Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 17, 1911, Page 1

Union Men Out In - Favorable Force To Argue For|iz Legislation MAYOR FISHER SPEAKS FOR THEM Not Enough to Abrogate Fellow Servant Law—They ‘Want Employers’ Liability and Automatic Compen- sation—Also to Substitute Comparative Negligence for Doctrine of Contributory Negligence. Hartford, Feb. 16,—Again the hous to them. introducing town, who —— taking : TDonahue' of the State Tty moveat w bllity, an automatic, und the substitution negitgence for the doctrine of .c - utory negligence. Not as Petitioners. He sald: ‘“The 'c%nn of the wtate do not come etitioners for this legisiation, but demand that thelr wishes shall be carried out. They beilove that the time come when brawn and muscle of the state. Let the employes have the opportunity 10 accept compensation for injury if they can get it, and let him have the ight to sue for received and r it under an employers’ lability w. “The fellow servant rule must go and with it the assumption of risks itributory negligence.” and con Mayor Fisher Speaks. Fisher handed to the com- ples of a bill he had drawn act_and for an act. He spoke for hour and a half, leading up the bills in question, pointing out, in the prog- far, | brakemen, @divocated 3 ce. He said that his bill rests y on the New York bill of 1910 methods of procedure made to conform to Connecticut practice. Connecticut Not in Civilized Compainy ‘ He took up section by section and explained the bill, c having b cistributed among the adience. —He #aid that 28 soveraign jurisdictions ve adopted compensatory laws, and ticut, without one, stands “in position of Portugal and ibe Baikan siatens wnd out et ‘the gopeny.of évery aféilized -nation; of arope.” Saving Litigatien. Expenses. To Mr. Chandler, Mp. Fisher said that the amount of recovery under a pensation act was not much differ- ent than under a liability law. The point is that employers have to spend more for litigation under a liability law, that is, it costs money for law- yers. 5 + Senator Judson ésked Mr. Donahue if the Fisher bills would be aceptable in'case that common law defensés re- main with the employe filg:.flw'm- ployers refuses to acept ‘compen- sation act. Mr. n}':_h did o to depart from his position of yester- day and a colloquy occurred. e Representing Railroad Organizationsi B. C. Terry of'New Haven, repre- senting various re organiations, told the committes that they -had bet ter throw away all bills' and etart in afresh. He ridiculed the scale of com- pensation set forth in. the Fisher bill, as railroad men are better paid than the classes of trade covered by the bill. He said he would not stand for anything which would _diminish the amount of compensgtion or take away rights which worki ‘have under. common law. He said that the orders. had their own ' relief organizations, which gave, t relief. What they did want was thing which would make the master pay adequately for the injury sustained by the em- ploye. He said- that the liability law had got to be pushed through to bé used as a lever for a compensation law later. Suggests Scheme to Disrupt Unions. Mr. Judson asked Mr. Terry. as he bad Mr. Donahue, if he would favor the law which made col o di The wadons by ing to disrupt them their to pay dues. He relief without #0 it would be hard to ho nlw,&hr@‘ 1d assure ; Jere Wall, representing the railroad. placing men em- ‘carriers in a sep- ‘hazardous - trades. He JAhen v of the loss of life and n railroad service. He said that legislation should be along common sense lines. Should Be Collective Liability. Howell Cheney, representing Cheney Brothers, which has its own plan of compensation for employes, od for a compensation law in which there should be the contributory provision. He sald it was imposstble o determine who is_actually at fault in an acci- dent. He_ believed that the product should.bear the cost in inherent risk. The law should be made effective by collective ligbility and not by personal, individual Hability. There were other speakers and many questions were asked by the committee and others, Mayor Fisher being on his feet repeatedly to answer questions. -ployed by Srate isk COMMANDER FRANK MARBLE WA VICIDE. NavalyBoard of Tnguest Shows That He Shot Himself. iches 5 ho eect.thAE Carmmards mmander Treani Marbio c%‘m“md.‘ a3 the maval war college ewport, R. T, on Monday night were m““w the of tha naval beard of inquast Wae T by the navy de. partment today. ‘board found that the officer shot himself, but it was un- eble to sasign any cause. The only evidence beuring on this phass of tha matter was the testimony of his wife that he seemed tired the last time she saw him alive. Commander Marble left his quarters Jast Monday night, the board found, and et 3 the aflicasiol e Salteas at 7.30 o'clock with a bullet in pital and dizd shoi 1t 18 belioved in o Be took ‘his lite during u moment of temporary mberration. . ALABAMA K. OF P. @ WANTS ORDER INVESTIGATED. Because of Attempt to Raise Rates of Fourth Class Certificates. plica I quarters that ‘n:'\tn of the lodge Assessments on ot the fourth class confiu- s, Fle further several undred thousand bu&mv diverted nt to an- i FIRST HEARING BY EXCISE COMMITTEE. Bill - Stirs Brewer. | | Anti-Treating Ire of | Hartford, Conn., Feb, 16.