Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 7, 1916, Page 1

No < P10 VOL. LVIIL—NO. 84 POPULATION 28219 FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1916 GERMANS MAKE GAIN; 0 DO THE FRENCH Teutons Have Resumed Heavy Fighting With the French Around Verdun ATTACK NEW BRITISH POSITIONS NEAR ST. ELOI| embaimer The Germans Have Captured the Village of Haucourt, Which Lies to the Northwest of Verdun—Considered by Teu- tons as an Important Strategic Point—French Claim the Village is Still Dominated by Their Guns—French Have Carried a Large Section of Position North of Avoncourt — Drove Germans Back Through Underground Passages at Fort Douaumont. e Not only have the Germans been en- gaged in heavy fighting with the French around Verdun, but they said launched a strong attack against the new British positions near St. Eloi, which lies a few miles south of Ypres, in an endeavor to regain six hundred Yards of trenches which the British won from them ten days ago. 'The fighting around St. Eioi proceeded throughout the day and had not stob- ped when the last British statement was issued. There have been gains on bhoth German and French sides. The Ger- mans captured the village of Hau- court, which lies in the Avocourt- Bethincourt sector to the northwest of Verdun. This is considered by the Germans as an _important strategic point, for while the French held it the Germans could not cross the Forges Brook. Of this operation the French war of- fice says a series of attacks In which arge numbers of men took part fol- large numbers of men tock part fol- olence. These attacks were checked by the French fire, but one more furi- ous than the others, launched at the center against the village of Haucourt, resulted in the Germans gaining a foothold, “in spite of repeated checks a blood crifices.” The French im is dominated v French gun: On their . the French forces car- i a large seetion of the position rth of Avocourt known as the Bois Carre and in severe hand-to-hand fighting south of Fort Douaumont, village drove the Germans back through their underground passages for a distance of two hundred metres along a front of five hundred metres. They suc- ceeded also by their curtain of fire in preventing an assault on the Cote du Poivre, east of the Meuse, east of the Meuse, which the Germans had sub- jected to a long and intense bombard- ment. The French war office officially an- nounces that during the month of March a total of thirty-five German aeroplanes. This is doubtless in reply to the German statement recently is- sued to the effect that in March the Dritish and French lost 44 aeroplanes while the Germans lost only fourteen. Another town in Mesopotamia, Fe- lahie ha been captured by the British which brings the reliving forces so much nearer to Kut-el-Amara, where General Townshend and his command have been beleaguered for many months. The capture of Felahie was preceded by a succession of assaults on the entrenched position of the Turks at Um-el-Henna, the Turks being driven out of five lines of trenches. A Spanish cabinet council has been called to consider the question of the torpedoing of Spanish vessels. A German submarine has been sunk by a squadron of French and British warships, the crew being captured. The British steamers Zent and Ve- suvio also have been sent to the bot- tom. Forty-eight members of the crew of the Zent are missing. Three of the survivors of the Vesuvio were injured. i HEIR TO $500,000 CHARGES MOTHER WITH CONSPIRACY Walter Lathrop Hanson, Grandnephew of Late Senator Leland Stanford. New York, April 6.—Walter Lathrop Hanson, grandnephew of the late United States Senator Leland Stan- ford of California and heir to $500.- 000 of the Stanford millions, cnarget in an affidavit submitted to the su- preme court here today that his mother, Mrs. Aimee Lathrop Hanson of Brooklyn, N. Y, and her lawver, Former Judge Nash Rockwood, of Saratoga, N. Y. canspired to have him declared incompetent and _then exiled to Canada as part of a scheme to deprive him of his inheritance. Hanson’s afidavit was filed in con- nection with a suit brought by his wife, Mrs. Henrietta Reutii Hanson, formerly an actress. for $100,000 dam- azes against Mrs. Aimee Lathrop Tianson for alleged alienation of the affections of Hanson. A suit brought by the elder Mrs. Hanson to have an- nulled her son’s marriaze, which fol- lowed an elopment in 1913, is pending in Columbia county. Young Hanson’s afdavit today caused the court to di- rect that the alienation suit be tried in advance of the annulment action CARGOES CONDEMNED BY BRITISH PRIZE COURTS Figures in Returns Up to March 1 To- tal £485,677. TLondon, April 6. €.25 p. m.