Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 9, 1909, Page 1

v - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Opinion Expressed that the Bill is as Dead as . em the census, who stated that VOL. LI.—NO. 84. a Salt, Dried, Sun Cured Codfish. THE FINAL HEARING AT HARTFORD Many of Opinion that the Measure will Not be Reported Fcvorably—John Cairns Gave Spicy Wind-up to the Hearing, “The Matter Should Not be Left to a Lot of , Ignoramuses in the Legi lature.” Hartford, April 8—The final hear- ing before the committee on the ju ciary in regard to the creation of @ public utilities commission was held at the capitol today and many of those who have attended the hearing are of the opinion that the committee will not report the measure favorably and that is the opinion of those who are opposed to the measure, as voiced by\ Lewis S. Sperry, who said: “I think the bill is as dead as a salt, drled, sun cured codfish.” The argument for the opposition was made by Mr. Sperry and Willlam Waldo Hyde, who peared as attorneys for several street railways which they mentioned. ~Mr. Hyde opened and said that he belleved @ false impression had been given at the first hearing that public sentiment demanded the passage of the measure. He deprecajed what he termed at- tempts to scare the committee on po- litical lines and said that it was pret- ty cheap talk and that the commi tee must solve the matter on lines of principle. ] Not Unanimity of Feeling. He called attention to the fact that the republican party did not put itseif on record as being in favor of the measure and that there is not the unanimity of feeling which had been represented to the committee. The committee is not compelled to report favorably on the measure because the commission has presented it, He ad- mitted that it is the duty of the pub- lic service corporations to furnish ser- vice at reasonable rates and without discrimination against anyone, Dbut stated that there have been no com- piaints that such is being done, He clafmed that if passed the bill would e unconstitutional, and that there is under the present laws sufficient pow- er to correct amy abuses. “The pur- pose of the measure js to take from the legislature powers that have been ested in it by the constitution and give them to a commission. It provides that the present laws shall be exer- d only when the commission sees t{ to do so, and the public will not defermine what shall be done, but the gupss, or whim, of three individuals Wito would be a’law unto themselves,” #ald Mr. Hyde. If Laws Are Imperfect Legislation Should Chemge Them. He further stated in alluding to Stiles Judson's speagh that at least it was full of nerve for a man who, as the-records show, voted to make the | Yonds of the Connecticut Rallway and Lighting company savings bank in- vestments. He sald that if the laws are imperfect now the _legislature could change them and that he had been told by bankers within fortyeight hours that the Comnecticut Railwa: and Lighting company is worth every doliar for which it is capitalized. He cited further cases of alleged over- capitalization, and said that a charter i worth only as much as the brains and intelligence of the men who held it_make it. Under a gommission whick would vise the Wbonds they would carry the guaranty of the state and if the commission made a mistake the purchasers would have no redress. Corporations Not Overchdrging Pat- rons. Lewlis S. Sperry was the next speak- er who read a letter from H. C. War- ren of New Haven in oppositiop to the measure. Mr. Sperry glso afirmed that the wcorporations in Connecticut are not overcharging their patrons. He also read a letter from George D. Burgess of New'Haven, in opposi- tion to the measure. He pointed out that Stiles Judson's evidence of the populari the measure was that the governor had threatened the leg- islature with a call for a special ses- vion if they did not gtart the work and | not been since the E he alluded in a humorous way “pusiness mbn 300,000 stron: were said to be in favor of the meas- ure, & Not Business but Politics. In regard to the provision that stock could not be issued without the sanc- tion ef the commission, he said: “Why, they couldn’t issue stock un- less they put on their gum shoes and came up to Hartford to see Andy Cates, or some other republican leader, to find out if they could make certain improvements, That isn't business but it is politicg.” He then alled attention to the fact that the corporations could issue u 1imited stock and bonds, or other evi- @ences of indebtedness for. expenditure cutside the state or country and point- ed out what a drdin this would be upon the state. “The rreasure was drawn by a corm- mission which was not paid for its work, and I do not see any reason wi it should be. It was favored by & gov- crror who wished to bust the machine that created him. “He went to all the county fairs and chicken shows and commended the finest eggs and the smallest sucking pigs,, and between times heard the voicé' of public opinion whispering not from the mountains, but from the base- ments of the town halls, calling for such a bill. Gentlemen, if you think it has merit, study it. Years ago there used to be democrats in this state, but ther. yan total eclips in 1896, and the eclipse is &till on, but a party of that name in its platform favored - this measure and wanted a public _utilities commleeion. In an- other place it has declared itself to be opposed to government by commis- and it nominated for head of its ket @ man who is a director of most of the corporations which this commis sion is aimed to control. “Gentlemen, if you took the corpora- tions out of this state the state would be nothing but a game preserve.” Me hoped the day would come when the executive would keep his nose and the big stick out of the legislature and allow the lawmakers to make the s Public service corporations _reduce