Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 15, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVIll—NoO. POPULATION 28,219 > APRIL 15, 1916 Heavy Gunfire of Germans is Assumed to be in Preparation for Infantry Attacks and French Are Holding Themselves in Readiness to Meet [t—German Attacks on the Rus- sian Front Failed of Their Purpose—Italians Have Cap- tured the Complete Crest of Lubba Alta From the Aus- trians—Russian Report Says the Turks Have Fallen Back in Disorder From Erzerum. munication the Itallans have capured the complete crest of Lobbia from the Austrians and consolidated Considerable infantry fighting has also taken place on the Mrall and,Montenero sector, but else- where along the front there have been only the customary bombardmetns. The Russlans repcet further Turks around Erze- where the Turks, having been on the offenstve for six days, were re- pulsed with heavy losses and are fall- ing back in disorder. tional has come through the defeat of the Turks by the British forces in Mesopotamia, where Turks were driven back along the Ti- gris distance varying from one and a half to three miles. Except for the artillery wings of the contending armies there has been no fighting at any point on the long front in France and Belglum. everal davs since the Germans launched a heavy attack on the positions in dispute be- fore Verdun, but their artillery has continued vigorously to shell the Le Mort Homme sector northwest Verdun_and the second line positions of the French east of tho Meuse, The French in the former sector are still answering with their big guns the German fire and evidently are hold- ing themselves in rcadiness in antiel- patlon of the infantry attack usually succeeds preparatory bom- the position, cesses against London regards tory as a step forward to the In the Argonne the French continue beleaguered to operate with thelr guns agalnst German points of vantage and in the region of the Pont-a-Mousson have shelled convoys of Germans. On the Russian front the Germans rellef to the forces at Kut-el-Amara, One American seaman was on board steamer Inverlyon which Is reported to have been sunk by German submarine, all the men of the crew of the vessel have bren landed in England, but a eleven other members of the crew is missing. The Gex’m,:r‘m not only have mined the southern entrance from the sound tv the Baltic but also have set steel nets in the channel submarines endeavoring to enter the says the Norweglan shipping. the Britlsh The captain and Sventen and Olzen, but were repulsed with heavy casualtles. southeast of Boutchache, the Germans also took the offensive but here again The Russians claim the capture in the Stripa region of a German position and the putting down of counter-attacks launched with the intention of recapturing it. According to the Rome official com- were repulsed. to trap British MILITARY AND PHYSICAL TRAINING FOR BOYS. NATIONAL REGISTRATION I8 URGED IN CANADA a View to Some Form of Con- “scription—Voluntary Plan a Failure. Measure Recommended by Gov. Whi man Passed in New York Senate. Albany, N. Y., April 14—The senate today considered out of its regular or- der and passed by a vote of 41 to 1 the bill to provide for general military and physical training of ages of 16 and 19 years. was taken after Governor Whitman had sent a special “preparedness legislation. Senator George F. Thompson of Ni- agara, the only senator to vote in the negative, was severely criticized by Mills of New York. Ottawa, April 14—National tration with a view to some form of conscription was urged upon Premier Borden and members of his today by a delegation representing 42 recruiting leagues Maritime provinces They told the premier that the present voluntary system was not enough men and that those who were coming forward were whom Canada could least spare. There was too large a proportion of married men, they said when it was considered that every married soldier country $37 more a month single man. The premier in reply did not com- mit the government to any expression of views as to the merits either of compulsion or the voluntary system, but reminded the delegation that there had so far been no lack of reruits since men were coming forward at the rate He admitted that there were loopholes for economic waste in of voluntary but said that the government had been |endeavoring to {drawn from the industries could best afford to spare them. carnest consideration of the tion's representations. boys between the This_action those citizens Senator ‘Ogden L. “This