Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 31, 1911, Page 1

VOL. LIIL.—NO. 26 AVIATOR DROPPED INTO THE SEA Pontoons Attached to Biplane Kept the Ma- chine Ailoat and the Flier Safe WAS WITHI TEN MILES OF HAVANA When a Slight Accident, Permitting the Escape of Lu- bricating Oil, Necessitated an Immediate Descent— Aviator McCurdy Alighted on the Water as Grace- fully as a Gull and was Soon After Picked Up by the Torpedo Boat Destroyer Terry. Ke: —Six days of \-Lnlin.' for a favorable turn in wea conditions ended for Aviator J. A. D. McCurdy this morning at 7.32 o'elock, when he crossed the starting line in his attempt to fly across the Florida Straits to Havana, the long- est over-water flight yet attempted by man. He passed from the sight of th on this side of the channel within fifteen™ minutes. The mext heard of him was that he had been ed to descend in the water ten from Havana by a shortage of oil. McCurdy and his machine were uninjured, and were taken up by the torpedo boat destroyer Paulding and ed to Havana, The Start from Key West. ite his many disappointmen did not lack for spec when he started and he gave all ti rs ose who witnessed his flight the excite ment they were expecting. When isfactory weat reports had received, the aviator climbed into hi biplane and waved the signal to re. lease him. The aeroplane glided acefully down the flield for a hundred feet or more and then rose into the air. Twice Circled Over the City. After reaching a height of 500 feet, McCurdy turned his machine and cir- cled over the city. The ocean shore | was lined with cheering thousands as he passed, while other thousands filled roofs, fields and other places of van- tage. He then made another circuit of the city while flving 1,000 feet in | the alr and on returning to a point above the aviation fleld got the signal to start on his flight for Havana. Speed of 60 Miles an Hour. instructions from _ the | pavy partment, Lieutemant Com- mander Sierling, in command of the torpedo desioyer fleet, rendered every possible aid to the aviator. As soon &8 he passed the crew of a boat, that vessel bezan to follow. But McCurdy, maintaining speed of nearly sixty miles an hour, soon outstripped them al | Key West Camp Dismantied. i This afternoon McCurdy’s camp was dismantied. His equipment wiil be shipped at once to Havana. SETS A NEW RECORD IN OVER WATER FLIGHTS. | | | | | City of Havana in Plain View When | Forced to Descend. , Ja J D. McCur dy, a Canadian by birth but now af- tiliated with American aviators, set a new record today in over the water flights by covering a distance of close ndred miles. From Key West flew to within ten miles of Havana and then, a sight accilent compelled him to drop Into the sea. There he remained, his biplane floated by pon- toons, until the lifeboat of the tor- | edo boat desiroyer Terry picek him Morro Castle a Dozen Miles Away. | and | With victory within his grasp nis goal in plain view, a trivial acci- dent, and one for which no provisio e ossible, robbed him of the of conqueor of the Florida Straits With Morro le scarcely a dozen miles a and his aeroplane rushing on at the rate of fifty miles an hour st an altitude of 1,000 feet, a break in e small part of the engine, a ruptured erank case, permitting the escape of @il the lubrication oil, necessitated his fmmediate descent Havana v in plain view a Camp where the landiug was to be was only a short distance beyond. Did Not Even Get His Feet Wet. @ time of the descent the aero- about equi-distant from the | Then came a long ominous delay. Paulding ana Terry, the leading ships which were about ten miles apart. The intrepid aviator, when the sound of the engine told him something was wrong, instantly shut off the power. He descended rapidly, swinging stead- ily to the water and alighting as gracefully as a gull with outspread wings. The pontoon proved abund- antly buoyant, and McCurdy did not even get s feet wet. Fall Witnessed by Rescue Squadron. The fall was seen by all the vessels of the squadron and they headed in the direction of the aeroplane at top epeed. The Paulding and the Terry arrived almost at the same moment. Some difficulty was experienced in get- ting the destroyers alongside the air crafe but the aviator sittiyg there apparently in contentment, = assured the officers that he was entirely safe and that there was no necessity for haste. The Terry's lifeboat took him | off and finally he was taken aboard the Paulding, but the efforts to hoist the machine on the launching plat- form failed. Grappling irons were used and the aeroplane was hauled to the deck in a bady damaged condi- | tion. Cuba’s President at the Finish. While this work was going on the ship Hatuey arrived from arrying President Gomez and nds. She ran atongside 1ding and the president shout- congratulations on the pluck of ator and regret over his 11l for . After an hour's delay the squad- ron started for Havana, entering the harbor a few minutes