Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 10, 1916, Page 1

7 , Germans Unable to Advance and French Fail in At- tempts to Expel ‘Invaderg CESSATION IN CANNONADING NORTH OF VERDUN The Only Infantry Exigagement Was a German Attack to the Was Stopped by the French|tio West of Hill 304, Which Curtain of Fire—Teutons Continue to Shell Russians at Ikskull Bridgehead—A Stubborn Turkish Attack in Ar- < Mberty menia Was Put Down by the Russian Forces With Heavy Yot Casualties—Vigorous Artillery Activity on the Macedon- " jan Front is Reported. The French and German forces fighting northwest of Verdun appar- ently for the moment at least are deadlocked, the Germans being unable to advance further and French at- tempts to expel the invaders from captured positions bely unavailing. Fast and northeast of Verdun, where respectively violent infantry attacks and bombardments have character- ized the recent fighting, only intermit- tent cannonading is now going on. only infantry engagement re- p;m anywhere along the French front was launched by the Germans against a French trench to the west of Hill 804, northwest of Verdun. The French, however, brought into play their curtain of fire and the Germans ‘were unable to debouch. The shelling by the G"r!l?i.n%e‘:;fithe Russians at the Ikskull bridgel on the eastern battle line, which has been in progress for many days, still con- tinues. There has been artillery ac- tivity on various other sectors of the Russian front, but no important in- fantry manceuvers have been report- ed. The Russians in Armenla, however, have put down with heavy casualties a stubborn Turk attack and south- eastward, in the region of Mush, driv- en the Ottoman forces from their de- fences in a mountain chain. In addi- tion the Russians operating westward the Persian frontier toward Bag- dad have dislodged ‘L‘l‘le :’;‘H’k! from fortifled positions _and driyen them farther westward. ‘The Gorizia bridgehead and the re- gion around San Martino in the Aus- tro-Itallan theatre have been heavily bombarded. At San Martino, Vienna asserts that the Italians suffered heavy losses through the explosion of an Austrian mine. Bombardments hayve featured the fighting on.the oth- er_sectors of this fromt. Bmtchei received in Paris from are to the effect that there has been vigorous artillery activity on the Macedonian front. An Athens a itch says the Germans and Bul- s in this region have heavily bombarded the village of Mayada, * their shells causing much damage. Semi-official advices from Berlin say that the Turks are rapidly con- structing a railroad through the des- ert lgpunwry to another advance on t. \ SEeT Five batches of sick _and wounded British soldiers from Kut-el-Amara, aggregal 1,073 men, have reached the British headquarters on the Tigris, A hospital ship is proceeding to Kul el-. to take away the remain- der of the sick and wounded. CREW OF CYMRIC SAFE AT BANTRY, Several Suffering from Broken Limbs Sent to Hospital. Bantry, May 9, via London, May 10, 1251 a. m—One hundred and seven members of the crew of the Cymric rrived at Bantry this evening. Several suffeffring from broken limbs were sent to the hospital. “The officers of the Cymric declare that the vessel was torpedoed without A submarine was seen, but it disap- ‘warning. peared immediately after firing the torpedo. ‘The Cymric, ll!hougr badly dam- aged, made her way some hours, but finally sank. Many of the crew, on their arrival here, were barefooted and only par- tially clad. They were provided with ;llomm‘ and given all the care possi- e. A THOUSAND REBELS . . CAPTURED IN IRELAND Have Arrived in Dublin on Their Way « to England. S 7 Dublin, May 10, 12,56 8. m.—A thou- sand rebel prisoners captured in the south have arrived in Dublin on their way to England. The rebels are re- ported to have adopted all serts of ruses to avoid arrest. Several of them were found hiding in coffins in an_understanding establishment. Details of the marriage of Grace Giffard to Joseph Plnunkett, an hour before Plunkett was executed, are pub- lished here. The bride wore widow’s weeds at the ceremony. -The bride’s mother, who had long opposed her daughter marrying Plunkett, ‘was not informed of the marriage until the day after it took place and her daugh- texi: lwn‘lli a whll;;s unkett sett! all his prope: on his wife before he was executerd"’ L N S S A 8COTT-OBREGON CONFERENCE RESUMED ON THE BORDER Unable to Agree About Stay of U. S. Troops in Mexico. Bl Paso, Texas, May 9.