Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 16, 1911, Page 1

S & Strong Arguments Made at Statelume by C'mms of Norwich and New London PRODUCTION OF A LIVING EXHIBIT « Norwich Youth Who Hu Been Undergoing Treatment : at Hartford Home, Presented to, Committee—Mrs. Lanman Tells of Dilfl:ulty of Finding Places for Girls Afflicted with “White Plague.” — (Spectal o The Bulletin.) March 15.—A crowded the opening afternoon ing. the committee on humane in- stitutions on the bills mal priations for the establishment in London and Middlesex homes for the care and treatment of patients suffering with tuberculosis. Many Present from Norwich. Middlesex county citizens first had the foor, their hearing being first on the list. but much that was sald towna yithin its border tative Knight of Salisburs, of commission which has of the management of the ihree tuberculosis homes already tablished in the state—at Shelton, Meriden and Hartford—was the first speaker, reviewing for those present the hisi of the legislation leading to the a ng of the homes and also_the work that has been' done at them. Favors Homes in Every County. Dr. Knight expressed himself as in favor of having homes in both New L and Middlesex counties, from LIk matients are now frequently ®ent for treatment to the state homes i.saus eswapusded n other counties l)r Knight gave expression to his be- lief that if such homes were estab- lished in -every coupty in the state, which may be done ander the present law, that the number of persons af- 1licted with the great white_ plague is #o large in Commecticut that each rould soon contain its capacity mum- Ver of patients. Morgan Spoke for New L-»un. | Following those who Sahe & of Seinblishing 2 home i Sgenty. Ragresentative my of New London first l&‘ on ha-n ‘ot ew London e-.n, en_appropristion for the The speakers &5 was not partieular in which Mayor Dunn Speaks for Windham. Mayor Dunn of Willimantic said a word in favor of the bill as an east- ern Connecticut man. belleving it would be a benefit to Windham cotin- tr. Dr. Thempson Tells ‘of Ravages of Tuberculosis. Dr. George H. Thompeon, heaith of- ficer, Norwich, told the committee that exacted tribute since the dawn & manity, ‘but it an bé stamped eut by proper methods, Mrs. Lanman Speaks for Red Cross. Mrs. Gertrude La represent- ing the Red Cross, of Norwich, was the next er. Of all the appeals made to the com- mittee in behalf of sich a home as is being asked for in New London county. that of Mrs. Lanman was most pathetic it not the mest impressive. t iliuminated the dire, necessity of having such an institution, in @ man- ner different from that consincingly conveyed by the speakers who consid- ered the question from other stand: points. Has 600 Gi Under Her Careé. Mrs. Lanman told the committee that she came before them without statistics, but as ope who had 600 girls under her care and that she Jiatied to plead for the Bomie-with all e peaking_of e’ s, pecae of young wormien in whom she Is Interest- &8 ste (01 of (e aimoy insurmount- has experienced -| London Sometities ~when a_livels, hm. riend has commenced to. toms of the dread muu. fud & them in some institution wi way might have proper cars at I such care was | practice of living out of doors that is prevalent at his home, He believed tuberculosis to be the easiest to cure of all dangerous diseases. He did mot belleve it necessary to send patients :"...m"" Aor iis trouble:. Sroper t ~for @ht may be given mearer home. R-w Yiondon county, however, has institution 18 asked for. cipal thing is to get-a place tients may be treated without away, a place where they may have proper care and be content to remain. €. D, Noyes Said It Would be a God: . send to Thousands. C. D. Noyes, representing. the Nor- wich Business Men's tion, ask- ed the committee to consider the in- terests of the eastern end of the state, which today has nothing in way of such advantages which would be, a Godsend to the thousands of people in that gection, hundreds of whom are employed as operatives in the mills and_ factories. Mr. Noyes said that he feit that the appeal of Mrs. Lan- man’s should go straight to every heart in connection with-this matter. Representa Whiton of New London Representative Lucius E, Whiton of New