Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 4, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 4 The Bulletin’s Girculation ir 2y TEUTONS OCCUPYI MATCHIN AND JUJ On the Eastern Bank of the Danube, in Northern Dob- rudja, Opposite Important Town of Bralia GAINS IN MOLDAVIA AND NORTHERN WALLACHIA At Several Points in the Center of the Lines in Northern Wallachia the Russians and Rumanians Are Holding the Teutons Back—On the Western Front Lively Artillery Duels Are in Progress in Belgium and in Several Sectors in the Region of Verdun—No News Concerning the Op- The period of comparative calm which has ‘existed on all the battle fronts for some time, except in Ru- imania, continues. In no theatre aside from Ramania has an important en- gagement taken place, the activity ev- erywhere being carried out by means of the artillery and by small patrol parties. In Rumania the Te_~onic allies have galned another ccosiderable success in the capture In northern Dobrudja of the towns of Matchin and_Jijili, on the’ eastern bank of the Danube opposite the important town of Braila, foreing the Russians to a point just south of the Danube where the river and separates Dobrudja from Yo Moidavia and northern Wallachia the Inv-.ors are keeping up their gains both northward and eastward from the Transylvanian Alps resion. At several points ii the center of the lines in northern Wallachia. howover. Russians and Rumanians are te- COLONEL HOUSE VISITS THE WHITE HOUSE. Call Was Coincident With Arrival of Outlines of Entente Reply. ‘Washington, Jan. 3.—Coincident with tke receipt here today of confidential advioes giving the broad outlines of the entsnte reply to President Wil- som’s mote proposing a discussion of peace terms, Colonel E. M. House, the president's friend and advisor, arrived &t the White House. The colonel’s last visit was followed by the despatch of the president’s nete. At the same time press despatches from London told of a speech by Count Julius Andraesy, former premier of Hungary, stating that the central ers had given or would give lent ‘Wilson a statement of their peace terms, and that the entente al- lies could obtain them from him. Officials at the White House and the state department would not discuss these developments further than to say definitely that no further move on the part of the - American government would be determined until th eentente reply was roceived. It was said that the t still has his mind opcn en ‘question. 1t the terms of.the central powers already have been made known to President Wilson, it is believed they came through Ambassador Gerard at Berlia. The German embassy hes had no information on the subject late tonight. Beveral days ago it was stated au- thoritatively that Germany was ready, should it necessary, to keep the road to peace open, to make known confidentially the terms of the central powers to the president. It also was dicated that Germany further might permit the terms to be transmitted in confidence to the entente allies. DENMARK AND HOLLAND RELEASE AMERICAN TOBACCO. Was Held There Because of Alleged Failure to Comply With British Trade Agreements. Jan. 3—Three-quarters the 35,000,000 worth of American detained in Denmark and Hol- nd because of alleged failure to com- ly with British trade agreements has £, released, and the state depart- it announced today that it was the balance, together with a Tge amount held at the Atlantic sea- in this country, will, soon be sllowed to go forward as a result of Jegotiations now pending. The British commercial officiale have complained that American ex- porters attempted to send Jjust as much tobacco as possible into Ger- many during the time that the British ition of such importation was eing suspended to allow the Ameri- can trade to readjust itself. DECISIVE DEFEAT OF A MEXICAN REBEL COMMAND Near Guerrero—25 Villa Men Killed and 140 Taken Prisoners. Chihushua City, Mex, Jan. 3.