Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 24, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVIIl—NO. 72 NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1916 - - s‘_}_\——___._—-————.-——:—_r_——————._'___—._—.—_ The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IS GAINING IMPETUS Muscovites Are Attacking From the Riga District Southward Seventy Miles BERLIN CLAIMS TO HOLD AN UNBROKEN DEFENSE No Infantry Attacks Have Taken Place in Belgium or France, But Heavy Artillery Battles Continue—DBritish Have Gained Some Advantages Near Gommecourt—A Fourth German War Loan Has Been Closed, Which Will Exceed in Amcunt That Raised on Second Loan. Heavy masses of Russians are press- ing the Germans from the Riga district southward for a- distance of seventy ‘miles. While they have gained some ndvantages, the Russian war office admits that south of Lake Deswiaty the Germans recaptured trenches that the Russiuns had taken the previous night. The Russians have again pierced the opposing line in the Jacobstadt sector. k According to the German official communication, “not even the smallest advantage against the unshaken Ger- man defense” has been obtained any- where in this great offensive which the Russians have undertaken in northwest Russia. While Berlin declares that the Russians have ceased their vicious attacks in the neighbornood of Posta- vy, eastward of the railway between Dvinsk and Vilna, Russia officially = nounces that the fighting there con- tinues and that southwest of Lake Narocz ghe Russian troops have again advanc under a violent bombard- ment. The Austrians combatting the Rus- sians in Galicia and the Italians along the Austro-Italian front appear to be/ holding their lines without change. Except on the front near Gomme- court and the Bethune-Labassec road, where the British gained some advan- tages in fights against Germans, no infantry engagements have taken place along the line in France and Belgium. Heavy fighting, however, continues be- tween the Germans and Russians on the eastern front from the region of Riga southward. The Germans northwest of Verdun are keeping up their violent shelling of the Maiancourt sector and have again trained their suns on the French iront of Bethincourt, Le Mort Homme | charge of current at a certain point and Cumieres, probably preparatory to fresh infantry attacks in an endeavor to break through the line when the moment seems propitious. The French have not bohbardment of the Malancourt wood from positions in the Argonne forest and are also shelling heavily German positions and the roads and railways held by the Germans in the eastern part of the Argonne. The bombardment northeast of Ver- dun, as weil as in the Woevre region, east of the fortress, has increascu i activity A fourth German war loan has been closed and a_Berlin despatch says the money raised will exceed the aggre- gate of the second loan but will be less than that of the third. This would mean that between §,000,000600 and 12,000,000,000 marks have been obtain- cd, the second loan having realized 79,600,000 marks and the third loan 150,000,000 marks. AUGUSTA FIRE LOSS WAS ABOUT $5,000,000 An Area About 1 1-4 Sguare Miles Was Ravaged by the Flames. Augusta, Ga., March 23.—Twenty Blocks™n the residential section of Au- gusta in charred ruins and the bare Wwalls of six blocks bear iestimony to- day of Augusta’s most seriou$ fire dis- aster of recent years. Upwards of 700 houses were destroyed and at least 3,- 000 persons are homel The fire which raged for more than nine hours last nignt causing a loss estimated at from $3,000,600 to $7,00 000, was brought to a halt early teday after it had crossed Green street. An area of about one and one-fourth square miles was ravaged by the| flames, which were driven by a heavy gale. The Augusta firemen were pow erless and fire apparatus from Columbia, Charl Macon, Savannah and The wind subsided just clock, and it was not until thea t the firemen could gain in their The twelve-story ing owne: the Augusta Chronic virtu: destroyed. The Sugusta 'erald build- ing also was burned. CONFESSED IMPLICATION N THREE MURDERS;: 11 ROBBZRIES Howard George of Baltimore is Under Arrest in San Francisco. | San Francisco, March 23.