Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 16, 1916, Page 1

The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double 'I; FEBRUARY 16, 1916 GERMANS SMASHED BRITISH FIRST LINE By Artillery Bombardment and Infantry Attacks Teu- tons Gain Distance of 600 to 800 Yards BERLIN SAYS FRENCH IN TRENCH WERE KILLED French Guns Have Been Shelling German Posil ons in the Neighborhood of the Road to Lille—Considerable Re- newal of Activity on the Russian Front Around Dvinsk is Reported—Italians Are Still Using Their Guns and In- fantry in Attempt to Retake Positions on Monte Rombo — Russians Maintain Their Offensive Against Turks in the Caucasus Region. Switching Artois and Champagne regions in France to the Belgian sector around Ypres, held by the British have smash- ed their way by an artillery bombard- ment and infantry attacks into a British front line trench over a dis- tance of between 600 and $00 vards. Berlin gives the distance as 800 yards and the British official communication in admitting the gain asserts that it was on a front of about 600 vards. Berlin says that a majority of the defenders of the trench were killed but that one officer and several dozens of solliers were made prisoners. In the Artois region between Lens and Bethune the crater of a mine blown up by the Germans was occu- pied by them while the French guns have been busy shelling German posi- tions in the neighborhood of the road to Lille. The French also bombard- ed German positions north of Vie- Sur-Aisne and to the northeast of So- issons and in the Argonne exploded a mine and occupied the crater. In Champagne Berlin asserts French infantry - attempts to regain lost po- sitlons north of Tehure were lost, as likewise was a similar attack in the Vosges near Ober-Sept. There has been considerable renew- al of activity on the Russian _front around Dvin south of the Pripet river and along the upper and mid- dle Stripa river, but no important changes have occurred. The Italians are still using their guus and infantry in attempts to re- take from the Austro-Hungarians the positions recently captured on Monte Rombom, but all attempts have been repulsed with heavy losses, according to Vienna. 5 Both sides of Sizera occupied by the Ausirians afd positions in the See- bach valley and on the Austrian front between the Fella valley and Viche Mountain also have been heavily bom. bardeé by the Italians. 4 The Kussians are still on the offen- sive against the Turks in the Caucasus reglon, but Constantinople reports theirattacks have been halted by counter-attacks. In Mesopotamia the situation arcund Kut-el-Amar and Felahie, where the F are. oper- ating against the Turks onchang- ed. is BRITISH STEAMERS SUNK RESEMBLED SMALL CRUISERS. Berlin Says They Carried Crews of 78 Men—Commissioned in January. Berlin, Feb. 15, 18.05 a. m., via Lon- don, Feb. 16, 2.05 a. m.—It is announced authoritatively here that two British warships sunk off the Dogger Bank the night of Feb. 10 were of a new type built for mine and anti-airship service. They resembled small cruisers and had o speed of 16 knots. They carried a crew of 78 men and were only com- missioned in January. French despatches intimating that the warship torpedoed off the Syrian coast was the cruiser Admiral Charner and not the battleship Suffren caused a hurried searching of the naval refer- ence books. In them were found sil- houettes of the two warships, which are much alike, but differ slightly at the’bews. Therefore, despite the dif- ference in tonnage, it is considered here that it is not impossible that the two vessels may have been confounded. The admiralty experts, however, desire a more definite report from the com- mander of the submarine which sank the French boat before pronouncing a more definite verdict as to which vessel actually was lost. $250,000,000 1S NEEDED FOR CANADA’S MILITARY FORCE. Announced Before House Committee in Annual Budget Speech. Ottawa. Ont, Feb. 15—Sanction an additional war appropriation $250.000,000 and other measures raising money for the needs of the Dominion’s tary forces will be asked by the Canadian government at the present session of parliament. These financial necessities were an- nounced before the house committee today by Sir Thomas White, minister of finance, in his annual budget speech. Already the government has borrow- od $150,000,000 to meet war expendi- tures, but these, sald Sir Thomas, ‘““have been mounting rapidly to enor- mous figures.” From the beginning of the war to January last Canada's war expenditure for 150,000 troops had been $158,000,000, said the minister, and now with 250,000,000 more men enlisted and 500,000 the total authorized, the prime minister would ask $250,000,600 for op- erations during the coming year. GIFTS FROM BELGIUM FOR CARDINAL GIBBONS for of for In Recognition of His Efforts for Relief Work in That Country. Baltimore, Feb. 15.