Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 21, 1917, Page 1

The Bulletin’s Girculation in Norwich is In Position to Meet Obligations to Become Due May 1 to the Amount of $43,000,000 TO BE PAID OR REFUNDED BEFORE MATURITY Sfl_—flh‘dbytheDiecthIwwsTlnt_forlmsdn “Net Earnings Were Equivalent to 75 Per Cent. on Cap- ital Stock, But the Money is to be Spent on Improve- ments—Expeditures of $15,700,000 Have Been Au- thorized for Improvements Within the Next Eighteen roads Has Been Informed That the Road is to Seli All Its Nc;n-RAilro.d Property. New York, Feb. 20.—Directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad issued a statement today say- ing that the company “has every rea- son to believe” that its $25,000,000 of obligations maturing May 1, together ‘with $18,000,000 notes of the New Eng- 1and Navigation company due on the same date, “will be paid or refunded at or before maturity.” “The refunding of these for a further period as a preliminary step in connec- tion with permanent financing of the short term debi” the statement con- tinues, “and taken in conjunction with the company’s expectation of selling further securities which it owns with view to reducing its short term debt and_increasing its railroad facilities, leadg the directors to feel that the p t position of the New Haven from a standpoint of holders of its short term indebtedness is the most satisfactory existing at any time since this indebtedness was created.” The New Haven statement further says: Sale of Securities Will Cause Loss. ‘The company and the New England avigation company together own se- uritics, the eale of which is required by court decree, having an aggregate ar value of nearly $125,000,000 and a present value of at least ,000%000. The sale of some of the securities if made within the next two years will undoubtedly represent a substantial book loss to the company. On the other hand, the physical valuation of the company’s properties, which in common with the valuation of other raiiroads in the-country roceeding under the direction of the interstate commerce commission, leads the direc- lors to the conclusion that the value of the company’s physical properties en- gaged in railroad operation is largely In excess of its book value and that increased value from this source will materially exceed whatever loss may be sustained from the sale of assets not required by the company in its railroad transportation business. Will Leave Substantial Surplus. “It is the intention of the directors to sell such of the securities as the court decree requires to be sold and apply the proceeds to paying off in- Sebtedness and to increasing the com- pany’s facilities with the expectation of offsetting by increased value of the tompany’s railroad faci les as men- oned above any losses that may re- it from such sales. The directors have no hesitancy stating their 8rm conviction that this will leave the sompany with a substantial surplus wnd will permit the completion of plafs which have heretofore been held in ibeyance, permitting the company to finance on a permanent basis the short time indebtedness which has been out- standing for some years.” The statement was issued today af- ter a special meeting of the directors. Btockholders will receive, as soon as possible, it was announced, a detailed statement setting forth the company’s Anancial position. Floating Debt Reduced by $10,520,000. A summary of the New Haven’s con- dition included in today’s statement says that since June 30, 1914, the com- pany has reduced its floating debt and that of the New England Navigation company by $10,520,000, has paid in cash for new equipment $4,187,000, and for additions to properties of $5,850,- 200, making a total of $20,557,000. Of this total, $13,257,000 was paid out of carnings and current cash and $7,300,- 000 out of investments and real estate. “These * the company eays, “inelude $2,337,000 paid on account of locomotive, passenger cars and other cars acquired under equipment trusts and costing $8,776,000, leaving $6,439,- 000 yet to be paid, but as most of this equipment is now in active use, the company is now enjoying the benefit of not only the $20,557,000 cash expend- ed but also of the equipment repre- sented by outstanding trust certifi- “ates, having a value of $6,439,000, a ‘otal betterment of $26,996,000. Increased Earnings. The result of these expenditures, it s asserted, is reflected in the com- pany’s earning statements, which gor the year ended June 30, 1914, showed net earnings of $268,000, and for the fi)x months ended Dec. 31, 1916, $4,546,- Expenditures Authorized. Further expenditures of $15,700,000 have been authorized for the next 18 months, which the company says should enable it to handle more trafic at less expense with an annual saving of $5,000,000. - Net Earnings 7 1-2 Per Cent. “Including the undistributed earn- ings