Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 26, 1910, Page 1

\ | " @overnor of New York Accepts Appointmsnt Tendered by the President .. : : WILL BE CONFIRMED WITHOUT DELAY Fresident Much Dilighted to Secure Governor Hughes for the Bench, to Succeed Late Justice Brgva-——.luf tices of Supreme Court All Fleased—Gossip Concern- ing 4ttitude of - ew Member on the Trust Problems. Washineton, April — President Taft late goddy received from Gov. Charles E. es of New York a letter accepting appointment as an .fl-:th:le justice of the supreme court after the jetter was handed to the the nomination of Governor ughes was on its way fo the semate. But that body _had adjourned for the day when the reached the cap- ~Jtol and s0 thi will not: hear efficially of the of Govern- or Hushes to succeed the late Justice David J. Brewer until tomorrow, Will Remain Governor Until October. While it is expected that Governor Hughes will be confirmed or no delay, it is understood here that he will remain the chief executive of the state of New York until next Oc- iober and will not take the oath of-his mew office until the fall term of the supreme court opens the secSnd Mon- day in that month. Appointment Gives Great Satisfaction. President Taft was much elated over the success of his offer to Governor Hughes and tonight he sai “I am very much delighted to secure Governor Hughes for the bench. He is A man of wide experience and marked ability and it is a mighty valuable thing to have on the great bench of the supreme court a man of affairs. Governor Hughes is 48 years of age, [ think, and even if he should retire at 70, he will have had 22 years of solld usefulness on the bench The appointment of Governor Hughes was received throughvut Washington with the greatest satisfaction. The announcement, however, was somrething of a surprise, notwithstanding it had been generally understood for days that the position was to be offered to Rim_ President Taft had been warned in advance that Governor ~Hughes might not be able to accept, because Bis services as governor of the state of New York had practically depleted his small private fortune and he felt the necessity of again entering the practice of law to earn a competence for bimself and family. This did not deter the president, however, and he optimistically awaited a reply. Eliminated from Fail State Campaign The general opinion is that the ap- pointment of Gowvernor Hughes will r‘!e him from the state campaign fall. The ca fairly under ernor ‘will be called npon to take the euth of office and -enter upon his judi- eta! duties. Will Make an Excellent Judge. The news of the appointment and acceptance of Governor Hughes reach- @d_ the justices of the court just as they were adjourning for the day. They were all surprised and all pleased. ~I am delighted,” said Chief Justice “A fne appointment” said Justice Harlan. “T am delighted to hear it,” declared Justice White. “Governor Hughes is a man of high character and great ability,” was Jus- tice McKenna's comment. Juatice Lurton smiled; no longer would he be the newest member of the court. Among members of the supreme court bar the unanimous expression was that Governor Hughes will make en excellent judge. His Attitude on Trust Problems Dis- < About the first Question heard after <he announcement of the selection was eoncerning the attitude of the mew member of the court on the trust prob- lems as involved in the dissolution suits against the Standard Oil and the Tobacco corporations. The general conclusions were that the record of the New York man showed that he came to the court without prejudices, Baving fousht corporations where he fhbught them gulity of wrong doins, mnd protected thelr rights where he considered them persecuted. TUhnited States. Five minutes | with_littie ! Congratulations From Wickersham. - | No official in Washington was & | pleased than Attorney General Wicke: | sham over Governor ance. As soon as he governor had actually sccepted, M Wickersham sent - the following patch to him at Albany: ‘1 want to express my great per- sonal -gratification that you have de. termined to ‘accept the supreme court | ™ justiceship. Timothy Woodruff Entirely Surprissd. 25.—Timothy L | ite chalrman, was taken entirely by surprise when New York, April ‘Woodruff, republican he learned of the acceptance of Gov- ernor Hughes of a place in the su preme court. When the news of the governor's action was read over the telephone to Mr. Woodruff, he said: “You don’t believe that, do you?’ On being assured that the news was “I am very much interested and very much surprised. | fie 1 have known, of course, that the gov-| * considering the offer, but authentic, he sald: ernor w doubted that he would accept it “How_do party in the state”” “I am not prepared to say,” Woodruft replied. Comment by Lioyd C. Griscom. Lioyd C. Griscom, president of the republican county committee of New York county, and & close friend of Governor Hughes, was as keenly sur- prised at the announcement as was Mr. Woodruf. 