Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 1, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVHiL—NO. 79 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 VILLA IS WOUNDED; POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1918 HIS POWER BROKE 400 American Cavalrymen Under Command of Colonel Dodd Rout Main Body of Bandits U. S. TROOPERS RODE 55 MILES IN 17 HOURS Picked Troops of the Seventh and Tenth Cavalry Drove Down the Santa Maria Valley and at the End of a 55 Mile Ride Fell Upon the Unsuspecting Villa Camp While the Ban- dits Were Celebrating the Massacre of 172 Carranza Sol- diers at Guerrero—Villa, With Hip Shattered, Was Hur- ried From Danger in a Carriage—His Death or Capture is Believed to be Only a Question of Days—Little by Little Details of “Dodd’s Ride” Are Reaching Border, Where Excitement is at Fever Heat—Congress Stopped Business to Cheer News From Amcrican Troopers—Of- ficials Are Jubilant, From President Wilson Down. El Paso, Texas, March 31—Four hundred American cavalrymen under the command of Colonel George A. Dodd, galloping down from the gran- continental di- on the in body < bandite at the San scattern them in and driving the ‘ban- ded and ¢ ted, to intains. from danger in a =ht opened at § o'cloek March 29 and con- tinued for several hours. Sent a Thrill Around the Bordlr.v The news of the exploit was flashéd Into Juarcz today and sent a thrill he border. For seventeen hours veteran colonel with his picked of the Seventh and Tenth Cav- K the valley of the r. At the end of a e ride they fell upon the umsus- -ting Ville camp where 500 bandits celebrating the massacre of 172 diers two_days previpusly ite slopes of the great a n t: ranch, chief, seek a hiding plage in the Made Brief but Hopeless Stand. jhot through the leg and with one Hip “mhatiered. was hurried from The scene barely m time to escape the gnslaught of the Americans. The ban- Qdits made a brief but hopeless stand before the charge of Colonel Dodd and his troopers. Then they broke and fled, leaving 31 dead on the field, in- “luding their commander, General Eii- feo Hermandez. Two machine guns, a pumber of horses, rifies, ammunition oha equipment fell into the hands of icans. . B ASne the known wounded is Pablo Lopez, Villa's lieutenant in the Colum- bus rald. The American casualties were four privates wounded. Drove Outlaws Into the Mountains. American soldiers did not lin ze?hoen the fied of victory. For five hours they drove the enemy before them into the wilderness of mountain peaks, desert and canyon, where roads or even trails are unknown and where 2 misstep means death to horse and Bandits had led them ten miles and the fugi- Hives were scattered into little bands of half a dozen men each. Villa Power Has Been Broken. Villa’s career has ended; his power has been broken. His death or cap- ture is only a question of days, per- haps only hours. Such is the inevit- able conclusion reached here as little by little the details of ‘“Dodd’s ride’ reach the border. Acklin, Hemple, Locke and Dr. Stell—r are known to have been in or near Minaca recently. made his way from ) Geronimo ranch, thirt: miles, the murder of the Zore! I rigers. he could find. It was probably Guerrero that ha wag wounded. After the bat: leased a large number of ing. Excitement at El Paso Heat. Excitement in El Paso tion that any mg flash the news of escape in his crippled condition. NEWS FROM MEXICO the Demonstration. in Mexico. Jjoined in the demonstration. VILLA CARRIED AWAY Col. D. C. Cabell Says. Columbus, N. sage from Lieutenant (Continued on Page Three.) TOOL REPAIR MEN STRIKE To Remain Hidden Seems Impossible. It seems impossible that the crippled bandit can long remain hidden, even Sympathy at Pittsburgh. Pitsburgh, Pa.,, March 81. It is not certain that Villa himeelf took part in these murders, as it is thought improbable that he could have inaca to the San to the rortheast, in the time elapsing between ners and the ght on the ranch with Colonel Dodd's Zome time before the ¥inaca massa- cre Villa descended on Guerrero, where he slaughtered al the Carranza troops at on the San Geroni- mo ranch the 4merican soldiers re- Carranza men whom the bandit chief was hold- is at Fever and aleng the border is at fever heat in expecta- ent the wires may Tile’s death or cap- ture. Two days already have passed since the battle of San Geronimo and it i8 not believed the bandit chief can APPLAUDED IN HOUSE. Republicans and Democrats Joined in ‘Washington, March 31.