Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 16, 1917, Page 1

in on Prize Ship Yarrowdale—Will be Peremptory G0 FORWARD THROUGH Officials of the Administration That Unless There is a Prompt and Decided United States, President Vest Him With Authority SPANISH AMBASSADOR Have Come to the Conclusion Toward the Interests of the |OTHERS A BOARD THE YARROWDALE. Berlin, Feb. 14, 400 p. m., via Lon- don, Feb. 16, 340 a. m~The American seamen who were brought prisoners to BY MEXICAN BANDITS. The Men Who Had Been Kidnapped— Bodies Stripped and Mutilated. Hachita, N. M., Feb. I5. — Three ‘bodis later ld.fltm;d« those of An- WflmWfllAfl:th'wms’ to Afford Protection to Amer- ican Lives and Property—Three British Vessels Were Sunk by German Subnnnnes Yesterday—No Battle of Great Importance is Chronicled in War ptd:es. ‘Washington, Feb. 15.—A peremptory demand upon Germany for the re- lease of the seventy-two —American seamen brought in by the prize ship Yarrowdale was D at the state department today _with President Wilson's_approval. Officials were re- ticent about the communication, but it was admitted that it would go for- ward soon t%:-‘llfih the Spanish am- bassador at in. To accompany the demand, the de- partment has gathered complete data showing the treamtent accorded Ger- man sailors in American ports. It is confidently expected that Ger- many will free sailors without much more delay, thus disposing of the most pressing of the questions which immediately after the severance of relations between the two coun- tries. There virtually is no hope here, that the hour.of more serious trou- ble with Germany can be postponed much longer. Many responsible officials of the ad- ministration have come to the con- clusion that unless there is a prompt and decided change in the general at- titude of Germany toward the inter- ests of the Ulnlted’stllj;-, ‘the tDW‘lll‘- ance of Preside: n- Eress to e _to_afford. pro- tection to American lives and proper- ty is only a matter of @ays. Situation Iincreasingly Grave. Any doubt as to the ruthless char- acter of the new submarine campaign and its violation of neutral rights long since has disappeared, and the situation . s made more and more grave dally by ageravating incidents. From an economic standpoint seri- ous results from the new submarine campalgn were becoming more appar- ent today. Représentatives of a large group of railroads met here and de- Cided on plans for placing an embar- go on eastbound freight destined for exportation unless shipping facilities were assured. LS Efforts of persons and organizations working to maintain peace are going forward with unabated vigor. Their attitude is causing little concern among officials, who say. the president has no intention of making any move except on the basis of facts which will satisfy all reasomable and . patriotic Americans. - Reneath the surface there is a strong under-curre~t « £ @ possible m 78 cluding suggesii-n - of_neutrals be c2.ed. There are no indications, that tne president contes such move. Cabinet Meeting Today. A cabinet meeting will be held to- morrow and: the entire situation will be_canvasséd. . Concern over ,the absence of any word from Ambassador Elkus at Con- stantinople since the break with Ger- many was somewhat relieved today when two brief despatches were re- ceived from him. The first, dated on Feb. 7, inquired why -he was having difficulty communicating with his gov- ernment. The second ‘was said to_be a routine report and its date was not made public. An investigation is un- der way to determine whether the ambassador's messages are held up at Vienna. 1t a conference | however, ates any —_— SUBMARINES SANK THREE BRITISH VESSELS YESTERDAY No Battle of Great Importance is in Progress on War Fronts. ‘While fighting is going on in all the principal theatres of the war, in none of them has there occurred a battle of great importance. For the most part the operations are being carried ot by small ralding and reconnoiter- ing ‘parties and by the artillerists ot both groups of belligerents. has_been considerable aerial activity on the western front in Fronce—bomi aropping exploits and fights in the mir. In these latter engagements ‘both the entente and the Germans have lost aeroplanes. During the past 24 hours three Brit- ish vessels h‘.