Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 6, 1917, Page 1

Constitution With a Prayer to God That He Might be Given Wisdom and Prudence MESSAGE WAS OF FyTURE, NOT RETROSPECTI Reviewed the Deep Wrongs the United States Patiently Had Borne in the. Conflict With Other Peoples—Reiterated for Armed Neutrality”—Many Evidences of Loyalty and Patriotism W&eflwwnb}l"m_Alimn—-Nev&Bo fore Was a President-elect So Carefully Guarded:—Both to and From White House the Executive Carriage Was Surrounded by Secret Service Men and Mounted Troops . and Aéclaim Accorded—Inauguration of Vice President Marshall and the Swearing in of New Senators Was Par- ‘Washington, March 5. — Woodrow. swearing in of new senators in Wilson, with the major part of thel the senate chamber, in which the pres- ident participated. When members of ie senate and house had been seated the aiplomats of foreign natlons in 1their glittering official regalia were ushered into the chamber, followed by the chief justice and associate jus- tices of the supreme court in their , officers of the army and of the cabinet. {he sekgennt-at-arma of the sen- ate heraided the approach of the “president of the United States. Trowds Galleries Applauded. trality. Instantly the crowd in the galleries and dignitaries. . on_t fi their feet’ and: app 21 s with- | dent’s re- of “pro- citi- zens of the world, and that the prin- Ciples of this republic should be ap- plied to a liberation of mankind, he Pesolutely voiced a determination that America, standing “frm in armed neu- must demonstrate her claim to & “minimum of right and freedom the lent’s state- last night, decla ing that a group of wilful men” had made the country “helple: and contemptible,” ®efore the world, it was buried in the acclaim which wel- comed his appearance in the presence of some of the men he had rebuked. The spectacular fight during the closing hours of congress still was a subject of interest and discussion, however. and spectators looked for the group of men denounced by the pregi- dent. Only one attracted attention and that was Senator La Follette, leader of the flibuster. who entered the chamber late and walked down the center aisle ‘alone after the assemb- lage had been seated. Adminfstered Oath to Vice President. After the administering of the oath to the “ice president, President Wil- son, Mrs. Wilson at his side, was es- corted by the committee of arrange- ments fo the inaugural stand. His appearance at the head of the red- carpeted aisle in the central doorway of the capitol was the fisrt signal for cheers from the waiting throngs out- side. Crowds Jammed Close to Stand. With bared head, the president ap- proached the inaugural platform and bowed to the distinguished guests about him and to the great crowds in the plaza jammed in closely to the stand. Although a brilliant sun had broken through the blanket of lower- ing_clouds which earlier had threat- ened to mar the day, a chilly wind swept over the assemblage and prompted the managers of the ooca- sion to hasten the programme. Long before the inaugural guests from the senate chamber had reached the plat- form the president had taken the oath and begun his address. He began speaking at 1245 o'clock and at 1.1 was seated In his carriage ready for the return at the head of the parade. President Was Closely Guarded. Never before was a president president-elect so carefully ed as today. Both to and from the White House the executive carriage was completely surrounded by secret ser- vice men on foot and mounted troops, while files of police rode near _the curbs just inside the lines of New York national gu en drawn up on either side of the avenue. Reviewed Pageant. Arriving at the White. House upon returning from the inaugural the president and his official party tarried twenty minutes for refreshments be- fore proceeding to the review. stand. There for more than two hours the Tt of articipants T the pasct 1 u e pageant in his_honor. Tonight with his family he watched a dispiay of fireworks over Monument _grounds it the inaugural ceremon- . - MIGHTY PROCESSION MARKED INAUGURATION CEREMONIES Every Vantage Point Was Ocupied Along the Line of March. senators/ who prevented passage of the armed neutrality bill, were attached to the president's on on this point. Even more interest and con- cern were aroused when he added: “We may even