—Enthusiastic applause and shouts greeted the read- ing in the house late today of the offi- cial reports of the encounter between American troopers and Villa's bandits Republicans and democrats The report was brought to Speaker Clark, who interrupted debate on the. rivers and harbors bill to have it read. IN A CARRIAGE, WOUNDED His Hip Permanently Disabled, Lieut.- rider, They haited only after the chase | March 31.—A mes- Colonel D. C. AT WESTINGHOUSE PLANT Munitions Employes May Go Out in The strike of tool repair men in the plant of the Cabled Paragraphs Air Rald on 8wiss Village. Berne, Switz= _ \ March 31, via o0 aeroplanes of * _ropped five large " _.uis_morning on_the _iage of Porentruy, near - frontfer. Some damage to \ ©. INSPECTOR LOOKING FOR TRAIN ROBBERS “Harrison Gang” Which Has Operated on Baltimore & Ohio. Atlanta, Ga, March 31.—Post office inspectors here, who for weeks have been trying to arrest members of the so-called “Harrison gang” in connec- tion with several train robberies, to- dgy annoynced that the men in jail here and known as Jim Bohannan, is Charles Harrison, one of three broth- ers_under_arrest, Henry Grady Webb, a_well known young man of Birmingham and Atlan- ta, left Birmingham just before the inspectors expected to arrest him terday. was sent throughout the south. Investigation of the robbery of a Baltimore and Ohio train near Cen- tral station, West Virginia, Oct. 8, 1915, in which several thousand doliars in unsigned bank notes were stolen, led the ofMicers from Grand Rapids to New Orleans. It resulted in the arrest of Jeff Harrison at San Angonio. Rich- ard Harrisoy at Grand Rapids, arl Rentz, a nephew of the Harrisons, at "Cincinnati, nd Charles Harrison he ‘When Charles arrison con- fronted with his identity 3 police say he admitted it them that he was not im in the Central station robbery, but knew all about it d had been “sticking up” his brothers and the others for ANNUAL REPORT OF STATE INSURANCE COMMISSION Fart One, a Resume of Business of Fire and Marine Companics. h Hartford, Conn,, of the fifty state ple 31.—Part 1 eport of the ioner, con- a_total capitol stock of The igcome of i Jus as rezards polic: $201,485433.42, The total The net risks written shown to be 103.31 p amount written in 1914, or $1 more. The net premiums show an jncrease of $230,3: The lodses incurred in 1915 were 10947 per cent of the smount of lusses incurred 0 1914, or $220,727.05 more. The losses Daid in 1915 were 115.74 per cent. of the amount in 1914 ‘or $356,318.05 more. ARRANGING REPUBLICAN NATIO! L CONVENTION. Temporary Chairman Will Be Selected April 7 in Chicago. in cent Chicago, March 31.—The sub-com- mittee on arrangements of the national republican committee will meet here April 7, it was announce dtoday, at which time it is expected they wiil se- lect the temporary chairman of the national republican convention opening here June 7. It is reported among republicans here that Senator Warren Harding of Ohlo has been agreed upon by a ma- jority of the sub-committee for tem- porary chalrman. SUICIDE BELIEVED TO BE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT Edward P. Cummings, of Mich.,, Who Has Been Chicago, March 31—A man who committed suicide in a Michigan ave- nue hotel here today is believed to be Edward P. Cummings, missing super- intendent of schools at Lansing, Mich., and a former president of the Michigan State Teachers' association. The man fegistered at the hotel yes- terday as R. S. Brown of Detroit. Death had been caused by shootine. Lansing, ng. HYDRO-AEROPLANE SINKS IN BRIDEPORT HARBOR Collided With a Spar Buoy—Occu- pants Were Rescued. A message to arrest Webb | ‘Westinghouse Electric and Manufac- turing company in West Pittsburgh assumed a serious aspect tonight, when 600 men in the munitions department decided not to work next Monday un- less the company grants the demands of the strikers. They also resolved neither to use tools repaired by strike- breakers nor to repair their own fools in the mountainous wastes in which Be has sought refuge. Among the scene of Colonel Dodd's victory