—The excise | committee ‘began its hearings today. Said N. W. Kendall of New Haven, head of a brewing company:.“I agree with the late Judge Lynde Harrieon that every person who introduces a bill in the general assembly should de- posit $10, the same to be returned if the bill passes, and to b2 kept by the | state if it does mot: There is a iot of | nansensical matter brought before the { legisiature. 'Bills that lengthen the | #ession unnecessarily. 1 want to sea | the work -of the legislature lessened, | and it can only be-done by cutting out some of these confounded bills. Mr. Kendall's remarks were directed at an anti-treating bill which was be- fore the committee. The hearing was opened_on an amendment to s bill which Senator Mitchell introduced and| which s as follows: “All remonstrances filad with the county commissioners ‘against the granting or transter of any licenses to any applicant shall be in writing and hall zet forth specifically and particu larly the ground on which the ohbjec- tion is made. They shall be filed in duplicate, one copy of which shall be mailed by the clerk of said commis- gionefs to the applicant with the en- lorsement of the clerk thereon and the date of flling the same. And the other shall remain on file with said board.” Frank P. Quinn, president of the State Liquor Dealers’ association, and H. H. Spooner of the Connecticut i Temperance union spoke in favor of the amendment. Raised Novel Point in Contested Elec- tion. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 16.—A novel point was raised by Joseph Dutton, at- I torney in “the_contested election case tof Merritt O, Ryder of Plainville, who | petitions for the seat now held by Charies H. Caler, republican. Mr. Ry- | der was defeated by two votes. The moderator, Minton E. Norton, made no réturn of rejected ballots, although offi- ¢inl returns showed fifteen ballots re- urne rejoctad other officers. Testimony was introduced to show that ed ‘been disenfranchiscd. ion. ‘eb. 16—The government 1 maw jinclined to fear that the disap- ?nnoe of Henry Lawrence Woife of jew York was the fesult of ‘a crime today offered a reward for the discovery of missing art student. St. Petersburg, Feb. 16.—Thirty-five professors of the University of Mos. Cow resigned today, in consequence of the dismissal of the rector, Manuiloff, who' was removed by the.ministry of Rome, educa#ion, as a resull of the student | rebellion. Paris, Feb. 16—MM. Rip and Vil- Jers, two of the most prominent music hall revue writers in Paris, fought a duel yestorday with swords,-and, con- usual duelling custom |- B biod heré, blood was shed. It was only to the ‘extent of a few drops, but suffi- clent to appease hono poe it e Romte, Feb. 16.—Tne pope had a slight rise in'temparature this evenins, but Dr. Petacci found his hioliness in a sat- isfactory condition and expects thxt xls.gh & few more days of care and rest | health will be completely restored. He advised, eyer, that all audiences ‘e suspended &ntil next week. . Parls, Feb. 16.—Henrl Roujon, the writer, today was elected to the seat in the French academy made vacant by the death of Henri Barbous. Tha opposing candidate “was Anatole Le- roy-Beaulieu. Denys Cochin, the con- Servative deputy, was chosen - over Alfred Copus, the author, for the seat of the late Count Albert’ Vandal. NORTH IS HYPOCRITE ON RACE QUESTION. Idaho_Senator Makes Charge in D cussion of Direct Election. ‘Washington, Feb. 16.—That prejudice egainst the negro is just as-intense in- the north s in the south and that the north plays the hypocrite in_its contentions to the contrary, was boldly and bluntly asserted in teh senate to- day by a republican senator. The speaker was Senator Borah of Idaho. His declarations regarding the ‘negro were made at the close of a pro- longed speech in opposition to the Sutherlond amendment to the senate resolution providing for the election of senators by popular vote. That amend- ment would have the effect of giving congress control of senatorial ,elec- tions. ‘The Idaho senator's pronouncement on the race question was made in re- sponse to the recent assertion by Sen- ator Root that without the Sutherland provision the resolution would deprive the southern negroes of the federal Pprotection in the exercise of franchise. Notwithstanding Mr. Borah's notic that he would ask the senate 1o sit to- day until a vote could be reached on the mum resolution,the proceedings on measure were confined to his own ‘discussicn of it. He succeeded, however, in getting a concession that the resolution should be taken up to- morrow ' immediately after the disposi- tion of the routine business and with- ’ mw 2 olelock, which will s itional hour and a half. ‘comz auniber- ik L ors who ro.to. the. subject. ‘made @ speech of, ‘against & news article in a lo- “‘% that the pres- ‘Mdent -] _the hand” over the F and might force a vote on the Can frade sereement by a throat ‘an. extra. session of congress. 