Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 11, 1916, Page 1

PORTION OF TRENCH On the West Slope of Le Mort Homme, to .Nm'th- . west of Verdun BLOCK A GERMAN ATTACK NEAR HILL 28 In the Region of Verdun a Comparative Calm Prevails— *- Constantinople Reports Victories for the Turks Over the Russians in Northern Asia Minor and Northwest of Mush —There is No Indication itions of the Belligerents on the Other Fronts. of Material Change in the Po- ably in the On the wet[éem front in France, not- for weeks h zén, and two other journalists had e f Verdun, which | been executed in the Portobello bar- Blsze‘:r!‘l :he theater of the | racks in Dublin without the knowl- i flicts of the world | edge of the military authorities and :::.‘ m‘:&‘:&fi:":flm prevails. The | before martial law was actually in French, however, have been able to| operation. capture portions of a German_trench A fourth was thee granting of the west slope of Le Mort Homme | veteran Dillon’s demand for a special ::dutl: put!tut n:\sght a German attack | session of the house of commons to near Hill 287, between the wood of| discuss the executions in Ireland and, Malancourt and Le Mort Homme, finally, the issue of an important man- Jaunched in an endeavor to advance | ifesto to the Irish people by John Red- further the German line toward Ver- dun. mond, strongly denouncing the rebel- lious movement and eloquently appeat- From none of the other fronts has| Ing to Ireland to stand fast by consti- any indication come of material change | tutional means to secure self-govern- in the positions of the belligerents. Late reports show the Russians have been repulsed in an attack on ment. e Germans south of Garbunovka, suffer- | RUSSIAN PRISONERS ing heavy casualties. On the Austro- Ttalian front the usual bombardments IN AUSTRIA SATISFIED and isolated infantry attacks are still | Signed a Petition Saying They Do Not in progress. onstantinople chronicles victortes for the Turks against the Russians in northern Asia Minor and northwest of | iin, May 8, 4.30 p. Desire to Return to Russia. Vienna, Monday, May 8.—(Via Ber- wireless despatch Mursh and the defeat of the Russians|to The Associated Press, via Sayville, with heavy losses and the capture of | May 10). some prisoners near Mount Bathli. The recent attack by _the Sea ports is declared by Constantino- More than 50,000 Russian prisoners who do not desire to return Turkish | to Russia have signed a petition to cruiser Breslau against Russian Black | the Austro-Hungarian government asking that they be permitted to re- ple to have been made as a reprisal | main in this country after the war and against the Russian fleet, “which bom- ‘bards open towns and villages on the Anatolian coast.” become citizens. Tae government has not yet decided what reply it will make, but it is probable that the an- The bombardment by the Teutonic |swer will-be a favorable one. allies of points on the Doiran-Gievgell The petitioners for the most part are sector of the Macedonian front contin-|men who have learned German on the ues, according to unofficial advices.|farms where they have been employ- The Germans, the reports say, after|ed. Many more Russians, probably having thrown numerous sheén_- into | 200,000, are sald to have expressed an the town of Mayada occupied the place | eagerness to stay in this country, but ‘but_were compelled to evacuate under | the government is discouraging the a French counter-attack. Numerous | signing of further petitoons pending 17_in this front by the Germans. A NUMBER OF SENSATIONS PROVIDED BY IRELAND Commission: Appointed to Investigate | Not Anti Cause of Irish Outbreak. London, May 10, 10:15 p. m.—Ireland provided a number of sensations to- day, of the resignation of Baron Wim- ch guns are being placed along |action by the legislative bodies on the subject. LONDON VIEW OF SINKING OF CYMRIC pated it Will Cause a Break With the United States. London, May 10, 6.09 p. m.—iIn offi- cial circles here it is not anticipated The first was the announcement | that the sinking of the White Star liner Cypsic will cause a breach be- berne, lord lieutenant, which undoubt- | tween Germany and the United States. edly has been in Premier Asquith’s|While, according to the admiralty, the hands for some time, acceptance be- ing delayed until normal are restored in Ireland. Cymric was an ordinary freighter on conditions | which the government was sending freight in common with private ship- e second was the appointment of | pers, the fact that no Americans were a commission headed by Lord Hard- on board and the doubtful status of inge to investigate the causes of the |the ship create a belief that Washing- Irish outbreak. A thirq was the ad- mission by the government of truth of the report that F. Sheehy Skeffington, editor of the Irish Citi- ton is hardly likely to make an issue the | of the sinking. It is known that American officials here are making the usual inquiries. DRIFTED ASHORE WITH FIVE BODIES OF SHIPMATES FORTY BIAND.ITS CROSSED RIO GRANDE YESTERDAY Steamer Roanoke Foundered 100 Miles | Rode Up and Down the River Above South of San Luis Ospiso, Calif, May 10.