Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 24, 1916, Page 1

Th i i HEAVY BA VARIOUS SECTIONSE ", ’ Fighting is Reported in Progress in All the War The- atres Except the Balkans A | | GERMANS TAKE TRENCHES SOUTH OF HAUCOURT ! Paris Records the Taking of Several German Posts in the Av. oncourt Wood—Hill 304 bardment by the Teutons—Italians Have Captured 360 Metres of Austrian Trenches Near Selz—Four Vessels Have Been Sunk by Submarines, an Italian Steamer, a French Bark and Two British Steamers. e ! Battles of heavy Dproportion have ibeen in progress in all the war thea- ters except the Balkans. Successes ! for the entente allies and the Teutonic | allles have varfed. Four vesselsan | Jtalian steamer, a French bark and ytwo British steamers—are reported to have been sunk by submarines. All their crews are believed to have been saved. On the Verdun front where for two -months the Germans and French have been almost continually in battle, the Germans, according to an estimate of the French war office, up to April 22 had used thirty divisions, or about 600,000 men, in the fighting or in re- inforcing units which suffered heavy i | _ The Germans claim the capture of | French trenches in the Verdun region | southeast of Haucourt and west of | Dead Hill, while Paris records 'lha taking of several German posts jin the Avoeourt ‘ood. 'Hill 804 is | . Artillery duels have | everywhere featured the fighting in } France and Belgium, being particular. .1y severe on the Belgian sector be- \tween Nieuport and Dixmude and i south of the Somme, where the French : the French artillery has concentrated its fire on German trenches. Trenches taken by the Germans from the British on the Langemarck- Ypres road have been evacuated ow- is Again Under Heavy Bom- Cabled Paragraphs $1,000,000 Gift to Greece. Athens, via Paris, Apuril 23.—Pre- mier Skouloudis, who is wealthy, has glven $1,000,000 io the-atats, this be- apparen {lies of the sum due the fam- and unpaid on account of an empty treasury. FLOODS IN THE TIGRIS ARE OBSTRUCTING BRITISH Last Week’s Fighting Was Serious and of Varying Fortune. London, April 23, 8.30 p. m—Floods in the Tigris region are proving a formidable obstacie to the advance of the British relief force. General Gorringe, in another attack this morn- ing on the strong Sannai Yat position on the north bank of the river, met the same fate as in a similar attack on April 8. The British succeeded in penetrating the second line Turkish trenches but were unable to maintain the positions galned in the face of a Turkish counter-attack. Nothing is said in the Turkish official statement about the losses but it is feared these were serious. Last week's fighting on the south bank of the river, which also was se- riows and of varying fortune, had given General Keary's forces an ad- vantage of about two miles and it had been hoped that this success would held General Gorringe to break through on the ‘Aorth bank. Aecord- ing to the official despatch General Keary’s forces were unable to make much progress in today's battle. ing to the floods, which made their consolidation impossible. The Germans are still using their big guns against the Ikskull bridge- head on the Russian front and far- ther south have repulsed a Russiaa attack in the Lake Narocz region. The annihilation of a German scouting party near Lake Vygonovskoye and the destruction of an Austrian post north of Czartoryzk are told of in the Petrograd official communication. Ten an aeroplanes have bombed the Russian aviation station on Osel Isl- and in the Gulf of Riga at the en- trance to the Baltic Sea. The Italians and Austrians have fought a sanguinary- engagement o5n the Carso front near Selz in which the Italians captured 60 metres of Austrian trenches and took a number of prisoners and a quantity of rifies and other war stores. ‘While the Russians report that in the Caucasus_region near Aschkala, fifty miles of. Erzerum, they have cap- tured an independent sector of the Turkish position, Constantinople says that south of Bitlis the Turks have defeated the Russians and sent them in retreat toward Bitlis. In_an en- gagement east of Mush the Russians were again forced to retreat. An at- tempt of the Russians to debouch south from Trebizond was stopped by the Turks. Jighting is in prosress between the Turks and a Russian de- tgchment which landed on the Black Sea coast ten miles west of Trebizond. A NARROW ESCAPE FOR THE RUSSIAN EMPEROR From Bombs Dropped by an Austrian Alrman as Cz: Reviewed Troops. Berlinfi April 23.