Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 6, 1916, Page 1

¢ VoL, TVl POPULATION 28,219 " NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1916 TWELVE PAGES The Bullstin's Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population CHANCELLOR DEFINES GERMANY’S ATTITUDE Peace Impossible On the Basis of Destruction of Prussian Military Power NO MEASURE CONTEMPLATED AGAINST AMERICA Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg Declares if Germany’s Ad- versaries Desire to Continue the Slaughter and Devasta- tion of Europe the Guilt Will be Theirs—Must Have Guarantee That Belgium Shall Never be Used as a Mili- tary or Economic Fortification Against Germany—In- fantry of Both Sides is Quiet Everywhere in France— In Russia the Germans Have Taken Up the Offensive. The German imperial thancellor, Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg, in outlining the attitude of Germany before the Reichstag, declared that any sugges- tions of peace on the basis of destruc- tion of the Prussian military power would make possible only one answer —the German sword. 1f Germany’s adversaries desired to continue the salughter of men and the devastation of Kurope the guilt would be theirs, he said. He characterized as “the silliest of all the imputations” against Germany the report that at the end Of the war Germany would take measures against the American continent and attempt to_conquer Canada. With respect to Belgium the chan- cellor said: “We must create real guarantees that Belgium shall never be a Franco- British vassal; never shall be used as a military or economic fortification against Germany.” He declared that Germany must as- sure the sound evolution of the Flem- ish race and added that Germany wanted neighbors with which collab- oration couid be carried out to their mutual advantage. For the moment the infantry of both sides is quiet everywhere along the western front in France. On the much-disputed sectors around Verdun the only activity has been an inter- mittent bornbardment in the region of Douaumont and Vaux. This 1ather unprecedented calm follows a success- ful oensive undertaken by the French, in which they recaptured some of their lost ground and drove the Ger- On the eastern line in Russia the Germans have taken up the offensive and are heavily attacking with in- fantry and artillery the Russian po: tions. Unoflicial advices from Fetro- grad say, however, that the Germans nowhere have been able to penetrate the Russian line in frontal attacks. The Italians and Austrians are con- tinuing their operations along the Austro-Ttalian front, but no important changes in positions have occurred. The British in Mesopotamia bave eaptured an important Turkish posi- tion at Umm-el-Hanna o nthe Tigris twenty miles below Kut-el-Amara This victory is considred in London glving hope for the early relief of n\ British forces who have besiezed iu Kut-el-Amara since last December. The Russians also are successfully op- erating azainst the Turks in the Cau- casus and Persian regions. Berlin reports the loss during March of fourteen German acroplanes and forty-four British and French ma- chines. Thirty-eight of the latter were brough to earth in air combats, according to Berlin. GREAT BRITAIN'S REPLY TO THE UNITED STATES Absut Removal of 38 Germans From American Steamship China. Washington, April 5.—Great Britain's reply to the representations of the United States regarding the thirty- elght Germans who were removed by a British cruiser from the American steamship China near Shanghat re- cently, is understood to make it clear ertion of the right to re- s of an enemy country from neutral ship on the hizh scas is Jimited strictly to persons whom form a part of the military establishments of the enemy. Publication of the which reached the state depar:ment yesterday, has been delaved on ac- count of some obscure passages in the cabled text. It is said, however, that 1t gives assurances that if inxestiga- tlon shows that there are among the men removed any who are not part of the German army or navy they’ will be released. The contention is that British note, there is nothing inconsistent in this attitude with that assumed by _the Pritish government in famous Ma- son and Slidell case arising during the Civil war, when the two Confederate commissioners were removed by a federal warship from the ‘British liner Trent. Avparently an important factor n the case would be the status of a rescrvist and if any of these CGiermans arc of military aze and are subject to military service upon return to Ge: many, it might be held that actua they are a part of the German mili- tary establishment. From the state department’s point of view the destination of the pas- sengers on the China is also a factor to be takea into account ana their status would be materially affected by a purpose on their part to proceed to Germany. BRIZILIAN STEAMER SEIZED BY A BRITISH PATROL BO#T Ship and Her Cargo Have Bcen Placed in Prize Court. London, April 5, 6.35 p. m.