Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 1, 1909, Page 1

VOL. LL—NO. 103 CLONE AND TORNATO EPIDEMIC 'Fearful Loss of Life, Whole Towns and Villages Completely Wiped Out SOUTHERN STATES IN PATH OF STORM, Millions of Dollars’ Worth of Property Destroyed—Ten- nessee an Especially Heavy Sufferer—Most of Georgia Escaped with Only Slight Loss—Storm Still Raging and Moving in Southeasterly Direction. W Aflln(a.. Ga., April 30.—An epidemic, down. At Knoxville the greatest of cyclones and tornadoes, the like of | damage was from interference with Which have not been known for years, swept through the south last night and_ today, leaving in the wake hun- dreds of dead and mangled bodies the dismantled wrecks of Property worth many millions. Terrible Tales of Destruction. An exact list of the dead and an accurate estimate of the monetary loss may not be compiled for days, but from all along the path of the storm come tales of fearful loss of life and descriptions of wholo towns and vil- lages completely wiped out. The storm wave seems to have had its origin in the morth and swept from the lake region south in irregular fashion, now moderating its force as if spent, now growing more turbulent and angry. Fifty Lives Lost in Tennessee. The state of Tennessee was an es- pecially heavy sufferer. At 10 o'clock tonight carefu] estimates indicate that at least 50 people were Killed in that state alone, while the loss in dollars and cents will not fall short of 4 mil- lion, Town Practically Destroyed. / At Franklin and in Hillsboro there | was loss of Iife. The latter town i sald to be practically destroyed, whife at Centerville and adjoining villages the damage is reported very heavy, both in lives and property. reached twelve and many were in- jured. Hurricane Followed Cumberland Val ley. In the vicinity of Chattanooga the storm was felt at its worst. As in oth. e1 pars of the state, the telephone and telegraph wires were blown down and the movement of trains was greatly hampered. The hurricane followed the Cumberland valley, wrecking small towns and destroying farm houses. At Ybenezer eighteen houses were blown Near | Pulaski, in Gills county, the death list commerce. Memphis reports heary loss from towns within & radius ol one hundred miles in three states. & At Horn Lake, Miss, half a dozen lives were lost and the property dam- age was very heavy. From neighbor- ing towns come tales of men’ women and children killed and homes wreck- The tornado swept over into Ar- kansas and killed eight persons near Mammoth Springs, besides wrecking a score of buildings, Other points in Arkansag report a heavy loss. Most of Georgia Escaped. Atlanta and most of Georgia escaped with only slight property loss. But two young people, & brother and sis- ter, lost their lives here today by the capsizing of a rowboat during a squall. 8trikes Alabama With Terrifio Force. Striking Alabama and headed. in a southeasterly direction, thg hurricane continued upong its course of destruc- tion tonight. Huntsville sends word of heavy loss of property with proba- bly the logs of several lives. At Dan- ville, in Morgan county, Ala., the storm appeared with terrific force, At Hart- zell_at least one is dead and many are hurst, The storm is still raging and seems to be traveling almost directly southeast. Scores of Wires Down. Soon after dark tonight the. strong winds began affecting the rail, tele- graph and telephone lines connecting Atlantd wita Chattanooga and Knox- ville, and_-wire communication ceased entirely. /The Western & Atlanta rail- road offices here reported that south of Chattanooga, near Emerson, Ga., sev- eral big trees were blown across the {railroad right of way, tearing down wires and, holding up five trains. Scores of telegraph wires were lost in the vicinity of Rome, Ga., about dark, indicating that the storm was sweeping over that section. | | i | JAMES H. BOYLE COLLAPSED. Kidnapper in a Critical Condition in the Merce Mercer, Pa., 30.—James W, Boyle, whose trial on a charge of kid- g “Billy” Whitla, was today continued until next Wednesday, col- lapsed today in the Mercer jail, and tonight is sald to be in a critical con- dition, Dr. H. A. Goffing, the jail Tyllclnn, is In constant attendance on m. Mrs. Boyle was guite surprised by the unexpected continuance of her husband's case, but refrained from making any comment. The reasons ¥iven for the continuance were the iliness of the wife of W. 8. Anderson, attorney for the defense, and the mys- terfor disappearance of the original information against Boyle, But there dw a prevalent belief among the people Tere that neither side is anxious for an immediate trial. The members of the Whitla family are greatly dis- pleased because of the postponement. TRIAL OF CAPTAIN HAINS. Courtroom Crowded with Spectators for the First Time. Flushing, N. Y., April 30.—Incidents o the day, August 15, 1908, leading up 1o the shooting of William E. Annis at Bayside Yacht club, by Capt. Pe. ter C. Hains, Jr., U. 8. A, were graph- ically reviewed on the witness stand oy Thernton Jenking Hains, the de- fendant's brother, at the trial before Justice Garretson, In the 'supreme court here. Today for the first time since the trial began two weeks ago the court rcom was crowded with spectators. ‘There were a number of women among them. The defendant's listless de- meanor was unchanged throughout the proceedings, It was particularly noticeable that Mr. McIntyre con- stantly kept the word “irrational” be. dcre the jury in all questions. THE EARTHQUAKE AT MESSINA Greatly Reduced the Activity of Strom- boli and Mount Etna. Messina, April 30.