Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 8, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVIH—NO. 163 POPULATION 2° NORWICH,’ CONN.,- SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1916 16 PAGES — 128 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich i # .ole That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population STRONG OFFENSIVE RESUMED BY BRITIS East of La Boisselle They Have Gained German Trenches of Nearly 2,000 Yards LULL IN FRENCH FIGHTING IN THE SOMME SECTOR * Violence of British Offensive Has Failed to Divert the Atten- tion of the Germans From Their Efforts to Capture Ver- dun—The Russians Have Extended Their Offensive On an Unprecedented Scale — Italians Claim Continued Progress for Their Offensive in the Trentino District. T British have resumed ! sledgehammer blows against the Ge! man lines in the Somme sector and after a day of terrific fighting have carried the German trenches at three points along the front. Latest reports from fierce The ing i point. !of La German trenches in any characterized fice as import | headquarters say that Eriti fighting continues. Britissh gains, while not result- substantial advance, are by the British war of- it from a tactical view- Their greatest success was east Boisseile, where they captured in_extent of nearly 2,000 yards and to a depth of 500 yards This gain is in addition to 1,000 yards taken The curred and ¢ forced gaged session of the by assault Thursday night. Ditterest fighting of the day oc- on the center of the line of at- e two villages of Ovillers ontalmaison. ‘A British brizade its way into Ovillers and en- in a desperate struggle for pos- llag At Contalmaison jion of the Prussian guards wa: into the fight to check the Drit vance af- ter the village had been carried by as- Contalmaison was recaptured, 700 prisoners were left in the hands of the BEriti On the end of the Somme | sector therc a Iull in the fighting. The French 1 report does not cven mention the usual artillery duels their | which fill the assaults. violence of the British offensive however, to divert the attention Germans from their desperate to capture Verdun. Assault af- ter assault was delivered against the French lines in the sorely battered Thiaumont region, but, according to Paris, all were in vain. Surpassing even in importance the allies’ great drive on the western front, the news from the eastern battlefield shows that the Russians have extend- ed their ffoensive on an unprecedented scale. On the whole front from Riga to Baranovichi, a distance of about 300 miles, the Russians are being hurled against the German lines. Farther south, General Kaledines is driving steadily forward toward Kovel and has captured two villages and a railroad station on the Sarny-Kovel road. Mili- tary critics of the allies assert that unless the Germans can halt the Rus- sian advance in the immediate future, they will have to withdraw their lines along the entire eastern front and probably abandon Lemberg. ‘The German official report of Friday admits the abandoning of a salient to the General Kaledines, but both Ger- man and Russian official statements fail to give a clear idea of the exact situation in the east. The Italians claim continued progress for their offensive in the Trentino d trict, but there has apparently been no great change in this field of the war. intervals between in- fantry The tailed, of the effort FUNERAL OF COLONEL Morton F. Plant is to be One of the art from 'Newport, R. I. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Church of the Good Shepherd (Epis- copalian) and interment will be in Ce- dur Hill cemetery Bishop O rwey B. Brewster has been asked to officiate. He will be assisted b Rev. Dr. Samuel Hart, dean of Berkely Divinity school. ‘The honora bearers were announc- ed_tonight as follows Colonel Charles M. Jarvis, Berlin; M. Bruce Mackelvie, New York; J. B. Moore, Dr. William D. Morgan, R. M. | lissel, L. F. Butler, M. H. Whaples, Former Mayor L. R. Cheney and Col- onel W, G~.Skinner, all of Hartford; Morton F. Plant of New London; K. R. Babbitt and Henry Steers of New York. The active bearers will be the fore- men at the Colt factory and the as- sistant superi ndent and works manager. MISS MARGARET WARD'S DEATH Honorary Pallbearers. ford, Conn., nel Ch i July 7.—The body rles L. F. Robinson, late of the Col ent Fire Arms any, who died aboard his yacht i some time last Wednesday arrived in Hartford late to DUE TO ILLEGAL PRACTICE Evidence to That Effect Presented to Boston, the Grand Jury. July 7.