Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 8, 1911, Page 1

States Government * " MARINES AND CRUISERS ALSO SENT Official Washington—General Wood Slips Out of|5; ‘Window to Escave Inquiries. / —_— In command of & force 20,000 men, or more than & the entire army of the Major at Chicago. General Carter’s Divisional Staff. Carter will lesve Washing- ton niy of St. 1ouls te-open his at San Antonio, Tex. He will & full visional staff at his posed of Colonel Steven : Major Henry G. chief of rd, Four- H In general i he | turned of his government o ignorance as to the meaning of | tha i ili! i i R il it i g : i i HE L9, {1 !!; sfi, R - San Prancisco, March O | tlegraphic ordefs ‘from W: slally cancerned in the matter e viewers, slipped out of one of the rear windows of the ldent’s office and beat a masterly retreat through the secluded portions of the White House grounds to @ rear entrance of the war department ¢ Mexican Situation Believed to Be Seri- ous. : e real significance of these activi- ties, which have been confined appar- tly to the last forty-eight hours or less, is thought to relate very directly 1o the conditions in Mexico, and to the growing belief that the situation there is by no means €o satisfacto: Mexican government would havl jor | lleved to be. There are persistent re- ports that the physical condition of President Diaz has lately become such as to alarm his adherents, and that mumll;wu! developments are to be pre- for. One report which was eurrent here today was that the Pearson syndicate, heayily inte in northern Mexico, ‘ha Bri tection of interests in preparation conditions' which would almost certain- any .serious loss. of prestige, say nothing of the collapse of the government. Governments’ Might Step In. Ambassador De La Barra of the re- public of Mexico, who has been in New ork, ret: to fulfiil & soeial ent and re- t midnight to New York. He is never loquaclous about the affairs tir | ths mobilisation of oan troope. Ho dlsciaiued any ¥newiodss. of ooy change in the internal conditions of | Mexico and as for the health of Presi- Gent Dias Hie insisted nothing in the personal or official eommunications of the president indicated anything but his usual saf condition of bealth. Moreover, he statad that apart disord. wit It was admitted at the White House this ev that the Mexican insur- rectos h: been giving considerable trouble to the contractors fo| strongly in favor of ha 8 | section who ease Provisional Regiment in Readiness. of twelve com- to be known regiment, at the Presidio orders uun]znmmnam N HOUSE' OF COMMONS. “QUR BLOOD GOOD AS YOURS" t| “Will Part With Our, Lives Befors We NO_COUNTY TAX FOR THE NEXT- TWO YEAR! Unanimous Vote of the London County Delegation in the General Assembly. "(Special to The Bulletin.) March 7.—It. was unani- thé members from ove | member. with tupercalosls. epresentative Whiton of New Lon- don_presided as chairman at the meeting, which ‘was called to discuss matters of county Interest. go Large Expendituresin Sight. ‘ommissioner Williamg, th speaker. kaid that he kngw of nethe ing in the near future that would re- quire the county to penditures. He €ars | carded in political circles as the most | 2F8L Ao SLow and it may ny time wh it advisable to lay a As the pamber of licenves within the coun- lecrease the rev - ea B8 ‘enues will like- tax the county’s revenue will b Y e me sufficient to No County Tax for Period of 15 Years In response to an i - i inquiry from Sen- unty roperty- S R R ps ever have been. by s Improvements at Norwich Jail. sion, in response to an invitation from Mr. Whiton, sald ay f m, a few words before Petition from Nerwich: Citizens. Mr. Gunshanan stated he ha -~ celved a petition signed b’mnnyd r;;- resentative citizens of Norwich in fa- Romeades IR 2 S0 3 sal 2 1 that 'the sentiment in Norwich -:2 ch institution in New London .:ounsl.l At present, said Mr. Gunshanan, about forty people die of tuberculosis New London county each year, but we find that we can’t get the peowom that are afficted the dis A R sl el e state Bnfl Home Nesded in' Eastorn Connecticut. that the coms. iVe one such 7.—Under £ Part With Our National\Existence” —Approves Reciprocity Agresment. Ottawa, Ont, March 7.—The reci- Procity agreement wea. endorsed, loy- ailty to Great Bflt‘;’ln affirmed, by Sir La of the dominio; speech he has procity debate. His for good relations were especially_em- phasized. 2 MR It was once the conviction of every States. Although it, was flat- :’e:fln:. he sald, to American pride that ul extend over the whole continent, he urged that his neighbors should re- Canadians were bornm under the Same flag as the ancestors of the American people. 8 flag_under which Americans may have suffered oppres- sion, but which to Canadians has been and is more than ever the emiblem of freedom. 