Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 18, 1909, Page 1

IN FAVOR OF LOCK TYPE OF GANAL President-Elect Taft and Givil Engineers United in Support of that Type- REPORT MADE BY THE ENGINEERS. President Roosevelt Transmits to Congress in a Message Report Made by the Engineers who Recently Visited the Canal Zone with the President-Elect—Gatun Dam Found Safe but Reduction in Height Advised. ‘Washington, Feb. 17.—Any attack made hereafter on the lock type of the Panama canal, according to the opin- fon expressed by President Roosevelt in a message transmitting to congress ~today the report made by the engi- neers who recently visited the canal rone with President-elect Taft, “is in reality merely an attack upon the pol- gcy of bullding any canal at all” The zeport, in Mr. Roosevelt's opinion, “shows in clearest fashion that the congress was wise in the position it ook, IMIKP‘I l(hwould“ha l‘gsll;::- cusable folly to change from - wosed lock canal to a sea level canal” The President to Cofbress. “I commend to you,” he says to cofi- . “the most careful consideration of the report. They show that the only criticisms _that can be made of the nvork on the istbmus is that there has sometimes been almost an excess of aution in providing against possible trouble. As to the Gatun dam itself, they show that not only is the dam safe, but that on the whole the plan already adopted would make it need- lessly high and strong and according- 1y they recommended that the height be reduced by twenty feet, which «change in the plans I have according’y directed President Roosevelt says that the engineers who made the report “ace of all the mer In their profession, with- Jn or without the United States, the ‘men who are on the whole best quali- fied to pass upon these very questions Shich they examined.” Gatun Dam Approved. The engineers report that, as the Gatun earth dam was the central point of discussion, they gave it, under in- structions from Mr. Taft, “first consid- eration in the light of all new evi- den and they add that “the type of Gam now under construction is one which meets with our unanimous ap- proval.” They say they are “satisfied thet there will be no dangerous cr ob- Jectionable seepage through the mate- Tials under the base of the dam; nor |~ are they so soft as to be liable to be pushed aside by the weight of the pro- posed dam #£0 as to cause dangerous settlement. We are also satisfied that the materials available and which it is roposed to use are suitable and van B Yeadily placed to form & tight, sta- ble and permanent dam.” Dams and locks, lock gates and all other engineering structures involved n the lock canal project are ‘feasible and safe,” according to the engingers. nd they can be depended upom to form wilh certainty their respeetive -tions.” The engineers report that they “do mot find any occasion for «hanging the type of canal that has feen adopted. A change to sea level plan at the present time would add greatly to the cost and time of con- struction, without compensating ad- vantages, either in cavacity of t canel or in safety of navigation, anu hence would be a public misfortune.” “We do find,” they say, “in the de- tailed designs that have been adopted, or that are under consideration, some matters where other arrangements than those no'w considered seem worthy of study. As these proposed changes are of a teatative nature and do not in eny,ease affect the main questions herein discussed, they are not taken in this report.” “Prhe engincers assert that the “most practical question in the construction of the Gatun dam is the possible siip- @ing and shding of the materials un- derneath and in the body of the dam™ Pn yegard to this question they have weached the conclusion that “the de- sign upon which the work is now being prosecuted sbundantly fulfills the re- uired degree of stability and goes far Seyond the limits of what would be ;..onrdad as sufficient and safe in any important structure.” to the sllps which have oc ot soveral times, they assert that they are “sof nmo serious conse- ence, either in the practical execu- mn«mmofln e ultimate sta- bility of the structures.” Having considered the proper height for the crest of the Gatun dam, they eonetuded that “it eould be safely re- @uced twenty feet from that originally In namelv, to an elevation of | $75 Zoot above ses level, or thirty feot above the normal level of the water against the dam.” This change, they oy, “will facilitate the work of con striction and will reduce romewhat the cost of proposed work.”. Other Proposed Changes. the change of the lower locks .Mu::o Pacific end of the canal, from Ta Boca, on the shore of Panama be: to Mirafiores, about four miles inland, they report that the, settlements which took place owing'to the change “cause no reason to doubt the stability of the gmwud dam.” This change having made because “objection might made from a military point of view placing locks on the shore of the exposed to guns of hostile =hips,” board of engineers estimate that ill lncrease the cost by about $10,- 1t 000,000 but that it will greatly lessen the cost of fcrtification, Another change, that of increasing the mintmum width of the bottom of th- canal for gbout 4.7 miles in the Culebra cut, they estimate will in- crease the cost of the work by about $13,000,000, but they say it will mot delay the completion of the canal, that it will permit ships to pass one tributed mainly to the higher unit cost of the different items of the Work. Commendation of Work. Commendation is expressed the present condition of the work, and the engineers voice the belief that “in no other great comstruction work has €0 much been done for employes in the way of furnishing necessities, com- forts and luxuries of life at the cost of the work as has been