Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 4, 1911, Page 1

Government Files Suit Against National Electric Lamp Company CONTROLS 97 PER CENT. OF LIGHTS Paid a Profit of $300,000 Last Year and Said to Have %filfi.fifimfig‘fifl W Held Undivided Surplus of $1,439,158—Trust Ready | ey {3 szust recsived 7 v ot to Comply With Law—Franklin Company of Hart-| Madria March ¢—a aviator today fore Included in the Combine. ., B ted Cleveland, O. Ih:chlo:’l‘nllfl ‘against wirat i alleged ‘powerful and engaged in the manufacture of - dascent electric fendants and are wit the keystone of the ‘which ramifications in e every, state in the un- . Control 97 Per Cent. of Country’s Lights. hctoun:vvm ’ - combination and co; §l i practically _every necessry to the varied uss of clec- tricity have beem in the process of in- " ” cubation in the department of justice | .. Girl Grilled by Jurors. Whether they will ever be e plaintiff made ar almost hy brought into court probably depends mylgfi;;“ et sbe o mven urymen an upon the outcome of thie suit fust gled. | (SYSHEly, bY some of the jurymen and | it Hartford Company Included. The defendants include not only the | MeNt to Walling in any of her let- 2d_members of the combinatio e Bues y es ‘wnd othars ob |, T WaS a child” she pleaded. ‘It T had thought it was necessary to write of our engagement I would have done Restrained Trade and Forced Prices. Electrie - com t e 1t pply companis leged to be engaged in furthering the interests of the combination, among them being the following in New Eng- land: Bryan-Marsh company, Central Falls, “The Franklin Electric Manufacturing | S2§8&ement existed. company, Hartford, Conn. The extent of the @hus brought under fire in @ment's anti-trust MORBID S8TRUGGLE had told h z FCR HUMAN BONES. :‘;‘“ e AIL¥nout, Mins Crun HELD AT NEW HAVEN. wed her all his letters, | ing Labor Legislation at Hartford | Mob Fought for Relics in Old Church | ®'5y Before they were engaged. Under Discussion. New Haven, Conn., March ference was held here this ‘the suggestion of the joint commit- labor and judictary, of various trade oganizations interested in the of an employers’ liability act | Burying Ground. New York, March 3.—A ecrowd of |4 for hi discus neariy two thousand souvenic hunters | conaiderabie Jensthy <o o °t strugg] W & emal lorce of pol : this afterncon in & wild effort to get , Mother Nat Worried by Girl's Canduct human bones which were unearthed by | She eaid the fact that Walling had | passoq Miss Grunspan 83 his wite on a | Methodist Episcopal church, which is acroes - the Russian frontier the second oldest of that denomination | Dad never worrled her, becatse it way| e roport that the laborers bad * 'he report tl o cav«r.:_ uclwrn of ;:u.;o: 3. the an- |othics of it. Mra. Walling was the last cient burying grous abo spread throughout the lower East Side | At a late night session the opposing and people swarmed there out of mor- | COunsel summed up their .cases in bid_curiosity. enF'Ye biE barrels had been flied with The Jury Locked Up. e bones, and 8o sager were the men | After an hours deliberation the and women to get one of the bomes | was locked up 8t mIdnight ,“‘1“';{ et ey rushed 8 sguad of OSSS [structions to submit @ sealed verdict, it they could agree before morning.| police had to call for assistance before 3 Bes isperved the stowa Justice Glegerich in his charge said NEW YORK PROFESSOR WEDS WEALTHY DIVORCEE. |demages ho said that they must deter- workmen on the site of the Forsythe down a six-foot embankment, and Notoriety.” promised ork, March e United Sttes company dfvers and helpers within a ly ‘morning, afternoon in time for and in Jersey of their day's ‘The company acceded to two of " BOULEVARD,ON BANK OF CONNECTICUT RIVER. the understand- S the New York | aeres at: Coked at $5,000,000, i A S Porto Ricos Governor Bereaved. | tonight over the large number of. bills lale, said ta be 4| Odessa, March 3.