Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 20, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVIIL—NO. 95 POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, CONN., THUR: SDAY, APRIL 20, 1916 TWELVE PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double UNEQUIVOCAL NOT SENT T0 GERMANY Must Cease Indiscriminate Destruction of Ships or Diplomatic Relations Will be Severed NOTE REGARDED PRACT! ICALLY AS ULTIMATUM Note Says Hundreds of American Lves Have Been Taken by Ruthless Work of German Undersea Boats; That the United States Has Been Very Patient, But That the Time Has Now Come to Act—Incontrovertible Evidence is Submitted in Proof That the English Channel Steamer Sussex Was Torpedoed Without Warning by a German Submarine—Demands Are Based Upon Law of Nations and Manifest Principles of Humanity. - Washington, April 19.—The text of the American note to Germany, sizn- ed by Secretary Lansing and addressed | to Ambassador Gerard at Berlin, fol- lTows: Full Text of the Note. You are instructed to deliver to the secretary of foreign affairs a commu- nication reading as follows: 1 aid not fail to transmit immedi- ately by telegraph, to my government, Your Excellency’s note of the tenth instant in regard to certain attacks by German submarines and particular- 1y in regard to the disastrous explo- ! sion which on March 24 last wrecked the French steamship Sussex in the English channel. 1 have now the honor to deliver, under instructions from my_government, the following reply to Your Excellency Facts Established in Case of Sussex. “Information now in the possession of the government of the United States fully establishes the facts in the case of the Sussex, and the in- ferences which my government has drawn from that information it re- zards as confirmed by the circum- stances set forth in Your Excellency’s note of the tenth instant. On the 2ith of March, 1916, at about 2.50 o'clock in the afternoon, the unarmed steam- er Sussex, with 325 or more passeng- ers on board, among whom were a number of American citizens, was tor- pedced while crossing from Folke- stons to Dieppe. The Sussex had never been armed; was a vessel known to be habitually used only for the conveyance of passengers across the English channel; and was not following the route taken by troop ships or supply ships. About S0 of her passengers, non-combatants of all ages and sexes, including citizens of the United States, were killed or in- jured. Torpedoed Without Warning. A careful. detailed and scrupulously impartial investigation by naval and military officials of the United States has conclusively established the fact that the Sussex was torpedoed Wwith- out warning or summons to surrend- er and that the torpedo by which she was struck was of German manufac- ture. In view of the government of the United States these facts from the first made the conclusion that the tor- pedo was fired by a German subma- rine unavoidable. It now considers that conclusion substantiated by the statements of Your Excellency’s note. A full statement of the facts upon which the government of the United States has based its conclusion is in- closed. Inhumanity of Submarine Warfare. Tho government of the United States, after having given careful con- sideration to the note of the imperial government of the tenth of April, re- grets to state that the impression made upon it by the statements and proposals contained in that note is that the imperial government has falleq to appreciate the gravity of the situation which has resulted, not alone from the attack on the Sussex, but from the whole method and character of submarine warfare as disclosed by the unrestrained practice of the com- manders of German undersea craft during _the past twelve months and more in the indiscriminate destruc- tion of merchant vessels of all sorts, nationalities and destinations. If the sinking of the Sussex had been an iso- ted ~case the government of the Tnited States might find it possible. to hope that the officer who was re- sponsible for that act had wilfully vi- olated his orders or had been crimin- ally negligent in taking none of the precautions they prescribed, and that the ends of justice might be satisfled by imposing” upon him an adequate punishment, coupled with a formal disavowal of the act and payment of a sultable indemnity by the imperial government. But, though the attack upon the Sussex was manifestly inde- fensible and ceused a loss of life so tragical as to make it stand forth as one of the most terrible examples of the inhumanity of submarine warfare as the commanders of German vessels are conducting it, it unhappily does not stand alone. Indiscriminate Destruction of Vessels. On the contrary, the government of the United States'is forced by recent events to conclude that it is only one instance, even though one of the most extreme and most distressing in- stances, of the deliberate method and spirit of indiscriminate destruction of 1nerchant vessels of all sorts, nation- alities and destinations which have