Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 1, 1916, Page 1

Note Declares That Soldiers of the United States Are|asutn S ACT CAN ONLY BE CONSIDERED AN INVASION Note Points Out That Much of the Trouble in Mexico is Due to the Attitude of the United States in Not Punishing Conspirators in the United States Who Plotted the Downfall of the Constitutionalist Government and in Re- fusing to Permit Shipment of Arms and Ammunition In- to Mexico — Note Concludes Thus:. “The Mexican Government Therefore Invites the United States to ., Bring to an End This Unsupportable Situation and to Support Its Protestations In Mexico Without Consent of Mexican Government | =< by an Immediate Withdrawal of the American Troops.” —— Mexico City, May 31.—Claimin, the words and protests of the consent of office today about noon. forelgn IThe note recites that troops Columbus incident without the per- mission of the Mexican government. ‘The act was not considered one of in- then solely because the United tes said they had misinterpreted the attitude of the Mexican govern- ment. When _the crossed the line after the ‘Glenn Springs dent, the note maintains, the plea t this was done with the consent of the Mexican consul at Rlo, Tex., is untenable and that act can only be considered as one of in- lon. e T e 1 “The ‘lfck%n Vernment therefore the nmfswu ‘to_bring to end unsupportable situation,” the note evmlud‘z. “and to support its protestations and declarations of that nited States have been entirely in contradic- tion of their acts, and that in spite of tests mot to intervene in the af- of Mexico, soldiers of the United States are now in Mexico without the the Mexican government, and in violation of Mexico's sove- reignty, the Mexican government now asks for the immediate withdrawal of those troops. The request is made in a 12,000-word note made public at the American crossed -the frontier after the second expedition the American troops after the mittisg an act of invasion. Work of Expedition Ove | the Columbus raid is now over. in spite of this fact, American troop still remain on Mexican soil. tend that political disorder in country justifies this act of the Amer- ican military forces is in conflict with the repeated professions of the Wash. ington government relative to non-in- terference.” Refers to Embargo on Arms. The note points out that much of the trouble in Mexico is due “to the at- titude of ‘the United States In - nof nishing - rators is 8 ‘conspir “ “Unite, 0 have plotted the downfall he ~present - eonstitutionsilist “gov- t and to the acts of Washing- e fon in refusing the shipments of arms and ammunition to enter Mexico,” The Note in Part. ~ The note, which is addressed to villa raid at Columbus, the note insists that in contradiction of the words of Gen- eral Scott and General Funston an- =i other expedition crossed the bound-|g; ary line, thus violating all the pre- cepts of international law and com- “The American government,”' says the note, “has admitted that the work of the expedition which entered after But 'To con- this The to the arrangement, he said. EXPLORER SHAKLETON IS i AT FALKLAND ISLANDS | Additional Sailors. Started from England.- on Trip in August, 1914, London, June 1, 3.07 a. m.—Lieu- tenant Sir Brnest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer, has arrived safe- ly at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. ‘The news that Lieutenant Shackle- e reached London short- ly after midnight. The message from the' explorer himself and nounced his n.\rr:’v:dl at Port Stanley. durance, had . a ‘Weddel Sea ice floe last October, but that it drifted until mid-winter, when Antartic ton was he and his party landed on Elephant Island, in the South Shetland group. The explorer left in a small boat with five men a week later to sum- mon help, leaving 22 .men;behind. All were well, but in a-situation requir- ing the quickest possible relief. The message of Lieutenant Shackle- ton was dated Port Stanley May 31. It said that he left Elephant Island April 24. The gravest fears had b the past two weeks owing to the ab- sence of news from the Endurance and in the house of commons yester- day Premier Asquith said that the government had-approved of a com- mittee appointed by the admiralty te ‘&e,advtoe regarding a relief expe- Sir Ernest Shackleton’s expedition T by the holiday. ts were agreeable the was an- een entertained for the explorer .during Every Vote—Measure Calls for $3, ‘ashington, May 31.