—A despatch ceived here from Tabriz, one o chief cities of Persia, sa; the members of the polic Vienna, March_3—The postoffice Iost control of his machine and drove it into a crowd in the aerodrome, kill- ing one woman and seriously injur- ing four other persons, including Col Yilar ¥ Viiste"s brther of T ster_of General Villar. the statement that approximaaely $0,- et g 000,000 lamps ave sold in this country | =V At AT every year f0r an aggregate of $18,- | Kingston, Jamalca, March I—The governmaent suit may be the last blow struck at the Woman claiming to ‘be an American Who was detained hers yesterday on ed electrical | the arrival of the steamer from Colon Trust Ready to Reform. on suspicion that-she was the person lesired by the Panaman police on a THE JURY OUT IN as the final witnesses. Tever mentioned her alleged engage- %0. I meant a lot I did not write.” to write about it if she understood an “AS 1 told you before,” she exclaim- ' The Mnnfllrlflloc'.rw company, Cen- | ¢ had no experfence with men. tral R. Required Her Smelling Saits, Blectric - company, Bostsn, | The-defendant's counsel Machine company, Mass. The Providence Gas Burner company, Providence, R. 1. Lynn, saying: “How different, but now 1t is the other way,” She left the stand, suiffing at her salts, and sobbing. was also much excit- ed on the stand. She said that Wall- ome of the lotiers,” she satd: -besonns st ettors,” el “Decause e thought she had some genuine feel- mary there, and not even the un- | Russian officials’ would question the T | witness at the trial lengthy addresses. that the question to decide was sim- le one, whether a promise of marriage ‘been made. On the guestion of. mine them according to the French Siipped Awsy Quistly to Avoid “Fuss|law. wiHich permits compensations for have gone on strike use tHeir sal-f arles have not been paid for three months. records of show that 4 charge of larcen: Intimation that the corporations coms | money, was relslnfly o t:&hy:iet ?:glr:f prising the trust might voluntarlly ais- | quast of the Panaman consai seaeral o s’ containea 1n 3 | neet har i T 2. oridence to con- ent made by Attorney General e today. “The defendsnts have already indi- cated a disposition to conform to the requirements of the government,” said /o § he, “and the department hopes that a 33/Grunspan. Undergoes Trying Or- dissolution of the combination will be deal on ness Stand. effected without prolonged litigation.” ‘This suit relates only to an alleged! New York, March 3.—The suit of in ‘the | Anna Berthe Grunspan for $100,000 as | manufacture and sale of incandescent | balm fr the alleged breach of a map. electric light bulbs. Other eeparate | riage promise on the part of William | actions against combinations alleged to | English Walling, the rich young so- | involve {llegal agreements relating to | cialistic writer, came fo a oclose. here | other appliance %’3"' with Miss Grunspan and Mrs. | THE WALLING CASE A juror remarked that it would have been a most natural thing for her have I beem loved and ranained in- | REPORT OF INVESTIGATION ‘SY ‘CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE. FRESH EGES HELD BACK —— Eggs Laid in Summer Unfit for-Use After Three Months—Time Limits on Storage Recommended. ‘Washington, March 3—Senator’ Hey- burn, chairman of the committee on manufactures, reported to the senate today the result of the investigations of that committee into the question of how. long articies of f00d should de. kept in cold storage without endanger- ing the health of the consumer. The investigation was made in con- nection with the bill introguced by Senator Lodge, and. intended: to “pre- readers. during the past week: ADMITS CRIME AND SAYS SHE GLAD SHE DID IT. VICTIM EXONERATES HER On Bed of Pain, Hé-Declared She Had No Part in It—Four Bullets in Body of the Dying Man. New York, March 3.