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WATCH npi Tour Label I . and Keep R * Paid Up. JL g VOL. 11, No. 29, SEM GOVERNOR SPEAKS ON STATE INSANE ASYIUI Speaks in Person and Witho Manuscript Before the Joint Assembly. FRANKL* EXPLAINS POLICY AT ASVT.IT Provided Excess Himself ai Does Not Ask For Reimbursement. Governor Manning's addre to the gwieral assembly review ing the condition of the insai asylum, delivered Friday, f< lows: *? Gentlemen of the General A +p, sembly In my annual message I st ted that I would transmit you a special message dealir with the State Hospital for tl Insane. You have courteous invited me to deliver this me sage in person. Permit me thank you for this privilege. At the outset, I wish to sta clearly that in referring to tl conditions which I found the when I became governor, must not be regarded as a pe sonal criticism, but rather statement of facts and cone tions as I found them. I would 1 disengenuous if I did not mal a full statement to you of th whole situation, and its needs. From personal observatio 1 found last . ydar, the physic condition of this institution be intolerable, if we are to co sider the treatment of these u fortunates as a solemn duty ai as an act of humaneness ar charity. The treatment < those patients was custodii rathe*" than that of giving ski! ed treatment to improve the condition of mind, as well as \ body This condition was fully r K* vealed to you in an exhausth report made by Dr. Herrin last year, throucrh me to vou. feel that it is unnecessary 1 repeat here what was stated that document. You, in a bod at my invitation, visited that ii stitution then, and the concl tion as shown by that repor and by what you found ther convinced you of the necessil for reorganization of the inst tution, and a change in tl treatment of the inmates. I ai sura that you recall vividly tl picture of what you saw then. Yesterday I invited you I visit again this institution i that you could see fur you selves, in a measure at leas what has been done, and is b ing done, under tj?e acts whic you so wisely passed at the la; session of the legislature. Tl improvements in the physic property are being carried on i a thorough and efficient mann< and when this work is compl ted I feel that it will be an ei during monument to your wi ^ dom and humaneness in provi< ing for the comfort and the in proved treatment of these ui fortunate citizens of our state Last year you taw the wretc ed condition, the discomfor and dirt in the cells in whic these people were *?onfined. saw, and you saw, how tl meals served were cold and ui palatable. You saw in *.he won an's department, which wi then the best department i that institution, the silent wi nesses?those straps that wei around the walls, that were use to resrain violent paUants. Gentlemen, the temptation 1 me is to go on and enumerai the different things that wei revolting, but I have promise you not to do so. But I can n< refrain from saying that i that women's ward and as tl ? ' It I- A ward tnai was inen in Desi coi dijion, you will recall that i that ward for violent patient C there were 92 of those violet subjects. They were confine in cells. We found that the fii protection was absolutely ii adequate and inoperative; v found the fire hose could not t attached to the hydrant, becauf (Continued on Page 4.) HE L I-WEEKLY. MORE REFUGEES ARRIVE AT HORDE: MOne Hundred Americans Cam Out of Mexico Last Night. ut El Paso, Texas, Jan. 17.?Ai Droximatelv 100 out. nf thp i on Americans and other foreignei who remained in Chihuahu state after the massacre ? Santa Ysabel a week ago toda? M were expected to arrive hei late tonight. Most of the passengers ai coming from the Parral distric around which bandits are sai . to be operating. The part includes a number of wome and almost a score of childrei ie some of whose parents decide )]_ to remain in Mexico. The train bearing the refi g. gees is not expected before mi( night and according to reporl from Juarez officials it woul j1" be preceded by a train bearin the body of Jose Rodriguez, tli bandit chief who was officiall reported by Carranza officials t y have been executed. A number of Americans wh reached here last night from th interior of Chihuahua state vei te ified the reports of Rodriguez ie execution. FAVORABLY REPORT r" CHILI) LABOR BIL a Measure Has Been Strenuousl )e Opposed by Mill Owners of <.e (he South. 