is a broad valley lving at the head of the Santa Maria river. On the west side rise the barren foothilis of the conti- nental divide and to the east is a trail, made famous by Villa, which leads Bridgeport, Conn., March 31. — A hydro-aeroplane, driven by John D. Cooper, and carrying one other man, sank in-the outer harbor toray, aft- er colliding with a spar buoy. The occupants were rescued by a boat from the Bridgeport lighthouse. through the Laguna de Castilla dis- trict to Santa Ysabel. It was at the latter place that Villa killed 18 Amer- jcan mininz men, a crime which sent a thrill of horror throughout the Unit- ed States and marked the beginning of what many beleve to be the end of his bloodstained career. It was to- ward Santa Ysabel that he was b leved to be heading when the troop- ers of the United States swept down from the north upon his camp. Troops Moved With Stealth. From the meagre details which have ed here from Mexican and Amer. jean military sources Colonel Dodd’s men made their way unnoticed through the arroyos, or deep guiches, which #plit up the foothills in all directions, alarm was given. reported to have been in a st sarsing his hgurics when of the American volley fire bandits to panic-stricken The strikers, Who now number 900 men, at a meeting today voted to re- main out until the company grants The men originally acked for an increase of ten per cent. in wages with double pay for over- tgne, Sundays and holidays but at the they decided to increase their their demands. meetin demands to 20 per cent. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER Home at Lawrence, Mass, Lawrence, Mass, March death in a today. h&l}"bw in m: his escape. cement house owned by BURNED TO DEATH I a Fire Which Swept Through Their 31—Mrs. Aaron_A. Currier’ and h were almost in the camp befors | Aflae mila Currier, more - b l5rter fire that swept through thelr home on Campo Seco street caty David Currier, 9 years old, was OBITUARY. Major Otis S. Tenney. Lexington, Ky., March 3i.—Major Otis S. Tenney, veteran of both the Mexican and Civil wars, dled here to- day of paralysis. He was 93 years old and is sald to have been the oldest surviving member of the Sons of the American Revolution in this country. Rev. James Edward Coley. ‘Westport, Conn., March 31—The Rev. James Edward Coley, a widely known Episcopalian_divine in__Connecticut, died here today in the 85th year of his age. He was a native of Old Sauga- tuck. In 1855 he was graduated from Trinity college and from the Berkeley Divinity school at Middletown three years later. He was ordained priest in At varlous times he was stationed at St. James' church, New London; St. James' church, Westville; St. Peter's Jake Katz and occupled by the Kai and the Currier families was dem-ey‘f ed and_the adjoining residence of Jo- seph Walworth was badly damaged. ‘Dhe loss is estimated at $50,000. llr-v.‘llgg ugfl ks m‘x;;nmi and was Tremo a pital, but phygicians #aid her injuries were not Zflzgn ——— e BRITISH BLUEJACKETS LOST IN BLIZZARD Between 40 and 45 Were Returning to Thelr Cruiser. London, March 81, 412 p. m—Dur- the blizzard of Tuesday night I Bl el e Dottt o it - i oaies e Brpe ekt o aitempting to return thelr ship. The Towad it 1arge o ey church, Monroe; St. Matthew's ghurch, Wilton, and All Saints’ chapel, New Haven. His last charge was at Grace church in Hamden, and he was made rector emeritus in 1910. Since his re- tiregient he made his home with his daughter here. He is survived by three children: Rew Edwaszd Huntington Coley, D. D., rector of Calvary church, Utica. N. Y., Mrs. Willlam Gray Staples of Westport and Francis C. Caley, first assistant general passenger agent of the New Yor:. New Haven and Hartford rail- roa Outlaws Loyal to Chief. ry hold the bandit on hig followers 1s shown by that their first thought was Unable to walk or ride, in a lght n and mn"’mm'&fi trails -one of the bandits are known to have been kiled, it is mald the number may have been consider- wamu::: luth‘nfig:ufi Rivers and Harbor Bill in House. ‘Washington, March 31.—The annual fight over the rivers and harbor bill began today in the house. The bill carries $40,000,000. A week or more of debate is expected. Movements of Steamships. Christiansand, March 30.