Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 22, 1910, Page 1

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All Union Men In New Englmd mvition To Quit Work AIMED PARTICULARLY AT THIS STATE Union Leaders Claim 1,000 Call Out—Company O.ficials Contend That ‘len Will Not Be Enough Absentees to Interfere With Transaction of Business. Hpringhield, Mass, Dee, 21 Although a wirike of the unlon men employed t;] the Adums Kxpross compnpy 1n ow Kngland who seck shorter hours und more pay, hus beon officinlly do- cvlured by O Thayer, president of the New England division of the rail- road expre; on's unlon, to go into effect at wix o'clock tomorrow morning, there In much speculation tonlght an 10 what the outcome will be. Unlon Jendors say that they expect fully 1,000 mon dhroughout Massschusetix and Connescticut will fall to report for duly in the morning, while the express of- ficlals nre positive In thelr declarn- tion that there will not be enough ubsenteen to Interfore with husiness in the leant, May Tie Up Entire System. The unlon heads fnsist that If the men stand by the union, the entire Adams Expross system In wo far an New England s concerned will ho ef- fectually tied up, The unlon s made up of agents, tralnmen, clerkn, drivers nnd porters, President Thayer has been promised the support, he says, of unlon men in Boston and clsewhere wlong the 1 The proposed strike s said by union men to be directed nelpully agninst «‘onnecticut, In which state the Adnins company is particularly strong, the Amerlean Express company eniering the state only on the lines of the «'en- tral Vermont rallway, which termi- nates at New London. Meriden Expressmen Not to Strike. Meridon, Conn, Dee, ~That the expected strike of the expregsmen be- Jonging to the New England division | of the railroad expressmen, which s wslated to commence at six o'clock to- morrow morning in Springficld, wil not be taken part in by the local em- ployes of the Adams lxpress company \vu #stated by the men here tonight. 18 understood that very few, if any, u( the local men belong to the union. Situation in New Haven. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 21.—What This Morning Menvmlmdtodn effoct the Mnumpuua -tmu of the unlon men em a(od Ad-uu Jox prons tmmpnny hiuve on the buglness of mm{ in this wtite is mulrlmml Although the oraer to l‘ ing o'clock tomorrow morn wont ont l'! ¥, (1, thayer, Wflim nf the New Knglnnd amm of llu rail- rond_expressten’s union, none of the tmembers of the union will sy whether they have recelved wiach notice or not, Kven I the order I received and the men go out, there are several W in the state where the umpl':?mn of the compuny nre not members of the union, notably Merlden nnd Bridgeport. Hartford Has Few Members, In' Hartford a)l but a few of the employes are members of the union, and while they would not state defi- nitely tnn?m they talked as though they would go out If orders to strike were’ recelved, The manuger of the | Hartford braneh intimated tonight that the men hod already recelved a slight Incrense in wages, though he would not state just what the amou; was, Ho also further intimated that there had been u shortening of the hours, saylng that with the present rush of Christmas matter now was no time to put them into effect, In New Haven the men vefusge to say anything defi- nite, though it is Ao not receive word by LOmMorrow noon [ from the headquarters of the com- pany In New York that an increase in pay has been granted that they will Ko out. How New London Stands. | of the company take an optinistic view of the situation, going %o far as Lo say that If a strike ghould come that they are in a position to keep the Christma; matter moving and anticipate but lit- | tle inconvenience, The situation seems CHINA SUFFERS FROM FLOODS AND FAMINE People Rendered Desperate by Priva- tion, Pillage and Murder, Victoria, P, Dee. 21.—Floods have caused great loss of life and se- vere famine in the Anhui province of China, affecting two and a half million c:r-ml. according to Rev. E. (. Lo- . e, & returning missionary from orth Anhul, who arrived today on the steamer Aymeric, from the Orient. “So desperate were the people that thousands banded togethdr, robbing @any who had food supplies, and for weeks scarcely a night passed without many munrders,” said the missionary. “The floods caused great loss of life The rapid rise of water swept away ecores of villages, thousands of per- #ons being drowned. A railroad engi- neer reported that one of the bridzes near there had heen choked up with bodies and he had been imprisoned two days in the supper part of a tem- ple ‘before being rescued by a boat- :l'hg situation during the winter will be terrible—far worse than during the famine three years ago. The starv- ing can be reckoned by hundreds of thousands and rellef © committees should be organized at once.” BODY FOUND IN COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE. Montreal Police Baffled—No Outward Marks of Violence. Montreal, Dec. 21.