Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 3, 1916, Page 1

e O Bulletin POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, CONN., MARCH 3, 1916 - BATTLE OF ' AGAIN IN FULL SWING *"s Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is Heavy Offensive of Germans is Meeting With Strong Opposition by the French VIOLENT ATTACKS BY TEUTONIC INFANTRY French War Office Reports All Attacks Were Put Down, With Severe Losses to the Enemy—Northeast of St. Mihiel the French Guns Have Been Worked Effectively Against the German Positions—In the Steppois Region of Alsace a Heavy Artillery Duel Has Been in Progress—British Along the Ypres Canal Have Retaken 800 Yards of Trenches Lost Feb. 14—Situation Unchanged in Russia and on the Austro-Italian Fronts. The Germans have resumed their ‘heavy offensive in the region of Ver- dun, with the French everywhere strongly opposing it. While over most ©f the front from the east of the Meu: down into the Woevre region the Ger- man big guns have been active around Douaumont, the Teutons launched sev- eral infantry attacks of cxtreme vio- lence.; These, the French war office declares, were put down by the I'rench troops, whose fire decimated the ene- my rahks. Le Mort Homme, the Cote du Poivre and the Douaumcnt sector particularly have suffered heavy bom- bardments, Northeddt of St. Mihiel the French guns havk been worked effectively against the German D In Al- sace in the region of Seppois v artillery duel has been in prozress. The British along the Ypres-Comines canal have reversed the victory gained over them by the Germans February 14 by re-taking the 800 yards of trenches, the Germans captured at that time. The German mine galler- ies in the trenches were destroyed and four officers and 176 men were made prisoners. In addition French guns have destroyed a German work in the region of Beavraignes, which lies be- he Somme and Oise rivers. tuation remains unchanged on sian and Austro-Italian fronts. E the Russians are keeping up strong offensive against the in definite has transpired with the report that the German raider Moewe had been nd taken into Trinidad by regard to commerce captured British HARVESTER CO. SUBMITS DAILY AND MONTHLY BALANCES To Senate Committee Sisal Inves Handling the ation. ‘Washington, March 2.—Charges that the International Harvester company had attempted to prevent the Conti- nental and Commereial National Bank of Chicago from lending money to help finance the Mexican sisal crop were followed tcday by placing in evidence in the senate’s sisal investigation a statement of the company’s daily bal- ances and monthly averages at the bank for the last three years. The average balance for November, 1915, when Sol. Wexler, then a Orleans banker, was negotiating with Arthur Reynolds, vice president of the bank, was $1,270,600. It was then, ‘Wexler charged, that Reynolds said Cyrus H. McCormick, president of the Harvester compan: a_threatened to ‘withdraw the company’s business if the bank gave aid to the sisal grow- ers. The next month, December. 1917, the average balance was $798,300. In January, 1916, it was $43,100. A telezram rezd into the record from the harvester ccmpany denied that its account had been withdrawn from the bank and accounted for its reduction as follow: ‘“Last week in December, 1915, in- stitution mentioned offered to sell us $479,000 par value our notes two and interest. We purchased them and paid by check our account with the same bank, thus reducing balance ap- proximately half million.” GOODRICH TESTIFIES AT NEW HAVEN HEARING Says Boats Must Tie Up if Separated From New Haven Road. Boston, March 2—-“The Hartford and New York Transportation com- pany would be forced to tie its boats to the docks at New York, Bridgeport and Hartford if the Interstate Com- merce Cecmmission should compel its separation from the New Haven road. This statement made by -Charles C Goodrich, vice president of the trans- portation company, who appeared to- day at the closing session in this city of the commission’s inquiry into the petition of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad for retention of its Sound steamship lines, was in re- ply to a yuestion from the commission as to what would happen if the rail- road's plea were denied. No independent steamship company could run successfully on the routes now covered by the Hartford and New York company, Mr. Goodrich said. He added that the company, which origi- nally conducted the line, failed with- out paying a single cent on the dol- 1 ROOSEVELT HAS NO INTENTION | Has So Informed Secretary of State Stevenson of lllinois. Springfield, Ill, March 2-—Secretary of State Stevenson received a letter late today from John W. McGrath, secretary to Theodore Roosevelt, stat- ing that Mr. Roosevelt “has no inten- | tion of filing a petition as a candidate in the primary of any party in Illi- nois.” . The letter was in reply to one writ- ten by Mr. Stevenson asking if it was Mr. Roosevelt’s intention to permit the use of his name as a presidential can- ‘didate in the spring primaries. RURAL MAIL CARRIER AND HIS WIFE KILLED. Their Automobile Coflided With Maine i Central Passenger Train. Thomaston, Me.,, March 2.