1S Washington, Jan. 17.?Th bill to regulate the employmer 11 of children in the produc.tio al and and manufacture of intei to staes products which is oppose n_ by southern cotton manufactui n_ ers, was favorably reported t the house today by the labc committee, of The bill would make it unlav ful for a producer or dealer t il- ship in interstate commerc *r goods produced wholly or par ly by children under 16 years i mine or quarry products, and b e- children under 14 in case c /e manufactured producs. Sixtee g. would be the age limit for mar 1 ufactured products when th to hours were longer than eigh in or at night. y, "Ex-Gov. W. W. Kitchin, c n- North Carolina, and others rej li- resenting the southern cotto t, mills opposed the bills," read e, the committee's repor. "Th ty evidence of the cotton manufac i- turers indicated a gratifying ? ie tention to the welfare of thei m employes in other respect: though it was admitted b those from North and Sout io Carolina that the laws of thos *o states still permitted them t r- employ 12 year old children fo it, 11 hours a day, while in Nort e- Carolina there was no factor :h inspection. st "The only opposition fror le manufacturers personally at til rvzi o v? i ?i /* f rw iii^ uciwic tiic ^Ulllllllttc in has been from the cotton man sr ufacturing states of North an e- South Carolina, Virginia an [i- Alabama, and the manufactui s- ing associations of those state [1- have been in the past opponent n- before their own legislatures o n- the raising of the age limit o shortening of the hours for th :h working children." ts In its report the committe ;h directed attention to the "fnc I that in several southern state ie having extensive cotton mill [i- there is no prohibition agains n- employment of young children is manufacturers in North am in South Carolina even being per t- mitted "to employ 12 year ol< re children for 11 hours a day." !d OSBORNE PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO INDICTMENf White Plains, N. Y., Jan. 11 ?Thomas Mott Osborne, form [c. er warden of Sing Sing prisor !f. pleaded not guilty today befor Justice Morschauser to the in in dictment charging him wit] 1C perjury. The date of his trifi 1" was set for Feb. 7. in a, KAISER MUST WAIT WEEK it Rome, Jan. 17.?According t repors received by the vaticw *e Emperor William underwent ai operation laat Thursday. Al re though the operation is descrih >e ?d as having been successful i 'c is said that a week must elaps ? before his majesty may be pre nounced out of danger. 'irtfY'^Tii ' , , 'L\ . . . _ .. - >. ANCA LANCASTER, S. "ICARRANZA RENEWS ,e PROMISE TO PUNISH ^ About to Issue Decree Author .s lzing Any Citizen to Exea cute Any of Bandits. it /, WITHOUT PALE e OF THE LAW ,e i Similar Decrees Issued and Executed in Case of Dynamiting Passenger Train. n' Washington, Jan. 16.?Gen. Carranza today renewed his asl(j surances to the United States that he would make every effort !_ I to punish those responsible for j the murders of Americans near j Santa Ysabel. dj A dispatch from Consul Silligi man, at Queretaro, to the state le j department said Carranza had \?! nprsnnnllv noanrofl \It? Cillirvmn ;o in reply to the department's demand that the murderers be run 10 down, that he "had issued orle ders for the immediate pursuit, r- capture and punishment of 's those responsible for the atrocity." The dispatch from Consul Silliman follows: L "Department's telegram of January 13, 5 p. m., massacre .v Americans at Santa Ysabel, rej ceived at 8:20, and implaced beI fore Gen. Carranza by me in ie i person. Gen. Carranza said that he had already issued orders for 11 i the immediate pursuit, capture and punishment of those re^ sponsible for the atrocity. He r" stated that he believed this out? j rage was committed by men as,r sociated directly with Villa and ! that it was done specially to ' provoke international troubles u at this time. He said he had de:e