Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 8, 1910, Page 1

THAN 20 lnllespoxisa.to a Call for a General Tie-Up of the City’s Industries MONDAY MOST PEACEFUL DAY OF ALL Absolute Quietude During the Evening, in All Sections of Philadelphia, According to Police Reports—No Cutbreaks Worth Mentioning Expected During the Night—Leaders of Strike Reiterate that 125,000 Men Obeyed the General Strike Call, Philadelphia, March 7.—If the com- putation b{ the Philadelphia police de— wartment is correct—and the officials declare it is based on a careful and wcomplete canvass of the city—less than £0,000 workers have responded to the eall for a general tieup of the city’s industries. \ General Walkout Order Practically Ignored. Tonight Director of Public Safety $enry Clay issued the first detailed mtatement. It showed that a total of 38,407 men were on strike out of a total of 176,193 persons employed in the ehops, industries and occupations which the police canvassers covered in gheir investigations. Establishments and occupations engaging a total of 21,239 hands were entirely unaffected by the general walkout order, the police ‘canvassers reported. What Strike Leaders Say. As against this came the reiterated | declaration tonight of the leaders of the general sstrike movement that at Seast 125,000 men were out in obedience to the general strike call and that there were practical assurances that 25,000 more would join the ranks of the strikers tomorrow. No detailed figured were furnished by the commit- tse of ten in charge of the strike which mede this announcement. Most Peaceful Day of All The day was the most peaceful, not only since the calling of the general strike, but since the strike of the car- mnen, more than two weeks ago. A lice apeedily quelled the disturbance. Tonight there was absolute quietude, according to the police reports, in all parts .of the <¢ity, up to a late hour, with every indication that the night would pass without outbreaks of any sort worth mentioning. Important Order Issued at Navy Yard. An i t order was issued late today mmmudm of the Phila- delphia navy yard. It forbids leaves of absence to men at the yard and on the vessels of the station during the strike troubles. The effect of the or- -der will be to keep the bluejackets from any way being involved in strike disturbances and thus involving the government authorities in possible complications with the local authori- ties. Liquor Dealers Announce Peace easure. Another peacemaking measure was announced today by Secretary Neil Bonner of the Retail Liquor Dealers’ association. The assoclation has re- quested its members, as well as other cafe prietors, to close their bars should disorder occur in the vicinity, and to keep them closed until the trouble subsides. A general willing- ness by the proprietors to comply with the request was indicated in today's reports to the association's officials. Massachusetts Offers Financial Sup- port. John M. Wall, an official of the Mas- sachusetts Central Labor union, as— sured the strikers that they would re- minor demonstration following a big meeting of workingmen in Labor ly- ecum today was attended by some dis- order and stoning of car’s, but the po- ceive financial support from his state. Resolutions calling upon every man, woman and child in Philadelphia to quit work were adopted with cheers. WASSI PLEADS GUILTY IN U. 8. CIRCUIT COURT. #s Important Member of Lupo Gang of Italian Counterfeiters. New York. March 7.—Leoluca Vassi, ®n important member of the so—called J.upo-Morello gang of Italian counter- ¥eiters, eight of whom are now serving fong sentences at Atlanta, Ga., pleaded guilty today in the United States cir- euit court to an indictment charging fim with having 1,148 spurious $2 sil- w~ér certificates in his possession. ~H& mvas remanded for sentence on March 24. =si admitied to Capt. William J. nn of .the secret service that he was custodian and chief distributor of “gueer” made Dby the gang in a farmhouse near Highland, N. Y. He | ®aid he handed out the allotments whil pparently attending to his Third evenua frujt stand in this city. His «confession will he a serious blow to the appesl of the eight counterfeiters mow at Atlanta, which is being