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1796 . . . . ... v ;i j TjiTTf ! l. - , 1 ,f '- i '': H, VOL: LVII. NO. , 279 NORWICH, - CONN., SATURDAY,'. NOVEMBER 13, ; 1915 SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin's Circulation in Norwich is Double T hat of Any Other Paper and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to tKe City's Population t. i - . SESUMSi Ministers of Bulgaria and the Greek ITALY ALSO IS TO COME JO SERBIA'S AID Advance of Austro-Germans is Growing More Difficult Now That Serbians Have Taken Up Defensive Position on the ' ; Left Bank of the Southern Morava, Where Heavy Fight- ing is in' Progress -Big Battles Also Are Proceeding in the South Between the Bulgarians and Anglo-French I Troops Germans Have Apparently Abandoned All ' Hope of Reaching Riga and Dvinsk, and Russians Are Attempting to -Outflank Them Italians Keep Up Their ',, Offensive, and Artillery Actions Are Prevalent in France , London,' Nov. 12, 9.20 p. m. The continued landing of British " and French troops at Saloniki is causing some uneasiness to Bulgaria and Turkey j and the ministers of those two powers today again protested to the Greek government, which took formal, notice of their protest. Strong Allied Aid for Serbian. The' determination of the entente al lies id their Balkan campaign is shown by the large force they are sending to the Balkans and news was re ceived from Rome today ' that Italy also: had decided to intervene in this, region "in-a manner worthy of her greatness" and to give sufficient sup port ' to the British and French to as sure complete triumph. This is' said . to have had some influence on -Greece 'and Rumania. Rumania, however, is waiting for the development of., the Russian plans. -, ' , - A ... Invaders.-Advance Slowly. ' ;'.; (; ''Meanwhile tlie Austro-Germans and Bulgarians areadvancingelowly in their efforts., to cut oft or annihilate the-' Serbian, army. "JFhese; .- efforts, however,- -are "growing ! more 7 difficult the Serbians now have occupied according--to their ofHlat report de fensive Doeltions south and east of Karelievo and , east f -Ivagnltza tn4 on the eastern front on the , left .bank of the southern' Mow where heavy fighting is in progress. ig battles aW so are proceeding fn the south between the Bulgarians and. the Anglo-French, 1 but the reports are eo conflicting that It cannot;'. KG ' said which .side has jakied an advantage. V 'German Retreat in Rusaia.S Outside the Balkans the' most , im . portant, theatre of operations is now along 'the 'eastern front. .In the north , :he Germans apparently have aban-1 " Joned any hope of reach Riga and ' f Dvinsk,, at' least - until . the ground freezes ' and are falling back or are j being driven back from the Dvlna, i whioh was their obejctive. Russian Attempt Outflanking. . The Russians in the Riga region are attempting an outflanking movement and -' their recent - successes have brought them within striking distance of : the Tukum-Mitau railwa, which connects the German . fighting front with the fortress of Windau. The Germans are also falling back before Dvinsk as the result of Russian offen sive near Lake Swenton while in the Bouth GeneraU Ivanoff has continued to harass the invaders by repeated thrusts which, during the past five weeks, according to Petrograd des patches, have brought him nearly 130,000 prisoners- In the most recent of these thrusts, near Rudka, the bag totalled 6,000, many of whom , were Germans:.' Italians Maintain Offensive. . The Italians, keep up their offensive on both;: the Trentlno -and i Isonzo fronts arid are making another effort to take- Gorizia which has withstood them for so long. ' On the western front heavy artillery bombardments are again beginning in artois but with the present rain-soaked condition of the ground this can Dardly foretell another offensive. ... EXPLANATION OF SEARCH f ; j QF .STEAMSHIP ZEALANDIA State : Department T Informed : Vessel '. Wa on the High Sea. Washington, ' Nov. 12. An explana tion of the recent search of the Amer ican steamship Zeelandia toy British tailors off Progreso,- Mexico, was made t . the state department today , by Charge Barclay of the British embassy, who said the vessel was on the. high seas at the time and not in Mexican territorial waters, as had been alleged. The Zealand la, Mr. Barclay told Coun jellor Polk, was anchored about three luartera of a mile outside of the line t Mexican- waters and was boarded by t party from a British cruiser and ' learched tor contraband, an .admitted ight-iof ft belligerent. ! ' v. Mr. Barclay said that because the ihlp was . nylng the , American flag, the was, not molested, although no doe iment Was found aboard to show her lationallty or "registry. These facts . were reported to the British admiralty ind it-was explained,1 were submitted o the stater department' for- any ac Jon the United - States government night desire-- to take.