—Bart S. Smalley, a_rural mail carrier, and his tomobile collided with a Maine Cen- tral passenger thain near Georges Riv- er fiag station. At that point the highway takes a sharp dip to the level of the railroad and on the ice-covered | surface it is said the machine became | unmanageable and skidded against the traln when Mr. Smalley set his brakes and attempted to stop ai the crossing. WISHED TO KILL HIS UNNATURAL INFANT. Des Moines Man Asked Chief of Pos e How to Do It Lawfully. Des Moines, Towa, March 2. — Th action of Dr. Harry Haiselden of Chi- cago in_permitting the death of the defurmed Bollinger baby several weeks azo was recalled today in this city by Charles Cleveland, a laborer who ask- ed the chief of police for assistanca in killing hi stwo months’ old daughter. Cleveland spoke with discouraged earnecstness. “Chief,” he said, “won't you tell me how T can kill by baby so it won't be against the law. Maybe you will help me so it will be all right like that n Chicago.” “What's that, say it again,” gasped the_chief. “You see” went on Cleveland, “this baby hasn’t any regular mouth at all and the doctors says that she might not ever be able to eat regular food and, chief, she has fits all the time and my wife does nothing but cry all the time, and she is sick. So I asked the doctors to kill the baby, but they would not because they said the police wouldn't let them. So I come to ask if you'd help me to do it all regu- lar.” At Cleveland's desolate home the city physician found the baby in con- vulsions and the mother inhysterics. He instructed that both be taken to a hospital. He said it would be im- possible to operate on the infant &uring the convulsions. COL. BLACK CHIEF OF ENGINEERS OF THE ARMY. Succeeds Brigadier General Daniel C. Kinman. ‘Washington, March 2.—Colonel Will- iam Black, chief engineer of the de- partment of the east, with headquart- ers at New York, was appointed today chief of enzineers of the army, to suc- ceed Brizadier General Daniel C. Kin- man, who retires March 6 on account of age. Colonel Black has made a distin- guished record in nearly forty vears service in the engineering corps. He executed the feat of raising the Maine in Havana harbor. which generally had been believed impossible, and was for a time acting chief of the Isthmian Canal commission. At the outbreal of the Spanish war, he commanded the {Eatibodviotitmnral ofland nkRor ico. 2 BRITISH OIL TANK STEAMER PICKED UP. Had Been Drifting For Two Days To- ward lIce Fields. St. Johns, F., March 2.—The Brit- ish oil tank steamer the San Onofre, which, with her coal supply exhausted, has Leen drifting for two days to- ward the ice fields off the coast, was picked up today by the Asthtabula, al- so a British oil tanker. A wireless message to this effect from the San Onefre added *that the vessels were proceeding to this port, where they ex- pected to arrive about noon tomor- row. Their po: miles off Cape Race. BRITISH NAVAL PRIZE FUND IS OVER $30,000,000. From Sale of Contraband Goods Con- ! demned by Prize Courts. London, March 3, 404 a. m.—The naval prize fund derived from the sale of contraband goods seized by the British navy and condemned by prize courts mow amounts to over $30,000,- 000. This fund will be distributed |among all men of ti wife were killed today when their au- | - i il d war, Movernents of Steamsl Genoa, Feb. 29.—Arrived, Calabria, New York. 5. steamer Gibraltar, Feb. 26—Sailed, steamer America (from Napleés), New York. Liverpool, March. 2.—Arrived: Steam- er Kroonland New York. tion was given as 185 | | operation of the Panama Land Devel- | | mentary proof. Cabled Paragraphs British - Recruiting Proclamtion. London, March 3, 3:04 a. m.—A proc- lamation will be issued Sunday calling upon April 7, married men between the ages of 19 and 27 years. Queen Mother Elizabeth of Rumania Dead. London, March 2, 10.80 p. m.—A Bu- charest despatch recelved by Reuter's Telegram company by way of Amster- dam, says that the Queen Moth Eliz- abeth of Rumania (Carmen died this morning. RUMORED CAPTURE OF Total Peace Army 0f 700,000 Men IN BILL AGREED UPON BY HOUSE MILITARY COMMITTEE sylva’e 170,000 REGULAR ARMY GERMAN SEA RAIDER | 425,000 for National Guard Within Five Word Comes From Buenos Aires—Re- port Not Confirmed. Buenos Afres, March 2.