Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 25, 1916, Page 1

Serbians Forming the Garrison at Scutari Retreat S ik e Southward Without Resistance CLAIM MONTENEGRINS ARE LAYING DOWN ARMS Aiarid:byAvintonofBothSidsHuveTnkanPhceihVu the Russian Front—Floods and Bad Weather Are Hamp- ering the Operations of the British Against the Turks in Mesopotamia—In Northwest Egypt the British Have| Been Successful in an Attack on a Camp of Senussi Tribesmen. In their progress southward across the Albanian frontier the Austrians have taken Albania’s principal trade city—Scutari—and in _addition have Socupled. Podgoritza, Dailovgrad and tksic n Montenegro. The Serbians forming the garrison at Scutari re- treated southward without resistance. The Austrian official communication re-asserts that the Montenegrins are laying down their arms and that the populations in the towns occupied are recejving the invaders in a friendly manner. Alr raids by the aviators on both sides have taken place in various lo- calities. The Germans -again have over Dover lnalalnthaerughr;: which was engaged by e anti-ai craft guns and pursued by British airmen. Whether bombs were drop- ped is.not stated in the official an- nouncement. This was the third ven- ture- of the kind in two days in the wther visits, bombs having been drop- ped on the docks, barracks and. sta- den at Dover and on the aviation gheds at Eougham near Dover, ac- csrding to Berlin. Monastir, Gievgeli and other Points U R BILL TO PREVENT PRIVATE USE OF NAVAL PLANS in Manufacture of Munitions for Any € Foreign Power. ‘Washington, Jan. 24—A bill to pre- vent private contractors from using in the manufacture of war munitions for any foreign power, plans or specifica- tions furnished by. the navy depart- ment in connection with the making of | munitions for the United States has been drafted by the department and eed upon in tentative form by Sec- retary Daniels and congressional lead- ers. THe measure suggested by Sena- tor *Tillman, chairman of the senate naval committee, will be instroduced soon and is expected to pass. Another bill being considered by department officials would- give the federal gov- ernment the right to use any military invention regardless of patent rights. ARRESTED FOR KIDNAPPING WEALTHY INSANE FORMER. Three Men Taken Into Custody at To- ledo—Man Has Been Found. . Toledo, Qhio, Jan. 24.—Three men were arrested here today in connec- tion with the kidnapping from an in- sane asylum of Samuel Zulauf, wealthy Wyandot County farmer, se' eral weeks ago. He was found here after a search of four states. The men arrested are Dr. J. Press- ley Liye, Frank Bowers, at whose home_the kidnapped farmer was found, and Robert Cruzen, a private detec- tive of Toledo. Complaint against the men was filed by® Mrs. Barbara Zu- f, who failed to find her husband when she called at the state hospital to see him. ONLY COMMISSION CAN MAKE ROADS OBEY. State Courts Without Power to Make Railways Equip Grain Cars With Bin Doors. ‘Washington, Jan. 24.—The interstate commerce commission has exclusive power to compel railways to equip grain cars with bulkheads or bin doors ind state courts are without power, :he supreme court decided today in the suit of Leslie G. Loomis of Buffalo recover from the Lehigh Valley rail- road the amount he had spent in i:{ppin' with bin doors cars furnish. him for grain shipments. The ques- : has arisen in many sections of the ountry. STRIKE OF FISHERMEN AT BOSTON SETTLED Has Caused High Price For Fish For Two Months. Boston, Jan. 24—The strike than a hundred en state board arbitration. The to take back the . i - IARTHSHOCKS REGISTERED BY RUSSIAN SEISMOGRAPH. Government Observatory 20° Miles " Southeast of Petrograd. Petrograd, , via London, 10 p. sent 6bservatory twenty miles south- earth shock vest of here registered an it D.‘:t"d‘::k this morning. The inten- e ity ‘was ol ced in the Messi; held by the Teutonic allies near the Greek border were visited by a large French air squadron and - violently bombarded while Metz and German positions in Belgium were also visited by entente allied aircraft and bombed. Nothing new has come through con- cerning the situation on the Russian front. On the French and Austro- Italian fronts the usual bombardments and sapping operations continue, but without_great gains for either side. The British, through the explosion of a mine near St. Eloi in the Arras region, did considerable damage to German trenches and also silenced German trench mortars by artillery fire near Ypres. Floods and generally bad weather are hampering the operations of the British against the Turks in lteso- potamia. The high water in the Tigris is preventing troop movements. Dur- ing the lull in the fighting an