—Howard George, who said his home was Bal- timore, Md., has confessed, the police said today, that he was a member of a garg of five men who recently com- mitted three murders and 11 robberies on_Pucific coast cities. George was arrested wounded in a fight fol bery., Twq member: George is alleged to are in San Quentin pr in jail here, and the The prisoner said his attache of the M and his brother Baltimore. beins rob- after a newspaperman in TORPEDO BOAT DESTROVER LAUNCHED AT FORE RIVER. Miss Louise McLean Ayers of Cincin- nati Christened Craft, Quincy, Mass., March 23.—The Unit- ed States torpedo bcat destroyer Row an, named for Vice Admiral Stephen C. Rowan, was launched today from the yards of the Fore River Shipbuilding corporation. Miss Louise McLean Ayers of Cincinnati, a grand-niece of | Vice Admiral Rowan, performed the| traditional ceremony in naming the| vessel. The Rowan is a sister ship of the destroyer Sampson, recently launched | here. TO STOP SALE OF LIQUGR ON EXCURSION STEAMERS Bill Favorably Reportzd by House Committee on Liquor Traffic. ‘Washington, March 23.—Sale of li- quor to minors on the navigable wa- ters over which the United States has jurisdiction would be prohibited and Denalized by the Sabbath bill, report- ed favorably today by the house com- mittee on alcoholic liquor traffic. The measure is aimed particuiarly at al- leged abuses on excurszion steamers. ia BRITISH PRIZE COURT CONDEMNS HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINERS Prinz Adelbert and Kronprinzessin Cecilia Are the Ships. London, March 23, 12.47 p. m.—The Hamburg-American liners Prinz Adel- bert and Kronprinzessin Cecilia which were seized at Falmouth at the out- of the war, were condemned in prize court- today as prizes. REPORTS OF OPERATIONS OF MEXICAN BANDITS Captured Villa Soldiers Tell of Two Gangs. ‘Torreon, Mex., March 23.—Captured Villa soldiers report that two gangs of ban are operating in the district south of Laguna one under Lozano, who killed hs partner, Perez, near Matamoros, last Friday, and the other under Canuto Reyes. Lozano's band, poorl armed short of ammunition, d to operating in the Puerto de Los Pe: and be cos foothills south of Matamoros. Reyes retreated to Sierra Prieta, a {most_due south of Torreon, after his last fight. report reached here was arranging to surrnder to Gene se Isadel Robles. If he surrenders large body of government trcops wiill be released from patrolling the railway and ranches. that Reyves it slackened their The foregoing despatch from Tor- | eon reccived today makes no men- tion of the report that the Carranza garrison has revolted. PATERSON SILK WCRKERS REFUSE TO COMFROMISE Manufacturers Say They Have Con- ceded All They Can. Paterson, son’s 2 b operatives have unani- ch 23.—Pater- 000 si v rejected the sil compromise oifer, workers a 9 1-2 hour beginning May 1, and a 9-hour day commencing Nov. 1, and will give the manufactur- ers until April 3 to com: nal demand for a Announcement to this effect w made last night, following a confi < manufactur- which ¢ s en members of the arbi Brotherhood of rib- board American bon of the Silk Worke! nch of the M rers tion. The manufacturers were in their refusal to zrant the hour day before Nov. 1, next, holding that they have conceded all that they can at the sent ti: VXOLATIONVGF ALIEN LABCR LAW CHARGED Against the Salts Textile Company of Bridgeport. the Hartford. Conn., March 23.—The fed- eral government, through U. . Attor- ney Speliacy today instituted suit in the United States district court against the Salts Textile company of Bridge- alleging violation of the alien la w. It is charged that the co: pany made contracts in France a brought workers to its Bridgepo vlant. There are twenty counts the complaint. The penalty in e «f conviction may be $1,000 on each count. REFERENDUM VOTE ON STATE OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS, Massachusotts Logislative Committee to Report Bill Favorably. in Boston, March 23.—The legislative committee on street railways voted today to report a bill for a referendum vote in Novembcr on the question of state ownership of strect rallways. The measure provides for the purchase of 2ll the lines In the state for $200,000,- 00. BAR SILVER HIGHER NOW THAN SINCE WAR BEGAN Attributed to Scarcity in London and Larger Demand on Continent. New York, March 23.