—The Brazilian steamer Saldanha de Gama, which safled from Para. Brazil, Feb- ruary 6, for New York, with a carge oe | 120 tons of raw rubber, has been seiz- ed off the Orkney Islands by a Pritish patrol boat. The ship and her cargo have been placed in the prize court. This is believed to PX,... de] case of attempted blockade running, the officials here contending that a steamer from Para for New could never have gottem so far off her course. This is the first seizure made by the admiralty of a complete car- o of rubber. BRITISH BARK BENGAIRN WAS GIVEN AMPLE WARNING Before She Was Destroyed by Shell Fire from Submarine. Washington, April 5. — Americdn Consul Frost at Queenstown cabled the state department today that the Brit- ish bark Bengairn, sunfi off Fastnet April 1, was destroyed by shell fire from a submarine after ample warn- ing had been given, and that all of the crew, including two Americans, were saved. BRITISH AEROPLANES DRIVE OFF ZEPPELINS. Some Bombs Dropped—No Information as to Casuaities. London, April 6, 3 a. m—A Zeppelin attacked the northern coast of Eng- lJand about 5.50 o'clock Wednesday night, but was driven off by the anti- aircraft defenses. The official an- nouncement says that some bombs were dropped, but there is no informa- tion yet as to the casualties or damage. 10 BAR PRODUCTS OF CHILD LABCR Favorable Report on House Bill Or- dered by Senate Committee. Washington, April 5.—Favorable re- Port on the house bill to bar products of child labor from interstate com- merce was ordered today by the sen- ate interstate commerce committee by a vote of 6 to 5. Senators who failed to have the bi referred to the judiciary committee for examination as to its constitutionality are expbected to renew their effort when it comes up for discussion in the senate. . ELEVEN AMERICAN FREIGHTERS ON TRANS-PACIFIC RUN Flying Flag of Recently Organized Oriental Alliance Steamship Co. San Francisco, April 5.—FEleven American freighters manned by Amer- ican crews and ving the flag of the re- recently organized $10.000,000 Oriental Alliance Steamship company, are to between San Francisco and the Or! ent, according to Peter D. Miller, ident of the company. today. company will later operate two boats between New York and San Francis- co, through the Panama canal. NEW DEAN OF GRADUATE SCHOOL OF YALE UNIVERSITY Prof. Wilbur L. Cross Succeeds Prof. Hans Oertel. New Haven, Conn., April s.—Aan. nouncement made at Yale yesterday of the appointment of Professor Wil- bur L. Cross, of the Fnclish racuity of the Sheffield Scientific school, as dean of the eraduate school of the universi- ty. He succeeds Professor Hans Oertel, who is now in Germany and will take office July 1. CLARENCE HUDSON NOW CHARGED WITH PIRACY Taken Into Custedy by Federal Offi- cials at Bellevue Hospital. New York. Anril 5.—Under arrest on a charge of piracy, Clarence Hudson, otherwise known as Trnest Schiller, was lodeed in the Tombs tonight pending his removal to Delaware for trial for the seizure at sea eor the Pritish freight steamer Matoppo. fTe was taken into custodv at Bellevue hospital on a warrant issued by Will- iam G. Mahaffy, federal commission- er in Delaware. He is charged with having committed piracy as defined by the Jaw of nations and of the United States. Fudson was brought to this city by the police of Lewes. Del. after his arrest there twithout sanction of the federal authorities. SPANISH GOVERNMENT SENDS PROTEST TO GERMANY Spanish Subjects Were Aboard the French Steamer Sussex. Magdrid, via Paris, April 5, 10.53 p. m.—The Spanish government sent a note to Germany in which protest is made against the torpedoing of the French cross-channel steamer Sussex and the death of Spanish subjects as a result, among them Enrique Granados, teh composer ,and his wife. The New Hampshire Methodist con- libergre | ference its 87th annual session. York | Gabled ParZreehs |Rock Island "6 p. m—A Ger- ".s sunk the Norwe- ¢ qus, a vessel of 1287 & aglish channel. Four of “e missing. Fourteen oth- saved. rasT DAY PROCLAMATION BY GOV. MARCUS H. HOLCOMB. Designates Friday, April 21st, for Ab- stinence and Prayer. Hartford, Conn., April 5.