be drawn om, by cir- cumstances, not by our own purpose or desire, to & more active assertion of our rights as we see them and a more immediate association with the great struggle itself. But nothing gvill aiter our thought or our purpose. *We desire neither conquest nor advantage. We wish nothing that can be had only at the cost of anether people. We have always professed unselfish pur- pose and we covet the opportunity to prove that our professions are sin- tere.” Events of Immediate Future. Making no attempt to review the segislative record of the last four years, the president said that this was 15 time for retrospect. The time was me to speak o ughts and pur- for the immediate future. To Be"Inaitterent to the infiuence of the war upon America or independent of it, he sald. wds impossible, and he was Bfm in the conmviction that the part sf this country wished to play in the rital turmoil was the part of those ‘yho mean to vindicate and fortify P8 Evidemes of Leyalty. - These were the dominant thoughts of the president as he addressed the sheering multitude in the broad plaza of the In the .as- semblage before tens of all nations had sun “Amer- ica” with a mighty voice while wait- ing for his appearance on the inau- ural stand. And in the procession which followed him to the White ‘a com- or posite_and cosmopol fraphic evidence of loyalty and pa- riotism. Ready to Fight and Die for America. “We are American citizens,” flared trom bapners borne - by once alien - “We are ready to fight and ie for streamers washington’s :ontinual onf EARING WEATHER BRINGS RELIEF FROM FLOODS Situation on the River Is Imj ‘Tennessee Accompanied Renewal of His Oath of Allegiance to the it persons from their marooned at isolated points and a res- cue steamer has been sent to their aid. There was little suffering in the neighborhood of Chattanooga, due to prompt_action by authorities in glving shelter to homeless. 1Ltail- road trafic was interfersd with thers while farther. east landslides ea by washonts tied up some branch rail- The Cumberland River at Nashville continued to rise fonight and higher stages for both that river aud the Tennessee were forecast, but the ma- terial damage was not expected to be sreat as warehouses had been emptied and farmers In the nearby country had had time to move their stock In North Carolipa _the Roanoke, Neuse, Cape Fear and Tar Rivers were beyond flood stage. Little matesial damage was reported. The James and Roanoke Rivers :n Virginia were subsiding tonight. In Alabama and south Georsia, where several rivers overflowed. no reports of any considerable property loss were received. REBUKE FOR SENATOR NORRIS OF NEBRASKA Sentiment of the State Lincoln, Neb, March 5.—A resolu- tion offered in the Nebraska senate tonight referring to United States Sen- ator_ Norris opposition to the armed neutrality bill says that “in his oppo- sition to said bill, Senator Norris did not voice the sentiment of Nebraska, nor reflect the patriotic judgment of its_citizens.” Under the rules the resolution went over until tomorrow. Both houses of th- legislature today adopted a joint resolution conveying t President Wilson “profound assurance of confidence and good will, and best ishes for a successful administra- on.” pite the wind and the lowering clouds which early in the day darkened the clity with threats of a continuation of the downpour of yesterday and last night, almost every foot of o < along the mile long way, o ed _an e great reviewing windows, baleonies and house- * Crowd Waited Patiently. § The crowd waited patlently “behind the stout steel cables stretching from the te House to the capitol, hun- dreds of early comers being in position at 7_o'tloek, four hours before the president and his party left the White House for the capitol. ~ Ten hours later, when the last of the marchers was nearing the reviewing stand, the line still held. President and Mrs. Wi Carriage. President Wilson and his _escort, Squadron B of the Second Cavalry, left the White House at 11 o'clock, the Presiderit and Mrs. Wilson riding in an opep, carriage drawn by four horses precedéd by mounted police and cav- alry and flanked by secret service men. The vice president followed in anoth- er carriage, with a smart looking es- cort of cadets from Culver Military Academy, mounted on black _horses. As the procession left the Couft of Honor