Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 20, 1917, Page 1

FELL UNGONSCIOUS WHILE éiAxmé vmaeu DldNotRememmA&:HnMpmo‘ nShmtTmhk‘ndBeenOmof&e[m&fifin‘ Country’s Military History Since His Capture - of 3 guic ¥ nd&m&emhmu—lflwm,wflfidwfi Duty Continuously for Twenty-four Hours—Interesting Biographical Sketch of His Varied Career. San Antonie, Tex, Feb. 19.—Major General Frederick ~Funston, com- manding the southern department of the United States army, and one of the leading in_ the country’s military history since his capture of Aguinaldo, while commanding a Kan- sas_volunteer regiment in the Philip- pines, died of acute indi to- night. He colapsed in a hotel soon after dining with friends and did not regain conselousness before hig death, | 3U o short time afterward. General Funston was at nl office MAJ.-GEN. FREDERICK FUNSTON today, with ‘mo sign of ill health. Dur- ing dirner He mmq:d in* his usual good spirits and after the meal began to play with a child of one of the guests. He fell aver unconscious be- fore anyome a reach him. Lieutenant Colonel M. W. Ireland, medical cogps, U. S. A., General Fun ston’s physician, said tonight: “Genera} Funston’s death was caused by angina' sclerosis of the arteries of the heart. Death was aimost immedi- ate and without ‘pain. Colonel Ireland said General Fun- ston had been under his care for the last two weeks and for several days has been very well. Two weeks ago he had an attack of acute indigestion. General Funston was 51 vears old. Worked Unusually Hard. Ever since - March, 1916, when he was placed in-command of all United States forces on the Méxican border, General Funston had worked wunusual- ly hard. At critical times in' border developments he frequently on duty continugusly for 24 hours. Enormous Amount of Detail Work. The Pershing expedition and, of late, rearrangement of regular troops while providing the return of national guardsmen, exacted an enormous amount of detail '-'k. probably ex- ceeding that which fell to any other commant general of the United States grmy since the Civil war. Only today General Funston completed or- ders for the returny of the last of the guardsmen. Because of the amount of work which has fallen to him, General Funston’s only recreation or relaxation for nearly a year has been wccasional dinner parties with friends. Recently he returned from an Inspection trip which took him as far as Nnc‘.laa‘ Ariz. That with -one trip to Brown: villé, Tex, and a brief visit to Aullhl Tex,, last year, was the only occasion when he has absent from his since trouble devel- Two veekx ago when General Fun- ston suffered an attack of indl‘utlon ho “fought it aut alone” to use” his 0“};‘ exdpresuli.‘on hht' (l:lelnho.d hlm'; Folf disder the Ya¥e o€ Giowel T and regained normal heafth a.nd"-‘m its. Nevertheless, at dinner tonight General Funston was particularly ab- stemious and ate only eparingly of the simpiest dishes. Colonel Malvern Hill Barnum, Gen- eral Funston's chief of staff, immedi- ately notified the war department of General Funston’s death. News also was despatched to Mrs. Funston, who is visiting in California. No arrangements for funeral have been made. the FUNSTON’S DEATH SHOCK TO OFFICIALS OF ARMY Was One of the Most Distinguished Commanders of the Service. Washington, Feb. 19.—Major Genx eral Funston's .u len death caused a great shock te higlr officials of the army and to President Wilson. He was' onc of -the distinguished com- manders of the service and one of whom greater things were expected in the future. The youngest major- ®eneral of the line, vigorous and ap- pareptly healthful, he had been count- ed on. by his superiors for, many more véars of active- service. reached the war depart- ment. 100% e from fonight in a brief desp‘gh headquart: south- ent, Gene ing army officers in «Washington among the guests. Secretury’ Baker’s Statement. Secretary Baker made this state- ment: R “General’ Funston’s death is a loss to the army and: a loss to the coun- tx. Dusips the trquNi on (o Ml can border his work has.been diffi- cult, exacting’ mifim His “con- duct has been that IA‘““ and he ‘has_exemplified the h radition._of the “American armmy b'! his quick, in- telligent and | tween General ent has been complete and no idow of lent has arisen. “] am deeply grieved personally at his death and l‘ael that the loss the country 4 Major Genenl Pershing, who ha: been in command of the El Paso-dis Amm Huos .x::“ Jvithdrl.w(l E: ierican ion 0 tomatically - succeed | NO DEVELOPMENTS IN CRISIS WITH GERMANY. it is Believed President Will Go Before Congress’ Within a Week. Wiashington, Feb. 19.