Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 4, 1916, Page 1

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LVHL—NO. 81 POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1916 That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population ; 3 ‘The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double FIVE MILES OF VERDUN Have Occupied All French Positions North of the Forges Brook Between Haucourt and Bethancourt NOW SHELLING THE BOURROUS WOOD REGION East of the Meuse, Around Vaux, the French Have Driven Back the Teutons to the Northern Outskirts of the Cail- lette Wood—Germans Lose Four Aeroplanes in Aerial Combats Near Verdun—Artiilery Duels Between the Russians and Germans Continue on the Eastern Front— Constantinople Reports That the Turks Have Checked hte Russian Offensive in the Caucasus Region. ¢ — Having straightened out their Ilne by occupying all French positions north of Forges Brook between Hau- court and Bethancourt, northwest of erdun, the Germans are now engaged In shelling the region of the Borrou- Wood, some five miles northwest of the fortress. 3 East of the Meuse arouni Vaux there has buen considersble fighting between the Frencn and the Sermans, in which the Frencn were victomious in driving ' ~ck tie Teutore - the ern outskirt. e Cetliette Wood and in re-organiza*oa of the western rart of the village of Vaux, which they had previously evacuated. The occupation by the Germans of the Haucourt- Bethancourt front followed a vigorous attack in which, howeyer, the Ger- mans met no foe, the French having evacuated their positions at night without the Germans observing the movement. From their new positions south of the Forges Brook and et Bethancourt, the French poured a di- rect and flanking fire into the attack- ing Germans, who snf¥eed heavy cas- ualties. Along_the remainder of the French front arsillery bombardments ha predominated. aithough. there have aerial combats near Verdun in which the Germans lost four aeroplanes and aerial raids by the Brench on varfous cantenments in Belgium. % Artillery duels between the Russians arid Germans continue on the castern front. An attack by the Germans against the bridgehead at Ikskull was repuised by the Russians. The usual hombardments are in Drogiess on the Austro-Itaua~ line. Constantinople reports that the Turks, strongly reinforced, have checked the Russian offensive in the Caucasus region and that the Otto- man forces have made advances in the Teheruk vailey. Petrograd, however, asserts that the Russians have seized heavily fortifieq Turkish positions at an altitude of 10,000 feet on the upper Lchoruk, and €arther south have captured a Turkish position and dispersed Turkish cav- aley detachments In Arabin, ccording to Constanti- nople, the Eritish near Sheikh Osman have been driven from fortifiel posi- tions with heavy casualties and forced to_retreat. The sinking by a Turkish submarine in the Black sea on afarch 30 of a 12,- 000 ton Russian transport with troops aboard and of two other vessels on March 31 is reported by the Turkish war office. It was on March 30 that the Russlan hosp* @ ship Portuzal wwas torpedoed and ink in the Black Sca. SCOTLAND'S FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH A ZEPPELIN RAID. Five Persons Killed in a Passage Lead- ing to a Tenement Building. London, April 3, 7.1 p. m—A Scottish correspondent in a despatch concerning Sunday night's air raid says: “Scotland had its first experience with a Zeppelin raid last night. A Zeppelin appeared ten minutes before midnight and circled over the town for forty minutes. dropping many bombs. Warning of the enemy's approach was glven the people by the electric lights being cut off. rybody remained calm and many persons ventumd into the streets to get a better view of the raider. No building of public impor- tance ‘was struck. but much damage was done in the residential quarter. “Five persons were killed in a pas- sage leading to a tenement building whose occupants were oblized to make their exits by means of fire escapes. Two servant girls employed in a doc- tor's house were killed, while a man was killed in the street. Two hotels were struck and several persons were killed or injured. A bomb in one in- stance pencirated a bullding from the roof to the basement.” BERLIN’S ACCOUNT OF BATTLES AT VERDUN. French Have Lost Po: North of Forges Brook. Says Berlin, April 3, via London, 8.30 p. m —All the French positions north of Forges brook, between Saucourt and Bethincourt, west of the Meuge, in the region northwest of Verdun, are in German hands, the war office an- nounced today. The text of the statement is as fol- lows: “Western theatre: On th of the Meuse, all the enemy’s positions north of the Frook of Forges, between Haucourt and Dethincourt, are in our bands. “Southwest and south of Fort Dou- aumont our troops engaged in_battle with troops holding the French trenches and points 6f support. “Eastern theatrc: There is nothing to_report. “Dombs were dropped by squadrons of German acroplanes on the railway stations at Pogorjelzy and Horodzie on the line to Minsk (Russian front) and en the camp at Ostrowki, south of Mir. Bombs also were drobped on rallway establishments at Minsk by one of our airship: “Balkan theatre: There is nothing to report. “Alrship movements: left bank Army and naval airships during the night at- tacked docks at London and other im- portant military points on the English east coast and also Dunkirk.” GERMANY SENDS AN APOLOGY TO SWITZERLAND For Bombing of Village of Porenruy by German Airmen. London, April-3, 8:20 p. m.