Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 31, 1916, Page 1

ATTACK AU Strong Forces of Austrians and [talians Aligned Against Each Other in the Gorizia Sector SPIRITED FIGHTING ON THE HEIGHTS OF SEILZ In the Vicinity of Eloi, Where the British and Germans Are Cabled Paragraphs An Alr Raid on Venice. Rome, March 30, via Paris, E.30 a @m~It is announced that six I persons were llfit_fy wounded by bombs thrown Austrian aeroplanes our- occurred in the ing the province ?dvm on Monday last. Submarine Bases on Greek Islands. London, March 30, 6.20 p. m.—The discovery by entente allled patrol ships of four hostile submarine bases among the Greek islands is announced in a wireless despatch from Rome this af- ternoon. BURNETT IMMIGRATION BILL PASSED IN SENATE With Literacy Test and Asiatic Ex- clusion Provisions Unchanged. ‘Washington, March e Bur- nett immigration bill, with its literacy test and Asiatic exclusion provisions unchanged, passed the house late to- day by a vote of 308 to 87. It now 8oes to the senate, where favorable NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1916 < Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in-Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population Condensed Telorans Closingin on Villa NEAR THE HEADWATERS OF THE SANTA MARIA RIVER MAY FACE PURSUERS Indications Are That the Troops Have the Arch Bandit Trapped—Bandits Killed Every One of 172 Men in the Garrison at Guerrers. San Antonio, Texas, March 30.—Af- ter killing everyone of the one hundred and seventy-two men in garrison Troops Said to be [Embalmer Kane | © Got Waite Money . BUT SAYS HE NEVER INTENDED TO TESTIFY FALSELY HAD $9,000 IN BUREAU Kane Went to District Attorney’s Of- fice and Declared the Check for $9400 and $9,000 in Cash Were Vir- tually Forced Upon Him. i was the A anti- Pennsylvania Railroad - ‘Tndivect Interests 1 261 rall- bill designed to ena passed the car traffic in Toledo, Ohio, paralyzed, following a strike of PRICE TWO CENTS Officer of German Na!y_!rrested BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ON A CONSPIRACY WARRANT CAPT. HANS TAUSCHER Husband of Johanna Gadski, the Opera Singer, is Alleged to Have Planned Invasion of Canada in 1914, to De- stroy Welland Canal. New York, March 30.—Captain Hans Tauscher, an officer in th: O: Trustees of Purdue University voted to build a $160,000 armory place the one recently burned. o One hundred persons were killed when an ammunition fact: at Wel- lesdor?, Austria, blew up, navy, husband of Johanna Gfid!m Opera singer, and said to be the head of the Tauscher Arms company of this si.(ny as ':I‘lu: \Kt:’ American repre- tative Dps, was arrested here today by federal authorities on a warrant charging conspiracy. at Guerrego, northward yeste: where near the hea of the san- ta Maria river, according to unofficial information secured by General Fun- ston tonight. action is regarded as assured. The literacy test, about which the Fighting, German Grenade Throwers Have Succeeded in ..y |fent against the bill had centered, was Reaching a Portion of a Mine Crater Held by the British | sustained, 264 to 107. This provision —Berlin Says the Big Offensive in the Region of Postavy ing that the embalming fluld used on lar immigration bills by Presidents Cleveland, Taft and 'Wilson. The house Has Ceased—Five German Aeroplanes Brought Down in the Vicinity of Verdun—Heavy German Attacks De- livered Around Fort Douaumont Were Repulsed With Heavy Losses. Fighting is still going on between the British and the Germans along the British_end of the line particularly near Eloi, where German grenade throwers have succeeded in reaching a portion of a mine crater held by the British. Near Bertschinge the Brit- ish put down an attempted attack by the S. Great aerial activity is reported in the latest officlal communication is- sued by the French war office. Five German aeroplanes were brought down in the region of Verdun, two in the Champagne district and one west of Nouvion in the Somme district. The French machines were hit many times, but all the French pilots, the war office says, returned safely. Heavy German attacks were deliver- ed around Fort Douaumont. Loquid flame was emploved in these assaults but the Germans were re- pulsed with considerable losses. West of the Mense, where much fighting has taken place recently, the infantry action ceased temporarily, hut the bombardment of the artillery continued in the region of Malancourt. Strong forces of Austrians and Ttalians are aligned against each oth- ed in the Corizia sector of the Aus- o-Ttalian front. - On the heizhis of Seil: cpirited fighting ic taking place for the Tossession of tronches. Il'se- elong the front the artilery coninue. in raye the big offensive of the sizns in the region of Postavy has| ccased and thet the Russians also have given up their attacks around Lake Narcez. Artillery dueis, however, are golne on around Jacobstadt and north of zy. Great Britain has put in effect an order ir council und which neither & vessel nor her cargo is immune from capture for a breach of the blockade cn the prcund tha‘ the vessel at the moment is on her w to a non-block- aded port. LIVERPOOL DOCK WCRKERS CONTINUE THEIR STRIKE Have Rejected the Terms of the Ar- bitration Award. 