5 “But the moceptance of the justice- ship by Mr. Hughes,” said he, “is in keeping with the high sense of duty which has actuated the man during his _entive life, ‘both public end private. “Governor Hughes, as is well known, is a poor man, and can il afford to surrender the possibilities in the way of fnancial betterment which private practice of the law offered him. two or three, of private practice he, has elected not to do_so ,:*. credit upon his public-spirited- i a selt-merifice which merc; s S vhat the supre th Siate loses. Ehs infitgnce “a most wholésome one from that fleld will the friends of good age of com- spicuous presidential possibility which New York had furnished to the repub- lican party.” Albany Surprised. Albany, N. Y., April 25—The amn- * that nouncement from Wi Governor Hughes had u:e-m the ap- pointment of ' Justice of the supreme court of the United States, to succceed the late Justice Brewer, was received in Albany with surprise. That Presi- dent_Taft intended to offer the place to New York's chief -executive was \ [aem JoaEncd chat Tne | Maso ou think his action will affect the siuation in the republican Mr. he could hav® amassed & fortune. That reflécts “If s one of the finest examples of ‘of . mn:nud for Shangh , ASGay ror ai “today. ts. Wilmington, Callao, and Stmar remain here. urg, April 25—The German Aimaabiy Csohannes. Bon trou bile, March 20, and Norfolk 26, for Nordenhamn ~ ‘and Gluckstadt, is aground off Gluckstadt. _Paris, April 25.—Henri Barboux, the ‘noted lawyer, died today. He was orn in 1842."° Three vears ago he was ected a member of French aca- , to succeed the late Ferdinand- runétiere. | SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION = AT NAVAL STATION. Officers and 80 Enlisted Men Stationed at School May 1st. Special to The Bulletin.) April 25.—The secretary navy has perfected plans for shment of a school for in- on at the New London naval B, in advanced base work for ma- cers. The nstructors will be Melville J. Sbaw, who will com- the school, and Capts. James C. nridge and Logan Feland. About will receive instruction dur- ing the first term, which commences May 1,'and some $0 enlisted men of the aes -will be stationed at the The course “of - instruction will in- Slude ' the construction 't intrench- an emplacement of guns in advanced. base ‘work and signal work will be given' considerable attention. The school will be equipped with ap- paratus for tramsmission of informa- tion by. visual signals, by wire out- fits, and - by eless installations adapted to fleld service. The signal corps of the army will co-operate with arine corps in the furtherance of signal on, particularly with outfits. . The Gilbert Case. The on Saturday passed the il a discharge from the army to Edward D. Gilbert of Higga- num, and this is probably the last time it will come before the house. The ‘menate will probably concur in the house action, and Gilbert will get his discharge afier three unsuccessful at- | tempts. Letter Carriers’ Overtime Pay. house late Saturday afternoon the dill to pay certain letter for overtime claims, under the act 88. These claims were barred by the statute of limitations, but have ail been approved by the court of claims. The bill has been before con- gress for nearly-a dozen years, and hus passed either the semate or the house on various occasions. The sen- ate passed the bill early this session, and now the house has done the same thing, with an amendment, however, that no claim agent or atforney can receive more than b per cent. of each Fock 12 0 id_to he bill rtation .of - $282, among 2,809 claim- 371 towns ‘The money M. Kelley $174.08; H. MeGuire $160.19. There is a total for Connecticut of $4,982.69. NOT THOUGHT RUMWELL TOOK MISH HORSE. Arrested in Massachusetts Had Been at Work Until Last Satur- day at Montville—Stelen Turnout Seen in Rhode Island. Al generally believed; tifat the governor ‘would accept was Hughes would not tonight concerning the nom- Comment. Lincoin, Neb., —April 25—W. J. Bryan commented tonight on the ap. pointment of Governor Hughes as as- sociate justice of the supreme court as_follows: “The appointment of Governor Hughes to the supreme bench will be regarded by many as a popular ap- pointment. He bas been put forward as a reformer, and seems to be con- sidered one by a great many good people, but his reputation as a re- former rests upon e few officlal acts which eBow him opposed to. grafting and to the individual vices. But no one who will examine his record, cam doubt that he is dn close sympathy with the exploiting corporations.” ARMY OF 2000 MEN ADVANCING ON BLUEFIELDS Now in Hands of Nicaragua lInsur- gents—Picksts Only 20 Miles Away. Washington, April 25.