—There wi trong ;indications tonight that unless dome sensational development precipi- tates immediate action, President Wil- 8dn’s next step in the crm- with @er- many will be until # few days before urns for the session a week from next Sunday. The belief is still prevalent in official quarters and at capitol that the president intends congress for authority to protect Ameridens and their ships from illegal submarine at- tacks, and, as he is known to want no extra sessioh if it can be avoided, it_is regarded as certain that he will address a joint meeting of the senate and house before March 4. It was stated authoritatively again tonight, however, that nothing toward that end had been done since the president vis- ited the capitol and discussed the sub- ject with senators Saturday evening. HAMBURG PRIZE COURT CONFDSGATED DUTCH BONDS Wh-eh Were in Possession of a French Courier on a Dutch Steamer. Berlin, Feb. 17. by wireless to Say- vevvul n, as virtually his ty, will go zorw-rd without = inter- ruption. When Vern Cedx was actupled Mi- jor General Wood, chief of mediately selected hu-att)n logical man . for | the fleld mmmuxd. Every army t‘ expected ould e Bohth + af the herd sue kind learned in the Philippines and greed that when Funston era Cruz he “would start e one landed in something.” Never Férgot His Orders. But when Funston unloaded troops and rel(e\.ed the navy of session of thé President W!llons orders were commander can only be realized by those who were with him ditions in the interior and urged that the army move on;. enthusiasm for “finishing_the job” was high among camps were raided by marauders. Ev. ery provecation to spur a fizhth to action was given. bul rorgot his orders, :‘ev‘:remouanl might hl\e g: held down the situation and Wilson made him a major ‘tner‘!. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH . Not until 1386, when. the Cifin in- surrection was gt its hotght did Fred erick Funston through- out the United States mu::h -mn.nfl lnn_,u: ey - s{s— iere e spent " man. hood—Ilong had el‘:umea him. - « ~Conquered a “Bad:Man. - As s studgnt et the trnlvermy ot when than 100 pound-. he wn 2 z‘m‘pnnafl bad man” gho threatened with ‘add to the gianl's humil- huon. !\mflm marehed him through streets of Lawrence, Kansas, at !he point of a revolver, to a police sta- " Fearless as an Editor. - “A few ye-‘rl l;‘::tr wm'l.;‘ city editor a paper in Smi Sas, ng Funston stirred u sieamer Prins Hendrik, 'hlell was taken into a German port Sep- itémber 23, 1916, by a German warship. ‘The news agency says that on board the steamed "/as a French courier who earried several bags containing the bnods. Claims amounting to 5,000,000 franes were made as the result of the seizure. Of this amount 4,935,000 francs were claimed by Madame Le- baudy, wife of Jacques Lebaudy, known as the Emperor of the Sahara. The plaintiffs in the action were as- sessed the costs of the trial. ONLY PRESENT REMEDY FOR FREIGHT CONGESTION Is to Have Shippers Cease Loading Cars Until Terminals Are Cleared. St. Louis, Mo. Feb. 19—Represent- atives of shippers and commercial org- izations were told today by railway officials that the only present remedy for the freight congestion which has resulted in embargoes by many of rail- roads on eastbound carload freight, was for shippers to sease loading cars, especially for the east, until cars now tied up at eastern cleared. Optimistic reports were for renevht the B. F. Bush, presi- dent of the Missouri Pacific, was asked to appoint the railroad representative:s. Cunard Liner Ran Blockade. New York, Feb. 19.—The Cunard e steamship Orduna ‘which left 'verpool with passengers and cargo after the war zone blockade was de- clared, was reported off Fire Island late today. The ship will dock here aa.fly wmorrnw Mmmnh of Steamships. N-v _YOrk, Feb. 19.