Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 12, 1916, Page 1

- (CONFLICT NEAR VIMY LVIIl.—NO. 37 POPULATION 28,219 : Y | NORWICH, CONN. SATURDAY,. FEBRUARY 12, 1916 STILLIS IN Where French Are Endeavoring to Recapture Posi- tions Recently Lost to the Germans BERLIN REPORTS REPU The French Have Been Active With Their Artillery at Vari- ous Points and Have Caused Considerable Damage to German Positions—Russians Have Repulsed Teu- tonic Counter Attacks in That the Muscovites Are Progressing in Their Campaign Against the Turks. Hard fighting is still in progress around Vimy, where the French are endeavoring to recapture positions taken from them recently by the Ger- mans. Berlin reports that four French attacks in this region have been put down and also that a similar offensive with- a like purpose south of the Somme resulted in failure. The French, however, have been ac- tive with their artillery at various points end have caused considerable damage to German positions. In the Riga section of the Russian front, artillery duels have been in progress. In Volhynia, near Tchemer- ine, the Russians have repulsed Teu- tonic counter-attacks, and northwest of ‘Tarnopol have held a stratezic height despite an attack by numeflca!- i 1y superior forces of Austro-Hungari- ans, according to Petrograd. Except for the Artois region and the Volhynia and Bast Galicia sections of the Russian line, the virtual inactivity that has prevailed for several days continues. “The Italians and Austrians are keep- ing up their artillery duels on the Aus- tro-Italian front despite the heavy enows in the mountain Tregions and here and there delivering infantry at- tacks against each other, but without appreciable result. In Albania the Austro-Hungarians have occupied Tir- ana, a short distance northeast of the port_of Durazzo, and also dominating helghts in that region. Petrograd says the Russians in their operations against the Turks continue to make progress and that all attempts by the Ottomans to assume an offen- sive are being put down by the Russian fire. Bombardfents of Turkish posi- tions on the Black sea coast are being kept up by Russiantorpedo craft. Om the other hand, Constantinople asserts that in the fighting between the Turks and the British in Mesopotamia the British attempted an advance from the right bank of the Tigris, but were compelled to retreat to their old posi- tions. AUSTRIANS ;{VESTIGATING ATTACK ON PETROLITE Before Replying to Recent Notes of the United States. Washington, Feb. 11.—iIntgmatbns have reached the state department that the Austrian government has de- cided to make a complete investi- gatlon of the facts connected with the attack by an Austrien submarine up- on the American tank steamer Pe- trolite befcre replying to recent notes of the United Stateseasking an ex- planation of the incident. Conse- quently the reply will not appear for some time, in the light of the exper- ience of tke case of the Ancona, be- cause of the difficulty in communi- cating with the commanders of the submarines cruising in the Mediter- ranean. From the American point of view admitting the right of the submarine | commander to halt the Petrolite, even by force if she persisted in flight af- ter warning, there is absolutely no warrant in international law for his action In. “requisitioning” food or other supplies from the ship. There is strong objection also as to the as- sertion of the right by the Austrian submarine commander to remove a member of the crew of an American ship as was done in the case of the Petrolite. Although the seaman who was held PROGRESS LSE OF FOUR ATTACKS Volhynia—Petrograd Asserts main in American wattrs as a prize of the Germans indefinitely, under the terms of the Prussian-American trea v, DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS OF VARIED CHARACTER Will Result from Teutonic Decision About Armed Merchantmen. ‘Washington, Feb. 11. — Diplomatic negotiations of various _characters soon will confront the United States as the result of the expressed inten- tion of the German and Austrian‘gov- ernments to treat armed merchant ships of the entente allies as war ves- sels after Feb. 29, Apparently it is certain, if the tem- per of the allied governments can be judged by the feelings of their diplo- matic representatives here, that any attempt by the United States to change the present rule permitting the use of American ports by merchant ships armeq for defensive purposes will be met by a strong protest. Corre- spondence also is likely to follow if the United States assumes a position which coincides with that of Germany and Austria regarding