3 Heyburn thought the dignity of tI wenate had been assailed. In the house the day was given to eonsideration of the legislative, execu- tive and judicial, the army and the naval appropriation wills, general de- bate on the Imst carrying the house far into the night. ARCHBISHOP RYAN'S FUNERAL. A Brilliant and Solemn Sight Wit- nessed by 100,000 Philadelphians. Philadelphia,: Feb. 16.—The body of the late Archbishop Patrick John Ry- an was today entombed in the crypt beneath the high altar of the Cathedral of 'St, Peter and St. Paul. The funeral services, were —imposing. Practically all the prominent figures in the heir- archy of the Roman Catholic church in the United States participated and hundreds of priests trom all parts cf the east were t. The cathedral was filled with a crowd of 3,500 per- sons, and surrounding the building on the outside was/a great concourse of people who witnessed the solemn pro- cession from the church around Logan Square and back to the edifice. Cardinal Gibbons presided at the pon- tifical mass of requiem, and Bisiop Prendergast, auxiliary of this archdis- cese, was the celebrant. With them walked Monsignor Falconio, the papal delegate to the United States, repre- senting the pope, and Archbishop Glen- non of St. Louis, who preached the funeral sermon. ‘The absolution of the body was quin- tuple and was pronounced by five of the attending prelates, one of them be- ing the cardinal. With this final rite concluded, the body was conveyed down' the main aisle to the front door, where it was placed on a funeral carriage. Then, with the featutes of the metro~ politan exposed to view, a procession was formed, and moved around the four sides of Logan Square, which is opposite the cathedral and comprises four large city blocks. It is estimated that nearly 100,000 persons saw the unusual and solemn procession. Seven hundred and fifty pa- liceman keut order. The coffin was sealed in_a leaden case before it was entombed, and while this last ceremony was being perform- ed the “Benedi was chanted by the seminarians unison with the clergy. in Burns May Prove Fatal Collinesville, Conn., Feb. 16.—Mrs. John Harger was so badly burned when her clothing caught fire from a stove near which that it is not thought that she can liv Her husband attmepted to extimguish the flames with his hands, and was se- yerely burned in the attempt. Th james were finally extinguished whex rs. Harger ran out of doors and jumped intd a snowbank, She is about 50 vears dld. 4 - Steamship Arrivals. At Genoa: Feb. 12, Taormina, New York; Feb. 13 Oceanica, Now York. At Havr New York. 7" At Marseille New Yor At Algiers: ¥eb, 14, Cleveland, from New York. At Naples: Feb. 16, Duca di Geno- va, from New Yorl X Plague in Astrakhan. St. Petersburg, Feb, 16—Official ad- vices confirm the fact that between Feb. 4 and Feb, 8 ‘thitty deaths-from bubonic plague occurred in the gov ernment of Astrakhafi, on-the north- Caspian Connecticut Novice Flies Successfully. New York, Feb, 16.—Frank Paine of Conn.,”a novice in aviation, ‘trial in the air, fleyw aronnd Mineola, L. 1., wsed a biplane uf his own) om from Feb. 14, Chicago, from ¥eb. 16, Roma, from OFFENDERS ARE TOO NUMEROUS TO BE ARRESTED. IN SCHOOL BOARDS ' Prosecution of “All Would Clog the Wheels of Justice—Gamblers and Uneducated Control’ School Boards. Pittshurg, Feb. 16,—Graft in the Pittsburg school hoards as exposed in @ bulletin issved to:the public by the Votars® Clvic league today has not yet recelved official notice by the district attorney. After reading the bulletin, he said he would walt to ascertain if the league would make informations, and take up the prosecution of the al- leged offenders, as it did in the coun- cilmanic graft.cases last epring. Objectionable Characters on , . Boards. The Jeague says it intended to prose- cute the offanders, but they were so numerous that the arrest of all would clog the wheels of justice. The bulle- tin is therefore given the public as a warning to the wrongdoers that they may mend their ways. No names are mentioned, but the .personnel of the school ‘boards of the wards, a repre- sentative from each of which compose the central board of education, is at- tacked, the charge being made “that the majority are gamblers, bartenders, saloon Kkeepers, political ' employes, placed onthe board to control votes, mill workers and laborers, with inade- quate cducation to govern the instruc- | tion" of- children,”. and a score more characters of men equally objectiona- Dle, the judgment of the Voters’ league. 