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Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
Women's Peace Congress.
TURKS REPORT DEFEAT OF LANDING ALLIES
Many Forced to Hastily Return to
 Their Ships.

Constantinople, April 27, via Am Eterdam and London, S.05 p. m.-The Turkish war department today gave but the following official statement: sUnder the protection of warShips the yenemy attempted to land troops Sun kday at four points on the west coast Eof Gallipoli, namely, at the mouth of &Sfghinders, on the coast in the district of Aviburn to the west of Kabatepeh, <on the coast at Tekeburun and in the Xneighborhood of Kumkales.
 'The troops of the enemy which Handed at Tekeburun were forced to Aretreat at the point of the bayonet and were pushed back to the coast. Part Dbliged hastily to return to their ships. 3progressing successfully. | Simultaneously fleet approached &he Dardanelles in order to force the Xstraits from the sea, but it was obliged No retreat before our fire.
 ssThe forces of the enemy which Handed at Rum Kaleh advanced under kthe protection of warships, but de- kpfte a heavy bombardment from all Edes our trotops drove them back to
 be coast
 "The enemy lost four hundred men
 filled and two hundred taken prison krs. Our losses were insignificant"
 "A party of Moslem soldiers who landed with the French troops on this
 oint of the coast deserted the French
 nd Joined our forces.
 Before Kabatepeh we captured a
 urnber of English and Australian sol-
 iers. among them a captain and a ieutenant.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
MAY HOLD INQUEST ON
 DEATH OF ARTHUR H. CoWL.
Although Medical Examiner Does Not
 Hold Miss Wheeler Responsible.

Bridgeport, Conn, April 27.-Coroner John J. Phelan said tonight that if public opinion demands it he will hold an inquest in the case of Arthur Hearn Cowl, who was shot at the home of Arthur DeF'orest Wheeler on Academy Hill, Stratford, Monday night. Tn the opinion of Medical Examiner Garlick, who gave the permission to remove the body to the youths home at Great Neck, l.. l., three is no ques- ton but that Cow1 committed suicide.
 The medical examiner does not hold Miss Wheeler responsible for the shooting in any way and thinks that 1t
 would have been impossible for her to pull the ribbon which was attached to the trigger of the gun in such a way that it would have been discharged without aid from Cowls own finger pressing on the trigger.
 The medical examiner will file his report with the coroner Wednesday, and after the coroner has seen the re- port he will decide whether an inquest Is necessary.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
Seven Killed
 by an Explosion
OF DYNAMITE AT KENSlCO DAM,
 NEW YORK
ELEVEN ARE INJURED
Premature Discharge Threw Out Forty
 ting Ready to Run to Place of Safety

New York April 27.-Seven Italians were killed and eleven were injured in a premature explosion of dynamite this morning in the cutoff trench at the new Kensico dam.
 The explosive had been placed and the men were getting ready to run to a place of safety when the whole charge went off, throwing out forty tons of rock. The men who were caught under the rock were killed in stantly.
 Seven Men Caught in Trap.
 Four of the injured are so badly hurt that it is thought they, too, will die.
 The men had been working about ninety feet down from the surface. The charges had been inserted in holes drilled in the rock some ten to twenty feet above them, where there was a big piece of stone that had to bs blast ed out. When the signal to break for cover was given the Italians started for a cutoff trench, but had taken only 8. few steps when there was a tre- mendous report, followed by the crash of falling earth and rocks. Only the seven men caught in this trap in the lower level met death. The fifteen men who were injured were all on an other level and were struck by flying bits of stone thrown to a great dis tance.
 Wires Must Have Been Crossed.
 The foreman of the job, a man known as Juliano, had only one expla- nation for the accident. '0The electric wires leading from the battery to the dynamite charge must have gotten crossed" he said.
 There were 1,500 laborers employed at the dam by the Kerbauch company. About 100 of them were mustered in the trench after the explosion, and the work of rescue began. More men could not be used to advantage. Wounded Hoisted to Surface. The wounded were placed in slings and hoisted to the surface by der rick They were then rushed to the camp hospital, to which several doc tors from White Plains had been call ed. Dr. Lawrence, in charge of the hospital, went into the trench, where he attended many of the men. News of the disaster spread quick ly, and soon the entrance to the works was crowded with women and ehi1dren, relatives of the employees. The aque- duct police were hurried to the scene and kept the crowd in order.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
Manufacture and
 Sale of Electricity
HOUSE PLACES IT IN CHARGE OF
 UTILITIES COMMISSION
REVISION OF STATUTES
House Concurs With Senate-Nor~ich Judeeships Go to Barnes and Pettis -Senate Kills Sunday "Movies."
Especial to The Bulletin.)

