Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 22, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVIV.—No. 45. POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, -CONN., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1916. TEN PAGES . PRICE TWO- CENTS “The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population FRENCH FRUSTRATE A GERMAN ATTACK German Infantry Prevented Coming Out of Their Trenches South of the Somme River ARTILLERY IS ACTIVE IN THE REGION OF VERDUN Numerous Fights in the Air Between German and French Avi. ators Have Taken Place—Another of Germany’s Big Zeppelins the Victim of an Incendiary Shell Fired by a French Anti-Aircraft Gun—The Albanians Fighting With the Teutons Are Reported to Have Reached the Adriatic Sea West of Kavaya—In Asia Minor the Russians Are Persistently Pursuing the Fleeing Turks. Another of Germany's big Zeppelin airships has come to grief and it is probable that some, if not all, of its crew perished, as it was eveloped in flames as it fell fo earth a victim of from an incendiary shell fired a French anti-aifyraft gun. ¥ The Parish official communication reports that the airship was south- ward bound from the region of St. Menehould, when the French guns at Revigny began sheling it. At least one of the missiles found its mark and the huge aircraft took fire and fell in the vicinity of Brabant-le-Roi. The Germans near Lihons, south of the Somme river, have met with re- pulse at the hands of the French in an intended attack extending over about 4 1-3 miles. The offensive movement was preceded by a heavy bombardment and clouds of asphyxi- ating gases. When the German in- fantry endeavored to come out of k, how- evar, the barrier fire and the fire of the French riflemen stopped them everywhere according to Paris. their trenches for the attacl The Germans in Artois were pre- venied from occupying the crater of a _mine by a strong counter-offensive of the French In Champagne. the fores: of the Argonne_and in the entire entire re~ £ion of Nerdum. there has been much illors activiiy, in Pari ims _con able execution was aceomptishcd by the French gunners. The Germans report additional re- pulses of British _grenade attacks against captured positions along the Yser canal and also the putting down of an entente-allied offensive along the Lens-Arras road. Numerous fights in the air between Germun_ and French aviators have taken place. _Paris reports that sev- eral of the German machines were brought down by the French. Aero. plane raids have been carried out by French and British aeroplane squads, notably on the German aviation field at Habsheim at Mulhgusen and on a munitions factory at_ Pagny-Sur-Mo- seile. British aircraft bombed the town of Don, southwest of Lille. There has been little fighting on the eastern and_Austro-Italian fronts. The Albanians fighting with the Teutons are reported to have reached the Ad- riatic sea west of Kavay: This would indicate that the Austro-Hun- garians and their allies have com- surrounded Durazo. sia Minor the Russians are persistently following the Turkh, wh fled from Erzerum and also are push- northward from the ck ing their way captured fortress to the with the purpose of establis base there for their warships nsports. A Turk power toman front east Lias heen blown up by ator, station on the of the Sue: = P BRIBER CHARGES IN THE SASKATCHEWAN LEGISLATURE. Two Men Arrested on Charge of Con- Regina. Sask.. Ieb. 21.—Charles E. Wilson, Grant Waddell and Clayton Peterson, hotel men. were arrested to- day, charged with conspiracy to bribe members of the Saskatchewan legis- lature. The arrests resulted from re- cent bribary ¢harges in the legislature in_connection with liquor laws. Wilson formerly v secretary of ‘he ILicensed Vituallers' association. Waddel! is a hotel man. Two arrests also were made at Moosejaw today in connection ~ with the aleged bribery. Charges against four ministers of the Sco‘t government also were filed in the legislature by J. E. Bradshaw, member for Prince Albert. ~Walter Scott. premier and president of the council. is charged with accepting a campaign contribution of $500 in 1302 from hotel keepers in Swift Current. J. A. Calder. minister of raflways, s charged with obtaining amendments to the liquor act in considerazon of political support by the _ Licensed Vivtuallers' asosciation. W. F. A. Turgon, attorney general, is alleged to have borrowed money from a hotel compeny, 2 liquor licensee, as a per- sonal aceommodation, and Archie P. McNab, minister of public works, is sald to have aided in having charges of law infractions against licensees withdrawn in consideration of politi- cal support. CHANGE IN FACULTY AT SHEFF SCIENTIC SCHOOL. Prof, Thomas Sewell Adams Takes Political Economy Chair. New Haven, Conn, Feb. 21.