—An army of ebout 2,000 men, under one of Presi- @ent Madrize best generals, is advanc- ing in two_columns on the city Bluefields, Nicaragua. now _in the hands of the insurgents according to reports received by the state depart- ment. These reports say the advance guard of the government forces is only @bout 20 or 30 ‘miles away from the ety The United States consul at Blue- @elds, in a despatch i the state de- partment. conveving this information, @aym that General Estrada is posting his troops to the best advantage with ire of making a stubborn re- The foreign consuls at d are in_conference with Cap- cain of the United States gun- Boat Paducah. with a view to his pro- tecting the commercial section of the city in case of fighting. DR. OLIVER K. ISHAM OF HARTFORD ARRESTED ©On Charge of Perferming a Criminal Operation on Miss Buck. Hartford. Comn., April 25.—Alleging ther he had performed a criminal op- eralion on Miss Hope Buck on April Dr. Oliver X. Ishém of 211 High wae arT tonight, and later under 6 bonds for his ce later in court. Miss Ad- s the heart by a Bl R of | TARIFF PREDICTION BY VICE PRESIDENT SHERMAN. Policy Will Not Be Abandoned During Life of Any g American. . St. Louis, Me., April 25.—Predicting that tariff in genmeral and the Payne law in particular were sure to be the principal issues of the coming nation- al campaign, Vice President James S. Sherman in'a speech before the Citi- zens' Industrial assoclation tonight said it was his duty as a_protectionist to defend the policy. He predicted that not during the life of eny living American would the policy be aban- “I am one of those old-fashioned protectionists who believe in American wages and American standard of liv- the way to maintain these is by doing our own work. Such faith, however, does not preclude the occasional re- and commercial transactions.” BODY FULLY IDENTIFIED. New York City Weman Found Drowned Near Naples. Naples, April 25_—The American consulate today established the identi- Saturday. Bertha Reld Wells of No. 225 West LRz Hintn Street, New York. t mortem examination showed that Weath was due to drowning. A recently received Welle aided In the 1deatification. Crop in Northwest. ‘Wash., April 25.—Trans- ) companies are planning to o a larger fruit crop in Wash- ington, Idaho, Oregon and Montaba this season than they did in 1908, the record year. Esstimates are for 14,000 to 16,000 ‘ars from the inland em- pire, 3,800 to 4000 from the Yakim ig Fru disjrict, snd S5d6 from the Wonatches valley. ' The Lewiston ‘district expects 31,500,000 to $2,000,000 werth of doubted. = Governor permit himself to ing,” the vice president said, “and that vision of our tariff and the changing of duties, either up or down, to meet chatiged conditions in our industrial ty of Mies Estelle Reid, whose body was found on the beach near here She was, a native of New York City, according to the statement of the consulate, and a sister of Mrs. from Mrs, At two_o'clock Monday morning at Holland, Mass., about two miles from Southbridge, the state police, acting under Asst. Supt. A. L. Story, arres.- ed Fred Rumweil, charged with the theft of a horse at Ellington, Conn., as told on page 2. ‘The fellow was brought there and bound over to the superior court at a justice hearing. It had been thought Rumwell might be connected with the theft of Willlam Mish’s turnout in this city on the mnight of April 6, but the local police have learned that he was employed at the new paper mill in Montviie during the month of April and worked there up to last Saturday night. He went by. the name of Fred Brown. Chief Murphy states that the man who stole the Mish team was seen on the day following the theft of the team at a small town between Con- necticut and Rhode Island, and on Sat- urday, April 9. he fed the horse in the street in Greenville, R. 1. From there he ‘disappeared. He could not have been Rumwell, as he has been steadily employved at Montville, and Y, 7 30,000 CANS OUT OF 40,000 TO BE WITHHELD MAY 1. PROGUCERS TALK OF STRIKE Rl 5 Demand that Boston Contractors Con- Winter Rates Throughout the Year—New England Towns. Boston, - April 25.-—“Reports_so far received indicate that out of 40,000 cans of milk sent daily to . Boston, 30,000 cans -will be wi May 1, unless the Boston contractors agree to continue the present winter rates| throughout the year,” was the asser- tion made tonight by W. A. Hi secretary of the Boston Co-operal Milk Producers company, which ganizing a New England wide “strike” on the part of the. producers who sup- ply the Boston market with most of its milk. 4 The Campaign in Connecticut. Picdges to withdraw the supply have Dbeen made in all parts of New Eng- land and even as far away as Green- wich, N.-Y. 7 town in New Hampshire to withhold their milk and the cam-~ paign is_being pushed further. Sec- retary Hunter ‘will carry “the cam- paign into Connecticut tomorrow when he will address a meeting at Hampton, Conn. Mesting of Woodstock Producers. ‘Woodstock, Conn., Apnil -25.