done in this work, This s one reason for the st of the canalL” In their opinion, “the work is well organized, and is be- ing conducted energetically and well.” They commend the medical and san- itary department “for its success in exterminating yellow fever and con- trolling malari “We see no reason,” they add, “why the canal should not be completed, as estimated by the chief engineer, by January 1, 1515; in fact, it‘seems that a somewhat earlier date is probable, if all_goes well.” Considering the cost and time of construction of a sea-level canal las compared with the lock type thev hoid that “most of the factors which have operated to increase the cost of the lock canal would operate with similar effect to increase the cost of the sea- level canal, and at the present time there are additional factors of even greater importance to be considered as affecting the time .of completion and cost of a sea-level canal” One of these they find is the Gamboa dam. I work on this were to be started as soon_as possible, they assert, it “could not be completed until after the time required for the completion of the lock Further than this, they say that “a change in the type would re- sult in abandoning work which rep- resents large expenditure They claim that by the \change the river Chagres and the rivers on the isthmus_tributary thereto, “instead of being allies, would be enemies of the canal, and the floods in them would greatly interfere with the work.” The Earthquake Danger. Replying to the criticism that “the canal region is liable to earthquake shocks, and that a sea-level canal would be less subject to injury by earthquakes than a lock canal,” ‘they assert that “dams and locks are struc- tures of great stability and litdle sub- ject to danger by earthquake shocks,” Jbut that even If they could regard earthquakes as a source of serious damage to any type of canal on the isthmus, “their effcct upon the dams, | locks and regulating works proposed for the sea-level canal would be much {he same &s upon similar structures of the lock canal” As to the question of water supply they say “It is s0 much greater than any need that can be reasonably an- ticipated that the best method of se- curing more water when the time of need arrives does not require to be considered now.” They report that they can find no reason to appréhend important loss of water by age through the ridges surrounding Gatun dam, “while in our judgment,” they add, “the bed of the lake will be nrac- tically impervious (o water.” i | The engineers who composed 'the Rhoard are Frederic P. Stearns, James D. Schuyler, Arthur P. Davis, Isham | Randolph, Henry D, Allen, John R.| Freeman, and Allen Hazen. | TAYLOR'S SOUVENIR. ! | Hearing on Proposition to A ariate | $4,000 for the Work. ; (Speclal to The Bulletin.) Hartford, Feb. 17.—The senate com- mittee on contingent expenses met this morning for a hearing on the propo: tion to appropriate $4,000 for Taylor's legislative souvenir, and heard State Librarian Goddard on the matter. Mr. Goddard sald the work was worth three times the amount of the propos- ed appropriation, which wes the one made two years ago, to the state, and urged its favorable report. He told the commitice that Taylor's souvenir was the very best work of the kind gotten cut in any state in the Union. The Grosvenor Water Company. Representative Grosvenor of Pom- | fret appeared before the committee on | incorporations this afternoon regarding | the resolution under which the Gro venor Water company is to be -perm. ted to increase its capital stock, by a two-thirds vote of the directors, up to| $50,000, the stock to be issued at par. The committee insisted that there be | incorporated a clause which provided for the payment of this stock to be in cash or its equivalent, and Mr. Gros- venor stated that there was no objec- tion to this. . He redraftd the resolution and later on the committee voted to report it favorably. Norwich Teachers Present. Among the'school teachers presen at the hearing before the joint com- mittee on education on the teache: pension bill, this afternoon, were Supt. | N. L. Bishop and Miss Spencer. | CHIEF GERONIMO IS DEAD. Noted Indian Had Long Been a Pris- oner of War, Lawton, Okla, Feb. 17.—G noted Indian chief, died today Sill, where he had been confined ae a it Fort another in this portion of the canal, and will otheryise facilitate naviga- tion, “If siides occur after the gom- pletion of the canal” they say, “the wider canal is not as ifkely to be blocked as a narrower one. The engineers approve the change in the proposed location of the breakwa- “ter at the Atlantic end of the canal. Estimate of Cost $360,000,000. The engineers’ estimate of the com- lcte cost of the canal is $360.000,000. ,They say it ie Incorrect to state that the original estimate of cost was $140,- "\, 600,000, as this did not include “sani- Jtation and’ zone government.” They estimate the expense of sanitation and sone government at $21,000,000, while vious estimate and zone gov- yments added, only 1$143,000.} 'Of this amount,” they ‘#ay, “nearly one-half can be account- ed for by the changes in the can: appurtenant works already referr- M0, and the remainder is to be at- prisoner of war many years. He died of pneumonia at the hospital of the fort. He will be bufied in the Indian cemetery mnear the fort tomorrow by Christlan missionaries. Geronimo pro- fessed religion' three years ago. He will be buried in the Indian cemetery near the fort tomorrow by Christian missionaries, Geronimo hav- ing professed religion three years ago. Geronimo, war chief of the Apaches, ‘was captured with his band at Skele- ton canyon, Arigona, 22 years ago, having surrendered to Gen. Nelson A. Miles, after a three-thousand-mile chase, Four Chiidren Drowned While Skating Hand in Hand. Norwood, R. L, Feb. 17.