armis- tice was declared for the burial of the dead. In northwest Egypt the British have been successful in an attack on a camp of the Senussi tribesmen, the tribesmen being dispersed and their camp destroyed. GOV. WHITMAN’S TRIP TO EXPOSITION COST $20,760.46. New York Central’s Bill for Transpor- ... tation ai of Party,.. Albany, N. Y. Jan. .24—The long- lost vouchers of the Panama-Pacific exposition commission—or some of them, at least—have at last arrived at the office of the state controller and were made public today. The principal one is a bill from the New York Cen- tral railroad for $20,760.46 for Governor "Whitmans' trip to California and back. The railroad’s bill covers transporta- tion, meals and service only. It is not itemized, further than the statement that the number of persons in the par- ty was 39. The bill has been paid by the commission, but the controller is- sued orders today that it chould not be allowed by his office until the railroad company had itemized it—giving de- tails, for instance, of what had been spent for actual transportation _and what for refreshments—New York Evening Post. 2 TO STOP DECLINE A IN VALUE OF MARK. Emissary of the Reichsbank Has Vis- ited Amsterdam. London, Jan. 25.—During the past week an emissary of the Reichsbank visited Amsterdam and discussed with Dutch bankers methods for arresting the decline in the value of the mark, according to a despatch to the Tele- graph from Rotterdam. The Reichs- bank’s representative was informed that only by the prompt despatch of 250,000,000 marks in gold to Holland could the Dutch market be cleared of 1 paper in circulation. MASKED MEN CONDUCT - LYNCHING AT BOSTON, TEX. Victim Was Charged With Killing Hi Father, Mother and Brother. Texarkana, Tex., Jan. 24—W. J. Mayfield, aged 50, was taken from jail at Boston tonight and lynched by 25 masked and armed men, according to reports received here. Mayfield was held in jail, charged with killing his father, mother and brother with an axe. ROOMS RESERVED FOR PEACE PARTY IN STOCKHOLM. Newspapers Giving Little Space to Movements of Peace Advocates. Stockholm, Jan. 25, 1.28 p. m.—Pre- paratory to the arrival here today of the Ford peace expedition, thirty-four rooms at the Grand hotel have been reserved. The newspapers give very little space to the movements of the peace advocates. VESSELS TAKEN TO KIRKWALL BY BRITISH. Standard Oil Tanker Petrolite Norwegian Steamer Detained. London, Jan. 20, 6.18 p. m. (delayed). —The Standard Oil tank steamship and of | Petrolite, from Philadelphia Jan. 3 for agen with a4 cargo of petrole and the Norwegian steamship M:::: from imore Jan. 1 for Christiania with a cargo of wheat, rye and barley, have been taken into- Kirkwall. Thompson Boy Drowned While Skating. through the ice and was drowned. A searching 'party saw the body in upright position under the xe:y A hols was chopped and the body recovered. A centu 0 a workman with tools of t“h'zt .tfme could make 5,000 pins a day. Now, with modern ma- , & can i 15,000,966, s AMERICAN BLUEJACKETS GET BEST OF FOOD. Rear Admiral McGowan Declares They Are the Best Fed Body of Men in the World. Wi Jan. 24—"If we serve eggs aboard ship, the men want to see the shells; if we serve potatoes, they want to see the skins; and they’re en- titled to,” said Rear Admiral McGowan, paymaster of the navy, in telling the house naval committee today that American bluejackets are the best fed body of men in the world. “When any of our men has eaten what's on the mess table,” he added, “he’s had a mighty good meal, and h satisfied.” ‘While the naval ration costs 36 cents per day per man and the army ration about 26 or 27 cents, the admiral de- clared he never would, under any cir- cumstances, recommend any lower quality or smaller quantity of food for the sailor. Representative Kelley of Michigan asked whether the United States suc- cessfully could send 200,000 soldiers to the Philippines and properly care for their provisioning. { “It would present gigantic propor- tions compared to the much smaller number of men we have to feed in the fleet,” the admiral replied, “but the feeding of 200,000 men is no greater problem than feeding 2,000 if we have the same sources of supply and refrig- eration. The distance is no problem.” Admiral McGowan said it cost from $18,000 to $25,000 to educate each cadet at Annapolis, and that the results were worth it. Of the $130,000 appropriated last year for the new naval reserve, only $10,000 has been spent, he explain- ed, as only 176 men had responded in the first six months of this fiscal year. The admiral concurred in a recom- mendation made by Secretary Daniels in a letter read by Chairman Padgett that navy uniforms be made in a gov- ernment factory. The letter said the so-called clothing factory at the Brooklyn navy yard did no more than cut materials. Mr. Daniels d for an appropriation of $50,000 the clothing and small stores fi 1o alter the plant at Brooklyn and to equip it for complete manufacture of clothes. He said the Charleston, S. C., factory had demonstrated that the cost of production could be lowered. MINERS HASTENING TO DISCUSS NEW DEMANDS. Convention Clearing Away Matters That Might Delay Considerations. Indianapolis, nd.,, Jan. 24.