—Governor Marcus H. Holcomb today Issaed his Fast day proclamation, as follows: STATE OF CONNECTICUT. By His Excellency, Marcus H. Holcomb, Governor. A PROCLAMATION. Throughout the ages Christendom has been looking to the figure of the Christ upon the cross as the highest symbol of the humility and the glory of sacrifice. Now, in a peculiar de- gree, that symbo! ought to appeal to the minds and hearts of all men. Daily across the seas men and women are as willingly offering themselves to a no less bitter fate, are as humbly laying aside wealth and honor and position for the grim suffering of war. For us the call is yet faint. Largely we go about our usual ways, we even profit from the untoward circum- stances of other peoples, we are prone to wrap about us a mantle of smug content. Yet distance should not dull our sympathies to others’ pain, nor blind our eyes so that we see not how they are fighting to uphold fot us all the standards of human progress. Nor should we forget that the future is big with possibilities that we, too, must assume the red badge of war. In no formal compliance, then, with ancient custom, but answering to the need of the times, I designate Friday, April the twenty-first, as a day of FASTING AND PRAYER, summoning all citizens of the state on that day humbly to <all their God to witness that their hearts are open to a ready sympathy, their minds to a quickened understanding and that their wills are steadfast to answer any call to sacrifice that He may send to them. (SEAL) Given under my hand and the seal of the state at the capitol, in Hartford, this fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and sixteen. and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and fortieth. MARCUS H. HOLCOMB, Governor. By His Excellency’'s command: CHARLES D. BURN! Secretary. OLD AGE PENSIONS IN HOLLAND THREATENED Motion Made to Strike Bill from Gov- ernment Program. The Hague, April 4, via London, April 5, 3.33 p. m.—In the chamber of deputies today, Deputy Lohman made a motion to strike the old age pen- slons bill from the government pro- gram, declaring that it was of a con- troversial nature and that it mili against the unit times when dan, the country.” The president of the chamber de- clared that the situation was not so dangerous as to necessitate such a step, while the minister of the inter- ior said the government could ses no objection to continuing the t program. Thereupon e man's motion was rejected of 51 to 41. BRIDGEPORT MACHINISTS TO INSIST ON CLOSED SHOP Mass Meeting for Formal ction to be Held Friday Night. Bridgeport, Conn., April meeting tonight of the loc the International Association 3 inists, attended by about 300 men ting eighteen closed shops the city, a vote was adopted auth ing the ‘officials of the on the closed shop con ufacturers’ Association having reejet- ed that feature of the propo: This action, garded as only prelimir meeting of all union machir city has been called for Friday night to take formal action on the el shop demand. s a s in the ORGANIZING HOSPITAL UNITS FOR UNITED STATES ARMY Members of the General Staff of the | Massachusetts Hospital. Boston, April 5.—The of a base hospital unit more than two hundred physicians, surgons, nurses and orderlies for ble service with the United s army forces was completed to- organization comprising day. Members of the staff of the Massa- chusetts General hospital under the direction of Dr. Frederick 'Washburn, of that institution form the nucleus of the unit. Equirment, including 500 beds, wil be provided by the Red Cross organ- ization. ‘ONE LESS SALOON DOING BUSINESS IN MERIDEN. Commissioners Refused to Grant Li- conse to Patrick J. Gleason. Meriden, Conn, April 5—One less saloon is doing business in this city, the county commissioners having re- fused to grant a renewal of the license of Patrick J. Gleason, proprietor of the Hotel Sterling, on State street. Liquor Prosecuting Agent Alfred B. Aubrey closed up the saloon at 2 o'clock this afternoon upon orders from the com- missioners. Gleason has been a per- sistent violator of the Sunday liquor law. It is the first time a saloon li- cense has been refused in a great many vears in Meriden. SECTION HANDS ON BERKSHIRE DIVISION STRIKE To Enforce Demands For Hours and More Pay. Shorter New Milford, Conn. April 5.