after one o'rlock amid the cheers of many thousands who continued to throng the sea wall long after the nmews of the accident was known. McCurdy Confident that He Can Make the Flight. On landing from the Paulding Mec- Curdy proceeded without change of clothing to the drill grounds at Camp Columbla, where he gave a fine ex- hibition of his skill, rising to an alti- tude of 1200 feet and performing a va- riety of manoeuvers which startled the Cuba McCurd id this évening, referring to the accident to his engine which can i him to descend > accident only increases my earnest de e to effect the conquest of the Filorida Straits, and I have the fullest confidence that I can do it. 1 not know when I will be able to another attempt, but under such conditions as prevailed today I am ! su « succes: ardy was exactly two hours in covering, it is estimated, bout 96 miles. Besides breaking the over-sea record nis is the first in- stance of an aeroplane flight entirely out of the sight of land. Keen Disappointment in Havana. 'he disappointment was keen in na_over the aviators mishap. firing of three cannon at Cab- , signalling the start, all business s suspended. The whole popula- lation thronged th driveway from Punta to San Lazaro. All the high roofs and the heights of Morro and Cabanas were crowded.At ten o'elock it hecame known that McCurdy was drawing near, but stiil he could not be seen. The excitement was intense. No news of the aviator could be obtained from the wireless station at Vedad owing to interruption of the telepho: service, A rumor started that Mec- Curdy had been killed, but nothing was known in Havana until recelpt of As- sociated I despatches giving an account of the accident. McCurdy will remain here throughout the week and will give exhibitions at Camp Colum- bia. The destroyers will return to- morrow. PUBLIC HEALTH BILL, | ITS POWERS EXTENDED. | Examination of Water Supplies and | Sewage Disposal. | (Sg 1 to The Bulletin.) 30.—~The house e @ for o the Mann bill shington, Jan tice on interst has reporte ge the name of the public and marine pital service. the bill hjected to by n Scientists, and other medi- ctitioners wh not mem- #- of the “regular school.” In spite the hearing and these objectiors, mmittee voted the bill, and the ort gives the reasous for the meas- ure. The report explains that there is nothing in the bill which relates to the practice of medicine or the art of healing, or which restricts personal liberty in this regard. The service at present has authority to make labora- tory investigations of contagious and infectious diseases in matters relating to public health, but the bill is in- nded to extend the powers of the service and to disseminate informa- tion in relation te these experiments. Under the provisions of this biil, it is claimed that the public health serv+ ‘e will make examination of water yplies and sewage disposal and pub- lish compliation of data on these sub- jects. On this subject the report says: “Pollution with sewage is taking place to an alarming degree In interstate rivers and also the Great Lakes, and it 1s essential to determine the amount i of s pollution and its act fluence upon public health. vestigations contemplated, undoubtedly be elicted which in dividual cases will serve as a guide in the prevention of further pollution. The invesiigation wili also determine what is necessary to preserve the puri- y of interstate streams and serve as | & basis for action looking to that en and for recommendations to congress. It Is claimed this is all the bill con- templates. . Bathtub Trust Defendants File Gen- eral Demurre! Detroit, Mich, Jan. 30.—Thirty-two individual defendants in the so-called bath tub trust criminal cases filed a eneral demutrer in the federal court ere this afternoon. It was expected that the cases would come up for trial i Marca ERUPTION AND TIDAL WAVE IN THE PHILIPPINES. Many Natives Drowned or Killed Near Mount Taai. Manila, Jan. 30.—Twenty natives were drowned in a tidal wave that ac- compaied the volcanic outbreak of Mount Taal, according to reports re- ceived by the local papers. All of the towns within a radius of twenty miles were more or less damaged by the shower of mud and stones. An American school teacher, how whe has Jaboriously traversed the western shore of Lake Taal, telegraphs that five small villages wera destroyed by the tidal wave, and that not fewer than 300 persons have been killed in that vicinity. Many were burned in fires started by the masses of molten matte Washington, Jan. —A report of the volcanic and earthquake disturb- ances in_Luzon, in the neighborhood of Lake Taal, reached the war depart- ment today from Father Algue, head of the weather service in the Philip- pines. Ho says the shocks which be- gan Friday were of enormous intensi- ty for a radius of 100 miles around the volcano of Taal. Although they con-. tinue, he apprehended no danger to points more than thirty miles distant, such as Manila. There are unconfirm- ed reports of loss of life in the lake country. Two New Express Trains Between New York and Boston. New Haven. Conn., Jan. 30.