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VOL. LVIII. NO- 63
POPULATION 28,219
NORWICH, CONN.
TUESr MARCH 14, 1916
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GERMANS S
Hammering Away to the Northwest of Verdun in Ef
fort to Move Further South
INFANTRY ON VERDUN FRONT REMAINS INACTIVE
Germans Are Assembling Men in the Region Between Forges
and Bois des Corbeaux, Probably With the Intent of
Throwing Them Into the Fray Should the Bombardment
Prove Successful French Aeroplanes Dropped 130
Bombs Back of the German Lines In Combats in the
Air at Least Three German Aeroplanes Have Been
Brought Down Russians Are Successful in Small En
oacrements in East Galicia.
Switching their activity from the
east to the northwest of Verdun, the
Germans again are hammering at the
salient of Le Mort Homme and the
region of the Bois Bourrus, in an en
deavor to bring- their line farther
south on the western flank of the
fortress.
East of the Meuse and in the
Woevre district there has been a no
ticeable letup in the batteries on both
sides. The infantry everywhere on
the Verdun front has been inactive.
In line with the bombardment of
Le Mort Homme and the Bois Bour
rus the Germans are assembling men
in the region between Forges and Bois
des Corbeaux, .probably with the in
tention of throwing them into the
fray, should the intense bombardment
meet with success. The French ar
tillerists, however, have had this as
sembling point under the Are of their
guns. No advantage is claimed by
either side in the last fighting around
the fortress.
Back of the German line north of
Verdun a Frenc hsciuadron dropped
1-30 bombs on the station at Brieulles
and at numerous points around Ver
dun French and German aviators have
PLANS FOR MOBILIZATION OF
PACIFIC NAVAL FLEET
In Event
of Trouble on
of Mexico.
West Coast
', San Diego, Calif., March 13. Tenta
tive plans for the disposition of the
vessels o fthe Pacific fleet in San die
,go harbor in event of trouble on the
Iwest coast of Mexico have been out
lined by Admiral Cameron McR. Wlns
jlow. "fhe transport Buffalo and the ar
imored cruiser Maryland would be em
ployed in transporting the Fourth
Regiment of Marines, now at the ex
position here, and field equipment. The
'protected cruiser Milwaukee would
displace the supply shi.p Iris and con
;voy the destroyers Whipple, Perry,
; Stewart and Paul Jones south.
I The flagship San Diego acting in
jdependently of the fleet, will steam
1 south at the first sign of trouble,
i Vessels of the Pacific fleet now en
gaged in patrol duty on the west coast
'of Mexico and Central America are
ithe cruisers Chattanoosa, Cleveland
'and Denver. The Chattanooga is at
Guaymas, the Cleveland at Acapulco
and the Denver at Corinto, Nicaragua.
CONNECTICUT EDITORS
IN ANNUAL MEETING
Theodore Bodenwein of New London
' One of the Vice Presidents.
New Haven, Conn., March 18. The
Connecticut Editorial Association at
its annual meeting here today, elected
the following ooers: President, Fred
W. Lyons, Milford Citizen; secretary
treasurer .Arthur S. Barnes, Bristol
Press; auditor, W. C. Sharp, Seymour
Record: vice presidents by counties
New Haven, E. G. Hill, New Haven
Register; Hartford, W. J. Hill, Man
chester Herald; Fairfield, D. W. Work
man, Ridgefleld Press; Litchfield, John
M. Rodemeyer, Connecticut Western
iNews, Canaan; Windham, L. O. Wil
liams, Putnam Patriot; New London,
Theodore Bodenwein, New London
Day; Middlesex, E. L. Prann, Deep
Kiver isra; Tolland, Louis MoLaugh
lin, Stafford Springs Press.
ANTON RETKOVITZ EXECUTED
PROTESTING HIS INNOCENCE
For Murder of Mrs. Domba Pereme
bida in Fall River.
Boston, March 14. Anton Retkovitz
was electrocuted in the state prison
early today for the murder of Mrs.
Domba Peremebida in Fall River Just
two years ago.
The current was applied at 12.05.
He was officially pronounced dead at
i He protsted his innocence to the last
1 Circumstantial evidence played a
large part in the conviction of Retko
vitz. He was tried twice. He dis
couraged all offers of intercession with
the governor.
! Mrs. memetnaa was Killed with a
razor. The police learned that Retko
ivitz had lived with the woman in
(Pennsylvania and that he had followed
Iher to Fall River, threatening' her
jwhen sne rerusea to return to mm.
SPEAKER CLARK NOT A
i DELEGATE TO NAT. CONVENTION
Impossible for Him to Act Because
! House Will Be in Session.
