Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 14, 1910, Page 1

RUNAWAY HEIRE BOTH UNDERGO THE “THIRD DEGREE” In Office of Captain of Detectives Cohen Makes no Damag- ing Admission—Miss De Jeinon, Heavily Veiled, Tak- en Before the Superintendent cf Police—Great Jam of the Curious at Railroad Station to see Principals Philadelphia, Jan. 13.—Aided by a 2quad of 100 policemen, the detectives mhaving Roberta De Janon and Ferdi- nand Cohen in charge eluded the crowd gathered fn the West Philadel- phia station of the Pennsylvania rail- road to witness their arrival from Chi- cago at 5.45 this evening. When the train pulled into the station ,the curi- ous rushed into the trainshed, anxious to see the runaway heiress 2nd her waiter companion. Miss De Janon end Cohen were quickly placed in. 'waiting taxicabs while the police: zuard would not allow any person ti» Jeave the bullding until the taxicabis had a safe start. . Heiress and Waiter Questioned. Cohen was hurried to City hajl, where he was taken to the office of the captain of detectives. Here t)ie severe cross examination, which Jie has been obl to undergo alma st continuously his arrest, was can- tinued, in the hope that he would ma ke come ing admission, Later, Miss De Janon, heavily ve il- ed, was escorted to the office of {lie mssistant superintendent of police, in the mame building. She also was close- iy questioned. Police Rese ‘'ves Scatter the Crowd. While the great jam pressed 'imto the West Phjadelphia station to en- deavor to caf a e of the 1un- away couple, the congestion at Brcad street station, the main depot of the Pennsylvania where it ipas thought the prisoners would leave the train, was even worse. ‘When it was learned that the couipl : had been taken from the train at the West Fhiladelphia station a rush 'was mmade for police headquarters, just mcross the street from the .station, and it required a force of reserves to {:lear the big yard. The runaways had rq ach- ed the city hall before the crowd ana were undergoing the “third degred * be- fore they were in the city half an ' hour. Nothing Unusual Occurred on T 'rip. Neither of the detectives whio. ac- companied Miss De Janon and { fohen from Chicago would discuss trip, tnerely saying that nothing unusui il oc- curred. GEORGE PARMLY DAY SUCCEEDS LEE M’C'LUNG As Treasurer of the Yale Uni wersity Corporation.. H New “Haven, Conn, Jan, 13.- At a meeting of the Yale corporation ' today George Palmy Day of New Yor k was eppointed treasurer of the uni rersity 10 succeed Lee McClung, who re jsigned two months ago to become United States treasurer. AMr. Day is the senior membes ¢ of the firm of Day, Adams & company . bank- nd brokers, of 45 Wall stre bt, New York. He is a grandson of B n JI. Day, who founded the Ne w York Sun in 1833. Mr. Day graduat pd from Yale in 1897 and as an underg raduate was associate chairman of tlje Yale Daily News. Since leaving co flege he has acted as secretary of the 1 Kingsley Trust association of this city 'and as secretary of the committee on admin- sstration of the University clut ) of New York. He was the founder ar)jd is the edministrative head of the Y ale Uni- versity Press. He is a brother of Clar— ence S. Day, Jr., treasurer of ithe Yale Publishing company, which | controls the Yale Alumni Weekly. The new treasurer will as jume his duties on May 1st. it Sl B. & 0. DIRECTORS HAVE PUT INTO EFFECT The Recently Announced Clhange in the Management—Dividends Declared. New York, Jan, 18.—Dire of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroadk Co. to- day wput tnto -aelc: - rectently px_ nounce e Fmguman and declared the usual !:. mi-annual dividends of 2 per cent. ojp the pre- farred stock and 3 per cemt. on the common. i Oscar G. Murray annqunced his withdrawal from the preijidency, his retirement to_takjp ¢ to- smorrow. Daniel Willaird, the new president, will take charge of the com- affalrs on Seturd/ay at Baltl- hereq fter will act |ns board, of directors, new office especially | created for him, PASSED BY THE ' HOUSE. The Fortifications Appt opriation Bill, Carrying More Thass $5,000,000. ‘Washington, Jan. i3. —The house of representatives today passed the forti- fications appropriation bill. carryi more than $5,000,00f). while it s RO monipy, put in more than two hours in disci jssion of wheth- er it should pbout $4,000,000 svorth of claims for aciditional salaries %o certain postmasters who served dur- ing the decade from 1§64 to 1874. Sen- ntor Panrose attacked bthe claims as the work of claim 4. The senate finally rjferred the whole subject of the claims to the committee on postoffices with t he understanding that it would report; by February 1. The smenate adjourne:{ until Monday. INO CHARGE MORE SERIOUS ‘THAN ABDUCTION,SURGEON SAYS Idiss De Janon in Py Agnes’ Hospital—Affectionate Meet- ing of Cohen and Wife. Philadelphia, Jan. 13.