—Amendments to the naval appropriation bill to pro- vide for a $11,000,000 government ar- mor plate plant, for $3,500,00( of $2,000,000 worth of aeroplanes, for 2,730 additional sailors and for a bo- the committee of the whole. Party Lines Broken Down, Party lines Were broken down on every vote. Twenty-three republicans and two progressives joined the dem- P the final vote being 165 to 'Vm_on Aeroplane Amendment. Thirteen democrats lined up with the republicans on the additional ae- roplane amendment, which was car- ried, 120 to°103. The bonus dnd in- creased personnel amendments were ::_lollljted overwhelmingly without roll Armor Plate Has Passed in Senate. Debate on the armor plate amend- ment, which already had been passed as a separate bill in the senate, cen- tered largely around the question of whether the Bethlehem Steel Com- pany, the largest private manufac- turer of plate, had treated the gov- ernment fairly in dealings with it. ‘which had as an object the crossing of the Antartic continent from Wed- dell Sea to Ros: England in August, 1914. with one section of the party went to Buenos' Aires and the, other section to ‘Tasmanfa. At Buenos Aires in Oc- tober, 1914, Sir Brnest sailed proceeded from Tasmania by the steamer Aurora for Ross Sea, where it was hoped Sir Ernest and his par- ty would join it after crossing the continent. Early in the present year the Au- rora returned to Port Chalmers, New Zealand, having broken adrift in the ice on May 6, 1915. were ashore when the vessel . | away -and nothing had -been heard rom- .and his companions a _the capital ‘of the @57 which Tie- in the seacoast . of Falkland South - Atlantic off the Argentina. FORD’S’ BUSINESS MANAGER ship by an immediate withdraw- @l of the American troops.” Yo Washington Must Declare Itself. Maintaining that the protests of tests of friendship by the United ites and the expressed desire for non-intervention have been contra- dicted by the acts of the Washington government, the note says the time has arrived when Washington m: re- clare itself clearly and unequivocally as to its future intentions toward WMexis An Act of Invasion. co. After reciting the facts which led to the first crossing of the fromtier by Secretary Lansing, reads in part as follows: “The Mexican government has just received advices that a group = of American troops have crossed the frontier and penetrated Mexican terri- tory and are at present near a place called El Pino, some seventy miles to the south of the frontier. This newly effected passage of these troops with- out the consent of the Mexican gov- ernment places in grave danger the harmony and good relations which ought to exist between the govern- (Continued on Page Six) DETECTIVE BURNS TO APPEAR IN WIRE TAPPING CASE Was in Court Ready to Testify When Attorney Asked for Adjournment. New York, May 81.—The examina- tion of Detective Willlam J, Burns at the Doe inquiry into the tapping of telephone wires and the installation of a listening device in the office of Seymour & Seymour, munitions brok- ers, was today adjourned until to- morrow at the request of Burns' &t- torney, James M. Beck, who sald he had another engagement. Burns was in_court prepered to testify. In his stead Martin Hgan of J. P. Morgan & Co., who testified last week that he had employed the Burns de- tective agency to discover the source of alleged leaks of information from the Morgan firm to the Seymour firm, was recalled. He testifled that he had recelved photographs and coples of papers obtained by Burns from the Seymour offices and other ‘“docu~- mentary evidence” but said it would be inadvisable to make it public as it ‘would interefere with the interests of justice. The hearing”was the nad- Journed. POSTAGE RATES PAID BY NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES it Representative Randall Calls Rank Discrimination. 'Washington, May 31.