Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 2, 1909, Page 1

l!nneapolis Flour Mills Closed, Making Idle|: ~ More than 3,500 Men B.ESU'LT OF THE SWITCHMEN'S STRIKE Railroad Yards Filled with Stalled Freight Trains— Wholesale Grocers and Commission Fouses Doing Nothing—Packing Houses May be Obliged to Close —Famine of Foodstuffs Threatened. $t. Paul, Minn,, Dec. 1.—Every line of industry in the Twin cities, Duluth nd Superior, and all cities of the northwest dependent on the movement of supplies, is seriously affected by the wtrike of the railroad switchmen, which began at six o'clock last eve- ning. 12,000 Men Idle Last Night. 1t is estimated that upwards of 12,- 000 men are idle tonight on l(counl of the strike order, tho: freight handlers and teamsters are losing time by reason of the freight ‘blockade: in the terminal towns, while veral a continuance of the strike for days will throw additional thousands out of work. Stalled Freight. The railroad yards age filled with stalled freight trains, and ar attempt to move a irw by the ald of the office as switchmen is making men draftel no_impression. N The railroad managers’ ' commiittee announced today that they were pring- ing to St. Paul new switchmen to "lke the places of the strikers. To this the president of the Switch- men’s union sald: “All right, let them come; we- will not object.” Business Men Anxious. Business men generally are begin- ning to feel the result of the scrile. The first to be affected were 'the wholesale grocers and commission hou ‘Wholesale grocers report that noth! in the small towns who get their sup- plies from day to day will soon be unable to serve fresh vegetabies and fruit, Some of the larger commission houses today tio it the strike continues many Minneapolis Flour Mills Close. In Minneapolis, the flour mills clos- ed tonight, and it is estimated that %300 men employed in them are idle. A continuation of the strike will throw out of employment about 1,500 more who are employed in the cooperage and ‘aliied trades. Stock Yard .nppl‘flmm In South St. Paul, ‘where the stock yardg, pre, oply threc hundred head of cattle were received today where usu- ally 1800 is the daily average. Man- et Bangs of Swift & Co, said today at the question of reduction- in the packing house force degended entirely on the duration of the strike. “It we camnot get stock we will have to close,” he said. He would not say how long the plant could run on the presént supply of stock. Facing Famine of Frodstuffs. In the Iron Range country, the is moving. Commission houses are doing nothing and their customers reduced their working forces and will make further reduc- | f.| general loss on account of no employ- i fit mes or mousm AFFECTED| obled small towns will soon be facing a famine unless trains of foodstuffs can be brought in _there. 10,000 Idle Men on Ore Docks. In Superior, 300 men were laid off in the Great Northern railway ma- chine shops. The mines will be af- fected by the stopping of freight traf- fic. On the ore docks at Duluth and Superior, within 48 hours, 10,000 men will be ouf of employment, and the ment for labor and inability to deliver merchandise will run into thousands of dollars. The most serious effect will be in Montana, particularly at Butte, Ana- conda and Great Falls, where the cop- per mines and dmelters are. Switchmen in (Control at All Points. In Montana \ and eastern Idaho freight traffic is\tied up. About llxl)’ freight trains are statlonary. switchmen are in control .of all ter- minal points, Smelters Seriously Affected. This territory is taken care of by the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound railroads. Unless the railroads can carry coal to the smelters and ore from the mines to the smelters, opera-~ tions must speedily cease. The smelters will be affected first, for their coal supply is limited. The mines may be able to mine ore and store it on the dumps and in the smelters for a while, but not for long. The entire town of Butte is depend- ent on the operation of the mines and smelters. When they stop everything stops. All foodstuffs are imported. Many of the big mining companies run stores. A miner’s credit is good there only as long as he works. The smelters in Anaconda employ about 2,600 men. There are also large smelters at Great Falls, employing 5,000 men, who are fdle. No Hope of a Settlement at Present. That all hopes of a settlement of the strike at present are at an end was Indicated by the departure for Washington tonight of Martin A. Knapp of the Interstate commerae commission, ‘and United States Labor Commissioner Charles P. Neill Mr. Knapp said he could de noth- ing But offér’ his services, and they were not wanted at present. «. Shortage of Fuel at Spokans. - Spokane, Wash,. Dec. L—Frelght | traffic was almdst completely tied up today on the 'Northern' Pacific and Great Northern main lines and all their branches centering here. Eighty of the two hundred Northern Pacific switchmen and 45 of the two hundred Great Northern men have struck. The number idle here is estimated at 250. The most serious development here is a threatened shortage of fuel, CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF lTANDARD OIL OFFICIALS. Has Not Been c.