Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 1, 1911, Page 1

President Mell “PROTECTS MOST Railroad Magnate Declares that N. Y., N. H. & H.R. R. Is Not In Politics and gan’s Benefit—Believes Be Fair in Its Judgment. 28.—For the third to has 'on - n- the interests of % to an chamber of the house of :mmlm-uulpn}"fl‘:! wn—ummnfiuu—n'& ‘men’s Preside. The bill which had been drawn up by the railroad provides for to be presided the superior court may be carried all Manner of grievances which citizens may enter- tain against any of the corporations which furnish ~them tfansportation, heat, light, telegraphic or telephonic communication, and everyshing else classed as a publi¢ utility product. - Mr. Mellen read his address and then answered questions, many of which ‘were almost trivial in their character 2 n. ‘Will Benefit Most Humble Citize Mr. Mellen said his bill provided that the most humble citisen with a griev- tlon could present his case without a Iawyer, have it investigated and the if he thought the facts war- ranted, sould send out experts to make & report. The rules obtaining in other courts shall not prevail and technical- which would defeat the Intended seform would be brushed away. A case law would not bo necessary. A rail i i 3 i | g L 8 g i could point out the unreason- such rates but may not fix be charged. tion need not be consider. no_reason persons done right be ‘embar- anmeccssary publicl .:mdd as 7 tmporiant piaos 1o the Drotec- and of the ’ prevent over-capitalization. 1f you met want over-capitalisation, make “it & erfe as you do murder, arson. rape, ote. u::.nm:‘w-u;.tthe eompan. issuing of securities nec- the conduet of its business. it a erime to issue securities ex- at full value. Put the responsi- ‘where it belongs; let it follow the man who Is gullty. Nothing in the bill interferes with the raflroad commission. It will still continue to exist as an administrative Mr. Meilin sald that as to fines and penaities he had not thought it neces- #ary {0 fix any, for the reason that the court would sit as a court of equity with power to enforce decrees. Railroad Not in Politics. Mr. Maellen too:h.np“l:n r:lu‘l‘ler of eomplaints about the road and its ser- viee and added that the cry is that the road Is in politics. He sald: “The wadlroad is not in g:mm; but_only God and its officlals know how it Reeps out, and the latter are at times in great doubt.” Mr. Mellen denied that the road was “FAMINE VICTIMS EAT DOGS AND CATS. Report Reaches Shanghai That 3,000 Persons Are Dying Daily. fet, whers e had veen o0 waged in relief work, states "abe dying dally and that 350, on_the for- eign famine committeo which was or- here. wunized In mauy places dogs and cats ure bett i ied for Sood. Fhere 1o ur- d for help pending the arrival O e American Buford, which §s bringing supplies from the of in an (Special to The Bulletin.) etdins ‘irked” ihe prosesdines ' 1a ‘ma; ings _in @ither branch of the general assembly Tuesday's sesslon. Whether will come in like a lion or like and kindred bills, no disposition to than casual attention to as was presented. was until Wednesday usual hour. en Ouflinox s ! Members of Legislature 2 Hungary, 28.<~The Austrian delegation and the Hungarian a at o plenary sitting today adopted the naval estimates, including the extraordinary expenditure of $11,- 000,000 for battleship construction. Moscow, Feb. 28. mel_Poliakoft, administrator of the a partment of this military district, to- day was sentenced to five years' im- prisonment on conviction of having systemntically demanded and received bribes from contractors. - i sl Fe o S o rom n for New, York Adriatic HUMBLE CITIZEN” Is Not Controlled for Mor- Political Board Could Not tomorrow on the having completed on this side all pre- liminaries of the Liberian loan, which is the first step in the erican plan for the financial r itation of Li- St. Petersburg, Feb.-28.—According to the official report of the fishing dis- aster in the Gulf of Finland, 500 per- Sons were engaged several miles off the shore of Lavensarf Island when on. February 23 the ice beneath them ‘broke from the shore and drifted awny carrying the fishermen with their fa1)- ilies, houses and oatfits far 0 sea. GOVERNOR BALDWIN % SPEAKS AT ROCKVILLE Criticises Present District Lines Be- fore Business Men’s Association. Rockville, Conn., Feb. 28—At the an nual disver of the local business men's association here today, Gov. Simeon E. Baldwin whas one of the principal speakers. Governor Baldwin said: The Governor’s Address. controlled solely for the benefit of Mr. Morgan, saying that Mr. Morgan is a potent factor in the councils, but it is not because of stock ownership. It is because of his energy, his