Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 31, 1916, Page 1

PARIS RAIDED BY A ZEPPELIN; 24 KILLED Twenty-Seven Injured, Ten of Whom Were Taken to Hospitals FRENCH CAPITAL IN DARKNESS LAST NIGHT Fi.remen Dashed Through the Streets Giving Warning of Another Zeppelin Raid—Thirty French Aeroplanes Searched the Air for the Zeppelin—A Dozen Bombs, Weighing About 600 Pounds Apiece, Were Dropped— The Majority of the Victims Were Killed in Their Beds. Paris, Jan. 30.—Twenty-four persons were killed and twenty-seven injured in the Zeppelin ‘raid over Saturday night according to a statement today. Ten of the wounded were placed in hospitals owing to severity of their hurts. ; Chased by French Aeroplanes. Thirty French aeroplanes searched the remote air regions above Paris late tonight for a Zeppelin raider of whose appearance warning had been given. By the time it had reached the edge of the old quarters of the city several of the airmen were able to make out its pale yellow shape 14,000 feet from the earth. Frightened, doubtless, by the numerous war planes rising towards it, the Zeppelin wheel- ed and drove at full speed northward, dropping in its wake in the darkness a cargo of 3 1-2 tons of bombs. Then continuing its fiight at a great altitude, the airship vanished Had Been Warned. The Parisians had been warned a half an hour before firing and brought the streets trumpeting the call known as “Stand to arms” of the Cpresence of the raider. The electric lights went out and policemen cautioned careless householders to close their shutters and darken their windows and imme- diately. It was still early in the night, close to ten o'cock and many persons were in the streets, the cafes were open and the moving picture theatres and playhouses still entertaining their audience. Then, in all parts of city could be heard the whirr of num- erous aeroplane propellors, while ev- erywhere people went upon the bal- conies to watch for Zeppelins. Series of Detonations. Few Parisians appeared to believe the raiders were likely to come, as they had been turned back many times previously. But suddenly in northeast of Paris there was a great flare in the sky as the Zeppelin drop- ped an illuminant so that those in the airship might see whether they were | ugh into the bway and tearing a hole 15 feet in diameter, but injuring no one. Quick- 1y a series of other detonations oc- curred, sounding dully throughout the ver the city. Then_a bomb fell into ilnmt, crashing thro House Cut In Two One of the missiles fell isolated house, occupied family. The building was bisected, one end demolished and its occu- pants hurled far out into an open lot and killed. The other end of the house ‘was cut off sharply and a bedroom on the second floor was left intact with its occupants uninjured. The floor ‘was carried away under the head of the bed, leaving the bed balanced on the jagged edge of the ruins with a nine year old boy in it unharmed. ppelin Going at Top Spted. ppelin must have been going top speed in that neighborhood for the nearest trace of it beyond was a of a mile away where a bomb ell in the center ¢f a thicvk stone ‘wall and cutting a big hole out of it as cleanly as if it had been done by a knife dug through the pavement deep into the earth, causing a bad cave-in. Vi s Burned ‘in Debris. In a more populous gaurter a bomb struck a six-story apartment building occupied by the families of working- men, cutting it in two from garret to cellar, burying ten'victims under the debris of the central part of the struc- ture. The street front was untouched and on. the other side ow the gap six’ kitchens of the ' build- ing, one ato p the other, were left open to the weather with the ranges and utensils in plan view and ap- parently undisturbed. This quarter ‘was besieged all the morning by dense crowds which held at the street corner by the police none but the city au- thorities of the government and news- paper men with identification cards being allowed to inspect the ruins. Bomb Weighed Nearly 600 Pounds. The greatest throng was in the street where men from the municipal chemdeal laboratory were carefully ex- amining a bomb weighing nearly 600 pounds that had fallen in the court yard of a factory and failed to explode. The crowd at one time broke through the police line and elbowed up to the footboard of the official motor car to get a near view of the monster. upon an by a single The melggyfictively with the Russians the | Killed In Their Beds. Altogether 2 dozen