\':flbeen u!lent lto 2:: bottom by submarines—the steam Cilicia, 3.750 tons, Margarita, 3750 and Ferza, a new ship, the ton- of which is not contained in available shipping records. For the first time in several days the British war office reports no_sain for the troops of King George fight- g in France, although a small raid- g party near Gueudecourt, in the Somme n, entered a German po- sition and ght back several pris- “ners. Northeast of Ypres. the Ger- mans succeeded in reaching a British post. but later were driven off with losses. Artillery Duels in. France. Artillery duels of violence have been In pregress in the Somme and Ypres sceiors and in the region of Verdun on the sectors of Les Maisons de Champagne, Hardaumont and Vaux and In Lorraine. e pe German Success 'n Galicia. In_Galicia, l‘g‘sebm man trenches were destroyed by the Germans. Petrograd admits an at- tack by the Germans in this region, but says that according to the last re- ports the battle was still in progress. To the mofth in Volhynia surprise at- tacks by the Germans against the Russians met with success. Galatz, one of Rumania’ principal Danubian towns, has again been bom- barded by the German guns. Field Marshal von Mackensen's forces op- erating in Rumania have captured a Russian outpost on the Putna river and repulsed an attempted advance by the Rumanians along the Sereth. Attacks in Macedon After several days of counter-at- tacks the Italians in the Macedonisn theatre have re-taken Hill 1050 east of Paralovo, which was captured from them earlier in the week. The Ger- man casuaities in the fighting here on February 12 and 13 are declared to have been large. Austrian guns are beavily bombard- ing portions of the Italjan line east of Gorizia and on the t:I‘io Dll‘:ok&u. Several small en: en ve take place on Varlius sectos e Ave tro-Italian résults STEAMSHIPS PROBABLY WILL * RESUME REGULAR SAILINGS If Britain Substitutes Halifax for Kirkwall as Port for Examination. New York, Feb, 15.—Steamships fly- ing the flags of neutral countries, which have been detained here since the new German submarine policy wa announced, probably will resume thei regular sailings if plans to substMute Halifax for Kirkwall as a port of call for examination can be arranged with the British _authorities. It became known tonight that negotiations to this end are virtually complete. That the British regard the change | with favor was indicated by the an- nouncement tonight that the Holland- America line stcamship Ryndam would sail tomorrow for Rotterdam, via Hali- fax, and that passengers were being booked for the possible sailing early next week of the steamship Noordam, | via the same route. The Ryndam re- turned here yesterd: after havinzg | procceded to within a short distance of the new German submarine zone, and then turned back. The Swedish-American line ugents ‘also announced that the passenger ship Stockholm, now meore than a week overdue in sailing, would depart to- morrow for Gothenburg, via Halifax, as will the freight steamer Carisholm. Other lines of Scandinavian countries were said to have flled cable messages today to their home offices asking for orders. Among these lines are the Scandinavian-American, which has the Hellig Olav in port, and the N glan- American, with several frei loaded and ready to depart. Arrangements have been so far per- fected, it was said, that Halifax pilots, who work under British admiraily or- ders, have been ordered to this pert to board the Stockholm and the Carls holm. Tt was also learned that a Hai- fax pilot arrived here yesterday and went aboard the Frederik VIII the admiralty order: GOVERNMENT CHARTS OF ALASKAN COAST Discovered by New York Police in the Belongings of a Youth of 21. New York, Feb. 15.—Stolen zovern- ment charts of anchorages, channels and harbors along the Alaskan coasts were discovered by the police among the belongings of Herbert Sauer, 21 years old, who was sentenced here to- day to eight years in Sing Sing pris- on upon his plea of guilty to a charge of manslaughter for, killing Mrs. Car- oline Tiarks in her home in this city last August. Mrs. Tiarks, who was 74 vears old, was suffocated in a blanket and the; robbed of money and jewelry. Sauer ‘was traced through the records of the coast guard service from which he de- serted in April, 1916, while serving as a seaman on the cutter Apache. After Sauer disappeared from the Apache the charts and a navy code book were missed. en Sauer was what he intended to do with ;%Tx:"u’- he replied; according to the “T wanted to make a name for my- mta Jwhen I returned to the father- RHODE ISLAND COAST ARTILLERY ORDERED OUT To