Lendon talked along the line of the tremendous influence that the es- tablishment of a county home would have in an educational way as to cre- ating and stimulating interest for the prevention of tuberculosis. Dr. Jennings Believes It Very Desira- ble. o Dr. George Jemnings, president of the New London Medical society, said that the plan to have a sanatorium not fare distanct from the patients® homes was very desirable and he felt certain that it would have a great ed- acquainted with its ‘methods. Dr, jy S8ays Physicians Fav Dr. P. J. Cassidy said the physicians New London county -were all in of a sanatorium in workings 80 to & distant sanatorium for treat- ment, eiting & specific case, when a tuberculosis mother is apt, because she will not go away for treatment, to infect her chiliren with the dis- ease. This woman would enter ‘a atorium if it were near her home. Graves of New London. Dr. ‘Graves of New London reiter- spol need of such an institution both for inciplent and advanced cases of the disease under discussion. > Health Officer . Attorney A. M. Brown. health offi- cer for New London county, Aol the committee that his statistics show that 250 cases of tuberculosis arise in that county each year and that a sanator- fum is ny there. Dr..D. J. S8hahan Alse in Favor. Dr. D. J. Shahan, Norwich, repre- senting the Norwich Medical associ- ation, endorsed all that bad been said by other speakers. Henry Pedk: Produces Living Exhibit. Henry Peck, representing the Nor- wich board of trade, brought in a liv- ing exhibit, Robert Evans, to show what may be done for persons suffer- ing_with tuberculosis, Young Mr. Evans, formerly. a resi- dent on Peck street, Norwich, and one of the special cases in which Mrs. Lanman is interested, is now as he ‘has heen for & year, a patient gt the Hartford county Home for tuberéulosis patients. Since he was sent there, Something more than a year ago, he has gained 18 pounds in weight and at the hearing his plump appearance and the heaithy tan on his well round- ed face was a convincing demonstra. tion of the good that is being done in sueh institutfon: A Valuable Bit of Evidence. He was 4 valuable plece of evidence in favor of New. London county get- tng a_home that others may be saved as he has been. Judge Barnes 8ays We Have Salubri- ous Air. Judge John H. Barnes, Norwich, said! that the great white plague can bs mastered. God has given New county flne, salubrious air, and gfl a sanatorium established there - doty owed to ‘the many people who suffer or likely to suffer sease. with “the di Fraricis J. Luv-u We Need It. « Francis J. Leavens, ‘Norwich, told the cvmtnlnea that his county needed & sanatorjum—ought to have i, in fact. Dr. LaPierre on White Plague’s Rav- ages. Dr.. LaPlerre, Norwich, said to the committee that the physicians of his county- see’ whole families swept aw-- by tuberculosis. ‘A poor man who gets the disease in New London county must die. The physician found it al- most impogsible to get a place for such patients and that offen they re- main at home, with 8 'liabilicy of in- fecting other memberssof the family. | sPeck M. J.. Kelley for.the Working l'.-ph. M. J. Kelley, Norwich. mm m working people, and committee to report the il o favora- Drs. Hembkle, Black and New Lohdon were also’ md ufly in favor of the bl Dr. 3.3, e raady’ the. :ln-mc remukl. stating Whe would be hg-hbu, Sxcept e Tor _the lateness of No . Rivairy Between T fi Notwllh‘llnfl"fi that it. -.3 the committes in 1o u; needed *'Adelalde, mfiu March 15—The ‘wry farming congress yesterday ' de- © t, the Wyoming system, ‘which mhn experts re- cently investigated. ayaipgraiso, Chill, w 16—Presi. lent Barros gave a nep t night for Captain Gove, Cothmander hetos, nd the rs of the American bat- Heanip Delaware, Berlin, March 15—Yabe, special commissioner from . Japan, arrived here today to assist the embassy. in negotiating a renewal of the commer- clal treaty between Germany and Japan. Viterbo, Italy, March 15—A jury was Secured today for the trial of the 36 member of the Camorra, who are charged iy various degrees with the murders their cflnfoderltu, Gen- naro Cuoccolo and his wi it 8 Bremen, March 15.