-mdor-i, Says Attor- ney General Wickersham. ‘Washington, Dec. O1l officlals in the event the supreme court of the United States affirms the decision of the circuit court at St Paul, ordering the- dissolution of the wo-called trust, .has not been under | consideration, ~according to Attorney General Wickersham, who was asked today it that course was likely. The question of prosecution of the efficials in that or any other alleged trust, it was pointed out at the depart- ment, depends on the supreme court's Aecision ‘of -Judge Holt at New York, limitations interposed by defendants sustaining ths piea of the statute of | action on_the appeal from the -recent Kissel and Harned, in the so-called su- gar trust cases. ESCAPED FROM CONVENT. Young Woman Found Unconscious in a Chicago Park. S 1—A well dressed found in Lincoln park, here, unconsclous. She swas taken to a hospital and revived. She gave the name of Hazel Eliza- beth Robertson ‘Dillln of Holland, Mich. She told the police that she vas_injured by jumping from a tree while escaping ‘from a eonvent in Tarrytown, N. Y., some days ago. She declared that her father is an official "f the Oregon Short Line rflllhmd at |Glenns Ferry, ldaho, At a Motel last nurm she fegistered as Hazel Robin- President Taft's Message Now Pr tically. Completed. " Washington, Dec. 1—After a busy dey with his first message to con- , upon the preparation of which ia spending most of his time, Pres- ident Taft sought. relaxation this eve- ning in another long and brisk walk, with Captain Buit; his military aide. Denying himeeif to callers. the pres- ident devoted his entire time today to his_message. . Attorney General Wick- ersham was with him some time, as was Secretary ‘Knox. He has now practically completed his work Chicage Subway Co. Defaults Inter on Its Bonds. Chicago, Dec. 1.—A slump of near- Iy two points in Chicago subway stock on the local exchange followed the nouncement that the company had de- faulted Interest on its bonds. The pric dropped to 3.25, the lowest figure which the stock. has sold. Seve years ago, when the company wis firs | the stock sold at high as J.Ogden Armour, who Is one of rincipalfigures in subway affairs, ned (o talk on the subject. Caught Ouryifll Ad mdulu ) Y./ Dee uz—wml;' g m m venigon out e “Adivondacks in three sultcases, Oliver itford of Wells was detected by "a Hamilton county protector,” arrested and fined j gueording o s ropssy by Stan- to fhe forest, fish and game de- The confiscated ven- ‘it AThany s today le institu- .—The question of “criminal prosecution of Standard t | | | | The object was to attack the defense DAMAGE 8UIT AGAINST UNION HAT MAKERS. Depositions Read from Dealers on the Pacific Slope. Hartford, Dec. 1—The reading of de- positions from retail and wholesale hat dealers in Seattle and San Fran- cisco and other cities on the Pacific slope, occupied the greater part of the time ‘In the United States circuit court today in the damage suit of D. E. Loewe company against unfon hat makers. Oceasionally letters culars- were . {ntroduced by t tiffs’ attorneys for the purp: taining claims that a conspiracy was carried on in sections of the east to ruin their business. An attempt to get a letter claimed to have been written by Daniel P, Kelley, a walking dele- gate for the hatters’ union, into the evidence, falled, as it was written aft- er the bringing of the present suit. made by this plaintiff that he was not affiliated with the unions engaged in the alleged boycott. G. W. Flint, publisher of the Dan- bury News, was called to the stand this afterncon. He was asked to read from files of his paper for 1902-03. These contained Moffatt’s annual ad- dress, the object being to show that the Danbury defendants had knowl- edge of the action taken by the na jonal organization. Advertisements of union meetings were also read. MILITIA TENTS OFFERED FOR USE OF EVICTED TENANTS None of the Strikers Without Food, or Obliged to Sleep Out. Boston, Dec. 1—A suggestion that the sheiter tents and other equipment of the Massachusetts volunteer militia be offered for the use and relief of the evicted workmen of the Ludlow associates mills i Ludlow, was eni- bodied in a letter received by Jover or Drayer today from Representative Normar H. White of Brooklin Governor Drager, in his reply. said he had been.informed that che mill company has offered to store, free of cost, all furnitire owned by the pon- ple cut of work, and that no one has been obliged to go without food cr sleep out aé~night. As Governor Draper left for Chicago tonight he referred future consicera- tion of the matter to Lieut.-Governor Frothingham. Elcctrw Road Reorganization. Albany, Y., Dec. 1.—The West- [ chester otreat: “Raflioad 'company of White Plains, a reorganization of the former Tarrytown, White Plains and Mamaroneck. Railway company, an electric road, was incorporated todar with a capital of $1,000,000. The di- rectors are Richard Sutro, William Greenough, Charles M. Sheaf, Jr.“Wits liam L, Harnett, John L. Anderson, Prank 7, Hall, Bdward O. Brown,~of ew York; John G. Parker, Augustuy . May of New Haven, Con: $1,000 Fire at Southingten. - Southington, Conn., Dec. l—!