—Frank Perret of Brooklyn, aesistant director of the Royal observatory on Mount Y=suvius, after a tour of investigation of Mount ¥tna and the volcano Stromboli, has returned here. In a statement issued today Mr. Perret says: “A careful observation of Mount Ftna and Stromboli show that the re- cent earthquake at Messina has re- duced their activity and for the time being has taken the energy from them necessary to create an eruption. Re- rts that have been in circulation that Ftna was In eruption are untrue, as there has been only a elight emission of vapors from the crater.” PRICE OF ICE ADVANCED By American Ice Co. from $3 to $5 a Ton, New York, April 30.—Action that had ‘been generally expected in view of in- creases by, other concerns was taken by the American Jce company today in advancing the wholesale price of ice from $3 to $5 a ton, a jump of 68 2-3 per cent. The American Ice company controls: half of the ice trade in the city. Conditions in the ice trade are similis to those of 1906, according to officers of the American Ice com- pany, but they predict that the wiole- #ale figure will not go above $5 nor tha retall price sbove §ociy ‘cents & hun ed. New York, Apry Avoy today slgned An order 30.—Justice Me- Arpontivg D B. Hayes récelver Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in the supplementary proceedi brought \by Ellse Hart- ‘wig. o milliner, to enforee 2 judgment of $263.25 obtained against Mrs. Thaw last Beptember. \ x Brother and Bister Drowned. Atlanta, Ga., Aprfl 30.—William and Pearl Withra, brother and gister, were drowned.here this afternoon as a re. =ult of a hoat capsizing at Lakewood. 4 sl 1 Jake near the city. The boat overturned when a miniature squgil atruck it | PASSING OF ABDUL HAMID Celebrated by the Turkish Residents of New York City. New York, April 30.—Hussein Kai- zim Bey, the Ottoman ambassador to the United States, and 150 of his coun- trymen gathered In a downtown res- taurant tonight and celebrated the change of governmest wrought by the Young Turks in their native land—the accession to the thgone of Mchmed V. as the first constitutional sultan, and the passing of Abdul Hamld. The Turkish ambassador came on from Washington especially for oc- casion. He displayed the imperial Ot- toman “mafidi,” a large and brilliant diamond, and ruby studded star, a dec- oration which was conferred upon him by the peosed Abdul Hamid. A touch of loyaliy to America which strangely moved those Amricans pres- ent occurred nesr the end of the meet- ing. Suddenly thc orchesra played “America.” As the sirains burst forth every Turk in the room arose, and the Turkish ambassador crieq aloud in his native tongue: “Grear America, Let us thank the soil that is hospitable to us.” WANDERED A HUNDRED MILES. Young Girl and Four Year Old Nephew Found in a Box Car. Garfield, N. J., April 30.—Mary Szur, the 17 yéar old Hungarian girl who wandered away from her home here on Sunday with her four year old nephew, Joseph Berger, and was found with the child in a box car at Tappan, N. Y., to- day, returned home tonight. The girl said she and the boy left home on Sunday for & short walk, but she became lost and could not find her way home. As she spoke no English, Bhe was unable to make her predics ment known to any of the persons she met along the road, and she pushed on until night, when she slept in an open field. The next day she continued her travels, hoping that she would come upon some familiar object. In her five days' wanderings she covered nearly a hundred miles, carrying the child most of the distance. The two obtained a little food each day at farm houses, No one, the girl sald, had harmed on threatened them. Despite their wan- derings, both the girl and baby boy bore the hardships remarkably well. FAVORED FREE LUMBER. Extended Speech by Mr. McCumber in the Senate. ‘Washington, April 30.—An extended speech by Senator McCumber favoring the senate today. His remarks pro- voked an extended controversy among advocates of a tariff on lumber. Mr. McCumber said, while he was @ thor- ough protectionist, he would not agree to a tariff on products such as coal iron ore, lumber and ofl, that are be- ing exhausted and cannot be replaced. enator Aldrich reported from the committee ~ on finance _additional amendments to the tariff bill and the senate adopted a motion made bv him that until’ further notice the Elnl‘e shall meet 4t 11 o'clock daily. At 6.05 o'clock the senate adjourned unti] 11 §clock Monday. B. P. 0. E Of New York to Erect n One Million Dollar Clubhouse. New Yorik, April 30.—Plans for the new million do'lar clubhouse which New York lodge, No. 1, of the Benevo. lent and Protective Order of Elks pur- poges to build in West Forty-third street were filed with the building de- partment today, The structure is to be eleven storles high, of brick and limestone, and modeled in the Italian Renalssance style. One of its dis- tinctive features will be a lodge room Tlfié‘ a seating capacity of one thou- san ‘Missing Girl Looated. Ann_ Arbor, Mich.,, April © 30.—The mother of Miss Edna Auerswald of tids fleoietl city, reported missing from a seminary at Washington, D. C., said today that her daughter is safe with friends in the east and that she has heard from her within a few days. free lumber occupied several hours in | London, April 30.