—The strike of section hands on the Berk- shire division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad extended to this town today, the local force quitting work. Section hands at Still River and Brookfleld @re now out to enforce demands for shorter hours and more pay. The men want $2 per day Train Held Up TWO MASKED MEN ROBBED PASSENGERS IN SMOKER $I15, FOUR WATCHES Hold Up Took Place as the Train Was Leaving Howe, Okla—Bandits Forc- ed the Conductor to Stop the Train and Escaped—Posses Are in Pursuit. Muskogee, Okla., April 5. — Two masked men held up and robbed the passengers in the smoking car of the Chicazgo, Rock Island and Pacific train, No. 41, as the train Wwas leaving Howe, Okla.. tonight. After obtaining about $115 and four watches they forced the conducter to stop the train and es- caped. Posses were formed at Howe and Red Oak to pursue them. INDIANA REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION TODAY Everything in Readiness for Nomina- tions and Adoption of Platform. Indianapolis, Ind., April 5.—All the preliminaries of the two day republi- can state convention were cleared away today and tonight and every- thing is in readiness for the nomina- tions and the adoption of a platform, when thc convention re-convenes for the closing session at 10 o'clock to- morrow morning. Two candidates for United States senator and candidates for all state offices will be nominated and Jour ce.cgates-at-large to the na- tional convention chosen. The nom- ination of James P. Goodrich who was chosen for governor a the recent prim- ary, also will be ratified by the con- vention. The speech of Judge Quinck A. My- ers, the temporary chairman, was list- ened to attentively by the immense crowd ihat packed Tomlinson hall to- day. The address of Henry D. Esta- brook of New York also was well re- ceived. When Judge Myers referred to Charles W. Fairbanks as the mest capable standard bearer of the repub- lican party in the national campaign, the crowd enthusiasticlly applauded. Twenty-six district delegates to the naional convention were selected to- night and members of the various com- mittees of the state convention also were named at district meetings. GENERAL GAVIRA SAYS VILLA IS WOUNDED In Hiding Somewhere Between Bachi- neva and Satevo. El Paso, Texas, April 6—The story that Francisco Villa is wounded and that his capture is imminent was as- serted again tonight by General Ga- vira, the Carranza commander at Ju- arez. General Gavira made public a tele- gram which he said he had received from General Bertani at Madera stat- ing specifically that the bandit had been shot and was in hiding some- where between Bachineva and Satevo. The message is confirmatory of re- ports from American headquarters that Villa was located heading toward Sa- tevo. While the story that he is wounded is still accepted here with nsiderable reserve, it is pointed out several days have elapsed since fugitive was reported in the neizh- evo on his way to Pa and that nothing been heard movement: in full possession of his celing at his usual speed more miles a day he shovld shed and vassed Parral by a fact that could hardly es- g reported. PUGILIST CHARGED WITH SHOOTING TWO WOMEN Thompsenville Man Had Aimed Shot- gun at His Brother. th borhood of ral vil April 6 cal pugilist d Thompson . = known as at his home in char shotgun. Neither woman was hurt seriousiy. According to po- information, Wysocki, who Is said to have heen under the influence of li- quor, had a_quarrel with his brother one shot from a hotgun at him. The The women,fi wh> adjoininz room, rushed inte tme to receive the con- the other barrel. Mrs. Cybul- the most seriously hurt, 1 shots in the groin. Mrs. s several builet wounds in Wysocki the body. FUNSTON'S REQUEST FOR AUTO TRUCKS GRANTED. Staff Officers Still Regard Use of Rail- roads as Essent San Antonio, Tex., April 5.—General Funston was advised by the war de- partment today that his request for more automobile trucks had been granted. While the addition of 108 more trucks to those aiready carrying supplies along the line of communica- tion to the troops in Mexico will re- lieve the situation, staff officers here still regarded the use of the railroads from El Paso as essential to the suc- cess of the campaign against Villa. There are 6,000 horses and mules to feed evcry day, and approximately that many men. No reports from General Pershing as to operations south of Namiquipa were received. — e DEGRADATION OF SOME NATION BEFORE PEACE Phelps Says it Cannot Be Achieved Without It. Hartford, Conn., April §5.