—At a meeting of the milk producers of this and - surrounding towns today an or- ganization was perfected and it is un- derstood that unless the winter price is continued through the summer by the Boston contractors, no more milk will be shipped -to -that city. Meet- ings will,be held in other towns to- morrow. FIRE RAGING IN DEPEW SHOPS OF NEW YORK CENTRAL ROAD Aid Sent From Buffalo—Twenty Loco- motives ‘Badly Damaged. Buffalo, iy ¥, April 26.—Several ew York Central car buildings shops at Depew have been destroyed by fire and the flames are spreading rapidly. Two engines Jeft here at 12.30 a m hops are the largest tinu The Depew on the New Yorkx Central system, the plant and content= being worth about half a million dollars. The storehouse been destroys and at 1 a. m. the machine shop ani several smaller s were ablage. In the machine shop were between 20 and 30 locomotives valued at from $10,000 to 330,000 each. s = . Buffalo, N. Y., April 2 “The New Xork Cenitral caf ahiops 8t Peyaw. the. ‘gest on ths system, were threat- ened with destruction by fire Which began shortly before t- The -storehoeuse, -part of the machine shop and several small buildings were burned, involving a loss estimated at $125,000. Two engine companies sent from Buffalo arrived in time to save the main bulldings. Twenty engines in the machine shop were ly damaged. MADE TO EAT MACARONI COOKED IN' SOAP. Inquiry Into initiation of Bridgeport Ladies’ High School Student. Bridgeport, Conn., April 25—Sitting as a commiitee of the whole tomight the board of education began an in- vestigation of the initiation of Miss Lorain Clark on February 4 into the Alpha Alpha Sorority of the local high and_from the effects of which it is sllegad she was made Wil The of the society admitted that she had been tossed in a blanket and made to eat macaroni cooked in s0ap, but dented that she had drunk a concoction of which kerosene was one of the ingredients. The members of the soclety were represented by an at- torney, and took the stand that the initiation was not the cause of the Clark girl's illness. The board reserv- ed_its finding. Miss Clark is mow in Vermont re- covering from _the -illness which the initiation is alleged to have brought on. TRIAL OF DR. B. C. HYDE ‘FOR ADMINISTERING POISON To Col. Thom: Swope—Sister Con- tended Against Sister in Court. Kansas City, Ma. April 25.—Sister REPORTERS, FROM WOMEN. HE. TELLS, And that the Mysterious Fred Ahner Will Show Up All Right When He Needed. New York, April 25.—AMert Wolter, of the murder of Ruth today let— d ed in the Delaware river :ymuu- cester, N. J. | Hetty Green, America’s woman, who s how from. active business. A Number of Candidates have ap- peared in Maine who e willing to succeed Hale in the senate. Mrs. M. ret Collins, aged 26, of Chicago, l:l"‘ fit of despondency killed herselt and her two little daughter: 3, pians to retire Low Wages and the high prices of food are _ommsing much complaint among the laboring classes in Cuba. Aeroplane was wrecked in d glle near Litchfield, Eng., causing him to fail to win a $50,000 prize. 3 ..An Agreement on the wage scale wus reached between the operators and the ‘miners in the bituminous fields of Cen- tral Pennsyivania The Second Annual Financial report of Trinity church corporation. New York, is contained in the Year Boc of the parish, just issued. Unable to Make a Living for he: Mrs. Annie King jumped into the W if, 12 . | kilt ‘river at Midway Park, near Mid- ‘that | dietown, to the chair did not do.” mysterious man who B PR e i school 8| solicit “T wish I could tell you” he an- swered. “He is a Traveller. ua:'wugun.m:"n a o an will show up ‘when he is needed. No. Dread of Tomorrow.” the | 23 years of married life, promote a German and induced Wolter | SON. “Where I8 Ahner?” Woiter was He . Y., and was drowned. Mr. and Mrs, Edgar H. kman of Chicago, who had been divorced after ere re- of their married atter the tragic death Rev. Walter Lowrie of the American church in Rome. denies the story that ‘Colonel Rooseveit told him of his pur- to drive out the Methodists from e. Twelve Firemen Were overcome smoke while fighting @ fire in Georg: B. Davis & Co.’s department stores, ‘Woiter continfies to sleep well and| Philadelphia, which caused a loss of eat heartily, avincing no dread of fac- ing semtence on Wednesday. COLD WEATHER OVERSPREADS Since the Civil Wa Atlanta, Ga., April 25.—With -mil- lipng of acres of young cotton de- stroyed by the cold weather which' to- T e e e e et b it ‘accompanims Command sections of snow and sicet, | ac the unvelling in Ithaca of & me- in the south has suffered fts most dis- astrous financial setback pertaps since | the THE ENTIRE COTTON BELT. South Suffers Most Serious Setback | Purned. $160,000. Sixty Persons were driven into a snowstorm in Chicago from a supposed incendiary fire in an apartment-house. One woman was probably fatally Stedman Thom. cashier of the Dairymen’s National bank. Sheboygan Falls, Wis. charged with misappro- priating $10,000 of the bank's money, ‘was arrested. Peary made an address mortal tablet to Ross Gilmore Marvin, Cornell instructor who was the civil war. Besides cotton, young | drawned while with the Peary expe tion of every description and fruit was more or less dam- tha the cold sna, Georgia, South aged in every southern state except|STOLEN FROM MIDSHIPMAN a. Reports received tonight indicate has not abated in rolina, Tennessee, northern Alabama, Louistana, Missis- tion. WHILE HE LAY DYING. ndsome Class Ring and Gold Watch —Sensation in Annapolis. sippi and even farther west, and for much and” zing . “temperatures are pre- for Tuesday morning. of this territory a heavy frost In At- Annapolis, Md., April 25—It became known {n Annapolis tonight that the bandsome class ring bearing the cregt. 