—Delegates to the convention of the United Mine ‘Workers: of America worked steadily clearing -away. usiness so that nothing would inter- fere with their discussion of the pro- posed deshands to be made upon the coal companies which the scale com- mittee will present of raction later in the week. They listened to an address by Frank . Walsh, chairman of the new committee. on _ industrial _ relations, while he condemned the .Rockefeller plan for dealing with the employes ot the Colorado Fuel and Iron company; heard V. H. Manning, director of the federal hureau of mines, tell of the progress being made toward making the coal mines of the United States safer places to work in unanimously adopted &~ resolution declaring the union opposed to the appointment ot Former President Taft as a member of the supreme court of the United States to succeed the late _ Justice Lamar and disposed of much busi- ness affecting the international work- ings of the organization. BRITAIN'S “TRAITI‘N’G‘VETH THE ENEMY” ACT PROTESTED Vigorous Representations to Be Made by the United States. Washington, Jan.- 24—Great Bri- tain’s “trading with the enemy” act is vigorously opposed by the United States in representations prepared to- day for presentation to the British foreign office. They are expected to go forward immediately. The state department considers that grave and unjustifiable injury to American com- merce would follow should an attempt be made to enforce proyisions affect- ing business in this country. The “trading with the enemy” act prohibits persons resident in Great Britain from trading with any corpor- ations or individuals which are en- gaged in supplying the Teutonic allies or have been dealing with them. The proposition of the United States is that aside from a lack of legal au- thority for the proposed interference with trade, the relations of American and German capital and of German capital with American manufacturing industries are such that it would be impossible to successfully enforce it without greatly damaging interests in this country. e WATCHMAN FATALLY BURNED AT WINDSOR LOCKS Fell Down Stairs, Breaking Leg— Lantern Set Fire to His Clothes. ‘Windsor Locks, Conn., Jan. 24.— Ivie McCutcheon, 56 years old, died today of burns suffered at a business | block last night where he is employed as night watchman. He fell down a flight of stairs, breaking his leg and being rendered unconscious. A lan- tern which he was carrying was smashed and the flames set fire to his clothing. He was badly burned about the head and body before his plight was discovered. There was g::cueally no domage to the build- Movements of Steamships. New York, Jan. 24—Sailed: Steamer San Gicrgio, Naples. Glasgow, Jan. 23.—Arrived: Steam- ers Sardinian, Portland, Maine; 24th, Cameronia, New York via Liverpool. Liverpool, Jan. 24—Arrived: Steam- er Orduna, New York. Sailed: Jan. 22, steamer St. Louls, New York. Naples, Jan. 17.—Sailed: Steamer Caserta, New York. Pal , Jan. 22-—Sailed: Steamer Italia, New York. — New Director 8. N. E. T. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 24.—The di- Tmtlogh. of the Southern m Enn-‘nag lephone company elect Harry C, Knight to fill the place on the board left vacant by the death of ‘Max Adler. Mr. Knight is commerci superintendent of the company. and Metcalf, ‘which ial Mx:’!; night. ? |Income Tax Law |Explosis is Constitutional UNANIMOUS DECISION BY THE SUPREME COURT GOV'T. HAS FREE REIN Decision Will Give Impetus to Pro- posals Now Before Congress, One of Which Calls for a 50 Per Cent. Tax on Incomes More Than $1,000,000. ‘Washington, Jan. 24. — The income tax was declared constitutional today by the supreme court in an unanimous decision which swept aside every con- tention raised against it and, in the opinion of congressional leaders, open- ed the way for increasing the tax rate on great fortunes to help pay for na- tional defense. Proposals Pending In Congress. Proposals are pending in congress to tax incomes of more than $1,000,000 as high as 50 per cent. Leaders on all sides agree that out of the impetus which the decision today will give such proposals is likely to come a definite movement to levy on the reve- nues from great private fortunes for some of