Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 16, 1916, Page 1

¢ Norwich VOL. LVIIL.—NO. 65 POPULATION 28.219- NORWICH, The Bulletin’s circulatipn in Norwich is Doubj PURSUIT 0 F VILLA HAS BEEN STARTED General Pershing’s Command Crossed Boundary Line Near Columbus, N. M., at Noon Yesterday A SMALLER COLUMN CR 0SSED FURTHER WEST The Two Commands Should be in Touch With Each Other Before the End of the Week—Not Until After Friday Are Sharp Developments Expected—Campaign Begun Yesterday Will Continue Until Villa is Captured or Killed .—A Mexican Force of 400 Men Has Joined the American Force—Will Remain Under Their Own Commander, But a Number of Them May be Employed as Scouts. San Antonio, Texas, March 15— Brigadler General John J. Pershing, with more than 4,000 troops, began the | pursuit in Mexico today of Francisco Villa, whose rald across the border last week caused President Wilson and his cabinet to decide to use the Unit- ed States army to run him down. Crossed Boundary Line. General Pershing’s report that he and his command had crossed the in- ternational boundry line just south of Columbus, rcached General Frederick Funston, in charge here of general op- erations, late tcday. His report served to dispel to a great extent fears that had been en- tertained in some quarters that resis- tance would be offered by the troops of the de facto government. Colonel Ber- taini, the commanding officer of the Carranza garrison at Palcmas, on_the southern side of the dividing line, promptly joined General Pershing. His force was only some 400 men, but they were reported to have displaved will- infness and even eagerness to join In the chase. As a hody the Mexican troops will remain under their osvn commander, but a number of them are beinz emploved as scouts by Genera: Pershing. Reports to Be Made to Funston. Reports of progress in the country where the search has been begun wiil be made by Genernl Pershing to Gen- eral Funston, but it is not anticipated that th will be frequent or deal with any but the more important de- velopments. No Developments Until After Friday. How far into Mexico the column has reached was unknown here tonight, nor did General Funston appear Iy concerned. . General Pershing’s course for the next two days is known at headquarfers and not until after Friday are sharp developments expect- ed. Another Column Moving Southerly. Colonel Georze A. Dodd, heading a smaller column that entered Mexico some distance west of Columbus, also 1s moving In a southerly direction and these two forces should be within touch of each other before the end of the week. By that time it is ey pected that an Infantry support will hold the lines of communication alonz which motor trucks for the transporta- tion of nmmunition and supplies will be opcrated. Although the censor- ship imposed by General Funston was relaxed tonight, efforts still were mads to keep secret the details of the plan of campaign, the exact number of men engagal and their actual locations. Continue Until Villa is Captured or Kitled. General Pershing has ne into Mex- ico with orders to overtake and wipe out Villa and his orzaniza‘ion. Un~ less orders to the contrary are re- ceived from these higher in authority than General Funston the campaign that was begun today will continue until Villa is captured or killed. SILENCE MAINTAINED BY WAR DEPARTMENT Censorship One of Most Complete Country Has Ever Known. ‘Washington, March 15—Throughout the day the war department main- tained rigid silence as to the situation on the border. General Funston was moving his pieces in the grim game with Villa behind a curtain of com- plete secrecy. It probably was the most complete censorship the country has ever known. The screen was drawn so close that the department itself was not advised of the cross- ing until hours after the troops were on_the march. ‘The only despatch as to the border situation received by Secrectary Baker during the afternoon dealt with the departure of the Eleventh Cavalry from Chattanooga to reinforce the ‘border patrol. Rumors flew about the corridors of the war department all day. Some dealt with reported fighting on both sides of the border. One said a regiment of American cavalry had heen annihilated. Depart- ment officials had no reports on which such statements could have been founded. Only meagre news bulletins from the troops in Mexico are expected. AMERICANS AT PRES!DIO, TEX, GROUPED FOR PROTECTION Beoause of Outbreaks Among Carran- za Troops Across the Border. Prestdio, Texas, March 15.