Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 3, 1909, Page 1

"Mr. Cuyler, it appears that (e New > % i—.mn! 7300 STRIKEBREARERS ONHAND | X ‘ 4 2 Amvad/from in Different Localities. . SHIPPING CONDITIONS SOMEWHAT BETTEB elnon, Dec s Coal und Grain Trains Moving Between Luluth and St. \ Paul—Twenty-1wo Big slour Mills in Minneapolis Idle—Striking Fireman Say They Are Stronger Than Ever—Railroad Managers Z re Optimistic. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 2—Chiet John 3. O’Connor of the police department " practically admitted that he cbnslderqg the strike situation serious today wh he issued orders requiring all members of the day force to y on duty at central station until 10.30 in the even- ing. n‘m order goes Into effect tonight, and will continue until all danger of a clash between the strikers and ‘the strike breakers is ended. The chief also issued orders recalling all patrolmen and officers absent on leave. Sub-stations were notified not to permit any men to stay off duty except for the most =erious cases of iliness. Seyeral conferences between the chief and officials of the railroads hnv- been held today. Beginning of the End, Say Railroad Officials. According to the railroad officlals the beginning of the d of the switch- men's strike is in sight. One prominent officlal who has been active in manag- ing the strike said today that the rail- roads were handling 30 per cent. of all business offered. “We are employing new men as fast as they come and we are moving a large amount of package freight. In a week the public will not know that there is a strike on among the switch- men.” 300 Strikebreakers from Chicago. Bctm 200 and 300 men arrived to- day fre cago and were distributed about EL Plul. Minneapolis and Duluth. The railway managers cl:.l;l that they can get plenty of men to take the place the switchmen and that .omg of the rienced AH but one of the 23 big flour mills in Minneapolis are idle, altho] the millers say they will know in twenty- four hours whether they will open their mills shortly. Strikebreakers Liable to Arrest. Imported strikebreakers wearing special police badges were reported on duty at the union station yards to- day by strike pickets and when Pres- ident Hawley learned that these men had been imported he called the at- tention of State Labor Commissioner McBEwen to the report. Mr. McEwersis investigating, and if he finds that non-restdents of Minne- sota are wearing special police badges he will at once order their arrest, as well as those who brought them here, if they appear liable under the law. The state law makes it ilegal for anyone not a legal voter of the state to act as special police officer, detec- tive, constable,’ militiaman or patrol- man. If they have not been sworn in they may be judged guilty of misdemeanor, and if sworn in they are liable to im- prisonment in the state prison for one year, Engineers and Firemen at Spokane to Demand Wage Increase. Spokane, Wash., Dec. 2.—Reports are current here that the engineers and firemen of the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific have demanded an advance in wages. At the local offices of the Great Northern it ‘was admitted that a new schedule was being prepared, but it was explained that this was in line with demands made several weeks ago. The Brotherhood’of Railway Train- men ddes not intend to break its con- tracts with the railways, accerding to orders issued today from the brother- hood quarters. These direct that where the members of the brotherhood are in the majority in a switch yard they shall .continue. at work. Where the brotherhood’s men are in the minority and are not under contract covering the yards, the yare advised to “resign. This latter = condition prevalls in Spokas here the men employed in the switeh ytrdl ‘have w.llod ouL work in the yards and others will be as guards. Five Switoch Engines Working. Five switch engines were working in G. T. Slade of the Northern Pacific two coal trains were between Duiuth and St. trains of grain and mi; ‘werée moved inte Du- west. Wsy freight ser- been re-established Paul and’ cellaneous Tuth !m- the Emhly Per Cent. of Men Will Mnm ‘ to Work - Toduy. : Duluth, Mian, Dec. “Dec, 2.