—The annual re- port of the North German - Lloyd Steamship company for 1 10 shows gross profits of 38,150,000 581!50). as compared with marks for the previous year. A divi- dend ‘of three per cent.” was declared for v‘lh‘ year, Anl.m no- dividend -the previo Dublin, 15. — Augustus Roche, a Redmondite. was elected to- day to the seat for the north division e last wumemary poll- was secured by fraud. CONNECTICUT CESSPOOL FOR DISEASED CATTLE Startling Statement at Hearing Be- fore Committee on Agriculture. Hartford, March 15.—Bovine tuber- culosis was threshed out at a hearing before the agricultural committee this afternoon. There are four bills which have been presented, all of a like na- ture in that they require that cattle brought into this state from other states be subjected to the tuberculin test; that cattle suffering from the disease be marked and that ra\lronds shall not transport cattle not havi certificate of health and fbat cats tle may be held and tested. State Board Favors Test. F. E. Duffy of West Hartford said that the state board of agriculture, of which he was a member, favored the bills and gaid he was opposed to the dumping of diseased cattle into the state. Children Made 11l by Milk of Tuber- cular Cows. Dr. Henry F. Stoll of Hartford cited a_report, which showed that of 220 children suffering from the disease 26 per cent. of them the bovine type and that the disease could be traced to the drinking of milk: from infected cows. Ten per cent. of the cattle in the country, he said, have- tubercu- losis. Child Made Hunchback by Infected Milk. t of Hartford told his family now 21 years old, who is a hunchback ag the Tesult of having been fed -when an infant on milk from an infected cow. State Cesspool for Diseased Cattle. Protesor Tenlkinn, of the agricultural station at' New Haven said this state was @ cesspool for diseased cattle. Some Opposjtion to Test. The bille were opposed by Senator Peck of Stratford. E. G. Seeley of Roxbury also opposed the test be- cause it had killed a .great many splendid cattle. CHILD MURDERED AN LODGING HOUSE Body Found in Room . Which Was Rented by Strange Man. Portland, Ore,, March 15.—The body of Barbara Holfzman, a five year old girl, was found in & rooming house here today by Mrs. Gertie Nelson, pro.. prietress of the house. The girl, who had been murdered, was the daugh- ter of a_mechani¢ who lives within - few blocks of the rooming house. She was sent to a butcher shop yesterday and_did /mot return. Room Rented by Strange Man. Mrs. Nelson says that a strange man rented a room from her vester- day morning. She did not suspect anything wrong ‘until today when she went tothe room, found the door locked and burst it open. Huddled on the bed ,almost entirely covered 'by the bedclothing, was the body of, the little girl, partly disrobed. GIRLS CAUSE SENSATION IN. PANTALOON SKIRTS. Mobbed in Rio. Janeiro Streets and «Garments Torn Off Them. Rio “Janeiro, March 17.—The panta- 1oon skirt has reached Rio Janeiro, and two girls who were engaged to popu- larize the. curious ent, which is called ‘here the “culotte jupe” mobbed in the streets. ‘The police were called in to evict one of them from a cafe and she was jostled by the crowds that gathered, while the other was saved from com- plete denudement only with some Gifi- culty. The mob seemed greatly amused and gathered up portions of the garment as souvenirs. BUSINESS KILLED BY “SAFETY AND SANITY” were Application Filed for 'Dissolution of Pain Fireworks Company. New York, March 15.—“Safe and sane Fourth” campaigns have so cut off the demand for firecrackers and fireworks that a ‘mafority of the stock- holders —in the Pain Manufacturing company applied on _this_ground to the supreme. court today for -permis- sion to dissolve ‘the corporation—one of the largest and best-known fire- ‘works concerns in the country, Spesigh Conclave Reyal Arch Masons. £ Conn., March 15.—Members conclave for the purpose of re. iving an official visit from the gener- grand high priest of the United States, Judge Nathan Kingsley of Aus- tim, Minn, 4 Tax on Lawyers and Doctors. nidontgamery, “Ala.. ‘March 16.—Tho house dedex/angpted, o section of she il taxing lawyers and doc- por_annum. Tt will net &'-uu 750,000 a year. ‘was shown to the committee: ing in ‘either county to the: mmorneyho Thé vol the ‘weré raised il ittee: as- exist- stabli sices at ai if of FIT TO NOLD PU'LIC OFFICE. ELECTIONS A DISGRACE Ex-President Addresses Large. Audi- ence at Albuguerqus, New Mexico— House Crowded to Doors. ety Albuguerque, N. M., March 15.