Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 15, 1916, Page 1

W *”"‘W Emotion Betrayed [Nat 1o ‘Conference. 11.25 a. m—There 18 Vatican circles that another import: ‘about the war in the, mmfiwy at the end of February. NEW YORK JEWELERS . CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING Herman J. Dietz & Son A of Bringing Diamonds from Canada. u.-nmlm will Bmmg Before Them By Force of Numbers the,x : Soldiers of King Nicholas. HIONT ENEGRINS ARE FACING FOES ON ALL SIDES An Austrian Cruiser Has Been Sent to the Bottom in the Adriatic By a French Submarine—Turks Are Reported to Have Captured Kermanshah, the So-Called Capital of Persia—The Entente Fleet Has Again Bombarded - Turkish Position on Gallipoli Peninsula—No Develop- ments Tending to Show on the Greek Frontier. The flag of the dual monarchy_ flies over Cettinje, and the Austro-Hun- garians are continuing their march southward toward the fortified port of Antivar}. driving before them by force of numbers the soldiers of King Nicholas. Situation in Montenegro Critical. capital and Jarent 18 {be Ausiridscoremmurs the situation of the Montene- seems itical. ‘The newly acquirad positions of #ustrians dom‘neting the, Adriatic have m;ag:nd to keep from Turks in Fersian Capital. Anotker tmrortant position has been taken I:_; oro of the Teutonie dlh-— ARE GIVING: WAY. Edam-—Northern Part of Country May Be Flooded: Amsterdam, Jan. 14, via London, 2.22 m~The 'l‘eh‘rlal reports - tha dike at “Katfoude llu m um Zuldpolder has, been e inhabitants of that place fl' nhlil'ad to abandon it, and have| to Edam, which fs partly flooded. A later message from Erlm l m‘ndk. - dt.h. itl vang danger, an t3f it reaka the rasult will be flooding of the gresier part of North Holland. At m o’clock this morning, adds message, an alrm bell was rung at Rn»ck. o in the province of North Holland, 4mstardam, as the flood was pouring in with lfrrlflc force. Many farms ‘were completely lnllndnfiefl, !he inhab- in.m.- proceeding in boats to surround- There was great con- n?.flm:‘ in the w..urll.nfld &umc; water came over the dike, an: theinhabif to Amster- Volendam is caltimxy flooded, e mainland, and the Island of Marken are under water. PAN-AMERICAN DELEGATES VISIT CITY OF ELMS. Welcomed to Yale University By Pres- ident Arthur T. Hadley. B 5 =8 1] o] 5! ja i a5E ) ohieE i 5@% it g § 5 S | i §$ H off § l? ¥ S Enian mad w”’w t| house at the plan Any Change in the Situation entered by the Ottoman forces who. were warmly received by the populace. Little fighting is going on along any of the various fronts, except by means of the big guns and sapping operations. The entente fleet again has bombarded Turkish positions on the evacuated Gallipoli peninsula. On Greek Frontier. Since the blowing up of the railroad bridges near the Greek frontier by the engineers of the entente allies there have been no new develapments tending to show a change in the sit- uation there. Nothing come {hrough conceming the promised at- tack by the Teutonio allies along the line leading to the base of the entente allies at Saloniki, but advi in large numbers. to make of Salonikl a see- e motinen Groa Beitals has declined s de- of the mem-~ e trol boat. ACID HOUSE OF DUPONT POWDER PLANT BLOWN-UP, Eighth Explosion in Dupont Plants in Vicinity of Philadelphia in Thres Months, Philadelphia, .rcn. M—n = acid of Dnm Bowder comphay &t Gibbstown, N- 7. hlew up tonight infu: &0 of them probably fatally. It was eighth explosion at the Dupont Dkt T this Bection 15 last three months with a total of 39 deaths and The bulldln& in 'bl::h tonight's ac- cident occurred was of brick and iron construction and was known as the nitrate of ammonit crpstal\zing huuu. It was here nitrate was ti from the crystal to the liquid form to be used in ‘the manufacture of dyna- mite. The structure was completely demolished at an estimated loss of $25,000. Officials of the company de- clared it was the first time they have had an explosion of this kind. They said it probably was caused by gas which had formed in the process of transforming the nitrate srystals. ‘W. B. Blandis, representing the com- pany, said the plant is careful guarded and there is no reason to