Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 8, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVIL—NO. 33 ' POP TION 28,219 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1916 Paris Tells of Destruction of German Blockhouse Between Oise and Aisne GERMAN ARTILLERY ACTIVE AGAINST BRITISH Vienna War Office Reports the Situation Unchanged on All the Fronts Where the Austro-Hungarian Troops Are Fighting—Authorities at Kiel Are Fearful of an Air Raid There—Berlin Says There Are Now 1,429,171 Prisoners of War in Geramny—A London Newspaper is Authority That Earl Kitchener is to Leave the War Of- fice for a More Important Mission Elsewhere region of the Greek border. A Copenhagen dispatch indicates that the authorities at Kiel are fear- ful of an allied air raid there. The populace has been notified that a steam siren will give the people ad- vance notice of an air raid and that in case the raiders come the people should not unduly expose themselves. The semi-official Overseas News Agens of Berlin says there are now 1,429,171 prisoners of war in Germany. This number, it is declared, does not include the prisoners the Germans left n Austria-Hungary. % A London newspaper is authority for the statement that Earl Kitchener, the British secretary for war, proba- bly will leave the war office to under- take more important work elsewhere. If Earl Kitchener should leave, the newspaper adds, Sir William Robert- son, chief of staff, will actively direct the war and a civilian will become secretary for war. Except on the front in France and Belgium little fighting has been re- ported. Paris tells of the bombard- ment of German positions near He- taas and Steenstraete in Belgium, the destruction of a German blockhouse between the Oise and the Aisne and of effective work by French batteries in the Artois and Champagne regions. French shells on the former sector caused powerful explosions northeast of Arras and a great fire in the Cham- pagne near Challerange. The Germans have been busy with their artillery against the British around Loos, while the British in re- turn have bombarded German trench- es near the Ypres-Roulers railway. The Vienna war office reports the situation unchanged on all the fronts where the Austro-Hungarian troops are fighting. Nothing new has come through con- cerning the reported concentration of trobps of the Teutonic allies in the DEATHBED CONFESSION MADE BY AN INCENDIARY. Act Committed to Get Even With -Man Who Married the Girl He Loved. Dec: -1, Feb. 7.—Chief Devore of the fire depdrtment here today re- ceived a letter from David C. Guffey of Detroit, Mich., confessitig that he| was responsible for an incendiary fire which destroyed part of the home of C. W. Alexander, a Decatur high school teacher, in November, 1914, “When we were young men we loved the same girl,” Guffey wrote. “He won her, and I swore to get even. I stole into his house at night and eet a fuse to a gasoline can and escaped. The firemen found the fuse and accused Alexander of trying to burn his house for the insurance. 1 am now.on my deatnbed and want Decatur people to know that Mr. Alexander was a good and honest man Alexander has left Decatur since the fire and is now a teacher in the Ypsil- anti high school. PRINCE OSOARBF PRUSSIA . IS SLIGHTLY WOUN‘DED In the Head and in the Upper Part of the Thigh. Amsterdam, Feb. 7, via London, 1.45 p. m.—Prince Oscar of Prussia, fifth son of Emperor William, has been slightly wounded in the head and on the upper part of the thigh by shell splinters during the fighting in the eastern war theatre, according to a Berlin official report received here. LUSITANIA MATTER. BEFORE CABINET TODAY . ~ Latest Communication from Germany Is to be Considersd. ‘Washington, Feb. 7.—President Wil~ scn Wil Salg wHTE e alimet A0S morrow the latest draft of the pro- posed communication which Germany hopes will bring the negotiations over the Lusitania disaster to a termina- tion satisfactory to the United States. Official indication or announcement whether the offer of the Berlin gov- ernment is satisfactory is expected =00n thereafter. The president did not request Secre- tary Lansing to come to the White House for a conference today and the conference which had been planned did not matetrialize. The secretary expects to discuss the latest proposal with the president tomorrow and it is ‘believed . in Teutonic diplomatic cir- cles that Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, may be summon- ed to the state department some time during ‘the afternoon and informed of the deision of the United States. Confidential advices received today from high official quarters are to the effect that expressions of optimism regarding the outcome of the negotia- tions which have been heard in cer- tain official and diplomatic circles are not - without foundation. Chairman Stone, of the senate foreign relations mmittee, declared after conferring ith administration officials that he belleved the case “was practically set- t! CONTRIBUTION FOR JEWISH RELIEF FUND. Men and Women at Brookiyn Gave Money, Checks and Jewelry. Prince Oscar was wounded at Vir- ton, Belgium, in September, 1914, He was ill for a long time and was de- clared to be suffering also from an affection of the heart. He returned to duty in the field in November, 1914, and narrowly escaped capture the fol- lowing month during the fighting in Poland. FREIGHT HANDLERS TO RETURN TO WORK. New York, Feb. 7.