Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 19, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVIIL—NO. 94 POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, CONN. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to RUSSIANS CAPTURE ‘A BLACK SEA PORT Drive Turks From Trebizond by Vigorous Land and Sea Attacks PORT AND DEFENCES WERE STRONGLY FORTIFIED Turkish Garrison at Fallen Port Was Estimated at Three Full Divisions—Muscovites Also Continue Their Drive Against the Turks in the Region' of Baiburt, With the Object of Joining With Forces Which Recently Captur- ed Erzerum, and Isolate Ottoman Forces in Mesopotamia —_Bad Weather Has Impeded Activity of Troops Around Verdun. 55_p. m—The fall of Trebizond to the “Rssian arms is confirmed in an official communication issued late to- day. The statement says: “Trebizond has been taken. The united energetic effort of our Cauca- sian army and Black Sea fleet have been crowned by the conquest of th fortified town, the most important po- sition on the Anatolian coast. “Our valiant troops after the san- guinary battle of the fourteenth on the Kara Dere river, pressed the Turks without respite and surmount- ed incredible obstacles, everywhere breaking the flerce resistance of tha enemy. The well-combined action of the fleet permitted the execution of most -hazardous landing operations and lent the support of its artillery to the troops operating in the coastal region. “Credit for this fresh victory also is partly due to the assistance siven the Caucasian army by the troops oper- ating in other directions in Asia Mi- nor. By their desperate fighting and heroic exploits they did everything in their power to facilitate the task of the detachments on the coast.” Pressing their attack vigorously by land and sea, the Russians have cap- tured Turkey's most important port on ihe Black sea—Trebizond. That the joint attack by the land and naval forces was sharp, quick and decisive is Indicated by the fact that a Russian official communication had just an- nounced that the Russian land forces were at the village of Drona, seven miles east of Trebizond, when a new announcement of the fall of the town was made. The port and outlving defenses had been strongly fortified since the fall of Erzerum and the Turkish garri- son was estimated at three full divi- sions. k The Russians are also continuing their drive against the Turks in the region of Baiburt to the southeast, the capture of which town would result in the joining of the forces which re- reecntly captured Erzerum and those now at Trebizond and give the Rus- sian line for a solid advance eastward. This is part of the plan for the isola- tion of the Turkish forces in Meso- potamia. el On_the front in France inclement weather has impeded the activity of the troops around Verdun, in all the sectors of which there have been only termittent hombardments. The only infantry attacks in France or Belgium. -e taken place along the British end of the line where at several points the British have entered German trenches or shaken off German attempts at at- tack The artillery duel around Tkskull eridge head between the Germans and Russians is still progressing, but no material advantaze in the fighting 1s ~laimed by either side. Petrograd re- ports the repulse o} Teutonic attacks in Galicia at Popovamoghila and the Trebizond is a ci of Asia Minor on the Black Sea, 575 miles east of Constantinople and 100 miles north of Erzerum, the town stormed by the Russians on February 16. Trebizond has a population of about 40,000, in- cluding some 18,000 Christians. The importance of the Black sea port was due to its command of the point where the chief trade route from Persia and central Asia descends to the sea. It is separated from the rest of Asia Minor by a barrier of rugged mountains, 7.000 to 8,000 feet high S o Toee quantities of war ma- | whjch the Russian armies had to tra- terials. verse. The Ttalians on the western top of EA,d e e the Col dl Lana destroyed an Aus- aoes oy © = vaders pushed past the last series of natural obstacles alons the coast when on Sunday, they occupled a strongly fortified Turkish position on the left bank of the Kara Dere, 12 miles outside the fortress. Since the fall of Erzerum and the capture three weeks later or Bitlis, the Turks are said to have increased the Trebizond garrison until 1t con- trian position and occiipied the mine -rater over which fighting is now in progress. Tn the Sugana valley the Austrians have driven the Ttalians ‘rom advanced positions. FREBIZOND HAS FALLEN TO RUSSIAN ARMS Fhe Most Important Position on the tained three complete divisions, or Anatolian Coast. about 54,000 men and to have done everything possible to strengthen the Petrograd, via London, April 18," Black sea port. BERLIN PAPERS PREPARING FOR AMERICAN NOTE. Tone Seems to Be “Let President Wil- son Do His Worst” REBELS LOOKING FOR ARMISTICE IN CHINA. Negotiating With President Yuan Shi- Kai for Peace and Reuniting of Prov- inces. Beflin, via London, April 19, 3.45 a.