pre- pared by their counsel in this city. DRASTIC CHANGE MADE By House Committee in the Admin- istration Railroad Bill. tashington, March —The house on _interstate and foreign made a drastic change to- : administration railroad bill striking out the authorization un- By der which a carrier, which owns fifty per cent. of the stock of another line, may still further extend its holdings. This is one of the provisions inserted 4n the bill at the request .of Attorney General Wickersham and is a part of the bill as it was reported from the senate committee, Other changes were ordered, bear- ing upon the question of whether one line shall be permitted to exercise con- trol @vr another line. The provision to allow a railroad now leasing another SJine for twenty years or more to re- new that lease. or acquire the revers- fonary ownership of the lesser com- was in the portion eliminated fro the bill. An amendment was madopted to prohibit a director of one | Jine from becoming a director of a competing line Another amendment which had been fnserted in the admlnistration bill by the senate committee to broaden the scope of competition so as to make it still more difficult for one road to own =tock or exercise control of a compet- ¢ng line, was adepted also by the house eommittee. The provision exempting street, suburban or interurban electric lings from the prohibition against a rail- road having an interest in a competing line, also was stricken out. DOWN WITH LAW, SAYS GOMPERS | 1f It Interferes With the Unions, Will Have to Go. 1t Chicago, March 7.—Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in an address here vesterday | declared that “if labor unions cannot live under the anti-trust law, the law wwill have to go.” Mr. Gampers discuss- ed the recent decision of the !edetall court in Connecticut, svhich assessed damages against the United Hatters of North America for injuring the bus- iness of a firm against hich the union had a strike. “Tha Sherman anti-trust law as it now exists is not an anti-trust law,” e said. “It is an anti-association aw. 1 hold that what one man or one fundred men may do lawfully as in- dividuals, may be done by the same men eollectively. To make the power of the employer absolute over the wage earner is the purpose of the law me Interpreted by the courts. CLERICALS KILLED BY BOMBS. Missiles Thrown Among Candidates at Dinner in Lisbon—Two Killed. Ligbon, March 7.—Two bombs were Surled into a room -where a party of clerical candidates were dining today, _und the explosives killed two of the diners and wounded seven others, in- cluding the priest who was’presiding. Republic of Santo Dormingo is Qui San Domingo, Republic of Santo Do- ., March 7.—Horace G. Knowles, mingo, -~ the newly appointed American minis- ter to Santo Domingo, presented his credentials to President Caceres toflay. The 1 reception was cordial, ‘The fl-nr'fll: quiet. PEARY DECLINES TO SUBMIT HIS PROOFS TO CONGRESS. Sends Written Statement to Committee Setting Forth Reasons. Washington, March 7.—Commander Peary declined today to submit to congress the proofs of his discovery of the north pole. He sent in care of Representative Alexander of New York a statément written in tha third person and addressed to the sub-committee of the house committee on naval affairs in which he set refusing to &end his mittee. The statément follows: “Commander and his friends signed months ago render 1t impossi- ble to make his records and scientifi data public now. It would pot only subject Peary t0 heavy damages—a loss which he cannot meet, having just extricated himself from debt incurred in connection with his various expedi- tions—but it would be breaking faith with his publishers, which he is unwiil- ing to do under any circumstances.” After hearing statements by. Repre- sentatives Hobson of Alabamea and Moore of Pennsylvania urging a con- gressional reward to Peary irrespective of the question of his proofs, the com- mittee adjourned until Wednesday without taking any action. \ Of the committee of seven members it is known that three are opposed to granting recognition to Peary unless the proofs of his discovery of the pole are submitted to congress and made public. These are Representatives Roberts, Butler and Macon. Repre- sentatives Bates, Dawson and Gresg have not comimitted themselves, and Representative Englebright favors granting him an award. MORE AT WORK AT BETHLEHEM. 