—Ger- many has apologized to Switzerland for the bombing of the Swiss village of Porenruy by German airman last week, says a Reuter despatch from RBerne. A promise to punish the aviators, who supposed they were over Belfort, Bas beén made. A despatch from Berne last Friday said two aeroplanes of unknown na- tionality had dropped five large bombs on Porenruy with some damage to property. A Geneva despatch said the aircraft undoubtedly were German and that the federal council had ordered the Swiss minister in Berlin to protest. PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES OF VON PAPEN LETTERS Asking For Horst Von der Goltz, the Alleged German Spy. ‘Washington, Aprll 3—Photographic coples of letters sald to have been written by Captain Von Paper, the dithdmwn German military aftache, to persons in this _country, asking them to aid Horst Yon der Goltz,_the alleged German spy brought to New York a week ago by Scotland Yard detectives, are in possession of the United States govemnment. These letters it 1s said, were writ- ten at the time Von der Goltz was shaping plans to blow up the Welland cangl. One was addressed to a Ger- man government official in th§s eoun- try and met with such response that Von der Goltz was able to leave the Uniled States with an American pass- port issued him under the alias: of Bridgeman Taylor. - The name of this official, who still is at his post in this country, has been carefully guarded. In the let- ter to him Von Papen is understood t6 have explained that the bearer, Von der Goltz. was a résponsible and stworthy person in the confidence the writer and such was commend- od to the good offices of the recipient. SHORTAGE OF MILK ACUTE AT CLEVELAND Result of Deadlock Between Producers and Wholesalers. Cleveland, 0., April 3.—Shortage of milk became acute in Cleveland todav as a result of the deadlock botween préducers and wholesalers, many of the dairymen were reportéd throwing milk to hoss rather than Sell at the prices offered in_ the new schedule of prices made by the wholesale men. Officials of the Northern Ohio Milk Daalers Association reported that all of the association members, numbering 600, had quit shipping milk to Cleve- land. They allese they were being asked to ship at a loss. Milk trains arriving during the fore- noon did not carry any milk. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SERVICES FOR DR. ANGELL Hundreds of Students Lined Streets at Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor, Mich., April 3.—Dr. James B. Angell, president emeritus of the University of Michigan, who died Saturday, was buried here this afternoon. Public services were held at the Angell residence ecarly this af- ternoon after which private services took place at the cemetery. Hundyeds of students of the uni- versity lined the streets through which the funeral procession passed. It is planned to hold a memoria] service at Hill Auditorium later this month. e CHARGES RESIDENTS WARNED TO CONSERVE MILK SUPPLY Because of Strike of 10,000 Farmers Against Distributors. the Chicago, April 3.—Residents of Chi- cago were warned In a bulletin issued today by Health Commissioner Rob- ertson today to comserve their milk because of the strike of 10,000 farmers against the distributors. The farmers have declined to deliver their milk to the @istributors who ro- fused to pay them a higher price. aalers say more than 1,000,000 quarts are bejng held back daily by the farm- ers. Bottling plants are picketed to prevent the delivery of milk. Montreal Reeiects Mayor Martin. Montreal, April 3.—Mayor Megerte Martin's reelection is virtually con- ceded tonight. With eishty _polling places to hear from he is 10,000 votes ahead of Duncan McDonald and 16, 000 ahcad of the thira candidate, Al. derman Lapointe. supply and to pasteurize it at home| Gabled_ Paragraphs British Bark Bengairn Sunk. London, ‘April 3, 7.45 p. m.—Lloyds reports that the British bark Bengairn has been sunk by a submatine. Part of the crew were picked up. It is stated that the vessel was not armed. The Bengairn sailed from Seattle Dec. 10 for the British Isles. She was a vessel of 2,127 tons and was owned in Liverpobl. REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL AND ““CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTIONS Noticable Harmony ° gves Four Bridgeport ¢ 5. Bridgeport, < pril 3.