Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 20, 1916, Page 1

- Norwich - Bulletin VOL. LVIIL—NO. 68 POPULATION 28,219 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other TEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS A BIG OFFENSIVE IS BEGUN BY RUSSIANS Berlin Tells of Attack of Great Violence Around Driswiaty Lake and Lake Narocz MUSCOVITES \WERE REPULSED, LOSING HEAVILY Counted 9,270 Russian Dead in Lake Narcoz Region—Fight- ing Around Verdun Has Slackened—German Seaplanes Have Raided East Coast of England—French Airmen Dropped Bombs on Metz and Other German Towns— Teutons Chronicle Recapture of Ground From British Northeast of Vemmelles—A French Torpedo Boat Has Been Sunk in the Adriatic by a Submarine. ‘With the slackening of the fighting around Verdun the Russians have started a big offensive movement against the Germans on the eastern fron! A raid by German seaplanes on the east coast of England and by French airmen on Metz and other German towns, the. sinking of a French torpedo boat destroyed by a submarine in the Adriatic and the veported torpedoing of an Austrian hospital ship by an entente underwa- ter boat are recoraed in official and unofficial communications. Violent Attack by Rus: Berlin chronicles an attack of great violence by the Russians around Dris wiaty Lake and Lake Narocz, but the Russians were repulsed with great losses, 9. Russian de: countered in the Lake Teutons Driven Back. Saturday the Germans in the Vaux- Damloup sector northe of Verdun began another spirited attack asain the French, but the French brinsi their curtain of fire into the Teutons back. The pushed again during only intermittent bomba e PSS S S Berlin reports the recapture of some ground from the BEritish northeast of Vermelles, in the rezion of La se and the driving of the French f a position northeast of Badon the Vosges. London acdmits the c ture by the Germans of three cr t the Hohenzollern Redoubt. The French suns have been busy hombarding CGerman trenches Champagne and German depots rortn- cast of St. Mihiel. French Aircraft Rai Five French aircram: bombs on Metz ammunition near Chateau Salins and the Tments took dropped a aero- drome at Dieuze. while 23 other ma- chines attacked the aviation Habsheim and the freis Mulhausen. In the batfles in the lowed the Cermans a eaca lost three or forr marhines. A German oivshiy attacked tb~ entents "ad flect seuth of Salon bnt with what result Berlin does not say. French Torpedo Boat Torpedoed. Three officers and 44 men of the crew of the French torpedo boat des- trover Renaudin were lost when a Teutonic submarine sent the vessel to the bottom in the Adriatic. German Aeroplenes Raid Dover. In a raid by four German aeroplanes over Dover, Ramsgate and A air which f-1- nd the French gate at least nine pers were ed and 31 injured. One of the sea- planes was brough at sea by The German avis The Germun admir: officiai’y ae- nies tha ne was respon 0| the FRENCH TCRFEDO BCAT SUNK BY SUBMARINE Three Officers and Forty-four Mem- bers of Crew Lost. Paris, March French torpedo boat destrover din has been sunk in the Ad a_ submarine. Three officer of the crew were lost and 34 of the crew The ministry of ne made the followinz o 1 wcement to- night regardinz the of the de- stroyer: “The squadron torpedo boat Rena din was sunk in the Adriatic by enemy submarine on the mornine of March 18. Three officers. among them were the commandant and second of- ficer and 44 seamen. w lost. Two officers and rty-four seamen w rescued by a Krench torpedo boat, which accompan the Renaudin.” The destrover Renaudin was built in 1913. Sbhe measured 755 tons and was 256 feet in len: She was a thirty knot boat. put in her trials had developed I2 knots. NC GERMAN SUBMARINE IN VICINITY OF TUBANIA. Official Statement By German Admir- alty So Declares. Berlin. March 19.