(Washington, Maroh 13. SpeaTter
Champ Clark will not be a delegate to
the democratic national convention at
8-t. Louis next June. He announced
today that it would be impossible for
him to act as a delegate, as many Mis
souri democrats have suggested, be
cause the bouse probably would be in
session at convention time. Under the
rules he cannot appoint an acting
speaker for more than one day except
n case r.ijuaess. . ..
WITCHING
ATTACKS
met in combats in the air
advantage incontestability
French, according to Paris.
with the
of the
At least
three German aeroplanes are declared
to have been brought down, while
others were seen by the French ob
servers to be in distress.
In the region of Sappois, Upper Al
sace, the Germans essayed an attack
on trenches the French had captured
but were repulsed with considerable
casualties.
The French guns have damaged
Germans north of the Aisne, in Cham
pagne and in the eastern portion of
the forest of the Argonne.
In northwest Russia around Riga, in
the Illusk district and on the Jacob
stadt sector, there have been violent
artillery duels.
In Galicia, southeast of Kiluk and
along the middle Strlpa river the Rus
sians have been successful in small
engagements with the Teutons.
In the coastal region of the Cauca-
sian front the Russians are still driv
ing the Turks before them.
Unofficial advices are to the effect
that Admiral Von Tirpitz, the Ger
man minister, of marine, is ill and that
the ministry is in charge of another
official.
SENATE COMMITTEE TO
REOPEN BRANDEIS HEARING
Testimony to Be Taken Regarding
Old Dominion Copper Co. Case.
Washington, March 13. The sen
ate sub-committee investigating Louis
D. Brandeis' fitness to become a su
preme court justice decided todap to
reopen Hearings. Wiliam T. Fitz
gerald and Charles S. Smth. both of
Boston, will be examined toforrow in
regard to Mr. Brandeis" relation to the
Old Dominion Copper company case,
in which promotors were forced by
court decree to refund $2,000,000 to the
company. William S. Youngsman, a
Boston attorney, has asked to be heard
further regarding the Warren will
case.
Austen G. Fox. attorney for onoon-
ents to confirmation of Mr. Brandeis,
announced today that he might ask
ror an investigation of Mr. Brandeis'
conduct as counsel for the public
franchise league and the Massachu
setts state board of trade in the fight
against consolidation of Boston gas
companies.
PROBLEMS BRITISH COALITION
MINISTRY MUST FACE.
Protest of Married Men and the Air
Defense Plan.
London. March 14. 1.48 a. m. Th
coalition ministry will face two urgent
problems in the debate on the army
estimates which begins in the house of
commons today. Both questions have
become matters of greatest public in
terest. The first problem is that of ti mor.
' Mien unaer enlistment who r
noiaing meetings all over the country
to protest against the manner In
the compulsory military service law is
being carried out. The second Is the
air defense problem, which has been
given fresh prominence by the remark-
aoie victory of Pemberton Billings in
his election to the house of commons
over the united forces of the coalition
on a platform demanding sweeping
changes in the air defenses of England.
TO CONCENTRATE SQUAD
OF TRAINED AVIATORS.
For Possible Service With United
States Troops in Mexico. ,
New York, March 13. A squad of
trained aviators will be concentrated
immediately for possible service with
the United States troops in Mexico.
according to an announcement tonight
Dy trie Aero Club or America. While
tnese aviators are Dewg- prepared, a
second squad of twenty fliers will be
held in readiness. W. Leonard Bon
ney. formerly in command of General
Carranza's aviation force, will have
charge.
The Aero club has offered its aid to
the government in furnishing ma
chines and aviators and Secretary of
War Baker has informed the club that
its offer will be accepted if occasion
arises.
MANITOBA VOTES APPROVAL
OF PROVINCIAL TEMPERANCE,
All Bars In Province Must Close May
31 Vote Two to One.
Winnipeg, Man., march 13. By a
vote or slightly more than two to one,
voters of the province of Manitoba to
day approved the provincial temperance-act
which closes all bars; whole
sale liquor houses and licensed clubs
In the province after May 31 next.
Stormy weather throughout 'Manito
ba today prevented a heavy vote on
the referendum to prohibit the sale
of intoxicating liquors in this province.
Around Brandon City snow was so
high that farmers were unable to
reach the- polio.
Cabled Paragraphs
Queen Victoria Has Bronchitis.
Stockholm, March 12. via London.
March IS. Queen Victoria of Sweden
is suffering from an attack of bran
chitis Paris Newspaper Suspended.
Paris. March 13. B.40 p. m. The
newspaper L'Eclair has been suspend
ed for four days. It insisted upon
publication this morning and- the edi
tion was seized.
AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS
IN TEST BOMBARDMENTS.
The New York and Arkansas Hurled
Shells All Day Long.
Mobile, Ala., March 13. An experi
ment unique in the country's military
history was begun here today when
two American battleships, the New
York and the Arkansas, bombarded
armor test fortifications near Fort
Morgan. All day long the two su
per-dreadnoughts hurled big projec
tiles from their main batteries into the
fortifications with high officials of the
war and navy departments looking on.
The result of the test, which ultimate,
Is expected to have an important
bearing on future fortifications legis
lation, were not announced.
General 'William Crozier, chief of odr
nance of the army. General William I
Black, chief of engineers id Repre
sentative Shirley chairman of the
house sub-committee on fortifications,
were among the officials who watched
the operations. Merchant craft had
been warned out of the danger zone
and the Mobile quarantine station was
abandoned during the firing. ,
It was explained at Fort Morgan
that the bombardment arranged by the
bureau of fortifications was being car
ried out throuh cooperation of the
war and navy departments, with a
view for target practice as well as for
armor testing. It was understood
the firing would continue tomorrow at
varied ranges.
CROSS OF WAR AWARDED
AMERICAN AMBULANCE MEN
As a
Result of Their Work During
Battles in France.
Paris, March 13, 4.10 p. m. Twelve
additional men of the field service
American ambulance have been cited
in the order of the day and will re
ceive the Cross of War. Eleven of
them were v,ith the section which has
been working in Alsnce for nearly a
year and they wore awarded this hon
or as a result of their work in that
region during the recent hard battle
a'bout Hartmans-Weilerkopf. The
names of these are:
Lovering Hill, E. .1. Ourley, Durnnt
Rice. Stephen Galatti, Marquard Wal
ker and Joserih Mellen, all of New
York city. Henry M. Buckley of
Rhinebeck, N. Y.: Trask J. Putnam of
Boston (nil the preceding being srrad
uates of Hnrvard university): Powell
Fenton, of Philadelphia, a graduate'"!'
the University of Pennsylvania; Luke
Doyle, a graduate of Yale university
and David Douglass or Newton, Mass.
This is the second citation of the sec
tion leader, Lovering Hill.
W. H. Weaverton, of New York, a
graduate or Yale university, also re
ceived thp War Cros for gallantry
under fire in the section working in
the vicinity of the Aisne.
The service of the American ambu
lance has now received a total of 31
distinct citations.
COURSE
IN MILITARY
TRAINING AT
U. OF P.
Trustees Have Granted Petition
Students for Its Installation.
of
Philadelphia, March 13. The trustees
of the University of Pennsylvania to
day granted the petition of students
asking for the installation of a course
of military training at the university
under the direction of the war depart
ment. Provost Smith appointed a commit
tee to work with the faculty in making
plans for the new course.
The plan provides for lectures, camp
and field work, three hours each week,
and will supplant some of the gymna
sium work. The course will not inter
fere with the existing system of credits.
About 500 students are now ready to
enter it.
CABARETS MAY CONTINUE
TO AMUSE CHICAGOIANS.
But
"Wet"
Cafes Must Close at
n. Week Days.
1 a
Chicago, March 13. Cabarets may
continue to enliven night life in Chi
cago, according to a vote of the Ju
diciary committee of the council today.
The committee voted, 8 to 4, to retain
this form of amusement.
The committee, however, voted that
"wet" cafes must close at one o'clock
week days and midnight Saturdays
the same as saloons. Hitherto th
restaurants were permitted to remain
open providing no intoxicants wera
sold.
MEXICAN TROOPS MOBILIZED
SOUTH OF ARIZONA BORDER
Force of 5,000 With Fifteen Pieces of
Artillery.
Douglas, Ari., March 13. It was aer.
Initely learned tonight that eGneral
Calles has mobilized about 5,000 Car
ranza troops at Cabullona, 18 miles
south of the Arizona border. Car
ranza troops declared there were pos
sibly 8.000 men at Cabullona. This
force has 13 pieces of artillery. Gen
eral Calles has been gathering these
troops several days, having announced
they will join in the pursuit of Vil
la. AMERICAN SURGEON HAD'
NARROW ESCAPE FROM BOMB.
Dropped from a German Taupe Out
side His Window.
London, March 13, 7.02 p. m. Dr. F.
Warren Pearl, who was a surgeon in
the United States army during the
Spanish-American war, had a narrow
escape recently from a bomb dropped
from a German Taube outside his win
dow in the hospital of which he is chief
surgeon somewhere in Belgium.
REFUSED TO INDICT WOMAN
WHO KILLED HER HUSBAND.