—Four republican co- tonight alp~ s were held here aultaneously and with not’ _armony, all elections being _us. Delegates were chos’ Y iows: Tw .rst senatorial _district— James . Turner and John Stanley. Twenty-second—Hiram S. Winter- burn and Thomas J. Cunningham. Twenty-third—William Aaisley and Arthur Brown. Town, to congressional convention— John T. King, William E. Seeley, Geo. C. Peet and J. Alexander Robinson. Charles Hopkins Clark Endorsed. Hartford, Conn., 4pril 3.—At the re- publican caucus tonight ten delegates weer named to the state convention with opposftion, from the first, sec- ond and third senatorial districts and trom the town. Charles Hopkins Clark was endorsed as delegate-at- large to the national convention at Chicago. Close Contest in 12th Senatorial. Fast Haven, Conn, April 3.—Close contests featured the twelfth tsenato- rial district republican convention to- Judge A. W. Marsden of Madi- son was elected a delegate to the state convention by a vote of 13 t6 11 and Arthur Woodruff of Hamden, the oth- er delegate, was elected by a vote of 12 to 11. Hot Fight in the New Haven, Conn. fourteenth district republican conven- tion today developed a hot fight for delegates to the state convention. R. J. Woodruff of Orange, upon whom the Aght centered, finally won out on the second ballot. The other delegate chwsen was Edgar Wallace of Pros- pect. Fourteenth. April 3.—The Result of New Haven Caucus. New Haven, Conn., April 3—Twelve delegates were named by the republi- can caucus tonight to the state con- vention. Among those named were Ex-Goverpor R. S. Woodruff and Mayor Rico. Colonel I. M. Ullman was endorsed as delegate at large to the national convention. Harmonious Convention at Waterbury. ‘Waterbury, Conn., April 3.—In a city convention marked by its harmony, delegates were elected to the state convention to represent the Fiftcenth and Sixteenth senatorial districts. Wil- liam J. Larkin, Sr., and Gilbert M Henderson will represent the Fifteenth and William H. Sandland and William M. Gillette the Sixteenth districts. The delegates at large are James H. Pill- ing, Frederick G. Mason, William Tau- rig and Emil Hummell. The local del. egation §s solid in support of Irving H. Chase of Waterbury as delezate to the national convention. HOUSE NAVAL 60MMITTEE ENDS HEARINGS FOR 1917. Secretary Daniels Closed a Three Days' * Statement. Washington, April 3.—The house naval committee today ended its pro- longed hearings on the 1917 naval ap- propriation blll. Secret Daniels closed a_three-dav s nt before the committee with a final appeal support of the administiration’s five- year bullding programme. A sub-com- ‘mittee will begin immediately framing the bill. It became known tonight that a de- cided effort would be made to provide for six capital ships, two dreadnoughts and four battle cruisers as a com- promise between the recommendations of the secretary and of the navy gen- eral board. Mr. Dathiels parried all eiforts today to get from him a statement as to what relative place among naval pow ers the United States should occupy. He said the five-year programme he had mapped out would not put the country in second place, in his judg- ment, and that the present congress could not be asked to make up for the deficiencies of twenty years past. At the close of the European war. he said, he believed a great opportunity would come for international limitation of armament and with a strong building programme adopted the United States would be in a better po: on to urge that movement successfully that if its fleet was weak. Representative Butler of Pennsylva- nia, republican, assailed the secre- tary's recommendations for a govern- ment projectile factory. He asserted that the specifications for navy armor piercing skells were so high that they could not be met by manufacturers and also declared he had reason fo believe that the specifications for navy 14-inch guns and other material had been revealed during Mr. Daniels’ ad- ministration to the Russlan and Ger- man governments. He suggested that Rear Admiral Strauss, chief of ord- nance, be asked to produce a letter to the Krupp company of Germany. BRIDGEPORT MANUFACTURERS TO INSIST ON OPEN SHOP To Make Announcement in Full Page Newspaper Advertisement. Bridgeport, Conn. April Bridgeport Manufacturers Associ will announce formally in a full pa newspaper advertisement that it wi. insist on the open shop, as against th demand by the local branch of the In- ternational Machinists Union tha none but members of that union be employed. The advertisement contains the fuli text of the asreement proposed by the union. No reference is.made in It by the manufacturers to the 48-hour week, double pay for holidays or any other section than that proposing the closed shop. » This proposition is sin- gled out for unqualified rejection The association includes ail the fac- tories in the city with the exception of the Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge company. This big corpo tion Hoes not sizn the sdvertisement. Its position on the open shop question is not vet known. The proposed agreement is now be- fore all the manufacturers individuaily #nd the concerte action by the asso eiation co surprise. SR | Cummins ana Militia Co. Called |StowawayHudson QOut at Haverhill aMant_a@fecfive TO QUELL RIOT, THE RESULT OF AN ANTI-CATHOLIC MEET: 12 FAI.SEALARMSOFFI'RE Riotous Demonstration in Vicinity of City Hall, Where a Former Priest Was Advertised to Speak on State Aid for Sectarian Schools. Haverhill, Mass., April 3.