—Cardinal Gibbons was the recipient today of a number of gifts sent to him from Belgium in recognition of his efforts in connection with the work in this country for the relief of the suffering people of that natien. Most of the tokens were the handiwork of children and were clever in design and skilfully executed, sev- their offensive from the eral being made from American flour sacks. The presentation was made by Davis Sassen of the Belgian relief committee. The cardinal, in accepting the gifts, said that he was filled with gratitude and could not desire any greater thanks than those which come from little chil- dren. 1 GERMANY'S LATEST LUSITANIA REPLY HERE: Accepts One of the Two Changes Sug- gested by Sec’y Lansing. Berlin, Feb. 15, 2.20 p. m., via Lon- don. Feb. 16, 1250 a, m.—Germany's reply to the American government's latest representations regarding the sinking of the ,steamer Lusitania was forwarded to Washington yesteréay. “he reply accepts one of the two changes suggested by Secretary of State Lansing, but proposes a new wording for tie other. 300 ARETHUSA SURVIVORS . ARRIVE AT CHATAM, ENG. Reported That 13 Men in Stokehold Were Killed Outright. Chatham, England, Feb. 15—About 300 survivors of - the British cruiser Arethusa, which was sunk as the re- sult of striking a mine on the east coast of England, arrived here Satur- day night. All the men were provided with new Kkits and on Sunday they wenton leave. 1t supposed that 16 or 17 men who were in the stockhold at the time the vessel struck the mine weve killed cutright. ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR LINCOLN MEMORIAL Speaker Clark and Other Southern Representatives Speak in Advocacy. Washington, Feb. 15.—Speaker Clark and other southern members of con- gress joined today in eulogizing Abra- ham Lincoln and in urging the house to_concur in a senate proposal to add 3 propriated for the Lincoln memorial structure now being built here. A motion to concur was carried, 257 to $4, over a vigorous protest from Rep- resentative Fitzgerald of New York, chairman of the house appropriations committee. Mr, Fitzgerald accused the Lincoln a 4,000 to the $2,000,000 already ap- | memorial commission, which includes former President Taft, chairman; | Governor McCall of Massachusetts, | Speaker Clark and former Speaker Cannon, of extravagance and of ap- proving a_memorial which they knew could not be completed within the cost fixed by congress. CANTON, O, MAN PROTESTS TREATMENT AT FALMOUTH. Max Birzer, His Wife and Their Son Arrested as Spie Canton, O., Feb. 15.—Emphatic pro- st has been made to the state de- partment at Washington by Max Birzer | of this city against treatment accorded him at Falmouth, England, Jan. 16, when Birzer says his wife, son and himself were arrested as spies and | their American citizenship papers con- fiscated by British officers. Birzer had visited in_Germany and sailed aboard the liner Rotterdam for home. At Fal- mouth he was held two days by British officers, who stripped and searched | him, seized his effects and blew cigar- ette smoke in his face, he says: After two days he was allowed to proceed, but his citizenship papers were not re- stored. Birzer is brewmaster for a brewing company here. HOLLAND-AMERICAN LINER AFIRE RETURNS TO PIER Was Passing Out to Sea When Dis- ccvery Was Made. New York, Feb. 16.—Fire was di: covered in the cargo in the steamship Veendyk of the Holland-America line as the vessel v passing out to s today. Captain Lieuweh quickly turn- ed about and put back to the pier at Hoboken. It was said late tonight af- ter 30 firemen had fought the flames for more than 60 hours that the fire was under control. No effort will be made to determine its cause until to- morrow, however. ‘' The ship carried a cargo of about $200,000 worth of oil cake consigned to Roterdam. SEAPLANE REACHED ALTITUDE OF 9,600 FEET With Pilot and Three Passengers—A New World’s Record. San Diego, Feb. 15.—Aviator Floyd Smith at the United States aviation field at North Island established what is declared to be a world’s altitude record for pilot-and three passengers in a seaplane today by reaching a height of 9,600 feet. Smith used a 120 horse power hydro-aeroplane and was up two hours and ten mintes. i bled_ Paragraphs < King of Barotseland Dead. London, Feb. 15.—From Livingstone, Rhoussia the death is announced of Lewanika, King of Barotseland, a powerful native ruler friendly to the British. Barotseland is in the North- west of Rhoassia. Death of Sir William Turn, London, Feb. 15, 1 a. m.