Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 7, 1911, Page 1

VOL. LIIl—NO. 32 RECIPROCITY WITH UNCLE SAM NORWICH, CONN., Canada’s Agreement With United States Denounced by English Leaders PARLIAMENT FORMALLY OPENED Westminster Crowded to the Doors to Witness the Gorgeous Ceremonies—King George’s Speech Made Small Reference to Great Issues—Premier Asquith Gives Notice of Veto Bill—Irish Parliament Speaks For Home Rule, Lendon, Feb. 6—The formal open-|ply ing of the new parliament today was that for the present it would be wise to the opposition speeches, said marked by gorgeous ceremony and |to withhold criticism of the recipro- was attended by King George and |city agreement. It was as certaain as Queen Mary and their suites, most of | the rising of the sun that sooner or the dignitaries of the empire, many members of the diplomatic corps and ull others who could crowd within the | Canada. The speech | the goyernment could do nothing by doors of Westminster. |later the United States would have | been bound to level the tariff wall with He said it waw. certain that from the throne was brief and formal | preference to prevent the natural trend and made small reference to the great ' of events; underlie the assembling | issues that of_the members of the present session. Both_Lord Lansdowne, in the house ot lords, and A. J. Balfour, in the house of commons, the respective léaders of the opposition, took occasion to denoounce the reciprocity agres nent belween the United tSates and nada, but the evening session of parliament was mainly devoted to get- iing the legislative ship under w: Premiar Asquith gave formal notice of the veto bill &nd his intention to claim the whole time of the house the_levelling of the tariff walls btween Canada and the United States was inevitable, It is expected that the debateon the address will be carrled over into mext week. As the speech from the throne made no mention of the aliens act, he opposition has given notice of an | amendment raising this question. The | Irish parliament, at a prolonged meet- ing adopted a resolution to the effect that | of payment of members of the house jof commons it desired this measure excluded until home rule has been until the Easter recess to get the veto granted, preferring to depend on vol- bill disposed of before the coronation. |untar Government was dis- two houses, utside of references to the reci agreement, the debate on was of no speclal interest. The government's policy courstvely criticized in th but contributions, and would there- the government to devote the for money to some useful public purpose in Ireland. It is known that Mr, As- quith is opposed to - such differen- tiation, and is unlikely to accede to | this. the | Lord Lansdowne intimated that the | house of lords was still ready to nego- tiate with the government on the nec- essary changes in the constitution of the upper chamber and the relations Yetween the two houses. James Ra way MacDonald, who was elected chatrman of the labor_party [ replace Géorge Nicoll Barne tired on account of illnese, $zes Mr. Balfour'sh de: reciprocity as an_imperial disaster as the most awkward and colossal blunder he ever heard in parliament. Levelling of Tariff Walls Inevitable. The prime minister, in a general re- toc wh aracter- On the Referendum. Balfour, speaking at a London ing tonight, announced that he had conferred with Austen Chamber- lain, with a view to reconciling the differences which have arisen over ndum. IHe agreed with Mr. n that there were many such as the detaails of teh ,'that it would be folly to sub- a referendum. But he con- idered that the referendum ought to be a permanent part of the machinery of government. He further announced himself as in favor of imperial prefer- ence, which would involve some taxa- tion on imported foodstuffs. M mer GAS EXPLOSION KILLS TWO, INJURES A DOZEN. Workmen Biown Up Stairway from the Basement—Gas Igni from a Stove. Carpentersville, 1ll, Feb. 6.—Two men were killed and a dozen persons were injured in a gas explosion in the basement of a cottage here late @ay. The dead are Howard Mann and Adam Oberst. Carl Carr, manager for the Western United Gas and Electric company of Dundee, and Mann, a pipe man, had entered the basement to search for ®as leak. They were parily overcome and eried for help. Oberst, a brickl er, heard their calls. He rescued Carr, Bt in going for Mann was overcome, A crowd of passing workmen entered the house to lend aid. As a baif doz en of them started down the stairway tnto the basement the gas became is- niced from a stove, and they were »lown into one of the upper rooms. J B. Schultze, a tenant of the cottage, forougt Oberst out, but the latter was so badly injured that he died. The Pan American Commercial Con- ference. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, Feb. 6.