—A bill de- signed to ‘révolutionize the postage rates paid by newspapers and maga- zines and wipe out the $60,000,000 loss Wu department claims it annually on account of the cent a pound rate,” was introduced in the house ‘today Representative Randall. It proposes adapting the parcels post zomes to second class mail matter which embraces newspa- Efl. magazines and other publica- ns. In an explanatory, statement Mr./ Randall said the present second class mail system ‘eonsutu‘t;s a rank 4 e small Hes published in the large cities to go into the territory of the former on ally subsidized basis.’ a virtu SUGAR BEET SEED _ y FROM VLADIVOSTOK —_— Arriving at Seattle for Use of Amer- can Farmers. Seattle, Wash, May 3l1.—Large quantities of sugar beet seed shipped from Viadivostok for the use of Amer- e begun to arrive ese steamer Yuki ‘harging a cargo val- WOONSOCKET WOMAN BEING TRIED FOR MURDER Mrs. Hattie E. Oakley—The Poisoned Cream Puffs Case. Providence, R. I, May 31—Mrs. Hattle E. Oskley was placed on trial here today for the murder of Almand Vadeboncoeur of Woonscocket who died recently after eating poisoned cream puffs. A jury was obtained without difficulty, only sixteen men being called. In opening for the state Assistant Attorney Gen. Abbott Phillips assert- ed that witnesses would testify that Mrs. Oakley bought poison similar to that found in the puffs the day before they were delivered and that it was her handwriting on the package in which they were sent by special de- livery mail to Henry Cassavant who gave several. of them to Vadeboncoeur Cassavant, who ate one of the puffs, has been in a hospital much of the time since, The state contended that the defendant was jealous of Cassa- vant’s attentions to another woman. INVESTIGATING CHARGES OF ANTI-JEWISH FEELING In the New . York National Guard— Discrimination is Claimed. New York, May 81.—Investigation n- to the charges of the exstence of an ant-Jewsh feelng n the New York Na- tonal Guard was begun here today be- fore Adjutant General Stotesbury wita Max J. Klein as complainant against Captain Howard E. Sullivan of Bat- tery D, Second Field Artillery. Klein charges that Sullivan rejected his application to join the battery be- cause of racial discrimination. The complainant’s attorney, Maurice S. Simmons, representing the committee for the protection of the good name of immgirant peoples, said that he would present other cases of discrimination in the different Guard regiments. PRIMA DONNA LEFT JEWELS WORTH APPROXIMATELY $250,000 Will of Clara Louise Kellogg-Strakosch Admitted to Probate. New Hartford, Conn., May 81.—The wiH of Clara Louise Kellogg-Strakosch was admitted to probate by Judge Frank L. Whitney today. The value of the estate is not indicated, but her Jewels, which were the gift in many iustances of royal personages in Eu- rope, are said to have a value approxi- mately of a quarter of a million dollars. Movements of Steamships. Liverpool, ~May 30. — Arrived: Steamer Scandinavian, Montreal, Christianisand, May 31. — Arrived: Steamer Oscar II, New York. ‘New York, May 21—Sailed: Steam- NOT ON A PEACE MISSION. Assembling Plants. Hoboken, N. J, May 31.—Gaston Plantiff, business manager for Henry Ford, was one of the passengers who sailed today for Europe on the steam- ship Frederick VIN of the Scandinavi- an-American line. He denied that his trip was the forerunner of another peace expedition and said he was go- ing abroad to look over sites where assembling plants might possibly be :;ected as branches of Mr. Ford's fac- Y. Mr, Ford may go abroad in ahout a month,” Mr. Plantiff stated in reply to a question as to whether his employed ccntemplated another European visit. Also sailing on the Frederick VIH was Dr. 'W. C. Huntington of Chicago, recently appointed commercial attache of the American embassy at Petro- Included among the passengers were 39 women and children who are going back to Germany from Tsing-Tsau, China, under safe conducts granted them by the entente allies. TO TEST MOTOR TRUCKS FOR TRANSPORTING INFANTRY. Trial Has Been Ordered by Major Gen- eral Frederick Funston. San Antonio, Tex., May 31.—Major General Frederick Funston ordered a thorough test today of the capabilities of motor trucks for transporting in- fantry. Officers bave said it is impos? sible to carry infantry by motor truck more rapidly than cavalry can march. The test will consist of hauling the $0th infantry, equipped for action, for 15 miles. The army's latest motor truck company of 27 three-ton cars will be used. Striot accounting eof time, filfine, repairs and damages will be ep! STEEL FRAME OF BUILDING COLLAPSED IN NEW YORK Crushed Five Workers,Three of Whom Are Expected to Die. New York, May 31.