| m.—The newspapers have bezun pre- paring the public for the early recep- tion of the American note by comment- ing on Washington despatches an- nouncing the comppletion of the docu- ment. Various rumors are discussed and surmises risked regarding the charac- ter of the note, but nobody knows anything definite concerning it. Nev- ertheless, the situation causes apre- hension. Disappointment is expressed that Forelgn Minister Von Jagow's answers to the American inquiries have had so little effect in satisfying Washington. Some of the newspapers note what they term President Wilson's apparent anxiety to withdraw from the Mexican undertaking and interpret it as a bad omen for the future relations between the United States and Germany. ‘The conservative organs, while evi- ‘Walshington, April 18.—An armistice has been declared between Chinese rebels nad President Yuan Shai-Kai, and peace negotiations are in progress, the state department has been officially informed. Prominent leaders of both factions are endeavoring to reunite the provinces. The American minister at Peking advised the department that President Yuan’s agent in peace nesotiations is his former vice president, who resigned when Yuan proposed a monarchy with himself as emperor. His former war minister also has agreed to aid in peace parleys. The Chinese legation also received despatches of the same nature. The understanding is that one of the pro- visions of the armistice stipulates that Yuan Shai-Kai shall remain st the head of the government, and that the condition was made by some of the rebel chiefs themselves. LAND SLIDES IN PANAMA CANAL ALMOST AT END Special Committee Reports Further Serious Interruptions Are Unlikely. dently not Wwanting a breach, appear to be resigned, their tone summed up ®eing “Let President Wilson do his worst. Tho Frankfurter Zeitung, which is eager to see the matter amicably set- tled, says: “It President Wilson wants a breach, no answer which Germany can give under the existing circumstances can satisfy him. If he seriously wants peace, he must choose the ways and means for bringing the imperative de- mands of Germany’s submarine war- fare into harmony with the justifiable Interests of neutral countries.” Count Von Reventlow, naval critic of the Tages Zeitung, today prints an article in his usual tone, and Die Post outdoes Von Reventlow. ARRESTS FOR ESPIONAGE AT HARDEEVILLE, 8. C. Three Men Said to Be Germans With Maps of Fortifications. Savannah, Ga., April 18.—Three men, sald to be Germans, but whose names were not given out by officials, were arrested today at Hardeeville, S. C., at the request of Lieut. A. P. Cronkhite, U. S. Engineer corps, who suspected them of espionage. A search of the prisoners, it was said, revealed that they were in possession of maps giv- ing minute details of fortifications and roads l.lcg this section of the coast and carried an elaborate photographic outfit. A charge of vagrancy on which the men were taken into custody was to a charge of being “‘suspi- ‘Washington, April 18.—A report on the work of the special committee of scientists appointed by the National Academy of Sciences at the request of President Wilson to investigate the Panama canal slides was presented at today’s session of the academy by Charles R. Van _Hise, president of the University of Wisconsin and chair- man of the committee. The commit- tee’s findings, made to President Wil- son in a preliminary report, also pre- pared by Dr. Van Hise, have already been made public. Today's report reiterates the con- clusion, reached in the previous report that navigation through the canal is not likely again to be seriously inter- rupted by slides and that realization of the great object for which the wa- terway was constructed is assured in the near future. Delaware Delegates Wilson. Dover, Del., April 18.