—Contributions_es- timated at $57,000 were made last night at a mass meeting of Jews in Brook- lyn for the relief of Jewish sufferers in the European war zones. Mayor Mitchel, Jacob H. Schiff and Louis Marshall were among the speakers. Mr. Schiff announced that he would contribute $5,000 on condition that five others in the audience contributed $1,000 each. The response was imme- diate and a few minutes later men and women rushed to the platform with money, checks and jewelry. Much of the jewelry was redeemed afterward for cash. The committee having in charge the raising of the fund announced that $25,000 had been contributed prior to the meeting, making a total of ap- prosimately $100,000. Have Been on Strike on New Haven System in Boston. Boston, Feb, 7.—Announcement that a tentative agreement had been made for the return to work of the freight handlers of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad who have been on strike in this city for more than three months was made at union head- quarters last night. Terms of the egreement were not made public, but it was stated that the old hands would be taken back as fast as vacancies oc- cur. Union officials said that the agreement did not affect the situation on the Boston and Maine railroad, where 500 men were still out. The men struck for more pa EXPLOSION CAUSED FIRE IN CANADIAN FOUNDRY. A Man, Believed to Be an Aust: Arrested on Suspicion, Hespeler, Ont, Feb. 7.—An explo- slon was responsible for the fire which destroyed the shell department of the ARGUMENTS CONCLUDED IN SLINGSBY LEGITIMACY SUIT Vast Estates in England Involved— Decision Reserved. lon, 3, & p. m.—The hearing of arguments the Slingsby I suit’ was concluded in the coyrt of appeals today. Judgment was reserved. The arguments had been in progress since Jan. 17. The case involves the question whether an infant born in San Fran- The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That clisco and declared to be the lawful son %‘lfil R. Slingsby and his wife, S, S R the. es n Engl e California. court held that the child wak the legitimate heir and the case . here was on an appeal from this lon. [ WATER TANK IS A BARREL WHEN BUILT BY A COOPER Unique Desision Solves Problem of Many Labor Disputes City, Mo, Feb. T—A water .h.nkh‘:m By this » Jjoint conference A. V. Jardine foundry Saturday, ac- cording to statements made tonight by Chiet "of ' Policé Thomas Wilson. A man, believed to be an_Austrian, who gave the name of John Schmidt, is un. licated in starting the fire. K:‘ce say they have learned that he been employed recemtly in muni- tion plants in Gait, Berlin and Hamil- ton. At each of these places he is re- ported to have given a different name, — e DEFECTIVE AIR BRAKE CAUSES FOUR DEATHS, Victims Wers Stockmen Riding on © Preight Train of C, & N, W, The | ‘Has Arranged a Loan. lin, Feb. 7, via London, 8:25 p. m. city of Budapest has arranged a 22,000,000 kronen through Aus- ungarian banks to meet its run- \, The value of the kronen in American money in ordinary times is about twenty cents. Ruben Dario, Spanish Poet, Dead. Leon, Nicaragua, Feb. 7.—Ruben Dario, author and diplomat, died here last night. He was former minister of Nicaragua to Spain. Senor Dario was one of the most prominent poets writing in the Spanish language and won high honor in sev- eral countries. He was the author of sixteen well known Spanish works. For many years he lived in Paris, serv- ing his country there as consul-gen- eral. RENEWAL OF FIGHT AGAINST GEORGE RUBLEE A Recess Appointee on the Federal Trade Commission. ‘Washington, Feb. 7.