Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 16, 1909, Page 1

VOL. LI—NO. 90. JURORS SERVE TOO FREQUENTLY Radical Changes in Personnel of Men Aimed at in Bill Presented by Mr. Bishop A MUCH LARGER PANEL ADVOCATED, P Or One in Ten of the Population—Mention of One Jury which Served Continuously from January to June— Present Small Number of Jurymen Keep them Serv- ing in Some Court Most of the Time. - Hartford, April 15.—Radical changes in the persomnel of the men who at present serve on the jurles in the courts of Connectiout are aimed at in a bill presented by Representative Bishop of New Haven, entitled an act concerning the selection and drawing of jurors and the duties of jury com- missioners. “Professional Juryme Representative Bishop favared the measure on the ground that the same jurors are found too frequently serv- ing, that they can tell the history of most of the important cases which have been in the courts for the past thirty years and that they call many of the court officials by their first names and are practically “profes- sional jurymen.”” The proposed law would allow for the impanelling of a much larger number of jurymen, or one in sten of the population. Mr. Bishop did not insist that this large number be adhered to, but pointed out that in New Haven county, for in- stance, there are only 630 jurymen, and in Hartford county there are only 600. He- thought that there should be a great many more and thought that 4,500 men to choose from would im- prove the conditions greatly. Continuous Service, The bill further provides that the clerke must keep a list of those who have served for the three years last past and that these men be not al- lowed to serve again until three years have elapsed, meking the point that jury service should not be regarded as a meang Of obtaining a Nvelihood, but as a publc duty, such as is mili- tary servico, The Dill further pro- vides that jurymen cannot begin a new case after they have been on a jury four weeks. He stated that he knew of one jury which had served continu- ously from .hmuArz to June. Representative Abner Hayes brought out the point that the present small number of jurymen keeps them serving in some court most of the time. He thought that the number named by Mr, Bishop was too high. Attorney J. B. Tuttle thought that if jurymen render a verdict of acquittal they are putting themselves out of work and that their verdicts are unconsciously affected. He thought that a strong state attorney has a great influence over jurymen, “almost hynotic,” he re- marked. He said that in New Haven there had been a man tried for mur- der who had been offered a three year sgentence if he would plead guilty. The man, against the advice of counsel, refused it, and was tried, found guilty and hanged. He thought that a case like that, where there was such a grave doubt as to a man’s guilt as to lead a state attorney to make such an offer, should be tried by only a jury of the highest type it is possible to select., In Favor of the’Measure. Representative Barr of Suffield was in favor of the measure, ag was also John V. C. Gallagher, who alluded to the increase in work which the right of trial by jury has made for the jury- men. He thought that the present number ought to. be at least quad- rupled. “The greater “the number of jurors the fewer times the rounder would be called.” He thought that if the mumber of jurors is increased the number of challenges allowed could be increased. He spoke feelingly of the allusion to the oner from Fairfield county and said that he had the warrant, and that it was his opinion that the pris- oner had been ha d because he re- meained mute throughout the trial, and that after the case came to court a large amount ence was pro- duced. That he had been offered a state prison sentence of three years he did not know. FURNISHED BAIL FOR LOVER, THEN MARRIED HIM. Was in Jail Charged With Intent to Kill Her. Providence, R. L, April 15.—Miss Christina Palmirei; an Italian girl of 20 years, was married today to Camil- io Desisto, a year her senior, who on March § last”shot and wounded her during a fit of jealousy. She recently Jeft the hospital. In order to marry the young man, who was held at the Cranston jal because of his inabllity to furmish ball of $4,000 on a charge of assault with istent to kill, Miss Paimieri secured s reduotion of the honds to $1,600 end then furnished the pecurities necessary for her lover's re- Jease. The merriags ceremony was performed by the aame justice who re- duced Deststo’d dall, Judge C. E. Lea of the superfor court. The charge against Desisto probably wlil not be prosecuted. Miss Paimirei was the only witness to the affair, and #ince her marriage to the defendant she cannot be compelled &0 testify agelnst him. COURT UPHOLDS NEW HAVEN Question of Guaranteeing of Subsidi- ary Company 8hares Decided. New Haven, Aprfl 15.