nation is war,” said Senator Thompson, the ‘nations with which it might pos- sibly become engaged in war are so busy slauzhtering one another that the United States never was safer than at All this preparedness and war talk s inadvisable at this time. “I don't want my 12 year old boy to be trained to carry arms and to be rushed into a fight he knows nothing about. And that is what will happen qersists and this legisia- T talked recently with a soldier from the European war who returned with a bullet hole in his neck. I asked him what the war was all about and he replied he did not 1 appeal to you, take a short trip through Canada, visit the Little villages along the border and see for yourself how they are devas- tated of their manhood who have gone {o fight in a war—and they do not know why.” Senator Thompson also Mexican difficulty had been occasioned only because some people had wished “to turn twenty cents into a dollar.” Scnator Mills was on his feet in an of 1,000 a day. if this talk tion becomes the system He promised SAVINGS OF POOR WOMAN REVERT TO CONNECTICUT. Rose Stroheker Left Neither Heirs Nor| Beneficlarles, | Meriden, Conn., April 14—The state of Connecticut has been made richer by $206.98, the savings of a poor Meri- den woman, Rose Stroheker, who died four years ago. She did not leave any heirs or beneficiaries @nd the adminis- trater of the estate, Patrick T. O'Brien, madc application to the probate court to have the money revert to the state. Origmally the estate was only $254.40, but interest accruing in a local sav- ings bank has increased it to $306.98. cinimants came forward for the so_in probate { Judge D. T. O'Brien directed that the monry be paid over to the state as di- rected by law. Cases of this kind are “The senator who has just spoken does not belong here,” “He belongs along with another man who has gone about the country prattling the same kind of nonsense. don’t stop with a visit to Canada. Go to Belgium and sce there the devasta- tion resulting from unpreparedness, If it's come to a_point where we're not going to war because we're afraid of getting a bullet in our necks, then God save the United States!” The measure passed today is intend- ed to provide for supplementary train- ing in military tactics and would in- clude others than students. ARMY AEROPLANE CORPS MAKES A NEW RECORD. Continuous Flight of 310 Miles in Four Hours and Five Minutes. Cotumbus, N. M., April 14.—Lieuten- Mills_shouted. in Lincoln, HARVARD GRADUATE A WAR VICTIM Julian A. Lathrop Was With Ambu- lance Corps in France. Mass., April death of Julian A. Lathrop a Harvard undergradute who left college at midyear to join the American ambulance corps in France, ‘was reported to classmates today. He died “while on the field of duty from the effects of a wound received when transferring wounded to a relief hos- pital under heavy fire,” the message Cambridge, of the army aeroplane corps today es- tabliched what was said to be a new American army record for continuous made in four hours and five minutes, the aviators said upon their return here. exceeding by about 22 miles a revious record made ows. Va., last week. Part of the flight was made over the nortiern range of the Sierra Madre and under what the men described as the worst weather conditions they have encountered in the campaign. Icicles formed on their moustaches and eyelids and their fingers were numb with cold. The two lieutenants were undoubt- edly the two scouts detailed to explore the Sierra Madre passes and trails and forces of General Arnuifo who is said to be awaiting or- ers to proceed into the Chihuahua to pursue Villa, or, if the oc- be in 'position to of American com- in Newport A MEXICAN NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT SHOT Was Charged With Writing Articles Opposed to Caranza. Laredo, Texas, April 14—Juan Ama- a correspondent for a Laredo (Mexican) paper, recently arrested in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, on a charge of ing es opposed to Carranza, was taken from a train between Vil- ladano and Lampazo and shot, accord- ing to reliable informas here today. Amario was being taken to Queretaro for trial, the report said. both to Imports and exports. : tion received Cabled Paragrar 16 of Crew of Steam~ A% Landed Queenstown, Ire! 1 14, 5:30 teen - p. m.—Sixi #rs of the crew of the Londov faship Ohio, which was torped~— \.d sunk by a German submarine wele landed here today. A boat with eight men in it is missing. CABINET WENT OVER SUBMARINE CRISIS Determination to sue. Reaffirmed Thei Bring the Situation to an ‘Washington, April 14.