Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 18, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVIl—NO. 93 Norwich POPULATION 28,219 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Douk* GERMAN INFANTRY FAILS TO ADVANCE Heavy Casualities Were Inflicted On Attacking Forces Along 21/, Mile Battle Front EXTENDED FROM RIVER Teutons Continue Shelling of Hill No. 304, Probably With the Intention of Infantry Attacks to Gain the Position— Heavy Bombardments Are in Progress Between Germans and British in Belgium—Artillery is Active On the Austro-Ttalian and the Russian Fronts—In Asiatic Turkey the Russians Are Pushing Forward Northwest of Ezerum in Effort to Reach Their Forces in the Black Sea Littoral. Again the Germans have launched a powerfal infantry attack againdt the French positions _extending from the River Meuse to Douaumont and again | they have been swept back, except where they obtained a footing in a small portion of the Chauffor wood, by the guns of the French. Heavy casual- ties were inflicted on the attacking forces along the two and a half mile tront. e ‘Germans have keptup their heavy shelling of Hill 304, northwest| of Verdun, and the second lines of the French in this region, pprobably with | the intention of again throwing their fantry forward in an endeayor to| capture these important points—keys to the Verdun position on the west. Elsewhere along the lines held by the French there have been only bom- | bardments and mining operations. Nu- | merous German positions have been | bombed by French aircraft. On the German front in Belgium and | France the heavy bombardments by | Pritish and Germans continued un-! abated. The artillery activity in the| sector between St. Eioi and the Ypres | and Comineres canals have been spe- cially marked. The Germans have poured shells on | the Russian positions along the Dvina | ver at the Ikskull bridgehead and| about Dvinsk, and vigorous artillery | duels have been in progress In the lake region south of Dvinsk. Rtk In_Galicia, along the Stripa river, the Teutons have made several a ,'r A A F ( Any Other NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, Paper, and Its Total Girculation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population APRIL 18, 1916 TEN PAGES Cabled I;arqqraphs Britains Urged to Keep Chickens. London, ~April _ 17.—Householders throughout England are being urged to keep a few chickens to increase the home production of eggs. h year in normal times England imports 258,- 000,000 ogss. The women's section of is behind the movement declares that much waste could be avoided if house- holders had a few chickens to throw scraps from the table. Salt a Monopoly in Chin Peking, April 17.—Reports that the central government was planning to increase the price of salt caused much dissatisfaction among the masses, and it has been announced by the govern- ment that no change will be made. Salt is a government monopoly under the codirection of the Chinese govern- ment and representatives of foreizn powers, which made a loan with the salt income as security. MEUSE TO DOUAUMONT | SERIES OF BURGLARIES IN NEW HAVEN. Eighth Within a Short Time—Vigor- ous Police Work Demanded. New Haven, April 17.—Eighth in the series of burglaries which have been effected or attempted within the week in the Whitney avenue section came to light this morning when Mrs. Chas. H. Harris of 160 East Rock road re- ported to the detective bureau that her heme had been rifled and that silverware, valued at several hun- dred dollars, was missing. A complete inventory of the stolen £oods was not obtainable this after- noon, but Mrs. Harris stated that 1t would amount to a considerable sum. The residents of this section are on edge and are demanding vigorous police and detective cooperation. The break was discovered by do- mestics this morning. A side win- dow had been pried open with a jim- my. The rooms on the lower floor were given a thorough overhauling by the thieves and the choicest of silver- was taken. An attempt to burglarize the home f Mrs. Leonard F. Tyler of 34 Edge- hill road was foiled around 7.15 last night by Patrolman Thomas Leahy of the Dixwell avenue precinct. In trying the doors on his beat, Leahy found that the rear door of the Tyler house uniocked, and he went in. As he tempts against Russian trenches, but all of them were repulsed, according to | Petrograd. The biz guns on both sides are in| action along most of the Austrian- Ttalian front. In the Sugana valley | the Austrians delivered attacks against | the Ttalians from the Larganza torrent | to Mont Collo, but they were every-| where repulsed. In_Asiatic Turkey the Russians on the Black sea coast have captured the town of Surmeneh and pushed farther westward against the retreating Turk to Arsenc Kelessi, less than 12 miles| from the fortified town of Trebizond. The Russians are anticipating no easy conquest of Trebizond, according | a No Evidence Yet | of Villa's Death the National Poultry Soclety, which | SEC'Y BAKER IS DOUBTFUL, BUT | RESULT OF RECENT INVESTIGA- HOPEFUL CONFIRMATION LACKING Body Supposed to Be En Route to Chihuahua—Place Where It Was Said to Be Found Is Two Days’ Journey By Wagon From the R: road. Washington, April 17.