Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 25, 1910, Page 1

" _diia— e < “You Don’t Get your Money’s Worth when you -Buy Meat,” So She Takes Halibut LIGHTER DEMAND FORCES DOWN PRICE LES Beef Declined Twenty Per Cent.. Yesterday in Brooklyn Wholesale District—Pork Loins Slumped in Sympathy —House to House Canvass to Secure Abstainers— Cattle Prices Take Big Slump at Pittsburg. New York, Jan. 24 —Mrs. Hetty Green, who has millions, declared today that meat is 100 dear for her, at pres- ent prices, and cut it out of her lunch- eon order. Mrs. 'n entered a mod- est uptown restaurant and sat down to ®can the bill of fare. Steak she found &t 50 cents a pertion, and roast lamb «and roast beef at 35 cents. Said Mrs. Green: “TIl take halibut.” Halibut is 15 cents e portion. ‘Has Not Joined the Boycott. . “Have you joined the boycott?” ask- ea the waiter. “No,” said Mrs. Green, dubiously, “but meat is too high. You don’t get vour money’s worth. People really can’t afford to eat it. There are other things just as good end cheaper.” Pork L. and Beef Lower. There appear to be many who agree with Mre. Green. In response to a the price of beef in the lighter wholesale district declined 20 ver today, and pork loins slumped sympathetically. As an offset there ~were signs that the western supply will. e shut off to held up the price, though representatives of the packers deny this. day. Efforts to Enlist 1,000,000 Housewives. Two young women who made a house o house canvass today for the Nation- al ive Woman Suffrage union obtained nearly one thousand pledges %o abstain from meat for sixty days. Mrs. Sophia Loebinger, head of the union, is preparing bills of fare with- out meat and says that a vegetable cooking school will be ‘established. ‘Mrs. Loebinger hopes to enlist 103 ‘vlmen’-:’l‘}tb; in ‘lnflmh.’ chain of pledges ch shall 1y enlist one million housewives. A mass meeting of protest under-her direction is to be held in Union s tomorrow and there is to be eting in B B S s ¥rederick Nathan, on Thursday night. As yet the labor nnions are seeming— I¥ loath to commit themselves to defi- nite action. Fewer carloads were received to- HOTELS FALL INTO LINE. Pittsburg Hostelries Serving a Fruit- Nut-Vegetable Course. e - Pittdoury, Jam. 24—Cattle prices took a big tu at the Unfon stock yards here as & direct resuit of the boyeott on the consumption of that commodity, which will go into effect tomorrow for thirty days. For one month 125,000 men, representing six hundred thousand persons in the Pittsburg district, will abstain from eating meat, in the hope that the high prices will be cut by butchers. While there has beemr some reduction in the prices of veal and pork, beef still con- tinues at the price which set the boy- cott in operation. The drop in the price of cattle was from 40 to 50 cents a hundred, the price of hogs also took a drop, but-there was no reduac con in the price of dressed beef. It was reported that the supply of hogs and cattle was greater today than for several wees. One by one the hotels of the city are falling into lme with menus devoid of meat untsl hardly one can be found but is serving a fruit- nut-vegetable diet SIRLOIN STEAK 15C AT RETAIL. Further Drop at Cleveland—Great Public Mass Meeting Planned. Cleveland, O., Jan. 24.—The begin ping of the second week of Cleveland's boycott of meat was marked by a fur- ther drop in the wholesale flesh mar- ket. Hogs were quoted st the union stockyards at 20 and 25 cé¢nts lower on the hundred pounds, and cattle drop- ped 10 and 15 cents. * Thiis is in addi- tlon to the decrease ih cattle prices of Friday. f [ today. the sections of the city where ihe it es hardest sirloin steaks were sold by -retailers at 15 cents a pound and round steaks at 13 cents—a price lower than any quoted here in a vear. Fred W. Sebelin, the man who orig- inated_the strike, will meet tomorrow with Mayor Baehr to arrange for a great public mass meeting to protest inst the prices of meat. It is med to send 2 delegation to Sena- tor Burton and the city's eongressmen to demand that congress take action to alleviate the situation. ELGIN CREAME;Y DROPS To Thirty Cents a Pound on Elgin Board of Trade. Elgin, 11, Jan., 24— The price of creamery butter dropped to 30 cents pound on the Elgin board of trade “drop since last Monday from 36 ¢ents, coming in the midst of the egitation against the high prices of food, caused much speculation as to the cause. It was admitted by the butter board members that the drop was due largely to the agitation against high ‘prices and to the ten- dency in many localities to abstain from high priced foodstuffs. Word reached Elgin, it was said, that some cities had threatened a bufter boycott. Before the board met it was generally belleved that a reduction in _price would occur. When the quotation committee reported the 30 cent price it was greeted with applause by buy- ers. DES MOINES BUSINESS MEN To Establish Co-operative Meat Mar- ket—Sell at 6 Per Cent. Profit. Des Moines, Towa, Jan. 24.