—Among the Connecticut delegates to the Pan American commercial conference which #& to be held in Washington during the week of Feb, 13-18 will be Prof. Hiram Bingham of Yals, Professor Bingham, it is expected, will be particularly in terested in the discussions as to com- mercial possibilities of the Panama ¢anal and he will be invited to partici- pate In them. He will be one of a number of university presidents and wrofessors from every section of the union who will attend the conference. Other delegates from Connecticut will be John S. Beate and E. G. Alana- thy, president and secretary, respec- tively, of the Bridgeport Coal and Wood company. €. L. ¥, Robinson and S. M. Stone, representing the Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing com- | pany, will be among the Hartford dele- gates. The New Haven chamber of commerce Is to be represented, but it has not as vet been made known to the Pan American union how many dele- gates it will send. *With about a week to elapse before the time set for the opening of the conference, it is e pected here that acceptances from number of other Connecticut comn clal organizations and business firms will be receivad. The present list of ecceptances, however, assures the state of being well represented at the con- ference. It was announced today from the Washington headquarters of the Pan American union that the total number of Amerlcan firms from which accept- snces have been received is 363. Many of, these concerns will be represented %y mora than one delegate. Tn addi- {on to them, practically one hundred | Toards of trade and chambers of cdm- merce throughout the motified the unjon that they have ap mointed delegates to attend the confer- ence. The latier institutions, particu- larly, will be represented by large dele- gations. With such a heavy attendance ot American interests as I8 now assured the delegation of diplomatic and con- sular officials, trade experts and indi- viduals, representing the twenty Latin American republics, means that the conferenco will be one of the most eomprehensive gatherings of commer- cial interests the western hémisphere bas ever known, and Connecticut man- wfacturers and -commercial organ tons ought to take advantage of thie meeting to the fullest exto Tt means trade cxpansion with South America and 4 tremendous impetus to Ameriean trade preparatory to the epening of the Panama canal. Steamship Arrivals. At L pool, Feb. 5: Laurentic, from New York. At Genoa, Feb, 5: Koenigen Luise, from New York. At Lisbon: Feb. 6, Cleveland, New York. —_— The Trial of Dr. Pantchenko, thec ner, wus continued in E_L l'e;sffg- from country have | i to- | t ATTACK ON JUAREZ ABANDONED FOR THE PRESENT. Orozco's Command is Fifteen Miles Distont from the City. Tl Paso, Tex., Feb. 6.—The belief in official circles tonight is that General Pasquale Orozco has abandomed, for the present at least, his plans to ate Juar Phis has relicved the temslon that ha sted across the international forf our days, but Mexican mil- nd eivxil officers have not abat- their vigilance. It was lear 1 definitely tonight that squale Orozco, leader of the insur- ‘to forces, is at Rancheria, about 15 miies south of Juarez, with his entire command. As to his immediate plans of cam- paign, advices are conflicting. One report says that he plans to go south tonight. to meet General Navarro's federal troops marching overland from Chihuahua to the relief of Juarez. Another says that Juarez is still his objective point, and that he is plan- ning a surprise attack. Although business in Juarez' was partly resumed today, there is consid- erable nervousness among residents, BIG TIM'S SHOE DAY ON THE BOWERY. 5,000 Pairs with Heavy Woolen Socks Were Given Out. N W York, Feb, This was “shoe day” on the Bowery, and a timely one, too. Snow began falling just as State Senator Timothy D. Sullivan's aides began the distribution. In all 5,000 pairs of stout shoes and an equal number of pairs of heawy woolen socks were given out. No questions were asked of those who held tickets issued at Big Tim's Christmas dinner to the poor of the Bowery, ex- t the size of the shoes the prospec- tive wearers desired. The ticket hold- s began to gather at the Sullivan ciubhouse at moon and by 3 o'clock two lines of them stretched a block up and* down the Bowe: Men of all conditions were in the lines. The only disappointed persons were the Bowery pawnbrokers, because the heavy snow forced most of the re- cipients of Sullivan’s bounty to make immediate use of the gifts. Big Tim was too modest to.remain in town for the occasion. He was in the senate chamber in Albany. CHANGES IN JUDICIARY. Important Recommendations by State Bar Association. Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 6.