Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 17, 1909, Page 1

VOL. LI—NO. 9. LABOR LEADERS NORWI AT WHITE HOUSE Members of American Federation of Labor Headed by President Samuel Gompers. TWO HOURS' TALK WITH PRESIDENT TAFT v ‘ An Imposing Array of Problems Discussed, Including Eight Hour Law, Injunctions, Convict Labor, and Re- cent Indictment of Labor Leaders in the South—Gov- ernment Commissioner of Labor Also Present. ‘Washington, April = 16.—President Taft discussed the problems of the workingman for two hours today with the members of the executive council ot the American Federation of Labor, which ‘- in session in this city. Mr. Taft Keenly Attentive, The labor leaders, headed by Sam- uel Gompers, president of he federa- tion, called at the White house to pre- sent to the president a number of mat- ters of vital interest to organjzed la- bor. They found the chief magistrate keenly attentive and deeply interested. Mr, Gompers declared, and not only did he give the spokesman of the par- ty all the time they desired to lay their matters before him, but joined himself in the discussion from time to time to bring out fuller information on the varfous subjects as they were reach- ed - Cordial Greeting to All. In the delegation which saw the president were the representatives of most of the trades affillated with the American Federation of Labor and among them a number of leaders who stubbornly opposed Mr. Taft in his political campaign. But the greeting within the executive offices was cor- dial alike to Mr. Gompers and to all who accompanied him. President Glad to Help. When the conference had reached its close the president told his callers that he would investigate such of the mat- ters presented as scemed to him to re- quire such action and that he would be glad to help, as far as his oppor- tunities would permit, in_arriving at a proper solution of the difficulties in which the working people find them- selves, while at the same time keep- ing the interest of the whole people in view. Many Problems Discussed. The labor leaders scemed pleased with their reception. They took up with the president an imposing array of problems, including the matter of injunctions, ‘the eight-hour law, con- vict labor, the recent indictment of labor leaders in the south for alleged violations of the Sherman anti-trust law, the doing of a dissolution of all labor organizations under a strict in- terpretation of recent decisions by the supreme court, the maintenance of in- ternational peace, labor problems on the Panama canal, the adherence to the right of asylum in this country for political offenders from other lands and child labor, President’s Position Clear on Anti-In- junction Law. President Taft told the labor leaders that he regarded the matter of an anti- injunction law as one of the most im- portant phases of his administration. He added that he felt he had made his position clear on the subject, in his speech of acceptance last July at Cin- cinnat!, and had confirmed that posi- tion In his ineugural address. ~The president said he would be glad to con- sult with the representatives of organ ized labor as to amendments, etc., when a bill for the next congress has | been framed. The Calles Dr. Charles P. Neill, the government ssioner of labor, was present wout the hearing, The members ecutive council who called were Samue] Gompers, Frank Morri- soh, John Mitchell, James Duncan, James O'Connell, Max Morris, Willlam Huber, John B, Lepnon and Joseph Valentine. MANY NEW ENGLAND MANUFACTORIES SHUT DOWN | On Auveount of h Water in Their Wheel Pits. Boston, April _16.—Manufacturing plants in various New England cities and towns were shut down today on account of the high water in their wheel pits, and several thousand em- ployes had a day of enforced idleness. The freshets which caused damage yesterday about the upper portions of the la vers of New BEngland had yeached the lower ends of the streams today and the water was almost ut record helght over the dams in many of the r manufacturing cities and towns. No heavy damage was report- ed, however, the main loss being in working time where the plants were forced to close. The Lisbcn Falls and Pejepscot pulp mills on the Androscoggin river at New Brunswick, Me., were shut down @nd the Jackson cotton mills at Nash- ua, N. H. on the Nashua river, also had to stop operations. The Interna- tional Paper company’s Cascade mill at Berlin, N. H.,, was forsed into idle- ness temporarily by the rise of the An- droscoggin. Along the Connecticut river most of the factories in Vermont which had to stop Operations yesterday resumed business today, the water having re- ceded. In Springfleld and Holyoke, Mass., however, the flood had reached @ high point this morning and the suh- ridence did not begin until about noon. Tonight nearly all points along tne larger rivers reported the water as rapidly falling and no further damage 18 looked for. SENATOR M'CARREN SUMMONED Bensation in New York Financial and Political Circles. New York, April 16—Something of a sensation was created in financial and political circles today when an- nouncement was made that Receiver Lindsay Russell of tho failed brokerage firm of Ennis & Btoppani had obtain- ed an order from Judge Holt in the Unitea States district court summon- ing Senator Patrick H. McCarren, tha weli known democratic leader, of Frooklyn, to appear before United States Commissioner Alexander next Tuesday te testify at the bankruptcy hearing. The summons for Senator McCarren was based on the alleged discovery by expert accountants who are going over the books of Ennis & Stoppani that one of several “blind” accounts, enter- ed as “Nc. 339, was that of Senator MicCarren, who for years past has becn & close personal friend of both mem- bers of the firm. Account “No. 3: is stated, was Indebted to the firm to the extent of $100,000. Senator McCarren will not be the only witness at the hearing next Tues- qay, as representatives of several New York stock exchange firms and others have also been summoned. The fact that members of several stock ex- change firms had been subpoenaecd caused a stir in the financial district. One of the most stringent rules cf tha stock exchangs prohibits any member from having business relations with members of firms connected with the Consolldated stock exchange, under penalty of severe discipline Wealthy Oklahoma Land Owner Assassinated. Claremore, Okla., April 16.