—In a 140 prisoners and an im- mense amount of loot, while another important success was registered at same_time at Bustamante, south of Santa Rosalia, where the rebels left béhind them over 60 dead and a quan- of in their retreat. De- ot two engagements were recetved according to the mill. | naciously fighting to hold them back, and according to Petrograd, in the re- gion_southwest of Fochani and near the River Rimnik the Teutonic allles were defeated, the defenders taking several villages and capturing ten of- ficers, 250 men, five cannon and elght machine guns. On the western front lively artillery duels are in progress in Belgium and on several] sectors in the region of Verdun. On the Austro-Italian front bombardments alone have taken place There is still no news concerning the operations in Macedonia. A wireless report from Berlin cred- iting to Swiss sources advices to the effect that a German submarine has torpedoed and badly damaged near Malta the French battleship Verite, is declared by the French ministry of marine to be absolutely false. An- other Berlin report says that since the eginning of the war entente warships of a total tonnage of 759,430 tons, not including auxiliaries and special type ships, have been sunk. COUNT TARNOW-TARNOWSKI TO SAIL ON LINER NOORDAM New Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to the United Stgtes. ‘Washington, Jan. 8.—Count Tarnow- Tarnowski, the .new Austro-Hungar- ian ambaseador to the United States arrangements for whose through the entente blockade were made after much negotiation, will sail from Amsterdam on the liner Noor- dam on January 18. The state de- partment was advised today that the diplomat was preparing to start for Washington on that date under the assurances given by both France and Great Britain to the United States that their naval commanders will not disturb him. Count Tarnowski was to have satled from Amsterdam on December 18, af- ter the British government had issued orders to her naval commanders not to interfere with him. At the last moment, however, it was announced that he would not sail, as no word on the subject had been received from France, regarded as much more severe than the British in such matters. That difficuity was overcome soon afterward by France issuing similar orders. SELECTING JURY FOR TRIAL OF T. J, MOOMEY Charged With Murder in Connection With Bomb Explosion in San Fran- cisco. 0, Cal., Jan. 3—An all- day session in the superior court to- day resulted in the temporary selec- tion of six jurers to sit in the trial of Thomas J. Mooney, charged with mur- der in connection Wwith & bomb cxplo- sion here July 22 during a prepared- ness parade, when ten persons were killed and_forty injure. W. Bourke Cockran of New York is chif of coun- sel for the defense. From the charac- ter of questions asked of prospective jurors, it was indicated that before being acceptable to the defense they shall have a liberal attitude and un- derstanding of the meaning of an- archism. - FIRE IN HIGH SCHOOL AT WAREHAM, MASS. —_— : 300 Boys and Girls Marched Safely Through Dense Smoke. Warcham, Mass, Jan. 3.—Three hundred boys and girls marched safe- ly through dense smoke that filled the local hish school today when fire broke out in the basement building. Several boys _adisplayed courage and coolness in fighting the flames untfl_the arrival of the fire de. partment. The was estimated at $3,000. OBITUARY ‘Rev. Dr. James Goodwin. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 8—The Rev. Dr. James Goodwin, onie Of the mest prominent Epi clergymen in the state, died in a hospital hers late today after an_iliness of several weeks. He in_Middletown 51 years ago and was of distinguished Cabled Paragraphs Two Zeppelins Destroyed. London, Jan. 8, 1120 p. m—Two Zeppelins have been destroyed at Ton- Cern, Schleswig. by a fire due to de- fective electric wiring in a recently constructed shed, says a Reuter des- gaich fro en quoting the itz, Jutland, Stifts Tidende. RUNNING DOWN SLAYER ‘OF MAISIE COLBERT. Police Expect to Make an Important Arrest Within 24 Hours. Philadelphla, Jan. 3.—An important orrest in connection with the murder of Maisle Colbert, the artist’s model, was expected to be made within 24 hours, the police announced tonight. Detectives &aid only one link in the chain of evidence against the slayer was missing, and that they expected to take the man into custody shortly, pos- sibly during the night. Although the authorities refused to reveal the identity of the man sus- Dected of having knowledge of the crime, unconfirmed rumors persisted that he was the wealthy man from up- state who has been under surveillance 2 ta local hotel for several days. De- spite the assertion of Captain Tate of the detective department that this man had been cleared of all suspi- clon, two men were sent to his hotel laL etoday to take his fingerprints for & comparison with those found in Miss Colbert’s apartment. The man in question is said to be about .middle aged and to be well known in many cities throughout the country. According to onme of his friends, he had spent large sums of money on Miss Colbert nad was ex- tremely jealous of her. Both he and the former manicurist, this friend stated, had violent tempers, and it was his belief that the woman had been slain in self defense during a quarrel. Captain Tate. still adheres to his theory that the murder was commit- ted by a degenerate. A dozen or more young men. some prominent, who were known to have been acquainted with Miss Colbert, were questioned by the detectives to- day, but it was said that none of them gouid throw any light upon the mys- ery. THE WILL OF HENRY W. RANGER UPHELD. Landscape Painter Who Left $200,000 to Foster American Art. New York, Jan. 3.