- - 7 The Zealandia carries a cargo of ros , which to used in the nuu-iuy.'.uie if explosives and is said to be manned ." Ihiefly;- by Germans. There were re ports that she Hew the German flag luring the voyage from Pensacola to Progreso.- -. JETAILS OF ANCONA ARE EXPECTED TODAY ' ;..'.'-..--""-.' . . ,. mpriori Still Prevail That She At tempted to Escape. : Washington,' Nov. 12. Still without laflnitn information - concerning- the irr-umstances under which the Italian tner Ancona was sunk,-state depart ESS Turkey Again Protest to Government ment officials took no . further steps today in the situation. It is believed details probably will reach here tomorrow. Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page's visit to the Italian foreign office is expected to de velop at least whether the Ancona was torpedoed without warning, or whether shots ' were fired at the vessel after she had stopped. until definite in formation is available on these points, any representations to Austria-Hungary will be withheld.. . The impression is strong in official quarters, cased upon press despatches, that the vessel tried to escape and that those of' her passengers who were lost -were drowned in the panic that ensuea wnen she was halted. WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL , ':' RESIGNS FROM CABINET, Vyiif' Join Expeditionary" Army ... in Franc. Now .Lonaan, : nov. iz, io.so p. m it is officially, announced .-that . .."Winston Spencer? Charchilljr' chancellor of the the cabinet and wiil join the army in Franrie?" -.. .-: - Mr. Churchill la Tiis letter of resist nation exnlakn !lhat h anera in thn ! formation of a (Small war council and I appreciates ine -intention wnicn Te mier . Asquith expressed to , include him among its members. He foresaw the difficulties that: the premier would have to face in r its -composition. - he states and he makes v complaint be cause the scheme - was changed, but wjtn mat change bis work m the gov ernment naturally 7 closed. , He says ne couia not accept a position of ten era! responsibility for war policy with- out any effective share in its guid ance and control and did not feel ahle in times like these to remain in well pair activity. ' ' Rumors had been current for some time that Mr. Churchill would resign his seat in the cabinet and' go out on active Bervice- at the front. He is major in the Oxford Yeomanry. Mr. Churchill was serving as first lord of the admiralty when the war began and filled that office until the formation o fthe coalition cabinet last -Hay, He too tne position of chancelor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the new cab inet, - Arthur . J. Balfour being made first lord of the Admiralty. , , - v; GREAT BRITAIN TO " FULFIL PEACE PLEDGE To Respect Alliance with Japan, Rus-I-.. and Francs 1.'.,!-X" London, Nov. 12,. 3.26 p. niN Re affirming by Premier Asquith of the pledge regarding the -entente's peace pledge, delivered at the lord mayor's banquet Nor. 9, 1914, was made by Sir Edward Grey, British foreign sec retary, today, in a written answer to a question put by Sir 'Arthur Mark ham, liberal member of parliament, for the Mansfield division of Nottingham-, shire." -.' t -. .- -, After stating that Great Britain's po. sltion in the war. is fixed by her alli ances with Japan, France and Russia, the foreign secretary proceeds: v -s: "In our view the conditions- of peace must, fulfil those laid down by the prime minister of Nov. 9, 1914. It is very desirable . that It should . be un derstood once and for all that this is the determination of the government, collectively and individually and of the nation." DEATH, OF MISSIONARY , CAUSED BY POISON Rev. Francis H. Leslie of Michigan, '" 'Diss in Asiatic Turkey. ;, Boston, Nov, 12. The death by poi son of the. Rev. Francis H. Leslie, of Northport, Michigan, a missionary stationed at Oorfa, Asiatic - Turkey, was announced today by the American board of, commissioners for foreign missions. Ambassador Morgenthau at Constantinople notified the state de partment at Washington of the death, reported that he was making a thor ough investigation. ' -Mr. Leslie had been the only" 4nissionary ,at Oorfa, which is a -remote station ' in "morth Mesoplamia, on the Arabian border, since 1912. - '' '.' : WIFE DlE?NoS5RL4 f - "WHILE HOME WAS BURNING. Danbury Man Left With Six Homeless . - Children.- ' ; Danbury, Conn., Nov. 1 2. Fire 'early today destroyed the dwelling of Salva- tore Cerminaro- of- this city; causing a loss estimated at ii.zuu. While Mr. Cerminaro was assisting1 the firemen in fighting the names he was rnformed that his wife, who had been ill in the local hospital for several weeks.- had ijust died, leaving mm with six hotne- less children. Toe nre is oeueveaio bave been caused by a defective Sua. Cabled. Paragraphs French In Montenegro Ars Safe.. Paris. Nov. 12. 