Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 27, 1911, Page 1

B VOL. _LI—NO. ~100 ) a Charges of Murder Lodged Against Trio of ALLEGED DYNAMITERS N Prisoners in the Los Angeles Jail M'NAMARA IS*IDENT IFIED AS BRYCE Boarding-House Keeper Says They Are One and the Same, But Prisoner Does Not Correspond With Description of Bryce—Western Miners’ Federation Pledges $250,000 for Defence Fund. Tos Augeles, Cal, April 26—-John J. MeNamara, secretary of the Interna- Bridge and Workers' _assoctation James B. McNamara, Fede ot - dhe mlowing -up of th knowledge of . g “ui o Times newspaper plant last October, when 21 men were killed, are in the Los Angeles jall tonight. All Charged With Murd ‘They are inseparate cells, surround- el by extra guards. eharged with murder. Desperate Legal Struggie Expected. They are in saparate coll Indianapolis and Chicago signalizes the beginwing of a desperate leg: truggle. Thus far, however, no definite arrange- ments have been made for their de- fenss. There will be no conferences between the accused men and counsel District tional Manigal. untll tomorrow. Frelerieks, the state w once. announced of arrasgument would nience of the defense. Miners’ Counsel Arrives. N. Hilton, counsel for the WWest- Federation of Miners. who came yesterday, presumably to join counsel for the defense, started today to estab- lish a working force, but stopped all preparations when he received a tele- m from President Ryan of the Iron Workers sssoclation that all matters pertaining to the defense of the inter- secretary eonfederates were in the hands of In- tianapoiis lawyers. Miners Have Pledged $250,000. “There is almost an infinity of things done at once,” there prepurations and there is no money in fund aggregating con o, ern national to be Hilton. “But sight except the 825 who said ready that the formalities 9,000 pledged by of the Western Federation of Miners.” Priseners Rode in Autos. The alleged conspirators arrived at the jall from Pasadena in automo- @iles, after running crowds which in their eagerness to get alimpees of the prisoners borne down more than a score of detegtives and deputy sheriif< San. whe on the way from sub- | Kept Separated on Train. ! During the trip from Dodge City, | John J, McNamara board- @d the train that bore his brother and MoManigil. the three men were kept in separate compartments. They were Structural Iron his brother, nd Ortie E. Mc» activity in or All three are surround- Attorney yesterday that to go to trial at now awalt the and his reputed said Attorns have been no President ‘Moyer through two and then the Times explosion. James Me- Namara, according to detectives, is held as Bryce, the man alleged to have Jaid the infernal machines that blew up the newspaper plant. Mrs. Inger- 8ol peered into the face of McNamara as he entered the machine. The man was shackled to an officer, but he Kept his unbound hards before his face. Despite this, Mrs. Ingersoll said aft- erward that he was Bryce. Does Not Resemble His Descriptio No one, however. could have iden- tifled him as Brvce from the printed descriptions sent out after the indict- ments were found by the grand jury Thin and pale, he looked little like the 160 pound man described in the official circulars. Mrs. Ingersoll will again confront him in jail tomorrow. Crowds Were Orderly. At no time nwas there evident the least sign of anger on the part of the crowds, or of a disposition to justify the apparent fear of the officers that an attempt might be made to rescue the prisoners. Union duttons were plentiful in assemblages, but the men wearing them were as quiet and or- derly as those who displayed no em- blems of affifation with organized la- | bor. Lawyer Drew Fined for Assault. Indianapolis, April 26.—Walter Drew of New York, counsel for the Nationa] rectors’ association, was fined $1 and 0sts today in police court on eonvic- tion of having assaulted a censtable who was seeking to serve a warrant on Detective William J. Burns, charg- ing him with complicity in the alleged kidnapping from this city last Satur- day of J. J. McNamara, secretary and treasurer of the International Associa- tion of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. Judge Suspends the Drew forced the constable into an elevator in a hotel yesterday- The fine, was suspended by Police Judge Collins, by whom McNamara had been t over to a Los. Angeles officer in extradition, proceedings. Burns Refuses to Testify. ve Burns left the city for Chicao -today. . FIs S0 he would e back in lis in two orthres days. Burns was ealled before the grand jury today, but as he had been bound te the gramd jury in the investi- gation of the kidnapping case he de- cliued to_testify. A Contractor Testifies. Constantinople, April 26.—The grand vizier informed the chamber of depu- tles today that the American railroad project would be submitted to that body next week, London, April 26.—Bradford City de- feated Newcastle united in the play- off for the association football cup at Manchester today. Seventy thousand persons witnessed the contest. Berlin, April 26.—Representatives of the North German Lloyd, Hamburg- American, Holland-America, and Red Star steamship lines, and the North Atlantic shipping conference, were in session here today. Turin, Ialy, April 26.