—The will of Hen- ry W. Ranger, landscape painter, leav. ing more than $200,000 to foster Amer- fcan art, which was attacked by his sister, Miss Edith Ranger, on the ground that he was of unsound mind. was upheld in the surrogate’s court here today and admitted to probate. This action followed the failure of Miss Ranger to appear in court to press the case. Under the will, the National Acad- emy of Design is to use two-thirds of the income from the estate for the who have reached the aze of 45, the remainder to be available for the viorks of younger artists as the trug- tees shall decide. NO FREE PASSES FOR TENNESSEE LEGISLATORS 22,000 Were lssued in One Year at Request of Members. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 3.—With the assembling of the Tennessee legisla- ture, the Louisville and Nashville and the Nashville, Chattanooga and _St. Louis_railroads announced today that hereafter no free passes would be is- sued through legislators for consti- tuents. Figures produced by Int state Commerce Commission Investi- gators at a hearing here last April showed that in one vear more than 22,900 Passes with a cash value of $226,000 were issued by the two roads, most of them at the request of mem- bers of the Tennessee and Kentucky legislatures. SENATOR THOMPSON PROTESTS HANGING OF A NEGRO. Tells President Wilson Kansas Laws Do Not Provide for Capital Punish- ment. Washington, -~ Jan, 3. — Senator Thompson of Kansas protested to President Wilson today ‘against the banging of Willie White, a negro, con- victed of murder, on the federal res- ervation at Leavenworth, set for Sun- Cay, Jan. 14. Kansas laws do not provide for cap- ital punishment. Senator Thompson told the president Kansas did not want ‘White hanged there, and also objected to it being done on Sunday. Senator Thompson asked that the sentence be commuted to life impris- cnment, or that the negro be hanged elsewhere. QUICK WAY OF COLLECTING FINES IN MEXICO Chinese Merchant Given the Alterna- tive of Paying $1,000 or Being Shot Douglas, Ariz. Jan. 3.—When Sam Wong, a Chinese merchant of Cana- nea, Sonora, refused to pay a fine of $1.000 on the charge of conducting a gambling house, he was marched to a nearby cemetery and confronted by a squad, according to an account published tnere. Then Wong paid the e. 'The money, together with fines collected from other Chinese, the ac- count adds, was turned over by the municipal authorities to the schools ‘with the stipulation that it was to be used to purchase sewing machines for the domestic science department. SCOVILL MANUFACTURING CO. TO PAY BONUS To Al Salaried Employes With Com- pany Over a Year. Waterbury, Conn,, Jan. 8. — An- nouncement was made today by !.h: Scoville Manufacturing company of the award of a bonus to its salaried employes Who have been in the com- pany’s employ for a year or longer. The bonus amounts to 25 per cent. of their salarfes on the rating of the month of Jamuary, 1916 and was ef- fective January 1 of the present vear. ACTOR E. H. SOUTHERN CONFINED TO HIS BED Underwent a Slight Operation in Chi- cago Last oMnday. : Chicago, Jan. 3—E. H, Southern, Who fi.;w is Double That of Any Other purchase of works by American artists { House to Probe Alleged “Leak” RESOLUTION ADOPTED OVER OB- JECTIONS OF MR. HENRY. 1 COMMITTEE APPOINTED Representative Bennett Tells of Sale of 15,000 Shares of Stesl Common by Barney Barush as an Indication of the “Leak”—Committee to Report in Ten Days. Washington, Jan. 3.—Congressional agitation over charges that there was a “leak” of advance information on President Wilson’s peace note, on which somebody made money in the stock market, culminated today in the house ordering the rules commitiee to make a report within ten days on Representative Wood's resolution for investigation and_an open statement on the floor by Representative Ben- net of New York that Bernard Baruch, a New York stock operator, was re- ported to have sold short 15,000 shares of Steel on the “tip.” Over Objections of Representative Henry. Over objections of Representative Henry, chairman of the _committee, who, after conferences with Thomas W. Lawson, vesterday, announced that the Boston financier’s charges were a “mirage” Representative Wood suc- ceeded in having the house hold priv- ileged his resolution providing for an inquiry into the Lawson ailegations by a committec of five. Then the res- olution was referred to the rules com- mittee with instructions to report on it'in ten days. Meeting Called for Today. Mr. Henry immediately called a meeting for tomorrow morning to con- sider the resolution and tonight both democrats and republicans of the committee were demanding Mr. Lew- son, Representative Wood and others be_called-to testify. 