—Arrived: Steamer Hellir Olav. New York. Lyman’s Tale of Financial Ventures VERILY A “GET RICH QUICK WALLINGFORD” HAD SCORE OF ALIASES Land in Panama That Cost 15 Cents an Acre He Sold for $5 an Acre on the Instaliment Plan—Operated Bridgeport. New York, March 8$1.—Examination before the court of Virginius St. Julian Mayo of New Haven, Conn., de- fendant in & suit for $250,000 damages - breach of promise brought against him by Wilhelmina Meyer, was be- gun here today. Supposed She Was Mayo’s Wife. She alleges that for twelve years she supposed she was Mayo's wife. In- vestigation of the death of Lillian May Cook, a stenographer who com- Mormon Marriage Ceremony Fraud MRS. MEYER'S CHARGE AGAINST V. 8T. J. MAYO BREACH OF PROMISE New Haven Man Refused to Give Any Information Regarding the Pervious Marriage Which Mrs. Meyer Al- leges. New York, March 31. — A tale of financial ventures in many parts of the world under a score of aliases was told today by John Grant Lyman, held on charges of stock swindling by use of the malls. He appeared volunta ily to testify before a United Staty commissioner in the bankruptcy pro- ceedings.against “John H. Putnam and Company,” the name under which he operated here just before his flight to Florida, where he was arrested as he Creates a Selling Atmosphere At a convertion of mercharts the head of a successful advertise, quit your business. The a sellt e Certain big iety to man: them declares an annual dividend sufficient answer to the question: speakers, ng atmosp! If the merchants of a town are r trade to let the people know can satisfy their wants, no advertising is done it is presur tise,and t In th used fe homes, buy. is part of Connecticut it the se atms 00 or more = brings re ing is read by Bulletin advi In the past we umns, Builetin Saturday, Monday, Mar. Tuesday, Mar. Wednesday, Mar. Thursday, Mar. Friday, . Mar. Mar. 25. 27 287 29: 30. 3. Totals:...c . i merchants throughout the people W < the following il for twelve cents a week delivered at Telegraph Local 84 95 140 118- 100 95 -.032 held In the middle west one of the business house sald: purpose of advertising is to create mail order houses cause much anx- the country, but when one of 00,000 there ood and oes it pay to advertise? interested enoush that they are in 1 de med that there is no “If you can't of is a in increasing ness and that yme, but w hing to adver- ere de goes where it is solicited The Bullet! because the hich shouvld be into the vant to is <P an sults, m: reache ter ha ared col- door: n its Total 1315 169 518 454 451 General 1061 216 240 206 238 139 2100 170 158 138 130 113 134 843 3575 mitted suicide while in the employ of Mayo, disclosed that he had a wife and two daughters living in Scranton, Pa. This wife obtained a divorce from him after the New Haven dis- closures. A Mormon Ceremony. Mrs. Meyer alleges that Mayo per- perated a fraud upon ber by mar- ing her in “a Mormon ceremony” while he had a wife living from whom he was not divérced, althcugh he rep- resented himself as a single man. Most of the questions propounded to him Mayo refused to answer. He de- clined to give any information regard- ing the previous marriage which Mrs. Meyers alleges. Gave Detalls Regarding His Business He gave some details, however, re- garding his business and financial af- fairs. He admitted owning several patents and $5,400 worth of stock in the Radio, Mechanical Company _at Hamden, ‘a suburb of New Haven, which has a capital of $500,000. This stock is attached, he said. Mayo tes- tificd that his salary is $7,200. He owns “quite a lot” of Teal estate in Hamden. He said the only real estate he own- ed outside of Connecticut was an equi- ty in a house in Brooklyn. Mayo de- clared he carries $240,000 life insur- ance, but made loans upon his policies. Policies Made Payable to Estat “Who are your beneficiaries was asked. “At present most of the policies are made payable to my estate,” was the reply. The witness testifled he owned four automobiles but that all the jewelry owned by him was worth only about $1,000. he FATALLY INJURED BY A JITNEY AUTOMOBILE Samuel Samandusky of Fairfield Was Running to Catch Trolley. Fairfleld, Conn., March 31. Samuel Samandusky, 21 vears old, an employe in a factoory here, was struck and fat- ally injured by a jitney automobile while running to catch a