—As a result of the meeting of - the - Brotherhood -of Railway Trainmen today 80 per cent. of the striking switchmen h: Duluth ‘will return to werk tomorrow. It was the sense of the meeting that the order to switchmen to strike was not applicable to them, and they de- cided to hold out no longer. The of the Brotherhood of Rafl- way Trainmen,which constitutes a ma- Jority of the men employed as switch- men in the yards at the head of the lakes, this J ‘ternoon unanimously vot- ed to continue their work on the ad- vice of A. F. Whitney, vice president of the organization. It is said that the men who arrived today to fill the places of the striking switchmen were formerly members of the American Railway Union and went out in_the big strike in 1894 and the men who are now out are the men who took their places then. ‘were somewhat improved, while coal dealers and produce men that eon- ditdons were unchanged. As against the optimistic ltu.tamen Railroad Shope Closed. !umy tlmn- are bd:g ':;.':‘.F'“Bz Pe, reduced supplies tieup, and the Onnth ‘theorn employing 1,600 men, falled to open for business today. PRESIDENT'S. MESSAGE 2 IN HANDS OF PRINTER. The Document Will Be Ready for tribution Today. —_— ~ ‘Washington, Dee. 2.—For five hours today the eabinet discussed the.final text of President forthcoming message and whea the nine heads of the departments of the government emerged from the cabinet room they left a IM?‘M ‘behind - . them. President Taft sat staring at a big ‘bundle of proof sheets of his message on which the -executive editors -had used the dlue penci! unsparingly. ‘The message was rushed to the pub- lic printer and & big force of com- positors is at work on it tomight. The document will be ready for distribu- tion tomorrow, but it will not be made public untfl it is ready in con- gress next wi None of the cabinet members would indicate the changes made in the mes- sage nor discuss the principal lubJu:u touched upon. It was admitted dy 8ecretary of Btate Knox, however, that the Nica- raguan sitution was brought up in a general way and that some reference to the present strained relations be- tween the two nations would be made in the document. TELEGRAPH INVESTIGATION. Efforts to Determine Relationship Be- “4ween New England Telegraph Co. and the Postal Company. EVICTED TENANTS SLEEP IN SHACKS IN STREETS Food and Money Supplied by Generous Citizens. Ludlow, Mass. Dec, 2—The six_hun- dred evicted striking tenants of the Ludlow. Manufacturing assoclates weie tonight notified that unless they ie- fnoved their household goods from ihe Btreets before ten o'clock tomorrow the property would be storsd by the town authoritfes. Nearly 100 of the 300 operatives evicted today slept In the streets to- night in litle shacks made of th possessions, Mast of these makeshift Shelters were enclosed on three sides and had a cook stove on the fourch. Few of the families have thus far se- cured other protection, but a good supply of food and money for their benefit has been supplied by the gener- psity of citizens. " Lieut.-Governor Frothingham vis:? ed Ludlow today in an endeavor to bring about a settiement of the tron- ble. WASHINGTON TOWN SEVEN FEET UNDER WATER One Thousand Head of Cattle Drown- ed—Heavy Floods. Bellingham, = Wash., Dec. 2—For three days northwestern Washington has been cut off from telegraphic com- munication with the outside world ow- ing to floods., No trains are moving except between thig city and Burling- ton, twenty miles south, and service cannot -be renewed inside of a week. New York, Dec. 2.—The inability to- day of Theodore L. Cuayler, treasurer of the New England Telegraph com- pany, to glve desired information may cause the state Investigation now in 8 to broaden its scope and reach higher than was first thought. ’l'b. testimol of President Clarence B Yatkay the Postal company, it was intimated, might pe needed to de- urmlm the relationship beiween tha 1 part of the state has been destroyed. The town of Lacornbr is under seven feet of water. Two warehouses filled with grain collapsed. In the country north of Laconnor ome thousand head of cattle were drowned, while four hundred thousand sacks of joats and 8,000 tons of baled hay are lost. England company is a part of th: Supervisor of Census for Island of tal system, and operates exclusive + Porto Rico. for that system In New York state, Washington, Dec. 2.