—Pro- fessor Thomas Seweli Adams, an ex- pert with the Wisconsin state tax commission and a professor at the University of Wisconsin, was elected professor of political economy at the Sheffield_Scientific school at a meet- ing of the Yale corporation today. The treasurer reported gifts and be- quests and gifts of $346,160.32 since the last meeting, including $325,000 from the epiate of General Erayton Ives. The revised list of students shows 445 undergraduates, the same as last vear. The teaching staff has in- creased from 460 a yvear ago to 494. ALLIED SUBMARINE PASSED THROUGH DARDANELLES, Reached the Bosphorus and Torpedo- ed Tug and Six Transports. London, Feb. 21, 936 p. m—An al- lied submarine passed through the Dardanelles on Tuesday reached the Bosphorus and torp one tug and eix transports laden with muni- tions, according to an Athens des- patch to Reuter's Telegram com- pany. 4 Tho presence of the hostile sub. eaused o pamic at Constantl- nople. AUSTRIAN AEROPLANES KILLED FOUR PERSONS In Raids Over the Province of Bresoia in Italy. A EDUCATORS JOIN IN A DISCUSSION OF THRIFT. Only 108 Save Money Out of Every 1,000 Population. Detroit, Mich., J'eb. 21—State super- intendents of public instruction, col- lege professors and business men joined in a discussion of the subject Thrift” at a meeting tonight of the National Council of Education. The council is one of 21 bodies allied with the National Educational association which are to hold sessions in Detroit this week. S. W. Straus, a_Chicago banker, who is president of the American Society for Thrift, dealt with the problent in a_general sense, while half a dozen other speakers discussed various an- gles of the same subject. “Individual Preparedness” was the keynote of Mr. Straus’ address. “The most vital question in America today is individual preparedness,” hie said. “Not individual preparedness for war, but individual preparedness for anything that may come—individual preparedness to live useful, steadfast lives for the benefit of humanity and posterity.” Mr. Straus declared that although the United States is a prosperous na- tion, “we are not a prosperous people” and backed up his assertion with the declaration that one person out of ev- ery ten who dies in any of the large cities is buried in a potters fleld. “Statistics show that in the United States there are only 108 who save money out of every 1,000 population.” He added: “This compares with 554 in Switzerland. “The only way to lay the foundation for the future thrift of the nation is to begin today teaching thrift in our schools,” he said in conclusfon. BARGE LOST WITH FOUR MEMBERS OF CREW During Last Saturday’s Storm Off the Virginia Coast. Newport News, Va. Feb. 21.—The barge J. Hudson Carlton was lost with the four men of her crew during last Saturday’s storm off the Virginia coast and the barge Shamokin was so badly Gamaged that she sank today in Lynn- haven bay. The news was brought here today by the tug Richard F. Young, which was forced to cut loose from the Hudson, Shamokin and Rock- land No. 7, all three coal laden and bound from Norfolk for New England ports. The Young, her captain said, was saved from foundering only by the s of ofl. She made this port under a jury rig. The Shamokin and Rockland were ked up by the coast guard cutter ndsge end towed into Hampton Roads Sunday. The Rockland eseaped damege. After her arrival here the Young was lfbelled by the Hudson's owners for $84,500. She is at the local ship- yard for repairs. AMERICAN STEAMER HAD STORMY VOYAGE. The Philadelphia Arrives in New York Covered With lce. New York, Feb. 21.—The American steamer Phiiadelphia arrived here to- night covered with ice after a stormy voyage from Liverpool. She brought neither passengers nor mail. She was in collision with the British sailing vessel Ben Lee 12 miles south of Car- nervon bay Jan. 28, while bound for New York, and put back into Liverpool for temporary repairs. The Ben Lee became waterlogged and was abandon- od at sea by her crew. The Philadel- phia will receive a thorough overhaul- ing here. Cabled_ Paragraphs King George in Good Health. London, Feb. 22, 2.3¢ a. m.—Ki, George has now completely recoy his health, and his medical bave given him permiesion to his visits to the troops in tre, RADIO TO TEST SKILL C'§ AMATEUR WIRELESS £ °.ATORS Was Sent Out from Last Niy. ‘Davenport, Towa, Feb. 21.