the millions the government must raise to carry out the army and navy increases. May Yield $195,000,000 a Year. “The supreme court's decision has absolutely unfettered the income tax ias a source of revenue,” said Repre- sentative ‘Hull of Tennessee, author of the law. “All doubt is removed and congress is left much freer to act. 1 believe congress will take advantage of the opportunity to amend the law ma- terially. Without any unusual or un- just charges it can be made to yield $185,000,000 to $195,000,000 a year as against $85,000,000 or $90,000,000 as present.” Representative Hull is preparing amendments to carry the tax to in- comes below $3,000 and make graded increases in the surtaxes on incomes exceeding $20,000 a year. So far the problem of raising the revenue for national defense, although approached from many angles, has not been carried toward any definite solu- tion, because with the constitutionality of the income tax undecided, adminis- tration leaders were reluctant to place too much dependenec on it. Broadest Interpretation Possible. In its decision the supreme court construed for the first time the six- teenth amendment to the constitution, under which the tax is levied, and gave it the broadest interpresation pos- sible, rejecting suggestions to confine its scope to narrow limits. WHM. The decision was announced by Chief Justice White. It was rendered in the appeal of Frank R. Prushaber from the action of the New York federal court in refusing to enjoin the South- ern Pacific, of which Brushaber was a stockholder, from paying the tax. The case raised substantially every point involved in all the five income tax cases before the court, with the excep- tion of the effect of the provision al- lowing mining corporations to make a 5 per cent. deduction ‘annually from gross income for depletion of mines. This provision is regarded as being an amendment to the old corporation tax rather than a feature of the income 16th Amendment Holds Good. ‘The basic error of those who attack- ed the constitutionality of the tax, Chief Justice White held, was In r gard to the sixteenth amendment as empowering the United States to levy a direct tax without apportionment among the states according to popula- tion. In substance, the court held that the sixteenth amendment had not em- powered the federal government to levy a new tax, but that “the whole purpose of the amendment was to re- lieve all income taxes from a consid eration of the source whence the in- come was derived.” Those opposing the tax had urged that the sixteenth amendment provid- ed that income from “whatever source derived,” should be taxed without re- gard to apportionment among the states. They argued that the Under- wood-Simms tax provision by reason of exemption of certain incomes from taxation had not come within the meaning of the amendment. Power to Levy Never Questioned. Chief Justice White said the power of the féderal government to levy an income tax had never been questioned. Quoting at length from the famous in- come tax decisions of 1895, he declared the court then recognized the fact that “taxation on income was in the nature of an excise entitled to be enforced as such unless and until it was concluded that to enforce it would amount to ac- complishing the result which the re- quirement as to apportionment of di- rect taxation was adopted to prevent, in which' case the duty would arise to disregard the form and consideration of the substance alone, and hence sub- Ject the tax to the regulation as to ap- portionment which otherwise as an excise would not apply to it.” The court then decided, he added, that the effect of the tax on income from real estate was the same as if a direct tax had been levied on the real estate and th: obviating sucl amendment had been adopted. No Limitations Embraced. Inasmuch as the amendment had-not conferred the power to levy an in- come tax, said the chief justice, it could not be interpreted as embracing limitations as to the nature and char- acter of income to be taxed. To con- sider it as embracing limitations, such as not authorizing a progressive tax, he held, was irreconciliable with the purpose of the amendment. He ex- plained, too, that the uniformity of excise taxes required by the constitu- tion was geographical uniformity and not uniformity of application as to cl Taxation on Incomes. The chief justice further held that the tax did ~not violate the “due process” provision of the conmstitution by imposing a higher rate of taxation on incomes above $20,000 than on those 3?:?