Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 7, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVill—NO. 32 POPULATION 28219 NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1916 ~ - EIGHT PAGES PRICE TWO CE AIRCRAFT -RA NORTHWEST RUSSIA in Galicia and Bukowina Small Infantry and Grenade Attacks Are in Progress BRITISH ARE PRESSING GERMANS IN AFRICA Allies in Belgium Have Shelled With Destructive Effect Ger- man Trenches at Boesinghea—Paris Records the De- struction of Asphyxiating Gas Reservoirs—Petrograd Says the Russians Continue to Harass the Turks Over the Entire Caucasus Region — In Mesopotamia Small Artillery and Infantry Engagements Are Going On. lecture at the London school of econ- omics, Sir George Paish, editor of the Etatist, said that in the year 1916 the economic and financial strength of Great Britain would be subjected to the severest test as she proposed to privide her allies and colonies with loans of at lease 400,000,000 pounds and probably 600,000,000 pounds and to support a bigger navy than ever and 4,000,000 men in the field. The speaker expressed the belief that nobody could accuse the British nation of any superabundance of brain power, adding that probably her very mediocrity in this respect was the cause of her stréngth. The really clever man or nation, he declared, fre- quently became a public danger, but the British nation never made the mis- take of beng too clever. The British are pressing the Ger- mans hard in the Kamerun region of German west equatorial Africa. A Spanish official communication says that 900 Germans and 14,000 of their colonial troops have crossed the south- west border and sought asylum in Spanish Guinea, where they were dis- armed and interned. Except on the western line in France and Belgium and on the Caucusas front, little fighting of moment is in in any of the war theatres. In northwest Russia there have been aerial raids by both the Germans and R and in Galicia and Bukowina small infantry and grenade attacks. At one point along the line, where the Russian General Ivanoff is in com- mand, the Russians found a system of Teuton mines, and, having wired it, detonated the mines. The British and French in Belgium bave shelled with destructive effect German trenches at Boesinghea and the French heavy guns have silenced a German battery to the east of Boesing- hea. In Champagne the French report the wrecking of German trenches on the pdateau of Navarin and the blowing up of munitions depots. In addition, Paris records the demolition of as- phyxiating gas reservoirs, the escaping 8as waves from which were blown back on the German lines. Attempts by the British to make advances south- west of Neuville and south of La Bas- e canal wers repulsed, according to Petrograd says the Russians continue to harass the Turks over the entire Caucasus region and that all attempts by the Turks at an offensive have been repulsed with heavy losses to them. - In Mesopotamia, near Felahie, small artillery and infantry engagements ‘Bave been going on between the Turks and the British, At Kut-el-Amara, ‘whers the British are besleged by the Turks, there is no change in the situ- ation. GERMAN TROOPS CROSS INTO SPANISH GUINEA, They Have Been Disarmed and In- terned There. Madrid, Feb. 6, via London, 12.20 p. m.—Nine' hundred Germans and four- teen thousand of their colonial. troops from the German colony of Kamerun have crossed the border into Spanish Guinea, according to an official an- nouncement made here today. The troops have been disarmed and intern- ed. The government is taking meas- ures for their sustenance. This is taken here to indicate that the Franco-British campaign in the Kaberun is nearing a conclusion. The Franco-British campaign against ehe Kamerun, a German protectorate in western equatorial Africa, was be- n in the spring of 1915. French and Eritioh bcial reports have told of the occupation of Ngaundere, one of the chief interior trading stations, which, from its situation, climate and the number of roads convergin gfrom it, was_the center of German resistance; the taking of Tibati, 137 miles from Nigerian border; and the more re- t capture of the towns of Daing, Nkan Lododort and. the retirement of large convoys into Spanish Guinea. The Kamerun protectorate has an area of 191,130 square miles and has a population og 2,540,000, including about 2,000 whites. The only other posses- elon of the Germans in Africa not con- ered by the allie sis the protectorate German East Africa, which has an area of 384,000 square miles and a pop- ulation og 5,500,000, SOUTH GERMAN PRESS ADOPTS MODERATE TONE. With Reference to the American-Ger- man Controversies. Zurich, via London, Feb. 6, 11.25 p. m—The South German press has adopted a more moderate tone with reference to the American-German controversy. The Munich Neueste Nachrichten suggests that nothing can be gained pt this critical moment by heated utterances, as. “all such ex- pressfons of opinion have no influence on the actual decision, which now lies with America. “Germany’s answer,” continues the paper, “is the highest degree concili- MRS. MOHR ACQUITTED; NEGROES FOUND GUILTY e Swooned Verdict Was Rendered. Providence, R. L, Feb. 6.