—(Via Wireless to Sayville)—A narrow escape for Em- -peror Nicholas of Russia from death or serious injury by bombs dropped by an Austrian airman during a recent visit of the emperor to a southern sec- tor of the Russian line is reported In Stockholm advices received by the rseas News Agency. “The emneror was reviewing the troops with General Brussiloff (com- mander of ‘he Russian forces on the scuthwestern front) when suddenly an_Austro-Hungarian flier appeared and dropped numerous bombs which landed among the troops. who fled in wild disorder,” says the News Abency statement. “The emperor, accomding to reports, was hurt and had 2 nar- row escape, the incident causing him entirely to loss his self-possession. In consequence, the reports add, Gener- al Brussiloff was bitterly reproached and Gene Ivanoff was recalled to the southwestern front headquarters. ‘The TRusslan official statement of Awril 14 told of an attack by a hos- tile airman upon Ivanatz, on the Tmiecter river in Galicia. Emperor Nicholas was reviewing troops at Ivantz. at the time of the attack and according to the statement, decorated with fourth class Order of St. George a sentinel who had been wounded by bombs dropped by the aviator. KENTUCKY PROGRESSIVES INSTRUCT FOR ROOSEVELT Made Certain at District Conventions Held Saturday. Tonisville. Kyv. Aoril 23.—The en- tire Kentucky delezation to the pro- gressive nr-fonal convention at Chi- cago will be instructed to suppows Theodore Roosevelt for the nomina- tion for the presidency. This is made certain by returns ;"em district conventions held Satur- lay. BRITISH FAIL IN EFFORT TO ADVANCE AT KUT-EL-AMARA A Contracted Front Necessary MBe- i cause of Flood Conditions. Tondon, April 23. 5.50 p. m—Furth- er efforts by the British to advance on the Tigris toward Kut-el-Amara have been futile, the failure this morn- ing on the Turkish lines at Sannai Yat being attributed, in an official state- ment this afternoon, largely to flood conditions which necessitated an ad- vance over a very contracted front. OBITUARY. Edward M. Armstrong. New_ Haven, Conn. April 23 —Ed- ward M. Armstrong, head of the M. |Armstrong Carriage company here, ‘died at his home early this morning .of apoplexy, aged 69. He was promi- nent in Masonic circles and attained the 33rd degree inh 1899. ! Miiford Carpenter Suicides. Milford, Conn., April 23—Word was received here today 'of the suicide at Bridgepert this morning of Charles D. , & local carpenter. He swal- His wife and eisht ; Movements of Steamships. New Yorl April 23.—Arrived: Vasilefs Constantinos, Pira- o kit o st it e R T ITALIAN STEAMER SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE Lloys ‘Announces Sinking of French and British Ships. London, pril 23, 5 p. m.—The TItalian steamer Toseph Agost Tcherzec has been sunk by a .German submarine. The crew was landed. Llyods annournces that the Frank bark Chanaral, of 2,476 tons gross, was torpedoed on Saturday morning. The crew is believed to have been saved. The captain and sixteen hands of the British steamer Feliciana, 4,277 tons gross, have been picked up by a steamer. according ‘o ta Lloys report. Search is being made for the remaind- er of the crew. The Feliciana is a total loss. Another report says that all of the crew have been saved. The PBritish steamer Trogantle, of. St. Ives, 3,090 tons, has been suak, a TJoyds announcement states. All of the crew were saved. A sicamer Josesef Agost Fohercheb, owned by the Austrian Ley com- rany. limited, of Fiume, is listed in the maritime records, which, however. do not report her recent movements She was a vessel of 2,680 tons gross. built in 1904. The steamer Foliciana arrived in London on March 11 from Philadel- phia, which port she left on February 22. 'There is no record of her subse- quent movements. AMERICAN TROOPS ARE_ TO REMAIN IN MEXICO Until De Facto Government Has De- monstrated Its Ability to Curb Brig- andage. ‘Washington, April 23.—Beyond formal announcement °today President Wilson had approved the that a troops in Mexico. there was a plain intimation tonight that the Washing- ton government had determined to maintain a military status quo be- vond the horder until the Mexican de facto government has demonstrated its_ability to capture or crush Villa and his adherents and prevent repeti- tion of the Columbus raid. In the interim it is understood the American troops will be so placed as safeguard the border towns by vir- tnally policing the area south of the line where General Carranza has been heretofore unable to .check bandit op- erations. Sechetary Baker announced the ap- proval of the redisposition plan after consulting with the president today over a joint report submitted by Ma- Jor General Funston and Major Gen- eral Scott. chief of staff, in confer- ence on the border. The plan was | proposad bv General Funston and con- curred in by General Scott. OVER 1000 LIVES LOCT WHEN CHINESE STEAMER CANK. After a Coliision With a South of Chusan Islands. Shanghal, April 23.