Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 3, 1911, Page 1

%] 0 £ VO HEARING ON PUBLIC All Matters of the General Subject Taken Up Jointly in Connecticut House BEFORE THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Normand F. Allen of Hartford in Charge of the Busi- ness Men’s Bill, Called Upon Representative Chand- * ler to Open for the Bill—Demand for Adequate Trolley Facilities—Others Spoke Briefly for thevBill. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 2.—As antiei- pated the hearing on public utilities matters heid in the House chamber this afternoon by the judiclary com- mittee drew a large attemiance All matters of the general subject were Normand F. Allen nes Men's blll. He sald that the sub- of rates and adjusted them. Then a service commission took up complaints und adjusted them fairly, And the people like the corporations better and the corporations believe in the people. Dean Henry sald that a service com- missfon ought not to be made up Of lawyers. It should be & com- mission; it does mot take a lawyer ject would be agitated until a saiis-. to decide whether or not a train should factory bill was passed. A campaign of education has been conducted the clation members*are holders of stock ‘n public service corporations and they ad no desire to Injure those corpora- tions by legislation. What was want- | o1 was absolutely fair ‘They believed in a faid deal. Repripentative Government on Tri Mr. Allen then called upon Repre- . He the problem is typical of a movement _among modern wtates to adjust ald lmws and practices 0 mew industrial situations. In Con- mecticut it has assumed a large aspect. ‘Because of the agitation which had preceded it powerful forces are ar- rayed for and against it and it now nvoives the whole question of effi- of reprementative government. real issue” Representative sa1d. “has ceased to he the per se, but possesses the of ‘the responsiveness modern legistature to the popu- supervision. | op at stations. 1t is stmply a ques- tion of business. He told of the fights | batween the people and corporations involving eorruption on the part *of the latter and the campaigns of La- Follette. He said that the Wisconsin people have wealth enough to take the railroads and assume their indebtted. ness. He did mot believe it was time for the state to do that. Dean Henry said that if the corporations continued to antagonize the people the end will be anarchy. Soclalism, he said, is bound to come. It cannot be stopped. “Lei us have a peaceful revolution” he said. “The time. is here for a peacetul revolution in Comnecticut.” Belioves in a Commission of Business Men, H. H. Willds, president of the Hart- ford Business Men's association, said that the business men of the state came to the legislature asking for recognition in the form of a commi: sion to regulate cohditions as applied to relations between public service corporations and the people. He be- Heved with Dean Henry in a commis- sion of business men, for the problems are not legal but those which can be Representative government | understood only by men who have had Commerce Court. it in advance of | Business Men’ he its source. hard earned experience. Other Speakers: Thomas Kelly of the Willmantic association spoke of prejudiced | conditions in that place which need He | regulation, especially in electric and Mellen for his | gas lighting. |~ President Alleh asked those in favor late in the day, was _of the regulation of public service cor- fathering the blil; but mever bad beer 0. He paic Judic] com- to an enviable de- past eighteen question of bodies to corporate suspicion” S S X in which very txls- this sus- ur own body much vital ther one bill to law; the and ruin it the statute rears, but it will lose confidence ted power. Measures in General For- ‘ward Mevement. Representative Chandler -l? i th'nlt two are on trial, the _m"“.-m jost power amd prestige, the democrats eager to Dress on to new ground. They wtand sparring for public_utili- s compensa- measures in £ f 4 i ¥ ! i y o : i ) I it H 7, - i A H | i to cateh the oven devices t the people of lod in thefr de- ities should be for rights and figures to the Haven company its_equipment growth of He ciaim- o8 should be quotei from on the jon of pub- which com- rates for i 'zligg ?"fii! iiéfi’ i 5-2%[ ! i “Willimantic -==Db"L He erce bill it Be ' believed in t It would be best road owned every T of Newtown, told of conditions in ' the great figlits between e people, un- Peow the sorations to stand, and practically the atire assembly arose. “The following spoke briefly en: the bill: G. Warren Davis. president of the Con- ‘necticut Dairymen’s association; F. E. Vinceat, T. McRow] T o] Ik ; H. B. Sykes, old; C. P. Pierson, Norwicl W. C. Norris, Willimantic, and A. H. Cooper, Bridgeport. v B PUBLIC: UTILITIES BILL, ' AND COURT OF COMMERCE. Opinions Favoring an Adequate Me: ure Heard With No Uncertain Tone. (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, Feb. 2.