—The local company of state militia was called upen by Mayor Albert L. Bartlett to- night to assist the police in controll- ing a crowd of 5,000 people concerned in a riotous demonstration in the vi- cinity of city hall. Many windows in the building were broken by missiles. The crowd gathered as a result of an attempt to hold a meeting in the hall for the discussion of state aid for sectarian schools. The meeting was regarded as anti- Catholic. Decided Meeting Could Not be Held. Thomas E. Leyden of Somerville, who was announced as a former Roman_Catholic priest, had been ad- vertised as the speaker. When the hour for the meeting arrived, the crowd in front of the hall on Main street was so dense that he police de- cided that the meeting could not be held and the door of the building were closed. For several hours the throng, swell- ed constantly by curious citizens, surged up and down the street shout- ing and committing various acts of minor mischief. Eleven False Alarms of Fire. Eleven false alarms of fire were rung in, as if by a pre-concerted plan, from all parts of the city, the activities of the fire department adding to the ex- citement. Sounded Militia Signal on Fire Alarm. Finding the police powerless to con- trol the situation which seemed to be growing more threateging, the mayor decided about 11 o'clock to seek the ai@ of the militia. The soynding of the militia signal on the fire $flfm had the effect of bringing to the scene more thousands, curious as to what ction the citizens soldiers would take. Many Locked in Building. In city hall meanwhile many people who had arrived ear! found themselves locked in with the building besieged by the erowds. Friends on the outside who tried to communicate those inside the budld- ing found the telephone wires out of order. One secticn of the crowd aloag the building went to the residence of Dr. Jterbert E. Waus and attacked the e use SENATE VOTES FOR CUMMINS" AMENDMENT TO ARMY BILL Creating a National Guard Section of the General Staff. ‘Washington, April 3.—Over vigorous objecion by Chairman Chamberlain, of the military_committee, the senate to- v voted 35 to 30 for the Cummins plan to amend the army reorganiza- tion bill by rating a_ national guard section o fthe general staff. When re- cess was taken tonight the chairman and other mmbers of the commmittee were fighting hard asainst a_sccond nnendment championed by _ Senator 32naior Lee of Maryvard, wlich woud efminate the provision for a federa vo'urteer army Senator Chamberlain charged during, the debate that pernicious activity by officers of both the national guard and he regulas army threatened to undo the months of serious work done by the commitice an. he threatened that unless the army officers ceased at- tempting to fuence legtsiation through persoral appea! to sengtors, he would seek to have them digeln] ed by the war department. lle sa officers who appeared before the com- committee were unwillint to see their plans worked into a homogeneous bill, and as soon as they concluded their testimony they began to attempt to in- fluence friendly senators. TRIAL OF PRISONERS WHO ASSAULTED GUARDS While Being Taken to Rhode State Prison. Providence, R. I, April 3.—Six of the nine men indicted last week - on charges of assault with intent to kill sheriffs G. Ralph Tillinghast athan Colvin, while being taken te prison, were placad on trial in the Superior court, They are Edward H. Mason, Joseph R. Leonard, Albert Polion, Wilfred E. Charpen- tier, Thomas J. Allen and George A. Mahler. Indictments also were raturned against Henry A. Dean, Daniel Leav- erns and William Goddard, who es- caped at the same time, but whe were fot captured. SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS CLASH AT WINNIPEG Four Soldiers and One a Serious Condition. Winnipeg, Man., April 3.—Four sol- diers and one civilian are in a serious condition and a number of persons are nursing injuries today as a result of clashes late Saturday night and Sun- day night between soldiers and city police, resulting from the arrest of a soldier. News of the riot, which on Saturday night continued for nearly seven hours, was suppressed by the military author- ities until today. More than fifty sol- diers were arrested. LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO STOP INFLUX OF MEXICANS To Take Measure to Deport All Unde- sirably Found. Los Angeles, Cal population of about 75,000 was insti. tuted today by the boayd of supervi: ors. afflicted with Qiseases. for the meeting | April 3.