Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 25, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVIT—NO. 73 POPULATION 28,219 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of FRENCH ARTILLERY - PROTECTING VERDUN i Hammering Away at German Lines of Communication on Eastern Fringes‘,of Argonne Forest GERMANS GAIN TRENCH , ONLY TO LOSE IT AGAIN Along the Russian Front From the Region of Friedrichstadt to the District Around Vilna the Russians and Germans Are in Conflict—Blizzard Fails to Deter Italians from At- tacking and Occupying Austrian Positions in the Corde- vole Valley—Turks Report Defeat of a British Force on the Right Bank of the Tigris River Near Felahie. It fs still in the French and Russian war theatres that the heaviest bat- MHes are in progress, but fizhting’ also Is continuing in the Austro-Italian rone, in Serbia, near the Greek fron- tier and in Asiatic Turkey. ; The French are keeping up their vigorous bombardment of the woods of Malancourt and Avocourt, north- west of Verdun, which are held by the Germans and also are hammering away with their guns at German lines of communication in the eastern fringes of the Argonne forest. To the north and east of Verdun an Intermittent bombardment by the Germans and French second line posi- tions is still going on with the French replying energetically. The only infantry encounter along the western front took place in the Argonne forest, where the Germans gained a portion of a French first ltne trench but were expelled from it by a counter attack and lost some thirty men taken prisoners. Along the Russian front from the region of Friedrichstadt to the district sround Vilna the Russians and Ger- mans are hard at_ grips. Petrograd says that near Widsy, be- tween Dvinsk and Vilna, the Russians forced all the German lines and barri- cades and repulsed a vigorous German counter-attack. Berlin, however, says that here the Russians’ attacks failed with heavy losses before the German entangle ments. Bad weather prevalls in the Austro- Italian theatre, but despite a blizzard the Italians have attacked and_occu- pied Austrian positions in the Torde- vole valley. i Berlin reports that in the region of GievEeli on the Serbo-Greek frontier artillery duels have been in progress. The statement does not give the na- ionalities of the contending batter- ies, The defeat of a British force which attacked the Turkish position on the right bank of the Tigris river near Felahie is chronicled by Constantino- ple. The report also says that Tur- kish airmen have again dropped bombs on Kut-el-Amara where a British force is under siege. “A DIRECT” MESSAGE OF +DENIAL FROM HERRERA Received by John T. Burns, de Facto Consul General at New York. New York, March 24.—John T. Burns, consul general here for the defacto Mexican government, announced today that he had received “a direct” mes- sage from General Herrera from Chi- huahua, denying the report that he had dbserted General Carranza and bhad joined Villa’s forces. Mr. Burns said he had received a telegram also from General Trevino, a Carranaza leader in Guadalajara, that all the Carranza troops in that vicin- ity were loyal to the’constitutionalist government and_actively engaged in the pursuit of Villa, and that General Talamantez, another Carranza chief, reported everything quiet in Torreon and vicinity. It has been reported re- cently that about 7,000 troops in_this part of Mexico had deserted to Villa. Mr. Burns received word also, he sald, that General Canuto Revers, a Villa, chieftain, had asked for amnesty for_ himself and scveral hundred men and had expressed his willingness to surrender to General Trevino. It was pnderstood, according to this message, that terms were being arranged. TO TEST DEFENSES OF NORTH ATLANTIC COAST By a Series of Mimic War Manoeuvers Next Summer. Newport, R. T, March 24—The de- fenses of the North Atlantic coast are to be tested next summer in a series of mimic war manoeuvers, according to orders received here, Kastern New York defences will be tried out from July 24 to 29, the forts being called apon to meet an attack by a fleet of torpedo boat destrovers and mine planters, representing an enemy. Bos- ton harbor will be the scene of attacks trom Aug. 4 to 10. A similar test of the Long Island Sound defenses is to be made from Aug. 14 to 20, when the men of the forts at New Bedford, Mass., and some of the Narragansett Bay points will be transferred to places that may be abjectives of the enemy. PROGRESS OF BRTISH TROOPS IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA. Driving Germans from the Line Along the Ruwu River, London, March 24, 7.45 p. m.