'and throughout the northern half | motto and numerals of his class which ‘except mear the Atlantic | was presented him as a token of ad- n has been below 45| miration by his fellows, tempera- Mies WARION STEPHENS ‘Buicide of Prominent New York Chris- tian Bcience Worke: ool New York, April known today that Miss a peominent Christian Stephens, Scientist worker, committed suicide by gas on Saturday last at the inhaling home of her sister, Mrs. Eva Weeks, in | NO TRACE “OF West 11th street. 'Her body was found in the bathroom of the hous: tinct. The motive has mot been ex- plained by relatives, but is under- stood to have been worry over church affairs. Miss Stephens was 48 years old. She founded a Christian Science e B Do o e ‘where her parents lived, and ti she made her home in this city Towanda to supervise the church. HAS A MANIA FOR COLLECTING OLD TOMATO CANS AND'REFUSE. Elderly Spinster, Worth $160,000, Per- sists in Living in Squalor. New York, Aoril 25.—According to an affidavit filed with the county clerk here today, Miss Henrietta Chappell, an elderly spinster, worth $160,009, has a mania for collecting old tomato cans, cld bottles, stale bread, decayeds veg- etables and other refuse, and persists in living in squalor impossible to de- be, though her mother, who is 92, and her brother, who is 73, need com- forts not afforded by their miserable Harlem shanty. The afidavit is filed by a niece, who In applying for a commission of the person and prop- was at work there when the outfit was seen in Rhode lsland. Rumwell, it is claimed, has been con deals and the nected with several shady has served time for theft and contended against sister today in the tria] of Dr. B. C. Hvde for the alleged murder by poison of Colonel Thomas H. Swope. On the witness stand Miss Margaret erty of Miss Chappell alleges that she is feeble minded and has been induc- ed to give away large sums of mone; “KID” REGAN ON TRIAL shooting of an officer. CHAOWDER SERVED TO VISITING ODD FELLOWS. Uncas Lodge Worked Third Degree and Entertained Jewett City Breth- ren. A delegation of fifteen Odd Fellows from Reliance lodge of Jewett City Tegular meeting of Uncas lodge, No. 11, in Odd Wellows' hall, where the third degree was worked in full form under the mew ritual, to the pleasure and entertainment of the visitors and the large attendance of Uncas lodge members. The work was well put on, under the direction of Degree Master P, G. Herbert Willey. After the work an oyster chowder with fruit and coffee was served in the banquet room by Past Grands Wil- ley and Frank M. Green, with the as- sistance of others, and Noble Grand Edward S. Hinckley of Uncas lodge presided for the postprandial exercises while cigars were passed. Among those who responded pleasantly were Brothers ' Webster, Johnsone, Corbett and Haskell from the visiting lodge, Brother Hgleher of Brooktda, Mass. Past Gi A T. Boon and James Harvey of Uncas lodge, and Past Grand John J. Parsons of Shetucket lodge, No. 27. Convicts Killed in_Attempt to Escap Canyen City, Col, April 25.—John Bradley and Andrew Johnson, convicts, were Killed, and three other prisoners ‘were probably fatally wounded tonight while attempting escape from the state penitentiary. A fight with guards took place in the corridor of the cell house. - Suicide of Vassar College Student. Andover, Mass., April 25.—Miss Ada Brooks, 19. of the freshman class of Vassar cogm.m!;edl:flfildo at her_home here ¥ & poi- son. " 8he had come home on sick leav. to her illness, is were guests on Monday evening at the | Swope, whom 1t is charged in an in- dictment, Dr. Hyde attempted to poison, told of her illness_and the typhoid epidemic in the Swope home. Facing her, Mrs. Hyde, later directed the defendant's lawyers if cross ex- amining her young sister. Seated wheré she could look direct- Iy into the eyes of the witness, Mrs. Logan O. Swope, mother of Margaret Swope and Mrs. Hyde, watched the proceeding. Mrs. Hyde has announced herself as willing to defend her hus- band. to the utfermost against her mother and for months she has not spoken to her nearest blood Telatives. TO DIE IN SING SING PRISON. Postoffice Robber Who Shot His P: Who “Squealed.” - New . York, _ April 25.