—The body suppose dto be that of Villa was said by the last Mexican reports to be en | route to Chihuahua City. It was pointed out at the war department, however, that the polnt where it was found was nearly two days ojurney by wagon from the railroad. That may | account for the delay in obtaining con- | firmation or denial of the report that the bandit's career has ended. No Steps For ldentification. If General Funston and General | Pershing bave taken any steps to make certain the identification of the body they have done so on heir own initi- ative. No instructions to that end have been sent from Washington | either to consuls or military com- manders. | This fact may be significant of the attitute of the state department. It was intimated today that the United States government might be wiling to accept a formal declaration from General Carranza that Villa had been | killed and order the recall of the| troops. ! Senator Stone, chairman of the sen- | ate foreign relations committee, after a brief conference today with Secre- tary Baker, expressed the view that the Carranza authorities hardly could | object in circulating a report s death unless they believed it to be true. He agreed with Sec- i | to unofficial advices from Petrograd, did so, he heard some one scurry out the town having been heavily forti the front door, and he rushed to the and reinforced with threc front of the bouse, but sa tne divisions of troops. The e fr g was open. The bite- declared to be resisting coat det sh oder of ciga- st | reite s o room. Baiburt. northwest ot Ezerum the| Mrs. Ty id -t that she had attainment of which the Russians hope ' !°ft the house a few minutes before | to join hands with their men fighting in the Black sea littoral. The British government hereafter| will regulate the shipments of Ameri- | can packing houses to all neutral Eu- ropean countries for the period of the! war, according to an agréement reached hetween the government and!| the packers in the settlement of thel cases arising from the seizure by Great Britain of caroges of packers’ products. tried the doors, and that it was her fault that they, with a in the rear, were unlocked. The intruder had not time to steal or search for valuables, thanks to the policeman’s timely arrival on the scene. Leahy had been told to examine tha Nouse of Mrs. G.. W. English of 31 Edgehill road, which is_directly acro: the street, and he had gone to the Ty- ler residence by mistake. NOTE TO GERMANY ON SNBMARINES IS READY. Submarines Since Lusitania Was Sunk. Washington, April 17.—The comm: nication which he has drafted as the last word of the United States to Ger- many in the submarine issue was com- pleted today by President Wilson. It probably will be dispatched to Berlin tomorrow. The communication reviews Ger- many’s submarine activities since the Lusitania was sunk almost a year ago and makes it plain that only by an mmediate change in the German poli- cy can friendly relations continue be- tween the two nations. As the president was putting the fin- ishing touches to the note on which he and Secretary Lansing had geen work- ing for nearly a eek, official wora was received by the state department that the lives of two Americans had been endangered by an attack on the Russian _bark Imperator by an_ Au trian submarine. Carl Bailey Hurst, American consul-general at Barcelona, Spain, who sent the report, said the attrek was without warning. One of the American citizens was wounded by shrapnel shells fired by the submarine. A full investigation of the Incident was ordered at once by thd state de- partment. If the concui-general's re- port is borne out, representations sim- ilar to those about to be made to Ger- many_probably will be sent to Aus- tria-Hungary. As soon as the president had finish- ed the communication to Germany, he directed that Senator Stone, chairman of the foreizn relations committee, be invited to the White House in order that he micht be informed of the in- tentlons of the administration. Sena- tor Stone probably will see the presi- dent tomorrow morning before the cabinet meeting. METHODISTS WANT BILLY SUNDAY TO WIN. In Worcester Convention Asks Senate to Pass Tabernacle Bill. Worcester, April 17.