Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 9, 1916, Page 1

Normic Balletin VOL. LVIIL—NO. 59 POPULATION 28,219 NOfichH, CONN., THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1916 . TEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population g of great violence between rench and German infantry has from Bethincourt, the Meuse, and east of the Meuse from the south- opes of the Cote de Talou to the reglon—battle fronts ag- ating about ten miles in ited artillery duels continue along rcmainder of in progress of Verdun, length. about German Drive Northwest of Verdun.|upper g A continuation of the German drive | ments of German positions at several northwest of Verdun is declared b: have netted French positions over a front of near! four miles and virtually two miles in depth, and enabled them to capture 58 officers and 7 2 The villages of Forges and Regneville, the Heights of Raben and the Cumieres woods fell into the hands of the Germans. The French did not give up thess along the southern fringe of the Cu- the Corbeaux wood, which was upied recently by the Germans, the and droye the Germans out of part of the position. attack with heavy the French Bathincourt lines was repulsed. 3 Teutcns Recapture Hardaumont. East of the Meuse the Germans have recaptured the Hardaumont over which there has been such heavy line-stralghtening have made progress on a five miles along the southern slopes of the Cote de Talou the Cote du Poivre and in the Douvaumont region. redoubt, - GERMANS TWO MILES CLOSER TO VERDUN Berlin Claims Advance of Two Miles Along a Four Mile Front Northwest of Verdun HEIGHTS OF RABEN IN HANDS OF THE TEUTONS French Have Driven Enemy Out of the Greater Portion of the Corbeaux Wood—East of the Meuse the Germans Have Recaptured the Hardaumont Redoubt—In the Woevre District the French Have Been Forced to Lose Their Hold on Outlying Positions of the Village of Fresne—Rsussian Warships in the Black Sea Are Bombarding Coast Towns —Fifty Large German Warships, Accompanied by Zep- pelins, Have Been Sighted Steaming West Off the North Coast of Holland. In the Woevre district, southeast of Verdun, the Germans have forced the French to loose their hold on outlying Fresnes. Here, the Germans assert, they captured 700_prisoners. In the Meuse hills the French artillery is counter-shelling the guns of the Ger- mans. French Capture Trenches in Alsa Trenches captured by the French in Alsace, destructive bombard- | points north of the Aisne and the the Germans |shelling in the forest of the Argonne are told of in the French official com munication. Sixteen French aeroplanes | have dropped a large number of shells on the Metz-Sablons station. Russian Warships Active. Russian _warships are particularly active in the Black sea, bombarding the coast towns, and the continuef denced by the capture of the town of Riza, which lies about 35 miles east of Trebizond, one of the important ob- Jjectives of the Russian army. In Per- sia, also, the Russians are forcing their advance at a lively pace and have cap- tured the town of Senha (Senneh), to the north of Keerman shah. Artillery activity is increasing along the Dniester river and the Bessarabian frontier, probably presaging the re- opening of a progressive campaign. Fifty German Warships Sighted. Fifty large German warships, accom- panied by armed trawlers, Zeppelins and submarines, have been sighted steaming west off the north Holland coast, according to the report of the captain of a steam trawler which has arrived at Ymuiden. PARTIAL BLOCKADE OF ENGLAND BY MINES. Now in Existence Along Trade Route to Holland. Lendon, March 8, 6.03 p. m. — The blockade of England by ported as threatened by Germany, already in existence along the trade route to Holland, according to naval German submarines are reported to have been bus laying anchored mines of the Thames und the lower lightship. circles here. recently the Gal- It is in this neigh- borhood that many disasters have oc- curred during the last month Passenger ships until recently have been quite successful in dodging float- ing_mines by making their voyages in daylight, but no metrod is known of guarding against submerged anchored ISSUE OF FRAUDULENT PASSPORTS HAS CEASED Owing to Stringent Regulations U. S. STEEL CORPORATION TO At Garry, Ind.—First Unit to Be Com- pleted in 14 Months. New is|ed at Gary, Indiana, by the States Stel corporation. work authorized auring the montbs, will make a total of struction. “We have declded,” plant at Gary. improvements, ore yards, blast furnaces, converting mills, blooming mills, power station, water works, sheared plate mill, uni- $25.000,000. will be in two units, the first of which, fourteen months.” positions they held in the village of| BUILD $25,000,000 PLANT. York, March 8.