Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 14, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LViIL—NO. 90 POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1916 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double T Any Other Paper, and its Total Uirculation is the Largest in Ecvofir!ecfi TEN PAGES cut in Proporii ion to the Gity’s Population PRICE TWO CENTS GERMANS PAUSE IN FIGHT FOR VERDUN Berlin Reports That Unfavorable Weather is Hindering Infantry Gperations ARTILLERY ACTIVE IN SECTION AROUND HILL 304 Petrograd Reports Repulse of German Attempts to Advance Near Lake Narocz and Ikskull—Russian Infantry Failed in Attack Near Baranovichi—Usual Bombardments and Infantry Attacks Are Going on Along the Austro-Italian Front—Five Additional Vessels Have Met With Disaster ae a Result of Mines or Submarines. Before Verdun the infantry has re- mained inactive and only in the se: tors to the northwest, embracing Hiil 304 and the front from Le Mort Homme to Cumieres, has there been heavy work by the artillery. Berlin Teports that unfavorable weather is hindering infantry operations. The Germans in the Lake Narocz and Ikskull bridzehead positions on the Russian front have made attempts to advance against the Russians af- ter preparatory bombardmeni in each instance, according to Petrograd, they were repulsed. Near Barano- vichi the Russian infantry essayed an attack on the Germans but was driven back. On the Austro-Ttalian line the usual bombardments and infantry attacks at varlous points continue. In Asiatic Turkey, the Turks have delivered powerful counter-attacks in the Cau casus region azainst important posi- tions recently captured from them by the Russlans. Their attempts failed, according to Petrozrad. Five additional vessels have met with disaster as a result of mines or submarines. The British steamers Robert Adamson and Angus and the British bark Inverlyon have been sunk by submarines, while a Danish vessel named Dorthea has been sunk by a mine and the Dutch steamer Colombia damaged by a mine. A semi-official despatch from Berlin calculates the French losses up to _the present in the fighting around Ver- dun at 150,000 officers and men. The British losses in the fishting with the Turks at Sannayyat April 9 are de- clared officially to have been much be- low 3.000—the fizure given in the offl- cial Turkish statement announcing the defeat of the Lritish column. FRENCH LOSSES AT VERDUN PLACED AT 150,000 Kiiled and Wounded Officers and Men as Computed in Berlin. Berlin, April 13 (By Wireless to Say- ville).—The French losses in killed and wounded in the fighting around Ver- dun, says the Overseas News agency, are computed to have reached up to the present time a total of 150,000 offi- cers and men, or about four army corps. SIGNIFICANT QUESTION BY PRESIDENT WILSON Evidently Referring to Our Relations With Mexico. Washington, April 13.—President ‘Wiison, speaking at a Jefferson Day anquet of democrats from all parts of the country here tonight, praved that the United States would not be drawn into a quarrel not of its own choosing, but asked if the people were ready to go in where the interests of America were concerned with the m-. terests of humanity and have the courage to withdraw when the inter- ests of humanity had been conserved. He was in ted by cheers and shouts of “Ye: During his address the president had mentioned the Furopean war and the Mexican mating what of the proble question without inti- ere his plans in either v s confror it- cd States declared that in the present situation the responsibility was with the democratic party be- cause that party controls the gov- ernment and that “it is for us” to hold the balance even and not to allow some malien influc to depress one side or the other. Most of his speech was devoted to reviewing the achievements of the democratic party for the pas: thre vears and a crittelsm of the republi a party with “a provincial spiri The president as- serted that the nation was better pre- pered than ever before to show how America can lead the way along the pat hof light. BOY RAN A FAKE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU Young ltalian Charged With Duj His Countrymen in Waterbury. Waterbury, Conn., April 13.—Arma- dtllo, an 18-year old Ttalian, was today bound over to the next criminal term of the superior court after the finding of probable cause on the charge of ob- taining money under false pretenses on evidence which it is alleged indicat- ed that the boy had been collecting money from his countrymen on a_fake employment scheme. The boy prom- ised to obtain $3.50 a day positions with the New Haven road for which be charged 50 cents. Fifty cents was al- 80 collected for the purchase of jump- ers. Jobs and jumpers did not mater- ialize. Later the boy was identified as one who had found an envelope in which were checks amounting to scv- eral hundred dollars drawn on a local bank. He claimed to have destroved the checks, but it is alleged that he tried to cash some of them. Bond was fixed at $200. TO INCREASE MEMBERSHIP OF AMERICAN RED CROSS Plans Have Been Made for a Nation- Wide Campaign. New York, April 13.