the right of submarines to sink armed ships with- out warning. On the other hand, het United States itself may take the initiative should the entente allies impose a virtual bovcott on American ports in the event of this government deciding that arm- ed merchant ships. entering American waters are hips of war and therefore subject to internment. The definite attitude of the United States toward the stated intention of Germany and Austria will be deter- mined after the formal text of the notes which have been handed to Am- bassador Gerard and AmBassador Pen- feld are received from _Berlin and Vienna. MORE THAN 100 CONTRACTED PTOMAINE POISONING At Banquet Given in Honor of Arch- bishop Mundelein in Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 11.—More than 100 persons who suffered ptomaine poison- ing from eating soup at a banquet given last night at the University club in homor of Archbishop George W. Mundelein of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Chicago had fully. re- covered today. - Nearly 300 guests were present, in- cluding many prelates from various parts of the country. When the first of the guests to be stricken fell or rushed from the room there was gen- eral commotion. Prompt first aid measures were ad- ministered by physicians present, and most of those affected soon returned to_the banquet room. Explaining the incident, Dr. J. B. Murphy said: “An investigation discloses the pto- maine poisoning developed in the soup.| served at the banquet. It was a biuollon made from fresh chickens. The bouillon was then permitted to cool and was boiled again just before being served. “Bouillon is the great culture medi- um in which germs grow. The germs developed while the soup was cooling and after it cooled. When it was re- boiled the germs were killed, but the poison thrown out by the germs was left. That is the ptomaine poison.’ aboard the submarine as a hostage while supplies were being transferred from the Petrolite was an alien, in the view of the state department, he was just as much under the protec- tion of the American flag as any oth- er member of the crew. NO ATTEMPT MADE TO HUMILIATE GERMANY By the United States During Lusitania Controversy—German News Bureau So Declares. ‘Washington, Lans Feb. 11. — Secretary in a’ statement secured here today by the Wolff bureau, a semi- official German news agency, for publi- cation in Germany, declares that the United States has asked nothing of Germany during the course of the Lusitania negotiations which could not ‘without honor and dignity be complied with. The statement was sought as a reply to an interview with the German imperial chancellor, widely published in this country, in which it was con- tended that to meet the requirements of the United States would impose an “tmpossible humiliation” on Germany. Ifi:flmm similar to that of Mr. ‘were obtained from Chairman Btone of the senate committee on for- eign relations, Chairman Flood of the ‘house committee on foreign affairs and Vice President Marshall. TO ALLOW APPAM TO STAY HERE INDEFINITELY Decision Reached Though Formal An- nouncement Will be Made Later. ‘Washington, Feb. 11,—m.mv_;un of the_ British liner Appam, ht into Hampton Roads by 4 German prize crew, has been decided upon by the United States and will be an- nounced later. While there is no offi- clal the indications are REVOLT AMONG MEMBERS OF STRIKING GARMENT WORKERS Members of Dress and Waist Makers’ Union Demand Representation. New York, Feb. 11.—Union officials in charge of the strike of 40,000 nee- dle workers for higher wages and better working conditions were con- fronted today with the possibility of a revolt by the members of the Dress and Waist Makers Union. Several hundred girls were exhorted by one cabled_ Paragraphs Famous Russian Surgeon Dead. Petrograd, via London, Feb, 11, 2.52 p. m—The death is announced of ‘the famous surgeon, Ivan Pavloff Paro- vich, aged 67 years. He was profes- sor of physiology at the Institute of Experimestal Medicine in Petrograd, the physiology of the heart being the special subject of his research. He was awarded the Nobel prize for medi- cine in 1904. TRIBUTES TO MEMORY OF BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Paid by Leaders of Negro Educational Work at Memo in Carnegie H New York, Feb. 11.