1,500 Strikers Try to Persuade Their Fellows Not to Work. South Bethlehem, Pa., March 7Tt is declared by the Bethlehem Steel company that a large number of men who did not go to work last week, be- sause of violence at the works, return- ed to the plant today. It was stdted at the company’s offices that more mén g"e at work today than en Satur- ay. The injunction of the strike leaders to the strikers—after reading the re- Tuss of the president, Charles M. Schwab, to consider the strikers’ de- mands—to persuade men from going to work today, was literally carried out. The missionary work was begun last night, and this morning it is con- servatively estimated that more than 1,000 strikers, dividing themselves into small groups, spread all over the two Bethelhems angd their outskirts, where live most of the men who are still at work. From reports received the strikers did not galn many new recruits. Some the men who went to work were stoned. FUNERAL OF T. C. PLATT. Service in Owego Presbvterian Church Wednesday Morning. New York, March 7.—After a sim- e service of prayer at the home of 18 son Frank H. Platt, at noon to- morrow, the body of Thomas Collier Platt, one-time political leader of New York, and th: times a United States senktor, will borne up-state to Owego in a special car over the Lack- awanna railroad. Another speclal car will go from Washington and still an- other from Albany, and it is probable that an extra car will be attached to the special leaving Néw York to ac- commcdate friends. At Owego the service will be held in the Presbyterian church Wednesday morning. The list of pall bearers has mnot been an- nounced. Frank Platt doubted tonight i® his father’s estate would amount to more than $200,000. BODIES FROM SLIDE DISASTERS. ifty Few Recovered at Rogers Pass— Removed at Wellington. Montreal, March 7.—The latest re- ports received at the headquarters of the Canadian Pacific Railway indicate that at least fifty of the one hundred men on the work train engulfed in the snowslide near Rogers Pass, on the Rocky untain division, late on Fri- day. night, are dead. Eleven bodies have been recovered and 38, mostly Japanese, are still missing. - Ponte-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, March 7.—P. M. Henry, the secretary-ge: - neral of Guadeloupe, was shot and seriously wounded while sitting on the veranda of his hotel today. ‘whose .id ty is not shots and escaped. Constantinople, March 7.—American Ambassador Strans and Mrs. Straus sailed today for Cat-o on the American gunboat Scorpion. At Cairo Mr. and Mrs. Straus will meet former Presi- dent Roosevelt and then make a six weeks’ cruise on the Mediterranean, before returning here. la, the Far on on Trop- ical Medicine opened here today and will continue for a week, are present from the nicpal coun- tries and possessions "bfletween Japan and India. The discussions will be de- ;;ned chiefly to the subject of tropical seases. London, March' 7.—The February statement of the board of trade shows increases of $3,451,000 in imports and $18,337,000 in exports. A falling off of $10,000,000 in American cetton im- ports was offset by increases in food- stuffs, rubber and other raw mater- ials. The principal increase in the exports was in manufactured goods, including $5,000,000 in cotton textiies. CASE AGAINST GETCHELL NOLLED ON PAYMENT OF COSTS. Budzinski Was Discharged, H City Court. . The case against Harrison Getchell was called up in the city ccurt on Monday morning, he hav been in the lockup since last Friday under $300 bonds, which he could not secure, He to pay his wife $5 a week, and he was allowed to settle the case by paying a full bill of costs amount- ing to $36. Joseph Budzinski had his case nolled by paying costs. He was arrested for seduction, but the young woman in the case has and it is not known where sghe is. Two boys arrested for throwing stones had their cases nolled after re- Girl ceiving a good talidng to from Judge Brown. They threw stones at a house on Cedar street, and one of them hit Mary Joseph, who was sick