—The coming of illy” Sunday, the evangelist, to Bos- ton was taken recently by the New England Methodist Conference in ses- slon in Trinity church and the con- ference voted to send a telegram to the president of the Massachusetts senate, asking that body to pass in concerrence with the house the bill making possible a tabernacle in Bos- ton for the Sunday meetings. In_making the district reports, Rev. Dr. Dillon Bronson of Boston ‘urged the conference to make an effort to bring to the 1920 gencral conference to Boston. AMERICAN TROOPS WERE AMBUSHED AT PARRAL. Fight Was the Result of Mexican Treachery. Pershin Headquarters in Mex- h:, by, er:’l-m to_Columbus, N. M., April 17—~Army officers here stated today that Major Frank Tompkins re- ceived a written threat from General Lozano, commander of the Carranza garrison at Parral, that the Ameri- can troops would be attacked if they advanced to the city. According to the same officers, the flght at Parral was MARITAL TROUBLES OF AN AMERICAN IN TOKIO. John Ellis, Formerly a Minister Chicopee, Mass. THREATS OF SUICIDE BY TRINITY STUDENT. Found Wandering in the New Orleans. X Streets ot in Hartford, Conn., April 17.—C. B. W. Gray, a Trinity student, who was found wandering in the street of New Orleans, yesterday with a suicide threat in his pocket, left college without ing notice to the faculty, on Appril 7. The only reason for his leaving so far as his fraternity friends know is that he had secured a library position in New York city. He was also known to have a girl friend in e New Orleans and it is thought he The attorney for Mrs. Ellis renewed | might have gone there to call upon the contentions which were made at | her. Gray entered Trinity four vears the trial, telling how the troubles of lago as a special student ineligible to the couple began an 1912, when the|take a degree. He was rather deaf and wife brought divorce proceedings in aican not articulate plainly so that at Tokio, April 17—The marital troubles | of John Ellis, formerly a minister in | Chicopee, Mass., and his now divorced | wife, Harriet, which previously at- tracfed international interest, came up again recently in the Tokio court of appeals. Counsel for Mr. Ellis plead- ed for a reversal of the verdict renaer- d last year by a lower court whereby custody of the couple’s daughter, Ol- za, was granted t othe mother. during examinations and went to the Pacific coast. He had been on trips to Europe and other parts of the country upon impulse. His mother resides in Ridgefield, Conn. but she is at present in New York whers Gray’s father lives. Acting President Perkins of the college sald that he had no information as to Gray’s wan- derings, except that this was not any special incident in his college career. he secured a position as a school teacher. The attorney presented the lecree of the Massachusett s court. Counsel for Mr. Ellis argues that Mrs. Ellis was suffering from mental aberration and that she was unsuited to take charge of her daughter. The court was asked to consider carefully whether the mother would make the more acceptable guardian, and to con- sult the wishes of the child Itself. Further evidence will be taken on both sides at subsequent hearings. ABOLITION OF POSTAGE STAMP IN GERMANY. Recommended as Matter of Economy— Would Save $25,000,000 a Year. Munich, Germany, April 17.—One of the most easily effected economies in the postal service, not only of Ger- many, but of any country, would be the abolition of the postage stamp, the Neuste Nachrichten points out. It recommends the substitution of a| franking machine for the postage | stamp and remerks that this change | would save Germany nearly $25,000,000 @ year. The franking machine by a_single operation would not only imprint the letter with a device indicating that the postal charges had been prepaid but would also put on the postmark and obviate the necessity of wusing the cancelling machine. This method is already used in Bavaria and in New | Zealand, while the German fleld post has taught the people of Germany that the change is entirely practicable. “The postage stamp,” concludes the Nach- Tichten, ‘though a great invention, is| now obsolete. Germany has invented the franking system, and by develop- ing it she will be doing civilization a ‘great service.” SCOTTISH MINISTERS PROFIT BY HIGH PRICE OF GRAIN GREAT SCARCITY OF BRITISH TONNAGE Abnormally High Prices Paid Second Hand Steamers. for London, April 17—The great scar- city of British tonnage is reflected in the abnorbally high prices paid for second hand steamers. Today no of shipbuilders can guarantee delivery of any boat, and in consequence, ship- owners desirous of increasing their fleets, or replacing vessels sunk by war risk, and ordinary marine risks, are compelled to purchase second hand boats at record prices. Quite recently, the Cunard Steam- ship company bought three second builders able to quote for new ton- nage, and for these three boats, it is stated the Cunard company paid a higher rate per ton than they would have paid for new vessels before the war. Naturally, with such a ready market for tonnage, owners are weed- ing out their instances recently proved too costly to work on a profita- ble basis have been sold for prices far in excess of their original cost. VON PAPEN INDICTED Up the Welland Canal. Salaries Increased a Valu Glasgow, Scotland, April 17.