—Thomas Barnes, alias “Bangor Billy,” who killed s fellow “vegs.” Willlam Leo- nard, for “squealing,” was sentenced today to die in Sing Sing prison in the week beginning June 6. Barnes was one of six men who robbed the postoffice at Raleizh. N. C., a year ago. The other five were all arrested and convicted but Leonard, one of them, was pardoned by the president, on the request of postoffice inspectors . who found -they could use him to get in- formation. Barnes suspected Leonard, and traced him 1o Brooklyn, where he shot him at ‘his door before his wife. He wis convicted. last week. Elgin*Butter Drops Thres Cents. Eigin, Il April 25, —The Eigin board of trade agreed today upon 2 quotation of 29 cents a pound for. butter, a drop of three cwits from last week. " Har- mony prevailed at the meeting. Both Elgin _producers «and - Chicago. buyers were represented on the floor by large delegatior B ik No Decision in Corporation Tax Cases. ‘Washington, —Fhe FOR MURDER OF BARTENDER Which Took Place Five Years and Twelve Days Ago. ~ New York, April 25.—Peter (“Kid”) Regan was placed on trial today, just five years and twelve days after the murder of Walter Jovce, a bartender, who was stabbed to death in a saloon in the Tenderloin. There was trouble in the saloon and somebody cut his way to the street through the crowd with _a knife. Many were wounded ang Poyce was killed. It is cnarged that Regan killed him. The district attorney said today that Regan has a brother who 18 a lieu- tenant of police and that he has been unable to get any assistance from the police in collecting evidence. TRAJED TO INFECTED MILK. Epidemic_of Scariet Fever Sweeping Boston and Suburbs. Boston, April 25.—That an epldemic of scarlet fever is sweeping throughout the city and its immediate sluburbs first became known Jate today, when it was given out at the city hospital that there were 158 cases in that institu- tion at the opening hour this morning. It becamé. necessary to send new pa. tients during the day to the Brighton hospital. Fifty more cases have been Aiscovered in nearby cities, and. it be- lived the epidemic may be traced to infected milk. 2 WORCESTER TROI{.!VMEN. . A Compromise to End the Present Springfield dent Luciug F. Storrs of Eng- land Invcstment and Securities com- . & compromise which to end the present wage 25— became|of the employes about life ex— nd practiced here, she frequentiy went to is_expected difficulties was_stolen from the late Midshipman Earl D, Wil- son, while he lay dying In the naval Rospital after fatal injuries received in_a football game. The affair is being investizated by INHALED ILLUMINATING GAS: | tne nayal authorities but details are withheld. At the naval hospital tonight the only information obtainable was that “unfortunately there is some truth in the story.” It is known that most the hospital Marion | have been restricted pending the out- come_of the investigation. Midship- man Wilson's watch also was stolen. MISSING PRINCETON STUDENT Who Disappeared Last Sunday Morn- ing—He Left a Note. Princeton, N. J., April 25.—Although searching parties were out until a late hour tonight, no trace has been found of Lynden C. L. D'Zilva, the student in Princeton Theological sem- inary who disappeared early Sunday morning. DZilva is a Royal college, Colombo, Ce Tonight Alexander Mackie. a senior in the seminary, made public the fol- lowing note left him by D'Zilva: “To pay whatsoever I owe. Why are you not here? I am overcome and must go.” He also enclosed some money with the note. | BENCH WARRANT ISSUED FOR ARREST OF MRS. SNEAD i:..c She is Released on Writ of | Habeas Corpus. New York, April 25.—A bench war- i rant was issued in Newark N. J, to- i day for the t of Mrs. Mary W. | Snead, mother of Mrs. Ocey W. M. ! Snead, the East Orange bathtub vic- tim, in case she should be released v on a writ of habeas eor- | mext. Mon pus obtained by the counsel. The Writ t(s returnable in the United States cir- cuit court in Trenton. Proecutor Mott Will oppose her release Mrs, Snead is under_indictment for the murder of her daughter. as are her sisters, Mrs, Caroline W. Martin and Miss Virginia Wardlaw. 8. N. E. Telephone Lineman Killed By a Fall. Waterbury, Conn Roberts, 25 years ployed by the S. NI pany, was almost instas afternoon when he feil from company’s poles. Roberts. an _expert in his lin climbed a pole to conr pril 25— Cha lineman er who work, ot a sery when he lost bis hold. He was rushed to St. Mary's hospital hut on the way. His parents live in folk. FUNERAL. : Mrs. Dennis Rothweil. The remains of Mrs. Dennis Roth 1 were sent Taunton Monday morn- ifg at 9.30 o'clock by Henry Allen & Son, where there will be services and burial. 