She Said He Was Attempting to Beat
Her With a Razor Strop.
Atlanta, Ga, liaivii 13. .The county
grand jury here today refused to in
dict -Mrs. Edward Pannell, who shot
and killed her husband when, she said,
he was attempting to beat her with a
razor etrop. She was ordered released
rrom jail. . .
12,000 Troops
Along the Border
WITH FORTY MOUNTAIN AND
FIELD GUN BATTERIES
LINE 200 MILES LONG
Belief Prevailed That the Movement
Would Begin Thursday Brigadier
General Pershing to Lead the Force.
Columbus, N. M, March 13. Ap
proximately 12,000 troops with forty
mountain and field gun batteries were
on the border tongiht between Doug
las, Arizona and El Paso, a line about
200 miles long. A little more than
one-tnird or this force was cavalry.
Columbus a Military Establishment.
From a camp of a few hundred men
Columbus today grew to a military es
tablishment of nearly 2,000 with in
dications that about 4,000 men are to
be concentrated here immediately
Further evidence that this point may
be the starting place of the largest
column in immediate pursuit of Villa
appeared in the erection of headauart-
ers for Brigadier General John J. Per
shing, who. Major General Funston
announced today, will be the leader of
the expeditionary force.
Plans Talked Of.
Officers here talked of a march
straight southward in pursuit of Vil
la. Troop movements seemed to bear
out reports that while the Columbus
column is striking south another
movement will be made from the vi
einity of El Paso and a third from
the Arizona line somewhere near
louRlas. Both the El Paso and Done.
las movements would be able to fol
low rail lines, while the central col
umn from here would have to go ver-
lanu across a desert.
B?licf here tonight was that the Co
lumbus column would be ready to start
by Thursday or Friday. Intelli?
pence department officers secured
maps and topotrraphy charts of the
morntMnous Chihuihua-Sonora bor
der in'o which it seems possible for
Villa to enter easily with his present
start.
Villa Near Corralitos.
Villa's position today, according to
reports received by General Pablo
Pertani. in command of 2.000 soldiers
just across the Mexican border from
here, was still near Corralitos, where
he stopped more than two days ago.
Troop trains bearing cavalrymen,
artillery, signal and hospital detach
ments and several trainloads of freight
unleaded here today. Army wagons
rumbled nil clav through clouds of
ttorrrfa-ch -Wagon piled high with sup
plies. Mexicans Closely Watched.
In the town of Columbus the conduct
of Mexicans who are American citizens
closo'y wntcbed. This work was
rendered delicate by the larcre number
of Mexicans wro are American citizens
by birth and among whom the new
comers were difficult to distinguish.
One prosperous American ranchman of
Hermanas, who comes of a Mexican
family, was taken into cirstody before
his identity was established.
BLUNT CRITICISM OF
PREPAREDNESS PLANS
By Allan L. Benson Before the House
Naval Committee.
Washington, March 13. Allan L.
Benson -of Yonkers, Y socialist
candidate for the presidential nomina
tion, criticized President Wilson's ad
vocacy of preparedness in such blunt
terms before the house naval commit
tee today that Chairman Padgett ex
punged the remarks from the record.
He was permitted to continue his ar
gument against war preparations after
being warned that the committee'
would not tolerate further improper,
references to the president.
Mr. Benson angrily protested against
the chairman's attitude, saying he
would withdraw if he was before "a
Russian cWnmittee."
Representative Roberts of Massachu
setts, republican, urged that the wit
ness be allowed to make his statement)
witnout interrerence, out tne chairman
sustained objections by Representa
tives Oliver of,, Alabama and Talbott of
Maryland, democrats, who had inter
posed when Mr. Benson declared flatly
that the president had said what he
knew to be untrue when he asserted
in his Cleveland speech that the coun
try should prepare for defense at once
and that nobody knew what the next
day might bring forth.
Time for Some Luck.
"This fs he last offenseive Jn the
west," General von Deimling told
his soldiers; and it's about time war
prophets had a Utile luck. Wall
Street Journal.
SPRING'S VERSION OF
THE EVERLASTING TAM.
This tarn is of black ealin instead of
straw, and on the overhanging top
perches a cawing crow. The tilt of
this model is as smart as is the hexa
gonal meshed black veil of scroll pat
tern. . .
Alleged Immoral
Acts in Sing Sing
PROSECUTION TRYING TO PROVE
WITH OSBORNE'S KNOWLEDGE
THE OLD STORY RETOLD
James Harvey, a Prison Inmate, on
Whose Story Previous Inquiries
Were Held Was Called is a Witness.