—A new tube plant to cost $25,000,000 will ge erect- United The new plant, with other extensive last six about $52,000,000 appropriated for new con- saig Mr. Gary, “to build and will prompt commence the construction of a first class _tube It is estimated the ircluding ore docks, versal plate mills, butt mills, job shops and all auxiliary departments will cost It is probable the plant it is hoped, will be completed in about tine ol VR posed by U. S. Government. ™| TREMENDOUS DEMAND FOR MEN ON GREAT LAKES London, March 8, 6.10 p. m—The stringent regulations put into effect by the American government to prevent the issue of fraudulent passports have been so offective that the use of Amer- ican passports by spies in England has virtually ceased, At the present mo- ment not a single person held in Eng- land for esplonage possesses an Amer- ican passport. Ngi only has it become extremely difficult for an American without legitimate business to obtain a pass- port, but such close track is kept of thcse already issued that spies are unlikely to take the risk of attempting to enter England with a forged pass- port. SEVERE THUNDER STORM AT MYSTIC AND VICINITY Telephcne Communication Cut Off for About Two Hours. Mystie, Conn,, March 8—A thunder storm of considerable intensity struck ‘his immediate vicinity this afternoon while smow was falling _thickly in sther parts of the state. Toll line and Wage Schedule Doubl Atlantic Seaboard. Cleveland, Ohlo, March.8.—The de- mand for men on the Great Lakes is tremendous, according to a statement issued here today by lake shipping tonnage has been lined up than ever before and it is now estimated that 55,000,000 tone of ore will be moved, the statement says. Added to this will be 30,000,000 tons of coal and about 14,000,000 tons of What it is on This volume of freight is so large that owners of vessels, it is announced are contemplating breaking a channel through the ice so as to reach the port of Escanaba, on Lake Michigan, March 20, so as fo put their ships in commission. The wage schodule on the lakes, the statement asserts, is virtually double what it is on the Atlantic seaboard. RAILROAD LABORERS AT DANBURY GO ON STRIKE. long distance telephone communica- tion was cut off for about two hours, thiefly by the blowing out of fuse: The electrical storm seemed to be slosely localized and lasted about half PORTUGAL MUST RELEASE GERMAN SHIPS SEIZED Or the Portuguese Mi Will Receive His Passport. London, Marah 6, 830 the German ships seize eased, the Portuguese minister ' Germany will receive his passport ey P rerart comeme frory | brought here to take thelr piaces. which gives a re- m Frankfort as the basis for ster to Germany y Portugal he Exchange Tel The ich Nachrichten, the des-|er Italia, New York for Naples. pdds, says Shat no ultimatum to-Portugal. Demand §2 a Day For a Nine Hour Day—Employed in Coal Pockets. Danbury, Conn., March 8.—About 100 laborers employed in the coal pockets, roundhouse and on work trains bere, on the New York, New Haven an Hartford railroad struck today. The men say they have presented demands for two dollars a day for a nine hour fay to P. J. Hurlihe, section foreman and F. W, Nelson, master mechanic. They quit work when two of their number were discharged. Representatives of the company said the strike would not affect the opera- tions here and it is said, informed the strikers that unless they returned to worle tomorrow other men would be Movements of Steamships. Gibraltar, March 4—Arrived: Steam- Halifax, March 8.—Sailed: Steamer Czaritza (from Kola Bay) New York. Cabled Pa;agrabhs Five More Deaths from German Raids. London, March 8, 10.5¢ _ w.—The war office announces * “,e'J of the persons who were seported. as having beer the recent alr raid hav sTur . * _omic 1 SIDE OF COAL MINING Dealt With in Report of Special Colo- rado Coal Strike Commission. ‘Washington, March 8.—Recommend- ation that the federal trade commission study the economic side of coal mining with a view to steps toward prevent- ing waste and putting the industry on a basis giving maximum safety and maximum steady employment is made in the report of President Wilson's special Colorado coal strike commis- sion. The report was sent to congress by the president today for its informa~ tion. Seth Low of New York, Charles W. Mills of Philadelphia and Patrick commission. The commission says the fact that ail four hundred indictments returned in Colorado in _connection with strike troubles were against strikers, has left a “festering sore” on public opinfon. Some of the citizens of Colorado,” the report comments, “believe that many illegal acts were committed on the part of operators and the justice which finds all the indictments on one side does_not seem to them even- handed. Your commission naturally expressed no opinion as to the correct- ness of this belief. It simply calls at- tention to the exi Again, it is believed by some, even among the operators, that in many of these