—A pro- gramme of action to stop the influx of Mexicans into Los Angeles County and to obtain the assistance of the federal government in deporting sucl: undesir- ables as may be found in the Mexican Reports were rgade to the board o that nearly 2,000 Mexicans were de- omes much in the nature of : ' pendent on county aid and many wre HE PROBABLY WILL BE SENT TO BELLEVUE TODAY ‘WAS IN ENGLISH ARMY Man Who Held Up Matoppo Was Born in Petrograd of English Faher and German Mother—Turned Out of Father’s Home. New York, April 3—Clarence Regi- nald Hudson, alias Ernest Schiller, who_single-handed took possession of the British freight steamship Matoppo on the high seas, was committed to the psychopathic ward at Belleveue hospital tenight for observation. Unit- £d States Attorney H. Snowden Mar- shall announced today that Hudson bad not committed a breach of fed- eral laws within this district and the prisoner was released by the federal authorities. Then he was taken in charge by District Attorney Swann. Committed to Bellevue. Hudson, with George Haller and Otto Milleder, arrested in_connection with an alleged plot to damage the eamship Pannonia, were questioned for two hours in the district attorney's office. Later Hudson was taken be- fore a magistrate. Probably he will be sent to Dellevue for ten days. Had English Father, German Mother. District Attorney Swann said he had learned that Schiller was born in Petrograd, Russia, of an English father and a German mother. He was in the English army for a time and for three months was at the military camp at Salisbury Plains. He came to New York in” March, 1915, and had worked since in factories and on fArms. Turned Out of Father’s House. The police say they have learned that Hudson’s parents and two sisters now are in England. His father, pre- vious to the declaration of war, was manager of cotton mills in Moscow. According to information gathered by the police, Hudson was turned out of his father'’s home during a quarrel which arose when Hudson brought a tramp Into the house while his father was entertaining a distinguished guest and insisted that the tramp should be treated on the same equality as the guest. FIRST PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IN MICHIGAN Senator Smith Leading Henry For Republican Nomination. Detrolt. April 3.—United Siates Sen- ator William Alden Smith of Grand Rapids was leading Henry Ford of Detroit, by a small majority for the republican nomination in Michigan's presidential preference primary oo cording to scattering reports received here late tonight. Ford, however, was polling quite a vote in the lower pen- insula and indications were that he would peceive a majoriey over Sena- tor Smith in Detroit. The local polls a1d pot close until 11 o'clock tonight. E. 0. Wood of Flint was leading William A. Comstock of Alpena for the nomination for democratic national committeeman. This was regaraed as the most interesting struggle of the primary, as Wood was backed by ad- Ford ministration forces while Comstock re- ceived support from so-called “original Wilson men.” Wood's renomination, which would mean his reelection, seemed assured. Many counties reported that repub- lican voters had written the name of Theodore Roosevelt as their prestaen- tial choice. Woodrow Wilson was the only dem- ocratic candidate. The national pro- gressives had no standard bearer. They had filed sufficient petitions to have Roosevelt's name placed on the ballot, but it was taken off at the former president’s request. . AMMUNITION FOR RIFLES AND MACHINE GUNS. Country Has a Reserve of 225,000,000 Rounds—Should Have 296,000,000 More. ngton, April 3.—Brigadier Gen- Crozier, chief of army ordnance, told the hcuse military committee to. day that the army already has a re- serve of 225,000,000 rounds of reserve ammunition for rifles and machine guns, but should have 295,000,000 more. He said a supply of 650 rounds per rifle was based on the experiences of the South African, Russian-Japanese and European war: Representative Kahn asked if small arms ammunition had ever been man- ufactured on tie Pacific coast. “It would be practicable there,” said the general. “You could have a plant at Benicia, Cal, that would not cost more probably than the $2.000,000 that Joula be required to duplicate the nkfort arsenal.” General Crozier added it would be a g00d policy to have such a plant on both coasts. BROOKFIELD REPUBLICANS ELECTS TWO DELEGATIONS Action of the Caucus Was Referred to State Convention, w eral Danbury Conn.. April 3—William P. Bailey was re-elected state central committeeman today by the 24th dis- trict senatorial republican convention. Delegates chosen to ihe state conven- tion were H. P. Dissell of Ridgefield and A. A. Gorham of Reddinz. Trouble developed at the Lrookfield cacus, two sets of delegates being chosen. The convention declined to act in the ma raferring the ques- tion to the state convention. CONTEST OVER WILL OF A. G. SPALDING His Sons Claim Late Baseball Magnate Vias Unduly Influenced. Oakland, al, April 3.