Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 2, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVIl—NO.. 28 In Several Big Gun Engagements From Riga to the Stripa River MUSCOVITES ARE STILL A German Infantry Attack Northeast of Arras Was Checked by Fusillade of Hand Grenades by the French—54 Per- sons Killed and 67 Injured Was the Result of German Airship Raids Over a Number of Towns in England Mon- day Night—In All 220 Bombs Were Dropped by the Aircraft and Considerable Except for a German infantry at- tack northeast of Arras which was checked by a fusillade of hand gre- nades thrown by the French, artillery duels and battles have predominated on the west front. A single infantry attack near Monte Rombon, where the Italians repulsed the Austrians, is the most important operation aside from the usual artillery actions re- ported from the Austro-Italian front. From Riga to the Stripa there have been several engagements in which Austro-Germans were worsted by the Russians according to Petrograd, but the fighting on this front also hsa been mostly by the big guns. In the Caucasus around Lake Tor- tum and Kbryskala the Russians are declared to be still pursuing the Turks. Reports received in London an- nounce that satisfactory progress is being made by British and French forces operating against Germans in East and West Equatorial Africa. Fifty persons killed and sixt-seven injured was the result of the raid of German airships over Norfolk, Suffolk, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Stafford- shire and Lincolnshire Monday night, POPULATION 28,219 CONN., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1916 PURSUING THE TURKS Material Damage Was Done. can port with Lieutenant Hans Berge of the German naval reserve and 22 men in charge. The Appam now lies off Old Point Comfort, under the guns of Fortress Monroe, waiting for the state depart- ment at Washington to determine her status—whether she is a man of war, subject to internment, or a German prize. By tomorrow. the customs au- thorities here hope to have orders to send the ship either to Norfolk or Newport News, where the anxiously- waiting British civilians will be put ashore. According to the story told with great reserve by Lieutenant Berge to Collector Hamilton when he formally reported his presence in American ter- ritorial waters late today, the Moewe captured the Appam bound from Da- kar, French West ‘Africa, for Liverpool, after ‘a brief show of resistance, on Jan. 16, 60 miles north of the Madeira Isiands. On board the Moewe then were the crews of five vessels, previ- ously captured, all of whom were transferred to the Appam. From all reports, the raider is a con- verted German merchantman with a false canvas forecastle concealing a battery of guns of fairly large calibre. according to the official report of the British government. In all 22 bombs were dre from the aircraft and considerable material damage was done. Berlin reports that all the airships returned safely to their base in spite of the heavy fire directed upon, them from &u points, none of them Having been hit. N Poe Berlin asserts that at Liverpool, Birkenhead and Manchester and along the Humber, docks, blast furnaces and factories were attacked, heavy explo- sions and serious damage resulting. On the Humber a battery was silenc- ed. AN AMERICAN HOSPITAL % AT THE ITALIAN FRONT. Four Others Were Opened Some Time Ago in Leading Italian Cities. Roger, Jan. 31, 1:15° p. m.—An American hospital has been estab- lished at the Italian front. Four oth- ers were opened some time ago in lead- ing Italian cities. The supplies being forwarded by Mrs. Thomas Nel- son Page, wife of the American am- bassador to Italy. Twenty cases of supplies were re- celved today in Rome from an emerg- ency aid committee in Philadelphia and imediately forwarded to the front. Mrs.. Page said that the available supply of surgical requirements is in- adequate and that there is urgent need for greater quantities of ether chloro- form and disinfectant: WITNESSED ?OLDvUP OF BRITISH STEAMER By French Cruiser Descarles Off Mar- tinique. New York, Feb. 1.—The British steamer Guiana, which arrived here to- day from the West Indies, reported having witnessed the holding up of the British freighter Canadian by the French cruiser Descarles off ~Mar- ' tinique. E Officers of the Guiana sald the Des- carles fired two blank shots at the Canadian as a warning to her to stop. The warning was disregarded and the warship then sent a solid shot through the freighter's pilot house. An officer and several sailors from the Descarles boarded the Canadian, searched her and examined her crew. No attempt was made to interfere with the Guiana. The Canadian is a tramp steamer and formerly was in service on_the Great Lakes. She sailed from New York on January 3 for St. Kitts. LARGE STEAMER STRIKES MINE IN ENGLISH CHANNEL Princess Juliana Has Been Beached at Felixstowe, Suffolk. London. Feb. 1, 9 p. m.