—Tributes to the memory and achievements of the late Booker T. Washington were paid by leaders in negro educational work at & memorial meeting held tonight at Car- neige hall, under the auspices of Tus- kegee institute, which Dr. Washington established; Hampton institute and the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes. Seth Low, former mayor of New York, presided. Major Robert R. Morton, command-. ant of cadets at Hampton institute and who has been elected to succeed Dr. Washington as head of Tuskegee, eu- logized the late negro leader and de- scribed his labors for the uplift of his race. “Booker T. Washington’s life and work alone would have justified Abra- ham Lincoln’s idea and action regard- ing emancipation,” he said. “Few men | in the world’s history have been able to accomplish in_so short a period for S0 large a mass of people what Dr.| Washington was able to accomplish. | He orgarized and enheartened a race, | giving them a new idea of education and of life, teaching the dignity, beau- ty and absolute necessity of industry nd morality as fundamental in the development of any people and lead- ing them to a belief in and a respect for_their own race. “It was a difficult, embarrassing, foreboding race problem which he found. He left a clear, definite, hope- ful race programme, the letter and rit of which, if w and unselfish- ly followed, will without doubt bring in the long run a_happy, wholesome and satisfactory solution and an adjust- | ment mutually acceptable to all those who are vitally interested.” REMARKABLE ANCIENT FORTIFICATIONS IN PERU Discovered by G. W. Monkill, Member of Yale Expedition. New York, Feb. 11.—An ancient for- tificaation _declared to be more re- markable from a nengineering _view point than the pyramids of Egypt, has | been discovered in the Andes, accord- Monkill, a member of the e and_Geographical society expedi- tions to Peru, who returned here today on the Uniteq Fruit steamer Santa Marta. Mr. Monklll, who is a graduate of McGill_university, Montreal, said the Archaologists had discovered apparent eyidences of a_Pre-Azeto clvilization which flourished about the efghth cen. tary. Excavaations made forty-five miles from Cuzco, Peru, revealed the fortification. 1t is an enormous edi- fic, Mr. Monkill said, composed of stones weighing, thirty and forty tons hich had been. transferred from a quarry across a river and carried up 2 steep mountain side. Mr. Monkill said the only possible theory as to the method used to con- vey ihe stones across the river was |, that the natives dammed onme half of | the waterway, brought the stone to the center, then built a_ second dam across the remaining half and grad- ually destroyed the first dam. EMBARGO MODIFIED BY NEW HAVEN ROAD. Will Now Accept Freight Originating West of the Hudson. Boston, Fep. 11.—The New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad and the Central New England Railroad to- night announced that their recent em- bargo had been modified so that all restrictions against freight originating west of the Hudson river for stations on those railroads had been removed, cept on shipments through Beacon, Y., where continued -accumulation of freight was reported. The em- bargo on shipments from the west to points beyond the two roads.remain in_effect. It is said there are still 50,000 cars on the system, as has been the case for more than two months, but that reduction of the accumulation on con- necting lines has made it possible to modify the order. The possibility that reinstatement of the embargo may be necessary at a later date on account of a rush of western shipments is men- tioned in the announcement. M’ADOO GOING TO BUENOS AYRES ON A WARSHIP Because There Are No American Pas- senger Liners on That Route. ‘Washington, Feb. 11—Because there are no passenger liners under the American flag making regular trips between the United States and Bue- nos Aires, Secretary McAdoo and the other United States members of the international high commission prob- ably will go on a warship to the meeting of the commission in April The only liner making regular sail- of their number at a meeting in a downtown hotel to demand represen- tation in the strike management. Jen- nie Matyas, the insurrectionist, de- clared that 90 per cent. of those en- gaged in the dress and walst indus- try are girls, none of whom have any real part in conducting the strike. The girls are used merely as puppets, she asserted. It was said after the meeting that several prominent suf- fragists will support the feminine workers in their demands for repre- sentation. President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, held a conference here today with labor leaders. He promised to do all in his power to aid the striking members of the International Ladies’ Garment ‘Workers Union. Seventeen strikers, six of them ‘women, were arrested today for dis- orderly conduct. They either were fined or were held for further exami- nation. OBITUARY. ings to Buenos Ayres is a British vessel and the commissioners are sald to feel it might not be looked upon as entirely proper for repre- sentatives of this country to sail on such an important mission on the ship of one of the FEuropean belliger- ents. STRIKING GARMENT WORKERS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT Were on tke Sidewalk Outside of One of the Shops. Boston, Feb. 11.