Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 29, 1910, Page 1

VOL. LIL.—NO. 285 BEGINNING OF SUGAR TRUST SUIT First Move Made in Important Action Against Great Corporations DISSOLUTION OF TRUST ASKED Petition Filed by U. S. District Attorney Wise in U. S. Circuit Court—It is Directed Against Capital of $230,000,000—Action Planned y Attorney General Wickersham—Tne Charges' Made. New York, Nov. 25.—Henry A. Wise, pany, which are now pending in the Tnited States district attorney, acting | supreme court. yoder instiructions from Georse W.| Able Opposition to the Government. B IR s snty et Opposed to the government in the ™ . osay fn one ha Strugzie will be some of the ablest cor- - - ¥ poration lawyers of the country. James @gainst great corporatior ks > 5 2 Cantic | M. Beck, ex-assistant United States at- tocused of viplating the Sierman antl- | torey general, and now counsel for trust law. Mr. Wise filed in the Unit- Y B , T ©d States district court for the south- | “‘Jx e D e Refining company, ern district of New York a petition | Wit fea the defense. | asking for the dissolution of the A The filing of the suit was a simple The government's petition, in n Sugar Refining company 5 ‘hich | the form of a printed book, was hand- iwenty-nine other corporations which T ther cannh ed to the clerk of the district court by 5 i A | the district attorney. Restraint of Trade. | Government's Petition Speaks for It arges that it s an il- St n in restraint of trade,| fomt:| Mr. Wise declined to make any com- what. e T e g ment at this time. Ho 8aid that the 1 are T ina | process. Combination i The petition c fegel combi and asks fr TR I Dt S B i o Hied and et 1t e e o 5 o . speak for itself. | e 0000000 Capitalization | Sugar Company Will Comply With | Sherman Anti-Trust Law. ck said that the sugar com- not a monopoly, but that | when the supreme court | con- the ontput of abina- if it appeared : Cabl Paragraphs Havana, Nov. 28.—The Detroit base- ball team was defeated today by the Havana nine by a score of 3 to 0. Rome, Nov. 28.—Three new cases of cholera are reported during the past 24 hours in the Infected districts, with one death. St. Thomas, D, W. I, Nav. 28.—The Danish cruiser Ingolf from Capenhagen arrived here today. Prince Axel, sec- ond son of Prince Waldemar, is on Doard as fifirst lieutenant, Paris, Nov. 28—The government has asked parliament to appropriate 8,300,- 000 franes for the sufferers by the re- cent floods. This includes 5,000,000 francs for the wine growers, whoss crops were ruined. Stettin, Nov. 25.—The German steamer Berlin, from Sunderland for this port, has not been reported for seventeen days and is supposed to have foundered in’ the North sea. She car- ried a crew of seventeen men. Her cargo was coal. Havana, Nov. 28.—Before the court which is investigating his attempted assassination Major General Pino Guerra today positively identified a portrait of Rafael Perez, a former lieu- tenant of police, as the man who shot him. Perez fled the country imme- diately after the shooting. Berlin, Nov. 28.—Four tanks con- | taining 'two and a half million gal- lons of benzine exploded tonight in the suburb of Rummelsburs. There were no fatalities, but the whole city was lighted up by the flames. The damage is estimated at $750,000. Other tapks holding two milllon allons were endagered. NEWARK’S LATE FIRE HORROR. CORONER’S JURY SWORN. Mott to Start Investigation — Funerals f Fund County Prosecutor Searching of Many of the Victims—Rel Started. Newark, J., Nov. 28.—*If 1 find any city or staie official guilty of neg- ligence in the inspection of this build- ing,” said County Prosecutor Mott to- day, as he stood by the ruins of the factory in which twenty-four girls lost their lives by fire last Saturday, “there wment charges, interpreted the Sherman law in the to- | v. The petition bacco and oil cases, that the sugar | msserts that years the companies company was in any respect violating | have violated the and have op- | the law, steps would be taken immedi- | pressed competitors and ground them | ately to comply with the law as thus sut of existe interpreted. Railroad rebates and customs hot Charge Made in Petition. Pauds are pitioned as duvices em-| e charge is made in the petition > T ie trust to the com- Al A R 250 | ghag In participatin Various | b . o oy s & combinations, all acts, agreements, an Wickersham Planned Action. of the defendants have been actuated | The present suit. which, it is esti- by wrongful intent to restrain inter- | mated, will be in the courts for two state and foreign trade and commerce | Jears Before final adjudication, is the In raw and refined sugar and related | vesult of many s of preparation. articles and to monopolize parts there- | of; tinh tiey manuged and directed | all the affairs and business of former competing corgerns, whose shares they Wisa the direct! IWickersham, de under nd in Washington last held; destroved competition, fixed the with the attorney gener prices of sugar, prevented others from lans. The suit is expeciad to rank in entering trade and commerce, and forc- ed the retirement of many already so engaged, and by 80 doing reaped enor- mous._ profits. mportance with those of the govern- ment against Siandard Oil com- pany and the American Tobacco com- DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT, NEW PARLIAMENT JAN. 31 Stock Exchange Betting on the Elec- tions—Bitter Struggle in Iroland. OPPOSITION TO AMERICAN SHIPPING INTERESTS. Alleged Lobby at Washington Main- tained by Foreigners. New York, Nov. 28.