—The tide of public apinion in favor of an adequate meas- ure for the just control of public ser- vice corporations swept in upon the | Jjudiclary committee with no uncertain force when the first hearing on all bills relating and bearing on public utilities 4nd the proposed court of commerce a8 held in the hall of the house on Thursday afternoon.- About 200 were in attendance. The virtues of the public utilities bill prepared by the State Business Men's association as presented by various speakers, _inelud: “Representative Chandler of Rocky Hfll, whose address was the feature of the hearing, were urged practically in exelusion of the consideration of other similar mea: ures pending, though,there was fre quent refsrence to the proposed court of commierce. It was significant of the state-wide feeling in relation to the consideration of what is probably the most important matter that will be passed upon by the present legislature that, as the hearing became long drawn out but stii intensely interesting, when those who were in favor of the regulation of public service corpora- tions were asked to rise, nearly every man in the hall came to his feet. Willimantio gave two of the numer- ous speakers who talked in favor of bill prepared by the State Busi- ness Men's association—Mayor Dunn and Attorney Thomas J. Kelley. Mayor Dunn said that both the great political parties of this state are on trial as regards the regulation of pub- lie service corporations. The time has come when the people should have something to say about the control of public’ utilities. ~ The rallroads want to be let alone, though they are not pArticular about what is done to reg- ulate other corporations, but the peo- ple are rising up. Mayor Dunn re- viewed the offorts to get a public utili- tios bill through the legisiature at the last session, the campaign that has ever since been conducted in its favor: and the results that are bound to fol- low. He paid. 3 tribute to the State Business ‘Men's assoclation and said that it must be apparent to all that they would not t an unfair measure, The staté gave them charter rights 1o the _corporations without charge and why, then, should not the people, who are the state, have a voice in their regulation? Mayor Dunn said :| he Dbelleved that if the people of the state were given & right to vote on the passage of the Dill presented by the State Business Men's association that they would pass it with a magnificent majority. Attorney Thomas Kelley of Willl- mantic, representing the Business Men's association of that city. told the committee facts pertinent to the subject, with the gas and electric com- pany of his town as the target of his jogic, in favor of the bill of the State Business Men's assoctation. Mr, Kel- said that Wilimantic was in cor- porated as a city in 1893 One section of the city charter proposed at.that time provided the right of the city to generate electricity for street lighting, but the legislature found that it was net a governmentsl function.to it t0 do so and refused the proposition. AMr. Kelley then reviewed the result. The "Citizens’ Gaslight company and the Willimantic Electric company, two corporations in mame but one in’ con- trol, got the street lighting charter and :he people a;';fl lunnk; ‘were asked 0 pay rates high eno o 8 d>nAs on ah inflal ==h-l,brlun chusetis n at that Yoo Ty ed upon the ks, and many men of thelr crews lost. Today the bod- ies of 26 sailors were picked up along the coast. Feb, 3._Alfred Stedman Hartvell, chief justice of the supreme mrtwae‘n};“.::’en R as iny years T Vice In the Isiands. In the ‘seventics he held several judicial offices here, and he returned 1o 1904 So Al ava- cancy on the supremie bench. He is in his T5th vear. § San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, Feb, 2. —A" special from Tegucigalpa says that the Ha congress has 1> approve the Morgan loan transaction and dcelined the appeals ot Uresident Davilia to further consid- er-the question of ratifying the agree- ment which his agents made with the financial syndicate. X Paris, Feb. 3.—Several French news- papers have been insisting almost dai- that -the _triple agreement between ‘e, Ruesia and Great. Britain is al- most a dead letter. M. Pichon, min- ment in the senate today in which he ment in teh senate taday in which he said the entente was mnever,so com- 5:“ or productive of resulls as to- WOMAN’S SROE FOUND ON EDGE CENTRAL PARK LAKE New Yoirk, Feb. 2.