—All Americans have assembled in one lace, prepared to. protect themselves Mexican raiders, following out- which occurred among the Car- a troops n Ojinaga, across the s The situation which has grown dily more serious for several days, ed a climax todap when it was dthovrh auu-lt-‘t ar a refu t some place on M A uucmnmt of the hmeenul In- A rst Sergeant Flounders MA-Y Infantry from Fort Clarke, are being rushed here and are expected to ar- rive today. The Mexicans are greatly excited over reports that are being spread from unknown sources misrepresent- ing the actions and intentions of the United States. Santiago Joojas, a deputy sherift of Presidio, was reporéed today to have been killed by Villa bandits a few miles from Ojinaga. CARRANZA TROOPS IN BARRACKS AT JUAREZ Forbidden by Commanding Officer to Frequent Saloonl Jugrez, Mexico, March 15—There are about 1,000 troops in this town and nearly all were confined to barracks today. They have been forbidden by General Gavira to frequent saloons. Nothing stronger than beer is Der- mitted to be sold in the town. In a statement issued late today General @evira said: “My sel@iers are absolutely loyal and there is no danger of any out- in this section. Thave received reports that Colonel Riofas has been murdered by the troops at Ojinaga and am trying te get with thet *wn, but so far have failed. There ! emson whatever for any hostitit ‘4 Americans on the pa: of loval e.icans and I have asznr- anees that all troops in my districts #ct in °51 concord with the Americans who &% pursuing Villa. I am in complete control of the situation here.” General Gutlerrez left here todav for Chihuahua to take command of one of five columns of 1200 men each who are declared by General Gavira to ®e closing in on Villa in the Casas Grandes region. COLUMBUS, N. M,, SEES ITS FIRST AEROPLANE Went Over Border With Troops— Later Returned to Camp Columbus, N. M. March 15—The | first aeroplane that Columbus ever saw soared gracefnllc ovor ti- {1onight from the remains of ths it~ tary camp whence tia | peattionary forces started . today pursuit of Francisco Villa. circling over the Mexican plain which had swallowed up the American sol- diers earller in the day the aecroplane {returned to camp. The town and neighborhood are quiet tonight. The military censorship is strictly main- tained. i REPORTS OF _DI;ASVTER TC MCRMONS iS ERRONEOUS Despatches Say the Casas Grandes Region is Quiet. El Paso. Texas, \lnrch 15—W. W, Pearson, general attorney for the Pearson’ Lines here, said to ay that reports of a disaster to the 500 Mor- mons about Casas Grandes, who have been threatened by Villa, are un- | founded. He said that the telegraph wires have been working all day into the Casas Grandes region and that qulet was reported there. RUMORS OF REBELLION OF CARRANZA TROOPS. At Cabullona, Eighteen Miles South of Douglass. Douglas, Ariz., March 15.—Numerous reports have reached the United States military authorities here that open re- bellion has broken out among the Car- ranza troops at Cabullona, 18 miles south of here. Americans here are seriously dis- turbed and precautions have = been taken to guard the town. A. 0. H. OF NEW YORK COUNTY WINS RIGHT TO PARADE Injunction Was Denied the A, O. H. " of America, Rival Faction. New York, March 15.—The dispute between rival Irish factions as to which is entitled to parade here on St. Patrick's Day as representative of the Ancient Order of Hibernians was de- cided in court today in favor of the qrganization calling itself “The An- cient Order of Hibernians of New York County.” Supreme Court Justice reepbaum dented the application of ‘Anciont Order of Hibernians of &fler}q" for an injupction restraining rival faction from using a police permit already obtained for the pa- nde and denied lppuent!on for a man- us Coj lling the police commis. er to jssue a permit to the com- ng organization. court ruled, however, that the “Ancient Order of Hibernians in America” was entitled to a per- -ltt.mdnl!ltdulndtndo The as the rmlt of the gegision, t-hn thm might be Nfl’ of Hibermatans in to be ulne 'l‘o—.l 1:;1- sqntative of gnal of an gurta that the m:— ‘r mation is composed of members e‘u-p‘nded for f:.flure to pay dues to the national in communicaticn | CONN., THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1916 Cabled Paragraphs Prohibition in Nova Scotia. Halifax, N. S, March 15.