trolley car after leaving work this cfternoon and dled just as an ambulance arrived With him at a hospital in Bridgeport. His skull had been fractured. William C. Stowe, 32 years old, driver of the jitney was held in $6,000 bonds on a charge of manslaughter. Samandusky was following a com- panion in an effort to catch the car. The other men got across the street safely, but, acocrding to soveral wit- nesses, Samandusky ran diregfly in front of the automobile, wWhich was traveling at a moderate speed. RAILROAD MILEAGE IN RETURN FOR ADVERTISING. Amendment in House to Permit It for Publishers and Editors. Washington, March 31. — Senator Culberson, chairman of the judiciary committee, today introduced an amend- ment to the antl-pass law to permit publishers, editors or prapietors of newspapers or magazines to take rail- road mileage in payment for adverti: ing space. Senator Culbemson is the author of the eriginal amt: act. and proposes to s was about to safl for Honduras aboard a yacht he had purchased. One of Lyman's most spectacular ventures was the promotion of Pana- ma real estate, for which he _subse- quently was arrested and convicted in Los_Angeles. “Those lands cost us about fifteen cents an acre,” he said, “and we sold them for $5 an acre on the install- ment plan Lyman's narrative went back to 1901, when he was a member of the New York stock exchange under his own name; All that time he was_en- gaged in_promoting enterprises in New York and London and never had been in trouble with the postal authorities, he said. Changed His Residence Frequently. After that he changed his resi- dence so frequently, he declared, that it was difficult for him to recal just where he had been. About 1906 Lyman was engaged In the manufacture of “Scientific glass- ware instruments,” in _ Philadelphla, after which he came to New York and took up real estate promotion. Later he went to Cuba and from there to Panama, where he organized the Pan- ama Development company. Lyman's fleld of activities for the past few vears, he testified, has_extended over the eastern states, England and Switzerland. The names he used, he sald, included “John G. Lorrimer,” “John G. Sterling,” “Orville A. Rob- erts” “Charles A. Wills,” “Charles A. urtls’ and “John H. Putnam.” Operated in Bridgeport. A year ago Lyman was in business in Boston. He moved later to Detroit, then to Bridgeport, onn., and from there back to Boston. Thence he came to New York, where he remained until his fiight. NEXT SEASON’S CLOTHES WILL NOT HOLD COLOR Warning Sent Out by N; nal Asso- ciation of Clothiers. New York, March 31.—Purchasers of new suits after the present season are warned by the National Association of Clothiers, in a circular sent out to- day, that if the garment fades “they must learn to accept the situation as one over which no mill, manufacturer or _retailer can exercise control” “The complete cessation of imports of coal tar dyes” the letter, which is sent to all retail clothing merchants in the United States, continues: “the rapid exhaustion of domestic suppiles and the inadequacy of American pro- Guction have caused most woolen and worsted miils to refuse color guaran- tees of their fabrics for the fall and winter seasons. Surely, the American public can be trusted to meet this con- dition cheerfully, if everybody is frank about it” Card Division In Congressional Library Washington, March 31.—The Library of Congress maintains a card division iob more than pays for itself by the sale of book index cards to libraries of the country. Its receipts last year were $59,379. That was about $11,000 niore than expenses. Makes T. R. Self-conscious. Sepator Lodge likens the Wilson administration ~ to Buchanan's. & kind Providence grant us another ent. Lincoln?—New York Sun. ~eagraaaas, B TR N Bulletin Condensed T_elegrams A slight earthquake occurred at ue. Thirty-three persons were injured in a street car collision'in Chicago. Seth Low, former Mayor of New York is seriously ill at his home In New York city. Valentine Vandewater, aged 72, Civ-. War veteran, died at his home at Hempatead, L. L The American steam: from Portiand, arrived Peru, badly damaged. George Mayre, retiring American Ambassador to Russia, left Petrograd for the United States. Tampi Moliendor Soveral persons were hurt when Boston & Maine train No. 60 was de- rafled near Laconia, N. H. Articles of incorporation were filed at {Dover, Del, by the Robinson Oil Corporation, capital $7,000,000. An order for 750 tank cars was plac- ed with the American Car & Foundry . by the Union Tank, Line Co. Payable April 14, the American Win- dow Glass Co., declared a dividend of 16 per cent. on the preferred stock. 