sus- pect the blast ig_due to other than natural causes. “Edward Bubb, su- perintendent of the plant and Isaac Gibson were the most seriously hurt. It is feared neither will recover. BRAZIL REDUCES IMPORT DUTY ON NORTH AMERICAN PRODUCTS 'l‘he new duties, the muent year, -h the gfimlnogt g o reductions from tarifts = | low zero AGED FEMALE RECLUSE APHYXIATED BY SMOKE. Suffering Among Familles in Lowlands Intensified by Cold Weather, aited States district court on charges in a conspi to smuggle diamonds into this coun- try. from A to Roger B. Wood, assist- ant United States district attorney, who, with Samuel Hershenstein, prosecuting the case, in the years 1911 and 1914 diamonds in considerable quantities were smuggled across the border from Montreal and other points in"Canada. An investigation made by Frank Burke. seret vealed the fact that diamonds worth $700,000 had entered the country with- out ‘th epayment of duty, Diamonds ordered by Herman J. Dietz from ruenweig & Zimmer, of Antwerp, according to Mr. Wood, were sent in furtherance of the scheme to a certain firm of pawnbrokers of Mon- tr The jewels, in $25,000 lots, Mr. Wood says, were secretly conveyed across the international line by agents of the smugglers, who received from $50 to $100 on each trip. On occasion, the indictment charges, Dietz and his son personally brought diamonds over from Canada. ice agent, re~ MAKING TEST CASE OF EXPATRIATION. Arrest of Frank Caswell, Who Had Joined Canadian Regiment for War. ‘Washington, Jan. 14—The depart- ment of labor issued a warrant today for the arrest at Detroit of Frank Caswell, an American, discharged re- cently from the Canadian forces, to make a test case to have the United States courts determine if an Ameri- can citizen expatriates himself by en- listing In a foreign army. ‘The. technical charge against Caswell is violation of the conmtract labor law in entering the United States to take cmplovment at Detrolt. The declsion is expected to fix definitely the status of hundreds of Americans returning from army service abroad. Caswell, a native of Harrison, Me., with Canadian expeditionary last April, but was discharged d E ghyeical disability and returned to On ‘an offer of yment & Detroit, he tried to re- the United States at Port Huron, -en Mj it was: excluded by the immi- O NOI.UI.U TENDERLDIN. Ive Huridred of Nlm Cavalry Wreck Places Conducted by White Sersons. _Honpolulu, Jan. 14.—~Honolulu's ten- derloin district was patrolled by sol diers today as & resuit of a systema- tic raid latae last night which was participated in by approximately 500 United States troops of Ninth Cavairy (colored). During the demonstrations all the es- t | tablishments conducted by white per- sons were wrecked, and many of them ! were. looted. Efforts of the police force to quell the disturbance were fruitless, and the | section presented.a scene of confusion | until a battalion of the Second United States Infantry with fixed bayonets and a détachment of mounted scouts appeared. ‘When the streets had been cleared, the district was left with soldiers on guard. The reason for the demon- stration has not been announced. SNIPING BY FLEMISH RESIDENTS OF BELGIUM A Source of Much Trouble to the British and French Armies. Montreal, Jan. 14—Sniping by Flemish residents of Belgium has been the source of much trouble to the British and French armies, according to Charles Gaudet, K. C., who arrived here today from the western battle front. Mr. Gaudet said that the snip- ing in and about a certain Belgian town occupied by the British had caused his brother, a colonel command- ing the Twenty-second regiment, com- posed of French-Canadians, to threat- en to hold the town's authorities to ac- countability if the practice continued. by Mrs. Mohr| WHEN HAT DR. MOHR WORE AT TIME OF CRIME WAS SHOWN. Evidence of Police Officials as to Cén- fessions Alleged to Have Been Made Occupied the Attention of the Court. Providence, R. L, Jan. 14.