—The es- timate of €30,000,000 worth of carzoes condemned by prize courts is shown to be greatly exaggerated by returns just completed by the treasury for the consideration of parliament. Figures in the returns, which in- clude only courts in the United King- dom up to the end of March, show that condemned cargoes brousht a total of £485,677. while proceeds from cargoes of freizht uncondemned and ill awaiting adjudication and re- lease represent a total of £2,112,267. Much of this, according to the re- turns, represents perishable cargoes, which had to be sold and therefore a large proportion of this sum may yet reach the original owners, MEMORIAL WATCHES FOR RESCUE WORK AT SEA Members of Fishing and Phoebe. Boston, April 6—Captain Lawrence Norris and six members of the crew of the fishing schooner Josie and Phoebe received watches today from the Canadian government for rescu- ing at sea on May 15, 1915, the crew of_the British schooner Harry. When the Josle and Phoebe reached the distressed schooned the captain with his wife and crew had been In the rigging 36 hours. Given 8ix Schooner Josi ALLEGED DESTRUCTION OF FOODSTUFFS IN MEXICO CITY Cause of Search of Markets and Stores by the Military. Mexico City, April 6.—Markets and stores were searched by representa- tives of military headquarters today for evidence of wilful destruction of foodstuffs, which had been reported. Orders have been posted in conspic- uous places that merchants who de- stroy or hide food supplies for the mo-. at up prices will be M’KENNA STIRS UP ceiving Service Salaries. T.ondon, April 6. 7.08 p. m.—During a discussion in the house of commons today of the motion presented by the chancellor of the exchequer, Reginald McKenna, that no member of the house should receive a parliamentary of the army or navy, but must elect which he would receive, considerable ing the abolition of payment to mem- bers of parliament altogether. This cuestion of abolition has a large number of supporters among the Unionist members, the Unionists as a breach of the party truce. R Andrew Bonar Law, the colonial sec- was rejected 247 to 32. MISSOURI REPUBLICANS HAVE CHOSEN DELEGATES H. S. Hadley Announced He Was Not Candidate for Presidency. Excelsior Springs, Mo., April 6.— Missouri republicans mecting here to- day in state convention named four delegates at large to the national convention and elected Jacob L. Bal- ber of St. Louis as national commit- teeman to succeed Joseph Neidring- haus, also of St. Louis. Mr. Neid- ringhaus withdrew as a candidate for re-election shortly before the ballot was taken. The following were elected as_delegates at large: John C. McKinley Unionville: Former Governor H. S. Hadley, of Kansas City; John Schmoll of =St Louis and Mr. Neidringhaus. Mr. Hadley announced he was not a candidate for the presidentcy. of 3-YEAR-OLD GIRL FATALLY BURNED AT DANBURY Was Playing With Matches—Crippled Brother Tried to Save Her. Danbury, Conn., April 6.—Ruth, the three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Waters .of New Milford, died in the Danbury lLospital - last night from burns received yesterday when her dress took fire from a match with which she was playing. Her ten- year-old brother, a cripple, paralyzed from the waist down, who was alone in the house with her at the time, tried to save her and when neighbors who heard the screams of the children ar- rived, he, too, was on fire. The boy was not badly burned. MILITARY TRAINING MEANS MENTAL-PHYSICAL STRENGTH Recommended by American Medico- Psychological Association, New Orleans, April 6.—The annual meeting of the American Medico-Psy- chological assocation here today se- lected New York city for the next con- vention in 1917. = The convention adopted a resolution recommending uniyersal military training as a means of promoting the mental and physical strength of ‘American citizenry. HOUSE OF COMMONS | With Motion to Prevent Members Re- | salary and also payment as a member but the Banbury amendment was denounced by some of Denial by Dutch Foreigr London April 6. 6:01.