—The demo- cratic state convention which met here today to select six delegates and al- ternates to the national convention, instructed the delegation to vote for the renomination of President Wilson, whose administration was endorsed. Instructed for Movements of Steamships. cions characters” when each of the| St. Michaels, April 17.—Sailed: thirée produced $5,000 to dlsprove the!steamer Dante Alighieri, (from Nea- vgrant aharge. ples) New York. _ph . s of Lords to Adjourn. _ondon, April 18, 6.48 p. m—The house of lords tonight agreed to the motion of the Marquis of Crewe fo adjourn on the ground that the cabi- net ministers were not in a position to make a statement on the question of compulsory service for all eligibles. STRIKERS AND GUARDS STONED FACTORY BUILDINGS Plant of National Conduit and Cable Co. Closed at Hastings-on-Hudson. Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y., April 18. —The plant of the National Conduit and Cable company was closed late o- day after striking employes and their sympathizers had stoneq the factory buildings and battled with deputy sheriffs a few hours earlier. About 1,000 men who had remained at work will be thrown out of employment. Officers of the company, which em- ploys between 2,800 and 3,000 persons armouniced tonight after a conference with members of the state boarl of mediation and village and county of- ficials that the plant would remain closed indefinitely or until the strikers agreed to accept a compromise effer. The demands of the strikers include a fifty-hour week insteaq of one of fifty-four hours and a wage increase of five cents an hour. The company declined to shorten the day but an- nounced its willingness to pay two and one-fourth cents more an hours. This offer the strikers refused. Sheriff Uhirich Weisendanger, dur- ing the day, had armed his depuiies with rifles. ' Tonight he withdrew his men and left the situation in the hands of the village authoritles. MELLEN BRINGS SUIT AGAINST N. H. ROAD To Enforce Payment of Salary of $30,- 000 a Year for Five Years. s New York, April 18.—Charles S. Mellen, former president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road, filed suit in the supreme court here’ today against the company for $108,222 with interest in his effort to enforce the payment of a salary of $30,000 a year for five years, as ad- visor to the railroad. A contract alleged to have been made July 18, 1913, shortly bef iMellen retired from the presidenc: was attached to the complaint. provided that Mellen was to be re- tained in the company’s employ at the salary mentioned and also that he was to be “held blameless in every proceeding which might be brought against him because of his acts as president of the roal” The company, he alleges, it was agreed, was to sat- isfy any judsment or decree of any court against him. In addition to his salary for the first vear, Mellen seeks to recover $78,222 with interest which he claims to have lost through “criminal and civil pro- ceedings” that were brought against him. DR. WAITE IS BEING EXAMINED BY ALIENISTS Taken From Prison Cell to District Attorney’s Office. New York, April 18.—Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, confessed slayer of his father-in-law, John E. Peck, million- aire drug manufacturer of Grand Rap- ids, Mich., was removed from prison cell to the district attorne: office today to be examined by ists as to his sanity. Dr. Waite is under indictment for first degree mur- der. Alienists who spent more than an hour today examining Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, confessed slayer of his father-in-law, John E. Peck, a_weal- thy drug manufacturer of Grand Rap- ids, Mich., reported to District Attor- ney Swan tonight that in their opin- ion Waite is sane but somewhat ab- normal. While being returned to the Tombs from the district attorney’s office, Waite is alleged to have declared io detectives that he was anxions to pay the penalty for his crime “and have it over with as soon as possible. DEATHS FROM BRADFORD WRECK REMAIN AT FIVE Search of Ruins Failed More Bodies. Bradford, R. I, April 18.