—The New York., New Haven and Hartford railroad company, beginning next May, intends to put on two express trains each way between New York and Bos- ton runninz over the Naugatuck Road to Waterbury and thence over the im- proved track of the Highland division between Waterbury and Hartford. It is expected also when the mew double track from the Housatonic line to Der- by is completed that conmsiderable through freight will be transferred at Derby northward on the Naugatuck division. California Anti-Gambling. Passed. Sacramento, Cal, Jan. 30.—The Walker Young anti-mabling bill pass- ed the assembly today 58 to 5. It passed the senate on January 26. It will become a law fifteen days after it is signed. It is said it will stop all Cabled Paragraphs Dresden, Saxony, Jan. 30.—King Frederich August left foday for a hunt of several weeks in the Sudan. London, Jan. 30.—Jem Driscoll, the featherweight champion of England. retained the championship in his fight tonight with Suike Robson before the National Sporting eclub. Driscoll won in the seventh round. Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 30.—The At- lantic_Fruit company's steamer. Ros- ario Di Giorgio, which sailed from Baltimore Jan. 18 for Port Antonio and went ashore off Manchional three-days ago, is still fast on the rocks. The hull is intact and the salvers are con- fident they can refloat her. London, Jan. 30.—The inquest into the death of Leon Beron, whose hody was found on Clapham Common scver- al weeks ago resulted today in a charge of murder against a Russian known as “Stinie” Morrison. Morris- on was arrested when the police were attempting to connect this murder with the activities of the gang of burglar anarchists. NOMINATION OF HAWLEY TO SUCCEED MARSHAL BISHOP. Two Factions Trying to Control Re- publican Patronage in Connecticut. _ (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, Jan. 30.—The nomina- tion of former Sheriff Hawley to suc- ceed Marshal Bishop as Marshal of the U. S. Courts of Connecticut shows very plainly that there are two_ factions in the republican party of Connecticut trying to control the federal patron- age of the state, One faction is head- ed by Senators Bulkelev and Brande- gee, and the other by Senator-elect McLean and Representative Hill. The nomination of Sheriff Hawley, as well as the renomination of Postmaster Hagarty of Hartford, would that at present the two senators the “powers that be” with are the ad- ministration, but what will happen af- ter March 4th, when Senator Bulke- ley goes out, i$ another question. It has just leaked out that Gov. McLean was not in Washington last | bers. week solely for his health. He is wnown to have called at the depart- ment of justice, and it was given out ihat he called simply to find out what was necessary for him to do to ac. cept the senatorship formally. But now it is said he also tried to hold up the naming of Sheriff Hawley until after March 4th, when he might have something to say about the appoint- ment. Just when Senators Brandegee made thelr re for the appointment of Sheriff Hawl was kept pretty quiet, and both sena- tors refused to say a word as regards this appointment. It was suspected, however, that somet! was in the wind, and that is why Governor Mec- lean and Representative Till were busy last week at the White House and the department of justice. Just who was backed by Governor McLean and Mr. Hill for the place is not known down here, but several names are suggested in this connection, Mar- shal Bishop himself is not one of them, but J. Henry Roraback, and Jacob D. Walter of Cheshire have been named in_this connection. Whether Mr, Goodwii was connect- ed with this matter or not Is a ques- | tion. ‘Of course he stands with | Governor McLean and Representative Hill, and perhaps that Is what he called at the White House for. Nor is it generally believed that he is to be given any other place, certainly not until after March 4th, for it might be that he would not be confirmed by the Senate, if the two Connecticut sena- ors should give their word against nm. The new marshal will hold offi- e for four years which will carry him over the time when Senator Drandegee comes up for re-election, and naturally he is expected to a sist the man who named him. This s not seem to worry Mr. Hill, who generally _credited with senatorial ambitions. ~ Just where President t stands in the matter of Connecticut patronage is hard to figure out, but just now it would seem as though the [onnecticut senators had the call. The representatives were not consulted in the making of this appointment ,and they were greatly surprised when the | name of Sheriff Hawley was sent to the senate. He will probably be con- firmed some time today. PEACE SOCIETY IN JAPAN ORGANIZED BY AMERICANS. Resolutions Adopted Denouncing War Talk—No Evidence of Unfriend- liness. Tokio, Jan. 30.