Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 3, 1916, Page 1

Norwich VOL. | LVHlL—NO. 158 POPULAT]O"&""’ 219 NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, JULY 3, 1916 12 PAGES — 84 COLUMNS 'PRICE TWO CENTS — The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is P, I'hat of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proporticn to ENTENTE OFFENSIVE OF GREAT the City’s Population INTENSITY 'Both British and French War Offices Report a Steady Advance at Certain Points \GERMANS OFFER A FORMIDABLE RESISTANGCE Offensive Action Started Saturday Morning Was Continued Saturday Night and Sunday With Undiminshed Forvce— the Somme River Region, the Germans Have Not Ceas- Notwithstanding Terriffic Marked in Connection With the Operations—Russians Marked in Contraction With the Operations—Russians Report 2 Further Advance of Their Troops in Galicit. All through the night British and French off the great e which be- gan Saturday morning in the Somme and Ancre sectors continued with in- ty and there was no diminution of the battle on Sunday. Both British and French war offices report a steady advance at certain points, but sp also of the formidable German res ance, Fricourt, an important town three miles east of Albert, has fallen tc the !British arms, while the French have taken Curlu, which lies to the south- east. The fighting at the southern end of the Britissh line, where it i in con jtact with the French, is of the fierc nature, tremendous artillery preceding all the infantry The French have taken 6,000 pri ers, according to the latest estimates, while the British, though reporting the capture of 3,500, later declared that the estimates were too low. Owing to the nature of the battle it is not tha tthe casualties are very hi Notwithstanding the terrific sive against them in the Somme the Germans in their efforts around Ve have bombarded several <ctors and actions e famous Ised by cur s st | umont | Attacks Made Against Them in captured by the French forces and is held by them. Referring to the Ar o-French drive, the man official ement that at i points of the first | trenches 2 -4 3 omme the enemy forces gained s and were able [ to advance German _division in i th tor to be withdrawn and i | 1 first line which was mmoy which had been ren- }mxul 5 lost. In 1 the operations i Do 1 activity | marked. been man fights and reports that ei British and Frenc machine were brought down wit e German lines and tha: four o 1s0 w shot down. The mit 1t three of their mac sin Additionai successes are recorded by Petrograd, off communication announcing At Austrian positions west of Kolomea in Galicia have been taken by storm after intense fighting, with the ture of 2,000 prisone 1 Germans in Volhynia are counter-atacks, v in other secti of the Russian front there ar onstant artillery and fantry engagements in which nei side seems have made any notable he Italians are pushing their strong ensive in the~Tremttno and indeed 1 almost the entire Austro-Ita t the Italians are orei | ting, pro! y part of the con office announces that | plan of the entente allies to pr position has been re-|ters to a decision at all poin NO DEVELOPMENTS CORPORATE INCOME OF IN MEXICAN SITUATION. No Word as te When Carranza Reply to Am re in the x ial des- patch re from routin from General F formation a 80 regar: ay aside ort Hancock. took two horses I Fort y, Texa: Mexico. An_ inve progress and Gener would any neces: American comm ico any ho ains unchanged, sither the Mexican embassy had ¢ when Carranza’s reply can demands, awaited Wilson with lers to fol- il they find low rex int department nor t some im; be ected. There ability that the ment’ would cc action until late in t! ¢ house will not rea ur day, having adjourned i July. While the administration could | take any necessary defensive steps in the event that General Pershing's col- umn was attacked, no sive movement would be undertaken ntil after President Wilson had advised of his purpose and definite had been granted. profess complete ignorance to the time President,Wilson is villing to wait for General Carranza’s reply. The war department issued a brief official statement today regarding the 200d progress being made in national guard mobilization, “Mobilization of the national guard In all departments is proceeding with- out a hitch,” it said. “Larze parts of the muster of the remainder is proceed- ing as rapidly as possible.” HOSPITALS FOR BENEFIT OF MASSACHUSETTS TROOPS Three Are to Be Established at Mexi- can Border Points. Boston, July 2—Three base hospis tals are to be established at Mexican border points fer the benefit- of the Massachusetts troops which go there for service. it4was.announced 3&riday. The institutions will be conducted by hnits already organized here, drawn from the staffs.of the Massachusetts General, Boston¥City and’ Peter ‘Bent Brigham hospitals. Subseriptions to- ward a fund of $250,000 to support the jervice have;begun with Lee, Higgin- on & Company,iof-which Major H. L. igginson is pfin-ldem, »heading . the st w1th 10,0007 . R A ZAFAT‘A GENERAL SIRiOUBLY WOUNDED Jn & Battle - With fcen-mm.on-l r..