—The British expeditionary force campaign- Ing against German East Africa is making further progress in its aggres- sive operations, according to an official statement issued tonight. General Jan Christian Smuts, In charge of the operations, has reported the occupation of Arusha and the driy- Ing of the Germans from the line rlong the Ruwu river. Fleld Marshal Earl Kitchener, the secretary of state for war, has tele- graphed his congratulations to the fommanding general. CONDITIONS AT TAMPICO REMAIN UNCHANGED. Wireless from Commander Marshall of the Gunboat Machias. ‘Washington, March 24 —Commander Marshall of the gunboat Machias at Tampico reported by wireless late to- day that conditions in the vicinity of that Mexican port still were unchanged. E,i- message was in feply to one sent Secretary Danlels when two days [ea=ed without any information reach. g the department concerning a rumor that bandits had raided Tampico and ihe Machias had taken al Amer- lcan women and children, Harvard Defeated Yalo in Debate. 24 —Har- rand Aetenrod Seta n debate. here to "m% m" he Statas should Rdopt 8 Semoul military service modelled after GOVERNORS OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS TO MEET. cuss Proposal to Adopt a Stand- ard Clearing House System. To Washington, March 2¢.—Governors of the twelve federal reserve banks will meet here April 12, it was announced today, to discuss with the reserve board a propesal to adopt a stand- ard clearing house system which could b put into effect throughout the Unit. ed States. Out of the conference, it is believed. there wil develop a system under which checks may be cashed at par in any section of the United Stares. Another {nnovation proposed is the abolition, as far as members of the re- serve system are concerned, of the time-honored custom of country banks of making collection charges varying from ten cents to a dollar generally for cashing checks on industrial or town banks. The custom has existed for more than a hundred years and inas- much as a considerable portion of the country banks’ revenue is derived from this charge, attempts to abolish it have been stoutly opposeZ in the past. The federal reserve board is doubt- ful of its authority to abolish the prac- tice and has called upon the attorney general to interpret certain phases of the law bearing on fhis point which appear to conflict PEACE PROGRAMME OF GERMAN SOCIAL PARTY. First Authorit: Thi New York, March 24—What is said to be the first definite and authorita- tive statement to reach this country regarding the peace programme of the German social democratic mas been received here by Morris Hillquit, international secretary of the social- ist party of the United States, in the form of a letter from Herman Meul- ler, secretary of the German organiza- tion. The letter is in response to a cable- gram from the merican organization urging the German socialists to work in hormony with socialists of other na- tions to bring about peacy ive Statement to Reach Country. LOBSTERS QUOTED IN BOSTON MARKET AT 75 CENTS A POUND. Highest Price Ever Known in New England—Late Spring One Cause. Boston, March 24.—Lobsters reached the highest price ever known in New Ergland today, when they were quoted in the local market a¢ 75 cents a pound. Boisterous weather, an unusually late spring and small imports from the Canadian provinces are given as the cause of the advance. MEXICAN RAILWAY BRIDGE AT PALMO BLANCO BURNED. No Wire Communication Between Nuevo Laredo and Monterey. Laredo, Texas, March 24.