—The pre- paredness and skill of the 25,000 li- censed amateur wireless operators of the United States was tested tonight when a message appropriate to the celebration of Washington's birthday was sent by William H. Kirwin at his licensed station “XE" for transmis- sion throughout the country. The mes- sage, which was despatched at 11 p. m., wasintended to be picked up by all stations within 300 miles of Daven- port and relayed in every direction for transmission to the governors of each state and the mayors of the principal cities. The message was delivered to Kirwin at his station by a messenger from the Rock Island government ar- senal. It read: “A democracy requires that a people who govern and educate themselves should be so armed and disciplined | that they can protect themselves. S port, lowa, (Signed) “COLONEL NICHOLSON, U. S. A" The country was divided into dis-| tricts for the relaving of this message. These districts form overlapping cir- cles with the relay stations at the centers. “We will attempt to weed out the men who are not capable of getting these messages,” Mr. Kirwin said to- night, “and will be able in the future to_pick out the most desirable men.” Those operators not authorized to receive the messages who in any way delay its transmission will be reported to federal officials for punishment. Arrangements have been made to have the messase read by Boy Scouts at Mount Vernon and on the battle- field of Bunker F JOINT CONFERENCE OF MINERS AND OPERATORS. Best of Feeling Prevailed During Ses- sion in New York. New York, miners and mins 000 workers met joint _conference here today to arrange a new agree- ment to replace the one that expires ._The ten demands presented the officers of the United Mine Workers were referred to a joint sub- 21.—Anthracite representing 17 in committee with instructions to work if possinic, a satisfactory wage |scale and report to the full confer- | | enc The sub-co ion. mittee immediately anized and ad- eet here at 1 p. m. next hus, for the first time in Zoint hard coni wage | > Gemunds of the min- ! romptly rejected | ented. were-cordiatly res al operators and t | the & oty canal confos fw d during ihe joint pre-ciented | Dicident applauding of John | P. \White. International prosident of the | United liine Workers, by some of the operators when he conciuded a fervid | speech in presenting the demands of the men "The representatives of the miners expressed themselves as pleased with the attitude of the operators and said they found nothing in the joint con- ference to lead them to believe that a namicable settiement would not be reached. NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR MORAL INSTRUCTION To Open a Contest for a Child’s Code of Moral Washington, Feb. 12.—The national institution for moral instruction an- nounced tonight that it would open to- morrow a contest for a child's code of morals out of which it hopes to obtain a standard code for general use in the schools and homes of the country. Seventy code writers, appointed by state superintendents of education and other prominent educators, will com- pete, each submitting a code, limited to 3,000 words, and for the best a prize of $5,000 will be paid. Thousands of written and unwritten codes will be sifted by the contestants, and the re- sults are expected to reflect the pre- cepts_and principles of mothers, men of affairs and educators throughout the United States. A board of three judges will select the best of the 70 codes submitted and efforts will be made to have it placed in general use in the schools. The old fashioned precepts of right and wrong will, of course, be the basis of all the documents, but the institution expects the writers to go further than that and to have their codes embody rules of honor, courtesy, refinement and in- dustry. The $5,000 to be awarded has been offered by a business man who desires his identity withheld for the present. DR. BLACK PREPARING NEW REGULATIONS For the Transportation of Dead Bodies Through This State. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 21.