—Francis B. Loomis, commissioner general from the United States to the international exposition, arrived here today. The exposition’ will bo opened by the king and queen on Saturday. OVER 12,000 WORDS IN HATTIE LEBLANC'S DEPOSITION Efforts to Break Glover Will Resumed in Supreme Court. 1 Cambridge, Mass., April 26.—Follow- ing the taking of the deposition of | Hattie Leblanc, the French-Canadian 8irl, who was acquitted of the mur- der’ of Clarence I. Glover the Wal- tham laundryman, after a sensational irial last December, efforts to break Glover’s wiil were formally resumed hefore Justice John W. Hammond in the supreme court in this city toda { Miss Leblanc's deposition, which' w taken in St. John, N. B., during the past weck, has been received here. It is said to contain more' than 12,000 words, paril; descriptive of events during the vear that she resided with the Glovers in Waltham, Under the will, the widow and Sey- mour Glover, a brother, received a Jarge portion of his real and personal estate, and the present contest is be- ing_conducted by Glover's four otier brothers, Tn his opening speech to the jury, Attorney Ranney, representing Samuel D. Eimore, the executor of Glover's will, said_that Glover visited Mr. El- more's office and told that attorney that he wanted a will drawn which would give to his wife only what the law compelled, that Seymour Glover was his favorite brother and he want- ed to provide for him. PARENTS FOUND NAMES FOR THEIR TRIPLETS. President and Other Distinguished Personages Declined Honor. Henderson, Ky, April 26.—Mr. and Mrs. George' W. Duncan of Corydon, this couny, parents of triplets, born. March 8§ last, have given out for pub- lication letters received from Presi- dent Taft, ex-President Roosevelt, Miss Helen Gould and Mrs. Russell Sage, all declining with thanks to name any of the children. President Taft congratulated the parents, and wished “a long and pros- perous. and happy ‘life” for the chil- dren, but declined to name _them. Roosevelt tendered “hearty congratu- lations to both parents, particularly to Mrs, Duncan.” He was asked o name one boy and Mrs. Roosevelt to name one girl.. He wrate that he-could not break a rule not to name children im such a case. Miss Gould and Mrs. Sage also de- clined to name the chiidren in such & case, but sent expressions of apprecia- kept separated ten stations <o the jafl ked in separate cells. ! McNamara Identified as Bryce. As James McNamara entered an au- | fomoblle to be teken to jail, he was seen by Mrs. D. H. Ingersoil, a San Franciseo boarding house keeper, and with whom J. B. Bryce stayed before A DETERMINED FIGHT AGAINST RECIPROCITY. n of Censervative Caucus Held Yesterday at Ottawa. 26.—The atement was made by R. L. Borden, he oprosition leade: Ottawa, April “Ther: was 2 wiis morning, whioh continued for two J neral for British Columbia, and Hon. r. Ross, minister of lands province, were present. raracd the caucus and smsured the congervatives that British Columbia at | flis mext federal elections would send | @ soldd conservative delegation to Ot- The ime of action in fighting the smeiprocity proposals was discussed. | "here was a unanimonus resolve and | wonglusion (o offer a firm and deter- smined resistance to those proposalw to ‘the Witisy end. The conservative party svill make no trice on this question, which involves the natiomal existence he country and gravely affects its to the empire.” means a remewal of the reci- debate and of the efforts to nt eotmtry on ths issue. hours. Hon. W tmwa ity the PATROLMAN CHARGED WITH INSUBORDINATION Yroubles of the Cleveland Police De- partment Are Multiplying. Cleveland/ 0. April 26 police Director eharges mmubordination. Attorneys for troiman v thet of in addition to last night's order elosing saloons and arill rooms at midnight. the police today notified pool room Ppropristors that they too | must observe midnight and Simday | closing laws, other Hurt, the the so-called well” of Koller's subordinates will not end until hie is forced from office, epartment widened to- @ay when Patrolman Finding, one of fifieen policemen suspended last week for participating in a Sunda wmioons without sanction of Rule” Chief Koller, was put on trial Safety »f abetting and plotting and PISHOP TIERNEY'S NE B~ Providence Business Man Dead, An- East Green: Albert Von Spreckelsen, a contractor, appeared before the grand jury toda: o testify, 1t is said, as to dynamite ex. plosions” which wrecked several build- ings he was constructing in this city two years ago. Spreckelsen was at that time emploving ron-unfon iron workers. following | this morning: ervative caucus Bowser, attorney for the Both ad- to go to the The split Morgan “on suspended pa- “re- EW KILLED. CONGRESSMAN HANDS OUT WARM REPLY TO MEYER. Naval Academy Snobbery the Subject of an Animated Controversy. ‘Washington, April 26—In a caustic reply to Secrétary of the Navy Meyer today in regard to the Miss Beers in- cident at the naval scademy, Repre- sentative Korbiy ef Indiana announced that he would file with the house com- miites on naval affairs copies of the correspondence or. the subject between Mr. Meyer and himself, and “refraic from further annoyance to the navy dspartment” as to this inciden “It {8 well known that ma: women take employment giris” wrote Mr. Korbly, “and that they contribute out of their earnings to the support of the government. Are these young women to be forever ex- cluded from polite society because they have taken employment? it may be s0 in England, and in the Beacon Hill annex, but it is not so in the United States.” In closing the eomgressman observes that the secretary’s “solicitude for the young lady would probably have been more appreciated at the time when the embarrassment was not manifestly more yours than hers.” MAYOR GAYNOR GOES BEFORE GRAND JURY. Questioned Regarding the Alleged De- ation of Police Department. New York, April 26.