-.—-o..u. Blow" to; Zapatism. z:—&!n.szawna i thseonet e Wi e consti- \nfier A""’rfi »: haa - #ein- - ofthes constitution- Will‘ (1 ‘| running low. dchildren# and< eight 'mt great EE e e THE NEW HAVEN ROAD For May Aggregated $592,516, an In- crease of $259,486 Over May, 1915. New York, July -Net corporate | income of New York, New Haven Hartford railroad for May same report 15 subsidi an mon tonight. the most Central ny reduc- <t substantial in w_others materially Premier Romanones is Ready to En- | tertain Any Proposal. Madrid, via Paris, July Romanones declared to The Associat- ed Press today that Spain is “‘will to do all in her power to prevent war between the United States and Mex: ico and is ready to entertain any pro- posal to that end from either side.” “The fact,” he added, “that there is a large Spanish colony in Mexico does not affect Spanish impartiality or neu- tralit We have received telegraph ed petitions from Mexico asking to i but as they emanated from persons unknown to us and not from an authoritative source, we have taken no notice of them.” MAN DROWNED WHILE BEING TAUGHT TO SWIM Instructor Almost Lost His Own Life in Trying to Save Pupil. 2 Derby, Conn, July 2.—Salvatore Trapini, aged 24 years, was drowned in the Housatonic river here today He was unable to swim. A cousin, Giovanni Abbate, 22 years old, was attempting to teach him. While in deep water Trapani, apparently fear ful ofydrowning, besan to strussle. Abbate’lost his hold on him and Trz pani-sank. His cousin almost lost his own life in trying to save him, and finally .struck out for shore, -reaching it in a hysterical condition. Trapani's body was recovered later. $100,000 FOR ERECTION ik : OF-A GIRLS’ DORMITORY Glfl by‘-Mra. Russell Sage to Law- rence College. = Appleton. ‘Wis.," July 1.—Mrs. Rus- sell Sage, New York, has donated $100,000, ;the largest &ift eversreceived by. Lawrence College, to erectsa girls’ dormitorysas a memorial. to#her late husband, - President Samuel "Plantz an- . nounced - today. »..* OBITUARY. !.‘Mn. Elizabeth P. Hnddnm Conn.,, . July 1_)?" Eli- z#beth P. Dickinson died at er~fi‘§:me /here toda.y, leaving 106 * descendants, the . fourth generation. ey Inaindl cunsans; four? daehs ‘ters, 38 grandchildren, . 54 , Breat kinsom. | and | of last yvear. the trolley lines made fur- ins upon the resources of the paren ny, but the New York, | Westc? and Boston Railway & yea deficit of $2,641 gain_of '$3,408. PETITIONS FROM MEXICO ASKING SPAIN TO INTERVENE —Premier | Cabled Paragraphs Russians_Storm Austrian Position Petrograd, July 2.—General Letchit- eky’s army. after intense iignting has captarea by storm the Ausician posi- tions in the region west of Kolomez, in Galioje, taking 8,000 prisonc NOGALES AROUSED BY A FIVE MINUTE FUSILLADE Between Members of a Carranza Gar- rison and U. S. Sentries. Nogales, Ariz., July 2.—Nogales was aroused early today by a fusillade just west of the town that lasted for five minutes. The firing proved to be an exchange of shots between members of the Carranza garrison in Nogales, Sonora, and an American sentry post gn this side of the line. No one was njured. With the arrival of the California field artillery, expected tonight, the force here will total 3,000 men. A squadron of the California National Guard Cavalry arrived today withodt mounts and went into camp. The total Carranzista fighting in western Sonora including Paqui and Maye Indians, seasoned soldiers and citizens in training is reported to men be about 19,0 These are exclusive of the for south of Douglas ad around Cananea. The Mexican coal supply has become low and the rolling stock of the railways is in poor re- pair, it is reported. While mobilizin side of the borde continued on this smallpox and star ation are avtice throughout Sonora, according to Joseph Knoden, a Ger- man who arrived here today after on a troop train of 47 cars moving north from Guaymas to Imuris. HUGHES TO OPEN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN IN AUGUST a 7.000 Trip to the Pacifio Coast and Return. To Make Bridgehaspton, N. Y., 2.