Hartford, April 27.-There was con siderable discussion in the house when an act regulating the manufacture, transmission and sale of electricity was taken from the house calendar. The bill provides that the public utili- ties commission shall have exclusive Jurisdiction over every system used for the transmission of electricity, and the kind, quality and finish of fixtures used in the construction and operation, and the method of their use, including all plants and apparatus used for general
 ing electricity located upon private property upon which there are con- ductors capable of transmitting elec- tricity to other premises in such man ner as to endanger any person or prop
 erty. Said commission may make any
 order necessary to the exercise of such
 power and direction, which order shall
 be in writing and entered in the rec
 ords of said commissioners. Every person or corporation operating any
 such system or generating plant shall, at its expense, comply with such order. Any person violating any provision of any such order shall be subject to the
 penalty prescribed in section 35 of chapter 12S of the public acts of 1911.
 Sec. 2. Any corporation authorized
 to sell and distribute electricity to electric light and power companies. railroad companies, street railway companies, or electric companies, may, within the territory within Wn1cn IL IS
 authorized to transmit or convey such electricity for the purposes aforesaid, and subject to the restrictions con- tained in section hereof, sell, trans
 mit convey and deliver the same to any person or corporation desiring to
 use such electricity for the purpose of power, and for any use incidental to or connected with manufacturing pur- poses.
 Sec. 3. No corporation shall exercise the privileges conferred by the pro- visions of this act within the territory
 where any corporation organized un- | der any special act of the general as- sembly of this state shall be engaged in the business of selling and dis 1 tributing electricity for light, heat o1 power, until it shall have given notice | of such intention to the public utilities commission, with the names and loca- tion of the persons and corporations tc I whom it proposes to sell such elec- (continued on Page Ten)
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
TREATMENT BY GERMANS
 OF BRITISH PRISONERS
Discussed at Session of British Par Iiament Yeseterday.

London, April 27, D. m.-The Brit iSh parliament occupied itself solely
 today with discussions on the treat ment of British prisoners of war in Germany. In both the house of lords
 and the house of commons gratitude was expressed for the efforts that have been made by the United States to ameliorate the conditions of the pris- onerS
 Lord Kitchener's speech in the house Of lords, in which, as a soldier he said he lamented what he was convinced was German inhumanity toward Brit lSh soldiers was the most notable ex- pression of the day. There were, how ever, equally striking notes in both
 houses, notably by Lord Lansdowne, leader of the opposition and Lord Cro-
 mer, who expressed regret in the house of lords that the British admiralty had seen fit to segregate captured German submarine crews and by Premier As- Quith in the house of commons, who declared that at the end of the war, the British people would exact rep aration. No definite course of action concerning the treatment of prisoners was agreed on by either house. In the house of commons Neil Prim- rose said that American officials all ready had visited sixteen prisoner camps in Germany and that the re- ports thus far secured had shown inn provement in the treatment that was
 being accorded the British prisoners held in them.
 Earl Kitchener said that as a sol- dier he hitherto had always held off, l cers of the Germany army in respect,
 but constant testimony that has come in, not only from our own escaped
 prisoners, but from French, Russian, Belgian and American sources, has | brought it home to all who have sift- | ed the evidence that the inhumanity
 displayed by the German authorities towards British prisoners especially, is beyond doubt"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
APPEAL FOR RELIEF OF
 ARMENIAN CHRISTIANS
Made to the Turkish Government by the United States.