—BEvidence that the death of Miss Margaret Ward of Pea- body, whose body tomobi; morning, was due was presented to jury t tion fre was found in an au- lo in Salem last Wednesday took place in this city and to illegal medical practice the Suffolk grand oday. According to informa- om the office of District Attor- ney Joseph C. Pelletier, who is con- ducting the investigation, it is be- lieved that an operation was perform- ed upon the young woman in a house rich has been definitely located in the central -part of the city; that she was afterward removed to a house on Ten street in the Roxbury di and that she was dead when placed in the automobile. The inquiry will be resumed tomorrow. CROPS THIS YEAR But BETTER THAN AVERAGE in Most Cases Less Than Last Year’s Harvests. Washington, July 7.—Crops this year are be five years from most_ cases tter than the average for the 1910 to 1914, but in smaller than last year's harvests, were predicted today by the department of agriculture, basing its estimates on conditions July 1. Compared with conditions as report- ed on erate improvement. June 1, the crops showed mod- The features of the department’s report were a fore- cast of and announcement of a heavy year of ‘wheat being more than double the amount usually so held. A. G. SPALDING’'S ADOPTED Was With the New Goodwill Spaldinz of the Inniskillen Fusiliers, was killed in action July 1, accardin; by zel 'mmmw.%p% " was =at breale-of [~y = i a record-breaking tobacco crop held on farms July 1, the latter SON KILLED IN ACTION Inniskillen Fusiliers— Was 25 Years Old. York, July 7.—Lieutenant A. to @ cable message received | SHOT AND KILLED BOY WHILE SHOWING REVOLVER. Middletown Youth Says He Didn’t Know Gun Was Discharged. Middletown, Conn., July Kulzner, 9 years old, was shot and killed late here today by a revolver in the hands of Philip Hahn, 1S years old. Hahn was examined by the coroner and then released in custody of his parents to await a later hearing. Hahn told the coroner that he did not know how the weapon, which was an auto- atic revolver, s discharged. He eaid he had just bought it and called the Kulzner boy over to show it to him. While he was exhibiting it the revolver was discharged. The bullet through the voung lad's body r the heart and he died soon after- wards. Edward FATALITIES ON RAILROADS ARE GROWING LESS. Excellent Showing Made for Months of July to September, 1915, Chicago, July 7.—Railroads of the United States handled more traffic with less loss of life in the July-September quarter of 1915 than in any previous quarter since reports were first made in 1901, according to a_bulletin issued today by the bureau of railway news, only 127 lives were lost in train acci- dents during the July-September quar- ter last year, the bulletin says, The smallest total in any similar quarter was 1§1 in 1914, when trafic was at low ebb. The reports include passengers, em- Dloyes, trespassers and other = fLoewe & Co., plaintiffs in the case, claimed $30,000 interest upon the de. CBITUARY. posits under attachment. Judge Thomas decided that the money Rev. James F. Clarke, D. D. should be paid to the umion. The Boston, July 7.—News of the death!court of appeals holds that the from pneumonia of Rev. James F.|terest is but an incident to the pri Clarke, D. D., for 57 years a mission- | cipal and consequently should 1o ary of the American board of commis-; the person who is entitled to the prin- sioners of foreizn missio ‘was re-Icipal. ccived here today from the American| consul general at Sofia, Bulgaria. He was born in 1832 and was a graduate of Amherst college. Death at Torrington. Torrington, Conn., July 7.—One death from infantile paralysis has oc- curred here, being that of a three year old child. There {s another case, but| the sufferer is recovering. Eoth cases deveioped about thre weeks ago, . it was stated tonight, bu tthey were not brought to fle attention of ths health vatii today. Hartford Lineman ‘Fell 35 Feet. Hartford, Conn, July 7—Andrew Jordt of East Center street, a line- man in the employ of the telephone company, fell 35 feet from a pole in Griswoldville, today, and was fatally hurt, his spine being fractured. He was removed to the Hartford hospi- tal. Jordt is 39 vears of age and un- married. Civilized War Possible, A German submarine has cap. tured @ British steamer and taken it to the German base of Zeel dicating that clvilized methods of war- fare are not impossible, as we have, 0 often been asked to believe—Wash- ington Herald. Enough to Anger Them. Since we bave found out what kind of creature Carranza is it is easy to understand ‘lv;l\y !Omms.ny Mexicans are angry with us meking:a of Mwwnmm So- Are the Old vabled Paragraphs Colonel Percy Wilfred Killed. London, July 7, 5.45 p. m.