—American resident in Japan have organized a peace so- ciety. A_big meeting was held to- night at Yokohama, in which leading business men participated and much enthuisiasm displayed,. Two hundred names were enrolled. The American ambassador, Thomas J. O’Brien, spoke, and resolutions were adopted «denouncing the war talk. The ambassador said that there was no evidence of unfriendliness to the United States by any section of the Japanese people, and he asked that this be given the widest circulation, as representing tie sincere and unani- mous sentiment of Americans in this country. HAINS OUT OF ARMY AT LAST. President Accepts Resignation of Cap- tain Serving Sentence. Washington, Jan. 30.—President Taft has accepted the resignation from th army of Captain Peter C. Hains, . Coast Artillery corps, effective Janu: 28. Halns is serving a pe sentence for killing William at Bay Side, N. Y., I 1509. This is the result of the hill pa: | by congress last week, authorizing the | president to drop from the rolis of the | army the names of officers who have | been convicted In a competent court, | or who for any other reason arc ab- | sent withont official leave for a period exceeding three months. i Invited to Connecticut. (Special to The Bulletin.) ‘Washington, Jan. 30.—The Connecti- cut members of congress have been | invited to attend the annual state con vention and banquet of the Connecti- cut letter carriers and postofiice clerk to be held in Middletown, Februz 22d. Major Tilson is now trving secure Representative J. Sloan Fas- sett, of New York. as the principal speaker at the banquet. Mr. Fassett is & member of the house post office committee and a good speaker. He| will go, if he can. H to| Smuggled Opium on His Person. San Francisco, Jan. 30.—F. J. Fitz- gerald, 70 years old and for twenty vears a_watchman on the Pacific Mail Steamship company’s docks in this city, was arrested today while leaving the whar{ with $400 worth of smuggled opium on his person. He confessed the details of an opium smuggling plot which has led to the seizure of nearly $50,000 worth of contraband drug on the Korean alone since her arrival irom the Oriens For a Permanent Tariff Board FIRST OF TAFT LEGISLATION TO BE ADOPTED IN HOUSE BY VOTE OF 186 TO 83 The Bill Was Passed Last Night at 11.40 O’clock—AIil Amendmehts Were Voted Down—Democrats Split. Washington, Jan. 30.—After consid- ering the matter for more than seven iours under a special rule, the house at 1140 o'clock tonight by a vote of 186 to 93 passed t ehbill providing for a permanent tariff hoard of five mem- This Is the first of the legisla- tion recommended by President Taft to be adopted in the house this ses- sion. The democrats split on the pasasge of tho bill, and zlthough Champ Clark, the minority leader, voted for the measure, nir of his followers were recorded against it. The others who voted in the negative were scattering republicans. The democrats veted to Zether on various amendments to the hill, but in each instance they were def>ated and the bill was put through in exactly the shape that it came from the committee. The ‘insurgent” re- publicans voted with the regulars in their party.in opposition to the dem- ratic amendments and on the final passage of the bill. / Democrats Who Voted for the Measure Much of the time given to the con- sideration of the bill was taken up by the democrats in their eqorts to amend the measure. Several roll calls were demanded, and for a time it seemed that there might be a filibuster, but an srcement to end the debate at 11 oclock was finally adopted. Democrais who voted for the bill we Barnhart, Inliana; Bartlett, 1Zoohe Missou Borland, ; Brantley, Georgia; Burleson, Tex: Byrnes, Tenn e: Crantrill, Kentucky: Clark, Ohio; Dickinson, Mis- r, 1llinois;. Goulden,New Hammond, Hardy, Minnesota; Havens, Ni Humphre; achu son, olls, Pensyly Ma Pujo, s rp, Ohio; T ‘Wickliffe, Loui: bama; NO TAX MAY BE PLACED ON GOVERNMENT AUTOMOBILES on Refused Taft's Ma- Getting the Maryland Auto Comm to Send Licenses for chines without First Money. ington, Jan. 30.—The White has been paping licenses for ive automobiles which the gov- ernment has provided for the use of the president and his family, although not required by law to do so. Not only for the District of Columbi: Ma to vland and Virginia, over which tei y the president rides while he is the national capital, but also for Massachusetts, where the summer White House is situated, have auto- mobile licenses been procured for the xecutive's machine: Gorge, Maryland’s automobile applying for motor cars but failed check to pay for the orge replied he would nses as soon as he had s theé ic the money. Tho comptroller of the treasury r cently decided that neither the Dis- of Columbia nor the states tax government automobiles. Further the quartermaster general of the army said in a recent order: “By decisions of the United States supreme court it is held to be settled law that the proverty of the U States and the instrumentalities whereby it per- forms its proper governmental funo- i annot be taxed.” MISS DOROTHY ARNOLD NOW MISSING FIFTY DAYS. Central Park Lakes and Ponds to Be Dragged. York, Jan. 30.