—FHis commis- and yet has littie in common wita it | sion as supervisor of the census was #0 far as could be learned from the | presented today by United States Cen- geitnsey. sus Director Durand to David A. Skin- Thées Mon Walhed Overboaikd, -] aer Tor the laldnll of. Porto B Skinner, who 'is now in Washington, Highland Light, Mass, Dec. 2- estlmam that the cost of enumerating ‘Three men v‘u washed overboard he people of the island will be about and ‘lost from the British schooner mo 000. e is confident that the to- mso-h when that vessel was driven |tal population is now about one mil- over the bars on to the inner beach be- | lion. The enumerators will all be tween Peaked Hill bars and Race point | Porto Ricans and the schedule will be tonight. Four other mezber% of ‘tlht printed in Spanigh. re taken a br es B bl ”nu nflt‘rfl’m hoones was R 1 SRR om Lunenburs, , for Bos- | Appuinted Chancellor , laden with potatoes. Roman Cathalic Cleveland, Dec. 2.—Rey. Dr. Thomas O'Ramy of Roman Chicago and will berstnbnt.ed ‘About sixty miles of railroad in this | 2.—The \shlnat I M m Dec. [ mier Giolitti resigned today- Dublin, Dec. 2.—Patrick ‘whose ufium mpl.dthovmlht- m{uo'nlo period, was sentenced o county. %c.“;fl':m o 2.—The by.. vote of 349 to 134, this af- ternoon passed duced by Premier that In rejecting * government’ budget bill the hcuu ol lordl had com. mitted a breach of the usurped the rights of the h; commons. Dec. 2.—The French battie- ship Iena, upon which an explosiion occurred in 1907, sank . ti while being towed lnto port. A of the in her eighty of the Iena’s crew were lllled while hundreds of others were in- jured. Recently the vessel. had been ueduummttmmmcfi; tice by vessels of the of the latter was effective and today the damaged craft suddenly capsized and sank beneath the waters. g i, ANSONIA EDITOR CALLED * - IN HA‘I’TER!' BOYCOTT CASE Deposition fram San Francisco Whole- Read. Hartford, Dec. 2.—About twe weeks more will be occupied by the attorneys for the plaintiff in the $240,000 dam- ags t whereby the D. E. Loewe Co. of against members of the Hatters’ union in presenting their side of the case. This is a shorter time than was expected, the curtailment of testimony being due to the rulings of Judge Platt in excluding practically all testimony relating to acts committed subsequent to the bringing of the suit. The plaintiff, D. E. Loewe, will be the last witness called for the plaintiff, and it is expected that he will be on the witness stand the ‘greater part of a week, This afternoon James Golden, edi- tor of the Evening Sentinel of An{ sonia, was called, and read from files of hfs paper for 1902-03, the object being to show that the doings of the labor organizations were familiar to the defendants in the section covered by that paper. A deposition from Da- vid Kline, a wholesale hat dealer in San Francisco, mony showed that as the result of a boycott against Triest & Co. of that city, which sold Loewe hats, Kline's business increased. Michael Savan- naah, a salesman for Triest & Co., told by deposition of the conversation he had with Daniel P. Kelley, ing delegate for the regarding the boycett of Co. He_sald that Kelley had-told him of the firms that the unfon had beaten and that Loewe would also have to give in whether in one, two, or three years. # IMPORTANT PARERS MISSING. QGovernment Encouiters Check in Su- gar Trust Prosecution, New York, Dec. 2—The fuve?nm encountered a check today in its pros- ecution of the American Sugar Refin- ing company, when it developed that documentary evidenec and many wit- neases i t to-the -government’s case have disappeared. The missing documents were records kept by city weighers, and neither they nor the men who kept them could be found today by the government. OBITUARY. -Brlg-dur.smunl Henry M. Adams. Washington, Dec. 2—~While on. a yisit to this city from his home at Charleston, - 8. C., Brigadier General Henry M., Adams, U. ied yesterday morning. Hu was Ilenfifled for a number of years with the Engi- neer corps of the army. He was born in Massachusetts. General Adams . died from arterial solerosis. He was 64 years of age. Having entered the military acad- emy from Massachusetts in 1862, he was graduated and became a member of the Engineer corps-of the army in 1866. He had charge of a number of important projects during his career in the army, one of these being at New Iricans, La.' Mo was relired oy opera- tion of law in 1908. Reilly Renominated for Mayor of Mer- iden. Meriden, Conn., Dec. 2.—For the third consecutive time in the history of the democratic party in this eity, Thomas L. Reilly, the present mayor, was nom- inated as mayoralty candidate in an open caucus held this evening. Ward tickets of aldermen and council men were fram at the same time. Mr. Rellly is connected with the Meriden Daily Tourral. His opponent, to be selected at a republican convention about ten days later, will be Charles F. Rockwell, treasurer and general manager of Millers Brothers’ Cutlery company, and a leading alderman in the common council. Discharged Father McMahon from Bankruptey. Cleveland, Dec. 2.