2 School Graft in Every Contract. The “charge is made that grafting through. contracts is prevalent to such an extent that it cannot be estimated. A few cases cite that as low as $25. was paid hoard members and as high as $1,000 for votes to place contracts.: On one contract of $208,000 it is asserted that one-third of the amount was paid to school board members in graft. Levy Tribute from All. “Teachers have been forced to pay for their - appointments, janitors and truant officers held up, And, when ev- erything else failed, the grafting di- tectors can always borrow money from agents and contractors who do busi- nass with the schqol. The money is never returned,” says the report. School Picnics Were Drunken Orgies. “Schiool picnics have become popu- lar in recent years, especially with the lower wards of the city. It is illegal to spend school funds for such purposes. Some of these school plenics have been nothing more than drunken orgies for the directors and their dissolute and disreputable _iriends. . Children'- from: schools Tiave Heen taken to plenies with men and women of the under- world: They have seen drunken wonien from the Tenderloin on the-daneing platform and gamblers plying their vocations on the grounds.” REAR ADMIRAL NAZRO D’ES SUDDENLY AT HOME. Native of consin and Resident of Massachusetts. Boston, Feb. 16.—Rear Admiral Ar- thur P. Nazro, U. 8. N. (retired), died sudden of apoplexy at his home in Jamaica Plain today. He was born in ‘Wisconsin in 184! Rear Admiral Nazro was command- ant at Cavite, Phillipe Islands, for two .years. While there his health began to fail and in Magh, 1910, he was retired from the navy, be naving reached the age limit. For three years ha was attached to the Boston navy yard staff. Rear Admiral Nazro was born in Wisconsin in 1348, but removed . to Boston at an early age. He was twice married, his second wife, Mrs. Mary E. Goodwin Nazro, surviving. He leaves two children by the former mar- riage, Arthur B. Nazro of Boston and Mrs. Katherine Simons, wife of Lient. Manley Hale Simons of Guantanamo, Cuba. MAINE WILL RE-SUBMIT PROHIBITION AMENDMENT, Bill for Popular Vote in September | Has Passed House and Senate. Augusta, Me., Feb. 16.—Whether the prohibition of manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors shall continue un- der_the constitution of the state of Maine is to be determined by the vot- ers of the state at a specfal election next September. By a vote of 105 to 40 the house of representatives today passed the &cnate resolve Te-submit- ting to popular vote the constitutional prohibitory amendment which was adopted in. 1884, The resolve passed the senate on Tuesday last, 23 to 7. As both branches have given the meas. ure the necessary two-thirds majotity, all that remains is the signature of Governor Plaisted, who was elected by | the demoerats Tast fall on a platform pledging re-submission. Senator's Expenses $10,490. |, Jefferson City, Mo, Feb, 16.—James I'A. Reed, United States senafor-elect, | today filed his campaign expenses affi- i vit with the secretary of state, i ing that he spent $10,490 in s: curing the democratic primary no | nation and in a trip to Jefferson ty | to be elected. In a statement Sehator | Reed said the Jaw does mot requive |an expeuse affidavit, but the impori- | Missou she was standing tonight | ance of his office cauSed him to make | VOl it | | To Block Mary Baker Eddy’s Son. | Concord, L, L, . | equity intended fo enjoin George W. Glover and his attorneys from procees ing further in his legal action to have declared void the will of his mother, the Jate Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, {founder of = the Christian Science church, was filed in the superior court tod: by counsel for Henry M. Baker, executor of Mrs. Eddy’s will. A hear- ing is asked on the bill for Feb. 21. Scatch Terrier Leads Dogdom. New York, Feb. 16—For the first time “in-four vears the leadership in dogdom belongs to a Scotch terrie Tickle -e’-Jock was led from the bench show in Madison Square ‘garden to- night, “the official choice of the: judges as the best of the 2,100 canine. aris- tocrats _which have b exhibited there this week under the ices’ of the Westminster Kennel fig 7 The Delaware at Rio- de:Janerio, _ Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 16.—The Amesi- can - battieship ~ Dslaware, - which -is bearing the body of Anibal Cruz, late Chilian minister to-the United States, fro.;n Ham; mga':a“ Rm%hw Vg?n&m. arriv - e warshin et an Stctition, s she. 15 the Tuvgext _vessel _entery ¢ BUT TRUCE IS INDICATED IN NEW YORK FIGHT. ON- THE SAME b A Twenty-sixth Ballot Without Resuit —Many Legisiators Leave for Home —Governor SITUATI ix Receives Calls. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 16.