—Sir William Turner, principal of Edinburg univers- ity, has’ died in Edinburg at the age of 83. He was editor of the Journal of Anatomy and Physiology and au- thur of several works on anatomy and anthropology. Meeting of Ford Peace Delegates. Berne, Switzerland, Feb. 15, via Paris, 445 p. m.—A meeting of ‘the Ford peace delegates was held here today. It was attended by many prom- inent Swiss. Speeches were made by Harry Evans of Des Moines, Iowa, and Louis P. Lochner, general secretary of the Ford mission, and were well re- ceived. MILLION AND HALF DOLLAR FIRE IN FALL RIVER. The Steiger Department Store De- stroyed—Flames Extended a Third of a Mile Through Business Section. Fall River, Mass., Feb. 16—Fire early today destroyed the Steiger depart- ment store at South Main and Spring streets and spread rapidly. At 1 o'clock the flames had extended a quarter of a mile through the busi- ness district and it was estimated that the loss would reach at least $500,000. The flames swept rapidly south along South Main street to ‘Columbia street, taking small business blocks on_ both sides*of the street, and worked up Spring street, attacking the R. Baillie clothing store. When the firemen ar- rived the Steiger store was a mass of flames. The New York Clork and, Suit company's store was ablaze almost be- fore the first stream could be played. Help was called from Newport, Taunton and New Bedford. The undertaking establishment of D. D. Sullivan, the drug store of J. C. Brady company, the New York Cloth- ing company’s store and the four-story Lenox apartment hotel were destroyed. St. Mary's cathedral, the largest Cath- olic church in the city, was seriously menaced. A light ‘northwest wind drove the fire away from' some of the largest buildings and quantities of srow on the roofs prevente d a more serious conflagration. Flames Driven Toward Tenement Dis- trict. Shortly before 2 o'clock the wind shifted to the west and drove the fire towards the tenement district. Sev- eral houses caught fire and it looked as if the flames would rush through the dwellings of the millworkers to the waterfront. Some of the fire de- partment officials thought the loss would run to more than a million dol- lars. No loss of life had been reported up to 2 o'clock. The Campbell block was one of the large business blocks to fall before the flames. The occupants.of fhe Lenox apart- ment hotel and the familles living in the tenement district had scant time to save their belongings. There was much excitement in the tenement district, but the police and fire officials believed that all those in danger had received ample warning. Under Control at 2.45—Loss $1,500,000 At 2.45 o’clock the fire was_believed to be under control. About 50 build- including several of the larg business blocks in the elty e de- stroyed. Most of the tenement dis trict has been saved. The loss is estimated at about $1,- 500,000. HARTFORD SCHOOL GIRL COMMITTED SUICIDE Because Her Teacher Read to Class an Intercepted Note for Boy Friend Hartford, Conn., 2 s Stone, 14 vears old, committed su tonight because her school teacher, Miss Victoria D. Jamison, has read to the class in the Wadsworth Street grammar school today an intercepted note, in which the girl invited a boy friend to attend a valentine social a a church. The girl took _the affair to heart and went to a drug stor where she purchased some poison locked herself in a room and then swallowed the contents of the bottle. Her mother, hearing her groans, broke in the door and found the girl dying. | She diea soon after being taken to hospital She left a note to her par- nd Mrs. Fred A. Stone, who Capitol avenue, usking for- siveness. The girl was an honor pupil in the ninth grade. BULLDOG MASCOT SAVED LIVES OF 24 STUDENTS Aroused Them When Sigma Phi Ep- silon Fraternity of Purdue Univer- sity Was Afire. Lafayette, Ind., Feb, 15.—"“Bob” the bulldog mascot of the Sigma Phi lon Fraternity of Purdue University, aved the lives of the 24 members by s them when the house caught r today. The two lower floors of tHe building were in flames when the men were awakened by the dog. With the exception of one student, who was overcome and later rescled by firemen, all of the fraternity es- caped down the fire escapes. The loss on the building, which was destroved and contents, at $15,000. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SUPPORTS N. H. ROAD Its Efforts to Retain the Sound Steamers, Hartford, Conn., Feb. 15.