—The steam- er Princess Juliana, plying between London and Flushing and one of the largest and fastest vessels in the Chan- nel service, has struck a mine in the North sea and has been beached at Felixstowe, Suffolk. The passensers nd crew were res. cued vessels in the vicinity and landed at Harwich. e Princess Juliana recently res- the crews of two steamers that | been sunk by mines off the Cal- per lightship, 'APPAM TAKEN PRIZE BY MYSTERIOUS GERMAN SHIP Now Roaming Seas With Crews of I On Jan. 17 she engaged in battle with an armed Australian trader, the Clan MTavish, which she sank after an| exciting combat with a loss of 15 men killed on the Clan MaTavish. The Appam, ‘which was 10 miles away at the time, in charge of a prize crew, steamed hurrledly_back to the scene four members. af the crew inking Clan MaTavish strug- gling in the water. Later, under orders from the com- mander of the raider, Lieutenant Berge headed his prize for an American port and parted company with the Moewe. Nothing has been seen or heard of the raider since, and the Appam steamed across the ocean on an uneventful voy- age, reaching the Virginia capes at 5.45 this morning. On board the Appa mall told are ¢52 persons—the prize crew of 23; 20 Ger- man civillans who were on their way to England for internment; 138 seamen captured with the British ships; 116 'passengers on the Appam and the Ap- pam’s crew of 155, Lieutenant Berge claims the Appam is a prize of war, but the government officials have not yvet accepted this view. CHINESE INSURGENTS CROSS GREAT WALL. Advance Guard of Mongolians Are Be- sieging City of Datumfa in China. London, Feb. 1, 33.5 p. m.—The Mon- golian insurgents have crossed the Great Wall of China and an advance guard of 2,000 is besieging the city of Datumfa, according to a despatch from Mukden ‘forwarded by Reuter's corre- spondent at Petrograd. Despatches from Mukden yesterday reported that the Mongolian insurgents had been heavily reinforced and were marching toward Peking. No mention was made of their having crossed the Mongolian border, which at its nearest point to Peking is approximately 200 miles from that city. The city of Da- tumfa mentioned in today’s despatch may be Tatung-fu, a city in Shanzalia province, which berders Mongolia to the south, 170 miles west of Peking. ‘The city is 25 miles south of the Great Wall. MURDERER BARRICADED HIMSELF IN HOME OF VICTIM Officers Have Surrounded the House in Lancaster, Cal. Lancaster, Cal, Feb. lL—After kill- ing one man and seriously injuring two others, at Elizabetn Lake, near here, an unidentified man barricaded himself in the home of Henry H. Kent, Jr., one of his victims, keeping Mrs. Kent a prisoner. The murderer, who had earlier in the Jay been ordered from the Kent ranch, shot and killed George Curtis, aged 30, wounded Kent and Grattan G. Benton, a justice of the peace, who tried to arrest him and then took refuge in the Kent home. Local officers had surrounded the Kent home tonight but awaited help from Los Angeles before storming it. Curtis’ body still lay in the doorway of the Kent home this evening. DEATH TOLL OF OTAY VALLEY FLOOD IS 39 Thirteen Identified and 24 Unidentified Bodies Recovered. Cabled_Paragraphs Col. House Back in Paris. Paris, Feb. 1, 3 p. m—Col. Bdward M. House, who is visiting Buropean capitals on a mission from President ‘Wilson, returned to Paris from Ber- lin today, accompanied by Mrs. House. DIPLOMATIC PHASES OF CAPTURED STEAMER APPAM Whether It Is a Prize of War or a Converted Auxiliary Cri r. ‘Washington, Feb. 1.—Until it is de- cided whether the German command- er aboard the British steamer Appam brought the ship to an American port as a prize of war or as a converted auxiliary cruiser of the German navy there will be no determination on the government’s course respecting the ship. . When certain formalities have been complied with, the ship's passengers, including several British colonial of- ficials, will be released and their dis- position passed on by immigration au- thorities. Any prisoners of war will be released, because international law permits no holding of war prisoners in_a neutral country. - The United States then, finally will have to deal with the German crew under Lieutenant Berge and if they are accounted in the naval service of Germany as_were the crews of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich and the Kron- prinz Wilhelm, already interned at the Norfolk navy vard, they, too, will be Interned unless their ship goes to sea to run the cordon of British cruis- ers outside. As to the disposition of the Appam herself, if she is held to be an aux- iliary cruiser, her commander will have the option of putting to sea after a certain time to make repairs and