—President ‘Wilson and the cabinet went over the submarine crisis again today and re- affirmed their determination to bring the situation with Germany to an is- sue. The decision to inform Germany that recent accumulations of _evi- dence of ships destroyed In subma- rine warfare leads to the inevitable conclusion that her promises to the United States are not being fulfilled remained unchanged. The time of dispatching a communication to Ber- lin appeared to be the only point un- decided. In congress today a report was widely circulated that the forthcom- ing note would in itself give notice of a severance of diplomatic relations. ‘There was nothing to substantiate the story anvwhere in official quarters. Cabinet officers did not deny it, uvon the ground that they all had been bound in honor by the president not to speak upon the subject in any way. There were repeated indications to- night that the note would be a stata- ment of the American case up to date without anything in the nature of an ultimatum and still would leave the way open for Germany to avoid the long feared break in diplomatic rela- tions. It was plain, however, that it would be intended as the American government's last word. fiEsCRIPTIONS OF MARVELOUS | FEATS OF SURGERY PERFORMED Given at Session of American Philo- sophical Society. of marvelous feats of surgery per- prominent scientists present. in_brain tissues, the stomachs of the students, he sald caused him to come to the & tion that the stomach never rest: that there is a_wide divergence in th digestive perfods required by different persons. NEW CREDIT OPERATION Financial Representative of French " Government Here. New York, April 14 for a new credit are well underway in this country, ac- cording to a statement made today by Octave Homberg, financial representa- United States. The announcement was prompted by itself short of dollar phere of nervousne: the exchange market foll certain amount of ship co; wed by a se frequently to a very high quota- tion. BRIT!SH GOVERNMENT IS Places Absolute Prohibi to Any Destinal n. London, April 14, 7.04 p. m to any destl ally to the variety used by r: an inch in thicknes: FUND OF $110,881 FOR THE odist Conference. Saratoga, N. Y., conditions. NO AMERICANS KILLED Consul Letcher at Chihuahua T graphs State Department. rero. quiet, the food situation considrably relieved and Americans well treated. TRADE OF $1,500,000 A DAY WITH SOUTH AMERICA. Business Now in Excess of Any Pre- vious Year. New York, April 14.—Trade between the United States and South America now averages approximately $1,500,000 a day and is far in excess of any pre- vious year, according to flgures com- piled by the National City bank of extended New York. The increase has . Senate Votes for Developing Clues Nitrate Plant TO MANUFACTURE WAR MUNI- TIONS AND FERTILIZER. VOTE STOOD 43 TO 22 An Amendment to the Chamberlain Army Increase Bill Proposing an Ap- propriation of $15,000,000 Carried— Not More Than'Five Water Sites. ‘Washington, 14.—Champlons of a government hydro-electric plant to produce nitrate for the manufac- ture of war munitions and fertilizer won their fight in the senate today ndment proposing of $15,000,000 for Chamberlain by inserting an a an appropriation that purpose into Philadelphia, April 14.—Descriptions formed on wounded soldiers and of experiments on college students to dlscover secrets of the digestive ap- paratus were among the features of today’s session of the American Philo- sophical Society. [Experiments with vibrating telephone diaphrasms which it was declared will eventuaily solve the problem of sending numerous messages over one wire at the same time, was the subject of numerous pa- pera covering @ wide range of human nowledze read and discussed by the Telegraph Local General Total 91 200 1146 1437 105 157 230 492 1047 138 206 448 85 133 148 366 181 151 304 636 134 140 199 473 700 919 - 2233 .43852 Dr. Harvey Cushing, professor of surgery -at Harvard univer\iy, who served with the American Red Cross in France, described how by moans of magnets ‘and _development of the science of probing. surgeons are now able to remove bullets and particles of shell that have become embedded Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Aprll The expcriment on college students1§ Thursday, were described by Dr. Martin E. Re- fuss, of Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, in a paper on The Hu- man_ Gastric Secretion. Examination of the gastric juices obtained by means of bor tubes dropped inio | domlsic oo ookl The Bulletin's Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Girculation is the Largest in Connecticut in PQRTENTIOUS LULL IN VERDUN BATTLE But Germans Continue to Vigorously Shell Le Mort Homme Sector, Northwest of Verdun FRENCH ARE AWAITING INFANTRY ATTACKS In Bomb Plots MAY LEAD TO IDENTITY OF MEN “HIGHER UP” WHOC FURNISHED MONEY National Bank Examiner to Investi- gate Six Accounts Carried by Dr. Walter Scheele in Banks in Ho- boken, N. J. New York, April 14.