Washington, April 27.-An appeal for relief of Armenian Christians in Tur- key, following reported massacres and threatened further outrages, was made to the Turkish government today by the United States.
 Acting upon the request of the Rus sian governments board through Am basSador Bakhemeteff, Secretary Bry- an cabled Ambassador Morgenthau at Contanttnople to make representations to the Turkish authorities asking that steps be taken for the protection of imperilled Armenians and prevent the recurrence of religious outbreaks.
 Ambassador Bakhemeteff called at the state department late today with a despatch from his government which
 included an appeal to the president o1 the United States for aid forwarded through the Russian government, from the Catholics of the Armenian church at Etchmiadzin, in the Caucasus, Rus sia being at war with Turkey and could not conduct negotiations directly in the matter
 "The request from the head of the Armenian church to this government forwarded through the Russian ambas- sador," said Secretary Bryan, lis the first official notice the department has received of the reported Armenian massacres. Our action was taken as a matter of humanity. We notified MT ..A VI Q 5SAA S1Ae|o tO oAOAAAAI SAC AI1IIOA U the Turkish government, asking that inquiry be made and combined there with a request for representations or behalf of the Armenians."
 Despatches from Tifiis several days ago contained first news of atrocities against Armenians in Turkey. Officials here are inclined to the belief tha Mohammedan Kurds, whom Turkish troops several weeks ago drove out o1 Urumiah, Persia, where outrages haC
 been committed against American anC French missionaries and refugees crossed into Armenia to renew theil
 warfare against Christians.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
ALLIES REPORT PROGRESS
 NORTH OF YPREs
French Have Taken Offensive at Les
 Eparges.

Paris, April 27. 1927 p. h.-The fol- lowing official communication was is- sued h.1 the war office tonight:
 ''To the north of Ypres our progress continues, as well as that of the Brit ish army. We have taken number of prisoners and have completed a throwers and machine guns
 "On the front of Les Eparges-St. Re my trench of Calonne, the Germans attacks have been completely repulsed At one point alone an officer estimates the killed at nearly a thousand. We have taken the offensive and are mak- ing progress.
 "At Hartnans- Wei1erkopf, after hay ing retaken the summit we advanced for a distance of two hundred metres down the eastern slopes."
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
 AT THE DARDANELLES
Troops Making Good with Effective
 Help of Navy,

London, April 27, 11.47 p. m-A joint war office and admiralty statement issued tonight on the Dardanelles oper- ations says:
 After days of hard fighting in a difficult country the troops landed on Gallipon peninsula are thoroughly making good their footing with the effective help of the navy. The French have taken 500 prisoners"
 The statement appends the follow ing. which, it says. is officially pub lished at Cairo:
 '"The allied forces under General Sir Ian Hamilton have affected a landing on both sides of the Dardanelles un- der excellent conditions. Many pris- oners have been taken and our forces are continuing their advance"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
VALE OARSMEN HAVE
 THRILLING EXPERIENCE
Sudden SquaII Filled Varsity and < Sophomore Shells with Water.

den sQuall which kicked up unusually high seas on the harbor, imperilled the Yale varsity and sophomore eight oar crews early tonight. Both shells were filled with water. but the oarsmen managed to reach shore safely after of Tacoma, Washn., who was in a sim gle scull near the breakWater, five miles from the boathouse, was pulled aboard the coaching launch after his water filled scull had nearly capsized.
 The varsity boat was three miles out when the storm broke. Coach Nickalls sent the coaching launch to the rescue and after seeing the shells in smoother water, turned about and went to the assistance of the sopho- more boat and Caesar. The shells were landed at Morris Cove, the oarsmen wading ashore.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
MORE TROLLEY TROUBLE
 AT SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
800 Employees Vote to Strike Again
 ffIf Necessary"

Springfield, Mass, April 27.-The union of 800 employees of the Spring field Street Railway company, who re- turned to work after two days strike month ago, tonight voted to strike again, "if necessary" This action fol- lowed the report of committee which had conferred with representatives of the company regarding the provisions of a new working agreement
 Union officials announced that their committee had reported a disagree ment and that the union had placed it's case in the hands of John H. Reardon of Worcester, member of the execu- tive board of the International Street Carmen's organization. MT. Reardon was empowered to confer with the street railway officials, if he so wishes and was instructed that the carmen were ready to strike If necessary"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
DECIDED IMPROVEMENT IN
 sTEL AND IRON INDUSTRY March Earnings Were $8,oo4, 136, Against $4,511 ,o58 in February.