—The Mex- fcan raflway bridge at Palmo Blanco, on the road to Monterey, was burned early today, according to word reach- ing here this afternoon, when a train which left here this morning, return- ed Se passage Wwas interrupted. There isno wire communication be- tween Nuero Laredo and Monterey. SPENT $8,000 IN VAIN FOR SENATORIAL NOMINATION James Watson, Republican, of Indlana, Received No Contributions. ‘Washington, March 24—James Wat- son spent $8,890 in seeking the re- publican nomination for United States senator from Indiana. The complete statement of his primary campaign ex- penses, flled with the senate today, #aid he received no contributions. Watson was defeated by Harry New. England is suffering from a sugar NORWICH, CONN. SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1916 It is stated that thus far 6! survivors have leen accounted for. ENTENTE POWI RS REFUSE TO DISARM MERCHANTMEN. Reject Proposal Made by the United States State Department. ‘Washington, March 24 tente powers, through their embassies here, have handed to Secretary Lan: sing’ formal responses rejecting proposal made by the state depart- ment in its circular memorandum that the yenter into a modus vivendi and disarm all of their merchant with the understanding that the United States government would endeavor to secure from the pledge not to attack any such unarmed ships without warning and without providing for the safety of the pas- sengers and crew. Soon after through interviews in the responsible oj- Weather Extremes| Qur Manufacture SNOW AND SLEET AFTER MARCH IN WITHERING SUN Several small wooden buildi: Fort Fairflield, Me., were b HAVE 'DOUBLED PAST FIFTEEN YEARS IN VALUE To date it has cost the city of New York $2,000,000 for snow removal this ' Governor Whitman signed the bill re- quiring each motorcyclist to pay a li- cense tax of 52.50. HAD NO OVERCOATS |$24,000,000,000 A YEAR ATl the en- Twenty-five wireless stations in and about San Antonio, Tex. have bee: dismantied by federal officers. Indications Are That the Troops Have Spread Fan-like Below Casas Gran- des, Ranging From 30 to 120 Miles. Are Now Double Those of Any Other Country in the World—Leads World in Exports for Calendar Year 1915. Accused Dentist Says Commander Theodors C. Fenton, U. S. N, retired, died at the naval hos- pital at Philadelphla, aged 53, land State Bankers’ Asso- hold its annual meeting this year in Atlantic City, N. J. The Dutch Seame to uphold its members who refuse to sail because of the submarine peril. Columbus, N. M. March 24.—Snow gnd sleet coming after a_nine day march under a withering desert sun, today brought difficulties to the Ameri- New York, March 24—Manufactur- ers in the United States bave doubled in value since in 1900 according to an analysis of 1915 census returns published by the foreign trade partment of the National City Bank and given out today What the Figures Show. These figures show that the total out put for 1914, the year covered by 1915 census, will aggregate $24,- 000,000,000 as compared with less than can troops in the Casas Grandes dis- frict, according to reports received to- night from General J. J. Pershing, ex- peditionary commander in Mexico. Unusual Weather. None of the troops are equipped for unusual weather, their orders having been made to minimize their baggage 's Union decided press and otherwise, cials of the entente powers indicated their decided opposition to such a plan. It was generally believed here that this unanimous expression of disap- the German govern- ment to promulgate the new arder, which is now in force, without warning by submarine com-| manders upon any armed belligerent merchantmen. SPLIT IN GERMAN SOCIALIST PARTY Submarine Warfare Controversy in the Reichstag. Forest fires burned over nearly 500,- 000 acres of national 1915, accroding to reports just compil- By a vote of 7 to 6, the New York Assembly Excise Committee killed the local option and state-wide prohibition York, March Major Gtneral Goorge F. with the British Mesopotamia forces, has been promoted to leutenant-gen- What It Has Done For Others The success of a business house can usually be measurea by the amount of advertising that it has done and is doing. Out in the city of Denver a merchant has figured up that he has spent the good sized sum of $35,000 in newspaper advertising and as result of his policy he has made $362,000 and he attributes everything to the manner in which he backed up his faith in the daily paper. There can be no question but what if he was to start in business all over again that he would follow out just such a plan and do it more aggressively for he says, “Too few of our business men, big and little advertise successfully. They lack system and get discouraged because they do not see immediate and big results coming as the re- sult of the first