Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 17, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVHIL—NO. 66 . The Bulletin's Circufation in Norwich is Double That GERMAN INFANTRY ATTACKS FRUITLESS Charge Was Made in Se: Dead Man’s Hill, FRENCH GUNS INFLICTED HEAVY CASUALTIES The Attacking Troops Were Driven Eastward Toward Bois " des Corbeaux—From Belgium to the Vosges the Artillery of Both Sides Have Been Active at Numerous Points—In the Argonne Forest the French Guns Are Shelling Ger- man Positions—Italians Continue Strong Offensive on the Isonzo Front. Repulse at the hands of the Frenc™ again has been the net result of a German infantry attack launched wi‘t nuge effectives after a heavy bombara- ment against French positions at Mort Homme, northwest of Verd The Germans who attacked in serried masses were driven eastward toward where the the Bois des Corbeaux, French guns infiicted heavy casual’ on them. The attack at Le Mort Homme con- stituted the only infantry manoeuvie both sides has been active at numerous points. - Around Douaumont azd village of Vaux the big guns are op- erating with redoubled violence, Wl ecuthward in the Woevre the artillery duels in the Meuse hills continue. In the Argonne forest the Fren-h guns are still shelling the German poritions northwest of the roadl from Varennes and German. batteries near Montfaucon. The latest German official commu. cation making reference to Frerch tempts to “dispute our possession French Minister of War Resigns. Paris, m 18, 10.25 p. m.—General Joseph Simeon Gallleni, minister of ‘war, has beca and General Charles Roque has been appointed to succeed him. French Provide for Wives and Chil- dren of Soldiers. Paris, March 16, 540 p. m.—M. Ri- bot, minister of finance, sald in the chamber of deputies today that the government was now paying 178,000, 000 francs monthly as allowances to the wives and children of men mobil- ized. rried Masses for Positions at Northwest of Verdun STEAMER TUBANTIA SUNK BY MINE OR SUBMARINE Cff the Coast of Holland—Passvnge's ard Crew Believed to Have Ba»n fescued. London, March 16.—The Lleyd passenger steamer sank early today off the Noord lightship as the result of st m:ne or an attack by a submar paseengers, among whom are 1 have been severa Americans, 2ad - meinbers of the crew are al be have been rescued. The steamor - ried between 80 and 90 passeac a_crew of 300. She was a vessel of 15,000 tons. The Tubantia left Amsterdam W. ne:sday for the River Platte ani was o have stopped at Falmouth for ad tional passengers and freight. Farly « |thie morning wireless distress cails from the steamer were received at t e the height of Le Mort Homme” his| Hook of Holland and torpedo boats a brovght forth a statement from e other craft rushed .to her assistan Frcnch embassy at Washingwon trat Some of these bLoats reached the the Germans have never’ gained a steamer before she sank and took of footing on the hill, which the Frenci:|passengers and members of the crew, stil_ holr. while others picked up survivors from Only engagements \between patr the ship’s boats, on which they 'ad have taken place on the Russinu fro i |taken refuge after the explosion. The Italians continue strongly on toe| The first flashes from the liner said offensive againSt the Austrians on the|she had been torpedoed and was in a Isorzo front, especially on the Podg Heights sector and southwes: -f Su: Mertino. On Podgora the Itali v tered the Austrian lines, but, zecori- ing to Vienna, were repuised ir vicious hand-to-hand fighting. Poth Austrians and Italians lay clom to successes around San Martiro. Thi Austrians assert that an Italiaa atta'c m this sector failed and that th> It: ians left numerous dead on The Italian official statement decla: that aftcr severe artillery and musket preparation the Austrians taunchxl two strong attacks and succealed reaching the edge of the :r tuken from them recently, but wire vn each occasion repulsed, “leaving tue grcund covered with dead. T.e nn. der lightship. Later messages a‘trih uted the disaster to the vessel coming in contact with a mine. Until full de- tails of the sinking of the steame> are at hand it will be impossible to say definitely what was the cause of the sinking. Among the American passengers saidq to have been on board the Tubantia was Richard Schilling, described as an American consul, and his wife and Gaughter. Seventy survivors of the disaster were taken into Flushing, Hollana, Ly two torpedo boats. Others took refuxe on board the lighttship, while still others were picked up by Dutch ard Swedish steamers. Those arriving at along the entire French front, but from Belgium to the Vosges the art’llery wf the e & a: of BOULANGER'S SON-IN-LAW VIOTIM OF HAND GRENADE. 