—As sesp: from The Hague to Reuter's Telexram Company states that ce foreign in- ister denies the repo~t published in a Lutch newspaper that Great Britain suggested to Holland that she should allow the passage of an arn:y through Dutch Flanders. Blacklisted Neutral Shipping London April 6. 6:05 p. m.—The to- tal net tonnage of blacklisted neutral shipping on the latest list reaches 115,000 as against 80,000 tons the previ- ous list The present issue represents the fcarth list which cancels all previ- ous issues. ANOTHER ARREST PROBABLE IN THE WAITE CASE Kane Wiil Be Among Those Questioned Today. New York, April 6.—Another arrest probably will be made tomorrow in the case of Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, who has confessed the murder of his father-in-law, John E. Peck of Grand Rapids, according to a statement made tonight by District Attorney Swann. Among those who will be questioned tomorrow by Mr. Swann, will be Eu- gene Oliver Kane, the embalmer to whom Waite says he gave $9,000 in the hope of obtaining evidence that ar- senic was used in embalming Mr. Peck’s body. Mr. Swann made public tonizht a letter tonight a letter written by V on March 20 to a brokerage firm with which he had dealings. “I want you to do me a favor,” the letter said.” “I send a check for $1.0 and a draft for $7,393. WIill you please pay these to your account and sell gufficient stocks—say New York Cen- tral—to bring this amount up to $15.- 000 and make out a_check for that amount—$15,000—to Eugene O. Kane and mail said check to me immediate- 1y. “You might put this letter away so no one else can refer to it and of course, I depend upon you to favor me with the ntmost discretion at all times and to all questioners.” The letter was written on the day on which Kane admits receiving from Waite a check for $9.200 which he says he never cashed. Additional evidence was obtained today regarding Waite's study of germs at Flower hospital in this city. The young dentist is said to have ex- pressed a desire to obtain siides of the most virulent cultures in exist- ence. ARRESTED FOR CONCEALING A FORMER VILLA GENERAL. Discovered in At n El Paso House Occupied by Two American Women. El Paso, Tex. April 6—)rs. Angie Williams and A.'J. Abrams, Americans, were arrested tonight after the dis- covery in an attic of the house they occupied of Pablo Sianez, a former Villa general. All three were held for investigation. Sianez was said to have a long record of murders to his ac- count, among them those of several Americans. His latest crime, it is charged, was the killing of another exican named Pablo Luna in Juarez last December after a quarrel over a weman. After this he fied to Torreon, vhere he lived until a short time hen a demand was made on Gene! Carranza by the citizens of Torreon for his arrest and execution. At the time murders were charged to him. He dis appeared and had not been heard from | until the arrest tonight. The police de K in capturing him. When they had lo- cated Sianez they asked for the aid of | the military and 2 detachment of in- fautry surrounded the house while d i tectives broke in and seized the pri orer. fecling arose among the Unlonist| ", g .. 1y arrest, two automobiles| members owlng to Sir = Frederlck| 5jjeq “with police’ were sent out to Banbury moving an amendment, seek- search for other Villa adherents who were said to have been in hiding in the Mexican' district of El Paso. A WOMAN SENT TELEGRAM WARNING PERCY PECK Which Was Responsibie for the Ar- retary, rebuked Sir Frederick Ban- rest of Dr. Waite. bnry for raising the question. 3 % Sir Edward Carson. the Ulster | New York, April Unionist leader, also characterized |the person who se the amendment as “mean and inop- |Signed “K. Adam: 3 portune and finally the amendment|Which was responsiBle for the autops: on the body of h father, John F Peck, and the subSequent arrest of Dr. Arthur W. Waite, John E. Peck, and the subsequent arrest of Dr. Arthur W. Waite, for the murder, Assistant District Attorney Dooling said today. The identity of t woman, Mr. Dool- ing declared, would not be revealed until she goes on the stand at V trial. The telezram, suggesting picious circumstances in connection with the death of Waite's wealthy father-in-law preceded the arrival of the body at Grand apids, Mich., and resulted in an autopsy disclosing ar- senic. ‘Warren W, Waite, the young den- tist’s father, and Frank A. Waite, his brother, were questioned at the dis- trict attorney’s office today