abed. COMMON PLEAS COURT. Judge Waliler Reserved Decision in the Case of Blanchard vs. Maxson of Pawcatuck. ‘The court of common pleas was busy on Monday with the trial of the case of Mary B. Blanchard vs. J. Irving Maxson, both of Pawcatuck, in the town’ of ‘Stonington. Damages of $30 were claimed by the plaintiff. = Mrs. Blanchard - constructed a wire fence along her land where there had been none for fifteen years and the defend- ant removed it claiming that it inter- fered with his rights of way and the use of a pentway and a lane. In a justice hearing she was awarded $3. ‘and costs, but took an appeal to the pleas court. ‘These witnesses were heard: Mary . Blanchard, N. A. Hanson, Norman Blanchard, Alfénso Berado, Marion Thomas, Washington Foster, W. C. Crandall, George Leuck, Anson Rogers and J. Irving Maxson_ Following the arguments Judge ‘Waller took the papers, reserving his decisfon, and at 2.30 court was ad- journed to come in Saturday. at ten o’clock in this efty. OBITUARY. Mrs. Elizabeth P. Treadway. At 3.20 o'clock Monday morning at the Sheltering Arms the death of Mrs. Elizabeth P. Treadway occurred. About three months ago she fell from her bed while trying to get up and her health has failed since that time. She had been at the Sheltering Arms only since last June. and received the best of care. She was in her 81st year. Mrs. Treadway had a wide ac- quaintance here. She was the oné who started the Norwich Circulating Ifbrary in 1871, it being then located in the store west of Dunn's pharmacy in Main street. It was later removed to the store occupled now by Utley & Jones, and in 1875 when J. H. My- ers bought it out, it was moved to its present location. Mrs. Treadway went from here to Brooklyn, N. Y., and aft- er a short residence there moved to Scranton, Pa., where she taught in the Oral school. Following that, she went west, but returned to Norwich in May, 1909, and the following month entered the Sheltering Arms. She is survived by a niece, Miss Elizabeth Webp of Willimantic, and a nephew. Mr. Webb of Worcester. A cousin, Mrs. Walter F. Howard, lives at Clinton, Mass. rienry Seymour. The many friends will regret to learn of the death of Henry Seymour, which occurred in Oklahoma, February 23, from pneumonia. He contracted a cold when he was forced to jump into the Canadian river which he was ford- ing with his pack horse, when the harness broke. Born in Norwich 46 years ago last Dacember, Mr. Seymour was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O. Seymour. He was a well known acrboat and traveled with Primrose & West's min- strels, Weber & Fields and other well kno companies.* Later he played vaudeville dates. For 30 years he had been on the stage. His brother, Ar- thur J. Seymour, who is now em- ployed by the Hopkins & Allen Arms Co., was with him for yvears. and they were known as the Marvelous Sey- mours, There is another brother. O. . Seymour, also an acrobat, who is now on the road. Mr. Seymour was last here three years ago. He leaves, besides the two brothers already mentioned, a wife and daughter Minnie, living in Omaha. Mr. Seymour’s father died 15 years ago and his mother passed away in 1901, He was well known in town and had often been seen here in his acrobatic work. in which he was very expert. Joseph D. Shea. The death of Joseph J. Shea, son of Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Seha, occurred Monday morning at 4.30 o'clock at the hom of his parents, No. 38 Cedar street. Dropsical trouble Adeveloped as the result of a walk to New London last St. Patrick’s day. He was in t fourth grade of the parochial school, and was a in Worcester years and 7 ago, but has lived here several years, his father being employed by the Hop- kins & Allen Arms company. ts have the sympathy of the community. & Cutting Down Elm Tree. Henry Davis is at work cutting down th elm tree in Center street which Mrs, Kirk Leavens asked the council at the February meeting to have re- moved. The work was started Mon- day and will probably. be finished to- March 7.—A conference of Associati Run Away—Other Cases in the The oot “John P, Gudahy WIFE OF PACKER SENDS FOR HER FATHER, GENERAL COWIN. CUDAHY LEAVES HIS HOME — And Is Now Living in a Hotel—Gen- eral Declares That His Daughter Is Innocent. Cowin Kansas City, March 7.