—The total deaths by the rear end collision of trains on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad here last night remaineq at five tonight, a search of the ruins having failed to _disclose more bodies. All the injured are ex- pected to recover. Late tonight part of a torso which had been removed from one of the charfed coaches to the rooms of an undertaker to await positive identi- fication was claimed by Mrs. Howard Partelo as that of her husband, a fireman in the employ of the company. Partelo had gone to Boston to take an examination for promotion to en- 2ineer and was returning to his home in New London on the local train. (Further details are printed on page six in Westerly correspondence.) to Disclose OBJECTION TO GOVERNMENT RENTING OFFICE BUILDINGS Made by Directors of American Insti- tution of Architects. Cincinnati, Ohio, April 18.—Objec- tion to the United States government renting office buildings instead of building new ones and also an objec- tion to the building of a power house on the Mall near the Washington mon- ument at Washington, D. C., were made before the executive committee of the board of directors of the Amer- ican Institute of Architects here to- day. Tt was announced that the tak- ing of steps looking toward the elim- ination or the remedving of these two matters will be recommended to the institute. AUSTRIAN MILITARY POSITIONS BOMBARDED By Three French Seaplanes, Accompa- nied by ltalian Torpedo Boats. Grave Crisis in - British Cabinet CONFLICT OVER UNIVERSAL MiL- ITARY SERVICE NO RESIGNATIONS YET Both Sides Are Marshalling all Their Available Forces for the Parliament- ary Struggle Over the Motion for Universal Military Service. London, April 18, 10.35 p. m.—That a grave cabinet crisis exiss is_undenia- ble, but according to an authoritative statement tonight no resignations, either ministerial of military, have yet been tendered, and it will probably be several gays before the crisis is ended. The Marquis of Crewe, lord president of the council, in his statement to the house of lords today, which was the first official admission of the gravity and complexity of the problems divid- ing the ministers, intimated the possi- bility that Premier Asquith might not be “prepared even on Thursday to make his promised statement, in which case the house would sit the following Monday. Universal Military Servi Both sides in_ this momentous con- flict are marshaling all their available forces for the parliamentary struggle over Sir Edward Carson’s motion for universal military service. Strong whips are out and all the members of the house of commons serving at the front have been granted leave to re- main in London until a division is taken, Political gossip tonight centers mainly around Minister of Munitions David Lloyd George and Winston Spencer Churchill and the popssibility of Mr. Lloyd George succeeding Mr. Asquith as head of the government. Attack on Ministry Powerful. While the conscriptionist attack on the ministry is undoubtedly powerful and threatening, there are also strong forces making for the retention of the present coalition ministry—first, Mr. Asquith’s known skill in surmounting political difficulties and holding his team together, and, second, the prob- lem of finding an alternative govern- ment to the present coalition and the repugnance felt in large sections of the country to a change in the gov- ernment at a critical stage of the nation’s fate. Lloyd-George May Succeed Asquith. In the event of the disappearance of Mr. Asquith as a result of his refusal to remain a member of a government resorting to universal service, Mr. Lloyd-George is regarded in many quarters as his natural successor. But against this solution Is the fact that a very sJaong section of the unionist party is entirely opposed to Mr. Lloyd- eorge, as it is to Mr, Asquitn. More- over, it is known that Andrew Bonar Law, who is a conscriptionist in prin- ciple and was leader of the unionist party prior to entering the coalition government, and whose reputation as a. parliamentarian has grown enormous- ly since the war, making him a possi- ble successor to Mr. Asquith, attaches the utmost importance in the national interest to the maintenance of the present coalition ministry in power. CANADIAN MINISTER OF MILITIA NOT TO RESIGN Announcement by Sir Sam Hughes Greeted With Cheers. Ottawa, April 18—Sir Sam Hughes will not resign as minister of militia, he said in the house of commons to- day during the Royal Commission's investigation of the charge that ab- normal profits were allowed in the awarding of fuse contracts by the Canadian shell commission. Greeted with cheering upon his ap- JOINT SESSION TODAY Submarine Issue is Up to Congress PRESIDENT WILSON WILL GIVEIT TO BOTH HOUSES TODAY Both Branches Will Meet at 1 P. M.