Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 29, 1916, Page 1

No Poich VOL. LVII.—NO. 51 POPULATION 28,219 - NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1916 TEN PAGES The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double Tha? BATTLE AT VERDUN STILL IS UNDECISIVE Nhile Germans Claim Further Advances, They Are Flatly Contradicted by the French DESPERATE FIGHTING AROUND DOUAUMONT Fort Has Fallen to the Germans, But is Reported to be in Ruins—French Counter Attacks Were Delivered With Such Force That Some of the German Detachments Were Driven Back—Throughout the Entire Sector of Verdun, Except on the Western Bank of the Meuse River, the Artillery Duels Are of Vast Proportions—Austro- Hungarians Repulsed by Russians in Galicia. The tide of battle around Verdun has not apparently flowed in favor of either side. While the Germans claim further advances, the French are equally emphatic in their claim of having checked the attacks of the masses of German infantry sent against them. Fort Douaumont in Ruins. Fort Dovaumont has fallen to the Germans, but is reported to be in ruins. Around this position the most desperate fighting of the battle has been going on since Friday. Here French counter-attacks were delivered ‘with such crushing force that some of the Germhan detachments were driven back and cne regiment is almost en- circled. ‘West of this fort. in a hand- to-hand encounter, the French have ejected the Germans from a small re- doubt which they had captured. Throughout the entire sector of Ver- dun, except on the western bank of the Meuse river, where the German bombardment has slackened some- ‘what, the artillery duels are still of vast_proportions.” To the southeast the French at Fresnes in the Woevre region, have put down two German attacks against that town, but the Germans have inaugurated an impor- tant movement in the Champagne dis- trict, where by a surprise-attack they succeeded im entering French ad- vanced positions of ~a supporting trench over a front of nearly a mile, capturing more than a thousand men. Notwithstanding the fresh reserves ‘which the French have thrown into the fray at Fort Douaumont, the Ger- man war office declares that their ef- forts have been fruitless and that the Germans have advanced their lines to- ward Bras and Vacherauville. Tt is nlso claimed that the Germans have entirely éxpelled the French from the Meuse peninsula, southward from Amogneux and west of Vacherauville. On the Russian Front. On the Russian front around Fried- richstadt and Illoukst there has been heavy artillery, machine gun and rifle fire. In Galicia the Russians repulsed an attempt by the Austro-Bulgarians to capture trenches on the middle Stripa river. The Austrians, according to Vienna, have put down with sanguinary losses an Italian attack against positions on both sides of Monte San Nichele and east of Azzo and also destroyed an Italian trench on the Goriza bridge- head. : 5 The Russians are _still operating successfully against the Turks who fled from Erzerum and the Ottoman forces in the Persian battle zone. Far- ther south, in Mesopotamia, a bom- bardment by the British of a Turkish camp on the left bank of the Tigris river resulted in heavy easualties to the Turks. British Fighting Tribesmen. Further details of the fighting be- tween the British and tribesmen offi- cered by Turks in western Egypt, show that the leader of the tribes- men, Nuri Bey, a brother of the Turk- ish war minister, was killed and his principal subordinate wounded and that the tribesmen left large numbers of dead and wounded on the field as their main forces fled. The Italian hospital ship Marechiaro has been sunk in the Adriatic sea off the coast of Albania. It is believed the vessel struck an Austrian mine. ‘While the extent of the casualties has not become known it is reported that they were numerous. FURTHER FREIGHT EMBARGOES BY THE NEW HAVEN ROAD. Because Freight is Accumulating Faster Thant It Can Be Unloaded. New York, Feb. 28 —Further freight embargoes were announced here to- night by the New Pork, New Haven and Hartford railroad. ~ This action was taken, it was.said, because of the accumulation of freight on the rail- road’s lines faster than it can be un- loaded. . The mew order effective at midnight | tonight, is against spelter, copper, hide i leather, iron or steel construction ma- i terfal, cement, wall plaster, stone, lime, brick, lumber, terra cotta and tile from all New York city points and from Boston, also against all freight for Hghterage delivery in New York harbor and against all shipments to the Merchants and Miners Transpor- tatfon company at Providence an#l Boston. The embargoes are not ap- plicable to local business between points on the New Haven, except for the goods mentioned. Livestocl, perishable