—Over a thous- and soldiers and men of the crew of the steamer Hsin-Yu were lost when the steamer sang after a collision with the cruiser Hai-Yung Saturday even- in= south of the Chusan Islands. The steamer, acting as a_transport, was taking troops to Foo Chow. The collision occurred during a thick forg and only one forelgn engincer, twenty soldiers and nine sailors out of six foreigners and over a thousand sol- diers and members of the crew were saved. A British cru.l; of the Essex type ‘was reported in the Guif of Mexico, off Galveston. Tex. plan fer redisposition of the American | GOV. WHITMAN BELIEVES REPUBLICANS WANT HUGHES Says People Have a Right to Insist on His Acceptance of Nomination. Albany, N. Y., April 28.—If the re- publican voters of the nation want Justice Charles E. Hughes as their candidate for president, it is them for to dictate and they have a right to insist that he accept, Governor Whit- man tonight declared in a gtatement in which he reiterated his belief that Justice Hughes was the chaice of the republicans. “I have not conferred with Justice Hughes on the subject and I mean no disrespect to him, when I say that I am not very deeply concerned about his individual desires in the matter,” the statement said. “If the people of this nation belleve that the welfare of the republic_requires his presence in the White House, they have the right to insist that he shall go there. It is for them to decide and not for him and T purpose to do everything in my power at Chicago to assist in the free expression of the cholce which I believe is the sincere and well-nizh universal choice of the members of the republican party. AMERICAN BRANCH OF FRENCH FLYING CORPS Composed of 30 Pilois, -Ali.of--Whom Have Proved Daring. April 23, 1230 a. m.—The parate American volunteer squadrilla of the French flving corps has been constituted and is stationed at a point on the front assigned i: where it is fighting as a separate unit under a French officer. All the avia- tors are equipped with the fastest type of machines, adapted to pursuit, which have proven effective recently against the swiftest German fiiers. The squadrilla numbers more than thirty pilots, all of whom have proven their skill and daring to a point where the general staff decided they should be brought toszether. The French press, commentinz on the organization of the Americans as a separate unit, pays tribute daring skill and devotion to suit which has earned the honor of independent collective mission front. Paris, first an at the ITALIAN DESEHTER MUST RETURN TO Came to Beston as a Stowaway— Probably Will Be Shot. ITALY Boston, April 23.—By a decision ot the federal depar‘ment of labor an- nounced today Dominic Imbriania stowaway will be sent back to with a prospect, as he believes, ing shot as a deserte rom the army of that count: is 24 rs old. He ar Cretic from rived at t port on the Naples February 11 and with four other stowa- customs guards while ape from the ship at night. vecial board of d that he had served in ing the Austrian frontier with his father and two brothers in the present war and that he had been slightly wounded twice so he determ- ired 11 flee to this countrv and conceal himself on the Cretic. The board de- cided he must be deported. Imbriani s the TO COMMAND PLATTSBURGH SUMMER INSTRUCTION CAMPS Major Harry H. Bandholtz cf 13th U. S. Infantry Appointed. New York, April 21.—The_ appoint- ment of Major Harry H. Bandholtz of the Thirtieth United States Infan- try to command the Plattsburgh, N. Y., summer instruction camps was announced today by Major General Leonard Wood, commanding the de- partment of the east. Major Bandholtz was graduated from West Point and saw service in Cuba and the Philippines. He was successful as a pacifier of Philippine tribesmen and enjoys the distinction of being the only regular army officer ever elected governor of a Philippine province by popular vote, having been i?