Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 28, 1916, Page 1

POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, ALONG WHOLE FRONT Berlin Asserts That Between 500 and 600 Yards of Trenches Were Captured by Them ) FRENCH COUNTER ATTACKS NEAR NEUVILLE FAIL Paris Announices That German Trenches in Belgium Have Been Badly Hammered by the French Guns and That the Teutons Suffered Serious Losses in Fight for a Mine Crater in the Argonne Forest—Considerable Fighting, With No Important Results, Has Been Going on Along the Russian Front and in the Austro-ltalian War Zone. Soustieralie Ggnfing bia Beeo tok- en . aiserts that between 500 | river to the rellef of {and 600 y: of French trenches were Germans in the vicin- ity of Neuville and that French coun- ter-attacks were without result. In this region the French assert, the Cermans were driven from mine fcraters they had occupied and were repulsed in trying to recapture them; {while the British report the progre \sive opposition by their men of mine craters and German listening posts in the Neuville region. Paris announces also that German _trenches in Belgium and north of the iAlsne have been badly hammered by ‘the French guns and that the Germans suffered serious losses in a fight for a mine crater in the Argonne forest. ‘While considerable fighting has been going on along the Russian front at places from the region of Riga !down into east Galicla no important results have been attained by either side. The same s true as to the tro-Italian front, the Caucasus region and the Balkans. The British report that the Turks have evacuated their trenches on the land sids of the Kut-el-Amara de- fenses to about a mile from the en- treachments occupied by the besieged ‘ British force. The report says there WOONSOCKET. MAN . DIED AFTER EATI is no change in the situation of the British force marching up the Tigris front, Ber] Kut-el-Amara. CONTRADICTORY VOTES AT BRITISH LABOR CONFERENCE. But Not to Em- Bristol, England, Jan. 27, §.20 p. m. —The apparently contradictory votes at the iabor conference today, demning and Geclining to agitate for the reeal to display their unflinching opposition to milttarism and their de- sire at the same time not to embarrass the government in the prosecution ot Theso views were given expression in various speeches of the even those supporting ment’s compulsion scheme such as Ar- thur 1enderson, president of the board of education, George Henry Roberts, member of parlisment for Norwich, and ‘Will Thorne, social democrat, say- ing they were unaiterabl any permanent conscription that the circumstances of litary expediency compelled them to the conclusion that some such temporary schome was an POSITION OF UNITED STATES IN WAR-TORN WORLD. Like “A Ship at Sea, With Typhoon gnals From Many Directions.” “Ashinzton, Jan. 27.-—The position United States in a war-torn world was described to the house mili- tary committee today by Major General Leonard Wood as like that of “a ship at sea, with typhoon signals coming from many directions.” “We are lving in an era of war” he ssid, “and gradually are accumu- lating most of the troubles of CREAM PUFF Which Had Been Sent Him Through the Mail by Special Delivery. ‘Woonsocket, B. I, death of Almand Vadebancouer, after eating a cream puff of mysterious ori- gin, was the subject of police inves- tigation today. A physiclan who, at first pronounced the case one of chol- later changed his diag- nosis and stated that poisoning was era morbus, A box containing three puffs was received through the mail by special delivery yesterday, by Henry Cassa- a contracting corpenter. address was in a handwriting which apparently wis disguised. opinion of the authorities, the hand- writing was that of a woman.” Cassavant ate two of the puffs and gave a third to Vadeboncour. former was taken ill last night, but application by a physician of antidotes for arsenical poisoning brought him out of danger. Dr. Joseph Jette, who attended Cas- savant, reported the case to the med- ical examiner, Robert G. Reed, and the latter sent samples of the puffs to the state chemist for analysis. MARVELOUS GROWTH OF BOSTON’S EXPORT TRADE. Gain of About $57.000,000 in 1915 Over Previous Year. General Wood, who appeared at the committee’s hearings on the army in- crease bills, repeated in the main the testimony he previously had given be- fore the senate military committée. He said it would take an army