take provisions. If she is declared a prize the situation becomes more com- plex and in that event it is admitted that the United States will have to deal with probably the most novel question concerning its neutrality that has arisen during the war. As one of the first steps, the prob- lem probably would be referred to the neutrality board which is an unoffi- cial body composed of James Brown Scott, former solicitor of the state de- partment; Captain Harry S. Knapp, of the navy general board and Captain J. H. Oliver, head of the naval intel- ligence office. The board’s findings while merely advisory. have weight with the state department. It was pointed out at the state de- partment that there is much confusion in the treaties and provisions of in- ternational law on the subject of prizes; the right to convert captured vessels into auxiliary warships and the right of reclamation by the original owners of captured vessels. SUBMARINE K-5 ON WAY TO KEY WEST. tance Re- ington. No Casualties and No As: quired, Says Report to Wa Washington, Feb. 1.—The submarine K-5 is safe and proceeding under her own power for Key West, Fla., accord- | ing to wmaval TAAI mi e recetved at the navy department early today from Captain Simpson of the torpedo boat destroyer Sterrett. The message came by way of Key West, and said: “At 355 a. m, U. 8, S. K-5 five miles southeast Fowey Rock, steaming south at ten knots. No casualties and no assistance required.” Fowey Rock referred to in the mes- sage is a lighthouse and is located about ten miles from Miami. Navy department officials estimated that un- der the speed the K-5 is making she should reach Key West about 6 p. m. today. The Sterrett was one of the destroyers ordered by Secretary Dan- iels to search for the K-5. DRIVEN FROM HOMES IN WABASH BOTTOM LANDS. Hundreds of Families Leave as Water Crept Gradually Higher. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 1.—The Wa- bash river, with a stage of more than six feet above the danger mark at Terre Haute, destruction from Lafayette to its source tonight. Hundreds of families in the Wabash bottom lands were driv- en from their homes today as the water crept gradually higher. In West Terre Haute the schools were closed because of flood water rushing through the streets. Many mines in the vicinity also were forced to suspend operations. 300 PERSONS ENDANGERED IN KANSAS CITY FIRE. Broke Out on Second Floor of Western Union Building. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 1.—Fire that broke out on the second floor of the Western Union Telegraph company’s building here today endangered the lives of 300 employes at work in the operating room, 50 of whom were car- ried down fire escapes to safety. Half an hour later the blaze was under control and all employes had been ac- counted for as safe. GERMAN SUBMARINES IN AMERICAN WATERS. British Shipping Notified to Be on the Lookout. New York, Feb. 1.—The British con- sul-general here today notifier British private sources led them to believe that a submarine had accompanied the captured steamer Appam on her voy- age across the Atlantic FEARS FOR SAFETY OF HAL!BUT STEAMER. Other Vessels of Fleet Have Arrived i |about $240,000 was subscribed in 12 ‘Vancouver, B. C.,, Feb. 1.—The hali- but steamer Onward Ho, with 37 men aboard, is overdue, and fear was ex- i pressed here today that she Bad been was threatening heavy | | i | i i i i a Garrison Opposes Militia Pay Bill BREACH BETWEEN SECRETARY AND N. G. COMMITTEE FAILURE IN THE P Declared That the Guardsmen Always Had Stood in the Way of a Purely Federal Volunteer Force on Sound Lines. Washington, Feb. 1.—Secretary Gar- rison and the executive committee of the National Guard association came %0 a breach today over the administra- tion’s plan for a continental army in- stead of the organized militia as the nation’s main reliance in war time. Continental Army “Impractical.” Before the senate and housg military committees members of the guards- men's committee, headed by Adjutant General Foster, of Florida, declared the continental army scheme “imprac- tical” and contended for federalization of the national guard by congressional (Continued on Page Eight) R A HAS GERMANY DEVELOPED TRANS-ATLANTIC SUBMARINE? Navy Officials Generally Are Skeptical of Reports. : ‘Washington, Feb. 1.