—Dr. John T. Black, secretary of the state board of heaith, is preparing new regulations to be observed in the transportation of dead bodles through this state. Under the state law passed at the session of 1893 the board has the power to make these regulations nad to require under- takers and others Who are in any way connected with the transmission of such to serve them in their work. One of the new regulations refers par- ticularly to certificates to be signed by the undertaker. The old certifi- cates and the state law printed on the back of it were slightly contradictory in terms. The law requires that the body after being disinfected shall be placed in a hermeticaly sealed casket or coffin. The new regulations will reconcile the language of the law with that of the statement of the under- taker. Movements of Steamships. Bordeaux, Feb. 19.—Arrived: Steam- er Chicago, New York. Glesgow, Feb. 19.—Arrived: Steam- er Cartharginian, Portland, Maine. Copenhagen, ~ Feb. _ 20.—Arrived: Steamer Hellig Olav, New York via Kirkwall ‘and_Christiansand. Liverpool, Feb. 19.—Sailed: Steam- er California (from Glasgow) New York. Gothenburg, Feb. 19. — Sailed: Steamer_Stockholm, New York. New York, Feb. il.—Sailed: Steam- er_Bergensfjord, Bergen. Christiansand, Feb. 1¢. — Arrived, steamer Christianiafiord, New York. onference on Foreign Affairs PRESIDENT WILSON, SENATOR STONE AND REP. FLOOD ALL REMAIN RETICENT Word Expected Today Indicating Reception of U. S. Atti- tude on Armed Merchantmen. Germany’ ‘Washington, Feb. 21.—President Wilson held a long conference on for- eign affairs at the White House to- night with Senator Stone and Repre- sentative Flood, chairman of the con- gressional foreign affairs committee, Graft Charge for aChicagoWoman MRS. LOUISE OSBORNE ROWE OF PUBLIC WELFARE BUREAU "UNDER CHARITY GUISE it is Alleged She Exacted Payment of Subordinates Under Threat of D missal—Got at Least $500 From One. Chicago, Feb. 21.—A sensational alle- gation of graft was made today by Alderman_ William E. Rodriguez, who asserted that Mrs. Page Waller Eaton, lecturer, author and head of the bu- reau of soclal survey under Mrs. e e e T —— Birthday of Washington Most fittingly returns this day While rivulet Aimd the hoary and rill hills away, Or down in dells so still Now freed are greeting rays that bring Glad tidings of the coming spring. For he whose very name alway Wins welcome gratefully, Suggesting fadeless leaves of bay, Broke icy tyranny Surely as soon yon sun will break The ice-king’s, and new life awake. Yet the day needs no help of flowers, Nor uds eager to bloom, With bright portent of fragrant bowers Beside a wintry tomb,— If myriad flags lend tribute true In tints of red, and white, and blue. Even if from a leaden sky, - Though smilirg drearily, Should snowflakes fall afar and nigh Tipping each Heaven blesses, shrub and tree,— through a rite thus done, The birthday of our Washington. W. E. BOIES. and Senator Kern, majority leader of the senate. When the callers left af- ter a stay of more than an hour they declined to talk and White House of- ficials were equally reticent. Gravity of the Situation. Attentive Interest attached to the conference because of the admitted gravity of the situation between the Unlted States and Germany and Aus- tria-Hungary, resulting from the re- cent notice of the Teutonic allies that after March 1lst, all armed enemy merchantmen would be attacked with- out_warning. While he_was at the White House, Secretary Lansing's secretary deliv- ered to him a letter understood to contain information to be embodied in o speech on foreign relations Sen- ator Stone plans to deliver in the sen- ate later this week. Erroneous Impressions. Administration leaders resent what they belfeve erroneous impressions re- garding recent negotiations over sub- marine warfare which have gained circulation recently and it is under- stood Senator Stone will be entrusted with the task of making the adminis- tration position clear. There is par- ticular objection to reports that the United States changed its position to- ward the arming of merchantmen for defensive purposes when the Lusi- tania case apparently was virtually settled. One member of the senate foreign relations committee stated to- night that many senators favored the passage of a resolution warning Americans to_keep off armed ships, but_Senator Stone denied flatly that such a step had been mentioned at the conference. Word from Berlin Today. Word is expected from Berlin to- morrow or Wednesday indicating Ger- many’s reception of the attitude of the United States toward the arming of merchantmen. Count Von Bern- storff has informed his government that the United States will not accept settlement of the Lusitania case un- less Germany specifically states that previous assurances that liners will not be attacked without warning are not changed by the recent notice re- garding armed merchantmen. AN ALPINE AVALANCHE KILLS 55 PERSONS. 