5 a. m.—Ten ere have de- Liverpool, March 31, thousand dock workers cided to continue their strike, reject- ing the terms of the arbitration award which granted about half of their de- mands. The strikers disregarded the advice of théir leaders to return to work pending an effort to obtain a weadjust- ment of the award and declared it was their intention to remain out un- til all their demands were granted. ENOCRMOUS PROFITS ON CANADIAN SHELL CONTRACTS E. W. Bassick of Bridgeport Received $250,000 Before Order Was Given. Ottawa, March 30.—Announcement was made in the house of commons by the prime minister today that the gov- ernment will create a royal commis- sion to investigate the charges made by G. W. Kyte, a member of parlia- ment, that middiemen’s profits agsre- gating $1,500,000 were gained through the awarding of contracts by the Ca- nadian. shell commission. . Mr. Kyte produced what he declared was a nagresment made by Sir Alex- ander Bertram, chairman of the shell committee, with three Americans by which they divided $1,000,000 as com- missions from profite to ge made on an order for fuses which had been promised them by. the committee. Un- der the terms of this alleged agree- ment, Mr. Kyte said, B. F. Yoakum was to receive §475,000, E. W. Bassick of Bridgeport, Conn., $230,000 and E. 5. Cadwell of New York $250,000. He charged that the profits were divided ten days efore the order was obtained. Fuses to the number of 250,000 were ordered from the American Ammuni- tion Company, organized a few weeks ago, and the same number from the International Arms and Fuse company, crganized about the same time. The value of the orders was more than aa four months. Mr. Kyte declared that General Huzhes endorsed the contract and that friend, Colonel Allison, was asso- ith the business. $1,000,00 pledged within ARMY REORGANIZATION BILL IN THE SENATE. Determined Fight for Plant to Make Nitrogen from Air. Washington, March 30.—A deter. mined fisht was begun in the senate todey by Benator Underwood of Ala- bama to incorporate in the army er- organization bill a provision looking to the establishment of a government plant to make nitrogen from air for the anufacture of explosives. Efforts to incorporate such legislation in the acuse bill were defeated. Senator Underwood declared that n., rational defense programme complete without this provision. atiacked the Du Pont Powder com- vany and its agents, charging them with exerting ‘ powerful influence to Cefeat such legislation beca'se of a désire to control all the powder busi. ness in the United States and to pre ent the goyernment from entering the feld. In this connection he declared trat Hudson Maxim, a member of the avy's civilian advisory board, was a consulting engineer of the Du Ponl company and as such had criticised congressmen who fought for a govern- snent nitrate plant as “pork barrel politician: $75,000,000 OF CANADIAN LOAN LISTED ON STOCK EXCHANGE Bends Divided Into Three Parts of $25,000,000 Each. New York, March 20.--The $75,000,- €00 five per cent. Canadizn govern- ment loan recently floated by a syn- dicate of American bankers was for- mally listed and traded in on the stock exchange today. The bonds are di- vided into three equal parts of $25,- 000,000 each. maturing in 1921, 193 and 1831. The latter issue was_ the most active in today’s trading, selling at 3-4 to 7-8, while the 1926's were traded In at 97 1-4 to 3-8 and the 1921s at 99 1-2 to 5-8. SENATE VOTES TO PROBE HIGH PRICE OF GASOLINE To Determine Whether It is the Result of an Unlawful Conspiracy. ‘Washington, March 30.—Agitation wwver the soaring price of gasoline csme up in the senate today and ended the adoption of a resolution by Sen- .tor Martins directing the attorney @eneral to investigate whether rising vrices are the result of an unlawful conspiracy. ——e e Movements of Steamships. Glasgo, H‘:Nh ?fiive}d‘umem- Carthagi ne. X s .