—Appearing by Tequest, but not under subpocna, May- or Gaynor was the chief witness toda before the special grand jury which is imvestigating crime conditions in New Tk. He explained at length rscent nges he has made in police meth- ods which have heen blamed for the so-called demorallzation of that de- partment. It is understood he defend- ed the removal of “plain clothes” men from precinct duty on the ground that this act cui Off the “graft” formerly demanded of saloon keepers by such officers. Several of ths grand jurors ques- tioned the mayor at length, and after his examination, it was announced that the investigation probably will be con- cluded within & Tew davs. Previous to appearing before the grand jury the maver conferred with District Attof ‘Whitman, and it was reported he clashed with that official. Tonight, however, Mr. Whitman issued a statement denving that any friction h. Providence, April 26.—John Tierney, well known Providence busin-ss ma cead, and bie friend, Wiiam K cald i s thry > iy departmest nder the care of surgeons to- @uy tecuuse et an AUtomobile ac r Kast Greenwich late jast n machite. owned by M xt g, . developed. » F e W. C. T. U. TO PRAY WHILE LIQUOR DEALERS CONVENE. Binghamton Women Indignant Becau: Meeting is to Be Held There. -Binghamton, N. Y., April 26.-—Dur, ing the sessions of the State Liquor Dealers’ association hers next August membars of the Woman's Christian nce union will hold an unin- tersupted season of prayer. This pro- grainme was dAeided PR At & confor 'énce of the vérious branches of the April 26 —The has fixed the pendl- W of watef in breed at 10 a ‘to vrunfn!: - pool of vae are actual- l Woman's Christian Temperance union h:ld in this city yesterday afterncon. The member® ~expressed indignation that the etate liquor dealers should in- vade this territory with & convention, and some advocaied a radical - steation, but it was finally voted that resort be had to mothing stronger than Pt tion to the parents. fter -they had been refused as- sistance from so many distinguished sources the Duncans decided to do the naming themselves, and the triplets are now Ralph, Ruth and Ruby. AMERICAN PRODUCTION * ARRIVES AT ROME Theater Too Small for Mater of Girl of the Golden West.’ Rome, April 26.—The transportation here of the theatrical material used at Boston in the production of Puc- cinf's opera, “The Girl of the Golden West,” has taken on the character of a great event. A special train was employed to carry the 195 huge pack- ages from Napies to Rome where hun- dreds of porters today unloaded the scenery and costumes under the su- pervision of Henry Russell, manager and director of the Boston opera house and George Curran, master carpen- ter; E. Smith, head electrician, and A. ‘Brunton, master of properties, all of whom also are from Boston. The material is so voluminous that allof it conld mot be taken into the Costanzi theater where the opera is to be performed, and a Jarge part of it had to be housed in a special ware- house. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER SECRETARY OF STATE A. P. Langtry of Springfield Elected by Massachusetts Legislature. ‘Boston, April 26.—Representative A. P. Langtry, republican, of Spring- field, was elected secretary of state of Massachusetts to succeed the late ‘William M. Olin, by the legislature in Joint convention tonight. lote was taken, s But one bal- tepresentative Lang- received 151 of the 276 ballots F. J. Donahue of Boston, the dem- ¢ candidate, received 123; Johm ‘W. Sherman of Boston received one, and one ballot was blank. Before the election of Mr. Langtry, who is publisher of the Springfleld Union, the entire membership of the legislature in joint convention had the livellest partisan debate of the ses- sion, TO INCREASE MEMBERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL HOUSE The Houston Bill to Be Taken Up in | the House Today. ‘ashingion, April 26.—The Hous 1l to increase the house of rep- resentatives to a membership of 438 and apportion the members through- out the states on the basis of the re- cent federal census, will be taken up in the house tomorrow. Announce- ment to this effect was made at the close of today's debate on the free-list bill and it is intjmated that the ‘house Wwill dispose of the apportionment bill zlel’nre the close of tomorrow’s ses- on. Stricken Dead Singing a Hymn. Utica, April 26.