— The_steamer Roanoke, San Francisco for Valparaiso, foundered at sea about 100 miles south of San Francisco, ac- cording to the story told by three sur- vivors who, in a lifeboat with the bodies of five of their shipmates, drift- ed ashore here today. The survivors, weak and delirious, ‘were unable to give their names or any information of the rest of the crew beyond the fact that four other boats had been launched when the steamer sank. PLAN TO RAISE $5,000,000 FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS Endorsed at Gene n Francisco. General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church. Saratoga Springs, N. Y., May 10.— A proposal to raise $3,000,000 by a ‘world-wide campaign for foreign mis- sion pu: es was endorsed today by the ge: conference of the Metho- dist pal church, which adopted a_ resolution setting aside the years 1918 and 1919 as centennial thanksgiv- ing years for the observance of the centennial of this branch of church activity. The board of foreign mis- sions was authorized to prepare plars for celebrations in every Methodist church in the world. COUNSEL SECURES TITLE GILLIGAN HOME AT WINDSOR Place Where Murder of Many Inmates \ js Alleged. Windsor, Conn., May 10.—Benedict M, Holden of Hartford, of counsel for Mrs. B. Archer-Gilligan, today title to the Archer home for infirm le here. The property is valued @t $6,200 and carries a_mort- gage of $2,500. Mrs. Archer-Gilligan quit claimed the property to her sister yesterday and the latter gave a deed to the property today to Mr. Holden. 13 NEGROES REPORTED BURNED TO DEATH In a Motion Picture Theatre at Wal- laceton, V Norfolk, Va., May 10.—Thirteen ne- groes are reported to have been burn- ed to death and between thirty and forty badly injured in a fire in a mo- t ure theatre at 'Wallaceto 7 here. The Va., twelve miles from boliding was destroyed. .. . Eagle Pass. Marathon, Texas, May 10.—Approxi- mately forty bandits crossed to the American side of the Rio Grande above Eagle Pass today and rode up and down the river for several miles, later crossing to the Mexican side, with- out doing any apparent damage, ac- cording to a report here. A detachment of the Nineteenth In- fantry was sent to the scene. Accord- ing to information received here to- night Major George T. Langhorne and his command are well over the river into Mexico. At noon today Major Langhorne had reached Bouquillas on the American side, where he halted for a short rest before continuing his ride. Colonel Frederick W. Sibley, who left here this morning for Bouquillas to command the expedition, refused to say whether or not Major Langhorne hag instructions to go across the line. PENNSYLVANIA MOVEMENT FOR HENRY FORD. Bearing His Name Mailed Throughout the State. Philadelphia, May 10.—A movement to secure the preferential presidential vote of Pennsylvania in the republi- can primaries on May 16 for Henry Ford was inaugurated here today by the mailing throughout ths state of a million stickers bearing his name with the request that they be pasted on the ballot as a protest against war. Ths stickers were mailed from ths local headquarters of the Patriotic Peace league. Governor Brumbaugh's name is the only one which will be printed on ‘the ballot as a candidate for the republi- can nomination for the presidency, but there will be a blank space on whidh other names may be written or stickers used. Stickers FREEMAN’S JOURNAL CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO DEATH Of Sheehy Skeffington, Editor of the Irish Citizen, Dublin, May 10, via London, 6045 p. m. e Freeman’s Journal calls for a public . inquiry into the death of F. Sheehy Skeffington, editor of the Irish Citizen and two other men executed with him in the Portcbello barracks on April 26, It was announced today that BSkef- fington’s body had been disinterred at the barracks on Monday and removed | French nm:flu s Transport. ~ Parls, May 10, submarine sap laden with Adriatic to People of Ireland. on, May 10, 7.48 p. m.