Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 4, 1916, Page 1

NORWICH, A ZEPPELIN SINKING IN THE NORTH SEA Seen by a Trawler Partly Submerged With Between 17 and 20 Men Clinging to Her CONN., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY AID WAS REFUSED BECAUSE OF NUMBER Heavy Bombardments Are in Progress at Various Points Along the West Front, Especially in the Region of Loos ‘and Around Neuville—There is Comparative Quiet on the Russian Battle Line—Along the Austro-Italian Front Heavy Artillery Duels Contim.xe-—-News is Lacking Re- garding Operations in the Caucasus and Mesopotamia. A Zeppelin airship and probably all her crew has been lost in the North sea and it is believed that she met,| her fate through the fire of Dutch anti-aircraft guns. A trawler reaching Grimsby report- ed having seen in the North sea Zep- pelin L-19 partly submerged and with between 17 and 20 men clinging to her gas envelope. Aid was refused the Germans because they outnum- bered the crew of the trawler. Fifty shots, some of which are be- lieved to have hit her, were fired at a Zeppelin Wednesday morning as it flew low in a fog over the island of Ameland off the coast of Holland. This airship, according to an Am- sterdam report, finally disappeared northward, a course which would have taken her out into the North eea. Heavy bombardments are in pro- gress at various points along the western line, especially in the region of Loos, held by the British and around Neuville, where the Germans recently captured French positions. The British are carrying out mining operations around Hulluch. Near the Bois des Buttes, north of the Alsne, the French put down a German attack against their trenches. There is comparative quiet on the Russian front except for bombard- ments and minor infantry engage- ments. Unofficial advices say that floods in the Styr river region have compelled the Teutons to abandon strongly fortified positions and that many deaths have occurred among these forces from pulmonary trou- bles, owing to the exposure. Along the Austro-ltalian 0 heavy artillery duels continue. Noth. ing new has come through With re- gard to the situation in Albania. A despatch from Athens gives a report of an encounter between Bulgarians and entente allied detachments at the junction of the Greek-Serbian-Bul- garian frontiers in which the entente allies repulsed the Bulgarians. News is lacking _concerning the operations in the Caucasus and in Mesopotamia. A Bucharest despatch says the German fleld marshal, Von Sanders, who was commander of the First Turkish army on the Gallipoli peninsula, has now been made com- mander of the Turkish troops in the Caucasus. 25,000 MEN NEEDED TO PROTECT PANAMA CANAL. Ger. C. R. Edwards So Informs the Senate Military Committes. “Washington, - Feb. -.3.—Twenty-five thousAnd men, or more than One- fourth the present total strength of the standing army are needed to in- sure adequate protection of the Pan- ama canal, Brigadler General Clarence R. Edwards, commanding the canal garrison, told the senate military com- mittee today in outlining his opinions on’ nationat defense, Fixed fortifications, no matter how strong. cannot guard the zone, General Edwards sald, and without a mobile army to back them up the guns al- ready there are a source of weakness, not strength. He declared the jungle on parts of the zone would be more of a protection than a hindrance to an_approaching enemy. “But this is far from all,” he dded. “At a distance of from 17 to 20 miles from the axis of the canal on the Pa- cific side the country is not only free from jungle and the ordinary tropical growths, but it is as open as are parts of New Mexico and Lower Cali- fornia There an enemy is offered every facility for landing mobile troops and reaching by easy marches the vitals of the canal—the Miraflores and Pedro Miguel locks. The most casual reflection by any military stu- dent familiar with the facts should show that we must never let an enemy approach within ten miles of the locks. “The contemplated permanent force of civil employes is from 2,000 to 2,- 500 “whites and 1,000 blacks. In the event of war likely to involve the canal, it is probable that many of them would volunteer. I recommend legislation therefore, that shall re- quire all male clvilian employes of the canal of suitable age and physical condition to obligate themselves to volunteer and in preparation for this to offer themselves for a period of at least two months training during the first two years of their employment and thereafter for ten days each yvear.” ELEVEN LIVES LOST IN FLOODS IN ARKANSAS. Hundreds of Families Are Homeless— Suffering Increases. Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 3.—Eleven lives have been lost and hundreds of thousands of dollars ge done by the floods now devastating Arkansas. Hundreds of families are homeless and the next two days is expected to see the loss and suffering increased. Tom Perugis, a farmer, was drowned near Newman today when he attempt- td to steer a skiff through a swift turrent. An unidentified white man was found dead near Newman. A negro family—father and mother wnd child—were drowned near Mel- wood. Two other deaths had been re- ed from that district previously. rts from Pine Bluff eaid T. L. ‘ertius, aged 60, was drowned when g, b R AR MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF BATTLE SIGNAL BOOK. From the Destroyer Hull of the Pa- cific Fleet. Wasi finm'«ih 3 —Navy tals frankly admit thet they are ‘alafmed at the mysterious disappearance of the battle signal book from the destroy- er Hull of the Pacific fleet. Admiral Winslow today reported that all efforts to find the highly con- fidential code have been unavailing and navy ofiicers said that it proba. bly wouid at once be replaced by an other to make useless the one which has disappeared and which they ad- mit they fear may fall into the hands of some foreign government. The battle signal book contafns the secret code used in war and in battle practice in times of peace. The copy on the Hull was in possession of Lieut. H. A. Jones, commander of the Pacific reserve torpedo flotilla_and Ensign Robert D. Kirkpatrick. Both officers have been courtmartialed at Mare Island Navy yard. Navy officers express some satis- faction that the battle signal book and mnot the secret code which is used when ships are in foreigy waters are com- municating with home, is the one which disappeared. This latter code is reccgnized among nations as the best of its kind in the orid and would bhe difficult to anii CARRANZA FORCES DEFEATED IN EASTERN OIL REGION. Half Way Between Tuxpan and Tam- pico—Lost Forty Men. ‘Washington, Feb. 3.—Rebels in the eastern oil region of Mexico yes- terday defeated Carranza forces at Chapapote, half way between Tuxpan and Tampico, according to a_consular despatch from Tampico. The Car- ranza forces lost forty men and a quantity of guns and ammunition, The leader of the rebels is believ- ed to have been General Pallaez. No foreigner was injured, according to the department’s report, but a number of oil camps were raided. States department officials were anxious about hte safety of Americans anq their property. The American consul at Durango re- ported today that he had been official- Iy informed that General Arguedo and other rebel officers and men captured by General Muirguia are being brought to Durango. MYSTERIOUS AEROPLANE OVER DU PONT PLANT. At Carney's ‘Wilmington, Del., Feb. 3.—It became known today that a mysterious aero- plane was seen hovering over the Du Pont Powder Works at Carney’s Point, N. J, on the Delaware river last Mon- day night, but whench it came or where it went has not been establish- 1s boat capsized while trying to cross | 4. Cypress creek, near Dumas. Three 16gro women are said to have drowned rear " PLYMOUTH CORDAGE CO. OPENED GATES TO WORKERS Force of 175 Policemen Were on Duty ‘but There Was No Disorder. Plymouth, Mass., Feb. 3.—After a hut down of several weeks, due to i strike of 2,000 employes-for higher vages, the Plymouth com- )any opemed its gates today, but it vas. stated that only 50 of the oper- itives returned to work. A force of fi3 policemen was on duty. During he first hour there was no disorder n@ no arrests were made, although he streets about the plant - were hronged men and women were iting “no work, no work.” No at- t interfere with the- gates. ' S LA b S et R0 S 05 S i b R AL S8 o ALK il N U I SIS IS B i bt Ao o o S o e i N R R Bt I s b B 114 This much has been admitted today by an official of the Du Pont com- pany who said one of the company's men employed at Deep Water Point, at the southern end of Carney’s Point and about opposite Newcastle, Del., saw the airship, which, after making a circular - flight disappeared n a southeasterly direction. EX-PRESIDENT TAFT SPEAKS ON DISCIPLINE, Advises the Pupils of Bangor High School to Cultivate Obedience. Bangor, Me., Feb. 3.