—The finding of the body of an elderly man, packed in barrel in a cold storage warehouse here today has furnjshed a mystery which up to a lateMour tonight the lice had been undbie to solve. The y, clothed only in a cheap suit of otton underwear and a puir of woolen socks, evidently had been placed ™ the barrel not long after death and before rigor mortis set In. It was In a sitting wposition, the Lead between the knees and the arms, legs and neck bound with rope. There were no outward marks of violence. Until the body thaws out, which will take 48 hours, the eoroner's physician will be unable to determine the cause of death. After an interview with Bouzfield at Toronto today Chief Rogers of the provineial staff said: “Bouzfield has satisfied me that he had nothing to do with the shipment of the barrel. Some one unknown at present has been using his name.” Two detectives were sent to Jarvis tonight to investigate. NEW LONDON SCHOONER ASHORE Alice P. Turner Aground Near Ston- mgton, Me. Rockland, Me., Dee. 21 ——Thfl Hlb ton schooner Alice P. Turner-of New lLon- @on, Conn., went ashore today at Yorks Narrow, near the entrance to Stoning- ton, The revenue cutter Woodbury was wtanding by, ready to furnish any ¢ sistance to the vessel or crow. ’l‘w “Furner was built at Gloucester in 1905, | Hhe is light OBITUARY. James V. Watson. Philadelphia, Dee. 21, Watson, a former |n-woldnu| Philadelphia clearing houso and pro ebly the oldest financier In this city, dled today, aged 93 years, ile wus one of the founders Consolidated WNational bank and served as (e presi- dent. He also was identitled with u sumber of other financlal institotione and charitable organizotions $25000 Fire at South Norwalk, South 4 Nomwally, Conn, Doc. r Htaver W dastroy estimated at " wand gnllones of oyster veady for shipment were The plant of the Stevens owned by Cupt, Willln [ Stevens .nui members of W Gonlly, w moand hest vy | fu the wm, il Jomt full, Phe five mad o have started from an w one of the nob With Royalty. London, Dec. 2l.—Ambassador and Mrs, Whitelaw Reid gave a brilliant dirner this evening to the admirals, captding and principal officers of the ! American battleships. Among the guests_present to meet the visitors were T.ord BDrassey, the Duchess of Marlborough, Lady Charles Beresford, lord and lady Northcote and )lrs. Drexel. After the dinner the younger oflc-rs and many young lady friends of the ambassador and Mrs. Reid came in and enjoyed a dance. This week has been a very husy one socially for the officers. Tast night the Army and Navy club gave a din- ner at which nearly three hundred. This afternoon a large number of the officers attend- ed a reception of Capt. Sydney A. Clo- man, the milita attache, and Mrs. Cloman., Tomorrow evening the Angilo. Saxon club, an Anglo-Australian or- ganization, will give a dinner. PRESIDENT TAFT WILL PLAY SANTA CLAUS. 102 Holiday Birds for Employes of the White House and Executive Offices. ‘Washington, Dec. 21.—President Taft will play Santa Claus as usual this year in giving away Christmas turkeys to all the married employes about the White House and executive offices, in- cluding the policemen on duty in the White House grounds. It will require 102 of the holiday birds to fill all the | baskets and the money outlay will be ! It e al in the neighborhood of $350. time-honored custom of presidents to distribute turkeys at Christmas time. “Third Degree” Examination fof Mrs. Turnbull. Los Angeles. Cal., Dec. 21.—lgor three hours today Mrs illian A. Turnbull again experier “third degree” ex- amination while being cross examined in the will contest to obtain for her daughter a $2,500.000 share of the “Lucky™ Baldwin estate. Reviewing | her previous testimony, Attorney Me- Nab cansed Mrs. Turnbull to repeat former declarations that there had been a contract of marriage but that no one but herself and Baldwin had ever seen i | S-r.togn thtt Tuberculosis Retreat. Dec. 21.