—One result of the phenomenal grain prices ruling in Scotland is that the salaries of the parish ministers of the Estab- lished Church will be increased this year by anything from 50 pounds to Grain Gains in to the German em With him also were indicted of wheat and barley, and big prices for the former mean big wages for the yushed by soldiers of the April 17.—Atrived, steam- er Nieuw New York. New York, 17.~Sailed, steamer Calabria, Genoa, the of treacery, Major Tompkins' then Deing Parral parson. On the other hand, the professors of e A e will suffer a n s: of or arrest is expectd tomorrow, so. Like the parish ministers, their| Federal officlals do mot stipened fluctuates with the price of | bring Von Paven to trial. grain, but when grain goes up theirino longer immune from rewards go down. connection with German hand steamers having failed to find Seets and in several boats which have BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY As Organizer of Conspiracy to Blow New York, April 17.—Captain Frana Von Papen, recalled military attache bassy at Washing= ton, was indicted by the federal grand jury here today as the organizer and financier of an alleged conspiracy to blow up the Welland canal in Canada, Captain Hans Tauscher, alleged agent of the Krupps in _the Uniteq States and hus- fred J, Fritzen and another whose learmed Trom & Tefiabls soviees thet ho| E1 Pemo. Tex, Apsil 17The cont ea: m a reliable source & letter is a prominent German whose | dence of Aexiekn SHIAY name has been mentloned frequently in retary Baker and other officials, how- | accepting th reports body | in g of Villa’s of the with utmost | Secre It | hopes that it should prove true. | zenerally admitted that every day that the troops remain in Mexico increases the possibility of serious clashes. While there has been no evidence of ivil officials of the de facto govern- nt; the Parral incident has served | as a 'warning that the civjl population | and even the troops cannot always be controlled by those in command. the American forces by military or Ic CONFIRMATION OF DEATH OF VILLA IS STILL LACKING. Information Received That He Had Gone In Direction of Alleged Place | of Burial. Washington, April 17.—Confirmation of the death of Francisco Villa still and war departments and at the Mex- ican embassy. The only despatch from American sources in Mexico tending to lend color to the report, was a brief statement from Major Howsee of the Eleventh Cavalry, now near Parral, that he had information which led him to believe that the bandit and a small party of his followers had fled some days ago toward Barja, which is close to the place where unofficial Mexican reports say the body was found. The outstanding feature of the d: messages from the border was reports Massachusetts court and secured the|times it is difficult for him to be[to the war department that six Mexi- custody of her child, and how in the |understood. He has several times veft | cans who confessed to having taken following vear Ellis kidnapped _his |suddenly. He did so in June, 1915, |part i nthe raid on Columbus, N. M. daughter and escaped to Japan, where had been captured and sent to Colum- bus for trial by the New Mexico state authorities. Another official report re- lieved anxlety as to the supply problem for he troops at the front. It said the forces now were fully supplied with the exception of a small shipment of horseshoes and clothing, which would g0 forward tomorrow. An ample sup- ply of gasoline was on hand, the mes- sage sald, for the motor trucks and aeroplanes. AMERICAN EXPEDITION HAS KILLED 70 VILLA BANDITS. In Addition to Forty Civilians or Car- ranza Soldiers. ‘Washington, April 17.