bombs weighing about 600 pounds each, were dropped. None of the fatalities occurred in the open streets, the mapority of the vic- tims belng killed in their beds. A fog of considerable density hung over Paris at the time of the raid. President Poincare, who in company ‘with the military governor of Paris and the prefect of police, visited the .scene of wreckage caused by somt’ of the bombs shortly after midnight seemed greatly moved by what he saw. One of the houses that he view- ed was that of Police Sergeant Bi- dault, who had just reached his home and who was killed by a bomb which at the same time seriously injured his sister-in-law. X FIREMEN SOUND WARNINGS OF RAID In 2 Few Moments the Capital Was Entirely Dark. | Paris, Jan. 80, 10:10 p. m—At 9;40 dashed _ through _the Zeppelin raid. In a fe wminutes the capital was entirely dark. Crowds re- mained on the boulevards watching the skies for the appearance of a Ger- man airship. GERMANS HOLDING GROUND IN FRANCE Notwithstanding Repeated Attacks by the Enemy. Berlin reports that all of the ground gained in their latest offensive in the vicinity of Neuville and south of the Somme river remains in their hands despite strong Krench attacks. The po- sition captured south of the Somme, says the Berlin communication, is 8,500 yards in length and 1,000 yards in depth. Seventeen officers and 1,270 men, among them several Englishmen, were made prisoners. Paris says that in fresh attacks op- posite Domplierre, south of the Somme, the Germans were twice repulsed. Little fighting has been going on in the Russian front, except near Uscie- 1 zcko, on the Bukowina frontier, where repeated attacks by the Russians | against the Austro-Hungarians are de- clared by Vienna to have been re- 1sed. In the Balkans the situation is quiet. There have been the usual bombard- ments on the Austro-Italian front. Constantinople asserts that the sit- uation jn the Caucasus and Mesopo- tamia, where the Turks are batmng an ed. Near tish, is Virtually tuocha Felahie it was asserted the cap- tured 1,000 *camels from the British. Petrograd on the other hand reports | that to the north of Erzerum the Rus- sians continue their advance, taking prisoners and capturing machine guns, The pursuit of the Turks south of Lake Urumiah continues. BRITISH GENERAL FOUND HANGING TO BED RAIL. King’s Equerry Had Been Suffering With Neurasthenia. London, Jan. 30.—Brigadier General Sir Rollo Estouteville Grimston, equerry to the king, was found dead in London yesterday morning, hanging to a bed rail with a handkerchief twisted around his neck, according to Lloyds Weekly News. He had been suffering with neurasthenia recently. Sir Rollo was ispector general of the imperial seryice troops in India. 8ir Rollo Estoutevile Grimston, was born in 1861 and entered the army when 20 years old. He served as military secretary to King George dur- ing ITis Majesty’s tour in India. FRENCH AVIATORS DID CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE Raid Made on Monastir, Southern Serbia. London, Jan. 30, 3.2 p. m—Last Sunday’s raid by French aviators on Monastir, Southern Serbia, caused greater damage than was_at first re- ported, according fto a Reuter des- patch from Saloniki. Bombs were dropped on the barracks, huts and the artillery park and also on the forti- fled heights on the outskirts, all the positions attacked being heavily dam- aged, it is declared. Kcnak, where the Bulgarian head- quarters and wireless stations are lo- cated, suffered heavily, according to the despatch, while the raid upon Gievgeli produced results satisfactory to the Fronch airmen. During —_—_ OPPOSED TO RENOMINATION OF PRESIDENT WILSON. Resolutions Adopted by the North- eastern Saengerbund. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 30.—Opposition to the renomination and reelection of President Woodrow Wilson was rec- mended to “active and passive” mem- bert of the Northeastern Saengerbund in a resoiution adopted at a meeting of the directors here today. A preemble states that the resident in his message to congress last month “by innunendo accused the American citizens of German birth of being traitors to their adopted country.” Therefore, it was resolved, “that we protest as American citizens, against the act of the president, attacking and insulting a large and loyal part of the citizenship of the United States.” ‘The resolution was presented by Karl Lentz, of Newark, N. J., who to- day entered upon his 26th year as president of the Saengerbund. Sing- ing eocleties in New York, New Jer- sey. Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary- land and the District of Columbia comprise the organization. SUBMARINE OF K TYPE REPORTED MiISSING. Was En Route from New York to Pensacola, Fla. ‘Charleston, S. Jan. 30.—Reports reached here tonight from apparently rellable sources that one of four sub- marines of the K type, en route from thle New York navy yard to Pensa- cola, Cabled Paragraphs Powder Factory Explosion in Barvaria Munich, Jan. 29, via London, Jan. 80. —An explosion occurred in a private powder factory at Rosenheim, Barva- The material apparently few lives were lost. Steamships in Collission. London, Jan. 30.—The American Line steamer Philadelphia has been in collission with British sailing ship ith of Carnar- von bay. Lloyd reports that Philadel- phia putting -back, the extent of the damage to her being unknown. DAM BURST IN OTAY VALLEY, CAL. Men from the Battleship Oregon Call- ed to Suppress Looting. San Diego, Calif,, Jan. 30.—Looting, described by Rear Admiral Fullam, commanding the Pacific reserve fleet, as “the worst I have ever seen,” broke out today on the Otay Valley, flood- swept by the breaking of the Otay dam last Friday. The lower valley was turned into an armed camp, pa- trolled by marines and sailors from the battleship Oregon and the cruisers Milwaukee and South Dakota in San Diego bay with orders to shoot looters on_sight. The loss of life in the Otay valley now is estimated at 50, while reports that the cloudburst in San Luis Rey and San Pasqual valleys cost no more than ten lives brought the probable death list in this section to sixty. A new flood poured down the Tia Juana river today which has risen four feet at its mouth at the foot of San Diego bay. A telepnone message from Tecate said it was reported there that the Morena dam, 60 miles back in the hills had burst. Officials here, fearing that fifteen Dbillion gallons of water im- pounded by the dam would tear a new channel for the river across Coronado Strand into the sea, ordered residents of Imperial Beach, a hamlet on the strand, to fleet. First news of the reported collapse of the Morena dam came through E. Ervast, city engineer of San Diego. Ervast, trying tc reach the Mexican town of Tijana, met a Japanese run- ning along the bank of the Tiajuana river. “Get back” cried the Japanese in broken English. “Tell pecple lots wa- ter coming.” Ervast could see a four foot wave coming down the river. He turned his automobile and spread tde warn- ing. George Cromwell, city engineer of San Diego, and others, said that nothing but the breaking of the Mor- ena dam could have caused the flood. The dam stood 265 feet high in a narrow gauge and was built of ma- sonry and reinforced concrete. The water supply was taken from the reservoir formed by the dam by a tunnel into the creek, which fed the lower. Otay dam, nel for the water le juana river. Of the 29 bodies recovered in the 3;3%& valley only six have been iden- ed. Federal troops patrolled the Coro- 'nado Strand along Sandspit offering the only means of ingress into the Otaya valley and turned back would- be sightseers. The ines under Capt. Charles T. Westcott, Jr., camped in the valley while the sailors under Ensign Hamilton O’Brien of the Mil- waukee made headquarters in the lit- tle brick schoolhouse at Otay City. Each man carried twenty rounds of ammunition. The United States destroyer Law- rence as base ship and a hespital squad from the Milwaukee operated in con- junction with both forces. Fifty farmhouses, according to per- sons acquainted with the Otaya vallev must have stood in the path of the flood. It was estimated that from four to five persons occupied each, although housing Orientals held a large number, Many of these are believed to have had time to escape, although it is im- possible to check in any way against the known residents of the valley. The estimate of 50 dead is considered con- servative, Reports that the town of Tiajuana, Lower California, had suffered heavy damage seemed to be confirmed today. It was sald that little was left of the a\g;v racetrack plant which cost $200,- MASS MEETING OF PEACE SOCIETIES IN WSHINGTON Telegrams Denouncing Preparedness Programme Cheered. ‘Washington, Jan. 30. — Telegrams from Willlam J. Bryan and Henry Ford denouncing the administration’s programme of preparedness were cheered at a mass meeting today un- der the auspices of eighteen peace so- cities. Six congressmen spoke op- posing 'the preparedness