Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 9, 1911, Page 1

/ Norris Wil ‘Champion Wood and - Paper Pulp Provisions HEARING BEFORE COMMITTEE TODAY President Taft will Keep This Matter in First Place on Leginhfivcl’rogrmme-Camdalggkinz,Bveryvm - for Trade—Massachusetts Farmers Register Opposi- . tion—New York Dairymen’ Agajnst the Agreement. E n, of the i ? d and” means A £ i 2 | ; e tH !rs! f i 3 H 'DEALING RIGOROUSLY WITH 'HAITIEN REVOLUTIONISTS. Qenery) Millionard S8ummarily Execut- ed—Five Other Officers Also Shot. - Cape Haltlen, Haitl, Feb, $.—The government of ’Pnddc:: !Imlootllz is dealing rigorously ‘with tl revolution ary 1 Millionard of the department ‘allieres, head of the tevolutionary forces and a man of &reat influence in the districts of Trou and Vallieires, who has been much feared every administration, was summarily executed ldst night. -Two other officers, of whom one was Gen- eral formerly commandant at Trow, and four other revolutionaries from the same district, whose names are unknown, were also shot to death by the Haitien troops. = These execu- tions, following #o closely on that of General Montreull Guillaume, are like- 1y 1o havs & deterrent effect on the rising, which is the object of Presi- - It i reported that Gen- eral Duval, at whose house a large quantity of arms and munitions were recently found, s to be shot tonight and that other nt men are to whare the eame fate. General Zavier Memmon, another of the revolutionary leaders, is under ar- rest, while General Clement Severe, who was captured some days ugo, ha: heen whipped for the purpose of e: tracting a_confegsion from him as to the prime movers in the rising. TELEPHONE TRUST. Mosting in Chicago Today May Be the Fiest Step. ‘Washington, Feb. 8.—The attention of the departmant of justice has been called to & mee! cago tomorrow, at which, it is reported, a preliminary mbve for the consolida- tion of independent telephone comp: nies h system may be con- widered. 1t wl!l ahumem d k:oday trl.mt special agents of e investigation bu- reau have been lnstructed tq keep the department informed of any probable plans for a so-called telephone trust. One official of the it v tured the opinfon that any comsolida- tion coming within”the anti-trust act might be met with {njunction suits. FILIPINO FREEDOM .. / — g Kegrote at Meriden Dinner Given to Philippine Commissi Meriden, Conn, Feb. 8~—Filipino ‘was the he Absolute indepen- the llippine Islands, now held a6 a colonial posses- by the United States and in di m opposition to the ideal of iiberty and fought for by the people of | this country. A Posria Votes Agsinst Free Wheat, Oats and Barley. Feb. 8._The Peokia board r s op- Canadian reci- to the % Ais- terests alon the pas: the i i, - r, Ve, 3 Feb, §.—John 'Norris, paper tommittes of jewspaper Publishers’ will appear tomorrow be- l T majority. The onls e to ascertain the sentiment of Massa- luce on | l opposed to the Canadian reciproci agreement was received today by Pres- Treadway of the lu-,w - the M State who is at present in New York. Canada Seekings Markets Everywhers. Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 8—Finance Min- ister Fielding took rect what are ous impressions in the minds of :-u in Great nh:z in regard to the preference granted to Minister Fielding has taken up th matter with Lord Strathdona, Canada’ high commissioner, In London, and in behalf of the Canadian rernment, has sent the following legram : “Canada is seeking markets every- ‘where for her surplus E ridiculous in the pursuit of to refuse to avall herseif 3&0« of the great nation lying alongside.” > Boston, Feb. §.—An order which seeks chusetts r ing thé proposed diad reciprocity agreement aroused de- bate in the house, of representatives today, when the question of its refer- ence to the committee on federal re- 2 that e sasad comimittoe on. Ted aske same com o ,anl;e\;gms -t;:mmnua to z: tiga O] reci) - men befwepen ptohe United States and the Dominion of Canada, with the ob- git of ascertaining the sentiment of ‘husetts, ‘and report its findings with recommendations to the general :‘l’:‘l’l‘}‘ not later than Although the joint committee on rules had reported in favor of trnl- esidion do- motion 3 February 15, erence of the onder ‘to the tions committes, much veloped, asd on a vote refer to the o« to was lost, PRACTICAL USE OF p 3 ; AEROPLANE IN WARFARE. Message Carried by Harkness Was a Valuable Demonstration. ‘Washington, Feb, 8.