—Renewal of the fight against George Rublee, of Cor- nish, N. H., now serving on the fed- eral trade commission as a recess ap- pointee, was forecast today when Sen- ator Galilnger, during an executive session of the senate, - demanded a committee report on the appointment. Senator Gallinger who led the oppo- sition during the last session of con- gress, has declared that Mr. Rublee is personally obnoxious to him. Mr. Rublee was nominated a year ago and when congress adojurned a month later without confirming him, he was given a recess appointment by President Wilson. The appointment was referred to a sub-committee of the Interstate Commerce committee, a report from which is expected within a few days. Democratic senators suggested today that he action of he republicans in renewing opposition to Rublee just now indicated a purpose of coupling a fight against him with efforts to block the confirmation of Louis D. Brandeis’ nomination to the supreme court. LOST HER LIFE TRYING TO SAVE THAT OF HUSBAND Mrs. Ernest A. Gove, 19, of Portland, " Me. Burned to Death. Portland, Me., Feb. 7.—Mrs. Ernest A. Gove lost her life early today in an unsuccessful attempt to save her husband from a fire in a small build- ing occupied by stores and a lodging house at 684 Congress street. They ‘were married recently. A dozen oth- ers escaped by jumping to the roof of an ell or by being taken down lad- ders by firemen. Mr. and Mws. Gove, who were about | 19-y#éars of age, occupied o small room on ‘the third or top floor of the build- ing. Mrs. Gove managed to reach the street through the smoke-filled front stairway. Almost immediately she turned back into the building with ths exclamation, “I must get my husband out!” and Was not seen alive again. Her body was found in the hallway of the second floor and nearly half an hour later the body of her husband, who had descended from the upper story and evidently had been overcome by the flames, was found in another section of the hall, 20 feet away. COLONEL HIPPOLITO VILLA ARRESTED IN HAVANA. Is Charged With Damaging the Rail- road Near El Paso. Havana, Feb. 7.—Colonel Hippolito Villa, brother of General Francisco Vila, was arrested today at the re- quest of Willam E. Gonzales, the American minister to Cuba. ila is charged with damaging the railroad near El Paso. He was placed in jail to await extradition proceedings. Colonel Hipppolito Villa fled to the United States last December. He was arrested at San Antonio on the charge of bringing stolen property into Texas. He was released from custody under $5,000 bonds on Christmas day lastand sailed for Havana on Jan. 15. MIDVALE STEEL IS TO TAKE OVER CAMBRIA STOCK. Calls for a Total Outlay of $72,900,000, at $81 a Share. Philadelphia, Feb. 7.—The entire out- standing issue of 900,000 ehdres of Cambria Steel company stock will be taken over by the Midvale Steel and Ordnance company at $81 a share, or a total outlay of $72,900,000. This an- nouncement was made tonight after it had been officially announced today that owners of a controlling interest in the Cambria concern had agreed to these terms at a conference here Sat- urday night. The Cambria company earned about $6,400,000 in 1915, which is equivalent to - 14.2 per cent. upon its stock. HOPI TRIBE OF INDIANS THREATEN TO GO ON WARPATH Residents of Northeastern Portion of Arizona Alarmed. Proenix, Ariz., Feb. 7.—Five thou- sand residents of the northeastern portion of Arizona are alarmed over the reports that the Hopi tribe of Navajo Indians were threatening to &0 on the “war path” according to re- morts received here tonight. Approx- imately 25,000 Indians are living on the Navajo reservation, but it was not known what proportion of them were involved in the threatened uprising. The Hopis became angered, it was said, when one of their number was shot and killed several days ago by police offickrs. e Sl OBITUARY. — Willlam Barkor. Troy, N. Y., Feb. 7—Willlam Bar- ker, Sr., president of the William Barker Coller company of Watervlict, his home at Lynnhaven, Fla., . Barker was ld. Avalanche and ROAD TO SUSPEND Swollen Streams Are Pouring Flood Waters Out of the Foothills of the Cascade Mountains in Oregon. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 7.—On receipt of government flood and avalanche warnings today the Great Northern Railroad discontinued operation of trains in the Cascade mcuntains. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and the Northern Pacific continued to move trains with extreme caution. The number of track patrolmen was doub- led. Streams Out of Their Banks. Portland, Oregon, Feb. 7.—Out of the foothills and the Cascade Moun- tains swollen streams were pouring their flood waters into the Willamette and Columbia rivers today. Salem and other Willamette valiey towns re- port small streams out of their banks. Merchants Move Goods. Merchants in buildings near the banks of the Willamette in Portland moved_their goods from basements to- day. Within 24 hours the Willamette rose 7.9 feet at Eugene. In Portland the crest is not expected until Thurs- day, when a flood stage of 16.5 feet is predicted. KILLING OF PRIESTS AND VIOLATION OF NUNS Exposed by Letters Exchanged Be- tween Cardinal Mercier and German Authorities. Rome, Feb. 7, via Paris, 3.30 p. m.