—At th annual meeting of the State Bar a sociation here today the officers of the past vear were re-elected, matters con- cerning the judiciary of the state dis- cusscd. and several changes recom- mended. The main “address of th meeting wis made by United States Minigter to the Argentine Republic arles H. Sherrill. Other speeches were made by Mayor Edward L. Smith of Hartford and Senator Stiles Jud- gon. The changes recommended in the judiciary were as follows: That the appointment of city, police, town and borough courts be placed in the hands of the governor, the same as the common pleas court, That the jurisdiction of city courts In civil maiters be left to necessity, | and not to exceed $500. That there be uniform system of town and municipa! courts. Aginst the placing of judges of com- mon pleas courts in circuits. at the jurisdiction of the di court of Waterbury be made to con- form to the court of common pleas of New Haven county. That probate records be made uni- form ¢nd simplified the same as in the superior court.. The meeting was brought to a close | tonight with the annual banquet. Powder Explosion Kills Ten. Marguette, Mich., Feb. 6.—In en ex- plosion ten men met instant death at vlant of the Pluto Powder eom- / Ishpeming; thy vany, in the outskirts. of Ruday. while it approvead of the principle | rict | Cabled Paragraphs Constantinople, Feb. 6.—Fire today nearly destroyed the buildings oecu- pied by the council of state, the min- istry of the interior, and the prime minister. S | Sydney, N. S. W Feb. 6.—Dave| Smith, the Australian middleweight champion, today defeated Johnny | Thompson, the American pugilist, o points in a 20 round contest. | Berlin, Feb. 6.—Lieut. Stein of the | German military aviation service was | instantly killed while making a flight | over the military avaition field at| Doeberitz today. The aeroplane drop- ped from a height of 65 feet. ) Paris, Feb. A despatch received | late today from Mellilla states that | four Europeans traveling from Oran, | Algeria, to Mellilla were assassinated and decapitated by Riff tribesmen on Jan. 29. A fifth member of the trav- eling party made his escape. Kierksdorp, Feb. 6.—General Pict A. Cronje, the great Boer soldier, died Saturday. General Cronje command- ed the western army of the South Af- rican republic in the recent war and | was instrumental in frustrating the | Jameson raid at Krugerdorp In 1855- Viborg, Finland, Feb. 6.—Two vessels gent to the rescue of the fishermen who on Friday were swept out to sea on an ice floe in a gale, today fouil the floe stranded mear the island of! Seltsflar. The fishermen, who number- ed 253, were in no danger and refusci to be taken off. | Havana, Feb. 6—Shortly after 9.| g'clock yesterday morning Aviator M- Curdy made a spectacular flight from | the_aviation field at Camp Columbia | to Morro Castle and back to his start- ing point. Practically the entire pop- ulation of Havana turned out to see the flight. 1 e L A St. Petersburg, Feb. 6.—A meeting | | of the university students is called for | tomorrow, since the coalition commit- | | tee, composed of students of the un. versity and of the higher institutions | here, have proposed a strike until the end of the year, in protest against the customary academic privileges on the ground that they have been abused for political purposes. | TWO CRAWFORD BROTHERS ADMIT WRECKING TRUST CO.| Philadeiphia Financiers Sentenced to Three Years' Imprisonment and $500 Fine. i Philadelphia, Feb. 6—Plea to charges of wrecking th Trust company of this. city, Dr. J. K. Crawford and Joseph 8.~ Crawford, brothers, and vice president and sec tary-treasurer, respectiv of the in- stitution, were each sentenced to three years in the county prison and fined 3500 dn quarter sessions court today. The term of imprisonment is dated from May 25 last, ‘when the Crawfords were committed to jail in default of $10.000 bail. The American Trust company was | closed by State Bank Examiner Tabor iin November, 1910, when an examina- { tion of the books gave evidence of the | concern’s unhealthy condition. A fu | ther examination of the trust con pany’s hooks showed alleged gross manipulation and fictitious and worth- | less loans amounting to $338,000. ng guilty American NO ENDORSEMENT OF SHEEHAN BY GOVERNOR DIX. Has Not Changed His Position—Seven- teenth Ballot Without Result. { Albany, N. Y., F vernor Dix | said tonight that he has no intention of endorsing the candidacy of William | F. Sheehan for the United States sena- torship, “There is no truth in the reports that 1 am preparing a statement to be made { in favor of the election of Mr. Shee- | han,” he said, “nor do I intend to make any such statement. My posi- | tion on the senstorship is unchanged.” | This statement set at rest rumors which were flying about during the afiernoon that the governor had last yielded to the pressure that Is being exerted to induce him to stray from his policy of non-interference and endorse Mr. Sheehan's candidacy Senator Roosevelt talked with the governor about the sepatorship and proposed legislation, “I feel confident,” said he, “that the governor will not make a statement favoring the election of Mr. Sheehan.” “T suppose you are preparad to con- tinue the fight, if it takes all summer, as Mr, Murphy suggests?’ queried a friend. | “Yes. until fall” | rejoinder. Chairman Huppuch after his talk wilh the governor reiterated his belief that Mr. Sheehan would be clected.® | “When?” he was asked. | “That is another question,” he replied | with a smile. The seventeenth joint ballot on the| senatorship today was as ineffective | as those that have gone before. with | no change in the relative strength of the candidal i i ! was the senator's | ASHWORTH DISAPPEARED FOR REASONS OF HIS OWN Theory of Secret Service Men at Work on the Case. Atlantie City, N. J., Feb, 6.—Federal agents have taken charge of the search for the body of Postmaster Richard L. Ashurst of Philadelphia, who mys- teriously disappeared from the Million Dollar Pier a week ago tonight. Fred Nelson, of the secret who is investigating the c: today that it was his belief “Postmaster Ashburst is not drowned, | but he probably disappeared for rea- sons of his own.” e | | The investigation made today and tonight includes messages sent and raveived by the Philadelphia post- | | master before his disappearanace. | | Those working on the case refused to divulge the contents of the telegra Chief of Police Woodruff city, and the men working unde stiil believe that Mr. Ashhu Gdrowned. They, however, discontinued | dragging for the body today. | Surprise is expressed that the body has not floated ashore A rumor was current tods the body was found on the ou of the city, but upon invest who probably froze to death while his way home. - | House to Favor Reciprocity Agreement | Washington, Feb. 6—Iavorable | tion by. the house on t i | procity: agreement w when the caucus of democratic sentatives formally pledged the to vote for the agreement. Farmington.—On visiting the grave of his father recently, John Hart no- ticed that the family name of Allen had been cut In the stone, and he-im- meadiately had the word chiseled out. The mohument was erected to sthe memory of Simeon Hart, 2 teacher, by his pupils about half & ceplury 490, | dicted tees of ‘the house agd senate. - _ TUESDAY, FEBRUA RY 7, ~_PRICE TWO - GE Big Snowstorm Crippled Chicago $1,000000 LOSS TO PUBLIC SER- VICE CORPORATIONS. DRIFTS 7 FEET DEEP High Wind With 81-2 Inches of Snow —Freezing Temperature and Sleet at Night—Lodgers Have to Shovel. Chicago, Feb. 6.—The snowstorm | which struck Chicago early yesterday, filiing the streets with huge drifts, de- laying railroad transportation ‘and temporarily tying up stret car and elevated train service, passed on to the east today. The sorm center moved eastward to Indiana, and the United States weather bureau ‘tonight pre- clear weather for the middla west tomorrow. ‘The loss in Chicago to traction com- pani telegraph and_ telephone com- pani and the city is estimated to- night a- $1,000,000. Surface ‘rans- portation companies which had strug gied along during the day came almost to a standstill in the loop during the rush hours_tonight. early eight and_ a half inches of ow fell, but as the storm was ac- companied by a_ high wind, many of the streets outside of the loop are blocked by drifts seven feet high and reaching from curb to curb. The sit- uation became worse tonight, when the temperature dropped to freezing and sleet covered the drifts with ice, which can be removed only with difficulty. Two fatalities and numerous ac dents on account of snow and ice were reported to the polic Cheap lodging houses about the city were entered early today by street cleaning officers, and hundreds of men were impressed to shovel snow, They will be kept at work all night. The tracks will probably be cleared by to- morrow. Most of the main surface lines were opened during the d WEDDING REHEARSAL. Baron Decies and Miss Gould at St. Bartholomew's Church — Keeping Some Things Secret. New York, Feb. 6.—Hiss Helen Vivien Gould and Colonel John Graham Hope de la Porr Horsley Beresford, Baron Oeci he in a short skirted dress, he in a sack _ssuit, walked through a rehearsal today- of their marriage at St. Bartholomew's chur¢h at 4 o’clock tomorrow after- nonsn. Ten minutes Defore Miss Gould arrived at the church an iron awning frame over the doorway fell, striking a woman on the head. She was not seriously hurt and the acci- dent was withheld from the bride- to-be. None but the bridal party—the six bridesmaids, the two pages, the ushers, the best man, the bride and sroom he; es and their intimate- rela- ives—were admitted, but a crowd of idle inguisitives, reporters, photog- raphers and cranks jostled about the church railings. Police precautions against the usual serimmage at a New York hionable wedding will be more thorough tomorrow. The gre was in place this aft- ernoon but the color scheme of the floral decorations is being kept a secret. “People will just have to guess,” said Miss Vivien, her small sparkling with fun. None of the bridesmaids has yet seen the