—A truce un- til Monday, February 27; within a few [ days of the expiration of the term 'of Chauncey M. Depew as United States senator, was practically declared to- night in the senatorial contest, Daily ballots will be takén by the legisla- ture, but the ammouncement tonight that Charles . Murphy, the Tammany leader, and William F. Sheehan, the organization candidate, plan to re- main in New York all next week, in- dicates- that no immediate break in the deadlock is expected. - Mr. Sheehan left "for New York fo- day and Mr. Murphy will go- tomor- row: | Both cailed on Governor Dix to- day, but at different times, and each asserted that the situation was un- changed. ‘With Mr. Murphy and Mr, Sheehan away, interest in the contest will be divided between Albany .and New York. 2 The twenty-sixth joint ballot foday developed no material change in the vote. ~ Most of the legislators, who have arranged pairs tntil Monday, left for their homes tonight. AVIATOR DIVES INTO THE HUDSON RIVER. His Motor Stopped—C. F. Morok Wertt Nearly to River Bottom. New York, Feb. 16.—Charles F. Mo- rok, & professional ‘though compara- tively inexperienced aviator, was forc- ed to dive into the Hudson river with an aeroplane today while trying to fly from a point near the New Jersey Palisades to Central Park in the cen- ter of Manhattan Islapd. He narrowly escaped with his life. The motor of his biplane stopped when Morok was nearly a thousand feet .above the river and @about 100 ards from the New Jersey shore. He daredinot try to glide back to the Pali- sades\lest he should dash _himself against the precipice, or try to reach the New York side with power gone. Within sight of thousands who had gathered on the New Jersey side he Dplunged to the river. ; In descending his acroplane " side- swiped the mast 6fa schooner, and sank like a stome,carrying tis operator near . Iy to the hottom of the river before he released himself. Morok weighs 204 urds, hifidered with although Bo. pi Of, - hewvy {Tonsers_and. g sweattr, he came to the and kept himselt’ afloat until.picked up by a passing leunch. t was Moyok's second attempt to fly from the New Jersey shore to Centrai Park. In the first trial, several weeks ago, he dashed into the side of a house and was painfully hurt. After an ex- change of wet for dry clohtes the avi- ator and his gssociates = worked in a vain effort to recover the sunken aero- plane, which they valued at $3,000. “BATTLING BOBBY” WAS THE VICTOR Anthony J. Drexel Lost Bout Before the Aristocracy. New York, Feb. 16.—The much talked of boxing bout hetween An- thony J .Drexel of Philadelphia, hus- band of Marjorie Gould, and the Hon. Robert Beresford of England, a brother of Lord Decies, took place on: Satur- day night last in a private gymnasi- um at Georgianna court, the Goulds' country home at Lakewood, N. J., according to accounts which wiil ‘be printed by several New York papers tomorrow. Details of the bout vary, but all agree that “Battling Bobby” was victor after three rounds. - One version says that young Drexel was knocked out and all assert that at any rate his seconds threw up the sponge in_the third round. The bout was scheduled to go six rounds, Beresford weighed 166 pounds, Drex- el 161. They were clad in regula- tion fighting togs and Mrs. ~George Gould gave a silver cup to the. win- ner. The bout was witnessed by the fam- ily of George Gould and a score of guests, including Lord Decies’ mother and sister. . Lord Carmoys and Lord Alastair Graham acted as the young Englishman’s seconds, while Jay Gould and Mr. Moffatt appeared in & similar capacity for Drexel. GARDNER BRIBERY TRIAL. Defense Tries to Undermine Foelker's Characte: New York, Feb, 16.—Technically_the chief witness for the prosecution, Con- gressman Otto G. Foelker assumed the rule of defendant today in the case of the people vs. Frank J. Gardner, for- merly a co-member with Foelker of the state senate. “In his testimony, given originally before the Merritt joint legislative committee and repeated twice *today on the witness stand, Foelker accused Gardner of offering hirh a bribe of $12,000 to vote against the Hart-Ag- new racing bill enacted into law. in 1908. The bill was sed Dy one and Foelker, who hatl himself rried from a sick bed to cast it, was then acclaimed the moral hero of the hour. Subsequently he was sent to congress and now represents the Third New York district. After the congressman had testified today of Gardner's alleged attempt to bribe him, the defens. began its cross examination in an attempt to destroy his credibility as a_witness. Max D. tSeuer, counsel for Gardner, drew from him that for three months in 1904, while he was studying for his regents’ examination, with a view to admission to the bar, and while he took them, he lived with Max Sosinsky in Rut- gers' street, Manhattan, on the lower East Side. Sosinsky is now in Black- weils island” penitentiary, serving o term of nine months, under conviction of falsely impersonating at the, re- gents’ examiyations candidates for the regents® certificate. - Sosinsky stood up in court and there was a stir as Foel- Ter identified the convict as the man with whont he once lived. The. de- fence ai itsertorts to show. that Foelker His regents’, but that Sosinsky: impersonated him. g Y Quéens Borough Official Ousted. New. York, Feb. 16.