— There have been published in Italy letters exchanged between Cardinal Mercier, primate of Belgium, who is now in Rome, and German authorities, accompanied by hitherto unpublished documents, which charge the killing of a larger number of priests in Belgium than was specified when allegations of this nature were made previously. acrilege and S\e violation of nuns also are charged. APPROPRIATIONS OF $335,250 MADE TO VARIOUS COLLEGES Announced by General Education Board of Rockefeller Foundation. New York, Feb. ‘The general edu= cation' board of the Rockefeller foun- dation announced today appropriations of $335,250 to various colleges. These appropriations bring the total amount distributed by the board since its o ganization thirteen years ago to $1. 322,460. Among the larger amounts donated faryville college, Maryville, , $75,000; Western college for women, Oxford, O., $100,000; Milwau- kee-Dowener college for women, Mil- waukee, $100,000; Consolidated rural schools, $25,000, to assist in building homes for principals and teachers. Other appropriations are distributed among different schools for negroes in the south. BAPTIST MINISTER SHOT BY A WOMAN. Rev. J. M. Eagle Probably Fatally Wounded at Sherman, Tex. Sherman, Tex., Feb. 7.—Rev. J. M. Eagle, aged 40, a Baptist minister of Sherman, was shot and probably fa- tally wounded on a public square here this afternoon by Mrs. Anne Faust, who lives five miles east of Denison. The woman pulled a revolver from her handbag and fired five shots into the man’s body. When arrested, Mrs. Faust said the minister had insulted her. After Eagle fell, he gasped: “Take me to my wife. I have but a few mo- ments to live, and I do not want to die until I have talked with her.” 150 BOOKED ON APPAM " SAILED ON NOORDAM. ish Crews Are to Be Sent Home on the Liner Bal Bri New York, Feb. 7.—One hundred and fifty passengers originally booked on the British steamship Appam for pas- sage from West Africa to England, whose voyage was interrupted when their ship was captured by a German cruiser and taken into Newport News, sailed from here today on the Holland- American steamship Noordam for Fal- mouth. The crews of the Appam and other British vessels captured by the raider will be sent home on the liner Baltic, sailing Wednesday. SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS SUBMERGED IN GREAT LAKE Made by Waters Pouring Through the Broken Levees. Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 7.—Arkansas City and Lake Village in southeastern Arkansas, both of which are submerg- ed in the great lake formed by flood waters, pouring through broken Ar- kansas river- levees and which are threatened with destruction should the Mississippi river levees break, report- ed that the situation is more hopeful tonight. PUGILIST ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF MURDER Outcome of a Brawl In Plttsburgh— Admite Identity but Denles Charge Cleveland, Ohto, Feb., 7.—Dot here today arrested Emil Id?n'm:w;l.. wanted in Pittaburg! Hq“a a in & brawl In that Jchor ads mitted his identity and that he had toctivos eaid, but ‘denied e Tirasr charge. : Hoavy Snewtell by Adiromdusk, R0 T3 e R in the Traing ult u] New s E ek R Plan Compulsory Flood Warnings| Insurance for Sick e o . 5z HAVE CAUSED GREAT NORTHERN |SUBMITTED TO FEDERATION OF |been closed by the Germans. STATE MEDICAL BOARDS DOUBLE TRACK PATROL |[TAX WAGE EARNERS $2!Hsh a !u:ar monopoly next week. Patients Would be Assured of Careful Treatment by Reputable Physicians and Latter Would be Properly Paid. Chicago, Feb. 7.—Compulsory sick- ness insurance administered by the federal government was advocated here tonight before the Federation of State Medical boards of the United ‘States by Dr. Otto V. Hoffman, secre- tary of the New York state board. Dr. Hoffman proposed a plan under which he said all reputable physicians would have an assured income and the chief incentives to quackery would be elim- inated. Tax of $2 a Year on Wage Earners. The plan contemplated a tax of $2 a year on all wage earners whose in- come is less than $1,200. He estimates that there are 33,000,000 such persons in the United States. Each would have the privilege of selecting his own doc- tor, but no physician would be allowed to carry more than 2,000 names. Practitioners Underpaid. “This would mean $4,000 a year for treating those that become sick or dis- abled, and statistics show that not more than 60 of these would ever be sick at the same time,” said Dr. Hoff- man. “In general the public does not realize how miserably underpaid the medical professi is. There are 127,- e practitioners in the country and their incomes aggregate $63,500,- 000, an average of only $500 a year. Not Too Many