—A rumor’that the body of Dorothy Arnold had been found in o Central Park lake was posted on a newspaper bullefin board here today and telephoned to the fam- ily, but it proved as baseless as all other clues thus far discovered. The park patrol found a woman's shoe on the edge of the largest of the park lakes. Its aize was S 1-2 but that did not quiet the Tumor and swarms of reporters and photographers were soon scouring the shores. There was the usual crop of rumors concerning the young woman today but nothing tangible developed. Geo- 8. -Griscom, Jr., the young Pittsbur- ger, whom relatives sought abroad in the hope that he had knowledge of here whereabouts, is due in New York on Thursday next. He is aboard the steamship Berlin and will probably confer with Mr. Arnold, though he has declared he knows nothing of Miss Off Sow and Pigs Ledge. New Bedford, Mass., Feb. The high powered engines of the steamer Roosevelt which successfully over- ‘came the resistance of Arctic ice floes on Peary's. last expedition, today proved their worth in the Roosevelt’s new duty as a wrecking vessel, when they tore the New York barkentine Stephen_G. Hart from the- tenacious hold of Sow and Pigs ledee, off Cutty- hunihunk Island.. The Hart had been aground- on the ledge since last Fri- pight when she ran ashore during = fog which encompassed Vine- yard sound. Archbishop Ryan in Comatose Condi- " tion. Philadelphia, Feb. 3.—Arehbishop Ryan was in a comatose condition at midnight, and the physicians at his bedside Teport that his pulse was weaker than at any time since he be- came {ll. They say he may not sur- vive the night. Harlier in the evening the aged prelate aroused himself and insisted on dictating ‘a cablesram to the pope in reply to one received from Rome. He expresesd his gratitude_to the pope for hId paternal interest and asked the holy father to pray for him. Grand Army Incorporated. ecial to The Bulletin.) Washington, Feb. 2—The senatf passed the bill incorporating ! the Grand Army of the Republic, with headquarters in the District of Colum- bia. incorporators, however, come from almest every state of the union, each state having one representative on the board of incorporators. Judge Alfred B. Beers, of Bridgeport, repre- sents Connecticut. The bill wil] proba- bly pass the house without any oppo: tion, a8 was the case in the senate. has Brakeman Crushed st Danbury. ‘Danbury, Conn, Feb. 2.—Luther Simons, a brakeman, was crushed be- tween two cars in the local vards of the New York, New Have and Hart- ford raflroad while at work tonight and so severely injured that he died a, short time afterwardd. He was about 30 years old and married. The organization of the General Slocum Survivors, representing 800 relatives of victims and survivors of the burning of the steamer General Slocum, 18 vigoronsly opposed to th proposed_pardoning of Captain Will- jam A. Van Schaick, who is serving a ten years sentente in prison for criminal negligence during the fire. A hundred members of the organiza- tion at a meeting adopted ‘a_resolu- tlon in opposition to'the pardon and it will be forwarded to the hoard of parole at Washington. A copy - also will be sent to President Taft. the general impression of the people is that the amphereage is not up to the specified degree.” The gas company furnishes gas that smells as strongly as sulphur and people sometimes ean- not stay-in the room when it is lighted —and the people ‘n st pay the price asked. Mr. Kelley’ said that some of the company's street equipment was a disgrace to the city. The company in its present form is under three heads, the speaker said, and If it is desired to institute a suit against it vou take your choice of the three, but you naver Beloct the rght one. Mr. Kelley want- ed some sort of a bill put through the legisiature that will allow the people of the city to taka'such grievances be- fore @ board of arbitration. C. W. Pearson of Norwich voiced the sentiment of *the Business Men's as- soclation of that city in favor of the bill of the State Business Men's, asso- ciation and gave light in his brief talk before the commitice to certain. griev- ances against the Connectcut company that interest Norwich people. Mr. Pearson referred to the ‘effort made four years ago to secure an extension of the city trolley line and of the fact that nothing has since been done re tive to the petitién by th> compan also to a proposal that charter privi- leges be granted on.condition that a bond be given to construct-and operate lines within a certain specified time, Mr. Pearson commented on a desire to eliminate the 'practice of handling trolley express matter in Franklin square as well as also to do away with the collection of an extra fare from Trading Cove, two miles outside the city. A universal system Of transfers 10 city. lines was an— i SUM TOTAL NOT FAR BEMIND HIGH WATER MARK IN 1908 AN EARLY ADJOURNMENT Resolution introduced that the Assém- bly Take a ‘Recess from April 14, 1911, to January 2, 1912. Hartford, Feb, 2.