—Col- onel Roosevelt _pail by name to Senator Lorimer of Illingls and ex-Governor Haskell of Oklahol tonight. He denounced both as “unfit to hold public office. Their Election a Disgrace. Their election, he said, was a dis- grace to the communities which. elect- ed them. Opera House Growded to Doors. The denunciation was made in an address to an audience which crowded the “opera_house and left hundreds standing cutside. - Unfit Men :Elected in. Two -Ways. Turning to the duties which the citi zens of New Mexico must take up when the territory becomes astate Colonel Roosevelt said that unfit men had been elected to office both by pop- ular and representative. Such a Man’Remains Unfit. Such a man remained unfit for office, he sald, “whether he is unfit, as Mr. Lorimer is unfit, who was elected by the legislature of Illinois, or as Mr. Haskell is nnfll who was elected by popular vote.” FOURTEEN GAP?URED IN GAMBLING RAID. Safe in an.Alleged Joint Found to Contain $8,000 in Silver and Bills. New . York; March 15.—Police raid- ‘ers under Police Deputy Flynn smash- ed their way through a skylight and foan alieged gabling resort im Bast in an alle g resort in it Fourteenth . street late today, not a stone's throw from Tammany Hall Fourieen prisoners were taken and held in $500 bail each, which was furnished by Martin Engel, a Tammany worker. According to the police the raiders landed directly on top- of a crap table as'they descended: from the skylight. A safe was found to contain $8,000 in silver and small bils. BEER CHECKS GET . MAN INTO TROUBLE Too Closely -Ressmbled ' Nickels Please. the Gov ncvmmnt to cent piece. He was taken before issioner Wright and held un- bonds for a hearing March At today's hearing it was. alleged that children in the.neighborhood at- tempted to use the checks for money. MASSACHUSETTS CLERGY OPPOSE NUDE STATUES | lssue Circulars -~ Protesting Against Apgropriation for Museum. Boston. March 15.—Because of their objections to the nude statues in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Bishop Willard F. Mallalieu of the Methodist Episcopal church and a number of other clergéymen of Boston and vicin- ity have sent out a circular in epposi- tion to a Dill pending in the legisla- ure to permit-the city of Boston to approprints 350000 yearly for main- tenance ‘of the museum. $2,500,000 EXPLOSION LOSS AT PLEASANT PRAIRIE. s to Be Made Good by Dupont Do Mours Powder Company. Kenosha, Wis.,, March 15.—A sum- mary of -the cost to'‘the Dupont De Mours Pawwer company caused by the explosion last. Thursday of the powder mills at Pleasant Prairie, including re- pairs to broken glass in cities along the lake shore and this vicinity, brings the figures to $2,500,000. Officers of the company announced tonight that they would pay nothing for 'shattered nerves unless the victims won - suits_in court. THE RESIGNATION OF REV. DR. AKED ACCEPTED Thil Resolutions |7 d. His Work. New York, March 15.—The resigna- tion of Rev. Charles ¥. Aked, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baotist church, who has received a call to San Fran- cisco. was accepted by the congrega- tion at a special meeting tonight. Res. olutions prafsing the preacher and his work were -offered and passed. OBITUARY. John Hovey Rice. . Chicago, ‘March " 15.—John ~ Hovey Rice, an attorney of. civil war fame, who represented. the Fourth congres- sional district of Maine in congress three terms and. later was collector of the port of Bangor, is dead ‘here at the age of 95 years. He was an at- torney for, more than 70 - years: and had been an intimate friend of Lin- coln. . Since 1899 he.had lived in Chi- | cago. with, his’ children, Ex-Gov. William D. Bloxhlm Tallahassee, Fla.. March 15. Gov. Willlam D. Bioxham died at hll home here today., He was a confed- erate ‘veteran and has been Florida’s Secretary- of e, 2 member of ‘the legisiature and served-in other capaci- es. “Noah’s Fload,” the Latest Play. New-York, March 15.