—Clues which will lead to the identity of the men “higher up” who furnished the money for the alleged conspiracy to manu- facture and distrubte bombs to destroy munitions ships, for which eight men are under arrest, are expected by the federal authorities to be revealed Stimulates at All Times Those who have trled out various cxperiments know that thero should be a judicious use of advertising @nd that advantage should be taken of its trade pulling power at all times. The power by which thosuands of minds can be turned to the considcration of the same thing is a wonderfully useful influence. Whether that power is em- ployed to make readers think of the policies of the government or the homely comforts and economies affecting their daily lives, the under- lying value of this power i the same; the advantages to be gained from its use are identical. ‘With the newspaper thls power is at work all the time. What is overlooked today is caught tomorrow and the business stimlation which comes through such publicity no business house can afford to It heips to make the bad business periods better and develops the good seasons to points which would not otherwise be reached. The Bulletin with its circulation which goes into the homes of Eastern Connecticut has demonstrated it for others. It will do the same for you. The following matter appeared in its columns during the past eral cities of Ri and porbably fatally wounded his wife and then killed himself. Condensed Telegrams Food riots are from sev- Lead dealers In New York eity re- port a shortage of the metal. Ki of Ei ‘who al- T, ready speaks several Willis Bell, of Westfield, Me., shot England will introduce a bill in Parliament to prevent the further de- pleitno of the gold reserve. The Fuligar bill, designed to estab- lish statewide Prohibition, was killed in the New York Assembly. Charter was granted at Dover, Del., to the California Oil Co. of San Francisco, capital 35,000,000, Coffee experts of Sao Paulo, Brazi estimate this years coffee crop from 10,500,000 to 11,000,000 bags. President Wilson and Henry Morg- enthau, Ambassader to Turkey, con- ferred on the situaion in the East. Great Britain’s coal output for 1915 as 253,183,000 tons, a decrease of 12,- 500,000 tons from the 1914 production. After a lapse of six months, British army officers have resumed the pur- chase of horses in the Kansas City market. A plan to erect a third furnace, to cost $1,000,000, is under consideration by the directors of the Detroit Lion & Steel Co. British refined sugar purchases in New York on Wednesday and Thurs- day are estimated at 25,000 tons by the sugar trade. Three leaders of the Chinese revolu- tionaries in Kwang-Tung Province were assasinated during a mlitary con- ference at Canton. The weekly statement of the Bank of France shows decreases of 93,099, 000 francs in gold holdings and of 3,- 411,300 francs In silver. Bringing 1,100 passengers, th eScan- danavian American Liner Frederick VIIL, arrived at New York from Cop- enhagen and Christiansand. army increase bill. The vote was 42 The action disposed of the second bic contest over the senate substitute for the honse army bill. in spite of the contentions of the mili- tary committee ganization measure was no place for water power legi ater power se FOR FRANCE UNDERWAY. It was taken that an army on in the house biil was defeated when the Hay bill was under consideration in the house, that final determination of the issue must await action by committee by the two houses. Not More Than Five Water Sites. Today's action was based on an amendment by Senator South Carolina. Negotlations peration for France the conference tive of the French government in the reports that France would soon find | for payments | here, with the result that an atmos- | s was reflected in | It would provide for sale of Panama Canal bonds by the the required $15.000,000 and the president would be ed to designate not more than er power sites to make them e for power plants to manu- facture nitrates. plants, to be operated