their rates to encourage traffic and make business. Argument in Favor of/the Measur| Frank §. Butterworth appeared 'to argue in favor of the measure and said that intelligent_opinfon- is in favor of the measure. He cited a number of public service corporations where the service, he sald, was verv bad, among them being the New Haven Gas com- pany, and that if the Hartford Gas company had not been overcapitalized the public would get a cheaper rate. He said that the New Haven Gas company’s stock sells at 170 and that from time to_time stock has been is- sued which was sold to stockholders at $100 per share allowing the. stock- holders to make §0 pointe on it. He pointed out many of the good results complished. by the New York com miesion. Spicy Windup to the Hearing. This concluded the argumerts, John Cairns, however, who stated that, he a president of the Bolton Telephone company, gave a spicy windup to the hearing, ~ He spoke In favor of the measure end said: “That such matters ought not to be left to the legisiature. which has been composed of @ lot of ignorgmuses who wouldn't know, a stocK certificate from & handbill. - They are from the country districts and the do mot represent the state; nefther do the labor unions represent the state. 1 have been a member of one and I know how the trick is done. The legislators don’t represent anything after ghey get in_their cordwood for the winter.” This closed the hearing on the pub- lic utllities bill. TARIFF BILL IN HOUSE. Republicans Caught Napping—Several Outbreaks of Bad Tempe: Washington, April 8.—Because the numerous committee amendments o the Payne tariff bill, the house of epresentatives was compelled to sit until late in the evening in order to insure action on the various para- graphs coming within the scope of the kpecial rule adopted last Monday be- fore the final vote is taken tomorrow afternoon. ¢ At one time the republicans were caught nappink and an agiendment by Mr, Clark of Missourf was adopted, fizing the rate of duty on iron or steel vire of the number sixteen gauge at three-fourths of a cent per pound but this was thrown out later. Fearing tiiat he might not meet with such suc- cess again, Chairman Payne took his republican colleagues to task for ab- senting themselves from the chamber and appealed to them to remain in their seats. This was done, with the result that in all the committee amend.. ments he was gustained, While occasionally there were out- breaks of bad temper, on the whole the session assumed a mormal aspect| and business procceded with a reason- able degree of facility. With a number of committee amendments yet to be considered the house at 6.58 p. m. adjourned. ELEPHANT “TOM” RUNS AMUCK. Sm Wagons, ullets Subdued Him. Des Moines, Ia., April 8—"Tom,” an elephant in the winter quarters of the “Yankee”/ Robinson circus, ran amuck tonight, and seizing his keéper, Charles Bellew, hurled him high in the air and then trampled him to death, The excited beast then ran through the animal park, uprooted small trees, destroyed three circus wagons and | demolished a bridge across a lagoon. I bullets were shot into the ele- | phant before he was subdued. Census Bill Reported to the Senate. Washington, April §.—A bill to pro- vide for the enumeration of the thir- teenth and subsequent cens was today reported 10 the senate by Mr. LaFollette, chairman of the committes he would ask the scnate to consider it tomorrow. Several resolutiong calling on the secretaries of state, of agricul- | ture, and of commerce and labor for information concerning duties on su- gar were adopted. At 12.35 p. m. the senate ied until tomorrow, Kille His Keeper, Etc~Forty ot | TRIAL OF MRS. SAMPSON. It Is Expected That Case Will Go to Jury Today. Lyons, N. Y., April 8.—The state's case against Mrs. Georgia Allyn Sampson, the young woman charged with killing her husband, Harry Samp. son, last November, came practically to & close tonight, the prosecution wiil rest its case tomorrow morning when Alpert H. Hamilton, a gun expert, con- cludes his testimony, The defense's testimony will be brief and it is the general expectation that the case will Bc to the jury late tomorrow after- noon. The defense gained a _short-lived victory early today when District At- torney Gilbert sought vainly to piace the black outer shirt of Harry Samp- son-into evidence. Justice Rich ruled against its admission at the time be- cause sufficient ground had not been established for its introduction.’ Dis- trict Attorney Gilbert seemed chaw- rined, for without the shirt in evidence the state would not be able to show that the bullet hole was not a con- tact shot and that Harry Sampson was fired at from a distance, thus precluding the theory of suicide. The state’s attorney, however, suc- ceeded in getting the outer shirt into evidence this afternoon through its gun expert, Albert H. Hamilton, who placed’ the undershirt within the black shirt so as to show how the perfo tion In hoth shirts made by the bullet coincided. EFFOR'I:S TO CURBE SPEEDING. Sixty=Seven Autcists Arrested in New York Last Ninht, New York, April §.—The efforts of the police to curb the speed mania, to which have been ascribed the ma casualties to pe within_the past few the arrest tonight of motilfats. Most of those arrested wi charged with running their cars in ex- cess of twenty miles an hour, or twice as fast as the. regulations permit. There have been more than twd hun- dred arrests for this offense the past few days. Guy Hutchinson Under Arrest. New Haven, Conn, April 7.—Guy Hutchingon, secretary of the Corbin Motor Vehicle company of New Brit- n and a quarterback on the Yale footbalkteam of 1905, was arrested hera tonight for operating an automobile without a license and speeding. He was held under $200 bail for his ap- pearance in court tomorrow morning. Cabled Paragraphs Messina, April 8—A violent earth- quake was experlenced here last night at a quarter before 10 o'clock. It was accompanied by subterrancan rum- Dlings. ; Paris, April 8.