opposite the White House, the cavalry formed a hollow square with the president's carriage in the center. Program at Capitol. The programme at the capitol, where the president and vice president took the oath and delivered their inaugural addresses, occupied little more than an hour and it was shortly after one o'clock when the inaugural parade started up the avenue, the president and his escort leading. Meantime the sun had come out, drying the sand- sprinkled over the way and with the sun had come a chilling wind. The line moved slowly between two New York regiments—the Twelfth and the Sixty-ninth—standing at attention. The two long, thin lines of guardsmen were almost the only visible evidence of minutely painstaking and_elaborate steps taken to insure the president's safety. Long Lines of Brilliant Color. ‘With bands blaring many tunes and fiags whipping, the parade got under way—ea. long line of brilliant color. first came the West Point cadets, over- coated, a_marching mass of gray and white, whose _clock-like movements were as one man. They were followed by the Annapolis cadets, 1,200 strong, wearing their deep blue overcoats. itary Organizations. Then came the long line of military orgaaizations, - wuatdscaon. “satiors, coast artillerymen and cadet schools which formed the first and second di- visions ,under command of Major Gen- eral Tasker H. Bliss and General William A. Mann. As the head of the line reached the court of honor, the marchers stopped and remained at at- tention for twenty minutes while the president prepared to take his place in the reviewing stand. Bugle Signal Started Line. A bugle gave the signal and the lon, line moved again. The inaugural pac rade was on, with the president stand- ing where presidents long have stood on inauguration day to review the marchers. For nearly four hours they flled past—sallors, soldiers, guardsmen, cadets, veterans, governors and thelr staffs, ' political organizations, Indians and political _organizations, = Indians. here and there a line of women and hundreds of brass bands. The crowds in® the reviewing stands and. on the streets were chilled by the wind. The paraders marched stoutly in the face of it. In sudden gusts it picked up the sand and-blinded them, swept -thelr colors from their grasp and sent their hats high in the air. At times whole organizations had to halt while & _par- ticularly severe gust spent its force, musiclans had to empty the sand from their instruments in the midst of play. 1ng, and color bearers by the hun had to furl their colors. crowd was more orderly than usual and I o afer S cionh ey 25 after five oo - rade ended. ‘i LES There'is Little Recorded From Various ~ing the Germans. ‘War Fronts, Except in Francs, Where the British and Fransh Are Oppos- posing the only the usual outpost enzagements ‘bombardments. Around Arras and pea- lnchy the $2°0f ‘them prisoners and captured a machine gun. taken near Ginchy. Near Ecuchavesnse the Germans endeavored to wrest from the British the positions c sptured Sun- day. but met with repulse. Prisoners also were The French counter-attacked north of Bois Caurieres, where t*e Germans hadsmade a gain at one puint, in an attack delivered over a front of one and three-quarter miles, and regained part of the captured elemente French that elsewhere than in the Rois Cau- rieres the Germans were repulsed with BRopry camniftion in. thetr Bunday at- tack. The official communication says Aerial Activity in Franc ‘There has been comsiderable aerial activity along the line in France. Lon- don reports that Sunday machines were b ithin the British Hade others were aged. Germans forced down two Biitish mas chines and that five othars failed to six Do down, two o that eight forced to deccend, dam- It is admitted, however, that the return to tbeir base. French airmen and an anti-aircraft gun acccunted for three German airplanes MonGay & BY' ARREST MADE BY POLICE . IN HOBOKEN, N. J. Police Found Bombs of Great Power, Showing Skilled Workmanship, in the Room of Fritz Kolb, a German, Who Was Working as a Bartender. _Hoboken, N. J., March 5.