wedding dress. That too, is being kent a secret. “It's from New York and it's from Paris and It really all there is to it, you kno | sala Kingdon Gould with a grin after | the rehearsal. Wedding Gifts Valued at $100,000. There will be no gublic display of the wedding gifts, but one estimate has it that they unmber 300 resent a value of $100,000. The cost of the tro au aand. the brides- maids’ gowns is placed at $30,000, and the cost of the church decorations at $20.000. Miss Gould is 13 and Lord Decies 44. She is_the second eldest daughter of George J. Gould and a granddaugh- ter of Jay Gould. Her aunt, Anna Gould, married Count Boni De Castel- | lane, divore: and is now thé Princess D Lord Decies is a nember of the Irish peerage, been 23 years in the British army and Is a devoted horseman. He and Lady De will leave for Egypt and the upper Nile for a long tour. Honeymoon on Jekyl Island, Ga. Savannah, Ga., Feb. 6.—Lord Decies Miss Vivien Gould, and his bride, now who wed tomorrow, of their honeymoon on Jekyl Island, according to an announcement today, resersation having been ordered for their privite car and prep- | arations having been made to receive them at Jekyl Island. BLACK POWDER FOUND. Part of Cargo of New York Explosion Which Sunk Launch. New . York Feb. 6.—The launch Whistler, which was sent to the bot- tom of the North river, by the disas- plosion ir Communipaw, last day, was brought to the sur- afternoon by a wrecking tug. bt to the presence of black powder on the scene at the time of the disaster was removed by the finding of three cans of this explosiv Yale Alumni Banquet. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, Feb. 6.—The banquet of the Washington Yale Alamnl associa- tion Saturday evening was of course a brilliant suc The guest of honor and principal speaker was President Taft, and President Hadley came next to him in importance. Other speakers were S v of the Treasury Mac- Veagh, Mr. Justice Brown of the su- preme court, Mr. Tiang, second secre- tary of th Chinese legation, and Cha to the H. Sherrill, American minist: Argentine Republic. Lee Mc- the treasurer of the TUnited was the toastmaster. The >s were all in praise of Yale. Senat Represe: Higgins, Shep- and n, Gifford Pinchot, John Hammond and Prof. Henry S. Kean, ard To Investigate Massachusetts State De- partments. Boston, Feb. 6.—In response to a re- cent request of Governor Foss that the legisiature empower him to employ as- sistants for the purpose of: investigat- ing the varicus departments and insti- tutions, the senate late today adopt~ ed a_resolution authorizing such an investigation.: The. resolution provid- ed. however, that the assistants for the work should,be appointed by the ehai men of the ways and means copmit- white and mat'sg and rep- | ill spend the first | Air Patrol For ‘Mex can Bor,der U. S. WAR DEPARTMENT WANTS MONEY AT ONCE. FOR AEROPLANE SCOUTS Senate to Be Asked to Make $125,000 Appropriation Immediately Available —Aviators - to Demonstrate. ‘Washington, Feb. 6.—In order that the government may be able to pur- chase aeroplanes for use in patrolling the Mexican border, the war depart- ment has taken up with Senator War- ren, chairman of the military affairs comumittee, the question of making ths appropriation of $125,000 for aero- planes in the army available immedi- ately, instead of on July 1, as would be the usual course. The bill appro- priating the amount mentioned for the purchase, maintenance and operation of aeroplanes in the army akeady has passed the house, and is now in the hands of the senate military affairs committee. The aeroplane offered the govern- ment by Mr. Colliter will be operated by Lieutenant Foulois of the Signal <orps of the army and A. L. Welch, an expert Wright aviator. Lieut. Foulois has had charge of the government's Wright aeroplane since its purchase by the war department. VOLUNTEERS TO GIVE AEROPLANES WAR TEST. Sky Men from E| P Will Fly Over Mexican Lines. New York, Feb. 8.—Alfred J. Mois- ant, brother of the late John B. Mois- ant, received word here today from San Antonio, Texas, that Roland C. Garros, Rene Simeon and Rene Bar- rier have volnteered to fly over Mex- ican insurgent and federal lines at Ju- arez to test the worth of aeroplanes in actual war. There is to be an avia- tion meet at El Paso, Tex., this week, just across the border from Juarezand Mr. Moisant, who will conduct it, left here tonight to superintendent ar- rangements on the spot. His plan is to observe the strictest neutrality. 