‘lr\ ot an unknown origin this aft stroyed a barn belonging to Ak&nflnr causing a loss of about $1,000. Two cows were burned. Steamship Arrival At Trieste: Nov. 26, Martha Wash- Ington, from New York. - vereol: Dec. 1 Ultonls, from rmgmpfi Rome, Dec. 1.—John G A. Leishman, ‘the new Amrican ambassador to ln-ly. lved here today. "l-fl"ly ltlthll by the attaches of 07, China. Dec. tho Atavtue heepiesi oday o ey Philippine. quaran- tine against Amoy, which had ued since April 16. Tokio, Dec. 1.—Admiral T¢ eneral staff of the nlvy ‘retires m the naval commfand, and a member of the military He is succeeded in his earlier office by Vice Admiral Sir Gera Ijuin. Constantinople, Dec. He was met at ~—According to despatch received here to- day from Bitlls, Asiatic Turkey, sev- eral small villages in that vicinity have been destroyed by an earthquake. No lives are reported to have been lost. SECRETARY OF WAR MAKES ANNUAL REPORT. Many Changes in the Military Estab- hment Are. Suggested. ‘Washington, Deec. in the military establishment are sug- Zested today Dy .Secretary of War Dickinson in his annual report to the prelldant. The_following are some of recommendations: "A change in the Roosevelt physi- cal tests so as to require of officers, in addition to the annual, a weekly riding or walking test. “The division of the United States Into territorial and tactical districts 80 that the organized militia of the states may be conveniently combined with. the regular army stationed there- in into permanent brigades i for instruction and tactical —Many changes “The local of troops in or near the principal cities of the United States, instead of distributing them at re- mote forts, to meet the three requi ments, of economy, possibility of rap- id movement and the training of the “More offi€ers for the army and pro- motion 6n the merit system. appropriations for completion of the fortification pro- Jeets of the Philippines, Honolulu and Pearl Harbor. “Encouragement of among the citizens and schoolboys. “The establishment of park at Niagara Falls to preserve its seenic features.” ‘The secretary made public his esti- mates to congress for the coming. fis- cal year, amounting to $95,325,399, or about $8,000,000 less th: PP priated for the present fiscal year, CONTEST TO BREAK WILL OF LATE ANNA T. JEANES, Deceased Left Estate Valuod at Be- tween Five and Eight Millions. Philadelpkia, Dec. & contest to break the will of the late Anna T. Jeanes of this city, who left an estate valued at between $5,000,000 and $8,000,000, was made here today before Judge Penrose in.the orphans’ conclusion the case “advisement. Miss Jeanes, who died several years ago, wib'a ot the 4’ prominent member clety of Friends, and the . much to charities and edu stitutionss Swarthmore -college Siven valusdle Pennsylvania eoal lands provided _that institution abolished football, but the college refused to and the gift was ined in an effort leged that an rifle practice 1.—Argument in court, ang-at its Thirty-one heirs to break the will. act of the Pennsylvania legis violated when officers of a local bank- company signed the document as witnesses notwithstanding the com- pany was one of the executors and one of the trustees. LECT GAYNOR SNUBS CHARLES F. MURPHY Much Anxiety Among Tammany Office New York, Dec. 1.—Charles F. Mur- phy, leader of Tammany Hall, arrived in New York today after a post-elec- tion rest at Mount Clemens, Mich, but instead of bringing joy In the form of assurances concerning jobs under the new administration, his failure to con- fer with Willlam J. Gaynor, the may- or-elect, has caused much i among Tammany office seekers. High hopes had been buflt up by the office seekers on the report that through the Intercession of Murphy with the new mayor. Gaynor heard rumors of this “arrange- it i$ said he promptly —an- nounced that he was under no obliga- tions to deal with the that applicants for have to come to him in person. Whether apprised of the judge's re- ported attitude or not, Murphy said this afternoon that he had not and aid not Intend to confer with the may- ‘When Judge positions would RECORD HIGH FLIGHT IN GALE. Hubert Latham Reaches 1,600 Feet With Wind 40 M Mourmelon, France, Dec. 1.—Battling against a wind of nearly forty miles an hour, Hubert Latham. the Franch , attained a height today of 500 metres (about 1,600 feet), beating the official world's between 457 and Broke her Neck While Hanging Out New Haven, Dec. 1.—While hanging out clothes on the roof of her home, 30 Olive street, late today, Mrs. Har- riet Pedrick slipped and feil three sto- ries to the sidewalk below, her neck. Seh was 45 years old and leaves a husband and son. Attorney General Holocomb More Com- Southington, Conn., ney General Marcus Holcomb, who is his home here tonight. Mot _a severe one, though he ‘confined to the house for se: Burglars Get $800. - fices of city treasurer and district at- torney of this eity were entered burglars during the moon hour today and approximately $800 secured treasurer occupiés rooms:in the sams buflding occupied by, the palice depart. The Gunboat 'rln«bfi fi-‘ Ashore. Anlnrls.a Ore., ute w N!ul‘um via off WHIIDI 1g] North Spit. She was day and brought Inside She suffered a few “minor injuries. Bridgeport.