—Mrs. Eli- zdbeth F. Mohr was acquitted tonight by a jury in the superfor court of a charge of having instigated the mur- der of her husband, Dr. C. Franklin Mohr. Victor Brown and Henry H. Spellman who were accused of the actual killing, were found guilty. The jury reported at .07 o'clock after be- ing out since 10.50 o'clock yesterday morning. The verdict means life im- prisonment, Mrs. Mohr swooned while the fore- man was announcing the verdict. Her head dropped forward and she was slipping from her chair when her at- torneys grasped and supported her, while a court officer rushed for a glass of water. “Is there any other charge against these defendants?” inquired Justice Stearns when the verdict had been siven. “There is, your honor,” replied At- torney General Rice. But Mrs. Mohr is on bail on the other charge.” “The defendants Brown and Spell- man are committed without bail,” said the court, “and Mrs. Mohr is dis- charged from custody on this com- plaint.” The other charge against Mrs. Mohr and the two negroes is that they com- mitted an assault on Miss Emily Bur- ger with intent to kill. Miss Burger was shot while riding with Dr. Mohr on the night he was attacked. The negroes are accused of actually firing the shots at Miss Burger, while Mrs. Mohr is charged with being an ac- cessory before the fact to the crime. TENSION BETWEEN U. 8. AND GERMANY AT RUPTURE POINT According to Interview With German Undersecretary. Paris, Feb, 6.—Newspapers cofament on the interview of Dr. Alfred Zim- mermann, German under-secretary for foreign affairs, with the Associated Press, relative to the Lusitania case, which is prominently displayed, is to the effect that the tension between the United States and Germany is now at the rupture point. The Matinn-thinks that either the United States or Ger- many must vield and that it will not be the United States. If President Wilson should obtain Germany's ca- pitulation, says the Petit Parisien, it will be a great diplomatic victory and if he breaks off relations with Ger- many it will be an eloguent lesson in morality to the world. Stephen Pinchon, former minister of foreign affairs, writing in the Petit Journal, expresses the belief that the United States government is evidently now conscious of the sterility of its diplomatic action. . A LARGE GERMAN WARSHIP HAS BEEN SUNK Between the ind of Anholt and the Swedish Coast. via London, Deoc. i e Doctor’s as FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS OF CAPTAIN VON PAPEN Obtained in Records of Riggs National Bank at Washington. ‘Washington, Feb. 6.—Records of the National Bank of Washington, owing some of the financial transac- of Captain Von Papen, recalled {ary attache of the German em- have been obtained by the de- x t of justice and sent to New the use of United States Dis- The toderai grand ury there gran ere plots to violate AmeriSan subpoena was served on the bank more than a week ago and the requested were despatched to Copenhag: 3.56 a. lm—sfil‘ has sunk the £ s 'z pat que g newspaper - for Avis. . ‘The dispatch says it is supposed the yvessel struck a mine. Wireless calls for help were heard, but these ceased after a time. fon That it Will be Subjected to Movements of Steamships. Test in 1916, ; Hrhort New York, Feb. f.—Arrived, Cattegat STRENGTH OF BRITAIN iy German warship of Anbolt and the Swedish | The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Ci Cabled za_ragrapl\s Grand Rabbi of Lille Dead. s Paris, Feb. 6.—Emile Cahen, former grand rabbi qf Lille, died in a hospital here today as the result of injuries sustained by being run down by @& taxicab. He was 76 years old. King Ferdinand to Visit Germany. Berlin, Feb. 6, via London, 12.20 p. m—King Ferdinand of Bulgaria is coming to Germany, it was learned here today, to return the visit pald by Emperor William to the king at Nish, Serbia, on Jan. 18. TRAIN SERVICE HALTED IN NEW YORK SUBWAY As Result of Short Circuit in Cable Box at Grand Central Station, New York, Feb. 6—Train service was halted in the subway twice within twenty minutes tonight and New York's underground railway system was in darkness as the result of a short circuit in a cable box at the Grand Central station. Thousands of passengers, with rumors of bomb plots fresh in their minds, became alarmed, but the lights were off only a few min- utes and the guards experienced little difficulty in preserving order. While the accident was not unusual, it followed upon the heels of a general police