—Mrs. C. M. Kim- ball, wife of an Episcopal clergyman living at Oriskany Falls, while as- sisting In singing the hymn just be- fore the noon adjournment ‘of the con- vocation of missionary workers, held at that place today, was stricken with apoplexy and died ‘within a few min- utes - About 250 persops Were present, most of them women. 4 Ex-Senator Kittredge Very Low. Sioux Fails, 8. D., April 2¢-—Former Senator Kitiredge. of South Dakota Wwas reported today to be in a critical condition ‘at Hot.Springs, Ark., where he had gone for his health, Des-. patches said he had been unconscious for 24 3 ‘Mrs. Belmont DOCTOR WAS TOO PERSISTENT IN HIS ATTENTIONS, ~ E 1S- BROUGHT BEFORE COURT : A Promises to- Cease . Annoying Her— Sent Flowers and’Poetry and Called Her “Divine Goddess.” New York, April 26—Mrs. Q. H. P. Belmont appeared in’ police court to- day and on the promise of Dr. John John Jackola, a worker for woman's suffrage, that' he would not annoy her further with . unwelcome _attentions, cousented that a magistrate’s sum- mons for him be dismissed. A Duluth Physician. Dr. Jackola, who holds degrees from both the University of Washington and the University of Chicago, and uptil recently was'a practicing surgeon at Duluth, “Minn,, -talked freely of the case here today, after reading state- ment given out by. James T. McMahon, secretary to Mrs. Belmont. Has Paid -Persistent: Attentions. "Dr. Jackola,” .said McMahon, “has pald persistent attentlons to Mrs. Bel- mont for months. His attentions in- cinds repeated attempts to sec Mrs. Belmont, (he sending of roses with verses. enclosed, and a number of notes. A letter sent last week wos ithe. culmination of the matter. Mrs. Belmont declded that that only thing for her to do was to go to the courts.” Thanked Him for Roses and Poetry. “1 am sorely surprised at Mrs. Bel- mont's action,” aid Dr. Jackola, when |he had read the stafement, ‘“but I | should have nothing to say, unless a { statement for her had been given out. 6 received the roses I sent her with poetry and I have heracknowledg- and thenks in a safety deposit Called Her “Divine Goddess.” “In one of your letters did you ad- dress DOfrs. Belmont as divine god- dess?” -asked the .caller. “Sueh-an expression m: been in- one of my notes,” answered Dr. Jackola, thoughtfully. “I save ad- mired Mrs.” Belmont ever since I saw her two years ago,. when we crossed the Atlantic’ on the same ship. 1 thought she was the mibst remarkable woman T had ever seen, and I believe 1 was privileged to make advances to her. But we did not speak; there was 1o common' friend on board to ihtro- duce' us. Sought Introduction to He: “I belleve all this would not have happened if. the notes I eent Mrs. Bel- mont ‘'had not been opened. first by a The doctor explained his ‘admi- ration led him to seek an ifitroduction to Mea. Belmont, how he met her sec: retifry, Was invited to s Wwoman suffrage “hére, did so, and soon after was presented to Mrs. Belmont, . One of the Doctor’s Poems. Follows one of the doctor’s stanzas: well have “Permit these adorable roses say, Each fragrant petal keep repeating, o ]ovoger, sweeter, far you are than they, And sweeter greeting. DIPHTHERIA SPREAD BY BUFFALO TOMCAT than my heartfelt Board of Health Puts Feline Out of the Way. Buffalo, April 26—The whole ma- chinery of the health and police de- partments of Buffalo was required to bring about the official execution of an eight pound- tomcat which is believea to have been the cause of a serious epidemic of diphtheria among the chil- dren of the Front avenue school. The cat was killed at the city pound yes- terday. Two children in’ a® Pront avenue home Were the first to develop the dis- ease. When the children became ill and pefore thelr cases had been diag- nosed, the cat was sent to the home of a friend. The disease aiso broke out there and several other children who had been in contact with the cat be- gan to show signs of throat trouble. An’inspector from the health depart- ment arrested the cat with the assist- ance of the police, and a culture was taken from Tommy’s throat. Monday City Bacterlologist Bissell reported thit the animal had _diphtheria, and health inspectors and a policeman were ordered to carry out the decree ol execution. MADERO WAITING FOR MEXICAN GOVERNMENT. Disappointing Delay in Appointment of Peace Commission. El Paso, April 26.—Madero tonight stil] awaited word that the government had appointed its peace commission. ¥or three days now there has been disappointment . on that score. The bel leader professed to see mothing ister in - the delay, however- in two.days more the armistice will expire and Madero probably will have to make some explanation to the troops. - This, however, he is abun- dantly able to Go, as he can report much’ progress in the negotiations by telegraph. SIX-SPANIARDS KILLED BY INSURRECTO BAND. s Refused to Contribute Money to ‘Insurgent Cause. Vief Mexico City, April 26.