— A Break Relation With Germany is Said to be Immi- nent. in Diplomatic Washington, April 8.—President Wilson wiil go before congress to- morrow and lay the entire Germun| submarine issue before both houses. A break in diplomatic relations is said to be imminent. Situation is Serious. The president already has completed the communication he will deliver to congress. Up to the present it had been thought he would send this com- munication to Berlin. It was decided, however, that the situation had be- come so serious as to require more drastic steps. Joint Session Arranged. Arrancements were made at capitol for passing diately providing for a joint session of both houses tomorrow to reec the president’s message. The conten of the message will be kept confiden- tial and copies of it will not be given out until after its delivery to con- gress, Both houses pa olution providin, the resolution imme- ssed promptly a res- for a joint session in the house chamber tomorrow af- ternoon at 1 o'clock. There was no announcement as to the president's coming. Course to be Pursued Not Known. No official of the adminfstrabion would say definitely what course had been decided upon. Some kind of communication will go forward to Berlin probably tomorrow but appar- ently no one but the president and members of his cabinet know what it will be. COUNT VON BERNSTORFF CALLS ON SECRETARY LANSING But the Latter Would Not Discuss the Submarine lssue. ‘Washington, April 18.—Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, called on Secretary Lansing late this afternoon and was told by the sec- retary that he could not discuss the submarine issue with him at this time. It was announced afterward that the situation was unchanged and it was stated that the despatch of the note to Germany would not be delayed because of the visit. Count Bernstorff, the German am- bassador, presented to Secretary Lans- ing today a memorandum said to be similar to the one delivered following the sinking of the liner Arabic, reiter- ating assurances that Germany would conduct submarine warfare according to international law and was ready to give satisfactioni for any unauthorized or unintentional violation of neutral rights. Mr. Lansing said later that the am- bassador’s visit would have no effect upon the course already determined upon by the American government. He is understood to have informed the ambassador that he could not dis- cuss the subject with him at this time, LAPLAND PASSENGERS SAW THREE TRANSPORTS. Olympic, Baltic and Adriatic With 16,- 000 Canadian Troops. New York, April 13.—Passengers ar- riving here today on the Lapland, of the White Star line, said that as their ship was leaving Liverpool on Satur- day, April 8, they saw the z‘auyon was caught at Dobb's Ferry, nother protest England over the detention of Dutch the City’s Population Awaiting Reports From Mexico BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER TROOPS ARE TO BE RECALLED Condensed Telegrams No session will be held by the su- preme court on Good Friday. Fire in the downtown section of Augusta, Ga., caused $100,000 damage. The first North river shad of the Holland has sent a to * |VILLA PURSUIT HALTS 1910 Opemca i the Gt Totes o ! Buffalo, N, Y. v Line of Communication With General German merchant vessels seized by Portugal will not be allowed to enter Pershing is Drawn too Thin and Hoilland ports. More Troops Must be Sent if Chase is Pressed Further. Pmldl.nt :ilm signed the bill in- Corporating the American Academy of Arts and Letters.. ks Shipments of fresh and cured meats from Chicazo last week amounted to 46,466,000 pounds. Washinzton, April 15.—The admin- istration is waiting on further reports ifrom American officers in Mexko be- fore the cxpedition | seeking s withdrawn or reinforced for furiher operations. Ad- ditional advices from General Funston uation are expected hour- {1y. Some telegrams came late today. |One was dated Namiquipa, showing that General Pershing had withdrawn to_that place. Indicatic at the war department bore out reports from the front that the pursuit of Villa was tempor- arily at a standstill. Cabinet Discussed Situation. President Wilson and his cabinet d_the Mexican situation brief- in the light of a review of its itary aspe v General | Funston. I | the situ: dministration’s policy una binet admitted, how- decision had been reached as to the withdrawal of the troops. A month's supply of reserve rations has been shippea 1o the United States soldiers in Mexico. Thirty-two soldiers and about forty citizens were killed by a mob at Chang Chow Fu, Fukien, China. 