plan. Representative Bailey, democrat, of Pennsylvania, presided. The others speakers were Representatives Callo- way, democrat, and Dies, democrat of Texas: Gordon, demorcat of Ohio; Saunders, democrat of Virginia and Tavenner, democrat of Illinois. Representative Callaway, a member of the house naval committee, said the advocates ‘Just want to spend the tax pavers’ money lavishly” Previous military and naval appro- priations have been ‘“wasted like wa- ter,” Representative Tavenner said. He urged an embargo on munitions and advocated “a vote of the people” on the question of war should it arisez ‘Women should have the right to vote on the war question, he said. Representative Saunders declared the preparedness argument of ‘“our terrible ex-president” had been refut- ed by history which, he sald, shows that although the United States had never led the world in preparedness it was never vanquished. “A year ago” said Representative Dies, “the president had a good idea of peace. Now he takes a dare and goes forth for preparedness. But we will keep him out of his continental army mes: INSANE MAN ESCAPFI FROM CONSTABLE AT WESTBOOOK Has Not Been Seen Since Last Fri< day. ‘Westbrook, Conn., Jan. 30.—Carlos Tryon, 23 years old, of this town, who has been locked up at the town hall since Friday, an investiga- escaped from the custody of Constable D. W. Brooks today and has not been since last Fri- day, it is alleged that he fired two rifie shots at Elmer I Marshall and natural-chan into the Tla-] THREE MEN BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SLAIN FOR MONEY TWO KILLED WITH AXE Third Man Had Been Shot—Victims Were Employed as Section Hands on the New Haven Railroad. Kingston, R. I, Jan. 30.—The bodies of three men who are believed to have been murdered for their money we found today in a dwelling house in a sparsely settled section a mile from this village. Two of the victims, Os- car Olsen and August Olsen, broth- ers, had been killed with an axe, while the third man, William Rhodes, had heen shot. The Olsen brothers were employed as section hands on the New York, New Htven and Hartford railroad and occupied the house where they' were killed. Rhodes lived in the village and is supposed to have been a guest of the Olsens at a Saturday night party. The police are searching for a man who was seen leaving the vicinity of the housd about 9 o'clock this morning It is believed that all of the men had been drinking and that the three were attacked and killed after a prolong- ed card game. The pockets of all the victims had been turned inside out. August Olsen was 47 years old. His brother was two years older. The building where they lived was form- erly the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad station which was made Into a dwelling for railroad em- ployes after the present station was built. COLONEL HOUSE LEAVES BERLIN FOR SWITZERLAND. Appeared to Be Well Pleased With the Result of His Vi Berlin, Jan. 29, via London, Jan. 30.— Colonel Edward M. House, personal representative of President Wilson, de- parted tonight for Switzerland. He appeared pleased with the result of his visit to Berlin. Gottlieb Von Jagow, secretary of foreign affairs, whom the Associated Press correspondent saw for a few moments in the midst of a busy day, says he was impressed with Col- onel House's sympathetic manner and charm and his friendly feeling for Ger- many, but excused himself from com- menting on the results of the visit on the ground that the golonel was on a cornfidential mission from tl:;.yrddmt. chancellor, it was-learned, also enjoy- ed and appreciated the visit and re- gretted that the colonel's brief stay did not afford him an opportunity to accept the invitations of personal hos- pitality which the chancellor and the foreign secretary had hoped to extend. The final interview of Colonel House, who received among others today Dep- uty Heckscher, a director of the Ham- burg-American steamship. line, was held with Dr. Alfred Zimmerman, the under-secretary of foreign affairs, who lunched at the American embassy, re- maining in conversation with Colonel House and Ambassador Gerard until nearly 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The president’s representative there- after closefed himself with the war minister, the two almost until the col- onel's departure at 9 o'clock in the evening, upon reports to be forwarded to Washington. Secretary Winslow of the embassy again accompanied the House party across the Swiss frontier. : - £33, COLONEL HOUSE PLEASED WITH VISIT TO BERLIN. Will Do Much to Clarify German- American Relations. Berlin, via_London, Jan. 80, 9.44 p. m.