—Two women gar- ment workers, who were among the 1500 who struck vesterday for higher wages, shorter hours and better shop conditions, were arrested today on a charge of assault. The women were on the sldewalk outside one of the shops included in the strike. Negotiations continued today be- tween the strike leaders and tha shop owners in the hope of having the employes return to work on Monday. Mrs. Austin B. Bassett. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 11.—Mrs. Mary (Ely) Bassett, wife of Rev. Dr, Austin B. Bassett, associate professor of ex- perimental theology at the Hartford Theological seminary, died at her, home, 65 Forest street, today of car- diac bronchitis. She had been ill three confirmation days. She leaves her husband and one that the ship will be permitted to re- daughter. Bdis 5, 70 & Movements of Steamships. Falnouth, Feb. 11.—Arrived: Steam. er Nieuw Amsterdam (from Rotter- dam) New York. New York, Feb. 11.—Arrived: Steam- er_Antonio Lopez, Valencia and Cadiz. Bordeaux. Feb. 11.—Arrived: Steam- er Rochambeau, New York. 600 Pounds of Powder Exploded IN DRY HOUSE OF BETHLEHEM PLANT, NEARNEWCABTLE, PA. TWO WORKMEN HURT Building Was Completely Wrecked— Force of the Blast Could be. Felt for Miles' Around—Cause of Explo- sion Unknown. Newcastle, Del, Feb. 11.—Six hun- dred pounds of powder exploded in a. dryhouse at the projectile plant of the Bethlehem Steel company near here injuring two workmen and tonight, completely wrecking the bullding. The cause of the explosion has not been . The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut Missing Broker Putnam a Convict GIVEN TWO YEAR SENTENCE IN ' 1914 IN LOS ANGELES HE JUMPED HIS BAIL Operated There Under tne Name of Dr. J. Grant Lyman—Aassistant Man- ager Louis Thornet of Putnam & Co., Arrested. New York, Feb. 11.—John H. Put- nam, who is being sought by post- office inspectors in connection with a conspiracy to defraud investors in mining stocks by illegal use of the malils, was identified today, officials declared, as Dr. J. Grant Lyman, who In sorrow by thy bier Amid the awe that Among the noble hos LINCOL.IN By W. C. BRYANT O, slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and just, Who in fear of God did bear, The sword of power—a nation’s trust. we stand, hushes all, And speak the anguish of a land, That shook with honor at thy fall. Thy task is done; the bond are free: We bear thee to an honored grave, Whose proudest monument shall be The broken fetters of the slave. Pure was thy life; its bloody close Hath placed thee with the sons of light, of those Who perished in the cause of right. determined. There was no ome in the dryhouse at the time, the injured men being employed in an adjoining build- ing. Several nearby structures were damaged slightly. The force of the blast was terrific and was felt for miles around. The financial loss is trivial. MISSIONARY CONGRESS TO MEET IN WASHINGTON. Momentous Religious Gathering Assemble Next April. to New York, Feb. 11.—One of the most momentous religious gatherings since the world misslonary conference in Edinburgh in 1910 will take place when the nationdl missionary congress meets at Washington next April, according to announcement made today by the national missionary congress. The congress will be the climax of 37 con- ventions now being held in the United States under the direction of the lay- men’s missionary movement and the chief topics of discussion will be mis- sion work in the United States and in non-Christian lands, the future activi- ties of laymen in ail branches of mis- sion work. The Gdngress will be limited to 2,000 delegates from the various Protestant denominations throughout the country and will be in session from April 26 to April 30 DUTIABLE MERCHANDISE i AS PERSONAL GOODS Brought in by a New York M Given Ten Day Sentenc New York, Feb. 11.