—With the arrest here today of Frit: Kolb, a German, the authorities exoressed the Dbelief that they had frustrated a ‘well developed plot to aid Germany by blowing up munition plants in this country engaged in turning out con tracts for the entente allics. The po- lice said they found in Koid's room two bombs which, according t- rumors that had reached them, were to be sent to President Wilson. : Plot to Destrov War Supplies. After a preliminary i estigation they announced themsélvss as _con- vinced that the plans of the alieged plotters had to do entirelv with de- stroying war supplies and that no at- tack on the president's life was con- templated. The police al:. said they had acquired information which might help them In solving the Flack Tom, N. J., explosion and the destruction of the 'Kingsland, N. J., plant of the Canagian Car and Foundry company, in which large munition supplies for the entente allies were blown up. Four other men were questioned by the authorities tonight. Ch.-f of Police Hayes of this city said they were friends of Kolb, but that he was con- vinced they knew something of the al- ieged plots. i Additional Arrests Experted. “We are following leads wlich may result in additiondl arrests at any time,” declared Chief Haye:. “We are co-operating with the New York police and the neutrality squad of the col- lector of the port of New Yerk. All of us have been working on this for sev- eral weeks. has peding operations parties continue active itterly Cold on Russ‘an Front. The weather on the Russian front again turned bitterly cold, im- there Scouting in Rumania and here and there artillery duels are in progress. There has beer nc change in the situation in the Au-tro.Italian and Macedonian theatres. ®ke repulse of a small Turkish attack near Kal- kit, in Turkish Armenia, is repcrted by Petrograd. MYSTERY OF DEATH OF ) BANKER SHIRK CLEARED. Identification of Revelver Mahes It a tdentification today of Clear Case of Suicide. Lébanes. Pa’ March 5 —With the the revolver found clutched in the hands of Howard = fnancier, the authoritie- Shirk, corporation attorney and announced that the mystery surrounding his death had been cieared and that tho suicide theory, at first advanced, Lad been proved beyond doubt. Wa’ter C. Martz, a teller in the bank-of which Mr. Shirk was president, identified t'ie revolver as one of a number which are kept at the institution for. protection agalnst robbery. of the bank and was t Shirk had access to all parts re a-short time before he was lasi seen alive, according to Martz. % Shirk was found dead in his offices here last Wednesday and it was an- nounced that he had committed suicide as the result of a nervous briakdown, caused by overwork. Later an Inves- tigation was started on the t* ambassador, Aimaro Satc ory that CALL ON PRESIDENT WILSON. Thought Probable That He is to Give Some Formal Assurance. ‘Washington, March 5.—The Japanese has an en- gagement to see President *Vilson to- morrow afternoon and although neither the embassy nor the White Heuse has disclosed the reason for the confer- ence, it is thought probablc some for- Jn-l‘p.mh irance Miay be prurented that n has no intention of acceptin; ihe German susgestion fo- a German- Mexican-Japanese alliance war on the United Stat:s. bassador has made a public to make The am- enial that his government took any hand in the move. PENSACOLA VOTES FAITH IN PRESIDENT'S PROGRAM Resolutions Were Adopted at M, tione programme of adopted here tonight at Meeting Favoring Armed Neutrality. Pensacola, Fla., March 5. —Resolu- President Wilson ed neutrality were endors a public meeting, at which speakers scathingly attacked the . senators who were with blocking the armed neu- cl trality bill in the United States sen- ate. Confederate veterans, Spanish- American war veterans and Red Cross Tepresentatives attended. MAINE CITIES HELD ELECTIONS UNDER BLIZZARD CONDITIONS Democrats Made a G of One Mayor. Portland* Maine, March 5. —Ten Maine cities held elections under bliz- zard conditions today. Six republi- cans were elected against four demo- crats, a gain of one democratic mayor over la- ¢ year. Républicns won in Au- burn, East) Hallowell port, e ocrats were successful in Bath, Lewis- ton, Rockland and Waterville. PRESIDENT OF CUBA SENDS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS Asking for Appropriations Necessary to Quell Rebellion. . Havana, March §5.