Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 12, 1920, Page 1

VOL. LXI—NO. 117 Attack. E! Paso, Texas, May weer noriheastern border volutionary headquarters tod: Carranza forces at Sabinas, Coahuila, ! were routed by troops under Geieral An-|Ssition pointing toward Matamoro: The tonio Prunedo and after the battle @ | bridge had been closed for repairs but trainload of wounded federals was sent | United States omm‘rs ord?re‘l it thrown o Piedrus Negras, opposite Eagle Pass,|open in event civilians in ~Matamoros t was reported. should seek gafety in Brow: e Fightine was said 10 be in progress at| Shortly afier two o'ciock four hundred Matamoros. opposite Brownsville, Texas, :edrml ar'mud rorc"s; incl umm,; - n 1 b oms and immigration guards, ha -Dw;" e revolutionists attacking the MG Dositions . BaRInd.. btk siss Kight hundred laborers and their | and in trenches soutn and west of Ma- tamilies were reported as having gather- | tamoros and the stage was believed to ~d at Monclova, Coahul Where they jhave been set for the most serious re- were said 1o be seeking protection from s(sx:\':’c- the rebels have =met in the ¢ Carranza forces opersting | noTthwest. i g gt art of Mexico as | Fevolutionists had captured il river and Weir torritory, revolution: raiiroad fowns between Mier, opposite aduy began their share o Roma Texas, V. Pesqueira tiin the ind hat he was making| Washington. M ot Jitain indivdual coniracts for | cupation of Constantinople, which is left Mexiean laborers emtering the - United | inder the scvereignty of the Sultan, by | tes. instend of the eolective engage- |3 small international force -of allied enia (hat have hitherto prevailed. Sen- |1roaps-is provided for in the treaty which Pesqueira -« At een wore belng charge by labor agedtssentatives a Paris. An officldl sum-| T Sk Wdse oF (e Interitiodd] b mary of the treaty has been received in | «We whall also try to eliminate passport | Washington. feands. which are beine praeticed by A similar international guard is pro- srivate individuals here and in Juarey,” | vided for the garrisoning of the. straits Pesqueira waid. “So far we hdve re-|#s & guarantee of free passag: through etved Ame th ican cordial cooperation authorities. in our relations hetween of th efforts Ttevolutionary endeavoring agents were 1o obtain o the ablish wi radio station at Arlington, hose in Chihwahua City and ¥, Pesqueira announced. OFFICIAL REPORTS TO ‘-.\-I\A"TO\ e ing approximately to a depth of 100 Washington, May 11.—Official reports|kilometres and a breadth of 200 kilo- telling of the overthrow of President|metres is given to Greece under limited za of Mexico were before Presi dent Wilson the new tention. from navy officers an twepArtment representatives have ! ted thus far that on to Americans heen given by of the revolutionary forces, ans the situation. officials at called for uction by the Washingtor ~ove nment The auest government rently formation in Mexico may in process arise soon. re n presented. however, t could be forwarded with 4 ectation of acceptance. The tate of sht. Official advices threw no present whereahouts. reasonabl e pros hands of his captors. A report tonight agents here, received told of th out by won-in-law 3o. commanding an escort, President Carranza’s trains. to in a sent General Candido Agutia on one reported to have raised the flag of revoit| and after engaging Agullar's iroops near | (0 have made his way south- Cordoba ward to join General Guadalupe Sanche: a rebel leader. The report added that Merigo and San- ¢hez were in pursuit of a force under Federico Montes, one. of the federal com- ed loyal to manders sald to have rem: Cxiranza. The super-dreadnaught Oklahoma wae West en route from New York to Key tonight, su- reporls from Captain Lon: commanding desiroyers now reer. tional precautionary measure. The attitude of Manuel Palae: throughout Carranza's administration the 4 facto ruler of the oil district south of Tampico, was being watched here with particular interest. The majority of re- ports. official and unofficial, h »d his support of forced ve indica ment Wire communication with the Mexican capital has been resfored but the censol ship apparently has been rigidly applied TO TAKE A REGIMENT OF MARINES TO KEY WES Philadeiphia, May States transport night at the Philadeiphia from Charleston, 8. C. 11.—The navy It Key West Sunday but the authorities at the navy yard refuse 10 state iheir number or dis- suss the probable movements of transport FORCES OF OBREGON ARE PURSUING CARRANZ ¥l Paso. Texas, May President Carranta and his adherents St e setween San Marcos, Puebla, and Apiz-| PYE TARIFF BILL HAS | kaco, Tlaxcala, according to Erequiel BEEN LAID ASIDE BY SENATE | Zajeedo. formerly ‘otay from Agua Prieta. REMELS ATTACK AN OUTPOST OPPOSITE BROWNSVILLE, TEX. Rrownsville, Texas, he southern side of - Matamoros Mexican - town - opposite “ehels’ move was helieved to be ‘prelim sary o an attack in force. cus, Puebla, and Apiziaco,, Tlaxcala — Reports Have Reached El Paso of Minor Engagements Between Fed- eral and Rebel Forces Along the Northeastern Border— Federal Outpost Opposite Brownsville, Tex., is Under 11.—With tne fate of President Carranza still in doubt, reporis of a few minor engagements be- federad and rebel forces along the of, Mexico reached exorbitant o the two coun- in Washington permission United States government to es &% communication between Va. and Mexico his cabinet today but turn of events south of the bor- rstood to have been given assurances of and other for- victorious g of an emergency na- indieated n of recognition by the new of It was reported today that plans for asking - being pressed by revo- No such request has and offi- cials here beiieved there must be impor- ant developments in Mexico City before arranza still remained in light He was va- riousiy reported unofMicially as a prisoner and as a fugitive after escaping from the revolutionary roundabout fight between a force of Carranza, and Juan Meri- of Merigo was; distributed along the east coast of Mexico, told of no The movement of the battle- sfip was understood to be only an addi- the movement that arcanza from power but it was cuggested that until this was confirmed he could not be eliminated grom the Tist . potential opposers of the new govern: United Henderson arrived to- vard is reported she will take a_regiment of marines to The assembling here of marines from other stations began last the 11.