— Six Span- iards were shot and killed on Monday at the Hacienda Atensingo, in the state of Puebla, by a small band of rebels, upon_their. refusal to contribute 5,000 pesos to. the insurgent cause. Atencingo Is the hacienda where the rebels some days ago sot & quantity | of Tifles, considerable ammunition a | 25,000 pesos. On account f that loss the owner of the Tracienda, Angel Diaz Rubin, a Spaniard, announced his in- | tention ‘of demanding an indemnit NEW YORK POLICE DEPUTY RESIGNS. Inan .Who -Djrected Recent Gambling Raids: te. Quit the Department. New ' York,® April 26—William J. Flynn, forimer head: of the’secral ser- vice hore, who as secand deputy polive commissioner has’ difected the- recent raids; inst gafabling - houses, con- . thi W‘_n ort thai e satd: “Mhy resig in.for seme tume. I leral service. Fur- the progressive senate were blocked by Insurgents Fail ‘Washington, April 26. of caucuses, to Secure ‘Committeeships — Assignments 0. P. Factions Sill at Odds LA FOLLETTE CHARGES REGU- LARS WITH UNFAIRNESS. ‘BAD FEELING IN SENATE Desired of Senators Brandegee and McLean. After n day conferences and meetings, in which the demands of | Tepublicans of the | secret the regular | Senators, the two factions tonight are resting on their arms. Insurgents Breathe Defiance. Whether the fight began over the demands by the progressives for more appointments to committess of creased importance will be transferred | to the open floor of the senate cham- | in- ber rests with a meeting of that clan to be held in the morning. Tonight, however, the progressives are breath- ing deflance. LaFoilette Charges Unfairness. The skir: h Degan in the meeting of the republican committee on com- mittees Gallinger, tee, reported the list of appointmen Immediately early in chairman the day. of the Senator LaFoll Senator commit- lette ob- Jected to the selections, insisting that the progressive senators were treated nd unfai “unjustly being rly.” said he would reserve the right to op- pose the list further in his own time. Three Insurgents Sidetracked. As a concession to the progressive wing, a change was made in the as- | signments to pern to take appropri: t Senato; a place on ations. r Bourne the committee on The attempts by the olher three progressive members of the committee, LaFollette, Cummins and Bristow, to get places on the com- mittee on interstate commerce, finance and foreign were voted down. relations, respectively, Considerable feel- ing was shown in the meeting. The Connecticut Appointments. The Connecticut senators are on the following committees: Forest reservations—McLean, chair- man. Irrigation—Nixon, chairman; Bran- degee. Pacific - Islands and Porto Rico— Richardson, chairman; Brandegee, Philippines — Guggenheim, chalr- man; McLean. e e “WOULD RATHER STARVE UNION" THAN BUCK THE Unermployed Carpenter Refuses Magis- trate’s Offer to Get Him Work. New York, April 26. Thou; gh facing ‘eviction from his frome because he had no money with which to buy food for his family or himself, Charles Foster, a carpenter of Willow street, Jamaica, refused today to take a non- union job. offered him by Magistrate Fitch, " The refusal angered the mag- istrate, who sald: “So you would rather starve and have your family starve, and perhaps have ‘them all turned out of their home for non-payment of rent, take work as a non-union man? hould have more regard for your fam- 1y.” than You Toster said he meeded work, but would_rather starve than * union.” ‘buck the He had been taken to court on the charge Schroeder, of a_neighbor, abusing his wife. * Mrs. testified that Mrs. Foster was trying to induce their baker to continue leaving bread at the house, even though they were not able to band, was pay for it, because s out of work. her hus- An argument | arose, she continued, and Foster called his wife missed. ARMED names. The charge ‘ROBBERS GET AWAY WIT was dis- H $37,000 Tie Up Nine Persons in Jewelry Store Chicag: the nort] 0, April 2i hwest side business Place. Four armed robh- bers held up the jewelry ward Alverti in Milwau quarter, forcing Alberti and his cierks into a back room and robbed the store of diamonds and watches, valued at $25,- 000. The men remained in the store a quarter. of an_hour, then entered an | automobile and drove away, just as a patrol wagon, full of policemen, sum- | i moned by a passerby, drove up to the store. Visitors, Norman Strauss, who entered the store | while the robbers were at work, were | at the | ordered point of up with including customers and .into the back a revolver, robbed Alberti and room and tied the - clerks. Strauss’ sample case added $12,000 to the loot. In all, nine persons were tied in the room when the police ar- rived. NEW YORK BUILDING TO BE 750 FEET HIGH. 65 Story Structure Planned in New York to Be Tallest in World. New Yorl, April 2 here by way and building —Plans were filed the Broadway-Park _Place company for the construction at Broad- Park place of the in the world. highest From the curb to the apex of the There wilt tower it will stand 750 fect. be 30 stories in the main bu in the rower. 