—A steel frawe of a building fifty feet high in pro- cess of erection for the American Su- gar Refining company on an Bast River pier collapsed today crushing five workers, three of whom sie ex- pected to die. A score of others were siightly hurt. Fifty fled as the build- ing fell. The cause of the collapse has not been ascertained. TWO PERSONS KILLED WHEN AUTO WENT THROUGH BRIDGE. A Third Member of the Party Probably Fatally Injured. Portland, Me., May 31—Two mem- bers of an automobile party were kill- ed and a third was seriously injured today when their car went through a bridge which had been closed for Te- years, . Nathan Harmon, wner and driver of the car, was re- moved to a hospital, where it was said he would probably die. ‘exchange nced today. University of Colorado, Beloit s Sea, started from ‘Sir Ernest for ‘eddell Sea. The other party later Going Abroad to Look Over Sites for REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 3 COMMITTEE MEETS TODAY To Hear Contests Involving Right to be Delegates to Sit in the Conven- tion—Order of Business of Conven- tion. Chicago, May 31.—Members of the republican national committee will meet in the Coliseum at 10 o'clock to- morrow morning to hear forty con- tests involving the right of 62 dele- gates to sit in the convention. The committee will hold daily ses- sions and expects to conclude its work E!n(axr]du'sp that bt..he tem of delegates may- repar m}lme- ‘B. Ragn,ba- of lg ‘commtites: tes. " Final plans for the convention were approved by the sub-committee of.the committee on arrangements of the re- publican national committee . which held its last meeting today. The sub- committee approved the following program for the first two days of the convention: Wednesday, June 7—Convention called “to order 11 a. m., by Charles D. Hilles, of New York, chairman of the republican national committee. Prayer by Rev. John Timothy Stone of Chicago. Call for convention read by James B. Reynolds, of Massachusetts, sec- retary of the republican national com- mittee. Election of temporary chairman. Address of temporary chairman. Election of temporary officers. Selection of committees on creden- tials, permanent organizations, rules and order of business and resolutions. Miscellaneous business. Meeting of committees on creden- tials will take place in the national committee rooms, Coliseum Annex, following the adjournment of the first session. Notice of meeting place of other cémmittees will be announced later. Thursday, June 8—Convention call- ed to order by temporary chairman. Prayer by Right Rev. Francis E. Kelley of Chicago. Report of committee on credentials. After the convention has acted on the report of committee on creden- tials, the report of the committees on permanent organization will be called for. Permanent organization ‘of the con- vention. Address by permanent chairman. Report of committee on rules and order of business, action upon which by the convention will determine the order of further proceedings of the convention. The adoption of a plat- form, nomination of candidates for president and vice president, the ap- pointment of other convention com- mittees, the election of a natio committee and other proper business of the convention will be transacted in the order which the convention it- self thereby determines. Sergeant-at-arms, William E. Stone, of Baltimore, announced the appoint- ment of the following assistants: Assistant Chief Sergeant-at-arms, E. P. Thayer of Indiana. cipal arms—E. J. Kelley, of Iowa; 500,000 for Aeroplanes and for 2,730 ion of warships adopted today by the house sitting as ocrats in voting for the armor plate roll | sued 'Ttallan patrols. > POSITION OF ENEMY. | Town of Avocourt and Hill 30 Are _ Under a Heavy Bombardment and Shells of a Large Calibre Are Being _ Used—Austrians Gain on ltalians. The French troops mnorthwest of Verdun in the region of Le Mort Homme have turned on the offensive against the Germans and in a spirited attack have captured a strongly or- ganized position on the slopes south- ‘west of Le Mort Homme. Seven ma- chine guns and 225 prisoners were