311,649 tons in March, compared with 351,560 tons in March, 1915. | The German steel syndicate shipped | The American consulate at St. Pierre, Miquelon, was burned out. All the of- | ficial documents were saved. H ued at Dover, Del., b n Sh hrapnel company of New York, capital $1,500,000. The Standard Steel Car Company will discontinue the manufacture of shells at its Newcastle, Pa., plant. S = More Troops Necessary. e s D cont 2| Ofciais would reveal no word of D e T 01‘; md"é‘;: at St. Louis | the report submitted by General Fun- as company. {ston. It was arent, however, that 2 it outlined a si tion hich required e g"{"l“f" at Chicago author- |action in Washington, The line of 600 ok Island to place an order | communication with General Persh- for 40,000 tons of rails for 1917 deliv- ery. ing’s forces already is drawn too thin, and there is no disposition here to 4 R el o B i France is reported to be negotiating | {roops must bo sers it the . ihare wflx{ll the t‘atnadllmaot'emem company | t5 he pressed further. of Montreal for 1,000,060 barrels of ce-| s, ary Y —-— Secretary Paker arranged to take additional advices to the White House as the; me. He conferred with Sec- retary Lansing during the late after- Combined savings deposits of Chi- cago state banks on April 12 totaled $242,400,000, against $235,000,000 last | ronference To¢ "oUld discuss their Janvary. . German ituation May Have Bearing. It was thought probable, though no official would talk about this phase of the question, that the German situa- tion, would have some bearing on the impending decision. If a break in diplomatic relations with Germany is foreseen by the administration, it is very certain that the troops will be recalled from Mexico immediately. They would be needed at home as military prudence would require that steps be taken to prepare for even- tualities ¥n Europe. Some officials expressed the belief that the United States must walt and see what transpired beyond the bor- der before it could determine greatly to increase the American forces there or on the other hand, determine to withdraw at once. The report of Vil- la’s death has not been cleared up as yet. Doubt as to its truth steadil increases, however. and despatch: from Consul Letcher at Chihuahua, received today, characterized the re- port as a mere rumor without any foundation that he could ascertain. Cabinet in No Mood to Force Matters The Washinston government, nearly as the attitude of the cabinet can be learned, is in no mood to force jmatters in Mexico. Already the main purpose of the expedition, protection of the border, is regarded as accom- plished. In some quarters it was sugzested {that an agreement for withdrawal might be reached with General Car- ranza on the basis that if Villa or his men again headed northward and reached within some specified distance A bill authorizing the government to float an interior loan of 150,000,000 francs was passed by the Rumanian chamber, All Mexican and foreign speculators who are convicted of conspiring to hold down the value of Carranza currency will be banished. Englich motor boat manufacturers have under consideration a plan to in- stall kerosene burping engines instead of gasoline engines. Burglars ransacked the home of Mrs William Nelson at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and e with silverware valued at more than $10,000. Southern fruit growers are alarmed at the shortage of refrizerator cars on the railroads, which will prevent the movement north of their products. William G. McAdoo and other mem- bers of the American section of the international high commission arrived at Santiago, Chile, from Beunos Aires. Sixty-five Americans and an Eng- lishman. woman and children, refugees from Mazatlan, Mex., arrived at San Diego, Cal., on the supply ship Glacier. Prohibition Commissioner Blue of West Virginia announced that vehicles used to bring intoxicants into West Virginia from other states will be con- fiscated. Aeroplanes will be used experiment- pearance in the house, Sir Sam in his Olympic, promised statement, made in crowded ally at the Norfolk, Va., coast guard Baltic and Adriatic, of the same line, e into the Mersey with 16,000 | distress and convoy cutters to the dis- c"‘a"“be"fi announced that he had | Canadian troops, bound. from Halifax | abled ship, B