'Had Been Reportad as a Prisoner the Germans. Berlin, Barch 16 (By wireless to Say- ville).—*“Colonel Driant, son-in-law the late General Boulanger, who to be a prisoner of the Germans, gead, the victim of a hand grenade, ac- cording to a report from Karlsrihe’ says the Overseas News agency. high German officer has visited Colon=" Driant’s tomb near Beaumont, north Verdun, the report staies.” A paris despatch on March 11 said that Colonel Driant, who was the hero of the defense of Caures Woods in the was feared, had been killed, had corre- ion of a French officer who had been picked up, wound- by German stretcher bearers, according to German prison- battle of Verdun, and who, it sponded to the descr] ed in the leg, ers. TRAINS DERAILED BY HEAVY SNOW DRIFTS On Central New England Road Near Millerton. N. Y. ‘Winsted, Conn‘ coaches of an train on the Central March 16.—T Millerton, N. ton to release the passenger is also the irons at Husteds according torl!n- he passenger ran into a heavy snow drift and its efforts to break through re- sulted in the two coaches leaving the rails No one was injured. The pas- formation received here today. sengers are still on the train. All trains on the Central New Eng- land and the New Haven roads enter- ing Winsted are being run as “double- High winds piling the snow is hampering traffic headers.” into deep drifts considerably. FUGITIVES FROM MEXICO TRAVELED IN BOX CAR Consul C. A. Williams and 45 Others From Torreon o, Texas, March 18.—Travs Lared: ling the entire distance in box cars, ‘Willlams and 45 other today from Torreon, Mexico, having left the because they were convinced it was the best tm.nc ‘Their aanmure, he said, was acts on the exicans or failure on the government of- Hieven the party at Monte- Consul . A. Americans arrived here late Mexican City, they said, any overt part of the de facto to offer protection. Joined HAINES SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT Wealthy Trumbull MM uundm %"W ey e s o BRITI6H DEALERS ARE Jury, e w'uh 2 ahotm Mmo was that IUYINO ‘mve IN AMERICA Booause of m ot Supply For- Qermany. nmlyllo-lvod has been reported by French newspapers castbound passenger New England railway are derailed at Husteds near Y., and a snow Dplow train sent out last night from Miller- Farmer Found Quilty of Murdor in lo«md Dogree. Bidgeport, Mu'ab 16~Jlm Smith Edn-. a wealthy Trumbuill farmer, of murflar in the after -m:- houn delib- s afternoon. Flushing said the explosion occurrcd at 2.30 o'clock this morning, just, as the Tubantia was about to drop anclor. Opinions among them varied as to whether the vessel had struck a mine or been torpedoed by a submarine. SILIUS NOT VICTIM OF GERMAN SUBMARINE State Department So Notified by Ger- man Ambassador. of BROKER LYMAN ADJUDGED Washington, March 16—Count Von IN CONTEMPT OF COURT Bernstorff, the German ambassador, = = under instructions from his govern- ment formally ontifled the state de- partment today no German submarine concerned in the sinking of the rwegian bark Silius, from which seven American members of the crew were rescued. The ambassador's memorandum also said the German government had not believed from the first that = German submarine tor- pedoed the Silius, because such an attack upon a neutral ship was di- rectly contrary to instructions under which submarine commanders are op- erating. Announcement that the Berlin sov- ernment had found after investigation that none of its submarines had made the attack was made in last night's news dispatches from abroad. CAUSED WIFE'S ARREST FOR REPEATED ASSAULTS Marital Troubles of Daughter of Late “Lucky” Bald New York, March 16.