—Roberta De 'COMES HOME With Her Waiter Lover She Reaches Phila- delphia in Charge of Detectives te Rooms in St. Janon is now in a suite of private rooms in St. Agnes’ Ferdinand Cohen is locked up in city. a cell, awaiting a hearing of abduction, and his wife is < hospital in this on the icl‘lfl the hospital suffering from nervous lapse. 3 Despite the severe cross-examination to which the young heiress was sub- Jected for nearly five hours tonight, no change in her forthcoming. original story was Threw Her Arms Around Grandpa’s ‘When she Neck. saw her grandfather, Rob- ert Buist, the millionaire seed man, in the office of ent of police, neck and burst out crying, d his arount with her head on his shoulder. said she was but dnsisted the assistant superintend- she threw her arms She sick and glad to get home, that Cohen, her compan- jon, did nothing to merit any punish- ment. “I tried to get him to run away before,” she said to the police. It was late tonight before she was taken from City hall' and hurried to the hospital, ‘where been engaged. Cohen and Wife Meet in Police Sta- rooms had already tion. While Cohen was being put through the “third degree” his wife made fran- tiv but ineffectual efforts to see him. She was finally forced from the cor- ridors in a semi-hysterical condition. Late traight, accompanied by a law- er, ste managed to get to see -her usband in the cell room of the cen- tral police station. There was a tear- ful and affectionate sceme. She prom- ised to stick by her husband, who in turn professed sorrow and repentance. After this interview Mrs. Cohen was overcome by her emotions, and it was necessary to remove her to a hospital. Abdu n the Only Charge. De Janon was at City ‘While Miss hall she was examined by the police surgeon, that no ‘he reported more’ serious tham abduetion COMPLAINT AGAI':ST WELLS FARGO AND COMPANY For Carrying Packag of Four Pounds or Less. ‘Washington, Jan. 13.—An attack was made today before the interstate com- merce commission upon the legality of the transportation by express compa- mies of parc four pounds Nathan B. Fayetteville, Gany: els or packages weighing or_less. a lawyer of ‘Williams, Ark., instituted a com- against Wells Fargo and com- in which he .asserted that the carriage of packages of four pounds or less by express companies between in- terstate points was unlawful, because congress had committed the carriage of such packets to the mails and had made it unlawful for any private ex— press to carry them. He declared also- a Tity to tmhe commission was without legal make rates or to enforce tariffs concerning express transporta- tion of such packages. MAYOR GAYNOR DETERMINED To Force Sluggers from the Police New York, Jan, 13.—So determined is Mayor Gavnor to force out “slug- gers* from the police department that he personally conducted a hearing to- hiess doc‘n‘menu. Among them were messages to con- gTess Trom blic hn and democratic m fac b caused comment, dwumorons and serious, as to the value of these doc , but they were ordered to the) waste pile. o e | S in Male Attire Skis Fought Through day in the case of Oscar Gregory of Brooklyn, who James Deven with him without provocation on Tuesday night last. Gregory, accompanied by his wife, and other witnesses, appeared at the mayor's office with his face battered and both eyes blackened. was so impressed that he summoned a photographer so that figurement corded when the policeman is put on Connecticut Naugatuck, Conn.. preface to his speech before the Men's club of the of the Congregational church here to- night, Representative George dler of Rocky Hill took ocecasion to say that the Hartford today in votin, public utilities bill upheld his conten- tion made in the last session of the geéneral assembly that the agricultural interests of the state were in favor of In concluding his remarks Chandler said that it had been snch a bill. Mr. stated that state were opposed to such a bill. Mayor Gaynor Appoints Labor Leader o $3,500 Office. New York, Jan. 13.—Mayor Gaynor this afternoon appointed another la- bor leader to office. ‘was former Prince, who ‘commissioner of licenses at a salary of $3,500 a year. Prince was a candidate for the com- ‘missionership to which Herman Rob- inson was appointed yesterday. mayor decided to give him the deputy commissfonership instead. Cincinnati, phers of the western intendent Brimson, road, announced that they could reach no decision regarding the demand of the men for a new wage schedule and mnegotiations At Glasgow from New York. At Liverpooi: Ranks. charges Policeman brutally beating The mayor Gregory’s dis- ight be permanently re- Farmers Favor a Public Utilities Bill. Jan, 13.