—Sailed: Steam- A BILL FCR FIFTY YEAR LEASES ON WATER POWER SITES Introduced in Senate by Mr. Saulsbury of Delaware. Washington, March 30. — Senator Saulsbury of Delaware today intro- duced a bill to provide for fifty year eases on water power sites on navi gable streams to be utilized for operat- ng hydro-electric plants for takins nitrates from the air. Counsel for the du Pont Powder company yesterday informed the war department that the company stood ready to build such a plant for pro- duction of nitric acid for manufactu ng explosives and would sell the pro- duct to the government at prices to be fixed by the secretary of war, if con- gress would provide legislation to make the project practicable. A letier from tue company renewing this offer was read to the senate. The bill accompa- nying it was referred to the military affairs committee. EIGHT MEN KILLED BY GAS EXPLOSION In the Robindale Mine, Eight Miles from Johnstown, Pa. Johnstown, Pa., March 30.—Eight men are known to have been killed and at least two others are missing as a resujt of an explosion of gas in the Robindale mine of the Conemaugh Smokeless Coal company at Seward, eight miles west of here, today. Ten hours after the explosion eight char- red bodies were recovered and hope for the safety of the others known to have been in the mine at the time was abandoned. The dead included John Waddell, superintendent of the mine. Thirty men are regularly empioved in the mine but because of a strike declared yesterday only four reported for duty today. LARGEST MAPLE SUGAR CROP IN YEARS Owing to Unusually Favorable Wea- ther Conditions in Vermont. Randolph, Vt., March 30.—Owing to unusually favorable weather condi- tions, offic’zls of the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Association said today that the largest maple sugar crop in vears was expected this spring. Ac- cording to the latest statistics are 9; 700,000’ suzar maples in the state and it is possible that three-quarters of them wiil be tapped. Last year, owing to the light snow- fall, less than 60 mer cent. of the trees were tapped. The total production for the season was 7,510,334 pounds of “|sugar and 605,393 gallons of syrup, to- . !Bether valued at $1,853,000. - passed the bill over the Cleveland ve- to, but it failed in the senate. Motions to override the vetoes of Presidents Taft and Wilson were lost in the house by narrow margins. Representative Burnett, chairman of the immigration committee, predicted tonight that there was sufficient strength to re-pass the bill in the event of another veto. The president has not indicated his purpose to the househ leaders. Both record votes—both on the lit- eracy test and on the passage of the bill—were without regard to party lines. Majority Leader Kitchin voted for the literacy test and for the bill. Minority Leader Mann voted against the literacy test and then for the bill REPORT THAT VILLA HAS DOUBLED ON HIS TRAIL Military Authorities Discredit Story Brought to Columbus. Columbus, N. M., March 30.—Mayor Hoover announced tonight that a Mex- ican named Juan Fayala had informed him that he believed Villa had doubled on his trail and was now in the vicin- ity of Santa Maria, 65 miles south of the border. Military authorities discredited Fay- alas story. Later a ranchman whose name was not made public reported to Major W. R. Sample, commandant, that he believed the actions of a Mexican family living about two miles west of the town to be suspicious. He said the lights in the windows on the south side of the house have been flashed in a way that. might indicate that they were -signalfy. ¢ However, despite assuraneces by mil- itary authorities that Tast reports in- dicated that Villa was fleeing before American cavalrymen into the heart of the Guerréro district, knots of arm- ed men gathered in the streets here tonight and speculated as to the possi- bility of a second raid on the town. TRAMP KILLED BY TROLLEY CAR AT WATERBURY Staggered and Fell Directly in Front Troops Closing In. & At the head of a considerable force Villa was reported to be on the San Guerreron ranch or the Quemada ranch d troops of both the United States and Mexico wede believed to be ¢los- ing in on him. This information was regarded by General Funston and his staff as prob- ably correct. If correct, it appeared probable that very soon Villa either will have to face his pursuers in fight or make another break through the tightening line of troops. ‘Whether his assault on the garrison at Guerrero was the same engagement reported by General Pershing was nol known but it was considered likely, since the action reported by General Pershing occurred March 27, some- where in that region. Details of the engagement were not reported. Pershing Advised of Villa’s Location. General Pershing has een advised of the report as to Villa'’s location and the disposition of his troops and that of the Mexican government are such that Villa cannot easily escape with- out a fight. American troops are con- verging in columns from the north and it was indicated that a part of them had gone so far south that tHey would be able to join with the Carran- za forces in preventing his escape 1 that direction. % ok MESSAGE THAT VILLA HAD BEEN SHOT Received by Mexican Commandant at Juarez. El Paso, March 30.