5 Mrs. Sarah Rothwell died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry As- pinwall at 224 Otrobando road on Sat- urday. She had been ill with kidney trouble for a long time, and had lived Norwich three years. She was the widow of Dennis Roth- well and was the daughter of Jam and Sarah Richardson Clegg, both na- tives of England, Th Jden namme of the deceascd was Sarah Clegx and her age was 17 _years and 13 Rothwell leaves a son in Ta there are other, relutl regard to the law about lights on thelr machines, thony Malone started fenders Sunday niah New Britain—The certificate of the increase of the capital stock of the American Hardware corporation from 31000900 to $13600000 wax recents T the secretars of state. _peid the state wee $500. Capd. A (o arrest all o displaying | 1 e |Charles Moran, Better Known as o “Chappy” Mo- ‘ran, Never Operated on Small Scale * MILLION DOLLARS IN ILLEGAL GAINS When Arrested in Chicag> Mcran was Paying for an Ele- gant Suite of Three Rooms in an Aristocratic Hotel —Stand g Order for Years to Arrest Him on Sigh? —Went to Jail in Rented Taxicab. Chicago, April 25.—Charles Mo l, ‘better known as happy” Mora ,r:f— leged by Postoffice Inspector Stumrt of Chicago and Inspector J. T, Cortelyou of Philadelphia to be' the dean of Am erican swindlers, Is under arrest, awaiting removal to Philadelphia. Arrest Was Kept Secret. The arrest was made on Saturday, but was kept secret until the arrivai of “Inspector Cortelyou tod: $1,000,000 in Twenty Years. In the last twenty years Moran's al- leged iliegal gains are said to aggrogate close to a million dollars. He ne operated on a small scale, When De- tectives Moore and Elston,of Chicago found Mornn he was occupJing an ex- penside suite of thres rooms 10 an aris- tocratic hotel. A valet attended him, and haq plenty to do caring for his | master's extensive wardrobe. | | Known at Home and Abroad. Moran 18 said to be known on both | sides of the Atlantic, having in his earlier days plied the profession of gaming on the big liners. Later he became known as a daring and suc- cessful wire tapper. He Is sald to have originated the “sick enginee mining swindle, his firet tMal of this scheme having netted him $48,000. His picture is sald by Inspectors Stuart and Cortelyou to be in every rogues” gallery in this ooum an Burope There has been a standing order n New York for years to arrest him on wight, it is waid. Grain Swindles in May Cit According to Mr, Cortelyou, Moran made large sums by grain swindles in Providence, New York and Philadel- phia. His method wes simple, the Philadelphia case, to which he owes h:fi present arrest, being a fair sem- ple. Rented a Taxicab to Go to Jail In. Moran, working with Willtam Clark, now a fugitive from justice, operated the Eastern Grain company,” explain- ed Inspector Certelyou today. “They collected $60,000 or more as margins from {nvestors’ana then suddenly shut up shop. This was six years ago. Last month 1 arrested him in Philndelphia, but he gave $1.600 cash ball and went to Chicigo, He was running a hand- book on the races when arrest He rented a taxicab to go to jail i EXCITEMENT ON NEW YORK _ COTTON EXCHANGE. Rumors that Bull Campaign is to Be Carried On. New ‘York, April t since the Dbig break of January last, has the New York cotton exchange experienced such a day of activity and excitement as today. It was @ time of triumph for the Dulls, whose aiready strengthened position as regards the old crop was sensattonally stimulated by reports of disastrous weather in the south af- fecting the/ coming crop. This led to rumore that the bull campaign was to Dbe carried on throughout the end of the current season and possibly into carly new crop deliveries as it,was in the season of 1902-'03, when, after Sully's successful deal in May contracts, Messrs. Brown and Hayne, who are prominently mentioned in conneetion with the present bull movement, car- ried the bull campaign through into July, August and September, As far ae the market learned, noth- ing fuggher developed during the day in respeet to the fedesal grand jury proceedings against the bull clique nor were there any further disclosures with references to the affairs of Knight, Yancey and eompany, the southern spot firm whose failure caused such widespread consternation last week. According to latest estimates New York firme are creditors to the extent of over 3600,000. It is rumored that those firms who had sold May against shipments expected here from the fail- ed_southern house are finding litile diiculty in adjusting their contracts around present prices, and that they will be out little more than thelr actual advances, if the cotton does not ma- terialize, $46,921 VERDICT FOR A MIDDLETOWN VICTIM Jury Springfield Gives Heavy Damages to 13-Year-Old Girl. Springfield, April 25.