—Gambaiseunil and Ropolin, two horses owned by W. K. Vanderbilt, each got a second place in the running here today. Mr. Vander- bilt's Ganga Chata was another con- testant, but did not get a place. Ey- mett, owned by H. P, Duryea, was an- other starter, but failed to get a place St. Petersburg, April 8.—A despatch received here from Pyatigorsk, a town and watering place in Cis-Caucasia, says that the governor of the province has issued orders that Jews be denied admission to the health resorts in the Caucasus during the coming season. Jewish musicians also are barred from playing in governgent orchestras. Berlin, April $.—The latest intelli- gence from German,Southwest Africa says the discoveries of diamonds at Luderitz bay are more important than was at first supposed. Diamonds hith- erto have been picked up on the sandy desert, but attempts to bore for water led to the finding of blue earth pockets containing diamonds similar to the Kimberley and other South' Afrfcan stones. Monte Carlo, April 8.—In the motor boat races today Chantecler won the championship for sea cruifers over a course of 200 kilometers (about 124 miles). The time was_4 hours, 49 min- utes and 58 seconds. Alterations have been made in the Standard. one of the American boats, which was withdrawn from the events earlier in the week on account of unsteadiness, and there is every indication that she will make a good showing in tomorrow's race. FISH OlL, GUANO MAKING, GARBAGE REDUCTION. Troubles of the Sound Shore People Described—Hartford \Hearing Con- tinued—Arguments of Counsel. Hartford, April 8—The hearing of yesterday afternoon befere the joimt committee on public health and safety on the fish oil and guano and the gar- bage reduction matter, so far as the ar- guments of of counsel were concerned, was continued this afternoon. In Behalf of the Cottagers. Charles 1. Gross of Hartford opened for_ the cottagers on the Niantle shore nd the numeraus lawyers on the com- mittee listened with interest as he de- scribed the troubles of the shore peo- nle with the fish factory nuisance last summer. He said that this fish factory was ever a nuisance to the shore peo- ple, but the worst season they'd ever known .was that of 1908. Mr. Gross realized that this was an established busin:ss and that there ex- isted rights by way of a vested Inter- est, but he felt that the Niantic Men- haden Fish Oil and Guano company could so arrange its plant as to do away with the nuisante and ought to be compe'led to and certain e shore people didn’t wish a garbage reduction plant brought in from Bridgeport. While they are only residents in that town a few months in the year, it was felt that the wishes of the thousands of such people ought to be considered very seriously, 7 For the Bridgeport By-Products Co. Ex-Representative Day of Colchest appeared for the Bridgeport By-Prod- ucts company in support of an amend- ment of the 1907 garbage transporta- tion: law, which would permit his con- cern to go on and utilize the property which it has purchased in East Lyme just as it wishes If it can show the state board of heaith that it will keep within the law. He belleved that hic concern had a constitutional right to use the Jand it owned for whatever it pleased as long as this-could be done without injury to anyone else. Mr. Day insisted that the growing cities of New Haven, Bridgeport, Wa- terbury and Hartford were put to it to carefor their garbage and asked where they could more appropriately go than to these great shore towns, where the reduction plant can be far from any center of population. He referred with sarcasm to the testimony of the sum- mer residents yesterduy and character- zed as false much that was testified to by Dr. Dart, the Niantic health of- fices joned by Dr. Sedgwick of tk committee, Mr. Day told of the proce of reducticn and showed how the cook - ing of the garbage destroyed all odors, He turned to President Livingstone to answer regarding some technical point and the colloquy which followed be- tween the latter and the committee re- sulted in the suggestion by Senate Chairman Phillips that. the committee be ingited to Bridgeport to inspect the reductlon plant, which Mr. Livingstone cheerfully agreed to do. Major Hull of New London Heard. Major H. A. Hull of New London fol lowed for the Niantic Menhaden, Etc., Co. He said that the fish oil and guano business was_ established in jts exact present location in Niantic in 1858, moved to Gfan eck and then moved back a fe ag). There has bee invested now nearly $150,000, partly in two boats specially fitted for the busi- ness, e lobster industry in this state would be ended by the stopping of this business and that of the one other fis factory in this state, which Is in My: tie. The company has a monthly pay- roll ot some $7,000. It takes in a good season about $250,000 worth of prop- erty out of the ocean. ‘Out of the ocean!” cried Mr. Hull. “Why, In two or three years this would pay for all those summer cottages.” “We're not for sale,” interrupted Mr. Gross. Major Hull made a comparison be- tween conditions in the towns of Wa- terford, East Lyme and Old Lyme, and those about the Mystic fish mill The towns of Stonington and Groton e much larger grand lists and ny more people who live nearer the fish factory, but they're not asked to stricted. - insisted that property values in inity of the fsh mill had large- ed sinee it was built, to the of the other v incr loudly voiced® protests side Major Hull dent “which enlarged on an acci- happened where a M Luce had impounded 30,000 buckeye which died and drifted down into tha Sound before the accident to the fish factory’s menhaden tank, and protest- ed against his ¢ompany's being blamed for that, He also accused the cot- tagers of dumping their refuse and garbage back a mile in the woods