New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 23, 1914, Page 1

& #& But Ready Hands Cared For Those “FOUR PERSONS DEAD, (o % citement had not thought themselves . sufferers are today feeling the effects ‘ ~ . Coroner John' J. Phelan of -Bridge- HERALD BEST OF ALL lLOCAL NEWSPAPERS PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1914 —TWELVE PAGES. RESULT OF TROLLEY CRASH AT WESTPORT Three Cars, Heavily Laden With Picnickers, Crash Into an Express Car. SCENES OF ANGUISH FOLLOW AMONG THE PASSENGERS Who Could Be Moved and These ‘Were Taken to Hospitals in Bridge- port and Norwalk.—Fuliy Half a Hundred Are Sald to Have Been Injured. Westport, July 23.—No additional deaths occurred during the night among the many victims of the crash of trolley cars here late yesterday, and the prospects are that there will be no immediate deaths and the list will stand at four, with the number of those injured either severely or slightly fully half a hundred, The dead were: Miss Mabel Cleveland, aged 23, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edson M. Cleveland, No. 2970 Main street, Bridgeport. Andrew Townsend, aged 16, son of’ Mrs. Frank Fisher, Bridgeport. George R. Fuller, aged 13, son of G. W. Fuller, Bridgeport. Frank Negry, aged 13, son of Mrs. Mary Negry., Bridgeport. Of the patients taken to the several ‘hospitals ten remained’ at the Bridgeport and St. Vincent's hospitals and six at the Norwalk hospital. Others have been removed to their homes, or had themselves departed, being not so badly hurt as at first feared. On the other hand, a num- ber of persons who, in last night’s ex- of their experience in bruises and shock. No Inquest Today, No inquest will be held today as port is desirous of obtaining as many witnesses as possible before he begins his task. He has ordered State Of- cer Frank Virelli and Deputy Sherift H. R. Elwood of Fairfield to serve subpoenas upon all persons .who have knowledge of the collision and can give information, and he has also or- dered any person Wwhe may be deemed a material witness to be placed under surveillance. Harold Nadin, the motorman of the passen- ger car which struck the trolley ex- press car, and who is at the hospital with a broken leg, is under observa- tion as a material w‘ltnefls but has not been arrested. The inquest will be held in Fable’s undertaking rooms here, where was held a part of the inquiry, by Coroner Phelan into the wreck of the Spring- field express in October, 1912, The bodies of those killed outright last night and of whom there were three, were taken to the undertaking rooms for examination by the medi- cal examiner. H There was nothing left at the junc- tion of King and State streets, known as Nash’s corner, in this town, to in- Gicate the extent of the wreck last night. The open car which was hit by the express car was completely demolished and it did not take long for a wrecking crew to gather up the remnants and throw them upon a flat car to be hauled away. The frame of the car crumpled up, and most of the roof was crushed. The express car was of so much heavier construction that it was not damaged to any ex- ent, It tore its way through half the passenger car. ‘When Crash Came, The main facts about the collision were unchanged today. Three pas- songer cars laden with members of the MASONS TAKE STEPS TOWARDS NEW HALL Masonic Temple Corporation For« mally Organized at Meeting Last Night. What were the first definite steps towards the realization of the fond- est dreams of New Britain Masons sonic Temple corporation was for- mally organized at a meeting in Ma- sonic hall in the city building. Law- yer George W. Klett, as attorney for the corporation, drafted a set of by- laws and a constitution which were approved by the incorporators. The authorized capital of the new corporation is $50,000 and $1,000 is already paid in. The stock sells at the par value of $26. The agitation for new quarters of their own was begun by Masons some time ago and the campaign has been waged dili- gently by all of the Masonic orders in the city. The new incorporation em- braces Harmony and Centennial lodges, A. F. & A. M., Giddings chap- jter, R. A. M., Doric council, R. & 8. M., and Martha chapter, O. E. 8. The corporation will hold its annual meet- ing on the fourth Wednesday in Jan- uary. Directors of the new incorporation were elected by the incorporators as follows: W. R. Sparks, E. B. Alling, W. W, Pease, E. W. Schultz, W. J. Rawlings, Willlam Cowlishaw, J. O. Mills, George H. Dyson, F. H, Dohren- wend, J. R. Andrews and W. E. Beers. The directors met immediately after the corporators’ meeting and chose he following officers: President—W. R. Sparks. Vice-President—E. W. Schultz. Secretary. ‘E, B, Alling. Treasurer—W. W. Pease. J. O. Mills was chosen auditor. ULSTER SITUATION STILL UNSETTLED No Solution Reached at Con- ference Held in Buck- ingham Palace. London, July 28.