—A committee of | With the dissolu- sment all formalities | congressmen appointed to investigate reliminary to the clection of a new | the charges that certain steamship| pariiament wer ted. The | companies have maintained a lobby to proclamation of dissolution summoned | defeat legislation at Washington be- tie new parliament to assemble Jan- | €an an inquiry here today, but obtain- ed only a starter of hearsay evidence. | George L. Norton, editor of the Marina | Journal, wFo wrote an article attack- |ing the alleged lobby, was the only witness. Norton admitted that he had no per- lsonal knowledge of the matter, but he | Delieved that “every man, woman and | child knew there was grounds to indi- cate that some forelgn shipping inter- ests wwere opposing American shipping interests. “T helleve there are congresmen uary 1911 memt be leader, th 31, Among the first of its d unopposed will sur, the epposition ing decided not to contest his seat for the city of Lon- don. On the stock exchange, where regular dealings have been instituted in bets on the eisctions, the fecling to- éay seemed to anticipate a reduction n_the liberal majority. In Ireland the struggle more bitter every day. A & growing % of in delegatos representing every er | Constituency was held i elfast Lo |the middle west who are interested in cay, at which a resolution was adopd [Newspapers In their districts whose o 5 patronage from the advertisements of motion of esbyterian 1 foter, o draw up A et =3 [The foreizn steamship lines is greater | tlon refasing to pay rates of taxes fm- |than in this section,” he testified. posed by a Dublin pariiament or obey | 'Can you name a congressman?’ ask- | its decrees, while $30,000 was sub. | Representative Lomgworth. Captain scribed on the spot 1o organige the | Norton said he could not. Ulster men into regiments and pur- Herman Winters, superintendent of the North German Lloyd line, and “awson Sanford, secretary of the At lantic confersnce, will be called as wit- ness on Wednesday. Emil L. Boas of | chase arms. At night a monster unionist demon- stration was held at Ulster hali, Bel- Fongie being herd i the o 8 Thoth | the Hamburg- American. line and Wil- ESREAE 5 Brestest cuthosiass. liam R. Corwin of the Merchants® as- Lord Londonder: id that Amer- sociation will be heard Thursday. The | fcan dollars en: ot amer- | committee expects to close the hearing hold Asquith he holl of his Friday with the evidence of J. P. No- | hand. If & home rule parliament were | 1214, counsel for the French line, and | established, he said, it might he found |0 W. Smith of the New York board of that Ulster wonld utterly deciine obe- | ¢ nd trarisportation. Former Ren- resentative Willam H. Douglas has been subpoenaed as a witness tomor- | row The investigating committee consists of Representatives Olcott of this city | Longworth of Ohio. Garrett of Ten | nessce, Fawley of Oregon. and Hum- {vhrev’ of Misstesippo. Mr. Olcott is | chatrman. ce to the law Edward Carson eneral and conse blin university would comsent to the sold for American Jume Long. unionist M.P. spoke In the same sirain, and speakers advocated siern resistar the law If home ru e forced on_ Ulster. The first rage candiCate person of a prom fam Mirrlees, v FORMER BANK CASHIER TUFTS SHOT HIMSELF IN HEART. Il- |Was Under Indictment for Alleged | Larceny of $8,000. independent woman is ann § vislon of Glasgow. The socialist p ty has decided to run a third candi- | Rockport, Mass, Nov. 28.—George| date in Batlersea, thus ecriously en- |W. Tufts, former cashier of the Rock- | dangering John b hance of re- National bank, who was recently | ection. of the alleged larceny of ! St serious disturb- |about $5,000 from the bank, committed | ances at & meeting at Lam sulcide by shooting F late today. night a: whieh Winston S r | He was out on bail pending an exam- Churchi speaking. After - |ination seto Mis sanity. eral men had been thrown out. 3Mr. | Ahout fivo Weeks ago Tufts retracted Cehurchill strongly denounced the suf- |his former plea of not guilty and plead. fragist tactics. and said: “T am told 'ed guilty to one of the eight counts of | that indisiduals are to be singled out | the Indictment. He was then released | for If that is their lan- |on bail again, pending the question of niy one answer, and |having been examined as to his sanity. on!" " Late today Mr. Tufts went to th heme of Loring Grimes, former presi dent of the bank, n}"hn‘!e‘wife is Tufts’ aunt. Tufts rang the bell, and when a | ON THE ARIZONA FRONTIER |00, " 1lad called Mr. Grimes to the| | @nor, Tufts tore open his coat and be- | [fore Mr. Grimes. could make a move to prevent him, drew a revolver and |shot rimself through the heart. ‘or the First Time Since the Capture of Geronimo. Douslas, Ariz, 28 —For the first | Tycts, it was charged, obtained about time since the #n cesulting in ' §5000 from the bank, partly by means 8o casture of the Apache Indian chief of notes to which he is alleged to have Geronimo, United States cavalry forged the names of his wife and of squadrons are stationed border | Alvin Smith of Portland, Me. He was Lere. Two troops of the 1 cav- 53 years old and had long been prom- wiry under Lleutenant Po s made A jnent in town affairs. He leaves a wid- rapld trip from Hereford, arrising here | {w and one son. gosterday. Brigadier General Thomas — - L s aldes, Lisutenant Coxe and f ; . Yieutenant Coilina, Jeft hera today for S Atvira. & conference with General Torres of | At Naples, Nov, 28: Calabria, from Mexican army at Naco. New York. . 