—The possibility that a German submarine accompanied the captured British liner Appam across the Atlantic and was preparing to operate off the American coast aroused much interest among navy officials here. No Information tend- ing to confirm the reports to that ef- fect had reached the department, but officials pointed out that so far as cruising radius of modern submarines is concerned, the operation would be entirely possible. If, as navy officials have some rea- son to believe, Germany has recentlyy, developed submersibles of a thousand tons’ displacement or more, a trans- Atlantic voyage could be made with- out great hardship. The United States has ome 1,000 ton boat, the Schiey, almost completed and soon will order two others even larger which will keep the sea with the fleet in all weather. Navy officers generally were skep- tical of the reports, however, although it was recalled that the flow of Amer- ican-made munitions to the allied pow- ers probably would begin to reach its full proportions within the next few months, inviting unusual efforts by the Teutonic naval forces. The main reliance of a submarine is her torpedoes and mo submersible can carry more than half a dozen. To re- supply them in the United = States would be practically impossible with- out the effort being detected, officers said, leaving the submarine with only her small disappearing gun for arma- ment. HAD VERBAL TILT WITH GOV. HOLCOMB Senator H. E. hop of Norwalk Doesn’t Like Law He Himself Voted For. Hartford, Conn, Feb. 1.—Senator Hubert E. Bishop of Norwalk had a talk with Gov. Holcomb today in the interest of two women chiropodists who have practiced thirteen years, but now find themselves debarred through the law passed by the last general as- sembly. Although they were entitled to register and receive a certificate they did not do so under the time limit as they were not aware of its requirements. “It's a fool law," formed the governor. “You voted for it,” retorted the gov- ernor. “And you signed it,” came back the senator. the senator in- THIEVES CARRY A 200 POUND IRON SAFE AWAY Containing $2,000 in Money and Valua- ble Jewelry at Wilmington. Wilmington, Del, Feb. 1.—Thieves last night carried a 200 pound iron safe containing $2,000 in money and much valuable jewelry from the residence of Mrs. Lamott Du Pont, at Pernsylvania, venue and Rising Sun lane, so quietly that nopody has been able to figure out how the job was dome. Mrs. Du Pont had taken from the safe a valuable necklace which she wore to dinner, but when she returned at 10.30 o'clock to replace it the safe had disappeared from 2 second floor room. The affair is still a mystery. The husband of Mrs. Du Pont is an officer of the Du Pont Powder com- pany. NATIONAL AEROPLANE FUND HAS PASSED $350,000 MARK. ! Country-Wide Reserve for National Guard. New York, Feb, ‘o Develop 1—The national shipping to watch out for German sub- | aeroplane fund which is being raised marines in American waters. Informa- | for the development of a country-wide tion received at the consulate from |aerial reserve for the national guard and naval militia of the several states has passed the $350,000 mark, it was announced tonight by the Aerc club of | America. This amount | contribution by Emerson McMillin of this city, who offered to subscribe $100 | for every $900 raised between Aug. 1, includes the 915, and Feb. 1, 1816. During the final week of January states, 15,000 POUNDS OF POWDER EXPLODED Tells of Clemency wi LLIAMS, NEGRO, AN E OF STATE PRISON ° O GET OFF LIGHTLY Testified That Healis Told Him That the Attorney General Advised Him to “Stick to the State”—Mohr C: Probably in Jury’s Hands Saturday. Providence, R. I, Feb. 1.—The end of the trial of Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mohr and two negroes, C. Victor Brown and Henry H. Spellman, charged with the murder of the woman's husband, Dr. C. Franklin Mobr, seemed to be In sight when the court took an early adjournment today. Brown and Speliman to Testify. At the request of Willlam H. Lewis, counsel for the negro defendants, to- day's session ended two hours earlier than usual in order to give Mr. Lewis time to get a few witnesses whose tes- timony he wished to introduce before calling_Brown and Spellman to the stand. “Mr. Lewls stated that he ex- pected to finish by tomorrow night. Both sides expressed the belief that the case would be ready to be given to the jury by Saturday. Only Two Witnesses Called. Only two witnesses were called up to the time of adjournment. They were E. H. Emery, local weather fore- caster, 'who stated that the weather was clear on the night that Dr. Mohr and his secretary, Miss Emily Burger, were shot down in thelr stalled auto- mobile, and William Williams, a negro, an inmate of the state prison. Alleged Statement by Heali: Williams declared that George W. Healls, the doctor’s chauffeur, who has turned state’s evidence, said to him that the attorney general advised him to “stick by the state” and he would get oft lightly while the other boys, Brown and Spellman, would zet life | imprisonment. He asserted also_that i Healis quoted a representative of the | attorney general's department sa say- the boys.” Under cross examination, Williams stated that he is now serving a term for manslaughter and *hai A Edwards, counsel for Henry Spellman, acted as his attorney at the trial. BE ASKED TO RESIGN Because of Their Failure to Pass the _Half Yearly Examinations. Annapolis, Md., Feb. 1.