—Colonel Percy Wilfred Machell, of the border Tegiment, has been killed in action in France. His widow is a cousin of the German emperor, being a daughter of the late Prince Victor of Hohenlohe- Langenburg. Monsignor Locatelli Papal Nuncia to Belgium. Rome, July 7, via Paris, 6.50 p. m. —O#iicial announcement was made to- day of the appointment by Pope Ben- edict of Monsignor Locatelli as papal nuncio to Belgium. HUGHES DEVOTED DAY TO MEETING WOMEN About 300 Women Workers, Most of Whom He Had Met Before. Bridgehampton, N. Y. July Charles E. Hughes devoted the great- er part of today to meetinf women wko will work for his electioa. The nominee and bis wife mctorca near- Iy 100 miles to the coantry nnnie of Jrs Harry 1 ome Whitney at Res- Ivi. N Y, and there receivad ao.ut 300 wemer werkers, most of wuom he hal e beare, Mr. Fughes did not addre: his callers but spent the entir discussirg political ues witn v rious groups of them. Chairman Willcox of the national committee al- s held a number of conferences witl women leacers. A nat'cnal organization of women wias perfected during che afteinoon, officers were elected ana a plan of campa‘gn outlined.” The new orgai- ization Las adopted the name “Wo- men’s National Committee of ihe Hughes Alliance.” Miss Frances A. Kellar of New York, former htad of tne sosial ser vice bureau of progressive party was clected chairman. The organization expects to corcer trate its eorts on states where we men vote. SUICIDED WITH ARM AROUND WIFE'S SHOULDERS Act of Charles E. Thompson, 19 Years Old at Stratford. Stratford, Conn., July 7.—Charles E. | Thompson, 19 years old, shot and al- most_instartly killed himself late to- night at his home here. ~When com- mitting the act he had his left arm around his young wife’s shoulders, as che set beside him w four | montk old baby in her The wife said that domestic infelicity had beer in progress for ome time. IMPROVEMENT OF WHEAT AND OATS, DURING JUNE Indications Are That the Tobacco Crop Will be a Record One. Washington, Ju Growing con- ditions during Jnne improved th. prospects of the wheat and oats croy The department of asriculture in i July crop report today forecast the | combined crop of winter and spring wheat at 759,000,000 bushels, which 44,000.000 bushels more than predicted last month and increased the estimaie of the final vield of oats to 1,317,000, | 000 bushels, or 62,000,000 bushels m than forecast in June. is A slight increase in the area planted to corn this vear was reported and a _crop of 2,866,000,000 bushels, which with favorable conditions might ex- ceed last vear’s 2,035,000,000 bushel record crop, was forecast. The con- dition of corn was reported as sligh Iy better than last year on July 1, hut was about two per cent. below the ten year average condition for July 1. Potatoes this year are growing on a. slightly smaller acreage than last year, but their condition indicates a crop’ of 359,000,000 bushels, or 10,000, 000 bushels’ more than last year. In- dications are that the tobacco produc- tion will be a record one. DANBURY HATTERS GET $30,000 INTEREST Upon the Savings Bank Accounts Which Were Attached. Danbury, Conn., July 7.—Word was received here th 100n that the United States c court of appeals in New York city has handed down a decision reversing a decision of Judge Edwin S. Thomas, of the Unit- ed States district court in which he awarded the accrued interest upon the attached saving bank accounts of the defendants in the Danbury hatters case to the United Hatters of North America. Both the United Hatters and D. & REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY In New Postal Building at Fifth Ave- nue and 43d Street. New York, July cox, chairma nof tional committee, ‘William R. Will- the republican na- announced today that two floors in the new Postal Life building at Fifth avenue and Forty- third street had been leased as cam- paign headquarters of the committea in this city. The committec expects to move in within ten days. ‘CONVENTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE’S BAPTIST UNION Advocates of Lay President Plan Vic- torfous in Election of Officers. Chicago, July 7.