—Nine gsiuess men of Des Moines, headed by stmaster J. I. Mverly, Col. H B. Hedge, vice president of the Contral State bank, and County Treasurer George L. Dobson, today made up & fund with which they will establish a co-operative meat market. They plan to sell meat to the poor for one year at a profit of six per cent. above the wholesale price. ~ Virginia Jeins the Boycott. Richmond, Va, Jan. 24—John Hershberg, president of the State Federation of Labor, says that within a week fifty thousand laborers’ fami- lies in Virginia will have joined in the meat boycott. ILocal unfons are being called together all over the state to take action. Retaliation Against Boycotters. Dwight, Kan., Jan. 24—W. L Swain, a livestock raiser, issued 10,000 cireu- lar letters today to prominent farm- ers in Kansas, fowa, Illinois and Mis- souri, calling for delegates to hold a meeting in Kansas City to retaliate against the organizations that have lx;utituted a meat boycott in that city. Restaurants Feel the Boycott. Los Angeles, Jan. 24 —Believine that a meat boycott can only injure the retail dealer, the Los Angeles Liberal club last night issued a call inviting all American civic organizations to join in a movement toward inducing congress to reduce the tariff on meat. ‘According to restaurant proprietors, people are rapidly becoming abstain- ers from meat. One asserts that in lunch places where workingmen and clerks eat, meat orders have fallen 50 per cent. in less than a week. Four Boston Unions on No Meat List. Boston, Jan. 24—Two more Boston labor unions fonight voted resolutions in condemnation of the high prices of the necessities of life—rhe Lumber Teamsters’ and Freight Handlers un- jon, No. 112. The men voted to abstain from meat as far as possible for sixty days. Four unions are now on the no- meat list. . DRASTIC REORGANIZATION UNDER MAYOR GAYNOR Dischargee Made Reducing the Budget $134,000 a Year. New York, Jan. 24.—The -energy which Mayor Gaynor has infused in- €0 his newly appointed commissioners continues io expose the conditions under which city jébs have hitherto been held. Commissioner Thompson of the department of water, gas and electricity. has thes far made dis- charges which will reduce the budget $184,000 a yvear, and in a letter to the maver today he indicates that an even ore drastic reorganization will con- e, “f @nd,” writes the commissioner. "wne gang of nine laborers supervised br one foreman and five assistant foremen. I find pricklayers and ma- son heipers for cement work where there is no consfruction of any kind. 1 find eight inspectors of pipes and hydrants where there Is no pipe-lay ing at this season of the year, and no #ivdrants being manufactured requir- ing_inspection.” The men laid off have been foremen et $5 2 day, assistant foremen at $3 2 day, and pavers at $5 a day. Gov. Weeks and Stai in Wateerbury. Waterbury, Conn., Jan. 24.—Governor Frank B. Weeks and the members of this =taff. with the exception of Colonel Tewis M. Ullman, spent the afternoon snd eveming in Waterbury. The af- ternoen was passed in a tour Of .in- Epection about the city. Tonight they pttended an amateur production at Polrs theater and were afterwards en- tertained at dinner by Major Archi- ®ald E. Rice. Duripg the dinner the mnouncement of the birth of a son to Blasor and Mre Rice today was an- mounced, ‘Passenger Train Stalled in Snowdrift. Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. “4.—A special ‘train deft Casper Wyammh;:g. todxl Y w:ml $58 business men a school stu- who will dig out a Chicago and Nerthwestern irain that left Cas- and became stalled in a The blockade has lasted Casper. & —— Plainville Barn and Contents Burned. Plainyijle. Conm., Jan. 24.—Fire to- night deftroyed a barn Jits con- ler, with tomts H BB T 2 'the making of an $250 REWARD OFFERED FOR MISSING TREASURER By Trustees of the Southbridge Sav- ings Bank. Southbridge, Mass., Jan. 24.—The of- fering today of a rewurd of $250 for the apprehension of John A. Hall, the missing treasurer of the Southbridge Savings bank, by the i ees of the bank, has led many to believe that an examination of Hall's accounts by the expert accountants now at work has shown evidence sufficient to hold him for trial on a charge of defaulting. At Bosfon an official connected with the e bank commissioner's office is ¥e adgiited that there was Hartford Cemmon Council Formally Accepts J. P. Morgan’s Gift. Hartford, Jan. 24.—The common council at a meeting tonight formally accepted the recent gift of J. Pier- pont Morgan, of a tract of land on Main street, to be used for municipal purposes. At the next city election appropriation of $470,000. $170,000 for the purchase of additional land. as stipulated in Mr. Morgan’s gift, and $300,000 for erec- tion of a building or buildings on the land will be voted upon. Paulist Golden Jubil New York, Jan. 24.