3 Are as Proud as Americans, “If 4ou have founded THREATENS THE /PROSECUTION /7 OF “ARCH. CONSPIRATORS.” SAYS HE IS A-POOR MAN His Recent: Defonse Cost Him $25,000 w of Interior lesues State- ment Regarding His Resignation. In giving his comsent. to the; secre-| 's* Tetirement Mr. Talt takes oc- casion to-declare with marked empha- sia his unchanging faith-in the integ- rity, the motives and tne official acts aseailed decliiring been “the subject of one of the most unscrupulous conspf ies for the de- famation of charscter that history can ow. Ballinger Says He is a Poor Man. The secretary late today in a'written statemgnt expressed the intention to return forthwith te Seattle and after o than $25,000 and that he is now a poor man. At the same time he declares it are | his puropse now “to prosecute the arch th our lives.” E Spesch Regarded as Importsnt. ‘The prime minister's speoch.{s re- important utterance on the subject that has been made on the Canagian side of the line. LUNATIC OUTWITTED % BY CLEVER WOMAN Distracted His Attention by. Pretend- ing That \She Was D¥ing. commission der insane five years ago. DENIED BENEFIT OF THE PAUPER'S OATH Greene and Gayner Returned to Bris- on at, Atianta. Ga., March 7—Denied the vilege of taking the pauper's oath off the fine of $575,000 l‘lmh,lco “ D. Greeno-snd John F. Gaynor todsy were sent back to: the federal prison to await further sction-in thelr cases. The hearis ‘et Commissioner Colauitt was® postpomed after servii frauds in s.mn‘ harbor ,-m e BRO' RS CONTEST FOR FATHER'S WEALTH. OBITUARY. P Admiral John" Charles Fremont. Boston, March 7.—Rear Admiral John Charles Eremont, commandant of the Charlestown navy yard, for thirty-six years_active in the service of. the Walter Lowie Fisher, Mr. Bullinger's successpr, is & republican, and it was said at the White House today tha Senator Cullom of Illinois was consult- onal Conservation . assoc! ton, of which Gifford Pinchot is presi- Ballinger’s Statement. This is the statement, in part, which o necessary rest will actively take up my Pprofessional worik. RAISED $150,800 BY PRAUDULENT PRETENSE. | Prominent Lenden Woman ~Asssssed $17,500 Damages for Her Misrepre- sentatiens. 7.—Mrs. Blizabeth Horne, the well knewn tualist and preacher of the anclent o died of he Idahe i-E B a mu!:l'gry 'v'v”ormm ait hibition. amendment to. the Vot~ a Representative says the new. ‘ess will searchi; 1 g inquiry Tato. the James E. Martiry recently. olected United Staies senator tm Moo Gied an operation in Plain- ifts Amounting to Nearly $2,000,000 and the SpBOIteent of sveem ooy Professors wero “announced at o of ‘the trust umba university. e Postmaster General - Hitchoeck. dis- A. M. Travej ‘hief cle mll-edm. (Lravers, chief clerk to tmaster.genoral who was found guilty T iim certain rare stam, of manipulating. nt ,"Ky., was shot to_death londay night. Seventy-five shots were fired from ambush as Ayres was ridifig through a lonely wood near his home. The Court of Errors and Appesls Hias decided in favor of the ci'.y”::t New- ark and against the Prudential Ineur- ance: company on a question of - tion nvolving about 32,000,000 of rata~ plainants. ( The Annual. Report ¢ port of the Pennsyl- vania Rail company shows " that the total operating revenues on the Bnes directly operated were $360,457,- 298 for the past year, an increase of $10,863,465 over the previous year. he Famous Taft Philippine Party, which & few years amo visited the OT1. ent under the-leadership of Mr. Taft, then secretary of war, held its annnal Louniog Monday night at the home of Miss Mabel T. Boardman in Washing- n. The. Request of the Railways in of- ficlal classification. territary that they Dbe permitted voluntarily to suspend proposed advances in, class rates from March 15 until November 1, next, was denfed by the interstate commerce commission. For the Second Time in the past two months the stock holdings. of J. B, Morgan in the New York, Néw Haven and “Hartford railroad have: been at- tached in the interest of C L. Barbour of New York,in a suit braught Dby-him to the superior court to recover $250,000 damages. s SUES TO RECOVER - 4313 FOR PRAYERS. Novel ‘Litgation ‘Begun Agsinst Execu- tor of a Springfield Estate. Springfield, Mass., March 7. of 3813 for prayers ars the princi items.scheduled in a suit flled in the Hampden county superior court today by Joseph Eatofft of Buffalo, N. X. against Edwin C. Gardner, executor of the estate of the late Harris Goodman, of Springfleld, who died a vear ago. Estoff is a brother of Goodman, the latter, having changed hi$ name when he began business in this city. The Dill for prayers is divided into two sections. In ome Estoft claims $18 for prayers for the dying, offered- by him ‘when Goedman was upon his deathbed. In addition, Kstoft asks the coyrt to award him $300 for repeating daily m a s ‘This item spzcifies #Bad Fdith Allegation Receives Atten- iling Tnterest Acquired Tn An Tl ,JCONNECTS WITH BOSTON & New Haven, Conn, March /.