ability and virility, which command confi- dence. Mr. Mellen declared that not onme dishonest dollar of capitalization is shown on its books. The future was hard to forecast. It has grown rapidly and needs the time and patience in which to assimilate and mould into shape its many properties which mus have umbardb ?nflull“\won them to pro- uce the best resul 0o ‘said that the eficlency of the road had steadily improved and it had the record of leading In the lowering of rates. Prefers Men Not in Politics. Senator Judson asked Mr. ‘Mellen whether he preferred a commission of high class men to bandle. public utili- ties matters to a single lawyer on the bench, assigned from time to’time to consider questions brought before him. Mr. Mellen said that he preferred one man who was not controlled by poli- ties. “But our judges are appointed by the governor,” sald Mr. Judson. “Yes,” replied Mr. Mellen, “but they are taken from a class of men of high intelligence, education and refinement and, standing in the community.” Mr. Mellen sald that a political toard cannot always be fair in its con- sideration of matters before it, as therée is always the going back to get votes, nor can the appointing power for & board of this king be always free from the influences which arise from the de- sire for votes. Farmers’ Rights Already Protegted. Mr. Johnson asked Mr. Mellen if the court could enforce payment to a farm- er for. loss of buildings due to fire set by a locomotive. Mr. Mellen said it was not pecessary to go to court in such a matter as this. The claim agents settle such cases. Mr. Mellen believed that nine-tenths of the griv- ances could be settled by his court. Mr. Judson: “Didn’t you come here in 1905 and plead for a monopoly and say “Create us a momopoly and then reg:uyh “!:;I:d Mr. d e “Yes,” Tep] . Mellen, “and ifot © demurring against re‘uluf-: What T am demurring against is at- tempted regulation by a mixture of ad- ministrative and judicial powers.” . Johnson Asked Pointed Question. ‘To another question, Mr. JMeleln said he would say “Amen” if ‘a bill was brought in to regulate public service corporations on the basis of the Mas- sachusetts railroad commission bill. As the hearing closed Representative Johnson asked Mr. Mellen if he did not think better service could be given the state if he used the momey paid for lobbyists at the capitol to improve the service. Mr. Mellen answered quickly: “Have the lobbyists offered you anything?” Mellen Mali a Hot Rejoind Representative Johnson repeated the question and a deep hush fell upon the audience. The representative then said that last sessfon they came and offered to give him a ride in an auto- | mobtle through the northern part of the state. Said Mr. Mellen: “If that is all they offered, and if I were you, I would put myself down as cheap, and I would kick like a_steer.” Representative Chandler and several others asked questions, and then the hearing continued, with the labor or- ganization men having the floor. JUDGMENT AGAINST FORMER JUDGE WARNER Judge Case Finds Him Guilty of Mis appropriating Nearly $12,000. Winsted, Conn., Feb. 28.—Ih a find- ing handéd down by Judge Case of the superior court here today, Arthur D. Warner of Woodbury, a former judge of the Litchfield county common pleas court, was found guilty of mis- appropriating $11,871.33 of the funds of the late George B. Lewis of Wood- bury. Warner was appoibed as ex- ccutor of the estate by the probate judge of Woodbury, and the papers in the case were first served in 1904. The final hearing on the case was held a yegr ago. Warner “was charged with misap- propriation of funds under 35 different counts, and damages to the amount of $20,000 were aSked. Miss Betsy A. Lewis of New Haven, one of the heirs of the $100,000 estate, was one of the complainants through the probate court. The whereabouts of Warner, who disappeared after the trial, are unknown, #5000 BERTH FOR BOSTON NEGRO [} | | | i { nt Attorney General. ‘Washington, Feb, 28.—President Taft today nominated William H. Lewis of Bos , & negro, to be an assistant attdrney general of the department of justice. This is the first time that a negro has been named for such a prominent position in the deparsnent. Lewis, who is at present assistant United States attorney of Boston, is ane of the best-known nesro lawyers in the United States. He has been mentioned_previously when vacancies occurred .n the office to which the president named him today. He will succeed John G. Thompson, who re- signed recently to take up private law practice in ‘Ranville, The place pays $5,000 & Waterbury Man Drowned in Raceway. Naugatuck, Conn., Feb. 28.