Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 6, 1911, Page 1

MIXED WITH CRIMINAL§ IN msemsn omedcmwmwmrm@ma 4 Men on Double Murder Charge—How: Leader of Band Rose From Humble Flower Boy to Position of Great Walm‘mdrondul Influence. ¢ - Feb, 3&— vnnbo Italy, ’l'lluud-y o Mixed With Criminals fn Disguise. While the best Italian dtectives wete at work on the - upon the order of King Victor o dear the :u'l{lu are mistaken, I know all about the murder.” However, nd refused to.go fusther the marshal, ng but’little the carbineer bided his time and ually gained an uunducy 5\&!’ en- married the L of his heart and Ca- e - the wedding in his Alfano Ambitious for l.-lonllip. Enrico Alfano, otherwise as mne. had, it'appears, been of the sections of the l(.phl, since the death of Glecio Cap- 0, the most famous of their heads, hl!’& At the latter date, Alfano d after proving hi. the threads of the oll organizing and establishing it as 1t is at present, and ‘calling it “the Bella Suggieta Reforma (the Dbeautiful reformed soclety). om that moment, according to the testimony to be in- troduced at the trial when it opens on March 11, Alfano was all powerful, ne commander of the twelve fractions the eriminal association which cor- nlpoflfl with the twelve districts of Naples. Protected. Thieves and Smugglers. The society exacted tribute from | dealers in thé public markets and from ‘the bands of- smugglers m(en- ing the suburbs, and also assumed | privilege of "protectln""fll‘ gangs f tkieves which were compelled to sur- ! render from ten to thirty per cent. of the value of their loot. Soon Alfano rose from the position of a boy in a flower shop to opening a store of his where he sold feed for horses. speculated in cnun at the fairs and pulently grew rich, AWano Becomes Rich. - Finaliy. became a usurer, hlv!nl = Caffe urgl: gaging in whi Jewels and el.alortl corruption, he ‘continually saved himself, or, if con- |- demned, received a very light fessed | Often he was discharged for a lack of CANADIAN VIEW OF EXTRA SESSION May S8ave’ Reciprooity Cause In Canada. Ottawa, Ont, March’ 5.—President Taft's call for an extra session of con- lnAu-.ll puts a new face on the .-.elymny situstion, and ' may, ao- STRES (e Shmmpiens ¢ Hoo prospecs re g;' m: the cause in Canads from peril it ma; z{un JIM States senate to m have inctirred by the | cel evidence. This was only possible, it is sald, through the protection which he received from the local authorities who_owed their election to-his influs ence with the manses. ., ‘ROASTS CONGREGATION OF ROCKEFELLER CHURCH Rev, Dr. Aked Sees No Future for It or Its ‘Ministry. New York, March 5.—Frankly stat. ing the disappointment he had experi-, enced in hi~ ministry to the wealthy and fashionable congregation of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church, the Rev.’ Charles F. Aked formally aanounced from his pulpit today that he had re- ived a unanimous and thusiastic call to the First Congregational church of San Franclsco, and he -had been unable to find any good reason he should not accept. regretfully ackmowledged his fears that the great enterprises which he had hoped to lead as pastor of one of the wealthiest churches in America, popularly known as the John D. ts | Rockefeller. church, were only “such MERIDEN BOY SHOT AT TARGET PRACTICE His Young Companion Arrested and Held in $1,000 Bonds. 3 sf Bl i i i stuff as dreams are made of.” Not- ‘withstanding the $10,000 salary offered him when he came- here from Pem- broke chapel, in Liverpool, England, barely four years ago, and the recent increase to $12,000, or his ties of friendship In the metropolls, he did not seé how- he could contemplate a ‘permanent ministry here under pres- ent_conditions. No Future for the Church. He chafed under the failure of the church provide a larger edifice and to_undertake larger enterprises. “So as we can see today,” he declared, “there i no future for this church or for my ministry.” He gave the Fifth avenue consgre- gation ten days of grace in which to the = situation before he should say definitely whether he would @accept the call to the Pacific coast. “Let those who love me, pray for me,” he concluded, “that I may make no mistake thrmlxh erring judgment, and for this church that it may both interpret and accomplish the purposes of Jesus Christ, our Lord.”’ DIPHTHERIA BREAKS OUT AT BRATTLEBORO Nurses and Patients of Memorial Hos- pital Quarantined. Brattleboro, Vt, March 5.—Nurses ‘u Mfln\l t the Memorial hospital ced under the strictest qurnnum following the discovery of several cases of diphtheria at the in- stitution, and until the ban is lifted none ot the 22 persons who are under- treatment will be allowed to w patients will be ad- ed With the disease, .murses and two ARBUCKLES SCOREON 11 OTHER SUGAR REFINERS. | be Long Shndinm “Settled by.| M cmnm---on. - k‘der.-ln-, still staw ucm?. or Murphy, eral, bellef - ‘'of. l.r. held by the commission the exaction of mnst <charges from t.he Fedeal Snnr com-~ Dl¥ Yonkers, N. Y., as compared 'ht.h. m basa t‘i’{ Aol}budde FBI'D ers, 4 competitors the ql:iln.d- Pay Tribute to Arbuckles. sugar refined by the Arbuckles at their hcwry immediately adjoining the sta- Arhu:kle- receive, therefore, is regarded as a considerable al- lowance from the railroads for lighter- lng their own sugar to the New Jersey On the other hand, the ‘ def ud.dg:tomo -&?‘Mmdflnt | has ever known destroyed, arly cl e puty for Junltad ‘!htu senator.” iheehan sa; he mlyfiot flth'::'.w a8 the flmnocntlc i caucus nominee. All the inde‘muu. therefore,.of yesterday, that there will be no _l-med!.;te mxan the deadlock et tly confirmed. mid hetho?)‘;m it apoke for e for | itself, and would not. add b Jolin mey unty (Brooklyn), is md the sen- leaders - yet hgld 78 votan of GoVernor Dix's The gov- -ernor’s attitude toward Sheehan has been no secret to !'unmany for some time, and there " no expectation tonight that it woh!d produce any im- mediate result. The Statement. The statement was as follows: “L regret to see that the democratic governor - of ‘the state has ylelded to the solicitations of the small minority of the party who for weeks have been obstructing the ‘election of the reg- ularly chosen candidate of the party for United States” senator. ‘Fhat my pomxon ‘may not be mis- nndmtm repeat what I said| in my letter of !‘ebrm.ry 28, addréssed to the democratic members of . the 1 m Previous Pledge. / i shall remain as my party’s ean- didate for United States senatar so long as the party desires me to no mattér what the pers “conse- quences t0 me may. be. Nor, will I, by word or deed, do-anything that will justify the minority. in their Il!arh to :rul-lmte the declared will of jority. thae 000, Sia: ynosaTe fitu o cumm - Twe Woman Fall Ints. Flames—Hs- roic W,rk by Firemen. Minneapohs. Minn., March o—-Ons of the ‘most disastrous fires this city the Syn- (dicate “block on Nicollet. avenue, be- L tween Fifth and Sixth streets, today. The total loss i3, estimated at $1,000,- ‘we from the upper stories of the building, while e flames-were roaring around them. Bome of ‘these sustained 'slight in- Juries, but none was seriously hurt. - 'l'he origin of the fife is unknosem: The alarm was given by some passer- by, but before the firemen had ar- rived, the tehants of the bujlding, who Sare asleep in 3:: umimlll. began | 'to_appear at wi “calling Arantically for aid. - " 8t. Paul Sende Fire Fighters. A strong wind was blowing and in. a few minutes the west half of the building was a furnace, The entire fire department of Minneapolis was called out, but it was totally inade- quate to check the flames. Later St. Paul was asked for help, and it was immediately furnished. ‘When the fire department. arrived, men were rushed into the bufiding and numerous*lidden ‘were run up to aid the perfons hemmed in by the fire on the second and third fidors. - On the second floor: were Mrs, M. Buck and Miss