White Plains, N. Y, March 13. Tes
timony designed to ehow that Thomas
Mott Osborne had full knowledge of
alleged immoral conditions at Sing
Sing prison while he was warden there
waa brought out by the prosecution at
the trial of Osborne which began to
day. William Willett. Jr.. a former
congressman, who was imprisoned in
Sing Sing prison for buying a supreme
court judgeship nomination in Wueer.a
county, and James Harvey, a'so a
prison inmate, were the principal wit
nesses against Osborne. The indict
ment against the former warden,
charging perjury, is based on his testi
mony last October before Dr. Rudolph
Diedling. a state prison commissioner,
who conducted an investigation at Sin"
Sing. Osborne testified before Dr.
Diedling that "there is no immorality
so far as the prison is concerned."
Documentary Evidence Admitted.
Harvey, on whose story of immoral
ity three inquiries of Sine Sing prison
were conducted, had testified to o n
ditions there wnen Willett. now com
pleting at the Great Meadows prison
the sentence imposed after his convic
tion, was called as a witness. His
testimony as to the extent of Osborne'o
knowledge of the alleged immoral con
ditions was assisted by Assistnnt Dis
trict Attorney William J. Fallon with
documentary evidence in the form of
Mutual Welfare league complaint and
punishment slips, which were admitted
into the record. These papers, taken
from the files at Sing Sing, recited the
charges and showed the sentences im
posed by the league on its offending
members. This organization was in
augurated by Osborne in aid his "re
form from within" plan.
Sought to Prove Witness Was Dis
gruntled. Through cross examination of Wil
lett, George Gordon IVattle, counsel for
Osborne, sought to bring out that Wil
lett. disgruntled because Osborne had
denied him special privileges at Sing
Sing, had aided the prosecution in the
preparation of the perjury accusation
in the hope that he would soon be
paroled. Willett denied this.
When Harvey told- before the -welfare
ll.igue of his immoral relations
with officers of the Mutual Welfare
league, it was Willett who presided, at
Osborne's request, he testified. As a
result of Harvey's recital, Osborne con
ducted an Inquiry during which the ac
cused officers at first denied but later
admitted their miilt. The documents
Introduced by Mr. Fallon showed that
18 members were suspended from the
league and decided to appeal to the
warden.
Not Promised a Parole.
Willett denied that Mr. Weeks or
John B. Riley, then state superintend
ent of prisons, had promised him pa
role or ommutation of sentence in re
turn for assistance, or that he was
hostile to Osborne, because the latter
bad opposed a parole bill pending in
the legislature.
Attorney Battle said tonight that he
would refrain from calling any wit
nesses. Including Osborne himself, "if
the prosecution brings out nothing
more serious than it did today."
SECURITIES VALUED AT
2,000,000 IN PRIZE COURT.
Seized by British
Transit Gorman
peeted.
From Mails in
Ownership Sus-
Lcndon, March IS, 6.50 p. m. Se
curities valued at 2,000,000 suspect
ed at being of German ownership,
seized from mails in transit, are now
In possession of the prize court, ac
cording to an announcement todav by
the foreign office. Securities have
not yet been declared a-bsolute con
trabar.d but it is possible they will
soon bo placed on the contraband list.
Meanwhile seizures will be continued
on the ground that under orders In
council these securties establish
credit for hostil belligerents and there
fore can be legally held up.
The authorities here declare that
innocent ownership can be easily
proved by reference to the banks
which hold any of the detamea se
curities and that therefore nothing in
me nature or a narasnip beyond a
slight delay Is liable to be suffered by
innocent owners.
DROP ALL FOR DEFENSE,
BORAH URGES SENATE.
Mexican Trouble Makes Immediate
Auction Necessary.
Washington, March IS. Senator Bo
rah, republican, urged the senate today
to drop all other legislation and imme.
diately consiuer the national rrepared-
ness program, in view of consequences
that might arise from the decision to
pursue vil.a In Mexico.
Chairman Chamberlain of he mili
tary committee told the senate that In
his opinion the United States army did
not have enough soldiers to cope with
Mexico, lie added he would not bo
surprised to see all Mexicans rally
around Villa.
ROCKEFELLER EXPEDITION
MEMBERS CONTRACT TYPHUS.
Probably Will Be Quarantined in
Neuvo Laredo, Mexico.
Laredo. Tex., March 13. Doctors
Carlos Rusk and Peter Kolitsky of New
York, members of the Rockefeller ex
pedition to Mexico to combat typhus.
have contracted the disease and have
been taken to Neuvo Laredo, accord
ing to advices reaching here today.
They probably will be quarantined
there.
Britain Releasing Men for Service.
London, March IS. With a view to
liberating more men for active service
in the army the government has re
vised the list of starry occupations,
employment in which has exempted
workmen hitherto. Women will replace
men under SO years in the starred list.