—Colonel Edward M. House, Presi- dent Wiison’s personal representative has left Berlin for Paris and London by way of Switzerland. Prior to his departure, though declining to be quoted with any particularity on the results of his mission, Colonel House said he was very glad he had come to Berlin and added that the conversa- tions which he had had with leading German statesmen and prominent men in private life snd particularly his conferences with Ambassador Gerard, had been most profitable and would undoubtedly lead to a clarification of German-American relations, although it was to be doubted whether any definite tangible developments could be expected therefrom. His visit, which was chiefly for in- formative purposes, can scarcely be said to have brought him any novel or unexpected light on the German situation, the main outlines of which, it appears, are well understood in Washington, thanks to the copious re- ports received there from the Ameri- can ambassador; but he has been en- lightened with respect to various as- pects havy particular interest for President Mson‘ Colonel use will, therefore, it is believed, convey to the president nothicg startling new upon the Ger- man situation and the attitude of the government .in its various branches, but a_mass of detailed information worked into shape in his long discus- sions with Mr. Gerard. SENATOR OLLIE JAMES AS WILSON’S REPRESENTATIVE At Mass Meeting of American Citizens of Hungarian Birth. New York, Jan. 30.—United States Senator Ollie James of Kentucky, as President Wilson’s personal represent- ative, was warmly greeted at the mass meeting here today of American citi: zens of Hungarian birth, who protest- ed vigerously in resolutions what they claim is an unfounded but growing public suspicion regarding their patriotism and loyalty to the ‘Stars and Stripes. Senator James yead the;telegram he received from the president, express- ing loyalty in the confldence in the great body of foreign-born citizens. Movements of Steamships. Siasconsett, Mass., Jan. 30.—Steamer St. Louis, Liverpool for New o¥rk, sig- nalled 184 miles east Ambrose Channell lightship at 11.40 a. m. Dock 8.30 a. m. Mcnday. ‘Liverpo;l. J’uy. W‘—A;r‘s‘::'. steamer _ Yo, s L MO PSS fan 1o Establish Aviation Schools PREPARATIONS BEING MADE BY AERO-CLUB OF AMERICA Project Calls for Schdols at New York, Chicago, Newport News, Augusta, Me., Detroit, Los Angeles, Seattle. New York, Jan. 30.—Preparations for establishing aviation schools at New York, Chicago, Newport News, Au- gusta, Maine; Detroit, Los Angeles and Seattle are being made by the Aero Club of America, it was announc- ed tonight. Funds already have been provided to assure the training of two hundred men, it was said. More Than $200,000 Raised. More than $200,000 is reported have been raised throughout country to undertake the work. A group of men in Illinois has under- written $50,600 of this sum to provide training for 100 aviators. Training For W. C. Robinson of Grinnell, Iowa, holder of thg American endurance rec- ord, informed the club today that he would take the training of one officer from the militia of each state. 12 Men Under Training. It is proposed to establish an avia- tion sthool in New York, in charge of Lieutenant Raynall C. Rolling, com- mander of the New York National Guard Aviation detachment, who al- ready has twelve men under training. The Aero Clubs of New England and the Northwest have announced that they have each three aeroplanes ready for training purposes. Emerson McMillian’s offer to add $100,000 to every $900 raised for mili- tia_ayiation up to $500;000 expires at midnight tomorrow. ‘Telegrams re- ceived today at the ‘Aero Club head- quarters indicated that large sms would be raised in many states to meet the requirement of Mr. McMil- lin. Rhode Island Mentioned. The ten states which it is believed certain will add aviation sections to their mififia are New York, Illinois, Maine, Virginia, Michigan, a- chusetts, Rhode Island, Missouri, Iowa, and Ohio. All of them already have raised substantial sums. ADMINISTRATION SHIP BILL IS REVISED So.us to Get the Votes of Dissenting Democrats. ‘Washington, Jan. 30.