clared those responsible outside ^ the law, to be punished with n death if caught. y "He appeals to the secretary of state and to the public of the n United States to consider the 1_ wide strip of the Cenral railway e' the great difficulty of guarding t the entire distance, and the comparatively easy task of des* troying a train or attacking a r small place. He says that non body can lament more than he s | such an atrocity or be more cone cerned about it, but that protection is relative and that even l~ in the best negulated (?) states r outbursts of disorders and lawlessness may cause destruction y of property and loss of life, "j "He says he is expecting full e I reports from Gen. Trevino, and ?! that all efforts will be made to ? I protect Americans and any oth" I er forpicners who mnv hp in thp y district. His belief is the massacre was made premediatively 11 by a band who fled at once after H the raid." I Oarranza's telegram today to his embassy here follows: j j "The government, under my i direction, has adopted every "(necessary measure to insure ^ i the prosecution of an energetic f campaign for the capture and r destruction of the party of Vile lista bandits, and to continue the same to its complete accomn plishment. I have asked Gen. { Jacinto P. Trevino, command? ing the constiutionalist troops ^ ii i.i. i i / ii_ _ 3! in me neignoornooa ot ine asV; sassinations, to obtain for me , | the names of the assailants in rj order that a decree may be is ; sued placing them outside the cj i pale of the law. When this is ; done any citizen or citizens of : the republic will have the right I to arrest the guilty parties F without warrant, and to exef4 cute them without formality. "Similar decrees were issued and executed favorably in the ? ntiSM of affraiilth atiH rlvrinmit i. ing of trains in another section h of the republic within the year, ij notably when a passanger train was dynamited and its passengers assaulted near Apizaco and [. again near Jalasa. These deo crees are made effective because n in the opinion of the governn ment those who perpetrate such I- assassinations of human beings >- be the victims native Mexicans t or foreigners, must be considere ed in exactly the same category ?- as those who dynamite the rail; way trains. . j. . ? , fr.Lxt. iLL .< > .s' *. lSTER C. JANUARY 17, 1916. four killed, Ten hurijnexplosion Terrific Explosion Aboard E-2 While Craft Was Undergoing Repairs in Dry Dock MEN WERE AT V ORK ON NEW EDISON BATTERY Gas Fumes Had to Be Blown Out Before Bodies in Craft Could Be Reached. New York, Jan. 15.?Four ! men were killed and ten injured, I five dangerously, in an exploi sion today on he submarine E-2 while the caft was undergoing repairs in dry dock at the New York navy yard. One of the | l.r i 11 y~wl ? ? 1 " J 1 1 | uitu iviucu ? us till eilllSlGQ G1GCtrician and the others civilian ' workers. i At least three of the ten now j in the hospitals are not expectI ed to live. The dead: Roy B. Seaber, ! electrician, second class, Clevej land; James II. Peck, civilian, general helper. Brooklyn ; J. P. : Schultz, civilian machinist, 'Brooklyn; Joseph Logan, civilian, general helper, Brooklyn. The injured: L. Miles, Ramond Otto, August Kapin and Otto Hasert. The detonation was terrific, | but the submarine itself, from ] the outside, shows no effects. The interior was badly shat, tered, but so tight was the vesi sel's shell that there was no means of escape for gas and it was more than an hour after the blast before the work of recovering the bodies could be completed. A ladder blown up through the conning tower fell i r a c ? i xou xeei away, away. The injured and one body were removed soon after the accident, nut three bodies far down in the craft could not be reached until the pas had been blown out by compressed air. Soon after the explosion several naval officers led a rescue party but it were partly overcome by fumes. It was then that compressed air pipes were run into the shell. The number of men inside the submarine at the time of i the explosion is not known definitely. About twenty were working on the craft. It is not thought possible that anyone who was inside