Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 5, 1916, Page 1

(At Various ‘Paints, Particularly in the Forest of sitions, From Belgium to the Vosges Mountains—Aus- Durazzo as Their Objective Point—In West Africa the British Report the Capture of Additional German Forees. From Belgium to the Vosges moun- and destroyed by an explosion - held by the Germans Germans have heavily bombard- trenches around Eiver- ¥Yor an air raid by the Aus- trians at Shumsk, in Volhynia, where numerous buildings were set on fire, GERMANS ON STEAMER APPAM HAVE ASKED FOR A RULING. On What Dispositior: is to Be Made of Them. Newport News. Va, Feb. 4—Thir- teen of the twenty Germans who aided Lisutenant Bere’s orize crew in bring- ing the captured British liner Appam across the Atlantic aud into Hampton Roads presented a sworn statement to their wisbes 3 “and will be forwarded to Washington. It is un- derstood, h er, that it cortains in- formation on whether their services with the prizecrew was voluntary, a t which may. bave an important ng oirth%n of officials. The seyen Germans who did not join in the statement made to Mr. Haril- toun were military prisoners aboard the foriphe relaey whidh took the Apra: tes ler which took the Appam, while the other thirteen were civilian prisoners on their way to _detention camps. Three of the 18 are women. Lieutenant Berg also presented to the collector a sworn argument con- his contentions regarding the d ition of the Appam herself, and it was sent on to Washington. Offictals _announced today that the Appam’s first class mail would be landed at noon tomorrow and trans- shipped to England. No decision has been reached regarding the parcel post matter aboard. The British crew of the Appam left for New York tonight. They were liberated last night together with all tho other persons aboard except the prizé crew and those who served with them. PRESIDENT PROBABILY WILL MAKE ANOTHER TRIP. Unless the Lusitania Negotiations or _ Something Unforeseen Interferss. _ ‘Washington, Feb. 4—President Wil- son returned from his spesking trip for preparedness today so well pleased with its results that, he prohably will make another soon, unless the Lusi- tania negotiations or some other fea- ture of the foreign situation develops a critical stage. preventing his ab- sence from the capital. Although no arrangements have been made, officlals Indicated tonight that the possibilities of the Lusitania situa- tion presented the only obstacle likely to influence the president against a second trip. If he goes he will visit the south and possibly some far west- ern_states. The president got into communica- tion with Secretary Lansing as soon as he reached the White House today and while no announcement was made it was understood the Lusitania case was :?,rmolt among the subjects discus: DANIELSON’S' WATER SUPPLY FOUND TO BE PURE Although it Has an Unpleasant Taste —S8ample of Windham County Home nothing new has come cerning the situation on the and Bast Galicia fronts. Artillery duels still wum along the Aus- tro-Ttalian The Austrians are continuing their advance into Aibania with Durazzo, their immediate objective and have captured the town of Kurya, according to the Austrian official communication. It is probable that the town of Kroia, some twenty miles northeast of Dur- azz0, is the place taken as available maps_show no such town as Kurya. The Vienna report says also that the Austrian vanguards have reached the Ishni river, which flows to the south of Krofa. In West Africa the British report the capture of additional German forces by the French and declare that strong ch columns are moving town the Spanish New Guinea fron- tier, to which country the Germans re- cently were reported to be in retreat. BRITISH OWNERS OF APPAM ASK FOR THEIR SHIP. Cecil Spring-Rice Lodges Request With State® Department. ‘Washington, Feb, 4—In the name of the British owners of the steamer Ap- pam, Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, today lodged with the state department a formal request that the ghip be turned over to the Brit- ish consul under the terms of The Hagno convention. i ce. was served that.it. would ‘in_yiolation of international law if the United States permitted the Ger- man prize commander of the Appa either to increase the efficiency of the ship; add to her offensive power or recruit her crew. Lieutenant Berg has oply 22 men in his prize crew at present, a_number insufficient to nav- igate a ship as large as the Appam. A compliance with the British sug- gestion only on the latter point would effectually prevent the departure of the Appam from Newport News. On_the Alabama case as a precedent the British contention is that any changes either in eqcipment or per- sonnel of the Appam which would even in a limited degree give her offensive power and enable her to prey on British commerce would be a_violation of law for which the United States could