—The proposed city sion to be established by the port Christian union, incorporated, as 8250 (mwamage CAUSE UNKNOWN, AS FIREMAN WAS KILLED. —_— SHELTON SHAKEN LAST NIGHT Disaster at Plant of the Radcliffe Bro- thers’ Woolen Mills—Three Hundred Employes, Mostly Girls, Made Idle. Shelton, Conn., Dec. 1.—An explos- jon that shook Sheiton and the sur- rounding country to the foundations Bocurred shortly after six o'clock to- night, when a boiler in the plant of the Radcliffe Brothers’ woolen mills blew up, killing an assistant firemen, Joseph Deptula, and doing damage es- timated at between $20,000 and $250,- 000, The reason for the exploding of the boiler is unknown, and will prob- ably remain a mystery, as Deptula was the only man in the room at the time. The boiler which exploded was locat- £d with two others in a brick build- Ing iwo stories high, which was Anscd by the dyeing and bleaching Jpartments of the factory. This bufld- ing was blown to pieces and a high brick chimney standing next to the boller house "knocked xo'n. some of ‘bricks from the latter being blown ing and bleaching machinery twisted and broken, and the two boil- ers standing next to the one that blew up covered with debris of the build- ing. Underneath this was found the body of Deptula, bldly mm(led and almost unrecognizable broke out soon after the explollon and was extinguished before it gained head- way, Other Property Damaged. A second building of the Radcliffe Brothers, a four-story brick structure, standing next to the boiler house, re- ceived the full force of the explosion, which plew out all the windows. The mathinery used for the manufacture of underwear and hosiery and quite valuable was thrown loors, rendering its further use Ible. A five-story ing to the same ng south of the in a like man- ner. The water pipes in these two buildings were sprung by the force of the 'explosion ang@: the fire sprinkler system put in a The buildings were flooded with water before it «could be turned off and the havoc that was started by the explosion was com- pleted by the water, which ruined the stock of raw material and the flnllhed product In the shipping room. damage to the finished stock is rolll’h ly estimated at over $100,000. A large brick building adjoining the Radcliffe Brothers’ plant, used as a manufactory by the Huntington Piano ered from the e windows were m&: ry Q. V. Cafe, secretary of - | the_pidno. company, was sitting at his desk, near one of the windows, when the explosion occurred, and was bad- Iy cut about the face and hea fiying glass. Part of Town in Darkness. &‘ t of the Whitlock Prainting Presl inufacturing company, which stands near the Radcliffe mills, also had_all the windows broken and its machinery displaced hg‘ the explosion. Electric light wires front of the mills were broken, plunging that part of the town into darkness, making the ot ar Ui Srostes sud those dlmn; for the body of Deptula hazardous. Whether the walls of the Plano and ‘Whitlock buildings were damaged could not be ascertained tonight on account of the darknéss, Two pulleys weighing three hnndred pounds each were blown from th bufldlt‘ ‘where the lers were lnea.t- of the houses and ding in the street, where there was fortunately no one ‘walking at the time. The second pul- ley was blown over the adjomning houss and landed on the roof of the home of Nicholas Larkin, smashing the roof and falling into the yard, a distance of 200 feet from where it started. The streets were filled with stone and bricks and wool from the mills and broken glass from the windows of houses and stores, there being hardly a whole pane of glass within several hundrod feet of scene of the ex- plosion. Goods on the shelves and counters in the stores were shaken to the floors, lamps were overturned, causing _many narrow escapes from serious fires. Only Three Men in Factory at Time. At the time of the explosion there were only three men in the factory, ‘William a night watchman, a man by the name of Dennis, and the assistant fireman. Trye was blown into a pile of woolen waste, escaping injury. In telling of his experience he said that hé came into the factery to go to work a few iminutes before the explosion took place. As was his cus tom, he went into the boiler room and looked at the steam gauge, which reg- istered eighty pounds, and saw that the water gauges showed -the boilers to be two-thirds full. of water. When he left the room Deputla was putting on his coat, preparatory to leaving for the night. 'On leaving the bofler room he closed the door and had gone but a few feet into the adjoining room when the explosion took place, throwing him into a corner on to a pile of woolen waste, where h was later found unin- jured. Doubtful if Be led one of them going over the roofs Cause Will Ever Known. The cause of the explosion could not be ascertained tonight, and it is very doubtful if it ever wil be. The-boller that exploded was found to have been flattened out,while the other two seem- ed to be in good condition. The héiler was put in about a year ago and was inspected in the spring, and bas had several inspections by the superintend- ent of the Radcliffe Brothers. The exact amount of money loss could not be determined tonight, but with the loss on finished goods and the varieus factorieg it is thought that it somatime before new machinery can be installed in the Radcliffe mills, and in the meantime the three hundred em- ployes, mostly girls, will be idle. Derby Felt the Shock. Derby, Conn 1.