0., A seat on the New York Cotton Ex- change was sold for $12,500, a decrcase of $250 from the last previous sale. The New York State Senate tenta- 1y fixed next Wednesday for con- sideration of the woman's suffrage bill. was appointed Military Paris, succeeding Gen. . Who retired because of {ll A new sugar refinery to cost, with the land, about $2,500,000 will be erect-4 | ed at Charleston, Mass., by the United Fruit Co. W. M. Dukate, pionesr shrimp and er packer of the Guilf coast and 1 1 known as a banker, died at Bi- | loxi, Miss. ea €0 ker, was found dead Haven, from inhal sas, Charles Triggs, | garm jat Ne | natin Three more leaders of the striling makers in the Cl River | trict of Great Britain were deported, | making 11 in all. A $2,000 contract for two tank steamers was received by the Newpo {cws Shipbuilding Co., from thel ndard Oil Co. A new plant to furnish employment to between 500 and 600 operu 3 \\‘l“; 2 erected Providence, ¥ by the Generat Electric Cp. H Owing tc g strika at the piers, the sailing of the liner St. Paul from Liv- erpool for New York, scheduled for Saturday has been cancelled. The Ways and Means Committse of ‘he New i sl Asse: reported the biil appropriatihg $500 000 for mobliz- ing the St.t> National Guard. The weekly statement of the Bank of France shows a decrease in gold holding of 5,033,000 francs ,and a de- SIXTEEN PAGES. FRENCH RECAPTURE FIRST LINE TRENCHES Having Captured Malancourt, the Teutons Have Shift- ed Offensive to the Eastward Having ‘captured the village of Ma- lancourt, the Germans have now shift- ed their offensive eastward to the sec- tor around the famous Le Mort Homme. With heavy forces the Teu- tons have attacked the French line be- tween Hill 295 and Le Morte Homme and succeeded in entering French first line trenches. A vigorous counter-at tack by the French, however, almost immediately expelled the invaders and nother attack by the Teutons, del d a lttle later, is declared by Par tc_have been down completely. The Germars have made no attemot to debouch from Ofalancourt since ieir occupation of the villate. The ervy bombardmomts of precedins davs in the region northwest of Ver- have greatly slackened. and there also hos baen only m o activity by the big guns north and east of the fortress. Paris reports the fallure of a Ger- man _in! y attack against the French = of the Somme river, rear Demirre, the shelling by the French of German troops on the march in the Argonne forest and the battering of German positions in_ the forest of Apremont. Violent artillery duels have been in progress betwecn the Delgians and Germans in the re- #ion of Dixmude, There kes been a noticeable decrease in the fnfantrs fighting. or the Russian front, probably owfnz to tha som £round, due to the spring thaw. Tho artillery of both sides, however, has been carrying out bombardments at various points from the rezion of Riga southward. Bad weather also is ham- pering the fighting between the Aus- trians and Italians. ZEPPELIN RAID ON crease in siiver of 1,546,000 francs. Chinese rebels attacked the city of Swatow, in the province of Kwang- tung. The United States gunboat Wilmington is in the harbo~ there. Orders for 25 locomotives from the Baldwin Locomotive Works, and 25 from the Lima Locomotive Works were placed by the Pennsyvania Railroad. Lieut.-General Ichinosuke Oka, Jsp- anese minister of war, resigned be- cause of {ll health. He was succeeded by Lieutenant-General Ken-chi Oshi- ma. A report from Washington states that Felix Diaz at the head of a new revolution, backed with $5,000,000 cash, ’has landed on the west coast of Mex- co. Capt. Thomas Killela, retired mem- ber of the New York police depart- ment, died at his home in Harlem. Killela was famous as a foe (0 gang- sters. Ten rare painting of masters, valued at more than $1,000,000 have been stolen from the ancient monastery of San Pletro de Casinensi, at Perugia, Ttaly. Henry T. Fletcher, former ambassa- dor to Chile, and recently appointed minister to Mexico, arrived at New York from Panama on the steamer Carrillo. George Oakley, Ohio state drug in- spector, w: arrested at Columbus, charged with having used his position to obtain narcotics which he disposed of in an fllegal manner. Directors of the Cunard Steamship per cent. less income tax, on ordinary Co., Ltd., declared a dividend of 10 shares for 1915, and a 10 cent. EASTERN ENGLAND. About Ninety Bombs Were Dropped by the Invaders. London, April 1, 3. m.