—Details of the new administration ship bill to build a merchant marine and naval auxiliaries, revised to command the votes of dis- senting democrats, were made public tonight for the first time. It will be introduced tomorrow in the house by Chairman Alexander of the merchant marine committee, who will lead the fight for its passage on the floor. Public hearings, at which President ‘Wilson and others will be asked to tes- tify, will begin in a few days. The striking differences between the new bill and the one which failed in the senate last year are modifications of the government operation feature and broadening of the powers of the shipping board which it is proposed to create. vernment operation under the new bill would be entered upon only as a last resort, if private capital failed to respond to the enterprise. The shipping board would be empowered to regulate all interstate and foreign commerce in American waters as the interstate commerce commission now regulates interstate railrcad traffic. Every effort has been made to draw the bill so as to encourage American capital to help upbuild the merchant marine and to protect it from unfair foreign -competition, and government vessels never would operate on lines where an American’ service was fur- nishing satisfactory service at fair rates. .The out-and-out government ownership feature of the old biil aroused so much opposition that it was generally conceded to have been one of the primary causes of the failure of the measure. An appropriation of $50,000,000 for the purchase or lease of vessels to be obtained by the sale of Panama bonds and the appointment of the shipping board of five members are the first objects of the new bill. The secretary of the navy and the secretary of commerce would be ex- officio members of the board and the other three members would be ‘“men of large practical experience” in for- eign commerce. MRS, MOHR COMPLETES THIRD DAY’S TESTIMONY Covering Every Detail of Her Life With Dr. Mohr. e f Providence, R. L, Jan. 30.—Mrs. ‘Elizabeth F. Mohr yesterday ended a long ordeal on the witness stand during which she made a personal defense of the charge that she had hired three negroes to murder her husband, Dr. C. Franklin Mohr, widely known as a physiclan in this city and Newport. The examination extended through the greater part of three court days. In this time she faced friendly and un- friendly attorneys who drew from her every detail of her life with Dr. Mohr, Many of these details were given re- luctantly, but she never wavered in her declaration that she had nothing to do with the murder, although she had objected strenuously to her hus- band’s attention to other women. The testimony of Mrs. Mohr was re- garded by the defense as the most im. portant at the trial. Cecil V. and Henry H. Spellman, two n ‘who, the state charges, killed Dr. Mohr and wounded Miss mfli ‘Burger, his companion, are yet to be heard. A letter written by Dr. Mohr in 1909 in which he admitted the validity of their marriage was introduced over the protest of the prosecution. Mrs. Mohr was questioned elosely regarding Dr. Mohr's statement in the letter that “I at present.” she was not living with her husband, but was at her mother’s home in Mas- sachusetts. Police Commissioner Woods of New York reduced ten first class detectives to the rank of second-class detectives, Evi R v TO TRAIN 100 PERSONS - = Condensed Telegrams The British on exports of logwood from has been lifted. Col. B. Camp died at The Gerrhans are aring to uhumanhctory"hs?fl:.B:: Emperor Fr;n:Jolo of Austri; hnm.mmcfi'fihumdu:m: ing weaker. Temperatures ;a below zero were recorded in places in Mvnmz and western North Dakota. Exports of r from Atlanti ports for the week ended Jam. 37 amounted to 4,009 tons. Wlnuofm‘-m oyes of the Ford Plate Glass Co. Tz{ozn plama h:ve been advanced 10 per cent. W eue—— ed by the lvani 1- road with the Altoona shops. Secretary of War Garrison put him- self in opposition to any plan to de- crease the number of army posts. Chief Inspector Schmittberger cel- ebrated his 42nd anniversary as a member of the New York Police De- partment. John A. McEnaney of Rochester, N. Y., has been killed in action according to the Overseas casualty list published at Ottawa. Burglars broke into the Hopewell caped with $1,000 worth of stamps and Junction, N. Y., post-office and es- $15 in cash. Single men of the ages of 27 to 30 years, enrolled under Lord Derby’s enlistment campaign, will be called to the colors Feb. 3. George S. Carothers, for two yvears representative of the State Department with n. Francisco Villa, has been ordered to Guatemala. Mrs. Mary Roberts Rhinehart, the novelist, who