—William H. Taft, chairman of the central com- mittee of the American Red Cross, an- nounced today that plans have been made to undertake a nation-wide cam- paign to increase the membership of he fzation to a million. The movement will begin immediately in this city. It is expected that about 100,000 members can be obtained_in Ne wYork and nearby cities in New Jersey and Connecticut. GERMAN ROYALTY WILLING TO PAY TAXES Although They Are Legally Exempt From 8o Doing. 18—(By wireess to )-ARosording 15, the Oversens News Agency Dr. ‘Helfterich, the secretary the 4 0 mgm: announcement fla chstag that r.-qnc- princesses of fed- states had declared their roadiness in the same way s all in the payment of war benefit B et o i e o ) GREAT BRITAIN TO PAY CHICAGO MEAT PACKERS For Cargoes Seized Valued at Between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000. London, April 13, 7:27 p. m.—Chand- ler P. Anderson, ‘formerly cbunsellor for the state department at Washinz- ton and now rcpresentative of the Chicago meat packers in the prize court cases, involving cargoes valued at between' $15,000,000 and $20,000,000 stated tonight that a ) itlement with the British government ad been agrecd upon and that the money would be paid over tomorrow. “I wish” sald Mr. Anderson, “to s my appreciation of the fa'rness th which representatives of the British gover ment have been conducted and the friendly consideration with which I and my clients have been treated. Mr. Anderson represents Armour, Swift, Hammond and Morris compa- nies. Lloyd Griscom, representing the Schwarschild and Sulzberger company, also joined in the settlement on the same basis as Mr. Anderson. Mr. Anderson said the amount to be paid by the British government would be announced later. WASHINGTON IS AWAITING COMPLETE INFORMATION Gen. Funston Empowered to Take Any. Steps He Believes Necessary. ‘Washington, April 13.—Complete in- formation regarding the losses to the American troops or to the Mexicans had not reached Washington tonight. Secretary Baker informed President Wilson ‘that a brief despatch to the war department said that according to unofficial reports one American caval- ryman was killed and that the troop- ers used a machine gun against the Mexicans. Mr. Baker announced later that he had ordered General Funston to take any steps that might be necessary to prevent further trouble. When asked whether this might mean the enforc- ed use of Mexican railroads for the movement of soldiers and supplies, he said General Funston was on the ground and would act as any emergen- cy required. The secretary expressed the hope, however, that the trouble at Parral was purely local and did not presage further difficulties. SECOND CONVICTION FOR MURDER OF BARNET BAFF. Frank Ferrara Drove Car Which Car- ried the Murderers. New York, April 13.—A verdict of gullty of murder in the first degree was returned by a jury late today against Frank Ferrara for his share in the slaying of Barnet Baff, the poultry dealer who was killed by gun- men alleged to have been hired by business rivals. Ferrara is the second man to be convicted for the crime, and two more remain to be tried. Giuseppe Arichiello was found guilty last week. In a confession which was introduced in evidence Ferrara sald he was the driver of the car which carried the murderers to the scene of the crime. He repudiated the confession on the witness stand. The jury was out an hour and a half. Ferrara was remand- ed to the Tombs for sentence April 20, WILLIAM H. SCOTT'S DEATH DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES Medical Examiner Declined to Give Reasons for Coroner's Inquost. Greenwich, Conn, April 18.—The investigation into the death of Willinm H. Scott at Cos Cob was dropped to- day, it being disclosed by en autopsy that death was due to natural causes —abacoss on the liver. Modical Ex- aminer 1. A. Clark had _requested Coroner Fheian of Brid; to malte an investigation, He declined to make publie his w- for asking the cor- oner to Inqy | _“raragraphs Daiash Steamer Struck a Min London April 13, 8:31 p. m—The Danish seamer Dorthea struck a mine Monday_and foundered immediately, says a Lloyds Amsterdam despatch. The crew was saved and landed at Ymuiden. The captain was wounded. London, April 13, 7.01 p. m—Lieu- tenant General Sir Percy Lake, com- mander of the British forces in Me- sopotamia, ~states in a report re- ceived here today that the number of British troops killed or wounded in the attack on the Turgish positions at Sannayyat, April 9 was much below the figure 3,000 given in the Turkish official statement of April 11. FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS GERMAN NOTE ON SUSSEX. S to Have Name of Commander of German Submarine Which Sank the Channel Steamer. Paris, April 13, 10.20 p. m.