New York, April 27.-Decided i'm provement in the steel and iron indus try Is seen in the financial statement of the United States Steel corporation for the first quarter of the calendar year, issued today. Taking the report by months it shows that March earn ings were $S, S,004, ,136, as against $4,511,- e5S in February and $2.5S7.176 in Jan uary.
 Total earnings were $12, ,457, ,S09, a gain Of $1,524,639 over the preceding quarter, the net income showing an increase of S339, 1915; this left the small balance of $915,05S applicable to pay ment of the preferred dividend which required an outlay of s6,304, ,919. To meet this deficit 1t was necessary to draw on last Decembers undivided surplus to the extent of S5, ,s61-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
I BIG GUN PRACTICE BY COAST ARTILLERY
Fourteenth Company of Bridgeport
 High With 12-Inch Rifles.

Washington, April 27.-Results of big gun practice by the coast artillery militia during the past year were made public tonight by Brigadier General Mills, chief of the war de- partment's militia division.
 The companies making the best scores with the various weapons with their average of hits, follows:
 Six inch rif1es-Fourth Maine com pany, four hits out of five, shots mean range 5,275 yards; figure of merit 68,000.
 Eight inch rif1es-Fifth North Caro- lima company, two hits out of three shots: mean range 6,197 yards; figure of merit 42,800. z Ten inch rif1es-Third Maine com pany, three hits out of three shots; mean range FOOT yards; figure of merit 60,550.
 Twelve inch rifles.-Fourteenth Con- necticut company, three hits out of three shots; mean range 6,277 yards figure of merit 60,104.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
REGISTERED
 eoe IN NEW YORK
New High Record for Appl-Several
 Heat Prostrations. ..

mometers were flirting with the 100 degree mark in New York today under the rays of midsummer sun. Some climbed to 97, but the official ther- mometer of the weather bureau was content to stop at 90.9 degrees at 3:45 p. m-, setting, however, a new high record for April temperature in this vicinity. The previous maxi mum April temperature was establish ed on April 1s,1896, at S9.9 degrees.
 There were several heat prostrations, and summer clothing, including an oc-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
25 SUN SPOTS COVER
 soo,ooo SQUARE MILES
Reported by Observers at Christian
 Brothers College at St. Louis.

St. Louis, April 27.-.Twenty-five sun spots, covering solar area estimated at 300, 900 square miles, were reported today by observers at Christian Broth ers' college here. The largest spot it was said, was 10000 miles in dia- meter.
 Wireless stations here were said to have observed atmospheric phenomena, due, it was believed, to the sun spots.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28

The march on Constantinople has begun. British and French troops, having effected a landing on both $sides of the Dardanelles under what are described as excellent conditions have taken many prisoners and are ! continuing their advance.
 i The British war office and admiral ty announce that "the troops land ed on Gallipoli peninsular are II thoroughly making good their footing with the effective help of the navy" Paris officially announces the occu- =pation of Kun Kaleh, on the Astattc tide of the strait, by French infantry hnd artillery. That the Turks offered desperate resistnce to both the land- ng occupation, although they were under the guns of French warShips, is indicated by the fact that they de- ivered severe counter attacks and en- played heavy guns.
 More Troops Landing.
 .The number of troops on this ex- $pedition. which is in command of General Sir Ian Hamilton, is not known, but while those already ashore Ire moving forward and strengthening Their positions, the disem barkation rom the transports still goes on.
 The Turkish official statement re- pecting the operations declares that Ilthough hostile forces were landed at Kum Kaleh and advanced under the 3proteetion of the warships, they were $drived back to the coast, several hun dren men being killed.
 Turks Tell of Partial Victory.
 The Turkish war office also asserts 5hat the allies attempted t land troops Bunday at four points on the west boast of Ga1lipon aud that one of the Handing parties was finally forced to &retreat to the ships.
 The battle around Ypres in Flanders continues but apparently the combat nas reached the end of the first stage.
 Germans Checked in Flanders.
 The Germans have been checked in 7their onward rush and British, French land Belgians are pushing back hard in an effort to regain the lost ground. Not much information is vouchsafed in the bfficial statement from the war offices, keyond that contained in the French Rtatement that both French and British Ire making progress to the north of
 pres.
 Supplementing its previous charge 5ythat the Germans in the battle of $Ypres used asphyxiating gases the British war office declares that medi- kal evidence shows that Canadian sol aiers died mot from wounds but from poisoning by gases employed by the enemy"
 carpathian Operations. Tn the eastern WAT zone Iuee CdiIl Rign at present occupies secondary bsition to the operations in Fland- Frs and against the Dardanelles. The Austrian war office says that in the ECarpathians the Russians have sus- &pended their attacks after having suf- fered severe losses. Petrograd tells o1 a severe Austrian repulse in the Car pathians on April 30 and the capture Of an Austrian battalion near Stry.
 wop,apye paaea Cannress
 The International Women's Peace 4 congress, which included 51 Ameri- eans, has begun it's session at The Hagle. The desire of the congress Fas expressed by delegates from both X beIligerent and neutral nations, is tc kbring the world war to a conclusion and ensure durable peace.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
NEW DRAFT OF DEMANDS
 BY JAPANESE ON CHINA
Now in the Hands of the, Chinese Minister-WHl Be Further Discus sion.