—The No- va Scotia legislature late tonight pass. ed ;-he prohibition bill by a vote of 28 to Roosevelts Sail For Home. Port of Spain, Trinidad, March 14 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosavelt who have been visiting va- rious points in southern waters, will sail tomorrow from Port of Spain on | board the steaner Matura for New York. OSBORNE ACQUITTED OF CHARGE OF PERJURY Justice Decides That Dr. Diedling Act- ed Without Legal Authority. ‘White Plains, N. Y., March 15.— Thomas Mott Osborne, prison reform- er, Harvard graduate, twice mavor of Auburn, N. Y., and former warden of | Sing Sing, was acquitted of the ¢ Te | of perjury by direction of Just Thompkins to a jury in the Westches er County Surpreme court here m-» day. Justice Thompkins fn a long opt held that Dr. Rudolph Diedling. a state prison commissioner, of Sing Died'ing that Os- | borne last October committed the al- | borne's administration It was gefore Dr. leged perjury by swearing, as charzed rowliedge of cer- | !mmnrn"l\' | tain cases of Justice Tompkins in opinion =aid that there was no law: fm perjury com- mitted by Osberne, inasmuch as the! warden had the rizht to keep in *he pledges which he had given to guilly convicis who had confessed to him_their immorality. When Justice Tor ed his opinion and d Ceorge Gordon Fattle, Oshorn chief counsel, moved that the jury be kept in its seats and that the trial be begun, immediate of the other indictment pending asainst Oshorne, charsing neglect of duty and immorality. District Attorney Weeks announced that he was not ready to nroceed with | the secord tris t would call it dur- t Jkins had ronder- harzed the jury, said this dispute not a question for him to sertls | arAd Ajemicead the fury, When the verdict for acquittal was announced friends of Oshorne rushed to his side to congratulate him. TO HOLD UP ARMS CONSIGNED TO MEXICO. Except Such =s Are Designed For the de Facto Government. Washington, March 15.—On request of the state department orders hav been sent to collectors of customs at | seaports of the United States and | »ion= the Mexican border to hoid up ; al shipments of arms, ammunition or; explosives consigned to Mexico, except | such as it is clearly established ara designed for the de facto government. The order was sald tonight to be the outcome of information reaching the department that a large consicnment | of explosives intended for the Villa| forces was about to be sent south. The instructions are sweeping in character | ard forbid shipments to any point in| Mexico along the northern border or | to any scaport. They will shut off shipments to mining companies other persons not officially rep ing the Carranza zovernm Tow long they will rema or sent- n in force After | e = was not known tonicht, but they cer- | tainly will not be revoked until there | apparently no chance of any arm: -~aching Villa or any of his ympathizers. i~ht refused the subject but thers wi | believe ed in i to discuss reazon to ome credence had been plac- that friends of ions had been ns of war at the | disposal of Villa. | MEXICAN BANDITS FIRE ON AMERICAN SOLDIERS. At Least 100 Shots Evchanged—None of the Americans was Injured. Kingsville, Texas, can bandits, about thirty, March 15.—Mexi- numbered | en American soldiers reda bridze on the St. Brownsville and Mexico railroad about fourteen miles north of Brownsville tonight. At least 100 shots were ex- changed. None of the Americans were injured. It is not known if the ban- | dits suffered any | ‘While the train approaching at ten o'clock in progress the south a flazged and stopped by an American soldier. A guard of five soldiers on the train rushed forward and rein- forced the men fighting at the b With the arrival of these reinf re. ments the bandits fled and are b lieved to have escaped into Mex co. FIFTY MILE GALE AROUND CAPE COD. One Schooner Reported in Distress— Coast Guard Cutter Going to Relief. Highland Light, Mass,, March 15.—A fifty mile gale from the northeast, freighten with snow, whipped around | Cape Cod today and tonight and dis- | tressed at least one of the vessels coming up the coast, The schooner ‘William Bisbee, bound from New oYrk | for Stonington, Maine, lost some of her sails and signalled for help. When the coastwise steamer Millinocket, vol- unteered assistance Captain Ward of the Bisbee signalled that although the vessel was leaking he was in no im- mediate danger. He asked that a guard coast cutter be notified and up- | on receipt of a wireless message from the Millinocket, the cutter Gresham started from Boston. APPLICATIONS INCREASE 60 PER CENT AT ATLANTA Since President Wilson Decided to 8end Troops Into Mexico. Atlanta, Ga., March 15—Applications here for enlistment in the United States army have increased 60 per cent sirce President Wilson decided to send American troops into Mexico. Lieutenant Heidt, in charge of the local station, today received orders to re-open sub-stations at Rome, Mason, Columbus and Augusta, Ga., and Mont- gomery and Blmlnshun. Ala. Houses Discusses Repeal of Fres Su- gar Bill. ‘Washington, March 15.