—The i parliamentary party has issued a“manifesto to the people of Ireland, calling upon them to support con- stitutional movement as the only one by which their aspirations for self- government can possibly be realized. SIMPLER LIVING ADVISED BY BISHOP WILLIAM LAWRENCE In Annual Address at Massachusetts P. E. Diocesan Convention. Boston, May 10.—Bishop William Lawrence in his address today at the annual diocesan convention of the Episcopal church questioned the ad- equacy of present preparedness plans. “We must recognize,” he said, “that as self-defense is the first instinct of a man, it is until higher forces pre- vail the first instinct of a nation. The question which I ask is whether these special forms of preparedness, being followed by the people of this nation in a fresh burst of patriotism, are really but little more than superficial preparation. “Of what use is it if a young wo- man camp and march for three weeks, if marching in high-heeled shoes and living in luxury she passes the rest of the year? Of what gain is it for young men to stop their cocktails and slack morals for six weeks’ camp if they take them up again for 46 weeks?® “In other words, the call of today is to my mind a call to simpler living.” ALL RAILWAY SAFETY RECORDS BROKEN IN 1915 325 American Roads Went Through Fiscal Year Without a Fatality. Chicago, May 10.—All railway safety records were broken in 1915 when 325 American roads, reporting to the bu- reau of railway news and statistics here went through the entire fiscal year to June 30 without a single fatal- ity to a passenger in a train accident. The roads reporting operate 161,948 miles of line. It is stated that this record of safe operating has never betn equalled by the railroads of any other country. All American roads in 1915, operat- ing over 250,000 miles of line, report- ed 196 passengers killed in all railway accidents. In compadison, the latest returns for Europe, with 197,015 miles, show 700 passengers thus killed. The decreasing hazard to trainmen is shown by the fact that 285 were em- ployed for one killed, 832. the best rec- ord set in that respect. PREPAREDNESS PARADE IN NEW YORK CITY SATURDAY With 135,000 Marching—Will be Larg- est in History of the Country. .. New 'York, May 10.—Natfion-wide interest has been aroused in the Citi- zen’s Preparedness parade in which 135,000 men and women will march here Saturday, it was announced to- day. The executive committee has re- ceived requests for information from many other cities where it is planned to arrange similar demonstrations. in- cluded in the list are Chicago, Boston, Nashville, Tenn., Wheeling, W. Va., and Louisville. The parade, it is predicted, will be the largest in the history of the coun- try. Time and space limitations pre- vented the acceptances of 62,000 re- quests for places in line. Music will be provided by about 130 bonds, some of which, because of the length of the parade, will appear two or three times. LABOR CONDITIONS ARE DEMORALIZED BY PROSPERITY According to Speakers at Meeting of Employment Managers. Boston, May 10.—The prosperity that has come to workingmen out of war orders has demoralized labor condi- tions, according to speakers at a meet= ing of the Employment Managers As- sociation here today. “Workingmen are glutted with too much pay and like to show their independence by loang after they have made a normal amount each week and by roving when they tire in the least of their place of employment,” said L. O. Pe- thick of New Haven, Conn. These ‘were reasons, he added, why men were hard to get and harder to keep. Pension systems offered as a means of keeping employes in continuous ser- vice, the speaker asserted, aroused suspicion among the workers. RECORD PRICE FOR MAY FOR CHOICE CATTLE Armour & Co. Paid $10.25 a Hundred for Angus Yearlings. Chicago, May'' 10.—A new record price for May //as set today for choice cattle at the’ Chicago stock yards, when Armoué & Co., paid $10.25 a SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. ——— N} for the Eleven Compani Atlantic Seaboards. San Antonio, Texas, May 10,—Prep- arations for handling one of the larg- est militia camps ever held in the United States since the Spanish-Amer- ican war were completed today by ar- my officers of the southern depart- Troops of the Texas Mational Guard got un- trains from many ment at Fort Sam Houston. der way in” Doints tonight, and the first organi- zations will begin arriving In morning. LARGEST CAMP _IN U. 8. SINCE AT FORT SAM HOUSTON A Separate Camp Has Been Laid Out s of Coast Artillery Ordered from the Gulf and |. tne As fast as companies reach San An- Camp on Border|BranchWith String|"~ STATEMENT ISSUED BY GEORGE ‘W. PERKINS. TO REPUBLICAN PARTY Roosevelt With the Object of Mutu- al Endorsement. party principles and is able to put through,” according to a committee of the progressive nation- al committee. “We, of course, are for —_———= hundred pounds for a carload of An- gus yearlings. Buyers predicted that because of th failure of the Iowa corn crop last year and the war demands Number 1 cattle may bring $12 a hundred pounds within a few weeks. DENIES THAT BRITISH DESTROYER WAS DAMAGED German Official Statement is Disputed by British. London, May 10, 6.55 p. m.