—As a Parish House association B. Chan- action of the grangers at in favor of a the agriculturists of the His appointee Assemblyman Samuel was named as deputy | The <O.. 7 Jan. conference lasting all the forenoon, a committee representing the telegra- 18.—After a Baltimore & Ohio, South- +and General Super- jTepresenting the ‘have been severed. : Jan. 12, Furnessia, Cabled Paragraphs |Boye Paris, Jan. 13.—Robert Bacon, Amer- :‘:‘ze? h o m‘nm"'m onox ‘American club of Paris. London, Jan. 13- irming ham retreat on the very cve of the elections, Joseph Chamberlain has made a final effort to rally his coun- to a secref , has issued a manifesto addressed to the electors of the whole <country. In it he reiterates’ the warn- ings which he has so often given to them of the gravity of the comme: situation. NO CLUE TO THE ASSASSIN WHO FIRED AT SCHOOLBOYS. Six Year Old Arthur Shipley Barely Alive—Arrest of Suspect. New York, Jan. 13.—Arthur Shib- ley, Jr., the six year old schoolboy who was shot at play yesterday afternoon by a black manlac, was bare- 1y alive tonight. His of- fered her blood for transfusion into his veins. The boy was t through the body, and, in addition to the shock and the danger oI possible complications, he is greatly weakened by hemorrhages. His. e, Robert Loman, who was shot at the time, was instantly killed. There is no clue to the assassin. Arthur was conscious this afternoon and made a brief ante-mortem state- ment. He had never before seen the man who shot him. This is how he tells of their meeting: “Hello, little boys,” said the man. He had two pistols, one in each hand, and started to fire at us, Robbie ran to- ward the woods and I ran towards the rocks. The man foliowed me, and when I looked round he had stopped. ‘Then I felt the bullet. * ‘The parents of the boy scout a the- ory that he was mistaken for a neph- ew, whose life might have been 5o O. Breymer, aged cultured go a4 age, coachman on the the murder. Late ton ! mer’s Toom. extinct. ed. ‘MAID AWAKENED BY STRANGE NOISE AT 3 A. M. Coachman in Same Family Believed to Be the Strangler—Attempts to Com- mit Suicide—Is Taken Into Custody. v ss Found|Unablé to Shoot Dead in Bed|Lifeline Over Ship Poughkeepsie, Ig‘Y.. Jan. 13.—Sarah years, Compton place, has been brought to this<ity ,charged with made an unsuccessful attempt at suicide, cut- ting his throat with a razor, Strange Noise Awoke the M About 3 o'clock this morning Mary Fennell, a maid in the Barnes Comp- ouse, was awakened by a strange noise, and says she saw a man’s form disappear out of the corrider. She ran to awaken the governess, and not re- ceiving any reply, entered Miss Brey- The governess was found lying in bed with her face black and finger prints on her throat. Life was She Aroused the House. On a cot in the same room was little Polly Compton, aged 3 years, unharm- The maid quickly pressed an elec- tric button, summoning the coachman, ‘when he arrived the sheriff and police of this city were notified. What the Officers Found. The county and Poughkeepsie offi- cials spent the day at the Compton place, questioning all the maids and servants and Schermerhorn. They found that Miss Breymer's hands had been tied, the big chest containing the Compton ~ silverware had been forced and several of the rooms were in dis- order, making it appear that the trag- edy had been the part of a burgla: ry. Coachman Cut His Throat. Chief of Police Charles J. McCahe detained on a charge of vagrancy, but | New York City Personal Tax Assess- Jan. 13, Umbrla, from New York. At ington, Jan. 10. Martha Wash- New York the detective bureau does not believe him connected with the murder. PAULHAN OF FRANCE TRIED TO FOUL CURTISS went to the coachman’s house this aft- ernoon to further question him, and not receiving any ansyer to his summons, went up into the man’s bedroom. The room was dark, and on throwing open the blinds the chiefs attention was attracted by a sound under the bed. HEROIC BUT FUTILE EFFORTS BY LIFE SAVING CREW. BUT ONE SOLE SURVIVOR Of Wreck of Iron Steamer Czarina on Oregon Coast—Thirty Persons Went Down With the Ship. Marshfield, Ore., Jan. 13.