—Press dis- patches from Montevideo say that a steamer arriving from Eurcpe inter- cepted near the coast of Brazil a wireless message stating that British cruisers had captured the German auxiliary cruiser Moewe. The Woe- we, it is said, was taken by the British cruisers to the island of Trinidad. There is some doubt, however, as to the identity of the German vessel re- ported to have been captured. Another version is that the vessel in question is the German cruiser Roon. The American steamer Santa Bar- bara has arrived at Montevideo, her aptain making announcement that a g\‘en(‘h cruiser which put out from Dakar, on the West coast of Africa, encountered a German raider, name not given, and opened fire on her. Un- der cover of the darkness the Ger- manship got away. She was damaged, however, on her upper works by the French fire. Trinidad Has Heard Nothing. Port of Spain, Trinidad, March 2.— Nothing is known here concerning the reported capture of the German raid- er Moewe. 5,000 CUSTOM TAILORS ON STRIKE IN NEW YORK For Higher Wages and Abolition of Sunday Work and Open Shop. New York, March 2. custom tailors here, were employed in Fifth avenue shops, struck today for higher wages and the abolition of Sunday work and the so- called free shop. Officials of the union said tonight that they expected 15,000 other workers to join the strike by Saturday, and that there was a poss! bility of the strike spreading to the 150,000 custom tailors belonging to the union throughout the country. No agreement was reached today at the conference between officials of the manufacturers’ association of the un- ion in charge of the strike of misses’ and chbildren’s dressmakers. Announce- ment, however, was made by officers of the shirt, boye’ waist makers’ and iron- ers’ union that 1.500 of the members of that organization on strike would return to work tomorrow as a result of settlements with independent man- ufacturers, Five thousand many of whom FORMER CATHOLIC PRIEST WAS UNABLE TO DELIVER ADDRESS Joseph Slattery, in Chicagoe, Told That Hall Was Not Available. Chicago, March 2—Joseph Slattery, a former Catholic priest, lecturing un- der the auspices of the Guardians of Liberty, whose meeting was broken up by a disorderly crowd last night, was again unable to delived his ad- dress tonight. He was to have addressed a meet- ing on the South Side, but the agent of the building, fearing that there might be a repetition of last night's demonstration, cancelled the contract with Slattery. W. F. Bigelow, state guardian of the | organigation in Illinois, was followed from the hall when he left for the pur- pose of renting another auditorium in the neighborhood by a crowd which used threatening language but did no damage. Policemen were present. Slattery had not left his hotel when he received a telephone mes the hall was not available at- | tempt to hold a meeting i North | Side hall will be made tomorrow night. | it was sald, BROKER LYMAN IS REMANDED TO TOMBS. Argument to Be Heard Today on Re- | quest for $100,000 Bail. New York, March 2—Dr. John Grant Lyman, alias Joshua Brown, alias Joh H. Putnam, whose alleged mail stock | swindles are said to have extended over th centire country, and to have netted him hundreds of thousands of dollar: was arraigned in the federal district court here today. He was remanded to the Tombs until tomorrow, when | argument will be heard on the request of the United States district attorney that he e held in $100,000 bail. In asking for bail at this figure As- | sistant District Attorney Stanton said |c that two years ago Lyman violated a bond of $20.000 in which he s held | at Los Angeles after his conviction for mail frauds in connection with the| opment company. BRITISH DESTROYER VIKING WAS BLOWN UP BY MINE All Aboard, Numbering About 70, Were Lost. New York, March 2—The Brit destroyer Viking was blown up by mine about Jan. 9 and all of her o cers and crew, numbering about 70, were lost, according to word which reached here in a letter to relatives of the commander, Thomas Christopher Williams. No previous intimation that the Viking had been destroyed come from the war zone. The Viking belonged to the F class of destroyers. She was built in 1909, was of 1,000 tons. She had arma- ment of two 4-inch guns and two 18- inch torpedo tubes and was formerly known ‘as an “ocean-going destroyer.” ARRANGING FOR A NICARAGUAN RAILWAY. Sale of Wharf and Terminal to Ameri- cans Sancticned by the Congress. San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, March 2.—Both chambers of congress have sanctioned the sale by the government of the wharf and adjacent land at San Juan del Sur to merican interests for the construction of a railroad from this city to Granada, on condition that the railroad be completed within four years. ‘build a larger wharf at Granada. The rallroad company is also to, roperty together with the original cost Years and 100,000 Men to be En- rolled as Federal Volunteers—Ready to be Submitted. ‘Washington, March 2.