New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 27, 1915, Page 10

YUT ' N PORT Nerwegiaa Freighter Dammages of Colision. RS Y , May 27.—The Holland- r Ryndam was safe in with passengers and e on board after a col- narrow escape from. de- ‘Wednesday morning Shoals lightship. . twe at sea and two m, left m-wo of /passengers who . York on the Ryn- 4: $:30 a. m., the, ‘the rescued pas- to the ' TUnited ¥ away. One of the officers said that she miles at an average of ts per hour, a speed, he ' than her best previous «after ; the blow the nd took aboard the o ‘and three- crew, transferred in s lite-boats. ‘Were Asleep. Kty c‘e ‘stewards informed me bfl hit by another ship, flu Ppassengers were | And ‘were gathered on deck, and the life. ng out and suspended de deck level waiting cdptain. As the ship Captain Van Der to take 'to the was done without the ‘On' boara the Cuneo was done for our after 6 o'clock the battle- Caroling came up, and aftorwards the other war yessels * ?“ y person injured was Adam The men of the South Car- ready for ‘the ue, and mazing short lparc of time steam launches n the wa- around the Cuneo. We the South Carolina and the boats were the decks. Officers and Houth Carolina while we 8ave us evey pomsi- , @ cabin pas-~ r. Yount is a cripple with -The fastenings to * while he was being o the o the Cuneo ana he bruised his knee.” 4 Crew Cool, ot the. Ryndam con- ort of Purser Bos, say- . the crew of the Ryndam ex- ‘Btmost coolness and exer- Y eare of the safety of the ‘woman left the Ryn- in her night w ® raincoat, 01 Who © during review mk had purchased t to 'a relative, - Ouneo Steams Into Port, M, J. Cuneo steamed into the 'Ryndam M was no mistaking that tle steamer hed been in col~ Her bow was smeshed, her M 1o port and forced. back wers jammed in the oend she was down by captain | an inch thiek formed in piases in New she was all right, her en-~ ¥ an , hep dress The property South Carolina’s theatri- flet the main deficiencies tion - of stockings and y;ovlded by one of the . 'In the accompanying _illustration are shown two ships which met with disaster at ' sea. The American steamer Nebraskan from Liverpool, May 324, for the Delaware breakwater, yiag torpedoed off the coast of Ireland. Early reports indicated that she was not meriously damaged. and that her erew had been saved. The Holland- American liner Ryndam, with seventy- seven passengers, which sailed from New TYork for Rotterdam, was rammed off Nantucket by the. fruit freightar Joseph J. Cuneo. ' The erash /came in & heavy fog. No lives were | lost, gincs and machinery being undam- aged. / ‘What can I say?” inquired Capt. Aamodt, when asked for a statement. “1 am glad no lives were lost and né- ‘body was hurt.” The Cuneo will be repaired here. NO FURTHER ACTION Rochester, N. Y., May 27.—So far a3 the 127th assembly or the Presby- tertan church of the United States is concerned,) no further action will be taken on Union Theological ‘Seminary. The movement to offer resolutions dis- claiming any intention of implying moral turpitude on the part of the geminary’s directors and providing for a committee to investigate New York Presbytery has definitety been aban- doned. Today the assembly ptooéederl to dispose ' of routine business prepara- tery to the closing services tomorrow. Atlantic City probably will be chosen for tho 128th assenibly. COUNTRY IN GRASP OF COLD WEATHER Eatly Vegelables and Tender Fraits Suffer From fieawy Frosts. Wasington, May 27.—Killing frosts throughout the lake region and the middle Atlantic States ‘broke May | weather records of many years night and promise unseasonably cold weather for the mnext twenty-four hours, Reports to the weather bureau this morning indicate Neavy damage to fruits and vegetables throughout that mection, particularly in the interior of | New York. “Strong High Area.” In the parlance of the weather ‘bureau experts, “A strong high area’” over the lake region which arose to block the path of a storm from west- ern Canada was responsible for the early summer phenomenon. “While frost is probable again to- night in the lower lake region, New ¥mgland the middle Atlantic states, warmer weather is promised Friday in the path of falr weather from the Ohio valley and the lower lake region. ‘While ice was being formed on standing water and crops were frozen in the east, warm showers were play- ing over the central valleys. . New York State Hit. ' New York, May 27.