—Rumors as va- e as the weather continue to sur- d the disappearance of Dorothy Arnold. now missing from her New York home for nearly fifty days. To- night the case to all intents is where it was when counsel for the family first sought aid through publicity. In_sheer desperation the family has invoked the aid of the police to go over the confines of Central Park foot by foot and to drag the park lakes and ponds. This probably wiil be begun tomorrow, though there was a report tonight that Miss Arnold was not at a stere in the vicinity of the park on the day of her disappearance, but at a steamship agency procuring literature relative to & cruise to the West Indies. The remembers seeing a zirl similar to the pictures of Miss Arnold, but the records Show no reservation. The evidence that she called at this ‘ney is apparently as strong as the posed visit to the uptown store om where she might have entered the Yet the tamily in the absence any other clues has decided to in- te the systematic search there and, nothing results, to search Bronk i similarl, Annual Banquet Connecticut Editorial Association. New Haven, Conn., 0.—The Connecticut Editorial ation to- night held its annual banquet, which in point of attendance was the largest in its history. This followed the usual business session. . The speakers were Gov. Simeon E. Baldwin, who, as the toastmaster, Col. Norris' G. Osborn, pointed out in his introduction, once wielded the editorial pen; Don C. Seitz, manager of the New York Prof. E. B. Reed of Yale uni- : Frank B. Tracy of the Eoston pt, and Rev. O. A. Maurer of the Center church of this city. The | banquet room among its decorations had the executive flag. and red car- nations were the boutonnicres in rec- ognition of McKinley day U. S. Supreme Court Take: Until February 20th. Washipgton, Jan. 30.—The supreme court of the United States today took a recess untll February 20. The pur- pose of the recess is to enable the Justices to devote their - time exclu- sively to the preparation of decisions in cases already argued. It is be- lieved that the opinion of the court in one or more of the big corporation cases, including the dissolution suits agalnst the Standard Oil Company, the American Tobacco organization and the corporation tax cases, may be ‘angounced whien the courl reconvenes, Recess licenses | American Troops Ordered to Border TO PRESERVE THE NEUTRALITY OF THE UNITED STATES. MESSAGE ON POINT OF GUN Handed Across the International Bor- der from Victorious Mexican Rebels to American Sheriff. Mexicali, Mexico, Jan. 30.—The vic- torious rebel band which controls this boundary town is apprehensive that an expedition may be organized on the American side to dispute possession of the place. 4 On_the point of a gun a message was handed across the international border yesterday to Sheriff Meadows of Imperjal County, California. It read: American Sheriff Gets Message from # Rebels. “Sheriff of United States of Amer- ica: We have learned from good au- thority that there is a movement on your side trying to organize a graup of men to come to this side of the line with the purpose of rescuing one of our prisoners and in such case they will violate the neutrality law and they will do it at their peril. ' Hoping you will see to that, 1 remain, “Respectfully, Simeon Bearthhold, “Second leader of the revolutionists. “P. S.—You must bear in mind that wo are not a mob. We are fighting for principles. “S. B.” Prisoner Released on Payment of $500 Gold. The insurgents offered to relaese Sub-Prefecto Terrazas as a hostage while he crossed to the American side to zet the money. Friends in_Calex- ico, California, advanced the $500 and the sub-prefecto was released with the warning that he must resign his office and not set foot in Mexicali again on penalty of instent death. The insurgents left Mexicali today and are now camped on the canal bank near Packard Station on the railroad, {in the heart of the California Mexico Land_and Cattle Company’s ranch. The Mexican officials have resumed possession of the government offices and duties are collected at the cus- toms house as usual. The insurgents | took out of Mexicali about $2,000. Mexican families are returning from Calexico to Mexicali and general bus- iness is being resumed. The retire- ment of the rebls was voluntary. U. S. Troops Ordered to Border, Washington, Jan. 30.—Because of the seizeure of Mexicali, Mexico, by the revolutionists, the war department today ordered on officer and thirty men to Calexico, California, which is sit- uated just across the border. The American troops have been ordered from San Diego, California, and are charged with the @uty-of co-operating with the American marchals and col- lectors of customs in preserving theé neutrality of the United States. BROMLEY LECTURE AT YALE. Editor of Boston Herald ors “The Sense of Proportion in Journalism.” w Haven, Conn., Jan. 30.