—Sa’l Steam- scania, Londo: Chicage, Bor- the Rio Grande fivér at Columpit un- der fire Yeatured bie work. Ever Ready'to Meet Danger _has. been described by his nw absolutely fearless. Ever into danger, he cared ther his force equailed that nt. One day, the story certain the com- inquired of ‘he could hold his T am mustered out!” Funston fl: e made’ good by repuls-. ‘were discharg- eAqmfi for the homeless, “the cost 'of food and ar- PRTI!D!N'I‘ URGES ACTION AT THIS SESSION In the Event of Hostilities Between the United States and a Foreign Power It Would be Unfortunate to On this Hemisphers. ‘Washington, Feb. 19. — President ‘Wilson has sent a letter to Chairman Stone of the senate foreign relations committee urging action during this session of congress on the treaty to lfll;flflnmnfly Colombia for the separation ama. It has been indicated recently that there would be no action on the Co- lombian treaty during this session, but the president is very anxious that it be ratified, so as to clear away one of e potent sources of friction in Pana. k relations. ‘The president is said to have pointed out that in the event of hostilities be- tween the United States and a foreign Power it would be unfortunate if any misunderstanding existed with any ntry in this hemisphere. Senator ne called a meeting of the foreign relations committee for next Wednes- 23‘!‘:0 lay before it the president Opposition to the treaty has been so vigorous in the senate that it has been impossible even to get it up for dis- cussion, notwithstanding that the com- mittee amended it at the last session to reduce the indemnity to be paid Colombia for the partition of Panama from $25,000,000 to $15,000,000. Senator Stope said tonight he did not know whether in the light of the new international situation the senate could be prevailed on to act. FOOD RIOTS HAVE BROKEN OUT IN BROOKLYN Women Attacked Pushcart Peddlers and Other Dealers. New York, Feb. 19.—After a food riot today in the Wiikamsburg sec- tion of Brooklyn during which women attacked pushcart peddlers and other dealers, a mass meeting was held to- night at which a committee was ap- pointed to call on Mayor Mitchel to- morrow. and ask that immediate steps be Sakios: $o- rolove. the Minabioee s rom everal peddiers who addressed the meeting declared that food prices, particularly with respect to vegeta- bles, had increased within the past week to_the point where it is no long- er possible for them to make a live- 1ihood. Ome dealer claimed that he had to pay $10 for a barrel of Potatoes to- day and that his profit amounted (o only twenty cents. He declared he saw fifteen carloads of potatoes at a food depot in Brooklyr ago and that since then omly two of these cars have been opened. Similar con. ditions, he asserted, apply to onions, which were retailing today at four cents apiece. Several hundred women _attend- the mass meeting. Many of them ‘were weeping when they left. BERNSTORFF PARTY MAY LEAVE HALIFAX SATURDAY Examination of Passerigers is Abagt Half Halifax, N. S, Fep. 19.—The inter- ruption to the homeward vovage uf Count von Bernstorff and other Ger- man diplomatic and consular officials formerly accredited to the United which wasscauseq by the Brit- 1‘ government’s inspection here of Scandinavian- American Mrik VIIL * prebably will Jmore than one week, it was indicates ight. The examination of pas- sengers which began on Saturvlay was said to be half finished tonight a it was thought the steamer might he ready to proceed by next Saturday. To date, so far as could be learn- ed through the wall of secrecy sur- rounding the inspection, nothing has developed to warrant any suspicion of cowtraband. ~ A lighter which ha been alongside the ship for thiree da: as a repository for any articles that might be < doubtful nature sull empty tonight. TWO MEN CHARGED WITH VIOLATING FEDERAL LAW Accused of Sending Military Maps of England to Germany. - New York, Feb. 19.