Pecform Duty at Important Bridges of New Haven Road. Prov!mkl.ml&—gixeom- panies Island Coast ar- uncyvm::iwoutwmymp-r- ‘were found about 50 feet apart, a ing to Spillsbury. Each victim had been shot many times in the head. Hugh Acord’s head was mutilated with a machete, /according to Spills- bury said. All the bodies were strip- ped of clothing, hats and shoes, Spills- bury said. Spillsbury found the raiders’ trails early this morning and followed them during the day, coming upon the aban- doned bodies late this afterncon. From what he could jearn, the Mormon scout said, he was convinced that the three murdered men had been taken into Mexico from American soil and then killed. A government agent, after an inves- tigation of the raid, reported to Wash- ington that the Mexicans under Pru- dencio Miranda were eating dinner at a ranch house on_ the American side when Peterson, Jensen and Acord rode up unarmed. The Americans were made prisoners. His report also confirmed previous reports of the Corner ranch raid. From later advices to military offi- cers, the reported raid on Lang's ranch and the killing of two American ranch- men was believed to be baseless. GERMAN STEAMER ALONG LOWER CALIFORNIA COAST Supposed to_be Caching Supplies fora 4o German Raider. _San Diego, Calif., Feb. 15.—Informa- tion tending to support reports that a German steamer had plving along the Lower California coast for the supposed purpose of . collecting and caching supplies .for a German raider was brought here today by Captain L. K. Brandt of the schoener W. and K., which arrived from Mag- danela Bay 3 Captain_Brandt said he was told by Enrique Flores, jefe politico of Mag- danela Bay, that early in Deccmber a steamer fiying the German flag had cntered the bay and remained more than twelve hours. Captain Brandt quoted Flores as saying that the lat- ter believed the mysterious steamer entered Magdalena bay for the pur- pose of picking up a number of ors from the fleet of German sailinz vessels war bound at Santa Rosalia, on the.Gulf of Caiifornia. At that time the British cruiser Rainbow was standing off Santa Rosalia keeping watch over the German ships. Reports have been received here that three Japanese warships were sighted recently off Cape San Lucas |at the extreme tip of Lower Califor- nia. PROHIBITION AMENDMENTS IN POSTOFFICE BILL importation of Liquor Into “Dry” States. To Stop Washington, Feb. 15.—Prohibition | took a step forward today in both | branches of congress. In the senate drastic amendnfents to ! the postal appropriation bill were agreed to which would make criminal the importation of liquor into states which prohibit its manufacture and | sale for beverage purposes, and which would exclude liquor advertisements from the mails in states which legis- late against such advertising. On the house side the naticnal pro- hibition constitutional amendment was | favorably reported from the judiciary committee, with a prediction by Chair- man Webb that it would be passed within a_week. Champicns of prohib; tion greeted this announcement with enthusiasm, in epite of their realiza- tion that passage in the house will end action on the amendment insofar as this session of congress is concerned. There is no thought of action by the sénate before March 4, when the 64th congress dies. - FOUR OCEAN LINERS TO SAIL FROM PHILADELPHIA For Points in or Near the War Zone —Other Ships Obtain Papers. Philadelphia, Feb. 15.—Four steam- ers, all of foreign registry, sailed from this port today for points in or near the war zone. Masters of several other ships obtained clearance papers and announced they would leave to- morrow. Those sailing today were the Brit- ish steamship Strathdon. bound for the Joaquin Mumbru, Span- ish, Barcelona, via New York, with lumber, and the Drammenzren, Noi with a cargo of grain for Gibraltar. e FOR EMBRGENCY POLICE SERVICE IN° NEW YORK Nearly 3,000 Former Army and Navy Men Have Volunteered. New York, Feb. 15— Nearly 3,000 former army and navy men who live in this city have volunteered & for | ey RE STILL OCCUPYING SANTIAGO Both Factions' Have, Expréssed Their Approval of the Notes of Warning Sent by Secretary Lansing. ‘Washington, Feb. 15.