—President Me. nocal today sent & message to con- requesting authority to gress suspend the constitutional guarantees adn ask- appropriations ing for quell the he had been murdered. JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO necessary to ‘The bill was What Was Found in Poom. Kolb was found in a sm-il hotel, op- positey the piers of the ., Hamburg- American line. His room it was as- serted, bore the appearance ot having been used as a laboratory. Besides the two bombs, the police said they found some tubing resembling thar used -in ships, part of it brass andl part steel. The bombs were made of this material. There also were, a flask of L.ack pow- der, two lead cams, three botfles con- taining gasoline, benzine and alcohol, tools, miscellaneous matcrials, trini- trotoluol and black disc pcrider. Ex- perts _ he New.Yo-k. detective: bureaii sail-the disc powter was new to them, but they believed it was sim- ilar to some used in Germany. Bombs Were of New ~ 3p The bombs, the experts de. .ured, also were of a new tvpe and apparently of great power, They were bout seven inches long, an inch and a half in di- ameter and filled with an cxplosive which was taken out lv % poice to be analyzed before they wuuld express an opinion as to its natur=. About the steel body of the bombs was wound a thin copper tubing, perfuraied at in- tervals. The fuses were contained in this tube, the evident purpose being to protect them, the convolut'ons being designed to' permit a cousiderable length of fuse being used. so tuat time would be given for anyone pianting the bombs to reach a safe distancc before they exploded. Workmanship Showed Skil The workmanship of the bombs, the police said, indicated ingciuity and skill. They were wrapved up in a ehirt which Kolb, they sa.1, admitted was his. Kol denied that he had arything to do with making the bomts, but said, according to the police, that his room were used for that purposs by a man he knew only as “Karl,” wicm he met in a saloon. He added that he did not know where Karl could be_found at this time. 4 Made Several Trips o Mexico. Kolb said he was bora in Cologne, Germany, and came to this country shortly after the war began, working his way on a Standard Oil steamer. He magde several trips aiso between this country and Mexico. he said, but not recently. At various timcs, he said, he worked as a barkeepe- and walter and aleo admitted that he was a drug- zist and had sought a position as a weigher in chemical houses He gave his age as 33. He Lad Hved at the hotel here for five weeks, paying $1.25 a week for his room. Officials of the Canadian Car and Foundry company declared tonight there was a “likeness” between Koib and a photograph of a former employe of the comcern for whom they had been searcing since the crplosion at Kingsland, N. J. They aid they would have several workmen who krew the original of the photograph call at head- quarters tomorrow to see whether they could identify Kolb. Claimed to Be a Chemist. Theodore Kemper, owner of a sa- loon in Newark, where Kolb was a bar- tender, told the police that the prisoner had represented himself as a chemist. e said Kolb applied to him for work about three months ago, saying his parents in Germany were wealithy, but that he left home three ye.rs ugo be- cause they disapproved of a love af- fair of his. Kemper said that when the Kingsland explosion oc-irred Kolb was at work in his saloon. He said he recalled that the next day some of the frequenters of the saloon made up a party to go to Kingsland to look at the wrecked . plant, but Kclb, a'though invited to go along, evinced no inter- est in the plan and remained tn New- ark. CHAIRMANSWILLCOX DENOUNCES FILIBUSTER Declares Every Senator Should Have Supported President. New York, March 5.—Willam R. Willcox, chairman of the republican national committee, in_a s.atement tonight on the senate filibuster which defeated the armed neurality bill, said: “Bvery senator should have stood by the president in this trying crisis. It must have been a keen disappointment to the patriotic people of this coun- try that twelve senators should fili- buster on a measure so important to the homor of the nation.” army. T inar®_ of :!'_grb-’u‘o_o- The War Departm for 21,750 :M’% United States S s For the first time since ¢he Civil ‘War cash wheat sold at Toledo at $2 a bushel. : 3 The Texas & Pacific Coal Co. in- creasen ite. capital from $2.500000 & $3,000,000. Two six-inch guns were mounted at the new fortifications at Rockaway Point, Long Island. Gold to the amount of $8,000,000 was received from Canada for the account of J. P. Morgan & Co. Exports of specie from the port of New York from Feb. 26 to Mr:ch 3 were valued at $5,877,657. 