49 Were Injured and 30 Are Still Miss- ing—Shelter Carried Away. Berlin, Feb. 21, via wireless to Say- ville) —Reports from Salzburg state that as the result of an avalanche which carried away an Alpine shelter, 55 _persons are known to have been killed. 49 were injured and about 30 still are missing. State Underwriters’ Officers. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 21.—The Con- necticut State Underwriters' assocla- tion at its annual meeting here today clected the following officers: Presi- dent, George W. Greene, Waterbury. vice presidents, A. J. Edgar, Bridge- port, Ell D. Weeks, Litchfield; secre- tary-treasurer, James B, Moody, Jr., ‘Hértford. Louise Osborne Rowe. of the bureau of public welfare, approximately one-third of her salary to_Mrs. Rowe. always made tive of Mayor William Hall son. The charges were made at a com- mittee meeting of the city council and an investigation demanded. Paid More Than $500. “In_order to protect last June,” “Mrs. Eaton went to her lawyer, Sey- mour Stedman. him he called me in. ask for a_council investigation. declared, however, the loss of her position. to continue making the payments. Mrs. Rowe. she told me, paid twice a month. ment was made Jan. 4. she refused to pay more. ed last Saturday. Asked to whom the money was turned over by Mrs. Rowe, Alderman Rodriguez said: Refused to Take Check. “According to the story the money was to go for the support of a needy relative of Mavor Thompson, a wid- ow, T am told. I saw the payment made to Mr: year,” continued the alderman. Eaton attempted to ments Rowe refused to accept them. this refusal Mrs. Eaton drew a per- sonal check, took it to the bank and cashed it and put the money in a marked envelope. To ideéntify the check she wrote on the back of it ‘For the Louise Osborne Rowe charitable fund.’ She took this monmey, 1 believe there was $43 In that payment, in the marked _ envelope to Rowe. 1 stepped into the room just behind Mrs. Eaton and saw her hand the envelope to Mrs. Rowe, who re- ceived it without comment. SUFFERED SAME FATE AS HIS WESTERLY ROOMMATE Donald Rees Died at Waterbury Hos- pital of Gas Poisoning. The last pay- She resign- “Mrs. make the pay- Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 21.—Donald Rees, aged 40 vears, who has been em- ployed as a machinist at the Scovill Manufacturing company, died at the Waterbury hospital this morning from the effects of gas poisoning. Rees has been at the hospital since Saturday, Feb. 12. On that day he was found unconsclous in his room at the Staf- ford house with the gas turned on and John T. Francis of Westerly, R. I, who occupied the room with him, was' found dead in his bed. It thought the turned on during the night. came here from Wales, and leaves no relatives. Ey irrigation works have cost 453,500,000, commissioner had been compelled for months to pay over The payments, it was alleged, were in cash and were said to be for the benefit of a needy rela- Thomp- herself after the demands for money were made Alderman_Rodri®uez said, After conferring with I advised her to She that debts which were pressing her made her fear for She decided 1 am told she paid more than $500 to The payments were made, in_ installments of $43 At that time Rowe on June 28 last in_the form of a check but Mrs. After Commissioner is gas was accidentally Rees There are 176,701 Japanese in Unit- ed States territory. The Swedish Society of New York celebraed its 80th anniversary. Lieut. G. Bache, a leading interna- tional football player, was killed in ac- | tion at Ypres. Postmaster General Burleson au- thorized extension of the postal sav- ings to Alaska. The supreme court has upheld the corporation tax as imposed upon min- ing companie: Dr. James Mercer Garnet, former president of St. John's College, An- napolis, Md., is dead. David R. Francis of St. Louis will notify President Wilson whether he will accept the post of Ambassador to Russia. Tokichi Tanaka, formerly Japanese consul at Seattle .has been appointed counsellor of the Japanese Embssy at Washington. George B. Owen, manufacturer, died at Winsted, Conn., in his leves a family. a retired clock his home at S0th vear. He A bomb explosion partly wrecked the heme of Mandestina Malstrogmini, a wealthy Italian of Chicago. No oné was injured. Mrs. Anne McLan Towler, of St. Louis, said to be the first woman bank president in the United States, is dead at her home. The British steamship Comrie Cas- tle is ashore on