—John Bullette, a wealthy land owner, was wasassinated while sitting at his desk in his office here last night. The as- sasein escaped. Bullette was to have been married soon to Miss Pearl Ed- dleman, clerk in tte government indian egency at Muskoges. No rhotive .y known for the crime. 8cout Cruiser Division Formed. ‘Washington, April 16—A scout cruiser division made up of the Ches- ter, Birmingham and Salem has been formed by th mavy department, Corn- mander H. B, Wiison of the Chester will be the commanding officer of the @vision. Next week the cfulsers are to leave the United States with the members of the Liberian cominission. Military Activity in Nicaragua. Mexioo City, April 16.—Private cable despatches receiveéd here toGay confirm the advices received from Washington of miiftary activity in Nicaragua, Troops are said to be in the Bay of Pinseca ! 1 expeditions are turned back by WILL NOT DETAIN® PASSAGE OF TARIFF BILL. Democrats Favor Permitting Republi- cans to Take Entire Charge. ‘Washington, April 16.—The demo- cratic senators will not detain the pas age of the tariff bill. They held their | second conference today and while no formal conclusion was reached on any point, there was a general consensus opinion in favor of permitting the re- publicans to take entire charge of the measure, with the understanding that they assume, as they necessarily must, the entire responsibility for it. It has been stated that the postpone- ment of proceedinge in the senate was due to a request from the democrats, but they take exception to this state- ment and say that they will be pre- pared to proceed with the considera- tion of the bill whenever the republi- can senators desire to take it up, and, more than this, that they will be will ing to have the republicans Jxtend the hours of the sittings and after a rea- donable time for discussion to permit the majority to name a time for taking the final vote, NEW YORK FINANCIER TO MARRY HIS STENOGRAPHER. Announcement of Approaching Mar- riage Made by Miss Imlay's Guardian. New York, April 16.—John C. Van Cleat, vice president of the National Park bank and one of the well known figures in the financial district, will be married to his _stenographer, Miss Mary Imlay, of Brooklyn, next Wed- nesday. Tle announcement of the ap- roaching weddiLg was made today by Miss Imlay’s guardian, Dr. J. G. Atkin- son. » Mr. Van Cleaf s a bachelor, 44 vears old, and lives at the Fotel Touraine, Brooklyn. Miss Imlay is a graduate of Oswego Normal school and has been in Central Park West. WILL PAY FINE IN CASH. 1!: Amounts to Nearly $2,000,000 With Accruing Penalties. Austin, from the United States supreme court arrived here today, ending the long lit- igation between the state of Texas and the Waters-Plerce Oil company in fa- vor of the state, the corporation being denied a re-hearing in he ouster and penalty suits, The fed ral court will order its receiver to furn over the companies’ property to the state re- ceiver and officials of the company will then pay the fine and accruing pen- alties, which total nearly $2,000,000, It ficlals intend paying the entire amount in cash, It will take several days and a large force of clerks to disburse the money. SHOT DOWN ON THE STREET. Leading Elmi Merchant in Hospital in Critical Condition. Elmira, N. Y., April 16.—Joseph Ma- Cann, a leading Eimira merc was shot down on tie street early this morning by an employe in his we=at market, was tonight in a critical con- dition at the Atnot Ogden hospital and it was stated that the chances of hi recovery are slight. Raymond Gil who is charged with tha shooting, was oaptured Jate this afternoon at a farm- house near the city. His capture was accomplished by the local police after a sharp battle in which the voung man was shot and slightly injured. J. P. Morgan, Jr.,, Buys East Isiand in Oyster Bay. New York, April 16.—J. P. Morgan, i Jr., today purchased East Island, Oyster Bay, from Leonard Jacob, wh. inherited it from his father last fall. 1t is understood that Mr. Morgan will make the place his stmmer hcme. “Ten thousand and other valuable consider- atons” s given as the price. Mr Morgan assumés a mortgage on the property of $284,333. Monument to Founder of Methodism. Ogdensburg, N, Y., April 16.—A mon- ument to the memory of Barbara Heck, founder of Methodism in Amer- ica, will be unveiled in August on the site of her grave at Bluechurch Bay, on the 8t. Lawrence river. It is now nearing complemon. his stenographer for the last two years. Affer a brief wedding trip to | Cuba and Bermuda, they will reside x., April 16.—The mandate | is announced that the corporation of- | | and there Cabled Paragraphs. Paris, April 16.—The French telegra- phers held a formal meeting here to- day and joined the postal employes and the ieachers in demanding the {;flvflega of forming unions under the law of 1884, which Includes the right to strike. v TLiverpool, April 16.