—“Pags ties in the interest of the Vermont - Valley Railroad company, @ corpord- tion of the state of Vermont, have pur- ¢hased the Interest of the Sortwell es- tate in the Montpelier and Wells River railfoad, the Barre railroad -and the Barre railwa % " Becomes Part of Boston and Maine. This announcement was made this afternoon from the offices of the N York, New Haven and Hartford rail- _road here. It is further stated that as soon a: the legal preliminaries can be arranged the properties will be merged into and become a part of the Boston and Maine railroad system and thereafter be op- erated as a part of the same. Includes Sixty Miles of Read. Tht announcement of this purch: discloses a new step taken by th Haven company in its contest the Grand Trunk. This newl line reaches from Wells River, V: Mofitpelier, Vt., with branche: arre and to one or two other point the whole including about si¥ty mil, {of road. | The line is a pretty oid one. having | been opened in 1873, and of late excepting in one year, has pai < portant Feeder of the Latter System. At Wells Riv, Operates Between Wells River ind Montpeliér, a tance of 60 Mllu, and Opens Entrance for the B M. to Grain Fields of Central Vermont—Has Gei U'erally Paid 5 Per Cent. on $800,000 of Stock.~ per cent. upon s stock of $ it connects Boston and Maine and at with the Varmont Central, leased to the Grand Trunk. A Feeder to the,Grand Trunk. It is understood have Deen a uable feeder to the“Grand Truni syss tem, particularly in connection the Barre quarries. The con interest in the road hitherto is under- stood to have been held by the Sorts | well estate. 2 Opens Entrance to Verment Graim Fields. , Boston, March 7.—The Sortwell es= tate possessed a_controlling interest all three lines which have just el hands. The three roads were cont: by former Mayor Alvin F. Sortwell Cambridg o0 dted last year. Hitherto Boston and Maine Hues have had no direct conmection withh Montpelier or Barre. ¥ Central Vermont’s Only Cempetitor. ‘oniza ftod A Outside of the Montpelier and Wi s River railroad, the Central Ve has had no competition. The scquisi= - small Toads will gite ine a direct enir@@es into the important grain fields of eem- tral Vermont. ———— 1 FOR SINGLE FARE ON TROLLEY LINE. Waterbury and Naugatuck Want Single | Fare Connection. [ March 7 The rolley road between augatuck was a sub- cussion before the committee on railroads this afternoon. and bad faith was charged against the Connecticut company In not putting into effect ‘an agreement said to ha ‘been made by the senate and hou: chairmen of the committee last session with a representative of the New Ha- ven road. Hartford, Conn., double fare on t tion. ‘Who this répresentative was did not ‘come -ont for some time, and then the nameé was given of J. F. Whittemoré, a director, now dead. “Thereupon Vice President E. G. Buckland of the Con- necticut company asked that the sub- Jject .pe assigned for another hearing on March 14, when the matter of the charge of bad faith will be Inquired into. The hbaring was on bills of Repre- sentative Caine of Naugatuck and Representative Thoms of Waterbury for a single fare between the two places. When the petitioners started to put in their side on the merits of the contention reference was made to the withdrawal of bills last session af- fer promise made that the fare would be adjusted. Letters Produced to' Show Bad Faith. This led to inquirfes and the state- ment waes made that Senator Bowen, then senate chairman, and Represent- ative” Chandler, then heuse. chairman, had had & eonference with Mr. Whitte- more, on the wtrength of which the dally prayers for fifty weeks at $6 per ‘week. s Estoff's total clabm estate is $553. LODGE IN CONVENT FOR FOUR CENTS PER NIGHT. Autherities Provide for the Poor Dur- ing the Camorrist Trials. Viterbo, Italy, March 7.—Already the people are beginning to gather for the trial of Erricons and the other Camor- rists who are charged with the murder of a former member of the band, Gen- against his he | naro Cuccocolo, and his wife. The date | Hus LoNG PRISON TERM. Has Boen Fighting to Escape It for Last Thres Years. San Francisco, March 7.—Having ex- hausted every legal resource u a three fixed for the opening session is March 1 1 Many witnesses are in the hands of ths guthorities. under eareful guard, . 1 cents & night. WALTER L. FISHER NEW SECRETARY OF INTERIOR. Says He Appreciates Its Responsi es angl Opportunities. York, March . New “I_have no' statement to mmake ex- cept that I have this pasition With a deep appreefation of its obliga- ons amd of its opportunities to acs complish practical and co; work.”” BODY OF MISSING ;m!mbsu MAN EOUND id Underneath a House He Formerly Occupied.” : Meriden, Conn., March 7.