—The New' the- ater has. cnmp;eted its ‘cast for “Noah's Flood, ry play which will be given nm-w ice Wanton,” a mor- ality play. at the fizst d:; the ooy Mmh 21. é‘& bega c-nfi-l-rm Véterans Voluntesr fc ice., his respects h)' i NIBIE Tlu“ MPANY. MADE LARGE LOANS TO IT Which' He is Not Likely to be Able to Collect—New. York City Funds Tied Up_ by, Company’s Failure, New York, March 1:—Thau mere three important developments t the grand. jury's investigation into oo the affairs of the defunct. Carnégle Trust company. The district attorney announced that Andrew Carnegie may. be called 'as a ‘witness. Robin to Testify Today. It was announced upon adjournment of the grand jury session. that Joseph G. Ropin, who has pleaded guilty to larceny in his banking operations, Will probably be the principal witness to- morrow. It came’out in the text of a letter made public that’ William - J. Cummins, a directing head of the Car- negle Trust company, wWas recom- mended to Charles H. Hyde, the city chamberlain, who supervised the de- Bokits Fat sy e by Jordan J. lns, now cf 1° for the state hanking department. * City Funds Tied Up.. Thousands of dollars of city fuids have been tied up in’the failure ‘of the trust company and jn Robin’s institu- tions. ‘With, regard to Mr. Carnegie, Dis- trict Attorney Chatrles S. Whitman made this statement today: Carnegie Lost Money on Loan: “The books of the trust company show that Andrew Carnegie lent it vast sums of money. He never got it back and I think it is doubtful if he ever will get it back. “It is more than likely that Mr. Car- negle will be asked to tell the grand jury about these loans. He will be called if the evidence shows that his testimony is necsssary. $2,000,000 MEMORIAL TO GEORGE WASHINGTON. Main Audi im to Be Dsdicated to gners Declaration of Independence. New York, March 15.—The mana- gers of the George Washington Memo- rial association, which iy to erect at ‘Washington, D. C., a $3,000,000 memo- rial to the first president of the re- public, “will dedicate_ the main audi-, torium as a bpecial ‘memorial {o the signers of the Declaration of Inde- d Pflll goflu is nn outcome of the loji” of a Bill” in- tive Catiin of nunorlll 22 the signers ot lasting ‘historical doc -flhnan building to The ‘De erected at the national capital will be one of the handsomest- bulldings in the country, VETERANS DEFEND RECORD -OF BUTLER Criticiams at Statue Hearing Tuesday Answered Yesterday. Boston, March , 15.—The record of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler found many defenders today before the legisiative committee which is' considering the question of the ereotion of a_ Butler statue on the)state howse. groun Several of the speakers were colored mien. Edward B, Piefce of Lowell answer- ed many of the criticisms of Butler's record. ColL A. C. Braintree said that ‘was a soldier, statesman, jurist and orator who_ stood out boldly against ‘know-nothingism’ and deserved ‘a lamm : STATE DEPARTMENT TO | TAKE UP DE COU MURDER American Wi Killed by Arabs North Coast. of : Afrioa. Boston, March 15.—Meagre infor- mation to the effect that Herbert De Gou, official excavator of aa expedition being conducted by- the Archaeological Institute ‘of America on’ the north { coast of Afriea, “was - murdered < re- cently by -Arabs, -has - been received. Gardiner M. Lane, president of the { Art museum, requested, throdwh Sen- ator Henry Cabot _Lodge, that the state department make a thorough in- vestigation ‘of ‘the alleged murder. { ADMITS MURDER OF on Adury Park Mystery Solved by(Gor- man Private Detective. Asbury Park, N. J, March 15— Frank E. Heidemanu was arrested here today charged with the murcder of Marie Smith, the ten year old girl who was assaulted and murdersd on the outskirts of Asbury Park last Novem- ber. Heidemann is a German laborer and aceording o the police, made. full con- fession 'of the murder. - He had been trailed for four months by a private detective who, being a German, gained his confidence and became his room mate. SEAMSTRESS CARED FOR IN VANDERBILT VESTISBULE. Woman Had Been Knocked Down by "Auto ‘in Fifth Avenue. * New York, March 15.—The vestibule of William' K. Vanderbilt's Fifth Ave- nue. residence was turned into-a tem- porasy iniapital {ssighe for ihe benef of Mrs. Mary Cunningham, a seam- stress, who had been- knocked down and ,serio AR jnjured by an automo- dile.in front of Blizzard g in Michigan. .. Sault Ste Marie, Mich., March 15.