—Scheduled as the last day. for the introduction of new business, the members began early the submission of new legislation and the prospect was that by ‘the hour of Jjournment the 'sum total of new ters submitted would not fall far be- hind the high water mark set im 1909 THE SENATE. The senate was called to order at 1115 by Lieutenant Governor Blakes- lee. Prayer by Chaplain Sexton. * Bills. By Senator Fenn—That fraternal so- cieties doing insurance business shall pay one cent for each $1,000 of insur- ance for valuation of policies, Insur- ance. By Senator Spellacy—To keep poll- Ing places open wntil 7 p. m." Judi- ciary. By. Senator Spellacy—Providing for a pension for public school teachers in Connecticut. Education. By Senator Mahan—Incorporating the Best View Water-company. Incor- porations. By Senator Spellacy—Fixing ' the compensation of members of the tuberculosis commission at- $300 annu- ally for actual expenses and for the appointment of a secretary at @ salary of 33,000 & year. Public health and safety. By Senator Mitchell — To compel political parties to hold their primaries and wcaucuses on the same day, etc. Judiciary. By Sanator Mitchell—Making Chri: mas a legal holiday. Judiclary. By Senator Spellacy—Legalizing ‘picketing for the purpose of obtaining information regarding persons.remain- ing at work, etc. - Labor. A large amount of other business was introduced and the senate ad- journed until Tuesda: ¢ HOUSE. Speaker Scott c: order and prayer. led the session to Chaplain Harrison said A large number of new mat- ters were submlitted, including the fol- lowin Petition. By Connecticut Power cempany—For increase of capital stock. - Corpora- tions, : Resolutions. By Mr. ‘Morgan, Groton-—Extending e for organizing Connecticut Law- yers' Title insurance. Insurance. By Mr. Porrin, Weodstock—Raising committee to investigate conditions In the state board of educaton and its agents. ducation. - By Mr. Morgan, Gfoton—Making an appropriation of $60,000 for an armory in such place as the adjutant general may select. flitary affairs. Acts. By Mr. Kenna. New Haven—Creat- ing a public utilities commisalon and prescribing its powers. Judiciary. By Mr. Allyn, Ledyard—Amendng an act concetning deer. Fisheries and game. By M. Anderson, Norwich (by re- qu )—Relating to the collection of birds and birds’ eggs. Fisheries and same. Adjourned to Tuesday. MEASURES OF SPECIAL AND SECTIONAL INTEREST. Salaries of Members—sS: Highway Resolution. ry of State Commissioner — Recess (Special to The Builetin.) Hartford, Feb. 2—The legislature stands adjourned until Tuesday next in both its branches, having completed on Thursday the tedlous tagk of get- ting in the new business. all the measures that came in Thursday, many of them important, there were the fol- lowing of special and sectional inter- est Mr. Phillips of = Stamford—An act amending an act concerning salary of members of the general assembly -in such a way as to allow of members recetving $600 instead of $300 per ses- sion and one mileage each day for the regular session, at the rate of twenty- five cents a mile: also to provide for members to receive the same mileage for attending any extra session called by_the governo: Phillips of. Stamford—An act concérning the salary of the state hizhway commissioner, making it $2,- 000, and giving him $5,000 for office expenses. 'The second sectiom of this act provides that there shall be electa at the annual election in November a resident of each county who shail be & county_commissioner of state high- ways, his term to be six years, unless recalied, from office by a recall vote of two-thirds of the votes cast on the question of recall. He shall have full power in conjunction with' the select men of each town to lay out route for state highways, order -surveys, purchase materials. make repairs, and | perform all other duties of the present highway commissioner in the, county where_ he is elscted. His salary shail be_$2,500. MP. Stetson, Andover—An act estab- lishing the town coukt of Andover, this court to have jurlsdiction in the towns of Andover, Bolton, Columbia, Coven- try and Hebron, and cognizance of all ¢rimes and misdemeanors committed in the towns mentioned and punishable byjfines not exceeding $100. or by im- prionment in jail or workhouse for o period of six months.. This court is to have a judge and deputy judge~to de appointed Dy .the general assembly. The judge is given tha power of ap- pointing_a prosecuting attorney of the court. The salaries fixed by the pro- posed act are, for the judge, $100, and the same amount for the prosecutor. The deputy judgs is th receive 38 a day when engaged in the werk of the court. , AMr. O'Connell, Stafford—An act con- cerning the borough_court of- Stafford Springs, giving it the same jurisdfe- tion of ‘civil and criminal caseés inthe town of Union. as. it now has in the] towns of Stafford and Willington, with the. additional provision that the town of Union annually pay the town of Stafford -the sum of $25.as’ {ts shdre of therexpenses of the court. ‘Mr. O'Connell, Stafford—An act giv- ing the - of “Rockville the same fu in ciyll and o h Shotgun. ‘Having heard that the girl was ex- changing letters with X today- went to the gitl's house armed with a shetgun. gun, turned it against him- was' instantaneous. A sister of the dead girl heard the shats and ran-to the churchyard. When ‘her mother learned of thé shooting she became prostrated-and is in a serious condition. FOURTEENTH BALLOT, SITUATION UNCHANGE! Deadiock at Albany' Apparently Hopeless as at Start. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 2.—Political ma- noeuvering over the election of a Unit- ed ' States senator halted for a few hours tonight while the leaders attend- ed the Albany chamber of commerce dinner. at which Governor Dix was the principal speaker. The 14th joint ‘ballot today showed no change in the situation, the legi: ture apparently being as ' hopelessly dealocked as at the beginuing. Governor Dix in his apeech referred priefly to the una:rln struggle. Al any was contested ground, when oc- cupled ‘by the Indimns,” he said. “In more recent times it has been’ contest- ed-ground on many-occasions, and has & nationial ahd as the seat of contest for the election| of United States’sensitors.” - erabin b Makes Reprasentations ~ to Washi & orie Ottawa, Ont.. Feb. 2.—Canada made representations to Washington.| through the British ambassor to pro- tect navigation on the St. Lawrence at the Long. Sault raplds, where a New York company is seeking author- ity to create a power plant by dam- ming the south channel of the St. Lawrence river. Sir Wiifrid Laurier made ‘this announcement in the house foday in response to a question put by Mr. Borden, opposition leader. Freight. Trains. Collide in Snowstorm. Ogdensburg, N .Y, Feb. 2—In a blinding snowsto: two freight trains collided here today, and Archie Mc- Donald of Malone, N. Y., riding in the ca was killed. The caboose took fire and the body was burned to 2 cin- der. Canada Blinding Message of Condolence from Australia. . Meibourne, Australia, Feb. 2.—The Australian premier, _Andrew \Fisher, sent a message of condolence today to the family of the late Rear Admiral Sperry. Premier Fisher referred to ‘Admiral Sperry’s value in the promo- tion of closer relations between the United States and Australia. every town which sends two represent- atives to the_ general assembly shall elect in the year 1914 one representa- tive to serve two years and one rep- resentative to serve four years, and, thereafter, at each biennial eléction; each town shall elect one representa- tive to serve four years. Mr. Carpenter, Putnam—Resolution authorizing the city of Putnam to is- sue sewer and refunding bomds in an amount not to exceed $100,000, and to be used when sold in paying expense incurred in constructing sewers. Mr. Carpenter, Putnam—Resolution authorizing the iseus of bonds in an amount not to exeeed $200,000. the bonds to be used solely for funding debt of the town of Putnam: also pro- viding for manner of issuing. Mr. Allyn, Ledyard—An 8ct dividing the town of Ledvard into two voting districts, one district to embrace what | 1 s known as the U nville school dis- trict, the Stoddard school district, the Gales Ferry school district and Long Cove school district, this to be the First district, and the electors therein to vote at Gales Ferry. All the terr tory of the town not included in the school districts above mentioned are to make up the SBecond district, the elec- tors therein to vote at Meeoting House ‘Hill Mr. Dunn, Windhem—An act amend= ing Section’ 30 of the cltyicharter of Willimantic so that it -will' read that there shall be a 5”90 force of the cif of Wilimantic consist of a chief, one lieutenant and as many patrolmen as the couneil may deem neces: The change would giue the city @ chie instead of & captain of police. Thi saction at reads “of which t! mayor shall be sx-officio,” which wordi are to be stricken out. The_following measure intPoduc by MF. of Windham was tab ‘without ion after an eXort to put fi up for immediate action under suspe: sion of the rules: That all members of the general ass sembly who are attorneys at law file before Feb. 9, 1911, with the secre- tary of state a lJist of their clients who have resolitions and bills pending be- 'fore ‘the ~general -assembly in ~whicit |- they are_or have within the past five Years imterested as attorney oz coun- sellor for any person, irm, association or co m. - No member of this legislature-shall sit @s & member of a committee for the consideration of any. proposed’;measure in which any per- son, firm, association or corporation is or are clients the- said orney, or wi or B -0 last - wien & weatbound E:Mr'"']}n Bhcine train was derailed near GI ichen; Al- Edward’ Mylins was in London und . gullty of - defranding Tge, and was sentenced ~to ' one year's imprisenment. £ President Taft nominated Judge Ciate Tade, of the' Catiod Biasen Gemt e of Customs Appeals. ™ The. Military Academy appropriation sl e, i House Committee on Military Affairs. 