a reef off Mombasa, British East Africa. Her passengers have been landed. Prominent women of New York ha- joined enthusiastically in a plan to raise a fund to train 5,000 aviators for defence purpose: | Senator Lane of Oregon introducea a bill to appropriate $3,000,000 to ac- ! quire a naval base site on the Colum- river near Astoria. Ore. Fire of unknown origin destroyed he main building of the Federal Dye- uff & Chemical plant, at Kingsport, nn., at a loss of $500,000. Col E. M. House, special diplomatic azent of President Wilson, announced | that he would sail for New York on the liner Rotterdam on Feb. 25. Four Other Concerns Are Nowl Having Trouble With Their Employes BUT THERE HAS BEEN Striking Employes and the American Brass Company Are Deadlocked Over the Matter of an Increase in Wages of 21/, Cents an Hour—Both Sides Appear to be Firm in the Position They Haven Taken—A Slight Disturbance Oc- curred When Forty Foreign Laborers Tried to Go to the Farel Foundry, But the Police Drove Them Away With Their Clubs. Condensed Telegrams |STRIKE IN ANSONIA IS SPREADING NO SERIOUS DISORDER Ansonia, Conn., Feb. 21.—While the American Brass company and its 2,500 striking employes were still deadlocked tonight over the matter of an increase in wages of 2 1-2 cents an hour, the strike contagion spread rapidly to other factories in Ansonia and vicin- ity. Four other concerns are now hav- ing trouble with their employes, but there has been no disorder. Trouble at Union Fabric Co. _The 120 employes of the Union Fab- ric company in Derby today asked for an increase of 15 per cent. in _their wasges, an eight hour day and Satur- day afternoons oft with full pay. As tomorrow is a_ holiday and the mill will be closed down, the company de- clined to give any answer to the de- mands today. are women. One hundred employes of the Schnel- ler. Osborne & Cheesman compan: evelet makers, have asked for an in- crease of 10 per cent. in their pay. The company has not yet given its an- Most of the employes swer. Fifty Girls Walked Out. Fifty girls empioyed at the Osborne & Cheesman company, textile manu- facturers, walked out today after their demands for an increase had been turned down. The remaining employes 150 in all, threaten to walk out during the week. At the Farrell Foundry and Machine company, where a strike has been in Progress since last summer, there is said to be considerable unrest among 200 moulders’ heipers, who eay they will strike for higher wages. The brass company strike was mark- ed today by a series of fruitless con- ferences. Both sides appear to be firm in the positions they have taken. At the last conference of the day, which lasted two hours, efforts to compromise failed. There was a slight disturbance to- ight when 40 foreign laborers, after visiting several saloons, tried to_crosa the railroad tracks to go to the Farrell foundry. The police drove the men away with their clubs. No one was arrested. PRACTICAL AGREEMENT ON OUTLINE OF ARMY BILL Reached Yesterday by the House M The United States Government is having the lagest gun in the world made at the Crucible Steel Works, Midland, Pa. It wiJl shoot 24 miles. The dredging fleet in the Panama Canal established a new record hav- {ing taken 57,300 cubic yards of earth ou of the Gaillard cut in 24 hours. Two men were injured in an explo- sion in the plant of the Middlesex An- iline Chemical Co., at Lincoln, N. J., caused by the mixing of chemicals. John Giles, aged 70, was found froz- en on the Oak Tree road at Plainfield, N. J., by Frazee Surdam, a milkman, and died before a physician could be summoned. The De Forest prize speaking contest at Yale was won Monday night by Morris Hadley, son of the president of the university. The prize is a medal valued at $100. The American steamship Chin: which left Shanghai for San Fran- cisco was held up at sea by a Brit- ish auxiliary cruiser and 33 Germsus were taken off. Every railroad station, and every other way out of New York city, is guarded by men with accurate descrip- tions and photographs of Jean Crones the poisoning chef. Six men were seriousy injurcd when 100 I. W. W. pickets at the Greenwood colliery of the Delaware & Hudson Co., at Scranton, attacked men who de- serted their ranks. Mistaking some pills polson for candy, Olga Rozenski, 13 months old, of New Haven, swallowed several of the pellets yesterday and died later in a hospital. The first important change in_the living accommodations of the Sing Sing prisoners since George W. Kirch- wey became Warden will be the