and sald that one of the doctors who in- spected this spot said that the odor there far outranked that from the fish mill. Judge Shumway had said that he was satisfied thie fish factory was not a menace to health and he would not close it, said Major Hull, and he felt that it ‘could be operated without be- ing a nuisance Major Hull told the committee that the cottagers who were nauseated were so troubled because they went swimming in water with this fish oil standing on i, He went on then to describe what had been done, at the expense of $10,000, during the winter, to better the conditions at the fish mi] and called it bad faith for the cot- tagers to comie to the legislature to get legal restrictions which would be injurious to the business before they had tried the company in its effort to improve conditions. He closed by beg- - New Prppusal TWO HOURS' CONFERENCE AT PHILADELPHIA. s NO SOLUTIOH OF CONDITIONS Governing the Hard Coal Fields—Men Agree to Wage Agreement Renewal With a Few Changes, 1 Philadelphia, April 8.—At the con- clusion of a two hours’ conference be- tween the operators and a committee representing the anthracite coal mi- ners which terminated late this aft- ernoon, both sides seem as far from an ultimate solution of the working conditions governing the hard coal fields as ever. The miners’ representa- tives presented a modified proposition. In this new preposal the miners agree to the renewal of the recently expired wage agreement with a few changes hich are pfovided for in the follow- ing languag The New Proposal. “It is furthdr understood and agreed that if wages of employes have been reduced during- the past three years under the stiplation that ft was new work or for other cause, such wages shall be restored. It is further agreed that the right to hire and discharge is vested exclusively in the mine mana- ger or operator. The pepsons discharg- ed shall have the right of appeal and if it is shown that they were dis- charged without cause, shall be reim- stated. No suspension of operation shall take place during the adjustment of differences between employer and em- ploye.” No Statement by Operators. No statement was given out by the operators and it is not known how they view the proposition of the mi- ners, carrying, as it does, the recog- nition of the’union, in a different form than originally presented. One of the Demands Agreed To, | Philadelp.az, April $—It was learned tonight that duriog the conference the first of the added demands of the min - ers had been practically agreed to by the operators. President Baer, after & conferenne with President Truesdale of the Lackawanna In reference to the Practically cispute cver “new work,” made the following announcement: “We state officially that hereafter any controversy relating to new work may be submitted to the board of con- ciifation 1o determine whether the ~on- diticn of the veins and the work are thie ame, and if they are found to be the ame’ then the rates existing on old work shall apply to the new. At the’ request of the miners, this paragraph was put in writing. MME. HELENA MODJESKA DIES IN CALIFORNIA. Famous Actress a Victom to Bright's Disease—Interment in Poland. Los Angeles, Cal, April 8.—Mme. Helena Modjeska, the famous Polish tragedienne and one of thf most fam- ous actresses of the Américan stage, died at 10 o'clock today at her island home at Bay City, Orange county, at the age of 65, after an illness of about two months. ' For several days she had been unconscious, and her death was almost hourly expected. Bright's dis- ease, complicated with heart trouble, was the immediate cause of death. Gathered around the bedside of the noted actress when she passed away were Count Bozenta, husband of Mme. Modjeska; Ralph Modjeska and his wife, a son and Gaughter-in-law, of Chicago, and Dr. J. C. Bovd, the fam- ily_physician. Washington, April 8.—The decision to take Mme. Modjeska’s body back to Poland for interment,gave rise to the question as to whether the Russian government would permit this, in view of the debarment of the actress from her nativeland and the fact that the obsequies might incite a national anti- Russian demonstration. At the Russian embassy here ‘today it was stated no obfection would be made by the Russlan government, so far as is known here. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Nominated. Washington, April 8.—The president today sent to the senate the nomina- tion of Charles D. Hilles of New York to be assistant secretary of the treas- ury. Attached for Bill of $71. New Haven, April 8.—Because a bill] of $71 owed to the New Haven Water company was unpaid, a deputy sherift today attached property of the New York and Bridgeport Transportation company on a dock, The bill was paid and the attachment discharged ging that his company be left to the enjoyment of its common law rights. For the Shore People. Attorney Anson T. McCook, appear- ing for the sHore people, asked that there be permitted no further exten- sion of the fish factory,and no loca- tion of a new garbage reduction plant and quoted law to show that the pre- vention of nuisances is quite as im- portant as their abatement. To regu- late this industry is not to interfere with the rights of vested interests, but to exercise the proper police power of the state. He described the local conditions and showed how annoying and menac. ing to health is the présent fish fac- tory and how serious would be the probable conditions if the Bridgeport concern came in and built a plant as | is_desired, - “If this isn’t a menace to health in Bridgeport at present, let Bridgeport keep it,” he said, 2 Speaking of the appeal to the state board of health from_the local select- men desired by the By-Products com- pany, Mr. McCook said that if there was to be an appeal, it should not by long to this company, but to the peo- ple. The By-Products company had no property in East Lyme