—No error has been found by the supreme court of errors in the case against the New sy 8 gt road in roug] y of nhtnd.m of the New Kng- land Investment and Seourity ecom pany to require the rallroad company to pisce upon the certificates of the investinent and security com the guaranty of the New Hawen rallroad eomnn:\'hln saccord with ite - snent. o@tlu-.gudm S- sachusetts < The couet to this dt new holds & On the rt the court helds %‘ w York, New Haveu l‘hm 2 the right to .hu'ugo €0 ors . oral y ot mfifit in of the cirouenstances that under the Massachusetts Jaw sueh action would be ultra vires. The practica] ef- fect of such deeislon eppeara to be that the highest court of Commecticut is in entagonism on the question of law to the busais of usetts, The decision & wrikten by Chiet Yuatioe Baldwin, F. MARION CRAWFORD'S WILL Filed With Bunrogate in New York— $10,000 to His Wife. New Yerk, April 2§.—The wijl of P. Marion Crawfor novelist, who died in Italy, wae with the sur- rogate here today om behalf of Ar- thtir Terry, the brother of the testa- tor, who iz appointed his executor. Fhe vaiue of the estate was not mdi- ecated. Mr. Crawiord leaves $10,000 to his wite, PHzabeth C. Crawford, say- ing that ghe has been amply provided for by the will of her father, Gén. Hi= ram Borden. The residue of the es- tate is feft in trust to his brother to P&y the inoome to his twe soas and his two daughters whq reside at Sorrento, ovnt they reach age of 35, when the principal is te be equally divided beiween them. # OBITUARY. Alden P, dacques. Fowerhili, Ma: Apri] 15.—Believ- Ing that he could not live much long- #* owing to his iline: ‘om hardening of the arteries and-apparently wishing 10 end hig suffering, Adden P. .‘wa 2 leading citizen of HMaverhill, shoi and kilied himseir at his today. He arrived home only last night from Callfornia, where he had spent the winter. r. Jacques, who was born at Bowdoin, Maine in 1485, became widely known by bis intreduction of the use of ste; power in shoe mai- utacturing. - Be. hud served in both bramehes of the legisluture aud the city -m-:'at. He leaves a widow and one u Amalgamated Copper Dividend. New Youk, April mated Copper com quarterly §ivk 50 cents a hare. . the sa the iast preceding cusetenty dividend. 8TOOLS FCR MOTORMEN HAVING LONG RUNS. Eledtric Railway Employes Before the Committee on Railroads. Hartford, Conn., April 15.—Employes of the electric raflroads throughout the state appeared before the committee on railroads this afternoon and went on | record that they are opposed to the present reilroad commission and have no confidence in them. The statement was made by John Kelly, spokesman for the trolleymen, in response to a request the committee as to why the men d not made application to the railroad commissioners for the granting of stools for motormen hav- ‘ng long runs. Representativa Jodoin of Sprague made a similar statement, and Mr. Connors of Enfleld told the reason why the men lack conftdence im the com- mission. He thought that It was be- cause the commissioners have the right to order more men on the train crews and that they have not done so, while the Maseachusetts commissioners had ordered the men put back on the trains as soon as they were taken off. A number of those present testified that they had been physically injured through having to stand while working | on dong runs. Representatives of the | railroad Interests were opposed to granting the men the use of stools nr‘ seats, as they thought it weuld de- crease their efficiency. CONNECTICUT BAKERS WORRIED of _Flour—New Havan and Buns Advanced. New Haven, Conn., April 15.—Bakers in most of the cities of Connecticut are e triffie worried over the outlook for prices on bread and cakes. Ir this city today pestry was advanced slightly, while cakes and buns usually selling at ten cents a dozen were marked twelve cents. Some wholesalers have advanced the pr!lca of flour twenty-five cents a bar- rel. Organized Labor to Take Part in Next Congressional Election. Washington, April 15.—It was decid- ed at today's session of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor that organized labor and all re form forces be urged to begin agita- tlop and organize so as to be prepared to take action ia the next congressional election looking to the passage of leg- islation favorable to organised labor. Pedestrian Weston in Excellent Condi- tion. South Bend, Ind., April 15.—Edward Payson Weston reached South Bend at T o'clock tonight in excellent condi tion. He left Goshen shortly after 10 o'clock this morning, announcing that he would be in South Bend, 26 miles distant, before night. He did not stop in South Bend, but continued to New Carlisle, 14 miles west of here, where he will stay tomight Columbia* Professor Accidentally Elec- " trocuted. New York, April 16.—Prof, . L. Tufts of Columbia university was ac- identally electrocuted in Bavonne, N. ., tonight, while making tests of the power supplied by the public service | corporation to the ecity and residents. Steamship Arrivals, At Naples, April 15: Liguria, frem New York. At Genoa, April 14: Carpathia, from New York. At Havre, April 15: from New York. - Died at Age of 123. Spartanburg, 8. C., April 15.