of a mil- lon and a half to hold a line from Boston southi. Should conditions at the close of the war in Europe invite at- tack, he declared, any of the powerful of the belligerents could land 500.00 men on 'American soil in less than trirfy days, A regular army of 220,000 men fully trained and always under arms, with at least 2,000,000 reserves behind them, showld be provided, he urged, to meet this situation. navy he classed as fourth in fighting efficiency and declared it could not maintain control’ of the sea or tend the coasts. While_General Wood and Edwin F. Glenn, chief of staff of the department of the east, were testify- before the house and senate mil- ftary committees respectively, The United Boston, Jan. 27.—A gain of almost 357,000,000 was made in the total for- eign trade of the port of Boston in Cabled Paragraphs British Parliament Prorogued. London, Jan. 27, 9.03 p. m. al assent and other f statutory force to the bill. the tradi and the bill prol with the enemy bill nging the life of par- Baring Daylight liament were concluded in the house of lords today and pariiament was pro- rogued until February 15. $15,000 IN CHICAGO. Nominated For President of Panama. Panama, Jan. 27.—At the convention of the Liberal party today, Dr. Ramon Valdez, formerly vice president of the ESCAPED IN AN republic and a former minister to the United States, was unanimously chos- en as the party's reforms. FOR RELIEF OF JEWS NEW YORK PLEDGES $1,000,000 Announcement Made Amid Wild Scene New York, Jan. 27. gating nearly $1,000,000 for the relief of Jews in the war-swept countries of Europe were announced amid scnies of wild enthuslasm at a mass meeting held tonight under the auspices of the Young Men's Hebrew association. NEW HAVEN AND VICINITY RAISED $25,000 FOR JEWS According to Estimate Made by Com- mittee at Midnight. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 27.—New Haven and vicinity raised about $2 000 today in thc country-wide cam- paign to secure funds for the reliet of Jewish war sufferers in Europe, ac- cording to an estimate made at mid- night by the committee in charge. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD RENEWS FREIGHT EMBARGO. Because of Rapid Accummulation on the s of the Company. Philadelphia, Jan. on freight for New York district. A dense York and other causes, the announcement, have caused rapid accummt lation of freight on the lines of the cq ppany and render nec- cessary the ref jsal of all shipments to these districts fexcept livestock, per- ishable freight, foodstuffs for human consumption and freight consigned to officers of the United States govern- ment. The statercent says there are now 25,000 cars of freight on the road res- tined to points east of Trenton. SAID TO HAVE RECORD AS A DIAMOND THIEF John L, ‘Kadvay: Arvested at Framing- ham, Mass—Held in $1,000 Bail. Boston, Jan. 27.—John L. Kadra, said to have a record of convictions as a dlamond thief in New York, et an brought here, where he was held as the man who made a daring daylight break at the home of Justice Willlam C. Loring in the Back Bay district on Several pleces n!hva.l?‘l':l- ewelry were obtained at that e. e wau held for lacic o $1,000 bail. arrested at Framingham today, Monday. CONTRIBUTIONS OF $300,000 FOR DANBURY HATTERS ted With Made by Local Unions Affili Americin Federation of Labor. New York, Jan. 27.—Returns receiv- ed late tonight from the important lo- cal unions in this city and elsewhere throughout the country belonging to the American Federation of Labor in- dicated that more than been contributed during the Danbury hatters. will satisfy the court’s judgment. It was estimated that between $50,- 000 and $75,000 was raised in Greater New York, $100,000 From Philadelphia to Danbury Hatters. - Philadelphia, Jan. 27.