—Andrew Vin- cent de Patterson, upon whom the late King Carlos of Portugal confer- red the title of baron for his services in helping re-organize Portuguese fi- nances, caused the arrest here today of his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Anita Bald- win de Patterson, defeated claimant to the estate of Elias J. (Lucky) Bald- win, whose daughter she clalmed to me. The baron charged that she had several times called upon him at the club where he lives, and assaulted him while club employes looked on, be- cause. he declined a reconciliation They were married at Roxbury, Mass., last June. The magistrate before whom Mrs. de Patterson was - ed suspended sentence upon her agree- ment to cease her attacks upon her husband. CLASS ‘SCRAPS” ABOLISHED AT PENN STATE COLLEGE By a Unanimous Vote of the Student ody. State College, Pa., March 16.—Class “scraps’! at the Pennsylvania State College today were abolished by a unanimous vote of the student body. There was not a dissenting ballot in the 2,000 cast at the morning chapel exercises. Agitation against continu- ance of the custom has been spreading since the recent fatality in the Bowl fight at the University of Pennsyl- vania. For more than a decade Penn State sophomores and freshmen have staged three class scraps annually, the Citer scrap and pushball fight in the fall and the flag scrap in the During the last three years more thn 1ooo students have pemflpnod in each event. No injuries have resulted. of For Refusing to Answer Questions in . Bankruptcy Proceedings. New York March 16.—John Grant Lyman, awaiting trial here on a charge of swindling investors through- out the country in a stock selling scheme operated under the name of John H. Putnam & Co., was adjudged in contempt of the federal district court today for refusing to answer questions in connection with the bankruptcy proceedings against the firm of which he was head. Lyman's mother-in-law, Mrs. Jane Hartman, ignored a subpoena served upon her and it was announced an attachment would be issued to compel her to at- tend the hearing. Lyman, accompanied In court by his ‘wife, would not even admit his identi- ty, persisting, when questio: , in re- ply “I decline to answer. Judge Hough became impatient with the erstwhile stockbroker and declared that if Lyman succeeded in obtalning the necessary bail to free him from prison on the swindling charge, the court would re-commit him for con- tempt. Lyman hac been imprisoned in the Tombs since he was returned here a few weeks ago from Florida, where he fled after the exposure of his alleged stock swindle. is s of 'wo off SHIP SWAMPED OFF COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Only One Member of a Crew of Eight Saved. Prince Rupert, B..C, March 16. The Pacific~American C’Innlns‘ Com- pany’s tender Alpha Philadelphia, which left Bellingham Sunday for Al- aska was swamped off Rachel Island near here this mornirg. All on board with the exception of a deckhand named Christiansen are believed to have perished. Besides Christiansen, there ‘were seven men, including Captain S. W. Miller of the Alpha. Christiansen who arrived here today, said that as the vessel listed and filled he threw a small boat clear and drifted away in it. He said he saw Captain Mil- rle and Louls Rouche, the engineer, both wearing life beits, swimming to- ward an island three miles away. ‘The wind and tide carried Cnaristian- sein to another island where he im- provised a paddle with which he made Metlakatla this afternoon. Launches and the steamer Malapsina are search- ing for other possible survirors. CONNECTICUT REPRESENTED AT AVIATION SCHOOL Captain Ralph L. Taylor of Stamford Selected by Adjutant General Cale. Stamford Conn., March 16.—Captain w L. Taylor, Tth company, coast 1 corps left here today for New- port. v;.. for three weeks in- struction at the school of aviation there, wkich is being conducted under the auspices of the war department. Captain guardsmen at the school fifty d‘m by Adjutant General Cole u the representative from Con- el. BATTLESHIP KENTUCKY ORDERED TO VERA CRUZ. Had Recently Returned From There to Mardi Gras at New Orleans. ‘Washington, March 16.—The battle- ship tucky, nowv at c:"m., 2% | was was ‘era. '] She will sail as soon as she can be visioned ..nd coaled, It was exp] Muman artment m: the Kmm recently went from Vera Cruz to New Orleans for the Mardi Gras celebra- tion, “there was m flu»nut coast Mexi equipmont sufficiently powetm ‘to masniain reg- ular comm: tion with quhl.l‘ ton. 