beeome more and more unmistakable 08 the activity of German undersea vessels of war has in recent months been quickened and extended. No Right to Close Any Part of the High Se: The imperial government will, recall that when, in PFebruary, 1915, it an- | nounced its intention of treating the | waters surrounding Great Britain and ‘Ireland as embraced with the seat of war and of destroying all merchant | ships owned by its enemies that might ibe found within that zone of danger, Ly - o e e < and warned all vessels, neutral as well as belligerent, to keep out of the wa- ters thus proscribed or to enter them at their peril, the government of the TUnited States earnestly protested. It took the position that such a policy could not be pursued without constant gross and palpable violations of the accepted law of nations, particularly if_submarine craft were to be employ- ed as its instruments, inasmuch as the Tules prescribed by that law, rules founded on the principles of humani- ty and established for the protection of lives of non-combatants at sea, could not in the mature of the case be observed by such vessels, It based its protest on the ground that persons of neutral nationality and vessels of neutral ownership would be exposed to extreme and intolera- ble risks; and that no right to close anp yart of the high seas could law- fully be asserted by the imperial gov- ernment in the circumstances then existing. The law of nations in these matters, upon which the government of the United States based that pro- test, is not of recent origin or found- ed ‘upon merely arbitrary principles set up by convention. It is based, on the contrary upom manifest princi- ples of humanity and has long been established with the approval and by the express asset of all cilivized na- tions. Persists in Carrying Out Policy. The imperial government, notwith- standing, persisted in carrying out the policy announced, expressing the hope that the dangers involved, at any rate, to neutral vessels, would be reduced to a minimum by the instructions which it had issued to the commanders of its submarines and_ assuring the govern- ment of the United States that it would take every possible precaution both to respect the rights of neutrals and to safeguard the lives of non-com- batants. Practices of Ruthless Destruction. In pursuance of this policy of sub- marine warfare against the commrece of its adversaries, thus announced and thus entered upon in spite of the sol- mn protest of the government of the United States, the commanders of the imperial government’s undersea ves- sels have carried on practices of such ruthless destruction which have made it more and more evident as the months have gone by that the im- perfal government has found it im- practicable to put any such restraint upon them as it had hoped and prom- ised to put. Broken Prom Again and again the imperial gov- ernment has given its solemn assur- ances to the government of the United States that at least passenger ships would not be thus dealt with, and yet it has repeatedly permitted its under- sea commanders to disregard those assurances with entire impunity. As recently as February last it gave no- tice that it would regard all armed merchantmen owned by its enemies as part of the armed naval forces of its adversaries and deal with them as with men of war, thus, at least by im- plication, pledging itself to give warn- ing to vessels which were not armed and to accord security of life to their passengers and crews; but even this limitation their submarine command- ers have recklessly ignored. Vessels of neutral ownership, even vessels of neutral ownership bound from neutral port to neutral port, have been destroyed along with vessels of belligerent ownership in constantly in- creasing numbers. Sometimes the mer- chantmen attacked have been warned and summoned to surrender before be- ing fired on or torpedoed; sometimes their passengers and crews have been vouchsafed the poor security of being allowed to take to the ship's boats be- fore the ship was sent to the bottom. But again and again no warning has been given, no escape even to the ship's boats allowed to those on board. Great liners like the Lusitania and Arabic and mere passenger hoats like the Sus- sex have been attacked without a mo- ment's warning, offen before they have even become aware that they Al ' “raragraphs e Swiss to Charter Neutral Steamers. sBerna. Switzerland, April 19.—The wiss government has directed its com- mercial department to charter a num- ber of neutral steamers, _especially American, exclusively for Swiss im- portations from the United States and Argentina. Destructive Fire in Belgrade. Paris, April 19, 10:40 a. m.—A de- structive fire in Belgrade, Serbla, is reported in a despatch to the Matin, from Bucharest. It Is sald several hundred houses in the city were burn- N. Y. NATIONAL GUARD CALLED IN STRIKE RIOTS At Plant of National Conduit and Ca- ble Co. at Hastings-on-Hudson. Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y., April 19. —Four companies of the New York National Guard arrived here tonizht after a riot of striking employes of the National Conduit and Cable company had extended beyond control of the civil authorities. Although reports were circulated that the strikers had accumulated great quantities of stones and bottles with which to resist interference by the militia, there was no demonstra- tion when the troops alighted from a special train and marched into the plant of the company. Several hundred men affected by the strike lined the raflroad tracks, but aside from a few muttered impreca- tions and some shouting by small boys. there was no disturbance. A machine gun which had been used by the company for testing munitions in filling large contracts it has with the entente allies, was moved into place for an emergency. L. D. Van Aken, superintendent of the plant, declared tonight that an ef- fort would be made tomorrow to re- sume operations. PROPOSALS FOR A CENTRAL EUROPEAN CUSTOMS UNION Is Opposed by the Budapest Chamber of Commerce. Budapest, Hungary, April 19—The Budapest Chamber of Commerce has passed a resolution expressing its op- posttion to the propostis for a Centra 1iopean Customs Union, embracing y, Austria-Hungary and pos Bulgari The resolution was passed at a spe- cial meeting attended by tives of the ministry of azricultu: commerce, by men prominent dustry and commerce, the big banks, and mine owners. The chief argument against the proposed customs union was that it would be mainly to the advantaze of Germany and Austria, and would merely hamper the development of Hungary. Dr. Paul Szenda, deiegate represent- ing the Union of Hungarian Traders and Manufacturers, was the principal speaker. He opposed the custor union, declaring: “Surely hatred will not always be dominant in Europe, and you will only be prolonging the era of hatred by establishinz a union which will antagonize the other group of powers, with the result that Aus- tria-Hunghry will soon find_herselt Isolated in spite of the unity thus es- tablished. in managers of all in- NO CHANGE IN THE MEXICAN SITUATION Expedition Seeking Villa Remains at a Standstill. Washington, from the bor April 19.—Despatches r or from Mexico today contained no word of elopments changing the situation expedi- tion seeking Villa is at a standstill, apparently, ~ concentrated at _points where General Pershing and General Funston believe they are best proteci- ed_against whatever may come. The only messages reccived, the sub- stance of which was made public were of a reassuring nature. A consular despatch said General Pershing’s de- sire to change the location of his most advanced base near Parral had met With no opposition by the Carranza authorities. General Pershing is un- derstood to have desired to establish his base at that point to make com- munication with the rear guard less difficult. State department officials pointed out that while the site of this new base was not revealed, it was to be nearer than the »ld one to Parral, the town where the Americans were fired upon last week by Carranza soldiers or civilians, GATHERING EVIDENCE OF VILLA'S DEATH Officials at Mexico City Give Cre First Reports. Mexico Ci April 19.—According to messages received here, evidence con- firmatory to the d=ath of Francisco Villa is being slowly gathered. Offi- cials are now more disposed to zive credit to the first reports of the find- ing of the grave of the bandit. One report today said that the Indians who had ed for Villa during his last illness had been located and deposi- tions taken. According to these affi- davits Villa dfed of blood poisoning. At the foreign office full credit is at- tached to the statements of these In- dians. —t—a FIFTEEN CIVILIANS EXECUTED AT CHIHUAHUA Were Concerned in Villa Plot to Seize the Garrison. El Paso, April 19.—General Gavira, were in the presence of an armed ship of the enemy, amnd the lives of non- combatants, passengers and crew have been destroved wholesale and in a manner which the government of the United States cannot but regard as wanton and_without the slightest col- or of justification. No limit of ‘any kind has in fact been set to their in- discriminate pursuit and destruction of merchantmen of all kinds and nation- alities within the waters which the imperidl government has chosen to designate as 1ying within the seat of war. Hundreds of. Lives of Americans Taken The roll of Americans who have lost their lives upon ships thus attacked and destroyed has grown month by month until the ominous toll has mounted into the hundreds. United States Has Been Very Patient. The government of the United States has been very patient. At every stage of this distressing experience of trage- dy after tragedy it has sought to be governed by the most thoughtful con- (Continued on Page Two) commander of the Juarez garrison, re- ceived a message from General Gutier. rez, military governor of Chihuahua, stating that fifteen civilians concernaed in a Villa plot to seize the Chihuahua garrison were executed by the firing squad_today. Another despatch.to General Gavira stated that General Luis Herrera with a large force of men was proceeding to Parral to take charge of the situa-- tion there. e CONFESSED MURDER OF NINE YEARS AGO Martin V. Donnelly Tolls Pawtucket Police. Pawtucket, R. April 19.