—While skat- ing hand in hand over the ice on Sand nd tonight, four children were rowned when the spongy formation gave way, another barely saved and several persons who attempted to res- cue them nsrrowly missed being en- gulfed in the icy waters. e children drowned were Ranghilde §anson, 14 years old; Lillian Hanson, 12; Amel Hanson, 11, Jeseph Johnson, 18 years, | has pee | Gondolf th: Cabled Paragfaphs. St. Thomas, D. W. I, Feb. 17.—A heavy earth shock was experienced Lere tyis morning. No damage as one. . Valencia, Spain, Feb. 17—¥Five per- sqns were killed today and 78 were in- Jured, 28 seriously, by the collapse of a floor in a hall where lots were being drawn for conscription. San Juan, Porto Rico, Feb. 17— Heavy cartbquakes were felt through- out the island of Porto Rico at 3 c'clock this morning. The inhabitants were awalkened by the oscillations, and their alarm was great. No damage, however. was done. St. Petersburg, Feb. 17.—The agra- rian bill passed its first reading in the duma _today. This bill dissolves com- munai_institutions. It was promulgat- ed as an emergency measure November . 1906. It has been under discussion since November 28 of lasr year. The scope of the bill has been extended to facilitate the transfer of property to individual ownership. DEMOCRATIC STATE. AUDITOR LONG, INTERESTING HEARING Before Joint Committee of Finance— E. 8. Roberts of Canaan to Succeed Himself—Vote Was Unanimous. (Special to The Bulletin.) ‘Hartford, Feb. 17.—The joint com- mittee on finance voted in the exec- utive session held after the hearing on the ‘matter of a democratic state audi- tor this afternoon to report favorably the resolution which names Edward S. Roberts of Canaan to_succeed him self. The vote was unanimous, there being no member of the committee who could see any reason to do what a number of the friends of Edward M Yeomans of Andover urged the com- mittee, to_do, turn down the endorse- ment of Mr. Roberts, which the dem- ocratic caucus voted sometime since, The hearing was a long and inter- esting one, which developed some sensational feaures, Dr. Higgins of Coventry, senator from the Thirty- fifth district, suggested that there had been instanges in which Mr. Roberts’ work had lacked the exactmess and accuracy which were desirable, but later largely retracted this upon the insistance of other speakers. Mavor Dunn of Willimantic, who is a mem- ber of the finance committee, kad more or less fun with the doctor on the basis of his suggestion that it might be wise to observe civil serv- ice principles in making this appoint- ment. The mayor wanted Dr. Higgins to take his own medicine in making republican appointments. There was a suggestion that Rep. resentative Dormitzer of Woodbury was asking questiong which showed a partisanship in the matter, and Mr. Dormitzer arose to disclaim anything of the kind and insist that his only interest was that the state should get the best man available in the demo- cratic party. At the same time. he could hardly approve of so evident an effort to go over the heads of the democratic” caucus, an. action with which the caucus had been threaten- ed at the time it endorsed Roberts. Dr. Higgins presented Yeomans' name and told of the many good qual- ities of the man from Andover, who was known fin Trinity college as a | mathematical shark and took a $600 scholarship in mathematics there, and was offered a professorship in A west- ern university upon graduation. He tried to impress his hearers with the fact that Mr. Roberts was a man along in years, while Mr. Yeomans, who held the office by appointment for some months, was much younger and lived much nearer Hartford, so that there would be a saving in expense to the state, Mr. Dormitzer objected to having Clerk of Bills Baldwin appear in favor of Yeomans on the ground that he was an official of the legislature, but this didn't weigh with the committee, which heard him and Engrossing Clerk Hinman at some th. Ex-Senator Ralph M. Grant of East Windsor talk- ed for Yeomans also, as did John I Forward, a Hartford attorney, who said he had been offered an instruc- | torship in a Connecticut college in ad dition to the western offer. Comptroller Bradstreet was the first speaker for Roberts, who was in his regiment, the Nineteenth Connecticut infantry, during the civil wa marked that if the p auditor was to have the age limit urged against his reappointment, it would soon be time for the state comptroller and House Chairman Mack of the committee. who is the oldest member of the house, at $1, to go on the shelf, Railroad Commissioner O R, Fyler, another veteran of the Nine- teenth, made a strong plea for his old comrade in arms, and Chief Clerk Marsh of the state treasurer's offi another member of that regiment, had & similar word to say. Colonel Horne of Winsted was at the battle of Cold Harbor, where the gal- t Nineteenth left so many of men, and he appeared for Ruuwni Otherg who favored him with ananisous | i | testimony to his qualities as a mhn were J. Henry Roraback of | Canaan, iam C. Connors of Noxth | Canaan, tepresentatives Higgins | of Winsted, the democratic house lead- | er, Malone of Bristol, and Haves of | aterbur TOOK FUNDS FROM WALKER IN WIRE TAPPING SCHEME. Charles F. Gondolf Arrested in New York by Chicago Officer. Now York, Feb. 17.—Charles F. Gon- Qolf, who was indicted for bringing stolen goods intn che state in connec- tion_with the absconding of Williayn F. Walkre, treasurer of the Nely | in, Conn., Savings bank, and who n out ‘on $10,000 bail for more than A vear, was brought Intu court here today and the indictment ugainst him dismissed. Gondolf was immedi- ately arrested by a police officer from Chicago on a charge of grand larceny. Extradition papers had been obtained and he w 1 be taken at once to Chica- | stated in court that it was at a stronger case would be gainst Gondolf in Chicago it was charged against « he had sesisted in secur- ing nearly $40,000 worth of stolen goods from Walker in a wire tapping scheme. Walker is rcw serving a state’s pris- on sentence in Connecticut. than hers Demand for Permanent Tariff Com- mission, Indianarolis, Feb. 17.