could i have eseanerl iniiiw \A7Viof 1 caused the explosion has not been definitely decided. Rear Admiral Nathaniel R. Usher, commandant of the navy yard, after a brief investigation, declined to express an opinion. He said: "The men were working in the battery companment of the E-2, discharging the new Edison batteries through a rheostat to measure the voltage, and the explosion occurred in that compartment. The battery will generate no kind of gas and there was no gasoline on J board. The engine was of the J oil burning Dysel type. Pending the appointment of I an official board of inquiry Rear : Admiral Usher named a temporary investigating committee ! as follows: Lieut. Commander Pope, i Washington, commander of the i receiving ship Maine; Lieut. L.j j M. Stewart, of the torpedo boat, i destroyer McCall, and Lieut., ! Rush H. Fay, commander of the submarine division to which the E-2 was attached. This committee immediately began to take the testimony. , The opinion was expressed that the press of withdrawing; ine cnarge irom tne batteries might have caused the formation of hydrogen gas. The explosions of that nature have been frequent on all submarines of the navy and slight ones have occurred on American boats. The E-2 was the only vessel in the world equipped with the j Edison nickel batteries and she made her first trip with them December 7, last. Tt was reported that the new batteries gave better speed with less ne\ j FLAMES RAVAGE NORWEGIAN (in Third of Bergen Destroyed b} Fire?Great Property Loss. Christiania, Jan. 16 (via Lon don).?A third of the city ol Bergen, a thriving Norwegiai seaport with a population o: 90,000 was destroyed last nighi by fire. Two thousand persons are homeless hut no livoa way. lost. The property damage is estimated at $15,000,000. The conflagration is said t< be the worst ever recorded ii Norway. The business sectioi with its old wholesale houses several of the largest of the ho tels, a number of schools, th< electric plant and banks am newspaper buildings was tlr parC burned. Difficulties of the 2,000 per sons now without homes wer increases by the fact tha.. largest storage houses, fillei with provisions for supplyim the surrounding country, wer burned down. It is harder t obtain groceries today than a any time since the war began. UNITED STATES' \ \ V Y R WKFin TIIII?l " ' ?.? *%? Secretary Daniels (Jives Com parison of Navies of World at Heginning of War. Washington, Jan. 17.?Hov I the United States ranked thin : among the world's naval pow | ers at the beginning of the Eu 1 ropean war, when data on for i eign tleets ceased to be avail ale, is explained in a letter I ron | Secretary Daniels, made pub lie tonight by Representative Madden, of Illinois. Mr. Mad den called attention to a state 111 e 11 i oy nrepresentativi Kitchin, the house majority leader, who i s opposing the new navy program, declar ing that the records showei the American fleet was superio] to that of any nation excep Great Britain. In reply, the secretary sail the strengh of a modern nav\ could be estimated on the nurn ber of dreadnaughts and that according to the department*! information, Great Britain had on August 1, 1914, 46 dread naughts, Germany 28, the Uni ted States 14, France 13 and Ja pan 8. The United States nov has 19 dreadnaughts in commis sion, building or authorized, hi ix..* I tiviuru, lillL UVJtlllll^ l?s MIUVVII ci: | to what other powers have buili 1 or ordered since the war began ZEKO WEATHER OVER EASTERN HALF COUNTRY Washington, Jan. 17.?Neai zero weather prevailed tonighi over much of the country easi of the Mississippi river. No re lief was in prospect for tomor ) row, but the government fore i casters predicted slightly warm 1 er weather for Wednesday. Skies were fair with the nier cury around zero north of tht Ohio during the day, but sleel I storms swept many sections oi the south all the way to th< gun. i no center 01 me cok l wave was over West Virginia At Elkins the thermometer reg istered four degrees above zerc mark. Miami, Fla., was tht warmest place, with a reading of 71 degrees. On the Pacific coast a new storm was moving eastward. I)> numinter (ids l.il'c Sentence. Los