—Workmen of this city contributed nearly $100,000 to assist in paying the $250,000 fine im- posed by the United States supreme court on the hatters’ union of Danbury, Conn. Admiral R. S. Griffin, chief engineer of told the house naval com- mittec, considering navy increases, of the mechanical ills to which subma- rines are heir and of the problem of finding suitable engines for battleships ard destroyers. Admiral Griffin sald he belleved no foreign power was outstripping the United States in naval design and that type for American craft was as effi- clent as any afloat. condition of American submarines he read a report stating that each of them had Gone from 1,000 to 7,000 miles of surface cruising and several hundred miles submerged last year. gines were available for duty approx- fmately 300 days out of the vear, he 1915 over that of the previous year, according to figures compiled by the National Shawmut bank and public today. Imports from Europe amounted to $46,000,000 and The port received direct from Asia $22,000,00 worth of imports and shipped to that continent mer- chandise valued at $200,000. ance of trade was largely against Bos- ton with Australia, New Zealand, Afri- ca, South and Central America and To show the During the last month of the vear, although the greater part of the ship- ments were to the Unitéd Kingdom, therc was a decided increase in the amount sent to other countries. A decrease in imports from Europe for the year of more than $10,000000 is attributed to war conditions. BOSTON & MAINE MODIFIES IT8 EMBARGO. Will Handle Freight For Export Ship- ments For Which Space Has Been MISSING SCHOOLGIRL FOUND ASLEEP IN A DOORWAY. Cambridge Police Had Besn Searching For Her Since Tuesday. vear old schoolgirl of Ariington, for whom a police search had been made since her disappear- ance from home on - Tuesday, Pers early today asleep in a ay. * The girl explained that she hag feen’ skating in Boston and else- where and hc)l lost her way. m was dragged wfllll the girl might have been dentally drowned. MEXICAN REBEL TROOPS DEFEATED AT TAPOMA, Seven Persons Were GCaptured, Whom 8ix Were Executed. —— Further modifica- tion o fits embargo on export freight shipments was announced by the Bos- ton_and Maine railrcad today. Such traffic will be handled upon receipt of evidence that steame space hes been obtained and that kfi‘.&t promptly moved from the lccal term- inal, it was stated. The embargo hay, which expired by limitation on Tuesday, was replaced tody because of continued congestion of this com- A CLAIM FOR $10,000 FOR EACH AMERICAN KILLED. Carranza Government to Be Pressed For Aots ‘of Mexioan Bandits. ngton, Jan. 27—A elaim for each of _the . Americans by Mexican bandits at Santa znum.m. The Wmn‘?w?n. the S&Hlnll government for The claims were sent to the de i Ming wflvl‘flc“.‘.m;i“v,om 2 c, Mexico. All the men killed were in the employ of that company. VILLA, EVADING ARREST, TAKES TO THE MOUNTAINS In the fastn umare crrets, "3 (exico, a'z mo ‘which has known since the days when, as a he - cseatully avadsd” svery. fares Bordie Diaz could send against him, Francis- co Villa, according to his adherents, is :‘w.:l'uu a&nlwmeg&a of the move- “Argumodo, . the " Xr Drothers and others, " Vile: scoiing 27.—The Penn- sylvania railroad announced tonight that it has again placed an embargo New England from the fog hanging over the waters around New according 10 | oy $300,000 had day to from foreclosure the homes of the Danbury } The sum of $252,000 candidate - for president in the election to be held next July. The convention also adopt- ed a platform which promises many Patrons of the Bank to No Clue Obtained. Chicago, today entered Washington Park caped in an automobfie. No Clue Found. Although every available policeman and detootive was placed on their trail immediately, no clue had been fourd tonight as to the identity of the ban- dits. Each Carried Two Revolvers. revolvers. in the automobile. ito hold up their hands rified the cashier's cage. patrons was searched. Outdistanced Pursuit. J. Carland (Jake) Stahl, manager of the while of the bank. volver pointed at his head. but they quickly outdistanced him. Police Lieutenant John quarry, Hogan. the bank. WILLING TO HAVE JAPAN Has, of the lslands in from two to years today ass control of the islands. Japan, he said, had a much for Korea and because of 1ppines. Inasmuch as the Asiatic ‘countries. become independent. PAY FOR RAILWAY On a Ba stead of by Weight. ‘way malil transportation on a postoffice appropriation bill provedl today by the house committee. The bill mail service appropriation. tion. federal and state cooperation, be made available for road work. REPRESENTATIVE HUMPHRIES Quarrel.” republican, of Washington, told ican borders. a brief defense of president. e e UNION OATH CALLED Colo, Tn April, 1914, Castle Rock, Colo, Jan, oath to burn mining cam; everyone not a member of of the co; between sti to testimony given today Oseirk, at the trial of fou‘:-, strikers charged with killing P P. Lester. Oselrk told the jury the oath was administered at the hall in ‘Walsenburg by Robert Rohe, an or- sanizer. SUFFRAGE ETENDED TO WOMEN OF MANITOBA May Vots for Membars of Leglelature and Sit with That Body., . to recent reports, is filled with rage|the against Americans because Wi - ton has recognized Carranza, and is called responsible for the murder of eighteen Americans at one time and for other o . The reports of his A cabtiire were demtea. e CONN., FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1916 Hobbery_ut Bank| Defense FOUR MASKED YOUTHS GET AUTO Forced Twenty Officers, Employes and Face the Wall With Their Hands in the Air— Jan. 27.