order for patrolmen to guard subway entrances and exits and search all suspicious persons carrying suit- cases or bundles. As a consequence, it caused fear that something serious might have happened. The power was first shut off at 7.20 o'clock after an emergency alarm. A hurried inspection by officials failed to disclose and break in the feed wire, and eight minutes later the power was turned on again, = A second emergency alarm was sounded two minutes after- wards, and the underground system was again plunged into darkness. The trouble was then located and in ten minutes trains were moving as usual. While a rumor persisted that the extra police guard was ordered as a precaution against the carrying out of a suspected plot to blow up New York’s underground and elevated rail- ways, the police themselves treated the report lightly. In authoritative sources tonight it was said the placing of the extra Do- lice guards at the various stations and exits was part of a new plan inaugu- rated by the police to round up thieves. Publicity given the report that a bomb plot was suspected caused a change in the plan, it was said, and most of the patrolmen were instructed to resume their regular beats. The decision to discontinue the guard at the subway and elevated staticns was not reached until after a long conference this afternoon between a number of police officials. There was much secrecy surrounding the confer- ence and afterward none of the offi- cials would discuss the various reports in circulation. TO CONSIDER THE LATEST LUSITANIA COMMUNICATION. President Wilson and Secretary Lan- sing to Confer Today. ‘Washington, Feb. 6. — President ‘Wilson and Secretary Lansing are ex- pected to confer tomorrow on the lat- est tentative draft of the communica- tion the German government hopes to bring the negotiations over the Lusi- tania disaster to eatisfactory fermina- tion. Information that the outlook for an early settlement of the case again Wwas promising was received tonight from various diplomatic and official quarters. The president has had the tentative draft before him since Friday night. In it, German officials say, the Berlin foreign office has gone as far as it possibly can to meet the position of the United States. From high diplo- matic quarters tonight came the state- ment that Germany believes that she has, with the exception of making an out and out disavowal of the Lusitania sinking, which she considers impossi- ble, conceded every desire of the United States and that the tentative proposal materially strengthens the assurances already given in the negotiations over the sinking of the steamship Arabic. It is also claimed that the tentative pro- posal ‘covers all the fundamental is- sues involved in the conduct of sub- marine warfare in the North sea. It is explained that a direct dis- avowal was given for the sinking of the Arabic because that act was in violation of the instructions given the commanders of submarines. In the case of the Lusitania, however, the commander acted in accordance with orders. The general instructions not to sink liners without warning were given, it was disclosed tonight, by high authority on the day the Lusitania went down. It was said that Germany withheld announcement of the fact for strategical naval reasons, EXTRA GUARDS ASKED FOR EAST RIVER BRIDGES While the Cruiser Washington is Pass- ing Under Them. New York, Feb. 6—Extra police guards were stationed on the Brook- Iyn and Manhattan bridges today, at the request of Rear Admiral Usher, commandant of the New York navy yard, it was announced at Brooklyn police headquarters, to safeguard the passage _under the structures of the United States crulser Washington, which arrived at noon from Haiti. The police sald Rear Admiral Usher explained to them that he desired the extra guards as a precautionary meas- ure against the possible dropping of bombs on the cruiser as she passed under the bridges. The action of the rear admiral was clouded in mystery at the navy yard. Commander Frank B. Upham, aide to the rear admiral, declared tonight there ‘Was no reason to suppose that any one contemplated hurling bombs on the Washington and that no request had been made of the police for additional guards on the bridges. The cruiser Washington, which will be relieved by the Tennessee in Haitien ‘waters, will sail from here tomorrow for Portsmouth, N. H., where she will ‘be used as a training ship. PUBLIC FUNERAL FOR THE ZEPPELIN VICTIMS With Full Military Honors in Paris ' Today. DR, Teb. -4 public funeral with nors wi e given to- =i to the victims of the Zeppelin Jan. 31. The minister of the the president of the city coun- i and deputies are to at- 2, the bodles of the victims, ‘with wreaths and flowers, are | carried on is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population No Agreement |Re®y for Italian for Polish Religty” Consular Agent HAS YET BEEN REACHED BE- TWEEN THE BELLIGERENTS ARMINO CONTE HAD NARROW ES- | CAPE IN MILWAUKEE AGREEMENT IS REMOTE [A SECOND BOMB FOUND Impracticable to Do Anything of a Systematic Order Until Some Defi- nite Conclusion is Arrived at. Fuse Had Evidently Been Extinguished After Burning for Some Time—Both Were Wrapped in Black Oil Cloth. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 6.—The life of Armina Conte, Italian consular agent for Milwaukee, was imperilled by a bomb which exploded today at the door of his apartment on the seventh floor of an East Side building. He escaped unhurt. No Metal used in Construction. A second bomb, the fuse of which had evidenly been extinguished after burning for some time, was found near an entrance on the ground floor. Both missiles were covered with black oil- cloth and in the opinion of the police ‘were composed of composite explosives. 1}'0 metal was used in their construc- tion. Mr. Conte would neither affirm nor deny that he had received threatening letters. Did But Slight Damage. The bomb placed at his door did but slight damage. It had been set be- hind a baseboard with strings attached to the percussion cap and fastened to the door with screw. London, Feb. 6, 7.45 p. m.—The for- eizn office has given out a letter from Sir Edward Grey, secretary for for- eign office, to Herbert C. Hoover, chairman of the American commission for Rellef in Belgium, and the ca- blestams exchanged between the Po- lish relief societies of Chicago and Premier Asquith, which indicate that no agreement has yet been reached be- tween the belligerents for the relief of the civie population of Poland. Supplementing this ,correspondence, The Associafed Press has been given a letter from Mr. Hoover, which result- ed in the ‘reply published by the for- eign office. The correspondence on the subject leaves the problem of feed- ing Poland unsettled and confirms the opinion in well-informed relief cir- cles here that any agreement which would enable relief to be carried on is so remote as to make it extremely improbable. Hoover’s Letter to Sir Edward, Mr. Hoover’s letter to Sir Edward Ghey, dated December 22, follows: ir: Knowing your Keen desire to mitigate in every possible way human suffering arising out of the war, I feel justified in bringing before you a suggestion in behalf of the civic popu- lation of Poland. T attach hereto a petition which the commission has re- ceived from the large and representa- tive relief committee in Warsaw and also a report made as a result of per- sonal investigation at our instance by Dr. Vernon Kellogg, until lately di- rector in Belgium of our work there. Misery and Despair. 0 added words of mine can dark- en the picture of misery and despalr which these statements do, depicting as they do what may be the fate of Bel- gium but for the relief afforded under Inernational auspices, with your eanr- est support. 1 have had some in- formal conversation with the German authorities who have assured me that there are cereals and potatoes avail- able in Poland and elsewhere from which by mobilization and organized distribution some sort of minimum ration can be provided. Other items of a dletary do not exist in ‘Poland and -they. are’critically - necessaty to preserve health to the strong and lifé to the weak and to forefend from the whole population already ineiplent famine and disease. The shortage of these particular commodities in Ger- many leaves no hope of help fof Po- land” from that quarter. Protection Will Be Afforded. “I am assured by the German au- thorities that protection will be afford- ed to local and imported supplies for the exclusive use of the civillan popu- lation and also that every facility will be afforded this commission in its gask of organization and distribution under proper guarantees. “It appears to us that deficient fats, beans, some breadstuffs, etc., together with condensed milk for chiidren, can be obtained onls ¥¥ impdrts from ov- erseas for which there would seem to be a route practicable from the western hemisphere to Sweden, with trans-shipment thence via Danzig or Libau. We would not undertake such a task without the approval and co- operation of the allied governments. Provisions For Food Supplies. “In making provision for food sup- plies for these people we should need not only to rely on charity, but to as- semble all the economic resources of Poland and its institutions in much he same manner as has been done in Belgium and we should need the per- mission of His Majesty’s government to facilitate exchange and banking op- erations. Gravity of the Situation. “The painful gravity of the situation in Poland cannot be gainsaid, nor need I apologize for the interest this organization has taken In the Polish people, in addition to our other very grave