—Final agree- ment was reached by the house mili- tary committee late today on fts bill for the increase of the army and it will be reported unanimously to the house early next week. In round fig- ures the measure would authorize the formation of an army composed of regulars, national guardsmen and fed- eral volunteers with a total peace strength of approximately 700,000 men. Di n of Troops. It prevides for a maximum strength of 170,000 fighting troops for the reg- ular army, for a minimum of 425,000 for the national guard within five years and for organization of federal volunteers througsh an extension of a summer training camp idea. It is es- timated that 100,000 men can be en- rolled in the latter force. Industrial and Technical Reserves. The bill retains provision for or- ganization of industrial and technical reserves behind the fighting lines and authorizes the creation of a board of #licers to control an industrial mobil- ization in time of war or imminence of It also provides that manufac- of war materials must give im- mediate preference to government or- ders in war time or when there Is danger of war, under heavy penalty for failure to do so. While the minimum strength of the regular army remained at 140,000 a change was made before the final vote to fix the maximum of fizhting troops at 170,000, bringing the total author- ized strength of the regular force, in- cluding the hospital conps and other non-combatant troops to 190,000, Wkile all members of the committee will sign the bill, they do under the reservation that they may support up- on the floor of the house any amend- ment they desire, Senate Committee Votes Today. The senate military committee ex- pects to vote finally upon its army bill tomorrow and it is probable the first of the preparedness measures urged by President Wilson will be placy before both houses of congress on T been made. In completing its bill the house com- mittee decided not to provide speci- fically for the construction of a plant to manufacturs nitric acid from the air. turday. Arrangements to ex- ‘constderation already have ! A general provision authorizing the government to construct a plant for this purpose with water, steam c serted in'the meas and the details will be worked out later in an appropriation measure. NEGRO DELEGATES TO CTQLL ANOTHER STATE CONVENTION Not Satisfied With Accorded Them Representation in Kentucky. Lexington. Ky., March 2.—Nezro del- ceates to the republican state conven- tion, which was held at Louisville, ves- | terday. announced toda upon thelr arirval here that they wonld call an- other state convention within the next thirty days to select an entirely new delezation at large, consisting of only four members. At the Louisville meeting vesterday the o ation k was increa to eiht members with each man hav f a vote, one of them being In recent vears a negro repre full vote was made of delegates at larg here today that the of the delegation to {nnvnh(-r< with half vote each egal ngal one four the and the negro dele- en- ht Ulrig Parker of Brownsville, Tex., Has Been Held Since Last June. schooner called at went ashore in and sent to Gypsum Greenoc Emj where Parker merican himself | tizen, 1 . S department rs proving i re fruitle t uthorities, however, fi ded to release him without doc secure The 1 1y dec HENRY SIEGEL TO BE PROSECUTED FURTHER! On an Indictment Involving New ls- sue of His Bank Transactions. i | New York, Marc gel, former banke was rearrested —It Henry Sie- | and meérchant. who sterday after his re- se from the Monroe county peniten- tiary, is to be prosecuted further, it will be on an entirely new indictment, issue of his bank not touched on at his trial, Distriot Attorney Ed- vann ‘announced here tonight. s sentenced to ten months for ng credit on false statements cepting deposits when he knew as insolvent. There are 13 indictments against Sie- gel on which he has not been tried. He was released in $25,000 bail after his rearrest yesterda; AMENDMENT TO SHIELDS BILL REJECTED IN SENATE. Requiring Payment of Valuation and Cost of Construction. involving a new transactions, Genesee I Washington, March 2.