~The forces s Gemeral Alvaro Obregon are pursuing a member of Obre- n's staff, who arrived in El Paso today May 11—An ‘ad- rance guard of revolutionists approached ‘the Brownsviile, thortly before noon toduy and exchang- «d shots with a Carransa outvest. The is Reported Between San Mar- are reportea aavancing on MAtamoros from Reynosa, 125 miles west. A gen- eral attack was expected by nightfall. American military authorities ordered a detachment of soldiers to the Ameri- can end of the international bridge where two machine guns were put in po- HELD BY ALLIED TROOPS 11.—Permanent oc- was handed today to the Turkish repre- the Dardanelles and the ~Sea of Mar- mora to ships of all nations. . An inter-allied commissics of control at Constantinople, consisting of the rep- resentatives of the principal allied pow- | ers, will exercise superwsion over the execution, of the cianses of the treaty | and with the aid of the inter-allied troops enforce its terms. Although President Wilson suggested that part of northeastern Thrace be given to . Bulgaria, Thrace in its entirety is awarded to (Greece. | myrna and the hinterland, extend- he i- | sovereignty. Greece must formulate in consultation with the league of nations a plan for control of the territory and at the end of two years the population will decide by vote whether this arrangement shall be continued or whether the ter- ritory ‘shell be annexed hy Greeee. Both France and Italy relinquish etaim fo mandatory powers over Cilicia and Adnita, reserving oniy speclal economic privileges, ! Boundaries of Mesopotamia and Pales- tine. the mandates over which are award- | ed v Great Britain, and Syria ceded similarly to Frince, are I&ft to be de-| termined by special commissions. i The Armenian setlement is ieft open | for future negotiation and decision. i No mention is made of Ru: summary received here. nor ist he precise status of the Interallied commission of control in its relation to the league of nations clearly defined. d n o n | THOUSANDS OF JEWS IN REDEMPTION PARADE | New York, May 11.—In contrast to| demonstrations of mourning and protest | held in New York in the past. thousands of Jews' today took part in the Teuah, of redemption parade, in joyfulness that Palestine is to be the Jewish homeland under a British mandatory. It was the climax to the extrzordinary Zionist con- vention that opened here last Sund: Tonight the delegates from all of the country attended a concert in {the Metropolitan Opera House, while former Jewish soldiers and sailors who served in the war were guests at a re- ception in the Central Opera House. ‘The parade, headed by two of the old- est orthodox rabbis in New York, car- rying the “scroils of the law” and a de- tachment of Jeéwish membets of the “Lost Battalion” first passed through the densely populated East Side, then to Washington Square, where other sections joined the column for the march up Fifths Avenue. Nathan Straus, philan- thropist, joined the marchers at Waverly Place and was loudly cheered. le r, parts M. XRABOVSKY WAS BEAT TO DEATH BY HUX London, May 1l.—According Bucharest message to Reuter's agency, M. Krabocsky, who was reported to have disappeared while attending @ meet- ing of the inter-allied commission at| Bekes-Caba, was imprisoned by the | Hungarians and so severely beaten that | he died on April 2. The murder was | attributed’ to attempts Krabovsky made to #ecure a union of Slovakia with Hun- gary, according to the correspondent Krabavsky was in fungary under the protection of the irq'r-allied commission wnd attended the prace conference in| London as a Slovak delegate. GARIANS 2, to a t- FRENCH TROOPS RETIRE BEFORE MOBS OF OZECHS T Vienna, May 5.—A serious political sit- uation is ripening in the Teschen district of Silesia, according to the Tribuna to- day. which reports a heavy concentration of Polish troops on the frontier. A great mass meeting of Czechs at Orlau, six and a half miles northeast of | Mahrisch Ostrau, assumed such a threat- | | ening .aspect, the newspaper savs, that | French troops were twige forced to re- tire from the public square. Yesterday Polish workmen at Porleba, according to the Tribuna, demolished the residence of the chairman of the civil administration | with hand grenades. A Washington, May 11.—The dye tarift bill. which was made the vehicie for the introduction In the senate of a letter from, the publiicty manager of the Du-| Pont_interests to Senator Moses, one of Major General Leonard Wood's ecam- paign managers, asking him to explain his < opposition to the Ineasure, was de- finifely ‘laid aside- today on mation of | Senator Lodge of Masichusctts, toa re. publican leader. ~ The measure now goes fo the senate calendar- and can be called up for con- sidération only by a majority vote of the Thres hundred - pawelutionary . troops senate, RTINS R CABLED PARAGRAPHS Allies Present New Note to Germany. Berlin, May 11—The allies have pre- sented a new note to Germany containing the names of 45 Germans who are alleg- ed to have committed, erimes during the war for which the allies desire them prosecuted, according to an announce- ment by the foreign office. HEARING ON INCREASE OF RAILROAD RATES MAY 23 ‘Washington, May 11.