—General Gabriel Gavira, Carraniza commandant at Jua- rez, said tonight that he had received & message from Madera, Mexico, which stated that Francisco Villa had been shot in the leg. General Gavira said the message came from what he con- sidered a reliable source, but that he Lad wired General Bertani at Ma- dera for confirmation. ABOUT 234.000 CITIZENS HAVE HAD MILITARY TRAINING Estimate Given to the Senate by the Peck’s bo:fl contained arsenic, as Waite is by Mr. Swann to have alleged. Admitted Receiving Money. Kane admitted, however, it was said that he had received $9,000 in cash and e check for $9,400 from Walte, which the young dentist has said was to be in exchange for swearing that there was arsenic in the fluld and placing the poison in a sample to be delivered to Mr. Swann. According to the embalm- ers story, the money was virtualy forced on him. Kane was accompanied his counsel and. although an order for his arrest had been issued he was allowed to remgin at liberty in the custody of his attorney. Undertaker Sent Him to Waite. Kane said he was sent to Waite by John 8. Potter, the undertaker who had charge of Peck's funeral, and who told him Walite wished to ask him about the embalming fluld. At Waite's solicitation he met the dentist in a garage, where he said Walite asked him if he could put arsenic in a sample of embalming fluid for the district attor- ney. Kane replied it could be done, but that it was against the law. Waite then offered him a check for $9,400, ‘which he szid he did not want, but he did not return it. Walte, he said, promised to make him “comfortable for life.” Accepted Roll Containing $9,000. Less than two hours later he met Waite in a cigar store by appoint- ‘ment, although he said he did not know why Waite wanted to see him. They ®oth went into a telephone b.oth and Waite placed a large roll of bills, which Waite told Mr. Swana contained $9,000, into Xane's hands, saying: “Now, for God's sake, get that stuff in the sample and get it down to the district attorney’s office.” - - ” Kane toid Mr. Swann he kept the know where 1 money. was too scared to he said. Secreted Money in His Bureau. Then he went home, without count- ing the money, which was In bills of large denomination, and secreted it in his bureau. “I was so mervous I shook l'ke a leat.” he told the district attorney. The presence of the money in the est Germany has decided to Brazi! $30.000,000 deposited In Beriin bankes ;:l:’? the war to the account of Sao Two men were Du Pont Point, N. J. of ki munition the Clyde :'m fined $25 each In Glasgow for rivting. According to a contributions to the fourtn war loan now amount to $2,667,750,000. General Largeau, one of the young- rank in the French army, has been killed before Verdun. An_order for 500 automobile was received by the American Car & l;'-ua‘ndry Co. from the Burlington Rail- from Berlin, & led In the blowing out of a die in a large press at the powder works at Carney's The United States Cartridge Co., Is 400,000,000 cartridges. A discussion of the liquor traffic oc- of the Vermonth Met conference at Montpelier. died, aged 52 y¢rs. of Belfort, N. Y. cupied the greater part of the session thodist Episco; nouncey at the. Faions st 5 uncer at the station Hartford, He was a native reported to have received a new con- tract from one of the belligerents for pal in Six four-masted schooners will be built by R. L. Beam of Camden, N. J., at a total cost of $300,000. The ships foreign will go to owners. The New York branch of the Na- tional Bank of Cuba received from Ha- vana $1,000,000 ir French and Spanish gold and American silver. Shut down since June 30, 1913, the Bessemer hem Steel Pa., secretary will resume operati ent of the Bethle- at South Bethlehem, ons. Theodore Rooseve!t has asked the of state of Montana not to permit the use of his name on any Planned to Invade Canada. The warrant to “on In- formation and belief” by Wi om. n y Willlam M. ey, agent of the depart- ment of justice. The complatnant in the case also named Alfred A. Fritzen, Who is not vet under arresf. It is charged that Tauscher and Fritzen on August 15, 1914, set on foot a mili- tary enterprise to he carried on from the United States against the Do- minfon of Canada for the purpose of destroying the Welland canal. The defendants named are said to have had four associates. It is also alleged that the defend- ants obtained a large quantity of dy- namite and other explosives and that on or about September 14, 