—The explosi of the bofler in the factory of Rads cliffe Brothers in Shelton tonight shook this piace up thoroughly and hroke imany panes of glass in_the housef and gtores of the town. No one was in- giind. g7 ¢ "H. MeK. Twembly Seriously Il New York, Dec. 1.—Hamilton McK. " | Twombly, director of many of the com- panjes of the New York Central sys. tem, as well as of other raliroads, is seriously 41l at his home in Madison, eE will be at least $200,000. It will be| Burned at Stake CAPTURED BY MOB OF ENRAGED GEORGIA CITIZENS. HAD SHOT AT WHITE MAN iNegro Claimed That Business Man’s Auto Had Frightened His Mules— Bullets Foy.vnd After Few Words. Cochran, Ga., Dec. 1.—John Harvard, a negro preacher, who shot and fatally injured Will D. Booth two miles from this place late today, was captured by a mob of enraged citizens five miles from here tonight at 10 o'clock and burned at a stake. More than a car- Joad of light wood, it is said, was heaped about him. Cause of the Lynching. Booth is & well known business man of Hawkinsville and was en route to Cochran in an automobile when the shooting occurred. He drove up be- hind Harvard, who was in front if him in a wagon. Harvard charged that Booth’s machine frightened his mules, He drew a pistol after a few words and fired upon Booth, three shots taking effect. Booth returned the fire and it was learned after the negro was cap- tured that he carried two bullets, but neither struck vital spots, and he easi- ly made his escape. He was found in & barn three miles from the place where the shooting occurred. RED CROSS CHRISTMAS STAMPS IN THE INTERNATIONAL MAILS Must Be Used With the Utmost D eretion—Note the Restrictions. Washington, Dec. 1.—Because of confusion among foreign postal au- thorities over the number of stamps used on letters reaching them from the United States, the Red Cross Christmas stamps and other “charity” stamps placed on mail packages will a:;e to be used with utmost discre- Five foreign governments have placed restrictions upon the use of such stamps. Four of the countries— Great Britain, Orange River Colony, Southern Rhodesia and the Transvaal, refuse to admit to thelr mails pack- ages bearing such stamps, and Ger- many admits packages bearing the atamps if they be affixed to the back of the letter or parcel, but not if they are nlaced on the face of it. Al - arti ‘bearing Red Cross Christmas stamps for transmission in the interpational malls, the postoffice department cautfons, should bear up- on the covers the full address of the sender. The stamps will be good iu the unlb ed States, bllt care will have to ercised in their use on letters or ages for foreign countries, of the stamps. were sold. e UNKNOWN THREE-MASTER FLIES N‘HALI OF DISTRESS Life Savers Unable to Venture Out Becauss of High Seas. Chatham, Mass, Dec. 1.—At ancher in dangerous proximity to LitLe Round shoal, five miles off Monomoy point, an unknown three-masted schoener, flyhg a signal for assis:- o ance, n_ from shore vision before sundown tonight by a series of snow Although the distrees signal was seen early in the day frn:a =hore, the life savers at the Monomeny Point station could not veuture ovt, begiuse of the great seas, and the rewocnue cutter Gresham was held ap n Provincetown harbor by rapair work, With & eontinuation of the northeast gale in prospect it was feared that the little craft would nct rlde out the heavy seas safely du-'nyg thn nlghi Charge: A.-M President of Bor- ough of Brooklyn. Albany, N. Y, Dec. 1.—Charges against Bird S. Coler, president of the borough of Brooklyn, were presented to Governor Hughes this afternoon by Commissioner of Accounts John Pur- roy Mitchell of New York. Counsel representing Mr. Coley asked the gov- ernor for an immediate hearing in view of the fact that the président’s term will expire within the vear. A complete answer to the report of the commissioners of accounts to Mayor McClellan hes been prepared In Mr. Coler’s behalf and this answer will be forwarded to the governor. Bridgeport Man on New Board of Di- rectors. New York, Dee. 1.—Lewis R. Sp of Boston was unanimously re-elected president of the American Automobile association at the first meeting of the new board of directors for 1910, held here today. Among the dfrectors elected is F. T. Staples of Bridgeport, Comn. Receiver for Two Compani Chicago Subway Co. Chicago, Dec. 1.—Recelvers were ap- pointed today by Judge Kohlsaat in the“United States circuit court for the Tilinois Tunnel company snd the Chi- go Warehouse and Terminal com- y—two companies held by the Chi- cago Subway company. Roller Costs Gotch $1,000. New York, Dec. 1.