—Four youths, all believed to be under 20 years of age, Na- tional bank, forced the twenty officers, employes and patrons to face the wall with their hands in the air, scooped up $15,000 from the teller's cage and es- Each of the robbers entering the bank was masked and carried two A fifth remained outside Three of the ban- dits forced the officers and ten patrons one None of the formerly Boston American League baseball team, is vice president The robbers kept a re- ‘When the bandits fled, A. W. McCauley, as- sistant cashier jumped into his auto- moblle, which was standing outside the bank and attempted to follow them { Hogan caught sight of the fleeing automobile later and pursued it in his own ma- As he was approaching his an automobfle truck collided with his car, wrecking it and injuring Bank officials said tonight that ample insurance against robbery was car- ried and that the loss would not affect CONTROLL THE PHILIPPINES Senator Clarke Asserts United States Should Keep Out of Asiatic Coun- Washington, Jah. 27.—8enator Clarke of Arkansas, author of the Philippines bill amerdment for the independence four erted, his willingness t have Japan ultlmatély take over the lished racial similarify should do much in the Phil- Unitea States has made it undesirable for the Japanese to get a footing in this hem- isphere, he thought the United States should be willing to keep out of the 1 The manner in which Japan could get possession of the Philippines, he sald, was a matter for the Philippines to settle after they MAIL TRANSPORTATION of Space Measurement In- Washington, Jan. 27.—Pay for rafl- is of space measurement instead by weight is provided in the $323,000,000 as ap- postal increases _re- muneration for the raflroads, $1,500,- 000 and adds $4,500,000 to the rural The committee voted favorably also on a bill to.spend any postoffice de- partment profits on highway construc- This measure was recommended by the department and contemplates the states putting up a road fund equal to any postal surplus. The department estimates that $15,000,000 thus would ATTACKS MEXICAN POLICY. Declares “If We Are Too Proud to Fight, We Should Be Too Proud to Washington, Jan. 27.—"If we are too proud to fight, we should be too proud to quarrel,” Representative Humphries, the house today, insisting that either Mex- ico should be invadad or the arminis- tration should cease to be a party to any controversies arising within Mex- Representative Flood, chairman of the foreign affairs com- mitten, replied to Mr. Humphries with FOR MURDER AND ARSON Adopted by Strikers at Castle Rook, 37 —An thI.\zflflll(m e union was adopted by the strikers the night lencement of the fighting ers and militiamen near ‘Walsenburg in April, 1914, mfi:flg ! or Major President Opgas ASSERTS More Important Than Peace. ferse. He gave :orrow as today. ten days in the middle west. In a Fighting Mood. throughout his addresse: fight. bad struggled to keep the mwcre important than peace. rcad men. Cence. and applause. Greeted With Enthusiasm. ign MUST BE READ- WOE TO MARPLOTTERS Party Politics and Personal Ambition Must be Made Subservient to Patri- otism—Considers Liberty and Honor Néw York, Jan. 27.