exclusively by the government, not needed for man- ufacture of munitions of war, be disposed of and sold by the secre- of war for ‘he manufacture of fertilizer, “and other useful products.” Split in Party Lines. Three democrats, government for raising ruction vhich caused the rate of ¥France to| CONSERVING IRON AND STEEL. on on Export — The Britis: government this evening pro- claimed an absolute prohibition of the ination of all kinds 7 _iron and nearly all kinds of! The prohibition on steel applies Senators Cham- ‘of Maine and voted against the amend- republicans, Gronna, Kenyon, La Follette, Poindextar, th the majority in supporting rs, including rails, cels, axles, tubes, | bar angles and rods s more than an eighth of Over the objection of the military committee an amendment by Senator Pomerene, giving members of the military _rank corps, was SUPPORT OF RETIRED CLERGY Announced at Session of Troy Meth- New Oath for National Guardsmen. Senator Wadsworth urged adoption of his amendment to require officers ahd enlisted men upon entering the guard to take an oath obey the ordersof both the president and of the governor of their state. He said the amendment would strengthen the proposed federalization of the na- making the officers and men federal goldiers from the moment of enlistment instead of only in time of war. Senator Chamberlain was willing to accept the amendment, but_considerable opposition developed among southern senators. On a roll call the vote for the pro- posal was 23 to 22, less than a quo- rum, and the senate recessed until to- morrow at 11 o'clock, when the de- bate on the bill under the ten-minute rule will be resumed. PANAMA CANAL WILL BE REOPENED TODAY ‘Waterway Has Been Closed Virtual- ly for Seven Months. Panama, April 14.—The Panama Ca- nal will be reopened tomorrow with the passage of probably 15 ships of a total of 26 which have been waiting to go through the waterway since the o aaain ready for trae Aprh e for 3 There will be no ceremonies to mark closed virtually for seven montha, during which time the dredginb fleet has removed a vast quantity of de- bris fro mthe Gaillard cut and has made the channel through the cut better than it ever was. The canal has been widened 300 feet for a distance of a mile and has a maximum. proximately 35 feet. April 14—Announce- ment of a fund totalling $110,881 for the support of retired clerzymen and their fmilie was made in a report sub- mitted today to the Troy Methodist conference. That the amount raised Wwas not larger was attributed to what, was declared to be a check put upon' extensive giving because .of business tional guard by IN ATTACK ON GUERRERO ‘Washington, April 14—Consul Letch- er at Chihuahua telezraphed the state department today that there were in- dications that no Americans were kill- ed in Villa’s recent attack on Guer- The American consul at Monterey reported that conditions there were accounts of Dr. is now being so; To Examine Bank Accounts. A national bank ex here from Washingtcn sistant United Sta Roger B. Wood vestignte six a Ite sboken, a the said. Schecle Disappeared April 1. the explosive materials the bombs after they structed aboard interned at Hc from his apartment he The authorities are also interest locating his secretary, Miss Ruth F whem they wish to examine. Developments Expected. Adaitional de’ vestigation of the are expected aiso from Savann: Orleans and other c of the examination of effec Federal autho in these cities were today diercted to beein i vestigations bs ready at hand that the d. ships had also been attemp Five Men Have Confessed. All except three of the e of receiving completed bom! Hamburg-American line piers at Ho. boken, and Carl Schmidt. neer of the interned thoritles. Three Men Rem: Silent, “The silence of these three men” Mr. Wood said, “indicates they are Pprobably the most important prisoners of the eight we have arrested.” The five men who are said to_have revealed their knowledge and alleged complicity in the plots are Ernest Becker, electrician of the Friedrich der Grosse; Captain Charles Von Kleist, Agri- cultural and Chemical compnnymm Hoboken, where the explosives are said to have been placed in the bombs; Frederick Praedie Carl Paradis and Charles Karbade assistant engineers on superintendent of the New Jersey the steamer. Movements of Steamships. Glasgod, April 14.—Arrived: steam- ed_Tuscania, New York. New York, April 14.—Arrived: steamer Antonio Lopez, Barcelona. Gibraltar, April 13.—Passed: Steam- er Taormiha, New York for Genoa. Copenhagen, April _14.