—The body of the man found in raceway at Beacop Falls today was identified to- Mght as John Barry of 23 Pleasant street, Waterbury, Identification was | made by means of & letter in a pocket of the The body is being anld here pending the arrival of reia- ves, lmu-:cfifiilll Providence, R. I, Feb. Ml‘&m Cotton. Mill Connecticut is small in size, but she is_small in nothing else. Where is the count to which her manufac- tures do-not go? And what are the kind of manufactures she sells most of in foreign lands? The kind which contain the least of raw material and the most the best American labor operating the best American machin- ery. ‘We do not produce our raw material, ‘We make more brass goods, I believe, than any other state, but there is no copper mine in Connecticut that is worth working. We manufacture cot- ton, but we raise nome; woolen, but ‘we raise no wool, to speak of. We turn and steel into new shapes, but we buy the metal. Good' Factory Workmen Here. ., One of our large manufacturers once told me that the advantage of Con- necticut over other states, as a man- ufacturing center, was that she had a larger proportionate population of good factory weorkmen, who were at- tached to their homes; who felt them- selves an influential and useful part of the community; and who were not apt_tc moye -away. ‘We may" also be proud of Connecti cut history. She invented, in 1639, the | written constitution to regulate civil government. - She invented, soon after, the referendum of important (not tn- important) matters to the peaple. - She. invented, a little later, the direct pri- mary. One would think, to hear some of our western fellow citizens talk, that the west had discovered it. Not at all. The ancient way for Connec ticut to elect her states semators (or “assistants” as she called them, be- cause they Were assistants to the gov ernor in carrying on the government), and her congressmen (of whom she had seven), was to nominate twenty senaors and fourteen congressmen by a direct primary, and then, six months later, for each man in the state to vote on a general state-wice ticket, for the twelve of the nominees for the senate and the seven of the nominees for congress whom he preferred. Return to Way of Our Fathers. Some of you may remember that in my inaugural message I recommended an amendment to our constitution, un- der which, as to the senate, we could return to this ancient way, and again nominate our senators on a general ticket, to be voted for by the people at large? Why not go back o the ways of our fathers in this respect? It is not so_very long since we aban- doned it. One of the representatives in this general assembly, from this county, Mr. Johnson of Ellington, i eighty-four years old. It was in hig childhood that Connecticut adopted the unfortunate amendment to the consti- tution umder which we changed from electing senators by a general ticket to electing them by senatorial dis- tripts. ow has it worked? Districts Not Fairly Apportione: The districts were to be, as nearly as might be, equal in populgtion. Are they? ~Three are more than twice the size of three others. Twenty are larg- er than the fair average. Three coun- ties haveain their senatorial districts together a population of 68,000 more than their fair proportion calls for, and-the other five counties have 68,000 less than what their fair proportion calls for. In not ome of these five counties is there a single district that is nmot below the proper average in population. I sa¥’ down in my office, the other day, and tried to figure out how the districts could be readjusted under the census of 1910, preserving county lines, within the limits of the constitution, 80 as to make them something like equal, and I found it absolutely impos- sible. FARMER DRAGGED OVER EMBANKMENT BY BULL Thompsonville Man Has Strenuous Time, but Esacpes Serious Injury. Thompsonville, Conn., 28.—Al- onzo Noble, a farmer living outside the town, had a narrow escape from death today when the wagon and horse which he was driving was pulled down a twenty-foot embankment by a bull tied to the rear of the wagon. The bull, which was securely tied to the back end of the wagom, be- came frightened and ran to one side, tipping the wagon, the horse and No- ble over the embankment. The animal was also pulled over and landed on the wagon, underneath which Noble was pinned. . ‘When found, Noble was unconscious, but is not thought to have sustained serious injury. The horse and bull al- 80 escaped injury. ROBERTS ELECTED TO SUCCEED COREY. Becomes a Member of United States A inance Committee. \ Steel “New .York, Feb. 28—Percival Rob- erts, a director of the -United States Steel corporation, was elected a mem- ber of the. corporation’s finance com- mittee today, succeeding William E. Corey, former president. Mr. Corey's term as director expires in April. "Mr. Roberts has long been identified PICKED AS THE NOMINE! FOR MAYOR OF CHICAGO. ELECTION COMES IN APRIL Merriam Won an: Overwhelming Vote, but Harrison Pulled Through by Narrow Margin. 