Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 24, 1916, Page 1

NORWICH, cofim FRIDA mvsim 24, 1916 ac : ny Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Gonnecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. ” Nine Barges Lost |Villa Makes Four | Conensst Tosrams [DERTH M’SK TAK.. - JF FRANZJOSEP - in the Sound| Fruitless A:tacks ter of Justice, has resigned. DURING A HEAVY BLOW OFF |BANDITS ASSAYLT FIRST LINE 2V oo s 5 Exports of r for PENFIELD REEF TRENCHES AT CHIHUAHUA CITY e N ended Oct. 31, totaled 278, TR THE CREWS PICKED UP|{MANY WERE* SLAIN NS FALL BACK; TEUTONS ADVANCE Germanic Allies Are Progressing On Wallachidn Body of Dead Monarch is to be Removed to ° Where it Will Lie in State Five men robbed the Ford County v Bank at Roberts, IIl, and escaped with $31600. London, Nov. 23, 6.11 p. m.—Charles Booth, 76, chairman or the Booth Steamship company, Gied today. British Steamer Sriertsh Sunk. London, ‘Nov. 23, 10.03p. m.—Lloyds ‘announces that ¢! ritieh steamer Brierton is reported “to have been sunk. ten months tons. ' Exports from British Guiana to thi: country in_ 1916 amounted to $327,385 Tunnel in Taurus Mountains. "The Hague, Nov. 23, via London, 4.22 p. m—The last tunnel in the Bag. dad rallway in the Taurus Mountains d | Sir Hiram Maxim, inventor of the automatic system of firearms, is cr.t- \ Plain in Accordance With Plans - & COMMUNICATION SHUT OFF WEST OF CRAIOVA has been biasted through, according to & Constantinople despatch received to- MITCHEL THREATENS CITY WILL DISTRISUTE COAL He Says Prices n New York Have Been Exorbitant. In the Alt Region Bucharest Reports That the Rumanians Are Holding Their Positions—North of Monastir the Ger- mans and Bulgarians Have Received Reinforcements and New York, Nov. 23—A threat to buy coal and deliver it to small consum. ers in city street cleaning wasons at reasonablé prices, unless the dealers bring present prices down, was made. today by Mayor Mitchel. He says he has been making an investigation or the “exorbitaiit price of conl” ard has reached the conciusion that some deal- Total Value of Vessels Lost is Esti- mated at $50,000, Exclusive of Cargo —One of the Barges Turned Turtle and Sank. Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 22.—Nine a heavy blow in Long Island sound this afternoon. The Jarrett, with the surviving barge Lovis and the crew of twenty men from the sunken vessels on board, put into port here tonigkt. The men werc rescued after censider- bargg.s of a tow of ten were lost fromg the Blue line tug John Garrett during) defeat from Chihuahua City at The Outlaws Are Flesing With Govi ernment Troops Actively in Pursuif —Villa Retreated, Leaving His Dead and Wounded on the Battlefield. El Paso, Texas, Nov. 23 —Francisco Villa withdrew his surviving forces in 6.15, o'clock tonight after a battle of seven hours during which he made fruit- less attempts to carry General Tre- vino's protecting works by assault, ac- cording to reports from Juarez. This report was received from Chi- ically ill. Fifteén ore freight stedmers are laid up at-Ashiand, Wis., because they can- not get cargoes. Eben Swift has joined Gen. g as com#pander of the cavalry brigade now in_Mexico. Captain Dewitt C. Palmer, one « the best known siea-mbua. commanders n Long Island, is dead. The Dutch steamer van Hogendorp is aground on the bar at Puna Sound, inear Guayaquil, Ecuador. Gold coin to the amount of $3,000,000 In the Dead of Night the Transfer Will be Made—The Cortege Wil be Accompanied by Torchbearers and the OBtriders Will Also Carry Torches—The Funeral Processioa Will Move Through Several of the Thoroughfares of Vienna— puchin Church. Will be Laid to Rest in the Imperial Vault in the Ca- .ot e ers in the city have taken advantag. |able difficulty in a rough sea lashed by | huahua by Carranza officials in Jua-|was withdrawn from the sub-ireasury | vVienna, Wednesday, in a silver cup, while the intestines, ] Stubbornly Resisting Further A ce of the Entente|cr ! apparent shortage of the supy; a southwest gale. rez tonight, who added that govern-|-or shipment to Argentina. e sl lungs and stomach will be piaced in The announcement 1ollowed a con- | The tot#l value of the vessels lost,|ment troops were actively pursuing ! o L e et a copper urn. “ Troops—Two More Towns Have Fallen Into the Hands | rerence with Geo. W. Ferkins, togetlier | exclusive of carso, is estimated at|the retreating bandits. The teles| Lord Ashton's eldest son, Sccond {laved). Death came to Emp: : The body must be transferred from with the police commissioner, the com- | $50,000. They were loaded with cozl. graph operator in Chihuahua said that ' Lieutenant, the Honorable Frederici |cis Joseph as sleep to a ciid, while|the Schoenbrunn palace