3 Passengers out of Mexico eay there | At Genoa, Nov. 27: Koenigin Luise, trom New York. @ heavy movement of tronps tow - 5 ‘ At Liverpool, Nov. 28: Arabic, from @rds nortlern Sonora and Chihual fridieating that the ican govern- | New York. ¥ ment s striving to concentrate jts | At New York, Ne Hellig Olav, forees to surround Mader: from Copenhagen. west of |™AF Antwerp, Nov. 27: Samland, rom Sfonciova. | New York. Caladonia, trom | households. | some steamer. will be the bitterest sort of prosecu- tion. _“I do mot mean to imply,” he con- tinued, “that I have before me any evidence of criminal negligence, but I do mean that the investigation which begine today shall be in earnest. My view is that it ought to take the form of some sort of public hearine. and 1 think a coroner’s jury will be the most effective instrument.” Accordingly a coroner’s jury of six was sworn, the first of its kind that has eat here in (wenty years. Ordi- narily such inquests are left to the county physician, and this departure from ‘precedent is a measure of the seriousness in which every circum- stance surrounding. such an appalling loss of llfe in ten minutes is held. There will also be separate inquiries by the grand jury, which visited the scene today, by the state labor depart- ment and the city building depart- ment. The destroyed building was the property of Miss Barbara Giass, who issued a statement last night declar- ing that the structure was adequately equipped _with fire escapes. Her brother, John Glass, takes the same £310d0d 913 INOGE H[TI SIUI [V, "MOIA being a fire trap is absurd,” he said. Funerals of many of the victims were held this afternoon. That of Dora, Minnie and Tillie Gottlieb, three sis- ters, was particularly pathetic. Their father lived in Orange and did not know of the fire until his daughters failed to come home at night and, growing alarmed, he made inquiries and found their bodles at the morgue. As the three pine coffins were carried from the morgue into the street a shrill wail rose from the crowd of women. The men stood stlent and bareheaded. Two women fainted and scores follow- ed the mourners for blocks, sobbing Toudly. - Many of the girls and women killed were supporting their families, in part or in whole. One woman left a blind daughter almost peuniless, and there is much actual want in other A relief fund started yes- terday has now reached $2,000. Trenton, N. J., Nov. 28.—General Lewis T. Bryant,' state commissioner of labor, made an investigation today into the circumstances surrounding the fire in Newark last Saturday in which twenty-four girls lost their lives. On its conclusion he issued a statement absolving the owners from any guilt. “The records,” he said, “show that the owners conformed to all the fire regu- lations imposed on them by the state and that the building was absolutely afeguarded with fire escapes as pro- vided for under the laws. INSANE LAD TOSSED ON ICY WATERS OF HELL GATE Escaped from State Hospital—Adrift in Rowboat Without Oars. New York, Nov. 28.—An overgrown lad tossed on the troubled waters of Hell Gate tonight for more than an hour, was twice capsized in his skiff by the wash of passing steamers, pull- ed himself out of the freezing cold water, and was finally picked up un- hurt by a_harbor patrol and carried back to Wards island, where all the guards of the Manhattan state hospit- 2l for the insane had been looking for him since early afternoon. Benjamin Sam is the lad and he is 15 years old. This afternoon he hid under an overturned rowboat until after dark and then launched it into the swift tide without oars. He had 2 paddle, but it was useless in the currents that race through Hell Gate. Without a light, as he was, it is a mystery why he was not run down by He was committed to the institution as insane some months ago. THIRTEEN MINERS KILLED AT DURANT, OKLAHOMA Explosion in Jumbo Asphalt Workings ~—Men Thrown 500 Feet in Air. Durant, Okla, Nov. 28.—Thirteen miners were kilied In an explosion at the Jumbo asphalt mine today, and one of the fourteen men in the wWork- ings at the time was brought out to- night, alive but unconscious. Five men were blown from the mouth of the shaft by the force of the explosion and the other nine were en- tombed. Gerald Roberts was rescued alive tonight, and the bodies of eight companions were brought out of the mine after rescuers had dug in the workings all day The five men were thrown from the mouth of the mine, more than 200 feet in the air. The others were buried at depth of 290 fegt. Fvery man who At Glasgow, Nov. Two Straight Falls for Hackenschmidt. | Before Nov. 2 aiowl ar Nibimer par Hackesschnidt, the Russian Lion, w from Dr. Roller of Seattle two stralght falls, the first in 47 minutes und the second in 19 minutes. Prohibition Defeated in Missouri. Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 28.—Prohi- bition was defeated in Missouri at the recent election, according to official an- nouncement today, by 218,125 votes. It anduro. the product of the | received 207.281 votes fo 425,408 against furnace, I8 the hardest sub- |i* and carried in only 37 out of 115 knows counties e lost his life was married. 