—A recapitula- tion of official reports of what the American_expedition into Mexico has accomplished and with what cost, other than financial, shows the following: Villa bandits killed 70. wounded un- known, prisoners 6. American soldiers killed '3, wounded 13, missing 1. In addition 40 clvilians or Carranza sol- diers are reported to have been killed in the fighting at Parral and an un- known number wounded. The destruction of another army aeroplane in Mexico also was reported, leaving three in active service. The aviator, Lieut. Ira A. Rader, escaped uninjured when the machine was wrecked. Four additional planes are en route to the border by express and the delivery of four others by the bullders is expected any day. A state department summary re- ported quiet on the east coast of Mex- ico and at Monterey, where published accounts of the Parral fighting were said to have caused no excitement. The consul at Bagle Pass said there was absolutely no anti-American senti- ment in the Pledras Negras district. ‘were sald to belong to the Lehr ily, were expected to reach Guaymas DEAD. 200 pounds ($250 to $1000). This is|band of Mme, Johanna ] aue 'to the fact that the amount of | prima donna: Constantine Geveml, Al | At Least Qlving That Impression In these salaries is governed by the prices El Paso and Juarex, here and in is Jmfifiu Villa, ,Hl has m:t:-l; M%t to takee the any opposition to the movements of |to the was lacking tonight both at the state | Shakeup in Army Rviation Service TION OF THAT BRANCH 3 OFFICERS CENSURED Favoritism and Lack of Discipline Un- earthed By Investigation of Board of Officers—Creation of Separate Army Corps For Aviation Now Con- templated. ‘Washington, April 17.—Creation of a separate army corps for aviation, di: tinct from the signal corps, was fore- cast by Secretary Baker today In an- nouncing a general shaking up of the fiying branch of the army by the pres- ident and the war department as a result of the recent investigation of the aviation service. If this plan is followed it will pave the way to the addition of battle aircraft to* the scouting and message-bearing aero- planes now used. Recommendations of Courtmartial Ap- proved. Recommendations of the court-mar- tial which tried Lieutenant Colonel Lewis B. Goodier, judge advocate of the western department, were ap- proved, as were those of a special board of offi appointed to inquire into the whole question of discipline nd conduct of the aviation section of the signal corps. These steps were ken: Colonel Goodier Censured. Colonel Goodier was censured by President Wilson commander-in- chief of the army for having failed o observe the attitude Which his of- fice and seniority of required im to observe toward junior officers.” Brigadier Scriven Negligent. cretary Baker censured Brigaditr eneral George P. Srciven, chief sig- al officer of the army, “for his faile ure personally to supervise the disci- plinary fe of tion corps ad- trati Reber Relieved from Duty. and censured b retary er, “for disrespect to a co- te branch of the government, f ve the restrain members {of the aviation section” and for other | reasons: Committee to Study Reorganization pointment of a committe: 1 staff to study the reorgan- the aviation section was | directea by S ry Baker. Colonel Goodier's case was only in- | cidental to th I shakeup of the viation section hat trial held { erai months azo, served tion to the conditions that resulted in today’s orders issued. After his son, Licutenant kewis E. Goodier, Jr., of i ast artillery, had been injured i ing aviation an Die- olonel Goodier, according moade cvery effort {to oust ¢ Fthur S. Cowan from his post ant of the school and also attacked the aviation section Condensed Telegrams The United States transport Hancock arrived at Vera Cruz. Mrs Elizabeth McCandless, aged 102, died in Elizabeth, N. J. Benjamin W. Hitchcock,. widely known as a music publisher, died at his home at Jersey City. General Piehve, retired, former Com- mander-in-chief of the Russian North- ern Army, is dead at Moscow. Damage estimated at $1,000,000 was done when the Scheldt dike broke near Quatrecht, a few miles east of Ghent. The White Star Liner Cedric arrived at New York with 4,869 bags of first- class mail and 517 packages of parcel post mail. Melquiades Chaps and Jose Buen- rostro, Mexicans convicted of killing A. L. Austin, of Sebastian, were sentenced | to be hanged on May 19. | il e VR Fatiom, - <t the Coast Artillery, at F{)rl Grant, Panama, was dismissed from'the army for vio- lating an abstinence pledge. ‘The body of John Mikos, a fivesyear- old boy who disappeared from his home at Danbury, Saturday afternoon, was found in the Still river. Lieutenant V. D. Herbster, assistant naval attache at the American Em- bassy at Berlin, was ordered home for duty in the Intelligence Bureau. Three of the bills introduced by_the Brown Committee, to decrease New York's taxes, were reported favorably by the Assembly Rules Committee. Secreted in boxes, jars and cans, more than $2,000 worth