—The absence of the hitherto prompt announcement that the “conversations will be re- sumed tomorrow,” at the adjournment of today's conference at Buckingham Palace between the leaders of the political 'parties In' reference to the Ulster, situation was generally ac- cepted as an indication that their ef- forts to find a solution had failed. The extreme pessimism and the an- ticipation of a definite break-up of the conference were not justified, however, as later in the day an of- ficlal announcement was made that the conferees would continue their discussions tomorrow. The delay has caused a great deal of misgivings. The meeting was a little more protracted than:the previous ones. It was attended by Premier Asquith and Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George, representing the gov- ernment; Andrew Bonar Law, and the Marquis of Lansdowne, of the reg- ular conservative opposition; John E. Redmond and John Dillon of the Irish nationalists and Sir Edward Carson and Captain James Craig of the Ulster unionists. The crucial question of the area to be excluded from the control of the parliament in Dublln. under the Irish home rule measure was the chief sub- ject of discussion. It is supposed that it was found impossible by the conferees to attain an acceptable com- promise on this matter without fur- ther consideration. After the adjournment Premier As- quith was in audience for ten min- utes with King George, whom he in- formed of the situation. John Redmond and John Dillon drove direct from the palace to Down- ing street, where they lunched with Lloyd George. WHITE SLAVERY IS CHARGED Point Union Mission Sunday school, who had been on a picnic, left Roton Point for Bridgeport running fairly close together. Harold Nadin was motorman of the leading car and served as pilot for the others. While these cars were running towards Bridgeport an express car was coming from Bridgeport bound to Norwalk. According to statements made last right the express car passed a switch at Riverside and went on to a single track which passes through Westport, with one turn out to accommodate traffic. The picnic cars passed the switch at the Country club in the western part of the town about the same time, placing all the cars on one line of single track, approaching each other with but a single turnout on which to pass. It is claimed that the express car in passing a switch at Riverside set the signal light which protects the block against any car ap- proaching the switch at the Country club, The coroner’s inquest will de- termine, if Motorman Nadin had the signal against him at the Country club. The cause of the collision it is alleged, wag due to Nadin trying to make the single turnout which was between hig caf and the approaching express car, Both passengers on the car and eye- Witnesses say that the passenger car Meriden Man Held in $500 Bonds For Trial. Meriden, July 23.—Joseph Fromi of New York, who was arrested last night on charges involving white slavery practices was held in $500 bonds today for a trial in the city court. His arrest followed that of a young man and woman who are now held under minor bonds on a statutory charge, DR. McINTOSH SHOT. Columbia, 8. C., July 23.—Dr. J. H. MclIntosh, who has figured in a po- litical exchange with Gov. Cole Blease, was shot today by an un- known assailant. The wound is not dangerous. Dr. McIntosh says his assailant after, shooting, made off, shouting: “Now you won't bother Cole tomorrow.” GRANDSTAND BURNED. Montreal, July 23 'he grand stand of the Montreal Baseball Club of the International League, at At- water Park, was destroyed by fire be- was Ffunning at a high rate of speed " (Continued on Tenth Page.) fore sunrise today. The immedlate property loss was $6,000, The police are looking for an incendiary. were taken last night when the Ma- | ASKS INJUNCTION AND $1,000 DAMAGES Berlin Woman Sties cny Because Of Sewer Bed Nuisange. SAYS SEWAGE POLLUTES RIVER Plaintiff Wants Courts to Restrain New Britain from Using Sewer Bed and Discharging Crude Refuse into Mattabessett River, During the past few years the city of New Britain has been threatened time and again with lawsuits by Ber- !in people who claimed that the sewer beds, by overflowing into the Matta- bessett river, have damaged their property, but it was not until today that any of these threats were taken seriously. Florence M. Turner, of Berlin, through her attorney, Patrick T. McDonough, has sued the city for $1,000 damages and also asks that an injunction be issued restraining the city from using the sewer beds any more. The writ was served on City Clerk A. L. Thompson by Deputy Sheriff Myron D. Stockwell and is re- | turnable before the superior court at Hartford on the first Tuesday in Sep- tember. The plaintiff in the case owns con- siderable property in the town of Ber- lin and the Mattabessett river forms one of its boundaries. She claims that before the city bullt its sewer beds in Berlin the stream was wont to flow past her property in a pure condi- ticn. Now things have changed, and she