—It was w derstood on reliable authority hers to- day that 220 midshipmen, or about at the naval academy will be asked to resign soon because of their faii- ure to pass the half-yearly examj tions. Many midshipmen claim that the examinations were much harder than usual, but this is denied by the instructors. The number of failures®in each class is_said to be as follows: First, or graduating class, 20: sec- ond, 60; third, 60; fourth 8. The fact that the academic board considers each case gives hope to some of the young men that they will be afforded a further opportunity of remaining in the naval service. One explanation of the large num- ber of failures is that instructors have been forbidden to indicate in any way to the midshipmen the character of the examination. The court of inquiry which investigated o methods of the academy recommended abolishment of the “dope” system, as it was called and an order forbidding the use of any kind of special help followed. Many midshipmen claim that the average vouth needs these to pass the exas jon. Others claim that the midshipmen felt that, on ac- count of the special need of officers, { they weuld be treated more leniently than usua {GUNMAN ARRESTED BY SCHENECTADY POLICE. One of Gang of Five Who Shot Four Persons Last Friday. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 1.—Harold Sev- lery, 25 years old, who says his home is in Boston, arrested in Schenectady today as the gunman who last Friday {shot four persons here, tonight was { positively identified by John McCor- mick, one of the victims, as the man | who ‘attacked him. Severy, the pollce | satd, would be arraigned in police i court tomorrow, charged with assault in the first degree. As the grand jury is not in session, the police plan to have Severy held without bail while they attempt to connect him with the shooting of three {other persons, one of whom died from his wound. Severy was arrested by the Schenec- tady police this afternoon after the ! landlady of a boarding house where he | had a room reported that his actions ! had aroused her suspicions that he was | the much-sought gunman. In Severy’s trunk was found a .22 calibre target rifle, equipped with a silencing device. The rific was also equipped with a heavy wire with which It could be fired. Severy explained to the police that he carried the gun in his coat sleeve and by pressing upon the wire discharged the rifie. He also could reload the weapon from his armpit without removing it from his sleeve. He told the police that he had prac- ticed with the rifie on the streets of Albany Friday. PRICES FOR AMERICAN FARM PRODUCTS HIGHER Two Per Cent. More Than They Were . resumed. 0 Healis| o wine ing “they are after the woman and not | one-fourth of the entire membership : scholastic | Food rioting in Lisbon, Portugal, was imina of Holland is i1 The Bank of England shipped £9,000 in sovereigns to the Continent. Twenty-thousand _Chinese _rebels, Jith 12 cannon, are marching on Pek- ng. g The Dutch liner Maasdjil was beached after having been damaged by a mine. Shipments of fresh and cured meats from Chicago last week totaled 50,617,- 000 pounds. Great Britain has permitted Switz- erland to import 300,000 quintals of Egyptian cotton. utenant Harold C. Tennyson, of the British Navy, grandson of the poet, has been killed. The Pullman Co. will add 1,000 men to its working force, making its num- ber of employe: bandit chief, is reported to be surrounded by Caranzista forces near El Valle, Mexico. Several anti-war domonstrations by women have occurred at Dusseldorf and other German cities. France has released 16,000 bales of American cotton which had been stor- ed at llavre and Boulogne. Headquarters of the Caranza gov- ernment, established at Queretaro, will be maintained there for a year. Six persons were reported to have been killed and many others injured during fresh food riots in Berlin. Burglars cracked the United Cigar Store at 113 Lenox Ave., New York city, and escaped with $00. The storms of the past week in the West and Northwest are reported to have damaged the growing wheat crop. Prince “Eric of Denmark arrived at New York on the steamship Olav. He will go to Canada to study agriculture. A voluntary increase of 1-2 cent per yard was granted to the 300 weavers of the Diamond Silk Co., of Paterson, NoJ. The American steamship Orleanian, | which left New York for Malta on Dec. 123, is overdue, and has not been heard from The Swedish steamship Vidar, seized by a German submarine Saturday and taken to Swinemuende, has been re- leased. A Lloyd’s report from London states that the Dutch steamship Thurban hae been damaged and towed up the Thames. 