B. Buck; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Irandon; Inga- Franson, Miss Etta Parsons, Miss Merile Downed d ‘were .on the he - fifth - floor were Mrs. Mary, Hellister-and Miss Treler. Helped His MotheF to &uapfi- 2 The: Franson family, finding all exit by stairways-and front windows cut | _for'the fire éscape on the'| nney side’ of the ~bullding. - Elmer Frqlon leaped to the - fire escape, through flames which were being driv- _en by the wind ‘past the window, out of ‘'which was his only escape. Holding the Hot irons of the ladder, ~he helped his mother to climb tirough indow and: step upon the plat- fose, rmn beside. him. heéarted “spj ?un. m(:hklcfion I shall not be A wy o’ the. damucu:m of the principle of ma- 3 iflflly a distinct ldvi.nu:e in the sugar con- suming markets west of New York and that the allowance for . lighterage amounted substantially to a rebate on the - freigh orn sugar to destina- u%: n.ll from fl:;:;- Yorl;; lons are uj d by the commh-lon in its majority opinion. BREAKS RECORD-FOR - OVER-SEA FLIGHTS. French Aviator . Makes Trip of 124 Miles Across Mediterranean. Nice, France, March §.—Lieutenant accomplished a seneational and da.rh‘ feat today by fiying over the Med; from _Antibes to the lit- tle !lhnd of off the Italian coast. He covered a distance of more than two hundred kilometres (124.5 miles., establishing a new record for over-sea flight. he did without the assistance of tugs, torpedo hoats or any other craft to gnide him or add to_his confidence by their presence. Lieutenant Bague’s over-sea flight breaks the previous record, held by J. A. D. McCurdy, who on January 30 last flew from Key West to Within ten miles of ' the Cuban shore, a distance of 91 miles. Glenn H. Curtiss last Au- gust made a fiight over Lake Erig of 64 miles, while other aviators have done fifty or more on several occasions. A VAIN QUEST FOR % ' DESPERATE BURGLAR. Thier Who Shot Police Officers Still at Large. Alexandria, Ind., March 5—All day and late tom‘ht Scores of ammed men have searched the country hereabouts but have found no clew to the hiding place of James Walker, who last night ahot and killed Patrolman Virgil Kirk- n and probably fatally -wounded Po!k:a Ch)et John Ellis after holding up and robbing a jewelry store here, Police Chief Ellis is in a critical condition tonight. Rufus Warren, who was arrested Jast night, charged with being Walker's ac- complice, is in jail hers, but no demon- strations have been made against him since the dispersal ¢f a mob midnight Snturday BTEAMSHIP TERMINAL FOR SOUTH BOSTON. Plans Formulated for Buildings and Docks Costing $20,000,000. Boston, March 5.—Plans for the car- rying out of a steamship terminal pro- jact at South Boston, involving an out- lay of $20,000,000, which sum is de- clared to have been already provided for, announced today. The plans call for the erection within a year of eleven warehouse and factory buildings, a 500 ‘horsa power electric plant and terminal docks 1,500 feet in length. ‘The company which has the enter- prise in hand has been incorporated as a buflding trust. Philadelphia, - March ‘E-A!flnge- ments have been completed for the iblennial convention “of - thel Nltlm:’: D nfi.n-m Albany, - Dix declined :n: to comment on William F, lh in's announced decis- ion . to remain as the caucus.candidate for United States le:utor ‘but inti- mated that he might have something to say-temorrow. -~ The governor re- turned , tonight, from~ Thomson, where l;s ~spent the week end at his country ome, NEW YORK’'S “NEW THEATER.) " —_— Future Plans Regarding Jt' Not Yet; . Decided, Says Ames. New York, March' ‘The future of the 'New theater. is as yet undecided, it would -appear from e statement made by the director of the theater, ‘Winthrop Ames, today. Mr. Ames said that many misleading and incorrect rumors concerning the future plans of the New theater had been publish- ed and that in view of this the found- ers of the theater had requested him to say that until an official announce- ment wAs made all other statements should be disregaMed. ‘The official announ: said, would probably three weeks. Taft's New Secretary. Washington, March 5.