responsibilities. We have no desire to add to our other burdens, but if fourteen months’ of service in Belgium have commended us to the various belligerent governments, it is out duty to use the confidence thus ac- quired in behalf of the Polish people and I wish to add that If the allied governments are prepared to assent to such relief measures and 1f any other institution can be summoned to undertake their execution, this com- mission would be glad to give any advice arising out of its experience, or alternatively, we should be glad to incorporate such other body in any organization might set up. Sir Edward Grey's Letter. Sir Edward Grey’s letter to Mr. Hoover, given out by the foreign of- fice, for publication, follows: “Dear Mr. Hoover: I have careful- ly considered your letter of Decem- ber 2 regarding the proposed scheme for the reliem of Poland. In the face of accummulation evidence of German and Austrian requisitions in Poland, some mention of which you will ind in the enclosed telegraphic correspond- ence with Polish organizations in the United States, I fear it would be im- possible to enter into any agreement with you in regard to any scheme of G SCHEME OF LAND PURCHASE FOR GREAT BRITAIN. Will Be One of the Results of the War —Was Successful in Ireland. London, Feb. 6, 7.48 p. m—One of the results of the war, according to reports, will be the adoption by the government Of a big_scheme of land purchase for England such as has been so successful in Ireland. Confronted with the two-fold prob- lem of providing employment for dis- chargeq soldiers, bith during and aft- er the war and the desirability also demcnstrated by experiences in the war, of materially increasing home grown food supplies, the home office, the board of trade and the board of agriculture of a special committee presided over by Sir Harry C. W. Ver- ney, parliamentary secretary to the board of agriculture. The report of the committee which will shortly be published is said to recommend extensive state acquisi- tions of lands by compulsory pur- chase for the establishment on a large scale of colonies of small holders and the development of competitive buying and marketing of agricultural credit banks, together with a provision for a large state grant to put the pro- posals into operation. Naturally, the scheme will require parliamentary ac- tion. GOV: WHITMAN WILLING TO TAKE RENOMINATION Are Satisfied With His Stewardship. 1f People New York, Feb. 6.—Governor Charles S. Whitman reiterated today his candidacy for the Republican nom- ination for governor “if the people are satisfied with my stewardship thus far” His announcement was coupled with a denial that he had agreed to seek the nominafion for second place at the Republican national convention at Chicago in June as a running mate of former Senator Theodore E. Bur- ton. It had been reported that he was willing to run for vice president on a ticket headed by Mr. Burton, William E. Borah, or Albert B. Cummins with the understanding that David Jayne Hill should be given the gubernator- ial nomination in this state. I am for Justice Hughes for presi- dent,” said Mr. Whitman. “ He would sweep the country.” LONDON BOARD OF TRADE WARNS SHIP OWNERS ty of Foul Play on British and Neutral Ships. London, Feb. 6, 1026 p. m.—The board of trade has issued an official warning to ship owners and merchants of the possibillty of “foul play on British and neutral ships through the machinations of enemy agents,” who in numerous instances are declared to have caused fires and explosions. The warning says that great inge- nuity has been displayed in endeay- oring to work damage to vessels. In one case it was found that the wood used for packing purposes had been so treated that it would burst into flame under slight friction. Ship own- ers are requested in the warning to satisfy themselves that no firm hav- ing enemy interests shall have any- thing to do with the handling of a -293uy 91 S9UI YOTUM UF 03Ed Jo AIUs ested. GERMAN AERODROME DESTROYED BY FIRE. The Johannisthal, Sutuated Just Out- side of B Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 6, via Paris, 4.10 p. m.—Fire has virtually destroyed the Johannisthal aerodrome, just outside Berlin, according to pri- vate telegrams from Munich and Stutt- gart received at Basil today. Six or nine new aeroplanes are reported to have been destroyed in the blaze, Of Pos: relief until the German and Austrian governments have prohibited the ex- port of all foodstuffs shall not be drawn upon to maintain the occupying armies. “If, and when, this was done It might be possibie to come to an lr'- rangement with you allowing of the which is said to have been the work of sples. No lives were lost. HIGH DEATH RATE RECORD IN FALL RIVER Pneumonia and Grip Responsible—~ Seventy-five deaths in Six Days. Fall River, Mass., Feb . 6.