5 Oratorical pyrotechnics marked Rep- resentative Wood’s fight to obtain privileged recognition. Denial by Mr. Henry. Flanked by Representative Gardner of Massachusetts and a dozen other republicans, Mr. Wood insisted that Representative Henry had no inten- tion ‘of calling his committee to con- sider the original Wood “leak” reso- lution introduced on December 22. Representative Henry denied this, but Eald neither Mr. Lawson nor Repre- sentative Wood had produced or prom- ised to produce any evidence which would warrant such action. De Facto Consul General Arreste CHARGED WITH SHIPPING ARMS INTO MEXICO. 5 MEXICANS IMPLICATED Federal Agents Allege That a Packing Case Shipped as “Building .Mat Fell and Broke Open on the Whart at Vera Cruz, Revealing Cartridges as Its Contents. New York, Jan. 3.—The arrest here today by federal officers of John T. Burns, consul-general at New York for the de facto government of Mexico, disclosed an alleged conspiracy in which five Mexicans, including Burns, are charged in three indictments with shipping arms into Mexico in violation of President Wilson's embargo proc- lamation of October, 1915, and with evasion of customs regulations. Shipped as “Building Material.” According to Assistant United States District Attorney John C. Knox, feder- al agents first became acquainted with the alleged plot last November when a packing case shipped from New York on board the Ward Line steamship Bsperanza, and manifested as contain- ing “building material,” fell on the wharf at Vera Cruz ana broke opén, revealing cartridges as its contents. Investigation by federal agents dis- closed that the box, shipped presuma- bly by a Pittsburgh hardware com- pany, had_been forwardcd from this port by a firm known as the Adic com- pany, composed of Louis Gotting and Weneslao Mont. The manifest on which the box was entered in customs rec- ords was signed by John Gelpi, who, investigation proved, to be Jose de la Paz, an employe of the firm. Shipments of Cartridges from New York. Further investigation revealed, ac- cording to Mr. Knox, that other ship- ments or cartridges had been made from New York under the guise of va- rious kinds of machinery. Some of | these shipments, he said, did not go to Mexico direct, but were sent to Gal- veston, Texas, on board the steamship Neches of the Mallory Linc, the Gal- veston shipments being manifested anr marked in care of R. Mier. Three weeks ago Gotting, Mont and De La Paz were secretly arrested here by federal agents and Mier, identified | as sReuben Mier, was located at| Houston, Texas, arrested there. Purchases Made at East Alton. e 4 _development of tha case; diised i Secretary of State Lansing denied a roport that he Intended fo. yesigm. A small shi lar pieces ury. Shipments of fresh and cured meats from Chicago last week totaled 48,851, 000 pounds. Alonzo A. Loper, of Ripon, Wis., one of the founders of the Republican party, is dead. Exports of specie from the port of New York for the week ended Dec. 80, totaled $1,540,995. Charles C. Emerson, one of the leading business men of Bangor, Me,, died at the age of 67. Fire destroyed the annex of the Hotel Buena Vista, atBath Beach, Brooklyn, at a loss of $3,000. Five firemen were slightly injured when fire destroyed a building at Pittsburgh 4t a loss of $80,000. Gold coin to the amount of $300,000 was withdrawn from the Sub-Treas- ury for shipment to South America. ent of new half dol- ived at the Sub- Treas- Villa followers have captured and looted the town of Salinas Iiidalgo, south of Villadama, between Laredo and Monterey. Capt. John Lauder of the Argyil and Sutherland Highlanders, only son of Harry Lauder, the comedian, was kill- ed at the front. Fire destroyed the laboratory, kiln- room pottery, warehouse and machine shop of the General Chemical Co., at East Camden, N. J. to the Belgians was conveyed to President Wilson in a New Years message from King Albert. Representative Borland, of Missouri introduced a bil in the House provid- ing for adoption in this country of the “save an