— Char Hughes probably will open his active president the 1l mpaign weel in ip to the Pa nd 7,000 and re- nomineq, is considering a sched- ile that will provide for a dozen set speeches tobe made at Chicago, i Kansas City, St. Paul or Min- neanolis ttle, Portland, Oregon Sah Irs s=ibl s Angel, and v the terri- ory rsed. of nittee ty g the notification July a change in the of holding the formal notffication cercmiony is being considered. Mr. Hushes has in mind having the notifi- cution the Iat of this momth There has been no definite decision on this question. however. ANOTHER SURVIVOR OF THE CARRIZAL FIGHT Corporal Cooke Brought to Juarez, Probably For Release. Fl Paso. Tex Another vivor of the t was lo- cated tod He X. Cooke, of Troop K, Ten ¥, who was ought into Ju his afternoon Villa Ahumada and placed in 1 Francisco Gonzales, Juarez acinto at for structions le Cooke will be turned American authorities tomorrow. Corporal Cooke. in addition to tell- ing of his adventures sinc tle with the Mexi r | Gomez. adaed his tement to that of the Mexi urvivors that commander advance: orders that for us to_ go My orders a, to the men s given v to > north. Ahuma SECOND REGIMENT HAS REA"HED EL PASO, TEX. Men Given a Spontaneous and Hearty Greeting. 1 Paso, Texas. Jul ~The Sec- ond Regiment, Connecticut M In- fantry, reached El Paso, at 7 o'clock ton ht and was given and hearty greeting. A sleeper which had returned m the border to Santa Rosa for the troops was declined as there was a lack of water and ice and ths sanitary conditions were uncer- n. At Carrizozo the tram stopped for half an hour and the men had an op- portunity to get off and stretch their lexs. A short stop was also/made at Almagordo. The religious services conducted on the train by the regimental chaplain were participated in by the men in a serious spirit. The general spir spontoneous been the men are cheerful and the j v enlivened by considerable singing at all times. The troops go from this point to Negales, Ari NUDE BODY OF A BOY FOUND IN A BARN Three of His Companions Are Under Arrest at Shelbyville, Ills. Shelbyville, Tlls., July 2.—The nude body of Willis Smith, 13, son of Mrs. Hallie Smith was found in a barn near his mother’s home. The boy's shirt had been twisted and knotted about his neck. His broken belt hung from a . rafter. Physiclans could find no'wounds on the body but expressed the opinion-that the lad was not hang- ed. He had been missing from home since' June (24. Three of his com- :panions, Gilbert Rhodes, John Hinton and Luther Lowery are under arrest, but - deny - all knowledge of how the boy met death. . Died While Taking. Morning Walk % Bristol},Conn., July 2—Charies Par- ker, :59, awell "known resident of the city, . wassfotnd dead .on, a ‘bank.today near the/New Haven -railroad: tracks. Following'his usual “custom, he had gone for:an, early morning walk and bhad ; been qver-o (PR mlure. a last from ilve ‘o ould bri no mnw st wrat he| “a whirlwind campaign” of Septenak Not more than a dozen speeches will e made cn this trip unless present Llanus arve altered. All the chief is day will be diccussed. Upon gestions of party leaders in Nev becanse of the diffi- Battle of Somme in Full Progress CRITICAL IF NOT DECISIVE STAGE OF THE WAR. ALONG 25 MILE FRONT| Fifty Square Which French Have Retaken Miles of Had Been Held Have Captured Nine Villages. French Territory by the Germans— Par July 2, 5 p. m.—The battle of the Somme, now in full progress,| marks th ing of the Franco- Br cffensive, long expected as a crit not the decisive stage of the war. Early 1eports today that the entente allied forces are sweeping for- vard along 25 mile front. The! rench alre hav taken 000 | prisoners, w the aliied lines have enveloped within the last 24 hours nine villages and 50 square miles of French territory held until now by the Germans. Great Offensive Was Expected. The great offensive was expected and eagerly awaited in the last 10| dz but the exact point where the blow was to be delivered was carefully concealed. It was believed that it weuld be north of Arras, with Lill the objective, but it was final cided for trategic rather than for sen- te the move th timental groun to e at a line south pierci more s of the point_where would operate aistrict location Arras Theatre of Operatxons The theatre of operations for the forces runs between Gomme- north of the River Ancre, (0 a just north of the Somme, while French attacked on both sides of Somme and southward towards hus the entente nt a front of miles, with the ish on the left for 15 miles and the French on the right for 10 miles. The r ion of this supreme c is favorable for mil )pe Virtuaily all of it within partment of the Somme, whi level plateau of chalky format The fighting lines extend bet great number of small villages which T devoted to textile indus- tries, while the outlying agricultural sectio e level fields, chiefly devoted to beet culture for the extensive r production of France British court, point the lied armies p ntest de- is a n a Intense Bombardment for Four Days.