be held responsible. SHOT WOMAN HE WOULD HAVE WED When' Prospective Mother-in-Law Ar- rived with News That He Was a Married Man. Douglas, Mass.,, Feb. 4—Miss Lena B. Keyser, of Schenectady, N. Y., was shot and killed here today by John H. Pierce, of Delanson, N. Y., who aft- erwards shot himself, according to the police. The couple were about to be married when Miss Keyser's mother appeared and urged her not to go through with the ceremony. Physi- clans sald Plerce probably would die. Plerce, who was 26 years old, had been employed in the construction work of the Southern New England railroad. (He returned yesterday from Schenectady, accompanied by Miss Keyser, and obtained a marriage li- cense here. The woman’s mother ar- rived later and told her daughter that Pierce had been married before and had not obtained a divorce. Pierce, the police said, drew a revol- ver and shot the girl through the head, killing her instantly. He then fired another bullet into her head and fell unconscious. He was taken to a_hos- pital, but no attempt was made to extract the bullet, as the surgeons an- nounced that there was no chance of saving his life. SEVEN LIVES WERE LOST IN OTTAWA FIRE. Five Bodies Still Buried in Ruins of Parliament Building, Ottawa, Feb. 4—The list of those ‘who lost their lives in the fire which destroyed the Canadian parliament bullding was fixed tonight at seven. Five of the bodies etill lie beneath the ruins. bsrhz are (hueto! B. B. é‘w. ‘mem] parliament; ‘Deputy lerk Fasta” Dominion Consiable Dee- dines a , end Randolph Fanning, o this | more imposing structure upon the site ‘wrecked by last night's e e e e until the ‘made LIST OF PARIS NOTABLES WHO HAVE DIED FOR THE COUNTRY Given in a Combined Blue Book and Directory Just Issued. Bl list are names well known in politics, literature, sclence, the arts and the bar and officials and officers of the army. totals 3,084 roll call, as it is termed, 084 persons, all of whose names are print ldface type. The honorlist is based on informa- tion furnished to the families of the Court Room at High Tension Duris His Closing Argument. Providence, R. I, Feb, 4— completion of Attorney General argument to the for the tion late teday, trial of Mrs. abeth F. Mohr and two negroes ed with her husband’s murder It includes the names of 55 | ! Feaotala, 81 colonels and 105 Hewlan: ant colonels. Among the professions, the civil eers had the largest number dead, totalling 113. The law- yers came next with 110. Other pro- fessions listed are: Men of letters 82, artists 58, Catholic clergy 28, Protest- ants 3,-architects 20, actors and sing- ers 16, doctors 13, diplomatic corps 8, sculptors 10, composers ang musicians 4, the Institute of France 1, judges 1, inspectors of finance 7, notaries 5 and brokers 2. The select ciubs of all kinds in Paris lost a total of 336, including a number of titled persons. FIRE IN HOLD OF STEAMER TEXAS About 500 Miles Southeast of St Johns, N. F—Sends Wireless. Halifax, N. §, Feb, 4—A fire in the hold of the steamer Texas, about 500 miles southeast of St. Johns, N. F., was _reported in two radio messages received by the Canadian marine de- partment tonight. The first message, which came from the British steamer Howth Head, bound from Norfolk for Dublin, said’ merely that the Texas was on fire, while a later message sent by the steamer Siberia, New York for London, said that the fire was under control and that the Texas was pro- ceeding on her voyage with hatches ‘battened. The name Texas is borne by several vessels. It is thought here that the vessel referred to in the despatches is the Swedish steamer which left New- port News for Christiania on Jan. 27. PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE ADJOURNED YESTERDAY Last Act Was to Ask Definite Action by Congress on Independence Bill. Manila, Feb, 4—The legislatuse ad- journied foddy after baving enacted-an inheritance tax law and also a Dbill for an insular bank with a capital of $10,000,000. The bank will be author- ized to loan money on farms and other real estate and to issue loans and do a general banking business. The new institution is to be inaugurated with- in_six months. The assembly’s last act was to pass a resolution requesting the United States congress to take definite action looking to a settlement of the gques. tion of the independence of the Phil- ippines. The extra session of the leg- islature which will begin February 14 was called particularly to decide on a political and administrative code. PLANS FOR SUFFRAGE PARADE IN CHICAGO 20,000 Women Suffra ed to P: Chicago, Feb. Plans for a suf- frage parade in which 20,000 woman suffragists are expected to participate in the hope of bringing about insertion of a “votes for women” plank in the republican platform, were made public today in an announcement by local advocates of the suffrage cause. At a_conference yesterday with lo- cal