—A verdfet of $16,921 against the New York, New Haven & . Hartford railroad wos awarded by a jury in the supe; it br court today in the damage 8 by 13-year-old Sebastiana Middletown, Conn., and her vatore Garafola. Some time ago the child caught her foot in a frog in the railroad company’s tracks at Middl town, was unable to extricate it, and | her foot was cut off by a passing | train. The child brought suit for $25.000 | 4nd the father sued for $10,000 dam- ages. CONGRESS MONDAY. Railroad Bill in Senate—District of Columbia Bills in- Hous In the senate his neti Washington, April 25 toduy Mr. Lodge withdrew tion asking the senate’s the appropriation of 365,000 tinue the cost of Mving in action whs taken on the members of the minority dueting such a long debate resolution as to interfere with the passage of the The committee will continue quiry, however, under authority original_resolution The Crawford-Elkins traffic ment provision of the railroad bil under- discussion in_the serate dur moat of the day. Senator Root in favor of the ppovision wh tors Delliver and Clay Tn the hou ons! to conside bills District of Columblu Both houses will morrow. oo that iry ground were con upon the (ot founly afiroad bill the in- ey was d I be In session to nation of Chancellor McCracken Accepted. New York, April New York university the resignation of Cracken, tendered to February 238 last, and statute appointed Lim erttus_and a committecn: council upon the Hall of council of q today or Mac- council on a special hancellor em- n of the ime, with | The the authority to solicit funds for the same chancellor to and to expend th emeritus iy also ay sver the senate at o business of the Hall der considers preside < when the u ame In Steamship Arrivals. aples: April America 1 York. Liverpool: April ¢ York. Ponta Dalgada New York, Glasgow: April New Y from / April 24, Cretie, Bultic, from At trom alifornis, k. Louisville, April 25 The strike of the 3,000 or more tobacco stemmers ended today. the employes returning to work al the old rate of ages. The strike began three weeks ago and was directed agaimst the faciories of the American Tobaceo .company. SENATE FOOD INQUIRY, WHY FRESH PORK COSTS MORE Peter W. Poterson of South Daketm Testifies at Hoaring. Washington, chops and po than two, was the glven in day by county, Mr, -Why pork o8t more now nd four e age t of expert testimony senate food inquiry to W. Peterson of Clay, y the Peter S. D. Poterson makes a speeialty off raising hogs. He said he sold porkers at prices ranging from $4.50 a hun dred pounds In 1900 to 3$6.53 in 1909, The price then jumped to $9.30 as the average from January 1 to this week Corn, the- product on. which hokw chiefly’ are fattened, average 68 1-4 cents a bushel n 1908 and 66 1.3 cents In 1909, in comparison with from 33 to 40 eenis several years ago. Now,” said Mr. Peterson, “pork high because there are not en hogs to’ supply the demand, and ia low because there are not erough the supply. Perovson showdd that the aver age wage naid to farm hande had a most doubled in ten years, that the value of grain prodicing farm lands had_actuaily doubled in his sectio that the cost of farm implements hr increased 25 per cent, that cloth costs the farmer from 25 to 30 cent. mo und that everything he had to buy showed corresponding yet, he said, he was making ts and aid not feel the pan! 1 { " to D. A, R. CLERK MISS GERALD ENTERS SUIT FOR $130 Represonting Her Salary for Months of March and April, Washington, April 256, —The right the executive head of the Daughte £ the American Revolution to d a8 an employe of the organization, which has been -the bone of much contention in the soclety, was taken into the D trict. of Coluf courts tod Miss Agnes Gerald, a clerk in Cc tional he who wit w T. Seott adquar tinental hall, thé n ters of the organization missed by Mrs, Mat resident general, for dination. entered suft representing her salary 5t March and Apri Her ser were Mre. Scott at the the she was depos: the bhoard of ganization on , She alleges ’t fince her dismissal the e and the legality of action in discontinuing her s the point at iasue and of al ) terest to the members o INSURGENTS ASSURE TAFT THAT THEY ARE WITH 8110, Februa a president gener continued at 1 by a1 Apri a by f the or 16 HIM Toll the President They Are for Lag islative Programme April Ne Washington surgent_con fornia, Vish of Tawn,—mare todny After ) for a v Hinyes York a Whit th and mowed raed in the_capitol We' just dent,” waill still with. him gramme, 1 ready, but we w newed assurance on prob GUEST OF CITY OF PARIS, Theodore Roosevelt the Subjest of Glowihg Tributes. f tha Pariy, April 25.—Aw_the guest city of Paris foday Theodore velt was roceived by the city f in the Hotel de Ville, and wa ject of_glowing tributes by M, Caron, president of pil <o M. Dosoleve the Lampu I of pronounced the munict 5, prefe president paflice 1. M. Re g titude exprossed hin il sdded: “You make of e an idenl, wiich 1 can only try so realize i the future Boxer Arrested, Accused of Man slaughter Brockton we., ADF Ao used o manulaughter (1 cuusing the degth of Max Landy of Bowion, former tonal amuteur hantam welght chai pion, who wis his opponent in u b here’ last Friday night, Joe O'Brien of Cambridge was arrested today and brought. 1o this city for hearin Landy died during the night Friday, of strangulation, remilting (rom & s bad hemorrhage, which the polies say wae caused by & blow