—A Brit- ish official statement issued this even- ing quotes the German official claim that a British destroyer was badly damaged in a brief artillery engage- ment between five British destroyers and two German torpedo boats on May . The British admiralty denies the German claim. It saps that a few shots were exchanged between the tor- pedo craft and that the Germans then returned to their harbor. PORTUGAL HAS DECIDED TO EXPEL GERMANS Official Order Calls for Their Depar- ture Within Five Days. Lisbon,” via Paris, May 10, 11,40 a. m.—The decision of the government to expel Germans from Portugal on account of the state of war which ex- ists with Germany was extended in scope by an official order promulgated today. This decree declares that chil- dren whose fathers are Germans are classed as German subjects and must depart from the country within five days, Weelk ay 13th fo 20th, inclusive Fares Rebated Mammoth Street Carnival Every Day Two Free Shows Daily tonio they will be sent to the manoeu- ver field where the mobilization camp has been laid out. A separate camp has been laid out for the 11 companits of coast artil- lery ordered to Fort Sam Houston from Gulf and Atlantic seaboard points. Tonight headquarters announced the first one of the coast artillery com- panies to arrive woyld be moved on to Marathon to strengihen the base at Bougquillas. Others/#ill be held in the gamp for distribudon along the bor- er. AWAITING OUTCOME OF EL PASO CONFERENCE Obregon Still Refuses to Exchange Ratifications’ With General Scott. _ Washington, May 10.—Further de- velopments in the Mexican situation still awaited tonight a definite out- come of the El Paso conferences be- tween Generals Scott, Funston and Obregon. ~Officials of both the wat and state departments appeared con- fident that an agreement satisfactory to both sides would be negotiated, al- though they hesitated to predict how much more time might be required. Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican ambassa- dor-designate, called on Counsellor Polk at the state department late in the day. Both he and Mr. Polk said the visit had no significance. Mr. Ar- redondo had no additional advices from_his government to present and Mr. Polk could give him no news as to the conference at El Paso. Report from General Scott. Secretary Baker received a report from General Scott on the long dis- tance with General Obregon last night. It stated that while the Mexican min- ister had talked over a suggestion fot co-operative border patrol, the propo- sition was not formally presented as a substitute for the protocol previously worked out. General Scott did not transmit details of the new discussion but indicated that he expected Gen- eral Obregon to submit his new plan later. : | Obregon’s Course Puzzling. The course of General Obregon at El Paso has been puzzling. Adminis- tration officials have reason to believe that General Carranza has given his assent to the agreement as originally framed except in minor details. The plan was suggested, in part at least, by General Obregon himself, when the conferees first met, yet Obregon has refused thus far to exchange ratifica- tions with General Scott. Hint at Playing Politics. In some quarters it was thought the Mexican war minister might be seek- ing political benefit from the tactics he has adopted. There is no official information tending to support this view, although intimations of friction between Carranza and his war min- ister have been published frequently. ENROLLMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS STUDENTS For Service Along the Mexican Border With Texas National Guard. Austin, Tex., May 10—Forty stu- dents of ths University of Texas had enlisted today for service in the Texas National guard along the = Mexican border, and the university authorities said many' more were endeavoring to enlist. Students going intg the Mexi- can service will be given credit for tha work already done in the university this year, to the Gm cemetery, Roosevelt,” declared Mr. Perkins, “and shall suggest his name to the repub- licans. If they reply that they will not agree on the colone 4 we shall ask them to name us their 3 An, who ought to be as nearly unanim|ws a choice as our man