Doctors. “Nor is it true, as has been often stated, that ‘there are too many doc- tors.” About 2 1-2 per cent. of the population is constantly sick and dis- abled; an average of 19 patients a day for each doctor. This does not take into account much of the practice of specialists. urthermore, insurance company statistics show that 69 per cent. of the insured have some im- pairment of health. “It is impossible for a doctor proper- ly to look after more than 16 patients in eight hours’ work. At prevailing fees this just about pays expenses. No Chance for Collusion. “The only objection mustered against compulsory sickness insurance by those who have investigated its work- ings in Europe is the danger of malin- gering or collusion to get the sick benefits. We could meet that objsc- tion by having no cash benefits but by simply providing the services of a doc- tor. Wage Earners Agree. “I have talked with wage earners and they agree that sick benefits should be left to private companies. They feel that if, by paying $2 a year to the state, they could bé insured against doctors’ bills, they would be safeguarded against the greatest bur- den that they have to fear. Mutual Berféfits. “Under compulsory insurance we would be paid to keep our clientele in sound heailth and it would be against our interest to have sickness occur. “When the medical profession is paid to prevent sickness and is a loser when anyone becomes sick, the day of the quack and the charlattan will be past. Clientele Could Seek Advice Freely. “Under compulsory insurance we could give advice freely without being accused of wishing to advertise our- selves. We would be rid of the fee- splitting sin, consultations could be held without any hindrances. Our cli- entele could seek our advice freely and early. “Both the medical profession and | the people have everything to gain and nothing to lose by adopting .com- pulsory sickness insurance.” % A NEW INTERPRETATION OF WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ACT Previous Condition of Health of Per- son Injured is Immaterial. Boston, Feb. 7.—A new interpreta- tion of the workmen’s compensation act, involving possible “grave econo- mic consequences of far reaching ef- fect,” was made by the full bench of the supreme court today, when it ruled that the previous condition of health of a person injured while at work does not affect the amount of relief to be afforded under the act The case was that of Mrs. Honore E. Madden, an employe of the M. J. ‘Whittall carpet factory at Worcester, who suffered an attack of angina pec- toris while pulling a carpet. The court noted an argument that the harm that the employe was due in large part to a previously weakened condition of her heart, but held this did not lessen the employer's liability. Discussing its decision, the stated that arguments had made “that grave economic conse- quences of far-reaching effect may folow from the act thus construed. It is said that persons not in good health may be excluded from employment while the cost of conducting commer- cial and industrial enterprises may be- come prohibitively large. These con- siderations are of great public mo- ment but they relate to legislative questions.” BONUS PLAN FOR HARTFORD ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. EMPLOYES $20,000 Will Be Distributed, No One Person to Receive More Than $200. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 7.—About 100 employes of the Hartford Electric Light company will participate in a bonus plan announced by the company today. Hmployes who have been with the company for riod of yoars will recelve one-haif one per cont. of their wages. It is estimated that about $20,000 will be distributod among tho workmon, ne one person to recelve more than $200. Mevaments of Steamchips, 3, — Arrived, ateam: T Providence. Tisd: %?’7 ;3‘.‘ E‘—AMVM. etoamer , Pertland, M Liverpeel, !"oh. 5,—#niled, steamer court heen ‘Condensed Telegrams nti-governme rioting in Lisbon as continued. Hampshire last son killed 6,208 deer. The Belgian-Holland frontier has Troops have been sent to Leipsic, ermany, to quell rioting there. The §: governmen will estab- Headquarters of the Swiss army will be moved from Berne to Lucerne. Twenty young girls, students of Vas- sar College, inspected Sing Sing pri- son. Snake bites will be harmless if a new serum treatment lives up to ex-, pectations. _ Antonio Scotti, the famous baritone, is seriously ill at his hotel in New York city. Military guards have supplanted ci- vilians at all muitions plants through- out Canada. Many small towns in Arkan flooded by the breaking of I the Arkansas river. Gen. Carranza signed a decree de- signating the city of Queretaro as the Idexicah national capital. Contributions to the war