| The ‘intense bombardment of the last four days was the s advance over these level ning at 7.30 o'cloc The allied artille encd the rarge 1s to shut off all communi- ation between the first German line and the reserves in the re This made it impossible for the te their perfect orgar 3 fling of troops up of reinforcs ng y observers think milit Y culated the intentions of the e misc tente allies and expected the attack farther nort: Villages Captured by French. The villages which nch_cap- tured in the first sweep include Dom- pierre, Becquincourt, Bussus and Fay, and these and the towr British—Montauban and all found to have been stro: ed by the Germans. allies kly thre taken, in orde counter-attacks however, that the o deliver any ks his centered nch position on the outskirts of Har rt and it was repulsed with heavy & in a_precipitate retre shout nigh ) continued their drive, village of Curlu, of whi had occupied the outskirts outh of the Somme ! Herbecourt and evill In addition to the m the terrain overrun b: lied troops has an exceptionai importance. Four of the tow tured by the French are o st of Peronne, the from the German to the German front gion of Noyon and Soissons. Trying to Cut Trunk Railway. cent in the The « arters is at St Quentin, 25 st of Peronne. Already the Fre forces threaten Peronne with the evident purpose of cutting the trunk railway t which is an indispensable artery for German mil v reinforcements. The speed of the adv lied troops is taken as the perfection of artille excecded anything yet done struction of field works. The concrete sheltered machine guns that had stopped the French in Artois and in the Champagne had all been demolished here, and it was chiefly man against man, with rifle and bayo- , at which style of fighting, the of- ficers say, the Fre both showed superiority, “over the that in an hour and a half from the moment the first order was given the German first line had been carried over most of the 25 miles of front. Desperate Fighting Around Verdun. Desperate fighting continues around Verdun and although this field of ac- tion is separated by nearly 100 miles from the fighting in the north, Verdun is considered part of the vast military plan now unfolding. The French have now taken the ag- gressive at Verdun, today’s report showing an attack on Dead Man Hil, with heavy German losses and the taking of prisoners. The French are thus keeping the Germans fully occu- pied at Verdun and are preventing them from sending reinforcements to of the al- th ions de- nce owing prepa in th rushin ground with such rapidity relieve their weakened line in the north. On the other hand, the Germans pride themselves with being able final- v to take Verdun and are concentrat- ing their chief effort in the south. Now They’'ll Get Him. Mr. Wilson remarked that he was tempted to get a set of whiskers. And he did.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. Mexico’s Two Queens. Mexico has two Quecns—Miss Rule and Ann R. l{ey -_ Bosto‘n Adver- Mail Facilities For Guardsmen MATTER TO BE SENT TO BORDER IN REGIMENTAL BUNDLES. REQUEST OF FUNSTON | Hundreds of Letters Have Arrived at Niantic Bearing No Company or Regimental Thereby Designation, Causifg Confusion. Camp July 2 the men in Holcomb, Niantie, Conn,, Every effort will be made by var department to put the militia- who are on the Mexican border touch with the folks at home, it b announced here today. Genegal Funston, who is in command on the border, has requested that means be taken to systematize the handling of mail by doing up the matter in regi- mental bundles for forwarding to the station of the regiment. Cooperation by local postal authorities is also re- I quested Request of General Funston. The request of General Funston is contained in the following telegram received here today by Major E. A. Shuttleworth: “Governor's Tsland, N. Y. Senior A nt Mustering Officer, State Mobilization Camp, Niantic, Con. The