to the Hof- of the French and Serbs—Bad Weather is Preventing missioners of accounts and weights and Dpig iron and sand. the firing could still be heard clearly Sydney Trench, was kiiled in action. the sovereign was reclining in an arm burg in the dead of night, drawg by measures and a committee of big cca Tow Parted in Middle. but was becoming more distant. . e Viah school sta. | chate i what he_ ealleq his sork | six blaci horses. The cortege will be of big ;i 3 - - : rchbearers and the i R merchants. The mayor sail that the | Gaptain Ly i A small party of bandits engaged in| Epheaim Angell, a high school stu-| 007 By, M incth haa rapidly peen [#ccompanied by torchbe jons in France and on the Austro-italian Front. |producers and large deaers promised ot Oytan, OF the Gurrett sald|a ‘skirmish’ with A Carranza outpost|dent & El Centro, Cal, dled rom a ;o0 (Us <irength, Bed FOPIO T0CH | outriders will carry torches. After h o 5 he left Oyster 2ay this morning in . gty Ibroken back received in a football ‘o take | them will come a squadron of cavalry to do all in their power to relicve the | g4 weather; hound for Bridgeport and | Near Chihuabua last evening, accord--gam& of vesterday, but he refused to take|them part of the mounted ‘uard. “THe i R LE R do Mot SUC- | New Haven. Off Penficld reef a gule|iNE to Juarez officials, who added to his bed.. ‘After six oiclock ‘he be-|and s part of fhe mounted GULMC SR ceed, he said, he will carry out I |iruck them suddenly ani the tow | that the military cuthorities there Were: private E. H. Robinson: U. S. army, |Ean gradually to lose consclousness | hearse wifl be Broceded by, (he SO The Teutonic allies in the Wallach-of moment is taking place. Here, fn|DIa™ thioson w0 o o o\ o4 SuB-fparted in the middle. The barge e o aving wand ‘or "an aa. | shot and killed Sergeant I. J. Murphy | and went to the end without uteering | COUR Ch, miiatns in carriages draws ian province are keeping up their ad- | the vicinity of Monastir and in the|y\p ‘berkins, the chairman, it recéiv- | Grandma bioke in two and the Doro- |1t ¥ LR Bty and then killed himself ac Scholfield | prother, word, restms DECCINil 0 leach by six horses. After -the hearse g P region between Lakes Fresba and thy, loaded with .nlg iron, turned|virce part barracks. will come a iage containing the vance against the Rumanians. The | Goneida. batties of consilerable nro. |ed an offer of whatover fnancial ald | turle. “The other barses fonnderedtn BRTEE AT 2 Liswee Supx e Teart In its sil@r. cup, followed sy operations there, according to the lat- | portions are in progress. ~ Nogth of [}% geesgary Any prosts will be used|rapia succession. The crews put to sea | DETAILS OF BA Dr. Isaac Sharpless, president Death "Mask Taken. officers of the bodyguard, palace offi- ] t German official communication are | Monastir the Germans and Bulfrians 13" the fo0d committee or distributed | in small boats and after drifting about CHIHUAHUA CITY | Haverora « v....- - - # . ..., wili re-| This afternoon a death mask of €ae | clals and soldiers. ~The cortege will q progressing in accordance With owr | have received reinforcements and are S SaATh ALl Aah e o o to|for a_considerabie time they were H i tire at the close of the college year|emperor was taken as a_preliminary | move through several of the principal 3 | plans.” i stubbornly resisting the further ' ad- | c2la" Jetter to Small denters warning | Picked up and takea on bcard ‘he|Vilia, Repulsed, Left His Dead and|next June. to the embaiming of the body and its | thorughtares of Vienna and be met Semi-offictal advices from Berlin are | vance of the entente troops. AT e o small Qenlers warning | Louis and Garrett. Dyirig on the. Field - pe. | Femotal to the Hofburg, whero it will PSR Y ki i o v PRY S A . B 14 i ¥ h Las - | lie in state. Vi = ontinue: taken 11,000, square kilometres of e : i st Conmecticut river tug Spartan| Juarez M . LEL ! ernment - to introduce E { Wheat soi) In Wellaehia and With the | of Lake Frestn the Ituiiuns v pach. [ JURY SELZCTED FOR 210 put into the harboy tomisht with |{imes today Franiclsco Villa attacked Earoaa RUSSIAN DREADNCUGHT GOMPERS DISPLEASED WITH ey » : . ; e report that three barges of her|the firs e Sk e § gt i B Sl e L TRIAL OF TEIPER.| oy "o fve'"haa "hoen “hetcned e | Chibuahu Cite and sach thme he was| o Lo viSiinier of the In- DESTROYED BY EXPLOSION. ADAMSON LAW DECISION. 