—Confes- fon that he had shot and killed his brother-in-law, Willlam Ross, In New Story to York, nine years ago, was made to the local police by Martin V Donnelly to- day. Ross, a street sweeper, he sald, had abused his wife, and Donnelly shot a street He will be sent back to New him down at his work on corner. York. Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. Solons Grave as |General Scott is President Speaks TELLING OF DEMANDS MADE IN NOTE TO GERMANY. —Simply Gave Information of Action He Had Taken—Congressman Mann Only One to Ascribe It to Politics. Washington, April 19. — President Wilson's long-expepcted final warning to Germany that the United States will break off diplomatic relations un- less she abandons her present methods of submarine warfare and immediately declares her intention to do 80, was delivered today in a note to Berlin and was announced by the president in an address to a joint session of congress. The president demands nothing less than the abandonment of submarine warfare against commerce. Both the president's address and the American note deciare in unequivocal terms that only by Germany acceding to the demand can the absolute break- ing off of relations be prevented. Next Steps Depend Upon Germany. The president considers that the next step depends solely upon Germany and that three or four days constituee a reasonable time for a reply. He is willing to discuss how submarine war- fare may be conducted within the lim- its of international law and humanity after Germany abandons her present methods. Diplomatic history records but one instance as yvet where a breaking of 15 between two first class pow- s not eventually brought war— ich now exisis between Ger- that many and Italy. Mann Alone Attacked President. w received the president’s of his course with mixed f concern and approbation. e leaders, democratic and republican, thought the president hardly could do less, and some ex- pressed the opinion that his action would not lead to war. Republican Leader Mann, alone of all the oppo- sition leaders, openly attacked the ident for his stand. He character- ized it as a political play. No Opportunity for Double Meas on evidences Most of 9. President Wilson's words leave no opportunity for double meaning. In his address to congress he said: “I have deemed it my duty to say to the imperial German government that if it is still its purpose to prose- cute relentless and indiscriminate warfare * * * * the government of the United States is at Jast forced to the conclsion that there is but one course it can pursue; and that unless the im- perial German government should now immediately declare and effect an abandonment of its present methods of warfare against passenger and freight carrying vessels this government can have no choice but to sever diplomatic relations altogether.” When the president had finished reading he looked up and, seeing Sena- tor Stone’s grave face, said: “You look as sad as I feel The chalrman’s response was to in- quire of the president if he had told them all he had to say. The confer- ence thus ended. Gravely Quiet Solons The word of the president's plan spread quickly through congress and when he took his place at the clerk's desk in the hall of the house promptly at 1 o'clock he was confronted by an assembly of gravely quiet senators and representatives who greeted him with applause and later hung intently upon every word he uttered and cheered him heartily when he finished. Asked Nothing of Congress. The president asked nothing of con- gress: he came only to inform it of his action. He did it in 15 minutes and congress went back to work solemnly impressed with the situation which confronts the country. The scene had been dramatically human. The presi- Going to Border TO GATHER INFORMATION FOR WAR DEPARTMENT. TO ADVISE SEC'Y BAKER General Funston is to Remain in Su- preme Command on the Border—No Decision as to Withdrawal of Troops Expected for a Week or Ten Days. Washington, April 19.—No decision as to withdrawal of American troops from Mexico is expected for a week or ten days unless there are new out- breaks against the forces in Mexico to compel immediate action. This was made clear today when Secretary Ha- ker_dispatched Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff, to the border as his personal representative to make a complete report on the military prob- lems confronting General Funston. The administration’s final action on General Carranza’s suggestion that the expedition be recalled probably will se based largely on what is shown in this report. General Scoit, who left Wash- ington tonight, hardly will be able to make the round trip and complete his observations in less than ten day: Gen. Scott to Gather Informaticn. Secretary Baker