Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 25, 1916, Page 1

GERMANS UNAB BREAK FRENCH LINE Engaged in One of the Greatest Battles of the War Around the Fortress of Verdun FRENCH COMPELLED TO WITHDRAW THEIR WINGS Teutons Are Inspired by the Presence of Their Emperor and Are Led by the German Crown Prince, Frederick Will- iam—Germans Are Forcing the Fighting, Seemingly Re- gardless of the Cost of Life—French Guns Have Answer- ed the German Guns Shell for Shell, and the Casualties on Both Sides Are Very Great—On the Russian Front There Have Been Engagements From the Riga Region to East Galicia, With No Inspired by the presence of their emperor, and led by rown Prince ¥rederick William, the German troops are engaged in one of the greatest bat- tles of the war on the front centering around the fortress of Verdun. Attack has succeeded tack against the French line after bombardments, in- cessant and terrific, continuing for sev eral days. ‘While the Germans have not been able, despite the rain of shells and furious onslaughts by the infantry, to break the French line, nevertheless the | French on their right and left wings have been compelled to withdraw their ines respectively to the south of Ornes and behind the town of Samog- neux, six miles north of the fortress. Intensity of Artillery Fire, Only between Malancourt and the left bank of the Meu has there been any diminution in the intensity of the artillery fire. With bant, Haumont and Samougneux and the wooded sec- tions north and northeast of Beaumont in their po: n, the Germans from the Meuse e ard to Fromezey are forcing the fighting, seemingly regard- less of .(hr: cost of life. French Answer Germans Shell for Shell The French guns have answered the German - guns” shell for shell and the “wegsutlfies on Both sides are very great. The French official report d Great Results. scribes the battlefield between the Meuse and Ornes as piled with German dead. In Champagne at several points and in the Argonne forest German works have been pounded by the concentrated fire of the French guns, while in Lor- raine the French repuised a German reconnoitering party which attempted to capture a French post north of St. Martin. On the Russian Front. On the Russian front from the Riga region to East Galicia there have been engagements at various points, but no great results have been attained by either side. In the Caucasus, Petro- grad reports that the Russians con- tinue successfully to press back the Turl The usual acti by the Austrians and Italians on the Austro- Italian lines continue. French Air Squadron Drops Bombs. A French air squadron has dropped a large number of bombs on the out- skirts of Metz, a big fire being observed after the attack. Official announcement has been made in the Japanese diet by the minister of foreign affairs that Japan does not in- tend to send troops to aid the Rus- sians. The,Earl of Derby has accepted the chairmanship of the joint army and n: board, which will control the British air sérvice. PRESENT NO TiME FOR PLEDGING STATE DELEGATION Gov. McCall Told Diners at the Bris- tol County Republican Banquet. New Bedford, Mass.,, Feb, 24.—Gov- ernor McCall told the di at the Bristol County Republican banquet to- night that he believed the present to be no time for pledging a delegation from this state to the Chicago convention. “The man who seems strong can- didate today,” he added, be wealk in June. The times are so kaleido- scopic each d: a new nternational crisis is 1 v come up and I doubt it we as in al republicans, should want at thi stime to commit the con- vention in June to any particular didate. Whatever our personal may be it must be treated merely as an aspiration, for not the wish ot March, but the judgment of June is demanded.” The governor, who has already an- nounced himself as an unpledged can- didate at the primaries for delegate- at-large in oprosition to a Roose- velt-pledged delegation, prefaced his remarks by sayving that he had no in- tention of alluding to the subject at all, but he understood that it had been announced that he would do so. *I am inclined to think’ he continued, “that the lgss of discussion there is for the presbnt at least. the better. . I have never been too proud to fight when fighting was necessary, but I have endeavored usually to what T believed w pr z through common counsel with those who differed from me.” MESSAGE TO DUMA SENT BY THE CZAR. Thanks for Congratulations on Erze- rum’s Fall—He Returns to Front. Petrograd, Feb. 23, via London, Feb. 24.