—A sentence of 10 days in jail for failure to declare dutiable merchandise brought into this country as personal baggage was imposed by Federai Judge Clayton today upon Mrs. Emilie Swiggett, a San Francisco milliner. Sentence was pronounced after the woman had pleaded guilty to the charge, which was that she had defrauded the gov- ernment out of duties aggregating $557. Judge Clayton said that he re- @retted having to impose a harsh sentence, but that it was necessary 0 put a stop to emuggling merchan- dise in this manner. GIRL STEPPED BACKWARD DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT Miss Eleanor Chase of Boston Fell From Seventh Floor. Boston, Teb. 11—Miss Eleanor Chase was killed today in an elevator well in a buflding on Tremont street through attempting to step back into the car upon finding that she had left it at the wrong floor. The car had started upward and Miss Chase plunged through the opening before the door was closed, She fell from the seventh floor to the basement. DWELLING HOUSE FIRE IN BRIDGEPORT. Five Occupants Escaped in Night At- tire—Loss $6,500. Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 11.—Fire at midnight tonight totally destroyed the home of M. F. Hurd in the Stratfield district, Five occupants escaped in night attire. Mrs. Hurd, sick in bed, was carried to a neighbor's house and her condition is now critical. The loss is about $6,500. = The fire is supposed New York, Feb. 11.—Arrived, steam- er Kelvinia, Manchester. to have starteq from sparks from an open fireplace. was convicted in 1914 in Los Angeles for mail swindles ang sentenced to two years' imprisonment, but who jumped his bail. Lyman, who operated in this city under the name of John H. Putnam & company, escaped arrest yesterday and is believed to have sailed to Europe on the steamship Baltic, Louis Thornet, who acted as man- ager for Putnam & company, was ar- ) (Continiged on Page COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF LATIN AMERICA For Future Occupation of P ssionary Work at Religious Congress. Panama, Feb. 11—A comprehensive survey of all Latin-America for fu- ture occupation of missionary work was today made in an address by speakers from both Latin-America and the United States at the second day’s session of the Congress on Re- ligious Work in Latin-America, which had under discussion the subject, Sur- vey and_Occupation, The attitude of a_ majority of the delegates was voiced by Dr. Silas D. Daugherty of Philadelphia, who de- clared that in view of the interest taken in the United States of Latin- American affairs commercially, busi- ness and religion should march hand- in-hand. Out of this he said would arise a true Latin-Americanism which would be helpful to both sections of the western hemisphere. The Rev. Harlan P. Beach of New Haven, Conn., declared that Latin- America should be carefully surveyed before aggressive work was under- taken there, in order that the actlyl ties begun should take the proper di- rection and bring forth the sreatest results. During the sesslon the report of, the commissicn on survey and occupation was presented. DECLINES TO ENTER THE MICHIGAN PRIMARY. Former Governor Charles E. Osborne Makes Announcement. Feb. 11—Former Governor Charles E. Osborne of Sault Ste Marle, in a formal state- ment today. announced that he would not enter the Michigan primary as a candidate for the republican nomin- ation for president. Mr. Osborne an- nounced recently that if United States Senator William Alden Smith of Grand Rapids became an avowed candidate he would support him. Senator Smith’s campaign for control of the Michigan delegation to the national convention was actively launched this weelk. Osborne_has been mentioned as a possible choice for temporary chalr- man of the republican national con- vention at Chicago. POSSIBILITY OF TEXTILE STRIKE IN NEW BEDFORD ht by a Poll Vote of Unions. Lansing, Mich., Increased Lagt Text New Bedford, Mass., Feb. 11—The completion tonight of the poll of the textile unions in this city increased the possibjlity of a strike affecting 30,000 operatives in local textile mills. The textile council, which is to meet next Monday night, has been empowered to enforce demands for a 10 per cent. ad- vance in wages. Most of the mills re- cently announced a voluntary increase of 5 per cent. g Condensed Telegrams 's_net debt at the end of Jan- $527,488,991 Cana uary wi Italy has reestablished its embargo on the export of olive uu.M‘ Barcelona is about to be made a free port by the Spanish government. The Curtiss Aeroplane Co., and the Burgess Co., have been merged. All Rumanian reservists in Salonica were ordered home immediately. The disarming of Monetnegrin troops by their Austrian conquerors has been completed. Austria has called to the colors men of the classes of 1865, 1366, 1867, 187( 1871 and 1872. The remnants of -the Serbian army are being reequipped at Corfu for further service. Thomas M. Stetson, for more than 50 vears a New Bedford