2.40 p. m. The French minister at Cettinje telegraphs that all the French citizens in Mon tenegro are safe and well. - Communi cation between Montenegro and the outside world is extremely difficult. Robert Woolfenden Dead. ' Liverpool. Nov.' 12, 9:05 p. m. Rob ert Woolfenden. - head of Woolfenden, Thompson & Company,- cotton mer chants, died here today. Mr. Wool-i fenden was formerly ; in the . cotton business in New York and other Amer ican cities. . - . ? MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE NEGLECT AND INEFFICIENCY Charge Against Edward E. MoCall of New York Public Service Com mission. New York. Nov. T2. "Misconduct In office, neglect of duty and inefflcienoy" are - among the reasons given in a statement tonight by the legislative committee investigating the public service commissio nfor its recommen dation to Governor Whitman for ,the dismissal from office of Edward E. MoCall, chairman of the public service commission of this district. In its statement the legislative in vestigating committee group its find ings under nine beads. Of these four are devoted to "misconduct in 'office' and five are given under "neglect of duty." - - . - . While the committee. : headed by State Senator Thompson, the chair man, details specific charges, it makes numerous general accusations. Among these are that McCall "has exercised his official power and influence for the particular advantage and benefit, of certain interests." The committee ac cuses him of using "time required in official -business, in private law practice tor hire" and of failing "to give adequate service as a commis sioner in the supervision and the reg ulation of corporations. . 1 Mc. McCall's own testimony on the Witness stand concerning the owner ship of 3S7 shares of stock in the King's County Light and Power com pany, Senator - Thompson said, were among the prime reasons for recom mending Mr.' McCall's dismissal. VILLA AND BREGON BOTH AT NOGALES. Carranza Leader Declares It Nothing - - More Than a Coincidence Nogales, Ariz' Nov. 12. Francisco Villa, chief opponent of the Carranza government in Mexico. - arrived at No- gales. Sonora. opposite here, today, with 200 troops, a few hours after the arrival of General Obregon, Carranza military commander. General Obregon' said that his pres ence here at the same time Villa was visiting ..Mexican Nogales was nothing more than a coincidence. The Carran za leader, late today announced that he came here -to -influence the Indians now in General .Ubbalelo's TaQUi army, who formerly were under command of Obregoiji io switch to the Carranza faction. - He predicted that' forces of the de facto, government would be in complete possession of the state of Sonora within 40 days; ." - Reports that General . Villa had been offered amnesty were emphatically de nied by General Obregon, who- declared that villa would tie treated as an out law if captured. i . " General Villa announced his ' visit to Nogales was for the purpose of con f erring Wit Carlos; Randall, acting governor of that -portion of . ; Sonora controlled by Villa. He said be. might make Nogales his headquarters for fu ture operations. ; . , '. REVISION OF GEORGIA'S v . 'PROHIBITION LAWS Passed Last N ight by. Lower Branch '!. of Legislature.- 1 ' -Atlanta. Nov.-12. A measure revis ing Georgia's prohibition laws, design ed to eliminate completely- breweries, locker clubs and - "near beer": saloons now In operation, . was passed tonight byj the lower house of the legislature. It already, had passed the senate and is understood to have the approval of General Harris. . . v . -1 - - ' The bill- -specifically, prohibits - the manufacture 'or sale of intoxicating liquors, in- the state and defines liquor as any- drink .having more than half of one 4er cent., alcohol. .Present laws permit manufacture and sale of drinks containing, not -more .than, four per rent-, alnohot r.-. . '.-. .- - - . hlbit liquor - advertisements - in the state ancL to limit the amount of liquor each individual may - import into the state will come up in the lower house next week. . . - ALLEGED MONOPOLISTIC ACTION OF NEW HAVEN DIRECTORS Within "the Three Year Period of ''Statute of Limitations. - New York. Nov. 12. An alleged act Of . intent to . monopolise, committed within the 'three year ' period of the statute - of limitations, by rormer di-rectors-jof the Now York, New Haven and Hartford railroad.