regardirg the accused man’s early life. Waite's parents prepared to return to their home in Grand Rapids late today. FORMATION OF TRADE UNION LABOR POLITICAL PARTY To Be Considered at a Conference to Be Held in Boston April 29, Boston, April 6. — The advisabllity of forming a trade union labor politi- cal party in this state will be consid- ered at a conference of delegates in this city, April 29, according to calls sent today to every union in the state. Martin T. Joyce, secretary of the Massachusetts branch of the American Federation of Labor, who issuea the call, said the move was made for the purpose of improving the industrial conditions of the workingmen within accordance with action taken at the last state convention. BUSINESS BLOCK FIRE AT ST. ALBANS, VT. Prompt Work of Telephone Operator in Notify Fire Department. St. Albans, Vt, April 6—A three story block in the business sectron occupled by stores, with quarters on the top floor for a lodge of the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, was damaged by fire early today. = The loss was estimated at $25,000. The fire started in the lodge room and spread downward. It was discovered by an operator in the telephone ex- change whose prompt work in noti- rylnlx the department prevented great- er loss. it was stated that a list of 18| ded to take no chances | South of Satevo GEN. FUNSTON AND STAFF GET CONFLICTING REPORTS TRAILS EAST AND SOUTH General Pershing Still Searching the District About Guerrero With Cav- alry and Infantry to Clean Out the Bandits Scattered at the Fight at That Place. San Antonio, Texas, April 6.—“Some- Wwhere south of Satevo,” probably will figure frequently in future reports of military operations against Francisco Villa. ~ Out of the great mass of un- official and conflicting reports General Funston and his staff have founr none which they consider more probable than that made by Consul Letcher of Chihuahua, several days ago, when he said Villa was south of Chihuahua. General Pershing has made no late reports as to Villa’s whereabouts or concerning the movements of the ad- vanced cavalry columns bu General Funston said today he had no doubt that by this time at least one detach- ment had gone as far as Satevo. From Satevo trails lead east and south and if Villa did go to Satevo it is regarded as virtvally certain that he has continued towards Parral. Gener- al Pershing still is searching the dis- trict about Guerrero with cavalry and infantry, but this is being done to clean that part of the bands scattered at the fight at Guerrero as much as to lccate Villa, who, many insist, is still hiding within a half day's ride of Guerrero. AMERICAN TROOPS NOT TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM MEXICO of Developments Hunt for a. Regardless n the ‘Washington, April 6.—Categorical denial by Secretary Lansing late today was official answer to persistent reports that the American troops might be withdrawn soon from Mexico regardless of developments in the hunt for Villa. Both Mr. Lansing and Sec- retary Baker of the war department in- dicated that there was no present in- tention of changing the original orders given General Funston. Official comment was refused regard- ing statements credited to Consul Gar- cia of the de facto government at El Paso that the punitive expedition had accomplished its ends in dispersing the (Continued on Page Eight CATTLE GROWERS PROTEST o PACKING INDUSTRY PROBE Told House Committee They Are Prosperous and Contented. Washington, April 6.—Five cattle | growers who said they were prosperous and contented protested to house judi- ary sub-committee today against the | Boriand resolution for investigation of the packing industry, which has been many westérn livestock org- and individual raisers and ns i W. D. Reynolds und il, 'Fort 'Worth, Texas; Phil Taylorville, Ills.; and ton, Denver, Col. They ted that an investigation not only would fail to prove the existence of a | combine, but would tend to turb business. Losers in the indui- under present conditions, they ned, were men who did not unc nd it or failed to use good Jjudgment. The committee closed its hearing temporarily tonight without acting on the resolution or bringing about an agreement between the packers and those who seek an inquiry as to the form an investigation should take. 1in the next two weeks hearings = !pru\'nhl,\‘ will be resumed and repre- sentatives of the packers will present further testimony in opposition to the Borland measure. MUST BAN ALCOHOL TO BE SUCCESSFUL Prof. Winslow Says It Must Be Done If We Are to Compete With Other Nations. New York, April 6.