described General Scott's mission as being to assemble complete information as to the border situation for the use of the depart- ment. He also will establish a per- sonal touch with that situation for the secrétary, of which Mr. Baker has felt need in ‘advising the administra- tion as to the military aspects of the mself explained that ©s of the secrotary by he would be “ on the border. aide, Lieutenar Michie, of the reach General t San An riday evening Funston to Remain in Charg Mr. Baker laid stress in his an- nouncement n the fact that General Funston still is in the supreme com- mand of the border sitvation and ex- peditionary forces and will remain so. He said the department fully approved every step General Funston had taken and that General Scott was going only because it had seemed desirable to get a clearer view than was possible by means of official reports. In the meantime state department officlals will take up consideration of | what reply they shall make to the Carranza note urging the withdrawal of the American forces. Some ques. tions involved in that note can be worked out before the military situa- tion fnally is reported. It is under- stood .his work will be started tomor- Tow, the German situation having oc- cupied the attention of officials to the exclusion of other matters for some days. General Scott's orders permit him to go where he thinks advisable along the border or into Mexico with the troops to obtain the close and accur- ate knowledge of the situation wanted by Secretary Baker. He said tonight before leaving that he had no present intention of going beyond the border. xas, next INCREASE IN CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR IN ENGLAND Caused by “Pace” at Which the Coun. try is Living. London, April 19.—The increase in the consumption of sugar in England since the war points n equivalent increase in the “pace” at which the country is living and working, says the medical expert of the London Times. He explains “From the point of view of the phy- siologist, one of the most striking re- ports issued recently was that dealing with sugar consumption during the fir: year of the war. eople who failed to grasp the sig- nificance of the figures spoke in a pained way about a lack of national dent’s demeanor reflected his state of mind and an impartial observer would readily say the demeanor of congress as a whole reflected its sympathy, NO NEW DEMAND FOR WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS Carranza Agents at Washington Denies Published Reports. Washington, April 19—Mr. Aree- dondo, ambassador-designate, epecific- ally denied published reports that he had received instruction from General Carranza to present a new demand for withdrawal of the troops or to press for an early reply to the note he pre- sented last week. He called on Secre- tary Lansing to call attention to re- ported activities of Antonio Villareal in American border towns toward fost- ering a new revolutionary movement in Mexico. Mr. Areedondo told the secretary that Villareal was in hiding in Laredo, Texas, and that he was en- deavoring to raise an expedition for an invasion of Mexico in support of Villa. Mr. Lansing directed that the atten- tion of the department of justice be called to the matter. REPORT OF PLOT TO BLOW UP NEW YORK WATER SYSTEM Spread When Twenty Detectives Started Toward Mount Kisco. New York, April 19.—Concurrent wit a report that a plot had been dis- covered to blow up a part of the New York water system at Mount Kisco, north of the city, twenty detectives in automobiles left police headquarters shrotly after 4 o'clock today bound in that direction. They wore dispatch- ed by Deputy Police Commissioner Lord, who said he could not discuss the report until he had consulted with Commissioner Woods. Commissioner Arthur Woods declar- edthe trip of the detectives was “mere- ly in furtherance of the department's steps for preparedness.” “We wanted to see how long 1t would take the detectives to get to work in_case it should become neces- saly,” added the commissioner. Movements of Steamships. Klrkw.lh April 17.—Arrived: steam- er gscu.r , New York for Christian- sand. Spezia. April 18.—Arrived: steamer Stampalia, New York. New York, April 19.—Salled: gteam- er New Liverpool. conscience and efforts were made to preach economy. Nobody pointed out that the high consumption of sugar was due directly to the fact that war had whipped up the activities of every man, woman and child in_the country so that even at a much higher price, sugar was worth the money. “The simple truth that one may in- fer from the demand from sugar is that the whole rate of life has been quickened In this country. Sugar is the fuel of activity and in activity more and more sugar is burned. In England, and indeed all over Eurove, men are now living at a greater rate than in times of peace. Civilization, if you will, is going the pace; and for the pace sugar is essential no matter what the price may be.” BARGE HELD UP U. S. TORPEDO BOAT Permitted to Proceed After Examin- tion—No Explanation. Bridgeport, Conn., April 19.