claims that the overflow of sewage has polluted the ‘river. She claims that she is “entitled to the flow of sald stream in a pure, unpolluted and tncontaminated condition” and that the New Britain sewer prevents this. Onlls City Negligent. Mrs. Turner also blames the city for the existing conditions at the sewer beds and says that “‘the defendant has 80 negligently, carelessly and unlaw- fully managed its sewer beds that it has been unable to care for the same and they have been insufficient to care for the crude, organic sewage of the city of New Britain and the same have been allowed to flow without fil- tration into the said Mattibessett river, thus contaminating and pollut- ing said stream.” Insects Breed Discase, Because of the pollution of this river Mrs. Turner claims that her “land is injured and she is subjected to foul, injurious and unhealthful smells and odors, causing malarial dis- eases, as mosquitoes and other disease breeding insects develop, propagate and breed in this stream.” In addition to these claims Mrs. Turner asserts that the foul conditions rrevailing about her premises have caused her land to be useless for farming and less comfortable for do- mestic purposes, Asks $1,000 and Injunction. For all these alleged damages she claims $1,000 and “an injunction re- nlrnlnlhg the defendant from dis- charging and permitting to be dis- charged, the crude, organic sewage frem the sewer beds into the Matta- bessett river and from the discharge of other sewage from the streets of the city of New Britain into .the Mat- tabessett river above the plaintiff’s premises.” NAVAL MILITIA OFF. They Will Take Two Weeks OCruise on Rhode Island. Hartford, Conn.,, July 23.—The Second and Fourth divisions, Naval Militia, C. N. G., left the Union station at 6:54 this morning for New Haven, there to board the U. S. S. Rhode Igland for a two weeks' cruise. Most of the enthusiastic youngsters were up all night at the armory., There was a big crowd of girls at the station to wave them good bye. The Second included sixty-six men commanded by Lieutenant Frank J. Burns and the Fourth had forty-four in command of Lieutenant Willlam G. Hinckley. Ljeutenant Hinckley is the | senior ranking officer. ACTING MAYOR MUST CLEAN UP, Being Held Respounsible For Oity S?bles‘ New Haven, July 23.—Acting May- or Hubbard was informed by City Dirty Atforney ITerardi today that ashead of | the city government he was responsi- ble for the keeping of the city's sta- bles in a sanitary condition. The city attorney has been conducting a cam- paign against the owners of stables about the city, who have failed = to keep them properly looked after. Report was made to him that the stables owned by the city were not in a proper sanitary condition and the city attorney laid the matter before the acting mayor at the same time in- forming him that he was responsible for proper care of the stables and was llable as any private owner to arrest for failure to do so. NEW l:l"M“l')“ (‘()Ml‘ Hartford, Conn., July 2 poration papers filed with the secre- tary of state today include the Weed and Duryea company of New Canaan, capital $50,000, to engage in the lum- her husiness: the Nickel and Dime Stamp company, Bridgeport, capital £60,000. The Unfon Felt Hat com- pany of Danbury has filed a prelimi- nary certificate of dissolution, INY, . [JOHN W. FORCE DIES; ILL ONLY FEW DAYS Prominent Electroplater Never Re- covered From Shock Ciused By Wife's Sudden Death, Only about seven months after his wife’'s sudden death John W. Force, a well known citizen, died rather sud- denly at 9 o'clock this morning at his home at the corner of Stanley and Chestnut streets. Mr, Force had been ill for a few days but his death was not anticipated and will ¢dme as a great shock to his many friends in this city and about the state. The funeral will be held from his late home at 2:30 o’clock Saturday af- ternoon and interment will be in Fair- view cemetery. Rev, J. E. Rees will officiate. As the deceased was promi- nent in Masonic circles it is probable that he will be buried with the full Masonic rites. About seven months ago Mrs, Ade- laide Force, Mr. Force's wife, died suddenly and for a long time her husband was inconsolable and it is thought that his grieving may have brought on his own fatal illness. On Sunday night he was taken with what is thought to have been a slight shock and lapsed into a coma from which he never rallied. Mr. Force was born in Newark, N. J., sixty-two years ago, was an elec- troplater by trade and was an expert in his line. For many years he was employed by Traut & Hine in that capacity and later he left their em- ploy and went to New Jersey where he went into business for himself. Following this he returned to this city and took charge of the plating department at North & Judd's which position he held 'at the time of his death. Since joining Harmony lodge, A. F. & A. M, in 1902, Mr. Force had been actively engaged in that order and was one of its most prominent members. He is survived by his Mrs. Mabel Baldwin, he made his home. J. P. MORGAN ESTATE WNS $250 000 SUI That Sum Had Been Asked for By C. L. Barber for Mexican Claims. daughter, with whom New Haven, July ,23.