-eleven of whom are no w tiir trial, charged with criminal vlolation. of he .Sherman law, was de scribed stV the jury - today. The testi mony adduced to prove it marked the second time '-thus far daring the trial that the government's case has en tered this vital period. - . i-. The -alleged offense consisted of the approval by the board of directors In 1912 pf a' proposition, to acquire "open control'", of the Merchants' and Miners' Transportation company and to estab lish a freight -line from Boston to Gal veston and through the Panama canal When it should be completed. ; MEXICAN BOUNDARY LINE '. , - MARKED BY FLAGS. Action. Taken After Villa Cavalry Had -- Pursued Deserter Over Line." ! Naco, aAris,Nov. 12. The boundary line between- Mexico ' and ;the ' United States was . marked , at fifty yard in tervals -by .American-. flags today. This action was; taken after a Villa soldier escaping from Naco, Sonora,. had been pursued by Villa cavalry, across the boundary. Colonel W. C. Brown of the,, Tenth cavalry, united States Bor der -Patrol. t arrived - at the Mexican border to protest Just as General Jose Rodriguez of the .villa forces, signalled to xhe firing ; squad that faced . the prisoner. ; ; - , ' It was explained that the man ex ecu ted was wanted in connection with a snooting: affray and that his pur suers were ignorant of the boundary Una,-" - ' .... Break in Strike of Handlers CAME TO AGREEMENT WITH BOS TON & ALB-ANY ROAD". - -' BACK TO WORK TODAY No Agreement Ha Been Reached Be tween the Boston & Maine and the New Haven'' Road and , Their . Em- Boston, Nov. 12. The first-break In the week's strike of railroad freight handlers came tonight with the an nouncement that the Boston and' Al bany road and its BOO employes had reached an agreement. Some of the freight handlers are to return to work tomorrow, according to ' union officials, notwithstanding a vote passed recently by the men of Be Alive to Freight Before a convention' at Chicago Garrett Fort, general passenger agent" of ' the 1 Union Pacific declared that railroads of the United States demonstrated their faith in newspaper advertising by spending $10,400,000 for . newspaper space during the last fiscal year. Concerning the value attached to newspaper advertising for church . purposes Rev. E. A. Rumball. of Boston, at a conference of the Uni tarians of the middle states -and Canada spoke "of the large news paper advertisements . which the Unitarian churches are displaying in the various cities of the country. Some of them took whole pages and resembled' the advertising of department stores." When ' railroads and churches have fully demonstrated that it pays to advertise it must' be apiarent to the .business man, . big or little, that he is neglecting his opportunity unless he is alert and profits by their "experience, and when it comes to selecting a medium the best is the cheapest. Such "is the service which The Bulletin ren ders daily. - , . Matter carried by The Bulletin the past week is shown as follows: Bulletin Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Nov. Nov. Nov. 6.. 8.. 9.. 114 120 94 Thursday, . NoVi. 11 . . .Nov.' 12.' Totals ; . 640 the three roads involved that any set tlement, should .be a general one. - Mayor' CurUy Optimistic. " '. So far as could be. learned tonight no agreement was in . Immediate prospect between the Boston and Maine and the New York. New Haven and Hart ford roads and their former employes. Mayor Curley, however, expressed hope that thei settlement would be complet ed within a week. Neither the Boston and Albany of ficials,' nor the union committee-which reached . the -agreement . would - discuss the basis of It.- The men of the Bos ton and Maine original! jr struck for in creased pay, reduced working hour and compensation for holidays. The freight handlers on the other two roads subsequently -made similar demands, STEAMER CITY OF. SEATTLE FLOATED AFTER GROUNDGNI Twenty Paengrf and '. 19 " of .. Crew ".. Had Been Landed. . ' Vancouver, B.' C. Nov. 12. The Pa cific ' Coast Steamship Company's steamer City of Seattle went aground iri Granville Channel!, B. CV today. Twenty ' passengers and 'nineteen of the, -crew have been landed at Prince Rupert, - by the flshingr-.: boa 't Alba tross. - "''"".-' ' , ' The steamship City of Seattle was floated this evening and proceeded to Prince Rupert. B. C, under her own steam, convoyed by the steamer-Princess May, according to reports reach ing here. . 'V - Wireless reports received by. the Pa cific Steamship Company, ' owners - of the. City of Seattle, said that, the vessel was not badly damaged. '--!.... r ' :.-'. GRANTED DIVORCE DECREE , : WITHIN FIVE MINUTES. Judge Burpe in Superior Court Estab lishes Raoord for Conactiout.' -' - .' - " -.M-MM .... - MiddletownXCoiin- -Nov. 12. A di vorce was granted by ' Judge Luclen F. our pee in superior court today in. tne brief - space of five minutes -from the calling of the case from the docket. It . was thought by - attorneys 'in - at tendance at court here that ' this equalled or broke a record In the di vorce courts' ot 'Connecticut. -. Mrs. Victor Hedluhd was given - a decree from her. husband. .The plaintiff said her husband went ajway; in 1912 with another .- womaa - and he 1 served . a ' jail sentence for misconduct. The Hed lunds - were married .at; Haddam' Neck In April, 1910. , . , -. ' -. :- " -' CASHIER NORTHWESTERN - : v -t ' UNIVERSITY MISSING Sine Lat Mnday Hi Account Are -Being 'Audited.'