'rbe inten{ send i i SR in he —— MOTOR TRUCK COMPANIES mlu Ilhnr.y circulat- sinking condition near the Noord Ilin- | Taylor, who will be one of HEADED FOR EL PASO. Destined for Use of the United States THEY HAVE HAD NO ENCOUNTER WITH MEXICANS ADVANCED 20 MILES Commanding Officer of Juarez Voices Disapproval of Co-operation, But Declares He Will Obey Orders. San Antonlo, Texas, March 16— Somewhere south of New Mexico, per- haps twenty miles and poulbly a greater distance, General Pershing and the divided force he is commanding are encamped tonight. They have had no encounter with Mexicans and their progress into Mexico in search of a dear little plant That dear little plant still Fresh and fa For the: The dear The dear That dear little plant that U. 8. Troops Are |Lodge Criticizes Crossing Desert| Wilsen's Policies ‘THE DEAR LITTLE SHAMROCK’ 'Twas Saint Patrick himself sure that set it; And the sun on his labor with pleasure did smi And with dew from his eye often wet it. It shines thro’ the bog, thro’ the brake and the mireland. And he called it the dear little shamrock of Ireland, The dear little shamrock, the sweet little shamrock, The dear little, sweet little shamrock of Ireland. the daughter of Er Whose smile can bewitch and whose eyes can command, In each climate they ever appear in. shine thro' the bog, thro’ brake and the mireland, Just like their own dear | ttle shamrock of Ireland, ttle shamrock, (he sweet little shamrock. ittle, sweet little shamrock of Ireland. When its three little leaves are extended, Denotes from the stalk we together should toil. And ourselves by ourselves be befriended, And still thro' the bog thro' the brake and the mireland, From one root should branch like the The dear little shamrock, the sweet little shamrock, The dear little, sweet little shamrock of Ireland. SAYS BUCHANAN'S WAS ONLY MORE INJURIOUS TERM AT HOME AND ABROAD Address Announcing His Cndidacy Reelection Made Before the Lynn Republican Club. for Lynn, Mass., March 16.—The admin- istration at Washington was severely criticized tonight by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in an address during which he announced himzelf a candi- date for re-election. He spoke before the Lynn Republican ciub. “In my own opinio he sald, “with that grows in our isle. grows in our land. springs from our soil, amrock of Ireland. —Unidentified. Francisco Villa and his little army has been uninterrupted, according 'o t'e laconic mesviges recelved by Generar Funston. Ploughing Through Desert. “Merely ploughing their way through the desert sand,” were the woras of General Funston in summarizing the day's developments. WASHINGTON UNINFORMED OF MEXICAN EXPEDITION Wall of Secrecy Surrounds ments of Troop: Move- n Mexico. Washington, March 16.—An impen- etrable wall of secrecy surrounded tonight the movements of American troops beyond the Mexican border. So far as official Washington was ad- vised the columns might have vanish- ed into thin air when they crossed the international boundary yesterday in pursuit of Villa. Even the command- er-in-chief, President Wilson, did not know where General Pershing’s men were. No Reports From Funston. Secretary Baker recelved virtually no reports from General Funston aeal- ing with events beyond the border. Late today he said he did not know whether the troops had proceeded southward from their first bivouac on Mexican soil last night. Not a single despatch from the bor- der was made pudlic during the day except one reporting the death of Lieut. Zell, 11th cavalry, at the Co- lumbus hospital, where he took his own life in a fit of despondency. No Important Developments. Army officials were convinced that no important developments were to be expected for several days. It seem- ed plain on the day's accummulation of rumors that Villa was far to the south of his American pursuers. Slow Progress In Desert. The war department would not di- vulge any detalls of the number of troops crossing the border or the num- ber of regiments sent. Press advices, however, showed that Infantry ac- companied the cavalry and artillery out of Columbus in the main column. That means slow progress according to the desert conditions it will take daye. it is sald, to cover the distance to Galena, the last town where Vil- la was reported, unofficially- to have been seen. Consuls Unable to Give Much Aid. American consuls in Mexico so far have been able to give little aid to the troops, although all are on the watch for information that might indicate the bandit’s movements. Consular ad- (Continued on Page Two) RETURN OF ANOTHER OF THE STOLEN $10,000 GOLD NOTES. Taken From Mail in September, 1912, on Way From New York to Havana. New York, March 16.