—Hearing on the application of the railroad carriers for increased rates in official, southern and Western classification territories were scheduled today for May 24 in Washing- on. The increases requested amount to-a freight rate advance of not less than fhirty per cent. in eastern territory: 23.91 per cent. in western territory, and 31 per cent. or a_general freight and passenger increase of 21 per cent in southern territory. z “In general the carriers proposed to secure the revenue from increased freight rates, asserting that it is inad- visable to make a géneral increase in passenger fares,” the commission’s state- ment said. The carriers will be heard in = three groups conforming to the three terri- lorial areas mentioned and the commis- sion said it was not deemed necessary that “aggregate property values' for these several and respective ~ groups which it will use in carrying out the provisions of section fifteen of the trans- portation act,” be determined in advance. Eastern carriers will be heard first, followed by the southern and western territories in order. Subsequently evi- dence of a general character applicabie to all the territories in opposition to' the proposals.” will be heard. The commis- sion added that it was impossible to in- dicate the iime to be devoted toeach branch of the subject. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY MAY BE ADMITTED TO L. OF N. Geneva, May 10.—Austria, and proba- by Hungary. may be admitted to the League of Nations at_its first general meeting this summer, it is learned.from a high source. Germany, Bulgaria and | possibly Turkey will be- made members at the second session, has not been fixed. Germany, it is reported, will partici- pate in the international financial con- ference at Brussels on the same basis is. the allied nations, and it is further poimted out that this is part of the plan of the allies to re-establish as soon as possible political and eommercial réla- tions with former enemy countries, tak- ing the League of Natians as the short- est course (o accomplish this end.. The first general meeting of the League of Nations will be held at Geneva. the date of which AMERICAN WOUNDED DURING THE DRIVE OF POLES ON'KIEV Warsaw, May 10.—Lieutenant Edward Noble, of Toston, member of the Kosciui- sko Squadron, composed mainly . of American aviators, was wounded in the right arm by a hullet during the drive of the Poles on Kiev, according to word received here today by the American Red Cross. Lieutenant Noble, with other American fliers, attacked the bolshevik infantry vhich had taken a stand against the ad- vancin foe. The Americans used thejr machine guns against the enemy at-close range. The Reds answered with rifles. One bullet pierced his arm, while oth- ers patiered against the steel parts of his plane. After having been wounded No- ble managed to fiy 100 kilometers and landed near the Polish airdreme. BAIL FOR ALIEN ROBERTA ELIA INCREASED FROM $1,000 TO 315,008 Washington, May 11.—At the request of the’ department of justice, the. labor department today increaséd from $1.000 | to $155.000 the amount of bail of Rob- | erta Elia, an alien, arrested at New York in cornection with the bomb out- rages on last June 2 when the home of Attorney General Palmer here was bombed. Elia was arrested on a deportation warrant with Andrae Salsedo, an Ttalian, who, while in the custody of department of justice agents, killed himself May 3 by jumping from a window in a building on Park Row. The labor department sug- gested that Elia be held on a criminal warrant and that he be tried-on that vefore the institution of proceedings looking to his deportation. PISCORD_IN SENATE OVER THE COASTWISE ‘IGATION LAWS Washington, May 11.—Opposition to the extension of coastwise navigation laws to the Philippines developed in the senate today when consideration of the merchant marine bill Was resumed. As now drawn the bill would require all oast wise shipping to be entirely Amer- ican-owned. Senator Thomas, democrat. of Colora- do, said such legislature was sure to pro- voke retaliatory tactics by foreign gov- ernments. Great Britain had attempted such discrimination but was compelled to abandon the effort, he said. Chairman Jones of the commerce com- mitte, _and Senator Calder, republican. of New York, defended the plan. No-ac- tion was taken by the committee today. GOOD OVTLOOK FOR FRENCH WH T HARVEST THIS YEAR Paris, May 11 (French Wireless Service.)—So good is the French crop ouptiook for this vear for agricultural experis beiieve the wheat harvest will come - close to meeting the nation's full requirements for the following vear. This improvement as compared with. last. year is due in some degree to the in- creased use of motor-driven farm equipment The bumper crop is expect France no less than six Dbill andw may even have vorabele effect on th tion. to_save fon france noticeably fa- exchange situa- FEAR TRAT GEORGIA MAY TURN BOLSHEVIK OVERNIGHT Paris, May 11. Rolshevism is spreading rapidly from BZatum, Trans-Caucasia, and Georgia may turn boishevik over- night. according to detailed confidential reports received in official circles here. Armenia, it is stated. is caught between the fighting Turks and the warring fac- tions in Azerbaijan. while the Armenian railroads and the laborers in that coun- try are controlled by local soviets, which is feared may gain entire control at any hour. According to the advices received here the situation generally is considered al- most hopeless. DELEGATE SPELLACY NAMES WOMAN AS ALTEENATE Hartford, May 11—Mrs.” Josephine. Hamilton Maxim, Wife of Hiram Percy Maxim of No. 276 Whitney street, this city, has been named by United States Attorney General Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford to he his alternate o the dem- ocratic national convention in San Fran- cisco. B Ars. Maxim will be the first Connecti- cut woman to be honored in this man- ner. She is a member of the Hartford ‘board of educution, a ‘member of the ex- ecutive board of the Conneeticit Wo. man’s Suffrage association, and. a-Cojo- ual’ Dame; 1% (e 2L } remedial construction. \Italian Cabinet cause of Mild Policy To- ¥ Socali i Rome, May 11—(By the Associated Pren)wtw of which Premier