1914, all the defendants, except Tauscher, loft New York carrying the dynamite In suit cases and proceeded by rail to Niag- Sources of information on which the complaint are based are kept secret for the stated reason that to disclose them would be contrary to public policy. Tauscher was arrested at his of- fice In this city and taken before Unit. ed States Commissioner Haughton. He entered a plea of not guilty and was held under a bond of $25000 for ex- amination on April 15. Result of Examination of Von Goltz. The arrest of Tauscher and the name of Fritzen in the complaint are said to have been the direct result of the examination by federal authorities here of Horst Von der Goltz, alias Bridgman Taylor, who arrived Tues- day from Liverpool on the steamshlp d accompanied by a Scotland Yard detective. The. information furnished by Von der Goltz, it is said, completed a chain of evidence which federal authorities have been welding gsainst six men for a year and a 2lf. her arrests are t ] expected Plotted Destruction of Welland Canal. From representatives of the de- partment of justice it was learned to- day that the plot in which Tauscher Is alleged to have been Implicated was the first of several belleved to have been origineted in the United States, der of the Car. ticket in the Montana primaries. house made hi mso restless, he sald, that he took it to Long Island Thurs- day and hid it there. A man from the district attorney's office will go with him tomorrow to the place where the money is hidden. He had not spent any of it, he said. Undertaker Potter was taken to Mr. Swann's office while Kane was being examined and was again questioned. It is expected an indictmen: will be returned against Waite tomorrow by the grand jury which has had the case under consideration. having the destruction of the Welland canal as their purpose. In outlining the evidence against Tauscher and his alleged conferedat. federal agents sald today that soon after the war broke out a party of six men pur- chased from an explosives company in this city a quantity of dynamite. Shipped Dynamite in Trunk. They took the dynamite at night in a trunk from a ship anchored near Gravesend bay. it is charged, the launeh proceeded to a dock in the Hudson river in Harlem, where the dynamite was unloaded and taken in a cab to a boarding house in Manhat- tan. There, it is asserted, the ex- plosives was fitted with fulminating caps and electrical devices for explod- ing them, after which it was packed in suit cases which the alleged conspirators took with them over the New York Central railroad to Buffalo War Department. Waterbury, Conn., March 30.—An STE unknown man, evidently a tramp, was struck and almost instantly killed by car this evening near the Trotting Park on the Watertown road. The motodman saw the man leaning against a fence but he was some dis- tance from the rails, made no effort to stop his car until the man sudden- y sgered toward the tracks and feli across the rails directly in front of the car. The body was terribly mangled, the face being so mutilated that it was al- most unrecognizable. The victim was about five feet, seven inches tall, weoight about 180 pounds and was between 45 and 50 vears of age. He was dressed in dark, lightweight cloth- ing and wore overalls and a gray sweater. The will of Mrs. Lucy Carnegie, sis- ter-in-law of Andrew Carnegie, was filed for probate in Pittsburgh. She left $10,000,000 to ber five children. General Carranza has given mine owmers in territory controlled by him 30 days to pay back taxes, amounting to between $1,000,000 and '$1,500,000. Formal designation of Thursday, May 25 as “Good Roads” Day for Pennsyl- vania, was made by a proclamation is- sued today by Gowernor Brumbaugh. The cost to the state of the trial of Jason S. Haines, of Trumbull, sen- tentced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife, was about $2,000. Washington, March 30—Approximate- ly 234000 citizens of military age in the United States now outside the army have had military training. This estimate was transmitted today by the war department to ‘he semate in re- sponse to a resolution. Adjutant General McCalrn reported 67.765 men passel out of the army after three yea~s' service between 1906 end 1915. Of thege 6,893 were desert- ers and others who left without hon- orable discharges. There are 126, 400 men who served and passed through the organized militia during that period and 40.317 who graduated from some civil educational institu- tion, where they recefved Instruction satisfactory to the war departrhent. NO WORD FROM GERARD ABOUT SUBMARINES. It is Assumed Germany is Aw: Reports from Commanders. inal statements of the revenues of the Panama-Paclfiv exposition give have passed