—Less than an ), 23 years old, was fearty B ot toniene earty supper a e : 2 Giad That She Dia It ° vt ey Shetl ASS ADY Giveon, say, to deny e 10t pe alleged, has betrayed led another. “Ye t,” the police Orsini, who, sh THE TIME TO ADVERTISE This is a problem to the merchant, and no ‘problem to Some merchants are convinced that'the time to advertise dull spell—othe1fh think the time to advertise is at the seasonable mo- ment; but the printer knows the time to advertise is all the time. It pays the printer better, and it pays the advertiser more to keep before the people. “A merchant may advertise all the time with & few lines, a few columns, or e whole page, a¢cording to his size and his capacity for doing business; and the cost will be proportionally large or small. The right kind of(advertising develops business—ydoubles, trebles and quadruples receipts. It is always a good idea for im, man of his word, since no business but a tem carried on by false pretense. A square-dealer can si. more business in a square’s epace than a trickster can do in a column -in the long run. Honest advertising commands. advertiser to e a business can be the constant attention of Bulletin Send for The Bulletin rate card and see what thousand to talk through its columns. Pprice for space in a /paper 6f 8.000 daily circulation as in a paper of 4,000, since the first ‘addresses itself to twice as many people. If you have not subscribed for The Bulletin, now is a good time. The paper will be left at your door for 12 cents a week. Following is a summary of the matter printed in The Bulletin It is folly to expec Bullatin Telegraph Soturday. Feb. 25 74 Hy.lay, Feb. .27. .. 90 Tuesday, Feb. 28 93 Wednesday. Mar. 1 92 Thursday. Mar. 2 87 Friday, Mar. 3 84 Tot, - - - - 520 from vent the sale or transportation, inter- state or foreign commerce, of articles of food held in cold storage for more than one year. & Time its oh Cold Storage. The report of the committee recom- mended a number of changes in -the bill as introduced. One of the rec- ommendations is that the following articles held in cold storage for the periods indicated, instead of oné year, shall be regarded as having been adul- terated within the meaning of the pure food law: ~ Beef, seven months; veal, four months; pork, four months; sheep, four months;’ lamb, thres ~month: poultry, three months; game, three months; fish, three months, eggs, ‘three months; butter, three mon Much of the report iz devoted to cold storage eggs. It states that the average quantity of such eggs in New York city each year is about 700,000 anguish of mind and Injury to health and character. Philaceiphin, March 3.—The romor WOMEN INTERESTED re wrence ew | ¥ York and Mrs. J, W. Curtis were se- IN MUR AL cretly married in’ Wiimington, Del., on KER THIAC February 14, was confirmed today by Joseph R. Wilson, who acted as b Lewrence and hi; . Mr. Wilson said that the purpose of Dr. Lawrence in slipping' quietly away was 0 avold “fuss and motori- Dr. Lawrence s professof of mer- vous and mental diseases in the New York Postgraduate school. Albany, N. Y., March 3 —Women from all over the state have written Sheriff Platt requesting him. to allow them to be present at the:trial of Mrs. Edith Melber of Schenectady, charged with murder in the first degree for giv- 'His bride | 1N€ her baby boy carbolic acid in a 18 the divorced wite of Boland B, Guoe | SWamp near this city last January. In tis of Bridgeport, Conn., and New York, and is reported to be one of the wealthiest women in the country. WOMAN KILLED BY MAUVAIS' AEROPLANE. | Justice Howard. Victim One of Spectators Who Rushed Out Into_the Aerodrome. oty each instance the sheriff/ has replied that so long as there is room in the court room women will be admitted. ‘The case, which attracted countr: wide attention, will be moved for trial Monday morning befors Supreme Court Defense Will Be Insanity. Medical experts have examined Mrs. Melber for both the defense and prose- cution, and while it is_the opinion of Madrid, March: 3.—M. Mauvais, a|some of them that the woman is in- French aviator, whils giving a dem- |sane, the defense will allege that by onstration hére today, drove his ma- | reason of ill usage, improper bringing chine into & crowd of spectators who |up and ‘the_ circumstances of latter ran into his path In the aerodrome, years Mrs. Melber's mind has become ¥iliing one woman and seriously in- |unsound and that she cannot be held r other e, including |legally or morally responsible for the Villar y Villate, a brother of | crime. e {ormer Minister of War General Villar. uvais himself was uninjured. The accident was due to the specta- | TAFT SEES NEW tors breaking through the barriers and rushing out on the