Angeles, Jan. 17.? Matthew A. Schmidt, cinvirta/l a mrr, r?i rr.urder in connection with the dy:: amiting of he Timtes building, wai sentenced today to life imprisonmetn in San Quentin prison. fuel. The Edison battery, experiments have proven, generate5 nearly double the ordinary amount of hydrogen during the process of charging, but on dis charging or while lying idU gives off much less. During th< battery trials there were re ports from her officers of an un due amount of nydrogen. Th< boat made one trip with observ ers aboard, and it was reporter that while in operation noi enough gas was generated to b< dangerous. a am I WEATHER W I day continued B I co'(' aml ,uiri f "J I Wednesday fair \bna& I and warmer. $1.50 A YEAJt. MONTENEGRO IS 'I READY FOR PEACE ' Submits to Unconditional Lay1 ing Down of Her Arms fj Against Invaders. tl ?| BRITISH AND RUSSIANS PRESSING THE TURKS ) British Make Advances in Mesopotamia and Russians in the Caucasus. Beset on the north, east and - west by Austro-Hungarian e armies and with all lines of re1 treat cut off. except into Albania ei where hostile tribesmen must be faced, Montenegro has ask-ied Austria-Hungary for Peace --11 t? iiim ner request has been granted. The unconditional laytl ing down of arms by Montenegro was made the basis of the 3 opening of peace negotiations, 0 and Montenegro accepted these t terms imposed by the dual monarchy. This announcement was made to the Hungarian parliament by 1 Premier Tisza, and it was met with an ovation on the part of r the members of the chamber. Thus comes the first withdrawal of any belligerent from eithi er of the alliances that have v i been fighting with each other 1 since August, 1914. It had been conceded for days - that the situation of Montene gro was a critical one. Although -line army 01 me uttie kingdom 1 fought valiantly against the -1 Austro-Hungarians, it was un2 i equal, because of inferior forces -I lack of guns and it has been -. stated, a shortage in commis21 sariat supplies, to the task of J holding back the armies that I had, in conjunction with their -1 allies, succeeded in crushing 1 Serbia. r Already the Montenegrin t capital and many of its important towns had fallen into the 1 hands of the Austro-Hungarir j ans, and the invaders were well on their way to Montenegro's , chief seaport?Antivari. Last * accounts had the Montenegrin ? irovernmont nt Scutari TV?? V vasv&v liuo UCCU ' fighing only at isolated points from the Riga region to Bukowina. According to he semi-official Overseas News Agency of Berf lin, Entente Allied roops have i landed at Phaleron, a port five 5 miles southwest of Athens, and . once the port of the Greek capital. The Berlin newspapers, the news agency says, attribute this as part of the preparations . inlooking to the overthrow of , intr of Eliphtherioa Venizeloa, r the former premier, who always ? haa aided with the enffente pow. era, at the head of a Greek re? public. Ill'T ONE TENTH OF AMERICANS LEAVING J El Paso. Text.*, Jan. 17.?Approx" Imately one hundred of a thousand 1 Americans and oth'T foreigners who I remained In Cli'hnahua state after the massacre at Santa Ysabel a week - ago today were expected to arrive 1 here late tonight. " whereabouts of King Nicholas - is not known. The British and the Russians ' in Mesopotamia and the Cau casus region, respectively, are - pressing the Turks hard. The *; army of King George coming t northward from Persian gulf ' to the relief of the British forces at Kut-el-Amara, has driven . the Ottomans to within six miles of he beleaguered town on i the Tigris. The Russians in their drive along the front of nearly 100 miles in the Caucasus have won "i additional points of vantage "I from the Turks, especially in " the Arasa and Inid valley re' I gions. Constantinople admits I this, but says that south of the Arasa in hand-to-hand lighting * in a Russian advanced position. : heavy casualties were inflicted on the Russians by the Turks. On the other fronts little ! lighting of moment has taken * place. The British and French guns in France and Belgium * have been busy bombarding ? German trenches, while on the Russian front fhuvu Vioo