— -torn"v: of the winter is 3 'fi‘, 1:&« 'meh aviator, i TEN YEAR OLD GIRL. of the Standera 0 comy Bis desk at 26 Broadway, Tln Goulds lu MIII the Missourl Pacific o opinions oxyms!d o Cluos in the Case of’ M Mndwhi Drummond’s Tost jewels, ' valwed $130,000, have led detsctlves o )! Springs, ¥ Anthony Dugo ‘and aoupn MulH&ig‘ both of whom the police received threatening lette: and Kkilled in a Chicago al Oy dan s Rei Reld and: Mis their honeymocy {n Mexi 2 Judge William H, West, 85 vears old, kiown as_the “blind man- eloguent,? who Iost His sight while a ‘tember. the supreme court of Ohio. is dead. Under the’ Honduran Peace’ a ment it is agreed that Frapcises ran; 'the provisional president,’ have the support of all the. factions. A Bill Providing for nn s -fiyq referéendum and recall for all palities in_California, was: sij Governor Johnsop. It will' become a Iaw ‘In sixty days, Owing to Cracks alwen.flns i walls of old St. Peter’s Cathblic e in New “York, frequently b ms 'nas Cardinal Gibbons, the been posted as unsafe. E. B. Meyster of Hyattevills, a first class_gun pointer of the « California, shot and killed Bessie a dance hall singer, Huge o hotelclerk, and himself. a:.rdymg n San’ Franéisco. + - The Cal of a General Mnk. of express drivers in New York and Jer- sey City was sanctioned at a joint meeting of the Greater New York-ex- ecutiye councft of the International Brotherhood o Teamstors . and general. council of teamsters uf.ljl’- sey City. Consideration of Future w. o8 and working Gonditions of the New Fng. land members of the Order of mumd Telegraphers was begun with a mesty ing-at ‘Boston of the’ three’ boards of adjustment and arbitration from the New York New ~Hayen & Hartford, Boston & 'Maine, and Maige Centrai railroads. - The $10,000 Prize Offered a aviation. mest last Octobeér for fastest flight from Belmont ‘park’ 1 ue of Liberty and return, was o Count Jacques de Dby the 5 e “Remerice; fiflm":’ T | eontésted .the award, are disqualified. . 3 MELBER CASE WiLL . REACH JURY 'romm'r. ns Toestify That She is- sponsible for Her Actions. Albany, N. Y., March 15.—Téstimony. in the trial of Mrs. Edith Mekber, the young widow who is d\ngod with il ing her child by giving him . carbolic ax by acid .on . January 6, closed ‘when court ld!humql _this aft- ernoon. The detonu MVQ right ot sur-rebuttal, but tI little time, and the case ais g0 to the jury by tomorrow night. Juryman Has Indigestion. - One of the jurors suffered.an attack of indigestion today, ‘but his condition is not such that it is :.hmmht that the trial will be ‘delayed. Physicians Declare Her n.om.-l Three physicians testified today that in their judgment the woman is ra- “tional and was mentally sound when the act was itted. Thesa men were positive that Birs. Stsiber knew what she was doing when she ‘kille her little son. Mrs. Melber Remiins Unmoved; Mrs. Melber betrayed no miore in- terest. in- the proceedings “today than heretofore, but was a trifie less re- poseful. . Several times she swept the crowded court room with ‘a . ‘vacant stare, but_at mo. time .evinved cons- ciousness of what was going on. THUGS MALTREAT AND s 5 i ROB' NEW YORK 'COOK String Him Up by Neck -ni Blash i His Face With New York, March 15 —Entering restaurant on_Cherry streef day, three. holdup men gled Diego Lacala, the cook, strung’Him up by the neck with a ‘Buos which they attached to a meat hook Cieanen Biatace with a knifs 45" they went through his pockets irobbed himy of $136, 2 Atter obbing the cash drawer ot $10, the men fled. DIVORCED AFTER FORTY ., c; auring the the 49 D8, e -—um de- G Wife of Lawyer Lauterbach. Interlocutery Decrse. New York, March 1’ —Today an i o Grantsd ago, and he is 67 years old,” cree provides that he may not marry again during the life of the ife. The suit was brought on-statutors grounds. POLI MAY REBUILD NEW HAVEN THEATER -t Damage at Esti New Haven; March 15—Tha struction of the Bijou Dream .4 YEARS' OF WEDDED LIFE: 1 'de i Civil Ccmrt onChn‘uofSedifion ‘Mexican Govemmnt—& Hundred Américans Sd‘ - t0 Have Enhsted El Paso, Texas, March 15—Assur- ance of the. safety ot all Americans now_confined in Mexican_prisons, w siven In an official statement issubd at