—Former Pres- ident William' H, Taft addressed the pupils of the Bangor High school to- day on “Discipline,’ In order to be- come the citizens of tomorrow, he said, pupils must cultivate the habit of obedience. Mr. t deliv- ered the second of a series of address- es hefore the University of Maine Law school on “The Powers and Dutles of the Executive.” 5 Cabled Paragraphs a Former Premier of Greece Dead. Sowtsy iR e Coinage of Silver in Peru. Lima, Peru, Feb. 3.—In accordance with the law enacted in r orml!tln{ the meling of silver coin priva persons, the government today issued a decree for the coinage In this manner of an amount not ex- ceeding 500,000 sols ($500,000). BOMB EXPLODED IN CANADIAN HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT Historic Building Destroyed by Fire— Two Women Were Overcome By Smoke and Perished—Several Po- licemen and Firemen Were Buried When One End of the Structure Col- lapsed. Ottawa, Feb. 4.—The historic Can- adfan parliament building was des. troyed last night by a fire declared un- officially to bave been caused by the explosion of a gas bomb or an in- fernal machine. Two women guests of the wife of Speaker Sevigny were overcome by smoke and perished. Policemen and Firemen Buried. Several policemen and firemen were burieq under debris when one end of the ‘building collapsed. The number of persons taken to hospitals had not been determined e“lfi this morning. Frederick F. Fardee, chief liberal whip and William S. Loggle, a member of parliament from New Brunswick, are missing and it is feared they have lost their lives. At Least One Explosion. It has been established that the first burst of flame in the reading room of the house of commons was preceded by at least one explosion and probably by two. The force of the concus- sion was so severe that persons standing some distance away were hurled to the floor. A rigid investi- gation to determine the cause of the fire already has been undertaken by the Dominion authorities. Flames Spread Rapidly. The flames spread with such amaz- ing rapidity that the Ottawa fire brig- ade was utterly helpless to cope with them and aid was sent from Montreal on a speci: train but at one o'clock this morning the fire was still raging. The loss cannot be estimated in money. The building was valued at about $5,000,000 but the contents are of inestimable value. There was no insurance. Chambers Destroyed. At midnight the commons and sen- ate chambers had been destroyed and as the great clock boomed out ‘the hour Sames were swirling up the mag- nificent tower and licking their way to its top. The parliament library at the rear probably will be saved. Sol- diers were assigned to carry out its contents. Members of the parliament, spec- tators in the gallery floor of the house, government emploves and others who were in the building narrowly escap- ed death or injury. Fiames Barred Progress. Within a few minutes after the fire begun corridors were filled _ with smoke and at many points the flames barred progress. There were many doors to the great building, but since the outbreak of the war all except the main portals have been'closed to safe- guard the legisiators. This precau- tion made escape more difficult and probably was responsible for the deaths of Madame Bray of Montreal anr Mme. Morin of Beauce in one of the rcoms of the speaker’s suite. Dropped Into Net. Mme. Sevigny saved her two chil- dren by dropping them into a safety net and then leaped to safety herself. Another of her guests, Mme. Dus- sault, saved herself in the same way. Among those severely burned was Minister of Agriculture Burrell, who fell unconscious after plunging through fire and groping along a smoke-filled corridor. APPAM CASE BECOMING A COMPLEX PROBLEM Affecting Fundamental Questions of Naval Warfare. ‘Washington, Feb. 3. — The Appam case broadened out today, becoming a complex and possibly far-reaching sit- uation, threatening to affect some of the fundamental questions of naval warfare at issue between the United States and Germany. For that reason it was not finally decided whether the ship should be returned to her British owners under The Hague convention or held the fair prize of her German captors under the Prussian-American treaty, although the indications remained that the lat- ter course ultimately would be fol- lowed. Officials are said to realize that their construction of the