freight, food- stuffs for human consumption, feed for livestock, news print paper for do- mestic use, charcoal, fuel ofl and gas- oline in tank cars are excepted from the order. B PROF. ROSCOE POUND AS DEAN OF HARVARD LAW. Understood That Board of Overseas Has Selected Him. Boston, Feb. 28—It was understood tonight that Professor Roscoe Pound was selected as dean of the Harvard Law_school by the board of overseers of Harvard university at a meeting here today. No formal _statement was made, however, as the board zen- erally delays its official announce- ments of appointments for several daays. The new appointee will y succeed Professor Austin W. Scott, who has been acting dean since the death a few months ago of Dean Ezra R. Thayer. Professor Pound, who is now a pro- fessor at the Harvard Law school, is a graduate of the University or Ne- braska and the Harvard Law school. He was _dean of the law department of the Nebraska institution for four years and has served on the faculties of Northwestern university and the University of Chicago. T CONFERENCE OF SOFT COAL OPERATORS AND MINERS Western Pennsylvania and Indiana Companies Holding Out. New York, Feb. 28.—Little progress was made today by the soft coal op- erators and miners of the central com- petitive fields towards reaching an Bgreement on basic rates for mine run coal. the companies from western Pennsylvania and Indiana holding out for lower prices. The entire day was taken up wifl'lnthe consideration of the mine run rates in those two states in the hope of reaching a de- cision, but action went over until to- morfow. The fact that no substantial pro- gress was made has led some of the mirers and operators to believe that an agreement on a new scale may not be. reached this week. HENRY JAMES, NOVELIST, IS DEAD IN LONDON. Was Born an American, But Died a British Subject. London, Feb. 28, 10.45 p. m.—Henry James, the novelist, died today. Henry James was born an American, but died a British subject. In July, 1915, he took the oath of allegiance to the crown, explaining that he had lived and worked in England for 40 years and had developed such an attachment for the country and sympathy with its people that he desired to throw his moral weight and personal allegiance into the British cause in the Buropean war. The distinguished novelist, critic and playwright was born in New York April 15, 1843. His father, Henry James, Sr., was noted as a writer on ethics and religion, and his younger { brother, William, was latcr to become | distinguished as a psychologist, The family was possessed of an ample for- tune, the foundaticn of which was laid by ‘the novelist's grandfather, of Scotch-Irish descent, who migrated from Ulster soon after the Revolution- ary war and became a successful mer- chant at Albany, N, Y. MORE APPEALS RECEIVED FROM FLOOD SUFFERERS. Water Slowly Rising in Some of the Louisiana Parishes. Natchez, Miss, Feb. 28—More ap- peals for aid were received tonight by the Natchez relief committee from flood sufferers along the Elack river, in the district back of Newellton and from the Deer Park section. The Natchez relief committee has only a small quantity of food on hand, but it will be furnished the flood sufferers if boats can be obtained for its trans- portation. At present no boats of shallow draught are available. ‘Water tonight was reported slowly rising in all parts of Concordia parish and the lowlands of Catahoula parish. TRAINING COLLEGE FO; SALVATION ARMY WORKERS To Be Established in Chicago as Me- morial to Late General Booth. New York, Feb. 28.—A meeting of clergymen held today under the au- spices of the New York Federation of Churches approved a plan to establish a national training college here and in Chicago for Salvation Army members as a memorial to the late General Wil- liam Booth. Fifty churches extended invitations to Salvation Army repre- sentatives to speak to their congrega- tions in furtherance of the project, which calls for the raising of a fund of $1,000,000. Movements of Steamships. Liverpool, Feb. 28.—Arrived, steam- ers St. Paul, New York; Orduna, New York. Gibraltar, Feb. 22.—Sailed, steamer Ioanninnia (from Piraeus), New York. New York, Feb. 28.—Sailed, steamer Espagne, Bordeaux. New York, Feb. 28.—Sailed, ssetmer Tuscania, Glasgow. Bordeaux, Feb. 23.—Arrived, steamer La Touraine, New York. Barcelona, Feb. 21.—Arrived, steam- er Montserrat, New York. Genoa, Feb. 15.—Arrived, America, New York. PRICE TWO CENTS N odbled_ Paragraphs Steamer Southford Sunk. London, Feb. 28, 9.05 p. m.—Accord- fng to Lloyds the British steamer Southford, formerly the Sinbad, has been sunk. Eleven of the vessels crew were saved. Two were killed. The Southford was a vessel of 897 tons. AN UNPUBLISHED MILITARY HYMN COMPOSED BY LISZT Suggestion That Music be Set to Words and Sung in German Trenches. | New York, Feb. 28.