—A United States government $10,000 gold note, one of the twenty of the same denom- ination stolen from the mail in Sep- tember, 1912, 'hfle on the way to New York from Havana, Cuba, was received by a bank In this city today from Madrid, Spain. It was sent by reg- istered mail by the American Bank of Spain with the request that it be plac- to_the credit of that institution. It of the the exception of the administration of Buchanan there has been admin- istration in power which has been so injurjous to the United States, both at home and ,abroad, as that now in con- trol at Washington. Defense Plans Inadequate. After condemning the tariff and tax- ation legislation enacted by the dem- (Continued on Page Six) SEVENTH AND TENTH CAVALRY NEARING VILLA TERRITORY Are Led By Scouts From Mormon Ter- Portugal. island of Mourto. Broadall Adirondacks, are 40 feet deep. Condensed Te'w'a'_"* I’ouse Votes to Austria has dool.r'd war « o| Retain Sugar Tariff n, French troops occupied Snow drifts at i " €| THIRTEEN DEMOCRATS AND 8O- CIALIST MEMBER DISSENT Resident of Portland have petitioned for gates at rallroad crossings. Striking operatives in Warner Bros., laundry, Bridgeport, have retuned to VOTE WAS 346 TO 146 Food riots have occurred at Va Kazanitk, and Philippopolis, Bulgaria "“ Free Clause of the Underwcod-Sim- mons Tariff Act Nullified—Measure Now Goes to the Senate. An Austrian decree soon to be pro- mulgated calls to the colors boys born in 1898. Washington, March 16.—With thir- teen democrats and the socialist mem- Several submarines are being con- structed for Spaln at the Fore River ber opposinz., the house today by a ship yards. vote of to 145 passed administra- e tion bill to retain the present tariff The second chamber of the Hoiland | 9f one cent = pound on susar instead arliament adopted a war loan bill|of Permitting the free clause of the for $50,000,000. Underwood-Simmons tariff act to Eo into effect May 1 next. The measure Two men were injured when a u-l“‘"‘ goes to the senate. high Valley locomotive blew up at the bill were Repre- Gratwick, N. Y. of Pennsyivania: McAndrews and Tranportation in New York .ug.l'l'-vennor of Iilinois laway of was seriously hampered by & heavy | Texas; Crosser and Gordon, of Oblo: sleet and rain storm. | Hilliara of Colorado: Howard of Georgia; Johnson of Kentucky; ordered 150,000 | Thompeon of Oklahoma and Van Dyke shells from four|9f Minnesota, democrats, and London of New Yor socialist Leader Kitchin Ciosed Argument. Debate on the measure aroused lit- Middle Western firms. Reports received at the Navy De- partment state that new revolutions | tle enthusiasm until late in the day have broken out in China. when Majo Les Kitchin teok the floor argument. It Because of ill health, President|was one c few times Mr. Kitchin Pardo of Peru, will resign in favor of | has appeared for adm Ricardo Bentin, first vice president. |ures durinz the se: an member was present Deputy Internal Revenue Collector zzed by the minority tar- Charles W. Bagley of Hartford has re. signed. C. R. A. Byrne succeeds him. The bill to make January 1 a legal holiday Iin Mssachusetts passed the house yesterday and was sent to the senate. see him qu iff experts. Cannon Answers Kitchin. A rapid exchange resolved itself in- to a g ul assault upon and defense of the entire Underwood-Simmons tariff act Opening with the declaration that the republican party was the original free sugar organization of the United States and quoting from congressional records and campaign books of the carly 90's to prove his assertions, the Four surgeons from the American|majority leader drew attacks from army service list will be permitted to | Former Speaker Cannon, Representa- inspect the British army medical |tive Forduey of Michigan: Cooper of corps at the front. Wisconsin: Greene of Vermont and ')lher republican tariff specfalists. ~Thomas Taggart, it is expected, will | Democrats Not Committed to Free Su- be appointed by Covernor Ralston of gar. Indiana to succeed Senator Shively, who di » The sole cause of the proposed re- 0" Gled Tusstay. peal of the free sugar clause, Mr. Kit- chin sald, was that imports had fall- en off because of the European war, making the meet the of the government. Incidentally he declared the e .Juan Biboa, E P: 1 .