Prussian-American treaty in this case undoubtedly will come up 2s a precedent at some other time during the war, and even might have a bearing on the case of the American sailing ship Willlam P. Frye, sunk a year ago by the German com- merce raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich. The e case is on the eve of settlement, virtually on terms for which the United States contends. CHARGED WITH PAYMENT OF FRAUDULENT CLAIMS. R. Hotaling of a New York Legislative Committee. New York, Feb. 3—Charles R. Ho- taling, sergeant at arms of the Thomp- slative committee, investigat- ing the down state public service com- mission, was indicted today by the grand jury. He i8 charged with vio- lating sections of the penal law rela- tive to the payment of fraudulent claims against the state. The indictment was found in con- nection with the investigation made by the jury into the expense bills in- curred by members of the Thompson committee at the Biltmore hotel which it was Hotaling’s duty to audit. Movements of Steamships. Litverpool, Feb. 2.—Sailed: Steam: Adriatic, New York. . pu Feb. 2—Sailed: Steamer New York. m.Ll.—amsa. Steamer 00] -in World DENT WILSON TELLS BIG AUDIENCE IN ST. LOUIS REFRESHED BY THE TRIP Is On His Way to Washington, Confi- dent That His Mission for Prepared- ness Has Successful—May Make Other Trips. On Board President Wilson's Special, Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 3.—President Wilson was speeding back to Wash- ington tonight convinced that the peo- ple of the middle west are with him on the issue of national defense and are prepared to insist that congress take speedy action. He finished his speaking tour in St. Louis and expressed the conviction that his mission had succeeded beyond his greatest hopes. He will arrive in ‘Washington at 1 p. m. tomorrow. When ‘the president's train reached Indianapolis at 5.45 p. m. for a five- minute stop, a large crowd greeted him at the station. When cries were made for a speech he appeared on the plat- form of his car and said: “Indiana is all right.” Crowd Shouted for Mrs. Wilson. The crowd then shouted for Mrs. Wilson, but the president told them she was resting, and she did not ap- pear. Members of the Indiana Demo- cratic club sent Mrs. Wilson a large bunch of American Beauty roses. President Wilson’s advisors believe he has explained clearly why he con- siders immediate preparedness impera- tive, has won many converts to the movement, and has given new impetus to a discussion of the cause. From the sympathetic attitude of most of his au- diences, from the enthusiasm his every appearance in public has evoked, from the huge crowds which have greeted them, they have’ drawn the conclusion that the people overwhelmingly sup- port his plans—at least, in the middle west. The president’s official family want him to start soon on another tour. Some of them liken his swing through the middle west to an operation not yet'completed. En route to Washing- ton tonight, they looked both south and west for the setting of his next appearance in the role of champion of national preparedness. The south beckoned with many hands. Senators and representatives from most of the southern states al- ready have asked him to include their sections on his next tour. To this have been added invitations from many pub- lic_bodies, with Texas strongly assert- ing “her' claims. e is a feeling 4, 1916 Lusitania Here BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN LIVERED TO PRESIDENT WHILE EN ROUTE HOME Details Not Disclossd—Believad to be Satisfactory Because Stay of Col. House in Berlin Was Not as Long as Planned. ‘Washington, Feb. 8.—Despatches on the Lusitania situation from Colonel E. M. House, now on a special mis- sion in Europe, for President Wil- son, are belleved to have been aeliv- ered to the president today on his special train. Colonel House discussedfthe situa’ tion with high German officials, in- forming them of the position of the United States and recelving In return first hand information of their view- point. Details were not disclosed in such despatches as have been received here, but they reported Colonel House found it unnecessary to remain in Berlin as Tong as he originally had intended. House Talked with German Officials. It s said that Colonel House prob- ably discussed subjects other than the Lusitania case with German officials, but that the Lusitania situation occu. pled the major portion