—A special despatch dated Mersina, April 28, -a::m fires are raging at Antioch and b, and that there has been a slaughter of Ar- menians in both towns. Singapore, April 30.—~The British steamship Indrasamha from Yokohama April 5 and Manila April 16 for New York, has arrived here with fire in No. 1 hold. She will be surveyed be- fore proceeding. : London, April 30.—Charlés Frohman has secured the American rights for two of the most popular of the London music hall comedies, The Arcadians, which was_produced at the- Shaftes- bury last Wednesday, and Our Miss Gibbs, which has been running at the Galety ail this season. St. Petersburg, Apri] 80.—Count Tol- stoi's famous noyel, “War and Peac is now being dramatized here and will, by permission of the ministry of the court, be staged at the imperial op- era, The novel will form ome of the logest plays ever presented on a Ku- ropean stage the adapters having worked it into fifty scenes, the per- formance of whish will cover success- sive evenings. London, April 30.—The famous Hol- bein portrait of Christina of Denmark, which, as a loan from the Duke of Norfofk, has hung In the national gal- lery for 28 years, has just been sold by the duke to an art dealer with an cption’ that the nation mAy purchase it within a month for $330.000. The national gallery has no resources and an appeal has been made to the pub- lic to prevent the picture going to Am- erica. PUBLIC UTILITIES BILL A VERY LIVELY SORT OF CORPSE Less Lack of Interest in the Matter Than Had Been Supposed—State Capital Opinion. (Special to The Bulletin.) Martford, April 30.—Somehow the public _utilities commission bill is & very lively sort of corpse. Just what had been done betwene * Wednesday and Thursday of this week to revive interest in the matter it isn't so easy to tell, but it is plain that something had happened, and that there isn't the lack of interest in the matter that had been imagined or the lack of support for a commission to regulate and con- irol pubilc service corporations. In other words, the house is very loath to allow a proposition in which there is S0 much that appeals to 0 many as good die without first having made some determined effort to save its life by amputating certaln of its limbs. While the motion to adjourn on Thurs- duy afternoon was made by Chandler of Rocky Hill with the idea of sparr- ing for wind and delaying final ac- tion at a time when Chairman Burnes of the judiciary committee had befog- ged the issue and confused the minds of members less skilled in parliament- ary law and the rules of the Connecti- cut house than he, Tt helped the op- wcnents of the bill fully as much as it did_its friends, Thig is_largely due to the tactics used by Burnes. Throughout the de- bate he had been careful to permit the friends of the measure every chance to air their views and had held to the undrestanding that the pre- vious question should not be moved unti] everyone who wisled to taik had Liad his ehance to do so, but in the end he moved and secured the- previous question on the question of the pas- szge of the measure, after the report of the committee had been accepted ©n the separation into two parts of the wnotion made by Burnes last week that the report be’ accepted and the bill rejected. Having secured the pre ous question, Burnes then proceeded 1o confuse the minds of members still turther as to the fatility and mpro- priety of voting for the bill in the sit- uation which prevailed and this dfs- gusted a considerable number who haven't intended to vote for the bill and have given up hope of its being amended or whipped into such shape that they would favor its passage, There were those who believed, and possibly some of the friends of the measure are stii] sanguine enough to think, that the bill would have passed if it had bedn pressed to a vote, but that is very doubtful. T don’t believe it would have. If it had any chance of passage during that session, it was immediately after Chandler's speech, which was much better than that made by him last week, and did carry con- viction to the minds of some because of his presentation of the possibilities in this state under the charter now i:eld by the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, for instance, if Har- riman or Standard Ofl should secure control of the road, as may be the case later.on—and just how much later on a0 one can say. If there was a psy- chological moment during the discus- sion, that was it. When it came to the ' parliamentary entanglements, however, members didn't feel suffi- ciently sure of themselves to vote against the committee and for the bill, At the same time, they didn't like the look of things. They didn’t like Burnes' motion for the previous ques- tion and they didn't ltks the open- way in which Speaker Banks alded and abetted the opponents of the bill. It is a silly practice which permits the chairman of a committee to close the debate. There is nothing in the rules of the house which permits this, of that justifies the speaker in permit- ting it, It is simply a custom which has become a part of the practice of the house and which some courageous member of the house ought to tear apart. It is a part of the practice by which the committee report has come to be a fetich and which brings about a double motion on the pert of com. mittee chairman and the putting of that motlon that the report of the com- | mittee be accepted or rejected, as the case may be, and the bill passed or re- Jected, as the case may be. The whole thing is wrong. The question before