taken in the attack, which was the aggninhntry fighting on Wednesday T ed in the latest French official ‘communication. Heavy Bombardments. ‘The townsof Avocourt and Hill 304 in this immediate vicinity are under a2 heavy bombardment and shells of large calibre are being used. Bom- bardments also are in_ progress north of Verdun, from the Meuse River to Fort Vaux and up i/ the Vosges Mountains in the Hartmanns-Wéiler- kopf region. Austro-ltalian Front. On the Asiago-Arsiero sector of the Austro-Ttalian front, the Austrians have taken additional points of van- tage from the Italians to recover lost ground. According to the Austrian communication, during the present offensive the Austrians have captured 31,082 Italians and 298 cannon. The Italian war office admits the evacua- tion of positions at Monte Priafora ::‘d Punta Cordin on the Asiago pla- u. On the Russian Front. The lake region south of Dvinsk on the Russian front is again the scene of heavy bombardments, probably the prelude to more infantry fighting. Farther south, on the Volhynian front, and along the Bessarabian border, there is increased activity by the Teu- tons and Russians. grad reports the capture of a Russian position in the region of Diarbekr, but says the Russians in a counter-attack ejected the invaders. Nothing new has come through concerning the invasion of Greek Ma- cedonia by the Bulgars and Germans, but on the extreme western part of the Balkan front the Austrians along the Voyusa river in Albania have pur- ROOSEVELT FINDS FAULT This Particular Time With President Wilson, W. J. Ford. % St. Louis, May 31—Colonel Theo- dore Roosevelt made three speeches in St. Louls today in which he advetated universal military service, declared the German-American alliance was guilty of moral terason and anti-Americanism and denounced President Wilson’s Me- morial day speech as weak. Cheering crowds greeted him. Colonel Roosevelt maintained that President Wilson used “weasel” words ‘wrich sucked the life out of his phrases made them meaningless. ‘When Mr. Wilson speaks of ‘univer- sal voluntary training,” he asserted, “he draws a_parallel to a truaney law which would make universal attend- ance by children at school obligatory to all except those who wanted to keep Roosevelt averred that he though well of Mr. Bryan and M Ford. *“I like them in private life, he added. “They are nice, amiabie men. But I cannot join them in any wild mental joy rides, which is what T should be. compelled to do if T should take their ideas serious Colonel Roosevelt addressed the largest crowd at the City club in ihe afternoon, where he said that neutral- ity that ailowed trampling on American rights could not be tolerated and that there could be no Americans who were not Americans to the heart. “I denounce the German-American alliante with all my soul” he shouted. “The acts of leaders constitute moral treason to our government and our .people.” Colonel Roosevelt left at 4.20 p. m. He will speak at Newark, N.' I, Thursday night. RETURNS INDICATE ELECTION OF MRS. JOSIAH E. COWLES ent of the General Federa- New York, May 31.—Supporters of Mrs. - Josiah Evans Cowles of I.os Angeles, claimed tonight on the early returns ofrom the balloting that she had been elected president of the Ger- eral Federation of Women's Clubs by a safe majority over Mrs. Samuel B. Sneath of Tifin, Ohio. The \presi- dential _election was the crowning event of the thirteenth biennial con- ;;:;uon of the federation which closes Odfa{he 2,446 delegates not moze than 1,80 voted, it was ed. The small vole was ascribed to the fact ihat many of the delegates from the west and middle west left last night for their homes while others refrained from voting because of warm per- ‘Ben | Sonal friendship for both candidates. the front rows nearest the platfe FOUR MEXICAN BANDITS WERE KILLED IN SKIRMISH Whitmonday Bank Holiday Postponed. rict of Durango. Chihuahua City, Mexico, May 31— Four bandits were killed and six taken skirmish Gen- The polls were open from & o'ciock until 4. Precautions were taken by the loca: biennial board to prevent electioneering in or about the armory ‘where the convention sessions are held and as a result workers for the op- posing candidates were forced to talk to prospective voters either in the street in front of the armory or in ON OFFENSIVE|. 