—Failure to re- Cuba. lio use administration officials to regard the situation there with less apprehension. Minister Gonzales’ re- ports confirmed eariier unofficial des- tches telling of the dispersal o rious rebel bands. They aiso told, however, of the occupation of Santiago by General Fernandez, commanding more than a regiment of regular troops who joined him in revolt. Business Interests Anxious. Satisfaction was displayed at state .department over information that S0 far the rebeis have destroyed no property. Representatives of business interests in the island have exhibited anxiety om that score, especially the possibility that the liberal leaders might cause the destruction of the cane elds. Approve Notes ‘of Warning. Both factions have expressed to the deparement their approval of the notes of warning sent by Secretary Lansing. The liberal leaders reign of terror and President Menocal in a formal communication sent by his secretary of foreign affairs thanked the American government for the confi- dence it has shown in the Cuban peo- ple. He assured the government that with the moral support of the United States he feit certzin he would be able to dominate the situation. U. S. to Make No Move. it “became evident today' that the United States will make no move in Cuban affairs until they are more sharply defined by developments. If it develops beyond doubt that the con- servatives, the party supporting Men- ocal for re-election, have carried the province of Santa Clara, another spe- cial election in the province of Oriente must be held, since to win the con- servatives must have a plurality in both. A liberal victory in Santa Clara would have been sufficiént to determiine the resuit. RELIEF OF FREIGRT % “ CONGESTION AT PORTS Promised by Sailings of Dutch and Scandinavian Vessels. New York, Feb. 15.—Relief from the freight congestion caused by the German policy was seen today in the announcement that a number of Dutch and Scandinavian vessels would soon depart with cargoes for their trans-Atlantic_ports. The understand- ing that the Pritish naval authorities had arranged for neutral ships bou#d for the northern European countries to touch at Halifax instead of Kirk- wall and thus avoid the submarine zone gave promise of the resumption of regular sailings. The export situation today, however, was declared by traffic heads of rail- roadse entering this city .to be the most serious in the history of the port of New York. The officials said the freight con- gestion was not serious here, but that this is true only because of a system lof almost wholesale embargoes against shipments from the west for export. These embargoes, it was said, while they prevent terminals and piers here from becoming filled to capacity, are responsible for unusually conszested conditions west of Pittsburgh and Buffalo. IRA NELSON MORRIS, MINISTER TO SWEDEN, ACTIVE IN PEACE MOVE co-operating by of Swedish government, it is said. These diplomats have undertaken to convince the German a - persistence in its sinking of neutral ships and neutral lives will not only lose it . TEN PAGES—70 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS lm in Connecticut in Proportion to-flle City’s Population. in Eastern Ports s EAUSINQ A SHORTAGE OF FREIGHT OAI‘!S CAMPAIGN OF RELIEF o sibertativec of - Thicty - Retirouds Have Reached a “Gentlemen’s Agree- ment” for “An Intel nt Embargo.” Washington, 15—The _ chief railroads of thé country took summary ntatives of thirty roads, a meeting here atended by interstate commerce commission officials, reach- Embargo On All Export Shipments Adoption of regulations tantamount to a virtual embargo on all shipments through eastern ports, til a part of the vast accumulation al- ready awaiting steamships can cleared away. “intelligent em- Liberal bargo” on all domestic eastbound ship- ments. Such an embargo, already ef- fective on some roads, may be extend- ed. others yeleased western lines in solid trains, ahead of all other traffic except passenger train. connection for every loaded car re- cetved. < Tarffic Will be Curtailed. Export traflic through the east will remain virtually at a standstill during the period of adjustment and east- bound domestic traffic will be greatly curtailed, if the plans work out. The amount of freight for export has in- |creased greatly at eastern ports be- cause of the great decrease in steam- ship sailings, since the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany. One reported to have every track crowded and in addition cars loaded with export wheat standing on 94 barges in New Yorg harbor. Every eastern grain elevator is said to be overflowing. New England Short of Grain the At today's meeting it was decided to move two trainloads of fifty cars each east