advertisement.” Advertising must be conducted with as much care as any other part of a business, and when that is done there can be ro question as to the results. Consistent use of The Bulletin's columns proves that beyond question. The following matter appeared in The Bulletin's columns during the past week: Created By the 5 Commandant Worth G. Ross, United States coast guard service, re- Wireless to tired, died at his home at New Bed- . J)—The long expected split in the German socialist party as the result of the political created by the submarine warfare con- troversy in the reichstag occurred to- A new party consisting of eigh- teen socialist members was constitut- ed by the radical wing after a social- ist caucus had decided to exclude Dep- uty Haase for a breach of discipline. The socialist caucus was held after closure had been applied in the reich- stag by the president when the reso- jution was reached to exclude Haase for the same that Deputy Liebknecht was excluded from the organization, assembled and resolved to leave the Berlin, March Count _ Zoppelin the Prussian House of Deputies anounced that he is | working on a new type of motor for his airships. Gen. Soukhoml minister of war, has been removed by | the Czar as a member of the Council of the Empire. Retiring directors were re the annual meeting of the sto of the American Steel Foundries, held in Jersey City. logbooks of e British cruiser Cumberfand drifted ashore at the Chi- comico Light station on Carolina coast. The federal Grand Jury at Chicago indicted the Cudahy Packing Co. and the Chicago & Alton Railroad for al- leged rebating. rty. The total number of socialist mem- bers in the reichstag is 100. senting minority on the last vote con- sisted of thirty soclalists. GOOD QUALITIES OF BRAZILIAN DYES Expounded By South American Repre- sentative of a Detroit Auto Firm. Telegraph Local General for a friend. Teken to Bellevue Hospital. Dr. Walte was taken to the Hartford, Ernest|ward at Bellevue Saturday w‘hll- p:‘-yin' on the ice on the Con- necticut river at hospital tonight. Johnson, aged 14, fell into open water | Mir. Swann said he wished the dentist|her immediately. Walte went to Miss Peck’ his automobile and rode her for several hours. The next ing he was questioned by the and was drowned. Following the disastrous fire at Au- usta. Ga., which made 3,000 D« omeiess, militia were placed o to prevent looting. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, American min- ister to the Netherlands, arrived at The Hague after spending a brief vacation in the United States. Lieut.-Col. Samuel Reber, army aviation service, fell three storles at his home in Washington. not seriously injured. Tuesday, Wednesday, Mar. Thursday, 21.5 123 Detroit, March 24.—Brazil has solv- ed the dye problem, Frank G., Lepez, South -Amerjean rep- resentative of a Detroit corporation, who is now in this city. “There 1S no reason to worry about the dye situation,” “The ‘vegetable dyes of Brazil solve the problem. cotton factories in Brazil and seen every possible attempt made to boll and otherwise eradicate the new vegetable dves but the color remained I have been in TotdlS . .. o o 00,56 o0 618 “The vegetable from which this dye is made is in unlimited supply. would not be surprising to see it re- place the German experts are able to determine, does not injure fabrics.” NO QUALIFIED MILITARY AVIATORS ARE AVAILABLE For Service at the Signal Corps Avla- tion School at San Diego. as much as possible in order that the | $12,000,000,000 shown by the census ot utmost speed might be made. Con- sequently the average soldier carried with him from the border only a sweater and single blanket for protec- tion against the cold, no overcoats or other heavy clothing having been taken In Mountain Fastnesses. That the troops have penetrated the mountain fastnesses distance below Casas Grandes is indi- cated in the preparations being made to depend more fargely upen mules and horses instead of motor trucks for transport purposes. Several hundred cavalry remounts also have been re- ceived here from Oklahoma points and are being prepared for service. It is reported here unofficially that American cavalry in several de- tachments have spread fan-ltke below £ Grandes, reaching _distances ranging from 30 to 120 miles from the advanced base. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IS IN THE VICINITY OF NAMIQUIPA. No Mention Made General Persl The Union Pacific Railroad company submitted February earnings showing a gross increase of $2,441,000, with a net gain of $1,385,000. The competition shows that manufacturers of the United States now Gouble those of any other country in the world. ermany’s output in the year pre- less than = $12,000,000,000 while those less than_$12,000,000,0000 while those of Great Britain in 1907 the latest re- turns available were about 38,000,000, . Those of France probably about the same as Great Eritain. Leads the World In manufactures exported the Unit- ed States now leads the world, the to- tal for the canlendar year, 1915, hav- ing been $1,784,000,000, while that of Great Britain usually the largest exporter, was only $1,500,000,~ 000. Normally the United States ranks third in the exportation of manufac- turers, being exceeded by both Great Britain and Germany. REORGANIZATION OF THE BRITISH FORCES Owing to Failure of Attempts of Turks | B! on the West Frontier. investment by Denial was made in London of the reported torpedoing -of lightship, off the mouth of the Thames River in the North Sea. the Gulloper a considerable The State Department ruled that the armed Italian liner Regina d@'Italia and Caserta may clear from New York with their guns mounted. San Diego, Calif., March 24.—"“There are no_qualified available at the signal corps aviatton here for duty with the peditionary forces in Captain Arthur S. Cowan, command- ant at the North Island training msti- wommenting upon the re- quest of Brigadier General Pershing for _eight more floers. in Exports. The American section of the Inter- national High Commission, headed by Secretary McAdoo, arrived at Bahia, Brazil, on the crulser Tennessee. over the death of his wife. he asked me to buy sgme polson for | with a a Switserland will probibit the use of | him. T Gon't remember Shethos he sros |t orant degree murder and have-Sigy private automobiles, strictions on the use of military cars. to a shortage cof gasoline, and impose re- “There are four student aviators at North Island who are ready to take their jumior military aviator's tests,” “But none has had experi- ence in cross-country flying. need training before being sent into the field for service such as they would find with the expeditionary forces in A man believed by the police to be Joseph Greenfell, aged 40, committed suicide by leaping before an elevated the Bridge Street IN EGYPT told him I was all right. the druggist I wanted to kill a cat took the poison home and handed thelYork fonight. of Operations in Preliminary arguments in the $300,- Proportion to the City's Population WAITE CONF ESSES HE BI!IJBHT POI 7 ' or,.|Believed to Have Caused Death of His Fathor-in-Law, John E. Peck of Grand Rapids, Mich. according to District Attorney Swann, that he bought the poison be- iieved to have caused the death of his father-in-law, John E. Peck, of Grand ds, Mich., but he asserted he made the purchase at the request of the mil- who was despondent and wished to commit suicide. Alleged Attempt to Bribe. Another sensational development late tn the day was the statement made to | fession. AMr. Swann by Raymond Sc private detective, that Dr. Waite had know?" the district attorney asked asked him to attempt to bribe Waite's | negro maid, Dora Hiilier, to corrol off, former Russian | OT8te the dentist's story “If she will say in court that Peck ask me to buy Schindler told the district orney,’ Waite said, ot me give him the packase unopened, 1 o ent | Wil ive her a check for $1.000; Gave Check for $1,000. Dr. Walte, according te the detective, m signed what purported to be | say.” 1 for $1,000 to the order of the| Dr. Waite told the district i Eirl, written by Schindler on a eheet from his notebook. This “check” is w in the possession of Mr. Swann Schindler said Waite did not know he ) was a detective working on the case |ed, he said, that last Monday nizht Dr.' ugainst him and evidently mistook him | Walte telephoned to Miss Peck Attempted to Laugh It Of. ‘When first questioned by Mr. Swann| When Mr. Swann was leaving Waite is sald to have|apartment ton! . Walte ily and declared: “Why, s this is rich. 1 never purchased arsenic | in this fix?