—Frank Gotch, the champion wrestler of the world, again caught a Tartar tonight in Dr. B. F. Roller, formerly an amateur and now a professional, of Seattle, Wash. Gotch had agreed to forfeit $1,000 if he failed to throw Roller in fifteen minutes, and at the end of the bout both men were on their feet and fighting bitterly for a winning hold. Held by Puliman Car Plant for Detroit. Lansing, Mich., Dec. l1.—Articles of incorporation were filed today with the secretary of state by the Pullman Car company of Chicago, with a capital of $750,000. It is understood that the Detroit and will shortly begin the erec- tion of a big plant in that city for the manufacture of cars. Accepts $1,500 a Year Position. Toledo, O., Dec. 1—Announcement as made ves, son of h‘;v Hayes Is a mm of a prominent [ mn?f-nwn; ho .Eu.;:“rd rms u choc: K United States n, pro for “municipal ad- Colonel Roosevelt and Part: ived at Londiain, British East Atrica, all in The New York Tels Compan has made s five-cent et ot i The Pr-poud rger of Coppar in- tereats Is St in prokress acecrding to announcement by J. P. Morgun % Cyw- Lears, who commanded inth Negro infantry the '.-A\u war, died at Upper Sau- Maurice Cornell, a Survivor of the Greely North pole expedition, deci. his belief that Dr. Frederick A. Coul reached the pole. The New York Coun of Appeals has upheld the decision of the lower courts finding members of "Typograph- ical union, No. 6, guilty of contempt of Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot maio another attack on the monopolies An: special interests that he declares trying to secure country’s coal flelds and water powers, in_ his speech opening the reichstag, the government principal taske was to fortify the financial position of the He referred to the triple alli- ance as guaranteeing the peace of Bu- The French Government will call Ze- | Zelaya is branded as a v laya to account for outrages commi ted upon French citizens residing in Nicaragua. President Zelaya is will- ing to retire providing the congress s permitted to select a provisional pres- but the revolution- ists demand recognition of their pro- visional government. 'FRISCO ROAD CHANGES HANDS. Its Severance from the Rock Island Company Brought About by Fear of | people Federal Intervention. ident in his stead, the recognition of the New York, Dec. 1.—Six thousand five | @nnounces that all hundred miles of railroad, forming the St Louis & San Franci Co., generally known as the 'Frisco, in New York today with Its severance from the Rock Is land company, with which merged. in 1903, . The purchasers are B. F. former chairman of the 'Frisco-Rock , and B. L Winchell mer president of the Rock Island, who now becomes president of the 'Frisco. It is understood ‘Winchell and Yoakum haye as their some of the pitalists of the middle west, Iphus Busch and F. J St. Louis, as well fon Tnut company of ty. that the disso- co Railroad | fecting the inter changed hands in the deal Rock Island m imes parallel and tap each othaf at varlous points, and there i reason to believe that -the interstate: commerce commission had taken cog- nizance of that fact. interesting phase of the matter is that, despite denials, current belief is that the 'Frisco will form some alliance with the lines of the new figure in the rallroad world, who recentiy acquired, with B. F. Yoakum, the control of the Missourl, Kansas & Texas rallroad. At the same time the relations now divorced 'Frisco and Reck Island are to be friendly and for the benefit Edwin Hawle: Authoritative announcement of the transaction today long current here and marks the offi- verance of the relations of the two systems. CONSOLIDATION OF NEW YORK AND SHORE LINE DIVISIONS. confirms repo Announcement M-d. at Offices in New . 1—Tt was_an- nounced at the offices of the New York, New Haven and Hartford raflroad here today that en December 15 the present Shore Line and New York diveisions will be consolidated. will be operated. as the Shore Line di- vision under C. N. Woodward as super- The new division present timetables of the twd divisions will continue in effect. The Midway yard 'will be transferrcd from the Providence divisien to Shore Line division. SAILORS N‘;T VET PICKED UP. Anxiety About Five Men Whe Drifted to Sea. Washington, Dec. increased among officers of thé navy department, as another day had gone word of the picking up of the five men of the deck crew of the , lost off Port Limon, Costa It is now more than 100 hours since the little whaleboat of the Mari- etfn was swept out to sva with the five enlisted men in it son_te believe that food to last at least breaker of water. Tations are supposed 1.—Anxiety has the boat carried 120 hours, and a to be in every feared is the gwamping of the names of the five men, #nd also of the manner in boat and the Marietta, nor which the whal the story of the five men recovered from the gig been (0Md'| fegsen Ignorance as to Tony's where- ! abouts. Hunter Seriously Injured—Fence Fell Plains .N. Y., members of Dee. 1.