fleld before Trenchman got the aeroplane well into | Has Not Decided When He Will Call ‘The woman 0 was killed was hit by_the propeller of the ma- “%MOON IN HEAVENS the —_— New Congress Together. ‘Washington, March 3—Having aban- To Recover Colorade Coal Lands, |1916d hoperof seeing reciprocity pass- ed by ::r present congress, President Taft laté today, after returning from his usual long afternoon walk, de- clared that he had noticed the set- ‘the Smelting | ting sun, but that he had also seen a and Refining company, and against the | new moon in the heavens. The presi- company, limited, a Brit- | dent has not yet decided when he will o | issue his proclamation calling the new congress together, nor has the date of 1280 | Despite the fact that the measure Valued | which -above all others he desired to aee passed at this session, did mot be- come law, the gresident Was rejoicing he favored - whiclf-have been passed. or |- - The - judiciary codification bill he ‘considers one of the most importint additions™ to the « legal procedure ‘of ‘the .country passed in the last haif- century. The provision for the forti- fication of the Panama canal was par- ticularly “pleasing to him. Schenectady Woman Charge With the | lawyer of this city, N oty Murder of Her Baby. cases and in Chicagd about 1,000,000 cases. . Fresh Eggs Withheld. “There is a strong showing” says | the report, - “made in support of the proposition that the people always trade with the oldest stock, and that when new eggs come into the market they are withheld from the public in order that. eggs already becoming de- teriorated from storage may pass out.” No_éggs should be, pladed in cold storage, says the report, that are pro- duced during the hot months. Summer Eggs Won't Keep. Such eggs are of an inferlor qual- ity. Testimony showed that, agcording to the report, eggs’ produced during the summer would not keep in condi- tion fit for use, even under the most favorable conditions, more than three months, and that often in less than a month they would be totally unfit for 00« DISTURBING PLAY WITHDRAWN AT PARIS "Tells Story of Reckless Financier and His Faithless Wife. _Paris, March 3.—Henry Bernstein to- night - voluntarily withdrew his play, Apres Moi, from the Comedie Fran- caise. Mr. Bernstein said the action was taken because of his desire to pre- vent further untoward demonstrations by the Camelots Du Roi and others hostile to the play. ' Apres Mol tella the story of a petro- leum trust financier whose daring op- erations wreck his own fortune and the fortunes of Kis wife and friends. The financier is about to_commit sui cide when he discovers his wife. re- turning from a clandestine ‘meeting with her lover. There is a terrible scene between Tusband and wife which ends in the wife giving up her lover and following her criminal and penniv less husband. ARCHITECT HUSTON'S = SENTENCE STANDS. Gonvicted of Conspiracy in Connection'| 8£0, ".With Building of Pennsylvania. Cap- ol - 3 : Williamsport, Pa., . March 3. The| atirm superior court this afternoon ed the Deagiia ey shot him,” she asserted over and over again, according to the police. glad of it too, and I hope he dies.” The man was shot four times on a street corner in the East Side where the girl had made an appointment to ‘When brought to Orsini’s cot in a hospital, the girl was surprised to find that the man denied that she shot him. Orsini replied, “If I didn’t,” broke in the girl, “who aia?” “Has No Chance of Recovery. “Don’t ‘get yourself in wrong;”’ Or- sini cautioned her, and fell back in semi-consclousness from the pain of no . chance of POLITICS KEEPS DOWN THE PRICE OF MILK. Secretary ef Milk Producers’ Union Ad- dresses a Conference. ston, March 3—Experts on milk from several New England states dis- the production, transportation stribution of the fluid at consid- length today before the New England conferenice on rural progress. ‘Secretary Willam A. Hunter of the Boston Co-operative union claimed that politics and red tapa legislation were to blame for the low price received dy the producer. impossible to,Pay Farmers More. Charles Whiting of Boston, for the tors, defended that-part of the claimed that it was im- possible to pay the farmers more per can. Milk Producers’ contract business, and Myron E. Pierce, for the Massachu- setts Milk Consumers’ association, said that producers and puxveyors should place their duty before their pocket- He urged the necessity of using nearby milk rather than that obtained from long distances. MAYOR AMONG THE THIRTY INDICTED ONES Investigates Graft and Corruption. Chicago, March 3.