&’é’“ in the capacity in Tayabas in THIRTEEN CHINESE WERE ARRESTED IN NEW HAVEN On Suspicion That They Had Entered the Country lllegallly. New Haven, Conn., April 23—Thir- teen Chinese were arrested here to- day on suspicion that they had en- tered this country illegally. They are held In bonds of $1,500 each and will be given a preliminary hearing to- morrow before United States Commis- sloner Wright. The arrests were made at the instance of James McGovern, collector of customs at Bridgeport. Six other Chinese were also arrested but they were later released. One of those held in bonds gave his name as Lee Den, of New London. The arrests were made at 106 State street, where, some time agp, a. score or more Chinese were arrested for gambling. inquiry, | TWO SETS OF CANDIDATES FOR NATIONAL CONVENTION BOTH ARE CONFIDENT Supporters of Rocsevelt Have a Com- plete Slate for Primary Vote .l: Tuesday—An Extensive Speaking Campaign Hsa Been Carried on by Advocates of Each Ticket. Boston, April 23—The strugsle be- tween two sets of candidates for the republican national convention dele- gation from this state was viewed with lively interest in political cir- cles tonight in anticipation of the pri- mary vote next Tuesday. Managers of both tickets, including the so-called Roosevelt slate and the unpledged candidates, issued statements express- ing confidence in the outcome of their efforts. v Complete List of Roosevelt Candidates Although Colonel Roosevelt refused TAKEN BY CARRANZA TROOPS NEAR SANTA YSABLEL IN A MOUNTAIN CAVE Three of His Followers Were Taken With Him—All Were in a Starving Condition—There No Intention of Withdrawing Ame ‘ican Troops From Mexico. El Paso, Tex., April 23.—] Villa lieutenant, heid responsible for the murder of seventeen Americans at Santa Ysabel, and who was shot through both legs in the raid on Co- lumbus, N. M., was captured yesterday Carranza forces near the sceme of his crime, accordimg to information received today by General Gabriel G§- vira, commandant at Juarez. This news was contalned in messages from the Mexican government operator at Santa Ysabel, who said that he had himself seen It was hoped in- &ammrapu,whwwammwhcmmhmmmw,w Republicans of Bay Capture of Lopez | Cordensed Teegrams |1y The Ygrog of 5 State in Contest| Villa LiButenant] o e om o sne s Richard o, the Austzian com- pose - Strauss, T ot War- President Wiison nominated J. H. l.ongw v.-m be postmaster at Huntington, Russian ho.-—.nuiv-d an avation ‘when ) o they :.Mul through the streets Much of the 1915 le has not b 12,0 el cop e n the Department of Agricuiture. Jos Les, aged 83, a_ was exe- B ek A P AT at the State Two convicts, Peter Cullen, a “trus- Blng “Sing Drison. Tho men escaped e men separately. A wage increase of 7 per cent to all employes not mebers of any union was announced by the Norfolk & Western Raltlroad Co. Clashin The House OVER LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM FOR REST OF SESSION FILLIBUSTER OF REPUBS. They Want Agriculture Appropriauion Bill Acted Upon Before the Presi- dent’s Special Measu: May Enforce Some Drastio Rules to Quell- Opposition. majority, desirous of carrying ous the wishes of the White House Pushing through 2t shipping to sanction the use of his name, a complete list of candidates who have announced their preference for him has been placed on the ballot for dele- gates at large and In each of the six- teen congressional districts. For del- egates at large Congressman A. P. Gardner, Charles Sumner Bayard, a former progressive nominee for gov- ernor, Former Lieutenant Governor Grafton D. Cushing and State Senator Robert M. Washburn, are the Roose- velt candidates, while the slate of un- pledged candidates consists of Sena- tors Henry Cabot Lodge and John W. Weeks, Governor McCall and Former Senator W. Murray Crane. An Extensive Speaking Campaign Supporters of each ticket have con- ducted an extensive speaking cam- paign and today carried their activi- ties into the advertising columns of the newspapers. It was understood that the Roosevelt campaign commit- tee had also made arrangements for a final appeal by means of telegrams to be sent 0 thousands of voters throughout the state. The names of the candldates will appear on the bal- lot without any designation as to their preference. Minor Democratic Contests. With the exception of some minor contests for district*delegate places, the democratic party situation has af tracted little attention, virtually all matmndlfl]:tx:"lnclww those for del- egates-at-! ‘'ormer Governor Da- vid 1. Waish, 127"1‘- Congressman Joseph H. O'Nelll, Humphrey O’'Sul- livan and Charles B. Strecker—being regarded as favoring the re-nomina- tion of President Wilson. 'In the ab- sence of any democratic contest, some political observers believe that under the present primary system votes of members of that party may figure to 2 considerable extent in the republi- can result, although no decided move- ment of this sort for any particular candidate has developed. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY CONNECTICUT TURNBEZIRKS Declare United States Should Perform Moral Duty Rather Than Technica New Haven, Conn.. April 23.