when the hear- ing before the selectmen was held; it had only an option. After Mr. McCook closed Mr. Gross jumped up to say that when a private nuisance was extended it became a public nuisance and the legislature certainly has the right to legislate to suppress a public nuisance, Mr. Day said a few more words to establish the right of his company to use its property in East Lyme in any way it wished, if it could prove to the satisfaction of a court that it was not to establish a nuisance. His com- pany doesn’t feel that it can obtain justice from the East Lyme authori- ties and wants the right of appeal to a fair, impartial tribunal. He pro- posed to withdraw the appeal to the state board of health and make it to the superior court. . FRIDAY, Miners Present - {Automobile Law, APRIL 9, 1909. Favorable Vote ON DRAFT OF THE LAW OUTLIN- ED FOR CONNECTICUT. BUT FEW CHANGES MADE Proposal to Make Outside Autoists Pay censs Fee Has Been Dropped— Registration Fees. Hartford, Conn., April 8.—The com- nittee on roads, rivers and bridges has voted fayorably upon the draft of the -automobile law which was outlined some days ago by the Associated Press with a few changes. No Fee from Outsiders. The proposal to make autoists from outside the state pay a license fee has been dropped and the law in that re- spect will not be chepged. Provisions of the Measure. The measure provides for the ap- poir:tment of a commissioner who shall see that the law is enforced and shall have offices at the capitol and shall issue licanses according to the clauses of the law. He may summon witness- es and administer the oath and take testimony and may delegate the power to an agent and may order the carry- ing out of the provisions of the law, the production of oooks, papers and documents and any person who swears falsely to the commissioner or hix £gent may be found gullty of perjury. Fees for attendance and travel of wi nesses shall be the same as in the su- perior court and shall be paid by the state. The superior court shall have judgment in equity to enforce all law ful orders of the commissioner. He shall appoint from time to time com- petent persons as Investigators or ex- aminers in respect to the enforecment of the la who shall have all the powers of 'constables except the ser- Vice of 2ivil process and power to ar- rest any violators of the automobile law. The commissioner may Investi- gate the cause of any accident in which a motor vehicle is involved and may prepare from time to time rules and regulations not inconsistent with lae law governing the se and opera- tibn of motor vehicles, and these rules shall take effect when approved oy the governor and published In at least ona newspaper in each county. This does not give the commissioner power to regulate the spexd of motor vehicle: He shall receive a salary of $2,500 year and expenses as approved by The controller. The act is to take effect upen its passage and other acts incon- sistent with it are repeale Registration Fee: The general automobile law is chang- €d to delegate certain powers now ex- ercised by the office of the secretary of state to the commissioner and for matters of registration provides prac- -ically the same restrictions as ars now in force, with the exception of fees, which shall bey Motor cyeles, $1; commercial metor vehicles, $5; vehicle of 20 horse power up to 30 horse power, $10; from 30 to 35 Worse power, $15; from 35 to 40 horse power, $20; frn 30 horse power and up, $30; for all vebicles of a mans ufaeturer, $100; for all vehicles of a dealer, 32v: for every operator’s licanse, $2; for the substitition of registratiol §2; for additional certificates, 50 cent: for additional number plates, $1. No one is allowed to use a machige without the permissicn of the owner. The proposed clause which would put a tax on autoists coming into the state from cthr states has been Arop- ped, as it was shown that they bring a large revenue Into the state and it would work an injustice to the hotel keepers. Engines Must Be Muffled. All engines must be kept constantlr muffled while being operated and no signal device may be used except a horn, chime, whistie or bell This eliminates the siren whistle. No mo- tor bicycle may be operated with muf- fler opened. No person shail opcrata a motor vehicle where the operator's ~iew of the road and traffic is chstruct ed at a greater speed than ten milex per hour, and In passing a trolley car from which passengers are being dls- charged at a rate of speed greater than t.ree miler Lor hour. Licenses May Be Revoked. The commissioner may reveke i censes upon violations of the law, and a penalty is provided for anycne oper- ating the motor vehicle after the IfY cense of that vehicle has been revoked Upon the second conviction any ntoxi cated person found operating a motor vehicle shall be punished by not more than two vears and not less than six months’ 'mprisonment and the revoca tion of that person’s licemse and that of the owner and emplover. When ap peals are taken the license shall be suspended until sald person is acquit ted in the court of appeals. Refusal 0 stop when signalled by an officer is also the-Bubject of a penalty. The measure will be favorably re- pori#d to the legiciuure on Tursas EXPLOSION FELT 40 MILES. Nitro-Glycerine, 400 Giant Powder. N. Y, April 8 —Twelve hundred quarts of nitro-glycerine and four hun pounds of giant pow- der stored in two magazines owned by the Hercules Torpedo company and the Ellsworth Powder company, blew up early today. The houses of A. G. Parker, Benjamin Ingalls and Mont Moore were practically demolished Every house in a radius of three miles was badly shaken, The explosion was felt for a radius of forty miles. No person was injured. Loss about $20,- 000. 1,200 Quarts Pounds Bolivar, Movement for a “Home Coming” to ireland. Washington, April S.