—The captain of the steam barge Alva, own- ed by the Frank Miller Lumber com- pahy of this city, reported to Harbor Master Lamond on arriving here to- night that his vessel had been held up and searched off Whitestone, L. L. to- day by a United States torpedo boat. The vessel, he said, was cleared for action and gave peremptory orders to stop. After a thorough search of the barge and its cargo, he sald, the Alva was permitted to proceed with no ex- lanation. 85" have been in this part of the Souna It s known that torpedo boats 49 and recently and members of crews of oth- er boats havo reported that both were cleared for action. What their object is i3 a puzzl in local shipping circles. It is not known that any other boat than the Alva has been stopped 8o far. TROUBLE AT AMERICAN GRAPHAPHONE CO. PLANT Revolvers Fired and Employes Hooted and Hissed. Bridgeport Conn., April 19.—Trouble began this evening at the strike of 600 pressmen at the plant of the American Graphaphone company here. A big crowd assembled as the day force was leaving the plant and after hooting and hissing, some revolvers were fired. One man was arrested, but, it is said, no wapons was found on him. No one was injured and the police guickly Aisnars- ed the crowd. yourer a1l speiter in the American market. pelled from the University of Loulsi- ana. Star liner Lapland arrived at New York from Liverpool. will be payable in Mexian gold coin on an after April 30, at a hotel in at Dover( Del., by the Hammond Arms Co., capital $25,000,000. for alleged violation of the anti-trust act was opened in Chicago. ship Michigan have been declared de- fective and ordered removed. Dakota gained heavily as a result of Tuesday’s municipal elections. 000 bar gold and shipped 200,000 pounds in sovereigns to the Continent. Condensed Telegrams ine Rheaul, aged 192 is GERMANS ADVANCE IN BAYONET CHAR Capture a Stone Quarry to the Northwest of Vordul; : . But Suffer Heavy Casualties France buying prime western Twelve student hazers have been ex- ok Bringing 214 puassengers, the Red Al duf on imports into Mexico Yzaak Vandenburg a prominent res- dent of Baitimore, committed sulcide ew York. b- e EU 5 Articles of incorporation were filed ARTILLERY IS ACTIVE WEST OF THE M E S ¥ AtLuEsp-rgufl:eCermmEnWedFrenchTund:aOlai Front of 200 Yards, But Were Immediately Expelled— Artillery Duels Are in Progress on the Russian Front— Italians Have Captured Monte Fume Pass From the Aus- trians—Another Defeat for the Turks in the Region of Erzerum is Announced—Premier Asquith Has Post- poned Until Next Tuesday His Statement About Con- scription. 3 The trial of the Quaker Oats Co., All the 12-inch guns on the battle- The cause of prohi ion in South The Bank of England bought 307.- Damage of $50,000 was caused in the Heidleberg, Pa., plants of the Aet- na Chemical Co., by an explosion. Dr. Walter T. Holmes, for twenty years a practitioner of dentistry at New Haven, died there, aged 45 years. The New Central Railroad has 1ift- ed its embargo on freight shipments established several days ago at Toledo. The Germans near northeast of Verdun, in a bayonet at- tack in which heavy casuaities were inflicted on the French, have captured a stone quarry, around which they gained a footing Monday. There has been considerable artil- lery activity west of the Meuse on Hill 304 and the French first lines be- Carrying 15,000 bags of ma tween Dead Man H Cumieres record, the American fLine sicamer|At Les Esparges the Germans, after New York sailed from New York for |ihree woeks, entered French tremches Liverpool. |on a front of about 200 yards, but were immediately expelied from them, suf- fering serious losses. Artillery duels are stil! in progress Russian_front, but there has been no important change in positions. A Russian attack against Austrian po- tions on the upper Sereth River, in Galicia, was repulsed. The Itallans nave captured Monte Fume Pass from the Austrians and taken the extreme western peak of Monte Ancora, wher: the Austrian Haudremont, | trenche: oo were shattered with heavy ualties to their occupants. Still another defeat to the Turks in the region of Erzerum is recorded by the Russians. Near Aschkala the Russians in a nizht attack captured strongiy orzanized hills and inflicted severe casualties on the Turks, who Jhundreds of dead on the field of tle. The Treasury Department has in- creased its premium on war risk in surance to England from 1 1-4 to 2 per cent. ! and rent’s position with re= gard to conscription. The premier has told the house of commons that unless the disacreement among the members {of the caoinet can b ably settied iere will be 2 break-up of the coalle tion ministry. The reply of Great Britain and France to the American government's protest acainst their interference with maritime commerce has been cabled to_Washington. protested The House voted to insist in confer- ence on its free sugar repeal bill in- definitely postponing suspension of the sugar import tax. An