of the New Haven and the com- panies owned by it,’ the company says, “the total net earnings of the New Haven system for the six months end- ed Dec. 31, 1916, were nearly $6,000,000 or at ihe rate of over 7 1-2 per cent. it, however, sonal use, Four Made Port of New York Yester- steamers arrived this afterns the “war zone” Manila from Glasgow and the Hssex from Liverpool, both flying the British companies which the New Haven con- trols. This represents what the cap- ital stock is earning and what the di- rectors, in ordinary circumstances, would use as a basis for considering the question of dividends, but it is clear to the board that, pending the final settlement of the various ques- tions which have arisen as a result of the decree requiring the company to dispose of part of its assets, all the net earnin®s should be devotes to pro- vide the additional facilities which the above figures indicate will amply re- pay the expenditure.” NEW HAVEN ROAD TO SELL ALL NON-RAILROAD PROPERTY Massachusetts Legislative Committee on Railreads So Informed. Boston, Feb. 20.—Frederick J. Mac- Leod, chairman of the public service commission, told the legislative com- mittee on railroads today _that _the commission and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad had agreed upon a bill which would require the’ company to divest itself of all its non-railroad property. The proposed bill, which is a slight modification of the one suggested in the annual report of the commission, and on which the hearing was held, provides for a dis- solution of the New England Naviga- tion company and the absorption of its railroad property by the New Haven. Provision is also mare for the sale of’ the Rutland railroad,-now controlied by the New Haven; within five years: after the bill's passage.’ Commissioner Joseph B. Easiman said the enactment of the measure would compel the New Haven to return fo the business of conducting a rail- road. He eaid that the company had engaged in activities which are not essentially railroad mattefs. The ef- fect, he added, has been to place a cloud on the validity of its securities, the price of which has been much re- duced. Mr. Eastman argued that the passage of the bill would remove the cloud and enable the road to sell its securities, particularly its bonds, at prices which would permit it to make improvements of which it is so much in need. HOUSE VOTES TODAY ON PROHIBITION AMENDMENT Forbidding Shipment of Liquor Into Prohibition States. . Washington, Feb. 20.—The senate wmeasure forbidding shipment of liquor into prohibition states, even where state laws authorize such shipments for personal use, will come to a vote in the house tomorrow with both wet and dry advocates divided among themselves ds to the expediency of its ‘Th favoring the provision which was written into the annual postal ap- propriation bill by the senate, declare it will pass with votes to spare. Some prohibition advocates will not suppert se they belieye so difficult drastic a measure would of enforcement and would Teact seri- ously against the prohibition move- ment. representatives who have heretofore against prohibition are ex- For the same reason, lined some up pected to vote in favor of the senate’s proposal. How extensive these defections will be, or whether they will upset the normal prohibition maority in the house, was not apparent tonight and house leaders professed to be in the dark as to the outcome. In addition to making “bone dry” rbout a score of states which now for- bid the manufacture or sale of liquor but permit its importation for per- the senate améndment would bar liquor advertisements from the mails in states where such adver- tising is prohibited. STEAMERS CONTINUE TO ARRIVE FROM “WAR ZONE” PORTS. day Afternoon—Two Cleared. New York, Feb. 20.—Four more from ports. The City of flag, the Trevier, Belgian, from Barry, and the Dutch steamer Farmsum, from Amsterdam. The Spanish steamer Mar- Baltico sailed for Bordeaux and the J. B. Aug Kessler, Dutch, left for Rotterdam. EXTRA SESSION TO PASS * A “BONE DRY” BILL In Georgia, Should the Reed Amend- ment Prevail in Cohgress. Navigation Between Spain and Philip- via in New oYrk. clashes between the J wmm to this city from all Has Reached Acute Stage. received by the Reports er indicate that the sitmation reached an acute s commission to meet States.” Speculation in Canned Goods. While retail shopkeepers housewives here, the bureau of weigh prices.” lation in canned goods.” Peddlers Susnend Business. So desperate have the women said, have locked their pushcarts in stables and suspended business. A muml of these dealers who ventured out the upper East Side today were set upon by a moh of housewives when it was found they were selling onions at 15 cents per pound and potatoes at 9 and 10 cents per pound. Women Stormed City Hall. After several hundred women had stormed