—The paper as s product of modern economic conditions was discussed by Robert Lincoln O’'Brien, 2ditor of the Boston Herald, in the first of the two annual lectures on Journalism at Yale universit tonight on the Bromley foundation. His topic was “The Sense of Proportion in Journallsm. The second lecture will be given on Fieb. 6. OBITUARY. Rt. Rev. Monsignor Edward S. Fitzger- ald of Holyoke. Jan. 30.—The Rt. Fitzgerald, pastor h of the Holy Rosary, died at the Housa of Mercy hospital to- night of preumonia. Father Fitzgerald was elevated to the monsignori last December on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his ordination. He was born in Chicopee 50 years ago, and graduated from Holy Cross college in the class of 1882. He prepared for the priesthood at St. Mary's, Baltimore. Indictment Against Semi-Weekly At- lanta Journal Quashed, Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 30.—Federal Judge William Newman today sustained the semi-weekly Atlanta Journal's de- murrer and quashed the indietment brought by the federal jury charging “conmspiracy to defraud the govern- ment.” Attorney Alexander Ackerman, act- ing as special assistant to the attor- ney general, had conducted a pestal investigation here and had indicted the Journal company for mailing copies at one cent a pound which he con- tended should have been paid for at a four cent rate. Waterbury te Orgenize Third Na- tional Guard Company. Waterbury, Conn,, Jan. 30.—Adjutant Genaral Cble of Hartford addressed a gathering of military men in this city tonight, and it was voted to organize a third pational guard company here. It will be connected with the Second regiment. It is believed the forming of thls new company will mean much toward saouring a new armery from the present general assembly. Unknewn Man Killed by Freight Train at Manchester. Manchester, Conn., Jan. 30.—An un- known man, apparently about 45, was struck and killed by a freight train here tonight. On his person was found $315.03. There were also two pay en- velopes bearing tha mame of a Man- chester concern and the date 1907. It is belisved that the numbers on the envelopes will lead to his identifiea- tion. Colorado's Ballot for Senator. Denver, Col, Jan. 80.—In today’s ballot for senator, Senator Hecker of Denver, who has been voting for Speer, changed his vote to Adams. The bal- lot follows: Democrats—Adams 20; Martin, 2; O'Donnell, 3; Shafroth, 1; Taylor, 2; Thomas, 5; Ward, 5. Republicans— Dawson, —; McCreary, 1; Northcutt, 1; Vaile, 1; Goudy, 27. Necessary to choice 51. Red Garnation on Each ack Robe. ‘Washington, Jan. 820.—The biack robes of the members of the supreme court of the United States wers en- livened todey by a ted carnation on each. Justice Day, a neighbor of the Jate President McKinley, had distri- buted the carnations to his brethren in honor of the natal day of the late ex- | Condensed Telegrams The Navy League of the - United State has determined upon Los Angeles as the location for its next convention to be held March 7 and 8. _Micha®l McMahon committed _siui- cide at his place of residence in Bridge port by drink carbolic acid. Ht was about 40 years old and a laborer. Miss Mary Desha, 65 years old, one of the three founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution, died sud- denly of apoplexy while walking near her home in Washington Sunday. Rev. James Mudge, of Malden, has been called to fill the vacancy of the First Methodist church at Wakefield, caused by the resignation of Rev. Charles L. Peterson a few weeks ago, and has accepted. A hot rock uséd in warming the bed set fire to her garments and caused the death of Mrs. Mary Carlisle at Lebanon, Ky. Sunday. She was the widow of Col. John B. Carlisle, who was for many years a prominent law- yer. Captain A, M, Taber, master whaler, poet and scientist, died at Wakefield, Mass., Sunday, at the age of 86 years. He retired from the sea a number of years ago and since that time had de- voted himself to his studies and whit- ings. A novel house warming was siven by Mrs. James Canty at her new home in Boyken, a suburb of Camden, S. C. It took the form of a character bridge party. The first prize was a live game cock. It was won by Mrs. Egmond Vontreschow. / Former United States Senator James Gordon, of Okolona, Miss., who is T: made application for $100,000 life in surance. The senator says that he has made all arrangements to live not less than 100 vears and does not know that he will stop at that age. Lasters, lasting machine operators, ironers, and beaters-out, numbering 20 in all, went out on strike at the shoe factory of the Thompson- Crooker Co., Wes Lynn, Monday. Un- let the trouble resulted in a speedy settlement, more than 500 other em- ployees of the factory were