—Five Zeppelins raided the eastern counties of England last night, according to an official announcemcnt Just issued. Thus far it has been ascertained that about ninety bombs were dropped by the in- vaders. An official statement regarding the rald says: “An_air raid took place last night over the eastern counties in which five ins are believed to have taken part. All the raiders crossed the coast at different places and times and steered different courses. "At present about ninety bombs are reported to have been dropped in va- rious localities in the eastern counties, but the results are not known. “It is further reported that hostile alrcraft visited the northeast coast, but no details have yet been recelved.” CONDITIONS FOR GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR and Japan Have Been Greatly Improved. PARIS REPORTS REPULSE OF LATEST ATTACK The Germans Have Made No Attempt to Debouch From Mal- bardments in the Region Northwest of Verdun Have Slackened—Violent Artiilery Duels Are in Progress Be- tween Belgians and Germans in the Region of Dixmude —There Has Been a Notable Decrease in Infantry Fight- ing on the Russian Front—Bad Weather is Hampering Fighting Between the Austrians and Italians. side the Lema Islands instead of the one inside. The Chylo Maru carried a small cars: SHOTS FIRED ACROSS BOW OF AMERICAN TRAWLER. Had Innocently Viclated Regulation of Harbor of Halifax. Halifax, N. fean steam S., March rawler ton, was stopped by shots fired across her bows from the forts while trying to enter the Larbor late last night. Cap- tain Tobin came achore today and re- ported the afair to the American con- sul. The Incident arose, it was sald, through the captain’s lack of famiHaf- ity with tie harbor regulations in efs fect since the beginning of the war, and no International complications are. expected. AUTOMOBILE COMPANY WITH CAPITAL OF ABOUT $8,000,000 Produce Gasoline and Other Products of Petroleum. To New York, March 31—Manufactur- ers of automobiles connected with National Automobile Chamber of Come merce amneunced today their decision to incorporate a company with “am ultimate capital of from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000, to produce gasoline and other products of petroleum, with the purpose of “demonstrating that gaso- line can be produced and sold at a profit at a price somewhat lower than that pow prevailing, and within the means of all users of automobiles and motorboats.” Conferences of manufacturers of a- tomobiles and men engaged in ofl pro- duction have been held here during the past few days and have been attended by Alfred Reeves, general manager of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce; S. A. Miles, manager of the New York and Chicago automobile shows, and John A. Royal, an oil man. ROOSEVELT AND ROOT MEET AT LUNCHEON Others Present Were Senator Lodge and General Wood. New York, March 31.—Colonel Theo- dore Roosevelt and Elihu Root met at luncheon today at the home in this city of Robert Bacon, former ambas- sador to France. The other guests were Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts and Major General l.egn‘l.rd Wood. ‘olonel Roosevelt sald after the' luncheon that the conference had to. do only with national preparedness. It was the first time he and Mr. Root had met since the republican national| convention in 1912, which renominated | Willilam H. Taft for president. —_— i ROCHESTER ENDANGERED . Berlin, March 31 (By Wireless to Tuckerton, N. J.).—A representative of the government outlined to the reich- stag today the situation as regards German prisoners of war in Russia and Japan. He reported that the ac- tivities of a delegation representing Red Cross commissions of neutral BY FLOOD CONDITIONS.! los Jams Holding Back Large Quantie{ ties of Water. —————g Rochester, N. Y. March 31.