Nitti_wad.ihe head has resigned. The .deéciston to resign came wheri the chamber adog by a vote of 183 10 112 « motionzby the socialists regarding posts ‘and telegraphe, Signor Nitti called for a rejection of_ the motion and demanded that the baleting be considered a vote of confidence. in the ministry. The popular party voted with tije socialists, The Italian eabinet, of which Fran- cesco Nitil was premier and minister of interior, was formed March 13, 1920. Signor Nitti, however, was head of the cabinet from June 1919, sueceeding Vit- torio’ Orlanda. Prefni\- Nitli has been the object of innumerable bitter attacks in the past vear and on the eve of the reopening of the chamber of deputies early in Miy there were animated discussion among the" deputies of all groups as to the at- titude to be taken toward the mis ry. The Catholics resented ‘the policy of the government toward the socialists, as “ex- lessively mild,’ but it was.recognized zeneraily that Signor Nitti and his min- isters faced an exceptional period of unrest, particularly on.the part of ldbor, A few days ago the opinion in par- tiamentary circles was fhat Premfer Nit- ti was Tunafog the risk of being over- thrown on account of his lenient attitude during the recent disturbances in North- ern Italy. Nitti's fall was predicted by the leader .of . the Catholic party in -the event that no agreement was reachad betwivn the premier and the Qissenting deputies before a vote was taken in the chamber. The premier himself declared that -he would not consider any vote which, might be brought about for ‘the purpose - of overthrawing the cabinet as-implying. lack of. confldence: in the government. He was. prepared, however, o face a real Vote on' the ministry’s policy. DIRECTOR HINES SPEAKS . OF RAILEOAD PROBLEMS Washington, May 11—Transportation Service for months to come, “less satis- factory” than during federal control, was forecast tonight by Director General Hines in ‘what he termed ‘valedictory comments” on the general railroad sitna- tion before the National Press club. He counselled public patience and co-opera- tion by the corporate owners and labor. Without these, he said, the prospect of successful restoration of adequate service ‘was materially lessened. Mr. Hines plans to retire as director meneral next week and therefore, he said, he could speak with “a reasonable degree of detachment” with respect to railroad probleris, _The principal problem is the broad question of financing, Mr. Hines said. He estimated the annual needs of the foads “‘copservatively at $1,000,600,000” for new | cquipgient, extebsioii: of facilities and the | gengral rebabilitation of the properties. Necd of a rate strueture which would put the roads an a self-sustaining basis was deseribed by the director general as of “supreme importance.” “With an enormous velume of business being insistently offered for ‘transporta- tion,” Mr. Hines continued, “with a long suspension of the. normal inérease in fa- cilities and equipment. with continued hesitation in “making beginnings in that direction, and with a breaking off, to a considerable extent, of unified practices which prevailed during federal control, the public must be prepared for umsatis- factory service, “The man mot intimately acquainted with railroad affairs finds it difficult to understand the magnitude and pressing chardcter. of the demands. for additional capital for expenditure. Additional equip- ment alone calis for perhaps $600.000,000 per vear. In addition, there is on nearly all railroads need for great enlargement of terminals, generally in costly localities, modernization of siops and engine houses and_construction of additional facilities. There are demands also for additional trackage, construction of heavier bridges. to admit of the use of heavier power, the reduction of grades and curves and the installation of safety devices and other 0 scheme of railroad management and regulation can permanently succeed unless it is able to draw from some source the capital necessary to make these expenditure: In discussing the new transportation act, Mr. Hines expressed the opiniofi that there could not be “a successful perma- nent development of the theory of private management of the roads of this country without thorough-going and far-reaching consolidation into a few large systems. The new law provides for voluntary consolidation, but Mr. Hines argued that substantial results could not be accom- plished in the absence of further legisla- tive provisions which either compel cor solidation or offer inducements that will insure voluntary unification “if we are to | avoid government ownership.” GERMAN SAILOR SOUGHT FOR MURDER OF FRED RUECKERT Hoboken, N. J; Mav 11.—A German| sailor, registered during the war as an| enemy alien at the German seamen's| home in Hoboken, tonight was being sought by the Hoboken police in connec- tion with the murder Sunday of Freder- ick Rueckert, wealthy white metal man- ufacturer. The police said they had traced the revolver used by the asr_‘lant o a local pawnshop. the proprie®. of which said it had heen purchased there Saturday afternoon by a man answering the description of the one for whom the police are searching. This man, whose identity was not dis- closed, has a;police record in Pennsylva- nia, the polige said, and his fingerprint records ' bear, striking resemblance to those found ,gn the .gun. Neighbors of Rueckert also reported seelng a man re- sembling the description of the missing' sailor on Saturday.. Twenty additional detectives have been assigned to the case. The revolver was found fn a garden two blocks away from the sceme of the ‘murder. The only other clué to the mur- derer wa sa mask found on- the floor of Rueckert's apartment. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ELECTS A. B. MEREDITH SEC'Y. Harftford, May 11.