—(By Wireless to Sajville)—No German submarine could have been in the vicinity of the spot where the Dutch liner Tubantin was sunk and no German mines had been laid ir this region, the German admiralty announced. The official statement; icsued under date of March 18, says: “rTLe Dutch navy department has stated that according to the sworn declaratfons of the first and fourth of- ficers and the lookout men of the steamer Tuban'ia. the course of a tornedo was clearly seen. “A German submarine is ont of the question in connection with the sinking of the Tubantia as the place where the accident took place is less Bas- | in | than thirty miles from coast, which means that v the territory decla festo of February 4, 1915. It is further stated t man mines were laid th HOW BERLIN VIEWS Regarded as a Result of s. Berlin, London, Mare 5 a. ation s bearing on the by paign than as an affair tional politics. ot the how and to w extent e u the homeog on of | | h vision from without This statement by posted observer of regarding the causes the retirement of pitz, borne out” b a an King Son Reuben Convi yesterday after convic counts of receiving etolen goods. The good: of silk io; and stolen were n consigned lentown, Pa., concern to dealer; three cases of un signeq from Ephrata, York agent, and four c: wear from Utlca, N. York merchant. James P. Meehan has b in New wear, which was in tran: ship pier. The thief wh cases of ribbons has not hended. The gzoods four to Hurwitz Bro: stos through a New Yorik ipprehended Supslies Are Being Mov mobile Truck: headquarters obiined indis ence 5 er he intended p hnd fight s known to the Ameri Gene formation ‘as to the de active pursvit of Villa. Two troops of the Tw ‘ed at Columbus ye: Ans, tine along whi faniry also Colnmb ch detatch to and, if that means of t be supplemented the Mexican N®rth from El Paso. BABIES IN Insincere. . March 19, America for 'k to babies in German dishonest and insincere f propanza which Germa: I ers. a political move, New York, March Steamer Philadelphia, Liverpool; C'a. serta, Genoa. Sailed: Touraine, Bordeaux. angerous for shipping by Tesignation of the powerful man, who for almost twenty has ruied the German navy depa ment with an autocratic sway uffered no interference or dmiral Von v the turn” whi roversy over this withdrawal Pa York of stealing the jobber 1 Funston withheld all by AGITATION FOR MILK the Duteh this place is red to be not the mani- hat no Ger- here.” RESIGNATION OF VCN TIRPITZ International m.—The re E ‘Admiral Von Tir- pitz is to be regarded less in the light marine cam- of interna- question the subma- used, but the cnity of the an zovernment is involved in the careful, well German politics d resuits of Von Tir- h HARTFORD MEN SENTENCED FOR CONCEALING STOLEN GOODS. Samuel Hurwitz. a Merchant, and His icted. Hartford, Conn., March 19.—Samuel Turwitz, a local merchant, was sen- d to state prison from seven to S on Reuben to from s, and another son Barnet, committed to the reformator: n 1 upon th $ worth from an Al- a New York derwear con- to a Ne een convicted under- t to a steam- 0 siole the been appre- nd _their wa e in this cit w GEN. PERSH!NGvPEHSONALLV DIRECTING OPERATIONS ed By Auto- s. according All the ev. ater that Villa < not many miles away, but wheth- to continue his flight | un- in- tails for the elfth cavalry sterday and have been sent forward to patrol this ments of in- been stationed. From as Grandes supplies 1 be moved by antomobile truck and permissions is ob- ransportation shipments ern railroad FOR GERMANY. Declared by Lord Robert Cecil to Be p. m--"“The the export of y is the most eature of the s have con- ducted in vour countr: Lora Robert Cecil, the min war n discussing today with a representative of ~ The Associated Press the charge that the British blockade was having a serious effect uron the milk supply of the central T.ord Robert C«il said: “T have {heen unable to find any evidence of honesty in the German claim that their babies are sueffring for the lack > The whole agitation designed to us with philanthropic Amer- Movements of Steamships. 19.—Arrived Steamer La concealing | o has| ) Cardinal Jerom'* Gotti Dead. Rome, March 1 via Paris, 7.15 p. m.—Cardinal Jerome Mary Gotti, per- fect of the Propaganda, died today. Cabled Pal;\_a" 1895. The office of prefect of the pro- Genoa and was made a cardinal in 1895. The office of perfect of the pro- paganda, which Cardinal Gotti held, is one of the most influential in the Catholic church. Honors Bestowed by Kaiser. Berlin, March 19.—Emperor William has bestowed the Order Pour Le Merite upog._Captain Haupt and First Litutenant Brander of the Twent Fourth Brandenburg Infantry regi- ment, who were the first to enter Fort Dounaumont with their companies, the Overseas News Agency announced to- day. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BETHLEHEM STEEL CORP. Net Earnings Amounted to $24,8821,- 408, an Increase of 260 Per Cent. New York, March 19.—The annual report of the Bethlehem Steel Corpor- ation for 1915, issued here today, dis- closed that the net earnings of the corporation and its subsidiary com- panies, after deducting expenditures, amounted to $24,8821,4088 as compared with $9.649.667 in 1914, an increase of 60 per cent. Orders on hand 1915, agsregated $175,422. as against $46,513 ponding date of this previous |statement by Charles M. chairman of the board of directors and E. G. Grace, the president, refer ring to the remarkable recovery of the steel industry from its low ebh prior to the outbreak of the European war, declared that “today there exists an actual shortage of steel-making pacity in this country.” n’ interesting feature of the report was the statement that the.average number of employes of the company in the United States had increased from 15,686 in 1914 to 22.064 in 1915 and that wages paid in 1915 amounted to $21,800664 as against $14,31 the previous year. Calling attention to the bill ing in congress for the build the government of an_ armor Messrs. Schwab and Dill armor virtu plant, Grace declared passed the v nts in this coun- destroyed. ng be ¥ n 1y ALLEN FAMILY EXTERMINATED BY VIRGINIA FEUD. Jack Allen, Last of the Noted Allen Cian, Was Shot Friday Night. Roanoke, Va March 19.—Jack Allen, last of the noied Allen cian of county, was shot and killed night in _the home of lrs. Roberta Martin, five miles from Mount Airy, C., by Will McCraw, “'Of ‘hf§ way Honie from Mour where he sold 1 wa 1o ber, Allen stopped at 5 N home to spend the nig per he and Mrs. Martin | were sitting before the open fire ing when McCraw came in and took part in the conversation. | Di on of the A rials of three ago, which an being resu Jut to de: courtho some for the raid Accompanie were camping family returncd to the 1 > and there AMMUNITION SMUGGLED iS BEING INTO MEXICO. Statement From an Sources Tells of Texas, heinz smuggled into Mexicy Authoritative Tra border 2 statement made uthoritative the stateme; kis Hurce. The t gave the i vernme: to allow maker formation in of t au He used. name to be I only hope there are ans involved in it. ought to be hanged in pub- their disposal. no Ameri re the tic.” OBITUARY. Tom Karl. Rochester, N. Y., March 19.—Tom Karl, an opera singer, known through- out this country and Europe; died at his home here ton Since his re- axperiences covered over for and it is said that he had s less than oper: of the organizers and for many years manager of one of the most succe: ful of English opera companies, famous Bostonians. Henry Wolf. New York, March 19.—Henry Wolf, noted as a wood engraver, died at hi home here last night from an attac! of acute indigestion. He was born in Eckwersheim, Alsace, Auz. 3, was a pupil of Jacques Le: brated Strassburg ensraver. Mr. Wolf came to America in 1871 and was gen- Iy regarded as one of the two re- ning masters in wood enzraving in this country, the other being his friend and colleague, Timothy Cole. He is survived by a widow and a son. Many honors were bestowed upon M Wolf du his career. Among them were a_gold medal at the Paris Salon in 18895, a medal at the Chicago Ex- ng in no He was ona the position in 18§93, a r medal at the flne arts exposition at Rouen T in 1903, and a diploma and of honor for distinguished ser- vices in promoting the art of ensrav- ing at the St. T.ouis Exposition in 1904. His portrait of President Lin- 1coln, made from a small photograph taken in 1863, was widely known. Viila Has Been AMERICAN TROOPS the Fourth—Troops in Good Shap co by troops, according to information r ceived today in wireless despatche from the front and in telesraphic d Villa has been ing forward with an uzing speed. a at Babricora. Blocked by Carranza Garrison. To the south, Villa’ ay is bloc Company, cern which has v and ra d interests On account of the importance this town an exceptionally he ranza force is said to hold Problem of Bringing Up Supplies. of | on the Hillsvilie led to a quarrel. | The women and their children ran from the room. A shot lowed by ano i? nd without his {the house and found Jack Allen iving on the floc his face in his