—Advocates of the lay president plan were victorious to- day in the election of officers of the Baptist Young People’'s Union of America. The convention of the or- ganization. elected H, B. Osgood, Chi- cago, president; G. W. Wason, New York, recording secretary and O. O. Bontague, 1llinois, treasurer. R Iroad Men Witnesses at Arbitration Meeting. New York, July 7.—Signal and tower men of the New York Central and Nickel Plate railroad lines were wit- nesses tcday at the first session of the board of arbitration appointed to set- tle the differences between the roads jand their 5,000 telegraphers. The hear- ing:willsbe Tesumed tomOTTOW. I l| ‘town near here. Infantile Paralysis Now Widespread RAILROADS ASKED TO DiSINFECT CARS WHICH CARRY CHILDREN. CASE IN PROVIDENCE Three Cases Have Been Reported from With One Death—Dread Disease is in Many Cities. Chicago, New York, July 7.—Health authori- tics of New York decided late tonizht to abandon, for the present, at least, a plan decided upon the afternoon to appeai to the American Red Cross for stamping. nurses to aid in scourge of infantile paralys city. ~Health said he now out the s in this Commissioner Emerson believed it would not be necessary o ask for outside aid, as the hospitals of the city have agreed to ctend their help more frecly. Some encouragement was found in the fact that fewer cases were report- ed today than Thursday and Wednes day. All the medical men agreed, however, that only by unremitting vigilance and the strict enforcement of To Train Recruits at Army Posts MOBILIZATION CAMPS ARE TO BE DISCONTINUED. U. S. ARMY OFFICERS Fort Wright, Fishers Island, One of the Designated—A Fort in Narragansett Bay to be Selected. Places New York, July camps in most of the states of the department of the east will be di continued, it was announced tonight at divisional headquarters, Governor’s Isiand, as soon as the last national guard organization called out by the president has departed for the border. With the closing of the camp, re- craits will be trained at army posts already designated, according to an order issued Leonard Wood. It was found that the contemplated plan of maintaining the state camps for training recruits would enforce the absence of scores of regular army and national guard office from their bor- Mobilization systems of the business world. forget is one of the things which newspaper as an advert conve The woman is planning her s| Put your “timely bus will act upon your suggestions. umns of The Bulletin: THE TIMELY REMINDER It 1s because we are so forgetful that clever men the memorandum book and the many devices used in the daily record The longer the period which elapses after a message to be re- membered has been conveyed to the brain, the more difficult it is for the owner of that mind to recall the message The treacherous quality of the human mind which causes it to g medium. The morning newspaper is delivered just before people besin their daily activities, and the suggestions which the publication contains are ed to the mind at the opportune time. is preparing to go to his place of busines—and they ness reminders” During the past week the following matter has appeared in the col- have devised or incident. enhances the value of the morning opping tour; the head of the house are ready to act. in The Bulletin. People Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, July i... 144 178 950 1272 Monday, July 3.<2 163 177 310 650 Tuesday, July 4...°155 148 175 478 Wednesday, July 5... 158 118 152 428 Thursday, July 6... 164 141 250 555 Friday, July 720 i 88 137 209 529 Folald oo o s 9OK 899 2046 3912 nown sanitary precaution could demic be kept within bounds. Zmerson declared that one of the ad_decided upon was_the of physicians who have to report cases of the disease have attended. Mothers Interne Children. Another serious phase of the situa- tion was reported today by the asso- ci for improving the condition of » h has found that in the of the city fright- ened mothers have interned their chil- dren in their tenement houses, in many every the ep. they tion instances with the windows closed. Such action, it was pointed out, is sure to ha ious effects, not only on the children, but on adults as well. Public Libraries Ordered Closed. dren’s reading rooms in the lic libraries have been ordered sed, and the order barring children from moving picture theatres will not be modified until conditions improve. The proposal for a general quaran- tine of the city was abandoned by Dr. Emerson as impractical. EIGHT NEW CASES INFANTILE PARALYSIS IN NEW YORK STATE Railroads Warned to Disinfect Cars Which Carry Children. Albany, N. July 7.