—General Juan Amador, Mexican sub- secretary of foreign affairs, General Scott, General Funston and A. J. McQuatters met in the American con- ferees’ car shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon for another conference. Tonight's conference, the fifth held, began shortly after & o'clock, with Geneérals Hugh L. Scott and Frederick Funston and General Alvaro Obregon and Juan Amador, Mexican sub-sec- retary of foreign affairs, taking part. A. J. McQuatters, mining men, who has participated in three other con- ferences was present at the beginning, but withdrew on complaint of the Mexican representatives that his busi- ness connections rendered.his pres- ence undesirable. It 18 understood that General Obre- gon again brought up the subject of a definite date for American troop withdrawal from Mexico. was informed, it is said, ‘American government is firm in its refusal to make this concession. It was suggested to him that in view of the Big Bend raid, under the nose of Carranza troops, the United States could scarcely consider the de facto government as fully capable yet of coping with the bandits. n the fact of this statement, Gen- eral Obregonr is understood to have asked for more lime to consult with | General Venustiano Carranza. General Funston had planned te leave tonight for San Antonia, where at his headquarters in Fort Houston he was to take charge of dispositions that will come with despatch of 8,000 militia and reg- army men to the border. After the conference, however, it was an- that he had postponed his de- Train Derailed on N. & W. thy Ohio, May 9.—A Nor- and Western passenger train was derailed at Mineral Springs, Ohio, near heré, tonight, an engine and four coaches & over an embankment. No one was Killed and no scrious in- Juries are reported, p b e o S Movements of Stemships. Gibraltar, May 8-—Sailed: steamer Ban Glorgie (from Genoa) New York. Genoa, May 6.—Arrived: “steamer ria, New York. % # otterdam, May 8.—Sailed: steamer Nieuw Amsterdam, New. York. Pensions for Survivors of 'Indian Wan ‘Washingto: SOME COAST ARTILLERY COMPANIES ORDERED OUT In Plan to Reinforce Gen. Funston's Patrol Along the Border. ‘Washington, May 9.—The followin; coast artillery companies ordered Dlxgt for federal service are: 127th, Galves- ton: 164th, New Orleans; 27th, Pensacola, Fla; Ga.: 31st, Fort Caswell, and 60th, Fort Oglethonpe, Ga.:. 11: Delaware River, Fort Dupont, iland‘iMo!t; 103d, Fort Howard, M; n mdse;:‘rettary an.kt fer said these orders ot result from an; repo: from the border but );':reewmme;u: plated in the decision early today to reinforce /General Funston’s patrol. Secretary Baker announced the de- cision to draw on the coast artillery, virtually only the available regular troops left north of the border, after a the war department late be"u‘ld the ::;vsn ‘compan- rawn - from- all alol &e&:‘::n ttothalveaton to Delnvl;‘e! no post woul X ¢ a sufficient Slfl'llomu Ty mnom The secretary nounced the o € . at the corner of l{nddw an South Main streets. The little fad ran across the street directiy in the path ?‘f‘ the Ji;.:e{a;ye witnesses say. Dj Ciampo With a o gt out bonds at the —_— For Regulation of Cotto, n Futures. Washington, May 9. —Regulation of cotton future contracts was proposed today by Senator Smith, of South Car- olina, in an amendment to the Agri- coltural appropriation bill, meet the decision Federal eourts that stitutional ure. the law is uncon- Se a revenue meas- —— Arrested on Murder Charg Lynn, Mass,, i Palentsa Giovannio Former Hotel Propristor Suivides. . Norwalk, ‘May 9.—Word + Py £ o he hopr B 05 Angeles, ..of James 1 | ate of the Syracuse, N. Y. high TR The commission made public in con- tion with its incement a letter Gregory, called attention to price that have - followed other wage ad- vances in the past, and said: - “In view -of these facts, I take the of sugg that if the ad- authority of section 6 of the act cre- ating it, institute a searching investi- 8 increase price may be based, including the re- lation between any increase in the cost of production due to advance of wages and the increase of profits caused by the increase in price.’ The trade commission replied: “If the situation should develop as you_ suggest, the commission will be glad to take the matter up with you further, with a view to making such tigation as the public interest may require.” B ‘ has been stated in the public press, with apparent authority,” the at- torney general wrote the commission, as an excuse for Wit Tow' use. tit. “of an- thracite coal to the consumers. “It bas been br..ght out in various legal proceedings asainst the anthra- cite roads that on similar occasions in the past. when wages have been ad- vanced, the railroad coal companies, on the pretext of increasing prices for the purpose of meeting the increased cost of ' production resulting from higher wages, have made much greater in- creases than were necessary for that purpose.” FORMER U. S. CAVALRYMAN KILLS UNCLE IN BRIDGEPORT Deolares 1t was to Avenge. an Out- range Upon His Mother. ", et S dgeport, ' Conn., May Rizzlo, Jr, a former United tes cavalryman, was held in bail of $5,000 city: cotirt foday, on the charge of wit. with intent to murder, com- mitted last night when he shot An- gelo Rizzio, his uncle, three times. Before the ex-soldier’s arraignment 7e Dofp DBy WHOIA SIY 94nod A3 uj 7:15_this morning. but news of his death bad not reached the court offi- cials. . Tomorrow morning he will be charged with murder. He relies upon his story that he shot to avenge an outrage upon his mother, committed in Palermo, Italy, ten vears ago, when ‘she With her American bofn ! s not fight for his mother is a coward.” said the prisoner in a statement ‘made to the police in ‘which he_freely acknowledged the shocting. He said his grandfather seven years ago told him the - story when he visited in Italy. The prisoner, who gave himself up to the police after the shootifig, is a native of Geneva, N. Y., and a gradu- school. He is a_skilled machinist. Enlisting in the United States army in 1910, he was discharged when it was found that he was too young for the service. COMPROMISE LOOKED FOR ON ARMY REORGANIZATION. Conferees of Senate nad House Will Renew Deliberations Today. ‘Washington, May 9-—Agreement on the army reorganization bil was in sight tonight. Conferees of the senate and house, who will renew delibera- tions tomorrow, expect to be able to reach a compromise €0 that the first of the big defense measures may be on. the president’s desk next week. That the senate conferees would have to surrender the volunteer army reserve of 261,000 men, which the house so strongly repudiated yester- aay, was admitted tonight by senate leaders, but they hope to strengthen the provision of the house bill author- izing citizen instruction camps so that military training for thousands of citi- zens may be afforded and a nucleus of a volunteer army thus be built up. The senate conferees believe it would be useless to hold out longer for the vol- unteer army in view of the house in- sistence that the national guard should constitute the main reserve military defense force. i Under the house bill as it stands thousand of ecivilian = training camps must be instituted under direction of the secretary of war. DISPOSITION OF TROOPS IN VICINITY OF EL PASO Battalion of Infantry, With Machine Guns, Stationed at Stock Yards. ‘Bl Paso, Texas, May 9.—A battalion of the Twentieth Infantry numbering about 350 men was moved from Fort -Bliss late this afternoon and stationed near the stock yards, dominating the Mexican section of HEiI Paso. The k yards are about a mile from the ver and Juarez. The battalion ear- led machine gun equipment. Two companies of Twentieth were stationed at the Court House and two at Union station. - All are un- der command of Colonel Hasbroucke, MISSING WOMAN WAS HOMER 'S. CUMMINGS CHOSEN ~ TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN. - am “WILSON'S NAME A. 7. Miner of New London Wins Dis- trict Delegateship by a Single Ballot —Bryan F. Mahan as Delegate-at- ~'Large from Second District. New Haven, Conn.,, May 9—Homer from Connecticut, as temporary chairman of the democratic state con- vention, which tomorrow will choose a de) to the St. Louis convention, tonight praised President Wilson and his administration and _assailed in caustic language’ those who have cri- ticised the president and his acts. Slandering Public Officials. Mr. Cummings said that “such are the necessities of partisanship that America first are criticising the ad- it ministration, maligning the president, slandering our public officials and hys- terically calling for a change in lead- ership.” i : He said that a characteristic form of criticism was to be found in the recent address of United States Sena- POLICE ASSERT 20 ~ * WINDSOR INSTITUTION. ACCU: Sensation Caused in Windsor by Al- leged Revelations—Medical Examiner Says He is Convinced of Innocence of Mrs. Amy E. Archer-Gilligan. Hartford, Conn, May 9—With Mrs. Archer-Gilligan locked up im |from mni 550,000 poung ficials tonight continued their search- i9¢ inveatigation {ato other deaths ay e home. e police assert that at least twenty ths have occurred at the home un¢ suspicious circum- stances in the last five years. Accused Retains Composure. The police and State’s Attorney Al- corn tonight declined to make public or discuss any detalls of the investiga- tion. Efforts made by newspaper men to see Mrs. Archer-Gilligan were un- availing. It was said, however, that she retains her remarkable composure and emphatically avers her innocence. hants’ i ay 13th to 20th, inclusive & Two Free Shows Daily NN/ NN BYONON/ND i/} tor McLean before the Connecticut republican convention—an address which he thought was not a piece of “constructive statesmanship.” Analyzed McLean’s Address. Mr. Cummings analyzed Senator McLean's address and paragraph by ph, replied to it, claiming that the senator from this state gave voice to “destructive criticisms” and offered “no definite policy indicating what al- ternative course the administration could have pursued which would have more completely accorded with_the dignity and traditions of America’” Praised President Wilson. TlTe president was praised for keep- ing 'the nation out of war and the speaker pointed out that America’s mission is one of humanity and peace. “As the white hot events of today jpass into the cool of yesterday’'s his- tory,” Mr. Cummings said, “it will be 'found that when a crisis again came to America and men were distraught and counsels confused, an all-wise Providence gave to the nation another Lincoln; and that amid a world of turbulent spirits and swift and sur- passing change, he stood undisturbed and steadfast, with no rival who could hope to reach the serene heights of his intellectual and moral power-tower- ing above them all—the first citizen of the civilized world.” The convention in Music Hall was late in starting. The speaker’s desk was_flag-draped and r:}'t“ :t :Is‘;\ls- nded a large port of resident g‘g'fl!n:m. Sm{.le flc&md D;vild 8 E. Fitzge calleq order and intro- dutc‘é‘d r;‘z!: Cummings. At the outset and repeatedly during his address Mr. Cummings was heartily applauded. Many of his references to ident Wilson brought out cheers as well as handclapping. = Spontaneous laughter followed the speaker’s references to Theodore Roosevelt and his discover- jes and = ripples of laughter ran through the hali when the names of John T. King and J. Henry Roraback were mentioned. o Upon concluding the audience burst into & roar of applause and Mr. Cnm- mings had to rise again and acknowl- edge it. Committee on Resolutions. Recess was taken to permit sena- torial district caucuses at which mem- ‘'bers of commitfees were committee on resolutions. tricts: Jonphxz;:‘l'un. Augustine Lon- ergan, R. J. F. C. Jones, Richard Elliott, C. Lo G. M. AL F 01 FOUND AT NORWALK. | E: John H. Eldred, Who Had Disap- peared from Cohasset, Mass. save that ¢ ed| row e in G Vineent 3: B Wateo M. ;. incen' B I F. m-x.flne. Dennis O'Brien and J. !;'. Reynolds. Upon reassembling Thomas J. Spel- are/ by ais: A police guard was stationed at fe | home in Windsor today. and visitors were refused admittance. The news of the women's arrest caused a sensation in Windsor and at the home. Four of the fifteen patients left the home today and it is said oth- ers will leave as soon as arrangements can be made. Three of the patients, who had paid $1,0%) for care for life, today brought attachments on the property, to recover some of the amount paid. Four Windsor trades- men also prought