—Evidence by the police officials as to. confessions alleged to have been made by C. Victor Brown and Henry H. Spel two negroes on trial with Mrs. beth F. Mohr for the murder of her husband, Dr. C. Franklin Mohr, con- tinued to occupy the attention of the court at today’s session and included a myad By Talk of PRESIDENT AND CABINET AD. HERE TO MEXICAN POLICY. State Department Recommends Forci- ble Removal Where Forsigners Ob- ject to Leaving the Danger Zone. Wi Js 14. nmmmfl d:n facto Mexico are to be given without intervention nited States to run to earth the mur- Santa ity to restore order and protect for- eign rights in the southern republic. Best Tonic For Run Down Condition A men in business can make a living, no doubt, upon mere Toutine lines. But does it satisfy when others are forging ahead and increasing their business and they are in business and bidding for their trade? makes no progress is really on the decline. profits by telling the people that A business that The tonic for such a condition is advertising, and advertising which not solely fill§ space but which appears in a medium which goes to the homes of the pur- chasing public within the buying radius where it is sought and read for the trading opportunities and news which it contains and which therefore brings results. Furthermore an advertising campaign must be conducted like any other; it must be intelligently planned and consistently carried out and when that' is dong, there is no service in this part of Connecti- cut which can equal that furnished by The Bulletin. It leads as a newspaper and it leads as an advertising mecium. During the past week the following matter has appeared in its columns, and it is JelMvered at your door, for twelve cents a week: Bulletin Saturday, Monday, Jan. Tuesday, Jan. Jan. 8.. 16,3 1.5 Wednesday, Jan.. Thursday, - Friday, 12.. Jan. 14.. Telegraph Local General 90 83 95 102 110 TOMIE =20 e 5]5 Total 134 113 118 109 124 108 706 1008 187 202 210 203 167 1977 statement imputed to Brown that for three months prior to the murder Mrs. Mohbr had been “after him” to kill her husband. Questioned by Counsel for Negroes. Questions asked by counsel for the negroes in cross examination of Thom- as Ropbins, chief of police of Barring- ton, were taken as indicating that the defense was_ particularly interested in learning whether George W. Healis, Dr. Mohr's negro chauffeur, bad a re- volver on the night of the murder. Healis, who was originally held on the same charge as the other negroes, has since been allowed to plead molo con- tendre to a charge of manslaughter, and is expected to be a witness for the state. Chief Robbins in his direct exami- nation had related how Brown and Spellman_pointed out to him places on the shore of Echo lake, mear the scene of the tragedy, where they had thrown their revolvers into the water. “Didn’t Healis, the chauffeur, have a gun at or about the time of the shooting?” inquired Attorney Lewis. The prosecuting attorney objected. think the court sees the drift” sug- gested Mr. Lewis. is Owned a Revolver. The judge was inclined to rule it out, but after Mr. Lewis had Whispered something to_him_the question was allowed and Chief Robbins stated that Healis did own a revolver about this The majority of the Flemish residents| time. of Belgiim are closely related to the Germans, he said, and for this reason are strongly sympathetic/with them. ARCTIC CONDITIONS PREVAIL IN SWEDEN. Twenty Steamers Are Frozen in at Gefle—Powerless to Release Them. London, Jan. 14—The Post's Stock- holf correspondent reports conditions throughout Sweden with a record temperature of 23 degrees be- d. Twenty steamers wero frozen in at Gefle during the last fow days and ice breakers are power- less to release them. The Aland Is- have been isolated -since the ‘middle of December and there is much suffering from the lack of food throughout the Gulf of Bothnia regions which is thickly covered with snow for the first time since 1888. Such a severe winter has been unknown for a century. OBITUARY. William D. Cross. commissioner of the Indian schools for the tribe of tt Indians in Rhode Island and was councilman and treasurer of the town of Charlestown. Mr Cmu had served in the semate gennrl.l assembly. MILITARY TRAINING AT WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. Plans Discussed at Annual Dinner of New York Alumni. New York, Jan. 14.