—Mrs. Eliza- abeth Spaiding, widow of A. G. Spald- ing of San Diego, filed application for guardianhip today over the person and estate of her son, Durand Churchill. He is ap atient in a sanitarium at Livermore, Cal. The will of A. G. Spalding is under contest, his sons, Keith and Albert, alleging that Mrs. Balding, Durand Churchill and Mrs. Katherine Tingley, over the late baseball megna a theosophist, wielded undue influence ers Philadelphia, New Yorl Condensed Telegrams ‘The dock strike at Liverpool been settled. Pope Benedict received in audience Premier Asquith of England. has Six thousand painters in Brooklyn went on strike for higher wages. England has started the process of unfit men from the army. First National lnd‘ Yale National Banks of New Haven are to condbli- date. Beach Hill well known author, math- ematician and educator, died at Bridgeport. W As a result of the paper famine, pub- lishers in Austria have reduced the sibe of their newspapers. Twenty-two persons were killed by automobiles in the streets of New York during March. The Duke of Avarna, Italian Ambas- sador to Austria-Hungary when the war broke out, died in Rome. The Bethlehem Steel Co. has pur- chased the Baltimore Sheet & Tin Plate Co., a $3,000,000 enterprise. Russian Poland and Galicia are re- ported to be ravaged by fleck or spot- ted typhus, smallpox and cholera. Fishermen in the Pocono Mountains say that conditions have seldom been better for the spring trout season. Fire Commissioner Adamson _re- ported 419 fewer fires in New York city during March last than in March, 1915. Hydro-aeroplangs for Mexican _expeditionary shipped to the border Mass. use by the forces _were from Lynn, During the first three wesks of the campa'sn to recruit the Uaisd States army tc war strength cnlizted. Gov. McCall of Massachusetts toed a bill which would permit na tional banks to act as arministrators and executors. William H. Hascy, a stationery salesman of New York, was arrested in Ansonia, charged with passing worthless checks. Captain Fred Shaughnessy, second =on of Lord Shaughnessy, head of the Canadian Pacific Railway, has been killed in action. Aprii 14 will be obss-ved in the ~ctools of New York stite as Statc Bird Day, to encourage stuly and are of the birde. Lieut. Le Bourhis, the first French military aviator to use a parachute died of wound recelved in an aerial encounter at Verdun. More than $150,000 for the relief of Jewish sufferers from the European war was_collected during the bazaar in New York, just ended. coin counterfeiter, was jailed at Los An- geles after having been trailed by Se- cret Service men for months. m G. McAdoo and the other American members of the Internation- al High Commission which is to meet at Buenos Alres, rrived there. Albert Kennedy. 18 years old, of The Bronx, died of a fracture of the skull received when struck on the head by a baseball while watching practice. A number of painters, paperhang- ers and decorators employed in ten shops of New Bedford, Mass., struck for increased wages and shorter hours. Information was received by the American Red- Cros that Turkey, for the first time, is ready to accept a:d for 500,000 of her people who face starvation. Four Socialists arrested at Glasgow in connection With the strike of muni- tions workers, have been remanded for trial before the High Court of Edinburgh. About 200 members of the painters’ union at Pawtucket, R. L. went on strike when their employers refused to increase wages from 41 to 45 1-2 ceits an hour. More than 600 journeymen painters and paperhangers, empioyed by mast- er painters and contractors in Prov- idence and Olneyville, went on strike. dateowhP Forty-two head of Ayshire cattl valueg at $4,000 were burned to death in a fire that caused from $12,000 to $15,000 damage to the Tarleton Farm at Plattburgh, N. Y. The Lectaire medal, annually award- ed a distinguished Roman Catholic lay- man by the University of Notre Dame, will go this year to Dr. Thomas J. Walsh of New York. One man was kiled and several fire- men injured by the fire that destroy- ed 14,000 gallons of oil at the W. D. Fenton Co. at Middletown, R & causing $20,000 damages. Staten Island schoolboys have ore- anized a troop of cavalry they will rec::\'t training to fit them for admission to the reserve forces of the army in time of need. Joseph H. Johnson formerly clerk of the United States Senate finance com- mittee and later a door-keeper in the United States Senate, died at Provi- dence from pneumonira. He was 54 years old. One hundred thousand women, Daughers of the American Revolution, are making a nationwide campalgn for contributions for relief of the $3,000 900 destitute non-combatants in B gium and northerp France. Establishment by the state of a belt line railroad connecting the city’s rail- road terminals, at a cost of $10.000.000 was recommended by he Boston Spe- clal Termingl Commission as a solu- tion to the freight congestion problem. Movements of Steamships. Barcelona, March 26 — Arrived: Steamer Antonio Lopez, New York. Gibraltar, March 30—Sailed: Steam- er Guiseppe Verdi (from Genoa) New York. Glasgow, April 1—Sailed: Steamer Carthaginfan, Portland, Maine. New York, = April 3—Signalled: Steamer Espagne, Bordeaux for New York. Docfl $.30 ‘a. m., Wednesday. Liverpool, April 3—Arrived: Steam- Orduna, cort of Only Eight Men, San Antonio, Tex., April 3.