| tic party never had committed itsel rived at El Paso h:r.:: Sexico. wher |1 @ free sugar act for all time. he sald he had paid Villa bandits $1,500 Recalls Payne-Aldrich Law. as a ransom for his release. “I bave heard a great meny %-oah I Tettrale, denounce the Underwood act, In order to save the cargo, the burn. | have not heard a solitary, Payne-Aldrich said. “You repudiated the ing steamer Herman Winter was flood- | publican defend the ed in the harbor at Portand, Me. The lpn" " he damage amounted to $100,000. very act you passed in the first con- gress following Its enactment. Pres- Jo:m have b..n sent from St |ident Taft at the very first opportu- . to the United States nd | nity after that act went on the statute Canadian ports to buy saiing vessels promised the pecple to revise RE> for the fish and coastal trades. “The Payne-Aldrich tax I approved Summer civilian training camps will | then,” interrupted Mr. Cannon, and I not be abandoned, Gen. Sco(l. C:'el of | have never apologized for it sance and Staff of the Army announced, revers- |1 would to God it were on the statute Kaiser Wilhelm has ordered the sale of several of his castles, the procesds to be contributed to the new German war loan. reported In distress at sea after having lost her stering gear, has made repairs, and is proceeds ritory in Cases Grandes Region. El Paso, Texas, March 16. — The Seventh and Tenth cavalry said to be advancing into Mexico by forced marches from Culberson’s ranch near Hachita. N. M., were nearing the Vil- la territory in the Casas Grandes re- gion tonight, according to the most reliable information that could be ob- tained here. ‘These troops are reported to be marching with the minimum of equip- ment and to be led by scouts from the Mormon colonies at Colonia Dublan and Colonia Morales. From their point of departure the distance is 85 miles to Casas Grandes and the start was made early yesterday morning. If Villa intends to offer any organrzed resistance to his pursuers it might be possible for United States soldiers to come in contact with his outposts very soon. The American expedition is penetrat- ing Mexico under ideal weather con- ditions. ~ The hot season will not be reached for a month or six weeks and if the windmill wells, which dot part of the country through which the ex- pedition is passing, are not dried up, the water supply situation should be relieved. Clear moonlight nights make it possible to see after dark for some distance. BETTER GO UNCLOTHED THAN GO INTO DEBT. Advice of Bishop William A. Quayle to Students Nearing Ordination. Asbury Park, J., March 16.—Bish- op William Quayle, of the Metho- dist Episcopal church, in a charge de- liverced today to a class of young men, who will be ordained ministers at the session of the New Jersey conference, now in progress here warned them to shun debts. “The greatest financial enemy of the people today is the credit house,” he said. “Better that you go undercloth- ed and underfed than that you go in- to_debt.” Bishop Quayle urged the members of the class not to make crusades. e told them the attitude of attack alien- ated old friends and made a few new ones. Above all things, he declared, ministers should not prate and must not attack other churches. NEW HAVEN ROAD EMBARGO SATURDAY AT MIDNIGHT On Account of Accumulated Freight on New York Piers. New Haven, Conn., March 16. — On account of accumulated frelght con- gesting the plers in New York, the and Hartford ing the decision announced Tuesday. |books now.” e—— Then you are repudiating th, lat- The Japaness steamer Hokoku Mary | form of the Nvuhllp.;n w{y ln. ]gl X last reported as leaving Singapore on | Mr. Kitchin replied, “as you promised Dec. 20 has been posted at Lloyd's as|to revise the tariff after a commis- overdue, and is thought to have been |sion had acted and specially declared sunk. the Payne act was too high and ought to be cut down.” Diretors of the Crucible Steel Co., of ttempted America this