—The Paulist community began tonight the celebra- tion of its golden jubilee with solemn vespers in the prehence of Cardinal Gibons, and a sermon by the Rev. Thomas F. Hickey, D. D. bishop of Rochester. In connection with the ju- bilee there is on foot a movement to raise $100,000 for the order for a new e in New York city Beduests to Religious Societi Rochester, N. Y., Jan, 24—By the will of the late Walter S. ITubbell, late of Canandaigua, the American BEible society .is given $15,000, the American Wosrd of commiissioneis for foreign missions $12,500 and the Congregation- al ‘Home Missionary society $11,000. - Armed Farmers Hunting a Negro. Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 24.—Bands of armed farmers are searching Richmond county tonight fer a negro who attack- ed Mrs. Z. T. P on, wife of a prom- 'FOR HETTY GREEN, | ot London, Jan. 24—W. J. Locke, the novelist, was named as a_co-respond- ent in ‘an undefended divorce suit B‘X'O\l::;t h?.,y P’;rcy Close, = engineer, agai wife, a decree bein; ed the plaintiff today. e Morocco, Jan. 24—The Casablanca ission has reduced the claims of the various nationalities against Morocco on account of the Casablanca masscres from $5,294.673 t0 $2,613,928. The United States claim- ed $75,799 and was awarded $28,115. Tangier, Constantinople, Jan. 24.—Princes Nazime Sultane, daughter of the ex- sultan, has offered a chamber in her palace Ortakoi on the Bosphorus as a meeting place for parliament until the palace Cheragan has been Tebuilt. The offer of the princess has been accepted. . St. Thomas, D. W, I, Jan 24— Earthquakes have been felt in a num- ber of the West Indian islands. On Sunday afternoon _there were two sharp she at St. Vincent and Dem- erara, one at Trinidad and slight but ~rolonged shocks at St. Lucia, Bar- badoes and Grenada. No damage, however, is reported. CANADIAN PACIFIC’'S WRECK. THIRTY-SEVEN KNOWN DEAD. No Consideration Taken of grants in the\Colonist Car. Sudbury, Ont.. Jan. 24.—The recov- ery of four bodies and the identifica- tion of two.of the women found yes- terday, is the net result of today’s ‘work at the scene of Friday’s wreck at" Spanish River bridge. A satchel was found which belonged to O. S. Mar- tin, a commercial traveler, of Water- loo, Ont., and it is possible his name will be added to the list of dead. The bodies recovered today were identified. They were Mulroy, Cache Bay, Ont.; sen, a man, address unknown; Mrs. Kelley, wife of Joseph Kelley of Leavenwortii, ‘Wash.; Florence Kelley, 10 years old, daughter of Mrs. Kelley. Bodies recovered yesterday and identified today: Mrs/ Newman, Iv- erhuron, Omt.; Mrs. Loma Therein, Little Current, Ont, Father Chaillou, the Roman Catho- lic priest who'was killed, had a let- ter of introduction in his pocket ad- dressed to- Father Currie, at Blind River, Ont. ‘This led to an identifica- tion of the hody as that of Father Currie, and the appearance of his name in several lists of the dead. Fa- ther Currie is safe at home at Blind River. These changes and additions make a total of 37 krown dead, all but four of whom have been identitfled. Mar- tin's name will make 38. Statements by railroad officials early in the day placed the list of known dead at 31, but_tonight their figures were ed to 37. Apparently no consideration is taken of the jmmigrants who were traveling in the colonist car. This coach was cut in two, one end drop- pin~ into the river and the other end ‘being destroyed by fire. The loss of life- in the colonist car can only be estimated, as_the officials refuse to make any statement in regard to. it. Ten is considered a conservative esti- mate. The injured number 24, of whom three are in_a serious condition. Conductor Reynoldsihad taken up 79 tickets on the trip, 72 holders of which according to these figures were killed or injured, Gov.-General Lord Grey today sent & message to the mayor of Sudbury, cgnveying to the injured his sympa- thy. NEW ENGLAND RIVERS M ARE STEADILY FALLING. Flood Damage in Maine Will Reach Tens of Théusands of Dollars. Boston, Jan. 24.—With dusk tonight reassuring reports came from the mn.nx New England cities and towns whic] have been menaced by freshets of un- | usual volume and by flood conditions that have not been equalled for fifty vears. Everywhere the rivers are steadily falling. At Springfield tonight there were ecleven feet of water in the Con- necticut. Yesterday there were four- teen. In New Hampshire the Merri- mac is back nearly to normal height. In Maine, however, where the floods were worse, the recession of the waters was plainiy. marked by their trail of ruin. The damage caused in this one state will reach well into the tens of thuosands of dollors, The waters have occasioned large losses in divers ways. Bridges have been swept away by the ice-laden streams, roads have been washed out and miles of railroad and electric track have been washed away or twisted out of shape. Today several mills were forced to suspend, causing a consider- able loss in wages. STATE SUPERVISOR OF CENSUS. Prof. William B. Bailey of Yale Takes Oath of Office. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 24—Prof. ‘William 1. Bailey of Yale, who was ap- pointed state supervisor of census, took the oath of office today. In speaking of the coming enumeration he said that he thought it would show that the pop- ulation of the state Is approximately 1,050,000, as against 900,000 in 1900. The cities he thought would show a large increase, especially in foreign population, but that the country towns would show a decrease. ' Up to tonight he has received 200 applications for enumerators, making 600 ailready in hand. The examination to be taken by the enumerators will be held in 29 towns on Feb. 5. Price of Milk Reduced to Eight Cents a Quart. New York, Jan. 24—The Alexander Campbell Milk company, one of the largest milk distributors in the city announced this afternoon that on Feb. i the price of milk would be reduced from nine cents to eight cents a quart. It had been rumored during the recent milk investigation as to why the price was arbitrarily raised to nine cents a quart on Nov. 1 last that the price would be reduced on Feb. 1. Case of Yellow Fever at Panama. Panama. Jan, 24.—A steamship pas- senger who arrived at Colon from England and stopped two days at Car- ‘agena, Colombia, s isolated in_the Ancon’ hospital, suffering from yellow fever. This is the first case of vellow fever which has occurred here in sev- eral years. It was not considered likely that the fever will spread, for the case was promptly isolated and thorough fpmi- gation meastires were carried ou New Yorker Died in Porto Rico. San Juan. P. R, Jan. 24.—The death E. P. Bryan, ‘former vice presi- dent of the Interborou~h Rapid Tran- it company of Nee Yoek, which oe- vesterday, was due to a Brvan was spending the his sen in Porto Rico. His body wili be placed on board the steamer sailing for New York ‘Wed- nesday. . . p—— Politeness Bost [Shaved Off His ‘Him $28,000 Shaggy Beard EXPERIENCE OF PRESIDENT OF | AT SAME TIME LOSING HIS LONG VAN NORDEN TRUST CO. BLACK HAIR. ' TOUCHED BY A WOMAN IMPORTANT SUSPECT TAKEN Believed to Be the Maniac Who Shot Two Schoolboys in Highbridge Park, New York, a Few Days Ago. / Who, Stumbling, Threw) Her = Arms About H Neck to Save Herself— Women Arrested—Money Missing. New York, Jan. 24.—A man whom the police régard as the most impor- tant suspect yet arrested in connec- tion with the maniacal murder of the Sibley and Lomas boys in Higlbridge Park two wecks ago was arrested late today. He is Herbert Jerome Denni- s0m, 37 years old, formerly on the vau- deville stage as a magician, and only recently discharged from & Long Isl- and sanitarium. Partial Identification. The police have watched Dennison for several days. Inspector McCac- erty ana Lawrence Casey, a park fore— man, who saw the shooting, visited Dennison at the sanitarium and Casey made a partial identification. According to the police, on the night of the murder, Dennison’s mother took him to a barber shop and had his beard and hair,shaved oft. The murderer wore a shaggy beard. On the follow- ing day she took him to a private san- itarium, but he was o noisy that the management refused to kesp him. Mother and son then went to the Long island sanitarium. Suspect is a Magician. Inspector McCafferty said that Den- nison in his magic act used a .32 cali- bre. six-chambered revolver, ldentical with the one picked up in Highbrid Park after the murder. When examined at police headquar- ters two large American and Spanish flags, with a cross between them. were found tattooed on his chest. Two American flags on _ staffs, with the words under them, “Scientist, Alchem- ist, Priest, Athlesi,” were tatfooed on Die left arm. Dennison was unishing” a man tongue out at him, police. Dennison was arrested as he return- ed with his mother from the Long Isi- and sanitarium today. Mrs. Dennison told the police her son was mot out of the house on Jan, 12, the day the double murder was committed. Arraigned in Court. Dennison was arrajgned In court, charged with the murder of the boy, Arthur Sibley, and held without ball for examination tomorrow. No charge was made in connection with the killing of young Lomas, a the descriptio nupon which the polic worked was furnished by the Sibley Y. New York, Jan, 24.