- - ' v - - - - i Chicago. Nov. 13. FYanklin K: Jack son, bookkeeper and cashier, for North western university,, has" been missing from the university, since. he. left the business .office last Monday. evening, it was announced tonight. ... ' f "- '. : : , Jackson's accounts were audited -until July 1,1915, and were found in per fect condition, aecording to William A. Pyche. business manager and treasurer of the university. ' Since then he has handled '.the 19 IS 'tuition .-fees, averag ing $40 each, from 2,400 - students. Dyche declared these funds "were now being; audited, - . t. From Water Boy to Steel Magnate r . ' ' : 7 :". ' ' ' RAPID ADVANCE OF. J." LEONARD REPOLGLE. OF NEW YORK. NOW BUT 38 YEARS OLD Bid Against His Former Superior Of ficer for a - Block of th Cambria Steel Stock, and Got It Largest Single Holder. New York, Nov. 12. Three hundred thousand . shares of stock or there abouts in the Cambria Steel company were sold today for approximately Irt, 000,000 to J. Leonard Replogle of this city, who started his business ca reer when 11 years old as a water boy at less than $5 a week, in the Cambria mills, at Johnstown, Pa. r. .Replogle, who is now 38 years the Opportunity Telegraph Local General ' Total 1351 526 . 445 ; 419 479 444 137', 154 144 131 .128 130 1100 252. 207 . x 193 264H '187-: - 824 2200 3664 old, bid'agalnst his old superior offl per, Wilriam H. Donner, for the block 01 stocx ana won. it alter negotiations in Philadelphia which lasted all day and virtually .all night - for several days and nights. The stock was bought from the Pennsylvania Railroad com pany which formerly owaj-ed 450,820 shares of the 900,000 issued a control ling interest in the Cambria company. The capitalization of the Cambria Steel company la authorised at $50, 000,000, . but only $45,000,000 (900,000 shares of a $50 -par value) were is sued. . . .. .. -Aoquired About 112,000 Shares. " Of the railroad s original 51 - one cant, holdings ..of Cambria Steel,- Mr. Donner" had already acquired, about 112.000 shares; This was secured in two lots; one of 56,000, on which he had an option and the other, of the same amount. ' on which he acqiAred a conditional option. The condition was that he' should find a purchaser for the railroad's holdings of Pennsyl vania Steel stock. Mr. Donner is pres ident of both the Cambria and Penn sylvania Steel companies. - , . Charles : M. Schwab, tne genius ot Bethlehem Steel, wanted . the Penn sylvania Steel properteis, it was re ported, to combine them with his Beth lehem Steel properties, it was report ed, to combine them with his Bethle hem plant and thus form the nucleus 01 another gigantic steel merger. Mr, Donner" interest crossed with this plan and Mr." Donner won in the quest for the Pennsylvania steel stock. He then tried, -it is said, to obtain the remaining - Cambria stock owned by the railroad. ' FromWatar Boy t Vic President, Three weeks ago Mr. Replogle, who resigned' as vice- president of the Cambria, company March 1st. began negotiations for the -purchase of the remaining Cambria stock held by the railroad. ,-Durfeig the twenty-seven years he had been with the Cambria company he had risen zrom water ooy- to ('occupy almost every position suc cessively In line to .the vice presi dency.- He knew the property thor oughly -and wanted rL In the mean time.' however, - the Pennsylvania rail road no longer controUinsr the Cambria company after Mr.: Donner had exer cised his - ODtions. Bold some of the stock in the open-market, at a time When Cambria was at the crest of its recent rise., v ,- " I -' Largest -Single Stockholder. ( Negotiations " were . begun for the Purchase of the remainder and ended today in 4 the "transfer of the stock to Mr. Replogle: : Bo far -as is Known, jar. Replogle is the: largest single stock holder.! .Whether -a .fight , tor control will develop Js. to. be -seen. The Cam bria. 'property .consists of large steel works, mills and' blast ' furnaces at Johnstown. v Pa.: and extensive Iron ore' holdings in" Michigan, In addition, theV company -operates' the Cambria Steamshito company ana tne manuiac turers water -"oompany ot, Johnstown. Not ' Known. What Plant; Will. Make. i Whatsis' to" be done with the Cam bria property - under Mr. Replogle' management if he succeeds in obtain ing sufficient additional stock to give him control Is yet to be divulged. It is regarded as unlikely, however, that the mammoth plant win do put to work extensively on .munitions orders for the allies,, an. undertaking with which -Wall Street gossip had identified several steel changes recently. A state ment covering this-probably will be forthcoming within a lew days. Condensed Telegrams, ! Th strike. of the Michigan Central railroad clerks has been called off. All Greek citizen who have not done military service will be put into train