—Demand for be immediate creation by congress of ermanent tariff commission was voiced today in resolutions gdopted by the tariff dommission conference con- vention. To Be Made a “Mason at Sight' Today. Cincinnati, Feb. 17.—All arrange- ments have been compieted for making President-elect Willlam Howard Taft a “Mason at gight” at the Scottish Rite cathedral tomorrow, when a large and distingulshed body of leaders of the order wiil crowd the bufiding. Grand Master Charles S. inson, who alone, under the constitution of the Ohio grand lodge, has the authority, will confer the honmor, which Is likened 1o the ancient honor of knighthood on the field of battle, being an honor con- ferred for ‘nu;nhmmaul. | which Into Open Manhole UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE OF NEW © YORK ITALIAN. . [ 'SHOT THROUCH SEWER PIPE Fished Out of East River by Dock Employe Who Stood W Him at Sewer’s Mouth, New York, Feb. 17—A fall into a rapidly flowing sewer after a tumble down an open manhole, and being shot through & narrow pipe for g distance of 250 feet, to be fished out of the East river at the end of a cleverly thrown lasso, was the unusual experience here today of Roceo Tonsonl, an Halian la- borer engaged in repairing a bulkhead at 110th street and the Bast river. Forced Into Three Foot Sewer. Tonsoni in some menner fell into a sewer manhole some 250 feet from the water's edge, and before aid could reath him had been forced into the three foot sewer and swept out of sight of his companions. Swept Into East Rive The Qow of the sewer at this, point is quite strong, and Tonsoni was car- ried along the narrow passage into the river. Here, however, Richard F. Ry- en, a dock employe, was waiting for him with an improvised lasso, and when Tonsoni, face down, came out of the mouth of the sewer, he was caught by a well directed throw of the rope and quickly hauled to the pier above. Removed to Hospital. The Ttalian was uuconscious when rescued, but artificlyl respiration soon brought him back 1o life. His condi- tion, however, was such as to necessi- tae his removal to a hospital. UTICA LABORER KIILS WIFE And Then Attempted to Commit Sui- cide—He May Recove! Utica, N. Y., Feb. 17.—In a fit of temporary insanity, Martin Dolan,aged 63 years, a laborer, murdered his wife at their home here today by cutting her throat with a razors Dolan then attempted to end his own life, and sev- ered his trachea, but missed the jugu- Hr vein by a fraction of an inch. He may recover. & There were no witnesses to the act, but it is quite evident that the woman made a fearful struggle for her life, for her hands and face wgre completely covered with lacerations. the bedroom where the tragedy occurred was in dis- order, and the furniture and the walls were 'spattered with blood. The bloody razor and an open pocketknife were on the-floor. AT 26 KNOT SPEED Cunarder Mauretania Breaking All Eastward Records. New York, Feb. 17.—The Cun: line turbiner 'Mauretania is steamin over the long course of approximately 2,800 knots at more than a twenty-six koot gpeed and at the Cunard office it was stated today that Capatin Pritch- ard probably would bring his Ship off Ambrose channel lightship before 8 o'clock Thursday night and beat the | world's record made by the Lusitania last August. “All well; we are 840 mile seast of Ambrose cinannel Tightship,” was the wireless message received today by Vernon H. Brown, agent of the line. The run ending at noon today makes an hourly average of 26.10 knots. 962 MILES EAST CAPE HENRY. of Battleship Mleet at 8 O’clock Last Evening. Position On Board the Flagship Connecticut, Feb. 17.—The position of the Atlantic fleet at 8 o'clock tonight was latitude 7 north, longitode 57.57 west. 962 miles east of Cape Henry. The Maize, Hampshire, Idaho, Mississippl the Salem. Admiral Arnold’s adron, joined the fleet at noon to- ay. The weather Is good and the fleet is proceeding n the formation of line of squadrons. With fair weather, he flect should arrive off the capes on the evening of February 21. SUFFAGETTES GAGGED And Then Turned Loose in the Streets of London. London, Feb. 17.—Two _suffragettes repeated the tactics employed in the adies’ gallery of the heuse of com- mons some time ago by chaining them- selves to a balustrade In the Gaiety restaurant tonight to Interrupt Augus- tine Birrell, chief secretary for Treland, who was to speak at a banquet. The women were gagged, however, while | files were brought and the chains were | cut. They were then expelled from teh resaurant. SHOT AND KILLED BY NEGRC. Nephew of Chief of Police of Memphis. the Vietim. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. James H. Taylor, aged 16, a nephew of Chief of Police Davis, was shol and Kiiled in South Memphis late tonight by Eddie Prode, a negro, After the kiling, was the outcome of a minor quarrel, a crowd of several hundred persons formed and began a search for Prode, intent on inflictiag quick pun ishment. A reporter was fired on by the negro, who escaped. Attacks Women. Berlin, Feb. 17.