of opium was found by detectives in the room of Chin Chong, in Pell Street, New York. The recent appeal of the Greater New York Committee of the Commission for relief in Belgium for funds to aid the destitute of Belgium, netted $245,000. Seventy-five men living near Fort Totton, appeared on the parade grounds there and went through formal mili- tary drills under officers from the fort. Six men were scriously injured as the result of another clash between the strikers and guards at the Inter- national Paper Company’s plant at Ni- agara Falls. The Alaska Engineering Commi on's tugs Crosby and Annie W., with e barge: bound fro eat: o wrecked o {cer, Alaska. One hundred and thirty-six under- graduates and one graduate student at Princeton University have enlisted for the various military camps to be held this summer. The United Hebrew Charities has in- stituted a campaign for names and ad- dresses of persoms who in the future will have cast-off clothing, for needy Jews of the city. Guy B. Biddinger,. former police | sergeant of Chicago, who is wanted in that city on 52 charges embracing bribery, extortion and grand larceny, surrended to the poice. Maojr-General J. Franklin Bell has ordered the dispatch of the machine gun corps, numbering 30 men stationed on the Mexican border. Forest fires which already have done great damage in Cumberiand, Carolina, and other countries of Eastern North in letters to brother officers, many of which found their way into print. . Reorganization Recommended. The reorganization and the disci- plining of General Scriven and Colonel Reber were recommended by the board of officers appointed to Inquire into the facts disclosed at the Good- |ier trial. Senator Robinson, of Ar- kansas, introduced recently and the senate passed a resolution ecallinf for a_conzressional investigation of the subject. He presented letters to the military committee reflecting upon Colonel Reber's nagement of his office as chief of aviation. The reso- lution has not passed the house. New Appointments. Captain William _Mitchell, signal corps, now assigned to the general staff, has been designated as tempor- ary chief of the aviation section. Lieu- tenant Colonel Georze O. Squier, sig- nal corps, attached to the embassy in London, has been ordered home for duty. 1s is assumed he will either go to the aviation school at San Diexo or succeed Colonel Reber, as he has had much experience with aireraft work abroad. ' WIRES DOWN BETWEEN JUAREZ AND CHIHUAHUA. etards Details of Reported Discovery of Body of Villa. El Paso, Texts, April 17.—General Gabriel Gavira, Carranza commander at Juarez, announced tonight that the Mexican telegraph _wires between Juarez and Chihuahua had been blown down near Pearson about noon and for that reason he was unable to learn any further details of the re- ported discovery of the body of Fran- cisco Villa. At the same time a tele- gram filed at Chihuahua City, presum- ably before the interruption to the wire service, was received by The As- sociaed Press from Consul Letcher, saying that nothing was known in the state capital regarding the finding of the bandit's remains. These two circumstances combined to reinforce the growing skepticism here as fo the truth of the story that death has ended the career of the fugitive brigand. The story that the man who is really dead is Pablo Lopez, the notorious butcher of Santa Ysabel, and that Villa has used his death as the basis of a false report of his own decease, was revived. CONNECTICUT BRANCH OF LEAGUE TO ENFORCE PEACE. e Orgenized By Men Prominent In Various Walks of 'Life New Haven, Conn.,, April 17~Men of ence in the educational, indus- and commercial life of the state | mat here today to organize a Conneoti ient branch of tho League to Enforce | Posce, Those Present included Former President Wiillam Howard Taft, pres- ident of the national erganiznt! Governor Marcus H, Holcomb, an: To Yormer Goyernors I B. Woeks and R , Woodrnf v, Taft, {he gathering outlined the ects of the organization, the by which it was at the of it o h wars, * AR S B R S Carolina were reported spreading rap- idly before high winds. The Whitney bill, putting the Sara- toga Springs Reservation under the ujrisdiction of the Conservation Com- mission, passed the New York Senate. It now goes to the Assembly. President James A. Campbell of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company announced a 10 per cent. increase in wages of all employees excepting those on salaries, effective May 1. A reduction of working hours from 55 to 50 a week without any reduction in wages, will go Into effect May 17 at the mills of the Clarke Thread Co.. in Newark and East Newark. The coast guard cutter Mohawk has gone