—After investigat- ing charges of graft and corruption nd_Indiana Harbor, grand jury today Teturned - thirty indictments and ad- irned. at East Chicago Indiana suburbs, Among those named are the East mayor, A. G. Schlieker, Chief and Julius Friedman, alleged head of a conspir- acy to collect. tribute for the protec- Back to Scene of His Crime. td, - Ga., March Stribling,” ciriet ‘of police of Danville, Va., .who was Gideons. - The New French Cabinet complete, with Antoine Ferrier asain. iater of ustice, S Lord Balfour's Bill for the' refern- @ passed first read! house’of Tords, - — The ‘House Agreed to asking for an investigation of oo out| PrRctical Certainty’ of ‘an to in- leged copper of War' Dicki alEr iy Y Biptes spect the canal work. ; di ling in !lu ‘British slution | the al- “Bouse - of The Second Reading of the’ house’ of passed the -hou lords veto bill commons. by a4 majority of PEA Party of Civil Enginers let e (n{vfl the Parama canal A New York to upon invitation of President Taft. A General Order Has Been lssued anpouncing the dismissal Captat in Guy H. B. Smith from the army. Dr. Johh E. Jones, United Shtfi ‘cousul general at Winnipeg, Ma; was seriously injured in an elevator accident. Twa Youths (Brothers) contésed to Boston that they the police of are re- sponsible for dozens of burglaries in that city. Mrs, W. C. McMillan, daughter-in- "o M tates Senator law of the late United Si was found dead in bed McMillan, Detroit, Mich. Former Forester Pinchot declared the the agricultural bill as amended would involve the complete destruction of - the forests. A Complete Reorganization of the democratic party in Pennsylvania has fieen decided upon by the state com- party. ittee of that Henry M."Phillips, Tor sevgral Jears vica president of the assachusetts Mutoal Lifo Insurance company, died at Springfield, Mass. it is Reported that Russia will take rthern Manchuria because of a reported intention of Ja- pan to secure Southern Manchyria. sSteps to anmex ° — LY A 10 Per Cent. Reduction in the working force of the locomotive de~ partment of the Lake Shore and Mich- igan Southern rajlroad hered. has been or- The Board of Trustees of. Wilbra- “oted ham Academy have «co-education at the . to effect at the close of the summer va- cation. Jesse Seaver, Aged 20, a former the- ol _student, was sentenced for to_14 years in the state reform- ‘atory at Richmond, Ind., for forging a | check. Main Bui college, near | Mary | was' destroyed by fire, | more than $200,000. The 250 students |and_ sisters escaped. of Mount St. ainfield, N. 3., the loss being Announcement Was Made that the Bridgeport aerodrome will be formal- of Glenm H. Curtiss, An Amicable Agreement bet hostile factions in /| seems impossible, and im Denied That Girk Shot Him. 1y opened in May with a three days’ aviation meeting’ un%ex' the direction States may have to appoint a pro- visional government. Governor Plaiste of Maine has af- fixed his signature to the resolve pass- ed by the legislature submitting to the people the liquor prohibitory amend- ment to the Maine constitution. The Panama Government Announces that it will receive proposals for the construction of the railroad from Pan- ama to David, near the Costa Rican frontier, and a branch to Los Sanfos, until June 30. The ixth Arnual Triangular debate between Brown vniversitty -and Wil- liams and Dartmouth colloges result- ed in a tie, Brown, which. suppoo: rted the affirmative side of the question, winning in every case.® The Defection of a Score of méchan- ice from the ranks of the striking col- lers at the Spring Hill mines of the Dominion Steel company was followed.