3 The American Steel & Wire Co. an- nounced an advance of $4 a ton in the price of all wire products. Emperor Charles ‘of Austria-Hun- gary dismissed Field Marshal Con- rad von Hoetzendorf, chief of staff. The newly appointed American am- bassador Henry P. Fletcher presented his credentials to General Carrazna. The Commission for Relief in Bel- glum announced that receipts for the last week of ebruary totaled $42.073. President Wilson signed the reve- nue bill, designed to raise $350,000.007 through special taxes and bond issues. Hamilton McKay Twombly, of New York, who died on Jan. 11, 1910, left a New York estate valued at $4,470,602. All express trains throughout France, with the exception of postal and long- distance trains, wers ordered . discon- tinued. A charter was granted to the Amer- ican General Electric Edison Corp- oration of China, with a capital® of $250,000. In command of Capts John Cariton the American freighter Silver Shell left New York for an unnamed port in France. Impeachment charges against Gov- ernor James E. Ferguson were filed in the Texas House by Representative H. P. Davis. Chester Gallow, of Yonkers, N. Y., was sentenced to serve one year for sending ‘poison pen” letters to Miss May Trauss. A. Hawe, a German, was arrésted while making sketches and maps on the coast of Cuba, in the province of Pinar del Rio. Major Elvin R. Heiberg, American military attache at Rome, was acci- dentally killed while visiting the Aus- The German imperial clothing com- mittee has issued a warning that styles in women’s clothes cannot be allowed to change every six months. The Spanish Cabinet has decided to prohibit transmission of news con- cerning movements of merchant ves- sels to and from Spanish ports. The rules committee report, absolv- ing public officials from blame for any leak on the peace note, was unani- mously adopted by the House. Nineteen sticks of dynamite were found by employes of the Water De- ent in a catch basin connected with the town’s water supply at Natick, Mass. : e Count_von Bernstorff, former Ger- man ambassador to the United States, was nominated as a candidate for the Relchstag in place of the late Herr von Neiding. Plans to recruit at least 50 members in the reserve officers’ corps, with the rank of leutenant or captain in each congressional district, within 60 days, were announced by the War Depart- ment. A commission of three senators and three members of the House was ap- pointed to investigate the pneumatic tube mail service in several cities, with a view to having the tubes purchased Dby the Government. The_total receipts for duties at the New York Custom House Saturday were $582,282.37, of which $169,521.54 was for merchandise withdrawn from bonded warehouses, and $412,760.83 for recent importations. Police Officers Ranson Gwattney and Patrick Riggin were killed and May- or J. P. Keech was fatally wounded at Tarboro N. C. by W. C. Nelson when the officials unearthed a quantity of whiskey in Nelson's home. S. Dabney Crab: Virginia-Carolina_ Chemical Co., was arrested at Charlottesville, Va. on a Ccharge of gra ndlarceny and malicious- Iy burning the chemical laboratory of the University of Virginia, on Jan. 26. cretary of the Mayor Anthony Sundorlaid of Dan- ‘bury was renominated for that office by the democratic city convention last night. He is now serving his second terth. Mayor Sunderland is a lieuten- ant in the coast artillery corps and an aviator. Daniel Willard, president .of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, was elect- ed chairman of the advisory commis- sion of the Council of National De- fense, at a joint meeting of the coun- cil and commission at the War De- partment. FLETCHER TO HAVE PFRSONAL CONVERSATION WITH CARRANZA pedbB i’ 4.5 Both Have Arrived at Chapala from Guadal Chapala, Mex., March 5.—-General Carranza, accompanied by the Ameri- can ambassador, Henry P. Fletcher, and the Chilean minister. Antonio Agagiro, arrived here t-ay from Guadalajara by automobile. They will remain until tomorrow, giv ng Ambas- sador Fletcher an opportinity for in- timate personal conversation with the first chief. Columbus, Ohio, March Ohio senate today adopted a resolu- tion criticizing the national senate for refusing to pass the armed neutrality bill as requested by President Wilson. A copy of the resolution was ordered sent to congress. 