—Professor William Lyon Phelps of Yale Uni- versity, speaking tonight under th: auspices of the Connecticut Peace So- clety, declared during the course of his address that the only way in which world peace will Prof. a martyr. that the United States would be that nation. He said further that the flag and patriotism were illusions. He did no: consider it so much of o disgrace to i for nine hours’ work instead of $1.60‘spit upon the flag as to waste the na= e ey T T Sy tion's blood on ft. Scidiersin Mexico Suffer Hardships SHOES RUINED BY SHARP STONES OF MOUNTAINS USE COWHIDE SANDALS So Many Horses Lost in the Relent- less Pursuit of Villa That Half of the Men Are Without Mounts— Without Rations for Some Days. Columbus, N. M., April 5—Tales of the hardships of the American soldiers who are pursuing Villa over the des- erts and through the mountains of Chi- huahua were brought here today by ar- rivals with a truck train who had car- ried supplies to Colonel Dodd’s com- mand, Shoes Ruined, Uniforms Torn. Far from being the smart cavalry- men who three weeks ago crossed into Mexico, the soldiers, their shoes ruined by the sharp stones of the mountains and their uniforms torn by brush, are wearing sandals made of cowhide and such clothing as can be obtained from natives, they declared. It also was asserted that Colonel Dodd’s coromand had lost so many horses in the relentless pursuit of the bandit chief that fully half the men were without mounts. Pershing Asks for Extra Kits. Substantiating some of these stories & message came to military headquar- ters from General Pershing today re- questing that the extra kits containing clothing of the soldiers of the Seventh and Tenth cavalry regiments, the two regiments at the extreme front, be rushed forward to them at once. A truck train under the command of Captain C. B. Drake, consisting of 27 trucks, went to within seven miles of Guerrero, its crew being the first Americans to meet the troopers of the Seventh cavalry after their engage- ment at that town. Look Like Nondescript Crowd. “The men were a nondescript gowd,” said Captain Drake. “Thelr faces were caked with gray alkall dust and they had been without regular ra- tions for some days. Coffee, salt and tobacco were beyond price. Yet through their haggard dirtiness the men smiled and told of their resolute purpose—the getting of Villa." Physician Told of Villa’s Wounds. Captain Drake also told of reports current in the Guerrero country that the American troops obtained their in- formation that Villa had been wounded from an American physician taken cap- tive by the bandit band and forced to treat the leader's wounds. He assert- ed that he 214 fot 1éarn the name of this physician. He had heard Villa had been wounded in the ankie and also in the hip. The returning truckmen were able to give few details of the Guerrero battle. but asserted that all of the four wounded American troopers were again continuing the hard ride after Villa on the second day following the engagement. Troopers said that the Villa marksmanship in the engagement was bad, almost all the shots going high. One American soldier wounded, shot six times through fleshy parts of his body, was on a small promontor® in the rear of the rest of the com- mand, they sald. Never Stopped for Food. With but two days' rations when they left the border, the troops pushed steadily forward day and night, never even stopping to await food, but trust- ing to the country to provide them with sustenance, according to the stories brought here. Finally, leaving all lines of communication far behind, and reaching a country in which agricul- ture had been at a standstill for five years, the soldiers were forced to de- pend almost exclusively upon such beef and game as they could slaughter. Hard on the Horses. Despite the orders to “spare nothing but ho: sh,” the march had been exceedingly severe on the animals at- tached to the command, according to today's arrivals. Dead American cav- alry horses, worn out and killed in the pursuit, were said to be strewn the trals in the district south of quipa. The command lost so many horses, it was asserted, that fully one- half of it been obliged to continue the search for Villa without mounts. The soldiers, traveling with every ounce of surplus equipment eliminated, have extemporized numerous articles. Two bolts of calico, obtained from the pack of one of the maules in a Vi pack train, captured at Guerrero, have been used by the soldiers, the truck- men say, to fashion almost everything from hats to saddlebags. Mistaken for Mexicans. “When 1 first saw some of these fel- lows of the Seventh coming toward me 1 thought we were in the center of a Mexican camp where each man chose his own uniform,” said one man. “Some of the ‘men wore large Mexican som- breros, their own hats having been lost; others were clad in the loose jackets of the Mexican laborer. If it had not been for the American equip- ment and the bits of slang coming through alkali-caked lips, I doubt if I should have recognized our boys, for only a few were clad in the same uni- form in which they left the United States.” ‘The morale of the troops was de- scribed as being excellent. 