of his des. patches to the president. The semi-official statement of the foreign office forwarded to this coun- try, that there “was reasonable” hope that a communication . which had been started to Count Von Bernstorft would prove satisfactory to the United States is taken in officlal and diplomatic quarters to mean Germany has not accepted the tentative form of proposal exactly as it was sub- mitted. The opinion and hope was expressed by diplomats in a position to be famillar with the status of the negotiations, that the cardinal points set forth in the tentative form ap- proved by Secretary Lansing remain- ed. It was said here that there are cer- tain words which the Berlin officials believe could not be included im, the final settlement of the controversy be- cause of concern for German public opinion. It was thought certain that this. phrase had been explained to Colonel House and that he in turn has conveyed the explanations to President Wilson. It was said tonight that the lan- guage in the tentative form of pro- posals submitted to Secretary Lansing Inat week in Tegard to Germany's ex- pressed hope that the United States do everything p‘osalb!g' toward secur- ing freedom of the seas had been re- among some of his t intimate ad- visors that in choosing the scene for his next plea to the people the presi- dent could pay no greater compliment to his own political party than by go- ing into its stronghold. Considering Trip Further West. The west and northwest, or at least that se~tion of the country that fringes the eastern slopes of the Rocky moun- tains, are hardly less insistent that the president’s next visit shall be to them. Minneapolis, St. Paul and Denver have presented what they cousider strong claims, and it is known that a trip to these cities is receiving careful con- sideration. If the president makes an- other preparedness tour it may be a combination of the two—a swing to the northwest, including Minneapolis or St. Paul, or both, Denver, and then south into Texas, possibly returning by way of New Orleans, Birmingham or Louis- vilie. Refreshed by the Trip. President Wilson goes back to Washington refreshed by the trip. The enthusiasm displayed - wherever his itinerary has taken him, the throngs which flocked to hear him, have been a tonic to his nerves. His physician said today his appetite is good and his rest has been unimpaired. The ad- dresses delivered at the chief stopping places have been apparently as bene- ficial as his usual game of golf. 100,000 Heard His Speeches. At least 100,000, his advisors esti- mate, heard the president’s chief speeches. At jeast 50,000 more crowd- ed about the rear platform of his car during his five-minute talks, though the great majority of these were out of the range of his voice. Hardly fewer than half a million others have been banked on the sidewalks to watch him pass through the cities from railway sattion to hotel, from auditorium back to his private car. Believes Country With Him. Reviewing his trip in its high lights, the president told his audience in St. Louis today that he came away from Washington thinking tbat the country was with him on the issue of prepar- edness and is going back knowing that it is with him beyond his greatest hopes. ~ Apparently the president’s conviction of this grew with each sue- ceeding day; deepened in Kansas City last night when he asked: “Would you volunteer?” and receiving a thundering “Yes!” from every section of the great convention hall, and reached its cli- max with the demonstration today at St. Louis when he told an audience which cheered him tumultuously that the United States ought to have “in- comparably the greatest navy in the ‘world.” LYNCHINGS DENOUNCED BY GOV. HARRIS OF GEORGIA Threatens to Ask Legislature More Stringent Laws. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 3.