Juares tonight. ‘Americans iow - prisoners will have trials in-civil courts on charges of s may: be, subject to the death penalty | i ummary military procedure. .Fifteen. Americans in Federal Ji The st znem. from the Mexican of- ficers wad fSsued relative to the seven- teen foreigners now imprisoned in the federal jail at Casas Grandes. Fifteen of them are Americans and two are the Europeans. Pending their trials, théy will_have the consideration due to prisonérs of war, Colonel Cuellar, in command at Casas Grandes, is suffer- ng from wounds. As soofi as he is able. . to move ‘the prisoners will be marched 170 miles to_Chihiahua to facs the civil courts. I Confined in Cells Under Guard. The men are confined in cells in the. adobe prison, under guard of Mexican soldiers. - Their rations consist of such mn ‘be ‘spared from the military Casas Grandes, 150 miles from B’ Paso, has had mo food suppiies since March 6, when the battle, in which the . insurrectos were defeated, was fought. - These Prisoners Will Not Be' Shot. / Colonel Manuel Tamborel, military €0} ander at Juarez, said Americans have not been shot ana will not be. Colonel Cuellar has 8o reported to us and to Mexico City. It is the intention.to give the men a fair_ trial/ This does not mean that same consideration will be given to forelgners hereafter captured. 600 Americans Rebél’s " Ranks. " It:is_sqid that citizens.of the United States flghting jn_ the. insprrecto ranks number aix hundred: Thi est foice s with Ciptain O Inmecto Army. et L N stoy the cro#sing of Americans from El Paso inito. Mexico, llt ot meflco Chicon, an American pitizen. He was accused of unlawfully ""Y"“ 4 pistol. Chicon hu been here for some time, ntly being observed in company groups of persons who were ob- viously discussing ‘Mexican troubles. Attompt to Blow. up Juarez Barracks, E\‘ Psw Texas, March 15.—An at- t was made tonight to blow up rracks at Juarez, Mexico, Two heavy charges of nitro-glycering wers exploded, tearing out parts of the huilding occupied by the Mexican troops. Two of a small band of in- ectos. who secretly entered the m. were wounded and captured. number of Mexican cavalrymen are reportéd to have been injured. The gtikoked iVarracks ate occupied b the Fourteenth Mexidan cav and Bre in the heart of the town. Texas Bishop Laid to Rest. San _Antonto, Tex.. March 15—The fuperal of Rt. Rev. John Anthony For- est, bishop of the San Antonio Cath ofic_diocese, . took place today. ol emn requiem high mass was held in San Fernando church. / Burial was in Sen Fernando cemetery Limantour May Have Military Escert New_York, March 15.—Senor Liman tour, Mexico Eagle Pass, Texa renrded as a strict form of mlm« mmllty oceurred here today in rrest, by a sheriff and imprison= tatement, urging both Mexicans and ‘Americans who have the interests of his country at heart to unite in the interests of peace. How long the in- surrection will last he could not say. It is understood here that should Mifnister Limantour ask for a military escort, thrqugh Texas his request. will _prébably’ e granted to the extent of ightan, - who dctive in l‘):l:’rluqun Faiicosd. 3 vern. ment officers recaived o v to FALF BREED DIED IN 757 THE ELECTRIC CHATRL Killed Minister and“His Wife to. Get Péssession of Ri X 3. March 15.—John Sears, the 'half bmd who shot and killed. Rev. A. L. Armstrong and Mrs, Armstrong at Dutch Neck last Thanks- giving eve, was_executed by electri- city at the New Jersey state prison to- night. 2 Sears was in such a state of col- 1pse he hod’to be carried to the chair by two deputies. Sears made no statement just befors his exccution, but some days ago he ‘Wrote a history of the murder of the dged_couple which e gave to Deputy Freeman to be published after his death. Sedrs afterward recalled this Story. In the, ats tement he said that e was prompted to kill Dr. Armstrong hy ‘his_desire to get possession of a ring which the minister fore. He said that he shooting of Mes, Armsirong was miot premeditated but followed her throwing a paper wélght at him after ho had ahiot ner pusband. REVOLVER: FUSILLADE IN BOSTON’S SOUTH END Maby Shots Hxchangsd When Thieves Attampted to Steal Tray of Jows Boston, Hnrch “15.