is. We are wi }ing to be rea- sonable for the sake of tharmony.” Mr. Perkins' statement supplement- ed a general statement issued by the executive committee in which it was sald: Will Rise Above Partianship. “If the republican convention is re- spoi/ive to the patriotic spirit that proughl the republican party into be- ing and made it dominant for half a century, it will meet this crisis in a spirit of broad patriotism that rises above partisanship. Should the ef- fort fail, the respensibility for the re- sult will not rest on the progressive convention, but will rest on other shoulders than ours.” Will Not Stick on Details. “In this turning point in world his- tory we will not stick on details. We will lay aside partisanship ang pre- judices, but we will never surrender the principles for which we stand and have stood and will follow only a leader who we know stands for them and is able to put them through. We are for peace, but for peace at any price.” Appeal to Get Together. It was said that the repyblicans ana independent voters in general had re- sonded “understandingly to the sentl- ments_expressed” in the statement is- sueq in January by the progressive national committee, which. in effect, was an appeal for republicans and progressives “to get together”. It was added, however. that “there is an element in the republican party lead- ership which seems to be giving more thought and attention to what that party is against and whom 1t = against, than to what it is for and whom it is for. Therefore, we again call attention to our Chicago state- ment, as to the inevitable outcome of a-failure to reach a common under- standing.” Need a Reawakening. “Reports from the progessive or- zanization throughout the country.” the executive committees statement said, “show that the American people have become impatient of leadrs wno hold that comfor, prosperity and ma- terial welfare are above honor, self- sacrifice and patriotism: that we need a re-awakening of our older Ameri- canism, of our bellef in those things that our country and our flag srand for; that our people are seeking a leadership of the higest order and most courageous character-leadershin that will draft to itself for the coun- try’s benefit the unselfishness and pa- patriotic service of our ablest citizens Our people are demanding that prin- ciples and policies shall be proclaimed and carried out by a man who has the wisdom to formulate them and the manhood to uphold them.” Complete from Every Delegations State. Complete delegations from every state will attend the progressive na- tional convention which will be held at Chicago simultanecusly with the res publican- national convention, it was announced. Great Storm Over Sulu Islands. Manila, May 11.—A great storm.has swept over the Sulu Islands, destroy- ing many buildings. Four fish- ing vessels were sunk and sixteen per- or e R Asks Republicans to Name a Man “Nearly” as Unanimous a Choice as New York, May 10.—The progressive wil not insist upon the nomi- nation of Theodore Roosevelt for pres- ident of the United States, if the re- publicans will name a candidate at Chicago “who stands for progressive them statement made tonight by GeorZe W, Perkins, following a meeting of the executive Colonel Other . al Gircu i t in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Cabed_Paragraphs \Mammoth Militia Bull Moose Olive | ‘o mw-«m ‘at Paris, ‘Rico’s tobacco is = to fl‘nflunt,.tn l’.flfl.wmm Germany has ¥ripled her rifie manu- b A new well flowing 500 barrels a day %d‘been drilled in the South Cushing Col. Pasitch has been -ygfinhd commander-in-chief of. the Army. A new treaty of alliance has 3 been signed by Bulgaria, Turkey and Ger- many. A strike of 40,000 clothing workers in Chicago has been ordered by union leaders. Former Premier Venizelos has been elected a member of the Greek Cham- ber of Deputies. An official British estimate places the number of Irish revolt at 200. No dead have been buried in Liver- pool since Saturday as a result of a strike of undertakers. 