—The fear expressed yesterday at army headquar- ters that Francisco Villa has escaped from the region in which General Per- shing’s cavalry columns afe operating became a conviction tonight, General Pershing's report, received after noon, contained the news that at least a part of the dispersed Villa force that was driven from Guerrero March 29 was still moving in the dis- trict northeast of that place, but no mention_of Villa’s whereabouts was made. The report was dated yester- day. Cavalry Riding Hills and Pla Six columns of cavalry were yet riding the hills and plains in that sec- tion, while scouts were endeavoring to pick up the trail of the scattered bands, as well as that of their fugitive <n; One force of Villa’s men, esti- mated at 100, commanded by Colonel Belt was located near Bacineva. about 25 miles northeast of Guerrero, and information was gathered that in- dicated the remainder of the four or five hundred siill were in that region. No reference was made in that report of an encounter t as mentioned in press despatches from the front. False Information®Liberally Supplied. Information gathered from various rees and condrmed by General Per- indicated that the Intelligence punitive force were ha: WILY VILLA HAS ELUDED PURSUERS Scouts Are Endeavoring to Pick Up the Trail of the Scattered Band of Bandits - CAVALRY ARE YET RIDING THE HILLS AND Pl.Ams General Pershing’s Report Contains News That a Part of the Band is Moving in the District Northeast of Guerrero— Peons Display Liberality in Imparting Misinformation to United States Troops—Information Received at El Paso is to the Effect That Villa, Unwounded and With an Es South of Chihuahua, Two Days Ago—Same Informant Declares Villa Has Not Taken Any Part in the Fighting With Either Caranza or United States Troops. o contend with difficy created i by the recelpt of m erally supplicd in s _through which Viia or his followers had passed neral Pershing also reported that he had difficulty in securing reliable guldes. His statement that it had been re- ported to him that Colonel Cano had engaged a Villa force in a fight on the same day that the Americans were driving the bandits from Guerrero served to allay the fear that had arisen here that Cano hiad revolted, a report that appeared well founded. Scouts Must Locate Villa. Which wuy Villa has gone is now largely a question for General Per- shing’s scouts to answer. It was pointe dout at General Funston’s head- quarters that once the trail was picked out, the troops would resume the chase further into the interior, although it was realized that this second phase of the punitive expedition’s work would be far more difficult that was the first. It is not improbable, it was said, that more troops than those already in Mexico will be required. VILLA, UNWOUNDED, 50 MILES SOUTH OF CHIHUAHUA CITY. Bandit Chief Said to Have Been Ac- | companied by Only Eight Men. El Paso, April 3.—Francisco Villa, unwounded and accompanicd by only eight men, was at Satevo, 50 miles south of Chihuahua City, two days 280, according to information received here today from Mexican sources sources which have proved usually re- liable in the past. Sixty Miles Ahead of Troops. 1t this information is correct it bears out previous reports that the bandit chief is headed toward Parrall and is leading his American pursuers by at ieast 60 miles. The nearest point to evo which the American troops are known to have reached is San Antonio, 60 miles to the northwest. On Familiar Route. The route said to have been taken by Villa is one with which he is thor- oughly familiar and which, indeed, is known among the peons as “Pancho’s road.” From Guerrero it leads across the continental divide through the Bachiniba Pass into a broad valley which runs east to San Andres, Villa’s o0ld_headquarters, thence south to San- ta Ysabel, the scene of Villa's massa- cre of 13 American mining men, and then southeast through Satevo to Par- ral. The man who brought the story of Villa’s arrival at Satevo here gave a circumstantial account of the bandit's manoeuvres and plan of campaign. While his story is impossible of veri- ficztion, his own credibility is vouched for by reputable American business men who have employed him for sev- eral years. Villa Has Not Taken Part in