follov Condensed Telegrams Earl Kitchener left a of $850,000. fortune The 47th Regiment of Brooklyn went into camp at Peekskill. Russia is reported to be planning the purchase of 40,000 cars. Cardinal Gibbons celebrated the 55th anniversary of his ordination. The Australian loan floated in Lon- don has been fully subscribed. The Autocar Co. of Ardmore, Pa., de- clared a cash dividend of 5 per cent. Aresto Shillitani, slayer of four men, was electrocuted at Sing Sing prison. Italy has called to the colors re- serves of the classes of 1882 and 1895. President Wilson has chosen Walter C. Burton to be Postmaster of Brook- lyn. Regular shipments are being made without interference from the Mexican oil fields. A plea for clemency for Sir Roger Casement was made by he Manchester Guardian.” The Red Cross Fund inaugurated by the London “Times” reached the §$201,- 000,000 mark. Four Villa bandits who participated in the Volumbus raid were hanged at Deming, N. M Extra pay will be allowed enlisted men and officers of the regular army on foreign service. g ng telegram receiv- d , . southern 'o commanding sgen department, Governor's ed from comn department er Ts In ofder to facilitate the handling of mail for national 1ard ordered to this department re- quest you to instruct all such units of your ment to include in mail company, regiment tions as well as des- t you to arrange n =0 requ a1l postal authorities to sore militia mail into regiment bundles and dispatch to designations furnish- ed by you. “(Signed.) ¢ “FUNSTON.” comply with this request athorities. Acknowl- will “SIMPSON.” Two Chaplains Are Postmasters. In both the First an Second infan- try the “egimental chaplains are the postmaster: Before leaving they de- iled assistants t ohandle the mail 11 10 1 > it for shipment direct to the regiments on advices to be sent. 1In this way it was hoped that etters, cards and parcel post matter would not be lost, nor would it be sub- ject #0 dclay through repeated hand- ling, the officers and men being ad- vised that it would be best to noti those at home who intended to write to send their missives for the time being to the camp here to be forward- ed in pre-arranged order rather than to have it following the regiment from place to place. that time the army anthorities had given no orders as to dispatch of mail. In spite nx‘ e efforts of the regi- mental chapiains to get order out of Bonfiiion ihusived & oot Tafters oon cards and some packages early arriv- ed here bearing no company or even regimental designation, offering a problem for the mail orderly to locate intended recipient. CONGRESS TO COMPLETE FINANCIAL PREPAREDNESS. Talk of Half a Billion for National Defense. ton, Jul; ongress is paring to comple: programm pr of financi with dication prep every n will aggregate considerably more n a billion and a half dollars, at st half a billion hich will be 'S based on rman Fitzger- \ppropriations com- and increases put into pending to est measures by senate committees, the and appropriation total may reach 000,000, e ding by more than 000,000 the record of n the ny previous nation’s his! Last week Representative Fitz submitted a statement to the house showing tha grand total for the resent ¢ , based on bills pa; d pending, would reach nearly 00,000. e then the nate naval ommittee has added nearly $50,000,000 and the military com- mittee has ed the $182,000,000 army appropriation measure by ap- proximately $100,000,000 principal appropriation meas- iting senate consideration are and navy bill As amended in committee, they carry $282,000,000 $315,825,848, respectively, and to- fortifications bill, would with the vhich has passed both houses appropriate for national defense more than $622,000,000. There is every indi- cation that the senate will accept at least the major part of the proposed army and navy increases, but confer- ences that are certain to be demanded probably will succeed in paring them Whatever happens, however, h houses agree that .the priations will break all NEW LONDON COMPANIES ORDERED TO NIANTIC. Ordered tc Report at Camp Holcomb Wednesday Morning. New London, Conn., July 2.—The st and Tenth companies, 'C. A. were ordere dronight to repart at Camp Holcomb, Niantic, on Wednesday morning. The orders came from Major General Wood at Washington. Both companies returned from a ‘ten days’ target practice at Fort H. G. ight, N. Y., on Saturday, and while in training sent a petition to the war department to be sent to the border. On Saturday the members of the com- pany reported that there was 1o chance of them going to the border, but there has been a change in the war_department’s plans over Sunday. While in camp there were other com- panies from the state in training at the same time and the likelihood is that they. will also be ordered to Camp Holcomb. Movements of Steamships. New York, July 2.