—Warner M. Van Norden, president of the Van Norden Trust company, Is $28.000 poorer in pocket and correspondingly wiser in judgment or whén to be polite and ‘when to be polite but cautious. Carried Wallet in Dress Coat Pocket. On Wednesday night Mr. Van Nor- den went to the theater and stopped at the Waldorf after the play to write some letters. He was in evening dress and carried his wallet in the pocket of his dress coat. It contained $28,000 in $1,000 bills and $900 in four $100 bills ‘and one $500 bill. His letters writien, he stepped to the street, un- deciicd whether to walk home or call Well-Dressed Woman Handbag. As he stgod hesitating, a well- dressed woman passed him, and as she passed, dropped her handbag. Mr. Van Norden stooped and picked it up, As he stooped, a. second woman stum- bled on his feet, and, in regaining her balance, threw her arms about his neck. There was a moment of con- fusion, nrmms1 apologies and then all three went their several ways. K Dowdell and Margie Williams’ Taken In. ‘When Mr. Van Norden changed his clothes the next morning he trans- ferred his pocketbook from his dress coat to his sack coat. He noticed that it felt slim and opened it. The 28 $1,000 Dbills were gone. He reported the robbery to the police instantly and two arrests followed today. The pris- oners are Bessie Roberts, alias Kitty Dowdell, who is No. 8746 in the rogues’ |, zallery, and May. alias Margie Will- fams, No. 9201 in the rogues’ gallery. Both women are from Chicago. Inspector McCafferty Knew the Pair As soon as Inspector McCafferty ha been made acquainted with the cir- cumstances, he was sure from the de- scription of the two women given by Mr. Van Norden that he knew them, S0 he detailed two men to the case. Today the detectives noticed the Will- iams and the Roberts woman loiter- ing in front of the hotel. The Will- iams girl is only 20, always well- dressed and very pretty. The other is an older hand. “Did you speak to a man a little after twelve Thursday morning?” asked the detective of the younger 3 woman. iSure” sai the girl. T was walk- FINE OF $137,000 MAY ing with a friend in front of the -1 gorf when & gentlemsn pigsed, whom - BE REMITTED TO $1,00 thought I knew. e stopped an talked for a moment. We were mis- | C3%¢ of a Shipload of Round-the- taken and of course we separated. It World Tourists. Dowdell trijamed that guy she he % out)on me. "X waswt wise Washington, Jan. 34—If the Ham- Bessie Roberts said: “T mever | burg-American Steamship company speak to strangers on the street.”” glu tam;n} the s?tvetrm{le!:t's’ml::vim- . on to bring a suit to test that por- Victim Identifies Bath Women. | iop of the shipping laws which would Mr_ Van Norden, however, identified | jmpose a fine of $137,000 if the com- Dboth women positively and they have | pany’s steamer Cleveland lands at San been held in $15,000 bail each. He | Francisco, the department of come hopes to recover part of the money | merce and labor will recommend that stolen as he had taken the precautions | the fine be remitted down to $1,000. to note the numbers of the bills and | Tne Claveland, loaded h round- $1,000 bills are not easy to pass. :-world tourists, Is duc at San Francisco about February 3. That part iof the shipping law which prohibits RUN ON U. 8. BANKING CO. any person making a vovage between OF MEXICO CITY. b Ea any two ports in the United States in Depositors Wers Paid in Full as | 3 forcign Veasel would make the our- ists Liable to fines agsregating $13 Checks Were Presented. 00¢. The agents of the company fiave y Bt apmounced that the company will re- e i kin company ‘¢ tiis | Mt the fines to the passengers if they city started an hour before the close | 2T¢ lmposed, but the department of e O Deior® ahe Slote | commerce and labor is anxlous to have O 0,000, s “Seonn Y. (RSEIEAL- | the c.urts determine if the law cov- m _| ers just this particular case. mtuué:'l!:oh;ecg;'fi;z}dedue bt As the ship will not reach land be- it it ) S became | fore February 3 the company may de- cide in the meantime to abandon San h,“e‘:":“h';‘;‘rgf‘g’;g'a I-g’;‘;‘.'n';e! Dres. | Francisco as the vessel's destination paid in full as fast as checks were | 204 order her to proceed to Vancou- presented. It is rumored tomight that | Yer; B. ©. In which case the law the run will be resumed tomorrow, in grs] Pply. he department is spite of assurances that the institution | 2VaIting the steamship company’s de- is able to pay in full. e g It is reported that the bank recently borrowed five million pesos from the Bank of Montreal and the National Bank of Mexico, and lent this sum to a local corporation which was unable to meet the obligations when due. Dropped Her arrested once for who stuck his according to the Bank Wrecker Paul Stensland Enters Hospital to Recuperate. Chicago, Ja Paul O. Stens- land, recently paroled from Joliet pen- itentfary, where he was serving an in- determinate term for wrecking the Milwaukee Avenue State bank, ret@en- ed to Chicago today directly after his release from prison, and entered a hospital to recumerate, ”. G. Eckhart, chairman of the Illinois state board of parole, at Springfield, issued a state- ment in. explanation of the parole of Banke Stensland. Included was a letter from trial Judge George Ker- sten , urging clemency. Chairman Eckhardt savs That Stensland