from Minneapolis daily, one lad- en with wheat for New England, the other carrying flour to New England and the 3 cities named. Representa- tives of Minneapolis milling interests voiced protest at the long delay in moving export wheat eastward, but when informed of the extraordinnary efforts contemplated by the roads to prevent an actual shortage of food- stuffs in_eastern cities they withdrew their objections and promised to co- operate in meeting domestic needs. Right of Way for Wheat and Flour. The two daily trainloads of wheat and flour are to be given the right of way over all traffic, except passenger business. Railroad _officials believe the plan will succeed in averting any foodstuffs shortage in eastern _cities. The embargo against eastbound ship- ments, it was said, would not apply to foodstuffs for domestic use which will be expedited as much as possible. The roads also will move coal prompt- Iy to eastern cities and to any points where a shortage threatens. As fast as sailing ocean steamers diminish the accumulation of freight awaiting- export at_eastern ports, the railroads will let down the bars of the embargo, permitting the shipment, ton for ton, of supplies to be replaced those taken away. In this manner, it lis thought, the old_ accumulation can (e disposed of and fresh shipments {will await their turn. i To Send Empty Cars West. Finding the empsies in crowded i yards, making them into trains and ! Gispatching them westward on fast ! freight schedules is a task which some jofficials regard as almost Herculean, | though necessary if adequate relief is to be obtained. -All the roads, it was said, will work in close co-operation toward amelioration of conditions throughout the country HALIFAX TO BE MADE AN EXAMINING PORT For Neutral Vessels Crossing Ocean Eastbound. Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 15.—Official an- nouncement was made here topight that Halifax i to be made an exam- ining port for neutral vessels crossing the Atlantic eastbound. ther or not ships coming west also wiil have to call Halifax has not been determin- ed. The fact that the terminal works at Halifax have not been completed may have some bearing upon 7= d= cision in regard te westbound ships. This gecision of the British authori- ties will add greatly to the importance of the port of Halifax. It also will necessitate the presence there of a corps of government officials repre- senting the customs, postal and other departments as well as interpreters and transiators. WITNESSED THE KILLING OF MAZIE COLBERT ° Frederick J. Farrell, Who Surrendered Himself to Montreal Police. Philadelphia, Feb. 15.—After receiv- ing a detailed statement to have been made by Frederick J. Farrell, who sur- rendered himself to the Montreal au- thorities with the declaration tha: he was present when Maizic Colbert, the advertising model, was killed in her apartment here last December. Cap- tain of Detectives Tate today decided to send one of his men to Canada to personally examine Farrell. Captain Tate said that while Farrell's state in a measure with the to ex- 2 with {heiwas adopted by the National Assocla- tion of Merchant Tailors in convention at Philadelphia. The convention of 1918 will be held in Detroit. ~ many on the John Tebbutt Australia’s astronomer, is dead. Robert C. McKinley, of New York, left an estate valued at $409,706. ishop Cleland Hinlock Nelson, & foremost ta, A bill to abolish the national guard of New Mexico was introduced in the state senate. Exports of general merchandise for week ended Feb. 1¢ were valued at $93,144,060. Herbert L. Bodman, of New York, was elected a member of the Chicago Board of Trade. The Ferguson Steel & Iron Co., Inc, of Buffalo, increased its capitl from $300,000 to $800,000. A terriffic gas explosion wrecked the home of Max Enlow at Pittsburgh and injured four persons. Fire totally destroyed Ste Ho- tel and bathing pavilion at Rockaway Beach, at a loss of $5,000. Gold coin to the amount of $200,000 was withdrawn from the sub-treasury for shipment to South America. The U. S. torpedo boat destroyer Sampson, No. 63, left the Brooklyn Navy Yard under sealed orders. The Delaware, Lackawanna & West- ern Railroad Co. placed an embargo on all shipments east of Buffalo. The Department of Commerce re- ports the exports of cotton for the week ended Feb. 10 at 7?,909 bales. Dr. Robt. A. Koenpel, of New York, a retired physician, committed suicide in Bronx Park, by shooting himself. Approximately 