e e et oath¢ | to the front. There was much cheering e o A e <, a eng. L n during tlie inquiry. Tbe lattsr, he | ' Sreet the Canadians, the passengers e ioet Chuptn | piaat. said, and the big ships presented a martial appearance as they entered Liverpool harbor in squadron forma- tion, By orders of the British admiralty the officers of the Lapland are forbid- den to speak of such things, but every passenger aboard who was on deck at the time saw the ships and the sol- diers, a statement not disputed by any of the officers. The Lapland brought €9 first, 97 second and 47 third class passengers. MEMBERSHIP OF D. A, R. INCREASED 4,396 IN A YEAR. Slight Squabble Over Committee Re- port in Daughters’ Magazine. promised, would be full ana complete, as he intended to devote all his time to_assisting the royal commission. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, leader of the opposition, asked if Sir Sam was still a member of the government in view of the transferal of his department in- to otker hands. Sir Robert Borden, premier, sald In reply that Sir Sam still held his post. o e T SPEAKERS’ BUREAU OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY LEAGUE the Brown- Lipe Chapin plant, the Brown-Lipe Gear works and the New Process Rawhide company plants at Syracuse, N. Y. Admiral Fletche department that it $8.000 battleship South Carolina in a collision at sea last week. advised the navy will cost After tests by naval officers, the gov- ernment has purchascd from Alfred J. Erickson, 19, of Philadelphia, an 1 vention which will drop bombs accu- rately from an aeroplane. Tandy Sanford. a Mexican, suspect- ed of guiding Villa and his band into Columbus the night of the rald, was brinught there aboard a truck train. He was placed in the guard house. New Work, April 18.—Eighty-five lawyers and business men have vol- untarily enrolled with the speakers’ bureau of the National Security |, Washington, April 13.—An echo of station this week to locate ships in | about | to repair damage caused the| of the border despite the cfforts of | Carranza troops to check them, United States troops again wouid cross the korder. There was nothing to indicate that this plan had actually been dis- cussed, however. Situation May Become Serious. It is known that army officials be- lieve the situation of some of the de- | tachments would be perilous if Car- ranza troops in other districts should follow the lead of those at Parral, whe are reported to have fired on Major Tompkins' men. A messaze today said that Americans from Parral re- ported that the citizens there were without arms. They also declared that the Herrera mentioned in unoffi- - cial reports as having led the attack, was a nephew of General Luis Her- rera, the Carranza commander whose rumored defection to the Villa cause created much anxiety two weeks ago. That report proved to be unfounded. No Additional Troops Sent to Border. Secretary Baker would only say af- ter the cabinet meeting that no ad- ditional troops had been ordered to Rome, via Paris, April 18, 11.20 p. m. —Three French seaplanes, accompa- nied by Ttalian torpedo boats, yester- day effectively bombarded Austrian military positions in the vicinity of Trieste. All the aircraft returned un- scathed. Four Austrian seaplanes at- tacked the torpedo boats on their way back, but were put to flight by three Ttalian airships. During the night en- emy aeroplanes approached Venice, but were driven off by fire of anti-aircraft batteries on the coast. One of the in- vaders, a seaplane, was brought down at sea and captured, together with its pilot and observer. = League to conduct noon day and ev- ening meetings in the interests of pre- paredness, it was announced tonight. The speakers will invade manufactur- ing plants and other institutions em- ploving large numbers of persons, as well as the public service corporations and various political organizations. STATE DEPARTMENT ASKS RELEASE OF WOLFE VON IGLE German Embassy Claims Diplomatic Immunity for Him. ‘Washington, April 18.—Acting protest from the German em o the state department late today asked that the department of justice release Papen, the recalled military attache, arrested in New York on a charge of conspiracy to blow up the Welland canal, unless the activities complain- ed of were committed before Von Igle became attached to the embassy staff. The embassy claims diplomatic immu- nity for him. VETERAN FIRE CHIEF OF DANBURY HAS RESIGNED. Member of Department Over Fifty Years—Twenty Years Chief. April 18.