| yesterday by a riotous demonstration participated in by nearly five hun-' dred - strike _sympathizers, An which James Sharp, manager of the mine, ‘was injured. CLASH BETWEEN JUDGES AVERTED. Gorman Offers No Objection to Action Before Hunt. Cincinnati, March 3.—The clash that has appeared to be inevitable between Presiding Judge Charles J. Hunt-and Judge Frank Gorman of the common pleas court relative to the motion to strike from the records the afidavit of George B. Cox to swear Judge Gorman off the bench seems to have beén averted. Presiding Judge Hunt hear¥l the case today, attorneys for both sides present- ing arguments. Judge Hunt announced that he wopld take the case under ad- visement ahd announce his decision at an early date. i ‘Gorman, ‘it is said, will allow the action before Judge Hunt to stand. LOEW AND MORRIS FUSE INTERESTS. War of Fiftéen Years' Standing trol of the vaudeville booked .by “William Morris, Morris will remain with ; his associate. _Over I f | throughout the United' fected. GAS VICTIM IDENTIFIED. Néw York, March 3.—A vaudeville Mr. , Tnc.. Mr.'| from M. Loew as | that tates. are af- | Washington, March 3—With the ¥ir- tual certainty of an early extra sion of congress beclouding their zon, both houses of congress were session at a late hour tonight, grind- ing through the mass of routine leg- toba, | istation which must be completed be- fore final adjournment at noon to- TOY was drudgery itself. From the White house, from -the lips of President Taft him- in the day the admis- sion that the president had abandoned all hope of the passage of the Canadi- an reciprocity agreement and awaited only the formal failure to issue his call for an extra I president gave little outward evidence of -his disappoint- ment, though it is well known to be He went to the theater confirmation rather Keen. to enjoy a light oper: Lorimer Declines R An unexpected episode was Senator Lorimer’s motion to strike from the general deficlency bill an appropria- tion of $25,000 to reimburse him for BRIDGEPORT AVIATOR CRASHES INTO A TREE. He Sustained Slight Inju Machine Smashed to Bits. March 3.—Frank Paine; a local aviator, received injur- jes while flying here today that will prevent his making further ascensions a_month, ‘it 15 thought. Bridgeport, Con: for at least to-abolish | This morning he made @ succesafy flight aria this afternoon went up. for 2 second tinfe. He had iraveled about o thousand feet at'a helght of ffty fest . whem| one of the planes s cic a. tree and in his attem t the machine it turned campléte Gver and fell o' the-ground, i Thim -underneath. His head was s Iy cii in several places and a frore the machine penetrated tl cheek, making & painful but mot seri- e, was conscious when taken from under the debris of his machine and wounds _were . The machine was sfnashed to and, it will be some time before it can GAMBLING JOINT A REGULAR FORTRESS Pofice Unable to Batter Down Six- inch Steel Barred Doors. York, March spectacular battle in \the police war against gambling resorts was fought late today in Times square, when great crowds leaving the matinee perform- ances of the neighboring theaters, wi nessed the engagement. packs, axes and sledge hammiers had failed to break the steel barred doors, nearly six inches thick, which protect- ed a third-floor on Broadway from Deputy Police Commis- sioner Flynn and a squad of detec- They were finally foreed to run up a ladder to one of the win- dows froting on Broadway. By the time the police had got into the room, by way of the ladder, the =lleged pringipals in the gambling re- sort had escaped through windows in the reur. No less than two hundred men_were found in the room, however, and Mumerous arrests were made. DETECTIVES WATCHED. FOR THE BLACK HAND. Severai Thousand Dollars in Old Tree Stump Was the Baif Erle, Pa., M-rchhS.TBl?lck Hand let- ters_récelved by the family of Charles son”in-law of the late Wil- t, whoss mausoleum Was desecrated by vandals a few weeks- have summoned half a score of pri detectives and postoffice this city in an effort to find the perpe- For two nights this week a sum_of_money, said 20 be in the thou- eands, lay in an old stump on the Talo road, & few miles out of the.