—Administra- tion bill to repeal the free sugar clause of the Underwood-Simmons tariff law, which would take effect next May 1st, ;lme npd:;r lzlerieral debate in the ouse today and its passage is expect- ed tomorrow. Army Recruiling Bulletin TWELVE PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS .:at of Any Other Paper, and its Total Girculation is the l.argast in Connecticut in Proportmn to the Gity’s Population Crowthof Internal is in fuil Swing| Revenue Receipts|... FOUR ADDITIONAL STATIONS OPENED IN THIS DISTRICT BRASS BAND IN CHICAGO Banners Inscribed “Help Catch Villa” Are to be Used to Aid the Work of Recruiting—Station Opencd in New London. Chicago, Marih 15.—Banners Inserib- ed “Help Catch Vilia,” and a brass band will be used to ald the work of recruiti: g for the army here, Licuten- I". R. Kenney, commander of the ce here, sald today. hout spectacular methods of at- tracting attention to the proposed in- > in the army, however, the cam- .| paign here and in nelghboring places in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin, the district under Lieutenant Kenney, re- Ited in 600 men applying for enlis al measures t irage en- include reque o post- that v allow rural mall ers to disiribute circulars in the country regrding enlistment. FOUR NEW RECRUITING STATIONS IN THIS DISTRICT. At New London, Hartford, Bridgeport and Springfield. New Haven, Conn., March 15.—Four additional recrulting stations for the army were ordcred opencd in this dis- trict teday. These will be at Ha ford. Pridgeport. New London Sprirzfield. The non-commissioned Mcer temporarily in charge of the lo- | al station caid tha* the order is not the result of the Mexican border sit- ! nation. but simply in complance with congrescional action in increasing the e of the regular army. CHIO CIVIL WAR VETS OFFER THEIR SERVICES. Would Fill Business Positions if the Younger Men Are Called to Duty. Colvmbus, Ohio, March 15.—Inmates of the Ohio old soldiers’ home at Sandusky today wrote to Governor Willis, tendering thelr-services to re- place yonnger men who might be call- ed out for military service in Mexico. The letter follows: “In case of trouble with Mexico and the Ohio militia !s called to the front, please remember ‘hat while none of us bors is a spring chicken, we have the same love of country, the same spirit of wanting to be helpful as ever. Many o fus can fill places of vounzer men engaged in business activities. Call on any of us in this emergency.” | WOMAN APPLIES FOR ENLISTMENT AT MINNEAPOLIS. Says Women at This e Should Do Scmething For Their Country. Minneapolis, Minn., March 15. — A woman applied at the local recruiting station for enlistment in the navy to- day. She gave her name as Mrs. Tamis Johnson of Williston, N. D. “Women at this time should do comethinz for their country.’ she said. nd T would like to join the navy as as told the law prohibited en- listment of women. KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD RECEIVED ORDER TO BE READY Understood the Guardsmen are to Do Guard Duty on Border. Kansts City, March 15.—The Kan- s C: , company of the K ard today received orders to entrain for Fort Riley an hour's notice. It is under- stood the guardsmen will be used in j&uard duty along the border. Applications Double in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, March 15.--Applica- tions for enlistment in the United States hive doubled since the lhd‘ Mexican hnrd'r cording nm!nu deiphia district. ave been received to re-open recruit- ng stations at Reading, Pa., and Tren- . J., which were closed a year Three New Stations in Michigan. March 15.—Lieuten- in charge of the I ng station, T United £ announce that orders received from the war deps open stations at Jackson, naw. Flint and Virginia Recruiting Headquarters. Roanoke, Va, March 15 Acting under instructions from Washington, officers in charge of army recruiting headquericrs herg ars gpening recrutt- wtlopa ip ynehbyrg and Dan- o"and Blueheid W, Var New Ones in Ohlo. Columbus, Ohio, March 15.—Addi- tional recruiting offices will ba opened Zanesville and Sprinzfleld, Ohio, March 20, under rush instructions re- ceived today by local United States army recruiting headquarters here. FULL RETURNS FROM ALASKA REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES Indicate Renomination of James Wick- ereham as Delegate to Congress. Juneau, Alaska, March 16.