—Thomas A. Lounsbury, veteran chief of the Danbury fire d t, resigned his position tonight. Chief Lounsbury is 74 years old, has been a member of the department for oter half a cen- tury and for the last twenty years has been chief. Assistant Chief Peter on a Danbury, Conn., Beckerle also resigned and it is un- d!:mood he will be named as chief ter. uernsy fight last year for the president-generalship was hearq at today's session of the con- gress of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. George Thatcher Guernsey of Kansas sought more information than was givn in a committee report about the Daughters’ magazine and moved that ehe publication be sent only to paid subscribers. Mrs. Willlam Cum- ming Story of New York, the presi- dent-general, declared the magazine committee was handiing its affairs in- teliigently and that such a proposal should not have been brought before the congress. Mrs. Guernsey's motion was tabled. Mrs. William A. Smoot, organizing secretary, announced the actual mem- bership of the society was 91,996, an increase during the year of 4,396. ARMY REORGANIZATION BILL CALLS FOR A MILLION MEN. Regular Army and Reserve M| Forces—Passed in the Senate. ‘Washington, April 18.—An army re- organization bill that would produce regular ermy and reserve militia forces in_the United States aggregating a million men was passed by the senate tonight without a record vote. It is a substitute for the Hay bill passed by the house, and the differences will be worke dout in conference. the eve of a joint session of the houses of congress to hear a mes- sage from the president on grave in- ternational issues, the senate hastened completion of the bill amid scenes of excitement, repeatedly rejecting all amendments tending to reduce the pro- posed strengthening of the army. the border and that no such move- ment was contemplated at present. It is evident that the shifting forces re- | ported from San Antonio is in accord- {ance with General Funston's best judesment as to the wise disposition of his men to prepare against any emer- gency. 2300 MORE TROOPS FOR GENERAL PERSHING Three Troops of Cavalry and One Battalion of Infantry. The steamship Ecuador, purchased by the Pacific Mail seamship lMne from Amsterdam owners, arrived at New York from Amsterdam and will be put h;to the New York-San Francisco ser- vice. James Murray, Jersey City fireman, was probably fatally injured when he fell 60 feet throuch a coal chute while fizhting a fire that destroved the Erle railroad’s coal pockets at Jersey Clty. Fighting in the Yaqui district be- tween Mexican troops and Yaqui In- diana was reported to the state de- partment. Two American women cap- tured by the Indlans were rescued by the Mexicans. JOHN PHILLIP QUINN, REFORMED GAMBLER, DEAD San_Antonio, Texas, April 18.—Gen- eral Funston issued orders today that will place at the disposal of General Pershing 2,300 more troops. General Funston has ordered to pro- ceed to Columbus, N. M. the Sixth Cavalry from the Brownsville district, the Seventeenth Infantry from Eagle Pass, the First Battalion of the Twen- ty-fourth Infantry from Eagle Pass and Troop L from the Tenth Cavalry, Fort Apache. MUNICIPAL PENSIONS FOR WIDOWED MOTHERS Plan Adopted by Board of Aldermen of New York. New York, April 18.—A municipal movement to_ provide pensions for widowed mothers with children was begun today with the adoption by the board of aldermen of a resolution un- der which would be appropriated $300,000 to be placed at the disposal of the Child Welfare Board. If the resolution is acted on favorably next week by the board of estimate the proposed allowances will be granted, For Twenty Years Devoted His Time to Expesing Gambling. Philadelphia, April 18—John_ Phil- lip Quinn, known all over the Unitad States as “the reformed gambler” who for more than 20 years devoted his time to exposinz gambling, was found dead In bed in a boarding house here today. For many years Quinn trav- eled aver the country in a special car in which he had a display of electric roulette ‘wheels and two score of gambling devices which he demon- strated to the public. Quinn was for months in London giving public exhibitions, and in this country led many crusades against gambling, netably in Saratoga, N. Y., Erie, Pa., Chicago and Canton, Ohio. He was used as an illustration by evangelistic speakers of national note.