+Ed Sharpe, @ megro, who claimed to be 123 years old, the eldest person in the state, died at Cedar Springs, near hers, today. Y State Adventists’ Annual Meeting. New Britadn, Conn_ April 15, -1t was announced here today that the State Adventists’ assoolation would hold fits annoal meeting here the last two days of this month and the first two days in May. Patent Treaty With Germanv. Washintgon, April 15.—The senate today ratifled a new patent treaty ne- tween the United States and Germany h was agreed to yesterdev hy the committes on fareign relations T.a Lorraine, Rio Jangiro, April 15.—The Brazil- ian government has concluded perma- nent arbitration treaties, during the past week, with the United States, France, Portugal, Spain and Mexico. St. Petersburg, "April 15—The for- eign office hasg asked the war office to send troops immediately to Astrabad, Persia, to prevent a threatened mas- sacre Three Russian gunboats have arrived in the harbor of Astrabad. Newmarket, Eng, April 15.—The Granby plate of 200 sovereigns, for two year olds, distance four furlongs, was run_here today, and was won by H. P. Whitney's Oversight. King Ed ward’s Vain Air was second and Sol Joel's Split, thrid. Thirteen horses ran. e St. Petersburg, April 15.—Orders bave been received to dissolve the gen- eral courtmartial which has been sit- ting for several months past to dispose of cases connected with the Baltic in- surrection of 1905-06 as soon as a case now before it is concluded, Fu- ture trials resulting from this move- ment will be handled by the regular courts. London, April 15—No news has been received of Belamy, the French aeronaut, who went up in a balloon from the Crystal palace three days ago. His balloon was last seen two days ago, over the mouth of the Thames, After which it disappeared in the clouds over the North sea, It is hoped that he might make landing in Holland, but it is now believed that he has been lost/ Rome, April 15.—The American vis- itors to Rome are so numerous that Mgr, Kennedy, rector of the American college, is presenting about fifty of them daily to the pope, For the jubilee of the American college, which will be celebrated in June, Mgr. Angelini has written an ode which the noted com- poser, Father Lorenzo Perosi, {s set- ting to music and which will be sung by the American students on that oc- casion. HEAVY DEATH RATE. Norwich Had 45 During the Month of March, While Throughout the State There Were Many, N By mortality reports received by the state board of health there were 1,562 deaths during the month of March. This was 251 more than in February, and 106 more than in March of last year, and 38 more than the average number of deaths during March for the five years precedln;, The death rate was 17.9 for the large towns, for the small towns 189, and for the whole state 18.2. The deaths reported from infectious diseases were 259, being 16.5 per cent. of the total mortality. In Norwich there were 45, represent- ing an annual death rate of 21,2, There were 12 deaths under five years. Death resulted from the following causes: Heart disease 7, diseases of nervous system 5, la grippe 4, pneumonia and bronchitis 3 each, diphtheria, consump. tion, accidens, 2 each, malarial fever 1, and all other diseases 16. There were nine deaths in local institutions. Norwich had two cases of measles, 6 of scarlet fever, 3 of diphtheria. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. Third Company Will Have the Hop- kins & Allen Company Team as, Op- ponents, On Thursday evening there was 31 reguler arill of the Third company at the armory and Musician Chase was presented a Philippine service medal, the metal used in their manufacture being from one of the guns captured at the islands. The company has received an ac- ceptance to their challenge from the Hopkins & Allen Arms company rifle term and it is expected that the shoot will take place next week. It is ex- pected that teams of six men each will meet at the indoor range for hon- ors, there being no handicap beeause of rifles, amd the rosult will b awaited with intereet as there are crack shots in both teame. Tonight both of the local eompanies will attend the campfire of Sedgwick post. REFRIGERATING PLANT. for First Time on Thursday—Will Be Running by Sunday. The installation of the machinery for the refrigerating plant of the Allen- Beeman Co, in Commerce street has been completed and the current was turned on Thursday afternoon, setting in motion all the machinery for the first time, Everything runs fine and the refrigerating plant wil] be running by Sunday, it is expected, it being pos- sible to run part of It now, but the brine pump and tank have not been connected but will Be today or tomor- row. Flectric power is used and a fine switchboard has been instaMed. COURT SACHEM WHIST. Thirty-seven Tables Played and Prizes Awarded. Court Baghem, No, 94, Order of For- esters, scored one of their biggest so- cial hits Thursday evening in a whist party given In Foresters’ hall, where there were thirty-seven tables playing, filling all the avadlable space. The prizes weré‘awarded as follows: Firsts, Joseph Sullivan. an umbrella; Miss Margaret Reynolds, an umbreHa; sec- onds, James Counthan, a stick pin; Miss Mary Sullivan, a hat and belt pi! consgolations to Mr. Desmond and Miss Clark Cake and ice cream were served by the commlittee In charge, which includ- ed Joseph Portelance, Robert McBride, Frank Sylvia, Robert McKern Thomas Kennedy. A short business meeting was held before the whist, at which three ap- plicationg were received P i o e GOING WITH CHRCUS. William P..Potter Leaves Next Week and Will Play With Wallace and * Hagenbach’s Show. William P. Potter returned on Thurs- day from Baltimore, where he has been spending a week after playing in New York a week in vaudeville. 2Mon- day or Tuesday he leaves for Peur, Ind., where he joints the Wallace and Hagenbach's big circus, with which he will play this summer. He has made a success of hlg llne of work with the bl% circuses and is in demand with his act. - * Frank T. Brown’s Condition. It wag stated on Thursday evening that Frank T. Brown's condition re- maing about the same, He is ill with pueumonia, and the dector says he is doing as well ag eould be expected, $1,000,000 Gas Plant for Providence. Providence, R. 1., April ¥.—The - nouncement of awadding of aont s of the erection of a anflllon dellar gas plant on Sassafras Poigt, in this city, was made today bw sident J. W. Illis o7 ihe Providence Ges eempany. new works will be 4000008 feas a daan & Cabled Parusrpis | Yalg-Harvard { was not in the room at the time. and | - Varsity Race AGREEMENT BETWEEN ATHLET- IC MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCED. Plea for Help From Prison Ship BOTTLE WITH MESSAGE WASHED UP ON SHORE. L It Was Announced in Pittsburg that ome of the councilmen indicted for gract has confessed. A Bill Was Introduced in the Spanish chamber of deputies authorizing a loan of $200,000,000 at 4 per cent. The Government of Ecuador has checked a plot to overthrow President UP STREAM, JULY I, 6 P. M Races This Year, Barring Postpone- ment; Will Occupy But One Day— Third.. Judge an Innovation. Cambridge, Mass., April 15.—An agreement between the athletic man- agement of Harvard and Yale over the annual regatta on the Thames river at New London, which will be held this year on July 1, was announced tonight. The agreement is a most comprehensive article, covering appar- ently every contingency likely to de- mand decision, e races this year, unless a postponement is necessary, will occupy but one day, instead of the usual two. Schedule of the Several Races. After a statement fixing the date of the regatta as July 1, the agreement outlines in full the schedule of the several races. The big race, that be- tween the varsity crews, will be rowed upstream at 6 p. m. Should a delay be hecessary, it may be rowed any time before 7 p. m., at which time it will be postponed until 10.30 the ngxt day. In case of a postponement the race will be rowed down stream. The course is between the railroad bridge and the berinning of the so-called “four-mile course.” The varsity four oared race is the first on the day's programme, starting at 10 a, m, from the begnining of the four-mile course. The finish will be at the navy yard. The freshmain eight-oared event will start immedi- ately after, the course to be from the navy yard to the railroad bridge. If Either Crew Should Become Dis- abled. It is provided that should either crew become disabled through accident dur- ing the first half-mile, the race will be started over. A third judge will be an innovation this year. YOUNG TURKS TO MARCH ON CONSTANTINOPLE. Twenty Battalions of . Third Army Corps Haye Been Mobilized. Behlin, April 15.—A special despatch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Saloniki says that after a mass meeting which was held there today to protest against the charges which have been made in the Turkish cabinet, the Young Turks™ committee decided to march on Constantinople with the Third army corps, of which twenty battalions have been mobilized. The railroad company has received orders to prepare all available cars for the transport of the troops to the capital. Jazie Bey is expected there tonight with 10,000 volunteers. All business is at a standstill throughout the city. Marines Lynch Turkish Battleship Commander. Constantinople, April 15.—The third day of the revolutionary movement in the capital was marked by some dis- orders, the most serious of which was a demonstration by marines who ob- jected to the new minister of marine, Vice Admiral Adjiemin Pasha, The marines gathered in force and seized and conveyed to the palace, Arif Bey, commander of the battleship Assar-I- Tewfik, a member of the committeee of union and progress, who ordered his guns trained on the Yildiz Kiosk when the rising was at its height, with the intention of supporting the committee. | ti0n Arrived at the Yildiz Kiosk, the men lynched Arif Bey, notwithstanding the efforts of the palace guard to save him. TARIFF BILL IN SENATE. Amendment by Senator Bailey Placing Tax Upon Incomes. ‘Washington, April 15.