hour” scheme. Report was made to the police that the bodies of three persons had been found in a gas filled room of a Surf avenue hotel at Coney Island. Dr. E. T. Taylor, of South Orange, N. J., was found dead in his room at the home of his sister, at Wilkesbarre, Pa. Death was due fo gas asphyxia- on. The Italian steamship Legano, dam- aged badly in a collision in the fog outside of Cork harbor, was towed in- to Queenstown with a fore hold filled with water. Robert Belitsky, a postal clerk of New, York, was arraigned before United States Commissioner Haughton on a charge of stealing a letier containing $2.50 in cash. Condensed Telograms | GBANDAL INVOLVING Undue Influence Exercised SH ARMY fre g viig 0i BRIT Over Officers hy Colonel William Cornwallis-West IS SEVERELY CENSURED BY A COURT OF INQUIRY Lady Had Made Injudicious Boasts of the Power She Wielded at the War Office—Caused the Removal of Sergeant Barrett of the Welsh Fusiliers Because He Failed to Re- spond to Her Blandishments—General Cowans, Who Aided the Conwallis-Wests in Securing Barrett’s Trans- fer is Censured for Interfering With Discipline. London, Jan. %, 10.10 p .m.—An army scandal, involving the exercise of in fluence over high officers by a prom- inent society woman, is described in the report of a court of inquiry issued tonight, and Mrs. Cornwallis-West, wife of Colonel Williain Cornwallis- West and mother of the Princess of Pless and of the Dutchess of West- minster, is officially severely censured. The late Arthur Basil Markham, lib- Selkirk, reports regarding Mrs. Corn- wallis-West. “We have no doubt that her injud! clous boasting of the power she wield- ~d at the war office—which was con- firmed to an appreciable extent by the wording of some of Sir John Cowan' letters—was calculated to bring him and the administration at the war of fice into disrepute. We feel obliged to record our opinion that the lads eral member of parliament for ~ the|conduct, as revealed in this case, has Mansfield division of Nottingham- shire, who died last August, demanded an inquiry in the house of commons in- to this matter and was seconded by Irish members, who declared that a young Irish officer’s honor was involv- ed. It has since developed that the of- ficer was Lieutenant Patrick Barrett of the Welsh Fusiliers. According to a statement in the house of commons before recess, he was completely exonerated: his com- manding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Delme-Radcliffe, wes removed from his command; and General Sir John Co- Wans was censured. but was returned because of his good woril General Owen Thomas, who also wae concern- ed, was vindicated. Barrett was a sergeant in the Welsh Fusiliers. Colonel Delme-Radcliffe and other officers recommended him for jon late in 1915 and his claims were supported by Colonel and Mrs. Cornwnllis-West and several been highly discreditable in her be havior toward Second Lieutenant Bar rett before his letter of (kc fourteenth of February, in her indicative attempts to injure him afterwards and in the untruthful evidence she gave before us. Tt appeared in the evidence that this lady holds positions of some import- ance in the County of Denbigshire In various asociations of o public char- acter for assisting in war work our opinion it Is to be regretted that she®should hold such positions.” The court also investigated reports that General Owen Thomas, who (0o a_prominent part in recruiting in Wales, was transferred from the com mand of a Weish brigade to & les ser command through Mra. Cornwallis West's influence. This proved to be unfounded, but_due “to an unfortus sequence of events and the ambisuous wording of certain official letters.” The report says that Colonel Wynre Edwards reflected on General Thoms prominent ians. “Probably before this time and_ cer- tainly later.” says the report. “Mrs. Cornwallis-West began 7o take more than an ordinary interest in Mr. Bar- rett to whieh he consistently failed to respond. Eventually, he wrote her in ebrnary Jast a. letter of remonstrance, which she placed in the hands of his commanding OFICers, ... wx who is a brigade commander, in a let- ter, to Mrs. Cornwallis-West, “with the apparent object of exalting his o qualfications for post of same.” Mrs Cornwallis-West sent the letter to General Cowans- with a _postscript which he forwardéd = ta TLieutenant General Sir William Pitcairn Campbell of the war office, advising him to lkeep Positive . There Had Been #Leak” The Pennsylvania Railroad in its “ Parrett was severdly censured by his an eye on Edwards and expressing & Representative = Gardner asserted