—Full re- turns from the republican primaries held last Saturday, indicate the re- nomination of James Wickersham as delegate to congress and the election of two delegates to the national con vention who will favor Charles H. Hughes, but will be uninatructed. Movements of Steamships. Christiania, March _ 10.—Arrived: Steamer Bergensfjord, Nek York via Kirkwall and Bergen. Kirkwall, March 14. — Arrived: Steamer Frederick VII, New York for Copenhagen. New York, March 15. — Arrived: Steamer La Touraine, Bordeaux. New York, March 15. — Arrived: Steamer La Bordeaux. | |u 1 jmended the very $38,000,000 MORE THAN PERIOD IN 1915 HOPEFUL OF A SURPLUS Treasury Official Believes the Deficit of $35,000,000 Last will More Than Overcome This Fiscal Year Year. Washington, revenue 1ece have sho g during the last fe of the { tremsury offl ent fisca) y 15.~Internal March inteinal 1 by Condensed Telsgrams Germans Make A mr-! wvon rptk Vice President Marshali celebrated irthday. his 62nd birth Sec IN SAME M }’mehuflt, by the Germans Erussels. \ the Kaiser is again cretary and Mrs. Lansing arrived » for a short vaca- Seven Belgians sentenced to death were executed at A report from Rome states that suffering from throat trouble. be | famous author and scientist, | 1stoms bohind those of . this year ,000. ERANDEIS’ HEARINGS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. It Is Expected a Vote of Committes ' Will Be Announced March 24. ‘Washington, March 15.—The senate | judiciary sub-committee the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis t othe supreme court completed its public_hearinss today and adjourned il March 24, when it is expected & considering vote on the recomendation to the full| reached. te precident, the inquiry has been conducted pu and since tbe hear- ings began ruary S, many wit- nerses e been heard both for and against confirma A week ago| the committee ¢ the taking of estimony, but the hearings were re- opened at the request of protestants against the nomination. The last witness heard was Edward R. Warren of Boston, who in 1905 was chairman of the executive committee of the Boston public franchise league, of which Mr. Brandeis was counsel. During the fight before the Massa- chusetts lezislature t year on the consolidation of the Boston gas com- panies, Mr. Warrcn said, his commit- tee ang Mr. Brandeis worked along harmoniously to protect the public interest until one day Mr. Brandeis suddenly and without explanation ap- | peared before the executive commit- tee of the league and recommended that it vote in favor of the gas com- panies increasing their capitalization two or three million dollars. “That man has a wonderful mag- netism,” said Mr. Warren, “and he just swept those men off their feet. All voted in his favor except myself. With the votes in his pocket he went that day before the lesislative com- mittee and told them the league was behind his recommendation as he had a perfect right to do. Later members of the executive committee repented and two of them resizned because of Mr. Brandeis. The league had recom- ng we had been al al! HAINES JURY LOCKED UP FOR THE NIGHT. Out Since Two p. m. With No Pros- pect of an Agreement. fighting o Pridgeport, Conn., March 15.—The jury considering the evidence in the case of Jason Haines, charged with first degree murder, after having been out since two o'clock this afternoon, was locked up for the night at 11 p. m. by order of James H. Webb. At that time it was raid that there was no apparent prospect that a verdict could be reached within any short time. While no definite news came from ! it the juros count Bt eante was reported In 1t they A on whether to re- e or sevond The majority, it was . were in favor of the severer de- cision. The jurors had sent no word during the the nihe hours that they were out. | They had not asked for any further tnstrtctions and had not suggested ! that they would not be able to asres some time When dinner was brought | In to them, shortly after six o'clock this evenine, they gave no Intimation as to hew they stood, but it was no- ticed that every man of men sent telephone messages to his home to the efect that he “would be out very late and perhaps all night. CHOATE SCHOOL GYMNASIUM TOTALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE Located at Wallingford—Loss is Est mated at $i5,0C0. the twclve Wallingford, March 15.