—Arrived: Steamer United States, New York. New York, April 14.—Arrived: Steamer Cedric, Liverpool. New York. ~April 14. — Arrived: Steamer Themistocles, Piraeus. Body of Richard Harding Davis Cre- mated. Philadelphia, April 14. in Leveringion cemetery. through the examination of the bank | T. Scheele, who iner will come | As- ig sums, e hope to be able | to find where he got i,” Mr. Wood 117, wages of emp! Scheeie was the hea ~ oy ARty send, Of the New | nneries will be increased from § to 10 Jersey Agricuitural and Chemical com- pany at Hoboken, where it is_alleged | re placed in d been con- {be ba ken. He disappeared | the present lopments in the in- ezed conspiracy New ation al- ruction of ted in their men under arrest have made confessions, Mr. Wood said. Captain Otto Wolpert, superintendent of the Atlas piers of the Hamburg-American line, accused Captain Enno Bode, superintendent of the chief engi- rman liner Friedrich der Grosse, have refused to| make any statement to the federal au- The body of Rictard Harding Davis, who died Tuesday night at his home at Mount Kisco, N. Y, was cremated here to- day. The ashes will be interred to- morrow beside the grave of his parents Preies of steel rails sold on or after ay 1, will be advanced $5 a ton by subsidiary companies of the United States Steel Corporation. Dr. O. J. Stafford, a Chester, whom he was attending. Several men were injured in a stone |and stick fight between 200 striking negro longshoremen and others who | refused to strike in Philadeiphia. Directors of the lcy-Mot Bottle Co., dcclared the usual quarterly dividend per cent. on the common stock and n extra dividend of 10 per cent.. Franz Bopp, German Consul General at San Fran pleaded not gu there to indict- ments charging violation of neutrality. The ram Katahdin, a target for 13 inch shell fired from the monitor Ozark, was sunk in Chesapeake Bay, An attempt to refloat the ship will be made. The Standard Oil Co. of New Jer- ¢ announced that beginning April es in all its re- per cent. After Apri permit only brow d, owing to the insufl Cnited States. A bill providing that the United ! States flag must be carried in all straet processions except parades of police 1 firemen was passed by the New ork Assembly. There were more marriages in Eng- !1and and Wales during 1915 than there | were on record. Births established a | new low record, and deaths were above the ten year average. Orders for 36,000,000 feet of lum. ber, in the form of knockdown hous: were placed by the Russian govern ment with firms at Seattle, Tacoma, and eEllingham, Wash. The steamer Columbia, previously re- {ported sinking oft Gallover Ligktship, |after hitting a mine, arrived at Lon- |don. She is carrying 4500 tons of | maize from Baltimore to Holland. Beginning with breakfast yesterday. Germnay's order to all German hotel and restaurant keepers that they must reduce the size and variety of the meals they serve, went into effect. GREAT iRITAIN SETTLES WITH CHICAGO MEAT PACKERS. Biggest Case Ever Between United States and Any Other Country. London, April 14, 6.30 p. m.—Final settloment was reached in the Chicago mea: packers’ cases today when a check was handed to Chandler P. An- derson, representing the Armour, Swift, Hammond and Morris companies, and Lioyd C. Griscom, former ambassador of the United States to Italy, for the amount agreed upon yesterday. The sum was not disclosed. Sir Bdward Grey, the British foreign secretary, received Messrs. Anderson and Griscom this afternoon, when the American attorneys expressed warm apprciation of the courtesy and spirit of fairness shown by the British offi- cials throughout the long, comphicated negotiation: They declared the suc- cess in reacning the settiement was due largely to the patience and broad- mindedness of the British negotiators, Sir Bdward Grey replied: “I hope the people of America will accept the friendly settlement of the further evidence packers' cases as a of the good will of Great Britain tow- ard the United States and of the de- sire of the British government to maintain lu:lrlfll of justice and fair- ness despite problems arising from the condition of war.” 2 Lawyers here declare that this is the biggest case ever up for settiement be- tweer the United States and any other country. FORTY MEXICANS KILLED WHILE PURSUING THEM When the Forty Troopers Retreated From Parral to the Main San Antonfo, Texas, April 11.