since Ambassador Gerard |the grand total of receipts for admis- was instructed to inquire of the Ger-|sion and the concessions at $12,52 man government whether any of its|000. submarines torpedoed the Eritish chan- nel steamer Sussex, and the United States still is without an admission or denial of responsibility. Nor has any word come from Ambassador Gerard regarding the inquiries he was in- structed to make regarding the attacks upon the British ships Englishman and Manchester Engineer. It is assumed here that the German government is withholding any state- ment while awaiting reports from sub- marine commanders. Officials are puzzied. however, by the "ailure of the ambassador at Berlin ta reply to the state department’s com- munication. It is hoped that he will be heard from tomorrow, when Presi- dent Wilson probably will go over the situation with his cabinet. DANIELS GIVES OUTLINE OF PLANS FOR NAVY RAILROAD MANAGERS ‘Washingten, March 30.—Turee days SuBMIT COUNTER PROPOSAL To Employes Concerning Eight Hour Day and Overtime Rates. New York, March 20.—Rastern rail- road managers replied today to the de- mands of their employes for an $-hour day and higher rates for overtime work by submitting propositions of their own for discussion. The de- mands of the employes are not refuseds neither is a dsmand made by the railroad managers for the acceptance of their own proposals. These are submitted for consideration in the ne- gotiations that are expected to fol- low. “What the railroads ask for is an open door” their reply states. The reply was sent todav to the of- ficials of the four brotherhoods im- mediat: y afier the receipt of the em- ployes’ demands. GRIEVING OVER LOSS OF JEWELS VALUED AT $3,000 Mrs. F. A. Busse, Widow of a Former Mayor of Chicago. Chicago, March 30.—Mrs. F. A. Bus- se, widow of a former mayor of Chica- go, is today grieving over the loss of jewels valued at $3,000, which were the gifts of her late husband ana which were virtually all that was deft after the settlement of the estate ‘When Mrs. Pusse returned home last night she found that her apartment had been broken into and everything of value taken, including the jewels and $125 In crrrency. Recently Mrs. Busse obtained a po- sition in the city collector's office at $20 a weck and yesterday was her first day at work. RECEIVING MILITARY EDUCATION AT THE EXPENSE OF VILLA Six Mexican Youths in Military Academy at San Rafael, Cal. San Rafael, Calif., March 30. — Six Mexican. youths are being educated at a local military academy. at the ex- pense of Francisco Villa it became At this point the journey was nter- rupted for some reason which the fed- eral officers decline to disclose at the present time and the party is said to have returred city with the dangerous “baggage. Details of Alleged Plot Known. Federal officers declared details of the alleged plot have been known ever since its failure, the missing de- tails being supplied by Von der Goltz. A plan to destr#y the Welland canal which resulted in the arrest and In- dictment of Paul Koenlg. the officers said, had no direct comnection with the case now under investigation. Information regarding Fritzen was withheld. It was said. however, that all six of the alleged conspirators are in the United States. The identity of the vessel from which the dynamite is said to have been taken was not disclosed, but it was declared she was not the Ger- man steamer Madgeburg, which for a long time after the war started was at anchor in Gravesend bay with a cargo of dynamite aboard. Penalty Three Years and $2,000 Fine. The charge against Tauschen and Fritzen is based on the provisions of section 13 of the United States chim- inal code which prescribes a penalty of not more than three years’ imprison- ment and a fine of $3000 for “begin- ning, setting on foot or preparing within the confines of the United States a military expedition directed against a foreign power, with which which the United States s at peace.” ‘Tauscher is understood to have as- serted today that he was not in the United States on the date the con- | spiracy is alleged to have been formed and that he did not return umntil nine or ten days later.” ARMY IS FEELING HIGH COST OF LIVING — In a Few Months a Ration Has In- creased From 27 to 30 Cents. ‘Washington, March 30—Rapid ad- vances in the cost of living are being felt in the army, the house military President Lassen of the Kansas Mill- ing Co. which operates the largest flour mill in Kansas, predicts a 100,- 000,000 bushel wheat crop for this year. Includes a Government Plant to Manu- facture Projectiles. - Washington, March 30.