—The Ger- man note on the Sussex, signed by Foreign Minister Von Jagow, has led to a widespread discussion among gov- ernment officials, the public and the press and has brought the quick re- joinder that the French government has documents establishing the name of the commander and the number of the submarine responsible for the Sus- sex disaster. Inquiry at the ministry of marine tonizht elicited the statement that the name of the commander and the num- ber of the U boat would not be made public for the present, as it was con- sicere@ sufficient to state the fact that information is in the hands of the gov- ernment. The department will wait and note whether Germany will persist in its denial, it was declared. It is learned that the officers and créw of a German submarine, now Leld prisoners by the French, gave what is considered corroborative evi dence that the Sussex was attacked by a German submarine. The name of the commander of this boat was di- vulged at the same time. The officers and crew now held prisoners were not those aboard the submarine alleged to have attacked the Sussex, but cruised in the same locality until their craft was sunk twelve days after the Sus- sex. MILLIONAIRE ENJOYS FIFTEEN CENT MEAL H. B. Endicott, Boston Shoe Manufac- turer Has Luncheon With 700 Em- ployes. Boston, Mass., April 13—H. B. En- dicott of the firm of Endicott-Johnson company, shoe manufacturers, is nRow in New York state visiting the large factcries of his company, and ac- cording to Information received in Doston to had a fifteen cent iuncheon with 700 of his workingmen at the company restaurant in John- son City vesterda There are sev- eral thousand employes in the fac- tories in_Endicott and Johnson City, and in the latter place the company maintains a lunch counter where the employes are given luncheons at re- duced prices. Mr. Endicott is a companied by his son, H. W. Endi- cott. AN IMMEDIATE INCREASE IN THE NAVY DEMANDED fn Resclution Passed By Navy League of the United States. Washington, April 13.—A national defense commission, a navy general staff and an immediate increase in the navy were demanded in resolutions adopted here today at the final meet- ing of the annual convention of the Navy League of the United States. Officers of the league were instructe: to urge concress to enact the nece: ary legislation. Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant sec- retary of the navy, defended the nav acainst criticism from those who, he said, weer trving to gain personal or political profit REVOLUTION IN CHINA STIRRING UP JAPANESE. ary Intervention by Japan is Con. sidered Improbable. _Tokio, Japan, April 13.—The revolu- tion in Ch causing some quietude in Japan, where the opinion is held that it will be difficult for Yuan Shi Kai to retain the presidency. In well informed- circles, both Japanese and foreign, military intervention by Japan is regarded as extremely im- probable unless the lives and interests of Japanese subjects should be im- periled. Should intervention become necessary, Japan presumably would act on behaif of her allies, on account of he fact that they are occupied by the European INTERNED GERMANS IN CANADA TO BE PUT TO WORK. Will Be Paid Regular Wages In the Fields of Manitoba. Chicago, April 13.—Several thous- and interned Germans in Canada will be put to work in the fields or Man- itoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta this spring and will be paid the regular wages of farm laborers, according to W. W. Cory of Ottawa, Canadian dep- uty minister of the interfor, who is in Chicago today. A number of the interned men have expressed a willing- ness to break camp monotony by go- ing into the fields, Mr. Cory said and it is believed many of them will take homesteads after the war. TO INCORPORATE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS. Bill Which Opponents Say Will Creats Fifty Immortals P ‘Washington, April fought bl incorporating the Ameri- can Academy of Arts and Letters, and numbering President Wilson, Theodore Roosovelt and forty-eight others among its charter members, was passed by the house today and now goes to the president for approval. Its opponents charged its purpose was to create fifty “immortals,” while its eupporters uaintaln its solo object is to further art and literature in America. Losses of Livestock From Disease and Exposure, ‘Washington, April 13.