‘ that figure or by other pro- lons.. Copper Miners’. Strike Settled. Clifton, Ariz., Jan. 24—The strike of five thousand miners in the three copper ' districts of Clifton, Morenci began Sept. Total Girculat on is the Cills Four”in Buffalo PLANT OF THE KELKER BLOWER COMPANY WRECKED CAUSED SCHOOL PANIC Explosion Demolished All the Walls, Letting the Roof Down on the De- bris, Which Caught Fire—Gas Thought to Have Been the Cause. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 24—Four per- sons are known to have been killed, an uncertain number are missing and four were injured in a nexplosion thta wrecked ths plant of the Kelker Blow- er company, manufacturers of plan- ing mill exhausts and ventilators on Harrison street here this afternoon. Charles Kelker, head of the firm, said that between 22 and 25 employes were in the plant and that 21 of them had been accounted for. The Dead. The known dead are Miss Mabel Chandler. 17 years old, stenographer; Charles Pabst, 18, teamster; and two unidentified men. The most serious- ly injured are Mrs. Helen Kelker, 45 years old, wife of Charles Kelker, both legs blow off and Stanley Kon- ieszny, 21 years old, chest crushed. Mrs. Kelker probably will die. Konieczny is expected to recover. The building occupied by the firm was a long, two story frame structure, the first floor and basement of which were used for the machine shop and the second floor as a storeroom and living apartments. Demolished All the Walls. ‘The explosion demolished all the walls and tore out large pieces. of the concrete foundation, letting the roof down cn _the debris, ‘which caught fire. Pieces of the founda- tion were thrown hundreds of feet and the concussion smashed virtuglly every window within the radius of a block. Caused Panic in Nearby School. ‘Within 300 feet of the Kelker plant is a large Grammar school. bout 1500 boys and girls were at their desks when the windows of the building were shattered. A temporary panic en- sued, but it was quickly controlled by the teachers and the children were marched to the street in perfect order. Narrow Escapes. Charles Kelker and his two sons, Jobn and Albert J. were in the ma- chine shop when the -explosion oc- curred. One of the boys was blown ‘hrough an open door. ers fl% the wrecl An escaped with a few bruises. Might Be Due to Ga: Mr. Kelker was uncertain as to the cause of the explosion, but thought it might be due to gas, which was used in several forms in the welding room and was kept in retainers in the basement. He estimated the fi- nancial loss at $50,000. Two Bedies Taken Out. The flames were extinguished in less than an hour and a large force of firemen was put to work searching the ruins. At nightfall only two bodies had been taken out, but the bodies of two others could be seen under piles of broke machinery. GIRL PLUNGED FROM 16TH FLOOR, YET LIVES Broken by Auto Truck Loaded with Pa Boxes. Fall Chicago, Jan. 24—Miss Minnie B. Werner, a stenographer employed by the Street Railway Age Gazette, plunged from the 16th floor of the Transportation building in Dearborn street today, but still lives. Her fall was broken by an auto-truck loaded with paper boxes, but her skull was fractured and she was internally in- jured. Physicians at the hospital to which she was hurried said she prob- ably would die. An eyewitness told the police that he saw the young wom- an raise the window anr climb onto the window ledge. The police said they believed she jumped. She was 24 years old and had been employed by the publication for five yvears. Last Friday she complained of ill- ness and went home. Her employers said that they knew of no reason why she should seek to end her life. RAIN, SNOW AND WIND RAISING HAVOC IN WEST. Gales Blowina 94 Miles an Hour Have Swept Northern Pacific Coast. San Francisco, Jan. 24.—Travel by land and sea and communication of all kinds were out of joint today in the western section of the United States by reason of rain, snow and wind. Gales blowing 94 miles an hour swept the northerm Pacific coast but appre- hension for shipping was considerably relieved by the report that the Admi- ral Schley from Seattle to San Fran- cisco with '100 aboard, was safe and probably would make port here late today. NOT SAFE FOR BIGAMISTS TO TALK IN THEIR SLEEP It Landed Max Goldberg of Boston in House of Correction. Quincy, Mass., Jan. 24—Max Gold- berg of Boston, who, talking in his sleep, told Mrs. Etta Goldberg that he had another wife and two children liv- ing, was sentenced to serve a year in .the house of correction for bigamy today. After pleading guilty he told the court that had informed the young woman’s parents before the ceremony was performed that he was already a husband, but they would not ‘believe him. ONE THOUSAND CASES 3 OF MEASLES IN TOLEDO. Eleven Deaths From That Disease Were Reported Yesterday, Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 24—One thousand - ot