—The feat of Harry 8. Harkness in delivering yes- terday by the aerial route a message from Major McManus, commander at Fort Rosecrans, Cal, to Lieutenant Ruhlin, in charga of the American pa- trol on the Mexican frontier, near Tia Juana, is regarded by officials of the signal corps of the army as an inter- esting demonstration of the practical use of the aeroplane in warfare. Brigadier General Allen, chief signal officer of the army, received a tele- gram today from D. C. Collier, Brell- dent of the Aero ciub of San Diego, Cal., saying that the aviator covered a distance of 45 miles in 56 minutes. The message was in the hands of Lieu. tenant Ruhlin 26 minutes after its de- livery to Harkness, Mr. Collier said that the roads between the points of the fight werz practically impassable on account of rains. PROFESSOR BALDWIN LEAVING YALE UNIVERSITY. Accepts a Professorship in English at Columbia University. Nsw Haven, Feb. S.—Announcement is made today of the resignation of Charles Sears Baldwin as professor of rhetoric at Yale university to accept a professorship in Finglish at Columbia university. Professor Baldwin has been a member of the Yale faculty for 13 years, receiving an appointment as in structor in rhetoric in 1897 and becom- ing a full professor in 1909. TROLLEYMEN MAY STRIKE. Permission Secured by Men of Connec- ticut Valley Stréet R. R. C.o Northampton, Mass., Feb. 8.—At a meeting tonight of the executive board of the union of motormen and conduc- tors employed on the lines of the Con- necticut Valley Street Railway com- pany jt was announced that permission ad been secured from the national body to call a styike 18 it were deemed wise. No definite strike action was taken, but the board decided to make no_further overtures to the company in regard to alleged grievances. The trou- ‘ble is over the discharge of five men whom .the union claims were let go without just cause. An offer of arbi- tratfon Submitted by the unlon was rejected by the company some days ago. : TROLLEYS FOR TURKEY. ited for Cities of Adana and Adrianople, Washington, Feb. 8.—The ministry of public works of Turkey hos invited ibids for electric street raflways in the cities of Adana and Adrianople, and for the distribution of electric power ‘in the provinces of the same names, according to a cablegram received by the state gepamment from American ‘onsui Ravendale at Constantinople, The bids will cloge on March 14. ‘Unanimous for 8an Francisco. Washington, Feb. 8.—San Francisco today won the us vote of the senate committee on industrial exposi- tions for the Panama canal opening exvosition. The . resolution declaring for San Francisco was ordered report- ed in the form in which it passed the house. . . Hartford —District Grand lodge, No. 1, Independent Order ‘of B'nai B'rith, comprising all of New York, New England and the eastern part of Can- ada, held Sunday for the first time a grand lodge meeting in Hartford as the guests of Agrat lodge, No, 13, L. O. Joseph B. B., & H. of tige eity. H ?a:‘ Naples, Feb. §.—J, P. Morgan ar- rived here ‘today on the White Star liner Celtic. oW London, Feb, 5 Frederick Archipala| o n, 8.—Frederick Archbald| Campbell, third 1-0f Caw- dor, died today. He was.born Feb, 1%, 1847, end was distinguished in official and business affairs, his public posts including that of first lord of the ad- m:ms ity, to which he was appointed in St. Petersburg, Feb. 8.—Twenty-five hundred students of the iuhniversity at a meeting today voted to go out on e until Easter. The police made fifty arrests. The action of the stu- dents follows repressive measures by the cabinet which recently deprived the undergraduates of certain priv: eges, on the ‘been turned to political purposes. ATTORNEY PETTIS" NAME BEFORE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Resolution to Appoint Him Judge of Norwich City Court. (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, Feb, ‘Wednesday was in the nature of a half holiday for the members of the legislature and - the business that was transacted occupied Both houses were ed before the noon hour. No matter of importance came up in either house and =enate, although & few com- mitted