any parliamentary body must be an affirmative one, un- der fundamental parliamentary law, and in the case of the Connecticut legislature should be, “Shall the bill be passed, the recommendation of the commiitee being that it ought” or cught not, as the case might be. The cocmmittee report Is not sacred; very far from it, indeed, though it has come to be regarded so. It ought to be giv- en all weight, but certainly ought not to be in any sense a controlling fac- tor in the situation. And it is only a few sessions since speakers put the motlon as to the disposal of a bill in the form here given, or practically that, and not as is the practice in ‘both houses now. To return to our muttons, it ruffled the members to realize that Burnes had the floor, that nothing could stop him or give another member the right to speak when he had finished and that e could say what he pleased about the measure, which he proceeded to do, and it is very doubtful if the mo- tion to reject the bill could have been carried then, Though the house gen- erally had no knowledge that his right to close the debate doesn’t exist and the privilege is no privilege at all, as is_stated above. ‘What will be done next week, how- ;vflr. is another {nntlvr. Both sides ave an opportunity to straighten out their lines. ich Line. Steam TWO HAILléAD TUGS. | THE NEW HAMPSHIRE Forced to Turn Back After Proceeding Up East River for Stonington—Mis- hap to Her Engines. New York, May 1—215 a. m.—Be- cause of a mishap to her engines, the Norwich line steamboat New Hamp- shire, with 150 passengers aboard, was forced 'to turn back after proceeding up the East river into the Sound last night, en route to Stonington, Conn., and at two o'clock this morning was belng towed to a pler by two railroad tugs. The exact cause of the trouble had not been ascertained, but her pre- dicament was not serious, Captain Signallea’ for Help. As soon as the breakdown occurred the captain signalled for help and two big transfer tugboats at Mott Haven immediately went to render assist- ance. The vessel anehored for a while but as it was considered safe the jour- ney back down the river was under- taken. No Panic on Board. As far as can be jearned there was no panic among the passengers and no one was injured. or Disabled At Midnight Doors TOWED TO A NEW YORK PIER BY ! UNUSUAL CONDITION IN MANY/ 1 MICHIGAN COUNTIES, 505 SALOONS, 10 BREWERIES Go Qut of Business, Result of “Dry” Vote at Recent Elections — Stocks Cleaned Out at Bargain Rates. Detrolt, April 30.—At midnight to- night 505 saloons and ten breweries in rineteen counties of Michigan whic's voted “dry” at the last election closed their doors. Thirty of the eighty-three counties in the state are now “dry.” In most of the couaties saloon keep- ers and brewers have been preparing for days for the final closing of their docrs tonight. Stocks have been ciosed out at reduced rates in many instances. New Trial Refused Beach Hargis. Irvine, Ky., April 30.—Beach Harg who was convicted of the murder of h: father, Judge-James Hargis, was re- fused a new trial today, and Judge Adams sentenced him to life :mprison- ment. Three Texas Negroes Lynched. Fort Worth, Tex., April 30.—A mob Iynched three negroes early today at Marshall, Tex. The negroes killed a deputy sheriff. . Demands for the Bromley Story The persons who read the second part of ‘Long Ago and"Later On,” have been applying to the office for It is a rattling good story and those who do story, the opening chapters. The Bulletin's serial not give it their attention are missing a good thing; and they should remember that a demand for back copies is one that is not always sure to be met. ness is to subscribe at once, The way to be sure of this story in its cowmplete- The Bulletin paid the author’s price for it and you get it for the regular subscription price. This is only one feature of The Bullctin's special offering to its readers and alone it is worth the subscription price. The Bulletin alms to be practical in many things and up to date Its ne in all things. and its fashlons will be kept fresh, 1t has no competitor for variety and value of thatter in any city of this size known to date. It is the I man who never sleeps. t advertising m edium in eastern Connecticut—a sales- Send for a rate card, You want to know all about the preparations for-the 250th anni- versary of the settlement of Norwich, and The Bulletin will keep you osted upon that and all other matters for two cents a day. ulletin will be left at your door for 12 cents a week. Following is a summary of the news for the past six day Bulletin Saturday. Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday. Fridav, April 24 April 26 April 27 April 28 April 29 April 30 Total. Telegrap's 76 100 90 83 112 100 561 Generni 942 256 138 148 143 270 1837 Locatl 128 119 1i0 125 98 124 704 SHOT DEAD HIS FAVORITE, A BEAUTIFUL CIRCASSIAN GIRL Abdul Hamid, Day Befors H tion, Mad With Jealousy. Evic. Paris, May 1.—Telegraphing® from Constantinople, the Matin’s correspon- dent says that Abdul Hamid probably will be’ trapsferred from Saloniki to Monastir, as furious mobs - surround the villa where he is lodged, clamoring for his head, and the troops have dif- ficulty in keeping them back. “The former sultan,” the correspon- dent says, “committed_an abaminable crime on ‘the day of the entry of the troops Into Constantinople. Mad with despair and jealousy, he shot dead his favorite, a beautiful Circassion girl 13 years old. Certain that the gnd of his reign had come, the sultan/had been induced to_prepare for a general mas- sacre on Saturday, the signal for which was to have been given by the firing of bombs. General Scheket, however, learned of the danger that threatened and hastened the emtry of the troops.” Well Known Architect, Theodore Mi- not Clark, Dead. Boston, April 20.