—Approval was State Commissioner of Health Porter and Health Officer J. S, White of Moreau to the application of the Metropolitan Life Insurance com- ! pany for the establishment at Mount MeGregor, Saratoga county, of a hos- pital for the treatment of its employes afllicted with tuberculosis. . The estab- lishment of the proposed hospital was {opposed by residents of Saratoga Springs, who contended that it would | injure that vilage as a summer re- sort. Divorced Woman Marri Chauffeur. Brooklyn, Conn., Dee. 21Tt was made known here tonight that Mrs. Nettie Eldridge Shaw, former wife of J. ¥. Shaw of Boston, and ¥H. Keno Marble, also of Boston, and at one time the Shaw chauffeur, wers mar- rled here on October 31 at the Bap- st wge by the Rev. George F. i Genun Since the wedding Mr. and Mrs. Marble have bheen spending the time In this viclnity, Mrs, Marble is a duughter a hrewer of 1. F. Portsmoeuth. N, Dr. Cook Will Reach New York Today New York, Dec. 21—Tomorrow aft- ornoon, one Year-and 5 days from the time br, Fredorick A, Cook disappears e Team hix frlends and foes, he ts due to suil up New York harbop again, hut nolongee 0 hero Eldridge, H. H. Clay Howard Minister to Peru. Do Washington, n Preosident Part, it clded 1o uppoing Il 3 TR Inter tu Peru, vice Lesile Cambs, whoe od. bas anked to be T ! weens provable at the board of csti- | bot a fiercs five which foilowed ihe ex- | understood if they ! The managers of the several offices | DINES NAVAL OFFICEI!B.l Commandgrs of Amflun Fleet Hob- | 2 sort of Utopian company * covers were laid for | fkfl e""““"' 'M‘m’ Wall Fell o On Firemen % BURIED AT PHILADELPHIA PACTORY FIRE. #...a& P‘ny w‘mi 25 g | FOUR KMOWN TO BE DEAD MMHM?MMM«-—-M 40 Bodies Have Been Facsvered— Hoisting Cages Disabled. e Rome, e, - m the ser- (rentoa 24 new Knights this nm seport exomersi- tons wre the Ma of imt o ‘Mfin‘ Wall Threatens ts Cover the Buried Men 3411 Desper—Firs G4t mm:w§ ¥ farient soreth, s Wis rocomt expedtiion, | Sormma Fiersely. will sall for the Arctic mnext F mmlnmmmu i et B 1M oo, T I SO | T P B e an_explosion in the Jittie Halton col- ,.’;'” s Wiipbetiding compuny. 5 | thameht ts fed i :_w,';:;,:., *f::, ! Tented + s Wilkions 1. Shocts 80 Youre OM, | Tooale % & fire iomight i cho beather wide this agy_ bor K;,"“w'“' fuz,, factory of ¥ fander & o om Novtn ¢ 3 who bosated (hat he | podine street :mv-r lied to nor aquarr<licd with his | wifs, s dezd Men Had Just Ertsred Pit. The explosion occurred exviy in the | morning, soon after ine mwiners Bad | entéred the pit to begin work. s force was terrific. Later invesiiga- | tions showed that the lower Lrssaxes had ween bHiocked, Beroic efforts were made by vesene parties all day jons, It was frat stss The Howse Committes acted taseri- | mamns s biy on a Hill for a $230.506 appropria~ | g5 tion tor & Comaodore Perry merneo at Put-in bey. reported New York, Dee, 21~Mayor CGaynor in displensed at the clamor over the subway situation, Since the Piniic nervics commission recornsmended yes- ter the nee of the offer of interborongh Fapld Transit com- pany for an elaborate extension of it symter, diffsrence of opinion has aris- . en among ity offickals and a ciash ‘36 & the fir W e Bruce Bond. sztzr«‘ Dvid F: of A, soiseny, aged 3% e Arowned by © Crone mate mesting tomorrow when the mat- 'plmdlm prevented the rvesciers 0o | capsizins of whoat i the ice ter is consifered. The mayor ade | peneteating beyond four hovwdred 5008 | farnaics s M public tonight a Yetter In which he | into the workings. oy il chides the opposition to the plan. At Ralf-past nime o clock tonmight, The Hondursn Awrhorities proteat the rescuscrs were calied writes his ' mine, and a conterence “We have not yer reached the periol of municipal operation,” stzte a@azin was Ethel danghter of tor of New ¥ O Connor, Py Christmas for Twelve Months That is what a gift makes if selected with judg- _ Buy your gifts where standard stocks await your selection, And this is? In those stores listed in The Bulletin's advertising columns! who ha derwrn 3 PMH eviry Van Dykc. 20 0 ¢ 0 - S - - onor. “We let the equip -ratiton out 4o companie ment and op- The people {of this city will pot be prepared for | were prese | municimal -operation until they become | Inspector Ge to be the same in New london. the |,.mciy igly cducated and honest them- | after ; only city in the state where the Amer. e ? fean Express compuny enters. The | selves "o eléct competent and homest | which stated Central Vermont raliroad handies the | Officials. When we look about and sce hat any of the business for that company. {the dishonesty and graft which exist He added i 5 fnow, we cannot wish to add therets by | be done exeept to - ’x;ullln‘ the operation of our railroads | bodies found Iying near WHITELAW REID P Open-Air Religious Servic “They say that the people want an independent system bult in. order to have it operated by a ‘good” company — The report was oo anxious z,rowd: 2T not look out for its ewn interests at el lali. I think ail public serv -ompa- ”‘,‘r"g:‘“ air and the peoy nies look alike to you and me, i never saw a ‘good’ yet. And if} that i md cammw should be the successful bigder, how loug | W it remain ‘good’”” ART DEALERS SUED. Undervaluation of Imports Charged by . Government. ’y at TREASURY OFFICIALS STARTLED serland, May 12, in lost their Jives The expio ")rv toda Contractor. Making Plans, Mistakes for Robber. I New York, Dec, 21.