reports were received and either acted upon or placed on thestable. In the house the seal of approval was placed on the resolution appointing Gideon H. Welch jue of the court of pleas for Litchfield county. ‘The business on the calendar of the house ‘ed as ready for action in- cluding resolution appointing Henry H Judge of the city court of Norwich and Wurtem A. Breed judge of the town court of Stonington was taken up and.referred to the committee ©on the judiciary. Banks and Trust Companies. In favoring passage of resolutions incorporating the -Shelton Bank and Trust company and the Home Bank and Trust company of Darlen as house chairman of the committee on banks, “which favorably reported the measures, Mr. Whiton of New London said that his committee was trying to make a record as being progressive and that would like to be among ‘the first to have business disposed of.' € tion of Representative Knight of Sal- isbury, however, the resolutions were tabled in order that, the text of the chartérs might be scrutinized by such mrt‘znbc- of the house as desired that P Nothing About April Adjournment. Nothing was said in the house reta- tive to the resolution of Representa- tive Hull of Willington concerning a recess of the house from after adjourn- ment in the second week of April until January 2, 1913. In the senate, action on this wes also deferred, the opinion being that it should only be considered with the “full membership in attend- ance.’ Representative Dunn of Windham got the support of the house in his 'mne‘;uon runt‘ chairmen :;an‘:lommlt-' ees in re) measures id out- line the ment and purposes of such #lth the committee’s reasona for re- porting them favorably or unfavorably, which practice was not being followed. It will be for the future. There 'being. 1o - further business ready adjournment was taken ‘at 11.40 until this (Thursday) merning at the usual hour. . FIXES DATE FOR MELLEN .TO PRESENT COMMERCE COURT Judiciary Committee Makes Feb. 21 the Day—Trainmen Ask Special Day. Hartford, Conn. Feb. 8—President Mellen of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, having made the request to be heard upon his plan for a court of commerce, the judiciary committee this afterncon fixed upon Feb. 21 as the date. The commerce court bill, which hs had introduced, is offered as an alternative for the bills for & public utilities commission. The hearing on the State Business Men’s association bill was closed this after- noon. Mr. Mellen's request came through T. T., Robinson, one of the company’s at- torneys. After that, E. C. Terry, rep- resenting the organized trainmen, ask - ed for a special date for a -hearing on the-court of commerce bill in order that rallroad men could be heard upon it. He also requested that heads of manufacturing concerns be summoned to give their ideas upon regulation of public service corporation: AMBASSADOR BRYCE NOT CONSIDERED FOR PRINCETON. Denial That He Has Been Offered Col- lege Presidency. Washington, Feb. 8.—The report that the presidency of Princeton university Had been offered to Ambassador James Bryce of Great Britain was denied to- day by a member of the comumittee of the board of trustees of the university especially appointed to choose a new president. The latter said that the committee had come to no decislon | and that Mr. Bryce’s name had not been considered. A Ambassador Bryce declined to com- ment on the report. Princeton Knows of No Offer. Princeton, N. J., Feb, $.—Inquiry here. shcws that the presidency of Princeton university has not been offered to any- one, and that an early decision in the matter is not expected by university ofiicials A Cincinnati despatch this after- noor. said that James Bryce, british ambassador to the United States, had been offered the presidency to succeed ‘Woodrow Wilson, who is now governor of New Jersey DREADNAUGHT “SUBMARINE. Cruiser Soal is Successfully Launched —Designed for Long Ocean Cruises. Newport News, Va., Feb. §. ‘he dreadnaught submarine cruiser Seal, which when completed will be the largest and most-powerful sibmarine in the United States navy, was sue- cessfully launched tod of the Newport N company. Miss Marjorie ake, daugh- ter of the inventor of this type of sub-. marine, christened the ves: presence of a2 number of offi navy and the building company. Like her