—Plans for establishmen mili Arctic | e. The state then brought out that the weapon owned by Healis had been. found in Dr. Mohr's garage at New- port after Healls was arrested. Mr. Lewis drew from the chief a state- ment that he did not know whether Healis had another revolver and had it with him on the night of the shoot- ing. e Unable to Find Revolvers. Chief Robbins sald further in cross examination that the lake bottom had been dragged with oyster tongs in an effort to find the revolvers {Brown and Spellman are alleged have thrown there, but ‘weapons had not been found. Mrs. Mohr Betrays Emotion. ‘The prosecution offered for identifi- cation the nat which Dr. Mohr wore at the time he was shot. Thers is a Dullot hole through it. A! th‘ el‘hmt shown to Chief seemed to be af'.d. Tears flooded her eyes for a moment, but she quickly recovered her com- posure. VILLA THREATENS TO KILL ALL AMERICANS Traveling West of Chihuahua City— Declaration Made Last Week. Paso, Jan. 14—General Fn.mfim vuu at Rubico, Jast week, declared that ke would kill any Amer- ican traveling west of City, according to reliable informatfon re- ceived today. At “Villa This was_the outstanding fact here tonight after a meeting of the cabi- | net at a conference between President Wilson and Chairman Stone of the | sénate foreign relations committee and another day of stirring debate in the| senate chamber. Not to Be Stampeded By War Talk. The president, supported by his cabinet and the democratic leaders in | congress is declared to be determined that tho American government shall not be stampeded by war talk and ! cries of vengeance into rushing an| army across the Rio Grande to destroy in its infancy the de facto govern- ment, which the United States with the co-operation of the Pan-American | nations, -aided in establishing after the Mexican nation had been torn by revolution for years. State Department Vigilant. In the senate, administration lead-| ers firmly outlined today the position of the government in the face of. de- nunciation from the repblican side and another resolution directing in- tervention, proposed by Senator Works of California. At the state de- partment officials were vigilant In their watch over the situation await- ing ofticial word from General Car- ranza ip reply to the demand made upon him to seek out and punish the bandit murderers. Troops in Pursuit. ‘While no direct communication from General Carranza had reached Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexican ambassador designate, snnounced the despatch of troops to capture the outlaws and his purpose to visit “condign punishment ‘upon every participant in the massacre.” Mexican Embassy Without Advices. The Mexican embassy was without other advices regarding the bandit General gon was said to Queretaro, where he had been (Continued on Page Three) ASK FOR PROTECTIVE TARIFF ON DYESTUFFS Sufficiently High to Build Up Indus- try in America. Jan. 14.—Representa- textile manufacturers and o= on aye: tryh’lg:ependm( fl“lnfou The_hearing “will wumwmmtanlm Aupmnfisdm Zern was reported from City, Kansas. - i - ..David -Currie, Canadia was 82 years old. AR Show T@at He Made Frequent Paymenfsjn ~ Charged With Complicity in Bomb wa.AnmdmCmWitbd:eBw ,& Canadian Pacific Railway Bridge st St. Croi *~Bank Book Showed He Paid Out $5,000 in 1915—Correspondence of Recalled German (Attache Was Seized When He Reached Falmout "Turned Over to the American Embassy For T; sion to the State Department. The Curtiss corporation of Buffalo was -ud at Albany, with $6,150,000 capt- Senator Tillmar's proposal to es- tablish a government armor plate tory was approved by President Wil- son. The American Sugar Refining Co., temporarily suspended operations in its refineries throughout Louisi- Enrique Amaya, a member of the Argentine embassy at Washington, has heen appointed secretary of the em- The press house of the powder mills at Newhall, Me., damaged by an explosion. was injured. duPont No one No American mails have been re- ceived at Copenhagen since January 3, and it is believed Great Britain is de- taining them. Gen. Alberto Garcia, with 100, men, is operating independently of all frac- tions in Sonora, Mex., levying tribute on small towns. Two persons were