the city hall in _an effort to see the mayor, Mrs. Tda Harris, pres- ident of the Mothers' League, she decided to keep children away from the schoois until the price of food is lowered. This step. Mrs. Harris asserted, was justified on the ground that poorly fed children are in no con- dition to profit by schooling. Announcement was made tonight by ®ari D. Babst, president of the Amer- an Sugar Refining company, that housewives should pav no _attention to unfounded stories as to the short- age of sugar.” Mass Meeting in East Side Hall. A great crowd of housewives, many of them with children, fought 2o Ob- tain entrance to a meeting in an East Side hall tonight at which protests were made against the high price of food. The meeting ended with the adoption of a plan for many thousands of women and thildren to march all day in Wall street and at night through Fifth avenue. s A committee was appointed to de- mand of the hoard of estimate an ap- propriation of $1,080,000 for the im- Toedlate purchase of foodstuffs o' be distributed among the poor at cost. Appeals also were sent to President Wilson, Governor Whitman and Mayor Mitchel. REQUEST SAFE PASSAGE FOR AMERICAN NAVAL VESSELS To Bring Out American Refugees Now at Beirut. Washington, Feb. 20.— Ambassador Eikus at Constantinople was instruct- ed by the state department to ask that the Ottoman government take up in- formally with Germany the question of guaranteeing safe passage of the American naval vessels Caesar and Des Moines, delayed at Alexandria en route to Beirut, to bring out American refugees and discharge relief suppiies for Armenian and Syrian war suffer- ers. The ships were hzited at Alexandria pending arrangements for their voy- age through the waters barred by the German submarine prociamation. Be- cause of the straimed relations be- tween the United States and Germany and the fact that a direct request would be tantamount to a recognition of the submarine blockade against neuetral shipping, the state department decided to request the Turkish authori- ties to make the arrangement. SPANISH STEAMSHIP CRASHED INTO FERRYBOAT North i er—Thirteen Were Injured. New York, Feb. 20.—Thirteen per- sons were injured tonight when the Spanish steamship Joaquin Mumbru, swinging into midstream from her North river dock, crashed into the fer- ryboat Scandinavian, bound for Ho- boken with 75 passengers. The prow of the steamship was driven several feet into the port side of the ferryboat below the waterline. 3 The Joaquin Mumbru, outbound for Barcelona with a cargo of sugar, pro- ceeded on her way after an examina- tion showed she unhurt. The ferryboat, although leaking badly, was towed to its Hoboken pier, after the passengers had been removed. None of the injured is expected to die. BRITISH WAR OFFICE TAKES POSSESSION OF LEATHER Prohibition of Dealings in Jute is Also Announced. ‘Washington, Feb. 20.—The EBritish war office has taken possession of all leather in the United Kingdom, the commerce department was informed in a cablegram today from the American consul-general at London. Leather produced between now and March 31 also will be taken over. Another ca- blegram announced the seizure of all unsold stocks of raw jute and prohibi- tion of dealings in jut: IRISH IMMIGRANTS NUMBERED 20,636 IN 1916. They Brought With Them an Aggre- gate Sum of $1,36849,. In Persons Feb. 20, 4.45 p. m. Spain and the Situation Has Reached an Acute, Stage < ———— New York, Feb. 20.—Following many . police nrd ;’(;; ‘men at city hall ane ooderioters the e 5, commissioner of e was “mu power to stimulate the of foodstuffs in- of the coun- has tage which, he as- serts, calls for the establishment by congress of “some sore of food control the per capita consumption of food in- the United nd push- cart peddlers have been forces to bear the brunt of the assault of the angry s and measures announced that “the ab- normal exportation of foodstuffs and the sub-normal production are the un- derlying causes of the advances in Tt was said, however, that there is “abundant evidence of specu- in ‘Vigilance issued a statement in which i would give the clear their terminals of loaded cars. CLAIM . CECIL / in Putting rious Danger. ters. Murder may be freedom of the seas. * This was the reply of Lord Robert the question of The Associated Press as to whether he could say anything with regard to the effects of the new sub- Cecil, minister of blockade, to marine warfare. details, saying: - Little Effect on Entry of Supplies. For instance, as you trading tions. most of the vessels on the high seas. sels are reluctant to continue tice is very convenient for all ties. for that. anything like wholesale very uncertainty, its erratic strokes. To Change Port of Examinations. “However, we are very anxious accordingly are arranging cases, where we are satisfied the ves- sel concerned is not trading in the in- tersts of