5 ” The capital stock of the Consolidat- ied Mining and Smelting Co. of Canada, {Ltd., has been increased from $7,500,- €65 to $15,000,000. Successful wireless telephone com- munieation has been used by the bat- tleships Texas and Wyoming during manoevres off Guantanamo. The Texas and Pacific Railway re- celvership hearing, which was to have been keld at Dallas, Tex., on Monday, was_postponed until Feb. 16. ! The Japanese Foreign Office denied ia report that Japan and England had signed a treaty recognizing Japan's { superor right in the Far East. i = |, James Scott, a clerk, shot and killed I his fellow employe, Joseph Devine, in the general storehouse department of the League Island Navy Yard. | Sadie Ostroff, a 12 year old school | girl, committed suicide by leaping from the fifth floor of her home after she had failed to be promoted in school. Leo A. Struck, engraver of the por- | trait of Abraham Lincoin that is ac- knowledged as the best likeness, died at his home at Orange, N. J., aged 51. The British steamship Muncaster Castle, which left New York on S: urday for Penang, Malay Peninsula, re- turned to port with her machinery dis- abled. presen e Emerson of Cleveland will lead a fight to permit the United States to ship condensed milk to babies reported to be starving in Germany. Announcement was made in Rome that the American Academy has plac- ed at the disposal of the Italian Gov- ernment the Villa Mirafiori for blind and mutilated soldiers. Arthur Seabright, assistant station agent of the Long Island Railroad at Floral Park, N. Y. was held up at noon by two masked men who escaped from the station with $500. | A delegation of about fifty of the boyhood friends and acquaintances of Gov. Whitman of New York, escorted him to the nearby village of Canfield, where the Governor spent his youth. Twenty-five girls employed by B. Lippman & Son, Hartford manufactur- ers of women’s garments, who went on strike Monday afternoon, went back f{to work. They refused to work when the firm replaced the forewoman with a man boss. The firm surrendered and also increased wages fifty cents a week. ZEPPELIN DROPPED BOMBS ON SALONIKI, Destroyed a Greek Warehouse. Con- taining Sugar. London, Feb. 1, 7.26 p. m.—A Zeppe- lin dropped bombs an Saloniki Mon- day night, according to a Reuter des- patch from that town, destroying a Greek warehouse containing sugar, oil and coffee. No military damage was ‘The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Girculation is the Largest in Connecticut in_l;rowrfion‘fi__dn Gity's Population Condensed Telegrams | WYORDS GF FLAG CANNOT BE STAINED WITH IMPU SR Asserts That the Difficulty of Keeping America at Peace - Declared There Are Actually Men in the United WhoArePreuhinngr—OtmeowF,ruh A vocate Peace at Any Price—Said These Men Did Not Know the Circustances of the World—Address at Des Moines Punctuated With PROTEST NOT SUFFICH Preparedness Essential for Protection of Honor : U’nited States, Says President Wilson ‘PRICE Tremendous Applause. Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 1.—President Wilson, in addressing the largest au- dience of his present trip, in which he is advecating preparedness, here to- night asked this question: “Do you want the situation to be such ghat all the president can do is to write messages and utter, words of protest 2 “Why to ask that question er it,” he said. Whenever international law is vi- by one or the other belliger- " the president said, “America was called upon . register a ‘voice of pro- test, of insistence.’ “Do you want the situation to be such thac all the president can do is to write messages and utter words of protest? If these breaches of in- ternational law, which are in daily danzer of occurring, should touch the very honor of the United States, would you wish to nothing about it? Do you wish to have all the world say that the flag of the Uniteq States can be stained with impunity? Why, to ask the question is to answer it. “I know there is not a man or wo- man within the hearing of my voice who would wish peace at the expense of the honor of the United States.” Spoke Slowly and Gravely. The president’s address was punctu- ated with thunderous applause. He spoke siowly and gravely, with em- phatic gestures to enforce his words. His declaration that the United States wanted peace drew a quick response and the assertion that the self-respect of the nation must be preserved elicit- cd another great demonstration. A rong that fllled every seat in the “oliseum cheered to the echo. The president declared he was try- ing to “welglr carefully every word he sald. He reiterated that he had been daily charged to keep the country out of war and also to uphold its hon- or. “And many a night when it has seemed impossible for me to sleep,” he said. “because of the apparently inex- tricable difficulties into which our in- ternatioral relations were drifting 1 have said to myself ‘I wonder if the people of the United States fully know what that mandate means to me.’ And then sleep has come; because I knew that there was rot a community in America that would not stand behind me in maintaining the homor of the United States. Difficulties Encountered. “The difficulties of keeping America at peace during this tifanic struggle across the sea cannot be disclosed now: perhaps it never can be dis- closed. How anxious and how diffi- cult this task has been. But my heart has been in it. 1 have not grudged a single burden that has been placed upon me with that end in view. For I know that not only my own heart but the heart of all America was in the cause of peace.” There are actually men In America who are preaching war, the president declared. men who want the Unit- ed States to have entangling alliances abroad. He said he did not think they spoke the voice of America which he declared to be for peace. He added that others go further than he in advocating peace. ‘“They preach the dectrine of peace at any price,” he added, “while men in the audience cried “Never! Never.*” He said these men Jdid not know the circumstances of the world. is to “America cannot be an ostrich with its hcad in the sand,” he said. The president Geclared he hoped if this war had no other result it would create an international tribunal to set- tle questions which cause war. His declaration that he had found the peo- ple of the middle west for prepared- ness drew long applause. “Some one who does not know our fellow. citizens as well as he ought to know them, told me there was a cer- tain degree of indifference and legarthy in the middle west, with re- gard to the defense of the nation,” he declared. “T said I did not believe it but was going to out to see. I have seen what I expected to _see—great bodies of serious men and women coming together to show their interest in the object of my visit.” Closed With Tribute to Flag. The president closed with a tribute to the American flag. “As I look at that flag,” he said, “T seem to see many characters upon it which _are not visible to the physical eve. There seem to move ghostly vi- sions of devoted men, looking to that flag though only of liberty of the rights of mankind, of the mission of America to show the way to the world for the realization of those rights. And every grave and every brave man in the passing train that the wind of ite passage fanned their garments. arrival was heralded by the the presidential salute by a battery state troops. Here the president made the first of four five-minute talks on his day's programme. A great cheer went up when he ap- peared on the platform. $ “It encourages me very much to have you come in such numbers,” he said. A call went up for Mrs. Wilson. 3 ‘She hasn't as much cheek as I have,” he said. - ¢ “I want you to feel the seriousness of my mission,” he continued. T want you not to believe that the defense movement is in interest of munition makers. “It seems to be supposed that a body of munition manufacturers have to do with the policy of the United States. I have to discover such a situation: “I need tell you I love peace pro- foundly and wiil do all I can to pre- serve it. But there may arise any time a condition which will cause you to ask why I do not protect the honor of the United States. I must be ready to do that” PRESIDENT’S SPECIAL TRAIN BACKED INTO CROWD. Several Children Were Knocked Down’ Between the Rails. 3 Grinnell, Towa, Feb. 1.—President Wilson’s special train backed into crowd of 3,000 persons at the station today and knocked down v a dozen children, several of whom fell under the train and between the rails. They were dragged out unhurt b the wheels reached them. The president was on the back form at the time, just about to 3 the hands of a baby held up to him its mother. The emile on the juickly gave way to a dent’s face e straightened up an ‘Stop the train!” Na guardsmen and secret service men on the platform ‘threw back Ko Most of those directly in the pathway of the train were wormen and children.. train was caused, it was said, by the engineer taking up slack to get a start: The train backed fully 20 feet it was brought to a stop. President Wilsoi's _expected minute talk was cut to 100 words by the incident. RANCHES DESTROYED IN SAN DIEGO VALLEY Land Hi Been Devastated | Erosions and Deposits of Sand. * San Diego, Cal, Feb. 1.—When the water drains out of San Diegd S ty’s flooded valleys many 3 now encamped in the hills, who -a; : ago counted themselves prosperous, will have no ranches to return to. orchards and livestock gone, but, the Not only are their dwellings, barns, soil itself has been devastated by erosions and deposits of sand and gravel to such an extent that, as investigator said today, those unfort- unates “might as well try to grow crops on a granite sidewalk as _ to think of utilizing their land any long- = er. ;o In the San Diego Valléy between the towns of Foster and Lakeside 20 northeast of this city fifteen improved farms of forty acres more thus were ruined, and reports of similar disaster were received from other districts. 