—The parting statement of Richard Croker, the for- mer Tammany chieftaln before he left here today for New York. was that while he would never give up his Am- erfcan citizenship, yet his sympathies were entirely with the people of Ire- land in their hopes for material im- provement. Mr. Croker was led to make this remark after a talk with friends here who are backing a move- ment for a “home coming’ E Ireland, which he declared was a capital idea. Marie Dressler Operated Ua for Tensil Troubles. Chicago, April 8.—Marie Dressler was operated on here today for two large growths extending frym the right and left tonsils. They were removed saceessfuily. Her chysiclans said that she would he Il for a week or two, nhut that the operation would result in the restoration of her normal voice, Three-Masted Schooner Launched. Camden, Me., April 8—THe three- masted schooner Frank E. Swaln waa launched today from the shipyard of Robert L. Bean. She is of 700 tons capacity, 348 net tonnage and 131 feet long. The vessel will hail from Bos- ton. Condensed Telegrams By the Bursting of a Dyke at Catan- zaro, Italy, twenty-two fishermen were swept to sea. Kleven of them were drowned, A Despatch to the London Daily Telegrapn from St. Petersburg says that M. Iswolsky, the foreign minister, has tendered his resignation and is awaiting the emperor's decision. Acting on a Question referred by Secretary of (' Nuvy Meyer, Attorney General Wich. am has decided that congress was fully within its consti- tutiona! rights in the legislation direct- ing that marines be restored to duty aboard naval ships. Dr. Persifer Fraser, the well known scientist_and handwriting expert, died in Philadelphia after a month's illness from heart trouble. He was the first foreijgner on whom the University of France conferred the degree of B. S. Dr, Fraser was 65 years old. After Perhaps the Most Remarkable { contest ever held in Vermont, the dead- | lock over the choice of a president in the Burlington board of altermen was broken on the 528th ballot, after more than eighteen hours of voting. C. P. Dion was elected as presiding officer of the body. Postmaster General Hitchcock has approved @ rectangular design for a spectal issue of stamps cn June 1 com- memorative of the Alaska-Yukon- Pacific exposition. The stamp bears a ribbon__inscribed “Alaska-Yukon-Pa- cific, 1908,” and a circle frames the plotiire of & fur seal standing on a cake of ice. Over a Million Dollars a Year can he realized by growing timber on the un- cultivated lands of Rhode Island, ac- cording to a statement made by Gif- ford Pinchot, chief forester of the United States, during an address to the general assembly Wednesday. His Address was a plea for the conservation of the natural resources of the coun- try. W. J. Chalmers, recetver for A. Baoth & Co. filed petitions in the United States circuit court at Chicago Wed- nesday asking that the $419,. posit in the First National, the Coi mercial Natfonal, the Corn Exchange and the Continental National banks to the credit of the Booth company be turned over to the common asseis of the fish firm for the benefit of all the creditors Mrs. Bertha Eugenie Julienne Low, wife of Will H. Low, the artist, died at ‘her home in Bronxville Wednesday af- ter a briet illness. She and ier hus- band were intimate friends of Robert Louis Stevenson and at the time of her death ghe had translated nearly all of the Scotch romancer and essavis works into French. She was a « tributor tc American and French p odicals and was an authagess of merit FREIGHT RATE TROUBLES, i PLAN FOR ARBITRATION. idea of the Trunk Line Association— Situation More Complicates. New Haven, Conn, April 8—The Jatest phase of the trouble over freight rates in New England, which has reached a complicated stage, is & plan for arbitration, devised by the Trunk Line association, by which a commit- tee will take into consideration the whole subjéct of rates, including the rates of the southern steamship lines, of the trunk lines by the mixed freight and rall lines and by the New England water lines, northward and westward. ‘The scope of the investigation in- cludes not merely the existing difficu ties, but the devising of & positive plan by which rates upon all the systems will be adjusted. There Is also a plan for a_special committee to meet Vice Predident Hays of the- Grank Trunk who has been understood to be the v tolng member of the Trunk Line asso- clatfon. as regards the plan for equal- izing the New England rail and water rates. A complication, has, entered the situation by what is un- derstood to be a new position assumed by the Boston and Maine in opposi to the lower rates westward from northern New Bngland. It is unde stood that the Boston and Maine con pany now takes a definite stand again any increase of the northern New Eng- land rates on the ground that it would be unquestionably a vielation of the Sherman act and would subject the company to heavy fines and penalties under the federal law. This further soarls up the complex quesiion very serlously. In raflroad circles here a possibie. if not probable, solution of the trouble may be an agreement of the New Yor! New Haven and Hartford company with the Grand Trunk, by which the latter would obtain the same rates as now obtain In the traffic arranzement of the New Haven with the Canadian Pacific as an all rail combination Several weeks ago there were negotia- tlons on thin subject between the Grand Trunk and the New Haven, at the end of which the Grand Trunk re- fused to make certain concessions and the negotiations ended. Such a settlement would retain _the present rates for morthern New Eng- land, which have recently bheen the subject of agitation in Massachusetts and elsewhere, but it would hardly be acceptable to the regular trunk lines 4s tending to divert the business which in the case of the New Haven and the Canadian Pacific agreement precipitat- ed the whole trouble. Inquiry in railroad circles here in- dicates that the situation is now con- siderably more complicated than ever, particularly in view of the position of The Boston and Maine. The Jake and rail rates will come into practical ef- fect with the opening of the lake and rail routes two days hence, and will probably somewhat affect the acuieness of the dispute. however, just Mark Twain Adds 150 Acres to His Farm. Redding, Conn., April 8.