Condensed Telegrams
The River Meuse
in Franca la at
flood stage.
Rumania has seized
E0.000 wagon
has been sold
loads of cereals which
to Germany.
No change has taken olace in the
railway laborers' strike at Dan bury
since Saturday.
George H. Emmott, dean of the aw
racuity or tne university of Liverpool,
died there, aged 60.
8ir James Key Cairo1, chief backer
or tne bnackieton Antarctic expedi
tion, aiea in uunaee.
The Portuguese Cabinet resigned,
giving way to a national defense Cab
inet now being formed.
"I mm in full sympathy with Presi
dent Wilson's Mexian policy." William
j. liryan stated at Detroit
J. P. Morgan sailed from London
ror Pew ork on the steamer Phila
delphia, of the American Line.
The new 27,500 ton battleship Ne
vada was put into commission at the
Charlestown. Mass, Navy Yard.
Trinity Methodist Church, an his
toric Cincinnati structure, was des
troyed by tire at a loss of $50,000.
..Frank Booth, oldest master plumber
of Bridgeport, died, aged 79. He was
bead of the firm of F. & F. C. Booth.
The Midvale Steel and Ordnance Co.
at Dover. Del., increased its capital
stock from $100,000,000 to $160,000,
000. A number of members of the German
Reichstag will visit Bulgaria next
month and study the resources of the
country.
Col. Winston S. Churchill returned
to the front in France after a visit to
London for an interview with Premier
Asquith.
Col. Winston S. Churchill returned
to the front in France after a visit to
London for an interview with Premier
Asquith.
Patrick J. Pendergast, an elderly
laborer, was probably fatally injured
when a trolley car struck him at
Bridgeport.
While testing a stabilizing device of
r.ls own Invention. Yi. C Kobinson, well
known aviator fell and was killed near
Ewart, Iowa.
The United States amy transport
Kilpatrick tailed from Galveston for
Christobal with 500 men of the Fourth
Field Artillery.
The Bridgeport Projectile Co. offer
ed the War Department its entire plant
to be used ror the manufacture of mu
nitions of war.
Prof. Louis Bevier, dean of Rutgers
College, waa elected president of the
New Jersey Council of Education for
the coming year.
Samuel Pyatt of South Plalnfleld. X.
J., was struck and killed by a Lehleh
Valley freight train at the South
Plalnfleld station.
The Canadian Town Planning Com
mission has recommended the forma
ion of a Federal district of Ottawa to
rival Washington.
The armed Italian liner Verona ar
rived at New York from Genoa on
her second trip since the guns were
mounted on her deck.
Lieut. Philip Milliken of the Fifth
Cavalry polo team, was thrown from
his horse and seriously injured during
a game at Aiken, S. C.
Col. Judson 8. Farrar, Civil War
veteran and former United States
consul, died at his home at Mount
Clemens, Mich, aged 76.
Dr. Thomas Baty, an Englishman
and an authority on international law
has been engaged by the Japanese
Foreign Office as adviser.
A report from Amsterdam says that
all Belgian who have lived in Ger
many for five years have been ordered
to join the Geramn army.
Dr. Henry van Dyke, American min
ister to Holland, sailed from New Tork
for The Hague on the steamer Rot
terdam to resume his duties.
Carrying 25,000 tons of war supplies
for Great Britain, the White Star liners
Lapland and Cymric sailed from New
York. Neither ship carried passengers.
Three persons wore killed by a Penn
sylvania train at West Berlin. N. J,
when a horse pulling the carriage In
which they were riding, balked on the
tracks.
Since the United States government
announced its intention of running
down v ma and nis band, the War De
part men t has been swamped with of
fers from volunteers.
The' marriage of Giula Morosini.
heiress of the 17.000.000 estate of Gio
vanni Moroslni. to Arthur N. Werner,
the former mounted policeman, has
been annulled at Kingston, N. Y.
Joseph Bucher, former band master
at West Point, and at the Naval
Academy, died at Baltimore, Md from
the effects of a wound received in the
Indian campaign in Arizona, in 18S6.
Eugene Schultz, aged 12. fell throutrh
tne ice wnue sKating at Tinin. Ohio.
Reaching out widely as he sank, he
grabbed a 21 pound bass, which he
sun held when comrades rescued him.
The Great Southern Lumber Co. at
Bogalusa, La., has offered one month's
pay to any employe of their concern
who volunteers to go to Mexico. Their
jobs wlll.be held lor them until they
return.
Dr. Wisner R. Townsend, prominent
physician and surgeon, was found
dead in the courtyard of the apart
ment in which he lived in New York
city. He either jumped or fell from a
window on the fifth floor.