—Theodore Minot Clark, one of the best known archi- tects In the country, died at his home here tonight after a brief illness, at the age of 64 years, Mr. Clark was in ch: e of the department of archi- tectuw at tne Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was the author of several books and magazine articles on his profession, He was one of the architects who designed Trinity church, this city Donned U. S. Cavalry Uniform to Aid Him in Robbery Schemes. Hackensack, N. J., April 30.—B. F. Coher, alias “Sergeant” Silverton, waz arrested here today, charged with don- ning _the uniform of the United States cavalry in order to assist him in schemes of robbery. The officers say that he claimed to be a secret service detective whose business it was to pick up deserters. Instead of this, he was accustomed to arrest inoffensive men, and, after putting handcuffs on them, to rifle their peckets. Plans for Combination of Big Copper Interests. New York, May L—After holding a recent conference with forty of the leading copper men, William B. Core: president of the Unfted States Ste corporation, has a plan under way for the combination of big copper inter- ests of the country, according to the World today. Combination is suggest- ed with a view to regulating produc- tion, eliminating competition and in- troducing futher economies in the industry. that the feeling of the house went far enough or will go far enough to per- mit of the passage of this blll, No- bedy believes that it would pass the senate under any conditions, and it would be foolish for the house to pass it. The best that the friends of the general proposition—for thiy bill has really very few friends—can hope for,’| is delay and further consideration of the matter and perhaps the substitu- tion of & measure which shall create a supervisory and regulative commis- slon. The consideration of the matter on Tuesday should take very little time for the members are talked out, or it is to be hoped that they are, and par- liamentary technicalitiés will - occupy the center of the stage, Either side may be looked to to sprigg something which it will keep the other side busy It must not be assumed to. handle, | | | | Populace Impre: MEHMED V. DRIVES THROUGH STREETS OF CONSTANTINOPLE. d With New Ruler's Democratie Fashion. Constantinople, April 30.—Tewfik Pasha finally has succeeded in form- ing a new ministry to preside over the destinies of the Turkish empire, a task he undertook reluctantly when some of the influential members ‘of tne committee of union and progress displayed * opposition to Hilma Pasha resuming his old post of premier. Mehmed V. drove through the streets in democratic fashion, today, to the mosque to offer up the regular Friday prayers. The pomp and ceremonial that formerly attached to the func- tion during the reign of Abdul Ham- id were lacking, and the subjects of the new sultan seemed to appreciate bis democratic manner, and accepted it as evidence of the beginning of a more lenient rule, A rumor emanat- Ing from Salonica to the effect that Abdul Hamid would be courtmartialled was in circulation here today, but met with denial. It is reported that the police have made numerous seizures of arms, am- funition and bombs, which were to have been used in a fanatical® out- break which General Schefket's time- Iy _occupation of the city prevented. Search parties are engaged in the grounds of the Yildiz Kiosk digging for the treasure supposed to have been buried by Abdul Hamid. DERELICT A VALUABLE PRIZE. Lumber in Wreck of the Elvira Ball Estimated “to Be Worth $50,000. Norfolk, April 30.—The master of the British steamship Headley reports te the Norfolk hydrographic office hav- ing passed April 27, in latitude 39.01, longitude 38.11, the derelict schooner Flvira Ball, with foremast standing, mainmast hanging alongside, and deck awash, h_the lumber in her kold, the derelict Ball is estimated to be & prize of the sea worth $30,000. FLORIDA, TOO, MAY GO DRY. Election on State Prohibition to Be Held in November, 1910. Tallahassee, Fla., April 30.—Tt is ex- peoted that Gov. Gilehrist will in the next few days sign the resolution pro- viding for the submfssion to the vot- ers of the question of amending the state constitution so as to provide for state-wide prohibiticn. The senate ves- terday wconcurred with the hoiuse amendments, which were of minor im- portanee. Suicide at Hotel Flanders, New York. New York, April 3).