—Lynchis £ more than a dozen negroes lnnKG:orc- for vised considerably because it was con- sidered the words used might have conveyed the impression that Ger- many was making that' question a condition of settlement. This, it was explained. was in no wise the inten- tion of the German government. In Lansing’s Hands Today. The latest communication to Count Bernstorff had not, it was said at ived in Washington expected tomorrow. Unless present plans fail through d¢ lay in delivering the despatch to the n ambassador, the tentative form of settlement as now suggested by the German government, should be in Secretary Lansing’s hands before the president returns to Washington tomorrow or soon thereafter. BRITISH PRISONERS HAVE LEFT STEAMER APPAM. Only the Prize Commander and His Crew of Germans Aboard. Newport News, Va., Feb. 3—Nine- teen days of ceaseless vigilance by a short-handed German prize crew aboard the former British liner Appam ended late tonight when the last of more than 400 British prisoners climb- ed over the ship's side to liberty on American soil. And for the first time since Lieutenant Berge and his 22 men boarded the liner from the raider Jan. 15 most of the Germans slept peacefully, with but a few of their number on watch. All British subjects and the one nat- uralized American quit the ship, leav- ing the prize commander with his crew and the 20 Germans who had been prisoners on the Appam, including three women. Captain Harrison and the Appam's British crew left their vessel only after a sharp controversy between agents of the owners, Elder Dempster company, and the British embassy at Washing- ton. COLOMBIAN MINISTER ISSUES A STATEMENT Expressing Disapproval of Amendmient to Reduce Indemnity. ‘Washington, Feb. -While the Co- lombian treaty was being brought into the senate today Julio Betincourt, the Colombian minister, was issuing a statement expressing his disapproval of the amendments to reduce the in- demnity the United States would pay Colombia from $25,000,000 to $15,000,- 000 and to make the expressions of T gret for the partition of Panama mu- tual to both nations. Minister Betincourt was certain that the treaty, already accepted and rati- fied by his country, would be rejected now with the proposed amendment. There were suggestions in Latin- American gquarters that the minister was considering whether it would be an expedient and diplomatic method of gia recently is denounced by Govern- or Harris in a-statement today in which he declares that “unless con- ditions improve by the time the next general assembly meets,” he- will ask §or t):: mcm::z of “n‘x'(l}m stringent aws ' to chings in this state.” The general assembly meets !.n‘.h:e. e et CAUSE OF INCREASED 5 PRICE OF GASOLINE Shortage of Supply-and an Increase in jon, Washington, Feb. 3—The greatiyt increased price of oline, ¢ Lane reported to the senate today in r;:pom: :g :uwuon, I-'mnl by shortag P) and Increase the. situati bl:amuw:l by the n: e lon :("hua:nvm distillates in lnunumm.' expressing disapproval if he left the legation and returned to Bogota. IMPROVEMENT IN RAILROAD FACILITIES IN OLD SAYBROOK Utilities Commission Grants Petition of New Haven Road. Hartford, Feb. 3.—The plan of the New York, New Haven & ‘ord Raflroad company to make improve- ments in the railroad facilities in Old made an order granting the petition of the company for permission to re- construct the bridge over the School- house crossing, so-called. ‘This bridge will allow the company to con- that | struct four tracks and this improve- m¢ will relieve the freight conges- tfig‘uthupolm. ‘Work will begin on the improvements at once, of munitions. which captured her on the night of Condensed Telegrams Australia will establish a directorate Switzerland Is in the market for 12,- 000 tons of refined sugar. All mills of the Am Foundries are running at Premier Qoremykin of signed. He is succeeded Stuermer. erican Steel capacity. Ryssia re- by B V. Germany has put into effect a law confisca the greater part of all textile ucts. aul'v‘vmof the missing British steamer Woodfield were landed at Plymouth, England. injured in a train wreck at the i Dents station, near Paris. & 3403 Tramps who were allowed to sleep in jail at New Castle, Pa , stole all the clothing of a “trusty” caretaker. John H. Parker was nominated for governor of Louisiana at a Progres- sive convention at New Orleans. The Crucible Stesl Co. will begin making deliveries this month on its contract for 12 and 16-inch shells. A to punish landlorde who bar bables from apartment houses was in- troduced in the New York Legislature. Fifteen thousand men were employ- ed by the Street Cleaning Department to clean the snow from New York's streets. Much damage has been caused in Central Java by floods, 120,000 native houses having been wiped out by the waters. Fire of undetermined origin in the business section of Plymouth, Mass., caused a loss of $20,000 to three storekeepers. A statement issued by the Austrian Ambassador at Berlin says that all re- ports of the