—Unseasonaply cold weather developed last night over a large part of New York state. In ‘the eastern section the freezing point was not reached,. but in the hill coun- tries and in those bordefing Lakes Ontario and Champlain there were severe frosts. At Watertown and Lockport the mercury was down .o the 29 mark, Early vegetabies and tender .fruits suffered severely. Record for Low Temperature, Philadelphia, May 27.—The ther- mometer in . this vieinity went as low as 44 degrees during the night. The weather bureau said this was a record for low temperature on May 27. TUnusually cold weather was gen- eral In Pennsylvania, = Hazleton re- ported that ice formed on the moun- tain tops. Little Damage Done, Pittsburg, May 27—The frost which visited western Pennsylvania last night did little, if any damage to or. chards and gardens, because they are well advanced, Visited by Hoavy Frosts, Youngstown, O. May 27.—The northeastern part of Ohlo and west- ern Pennsylvania were visited by = heavy frost last night. Reports ro- celved indicate that thousands of dol- lars’ ‘damage was done to frult and growing vegetables, Ice in New Boston, THE RYNDAN received here today. At Norfolk the thermometer registered thirty-two de- grees, There was a heavy frost and in some of the higher localities the ground was frozen. Growing vege- tables and fruits are belleved to have suffered to somie extent. Ice in Rutland. Rutland, Vt., May 27.—~Ice formed here during the night, and fruit trees were damaged’ considerably. An un- official temperature of twenty-six Sas recorded. BARNES URGES MORE POWER FOR BOSSES Propeses Paradise for Po'ilicians of Old Schoel. Albany, May 27.—-Willlam Barpes did a hard day's works yesterday as | a delegates to the constitutional con- vention., He pres'ded at a long ses- slon of the committee on legislative powers, of which he is chairman, and introduced a proposea amendment to the comstitution that for sheer reac- tionarianism probably will stand in | a class by itself If this poposal is cmacted into the | organic law of the state, for the next twenty years political bosses will be supreme In the matta:r of choosing candidates for office, ror they may <honse them in whatever manner they may see fit. The oldtime conventions will come back and New York state will be a paradise ror politiclans of ihe old school. Peprive Legisliturc of Powers. Not only does the Barnes scheme strike at all that those aiming at pro- gressive reforms in the election sys- tem have been fighting for and partly won, but 1t would deprive the legisla-~ ture of many of ths powers it now epjoys. Mr. Barnes has lcng belleved that many of the acts of the legislature have leaned too much to socialism. He 13 especfally opposed to such propositions as widowed mothers’ pensions and minimum wages, and it is his opinion that the legislature should have no right to enagt meas- ures, of this sort. He would write into the constitu- tion a comp’ete definition of doctrines that are considered socialistic. He be- lieves the basic law shculd define just how far the legislature should go and that the people ghould reserve to themselves the right tc alter the au- thority they delegnte to the legisla- ture from time to time. Would Block Mianimum Wage. His' proposal stutes that it would prevent the legislature from estab- lishing a minimum wage. It would also deprive the. legislature of the Ppower of regulating rules of procedure the election of warty committeemen and the making cf nominations for public office by nolitical parties, ex- cept to provide ‘“for publicity of re- ceipts and expenditures and for pen- alties against fraud and corruption. A proposal by George J. Ryan, of fice of maglstrates, justices of the peace and judges of inferior courts of record and their clerks shall not be abridged in any manner. City magis- trates are t, bo Included in the judi- cial cfficialy \-'hn may be removed for cause, Home Rule T'roposal Scth Low, i New York, introduced a ‘Home Rule’ proposal, giving to boards of supervisors :n counties and villages all powers of local legislation. He would permit the legislature to enact only such laws applying to coun- tles, citles and villuges as are general and uniform throughout the state. A proposal by Edward I, Franchot, of Niagara Fal's, would give cities and villages full powers of local self-gov- Winsted, May 27.