cases the state has not sufficient evidence to convict. “In such cases, and your commission believes that there are such, the men affected are suffering from great in- justice in that they are either con- fined in jails, unable to get bond, or, if out on bond, they are refused em- ployment in Colorado on account of the indictments against them and are pre- vented from leaving Colorado or the jurisdiction of the court by their bondsmen. “As long as this condition of affairs exists, the industrial health of Colo- rado will be weakened by this fester- ing sore. It is not the business of your commission to weigh the rights and wrongs of the case, but we should fall ehort of our duty if we not call attentlon to this feature of the situation and emphasize the impor- ance to the state of providing for the prompt remedy. Even in the interest of public order in the long run, this situation should be quickly ended. CHARGED WITH FILLING AND CASHING ORDERS. One Was Cashed in New London— Others in Bridgeport, Danbury, Waterbury and New Haven. Bridgeport, Conn., March S.—James A. Crawford, 38 years old, foreman of a gang of laborers at a local factory, was arrested here late tonight by a postoffice inspector, charged with stealing five blank postoffice monay orders from a sub-station in New Rochelle, N. Y. in April, 1914, and with filling and cashing the orders. The maximum penalty, if convicted on all six charges would be sixty vears in prison. . Crawford, according to the local po- lice, acknowledzed after his arrest, that he had cashed all the orders, but denied the theft of the biax: He said, according to the police, that he found the blank orders in New Rochele. His story, as told by the police, was that he used the alias of “Joseph Handley” incashing the orders. One was cashed in_Bridgeport and one each in Danbury, Waterbury, New Haven and New London. 5 CONFERENCE OF MINERS ADOPTS NEW WAGE CONTRACT Agreed Upon by the Sub-Committee of Employes and the Employers. New York, March S.—After a warm debate lasting nearly six hours the in- trstate joint conference of miners and operators from the soft coal fields of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Tllinols, rpresenting nearly 200,000 mine workers, today adopted the new wage contract agreed upon by the sub- committes of employes and employ- ers. The agreement will increase the in- come of the mine workers in those states about $15,000,000 during the two- year period the contract Is to run and will have an influence on the wage conferences to be held in_the bitumin- ous fields of central Pennsjlvania, ‘West Virginia, Michigan, Iowa, Ken- tucky, Missour], Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Wyoming, Montana, and Washington, as the agreements in those states are based largely on the action taken in Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinofs. ROBBED BANK AND KIDNAPPED CASHIER. Bandits Were Later Captured After One Had Been Wounded. Jopiin, Mo, March 8.—Two bandits, after robbing the Stark City bank at Stark City, Mo., five miles southeast of here, today and kidnapping Waldo Hapler, the cashier, were captured and $210 stolen money recovered. Enter- ing the bank, the bandits held up Hapler, drove a girl bookkeeper into forced Halper to accompany them in their flight. In going through the town In a buggy the trio met Lafe Borden, pres- ident of the bank. Hapler shouted the bank had been robbed. Borden gave the alarm and the posse was formeq which picked up Hapler five miles out, where he had been released. Further on the bandits were sur- rounded. After a short battle in which one robber was wounded, the pair was captured. INDICTMENT RETURNED AGAINST SIX BIG STEEL CORPORATIONS As Result of Strike Riots in Youngstown, January 7th. Youngstown, Ohio, March 8—The Masoning County grand jury ended to- day spectacularly its investigation of the disastrous strike riots January 7 in East Youn3stown, by returning _ in- dictments against Elbert H. Garva chairman of the United States Steel corporation -and against six big steel companies. East About half a ton of whalebone is obtained from one whale, its value be- ing;-roughly;- $5,000. Gilday of Clearfield, Pa.. composed the | tence of this feeling. | | Place Casualties to Infantry at Two- Senate Passes the Shields Bill FOR PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF WATER RIGHTS Beaten to Death inDocter’s Rooms BODY OF WOMAN FOUND BY NEW YORK POLICE STRUGGLE INDICATED|VOTE WAS 46 TO 22 Physician’s Only Explanation Wa That the Woman Had Fallen from a Chair and Been Mortally Injured. Champions of Conservation Fought Hard to Amend the Measure, But Without Av: New York, March 8.