—A decision was given in the superior court, civil side, by Judge W. H. Willlams to- day, in favor of the estate of J. Pier- pont Morgan, in a suit brought against it by Clarence L. Barber, of New York city, to recover $250,000 on judgments on claims based upon certain transac- tions involving properties in Mexico. The action has been before the courts of Connecticut for years. Exceptions are expected to be taken to Judge ‘Williams decision which will carry the case to the supreme court of errors. Originally the suit was against Mr, Morgan personally and at- tachment was made upon 25,000 shares of the stock of the New York, New Haven and ‘Hartford Railroad company which stood in Mr. Morgan's name. Last September service was made upon the administrators of Mr. Morgan’s estate, and the hearing was recently held. The properties which figured in! the suit in its early stages belonged to the International company of Mexico, which operated under a Connecticut charter. This company later sold its holdings to the Mexican Land and Colonization company, a British com- pany. It was claimed that the lat- ter company would satisfy labilities of the former company. Many out- standing claims passed into Mr. Bar- ber’s hands, and in 1895 he was made receiver for the International com- pany. He secured an order of judg- ment on claims which he held, and the action against Mr. Morgan finally came to pass, and in one form or an- other it has- been pending since March, 1911, AUTO STRIKES WAGON. New York Car Breaks Shafts of W. L. Damon’s Vehicle. In an attempt to pass between two teams going in opposite directions, an automobile bearing the registry num- ber 53061 N. Y., crashed into one of W. L. Damon’s delivery wagons this afternoon in front of the Herald of- fice, breaking the left shaft with a resounding report. After proceeding up the street a short distance, the driver of the au- tomobile left his car and returned to tell the driver of the damaged wagon that he was G, W. Davis of 450 76th street, New York, and that he would pay the cost of repairs upon receipt of a bill. FOUND DEAD IN BED. Torrington, July 23.—Mrs. Mary Good, 28, was found dead In bed this morning, Death was due to suffoca- tion during an attack of epllepsy. WEATHER. Hartford, Conn., July 23— For Hartford and vicinity: Becoming unsettled, showers tonight. Friday fair. MRS. WAKEFIELD S0BS AT SEEING CHILDREN Court Admits Her Statements Made to Coroner Mix. BUT HER COUNSEL ~OBJECTS Judge Reed Says She Made Them Voluntarily-~They Tell Her Story About Murder of Her Husband —Some New Testimony. New Haven, Conn., July 23.—With her two children of less than five years sitting in the laps of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, Webster, of Middlebury, and with every glance tewards them bringing a sob, Mrs. Bessle J. Wakefleld sat in Judge Reed’s court at the opening of her trial charged with murder. Judge James H. Webb was invited by Judge Reed to sit beside him on the bench when the latter entered the court room as a spectator of the proceed- ings. Mrs. Wakefleld showed signs of de- pression due, it was thought, to the worry over the trial. Nevertheless, when witnesses took the stand she be- came alert in her attention to what was said. s The jury did not come in, having been excused yesterday afternoon while State's Attorney Alling sought | to affirmatively establish as a fact that the testimony of Coroner Mix relative to statements made to him by the accused were made voluntarily and not under threats, and was in effect admissible as to yesterday's legal evi- dence. Mr. Alling called two more wit- ncsses in way of proving the admis- sibility of the coroner's evidence, Miss Mildred Legge, stenographer for Coroner Mix, told of the clrcum- stances attending her visit to Bristol with the coroner and subsequently of what Mrs. Wakefleld had told at the inquest in New Haven on July 2. Jury Called in. State Policeman Downing was re- called to testify as,to the incidents when Mrs. Wakefield made her recital to Coroner Mix at his office. “I find the statements were made voluntarily,” said Judge Reed, “you may call the jury,” when counsel for the accused said he had evidence to refute the claims that the statements made by Mrs. Wakefield to the coro- ner were voluntary. Counsel claimed that under the circumstances when TEAE the statements were not freely made and that they were, therefore, inadmissible. Judge Reed formally ruled admit- ting Mrs, Wakefleld's statements made to the coroner, and ordered the case to proceed before the jury. Mr. De- yine was allowed an exception to the ruling. The jury having been seated Coro- ner Mix began reading from the record of evidence given at the in- quest on Wakefleld’s body, this evi- dence being the same as was produced at the trial of Plew and at the first trial of Mrs. Wakefield. Miss Legge was permitted to tell about the interview the coroner had with Mrs. Wakefield in the county jafi and what she had taken down in shorthand. Mre. Wakefield said at the time: “I will tell you the truth; if I done anything wrong I am ready to be put away. He was the helper; he done the deed.” This testimony was not presented at the previous trial. WAR ON ARMY WORMS. Fifty Laborers Clean Up Morton Plant’s Farm. New London, July 23.