—7Iee a quarter of Boston last night, according to reports ernment, Russel} ‘Wiggins, , of Middletown, Wwould proyide that the Board of Al- New York, provides that terms of of- | local legislative hodles in citles and | dermen of New York city or such other city officialsas the legislature may prescribe, shall have exclusive power to fix salaries of country officers and employes and the number of such eniployes within the city. An Electric Service Board. A proposal by Thomas V. O'Connor, of |Buffalo, provides:for the election instead of the appointment of the State Superintdent of Insurance, State Superintendent of Banks and six pub- lic service commissioners who shall receive salaries not to exceed $10,000, Now that Governor Whitman has vetoed appropriations amounting to Sl 565 360, Minority Leader Wagner, he senate, thinks this sum should be spbtracted from the $19,500,000 direct tax . Wagner intends to introduce into the Constitutional convention today a proposal to make it impossible. for the state to levy and direct tax in excess of Its actual necessities. All Leaders Present. All the leaders of the convention turned out yesterday to hear John J. Fitzgerald, Tammany leader in the House of Representatives, tell ~the Fiharice committee of the graft | bitllding postoffices and other things government. Mr. Fitzgerald was in favor of giv- ing the chief executive the power of initiative in budget making, and when he completed it to submit it to | the legislature, which should have | the power to decrease it, but not to augment it. Fitzgerald Raps Washington. “The most profligate and extrava. gant department in the world is in ‘Washington,” said Mr. Fitzgerald, re- ferring to the Department of Agricul- ture. “If it was run _properly it would mean a saving of 30 per cent. of its present cost of maintenance. ‘Why, that department does things that are as foreign to its duties as'is Imanag}ng the government of Mars, ! ‘‘We don’t provide public building for public services. We provide them to meet political exigencies in certain localities. We may as well be frank about it. We pay New York city prices for land in sage brush country for lots on which to build postoffices. In hundreds of little communities of 1,000 inhabitants youn will find postoffice buildings that.cost in that ought not to be in the Federal | “How would you stop it?” asked Herbert Parsons. “I'd elect a president who'd jeto | these bills,” said Mr. Fitzgerald. Before the - industrial relations said he was opposed to compulsory arbitration in labor disputes. He said such a law would be a club in the hands of the employer. He opposed a minimum wage for men and manda- tory legislation fixing the hours of labhor for men. BECKER RECONCILING HIMSELF T0 DEATH Bitter at “rjistics” He Consoies ths Wite. New York, May 27.—*The Dreyfus case and the Frank case have stirred 1wo nations in their time—but neither of them) amounts to the in- sustice of mine.” These are the words in which Charles Becker characterizes his pres- ent plight. The police lieutenant, who must almost surely die before six weeks have ended, swears today, as he swore in the beginning, that he is in- nccent. He has practically gfven up hope, too, it is said. He seems to have small faith that he will odbtain a trial in the federal courts on the ground that his constitutional rights have been infringed. It is considered, too, almost impossible that he will appeal to Governor Whitman. And so, he is trying to reconcile himself to death. Becker Shows Weakness. Becker had a hard fight of it Tues- day night after he heard the fatal news from Albany. He stept fitfully, and yesterday morning was red- cyed and wan. This was one of the first times he has shown weakness since he entered the death house. Father Cashin, the prison chaplain, talked with him in the foremoon and helped to buoy up the condemned man’s spirits by diverting his mind. Becker welcomed this diversion, for he, too, wished to get himself in hand hefore his wife arrivea at Sing Sing. ‘When she did come he was the same Becker as before, strong and manly, and as cheerful as could be in the circumstances. The woman who has stood by her husband so bravely through the long, terrible months, did not fare so well She was deeply affected when she en- ! tcred the death house and seemed to feel more than ever the cruél gratings | the separated her from the prisoner. She could not even reach out and touch him, Stayed About Three Hours. She remained