—At the annual convention here today of the Connecticut Turnbezirks (branch of the North American Gymnastic Union). the following resolution was adopted: “That, whatever certain rights of an American citizen might technically be, it is his moral duty to forego tem- porarily their exercise, if themeby the ater zood of the greatest number be served: “We hold the present relations of the United States to be such as to call | the performance of the moral rather than the asertion of tech- 1 rights: T uty a hat we_ make acquaainted the representatives of Connecticut in both houses of congress with these, our s, and reauest them to consider them when called upon to decide the momcntous aiestions that may in the future come before them.” Thke re-olu‘ion was made public by Herman Vater, president of the organ- on_in bernlf of the societies at New Haven, Hartford, Meriden, Wa- terbu New PBritain and Rockville. U. 8. CRUISER TENNESSEE ARRIVES AT CALLAO Delegates Did Not Land Because of Reports of Bubonic Plague. Lima, Peru, April 28.—The United States cruiser Tennessee with Wil- liam G. McAdoo, United States secre- tary of the treasury and members of the international high commission aboard, arrived at Callao today from Chile. Owing to reports of bubonic plague here and ir order not to suffer a long quarantine at Panama, the delegates decided not to land. Only Secretary McAdoo came ashore. He visited President Pardo for a quarter of an hour and then returned on board the cruiser, which probably will sail to- night. General regret is expressed here that the Americans did not visit Lima, where an extensive prograla of festiv- ities had been arranged in their hon- or. CELEBRATION ON WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS TODAY Are to Be Thrown Open to the Chil- dren of Washington. ‘Washington, April 23.—The White House grounds will be the center of the celebration of Easter Monday here fomorrow. The president and Mrs. ‘Wilson have directed that the grounds be thrown apen during the day to the children of Washington for their an- nual egg rolling. The Marine band will furnish music. Mrs., Wilson will have as her special xuoflt&:‘hfi chil- dren of members of the cabinet and other officials, In order to be present, Mr. Wilson had made no ments for the day. ‘The president and his wife attended Faster rervices today at Mrs. Wilson’ church and later motored th e c:ty, witching the Eas| the principal engage- Lopez. fosmation regarding Villa might be ob- tained from Lopez, Three of Lopez's fo}lowers were captured with him, be- in® taken in a mountain cave where they had been hiding in a starving condition. All are being taken to Chi- huahua City. Town Attacked by Manuel Baca. Residents of Santa Tomas aleo noti- fled Gemeral Gavira today that their town was attacked this morning by Manuel Baca, recently reported killed in an engagement with American sol- diers, and fifteen other Villa bandits. They said tha® they defeated and scat- tered the bandits, after killing Baca and scveral others. Body to Be Sent to Juarez. Accompanying the message ywas a re- quest from the residents for informa- tion as to whether they could claim a reward which they understood had been offered for the body of Baca. General Gavira wired instructions to have the body sent to Juarez. Information regarding the capture of Lopez and killing of Baca was for- warded to Mexican Minlster Arredendo at Washington by Consul Garcia. No Intention of Withdrawing Troops. ‘The news from Washington that there was no present intention to with- draw the troops from Mexico was re- ceived with satisfaction by army offi- cers here, although they frankly admit- ted -that they were puzzled by the wording of Secretary Baker's an- nouncement. The words “pending an apportunity for further co-operation with the forces of the de facto govern- ment” were particularly the subject of discussion. Await Readjustment of Railroad Ques- tion. The only co-operation which will rove really effective in the opinion of local officers is the use of the rail- roads, and they assume that Secretary Baker's statement mentions a halt in the Villa pursuit until the rmaiiroad question is adjusted. It is not belleved here that General Funston is considering the establish- ment of a new line of communication which would involve the abapdonment of the Columbus-Casas «Grandes motor trall. CAVALRY ON TABLE LAND 8,000 FEET IN ALTITUDE Came Upon a Canyon Fully a Theu- nd Feet Deep. Field Headquarters in Mexico, April 21, by Aeroplane to Columbus, N. M., April 22—In a week’s riding and foot climbing through the hills and can- yons of the Guerrero district, a cav- alry squadron reported today the dis- covery of much evidence that tha Vil- listas