our enemies, that they shall be examined at some other British port. such as Halifax. “This course does not mean abandonment of the right of visit and search, which obviously it would be impossible for us to abandon. All it means is that we substitute one form of exercising that right for another, and, in order to make our action quite clear, we are declaring at the same time ' that ves: ‘rying to rum the blockade with to or from Ger- many, directly or indirectly, will ex- pose themselves to condemnation in a prize court. thev fail voluntarily to enter a British port for examination they cannot com- plain if their conduct exposes them to suspicion. and, indeed, constitutes a prima facie case that they are en- gazed in enemy trade. This is the meaning of our new proclamation. It will not, I hope and believe, make any practical difference in the present system, which will pro- ceed exactly in the same way it has proceeded hitherto, except that certain ships will be examinel at Halifax in- stead of at Kirkwall. No Obstacle to. Belgian Relief. “In regard to Belgian relief ships we will_not place the slightest obstacle in the way of any agreement whereby they. may be able to reach Rotterdam, even should such an _arrangement mean a- different route from the one thev pursue through the danger zone.” The proclamation referred to by the minister of blockade is a new order- in-council which will be issued tomor- row covering the attitude of the Brit- ish government tosards neutral sh PRODUCTION OF POTASH IN THE UNITED STATES Has Been Accelerated by Soaring Prices Asked For Imported Product: New York, Feb. 20.—Production of potash in the United States has been greatly accelerated ds a direct result of tre European war, Dr. R. J. Wysor, superintendent of the Blast furnaces of the Bethlehem Steel company, in- formed delegites at the convention of the American Institute of Mining En- gineers late today He asserted that ‘soaring prices have been a keen in- centive to research and industrial de- velopment. “The average annual importation of raw potash salts for several years prior to 1914, he said, “was slightly over 300,000 net tons, and of other pot- ash salts about 700,000 tons. “The sudden and almost total ces. sation of these imports ecreated a unigue and stringent situation. Meth- ods of recovering potash from feldspar and other native.mineral sources, and reclamation from hitherto waste pro- . hive received a marked impe- Wy wr asserted that potash may be reclain®ed as a profitable by-pro- duct of pig iron, a fact not gentrally known. PRESIDENT ASKED TO PROCLAIM A WEEK FOR “CAR FAST” For Minimum Amount of Shipments President Wilson urging him to pro- claim a week for a “car fast.” During this week shippers would be asked to forego all shipments except perishable freight and travelers would be asked to postpone all trips except those absolutely necessary. The fast week, Mr. Nelson claims, MADE BY LORD ROBERT HAVING LITTLE EFFECT Declares That the Pragtice of Neutrals Into United Kingdom Ports is Not Accompanied With Se- London, Feb. 20, 8.25 p. - m.—“The Western Atlantic, the North Sea and the Mediterranean are not outlaw wa- committed on them, but the attempt to hold up all sea traffic there has not succeeded. It is the task of the western powers and their allies to vindicate once again the Lord Robert Cecil then entered into “So far, it has had very little ef- feet on the entry of supplies to this country, but it has interfered to some extent with trade between neutral na- know, from Scandinavia and Holland to and from America put into the United Kingdom by agreement in order to avoid the trouble and danger of visit and search Some of these ves- this practice, foolishly, we think, since the danger. of putting into a United King- dom port is not serious and the prac- par- “The German piracy decree is not, indeed, a bluff: it is far too murderous But its terror lies not in destruction, the actual number of ships sunk bear- ing a very small proportion to those getting through unscathed, but in its to meet the wishes of neutrals in this, as in all other matters, even when we do not think thev are well founded. We in certain the We are adding that if Comprising For Danish West quired territory. = SEEKING EMPLOYMENT FOR Tefegrams Sent to Employment Bu- [BAD WEATHER HINDERING OP- . ERATIONS I_N FRANCE Sunk Tuesday by Submarines War Zone. Small : attacks several sectors of the continue in all the war theatres. where has & big battle been started. On the front in France bad weather is hindering operations, but neverthe- the British have carried out suc- cessfully minor offensives against the Germans near Armentieres and Ypres, while the Germans have raided a Brit- ish trench south of Letransloy and repulsed a British thrust near Messi nes. man tron Saillisel, Wytschas ing to the British war office, while the French guns are declared by Par- is to have shattered German positions northwest of Hill 304, on the Verdun sector. Germans and Russians Clash The Russians and the Teutonic al- lies have met in clashes at advantage. In the Italian theatre the Austrians entered Italian trenches near Cazre Zebio Pastorile through tunnels dug beneath the snow, but according to Rome they were driven out in hand- to-hand fighting. _ Intense artillery duels are in progress on the Carso plateau and east of Gorizia. 