—Eight new cases of infantile paralysis in sections of the state outside of Greater New York were reported to the state health department 1p to noon today. This brings the total number of cases out- side of New York up to 4. The department today sent letters to presidents of all railroads in the state requesting that especial care be aken in disinfecting all cars that car- ry children from New York. 11 Cases at Springfield, III. pringfield, Tlls., July 7.—Two more of infantile paralysis were re- ed to the state board of health today, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 11. Three cases have been reported from Chicago. One death has resulted. Three Cases in New Bedford. New Bedford, Mass, July 7—The board of health announced today that three cases in infantile paralysis had been found here. At least one case, the authorities said, had developed since the outbreak in New York. Has Hit Montreal. Montreal, July 7—The epidemic of infantile paralysis hit Montreal today, five cases being reported in the last 24 hours. City authorities have start- cd a campaign to lkeep the disease from gaining a foothold. First Case at Terre Haute. Terre Haute, Ind, July 7.—The first case of infantile parelysis in this city was reported today by Dr. 'W. F. Rob- erts, county health officer. ‘A small child was stricken in a small mining der commands. the recrui ular arm posts. Under the new plan ts will be trained by the reg- officers stationed at the Army Posts Designated. Thearmy posts designated for New England and Pork are: Maine—A fa n Portland still to be desiznated. New Hampshire—Fort Portsmouth. harbor, Constitution, rt Ethan Allen. ¢3 desig; nd—A fort sett bay, still to be de: Connecticut—Fort H. Fishers Island. c—Infantry recruits at Fort recruits for all other nches of the service at Fort Tot- Boston G. Wright, Massachusets Choice First. - be put into actual op- chusetts, where the ,060 recruits remaining in the state camp haye been ordered to leave Mon- day to join their commands on the Mexican_frontie An order was sued today requiring all recruits in New Yo ate armories to move to Camp Whitman, where they will re- main untii the last organized unit leaves, after which the; ferred to the army p General Wood d ents of national guardsmen have flood- ed him with letters and telegrams re- questing him to discharge guardsmen as a result of the recent war depart- ment order. He said he wished it emphasized that soldiers with depend- will be trans- ents cannot be discharged by the commanding officer of tne department until the request is first made by the soldier, with corroborating evidence. today, making a total of five cases and three deaths. Quarantine at Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, July 7.—A case of in- fantile paralvsis was reported to the health department today and orders were immediately issued establishing a close quarantine. It is the first case this year, although thirteen were list- ed in 1915. Seven Cases in Rhode Island. Providence, R. I, July 7.—The first case of infantile pa reported in this eity in two vears was discovered today. A child in_a family which recently came from Brooklyn, was de- clared to be suffering from this dis- ease and two other children were un- der observation. Seven cases have been reported in this state up to date. Child Stricken. Lowell, Mass,, July 7.—A case of in- fantile paralysis was reported today, the patient being a girl whose fam- ily has been here two years. Lowell Boston Has One Case. Boston, July 7.—Only one case of infantile ' paralysis has been reported since July 1 in the eastern health dis- trict of this state, according to Dr. Merrill E. Champioi, of Wollaston, who is in_charge of the.district. That Wwas reported —in ;this city. on today’ by Major General | Gondensod Toorams | A\WATT SUGGESTION FROM CARRANZAI June traffic on the Chicago railways Co. increased 20 per cent. Petroleum production in Russia in 1915 amounted to 69,000,000 barrels. Two large porpoises were _sighted off the Eureka baths, Coney Island. Fire in the downtown business dis- trict of Pittsburgh caused damage of $200,000. The bodies of eight victims of the Carrizal fight were found buried in one grave. Lumber production on the Pacific Coast is reported at about 25 per cent below normal. The War Department gave approv: al of Kanawha City, W. Va., as a mob- ilization point. Squadron A and the first Squadron of the First cavalry left New York for the border. A despatch from Washington says that Hughes will shortly declare for