alternoon . decl (- Pl S P regular quarterly @ivideng tc1 | Representative Bailey made a futie per cent. dividnd on th preferred | 2{tempt to amend the bill so as to R suspend the free clause until May 1, 1917, by which time, he sald, he hoped the ‘war would be over. Motions by Representative Howard to re-commit and to amend the measure so as to Preserve a tarlff of one-half a cent = pound on sugar and to place a tax of per cent. on raw silk were over- Manuel Garcia, Spanish Government | Whelmingly defeated. representative, arrived at New York from Cadiz on the steamer Manuel | GREEK CONSUL-GENERAL Calvo, to buy war munitions in this AT SAN FRANCISCO PROTESTS country. Against Treatment by the Local A 12,000 mile voy-:u, begun on Ma: a : 30 last, ended when the Schonner A, Courts and Sheriffs Deputics. J. West of San Francisco arrived at New York from Manila, via the Pan- ama Canal. Alfred H. Clement & Co., New Or- leans freght brokerage firm, have purchased four sailing vessels and will put them into transatlantic freight service. San Francisco, March Vassarda at San 16.—Clearthe consul-general of Greece Francisco, announced today that he had made a formal protest t the Greek minister at Washington against treatment received at the hands of local courts and sheriff's dep- uties. Vassardakis was confined to his bed today under the care of a physician as a result of his efforts to prevent the execution of a judgment agalnst King Sea, African monkey, and pet of Kaffir stokers on the steamer Ap- pan when captured by the Germans, has been given to the Prospect Park, Brooklyn, zoo. The Ital steamer Regina d'italia arrived at New York from Genoa and Naples. She carried two guns mounted on the after deck. It was her first trip thus armed. Capt. Gen. Valeriane Weyler, com- mander-in-chief of the Spanish army, and Governor General of Cuba at the beginning of the Spanish-American war, is near death in Madrid. The treaty between the United States and Greece has been violated: consular papers and consular property have been removed from my office; my consular dignity has been outraged and my constitutional rights have been violated” he declared A legal firm recently obtained judg- ment against the consul for $822 for services. When Vassardakis failed to ppear to appear to answer the suit a warrant for his arrest chaging con- t was issued. A stay was grant- the state supreme court on the |contention that he was not subject to the jurisdiction of the local courts. Yesterday a deputy sheriff and a po- liceman appeared at the consulate to satisfy the ujdgment by seizing a quantity of small Greek statuary. Vassardakis said he was conv that the officers were trying to arrest him in violation of he supreme court's oder and resisted. He said he was knocked down and stamped on, it is reported. TO ESTABLISH WIRELESS DIRECTION FINDER At Naval Radio Station Truro, Mass. More than 100 occupants of apart- ments of Beverly Hall located in the Back Bay section of Boston, were rout- ed from their homes by fire that caused $25,000 damage to the building. The Dutch steamer Jan van Nassau, New York for Roterdam. wirelessed the radio station at The Lizard, Eng- land, that s had been damaged at sea. The nature of the accident was not given. TO FILL VACANCY CAUSED BY ELEVATION OF REV. E.C.ACHESON Church of Holy Trinity, Middletown, Extends Call to Rev. Dr. F. F. German. Middletown, Conn., March 16.—The Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal) tonight extended a call to Rev. Dr. Frank F. German of Mamaroneck Y. to become rector. The rectorship was made vacant some time ago by the elevation of Rev. E. C. Acheson to suffragan bishop of the diocese. SIGN OF DEATH PAINTED . ON DOOR OF RANCH HOUSE. at North Washington, March 16—The navy department. it was announced today. has established a wireless direction finder at the naval radio station at orth Truro, Mass. The finder was perfected by Frederick Colster. a wire- iess expert in the United States bureac Warning for Dr. Charles C. Young,|of standards. and is designed to indi- Formerly of Ghlm -.l. the amuon nnd distance frow hich a Tests have El Paso, Tlx.lhrdi 16.—Dr. Charles :hm '.Iu lnnrmn 's bearings wit* - report- | Ing two degrees of correcL above m will on record was by a Gloucester engineer, and contained 26,000 wosds.