—A manuscript | containing what is declared to be an {unpublished military hymn composed {by Liszt in Rome in 1876, together with a suggestion that the music be set to words and sung in the German trenches, has been forwarded to the German government by Ambassador von Bernstorff, according to a letter from the ambassador made public_here today by Carl V. Lachmund, of Yon- kers, Y., who was onme of Liszt's pupils. Mr. Lachmund said that while he was studying under the composer Vears ago the latter's secretary turn- ed over to him a wastebasket of dis- carded manuscripts. In examining them recently he found the hymn on the back of one of the sheets and sent it to Ambassador von Bernstorff with the suggestion that it be made a Ger- man army hymn. This composition, according to Mr. Lachmund contained no text except the words “Kaiser Wil- helm” intended for the first measures. He described it as characteristic of the German military fanfare spirit. CARS FOR COMMERCE IN FRANCE RESTRICTED. Owing to the Present Military Needs —Order by Ministry of War. Paris, Feb. 27, 5 p. m—The ministry of war announced today that owing to the present military needs and the suspension of mavigation freight cars cannot be placed at the disposition of commerce except to a very limited ex- tent. “The public will understand,” says the announcement, “that the interests of the national defense must take precedence over private interests and will accept with patriotic abnegation the new sacrifice which is imposed.” SHIPMENT OF $1,500,000 GOLD TO HOLLAND Made Under Agreement h British Government Against Seizure. New York, Feb. 28 —Another gold shipment to Holland under an agree- ment with the British government against seizure will go forward tomor- row on the Holland-American liner ‘Nieuw Amsterdam for Rotterdam, touching Falmouth. The shipment, amounting to $1,500,000, was an- nounced today by the Guaranty Trust company and brings the recent move- ment of gold to Holland from this country to about $12,000,000. The pres- ent shipment is for payment of Suma- tra tobacco purchased in Holland for the account of American importers. GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN JAPAN AND UNITED STATES. Dwelt Upon By Count Okuma, Prime Minister of Japan. Boston, Feb. 28.—FExpressions of great regard for America and its in- stitutions and of the strong desire of the Japanese people for continued good relations with the United States were made by Count Okuma, prime minister of Japan, in an interview at Tokio today with Rev. Francis E. Clark, president of the World's Chris. tian Endeavor union, according to cablegram received at the headquart- ers of the union here. POSTOFFICE APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED IN HOUSE. $321,000000 to Operate Postal tem the Coming Year. Sys- Washington, Feb. 28.—Over and persistent opposition the house tonight passed the annual post office approriation bill with its rovisions for substituting a space basis for the present weight system of paying rail- roads for carrying mails and proh bitter ages. The measure carries appropri- ations aggregating $321,000,000 to op- erate the postal system during the coming year. MAJOR LEONARD O. WOOD CRITICIZES STATE MILITIA Asserts it Could Never be a Success in Case of 'War. New York, Feb. 28.—Major Leonard O. Wood, U. S. A, in command of the Department of the East, in speaking here tonight before 200 members of engineering societies, criticized the state militia of the United States and said that its organization could never be a success in case of war. In his opinion the attempt to create a new standing army from the militia would be unsuccessful and he intimated he would rather wait for the organization of a volunteer force. EXPLOSION BELIEVED TO BE - IN WOBURN CHEMICAL PLANT. Windows in Melrase, Seven Miles Dis- tant, Were Shattered. Boston, Feb. 29.—A heavy explosion, believed to haverbeen in one of the big chemical works in Woburn, was felt over a wide territory early today. Windows in Melrose, more than sev- en miles from the chemical works, were shattered and buildings in Bos- ton, 12 miles from Woburn, were shaken. The chemical works have been filling large war orders. OBITUARY. Harry L. Saunders. Providence, R. I, Feb. 28.—Harry L, Saunders, a leader of the progressive party in Rhode Island, died suddenly of heart disease in a restaurant here today. J. 8. Raymond. New York, Feb. 28.