August Younge, aged 64, of Carl
stadt, N. J, who committed suicide
last month, left $25,000 of his $73,000
estate to the German government for
the relief of widows and orphans In
need because of the war.
8tr1ke at Cudahy Plant.
Sioux City. Iowa, March IS. One
thousand men at the Cudahy packing
plant here quit work this afternoon.
The strike leaders assert that the
walkout was due to the discharge of
men who bad been active in the re
cent strike at the plant.
U. S. AND MEXICO IN ?
A RECIPROCAL PACT
Troops of Either Country May Now Enter the Other in
Pursuit of Law-Breakers
MEXICAN OFFICIALS IN
American Expeditionary Force
ereignty of Mexico Advices from the Interior of Mexico
Say the. Natives Showed No Resentment When Informed
of the Proposed Entry of American Troops on Mexican
Soil The Whole Matter is Now in the Hands of General
Funston.
Washington. March 13. The T"nitvt 1
States government today entered into
a formal agreement with the de facto
government of Mexico under which
American troops will cross the border
to hunt down Villa and his bandits
with the expectation of hearty co
operation from the Carranza forces.
Secretary Lansing made public the
text of a note accepting General Car
ranza's proposal for a reciprocal ar
rangement between the two govern
ments and announcing that the United
States held this arrangement to be now
in force and binding upon both par
ties. Gen. Funston Will Carry Out Task.
General Funston will carry out his
task under this agreement. Official an
nouncement was awaited tonight that
the American force had crossed the
border. Plans for the troop movement
have gone ahead without regard to the
diplomatic exchanges.
Mr. Lansing alao made public a
statement in the name of President
Wilson, reiterating that every step be
ing taken by the administration was
based on the deliberate Intention to
preclude the possibility of armed in
tervention In Mexico. The statement
follows:
No Possibility of Intervention.
"In order to remove any misappre
hension that may exist, either in the
I nited States or in Mexico, the presi
dent has authorized me to give in his
name the public assurance that the
military operations now in contempla
tion by this government will be scrap
ulously confined to the object already
STEEL SHELLS AND RIFLES
FOR U. S. GOVERNMENT.
Four Large Munition Plants Working
on Rush Orders.
Philadelphia. March 13. Four of
tho largest munition plants in this sec
tion are working on rush orders for
steel shells and rifles for the United
States government, according to
fftateroents made here last night by of
ficials of these companies, who added
that they were in a position to supply
the further needs of this country wth-
out Interfering with their foreign
orders.
The Remington Arms company. It
was stated. Is making two million
rifles for the army; the Eddystone
Ammunition corporation 1.500.000
shells and the Baldwin Locomotive
companv one million steel forgings.
while the Midvale Steel and Omance
company is also working on large
orders for the United States in addi
tion to its foreign contracts.
Samuel Vauclain, managing direc
tor of the Remington Arms company
Ordnance corporation and Alba B.
and a director of the Midvale Steel and
Johnson, president of the Baldwin Lo
comotive works, said that these con
cerns had received large orders from
the government within the last few
weeks.
FAMOUS OLD SAILING SHIP
SHENADOAH DESTROYED.
Sank a Short Time Ago Off the Long
Island Coast.
New Tork. March IS. Twenty-five
gun cotton mines were regulred yes
terday to complete the dwtrurtlon by
the coast guard cutter Mohawk of the
famous old sailing ship Shenandoah,
which sank a rhort time aro off the
Long Island const In ten fathoms of
water. Captnln Carden of the cut
ter, when he returned to port tonight,
declared It was the toughest wreck he
ever attempted to mine and that the
difficulty experienced In Mowing It to
pieces was a tribute to the excellent
construction of ships of the Shenan
dosh'e type.
The wreck was a serious menace to
navigation, as It lav directly In the
path of eastbound steamers.
AMERICANS ARE CROSSING
BORDER FROM MEXICO.
Apprehensive Over Carranza's Request
to Enter United States Territory.
Douglas. Ariz.. March IS. Ameri
can residents of the state of Sonora.
Mexico, began coming to the Ameri
can border in considerable numbers.
Several said they had left on account
of apprehension over the result of
General Carranza's request on the
United States for permission to cross
the American boundary. Two hun
dred Americans were expected from
Nacozari. The last of the foreign
women and children arrived from El
Tigre, but about twenty American
men remained there.
Movements of Steamships.
Porta Delgada, March 11. Arrived:
Steamer Canopic, New York for Na
ples. Liverpool. March 11. Arrived:
Steamer Dominion. Philadelphia. Sail
ed: tSeamers Orduna. New York;
Philadelphia, New oxrK.