—Policemen summoned to an apartment house in West Eleventh street today found the body of a woman supposed to have been Nellie Kiernan, 35 years old, who apparently had been beaten to death. In the apartment was Dr. Benjamin F. Searing, who, according to tenants in the building, had introduced the woman there two weeks ago as his wife. Doctor Found Pacing the Floor. The only explanation given by the physician, who was said to have been found pacing the floor, apparently ‘Washington, March S—The senate tonight after four weeks of debate passed the Shields bill to provide for developmert of water power in navi- gable waters by private capital. The Vote was 46 to 22. Conservation champions fought hard to amend the measure, but without avail. Several renators voted for the bill who had opposed it during the debate. One of them, Senator Walsh, said he considered it bad legislation but firm- ly believed it would be amended when it reached the house. Those who voted against the bill were Senators o) Cl , Chilton, dazed, was that the woman had fallen | Aohurst, Lerah, Chamberain, o i, from a chair and been mortally in-|james, Kenyon, La Follette, Lane, Lea, Jured. N Lee, Lewis, Martine, Newlands, Nor- Signs of a Struggle. ris,” Poindexter, Reed, Sheppard and mination of the apartment Works. ed that there had been a strus Final Effort to Defeat Bill. JMany bottles were strewn about i . fie rooms, " Coroners PhySItin Le: | A Anal efort to prevent a voie on han said the woman had been dead |the measure and deturn it to the c from 18 to 24 hours. Dr. mittee was made by Senator Husting, whose motion to re-commit was beat- en 49 to 19. An amendment by Sen- ator Chilton requiring the secretary of war to decide contests for permits to build cams in favor of the appli- Sear: as taken to Bellevue tal under guard, but lapsed Into nsciousness when the police tried to question him. Neighbors asserted that the woman told them she was < = employed &5 a nurse at a hospital, but | Sant offering the lowest priced ser at the hospital it was sala no such | Yice to the public was defeated, 30 to person was known there. 2 Senator Reed attacked the provision of the bill which provides that con- tests be decided in favor of the appli- cant able to guarantee the best con- struction, declaring that this would result in the best sites going to the interests now operating power plants. He declared the measure would grant corporations absolute control of the country’s water power for a long time. “At the end of the fifty years in the grant” Senator Reed said, “the GERMAN PRISONERS TELL OF LOSSES AT VERDUN. Thirds of Their Total Strength. Paris. March 8, 1 p. m.—Prisoners taken at Verdun estimate the losses of the battalions which took part in infantry assaults since Februidy 25 at | government can enjoy the blessed an average of two-thirds their total | privilege of taking over the plants and strength, | paying for them the full value. I be- “Cur officers promised us,” sald on, |lieve that back of this law which “that cannon would clear the way for | would grant these enormous powers us £o that we cculd occupy the French |is the same crowd that was back of incs almost without loss. We be- |the Coosa River project in Alabama. lieved also that at each stage of our | Continuous Debate Since Feb. 4. advance new artillery Ppreparation B would enable us to continue without | The Shields bill had been under al- great risk. Instead my battalion un- |MoSt continuous debate stnce ' the Aer hard fire from fleld guns and ma- | Passage of the Philippine bill Feb. 4. chine guns for hours together was cut It was ODposed‘b)‘ ‘hel‘ n‘:ln;:au"‘";& to pleces. The effort we made passed ;,“""““"“‘”“ ?; R any v all measure of human strength. That | Pinchot is president. o P o ; ments were offered by & scoté of sen- is why the march on Verdun fafled. e T L A Sgrman soldler belonging to the |hanged Lut lttle from it original Sixty-Fourth Infantry said: “Our bat- | g/ m‘ s le talior. started from its position in the | ““St.\ . Walsh made a hard but Fourt Douaumont. Suddenly some one | Sors' emea s ror o in onm cone called: ‘Here come the French. The |gtruction on the basis of power cre- shock was so impetuous that it over- |ated. His amendment was opposed by whelmed our lines. 1 fell into a hole : Senator Shafroth and other senators made by a shell and lay there all|of the public land states who contend- night listening to the calls of the |eq that the government had mo con- wounded for stretcher bearers. The trol over waterways except insofar as concerned their navigability. Sema- tor Husting and other conservation champions sought vainly to substitute a measure based on the Wisconsin water power law, and retaining with congress control of power sites. Sen- ator Newiands tried without success to attain to the bill his measure pro- viding a waterways commission and appropriating 60,000,000 annually for ten years for flood control waterway improvement and soil protection. Permits Dams in Navigable Rivers. As adopted the bill permits the con- struction’ of dams in navigable