—Bar silver and Mexican silver dollars today attained their highest quotation since the be- ginning of the Kuropean war. Silver builion sold at 593-1 cents an ocunce, and the Mexican _doilars at 46 1-3 cents, advances of 23-4 and 22-8 cents, respectively, over last Saturday. pounds. Cabled Paragraphs Liner Amsterdam Delayed Sailing. Rotterdam, Holland, Marcvh 23, via London, 7.50 p. m.—The Holland- American liner Amsterdam, which was announced to sail tonight, sailed in- stead at 2.30 o'clock this morning, it ‘was learned this evening. Hungary Calls More Troops. London, March 23, 8.26 p. m.—Men of the Hungarian lundsturm born in 1868 and 1869, and also the men belonging to the classes of 1865 and 1897, who hitherto have been employed in making materials of war, are now dismissed from this eervice and ordered to join the army on April 5, according to a Reuter despatch from Zurich. AN EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR STEAMSHIPS Has Been Perfected by the United States Bureau of Navigation. ‘Washington, March 23.—Perfection of an emergency lighting system of steamships was announced today by the United States bureau of navigation. The invention is the work of R. Y. Cadmus, a radio inspector at Baltl- more. It is designed to light vessels £o that no accident can leave a ship in darkness when passengers are to be removed. The system is operated by the z2ux- iliary power for the wireless apparatus. The general lighting plant on a sink- ing ship is submerged soon after the craft begins to go down, and many passengers have lost their lives be- cause they were unable to find their way to the decks quickly enousgh when a vessel began to sink. The ne - tem is so arranged that although the lower decks may be submerged the top decks remnain lighted until the ship disappears. Should the lights be used for pur- { poses other than emergency an auto- matic arrangement cuts off the i and reserves an emergency supply. TARIFF LEGISLATION TO AID DYE INDUSTRIES The Object of a Conference Held in New York Yesterday. New York, March tives of more than for terested in the manufac met here today in exec:tive session with Daniel Casey. representing Secretary of Commerce Redfield, at whose call the conferees zatherad. At another meeting tomorrow, which expected to be public, considerat will, it is said, be given to a resolut asking congress to enact such tarift 1 slation as would aid the dye in- dustries affected by the existing short- age of dy David Kirschbaum, president of the National As: ation of Clothiers, pre- siied at today’s meeting. It s learn. ed that the conferees have held a number of meetings recently with a view to seeking relief through the government. PRESIDENT WILSON MADE TRIP TO PHILADELPHIA Upon Return to Washington He Read Latest Mexican Despatches. Washington, March 23.—President on returned to Washington t m. from a vi to his oculist in made without stopping Philadelph; The trip back was and in un- nsually fast time. The president went immediately to the White House and read the latest despatches on the Mexican situation. SUS-COMMITTEE:FPCINTED TO ACT CN EMBARGOES Will Also Act on Requests for Relief from Raiircads or Shippers. Upon the s gestion of 1 Commerce Com- missioner Edgar I arke. a sub-com- ppointed today by Pres rith of the New York chairman of the ea umulation con with full 1thority to act on ‘goes i ed by the castern railroads well as requests for relief, either m the raiiroads or shipp The } be composed of | President | Casey of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. SPANISH MERCHANT SAYS VILLA HELD UP TRAIN 85 Miles Northeast of Namiquipa, Where He Has Been Operating. El Paso, Texas, March 23.—Garcia Flores, a Spanish merchant of the city of Chihuahua, who arrived here to- night, said that had held up a train on which he was traveling Moclezuma, 85 miles northeast of N. miquipa, where the Carranza authori- ties have insi the bandit chief w: iocated. Ilores well known in Paso. A BILL TO AMEND FEDERAL RESERVE ACT Authorizing Purchase of Stock in For- eign Bank Corporations. Washington, March 23.