7 -Chicago, Feb. 28.—Charles E. Merri. am, professor of political economy at the University of Chicago, a republican; and former Mayor Carter Harrison, & S5iea Tor maayer of Covcags ot o pr es for mayor of at a pri- mary election. The election will be| held in April. The ‘democratic vote was heavy, and Harrison led former Mayor Edward F. Dunne by fewer than 2,000 votes. “Professor Merriam polled a vote al- most equal to the combined vote of his four republican opponents. There were five republican and three democratic candidates. One thousand two hundred and for- ty-eight precincts out of 1,324 give democrats, -Harrison 51,768, Graham 36,864, Dunne 49,752. X CHICAGO NEWSPAPERS CRIPPLED BY STRIKE. Today’s lesues Will Consist of but Four Pages. Chicago, Feb. 28.—All the papers will be published tomorron i abbreviated form, four pages, because of differences between them and the Typographical ihion. The Chicago Publishers’ association: tonight nve. out a statement explanatory of their side of the co: 7 The statement alleges that after a recent establishment of a scale of wagés by the international board of arbitration, a question was raised by printers employed in the offices of the Chicago American and the Chicago Examiner, the printers claiming that they were entitled to be paid on the basis of 131-2 ems per line, Whereas the actual type measured less than 13 ems per line. The columns of the Chicago Exam- iner and the Chicago American are slightly narrower than the collumns of all the- other Chicago newspapers. Therefore, in demanding compensation for typo. set on basis of wider columns, the president of the union insisted that the printers should be paid for work they did not-do. e managers of these two papers offered to submit the matter to the Jjoint standing committee, but this was Tefused and a strike called at 3 o'clock this afternoon. e, The following telegram was recsived tonight by the Chicago Publishers’ as- sociation: “Strike unauthorized, fllegal - and without warrant. - You are autborized to publish this dispatch. “JAMES M. LYNCH, “Prefident International Typographical Union.” MAY GIVE WAY TO A NEW CANDIDATE. Sheehan Nam Conditions Under |- Which He Will Withdraw. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 28.—The machin- Ty was set in motion tonight for the reconvening, poseibly Thursday, of the democratic caucus which selected Wil- liam F. Sheehan as the democratic candidate for United States senator, with a view to releasing the legisiators from tifeir caucus pledge. Thoke be- hind the movement wers hopeful to- night that before the end of the week a compromise candidate would _be chosen, and the deadlock which has existed since Jan. 17 finally broken. Sheehan May Retire Gracefully. ‘While it has been known from an authoritative source that strong ef- forts were being made to have Mr. Sheehan withdraw from the contest. nothing definite had been-decided upon until tonight, when it was learned that Mr. Sheehan‘kad given out a statement in New York, addressed to the demo- cratic members of the legislature, de- claring that if a majority of them signed a call requesting the caucus be reassembled and subsequently decided that some other man should be chosen as the senatorial candidate, he would give such candidate his unqualified support. Governor Dix, when informed tonight of Mr. Sheehan's statement, said: “It looks like a further clearing of the atmosphers referred to in my statement in New York Sunday. LINGERIE WORTH $20,000 FOUND IN NURSE’S TRUNK Alleged Purloiner Is Now Under Ar- rest for the Thefts. Boston, Feb. 28.—Rare laces, silks, and gems, roughly estimated to be worth $20,000. are among the articles catalogued by the police as discovered in a trunk left in storage by Miss Amelia M. Leonard, the nurse who was arrested last Saturday on the charge of stealing more than $6,000 worth of valuables from her last patient, Miss Mary J. Lockwood, who died two weeks ago at a fashionable hotel. Miss Leonard-is held in default of bonds of $10,000. FORTY WENT DOWN WITH CHURCH FLOOR Mourners at Funeral Bruised but None Seriously Injured. Erie, Pa., Feb. 28.—Forty persons at- tending the funeral services of Henry Gussman at his home here today were {'precipitated to the hasement when the floor suddenly collapsed. All were more or less bruised or suffered -from shock, and two women had to be taken to their homes in an ambulance. The body was in another room. Har¥ford Child Killed by Auto. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 28.—Playing on Asylum street late today, Mary Mc- Mahon, six vears oid, ran in front of an automobile owned by former Gover- nor_Roberts and: driven by his chauf- feur, Samuel Feinbers, and was knock- ed tothe ground. <Her skull was frae. tured and she is not expected to live. Feinberg was not held responsibile for the accident. * * Killed by Train at Meriden. ILLINOIS SENATOR TO KNOW HIS FATE “THIS AFTERNOON. AGREEMENT iN SENATE Bill to Establish Permanent Tariff S Board Will Then Be Taken Up— ~ 8pesches on Canadian luipm(!y‘ been in session since Monday at noon with but three hours” lnmflmillon this morning, the senate at 62.7 O'clock this evenin, urned until tomorrow at 11 o'clock. = Before adjourning, how- ever, two mnéteworthy moves. were made, ~ The first was an agreement that a vote be taken tomorrow at 1.30 o’clock on the Lorimer case. The second, ac- complished by a vote of 53 to 21, made the bill to establish a permanent tarift board the unfinished business of the senate to succeed the Lorimer regolu- It was not until almost an hour had Dbeen expended in sharp controversial discussion of this method of procedure that -the” agreements _were reached. During ‘the early morning session of the senate,’ Senator Bristow, follow~ ing Senator Crawford on that subject. spoke for several hours on the Lori- mer case. Recession was taken shori- Iy after 8 o'clock until-11 o’clock and B00n_after reconvening at that -hour the senate defeated, 54 to 33, the res- olution looking to the popular election of senators. A number of speeches then were made. Senator Stone spoke -on the Lorimer oase, Senators Youns and Gronna on reciprocity. Following Mr. Gronna’s spegeh came. the agreements on the Lorifer case and the tariff board bill. 5 - The house spent day on the gen- eral deficiency - bill and extended, its sessions into the night. The agreement of the senste im- proved the legislative situation, but the improvement does not by any means wipe ‘out the probability of an extra session of congress. It gave a ray of hope, however, which was selz- ed upon eagerly by friends of Canadi- an reciprocity. . After a day of constant seatch for 4 pasis of agreement, and amid a scene of intensity of interest and evident mutual suspicion, the pro- Lorimer senators, most of them op- Posed to the tariff board, and the pro- tariff board senators, most of them posed to Lorimer, = “got fogether” about. six o'clock in a modus vivendi w‘:ldchmclu.rad the situation and obvi- a o impending danger of another protracted night session. 2 Lorimer Likely to Be Sustained. So there will be & vote tomorrow. afternoon on Semator Lorimer's case and there is little reason to doubt that it will sustain Lorimer. The tariff hoard proposition is’ at least in materially approved position. The Vote of 53 to 21 by which It was made the unfinished business, would indicate that should it come to a vote the bill would be passed by a substantial majority. - Some go so far as to say that it will receive the’en- tire republican vote of the senate. Senator Hale gave notice that he would attempt to put five appropria- tion bills through the senate tomorrow afternoon and evening. These are the agricultural, the postoffice, thd diplo- matic and consular, the fortifications and the military ~academy . supply measures. May Drop Mag: Postage Tnorease It was stated tonight that as a part of today's arrangement - clearing up the situation, it practically was agreed that the proposed increased rates of postage on the large magazines would be dropped from the posteffice bill, ending the possibility of a filibuster on that measure. K was stated fur- ther that some other seditiously con- troverted items in appropriation bills likely tocause delay would be elfmi- nated, If Senator Hale's programme is car- ried out tomorrow, and there is every reason to believe ‘that it will be. the senate will be left with only the sun- dry civil, the naval and the general deficlency appropriation bills to dis- pose of. The senator from Maine warned Senator Stone that unless they lined up on the appropriatien meas- ures there would be a strong chance that many of the most important of these would eventually come in at an extra session from a democratic house. No senator was so sanguine tonight over the improved legislative situa- tion as to predict that the probability Of an extra session had lessened ma- terially. . Many of them were hoping, however, that such would prove to be the case. If all the appropriation bills should be carried into law, the only extra session fact that wowld remain to be disposed of is ‘Canadian reci procity. The situation with regard to this agreement cannot be said to have changed in any way, unless it profits, as some hope it will, by the clearing away of other matters, leaving reci- procity to stand upon its own merits. There was also some talk tonight of appeasing the opposition to the tarift board bill by an,agreement to make Canadian reeiprocity 'the ‘unfinished business,” once the former bill is out of the way. POPULAR ELECTION + OF SENATORS BEATEN. Vote for Constitutional Four Short of Requisite Number. ‘Washington, Feb. 28.