1 s 1t fheaiitas s s here. Other tugs with barges also repulsed, leaving his dead and wound- Gttt heo: 3 . the Russians on the eastern border,|turn to better weather the artilier Near Buffalo—Trial Begun. Firemen Refused to Work. pputh. repabaitoyais beadaiart | iherrreniier. - : Crew Are Missing. . Placed on Railroad Managers. but the locality where they Rave ar- {actions ‘become violent. No in-| pug; ; 2 i s 3 ke in/ ¢, s ¥ = = uffalo, Y.. Nov. 23—With the| Soon after he had dockad, Captain|erom tha besieged city said. ™ s rock: 20, Nov B! Londo Baltimore, Md., Nov. 23—"If it was r\l‘vled is nothaflnlle:y !lnt:dAlhlr: {gg fm%t_r(slv atacks have been reported. selection of the iweifth juror this af-|Lyman started to put out to sea! At 1] o'elock a. B¥.: (mountatng= SHe I-rg- &;‘l) l:'arror.:V;lll‘-Xm }2&.‘;5& P';;‘;!gr-:- }n‘,’—‘n:&h‘gfl M;"({h_m_ e J“dge‘g“;";‘k:s nEention o toak it o g Romatans are holding thelt: poattio e e ther continies Inihe Aus-|ternoon, thc trial of John Edward|again in the hope of picking up some | time) the high crowded hats of the | feller. O s P ened at|nounces the loss ‘of the. dreadnought | stitntionahity of ,the. elght dauie kW a = are i Sitte flentig | o-Italian theatre and artillery duels | Teiper on tte charge of murdering his|of the barges, but his three firemen |bangits were seen £o ire South. along |bYy the Sun & : i ~ 8- idn’ declare it consts Except in Macedonia little fighting alone have prevailed there. - S = ; Philadelphia. Imperatritsa Maria. A siatement is- | why didn’t ne nstitutional 2 = gs;hc’x—-‘ "a{d»"re:‘(;rols)e‘i(l:fitm{“;? ey ;(;2:;;1";3 work and the trip was|the ,\‘Ynxi&:\n Central :;:!n u;h:c;:m; e sued tonight rea.l n:d pliace dme burden of i)rocfmlldwn ; . Moo : _ : _ling to these messages. ¢ s ith| “The Russtan dreadnought Impera- | the railroad managers. who wanted to state's case. He outlined the circum-| One of the harges sunk was the W.|was cnened a few minutes later with| ¥Yhirty-seven convicts charged w N b i e Pev, ol s | NEW YORK SUFFRAGISTS BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS sances by which he expects to prove | . Gilbert of New Haven. Tris boat|a aslio from cannon un Sata Rosa|Murder haye petitions for clemency be- | tritsa Maria has hoen sunk by an in- | evade and avold it. instead of com: & CONCLUDE CONVENTION MODIFIED RIFLE CONTRACTS | the guilt of the accused. was sunk near the reef some years|Hill. tke key to the-state capital. The]fors: the Bovember ssin constitutionality of the law?” Motive for the crime would be estab- ago, but was raised and pressed into|first and second line trenches, protect- of Pardons of New Jersey. crew are missing. P e 2 4 . Nov. 24, 1247 a. m.—The| Thus did Presid:nt Samuel Gompers Mrs. Norman de R. Whitehouse Was [2,000,000 to be Turned Out Before |lished, the district attorne -ysaid,|service again, : ed by barbed wire entanglements, tools Vs T Rtal (o froms LT et M i o PR IeElOR the Areriiey oedr i Profit to Mature’ Baat through proof that Teiper was on th¢| Captain Cirl Fisher and lis wife|uy the fighting and by noon a generg) | Several thousan a % from " Petrograd, ‘has isstuedfin addressing the conyemtior Iateion rofit to Makers Begins. yerge of bankruptcy. Op the Ceath of |made their. home on another of the|cnrsgement was in progress glong the | SVery section of the country atiend- |despaith from wetrcerad. day, lead up to a deciaration that Albany N. Y. Nov. 23—Inspired by Nov. 23—The British | his mother he would come under the}lost barges the J. S. Thompson. They|entire southern line which diatinued |¢d the annual convention of the ™ “At 6 o'clock on Oct. 20 fire broke | brought the delegates to their feet with their leaders to' wage vigorously their |government has agreed to modifica- | LTS of hik father's will into the pos-[lost all their belonzings, Including a|the cntire afternoon. At WAt time | YOrk State Hotel Men's 4 ’ % = 1017 -votes-for-women campaign, _the deiegates of the New York State Wo- man Sufirage party concluded their tions of ritle contracts with the Mid- vale Steel and Ordnance company, the Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cart- session of more than the $30,060 need- ed for_the rehabilfitation of his busi- ness. There had been famiiy uarrels, number of net chickens and pigeons CHICAGO'S DIET SQUAD the liooming of large. calibre guns on Santa Resa Hill and other "artillery ationed alonz the first line trench The Major-General Commandant of tire United States Marioe anonunced that the postmasters of the country out in the forward Ttagazine of the Imperatritsa “Maria. An irternal ex- plosion follotwed fmmediately and the fire spread rapidiy-and reached ihe shouts of approval minutes. i “We are going to act on the defen- sive,” said “Mr. Gompers, “but ¥ a' that -lasted .five forty-elghth annual convention late|ridze company, and the Winchester | Mr. Moore said, over loans made the as 56 deafpning that it was almost eaf! itis arines. { petrol tanks. - ®he oficers aud crew |fight is to be made to take the today. Repeating Arms company, which pro- | Prisoner