ing. . . , .. . .. - H. U.' Mudae was elected president oi the Denver and Rio Grande rail road. V .' ' . Th Phillip Sheet and Tin Plate Co. will build a $1,000,000 addition to its strip plant at Welrton, O.' ' The thirty-ninth annual convention of the American Humane association opened at St. Augustine, Fla. - President ' Wilson has virtually de cided to attend the army-navy football game at New York Nov. 27. The American lina steamer St. Leui arrived in New York. Harry Lauder, the comedian, was a passenger. Th special train carrying the Lib erty Bell from San Francisco back to Philadelphia left San Francisco. ' Patriotic demonstration were held throughout Italy to celebrate King Victor Emmanuel's 45 th birthday. Soldiers of General Villa are desert ing in large numbers and crossing the American border near rvaco, Ariz. Fir destroyed the' rope mill of the John A. Roebling Sons Co. plant at Trenton, N. J., at a loss of $300,000. An American eagle was captured by the crew of the battleship New Hamp shire and will" be kept as a mascot. Dr. John McVannel, former professor of philosophy at Columbia university. died at his home in St. Mary s, ont. After an investigation. Malor-Gen- eral William C. Gorgas announced that there is no yellow fever in Porto Rico. The Dutch fishino boat St. Nicholas was sunk in the isorth sea alter Hav ing been in a collision with another boat. The annual convention of the Phi Alpha Gamma fraternity : opened in Pittsburgh. About 3,000 physicians are in attendance. . ' - Robbers wrecked the safe in the Co lumbia vllle, Mich., state- bank early yesterday, secured $4,000 in cash and made their escape. Stricken suddenly with heart failure, Lieutenant Charles Greber fell dead from a chair in the Mprrisania police station. New York. , - Kaiser Wilhelm decorated Mrs. James W. Gerard, wife of the Ameri can ambassador, with Red Cross gold medals of the first and second class. William J. Walsh of Bayonno', N. J, a snecial- .noliceman : empioyea in tne Sunnysld-sards- to-Long Island City, was struck and killed by a train. FclloWtna" W4nday'e fire at - the Bethlehem .Steel . plant, iuv guards, the- company's ' entire - special 4 police force, . were picketed- About the works. W. R. Grace A-Co. of New York are reported to have purchased the entire Panama neet. consisting 01 six steam ers, of the Pacific Mall steamship uo. Tho Doliee department census of the borough ox Aiannattan snows me pop- nlation of the borough to be -,o,6il or 192,465 more than the recently taken state census. . -. Ezra Winter and Eugene Savage, American artists, who were thought to have been on the torpedoed - liner An cona, are safe in Italy, having post poned their sailing. All the crew of the British tamer D. A. Gordon, which was wrecked on the Canadian coast, between St. jonn. N. B.. and Sydney, N. S are believed to hate perished. ' Following the disappearance of its cashier the -Merchants' and Farmers' National bank of Cisco, Tex., closed its doors. The cashier's loans with the bank were excessive. - The lumber-laden schooner Empress, Bridgewater for New York, caught fire during a gale, while ancnorea at Har rington Passage, N. S. It is thought that she will be a total loss. Th collier Transportation, outward bound for Norfolk, was stopped in jncw York harbor by the neutrality patrol and ordered to return to - quarantine. The ship had failed to clear. a Representative from cities and towns in Massachusetts and other other states attended the third annual conference of citjt. and town planning boards which opened at Boston.. Irving Watkina, aged 33, colored, of Torrington. was -sentenced -to states nrioon for from 11 to-15 years for an assault committed on an il year old colored gin 01 romngwra on jcu j. Coast guard headquarters in Wash ington announced that three . coast guard cutters are on their way to re lieve vessels in distress - in a serious gale reported off the north Atlantic coast. , .. y . - - ' ' George W. Eberhardt, member of the New York stock- exchange and repre sentative of the Pittsburgh firm of G. W. Eberhardt Co.. was suspended for one year for dealing with bucket shops. Reports that W. 8. Winham, for merly a banker of Pasadena, Cal., had been murdered by Mexican bandits in the territory of Tepee, Mex.. were re ceived by Los Angeles friends of Mr. Windham. . . - : j . ! Mb Nettie Folsom, 76 years of age. was burned to death in her home at Lvnn. - Mass. She was alone at the time and it is believed that her cloth ing was accidentally ignited when she lighted a match. . : i Th schooner Kitty A, used by a scientific-, expedition to the- - Azores, Madeira and Canary Island, returned to Newport, R. I., with more than 600 specimens of birds and animals for Harvard university.' - - ' : obituajRY. ' " 1 Dr. jayne Smith. J ' Detroit, . Mich.." Nov.. 12. Dr. .Wayne Smith, superintendent of Harper hos pital and widely known as an author ity on hospital