™ in my life and have never bad any. n making his statement to the dis- | position,” Mr. Swann repiied. trict_attornéy today Waite was selt- R possessed and spoke with evident de- < Occastonally his face would | , “Well." said the dentist, “T light up with a smile, but when he|fool. There is no doubt about ned about the alleged mis-| A letter was received at the of $40,000 entrusted to him $or |attornéy’s office late today from B Miss Catherine Peck, | Williams, a tallor who did work sister of John E. Peck, and about the [ Peck while he was here. Williams woman he had ' previously admitted | Slared Peck on a visit to him on having lived with. he apparently be- |23 complained of pains in his came indignant. The answer to all which he ascribed to ice cream questions of this character was invari- | Saten at the home of his son- he wanted arsenic or not. I went to|needed to complete the in see a physician acquaintance, told him | by the grand jury, he declared, I wanted to kill a cat and asked him |testimony of the persons who F to recommend me to his druggist. He|ed the autopsy on Peck’s body. THESS called a drusgist on the telephone and | witnesses will arrive here = Menday I also told |from Grand Rapids. - ! He Purchased the Poison at the Re-: quest of His Millionaire Father-in-law, Who Was Des- pondent and Wished to Commit Suicide—A Private Do’ tective Declares Waite Asked Him to Bribe the Latter’s Negro Maid to Corroborate the Dentist’s Story- 3 is Under Close Surveillance in Bellevue Hospital, as He' Expressed Regret That the Drugs He Took Wednesday - Had Not Killed Him. —Confession | package to Mr. Peck. ! ade today by Dr. Arthur Warren | again.” dler, a he the t- d that she saw but 1 TWO CE “ 1 * PRIVATE DETECTIVE TELLS OF BRIBE OFFERED —_— ver saw 48 Pock Died Three Days Later The poison was bought on March 3. and Peck died March 12. The district: | attorney’s office has information that |he dentist made other purchases of | poison_between Dec. 21 and March K | Mrs. Peck died here on Jan. 30. It| was after Waite was confronted with| written records of some of his- Puber chases that he made his alleged con- “How much was Peck worth, do you | him. H | .. “Yes, I know,” Dr. Waite replied, | 3 ‘A million dollars. Mrs. Waite Knew Nothing of Poisom. AMrs. Waite had no knowledge of hery husband purchasing poison, Mr. | sald the dentist told him. My is that this will wound my wife deeply,” the dentist added. *N knows' anything about the subject cept myself, and I can’t prove what &' he had never taken drugs in his | until last Wednesday, when he sald he' took them to make him sleep. 4 Mr. Swann has been reliably informe, asked her what she thought & should do who had been “cornered. “Would you think of suicide?™ prison | dentist is declared to have asked Peck, who adwised him to come and | attorney and commenced drugs which kept bim in & condition until today. him: “What would you do If you “I cannot conceive myself In “l Was a Fool™ e i b § s On each succeeding visit Peck k “That has nothing to do with the |according to Williams, that his euffer- subject in hand.” Admits Buying Arse he said, according to Mr.|sician, and Peck replied, according T bought the arsenic, know you won't belleve what I am go- |Cine and it has not done me R, {‘ng to tell you, so I'll probably go to *he electric chalr. ings were more severe. On March when Peck last visited the tailor, Wil- liams advised him to consult a phy-: (ad the taflor: “I don't beileve in medi-t Mr. Peck was an First Degree Murder. ©ld man and he was very despondent| Mr., Swann said tonighe he would One day | proceed with his plan to charge Walte ind’cted on that charge. All that is Dr Walte's parents reached New C. A. TOWNE OUT TO SUCCEED SENATOR O’GORMAN. San Antonto, Tex., March 24.