—The (federal | government filed nine compiaints here today against *Duveen Brothers, the an' drawn io the % international art dealers. in 2 series of | conside cue pasty tecivil forfeiture suits, aggregating ap-!pit. In proximately $600,00. The suits are a ' jnen, st sequel to the arrest in October of sev- ! these eral members of the firtn on charges of | the noxious z | gross undervaluation of imports. { were re . The goods involved are all under ! bodics were ¢ seizure, and to recover possession. | heavy falis of o pending decision of the United States| Rescuer: district court, the defendants must filé = a bond for the full home value, wh‘chl Late tomizht includes the foreign value plos the ' started aga customs dues. The government also 10 be has the right to sue for the forfeiture . *hen made of all goods solé by the Duveens and | 20 now in i of their customers, | including many ent millionaires, on the cases where it is shown that there was any defection in the pay- ment of duty. No such action bas vet been brought. Some of the values which the gov- ernment places on the seized goods it now holds shows that it costs to fur- nish a millionaire’s home. -Here are a few of them: Three gold hand-painted spuff boxes, $34,600; one sofa and eight chairs $32 were found alive. burned and are tion. It was anmounced tha MEXICAN \‘!LLAG: ATTACKED. Assailants Were Rmned by State Troocps—Were Bent on Robbery. 712;: onme Limoges epamel cup, $10.63 The Duveen Brothers’ list of custom- ers includgs several of the wealthi and best-known connoisseurs of the country, and the prosecation said te night that it will take advanfaze of | every legal aid to recover from these who have benefited either dircctly or indirectly by the alleged frau. ich the government estimated at § 2, €00 in full Henry J. Duveen. one of the firm. is now in England. but has given 375,009 bond for reappearance to face criminal charges. RAINEY PUSHING RESOLUTION. Collecting Data of Railroad Expensss of Roosevelt While Chief Executive. . No Receiver in Slater Estate for the ', Present. Boston, Dec. 21.—No receiver will be | appointed at present, and the \sflld&l“ o Teadus of the case of the estate of the late | = P~ { Horatio Nelson Slater, a prominent | woolen manufacturer. will remain um- | | chunged until further arder of the court, &8s a result of a cor be- | tween counsel and Juédge E ¥ in the { Massachusetts supreme court today, | {ever the bill in equity brought by | o0 LT | Mrs. Mabel Hunt Siater in behalf of | Mr ‘"‘ | her children. The bill complai gt {an alleged shrinkage in the incon ’}‘m‘_’ge\“‘, from the estate of Mrs. Slater's late ! husband and asks the removal of the | trustees. The question of the court's { jurisdiction was raised today by Her- | bert Parker, representing the trustees, and it was decided the case belonss to Worcester county. The pleadings are to be completed in that county on or j before next Wednesday Swinton Guilty of First-Degree Mur- 4 der. New York, Dee. 21 -=It took just fif- teen minutes today for a jury to find Charles Swinton, alias Charlie Phi lips, guilty of murder in the first de- W :lh the elal train: n special from the White house at P v“'e- partment expense Mr. Rainey purpeses imn ter comgress reassemble: ::argv- the rules comm Small Fire at Bridgepert . De o buiiding at it as ho expe 7N - Fire to- Eree. l'r © whole case occupied but | Plague Spreading in China. seven hours, Swinton quarrelled with ! washington, Dec. 2l-—Every report |1saac Lee on November 1 ubout lhoh‘. the state d.-p.u‘m, t ‘, \:;,,,_" FIFTEEN POUCE"EN high cost of living, and shot him. He | hearing npon the epidemic £ ‘ SBURIED IN DEBRIS was remanded for sentence on Jan {indicates the ranid spread o . {ary Death In the eloctric i tho penalty. chair vase snd adls the he afiet ram the states th ™ ¥ | Caught Uader Faliing Neocth Wall ot Surning Building. Feil fram New Haven Painter Scaf- ‘ Philader o | folding. halt miit he mom > | New Haven, Conn., Dec. 21 —Sawmnel | StricRen s e e - o . | K. Rabinson, a paiiter, of No alone, as fust (alidn, Lurise Sfteen polie- j Uregory street, fell from a scafolding | : ;- a f mea who were ar work in the r { white painting a house at 48 Ponlar Steamship Arrivals. Assistan: Foreman Calabre is assea: strogt today and fractured his ekuil | wWhich caused his death o few minutes late, e wus 80 yours old and leaves | a widew and one son. : At Rutterdivn: Dec. Uranium fromt New York. X Known, dat may At b\l\nmnl Do 31 Carenia, from ha\e concussion of the hruin Rates is New York & drakeman. 0 E S the dead. i body and that of am- oiber fGreniin as ol smdenntied have Fust been rvmeves froo tre reine

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