leaders Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National Suffrage or- ganization, discussed the plan to bring Women from all sections of the United States to march in the parade to be held during the republican national convention here in June. LATE J. A. HILL LIBERAL IN BEQUESTS TO EMPLOYES Left $30,000 to Miss Rose Secretary. Steiner, His Newark, N, J, Feb. long in the service of the Hill, New York publisher, are remem- bered in Mr. Hill's will, admitted to probate in the surrogate's court here today. To Miss Rose Stainer, his sec- retary, the decedent bequeathed $30,000 and to William M. Mayer, the com- pany’s treasurer, $25,000. About 80 —Employes late John A. employes who had been with Mr. Hill from 10 to 25 years, received sums ranging from $1,000 to $2,500. The rest of the estate is left in trust to the widow, Emma B. Hill, and his daugh- ter, Jean Carlisle Hill. PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Meeting Called of Sub-Committee in Charge. St. Louis, Feb. 4—A meeting of the sub-committee that will have charge of the preliminary arrangements for the democratic national convention has been called by Chairman Willlam I McCombs of the national committee, to be held next Tuesday, it was an- nounced here tonight. It is expected James Preston, who has chargo of the press gallery of the United States sen- ate, will be here within a few days to arTange the details for handiing the hundreds of newspaper men who will report the convention. EMPEROR WILLIAM~ ON WESTERN FRONT. Has Been in the Neighborhood of the Belgian Frontier. London, Feb. 5, 2.57 a. m—A report from Berlin via Copenhagin states s‘h:t BEmperor Willlam has been on the western front for some time and was in the nelghborhood of the Belgian frontier when the attacks on Loos took %M.. Admiral Von Tirpitz and Prince lenry accompanied him, according to the report, and the three were present at e headquarters council where the details of the Zeppelin raids on Eng- land was planned. their deliberations it noon. Argument Held the Jury. The prosecuting attorney's argu- is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population ord “lllegal” is Stumbling Block is No More Grave Nor No Less Grave Than Hitherto. ‘Washington, Feb. 4—The one word “fllegal” as differently interpreted in ithe United States and Germany @ro- trudes from the tentative draft of the usitania agreement, perfected by Am- ssador Von Bernstorfft and Secre- tary Lansing, as the stumbling block ich has caused Berlin to refer to the negotiations, as having reached a isis and Washington to characterize e situation as grave. Germany's Answer Presented. Germany’s answer, presented to Sec- retary Lansing today by Count Von | Bernstorff, proposes, instead of an out and out admission of illegality of the Cannot Afford to Be Without It The time has passed for giving serious consideration to the man who does mnot believe in advertising. Advertising is as much a part of today’s life as the telephone, the trolley car or the automobile. There is nothing magical or mysterious about it, and the greatest ad- vertising successes have been due to the plain use of common sense applied with a knowledge of human nature, with the resulting crea- tion of desire—the art of touching the imagination of large numbers. Advertising has become a power which cannot be sidetracked or disregarded. It is positive and it is permanent. It brings results else the evidence would have been to the contrary long ago, and it is that portion of it which reaches the largest number of people that shows the greatest results. Such means that the advertising medium which goes to the homes and has the largest circulation is the best and cheapest prop- osition. tin, without. In this part of Connecticut that place is filled by The Bulle- It is a business accelerator which no merchant can afford to be In the past week the following matter has appeared in the col- umns of The Bulletin: Bulletin Saturday, Monday, ~ian. . Tuesday, -~ Feb. Wednesday, Feb. Thursday, Feb. Friday, Feb. Jan. 29.. TFolals . ciddGuagin 578 Telegraph Local General Total 793 220 o o 163 206 145 143 147 138 105 140 126 1012 433 453 379 446 372 799 1718 3095 ment held the jury and the overcrowd- ed courtroom at high tension from be- ginning to end of an address that oc- cupied the entire afternoon. Mr. Rice seemed to suggest to the jury that a verdict of guilty against the woman and two negroes did not nec- essarily mean life imprisonment, the penalty for murder, when he declared: Justice Before Sympathy. “Truth and justice come before sym- pathy; give us truth, men; give us (Continued on Page Two) VISCOUNT BRYCE CONDEMNS POLICY OF REPRISALS. Says Great Britain Should Stand for Justice and Right. London, Feb. 4, 10.45 p. m.