5.—The PRICE TWO CENTS Population CAUGUS ON CLOTURE With Purpose of Making Impossible the Retarding of Legislation by Minority Members . OUTGROWTH OF REQUEST MADE BY PRESIDENT It is Taken for Granted That Such & Measure Wi Encotnter Opposition of the Minority—Should Democrats Attempt to Push Such a Bill, Under Existing Rules the Minority * Members Could Resort to the Same Tactics as Featured Filibuster on Armed Neutrality, With the Result All ; Other Business Would be Clogged ‘Washington, March 5.—With Presi- dent Wilson's demand for a change in senatc rules to make impossible in the future such a fillibuster as the one by which a handful of members defeated the armed neutrality bill fresh in their minds, senate democrats will caucus tomorrow on a programme for the spe- cial sessjon. 'The session, called prim- arily to pass upon appointments to of- fice, began formally today and will get down to business tomorrow. To Caucus on Cloturs Senator Owen, who has been b chief proponent of a limited rule for many years, is prepure bring the subject of cloture bs caucus and thirty-three senators, of them democrats, have sigr agreement to support the rule poses. Many Opposed to Limited Debate. If the caucus decides to stand b deba (Continued on Page Twe, Sixth PRESIDENT AWAITS DECISION OF HIS LEGAL ADVISERS Before Taking Further Action in the German Situation. ‘Washington, March 5—Iurther ac- tio by President Wilson in theéGer- man situatjon was postpoued today pending a decision by his legal ad- visers whether he has po>wer to arm American mer@hantmen in spile of the fallure of congress to pas- a resolu- tion conferring such authority The question was referred to Attor- ney General Gregory and Sccretary Lansing and probably wil. be decided in time for consideration at tomorrow’s cabinet meeting—the first to be held in the new administration The inaugu- ration ceremonies occupicd most of their time today, but_membirs of the cabinet and other officials tound op- portunity to discuss the sal ject A determination to awis. the mer- chantmen if a legal way 10 Go 50 can be found was generally ayjarent Pending determination c the senate situation ~the president )s preparing to take such steps as he can to meet the crisis and defend American rights. While the arming of merohautmen is the step most considered, il is pointedd out ‘that the president has the right to convoy American vessels. This course has been opposed vy the navy department, principally for straggical reasons. Another step suggested iy that the shipping board take over American merchantmen, arm them as ncval aux- iliaries and send them ab:cad The president has beer inclinl to believe that certain old :tatutes still in force might prevent him from fur- nishing guns to merchantmen, but some of his advisers holi that a broader and truer interpretation of these laws will show that incy have no application to the present situa- tion. Another name was added today to the list of “senators - who signed a manifesto in the closing hovcs of the ®ssion declaring they favored the armed neutrality bill and wou:d have vdted for it if given the opportunit: Senator Lippitt of Rhode Inuand tel graphed t3 Senator Weeks ask'ng that his name be affixed, making 76 signers. FIVE CHINESE KILLED IN TONG WARS IN' CALIFORNIA. Battles in San Francisco, Cakland, Stockton and San Jcse. San Francisco, March 5. -Five Chi- nese were killed, two wers fatally in- jured and three were wounced in tong wars today in San ¥r: . Oakland, Stockton and San Jo and Se- attle, Wash. Gunmen of Hop Sing, S1:ySing and Boong Sing tongs, arrayed against the fighters of the Suey On, Sen Seuy Ying and Bing Kong, started a street fight here a few minutes prior to the hour set for a peace conference. Two of the fighters were killed. One of the two wounded is efpected die. Several arrests followed the shootir ~ here and in Oakland, across the bay, where one Chinese was killed The death toll in San Jose. and Stockton ‘was one eac th threee wourded in the latter city ore prob- ably fatally. No casualties occurred i1 Seattle been The wars, the police s: neoted with trouble whic: simmering for months. , werc had SWEDISH. MINISTRY RESIGNED YESTERDAY But Consented to Remain in Office on