—Harry Kentzell, first assistant engineer, is the sole surviver of the wreck of the iron steamer Czarina, which drove on Cooi }?ay bar yesterday with a loss of thirty ves. Clung to ing All Night. Heroic but futile efforis were made by the United States life saving crew and citizens of Marshfield to help the doomed ship’s - company, several of whom clung to the rigging ail last night, hoping for help. The Chief Engineer’s Escape. Kentzell's escape is a wonderful story of endurance and physical strength. “When the ship piled on the reof e ana six others took to the rigging of the foremast. Sea after sea dashed over ihe vessel and finally a tremendoas sea washed Kentzell and his companions from their places. Kentzell was swept toward land time and again, but he was as often car- ried out to sea by shifting currents un- til he grabbed a plece of timber and was lowly driven shoreward. As he neared the beach and caught sight of rescuers consciousness eft him and he knew nothing more until he came to the beach beside a big fire. He had been brought back to life after several hours’ vigorous treatment. Tonight he is on the road to recovery. He lives in San Francisco. Six Survived a Terrible Night. The identity of the six who survived the terrible night never will be known definitely, but it is believed they were Capt. C. J. Duggan, Second Mate John McNichols and First Officer James Hughes, all of San Francisco; Harold Millis, the only passenger, son of Gen.- eral Manager C. J. Millis of the South- ern Pacific company in Marshfield, and two sailors, A tugboat was sent out but had to return. The life saving crew made several attempts to fire lifelines over the steamer, but all fell short. HUSBAND LOST WHISKERS, And a Contest May Develop—Flight | Investi Made With Hudder Wheel Tied—Los Angeles Aviation Meet. Aviation Field, Los Angeles, Jan. 13. —While Louis Panlhan of France did not do anything so wonderful today as fiying nearly a mile high, he took Miscarol and Maisson, his assistants, and circled the field several times with | jail. ‘ them in his aeroplane, and cut “cross- Iots” in what was said bv some to be an attempt to slow down Glenn H. Curtiss, who was flying the -regular course at the same time for & ten lap Tecord. The passengers were safely. urtiss manager protested against Paulhan’s getting In the way of the Curtiss machine and.a contest may develop. Curtiss’ total time was 24 minutes, 54 2-5 seconds, not a record. Later Paulhan tried to beat this, but failed by five seconds. Earlier in the day, with hie wife as Paulhan made three laps the county jail here. speed found a note which landed much of a statement. the crime. a_passenger, of the course in 8.16 1-5. On another flight of seven minutes he had Mrs. “Dick” Ferriss as a pas- senger. Other chief features of the day: Paulhan set the mark of 8.16 1-5 in the official trial for three laps in the passenger carrying contest, with Mme. Paulhan as his passenger. Hamilton, Pavlhan, Curtiss and Wil- lard qualified in three lap flights for erness to death. statement $e “My Dear Wife: T am not guilty. “FRANK.” Says Japanese Butler Did the Choking. Schermerhorn was too weak to make He igation revealed Schermerhorn lying under the bed with his throat cut and blood dripping in a pool on “Is that you, chief?” gurgled Scher- horn. the said the coach- rather die than go to was taken into cus- tody and his wound dressed by a phy- sician, after which he was brought to On the table in the room the chief did say, however, that he stood watching under a window of the Compton mansion while the Japanese butler committed This statement the police discredit. They say there is no doubt that Schermerhorn’ strangled the gov- Coachman in Hospital. ‘When Schermerhorn reached this city, after a sixteen mile ride on a stretcher in a armer’s sleigh, he was taken to Vassar hospital and put on the operat- ing table. Chief McCabe and District Attorney Mack stood near to get any make, but Scher- all events. Charles K. Hamilton made a flight with his rudder whedl tied to show ther about the merhorn refused to say anything fur- y. Tonight it was stated at the hospital he would that the Curtiss machine could be op- | live. erated without the Wright patents. L g Balloon Lands Safely. Los Angeles, Jan. 13.—The balloon City of Los Angeles, which ascended at noon with five passengers, three of whom were women, and which was last seen above the ocean at Redondo Beach, is safe. It landed twenty miles north of Los Angeles. Its occupants arrived here tonight. TO TAKE EFFECT IN 1913. Question of Changing the Date of Presidential Inaugurations. the first degree, For the Boys. ‘Washington, Jan. 13.