1t will carry about 31,800,000, ¥ Charies A. Co the Ohto negro, was appointed in December-to be collestor of intérnal revenue for the district of Hawali, was confirmed by the senate. o The Committes on Forsign Affairs: of the Austrian delegation ata ses- ston in Budapest adopted a resolution.| in favor of President Tafts: disar-: mament proposal. \ With the exosption of his_visit to Atlanta, March 10, Presiden 'Tv has cancelléd” all the| other which he was muking for his thern tour next month. PR, A drastio corrupt practice act and state regulation o!'r‘il'unnu Tecommended in the report of an in- tigation committes. to the . l6gis- Inture of New York. Secretary of State Knox will be ask-. o4 b0 appear before the ‘Senate Come’ mittes”0n Foreign Regulations before Honduray, tespecting ihe Sresdiar i respecting the financial af- fairs of that repub?x‘u‘ * James Angelo, of New Britain, was arrested by state police charged’ with on, It is alleged that he set the fire which burned out his bootblack- ing establishment Jast December. An- gelo is about 23 years old. Henry M. Steel, one of ‘the most prominent cloth manufacturers in the Country, died at . Philadelphia hos- pital after an operation made im. perative by an attack = of ptomalipe poisioning. He wi 70 years old. _ Mount Versuvius has been showing increased acttivity in tl last ds or two. From the crater an JUrrou ng Sssues colums of smoke are rising. They have been many detonations, but m»gl.-lu mot displaying uch Naw gusioms ragulatisns to- govern mw&:uwukuflm were issued by etary-MacVeagh, They' are. imr to. blish- precisely. nd abr all t “works of art frea’ OF duty” vedlly arc. ander the custenis rdfes. At a special council of the Episcop: diocese of Virginia, held at” Richmond. the resignation of Rt. Rev. A. S. Lloyd D. D,, president of the general mission board of the church as bishop condju- tor, wes accepted, and Rev. Dr. Berry man_Green, professor in the Virginia Theological Seminary. was elected. dohn Miller, 18, employed as eleva. tor boy at the X Haven Young Men's Christian ion _ bullding, fell down the elévator shaft in. that buikiing from the sixth floor and was killed. His skull was fractured and his neck broken. He has been employ- fid t the buflding for the past nine ays. W. J. Fltzgerald, an aged watch- man at the Pacl: Mail dock, San Francisco, arrested on Monday with smuggled oplum in his pockets, plead- ed guilty Wednesday, and waived hearing before United States Commis- sioner Enright on a second charge of having concealed thirty tins of the drug in his room. His bond was fixed at $1,250. The Cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on Rev. Dr. Henry Ven Dyke, English professor at Princt- ton University. according to an an ‘nouncement made by his secretary, Charles M. Irwin, Wednesday. honor was canferred by President Fal- litres of ‘France “in appréciation of his merits as author, teacher. think- er, and poet. A vigorous campaigh fo raise an en- dowment fund of $1,2000.000 for a Areater facilities for chemical study and research at Harvard is now under way and the first manifestation of ‘the activities of its promoters will come in the .spring when the - construction will_be begun of a new chemical la- hor’ntm‘)'. to cost $100,000. Frank Hotchkiss, who has been a familiar figure for years aboat the Yale campus, where he was in charge of _the ‘puildings, i cken - with Apoplexy on th Vednesday and is in a serious condition at a I cal danitartum. He s remembered ‘by Yale graduates for his kindly philo- sophy and original observations on af- fairs. -He is 70 years old.. Unlses! the Senate votes at this wes- sion on the Senator Lorimer case, the resolution pertaining to the election of senators by the people, the bill to Lreate a permanent tariff board and a géneral service pension biil. Speaker Norris Bhown, of Nebraska, and some of his colleagugs who favor.the meas- urés named are determined that ap- propriation bills also shall fail. - .. C. Welsh, alias “Penn the Ram: bler,” a globe trotter whose name 1is weitten -in_public places in every ety of importance in the United' States, was senteniceq to serve ten years in‘the Florida penitentiary, Wednesday, for breaking a glass show window and snatching a tray of diamonds valued at $3,000. Welsh has written . several storles of hobo life for magazines. OFf for a three ysars hunt in tropi cal Africa, India, Borneo, and th Malay archipelago, Paul Rainey, W] last big hunt was in the Arctic wi Harry Whitney, sailed on the Mai tanja, Wednesday. Dr. M. E." Jol