Ford, Miss Jane Ad- dams, the Rev. Charles F. Aked and Mrs Joseph Fels, of Philadelphia. The board will be composed of an cqual number of members from the various neutral countries and will re- main in The Hague or Stockholm with the financial backing of Mr. Ford. Each member will receive a salary and the entire expense of the board will probably amount to $500,- 000 yearly. Dr. Aked announced that he would offer his resignation from the San Francisco church. Lively discussions among the mem- bers of the expedition over the methods of choosing the members of the permanent board marked the elec- tion. _After the siate had been drawn and offered as the choice of Mr. Ford, its adoption being urged because Mr. Ford was the financial backer of the party, John D. , of San Fran- cisco, branded the scheme as “a con- spiracy to railroad the selection with- out reference to the members.” He said it would be considered a farce in the United States. This plan was finally withdrawn and the method of popular election adopted. VOTE ON PHILIPPINE BILL EXPECTED SATURDAY. Senator McCumber, Republican, Fa- vors Independence of Islands. ‘Washington, Jan. 13.—Senator Moc- Cumber, republican, today advocated giving the people of the Philippine Islands independence, asserting not only that the United States was mor- ally bound to such an action but that n of the islands was a con- stant menace from a military point of view. He introduced amendment to the pending bill for extending to the Fillpinos a greater degree of self- government which would authorize the president to seek an International agreement to guarantee the autonomy of the islands and the Filipinos in es- tablishing a government and to pro- claim independence. KNOX ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY FOR SENATE! To Succeed Senator George T. Ofi-