attachments for 82,i5d000 to coyer bills alleged to be un- paid. While Mrs. Archer-Gilligan will be put to plea at the June term of su- verjor court, it is said that her case will e continued until September, when the state may issue a superced- ing iandictment, should developments warrant. Convinced of Woman's Innocence. Dr. Howard F. King, medical exam- iner at Windsor, who attended many of the sick patients at the horhe, de- clared today that he was convinced of the woman’s irnocence. FIVE WORKMEN KILLED BY DYNAMITE EXPLOSION In the Plant of the Atlas Powder Com- pany at For New York, May 9. were killed in the explosion today in the plant of the Atlas Powder com- pany at the end of Lake Hopatcong, according to a statement issued here late today by President W. J. Webster, ‘Wwho made no estimate of the number of injured. The statement follows: “The explosion at our Forcite, N. J. plant was in what is known as the mixing department of the dynamite end of the plant. The operations are car- ried on in a number of small buildings 2nd four of these buildings were de- F ed. We Geeply regret to report five lives were lost. The e was confined ‘entirely to this section of the plant and involves operations conducted solely with the regular do- mestic commercial operations of the gm. ‘The entire loss is fully covered insurance.” \ i OBITUARY. ~Isaac Kanrich: ‘meet, | in April increased ‘exports increased §33,- $10,280,000, 240,000, . Shipment of fresh and oured meats Chlflxouh't week totaled 40,- Application fo i pv“ m% r a rehearing in the Lamar, was filed in th Supreme Court. . Twa_hotels places” on the Mass., were burned. More than 1,000 striking employes of the International Bu-vaz'.er pcz. in Chicago went back to work. Fire in the Snyder & Fancher Wwholesale gracery house at Middletown, N. Y., caused $70,000 damage. William M. Ingraham, former Mayor of Portland,Me., took the oath of of- fice as Assistant of War. All classes in the Alabama State Un- versity, Tuscaloosa, Ala., have been closed by an epidemic of diphtheria. Corn .Receipts at Chicago last week totalled nearly 2,100,000 bushels, the largest for the period in many years. son_nominated Eugene of New Hampshire to be member of the Philippine Commission. A $1400 contribution ‘was received by the conscience fund of the Treas- ury Department from Plainfield, N. J. - By request of “the United States, Canada has forbidden Americans serv. ing in Europe to use the name “Ame; can Legion.” Operations were resumed in full at the Pittsburgh plant of the Westin house Air Brake Co. when 5,000 strik- ing workers returned. % The Dutch steamer Patrocius, Ba- tavia for New York, put in at Port Louis, Island of Mauritius, badly dam- aged by a huricane. 5 and several amusement Boulevard at Revere, A mandate i the return to i e e o 2 c of 161 the Supreme Court. 4 " Th ur se mll‘l‘ it the floor on g;n.y petitions to Congress. Work on the new railway tube in the Dorchester and South Boston dis- tricts was stopped by a strike of 800 imen, employed in two shifts. Police are investigating the origin of the fire that gutted the afterhold of the steamer San Giovanni, being loaded at her Brooklyn pier. { Additional Troops to the Number of 8,000 Are Under Orders for Bordes Duty, Including 4,000 Guardsmen of the Border States: | th-' Rio Grande era 5o m n(:' them. There 8,000 ADDITIONAL TROOPS FOR THE MEXICAN BORDER — Including 4,000 Guardsmen of Arizona, New *Mexico and Texas. Washington, May 9.—With 8,000 ad- ditional froops under orders for the Mexican border, including 4,000 na. tional guardsmen, from Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, administration of~ ficials, felt ~tonight that immedlate steps had been taken to prevent rajd- ing of American border towns by ban- lf:, M:anwhue the‘mflnal outcome ot conference at Paso between Major General Scott and General Ob- regon, the Carranza war minister, was awaited with considerable anxiety. Funston Suggested Calling Guards. President Wilson - and his/ cabinet discussed the Mexican situation today, but the president had authorized the new troop orders Before his advisors gathered. General Scott and General Funston recommended early in th day that additional forces be sent to the border. After an . exchange of tele- grams, General Funston suggested that the national gunard from the three statcs named be called out in addi- tion to the mending of all of the = ular infantry to join his commanfl.rgl suggestion was promptly approved and orders despatched. Cabinet: Members Pessimistic. After the meeting some members of the cabinet were franklv pessimistic over the delay of General Obregon in ratifying the agreement wk’ch he ne- gotlated with General Scott covering co-operativé border operations in- Cxvedition.. Reports Srom. Mosics iy e m: co City xnmcm?