—The state 'board of - education * today - elected Albert B. Meredith to be its secretary at a salary of $5°000 at a meeting this afternoon in the_capital. He Wil take office July 1, retiring -June 30, as assistant commis- sioner of New. Jersey. : He will succeed Charles D. Hine, re- tired. Mr. Merediah was -recommended to the board by ‘ex-Gov. Runyon and by Commissioner of Kducation Kendall of New Jersey. He was born in Vermont, CONN. WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1920 graduated from Wesleyan. university. did graquate work . at Harvard, university and -lectured there. He “fs ' ‘about 45 years old. 3 + EBIS g Yale “Nominates’ esignation foover Fr President At Mock Republican Nation-| al Convention Vote Wi Hoover 1,447, Wood 1,024. New Haven, Conn., May 11.—With an order of business patterned after a’ reg- ular republican national convention, Yale ‘undergraduates tonight held a mock coh- vention in Woolsey hall to the delight of two thousand . townspeople and members| of the faculty and “nominated” Herbert Hoover for the presidency. The vote on the formal ballot was Hoover 1,447, Gen- eral Wood 1, Every detail of a na- tional convention was carried out with care by the Yale men. The main body of the hall was placarded by states, each of the twenty-seven dormiltories representing a state. On the platform were the cre- dentials, resolutions and other committees and about the hall were stationed the huskiest of Yale football plavers as ser- geants-at-urms. They included Captain Callahan, “Eddie” Eagan, champion mid- dleweight boxer of the A. E. F., Galt, Reinhardt, Baldrige, Hamill, Munger and other gridiron stars. During the evening they ejected many disorderly students. The convention was called to order by G. G. Depew of Buffalo, N. Y., a nephew of Chauncey M. Depew, as temporary chairman, and the ‘“keynote” speech, sevem.minutes in duration, was made by K. A. Wood, also of Buffalo. Henry R. Luce of Chantung, China, was made per- manent chairman and nominating speech- es were then cajl~4 for. Samuel R. Insull of Chicago nominat Governor Lowacn oi illinois, Depew nom- inated Hoover, William D. Whitney of New Haven nominated Hiram Johnson and J E. Neville of Omaha nominated General Wood. Phe nominating speeches were limited to five minutes each. After two ballots, in which neither candidate had two-thirds of the votes, it was voted to make a selection by a majority vote, and Hoover won. VASSAR NOMINATES HERBERT HOOVER FOR PRESIDENT Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May 11.—Stud- ents of Vassar College in a mock repub- lican national convention held here to- day, nominated Herbert Hoover for the presidency on the first ballot by a three to two margin over Major General Leon- ard Wood, second choice, A spirited campaign pre: the nominating con- vention, at which, in addition to Hoover and Wood, the names of Governor Coolidge, Senator Harding, Senator Johnson and Governor Lowden were put forward. Two students, impersonating delegates spoke for each of tite candi- dates. ‘The exact fizures on the ballot, were not given out by the college. PROSECUTION PROCEEDS IN ZIMMERMAN MUEDER TRIAL Springfield, Mass, May 11—At the close of the second day in the trial of Miss Jennie G. Zimmerman of this city on the charge of murder in causing the death by shooting of her cousin, Dr. Hen- ry Zimmerman, Aug. 7 last, five wit- nesses for - the- prasegution had been heard, including the Misses Evelyn and Sadie R. Feldman of Mancheater, N. H. who were occupants of the automobile in. which Dr. Zimmérman was riding just previous to his death. They denied they were eve-witnesses of the shooting or were in the vicinity at the time the doctor was Kkilled and heard the shots. Miss Zimmerman, accompanied by the county jail matron, sat calm throughout v, carefully listening to al' of the At times motions of her hands but never once did she lose her com- posure. During the trial she conversed intermittently with the police matron and a trecess conferred with her attorney. Although the witnesses today testified as to the shooting, none was able to Te- peat an alleged conversation which took place- between Miss Zimmerman and Dr. Zimmerman just -prior to the shooting. Three said they had seen Miss Zimmer- man beckon to the doctor and saw them conversing, but none wis near enough to hear the talk. Besides the Misses Feld- man, the other witnesses were Samuel Robinson, Joseph Kaufman and Leslie Williams| all of this city, who testified they were near the spot in Ferry street where it is alleged Miss Zimmerman kill- ed her cousin. Two alienists were in the court room, but the attorneys would not state whether they were to testify. The alienists are Dr. L. Vernon Briggs of Boston. former head of the Massachusetts state insanity board, and Dr. Paul Waterman of Hart- ford. Dr. Briggs has been retained by the commonwealth and Dr. Waterman by the defense. FIRST REAL TEYOUT FOR THE RACING YACHT VANITIE New York, May 11—The racing vacht Vanitie, candidate for the honor of de- fending the America’s cup against the British chaiienger, Shamrock IV, had her} first real workout since 1914 on Long isiand sound today. She sailed from City Island to Glen Cove. Long Isiand, and return. Under a brisk northwest breeze the craft, with new racing sails. was handled by the same erew that will man her in the practice races against the Resolute off N aven next week. After sail-stretching spins tomorrow | and Thursday, the Vanitie will be hauled | on the ways at City Island for minor alterantions to her rig before proceeding fo the gonnecticut port. The Shamrock IV. which was moved today mear to the water's edge at City Island. will not be $laced in the water until early_next week, it was announced at the shipyard, It was stated that al-| terations had taken more time than na-| ticipated but fhat the challenger would be ready for a preliminary, workout om Long Isiand sound about Ma¥ 25. GRAND OPERA ARTISTS TO SPEND SUMMER IN ITALY ew York, May 11.