killed and several Injured when a Chicago buunfld‘Nurtl- Wwestern passenger train an- other train near Milwaukee. German troops here _for Monastir because of ill feeling between them and the Bulgarian soldiers. Gov. Ferguson of Texas sent a tel- egram to President Wilson urg'ln; not to intervene in Mexico as & n-nu of the murder of Americans t! Forty-five Inqulql bales of cotton were burned fl? ‘Wwith the m_&t l!bort w. Kalmar, Sweden, from B‘mmon. mindod Xenu;ing port and sprung a leak for- wart Frank Carmelia, wha broke jail at Bridgeport, Conn. on Dec. 26, wrote | Sheriff Pease.of -that place a letter stating that he had'wailed.for Italy to join the colors. { _The Chinese H- ublic association of | California received a' cablegram from | China_reporting - the ‘assassination Luk Wing Tios, Sorbri of the prov- ince of Kwang Si Dr. Roy D. McClure, resident sur- | Iv zeon at Johns Hopkins hospital, Bal- timore, accepted the position of sur- geon-in-chief at the Henry Ford Hos- | pital at Detroit. Samuel J. Wetherel, of Philadelphia, | purchased 11,000 acres of zinc land in| { Hancock county, Tenn., for about $,- | 1000,000. A plant of 10,000 tons dally | ~apactty is planned. Rev. Christian S. Haman, a former bishop of the United Kvangelical | church, died at Reading, Pa., Friday.| He was 83 years old, and had been 60 | vears in the ministry. Carryira 200 passengers, the ferry- boat Atlantic, plying between Brook- lyn and New York, ran aground on! Governor's Island during a fos, and was held there an hour. Stockholders of the Willys-Overland company ratified the proposal to in- crease the capital stock to $75,000,000. The issue will be $50,000,000 common and $25,000,000 new preferred. Gerald S. Lee, author and magazine publisher, whose automobile struck and killed Michael U. Buoniconti, 14, on Oct. 17, was acquitted on a charge of manslaughter at Springfield, Mass. Exportation of munitions from the United States during the 15 months from August, 1914, to October, 1915, amounted to $121,742,937, according to an estimate of the department of commerce. Four out of five of a crew of a United States artillery corps distri- bation boat were drowned at Galves- ton, when the boat was ramme§ by th- American tonk steamer Charles Harwood. Bryan K. Morse, New York minin .nl’lrny.er. and two others were H.II.! by an explosion of gas while prospect- ing for copper in an old Spanish mine called El.Breigo, in Pinar del Rio province, Cuba. The W Wflonuolt.t Worstad company, company the ‘Worsted the Guerm Spinning _company an- nounced that they granted the 750 em- ployes of their mills an increase of per cent. in London, Jan. 14, 5.22 p. m—-cople- §f, Correspondence seized from Cap- fitt Wasnington, man m! tu-y at Washington, when he reached Falmouth on his way to Germany, have been turned over to the American embassy for transmis- sion to the state department. ' They show that Captain Von Papen made frequent payments to persons charged yme; was | with_the responsibility for blowing up munitions works and bridges in the United States. Gave $700 to Werner Horn. One entry shows that Captain Von Papen gave 3700 to Werner Horn, who was arrested in connection with the blowing up of a lan Pacific Railway bridge at St. C Maine. The day before this check was issued the n embassy paid $2,000 into Ceptain Von Papen’s account. Payments to German Agents. Captain Von Papen's check _stubs, bank books and letters from his bank, the Riggs National Bank of Washing- ton, show about five hundred items, many of which had to do with rou- tine expenditures. Others, however, revealed payments to various persons COUNT VON BERNSTORFF g DOESN'T BELIEVE IT. Doubts if Any Incriminating Docu- ments' Were Taken from Von Papen. l‘(—'wm coum m m T military at- m}.h;u."u:u' the bassado at, the ambassador decit to ‘be_huoted’ for publication. He did make if plain, however, that he doubted that any documents of en in- criminating nature had ~been taken from Von Papen, although he ad vanced mno theory of how the corre- spondence and accounts described in the: London. despatches. had. been con- nected with him. The_development afoused the deepest Interest everywhere in official Wash- ington, coming