3 On the Sani peninsula the British at Bir-el-Hassana captured in a sur- prise attack a small Turkish garrison and forced a similar garrison at Nekhl to flee, says a British official commu- nication. Two Fishing Vessels- Sunk. Two fishing schooners, aggregating 293 tons, were the only vessels report- ed Tuesdap as having been sunk by submarines. The American ambassador to Aus- tria-Hungary has handed a note to the foreign mihister requesting clear and final information as to the stand- point of Austria-Hungary resarding submarine warfare and whether pre- vious assurances given by that gov- ernment are to be regarded as changed or_withdrawn. It_is announced officially that the British government is to issue a proc- lamation announcing a change in the attitude of the government toward neutral shipping. o' R NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL CALLING FOR HALF BILLION Has Been Given Final Approval by the Senate Naval Committee. ‘Washington, Feb. 20.—Final appro- val of the naval appropriation bill was voted today by the senate naval com- mittee, with the total raised to about half a billion dollars by adding $128,- 500,000 to the measure as it passed the house. Appropriations are carried for the cominE years share of the great three year building programme, and there are various special provis- ions, including®authorization for the commandeering of private shipbuild- ing and munitions plants in time of national peril. 85 The emergency construction appro- priation of $150,000,000 recommended by the senate sub-committee was re- duced to $115,000,000, with a specific direction that $35,00,000 of this be ex- pended for submarines. An amend- ment by Senator Poindexter was adopted directing that forty of the ad- ditional submersibles should be coast vessels and ten fleet submarines, half of each type to be built on the Pacific coast. The committee also added to the house program_three coast guard cut- ters to cost $1,350,000; $772,000 for ex- tension of the Washington navy yard and $750,000 for a drydock at Charles- ton, S. PLANS FOR ORGANIZATION OF FIRST NAVAL DISTRICT Virtually the Entire Northern New England Coast. Boston, Feb. 20—Plans for the or- ganization of the First Naval district, comprising virtually the entire north- ern New England coast, were mapped out today at a conference of army and navy officers in the Boston navy yard. Officers attending the conference were Brigadier General H. F. Hodges, com- mander of the north Atlantic coast dis- trict; mander of the Boston coast defenses, and Captain W. R. Rush, commandant of the navy vard. given out. Colonel Thomas Ridgway, com- No details were SENATE AUTHORIZED PAYMENT OF $25,000,000 TO DENMARK Indies—President Empowered to Set Up Government. ‘Washington, Feb. 20.—A bill author- izing the payment of $25,000,000 for tha Danish West Indies and the president to eet up a temporary government on the islands pending in- vestigation of the needs of the people was passed tonight by Senators Stone, Lodge and Fletcher, authors pointed conferees to reach an agree- ment with the ed a b'lll appropriating the $25,000,000 and providing for continuing the ex- empowering the _senate. of the measures, were ap- house, which has pas: government in the newly ac- DEMOBILIZED GUARDSMEN. reaus Throughout the Country. ‘Washington, Feb. 20.—All possible GERMANS HOLD BRITISH Two Fishing Schooners, Aggregating 208 Tons, Were the Only Vessels and counter-attacks mostly by raiding or reconnoitering parties, and artillery duels, violent on Italian front, N?- The British have shelled Ger- several points in Russia, Galicia and Rumania, but neither side secured any great 0 C at $125 a ton. New Haven. rts from ing $613,441,020. The ub-tm-u? to New Orleans bankers. local Shipments of §18,000 pounds. Exports the port talled $6,! of 23 886. of the Interior,* Imports at the Feb. 17, totalled :‘A,.;SO.HI. le month of January amounted Boycott of potatoes is planned at Receipts of grain at Chi weelk totalled 4439,000 busneiss. o the United States dur- for the account fresh and oured meats from Chicago last week totalled 46,- general merchandise at New York on Feb. 17 to- " F. K. Lane, Jr., son of the Secretary the Army has joined Aviation Reserve Corps. of s were valued at Feb. $6,225,686. Fire destroyed the plant of the In- per Ci ternational Pa, N. Y, at a loss Fire caused $100,000 damage to the smokeless powder plant of