in- stallation of private baths. Senator Johnson of Maine, chair- man of the fisheries committee, has introduced a bill to make December and January of each year a closed season for halibut on the Pacific coast. A $2757,000 emergency appropria- tion for imediate necessary repairs and m achinery in battleships. torpedo- boat destrovers and submarines was asked of Congress by Secretary Danlels. President Wilson filed an affidavit with W. R. Allen, secretary of state of Iowa. as candidate for president on the democratic ticket at the presiden- tia] preference primary to be held in Towa April 10. Charles C. Anderson, a farmer, com- mitted suicide by hanging in a barn on his farm at Middlefleld, Conn. Despondency due to ill-health is be- lieved to have been the cause. He was 53 vears old. Constitutionality of the Florida law making it a criminal offense to refuse to work out taxes on the roads when summoned was upheld yesterday by the supreme court. Proposed increases by the principal railroads entering New York City of storage charges on freight held in New JeJrsey for delivery in New York were suspended by the Interstate Commerce Commission until June 30. A slight earth shock was felt throughout the Carolinas. Georgia and Tennesee last night. Windows were rattled and small articles of furniture ghaken perceptibly in_several cities, but no damage was reported. The United States Supreme Court was asked to decide the effect of the recognition of the Carranza Govern- ment on certain claims of Americars to property seized by Casranza fol- lowers early in the revolution. 5 The supreme court dismi: peal of Paul Daesche from the de- cision of the New Jersevl federal courts, holding him subject to removal to New York to answer to indictments for alleged conspiracy to destroy ves- sels at sea. containing | ed the |- tary Committes ‘Washington, Feb. 21.—The national preparedness legislation took a long step forward in congress today when the house military com tee reached a practical agreement on the outline of the army bill it will unanimously pre- sent for passage. Chairman Hay was authorized to frame the measure,which is a compramise for the contl army plan advocated by former Secre- tary Garrison and President Wilson. Complete federalization of the na- tional guard will be substituted for the proposed continentals and the White House was informed during the day. that the committee was a unit in sup- porting the plan, only the language and minor detalls remaining to be worked out. The measure will grant virtually the entire programme map- ved out by Secretary Garrison for the regular army and go even farther than he recommended in providing for re- serve military ipplies. A total peace strength of 575,000 men in the stand- ing army and the guard combined will be provided for, with reserve systems to more than double the force in war times. The expense for the whole estimate this year is roughly éstimated at $174,000,000, exclusive of Panama canal defenses, carried in another bill, pro- posals for additional military schools in all states, carried in the Ackeller bill favorably reported today by the committee with an appropriation of $3.840,000 for this purpose, and what- ever may later be decided on in carry- ing out a scheme to foster the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen in the United States, giving the country its own sup- ply of ingredients for explosives. The first year of the Garrison plan would have called for a total expenditure of $162,000,000. PANAMA TO OBSERVE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. All Government Employes to Attend Exercises to Be Given by Americans. Panama, Feb. 21.—President Porras has issued a decree making Washing- ton’s birthday a legal holiday. Repre- sentatives of the Panama government and all government employes have been instructed to attend the exercises to be given by the Americans at the Panama national exposition grounds. The president and Acting Governor Morrow will review a parade of the American troops and the Panama po- lice and firemen as it marches throfgh the city. Public exercises and athletic events wil be held throughout the day. Tae celebration probably will be the largest of the kind ever held on the isthmus. All business places will be closed dur- ing the day. SCHOONER DRIFTING FAST IN AN ICE FLOE. In the Northumberland Stratits Near Summerside. Charlottetown, P. E. I, Feb. 21.