Fighting. “Villa,” he said, “has never taken part in any fighting with either Ameri- can or Carranza troops. He left the main body of his troops in the Guerre- ro district with orders to oppose as far as they could the American ad- vance. At the same time peons were instructed to give information freely to American officers, always provided that the information was false. The story of Villa being wounded was carefully concocted for the express purpose of misleading General Per- shing and Colonel Dodd into the belief that the bandit was in hiding in the mountains nad thereby inducing them to split their forces into small search- ing parties who would waste their time in the wild Slerras while Villa was making his way safely south- ward. This part of the story is given color by the admission of General Pershing today that his intelligence department has been given much misleading- in- formation and that it was becoming more difficult to secure reiiable guides. Continuing his story, the man said: “The American officers were fooled at first, but they have a fair know- ledge of the real situation now and the i Was at Satevo, Fifty Miles advance column fs driving southeast with all the speed they can command. Their only chance of catching up with Villa is that they have a good road and should not be handicapped by the big probiem of forage and water, The trail from San Antonio to Satevo leads through a broad valleye where there is' generally plenty of water at this time of the year and which is fairly fertile and well cultivated. Of course, the peon farmers will try conceal thefr &rain, but American zoid and silver will bo a temptation many of them Wi.i be unable 10 resist. Must Get Him This Side of Torrean. “If they can catch up with Villa bes fore he gets into the Torreon district they ousht to be able to kill or eap- ture him, but if he is able to join forces with Canuto Reyes they will have a difficuit task ahead of them.” Mexican officials here and in Juares refused to discuss the probability of v being close to Parral, but showed no inclination to belittle the story. EVIDENCE OF CO-OPERATION BY CARRANZA TROOPS Disposes of Rumor That Colonel Cana and Command Had Joined Villa. ‘Washington, co-opera April 3.—Evidence of on by Carranza troops with the American forces hunting Villa, ap= parcntly disposing finally of rumors Colonel Cano and his command had deserted to Villa, came to the war partment_late today from General Pershing. He reported an on March 29, presumably near Gi rero, between Cano’s troops and one the band sinto which Colonel Dodd scattered the main Villa force. As this clash, in which Manuel Boco, leader of the outlaws, is said to have been killed, occurred on the same day that Colonel Dodd struck the Villa army, officials were convinced that the Carranza columns were actively co= operating with the Americans. “This seems to dispose finally of the rumor of disloyalty on the part of Col= onel Cano,” Secretary Baker said in & formal statement. Previous had caused officials to doubt Cano's loyalty and General Persbing’s Ges- patch was received with great satis- faction. TOLEDO STREET CAR CO. MUST KEEP CARS RUNNING Or a Receiver Will Be Appointed— Employes Hold Out for Union Button. Toledo, O., April 3.—Toledo's street car situation rests in the hands of one man. He is Judge John M. Killits of the United States district court, snd he promises quick settiement of the tie-up which has compelled all Toledo to walk or ride ‘buses since last Tues- y. Judge XKillets has set tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock for the appolmt- ment of a receiver following petition by the city legal department today. - In a statement tonight the federal court jurist said he had been asked by and start citizens to hasten his action the cars ranning not later than Tues~ day afternoon. He gave no § however. a5 {0 whe would be” memed receiver. The car men held a meeting this af- ternoon and reiterated the statement that they will not return to work un- til the union button has been - nized. The company remains firm its stand to refuse to recognize the res cently former street car men's union. MORE LABOR TROUBLE FOR TORRINGTON. 306 Employes of the 900 at the Hende ley Machine Co. Vote to Strike. Torrington, Conn., April 3.—Les than half of the 30 Ocmployes of the Herdley Machine company met tonigh{ and voted to strike tomorrow morme ing, because their demands for creased wages and a uniform of working hours had not been ¥ ed by the company. The vots waf 306 to 91. The attitude of the ems ploye who did not attend the meete ing could not be learncd tonight - ; The emploves want a 20 per cent increase in wages and double time fof overtime and holidays. There werg labor troubles at the plant last fall. the company finally agreeing to a 54 hout week. The men claim that the pany recently endeavored to stead of nine under the The total number of hours. would not exceed 54 a week. GOETHALS INSPECTS SLIDE