expected to be made idle. George W. DeCunha, of Montsiair, N. J.,, whose panaceas for public ills have brought him fame, is out with a pronouncement that the high cost of living is due to the national mania for banduets. &He advecates the passage of a federal law to restrain_ the pro- clivity to Fleicherize every™ question that comes to public attention. _ Officers of the George Junior Repub- lic at Freeville, N. Y., will be sent to London next gpring to assist in the organization there of a republic similar to that established here by Wellman R. George, according to an announcement by Mr. George. He said that a prom- inent British nobleman is to head the new juvenile government in England. A man_who presented himself at Grace hospital, Boston, Sunday night apparently suffering from mental de- rangement, gave his name as William B. Foster and - gave ~ his address as 281 Alexander avenue, New York. He was removed to a police station and afterward was taken to_ Austin Farm Insane hospital for observation. Blindness drove two old persons to committ suicide Sunda; Mrs. Christi. na Weller, agad 75 vears, whose sight was nearly gone, ended her life by in- haling gas in her home in Brooklyn. The body of Rheinhold Lerz, who had recently become totaily blind, was found hanging from a fire escape In front of the Municipal Almsheuse at Newark, N. J. Two deaths from scarlet fever and one new case of the disease were re- ported to the Waterbury hoard of health Sunday. The victims of the epidemic are Walter E. Jackson and Angus Cameron, son of Dr. Hugh A. Cameron. Plumbing defects found in the Driges school, which was closed by the health officer, have been order- ed repaired at onoce. foil Determined to the chioken thieves at his summer home in Ewing, near Trenton, N. J., James M. Donals, a New York banker, has equipped his buildings with a 3,000 candle power arc light. These lights will illuminate the estate with noonday brightness whenever they are placed in service, either by the hand of the operator or by the unconscious touch of an invad- er. That the sits roposed by the ci zens of Springfiard for the location of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology in that city is an ideal one in every way was the statement of Presi- dent Richard C. MacLauren on his re- turn from Sphingfield Sunday, “but,” he added, “it would take an exceptional offer to get the institute of technology outside of Greater Boston.” The ques- tion, however, is by no means settled. A violent blizzard swept over Novia Scotia Saturday night and Sunday morning. Following a spell of mild weather the temperature dropped to near the zero point and with a fifty mile gale blowing from the northeast accompanied by snow. The storm was the severest of the season. Telegraph and telephone wires were carried down in all directions, shipping was held up and trains ran behind their schedules. To preve to the shoe manufasturers of the country that shoes can be made profitably at” the scale of wages es- tablished hy the unions, the execufive board of the United Shoe workers of America at a meeting in Lynn, Sun- day voted to establish a model factory to be operated by the national organ- ization of the union. It was not defi- nitely decided where the factory will be located hut it is prebable that Lynn will be seleeted. Death yesterday relisved the suffer- ings of AMiss Lillian Liford, 16 years procity agreement with Canada sub- old, of Elletsville, Ind., who was burned a week ago after a mesting with her lover, Litana Shelton, 27 years old. He is in jail, accused of pouring coal oil over the girl's oloth- ing and setting it on fire. Shelton de- nies the accusation and declares that his sweetheart's clothing was ignited from a stove while they were asleep, leaning on a table. Senator Beveridge of Indiana in a statement issued commends the reci- mitted to congress by the president and praised President Taft's message wrging its ratification. “Every be- lever in Canadian reciprocity,” said Secnator Beveridge, “must applaud the thoroughly admirable message of the president to congress, transmitting to that body the proposed agreement. That message 1S pOW and un- answerable from any point of view.” Steamship Arrivals. At Southhampton: Jan. 29, Adria~ tis, from New York. At Fiume New Yoric. At _Antwerp: Gothiand, from New York. At Alexandria: Jan. 28, Cedvig, fram New York it Jan. 29, Carmanis, frem Jan. 29, [Albany Deadlock PRICE_TW0_CENTS Unbroken 'HOPE FOR RADICAL CHANGE IN PRESENT SITUATION. FIRST PEACE CONFERENCE Held With the “Insurgents” Last Night —Senator Roosevelt Closeted With Tammany Leader for Over an Heun Albany, N. Y., Jan. 30.