—A schooner was seen today fast in an ice floe, drifting up and down the Northumberland ~ Straits, between Cape Traverse and Seacow, near Summerside. Owing to high wind and severe cold it was impossible to reach her and ascertain if there were any men on board. ALASKA'S TRADE WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. Increased $12,000000 Last Year—Bal- ance in Territory's Favor $27,000,000. Washington, Feb. 21. — .Alaska's trade with the outside world increased $12,000,000 last year, according to figures made public today by the de- partment of commerce. The balance of trade in the territory’s favor was $27,000,000. Exports were valued at $55,000,000 and imports at $28,000,000. Died as Result of Swallowing Pin. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 21.—Albert L. Perkins, 7 vears old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert I. Perkins of 24 Sayms |the state that he was a recepfl;odun{ O day as the result of swallowing a pin. | care to say anythipg about receptive; street, died at St. Francis hospital to- Every effort to remove it on the part of surgeons was unavalling. NEW VOTES OF CREDIT PASSED BY COMMONS To the Amount of £420,000,000—Ex- pected to Carry War Until End of May. London, Feb. 21, 9.46 p. m.—The house of commons tonight passed new votes of credit to the amount of £420,- 000,000. This is expected to carry the war to the end of May, bringing the total sum appropriated by means of xates of credit since the outbreak of the war to_£2,082,000,000—a sum, ac- cording to Premier Asquith, “not only beyond precedent, but actually beyond the imagination of any financier of this or_any other country.” Parllament was occupled today en- tirely with financial questions. _Pre- mier Asquith spoke for 50 minutes!in presenting the government's motion for the new war credits. The chancel- lor of the exchequer, Reginald McKen- na, followed with a statement regard- ing American exchange, which, he de- clared, is now as high as the British government wishes it to be. The point emphasized by Mr. As- quith was not the enormous totals necessary for the war, but the fact that careful economy and safeguards the government had succeeded in holding down the cxpenditure wel below £5,- 000,000 a day, which figure he thought unlikely to be exceeded at any time. 1 DEFENSE PLAN OF NEW YORK BUSINESS MEN Includes a Navy Which Would Rank Second on Atlantic, First on Pacific. New York, Feb. 21.—A navy which shall rank second on the Atlantic and first on the Pacific, a regular army of from 275,000 to 300,000 men, a citizen army of from 500,000 to 1,000,000 men and_the utilization of the 'national guard as an uaxiliary to coast defense forces are advocated by the Mer- chante’ association of New York, which announced tonight that it would begin a campaign among commercial organ- izations throughout the country in support of an adequate naval defense. The assoclation also considers rec- ommending the increase of cadets at the naval and military academies, amending the enlistment law 0 as to provide for a maximum of not less than six years, three years with the colors and three vears on the reserve list, the establishment of munitions plants in the interior of the country and the encouragement of military training of boys and young men. WILLIAM ORPET HELD TO THE GRAND JURY In Connection With the Death of His Former Sweetheart, Miss Lambert. Chicago, Feb. 21.—William Orpet, University of Wisconsin junior, was held to the grand jury today in con- nection with the death of his former sweetheart, Marion Frances Lambert. The coroner’s inquest ceased sudden- Iy this afternoon and the jurors re- turned a verdict finding that the girl came to her death by cvanide of po- tassium poisoning and recommending that Orpet be held. Orpet is 20 years old and Miss Lambert, a high school pupil, was A liason, according ot Orpet, existed between the two. It appeared from letters introduced into the case that the girl feared approaching mother- hood. Orpet, after arranging an_ alibl to make it appear that he had not left Madixon, Wis., visited Miss Lam- bert at Lake Forest, a subujrb, two weeks ago. The next day her body: was found. GOV. HOLCOMB RETICENT ABOUT A RENOMINATION Give No Inference That Wants the Officy New Haven, Conn., Feb. 21.—Gov. Holcomb attended the meeting of th Yale Corporation todav, of which he is a member by virtue of his office. He was asked by newspapermen if he would accept a renomination. He re- plied that he did not care to say any- thing about it. When the sugzestion, will He was made that a feeling was held in' dislate the governor said: moods. That mighthinfer I wanted place.”