the Aetna 2 ‘Watertown, ,000. of $1 Company at Emporium, Pa. President Wil son nominated Cap- tains Harry S. Knaj and Willi . Rogers to be rear-adm Rl Fourteen men were entombed in th Oakdale coal mine near Layeta by th: irals. explosion of a pocket of gas. Guadalupe, The Sixth National Guard, was withdrawn for shipment to business houses at Lowellville, $125,000. The Canal Zo the publication the canal. Jewelry valued at about 30 mil Juarez, was captured by a band Villistas under Manuel Ochoa. Infantry, southeast of of Pennsylvania arrived at Philadel- phia from the Mexican border. Gold coin to the amount of $100,000 from the sub-treasury South America. Sir Diwan Bahadur Kastur Chand Daga, richest and most generous of India’s native philanthropists, is dead. Fire destroyed two churches, twelve and efght residences Ohio, at a loss of ne authorities ceased of information con- cerning movements of traffic through $500 was stolen while Mr. and Mrs. Almon C. Judd were at dinner at Hotel BEiton, ‘Waterbury. achusetts State ceived an order Railway of kado type Nocomotives tons. Lester Apgar The American Locomotive Co. The annual convention of the Mass- Branch of the Broth- erhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America opened, at Worcester, Mass. re- fromy the Northern Spain for forty Mi- welghing 98 was arrested at Wat- ertown, Mass., charged with the lar- ceny of 420 round of revolver ammu- nition from the ment. - United States govern- President Wilson nominated Will- iam B. Colver of St. Paul, Franklin Fort o members of the mission. Edward S. Yo tions which McKinley and died at Hartford The Sundry Ci inging appropriation at the Republican national and John f New Jersey to be Federal Trade Com- ung, sergeant-at-arms conven- President Roosevelt, nominated President Servi of ce bill, carry- $138,242,000, was reported to the House of Rep resentatives by gerald of New was convicted swindling scheme, serve two vears Representative Fitz- York. William H. Cole of New York, who of operating a mall was sentenced to in the Federal peni- teniary at Atlanta, Ga. Ralph J. Miner, grocers as head widely known to of the wholesale firm of Miner, Reed & Tullock, died at New Haven in his 73rd year. He was a na- tive of Cornwall, Conn. Vice-Admiral Maxmilian Nijgovan was appointed commander to Austro- Hungarian war fleet and Vice-Admiral Karl Kailer von Kaltenfelm was pro- moted to be chfef of the naval section. The Borinquen, Fowey, England, American reported two weeks over- due at Boston on her freigh t steamship voyage from was sighted off Ber- muda in tow of a Dutch steamship. The Kentucky Tax Commission has prepared a bill to be submitted to the special session of the Legislature, pro- viding for a tax rel on all crude tucky. of three cents a bar- oil produced in Ken- Arthur J. Baldwin and other execu- tors of Joseph D. Carroll, the wealthy horseman, sued former City Chamber- lain Charles H. was brought to Hyde for $25,250, due the Carroll estate for money borrow- ed. A car of 10,000,000 pounds of sugar Boston from Banes, Cuba ,by the steamer Lewis K. Thur- low. The sugar bags and was consigned dealers. Three-year-old No. 531 Dumont ‘was packed in 30,000 to Boston ‘Edward Meyer, of Avenue, Brooklyn, swallowed a penny three days ago. At the Lutheron Hospital, after pictures, near the lung, it X-ray the coin in the throat, ‘was removed. TWO AMERICAN STEAMERS NOW IN WAR ZONE. The Rochester for New York, Feb. 20.- and Orleans, Bound France. American Two steamships, the Rochester of the Kerr company and the D the Oriental Orleans Steamship compan; of New York on to i transferred 342,000 of | from the port of Exports peci New York from Feb. 12 to 17 PRICE TWO CENTS _in Proportion to the City’s Population, Condensed Telegrams sold at San Benito, Tex., " Simple Service for General Funston ATTENDED BY REGULARS AND GUARDSMEN IBODY PLACED IN ALAMO First Time That Historic Structure Has Been Used for Such a Purposs —Religious Service Held at Official Residence. San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 20.—A fu- neal service of military simpifcity in which regulars at Fort Sam Houston. national guardsmen at Camp Wilson and thousands of civilians from San Antonio joined, was held this after- noon for the late Major General Fred- erick Funston, commander of the southern department, who died suc ?‘eo?,ly last night from a heart affe Many Viewed Body. The honor paid the dead general here was the placing of his body with- in the Alamo, the first time that his toric structure has been used for suc a purpose. There, while men from the Ninteenth Infantry formed a V- shaped guard to the old stucco door- ‘way, a file of people passed in and out of the building from 5 o'clock un- til_nightfall. The only religious services held to- day were at General Funston’s official residence at Fort Sam Houston. There Chaplain Barton W. Perry of the Third Field Artillery read the regular army burial .service. “Lead Kindly Light," plaved by the Nineteenth Infantry band, was the sole musical offering PRESIDENT SENDS NOTE OF CONDOLENCE TO MRS. FUNSTON Paying Tribute to Memory of Dead Major General. Washington, Feb. 20.