—Losses of livestock from disease and exposure quring last year were moderately smaller than the ten year nverage of such losses, and the condition of ani- mals on April 1, was slightly better than average, the department of ag- riculture ann | | More Arresis in |Britain’s Trading lot] With Enemy Rei “Fire ?amh” WARRANTS SAID TO BE OUT FOR TWO OTHERS NINE PERSONS INVOLVED [[s - PURELY DOMESTIC Evidence Said to Indicate Not Only the Shipment of Bombs to All Ports of This Country, But to South America. New York, April 13—Three more arrests were made tonight in connec- tion with the alleged conspiracy to destroy ships carrying war munitions to the entente allies by placing “fire bombs” in their cargoes. Warrants, it_was announced, are out for two others, thus involving nine persons al- together. The arrests tonight closely followed the arraignment before United States Commissioner Houghton of the four men taken into custody last night. Three Additional Arrests. The three additional prisoners aré Carl Schmidt, chief engineer of the steamer kriedrich der Grosse of the North_German Lloyd line, and Fred- erick Praedie and Carl Paradis, assist- ants to Schmidt. The authorities still are looking for Charles Karbade, also an assistant engineer aboard the big German vessel interned here, and Wal- ter T. Scheele, president of the ew Jersey Agriculture and Chemictal com- pany of Hoboken, where the bombs are alleged to have been manufactured. Evidence Indicates Widespread Con- spiracy. Assistant United States Attorney Roger B. Wood, in charge of the prose- cution, declares that the evidence thus far obtained indicates a conspiracy with far-reaching ramifications, in- clvding not only the shipment of bombs to all ports of this country, but to South America. He said the men un- der arrest and those for whom war- rants are out probably were not the ringleaders in the plot. Prisoners Waived Reading of Com- plaint. 3 The four prisoners arraigned today waived the formal reading of the com- plaint, made by Detective George D. Barnitz, who asserted that to divulge the sources of his informa- tior at this time would be against putlic policy. Captain Otto Wolpert, superintendent of the Atlas line piers of the Hamburg-American Steamship company, and Captain Enno Bode, su- perintendent of the Hamburg-American line piers in Hoboken, N. J., each was he'd in $25.000 bail, while Ernest Becker, an electrician on the steamer Friedrich der Grosse, and Captain Charles Von Kieist, superintendent of the New Jersey Agricuiture and Chem- ical company, each was held in 35,000 bail A surety company furnished bonds for Bode and Wolpert and they were relcascd. ‘The others, however, were unuble to obtain bail and were paroled in the custody of Captain William M. Oftiey, in cnarze of the local bureau of the department of ice A fur ther examination was set for April What Complaint Charges. The complaint charges that the nine men “conspired and agreed among themselves that they should within the admir and ma jurisdiction of the United Stotes * * ¢ * * wilfully, felcniously an by corruptly surprise and open force maliciously attack and upon vessels ¢ to others, intent then and nlawfuily ners of such vessel andise laden Schmidt, Tested in der G Paradis_were re the Fried- n tied up at tbreak of the Eu- were brov in this city and igned tomorrow. EVIDENCE RELATING TO INCREASED PRICE OF GASOLINE Is Being Considered Sy the Depart- ment of Justice. Washington, Evidence re- lating to the price of gasoline is being condiser ¢ the department of justice, with a view, it is under- ocd, to determining if prosecutions can be brourht under the law as it stands or whe additional legisla- tion will be required. Attorney General Gregory e the declined nforma- stution investi- tion “sought in_the rezarding the gation of the worgink of the supreme corurt'’s Standard Oil decree on the ground that to do so would be incom- patible with the public interest. This development and the reappearance of Charles B. Morrison of Chicago, in connection with the case, strengthen- ed the belief in some quarters that the department had not finished its inves- tigation and gave rise to the report that department officials had request. ed Mr. Morrison to look into the gaso- line situation with a view to further prosecutions. Mr. Morrison 1s thoroughly famillar with the Standard Oil litigation and aided the depart- ment in the prosecution of the disso- lution suit. BATTLESHIPS IN COLLISION DURING MANOEUVRES. Neither the Michigan Nor South Car- olina Were Seriously Damaged. Washington, April 13.