-~Deputy Collector John FHolmes of the ‘buresu of nssess- ‘ments and arrears of the borough: of Masked Burglars Broke Into tHe at “Warrior Run, robbing o Ay oner and then :u};‘;mm Heel 0T The New Commerce Court held .its first public session in the court room of the court of castoms appéals. w’ ions Are In ress between Se 'y Knox and the German ami- bassalior on'the potash controvery. President Taft Signed the Bill dosig- nating San Francisco as the place: to i-;all% the Papama canal exposition 4n Senator ‘Beveridge Again - Failed to Qflz«ln unanimous consent to a vote next Tuepday on his Lorimer resolu~ o Miss Ethel Glare Le Neve was not among the 100 cxpectant brides who arrived ‘at. Halifax on the steamer Royal Edward. A Rope of Pearls and a residence in New York city ‘are among the wedding gifts of Miss Marie Sheedy, “the rich- est girl of Denver.” Pressure of Official _Business will prevent Gov. Austin L. Crothers from attending thy banauet of the Maryland society of New York. Nathan Montague, the North Caro- lina negro, who wiped out the Sanders family by murder and arson, was elec- trocuted at Raleigh, N. C. Ballots Without Resuit for the elec- tion of United States senators were held on Thursday in Denver, Des Mofnes and Helena, Mont. Pressed by the Rockefeller and Kuhn-Loel interests, George Gould has consented to resign the presidency of the Missouri Pacific railroad. Adslbert G. Gannon, emploved until a week ago in a.Meriden cafe 48 cook, committed suicide Wedhesday evening by drinking half a vial of carbolic acid. Rev. Dr. Charles M. Mead, for fifteen years professor of theology at the An- dover Theological seminary, died sud- denly- at a New Haven Hotel from pneumonta. In the House of Commons Premier Asquith reiterated his declaration that the government's first task after the véto bill would be to carry qut a policy of -full self government for Ireland. Minnie Doncal, Aged 18, of Warren- ton, O., committed suicide by jumping into the Ohio river. A note pinned to her coat forgives her parents for try- ing to force her to marry a man she did’ not love. ¥ “The Cutting Off of Race Track business cost the Western Union Tele- graph company a million _dollats . a year,” is the statement attributed to Gen, Thomas T. Tckert, late president of the company. A Woman Who Said She Was Mrs. Blizabeth D. Cleveland, wife of Willlam S. Cieveland, a well to do theatrical man. was locked up Wednesday night in’New York, charged with stealing a cheap vanity bag. Miss Marie Sheedy, known as the richest girl in Denver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Sheedy, of Denver, was married Thufsday to Robert L. Livingston, 2 member of a prominent New York family. Vice President J. S. Sherman was the guest of honor at the annual din- ner of the Albanv county republican organization, at which Willlam Barnes. Jr, chairman of the republican state committee, presided. Ten Fall River Cotton Yarn manu- facturing mills have shut down until Monday, inaugurating a schedule of four davs weekly for 7.000 operatives. The cotton yarn mills have been cur- tailing production for some' time. Official Notice from Washington has been given to clerks of the railway mail service that on the lines where their work is heavy continuously for six days each week, the standard of the service hours shall be considered as six hours. The Thirteenth Anniversary of the sinking of the United States battleship Maine in Havana harhor was commem- orated in Philadelphia when the elec- trically illuminated dials on the clock on City hall tower were darkened from 9.40 until 9.50 o'clock. ? RECIPROCITY NEXT BEFORE FINANCE COMMITTEE Senators Are Agreed Not to Delay Action Unnecessarily. Washington, Feb. 16.—The Canadian reciprocity measure will be considered by the senate committee on finance at a special session to be held on Satur- day. It is not likely that the bill wiil be disposed of in the committee in one day, although all its members are agreed that action shall not be de- layed unnecessarily. Senators Lodge and Smoot, who are members of the committee, assured President Taft to- day_ that the bill would not be smoth- cred in the committee, regardless of how much. opposition there might be to_it. From present indications the bill will_be returned to the semate about Wednesday and certainly mnot later than Thursday. % Senate leaders are not sanguine of reaching a_vote and many of them are inclined‘to the view that an extra session cannot be avoided, DEATH.PARTS COUPLE 2 MARRIED 91 YEARS Took Oldest ‘Woman in Colorado i Fire at a Grate and Died.: Florence, Col., Feb. 16.—Mrs. Fran~ cis Esper, 105 years of age, said to he the oldest woman in Colorado, ‘died i the arms of her 111-vear-old husband last night, from burns received 'when her clothing caught fire from a grate. Mr. and Mrs. Esper had been married ninety-one vears. Mrs, Sag New York, Ieb. was - an- nounced today- that Mrs. Russell Sage had_ given $10,000 to provide libraries | for the New York firemen. The books. will be confined. . to subjects upon which .members of the force are- ex- amined by civil service commissioners for promotion. 