agreed to return from Tangier from which he { could not have been extradited, when BRITISH ELECTIONS. Returns Do Not Change the Relative Party Strength. London, Jan. 24—The unionists gain- ed another seat in the Southport di- vision of Lancashire today. Otherwise the few results announc- ed tonight do not change the relative party strength. The newly elected members of parliament now stand: Unionists liberals 202, laborites 34, nationalists 69. The results of Sat- urday’s elections as announced this morning give the liberals 15 seats, the | unionists one and the nationalists one. | told that if he would he could aid in The results of the bulk of today's| securing more money for the deposit- pollings will be known tomorrow. | | ors, and that as result the depositors With the cessation of the stream of | recovered 85 per cent. of their Aepos- | unionist gains, the liberal leaders are its. | exhibiting a more hopeful spirit. | Winston Spencer Churchill claimed at Poole tonight that the liberals would return to power with a majority prac- tically as great as Salisbury ever en- Joyed. Latest Objection to the Creating of Heredi- tary Orders. Washington, Jan. 24.—That there is objection to the creating by congress of hereditary orders appeared in the senate today, when Mr. Bulkeley at- tempted to have passed a bill incor- porating the “Descendants of Signers” to which ‘descéndants of signers of the Declaration of Indebendence would be eligible. Mr. Lodge said undoubtedly raising the hereditary principle would lead to doubt and therefore the bill could not be taken up under the unan- imous consent rule. Bound to Die Penniless. Chicago, Jan. 24.—After having giv- en more than $4,000,000 to various struggling colleges in many parts of the country, Dr. D. K. Pearsons, a re- tired capitalist, now nearly 90 years old, tonight reiterated his intention of ving away every cent he possesses fore he dies. - nniless. If there “T intend to die ool da B T o nave o Top of fun ict them toliow | All Motor Boats Must Carry Life Pre- my example.” server = ‘Washington Jan. 24—The senate to- Salary Fixed at $7,000. day passed the bill requiring all mo- ‘Washington, Jan. 24—The salary of | tor boats to carry life preservers. As the judges of the court of customs |reported from the committee on com- appeals, which was created by the new | merce. the bill provided a penalty of tariff law, was practically fixed by | $10 for each omission, but at the in- the house today at $7,000 each, The | Stance of Senator Carter the sum tariff law named $10,000. This figure, | Was increased to $100. which is $3,000 in excess of the sal. aries received by circuit court judges, provoked in congress a controversy Which has been kept alive ever since. Threatened Strike Not Yet Declared. Philadelphia, Jan. 24—Willlam D. Mahon, president of the .\nmlgaf(.nod Association of Street and ectric Two Boys Drowned. Railway Employes, who, with other na- Taunton, Mass., Jan. 24—Thin ice | tional officials of that organization has " caused the death .of two youngsters, | been in consultation all day with the local leaders of the Trolleymen’s union, announced tonight that the threatened strike against the Philadelphia Rapid [ Transit company would not be declar- ed uintil the national organization had w"gnu.u means by which a peace: ful solution of the diMculty might be Eugene and James Ward. age 9 and 7 years, respectively, while they were skating on the Hopevillé pond late to- day. The bodies were recovered. Young man, (Ala 1 hear you: Eige my r2° “I dom’t know sir. Bia yeur Tudse. % Condensed Telegrams The Mill Building of Wash Mine. No. 2, at Lead, 8. D,, was destroyed by fire. Loss $97,000. N Georgia McClellan, a Georgian Girl ——s wes starring in New Tork,. com- mitted suicide. Mrs, Harriet M. Ludington, wife of Major General Ludington, retired, died in Savannah, Ga. The United States Government’s note on the tariff is not satisfactory to the German government, “ George H. Schulmann, president of the Loulsville Anzelger company, died at the age of 73 years. Unusually Cold Weather in Mexico has caused much suffering among the poorer classes of people. Six Battleships of Rear Admiral Bchroeder's fleet in the Carlbbean ex- ceeded the designed speed. Posses Are Still Searching in, Vain for the men who held up the Mfssouri Pacific train near Bureka, Mo. , The Striking Shirtwaist Makers of Philadelphia are planning to extend their strike to New Jersey towns. It Was Announced that the National Educational assoclation will hold its forty-eighth convention in Boston Indications Now Are That President Taft has gotton both elements of the party in congress in line for his poli- cies. The Question of Demanding Higher wages will come up for consideration in the miners’ convention in Indian- apolis. Arrests of Nicaraguan Conservatives accused of being implicated in a con- spiracy against the Madriz government