cight-day campaign held in New Brunswick, N. J.. to raise $150,000 for a new Y. M. C. A. building, clcsed with $175,000 pledged. Greece has _ formally against the use by the entente powers uvela Bay, Island of Crete, for a naval base. . The morning newspapers of Bes do not refer in any manner to relations with the United States or to the ex- pected American note. DUTCH GOVERNMENT bROHIBITS THE EXPORT OF SHIPS Bill Passed in Parliament With No Se- rious Opposition. WOLFE VON IGEL MUST STAND PROSECUTION. Decided That No Diplomatic Immunity Stands in the Way. Effective May 1, the United States Steel Coropration announced another increase in the wages of its employes, amounting to 10 per cent. Emperor William donated $25,000 to the relief associations enzaged in re- building Bast Prussian towns destroy- ed in the Russian invasion. The Hague, Netherlands, April 19.—| Washington, April 19—The attorney A bill to prohibit the export of ships— | general's office s understood to haye also thelr chartering except by gov-|decided to prosecute Wolfe Von Igel ernment consent—has just passed both | Captain Von Papen's former % chambers of the Dutch parllament, | who was arrested yesterday in. New where it met with no sericus opposi- | York on an indictment charging him tion. with conspiring to blow up the Wel- Holland's supply of essential neces- [land canal, notwithstanding the Gere sities from overscas has been endan- |man ambassador's request that Ves gered, for in present circumstances |Igel be relcased she is forced to depend practically en-| Counsellor Poik of the state depart- tirely on her own merchant ficet. and | ment yesterday advised the department Dutch shipowners have been tempted | of justice to free the prisoner unless by fancy prices and safer waters else the offense was committed before he where to charter their boats for became a member of the embassy staff. tirely foreign services, as, for instance, | As the crime s alleged to bave bees in the traMic New 'York-Marseilles, | committed in September, 1914, while New York-Australia, Chile-North | Von Igel was not registered as an America ana North-South America. | embassy employe until December, 1915, Even of the Dutch ships Which do | the legal branch of the government f continue to trade the home ports a|said to have concluded that no diplos 8oodly proportion are engaged in sup- | matic immunity stands in the way of plying Belgium, through the commis- | his prosecution. sion for relief in Belgium. Morcov In fact, some officials contend that the longer averase voyages owing 15 | clerks or secretaries of em at. the closing of the Baitic and Black | taches, even though formaily registersd Seas, and the Increased length of the |as guch, enjoy no immunity. - Yoyage 1o the Far East round the| Tt has been reported that the state Cape of Good Hope. have all contrib- department was consulted before Vom uted to decrease shipping room. Igel was indicted and officlals of the department of justice have made It clear that they would be guided em= On top of all this comes the sale of ships abroad, tempted by trebled tirely by the wishes of the state de- department in respect to the case. and more than trebled prices. Ac- Syrding to figures presented to the chamber by the minister in charge of | ¢ ¥ fleet decreased between Aug. 24 rested will be returned to the Germam and February 10, 1916, b; embassy. Secretary Lansing today ms- sured Count Von Bernstorff that this would be dome, after the latter hd over 400 tons, and totalling 104,000 tons, and increased by only 12 ships of called at the state depaatment and emphasized his demand of yi 38,000 tons, thus experiencing a de- that the papers be returned. These cline on balance of 19 ships and 66,- 000 tons In less than six months. When to these figures are added the numer- | bapers wiich embassy o) Mmost anxious to recover, are said to be partly in code and their examifiae ous losses by mine and torpedo in the short intervening period it will be tion would reveal the key to the Ger- man official cipher. About 1,000 employes of the Henry R. Worthington pump plant at iTarri- son, N. J. went on strike for more pay and shorter working hours. A severe earthquake, estimated to have occurred 4,200 miles from Wash- ington ,and lasting 50 minutes, was re- corded at Georgetown University. Forty grave diggers at St. Raymond cemetery, West Chester, L. I, returned to work, having been granted an ir. crease of 25 cents a day Lu pay. An American hospital train, recent- ly pesented to the French army, ar- rived In Paris wita a load of wound- ed on its first trip from the front. According to the British Board of Trade, 3,117 non-combatants have lost their lives during the war in maritime disasters caused by mines or subma- rines. Major General Leonard Wood, former chief of staff and now commander of the Eastern department conferred with Secretary Baker and Major General Scott. Senate democrats in confarence de- cideq to enact into law the house bill repealing the provision in the Under- wood-Simmons