own i and a bull rough his hez are huunt for McCraw. He a to be | with friends in | ‘I know,” he said, “that the n and federal authorittes are everything in their power to stop the traffic and they are being aded in every way possible by the various 1 authoritias bu e smuggl going 2 about 1500 Tontier, far the greator hich through plac is almost im- | to completely stop this traf- ) the handful of men the gov- ernment and border stat ave at If there |3 tirement from the stage Mr. Karl had ! spept the past four vea teaching music in this ci Mr. Karl's opera ame ar force has tion that _inste |from the t they I nights chil MEXICAN BANDITS HAVE Enrico Visconti, One of the Bes Known Foreign Ranchers in Mexico. i Visce 1k dits on his il last urder rezched here m sent by Vinc othier of the murd, Visconti's ranch « tent and located onc south of Ojinaga and obo: ance east of Chihuaaa lits who murde Juan Pilba ously an ansom, which | him wa 1id from | It is sup; conti refused thei demands for money, but no deta’ have h N Te ed here yet jup son of the ranchman have been with him on the nothing is known as to h - he murder of the ranch ow: oused deep indignation in the It and respected. He had ived molested befo His brother Virn z0 sent the following telegram tod. to the Italian ambassador in Was! ington: “1 am sorry to notify Your Ex cellency that my brother Enrico Vi conti. an Italian citizen, has been maurdered on his ranch in the state o Chihuahua, Mexico, by for ransom or otherw get in touch with at all and dc no ng less thar supply of coal left in Quarantine. Rev. S. A. Brooke D London, March 20, at Ewhurst, Surrey, was born in 18382 known as an author. Saturds Oriven Into Trap BY THE RAPID ADVANCE OF BANDITS ARE HEMMED IN Carranza Troops On Three Sides and the American Force is Driving in on El Paso, Texas, March 19.—Francis- driven into a trap the rapid advance of the American on the fourth the Americans are driv- r- MURDERED ITALIAN SUBJECT! n solony here, where h was was known revolutionary maltreated. Some of them I have been unable to know whether they are dead or alive her bunkers, when she dropped anchor at 209 a. m.—~The Rev. Stopford Augustus Brooke died y. He and was widely Hid in Mines to Escape Bandits EXPERIENCE IN MEXICO OF MRS. ‘W. ROGERS OF DETROIT FLED ON MOTORCYCLE Asserts That the British the Only Flag Shown Any Respect in Mexico —American Flag Incites Anger. El Paso, Tex. March 19.—Mrs. Wal- lace Rog Detroit, Mich., arrived hree today with her 15 months old baby and told how she had hidden for two days in the shaft on an abandoned mine near Cananea from Mexican ban- patches to General Gabriel Gavira, the |dits. Mrs. Rogers' husband is inter- Carranza commander at Juarez. Ev-|ested in mining property near Cana- erything seems now to depend on the |nea, but was away from home when ability of the Carranza garrisons to|the little colony fled on the approach hold their end of the net. On thrge | of the bandits. des the bandit chief is hemmed in & by strong Carranza columns, while Fled to Abandoned Mines. “The whole country around where I was living,” said Mrs. Rogers, “was filled with abandoned mines, the shafts | of some of which had been sunk 2,000 Villa. was reported in the Ilnbrh‘m'nin.fl or more. Most of the American ke region tonight in the ranch of lmen were away when we heard of the Phoebe Hearst, which he has the bandits. We fled to razed several tim he past. » abandoned mines, carrying about south of food we couid snatch up. ere of the of the n 'n took my baby and we d down b | an abandoned shaft by rived is at the |iadders until we reached the 1,000 foot rate of 33 miles a few miles | jevel. Here we remained for 24 hours. to the wi of the bandit's position is “Finally, as we eard no ehootin Namiquipa, which is held b: POW-{one of the men ventured to the sur- erful Carranza garrison. On the east|face. He rep ing quiet and are the frowning barriers of the Sier- | we' returned homes. We had ra Madre Mountains, barring th however, when to Somora. General Luis ¢ 7, in heard that the bandits were Carra field chief, declares that | coming. he holds all the p: to Sonora. Sat in Darkness and Prayed. “This time we went down to the 1,500 ere we remained another re in a little slope about we had 1 his of any had only ans condensed milk to feed my baby. there on the floor in the ed. At last we could I think we would if we had stayed up into the sun- 3 n of the ban- While Carranza and his military and we made our way safely to tie have succeeded so far in nea, where we got a train.’ IS nSiE ans foction (thend 18 ool - | | ljsed Brithih Flag) for Protection. time to threaten the entire situation.| Mrs. Rogers deciared that the Amer- As th line: communication of the ., far from commanding the Americ: force lengsthen the prolb m of Mexican ndits, actually of bringing up supplies becomes in- them to outrages. The only ere ¥ more pressing. t offercd any protection, she To grant the United States permis- | s s the British flag. sion to use the Mexican railroads for] "I am bitterly_ashamed.to admit it,” = HF4S - thonaWeHers, | she said, “but whenever trouble started mis 1ed by many M jwe t to hunt for a ‘Union Jack.’ . On other hand 11t w no means a_bullet proof uld scareély harmoni w re | ehield, but it was the only flag I ever cssed desire Villa if iw[, aw t Mexican ny deference and meeting | to. "here was a Englishman | who committed re 1 was. re i army | Mexicans it he was an explained, 1| can and hurriedly dug a suffer for hole and were going to put into v I away w out mony when the country me jofticer in ¢ i someone vered o d than that in 1 mother th 3 {is o we some- columns my | where 1 I do not know the burial and with who reached here today tr 00 ough Mexico on a mo! le in search of saf He was employed on the O. T. ranch in easter huahua. i | Escaped on Motorcycle. There were three of us on i he said, “when we heard that t 1 0f Mexican soldiers were going | We were told they | we did them. and trave I jumped d_about min Then I d over the coun- to find the border. 1 by mounted Mex- was too fast for a couple of times wild. My gaso ansted when I sav o arrive here and nz the border daily, f them refuse to Mexico, they that country v aroused the Mexicans. SALVADCR IN FAVOR OF PAN-AMERICAN TREATIES For the Mutual Guarantee of Integrity of All Nations. 19.—Salvador favor of Pres. sal for treaties n nations for » of their integri- Wilson's tween the pan mutual gu b in the recen Melendez to the T ived h by er, hearty not only but ddress of alv President lorean congress, Zaldivar, the sement was n t s to the president’s pro- 1o 1 to the general policy of soldierse. I beg Your Excellency to|pan-Americanism. protest to the state department against “This gevernment,” President Me- this outrageous crime, which, like|landez haid. in his address, “sees in many others, are committed daily | the § of the Northern American on foreigners in that country.” nment a ve landable and sine Visconti said that his ~telegram | cere effort for preserving peace among would be forwarded by a oint pjrotest | the American nations eliminating from to Secretary Lansing by the leading |diplomatic relations many obstacles Ttalians here. that impede harmony among the “I have a large number of relatives | s: nd lack of confidence in Mexico,” he said, “and there is not | and suspicion. one of them who has not been held | — = DEN!AL THAT BRAZIL t HAS SEIZED VESSELS i Of German Ownership Which Have Arrival of Armed Italian Steamship.| Been Interned in Brazilian Ports. New York. March 19.—The Ttalian| pio yaneiro, March 19.—From a re- steamship rta, armed with two |, Wi 0" it is learmed that the rrived here | Jable, nment despite re- to the con ¢ to circulation in United States, kas taken no ac- towards requisitioning merchant is of German oknership interned ports. to information published newspapers the Brazilian gov- por the tion ernment would not consider taking such action without an amicable agreement with. all - interests con- rned. The neutrality of Brazil in the war between Germany and Portugal has been decreed. their politics | * and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Popu Improvement in the condition Premier Asquith is reported. Gov. Harrington of Maryland, sign- ed the local option bill. o The London “Standard,” established in 1857, suspended publication. Cold weather has the crop in the peach belt about Fort Halley, Ga. King George, Queen Mary and Lora Kitchener reviewed the Irish Guards in London. Gov. Fielder of New Jersey signed a bill providing for the regulation of Jitney busses. Exports of copper from Atlantic ports for the week ended March 16 totalled 6,124 tons. Manuel Montero Tirade has been appointed financial agent of Peru in the United States. A report from London says that 44 German ships have been seized by the Brazillan government. Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg has received a vote of confidence from the Bavarian ministry. The American Locomotive Co. re- ceived an order for six engines from the Chicago Junction Railway. Clara Morris, famous actress, now blind, celebrated her 70th birthday a* her home at Whitestone, L. L. The Sommers Woodworking Co., at Washington N. J., was destroyed by fire that caused $100,000 damage. Fire at the plant of the Asbestos Wood Manufgacturing Co. at Pough- keepsie, N. Y. caused $20,000 damage. Capt. John F. O'Connor, member of the New York Police Department for 27 years, died at home in Brooklya. Wages of trainmen on the western shington branch of the St. al Railroad have been advanced 20 per cent. Furchases of roasted coffee in quan- tities of more than one-half pound have been prohibited in Brandenburg, ermany. One thousand house wreckers in York hreaten to go on strike today if their demnad for $3.60 a day is not granted. Sergeant Pilot George Guynemer one of the most daring members of the French corps has been fiying wounded. Elisworth E. Fout and six of his children were burned to death wl fire destroyed_the Fout home at.Clay vitle, Va. 2 Because of severe storms, all avail- able government cutters were ordered to New England waters, in case they are needed. An unidentified stamer. has been sunk in Porto Rican waters, and is Iying bottom up, in the path of Porto Rican trade. Maj. Wi t, Quartermaster Paso, estimated that th Villa campaign is costing the United States 000 daily. President Wilson sigmed the Joint Senate and House resolution author- izing him to recruit the army to its full |authorizr strength A contract for 15 motorcycles for use in Mexico has been placed with the Hendee Mfg. Co., by the United States Government. Five men were injured when 1,000 ponds of smokeless powder at the 3 of the Hercules , N. J. plant Powder Co., exploded. William T. Thornton, Confederate !veteran and _territo: governor of ew Mexico from 1893 to 1897, died at a Fe, N. M., aged 73 ion of a State constabulary that will relieve the National Guard of strike duty will be proposed to the l.\'(‘v\‘ York Legislature today. The Pressed Steel Car Co., received orders for 50 steei box from the Tsin Pukow Railroad, China, and 25 general service cars for France. A report from Rome states that a plot to assassinate the Bulgarian royal family was revealed when bombs were found beneath the palace. Representative Harry C. Foster, Re- publican, of Gloucester, w expelled from the lower house of the Massa- chusetts Legislature for grafting. After inspecting Salonica, Gen. Mos- chopoulos, commander of the Greek forces in Macedonia. told King Con- stantine that he believed the seaport impregnable. Colonel Miguel San Vincente, form- er Villa officer, arrested at El Paso, was found to he wounded. and Is be- ing held on suspicion of having par- ticipated in the Columbus raid. Reports reaching Laredo, Tex., say that 14 Carranza soldiers and 10 ci- vilians were killed in an explosion of a carload of grenades and artillery am- munition in the National Rallroad yards at Monterey, Tex. last Tuesday. James Brennan of Warehouse Point, Conn.. was struck by a_troley car on the Hartford-Springfield line vesier- day during the snow storm and re- ceived injuries which resulted in his death soon afterwards. FACTORV—FIRE IN NEW JERSEY CAUSES LOSS OF $300,000 A Fireman Was Overcome While Fighting the Flames. Jersey City, N. J, March 19.—Ftre today destroyved the five story bufid- ing here occupied by the Durban Duplex Razor company, entailed a loss of $300.000. A fireman was over- come by smoke while fighting the flames, which were first observed is- suing from a rocom near the boilers. A quantity of celluloid supplies used in making razor handles caused the blaze to spread rapidly. Church Burned at Torrington. Torrington, Conn.. March 19.—The A. M. E. Zion church was burned here early today. The blaze is believed to have started from an overhea‘ed fur- nace. The loss is estimated at 35,- 000. lation Railroads Protest Wage Demands DECLARE THAT THE ACTION OF TRAINMEN IS UNFAIR NOW THE HIGHEST PAID Claim That the Demand for an Eight Hour Day is a Subterfuge to Gef Higher Wages. New York, March 19.