sister ships, the Lun der construction at IL geport, Conn., and the Turbot, beink huilt here, the Seal is designed for long ocean crhises without convoy of a tender. She meas- ures over all 161 feet in length, with an’ extreme beam of 13 feet. “Her dis- placament when submerged is 525 tons. Six torpedo tubes compose her arma- ment and her magazines will hold ten torpedoes. Her cruising radius Knots on the surface. rteen krots is her contract speed o1 water and nine and one-half'knots her submerged will be 2500 Kenneth Whiting Will_con- he Seal-when she s placed ground that these had | | sion of other eompanies, but had never ARGUMENTS FOR BILL BEFORE|BOTH SIDES EXPECTING REIN- JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. o~ i 'GRANGE MASTER 'SPEAKS FORCEMENTS. " RACING TO GET THERE % e ————— This Was Second Hearing—Some Des | 1,000 Federals Coming and 350 Insur- 7 tails Criticised but None Yet Oppose| rectos—American ‘Soldiers Hold ‘Up Measure as 2 Who 27 Mexicans Trying to Créss Rive (Special to The Bulletin.) - El Pasb, “Tex., Feb. 8.—By way of Tiartford, Feb. 8—The committee of | variation it is 'safely predicted that the judiciary.again sat in the hall of | Juarez, will not be attacked tonight, the "house Wednesday afternoon to{ Whether- it is called upon to defend give the second hearing on :the public | itself at all, seemingly depends upon utflities bill, the proposed - court of | Whether Navarro, at the head of one commerce, and all other pending meas- | thousand federals from Chihuahua, or ures relative’ tc the regulation of pub- | Jote De La Les; Blanco with 350 insur- lic sen'?:e cerporations. The "”rn‘n'l‘ ;egtvs from Casas - Grandes arrives nteresting as that of last 3 3 St e A rumor reached here today that Navarro had met with a reverse;, but it was only a rumor. Wires being down, it could not be investigated. # gne story was that a train on e was- traveling had been blown up, special capacity directed the presenta-} anq another had it tbat General Blanco tion of the arguments in favor of the| haq met and defeated him. With ref- public utilities bill and introduced the | erence-to the Blanco rumor it is im- speakers, who were representative of | probable, for his forces are numerical- various cities, towns and sections of|jy inferior to those of the federal lead- the state. The arguments pres;znh;ed or: ‘were much the same in nature as rd If Navarrg reaches Juarez first, & that have become familiar throughout| would be. folly, apparently, for Orozco Connecticut, and essentially n6 more| to attack, even with the assijtance of 2 part of what promises to he| reinforcements from Alanis ai\d Blan- long drawn out proceedings M the con- | ¢, sideration of the public utiities and| ““Alanis was camped last night twelve kindred bills. As yet no speaker in|miles east of here, on the Mexican side opposition_to the proposed measures | of - has been heard: that 15, in opposition | 35 e Rio Grande at a hamlet called to the whole.Criticism of the details came Wednesday. i, - icans who were attempting to cross the s,"f'd EXgls Oentary: 3 river to the rebel eamp. The . troops A special Teature of the hearing was| here. are numerically adequate to the a spread eagle oration from Senator| task of guarding the entire river Donovan and another more brief .but| front. i snappy colloquy between Representa-|- The soldierly Americans contrast tive Metzger of Bridgeport and Attor- | sharply with the slouching, ill' kempt ney E. C. Terry of New Haven, Who | federals. One may see specimens of took exception to a portion of MFE | poth armies at the street car.bridge; Metzger's speech. the lAmer(gana. clean shaven, erect, i ; neatly garbed, changing the guard with Stood Up for Agriculturists. | orC ¥ 0 icion; the Mexlcans parch- Leonard H. Healey of Woodstock, | ment-colored peons and impressed master of the State grange, criticised | convicts in dingy, baggy, dirty, blue the remark of a previous speaker that|and imitation leather caps, stoop shoul- agriculture did not amount to much | dered, strasgling about in apathy. in Counnecticut. *He thought he could| Governmental measures to suppress take that person about the state and| news have not ceased. The maesures prove to him tha: agriculture is no “in- | began after the publication two months cubator chicken” in this state. 