—Four more women and girls were stabbed late this after- noon by the unknown criminal who has committed more than a score of ults with a knife in the suburbs of Berlin during the past few days. The wounds inflicted today werc not severe. In one instance the stabbing occurred on the stairway of a house in which a police station is located. Many arrests have been made, but the men have been released after proving an alibi, Berlin Ripper Four More Wholesale Poisoning in Restaurant. Montreal, Que., F One man is ani four others had.a narrow es- pe from death today in a little res- taurant in Cathedral stzeet owned by Arthur Hill, who came h from Heverbill, Mass. At the hospital the cases W strychnine. Hill has told several stories including one that he put a headache powder in the coffee. The police are Investigating. Hat Striks Breaker A Orange, N. J,, Feb, 17.—Adam Stell, a strike breaker employed in ome of the Newark hat shops, was attacked by two unkrown men on kis weay from work tonight In Newark and stabbed n the head. His injury is mot seri- Cus. a Montreal Laborer Tumbled|Connecticut diagnosed as poisoning fram | “Legislature FRIDAY SESSIONS DISCUSSED Report from Incorporations Committee on Application of Danielsonvilis Cot- ton Co, to Erect-Pole Line. ) Hartford, Feb, 17.—The senate was called to order at 1115 by Senator Brooks, the president pro tem., in the ebsence of Lieut.-Governor Weeks. Prayer by Chaplain Sexton. Referred to Judiciary Committee. Senator Bowen moved that house bill No, 632 known as the workmen's compensation for injuries act, be taken from the table. Carried. Sen- ator Bowen then moved that the bill be referr€d to—the committee on the judiciary. The motion was carried and the bill was referred to the commit- tee on the judiciary, Relating to Beycoiti On the motion of Senator Blakeslee house bil] No. 635, relating to coy- cotting and intimidation was taken from the table, He moved that it be referred to the committe on the Jjudiciary. Executive Session. On the motion of Senator Blakeslee the house went into executive session to consider nomivations by the gov- ernor. The senate considered and confirmed the following nominations: For Board of Pardons—George H. Knight of Salisbury and Lewis Sperry of South Windsor. For State Board of Agrieulture— Leonard H. Healey of Woodstock. For Commissioners of New Haven Harbor—Edward Gagle of West Ha- ven, E, Harris Weaver and Frank C. Bushnell of New Haven. From the Governor. Executive Secretary Goodwin pre- sented communications from Governor Lilley. One of the communications was as foliows: To the Honorable General Assembls: I beg leave to urge your favorable consideration of the recommendations contained.in the report of the special educationdl confmission. The high character of the commission s a guar- anty of the thoroughness with which the investigation has been periormed, and the report and its recominenda- tions are complete and offer a practi- cal improvement upon the present system. I urge the adoption of legis- lation which will substantlally carry out these recommendations. GEORGE L. LILLEY, - Governor. Referred to committee on education. Adjourned to Thursday. THE HOUSE. The house was called to order at 1115 by Speaker Banks. The house chaplain, the Rev. Franklin Country- man, offered prayer. Business From the Senate. The house indisted on its reference 4o 2 proposed hoycotting, re- ferred to the cofmmittee on labor, which the senate referred to the judi- clary, Mr. Malone of Bristol and Mr. Clark of Derby were appointed a com- mittee of conference. Similar action was taken on a pro- posed act concerning blacklists. Mr, Fisk of Branford and Mr. Dunn of Windham were named as s conference committee, Roport on Danielsonville Cétton Co. Application. A favorable repert from the commit. te# on Incorporations. wus made on the application of the Danielsonville Cot- ton company to erect a pole line. Mr. Parker, chairmon of the committee, moved the adoption of the report and the passage of the resoiution. Mr. Burnes of Greenwich inquired it the company is a private corporation and Mr. Parker repiled that it is. M. Burnes then opposed the passage of the resolution on the ground that the policy of the state is against granting privilegos of eminent domair to pri- vate concerns. He asked that the res- o'utlon be laid on the table. Wr. Park- er assented, and such action was tak- en. The resgolution amending the c of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir c pany, reported favorably by the com- ittee on incorporations, was ex- plained by Mr. Parker, who asked for its passage. It was passed, Friday Sessions, Mr. Burnes of Greenwich said be wished to make a statement, He said a measvre was introduced In the senate Tuesday, proposing that the general assembly meet on. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridey of | each week in order to shorten the session. Mr. Burnes stated that he spoke of it now in order to give the members time to think it over. He said it was his intention to present similar measure in the house early next week, providing sensfment favors it. He asked the members to let him know what they think of it. (Ap- plause.) Mr, Dunn of Willimantic said he has always been in faver of Friday sessions, and Lie time to start them is now, but he would like to know whether or not the members would attend aftcr they voted It. He said kis experience had been that sorie- times after the men from the rural districts had voted for )Friday sessions they were a kit shy in numbers on Fridays after the plowine and planting season came on and that in conse- quence a quorum wee often lacking on that day. He thought the members oueht . to \*Kcn the question just as they believel and aet in future ac- cordingly. ore applause.) Adjourned. SPEC@IL TARIFF SESSION Of Congress to Be Called March 15— Outlook Satisfactory. ‘Washington, Feb, 17.