—Fleteh- an old and of Eugene h Rn ynal, near ing from inil hunter topp! rolled on h:m o Line :mwm| Boston and Galveston. steamship service hotween l(nmlm\ and Galveston was started today, company already owns real estate inlCiyde line steamer Algonyuin sailed | In the new mu will be made. accepted the New York, Dec, 2 tion of third assistant city -ouenm- Cook. who mysteriou a position peying $1,500 a vear salary. | public view on Sa the cure at “Bill DA\ Frederick A. 10 the New York Times this maorping. MuMoon denies that Cook is there or the | hat at least If he is there he . undes e A [ contenet Telocrans mis AS .cARTO STATUS OF W m ed 103 uke Doser, Del, gkl Duke Carl Theodor of of Bavaria, mous eye specialist, died at Bagreath, Premier Mum. of sweeping refors ministration. As It Can Be Brought Without Definite De ation by Both Houses ¢ Congress SEGRETARY KNOX RETURNS PASSPOR.'B guan Legation—Z:layan Administration Sulln-fi A L enounced—Chief Executive of Nicaragua Held as ‘ ' Common Malefactor—Zelaya Alone Responsible. ‘Washington, Dec. cretary of |ther informs Senor Rodriguez '.hl k [ State Knox late today returned the passports of Felipe Rodriguez, charge d'affaires of the Nicaragua legat with a letter scathingly denouncing the Zelayan administration of the gov- ernment of Nicaragua. The letter is definitely declared - to represent the views of President Taft and is abowt as plainspoken as anything emanating from the state department in many years. Unique Situation. The extraordinary feature of the let- | ter is that It seems to evince g mination on the part of the Un States to hold President Zelaya per- | sonally responsible for the alleged tor- ture and execution of tie Americans Cannon and Groce—and it exhidits unique situation of one government | holding the chief executive of another alefuc olat. practically as a common T of solemn International conventions, disturber of the national and interns | tional peace, s tyrant whose adminis- tration has been a blot upon the name of good government. Nicaragua Revolutionists Recognized. Secretary Knox virtvally announces olutionists and d conviction of the the revolution represents the se ments of a majority of the Nicaragu: nd that there is idently responsible government with whic! t United States can deal. He th ties will accountable for their actions s of Americans ] America. He thé peace of C ANNUAL REPORT OF STATE COMPTROLLER Interesting Figures for Year Ending September 30, 1909. Hartford, Dec. 1.—The report of State Comptroller Thomas D. Brad- street for the year ending September 30, 1909, shows that there Wax an increase in the”réceipts of the year over that of 1908 and an increass in the total expenses. The receipts for 1909 amounted to $5,617,003.36, as agalnst $3,925,49 the previou X The gencral revenue of the state was, $4,217,309.96, a million dollars In state bonds were issued and temporary loans of $400.000 made. The expenses were $5,580,878.72, as against $4,764,- 611.36 in 1908, The balance of civil list in the trea. ury September 30, 1909, was $60,692.06, a decrease of $264,821.42 from last year's balance. The net debt of the Btate is given as $2,013.407.94, an In- crease over last year of $1,464,821. Among the h\rg"ll receipts for the year were taxes from the steam rail- roads of $1,424,201.60; from street rafl- ways $230,003.2 automobile fees amounted to $5 the military commutation tax brought in $160.78 tax $341,4 paid & tax of $5 98197, while the tax on investme brodught in $161,780.36; paid a stock tax of $1 heavy oxpenditures were. judiclal $585,911.12, common schools $698,868. 45; humane Institutions $751,440. national guard 3; spe commissions $738,852.46; bridges and ferries cost $284,572.16, while the highway commissioner expended $863. 528.7 $11,000,000 GAS BILL Owed by City of New York—Largest Lighting Bill on Record. New York, Dec. New York cast up its account vnxu the Con- solidated Gas company today and found that for arrearages on gas and statos of war as it conld be brought executive actjon without a defl declaration by both houses of con which will convene next Monda o' States that | electricity it owed what will probably stind as the largest lighing bill on ,record—more than $11,000.000. The city has not paid a cent for gas Alnce 1903, when the dispute in the courts began over the legality of the ‘eighty-cent rate, a reduction of twenty cents from the former rate, which was sustatned. On the other hand, the £ompany was In arrears on fra taxes more than $10,000,000 balance was struck, the company, therefore, still found itself $1.000,000 to the good. John Hackett Died from Stab Wound. Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 1.