7 Chinese revolutionists have organ- ized a southern republic in Canton, embracing four provinces. Quicksilver continues to dec! practically no demand. quotation is $105 a flask. , with The present Exports of merchandise from the Port of New York for the week ended May 6 amounted to $41,052,569. The prince of Wales, accompanied by King Victor Emmanuel, is visiting va- rious parts of the Italian front. Five hundred section hands of the Lackawanna railroad in the Glens Falls N. Y., section, went on strike for more pay. Supplies worth $1,053,962° have been shipped to Europe by the Red Cross for the use of belligerents since Sep- tember, 1914. Three thousand Italian officers have been lost since the beginning of the war, according to statistics compil- ed in Germany. T y-nine students were graduat- ed at the 104th commeneement ¢f the Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J. Potash in large quantities 1s report- ed in the Saldure Marsh in the Salt Lake eDsert by the United: States Geological Survey. & Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg received in the Chancellor's Palace the Bulgarian Parliamentary delegation on a visit to Berlin. Trainmen, conductors, and baggage Tnasters of the Canadian Northern Raliroad have been granted an in- crease of 22 per cent. Announcement of the safe arrival in England of four troopships from Can- ada, carrying 14,500 men of all ranks, was made in London. * Praise for President Wilson and his administration was the feature of the speech delivered to the democratic Iowa state convention. A report from Copenhagen says that 62 airships and an aeropane factory at. Altona, Prussia, were destroyed by an accidental explosio Six persons are reported to have been shot in Trieste, Austria, recently, in riots caused by the enrollment of youths of 17 in the army. The clothina workers® strike at CH{- cago whick oegan Tuesday with the walkout of about 600 cutters, is ex- pected to spread/ materially. The London ftock Exchange com- mitte withdrev its opposition to fix- ing the clock time one hour in advance during the summer months. i Nearly 97 per cent. of the members of the British Operative Spinners’ As- sociation have voted in favor of a strike for a wage increase. Several German submarines have ar- rived at Constantinople from Germany, having made the trip through the At- lantic and the Mediterraniean. As a result of the shortage of freight tonnage, imported meat prices _in Great Britain are higher than ever be- fore-in the history of the trade. Surgeon-General Gorgas, U. S. A, obtained leav of absence to make an extended tour of South America to study methods of eradicating yellow fev*. The factory of E. J. Martin Sons at Rockville, makers of silk fish lines, was burned yesterday. The loss is ahout $150,000. Cause of the fire is mnot known. Estimates of the number that will participate i nthe Preparedness Pa- rade in New York on Saturday have been raised to 145,000, with 60 applica- tions denied. Eight persons were painfully injured and many_others slightly hurt when a Brighton Beach elevated train crashed into_the rear of a Fulton St. train at the Brooklyn Bridge. ivilians killed in the | The most valuable copper cargo ever shipped from Lake Superior goes out from Houghton, Mich., today on the steamer Underwood. The cargo consists of 3,500 tons, valued at $2,- 100,000. Railroad detectives are investigating an apparent attempt to wreck the Twentieth Century Limited of the New York Central, which ran into a pile of Creek, N. Y. Maj. Olin L. Regan, commanding the New York National Guard in the ab- sence of Maj. Gen. O’'Ryan, announced that the’ entire guard coul dbe mobil- ized in marching formation within six hours, if called to Mexico. ¥ Because the garrison has only eight men, Captain Chambers, quartermas- ter, was compelled to engage Mexicans to forward forage from Marathon to Colonel Sibley’s command now near the exican border at Bouquillas. About 150 workers at Stiles brick- yards, North. Haven, struck for in- creased wages. Ten guards ar e pa-| trolling the property. The men are now getting §2.50 and §3 per day and want cenf Germany Regrets Sinking_q[ Sussey NOTE RECEIVED PROMISING REP ARATION. ADMITS RESPONSIBILITY —_— Says Commander of Submarine Ha Been Punished—Expresses Readines to Pay Adequate Indemnity to th Injured American Citizens. ‘Washington, May 19. — Germany” new note acknowledging responsibility for destruction of the Sussex, promis ing reparation and announcing pun: ishment of the submarine commande: Wwas received late today at the stat department from Ambassador Gerard The note, signed by Foreign Ministe: Von Jagow, and addressed to Ambas sador Gerard, is dated May 8, anc the ambassador’s cablegram transmit ting it May 9. The text follows: Text of Note. “‘Supplementing his note of the 4tt instant, concerning the conduct of thy German submarine warfare, the under: signed has the honor to inform his ex. cellency, the American ambassador Mr. James W. Gerard, that the furthe; investigation made by the Germar naval authorities concerned, in regarc to the French steamship Sussex, or the basis of the American material has been concluded in the meantime In conformity with the result of thi: investigation, the assumption expressec in the note of the