—Agents of the department of justice arrested here to- night two men charged with violating the federal law against carrying on n ‘military enterprise against a foreign country. They are accused of com. T Eamand to besent 1o this. coumtey in. En; to be_sen forwarded to Zave their names as Al ers and Charles W. Wun- tary information fi‘mfl-nd and Ireland for the ben- efit of Y. —_— ENTENE BLOGKADE CAUSING SUFFERING IN ml. Provinces. % pe Various Four New Profesors For Yale. o KUT-EL-AMARA. red Front Line Turkish Position &t Five Places, But Were Unable to Hold Them—British Car- fied Out a Suctessful Raid East of " Souchez. On the Irak front in Asiatic Turkey the British and Turks have been en- gaged in hard . fighting at Sannaiyat, 12 miles northeast of Kut-el-Amara. In their onslaught the British cap- tured front line Turkish poeitions at two places, respectively, on frontages of 350 and 540 yards. Their tenure of the positions was |gon short-lived, however, for the Turks in two heavy counter-attacks forced the sh right wing back upon its orig- inal line. The ieft wing continued the struggle of attempting to hold back the Turks until nightfall, when it also fel ,» coyered by the barrage fire of British guns. Small Raiding Pa Aside from this ensagement, no fighting of importance is reported. in any of the latest official communica- tions. The operations on all fronts have again been carried out by small raiding parties, sappers and the ar- tillery wings of the belligerent armies. British Active in France. London reports that on the front in France the British carried out a suc- cessful raid east of Souchez, while Berlin reports_that attempted British advances southwest of Messines and north of Armentieres resulted in fail- ure. The artillery duels between the French and Germans on several sec- tors of the Verdun front have again become quite severe. On the line running from ‘the. Baltic sea to Rumania there have been no developments anywhere. 2 Artillery SkirmiShes. - The usual artillery actions and minor skirmishes continue in the Austro- Italian theatre and on the Macedonian front. Teutonic allied submarines continue their sinking of both entente allied and neutral vessels, Monday's reports from London show that.two more British steamers of an aggregate tonnage of 8,242 have been sent to the bottom. . The .ehancellor of. the. British ex- chequer has. announced to the house of commons that the subscriptions to the new British war lean amount to at least £500,000.000, exclusive of con- tributions from banks. % MISSING NORFOLK +OWN TREASURER $19,670. SHORT Statement by a Certified Accountant Who Has Eummed the Bcnkl Norfolk, Conn., x-‘eb. 19.—A sim- ment by a certified accountant who has been examining the books of the missing town treasurer, Philemon W. obnson, that a discrepancy of $19, 0 had been found and a recommen- dation for an annual audit of all the town's accounts were the chief fea- tures of the special town meeting held toduy to take up the financial matters of the town. The meeting was ad- journed afterward untjl March 3, When, in concurrence With a vote taken today, the selectmen will render a detailed account of the town's fi- nances. Fun for the Masses. It would be timely for the public to g0 on a strike to obtain eight elec- tions a year—Seattle Post-Intelli gencer. 2 AND MRS. ETHEL BYRNE, MRS. MARGARET SANGER “BIRTH CONTROL” LEADERS. New Haven, Conn, Feb. 19.—Four professors_were APPOIIIM on Condonsod ""9"""" Exact Streng1h of Ycl'k"lll -a mumnm 'l'm Fire m-‘ three bvlldl it Uniontown, Pa., at a 10ss of nmoo A ml\ of 2,780 through the Panama uary 1. Fire di yard at Soui loss of $150,000. Judge W. H. Hardy, known'@s the “father of Gulfport,” died at his home at Guifport, aged 80 The Mineral Paint Zine Co. of Newark N. J., increased its capital from $400,000 to $3.500,000. The Rt. Rev. ..mnl C. Edsall, bish. op of the Episcopal diocese of Minne- sota, died at Rochester, Minn The Postoffice Department announc- ed that the net increase in postal sav- ings for Jlnlll.ry 1917, was $3,600,000. vessels an's, B the Read Bros. ship- Somerset, Mass. at a The American tank steamer lilinoi with a cargo of fuel oil for the Bn- tente Alligs, left New York for Lon- Fire damaged the plant of the Her- cules Powder Co. at_Gillespie, near New Brunswick, N. J., at a loss of $15,000. A force of 400,000 men is required for the British navy, according to the naval estimates for the coming fin- ancial year. “Monroe Isles” was suggested in a resolution introduced by Represent- ative Murray as a name for the Dan- ish West Indies. Employes of