—The pre dent of the duma, dur- Ing yesterday’s session. read the fol- lowing telezram addressed by Emperor Nicholas to the dum: “l cordially thank the members of the duma for the congratulations which they sent me on the occasion of the capture of E: am. 1 believe with you that this fresh exploit of the army of the Caucasus will be of importance in leading to the final triumph of our arms, a token of which I see in the eagerness of all the children of our great couniry to use might and main in its servi glad to ob- serve t vesterday. on the oc: of my t to the duma, for the fru fulness of whose labors I joined prayer with intense satisfaction. The emperor's message was received with cheers by the entire duma, ‘Emperor Nicholas has left for front. the A GREAT NORTHERN FREIGHT ATTACKED IN TACOMA. By Half a Dozen or More Men Said to be AustMans. Taccma, Waskn, Feb., 24 —A Gr Northern freight train loaded with tomobiles and war supplies for mernt to Russia wa: the Union freight y en orgmore men s A pitched hattle between the at- tackers and the trainmen occurred aft- er the air hose had been cut in five places hetween the cars and the train eut in four sections. Two of the men swerg arrested. Movements of Steamships. Rotterdam, I7eb. Sailed, stcamer Rotterdam, New York. NEW WAGE SCALE FOR SOFT COAL MINERS. Prospects Are Bright For an Early Agreement. New York, Feb. an early agreement on scale for the soft coal Western Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana and Tllinois were pronounced —much brighter today after the adjournment of the resumed conference of operators 24 —Prospects for new wage fields of a and organized mine workers from those states. The miners, it was learned, have been given to under- stand that they may look for con- \'th regards to the mine run demand which has deadlocked the mine owners and their ‘emploves for nearly two weeks. No direct offer has vet been made but sufficient inti- mation his been given the miners of the intention of the operators to make them feel confident that a four state vage scale will be agreed upon be- fore the New When the joint conference resumed its deliberations today after a recess of u week, the while question of wage scale was again referred to the sub- committee which immediately contin- ued its discussion of the mine run de- The miners told their employ- they wanted the run of mine sym tem not as a matter of policy, but s a matter of dollars and cents; that | they desired to be paid for every pound of coal they produced. WARNED OF PLOT TO BLOW UP A BLUE FUNNEL LINER City Authorities Doubled Guards at Certain Piers. Seattle Seattle, Wash., Feb. 24.—Dock own- s were warned today v authorities against a possible plot to destroy the Blue Ifunnel Talthybius, enroute here with a c: of rubber, silk and other st ued at $8,500,000. She left Victoria, B. C., for this port at noon today. Guards were doubled at certain piers following the receipt of an anonymous letter from Tacoma by Fire M: Harry W. Bringhurst, declaring that German agents had left Tacoma for Seattle with the intention of destroy- ing the lines $9,000 WORTH OF FEATHERS ARE TO BE DESTROYED Taken From Abraham Kallman on the | Charge of Smuggling. Houston, Texas, Feb. arly a thousand bird of paradise feathers val- uel at $9,000, which the government recovered at Laredo after mak a cnarge of smuggling against Abraham Kallman, of New York, will be de- stroyed, District Attorney Green said today. Kallman was released Tuesday on $5,000 bond after a hearing before the United States commissioner at La- redo. HAD SET FIRE TO THIRTY APARTMENT HOUSES Joseph Putter, 20, of New York, Sent to Elmira Reformatory. New York, Feb. 24—Joseph Putter, 20 years old, pleaded guiity today to having set fire to thirty apartment houses in the East Side during the last two years. He was sent to El- mira reformatory. _Putter tcld Judge Mulqueen that he wanted to be a fireman and thought he would make a reputation as in fire rescues before he took his civil | The service examination. 