'he cause of the explosion has not been determihed. The mine is thg property of the Choctaw Asphalt com- pany of St. Louis, - “I hear your three daughters have become engaged this summer?” “Well, not precisely. It is only the voungest, but she has been engazed thres times.” ~Mcggendorter Blastter, Tn . Party In Wagon! With Burglar NO GATES OR WATCHMAN AT |OFFICER FOLLOWED SUSPICIOUS THE CROSSING. THREE KILLED, TWO INJURED Accident at Maple Avenue Crossing, Ohio—Train Was Running Canton, : Twenty-Five Miles an Hour. Canton, O, Nov. 28.—Thres persons were killed and two badly hurt when a Wheeling and Lake Erle train struck a crowded surrey shortly -before 9 o'clock tonight at the Maple avenue crossing. The Dead. Mrs. Joseph H. Meyers; Morris Ress, 24; Jacob Reiss, 16. ‘The injured: Miss Fannie Meyers, daughter of Josebh Meyers, leg brok- en, internal injuries, probably will re- cover. William Levin, 13 years old, scalp wound, may have fractured skull, probably will recover. to have been married Jan. 1. No Guard at Crossing. The party was on its way from North Canton o the city. There are no gates or watchman at the Maple avenue crossing. According to Wheeling and Lake Erie officials the train was mak. ing probably twenty to twenty-five miles an hour. { The surrey was almost' squarely across the track when the train struck it. The two lovers fell near together and the girl when she recovered con- sciousness crawled a few paces to where the dead body of her afanced lay. They were borne away together in the same ambulance. that the shock of Ress’ death will prove 00 much for the exhausted strength of the girl, MEETIN G OF NEW RAILROAD SECURITIES COMMISSION To Pressnt Views of Federal Control of Issuance of Securities. ‘Washington, Nov. 28.—“The inter- state commerce commission believes that a physical valuation of the rail- road properties of the United States is the first step toward adequats regula- tion of rates; and I believe the same of a basis for the contro\ of stock and bond issues,” said Judson C. Clements of the interstate commerce commission at the first public meeting of the new raflroad securities commission. The commission appointed by Presi- dent Taft under authority of the rail- road law passed by the last congress began hearings teday, at which mem- bers of the interstaie commerce com- mission and state commissloners from Massachusetts and other -states will present their views of federal control of the fssuapce;of railroad securities. President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale university presided at the hearing. “We have not agreed upon a remedy for the present situatfon regarding stock and bond lsSues” said Commis- sioner Clements. “If we had solved the problem there would be no need for ths appointnient of a commission such as this one. There is mo dissenting volce in the interstate commerce com- missfon, however, to the proposition that regulation and contol of securities is necessary. ANSONIA ATTORNEYS DISBARRED FOR TWO YEARS. Finding Handed Down in Case of Ben- nett and Torrance. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 26.—Judge Howard J, Curtie of the superior court handed down a finding late today which_djsbars James F. Torrance and John J. Bennett, attorneys of Ansonia, from practicing in the courts for two years. Two charges were preferred against Torrance and Bennett, and their cases, which, were brought before the court by the grievance committee of the New Haven county bar, were tried last September. The first count against them was that they caused mortgages 1o be filed against the estate of Lillian Basset and her mother of Derby for the purpose of defrauding creditors of the estate, and the second charge was that they sold a plece of property belonging to Dr. W. H. Main of this city for $6,000 and reported that only $5.500 had been received from the sale. Counsel for the disbarred attorneys, it 1s understood, will take an appeal from the finding. SUPPOSED KIDNAPPED GIRL WENT AWAY OF OWN ACCORD Near Lampico, Mexico. Mexico City, Nov. 28.—Grace Rolph believed to have been kidnapped from a hacienda in Tamaullpas by Segun- do Severo, a Mexican cowboy employ ed on place, was found alone in a small town near Lampico, severa] da: ago, it was learned today. She clared that she had not been kid- napped, but went away of her own accord. She said she had not been deserted, but that Severo went to make peace with the officers who had been pursu- ing him. When that was accomplish- ed, she said, they intend to be mar- ried. The American ambassador was appealed to by relatives of the girl for aid in effecting the capture of the al- leged kidnapper. Women Have Right to Vote at All Elections. Olympia, Wagh,, Noy. 28.—Women of the state of Washington, 21 years of age, or over, now have the -right to vote at all general or speclal elections. Gov. M. F. Hay issued today a procla- mation putting in force the constitu- tional amendment adopted by the male voters at the election held No- vember 8. Oklahoma. In 1900 the territory now comprising the state of Oklahoma had a popula- tion of less than 800,000. It now re- veals a population of 1,657,155—a gain of 17.2 per cent. over that of only three years ago, when the territory became 2 state, and of something like 107 per cent. over that of ten vears ago. There were 27 states in 1900 with a smaller population than this three year old commonwealth now shows.—Springfield Republican. S PR e In Criminai rt-at Tampa, Fla; vesterday Jos ‘,’gc La Campa, Brit jussell and J. F. Barthan, strike lead- ers, recently convicted of v)fln{ to prevent by force ng ‘makers from going to work in the local fac- tories, were sentenced to a vear in jail each.’ Notice of appeal was given. The defendgpts weye Fecommitted to il T 18 feared | principle applies to the establishment | 1 Grace Rolph Found in a Small Town of Pender, Neb., who for a time was | Miss Meyers and Morris Ress were | began to question the man, the latt i | | | victed was concealing the condition of Pistol Duel ACTING MAN INTO ALLEY. POLICEMAN DIED OF WOUNDS Burglar Instantly Killed—He Had $182 in His Pockets—Exciting Evening Affair in Philadelphi Philadelphia, Nov. 28.—During a pis- tol duel at Forty-second and Pina streets tonight Policeman Bornett was shot through the spine and died in the University hospital, and an unknown man, supposed to be a burglar, was shot’ and killed. Two Men Aroused Officer’s Suspicion. Eornett, who was in civil dress, had been sent to watch the locality because of burglaries recently commiited there. At Fortieth and Pine streets he saw two men who aroused his suspicions, and followed them. They separated at Forty-second street, and he_followed | one who entered an alley. When he drew a revolverand shot him through the body. As the policeman fell he drew his own pistol and fired two shots at his fleeing assailant. The latter drop- | ped dead with bullets in his hip and abdomen. Burglar Well Dressed. The dead man was about 26 vears old, 5 feet § inches tall and weighed @bout 140 pounds. The tags had been carefully removed from his tailor made | garments, but his raincoat was of a| Philadelphia make and the shoes had been made in Boston. He had $182 in his pockets. The policeman was removed to the | hospital in an automobile which had been attracted to the scene by tha | shots. The body of the dead man was taken to the morgue. DID NOT OPPOSE DEWEY AS COMMANDER OF FLEET E-Secretary of Navy Long Takes Ex- ception to Statement Made. | Boston, Nov. Former Secretary of the Navy John D. Long takes ex- ception to a statement made by John Barrett, director of the aternational Bureau of the American Republics, that he (Long) was opposed to the appointment of Commodore George Dewey to_command the fleet which captured Manila. The statement is contained in one of Mr. Barrett's pub- lcations. In a communication to the press to- day-regarding the matter, the former secretary said: “There was in the fall of 1897 a va- cancy in the command of the Asiatic squadron. The turn of Dewey and another commodore for sea service had come and the choice was between them. elected Dewey, giving the otaer the Xuropean squadron, having satisfied mysslf by inquiry among na- val experts and without consideration of any outside influences, that each was better fitted than the other for the post assigned. President McKin- ley never suggested Dewey's name to me, nor was it mentioned by him until I had made the selection and taken it to him for approval, whereupon he said in his characteristically pleasant way: ‘Do you think Dewey is the right man, and is his head level? From such'a query I naturally inferred, not that he had been influenced in Dewey’s favor, but rather that some- body had put a doubt in his mind. I replied cordially in the affirmative that 1 had made careful inquiry and he as- sented. That is the whole story.” SUDDEN DEATH OF A. B. SPEAR. Former Cashier of Oberlin Bank Which Was Looted by Cassie Chadwick. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 28.—A. B, Spear, former cashier of the Oberlin Nationai bank, looted by Cassie Chadwick of $300,000 or more, died suddenly here tonight. Less than a year ago Mr. Spear was discharged from the penitentiary at Co- lumbus, Ohio, after serving a seven year term for his share in the Chad- wick swindle. Almost immediately he came to this city and began working for the Michigan State Telephone | company. At the time of his death ho | was traveling auditor. His death fol- lowed an operation for appendicith The charge on which he was con- | a national bank. WORLD’'S ALTITUDE RECORD For an Aeroolane Was Established by Ralph Johnstone: 1 New York, Nov. 28—The national council of the Aero Cluh of America is credited by the New York Ameri- can with. finding that J. Armstrong Drexel is stil beneath the world’s al- | titude record for an aeroplane estab- lished at Belmont park by Ralph Johnstone, and that the corrected barograph reading of his flight at PhiladelpHia. last Wednesday gave on 1y 9,450 feet, against Johnstone's mar] of 9714, Drexel has hitherto beer credited with 9,970 feet. The ink gave out in his barograph and be- believe himself that he went higher than 10,000. Tt is understood that he will Twin Sisters Struck by B. and A. Freight Train. Everett, Mass., Nov. 28—While re- turning home from work In an Everett factory, Mary and Hester Desfano, twi sisters, aged 14 yvears, were stru a Boston and Albasy freight tral Mary was instantly killed while I was badly injured. The accident hap- pened near the East Everett station, try again. | | when the twins, in avoiding an express train, stepped in front of the freizht Hester was struck a glancing | Women Urged to Remove Their Hats at Church Services. Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 28—The min- isterial association of Johnson Ci ‘\ issued an address today to the women | of that city, urging them to remove | their hats at church services. The address is signed by every preacher in town, except one, and savs that it_is not because the pastors, do not admire the hats, but that the gospel may have-full power. Crocker Left $12,000,000 Estate. New York, Nov. 28—The transfer tax appraisal of tr+ estate of Georze Grocker, the -(‘aiifornia millionairec ‘who died In this cliy in Deoember, 1909, was filed todey in the surro- Bate’s office. Rugene D. Hawkins attorney for the estate, said tomight that the total would reach $12,000,- 000. Of this $2.000,000 is represcnted by real estate and $10,000,000 by se- curities. a slight operation ventors. new rule under which only voung men gave a feast to 500 s: American and French warships. tot Condensed Telegrams| MADERD GATHERING HIS FOF Incoming Steamers storms at sea. The Weather Bureau Predicts Siow. and cold weather for the week. King Affonso While at Bordeaux had performed on his Report Heavy H nose. Thomas A. Edison is the Latest re- cruit to join the ranks of airehip in- Consul R. J. Thompson, at Hanover, reports upon Germany's enormous pot- ash industry. The Pope’s Consistory scheduled for this month has been postponed owing to the situation in Portugal. The Erie Railroad Has Adopted a will be taken into its employ. The Municipality of Brest, France, lors of the aved fire in owne, A Little Black and Tan Dog the lives of seven persons in ;’au ick Riley's home at Lans a. David Hunt, Jr, a Harvard Graduate and a promirent voung business man of Detroit, was killed in an automobile accident. The Report of Internal Revenue Commissioner Cabell shows that: the past year has been a great revenue producer. Many Democrats Who Failed of clec ion to the house are preparing to contest the seats of their su ssful republican oppon An Iron Chest Containing $5,000 in ilver and_ $11,000 unsigned currency disappeared from the Wells-Fargo of- fice in Muskogee, Okla. The Congressional Party that has been inspecting the Panama canal .in connection with appropriations sailed vesterday for New York. Governor Clark of Alaska in his an- nual report pleads for the opening of the coal lands as n for the de- velopment of Al 3 indus The Vatican Newspaper Praises B~ peror Willlam fgr a recent speech. in which he declared that the throne and altar cannot be divided in Germany. Friends of Brigadier General Freder- ick Funston are coming to his rescue to prevent hls being “jumped’ in in the appointment of a major gene An_ Automobile Owned by Max Apt of Philadelphia turned turtle, killing William Dyer, the chauffeur. and juring Mr. Apt and two companions. An Appeal Will Be Made to the su- preme court of the United States in the test case of the law prohibiting the manufacture of whiskey in Tennessee. A Large Barn' Owned by Bdward F. Ryan of Westport was destroyed by fire last night with a loss of $1 fully covered by insurance. The cause of ihe fire is unknown. The Contest Over the Will of the late Mrs. Mary Brinckerhoff, involving over $5,000,000, in_which 160 heirs are en- gaged, will be carried up to the su- preme court of New York. Dr. Dudley Sargent, dircctor of the Harvard gymmasinm, says that woman is rapidly becoming more like a man in physical proportions, while man becoming more effeminate. is After Having Been on Deposit more than forty years with the ant treasurer of the United Sta ‘Washington, $1,200, the sale price of twent; hree mules captured during the Civil war and sold by order of Admiral Porter because the animals belonged to supporters of the confed- eracy, have finally been added to the government's surplus. This was by virtue of an order issued Monday by | Chief Justice Clabaugh of the district reme court. The animals were - d in 1863 by men from the United States steam Lexingion, Robb and | Silver Lake, which were cruising at the time In the upper Tennessee. for OPENING HOURS OF TRIAL OF HATTIE LEBLANC Charged with Murder of Laundryman Clarence F. Glover. Ma pe Cambridze. LeBlanc, a Nov Breton Hattie still_in irl, her teens, looked into the faces today will decide the murder vho was shot down in his laundry a lit- tle more than 3 T ago. The girl conversed qui't fr the motherly police matron two bailiffs "as they sat by of the tiwelve whether she is “larence T guilty who with the side ely ad her during the opening hours of the trial No evidence was offered in court but the jury was taken out to then up to the little cot- | tage hospital to wheih Glover dragged himself for aid to die. Then the jury went to the Glover home. where Hat- tle LeBlanc/was a servant and where she was found three days after the murder, hiding under a bed. Judge Bond decided to postpone the gov- ernment's opening until tomorrow. There were a few interchanges of _egal shots b opvosing counsel, Jor M. M T pointed b: defendant's interests indictment quashed tried to on the usual grounds of Incefiniteness, but - Judge Bond overruled t on after lis- | {ening to District Attorney Higsius. | The exceptions may form the basis of | { an appeal to the supreme court in case of an adverse verdict. The jury is made up of Middlesex county " farmers, clerks and business | men. Readville Race Track Sold to a Syndi- | | Banker in His Will San Antonio, Te. Francisco I. Madero, le: of the Mexican revolution, is safe d unin- jured, is the news brought to his fam- ily today by a courier who came rect from Madero to San Antonio. The courier said that Madero is gathering his forces in the Laguna district near Lerdo ‘and Parral. This district lies | in a fertile valley surrounde by | mountains. | Madero Not Wounded at Any Tim Madero was not wounded at ar time, said the messenger. He is cor stantly, gaining allies to his standar As far as the confiscation of the Madero estates was concerned. courier said that Madero was much concerned since the bulk of interests were in the hands of friend- 1y Amtrican Skirmish with Yaqui 28.