—Shortly after the senate met today it agreed to a resolution of the house of representa- tives asking that the tariff bill be re- turned to that body so it mright be emended to place on the free list the products of as, well as ide and re- fined petroleum. The b#] was soon re- turned to the senate with this amend- ment inserted. The president's message looking to a revision of the Philippine tariff =o that the principle of protection might be applied to the industries of those is- lands, and the same time. Jn view of practical frde trade with the Unit- ed States sufficient revenue might be provided, wae laid, before the senate and referred to the committee on the Philippines. Senator Bailey introduced an amend- ment placing a tax of 3 per cent. up- on incomes of over $5,000 annually, which he said would provide a revenue of from $60,000,000 to $80,000,000 an- nually. Senator Aldrich announced that he would speak upon the tariff bill next Mdnday. that time. Sheffield Scientific Siightlv Burned. New Haven, Conn., April 15.—C. D. ‘Winslow of New York city, a Yale Sheffleld Scientific junior, was slight- ly: burned by fire in his rooms in the Cloister annex tonight. Winslow, who rooms with John Hays Hammond, Jr., was asleep and was awakened by the fire, and before he could make his es- cape was slightly burned. Hammond The fire was confined to the one room and | did about $1.000 damage. Yale Junior $5,000 Metropolitan Handicap. New York, April 15.—The Metropol- itan handicap, the first of the season’s big races, will be worth $5,000 this year instead of $10,000 as heretofore. Horsemen were pleased when they heard the news tonight, because they had expected that it would be mych Jower than this in view of the anti- betting law and the consequent slump in attendance at the race tracks, e The.senate adjourned until | Suicide on Battery Park Bench. New York, April 15.—Charles A. ‘Barnes, formerly a merchant of Akron, O., shot and killed himself tonight while sitting on a bench in Battery park. The loss of what had once peer: a comfortable fortune seems to have been the motive for the suicide. Mount Etna and Stromboli Active. Paris, AmSA—A despatch received here from es says that Mount Etna is In eruption and that showers of cinders have fallen on Catania. Many of the inhabitants, the despatch says, have fled. Stromboli, it is asserted, is also active. 8tonington.—A pair of heavy brass alfar flower vm T e L A a2y ¢ the first time I the oy are mmfl% ‘ follows: gflu memory wite of warlr’ar—n'&a."?i Rest, Jan. §, DENVER GIRL LURED ON BOARD A Ship at San Francisco by Man Who Offered to Guide Her to a Boarding House. Oakland, Cal., April 15.—After drift- Ing for weeks in the Pacific ocean, a message purporting -to tell the plight of Rosalipe Rockayn, a Denver girl, who came to this city last month and who was drugged and carried out to sea by a man who had offered her his services as guide to a boarding house, was washed up on the waterfront yes- terday. The paper was contained in a bottle which the girl threw from the cabin port hole of her prison ship, trusting that her appeal would reach someone who would inform her reja- tives and bring about her release. Message Found in Bottle. The message is headed: “Pacific Ocean, March 13, 1909.” It begins: “I cast this bottlej over- board with the hope that it will be found. I arrived from the east Thurs- day and being a stranger to San Fran- cisce did not know where to find the maih part of the city. A gentlgnan, as I supposed at that time, met me on the waterfront and asked me if T were lcoking for gomeone.” Continuing, the message telis of the kind offer of this man to see the girl safely housed, of his gncce.ns in per- suading her to come aboard a ship to wait until he should be at llberty to o with her, of drugged wine and of a deep sleep from which she awoke to find herself a prisoner aboard the ves- sel far out at sea. The last paragraph reads: If you can read this please notify my brother and tell him that Rosaline wants him to try to find her. I don't kncw the name of the ship: He fs com- ing back. I wish I could jump over- board and it would all be over. Please write to Ned. Rockayn, Denver, Col This ship is rolling and T am sick ROSALINE ROCKAYN. Police Convinced This is No Hoax. The writing of the message is that of a woman and it was evidently writ- ten by a person laboring umder great excitement. There is no mark on the bottle or paper that would serve to identify the ship, but every effort to determine the name of the vessel is being made as the police are convinced that the pathetic cry from the sea Is not a hoax. An effort to locate the family in Denver is being made through the police of that eitv. May Be Japanese Girl. Denver, April 15.