—The death of J. S. Raymond, vice president of the Clyde and Mallory Steamship compa- nies, was announced here today.. Mr. Raymond died yesterday at his home in Essex Falls, N. J,, at the age of 46. He had been in the steamship business for 20 years. He was formerly chair- counting association. KILLS TWO WOMEN AT MAPLE- WOOD, MO. MANY PERSONS INJURED Thirty Houses Were Demolished and Many Others Damaged—Explosive Was For Use in Sewer Construction Work—Cause of Explosion Unknown. St. Louts, Feb. 28—Two women are known to have been killed and many persons Injured, seven seriously, when five cases of dynamite stored In = small building for use in sewer con- struction work exploded late today at Maplewood, a suburb of 5000 peo- ple, southwest of St. Louis. Thirty houses were demolished and many others damaged. Searching For More Bodies. Tonight searching partles were searching for more bodies which it was feared had been buried in the wreckage. The identified dead are. 2 Miss Effie Barnett and Mrs. Mag- gle Evans. Cause of Explosion Not Learned. First reports of the explosion re- sulted in appalling loss of life. Ambu- lances and patrol wagons in St. Louls and fire companies were rushed to Maplewood. The cause of the explo- sion has not been learned. GERMANY’S FUTURE CONDUCT OF SUBMARINE WARFARE Will Stand by Assurances Given in Lusitania Case, But Will Treat Arm- ed Merchantmen Washington, Feb. 28—Germany, in a formal note presented by Count Ven Bernstorff to Secretary Lansing today, reiterates assurances regarding the fu- ture conduct of submarine warfare given in the Lusitania case; declares those assurances have not been modi- fied by the memorandum setting forth its iIntention to treat armed merchant- men of the entente allles as auxillary cruisers after midnight tomorrow, and attempts to justify the issuance of the memorandum by presenting evi- dence and assertions designed to prove that the British government has in- structed merchantmen to use their armament for purposes of attack in violation of assurances given to the United States. Later it was sald at the state depart- ment that while the United States stood unalterably for the right of mer- chant ships to. carry guns. for,defense; it was not now and never had been contending that Americans could travel with immunity on ships having orders to act offensively. It was indicated that, although Secretary Lansing was not prepared at this time to accept as conclusive the allegations of Germany In regard to the confidential instruc- tions claimed to have been given to British sea captains, if the claims were sustained the fact would have an im- tude of this government. It is felt in | high official quarters here that the question of motive is the cardinal con- | sideration in determining the difference | between defensive and offensive arm- | ament. BIG INCREASE IN COST P OF MARINE INSURANCE Caused by Recent Sinking of Ships by Floating Mines. Tondon, Feb. 28, 420 p. m. — The ent heavy losses in shipping, espe- ally during the week end, from float- ing mines and other causes, have re- lted In a stiffening of urance rates. rates o which were day’s figures for East Coast n shipping to the almost prohibitive. continent To- traffic 0_shillings per cent. Insurance for is probably due to the fear of fresh | submarine’ activity beginning March 1 | when the German and Austrian decree | concerning treatment of armed mer- chantmen as warships takes effect. JEAN CRONES WAS IN WASHINGTON FEB. 10 When Gov. Dunne Was Guest at An- nunciation Club Dinner. Washington, Feb. 28.—Jean Crones, wanted in connection with the whole- sale poisoning at the dinner given Archbishop Mundnlsin of Chicago, on Feb. 10, was in this city Feb. 15, when Governor Edward F. Dunne of Illi- nois was the guest of honer at the An- statement by the police today. Crones endeavored to speak with Governor Dunne while the latter was attending a private dinner at a local hotel but was prevented from doing so by de- | tectives. He said he came on the same {train from Erle with the governor, {and showed a group picture taken at {the New York Central railroad station 1in which he stood close to the gov- ernor. The picture was published in that of the anarchist. The identifi- cation was made today upon receipt of Crones’ picture from Chicago. CHEMICAL PLANT BLOWN UP AT WOBURN Tri-Nitro-Toluol, Most Powerful Ex- plosive Used in Munitions. ‘Woburn, Mass., Feb. 39.