from the estate left in trust HAS GAINED 11 POUNDS | inrposeible tn hear the cnck of the tel- | Will hereafter sid in recruiting marines. | pourel tonke “Rue oReors and crow | S8 0 1o b JRa0e, 10 abor oue time | Ir_its closing hours the convention re-elected the majority of the pres- vide for the reimbursement concerns for more than $40,000,000 al- o these with Mrs. .gnes Teiper for the thiee Teiper children. Considering Reducing the Daily Al- egraph inciruménts, the military oper- ator in Chihuahua Ciry fold the op- Mrs. Mary Hicks Stewart Bicrstadt, calize the effects of the explosion and the advantages they have obtained, | azines. or- | then labor's opponents better e ent officers, headed by Mrs. Norman)ready spent in rifle manufacture, ac- | BY the first witness, Charles W. lotment to 35 Cents. grator in Juarez.$ X"“"{ Mlan‘;‘a‘:»ea"e .?J&Té?*&m“fitifl iflngodhit::'e fl:g ‘K‘d’{:flr—u’r ;‘\’e\)fa:!r:a‘:“v‘v:ent out. Wo will testst {0 ‘:flg utte:mow:} i e R. Whitehouse; changed the of-|cording tv a statement made tonight|Getman, Mr. Moore sought to estab- At 3 o'clock the battle was still rag- | §TeT 8, IEPICERE, RERCh Teh (o5 | hoard and took persona: command of | . Jurisdictional disputes took ap MRt ficers’ terms from one to two years; | by Thomas L. Chadbourne, Jr, attor- [lish the location of the automobile| Chicago, Nov. 23.—With eleven|ing, the apparent advantage being 2;6' > " | the operations. of the time at both sessions of the endorsed resolutions advocating equal |nev for the companies. which Teiper had left stalled in the|pounds net sain in the weight of the|with the government forces. Villa is 5 > “Shortly after 7 o’clock., however, the | convention today. pay for equal work in the federal civil| The modified contracts provide that|road early in the afternoon of Jan. 30{ajet squad which is attempting to |reported by General Gonzales to have David D. Overton, formerly clerk of sel sank. The greater part of the service and commendmg the estab-|the corporations shall continue work {last, and the touring car in which Mrs. | demonstrate the teasibility of living|at 3500 men, nearly all of whom | otison County Circait Court, was | crew were saved. An officer and two|STOLEN JEWELRY WORTH lishment of 2 sbparite division forwo- on_ the rifles without profit. the x| Teiber. her son Frederick: and Graceiwell here for 40 cents a day..Ry. John faro armedand. iounted.. - He.is also'| W SR TSR SRR TREE,. OUNE WO | CheW WRre, SCRO0, (U8 STaenaal o i0 men and girls under the United States | Penses to be borne by the British gov- | Telper had driven with John Edward |Dill Robertsor today considered = re- | believed to have machine guns. but 1o [Placed on trial at \funisvile, Ala. on | firs rmissing. ~ Sixty-four of, the,crew $60,000 1S LOCATED department of labor. proment. until 2,000,000 rifles have|Teiper from his Orchard Park home|ducing the daily allotment to 35 centsheavs ariilierv. For this reason the |2 Charge of having e Hie Tiot thevaitecias of T | The following resolution on the high ge"gt“ ’:w;']l m!!- On furfln"r mvrmlt:\l after 11 o'clock that night. for the purpose of making the proof|iwenty or #>re heavy field guns of | T- Lawler. burns. Was Taken From the :(cmo n;‘Mrl. cost of living wa sadopted: TO! <hal e arranged by mutua 1 = VTR v o ive. General Trevino’s command were able H = = “The it < shi E. H. Harriman—Five Arrests Made. “The New Yorw State Woman Suf-|agreement. The - original contracts | ALARMING NEWS (7) IN O oI orathe thid Gadh ool ane oo s e, Haa of Vilig| - The N | hegioniiion o 'E;‘E.;"‘?.’,;;“‘&’L:"fi frage padty, believing that unenfran- |were five in number, covering the of the experiment, all twelve were en- | bandits. the’ messages from the state M on s tage of ill- e -efloated and completely re-| New York, Nov, 23.—Jewels said to chised persons are at a great disad- |manufacture of 7400000 rifies. Ca e L S e e e e e e T el e O muiars helng 20 wlth | ey T o T e, R eioge 1a|be worth $80,000" which - were ‘et vantage, whether producers or con-( Mr. (“hadbourne sald the rifle con-[p iy That Roosevelt Has Started a|clared that at all times they had felt| The fleld was covered with dead and | 7188 & h from the home in this city of Mrs. = sumers does affirm that until we ovte we cannot expect to arrest the present tracts hnd been found by pany to be a_heayv each com- burden, chiefly be- Revolt Against President Wilson. as well nourished and satisfied with dying men, one message satd. A sortie by Carranza cavalry, sup- nine deaths. only one yard below the water level.” Edward H. Harriman on November 13, _heavy I b their meals as if they had eaten at ex- o e B weer located tonight, after two arrests Aeplorable fiatress known as ‘the high | SN O Ine IS enmaina ot W<l | g1 Paso, Texas, Nov. 25—Rooseveit | PERSIVe cafes o even at their homes. | ported by artiliers, resuited in the Cab- | o\ oitn A Tawrint o Mate. were no- | GREAT DEMONSTRATION FOR |were made, accobding to the police: cost of living. et e ey D o s To%. 