—Nearly a score of grand opera artisis sailed for Itaiy today to spend the summer in their native country. Giulio Gatti-Casazza, general manager of the Metropolitan ~Opera Company ; Madame' Louisa . Tettrazzini. soprano; Alessand® ‘Bonei, tenor ~and three Metropolitan conductors, ‘Gieuseppe Bomboschek, Roberto Moranzori -_and Gennero Papi. departed on the Italian steamer Presidente Wilson for Naples. Gino Marinuzzi, artistic director ' for the Chicago Opero ‘fompany, sailed for Palermo on. the British steamer Canada. WOMEN PICKET HEADQUARTERS OF THE LOYAL COALITION Boston, May 11.—Four women who gaid they were from Washington “and represented the American Women " pick- ets for the ‘enforcement of War aims pa- trolied eacon Hill in front of the head- quarters of the Loval Coalition today carrying banners with seriptions. in- Qieating their hostility to that organi- zation. The Loyal Coalition has been actfve ‘in’ opposition to the .movement in America for an Irish republic. poifited: 16 ‘the Uniled States. ¥ Julius Acoste was insagurated presi- dent of the Republic of Costa Rica. - President Wilson viewed circas parade from the portico of the White House. * Bar gold was 1¢7s Gd an ounce in Lon- don_compared with 1085 at last close. Bar silver was $1,041-4 an ounce In New 'Yoricompared with'61 1-2 in Lon- don. £ ) Twenty thousand) teachers in - Lond are. reported taiking of striking for high- er wages. State Department cstimates that there are between §,000 and 7,000 Americans in Mexico. : Governor Edwards of New Jersey flat- ly refused the democratic nomination of the vice presidency. Henry Labarre Jayne, lawyer and lead- er in political reform movements, died in Philadelphia, aged 63. There will be no reeount of votes cast in recent’ presidential preferential prim- aries in New Jersey. According to Londos in gold is being country from France. Wilmer Atkinson, founder of the Farm Journal, died in Philadeiphix of pneu- monia. He was 79 years old. report £700,000 shipped * to this At a meeting postal and telegrah employes in Italy it wae decided to con- tinue the sthike until vidtory is obtained. According to estimates by the Graves Registration Service it will take two years before all American dead will be broght home. Owing to_the increase in cost of news- print paper.’ a royal decree permits news- papers to increase their price from 2 to 4 cents'in Rofie. Seven German Zeppelins were reported seen 10 have beér ‘going east over War- saw, according to newspaper reports from the Polish capital. United States Steel Corporation an- nounced: unfilled orders for the month of April totaled.10,359,747 tons, 2 gain of 467,672 tons over prévious month. According to a story In the Los An- geles. Examiner, rebeis shot and killed Harry . H. ~lyons, American restaurant proprietor, fn Durango, last month. Five hundred onakilled workers in the mills 6f the American Writing Paper company at Holyoke struck to enforce de- mands for a wage of 70 cents an hour. Senator Wadsworth's resolution pro- posing to remove the New York state barge canal from Government operation and control was adopted by the genate. More than 6,000,000 raw pelts valued at $30,000,000 were placed on the market at St. Louis; Mo, at the opening of the spring auction of the International Fur Exchange. Paul Painleve, former French Premier, who With six assisants. will go.to China to study financial conditions, Will not visit Washington o1 his way through the United States. Stréet car serviee in Butte W crippled as & result of a strike called by the ‘Workmen's. Union, an unskilled labor or- gdnization, demanding .a $1 a'\day in- crease in wages. The naval war college at Newport, K. I, will graduate a ciass of 31 officers on May 22. The class will be addressed by the president of the college, Rear Admiral Sims. The United States steel corporation an- | orders for the totalled 10,359,- 72 tons over the nounced that = unfilled month ending “April 34 747 tins, a_gain of 487, previous Frank W. Potter ot Cambridge, a form- er navy service man, was sentenced 10 life imprisonment in superior court at Springfield, after pleading guilty to see- ond degree murder. The fAnding of the decomposed body ef a woman in the basement of a house on Columbus Avenue, in the South End. ‘Boston, was reported to the police. The body was buried in ashes. A prolenged fight to make Louisiana the thirty-sixth state to ratify the federal woman suffrage améndment, appeared in prospect when the legisiature met in spe- cial session at Baton Rouge. Members of the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange voted to close the ex- change Saturday. May 29: on Saturdays during June, July. August and on the first Saturday in September. Danish farmers, members of coopera- tive societies, will man ships in ports be- cause of the marine and trahsport strike, and will transport their products to American and British markets. United States Commissioner ‘Hayes st | Boston' ruled that when a person is in- duced by a prohibition agent to buy li- quor for him and does not himself profit by the transaction, he does not violate the brohibition laws. Six men who attempted to speak at a street meeting of thie national convention of Iron and Steel Workers and the American -Civil Liberties 'Union a Du- quesne, - near * Pittsburgh, were arrested and sentenced to 30 days’ imprisonment. Joseph B. Kislinger, an exporter, in whose office in New ork, Antoinette Bon- ner, known to the police as the “Diamond Queen,” commiited suicide by drinking poison on March 3, when both were ar- rested for alleged thefts of jewelry, was discharged by Magistrate Simpson. An investigation of the edueational system at West Point Academy by the house military affairs committee is pro- vided in a resolution -introduced in the house by Representative Britt:n. Charles W. Fliot, president of Harvard, recently declared West Point, graduates were in- efficient. CONFEREES DISAGREE ON AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION Washington, May 11.