—If Americans hope to compete successfully with the men of other nations after the war, they must ban alcohol according to C. A. Winslow, professor of public health at Yale University, who addressed the New York Academy of Medicine to- night. “The nations of Europe will be re- born,” declared Professor Winslow. %if we hope to compete we must be efficient as we have never been in the past. Alcohol is a deterrent and takes the keen edge off effectiveness.” Professor Winslow said he has wondered what would result if it were the custom at after-dinner parties to pass around an opium pipe and if ev- ery street corner bore an advertise- ment of habit-forming drugs. “We would then have in addition to the drug wrecks, the respectable and moderate drug fiends,” he added. “The problem would be complicated by the atmosphere of respectability which bas for centuries been thrown around the use of alcohol.” STRIKE OF EMPLOYES OF NEW YORK CENTRAL SPREADING. Twenty-four Arrests Made at Mott Haven Yards Yesterday. New York, April 6.—The strike at the Grand Central terminal and Mott Ha- ven yards of car cleaners, en, track inspectors and other laborers employea by the New York Central railroad extended today to North White Plains, where 1350 men quit werl. Twenty-four arrests were made in the Mott Haven yards, where a crowd loitered about the tracks. The prison- ers were charged wits disorderly con- duct and trespassing. Officials of the railroad said tonight that all train schedules were being maintained. First class mail, they add- ed. has been handled without delay, but shipment of parcel post matter has been interrupted. This class of mail, and Its Total Circulati Federal Volunteers LEE AMENDMENT IN OPPOSITION DEFEATED 36 TO 24 4 DAY DEBATE ENDED Struggle Was One of the Hardest Fought in the Semate at This Ses- sion of Congress—Narrow Margin of Vote Makes It Doubtful Whether It Will be Measure Finally Framed. ‘Washington, April 6.—The senate re- tained the federal volunteer provision in the army Dbill late today by a vote of 36 to 34, rejecting Scnator Lec's amendment to strike the section ‘from the bill. The vote ended a four-day debate on the section. Advocated by National Guard Men. Advocates of the national guard as the first line of defense behind the regular army supported the amend- ment vigorously, and the struggle was one of the hardest fought in the senate at this session of congress. It began after the defeat of the military com- mittee last week, when a proposal to create a national guard section of the army general staff was written into the bili. Goes to Conference Committee. The narrow margin by which the federal volunteer provision was re- tained makes it doubtful that it will be in the measure finally framed by (Continued on Page Eight) WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON SINKING OF SUSSEX. Metal Fragments Bear Markings of a German Torpedo. Washington, April 6.—Reports of an American naval attache saying metal fragments found on the channel steam- er Sussex bore distinctive markings showing them to be parts of a Ger- man torpedo, and despatches telling of scores of submarine attacks on neutral and other unarmed ships within the last two weeks, were studied at con- ferences today between President Wil- son, Colonel E. M. House and members of the cabinet. The attache’s reports are regarded here as virtually conclusive proof that the Sussex, while carrying 25 Ameri- can citizens, was attacked in violation of solemn nrad reiterated assurances | bassador Gerara given the United States by Germany. With this fact apparently established it is generally considered that the United States is confronted by a sit- uation more grave than any which has arisen since the outhreak of the war. It was said authoritatively again to- night, however, that no definite steps will be taken by the American govern- ment until Germany has replied to the informal inquiries submitted by Am- in the cases of the Sussex, Englishman, Manchester En- gireer and Eagle Point. It was de- clared that word from Berlin was be- in gawaited, not so much because of information as to what happened is wanted, but to give Germany an ope portunity to present her version and to_say what will be done about it. In view of the evidence coilected, it is confidently belicved in many quar- ters that Germany will admit the at- tack on the Sussex and unofficial des- patches from Berlin have indicated | will be accompanied by disavowal and offer of reparation. INJUNCTION SOUGHT AGAINST MILK PRCDUCERS’ ASSOCIATICN and Distributors Around Chicago. Chicago, April 6.