—A bill to amend the federal reserve act so as to authorize any national bank with a capital and surplus of $1,000,000 to pur- chase stock in a corporation organized to do a banking business in a foreign | country was ordered favorably report- ed to the house today by the banking and currency committee. OBITUARY. Seth H. Butler. Middletown, Conn., Mar 23.—Seth H. Butier, identified with the banking interests of Middletown for 40 vears, died at his home late today in his $8th year. For 23 years he was president of the First National bank, retiring re- cently. At one time he was president of the W. & B. Douglas company, pump manufacturers. He leaves three sons, one of whom, Earle C: Butler, is now president of the First National bank. Rifle Teams of Harvard and Princeton Tied. Cambridge, Mass., March 23.—The rifle teams of Harvard and Princeton universities tied each other tonight at 987 in a dual match decided by com- parative scores. WATER PLANT GUARDED Highest Prices Ever Paid For Lambs. East St. Louis, Iil, March 23.—The highest prices ever pair for lambs at the National Stock yards here was reccrded today when 500 Colorado lambs sold for $11.50 a hundred Atack Feared by Douglas Residents MEXICAN TROOPS ARE REPORTED TO BE IN THAT VICINITY Sixty Thousand Pounds of Ammuni- tion for Mexican General Callas is Being Withheld for Delivery Until Today Douglas, Ariz, March 23.—Reports that approximately 2,000 de facto Mex- ican government troops had been seen by United States soldier observers marching into Agua Prieta from the southeast today, coupled with gppar- ent verification from sources the Mexican town usually reliable, servea to arouse apprehension here tonighe. General P. Elias Calles, military governor of Sonora, stated, however, that no troops had arrived; tbat on the other hand 250 of the 500 men stationed there had been sent to C: bullona, 18 miles south, today. Inactivity of Military. In Douglas civil circles the appar- ent inactivity of the military in pa- trolling the city was the chief cause of uncasingss. It is currently report- ed that the American troops are under orders to make no move which would serve to indicate to the Mexicans’ that the slightest apprehension is felt here. This would exp#iin the peculiar troop disposition in the city. Only a small provost guard patrols the streets as in ordinary times. However, the smelte ty water plant and other public utilities are guarded by in- fantry detachments. Camp Harry J. Jones, in which the American :oldiers are quartered about a mile cast of the cit is not entrenched. Calles Assembling Large Force. rent report credited by many lo- people says that General Cales assembling a large force at Ca- Calles denies this In a nt tod; he said that Cabullo- na is merely a small camp and not a concentration camp. He declared that than 800 men were there at 1 Calles also said that Briga- dicr General Arnulfo Gomez, his sec- ond in command, is now en rov o to Moctezuma with men to reinforce the troops along the S Chihuahu: border, placed rd against a possible west- movement of Villa. About the Yagui Campaign. The military governor also is quoted a sEayving that M. M. Dieguez, com- mander of the de facto forces in thel »ns against the Yaqul Indians, started for Quertero, having been moned there for a conference by no Carranza. General Fran- » Serrcno, who was displaced by zucz, again is said to have taken d of the Yaqui campaign. 61,000 Rounds of For Calles. Sixty thousand rounds of ammuni- tion for General ¢ express toc unti! temorro Fecling of Apprehension. feeling of apprehension m was made evident late today. les arrived here by prébably will not Prieta for de. sram addressed to Senators F. 4 and Marcus Al » and Congressman Carl Hay- d were sent by local men, urging it war interviewed tions sued they department officials be t once and representi- be made ‘hat orders should be is- to the troops stationed here so 1ld adequately patrol Douglas Tord protection to the civillans. xplaining the purpose of the recent *e issued by General Calles af- ng the Chinese. Gonsul Ives G. Lelevier said that the Chinese in Sa nora live in a manner inviting dis- in some c: 4s many fifteen ng in one unventilated rodm he sz was that no more the than four shold e room. Chinese have a isiting permanently he > to the clause which for~ Celestrials to visit one an- r for more than two days at a time under pain of heavy penalties. He