—The confer- eénce committee of managers for the eastern railroads, of which Elisha Lee is chairman, in a statement issued here today “to the 300,000 stockholders of these companies,” characterized the demands of the railroad trainmen for higher wages as unfair and added that “the carriers cannot and should not shoulder this burden of an un- warranted Increase of $100,000,000 in the wages of a small minority of their hizhest paid employes.” The payroll of the castern roads in 1914, it was pointed out, amounted to $835,000,000, of which $156.000,000 weni {o the trainmen. The 00 owners of the railroads, who bave put 7,000 miilions of their saving in the bu. investment abe or four ner cent., tinue ness receive on thei 0,000,000 a year, > staiement con- “The raiiroad on every road in the country are dem: nd. ing an increa: in wag that will add not far from $190,009,000 to the pas roll. . Trainmen Get the Cream. “These emploves, the highest paid in the service, are less than one fifth of the army ¢ d work They have taken the cream of the biz wage advances of the past few yi 1t they fcrce their demands on the care riers b t of a nation-wide strike, surel, s of the other four- fifths w uire adjustment. Man- ifestly wurces of the railroads rmit granting !l em- e proportionate in- crease. Want Ten Hours’ Pay For Eight Hours’ Work. emand for frenkly “It s an eight hour day demand for ht hour paj sis—the t hour pay to he a minimum, but the equivalent of the king for an e nid bitterly of the railroads cight hours effort ke them work a day—no more and no se any -~ less. Eight Hour Demand a Su ge. Iroad men and workers in other in- ustries, their demand for still high- umand for higher wages in the form of a for an cight hour day. he stockholders of American . e high wares and Nor is it 8 have interest in the cost their threa would part of the surplus left for dividenas.” a that trainmen as compared with other an honest statement to put this de- pecially in a " labor cost absorb a larg: TWELVE RACE HORSES BURNED TO DEATH. Which Destroyed Barns at Michigan State Fair Grounds. Detroit, Mich. race horses wer: bre which Michian conditions enjoved by er wages Is not a fair one. f operatin proper: ad In March 19.—Twelve burned to dea*n in a d six barns at the Loaay. 00° und was about the firc has Most of the trained by i the ed were for o them Crescent were: 1-4; Hal, 3 cal Option, 1 1-4; Ina Clare and Durin. Three animals were resc from the Colby string and a dozen or more were re- moved unharmed from adjoining sta- bles. AERIAL PARADE OF MILITARY AEROPLANES Featured Dedication of Panama-Cal- ifornia Intrnational Expoition. L, “al, March 19.—With an of military aeroplane: by four record-breaking avi one of its features, the Pana- a-California International Exposition was dedicated yesterday. Franklin » Lane, secre y of interior and representa ident Wilson, delivered tht addr f the day. It Il be the second yeur of the expo- sition. Exposition officlals are confident that the venture will have even a more suc- cessful year than its enjoyed last year. Many exhibits were brought in- tact from San Francisco at the close of the Panama-Pacific Exposition last December. FIVE PERSONS ASPHYXIATED BY GAS IN NEW YORK Two Mothers and Three Children— Discovery Made by Husbands of Dead Women. New York, March 19.—Five persons, two mothers an dthree children, were found dead here today from gas as- phyxiation. The victims were Mrs. Theresa Backstetter, 26 years old, her daughter, 8, and a son, one year old, Mrs. Ann Quary, 37 years old, and her founr year old son. In each instance the tragedy was discovered by the husband and father when he reterntd home. In neither case the police de- trmined positively whether the deaths ‘were accidental. TWO HUNTERS EACH FINED $200 AND COSTS Men Who Accidentally Kille¢- Two Persons in Maine. Dover, Me., March 19. — Melvin Bragdon of Blanchard and Edmund P. Ledger of Shirley pleaded gullty in the Supreme Court today to indict- ment charging negligence while hunt- ing game and each paid a fine of $200 and cots. Bragdon killed Mrs. Reub- en Bartlett of Blanchard last No- fatally shot Vate