the American Sugar Re- fining Co., at Jersey City, went on strike in sympathy with the Brook- lyn refinery strikers. Search has been started in the Mo- jave @esert for four miners who en- tered the desert Nov. 20 last and have not been heard from since. The British War Office issued a hurry call for 1,000 young women to enlist as cooks and walitresses for duty with various units in the army. An amendment was made to the Porto Rican citizenship bill granting the islanders the right to say wheth- er or'not they are to have phohibition. Chase Barber, 75, one of the cou iry’s most expert engravers and half a century with the Philadel died at his home at Phil The sending of messages to C: guey, Santiago de Cuba, !am.n del _Sur and Jucaro, Cuba, has prohibited by the Commercial Cable Company. The Philadelphia Electric Co. ap- plied to the Pennsylvania Public Ser- vice Commission for authority to in- crease its capital from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000. e Captain George Steuenberg, U. S. A., applied for retirement from active ser- vice because of failing health, due to a nervous breakdown suffered years ago. The secretary of state of Connecti- cut has auflorized the change in the name of the Rubber Co. of America, Inc, to the Rubber Association of America, Inc. B The armor plant board of' th: nlvhy, charged with selecting a site for the Government’s * $11,000,000 plant left for an investigation of suggested southern sites. s Orders withdrawing the entire Na- tional Guard force from the border and for muster out of all units remaining in the Federal service were sent to General Funston by the War Depart- ment. Joseph C. Grew, formerly secretary of the American Embassy at Berlin, who returned to New York after the break in diplomatic relations with the United States, left New York for Vi- enna. The National Assembly of Pamama passed a law authorizing the United States for the construction of road and railroads throughout the country, the two governments to bear he expense equally. Among 72 mothers with 635 children no case of death from disease and no commitment for delinquency has been reported in the year passed since the widows' pension law went into effect in New York state. Individual subscriptions by the mem- bers of the New York Chamber of Commerce to the Belgian relief fund amounts to $6,980 in cash payments, besides pledges for monthly contribu- tions of $540 each month. American Minister Vopicka, accred- ited \‘.o Rumania, Serbia and Bulgwria, and recently ordered home, reported that he had reached Copenhagen and would sail on the Danish steamer United States next week. The Senate Finance Committes re- commended passage of the House bill extending the life of the War Risk In- surance Bureau to Sept 1, 1918, with an amendment increasing the appropria- tion of the bureau from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000. Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, and Representative Keating of Colorado, {nterstate shipment of goods made in introduced identieal blll to prohibic le or in part by women employed more than eight hours a day-or more than six days a week. Three foreigners employed as labor- ers at the power plant of the Common- ‘wealth Edison Co. at Chicago were taken into custody and questioned by the police in connection with a re- port that they had entered into a plot to blow up the plant. Officers and crew of the German steamship Liebenfels, sunk in Charles- ton Harbor Feb. 1, who have been de- tained at Charleston, S. C., pending an lnve-(lptlon by Federal authorities, were placed under arrest charged with ohstructing navigation. The members of the class of 1908 cal tablets of bronze in Memo: Hall, of the Naval Academy :‘i‘l et identi- Y Ky.xin memory of <. |OurFighting Forces TO BE PLACED AT DISPOSAL OF PRESIDENT WILSON ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED Army and Navy Bureau Chiefs Have Been Instructed to Obtain Most Immediate Need in Both the Army and Navy is for Officers and Men. Data— Washington, Feb. navy bureau chiefs structed to compile immediately an exact appraisement of the condition of the regular fighting forces of the country for the information of Pres- ident ‘Wilson. The report will dedl with