management, died late today. Death was caused toy apoplexy. : Dr. Smith was 89 years old. He came to Detroit two years ago from St. Louis, 'Where he attained national rep utation as superintendent of the St. Louis City hospital. : He was the au thor of several works on hospital man agement. - - - EDITOR AND OWNER Alexander arid Victor Gondos of the Bridqeport Daily CHARGED WITH BLACKMAILING A TRUST CO. Plot Was to Accuse the Trans-Atlantic Trust Company of Handling Money Sent From Germany for the Fay Bomb Plot Further That the Bank Was a Medium for the Foreign Spy Service and That it Committed Offenses Against the Neutrality and Laws of the eUnited States For Its Suppression They Are Alleged to Have Received . $2,060. ; T , New York, Nov. 12. Alexander and Victor Gondos, editor - and publisher, respectively, of the Bridgeport Daily News, were held for the grand Jury In ball of $10,000 each today after the charge of extorting $2,000 from Julius Pernitzer, president of the Trans-Atlantic Trust Company of this city, was reduced to one of attempted extortion. This action was taken after their ar raingment before a magistrate on the extotrion charge. Plan Against Trust Company. After Pernitzer had testified that the Gondos brothers called upon him and produced a plan in Hungarian, of a campaign to be made against the trust company, adojurnment was tak en in order that the plan might be translated into English. Pernitzer swore that Alexander Gondos asked for $2,000 to suppress the campaign and that when he handed a check for that amount to one of the defendants, their arrest followed. The plan as submitted to htm was in the hand writing of Alexander Gondos and was RETURNS FROM CONGO WITH .100,000 SPECIMENS ANIMAL LIFE Herbert Lang Headed an Expedition for American Museum. New York, Nov. 12. Herbert Lang, an explorer, sent to the Belgian Congo in 19Q9 by the American' Museum of Natural History as the head of 'an expedition to gather for the museum a collection, of animal and bird life of Africa, returned heraioday -Mr. Lang said that the"' -expedition ' had gathered mere than "100,000 specimens of animal life, as weli as over 6,000 specimens of bird life. The expedition into the Congo, ac cording to Mr. Lang, was primarily to secure a representative group of the Okapl, first reported as being in the Congo, by Sir Harry Johnson in 1903. In this he was entirely successful, se curing magnificent specimens of the male, female and their young. Of his total collection, about 20,000 specimens were large animals. He also said that he -had secured a--complete f ami By group of the faded white rhinoceros as well as nine lions, four elephants, three giraffes and a complete buffalo fam ily. Other portions of the collection include smaller animals, specimens of their habitations and 800 snakes .of about 50 species. .' Despite the dangers of the jungle, Mr. Lang said that he and his party enjoyed excellent health. To trans port the specimens from the interior to the coast, a distance of more than 300 miles, the services of more than 2,000 ' porters working in relays were employed. During the six years that the party was gone but one fatal ac cident occurred, - that being when one of his native hunters mistook a wound ed lion for a dead one and was fatally clawed and bitten. MEXICAN REVOLUTIONISTS SETTLING DOWN TO PEACE Improved Conditions Follow Recogni tion of Carranza. Washington. Nov.- 12. Mail reports reaching the state department today from Piedras Negras said people ar riving there from the Interior of Mex ico brought word, of greatly improved conditions following the' recognition of the Carranza de facto government. "The recognition of General Car ranza," said the report, "seems - to have considerably changed th emlnds of-many revolutionists who -now desire to setle down in peace a and devote their time to rebuilding the war-torn republic" ASKS FOR TRANSFER OF FORMER VILLA SOLDIERS Over iAmarican Territory from Agua Priet to Piadras Nagra. Washington, Nov. 12. General Cal les. the Carranza commander at Agua Prieta. telegraphed the Mexican agency here tonight asking that the permis sion of the state department be ob tained for the transfer of 500 former Villa soldiers over American territory from Agua Prieta to Piedras Negras. The request will be presented tomor row. The Villa soldiers were granted amnesty and will be given sufficient money to pay transportation to their homes from Piedras Negras. - Movement of Steamship. Gibraltar. Nov. . 