as the sequel to the withdrawal of Von Papen‘and his col- league, Captain Boy-Ed, the German naval attache, at the request of the | United States, GERMAN GOVERNMENT PROT! TO GREECE Against Alleged in Arrest of Consuls. Beriin, Jan. 14 (by wireless to Say- ville) —Replying to an interpeliation in | the reichstag, Dr. William Von S.umm, | director of the political department of | the foreign office, stated that the Ger- man_ government protested to the Greek government “against. the viola- tion of neutrality involved in the ar- rest of the Ge: and other consuls | in_ Saloniki, and holding the Greek | government ' responsible for the safety of the arrested men, according to the Overseas News agen¢y’s acconnt of the reichstag “proe The. Greek. govértment, added Dr. Von Stumm, protested sharply to the British and French governments, ask- ing the extradition of the consuls. HERRICK CANDIDATE FOR UNITED STATES SENATE. Announcement Made Personally, Sub- jest to Republican Primaries. Cleveland, O., Jan. 14.—Myron T. Herrick, former ambassador to France, tonight announced’ his candi- dacy for United -B'.lbfl 8¢ nor. subject to the r.pllblh:an Colonel tflnad considerable tha efficient admini COMPLETES SELECTION For Membership of the American The Vl-l Londo l, lQ.”e Hague, m, Jan. 14, e A GLOUCESTER FiSHING - STEAMER SUNK' IN' COLLISION. iolation of Neutrality | who have activities of Ge agents in ca and to at least one Who | mitted suicide in a cell in am lish prison. “War Intelligence Office.” Several large payments were to Captain Von Papen by Count ¥ Bernstorfr, ambassador Washington. Most of these were les or bonuses. A number entrics showed payments made by dor to the military attaeho % “war intelligerce office.” = One of | payments on this account, made in \ober of 1914, was for $2,300. Checks Sent to German O-_lnq Seattle. Another check stub shows I about two weeks before the in Seattle on May 30, 1915, Von Papen sent $500 to the Ger consulate at Seattle. 1915 he sent $1,300 to the German sulate in that city. Check Payable to Spy. In January, 1916, Captain Vom (Continued on Page Fifteen.) DENIES CONNECTION WITH ANY EXPLOSION AT SEA Dr. William Mueller, Former General There. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 14—Dr. German Musller, former Geeman <o attle; And-now- consu that he had received money from to time from the German embassy & Washington, “and possibly from Papen,” but that such money was to send Germans from Seattle to } York, ‘on the chance that they" return to Germany.” “Any intimation that I was nected with any explosion at is absolutely unfounded,” he de “I do not recall that I received specific sum from Von Papen, but often furnished money to Germans wanted to go to New York om chance that they might reach G many. man embassy.” Dr. Mueller was consul at Seal trom’ February to June, 1915. N. Y. POLICE ASKED TO 8E1Rl‘¢ll FOR $12,000 WORTH OF JEWE I was reimbursed by the Ger= Stolen from Riverside Drive ue.?’ Mrs, Rose Teven. New York, Jan. 14—The police Wt asked to search for $12,000 'ol".h Jewelry, consisting mainly of rings ornaments set with diamonds, reporti by Mrs. Rose Teven, a widow, to B been stolen from her Riverside Drive home. The jewels were missed the owmer returned from a mal Wednesday, it is said, but she thought it was a practical joke pia by some friend. The poiice say wish 10 question a young man wh Mrs. Teven recently took under care because he was ill THIRTEEN OF CREW OF NORWEGIAN STEAMER When the Ship Brol Stranding. in Two Cromer, Eng., Jan. Thirieen members of the crew of &l Norwegian steamer Hafru perish when the vessel broke in two stranding. Only one member of ship's personnel was saved. When Hafru stranded the men took to rigging, but 21l except one were ed away before a lifeboat arrived aid them. Available shipping records do. contain the name of steamer RS ——— ANNUAL MEETING N, Y. STATE BAR Plea for Preservation of ments of State and Federal G ments. e N York, Jan. 14—An MM m" te Justico Charles E. u Slates, in which “:“’L.".‘.m,- tat ‘whicl o a ¥ tioh of the \-um‘ l\-nl, ‘without ‘ofllwtonnmw zouaqw 'l- the Until it Was_Taken to = Vault VM ‘ ufvul S 14 —Guard 1 ofoars 14, 135 p. me=i