—The T. N. T. Building of the New Engiand Chemical company blew up with a terrific explosion early today. The Tri-Nitro-Toluol stored in that sec- tion of the great chemical plant s said to be one of the most powerful explosives used in the manufacture of war munitions. The plant was located In a remote section of north Woburn away from the residential quarter, but nineteen other buildings in which h orders were filled were located near- by. Among these structures were those of the Merrimack Chemical Co. So great was the confusion immedi- ately following the explosion that it steamer,man of the American Railway Ac-|was not known whether there was any loss of life. portant bearing upon the future attl-| i juced by Senator Myers as & sub- nunciation Club dinner, according to a“ a local paper and the police say it is| i | Underwriters last week quoted | HEAD CRUS i how an increase from 10 shillings to | Mediterranean and _ | other voyages have not changed great- | ing any increase in the existing limit |ly, although there is more hesifation | of fifty pounds on parcel post pack- |than heretofore in accepting risks. This i i | {laws for obtalning the right WAS MADE SATURDAY MORNING ON A NEW YORK FERRY THE THIEF HAD KEYS Got Away With Four Valuable Packages from a U. 8. Mail Auto- moblle Truck—One of the Stolen Packages Contained $200,000. New York, Feb. 28—The theft of four valuable registered packages from a United States mail automobile truck, in what appears to have been an attempt to steal at least $1,000,000 in currency comsigned to New York bankers, became known today. Packages Stolen From Mail Pouches. The robbery occurred Saturday morning when the truck was antered while it was on_a ferry bound from the Central of New Jersey Railroad station at Cummunipaw, N. J., to Lib- erty streot, New Yori. The packages were stolen from mail pouches, three of which were from Washington and one from Baltimore. Postoffice inspectors admitted that other pouches containing currency consigned to New Yorl: tanks were on | the truck and while professing ignor- ance of the amoupt, zaid that such consignments frequently ran as high as $1,000.000 and over. It it believed that this was the booty sousht Stolen Package Contained $206,000 According to unofficial reports, one of the stolen Washington packages contained $200,000. Postoffice inspec- tors asserted they would be unable to make known the exact loss until they heard from the Washington and Bal- timore senders of the packages. Arrests Are Expected. The robbery, the inspectors said, was done by some one who had keps both to the mail truck and the pouches No damage was done to the lock on the truck and the rifled _pouches reached the postoffice undamaged. The inspectors announced expectation of arrests in a few days. SENATE DEBATING THE SHIELDS DAM BILL. Myers Water Power Bill Attached as an Amendment. Washington, Feb. 28.—Senators in- terested In legislation for the devel- opment of water power planned today to shorten debate on the subject by attaching as an amendment to teh Shields dam Dill, now up for passage, the Myers water power bill. which fhas been favorably reported by the public lands committee. The Shields bill, which would permit construction of dams on navisable rivers for the development of hydro- electric power by private capital, has been before the senate more than two weeks. Much of the argument both for and against the measure applies equally to the Myers measure, which was in- stitute to the Ferris water power bill which has passed the house. Provision is made in the Myers bill for the leasing of public lands as wa- ter power sites, regulation and con- trol being left to the Interstate Com- merce commission when the power is developed in two or more states. Applicants for leases would have to comply with requirements of state to nse the water. Fifty per cent. of the re- turn from such leases would be paiad to the state in which the plant was located and the other 50 pér cent. would go to the fund for reclamation projects in arid states. HED BETWEEN ELEVATOR AND FLOORING. | Body of Pawtucket Man Found in Ele- vator Wall in Providence. Providence, R. I, Feb. 28.—Joseph er of Pawtucket lost his life ternoon when his head became shed between the bottom of the ele- oring between the fifth es of the Merchants’ Cold Storage company’s bullding. The police belleve he attempted to leave the lift without shutting off the power. The body was found ,at the bottom of the elevator well by a fellow work- man. cr vator and the fl BLOW ON HEAD FATAL TO PAWTUCKET MAN. Police Are Looking for Fellow Work- man Suspected of Assault. Providence, R. Feb. 28.—George W. Clark of Pawtucket, employed at a local garage, died today a few hours after he received a blow on the head, and the police at once began & search for Brickley N. Dresser, a fellow workman. The two men were alone in the gar- age and when the foreman, who had Dbeen notified by Dresser that there had been trouble, reached the building, Dresser had disappeared. LIFE RAFTS PROVE SUPERIOR TO BOATS. Are More Easily Launched in a Heavy s Dover, Feb. 29, 2.33 a. m.—The su- periority of rafts end life belts over boats for life saving purposes appears to have been established by the &ink- ing of the liner Maloja, which went down after striking a mine off this port Sunday. Life rafts are easily launched, whereas it has been shown that it is nearly impossible to launch a boat from a moving ship in a heavy sea without inviting disaster. GERMANY HAS ADDRESSED ~ SHARP NOTE TO PORTUGAL. In Prctest Against Seizure of German Merchant Vessels. Berlin, Feb. 28.