—Jere F. Lil- lis, president of the Western Exchange bank, who was attacked by John P. Cudahy, the millionaire packer, when the latter found the banker in his home Bunday morning, will not prosecute his assailant. Judge W. T. Johnson, legal repre- sentative of Lillis, made it known to- night that there would be no prosecu- tion of Cudahv. Mr. Cudahy has taken apartmenis at a downtown hotel. He icfuses to say whether he will return to his hlome. Mrs. Cudahy Meets Her Father. Cudahy rushed into the arms of her father, Gen. Joln C. Cowin, of Omaha, an attorney of national repu- tation, at her home tonight. . The gen- eral arrived here on an evening train and went at once to the Cudahy home, where his daughter had been waiting for him since Sunday morning, when she telephoned him to come at oncef Not realizing what had happened, Gen— eral Cowin delayed his departure. An- other message from his daughter caus- ed him to hasten. Briefly Mrs. Cudahy told her story to her father. It was practically the same as she gave out in a statement today. “My daughter is innocent.” he said, firmly. “I am certain of that. T re- gret exceedingly that Cudaby was so cowardly as to say ‘He has ruined my home.” He did this for his own pro- tection. Why did he not think.or these dear children who must suffer from this untrue statement?” Trouble May Result in Divorce. ‘The general was unable to say whether a divorce would result from the trouble in the Cudahy household. Mr. Lillis’ Condition Not Serious. In speaking of the affair today, Hen- ry Koehler, cashier of the Western Exchange bank, of- which Mr. Lillis is president, said: “I believe the thing has been great- 1y exaggerated. All that can be said was covered in the morning papers. I am quite sure that Mr. Lillis’ condition is not at all serious.” MAY BE LOST PRINS WILLEM Il Derelict With Which the Steamship lonian Was Collision. London, March 7.—The derelict with which the steamship Ionian was in col- lision on the trip from Boston to Glas- gow is supposed to be the missing Dutch merchant steamship Prins Wil- lem IL. which left Amsterdam on Jan- Uary 21 for West Indian ports with 14 { and a mrew of 38. Theé hull of the Toiana was damaged above the waterline. She struck the floating obstruction about a thousand miles west of Tory Island, Treland. The description of the derelict’s fun- nels corresponds al& with that of the Russian s mnship Worea, which was abandoned in latitude 52.51, longitude 28.19, on March L S. S. MANHATTAN BURNED. in Port- Maine Liner a Total Wreck land Harbor. Portland. Me., March 7.—The steam- ship Manbattan, owned by the Maine Steamship company, was totally de- stroyed by fire early today. having caught from some unknown cause shortly after she had docked upon ar- rival here from New York., The loss was placed at $250,000. Six passengers and a crew of thir- ty-nine men were on board the Man- hattan when the fire started. With the exception of the fireman reported missing. all escaped and saved most of their effects. EXr._._-3SION KILLED TEN In American M at Roby, Indiana. Chicago. March 7.—Iight or ten per- sons are reported killed and seventeen Injured, many of them probably fa- tally, In a terrific explosiion at the works of the Amerfican Maize Products company, at Roby, Indiana, tonight. The explosion occurred in a detached building of the plant and was pre- ceded by a fire which soon enveloped a large three-story frame warehouse. Starch in an overheated kiln is sup- posed to have been the cause. Divorsed Wife Balks at Suit Brought by George Gould. New York, March 7.—Xatherine Clemmons Gould, now separated from her husband, Howard Gould, balks at the suit brought by George Gould, with the friendly assent of his five broth- ers and sisters, to obtain a portion of the realty left by their mother, the wife of the late Jay Gould. Her law- year appeared in court today to pro- test that such action would not be to her interest, as on¢ who still holds rights In the estate. Gift of $350,000 to Columbia Univer- sity. New York, March 7.