successtully underwent an operation for appendicitis in Pitts- burgh, is doing well. Standard Oil Co. of California has purchased the oil land holdings and other property of the Monte Cristo il & Development Co. Allan Bradford of New York City, convicted of murdering his wife, was sentenced to die in the ‘electric chair in the week of March 6. Cardinal Mercier of Belgium, who has been in Rome for sometime, paid a formal visit to the Vatican to take leave of Pope Benedict. Seven persons are believed to have perished when the small steam sehoon- of Seattle was driven Francisco. g for compulsory in- vestment in war loan is expected to be introduced in the British Parlia- ment when it reconvenes. er Aberdeen ashore off San Abraham Decker, a motorman, was electrocuted on the top of his car at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., as he was repair- ing a broken trolley pole. Warden Sale of the North Carolina Penitentiary dropped dead of apoplexy after he had superintended the elec- trocution of two negroes. Two hundred employes of the War- ren Foundry & Machine Co., at Phill- ipsburg, N. J.,, went on strike for a wage increase of 10 per cent. A new heavily armored aeroplane being used by the Germans in north- ern France has been nicknamed the “Copper-Belly” by the Eritish soldiers. The East Greenwich, R. I., bleach- ery announced that beginning today their employes, numberigg 500, would be granted a five per cent. increase in pay. Col. E. M. House was Ambassador Gerard's guest of honor at luncheon, at which Dr. W. S. Solf, German Secretary of State for the Colonies, was also present. Eleven hundred employes of the Union Drawn Steel Co., and the Union Specialty Co. plants at Beaver Falls, Pa., went on strike for a 10 per cent. wage increase. Replying to a_message of birthday congratulations from King Ludwig of Pavaria, Emperor William wrote that Germany’s clean conscience will win the war for her. One person was killed and four others injured when a brewery auto and a limousine owned by Edward F. O'Brien, of White Plains, N. Y., col- lided near there. The freight steamer Seward, which left Seattle on Jan. 14 with a cargo of munitions for the Russian government, is at La Touche, Alaska, with her steering gear disabled. BODY FOUND FLOATING IN CONNECTICUT RIVER Railroad Ticket He Had Just Pur- chased Is Missing. Thompsonville, Conn., Jan. 30.—Less than three hours after he had pur- chased a railroad ticket to Springfield, Mass., Henry Patterson, 56 years old, was found today floating in the Con- necticut river, with a deep gash in his forehead. Medical Examiner Alcorn, after a preliminary examination, ex- pressed his belief that he had fallen into the river and struck his head on a stone. The medical examiner scouts the idea of foul play, but a more thor- ough investigation will be made to- morrow. Patterson was known to have had $32 last night, but only $3 was found in his clothing and the raikoad ticket was missing. He leaves his wife and tem chil- TWO YEAR OLD GIRL Wil DIES AFTER A BEATING. Boston Pol Old Boy Suspect. 'iu:fim‘fimji the City’s Population e Looking For a 16 Year | Tumulity. President Well Pleased with Trip 1§ TO SPEAK IN MILWAUKEE TODAY IN DEFENSE CAMPAIGN Details of the Army and Navy Plans Are Being Avoided by the President In His Talks. Cleveland, O. Jan. 30.—President Wilson left Cleveland tonight for Mil- waukee, where he plans to deliver one of the most important speeches of his middle western trip tomorrow. He is believed to have sounded the keynote of his Milwaukee speech in a telegram sent today to Senator Ollie James of Kentucky, to be read before a meeting of Austrians in New York. The tele- gram follows Telegraphs Greetings. “May I not send my warmest greet- ings to the meeting, and will you not express for me my very deep and sin- cere confidence in the entire loyalty and patriotism of the great body of our fellow citizens who have strength- ened and enriched America by adding their energy to our own out of the na- tions which have joined in their stocks to_make a great America.” Because of the large foreign popula- tion in Milwaukee, the president is ex- pected to urge all Americans, no mat- ter where born, to stand for America first. He will also repeat his warning that the Uniteq States must be pre- pared because of the uncertainty of the international situation. Brief Platform Speeches. Before arriving in Milwaukee, the president will deliver brief platform speeches at Waukegan, IiL, Kenosha, Wis, Racine, Wis, and