Picking, April 2S, 3l35 a. m.-With the new draft of the Japanese demands on China now in the hands of the Chinese foreign minister, Lu Cheng- Hsiang, interest is aroused in the na- ture of the notifications which Japan has made in the original document. President Yuan Shi Kai and his ad- visors have carefully examined the demands as amended, but no decision has been reached and they are likely to be the subject of further discus sdOnS.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
MARCH HAS BEGUN
 ! ON CONSTANTINOPLE
Allies Have Effected Landing on Both Sides Of the
 <x. DardaneIes Under Excellent Conditions
TURKS HAVE OFFERED DESPERATE RESISTANCE

The Germans Have Been Checked in Their Onward Rush
 Around Ypres and the British French and Begans are Pushing Back Hard in Effort to Regain Lost Ground British War Office Declares Canadian Soldiers Were Killed by Poisonous Gases-Accounts of Operations fl in the Carpathans Contradictory, Austrians Claim
 ing the Russians Have Suspended Their Attacks, While Petroerad Tells of Severe Austrian Repulse April 25
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
OBITUARY.
theodore s. Garnett.

tHSouOTG SdTHSkIs
 Norfolk, Va, April 27.-Theodore $. Garnett, a distinguished lawyer and former Confederate officer, died here today. He was on the staff of Gen eral "Jeb'' Stuart.
 William w. Mosher.
 Meriden, Conn, April 27.-William w. Mosher, a local druggist for AS years, died tonight after a two weeks illness of cerebral hemorrhage. MT. Mosher was born in Canajoharie, N. r., in 1S4S and came to Meriden in 1865. He was vestryman of St. Andrew s Episcopal church an dtreasurer of the Curtis Home for Aged Women. He was Mason. He leaves widow and one son, W, w. Mosher. MT. Mosher held many political officers, being treasurer of the town for seven years and city treasurer two years.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
a VICTIMS OF FLOODS IN TEXAS.
Property Loss Will Reach Into the
 Millions,

Austin, Texas. April 27-The death tolls resulting from the Texas floods was increased to.27 tonight when the bodies of Albert Ezell, nine, an un- identified woman and three negroes Der of missing is estimated variously at from 15 to 20. Property loss will reach into the millions
 Conditions tonight were pronounced encouraging by government observers.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
Rhode Island Legislature Appropriate
 ed S2 s14. 169.76.

Providence. R. L,April 27.-State of-
 ficials announced today that the legis-
 lature, at the session ended last week, appropriated $2,S14, 169.76. The in come for the year, they said, probably would exceed this amount by s111.552.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
Harvard eaeeaIaureate Hymn.

Cambridge. Mass, April 27-Lionel member of the senior class at liar ward and descendant of a cousin of the founder of the college, has won the competition for composer of the senior mavvalaureate hymn, it was an- nounced today. The hymn will be sung on baccaIaureate Sunday and at the chapel exercises on class day.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28

Another Forest Fire at PlainfieId.
 Plainfield, Conn, April 27-Another forest fire swept over the eastern sec tion of this town and part of the town of Sterling tonight. It is estimated that about 800 acres of timberland has been burned over. Volunteer fire light CTS by hard work saved the school house at Flat Rock from burning.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28

General Lucio Bionco, reported kill ed three weeks ago. has joined the Villa Zapata forces with two brigades, according to despatches today from Chihuahua to the Villa agency here at Washington.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28

Several Hundred Acres Burned Over.
 New Milford, Conn, April 27.-For- est fires on Candlewood mountain, near here, and on Skiff mountain in Kent, burned over several hundred acres to- day. Many local citizens responded to calls for help and assisted in fighting the fires.