1t was announced that the naval authorities are prepared to send furth- er medical supplies into the flooded districts and if necessary assign more marines and sailors to patrol and re- lief duty. The total number of deaths caused by the flood remains at sixty-five. |BusINESS CONDITIONS ARE STILL IMPROVING Fact Indicated by Reports From Twelve Reserve Districts ‘Washington, Feb 1—Reports from twelve Federal reserve districts m’g public today by the reserve board in- dicate that business conditions are I still improving throughout the coun- = = try. Boston says the upward trend has continued throughout Jam 3 and improvement is seen in mea lines of trade. Interviews and cors spondence with public service e ation, manufacturers and houses generally, New York r have confirmed. the marked i) ment and activity of trade dustry of the recent months, B the country would seem to have upon it the. colors of the flag, if he were a for a feeling that much of the present business is of a_temi true American—would seam to have and_a consequent lack und on it that stain of red, which means confldence, the Phil the true pulse of blood, that patch of pure white which means the peace of the soul. And then there seems to rise over the graves of those mes and ladelphia reports that there is mo change: conditions from a month ago. et Movements of Steamships. Glasgow, Feb. 1—Arrived, st Tugcania, New York. . ‘Naples, an. . —Arsrived, San Guglielmo, New York. New York, Feb. g America, Naples. 3 Bordeaux, Jan. 30- La Touraine, New York., g State Board of Fi Organt board of finance reetin afternoon and_o Senator John H. chairman and S San_ Diego, Cal, Feb. 1.—Thirteen identified and 24 unidentified bodles and two known dead, whose bodies have not been recovered, constituted an established death roll of today from the Otay Valley flood of last s sent into the devastated val- Tted today that the Otay and dams of the Otay river intact, Rear Admiral W. F. Ful- commanding the Pacific resefve today sent Lieutenant W. F, Bradley to the Mexican border to in- to hallow their memories that blue space of the sky in which swim those stars which exemplify for us the glori- ous galaxy of the states of the Union, which stand together to vindicate the rights of manign 15,000 PERSONS GREET WILSON AT DAVENPORT. A Great Cheer Went Up as He Ap- peared on the Platform. Davenport, lowa, Feb. 1.—The presi- dent's special rolled into Davenport at 2.30 today between two'living walls of 15,000 persons massed so closely to In Mixing House of Du Pont Plant at Ferndale, Pa. done. The Berlin official statement today reported that one of the German air- ships had attacked ships and depots at Saloniki “with great success.” ‘OBITUARY. Clarence A. Aldrich. i Providence, R. 1, Feb. 1.—Clarence A. Aldrich, a former state and a brother of the late United St Senator Nelson W: Aldrich, dled at his kome here today. He was a leader of the democratic party in this city and state. He was 64 years old. 7% Several British Merchantmen. a Year Ago. ‘Washington, Feb. 1.—Prices for the Shenandoah, Pa., Feb. 1.—About 15,- | American farm products on January 1 1000 pounds of powder exploded in the [were slightly more than 2 per cent. mixing house at the Du Pont Powder |higher than on the same date a year company’s plant at Ferndale, near here, |ago, said a department of agricuiture today. The bullding, a one-story struc. | bulletin today. Prices increased 7 per ture, was destroyed, but so far as can | cent. in December. be ascertained no one was injured. All| Jaduary 1 prices were nearly four wires to the plant, which is located {per cent. higher than the average for several miles out in the country from |the last it years Prices paid pro- Ferndale, were put out of commission | ducers for meat animals in December vestigate reports of looting «wnd ex- | ther notice. There are now about 1,300 | by the explosion anq detalls probably |were five and one-half per cent lower tortion in furnishing supplies to the | patients at the two institutions, many | will not be known until tomorrow. The | than the year before and nesrly one ¥ = mwmm have | of them suffering from pneumonia and me-!u:d.ot the blast has not been deter- :“ lower than five years' ay- lost. Other vessels of the fishing fleet ‘which left the Alaska banks after the departure of the Onward Ho bave been in port more than a week. No More Patients to Be Received Until Further Notice, Hartford, Conn., Feb. 1.—On account of overcrowded conditions, the Hart- ford hospital and St. Francis' hos- announced tcday that no more patients could be received until fur- et e