son, a naturalist, sailed with Jhiin and the” two. will represent semi-officaily. the New York Zoolobical society. an the Smithsonian_ Institution at Wi on. % - Twe_millién - For + BODY FOUND IN CONEY ISLAND SURF Theory Advanced That Edward St. John Committed . Suicide Because of Shortage Amonting to Abous : ssv,ooo in the Company” o s Funds—Associates Beliéva' + This Must Have Been His First Fall, York, Feb. 2,—The body of Ed- St John, assistant treasurer of the Westinghouse Electric and Manu- facturing company of New YorkPlits- and other cltics was found i the surf ‘oft Coney Island today. It was fully -dressed and no other theory Is advanced than he committed suicide by drowning some time during the past jwenty-four hours, because of a short- {#ge in his accounts due to speculatiod in Wall street with , the company’s funds. The amount is estimated to be not_ greater than_ $50,000. Great Surprise to His Associates. | “The shortage was mot discovered until after the report of his suicide to- day,” said’ Vice President Charles A. Terry of the Westinghouse company tonight. “St. John had been in'the oy of the Westinghouse company B “than ten vears, and the latter - of that " fime had ‘been. assistant \treasurer here. He had gharge of col- fections and disbursernents, anil his ‘misappropriation of negotizbie securis ties which he handled is a surprise to all his associates, who regarded him * as a most trustworthy man. We. be~ Heve this must have been his only - weakness. and_his first fall. We have: . not détermined definitely the extent of bis shortage, but I do not belleve it i3 over $50,000. Probably First Venture in Wall Streat. Mr. Terry sald he did not fully know? the nature of St. John's speculation, but he beliéved it must have Been & ° Sudden venture, and perhaps his first one in Wall sfreet. He was certain that ¢fs, shortage did not cover any great length' of time. His Wife Prostrated. Mr. St John_was 60 years of age and martied. He lived n Brooklyn. ®rs. St. Jobn, prostrated over his sui- cide, refused to discuss the cnse. Tho body was removed to his home topight from the Conéy Island hospitah morgue. - - o RS SR ) CLOSE CALL IN SENATE, GALLINGER'S SHIP SUBSIDY BILL. Put' Through Both Committee of the Whole .and the. Senate Proper. ‘Washington, Feb. 2—The Gallinger ship subsidy bill providing for South American and trans-Pacific subsidi- 2ed mail routes, had a close call in the senate today. being put through both the committée of the whole and the senate proper by votes of 40 to 39. The deciding vote in each case was cast by Vice-President Sherman after ties had been recorded, The debate On the bill was closed by Senator Gallinger. He announced that this would be his last effort to advance American merchant marine by legislation and those voting against the measure would be responsible for the. faflure to return the American flag to the seas. } YELLOW FEVER ON BOARD. . U. 8. GUNBOAT MARIETTA. he Vgsaal s Now an Way:from Hon- . - durad’te Key West, Fla. ‘Washington, ¥eb. 2—With nine men aboard 1l possibly with vellow fever, the American gunboat Marietta is now on her way from Puerto Cortez, Hon- durds, to Key West, Fia. She sailed from ‘Central American waters ‘under orders from the navy department which ware issued as soon as the offl cials here were advised that the strick en men were suspected of having yel- low fever. e N WARRENTS FOR ARRESTS. igating the Communipaw Explo- on—No More Bodies Found. New York, Feb. 2—Agents of the DuPont-DeNemours Powder company, the prosecutor 9% Hudson county, Jersey, and Inspectors in the bureau of explosives of the ordnance bureau of the war department started investiga- tions today. into the. frightful effects of the' explosion of dynamite yesterday at the Communipaw piers of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. No cause for the explosion has been fixed, and mo additional bodies. were found. The lis\ of dead and missing still stands at about thirty-three and the property damage ranges close to $1,000,000. It was announced later warrants were fssued by & justice of the peace for the following: Louls F. Galidetta, dock master on Pler 7 of the Central railroad. A. Hamilton, general freight agent, Centrl Railroad of New Jersey. James Healing, owner of the lighter Katharine W. J. M. Morrls, freight agent of the Central rajlroad at Communipaw. Frederick Poters, manager of the Du Pont company. i Charles Ritter, checker at Pier 7. Captain Burr St. John, superintend- ent of transportation of the same com- pany. R HOUSE MEMBERSHIP OF 391. Republican Caucus Agrees Upon Con- gressional Reapportionment Plan. ‘Washington, Feb. 2. 2.~A house mem- bership 'of 891, as at prosent. was the congressional ~ reapportionment _plan agreed upon by thd republican caucus of the house tonight. This proposition made by Mr, Campbell of Kansas, was first aa(m 56 to 91, but later it was reconsidersd and was adopted 70 to 55 Presidens Hadley in Washington. (Special to The Bulletin.) Waghington, - Feb. | 3.