—Rev. William McMahon, pastor emeritus of St. Bridget's church, and editor of the Catholic Universe, who ent into bankruptcy court last summer with %fllgnt}om totalling more than $1,- 0,000, was discharged from bank- ruptey today. Father-McMahon's name appeared on paper with that of P. J. K:irar of the Fil:lity Funding com- pany of New York, of which the priest was a director. Schoolboy_ Stricken Blind in Football Tackle. Asbury Park, J., Dec. 2.—Harold Yetman, a 15 vear old schoolboy, was stricken blind today by a hard tackle during a football play.” The boy arose from the scrimmage and groped his way unsteadily across the fleld until | his companions realized the gravity of | his accident and took him home.. The physician who attended him said sight might be restored. Validity of Anti-Betting Law Sustained San Francisco, Dec. 2.—The state supreme court today sustained the validity of the Walker-Otis antj et | ting law, when it refused to i writ of habeas corpus for the diu charge of Charles Brown, who was ar- rested November 22 at the Emeryville race jtrack for accepting a bet. The Walker-Otis measure, passed at tha last session of the legislature, ir ‘almont identical with the New Yurk aws. Heroic Rescue of tchomr'- Crew. Siasconset, Mass., Dec. 2.—Thé Tes- cue by the seamen of the -tenher Va- derland of Captain Ed E. Biglow, his wife and chlld’, and the crew of four men from the si “schooner gene Borda, 45 miles tncket lights “I day of house of com- the resolution intro- was read. His testi-’ tnn qut nu R T ml.i&lflm Wish s-rly w-u Get' Out. Dec. 2.—John R. Farly, ‘who dime Early said he had been living qui- etly with his wife and children on -his at Manchester, Va. Some. back pension is due him from the war de- partment, and while he said he came to ‘Washi n to see about getunt the .lmney e intimated he came fight “the authorities if umpted to restrict his about the city. Health Commissioner Anxious. Dr. W. C. Woodward, the health com~ misioner, said tonight that he would be mxtly relieved if Early would get out of town and go to soma place where the authorities were willing to have fl! at- movements SECOND MEDAL OF HONOR FOR WATER TENDER JOHN KING Pinned on ~l| Hln’t Jacket—Cere- mony at White House—Cabinet Present. - ‘Washington, Dec. 2—When Presi- dent Taft pinned a second medal of honor on the jacket of Water Tender John King, of the navy, alongside the medal King already possessed, g members of the cabinet were ready to vote the big sailor one of the bravest men,now serving his country. The ceremony took phcf at _the ‘White house, where ident had invited the cabinet. The medal was conferred upon King for “extraordinary heroism” during an accident to one of the boilers on the Salem, on September 13, 1909, King entered a fireroom fllled w h flames, hot gas and steam, and onen tls valves. to admit Mf the ‘boil- thd preventing. a_more serious uc'm Then he' carried a e 4 | oves by the gas and steam 4o safety and ‘was about-to return whea prevented by those who noticed his own b rnl and injuries. t medal was awarded King for hero sm displayed during an acci- dent on thc Vlckabnrg. PHINOE“ WALDEMA DYING: Wife of Youmt Son of Late King Christian of Denmark. Copenhagen, Dec. 2—Princess Wal- demar, wife of the youngest son of the late King Christian, it was an- nounced tonight, is dying. She has recently been suffering from influenza but her aE?u! took a serious turn on Wednes: when she lapsed into un- consciousness. She has remained in that state ever since and all the mem- bers of the royal family have been ummoned. Prince Waldemar, het k:band, with his three sons, is trav- g in India, for which place he-de- parted November 12 last. Princess Waldemar, before her mar- riage, was Marie, princess of Orleans. Alleged Violations of Interstate Com- merce Law. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 2—The specizl grand jury which has been sittinz in the genmeral court to invegtigate alleged violations of the interstate comaicrce law returned indictments ‘today against the Louisville & Nashville, and railroads, and the American Tobacco company for rebating. Eight indict- ments, aggregating forty-two counts, were returned against the former roa:d. One indictment of twenty-five counts was returned ‘against the American Tobacco company. W. J. Conners Sends an Ultimatum to Tammany ‘Leader. New York, Dec. 2—“I'm going te hang on asschairman of the state com- mittee until next June,” said William |'3. Conners, tonight, “and then I'm go- ing to be re-elgcted. If Murphy wants to help re-elect me, why I'll be glad to bave him. If he wants to fight, why TI've got him licked to a frazzle.” Mr. Ccrners sent his ultimatum to Leader Murphy of Tammany Hall through Lewis Nixon, who called on him at his hotel here tonight. Carbonic Gas Explosion Shock Made | Whole Town Tremble. Camden, 8. C., Dec. 2.—With a shock -which made the whole town tremble, a tank of carbonic gas ex- | ploded in the Southern Express office here tonight, wrecking the office build-, ing, and causing a fire which swept half a block of Camden’s finest busi- | ness section, with a loss of over $100,- | 000. One negro man is reported to have been killed. two prominent cit- izens injured and five others more or less hurt. New Pruldmt of the Army War Col- lege. ‘Washington, Dec. 2.—Brigadier Gen- eral W. W. Wotherspoon, assistant to the chief of staff at the war depart- ment, was today made president of the Army War collefi here, and Brigadier ‘reneral Tasker Bliss, who has for some time served as the head of the «ollege, was designated to succeed to the position of General Wotherlnou on the genéral Chlmd Wfi'n Passing Worthléss Cheoks. * ‘Denver, Dec. 2.—Betah Smith, for- mcrly a lieutenant in ‘the regular army, “here today, chm with yullnt several _ worthless _ ch Smith, who served in the thpmn.., has been dismissed from the army. . e it estin $4,000 Fire Loss at Ansonia. Ansonia, Conn., -Déc, 2.—The drop- Wl lighted maich in tplh‘fl the cellar of the -ruy; of 8. W. Smith, on.Main tonight, started a fire Mwnhzxp—h.ducuyu- mmm—u-mmm the Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis,| m ufifl SAIL mqu muepll. PHIA NAVY YARD. ON THE TROOPSHIP PRAIRIE To Protect American Life and Prouw ty by Fomaf\Arm;if(?uulon Arises—Admiral Kimball Commanids. Washington, Dec, 2.—Naval forces ?f the United States are being moved ‘orward tou:ht to both coasts of Cen. tral D‘:"'I to )ro‘uct American life Nicaragua by force if the necessity arises. Naval Activity on Both Oceans. w}thphtll'l:d dflplrt(x". t:h afternoon from elphia of the tro ip Prairle with seven hundred mwnrlnu aboard, for the isthmus of Panama and, if it be so decreed, for Nicaragua, and with the saillng from Magdalena bay: of the protected -cruiser Albany the gunboat Yorkton Corinto |~ on the Pacific coast of Ni activity of the navy department on both oceans that wash the Nicaraguan 'shores became manifest. Besides the cruisers Des Moines and Tacoma, and the gunboat Marietta are lylng off Port. Limon, Costa Rica,’| ly for any cell upon- them, and the guns of the gunboat Vicksburg are pointed toward the custom house and town of Corinto. The gunboat Prince- ton is endeavoring to make her way from the Bremerton navy yard, Wash. ington, to Corinto, also. Rear Admiral Kimball in Command. ‘With the probability of many deli- cate questions arising in Nicaragua, and of their demanding Immediate re. of { | | | | 1 | ity sponse, the navy department decided to send a flag officer to Nicaragua take command of the American naval forces. Rear Admiral Willlam W, Kimball was chosen for that duty. He salled for Colon, Panama, today, on the Prairie. He will make his way from there to Corinto, doubtless, as rapidl; ossible. Admiral Kimball has been a mem- ber of the naval boards of examina- tions and retirements and of construc- tion for more than a year. No Doubt the Marines Are Bound for aragua. Reports that stern measures would be used toward Nicaragua were given added weight today when Rear Ad- miral William Kimball reached here from Washington and boarded the, Prairie,bound for the troubled country. Besides the battalion of four hundred marines under command of Major Slngd!ey Butler, which had already been directed to go to Panama, a sec- ond battalion commanded by Major P. _Bannon sailed on the vessel. The wmbl;ed force is under the command tenant Colonel Mahoney, raised to the rank of colonel. lore sailing Admiral Kellogg was asked about. his destination. “I am to take a little sail with Captain ellogg. I'm going down to look things over; my papers say Folon," he replied. J Major Butler, in command of. the bat- talion from this city, said: “T firmly believe we are bound ‘to Nicaragua. In fact there is not a doubt of it in the minds of anyone on board.” CRUISER PRAIRIE AGROUND IN DELAWARE RIVER MUD. About Thirty- fivo Miles Below Phila- delphia—Assistance Sent Her. Philadelphia, Dec. 2.