relief fund of the American Jewish Relief Com- mittee amount $2,203,523. The Treasury Department received from New Yorl city a “conscience fund” contribution of $4,876. The British steamship Romanby, New York for Bordeaux, srounded on a mudbank in Bordeaux harbor. Henry Morgenthau, American Am- bassador to Turkey, sailed from Cop- enhagen for the United States. Valeska Suratt, vaudeville and movie actress, will sail from New York to beomo & sister of mercy at the French ont. President Poincare of France re- ceived Col. House and the American Ambassador, William G. Sharp. More than 30 persons were injured when a car bound from Saginaw, Mich., for Flint, crashed into an empty car at a switch. Yale University will establish an air- craft corps. The students already have a battery of artillery, with 600 members. Prosident Wilson was asked by the Central Federated Union to call a con- gress of neutral nations to end the Bu- Topean war. The coast guard cutter Seneca will leave New York on Feb. 15 to take up ice patrol duty off the Newfound- land’ Banks. Glark and Mann Fight Side by Side PARTY LINES WIPED OUT Measures for Increased Attendance at : Annapolis and for Construction of Battleships Passed Without Dissent. Washington, Feb. 7.—8peaker and Republican Leader Mann romu;fi side by side in the house today for naticnal defense. With party lines obe literated most of the members follow- ed their leaders and two navy meas. ures passed without a dissenting vote. One. to provide for adding three hun. dred midshipmen to the entering class at Annapolis nest July, passeda, 173 to 0 and the other, to equip navy yards for construction of battleships Nos. 43 and 44, passed without a roll Mr. Mann tried to put the -pre- paredness advocates on record by G ng for 2 division on the naval acade- Y bill, but there wa my bill, s N0 negative re- Wide interest in Clark’s Appearance. The appearance of S; eaker C the floor to champion prepareasers measures aroused wide Interest. Ru- mors persisted that he would take ac- tive charge of the fight to increase the army and navy, Majority Leader chin having joined the opposition. Immediate tmprovement of the by desizning new battleships along thg lines of the best now in use, doubling the membership of the service acade: mies at Annagolis and West Point, creation of many additional regiments for the army and short term enlist. ments to produce a reserve ‘were among suggestions made by the speak. er. He sald he expected to dise the subject of preparedness general- 1y soon. Mr. Mann Reiterates Pleas. Mr. Mann reiterated his previous pleas for a larger army and navy and 2ided in manoeuvering the bills to passage, “This is ngt the time for and re-crimination,” he said. ‘Tt is not the time to find fault with that :’hljc;xl ha.; b;en.r It is the time for all | n hands for may | to dotr T that which Party Lines Obliterated. The debate went far afield from measures under consideration, ;.i: tending to the general subject of miti- tary‘preparedness. The unusual sight fo the speaker and the minority lead- er battling together for administrat: lon measures while the majority yufier sat silently in the back of the house, attracted crowds to the galleries and members rushed to the floor from their King George of England made his| Offices and committee rooms, first public appearance in London since he was injured when thrown from his horse in France. Two persons were injured when the roof of the passenger train sheas at Portland, Ore., caved in under the weight of the snow. Great Britain and France purchased 200,000 tons of wheat in Australia dur- ing December. England is also buying the grain in Argenina. Daniel Riley, aged 18, was sentenced to 14 years in prison, after being con- victed in Chicago of the murder of a salocr keeper during a robbery. Mrs. Cornelia J. Lewis fell down stairs at her home at Shelton and died instantly of a broken back. She was 85 years old. A daughter survives. A marble monument will be erected at Nish by the Bulgarian Government to commemorate the meeting there on Jan 18 of the Kaiser®* ani King Fer- dinand. Twenty persons were injured, nons fatally. when a Graham Avenue trol- ley car crashed into a Smith Street car at the New Yerk ¢nd of the Brooklyn Bridge. The Dutch steamer Alkaid, 27 days out from Rotterdam for New York, put in at St. Johns, N. F., Feb. 7 short of coal and somewhat damaged as a result of terrific weather. A resolution in favor of the confirm- ation of_Louis D. Erandeis as associ- ate justice of the United States su- preme court was adopted by the Cen- tral Labor Union at Boston. Gus Eisenberg, aged. 74,. recently paroled after serving 28 years in Fort Madison Penitentiary on a murder charge, asked the police of Davenport, Ia., to