—Official an- nouncement was made today that Charles D..Hilles, assistant-secretary of the treasury, is to succeed Charles D. Norton as secretary to the phesi- dent on April 4. The announcement came from the White house and was made public at a-luncheon given in honor of Mr. Hilles by Mr. Norton*at the latter's home. President Taft stepped in at the reception which' fol- lowed lha luncheon, Mr. Norton on April 5 will become vice president of the First National Bank of New York. ‘SUPPOSED SUICIDE 18 DRILLING TROOPS. ———— Oriental Liner Brings News to 'Frisco of Sir H.etor or MacDonald. hn Frnnciwo to-a report brought in the Orient liner Asia, which, arrived yesterday; g;l;fi Sgflg::tor M&o?hgnlld formeflz e -army; who. was suppose to _have committed suicide in Paris in a lodging house in 1903, is engaged in drilling troops in-the. Chinese army. Officers on' the ‘Asia l2arned the story, they said, from officers on the British cruiser Kent, now- at Honolulu. They xflt word: of MgcDonald’s whereabouts la on the 0 uul :uuon recently. servioe in Imany llndl At ‘the aigh( of his ca- reer he was mnllad froem India to an- swer a grave ¢l He got as far as Paris and then the world was startled by a-report that he had committed suicide. - The charges were investigat- ed and the board announced that they had not'been substantiated and that a mvemnhflflbmhvieflmnll ent, Mr. Ames e made’ within’ “5.—Accordin; YOUNG WOMEN AS SMOKERS OF OPIUM Dr lou Doolam That Great Num- bers Boston. ”‘#’flfi“ 8, & qwt mxlcdo.l-z of usetts: General 6—Governor -He l!liated her’ to Elmer Franson “follows “There are two :women back there in | the flames! I saw them fa]i'” The ‘firemen made every effort to break: in- to the building @t this place, but the hedt was too grm and they wefe re- pulsed. All of the other miembers: of| the Franson family were then assist. ed down the fire escape and thé fire- nfen’ had iittle ' difficulty in reacuing those on the second and fifth floors. None. of -the rescued received injur- 16s which necessitated: a ‘visit: to the hospital and all of -the occypants. of. the upper - floors ~were ‘accounted for. It is believed.by:the firemen and po- Hce that yvoung Franson was,mistaken when "he said he saw two persons.in the ‘building as he left the fire escape. Building Was a Landmark. The Syndicate building was a land- mark in' Minneapolis and was erected in 1882 by a number of local busi- ness men. About-three years ago it was purchased by the Boston Trust company. The west, one-third of the building, was occupied by the Model Clothing company. . The east, one-third, was oecupied by the Minneapolis Dry Goods company. Three stories in the center of the biock were occupied by Young & Quinlan, ladies’ tailors; J. B. Hud- son & Son, jewelers, and Woolworth's five and ten.cent store. The upper floors in the .center of the building were .rented by numer- ous doctors, several -restaurants.and other tenants, about fifty. in all. These it is ible that two. lives | T S Shined 108t their proverty. The heaviest loser is ‘the Minneapolis Dry .Goods com- pany, wli stock was .damaged by water and smoke to the extent of $350,000. The New -England Furniture com- pany, in a’building adjoining the Syn- dicate block, suffered a-loss of $10,000 by water. A hose that was run-throcugh- the building- burst. All the principal lmea are covered 'by insurance. . 3 e JUSTICE HUGHES MAY E HEAD THE COMMISSION. President to Soon Name Men Who Will Consider Magazine Postage. ‘Washington, March 5.