—Pneu- monnia and grippe were responsible for the record high mark in deaths in this city last week, according to a statement issued from the office of the board of health. There were 75 deaths in the past six days, ‘25 per cent of them due to pneumonia - This num- ber is larger than for any cor- responding -perfod in the city’s his- tory according to the statement. Switzerland to Import Sugar zBerne, Feb. 6, 7:30 ol es- a tablishin ga mo ly sugar Austrian governments ver ¢ Switzerland wil lagain attempt o e 1‘/:“.' import quantities from the United ' of States. The annual sugar impors amount to 40,000,000 francs. | tion and other ni articles and to give you a free hand In the distri- bution of stocks of foodstuffs . thus “But prohibition of export and the guarantees mentioned above must be Ay discuneton, singe. thiss mecmmres any discussion, are demanded by the situation now ex- isting quite independently of the ques- tion of imports ang the fact that | :au not yet been put into force itutes evidence that the German Condensed Telegrams t Seattle. Two feet of snow fel Revolutionary rioting at Lisbon was resumed. The Ford tribunal at Stockholm will open today. The typhus e is under control. A heavy loss of life is reported from the fioods In Java. The Danish ship Elberetta went ashore near Dover, England. The Socialist paper, The Worker, of Glasgow, was seized by the police. A seat on the New York Stock Ex- change was transferred for $68,000. The strike at the Carnegie Steel Co., at Youngstown, O., has been settled. jemic in Mexico City The fog station at Cape Spencer, ia the Bay of Fundy was destroyed by re. The Fourth National aBnk of Fay- etteville, N. C., was close by its di- rectors. Fire swept the business section of Cambridge, N. J., causing $200,000 damage. An_unidentified cruiser arrived off the Virginia capes and started on pa- trol uty. Standard Oil Co. of New York de- clared the usual quarterly dividend &f $2 per share. An Italian aeroplane was shot down by Swiss border guards on the Swiss- Italian border. Several buildings at Troy, N. Y., were damaged by fire at an estimated loss of $100,000. About 30,000 people in the Wheeling \W. Va., district are idle because of a shortage of gas. Austro-Hungarian troops are wear- ‘white tunics so as to be -invisible against the snow. The University of Kiel has begun the collection of all meritorious poet- ry concerning the war. No trace has been tound by British naval vessels of the German Zeppelin wrecked in the Nerth Sea. Subscriptions to the third Italian war loan amounted to $482,000,000 on January 31, it was officially announced. A bill appropri g $100,000 for the relief ot flood sufferers in the Missis- sippi Valley was passed by the Sen- ate. An order for 80 small field locomo- tives was awarded the Baldwin Lo- ment. German troops are breaking_up portions of the local railways in Bel- glum, requisitioning the cars and lo- comotives. By boring holes through a floor in a West End district, Boston, thieves were able to steal $3,000 worth of fancy cloths. A decree just issued by the Italian government summons the reserves of the cavalry and engineers of six class- es hitherto free. As’a_result of the burning of Cana- da’s's Parliament buildings, addition- al guards were placed about the cap- itol at Washington. Carrying released passengers from the captured steamer Appam, Steamship Jefferson arrived at New York from Norfolk. Orders were issued by the State De- partment to allow the Italian steam. ship Casert to clear from New Yo bearing her stern guns. The Norwegian coal steamer Camna was beached in the harbor of Lisbon, after beir.g rammed by the Portuguese warship Vasco da Game. One hundred employes of the Philips Insulated Wire Co., Pawtucket, R. I, in its rolling and wire mill have struck for an increase in pay. Joseph Dawson of Dawson and Son, brewers, New Bedford, died at the age of 55. At one time he was pres- ident of the common council. Rear Admiral Blue of the formed the House naval _committee that the navy is short 5000 men. There is also a shortage of officers. An agreement between the com- mnaders of the Austrian and Italian armies for the exchange of invalid prisoners is believed to be imminent. avy, in- Six women were burned to death in a fire that destroved the home of Mrs. Hannah M. Tag, widow of Casi- mir Tag, millionaire banker, in Brook- Iyn. George W. Goethals governor of the Canal one, asked Congress for an ap- propriation of $19,300,000 for mainten- ance of the civil government of the zone. Harold L. Severy, the Boston youth who shot four persons, one mortally, in Albany last week was committed to Matteawan State Asylum for the Insane. Fire damages caused a loss of $20,000 to B. Maisel, lithographer, H. & L. Chase cotton bag merchants and several small firms in a building in Atlantic Ave, Boston. The body of a fashionably dressed woman who had been strangled to death was found in Echo Park lake, Los Angeles. A man's hendkerchief ‘was teld around her neck. ADD BTS... was... .. S Martin Dennis, 65 years old, widely known as a chemical manufacturer, was found dead at his home in New- ark, N. J., from heart disease. French newspapers print an offer of 35,000 francs to any French aviat- or who brings down a ‘within the Fdench lines, and 10,00 Ofrancs to n;n.nn-rhm-au-dmmut- terles who obtains the same results with shells. Earth Shocks Recorded. ‘Washington, Feb. 6.