—The question of changing the date of presidential inaugurations was threshed out in the house today when a resolution Intro- duced by Mr. Henry of Texas, and fa- vorably reported by the judiciary com- mittee, was brought up. An unsuc- cessful effort to reach a vote was made by Chairman Parker of the judiclary committee, but, on the suggestion of the floor leader,- Mr. Payne, it will te brought up again tomorrow, when it is likely that a vote may be had. The resolution proposes an amend- ment to the constitution changing the date of inauguration from March 4 to the last Thursday in April. If ratified by the states, the change is to take effect in 1913, evil ways, a number of at a meeting tonight di erat their leisure time. Middleman Becom. White Cook Leaves Negro Friend Her Entire Estate. New York, Jan. 13.—James Edward Johnson, a New York negro, will have $30,000 to bet on the illustrious fighter of the same name and color if he so wishes. The surrogate upheld and ad- mitted to probate today the will of Bridget Torpy, a white cook, who died ! recently, leaving her entire estate to the negro because he befriended her.s Relatives contested the will, but the | surrogate holds that Bridget was of | sound mind and that Johnson is legal- ly entitled to the bequest, $16,500 of which is in cash. Albany, middleman N. Y., Jan. combination and the milk. on his way from Hempstead, L. L, to railroad station. ments. New York, Jan. 13.—The summary of personal tax assessments in New York city for the year 1910, as completed today by the department of taxes, shows a grand total of $1,266,911,027. This is an increase of $6,635132 over the figures for 1909. The assessments are levied against resdent and non-resident corporations and individuals. Five Inches of Snow in Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 13 —With a heavy, wet snow falling,sometimes turning to rain, telegraph and telephone companies had difficulty tonight in transmitting mes- sages to points throughout the Missis- =ippi and the Ohio river valleys. Five inches of snow have fallen in Chicago since Tuesday midnight. In many of the states of the Mississippi valley tdol- ley and steam roads have suffered se- verely. covery. W. Phillips, a w a - Ivigth, o the headl of iake Sup-rior. %as the grealest mineral tonnass af max uact ia wasld Benefit of New Ha: Chief McCabe is of the opinion that Schermerhorn blackened his face to give him the guise of a negro, be- fore committing the crime. vants In the house told the police that when the coachman first appeared aft- er being summoned there were patches of black on his face, and also black finger prints on the wainscotting in the room occupied by Miss Breymer. ‘When he has fully recovered he will be arraigned on a charge of murder in The ser- n Bad New Haven, Conn., Jan. 13.—With hopes of reforming the bad boy and preventing others from getting. into ominent men ussed the ad- visability of establishing homes various parts of the ecity for whose environment is not -what should be. The matter will be taken up with a committee of the civic fed- and the founding of the homes placed in the hands of that organiza- tion. The idea is not only to make the homes permanent ones for some boys, but to make them in the nature of clubs for others, giving them a place other than on the streets to spend in boys it Rich, the Farmer a Bankrupt. 13.—That the high the nearly becoming a millionaire and the farmer a bankrupt was the general opinion of upstate producers of milk who testified today before Ref- eree Brown under examination by Spe- cial Deputy Attorney General Coleman regarding the-allegsed milk dealers’ price of Chauffeur Beaten and Robbed. New York, Jan. 13.—Evidently mis- jaken by footpads for a member of the exclusive Meadowbrook Hunt club, | Herbert Rennerson, a chauffeur, out of employment, was beaten death and robbed at dusk tonight while the clubhouse at Westbury His skull was frac- tured and he has slight chances of re- to Mary Garden a Resident of Pari: New York, Jan. 13.—Mary Garden, the opera singer, is not a resident of the United States, but of Paris. This decision was rendered today by the board of customs appraisers, saving Miss Garden about duty on costumes and jewelry. Choked to Death by Gasoline. Hudson, Mass., Jen, 13.—While oil- ing a gasoline engine tonight Thomas Ithy farmer, choked to death when tHe engine accidentally started and sent the ofl can he was using crashing into his face. He was grand-nephew of Wendell Phillips, the distinguished abolitionist. It is stated that a record area is be- ing sown in wheat in the Punjah this thereby $2,000 1n WIFE S8USPICIOUS OF HIM Met After Four Years—Case for Immi- gration Authorities, New York, Jan. 13.