lawyer, died at the age of 85. The Swedish steamship Tex: rived at Queenstown from New leans with her cargo of ctton afire. ar- Or- Foreign built vessels admitted to American registry since June 30, last, {qiai 24, with a gross tonnage of 64, Ernest Meyer, editor of the Be Vorwaerts, a socialist paper, was plac- £d,0r, trial in Berlin for inciting class hatred. Miss Mary A. Bradbury, daughter of James O. Bradbury, of Saco, Maine, | was admitted to practice in the Fed- eral courts. Greece’s decision to remain neutral was again announced by Premier Skaoullodis in addressing the Greek parliament. Andre Bustanoby, one of the best known restaurant proprietors in New York city, died at his home there of pneumonia. tonnage of 37,145 were lost through the operations of German submarines dur- ing last year. A bill prohibiting the sale of Chilean steamships without the consent of the sovernment has been introduced in the Chilean congress. The Bath, Me., Waer District will pay the Maine Water company, $539, 500 for their Bath plant and take pos session of it at once. Plans are practially completed for a trip to Desolation sland, in the Antarctic by Captain Benjamin Cleve- land of New Bedford. Nine hundred miners employed in the Ford Collieries Co., at Culmerville, Pa., went on strike for a reduction in the price of powder. Mineral Spring House, a summer ho- tel built at Kennebunk Beach. Me., in 1300 and containing 47 rooms, was burned early yesterday. The Norwegian steamship Correct was sunk in collision with another Nine Canadian vessels with a gross | FEDERALIL In National NOTE OF HARMONY IN House Military Committee Adopted a Resolution in Appre ation of the Confidence President Wilson Has Reposed ate Committees—Both Branches Will Hold All Day sions Next Week to Hasten Action—Provisions Will b Made in the House Bill for the Quota of Troops to be Furnished by Each State. Washinston, Feb. 11.—A new note of harmony and cooperation on na- tional defense problems was struck in the house military committee today as a direst result of the resignation of Secretary Garrison of the war _ de- partment. It found expression in the adoption of a resolution declaring the committee’s appreciation of the con- fidence of President Wilson reposed in it and in the sacrifice, as disclosed in his correspondence with Mr. Gar- rison. Non-Partison Feeling. The non-partisan character of ¢ fecling was emphasized by the _fa that the resolution was offered by Rep- sentative Kahn, of California, ranking republican member of the committee. Members of both the congressional committees declared that the war sec- retary's sharply the president’s desire that con- gress should work out its army prob- lems in the light of its own best judg- ment, despite his personal preference for the continental army advocated by Mr. Garrison and the army war col- lege. The net #2sult, they agreed, was a clarifi-ation of the congressional at- most here and the assurance of sup- port for the bills that will be from elements of both the democratic and republican ‘sides that had hereto. fore been counted against the meas- ures. ? In substance, it is belleved, tha bills will represent an effort to make ef- fective virtuall war Gepartment with the exception that federalization of the mational guard will be sought as a'substitute for the continental army plan. Final Steps in Committees, Final steps toward beginning the drafting of the measures wore taken today by both house and senate ~om- mittees. Both will take up the work Monday and t is planned te hold all day sesslons whenever the business of the two houses will permit. voluminous testimsney prepared,’ so there would be as little delay aspo: vessel of Foreland Headland, England. Her crew was saved. Barley for the making of spirits wi be added to the restricted importa- tion list by England, as the result of the shortage of ships. M. M. Reynolds, president of Guthrie County National bank of Pan- ora, Ta., shot and killed himself there. Til health caused the act. Mayor Walters of Hamilton, Ont., informed eligible clerks at the city hall there that they must join the overseas contingent or be dismissed. Permission to manufacture muni- tions in New Jersey was granted the Remington Arms Union Metallic Car- tridge Co., of Connecticut. Sweden consigned to is holding 24 tons of seed Russian azriculturists clover purchased by Swedes. Carrying 596 passengers, and under orders not to heed any S. O. D. calls received for her, the White Star lin- er Baltic left New York for Liverpool. Burgomaster Max of Brussels, prisoned by the Germans since the be- ginning of the war, will be released