—The senate to- day defeated the resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution so Amendment as to provide that senators be elected |- by direct .vote of the people.- A brave fight had been made by the supporters of the measure, as was indicated by the vote. Fifty-four senators stood for the resolution and 33 against it Though this division showed so large a majority of the senate to favor pop- ular elections, the number was ot suf- ficient by four to carry the measure. which required a two-thirds vote for its_success. Senator Borah, who has led the ad- vocates of popular _elections, though disappointed by the result. was not dis- | eaptured at Gainsville, Ga. and Nine Year Old: DERED BY Séveral Theories But May | 7 The . ; weathe | POT A qctts Exslesion ot 2 Lame cescane| POISON-WAS There Were | -Cersmonies at the™ Tuneral. of 4 Brum, the Erench minister of war, -~ ~ - Old Bill Nimer, ranking ' second to Jesse James as a train robber, was Solve the Mystery—Servant Tgl!- ‘a Story Imp ‘Oldest of the Victims—Grief Over Recent B ment May Have Caused Insanity.” ix Deaths from Bubonic Plague and five from smallpox were reported In Amoy, Chiua, and suburbs. i Bo-mo S-T-n oei.' x?u]ltad underfl?: ¥ * o, ol b ; - Philadelphia,/ Feb. 28.—My#tery that Sing Sy WRSIEL 7 3 oo faver may m/ solved surrounds tha Promier Briand and the entire French | deaths from cyanide of potassium pois- ministry submitted their resignations{oning of Mrs, Sarah Lewis, 57 years {0 president Fallieres, who “accepted | oid, her daughter, Jeannette Lewis G o aged 21 yoars, and ihe former's grand 7 Edward n, Jr., aged 9 years. 4 The Bill Requi The triple tragedy occurred at the in Reno vt ‘home of Edward B. Midlen, the boy bt father, at Pelham, a fashionable su- burb, and it was 4t first beileved (ot o1 Miss Lewis, crazed over the deal o yoane Bailroade Will Have about five lner sister, the wife of Mr, Midlen, had gontornt to the safety appliance regu- | MUrdered her mother and nepnew: lons. Two Found Dying in Bathroom. The older woman and her grandson were found dying in the bathroom of the house by a servant, while Miss Lewjs wae found dead in her room. Al- though the younger woman ordered the poison from a drug store ovek a tele- phone, it has not been proven conclu- sively that she administered servant who discovered Mrs. Les the boy, through excitement, flicting 'storfes. In_one of them she said ti tried” to -prevent . “Peach,” as tae | was called, from drinking from & that contained the poison, but grandmother cried: “No, let his it. Let him have it.” B Family is Well Connected. Several theories have been advi but_none has been accepted sively-by the police officials. ory is'that.the two women, ‘because of the death of Mrs, agreed to' commit suicide and also to kill the ‘voy. Mr. Mid wall known, business man. Ak The Lewises came here from more-several vears ago and arel to have been highly connected city. 03 iring a year's residence e divorces may be grant- in the Nevada legisla- The Hobson Bill to prevent i/ dis- closure_of patiomal- defense _secrets, whichli as passed the house, was Dass- ed by the senate. Robert 0. B: private secretary : k- tof Booveiary. Macy i o B ed by President Taft as assistant sec- retary of the treasury. i Thirtesn Year Old Josephine Pizroski of Chicopee rushed into the icy waters of the Chicopee river mear her home and rescued from drowning two young girl friends. John Lee Carroll, goverfior of the state of Maryland from 1876 to 1880, died at his home after a Ipng illness. He was born in Homewood, near Bal- timore, in 1830. - The House Adopted the-conferencel report of the legislative and executive appropriation bill in which the salary of the secretary to the presideht is in- creased to $7,500. Senator Rayner Addressed the sen- ate favoring the resolution providing for the popular election of senators, even though he 1s oppoged to the Suth- erland amendment. The Senate Bill abolishing the re- quirement that all foreign gold coihs and bars deposited with the United States treasury shall be récgined ifito American coins before gold certificates |' can be issued by the house. - Although Expert Testimony to. the effect that 13 year old Luclla