—A husband is nothing to Sonia Merzow without his The Presid nt Recei to join the Soclety of the !l-,v-flpw_or. Governor sented to Rico. is deaad. The Guantanamo for manoeuvres. Gen. Rufus N. Rhodes, editor of the Birmingham, Ala., News and a director of the Associated Press, is dead. Congress Eilghth Ohio district came out against the re-election of Spe: The German Government has agreed to Secretary . tralization of the Manchurian rallway; The Bill Providing for an Additional judge at Judge Morris was favorably reported to the house. The Report of Fourth Assistant Post- master General P. an increase in rural free delivery mall of 96 per cent, The United Stat leans had to return to San FPrancisco after leaky Go a message to the asking that the high prices asked for food be investigated. The Unpreparedn: Btates has caused the proposed inter- natfonal congress on ‘hygiene to postponed until 1911 or 1912. The Tendency of Native Born chil- dren of immigrants to take up lucra- tive occupations is shown In a report of the immigration commission. wi that he had anything to do with the publication of the stolen Wickersham letter published Magazine. Mulai Hafid, Sultan of Morocco, paid $300,000 and redeemed at the govern- ment pawnshop in Paris the crown Jewels that had been pledged by the deposed sultan. Leaders Mine Workers of America believe a general increase of 20 per cent. in the wage scale which will ked will be granted by employers. YALE CORPORATION ACCEPTS Of $650,000 for the Purchase of Hil New Haven, Jan. Mrs. Russell Sage of $650,000 to Yale university % o # o Peace.Plans ived an Invitation Colton’s Message was pre- the le;ulnmn'.ot Porto a former leader of the Ku Klux, TO PREVAIL. Fleet Arrived at Battlesh P the " annual winter TAFT ADVICE FOLLOWED President Still “Insurgents” Republicans—Is Sat: fied With the Progress Made. man Ralph .Cole of the ker Cannon. ‘Washington, Jan, cans In congress quarrelling and get down to the timore as assistant to possible,” there were concrote e dences today of a definite attempt bring the warring factions upon some understanding. V. De Graw shows There seemed to #lon a spirit of conclllation and dec Cruiser New Or-|few weeks. Hayes a Caller at White Hou: President Taft let it be know: he still considers all of the gents” republicans, Speak peing at sea a day, owine to fler tubes. nor Harmon of Ohio has general assembly week and of the United ©f the: loadin *nsurgents,’ rips to the be. ite Hcume. After way. He then consulted with mowt his- fellow “Insurgent: back to the president President’s Tost of Republicanism m Randolph Hearst Den when action is taken upo; tive recommendations made in compliance platform. In his tal in the Cosmopolitan with the day the president sald he was withh8lding patronage from any goe0s because of votes the Ranks of the United | tariff bill, If, however, there are “insurgents” who Intend to fight speaker and the rules to the extent opposing purely party measures to which the party probably be M as republicans, GIFT OF MRS. RUSSELL SAGE clearly arrayed house Property. 13.—The gift of ;::uun. who would use ronage give: against t’mflwrl: the the purchase of the . whiskers. Mrs. Merzow arrived here Hillhouse property here, was formally accepted by the Fale corporation at e ». CENTS —_— them as ammunition Matters Progressing Satisfactorily. “Under Way Judge John Calvin Reed of Atlanta, | SPIRIT OF CONCILIATION SEEMS Considers All of the 13.—Following President Taft's advice to the republi vesterday to “stop ty legislative programme as quickly as o togethar basis of at least temporary b prevalent for the first time this wes edly less of the bitterness of the past that insur Cannen announced that all republicans would be invited to the caucus on choosing the Ballinger-Pinchot committes ne =t he hoped all would attend Representative Hayes of California, one made twp t the first of these he announced that at tempts to adjust matters were under of and reported President Taft declared again today that his test of republicanism will come the legisla which he has party with Repre sentative Hayes and other callers to not re- publican senator or member of con cast against ipeaker Cannon, against the rules of the house or against the Payne-Aldrieh any among the the of administration and 1s pledged, the president will no longer the but s themselves DAtOrs ok repre- three days ago from Russia, after a lep}mtkm of four years from her hus. band. Today Abraham Merzow, whe exhibited money orders sent to a So- nia Merzow as proof that he is the woman’s husband, rushed to her armi shouting: 'Oh, Soni my wife!” Sonia stared suspiciously. “You are not my husband,” she sald. “My hus- band had a broad, tawny beard, parted in the middle. I have heard that this is a bad country. Go away.” Abra- bam backed away, chopfallen, but he says he will produce a sister-in-law tlomarrow who can vouch for his iden- tity. “Can she b ed the scornful E The immigration autohorities are in- clined to believe the man Is indeed the woman's husband, but there will be @ further hearing of the board of in- quiry. If the woman persists in her refusal to recognize Abraham Merzow as her husband she will be deported. SLAIN IN CHINATOWN. New York Pol the whiskers?” ask- ia. eman in Plain Clothes Struck by Unknown Man, Toston, Jan. 12.