—(By Wireless ta eavy war !Sayville)—Germany has addressed a sharp note to Portugal in protest against seizure of German merchant vessels by the: Ptrtuguese authorities. This measure is characterized as a violation of Germany's treaty rights and the hope is expressed that Por- tugal will resoind its action. Condensed Telegrams The Jewish Relief Fund to $3,254,404. Rear Admiral Zimmerman of the an navy died at Welhelmshaven. Jack Johnson has been ordered de- ported from England. He will go to Buenos Aires. The Allies have taken control of Greek railways in Macedonia east ‘west of Salonica. the and Jean Mounet-Sully, at the Comedie seriously ill there. After having been closed 4 public schools in Mexico City l’::ml!'l‘: Federal District have opened. + ian at S ar. ¥ Thi Spanish Sisters of Cha safled Vera Cruz for New Y on the steamship Antonio Lopez. After cleven weeks’ imp Jacob Swobida, spy suspect, was re- leased from jail, at Salem, N. J. A report from Zurich says that cholera is raging in Croatia, ere thousands have already died of the case. The strike of dressmakers’ helpers in Paris is spreading to many firms. The strikers demand increas- ed wages. A measure prohibiting the importa- tion of luxuries which can be dispens- ed with was passed by the Bundesrath. Princess Alice of Bourbon has been indicted at Florence, Italy, for spread- ing peace propoganda among wounded soldiers there. ' Wiliiam Lambert, for forty years one of New Britain's best known grocers, died at his home there Monday at the age of 26 years. The French liner Espagne, threat- ened with destruction by an anony- mous letter writer, will sail from New York for Bordeaux. Thirty-three American nurses, from the Mercy Hospltal, Chicago, left Lon- don for six months’ service in the field at the British front. The British steamer Franklin, which was believed to have been sunk by a submarine, arrived at Boston, a week overdue because of gales. Announcement was made at Chat- tunooga, Tenn., by local capitalists that they will build there a $2,000,000 open heath steel plant and rolling mill. Burglars visited the national bank building in New Britain over Sunday and looted four dentists’ offices, taking a quantity of gold and platinum. Jacob H. Schiff has contributed $10,000 to the American Red Cross in New York for the equipment of a second base hospital of 500 beds; The body of Henry Hoffman of New York, believed to have been killed in the avalanche in he Engadine Moun- | tains, Switzerland, ha not been recov- ered. Brig. Gen. A. D. MacDonald, of the Canadian Overseas forces was shot { through the shoulder at the front by a | German sniper. He is said to be do- ing well. Gen. Carranza has warned officers of the I. W. W. in Mexico that any at- tempt at carrying out the general | strike throughout Mexico wil be met by force. Several Swiss frontier guards have been buried by avalanches. Five sol- diers were killed when struck by a slide while many others have been dug out alive. The stockholders of the Southington | Naional bank at a special meeting in { that city Monday voted to liquidate the bank and merge the business into that of a trust company Marines fired on a man prowling {about the naval magazine at Hingham ass. The man escaped in a power cat, and additional guards have been stationed at the magazine. Federal officers raided the plant of Eagle Stamping Co., at Providence, R. |1, and uncovered a complete counter- iting outfit. Kirker Dederian, known also as K. Gregory, was arrested. Mrs. Nellie Best, eecretary of the Women's Anti-Conscription League, was sentenced in London to six months’ imprisonment for circulating literature urging men not to enlist. Three Mexicans and 2 negro, accus- ed of having attacked a school teach- er, were shot and killed when they tried to escape from Texas rangers taking them to Edinburgh. to escape Iynching. Joseph R. Lennon, aged 38, and El- mer Inman, 60, of Chatworth, N. J., were instanty killed when the auto in which they were riding was struck by {2 Jersey Central express train at | Chatworth. | Frank H. Sommer, of Newark, N. J., | was elected dean of the law school of New York University. Twenty-flve years ago, .Mr. Sommer, then an of- fice boy, attended the university law school at night. | Pierre Rossi, convicted of the at- tempted murder of Mrs. Mary Flavelle juries when Rossi attempted to rob of Chicago, who later died of her in- her, was sentenced in Rome to § years and 4 months imprisonment. George W. Kendrick, Jr, widsly known in financial and business cir- cles of Philadelphia and one of the best known members of the Masonic order in the United States, died sud- denly from heart disease. He was T5 years old. An anonymous giver has