—The police here do not know Rosaline Rockayn, and they believe she may be a Japanese girl for whom search was made in this city several weeks ago. At that time it was reported that the young woman was being held in hiding. Pecple interested in the case said that plans had been made to take the young woman to San Francisco. NEW ENGLAND FRESHETS CAUSE GREAT DAMAGE. Railroads Flooded, Trains Held Up, Factories Forced to Close. Boston, April 15.—Swollen by the heavy rain of yesterday and today, and by the melting of the lingering rem- nant of the winter’'s snow on' the northern hillsides, all the streams of New England assumed freshet propor- ay, and some of them caused much damage. Railroads tracks were flooded, road- beds washed out, culverts carried away, trains held up, and factorles forced by high water to shut down in various parts of northern New Eng-| land. The worst conditions were re- ported in Vermont and New Hamp- shire, around the headwaters of the Connecticut, Merrimac and Androscog- gin rivers. Some anprehension as to the rapid rise of the water was felt also at points along the lower reaches of these rivers, where great industrial plants | are located, but tonight the freshet seemed to have reached its highest| stage, and rivermen thought that to- | morrow would see a falling off in water | depth. At Holvoke in the Connecticut river the water this evening stood at a height of 91-2 feet over the great! dam, ebut the rise had been growing less hourly since noon, and no incon- venience on account of it was antici- pated in the paper mill district there. In Brattleboro, Vt., higher up the river, much damage was done. the water reaching the highest point there ever recorded. This, however, was due not to the size of freshet wholly, but to the fact that it was the first big fresh- t since the completion of the power dam across the Connecticut, six miles below Brattleboro. Tonight the water was runzing 11 feet over this dam, and the pond had backed up so that 100 feet of the West River branch of the | Central Vermont railroad was washed | away and several farm bufldings were flooded. ADVERSE REPORT ON PUBLIC UTILITIES BILL. Tabled for Calendar—Mads Order of | Day in House for Next Wednesday | Noon—Committee Unanimous. Hartford, April 15.—An unfavorable report on a public utllities commission, otherw known as the “public utili- ties bill,” was submitted to the house of representatives by the committee on Judiciary today. It d4d not take the usual course accerded to unfavorable reports in being as a rule rejected at | once, but was tabled for the calendar and made the order of the day for next Wednesday at 12 o'elock on mo- tion of Mr, Burnes of Greenwteh, house chairman of the committee. Mr, Burnes declared the cogymittee was unanimous in its report, and he had suggested that it be tabled for calendar and be made the order of the day for Wednesday next because In Alfaro and establish a triumvirate. John Mitchell, Former President of the United Mine Workers, addressed the house at Harrisburg, P at the opening of the night session. The Directors of the Corn Products Refining company Wednesday recom- mended the issue of $10,000,000 5 per cent. twenty-five year first mortgage bords, Mrs. Matthew T, Scott, administra- tion candidate for president general of the Daughters ol the American Revo- lution, opened headquarters in Wash- ington. The Philigpine Government has es- tablished a "quarantine against Amoy on actount of bubonie plague. Many ships carrying steerage passengers however, are affected. Former Deputy City Comptroller John Andrews of Atlantic City was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison on his lea of gullty to stealing $24,000 of the city's funds. The President Has Appointed Assist- ant Secr of the Treasury Charles P. Norton. as representative of the treasury department on the contral committe of the National Red Cross. Advices from St. Petersburg say tha. the negotiations between Turk and Bulgaria have reached a deadlock, and that the latter country may order mob- ilization unless Turkey speedily makes terms. Henry Lemoyne, Who Was Convictad in Paris of obtaining money under false pretenses through allegation that he could manufacture diamonds anl sentenced in defanlt, having fled b his final trial, to ten years' imprison- ment, has been captured. — The Heads of the Department of jus tice, the interior department and the department of commerce and labor met representatives of the interstate com merce commission in a conference at Washington to plan methods of co- ordinate work. A%Political Amnesty Bill which was Introduced in the chamber of deputies at Madrid Wednesday authorizes the revclutionary deputy, Leroux, who wa chief of the republicans at Barcelona to return from South America, where he is a fugitive. . Charles Mather Foulke, president of the National Society of Fine Arts, col- lector of antique tapestries and a writ- er and lecturer on subjects pertaining to the fine arts, died Wednesday night in his apartments in the Hotel Le Mar- quis, on Bast Thirty-first street, New York. A Cycle of Sunday School Lesson studies for all Protestant churches. ex- tending fromi 1910 to 1917, was com- pleted at the final meeting of the in- ternational Suxia_v school lesson com- mittee held iN Chicago Wednesday night. The cycle agreed upon will be sent out from New York within the next two weeks. The Lower Branch of the Missouri legislature Wednesday adopted by a vote of 86 to 51 a resolution to subm’t a prohibition constitutional amend- ment to the vote of the people at the regular election In November, 1910. ‘The measure is yet to be acted ugon hy the senate: and if it passes that body the governor's signature will not be necessary | PROJECT PROBABLY ABANDONED No Hearing on ‘Charter Amendment of Willimantic Gas and Electric Co. al to The Bulletin.) April 15.