—Chinatown was the séene this afternoon of an apparently unjrovoked fatal assault, when an unknown man struck Policeman Dan- iel J. Donovan, knocking him down and injuring his head so severely that he died an hour later. The man es- caped. Donovan was in plain clothes at the time, He was 37 years old and was appointed to the force two years ago. Chief Inspector Dugan at once be- gan an investigation of the case. NO RECOUN; IN BOETONV Results Unchanged by Official Tabula- tion of the Vote. Boston, Jan. 13.—An official tabula- tion of the vote in Tuesday’s city elec- tion made by the election commission- ers today, did not alter the standing of the different candidates, or mater- ially change the result. Mayor Hib- bard lost eight votes, but the totals for other three candidates for mayor remained the same as given out late Tuesday night Mr. Fitzgerald’s plu- rality standing at 1,415. The candidates have until tomorrow at 5 p. m. to petition for a recount. GIFFORD PINCHOT May Be Appointed Head of Yale For- £ estry School. New Haven, 13.—The possi bility that Gifford Pinchot may be ap- pointed head of the Yale forestry school to take the place of Director Graves, who was appointed yesterday by President Taft to the place re- cently occupied by Mr. Pinchot, was freely. discussed at Yale today. Mr. Pinchot is in very close touch with the work of the school here and holds a professorship of forestry. At the Yale corporation meeting toda; J. W. Toumey was appointed director of the forestry schoo! for the vear. Attempted to Burn a Hotel. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 13 —Charged with arson in attempting to burn the Ben- scot Lithua hotel last night at Austell, eighteen miles from this city, P. W. and Joseph Edge, cousins, were placed in jall today at Marietta, Ga. The hotel was filled with guests at the timéof the fire, but all escaped in their night clothing. $500,000 Fire in London. London, Jan. 13—A fire involving a loss of $500,000 occurred this evening in the drapery store of Evans & com- pany, on the high road to Kilburn, a suburb of London. Four of the eleven large shops comprising the establish- ment were destroy. Winsted.—Supervisor Michael B. Mc- Adle of the Central New England rail- road, who resides at 76 Rockwell street, and Miss Nora O'Brien, for the three vears a resident of Winsted, were at St. Joseph's church at § o'clock Wednesday morning by the Rev. Father Andrew. The bride had been Mr. McAdl housekecrar for o man its meefl:fi X noj o i’wfi.‘ DPortion of the city, to be set aside as a park, will be named the Plerson-Sage sqiiare. which will be set aside as a be named after the former owaers of the property, Among the other gifts anmounced at the meeting as having been received were $5,600 from Andrew Carnegle for the completion, of the swimming pool of American history, and the sum of $1,300 to constitute the Driggs Memor- jal fund, given by the friends of the late Henry P. Driggs, of the class of 1895, the | purchase of book: memorabllia conn tory. Prof. G. W. Blewett of jege, Toronto, Canada, was_appointed lecturer on the Nathanlel W. foundation for next year. “POUGHKEEPSIE SEER” DEAD. Dr. Boston, Jan. 18. son Davis of this attained a world-w an author and lecturer on_ spiritual ism, died at his summer home in Wa- tertown known as was born at Blooming Grove, Pough- keepsie, N. Y. in 1826, While a young man wonderful clairv into deep trance: conversed with spirits, receiving from them Information as to a future life. For many years he held the position of the representatives spiritualist of the world. and dealt with the most abstruse sub- Jects, New York, Jan. 13.—Thomas P. Riley. the government investigator, who was recently arrested on a charge of stcal- ing a letter by Attorney General Wick- ersham to Henry A. Wi States district attorney, was relensed from the Tombs today in $2,000 ball. He must appear for final pleading in the United States circult Jan. 17. Riley has alread; to “taking and private with the privilege to demur or draw the plea on the 17th. Gift of $100,000 to Yal New Haven 1 $100.000 from J. Plerpont Morgan for the Laffan and Babylonian university corporation at its meecting today and ceepted. r. Laffan, un, Th invested in 7 per cent. securities, and the surplus, after paying the sor in charge, purchase of archaeological and other illustrative material. Boston, Jan. vated Rallway company