—It is expected that President T’lft;wfll soon alnno“me the personnel of -the co: jon pro-' vided for by the postoffice appropria- tian law endcted yestérday for the con- sideration of tha p:opo-ed increase in, the rate on sécon matter. |55 The torms of the- act: the commis sfon will be required to report upon the ubject not later than Dec. 1 next. ‘While no definite conclusions as to have yet ‘because the personnel c! the th vid g that of the mem- s act es one e bers \n’f:mncm officer of the United States, that Mr. Justice Charles E. Hughes of the United States supreme court may be the head of the commis- sion. “The plan of providl.n( for & commis- sion was suggested by Presjdent Taft and he himself au.msd the amendment to. the measurs. ~ P BRAVE SURFMAN . SAVES T THREE uvts Wil | mw : ' ;a i ity c-n Fred ‘W. Parkinson York was presented a life saving med- |- ar’ fer heroism in saving many lives | {r.t;l‘n th General Slocum in Bernai Meola, 18 Years Old, of Waterhury, Conn., was arrested at New_ York, charged with kidnapping ‘Calasanto, son . of Deucm- omas_Calasanto. * Mrs. Cornelia, - Baxter Tevis, an American woman, makes charges in a Paris court that she has been swin- dled out of securiltes and jewels val- ued at $185,000 by a Turk. Twenty-one Persons Wm"l'nmplod to death at Shayang, China, and many others injured in a fight of starving Chinese for food which missionaries | were_attempting to distribufe. Sessions of the Peace Conference | between the envoys of Bonilla and Da- villa were_continued a| the ‘Unit- ed States gunboat - Taco: but an m:.(cable jagreement = does ‘ not seem ely. Benjamin Ashmead of Philadelp! government ‘inspector - of drugs, . who was convicted several days ago of ep- gaging in the unlawful e of cocaine, was sentenced to nine months. in ¢he county .prison. The Nicarguan’ Minister Denies -re- ports that 48 members of the liberal party in Nicaragua are to be shot for| participation in a plot to overthrow'| the government: and auusmte Pres- ident Estrada. The Earl of Dudley, governor gen- eral and commander in chief of the commonwealth -~ of Australia since April, 1908, will retire in July and will be ‘succeeded by "Lord Denman, a prominent liberal A Chot/ All Rome Is Sfifl Talking of - the #ensational murder on Thursday of the. Princess Giulia di.Sant’ Elia, the queen’s lady in waiting, Lieut. Bar- on Paterno.. Not in many years has the capital been so nfirred by a ‘sor- did crime. i Sacrifics,”. an American grand iopera, composed by Ffm’leflck S"? d verse, a mative .of Massac) conducted. . by Wallace ‘Bostonian, was given its first tation -on any. at wx. opera house, mw’mm -’reanem he ‘would mmmon an session to resume consid subfect, his fulfilment of th: within two. hours of adjou s 4.surprise to many members of that body. f Bet Against Extra Session. . '’ - It was especially so in' thé senste. .iu Jate as an hour before final ad- yesterday prominent mem- bermhe senate a‘;ld others about the capitol made bets that there would be nu extra session. . Until the last moment rumors t that a way would be fou to avoid it. iCongressmen Don’t Like It. < Whatever was the truth, or un- tuth, of any of these stories, there can ‘be 1o doubt that the issuance of ‘the president’s extra session troclamation met with scant welcome by those members of congress who, after the \atress of the past session, will barely “Lhave time to g0 home for a brief. re- | spite and to adjust their affairs entering upon another session may last far into the summer. Democratic Leaders te Cenfer. Democratic leaders in the houss 'will hn.ve many conferences session with members of v&rt In the senate. This fact kown- today hen it was a _unofficially that expenditures will ‘eonsidered with revenues. It was gested that work be given: the tee on expenditures in the variou partments, which in the ‘o ‘been empty assignments intended only to-give 2o the chairmen tHereof extra allowances for clerk hire and similar perquisites -in- the- gift of the which hx.npaned to be in the mu .of ‘the house. The same condition ot affairs has existed in. the senate. May Be Further Apprep: It rests with congress whether the rapid growth of esthmm and the most as rapid growth: -m;rvyrh tions is to be checked.