—Heayy earth stocks, distant about 4,500 miles from :mmm«mmm. da t 5.12 un"lnd" Ly A bofllnl1' at p. m. con= dn’;:lnl‘ until P.om. comotive Co. by the French oyern- BUSY WEEK IS AHEAD FOR CONGRES r» Conservation Legislation, Colombia and Nica Treaties and Philippines Independence BRANDEIS NOMINATION HEARING WEDNES“ ( Witnesses Have Been Summoned to Appear Before a Sen : Sub-Judiciary Committee Relative to Statements Files With Committee Protesting Against the Confirmation Mr. Brandeis—Ad ministration Officials Are Still Urgi Early Action on the Shipping Bill. ‘Washington, Feb. 6—Conservation legislation, the Colombian and Nicar- aguan treaties, the government ship purchase bill, Philippine independence and the inquiry into the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis to the supreme court are the subjects of immediate interest before congress for the com- ing week, while completion of the na- tional defense programme is being awaited. my reorganization this week. Stro opposition has developed to the com: tinental army proposals and there indications of a conference soon tweén congressional leaders and equtive officials to talk over the feass ibility of dropping the continents army plan and substituting an jme creased standing army and an en~ largement of the pational guard plan. Philippine Debate in House. Philippine legislation, which has oe- cupled ‘the floor in the senate so long. will be debated in the house. As soon as the Indian appropriation bill is passed, sponsors of the immi= gration bill, With its literacy test and | Asiatic exclusion features, will at tempt to dispute the postoffice appro- priation bill's right of way in the house. The post office bill usually cupies a couple of weeks' discu in the house. It carries $320,000, and proposes to change the standing practice of paying railroads according to weight of mails carried to a space basis. Urging Action on Shipging Bill, Administration officials are still urging early action on the shipping bill and next Thursday Secre - McAdoo and Redfield, by invitation of Chairman Alexander,’ will appear be- fore the house merchant marine com- mittee. Tuesday Major General Goe- thals, governor of the Panama zone, will appear before the house fn- terstate commerce committee to ade' vocate the biil to legalize the Panama canal Tules respecting tolls with par- ticular reference to deckloads of ships passing through the big waterway. P. Thom, counsel for the South Raflway and representing for the rious other railroad interests, will held by the house interstate e merce committee next Thursday the Rayburn bill for the federal L ulation of the issue of stock m{% Water Power Bills. ‘Water power bills are to be consid- ered in the open senate this week, al- though administration leaders contem- plate devoting much time to debate of the long-pending Nicaraguan and Co- lombian treaties ~The former proba- bly will be called up first and oppo- nents of the treaty propose to make a determin~” effort to force discussion the opem, g Hearings on Brandeis Nomination. Beginning Wednesday public hear- ings are to be held on the Brandeis nomination before a senate judiciary sub-committee. Protestants against confirmation of Mr. Brandeis are to be heard first and witnesses have been summoned to testify regarding state- ments filed with the committee. These relate to Mr. Brandeis’ connection with the United Shoe Machinery company, the Five Percent railroad rate case and several private litigation cases in which he was interested as counsel. Navy Department’s Bill. In the “house tomorrow Speaker Clark will recognize Representative Padgett, chairman of the naval com- mittee, 'to call up the navy depart- ment's bill to increase the humber of midshipmen at the United States na- val academy. Under the existing law 1,169 midshipmen are maintained at the naval academy with an average attendance of 900 and the present bill would increase the maximum to 1,704, oc- Military~ Committees. by railroads. This measure House and senate military commit- | the house in the last congress but. tees plan to conclude bearings on ar- | died in the senate. TO REDUCE INDEBTEDNESS OF NEW HAVEN ROAD TOWNS IN WESTERN ONTARIO THROWN INTO A PANIC By a Hurried Call to Arms of the Home Guard. From the Resources of