—The senate today rejected Senator (‘umm\ns’] amendment to the ields water pow- er bill which would have provided that the federal government, in taking over plants developed by the bill at the ex- piration of their license periods, must pay a fair valuation of htephysical of construction. Roe and Williams Pay Death Penalty FOR MURDER OF H. B. CASE AT BARKHAMSTED HANGED THIS A. M. Both Men Went to the Gallows Caimly and Neither Made a Statement— Both Men Spent Their Last Hours In Prayen Wethersfield, Conn., March 38— Isaac N. Wiliams of Bridgeport and Harry E. Roe of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., were hanged in the state prison here early today for the murder of Coun- ty Commissioner Hubert B. Case at Barkhamsted in November, 1914. Both Men Were Calm. Both men went to the gallows calm- 1y and neither made a statement. ‘Williams was the first to be execut- ed. Accormpanied by Rev. William Hart, he entered the death chamber at 12:06:02, At 12:08:22 the prison guards had strapped him, placed the death cap over his face and sprung the trap At 12:19:40 he was pronounced dead and the body was lowered in the coffin and removed. At 12:31:38 Roe, accompanied by Chaplain Carey of the prison entered the death chamber. The trap was sprung at 12:32:45 and at 12:45 the prison physicians pronounced him dead. Spent Last Hours in Prayer. Williams' body was claimed by rel- atives and the state clalmed Roe's body. Both men spent their last day on earth quietly and their last hours were occupid in prayer with their spiritual advisors. Story of the Crime. The crime for which Roe and Wil- llams paid the penalty of the law was committed Nov. 2§, 1914, in the little general store of Mr. Case at Bark- hamsted. Mr. Case, Who was a county commissioner, former town treasurer and postmaster, was alone at the time, preparing to close the store for the night. The two men, whose motive was robbery, entered the store and beat Mr. Case so severcly with an iron wagon axle that he died the next day without regaining consciousness. Williams Attempted Suicld A few weeks after the murder Wil- lams and Roe were linked with the crime, as they had been seen together near the store on the night in ques- tion. Willlams was arrested in Bridge- port Jan. 15, 1915. Roe at that time was in jail at Poughkeepsie, serving a sentence for burglary. The trial be- #an June 1,1915, and lasted 15 days, during which time Willlams attempted to commit suicide by cutting the veins of his wrists. The fury’s verdict was guiity in the first degree, and the pair were sentenced to be hanged Dec. 8. A stay of sentence was secured, how- ever, and this week the board of par- dons held a special hearing at which both men swore they were innocent. They claimed they were in Pough- keepsie on the night of the murder. EXPLOSSION IN OFFICE OF PROVIDENCE JOURNAL. Caused By Fire of Uncertain Origin —$2.000 Damage Done. R. ence, I, rtain origin accompanied by an March 2.—A fire on caused damaze of $2.000 in the office of the Providence Journal tonight. The blaze started in the of- fice of the managing editor, among some newspaper files and spread to another editorial room. ement given out by the Jour- explosion. wheth occur- filled the room with flame which through t editor's room ad- ning. ‘The room in which the fire orig- had been unoccupied for two cavs the statement. “and there ere no electric wires that could pos- have started the blaze. When automatic sprinklers began to op- te. the water seemed to add to the nsity of the flames. “The promnt arrival of the fire de- rtment and the use of chemical en- s checked the fire which was sub- 1 in half an hour. After Investiza- m the police department tonight ar- rived at the conclusion that the fire ould not have been of accidental ori- n BRITISH TRADESMEN NOT EXEMPT FROM MILITARY DUTY | Earl of Derby Wants All Single Men | Under 31 to Enlist. London, on that 6.20 p. m—The ngle man under | su: no the age of 31 should be allowed to plead for exemption from military ser- vice, even though employed in _the tarred trades, was made by the Earl of Derby in the house of lords toda The former chicf of the recruiting service said that he felt alarmed at the number of exemptions from this cause and also regarding consclentious objectors. In addition, he was con- cerned at the number of official ex- emptions. Lord Derby pleaded with the house and the government to take the rongest possible action in this mat- ter, which he regarded as vital to the country. BRITISH CONDEMN AMERICAN ALUMINUM Shipment Was Destined for Germany via Sweden. Decide London, March 2—The British prize court today condemned fifty tons of aluminum shipped by Lissberger & Co. in America on the Swedish ship Augusta to a Swedish port, but des- tined, according to the judge, for Ger- man owners. The consignment was seized in the Orkney Islands Middletown—The 1. E. Palmer com- pany a short time ago gathered to- gether a miscellaneous assortment of dies it had on hand and which could not be used in its business and sent them to a dle house for sale. A few days ago the company received a check for nearly $1,000 for the dies, which originally had cost them about s The war has caused the price advanoce. the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the Gity's Population Condensed Telegrams The fourth German loan will be un- Russin has rables on the war i 1315. Copper exports from Atlantic @uring February amounted to JO,“ United States Mints during Feb- ruary turned out 5,830,000 coins, worth $5,938,590. 