—President Wil- son tonight opened his personal ap- peal to the country for national de- =/arning that plans for the readjustment of the army must be formulated and carried out without delay and solemnly declared he could rot predict that the outlook for the Tnited States would be as bright to- Speaking at ban- qrets of the Railway Business assocla- tion and the Motion sPicture Board of Trade, he sounded the keynote of ad- cresses he will deliver during the next Mr. Wilson was in a fighting mood In a speech éelivered early in the day he declared Le always accepted an invitation to Tonight he told the ratiroad men he was an advocate of peace and United Etates at peace, but that he considered the liberty and honor of the nation even Will Not Brook Officious Interference. “Woe to any man who plays marplot or who seeks to make party politics or personal ambition take precedence over candor, honor and unselfish, unpartisan id the president in speak- ing ofihis defense plan before the rail- He declared that the coun- try expects action, that this is a year of accounting and that the accounting :ust be definite on the part of parties on the part of every individual Wwho wishes to enjoy the public confi- “For my part, I hope every man in public life will get what's coming to him,” said the president amid laughter The Bulletin's Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to_the, City’s Populatio Gdrsad Torrane MRS, MOHR TELLS OF HER EARLY LIFE Emperer William celebrated his 57 in distress off Cape Race. of life. | rome imately the war. The steamer Noordam lett St. John's she had put in for coal, for ‘wher New York. Gen. Thomas E. Ketcham, Stockton, Cal., aged 95. “Seriba is Serb is alive,’ Premier, declared at Corfu. Railroads in the cleared thelr tracks of snow, being resumed qn all lines. Great Britain will allow coal to be used for exported to Greece to be Greek railways and the Navy. Holland has proh made from these substances. cents per barrel at Independence, Kan. by the Prairies Oil & Gas Co. Contracts for four Norwegian ship to cost $300,000 apiece were receivy by the Toledo Shipbuilding Co. A semi-annual dividend of 20 per cent, payable at once, was declared by the Queen Insurance Co. of America. & Forgings, Ltd., declared a dividend of 10 per cent. on the common stock. The 61st annual convention and hibit of the Western New York Hor- ticultural Society opened at Rochester, L5 All railway employes in Russia have formed a federation. The trainmen de- mand a “premium” of $1.50 on every ticket. Total rec ed December, 1915, amounted to $209, 00,08s. Jam The president at both banquets and|aged 60 all during his day’s vieit to New York \was greeted with enthusiasm. On his ride between the hotels where the ban- quets were held tonight he was escort- ed by a band and the Ninth company of coast artillery of the New York N: tional guard. Thousands T et o g Bl he had previously prepared for deli ery there, he was frequently interrupt- ed by applause. The president admitted that in & message to the last congress he had said the need for preparedness was not He declared that he had in the meantime. He cited his recent support of a tariff another instance of a change on his part, but declared that previously there was no need for such pressing. learned “something commission a commission. The busine: thusiastically cheered his the commission. Mr. Wilson spoke of men of high character who were clouding the pre- they were provincial and that the United States could no longer cut itself off paredness issue. He declared from the rest of the world. Defended Mexican Policy. The president his Mexican policy. western hemisphere. He cited the free- done by the United States. which now surges in Europ president declared, * would prefer. Continental Army Plan. The "president defended the conti- nental army plan drawn up by Secre- long as 500,000 train men were pro- government. He advocated strength- ening the national guard, but said the the state. He added that the United militarism. Why United States Should Prepare. Outlining why _the United States should prepare, Mr. Wilson said we must protect our rights as a nation and the rights of our citizens in Amer- ica and outside of it as the consensu: of civilized peoples has defined them; must ensure the unembarrassed real- ization of our political development within our own borders, and must pro- tect the peace and political autonomy of the Americas. Industrial Preparedne: Industrial preparedness with the mil- itary training of students in industrial schools was proposed by the president. He left consideration of the navy plans for later addresses. Business men who formerly relied on protective measures in their dealings with foreign powers were criticized by Mr. Wilson. said American business men should be able to hold their own against the world. The president asserted ~that the American people love the principies upon which their political life is found- ed better than peace. 