—Millions of army worms which threatened the destruction of seventy dcres of corn valued at $10,000 on the Branford Farms owned by Commodore Morton F. Plant at Eastern Point have been virtually exterminated by a force of fitty laborers, automobiles and auto trucks under the direction of Pro- fessor G. H. Lamson of Connecticut Agricultural college. The {invasion wag noted late Tuesday and Professor Lamson was notified. He arrived at the farms Wednesday morning and at once inaugurated a war of annihila- tion on the worms, which at the time covered the ground in innumerable swarms. Double ditches were dug, complete- ly surrounding the great corn area. In the worst places a poisonous mash consisting of bran, paris green and molasses was strewn.The worms tack- led it with avidity and in almost less time than is required to write it, mil- llons of the creatures had ended their destructive careers. They lay so thickly in the ditches that they could be shoveled out like ashes from a fur- nace. In other sections where they were not so thick they were killed as they fell into the trenches. While the worms are not entirely eliminated from the estate it is be- lleved that they are thoroughly under control. Numbers of them are seen on the golf course, where they can do little harm. TO APPOINT DELEGATES. Delegates to the State Swedish Re- publican convention to be held at Mid- dletown Saturday, August 1, will be elected at a meeting of the local Swedish-Republican club, which is to take place at 8:15 o'clock tomorrow evening in Danielson & Abrahamson's offices at 168 Main street. MME. CAILLAUX HAS SMELLING SALTS She Feels Il and Exhausted, But Is Determined to Face Owdeal With Calmness. Paris, July 23.—Judge Louis Al- banel's court in the Palace of Justice, where Mme. Caillaux, wife of the for- mer premier, is undergoing trial for the murder on March 16 of Gaston Calmette, editor of the Figaro, was crowded when the fourth hearing started today. Many of the people had come with the desire to obtain | an opportunity of seeing Joseph Cail- laux confronted, according to the practice of the French courts, with former Premier Louis Barthou, who had been subpoenaed as a witness. The testimony was to be concluded today with the evidence of M. Bar- thou and of Mme. Bertha Gueydan, the first wife of M. Calllaux, but be- fore they were due to come to the stand half a dozen. other witnesses of lesser importance were to testify. HERALD “ADS” M BETTER BUSINE ESTABLISHET. 1876, CIVIL SUIT FILED FOR DISSOLUTION OF NEW HAVEN Corporation Charged With Combination in Restraist of Trade. CONTROLS LARGE PART OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Court Asked to Separate The arguments of Procurator Gen- eral Jules Herbaux for the prosecu- tion and of Fernand Labori, coun- | sel for the defense, would, it was an- nounced, probably begin ‘late in the day. Mme. Caillaux took her place in the prisoners’ enclosure punctually at noon, She carried in her right hand a ltle vial of smelling salts and a note book, Ten minutes afterward the rea- robed judges flled into court and an | expectant hush fell over the crowded masses in the court room. Joseph Caillaux and his Pascual Ceccaldl had visited the prisoner in the Conciergerie before | the hearing began. They found that the long strain was beginning to tell on her and that she felt exhausted and 111, but she showed strong deter- mination to face hQr ordeal with calmness. FIVE WORNMEN KILLED, EIGHT MORE WOUNDED, Strikers, Police and Cossacks Fight in Streets of St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg, July 23.—At least five striking workmen were killed apd eight seriously wounded during the fighting in the stréets of St. Peters- burg between the strikers on the one side and the police and Cossacks on the other, which continued through- out the night and ceased only at dawn this morning. Three police officlals also are known to have been severely injured. The figures quoted are official, but it is generally undeérstood that the casualties among the strikers were much heavier. Official returns of the number of men who have quit work give the total of 120,000 in the eity itself. These include the street.cdr employes, but do not comprise a large number of unskilled laborers in the bulld- ing and other trades, Men carrying red flags spent the night marching and singing revolu- tionary songs in the outlying open spaces of the capital, while in the Vi borg district they cut down the tele- graph