—The bhoard of directors of the Connecticut Cham- ber of Commerce passed a resolution tonight to support the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad in its efforts to retain the Sound steamers. A representative from the chamber will appear at hearings of the Inter- state Commerce Commission. PETROGRAD REPORTS CAPTURE OF FORTS Total of Erzerum Forts Now in Hands of Russians. Petrograd, via London, Feb. 16, 5.52 a_m.—The war office has issued fo- night the following supplement to the official communication of the day: “In adaition to the two Erzerum forts already announced as captured by our forces, seven other forts have I been taken. There is a total of nine Ezerum forts now in our hands.” Caustic Criticism |Groton Man Tells of Wilson Policy|0fSerbian Distress BY FORMER UNITED STATES SEN- ATOR ELIHU ROOT GREETED WITH CHEERS Sounded What is Regarded as Key- note of the Republican National Campaign at New York Republican State Convention. New York, Feb. 15.—In a speech filled with caustic criticism of the Wilson administration, especially in respect to its foreign policy, former United States Senator Elihu Root, as temporary chairman of the republican state convention, sounded here tonight what was regarded as the keynote of RICHARD SCHELLENS, WITH RED CROSS CONTINGENT BULGARIAN BRUTALITY Sweeping Natives From Serbian Mac- edonia in Effort to Bulgarize Occu- pied Territory — Declares Serbian Macedonia Sadly Needs Relief. London, Feb. 3 (Correspondence of ‘The Associated Press).—Bulgaria is carrying out a policy of sweeping out the natives from Serbian Macedonia in order completely to Bulgarize the occupied territory, and for this reason the Bulgarian authorities refused to allow the American Red Cross to carry TODAYY Norwich Merchanis Ofter Special Bargains for $1. the republican national campaign. He was introduced by Frederick C. Tan- ner, chairman of the state committee, and was greeted with an ovation which lasted two and a half minutes. Every Seat Filled. Every seat in the convention hall and every inch of standing raom was occupied long before the convention «pened. The boxes were almost en- tirely reserved for women, one being filled with suffrage leaders. The first part of Mr. Root's speech, which was devoted to a consideration (Continued on Page Eight) FEDERAL COURT HAD NO JURISDICTION In Suit for Alleged Infringement of Patent by Outlook Paper Co., Chi- cago—Decision by Judge Thomas. Judge Ed- Hartford, Conn., Feb. 15 i S. Thomas, trict court here today, filed a de- fon holding that the court did not have jurisdiction in the suit of the United States Envelope company and the Outlook Paper company of Chi- “ago the Transco Paper com- pany of Chicago for alleged infringe- ments of letters patent for a trans- parent envelope. The case,is a long standing one and previously a judzgment of $149,975.87 had been rendered for the plaintiffs by Harrie E. Hart of Hartford, acting as a master. Counsel for the defendants filed exceptions, arguing that under the federal statutes the court had no jurisdiction. W. T. Manning of Waterbury, as an agent in this state, was made one of the defendants when the suit was first brought. The effect of the decision today is to set aside the judzgment and the case must be tried over again. QUICK WORK BY SAILORS OF BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA Saved the Ship From Serious Damage Sy Fire at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Feb. 15.—Quick work - sailors on the battleship North Da- t the Philadelphia navy yard cd the ship from serious damage by fire last night. They jumped from their bunks at the sound of the fire alarm and extinguished a siight blaze in the engine room in about three min- utes. The fire was started by the blow out of a fuse in a dynamo. Oil caught fire and iznited woodwork. An alarm was sounded and when the sail- s discovered that oil was ablaze they grabbed bags of sand which are kept in the engine room for such an emer- and threw the sand upon the tlued, putting out the fire. The firc was a g00d test of the ef- i ot the fire drills on the va- s warships. At frequent inter- Is the fire alarm is sounded and the sailors respond to it just as promptly estimated | as if there was a fire. BOSTON PRIVATE BANKER CHARGED WITH MURDER. Held Without Bail For Eugene Covino. Death of Boston, Feb. 15.—Frank Luciano, a private banker in the North End dis- trict, was charged in the munictpal court today with the murder of Eugene Covino, who was killed last night. He was held without bail for a hearing on February 21. The police stated that Covino was a former customer of Lu- c1aa0 and that the shooting followed a quarrel over financial affairs, SEVEREST STORM IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA. At Least Three Lives Are Known to Have Been Lost. Ketchikan, Alaska., Feb. 15.