28 Roosevel Tomorrow's menu will be: {ture of many Villa prisoners who | SHIE VS At Lo N s nted AMERICANS IN PARIS|The prisoners are Arthur P. Daggett 15 A& the afiermoon sesston Miss ary | finished or semi-finiched rifles” o [ has stasted a revolution againt Pres- | LA SN LT grsmare | Were Cwithont ammunition” and had | (084 14 e 134 DRCL T Rective of Larchmont, XY and OrVille Bag £. Dreier, a labor union re sentative | Mor© — om, ) cgkes—syrup, coffee. gone since morning without food or < gett of rooklyn. ey were S OIS Wi ke it ara | a0, e a1 Qemocrata, the leading | "4 \nch: Beef and rice croquettes; | water, another message declared. e In_Recognition ‘:‘ Vi"“ They Havely, at police headquarters i organizing the industrial workers. EVIDENCE OF FRAUDULENT however, qualified the report by print- D};‘::da"tdeal‘arrozs, bread, butter, ginger Ui o LaA;s"". di;lidelnd of 3 ncl‘“cent.dr;n Done for France. with the theft. ing a t] k in the ., = ~ pe ckawanna eel common vas B B, gt REPORT OF MASSACHUSETTS VOTING IN KANSAS CITY [l QCSoiten, Which appears i thy| Dinner: Tomato soup, halibut steak, KEY TO CHIHUAHUA CITY |ciared by the directors. The stock | Paris Nov. 23, .15 p. m—Tac great| rpa|NS IN COLLISION issue of the 22nd of this month, ls|Parsiey, potatoes, bread, butter, cream was recently placedl on a 6 per cent.|amphitheatre of the Zorbonne, with a ON ST. L. & S. F. ROAD STATE FORESTRY DEPT. 3,008 Fires Last Year Caused Property Loss of $141,073. Boston, Nov. 23.—¥Forest fires this year have been fewer with less dam age than in 1915, according to figure. Affidavits of Men Who Are Alleged to Have Voted Repeatedly. Kansas City, Nov. 2v.—Evidence of fraudulent voting in this city in the, election of November 7 was disclosed today when affidavits of men who are alleged to have voted repeatedly were placed under a Mexico City date. reads as follows: “Alarming rumors have been circu- lating in this city which v that Colonel Theodore Roosevelt heads a revolution that has broken out in sev- eral states of the American union, with the object of overthrotving Pres- It tapioca pudding, tea. TIME LIMIT OF COLD STORAGE OF FOODSTUFFS. Investigation Being Made in New York of Alleged Violation. Has Fortified Santa Rosa Hill Wit! Seven Large Cannon. El Paso, Texas, Nov. 23.—-Santa Rosa Hill, an eminenece 600 feet high, which is located about one mile from the aza in Chihuahua City, is the key Dl to d northern Mex- dividend basis. The Corn Exchange Bank of New York, announced that it had made a loan of $25,000,000 to the Wheat Ex- port Co. of Canada, guaranteed by the British government. seating capacity of 3,500, had not been so crowded since Tieodore Roosevelt spoke thire several yeors ago as it was_today when a brilliant gathering of French men and women assembled to give evidence of their recognition of what Americans have dcme for France. Two Men Were Killed and More Than a Score of Persons Injured. Kansas City, Mo. Nov. 23.—Two men were killed and more than a score of persons injured, many of them, it was complled by the tates Forestry Depart |placed in the hands of Franeis M. |ident Wilson, who, Roosevelt —ciaime, the stats capitat o Dr. Francis J Keaney, trustee of | The audience, which was composed |believed, dangerously, tonight when & I Gamage estimated as $35.00. “apred | Wilson, U, S. district attorney, and | authorized virious electoral frauds in | New York, Nov. 23.—An investiga- |Cninaanon City doclore. 2o T | ine Boston City Hospital and profes- | of persons who hosl gathered by inti- | passenger train southimound on the R e T08s fecmated - $36.000. cIhere | rthur T. Baglev, special agent Of the forder to triumph in the past elec- |tion to determine whether the time ) prianus CIty declare @ o hill that|S0f of dermatology at Tufts edical |tation, was largely people of distirc- | Louis and San Francisco railroad col- were 3,008 fires last year which caused | department of justice. tion. limit for cold storage of perishacle|vVilla and his forces attacked Chihua- |school, died at his home in Toston. |tion. The stage wasg occupied by |lided head-on with a Rock Islans & property loss of $141,073. State Fire Warden Maxwell C. Hutchins said today that weather (lons combined with increased co- operation betwee nstate and municipal autnorities, and gréater consideration by hunters in the woods, had reduced the extent of fires. Raliroad locomo- tives started 344 tires, the department figures showed. It was stated that lo- comotives coming into Massachusetts from other states, where laws were less stringent were responsible to a large degree. IDRIEF SESSION MEXICAN. AMERICAN COMMISSION Americans Confident That a Satisfac- tory Agreement be Reached Atlantic City, N. I, Nov. 23.