coptinue. According to the Report of the Chief inspector of the postoffice department, 1,969 postoffices were robbed during the yea Two Firemen Were Killed and sev- eral other trainmen injured in a col- lision on the Mobile and Ohlo railroad at Jackson, T nn. The Report of the Superintendent of state prisons in New k shows that foreigners comprise a Qf the prison population. I‘Jlnry W. Taft, brother of President Taft, who has been recelving many courtesies in the City of Mexico, had @ long conference with President Diaz. Bradstreet’s Has Compiled a Record showing that a high record has been reached in the cost of 9§ commodl that enter into direct and daily con- sumption. President Taft in a Speech at « ban- quet on Saturday night ridiculed Sen- ator Tiltman, who in the earlier part of the evening had made a character istically offensive speech. ASSURANCES FROM RAILROADS, BETTER CONDITIONS COMING Regarding a Change the W o Schedull New York, Jan. 24.—E. D. Slattery, in charge of the campalgn of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen for a different wage scale on all roads east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Chesapeake, said today that assurances had been received from all the railroads that better condftions would prevail. “The demands presented and refused last week were really for the purpose of reaching a basis of negotiations,” he sald. “It was not expected that they would be granted. But every one of the roads has asked for further con- ferences and these are being held this week and will extend into next week. From these informal conferences will issue a wage and time scale later to be officlally presentcd In- the name of the grand lodge of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. “All the railroads, by their answers to the individual delegationis which waited upon them, declared that they would give higher wages. It now re- mains to determine by arbitration what the higher wages shall be. “We do not expect the railroads to pay us more than we are worth. They know that. It is simply a matter of arriving at a just figure. They admit that we are not geiting now as much as we should, and there s not the least doubt that the whole matter will be adjusted amicably. POSTAL SAVINGS BANK BILL. Senator Lodge Says He Believes the Measure Will Pass. Washington, Jan. 24 and Carter had conferenc enators Lodge s with Pres- ident Tdft today on the postal sav- ings bank bill, mow in _committee. Later Senator Penrose, chairman of the senate committee on postofices and post roads, called a meeting of the committee for tomorrow morning. It is understood that the bill will then be reported, After his talk with the president, Senator Lodge sald he be- lieved the bill would pass the senate and that there would be little opposi~ tion in the house. Four-Master Capsized—Crew of Eight Men Lost. Boston, Jan. t Saturday's storm is believ ve capsized the four-masted Boston schooner Henry B. Fiske of Nantucket and sent to death her crew of eight men. The hull of the vessel, which was sighted Saturday by the steamer ¢ 3 picked up today some forty mile ff Nantucket Island by the revenue cutter Gresham, which started to tow the derelict to shoal water in Nantucket sound. The Gresham flashed the news by wireless to this city. The Fiske was commanded by Capt. C. S. Moody of North Isleboro, Me. She was owned by Frank B. McQues- tion of this city. Empty Boat Found, Occupants Missing Hampton, N. H., Jan. 2 An empty boat in which Miss Rena Corbonneau of Boston and Merle Flanders, 19, of this town. who went out on the Taylor river early vesterday, was found to- day, and it is believed that the young people, who have not since been seen, were drowned. It is thought that floating ice cakes, sent down stream by the recent thaw, partially capsized the boat, throwing the occupants into the water. An unsuccessful search was made tonight:for the two bodies, Fire in Y. S. 8. Dormitory. New Haven, Conn.. Jan. 24.—Tire which started in the basement caused much excitement and about $150 dam- age at the Clolster house, the dormi- tory of one of the secret socleties of the Shefleld Scientific school at Yale late today. The cause of the five is not kunown, 3 U. 8. Supreme Court Rec Washington, Jan. ~—The supreme court of the United States today an- nounced that it would take a recess from next Monday, January 31, t» Fabhruary 21 Flood Situation Is Desperate INTENSE SUFFERING AMONG THE HOMELESS, PARIS FACES COMPLETE TIE-UP Deplorable Disaster Threatens—Red Cross Socisty Organizing Aid the Suffere for ~—Food Becoming Scarce Paris, Jan. ing from th desperate, of the inter tonight, All ther rise of 24.