—A collision vesterday afternoon between the bat- tleships Michigan and South Carolina, in which neither ship was seriously damaged and no one hurts was re- ported today bv Admiral Fietcher. While the fleet was steaming north from Guantanamo, Admiral Fletch- er sald, the two battleships “Came in contact during manoeucres. Both are proceeding under their own steam. CREW DEMANDED ASSURANCE OF SAFETY AT SEA Delayed Sailing of Steamer Ryndam of Holland-American Line. New York ,April 13-—The Holland- American Line steamship Ryndam, which hae been held in Rotterdam for ten days over her announced sailing date by reason of a strike of her crew, will leace that port tomorrow for New York, according to a cablegram re- celved by agents of the line here today, The strike of the crew was brought about by their demand that the Dutch government assure their safety at sea. Sergeant | Con;ien;ed Telégrams Hubert George ds Burgh Cani second marquis of Clanricarde, died in London. Gasoline, tank wagon basis, was ad- vanced one cent a gallon to 20 cents at Detroit. Embargoes on all Canadian points have becu lifted by the Canadian Pa- cific raiiroad. EXPLAINED IN REPLY TO AMER- ICAN NOTE OF PROTEST More than $1,C00,000 has already been spent by the United States in the hunt for Francisco Viila. March sugar consumption in Great Eritain is given at 155,000 tons by the British Board of Trade. Assures United States That In Its Enforcement Care Will be Taken to William A. Demerest, prominent res- igent of Middletown, N. Y., shot and killed himseif in his office there. Avoid Injury to Neutral Commerce. ‘Washington, April 13. — Great Britain's reply to the American note protesting against the trading with the enemy act as “pregnant with pos- sibllities of undue influence with American trade,” describes the act as “purely domestic legislation to re- strict the activities and trade of per- ns under British jurisdiction” ana assures the United States that in its enforcement every care will be exer- cised to avoid injury to neutral com- merce. To Prevent Trading With Enemies. The act, approved last December, is designed to prevent British subjects from trading with any business firm which has business connections witk. or is controlled in any part by Great Britain’s enemies. An advance of 10 per cent. in the wages of 900 operatives in Fitchburg cotton yarn mills was announced. Mrs. Ellen French Aldrich, former mayor of Dayton, 0., was elected the first woman mayor of Saytelle, O. Lioyds announced that the new Erit- ish steamship Senator has been sunk. The crew is believed to have been saved. Thirty-three small woolen mills in various parts of Connecticut have raised the wares of their employes 10 per cent. A plague of pheasants has struck Portland, Ore. Game laws prevent the slaughter of the birds, which fly into Tn its protest, presented to tha|houses ana dig up plants. Britlsh foreign office January 26 by 2 Ambassador Page, the United States | Philander C. Knox filed papers at| Harrisburg, Pa, as a candidate for the nomination of United States sena- tor on the republican ticket. expressed the opinion that the regu- laticns had been framed “without a proper regard for the rizht of persons domiciled in the United States tc carry on trade with persons In bel- ligerent countries” and made a form- al reservation of the right to contest its leeality should it be found that American trade was hampered. Text of British Reply. The text of the British reply in the form of foreign office memorandum to Ambassador Page, dated February 16, and made public by the stare de- vartment tonight, follow “I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency’s note of the 26th ultimo relative to ihe pos- sible effects of the trading with the cnemy (extension of powers) act of 1915, on United States eommerce. Framed to Harmonize With French. “The nct was framed with the ob- ject of bringing Pritish trading-with- the-enemy resulations into Erearer harmony with those adopted by the French government since tha come mencment of the war by applving in =ome dezree the test of natiomality in the determination of enemy charncter in addition to the old test of domi- cile, which experienca has shown cannot provide a suMcient baslis un- der modern commercial conditions for measnures Intended to deprive the en emr of all assistance, direct or mdi- rect from national resourc “His Majestv's overnment realiz- ed however. that the anplication of Employes of the Cleveland street car lines have demanded of the company 40 cents an hour for all motormen and conductors, beginning May 1. The Brazilian steamer Guajara ar- rived at Norfolk, Va. in a damaged condition. A salvage