—Ges eral Pershing reported to General Fu ston today that two columns of the American_expeditionary force were in the vicinity of Namiquipa, where he said Villa was last reported. No men- tion of other operations was made. This report, dated-today, was the first in which General Pershing hadreferred to movements south of Casas Grandes since Monday. He said he had established & tem- porary base at Vale, 55 miles south of Casas Grandes, on the way to Nami- quipa. Severe dust storms had made impossible the use of aeroplanes, his report said. General Pershing added that unless permission could be secured to use the Northwestern railway for the move- ment of eupplies, addition motor trucks would be required. A DES MOINES BOY REFUSED TO SALUTE FLAG. Was Sentenced to Reformatory and Later Paroled. Des Motnes, Ta, March 24—Because of his refusal to ealute the flag, Hubert Faves, colored, 11 years old, was taken from the public school and sentenced to nineyears in the state reformatory by District Judge A. C. Dudley. After a private hearing, however, the court fuspended sentence and paroled the boy to his parents on their promise that he would be placed in a private school where education demanded by the Towa statuto is given. Hubert, a member of a religious cult, refused to repeat the oath of alleglance or salute the flag because, ho said, “It had no God in it and there was nothing about saluting the flag in the OBITUARY. Franklin Smith. March 24.—Frank- one of Hartford’s oldest buflders, died at his home, 215 Gar- den street. today, of the infirmities of old age. He was born in Chapiin I Wilimeae: \p! n They celebrated thelr & July 20, 1907. Smith leaves London, March ganization of the British Egypt, following a satisfactory turn of affairs for the British there, has been it was officially this evening. The war office statement libel suit brought by John A. Patten 8 p. m.—A reor- owners of the Chattanooga Medicine continued in Chicago. The steamship oading at Tacoma the most valuable argo ever taken from Puget Sound, consiatirg ot $7.000.000 worth of war eupplies for ladivostok. Henry P. Fletcher, Ambassador to Mexico, left Panama for New York on the steamer Corillo, en route to_Washington from his former pest at Santiago, Chile. “The military position in Egypt be- ing satisfactory, owing to the failure of sttempts by the Turks on frontier, a reorgani In that country bas been effected and General Sir A. sole command in Egypt. Maxwell left for Engiand today.” ROOSEVELT HAS RETURNED FROM WEST INDIES s—Discovered a Bird New to Him. New York, March 24.—Charles Towne, former United States senator from Minnesota, announced today that he would enter the primaries in New York for the democratic ngmination te succeed Senator James A. O'Gorman. Mr. Towne, after serving as a repre- sentative in congress from Duluth from 1895 -to 1897, was appointed by Gov- ernor Lind 'in 1900 months of an unexpired term In the has been ordered by ion of the fo ol L new American | was announced here tonight. in addition to 35,000,000 already ex- pended for equipment in less than two | partment here yesterday. years. The orders, not yet deiivered. has assumed General Sir Federal customs officials at El Paso, Tex., have begun rigidly the immigration many perscns who seek to enter the country as “undesiraoles.” 2, o Tenfaces |50 retrigerator cars, 2. turning back Silent on Pol In 1901 he commenced the practice of law in New York and in 1904 was elected to congress from this city. Re- cently he has been supporting Presi- dent Wilson’s preparedness programme in speeches throughout the country. WOULD TAKE TEN YEARS TO TRAIN MEN FOR NAVY Any Afloat— Hearings on Ropresentative Buchan- charges against United_States Attorney Marshall New York were resumed before the house judiclary committee. New York, March 24.—Colonel Theo- dore Roosevelt returned tonight on the steamship Maturia from the West I dles, silent on politics and the Mex can 'situation, but announcing the dis- covery in Trinidad of what was to him a new variety of bird. wife had been absent six weeks on what he termed a vacation. The bird, he sald, was about as big as a barn owl nocturnal in its habits and ca: Its native name, he added, was the “guacharo.” impeachment A pubiic Fearing on the que: ton of axtending the arainst Indlan corn from Java, India | TWENTY WOMEN ILL and parts of Oceania will be held at ths Department of Agriculture. The submarine D-1 is temporarily |S8id to Have Been Result of Feod | Americans, fwo women and one out of commission at the New York navy yard, with some of her pintes dented and one of her ama: He and his To Make It Equal Regardless of Ships. Washington, March 24—Rear miral Bradley A. Fisk declared before the house naval committee today that, regardless of how many ships were buflt, it would be impossible to carry out the general board's plan for making the American navy equal to any afloat by 1925, because it would