3 WITH EVERYBODY.|- Bryan and Henry gone on strike for hu.» ‘wages. ‘Were gone o nstrike for higher wages. = The British tank steamer Lux damaged in a tz:.)l]]m with m Gen. Pershing ;nhrudinl a new road from Columbus, N. M., to base at Colonia Dublan, Mexico. e John Harvey, of Pocantico, was ar- steal restcd as he was a standard at N. Y. The fourth annual convention of th National Association of Corpoon rn\‘-lo: Schools opened at Pittsburgh. Charles: Edison, son of Thomas A. was fined $5 in the Jamaica, L. I, police court for speeding. yonrs 0 was Shreck by RS o struck by d torn into splinters near Islip, L. L“ Japan has asked China to safeguard the lives and interests of Japanese res- idents in the revelutionary districts. Patrolman Henry H. Schwratz, shot DenTal of the reported iliness of President Yuan Shi-Kai was made at the Chinese Embassy at Washington. Mrs. Li sentenced to serve one year in prison. Speaker Champ Clark definitely de- cided not to accept the chairmanship of the Democratic National Conven- tion. An alligator escaped from Midway Park, a summer resort near Middle- town, N. Y., and entered the Walkill River. George A. Morris, of Cranford, a member of the New York Stock Ex- change, died in a sanitarium at Kings- ton, N. Y. A resolution to submit a woman suffrage amendment to Louisiana vot- ers was unfavorably reported by a house committee. Twenty-six members of the crew of the British tramp steamer Trunkby, sunk by an unidentified submarine, arrived at Algiers. Threo persons are reported . killed worth of damage caused by a tornad near Memphis, Tenn . 5% Union dock workers at Seattle have Bodies of two unidentified men in a battle with gunmen in a cellar in New York City, died of his wounds. | I ian Houps, convicted of manslaughter at Washington, Pa., was 43 injured; and thousands of dollars’ | HENRY T.SMITH OF HADDAM - NECK CAPTURED BY POSSE. DEED DONE IN —— Accused Escaped from a Guard in 1909—Spent the Last Seven Yoars on thé Pacific Coast—S8hooting Was Result of Quarrel of Trivial Nature Haddam Neck, Conn.,, May 31— Henry T. Smith, 40 years of age, Wwanted for the murder of his brother, Wlflhn:',t!n 1909, :I.l arrested by a mln.te & .lmed‘ sheriffs here 1909 He returned to this vi rned to vi- cinity three days ago, having spent the last seven years in Alaska, west- ern Canada and some of the states on the Pacific slope. Said to Have Burned a Barn. A few hours previous to his arrest, Smith is said to have burnedl a barn and then attempted to burn the farmhouse of W. F. Bowen and firing several rounds frem a " revolver through the window: A grievance against Mr. Bowen s* believed to ave been the reason for his act. Deputy Sheriff O'Neill at East Hampton was notified and he collect- ed four assistants and.burried to the scene. In the meantime 6 Constable Charles Metcalf saw Smith hurrying down a country road near the Con- necticut river. Metcalf, knowing of the approach of the deputies, took a short’ cut through the woods and no- tified O’'Neill. The deputies then hid behind thick bushes in the woods and waited for Smith, who was seen stag- gering down the road soon afterwards. Officers Pounced on Accused Man. The officers pounced on the accused as he was reaching for his revolver and overpowered him. The revolver was of heavy calibre and lcaded. In his clothing was found a bdttle eon- taining 2 powerful poison. Quarreled Over Trivial Matter. Smith was taken across the river to the Middiesex county jail at Had- dam, where, it is said, he made a confession, telling the details of the shooting of his brother after a bitter quarrel. According to the alleged confession, the brothers quarreled over a trivial matter and William shot Henry in the side with a shotgun. To substantiate this claim, Henry show- ed the officers a scar in his side. Shot His Brother Dead. _After he was shot, Henry says, I Tt to the family home here, pro- cured his shotgun and when William injured when an auto bus 2 10 foot embankment at Beam Creek near Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Ar order for 70 locomotives, to cost approxzimately $2,800,000, was received by the Baldwin Locomotive Works from the Lehigh Valley. Carrying 200 passengers the steamer Hellig Olav of th eScandinavian- American Line