—The Choate Schooi g3 mnasium, considercd one of the finest prepaialory buildings of iis kind in the eust, was desiroyed by nre late ty Causing a loss esti- mated at $15,000. The fire is sup- posed to have swrted fromi an over- heated furnace. No one was in the gymnasium at the time. The build- ing was erected tweive years ago and was equipped with a stage for theatricals. The loss is partly covered by insur- ance. URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL PASSED BY THE HOUSE Carries $3,260,800, of Which $2,575,000 for Navy Needs. ‘Washington, March 15.—The house passed today an urgent deficiency bul carrying $3,260,800 of which $2,575,000 is for navy ordnance, stores, repairs and other immediate needs of the de- partment. The bill went immediately to the senate, where the appropriations com- mittee reported it -her adding $182,000 for maintenance of the bureau ef and docks and for addftional navy yard repairs. The Portuguese language is used by about 8000800 persons. ot were al- | ] 1] | fora wharf | there are leaving for Ho Dr. Marie von Ebn.r-El:htnha:h Vienna, aged $6. © Rubber Co., at Springfie'd, Mass., voted unanimous- Iy to go on srike. from Liverpool ' sengers. ||~d States consul advised all A leave the int The Dani {that Gers for the L The Un at Vera to Dutch Iamilie nd. All German officers below the rank of captain have been ordered to leave Bulgaria for Germany at once. Articles of inc at Dover, Del., Hotel Construction Corporation. Carrying two guns mounted on her aft deck the Italian liner Palermo ar- rived at New \ork from Genoa. More than 200 men many of them officers were ordered from the forts| about New York harbor to El Paso. Argentina is experiencing a phenom- anal heal wave, which is causing an enormous mortality among livestock. sir Thomas Lipton the America’s | cup. Officers of the Eurelu of Ordnance | of the War Department denied the re- | ports of the piacing of large munition orders. Mrs. Francisco |. Madero, widow of | the martyred president of Mexico wiil make her permanent home in Corpus Christi. e Commanders of Texas militia com- panies have been ordered to recruit their companies to war strength of 150 men. The steamship Zealandia, plies between New York and Malta, has lost both her steam and hand steering | gears at sea. President Wilson signed a procla- mation of the neutrality of the United States In the war between Germany and Portugal. The 8t. Lo n of the Van- dalla Rallroad will displace telegraph by telephone for train dispatching about April 1. Effective March 17, the Baltimore & Ohio Rallroad has removed the em- bargo agains grain for export originat- lng on its lines. Construction of a new $1,500,000 ore dock for the “Soo” railwa¥ at Ashland, Wis.. will be started s soon as weather conditions permit. An embargo against all freight for New York or points beyond, via Galveston, has been ordered by the Southern Pacific lines. Pier No. 2 at H.I"-x. N. S, was burned at a loss of $150,000, many Red Cross stores for the Fritish army being destroyed by the flames. classes of The Victoria Inturlne‘ Co., Ltd., has subscribed $5.000.000 to the German war loan, and the Wesphalian Provinclal Assoclation $12,500,000. The Japanese steamer Buyo Mary, which sailed from latde on March 7, returned to port, re- porting trouble with her steering gear. Henry Ford has promised to come to the ald of the nation's ga<oline consumers. He is now experimen‘ing wih a new process to manufacture gas. oline. A trade congress of the represent- atives of the allled countries will he held in Paris Mach 17 to April 13. Thirty deputies from England and her colonles will attend. Whils unlcading logwood at a Stam- vesterday, John Sabol, aged 29, fell Into the wa'er and was @rowned. The hody was recovered His wife and threc children survive. Announcement was made by the Wa- rtment that shortage of officers caused by the Villa campaien, bas cavsed the abandonment of the pro- posed civilian training camps this summer. Dr. Frederick A. Cook appeared be- fore the House education committee in support of a bill for a Congres- slonal inquiry to determine whethe- he or Rear-Admiral Peary discovered the North Pole. RETIREMENT OF ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ REPORTED Admiral Von Capells Appeinted His Successor. London, March 16, 3.22 2. m.—A des- patch to the Exchange Telegraph com- pany from Copenhagen says the i~ Bureau, the German semi-official news agency, announces that Admiral Alfred Von Tirpitz, German minister of the navy, has retired and that Admiral Ven Capelle, director of the adminis- tration daptartment of the admiraity, has been appeinted his successor. OBITUARP. A. Chaffes. Tlarttord, (MIIIL. March 15.