2,500 power craft of various types are available for duty as scout patrols about American har- bors. The Ohio Senate passed the Rey- nold bill, 20 to 16, giving the Ohio women the privilege of voting for President. Major Eugene C. Lewis, chairman of the board of directors of the Nashville, Chattanooga. & St Louis Ry., died at Nashville | Actual work on tabulating returns from the state on the military census was_started last night at the state headquarters at Hartford. . / Four stores the heart of the vil- lage of Pulaski, Oswego county, N. Y., were destroyed by fire last night with a loss estimated at $50,000. posing as gas_ins rs, blackiacked and Fobbed Willlam Ii. . 3 jeweler, of Williamsbugs, of Tings and watches valued at 32,600 Fire following an _explosion gasoline tank on a yacht in dry dock at Amboy road Staten Island, injured two men and caused $3,000 damage The bursting of a large water main at Brookline, Mass., blocked street cars and tied up traffic on the branch line of the Boston and Albany rail- road. President Wilson nominated William H. Heen to be third judge and Samuel B. Kent to be second judge of the Cir- cuit Court of the First Circuit in Hon- olulu. The playing of the “Star Spangled Banner” in any dance hall either as a single number or in a medley, as pro- hibited in a bill introduced in the Ohio Legislature. Fred H. Roberts president of F. H. Roberts Co., Inc., and president of the Massachusetts Chocolate Co, was elected president of the United States Trust Co, of Boston The cost of reproduction of the EI- gin, Joliet & Eastern Railway and its two subsidiary roads, all owned by the United States Steel Corporation, was placed at $86,418,605. One hundred government officials and inspectors arrived at Halifax, N. S. from Ottawa, to examine the steamer Frederik VIII which will stop on her way to Copenhagen. H On the 100th anniversary of the birth | of Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist, a public square at Tremont, Cabot and Hammond streets, in the Roxbury dis- trict, Boston was dedicated in his honor. Five measures relating to the en- forcement of the prohibition law were introduced in the House of Repre- senatives, in Maine. One provides 2 straight jail sentence for persons con- victed of selling liquor. A recommendation that public schools establish a class in tailoring A strike of 2,000 workers in the cane flelds of Porto Rico was reported aft- er the return of Santiago Iglesias. the labor leader, from the United States. The strikers remand an eight hour working day. A general strike is pre- dicted. The Minnesota senate passed the house bill submitting to the people proposed constitutional amendment for statewide prohibition at the 1918 elec- tion. July 1, 1920, is fixed for the amendment to become effective in case of adoption. President Wilson accepted an invi- tation to attend a celebration of Geo. Washington’s birthday anniversary at ‘Washington under the joint auspices of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution, Sons of the Revolution and Sons of the Am,cl‘lfiln Revolution. John Crosby and Omar Bailey, aged 13 and 12 years, respectively, were in- stantly killed last night while coasting wn hill, when their sled was struck a special freight train on the old Berkshire llne at 'West Cornwall, Ct. The sled was almost upon the railroad tracks when the train down upon it, and there was no escape. May Withdraw Y. M. C. A. Workers. ‘Washington, Feb. 15— Withdrawal of Americans working in prison camps in Germany for the international Y. . C. A. was discussed here today with state department officials by Dr. John R. Mott, head of the organiza- tion. No ordu-u!‘nve yet been issued :’n word been received from Ger- JA So-called Pol Credited With Thirty Murders WORST “BAD MAN” ON ISLAND OF SANTO DOMINGO ALL. AFRAID OF HIM U. 8. Marines Scouring the Country for Him, Have Covered More Thar 2,500 M Mostly Afoot. San Pedro De Macoris, Santo Do- mingo, Feb. 7.—(S o, (Staff Correspondence Associated Press.) U States marines are stin flcol)lflngnltllelz country about the large sugar estates in this section of the island for the bandit, Vincentite Evangelista, de. scribed as the worst “bad man” sti] at large in the republic. Evangelis ta’s band is believed to have been scattered by constant pursuit by tha m?;";? hIlAndbno crimes that can be o b , = o ! s band have been reported vangelista is credited with ha murdered at least thirty men. seq os long as he is known to be at large considerable uneasiness is feit, partic. uiarly by American sugar planters Dominicans, likewise, are afraid of even the name of thé bandit. 