iliness of Emperor Franz Josef are false. Eighty thousand Chinese troops have been sent to Yun-nan Province, China, to put down the rapidly spreading revolution there. William P. Rolph, aged 38, of Balti- more, committed suicide by cutting bis throat with a razor at the Hotel Me- Alpin, New York. Sam Sing, a Chinese laundryman of The Bronx, shot and killed four year old Bernard Krads, whd, he claimed had annoyed him. Fire caused $150,000 damage in the business section of Philipsburg, Pa., among the buildings burned being the Moshannon National bank. Ten persons were slightly injured when _five cars of a ‘ennsylvania Rdilroad express were deralled at Seward, Pa., near Pittsburgh Four hundred pupils of the Fitler Public School in Germantown, a Phil- adelphia suburb, went on strike when their principal was transferred. Total receipts derived by the State of New York from the use of auto- mobiles during the year ended Sept. 30, 1915, amounted to $1,877,326. Casiniro Aires and Moscow Henriques sailors of Brooklyn, were arrested there with 14 revolvers and 60 boxes of cartridges in their possession. Vasalv Nijinsky, the Russian dancer, arrested at Budapest in December, will be released by the Austrian govern- ment, so he may go to New York. The week of Sept 25 to 30 has been selected as the time for the annual convention of the American Bankers’ Association in Kansas City this year. Fire broke out in the stock mill of the Calair Fox and Lumber Co. at Calais, Me., causing damage estimated at $10,000, before it was brought un- der control. The Lee County Grand Jury an- nounced at Leesburg, Ga., that its in- vestigation into the lynching of five negroes near there on Jan. 20 had proved futile Several sheds of the Savage Arms Co., at Utica, N. Y., were destroyed by a fire that threatened the main plant. The company is filling war orders for Great Britain. The British steamer Franz Fischer of London, has been sunk Of her crew only three men were saved, Chief Engineer Birch, Steward Taylor and Seaman Hillier. Eight lives lost, and property dam- age estimated at $10,000,000 are the re- sults of the recent floods which have swept sections of Arkansas, Mississip- pi and Kentucky. A deep sea diving squad and a floating precinct station house, which may be towed wherever wanted, will be added to the equipment of the New York harbor police Secretary Huston refused to review his estimate of rice production for 19156 at the request of the Southern Rice Growers' Association, which claimed that the estimate was 10 per cent. too high. - A case of smallpox has been discov- ered at the Guantanamo naval station in Havana. The patient is a laborer who recently arrived from the United States by way of Havana. Rigorous quarantine precautions have been taken. Lieutenant Sherman Miles, Ameri- can observer with the Russian army, who has been at the front continuousi- ly almost since the war began, left Petrograd for the United States, via the Orient. The convictions of Donn M. Roberts, former mayor of Terre Haute, Ind., and ten others found guilty with him of election frauds, were sustained by the United States district court of ap- peals at Chicago yesterday. Announcement w: made that an advance of ten per cent. in the hourly ‘wage rates will be made in the pay of the employes of the vards, shops, and foundries of the Cramp Shipbuild- ing Company and the L P. Morris Co., a subsidiary. Civic, educational and social work- ers were at Asheville, N. C., for the opening session of the twelfth an- nual child labor conference under the auspices of the national child labor committee. The conference will ad- journ Sunday. Sixteen persons were killed and 45| Oramatic Appeal for Mrs. Mohr IN CLOSING ARGUMENT BY W. H. “ LEWIS, HER COUNSEL BLAMED ALL ON HEALIS Asserted That Healls “Handed the State a Lemon” in an Effort to Shield Himself—Arguments to be be Continued Today. PE— Providence, R. I, Feb. 3.