5 Cabled_ Paragraphs No Japanese Troops to Assist Russia. Tokio, Feb. 24—The foreign minis- ter, Baron Ishii, denied in the diet to- day that Japan intends to send troops to the assistance of Russia. » S MAN ARRESTED AT TAMPA BELIEVED TO BE LYMAN Who is Wanted in New York for Al- leged Defalcations of More Than $300,000. Tampa, Fla., Feb. 24—A man an- swering the description of J. Grant Lyman, wanted in New Yorg for al- leged defalcations of more than $300,- 000, was arrested late today on a yacht at St. Petersburg, Fla. He declined to Steamer Blown Up |A Third Man in-Boston Harbor| in Engine Gab TWO MEN KILLED AND TEN OTH-|WITH ENGINEER CURTIS AND INJURED. FIREMAN M'GINIS. CAUSED BY GASOLINE |SECTION FOREMAN SAYS ¢ Investigation of Milford Wreck Begun by Interstate Commerce Commi Schooner Sank Soon After a Rescue Fleet of Harbor Craft Had Taken Condensed felegrams The British Embassy at Washing- ton denied the reports of an Indian mutiny in India. The American Brass Co., of Water- bury has given its employes a further advance of 5 per cent. Wilson Strong for Americans’ Right TO TRAVEL ON ARMED MER- CHANT SHIPS OF BELLIGERENTS. Shipping ;n New York harbor was seriously glmpered. and in some cases ied up by a heavy fog. The International Mill & Lumber Co’s plant at Bay City, Mich., was destroyed by fire at a loss of $250,000. WITH NO ABRIDGEMENT Since the beginning of the war, the Allies have captured 730,000 square Places Himself Squarely on Record in miles of German terrjtory in Africa. Opposition to Acceptance of Policy York conference ends. answer questions as to his identity. The man was said to have with him on the yacht several trunks and suit- cases containing an elaborate ward- in cash and a certified check for $5,964, payable to the bearer e “Manhattan company robe, $14,905 and drawn on of New York.” There were sgveral endorsements on the check, police said, the last one being the signature “John H. Putnam & company.” This was th name of an alleged fraudulent conce: organized by Lyman in New York. The yacht is said to have been pur- chased in Tampa last Saturday from two men whose names were given as “Smith” and “Olsen” and who, the police say, recently brought the vessel here from Chicago. The man arrested is clean shaven, but the police claim that he was seen recently in Tampa wearing a small beard like that worn by Lyman. The authorities also say that a man an- swering Lyman’s description and be- lieved to be the one under arrest re- cently expressed a trunk from Tampa to Jacksonville. The trunk still is un- claimed at Jacksonville, where it was sent addressed to “A Cisco.” ‘The man whose name was “Olsen” was on the yacht when the arrest was made today. He told the police he had no idea where the ves- sel's new owners intended to take her. It was said_preparations were being made to load a large amount of pro- visions. ven as BRIDGEPORTD POLICE SEARCHING FOR CRONES Poison Suspect Said to Have Work- ed Half a Day in a Hotel Kitchen. Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 24—The po- lice are making a general search here tonight for a man believed to be Jean Crones, wanted in Chicago for the al- leged poisoning of the soup at a ban- quet at the University Club there on Feb. 10. The railroad station and in- terurban trolley terminals and lines are under police surveillance and de- tectives are making the rounds of lodging houses and other places. The suspect worked half of today in the kitchen of a Bridgeport hotel, where preparations were in progress for two banquets that were served there this evening. He demanded a dollar for his services and left and the chef “5f the hotel soon afterward tified the police that it s belief that the man was Every effort was made to keep the matter secret. The guests at the din- ners of the Bridgeport Manufacturers ociation and of a fraternal society knew nothing of it and ate in comfort. The manager of the hotel declared there was no foundation for the story. but the hotel detective, in the man- ager’s presence, said there w: wnd that the chef was positive in his iden- tification. A police detective in the lobby refused to comment except that to say that somebody would zet into trouble for letting the story out. Survivors from Cabin Roof—One Boston, Feb. 24.