stated further that the Chinese are forbidden to engage in any occupatton i be classed as domestic ser- "e as they have been doing practical- v all the washing, cooking, etc., to the the Mexican women. Must Provide Work For Widows. “We have many widows In Sonora whose widowhood was caused by the We must protect them by pro- ¢ through the eu x 000 | rapher, Lillian Cook, about a year ago, cause of the| | Explains Why Radio of Expeditionary Dr. Waite To Be Held Fo[_ Murder IN CONNECTION WITH DEATH OF HIS FATHER-IN-LAW WEALTHY DRUG MAKER New York Dentist, Who Admits He Has Been Leading a Double Life, is Accused of Having Administered Poison to John E. Peck. New York, March 23.—In a stupor from self-administered drugs, Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, a dentist and prominent as a tennis player, was in the custody of detectives tonight and as soon as he can be taken into court he will be charged with the murder here on March 12 of his {ather-in-law, John E. Peck, a millionaire drug man- ufacturer of Grand Rapids, Mich. Sensational Case Uncovered. With the arrest of Dr. Waite the district attorney’s office believes it has uncovered what will prove one of the most sensational cases in many yeare. Mr. Peck, who is reputed to have left an e valued at sbout $1,500,- 000, and his wife died within six weeks (Cont ued on Page Eight) REFEREE WILL HEAR MAYO BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. Wealthy Manufacturer of New Haven Will Not Have to Air Domest Troubles. New York, March 23.—Virginius St J. Mayo, a wealthy manufacturer of en, Conn., was granted per- the supreme court here to- to give testimony before a refeéree previous to the trial of the $250,000 breach of promise suit brought against him by Wilhelmina Meyer, who says she lived with him for twelve years under the impression that she was his wife. An orde ined by Mrs. Meyer direcied M 0 appear today and glve his te or go to jail. His lawyers, however, protested against the airitiz of Mayo's domestic differences in public and the referee was appointed. Mrs. Meyer claimed to have discovered je of Mayo's stenog- that aithough she (Mrs. Meyer) and iayo went through a marriage cere- mony, Mayo was at the time married and had two daughters Scranton, Pa. STRANDED SCHOONER WAS ON FILIBUSTERING EXPEDITION La Providencia Was Smuggling Arms and Ammunition for Villa. living in New York, March 23.—The schooner La Providencia, which went ashore on the co; of xico 25 miles south of the mo of the Rio Grande last week, was engaged in a filibustering expedition, and the smiggling of arms and ammunition in support of Fran- cisco Villa and other factions fighting against Carranga, according to_ word received here today by Juan T. Burns, consul-general in New York for the de facto government, from the Mexi- can_ ministry of war and marine. Alfredo Ricot, the supposed owner cf ooner. and several other per- sons on Loard were arrested by the constitutionalist *authorities, the mes- sage stated Among the sailors were a number of men who had previously been arrest- ed on similar charges and had later escaped to the United States. Recent despatches from Galveston said that the description of La Prov- idencia tallied with the yacht Eclipse, which escaped from Norfolk, Va., some weeks ago with a number of of Ger- man sailors interned there. AMATEUR OPERATORS ARE INTERFERING WITH WIRELESS Force Has Been Working Poorly. Douglas, Arizona, March 23.—Ama- teur wireless stations along the border have been picking up radio messages from era! Pershing’s headquarters, government officials said today, in ex- plaining why the wireless with the ex- peditionary forces has been working so badly the last two days. No ar- rests have heen made, but stations put up by several boys have been disman- tled. Whether any of the army mes- sages have been caught by Mexican operators is not known. Rumors that General Dallas has been ng work that they can do,” said Consul Lelevier. “All of them can- not work in offices or stores, and the Chinese have left them so little work of the sort they could perform, they had either to starve or follow immor- al lives. General Calles stated today that the decree depriving all present holders of state concessions of the rights guaran- teed by such grants was in course of nreparation and would be published in about ten days. Battery H of the Sixth Field artil- lery engaged in fleld target practice in the hills three miles east of as, using regular service ammu- nition. They fired at targets about a mile and a half distant, scoring a high percentage of hits according to persons who were present. FOUND AMERICAN AVIATOR WHO HAD BEEN MISSING. He Was Uninjured—Out of Gasoline and Had Lost His Way. Columbus, M., March 23.