—At least three lives were lost in a severe storm which swept southeastern Alaska for 48 hours, and fears were expressed to- day for the safety of others. It is belig¥ed that the fishing schoon- er Dillah May, which left here Friday for Prince Rupert, B. C., and since has not been heard from, was lost in the storm and that her crew perished. Th Navy Department is in the mar- ket for 200 tons of tin. out relief work in that section, accord- ing to Richard Schellens, an_American, of Groton, Conn., who has been serv- ing with Lady Paget's contingent. Mr. Schellens has just arrived in London from Uskup and brings copies of the official correspondence between Director Edward Stuart of the Ameri- can Red Cross party and the head of- ficials of the Bulgarian Red Cross. Mr. (Continued on Page Eight) TWENTY BLIND MEN RESCUED BY FIREMEN. Were on Second Floor of Building in Cambridge. Burning Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 15—Twenty blind mer who were at work on the second floor of a building were rescu- in the United States| ed today by policemen and _firemen during a fire which started in the base- ment and quickly spread upward. All of them were led down in safety. The men employed under the direction husetts Commission for — volumes of smoice filled n which they were engaged nz brooms and atterdants ga larm as soon as the fire was below in the plumbing of the The damage Prompt work by r a panie. 21 MEN KILLED AND A DOZEN MISSING. Fire in the Airshaft of Pennsylvania Mine, Near Butte, Mont. the es- Norwiid-Randlett was small. scuers prevented Butte, Mont., Feb. 15 miners lost their lives Aat least 21 In a fire which started late last night in the air shaft on the 1,200 foot level in the Penneylvania mine of the Anaconda Copper Mining company and which is ill burning fiercely early today. A dozen others are missing, but it is be- ieved that all but three or four of e went home with#ut reporting off Two of the dead, William assistant foreman, and Neil were overcome by smoke and vhile engaged in rescue work on the 600 foot level. The cause of the fire has not been determined. LOW TEMPERATURES IN NEW ENGLAND YESTERDAY. Hartford Registered 8 Below—Black Island 12 Above. Boston, Feb. 1 Tnusually low tem- peratures prevailed early today over the greater part of N England, with Northfield, Vt., deporting the lowest, 18 below zero, while at Nantucket the official record was 18 below. The min- imum temperatures at different gov- ernment stations were: Concord, N. H.. 16 below; Greenville, Me., 14 be- low. Burlington, Vt., 10 below; Hart- ford, Conn., 8 below; Portland, Me., 2 below; Boston, 3 above; Block Island, 12_above. Unofficial thermometers varied con- siderably from the government instru- ments, one glass in Newton, N. H., recording 30 below zero. The intensity of the cold wave was mitigated in large measure by the ab- sence of wind and the dryness of the atmosphere. A warm wave now prevailiag in the northwes. is expected to reacn New ¥rgland tefore the last of the week. May Export Hides from Mexico. ‘Washington, Feb. 15. — The decree prohibiting the exportation of hides from Mexico will be suspended until March 31, the state department was advised officially today. American buy- ers and tanners had protested to the department against the decree. Car Inspector Injured at Saybrook. Saybrook Point, Conn., Feb. 15.—Lu- cien M. Sheffield, aged 42, car inspec- tor on the New. Haven road, was per- haps fatally injured tonighf when he was_struck by an engine at_the local yards. He was rushed to a New Lon- don hospital. Movements of Steamships. New York, Feb. 15.—Arrived, steamer Orduna, Liverpool. Naples, Feb. 8.—Sailed: Steamer San Guglielmo, Nek York Condensed Telegrfims Premier Briand and other members of the French mission visited the Italian front. Brig.-Gen. Benjamin C. Card, U. S. A., retired, dled at his home at ‘Washington, aged 91. Department of Justice agents have discovered secret stores of arms along the Canadian border. The town of Selbyville, Del, was al- most totally wiped out by fire that caused $100,000 damage. Fresh massacres of Armenians are reported from Turkey, according to dispatches from London. James Diquino, two and one-half years old was burned to death in his crib at his home in Bridgeport. A hospital train of 13 cars, the of two wealthy Americans, was p‘g sented to the French government. The entire wheat crop of Kansas was improved by the warmer temper- atures the latter part of last week. New York experienced its coldest weather this winter when the temper- ature recorded one degree above zero. Fire caused damage estimated at $6,000 to the munitions plant of the gel;ml Electric