—It develoned today at a conference between Presi- dent-elect Taft and Senators Knox an Hale and Speaker Cannon that those congressional leaders belleve that the work of the special session of congress to be called March 15 to consider the tariff can be finished between June 1 snd 15. This situation may be change however, by the failure of any of the appropriation bills to pass at the pres- ent regular session. Mr. Taft. it Is authoritatively stated, regards the outlook for satisfactory tariff legislation as good. President of University of Michigan Resigns. o Ann _Arbor, Mich, Feb. 17.—Dr. James B. Angell submitted his resig- nation of the presidency of the Umi- versity of Michigan today, to take ef- fect at the close of the ic year next Juite, and the board Tege created the oflice of chancellor and of- fered it to him m $4,000 a year with the of the president’s mansion on the university Condensed Telegraus | EQND LASHED TO BATH i i | 1 ! system would improve the work of the ‘Representative Green of Massachu- ;elllkl introduced a new ship subsidy ill, The First Law Passed by the Cuban congress was one taking the power of appointment from conservative may- ors. Cable Advices from Yokohama State that the Corean home minister accused American missionaries of instigating revolt agaipst Japan. A Despatch _from Constantinople says that the Turkish budget is ex- pected to show a large deficit. and that the minister of finance has re- signed. The War Department Decided Lo es- tablish a large military ~station at Hawali and_make it second to the de- partment of the Philippines in im- portance. The Grand Lodge of Masons of Mis- ippi voted to sever all affiliations with the Grand Lodge of New Jer- sey on account of the latter's recogni- tion of negroes as Masons. C. H. Garnett, with a dwnamite bomb, demanded $7,000 from Lawrence M. Jones, a Kansas City millionaire threatening to kill Jomes and _ his family. He was overpowered and con- fessed he had a house in Indevendence, Mo., where he had chains with which to hold Jones a prisoner for ransom. PENSIONING OF CONNECTICUT'S PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS Hearing in the Senate on Proposed Act —No One Spoke in Opposition. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 17 iz no greater outrage in t| That there an commonwealth than the placing of in - | competent teachers in charge of school children; that there are hundreds of teachers' in (onnecticut today who can just keep ahead of their pupils, and if they of others who could not do so did not have a textbook in front them; that some action Is necess to Increase the efficiency of the te ing force of the state, and that sage of an act providing for the pen- sioning of teachers would result in in- creased cfficiency of the state’s teach- ing force, were statements made by speakers this afternoon at the hearing in the semate chamber at the capitol before the committee on education on the proposed act providing for the pensioning of public school teachers in the state of Connecticut. Among those who addressed the committee were former Governor Utter of Rhde Is- land and Superintendent Maxwell of the public schools of New York city. Both were present upon invitation of the legislative committee of the state school teachers’ association. The hall was well filled and many of the gallery seats were occupied, in the audience being many women, when Senator Lu- ther, chairman of the committee, open- ed the hearing. The first speaker was Principal Charles L. Ames of the Brown scirol, Hartford, chairman of the state teach- ers’ association committee on the pen- sion act. ‘He stated that copies of the proposed measure had heen sent to ail school principals throughout the state and to the teacliers and that all the answers which had been received had expressed approval of the act. He said the measure was nok one for any sec- tion of the state alome, but that its| effect would Be general. He urged the passage of the measure. x-Governor Utter then spoke. The salary of o teacher was small. and it wag the duty of a state, he thought, to provide for the teacher either by increased salaries or by pension. Principal Ames then read a letter from Prof. Charles H. Judd of Yale, who was to have heen present, but was prevented, in which Professor Judd sald he would be glad to be quot- ed in favor of the measure. Then foilowed Superintendent Max- well. He argued that the pension schools, and that it would also relieve the minds of the teachers of w regard to the future. He clo in| Miss Ella Gingles Discovered Unconscions by thq Carpenter of Wellington Hotel. =~ CHICAGO'S LATEST MYSTERIOUS CRIME Police all at Sea—Young Woman Clad Only in Night- gown, Bruised, Cut and Poisoning—Wet Cloth Stuffed in Her Mouth—Babbled TUB POSTS 7 e Suffering from Laudanum Hysterically in Conscious Moments. Chicago, IIl, Feb. 17.—A mysterious case which has the police at sea de- veloped today when the unconscious form of Miss Ella Gingles was found lashed to the supports of a bath tub in the Wellington hotel, a standard hostelry in the heart of the city. Whether she was the victim of a plot, as she Incoherently alleged in her few conscious moments, or chose fantastic means to retaliate on a woman whom she believed to have been her enemy is the question that the police set about to solve. Bathroom Bolted from [nsi A chambermaid found the public bathroom on the fourth floor bolted from the inside. The house carpenter entered the room, which was , dimly lighted by a candle, and discbvered Miss Gingles, clad in a nightgown, bound to the bathtub. Her face show- ed cuts and bruises and it was later determined that she had been mis- treated. Towel Tied Under Her Jaws. The girl was also apparently suffer- ing from laudanum polsoning. A bot- tle which had contained laudanum was found in the room and near it an empty | claret bottle. A towel was tled tight ly under her jaws and a_wet cloth was stuffed in hor mouth. Her clothes were found in a corner of the room. Restoratives were administered, but she recovered only sufficiently to bab- Dble hysterically: “Dow't let her come nearer. Don't let her make me drink any more; It will kill me.”