57 The highest building in the now_standing is the Metropo) an_additi er, 700 fo jonal eet 3 inches, and tl world itan tow- 16 second | highest the Singer tower, 612 feet. The | Eiffel tower, a skeleton steel structure, is not reckoned as “OLD GLORY” HAULED DOWN BY THE building: DUTCH. Flag of Holland Raised on One of Philippine Islands. —Delayed Jolo report advices that the | Dutch have taken possession of Palma. Island, sixty miles southeast of Afin- danao, I oV 2d the American color: and substituted the flag of Holland. It is understood here that Washing- ton does not intend to protest against the action of the Dutch beeauss the United States government regards the At Rol island as valueless. Steamship Arrival tterdam: April 235, from New Yerk. At Bremen: April 2 11, from New York. At Plymouth from New York. - At Barcelona: April pez, fram New York. At Ha April 23, Nia; April 28, Rotterdam, , Antonio Lo- Uranium, Kalzer Wilhelm He | i held its ancual din Condensed Telegrams A Bill to Establish the United States National Bank of America was intro- duced in the house. Assistant Attorney General James A. Peckham succceds Senator-elect Kenyon as official trust buster. Rev. Dr. Abraham W. Jackson, a distinguished Unitarian clergyman and ‘lecturer, dfed at Melrose, Mass. United States Consul Edwards at Juarez, Mexico, wires that it is the general belief that the war is epded. W. Vernon Booth Was Fined in Chicago on a charge of obtaining credit and money under false pre- tences. The British House of Commons continues busy with the bill for the curtailment of the power of the house of lords. ert Delige, a Negro, Was Hanged at the cot v jail at Bellefonte, Pa. | He spoke for three minutes from the | scaffold. Madame Sembrich, the Singer, had her arm injured by a fall, while ex- ploring with her husband the ruins of Pompeli. A Committes of the Shopmen of the Pennsylvanfa railroad presented a list of grievances to the general manager at Philadélphia. General Preya, a Retired Mexican army officer, and owner of a big ha- cienda near Rosario, has been arrest- ed on a charge of sedition. Alfred Carpenter, Propristor and manager of the Charing Cross bank, London, which closed last October, was arrested, charged with fraud, | s By a vote of 105 to 30 the New York assembly adopted the resolution ad- vocating the election of United States | senators by direct vote of the people. | The Annual Funeral of the O'Hara will be held at Atlanta, Ga. day, when six members of the scattered clan will be buried. { family next, widely Plang for the Merging of the South- ern Iron and Steel company and the Alabama nsolidated Coal and Iron company will be brought to a head this week. Mrs. Annie Margaret Salmon lost her suit for a share in the estate of the late Col. George Karl Church, a noted American engineer, who died in London, A Proposed Canadian Tableau for the coronation pageantry in London, representing the defeat, through strat- egy, of an invading American force, by a handful of Canadians, has been barred. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS IN ANNUAL SES3SION Advertising and Stereotyping Among the Subjects’ Discussed. April York; ~The _anrual ting of {he American Newspaper Publishers' association, attended by 215 newspaper publishers from all parts of the country, disposed of a large part of its routine business to- day in two sessions at the Waldorf- Astorla, clearing the decks for the importart aiscussions on labor topics and print-paper problems which will feature the second day of the meeting tomorrow. The reports of the directors and officers and the finance and other com- mittees were received, and Prcsident Herman Ridder, in closing four years' Tvice as pr dress in w suggested many ways in which cfficiency in newspaper management could be promoted. Mr. Ridder counseled closer study of meth- ods of “operation and the reduction to rules and formulae of the knowledge thus acquired, in line with the meth- ods employed in highly organized in- dustrie: The discussions of the day were largely technical, dealing for the most part with advertising ranging from a discussion of the use of the “flat rate” to the subject of cn- operation by newsr motion of newspaper 2 riety was lent the pr address by Francis L. Frugone, lisher of a New York Itali paper, who made a plea for f ment on k eil received by ives. An address Gunrizon of the Brook- "nts in Stereo- ture of the aft- me which command- | | i | Ton Newspaper club, of which the executives of fifty or more dafly newspapers in various parts of the country are members, | ne; ‘omorrow morning the A. N, P. Al receive the report of its execu- tive committce on print paper and discuss wood pulp and paper topics nd in the afternoon wili take up. the bor proolem. Presidents of the rious international unions are sched- uled to address the conven‘ion after the report of the special standing committee on labor and the discussion of labor topics. The stockholders will held their first session tomorrow morn- ing and on s the annual election of officers will take place VICE IN NEW HAVEN'S PLACES OF AMUSEMENT Aldermen Anxious Legislation Be En- acted to Suppress Existing Evils. w Haven, moving picture known as “Nicolets.” in this city, have “a tendency to promote vice, and that ue kind should be-en- oviding f 26.—That the commonly ision them, wer opiniox ed Jast nigat 'before the ald, mmittee on ordi- nanees- by Chief of Police Henry D. Cowles, Robert A. Crosby, secretary of the civic federation, and Fire Com- missioner Rudolph Stciner and others. GIRL JEALOUS OF HER OWN MOTHER. Chicago Woman Tells Judge She is in Love With Stepfather. mother, jud going to do, for my This declaration was made by Helen Vrona, e was arraigned with her stepfather, Joseph Vrona,-on complaing of the young woman’s moth- er, Mrs. Agnes Vrons, who testified that they had beaten her and had tried to_drive her from hom The girl was fined $25 4nd the man $5 Children Poisoned by Wesds. ara, from Kitaning, Pa., April 26— Alexander Sarni, aged three, is dcad and eight other children are in a Serious copdi- tion from ealing_ poisono problems and | 1out the coun- | at the Waldorf. | tepfather, and I must have him.” | i PRESENTED GOLD Becomes Honorary Member New York, April 26.