- Some’ of the democratic londen who have given. thought to this situetion have come to the eonclnd'n that they Ve bHErore thém ‘than revising the tn.flfl. ‘They At he uecutl o ents are \ ‘upon t_sums bf ‘as Ble Tes 9! for ;hbu—mendunru, 21- ehe e-t ;expend Disclaiming All wm whi '} Some of the more conservative d % arguing to- Be Fdlovnd by Arrests. Zlon City, Ill ‘March 5.—Rioting 'marked._ the celebration by ‘Wilbur ;Glenn Voliva yesterday of his victory over the “Zion indepéndents,” who op- pose the Voliva supremacy in his ‘purchase of the . Zion estate Which made him the ‘successor. of .Yoin Al- exander Dowie. Voliva tried to parade his ng through the city, but the parade be- came a' ranning fight 'betw: tha marchers and flanking “bodies 6f in- dependents. Two men were uverely injured and 'scores were beaten. - An American - flag, flown over -Yoliva's creamery, was shot to pieces by thie. independents. ‘The two injured men are Attomsy Fabry Frank Newell, th inde-. pendents. Deacon Theods y and Isaac Mills, two Voliva followers, were. arrested as the assailants.’ “Warrants for the arrest of ten others were sworn out. Voliva, accempanied by his cabinet and surrounded by negro guards, led the parade. Then followed his choir of two hundred men and women. Five hundred babies in carriages ended the procession, When the parade finally was broken up, Zipn was'in’ a ’'state of turmoil not even equalled a year ago when Voliva was beaten atthe election, amid scenes of much disor- der. FIRE WIPES OUT A HALF A BLOCK. Three Buildings Ruined and Another | Damaged at Nashville. \uhv‘me, Tenn., ich started in the rear lto!y building 317 and 319 nue north, occupied b greater is covered. by insurance, at $300,000. e origin is unknown. | The Fall builing iz a’ wreck. ~Thi bulding adjof on tln south, Sogu: piad by Sol Fran! oo?uy 00ds, 18 al -UYOG- bnfl(- i‘ng occnpiem ting company is ruined, and Yu aulld- b} adjoining, - DCcIlNed by TLangham & Ehook, clothiers, RECORD AEROPLANE < MEETS WITH ACCIDENT Government Aviators - Compslied Land s«m After lhrlln.. Laredo, Tex., Innh 5. -ll‘ht &c- cident” to- the fv%u .M"‘whnu in whic! it Fonloll wo hours S lefi t?t-a';& 8.10° o'clock ‘On. their re- urn thin city. mecl(}en?“ lacking. ocrats: 4 that. tn - party was in lee fln‘.fi:ln by th :::‘dd—rt the t‘afln:;tquu 73 7 o would _have been L tpcned umflt{ha regular session be- -post - lg’u-mhu- in December. ‘who l.r- ‘gue thus will try to have ‘the qu of reduced import duties cons ‘next winter with a radical reduction of npendflnm in the government de- hlu purpose they want to re- um-my and vigor ¢o the prac- :l‘:al)y dead committees: on umdi- tures in the various. departmenits,cau: {ngthmto:tm&an“olmmf- ferent branches of t.h- government and to give congress 'such information as it may need ¢o decrease appropriations in o manner that woum mot cripple the cial session of congress tihue for more than 30 or 45 the views of ‘who fa Fal tariff revision mnt.llh.. ciltation takes ime Everybody h rnrzthmmflonandw;m one. TITLED MURDERER ACTING STRANGELY Italian Assassin Believed to Be Sim- ~Renie, March E.—Blrol Vinkenzo Patreno, who' will have to stand trial | for the murder of Princess ai Sant' Elia, has been, lcu-:.::-nab- for the past tweaty-four The attending physicians give it as their opinion, however, that he is simulat- ing At times he ap; ugh, but when interrogs Sretondn unconsciousness, pu’th:nhfly inor&o:hi.a :“l; l-vlnl any com- no;t:‘o:\.;d then he muttsrs as tho in & delirfum. O he clafms: “The knifel Gapture it! She has taken ! Bhé has wounded herselfl™ - nning ‘a “Suicide” Defense. "This seems to be Paterno’s fixed for- wvaried with other mnll... “;!loodl Help!” Accordisg to the physicians he has had his own defenss in mind and danbthu wiil declare that Princess meictM. suicide, The l\lflloflflfi m tion to having neck, r ad a wound in the iback. which in meu would have proved fa- tal’ e wortien spectators wept: P-flmo Out of Danger. robable that an operation will on Paterno tomorro