tonight an- nounced an increase ing to upwards of $100,000 & year, to go into effect immed! was not is the th Kind in the lest seven years and af- Annual Report Yale Alumni Fund. nineteenth alu $652,072.95 has been recelved by con- tributi Of the to perm: L Pan In aj lon of Is the way matters are he has recslved many person: urances that most of the measures. Thre~ —— e FREE CLINIC ESTABLISHED acres, vk, will Hillhouse park, ty for P. C. A, $50,000 from erican Soclety for the Prevention of the society, ment today. it,” said Mrs. Speyer, we pitched tn and did it oursclves now the clinic is ready. income to be used for the manuseripts, and ted with Yale his- ictoria col- Taylor | nor surgey will be attempted. case: surgery at the New Cornell university, LIFE OF ARTIST CHRISTY York branch the Representative t of the World. Dr, Andrew Jack- ity, who years ago de reputation as of Wife Zanesville, O., Jan, d Child. 13.—The Davis, Poughkeepsie todsnw. “the he developed | with testimony submitted b, plaintif's witnesses, v the custody, care Natalle, end, C. and education He was a prolifile writer d from Tombs in $2,000 B and child and improper conduct his female model Annual Conference on Child Labor. Boston, Jan. 1 Amerioén people have engenderod mania for ‘lor£ er ideas and tendin the United court. on to exploftation pleaded not guilty lishing letters an without authority, with- ests, of man's energy and ploltation of the child, Tt not papers Felix Adler, chairman of the natie: chiid labor committes, University by J. Pierpont Morgan. Jan. —A ®ift of conference on child labor, will be continued tomorrow. Charged with Money. Ogdensburg, N. Y. Jan. 16.—Salv tore Bertone, an Italian, federal authorities here, chary passing counterfelt money belleved establishment of the William M. professorship of Assyriology lMtérature at Yale was received by the Yale The gift is a memorial to edjtor of the New York died. 1y rounded up in New York. Ten counterteit bills and a ver were takon from him who recently > sum is fn the shape of a fund profes: oney of .late, particularl will be used for the | Fhe Itatiun e 3 o the Ital colonie; Unable to Agree on Wage Said to Have Beon Marked by Abu Air. Taft is said to be satisfled with “insur- gents” will support the administratien FOR HORSES, DOGS AND CATS Work of Women’s Auxillary to Socle- which bears his name; New York, Jan. 13.—A free olinfe the estate of Jane A. Townsend £or | sor horses Aows ans’ aots rey NI the establishment of a professorship | established In New York by the Am of Cruelty to Anmials. Mrs. James Spey er, president of the women's auviliary made the announc “The men would not do Just and It is proposed to glve medical trest- ment chiefly at the olinte, though mi- Major will be sent to the animal hos pital of the department of operative of first day’'s hearing of the habeas corpus mc- tion brought by Mrs. Howard Chand ler Christy of New York city for the possession of her daughter, Natalle, in Judge Smith's court, was taken up the The testimony was all of the same tenor, each witness testifying to the alleged unfitness of the artist to have of In his ‘attempt to reach this C. Lembert, leading counsel for Mrs. Christy, drew from his witnesses testimony that prior to his removing permanently to his home near this eity early last year, the life of the artist In New York was several years mark- ed by drunkenness, abuse of his wife with “The mass of the - crowding out all oth of all sorts, unscrupulous waste of for Instly ex the ire for woalth which animates them but a delirium for work,” declared Dr in his annus! address tonight at the sixth annual The seasions Passing Counterfeit held by the to huve been printed by the gang recent- londed revol- This viein- ity has been flooded with counterfeit Cleveland, O., Jan, 18.—A two days’ meeti] between officers of the Na tional Window Glass Workers end in 13.—The Boston Ele:| i,nicnt after un unsuccessful effort in wages, amount- | [T L0 tately. The advaunce Toti uested by the loyes, It increase in Smallpox Victims DSy Ticrdage SX (e mailpox victims hers and form, Conn, Jan. 18.—The annual report of the Yale fund shows that the sum of Blizzard in Milwaukes. Milwaukee, Jan, 18. Toads. All bomts remain to July 1, 1909 39 have beeu contributed of the univer. | sast wind ha Eife dependent manufacturers closed here t reach an agresment a4 (o An Increas: Wakefield, Mass,, Jan. 18—The nown srades of emp Reading was raised to 26 today by the b 20 i i o) m-om-'b‘ry of three more children ewf- fering from the disease | in s mild A blisgard to- night is hampering steam and electric in port, on account of the storm and hecsuss *he chnked the hutber with