—The plight of the sightless, the pride of the militia, | the call of the Hungarian Republican | club, brought the president of the United States to New York tonight; invitations from The Associated Press, the Methodist Social union and the Aeronautical ty will keep him here until midnight tomorrow, busy with formal and extemporancous ad- dresses to varied Record Exhibit of Work of Blind. Standing tonight on the stage of the Motropolitan opera house, among a group of distinguished guests, includ- ing Associate Jus Hughes of the TUnited States supreme court, Dix and Mayor Gaynor, the presi touched a button which flashed a 1 from a large papier mache lighthouse, opening what is said to be the largesi exhibition of the work of the blind ever held. Blind Musician at Organ. The president’s arrival bad heen pro ceded by an organ prelude by Mis Sophie Grabowskl, a blind musician, | who occupies & front rank among the organists of America, notwithstanding | she never saw a note of inu The applause for her and the ovation to the president kept the great audience clap- ping their hands and cheering several minutes. 3,000 Persons Present. Among the 3,000 peopl> at the meeting were hundreds of the sight- | less, who were interested who were denied the spectscle which the great gathering offered or the marvels of their own handicraft which were tonight placed on public exhibit. Sat in Chair Made by Blind Man. The president occupied 2 chair which was made Dy a blind upholsterer and to which a delegation of blird people led him when he arrived at the meet- ing. The receiv committee includ- 2d Miss Lewis of the Connecticut school for the blind. Before the presi- dent spoke Mr. Choate read a letter from Senator Gore, the blind states- man of Oklahoma, regretting that he was not able to attend and praising the work which tha association for the blind was. doing- 2,300 Blind in New York. Theue are in New York city 2,300 “blind persons, or one for every 1,000 of the population, and while the presi- dent praised the work the association is doing fof them he devotzd much of his address to urging further effort for the prevention of hlindness among infants and children. The President’s Speech. President Taft spoke in part as fol- Tow: | 1 am zlad to be present tonight to { lena my voice in aid of and in praise of the work which has been done for President Fills Several Engagements Has a Number of Others for Today Wars—Occupies Chair Made by Blind Man d Addresses Association for the Blind—Visits Two. Regiments and Hungarian Republican Club. JEWELLED BADGE of Military Order of Fo the last four years under the of the New York Association for Blind. The loss of that sense enablee us to see, to read, to writh, to walk, to rejoice in the rising sum | and marvel in the hemuty of the st~ ting sun, to know day from night, o lovk into the universe of 3 - # worlds, is o deprivation g'a 3 | thought of which melts our hearts i brings tears to our eyes for thoss afficted. Thoughtlessly Class Them as Without thougit we clase tiem aif, among the helpless and necessary o= jects of charit. We segregate thetn from the worid at Jarge, we put them in cxpensi ! with food and clothing and theg with a sigh we consign them to a iife of hibernation, of deadening monotony, of helpless and aimiess exister.ce within & windowless tomb. . Can Still Work With Hands and Minds It ix to these unfortunatss that the g Association for the Biind devoted its most earnest and heip- ful consideration. It has shown by distinctive service that it % possible o teach those who have lost their even after middi> age the work of 3 hands _or their minds in unison with, their hands that the work dome 1 Jet into their souls and | happiness into their lives. Reviewed 71st Regiment. B From the blind exhiblt the president ' = ent to the 71st Tegiment armory, N.. Y. N. G, where beneath a great can- 3 ony of the national eolers hie reviewed the 950 men muster=d for the occasion: apt. John Boyle. one of the 7ist remie ment officers, who had just from the manosuvres in Texas, met the president and for more tham fem. minutss was engaged in re some of his experiences there in to the presidents’ questioning Als> Called on 69th Regiment. The 69th regiment also demamded Mr. Taft’s presence, and he cafled om them at dinsier for a few minutes be- fore proceeding to the Hunsarian Re- publi ub dinner. It was upon spin downtown atiend this banquet that n-'x.h — - i 2 streets first fully rec ident, and he was sal all along the line. Second avente turned out a goodly crowd for a dosen blocks along his course, many of East Siders having lined the streets for more than an hour waiting for him. Presented Gold Jewsled Badge. # An incident of the president’s visit' was the presentation to Bim st & re- c2ption of the Military Order of For- eign Wazs of a gnld jeweled badge resenting honorary membership order. TAMMANY HALL BITTEN IN THE CARNEGIE TRUST Had Degosits of $11,630 in the Col- lapsed Institution. New York, April 26.