questions both of personnel and material. From it the commagpder- in-chief will be able to form af ex- act idea of the state of the natlon's defences. Officers and Men Needed. The most immediate need in both the army and navy is for officers and men. Neither service has been as yet to fill up to the authorized strength. It will be shown in the reports, however, that every effort ha been made to overcome this difficu ty. Additional recruiting stations are being opened throughout the countr and the navy department is gettir into communication with retired offi cers and enlisted men as well as er listed men discharged in recent y: with a view to drawing them into ac tive service should the need arise Radical Measures Necessary. it also will be shown that while there has been some speeding up of ndval construction through the coun- try operation of shipbuilders having government contracts and also through the sextension of labor hours at nayy yards, radieal measures will ary to accomplish important in this direction. Authority to fideer private plants and to 4/ the eight hour law on nav ts has been included in the i34g navy navy appropriation bill. 19—~Army and havéd been in APER MANUFACTURER REFUBED TO BE SWORN. d M Would D-»r e Him of His % it to Consult With Counsel. urers’, Association, was called y federal grand jury here to- £ govérnment witness in the tigation whether to determine news print paper prices have been controlled contrary to the anti-trust law. He had been summoned several days ago but refused to be sworn to secrecy as to his testimony before the e grand jjury. The court before Whick the question was presented to- day held that it was unnecessary for Lockhead to be sworn to secrecy, as all precedings taking place in the grand jury room are of a secret mature. Lockhead had contended that if he were sworn to secrecy it would pre- vent him from avalling himself of his right to consult with counsel as to questions had been asked him and” what answers he had made be- fore the grand jury. COSTA RICA'S DEPOSED PRESIDENT IN WASHINGTON Assured by Secretary Lansing That Tinoco’s Government Will Not Be Recognized. Washington, Feb. 19.—Costa Rica’s deposed president, Aifred Gonzales, was assured by Secretary Lansing (o- day that the United States would not recognjze the government set up by General -Tinoco, th» Zormer war min- who executed a bloodless coup sent the pres- ident to the American legation for re- uge Mr. Gonzalez had just arrived Washington, accompanied by C Quezeda, minister of the United States, who happened to be at home when the government was overthrown. He call- ed at the state department to tell of his difficulties and expect s to see President Wilson later. Secretary Lansing told him the United States did not accord recognition to govern- ments deriving their power against consttuted authority POTATOES $1 A PECK; SUGAR 10 CENTS POUND Scanty Supply of Both Commodities in Boston. 19.—Potatoes at one dollar a peck in scanty supply; sugar at 10 cents a pound; cdbbage at 13 cents and onions at 18 cents a pound were increased gquotations entere: householders in their marketing toflay It was said that the price of potatoes was the highest paid in this city in many years and one hundred per cent above last year's figures. A further increase is imminent, according ‘o dealers. There was a steady demand for sugar during the day, which caused the price to jump from opening quota- tions of 7 i-2 cents a pound to an almost general price of-10 cents with sales limited to small amounts e e L VAUDEVILLE STRIKE IN MASSACHUSETTS SPREADING. Boston, Feb. Four Houses in Boston, Two in Lynn and One in Haverhill Affected. ‘Boston, Feb. 19.—The strike of vau- deville performers who are members of the White Rats Actors’ union was extended today to the Boston theatre. There was.no interruption to the per- formances, as acts were transferred fo the Boston from other theatres. Four houses in this city, two in and one in Haverhill aré now affected by the strike. Laudabld® Restraint. Thus far the kaiser has neglected to tell the president what color to Qllnt the capitol.—Chicago News. More . Sacrifices. And to the list of sacrifices for the b: not fail wh‘flf’g the night sessions that are being