—It was expect- ed that the cbarter amendment of the Willlmantic Gas & Electric company would come up for hearing on one of the afternoons this week, but the un- derstanding now is that the parties back of thig bill have abandoned the whole project, It has not been heard, anyway, and there seems no disposi- tion to press it to a hearing before the committee on incorperations, to which it was referred. Under the terms of the bill the charter of the Willimantic Gas & Electric company was to be amended $0 as to permit it to merge with any similar company located in Tolland county, and the real purpose’of it was to allow its merger with the Rockville Gag & Klectric company, which is owned by Senator Allan W. Palge, A. M. Young and others of the gentlemen who used to own and operate the Con- necticut Rallway & Lighting Co. (Spec Hartford, The Rockville Gas & Electric Co. has the right to merge with other corporations of similar kind and to pay for them when purchasing by the issuance of bonds to the amount of the purchase price. In other words, there wouldn’t need to be paid a dol- lar from the treasury of the company, but the new plant could be bonded to the amount paid for it and paid for with the proceeds of these bonds, which the state treasurer is bound to register under the law, such registra- tion being mistakenly assumed to be some sort of guarantee of the value of the bonds on the part of the state of Connecticut, A proposition of this kind would hardly be very popular with the pres- ent joint committee on incorporations, which is very strict in going over these private charters and restricting the issuance of securities so as to provide against any possible watering to the extent which the laws permit at pres- ent. Whether or not the Willimantic chater amendment referred to has been absolutely withdrawn or not is yet in doubt, but it appears that it has and that the sale of the plant there which has been expected to take place in the near future will fall th: h. CANAL INSPECTION TRI®. Party of Seven to Accompany Secre- tary of War Dickinson to lsthrius. Washingten, April 15.—Anneunce ment was made today by Secretary of War Dickinson that besides Major spite of the fact that the committee was unanimous in its unfavorable re- port it was desired to afford the mem- bers of the house an opportunity to discuss the matter to the fullest, Has Fighting Chance for His Life! Asheville, N. C., April 15.—Former Stote Senator Gazeam of Pennsylvania. whe was injured in the Kenliwerth inn fire yesteiday by jumping from a thi story window, was still unoonscious late tonight. Physiclans state that Mr Gazzam a fighting cl o for life. Mrs. Gazzam arrived ,here from Philadelphia. Disabled Barge Towed to New Haven New Haven, Conn., April 15.—The baege Albany, which was into by the steamor’ Manhattan while i tou America off Serat- fard, was % into the harbor here %b’ the tuge Rebert Robinson, and Tasco. Genera] Bell, chief of staff in the army, a party of seven persons will accom- pany him on his trip of inspection of the Panama canal on board the presi- dent's yacht Mayflower from Charles- ton, B. C. Mrs. Dickinson, Miss Edna Owsley of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. James Ross Todd of Louisville, Dr. and Mrs. W. G Ewing nf Nashville and Linsoln Clark, confidential clerk to the secretary of war, will compose the party. Postmas- ter General Hitchcock also may go. The secretary and his party, will be gone until the middie of May, National House in Session Tep Minutes ‘Washington, April .—The house was in session but ten minutes today. The principal business transacted was the reception and reference to com- mittee of a message from the presi- dent transmitting th- rmpnud' tarift revision Jaw of the Philippine Islands At 12.10 p. m. adjournment was tak - en until Vo | ine. Condensed Telesrans |Tak of Raising Price of Bread CONDITIONS BROUGHT ABOUT BY CORNERING OF WHEAT. FROM FIVE TO SEVEN CENTS Bakery Doors Closed on Account of High Price of Flour—Ohio Bakers Petition to Congress. Cincinnati, 0., April 15.—Simon Hubig, president of the national gsso- clation of master bakers, wrote today to Ohlo members of congress asking their efforts toward prohibiting cor- nering of wheat. Mr. Hubig said: “The bakers throughout the country will deluge congress with appeals for legislation forbidding gambling in the necessaries of life. F a thing of the st In Cincinnati flour has advanced an Jan, 1 of this 3 of 16 cents a barrel was made day. NEW YORK CITY FACES SEVEN-CENT BREAD. Due to Rise in Flour—Looks Like Famine Rates to Poor. New York, Apri] 15.