1 observations will be reported to him and the United States army officers statoned along the bor- der, and to nobody else. On the strengeth of this guarantee, he says, he has recveived assurances that neither side will fire on the awiators. A complete report will be hade to the war department at Washington. CAVALRY AND COAST ARTILLERY SAIL FOR MANILA. Transport Sheridan Sails With 1,900 Officers and Men. San Francisco, Feb. -With about 1,900 officers and men, the largest number of troops leaving this port in ®everal years, the transport Sheridan sailed today for Manila. The military force includes ten troops of the Seventh cavelry sent from Fort Riley, Kas., to relieve the Thirteenth regiment, ordered home from the isl- ands, two companies of coast artillery and a large number of officers and casuals returning to the ships. The ranking officers on board are Gen. Frederick Funston, who go2s to take command of the department of Luzon, and Col. John A. Lundeen. who is to command the new coast artillery fort at Corregidor. BEACON AND BUOY FOR PEAKED HMILL BARS. Treacherous Shoals to Be Marked by Lighthouse Board. Boston, Feb. 6.—Peaked Hill Bars, the traecherous shoals on the knuckle of Cape Cod, where scores of vessels and hundreds of lives have been lost, will soon be marked by a beacon. Word was received here today from ‘Washington that the lighthouse board has decided to establishva combination gas and whistling buoy off Peaked Hill Bars in response to a petition for- warded by captains and vessel owners to Washington after the recent disas- ter on Peaked Hill Bars, when three barges were wrecked and their entiro crews of 17 men were lost., Indorsed the Connecticut River Projeot. (Special to The Bulletin.) ‘Washington, Feb. 6.—The Hartford Board of Trade has transmitted to the Connecticut senators and representa- to favor the proposition to widen and deepen the channel in the Connecticut river below Hartford. This proposi- tion was incorporated in the general river and harbor bill in the senate and $177,000 set aside for this purpose. The river and harbor bill is now in conference and probably will not be re- ported back until the middle of the month. Assurances have been given that the Connecticut river item will be retained in the conference report and ghet money will be available by July rst. Carter, Republican, Needs Seven Votes for Senator in Montana. Helena, Mont.. Feb. 6.—Today’s bal- lot for United States senator: Carter, republican, 35; Walsh, democrat, 20; Conrad, democrat, 20: scattering, 17. | Necessary for a choice, 4 Hotchkiss, a Yale Character, Dead. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 6—Frank E. Hotchkiss, known to Yale men for two generations os superintendent of the university grounds and buildings, died today from an attack of apoplexy He was 70 years of age and unmarried. Sorhe timea go Mr. Hotchkiss was pen- sioned. retaining oversight of the prop- erty in an advisory capacity. Whipping ®ost for Wife Beater. Baltimore, Feb. 6.—Five lashes on his bare hack and two months in jail was the sentence imposed by Judge Duffy in the criminal court here today on George E. Wooden for assaulting his wife and terribly mutilating her face with a knife. The last time the whipping post in the jail here was | used was in 1907 l Alimony from New York’s Fire Chief. | New York, Feb. 6—Fire Chief Cro- i ker is required to pay his wife, Ella J., 15300 & month alimony and a’ counse | fee of $400 pending her suit for sep- aration, according to a decision ren- ldered today by Justice Gerard of the supreme <¢ourt. y e SRR TS Dynamiter Sentenced to Ten Yeare. $atits_Rasa, Cal, Feb. 8~Dr. Wii~ lard P. Burke, convicted of having day- namited the temt house of Luetta Smith, on the grounds of his sanitari- um, on the night of February 5, 1910, was senteuced toda¥ by Superior Judzs Negwell to ten. yeus' imprisenment, - tives resolutions urging the delegation | dll] An Earthquake was Recorded on the seismograpn at St. Ignatius' Col- lege, ‘Cleveland, "Five Irish Dominican Nuns, expelled from Portugal, will establish a. con- vent .in Baker City, Ore. Boisterous Cornell Studenits stopped @ theatrical performance and raided several moving-picture shows. The Operation of the Postal Savings bank has been highly gratifying to Posimaster General Hitchcock. One Hundred Carloads of Oil in an | Brie warehouse, on (e Weehawken | River side, were destroyed by fire. 1% John' Geshquire ‘mmd Huber ‘Clave: land_were drowned while skating in {hs Pamsaic River, near Hackensack, Citizens of Jersey Coast Towns pro- pose a scheme for an inland waier- way from Pleasure iBay to Atlantic City. " John M. Lowery, a Prosperous farmer, was found imuidered in the hrouse of Allie Brown, near Scran- ton, Pa. William F. Sheehan, the Tammany candidate for senator from New York, has issued a statement outiining his position. General Guillaume, a leader in the uprising agains. Prisident Simon, was captured near Cape Haytien and shot to death, King McNamara Gave Himself up to the New York police, confessing that he shot and killed a man in Ken- tucky fourteen years ago. One Hundred Thousand People at- tended the funeral of Paul Singer, the socialist leader in the Reichstag, which took place in Berlin Five Hundred and Fifty-three ac- ceptances have been reccived to attend the Pan-American Commercial Con- sress on February 13 