possibly in other towns through which his train will pass. A committee wiil meet the president at the Milwaukee station and a troop of state cavalry will escort him to the hotel. At 1 o'clock he will ad- dress a public meeting in the audi- torium and will leave at 4 o'clock for Chicago to speak tomorrow night. Well Pleased With Success. The president and members of his party have been well pleased with the ! success of his meetings in Pittsburgh | and Cleveland. The arrangements have been kept strictly non-partisan and republicans and democrats have joined in welcoming him. His demands for increased preparedness have met with W ;esponses !l'dol:l'“:ls audiences. e he has talke sore 0- cratic leaders, politics have n“dg:m discussed. In eath spe¢ch he has asked support- for his national defense plans from all people, regardless of party. Advisors of the president said today that in virtually every speech he wiil continue to emphasize the policy that the Uniteq States may be drawn into the European struggle as the reason why he believes the army and navy should be strengthened without delay. ¢He is giving this as the reason why he has left Washington to appeal to the country. He has made it plain, he thinks, that the people rather than congress will determine ultimately what will be done. To Suppert Continental Plan. Notwithstanding the opposition of Chairman Hay of the house military affairs committee and other congres- sional leaders in Washington to the administration continental army plan, President Wilson expects to continue to support it, giving the reason that the nation needs a trained reserve force under the authority of the fed- eral government. He has taken care, however, to say the national guard should also be strengthened. Details Are Being Avoided. * Details of the army and navy plans are being avoided by the president in his talks to the people. He has gen- eralized by saying a reserve army of at least 500,000 trained men, a larger navy and more coast defenses are jneeded. He is telling his audiences Imm the army and navy plans have been carefully drawn up and_that the {judgment of the executive should be trusted. v Spent Sunday Quietly. ‘With Mrs. Wilson the president spent Sunday here quietly. They had an early breakfast in their suite. Appar- ently the president was still fresh in spite of his busy day yesterday. At 11 o'clock they motored five miles to the Euclid avenue Presbyterian church, where Rev. Alexander McGaffin, an old friend of Mr. Wilson, is the pastor. The president’s plans were not known in advance and only the usual congre- gation of the church saw him. At the request of the clergyman, everyone re- mained seated until Mr. and Mrs. Wil- son had left. This afternoon they took a long automobile ride and spent the evening in their suite. Mrs. Wilson Received Indians. Mrs. Wilson received three Indians in her room this morning and was given a sweetgrass basket by Princess Go-Wah-Heah-Doon-Gwa of the St. Regis reservation in New York. Chief Thundering Water and Chief Louis Solomon stolidly shook hands with Mrs. Wilson. They said they wanted to meét her because they had heard she was descended from Pocahontas. ‘Ipnzsrnsfi'r MUST SOON DECLARE HIMSELF About His Intentions Regarding a Re-- nomination. Cleveland, O., Jan. 30—President. ‘Wilson may indicate before Feb. 25: his intentions about being a candidate the national conveptions have to indi- cate their first and second choices for. president before that date, and have to obtain the consent of can tween Ohio democratic leaders and the situation was laid befors Secretary: No decision as to what steps the president will take was reached today, Boston, Jan. 30.—Agnes Kern, the|but the subject will be discussed later, two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | this week at a Andrew Kern, who was found uncon- scious upon the return of the mother | ent Mr. Wilson has not meeting of the stats democratic committee. Up to the pres. even’ indicated Friday night and who apparently was |to his closest friends whether he ex- Saturday. for Harold Craft, 16 years old, home. and was not died | pected to run again. He has taken the The police began a search | position that the people themselves a | should determine the question. All the nephew, with whom Mrs. Kern left her | campaign plans two children while she was away from | leaders, however, are Tbe’:trn:“chfld was asleep | supposition that he will of the democratic laid on the - candidate.