'Ilsm: Rifles and Revolvers Taken n their search for bandit e under Licutenant Golomei M Hiram Barss have covered more than 2600 miles, mostly on foot, and in that time they have recovered fully 5,000 rifles and revolvers from Dominicans It is sald that nearly 75,000 rifies and revolvers have been gathered. On their assumption of.control here the authorities were told by Dominican officials that there were not over 7,000 rifies in the country. 5 Rich Field for Bandits. The country about Macors h. a rich field for bandits during = ihe past few vears. In this district are located most of the large sugar es. tates on which there are many stores which have been repeatedly robbed of both cash and provisions, while the cstates have lost hundreds of horses and been robbed of thousands of dol. lars. Bandits disappointed in their efforts to obtain cash frequently have set fire to cane flelds. : Paid for Protection, n order to protect themselv: of the estates have been t::ée;.in":’:; fixed sums monthly, or as demanded, e jefes or ¢ o or chiefs of the bandif eneral Chacha, who recently g ndered to. Lieutenant Gotonel Fari and is now imprisoned in the fort at Santo Domingo City, was the “Jete de orden” at the Consuelo sugar es. tate, the largest in the republic, ana his men patrolled the estate to keep others of their kind out of its bore ders. When the marines landed at Macoris General Chacha let it b known that he would resist any at le_mpt at military interference in hi district. It was reported that he was gntrenched near Consuela and the ma- went there pre, - Tines went there prepared for any sort 7 Five Negroes Kilted. _As the marines near the C Central several shots were fired. by unknown persons, presumab! some of Chacha’s band, and more than one hundred marines jmmediately open- ed fire. Five negro employes were killed and two wounded. Shortly at. terward Albert Bass, manager of the estate. persuaded Chacha to give himself up. As compared with some others Gen- eral Chacha is said to have been s gentleman bandit. He is not known to have ever killed anyone, but he was all-powerful in his dfstrict Marines now stationed on the Con- suela estate have been making daily trips into the country in search of bandits and other lawbreakers and with the exception of Evangelista and his gang it is believed that the coun- try has been pretty well cleaned up, POLICE CHIEF I8 IN ALLEGED CONSPIRACY ical Machine in napolis Has Surrendered. In- Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 15 —With the surrender late today of O. R Walters, eleven men indicted by the federal grand jury yesterday have been arrested on charges of conspir- acy to corrupt the 1914 election. Sam- uel V. Perrott, chief of police, and nine other men said to be leaders and followers of a so-called political ma chine surrendered to United State Marshal Storen earlier in the day Bonds were provided for eight of the men and two were released on their own recognizance. Thomas Taggart, former United States senator, and Joseph FE. Bell, mayor, signed bonds of $3,000 for six men who ‘are members of the police force, and business men supplied the $5,000 bond for the police chief. The men arrested, hesides Perrott and Walters, are: Herman Adam, city sealer; Mortimer C. Hulse, police ser- geant; Wayland E. Sanders, police sergeant; Roy A. Pope, police cap- tain; Oscar A. Merrill, police lieuten- an: Frank M. Johnson, patrolman Dennis M. Bush, former street com- missioner, and Chbarles E. (Red) Co- val. VILLA SOLDIER TO BE PLACED IN ORPHAN ASYLUM Jesus Pias, Aged 14, Who Was Cap- tured During the Columbus Raid. Deming, N. M., Feb. 15—Jesus Plas, the fourteen year old Villa soldier who was captured by the Americans dur- ing the Columbus raid and the only surviving member of the band of Vii- la_prisoners brought to Deming, was taken to Albuquerque to be placed in an rphan asylum there. The boy lost a leg during his stay at Deming as fhe result of a wound he recetved in the rald. s companicns here either dfed in jall from thelr wounds nr were executed s bandits ang m - ;ors. The extreme youth of Plas his sufferings moved the wuthoriti gyman Sold Dope. byterian clergyma: Brooklyn today to having sold a hab- it-forming drug _under the guise of a cure for drug addicts. The police as- serted he had ‘made large profits from