woman suffrage. About 3,000 rookies form the July regiments in the training camps at Plattsburgh, N. Y Bodies of three Boy Scouts drowned Silver Lake, near Rochester, N were recovered. Russia has placed an order for 80,000 tons of rails with the American Steel Export Co. A secret conference of delegates of trade unions in_allied countries was held in Leeds, England. The United States has ordered a total of 28 additional aeroplanes for use on the Mexican border. Hearing on Sir Roger Casement’s appeal was set for July 15. Five judges will hear the argument. Thirty-five cents a pound is report- ed to have been paid in Montana for a clip of 30,000 pounds of wool. Ten Harvard students will a course in aviation at the Curtiss School at Buffalo. next Monday. begin After 20 years of service, Charles Farwell resigned as president of the American Can Growers’ Association. Contributions of $235 from Brook! and $15 from Manhattan were receive by the New York City “conscience fund.” At the request of Minister of Mu- nitions Llvod George Scottish miners have agreed to postpone all their .u holidays. A lobster with a spotted peacock- blue shell was taken to the State Hatchery at Noank by a Long Island fisherman. About 3,00 railroad section hands of the Southern Pacific Railroad have re- ceived a voluntary wage increase of 25 cents a day. All New York state empldyes serving with the militia will receive their pay regularly evea though substitutes be put in their places. The Silver Jubilee Convention of the Baptist Young People’s Union of America opened at Chicago, with 10,- 000 delegates present. Commissioner of Correction Lewis will endeavor to raise a regiment of New York prison inmates should a call for volunteers be issued. Gold coi to the amount of $400,- 000 was withdrawn from the Sub- Treasury for shipment to Cuba, and $100,000 for shipment to Spain. Miss Mary Ahrens, aged 18, was killed when the automobile in which she was riding was struck by a fast Wabash train at Martinsburg, Mo. Peter Casages, 14 years old, was drowned while swimmig in the Con- necticut River at Thompsonville late yesterday. The body Wwas recovered. " Mrs. Peter J. Nordstrom of Hart- ford, Conn., died at the Hartford hos- pital yesterday of poison, self ad- ministered. She had been ill previ- ously. After a quarrel over money mat- ters, Sam and Frank Sorci, brothers, engaged in a pistol duel at San Jose, California. The former was fatally ‘wounded. B ging 534 passengers, the steamer Nieuw Amsterdam arrived at New York. She reported having had 309 bags of mail taken off by the British at Kirkwall. Erastus Terwilliger, of Bridgeport, Conn., icide ;66 years old, committed su- vesterday morning by inhaling He was formerly a resident of Plainville, Conn. The Corn Exchange bank, one of the largest banks of New York city, having numerous branches, applied for and was granted membership in the federal reserve system. Establishment of an aerial coast pa- trol system in connection with the naval militia for education and train- ing of aviators was proposed in a bill introduced by Senator Johnson. Forty-eight hours overdue, the coast guard cutter Itasca, carrying midshipmen from the naval academ: arrived at Havana. She was delaye by a hurricane in the Carribean sea. Abraham Weinstein, a junk dealer of New Haven, suffered a badly bruised face and probable fracture of the skull yesterday when thrown from his wagon as a rear wheel broke in Bridgeport. President Wilson and _Governor Ferguson of Texas will be asked to ad- dress a public meeting at Dallas, T by representatives of the four railroad brotherhoods, who will discuss a gen- eral strike. A decree of annulment of marriage was_granted at Grand Rapids, Mich., laway this evening for the Mexican to Mrs. Clara L. P. Waite, wife of Dr. A. W. Waite, under sentence of death in Sing Sing for murdering Mrs. ‘Waite's father. Second New York Starts for Border. Camp Whitman, Greenhaven, N. Y., July 7.—The Second New York got border. T 1 he troops are destineg for. As to How Diplomaiic Interchanges Are to be Con-' ducted to Settle Differences . STATE DEP'T FORMS INFORMAL COINFERENGESF Secretary Lansing Has Sent to Mexico a Communication Ex. ! pressing Gratitude Over the Turn Affairs Between the. Two Governments Has Taken—Laid Stress on Desira-' ability of Giving Quick and Practical Consideration to' the Immediate Conditions Along the Border Which Have ! Been a Source of Controversy—Carranza Reports That. Villa Has Recovered From Wounds—De Facto President Shows Disposition to Cooperate With United States. Washington, July 7.