—Lieu- tenant Edgar S. Gorrell of the United States aero corps, who has been miss- ing since last Sunday, was found to- day three miles south of Ascencion by a motor truck train under command recruiting a large force at Cabullona, 1S miles south of here, snd at other points in Northeastern Sonora, were declared false by the American and Mexican authorities. FIRST FLOATING HANGAR BUILT FOR THE NAVY Was Launched at Pittsburgh Yester- day—To be Taken to Pensacol Pittsburgh, March 23»—The first floating hangar built for the navy was launched at the marine way's of a steel construction company here today, and when completed will be towed to New Orleans and from there taken to Pen- sacola, Fla. The hangar is buflt of steel, 60 by 140 feet, and draws 18 inches of water. The hood, which is desizned to cover one of the new navy dirizibles, can be knocked down and packed on the deck. The hull, six feet deep, is divided into eight watertight as massive as the girders of a rallroad bridge. AMERICAN COMMISSION IN SOUTH A”ERICA Farewell Banguet Given Members at Guatemala City. of Lieutenant J. L. Parkinson, Twen- tieth Infantry, according to ' reports made tonight to military headquarters here. He was uninjured, but was out of gasoline and had lost his way. General H. G. Otis Seriously 11l Los Angeles, Cal, March 23.—Genera} Hargison Grey Otls, editor of the Los Angeles Times, is seriously 11l with pneumonia at a hospital here. Attend- ing physicians said today that his con- dition was satisfactory, but that age and impaired heart actin mads the cllflle serious. General Otis is 79 years old. Guatemala City, March 23—The American commission appointed to re- turn the visit of Central Americans who attended the Pan-American finan- cial congress has completed its mis- sion. A farewell banquet was given to the commission today by President Ca- brera. The commission will sail on Satur- day for New York on the steamship Sixaola. Movements of Steamships, . Cadiz, March 22.—Arrived: Steam- ér Tntonio Lopez, New York. Iflo'nrd Stanley iIn New York Bay. compartments, and the steel frame h\"'he dynamite did not explode, and the PAGES Condensed Telegrams Fi il .vnnu: ler, 8. D, are sowing A A charter was filed at Dover, Del., by, the Inter-Ocean Tradi o $10,000,000. BEFON e Appropriation bills presented in the New Jersey Legislature call for « total expenditure of $8,451,167. The Netherlands Overseas Trust has stopped issuing permits for the im. portation of cocoa beans. ~—— Fire destroyed the int and 7,000 bales of cotton of the mem:':e Com- press Co., at Hobart, Okla. An embargo on all corn shipments to Baltmore has been declared by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. ——— About 5,000 bales of cotton at the McKinney Cotton Compressed Co., at McKinney, Tex., were destroyed Ly fire. Theodore Roosevelt is expected to arrive at New York today on the steamer Matura, after his West Indies trip. Ambassador Gerard at Berlin has cgucelled his plans for a vacation, and Il not return to the United States this smmer. Lioyd reports that the French bark Bougainville has been sunk. Twenty- three members of her crew were pick- ed up. The New York State Senate unani- mousy confirmed the nomination of James M. Carter as State Superintend- end of Prisons. John Puroy Mitchell, Mayor of New York City, conferred 'with President Wilson on the appointment of a post- master for New York. A terminal elevator to hold 2,500,000 bushels of grain will be erected at Port Arthur by the Saskatchewan Co- operative Elevator Co. Senator Pittman will be given the vacancy in the Foreign Relation Com- mittee created by the death of Sena- tor Shively of Indianna. An order for 1,000 hopper cars was received from the Cleveland. Cincin- natl, Chicago & St. Louis Rallroad by the Standard Steel Car Co. Henry