perhaps two or three hours, and when she left the prison ! the men in the yard said she looked much more composed than when she { went inside the death house. “It was really wonderful haow Becker by being strong himself strengthened her, too. She is so in love with him that he exercises a tremendous influ- | ence over her. He pulled her out of her most intense grief for the time being,” said one of the guards who were present during the visit. Schmidt Terror-Stricken, This mental strength of -*Becker’s seems one of his most potent charac- teristics. Every one who sees him says “he is so big and manly.” Tues. day - night, Hans Schmidt, who mur- dered Anna Aumuller, broke down as he thought of Becker’s coming fate. It was Becker himself, who swayed Schmidt back to something like rea- son. Becker dominates the death house. He is the most intelligent man there, and the other condemmned pri- soners look up to him. The man convicted of directing Her- committee yesterday Samuel Gompers ' over 1 !hct that the editorial t was generally against him. As sald, he asserts his innocence without res- ervation, and says the whole case against him was simply one of pol- itics. “Framed up from the begin- ning,” is the way heé has put it of- ten. Sentiment Against Execution, Sentiment inside the prison was nat- urally against Beckers’ execution, as most of the prisoners are opposed to capital punishment. Warden Oe. borne's decided views on this ques- tion are well known. He said yes- terday: “Well, if they are going ta executc this man, why not do it right out in Times Square? Let the people see what capital punishment really is, It has falled in so many countries. It hav never proved a deterrent. The public shows its horror for it when it authorizes that it shall be done in a dark carner, away from the world.” Prisoners Favor Doomed Man, One of the prisoners said he was surprised at the verdict. = “And I think 80 per cent. of the other men are, too,” he added. Anuther said: *1 was not surprised, because I thought, for ane thing, Becker's brief was weak. It was too verbose. But T think, like many of the other men here, it's a horrible thing for this man to die through the testimony of men- who sold their evidence—men who are not only squealers, but whao are quite probably perjurers” There was a little sentiment, too, that it the gunmen died last summer Becker should share the same fate. Only one or two men out of a hundred or so had any faith in the idea that Becker might offer further police in- formation in return for possible com- | mutation by Governor Whitman, Becker has taken the position that if he must die, well, the sooner the better. He had made up his mind to this even before the decision ar. rived from Albany. Fear of Suicide. Notwithstanding this, there is small fear that he will attempt to take his own, life. There are always two guards in the death house, and When a man is doomed to die within a short time one of these guards usually keeps a special watch upon the prisoner. But in Becker's case, while the usual vigilance is exercised, no one seems to believe he will try to kill himself. He is considered too strong minded. Father Cashin, Deputy Warden Johnson, guards and the others who have seen and talked with him be- lieve he will go to his death like & man. U. §. BATTLESHIPS COLLIDE, Georgia Carries Away Part of Bridge of Nebraska, Newport, R. I, May 27.—The battle- ship Georgla dragged her anchors dur- ing a heavy gale that swept Narra- gansett bay last night, and she was blown afoul the battleship Nebraska, carrying away & portion of the bridge and injuring some of the guns on the latter ship. Both vessels lost con- siderable side-gear, Hundreds of officers and men of the Atlantic fleet were forced to spend the night ashore, as the wind was so high that the launches could not put out to the ships. NO SECRET CT AUSES. Contained in Two Treaties and Votes Signed By Japan and China. Peking, May 27.