shortly and granted permission to live Swiss soldiers were ordered on duty to guard government ammunition fac- tories when rumors of their impending destruction by plotters were circulat- ed. A report from Warsaw says that the German authorities have commuted to life imprisorment the death sentence of the deputies who favor the Rus- stans. Three super-submarines, _exceeding in speed and equipment anv under- water craft in existence, are reported to have been completed at Kiel by the Grmans. The Union Pacific Railroad declared the rezular dividend of 2 per cent on the common, and regular semi-annual dividend of 2 per cent. on the prefer- rea stock. A mob of soldiers raided the River- side hotel at Calgary, Alberta, which is owned by John Kaiser, a German. One man was wounded in the fight which followed. Dr. James Lloyd . Wellington who was the oldest living graduate of Harvard university and the _senior alumnus of the Harvard _Medical School died at his home in Swansea, Mass. The schooner Gracie D. Chambers arrived at Fall River, Mass from South Amboy, N. J. with spars and sails missing, leaking badly, and with sev- cral members of the crew disabled by illness. Cecil Victor Brown and Henry B. sible either in committee consider- ation or_the coming struggle on the floor. Similar steps were taken by the senate committee. Federalization of National Guard. Present indications are that the house bill will lay its stress upon pro- visions designed to federalize the na- tional guard, while the senate commit- tee’s main effort will go into the Teg- ular army angles of preparedness plans. The final measures sent to the president for his signature will be, a ccmpromise, it is thought, each house being willing to accept the judgment of the other to a large extent in its own particular fleld. Payment of Guardsmen. The house bill, it is expected, will provide for payment of national guardsmen who comply with all regu- lations ¢ laid down by congress on a basis sufficiently liberal to insure the recruiting of approximately 400,000 because Russia seized a shipment of{men, the ultimate size of the proposed continental army. To make certain the availability for federal use in time of war or great emergency of all men who participate in this payment, the plan contemplates authorizing the president to draft into a volunteer army. Members of the committee are vir- tually unanimous in the opinion that congress has full constitutional au- thority to enact such a measure and that it can be so formulated as to withstand any attack through the courts. Training and Discipline. The system contemplated is of a brond character, designed to provide for the training, the discipline of the guardsmen in peace times in a way that will insure efficient organizations for volunteer war service. ~Only the administration of the law would be left with the war department. It is proposed also to provide under these regulations for the coordination of en- listment periods, physical standards and the examinations which officers appointed by state authorities must pass for an adequate reserve system for the guard and for a standardized metrod of recruiting to fill up the wastage of regiments sent to the front. Quota of Troops to Each State. Provision also will be made under which the quoto of troops to be fur. nished by each state and the propor- tions of artillery, calvary, engineers, signal corps and other special service troops would be determined by the war department. Special federal apororia- tions will be proposed for the #ain- tenance of these more costly special arm troops by the states. Situation In Senate. The sitvation in the senate commit- tee is mot so well crystallized. It is indicated, however, that its legislation for the regular army will include sub- stantially all of the plans of the war college as to organization and fhat it will be accompanied by a volunteer army reserve act designed to butld up and maintain a force more than eqal Spellman, the two negroes fond guilty of the murder of Dr. C. Franklin Mohr, filed in the Superior court, through their counsel, a motion for a new trial. Prompt and faverable action was taken yesterday by the Massachusetts House on the plea of Presiden: .