8go of accounts of the execution by L35 did not belleve that all the or- | federal soldiers of wounded prisoners ganizations. in this: state that have|and civilians at Cerro Prieto. An passed resolutions in favor of a pub-| American newspaper man was detain- lic utilities DAl had fooled themselves. {.ed.for nearly an Hour at the Juarez The State grange helieves- that three| jaf] yesterday to explain, it .was al- men on a public utilities commission | leged, what he was doing on the Mex- ‘could do the work that would be re-|ican side without a permit. quired of it as well as five, The srang Today it was discovered that there ers are a conservative people and they ! had been no such dispnesations and believe in economical administration. | will be none. Cameras are likewise ‘We believe a suitable supervision in|tabooed on the Mexican side. the way of recognizition is what we Rkt s need. - - ey ~ Mr. Healey told oneé or two good sto- . i 2 ries to illustrate his points, that were “OF JAPANESE COMING. T e ving. oty " abont ihrad| Excitement Over Importation of 5,000 minutes, but what he said was as mg Miners Into New Caledoni o Introduced the $peakers. Normand F. Allen, chairman of the legislative committee of the State Bus- iness Men's association, again in .thi American soldiers and national guardsmen detained a total of 27 Mex- rbpresentative of the thousands grangers throughout the state. Victoria, B. C., Feb. 8—Advices were Central Village Man Spoke Long. | Prousht by the steamship Zealandia F. F. Lendiwig of Central Village | Australia.and New. Zealand by the re- was another eastern Connecticut { port that arrangements had bean made speaker. He took a few shots—quite | by the French nickel mining companies a few—at the makeup.of the Dill cre- | in New Caledonia to bring five thou- ating a court of commérce, talking at | sand Japanese to the South Pacific such length that Senator Judson final- | Islands. - Mr. Fisher, premier of Aus- 1y suggested in a very diplomatic way | tralia, in an interview, said the arrival that, on account of the number of ofu &:um:r oofr J;:;l.nu:a at M:- speakers to be heard it would be nec- | W: ve importance to ebsary for the speakers o curtail their | Australia, owing to the danger of New remarks. _ Then ‘Mr. Lendewig talked | Caledonia being made an intermediate | Those | settling ground for hordes of Japanese with Australia as the final destination. Noumea correspondents state that.the arrival of the first shipload of Japan- ese is causing disturbances. The bring- ing of the Japanese was arranged in France. SCHENK DIVORCE SUIT. Husband Files Petition, Naming the Wheeling Piane Salesman ‘as Co- Respondent._ ) Cincinnati, Feb. 8.—A special fromt some more, but finally- quit. present sighed with relief. From Norwich Business Men's Asso- ciation. T. C. Murphy, representing the Nor- wich Business Men's association, said that the public service corporations gave a fairly satisfactory serviee in his city. He has been up fo Hartford ‘several timeg to appear before the rail- road committee, but although no op- position was ever made to the improve- ments he had advocated nothing was ever done about them. He said that 4 he was nof there to attack the public| Wheeling siys that John O. Schenk, service corporations doing business.in | millionaire ‘Dacker, today filed the pe- his - city. - tition in his suit’ for divorce against Mrs. Laura Farnsworth Schenk, recent Good as Far as It Goes. defendant xhx:‘ the ta:mua poisoning The Connecticut company gave a| trfal. He charges infifelity and names good service as far as it went. They | Daniel Z. Phillips of Wheeling a plano. ran satisfactory cars, kept them on | Salesman, as co-respondent. Pending time, but only on a schedule that suit- hearing of the ‘divorce suit, Schenk ed their own convenience. They had |a&Tees to pay his wife $25 a week ali- under charters - granted them taken{ MODY. . t v clu- ——— streets several years ago to the excl JEKYL ISLAND HONEYMOON. Lord and’Lady Decies Expected There Eariy This Morning. Brunswick, Ga., Feb. 8.