—With flour up forty cents a burrel in the local mar- ket and the prospects apparently good for a furt T ris New York city is now facing the ibility of bread at seven cents a loaf. What will appear to hundreds of thousands in the poorer quarters like famine rates for this staple of all larders bids fair to be forced by the recent rise in the price of wheat. The ghetto of New York hag already in some degree felt the ef- fect of the buoyancy of the Chicago wheat pit. Six cents a loaf is the price now charged by some bakeries while the proprietors of hundreds of others declare that they cannot continue sell- ing at 5 cents much longer with bread flour of the better gradeg costing from $7 to $7.20 a barrel against $6.60 to $6.85 a few days ago. They add, more- over, that with flour permanently up to the rates recently quoted even six cents would not give them any sort of a profit, Fifteen hundred bakers have been thrown out of work hv the necessity of retrenchment to meet ex- penses and two thousand others In va. rious parts of the city are pow without regular employment—the majority with none at all.” 14 Ounce Loaf in 16 Ounce Pan. Minneapolis, April 15.—Bakers say that they barely come out even at the present oost of flour. They are now making a fourteen ounce lgaf in six- teen ounce pans and are nsidering an agreement to reduce the weight of the loaf to twelve ounces. The price of the loaf, five cents, will not be ad- vanced. Bakery Closed Its Doors. Waterloo, Towa, April 16.—On ac- count of the high price of flour one bakery closed its doors today. Others are considering an increase in the price of bread or a reduction in the size of the loaf. Smaller Loaf or Dime for Present Kansas City, Mo., April 1. smaller loaf of bread or a itme for the present size.” This is the declaration of an organization of the bakers of Kansas City. Howard Smith, president of the association, sald today thatsthe wholesale prices of standard flour had risen forty cents a hundred pounds in thirty days. TUMULT IN CHICAGO WHEAT PIT July Wheat Suddenly Drops an Ex- treme 4 3-8 Cents—Small Speculators Ruined—Snarply Shifting Fortunes. Chicago, Aprll 15.—It was a day of tumult and sharply shifting fortunes in the wheat pit of the board of trade today. *July wheat, following a docile ad- vance to a new high level, suddenly dropped an extreme 4 3-8 cents. The “pyramid” fortunes of small specula- tors vanished in a trice and the day was saved from rout only by the vigor- ous exertions of the bull leader, James A._Patten. Within the last fifteen minutes of trading Mr. Patten bought 3,000,000 bushels of wheat for July delivery The while he chewed the stub of a cigar and ran his fingers reflectively through the unshaven gray stubble which there had been no time to re- move from his face. Mr. Patten personally visited the floor of the exchange and directed nma own deals by word of mouth It was Patten against the field and the final gong showed that the former aprarently was as mighty as ever. Mis purchases and those of his followers, together with the profit taking of shorts who lost no time in securing the fruits of thelr bearish daving, caused a reaction of over a cent all along the But befors this occurred the hoard of many a small speculator had gone, BODYGUARD FOR PATTEN. It is Believed He Has Received Threats ening Letters, Chicago, April —It was sald to- night that since the agitation over the advances in the price of bread conse- quent upon the wheat manipulations James A, Patten has been accompanied by a bodyguard in the person of a large muecular colored man. Also that he is accompanied in his auto car and in go- ing to and from his offices by a guard of two men. Mr. Patten declines to say whether he has been the reciplent of any threatering letters. FIRE IN BRIDGEPORT EARLY THIS MGRNING, Premises of the Electric Cable Com- pany Doomed. Bridgeport, Conn., April® 16.—The factory of the Eleoctric Cable company, in the extreme eastern end of the ecity, was discovered to be on fire at 2.30 this morning. The fire had obtained con- siderable headway and it looks as if the factory would be a total loss. Suicide of Somers, Conn.,, Young Man. Somers, Conn., April 15.—Follpwing repeated threats to take his | Wal ter Irish, 25 years old, committed sni cide today at the home of his father by hanging. Irish had been assisting his mother around the house, but dis- appearcd about noon. ILate this after noon he was found hanging to a rafter in the attic of the house. It Is sup- posed that he was mentally Jeranged Southern Editor Appointed Bromley Foundation Leoturer at Yale. New Haven, Conn, April 16.—James Calvin Hemphiti_editor of the Charles- ton News and Courler, C., hag been appointed ) ol th] Tromicy Ioundation mest yeas: ive cent bread is -