undersigned of the lplh ultimo, that the damage of thc Sussex was to be traced back to z cause other than thé attack of a Ger- man submarine, cannot be maintained Facts About the Sussex. _“Such an assumption has to be ar- rived at with certainty from the ma- terial in the possession of the Germar government, for itself and without further knowledge of the circum- stances connected with the torpedoing of the Sussex, the more so as apari from the points enumerated in the note of the 10th ultimo, the following facts had come to the attention of the ad- miralty staff of the navy through re- liable information: March 24, 1916, ap- proximately at the same time as the Sussex, an auxiliary warship, left the port of Folkestone with a large trans- port of British infantry on board; on the same day a transport steamer was torpecoed in the channel; a few min- utes preceding the explosion on the Sussex she had passed through a mass of ship wreckage, which created the impression that a ship had sunk af that spot shortly before. All thess facts justified the conclusion that the only case of torpedoing which could be considered under the circumstances had struck the British war vessel, whereas the Sussex had met with ap accident in some other way. Admits Submarine Sank Sussex. “However, on the basis of the Amer- ican material, the German government cannot withhold its conviction that the ship torpedoed by the German subma- rine is in fact identical with the Sus- sex, for, in accordance with thjs ma- terial, the place, the time and the ef- fect of the explosion by which the Sussex was damaged, agree in the es- sential details with the statements of the German commander, so that there can no longer be any question of the possibility of two independent occur- rences. An additional reason is con- stituted by the fact that officers of the American navy found fragments of an explosive in the hold of the Sussex which are described by them upon firm grounds as parts of a German torpedo. Counter-Evidence. “IFinally, the counter-evidence which was deducted in the note of the 10th ultimo from the difference in appear- ance of the vessel described by the submarine commander and the only reproduction of the Sussex then avail- able has proven to be untenable, in- asmuch as according to a photograph of the damaged Sussex now to hand, the characteristic distinctions no longer existed at the time of the acci- dent: while the Sussex in this photo- graph of the Daily Graphic enclosed in the note only carried one mast and alsc showed the white gangway cus- tomary on passenger vessels on the level with the portholes, O. W. S., the reproduction of the damaged Sussex shows a second mast and a uniform dark color and thus approaches in her outer appearance the description of the vessel as furnished by the submarine cemmander, Commander Acted in Good Faith. “In view of the general impression of all the facts at hand, the German government considers it beyond doubt that the commander of the submarine acted in the bona fide belief that he was facing an enemy warship. On the other hand, it cannot be denied that, misled by the appearance of the ves- sel, under the pressure of the circum- stances he formed his judgment too hurriedly in establishing her character and did not therefore act fully in ac- cordance with the instructions which called upon him to exercise particular care. Sincere Regret Expressed. “In view of these circumstances, the German government frankly admits that the assurance given to the Ameri- can government, in accordance with which passenger vessels were not tu be attacked without warning, has not been adhered to in the present case. As was intimated by the undersigned in the note of the 4th instant, the German government does not hesitate to draw from this resultant conse- quences. It therefore expresses to the American government its sincere re- gret regarding the deplorable incident and declares its readiness to pay an adequate indemnity to the injured American citizens. It also disapproved of the conduct of the commander, who has been appropriately punisked. “Expressing the hope that the American government will consider the case of the Sussex as settled by these statements, the undersigned. avails himself of this occasion to renew to the ambassador the assurance of his highest consideration, F “VON JAGOW.” Two Bigamists Sentenced. Bridgeport, Conn., May 10.—John A. Hamlin 'and Thomas Pardy, both of this city, pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy today. Hamlin was sen- tenced to from 2 to 4 years in state’s prison and Pardy 18 months to 3 years. Pardy fainted when sentence was pass- ed upon him.