—Lord and They had been | Lady Decies, the latter who was Vivien times, but their | Gould,” are ‘expected hers at 7.30 promises to the people of that city | o’clock tomorrow on their way to Jekyl have never been fulfilled. The people | Island, where they will spend the first who live on the streets in Norwich | part of their honeymoon. Jekyl Isiand where street railways are wanted have | is just across the sound from this city been able to get nothing better than | and. is owned by New York clubmen. prophecie r. Murphy said the peo~| Preparations for the entertainment of ple of Norwich “expect some relief | the guests were made some time ago. through the proposed bill and asked a favorable report from the committee. Inadequate Express Service. He also touched upon the service rendered to Norwich by the Adams Express company, characterizing it as inadequate in particular respects,| - Concord; N. H., Feb. 8.—Another citing the facts that there is no north-|.complication i the contest over the bound express service out of the city | disposal of the $2,000,000 residue of after 2.10 p. m. and that the system | the estate of Mrs. Mary Baker Glover of delivering within the city is poor.| Eddy, foundar of the Christian Science This: results in loss of business to the| denomination, Is threatened. George merchants. Mr. Murphy told of one| W. Baker of this city, son of a de- of the Jeading retail houses of the city | ceased brother of Mrs. Eddy, has de- writing “to the local agenti of the|cided to take steps to determine what Adams Express company on Nov. 25, | he considers his rights in the matter. asking for a better_ afternoon service 3 = but the cL‘)mpflny had oLy takt;.n President’ the trouble to renly. Mr. Murphy said : he would like to have the committee _ coln. Monument Certainty. visit Norwich and investigate the con- | Washington, Feb. 8.—The senate. to ditions for themselves. The hearing|day concurred in_the house amend was adjourned until Tuesday of next|ments to Senator Sullom’s bill provid- week. ing for the erecting in Washington of an appropriate monument to the memory of’ Abraham Lincoln. The house so amended the bill.as to place Senator Cullom and Speaker Cannon 8 on. the permanent commission. Senator van, who was accilena'ly shot in the|Root moved concurrence by the senate right lung by Policeman Patrick A.land the gnotion was unanimously Hanley vesterday. morning, while. the | adopted. R two -policemen wére chasing four| The proposed monument is to cost thieves in an' alley off Federal street. | $2,000,000. The bill now requires only Hanley pulled his revolver and fired, | the president’s signature to make it a wounding his fellow officer. It has nof | law. yet been decided whether any action will be taken against Hanley. laid a foot of rails through them, al- though these lines were demanded by the people. - Mr. Punderford and Mr. Leary of the Coonneeticut Company, Mr. Murphy said, were very agreeable gentlemen to meet. at Norwich several EDDY WILL COMPLICATIONS. Steps Taken by George W. Baker to Determine His Rights. Signature Will Make Lin- Death from Feliow Patrolman’s Bullet. Boston, Feb. 8§.—Death came this aft. erngon to Patrolman Richard J. Galli- ) Newark, N, J., Feb. 8.—Mrs. Carol < -Baby in Aeroplan Bl mm';' vas taken fror me;mli:; Gerden City, L. L, Feb. 8 —Robert | ‘prison here today to hegin serving.at Lawson, 3 1-2 years old, is the young- | Trenton the term of seven y to est aviatdor ever-seen in the aviation | which she was recently sentenced for fleld nere! if mot-in this country, { complicity in the death of-her daugh- He ‘and. hig father, Frank M. Lawson, | ter; Otey W. M. Snead, the ‘East Or: went for-a ride over.the snow blamk- | ange bathtnb victim. Her sister. Mrs. urse. vesterday afternoon, with { Mary W. Snead. at one time aiso mn- i in Burgess- bi- | der - indjctn : triml - and ow ended.. . ¢ free without |1 i The President Entertained in of both.houses of congress. . - The Senate Finance Committes con-. sidered the tafiff board bill i lo!f:ngu Troubles Ceontinue to agi- tate the Portuguese capital. ' e “The port dn increase in business. The Secret Service Has Found two new countarfeits. in circulatton. .