E. Capen, proprietor of the lake, disd in a Rockland, Me., hospital, fpllowing a surgical operation. The Massacusetts senate passed a bill to make January first a legal hol- iday in Massachusetts. The measure already bad passed the house. James L. Gates, 24, of 55 Worcester street, Boston, was iustantly killed While operating an elevator in the Hotel Kimball, Sprinzfield, Mass. Four men were killed and a number injured in a collision between two freight trains on the Inter-Colonial Railway at Val Brillant, Canada. L’Etoile, a French paper published in Lowell, died at Clinton, Mass., from burns received Wednesday night. Senator Sherman of | intro- duced a resolution calling for 50,000 United States volunteers to assist in the pursuit and capture of Gen. Villa. Reports from Washington show that wheat was not damaged by excessive co]d when there was no snow covering. “'hnninnan has 867,000 acres in winter wheat. Frederick S. Boyd, Paterson editor, convicted of sabotage in the silk nill strike, was released from the New Jersey state prison after serving his sentence. A. O. Slaughter, prominent in Chi- cago financial circles as a grain dealer, stock broker and banker, died after a short illness. Richard Loewe, a clerk, was rescued from the Harlem Ship Canal, by Po- lice Sergeant Enright and Patrolman Agnew, who dived from the bridze in- to the water. Several persons were killed when a passenger car became detached from a Kancona & Prattsburg railroad train and rolled ov. 25 foot embankment near Bath, N. Y. Announcement was made the Navy Department that the gunboat Wheeling, which left New Orleans on a secret mission several days ago, is en route to Yucatan. by A report from Galveston states that the Tampico oil fields are in possession of Villa troops who threaten to des- troy many properties unless a ran- sum of 2,000,000 pesos is sald. John Scott, janitor of the Brooklyn post office, indicted for larceny from the mails, pleaded guilty in the fed- eral court and was sentenced to one year in the federal prison at Atlanta. Stockholders of the Maine Central rafiroad authorized the issue and sale of $6,000,000 refunding bonds for the payment of a ilke amount of coupor lil:!ec of the company dated May 1, 14, The municipal ferryboat Bay Ridge rammed the dynamite-laden launch launch was towed Into dry dock in a sinking condition. TO BUILD UP RESERVE FORCE OF 50,000 OFFICERS Purpose of Men Behind the Summer Military Training Camps. New York March 23.—The p: of those men who are behind the summer military training camp idea is to build up a reserve force of 50,000 officers, General Leonard Wood, com- manding the army’s department of the east, said today in an address to sev- eral thousand Columbia university students. s “It ie" the strong prepared nation which decides whether a question is to be settled by arbitration or war,™ General Wood said. can be strong without sive, and we being unj “We can be axgres- can be ‘without just.” | Funston instructed him to investigate botel and sporting campe at nmm\ Winfred Lincourt, former editor of{ PRICE TWO CENTS Puzzling Reports Sent Gen. Funston REGARDING REVOLT OF HER- RERA AND HIS MEN NO FACTS OF THE AFFAIR General Bell Send Message That He Had “Confirmed” His Previous Re- port of Gen. Herrera’'s Rebellion— General Gavira Denies Report. San Antonio, Tex., March 23—With @ message from Brigadier General George Bell before him confirming his report of yesterday that General Luls Herrera had revoited with 2,000 men in Chihughua and a collection of evi- dence at hand from unofficial sources denying the allezed revolt, General Funston was as puzzied tonight as to the exact status of affairs in Mexico as he was this morning. Gen. Bell Says Herrera Revolted. General Bell was the first to inform General Funston that Herrera was re- ported to have joined Villa in his fight against the Uhited States. General the report and inform him of develop- ments. The laconic message late to- day that he had “confirmed” his report Of yesterday was General Bell's reply. He did not report additional facts con- cerning the new movement and did not tell how the report was confirmed. Denial by General Gavi To offset General Bell's statement, messages from Ei Paso quoted General Gabriel Gavira, commandant at