—The text of the two treaties and thirteen notes signed on Tuesday by China and Japan was published here today. An official statement from the foreign office says the treaties contain no secret clauses. President Yuan Shi-Kai issued a proclamation in reference to the treaties, in which le said: “Our rights and privileges in Manchuria have suffered enormously. We are ushamed and humiliated, but our own weakness invited insvit. Let all the people unite and work harmoniously for the supreme objcet of saving the country.” Everything Possible is Done to - In the accompanying illustration are shown French and English sold- iers who have been wounded in tha fighting in northern France getting a sun bath. Wherever the convalescing soldiers go they are acclaimed ag Make Wounded of War Comfortable T W Applics 1o Goods Imporied in of “Favored Nations.” Washington, May 27. “b per cent’ clause of the Underwoo Simmons tariff law, granting & duction of duties to that amount goods imported in American shi was sustained yesterday by the ous- toms court, which held also that the § 6 per cent. rebate must be granted on all goods imported in ships of’ those countries with which the United: States has ‘‘favored nation" treaties. As such treaties exist with the prin: & cipal countries of the world, the ef- fect of the decision is virtuaily 6 reduce the customs revenue by 5 per cent, Must Return $15,000,000, If the decision is sustained by the supreme court of the United BStates, to which it will be appealed, approx- imately ‘$16,000,000 in duties already collected must be refunded. In a dissenting opinion, Judge Vries pointed out that the ma) decision means that goods 1 in about 5,600 foreign vessels of vored countries shall receive this re: duction in customs diities. Five p cent. of the. estimated customs re nue for the present fiscal ypar wol exceed $11,000,000, and in years come this total would grow to ev: eater proportions. Moreover it pointed out in the supreme court,| that the decision, if it stands the retroactive to the extent that it a plies t oimportations into the U Btates since approval of the U wood-Simmons law more ;h.n years ago, including goods en bond and subsequently vilh without payment of this nhw Effect on Fiscal Government officials realize M !.h- decision may have. a profound ef fect upon the fiscal nlny of m United States. o At present. the utuu working bal: ance in the treasury is under $15.» 000,000, though possibly = $40,000, is available to be added to '-lllA necessary, With an announced de.f fict in the postal revenyes, and u increases in internal revenue or cps toms receipts now in sight, talk of necessity for an lssue of Panama Cat nal bonds wae revived in view of prospect of reduced customs and the necessity of rted o i n however, {8 counted on to de such emergency for several 20 Per Oent. Reduction, for Ou In addition to its findings ing goods from abroad, the court 6 per oent. from that amount, The government im American and forelgn were to the suit, ment held the clause fl goods im in ships of nations ag well as those flvl‘ American flag; therefore that the, tion must be held entirély ino| tive unlaes the favared nation were abrogated. The importers interested particularly in the gn ing of the rebate, Hx-Attorney eral McReynolds held the clause operative because of the confliet existing treaties, and In with this opintan the rebate has sbeen pald in any case, .w porters accepted the assessed in many instances under -Mu Treaties Aro Inoperative. The main plea before the coul the part of American ship that the favored nation treaties in fact Incperative. /. City Hems New Britain Council, 0. U, A« will moeet tonight. Mrs. A. C. Talpin is suffering froi a severe attack: of rheumatism’ A whist will be held tonight in Parish hall by St. Joseph's Ladles” soclety. Frederico Berlonda today sold laj and bulldings on Cleveland street Tobbie. DiMartino. A shirtwaist dance will be this evening by New Britain No. 957, B. P. O, ) The High school bassball played the nine of St. Thomas inary in Hartford this Merwin Jacobson of the Brockt baseball nine which plays in Hartfo today spent last night at his hm. Wakefield Court. . Meyer Gilman of 560 Bast street will leave for London, On Canada, next week, where he will ain for the summer, At the meeting of the O union held last evening it was dec ed to recognize Monday as & legal hd day as decreed by the governor, The payroil of the sewer deps ment for the past week amounty $7886.20, Chairman W. B, Rossberg ‘| water department and Aldermen WOUNDED OF WAR GETTING A SUN BATH heroes. Many of the wounded soid- iers are cared. for by titled women, who act as nurses. ter and Chamberiain made Burlington today, A meeting of the tablet coms was held this morning in the o tae superintendent of school The German school will Memorial day exercises Fyida noon at 2 o'clock at the monument on Main street,