—The fight between the farmers around Chicago and the distributors in the city over the price of milk found its way into the courts today Borden's Condensed Milk com- pany. one of the larzest distributors, applied to Federal Judge K. M. Landis for an injunction restraining he Milk Producers’ agsociation, as the farmers’ organization is known, from interfer- ing with the delivery of milk at vari- ous plants of the company. Arguments will be heard SatuFday. The company declares it has been compelied plants and is suffering a loss of $3.000 a day as a result of the farmers’ strike, On April 1 the farmers demanded $1.55 a hundred pounds for their milk instead of the old rate of $1.33 1-3. The Chicago distributors refused to grant the increase and as a result the city is confronted by a serious shortage. CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO DUPE ASPIRING WRITERS Alexander Jessup Held For Trial Federal District Court, New York. New York. April 6.—Alexander eJs- sup, who described himself as an edi- tor and author, was arrested today by postoffice inspectors and held for trial in the federal district court here on a charge of using the mails to defraud. Jessup’s accusers alege he duped as- piring writers in a new literary swindle. Jessup, it is charged, inserted adver. tisements in magizines, soliciting con- tributions from budding authors for his short story magazine, “The Blue Moon.” When manuscripts were sub- mitted to him, Jessup, it is charged, suggested that he be paid varying sums for his services as editor. The government claims the “Biue Moon™ magazine is a myth. Jessup is the son of a clergyman He claims to have written a number of novels and edited English ana French classics. GOV. HOLCOMB TAKES TRIP ON TORPEDO BOAT. Boards Craft at Bridgeport on Way to New York. Bridgeport, Conn., April 6.—~Governor Marcus H. Holcomb arrived here from Hartford at 10.45 o'clock today en route in a novel way for New York. He ‘was met on his arrival at the steam- boat wharf by a launch from torpedo boat No. 38, which had been lying off Seaside park for several days, and was taken immediately to the warship. The it was explained, has to be carted from | torpedo boat had steam up and started the Grand Central terminal to traine{a few minutés later for New York with by yard employes. the governor as the special passenger. that such an admission undoubtedly | ~ F Outgrowth of Fight Between Farmers ' » close four of its bottling | PRICE TWO CENTS on is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the Gity's Condensed Telegrams Sir Gerard A. Lowther, British ¢i- plomat, died in London. Gold holdings of the German Reichs- bank amount to $610,000,000. Daniel W. Hoan, Sccialist, was elected mayor of Milwaukee: Summer trolley cars made their ap- pearance in New York streets. Nearly 900,000 women are working at various occupations in Berlin. War insurance on Norwegian ships within the danger zones has been dou- bled. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice conferred with Secretary of State Lansing on a num- ber of questions. General Carranza has organized a banking committee of five to regulate Mexico’s finances. About 20,000 employes of the Ber- wind-White Coal Co. have been zrant- ed increased wages. \ \ | | At a mass meeting held in Detroit to raise funds for Jewish war relief, $110,000 was subscribed. The bill establishing prohibition in Ontario passed its second reading in the legislature at Toronto. Fire destroyed the summer home of Daniel Guggenheim at Long Branch, N. J., at a loss of $250,000. Information received by the Depart- ment of Justice confirms reports of a new Diaz uprising in Mexicc, The French Line steamer Espagne arrived at New York from Bordeaux with 32 passengers and mail. Up to March 26, the net increase of the British merchant marine was 344,- 000 tons over that before the war. General Zupeli, Italiaa minister of war, has resigned. General Paolo Mor- rone was appointed to succeed him. Lieutenant General Gottlieb Ferdi nand