108 AUTOMOEILE TRUCKS ORDERED FOR ARMY WORK Will Cost Approximately $324,000—To Be Sent to El Paso. Chicago, April 5—Colonel Daniel B. McCarthy of the quartermaster's of- sth EFacks will be sent to was said. CONNECTICUT GETS $350,772.84 AS INHERITANCE TAX On the Estate of the Late Joseph Mil- Queen Victoria of Spain @ relapse and is now seriously il March production of the Miami Cop- per Co. amounted to 4,192,000 tons of copper. Printing for all branches of the United States government cost $7,~ 111,075 last year. An office building to cost will be srected by the Liimols Somir Railroad in Chicago. 5 The strike of the toolmakers of th Westinghouse Electric & Manufactur- ing Co., has been settled. Mayor Frank A. Hagarty of Hart- ford, elected Tuesday was sworn into office yesterday afternoon. Bringing 730 gers, the Holland America liner Nieuw Amsterdam ar- rived at New York from Rotterdam. The first Polish rian church organiz- in the United States will be zd in Baltimore shortiy on Palm Sun- lay. Secretary of War Baker conferred with President Wilson over the ap- [‘f'\:)lntm!nt of an Assistant Secretary of ar. Mrs. George S. Dibert, of Cambria county, resigned as chairman of the Woman Suffrage party of Penusyl- The British tank steamship Narra- gansett, New York for London, was damaged in a collision off Goodwin Lightship. Merrill F. Baunt, member of a Har- vard unit in Red Cross work in France died in a hospital at Bar-le- Duc, aged 24. A $500,000 dynamite and gelatine powder manufacturing plant will be erected near Butte, Mont., by the du Pont Powder Co. A German disabled seaplane ana two airmen found In it floating in the North Sea were towed into Dunkirk by a French destroyer. The body of Olney Arnold, late American consul-general at Cairo, who died in Lisbon, arrived at New York on the steamer Roma. More than $2,000.000 worth of silk left Seattle In ninc special cars of the St. Paul road, running on passenger schedule for New York. President Wilson sent word that he will be unable to attend the national defense meeting to be held at Chatta- nooga, Tenn., on June 2. The item in the rivers and harbors bill providing $700,000 for improvement of the East River was passed by the House of Representatives. Constitutionality of the Michigan automobile tax law was upheld by the Michigan Supreme Court in a decision rendered at Lansing, Mich. The Rev. Edward Lyttleton, head master at FEton coilege, resigned. He had been accused of pro-German ut- terances regarding the war. With Bishop John W. Hamilton, of Boston, presiding, the East Maine con- ference of the Methodist Episcopal church opened at Camden, Me. Gov. McCall of Massachusetts sign- the bill referring to the people at the November election the question of making January 1 a legal holiday. The Dutch steamship Ryndam, due to sail last Friday for New York from The Hague, is still held up by a strike of members of th engine room crew. An order for between $8,000,000 ana $10,000.000 worth of autos has been | received by the States Motor Car Co., | located near Kalamazoo, Mich., from | Russia. l Fifty priests and high church offi attended the funeral at Plainfield, J.. of Mother Gabriel, for ten ars | superior of Mount St. Mary's College at Plainfield. The Broadway, Brooklyn elevated service was tied up for nearly two hours during the morning rush hour by a spectacular fire at the Jefferson Avenue station. i | From papers found in his clothing | ’av Stamford, Conn.. the police believed | {that a man who committed suicide by | shooting at a hotel here was Cosmos | ]\'nh-amdu of Jersey City, N. J. i The main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad was blocked near the famous Horshoe Curve, Pa. when a trainload of flour was wrecked. rain turning the | flour into a mountain of dough All anti-race frack leg In the last session of the Legislature, and the four large trac! in Maryland are free to continne to op- | erate for at least two more