—Columbia uni- versity will spend $2,850,389 during the scholastic year 1910-11, according to the budget adopted by the trustees to- day. Of this amount $1,418,923 will ‘be devoted to educational admjnistra- tion and instruction. "An andnymous gift of $350,000 to erect a building for graduate research in philosophy was announced at the meeting. Dr| Hyde Spends Night in Jail.- Kansas City, Mo. March 7.—Dr. B. C. Hyde, indicted on thirteen counts in connection with the death of mem- bers of the Swope family, spent the night in the county jall. Today Judge Ralph S. Latshaw of the criminal court decide@ he would not hear the physi- cian’s application for bail mmtil t morrow, and ordered him ‘sommmitted until that time. Three Large Hat Factories Close Down Orange, N. J.,, March 7.—Three of the largest hat factories in this city closed down today for an indefinite pe- riod, owin, it was said, to ansatisfac- tory trade conditions. The firms are E. V. Connett & Co., F. & Co., and the No Name Hat Man turing Hudson River Navyigation Opened. Newburgh, N. Y., March 7.—Naviga- tion of the Hudson river betwéen New Gy by the mtcamirs "Newrameh tind ay by the st rs Ramsdell of the Central Hudson nnle.. > river is free from ice t T i = = John Pfiefer, 26 -Years Old, who is wanted in Derby, Conn., for the alleged murder of a child, was arrested at Newark, N. J., Monday. The Fine Residence at Brimfield, Mass., owned by the family of the late Elijah T. Sherman, a well known New York safe manufacturer, was destroy- ed by fire yesterday morning. The Bell Telephone Exchange at El- mira, N. Y., one of the finest exchanges in southern New York, was entirely burned Saturday night, and for some time the city was without the Bell The loss is $50,000, covered by insurance. psch, editor of the Christian Herald and known the world over for his philanthropies, died early Monday morning at the German hos- pital, New York, following an opera- tion on Friday last for an intestinal obstruction. A Léad Colored Yawl that may have belonged to the missing naval tug Nina was picked up yesterday by the Me- tomkin Inlet life savers near Lewes, Del. . The*little craft carries the num- ber ' 984" on the bottom and the letter " is on the bow and stern. e the tizens’ Ticket won the annual borough elec- tion = at * Torrington, Conn., Monday, electing its entire ticket. The greates surprise was the defeat of Isasc W. Brooks for town treasurer, he having held that office since the borough was established twenty vears ago, After a Legal Battle which has dragged "‘m“f“ state and federal courts for fully twenty years, Mrs. Eva A. Ingersoll Monday received a certified check for $195,551.98, repre- senting a fee which she claimed was due her husband, the late Robert G. Ingersoll, for services in breaking the will of the late Andrew J. Davis, a mil- lionaire miner of Montana CONGRESS, toffice Appropriation Bill and Ag- rieultural Appropriation Bill Dj cussed. For the First P Washington March 7.—The agricul- tural appropriation bill was under dis- cussion in the senate during the entire session today, during which the forest gervice came in for some sharp criti- cism from Senator Heyburn. After passing a number of local bills the house devoted the remainder of the sessions to considering the post- office appropriation bill. Just before adjournment, Representative Weeks of Massachusetts, in charge of the measure, announced that an amend- ment by Representative Finley of South Carolina, increasing the appro- priation for rural free delivery by an additional $500,000 for that purpose, would be accepted by the postoffice committee. The senate and house will be in ses- sion tomorrow, JAMES R. KEENE'S RHEUMATISM. Promoter Again Absent from Inquiry— Doctor to Examine Him. Mareh ted failure New York, Keene's repea the hearings into the affairs of J. M. Fisk & company and Lathrop, Haskins & company, two of the brokerage firms carried down in the collapse of the Hocking Coal and Iron pool, which Keene managed, was made a subjeot of judicial inquiry today. When the case was called today and Mr. Keene failed to appear for the third time on account of rheumatism, Commissioner Alexander said that th matter seemed to him to warrant the appointment of a physician by the court to settle definitely the status of Mr. Keene's health. Dr. Charles L. Dana was accordingly appointed to examine him. Dr. Dana will report to the commissioner on Thursday. The hearings were adjourned indefinitely. THE HARTJES ARE RECONCILED. Domestic Troubles No Longer to Be Publicly Paraded. Pittsburg, March 7.