—President Wilson wrote to Mrs. Frederick Fun- ston today expressing his personal sympathy for her in the loss of her husband and paying tribute to the gal- lantry and patriotism of the dead ma- jor general. The letter follows: “My Dear Mrs. Funston: May I not tell vou with what genuine grief T have learned of the death of your dis- tinguished husband? I feel confident that I am expressing the feeling of the whole country when I say that we have iost in him an officer of unusual gallantry, capacity and loyal devotion to the inirests of the country. He has repeatedly in very recent month proved his abflity to handie situation of unusual delicacy and difficulty with discretion and success. “May I not expre sonal sympathy reparable loss? “Coraially and sincerely yours, “"WOODROW WILSON." my warm per~ for you ih your ir- Body Will Arrive in Friday. San Francisco, ‘eb. 20.—M'he body of the late Major General Frederick “unston will arrive here Friday at o'clock p. m., according to infor- cation at army headquarters, and will be taken under escort to the city hall, {in the rotunda of which it will lie in state until Saturday, when the funeral will be held. { PRESIDENT IS CONSIDERING | BREAKING ANOTHER PRECEDENT San Francisce { May Not Call Special Session of Sen- ate Immediately After Inauguration. Washington, Feb, 20. — President | Wilson is considering breaking an- other precedent of more than a hun dred years’ standing by not calling the customary special session of the wen- ate immediately at the beginning of his new term. Tnauguration arrangements, already much upset by the fact that March 4 falls on a Sunday, may be further dis arranged by the abandonment of the special session, which In a measure would change entirely the methods and ceremonies of inaugurating the vice president. The presidant’s purpose, as under- stood at the capitol, is to avoid a spe- cial session of the senate unless an extraordinary session of the whole congress is necessary at the same time. The senate called in special session as is the custom, to confirm appoint- ments of cabinet members and others, would be powerless to legisigte to any purpose alone, but could remain in session as long as it pleased, discuse- ing any subject it chose. The under- standing at the capitol today was that such a stiuation was to be avoided, if possible. REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN CUBA REPORTED QUIET. Reports from Interior Deal Only With Scouting Parties. Havana, Feb. 20.—The revolutionary movement, in Cuba was comparatively uneventfuf today. Reports from the interior dealt only with movements of scouting parties. The American note in which Presi- dent Wilson announced his policy of holding the rebel leaders responsible for injury to lives and property of foreigners, and explicitly stating that no government established by revoiu- tionary methods would be recognized, seems to have had a disheartening effect on the insurrectos, who, accord- ing to ‘reports, are surrendering in large numbers. Some of them. is sald, weer armed only with shotguns. it SCORE OF PERSONS INJURED IN PALL OF ELEVATOR. Dropped 8ix Stories from Roof Garden in New York. New York, Feb. 20—More than_ a score of persons were injured tomiEht, everal of them seriously, when an evator fell six stories from the roof garden to the ground fioor of a Broad- way theatre. - When the amge struck of ‘which sailed from this port for France on Feb. 10, entered the war zone to- day, according to caiculations of offi- cials of the lines. No news had been received from either vessel tonight, but there was an optimistic feeliag at the offices o the lines and the belief was expressed that the ships w reac] ‘Bordeaux safely. Harvard Surgeons Going te .England. Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 20.—Another Harvard 2 con! t of “the H unit left here tonight for New where the _New York, Feb. 20.—Irish immigrants who were admitted through this port in 1916 and theén scattered throughout the country numbered 20,636, according to the annual report today of the Irish Immigrant society. Of the newcomers 11,258 were men and 9,378 were women > . ? o states and Wwith them an aggre- the bottom of the shaft the floor was shattered, the sides gave way and the occupants were hurled together in a heap. Several of the injured were taken to hospitals in their own motor cars which were waiting for them out- side the building. The cause of the accident is not per annum on the New Haven stock estimate outetanding. A ca steps to secure emvlaym:n: for the wuomsg 31‘ leo X be ' de- session of e “bone dry” bill