—Mrs. Ju- A. Chaffes, who observed her 10lst iday last Qctober, &d late to- night in the Old Peep Home here. Iha was born In Hmm In 1839 l.n — John H. Chaffee, who died 1 . She is survived by a niece and a nephew. rporation were filed | by the Commonweaith | in a letter to| “ex Yacht Club says he hopes to| | compete next year for ‘which | fourth | New York for Ade- | 1 | seriovely; a Slight Gain INFANTRY ADVANCES BETWEEN BETHINCOURT AND CUMIERES RECOVERED BY FRENCH Fighting at Close Rarge still Progress Around the Eastern Slopes of Fort Vaux—Russians Along the Black Sea. Advance dun there has been con- ity around Vaux and Dam! oup and Asuung at close range is 1 | prozress around the ecastern prs of Fort Vaux, which for days | past has been the object of some of | the nara: nting. | The French have taken a German trench south of St. Souplet, which in- | dicates that in the Champagne region i contending forces are still en- deavoring to take advtange of every opportunity to strengthen their lines. Russians Progress in Pe: Advices from Petrograd descride remarkablc progress in Persia of the Russian iroops, who are moving swift- Iy over di roads and In the face of conslaerab.e oposition towards the Mesopotamian (rontier, where they ex- pect s00n to be in touch with the Bri- tish forces at Kut-el-Amara and the relieving column under Generals Lake and Aylmer. The Russians are now said to be within fifty miles of the last difficult pass which will place them in the fear of the Turkish Bagdad army and their object is to cut the rallway to the north, thereby prevent- ing the Turkish army from receiving supplies and cooperate with the Bri- tish against Bagdad. In their advance against the Turks long the Black Sea - Ifttoral toward Trebizond the Russiane have captured additional Turkish officers and men and two machine guns. A British column has attacked an advanced po- n of the Turks in Mesopotamia, bayonetted a considerable number of the Turks, and captured others. Italian Artillery Active. In the Austro-Italian zone the Ital- ians are vigorously shelling Austrian positions and here and there throwing their infaniry into the fray. Neo marked changes in the ine have oc- curred, however. The British have captured the port of Sollum in west Egypt from the Senussi tribesmen led by Turkish of- ficers with only slight resistance. Aft- erwards they pursued the fleeing tribesmen and captured officers, men end guns. In East Africa the Boer General {Smuts is actively pressing the Ger- mans who are reported to be retiring southwards along the Tanga Rallway. PREDICTION CANAL WiLL BE REOPENED APRIL 16. Gaillard Cut Said to the Prediction. Conditions Jus 15—An official prediction ma Canal will | be re-opened by April 15 for the pass- age of deep draft vesscls was an- nounced by the war dcpartment. Conditions in Gafllard Cut, scene of the principal earth movement, which blocked ihe waterway last fall, are regarded as jusifyinz the forecast. Colonel Harding, acting governor of the canal zone, telegrap! war depart “Conditions Gaillard Cut § dictions that canal will | for ships of thirty feet draft on April 15, subject to probable temporary de- lays thereafter to meet exigencies of dredging flect in completing canal to tull th and depth and in removing that may possibly develop.” re-opening. Colonel Harding’s gram is taken to mean th other great movement of has proceeded wi! tele- nless an- rth occurs pause. When | the canal s re-op: + will have ad- vanced in equipment far beyond the point 1t ed when the slides began. F quick handling of ships will be much better. RESERVE ORGANIZATIONS RESTRICT BRITISH ENLISTMENTS Admiralty is Considering Revi List of Mun Y.ondon Derby, re house ‘of lords todal gy rngpra cruiting st ted that as time promres=ed It w-s « “ident that the occupations caused the shortage in en- of single men, and he said authorized to state that the minister of mu:itions and ‘he admi- rality were considering the revision of st 0° munition workers. The eabinet i= t-kinx the matter so he co--inned, “that 1 think they will gecure o1 ‘he single men they require for the army. FORMER SECRETARY G*RRISON TO PRACTICE LAW IN NEW YORK Member of Firm of Hernblower, Mil- ler, Potter & Earle. New York, Marci. 15 Garrison, former secreta, s become a resident of New K and as soon as admitted to the New York bar will praotice law here as a mem- ber of the firm of Hornblower, Miller, 'Potter & Earle, it was announced by that firm today. Mr Garrison was formerly a vice chancellor of the state of New Jarsey.