—The American commissioners _announced tonight that they believed that the crisis which has confronted the Mex- ican-American joint commission would be passed carly next week and the opinion was expressed that the con- clusion reached would be satisfactory. Only a brief session was held today. Some further consideration was given suggestions for modifications made by the Mexicans and an adjournment was taken until tomorrow, when it is expected that all members will be present. Dr. J. R. Mott of the Amer- ican commission is on his way from Cleveland, where he went to speak and Luis Cabrera of the Mexican com- sion, who went to Philadelphia. again tonight, sald he would be present at the conference tomorrow. MRS, ANNIE KW/PATRICK, THE ACTRESS, IS DEAD Daughter of Denman Thompson, Who Was the Waif in The Oid Home- stead. West Swansey, N. H, Nov. 28— *Ricketty Ann,” known in private life &y Mrs. Annle Kiipatrick, and famil- Jar to playgoers from coast to coast sa. the workhouse walf.in The Old Homestead, was buried day beside her father, Denman The afdavits were hased on alleged confessions of men who told of regis- tering illegally many times, one as often as 29 times, from rooming houses in the north ¢nd of the city Names of well known politicians, it is declared, have been connected with the alleged frauds. The cases were 1laid before the United States district attorney be- cause the election involved presiden- tial electors, a United States senator and a coneressman Mr. Wilson re- fused to make a statement in regard to the affidavits. According to the affidavits, the elec- tion frauds were not confined to one political party. INDICTMENTS FOR THE BLACK TOM EXPLOSION Two Vice Preggionts of Lehigh Valley Road Held in $2500 Each. Jersey City, N. J, Nov. 23.—John A. Middleton and Frederich L. Blending- er, vice presidents of the Lehigh Val- ley railroad, pleaded not guilty in the court of common pleas here today to indiotments accusing them of man- slaughter in connection with the ex- plosion on Black Tom Island in July last. Bail was fixed at $2,500 each. Six persons were killed a number injured and property damage esti- timated at more than 320,000,000 re- sulted from the explosion of munitions stored on Black Tom Island and awaiting shipment to the entente al- lies. The disaster occurred on prop- erty of the Lehigh Valley Raflroad Go. End the National Storage Warehouse o. ARCHER HOME FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE TO BE CLOSED Proprietor is in Jail Awaiting Trial on ‘Windsor, Conn,, Nov. 24 —Announce- ment was made here tonight that the Archer home for elderly people will be closed on January 1 and the house occupied by & lacal fraternal order as @ home and lodge room. Mrs. Amy E. “High officials in this city and some of the diplomats states with confi- dence that this rumor is o canard of the American vellow press, which is hostile to Wilson. ¢The American am- bassador already has telegraphed to ‘Washington in order to inform himself as to the truth of the report.” PRESIDENT WILSON HAS A SLIGHT cOLD Cancelled Engagements and Spent. the Day in His Bedroom. Washington, Nov. = 23.—President ‘Wilson cancelled several engagements today and spent the afternoon and evening in his bedroo mbecause bf a slight cold caught several days ago. Senator-elect Gerry of Rhode Island was among the dozen who were to have seen him. If he is better tomor- row the usual Friday cabinet meet- ing will be held. BRITISH STEAMER BRITANNIC WAS SUNK BY A MINE All the Officers Were Saved, but 24 Men Perished. New York, Nov. 23.—The offices of the White Star line have been advised by the British admiralty that the Bri- tannic was sunk by a mine. The officials of the line here stated today that the following message had received from the head office in Lon- on: “Regret exceedingly to inform you Britannic sunk by mine Aegean Sea. Loss of life not exceedihg fifty.” ‘A later message stated that the captain, all other officers “and engi- neers were safe, bufy there were 24 ead. r Movements of Steamships. Christiansand, Nov. _22.