~ “Lieutenant Colonel Prince of the ma- rine corps been order on the re- tired Iist. - Josie, an Elephant 63 Years Old, dted at Toledo, O., after eating .a piece of sugar beet. Melville DeWolf, a vice president of the Erie Railrogd company, died Wed: nesday in New York. More Evidence of the Depravity of Dr. Pantchenko, the Rus: was giveén at his trial. Interpeliations on Canadian reciprocity treaty made in the British parliament. Twenty-four Workmen were Injured when a_snow melting machine in use on the Long Island.railroad;xeploded. There Are Rumors of one of the ‘worst snow slides in the history of thé Canadian Pacific railroad at Glacler, B. C. < Harry K. Thaw's Last Appeal to the supreme court of New York for release from the Mattewan hospital has been overruled. U. 8. Ambassador Wilson will inves- tigate reports that the Mexiean: troops fired on an American under the Red Cross flag. Henry T. Farlong, formerly a efty magistrate of Brookiyn, N. Y., was sen- tenced to Sing Sing on a charge of ‘bribe- taking. 2 Secretary Knox Notified the house commmittee that the paper and pulp gections of the Canadian agreement may be amendaed. By a Vote of 23 to 7 the West Vir- ginia senate adopted a resolution sub- mitting a statewide prohibition amend- ment to a vote of the people. ~ Rev. Charles izel of New York clares that churches should have an dvertising firm and manager and seek publicity in the newspapers. President Taft is Opposed to spend- ing much money for militaty aero- planes or risking %the lives of any offi- cers in experimenting with them, The Bill Authorizing the Use of an armhy ‘transport to carry Red Cross and other: sipplies to.the famine dis- tricts of China was pasged by 'the ‘house. 5 . Texas Strawberries are being mar-| ‘movement- of - tho erop is due to the unusually mild weather experienced recently in south- ern” Texas. : ¥ Professor Belar of the Laibach ob- servatory telegraphs that he has in- vented a very cheap handy pocket ae- rograph receiver which can he quickly erected anywhere. Over 1,100 Coke Ovens were fired on ‘Wednesday in the Klondike and Con- nelisville coke regions, making a total of 5,000 put into operation within ten days. Employment is given to 5,000 men. MURDERER WAS AT LARGE FOR TWELVE YEARS. Now Surrenders to Police and is Iden- tified for Crime in 1899. New York, Feb. 8. —King McNamara, who surrendered to the polica last Sunday night and said he was wanted for a murder he cominitted in Lexing- ton, in 1899, was this afternoon identifi in the Tombs by two Ken- tuckians, C. S. Wilkerson and J. L. Wilson, as the man who did the fatal shooting and who has been at large ever since. The authorities suspected that Me- Namara was trying to get a free trip to Lexington, but the two Xentucki- ans assured Judge Foster, in general sessions, that he was the man they have long wanted. The officers .sent on-from Kentucky to take MoNamara back with them have not arrived. INFORMER FATALLY SHOT. Supposed . Revenge of Counterfeiters,| for Aid. Given to Secret Servic ‘Wilkesbarre, Pa.. Feb. $.—Shot down as he had feared he would be by two men suspect2d of betng members of the counterfeiters’ gang, many of whom were recently New York, Sam Latina;an ftalfan ef Pittston, this morning is. dylng at his home. He was shot late last night ae he was close to his hame by two men w! ng from a hallway and fired at his back. One bullet penetrated the back of his head and the other his neck. Latina gave. the secret service men and the police valuable aid in 16cating distributing agents of the New York gang who worked in this seetion of the state. Recently, when he returned from New York, he told his family that members of the had sworn to kill him, and since then he has gone about armed and watohful. g There is no. clue to the two shooters except a wnerl.l description by men who saw them waiting for Latina and members of the state constabulary are now searching for them. IN THE SENATE. Speeches on lllinois and Lerimer, Pan- ama Canal Fortifioation and Direct Election of Sénators. ‘Washington, Feb. §.—The passage of the bill for the codification of the faws relating to the judiciary system was the chief feature of the senate’s work today. 4 Three speeches of . interest were made, one being by Senator Chullos being an answer to the critivisms o Tlinois which have occurred on the floor during the progress of the Lori- mer case. Senator Money of Miss] pi spoke in advocacy of fortifications for the Panama canal. ‘Senator Per- cy of Mississippi discussed the resolu- tion declaring for election of senators by direct vote. . g The session of the house was given over to consideration of the ®ill for tha cedification of the judiclary laws. - Both bodles to sit tomorret. i S e e % Steamship_Arrivals. At Trieste, Feb. 4: Alice, from New York. ' 4 ‘At Liverpool; Feb. 8, Carpathia,from New York. . Fails to Choose U. S. Senator. ‘Des Moines, Feb. 8. —Today's - ot for United States senator w: ~esult. e 3 ilroads of New England re-| ONE MILLION WILL STARV. LESS AID IS GIVEN., | $1,500,000, NEEDED. Poor Are-Trying to Sell Theie Children . —Sufferers Need Help: Fife Menthe Yet—Plague Decreasing at ‘Dtsly.,_ Washington, Feb. §.