—A local news- per says it has been discovered that e two revolvers used by Margaret Clarke and Annie Miller, the young women ~who committed suicide on board the steamer Lacania on her last trip from New York, each bore a se- cret mark not a trademark. The s gestion is made that these marks i <cated a suicide club to which the young women might have belonged. Brussels, April 16.—A local news- paper says that a system of German espionage has been discovered in the city A man named Montague was a- rested on suspicion of having commit- ted a murder in Paris. He was inn cent of the crime, but it was Giscovered that he was the head of the system, and documents of vital importance corcerning the naval defenses of Brest. France, were found in his possession. PUBLIC UTILITIES MEASURE, ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS BILL. Stafe Capitol Gossip on These Other Important Subjects. and (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, April 16.—The unfavorable report of the judiciary committee on the public utilities commission meas- ure yesterday was the beginning of the énd of this matter. There is very little sentiment in favor of the bill on the gart of members of the committee and less on the part of the house. Not only that, but the committee as a whole thinks so little of the principle back of the thing as not to care to send in any kind of a substitute, and will make no recommendation along this line when it comres up in the house as the order of the day next Wednes- day. Jadge Malone of the committee does favor ® public utilities commission, and he is the only member who is really in favor of & sion of this kind at this twe. objects to some of the featu present bill, and He of the offerec in commitee amendments which he d like to see ificorporated in it yrevicus to a favorable report—and of course these were voted down. Other suscbers of-the committee pretend thar taey would favor the measure if it was differently drswn, but this is only « biuff, and the best evidence of *hat is in the fact that they dop’t make any efiort to have a substitute correct- ed according to their ideas reported. Would Like to See It Killed off Finally #nd Decisively. There tas been more or less talk of a stock and bond bill, but this would have cither to be reported as a sub- stitute for the bill introduced at the ance of the public utilities cofi- sion aprointed by the last legisla- ture or <& a new committee measure— for ccmum'-tces have the right to osig- inuie legislation—but there is little Ulelihood that anything of the kind wil make its appearance. What I mean by a stock and bond bill Is one | wrich would do away with the evil of | watering securities by general provi- sforis governing the subject. The opponents of the public utilities commission bill however, do not de- sire any temporizing with the subject at all, but wish to see it killed off finally dnd decistvely. That will end the whole subject for this season, and if # comes up again two years from now. it can be dealt with then as the conditions seem to make proper. The opponents, however, believe that by next seesion the agitation over public utilities commission will bave subsided to the extent that there will be little or no demand for this kind of legisla- tion. Some attention has been paid to the fact that the New Jersey legisla- ture has decided not to go further with the subject, and after spending three or four months on the subject will pass no biil at all concerning it. There is some feeling that possibly the temporary commission, which con sists df Attorney General Holcomb, Comptroller Bradstreet, ex-Attorney General Phelps of Rockville and P. H. Woodward of Hartford, ex-Railroad Commissioner Willcox having recently died. reported the measure which 1t did report with a purpose in mind; name- ly. making the very unpopular—with tha house—feature by which all spe- clal charters are taken away from the legislature the main feafure of the bill, and thus handicapping it unto the point of final defeat at the outset. Whether this Is so or not, it 1s a fact that none of the commisslon has ap- peared fn favor of the bill, and that only the secretary of the commission, Mr. Wells, lias supported it. Gov. Lilley's Absence a Handicap. Governor Lillev’s absence makes quite some difference in the situation, will doubtless be an effort to hold up the matter until it can be determined whether ér not he will he able to take any active part in the discussion of it befor? the end of the session. While this effort will be a hard one to fight, it will be fought if it i wade, and vigorously. It will be said that the session will be suffi- clently prolonged without any such un- necessary delay. At the same time, a determined effort to hold the matter up would be apt to succeed, though the strongest push that Governor Lilley could give the bill would not send it through the house—and the would kfll it 1f it did The argument that the state has commissions enough and that no more should be created to cafise increased expense has been very potent this ses- sion, and this is apt to be sufficient to Xill the measure, so far as talking ar- guments are needed, thongh the rall ing to the Aefense of the smpall towns’ prerogatives is really its nemesis. Motor Vehicle Commission. Whether or not this argument will be sufficiently potent to kill off the measure creating a -commissioner of motor vehicles, to have charge of the registration of these vehicles and of the enforcement of the laws regarding their