In the northern part of Villa's old territory are thoroughly scattered. They found the influence of these bandits, nevertheless, still strong with fringe of low bushes, several miles long, apparently bordering on the foot of the eastern mountains. The cav- alry veered into these bushes for a search and at their further edge came abruptly upon a canvon, fully a thou- sand feet deep, which shut them off from the mountains. The metsa and the surrounding mountains were yel- low with dead grass, awaiting the coming of spring in the high altitude, but at the bottom of the canyon lay a,long valley, brilliant_in the green of new crops, grass and trees in leaf. A stream ran the length of this val- ley with Mexican adobe dwellings dot- ting its banks at intervals for miles, Most of the canyon sides were inac- cessible but with trails leading up the slope every five or ten miles. The cavalrymen took one of the trails, they noted repeatedly the hoof prints of Mexican ponies, which had ascended this trail. GERMAN CHANCELLOR HAS RETURNED TO BERLIN Assumed That Consideration of Amer- ican Note Has Been Finished. Berlin, pril 25, via Copenhagen to London, Auril 24, 115 a. m.—The im- verial chancellor, Dr. g:;mmm. Hollweg, returned to 1 - ernlno:,‘ which would seem to justify the assumption that the empire’s re- sponsible leaders at Great Headquart- ers finished consNeration of the Amer- fcan note and reached detision con- cerning Germany's reply. What this will be in naturally unknown to any but the highest officials, g NEW YORK'S EASTER PARADE SPOILED BY RAIN e Few Ventured Out In Thelr New Spring Raiment. 2 New York, April 83.—A cold, driz- zling “mxu l;toflerv.:n to::ly ht:uhd to ew ann Uday pu:x:a. Few ventured out in thein Ber. raiment, in the churches, however, were Mrs. Catherine Reddin, ay 1 died at her home at PI(I::::'. P‘:‘ S?e. been a smoker of strong tobacco since girlhood. For the first time in the history of Sing Sing Prison, Good Fri ser- vices were held for the Catholic in- mates of the prison. Capt. Julius Musller, captain of a Philadelphia & Reading coal barge,, comunitted suicide in Philadelphia after his crew had deserted. In sympathy with the National Con- duit & Cable Co. strikers, 250 employes of the Habishaw “Wire Co., at Hastings, N. Y., went on strike. Ernest: Ochlenschlager, aged 19, of Dayton, O, was instantly killed when lightning struck a factory in where he was employed. Lieut. J. M. Hazen, of the Canadian 3 Canadian val Affal has been killed in action. Capt. Edward Davis, 13t h U. 8. Cavairy, the first military attache to serve at the American in Greece, arrived at Athens. According to officers of the Forest Bervice, approximately 7,000 head of el are now roaming the Olympic Pe- ‘ashington. Two floors of the Abbott Alkmloidal Co. factory at Chicago were wrecked by an expliosion, The company was working on a war order. The newly formed Young Women's Rifle Club of the State it, consisting of 10 girls, left Washington for Winthrop, Md., for target practice. Representatives of the Russian Gov- emmment have completed arrangements o purchase tho Fort William, Onmt., Ellnl of the Canadlan Car & Foundry 0. Methodists who attempted to have negro bishops provid for work among negros failed to receive the sanction of the Methodist Epsicpal chureh, at Chicago. Ponnsylvania constabulary were called to the Pittston district to stop rioting btween I. W. W. organizers and members of the United Mine Workers of America. The Spanish Ambassador in Vienna, has informed Princess Natalle of Mon- teiegro, that her husband, Prince Mir- ko, second son of Prince Nicholas, is at'a sanitariym in Vienna. Four Portuguese army aviators who have been learning aviation at the United States training school at San Diego, Cal, have been ordered to France to complete their course. George F. Wills, of Auburn, N. Y., former president of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce, and of the Common Council, died of injuries re- ceived when struck by an atuomobile. Orders were received at the League Island Navy Yard by the commanders of he battleships Connecticut and Kansas to be in instant readiness to sall. Their destigation was not stated. Fireman Frank Cook was killed and Engineer H. W. Anderson seriously injured when they jumped from a Burlington pssenger train near Stew- artsville, Mo., after the boiler explod- ed. Fire destroyed men's student dormitory at the Uni- versity of Jowa, at Iowa City, Mich., causing $350,000 damage, after it had spread to the business section of the city. Arrangements have been made by the British Admiralty and the govern- ment of Newfoundiand whereby the necessary number of veseels