Juarez, and Consul Anfreas Garcia in denial: the Mexican consul at Laredo submit- ted denials and Samuel Belden, coun- sel here for General Carranza, made pubdlic a message which he said he had received from General Herrera in Chi- huahua, dated today. In this message General Herrera dented that he haa revolted, adding that on_the contrary he was “ready to fight Villa as ener- getically as possible.” General Punston transmitted to the war department the message from General Bell and anxiously awaited the result of the Investigation the state department had begun through its confular representatives in Chihua- hua, Torreon and Durango. No Report from Pershing. Nor was General Funston's know- ledge of the progress of General Per- shing’s column increased. The 4 passed without a report from General Pershing, making the fourth day Gen- eral Funston has been ignorant of de- velopments south of Casas Grandes He sent General Pershing instructions today to send more information and another message wamning him of the reported activities of General Herrern. Receipt of his communication was ac- knowledged at Casas Grandes, but late tonight no reply had Been received. TENSION OVER MEXICAN SITUATION HAS RELAXED No Official Confirmation of Revelt of Carranza Troops. Weshington, March 23.—Tension in administration quarters over the Mex- ican situation relaxed today in the absence of official confirmation of the report that 2,000 Carranza troops at Chihuahua under Luis Herrera had joined Villa. Conflicting unofficia: ad- vices from the border, however, caused the state dcpartment %o telegraph American consuls at Chihuahua and Durango for immediate reports as to the situation in the Torreon region Where Herrera was last reported Slow wire communication south of the border may delay the replies. ecrezary Baker's reports on the cvents on the border were before President Wilson when the latter re- turned tomight from a day's tri Philadelphia. They were of a r suring nature although they contained nothing positive as to the reported re- volt. The accumulation of denials of the Herrera report during the day: the safe arrival of the army motor trucks with the expeditionary forces: the res- toration of radio communication with General Pershing’s forces and the sat- isfactory progress of diplomatic nego- tiations with the de facto government, served to relieve official anxiety. An official denial from the Carranza authorities at Juarez that Herrera had revolted was presented to Secretary Lansing in person by Eliseo Arredon- do, ambassador-designate for the de facto government. Secretary Baker sald the task of in- suring the communicating lines with General Pershinz's detachments and also of safeguarding the border azainst raiders was General Funston's most serious task. He would not discuss the matter further. HERRERA DESERTS CARRANZA: BUT IS OPPOSED TO VILLA Will Resist Entry of American Troops Into Mexico. El Paso, Texas, March 23.—General Luis Herrera has revolted from Car- ranza and has declared he will resist with all his power the entry of Amer- lcan troops into Mexico. but is still opposed to Francisco Villa. according to reports from sources believed to be reliable here today. The news of Herrera's disaffection was_considered sufficeintly authentic for Brigadier General George Bell, Jr.. to telegraph General Funston at San Antonio that he believed it to be true. General Bell added to his - 3 however, the emphatic denial of Her- rera’s reported revolt issued here to- day by Mexican Andreas Garcia which was supported by telegrams sald to have been received from General Her- rerra himself and General Gutierrez, Carranza’s filed chief. General Herrera has been kn as 2 personal ememy of Villa S prsent position is said to be that the de facto government has betrayed Mexican interests in permitting the soldiers of the United States to enter Mexican territory and that this be- trayal outweighed offenses Villa has committed. Andreas Garcla, Mexican consul here, made public onight a telegram which he sald he had received from General Gavira, anno that the Carranza forces had defeatd Villa today at Santa Gertrudes near Namquipa. to the announcement Vil- la, after leaving several dead wounded In the fleld, abandoned 18 horses and fled to El Oso. '