—August Hartje, the milllonaire paper manufacturer, and his wife, Mary Scott Hartje, are reported to have settled their marital differences, ending today a series of litigations that has occupied the at- tention of the courte of western Penn-— sylvania for over five years. Attorneys appeared in common pleas court this morning asking for a with- drawal of Mr, Hartje's plea to be heard by a jury and also requesting a post- ponement of the case until April 11th, From an authoritative source it was reported that the Hartjes have reached a compromise agreement and that their affairs would no longer be paraded be- fore the public. LEHIGH ROAD INCREASES PAY. Material Advance in Rates for Con- ductors and Engineers. New York, March 7.—The Lehigh Valley Railroad company has entered into an agreement with its employes by which its pasesenger engineers run- ning between Jersey City and Baston will receive an increase of 60 cents a trip, making the pay for that run $5.60. Engineers running between Easton and Sayre will receive an advance of 31, making the pay for the trip $15 instead of $14. Men on pusher engines wiil receive $3.75 for a tem hour day, instead of $3.50 for a 12 1-2 hour day. Conductors have also received a new schedule, which combines better pay with a ten hour day. THE BEST MENU OUT OF 20,000. A Dinner for Four Persons, to Cost Only Forty Cents. Chicago, March 7.—Twenty thousand women tried for a prize offered by a morning newspaper in a menu contest for the best forty cent dinner for four people. Mrs. Frank Leslie Eldridge, it was announced today, carried off the | Jaurels. The following is her menu: Vermicelll soup, bread and butter; veal friscassee, mashed potatoes, Dutch law, baked apple, and coffee. | Notices Served on All Indicted Beef Trust Men. i New York, March 7.—Prosecutor Garven of Hudson county, N. J., an- nounced today that he had received word from Detective Bennett of the prosecutor’s office that he had served notices of indictment on all the men indicted in connection with the in- quiry into the alleged beef trust. Ben- nett was in Chicago on Saturday. Mr. Garven said he would give the indicted men a reas le time to come here and plead to the indictment. Proposal for Shorteming the Duration of Parliament. London, March 7.—Premier Asquith announced in th:= house of commons today that the resolutions concerning the house of lords which are to be submitted by the government on March 29 would include a proposal for short- ening theé duration of parliament. It is presumed that the recommendation will be for parliathentary ter of five yvears instead of seven Son of Sec’y Knox Marries Store Girl YOUNG KNOX EXPELLED FROM A ; PROVIDENCE SCHOOL. BRIDE CONFESSED That the Ceremony Took Place Last Sundav in Burlington, Vt.—Few De- tails Given of the Romance. Providence, R, I, March 7.—Wearing a ‘broad wedding band of gold and ‘with a large diamond eparkling upon her left hand, Miss May Boler, 21 years old, until recently employed In a de- parrtment store of th'~ city tonight coyly claimed Philander C. Knox, the twenty-year-old son of the secretary of state, as her husband. “We" were married in Burlington, Vt., Sunday evening, at 7 o'clock by a minisiter,” she confessed to a4 re- porter, after having maintained silence for four hours under a wvelley of in- quiries, Young Knox Dismissed from School. The first revelation of the romance proved rather disconcerting to yeoung Knox. News of his efforts to ebtain a minister,” she confessed to & re- early today, after a three days’ ab- sence. Refusing to tell Prinoipal French of the Morris Heights school, where he was a pupil whether or not he had been married, he was confined to his room at the school and when he persisted in his refusal, several hours later, he was dismissed from the institution, He left without tal- ing any of his belongings. At noon he was seen at luncheon at one of the hotels here. After that he djsappear- e Bride Refused to Tell of Wedding Trip With James E. Gillen, a youthfidd friend of Knox, the. young weman