wa- VERDICT OF $30,300 ters under licenses issued by the sec- retary of war and gives grantees e IN_FAVOR OF MINER. |right to operate power plants Jor 80 . : = g y 5, after which time Injured in Gas Explosion in Auchin- | Sovernment may take over the piant closs Colliery, Near Nanticoke, Pt. |after giving two vears' notice and paying a fair value, to be determined by the secretary of war and the owner or by proceedings in the United States Courts: Regulation of rates and services is placed with the states in Wwhich the plants are located or, if interstate commerce is involved, with the Inter- State Commerce Commission on. ap- peals when the states involved are unable to agree on reasonable rates andadequate service. The bill also provides that no works shall be operated in any combination moans often ended in the death rat- tle. here can scarcely be anything left of my company. It had siready lost one fourth of its members in the fight- ing from February 21 to February 24. This was the finish.” Another German, a member of the Twenty-Fourth regiment, said: - was glad to get out of that hell. Our spirits were pretty low in all the di- visions becaue we felt that the work of toking Verdun would have to be begun all over again.” New York, March 8.—A verddct of $30,000 in favor of Walter Lawry, a miner who was burned in a gas explo sion in the Auchincloss Colliery, near Nanticoke, Pa., was rendered by a jury in the supreme court here today against the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad company which op- erates the colllery. The attorney for the plaintiff con- ended that where a mine owner knows At a mine is not belng properly con- ducted, it becomes his duty to inter- Condensed Telegrams rom two to five feet fell in the Adirondacks. Prince William of Wied, Mpret of Albania, arrived at Durazzo. The Glasgow iron market was re- opened on a cash basis. The Chicago Clt{ Coul 1916 budget, carrying §: Produ Tthe 1 il passed its 434,791, on of the Inspiration Cop- per Co., during February totalled 8, 300,000 pounds. The Cambria Steel Co. will spend $2,000,000 in_improving its plant at Johnstown, Pa. The Clyde liner Apache, disabled at sea, arrived at New York safely in tow of two tugs. M. Malevsky-Malavich, Russian Am- bassador to Japan, has been recalled, because of ill-heaith. During the exposition period at San Francisco, 928 conventions and con- gresses were held there. Charles G. Balmanno, president of the Mechanics' Bank of Erooklyn, died at his home in Brooklyn. Damage of $150,000 was caused at e, &, by a heavy storm, which isolated the city for 24 hours. The Swedish brig Ynez, captured by a German destroyer in Swedish wat- ers, was released with an apology. American Sugar Refining Co. vanced the price for sugar 15 cents to ad- fine granulated 50 cents per pound. Secretary Lane announced the ap- poinment of Washington B. Lewis as supervisor of Yosemite National Park. The British Brewers' Society has decided to curtail the manufacture af beer. The beer also will be further diluted. The Norwegian - American Line steamer Christianifford arrived at New York from Bergen with 550 pas- sengers. John McLean Nash, for the past thirty years treasurer of Columbia University, died at New York at the age of 68. The Chicago Great Wesern Railroad purchased 10,000 tons of steel rails to | _Charles H. La Hays died at th the vault, rified the cash drawer and | vene and see that it is made safe. On failure to dothis, the attorney contend- in permanent and dis- ed, resulted figuring injuries to his client. 239 PER CENT. OF 1915 WHEAT REMAINS ON FARMS. Department of Agriculture’s Crop R port So Announces. ‘Washington, March 8.—The depart- ment of agriculture’s crop report today announced: ‘Wheat: About 241,717,000 bushels, or 23.9 per cent, of the 1915 crop re- About 61.7 per cent. will be shipped out of coun- mained on farms March 1. ties where grown. Corn: About 1,138,773,000 bushels, or 373 per cent, remained About 18.6 per cent. about 71.3 per cent. 400,000 PERSONS CROSSED THE ATLANTIC LAST YEAR Notwithstanding ! Perils Engender- to limit the output of electric power or in restraint of trade. Parliamentary Struggle. A parliamentary strugsle followed the passage of the measure between Senator Tillman, whose motion that his bill for the government ownership of armor plant be made the unfinished business of the senate was not acted on, and Senator Myers of Montana, who moved that the Ferris bill passed by the house relating to water power plants on public lands be made the unfinished business. Senator Myers withdrew his motion, but gave notice that he would re-introduce it when the senate met at noom tomorrow. A TRAINLOAD OF RAW HAWAIIAN SUGAR CANE Shipped by Rail from San Francisco to ‘Atlantic Seaboard. Philadelphia, March $.