—More than a dozen revolver shots were fired in Levi Blumherl"l ‘Washington strees jewelry store in the South End tonight when 1iwo men attempted to steal a tray of gemg. One of the men was later cap- tured after a struggle with an officer and game the name of Harry Chase of New York.. He said he formerly lived in Baltimore. © Onme of the bullets grazed Blumberg’s hlp slightly, but none of the other h took effect. uvm YEARS FOR A " CROOKED BANK TELLER. PhMI)MI Man Pleads Guilty te Em- bezzlement of $7,000. s 'Fhflnflel March 15.—After plead- n-u:y‘;hn the United States distriét court_here todsy to the chalge of sm- beg;:in- about $7,000 from the Western ‘National, bank of this city, Joseph P. Mellon, former paying teller of the in- stitution, was sentenced to seven years' . In the government prison at Atlas .+ by Judge McPhersom Méilon s 38 ye years ol THIRTY WORKMEN BURIED UNDER FALLING WALLS, | Trenton, | the collapse of the walls of the Imirn'la bufldn of the Fall Hardware thirty workmen were b ulldcr tons of brick, mortar and 50 m s known tonight. vt only thlrteun were killed ‘Al of the bodies removed are those h'tt im to the border, where ulun ops. AL .ui’uuelfls BEING IMPORTED FROM GREECE. ;- Aot omun Casés 8n Two Steamers from: ¢ Hallenic Ports. New - - Y March 15 —Guards against the further arrival of cases of spinal meningitis from Greece will be set, and probably a state and federal lnvesnmlon into the widespread epi- demic of the dlsease in that coumtry will be undertaken. All Cases Come fram Gresce. Among Greek passengers in the steerage of two steamers which have arrived this week were sixteen vie- tims of spinal' meningitis, seven of whom had died on the passage. The othér nine cases which are belng treat- ed at the quarantine here are probably fatal ones, it is said. This number is a record, and Dr. Doty, health officer of the port, said today that almost all of the meningitis casés liscoversd jamong immigrants were from Greece. “Undaubtedly Greece i a peculiarly gongenial piace for meningitis germe” Dr. noty ~sald. “Very likely syptematic study there would go 2 long way toward revealing the secret of propagation of the-germ and its - ture.” end Assistance to Greece. Dr... Doty added. that bacteriologieal investigations will be made and con- sultation will be had with Dr. Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute, whose newly discovered serum is'being tested in the case. Later a consultation wilt be soughit “whh Surgeon General man, U. S. N., in an effort to have, ital representatives sent May roece. 'The Austrian steamer Martha Wash~ dngton, tromh h one dead and fl'n: cases. wers yesterday, was y 1eased from qunnuno tonight. ARMY REORGANIZATION 3 Now: SEING corumzu!n —— Purpose to Give Officers Less Office Work and More. Field Work. deration by the war de- central idea of this is yet in the forma- ts mplates the assem of igades of troops . variéus Pefts of the country and fig as mAny §eneral officers as pos- e active: field: command. t 1 nedunwmr-n the offica of rank and tiach them -a oty dn troops. - af rac(y zo the the fleld. THe scheme has nof yet ‘ cor worked, out and be. fote it can be put in operation m Teceive the val of the president. CANCER INCREASING x ;N NEW YORK STATE lufly su Mere Deaths from it Last Year. fm in 1909. Albany, N. Y., llrei 15.—Dr. Harry R Gaylord, dirsctor of m New Yorik except ome. Seventeen-per- | gigie’ sone were injured, mnone seriously. Figh-winds were responsible for the collapse of the walls. FJRE THROWS 300, MEN “ouT oF EMPLOVMENT. or; t Buftalo, re. pom flls!l were 7,505 deaths in fldfl ufimmmmwfl. ‘he -thermometer | Tyesday morning, with a t&;n.‘o! qf u-.mo. 8hops. of Central Railroad of | 508 i degrees during the e Bnow h'gl steadily. 4 ‘More’ P.y -r Legisiators. h-qx Thé . assembl, w _the _cx nlfil\luan of acerd = t vn» about $70,000, may mean u of a new theater by sylveam- Z intimation given out of ‘the Poli theaters. ; - | Coiirt Declins (5 Pase on Claimix. L the-ofice .New Jorsey Dastroyed. Biizabeth, N. J., March 16.Fire| freom-some unknown cause consumed. e mwm« shops of “""‘z‘. "nl New Jersey hery ;mmr:afmen are’ thrown ‘it watehman who was on, } to,Women's Prison. rch - 15—An indetar- ‘prison _.._._._ M MARY, WALKER AT TE € TNEW Egl_l(_l_TA HOUS! & Bill te, Give the Fair fa . he_ met_by an escort of s ¢ S