—The fishing schoon- er Mary C. Santos with 23 men aboard, was blown up in the harbor by an ex- plosion of gasolene today. Harry Fisher and Prescott Bent were killed and ten others of the crew were sent to hospitals for treatment. _Joseph Lewis was unaccounted for late to- night and is believed to have been drowned. The schooner sank soon af- ter a rescue fleet of tugs and dories had taken from a perch on the cabin roof those of the crew who had es- caped injury. Men Blown Into the Water. Outward bound for her home port, Provincetown, the sch8oner had stop- ped off the fish pier in South Boston to take on a stock of gasolene from an oil barge. Several cans had been taken aboard when the explosion shattered the forward part of the craft, tearing throush the galley in which part of the crew were at supper. Some of those seated there were blown through the house into the water, among them the men who were killed. FARMER KILLED IN DISPUTE OVER LOGS. Father and Two Sons arrested, Charg- ed With Crime. Woodstock, Vt., Feb. 24—In a dis- pute over the ownership of logs, Al- bert C. Gibson, a farmer of Sharon s killed today. Charles Leighton, who claimed the logs and his sons, Walter and Newell C. were arrested and lodged in jail here tonight, charg- ed with murder. According to the officers who made the arrests, Gibson said he purchased the logs from John Gibson of Sharon, and went to the wood lot today to haul them away. While he was loading a sled, Leighton and his sons put in an appearance and declaring that the logs belonged to them, ordered Gib- son to unload them. His refusal to comply with the demand was followed by @ shot from a rifle held by the elder Leighton, it is alleged. Gibson fell to the ground with a bul- let wound in the leg and according to the officers, he was attacked as he lay there by the Leighton boys, who struck him over the head with sled stakes. Four men whom Gibson had taken along as helpers wepr present, but it is alleged that when they at- tempted to go to his assistance they rere held at bay by Charles Leighton who threatened them with his rifle. 74 YEAR OLD MAN ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY Man Without a Home Broke Window to Get an Overcoat. Shop i e New York, Feb, 24.—Charles Miller, 74 years cld, who said he had no NOBTHERNIE (CIEICINORTH home, was arrested today, charged COAST LIMITED HELD UP.|with burglary in having broken the PSRy s window * of ~ the Wallach Brothers' 4 clothing store at 265 Broadway, wit Engine Crew Compelled to Haul Bag- |2 (one and taken an overcoat. The gage and Mail Cars Into Forest. |police said he admitted the crime, pleading necessity. Patrolman Fiynn, of the Greenwich ern s eastbound North Coast |Street station, heard a crash of glass, Limited train was held up tonight a|He ran over to the Wallach Brothers' mile and a half east of Covington, 25 |store and found Miller standing calm- miles east of Seat‘le. The robbers |ly near the broken window putting on uncoupled the baggage and mail cars |a new overcoat. and compelled the engine crew to haul | The old prisoner said he had fought e two cars up the track mountain forest. intq a with the German army in the Franco- nd had come to thi: A short time after the baggage, mail | country taking up his re: znd engine disappeared passeng- | dence € He prospered, he ers in the c left standing on the |said, and was very happy with his track heard an explosion. It is sup-|wife and three children until, in the posed the robbers dvnamited the short period of six months, an epi- press safe. Automobiles filled with |demic of diphtheria caused the death sheriffs were dispatched #om The flagman, who reported the hold- up from Covington, said the bandits fired several shots at him as he ran down the track to give the alarm, but he escaped uninjured. The flagn an back to Covington as soon a learned the robbers’ purpose and unable to give detalls of the robbery. CONDITIONS OF FLOOD IN LOUISIANA TOCWNS Appeals From Towns Not Previously Reported in Distress. New Orleans, La., Feb. 24—Reports of vastly improved conditions among fiood victims in the vicinity of New- ellton and St. Joser re_ offset to- night by appeals for aid from Louisiana towns which had not been reported in distress. mediate relief was requested in mes- sages to Governor Hall from Bayou Cortableau, in St. Landry Parish; Ze- rena in Catahoula and Lismore, in Concordia parish. A second appeal for help also was received from Deer Park. The report stated that the land had been inun dated almost two weeks and that the people were forced to fice their lives 1o check and were i acing starva- tion. BRITISH ILES SWEPT BY SEVERE SNOW STORM Ten Lives Were Lost and Extensive Damage Done to Shipping. London, Feb. 25, 3.23 a. m.