crew of the steamer Sixaola was in charge. Two men lost their lives during a fire aboard the Spanish steamer Angel B. Perez, Lisbon for Philadelphia,which put in at St. Michaels, Azores, The death of Lieut. Federio Di of the Italian army, who married S Rosalie A. Williams of Lowell, Mass., as announced in a cablegram. Three hundred operatives in the dve house of the Pacific cotton mills at Lawrence, Mass., went on strike for a ten per cent. increase in wages. George E. Hazen, Hazen-Brown company. ers of rubber cement at Brockton, Mass. age. manufactur- . dicd at his home He was 49 years of Pinkney C. Clarke, aged 50, colored, was crushed to death~fm an elevator shaft in New Haven, being caught be- tween a zuard door and the car as it shot upwards. while entirely lexitimate and in ac- 13 0nc ™y Win it Mot the ta a enrdance wit! the practice it 1 " o S, -~ orancS wilh e Drapts oK o T::;;»r- . has been recovered by Car- et i commrtiat astivitig | TAuSe military forces as widespread as thoee of Britich sub. B & . fects. involve inconvenience and 10ms | 4 o Tarichme ThE RO . SotroYore o innocent traders. o dentit 11 Soras To Withhald Briticsh Aid. rezarding astwise and SR e e ey MR .,,‘ r vesscls under way. lonlv to avold anv definition | o imerity mambers of th _house na- would imnose enemv s=ntne nnon all the ar- porsons of enemy mationallty and as- |MOr piite p he masority “ncintions: but also to tnke powers of | DS recomme The sen- e o et o anS i aore veit an extension of tme Recesa g P ith-|untit June 1, for the preparation of hald ¢he facilitles afforded by British | ji $5v. £h aifimnct tatic Riten: Rights of Belligerents. A drift of young people from the “Fis Mojesty's rovernment rural districts to the cities threatens fherefora nhetained from a eomw the life of many country churches, ac- Acion admits within thelr richty |cording to reports submitted to the & Belifzerent ch is not onlv the i N. ¥., Methodist conference. existinh prac of the French ; Fovernment. hut in strict accoriance| F. Sweet, assistant secretary with the doctrine onenly avowed by nerce, who has just retu manv other states to be the bacis up- ington from a_visit to on which their tradine with the enco Tates, icted the greatest my reenlations wonld be founded in for those waters. the event of war and have confined p , D e 1 B e Dioen ot mirer| Holtand will import from America e e e dwerine vear 1180.000 tons of maize and them fo restrict the actieitles and |140000 tons of rve if Great Britain trade of persons under Eri‘ish juris- allow the enlarzement of tr »ply from 75, a month to 110,000 tons. A huge mass of carth and rocks diction in such a manner and to such an extent as mav seem to them to be necessary in the national interest. Rights of American Citizens. down the Palisades in New e AN ! The noise of the avalanche adits ne TiEnt of persons of any 4 residents tn Jersey City, We: nationality resident in the United hawken and Hoboken. but no one i States to enmage in lesiiimate com- |[known to have been hurt. mercial trarsactions with any other| o o vonons hae arrived s at persons. They cannot admit. how- shsesogzpess - e o DO it thid right can in anv way | Barcelona with five officers and twen- - ovs Ty | tv-one members of the crew of the I e ational In any manner which |Pedoed. The fate of the remainder|British bark Inverlyon has been sunk may seem desirable tothem by the im- | °f the crew is not known. position of provisions and penalties which are operative solely upon per- sons under their jurisdiction. “In claiming this right which ap- pears to them to be inherent in sov- ereignty and national independence, His Majesty’s government desire to assure the United States that they will exercise it with every possible care to avold Injury to neutral com- merce and they venture to think that the voluntary limitation of thelr pow- ers by the ferms of the trading with the enemy (extension of powers) act. 1915, is evidence of their desire and intention to act with the greatest pos- sible_consideration for neutral Inter- ests” While playing in the street near his home in New Pritain yesterday, Clar- ence Gustafson, 7 years old, was struck by an automobile driven by G. Burt- one Case of Hartford and =o badly injured that he died soon afterwards. A 13 year old boy whose name was not given was recaptured by trusties after he had escaped from the New York juvenile asylum at Dobbs Ferry. The boy fired on his pursuers with a pistol he had obtained, but hit no one. Fred Mann, 7 years old, was killed by an automobile driven by Harry H. Howland of Greenwich. He was cross- ing the street when the machine struck him, fracturing the skull. Howland was arrested, charged with reckless driving. MEXICANS DISARMED BY UNITED STATES FORCES Along the American Line of March in Mexico. Columbus, N. M. April 13.