—Viscount Bryce, former ambassador to the United States, speaking at Bedford college, London, tonight, condemned the policy of reprisals against Ger- many, which since the last Zeppelin raid has gained many advocates. “We stand in this_war for justice and right,” Viscount Bryce said. “We stand for humanity, and from that po- sition we must not depart. I don't myself believe for a moment that we shall gain anything by departing from it. “If it came to cruelty against cruel- ty, the enemy would always win. I see no reason to think that any recourse to inhuman practices that are shocking to philosophy and morals, which the enemy has adopted, would have the slightest_effect on him or promote_in any way our military success. We would not gain, and we should cer- tainly lose, because there is nothing that has won us more approval and sympathy of all that is best in the neu- tral nations than that we haye cham- ploned the cause of justice and human- ity. That is what has nerved our arm and has created a unity never paral- leled in any previous crisis in our his- tory.” _— STALLED TRAIN ON N. P. STRUCK BY A SNOWSLIDE |* Engine, Baggage Car and Chair Car Leaning Over Preci Tacoma, Washn, Feb. 4—While Northern Pacific-Burlington route train No, 42, which left Seattle Tues- day night, was stalled in the snow one mile west of Stampede Pass, in the Cascade mountains, a huge snowslide struck the forward part of the train, burying the engine, baggage car and ipart of the combination smoker and chair car, it was learned tonight. Only an edge of the slide, which oc- curred late Wednesday, hit the train, but it broke through the windows of the smoker. No one was hurt. It was later found that the engine, baggage car and chair car were lean- ing at an angle of 25 degrees over the edge of a theusand foot precipice. The passengers were, transferred and ar- rived in Billensbirg tonight. e % The crew of the Japanese steamer Takata Maru, which collided with the American oil tanker Silver Shell 200 miles southeast of Cape Race on ‘Tuesday, has been rescued and taken aboard the tanker. Method of submarine warfare used by the German naval authorities in sink- ing the liner, an acceptance of labil- ity for the loss of neutral lives, which Berlin hopes will satisfy the United States and still not bind Germany from continuing the submarine campaign. Within Pale of International Law. German officials believe that their previous promise to discontinue sink- ing unresisting merchantmen without warning brings the submarine ques- tion within the pale of international law and that any inclusion of that phase in the Lusitania agreement is unnecessary and humiliating to the imperial government. Word “lllegal” Stumbling Block, The word “illegal” in the draft the German ambassador transmitted to his government as meeting all the conten- tions of the United States, is taken to have been regarded in Berlin as sus- ceptible of application not to the Lusi- tania case alone, but to the entire sub- marine campaign. “That is the only explanation which officials here can find for the state- ment of Dr. Zimmerman, under-sec- retary of foreign affairs, that “the United States suddenly made new de- mands which it is impossible for us to accept.” Position of U. S. Unchanged. Secretary Lansing declared today that the position of the United States was unchanged and the German am- bassador knew of no demands which were not embodied in the proposal he sent to Berlin. It is known that the only change the Berlin foreisn office has made in the agreement drawn by the secretary and the ambassador is to substitute for the word “illegal” a phrase, which, while assuming liability for the lives of neutrals lost on the Lusitania, does not admit of construction into prohi- bition of submarine warfare. The despatch the ambassador re- ceived today and presented to the sec- retary was very brief and covered only that one point. Otherwise the docu- ment is unchanged as it was drawn to meet _all the contentions of the United States. ‘After the ambassador’s visit to the state department today Secretary Lansing declared “the situation is un- changed.” No More Nor No Less Gravi That is authoritatively stated to rep- resent the situation accurately. It has become no more grave and by that fact it has become no less grave. Its status has not materially changed and it may remain so for four or five days at least while President Wilson and Secretary Lansing consider Germany's answer fully. In a like manner it may be stated authoritatively that it does not fol- low that either a completely satisfac- tory settlement or an open break must folow at the end of that time. The negotiations may continue. Fire in Ottawa Muitions Factory. Ottawa, Ont, Feb. 5—Fire has broken out in the large plant of Grant, Holden, Graham Limited, which is filling large war orders for the entente allies. The flames are still confined to a factory “bullding which is filled with tarpaulins, woolens and military uniforms i went on strike for an eight-hour day. Condensed Telegrams Ten' inches of snow fell at Boston. A bill Imposing a tax on all shipping is being formed by the Norwegian gov- ernment. :‘I:.llmlmof.mf.