—Carrying a rear admiral of the United States navy, two battalions of marines and sufficient im- plements of war to conduct a vigorous campaign against the turbulent Cen- tral American republic of Nicaragua, if necessary, the auxiliary cruiser Pral- rie ran aground on the soft mud of the Delaware river tonight a few hours afigr weighing anchor at the Philadel- g“. navy yard, bound for the Carib- c~n, “ugs were hastily summoned ‘ro; this and with their assistance it ie hoped to release the vessel so that she may be able to progeed early to- morrow morninz. It is not believed that the vessel sus- tained any injury, but if necessary the cargo can be transferred to the cruiser Dixie. which lies in readiness at the Philadelphia navy yard. The Prairie is aground about 35 miles below this city. Delaware City, Del, Deec, 3.—Two powerful tugs from the Red Star line and the government tug Modere are lying alongside the Pra Hmueral are being attached to the stranded cruiser and an effort will be made to float her about four o'clock. PRESIDENT ZELAYA SURPRISED At Dismiesal of His Charge d’Affaires at Washington. Nicaragua, Dec. 2.—The action of the American secretary of state in dis- missing Senor Felipe Rodriguez. the Nicaraguan charge d'affaires at Wash- ington, has greatly surprised Presi- dent Zelaya, who reiterated today his belief that the Nicaraguan government was justified in executing the Ameri- cans, Groce and Cannon, who were affiliated with the revolutionists. Zelaya will take no action until he has received further information on the subject, and learns definitely the intentions of the United States, The American vice consul, Mr. Val- dera, who is a Nicaraguan by birth. but a naturalized American citizen, is still at the consulate, attending to his duties. In the opinion of President Zelaya, Caldera sympathizes with the epposition party, and a close watch has been kept on him, although thera has been no attempt at restraint in any way. Zelaya also expresses the belief that in all probability Consal Caldera’s reports have shown partial- in favor of the goverament's ene- mies. Mexito Will Remain Neutral. Mexico City, Dec. 2.—That Mexico does not expect to be drawn into the Nicaraguan controyersy but will main- tain a neutral attitude, was the state- ment made by Senor Mariscal, minis- ter of foreign relations, tonight. The action of the United States in sever- ing relations with the southern re- public was not resented by Mexico, he said, though it came most unexpected- 1y time when his government was awaiting a reply to its suggested plan for peace. ZELAYA PLOTS TO RESIGN BUT STILL RETAIN POWER. State Department Wholly‘o'nm of the Conspiracy. ~—Driven to des- e ot ragua, the | in Rome. Dot Wit susdeun | 9y » fipeior go to Jail Gen. ufm Vingent, - mous as an Indi Afties, died in Wfllflfl Tho One Hundndth Anniversary of the founding of the Sisters of Chafity was celebrated in New York. President Taft Commuted the sen- nces of two bank employes who were sentenced to. flv»ynr terms. Machinist Odderstol of the: revenue cutter service was commended by treasury department for saving the of a man. \ The Home of John G. Carlisle, former secretary of thr treasury, was attachea to satisfy a claim made by a New York Jewelry firm. . Eshmayer Surkin, who was pensioned for bravery on the battlefleld by Nich- olas 1 of Russia, died in Phll‘delphll, aged 100 years. - The Congregation of Studies in Rome | conferred the degree of D. D, on Rev. George, Douglas, assistant treasurer of the Catholic university. n of Cincinnati was the man who informed the officials of the Big Four railway of the de(llcu- uon- of Charles L. Warriner, T-ho Annual Report of the commu- sioner of internal revenue shows that the temperance wave has lost the gov- ernment in taxes nearly eight million dollars. Dr. J. T. Zimmerman, in an addre: in Chicago, stated that there are 300,000 white slaves In the United States and that they represent an Investment of $540,000,000. Mrs. Harriet C. Mott, sister of the famous Bidwell brothers, who swindled the Bank of England, and who spent a fortune in obtaining their lberty, died at Muskegon, Mich. The Coal Strike Around Edmonton, Man., was settled. The men win 22 1-2 cents more a car and recognition of tae union. All of the former non-union mines are now unionized. Governor Stubbs Was Snubbed Ly the Topeka club of Kansas in_with- drawing a dinner invitatlon because he fought the club in an effort to abolish the liquer locker system. E.