Co., at Schenectady, John. Alexander, Visocunt of Wey- mouth, has been killed in action while serving at the front with the British army. The report that Chinese rebels in Yunnan province have captured Chung-King was officially denied in Peking. Twenty automobiles were burned in a fire that caused damage of $20,000 to the garage of Martin cook at Bound Brook, N. J. A delayed report from Assenade, Belgium, states that four civilians were killed and several hurt as the re- sult of rioting between German troops and villagers. In_order to handle its heavy traffic, the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad is about to place an order for 20 power- ful locomotives. A very severe earthquake was rec- orded yesterday morning on the seis- mographs of Georgetown university at ‘Washington, D. C. The twenty days’ old child of Mrs. Clarence G. Kniffen of Bridgeport was accidentally smothered to death under a pillow while lying in bed. The Salts Textile Co. of Bridgport has filed with the secrefary of state a certificate showing an Increase of cap- ital stock in the sum of $1,000,000. A new line from Ben Davis to Frankfort, Ind., a distance of 41 miles will be built by the New York Cen- tral Railroad at a cost of $4,000,000. The Swedish steamship Ros, New York for Stockholm, reported to Stockholm that she had struck ice off | the Skerries, and is leaking badly. An official proclamation calling to the colors the remaining single men under the Derby plan and the Military Service Act, was posted in England. On his return from Europe, Sol. House will bring a sharp protest from Germany on the United States’ cen- sorship of German wireless communi- cation. A storehouse on India wharf, Boston, filled with rags and paper stock and owned by James J. Graham, was burn- ed, yesterday, with an estimated loss | of $10,000. Federal authorities and the police at Buffalo are looking for a man be- lieved to be a deserter from the navy, who sent threatening letters to Secre- tary Daniels Every agency of the Department of Justice of the west coast is looking for a Jap spy believed to have stolen the naval battle code taken from the detroyer Hull at San Diego. In spite of the wide publicity given to the swindle, more than $15,000 in checks has been recelved through the mails at the office of J. H. Putnam & Co., at No. 20 Broad St., New York. Joseph A. McAree of Haverhill was held for the grand jury under $2,000 bond on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of Miss Ger- | trude M. Sullivan of North Andover. The Mexican Minister of Finance will preent to General Carranza a pro- poal to decree a moratorium for two years, applying to debtsedue to hold- ers of mortgages throughout the re- public. England has enough whiskey in bond to last for two years. The gov- ernment will permit the importation of enough barley for the breweries, but will cut off the supply from the dis- tillers. Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Ma- lines, was made the object of a dem- onstration when he appeared in pub- lic in Rome for the first time since his Belgium, states that four civilians arrival there. In a report just made public Miss Ada Comstock, dean of Smith college, refutes what she says is the popular idea that the college girl devotes a large part of her time and money in amusing herself. Announcement was made by the Pennsylvania Railroad at Altoona that it needs 25,000 tons of steel to pro- ceed with its car building plans for 1916, and that It is experiencing great difficulty in obtaining supplies. George E. Lawson, aged 54, presi- dent of the People’s state bank of De- troit and widely known in financial circles was found dead in bed yester- day morning at his winter home at Ormond Beach, Fla. FOUND DEAD ON PORCH OF MASONIC HOME. Mrs. Charlotte Smith, 80, Wandered from Room—Was Frozen. ‘Wallingford, Conn., Feb. 15.—Mrs. Charlotte Smith, an inmate of the Masonic home, was found dead today on a porch at the imstitution. She was in her night clothes and it is be lleved she wandered from her room during the night and was frozen to death. She was about 80 years old and came to the home from Ansonia sev- eral years ago. PRICE TWO CENTS Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population Public Execution Held at Juarez ATTENDED BY CROWD OF CI- VILIANS BY INVITATION REPRIEVE FOR THREE Six Prisoners Were Marched Through the Streets for Half an Hour With ‘e and Drum Corps Just Prior to the Execution of Three. El Paso, Tex., Feb. 15.