—Arrived: Steam- ers New York, Liverpool; San Gugliel- mo, Naples. Sailed: Steamers Chcia- 1 go, s Bovdeaux; zCedric, Liverpool. A plant to cost $1,000,000 will be erected at Prighton, Cal, by the Great Northern Sugar Co. Exports of copper ports for the week amounted to 11,4 from Atlantic ended June 29 tons. The fiftieth annual the Grand Army concluded at Utica, N. encampment of of the Republic was YE The State Department has forward- ed to Germany the British note on the subject of relief for Poland. Sales of the Studebaker Coporation for the first six months of 1916 are re- ported to have increased 80 per cent. An order for 100 ballast cars was re- ceived by the American Car & Foun- dry Co. from the Texas & Pacific Co. A bill was introduced in the Bulgar- ian Sobranie for asking 350,000,000 francs for present military require- ments. Stockholders of the Cleveland Union Stock Yards Co., sanctioned an in- crease in capital from $500,000 to $2,500,000. After a suspension for printing an article not approved by the govern- ment, the Berlin Tafgeblatt reappeared in Berlin. The Bank of England bought 33,- 000 pounds in bar gold, and shipped 5,000 pounds in sovereigns to the United States. An earthquake occurring about 300 miles from Washington was re- corded of the seizmograph of George- town Univesrsity Zeiger, Chicago packer G. T. had pocket picked of checks and currency valued at $16,977 while riding in a Chicago street The Senate voted to 750,000 the device of John Hays }am- mond, Jr., for conducting the course of torpedoes by radion. purchase for Lieut.-Col. W. S. Tetiberry emphat- ically denied the report that he had suggested cr nation of the 47th Regiment Capt. Hans Tauscher was acquitted in Federal Court in New York of a charge of having conspired to blow up the Welland canal in Can:da. Robert E. Daley and Louis Reitz, private in Co. H, 14 Regiment, of Brooklyn, were drowned while bath- in gin the Gasconade Riv Mo. The steamship Parima arriving at New York from St. Thomas reported having been boarded by a French cruiser two days after leaving port. Memorial services were held in Trin- the ity Chure hf young Americ: r victor n aviator, Chapman, killedl in b tile while serving in the ¥ nch air corp Whils standing on the depot plat- form at Meriden shortly after mid- night, Harry Anderson, about 25 years old, of New Britain, was stunned by lightning and taken to the Meriden hospital. While showing a fellow employe how to handle tramps, Mark O'Byrne, Le- high Valley sewitchman shot and’ kill- hilmself in a switchtower in Newark while showing how to use are rel bolver. Walter Carter, 26 years of age, of Pawtucket, was drowned while wad- ing for quohaugs at Oakland Beach, R. I. With a basket of quohaugs on his arm' he stepped into the channel and did not come up. AMERICAN CAVALRYMEN PURSUED EIGHT MEXICANS Who Raided the Old Post at Fort Hancock and Escaped With Horses. 2 Fabens, Texas,” July —American troops which crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico near Fort.Hancock late yesterday afternoon in pursuit of the Mexican raiders; re-crossed the river today, the trailshaving been lost, ac- cording to a report received here. Three troops of cavalry under Cap- tain Leroy Eltinze pursued eight Mex- cans who raided the old post at Fort Hancock and escap=d with sceveral head of government horses. VERMONT TROOPS HAVE ARRIVED AT EAGLE PASS Went Into Camp Under Colonel Ira Reeves. Eagle Pass, Texas, July 2—The First Regiment of the Vermont Na- gational Guard, Colonel Ira Reeves, commanding, arrived at Eagle Pass today and went into camp. The first battalion arrived about one o’clock and was followed by the other train Conn. Troops Are in New Mexico HEALTH OF MEN IS REPORTED TO BE EXCELLENT. WOMEN ARE HOSTILE Men Were Delighted With the Great Prairies of Oklahoma—Preca:ition- ary Health Food and Water Tests Have Been Made. New Haven, Conn, July 2.