. The words “cab” and | “pepper” occurred in her talk. Told Detective Strange Story. Later in the day, at the Frances willard hospital, whither she was taken, she recovered consclousness for several minutes. To Chief of Detec- tives O'Brien, who was at her bedaide, she told & strange tale of having been attacked near her rooming place in La Salle avenue last night by a man and a woman. Ono of them struck her and the other threw pepper in her eyes. She was then hustled into a cab. She knew no more, she said, until she re- gained consclousness last night in & strange room. Threw Over Transom. £he recognized the apartment as he- longing to the Wellington hotel and wrote & note 10 her friend, Miss Mary Joyce. She threw it over the transom with a penciled’ note on the envelo) asking “Some bellboy” to mail it. letter ra “Mary: Will be killed at Wellington hotel. Come quick. BLLA" It was this note which set the police on the trall today. It reached Miss Joyce at 9 a. m. in (he office where she is employed as stenographer to P. H. O'Donneil, a lawyer who is_attorney for Miss Gingles. At the hotel the detectives found that no “Ella Gingles” wus registered there, nor could anyons be found who saw the young woman enter the hotel. However, she misht eusily have been taken into the hotel unobserved, owing to the numerous entrances and stafrways. No bellboy could be found who had picked up any letter in the hall and mailed it. Story Believed to Be Untrue. “hicago, Fab. 17.—~Chief of Detectives ‘Brien tonight said: . “T believe, after investigation, that the girl's story of how she was bound and cut is untrue. T belleve that the pergons named by her as her sssailants are innocent. The girl could have Dbroken the cords which bound her te the bathtub.” NEW HAVEN ROAD CONDUCTOR ARRESTED Effort to Stop Practice of Pilfering of Fares. New York, Feb. 17.—In an effort to put a stop to the practice of pilfering fareg by conductors, the New York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. has invoked the aid of the interstate commerce commission, and caused the arrest today of Charies R. Stocker, a conductor running between Boston and this city, on a charge of violating sec- tion 10 of the interstatc commerce law which prohibits “unlawful dis- crimination in rates, fares or charges for the transportation of passengers or_property Stocker, who was held in $1,000 bail for examination on Friday, is charged | ith having discriminated against a | a1 agent of the interstate com- merce commission in that he 'exacted | ful] fare from nim and permitted two | railroad detectives to travel at a re- | duced fare. Tae allegation is mase | that Stocker dic not turn into the com- | pany the amount collected from the | two ¢ ves, but this feature is en- tirel of the complaint, which only cl unlawtul discrimination. | saying: “If you are going to keep your best teachers and raise your re- quirements U must pension your teachers.” Principal W.-T. Burr cf the normal training schodl, Willimantic said that £cme measure s necessary to incr the efficiency of the teaching [ nd he believed (e pension syst ould help zreatly, Williany Hackett of the New Haven ool, and president of the league in that city, resolution passed by the lea voring the passage of the p act. Dr. read Charles W passage o9 the proposed measure. Mrs, L. A. Cummings c b ton, representing the W an - ci} of Education of the state, appeared in favor of the measure Others who appeare act were General Dwight and General in favor of the Robinson of Hartfo: No one spoke in act. opposition to the RUSSIA OPPOSED TO WAR But if Austrians Cross the Trouble Wili Follow. Danube St. Petersburg, Feb. 17.—Popular sentiment is strongly supporting the Russian forcign office in jts attitude in the latest crisis which has sprung up in the Austrian-Servian trouble. in contrast with the earler tendency towards fault-finding on of the people. Russia hith inclined to throw cold water on fan aspirations, but the foreign office has now come to ook upon Austria- Hungary as the real disturbing ele- ment. and the bpresent situation n threatening the peace of Fu- rope. As a consequence, the attitude of Russla is now one of opposition to Austria’s aggressive plans. The Veche, a reactionary ea organ, ussia is opposed to war, but If the Austrians cross the Danube Rus- sians will not be satisfied until they invade Austria. Colored Man Appointed Judge of Mu- nicipal Court of District of Columbi Washington, Feb, 17.—Robert H. Terrell, a colored graduate of Har- vard college, 84, who has heen a jus- tice of one of the magistrate courts of this city for the last seven years, has been appointed a judge of the municipui rt of the District of Co- Tumbia. which has just been created by an act of congress, Judge Terrell s appointed a magistrate by Pres- ident Roosevelt in Januar: is the only colored man i try holding a judicial position of the dignity of the one to which he has just been elevated Dsath Resulted from Falling Down Hatoh. 17.—Injuries received | by falling downgthe bunker hatch of his vessel, & wi ago, caused the deatn at the city hospital teday of Captain Andrew Moar of Liverpool, ®ngland, commander of the British ‘steamer Manx Isies. A brother is-com- mfl!’r of the Allan Line steamer Sar- ‘ Boston, PFeb. a PANAMA CANAL INDICTMENTS. | | Bench Warrants Issued for Proprietor | and Editors of New York World. | Washington, ¥eb. 17.