—Senate and house conferees on the agricultural ap- propriation bill reported a disagreement today. House conferees refused to ac- Senator® Comer’s ‘amendment estab- lishing a new_set_of grades for cotton and the senate amendment abolishing free_sceds. A vote will be ‘taken on both sections in the house before .the -conference is resumed. ? CANNON BALL EXPLODED WHILE BEING HEATED IN A FORGE Newport, R. I, May 11.—A cannen ball’ one of many. relics ‘of other days at the torpedo station. exploded today while it was being, heated in - & forge, slightly injiiring Florence Harvey. a hoil- er méker, aid two assistants. The forze was wreeked.” " , SRy RN R miral Mayé Convinced the British Admiralty of Worth of the Scheme, and Then Endeavored to Give Ad the British the Credit For Initiating the Great Achievement, ‘Washington, May 11.—A . counter charge that establishment of the North Sea mine barrage was delayed - 8ix months because of the oposition - of Rear Admiral Sims and the British Adniralty, was made before the Senate Naval Investigating Committee today by Secretary Daniels in presenting the sec- ond part of his reply 1o the officer’s charges that the navy department had unnecessarily prolonged the war through failure to cooperate fully at first with the allied naval forces. The barrage, Mr. Daniels added, was the most ef- fective measure that had been taken to check the submarines and was wholly an American idea. ‘ The secretary also charged that Sims had attempted in his testimony to rob the navy of credit for this project and give it to the British. The plan was concelved, he said, in the Bureau of Ordnance at the mavy department and urged on the British Admiralty for six months before it was accepted. During this time - Admiral Sims constantly discouraged and opposed the idea,” he added, and When Admiral Mayo was sent abroad and finally con- vinced the Admiralty of the worth. of the scheme and the necessity for adopt- ing it, Admiral Sims attappted to con- vey the impression that the project had beefi deayed while the British attempted to get the American Navy Department's approval. -, 7 “Admiral Sims attempted " to .rob America and the United States Navy of the credit for initiating . the. greht achieyement and to give you the impres- sion that it was a_British pan which our ravy merely assisted in carrying euly though- it originated in the navy depgrte ment, was proposed and urged by-us. for half a year before we could - induce -tha Eritish_admiralty to approve it, and &l- though four-fifths of it was American mines designed and construct= ed in America and transported 3,400 miles overseas and laid by American vessels” Mr. Daniels told the committee. - He said close comradeship had -ex« isted between the American and British, navies during the war, despite Admial Sims’ attempts to create the impression that there was lack of harmony and-eo= operation. . The Sims charges of unpreparednesy before the war were not justified, Mer. Daniels asserted, declaring that in July, 1915, he ordered the General Board. to study and recommend plans for a “cen sistent ‘and progressive development. -As a result of this study the policy was evolved, he said, that the United States must by 1325 have a My equal to amy other in the world. He approved this policy and the direct result was the five- year building programme of 1916, the Secretary said, an “epoch-making meas- ure.” President Wilson fully approved the policy, the witness asserted. “This is conclusive evidence that the navy department long before war was declared ‘was alive to the importance of prepiredness and was takiug every step toward that end,” he deglared. The .vision of the President, Mr, Daniels asserted, established the fact that he was “in advance of some officers, vocal now, but silent then.” EXPLORING PARTY ATTACKED BY GIANT WILD INDIANS New York, May 11—The party headed by Dr. Alexander Hamil- ton Rice, which clashed last February 'near the banks of the Orinoco with giant cannibals, returned here today from Pa- ra on the steamer Alban. Arriving with Dr. Rice were Mrs. Rice, formerly Mrs. George D. Widner of Philadeiphia, who accompanied her hus- band on some of his South American ex- plorations ; Chester H. Ober, geographer of the expedition; A. W. Swanson, J. E. Mason and Dr. G. E. Byers. While exploring an unnamed tributary of the Orinoco, Dr. Rice's party was at- tacked by wild Indians. The dischareg of firearms failed to scare off these savages, who were described as being large and very flerce. The explorers only- eseaped, it was said. by firing inte the savages, Killing either two or three. | The party on the advice of the guides then turned back. Mrs. Rice was not with her husband én this pafticular oceasion. exploring TILSON TO VIGOROUSLY OPFPOSE FEDERAL REGULATION OF MILK (Special to_ The Bulletin.) Washington, May 10. — Congressman John Q. Tilson will vigorously oppése the milk bill for federal regulation of the sale and delivery of milk aiong the line of the bill he introduced by request a short time ago. Congressionial etiquette requires a member of congress to introduce a measure when requested to do so wheth- er. or not he personally endorses it. The milk bill is not a Tilson bill but appar- ently is based on the measure now pending which affects only the Distriet of Coiumbia and which bears the ear- marks of Dr. Wiley and others who urge extreme measures. The District of Columbia bill if passed would set the pace for the rest of the country and Col Tilson is hopeful the bill which he was réquested to introduce will rouse public opposition to a degree which will prevent its passage. In fact that is what the introduction of the bill at this time is expected to accomplish. SILK MILLS ARE TO CUT FRODUCTION 50 PER CENT. Providence, R. tuna silk mill at posted notices in that the establishment would be closed for the rest of the week and that; when it resumed. it would be on a 50 per cent. production basis. The Pennsylvania Textile company, with silk mills in Pawtucket and Central Fails, announced that it had also curtail- ed operations 50 per cent. Recent breaks in the raw silk’ market, which have demoralized prices. are held responsible for the lack of business by manufacturers, who say that the situa- tion is such that silk goods cannot now be sold by the mills even when priced below the cost of production. AN INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF AGRICULTURE DISCUSSED Chicago, May 11.