—A trainload of raw Hawailan cane sugar, the van- guard of a shipment of 250,000 tons, shipped by rail from San Francisco to of the lack of bidders the advertised sale of the Wheeling and Lake Brie the Atlantic seaboard, arrived at the Port Richmond freight yards of the Philadelphia and Reading railway here today. It was the first time that a train loaded with sugar ever made thi journey and it also established a new record for freight trains carrying non- perishable freight by making the run in_fourteen days. The sugar, which is being shipped in traine of 50 cars, represents the largest transcontinental frelght haul of any one commodity ever handled by the railroads in solid trainload lots.. The scarcity of ships and the in- creased ocean frelght vates as well as the saving in time ini the Ha- wallan planters to transport their product by rail. By the all-water route from Honolulu' to this city 56 days would be required. The rail and water route took only 23 days. Representative John A, M. Adair, democrat, of Portland, and James P. Goodrich, republican, of Winchester, were selected in Indiana's state-wide * primary ‘to'run- for ‘ governor next fall. ed by Submarine Warfare. Washington, March 8.—Despite the perils of submarine warfare, four hun. dred thousand persons crossed the Atlantic between American and Europ- can ports as passengers last year. The figures assembled today In the Lureau of navigation show ' that 250, of them travelled on vessels owned by belligerents. One hundred and ffty thousand took passage on neutral ships. Only 38,000 of the passengers traveled first class. Two hundred ana seventy thousand went in the steerage. Lack of Bidders For W. & L. E. Cleveland, Ohio, March 8.—Because railroad was postponed today fourth time. ~ Edwin Drake, the fed. eral master in charge of the sale, said another attempt would be made at a later date to sell the road at auc- replace its trackg between Chicago and St. Paul. All German traders Togoland, German West Africa, will be deported by Great Britain, on the ground of military necessity. Bridgeport hospital after four month: iliness due to exposure to the cold. His feet had been frozen. The crews which landed from the German ships requisitioned by Portu- gal have arrived at the German con- sulate at Madrid, Spain. Frank McNamara, 19, of Ansonia, died at St. Raphael's hospital, New Haven, from injuries received in the wreck at Milford Feb. 22. Of the issue of 100,000,000 pesetas of 3 per cent. treasury bonds offered on on March 1, subscriptions for 74,000,- 000 have already been received. Representative Isaac R. Sherwood, announced that he, Democrat, of Ohi like Representative Page of North Caro- lina, will withdraw from politics.. A bulletin issued by the Deparktment of Commerce gives the average export price of cotton in January, at 12.1 cents per pound, aginst 5.3 cents in January, 1915. Two negro barbers in the House barber shop were arrested after they bad stated to fight with tollet water bottles. The “armed ship” question caused he trouble. BALFOUR CONTRADICTS CHURCHILL Lord of Admiralty Says British Fleets Are More Ef- ficient Now Than Ever Before BLAMES CHURCHILL FOR WEAKENING THE NAVY A-<erts That Ranks of Skilled Shipwrights Were Depleted When Churchill Allowed Them to Join the Army—Mem. bers Criticize Churchill for Starting Controversy at This Time—The Latter in a Brief Speech Repeated His Doubts of Naval Programme Now in Force. London, March §, 9.15 p. m. er- ness marked the reply of A. J. Bal- four, first lord of the admiralty. In the house of commons today to 0 Colonel Winston Spencer Churchfi's attack on the naval administration, which the first jord sald was unfortunate both in farm and substance and like- fy to arouse misgivings among the people. While deprecating Mr. Balfour declared “I absolutely deny urs charges.” Threw Blame on Churchill. He then threw the blame on Colonel Churchill for depieting the ranks of the controversy, Colonel Church- skilled shipwrights by aliowing them Churchill's the to join the army during tenure of office, shipbuilding plans, which, howew the sovernment had succeeded in keeping abreust with the needs. Fleets Efficient if Ever. “If the fleets at the command of this country at this moment are in- sufficient tc secure safety, then in the whole history of Great Britain they thus hinde: ng never have been” was one of the parting shots uttered by Mr. Balfour. Colonel Churchill retorted with & brief speech. repeating his doubts about the execution of the battleship and destroyer programme and assert- ing that even now Mr. Balfour had not given any ssurance on this point. He admitted that there was-no rea- n to suppose that the British mar- gin of strength was not sufficient but he thought the greatest efforts should be made to build at the highest possi- ble speed. Other members protested against in the house of com- such a contest mons and James Hogge. radical, for East Edinburgh, _criticized Colonel Churchill for starting a controversy which could not easily be stopped. A number of other departments of admiralty activity, such as requisi- tioning merchant shipping, arming of merchantmen and air defense were subjected to discussion, but the com- mittee of the house eventually ap- proved a vote for 350,000 men for the navy and several “token” appropria- tions for navy expenditures, which had been introduced in this manner In order to avold giving total amounts.’ HALF BILLION DOLLARS NEEDED FOR NEW SHIPS To Carry Out the Navy Board’s Recommendation. ashington, March 8.—Approximate- Iy a billion and a half doliars for new ships and an annuval upkeep charge of | 760,000,600 is what Admiral Fletcher, commanding the Atlantic fleet, esti- mates it would cost to carry out the navy general board's recommendation that the American navy should equal | the most powerful fleet afloat by not later than 1925, The admiral’ naval committee. Representative Cal- laway, who brought out the statement, called attention to published reports that Great Britain had added nearly a million tons to her fighting ships since He asked if the situa- letch- judging by “nited States could well afford to give its interests the same protection that other nations the war began. tion was not hopeless. Admiral er thought not, adding th: its great wealth, the thought nece Representative Hensley asked if a of warships or in race in the building bullding any other military prepara- tion between two nations had invaria- Admiral Fletcher sald that v making certain that a nation must surrender bly led to war. no, and expressed the opinion failure to prepare was mere! its rights. Representative Callaway asked if it Was not reasonable to assume that the European war would end within a year Admis Fletcher thought It would. and added that he belleved the close of the war gTreatest opportunity in or & year and a half at most. would see the history for the Gen. Zeno Ovando, one of the most active of the revolutionary leaders of San Domingo, was killed as he was re- turning to his country after a year's exile in Porto Rico. A naval hydroaeroplane at the Mar- 41 Gras carnival at Mobile, Ala., was wrecked when it struck the mast of a schooner. Lieut. E. O. McDonnell the pilot, escaped injury. The steamship service between Bel- fast and Fleetwood and Heysham in England, was suspended when the crewcrews of the steamers went on strike for increased wages. Night services in Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Omaha, have been discon- tinued because hold-up men have been robbing the congregations on the dark streets after services. Judge J M Shea, who was re- cently appointed United States ambas- sador to Chiie, returned to Indianap- olis from Washington. He probably will leave there for his new post on April 1st. A dispatch from Berlin states that a match is being arranged between Prince Boris, eldest son of King Fer- dinand of Bulgaria, and heir to the throne, and a princess of the House of Hapsbursg. Ton King Ching, president of the Chinese Republic Association, found- er of the Chinese Republic ~Journal and active in the promotion of the present revolution in China, died of a lung affection at San Francisco. ONLY 16 OF 40,000 ARMENIANS FOUND ALIVE AT ERZERUM. Were Driven Out of Town and Massa- cred by Kurds. London, Maroh 8, 11.02 p. m.—The Russians_found only 16 Armenians alive in Erzerum out of the usual Ar- menian population of 40,000, aceording to information received in Petrograd and forwarded by Reuter's correspon- dent in the Russian capital. ““The Turkish inhabitants of Erze- rum,” the correspondent adds, “stated that a few days before the capture of the fortress by the Russians all the Armenians in_the town were driven out by the police In a westerly direc- tion, where the Kurds, who had been forewarned, massacred all of them.” American Commission Sails for Bue- nos Aires. Newport News, Va., March S.—The United States section' of the Pan- American International High Com- mission, headed by Secretary MecAdoo, bound to Buenos Aires to attend a meeting of the commission, sailed to- cruiser Tennesses from armament agreement. He 1 , however, that the United o catd States could not afford to put off its navy bullding on that account. WESTERN RAILROADS ARE CLAMORING FOR THEIR CARS. Penalties Are to Be Imposed on East- ern Roads Holding Them. Washington, March 8—The commis #lon on car shortage of the American Railway association today notified eastern railroads that it would impose penalties upon such of them as con- tinued to disregard the commission’s suggestions for delivering box cars to western roads to ameliorate the pres- ent car shortage in the west. The recommendations of the com- mission, approved last month, were that the eastern roads should deliver to western roads twenty per cent. more westbound box cars than the number delivered to them by western roads for shipment east. JOSEPH E. HAMEL GUILTY OF MUDRED IN FIRST DEGREE. Sentenced to Pay Death Penalty For Killing Mrs. Julia Heilner, New York, March 8.