von Dorrer of the German army died of wounds received at the front. By a vote of 15 to 6, the house naval committee favorably reported the ses ato bill for a government armor pls mill. The Bank of England bought 912000 pounds bar gold, and released 400,000 in sovereigns for miscellaneous pur- poses. Exercises celebrating the centenary of the Federal coast and goedetic sur- Vi began in the National Museum at ‘Washington. The Dutch government has ordered an official investigation into the sink- ing of the schooner Elsina Halern in the North Sea. The New York State Senate passed the bill creating a state l-oard of cen- sorship of moving pictures, and to tax motion picture films. A London despatch says the British steamer Vesuvio has been sunk. Thres injured survivors have been landed. The vessel was unarmed. Sixteen workmen were arrested in | Rotterdam charged with stealing shoes jand other suppiies being sent throuzh | Holland for Belgian relief. Edwzrds, Georce republican, wa | elected” mayor of Kansas City, over Henry Jost, democrat, after one of {the hottest’ election iizhts there in years. | David R. Francis, former governor i of Missouri and new od am- bassador to R will leave Ne | York for Petrosrad today on the Os |car 1. | _According to a statement of the |Federal Reserve Board, gold imports » the United States from Jan. 1 to h Af. 17 amounted to more than §$: 814,000, —— The American steamer Housatoni {sailed from New Orieans for Savona. |Italy, with a carzo of rrain. She is {the first American steamer to acrry srain from New Orleans. Every able-bodied male citizen in | Maryland between the azes of 18 and 45 is liable for military service und a bill rushed through at the closing session of the state legislature. The strike of 300 freight handlers at the Fall River line pier of the New England Navizatipn company, which Leran a few weeks ago, has been set- tled by a compromise agreement. Governor Wi man of New York signed the bili making it a felony for | an unauthorized person to manufac- ture, sell or have in his possession an automatic silencing device for fire- arms. Ly Anna Lee Stitzel of Louisville, Ky., who shot_and killed_her aged father, William Stetzel, a_ Civil vetera “to put him out of his misery,” made three unsuccessful attempts to com- mit. suicide in jail. More than one hundred employes of the Ireland and Matthews Company, munitions manufacturers, of Detroit, who have been on strike for hiz: wages, have come to terms with th employers and will return to work today. THREE AMERICANS KILLED BY MEXICAN BANDITS Were Railroad Men and Were Moving on Hand Car When Attacked. Tucson Ariz., April 6.—Three United States citizens and one Spaniard were killed yesterday by Mexican bandits nine miles south orf Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico, according to advices received here today from Mazatlan at the of- fices of the Southern Pacific Railroad company. The Americans killed were F. C. Burke, former railroad agent at Mor- rado; Roderick Davidson and a former conductor named Wallace, according to_the rallroad report. ‘The Spaniard was a former conduct. or named Rodrigu. The party was moving on hand cars from Acaponeta to Rosario when they were attacked. The bandits after killing the four and looting their bag- gage, compelled section hands to load th bodies on the hand cars and bring them to Rosario station. Special United States Agent James W. Keys took charge of the bodies and sent them from Rosario to Mazatian after wiring the American consul at Mazatlan. Population Labor Troubles in the Park Gty SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES INDICAT- ED DURING MAY AND JUNE “CLOSED SHOP” FIGHT Machinists, Street Car Men, Carpenters and Turners, All Either Have Made Demands Or Are Formulating Them —Rents Unobtainable and Furnished Rooms Scarce Because of Growth. Pridgeport, Conn., April 6.