Request of King Gustave London, March 5, 9.0% Swedish ministry resigned cording to Reuter's Stock 5, p. m—The today, Im corre- spondent. At the request ot King Gustave, however, the mnisters con- sented to remain in offics in ihe hode of averting the crisis, The Swedish governmcnt was de- feated Saturday in a jont baliot of the two chambers on its icquest for the appropriation of 30,000,006 crowns to be used in preserviag Sweden's neutrality. There was a juint major- ity of 15 against the go\e-nment. Premier Hammarskjold i1 the debate Saturday spoke of the necessity for the appropriation being granted. REPORTED THAT. VILLA HAS PNEUMONIA, Was Struck on Chest by a Small ® of Shrapnel at Jimenez El Paso, Tex., March 5.--Mexican consuiar officers here rece ved a re- port today that Francisco Villa v struck on the chest by a small picce of shrapnel during the battis o° Jimenes and that the wound has :esulted in double pneumonia. An unconfirmed re- port'that a German Dpi;sician was iece THRILLING RESCUE OF A SHIPWRECKED CREW Schooner Henry Withington Driver Massachusetts Coast in a Blizaard Witk Scitiiate, Mass., March masted schoomer _Henry was_wrecked on Peggoty bea northeast blizzard late today crew escaped over a lifeline, rand ove hand, after a volunteer ife crew had tried unsuc launch a boat through (b The coast guards of the North S station, some distance away, becs stalled in the snow-drifted Toads their way to the scene. Vol using the apparatus of the Ma setts Humane society, flaslly sh line aboard the schooner fo- = bre buoy, but the shipwreckeu seven men were unable to rig up end of the apparatus. They ser lighter line ashore and after ¢ secured escaped, hand over has sometimes half buried in the breake The Withington was bound in ba from Stockton, Me,, for New York 9 BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS WERE SUNK DURING FEBRUAR During the Month 5,463 Vessels rived and 9,124 Sailed. A —Official mad New York, March 5 from the Britieh admirgity, lic today at the office of & general of Great Britain, show during February 94 British men ships were destroyed by munes or marines. ©f this numbes E were of 1,600 tons or over and under 1,600 tons. In addition i merchant ships, 20 fishing British register were sunik. 1 reported that Guring ths mon British merchant vessels were © cessfully attacked by submar shown by reports on file with ihe miralty up to and including Mar The figures show that the uumb: merchant vessels of all rationa over 100 tons each., and exciu. local or fishing craft, which ar and departed from British as follows: Vessels arrive sels sailed. 9,124; total POLICE FIRE ON MOB OF STRIKERS AT NIAGASA FALL One Man Was Wounded — Policen Receive Scalp Wounds Niagara Falls, N. Y., Marc man, Michael ~Eotty, tu:ig wounded seriously, when pelice vath detectives fired upon 400 strikers and thelr sympst Police Chief John Curry was on the head by a brick severe lacerations and t licemen received scalp wol The trouble began whev wtrikes is alleged, attacked {two leaving the plant of the one of Thres Graphite company s Polic affected by strikes. m one of the strikers and we A Polish priest, Father Stabanan, appealed to the er punsel 1 a His tte mantain order and the crowd RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT BRINC SUITS FOR %36 Against Tennessee Coper Co. a National Security March New York, government seeks totalling $1,368,000 fr Copper company a Surety company in a gui federal court here today breach of contract to supy worth of_trinitrooluo] The Tennessee O agreed to deliver to érnment before Nov plaint states, 4,800,000 pow ¢ explostve at 95 < The Russfan gov agreement paid | of '$1.140,000. and per company furn National Surety con amount of the advance pair guarantee that it would the terms of the conlira promised in case of d liquidated damages $2 of the total cost JURY FILLED FOR SECONC TRIAL OF RAE TA advance t shed a b Charged With Perjury in Corne With Breach of Provise Suit New York, March 5.—Wit box fllled at the first seari federal court here today of t trial of Rae Tanzer, charged jury in connmection with a breach of promise which sk against James. W. Osborne assistant district atiorn®y, treating Villa In a mountain cabin was denied by United Staics secret service agents. pected the taking of tesiim.r begiri tomorrow. At the Irtaer the jury disggreed.