to the assistance of the schooner Willlam P. Hood, Cuba for New York, reported in distress 57 miles southeast of Five Fathom Bank Lightship. Caleb Rassett, arrested at Manches- ter, charged with attempted arson, pleaded guilty when arraigned in the town court and_was held for the su- perior court under bonds of $2,500. Results of 30 days’\recruiting, an- ‘nounced by the War Department for the additional 20,000 men authorized by Congress, showed 16,817 applica- tions and acceptances of 3,927 recruits. Construction work on some new fac- tory bui at Meriden was inter- rupted by a strike of union laborers. The strikers are seeking for an in- crease in wages from $2.25 to $2.50 a day. Charles Diever is being held by the New Britain police for trial Thursday, charged with stabbing his cousin, Louis Diever, in the stomach Sunday evening during a quarrel over cigarettes. On the steamship Antonio which arrived at New York, Spanish ports, was Gonzalo Pardo. editor of the Madrid newspaper EI Domino Negro, who was known on the ship as “The Black Mask™ He is on his way to Havana. NAVY MANEUVRES MOST SUCCESSFUL EVER HELD Vice Admiral Mayo Sends Report to Secretary Daniels. ‘Washin April 17—Vice Admiral Mave of Sa Atlintic fiest Teported fo Bocrotary Danfels today that the ma- nouyres just concluded off Guatanamo, be, were the most successful ever held by the mavy. In 4 the admiral eald, marked efficlency’ was shown, excel- lont records being made with firing nt greater ranges than ever before at. lngl.fl. The admiral also that he wea much gratified ith the spirit with which the enlisted personmel took the work, Lopez, from Cape Spen-| at Vancouver, Wash., to Calexico, Cal, | Smashed Into Rear of Train at the Bradford, R. | Station Last Evening In Heavy Fog 35 PERSONS INJURED, SOME OF THEM SERIOUSLY Identified—Miss Jeannette Clark of Westerly Among the Dead. fire and at least seven of the passer Bradford, R. I, April 18.—Drivinz |iven out by the New York, New Ha~ through a thick fog, the Gilt | ven reofiroad here late tonight: Express, westbound, on the New York, | Injured on Gilt Edge Express. New Haven and Hartford Railroad, | smashed into the rear of a local pas- | Aifred N. Davis, 36 Forest stresty senger train that had come to a stop | ass. at the station here last night. The | New Haven, wrist burned rear coach was telescoped and set on | 7. Dawkins, Pullman por- 1 Injured on Tr gers in it were killed. An ei in 633. tim, Mrs. Oscar Martell, of 65 F Mary O'Toole, Westerly. ton’ street, Southbridge, Mas: Westerly. later f Th Albert Martell, aged 12, Southbridge, . injuries and in scme gase ared that death wouid ney, 184 Main street, New oliow. Searching for Bodies. | m Parber, Westerly. Early t a_ hundred men under | Westerly. | the direction of Superintendent Wood- | Cottrell, Westerly. worth were searching the ruins of the Westerly. local train and other be it was ies would be lieved that nd Pawtucket. Oneida, N. Y. fo : _| ¥ H Dormar, Providence 4 gl FivuptuiFivongtCo H. Manoeliing, 6 Oak street, New The locomotive of the cxpress ploughed two-thirds of the wa rdick, Westerly. through the passenger coach but held Dransfield, Westerly. the rails and Engineer Charies - Corning, 25 Walnut street, Wor= Mansfield backed out of the wrecka . P Coals from his fire box started the fire that destroved the four wooden coaches of the local, the railway sta- tion and the freizht house. Trouble in Making Steam. The locai had left Providence at 6.03 last Westerly. . Westerly., , Westerly. an, 8¢ Lambertine street, evening and because of enginc | trouble was seventeen minutes late | = on arriving at Kingston. The engi- ewport. artin, New Haven Adams street, he had tr neer later said th: 2 i 1 making steam and when he arriv J. Mcintyre, 9 at Bradford he wired to New London |Charlestown. Mass. for instructions. He was told to draw J'l*fi : 'H{:!t’ \’:;f;-r;y. ints a siding at Bradford to let the x. Ne on. expross pass and was just moving his| A J. Williams, fireman deadhead< ing, Groton. one exception nonme in the = train from the main track when express bore down upon him. the | above There were only about fifty passen. st was seriously hurt. Thomas gers on the local and the loss of life | Poardm: g, missing and and most severe injuries were suf-|W. H. Bliss. 