s, with Geatha taken t. Many of resulted from fallure to call physicians, the authorities, died at 1 his home at Mobile. e The court annou a re- cess m-pfrl':mry 31 to Ifin 21. Richardson, Alaska, 60 miles from Fairbanks, reported $0 degrees below. zero. The White Star liner Cymric, which left Liverpool on January 11, arrived at New York. The total collections for duties at the New York Custom House for the week ‘were $2,886,832.93. The summer home of Miss Helen Lowell, the actress, at East Northport was destroyed by fire. Mrs. Mean Bear, said to be the oidest Ponca Indian, died at Ponca City, Ok~ lahoma, aged 105 years. The Chalmette plant of the American Sugar Refining company, closed several weeks, has resumed operations. Mrs. F. F. Feickert of Plainfield was sey Womens' Suffrage Association. A decree will be issued by the Aus- trian Government extending the mili- tary age limit from 45 to 55 years. The collection of Indian relics of the late Prof. T. 8. C. Loew, valued at ;fao,ooo, has been given to San Fran- cico. Pietro Sallee, 22, a section hand, stepped in front of a swiftly moving train at Hawleyville and was cut to pieces. Owing to uncertainty regarding the movement of slides in Gaillard cut the Panama Canal is not ready to be re- opened. The submarine H-3, which ran aground on a mud flat at San Diego, was pulled off by the mother ship Cheyenne. Bank drafts of an estimated value of $70,000 were taken from a mail pouch in a local raiway station at Newton, Iowa. The home of the Turn Verein, at Mount Vernon, N. Y. with its large gymnasium was destroyed by fire at a loss of $50,000. Edward Dunn of New York com- mitted suicide at a sanitarium just outside Stamford by cutting the ar- teries in his wrists. Theodore Roosevelt in a letter re- ceived by A. A. Rahn, of Minneapolis, aked that his name be not used in the Minnesota primaries. Michael J. Drummond of New York, Commissioner of Charities under May- or or, died at his home of heart trouble following pneumnia. than $4,000,000 has been raised Presbyterfan church at Phila- delphia for the maintenance of aged preachers and missionaries. More the It was announced at Oyster Bay, that Col. Roosevelt is not planning to visit Cuba when he makes his trip to the West Indies next month. Charles McCollin, a hired man, was burned to death while trying to save cows from a barn afire on the William Pittinger farm in Lafayette, N. J. Howard Powell and Ernest Street, of Mount Holly, N. J., were Kkilled when a clay bank on which they were playing caved in and buried them. James H. Murphy, porter in a saloon at Rockford, Ill, received word that his aunt, Mary Cashman, died in Bos- ton, leaving him her $50,000 estate. The New York Board of Health’s report for the week ending Saturday gives the number of deaths as 1,760, a 1de§:rease fro mthe preceding week of 0 Commander F. R. G. R. Evans, second in command of the Scott Ant- arctic expedition, was married in Lon- don to Miss Elsa Andvord of Chris- tiania. The stock department of the Hudson Motor Car Company at Detroit, col- lapsed and tons of material fell through to the first floor. No one was serious- I¥ hurt. Three men were killed and three others seriously injured in an accident on the tank steamer John D. Rocke- feller while the vesel was loading oil at Tampico. Le Roi de Corsa Young, who had been in the employ of the New York ‘World for 15 years, died in the Brook- lyn Hospital, following an operation for appendicitis. M Margaret Wilson, daughter of the president, has left the hospital at Philadelphia where on Jan. 13 she un- drwent an operation for the removal of adenoids and both tonsils. Frank P. Martin of Brooklyn, con- victed last April of swindling a wo- man out of $700 in a real estate deal, has entered Blackwell's Island to be- gin his sentence of a year. Fire which threatened to destroy the Norwegian town of Molde was brought under control after it had caused a loss estimated approximately at $500,000. Sixty houses were destroyed. Charles Victor ‘Mapes, 80 widely known agricultural chemist and father of Victor Mapes, playwright and Mary Mapes Dodge, the author, died at his home in New York of pneumonia. The steamer Kristianiafjord, having on board the body of Lloyd Bingham, who was a member of Henry Ford's ce party and who died shorty after arrival at Christiania, has arrived at New York. Sheridan Kane, Jr., ¢ ota, N. J., found a live caterpillar on the sidewalk reelected president of the New Jer-| Mohr Divorce Petiticns Unheard DOCUMENTS WERE EXCLUDED , IN MURDER TRIAL - WEAKENS HEALIS’ STORY Prosecuting Attorney Announces That Effort Will be Made to Prove That as a Motive for Mrs. Mohr's Allegr Connection With Murder. troduction of the Mrs. Elizabeth F. husband, Dr. C. the