will be supplied to take care of the colony's trade. the lowa Union, a “Surprise and indignation” has been caused in the foreign colony of Mexico City by reports of anti- ican demonstrations published in American newspapers, it was said in. a des- patch. Clinton, Mass., was chosen as Turm Verein h uarters for the New Eng- land district of Turn Verein clubs for the coming year at the district con vention that came to a close in Spring- field m. Th the good offices of neutrals Aammm'h it has been made for the com- of way. The mipority, while no threats, is concentrating mzm“-: pears to be a mild filbuster on the agricultural t&nm“m bill and urg. ing consideration of the fortifications or appropriations measure in lieu of the president’s special measure, Efforts to Agree on Programme Fail. Attempts to agree upon a fixed pro- gramme for the session have been fu- tile thus far. Minority Leader Mann says that he Is willing to come to an agreement with the democrats but t “the 'White House can’t tell us Wwe must do,” agd he is waiting for the democrats to make the next move. In the meantime the democrats are havink many conferences in Majority Leader Kitchin's office In an endeavor to reach a working agreement, while on the floor guch agricultural problems as poisoning coyotes, fighting the Hessian fly and preserving the buffalo are be- discussed at length. Democratic Leaders Face Problem. Besides hawing a discontented minor- ity, democratic leaders face a problem within their own ranks on the Philip- pine Bill. The White House, it is un- derstood, favors the measure as amended by the senate, to give the Filipinos freedom in four years, but this does not meet with the united ap. proval of the house democrats. Hence the plan to make the bill a party meas- ure, which has been seriously discussed, Dow seems likely to be atandoned. Many members would like to see the mfin‘ bill brought in before the ppine meazure, but the lesders are not certain that this would be possible. Another week will be required to finish the shipping bill, it is said and unless the debate on the itural bill lasts throughout this week. the Philip- pine measure probadly will be consid- ered next. Contest Over Shipping Bill. ‘Whenever the shipping bill does come Jn, it is certain to precipitate a pro- longed and heated argument. Only a few minor changes will be made in the measure as drawn, it s understood, and vessel owners are determined to train their heaviest guns on several provisions which will be retained, espe- clally those giving the ehipping board power to fix rates and to permit the government to purchase ships. Slow Work on Preparedness. Preparedness measures. which, a few weeks ago, were promised a clear track, are not moving rapidly to completion. The army bill, amended in the senate so as to provide upwards of a million trained men, reposes in the house mili- tary affairs committee, due to the ob- Jection of Mr. Mann to its being sent to conference on the ground that he had not read it. Chairman Hay of the military committee expects to see a rule reported early this week which will send the measure to conference promptly. Senator Chamberlain. chalrman of the eenate military/ affairs committee, belleves international events will have a weighty influence in ftvor of retain- ing many of the army Increase pro- visions of the senate bill. The naval affairs committee still is working quietly on its bill, but it has mnot reached the personnel feature. Marshall Contempt Charges. ‘The house may be asked late this week to pass on the report of the se- lect committee which drafted contempt o against United States Attor- ney Marshall of New Tork. At the time of the Introduction of the report Chairman Moon of the committee sald he would request action on it in about two weeks. The two weeks would be up next Saturday. International Problems. With respect to international prob- lems, the threatened diplomatic break with Germany In particular. both houses are exercising great caution, and no outbreaks of discussion have occur- red since President Wilson's address revealing the government's demand that Germany {mmediately decjare an effect an abandonment of its met of submarine warfare. Administration leaders are keeping In constant touch with the situation both as to Mexico and Germany. Senate Takes Up Rural Credit. Beginning tomorrow the senate will take up the rural credit legislation, which has long been walting for ac- Senator Hollls of New Hamp- GERMAN AEROPLANES ATTACK RUSSIAN AIR STATION Berlin Reports That Very Good Re- sults Were Observed. m— Berlin, via London, April 23, 9.59 p. m—The following official communl- cation was issued today: i d