—Frederick Stei- ner, 30 years old, committed suicide last night by shooting at the Hotel Flanders, No. 135 West Forty-seventh street. Barly this morning his wife tried to get her husband on the tele- phone, but the' clerk could not get Steiner to answer either knocks or the ringing of his bell. At half past 10 a'clock - the room door was broken down. A contract for the building of an elevator at Flut Point, Victoria har- bbr, Georgian Bay, has been let by the Canadian Facific Railway company ro a Chicago compan.. The capacity of the elevator is to be 2,000,000 bushels, and the contract price s said to be close to $1,000.000, which is to incinde the building of wharves and the nec- esgary equipments for handing vast quantity of grain. The work is to be :ompleted within a year. 56370 The Attorney ral has given in- structions to push the prosecution of Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma. * Theodore Roosevelt expected to reach the Mau hills ,near Machakos, Friday, where he hopes to bag a lion. Senator Nelson Attacked the lumber trust in _a speech on the tariff, and Senator Rayner denounced the princi- ple of protection. The Entire Armenian Population of Adana is homeless and mauy young girls have been garried off by the Moslems for slaves. John A. Benson of San Francisco was acquitted fn Washington of bribery of government officials in connection witih western land fraud; ThefOpinion Was Expressed among naval officers at \Valllhrglnn that this country would soon re-establish a per- manent Buropean squadron. The "Appointment has been granted of Commander Dmitri Vassilieff as the Russlan navy attache of Washington to replace Commander Nebolsine. Dry:Wiley Submitted to the solicitor of the' department of justice some analyses to show how rectifiers are palming off adulterations for straight whiskey. Representative Hollingsworth of Ohio prepared a resolution that questions the propriety of the silver service the state of Mississippi proposes to give to the battleship Missiissippi. David Lloyd-George, chancellor of the exchequer, introduced the budge! in' the hBuse of commons. It shows a deficit of about $78,000,000, which will be provided chiefly by increased taxa- tion. The Attorney General and the sec- retary of the treasury agreed to accept from’ the sugar trust about $2,000,000 in payment of amounts out of which the government has been cheated by traudulent weighin ELECTRICITY FIRED BALLOON. Accident Near Berlin in Which Army Officer Had Narrow Escape. Rerlin, April 30.—A captive ballgon belonging to the army balloan corps was broken from its moor! morning by a strong gust of wnd and drifted rapldly over the city. In mi air it caught fire from atmosph electricity and came down half buraed in_a northern suburb. Lieutenant Gruber was the only pas- senger on board and he had, to make a Gesperate fight with the flames in m!id alr to save his life. He was badly haken up in the landing, but after his unds had been dressed he to go home in an automobile. READY TO MEET MAY D;Y RIOTS Troops Brought Into Paris—Elaborate Police Precautions. Paris. April 30.—Although the im pression prevails that tomorrow, May day, will not witness any outbreak of violence in the French capital, exten- sive precautions are being taken for the maintenance of order. The troops drafted into the city from Versailles 7ill be held in readiness In barracks and an elaborate service of automobiles has been orgamized that will permit the police to concentrate quickiy up- on any point where disorder threatens. Trouble s expected, at Meru and Mazamet, where there have been seri- ous strikes during the last few weeks, Will of Olive Logan Filed for Probate. New York, April 30—The will of Olive Logan, once well known both here and abroad as an actress, author and lecturer, who died in England on Tuesdya, was filed today for probate in the surrogate's court. The will con- tains no money bequests, but disposes of jewelry, books and personal house- hal'l eifects to varicus relatives end friends. GETTING READY FOR THE BIG CELEBRATION. Members of Scandinavian Political Club Name Committees and Discuss Plans, In the town hall on Friday evening there was a meeting of about fifty members of the Scandinav'an Political club, with Ludvig Anderson, the pre ident, in the chair, and Secret; Clsson looking after the minutes of the meeting. "The meeting was for the purpose of considering plans for the 'participa- tion in the coming celebration in which all Seandinavians of Norwich and vicinity will take part. In order to secure funds it was decided to hold a_concert and ball in Union hall and efforts will be made to secure a hall for the entertainment of guests during the celebration. Committees or band, float rade were named as follows: and pa- Band, Ludvig Anderson, Charles Pearson, and John Vallin; float, C. W. Pearson, John Lindroth, August Heulstrom, Richard Pearson, Charles Hagherg, Olsson. Oscar Dahl; parade, George Benson, Iver SMALL BUSINESS IN APRIL. Police Made 81 Arrests During the Past 31 Days—Only 22 Paid Their Fines. During the month of April there were 81 arrests by the police, which is number. below the average monthly The arrests were for the reasons: Intoxication 32, | the peace 25, theft 5, runaway injury to private property 4. bei corrigible 3, violating liguor non-support 2, forgery, vagra fraading board to, one each. There were 11 discharged, 11 cases nolled, six were taken away. one was bound over to the superior court, six put in charge of the probation officer, one case was continued, while 29 were sent to jail. Thewe were 22 Who pald their fines and costs, amounting to $150.84. There were 268 who occupied quar- ters at police station during the month azalnst 399 during March. Seven store doors were found unlocked and made secure. 