5 Governor Fielder of New Jersey signed the bill creating a State budget Three German steamships arrived at Malmo, Swed: to transport horses to ocrm::y' e Thirteen persons were ! avalanche in Stelvio MHI do‘n"t;: border of Tyrol and Italy. Thirty d from the United Sates, to m.:.gr:gmal Congress at Lima, Peru, arrived there. Uncompleted war orders amounting to $35,000,000 are held by the Win- chester Repeating Arms Co. There are now at the state in Wethersfield 666 a ‘W“';".C" number by 23 than ever before. The British tank steamship Spirea was burned to the water's edge in the Manchester, England, ship canal. Many wounded soldiers about Ver- dun have been drowned by the flood waters of the Meuse and Orne rivers. By the vote of 11 to 7, the House committee on insular affairs ordered a favorable report on the Pihilppine bill. The building of the New Jersey Mer- chandise Co., at Hoboken, N. J., was destroyed by fire at a loss of $10,000. Crown Prince Frederick William will be made a field marshal of the German b if he succeeds in capuring Ver- un. A report from Vienna states that Germany and Austria are planning to :;sllah sh an independent kingdom in ol z Twenty-four persons lost their lives in accidents due to vehicular traffic in the streets of New York city during February. Juan T. Burns, Mexican Consul at Galveston, has been appointed Consul General at New York, succeeding Dr. Alfredo Caturetlly. The United States Scout cruiser Birmingham and seven torpedo boat destroyers arrived at San Juan, Porto Rico, for manoeuvres. Receipts for duties at the New York Customs House in February amount- ed to $14,005,658, the largest for any month during the war. The crew of the Swe h steamer Torborg, sunk by an Austrian subma- rine in the Mediterranean, has been landed at Leghorn, Italy. Wednesday was the last day for the voluntary enlistment of single men for the British army. There was ‘no rush of recruiting, as expected. Secretary Redfield reinstated Robert Reid and Charles C. Eckliff, suspended as steamboat inspectors in connection with the Eastland disaster. The striking employes of the Gen- eral Ordnance company, Derby, met and appointed a committee to present their demands to the company. Former Mayor Oliver B. Munroe, of Merose, aged for many years a financial and textile editor, died of hmatic trouble at Melrose Highland, ss Ma A committee from the Department of Labor will be sent to Alaska to act as arbitrators in the strike of the em- ploves of the Government railroad there. production of iron in the States in 1915 amounted to according to a report of the n Iron and Steel In- situte. The appointment of Prof. Ernesto Quesada, of the University of Brazil, as professor of Latin American history and aconomics at Harvard was an- nounced. The body of Dwight F. Mallory, athlete and clubman of Baltimore, who has been m ing for several weeks, was found in Chesapeake Bay, near Rock Hall, Md. The condition of Dr. James B. An- gell, aged president emeritus of the University of Michigan, who is crit- ically ill at Ann Arbor, Mich. was slightly improved. Returned Australian soldiers will be granted land by the government of New South Wales, which wil aso oan money to the soldiers to buy stock and farming impement Traffic among islands in the Philip- ines is seriously hampered by the withdrawal of a number of coastwise trading vessels which have entered the | foreign trade service. Rev. William Albert Smith, who recently resigned the pastorate of the Second Baptist church at Suffleld, Ct. has accepted a call to become pastor of tho First Baptist church of Hebron, Me. Colonel Walter H. Taylor, well known throughout the south died at Norfolk, Va., aged 74 years. He was adfutant to General Lee in the Civil and served in every campalgn with Lee. E. J. Burkett of Lincoln, Neb., form- er United States’ senator, flled with the Iowa secretary of state his afi- davit of candidacy for the republican nomination for vice president of the United States. Nine hundred employes of the John B. Stetson plant in Philadelphia went on strike, demanding the reinstate- ment of a discharged employe. The men claim he was discharged for try- ing to organize the workers. Lo nchetti, accused of stran- gling to death Dolores Evans in a hotel at Cleveland, O., was convicted of man- slaughter, the jury returning a_verdict after six hours' deliberation. He was charged with first degree murder. The production of copper in the United States last vear exceeded all previous records. PRICE TWO CENTS P GreatNon-Partisan wonses| Debate in Senate NOW CERTAIN PRESIDENT WILL BE SUSTAINED ON AMERICANS’ RIGHTS Senator Gore Amazed Fellow Members by Statements