use, remains to be seen. It ought not to. ‘Sureiy it is manifest on the face of the matter that the proper en- forcement of the laws regarding the speed and proper use of automobiles annot be left to local police or those gbverning their registration, or to clerks in the office of the secretary of state, as is the case at present, and have’ the laws reach their full pur- pos Local police are interested in little besides the arrest of drunks and those who break the peace, and, to make the story short, there is and has been for some time 'a crying need for an offi- cial who would have nothing to do but look after the general subject of auto- mobiles in this state, their registration and use. Thers are beipg run now unregistered machines; that is to say, machines which have been registered in former years and the owners -of which have not_registered them for a year or two. This is something of a statement to make, but those most fa- miliar with the subject insist on its truth. The whole subject Is one which oc- cupies much of the attention of every legislature, and has for ten or a dozen years, and concerning which there is a considerable of law on the books ang going there. The laws are special laws which need some special force to care for thelr enforcement, but the legisla~ next week senate | | i 1 { | | ficials on the dock: CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING THE GOVERNMENT. CUDAHY CO0., MEAT PACKERS, Violators of Internal Revenue Laws— e Business of the Com- Oleomarga pany Under Observation. Topeka, Kas., April 16.—Charged with defrauding the government my violations of the internal revenue laws, an Indictment was formally returned against the Cudahy Packing company of Kansas City in the United States district court today. The company is indicted on 695 counts. The officers of the company will be summoned to appear in court and defend the charges outlined In the indictment. No Surprise at Washington, ‘Washington, April 16.—Internal rev- e CH, CONN, SATUF FOUND NEARLY MURDERED IN HER APARTMENT. THREE WELL DRESSED MEN Gained Entrance tq House on Pretext of Inspecting Some Furniture Offer- ed for Sale—Mrs. Bartels the Victim Paris, April 16.—Mrs. Bartels of New York was robbed and nearly murdered in her apartment today by burglars who secured a number of jewels and a quantity of money. Mrs. Bartels occu- pies an_apartment in the Avenue Eylau. Recently she decided to return to the United States and advertised her furniture for sale. - Secured Jewels and Money. This afternoon three well dressed ‘men gained entrance to the house on the pretext of desiring to- inspect the goods offered for sale. After ascertain THE LONG AGO AND LATER ON. All the readers of The Bull etin will be interested in the enter- taining story of eighty years’ expefience in life, written under the title of “The Long Ago and Later On" by George Tisdale Bromley, who has faced more fun in life than most men, deared himself to several gener ations, and be continued until finished. and who has en which will commence ‘today The everything about the coming 250th Anniversary will be found in The Bulletin, and all who would keep posted will need it from day to day. All the news of the d: fresh from the wires, the best house- hold helps and the choicest miscellany and brightest sayings of the paragraphers, will be found in its columns. The circulation of The Bulletin the other Connecticut paper: than that of all is and in Windham County combined; larger the fact that the merchants throughout the country find it to be a profit- able advertising medium, demon strates its value as a newspaper and business medium. Subscribe now. door is only 12 cents, The price per week for The Bulletin left at your Following is a summary of the news printed in its columns the past week: Bulletin Saturday. April 10 ldonday, April 12 Tuesday, April 13 . Wednesday. April 14 Thursday. April 15 Fridav, April 16 Tota/, enue officials expressed no surprise at *he announcement that the Cudaby Packing company had been indicted at Topeka, Kas., for frauds against the internal revenue laws. It was admit- ted that the oleamargarine business of the company had been under observa- tion and investigation by treasury agents for three months or longer. It was stated that government agents have examined a very large number of samples of oleomargarine in many parts of the country sold by the Cud= ahy company and that while it would not be expedient to estimate the amcunt of taxes involved ir the a'leged frauds, it 1s known that the officials believe that it will be in excess of $125,000 and possibly a much larger sum. Heavy Penalty Provided. The penalty provided for violation of the law is a fine of from $500 to $5,000 and imprisonment from six months to three years on each of- fense. REQUISITION PAPERS FOR ARREST OF CASTRO. Former President of Venezuela Charg- ed with Murder of Paredes. Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 12 (via Port of Spain, Trinidad, April 16.)