—Inception of the diplomatic conversations which it is hoped will result in a settlement of differences between the United States and the de facto government of Mexico awaited tonight a sugsestion from General Carranza as to how fthey should proceed. State department offi- cials believe more can be accomplished through informal conferences between Elisco Arredondo, Mexican ambassa- dor-designate, and Frank L. Polk, act- ing secretary of state, than by a more formal interchange of views. They are willing _to accede, however, to some other plan should the de facto gov- ernment propose it. Friendly Note Sent to Mexico. Mr. Arredondo transmitted to his government today a brief and friendly note handed to him by Secretary Lan- sing expressing gratification over the turn affairs between the two govern- ments have taken and accepting pro- posals for diplomatic settlement of points in dispute. The communication was approved by the cabinet before it was sent to the MexXican embassy. Officials noted that Secretary Lan- sing laid stress on the desirability of giving quick and practical considera- tion to the immediate conditions zlong the border which have been a source of controversy. Evidence of Carranza’s Friendly Atti- tude. Additional evidence of the more friendly attitude of the Carranza gov- ernment came today in the.form of a warning communicafed by Mr. Arre- dondo_to the state department, at the direction of General Carranza, in con- nection with the battle betweem Villa and Carranza forces at Corralitos, The message admitted a serious defeat for the Carranza troops and asked that the American forces be cautioned to exercise unusual vigilance along the border, particularly in the Big Bend region in Texas, as there was reason to believe the bandits were headed that way to precipitate a new border inci- dent. The message was promptly for- warded to General Funston as a mat-| ter of information, Villa Recovers from Wounds. At the same time the state depart-| ment received a report from an Amer- | ican in Mexico that he had seen and| talked with Villa personally near Cor- | ralitos a few days before the fight re-| ported in the Carranza message. The. bandit leader was said to have entirely recovered from wounds received at] Columbus, except that he used a cane! and walked with a slight limp. i This message, the source of which was not revealed, added that Villa tad been continuously in the Corralitas re- gion since the American pursuit was| halted by the clash at Parral, the first outbrealk of hostility against General! rshing’s expedition by Carranza. sol- Corralitos is a short distange! southeast of Parral. i Carranza’s Message of Warning. If Villa is alive and has recovered| sufficiently to lead a new force toward|. the considérable detachments troops are between his sition and the most advanced:| American patrols. General Carranza’s message of warning gave assurances{ that every efiort would be made by! these forces to capture or destroy the band. Indication of Co-operation. Officials were pleased at the indica- | tion that General Carranza was dis-i Dposed to seek co-operation in protect-| ing the border. They saw in thei warning, however, a frank admission that bandits still are active in con- derable force in the territory over which the de facto government Te- peatedly has claimed complete mili- tary control. Mr. Arredordo reiterated tonight his, belief that Villa is dead. The de facto | government has_received no definite! news of Villa for more than three months, he said. The state department received in-| formation today that many Americans | who hastened 1o the border or the sea- coast when the crisis seemed grave al- | ready are returning to the interior of| Mexico. Dpresent pe TARGET PRACTICE EFFICIENCY OF UNITED STATES NAVY Records Sent to the Senate by Secre- tary Daniels. ‘Washington, July 7.—Secretary Dan- iels sent to the senate today in re- sponse to a resolution by Senator Lodge a report on target practice effi- ciency of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets in 1915-16. The secretary ex- plained that the grades given in the report were established by ~Admiral Mayo for the purpose of bringing to the attention of the individual ships the general character of their work and his estimate of their proficiency Battleships of the Atlantic fleet were graded as follows: Excellent—Arkansas, Georgia, New York and Texas. Good—Delaware, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Wyoming. Fair—Nebraska and New Jersey. Unsatisfactory — Louisiana, South Carolina_and Utah. Poor—Florida, Kansas, Michigan and Virginia. The performance of ships of the Pacific fleet, the cruiser San Diego was rated as excellent. No comment was made on the re- port when it reached the senate, where it was referred to the naval affairs committee. MILLIONS OF DAMAGE BY GULF STORM. is Felt For Crews of the armored Great Anxiety Small Vessels. New Orleans, Lr., July 7.