—Missing since Baturday, John Mansolf, 55 years old, of Colony road, was found. formerly lived oL temporary sherration| of: ti sought shelter there. e g vmg STORM bills were ed. Excerpts from Aetters bearing this out were produced. ; < The~ ' Mr. Whittemore was | Quoted as taking wasithat it was not desired that the legislature establish the ‘precedent of regulating fares on L. 'ySs. POR EDUCATION, ., $150,000 FOR MISSIONS ‘hny Public Bequests in Will of John Ward of Newton. Cambridges, Mass, March 7.—The sum of $12,000 is left to the Congregg- tional Bducation society by the willfof John Ward of Newton, filed for pro- bate here today, the income to be used toward the ent of salaries in edu- cational institutions in Minnesota and Nebraska conducted by the soolety. French-American _college at eld receives $10,000 to be ap- | salarie les. The. resfiiue of the estate, which is estimated at about $160,000, 1s divided equally between the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the Massachusetts Home Missio society and the American MissioRary soclety. SEVERAL CALIFORNIA CITIES UNDER WATER Bridges Washed Away as Result of Rain Following Heavy Snowfall. San Francisco, Mgrch 7—Following a‘ fain of unusual violence with a heavy fall of snow in the mountains, railroads _thrpughout _central _and northern California are experencing | $2 diculty in maintaining schedules to- night. Considerable damage n done in farm and orchard regions by high, water, Bridges, have been wash- ed away and flood conditions prevail in :svanx citles. $500 A NIGHT FOR £ * . “UNCLE JOE” CANNON. Retiring Speaker Turns Down a Very Flattering Offer of Lyceum Bureau. Washington, Mareh 7—“Five hun- dred- oliere s night for one Mundred nights” wae an offer telegraphed fo- day from a western lyceum burean to Representative Cannon of Illinois, the retiring speaker of the-house. “Too busy” was the substance of the ply telegraphed back by Mr: Canron, 'he’ offer prescribed ithat Mr. Cannon CAUSES DAMAGE OF $100,000 | Houses* Unroofed and Cattle Killed “Fridiana, illinois and Kentucky. At BOSTON EX-SENATOR IN. CHARLES STREET JAIL. Lumber Charged to Onto *Outgoing Freight Tra Z Boston, March A search e police for former State Senator J. Linehan of South Hoston ended ay when he surrendered himself police headquarters to answer to & warrant based on an indictment allege " ing forgery, uttering, lurceny and com= cealing stolen goods in connaction with certain sales of lumber chary to the ty_of Boston. Linehan's clerk, Jolin L. Sullivan, was arrested last Thufs- day on charges in connection with & lumber sale and was released on $1.500 ‘bail. 2 The police had a warrant for 3 at the time, but fricnds of the Sot Boston: polifician were atixious 16 range bail, and.he remained in seel: sion untl] today, when he rode to quarters in an automobile himsaIf up. b4 “Linshan Taken te Jail Linehan was immediately takem to the superfor criminal court, where ball of 35,000 was required. 'The securitien which were offered were nof and he was remanded to e Chuties street jail. Several months ago it was diseov~ ered that certain lumber compamies wera recetving telephone orders for goods from men claiming to be elfy officials, but it 13 alleged that when the lumben, was delivered at ffia place designated it was immediately sent oft in anothér direction and some of it was traced to outgoing freight trains. The matter was laid before the grand and indictments returned against Line~ han and Sullivan. Prisoner a fPolitical Leader. _. Frank J. Linelian has been a politieal to- - | figure in the state for several yemsw. A tha He has served in both branches of city government and also At branches of the legisiature. memorable democratic state tion at Springfield, when two held meetings in most turbulent was a_leader of one of th Since his retirement from public life o has been engaged in the contracting ‘business. SOLD 8TOCK BUT NEVER DELIVERED IT George H. Munroe on Trial in New York for Misuse of the Mails. New York, March 7.—George H. Mumroe, charged with misuse of malls in selling wireless l“chk. which o by Postmaster against alleged fraudulent stock ulators, who, /1t is charged, milons of dollars through carried on by m-.nm the malls. overpment has brought tnesaes Enl'h.-!g’ and from Albu. ere from i, o queggue, N. M. other dlstant polats in the country. *Among those who _testified were Mrs. Carmine Vognati of ton, who said she invested $100 Margaret Hennessy, Braintree, Max Hoefer, St. Peter, and John H. Burns, Pe all of them alleging that ’;so o The case wi had no returns, tomorrow. Steamship Arrivals. March 7, Lusttania, 7, Pannonia, from New York. . . “At Naples: March 7, Codrié, from New York. Naval War Collége at Newport. 3 Ry and g ave. 3 ] 2