—A zeneral outline of the administratien’s prepar- edness plans for the navy was given the house naval committee today by Secretary Daniels, who will be the last witness heard before the commit- tee begins framing its bill. The secretary added in several re- spects to the program he had mapped out in estimates previously submitted to the committee. He urzed the teblishment of a government plant to manufacture navy projectiles; raised the estimate for the proposed research laboratory from $1,000,000 to $1,500, 000; asked for about 15,000 additional men instead of 10,000 und proposed that civilian educators be placed at the head of the non-military depart- ments of the naval academy to release line officers for active service. DESPERATE ATTEMPT BY TWO GERMANS TO ESCAPE Stowaways Got Away from Ellis Is- land—Captured Jersey City. New York, March 30.—Johann Rou- din and Hans Winkler, Germans, fac- ing virtual imprisonment at Ellis Is- land until the end of the war, made a_desperate attempt to escape today. They were captured in the railroad yards in Jersey City after escaping from a third floor room by means of a rope of bed sheets and swimming to the Jersey shore. The pair came over here as stowaway® on a Dutch freighter . March 2. Because of war conditions the immigration authorities are not deporting German subjects. - ESPIONAGE PLOT OF FORMER RUSSIAN NAVAL ATTACHE Overseas Agency Tells of Its Discovery in Sofia. Berlin, March 30, (by Wireless to Tuckerton, N. J.)—An espionage plot organized by a former Russian naval attache has been'discovered in Sofia, according to a despatch from ‘the Bul- garian capital, it was announced today by the Overseas News Agency. A Bulgarian reserve officer, & news- faper man and two captains of mer- chant ships were sentenced to life im- prisonment in connection with the conspiracy, the agency advices state. One of the sea captains was a native The tug Sparton reached Hartford from down the river after an ice- breaking trip of four days and naviga- tion is now open on the Connecticut river. An -:,i stment of the grievance which led to fifteen baggage handlers in the Hartford station stopping work Wednesday, is said to have been ad- Justed. One hundred journeymen lors at Hartford last night voted to strike at noon today if their demands for short- er hours and better wages were not granted. Representative Bailey of Pennsylva- nia introduced a resolution for a con- stitutional amendment fixing the pres- ident’s term at 6 years, and barring re-election. The roundhouse of the Boston & Maine Rallroad at Plymouth, N. H., was destroyed by fire, the loss being estimated at $60,000. were badly damaged. DISCOVERY OF PROCESS TO MAKE DIAMONDS Made in Recent Work at Geneva Lab- oratory of Inorganic Chesistry. Geneva, via Paris, March 30, 5.05 a. m.—The synthetic diamond, long sought for by science appears at last to ve been discovered, says the Geneva Tribune today. “Research work is being carried out at the Geneva laboratory of inorgantc chemistry” adds the newspaper, “on the separation of carbonic anhydrides in the form of snow by chlorophylous pryidine in solution and other nitrous organic liquids. In the residue, be- sides free carhons of varying welght, have been found very hard and very heavy white tetrahedral and octohad- ral crystals, which burned ‘without' leaving ashes and were Insotusie In aqua regia, possessing, as far as the analysis made up to the present show, all the pi of the diamond.” b A Gen. Trevino, military commander at MESSAGE ON ABOLITION Monterey, has »sent OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT m“”"‘:‘; ¥ g e i Sent to Massachusetts Legislature by from The oot Governor MeCall. Professor Ludwig Becker, a native — ot , resigned from the chair Boston, March 30.— astronomy in the Unis favori: the abolition of capital Gl Scotland, Jeft Wu"f voring pun- losgow, and ity, known today. They have been study- | ishment In Massachusetts was sent to|following a demand for his Ing here since 1913 with ‘:u.ooo tu- o o advance. Six locomotives The New Jersey senate passed over the governor’s veto the bill permitting juries to recommend Jife Imprisonment in first degree murder cases instead of the death penalty. Wells W. Cook, a biologist of the of agricul have been suf- shortage. the legislature today by Gow ition for three years Call. The Mexican bandit also spent $8, “As statistjcs do not prove that the 000 in giving six other youthful pro-|infliction of capital punishment les- teges a ye1r's tralning at another mil- | sens the number of crigmes commit- itary academy here two years ago. [ted,” the govergor said, ,“it i e N seem that the time had arrived A membership to the New York Cot- | doing away with this method or ——— hi - Holdlnl-pmog h-\—u‘ aged 20, of Middletown, last night fired two revolver bullets through it attempt at sul- hospital