407 West 120rd street, . fered by those in the rear car. New York, declined medical attention . The Identified Dead. RESCUE WORK CONDUCTED The identified dead are: ent Due to Wrong Signal Failure to Read Them. The accident was due, it is believed, to wrong signals or failure properly to read the signals. When the local started for the siding J. W. Coombs of Boston, a flagman, went back to flag the express which had left Boston at 5.34, just 31 minutes later than the local and was nearly due at Bradford Coombs said that he had goiten as far as the home signal, which is 2,000 feet east of the station, when he saw the express bearing down at a rate he thought of fifty miles an hour. The home signal was properly set. Signal Showed Clear Track. Engineer Mansfleld stated that the distance signal further to the east showed green, indicating a clear track, when it ought to have been set yel- low, demanding caution. When he saw the home signal set for danger he attempted to stop his train_but was unable to do so. The heavy Puil- mans slid on the rails after the brajes had been set and according to Mans- field the collision could not have been averted by him. = Great Confusion. Great confusion followed the collis- ion, the flames from the burning cars and buildings keeping back the little knot of villagers who were about the station at the time. The telesraph wires were,burned out and only a sin- gle telephone wire was left by whica aid could be summoned. Physicians ere brought from Providence and New London, as quickly as possible, or wrecked at Bradford tonight. The express was said 1o be running in two sections. The first section, ae= cording to some of the reports, had bad trouble making steam and had stopped at the Bradford station, when the second section crashed into the rear. ire Spread Rapidly. The explosion of the boiler of the second enzine sppread fire raidly through the wreckage. Before the fire department could reach the scene from Westerly, after a six mile run, five cars had been destroyed by the flames and the station and adjoining freight hovse were smoking ruins. Great confusion followed the col= lision and it was long before a definite idea of the extent of the disaster could be had. As the flames of the burning cars and buildings died out the traim yard was left in darkness, and those Who went to the aid of the injured worked under great dificulties. Telegraph Lines Out of Use. The only telegraph lines in the town went out of commission with the burn= ing of the station nad the only come munication with the outside was by & single telephone wire. Over this was summoned from Providence New London, the former sending & wrecking train and physicians and the latter city despatching a hospital traim Estimates of Dead Vary. Estimates of the dead varied widely and in the absence of a positive offictal " statement the number could not be de= termined at midnight. At that bowd the ruins of the burned cars were still 50 hot that they.could not be thame oughly searched. Four bodies weg W4 early removed and a count of Wwho received emergency medical ment was 35. Several of these, it thought, would dle. but it was several hours after ‘he crash before a definite idea of the loss of life could be had. Officials of the New Haven first estimated the dead at from one to three persons but to- ward midnight four bodies had been recovered. Later three other bodies were found and an eighth passensers, Mrs. Oscar Martell, died at a hospital to which she had been removed. One man insisted that he had seen foir persons thrown through the winflows THIEF CAUGHT WITH STOLEN RING ON FING » ST Eei s IR S SR of the rear coach to the station plat- form, Bodies Badly Burned. All the bodles recovered were badly burned and only four had been identi- fled early today. PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE INJURED Given Out by the Railroad Officials at New Haven. New Haven, Conn., April 17.—The preliminary Ust of J R Vo wf Draatord, B 1 e Sensational Ch. in Meriden Capture Was Made. Meriden, Conn. April 17, Beclino, of Waterbury, who was: rested yesterday after a n L4 chase in which several hundred took part, was in police court charged with the theft of a diamond) ring from a house where he had vistting. The ring, which it was he had taken to give to his: Bart, ‘was found on his Locomotive of the Express Ploughed Two-thirds Through | Passenger Coach, But Held the Rails, and the Engineer Backed Out of the Wreckage—Accident Due to Wrong “ Signals or Failure to Properly Read the Signais—Four Wooden Coaches of the Local Train, the Railway Station. : and the Freight House were Destroyed by Fire—All the = Bodies Were Badly Burned and Only Four Have Been Thomas Boardman of Westerly, an UNDER GREAT DIFFICULTIES employe of the Bradford Dye Asso- s clation. As the Flames of Burning Cars Died Miss Jeanette Clark, daughter of | Out Train Yard Was Left in Darke William Clark, president of the West- f |erly mill of the American Threaa| Mee* ; company. Westerly, R. L, April 17—The Gilt Jargaret Bliss address unknown. |rage expresson the New York, New i e Haven and Hartford was o