—Arrived: Steamer Oscar TI, New York. New York, Nov. 23—Signalled: teamer _Philadelphia, Liverpool for New York, 1,257 miles cgst of Sandy Hook at 10 a. m. Dock at 8.30' a. m. Sunday. Steamer Kroontand, Liver- foods is heing excceded by dealers was asked of ile sta‘e commissioner of agriculture m a lctter sent tonight Dy Joseph Hactigan, commissioner of weights and measures of this city. Should this be found to, be the case, Mr. Hartigan said, the release of food- stuffs from storage plants immediate- ly would relieve thc situation here. The commissioner dcclared there was reason to believe that the law has been evaded by dealers holding goods in New York warehouses until the legal time had expired for their re- lease and then .transferring them to New Jersey or Connecticut storage plants. Mr. Hartigan called the at- tention of ihe state commissioner of agriculture ‘o the fact that nearly all storage plaats iu this city are full at present. CHATTANOOGA HOLD-UP MEN STILL AT LARGE Detectives Seeking Evidence That May Lead to Their Identity. Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 23.—City detectives, the police, sheriff's posses and officers of the Southérn Express company still were engaged tonight in efforts to collect evidence that might lead to the identity or wnereabouts of the two men who held up a Transfer trunk and stole $40,900 in currency last night. hua City early in November, i913. He was driven off by Genwral Salvador Mercado's artillery and then Villa en- eircled Chihuahua City, attacked and took Juarez on November 15 of the same vear. This hill is an elevation bctween mountains, the American refugee: say, and must be taken before an en- trance can be made into the city. On this hill General Trevino has mounted seven large calibre cannon, according to the Americans and had further for- tified it with machine guns and barbed wire entanglements. The refugees believe a greater part of the fighting today occurred in the vicinity of Colonia Dale, a British set- tlement to the southwest of Chihuahua City. To attack ‘the forces in the vi- cinity of this natural fortification from the south, the bandits would have to cross "an open plain, the Americans familiary with tke locality say. It was here that the heavy losses in the Villa forces are believed to have occurred. EMBEZZLEMENT IS CHARGED AGAINST WATERBURY LAWYER Salvatore Costa, a Grocer, is Com- plainant—John F. Tobin Defendant. ‘Waterbury, Conn., Nov. 28.—John F. Tobin, whose resignation as a member Fred K. Cornelson, the|of the Comnecticut Bar was accepted local express messenger in charge of | by Judge Howard J. Curtis of the su- the shipment of the money, was held | berior court two days ago, was arrest- today on a charge of grand larceny.|ed on a charge of -embeziement this City detectives said that was a nec- esgary formality, they amination having expired. OBJTUARY. Miss Sarah Farmer. the time in which |yadore Costa cduld legaily hold him for ex-|that he engaged Tobin to negotiate for afternoon. The complainant is Sal- a_grocer, who charged the rental of a store for him and paid him $150 to cover three monts rent in advance. He says he has not seen Tobin since. After a short wait at police headquarters Tobin was releas- Eliot, Me, Nov. 22—Miss Sarah J.|®d under bonds of $500. ¢ Farmer, known as the founder of the Greenacre Colony which had attract ed wide attention because of. its fre discussion of rengious subjects, died at the Farmer homestead here night. Many clergwmen and writers during the past twenty years were CONGRESSWOMAN SPENT $687 IN HER CAMPAIGN last | Miss Rankin, of Montana, Files Can Paign Expense mccount. He was 50 years old. Thos. J. Goodwin, village president of Hastings, reiceved a letter from Frederick W. Whitridge, of the Yonk- ers Street Railway, demanding protec- tion for cars run to Hastings. The Postal Telegraph Cable Co. an- nounced that on account of static in- terruptions, messages for Europe to wireless via Sayville, cannot be accepted until further notice. James Walton, of Detroit, leader of the bandits who robbed the Burroughs Adding Machine Co.'s pay car cf $32,- 000, pleaded guilty and was < to Jackson Prison for from 12 vears. King Albert of Belgium has cent autograph letters to King Alfonso of Spain, Pope Benedict and President Wilson on the subject of the deporta- tion of Belglans by the German au- thorities. to 2 | Representative Fitzgerald of New York .announced that he will introduce a bill in the House in the coming ses- sion providing for an embargo on fodstuffs and will urge its considera- tion at once. Alfred Winsor, a director of the New England Cotton Yarn Company, form- er president of the Boston To wBo» Company and a director of the West End_Street Railway company died at his home in Brookiine, Maes. Charles Lakansa, captain of a Le. high Valley lighter moored at Eight- eenth Street and East ~River, New ork, was overcome in his cabin by coal gas and was taken to Rellevue Hospital in a serious condition. A jury in_the Supreme Court at Riverhead, L. I, gave to Mrs. Jessie A. Purick a verdict of $11,000 in her suit against the Port Jefferson Light Co., for the death of her husband, C. F. Purick, a merchant of Port Jeffer- son. The Amoskeag Manufacturing com- members of the irench®academy, ‘he official representatives of President Poincare, membe; the cabinet, many ladies and officers wearing their uniforms. 