‘m;! &‘:;ntmen had been approved by General Carranza and-of- ficials here were at a loss to_under- stang ‘word from Géneral Scott came to enlighten them. The American officer was awaiting word from. the.-Carranza war minister expecting. . ..some - - counter-proposals would be then forthcoming. although his report did not'forecast their prob- able nature. No: Change in Policy. The majority of the president’ visors believed -the t-finally would be ratified and that the bor. der situation 1y thereaft would clear itsélt quick- It was clearly intimated in- all quarters, howeéver, that there “Service at the Mexican border if de- | Would be no change in the policy of the sired” reads a placard displayed at I New York army recruiting stations, to try and attract more recruits. The Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co. has been Incorporated at Dover, Del.to engage in the manufact- ure and saleof war munitions. The House judiciary committee fav- orably reported the bill making jt un- lawful to end threatening letters’to the President of the Uniter States. Wiliam E. Ramey, an insurance ad- juster, was sentenced to the work- house for 20 days for operating an au- tomobile in New York while intoxi- cated. Only an average of 75 men have been recruited daily in the campaign to raise 3,000 men for the New York Na- tional Guard. This is far below | ex- pectations. Ten companies of coast artillery sta- ticned at Gulf and Atlantic coast ports, were ordered to San Antonlo, Tex., to serve as infantry with the [{border patrol. Two companies of the West Virgin National Guard are being held at Charleston for instant duty, owing to a strike of 500 coal miners at oRsemont, Taylor County. Services of 140 bands have already been secured for the Preparedness Pa- rade in New York on Saturday, and this number is expected to de increased to more than 200. = Three thousand New York carpen- ters repudiated the agreement made by their leaders with the Building Trade Employers’ Association, and voted to remain on strik The Senats finally rejected the nom- ination of the preident’s friend, Gen. | Robert Smith of Jersey City, named to succeed himself as Excise Commission in the Bistrict of Columbla. Dudley Field Mal collector of the Port of New York, E. E. Harris of Siens Gommittoe. Bold . longtny potit. 3 a - Washingion government; that the troops would stay in Mexico until the border was.safe from incursions; tha: raiders would be pursued across the- line every -time: they became active and that the whole strength of .the na tional guafd would be used, if nece: sary, to protect the border. Papers Prepared to Call ‘All Guards- men. Ssecretary Baker said the question of calling guardsmen from other states into the service was not under immed- jate consideration. Tt ‘was learned however, that General Funston already had been _supplied with all papers, forms and instructions necessary to muster into service the guardsmen of all states near the border and that ordnance and quartermaster stores tc outfit all such troops on a full war basis are held at convenlient points for quick distributio - LARGE BODIES OF BANDITS JUST SOUTH OF RIO GRANDE Long Range Fight Between Ame: Soldiers and Bandits. Marathon, Texas, May 9.-4The two troops of the Eighth Cavalry now mo ing toward Bouquillas on the Grande are camped tonight at Miller's and a machine gun troop that left the Marathon base this morning pitched south at Henderson's ‘These troops probably will concen- trate at Bougquillas, where Colonel F. ‘W. Sibley, who is in command, will after a conference with Major George T. Langhorne, determine their dispo- Bouquillas and made ‘a report to Col- onel Sibley. ot A .iong_range fight across the Rio between a detachment of