arrived at New York from Scandinavian ports. Allied war agents have bought 205,« 492 horses and 5,386 mules at the Na- tional Stock Yards at East St. Louis since the outbreak of the war. Use of petroleum as locomotive fuel increased 18 per cent, last year, ac- cording to a statement issued by the United States Geological Survey. Chief Iron Tail, famous Indian, died on a passenger train near Fort Wayne, Ind., but his death did not become known until the train reached Chicago. President Wilson issued a procla- mation calling upon the people of the United States to celebrate Flag Day, June 1-4, with fitting patriotic exer- cises. Four persons were killed and two injured when Seaboard train No. 5, New York for Atlanta, crashed into an a!;fomoblle at a crossing near Windsor, Hugh Edwards, aged 45, was knock- ed down and killed whe na team drawing a heavy truck ran wild in a :mw‘I’, v;a(chlng a parade at Hunting- on, L. Former Congressman Thaddeus B. Mahon, died at his home at Chambers- burg, Pa. He was a member of the Fifty-third and 59th Congresses and was 76 years old. The New Hampshire delegation Yo day re-elected Frederick W. Easta- the repulican national convention to- brook as a member of the national committee. Charging exto y bosses and under offiicals, carmen and electric department employes of the street railway at Washington have threat- ened to strike. To further a plan to place the postal guide in every commercial establish- ment in the country, Postmaster Gen- eral Burleson has reduced the price from $3 to 30 cent.s Government printers went to work to get out 20,000 additional copies of the Hay-Chamberlain army reorgan- ization bill ordered by the house in re- sponse to. the public ‘Three companies of sailors and ma- flnumdthdrbmdm%::atthe drowning. This persons he has rescuer from the wat- One man was killed and eight others backed over appeared in the doorway shot him dead. To cover up his crime, he said he dragged the body through the woods, weighted it down with ‘stones and sunk it in a small stream flow- ing through what is known.as Hop Swamp. Escaped From Guard. The body was discovered a few daye later and search for Henry Smith dis- clozed that he was at a friend's home, suffering from an attack of “malaria.” Richard Davis, who was then high sherif!' of Middlesex county, took the man into custody and placed a guard over the house. A few days later, however, Smith eluded the guard and made his escape. An organized posse searched the woods for weeks but Smith had made good his escape. It was thought at the time that he took a steamer for New York. Both Brothers Were Crack Shots. The accused and his brother were well known in’this section as hunt- ers and both were crack shots. Smith will be given a preliminary hearing at Haddam tomorrow. TORPEDO BOAT STRUCK SUBMERGED BREAKWATER. Hole Torn in the Port Bow of the Warrington. Boston, May 31.—The torpedo boat destroyer 'Warrington, by contact with a submerged breakwater at Rockport last night, was placed in drydock at the local navy yard today. Capt. W. R. Kush, commandant of the yard, appointed a board of inquiry which will report its findings to Wash- ington. The Warrington was finishing a speed trial when she was scraped by the rocks. A hole was torn: in the port bow, and water entered in large velume. For a time it was thought the destroyer was sinking, but the pumps soon checked the rush of water., Emergency repairs were made, with We assistance of men from the battle- ships New York and Delaware, and the Warrington was taken in tow for this port by the destroyer Jenkins. The latter relinquished its consort duties outside this harbor, where the disabled destroyer was picked up by a tug. STATISTICS OF SHiFMENTS OF MUNITIONS TO EUROPE. Will Pass the $500,000,000 Mark Before the War Has Gone Two Years. ‘Washington, May 31.—Export statis- tics assembled today in the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce indi- cate that munition shipments to Eu- rope will pass the $500,000,000 mark mued at $388,000,000 had been expori~ Gun powder shipments in A‘:’rfl amounted to twenty-three million dol. ; cartridges, four million; firearms, two million; other explosives, thirty million. AUTOS IN COLLISION ON DERBY TURNPIKE, Three Persons ‘Were Slightly Injured in the Crash.