5 When the band of the Republican Guard played the Star Spangled Ban- ner the entire audience rose and re- mained standing until the American national anthem was finished. Then rousing cheers wrre given for the TUnited States. The reading of telcgrams of saluta- tions from Amcricans was greeied with applause. as also were references to the individual cases of devotion and sacrifice by Americans maje by Alex- andre Miller and Emile Doutroux,’wno presided. After the more formal part of the program had been cairied out, a_poem by Walt Whitman was read. Anotl.er poem, entitiec To Lur Friends in America, which was written for the freight train in the suburbs of Kan- sac City. HIGH WAGES HAMPERS NAVY RECRUITING Only 55,000 Egjisted Map in the Ser- | © vice—77,000 Authorized. Washinston, Nov. 23.—High wages ashore and the increased cost of liv- ing have seriously hampered the navy recruiting, Rear Admiral McGowan, paymaster-general; told the house na- val committee today, in expl: of why there are only about 55,000 en= listed men in the service although congress has authorized a total strength of 77,000. He sald it was hoped that a fotal of 70,000 could be reached by the end of 1913. SHOT BECAUSE HE & # occasion, also was read. ATTORNEYS IN CONFERENCE ON THE ADAMSCN LAW Attorney General Reaches an Agree- ment With Counsel for Railroads. » Washington, Nov. 23.—Conferences between Attorney-general - Gregory and counsel for important railway systems of the country looking to the expedition to the supreme court of one of the sujts attacking the eonstitu- tionality of the Adamson act, virtual- ly were concluded today and the ques. tion of which shall be made the te: case was placed in the hands of de- partment of justice attorneys nnd le- gal representatives of the railroads now in Kansas City. It was said that in the conferences here the form of the agreement between the attor- ney-general and the railroad lawyers. was in substance decided upon. and that the only matter to be determined in Kansas City, is whether the suit of the Missouri, ‘Oklahoma and Gulf Raifrond, decided yesterday against the government or that of the Santa ¥e; set for hearing tomorrow. shall be Terms of the tentative understanding were tele- made the test case REFUSED LOAN OF $1 m Zemtravich of New Britain in Hospital—Assailant Locked Up.’ New Britain, Con., Nov. cause he refused a loan of $1 tonmight, William Zemtravich was shot Ly Stan-- ley Cisouskos and is now in a hospital suffering from a bullet in his chest Cizouskos was arrested a few minutes later and is locked up pending develop- ments. ~ He recantl ywas dicharged . from prison, where he served a MiX« months’ sentence. . WHAT CHICAGO HAS $10,000,000 Vulu:tny Increases in Wages to 100,000 Employes. Chicago, Nov. his annual Thanksgiving address befure the Chi- cago Engineers' Club today John W O'Leary, presiden: of the Chicago As- 000,000 voluntary increases in wages to 100,000 employes made by twenty- five Chicago business concerns was one of the substantial things that this city has to be thankful for in 1816. . h n pool for New York. Dock at 8.30 a.|identified with the organization. It| Helena, Mont., Nov. 2{—Miss Jea- y. whose cotton manufacturing | &raphed by the depertment to G. C.| A recess of two b “re- Josh Whitcomb” of m“"mlmflfl‘; ’:fiwflm{ is ni.n m. Sunday. was almost disrupted, however, by [nette Rankin, of Missoula, who was|plant atyManchester, N. '1';'" e;n:lngi Tod‘:l,‘ushunt to the attorney-gen- | quested by the Mcw.l.c:: I;::*NM of h the oharge of min ey ting trial | New Yotk Noy. 23._Saied: Steam-|factional differences ana Miss Farmer | elected to Co ‘on_the Republican | 13,000, announced a- raise in wages |eral in charge of anti-truse prosecu- | the Mexican: American Joint. com rmatentoe Thipurderine five of the fer Hellls Olav, Christiansand. in 1910 was declared insane and sent [ticket, November it $637 on her | “substantially the same in amount as |tions, now aiding in handling the|sion to give them an opm‘fi‘ P e 19 S O Vg irived, previous- |to an asylum. Since that time her |campalgn according to her expense ac- | given M other textile. cities in New s City cases, and by counsel for General Carranza the pro plan to move from town. l-h. ® mistocles. New Yavic : New York; The tal conditl been subject it e tod: t j‘ 'count on &- ay l: the ‘gnne‘e ,Ot ! England, to take effect on December the carriers to Walker D. Hines, lay before = 24—Be- TO BE THANKFUL FOR W sociation of Commarce, sald that $10,- E hi