“ in N::.Zfi;.k. seriously hampering traffic on s surface lines. New Yorkers had an opportunity to see the eclipse of the sun, which lasted two hours and ten minutes. King George signed a proolamation nxln:'reb. 10 as the date on which the conscription bill goes into effect. The Chesapeake and Ohio wrailroad has issued an embargo against ship- ments of grain to Newport News. Carrying 97 passengers and a_full cargo of freight, the steamship Lap- lln\{ salled from New York for Liver- pool Seven hundred employes of the Tyler Tube and Pipe tompany of Washington received @ 10 per- cent. increase in wages. The United States Steel corporation will start work this spring on a series ggo laamduct coke ovens to cost $15,- increase of 1 per cent. per hour in the pay of all its machinists was announced by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. A request for relief of the flood suf- ferers at Hickman, Ky., was placed with the war department by Senator Ollie James. Postal and telegraphic communica- tion between German and the Scandi- navian countries is reported to have been cut off. The New York senate confirmed the nominations of Oscar S. Straus and Henry W. Hodge to be public service commissioners. Field Marshal Liman von Sanders has been appointed commander-in- chief of the Turkish forces on the Caucasian front. Orders for two small mers were booked at Cleveland. Nearly all the berths at the lake yards there for 1916 delivery are taken. The Dutch motor ship Artemis was torpedoed off the Noordhinder by an unknown torpedo boat. Badly leaking, the ship is making for Rotterdam. Flood conditions along the Arkansas river were greatly improved, except at Gould, Ark., where 200 persons were imperiled by the breaking of a levee. Forty-five rundred employes of the Havemeyer refinery of the American Sugar Refining company in Brooklyn A proclamation calling on the pee-| ple of Massachusetts to observe the Dbirtliday-of -Abrahan Lincoh, Febru- &, 1% was issued by Governor Mo- all. The Hydraulic Pressed Steel Co. earned 28 per cent. on the common | stock during 1915, it was announced after the annual meeting in Cleve- land. Effective Feb. 1, an increase of 10 per cent. in wages of miners and other granted. Practically all the men on strike at the Union mills of the Carnegie Steel company at Youngstown returned to work, all but two of the mills resuming operations. Representative Isaac Bacharach of Atlantic City, N. J., was painfully in- jured in Washington when the auto in which he was riding was struck by another car. Coroner’s jury at Staffordshire, Eng., names the kaiser and German grand prince as “accessories to the wilful murder” of 13 Zeppelin victims killed last Monday. Of the 150,000 male teachers in the German Teachers' association, 55,000 have been called into the army. Of this number, 5,161 have been awarded the Iron Cross. Gen. Rafael Castro, former member of Villa’s bodyguard, and Bernardo Del Torro, a Villa follower, were ar- rested at El .Paso, charged with re- cruiting men for Vil John Lewandoski, wanted in connec- tion with the recent death of George Maslanka, was arrested in Bridgeport yesterday by State Policeman Hurley and brought to Terryville, Count Theodor Pejascevich, former member of the Hungarian cabinet, and now interned in France, will be ex- changed for five French prisoners of rank held by the French. The Swiss government ordered the immediate inspection of all citizens between the age of 16 and 60 capable of bearing arms, and advised all over 60 that they might volunteer. Abraham Kallman of New York, ar- rested at Laredo, Tex., last Saturday, charged with smuggling feathers val- ued at $9,000 into the United States, was released on 5,000 bail. The London Times states that it learns from an authoritative source that Russia is planning to float a loan of $25,000,000 in Tokio in pay- ment for its munitions indebtedness. The name of Albert B. Cummins, United States senator from lowa, was flled with the secretary of state of Minnesota as a candidate for the re- publican presidential nomination in the Minnesota primary election March 10. 160 PERISHED WHEN JAPANESE LINER SANK. Daijin Maru Sunk in Collision With Another Steamship. Feb. The Shanghai, 4—The eJapanes liner Daijin Maru was sunk Wednes- day night in a collision with the steam- ship Linan and 160 lives were lost. Twenty-one persons were saved. The Linan, badly , is returning to Hong Kong. The collision occurred at night at a point 80 miles from Swatow. The Daifin Maru, of 1,576 tons gross and 243 feet lons, was built at Kobe in 1900. She was owned in Ozaka. “The Linan is owned by the China Navigation company of London. She is 300 feet long, 2,211 tons gross, and was built at Greenock in 1903. PHIL IPPINE BILL PASSED IN SEN A AL R Authorizes the President to Grant Them Ab: dependence Within Four Years Vote Stood 52 to 24, Six Republicans Voting With D crats—Some Provisions of the Bill: Governor ner Would Have Veto Power; No Restrictions Imposed ¢ Legislative Power to Levy Export Duties on Goods fi Washington, Feb. 4.