—HEvery {ioos- ing ‘brings to the stats depart- ment harrowing tales of distressamang ‘the ‘unfortunate Chinese. Today the department mede public a zeport by Consul Gracey” at Nanking, ng letters from some of thq. missil las in the famine district. Rev. B - stiene estimates that in the whole Fam- ine district at least orie million will - of starvation if not aided. ' Onb ‘cent & day is the lest amount:that will support life for each person, 80 . tHat $1,500,000 will be necessary forthe.five months the starving will ndre. lulf The poor are trying to sell " chil- dren, but they can scarcely 8 pittance for them, and-as soon- as: the real’ cold and wet weather came /(his letter was dated December 28 last) the death rate would increase greadly,. Mr. Caldwell, the acting consul at Dalny, telegraphs that there have heen 66 cases and -3¢ deaths from pl at ‘that port up to date. The cases ure de- creasing = though there is no quaran- dl?:i and the.bean trade is much-crip- Pl TALK BY WIRELESS OVER 5,700 MILES. San Francisco ‘in Touch With Japan, by Using a_Relay. _ San Francisco, Feb:. 8.—The wireless operator in this city talked for an heur on-Monday night with. the operator at Chosi Shimosa, on the coast of Ji ., 5,700 miles away. The messages were passed across the Pacific with one re- lay. Tt is said that the . establishes a nesv record for wireless work in, thie quarter of the globe. ‘The operator got into communieation with two of the Pacific Mail ny steamships, the Manchuria, was 3,295 miles away, bound from Kong, and the Korea, whioh her port and abowt seventy Both -vessels. took ‘his message to tha Japanese station, gek- ing for the weather. at Shimosa, ané both rec the, reply iterrup- and relayed it. The dots came distinctly and,without tion, * 5 2 MEXICAN .REBELS RETREAT BEFORE DEADLY FIRE. Leave Fiftesn Dead, Six Hermes and 25,000 Rounds of Ammunition Gap- “tured by Federats. - e San. Diego, Cal, Feb. rebels lsilled and eix horwes and am rounds of ammun whs the resuit of a battle between 60 reb- of The battle, acco; ceived by telephome, 45 utes, The federal troope had the Vi in the canyon poured a fire - into the ranks. a ahort ¥me 15 vebels were kifled and ‘s nuisber wounded. The rebels then fled eastward. As soon ss the result of the fight wes learned by Governor Vega of Lower California he started In purenit of the insurréct: RESCUED $3,000 FROM OLD SUIT, OF CLOTHES. Found When Samuel Barlow's Old Suit Was About to Be Burned. North Canaan, Conn., Feb., $.—His lack of Faith in the stabilitly of benks and his habit of earrying eround large sums of money in 1s clothing mear) cowt the estate of Solomon w this e $8,000. Barlow dled on Mon in & Pittafield hospital, and being made toda:’ jon, though e was to Ow“'l tate in this and n Bariow was T4 years ol NIGHT RIDERS AFTER JAPS. Calonfi Opposition Causes Forelgn- Y ers’ Expulsion from Ranch. Delta, Col, Feb. $—Opposttion te the emg!ommt of Japanese Jabor in the or: of westera Colerado came toca head Monday night, wher. mght riders visited the camp of Japanese employed in setting out fruit trees at a ranch near here and drove them off, warning them not to return om”pain of death. The Japanese left tire ranch. State Lumber Dealers Favor Reci- procity. _L s Hertford, Gonn., Feb. 8.—Phe Lum- ber Do.lou'r association ef Connettiout, at its annual meeting today, which - attended by two hundred, ly adopted resolutions approving the pre- oy e Ry A a0 and urging Connecticut stem hers coygTess 1o support the Mmean. ure. 8 Native Uprising in Careline, lelands. olic misston, which the natives pis undear sl The defenders, nine ir number, all Germans, were killed - Fa- ther Gebhard, a missionary, was Killed when. sesking to leave wission, the woad superintendents ' were ‘hacked to pleces after a galiant fight at the beach, where they sought to