poles and upset a number of vans with which they constructed bar- ricades across the streets from the ghelter. of which they stoned the po- lice and Cossacks. The mob is also accused of having fired some revol- ver shots. The strikers, however, eventually dispersed and the barri- cades were destroyed, but only after the police and soldiers had been sub- jected to hot attacks with volleys of stones in four different parts of the city and had fired volleys from their rifles in return. Early today the strikers attempted to set fire to the Samson bridge lead- ing across the river to the Viborg district and they also tried to destroy the neighboring water works, but a friena strong detachment of police arrived In time and prevented them doing so. Haven From Boston and From Old New England From Sound Steamship Lines From Trolleys in Rhode;Island New York, July 23.—Civil suit compel the dimsolution of the Haven rallroad under the Anti-trust act was filed in the court here today by T. W. G acting for Attorney General Reynolds. The civil suit has no actual nection with the criminal to be sought by the attorney against New Haven officers and tors. This is a different phase t! New Haven case, to be taken later and conducted individually the civil suit The New Haven iz charged in brief filed today with being nation in restraint of tra controls over ninety per cent. of rafl and trolley traffic of New land and about eighty-five per of the steamship transportation that section. The court is asked to separate New Haven from the Boston Maine raflroad, from the old England rallroad, from its Sound outside steamship lines and from trolleys in Rhode Island and ticut. Buch general relief as court deems fit is also requested if the court deems best the brief | gests the appointment of & for the road. May Ask Tndictments. Although this sult has no tlon with the criminal Mr. Gregory and F. M. Swacker, | principal assistant, may remain New York to present to a federal jury evidence on which they will for criminal indictments of New ven officers and directors concen in bullding up the alleged illegal N nopoly in restraint of trade. of either case is not expected fect the proceeding of the other. & ficlals of the department of have said that the New Haven not make any determined fight to vent judgment in the olvil suit regarding the plea that it be arated from the Boston and raflroad. There is little qu however, that if indictments are turned by a grand jury it will the beginning of one of the most portant criminal trials undertaken the government in many Vears. partment officials are said to feel no case of more far-reaching g bilities than this one has been under the criminal section s Sherman law and that every should be made to press to a ful conclusion. The bill filed today goes much ther than the government e ) go In its agreement with the New ven, now vold, for its pemceful solution. The New England was acquired by the New Haven ago, and practically. parallels the Haven Shore Line much of the from Boston to New York. If | court grants the government's tion the New Haven from its of domination of New England portation will be reduced to BARNES TO SUE ROOSEVELT, | 23.—~Chalrman the New York, July ‘William Barnes of announced republican state committee today that he had instructed his counsel to bring suit for libel against Theodore Roosevelt, based upon Col. Roose- velt's statement of last night attack- ing Mr. Barnes and endorsing the candidacy \of Harvey D. Hinman for the nomination for governor at the republican primaries, HARTFORD WANTS NEW DEPOT, Mayor Lawler Sends Sharp Letter to Raflroad Company, Hartford, Conn., July 28.—Mayor Lawler today sent to Superintendent A. W. Honywill of the Midland divi- sion a letter concerning the rebullding of the Union station burned last February, which was in the nature of an ultimatum to the railroad company. Mayor Lawler wrote in effect, that unless some definite assurance was given the city within a week the mat- ter might be appealed to the public utilities commission, more than a line from Boston York hugging the Cmnfi' Rhode Island coast with running short distances into tesor‘ Many Defendants. 4 Defendants named in the brief New York, New Haven and Ralilroad company, The N Navigation company, The Central and Hudson River company, New Englind company, Norwich and Wi Rallroad company, Boston company, ' Boston Rallroad company, Boston and Maine road, Rutland Raflroad Merchants' and Miners' tion company, Eastern St poration, New York, Wi Boston Rallroad company, New land Investment and Security pany, Providence and Danielson road company, The Union Haven Trust company, Old © Trust company, Bankers' Trust pany, Willlam Rockefeller, Brooker, Morton F. Plant, Pratt, George F. Baker, Wil ne D. Newton Barney, Taft, James 8. Elton, James Ingway, A, Heaton erick Brewster, K. McHarg, T. DeWitt L. Richards, John L. Billard, Milligan, Francis T, Elliott, W. Murray Crane, (Continued on Tenth Page) % r