—Acousing certain witnesses for the state of combining to ‘“rallroad an innocent woman to prison,” William H, Lewls of counsel for the defenso in the trial of . Elizabeth F. Mohr and twa negroes charged with the murder of her husband, made a dramatic appeal to the jury in his closing argument m. Mr. Lewis, as counsel for C. r Brown, one of the negro de- fendants, asserted that the state was (Continued on Page Twe) COLLIER SUNK BY A RAIDING ZEPPELIM Thirteen of the Crew, Including the Captain, Drowned. London, Feb. 3, 9.50 p. m~—The col= lier Franz Fisch ich left Hartle- pool Mondey. afternoon, was sunk at sea by one of the which visited Eulmznfi the cr::. including the capta®n, were wn Three men were saved, Chief Engi neer Birch, Steward Taylor and Sea~ man Charleg Hilller. The Franz Fischer was a captured enemy vessel employed as a coasting colller. Hillier, who is a native of Newfound- }lnd, described the disaster as ffll-‘ =g “About 10.830 o'clock Tuesday night ‘we heard a noise overhead, such as we had never heard before. Presently a Zeppelin came right on top of us and dropped a bomb which fell near the engine room. A tremendous explosion followed, the vessel remaining afloat only two minutes. “There was no time to launch life- boats. We all went under with the ship. When I came up again I caught hold of a lifebelt. After for some time, I came across the chief engineer and the steward, who had also managed to get hold of lifebelts. By their aid we kept afloat for an hour. “It was pitiful to hear the cries of some of the other men who had come to the surface after the disappearance of the vessel, but eoon their cries ceased and we concluded they were all drowned. Meanwhile we continued shouting for help. When we were al- most exhausted, Belgian steamer heard us, lowered a boat and picked us up. Subsequently we were trans- ferred to a mine-sweeper and landed.” Asked how the Zeppelin managed to locate the vessel In the dark, Hillier said the collier was riding at anchor and her anchor lights must have been seen by the men in the Zeppelin. As the vessel was stationary, it was easy to drop a bomb on her. e e T PACIFIC NORTHWEST BATTLING WITH A SEVERE SNOWSTORM. Which-Has Paralyzed Rail Communi- cation and Disorganized City Life. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 3.—The Pacific northwest today again faced the task of battling with an almost unprece- dented snowstorm which has paralyzed rail communication, disoranized eity life, held residents in outlying sections snowbound and caused many tho! sands of dollars’ damage to buildings { which were not strong enough to with- stand the weight of more than two and a Nalf feet of snow on their roofs. With continued cold weather and more snow in prospect, the outlook is not promis- ing today for early resumption of nor- mal conditions. Al the northern transcontinental railroads are tied up by snow in the mountajn passes, and railroad officials have abandoned hope of raising the blockade until the storm ends. In Seattle and other cities street car lines are completely blocked by snow. Schools are closed and business is practically suspended, awaiting the end of the storm. The greatest single loss from the storm occurred in Seattle, where tae dome of St. James’ Catholic cathedral collapsed under the weight of snow yesterday, causing damage to the, edifice of $75.000. PRESIDENT WILSON RECEIVES IMPORTANT DESPATCHES From Secretary Lansing Relating to Foreign Situation. On Board President Wilson's Special Train, Indianapolis, Ind., eb. 8.— President Wilson received from Secre- tary Lansing today what members of his' party characterized as “very im- portant despatches” relating to the foreign situation. Their exact con- tents were not revealed, but it was u derstood they related to the Lusitania and Appam cases. The president spent the late after- noon reading the despatches in his private car and through them getting in touch with developments in the for- eign situation since he left Washing- ton. A final settlement of the Lusitania case is expected soon after the presi- dent arrives in Washington. He is de- termined that Germany make full dis- avowal and reparation, and it is un- derstood that he will be satisfied with nothing less. What attitude Germany has taken or will take toward the last suggestion sent forward by Count Von Bernstorff could not be learned on the president’s special tonight. AERO COAST PATROL STATION N MAINE ASSURED. President Wilson Informed by Letter —$10,000 Subscription Assured. Portland, Me., Feb. 3. — George L. Crossman, chairman of the state wide committee, announced today that he had informed President Wilson by let. ter that the establishment of the Cas- co Bay station of the aero coast. pa- trol system is now assured, subscrip- tions fro nearly 310,000 having been secured by the committees. He ex- pressed appreciation for assistance given through the approval of the project by President and Sec- retaries and Garrison.