—The Philippine bill, which would extend to the Philip- pines a greater degree of self-govern ment and would authorize the presi- dent to grant them absolute inde- pendence within four years, passed the Ssenate tonight, 52 to 24. Various dem- ocrats, led by Senator Stone of the for- eign relations committee, tried vainly to secure amendment of the independ- ence clause, but in the end the demo- crats, joined by six republicans, voted solidly for the measure. Backed by President Wilson. It is understood the bill will go to the house with the backing of Presi- dent Wilson and_will be pressed for early passage. There has been little indication of what action the house will take, but administration leaders tonight seemed confident that the bill, including the independence feature, which democratic ~senators declares squares it with the Baltimore plat- form, would have the approval of the hcuse democratic majority. The re- publican senators who voted for the bill were Borah, Clapp, Kenyon, La Follette, Norris and Works. Refused to Modify Clarke Amendment By%yerwhelming majorities the sen- ate had refused to modify the Clarke amendment, adopted several days ago, which contains the independence pro- vision, and also gives the president authority to extend or withhold inde- | pendence at the end of four years if he should find conditions in the islands unfavorable. The time would be ex- tended, however, only until an incom- ing, congreas could consider the sub- ject. Senator Stone declared the bill was in reality not an independence measure at all beoause of the extension pro- | vision, and offered an amendment down, 60 to 17. Senator Hitchcock, chairman of the Philippine committee, sought to amend the Dill by extending independence within four years on con- dition that the people and legislature of the Philippines should ratify a con- stitution. This was rejected, 52 to 25. Senator Stone Urged His Amendment “I am making a last appeal for what I think is good faith and just treat- ment of the Philippines,” said Senator workmen on and about the iron mines | Stone in urging his amendment. “I am in Marquette county, Mich., has been | unquestionably and unconditionally in favor of carrying out the pledge of the democratic party by relinquishing con- trol over the Philippine Islands com- pletely. I am not in favor of confer- ring independence with a string to it. 1 oppose any provision which will make it possible for a future presi- dent of the United States to send this issue back to congress. We are, in this bill, not offering independence in fact, but merely. a suggestion of it to some future presiden: 3 Senator Norris in Opposition. Senator Norris in opposing a pro- vision in the bill empowering the pres- ident to retain naval bases in the Philippines, declared President Wilson had been converted from. a man of peace to a militarist. “The president,” said Senator Norris, “recently announced a programme of preparedness contrary to views he held. a year ago and in the last few days he has changed his mind on that. he says he is in favor of the Unm States having the largest navy in the world. 1f that is his idea, he will to retain not only one but a dosz naval stations in the Philippines.” Democrats Scored by Senator Smith, Senator William Alden Smith scos 3 the democrats for their determination to give up the Philippines and de= clared the American people did mot dish to sce the American flag over the islands hauled down. “This action is an unjustifiable and uncalleq for surrender of Am % rights,” he said. “If these islands be- come anarchistic and the people get to warring among themaelves, you will b blamed for it, as you ought to be. KL other countries g0 to war over them, it will date from the day when yom cowards abandoned a task which Prove idence placed in your hands and which by this act you are acknowledsing you are unable to master.” Senator Stone, replying, lzed Senator Smith's remarks as vociferous, scattering, dreary, inane, partisan harangue. Provisions of the Bill. The bill carries a provision authore izing the president, when independence is granted, to negotiate treaties needed to protect all property rights of ail citizens of the United States and other countries in the islands and to acquire such naval bases and coaling stations within that territory as she necessary. The upper house of the! Philippine legislature would be en- \larged to 24 members, 22 chosen by the voters and two appointed by the governor general to represent the - Christian _tribes. The lower 'Woulll ‘be increased from 1 to 90, the. people choosing S1 and the governor naming 9. v Governor General Would Have Vets Power. 