—The situation result floods Ig fast becoming he premler and riulster this declaratio onditions indicated fur ral ine the river Seine, and the cold r which wsti continues, Is causing anme suffer ing among those who have been ren dered homeless, with little prospect of relief. Paris Fa M. Millerand works, ufte s Complete Tie-Up, minister of a tour of Inspertion that If the rise continued nothing could prevent u_deplorable disaster and the flooding of the most populous quarters in Paris, but the measures which had been_taken appeared (o him to be af quate “for the present, but only for the present.” Paris is threatenod with an immed! ate and complete tieup, The stoppage of transports has ralsed the prices of food, which is becoming scares supply of water in seven arrondiss ments has been cripp ing engines have stopp: reservoirs are low, The sert that drinking wi there. is no water industrial ser vices, which are practically pend ed. The question of tramsportation becoming more and more Aiffcult as’ the pump d work and the uthorities as r i assured, but fo. and most of the remaining lines of the subway were force to close down to- night because of lack of electric cur- rent. Red Cross Aid. The Red Cross society is organizing ald for the sufferers. Subscriptions haae been opened and the theaters are arranging benefits. Aristocrats Forsake Residences Parls, Jan. 25.—At 2 o'clock this morning the water which was rushing through the tunnel under the Qual D'Orsay station burst through the roadway and flooded the streets, ir cluding the Rue De Lille, the Rue De Poitiers and the Rue De Belleches on which there are many aristocratic residefices. The sidewalks are kel 10 cave In any time, Those who occupled the houses were hasti awakened and hurried to a place of safoty. 5,000 Homeless Peopl Parls, Jan. 25 3.30 this morning the flood™fr p D'Orsay ste tion extended to the Rue Du Bae, the Rue De Ve eull and the Rue De 1/Universite. 1t is estimated that the homeless in the outskirts of Paris number at least 5,000 PANAMA LIBEL SUIT, TWELVE JURORS SELECTED. The Government Expects te Open Its Case Today. New York, Jan, 24.—Twalve jurors had been selected at the end of today's roceedings in the Panama libel suit rought agains the Press Pbullshing company, publishers of the New York World, by the United States ment in the United States cour Hough presiding. Tomorrow they will be sworn in unless rejected by per. emptory challenges. At the opening of court today coun sel for the defense characterized the suit as unprecedented in the history of the United States government. It was instigated by Theodore Roomevelt dur ing his presidency, and charges wers flled that Presldent Taft, Douglas Rob. inson, brother-in-law of Mr. Rooms: velt; Charles P. Taft, brother of the president, Willtam elson Cromwell and Theodore Roosevelt were eriminal ly libelled in publications in the fall purchase of and other nama Canal toe the machine French Pi of 1908 relating the franchises rights of the company. Delancey Nicoll, counsel for the de fenwe, said that he would Interpose two defenses, Henry A. Wise, United States district attorney, was very sollicitous ag to the health of each talesman, and both he and Judge Hough sald the trial would probably be & long one. The government {s expected to open its case tomorrow. LAWRENCE PERIN GOES TO PRIVATE SANITARIUM To Be Under Constant Observation for Naxt Three Wacks. New York, Jan, 24.—2y directiom of Supreme Court Justice Hendriek Lawrence Perin, “the scion of a well known and weaithy Baltimore family is to spend the next three weoks in here he private sanitarfum her ma be under constant observation and his mental condition determined. The young man's ocase came up as the result of a writ of habeas corpus wecured in his behalf by former Dis trict Attorney Jerome, who sppeared personally and argued that young Pe: in's condition was swch that it would not be improved and probably serious 1y injured were he to remain fn the psychopathic ward of Bellevue hospd tal, to which institution he was com mitted immediately upon his arrivel from Europe & week 0go. ‘s suggestion that Perin to the sanitarium was aceepted by the court. Perin, well groomed, was in ecourt with an attendant, but apparently teok only a casual interest in the proceed ings. Two Youths Sentenced for Expre Robbery. Syracuse, Y., Jan, 24 Willlam J Judge, aged 1 nd Arthur Schatten ger, 19, the youths arrested here a month ago for robbing the Atlantic express, pleaded gulilty today. Justiocs Andrews sent Judge to the Elmira re formatory and Schattenger recelved a sentence of two years in Auburn prison. Steamship Arriva At Naples, Jan, 20: Madonna, from New York. At Barcelona, Jan., 21; Montserrat, from New York. At Southampton, Jan. 24: St. Louts, from New York. At Genoe, Jan. 2 New York. barossa, from Man-Not-Afraid-of-the-Rain. Washington, Jau. 24—President Taft took & long walk in 4 drizzimg rain thik afternoon, uccompanied by Cap- tain Butt, his militar~ alde, and two secret service men, The sight of the little party setting out from the White house im the dowmpour recalled the strenuevs days of President Roose-