3, . de. 1z house, speeding au- law Killed at New London. At 1105 o'clock Friday night Thomas D. Stanners of New London, aged was killed near *he U'nion staion that city. to speak to a friend, and as he w getting aboard again he slipped and went under the wheels and was badly crushed, dying a half hour later. He was on the freight from Worcester to New Haven. He is survived by.his in He had jumged off a freight parents in New London, and leaves three sisters and two brothers. Building Got Away. A contractor who was moving a small bullding in the yard of Polic man Charles Smith's home, on Uuion street, made a miscalculation in plac- ing his ropes on Frida; letting the building drop down into the lower end of the vard, where it now lies on end. ¢s this | Y D FAIRLY CLEAR HORIZON AT CHICAGO AY IN LABOR RA No Demonstration Whatever to be Held Greater New York Today m 0 n Eut One Trouble on the Calendar at Pittsburg—Baltimore New York, April 30.—May day will dawn in Great ew rk with labor conditions quiet. Barring th against bakeries on the East Sic clared tonight, the msters’ strike against a few downtown flrms amd several minor building trade disputes, there is nothing to ruffh agreements between employes : employer. Organized labor, strictly will hold no demonstration as the first Monday in S observed as tle official 1 such rather than the first da | The socialists and the soc | par however. together with | #o-called progressive or less cons spe mber is day tive labor organizations, have made arrangements for a_parade tomorrow afternoon which will end in Union square, where socialist workers will address the crowd be Feld under the auspices of the united Hebrew traded gnd will be made up principally of \Jast Side worke A large proportion of the participants will be women. Fairly Peaceful Outlook in Chicago. Chicago, April 30.—Following a peri or of unusual agitation in labor clrcies, May first in Chicago brings a_fairly clear horizon. The tile layers and help- ers, who only two ks ago settled strike of six weeks' duration and re turned to work at increased w . & threatening to strike again unless injunction Against their union Associated Building trades is The contractors are just as anx get the injunction out of the way 50 far no method by which this can he jone has been discovered. Journ men makers will meet tomorrow to take action on the question of strike against the master bakers who refuse to grant an increase in wa Pittsburg Has One Grievance. Pittsburg, Pa, April 30.—But one labor trouble is pending in_Pittsbur on the eve of May day and tonight's meeting of street railways employes The parade s to he promises to settle all pending differ- ences between them and the Pittsburg Rallways company Baltimore Calm. Baltimore, April 30.—There s no in { dication that labor organizations of this city will take any notice what- ever of May day. The local lahor sit- uation is, on the whole, quict and with- out apparent likelthood of important developmenie in the very near future. Boston Painters' Want More Pay. Boston, April Peace relgns In the industrial cir « of Boston and CAPTURED BY DETECTIVES. Man Who Demanded $6,000 from Ru- dolph Spreckels. San Francisco, April Spreckels, son of the late mi sugar king, Claus Spreckels, & few days ago an anonymous letter purporting to have been written by | the chief of a band of Hindu poison- {ers, demanding that Spreckels pay $3,000 each for himself and his wife to a messenger, who would call at the millionaire’s residence st night The missive was turned over to the police and the officers detailed on the cage instructed the Spreckels’ butier to Land a package containing newspapers to anyone wh should call. At the ap- pointed time a man called and receiv. e the package, whereupon he was seiz-ed by two detectives. He gave the name of George de Martinié, and aald he had been sent by Benjamin W. Eoule. Soule was arrested later. 80—Rudolph naire eived re WILHELMINA DOING WELL. to Holland's Throne t Rejoicing. ThegHague, April 30.—Splendidly 1l- Juminated streets thronged with a re. joicing populace, celebrating the birth of an hefress to the throne of The Netherlands, dancing, singing and throwing confettf, gave to the city a carnival appearance tonight. A torch. light and lantern procession was held by the students and was a great suc- cess The crowds in front of the royal pal- ace made the thoroughfare almost im- passable. Queen Wilhelmina slept well during the day and is progressing nicely, Fer majesty expresses the Intention of nursing the princess, beginning to- morrow $35000 FIRE AT NEW HAVEN. Property of the Smedley Company, General Transfer Agents. Birth of Heire Causes Grt New Haven, May 1L—Fire early thig morning destroyed u large barn be longing to the Smediey company, ge eral transfer agents, with a loss of $30,000, parially covered by insur- ance. The fire started in or nd of the barn and in a few minutes had epread over the entire structure and in a very short time the whole build- ing, with itg contents, was consumed In the building was stored all the wa ons and moving vans of the comp. all of which was burned, The plant of the New Haven company, rear of the barn, was damaged to the extent of $5,000. The cause of the fire i= not known. Moslem Attacks Had Their Origin in Constantinople. \ Adana, April 30.—The conviction Is held by the Armenfans that the M. m attacks against them had thelr rigin in Constantinople. The massa- res began =i the dis- trict cov Gulf of they muintain that (hey started from a local row in whicl two Turks were shot by menian as he was leaving | Ads an Ar- church trying to capture . Retail Price of Coal Reduced. Boaton, April 30.