5 293 - Another gift of $25,000 . ‘Mrs. Sage-for the restoration of the.ro- tunas. of the Clty hall way ag today by the municipal om: To Fill, Late lhmumn" Piace. < 3 Queens has been summarily, vemoved the §from office by -Comptroller EXPLORER'S ‘WHOLE STORY A Hero of San Juan Hill in'the Same Class—Peary " “Trading Near-Hero—Arkansas Legislator B Peary and Cook Figured Out the Pole Together.' Wl»hlnglonl “el. 16. tive Macon of Arigunsas, “speakink in géneral debate on the naval appropri- ation hill in the house tonight, made | a sensational attack u E. Peary, denouncing and_declaring that he en from™ the naval service.” b These bitter words “used by ="the | member from Arkansas were -quickly answered by Peary’s friernds, -Repre- sentatiye J. Hampton Moore of Penn- sylvani#, after vainly attempting to interrupt Mr. Macon, \finally got the floor jn his own right. He character- fzed Mr. Macon's speech “as unjust, outrageous and offensive He salds there was always someone to be found to suspect every performance by men | of genius and courage. He referred to. Captain Hobson's exploit of the Merrimac and to Dewey's- victory at Manila ba: Representative Moore to Peary's De- fonse. ¢ “Heroes like these,” said Mr. Moore, “have not the time to stop and deal with every dog that barks at -their el 5 Mr. Macon, who evoked a roar of ughter in the house several v snnouncing that in using the lan- & ge. “wilful and deliberate liar, dir- ty ‘little pilferer of words and con- temptible littie ass”” he had gone about as far as “fellowship with the Methodist church permitted, added some original phrases to the history of debates ,in the house tonight. He said that Peary’ whole story was “a fake pure and simple.” - Peary Arctic Club as Lobbyis He said his contempt for “fake he- roes” was supreme, and he intimated that he put “the hero of San Juan hil” in that Mr. M de- nounced the Peary Arc club ux!d chéarged that it * maintained a paid lobby in Washington. FHe said that President Taft's judgment in this mat- ter was not to be accepted, for he congratuldted Cook as heartily as he @id Peary. A Word for New York Newspapars. Payirg his compliments to the edi- torn ot the e York Times and. New Yoark Post, Al Macon characterized them+ as_“unblashingly know-all tit- 2 ‘pea-eyed, pin-headed, and patrid-torizued infinitesimal i Fe referred to Peary as a “fur trad- &r”; pictured him as “a seli-exagser= ~—Representa- s ago | Fake Discovery. of 2k e ated, sel{-opinidnated, puffed-u hero,” a finally denoun “an unfalthful servant. and loafer, who ought to be & the service instead of. heing pro; Contempt for Weazen Bra Mr, Macon said he had the contempt for human beings so Dbrained” that they were afrald what they really thought of P b causé they feared some unblushing eds itor of yellow journals, like -the. York Times and the New York ‘would call the mignorant blathers) “I pity,” he continued, “a man S0 ignorant as to be terror all the time for fear he will be | ignorant by some sap-head, or o ardly that he is afraid to thi own thoughts for fear some graft ing editor will .find out what is thinking about and adversely oriti him_therefor.” Marathon Medal Due Peary. Mr. Macon expressed the bellef # Peary and Cook, ¢n one of the t the north when they ‘were comy figured out that it woul fo man to “fake" 8. discovery. ;;mfi and he charged that they. te out at the saine time to claim the: covery. He said that instead of ing rewarded with promotion rank of rear admiral, as Pres! and’the comntittee 'on - naval have recommended,Peary’s feat best worthy only of n medal like awarded to Marathon runners. ' Mr. Macon spoke one hour and minutes. Mr. Moore's Deferise. Mr. Moore said he desired to to the Record & few remarks in 1o an “outrageous asseulty Mre said lve haq great respect for ne pers and newspaper men. and he n with pride that the press’ gallery maited empty throughout the time the: gentleman from Arkansas had ' the floor. “T am glad to know,” said Mr. Moo; “that no one in that gallery was ing to sit there and listen to the di tribes of the gentleman from sas, offensive’ ws they were, upom of the great men of his countrys Or: Jisten to the plied. to_ newspaper editors. Mr. Moore procesded to gk i | praise Captain Peary. 'He said he | sented. the terms “faker” and |‘applied to Peary by Mr. Macom & | MEXICAN INSURRECTOS PLAN RETURN ATTACK. Rebel Leaders Hope to Reap a Decisive Victory. Calexico, Cal,, Feb. 16.—Screened by the smoke of a burning railroad bridge and smoldering mesquite bushes, the insurrectos began a movement today evidently meant as a return attack upon the Mexican federals. In the judgment of the United States officers, Governor Vegas’ men were repulsed yesterday, and apparently it is the tention of the rebel leaders, Berthold and Leyva, to turn vantage into a decisive victos rebel loss in yesterday's fight placed at five killed. 