—A jury brought in & verdict of murder in the first de- gree today against Joseph E. Hanel, for killing Mrs. Julia Heilnér, a wealthy Brooklyn widow, by whom he was employed as a butler. Hanel col- lapsed when he heard the verdict. He will be sentenced to-pay the death pen- alty on Monday, Hanel murdered Mrs. Hellner last April by striking her over the head with a beer bottle. He fled and the police did not get trace of him until about a month ago when he was ar- rested in Baltimore. After being brought here he confessed his guilt, DISAVOWAL BY ROOSEVELT FOR ILLINOIS PRIMARY, Cablegram of Declination Transmitted to Secretary of State. New York, March 8.—John W. Mec- Grath. secretary to Theodore Roose- velt, #nnounced today that he had sent the following telegram from Mr. Roosevelt to Louis G. Stevenson, secre- tary of state of Iilinois, at Springfield: “I bave today received the follow. ing cable for transmission to you: “I hereby disavow candidacy of any and all delegates to Ilinois primary who file petitions expressing preference for me for presidential nomination. “(Signed) . ROOSEVELR® et AT s AR General | estimate was given today in testimony before the house success of an interna- tional disarmament or limitation of FORMER WEALTHY MEXICAN ARRESTED FOR SMUGGLING Accused of Concealing a Diamond Necklace Valued at $8,000. New York, March $—Cecelio Ocom, formerly one of the wealthiest men of Mexico. who took refuge with General Felix Diaz on the United States gun- boat Weeeling and later was trans- ferred to Rear Admiral Fletcher's flag- ship, the battleship Louisiana, at Vera Cruz, in October, 1913, after a breach had occurred between Diaz and Gen- eral Huerta, then dictator of Mexivo, was arrested here today with Pablo A. Lopez on a smuggling charge. The specific allegation is that they con- spired to defraud the United States government by concealing a diamond necklace worth 35,000 and -bringing it to this country without payment of duty. In default of $1,000 bail each, the Mexican refugees were locked up in the Tombs. Ocon was prominent in the events of Mexico City In February, 1913, which resulted in_the overthrow of President Madero. On May 24 of that year, in the Mexican chamber of deputles, he was charged by Querido Moheno, who later became minister of foreign af- fairs, with being “the actual murderer of Gustavo Madero,” a brother of the late president. Moheno's denunclation was made in connection with a demand for an appropriation of $150,000 to be pald to Ocon “for service rendered to the government™ THREE SOLDIERS KILLED IN ' FIRE AT FORT GIBBONS. Barracks and Ammunition Houses Were Destroyed. Fairbanks, Alaska, March 8.—Three soldiers were killed and two seriously infured In a fire yesterday that des- troyed the main barracks and ammuni- tion houses at Fort Gibbons, occupied Main by Company B. 1l4th infantry. The dead: Privates Herman Lund, Heary Miner. Curtis B. Willl injured: Sergeant Anthony Kivinak, Private Gross Kelley. ‘The bodies were recovered. The fire broke out in the upper story of the barracks, close to the bed_ oceu-, pied by Private Miner. Sergeant Kivinak severed an artery In his arm while breaking the glass in a window of the barracks and nearly bled to death. Private Kelley fell through an open window and struck on his head. TWO AMERICANS KILLED BY VILLA BANDITS, At Pechaco, Between Casas Grandes and Janos, Chihuahua. El Paso. March 8.—Reports receive ed today by General Gabriel Gavira at Juarez state that two Americans name ed Franklin and Wright were killed by Villa bandits Monday at Pechaco be- tween Casas Grandes and Janos, Chi- huahua. The advices contained notiing as to the fate of the wife and small son of Mr. Tijght, who were reportsd with the man at Pacheco, Gavira declared the men, sald to be Mormon ranchers, resided west of Casas Grandes, d: he had sont to all of Chihuahua when he first learned of Villa's movements in that section. ERUPTION OF VOLCANO CAUSING ALARM IN ECUADOR Surrounding Region in Darkness Be-' cause of Falling Ashes. i Ambato, Ecuador, March 8.—Tune guragua volcano, in this province, has been in eruption for several days. The city of Ambato and the surrounding reglon are almost in darkness on mc- count of falling ashes. During the night the flames from the volcano are! visible at a great distance. The peo- ple of Ambato are greatly alarmed,| fearing a catastrophe. i BANK ROBBERS LOCK OFFICIALS IN VAULT Escaped With $3,800 from Firet Na- tional Bank at n, Okla. March S$.—The| Okia., OBBERS LOCK | Muskogee, Okla., First National Bank at Vian, 30 milse south of Muskogee, was bed this afternoon by two men who cbtained $3.80 and Two bank officials and mers were locked in the