—The formation of an_international board of agriculture. to promote firmer cohesion between Ameri- can and Canadian farmers, the organi- zation of a campaign for passage by congress of the Capper-Hersman bill, providing collective bargaining for farm groups, and consideration of- presidential candidates, leading to a possible indorse- ment by the farm interests, were dis- cussed today at a meeting of the Na- tional Board of Farm Organizations and agricuitural leaders in Canada. POLESE AND UKRAINIANS HAVE CAPTURED ODESSA Constantinople, May 11.—The Russian embassy here . has recelved a report that the Poles and Ukralnians have captured Odessa, the most jimportant city and seaport of southern Russia, on the Black. sea. UBITUARY, William Dean Howells, New York, 'y 11.—William Howells, the novelist,” died today hml.i: apartment in-the Hotel .St. Hubert, 120 West Fifty-seventh street. He returned there a few weeks ago from Savannah, Ga.. where Tie spent the winter, . During his usual vieit to the south, early in the winter, Mr. Howells suffered an attack of influen: As he was in his 83d year. he did nol.rally from the dis. ease and became progressively ‘Wweaker. With him when he died -were His son, ohn M. Howells, an architect, of this 7. -nd. his daughter, Miss: Muls Howells. e Fuuccdl ‘services wifl be held - at- the Church of the Ascension -tomorrew morn. ing at 10.30 o'clock.’ With . Rev. Perey Stickney Grant officiating. Butial will-ba in Cambridze. Mass.. where mneh of Mr. Howells' literary work was pertormed. mittee. - Samuel Gompers, May 11—The For-| American Federation of Labor, and eth- Central Falls today|ers participating in the recent industrial its plant announcing CONN. REPUBLICAN DELEGATES TO SIT IN THE FRONT ROW - Chicago, May 11.—Delegates to the re- publican national convention from Come mecticut, Arkansas, North Dakota and Colorado will sit in the front row of the Coliseum at Chicago in June, according to drawings made today by the committee on arrangements. The rear row will be occupied by delegates from North and South Carolina, Hawail, Montana and Florida. Several of the delegates-at-large frem Tilinots, Towa, Nevada and other states where more were elected than the states were entitled to may have dificulty . obtaining seats. “The convention committee had emty 954 seats to dispose of in today's drawe ings,” A. T. Hert, chairman of the com- mittee, said. “I don't know where the extra delegates will be seated. We are following strictly the call sent out by the republican national committee on Deec, 10 Wherever 2dditional delegates Bave been elected the vote to which the dele- gation is entitied was split among those clected. 'S SHELTERED ON NEWARK CITY PLAYGEOUND Newark N. J, May 1l—A elty playground was being converted today into a tent colony to shelter mre than 100 families who will have been evicted by tomorrow night. Forty-one families, each with from (wo to six children, fo- night had applied for space. Work of laying floors and water malns And stringing electric light wires was being rushed by workmen assisted By soldiers from the iocal recruiting sta- tions. Army field kitchens will be placed at the four corners of the camp and the colony will cook on the community basis. POLES AND UKRAINIANS INDUSTRIAL SITUATION Washington, May 11.—Herbert Hoower will appear before two congressional cam- mittees Friday to give his views on the sugar and industrial situations. He will appear first before the house committes investigating sugar conditions and later will testify before the senate labor com- of the ‘president conference here, are to appear before the senate committee later. CZECHS RESENT AGGRESSION = OF POLISH COAL ll,'m_ Prague, Czecho-Siovakis, May 1L— The Mahrisch Ostrau coal miners have formally notified the allied plebiscite com: mission in the Silesian district that ume less they are guaranteed against further aggression by Polish miners they Wil shut down the entire coal field within fourteen days. The action of the miners follows repeated reporis of outrages: The residence of a high Cazecho Jofal official was bown to pieces Friday with hand grenades. - WOMAN SUFFRAGE FIG OPENED IN LOUISIANA Baton Rouge, La., May 11.—Opponents of woman suffrage in the Louisiana leg- islature opened their fight against rati- fication of the federal amendment today by introducing in both houses a resolu- tion for. amendment of the state - tution. The amendment would strike out the word “male” in the section of the state constitution giving the qualifica- tions of voters. - Anti-ratification forces claimed today that their strength had increased sinea the legislature met yesterday. = PORTION OF A HARTFORD DEPT STORE BUILDING COLLAPSED Hartford, May 11—A portion of the department store of the Steiger-Vedder company on Main street collapsed toduy and siid Into an excavation being made beside it for & new bullding for the same rm. About ome hundred persons were in the store, but cracking walls gave warf= Ing and all got out in safety. rains are supposed 1o have loosened the foundations Jaid bare by the excavation. Store fixtures and goods went down.ia the wretk. Damage has not been estis mated. PRICE OF GASOLINE IN X CHICAGO JUMPS 3 CENTS Chicago. May 11.—The price of games line was advanced at all Chicago stations today from 27 to 30 cents a ga lon. Depleted - reserve supplies are re- sponsible, -the gasoline dexlers ray. ‘A prophet is without honor in own country because tiie neighbors tired of hearing him say: *% told [ e D —