contributed $1,500 to the Amesgican Hospital in Paris for the purchase of an ambulance in memory of Richard M. Hall, Dartmouth student, killed ;:fl. driving an ambulance at the nt. The Workingmen's Club a Portland, Ore., maintained by private charity for the unemployed, closed its doors be- cause the number of unemployed in Portland has become so small that the club's mission is considered ful- Rev. Edward who was ! stricken with apoplexy while celebrat- ing mass at St. Mary’s Roman Oatholic church in Mt. Carmel, was resting fair- ly comfortably Monday, but his condi- tion remains precaricue. | #iny Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population Explosion of Five |Attempt to Steal a Cases of Dynamite| Million Currency Treaty with Haiti Ratifiefl Senate UNITED STATES WILL ASSUME A PROTECTORATE TO DEVELOP RESOURCES Wil Aid Haitien Government to Ex- tend Its Agricutural, Mineral and Commercial Businese and Establish » Solid Basis of Finance. Treaty Negotiated' Last Year This treaty was negotiated last year with the d'Artiguenave government, set up after marines and bluejackets under Read Admiral Caperton down_the revolution which w:m President Vilbrum Guillaume. During the preceding years Haiti had eight president deposed and most of them murdered or exiled. Guillaume was dragged from the French lega- (Continued on Page Six) CALLS FOR DESTRUCTIO& OF SHIPS BOUND FOR ENGLAND George Bernhard Would Sink Al Armed or Unarmed. Berlin, via London Feb. 28, 10.55 p, m.—George Bernhard in a leading ar- ticle in the Voesische Zeitung calls for the destruction of all ships bound for England, whether armed or not. He points to the sefzure by Portugal of German ships, which he says will probably be used under the Port guese flag to carry foodstuffs to Eng- nd. The writer fears also that many German ships lying in South Ameri- can harbors may eventually be em- ployed for the same purpose and ask “Shall we then let these ships quiet- ly pass, which as unarmed Enmglish merchantmen cross the ocean? We shall have to do so if we hold to the phantom of torpedoing only armeq merchantmen and of sparing neutra ships in all elrcumsta: . Herr Bernhard thinks that wat ould be carrled out not against cers tain categories of British. ships, but against British commerce on the seas and declares that the new subma- rine campaign is the only permissible measure of reprisal “against Eng- land’s breach of international law.” If this does not accomplish the object, which is to prevent the provisioning of England, he adds, “a death blow can be dealt England only If we di- rect a request to all neutral states to be kind enough to keep out of English coastal waters for a specified time, since, otherwise, we cannot assume re- sponsibility for their ship losses.” TWO MEN BURNED TO DEATH AT EAST MIILLINOCKET, ME, While Sleeping in a Building—Over- heated Stove Caused Fire. East Millinocket, Me., Feb. 28.—Two men were burned to death today while sleeping in a building owned by Domi- nize Moscons nad used as a provision store. One was William Christian, aged , and unmarried. The identity of the other at first was unknown. The fire, supposed to have been started by an overheated stove, burned the build- ing and its contents with a loss esti- mated at $3,000. An investigation of the circumstances of the fire was be- sun. The second body was later identified as that of Robert Botta Vellica, aged 22 and single. It was found in a bed in the second story. The body ot Christian, employed as a clerk in the store, was found near the stove. Ralph di Govanni, who had attended a christening party in the neighbor- hood, and who was spending the night with the other two, escaped by jump- ing from the second _story, although nearly overcome by smoke. He was not injured. He sald he did not see the other men. FOUND DEAD SITTING UPRIGHT IN TOURING CAR. Thomas J. Inman, 55, a Retired Busi- ness Man of Arctic Center, R. I. Providence, R. I, Feb. 28.—Thomas Inman, 55, a retired hotel man of Are- tic Center, was found dead sitting up- right in the rear seat of his touring car on :nmac 11 lane off Eockmb cgu: avenue, ‘ranston, today by fef of Police Andrews of West Warwick. An autopsy is to be performed this ;net;mmn to determine the cause of eath. There are saild to be suspicious cir- cumstances surrounding the case. Footprints leading away from the ma- chine indicated to the police that there was someone with Inman before he Inman left home at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, telling his wife and daughter he would be back in an hour. The hunt for him began last night SHIPMENTS OF DYESTUFFs VALUED AT $500,000. Great Britaln Willing to Permlk, if Germany Will Lift Embgrgo. Ambassador Page sald that the British foreign office had given him assurances that the cargoes would not