to 18. The Ocean About the Million Dollar pier at Atlantic City was dragged in vain in the effort to find the body of Postmaster Ashhurst, of Philadelphia. General Bonilla, Leader of the Hon- duran revolutionists, has not yet ac- cepted the good offices of the United States to bring about a peaceful set- tlement. The National Progressive League has sent telegrams to all governors and legislatures asking for co-opera- tion in securing popular election of senators. Christie Kenney, of Lancaster, Pa, was found shot to death in a room ho oceupied with J. Walter Shields of West_Philadeiphia, in a hotel in War- ren, N. H. Nearly 6,000 Bodies of victims of the plague have heen burned or buried outside of Harbin, Manchuria. Many physicians _and hospital attendants are succumbing fo the discase. The Answer of the Executer of the will of Mrs. Fidy aund the trustess of the mother church, Christian Seci- ence, to the petition in equity of George W. Glover, son of Mrs. kddy, was filed in court at Concord, N. H. ADRIFT FOR AN HOUR ON BARGE'S HATCH COVER Captain Willis, Wife and Daughter Rescued—Coal Laden Barke Sank in Collision. New York. Feb. 6.—A speck in the East river that looked like a boy's raft turned out today to be a ship's hatch cover with Captain William Sands of the barge Marco Brother: Lis wife and their nine-year-old daughter aboard. They had been adrift for an hour and were nearly frozen when a boat belonging to the United tSates receiving ship Hancock put out frem the Brooklyn navy yard and rescued the Sands. The barge, eighth in tow of an eastbound tu collided with the barge just ahead. careened violently and, being heavily laden with coal, began to sink as soon as she took in water. The crash woke Sands. He tore off the hatch cover. set his_ wife and child adrift and then stuck by the barge until she sank. THhen he swam through the icy water after them. Those on the ttug knew nothing of the collision. HAITIEN PRESIDENT LEADS TROOPS AGAINST INSURGENTS. Attmepted Uprising at Jacmel Re- pressed—Officials Summarily Shot. { _ Port au Prince, Haiti, Feb. 6.—Presi- dent Simeon, who left here yesterday on the despatch boat Nord Alexis for Gonaives, landed there today and is now marching rapidly toward Cape Haitien at the head of a large body of troops. An attempted rising at Jacmel, about thirdty miles from Port au Princehas been repressed. There have been di: orders in several places, resulting in some fatalities. Seveal officials have been arrested and summarily shot. The French legation is caring for several refeees, among the number Dr. Au- dain and Advocate Menos. Recent Discoveries. ‘Will the discovery by the Harvard excavators in Samaria of nearly one hundred tablets “supposed to be a por- tion of the archives of King Ahab,” be followed by a literary campaign for the “rehabilitation” of that monarch of Israel, or will it simply enlarge the number of “historic doubts?” The world will not pause long from iis daily business or pleasures for a reply, but archaeologists may see active and very enjoyable occupation ahead of them. These tablets are said to be written in ink, which may well be the case, since writing flnids are thousands of years old, and had long been in use when Ahab reigned. He is supposed to ‘have perished in battle about 850 years befors Christ. Whether Ahab, who was Jezebel's husband, was as bad as Eli- jah's denunciatlons eay he was, a Sin- ful man and king, a willing wershipper of Baal, or whether he was a great sovereign and lawgiver, who in an ef- fort to organize Israel consented to compromises—these are questions on which students have long ditfered. Possibly he was not so bad as he has beer painted., though the Naboth in- artfui_aid. These recent discoveries which may help us to knew King Ahab, who went down in the lost battla more than 2700 years ago, as his contempo- rarlés knoew nh&l . wl(u of oo:r;e _be gratifying, especially to those who are archaeologists. Abab is a great char- acter in the Old Testament, cne of its strongest, and yat some studente have insisted that the accounts of him there found represent the puttilig' together of the records of his enemnies and the apologies of his friends. When thase Harvard tablets are deciphered we may get a hint as to the correctness of this thgory,—Eozten Transcript - cident seems beyond rehabilitation’s | Honduras Faces Decisive Battle IF TWO RIVAL LEADERS DECLINE PEACE TERMS. HOSTILITIES HALTED Waiting Reply from General Bonills, Which U. S. Gunboat Will Bring— Government Forces Gathering. Puerto Cortez, Honduras, , Keb. (By wireless to New Orleans, Feb. 6. —In the event of the failure of Gem- eral Manuel Bonilla, leader of the rey olutionists, and President Davila to agree to peace negotiations as pro- posed by the United States, a decisive | battle probably will be fought this week at Pimiente, twenty miles south of San Perdo Sula. Hostilities in the northern part of Honduras have ceased pending