take ten years longer to develop and train the personnel necessary to man the navy in first rank. ‘Colonel Roosevelt declined to dis- fuss his plans for the future. NEW FREIGHT TARIFFS IN EFFECT APRIL 1. ‘Working to R pleted before several weeks. The Society of Coloni: Hartford nomipated the following of- ficers for the election 1o be held ieve the Present Un- precedented Freight Congestion. Southport; deputy governor, Professor | served at Wiiliston Walker, Now Haven: secre- tary, A. Barber, Hartford; treasurer, | Doison. PASSENGER STEAMER DAMAGED IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. Central News Despatch Says It Has Been Towed Into Some French Port. London, March 25, 3.55 a. m—The cross-channel steamer Sussex, which by an explosion in the el Jast evening while on & trip from Folkestone to Dieppe, has been towed into a French port, the name of which is undisclosed, says a ich to the Central News the food is 0 be made for New York, March 24—New raflroad freight tariffs necessitated by regula- tions laid down by the eastern freight secumulation conference will be put into effect on or before April 1, it was announced tonight. Reports recelved as to conditions on the various rail- roads are being used, it was said, as the framework for constructive action which is expected to relieve the pres- ent unprecedented freight congestion. Steamship Movements. _Liverpool, March 24.—Sailed: Steam- ar Eroonland, New York. Washington despatch says favorable 2 Tights o public Taade ———— 3 :ner‘ ’_"&u - p“;un: AN b on’ S e km‘—flmh-"fli- lands committee, with an amendment i Lyme, Nov. o . was English chann NEW HAVEN ROAD HAS ORDERED | EXPLORER SHACKLETON'S - ” EQUIPMENT VALUED AT $4,500,000 In Addition to $6,000,000 Already Ex- pended in Less Than Two Years. New York, March 24—New equip- ment agsregating in value $4.500.000 | ship Aurora of the Shackleton the New York, | expedition has been damaged angd w Haven and Hartfora Rallroad, it | proceeding to New Zealand for This is | according to a wireless despatch fi SHIP AURORA DAMAGED Wirsless Says It is Proceeding to New, Zealand for Repairs. : Melbourne, March 35.—The the vessel received by the Davy Four members of the Aurora’s pars steam Jocomotives, 63|ty were left behind at the Ross IN MUNITIONS PLANT Served Them. , 35 baggage cars, 500 coal cars, | base of the expedition. milk cars, two| It is evident from the Aurora’s dining cars, two funeral cars and two |less despatch tha tthe fate of multiple unit motors. New equipment ant Sir Ernest Shackleton and ] already delivered |of the party which is attemoting includes three electric Jocomotives, 171 | cross the Antartic region is yet coaches, 39 smokers, 100 baggage cars, |known. Probably nothing _will 15 baggage and mail cars, 20 baggage heard from them untl] next No cars and smokers, six club cars, 15 when the ice breaks. milk cars, 15 postal cars, 50 cabooses, —_—— one crane, one wrecking train, 15 mul- tiple unit motors and 26 multipie unit THREE AMERICANS KILLED WEST OF CO Two Women and One M In Pursuit of Slayers. Dougias, Ariz, March were killed near Gibson's Line on the Mexico-New Mexico Dayton, O, March 24—City author- |line, eight miles west of Columbus, T com- | ities today began an investigation of | M., between 4 and 5 o'clock Wedn e v the cause of the iliness of twenty |day women and girls employed at the Re- | cans, aceording to the story Wars at|c'rlirg and Computing afternoon, presumably by OfRxis e com- | here by a party of five Douglas Peos INFANTRY CALLED TO POLICE HEADQUARTERS AT EL PASO. Withheld by Officials. El Paso, Tex. March 24.—Two com- | Oscar 1T mnmumn-wmq panies of the Seventh infantry were | York. the interior to lease for twenty year |ordered to report to police with right of extension offic,) ~| New Y 24 B AL inforzaation s tb-the | cre ORLaR Limeraba mmn\nfiuu Maching plant, which is Bow manufac- [Ple Who eaid they arrived on toring war munitions. The women are after shortly Perry, [5ald to bave been made ill by food |moved by soldiers. be plant. An analysis of | A command of United States traces of |dlers stationed at the Gibeom the bodies had beem. said to have crossed the pursuit of the slayers. % Movements of Steamships. . Gibraltar, March 23 — Liverpool, h 23— steamer i Nemw York & March 23.—Sailed, stes (from Co . i | i | i | i { |