4 ‘Wil Not Cravenly Aveld Trouble. “The are ready at any time to fght for the vindication of their character and of their honor,” the president de- ey KT cont ut will at no orav- enly ntv;old it. .!mn if there is one thing that the country ought to fight for, and that every nation ought to fight for, it is the integrity of its own convictions. We cannot surrender our convictions. I would rather surrender territory than surrender those ideals ;mioh' are the staff of life for the eoul Pralssd Representative Mann. The )ndhg.,t ;W“ tative of * people red “him : h be- fore nearly 1,600 business men at the rallway banquet, where he cast aside almost entirely the text of the address vigorously defended He asserted that to invade Mexico would mean the losing of the confidence of the rest of the ing of Cuba as an instance of good “If we are drawn into the maelstrom e shall not be permitted to do the high things we tary Garrison and said that he did not care about the detalls of any plan as vided as reserves under the federal constitution itself put the guard under States will not turn in the direction of Flour mills at Winnipeg have con- pleted the shipment of 5,600 carloads of flour for the French army. The flour cost $1,000,000. Dr. Albert C. Perveil Brooklyn,. seriously {ll for some time from g‘é‘ fiy, is reported to be bite of & much improved. The announcement of a successor to the late Justice Lamar of the Supreme Court will be delayed until after ihe President’s tour. Ex-Premier Venizelos of Greece will leave Athens shortly on a vacation cf several months. He will visit Paris, London and the Riviera. Thom: New Haven yesterday. John B. Lomb: was released on parole. Viktor von Podbielski, Gen. form- close friend of the Kaiser, Berlin at the age of 71. More than 150,000 carn: placed on display in a St. Louis ho- died in the American Carnation Society. Ad itional machine shops 600 men, will be erected by the Burl- ington Raiircad at West Burlington. The Southern 'acific steamer Pro- the Texas Oil Co. tanker Bradant in lower New York bay during a fog. A receipts from “‘organized baseball” Assembly by Assemblyman Kramer. king of Prussia a member of Prussian house of lords, the Over- seas News Agency announces. In a decision handed down yester- day the supreme court denfes the ap- Casc of Barkhamsted. George Anderson of Cleveland, Ohio, convicted in the dynamite conspiracy case at Indianapolis, was released from the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., cor having complet- ed serving his sentence of three years. A dwelling house occupled by Law- rence Collins, on the Southington, was burned late vester- day. 0 one was home at the time and the origin of the biaze is not known. The loss will be $2500. JAPAN HAS MADE NO NEW DEMANDS UPON CHINA American Ministor at Peking Has Cabled Stats Department. Washington, Jan. _27.—American Minister at Peking cabled the state d Jate today that the ermoloey 2o e pped N of a fapan the demands upon China, contained in the famous Group five, were without foundation. No new demands of any gheraster. 1t was.mald, had hesu pre- REPORT OF SUMMER-LIKE CONDITIONS FROM BOSTON Temporature of 62 Degress—Without Procedent In Woather Records. Boston, Jan. 37.—A ‘week of unses- sonable warmith, 1n WhIh. An unidentified vessel was reported Became Confused as to Dates and Broke Do * Several Times While Giving Testimony The Dominion liner Norseman, re- ported sunk, was beached without loss rices in Vienna are approx- 5 per cent. higher than before ANOTHER MAN CAUSES FIRST SERIOUS QUARR! veteran of the Civil and Mexican wars, died at Her Friendship for Samuel A. McDougall, Now a Minister in t_beaten while a single Nikola Pasitch, Serbian northwest have traffic ited the export of rubber and gutta percha and articles Frovidence, R, I, Jan. 27—The first serious break in the marital relations of the late Dr. C. Frankiin Mobr and his wife, Elizabeth F. Mohr, who is charged with having hired two negroes to kill him, occurred at the time she told her husband of her friendship for a man named Samuel A. who is now a minister in Pictou, Scotla. Crude oil prices were advanced & This s Mre. Mohr during a severe cross ex- amination this afti General Rice. Step by step the prose- cuting attorney brought out tails of Mrs. Mohr's life. during the examination she confused as to dates and facts given times broke down and sobbed. Tried to Have Minister Unfrocked. It was in 1912, she said, that she first told Dr. Mohr about McDougall. doctor, she admitted, was