—Reports sht from the storm-swept Gulf states, though bring news of property damage that may total millions of dollars, established dermitely only one death, ‘that of an engineer killed at Bond, Miss, when his train ran into a_washout. A report from Beloit, Ala., that 17 negroes were killed there Thursday was denied today and a dis- pateh froth Selma, Ala., reporting three or four deaths at Mobile, lacked con- irmation. More than $4,000,000 damage was done in Mississippi and Alabama alone, according to estimates tonight. Mississippi suffered crop damage es- timated at $2,000,000. The loss to lumber interests in Alabama and Mis- sissippi is put at about $1,000,000; to telegraph and _telephone companies $300,000; to railroads $200,000, and to coast cities mnearly $1,000,000. Frag- mentary news from Pensacola report- ed great damage was done on the wa- terfront and to shipping. The greatest anxiety is felt for the crews of small vessels known to have been in the Gulf when the hurricane broke. Survived by 100 Descendants. Waterbury, Conn., July 7.—M: Philip Dugugy, aged 77, who died here vesterday at the home of a daught- er, is survived by 100 descendants. There are cleven chiidren, seventy granchildren and nineteen great grandchildren. Movements of Steamships. Cadiz, -June 30.—Sailed: Steamer Buenos Aires, New Yorw. N v il H g Naples, July _1Sailed: Steamer “WAR VULTURES” ARE TO BE FEARED | David Starr Jordan of Leland Stan- ford University So Asserts. New York, July 7.—The danger of | war with Mexico is not half so great | as the danger American peace and | prosperity has to fear from “war vul- | tures”, said Dayvid Starr Jordan, chan- | cellor emeritus of Leland Stanford | University in an address today before | several hundred delegates to the an- nual meeting of the American School Peace League, held in connection with | the National Education Association’ annual convention. “This graver peril” said Dr. Jor- dan, Dbrought about by those Who. would like to force the United States into_war. War has for one of its leading causes exploitation. Tt back- fires always on true democracy. We must educate our people against the dangers that threaten from ‘war vale Dr. Jordan declared, “It would be the crime of all ages” for the United. States to intervene in Mexico. He attacked the “war propagandists” and insisted that the most recent trouble! from border raids was instisated sole- Iy by “tools” of American and Eng- lish capitalists, engaged in a “nefari- | ous and despicable plot to embroil the| two countries Dr. Jordan made the direct charge that the plans for the Columbus, N. M., Tald and other raids were known in El Paso, Texas and Douglas, Ariz., two days before their actual occur= rence and “had it not been for the propagandists being partly successful in their murderous work, New York state troops would not now be suffer- ing on the sunbaked plains of Texas. “Mexico has within herself the pow- of regeneration,” continued — Dr. He termed Villa a “wild, un- tamed Indian, the prize tool of the American “war vultures.” Carranza, he said, if left alone in the present isis “gives every promise of becom- ing the savior of his people.” ADMIRAL CAPERTON IN i COMMAND OF PACIFIC FLEET Succeeds Admiral Winslow, Who Re: tires on Account of Age. er Jordan. | ) S Washington, July 7.—Rear Admiral| W. B. Caperton, now commanding the, crifser squadron in Haiti and Santo Dominican_waters, was selected o succeed Admiral Winslow as comman- der of the Pacific flect when the lat- ter retires July 20 on account of age.! Rear Admiral Caperton will be sue=| ceeded by Rear Admiral Pond, now| commanding the auxiliary division of the Atlantic fleet. i In” announcing the selection, Secre, tary Daniels said he had not e ered the question of seniority and decided to name Admiral Caperton on account of his “valuable and - factory service in Haiti and Santo mingo and his efficient record as a high executive officer.” Chicago, July 7—William €. houn, former minister to takda to a hospital suffering fi stroke of paralysis. Physiniang bi=_condition is’ serlous, 5