\J. DOOLITTLE OF MERIDEN TO SUCCEED LATE O. R. FYLER Railroad Commissioner—Gov. Weeks Makes Announcement. . As Hartford, Dec. 2.—Governor Weeks this afternoon announced the appoint- ment of Edgar J. Doolittle of Meri- den as railroad commissioner to sug~ ceed the late O. R. Fyler.. Mr. Doo- little was six times elected mayor nf that city and was a member of the stite senate in 1887. Meriden, Conn.. Dec. 2—Edgar J. Doolittle, ‘'who was appointed a rail- road commissioner by Gov. Weeks to succeed the late O. R. Fyler, is a prom- inent manufacturer of paper boxes. He was born .in Hebron, ‘Conn., Janua 29, 1845, the son of Rev. Edgar Doolittle, a Congregational minfster. On the maternal side Mr, Doolittle is a descendant of David Sage, who was also an antecendent of Russell Sage, the late New York financier. After receiving a diploma from the Guilford Institute, Mr. Doolittle took up the manufacture of paper boxes- in this city, and from a modest beginning he has built up a large and lucrative in- dustry. Mr. Doolittle was mayor of Meriden from 1877 to 1887 and a member of the state senate in 1886 and 1887. He is vice president and trustee of the Mer- iden Savings bgnk, vice president and director of the FHome National bank in this city, director of the Meriden Gas and Electric Light companies, and a director of the Meriden hospital. In 1904 he was a member of the Connecti- cut commission to the world’s fair at St. Lonis. §Mr. Doolittle is a prominent Mason. He is a widower and lives at 285 Colony street with his daughter, Dorothy. Hartford, Dec. 2.—While Mr. Doolit« tle has been appointed to succeed the late Mr. Fyler, he wil not serve out Mr. Fyler's term, but will hold office until the meeting of the next general assembly. Mr. Fyler was re-appoint- ed by the late Governor Lilley and his term of office would have expired July 1, 1913. RIOT BETWEEN UNION AND NON-UNION WORKMEN In a Chicago Woman’s Tailoring Es- tablishment—Three' Persons Injured, Chicago, Dec. ~Three persons were seriously injured in a riot today between' union and non-union work- men In the woman's tailoring esta lishment of William Bain.. The in- jured were Willlam Bain, proprietor «f the establishment: Mrs. Jennie Bain, his wife, and Helen Malinosky. a non- union tailoress, 4 The trouble was caused by the hir- ing by Bain of non-union men and women. Men, sald to be union sym- pathizers, rushed into the place and attacked the workers. Bain sought to interfere and was struck in ihe face with a pair of scissors. Mra. Bain and Miss Malinosky also woere cut about the head. Three men were arrested. Arkansas Postmasterships Go Begying Little Rock. Ark., Dec. 2.—8ix fourth class postoffices in Arkansas. were dis- continued today because no one wis willing to accept the postmasterships. In explanation, A. W. Lucker, chair- man of the republican state committee, sald that the people of the rural di tricts are so prosperous that it fs in:- possible to get any persons willing 15 accept offices which offer such smail remuneration. Arrivals. La Provence, Steamship At Havre: Dee. from New York. fice of president of Nicaragua, Jose Madriz, who is' well known in Ce tral American diplomatic circles as Zglaya’'s henchman and declared to he at Zelaya's bid and call. The state department, it is declared, is entirely cognizant of the conspiracy under way and will act vigorously and promptly if occasion démands, In the ptledxmm; n;}:::r the - n?u department nor t e~ Samion oMcials will . discuss” the %ad- vance of diplomatic events. . llmr Rodri, ‘ charge d'affaires legation, insisted tonight that ha hd not heard from his government. and the state department likewise profess- ed to be ignorant of the next move- e early 7 EAST ORANGE 00“" OF POLICE GETS .IT. HUSBAND OF MRS, SNEAD Could Tell Why His Young Wife Was Kept in Seclusion and Poverty, Al- though She Was Wealthy. York, Dec. 2.