the Company— Notes Maturing May 1. Boston, Feb. 6—The indebtedness of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company, maturing May 1, is_to be reduced as much as possible, from the. resources of the company and the remainder renewed upon the best terms obtainable, ac- cording to a_ statement of the action directors made public today by Pres- ident Howard Elliott. The indebted- ness consists of $27,000,000 one-year 5 per cent. notes. President Elliott says that as the report of the Massachusetts public service commission ordered last year to_investigate the road's financial af- fairs is expected in the latter part of February, “it seems unwise at present to attempt to make a mortgage and issue bonds to take up the notes.” “It is hoped” says the statement, “that the report will contain recom- mendations that will enable the legis- lature to take any action necessary to remove any doubts as to the legal status in Massachusetts of invest- ments of the company made by and {under lawful authority of other states.” The cemmittee continues the state- ment, also considered the advisability of recommending an increase in the capital of the company by an lssus of the preferred stock, but ‘concluded that it is not best to ask the stock- | ACQUITTED ON CHARGE holders for action on any such plan OF IMMORALITY. prior to May 1, although they feel - - s that the stockholders should give to| Nathan Kaplan, Sing Sing Convict— this method of raising money their p 5 careful consideration so that debts 5""‘"' I ogoar Wer may be paid and nee{]ed lmprovex;:ents ase. be made promptly. No amount of new = ¥ stock, has ever been determined upon x}ghu!;e ] ;‘legb-fi-n—“\i h and the report that 375,000,000 or any | ¥aplan, first of the Sing Sing pr - indictments growing out of former: other amount was to be raised is with- out foundation. * 3 hat 1| Warden Thomas Mott Osborne's agd: The statement says that the total | Warden Thomas Mott Oshorne's in the supreme court here early. debts paid and new money put ;‘nllg roperty in_the last two and one-ha e The jury deliberated on the case more than five hours. He was years was $12,056,716 and that during with immorality. the next fe: y;nr: much n;ore thaxn this shouls e spent r addi- ot Sysexkios Kaplan, who was transferred to Dana nemora prison after his indictmes R tions to the property. SECTION OF A PANAMAN CITY protested that he was the victim of “frameup” because he was a friend & SLIDING INTO A RIVER.| ihe former warden. It is said Due to an Infiltration Which Under- | Bren s s ot Orbomae s e e mined the Riverbanks. aid him. Panama, Feb. 6.—According to ad-|TUBE FOUND CONCEALED vices received here from La Paz, capi- tal of Bolivia, a section of the city, ON BRITISH STEAMER about 1,600 yards long, is sliding into e 5 the Choque Yapu river. The section |SuPposed to be a Bomb—An Investiga- tion is Being Made. comprises mostly residences of the poorer classes, although there are in it the market, barracks and the mu- seum of the archaeologist Posnasky. Thus far their have been no casual- ties. The loss is estimated at 2,000,000 bolivionos: (a boliviono is about 41 cents). The slide is sald to be due to an infiltration which undermined the riverbanks. Niagara Falls, Ont., Feb. 6.—Several towns in western Ontario were thrown into a panic late last night by a mur= ried call to arms of the home guard. Buglers hurried through the s eounding the alarm, and unfounded ru- mors that one of the bridges here had ‘blown up added to the excitement. At Saint Catherines theatre audi- ences were dismissed when the began to leave in response to the. calls. Guards were doubled at a mu= nition plant there. No official at Saing Catharines would say who ordered the guard, but it was understood there to have been a general order throi out the province. No orders were received to strength~ en the guard on the bridges along the Niagara frontier. They have been der o heavy guard since Septemi 14. It is believed here that the excite- ment was due to some local cause and that the calling out of the home mobilization threw the people into & temporary panic, during which rumors found ready circulation. S Bordeaux, Feb. 6, 4:30 p. small metal tube supposed bomb has been found on the steamship Hannington, which ed here Friday, flour-laden from York. The tube was concealed some sacks of flour where is th to have been placed after the left New York. An investigati being made. Support for New Bedford St New Bedford, ' Mass,, Feb. 6= executive board of the National eration of Cloth Weavers voted that, in the event of a strike & textile mills here over the wage. tion, the moral and financial s the federation would be OBITUARY. m T. Mitchell. Port Huron, Mich, Feb. 6.—Willlam T. Mitchell, United States consul to Quebec during the administration of President Cleveland, died at his home