Acoredited to Presi- dent Willson — Unqualified Denial From White House. l ‘Weshington, March 2—Out of = stirring day’s developments In Presi- iht ‘Wilson’s fight with congress, the administration forces in the senate to- night emerged with pledges of enough votes to kill Senator Gore's resolution to warn Americans off armed ships of nm'_g:.n belligerents and demonstrat- ed congress stands behind the president in his negotiations with Ger- ction in the senate, it is will be followed promptly hywflfllln. of sentiment in the house against the president’s foreign policy. Great Non-Partisan Debate. In one of the greatest non-partisan debates the senate has seen In years, Chairman Stone of the forelgn rela< tions committee declared he was nof (Continued on Page Three) DECISION IN CASE OF BRITISH LINER APPAM Sent by State Department to German Ambassador. ‘Washington, March —The state department today sent to Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, it decision in the case of the British liner Appam. which was captured by a German raider and brought into Hampton Roads in charge of a prize crew. Announcement of the contents will be withheld at the request of counsel for the German government pending a decision in the libel actlon brought by arents of the original Brit- !f!?l\kuwners in the federal court at Nor- olk. Consequently, the court will be al- lowed to interpret the Prussian-Amer- fcan treaty, which is claimed by Ger- many to provide that a German prize m remain in American waters in- definitely, with immunity from legal proceedings instituted by the original owners in an attempt to regain D session of the ship. In awalting a: interpretation of the treaty by th courts the state department is acting in_accordance with precedent. The executive branch of the govern ment always has refrained from in- terfering with a judiclary In such cases. It is belleved the case of the Appam ultimately will reach the supreme court, no matter what may be the cision in the district court. Sho the court decide, however. that it no jurisdiction in the matter. the de- cision of the department may be ma public immediately. The communi fon to the ambassa- dor was In reply to a note sent by him to Secretary Lansinz protesting against the Htigation and asking th the court be informed that under it terms of the treaty such action w improper. The case of the Appam is expected to come before the court in Norf tomorrow. BATTLESHIP PENNSYLVANIA COMPLETES ACCEPTANCE TRIALS In Some Respects Has Exceeded Ex- pectations. Newport News. Va, new hattleship Penns: a returned to the ship yard here tonight after completinz her acceptance trials off the Atlantic coast. Her builders an- that she had successful’ met pects had |even exceeded their expectations. The Pennsvivania. the announcement sald, In addition to making 2175 knot= as against required 21 knots in her standardization runs off New En; March 2.—The 1 land. had ave d 21.05 knots on her twelve hour run off the Virvinia capes. handling herself well despite n fifty mile gale. She came through the fuel consumption test, it was said, ith a margin of more than per cent. The navy trial board left for Wash- ington tonight to report. Ofic! of the ship yard expected the vessel to be turned over to the government in about twe months. GEN. BENJAMIN ARGUEMEDO EXECUTED AT DURANGO. Was Leader of Opposition to the De Facto Government. El Paso, Tex., March 2—Gen. Bene jamin Arguemedo, leader of the oppo- sition to the de facto government in Durango and the Lacuna districts, was ezecuteq after court martial at Duran- go City yesterday, according to a des- patch recelved today from General Murguya, milii commander of Du- ;:u:go state, by the Mexican consulate ere. The consulate recelved an official despatch from Mexico City etating that Zapata forces, defeated At Umelas, Puebla, are dividing into small groups. Gen. Arnolfo Gonzales, it was stated, had been named governor of Durango state. “It is ridiculed on all stdes that Fellx Diaz is in Oaxaca,” the despatch added operations by ad- Official denials of herents of Felix Diaz In the Douglas district of Sonora was made by the Mexican consul at Douglas, Ariz. CHARGED WITH DOUSLE MURDER IN ANSONIA. Antonio and Joseph Dora Held in New York For Extradition. Elizabeth, N. J, March 2—Charged with a double murder in Ansonia, Conn.,, Antonio and Joseph Dora, brothers, and Camilla Montaiban were held here today to wait extradition proceedings. They were arrested last night upon information furnished by the Ansonia authorities. Lieutenant Downey of the Hartford police identi- fled the three men today. They ade al- leged to have fatally shot Domenico and Paocla Montalbana on January 8. The police say Camilla JMontalbana told them that he shot Buccio becanse he had kiMed his brother.