—The [orders had General Americans on ‘whom iho Mexicans at | Funcion cnd - ipat mone Parral fired were unarmed, lc;dan unconfirmed ver: cident current in CI y admin-’ transmitted to General Funston o which' prce e According to this story forty of th. at the success of the Carranza y coess troopers entered Parral, gresumably | enment in demonstrating its inteme . to purchase supplies, and were fircd |tion and ability mainder reireated to the main body |should American forces be recalied, of the troops encamped outside the|would weizh heavily with The attacking forc. pursued them|In that connection an official {and were met by a from the | from the commander of the Am(-rl;‘n”r; w;m 'm"r" using a mac! forces acked at Farral, M gun, ng forty Mexicans. =t Tucsday by civilians is anxiousty’ According to th the atta awatted. ) o0 b ing party comprised Carranza soldiers and civilians. This report of the Parral incident huahua to Genoral Bell at Bl Pnso, | <Ported to Agua Pricta Under Pere | who forwarded it to General ¥ Full allowance was given by depa 2 mental officials to Consul Letchers ' DOUslas, Ariz. April 14—Thirée qualifyine words “unconfirmed versic —~g that was current” in Chihushua, ¥ there was manifested a dispositio:. i« credit the report. Many of the officers at headquariers here regarded the story of the afizir as more probable than some of the ersions which have come out dco. Tt w: pointed out that in previous cases soldiers had entered towns for the purpose of bu : plies and had been recel in friendly manner by the resilents that if they had gone into Parral for [ Doer that purpose, it was possible that |29 A they went unarmed. g Funston Unable to Get Report. alert. General Funsto forts today to from Genernl Perchin {rence but late in the day no {from him or any other of expedition had been reccived. T l1ast he heard from G was that he was movinz atevo. It is presumed |Ing officer of the detachment. that had the fight at Parral, had sent hi report back in the usual manner, first to his colonel, who then it to General Pershin turn would have to overcoma th, ficulties of commu: or aeroplane to a Keeping Track of Mexican Troops. | General Funston's orders to officars | The cecretary said that army avia- Because of the shortage of materials many manufacturers of steel bars in | Pittsburgh are unable to operate their | Plants at desired capacity. 88, of Port Chester, N. Y., dropped dead at the sickbed of James Wilkins of Port and four others guard against attack and to desp scouts to ascertain movements o body of troops, whether Carranza Villa's, are beinz carried out alon; the entire line, it is understood Failed to Locate Gomez's Forces. Lieutenants Gorrell and Dargue in an aeroplane, scou of General Gomez's forces that we reported preparir Casas Grandes, failed to loca | troops but did make whas 24, the Dutch govern- in imports from the | be a_new record in army aviation. fiy- whether they tai Ing 310 miles in four hours and twen- | formation on stees Geom T ty minutes. They passed alonz the |may have taken to carry out his-ess Chihuahun-Sonora state line some distance into the state of Sonora In | ssiaiers tn Mect. Genorat. N neighborhood of Pul o oy T but saw rothing of any troops. no withstandinz a close scrutiny of the country from an elevation at one time of 7,000 feet. -f Ceneral Gomez was at Asuna, Prista, | Wants Punitive Expedition Limited to where he said he was waiting orders 1,000 Men. to join in the pursuit of Villa, but some anxiety had been aroused here by the despatch a few days azo of a force in the direc mAmerican | dition of the United Sta hi line of communication. The senrch | ec” - e for that and other forces will be con- | o o, jioicon territory in the guise of ety a punitive expedition must be Just what precautionary steps have |to the Associated Press today by Jusm Fuard the line and meet any even- |eign relations. uality were not revealed. He recai During the absence of General Cans ed during the day no new instructions | dido Aguilar, ministes - rrm.'dm; war department. It was ad- — et Bar Ol m ere that he has now almost| Amador is in charze of t full authority to use his own jud=- |office and is conducing tte conome o ment in meeting any situation, even | international affairs, - :;olfindlnl h:ln Mexico all of the 19, troops along the border, but th incident at Parral has not caused him [ DIED OF POISON AFTER > to alter his opinion that it would unwise to draw upon that force for support of the opunitive expedition, ress ‘ork— leaving unguarded portions of the Shekrer. 