1L Arrived:, steamer .Perugia, New York for Naples. - . . - . . . . : Liverpool, Nov. 11. Arrived: steam er Dominion, '; Philadelphia. - Almeira, Nov. 10. Sailed: Italia, New York. Bergen, Nov. 10. Sailed: steamer steamer Bergensfjord, New York. New York, Nov. 11. Sailed: steam er .Cymric, Liverpool. '- Liverpool, Nov. 11. Arrived: steam er Adriatic, New York. 1 Falmouth. Nov. 12. Arrived: steam er Rotterdam. New York. ; Gibraltar, Nov. 11, Sailed: steamer Itali, New York. Skirmishing Near Naco. Douglas. Ariz., Nov. 12. General P. Ellas Calies announced today tht skirmishing had been in progre? all day at Los Cerritos. five miles south east of Naco, between-1,000 Carranza scouts under Colonel Lazaro Cardenas and an unknown number of Villa in- faxiiew. HELD FOR FRAUD News handed to him by Victor Gondos, be testified. . Portions of Alleged Plot. One section in the plan as translat ed said: - "The money for the Fay bomb plot was sent from Germany through the Trans-Atlantic Trust company." Another was to the effect that . "Ae bank is a medium for the foreign spy service and commits at least offenses agailst the neutrality and laws of the United States." Still another declar ed: - "The Trans-Atlantic Trust Company represents here a policy of inducing immigrants to return hom" and after outlining the policy said: "This policy is harmful to the United States." Pernitzer denied that he knew Fay or his alleged plot to blow up ships, insisted that his bank was, not a me dium for any spy service and that it had received no money from Germany in furtherance of any plot. The Fay referred to is Robert Fay. who with four others is held on a chafge of attempting to blow up mu nitions ships. MEETING OF ACADEMY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Senator Weeke Argued for . .. Merchant Marine. Large New. York. Nov. 12. Assertions that In the event of future foreign wars ex portation from the United States would virtually cease and "that only the su perior British and . French navies en- ' able exportation to continue in spite of the present European conflict. Were ; made at the meeting of the Academy -of Political Science today as, argu ments for the upbuilding of the Amer ican merchant marine. - Senators Duncan U. Fletcher, - of Florida. John W. 'Weeks, of Massa chusetts and Robert L. Owen of Okla homa were the speakers, - Senator Weeks areued for a. larva merchant marine? Pointing out that this country now pays to foreign own ers of ships $300,000,000 annually to transport American products abroad, he asserted the creation of a mer chant marine by subsidies would in crease industry in this country and give employment to probably 500,000 workmen. In the event of a great for eign war, he said, an ample merchant marine would be invaluable, because it would enable America to continue ex- . porting regardless of the war, where-1. as now. if it were not for the superior ' tsntisn ana t rencn navies, American exportations would be stopped. SESSION OF AMERICAN BANKERS' ASSOCIATION Engaged In Mapping Out Work for 1 Ita Future Activity. New York, Nov. 12. The executive committee of the National Bank Sec tion of the American Bankers' asso ciation met here today for the pur-' pose of completing organization and mapping out worit for its future ac tivity. There was a full attendance of the committee representing all sec-. tlons of the United States and In ad dition there were present Governor Benjamin Stronavof the federal reserve bank of New York and Pierre Jay, fed eral reserve agent. The committee or ganized by choosing J. illwood Cox of High Point, N. C as chairman, and Frederick E. Famsworth as secretary pro tern. The meeting was largely given up to a discussion of legislative matters pertaining to the federal re serve system and its relation to the national banks. PRICES OF FRESH FISH HIGHEST IN YEARS. Cod and Haddock Retailed In Boston ' at 15 Cants Pound. Boston, Nov. 12. Prices- quoted to day for fresh fish were said to be the highest recorded here In many years. Cod and haddock, usually so plentiful that they sold at less than 8 cents a pound, were retailing today for IS cents, and were comparatively scarce even at that quotation. The prices of other fresh fish also were advanced. GENERAL SCOTT ACTING SECRETARY OP WAR. During Temporary Absence of Score- . , tary and Assistant. "Washington. Nov. 12. President Wil son today issued an order authoriz Ing Major General Hugh Scott, chief of staff of the army, "to perform the -duties of secretary of war during the illness or temporary absence from the seat of government of the secretary of war whenever, during such illness or absence the assistant secretary of war is also absent." Small French Vessel Take Prize. Paris, Nov. 12. 7.10 p. m. The fol lowing official statement was Issued by the ministry of marine tonight :- "A small French vessel, having a crew of only ten, surprised oft Crete a schoon of carrying arms and ammunition and 48 Turks,, among whom were eleven officers and captured all the men, and material." - Negro Lynched at Aberdeen,' Mis. Aberdeen, Miss., Nov. 12. John Tay lor, a negro charged with having fired at a deputy sheriff who was attempt ing to arrest another negro, was taken from jail here last night by a mot of masked men. - His body was fount , today swinging from a bridge.