who says she is Mrs. Knox, Jr., re- turned to Providence In company with the son of the secretary of state, Gil- len and the young woman went imme- diately to 147 Benefit sireet, where, with {l.l’ mother, Miss Boler has had a small suite for the last week or more. There they remained undiscovered until the middle of the afternoon. ‘When Miss Boler, or Mrs. Knox, final- ly admitted having been married to young Knox, she said that she did not know the name of the clergvman who officiated or even of the street that the parsonage, where she sald the cere- mony took place, was on, BShe refused to recount any of the detalls of her romance or of the wedding trip, Bridegroom Missing. Young Knox dids not appear at the house of his bride today. When the young woman made her statement to- night the only person visible besides her mother was Gillen, who has been learning thHe woolen * manufacturing business at Olneyvilie. He also refused to tell of the trip or the romance; - ° . Couple Off to Roceive Parental Blese- ing. Providence, R. L, March 7,~—~The Federal express for Washington to- night over the New York, New Ha~ ven & Hartford railroad carried Prin- cipal French and the bride and groom Mr. French, who had had a long-dis- tance telephone talk with Secretary Knox, thought that the young man had gone to Washington on an earlier train, and .was indignant when he heard that the “woman in the cas was aboard. He said he would have the police at Westerly, the next stop, put her. off. At Westerly, Chief Cor- nelius Bransfield wanted to know the trouble, but was met hy a smiling con- ductor who told the officer that young Knox had boarded the train in Boston and has assured the railroad official that the secretary of state had ex- pressed approval of the marriage. The young couple were speeding toward Washington to ‘receive the parental blessing, he said, and the police chiof swung off the train, expressing the hope that the romancers would “live happily ever after.” MAE WOOD HEARS OF DEATH OF T. C. PLATT Will Continue Her Fight Now as the Widow. Julesburg, Col, March 7.—“Thank God!” was the ejaculation of Mas Wood when told today of the death of ex-Senator Thomas C. Platt of New York. “T ‘shaill comtinue my fight now as the widow of Senator Platt, he add- ed, “and I shall fight to the end.” 4 For two years Miss Wood has lived almost alone on hef ranch on the crest of hills which overlook the Platte river. “It would have been better—far bet- ter—for me had he died years ago,” she continued. “Will I alter my plans? I do not yet know. It will make no differemce in the prosecution of my appeal from the verdict in the breach of promise case. I shall certainly prosecute that against the estate to the last ditch. “The new trouble I am having over this ranch is due entirely to the Platt influence. He and his friends tried to say that I was insane and the wonder is that they did not get me under lock and key in a New York madhousr.” MRS, CURTISS IS RECOVERED FROM ALLEGED INTEMPERANCE. Claims She Is Now Competent te Manage Her Own ancial Affairs. New York, March 7.—A .commission in lunacy has been ordered to report to a sheriff's jury on the sanity of Mrs. Julia Morris Watt Curtiss, who in- herited a large part of the $50,000,000 estate of her aunt, Miss Pinkney, who owned the Watt farm in Harlem, now immensely valuable city property. She also owns property in Fairfield, Conn., where she lived for some years, Mrs. Curtlss was adjudged incompe- tent in the Connecticut courts by re son of alleged intemperance, but has since been allowed to take up her res- idence In New York. She now contends that she is recovered from her alleged intemperance and is competent to manage her own affairs. Ti was at her instigation that the commission was appointed, HELD UP HIS OWN MOTHER AT POINT OF PISTOL. Strippad Rings Worth $900 from Her Fingers and Escaped. New York, March 7.-—-Joseph Green- berg, 22, held up his own mother at pistol's point today and stripped from her fingers four diamond rings and wedding ring, valued in all at $900. Mrs. Greenberg, past middle age, col- lapsed and the son escaped, The police ;nluve seent out a general alarm for him. The robbery took place in the eMer Greenberg’s stere in upper l’fi