—Madame Castro, wife of the for- mer president of the republic, is re- ported as having shown much annoy- ance when the Venezuelan authorities refused to let her disembark at La Guaira today froth the steamer Guad- cloupe. From the deck of the vessel she cried out to the governmental of- “You had better make hay while the sun shines!” The judge of the crimina] court be- fore which is pending the case charg- ing Cipriano Castro with responsibil- ity for the murder of Antonio Paredes, has ordered the issuing of requisition papers for the capture and arrest of Castro. First Mackerel of the Season. Gloucester, Mas! April 18, first catch of mackerel of the season was taken Into Norfolk (Va) today by the Gloucester schooner Eleciric flash, according to a telegram received here tonight from Captain Bissett, master of the vessel. Captain Bis ed the arrival of his schooner with thirteen barrels of large mackerel caught thirty miles east of Cape Hen- T ture may not provide fo sioner to do this. Anti-Tuberculosis Sanatoriums. There is hardly lfkely to be any dif- culty about the anti-tuberculosis com- mission, and now that the bill to. pro- vide sanatoriums has been altered to the satisfaction of the county commis- sioners, the presgnt commission and the committee on’humane institutions, there will be no difficulty regarding this matter in the house, in all likeli- hood. The county commissloners, one or two of, whom are in the house, ob- jected very strenuously to the form in which it was first reported, which re- quired the counties to provide sites for r a commis- | the sanatoriums and to spend not over $10.000 on an administration building, but all jurisdiction over the spending of this money remained with the state ission to be appointed. without representation didn’t suit the county commissioners at all, and the bill was promptly held up when reported to the house. The have new got the measure changed so that the state takes overall expense of site, buildings and evervthing clse and maintains the institutions, of which there will eventually be one in each county, but at first only one In each 6f the three largest counties, New Ha- ven, Hartford and Fairfleld. The cost to patients who are able to pay Is to be 32 a week, but those who are not able need pay nothing. Tn such cases the towns from which they come will be charged $2 a week .of the $12 per week that it costs to treat and care for them. The cost of these sanatori- nms is estimated at something ever $50,000 each. Telegraph 79 111 95 75 90 108 A e s 815 Local 148 161 140 143 115 108 General 1000 261 190 158 210 206 1125 Totul 1228 633 425 376 415 422 3498 ing that no man was about the prem- ises, they fell upon the maid servant and Mrs. Bartels, who is 60 years-old and paralyzed. The intruders brutally Dbeat them into a state of unconscious- ness, gagged them and secured jewels and monzy to the value of $2,000. Tha victims were found several hcurs later. NORWICH PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN SALOON BILL Question of itation of New Places to Within 200 Feet of a Church Would Affect Many Here. (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, April 16.—It is expected that there’ will be a hearing soon on the other two bills which affect the present law requiring, coun., commis- sioners to turn down the applicdtion for a mew license of a saloon located within 200 feet of a church or school house. One has been up for hearing, but this one was so blindly drawn that the atiorney genera] objected to its phraseology and little attention was paid to it. Norwich is especlally interested in this matter and it is expected that a large delegation from there will ap- pear to favor this change when the bill which really covers the subject comes up to be heard. There are sev- eral liquor stores within 200 feet of the Trinity Methodist church property and within much less than that, even, of the cHurch building itself. The licenses concerned are old licenses and not affected by the law unless the city should go no-license. Their owners and the eounty com- missioners can, however, see what would happen if Norwich should go no-license for ome year and then change back, a development which is always possible, hewever remote the possibility may be. The commission- ers would then be obliged to turn down the applications and would have no discretion in the premises. The claim is that these saloons, lo- cated on Water street many feet be- low the church on Main street, cannot in any way be objectionable to the church people, and, moreover, are in the location nearest to ideal in'the city of Norwich for such places, and there- fore a general law which works a hardship In specific cases like these, ought to be amended so as to cover these cases, if no others, The effort will be to have it amended so as to include all such cases and it is un- derstood that there will be those to support this from other parts of the state than Norwich, Baseball Bettors Arrested. New York, April 16.—In an effort to prevent betting _on baseball games forty police detebtives have been as- signed to duty in-the grandstands at the Polo grounds. Three men were today held in $300 bail each in the Harlem police court on charges of gambling at the New York-Brooklyn games. Since the closing of the ruve tracks the police learned that many bookmakers had planned to take bets on the ball games. Signing of Russo-Bulga St Pelersbuvxf'?,Allrll 16.—The Russo- Bulgarian seffloament will be sigmed here tomorrow simultaneously with t. signing of the Turko-Bulgarian agre. ment at Constantinople. Bulgaria is considered to have secured good terms. n Settiement Flies the Panaman Flag. New York, April 16.—The two-mast. ed schooner D. L. Lynton, which ar- rived in port today from San Blas, flies the Panaman flag, the only merchant vessel salling under that flag. Steamship Arrivals. At St. Nazaire: April 16, La Tou- raine, from New York. At Hamburg: April 16, Patricia, from New York. Ekonk.