—A persistent ru- ‘“that the hueband of Mrs. Ocey the young woman who was found dead in the bathtub of gn unfur- nished house in East Orange, N. J., is still alive, is credited b; (he chief of police there, who now ieves it his best clue to further developments in what remains tonight a most puzzling mystery. The husband, the chief be- lieves, could tell’why it was that his gn‘ wife was kept so closely In se- why she was separated from b; why she was given barely enough food to keep her alive, and why. ‘though money was borrowed on her life insurance policy, she apeared to haveé enjoyed the benefit of no penny of It Suspicion of Foul Play Strengthened. Lrasura tion of foul play was fur- ther strergthened today by the testis mony of Julian T. Harabba, a Brook- Iyn lawyer, who volunteered to the police that he had a third will made by Mrs, Snead and drdwn by him in his office. Miss Virginla Wardlow, now under arrest in BEast Orange, he said, offered him a life lnninme policy for $10,000 if he would’ see to it that the will was drawn in ‘her favor and that of her sister. He visited the house in which M Snead lay 1l and was ‘amazed at the poverty he saw about him: in the home of eme able to dispose of suzh considerable sums of mon- ey. “The sick woman,” he said, “lay help- less in bed. She drew from under her pillow a decument which she handed to me, saying: ‘Make the will like this one, excopt you can put yourself in as the. executor and guardian of the boy. For the Lord’s sake, get me out of here, if you can, because T am starve ing and they are mot taking care of me.' Mr. Carabba has submitted the draft given him by Mrs. Snead, with altera- tions in his own handwriting, to the Brooklyn detective bureau. The orig- inal is firmly written and corresponds with Mrs. Snead’s writing. SAN FRANCISCO BRIBER RELEASED FROM PRISON. Abe Ruef Out on $300,000 Bail—He Is " San Francisco, Dec. 2.—Judge Ca- bannis ordered the release from cus- toay of Abe Ruef on $800,000 blll to- day. This action followed a report by three physicians appointed by court to examine the physical conéi- tion of the former political leader. Ruef has been conflned in the county jafl since November 13 of last year, hls previous bail having been declared forfeited on the day Prosecutor Fran- eis' J. Heney was shot in the court room. Ruef is undeér sentence of 14 years in the state prison for “having bribed a sypervisor to vote for a trolley fran- chise for the United Raflroads.” SUDDEN DEATH OF WATERBURY POLICE CAPTAIN. Major Charles R. Bannon Found Dead by His Wife. Waterbury, Conn, Dec. 2.—Major Charles R. Bannon, captain of the Waterbury police department, died suddenly tonight at his home on Wil- low street. He complained of not feel- ing well in the afternoon and early in tie eveniig a physician was sum- moned and left him feeling much bet- ter, An hour later his wife entered the room just as the major died. He was a native of Ireland and was 69 vears old. He fought through the en- tire civil war and beldnged to the reg- ular army before and after the strug- gle. He commanded & regiment in the Fenlan movement against Canada ENDOWMENT FUND COMMITTEE To Properly Admmunr American Red Crogs Relief Work Funds. ‘Washington, Dec. 2.—For the pur- pase of providing an organization ca- pable ofldmlnhlpring properly the funds received by the American Red Cross soclety for relief work, Presi- dent Taft has namel an endowment fund committee with Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh and his assista Charles D. Norton, who is treasurer the Red Cross, as chalrman and viee chairman, r pectively. A New ork sub-committee, con- slating of the following prominent men, also, has been appointed: Robert Ba- con, Charles Haliam Keep, Lioyd C. Griscom, H, P. Davison and Felix Warburg. Sub-committees in other cities also will be named shortly. Hamilton McK. Twombly’s Condition Is Serious. Madison, N, J., Dec. 2—The condl- tion of Hamilton McK. Twombly. a director in many of the Vanderbilt 1lines, who is 11l at his home here, sald today to be serious. All informa- tion as to the nature of his malady was refused at his house. It was re- ported, however, that he was suffering from a nervous breakdown as a result of worry over recent deaths In his family. Gov. Hughes Declines to Entertain Charges Agamlt Bird S. Coler. Albany, Dec. 2.—Gov. Hughes declined tod -) entertain the charges referred against Bird S. Coler, presi- ent of the borough of Brookiyn, by John Purroy Mitchell and Henry C. Buncke, commissioners of accounts of New York city, on the ground that they were presented too late to permit of their proper consideration, since the presiderit's term expires the present year. Shelton Boiler Exp'osion Investigation. Shelton, Conn., Dec. 2.—Coroner Wil- son of Brldnpon began his inquest today, examining W. W. Radeliffe and Clarence Radcliffe, president and su- the comparly, and Wil- T5re, a night watchman. After Fiving their testimony the hearing was ed unti] the wreclage around the plant has been remov-d uv the Mfl‘ll‘ No. 'lmln A.l‘»loet