incens went fo Nova Scotia to try to have the minister unfrocked. The attorney gen- eral then reminded her that in her di- Tect testimony she said that her hus- band had gone “to the provinces to sec a friend.” Py ‘The doctor was under the influence of drugs,” me if 1 preferred McDougall to him, and I told him that the way he was acting I thought McDougall would have Dbeen Detter, as_ he lguor.” - Was Known as Elizabeth Blair. At the time she met McDougall, Mrs. Mohr -Vll#he doctor, that she ts of the Department cf Internal Revenue for six months end- A. Speck von Sternberg, brother of the late German ambassador to the United States, died in Berin, Dougall. with M¢Dougall, she said, because the différence in their religious beliefs | made it impossible for her to become [, a minister's wife. It was at about the time she told the doctor about McDougall, the attor- ney general brought out, Mohr and her husband had a falling out and that he began to correspond with Miss Emily Burger, who later be- came his secretary and ‘'who was seri- ously. wounded at the time the doctor was shot down in their stalled auto- mobile. Came from Ireland to Norwich. Recounting her early life, Mrs. Mohr €aid she was born at Belf: and was brought to this country by her people, McCuskey, 2nd, son of a business man, hanged himself from a water pipe in the cellar of his home in , former town treas- urer of Framingham, Mass., who has served 4 years of a 10 year sentence, er German postmaster-general and a The witness appeared a little confused when asked when she was born. She replied that she was born Feb. and was 34 years old, but later cor- rected this testimony by saying the date was 1882. youngest of ten children. dled when she was 12 vears old and her mother in 1907. rether than necessity she began work at the age of 17, learning the millinery trade in a Taunton shop, where she remained for three or four months. ions were tel in connection with the meeting of to cost $1,000,000 and afford employment to teus, bound for New Orleans, rammed for three months in a variety store in Taunton and that there was no special reason why she left the millinery store and the variety store after only three months ployed about a year in O'Gorman’s store at Providence and thereafter was a buyer of art goods for Pitts-Kimball Boston. place several months and left because she had not been feeling well. began to receive attention from Dr. impesing a tax on the gross games was introduced in the New York Cardinal Von Hartmann, archbishop of Cologner has been appointed by the the wishes of her family. Wished to Board in a Convent. Witness said that the doctor, who was then living in Providence, wished her to marry him, but her folks would not give their consent. She went to New York and obtained a position in “the New York Millinery store” on West Twenty-second street. there not quite three monthe. She wished to board st a convent on West Seventeenth street, but was unable to get accommodations there and found Tooms in the same street. Confused About Certain Dates. Mrs. Mohr here explained that she had been confused about certain dates mentioned and that she went to New York in March, 1903. ited her there only once and that when he came to marry her. She.had met Eim through Anna Spencer, a buyer at O’Gorman’s peal of Isaac N. Willlams and Harry E. Roe from execution of the death sentence for the murder of Hubert E. outskirts of “Didn't you go out evenings with Anna Spencer and have a good time?" the attorney general asked. ‘went to She admitted she lived in the same house with Anna Spencer in this city. “Did you contract a common law “I left it to my husband.” The witness sald shie was past 20 when she was married. “Do you remember your wedding certainly “It says in your divorce ‘were married on ",Mp:fimmy:: “Yes; but my attorney knew it was the SQ.' £ .-‘ ““When you ght that divorce aid e “1 did not.”" “Didn't tell E m_lm Wanted to Be Married by Priest. Nova Scotia, Had Incensed Dr. Mohr, Who Tried to Have: the Minister Unfrocked—Prosecuting Attorney Brought Out Details bf Mrs. Mohr’s Life From the Time When She, With Her Parents, Came to Norwich From Ireland, Up to the Day Her Husband Was Murdered—Probably - Will be on the Stand Two Days More. that wae wanted to be married by & priest, but that the doctor had a min= ister friend in Brooklyn and she agreed to have him perform the ce: % She said Rev. Ralph Munroe of Brook- Iyn_married them. “There were two ladies present” she said. “One was 70 vears old and the other was 45. 