return him to the penitentiary. Lieutenant Georges Codere of the Canadian expeditionary force, was sentenced to death at Winchester, Eng- land, on the charge of having murd- ered’ Sergeant Ozanne. of his regiment. George Murphy of Bridgeport was brought to a New Haven hospital in an unconscious condition, having been struck by a trolley car near Wood- mont. It is believed he has a fractur- ed skull. Mass Hazen Schoenfelt, a student nurse in the Allegheny Hospital, Pitts- | burgh, committed suicide by drowning in the Allegheny river after she had been dismissed for giving medicine to the wrong patient. The will of the late Frederick Heber Eaton, president of the American Car and Foundry company, flled for pro- bate in New York leaves an estate es- timated at more than $1,000,000 to members of his family. John R. Higbie, fruld.nt of the Bank of Babylon, L. I, and Chief Leon Pettit of the Babvion Fire Depart- ment, were killed when the fire auto in which they were riding was struck by a train at Babylon. Froderick Katz, an official of the Mslbourne Trades Hall Ccunell, was tarrod and feathered by.a crowd of soldlers, who were angered at Katz'a antagonism against tho recruiting of the new Ausctralian army. Tanners Increase Wages. Kane, Pa, Feb. 7—~The Hlka Tan- ere Company, which operates twenty t-nmfl‘o‘; "h\ .“\nhllmm!lun. f:uunneoa ameunting ta 15 cents a day had been granted ita Three thousand DEFEOnS_are. Mr. Clark Urged Haste. Mr. Clark urged haste in get new battleships into comm\lflg:.t?!g asked Chairman Padgett of the naval committee why it would not be a good plan to pattern the two battleships, Nos. 43 and 44, after the best United States ships now afloat and get them | completed quickly. .. Simply because.” Mr. Padgett sald, “the chief of the bureau of construc- tion told us he had plans already worked out that wpuld pake decided itml:lv(rflvements against torpedo at- ack.” “Why do they into operation?” tinued. “They will,” Mr. Padgett said, “as soon gs they get authority provided in this resolution.” “We shall die of old age before they are completed at this rate,” the speak- er_responded. Representative Padgett told the house that three ships—the Oklahoma, Nevada and Pennsvivania, regarded as the best in the world at the time they were designed and lais down, would be completed and put in commission dur- ing this year—two of them imr the early summer, one in the autumn. “If any emergency should asire,” he “If any emergency should arise” he gress carrying the necessary appro- priation could provide for extra ships.” Cannon Created a Stir, Representative Cannon of Illinois, created a stir by asking if the talk of preparedness was a sham perform- ance for campaign purposes. Later he said be did not intend the remark as a criticism of the president. “The gentleman was trying to put in a nice way, a very nice criticism of the president, but he did not get away with it.” Representative Fitzgerald of New York said. “The president of the United States,” answered Mr. Cannon my president as well as your president and if I can find out what is the proper thing to do. if it is necessary to do anything, I stand ready to help him to do it. “If we ever have another war which T do not believe we will have, if we at- tend to our own business” Speaker Clark said, while advocating the nayal academy bill, “what we will need more than anvthing else will be officers. You can get all the volunteers vou want in thirty days.” “If the fact could be ascertained, T have no sort of doubt that at least 25,000 men, the very flower of the country, died the first year of the Civil war, not by bullets, but by dis ease which was absolutely unnecessary becavse while the officers were good men in a general way, they did not know anything about sanitation or how to take care of themselves or how to show the men how to take care of themselves. Atlantic Fleet Short 1,000 Men. Representative Britten, referring to a radiogram from Admiral Fletcher com- manding the Atiantic fleet, a copy of which he had presented in the naval committee carlier in the day, declared that the fleet was now short nearly 1,-! 000 men of its enlisted personmel: Reay Admiral Biue, chief of the bureat of | navigation, had told the committee the fleet had nearly 200 men above its alloweq complement in Deceraber when the message was sent. The reported ' shortages were in particular ratings the admiral said, which could be filied fn‘s’m the lower grades in the fleet it- self. not put those plans the speaker con- Throe Men Killed in Powder Explosion. Tacoma, Wash.,, Fob. 7.—Three men were killed in an accidental explosion of 1,000 pounds of fto at the powder works at the Du Pont plant near here today. The oc- curred at the gelatine dynamite mixer. e R T J