2 Governor Vega of Lower California was in command of the attacking force. He is reported as mortally wounded, but this has not been verified. The rebels had all the advantage of position, Berthold and Leyva having placed 300 armed and unarmed men in a zigzag line across the urroyos leading to the new river. Krom this position they poured a_heavy fire into Vegu’s- troops. The latter displayed much daring. Once they charged the rebel position, but, being outnumbiered, were easily driven back. It was in tiis charge that the federals suffered their heaviest losses. The insurgents have a further ad- vantage in the attendance of Ameri- can army surgeons and the civilian phyaicians of Calexico. ; The federals are believed to be with- out medical aid. General Berthold, the American sociaiist, second in command of the rebel force holding Mexicall, Dblew up one railroad bridge Iast night and fired another to the eastward of Mexicali todey. This was done,. he said, to impede the progress of the federals, who were believed to be com- ing to: Mexicall by way of, Yuma. WANT CLOSE SEASON NOW ON SKUNKS. Animals Have Value as Fur Bearers. Hartford, Conn., Feb, 16—Skinks were attacked and defended from the safe vantage ground of & committee room in the capitol this afternoon when the flah and game committée gave u hearing on the bil to make a close sea- son on these animais from March 1 to Oct. 31. A bill for a close season on skunks has been looked upon more or less as a joke measure at-each session. At present there are reasons why the skunks should be allowed to grow and . as their skins have a value. of Hampton - declared ~that skunks kill game and young chickens Dbut he believed they “should be pro- tected to some extent, as thair skins are valuable for furs. Last year skins brought from $8.50 to $4.50 each. L. 3. Wright of Canton and A. C. williams of Hartford, u furrier, spoke in faver of the bill. Arthur Bennett of Canterbu skunks should be spared: Myron A. Abell of Lebanon thought the animals were able to take care of themselves. 'F.RACTU.RED GIRL'S !KUL\_‘ Y Peddler, Threw Bottle When Polted With Snowballs. 3 RBridgeport, l(;t)nfl.:i l’s& 1 —W(th‘lo. skull, and n e TS ean Year: oid Waider Yernon 40 Maloderous v sald of: 3 sStreet is in-a local hospital t -as the result of-being hit by W% & ped- 3 % | AMERICAN PARENT UNFAITH'UL\ TO STATE AND CHILDREN " Address of Dean Mathews at Religieus Educatil iati Providence, R, I, Feb. 16.— who can wheedle thelr parents into letting them/ act foollshly are being educated to hribe legislatures into:let: ting them act lawlessly. The Ameri- the state, to say nothing about: his children, when_he has given his sons and daughters’ a monthly allowance and has let them do what thiey, pleased. of the University of Chicago divinity: school, in an address tonight ati the closing session of the Religiotis Edu catioh association’s convention. “T profoundly believe that the tenance of moral ideals in Wil profit vastly more by the main tenance of chastity than a perpetual discussion of eugenics. It 15 a mis- take to teach boys and girls to sub- stitute physiology for the de Lives grounded in moral id withstand t#mptations _better lives wm{-n hay. beer:nuusgt;l‘; prudential chastity, Thoug] have the tongues of physicians and though children know all sex ies and have mot the love of. it avalleth nothing. - Cleanness . of mind is caught rather than taught. ° “Divorce i3 a domesticated patho logical individualism. be prevented by sanctified comsrion sense, the practice of commonplace self-sacrifice. and the revived devos tion toethe upbringing of children. INTENSE COLD IN NEW YORK STATE Lowest Records of Year in ‘Adiren< dacks and Orange County Regions, Adirondacks today are undersoing an: intensely cold wave, which is. oaus- ing great suffering in the poorer dis< tricts. Thirty degrees below zero is reporied along the Adirondack rail- road line, while thirty-five and thirty- eight below are the low marks in the interior, making a .low temperature record for the winter, Mrs, Ansoh Potter was found badly frdzen at her home in Greenfield this morning, and there is little chance for her recovery. \ X Middletown; N. Y., Feb. 16.—Reports from various parts of Orange and ad- joining countles showed that this was the coldest morning of the year in this part of the state. The thermom- Sters registered from 13 to 17 degre: below zero. - MEN FOUND.GUILTY, THE ‘WOMAN ACQUITTED, End of St Petersburg Trial—Penal Servitude the Sentences. St. Petersburg, Feb. 16.—The sensa~ tional trial of Count Patrick O'Brien Do Lassy, Dr. Pantohenko and Mme; Muravieff, charged with the murder Count Vassilli Bouturlin, came to an end tonight, when a_verdiet of guilt was returned by the jury in the of De Lassy and Pautchenko and-: ity in the case of the wom was sentenced to pen " for life and Pantchenko to fifteen aces in Panto favor, which accounts : fors the ‘punishment: mated out to hiin. h.y-r-nfligr‘“mnn idewalk Spec-. & 5 violent_epithets he' &p~, . ¥ e can parent has proven unfaithful ito - So declared Dean Shaller Mathews - 74 Tt can' mostly~ Saratoga, N. Y., Feb. 16.—The lower