Glasgow. March 11. Arrived: Etea,
er Sardinian, Portland Me.
New York. March IS. Arrived:
Steamer St Paul Liverpool.
New York. March 13. Sailed:
Steamer America. Genoa.
WASHINGTON JUBILANT
Will Not Infringe on Sov
announced and that in no circum
stances will they be suffered to In
fringe In any degree upon the sove
reignty of -Mexico or develop into in
tervention or any Kind In the intern!
affairs of our sister republic On the
contrary, what is now being done ta
deliberately intended to preclude the
possibility of intervention."
Brief, Concise Agreement.
The note to Carranza define tha
terms of the agreement beyond the
possibility of misconstruction. In brief
it provides that where conditions arts
on the American side of the border
similar to those at Columbus, which
led to the orders to General Funston
to enter Mexico, the same prhrUacs
will be accorded to the Mexican da
facto government without the neoea
slty of a further exchange of -viewa.
It is clearly stated, however, that the
bandits to be pursued on Aznerleaa
soil by Mexican troops must have mu
from this American side, committed,
depredations on the Mexican side and
fled back again to United States) terri
tory. There is no such instanco
record in recent years.
Text of Reply to Carranza. -. '
This is the text of the reply to Gett
ers! Carranza's proposal, sent to Cob-'
sul Silliman:
The government of the United
States has received the courteous not,
of Senor Acuna and has read, with
satisfaction his strgirestion for recip
rocal privileges to the American and'
Mexican authorities in the pursuit and,
(Continued on Pago Ton)
HONORS FOR NEW HAVEN
RIFLE AND REVOLVER CLUB.'
Win Class D Championship in Nation-
al Inter-Club Matches.
Washington. March IS. The Peters 1
Rifle and Revolver club of Kings MIHs, ,
Ohio, was announced as winner today
of the national lnter-club champion
ship matches recently completed under
the auspices of the National Rifle as-.
soclatlon. Seventy-two rifle clubs
competed.
The aggregate score of the King
Mills club was 10.911 leading the Class
A organizations and winning the na
tional trophy. Leaders In each of tho
other classes Into which the dob)
we rdeivided were:
Class B. Ogden, Utah, rifle, 10,01$.
class C. St. Paul. Minn. Rifle and Re
volver club. 10,800: class D, Qurrmt
plae Rifle and Revolver club. New Ha
ven, Conn, 10.817; class E. Pierre 8.
D. Rifle and Revolver club, 10.$1:
class F. Taunton, Mass, Indoor R13
club, 10.E82.
TABLETS IN COMMEMORATION
OF BIRTH OF TELEPHONE.
Unveiled at Boston by Prof. Alex
ander Graham Bell, the Invents
Boston. March 18. Tn commemora
tion of the birth of thetelephona and
Its first use in this city forty years
ajro. two tablets were unveiled here -today
by Professor Alexander Gra
ham Bell, inventor. The first tablet
waa set in a building; on Court street,
whore Professor Bell concolved - tha
Idea of tho transmission of the human (
voice over a wire. The tablet bears
the Inscription: ,
"Hero the telephone was born, Jan!
!. 173."
The other tablet has been r laced
on Eieter plaro, from which Professor
Bell transmitted tho first complete and
Intelligent messagn to Thomas A.
Wntson. March 10. 187. Professor
Bell's words were:
"Watson, please come here, I want
you."
MARINES DETAILED TO :
GUARD RADIO STATION.
At Entrance to San Diego, Cat.
Orders From Navy Department.
Fan Diego. Calif, March IS. Actln
under orders from the navy depart
ment Colonel II. J. Pendleton, com
manding the Fourth regiment of ma
rines, stationed at th exposition, to
day detailed guards for duty at tha,
two navy radio stations here.
The Point Loma station, at tha en- j
trance to San Diego, is relied upon J
by the government for all its business
between the United States and war
ships In Mexican waters. The Choi j
las tHelghts station, now under eon- .
stroctlon, is to be one of tho largest i
radio plants In tho world. -
FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR CREW "
OF BURNING AMERICAN VES8&V
Ship Discovered Afire
Bermuda.
Southwest . of i
Galveston. Tex, March IS. Captain
Haelversen of the Norwegian steam
ship Terje Viken, which arrived hers
today from Newcastle, reported bavins;
spent the night of March 7 searching
for the crew of an American sallies;
vessel discovered on fire southwest of
Bermuda. TS degrees. 12 minutes wewt.'
and 27 degrees, IS minutes north. : Jv
could not make out ber name, but on
one side were tbo letters "U. 8. A"
The search for tbo crew was fruitless.