trial of Mrs. M« groes, C. Victor Brow., and Hemy H. Spellman, on charges of murdering the doctor, precipitated a sharp legal battle today. Before it was over tes- timony was produced that there was nothing in the records to indicate that the divorce suit was down for u hear- iing In September, 1915, although | (Continued on Page Two) SENATE DEBATING THE PHILIPPINES BILL Not' Known Whether It Will Have the Administration’s Support, Washington, Jan. 24—Granting of independence to the Prtilippine islands in not less than two years and not more than four years may be favored by the Wilson administration. Senator Hitchcock, chairman of the senate Philippine committee, discussed with President Wilson late today a pro- vision to that effect which Senator Clarke of Arkansas had introduced as an amendment to the pending Phillp- pine bill. After conferring with the president Senator Hitchcock, while he would not say what the president had told him, indicated it was probable the amend- ment would have the administration's support. He said he would have to talk with other senators before decid- ing definitely whether the change would be accepted. The president pre- viously opposed another amendment proposed by Senator Clarke proposing independence for the Philippines with. in two years. Hitchcock went to the ‘White House at Mr. Wilson's request to discuss features of the Philippine bill and the chances of securing its passage in the near future. HEARINGS ON PROPOSED ARMY INCREASE BILLS. Work of Redrafting the Measures May Be Begun Next Week. ‘Washington, Jan. 24 —Hearings on the administration’s army increase bills may be concluded by the senate mili- tary committee and work of redrafting the measures begun early next week. Chairman Chamberlain today urged the committee members to devote as much time as possible to the hearings, with a view to their completion this week. There is no indication when the house committee will complete its work. Major General Arthur Murray, re- tired, and Brigadier General Crozier, chief of ordnance, were before the se: ate and house committees, respective- ly, today. General Murray presented a memorandum he prepared several months ago at the request of Speaker Clark, setting forth his views as to what could constitute adequate de- fense. The general said that for the actual defense of the United States territory alone, and without consider- ing maintenance of the Monroe doc- trine, or protecting the interests of American citizens -abroad, a regular army virtually three times.its present size and three strong fleets for the navy would be necelsary. SPEEDING UP LEGISLATIVE MACHINERY OF CONGRESS To Clear the Way for the Prepared- ness Program. ‘Washington, Jan. 24.—President Wilson today began efforts to speed up the legislative machinery of con- gress to clear the way for the pfe- paredness program. Before beginning his speaking tour later this week to bestir public sentiment on the issue, he will impress on congress the desir- ability of disposing of appropriation Lills and other pending legislation so that there may be as little delay as possible in reaching the army and navy bills. The president discussed the appropriation bills today with Representatives Flood, Stevens, Lever and Page, chairmen, respectively, of the house foreigr: affairs, Indian and agriculture committees and the Dis- trict of Columbia sub-committee of the appropriations committee. He told them he hoped congress could finish its work and adjourn before the na- tional political convention. They as- sured him of their assistance, but some of them doubted whether the session could be ended that soon. FRENCH AIR SQUADRONS BOMBARDED MONASTIR. It is Believed That Great Damage Re- sulted—Machines Returned Safely. London, Jan. 24, 6.12 p. m.—French air squadrons yesterday made impor- tant raids on the towns of Monastir and Gievgeli, according to a despatch from Saloniki to Reuter's Telegram company. The despatch says: “One squadron dropped more than 200 bombs on Monastir and neighboring enemy positions. Another “squadron threw a hundred bombs in the vicinity of Giev- geli. All the machines returned safe- ly, though they were subjected to a on Larch Avenue and disposed of it to an enterprising real estate operator who is using it as proof of the sum- mery climate of that part of Bergen County. OBITUARY, —— Amos Whipple, Boston, Jan. 24.—Amos y' the best known pn.’b' prietor In this eity, died sud: at the Copley Square he of he ‘was the owner, ‘was the cange, old, i, TR T S b heavy fire. It is believed the bombs did great damage.” POMERANIAN DISABLED IN TERRIBLE GALE Lost Her Rudder and Propeller—Put- ting Back to Queenstown. ueenstown, Jan. 25,319 . m.—The An-rq joan - line steamer