the definite reply of General Bonilla_ to the American proposal. The American gunboat Wheeling left here this morning for Ceiba, Wwhere General Bonilla is ill, to get the Tevo- lutionary leader's reply fo the peace proposal, which was submitted to him Friday by Commander Davis of the Tacoma. General Carias, governor of San Pedro, is gathering government forces at Pimlente and is understood to have 1,500 men and five fleld pieces. General Lee Christmas is still here with a small body of revolutionists awaiting the outcome of the peaca negotiations. Several hundred of his men are at Tela and another small body is camped on the Ulua River, ten miles east of Puerto Cortes. Puerto Cortez and San Pedro Sula are tranquil. The American and British forces are in charge of the two towns. The revolutionary gunboat Hernet, in command of Ensign Bruce, arrived here this morning from Truxilloo and anchored in the harbor. BOYCOTT AT CONSTANTINOPLE KEPT PASSENGERS ABOARD But American Minister's Serious Pre- test Is Effective with Turkish Gov- ernment. Constantinople, Feb. 6.—J. Ridgely Carter, the American minister to. Ru- mania, who 1s now at the head of the American embassy, pending the ap- pointment of a successor to Ambas- sador Straue, was forced today to lodge a serious protest with the min- ister of foreign affairs, Rjfaat Pacha, becaause of the continued beycott against American vessels. Two steamers belonging to am Am- erican company have been lying in the harbor, but on account of the bo; t even the passengers were mot able to land. Minister Carter proceeded aboard one “of them, the Californie, and arranged to have the passengers brought ashore. He then called on Rifaat Pacha anad insiated that imme. diate orders be issued to cease the boycott, This was done, but in ali probability other incoming steamers flying the Ameritan ag will experience similar difficultie: 2 YOUNG MILIONAIRE START! AT BOTTOM OF LADDER. Anthony Drexel a Stock Exchange Mesenger—Half Day Off to Adtend Sisier-in-Law's Wedding. New York, Feb. 6.—Anthony J. Drexel, who married Miss Marjorie Gould, went to work today. He got a job as messenger with a stock ex- change firm and began his duties at the stroke of nine this morning. With an idea of learning the business from A to Z he determined to start st the lowest rung of the ladden Young Drexel worked hard on this, his first day, tremped through the financial district in the slush and cold untll 4.30 o'clock this afternoon. He had twenty minutes for Junch. To- morrow his sister-in-law, Vivian, will be married, but he will work half a Gay nevertheless, quitting just n time to dress for the ceremony. He jour- neyed home tonight, not in an aulo- mobile, but on the crowded ‘L.~ FIRST ANTI-DIAZ MEETING. Speaker Charges Mexican President With Usurping Rights Gueranteed by Constitution. Eagle Pass, Tex., Feb. 6.—he first openly anti-Diaz meeting on yecord jn Eagle Pass was held here last night in celebration of the adoption of the Mex- ican constitutfon. Senor Paulino Martines of S8an An- tonio, the principal epeaker, attacked President Diax, alleging he had usurped rights guaranteed by the eonstitution of Mexico, He pleadad for the ballot, personal liberty, freedom of spesch and freedom of the press. Connecticut Newspaper Man Demands Retraction. (Special to The Bultetin.) Washington, Peb. 6.—At the close of the session of the house late Saturday Walter Fahy of New Haven, & news- paper man cobnected with a Washing- ton afternoon paper, demanded a re- traction from Representative Ma of certain statements made by Mr, Ma- con on the ficor of the house.. During the debate in the houss Mr Macon re- ferred to the writer of a news article as a “wilful, Qeliberate liar,” a4 “oontemptible little ass.” Hveryeone knew that the writer referred 0 was Mr. Fahy. At the close of the session Mr. Fahy approached Mr. Macon and said: “Mr. Macon, you have called me a liar and other things. I wish to say to you that you are the liar.” Friends of both parties got between the two men before any damege was done, but there was conslderable excitement on the floor for a while. Later on Mr. Macon wasa persuaded to expunge his remarks concerning the author of the newspaper article, and the remarks will not ap- pear in the Record. AMr. Fahy is well known in Connecti- cut and somne years ago was the repre- sentative of The Associated Press in the state. Everyona who noted the in- cident sympathizes with Mr. Fahy and believes he was rtght and Mr. Macon wrong, Wallingford.—Alleging slander, Chris- topher Bissert of Wallingford has brought suit for $2,000 damages against August Thiede of Meriden, and the Meriden Savings bank has been gar- nished. Statements Thiede mude of Bissert’s conduct with a giri formn the basis of the suit. Wethersfield—Warden Albert of 'the state prison,who hts been 2d a leave of absence of left> with Mrs. Garvin Friday York and salfed on fhe Arabic Saturday for the nean,