—With the “ominz of what promises to be the most prosperous spring season that Bridgeport ever has known, the labor situation is assuming a more threat- ening aspec Several of the most important lines of labor are in a fer- ment and trouble of a serious nature is indicated during May and June. Contest Over “Closed Shop.” Just at present the deadlock be- tween the journeymen machinists and the factory owners is the outstandmg feature. The machinists have been gianted almost every demand so far, except the “closed shop” which re- w: Fresented to the em- plovers. The Manufacturers’ asso- tion positive rejected this feature, claring for the ren shop™ ghd the mec B will hold a mass meeumg tumorrow evening to decide on their course of action. The trolleymen, motormen and con- ductors, are meeting today and early tomorrow morning to consider a list of demands soon to be presented the Connecticut company. They hav &n agreement with the company that will expire on June 1, but the men now threaten to enforce their demands for more money and different condi- tions not later than May 1. . Furnished Rooms Scarce. The building contractors expected their busiest year this year. Rents cannot be had, furnished rooms are scarce and hundreds of recent Is are forced to put up in lodg- »uses. The journeymen carpen- however, have balked on an ement recently reached with the contractors. Demands of Carpenters. The carpenters demanded $4.50 a day and the closed shop. A compro- mise was agreed to at $4.25, a closed chop for the carpenters, but the men were not to affiliate with the Central Labor union, the employers wanting the right to hire the very much limit- &d supply of unskilled labor wnerever they could get it. This agreement was ready for signaure when the union w-thdrew it, insisting on the Central Labor Union affiliation, the closed shop for all branches of the trade Man yof the larzer contractors are now declining new work, pending a | settiement of this question. Lathers Want 37 1-2 Cents a Bundle. The lathers, piece workers, now get 18 cents a bundle, making between $3 end ¥4 a day. They have presented a demand for 37 1-2 cents a bundle or more than twice the present rate. $450 a Day For Tinners. The tinners demanded 3450 a day ana the limitation of apprentices to one for cach three journeymen. The besses offered $4.25 but rejected the itation on helpers. The tinners were ready to strike April 1, announc- that they could go to work for the on Arms plant at 35 a day. A beforg the time set they discov- t the tinners at tne Remmg n Arms were aiready out on an old i t forgott rike and that i went there it would be in the ca- pacity of strikebreakers against thelr own men They are now in further sotiation with the employers. BANK ROBBERS GET AWAY WITH $15,000, Two Men Worked First National Bank of Houston, Pa. Canonsburg, Pa robbed the Iirst Nat bank of Houston at Houston, Pa., near here, soon after noon todiy of $15,000 and | escaped in an automobile. Joseph K. MoNutt, cashier of the bank, was alone at his window when an_automobile drove up in front of the building. A | man entered. carrying in his hand a picce of paper about the size of a {check and laid it on the counter in front of the cashier. On the paper was writte ke a move and you will be shot. Nutt looked up to find himself facing an automatic pls- tol. Meantime the other occupants of the automobiie had left the car and made their way to the door leading to the cashier's cage, which happened to be open. JMeNutt was made to lie on the floor and one of the robbers guarded him while the other went through the vault. He iccted $15,000 in bills, but did not touch 32,000 in gold or $1,000 in_silver. The men then told McNutt to Me perfectly still, which he did, while they hurried to the automobile and drove quickly away in the direction of Can- onsburg. Mr. McNutt gave the police an excellent description of the robber who faced him at the window. BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT FOR $250,000. Elizabeth Garmong of Bangor Suing John B. Henderson of Washington. Bangor, Me, April 6.—The trial of the suit of Elizabeth Garmong against Joha B. Herderson of Washington, D. C., for alleged breach of promise commenced today in the Maine sw- preme court. Damages of $250,000 are claimed. At a former trial the jury awarded a_ verdict of $116,000 to the plaintiff. This verdict was set aside by the Maine law court on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. “Mosquito Week in Cors., New York and New Jersey. ‘ew York, April 6.—A dollar kills a million” was the slogan adopted at a meeting of the Interstate Anti-Mos- quito leggue held here today for the campaign to exterminate the pests in Greater New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. - The week of May 1-7 has been set aside as “Mosquito week™ In this city. School children are ex- pected to play the most prominent part in the work of extermination.