tariff law which would have placed sugar on the free list May 1, 1916, Senato- Phelan, dem., of Calif, to- day introduced a joint resolution to re- affirm the belief of the United States in peaceful scettlement of international easily seen how serious the position disputes was becoming. Henceforth no permission for the sale of ships will granted unless it is shown that the vessel in que: cannot be profitably used and tha new ship for replacement is ready. Some demur was made in parlisment to the inclusion of ships building in the busy Dutch yards under the bill, as endangering the shipbuilding in- dustry, which is just now so prosper- ous. The minister stuck to his point, however. Permission to export suc new ships will only be given where it is shown that the vessel was destined for abroad from the very commence- ment_of its construction and where the Dutch merchantile fleet is mot in definite need of a ship of this sort. In order to save light and fuel, the French Chamber of Deputiss uaani- mously voted to set back the clock in France one hour during the coming summer. VON BERNSTORFF SENDS LONG DESPATCH TO BERLIN Believed to Advise That the United States Means Just What It Says. Governor Stuart of Virginia mixed his dates and arrived at !arrisburg, Va.. to address a meeting of the Rock- ingham Farmers' Association, schedul- ed for May 18. Washington, April 19.—Count Bernstorfl, the German ambassador, sent to Berlin tonight a long d interpreting the situation in Washing- ton and making certain tions. He is understood to have vised his government that he beu-=l the United States meant just what i said in its submarine note aund that something would have to be done quickly is friendly relations were to continue. The ambassador himself, ha read the address of the president secretaryotaevh noeinow is the time £ the note, said: “I can make no comment either up- on the address or upon the communi- cation which has been sent to my country> : However, he was authoritativey @es~ scribed as having advised the Berlin forelgn office in the message sent to- - night that he belleved at least some such declaration as that made regarde ing the conduct of submarine in the Mediterranean Sea should be ise. sued immediately to cover all submae rine operations. 3 PTOMAINE POISONING FROM EATING LIMBURGER CH! Three Young Children Are Sick at Meriden. Meriden, Conn., April 19.— Miller and his three children, G Rosalle and Joseph, 7, 5 and 4 respectively, are confined to their as the result of ptomaine P from eating limburger cheese evening. The three ohildren were conscious until five otlock this ing, while the younzest child from convulsions. All are recover according to the sted for disorderly conduct in New York City as he was trying to sell $10 bills for $1 each. He had not made a sale when arrested. of unknown origin destroyed the grain_elevator of the C. A. Gambrill Mfg Co. at Ellicott City, Md., together with 15,000 bushels of wheat. The loss was estimated at $200,000. BRITISH CABINET CRISIS NOW LESS ACUTE Hopeful Feeling That Breakup of Gov- ernment Will be Avoided. One man was killed and the rest of the crew narrowl escaped death when the tug James McDonough was sunk at the Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, by the wash of a passing steamship. Stockholders of the Atlas Powder Co. at a meeting at Wiimington, Del.. vot- ed to increase the preferred stock $: 00,000 and the common stock $5,000,000, making the total capital §20,000,00. A bill providing that prietors of public places and railrond carriers who discriminate against United States sol- diers because of their uniforms may be fined up to $500 was adopted by the Senate. London, April 19, 10.32 p. m.—After the ministerial conferences this even- ing a more hopeful feeling that the breakup of the government will be avoided prevailed in the parliamentary lobbles. It was based on nothing tanz- ible, however, and the general opinion among the public, owing to the unex- pectadly grave nature of Premler As- quith’s statement in the house of com- mons, s that the liife of the ministry hands by a thread. CROWDS MAKE ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATION AT TORREON Carranza Troops Wers Employed in Dispersing Qatherings. Torreon, Mexico. April 1S, via El Paso Junction, April 15 —Carranza troops were employed today in dais- persing crowds that had gathered fur ag anti-American demonstration. Proc- lamations had been iksued at Torreon, Laredo and Gemez Pnlacio, calling on “all loyal Mexicsns” to meet in a the- Three Grman steamships, interned at Brazil, will be leased to Brazil for for coastal service until the end of the war, if a guarantee of their Immunity of attack or capture by the Alliss is received. Preparedness through physical edu- cation is the general topic to be dis- cussed by the delegutes attending the 234 annual convention of the Ameri-|atre at Gomez Palacio to discuss steps can Physical Bdueation Association |to be taken against the American in- ‘which &t Cincinnati, O., today. ! vaders. *