—Augustus Robinson has sold out his business in Jewett City and Is staying with his daughter, Mrs. Thom- as Brown at Sunnyside farm, Formally Indicted New York Woman| Condeased On 635 Gounts| Robbed in Paris Tgle,amms The Tariff Debate Will Begin in the senate Monday. N Governor Hughes spoke ‘to 2,000 peo- ple in Brooklyn in favor of direct pri- maries. Movements for the Establishment of memorials to Mme. Modfeska were re- ported in Poland. . The Wri Brothers made a sucy cessful aerial flight before the Avial tors’ club of Rome. In the House a Bill to Prohibit deal- ing In futures was introduced by Rep- resentative Scott of Kansas. Senator Knox Was the Guest of hon- or at a dinner at the bureau of Ameri- can republics in Washington. District Attorney Jerome said he ex- pected politicians would try to free Herman Rosenthal, a gambler, indict- &d tor burglary. Receiver Russell of Ennis & Stop- pani_announced that unless the miss- ing brokers appesfed by Monday he | would appeal to the courts. New Zealand Rioters, opposing the government’s gift of Dreadnoughts to | Great Britain, tore down and trampled | the English flag at Sydney. | Lord Dalmeny, eldest son of the fifth Earl of Rosebery, married Dorothy younger daughter of Lord Henry | George Grosvenor in London. | Paris that the | It Was Learned French courts in November granted a | divorce between Frederick MacMo nies, the Amgrican sculptor, and his | wife. Three Russian Gunboats were sent | to Astribad, Persia, to protect the in- | habitants against possible massacre by tribesmen who have captured the city. Mr. Roosevelt Touched at Aden, . receiving greetings from the of Abysshuia, drove to points of in- | st on shore and proceeded toward Mombasa. ..Mrs. Donald McLean issued a state- ment In Washington predicting the election of Mrs. Matthew T. Scott as president general of the Daughters of | the American Revolution. | President Taft is Considering the | creation of a body charged with part of the duties of the interstate com- | merce commission as a_means moting closer co-operation b government and the railroa CENTRAL ATHLETIC CLUB'S THIRD ANNIVERSARY. Celebrated by a Concert and Ball at Olympic Hall. In Olympic hall om Friday evening the Central Athletic club, the most prominent of the athletic clubs of Nor- wich, celebrated its third anniversary with a concert and ball, making the occasion the biggest success of the clu | history. Throughout the svening hall was filled almost to the capacity of the fluor end with the fine music provided and the diligent atieatiou ol all the commiitees to each detal] I the comfort of these present *he social evening was pronounced an unquailfied success by all attending. On the stage as a setting for the or- chestra was a particularly neat little garden scene comprising a fence and gateway with pillars, palms and fer; and the refreshmant stand at the othe end of the hall was in a pre ticed bower over which dark red ro and laurel were twined. The decora- tions were the work of Jeremish A Desmond, Cornelius Crow Henry Farrell and Theodore Kenn=oy. The evening opened with a concert s from 8 to 9 by Goodwins' orchestra, all of whom were members of the club, and the following programme was ad- mirably rendered: March, The Call to Arms, Rolfe Medley, The Harry Laude Patrol, The Guardmount, llenberg Bell solo, Dance of the Sunfiowers, F. §. Christman. Waltzes, Cupid’s Awakenin ntenis Oddity, King of Rags, wisher At 9 o'clock the grand march, in which 100 couples participated, open- ed the dance programme of twenty- four numbers, which was not ‘conclud- ed until 2 o'clock this morning. The march was a feature of the evening universally commented upon for its effective figures- and was a tribute to the direction of Professor Holland, whn had it under his personal dircction. It was finely led by the club president, William Houlihan, with Miss Florence Morgan, and Vice President Patrick Sullivan, with Miss Annie Sullivan. They were immediately followed by the following club members with their partners: Joe Desmond, its organiz Timothy Fields, treasurer; John M Gibney, secretary: Luke P. chairman of the arrangement commit- tee, and then the members of ti: mMtee, who were the following: H Farrell, F. Swan, T. Kennedy, J. Bow- en, W. Fitzgerald, T. Fields, W. Houli- han, J. Holland, Jeremiah A, Des- mond. Pretty souvenir programmes in blue and white were distributed by Master Harold Desmond and little Miss Mary Holland. The two large boxeg in the gallery were for the invited guests, among whom was Mayor Lippitt, but he was obliged to send regrets. The following were the box holders: No, 1 Luke P. Riley TS ciety; No. 3" William H rick Sullivan, Frank Sullivan, John Bowen; } Slattery, John Cunningham; Charles LeVarge, Professor Conrad Swan; No. hon, William Galli No. 7. Thomas Riley and Sheridan, J. A, Desmond; No Swan, William P on, Th Ginness, Timothy Fields. For the attractive dance which was enjoyed by over 500, fessor McCarthy was prompter, the following served on the commit- tees: « Master of ceremonies, Willia Pat- hn am No. 5 Holland, llam McMa- Fred Boucher M. atthew Fitz gerald; Henry Farrell; gt Al g R aids, T. Kelly, J, Sullivan, F. Boucher, | Rishicd by F. I Alion ls as follows: J. Copnell, W. Gallivan, 'C." LaVarge, | 25 Tortable boxes. B Sabthard F. Kristek, J. Beausolell, W. Siattery, | 208 Bort I b e coyar 3T, Burke, P. Sullivan, D. Patton, W. | 8nd B G . P Wty McMahon, J. McMahon; ushers, C.