—The Second Regiment, Connecticut Militia Infantry, enroute for the Mexican border, entered New Mexico today, having cut through a corner of Texas during the night, according.to a mes- sage received here. The Second and Third Battalions were reported three or four hours behind the First Bat- talion. Services on the Train. Chaplain Petty held four short ser= vices on the train today, one for each company, beginning at 9 o'clock. The heaith of the men is reported excel- lent, no sickness or accidents having occurred. The woather has been good throughout the trip so far, only one shower having occurred since the traims left this city. Given Exercises to Limber Up. When the train reached Liberal, Kansas, vesterday, the men were Or- dered off and given exercises to lim- ber up after the long days of train riding. Kansas hospitality was every- where evident during the journey through that state and the men were given an enthusiastic greeting. Mexican Women Hostile. In southwestern Kansas a number of Mexicans were met. who had taken out their first citi- zenship papers, expressed themselves as in sympathy with the troopers but others simply looked on and express- ed no sentiments. A number of Mex- ican women, however, manifested a hostile attitude, biting their bent in- dex fingers at the men, an action which it is said means a death threat. Delighted With Prairies. When the train reached the Okla- homa line an elevation of about three thousand feet above sea level and the men saw the great prairies spread out about them, they were delighted. Hundreds of them had their first sight of prairie dogs, chickens and jack rabbits and the comment was made that the closely cropped wheat fields looked as if they had gone over with a safety razor. Precautionary Health Measure. Information about Nogales and bor- der conditions was given the men today as a precautionary health meas- ure food and water tests were made The morale of the men is reported ex- cellent. Some of them, 50,000 GUARDSMEN IN MOBILIZATION CAMPS From States in the Department of the East. July 2.—Approximately 50,000 national guardsmen from the states in the department of the east of the regular army are now in mo- bilization camps awaiting orders and equipment, Major General Leonard Wood announced tonight. It is ex- pected, he said, that 35,000 men from his department will be in the field by the end of the week. Already at the border or on their way there are 24,028 state troops. These men are divided as follo New York, Massachusetts, 5,- Pennsylvania, 21; Maryland, Vermont 888; 5; Maine, 1 Rhode Island 181. Movement of militia units will be much slower from now on, General Wood said, but he announced that the remainder of New York's cavalry con- tingent would be sent south at once. The four remaining troops of _the First Cavalry encamped at Van Cort- | landt Park have been ordered to en- immediately. ieutenant Colonel Henry S. Stern- r announced today at national guard headquarters that the First Field Artillery would leave for the border tomorrow morning. A telegram from Major General Funston was received by Genera Wood vesterday advising him that the New Jersey units will be sent to Douglas, Ariz, instead of El P About 50 per cent. of the retired officers of the national guard are available for depot and other duty, General Wood said. ACCIDENT TO HAROLD S. VANDERBILT'S SCHOONER Put an End to Ocean Race of the Eastern Yacht Club. Marblehead, Ma: July 2.—An ac- cident to Harold C. Vanderbilt's schooner yacht Vagrant put an end to the second annual ocean race of the Eastern Yacht club from Newport to this harbor for the Vanderbilt gold cup. The Vagrant lost her topsail in a heavy gust soon after she had taken the lead off Seaconnet yvesterday over the Virginia, owned by L. F. Crofoot of Omaha, Neb., the only other entry. When the Vagrant dropped out the Virginia_took a short course for this harbor, instead of the 163 mile route laid out for the race, and picked up her moorings today, 24 hours and 16 minutes from the start off Brenton's Reef lightship. The Vagrant came in several hours later. 2 Trying to Recover Body. Southington, July 2.—Searchers worked unsuccessfully all today at Hitchcock's Pond on Waterbury Mountain trying, to recover the body of a young man’ drowned there ves- terday afternoon while bathing. The young man’s name has not been learn- ed. Explosives were used in the wa- ter frequently during the day but without resuit. Body Found in Connecticut River. Middletown, Conn., July 2.—The body of weetor Blum of New York city, who ha@ been missing since last Wednesday night from the schooner Marshall O. Wells at Higganum, was found in the Connecticut river there today. It is believed that he went in swimming and was taken with cramps while in the water. His clothing was found on the schooner ln.l!. Thu:lda’ .sections at hn‘ww&nmgfl,hour.,mnwns G