—A reduction of 50 retail price of eoal, cents & ton in the vegining tomorrow, was announced here today. This is a result of the signing of the agreement between the anthracite miners and operators. The spring reduction usually I8 m April L | pe-ted to go into effect her in the | with his bride. whom the Turks were | to Take no Notice of the Day—Strike in Some of the Boston Paint Shops Expected—Nothing Doing in Conrecticut—Strike Fredicted in Providence. few stries are expected tomMOKToN. « The painters announce that after May 1 their rate of w whali be 41 cents an hour for house pdinters and 4% cents an hour for decorators, an in= crese of one and a half cents over L old rate. As some of the master paint ers are axpected to refuse the mnew schedule, a strike in some of the shop is exp d. No Trouble in Connecticut. New Haven, Conn. from the strike of the bury and ath Norwalk, which has | been of several weeks' duration, there are no Indications that organized labos will pay any attention to May day. There have heen few labor troubles | throughout the state the past year and there are no indications of any M the | near future, Haverhill Carpenters May Strike. Haverhill, Mass. April 30.—A gen- eral strike of union carpenters is ex- tomorrom. Increase In pay hour to 41 1-2 two hundred . The plumbers F threaten to strike tomorrow for an Increase of 25 cents a day. Demand 45 Cents an Hour. Providence, April ve local wna fons of the Unit d Brotherhood ot Lus- penters and Joiners, with a total mem= bership of 1,200, by a vote of 568 to 234, decided tonight to go out om strike next Monday morning to en- force thelr demand for a minimum wage of 45 cents per hour and a 44~ hour week. They are now getting 41 cents per hour. The voting took place | In the labor temple and the result was | recelved with much cheering. All Quiet in Philadelphia. April Everything or elrel here and there | will be’ no special observance of May | day. The city i free from strikes and | lahor troubles of every kind and there are no disputes awaiting adjustment, Absolute Peace in San Franciseo. San Francisco, April 30.—Althoug! San Francisco ls regarded as one o the strongest organized labor cities in the country, not a strike will mar May day. Absolute peace prevails in labor circles. 8t. Louis Union Men Satisfled. 8t. Louls, April 30.—For the first time in several years St,_Louis is not threatened with any labor trouble on May 1. Unlon men are apparently sat- isfled with their wages, following & period of depression. The men den from 37 1-2 « cents an hour, will be afr nd s Ab —————— e i U, 8. COURT OF CUSTOMS | it | For Trial of Cases of Appeal from Ap+ | praisers’ Decisions. Washington, April 30.—The estab- lishment of the United States court of customs appeals and the appolntment of an additional assistant attorney general for the prosecution and tréal of all cases of appeal from decisions of the board of general appraisers are provided for in the amendments to the customs administrative act reported by the senate finance committee today. With the exception of these two fes~ tures there are few important el in the amendments ae they stood in the tarift bill as it passed.the house, The salarfes of the nine general ap= praisers have been Increassd from $7,000 to $9,000, The court of customs appeals which it is proposed to establish will consist of a presiding judge and four assoctats judges, to be appointed hy the presi= dent, with the advice and consent of the senate. Nine judicial circuits are provided for In which the eourt will | hold sessions, the places dest being Boston for the First distriet, New. York the Second, Philadelphia and’ Baltimore the Third and Fourth, New - Orleans and Galveaton the Fifth, Chi. cago for the Sixth, Seventh and shth, and Seattle. Portland and San Franclico for the Ninth. The judges wikl recelve $10,000 DETECTIVES USED A LADDER Entered Second Story Window to Are rest a Well Known Man, New York, Apr!l 30.—Horace Gree. ley Robbins' of New York, Montreal and Paris, who Is sald to bo well known throughout this country as a seller of “Marconi wireless” and other stocks, was arrested here tonight on a warrant from San Jose, Cal, chang- ing him with having fafled to make delivery of Marconl stock, for which he had received $500 from F. B. Brown | of that city. | " Robinson’s arrest was not mccom. | plished without dificulty. Detectives went to an apartment where he was | supposed to be staving, but were ine | formed that he was not there. Doubt. | ing this, they procured a ladder and climbed through a second story win- dow and found him, ording to the detectives he resisted arrest until.they were compeiled to use their clubs. SALON OF FRENCH ARTISTS Inaugurated Yesterday Afternoon by Precident Fal Paris, April 30.—Although it ecntainy nothing distinstly original in aestheth conce t salon of French artists inaugurated this afternoon hy Pre dent Fallieres ranks higher both in merble and paintings than any similne exhibition In the last +five years, Nevertheless the French crities point to the maguificent retrospective ex-« hibit of Albert Pierre Rene Maignan's warks to prove that the living arth fuliing behing the masters of the ene ntion Anong other pletures v of attention are works by € last waort F. Ryder of Danbury. Richard K 8 Brooks exhibits two excelient bust one of W..H vard for Seattle ai Py the other of Roger Ludiow for the () capitol at Hartford &) 7 | Name of Pacific Terminal of lsthmian Canal Changed. v Panama, April 30.—The Panesus canal authorities having received m"u approval of President Obaliia, have ' & decided to change the name of the Pacific termival of the to Balboa. in honor of Vaseo Nunes Bajs e on'l hon, who in the year 1513 the Pacific ocean.