| bus, Fecording instevment: P, > Hero, P. 3. Desmond, J. McCarthy. . | DR, FCortine e e et DIV Carberry, T. RI Foley, H % | Bggleston, Terryville, catch lock ~ for reception committe John Donovan, Thom A. "Robinson, Dr. E. J. Brophy, Hugh Duffv, Dr. W. B. Case . George A. Comean, Nelson J. Ayling, Arthur D. Lathrop, Dr. P. H. Harri- man, Howard L. Stanton, Géorge E. Parsons; 'refreshments, Thomas Ho- gan, cioirman, assisted by Fred Swan, Albert Murphy, William Nichols, Tom Shea; coat room. Fred Kristek, Henry White, Wesley Calkins, J. Austin; box office, John Fields, Kiong Yuen Shing, New York mer- chant, imported a tuber eaten by the Chinese. Its Chinese name sometimes means starch. The importer said it was a yam and entitled to free entry. The custom house denied that it was a yam, maintathing that it was an out- landish vegetable i, its natural state and dutiable. The gencral appraisers side with the custom house. J. McGibney: J. J. Donohue, | ress. ily lat- | Nfl‘ A HORRIBLE BUTCHERY IN THE STREETS | Reported in Despatch Received at Berlin—City of Adana, Asiatic Turkey, Eurning Since Last Wednesday— Great Powers Preparing for \aval Movement to Pro- tect Their Subjects. CONFIRMATION OF MASSACE Two American Missionaries Reported Killed in - ~=Tinenian Outbreak ' PRICE TWO CENTS. 2 a5 o o $ag Constantinople, April 16.—Informa- of activity on the part of the commit- ? ion received here today from Adana, | tee of union and progress, and the next d in Asiatic Turkey, is to the effect thai | 48 hours probably will show whether two American missionaries have been | the committee will be able to ensure a killed in the anti-Armenian outbreak | military movement of any strength. at that place. The news is not con- | According to reports In Belgrade the firmed, and the names are not given | young Turks still have sixty thousand The Bible house here is without di- | troops at their disposal in Macedonian rect information. The missionaries of | vilayets. the district are at present at Adana No Confirmation of Massacre. for the regular district meeting. hey S . are Mr. and Mrs. William N. Cham- | Meantime the great powers appear « s to be preparing for naval movements bers, the Misses Webb, Miss Wallis, | | L ahiecie. shonia arid Miss Borel. Mr. Christy is at Tar- | {0 protect their gubjects, should ely 3 [ ikt Tace hour confatt till had g £ ‘ R jate hour tonig) ere s a Hr xfi"t'l’:"x"-”:x‘m:;{;“ufh 1, 15SUL- | been no confirmation recelved here of L o o 1 the reported murder of American mis- store order at Adana, and to protect | (i& FEEOTRE TS foreiguers. Additional troops are be- | gy ing sent in. | Instructions to Ambassador Leish~ Berlin Hears That Fires Accompany | mann. Massacre. ! Washington, April 16.—Aecting upon Berlin, April 16.—A despatch recelv- | bress despatches showing riotous con= ed today at Mersina from ditions in Adana, Secretary Knox to- that city has been aflam | day telegraphcd Leishmann to take Wednesday evening, | every step possible for informa~ assacres are being carried out | tion "concerning conditions in Turkey. streets. This information was convey- | Praios Sents Twe Criliars ed to Berlin a private cable de-| p o : spatch from Mersina. aris, April 16.—A cautionary measure, to assure the safety of French What London Learns. | €itizens ‘and interests in Tarkay. the London, April 16.—While many frag- | government ordered two cruisers to :y,m reports received here point te | sail from Toulon for Piraeus tonight. = the imminence of civil war in Tu Y i through the efforts of the defeated R A P young Turks to r v, as vet there is not much information that would tend to that the troops a ady to _sup- port the committee of unfon and prog- The situation in Constantinople | continues quiet. Young Turks Have 60,000 Troops. Enver Bey, one of the chief organ ers of the successful young Turks' ry stablish thelr su- olution, has just arrived at Salonik where he has assured his friends of | the ultimate success of the efforts that | are being ma tution. There i to preserve the const plenty of evidence 2 | the vilayet, “onstantinople, April 16.—At mid- ht the American ambassador, Mr. nor the British embassy 1 recelved any further news con- cerning the massacre or confirmation of the reported murder of Amerlcan missionaries at Adana. Consular telegrams received here re- port that half of the town of Adana has been burned and that the attacks upon the Armenians are.extending into They say that the British vice consul at Mersina, Major Daugh- ty-Wylie, who was ordered to Adana when the first advices of the massa- cre were received, has been wounded. \- n Leishmann, ATTACKED BY “TRUSTY.” Superintendent of Matteawan Hospital Had Narrow Escape from Death. Matteawan, N, Y. A W. Lamb. superintend teawan hospital for the criminal sane, and who was one of the princi pal witnesses in some of the proceedings had @ narrow escip | death today at the hands of John Toh'- f\man, a professor of languages.who was |'sent’ to ‘the institution three years ago after having kfled a man during a | saloon brawl. Tohlman, whose mental condition had been cousidered good for and who had been In as a “trusty,” suddenly struck Dr. Lamb over the head with a ste shovel, three feet long, cutting his head { and rendering him unconsclous. Luck- | ily the blow was a glancing one and tue pril 16.