-—John Hackett died at the Brideeport hos pital this afternoon at 4.40 o'clock us the result of a stab licted by Tony Marconi as he was leaving the Blectric Cabie company pl last night. An autopsy will be formed tomorrow morning. Mar who disappeared immediately af stabbing, has not been heard of since and the police are at a loss for clues as to his whereabouts. He has a brother in this city, but the latter pro- Hole Torn in a $100,000 Painting. New York, Dec. 1 New York of one of th ed paintings of the reventeenth tury Italian artist, Maffeo d'Ves valued at $100,000, Last Judgment,” was made kown to y when its owners, Mrs. Ireme ¢ which l‘or and Mrs. Pauline Gieger, brought ing a number of suit in the supreme court of Brook- Iyn to collect $5,000 damages against a storage company In whose ware- house it is alleged that the painting had a hole torn in it Cook's Records u\Concnh-pn. Copenhiagen, Dec. L5<flhe American minister, Maurice- F. Bgan, replying for the Texas port with general frefght. | to the invitation of-fector Torp, of She will call har. way to Galveston nd at Jad ville on the: wa service weekly saill Cook to Be at Muldoon: |-the examination ef Dr. Cool ords if they arrived before h! for the United States on leave of n- sence. End of an Il San Antonio, Texas, Dec’ eraté attempt to end an il !wlll life” were the words of a note held in nu band of Sergt. Major Samuel E. . Third cavalry, U, S A -hm was found on ‘the roadside ay near Fort Sam Houston, & hullas while hé has lost his diplomgtic g he may still serve as an “unoffic} channel of communication with the faction with which he is regarded ag = representing. Almost a Status of War. This brings the crisis as ndar to the & Mr. Knox's letter in all but so many’ words makes It plain that his acth represents the wish and attitude of the Central American states with single ‘exce reg tion of Honduras, which I8 ded here as entirely dominated Mexico has all_along sho its sympathy with the United States in_this matter. Just whut status the consular Fepe resentatives of the United States im Nicaragua now cnjoy is not definitely explained t. It is expected, hows ever, that onsul Caldersn, who had "been occupying the Aegation | Managua, with the other consuls | that country, will be given their passe tomorrow. This is the usual rocedure in such international caseq as this. Senor Rodriguez Excited. Whashington, Dec. 1.—When seen tos night Senor Rodriguez was excited i manner, but his discussion of the situs= tion was brief. “We are stricken , we are paralysed” was b however, little_evi at the Nicaraguan legation of so dee a feeling. On the contrary, it was the scene of much galety, SUSSESRT £ HASTE AND BUSTLE GAVE CHANCE FOR FRAUD: Yesterday's Testimony in Prosecution of Sugar Co. Employes. New York, Dec. 1.—The fruitful ops portunity for fraud in the haste bustle of the enormous business daily on the Williamsburg docks of the American Sugar Refining compeny was what the government sought to -m out today In its prosecution of tha mer six employes of the company now on trial charged with defraudi the government by underweights. Pragener, &, customs " inapestor, it weigher, once an assistant govern testified that at busy times two tri & minute passed over a single scales or eight to the minute on the four sets in use there for every hour of the day. Each truck welghed half a ton, and each half ton, the government. will con= tend. welghed thirteen pounds he secret manipulation government employes, who, it is charg. ed, were paid cash by the sugar coms ny for the evasion of customs duties, f the scheme worked smoothly the government stood to lose Iits dues omy 5,800 pounds of sugar every hour, As this steady flood of trucking roll« ed across the scales the checker, whe stood next the welgher, was too b sald Fraggner, to watch him. John Longhran, a checker, was asked if the entries to which he certified repre< sented weights he had seen the weighes fi ‘Not all,” he admitted. “Sometimes T had to be away.” Three cross examiners’ were unable to shake the testimony of Andrew X Mallen, the clerk who swore that James F. Bendernagel, formerly cashiet fo the sugar company, paid cash at hig office to customs employes In uniform, FORMALLY CHARGED WITH MURDER OF HER NIECE Whose Almost Nude Body Wae Found in Bathtub. New York, Dec. 1—Virginia Wards law, a bent and gray halred spin was arraigned before a recorder East Orange, this afternoon for= mally charged with the murder of heg young niece, Mrs. Ocey W. Sneady whose almost nude body wis found i a bathtub in a deserted hotw in Eas§ last Monday afteri Dea according to the coroner, wos due drowning in less than u { ut of waten but in view of the many mysterious features of the case— 1 $30.000 insure ance policy on the victim's life, the fact that she owned propert:: in Brooky tyn valued at $16.000 and her appar ent hel mOnths past- Miss W was lhield without baft and committed | for examination pt wom:n, said to have bhees ted with (he victim, are undee mryellla iccording to the pol hut no other arrésts,had been mad tonight tions, Maxs, Dec. L—The strikin, of the bagging mills of Ludlow Manufacturing associates have engaged counsel with a view to fights Ing further evictions by the miM owne ers. Strike leaders said tonight, hows= er, that t} hardly hope to e cuye the writ fn time to prevent the ousting of a dozen more families tow . morrow morning. Violence Dul Not Always Follow LQ' bor Troubles. ball In one labor trouble Jhurt and arrelled as the result election brawls than all the strikes show,” sald John Mitchell, vice pres= JAdent of the American Federation Tabor, today, speaking against &eneral impression that violence als w‘u)r"fl follows labor troubles, here tos night. Demarest Wins First in Playoff. New York, Dec. 1.—The first game of the triple tie between D v Cline and Sutton in the internat) fess 182 balk line ¥ 1'o Felipe Rodriguez, Charge d’Affaires of the Nieu-i ] e H