—Many Mexicans aiong the American line of march in Mexico have been disarmed by the United States forces, according to arrivals at the border tonight. General J. J. Pershing, it was sald, regarded thi sstep as necessary to U protection of his command since he has received information that mem- bers of Villa's scattered followers are infesting the route. Colonel Dublan is being made the most important of the long chain of bases in Mexico the arrivals said. Some have dug cls cular trenches. In them are conceal- ed_machine gun batteries. The Mexicans estimate of the num- ber of American troops in Mexico was given as 30,000, Dr. Emmerich Ritter, discoverer of Ilquid fire, former German confidential agent, serving a term in the Ohio state penitentiary at Columbus, was granted permission by Warden Thomas to man- ufacture dyes by a secret German process. President J. J. Stanley of the Cleve- land Railway company, ignored a doz- en demands of street car employes and sent them a counter proposal in which he asked for an open shop where both union and non-union employes work under the sam econditions. William E. Luke, aged 24, of Brook- clvil engineer, employed by the ntral Railroad of New Jersey, died at Allentown, Pa., of injuries received ‘when he was stabbed at South Bethle- hem on March 11 after an argument over the powsession of a seat. Aot president of the | tions Against Attacks From Any Quarter 1 ARMERICAN KILLED, 1 WOUI News That Carranza Has Practically Requested the With- drawal of American Troops Has Been Communicated to the Various Detachments in Mexico—General Funston Sends Scouts to Watch Movements of Mexican Troops, to of Villa. San Antonio, Texas, April 13.—From Columbus M. to points near the Chihuahua-Durango state line, Ameri- can troops increased their vigilanes today against atts from any quar- {ter. Word that Carranza had request- ed the opening of ne:otiations looking to their withdrawal went up and down the line of communications and for- {ward to the cemps of the detached alry columns that have pemetrated the hills and mountains beyond Parral heir_search for Francisco Villa. No official communication went to jthem and will not until the war de- partment has communicated the news Report Any Suspicious Manoeuvres—Until Ordered to Act Otherwise General Pershing Will Continue Pursuit and its wishes to General Fu but orders, it was learned, have beem sent from here to take all precautions azainst attack by any organization whether that of Villa or not. No Report from Gen. Pershing. General Funston received no report from General Pershing regarding the Parral incident and late today be. knew no more of that development than was contained in the report sent forward by Consul Letcher from Chi- huahua and that given in press des- patches from Washington. His infor- (Continued on Page Six) | THREE COLLECTIONS OF ART TREASURES BRING $4,000,000. | Renaissance Eronzes, Limoges Enamels | and Italian Majolicas. New York, April 13.—Three more | collections of art treasures gathered by i the late J. Plerpont Morgan have been | sold by his son, J. P. Morzan, it was announced today to a firm of Fifth ave- | nue art deal for $4,000,000. The | trarsactio: ded the Renaissance | bronzes. 200 pieces, the Limoges enam- el and the Italian ma- picce 150 pice than $15,000,000 already has | ¢ sales from the Mor- | . the bulk of which still | at the Metropolitan Mu- Art. It is reported in art| circies that the purchasers were ing not as aents but as specula is on | seum of The coliection of Renai bronzes is said to be excelled oni: the Spaldin ection in the Vi and Albert museum in London. It tock the late Mr. Morgan ten years to com= plete it. The coliections of enamels and majolicas are rezarded as the finest in the world. COMMITTEE REPORT READY ON CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS Said to Recommend That U. S. At- torney Marshail be Cited for Trial. hingtor iittee of diciary April the ho 13.—The select named to de- whether the criticisms of a sub-committee Unites | ttorney 3 Marsha will repor to recommer for It recomm; no found red to | discuss their find WOULD USE TENT FCR FURNISHED ROOMS d to Building for Permit. | Bridgeport Man Apr Commissioner | _Bridgeport, Griflin of th building comm ission to Con April 13.