—Dr. it of the Mat- acter. Tohlman, after he had struck the doctor, drew a buttonhook, which he | haa sharpened to a needle edge, from his pocket and plunsed it into the left side_of hi k. This crude weapon he then d ross his throat, inflic ing a long gash. He then tried to sti: | the weapon into his heart,~but failed because of the thickness of his cloth- ing. though he cut his body severely. After this Tohlman staggered to the | court yara, where he was found uncon- | scious’ several minutes later. He wa carried to a cell and cared for by the hospital physicians, but it is belleved e will die. Dr. Lamb lay unconscious in the ma- chinist’s room, where the murderous assault occurred, for several minutes, His would was dres nd tonight he was about the hospital as usual, Tohl- man is 55 years of age. COMMITTEE WORKING HARD UPON $50,000 BOND SALE. Sufficient Number Must Be Disposed of Before Next Wednesday to Carry Out Plan. Working with the idea that they are accomplishing something for Norwich | ang saving one of its large disbursers of wages, the committee is hard at work disposing of the $50,000 bond i sue which will raise the necesary ital on which to conduct the busines of which there is said to ‘be plenty in view. Realizing that an immediate r sponse lg necessary, the committ using all its efforts to get subseriy of a sufficient amount go that by Wed- nesday night they will be assured ot the starting of the whealy in the plant of the Davenport Arms Co. | “The creditors of the company haye | been -vritten to regarding the part asked to play in the | which they are plan and over one-haif of them have been heard from favorably. As they are scattercd the replies from many | will be delayed a few days. The sub- | scriptions ®or the bonds are coming in every day. The committee hopes that the citizens will realize the Impor! of this effort and that the full will _be raised ‘to retain here the big industries. Connecticut Patents, The list of patents issued in Connec- ticut on the 13th day of April as fur- on trunks or the like; A. H. Emery, Stam- ford, testing machine; C. S, New Haven, prism telescope: Hepburn, New Haven, firearm’ Holden, Shelton, buckle; H. kins, Bridgeport, fire h j injury inflicted is not serious in char- | New Academy Buil SEVEN LODGERS MISSING. St. George Hotel at San Francisco De- stroyed by Fire, San Franciseo, April 16.—While it is belicved that only six persons lost their in- | lives in the fire that destroyed the St orge hotel early today, seven of the 300 lodgers have not been formally counted for. These probably went away without reporting their safety. The only body identified is that of C. H. Johuson of San Antonio, Tex. Among the guests sti:l unaccounted for is Hermam Mulr, a_ cigarmaker, of Rochester, N. The proprietor of the hotel, T. W, Shanahan, has besn in trouble with the board of public works since the fire of 1908, CONTRACT AWARDED. € ‘Building Will Be Erect- | ed by Peck, McWilliams & Co., the Contract Price Belng $73,438. On Friday the board of trustees of the Free Academy awarded the com- tract for the new building to Peck, Me- Willlams & Co., t§: price being the lowest of the four submitted. The amounts bid were: Peck, McWilliams & Co. $73,438, C. Morgan Willlams $79,- 191, Tracy Bros. of Waterbury $79,850, H. W Lines of Meriden ;fl!,l!. The new bullding will be 100 feet deep and 166 feet long, the front wall being 25 feet In front of the present steps. The present bullding fs 118x75. The work on the new buflding will be started at once, the contractor doing the excavating now, and as soon as school closes they 'will start tearing down the walls of the present build- ing although there are portions which will not be disturbed. Two new heat- ers will be installed. The new bufld- ing is expected to be ready by next Christmas. Portions over the boilers will be of fireproof construction, while the exterior trim will be granite and concrete ston.e with the interlor of brown ash. The accommodations will be for 500 M'CRUM-HOWELL FOUNDRY WILL START MONDAY. After Having Been Closed for Inven- tory It Will Resume Full Force. Manager Curtig of the local branch ¥ of the McCrum-Howel] Co., announced on Friday that the local plant would resume operations Monday morning full force in all departments. The plant has been closed for inventory, the time for taking which could not be determined, but it has been com- pleted and the employes will be pleas- ed at the announcement that they are to be back to work 50 soon. The plant employs many men. Froehlichkeit Fair. At the Froehlichkeit hall on Friday evening there was a gnod crowd ent for the fifth night of tht fair of the Frohlichkeiti society, and & fine entertainment was given by Mason and Howard in their sketch, The Bell- boy and the Coon. This was full of bright comedy that tickled the crowd and won & big hand for the entertain- érs. Thig is the closing night and the record breaking crowd for the week s 1 for, as there are many awards ch will be announced. Mrs, Jennie F. Metcalf of Winches- ter has just won the prive ship in ‘one‘of the largest firrs in the world at a sal r and all expenses. Elis ¥ of $1.560 The place J. Lake, Bridgeport, ae C. F. Laun, Waterville, curtain C. E. Mitchell, New Britain, screw driver; L. H. Moulthrop, Bridgeport, switch: H. A, Palmer, Merid de- tachabie caster for bedisteads 1 @3); J. €. Regan, St d. pawl and ratchet mechanism; J. Roche, Terry- yille, push pin combination lock; F. ¥ Seeley, Bridgeport, incandescent lamp socket; H. 1. Spencer, Hartford, hy- draulic rotary pump; E. B. Stone, New Britain, padiock; M. C. Sw Haven, cash carrier; W. M. Thayer, Hartford, storage batiery grid. The toad deposits about 12,000 eggs each year, but only 1,000 develop, zey, West | clasg of as awarded by a competitive exam- ination, in Which there were some 25 competitors, 16 of whom were men. The appointment is for three vears and she s to go first to Hong Kong and then to Indi That the Rev. Dr. Marion Leroy Burton, pastor of the Church of the Pilgrims, in Brooklyn, would probahiy succead ‘the Rev. Dr. L. Clark Seelye as president of Smith college was the = announcement prominent member of the Smith college board of trastees, Frank draham Thompson, of the ‘97, has presented Harvard university with $50,000 for salaries in the department of history and int n ment, with the especial improving the Instruction sovernment.