—That xas, Nov Indians. ona, Nov. 28.—Passen- gers ari today from Guayamas, Mexico, re a small uprising_of Yaqui Indians at Bacum, on the Ya- qui river. In a skirmish three days daye ago, three Yaquis were k and one was wounded Advices from Chihuahua one battalion of the Tiv: try has arrived from Mexico City. This battalion numbers 300 with a say t tillery and machine guns. These troops have taken the place of regular troops of the Twelfth battalion and Third cavalry, which ha e for a cam- paign against Mad Revolutionists, engagements PRICE _TWO G© rising of Yaqui Indians Reported—Rebels Expect Battle with Government Troops at Pardenales. at Guerrero, have taken a stand at Perdenales, 'where a combat i3 ex- pected with government troops semt » vut by Jefe Politico Zea. Seizure of Pistols Sent from the Unit- ed States. Laredo, Tesas, Nov. 28.—According to_reports received on both the Am- | erican and the | Mexican side of the border, everything is quiet tonight. Nuevo' Laredo, Mevico, postal and cus- toms officers today seized 300 pistols, which came from the United States by registered mail. The weapons had been accumulating for several days. They were returned to this country today, with the statement that they constituted prohibited importaions ine to the republic of Mexico. Prominent American Officer Threat- ened. American officer re- mous letter today, written in Spanish, saying that if he 4 not_desist in his efforts on behalf of the Mexican government, he would be killed. The officer desires that his name be not published. He takes the threat as a_joke, but several friends have warned him to exercise the ut- most caution. State Rangers Return to Larede. The comy of state rangers which has been encamped at Minera, Texas, A prominent celyed an anon: for the last five days, returned to La- redo today, it appearing that there was no need of their services in the feld. FOR OVER THREE YEARS A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE Murderer Surrenders, Placed on Trial, Pleads Not Guilty and Is Acquitted. Pittsburg, Nov. 28.—A fugitive from justice since September 2 1907, Thomas Jordan, a wealthy frait deal- er_of McKeesport, who was alleged to have shot and killed Pasqua Giovanni Rizzo on that date, s dered to the county detectives today, was arraigned, pleaded not guilty. placed on trial, and within six hours was acquitted on the murder charge, without his attorneys calling witnesses in_iis defense. The Rizzos were cousins of Jordan, and witnesses for the prosecution te tified that the shooting was done while Jordan was defending another cousin, Minna Ceruso, from the attacks of one of the brothers. Jordan fled after the shooting and travelej over this coun- try and hid in Italy. He surrendered because his conscience troubled him. The witnesses for the prosecution proved sufficient for the needs of the defense and its side of the case was submitted to the jury without argu- ment. Judge Marshail Brown ordered the jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty. DECISIONS ANNOUNCED BY U. S, SUPREME COURT. Four Men Sent to Prison for Alleged Peonage Practices. 28.—Cases arising Washington, Nov. States were passed upon in some twen- ty-five decisions’ announced today by the supreme court of the United States. The justices had spent much of tha time during the Thanksgiving recess preparing opinions to be delivered to- day. One of the decisions had the effect of sending to prison four Alabama men for _alleged peonage practices. from nearly all sections of the United { MAINE BANK CLOSED BY STATE EXAMINER. Unable to Compete Profitably With Other Financial Institutions. Bath, Me., Nov. 2 pete profitably with other financial in- stitutions is the principal reason ad- vanced by State Bank Fxaminer Skel- ton for the closing today of the Peo- ple's Safe Deposii and Savings bank after a career of forty-two years. The bank, on petition of Mr. Skeiton, was . enjoined by the supreme court from paying money and receiving deposif The court will give a hearing regard. ing the bank’s future on Dec. 27. The bank had liabilities of $870,418, inciuding deposits of $542,786, when the last official statement: was made in April last. The estimated market value of the resources was $871,910. x ‘Since July 1, when the annual divi- dend rate was reduced from 4 to 3 1-2 per cent., the institution has lostsabout $38,000 withdrawn in the form of de- posits or_interest. Bank Examiner Skelton states that the integrity of President Seth T. Snipe, Treasurer Oscar C. Rogers and the other officers is in no way ques- tioned. He expressed the opinion that the depositors would be pald in full eventually. HILL TAKES GLOOMY VIEW OF BUSINESS OUTLOOK IN 1911 in Idle- stic. Predicts Thousands of Men ness—E. T. Bedford Op New York, Nov. 25, —Among the men in the financial district who comment- upon the pessimistic trade to ed today prospects credited to James J. Hill, president of the Gre Northern rafl- road, was E. T. Bedford, a director of the Standard Oil company and presi- dent of the Corn Products Refining | company. Mr. Hill was credited in an intervlew sent to several eastern news apers from St. Paul, Minn., as having Others held that the court cannot re= view the power of a_legislature to “gerrymander’ a s al purposes, because the question had been raised relative to the election o 1908, long since past; that a state may regulate liability for the nen-deliver: of