—Ten lives were lost and extensive dan‘age was done to shipping as a result of vesterday's snow storm which swept the PBritish Isles. Nine men of the steamer Carleton were drowned when the vessel sank during the gale off Deal. In Birmingham where eight in- ches of snow fell, a woman dlad in the streets a sa result of intense cold Reports from the provinces show snowfalls in various parts of England yarying from five to ten inches in depth. Only two inches of fell in Lon- don and its suburbs, but the traffic was pose also was felt in the provinces. of all four of them. Miller <aid sgrief r his loss and the collapse of his led him to drink habitually to ex and, after his means had been dissipated he robbed a place to get food FRENCH LINER ESPAGNE IS UNDERGOING REPAIRS. That is Given as the Cause~for Post- ponement of Sailing. New York, the French “eb. —The sailing of line steamship Espagne, scheduled to leave here for Bordeaux tomorrow, has been postponed until Monday or Tuesday of next week, ac- cording to announcement made here today by local officers of the line. All passengers booked on the Espagne have been transferred to the Lafay- ette, to leave Saturday. The postponement of the sailing of the Espagne, officers of the line eaid, was due to the necessity of completing repairs on the ship, which left drydock today. Denying that the delay had anything to do with the recent warn- ing to prospective passengers in letters that the ship would meet with mishap from German submarines, the officers sserted that the line would continue to book passengers on the Espagne for the postponed date. GUNNERY ON AMERICAN SHIPS ON DOWN GRADE. Admiral Winslow Does Not Believe Navy is Even Moderately Efficient. Washington, Feb. 24 Admiral Winslow told the house naval commit- tee that gunnerv on American ships started on the down grade soon after it had been brought to its most ef- ficient point during President Roose- velt’s incumbency. “Just lately,” he added, “the @epart- ment began working out a new sys- tem of finding the fault with our sunnery. They are finding them. In my opinion, however, if we had had a zeneral staff, our efficiency would never have gone down.” The admiral maintained that the original plan under which the general board was created was intended to lead to a genefal staff. That, he said, greatly hampered because men were ! was the vital need of the navy; all hero | inavailable to clear the snow away. | military functions should be under the need of men for the :y.me pur- |direct ntrol of professionally train- ed naval officers. and State Public U New Haven, Conn., Feb. 24.—Testi- mony that extra passenger train No. 6 on tHe New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad ran by, at high speend, a signal set, at _ “caution” against it Tuesday, just before it had ploughed into the stalled Connecticut River Express in Milford, was given today at the joint hearing of the in- terstate commerce commission and the state public utilities commission. One of the witnesses said that this running past signals was “a common occurrence.” A Third Man in Cab. Further testimony was to the effect that a third man was in the engine cab of the extra train with Engineer W. R. Curtiss and Fireman McGinnis, which is contrary to the rule. Failure of Signal System to Work. Other evidence adduced today was that the signals on the stretch of track involved in the disaster were in good working condition before and after the accident. However, it was testified that there have been complaints of the failure of the signal system to work properly, these averaging about one a week. In most of these cases the signal was set at “danger.” In five or six instances, it was testified since the installation of the system, signals have shown what is known as “false cleai Engineers, signal men ,trainmen and other employes of the company wers among the witnesses. Most of their testimony related to the operation of the signal system and the interpreta- tion of the rules