—It came out today that Tammany Hall was a vie- tim of the collapse of the Carnegie Trust company to the extent of $i1,- 630, which had been deposited by the Tammany treasurer. William Sohmer, and which is now tied up in the de- funct institution. The detailed state- ment of claims filed by O, H. Cheney, the state banking superintendent, to- day, disclosed Tammany Hali as one of the depositors. The total claims of the banks as enum d by Mr. Che- ney, are $6,158, 40 Joseph G. Robin, who awaits sen- tence tomorr for the larcenies to which he con is statement tonight, plea portunity to_protect the depositors of the defunct Washington Savings ban He said he was determined to enfore i the lien of a mortgage of $350,000 { which a development company was | supposed to have executed of certain | property, and on which the bank paid th. This mortgage, was actually exe- ted a signed | money in good he declares, ne cuted. RAILROAD OFFICIALS INDICTED ON 110 COUNTS. Charged With the El Cleveland, April 26.—Thirteen indic | ments on a tota] of 110 counts chare | ing four iron-carrying railroads ente ing Cleveland ith rebating and alleg- ing that two of the railroads and three inaividuals were guilty of conspiracy to violate the Ellins law, were return ed by the federal grand jury heve to- day. The railroads are the Penns: vania company, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, the Bessemer and Lake Brie and St. Louis (Nickel Plate). Dan R. Hanna, president, and R. T Ireland. second vice president of th M. A. Hanna comp: y, and D. T- M ating and Vielating s Law. Cabe of Pittsburg, h vice presi- dent of the Pannsylvania compan: were each indicted on one count whi charges that the Ha company | an alleged contract h the Penns { vania compam whereby the Tanna | company is said to have rebated 1o shippers profits of the Ohio and West- | ern Pennsylvania Dock company, a subsidiary concern of the Hanna com- pany. RESOLUTION FAVORING ARBITRATION TREATY To Be Offered by Prime Minister and | Seconded by Mr. Batfour- Botii the prime winister and Mr. Balfour, the opposi- { tion leader, will take . ggomlnenc part in the Anglo-Americali™ arbitration meeting which is to be held at the Guild hall, April 2. The lord mayor announced ' tonight rhac Mr. Asquith will inove, and Mr. Balfour will second, = resolution reading as follows | “That this meeting of citizens of London sssembled in the Guild hall cordially welcomss the proposal of e president of the United States in favor of & general treaty of arbitration Le- tween that country and the British empire, and pledges its support 1o the principles of such a treaty as serving tha “highest interests of the | pearance before the memate to shew NEW YORK CONFERENCE OF SWEDISH LUTHERANS Reports Show an Increase of fll’ Churches During ths Year. Portland, Conn., April 26.—The busi- " ness sessions of the forty-first anmual meeting of the New York conferemes of the Swedish Lutheran Augustans synod were held here today with 156 pastors from the New England states, New York and New Jersey in attsnd-- . The report of Rev. F. Jacobson . ew York, president of the symod, of showed the present membership to be 53.447 and 201 church edifices, an ad- ai jon of six churchzs during the paat year. There were 1,118 persons chris- tened, 1,104 confirmed, 1.690 buriais and 1.269 marriages. There are 79 parochial schools attended by 2881 pupils, presided over by 96 teachers. The children attefiding Sunday sehenf number 15914, and there are 23288 teachers. ‘Treasurer Rev. P. P. Norby of Aue ‘burn, R. L. ghowed the value of chuseh property to be $2.201.105, an increase in valvation of $72.229 the past year- The total expenses for the year were $333,- §73.91. The following officers wers elected the coming year: President, Rev. . Jacobson., ewh York; wflefl prasi- dent, Rev. H. A. Eustan, Washineton, D. ; secretary, Rev. E. A. Zstter- strand, Naugatuck, Conn., amd treas. urer, P. P. Norby- Sunday the conference will he ad- dressed by Governor Baldwin, ARREST OF THREE BANKERS ORDERED s Senate Takes Drastic Astion Against Lorimer Witnesses. Springfleld, TIL, April 26—By a vots of 40 to 7, the Illinois senate ordered the arrest of Edward < George M. Benedict and Willlam G. Cnmmings of Chicago, and their ap- | ‘é £ cause why they should not be pum- ished for contempt. The alleged contempt consiste in the refusal of the thres men, who are bankers, to submit as evidence e fore the senate committee that i fm-" vestigating bribery, the hank secords of their customers. Ii has al- leged that these bank books might proye some of the accounts on of money having been subseril toward the electipn of William Lorimer as United States senator. Under oath all thres have any knowledge of any such funds have sworn that their accounts nothing bearing on the subjeet. pleaded that to show the bank counts: would be unfust to the etis= tomens » The quesilon of contempt was zued at length before the senate with the' result that the arrest men was voted. 'HER NAME IN BOX i biece s