—Ficks rpplied to the rs today for per- tent on _his on ngton Road, to and rented out as furni Because of the fire risk the sioners declined to act, and apply to the city council evening mext 2 is to build a big floor supported ided into abo rented to men ther. be used rooms T would be a en rooms and | the warm we i | BRITISH BARK INVERLYON SUNK BY SUBMARINE Lioyds Reports That Twelve Men of Her Crew Were Picked Up. by a submarine, according to a report recelved by Lioyds. Twelve men ofy the crew were picked up. The Inverlyon was a vessel of 1,827 tons and built in 1904, Her home port was Aberdeen. The bark sailed from Portland, Oregon, Dec. 7, for Havre or Bordeaux was last reported as leaving St. Michael, Azores, March 31 STOCKS DISTURBED BY INTERNATIONAL SITUATION. Mexican lssues Arc the First to Yield Before Latest Aspects. New York, April 13—Stocks were visibly disturbed today over the latest aspects of the international situation. For the first time in several weeks ilquidation was seen in all parts of | the list. Mexican issues, particularly Mexican Petroleum and American Smelting, were amonz the first to yield, those stocks declining two to four points before midday. Later the munitionss group and similar specialties began to iose ground. Weakness of United States Steel, which assumed its former leadership = the most active stock, was among the disconcerting features. Steel was steadily pressed for sale, withstood the carly movement, but began to fall back later, Movements of Steamships. Kirkwall, April 11.—Sailed, steamer Hellig Olav (from Copenhagen), New York. New York. April 13.— Arrived: steamer St. Paul, Livcerpool. LATE SENATOR ALDRICH'S ESTATE ESTIMATED AT $5,685,000, Vaiue Disclosed in Application for Ex= emption from Transfer Tax. New York. April 13.—The estate of the late United States Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island, who died April 16, 1915, was estimated here to- day to be worth approximately $5,- 685,000. Edward B. Aldrich, a son, who is ‘exccutor of the estate, disclosed this information in a statement to the surrogate in an application to have the ty in this state exempted from nsfer tax. The surrogate beld, ver, that property to the amount. of 361,250, Including a steam yacht »d” by Senator Aldrich and sold was subject to taxation. The estimate of the estate made by Aldrich was as follows: te in Rhode Island and Con= . 3438,150: bonds in corporm- ions, $600,214; personal property, $63,= 3i: cash on hand or in bank, $100,= 134: accounts recelbavie, $500.154, and | stocks in corporations, $3,932,880, CONGRESS WOULD OPPOSE WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS. They Have Accomplished Cap- ture of Villa. Unt Washington, April 13.—Tonight there had been no opportunity for & anvass in concress, but it was evis | 4ent that, having unanimously ape proved, by resolution the sonding of into Mexico for the capture of bandits, it would sharply ope ir withdrawal without the ace of their ohject. There r, no indication that any such fn- ration has announced when the troops were despaiched that they wers w the winzle object of cap= turing Villa and putting a stop to iis forays . can and will be done” the prestdent pre<ident then declared, “in entirely fricncly aid_to constituted ame in Mexico and with scrupu- cct for the sovereiznty of that was no indication tonight president had changed his . that the mind. ALL-ALASKA SWEEPSTAKES RACE FOR DOGS Siberian Wolf Doos Which Won Last Year Are in the Lead. ril 13.—Leonard team of 17 Si- th which he wom s in the lead early mile ail-Alaska ched Candle, nd the point n back. The five somewhere along Jay bound for Can= nched. Yome, Alaska, ala, driving wolf dogs, year's ras in the the other drivers the trail early t all clos FIVE BOX CARS GO DOWN FIFTY-FOOT EMBANKMENT Derailed by a Fallen Brake Beam South of Lime Rock. Lime Rock, Conn., Sept. 13—Five box cars of a south bound freight train on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. derailing by a fall- en brake beam, pitched down a 50-foot embankment just south of here early today. A sixth car also left the rails but remained on the roadbed. Traffic was delayed for several hours. No one was injured. HELD IN BAIL OF $1,500 ON CHARGE OF BIGAMY John Arthur Hamlin of Bridgeport Admits Having Two Wives. BEridgeport, Conn., April 13.—Johm Arthur Hamlin, aged 3. a carmi promoter, was held in Eail of for a hearing in the city court to= morrow, on the charge of bigamy, when arraigned before Judge F. AL Bartlett today. Hamlin admits having a wife in Downington, Pa., and other in this city, whom he mai a year. FOUND BANK LOOT IN FARMER'S Sequel to Robbery of First Bank of Houston, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa.. April 13. searching the house of Talbot, a Russeiton farmer, Jast night in connection with the bery of the First National bank Houston, Pa. last week, today that they had recovered & part of the loot. DED AT PARRAL ERICAN TROOPS KORZ VIGILANT Expeditionary Forces in Mexico Are Taking Precau- 0 osansi. )