Tef- ridge of Baltimore had no negro blood in her veins, a copy of her parents’ marriage certificate showed the father to be a negro. The Reclamation Service Bill will undertake the work of building a stage dam on Carson river in. connection with theTruckee-Carson irrigation pro- ject in Nevada, instead of letting the work out by contract. Members of the University Club of ‘Washington at their annual dinner listened to speeches by President Taft, Senator Depew, Representative-elect Martin W. Littleton and Amabassador Bryce, and then presented to each “he- ro medals” commemorating particular achievements. The President Yesterday Nominsted John F. Ensign of Colorado to be chief inspector of locomotive boilers, the po- sition created by the mnew law just adgpted Dby congress. He nominated Frank McManany of Oregon and G. P. Robinson of New York to be assistant chief inspectorz. TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF DIPHTHERIA. Hebrew Hospital at Baltimore Closes Ite Doors to New Patients. against them was passed % Baltimore, Feb. 28.—Fearing th spread of diphtheria in the hospital district of northeast \Baltimore, the managers of the Hebrew hospitel, op- posite’ Johns Hopkins hospital, where the epidemic of diphtheria caused the closing of the institution, closed their doors to new patiepts today. No cases have as yet developed in the Hebrew fnstitution, but the spread of the dis- ease to the immediate vicinity led to the action. There Were no new developments in the diphtheria situation at Johns Hop- -kins. hospital or at the Church Home and Infirmary, where the appearajce of the disease was reported yesterddy. GREAT WORK BY JOHNSON’S 80 HENS Laid 1,039 Eggs During the 28 Days of February. Tarrytown, Y., Feb. 28.—By a strong and well timed finish the sixty hens of Marcus. Johnson of Glenville won a bet for him today. Last month Johnson bet that hié sixty hens would lay 1,000 eggs during February. ‘was a close call but e hen laid an egg today, making 1, days. STATE MILITARY ACADEMY. New York Assemblyman Wants One Like Virginia M Albany, N. Y., Feb. 28—A New York state military ‘academy to bear. the same Telation to the statp as West Point does to the United States, is proposed by Assemblyman Brooks, who appeared before the military. affairs committe today to present the pre- liminary plans for such an institution. His idea is to have the school situat- ed on the encampmient grounds at Peekskill. - 3 Mr. Brooks said he proposed to have the students appointed by the legisla- ture and the governor, tho latter fo be allowed ten_ persons, each -assembly- man -one and each T two. " The academy would be fun on the same plan as-the Virginia Military institute, from which Generals Lge, Jackson and others were graduated. | coming year were following officers elected: W. Gough, Meriden; B. Ives; Considerable Testimony Regarding Her DEFENSE OPENS IN 5 MISS GRUNSPAN'S SUIT. Past Ruled Out. New Yorik, Feb. 28—The defense had its innings today in the trial of the $100,000 breach of promise suit brought by .Miss Annette Berthe Grunspan dgainst Willlam English Walling, the socialist writer. Morrie Angell, who testified that he had known Miss Grunmspan since she was six years old, but whom the young woman failed to recognize, was the first witness. 3 Objections were made Dy Miss Grunspan’s counsel to questions asked Angell, concerning her manner of liy- ing_ auring the period that he is said to-have known her in Russia and Paris. By ruling that only such evi- dence ‘could be introduced on this pojnt as would contradict Miss Grunspan’s testimony, the court disposed of a mass of~ prospactive ‘testimony for the- de: fense, . % Only one other unimportant witness was called by the defense when ad- journment Avas taken for the day. ANADIAN STATESMAN 3 DEPLORES 'RECIPROCITY Regrets That His Country Is to Be * “Back Yard of Chicago.” ottifiva, Ont. Feb. 28—“The best years of my life were given to the work gettling the Canadian northwest, and I cannot express my feelings at JEROME INSPIRES JUDICIAL R Challenged 'Juror in Robin Case & “Mentally Incompetent” New York, Feb. 28.