'They were the witness= es. I think one was named Davis or Davidson.” Never Saw a Certificate. She didn't recall whether the min- ister gave a certificate. i I never saw one,” she explained. “All T know is that the doctor gave me 325" A “And this is all the care you took to safeguard your honor?” Took the Doctor's Word. “Why, I didn’t know better, Mr. Rice. I took the doctor's word for every- thing ¥ Mr. Rice repeated tie question and Mrs. Mohr answered, “Yes.” Mrs. Mohr said she did not live alone when she first came to Provi- dence. “I was living with a woman who knew me when I was three years old in_Norwich, Conn.” she declared. “Do you mean that you didn’t €o about with Dr. Mohr in Providence? Counsel for the defense objected. “What's the materiality of that ques- tion?" asked the court. “I am attempting to show trat she "'.';.'l‘g“f'.&""” hDr. ?]dohr a year and a fore the alleged marriage” replied Mr. Rice. E Never Lived with Dr. Mohr Prior %o . Marriage. . “Td ke to answer the question spoke up Mrs. Mohr. “I never lived Wwith Dr. Mohr until he became my husband.” “Didn't Dr. Mohr always deny that as married to you?" ‘Not that I know of, excepting the time he was under the influence of drugs and told me I couldn’t prove there was a marriage as the minister was dead.” Discrepancy in Date of Mother’s Death This was in 1909. Mrs. Mohr sald she then went home and told her mother what the doctor had said and that it broke her mother's heart nd the news caused vour mother's death?" asked Mr. Rice. “Yes, sir.” “And yet your mother died in 1907, two years before?” Mrs. Mohr seemed stunned at this contradiction. QE Court to Sit Saturday. . Before court adjourned Justice Stearns announced that contrary to custom a session would be held Sat- urday morning and perhaps on Satur- day afternoon. Mrs. Mohr was still undergoing cross examination when adjournment was taken. It was sald that she probably would be on the stand for two days more. McDougall, Broke Down and Sobbed. tement was elicited from n by ATney the de- Occasionally seemed direct testimony and several The ana id Mrs. Mohr. “He asked did not touch Boston because of notoriety by _her friendship with Mc- She could not keep company that Mrs. Ireland, who settled in Norwich, Later they went to Taunton. , 1880, Bhe said she was the Her father Through choice FOUR SOLDIERS DROWNED Tells Whers She Worked. . IN RIO GRANDE RIVER ey fh- s meeiogd S0 | Wikils Riknraing from an Suisdie gl to Rescue Two Other Soldiers. Washington, Jan. 27.—There was no indication tonight that the United States government would consider any action necessary in the case of the two American soldiers captured yes= terday by armed Mexicans _near Brownsville, Texas, and returned un- harmed to their commands today, other .| than to investigate the incident and In Oarch, 1902, against the|probably = courtmartial Lieutenants ‘eyton, Mort and Waldron—the offi= cers who led the detachment of sol- diers into Mexican territory to res~ cue their captured comrades. Secretary Garrison said positive or- ders had been given every officer. in the army not to cross the boundary under any provoeation without specific instructions from Washington. Should the investigation ordered by Major General Funston prove that the officers violated this order, it was - expected they undoubtedly would be court- martialed and probably be held re- sponsible for the death of the four sol- I diers, members of the rescue party, who ‘were drowned in the Rio rGende while returning from their expedition. * The prompt action taken by Car- ranza military authorities In return-: ing the two soldiers was regarded by state department officials as indicative of thelr desire to prove their innocence and to display their good will toward this country. service. Later she was em- She stayed at the latter She She was The doctor vis- Went to Keith’s. SHIPMENTS OF MUNITIONS K ATTACKED IN THE SENATE. A Test Vote at One Time Seemed In- evitable, But It Was Averted. ‘Washington, aJn. 27.—An outburst of deny fon against shipments of Am -bede war munitions " te European belligerents stirred ate today, reflecting a revival of senti: ment which may force & vote embargo resolutions that have pending in ccmmittes for months. A dozen senators, Keith's.” Common Law Marriage. in New & common la ork ¥ > you ‘mar-