telegraph messages In _interstate commerce, o long as congress does not regulate it, and that no constitu- tional rights of widows in California were violated by the assessment of an inheritance tax on a wife's share of “community” property owned by wife and husband before the latter’s death. Remembers Miss Leech, a Glove Buyer. Pittsburg, Nov. 28—By the terms of the will of Frederick Gwynner, Jr., a wealthy North Side banker and con- tractor, which was made public to- day, Miss Mary A. Leech, a glove buy- er in a department store, will receive an annuity of $1,000 beside the divi- dends from fifty shares of stock which pays large dividends. Miss Leech and Mr. Gwynner were to have been married just previous to the illness that caused his death on April 27. Death of Commander John Marshall Robinson, U. S. A. Retired. ‘Washington §.—Commodore John Marshall Robinson, a retired of- ficer of the navy, is dead. e arrived here ceveral days ago from his home in Jamestown, R. I, and entered the naval medical schiool for treatment,but his | cate. Boston. Nov. 28.—The Readville race ! k has been sold, it was stated to- to a syndicate headed by William linton of Boston. The plant will De remodelled for the purpose of hold- ing agricultural faws, and it is pro- osed to construct a half mile track inside the present mile track and make over the rest of the enclosure into a forty acre lawn. The property has been owned the last two and a half years by Andrew J. Welch of Hartford, Ct. The Duke's Appreciation. The Duke of Weilington never could have succeeded in American politics. In a posthumous article, printed in the Canadian magazine, by Goldwin Smith, it is related that the duke had a coun- try house near the home of Mr. Smith in England. Attending church near- by, one Sunday “a worshipper went up 10 him and begged to be alowed to take the hand of the victor of Water- | loo. *Don’t make a (—— fool of your~ self, was the hero's reply.’—Spring- fleld Republican. ness proved fatal. He will be buried in the Arlington Natlonal cemetery on Wednesday. Commodore Robinson was ‘born in Syracuse, N. ember 12, 1851, entering the naval service as a midshipman June 8 During the Spanish-American he served on the Minneapolis and Governors’ Conference in Kentucky. Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 28.—Four gov. ernors of states arrived for the gover- nors' - conference which will begin to- morrow. Seecretary Jordan has been deluged with letters suggesting sub- jects for dlscussion and action. Sev- eral suggestions will be discussed at.a meeting of the programuie commitiee to be appointed tomorrow. Most of the twenty-four governors expected {0 at- tend will arrive tomorrow. several of them having spent the nizht in Louis- ville, - > Why Not Stay Home? So far as at American fieet’s visit in present known, the to Furope has not visiting a < in French done no good, anid German_port, while Texas Wants War. Texas fairly vearns for war with Mexico. Nothing short of a bucket of blood all around will appease your fighting Texam. — Pittsburg Gazette- Thues and English waters, it has hurt the pride of Germany and thereby done harm. It would have been better to have stayed nt home than go abroad and administer snubs to friendly pow- ea—New York World ate for congression- | d that we are about to pay the price for general extravagance and that he told President Taft a few days agd | that there would be many thousands of men thrown into idleness next year. Mr. Bedford disagreed with Mr. Hill ! and indicated that he saw no signs of a business lapse in 1911. This was ths way he voiced his hopeful outlook: “I cannot share the pessimistic views of Mr. Hill. I believe we are going to have a slow but healthy recovering in business with a gradual strengthen- | ing of confidence.” NEW YORK'S LATEST TRUNK MURDER MYSTERY. American Consuls Abroad instructed to Watch for Lewis and Callier. New York, Nov. 28—The unsolved state of New York's latest trunk mur- der mystery Is indicated in the request made to the state department at Washington by Police Commissioner Cropsey. He asked the department to instruct American consuls in Great Britain, France, Italy eand Germany to procurs the arrest, if they are found, of William Lewis and Albert C. Callier. * | This step by the commissioner shows | the paffiing perplexities of the crime in | that the body has never been identified. The theory generally accepted is that Callier, an_artist, was the victim and Lewls 1s the fugltive, but precautions for the arrest of botll or either brings suspicion of a third person. into the tragedy. | NORTHEAST STORM WARNINGS Ordered Displayed on Atlantio Coast from Cape Charles to Boston. New York, Nov. 25.—The local weather buréau has received the fol- | lowing_speclal from Washingto; Northeast storm warnings ordered displayed at 3 p. m., on the Atlantic coast from Cape Charles to Boston. . Disturbance over North ~Carolina, moving northeast will cause brisk and probably high northeast winds, shift- ing to northwest Tuesday. Suicide of Chief Mechanical Engineer at Lackawannt Steel Plant. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov, 28.—Bdgar Park = oleman, the Lackawanna. steel plant, committed sulcide by shooting in his rooms at the Hollander apartment house. His was found (his morning by the lady. = His mother died a fow ago in Decatur, 1il. Friends say loss seemede to wifect him. He unmarried and about 42 years was o graduate of the ci:fef emchanical engineer at | { | : ST