—Samuel L Clemens (Mark Twain) has purchased 150 acres of land adjoining his recent- Iy acquired property. The “farm” as the author calls his really beautiful estate, now comprises 330 acres of agricultural and wooded tracts near the center of which is the Clemens home. The house, a most inviting abode, rises from a knoll that com- mands a far view of the surrounding country. Aecroplane Attached in Suit to Recover Money. Bridgeport, April $—Stanley Y. Beach, editor of the Scientific Ameri- can and resident in Stratford, today has the aeroplane of Gustave White- head, an inventor, attached in a suit to recover money advenced to White- head, for, It i5 understood, experi- ments in aerial navigation. The dam- ages claimed are $2,500. The large model with which Whitehead has been experimenting in Fairfield was taken in charge by the deputy sheriff. Found $8,500 Buried in' Kettle. Lexington, Ky., April 8.—While dig- gine In an abandoned ot today work- men found a brass kettle containing $8,500 in gold and silver. It had appac- ently been buried for balf a centu: The lot was Rold at & commissioners =ale & week ago for $11 GOVERNOR'S MING GONTINUES CLEAR Signed Requisition Yesterday on Governor ofl‘ Massachusetts for Extradition of Antons NO SETBAQK IN MR. LILLEY’S CONDITION - 4 He is Waiting Doctor’s Orders Before Signing Resolution for Lieutenant Governor to Act During Executive’s Incapacity—When the Resolution is Signed Lieut, Gov. Weeks will Make Public Statement. Hartford, April 8.—Up to this afte noon at 2 o'clock Governor Lilley not signed the resolution passed by the general assembly on Wednesday, providing for the performance of the Quties of governor during the inca- | pacity of the incumbent of the office. Waiting Doctors' Orders. The delay in signing the resolution is not due to the weakness of the governor. He signed a requisition this morning on the governor of Massa- chusetts, for the extradition of Mitch- eli Antons, wanted for obtaining mon- ey under false pretenses. The govern- or signed hig name clearly and appar- ently without much physical effort. Executive Secretary Goodwin will not present the resolution passed Wednesday by the general assembly to the governor for his signature unti) he is authorized by the physicians in attendance on his excellency. I'rhn governor's mind continues clear. When the resolution is signed by vernor Lilley, Lieutenant Governor Weeks will make a public statement as acting governor, Statement by Phyr Dr, Beach visited Mr, ns. Lilley during the forenoon, and, after a conference with Dr. Graves, the following state- ment was given out | “We feel that Governor Lilley's con- dition is all that we could ask for. He is in better condition than during the past twenty-four hours.” LEFOSED PRESIDENT CASTRO WITHOUT A COUNTRY. Efforts to Keep Him Out of Venezusla Crowned With Success. Washington, April 8.—The efforts of the American government to keep for mer President Castro out of Vene- zuela and away from earby main- land and islands have every indics cf being crowned with success. stons in’that part of the world I indicated to the state department th Castro's presence is not wanted in their boundaries and that the willing to acquiesce In the de of the United States that he hesfar re- moved from the scene of his formet prestige. otwithstanding Castro’s depcsition as president, he has still a great many warm adherents in his native country, and it is realized here that his return night be made the occasion of a dem- onstration resulting in the re-estab- lishment of unsettled conditions This government feels that Castro ought not to be allowed to return to Venezuela or to be permitted to make his headquarters in any of the sur- rounding ports FOREST FIRE AT STERLING. Burned Over Six Hundred Acres of Land. Sterling. Conn., April 8.—A lighted match dropped among leaves started a woods fire here today that wa sprob- ably one of the most destructive that has visited the eastern part of the | state for several | their station. Newport, R. L, April 8.—The tug | North ' American,’ towing the barge | Breeze, which she picked up tn Block Island ‘sound today, arrived here lats today. Capt. Abs Peterson of the Breeze sald that after the barges nswick and Beacon broke Starting on | the Thomad Finlay farm, where a car penter who was repairing a fence drop- | ed a match with which he had lighted Bis Dipe. the fire, fanned by a sirong wind that at times was almost a g spread rapldly and south, destroy- ing valuable timber land that lay In its path. At Porter's Mills several old unoccupled buildings were burned. In all the fire burned over six hundred acres of land MRS. GOELET'S AUTOMOBILE Ran Down and Badly Injured Street Sweeper in Fifth Avenue. Aprll 8.—Mrs, Goelet's tomobile, with its owner a a chauffenr as its sole occupants day ran down and injured a stree weeper fn Fifth avenue The accident occurred busiest hour of tha oughfare, while hun dressed women crowd In corrlage sand automobiles caused a big block In_traf The injured man. Christo Salantire, was taken to the New York hospital where he was fonnd to have sustained serious int T hauf- teur, Willlam Sullivah, was placed un- der ‘arrest. New York dur iy and it rnal Injuries, Small Amount of Work Accomplished at Ruined Messina. London, April 8.