-—Bench war- rants were issued late today for the ( arrest of Joseph Pulitzer, the proprie- tor, and C b M. Hamm and Robert I Lyman, editors of the New York World, all of New York city; anéd for Delevan Smith and Charles ., Williams, owners of the Indianapo- lis News, for criminal 1tbel in the pub. lication in those newspapers of charg- | es of irregularities in the purchase by | the United States government of the Panama canal property from the | French owners. The indictments on which the war- rants were based were returned today i by the United States grand jury sit- ting in this city, and the warrants were issued later by the clerk of erim- | nal court No, 1. “The warrants are | directed again:t all five of the natural defendants of the two newspapers. The summons requires the corporate de- fendant (the Press Publishing compa- ny of New York) to appear In court forthwith to ver the indictment. District Attorne Baker probably not send the copies of the bench warrants and the certified copies of the indictments to New York or to Indianapoiis for a day or two. They were placed late today in the hands of the United States marshal here, and he will proceed with them in accord- ance with the directions of Mr. Baker. Theodore _Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Elihu Root, J. Pierpont Morgan Charles P. Taft, Douglas Robinzon and Willlam Nejson Cromwell are named in the indictments as the persons al- leged to have been vilified by the sto- ries appearing in the two newspapers. COFFEY FOUND GUILTY Of Receiving Bribe to Vote for a Trol- ley Franchi San_Francisco,’ Cal, Feb. 17.—After deliberating for thirty minutes today, the jury in the case of former Sup visor Michael W. Coftey, indicted on a charge of vecelving a bribe of $4,000 to vote for a trolley franchise for the United Rafiroads, returned a_verdict of guilty. Judge Dunne fixed February 27 ‘as the date for pronouncing sen- tence, which under the penal code may be from one to fourteen years in the state prison. Coffey. who was one of Mayor Schmitz's board of supervisors, all of whom except two, who we involved. confessed to having acce Dribes through the agency of Abra Ruef, is the first member of that board who has been pr Naw York. Feb. 17.—Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, who sailed for Europa after he had beén subpoenaed to serve as a | juror in the supreme court, was fined 260 today by Justice Guy. AMdavits were presented to the court showing fhat Mr. Vanderbilt departed for Bu- Tope and thercfore was unable to at- tend. Justice Guy held that this was not a sufficient excuse. Steamship Arriv: At Liverpool, Feb. 17 from New York. At Bremen, Feb. 16: Campania, B‘n-ln. from: | committee of the whole. | taken up after the house had become $50,000 ARMENIAN RUG PLACED IN WHITE HOUSE Gift to United States from H. M. To- pakyian of New Yerk. Washington, Feb, 17.—A to be worth more than claimed to be the finest in was presented to the White day as a gift to the natlan, il i sl w! president’s howe, M. Topakylan, & sleh York eity. The leet long and four snd is of imperial silk, with pearls, turquosises, other stones, FILIBUSTER IN THE HOUSE. Sergeant at Arms Sent After Absent Members. Washington, Feb. 17.—Today an at- tempt to abolish capital punishment as a penalty under federal laws blocked the conclusion of consideration of the penal code bill in the house, sitting in The bill was entangled in the Knox eligibllity que: tlon and had lald that question lfla for the day. The most important amendment fn~ corporated in the bill was age to - late the interstate shipment of um Representative McCall of Massachu~ setts led the fight against capital pun- ishment and when he was voted down made a point of no quorum. Just be- fore this, by 25 to 27, the committes had deelined to substitute electrocution for hanging as a death penalty. A motion for A recess was apposed by the enemies of the bill and a Aili- buster resulted. The doors were final- 1y closed and the sergeant at arms was sent after absent members. Nearly two hours later, at 7.50 p. m. when a representative fror Tilnols answere@ the roll call, a quorun was secured and the houss was declared in recéss until tomorrow morning. SENATE PASSED NAVAL BILL Ctarrying Appropriations of $136,000,~ 000—Methods of Navy Criticised. Feb, 17.—The naval bill, carry tota] appropriations of about $1 000, was passed by the senate today, after having been under consideration for three days. The bill was changed today by the restoration of the house provision for two battle- ships of 26,600 tons' displacement to cost $6,000,000 each. An ineffectual effort was made o defeat the amendment for the resors- tion of the marine corps to battleships and cruisers of the navy, which was placed in the measure while the senate was proceeding in committee of the whole. During the last of the session today Senator LaFoliette severely criticised the methods of the navy, ds that senatorfal influence on the work of the department caused an unbusi- ness-like development of navy yards and stationg. | cating Hquors. ‘Washington, COJPER-SHARP TRIAL. Field Day for the Prosecution—Clashes by Opposing Counsel. Nashville, Tenn, Feb, 17.—Bitter | quarrels botween attorneys -and new jand startling testimony marked this, the gecond day of the Cooper-Sharp trial for the murder of former Senator E. W. Carmarck, and the day closed with the state highly elated and the defen; apparently * perturhed. The nslon between the factions has grown sibly. This is indicated in the eourt room by clashes between opposing counsel and outside by evon more bits tor talk by partivans. While it was clearir a field day for the prosecution, the ~testimony was ziven by the state’s witnesses only, and the defense is yet to be heard from. New Hampshire Now Has a Legally Established State Plag. n(‘mulorn,lx.' Hmhb. 7.—For the irst time in its history New Ham shire has a legally established l!fl’-l flag. The state senate today :‘h:"nnflbnl providing for m-". o carried S e, et o tate seal on & soldiers as the of Liue, surrounded by nine stars, The flag bears the state | 4 3