governing engineers. Woodmont Signal Set at “Caution.” John W. Heath, section foreman at Woodmont, and probably the last man to see Engineer Curtiss and his fire- man alive, testified that the signal at the Woodmont tower, which was the st before the collision, was set at caution” against Curtis' train. The extra passed at between 45 and 50 miles an hour, he asserted. He was about 100 feet from the signal, he said, and could see no slackening of speed. cesees Saw Three Men in the Cab. “I"saw three men-in the engine cab” he said, “and gave them the ‘glad shake' (waving the hand) as they went by. I dig not recognize any of them, but this waving is customary, whether we know them or mot. One (Continued on Page Three) FIGHTING AT VERDUN IS ON THE FIRST L§NE. French Have Three Other Lines at Strategical intervals Behind the First. Paris, Feb. 24, 5 p. m.—The Temps in its military review estimates that the Germans are employing on the average-ten infantrymen to every gree feet of front, where the attacl is fiercest north of Verdun—that is, over a line eight miles in length between Brabant and Ornes. The reviewer maintains that the op- erations are not necessarily prelim- inary to an attempt to besiege Verdun, but comprise an attack upon a wi part of the front of which Verdun forms a part of the rear support. The attacks, he déclares, are still held with- in the first line works, while there are three other lines at stratesic intervals behind the first. These lines are more solidly constructed and more elaborate in their nature than the first lines, as work on them could be done at leisure without the avorkers being within the reach of the German re. STRIKE OF 30,600 SHIRT MAKERS IN NEW YORK. Want Shorter Hours, Higher Wages and Abolition of Sub-Contracting. New York, Feb. 24—Thirty and members of the 3y waist and ironers unions, in more than two hundred establishments here ruck today for shorter hours, high- er wages and the abolition by the manufacturers of the practice of sub- contracting. Union officials declared that in some cases machine operators or sub-contractors as they are called, employ as many as eight and ten workers and them whatever they vay, it was said, the de’ the responsibili- of fixing uniform wages and hours ty for all the workers. BIG FIRE IN STORAGE PLANT AT PITTSBURGH. Number of Men Are Reported M ing After $500,000 Blaze. Pittsburgh, Feb. 24.—Fire swept through the plant of the Union Storage .any here today, completely des- ying one warehouse and wrecking ancther with a loss of $500,000. Twen- ty five men_at work in the plant were believed to have escaped, although a number of men were reported missing arfte the walls of the destroyed build- ing collapsed. Pupils in the O'Hara school, a block away, were quickly marched from the structure when a_ quantity of oil ond brandy in one of the burning ware- houses exploded. OBITUARY. Harrison Bristol. New Britain, Conn., Feb. 24—Harri- son Bristol, a former resident of Short Beach, died at the home of his daush- ter, Mrs. W. P. Steele, today. He was 93 'years of age and one of this city’s oldest residents. For more than 30 years Mr. Bristol spent his winters at Ormond, Edwin M. Bacon. Boston, Feb. 24 —Edwih M. Bacon, a newspaper editor of a generation ago, died tonight at the age of 72 years. He had been editor of the Illustrated Chicago News and later the Boston Globe, managing editor of the Boston Advertiser and editor in chief of the Boston Post. Gold coin to the amount of $100,000 was withdrawn from the New York Sub Treasury for shipment to Mexico. The American Chamber of Commerce in Berlin will establish on March 1 a “:::l auxiliary kitchen for persons in need. Pope Benedict is reported to be plan- ning to publish soon a document con- gemnlng aerial and submarine war- are. Demanding increased wages, 2,300 employes of the Armour and Cudahy packing houses at Sioux City, JIa., ‘went on strike. A 10 per cent. increase in wages has been granted to the station agents and telegraphers of the Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad. The bodies of 55 victims of the snowslide in the Salzburg Alps were buried in one great tomb at Bischofs- ben, Salzburg, Germany. W. E. Cochran, postoffice inspector in charge of New York, has asked the Chicago police to look out for John Grant Lyman, for