positively that there had been a “leak” and that he would favor calling the president, his stenographers and oth- ers who might have been able to fur- nish advance information regarding the forthcoming message. Demands by Representative Garrett of Tennessee, opposing the resolution, for a concrete statement as to the rumors of “leaks” drew this state- ment from Representative Bennet: Barney Baruch Soid 15,000 Shares of Steel. “The rumor is that Mr. Barney Ba- ruch, a_member of the council of na- tional defence, was the man respon- sible for this information getting to Wall Street and thirty minutes before the president’s message was _made ublic he soldi—on a rising market in eel, by the way, 15,000 ~shares of Steel common_short. That is the ru- mor in New York city, if the gentle- man wants name: In holding the resolution privileged, Speaker Clark disrezarded everything it _contained save two statements at- tributed to LawSon. They were to the effect that members of congress had been “wallowing in Wall Street leak graft for forty vears,” and “that in- auguration of a real investigation would see less than a quorum present in the two houses and a specdy shift- ing of bank accounts. STATISTICS OF INCREASED PRICE OF FOODSTUFFS. Potatoes Have More Than Doubled in Price a Yea Washington, Jan. 3.—Food prices, sdvancing throughout the year, took a 4_per cent. jump from Oct. 15 to Nov. 15, as shown in tables prepared today by the bureau of labor statistics. Beef alone of all the staple foods grew cheaper. Hame, bacon, rice, coffee, however, remained about the same. Potatoes made the greatest price gain, rising 21 per cent. in 30 days; and flour went up 13 per cent., beans 11 per cent, lard 10 per cent., meal 8 per cent. A special table devoted to prices in New York city shows big increases during the year. Potatoes led with a price increase of 103 per cent, flour rese 56 per cent, cheese 24 per cent. lard 46 per cent, onions 45 per cent. sugar 37 per cent. Two articles de clined in price, pork 20 per cent and rice 1 per cent. NO VOTE ON CONFIRMATION OF WINTROP M. DHANIELS. Speech by Senator Cummins Occupied Three Hour Session. ‘Washington, Jan. 3—After a three hour executive session, the senate again tonight failed to reach a vote on the confirmation of Winthrop M, Dan- iels to succeed himself as a member of the interstate commerce commission. A speech by Senator Cummins occupied the whole time. He had not concluded when the senate adjourned and, as several other senators are expected to rpeak, a vote probably will not be taken' for several days. GENERAL EDUARDO HERNANEZ HAS RECAPTURED ARTILLERY Taken By Villa in His Occupation of Chihuahua City. Mexico City, Jan. 3—The war de- Epm‘ agnounced tonight that all he part on a statement said to have been made o the officers by De La Paz, dis- closed, Mr. Knox said. that purchases | of small ammunition to the probable value of $40,000 had been made, m cipally in East Alton, Ilis. This am- munition, shipped to New York, was received by Gotting and Mont, taken to a storehouse controlied by them and then _prepared for delivery into Mexico via Ward and Malory Line steamers. Ammunition Seized at Galveston. The implication of Consul-General | Burns came, Mr. Knox said, when in- vestigations revealed that the money to pay for this ammunition had come from him. One of the counts in the indictments mentions in {bis connec- tion the advancing by Burns of $5.200. | A considerable quantity of the ammu- nition found here and at Galveston | has been seized by the federal officers and isheldas evidenceagainstthe and is held as evidence against the! accused. Burns Protested His Innocence. Burns was arrested today as he was | leaving his apartment to go to his of- fice. He protested his mnocegce and when arraigned before Federal Judge Hand entered a plea of not guilty. He | was placed under a bond of $10,000, which he furnished in cash and was released. Later Burns said that the arrest was a complete surprise to him “I am en- tirely innocent of any wrongdoing,” he daclared. STATE WIDE LOTTERY SCHEME UNEARTHED Based on Clcsing Quotations of the New York Stock Exchang: New Haven, Conn., Jan. 3—-In the arrest here today of Robert F. Coyne, charged with gaming, the police as- sert they have unearthed a state-wide lottery scheme. In a small satchel which the accused was carrying, the poiice say they found hundreds of lottery tickets, the lottery beinz based on the closing quotations of the New York stock exchange. Later the police arrested Carl ¥or- denbaum of this city, a _cigar dealer, alleged to be an agent of Coyne's. He is charged with selling lottery tickets. The police say Covne maintained agencies in Bridgeport, Waterbury, New London, Hartford and other cit- tes. Coyne was held in bonds: of $2,500 for a hearing and being unable to se- cure bail was locked up at police headquarters. TURKS RECOVER CANNON LOST IN WAR OF 1878 Are to Take Them From Bucharest and Set Them Up in Constantinople. Berlin, Jan. 3.