2o Al o lons international boundary line. ort of a war measure General| o, i Funston would hesitate to use the |, New York Apdl 14—A woman, bes| raflroad between Chihuahua and the | lleved by tha police to have been Mrad '\ dorder without authority from Wash- | §; F- Hodge. 29 years old, of Albany,| S5 ington and no such authority has been 3141 from the effects of poison earty given him, it was authoritatively [ {00ay after attending a dinner party stated today at his headquarters. last night at the apartment of M'" AMERICAN TROOPERS WERE UNARMED Two of Forty Killed When They Entered Parral, Pre- sumably to Buy Supplies e Body of Troops Outside the City, Their Comrades Turne ed a Machine Gun Upon the Mexicans Who Wers fa| Pursuit—Report Comes From Consul Letcher, and While “Unconfirmed” It is Generally Credited—United States to Treat With Carranza Concerning Request for Withe drawal of Troops From Mexico—In the Meantime Gen- eral Pershing is to Continue Operations. and that none were under contemplatic 3 secretaries sald there had besn & ch prompted pursait of Villa. % = rom other sources it was learned Two Troopers Killed. to continue the pur-' Two were killed and the re-!suit and extermination of the bandits Wilsen in reaching a final @ 300,000 ROUNDS OF 30-30 % RIFLE AMMUNITION Report is Credited. nt by Consul Letcher from Chi- mission of U. 8. Government. nd_rounds of 30-80 1 bave been exported under permission fs- * - United Stat>s goverme. Pliseo Aredondo, de facto am- = & Washington. This z Today by Mexlean' Comuull er. The cartridges had for almost a month. ication of the news of to the United States . hdrvwal of she puil- rom Mexico there tias Ing of unrest in 32 Prieta and United Ststes Tvize men. the army and Jo- & officers constantly .re on the « continued his ef- - an oficial Teport | MIDNIGHT CONFERENCE ; AT WHITE HOUSE Secretary Baker Says No Sig | Should Be Attached to it Apri 14.—Secretary «nt Wilson conferred ral Pe uth comm 3 2 oua. tra 53 who in g asr- | information Farral and that no be attached to his late te House, as he meres d the president’s returm theatre. fon by ess stat the line of communication to|tors had fiown over sections of Sono- h|ra, where large bodies of Mexican soldi s were to have crossed froms Chihuchua and had reported that mo ¥ DS were to be seen. During the = & f hour he remained at the White laker la‘d before the presi- ches on the Mexicam d at the war depart-' & ay’s gabinet eral long messages from al Funston. The secretary said was nothing about the clash =t al in any of them, but declined to ng for some trace tq move towards the ia_to t is s ders to prov: e for the safety of.thd~ itos Pass, | Seo chief of staff, was at the de- partment until after midnight with the secretary. Mextco C governm April 14—The Mexican 1 insist with inflexible determination that any urmed on of 0 1,000 men of one service alone, eav= Funston Has 19.000 Men. alry, accordinz to a statement made taken by General Funston Neftali Amador, sub-secretary of for-| lations, in Queretaro, Sub. ATTENDING DINNER PARTY Hostess in Precarious Conditiens Margaret Lahah, 23 vear old, a nact=' UNITED STATES PREPARED ress. in this city. Ter hostess is ported dying of poison at a hi TO TREAT WITH CARRANZA|The police have been unable to detersi TR g - Ts mine the nature of the poison But United States Troops Will Con-|autopsy was ordtred tonight b-yw tinue Pursuit of Villa. oner Feinberg. Aiss Dorothy Morgan, who Washington, April 14.—The United|guest at the dinner, told the aut] States is prepared to treat with Gen- | ties that the woman believed to as proposed in his note | been Mrs. Hodge, and who was of yesterday, for the withdrawal of |to her as “Mabel” handed Mrs. L American troops from Mexico. Pend-[a tablet from a piil box labelled ing the outcome of the diplomatic ne- | perin” late late mizht when the gotiations, houever, the status of the |ess complained of being Il expedition will remain unchanged and| Mrs. Labah expected Mrs. Ho the pursuit of Villa continues. This|arrive from Albany yesterday was the situation as officially stated | noon, the police learned, and today after President Wilson and his|the Grand Central station to cabinet had considered the new|but returned to her Y the difficulties and new | phases of the Mexican problem rais-|alone. Fifteen minutes later, by General Carranza’s communi- | man Introduced as “Mabel” tion. Secretary Lansing sald he was | cther guests, arrived In a t red to take up the matter with| Detactives who searched Indicate Bren s resly misht be | racs oF potson. Fnes et e wken a reply t trace of polson. found said no new valued at about $1,500 - the room