—A special despatch from Messina to a London newspaper declares that notwithstanding reports to the contrary. the king and queen who recently visited the earthquake districts, sare greatly displeased with the small amount of wor r ac- complished. No attempt has been made to clear away the ruins, and there is no water supply, proper sanitation, or the means of transit. Hundreds of wreached survivors, the despatch sdys ace still dwelling in misery in hu which they themselves have erected. or in Broken dwon railwa rring $15,000 Fire at Paimer, Mass.—Aid Sent from Springfield. ., April 8 waid by a high wind, a fir inated in a rag picker: rear of th: Converse house o’clock this afternoon totally destroved four buildings and damaged twenty wmore, including’ the mill of the"Wright ‘Wire company. The Converse house, which caught fire several times, and awelling houses in the vicinity were saved by bucket brigades. steamer was sent from Springfield, but the blaze was under control when it ar- rived. Loss $15,000. river which shop In the at 4.30 Official Figures Regarding Scout Cruis- ers’ Tests. Newport, R. I, April 8.—Officlal fig- ures given out tonight regarding the performance of the scout cruisers Bir- mingham, Chester and Salem on thoir run of 2,000 miles, to test their engine economy, show that the Birmingham, which Is equipped with reciprocating engines, again consumed le: oal per 24 hours than either of her sister ships with their turbine engines. Birmingham burned 1531-2 tons of coal 1 neach 24 hours: the Chester 157 tons and the Salem 202 tons. Moving Bodily. Nice, April 8—A mountain has be- gun_to move bodily as a result of ra! road excavations in the Verdcn valler A large mass has become detached and #s moving at the rate of sixty or sev- enty yards an hour. Crazy Snake Still in Hidina. Chandler, Okla., April S—Willlam Tilghman, a deputy United States marshal, chosen by Colonel Hoffman to capture Crazy Srake, left here toda Crazy Snake is believed to be hiding near Henryetta. ‘The l..b:;r unions and Ilnt:np]n_vrd of New Zealand are ting against assisted tmmigration to the colony. THREE BARGES ADRIFT IN BLOCK ISLAND SOUND. Broke Away from Tug Waterman Dur- ing Wednesday Night's Blow. April $.—Thres of distress wera on on the part of { the Quonochon- Cwo of the harg-s were together and about six miles off shore, while the third barge was some two miles beyond the other two. They are believed to be part of & tow re- ported lost by the tug R. M. Water- n in las: night's gale, hough the wind was blowing sixty an hour, the Quonochontaug life savers launched their. lifeboats and started to pull out to the assistance of the distressed craft, but before the lifs savers could get half way to the near- est of the barges a tug appeared in £ight and proceeding to the barge fur- thest off shore took her in tow. Ane other tug soon appeared ahd headed for the two barges that were near to- gether. The life savers seeing that tha tug would reach the barges long be- fore the uzelves could, put back to & last night from the tug terman In Long Island sound i George Wood lashed hemselves to the pumps, There they remained throughout the night, with he barge pitching and rolling in - the gale and high seas The tug John Scully, towing the barge Brunswick passed by here late t thout putting in and went on ¥ wi te Providence. Tt was then feared *iat ad been 10st, but whether scued could not be TO PRESERVE SMALL OYSTERS. Object of a Bill Now Before the Con= necticut Legislatur Hartford, Conn, April 8.—Bllls deal ing with oyster ing and providing that no dredge authorized to be d upon natural oyster grounds of iis state shall have two Inch h, ree-quarters of d also p a net of less than nor rings less than an inch in diamet ling for the repeal of of an act which pr ts dredging in the waters/of Hil- ford, v ard before the shell fish= r ni s afternoon. The t ned bill Is to pres G U oysters by ing the ip thron ion for the persons addressed the bills, the dis: ited at times. D. A. R. “INSURGENTS" Will Make No Stir at Congre: Daughters. Washington, April 8.—The ‘“insure " among the Daughters of the Amrican Revolution, who have nomin- ated a candidate for president general of tt nization in opposition to the administration candidats “will not reate the faintest ripple at the con= of the Daughters™ ording to Mrs. Donald McLean, president general of the soclety, who predicts the election of Mrs, M. cott of Illinois as her sucgessor ng general meet- Ing to b is city. The “nsur- enough for them to ssult belng protec- se r ot the on 1ssion becoming spir- the oyster of the gents” n as their candidate Mrs. Wil , state regent of New York, w withdrawn her candidmey o0 lection as state res gent in > WHO OWNS THIS $1,000 BILL. F?\md in Collestion Plate of a Penn- sylvania Methedist Ghureh. Washington, Pa., April $.—An slvers tisement In a local paper today an- nounces that there was found in the collection plate of the Roscoe M. BE. church after the services last Sunday night a $1.000 bill. The church officials think the donor made a mistake, as the yearly collections of the church do not average much more than this amount. The officials in th eadvertise- ment offer to return the money to the owner, if he wants It back and can prove ‘that he inadvertently dropped i into the plate. Discussion of Measures Concerning Voting on Excise. Hartford, Conn., April 8.—The exclse committee at the capitol this after- noon listened to a general discussiom of two measures conterning voting em excise, both of which were introduced by Representative Tibbits of Norwich, and which bear upon voting on the 1= cense Guestion In that town. The pur- pose of the measure is to provide that ~ such vote shall be taken at the regulae town electio Flies With Greatest of Ense Parls, April 8.—Santos Dumon: to- day flew a distance of 2500 metres (about one mile and a half) with the greatest of ease in h's new monopl He -alighted safely and without diffi= culty. ‘Pathfinder Auto Reaches Topeka. Topeka, Kansas, April .—The Thom- as Pathfinder automobile, whieh 18 lo~ cating a route for the New - 1 Tpets 5 attle ocean to ocean race left at 230 p. m. P i ¢