—(By Wireless to Say- ville.)—A Constantinople despatch says that Turkish cannon captured from the Turks_during_the Russo-Turkish war, nrea Plevna, in 1878 and consequently placed before a monument in Bucha- rest, have been taken to Constanti- nople. They will be set up in the square in front of the war office in commemoration of the defense of Pley- na by the Turks and of the accom- plishments of the Turkish troops dur- ing the Wallachian campaign of the present wark. A MAINE SEA CAPTAIN KILLED BY MAIN BOOM Captain Peter Warr Had Been Sa ing out of Calais For 25 Years. ! plane’ designed by Glenn Curtiss for {sist in preliminary annual traffic report announced it carried 553,890,068 passengers in the year just closed without fatality to a single passenger. Ruth Law.left Buffalo for Newport News, where she will try a new tri- her use in the proposed transconti- nental flight this spring. Secretary of Commerce Redficld as- signed Captain Charles C. Yates, of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, to as- organization of the new shipping board. A strong movement under way to make George W. Perkins the anti- Tammany mayorality candidate. It has the support of Governor Whitman and Theodore Roosevelt. A daylight saving convention will be held in New York city on Jan. 30 and 81, at whch fully 155 cities will be represented from practically every por- tion of the United States. Albert K. Glass, in charge of the money order department at the post- office at Bangor, Me, was arrested charged with the misappropriation of $8,500 of government funds. Frederick H. Gowell, 64, chief en- gineer of the Maine Central Railroad ferry, Ferdinando Gorzes, was drown- ed today while attempting to go aboard the boat at Bath, Me. Herman Swanson and Frank Wood, of Jamestown, N. Y. were kiiled in a head-on collision near the Pennsyl- vania Railroad junction between May- ville and Hartfield stations. Fifteen coal operators were sub- poenaed as witnesses when the Fed- eral investigation into the coal and food price situation was resumed be- fore a Grand Jury at Cleveland. Margaret Cregan, eight years old, and Thomas Cregen, six ~years old, were burned to death in their bed on the top floor of a five-story tenement house at No. 121 Bush Street, Brook- Iyn. The first bill presented to the Okla- hcma legislature when it convened was a measure authorizing submission to the voters of a constitutional amendment providing women with euffrage. Governor Whitman is expected with- in a day or two to send to District Attorney Edward Swann, of New York County, a copy of the formal charges made against him by Judge James A. Delehanty. Lord Grenville, Counsellor of the British Embassy in Paris, was appoint- ed representative of the British gov- ernment to the provisional government of Venizelos, at Salonica, with the ti- tle of diplomatic agent. An order restraining the Cape Cod canal management _from destroying the steam collier Bay .Port which sunk on December 13 near the west- ern entrance, blocking the passaze, was vacated by the federal court at Boston. The democratic majority in the house of representatives of the Dela- ware legislature today brdoke « the deadlock over the speakership and named H. P. Hall of Smyrna to pre- side. The deadlock was due to dif- ferences over legislative positions. Norwegian &tnm‘r Torpedoed. London, Jan. .58 p. m.--Lloyds announces that the g’oflafln steamer Britannie, 2,289 tons, has been tor- pedoed. Her crew was landed. The also_announces that L Craid, 2,404 Eitik, commander without opportunity of stating his case. Soon after that he was transferred to another battalion on the demands of Mrs. Cornwallis- West. General Cowans, who ailded the Cornwallis-Wests in sccuring Rar- rett's transfer, is censured for inter- fering with discipline. General W. H. Mackinnon, who wa sa'so censured in the correspondence, is criticised for in- terfering with the affairs of the west- ern command, after he relinquished his command, but is not disciplined, be- cause he has since retired. The court of inquiry, which con- sisted of Field Marshal Sir Willlam Nicholson, formerly chief of general staff, Major General Lord Cheylesmore. Justice Sir James Richard Atkin and; the Right Honorable Donald