fraud. The British steamship Strathelyde, Philadelphia for Manchester, was tow- ed into Queenstown. No one was al- lowed to board the vessel. Seriou damage was caused when the Jap steamship Tenyo Maru ran ashore off Shinonoseki, Japan. Part of the cargo has been jettisoned. Sweden has arranged with England for the importation of more coal, in return for which Sweden will export certain articles to Great Britain. King Nicholas of Montenegro, who holds the rank of Russian field mar- shal, was offered the command of a Russian army corps by Czar Nicholas. A gas well producing about 2,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily has been struck on Lesnott Farm near New Castle, Pa., by the Ellwood City Oil & Gas Co. " Vice Admiral Reinhardt Scheer has been appointed commander of the German battle fleet, succeeding Admir- al von Pohl, who retired because of illness. Ignace Paderewski, pianist and John Smulski, a_Chicago banker, called at the State Department to arrange for the distribution of relief supplies in Poland. Mrs. Eva Yorke, aged 65, of Bren- ford, was killed by a Pennsylvania train near the State Insane Asylum at Farmhurst, Md., from wheie she had escaped. Lord Robert Cecil, Parlimentary un- der secretary for foreign affairs, at- tended a Cabinet meeting for the first time in his capacity as Minister of Elockade, Calvin S. Demarest, billiardist re- ported dead at the State Hospital for the Insane at Elgin, Ili, is alive and well, acocrding to officials of the in- stitutions. United States Senator A. B. Cum- mins of Towa, filed affidavits with the secretary of State of Iowa as a can- didate for President on the Republi- can ticket. The White Star liner Canopie ar- rived at Boston from Mediterranean ports, Madeira and the Azores without having sighted either a submarine or a German raider. Edward Callaghan of Charleroi, Pa., filed with the Ohio Secretary of State notice of his candidacy for the Demo- cratic nomination President, President Wilson. The French motor ship Quevilly, from La Pallice, France, collided with the schooner Marcus L. Urann, at an- chor in New York harbor. Both ships were slightly damaged. A gift of $1,000 has been donated by the Marquis d'Ornane for distribution among the members of the gun crew that shot down the Zeppelin “L Z 77" near Bar e Duc on Monday. The Navy Department and the De- partment of Justice have begun an in- vestigation into an alleged German se- cret wireless sation in the White Mountains in New England. Jason S. Haines, of Trumbull, was placed on trial in_the criminal su- perior court at Bridgeport before Judge James Webb, of New Haven charged with murder of his wife. Federal Judge Meek at Dallas, Tex., ruled that he has no jurisdiction in the suit of the Bankers Trust Co. of New York for the appointment of a re- ceiver for the Texas & Pacific Ralil- road. Secretary Daniels denied that he has permitted delay in construction of the United States submarine Schley, the largest undersea boat in the world. Its contract calls for completion by March 19, 1918. The name of Eimer J. Burkett, of Lincoln, Neb., fromer United States senator from Nebraska. was formally filed to be placed on the primary bal- lot as candjdate for the republiman nomination for vice president. A life er at a public beach, even i he does mot accept money for his services, is a professional, accord- ing to a ruling of the Chicago A. A. U. vesterday. The decision hit four Chicago tank stars. Roosevelt Party at Barbadoes. Barbados, B. W. I, Feb. 24.—Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Roose- velt_arrived here today and proceeded to Demarara, British Guinea. They will proceed from Demarara to Trini- dad, where they will take a steamer direct to New York. Both are in good health. of Central Powers to Sink Armed Merchantmen Without Warning. Washington, Feb. 24. — President ‘Wilson cannot consent to any abridge- ment of the rights of American citizens respect le asserted in a letter tonight to Senator Stone, chairman of the senate foreign relations commit- tee. The president’s letter was written at the end of two days of agitation in congres: for action warning Americans off armed merchantmen. Honor and Self-Respect Involved. “The honor and self-respect > nation is involved,” he said. “We covet peace and ehall preserve it at