\. jawrence Lowell for legislation per- ritting Harvard students to drill with firearms. s in numbers to the force with K the colors. Skort enlistments with the colors and the discharge into the reserve of any man found efficient by his officers at the end of a vears training mm- doubtedly wil be among the plans pro- posed to accomplish this end. Increase of 40,000 Men. As to the size of the standing army the men with the colors—it is' Indi+ cated that the senate bill will exceed the increase of 40.000 men asked by House Bill Will Lay Its Stress Upon That hdrawal had brought out | all of the plans of m.!] Defense Bill MILITARY COMM Secretary Garrico: and many senators will urge the full 250,000 total strength sought by the war college. ~Chairman: Chamberlain has prepared a bill carry=) ing out the plan of 1912 devised by the war college and which would pro-, vide a force with the colors of &p= proximately 200,000 men. It was over this plan that Secres . tary Garrison and Senator Chamber- lain came into sharp disagreement last vear. The chairman ursed a com- plete reorganization of the army as . suggested by the plan of 1912. Secre- tary Garrison, however, presented & series of bill resigned to strengthen what he conceived to be the weakest spots in the army and held that these ’snnuld be enacted to be followed by - i other bills to carry out the full plam. & Regular Army of 200,000 Men. It was reported tonight that the house will be willing to accept the sen= {ate’s resular army plans even on & basis of 200,000 men with the ing the national guard fe Mzation plaps went through. In addition to plans already outl ed, it is now thought there will provided in the bills proposed, o comparion measures, a defin for industrial mobilization in t war behind the fighting lines. serves of civilian aides to military ops erations such as raliroad men, - mobile drivers and n telegraphers, telephone engineers mn and the thousand. and on er civil tion neces=: sary to &N army probably will formed, the task be ure by the fact that enrollment be all thsat s necessary, the men ing in constant training in peate in the very duties they would.be o upon to perform in war. - NAMES MENTIONED FOR “ WAR PORTI The house committet SIGUENE t50T%] Formar Governor Walsh of | public hearinga on Hams and 4 orderéd an wetabOiate indox’ of. the |+ - 5ot ANr g the Number, ¥, o Wilson for a week end down the Potomac river and Che peake bay on the naval yacht May= flower, during which he will consi the selection of a successor to Lindley M. Garrison as secretary of war. He expects to return late Sunday night oF early Monday morning. The president’s advisors said tonight © that he probakly would be ready to send the nomination to the senate early - next week. An assistant secretary to succeed Henry Breckenridge in all likelihood will niot be named until the new secre tary is consulted. b Secretary Lane of the interior, See= retary Houston of agriculture, and Frank L. Polk, counsellor of the state department, are understood to be um= der serious consideration, and the names of twenty or more other men have been suggested to the president. These include former Governor Har- nion of Ohio, Colonel E. M. House, for- mer Governor Walsh of Massachusetts, former Mayor Baker of Cleveland, Sen~ ator Stone of Missouri, Senator Cham- berlain, chairman of the senate mili~ tary committee, Representative Hay, chairman of the house military com= mittee, and several other members of congress. CHARACTERISTIC MESSAGE SENT BY OUTLAW VILLA. Wants One Woman Captive for Every Man in His Command. . El Paso, Tex., Feb. 11—An Ameri= can arriving here today asserted that according to reports at Namiquipa, Villa had about 100 men in his imme= diate band. The American, who left | western Chihuahua about Feb. 3, said at that time Villa sent word he was coming to Namiquipa to shoot desert- ers, and that he wanted one woman captive for every man of his com=- mand. The demand, according to the American, aroused the inhabitants and Mexicans and Americans organized to defend themselves. PORTRAIT OF ROOSEVELT IN LUXEMBOURG ART GALLERY Has Been Accepted by Albert Dalimier = —In a Hunting Costume. .—A portrait painted by Paris, Feb. 11, 5.50 p. of Theodore Roosevelt, Samuel Montgomery ' Roosevelt, his cousin, has been accepted by Albert Dalimier, under-secretary of state for fine arts, and will be placed in_the Luxembourg art gallery. The porfrait shows Colonel Roosevelt in hunting costume. It was offered to the French . government as a token of the artist’s: friendship for France. . STATEWIDE PROHIBITION KILLED IN KENTUCKY. Has Been Voted Down by Both Ho: of the Legislature. Frankfort, Ky. Feb. 1l—After am - acrimonious debate, during which & personal encounter between Represents: ve J. D. Humphrey and Represents: ative W. B. Harvey was averted by legislators, the lower house of the eral assembly here today defeat proposition to submit to the Yoters ¢ Kentucky a statewide prohibition stitutional amendment. % The measure previously had lost In the senate.