5 The governor general ‘would have & veto power, such as rests now the secretary of war. A two- vote of the legislature would be n to overrule it. The president would | have the right to interpose an absaw= lute veto within six months, e Nb restrictions are imposed on tfi{, legislature’s power to levy export du- ' ties except that they cannot be levied on exports to the United States. A limit of $17,000,000 is placed om {auhllc indebtedness, which permits the issuance of new bonds to replace the $7,000,000 friar land bonds now mm Tetired. % Increase Right of Suffrage. i The bill would increase the right of suffrage from the present 250,000 to approximately 700,000 by extending it to any citizen able to read and write a native language. Polygamous mar- riages and the impert, sale or manu- facture of intoxicating drinks or drugs, except the native beverages, would forever prohibited, and no laws g Dbe passed that would permit religious discrimination, slavery or the creation of a nobility. cha; = SO-CALLED “BUCKET SHOPS” IN OHIO RAIDED. Scores of Customers Were Caught— Will Be Called as Witnesses. Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 4.—Ohio's state banking department today clos. ed 12 so-called “bucket shops,” ar- resteq their managers on charges of violating the Blue Sky law and oper- ating fraudulent securities agencies. Scores of customers of - the _shops caught in the raids, will be called as witnesse: Inspectors of the department, who conducted simultaneously raids on the establishments shortly before noon, re- turned here tonight with spectacular details, including information obtained by a telegraph operator who they said “listened In” on a wire over which messages of warning were sent from Pittsburgh, the alleged headquarters of the “bucket shops” syndicate to a branch in Battle Creek, Mich. Harry T. Hall, superintendent of the banking department in a statement is- sued tonight,’ estimated that each es- tablishment closed today was doing enough business to net daily profit of $3,000. His statement was based on cvidence which he sald had been g the Half of the managers taken into custody today were still in jail to- night “because they were unable to furnish bond Mr. Hall said. RELIEF FOR ARKANSAS FLOOD SUFFERERS. Will Be Sent From Little Rock Today —Rescue Parties Working. Little Rock, Ark., Feb.' 4—Relief for the two thousand flood sufferers in_the lower Arkansas river bottoms will be sent from Little Rock tomorrow. Rescuing parties working from Du- mas and Star City made clearer today the probability that other lives have been lost in addition to the four- teen already reported. Many negroes have been marooned in the Oakwood and Choctaw Bgrou bottoms near Douglas and will be drowned unless help reaches them, it was reported Flood supplies at Dougis ran low to- day .and an appeal for aid said it was imperative that provisions reach here tomorrow. Warnings issued almost ten days In advance of the high water were not needed and many have been caught in the bottom lands back of the river. [ CANADIAN PARLIAMENT CONTINUES ITS SESSION. Searching Investigation to Be Made Into the Cause of the Fire. 3 Ottawa, Feb. 4—The Canadian parii= ament met today in the auditorium of the Royal Victoria Muscum. Speaker Sevigny was without his robes of of= fice which were destroyed in last night's fire. Premier Borden read messages of condolence from King George of Great = Britain, from the Duke of Connaught, the governor-general, and from _the provinces. He announced that there Would be a searching investigation in- to the cause of the fire and tha the business of the session would be con- tinued without interruption. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the opposition leader, joined in the express of de- termination to continue the work of parliament and added: “When we geze upon the ruins om the hill, while we still trust that it may be the result of an accident, wa are reminded of the ruins of Lou and the ruins of Rheims not cau: by accident but by a cruel foe. I there is anything which the present calamity should impress upon us it is the duty of resolutelp going -on with our work and doing everything possi~ ble to bring the murderers to justice.” The business which the fire inter= rupted last night was completed and the house adjourned to meet at the usual hour on Monday. FIRE DESTROYS HOTEL AT NANTASKET B Snow Hampered Efforts of Firemen #o Move Apparatus. Hull, Mass., Feb. 4.—The Rocklal house, one of the largest hotels | Nantasket beach, was destroveds B fire early today. The loss is estima at $150,000. The only person in § building was the caretaker, the having been closed since the the summer season. Because of the deep snow th men were unable to get their atus near enough to the hotel, was on a hill, to check the they were successful in subd small fires on roofs of ne: and cottages. The botsl X ‘wooden structure con 250 was cwned by Patzick Bewge: ton. The cause of the fire