any cost but the loss of honor.” The president expressed the hope that explanation of the declared inten- tions of the central European powers to sink all armed merchant ships with- out warning would put a different as- pect on a situation which now seemed to presens insuperable obstacles, “We have had no reason to question their good faith or their fidelity to their promises in the past” he added. “and I, for one, feel confident that we shall have none in the future.” Letter in Answer to Senator Stone. The letter was in answer to one written late this afternoon by Senator Stone, outlining the situation existing at the capitol, where since yesterday morning persistent demands had been made for some action which might lessen the possibility of war between the United States and Germany. The president’s statement will be repeated tomorrow morning to Speaker Clark, (Continued on Page Three) PORTUGUESE SEIZE VESSELS INTERNED AT LISBON. Hoist Their Flag on 36 Ships of the Central Powers. Lisbon, Feb. 23, via Paris, Feb. 24, 1240 p. m.—The commander of the naval division here, at four o'clock thi. afternoon, apparently of his own ini- tiative, took forcible possession of thir- ey-six German and Austrian vessels g in the Tagus river, hoisted the ege—~colors-on- them, and salut- ed them with a twenty-one-gun sa- lute from the Portuguese fleet. Tt is _said that the act of Captain Leotte Rego, in seizing the German and Austrian ships interned at Lisbon, was Wwhoily unexpected by the governing authorities, who were unaware of the step until it had been carried out. Cap- tain Rego directed the operation from the destroyer Guadiana. GERMAN S8EA RAIDER IN ATLANTIC LANE Halian Liner Was Given Warning by Wireless. New York, Feb. 24—The possibility of a German sea raider being at large in the North Atlantic was suggested when the Italian liner Giuseppe Verdi on her arrival today, reported that she had received a warning from Halifax by wireless telegraphy to be on the lookout for such a vessel. On__her last dutwood trip the Giuseppe Verdi received a similar warning as she ap- proached Gibraltar. The message from Halifax, which was received the day before yesterday, gave no details, the officers said, as to the probable location of the raider. MODIFYING BAY STATE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ACT. No Names on Ballot Unless Consent of Such Candidate in Writing. Boston, Feb. 24.—The house agreed with the senate today in passing a bill modifying the presidential primary act so that the names of candidates for the party nominations for president may not ‘appear on the ballot for conven- tion delegates unless the consent of such candidates is obtained in writing. The bill passed the house after two hours' debate. Opposition to it was based on the claim that it tended to prevent a state-wide expression of opinion as to presidential candidates and that particularly those desiring to vote for republican convention dele- gates pledged to Theodore Roosevelt might have no opportunity of doing so in view of the ‘“written consent” clause. FAKE RUMOR SENT PRICE OF WHEAT DOWN. Dropped Seven Cents at Chicago on Report German Ambassador Had Been Handed His Passports. Chicago, Feb. 24.—A rumor, which was denied, but which, while it was current on the board of trade near the close of the day, sent the price of wheat down seven cents will be inves- tizated by a committee of the board, it was stated tonight. The rumor was to the effect that the German ambassador had been hand- ed his passports. It began circulat- ing about 15 minutes- before the close and denial of its truth came too late to check the decline. It is estimated roughly that bull leaders dumped 6,- 000,000 bushels overboard and forced other holders in this and outside markets to follow suft. SPAIN BUYING CARTRIDGES IN THIS COUNTRY. Places $1,500,000 Order With Company at Alton, Il Alton, IIl, Feb. 24—Through _the presence here of three representatives of the Spanish government, it bacame known today that Spain has placed an order with the Western Cartridge, Co. for 250,000,000 eleven-millimetre cartridges. It is estimated that the order will total $1,500,000. The Western company re- cently completed a large order of car- tridrges for Spain. _The new order, it is said, will keep the plant busy for, a year. -~ -