—The demo- cratic organization behind William ¥, Sheehan held its first peace confer- ence with the “insurgents” tonight but without making any appreciable pro- gress toward settling the deadlock over the election of a United States senator, Roosevelt and Murphy Talk It Qver. After attending the daily rally of the legislators who have combined to de- feat Mr. Sheehan, Senator Frlflk“l D. Roosevelt, the “insurgent’ leader, spent more than an hour with Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall. However, far they may have been from an agreement, the fact that they met and dlscussed ths senatorship ques- tlon was regarded as an encouraging omen by those who hope for a radicai change in the present situation. Hitherto each side has remained aloof, each refusing to take the initive to- ward possible terms of peace. Will Report Results Today. After his conference Senator Roose- velt said that Mr. Murphy did not send for him; and he did not seek the in- terview. According to another insur- gent, Senator Roosevelt received an in- vitation to call at Mr. Sheehan’s roomn in the hotel. The insurgent leader told his associates and promised to report the rusults of the conference to them tomorrow morning. When Senator Roosevelt reached Mr. Shee- han’s room he found not the candidate but Mr. Murphy. When asked what passed between them Senator Roome- velt declined to give details. He ad- mitted, however, that they discussed the senatorship and the deadlock; and his friends expect he will make a full- er report at an insurgents meeting be- fore the joint ballot tomorrow. Senator Roosevelt was asked if any- thing happened durin{ the conference to alter his views or plans. He replied without hesitation: “Nothing.” \ NEW HAVEN ROAD WILL CARRY OUT ITS PLANS. To Build Its Own Line Between South Vernon and Brattiebore. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 30~The reverse suffered by the New York, New Haven and- Hartford Railroad com- pany in the Vermont senate will not prevent the immediate carrying out of the company’s plans to obtain itw own line between South Vernom, Vi, and Brattleboro. At the offices of the vempany it i stated that the line betwsen Eouth Vernon and Brattleboro will be push- ed through as soon as possible in the Vermont legislature. This will in- volve after a time the bullding of a new double track bridge et SBouth Ver- non but at first the = single track bridge at that point will be wtilized with gauntletted tracks, The main expense compelled by the action of the Vermont senate is not d nec- cessity of oonstruction the New Hampshire side under the eral rail- road law of that state but to an ex- pensive bridge across the Connecticut which must be built at Brattlebore, The second link between Windsor and White River Junmotlon, Vermont, of fourteen miles on the New Hampshire side of the river will begin late: The definite policy of the New Haven com- pany, it is stated, is to have as soon as possible a complete double track between New York City and Windsor goon to be extended td White River Junetion, OHIO SOCIEY BANQUET ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT TAFT At Anniversary Dinner in Commem- oration of MeKinley's Birthday. Washington, Jan, 30.+The last pub- lic utterances of President McKinler in favor of raciprocity, made the day he was assassinated at Buffalo, wers recalled tonight by President Taft in an address at the Ohio Soclety’'s an- niversary banquet iy commemoration of McKinley's birthday. 3 Many men associated with President McKinley in public officse and promi- nent Ohicans were present. Juseice Day, Secretary Knox, Secretary Wil- son, Ex-Vice President Fairbanks and Senator Dick of Ohio, were among the speakers. President Taft eulogized the mar- tyred president and praised his-atti- tude on the commercial expansion of the country with particular reference to the general declarations in favor of reciprocity made by President McKinley at the Pan-American Ex- position at Buffalo. SHIP’S PAPERS PICKED UP. Sinking of Steamer Larchment Brought to Mind. Newport, R. I, Jan. 30.—The sinking off Block Island of tha steamer Larch- mont in February, 1906, which cost more than a hundred lives,was brought to mind today when a fisherman re- ported the finding of a pacl e of the ship's papers floating mear the scene of the wreok. The papers consist of duplicate receipts of shipments and the like. It is thought that the hull of the sunksn steamer is breaking up under the action of the heavy seas of the past iwo days. MARCH ON HONDURAN CAPITAL. Two Bedies of Revolutionists Operat- ing Against Teguci alpa. San Juan, Del Sur, Nicaragua, Jun. 30.—General Duron, at the head of 900 revolutionists, has invaded the depart- ment of Choluteca, Honduras, and is preparing to march against Tegcuigai- pa, the capital. Anorther body of {Ievoluflnlls s is reported to be operating near paneonto, about 75 miles east of the capitar. Another Disappointment for Aviator McCurdy. Key West, Fla, Jan. 29.—Subday proved another day of disappolntment flight today the wind was too high for a0 attempt, and late this afternoon, the weather was favorable for & it was too iats to get the ‘when Sighy position th destroyars in & course. A flight will be P T mmorning. 1 Combitions et