years. | The Pittsburgh Automobile Assocla- tion has decided to stop buying gaso- line from the Standard Ofl Co. A Chicago independent has guaranteed to deliver gasoline In Pittsburgh for 19 cents. Two hundred and fifty freight hand- lers, employed by the Merchants and Miners Transportation Company, who struck yesterday for an increase in v-z: and shorter hours returned to worl The British Aeronautical has gsked the Government for sion to salvage and rebulld, at its own expense the Zeppelin L-15, now lying in shallow water off the mouth of the Institute The Knoll, a dwelll Point road owned by of Miiford and on the Milford and family, was completely by fire last night with a loss of $4,000. committee of the Senate Debates the Army Bill ADVOCATES OF FEDERAL VOLUN- TEER PROVISION CONFIDENT NATL GUARD ATTACKED Senator Chamberlain, in Defending the Federal Volunteer Provision, De- nounced Attempts of National Guard to Interfere With Legislation. ‘Washington, April 5.—Advocates of the federal volunteer provision of the senate army bill belleved the section bad been saved by a narrow when the senate recessed tonight without having reached a vote on the Lee amendment to strike it out. Sen- ator Chamberlain, chairman of the military committee, again asked that action be deferred, as one or two sena. tors still desired to be heard. Volunteer Provision Debsted All Day Debate on the volunteer provision lasted all day, champions of the na- tional guard supporiing the amend- ment occupying most of the time. In the closing hour, however, Senator Chamberlain gorously defended the provision as vital to any military plan and denounced attempts of national guard orzanizations to interfere with legisiat He was jolned by Sena- tors O'Gorman and Williw warning the senate that at the close of the Muropean war the United States would need a great navy and an ade- quate army to back her Gemands upon the belligerent powers for indemnifi- cation for the losses sustained through violations of her rights as a neutral. Warning by Senator Williams. “As surely as the sun rises tomor- row,” Senator Willlams said, “unless this country puts itseif into a condi- tion where it can resist and withstand bullying, we are going to be in trou- ble with the victor in this war uniesy we surrender the posilions we have diplomatically taken and tim! y sub- mit to the rule which the victor may lay down for immunity of disclaimer.” “Secif-preservatich is the interna- tional code of the belligerents,” said Senator O'Gorman, who contended that rights of neutrals had been invaded by ail of the warring European pow- ers. Power Needed to Enforce Demands. “And protests of neutrals will only be regarded,” he added, “if backed by sufficient power to enforce their de- man 4 n this war Is over,” said Sen- ator Chamberlain, “if we intend to demand recompense for American lives and property destroyed, if we are going to demand any satisfaction, then we ousht to be prepared to back all our deminds by force of arms it necessary. And in wha: condition are we? We have not power to en- force a single demand we have made.” E declared that while s importan was of first im. or said he would vote to increase that might be such a n: y and defeat forc: started against it. Universal Bankruptcy if War Lasts his war cannot last more than one or two years,” he said. “If it lasts longer than that it wi vroduce universal bankruptey.” Senator C erlain’s arraiznment m of the national guard's activities was and supported by Senator McCumber son, who cal to telegrams from natio: cials sent to senators w vote azainst the federal vision. Eii It rging volunteer pro- ination of National Guard. the mational guard ated to pro- world,” sald for one from the elimination of guard as 3 ary fac- country. They have been here and are here for this purpose.” Lobbying of Outside Influence. Senator Nelson declared that he never n ‘such lobbying as the outside Inuence have brought to bear to is bill” Senator Sherman sought to Intro- duce a resclution to Investigate charges of lob: Senutor Camber- certain sections of lain said he w favor it when brought up in the r ay, but ould not permit it consid- eration of the army b! Universal Military Training. Senator O'Gorman and Senator Chamberlain both predicted that ir the end the country must come to uni- versal military traininz to solve its army probiems. Both the federaliza- tion of the militia and the voluntee scheme were experiments, Senatot O’Gorman said, and should be tried as uch. . Senator Cummins called attention to