—President and Mrs, Arthut T. Hadley, of Yale Uui- Versity, arrived in Washington today, to be the guests of Mr. and Mra. George X. | McLanahan. - President Hadley comes to Washington princ pally to attend the banquet of tHe Yaie ‘Alumni tation of Washington Saturdey -night, but will also consult with ' President Taft .regarding the work of the rallway securities com- mission, of which President Hadley is the chairman. Death of One of the Best Sewing Ma- chine Experts in America. Orange, Mass., Feb. 2.—The death of Bdward L. e of the best known g@wing machine exper(s in the ountry, -occyrred heve today. iollow- ing . UIMERS: of v veure Dowers jority_on sewing machine m .and held roany patents. in Berlin, Conn., 54 years from Hartford. Com ne charge of a large manu- plant thirty years ago. ': o 3 > New . ¥¢ broiers, against the Hang ‘of New York, is 23 10 in favor | We CIUDAD JUAREZ RESIDENTS FLEE TO CITY OF EL PASO. Fear an Attack by Insurrectos—Mex« ian Cavalry in Battle. Kl Paso, Texas, Feb. 2.—Ciudad Jua- rez, across the river from here, is prac- - tically depopulated tonight, the resi- dents having fled to this city from fear of an attack by insurrectos, which i3 expected betore daylight tomorrow. The Mexican posioffice and twe branch banks in Juarez were closed tonight after all the money and rec- ords had been brought here for safety. Fedoral soldiers, acting under orders, took desperate measures today to, check the approach of the insurrec- who were reported tonight to be within twenty miles of Juares. Tha Fourteenth Cavalry was sent out to ° dymamite the tracks of the Mexican Central railway, over which a traln waa traveling northward toward Jua- ' rez loaded with rebels. ¥ The train bearing the insurrectos ran over a mine of dynamite which ; exploded, shattering one of the eoaches but 1t iS5 N0t known “HOW. maRBy Der- sons were killed. The eoal the engine was blown to the engineer, suspecting damger, * leaped and was only slightly hurt. - The engine passed over she charge of explosives and was not greatly, dam- s but A battle between the Fourteenth Cavalry and the insurreotos- raged several hours. Thirty-two federal cavairymen are belleved to have been jlled; this estimate being based upon e number of rideless cavairy horses wheth strayed tnto Juares todaw Six insurrectos were killed. Many more were wounded on both sides. > Residents of this city and the few who arer left in Juarez were aroused tonight by @ heavy detonation, and. immediately the attack on Juarez was rumored. Investigation showed that the Hopry | an, powder house, two a haif miles south of Juavez, contain- ing quantities of powder and dyna- mite, was set off by Mexjoan officers to keep the Insurrectos from captuzing it. Two Americans who were wi along tho: Mexican central tracks to- join the rebels are believed to have been killed. PROT:EST FROM LABOR UNIONS, Against Eliminating 8-Hour Olaues From Naval Appropriation Bill. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, Feb. 2.—Al the Coms necticut members of the house thig morning received telegrams from the secretary of the Connecticut State Federation of Labor, asking them in behalf of organized labor ta vota to retain the 8-hour clause in the naval appropriation bil and the provision for the building of at least one battle- ship at & government navy yard. Sim- ilar resolutions have been adopted and. | forwarded to members of congress from other Iabor bodies, and the pro- tests will probably pour in on the | niembers before the naval appropria: tion Dill is finally disposed of. . The protests from the labor unions indicate that there will be a great fight on the floor of the house when these two seations come up for actinn. Representative Hughes, of New Jer- sey, will probably lead the fight for the S-hour provision, while Representative Fitzgerald of New York - will take charge of the section for the building of a warship at one of the government yards. CONGRESS THURSDAY. Feature of Senate Session was Pass: age of Gallinger Ship Subsidy Bill. ‘Washington, Feb. Passage of tha Gallinger ship subsidy bill marked to- day’s session of the senate. The meas- ure was succesaful after a contest so sharp that the vole .of the vice-presi- * dent’was necessary {o decide, it- That was'but ont of three tia votes in the body today, another in the committee of the whole and the third upon adjournment, Mr. Watson of West Virginia and Mr.. Gronna of North Dakota, newly elected members, took the oath of of- fice. X The house devoted the day to com- sideration: of the agricultural wppros priation bil.. Both houses morrow. 4ré to be in sesslon to Steam: Arrivals. 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