MacLenn, { member of parliament for Peebles and | high opinfon of him. The report calls attention to the fac that it is contrary to the regulations for a war office oficlal to enter Into private correspondence on officlal mat- ters and also says: “Regret ls.expressed that a letter sent by Lord French to the war office was so ambiguously worded as to be capnle of misconstruction. In any case, a portion of the letter was in the natore of an adverse report on Erigad®r General Owen Thomas and should have been communicated to that officer at the time. It { salso regard ed as unfortunate that Lord Fren hould have concurred in the terms of the war office letter of July 29 Brigadier General Thomas. which le ter must have confirmed the latter euspicion of sinister influence.” PROPERTY OF THE EASTERN STEAMSHIP CO. SOLD. Bought for $3,366,000 by a Representa- tive of Stock and Bondholders. Bangor, Me., Jan. 3.—All property of the Tastern Steamship company, except Eastern wharf in Boston, was | sold at auction under a federal decree | here today to Jere A. Downs of Boston, | rcpresenting a committee of the stock #nd bondholders, for $3,366,000. Mr. | Downs was the only bidder. Under the | plan of reorganization a new corpora- tion will be formed, to be known as the Eastern Steamship Lines, Incor- porated. { FAIR MURDER CASE GOES TO JURY TODAY. William F. Fair and Jack Devereaux Charged With Murder of Formers | Wife, Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 3—Argu- “ents were completed in the superior court_here today in the trial of Wil- liam F. Fair and Jack Devereaux, both of Darien, on a charge of manslaughter In connection with the death of Mrs. Margaret Fair, wife of the principal defendant. The defense based its plea to the jury on the allegation that the state had failed to prove that the body found in the woods in Darfen wae that of Mrs. Fair. The sfate, ad- mitting that all the evidence was cir- cumstantial, asserted that the much dccomposed body had been sufficiently identified and that all the surround- ing conditions pointed to homicide as the cause of death. The body was naked when found and near it was a quantity of feminine apparel that Wity nesses for the state identified as be- longing to Mrs. Fair. The court will deliver its charge to the jury tomor- row morning and the case’ is expected %o be In the hands of the jury about roon. 1816 MARINE RECORD OF PORT OF NEW YORK. 0,933 Vessels Arrived, 346 Less Than the Previous Year. New York, Jan. —During the vea 1916 the {otal number of vessels ar- riving at the port of New York was 9,9333, comprising 5,855 from foreign ports and 4,048 from domestic ports. This shows a decrease of 346 vessels as_compared with 1915 From foreign ports there was an in- DULUTH DOMESTIC SERVANTS ORGANIZE A UNION Present Their Demand Housewives Jan will Duluth ized been wd to the form Yy slecping chim i n is a cr dustrial Workers of the W 1 {DICTMENTS AGAINST W, J. CUMMINS DISMISSED. The Former Head of the Carnegie Trust Co, Recently Pardoned. New York, Jan. 3—Nine outgtanding fagictments 'against Willlam J. Cur mins, former head of the Carneg Trust company, convicted of mis- Landling its funds, were dismissed the court of general sessions here to day on motion of District Aftorney Swann. Cummins was recently par- dcned by Governor Whitman after serving part of his sentence for ccunt on which he was found guilty MEXICAN DE FACTO TROOPS RECOVER THREE TOWNS Torreon, Lerdo Santa Ro: nd Gomez Palacio— s Being Fortified. Private re- ports here say General Murguia sent his train back to Chihuahua and that his rear guard is fortifying Santa Ro salia. eral Dieguez is operating against Villa in the Laguana district It is oficially stated here that Tor- reon, Lerdo and Gomez Paiacio are in the hands of Carranza. troops. THREE-MASTED SCHOONER ASHORE AT ST. THOMAS. Annie Ainslie of Rockland, Me., Prob- ably Will Be a Total Loss. crease of 86 vessels; from domestic ports a decrease of 432. The arrivals during year from ports of the United States east of New York were 653 steamers, 1,033 schoon- ers and one hark. i Explosion in Mine in ldaho. Butte, Mont., Jan. 3.—An explosion i the, Pittsburgh and Idaho mine at Leadore, Idaho, late today caused two Geaths.” Sixteen men are en- Thelr fate is unknown. St. Thomas, D. W, 1. Jan, 3—Ths taree-masted 'schooner Aunie Ainalio of Rockland, Me., is ashore on Anegads reet and probabiy will be & total loss She was loaded with lumber. Her cap- tein and crew Nave arrived hefe. ‘The Annie Ainstie was last reported es salling from St Andrew's bay 1;‘ % Areceito, Forio mden, tons. gross and