—Six pri under death sentence wers Jmarehea through the streets of Juarez for nhalf an hour today, escorted by three drum orps and a regiment of soldiers, prior c?x.;g_e execution of three of the ac- The execution was attended by f':rng;zcro:vdlhot_dvflian Tesinenty of Ao G vl ‘mnlanon of General Juan Aguilar, trumpeter to Gener: Gavira; Francis Rojas, o civiling, wa Jose Morena, a soldier, convicted of traffic in stolen ammunition, were exe- cuted in order. Then came a pause. Crispin Guevara, a soldier; Rafael Galvis and Eligio Salcedo, remaining prisoners and witnesses to the exacu- tions, were striving to stand erect when Colonel Fajardo stepped to the bodies of those executed ang announced fur- ther executions suspended. Cheers, in whick some of the soldiers Jjoined, greeted the announcement. ‘Guevara was the only one of the re- prieved suspected of dealing in ammu- nition. The other two were emplo; of the Hearst ranch at Babricora, charged with stealing and selline ranch provisions. Their reprieve was secured by the American ranch - ager. i —— MORE THAN 500 LEPER;_ AT LARGE IN UNITED STATES. A Serious Me e Unless Steps for Segregation Are Taken. Washington, Feb. 15.—More than 5( lepers at large in the United Stat constitute a menace of serious 0SS bilities unless proper steps for segre- gation are taken, in the opinion of Physicians, nurses and others who tes tified before the senate health commit- tee today in support of a bill to estab- lish a national ieperosarium. The wit- nesses, all of whom had made extensive personal researches on the subject, agreed that the 300 persons under treatment in the country’s free state or municipal leper asylums included less than one-third of the total of those afflicted. They declared the dis- ease was rapidly spreading: that the danger of a serious epidemic was real, and that segregation was the first de- mand in the campaign against ft. It was the consensus of opinion among those who testified that about |50 lepers were at large in New York city, 80 in Chicago and at least one or two in each of the large cities throughout the country. They declared in arguing for a national asylum that individual victims were treated in many instances with great inhumanity by local authorities intcrested chiefly in shifting the burden of care to some other community AMENDMENT TO BAY STATE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY BILL Provides That a Candidate for Presi- dent Must Give Actual Assent. Boston, Feb. 15.—A presidential pri- mary biill now before the legislature iwas amended by the senate today so as to provide that a candidate for {president must give an actual per- sonal assent to a proposed nomination before the names of delegate candi- dates pledged to him can be placed on the primary ballots. The original bill provided that such acceptance could | be signed either by the candidate or his authorized agent. Members of the committee on elec- tion laws, which presented the amend- ment, denled that the action was taken with any reference to the proposal of { Congressman Augustus P. Gardner, Charles S. Bird and others fo enter the republican primaries as delegates pledged to former President Roosevelt, who is now absent from the countrs | Colonel Roosevelt, according to his an- | ounced plans, is not expected to rv turn from his West Indian journey un- til some weeks after the expiration of the time for filing lists of candidates for the primary. The amendment now goes house for action. to the PLAYED IN ORCHESTRA WHICH ACCOMPANIED JENNY LIND. Ludwig M. Soltau, Veteran Musician, Dead in New Haven. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 15.—Ludwlis M. Soltau, a veteran bandsman and musician of this city, who died at last midnight, had the distinction of having played on the cornet in the orchestra which accompanied Jenny Lind, the famous soloist, when she made an ap- pearance in the Grand Opera house in this city. Soltau in early life played in the homes of members of the royal family of Germany, and after coming to this country was with Patrick Gil- more, the band leader, and arranged and transposed many works for his orchestra. Soltau playe dseveral wind instruments and aiso was widely known as an instructor on them. PROHIBITION COMING UP AT THIS SESSION. Proposals to Postpone Lost by Tie Vote in Judiciary Committee. Washington, Feb. 15—Prohibition amendments to the Federal constitu- tion will be considered by this session of congress, the house judiciary com- mittee decided today. = Pfoposals to pgtctpme prohibition were lost on a tie vote. CONSIDERATION OF SUFFRAGE AMENSMENT DEFERRED. Will Not Come Before House Commit- tee Until December. ‘Washington, Feb. 15—The woman suffrage amendment will not be con- sidered at this session of congress. The house judiciary committee today post- poned considering the Susan B. An- thony amendment.