—Flood conditions in the Genesee river, which flows throuzh Rochester, were a-little. countries had resulted in greatly im- proving couditions for tbe prisoners, and he voiced appreciation of the im- portant services thus rendered. As regarded conditions in England, the situation of war prisoners was not unfavorable, the reichstag was told, per bonus, free of income tax. Earthshoocks were recorded yesterday on the seismograph at Yale beginning at 6.25 a. m. continuing until 6.5 a. m., and reaching a mavimum locally at '6.38 a. m. The indications were that it was a long distance scuth. LICENSES ISSUED TO 64 BARBERS THIS MONTH Many Have Left Trade to Go to Work in Munitions Plants. Hartford, Conn.. March 31.—During the present month the state barbers' commission gave licenses to sixty-four barbers who passed the examination. epses were refused to nine who failed to pass. The examinations were held in this city, Bridgeport and New Haven. There are now nearly 2,700 journeymen barbers working at the trade in this state. This is an increase since the last general issue of Hzenses same months ago. A large influx of tarbers from other states to-fill the Dlaces of those who have left the bus. iness and gome into factoriés in Bridgeport, Waterbury and New Ha- ven, has come into this state. Alleged Conspirators With Tauscher Under Arrest. ‘Washington, March 31.—Department of justice officials annouriced today that two alleged conspirators with Captain Hans Tauscher in the plot to blow up the Welland canal were un- der arrest in 'w York, that a third was under surveillance in New Eng- iand, and that they expected to arrest a fourth & few days. while in France conditions were rather the reserve, in many cases there being complaint of insuffictent food supplies at several places where prisoners are kept. GERARD HAS PRESENTED REQUEST FOR INFORMATION To the German Foreign Office About Submarine Activities. Berlin, March 31.—(by Wireless to Tuckerton, N. J.)—James W. Gerard, the American ambassador, has pre- sented to the foreign office his govern- ment’s request for information as to whether any German submarine had less menacing todoy. The danger point now is Pallantyne's bridge, six miles above the city, where an ice jam is holding back larze quantities of water. Channels have been blasted in the jam, however, which is expected! to relieve the pressure there 3 Scores of basements in Main street| and the adjoining business section are| flooded and backwater is swirling| through side streets. ! NINE GROUPS OF MARRIED MEN FOR BRITISH SERVICE Under Derby Plan Are to Join the Col-. ors May 5. London, March 21, 4.26 p. m.—Nine sToups of married men who attested for service under the Derby plan are to join the colors on May 5. _The sroups concerned are numbers 33 to 41, consisting of men from 27 tn-3§ years of age. ol torpedoed the cross-charnel steamer Sussex or the British horse ship En- glishmap. The answer, according to the Overseas News Agency, will be Celayed for some time in order to al- low the naval authorities to make the necessary investigztions. It is the calling out of these men' before all elizible single men huve, joined the army that has caused so| much agitation throughout the coun= try. In consequence of this feeling an earlier summons issued to these' men was canceiled. A BRITISH WARSHIP RESCUED PASSENGERS ©Of Steamer Chyio Maru, Grounded Off Hong Kong. Tokio, April 1.—The Toyo Kisen Ka- bushiki Kaisha confirms the report that all the passengers on board the steamer Chylo Maru, which gfounded off Hong Kong Friday morning during a fog, were saved by a British war- ship. The vessal carried 219 passen- gers, mostly Americans, among whom was a party of Boston tourists, The owners of the vessel attribute|in the forelgn situation wnd the the accident to the war that!sult of Villa and his bandits PRESIDENT AND MRS. WILSON ON WEEK-END TRIP® Ge Down the Potomac on Naval Yacht Mayflower. Washington, March f1—President: Wilson left Washington late tonight with Mrs. Wilson on the naval yachti Ma: er for a Week-end tri ug. the Potomac and Chesapeake Hay. He! expects to be away untli Sunday or Monday morning. During the 4 the president will be kept in t by wireless with devel