—A jury was lected late today in the trial of seph G. Robin, who is charged | lootitig_the Washington Savings -affer William Travers Jerome austed the last of the challenges allowed him as 15l 8 the defense. The jurors include. accountants, three salesmen, two. ufacturers, an importer, a furries contracting truckman, a machine proprietor and an assistant tax agent. Mr. Jerome challenged o as “mentally incompet the talesman regarded alienist mony was valuable only when in the terms of “common sense * lchlllenge was_promptly ove: wi Justic> Seabury, who openly Jerzme. A" secret conference after (he journment of- Joseph G, Robin's 4 1his afternoon gave rise to reports § night that the indicted Banker had | e D the ‘tight plead guilty tomorrow. ° papers will say that Eobin has m ed this detision with a conel an insanity plea with not stand; MONIS TO SUCCEED BRIAND AS PREY Little Doubt that He Will Accept Post Today. the prospect of seeing that country made the back yard of the city of Chicago,” declared Clifford _Sifton, former minister of the interior for Canada, in the Laurier government, condenyning today the reciprocity agreefient and breaking -away from the liberal party. Because of the great interest in the speech the floor and galleries of the house were crowded. Mr. Sifton, who is chairman of the Dominion conser- vation commission, candemned the agréement from beginning to end, and the government which made~it. $10,000 AWARDED A SOUTH DAKOTA GIRL Court Denounced Breach of Promise Verdict as “Unjustifiable.” New York,. Feb. 28—Henrietta French, a Soufh Dakota girl, was awarded a verdict of $10,000 by a jury in the supreme court today for the al- leged breach of David < H. Decker, Jr.s, promise to to marry her. Decker is_a wealthy young civil engineer of this city. On’ motion of his counsel that the verdict be set aside. Justios Eriarnger sald that it appeared to be “a sympa- thetic verdict,” without justification. “Not a dollar of damage has been shown,” said the court, “except that naturally arising from the alleged breach. - Not a dollar was spent on a wedding preparation or anything else. I will take briefs on the question of reduction of the verdict, which I re- gard as entirely disproportionate.” PROTEST AGAINST NEW TREATY WITH ENGLAND Resoclution Adopted by Patrick Sars- field Club of Waterbury. ‘Waterbury, Feb, 28.—The Patrick Barsfield club, at-the observance of the 153d anniversary of the birth of Robert Emmet tonight, adopted resa- lutions pr ting against a new treaty petween Efigland and America, and also. registered & demand for Ireland's ultimate recognition as a free and in- dependent nation, with home rule as a stepping stone to that end. John Devoy, editor of the Gaelic American, was the principal spealer. : } DEMOCRAT SUCCEEDS / WILLIAM O. SEYMOUR. Special Election at Ridgefield to Chose a Representative. Ridgeffeld, Conn., Feb. 28.—A special election held here today to select a successor to the late William O, Sey- mot, elected to the house of repre- sSentatives at the last election by the Trepublidans, resyited in the election of a democrat, D. B, Bodient, by a major- of 55, \ ¢ A Ohfeni secured~165 votes and_nis republican opponent, Charles B. Nér- throp, 110. There were 285 ballots cast, out of which ten were declared illegal, The vote was very light. $1,000,000 WEDDING GIFT. 8dn ‘Francisco Heiress Marries. Man “ 70 Worth $15,000,000. . San Franciaco, Feb. 28.—Miss T ity t Willlam G. fewjn ssagute o iam G Irwin, w: ) Goubt. Crat Antons Emmasel no doubt that Antonie nest Monis will be M. Briand’s cessor as premier, although he announced that he will give no answer -until tomorrow to. P Fallieres' request that he form & cabinet. Before deciding to accept responsibility, M. Monis informed. president that he would consult Wi his friends, and the result of this sultation makes it almost certain tl he_ will accept the difficult task. “~M. Monis is regarded in political cles as peculiarly fitted to . successtully a workable ministrg After a two hours’ conference evening with M. Deicasse, M. announced that Delcasse had ace the portfolio of marine and M, teaux that of war. The of these is considered to assure success of the new combination. 100 AUTOS BURNED IN FIRE AT KO! Plant of Haynes Automobile Gutted, Entailing $750,000 Loss. Kokomo, Ind., Feb. 28.—Fire . started from an expilosion of & gasoline with which a workman wa cledning @ new automobile todey @ stroyed the plant of the Haynes mobile company, causing $750,000 age. It is belleved that orl George Bauer, lost his Iife in._ flames, AH the other ~five M men and women employes in the tory were accounted for tonight. One hundred completed auto were _destroyed. o - insurance ried by the company is $250,000. $1,000,000 WINDFALL FOR TWO PENSIO Inheritance Comes to Men Living Five Shillings a Week. _ Leicester, England Feb. 2 reported that two living at a_short distance from Leicester, are drawing . a government pension of five shillings weekly count of extreme poverty, have { o= = pt them by a brother, Bowns, who died recently, at Salt Laks City. This information is said been contained in a letter testator's son. A BOSTON WOMAN LEAPS TO Bank Cashier's Widow Jumps Which caused her death shortly aftes oal er [ wards. y. Mrs, Russ, who has been & at the sanftarium J Helen