&li guarded by detectives, tha writers of the lettérs would appear and fall into the trap. ‘While the letters are not made pub- lic, "they are said to have. threatened Strong unless she complied with cars ass the . family was- harrassed by &lfoi Jok Jottorn and & reward of $1,000 Was Daid for the arrest of two. young men Who it was proved wrote them. DANBURY MAN MAY BE FOUL PLAY VICTIM. Providence Police Asked to Ai ‘Search for Thomas F. Watson. { Providence, R. I, March 3.—The Dan- 5 bury, Conn., police have asked the lo- war of fifteén years’ duration was end- | tal detective department to assist in Marect itaon, who !York mgmr ‘manager, ! nterest and todk over active con- [the ownad or,| M 5 invasion by last Hce, letters t Chambe At the=time of - his 'PRESIDENT SORELY DISAPPOIN B i Session of C gress Being Called—Appropriations. Bills, Entai Expenditure of $500,000,000, Passed—Lorimer Op poses Reimbiursement for Expense of His Trial. A Several sharp tilts in both houses served in some measure to break the but for the most part it practically of its nd the ful machine to nning t- linter left Picoss most Hydraulic inspectors_to ut- ty, in’ the hope that in the ding to o the man's sister, Danbury, | w) him, 2 ers fear Watson has met his expenses in defending his 8 seat in the senate. to an acfimonious debate, ators who are members of the priatiof committee more than that°the item had L without the knowledge of.# ttee. The ator Lorimer’s members of the ate ‘agreed to tion, | Duting the day the senate and sent to the house four ap tion. bills, providing for the ture of more he postoffice, naval, sun eficiency app: Many Absurd Rumors Afleat. Rumors of every degres of ex: ment and corisequent absurdity It was sugge stance, that President Taft " and resume nego z with Canada, so as to obyiate the b cessity for an extra session. the rumors were dissipated & last, and left only the practical cer= tainty that the new congress will gin its work as this one did—with extra session devoted largely to question of the tariff. OFFERED TO SELL CATHOLIC VOTI Sensational Statement on Floor of ' House by Congressman Johnson. ‘Washington, March 3—That a dent of Washington, whom he n had reprasented himself to him other congressmen as able, thre 1 organization known ss the- eliver - for a sufl ‘Catholic votes” in in various was mw Johnson of Kentucky. n his ré-élection, in return for-a foms ion. ‘ Tie recelved a letter I him to meet the writer, named; and that the offer was made at He declared that other members of congress had more recent- Iy_réceived similar offers. The statement was made in connec- tion with the consideration of a bill for changing the name of a street in Washington, and Mr. Johnson said the man chiefly interested in the bill was the man who made the offer to him. PEARY RETIRED WITH REAR ADMIRAL'S RANK. Congress Rewards Him for Reaching the North Pole. ; Washington, March 8. —The plans of the friends of Captain Robert E. Peas ry to securs congresgional recognition of his polar achievements rapidly today when the house by & vote of llfii to -":flpfl.e}(‘i‘ lv'lhm senate bill, accordinng him 3 The original ‘senate bill authorised the president. to appoint Peary & rear admiral in the navy, to be carried as" an additional number in grade and place him upon the retired the highest pay in the grade, The house amended thorize the president to place the retired list of the corps of eiv engineers, with the rank of rear e April 6, 1909, #o- anks of that meeting. this 50 &3 to &u- 0 date from tender the th is Arctic explorations in reaching thé north pole.” REWARDS FOR HONEST SUGAR TRUST EMPLOYE. President Taft Provides Him Position: = $840 New York, March 3.—By a executive order issued b Richard Whalley, the emnplaye. the American Sugar Refi whose Atory of trick scale to the discovery of the sugar frauds several years ago, has been. the government with & as customs watchman. at. Collector Willlam Loeb Whalley Worlk in the spect vision of the customs serv! ition was too ‘much for e was about to be discharged when Brasdont, Tt an order another xamina fon: ROBIN'S ACCOMPLICES ¢ TO BE PROSECUTED, offered . ;5.""" ‘, ¢ special ift took it up and the transfer of Whalley tion, without civil servies & would make