Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 2, 1911, Page 1

SENATE PASSES A NEW SUNDAY BILL Measufre Granting Local ‘Option to Cities and Towns Prevails by Vote of 18 to 16 JUDSON CALLS IT A “MONSTROSITY” Employers Liability and Workman’s 'C;mpensatiou Bill Rejected )n Over-Rides Governor’s House by Vote of 140 to 46—Senate Veto and Votes $4500 to “Souvenir” Taylor—Donovan Explains His Vote. Hortford, Conn., Aug. 1.—The bill drawn by Senator Spellacy for a new Sunday law and offered as an amend- ment” to the bill which the house re- jected, was passed by the senate this afternoon. This came as a surprise. The Judson bill which was favored by the Bridgeport Pastors association was | rejected, 20 to 14. The debate lasted nearly all day in this branch. Speilacy’s Bill As Amendment. Mr. Judson had offered his bill as a substitute. Mr. Spellacy had offered | his bill as an amendment to the bill reported and it had been printed in the files. To the Judsen bill were of- fered amendments by Mr. Paddock re- moving the limit in hours for the sale of soda water, etc., and by Mr. Fenn to allow meat stores to sell meats and other perishable necessities. Avery for Spellacy Amendment. After the debate, which was very . the question came upon-accept- ir. Spellacy’s amendment and this was carried, 18 to 16. Those in favor were: Pierce, Hooker, Spellacy, Fenn, Alsop, Halloran, Mariowe, Dickerman, Mitchell, Shanley, Marsden Lawlor, Mahan, Avery, McNeil, Meara, Barnum, Frishie. Those against: Bailey, Parker, Woodruff, Platt, Lounsbury, Park, Bartlett, Paddock, Peck, Judson Don- Hammond, Elliott, Brinsmade, Wright and Leonard, The Senate at Sea. The senate was at sea after the passage of this amendment for it geemed then as if the Judson bill had been rejected. But Senator Judson and the chair upheld him, 1l that was before the senate. Senator Fenn then found his amend- anent useless and Senator Paddock’s was defeated. Denounced As “Monstrosity. On the main question which was the passage of the Judson substitute for he Spellacy bill, Mr. Judson denounced the Spellacy bill as monstrosity. He said that the local option section in it made local authorities interpreters of the law. This was an impossible con- dition, he claimed. Spellacy Retorts. To this Senator Spellacy replied that Senator Judson had maintained in the public utilities bill debate that the general assembly could transfer some of its powers to a commission, there- fore the.general assembly could give Iocal .option powers to specified offi- cialf in towns and cities. The ques- tior/ came on substituting the Judson biil' for that of Senator Spellacy and the senate refused to do this, 20 to 14. How They Lined Up. Those for the Judson bill were: Mar- lowe, Marsden, Parker, Woodruff, Platt, Park, Bartlett, McNeil, Paddock, Judson, Donovan, Hammond, Brins- mad- Leonard.—14. Againsi Pierce, Hooker, Spellacy, Feun, Alsop, Halloran, Bailey, Dicker- man, Mitchell, Shanley, Lawlor, Louns" ®ury, Mahan, Avery, Peck, Biliott, Meara, Barnum, Frisbie and Wright! -y < In the voting it appeared that Sen- ators Marlowe, Marsden and McNeil voted for both bills. Semators Builey, Lounsbury, Peck, Elliott and Wright voted against both bills. The Spell- @cy bill was then passed and sent tc the house. % Believed Judson Bill Had a Chance. In their votes Mr. Paddock said hej voted for the Judson bill beoguse it represented what the Bridgeport people wanted and he thought it stood a chance in the house, while the Spell- acy bill he did not believe had a bur- glar's chance in the other branch. Senator Peck when he voted as next on the list said he voted against the Dbills as he did not believe the house would pass them. One Section Grants Local Option. The Spellacy bill in six of its sec- tions follows clogely the provisions of alled Pastors Association bill. McIntyre, who had charge ot the anti-Sunday bill campaign, was surprised upon its passage and at first| thought it was the pastors bill until he could read it over. The section which gives local option, or what Mr. Speliacy. termed local an locality op- tion, reads as follows: ; The Local Option Section. Section 2. No work shall be con- sidered demanded by the general com- lort and convenience of the commun- unless authorized in writing by the mayer of a city, warden of a borough, or a majority of the selectmen of a town, and such authorization shall esiginate the time and place where uch works may be carried- to, and! shall only be valid in such city, bor- ough or_town ‘here the person sign- | ing such authorfzation holds office, and only for the time and place designa-| ted. i Section Will Create “Political Auto- | crats.” H. H. Spooner in comparing the bill| Jater claimed that in the Spellacy bill the sale of ice cream, etc., may be sold | anywhere except in places where alco- holic liquors are sold on week days, while the pastors’ bill sgecified in just what places such articles could be sold. Otherwise the bills ran along almost parallel lines. It was sectlon two re- ferred to that Senator Judson de- nounced likely to create “political autocrat: y House Has Rejected One Sunday Bill. As the house emphatically rejected the other Sunday bill the prediction was that the Spellacy bill would have Httle consideration. Many house mem- Ders had been favorably inclined to- wards the pastors’ bill, according to statements made in debate. A re- ection by the house of the Spellacy I will make disagreeing action and, in reply to Senator McNeil, Lieuten- ant Governor Blakeslee said that the Judson bill can be offered as an amendment and Teturned to the house. OVERWHELMING DEFEAT. 5 Liability and Compensation Bill Voted Down in: the House. late this afternoon_ defeated the em- ployers liability nd workingman’'s compensatior bill which had passed the senate. The vole was 140 to 46. A test vote had come earlier on the amendment to the bill offered by Rep- resentative Thoms of . Waterbury, wherein the vote was 133 to against. Every amendment offered was defeat- ed. Final Roll Call at 5 oclock. The final roll call was taken at five o'clock, members waiting wuntil their names were called and inen grabbing their coats and streaming out across the lawns to catch trains for home. It was an exciting finish of a day which had been full of intense mom- ents. Debate Lasted Five Hours. The debate opened at 11.45 in the morning and with only a short break for luach had kept up until 4.45. The defeat of the bill was early forecasted. Member after member rose to object to the bill, most of them showing that its provisions were being looked upon from the personal standpoint. Arguing From Mistaken Ideas. Those members who had given the measure close study both from the economic and legal standpoint time and again pointed out to members from the towns that they were argu- ing from mistaken ideas. But it was apparent that the members from the small towns would not pass the bill because they did not want it. Both State Chairmen Present. The debate attracted a great deal of attention. Chairman Michael Ken- ealy. of the republican state central committee, and Chairman C. W. Com- stock of the democratic state central committee, were present, together with many lawyers who were present and active during the debate on the public utilities bill. Dunn Ashamed of His Party. At times members of the house wozked themselves in a high pitch of excitement. Three senate amendmerts were rejected in rapid succession and also one offered by Representative Banks. Members spoke of pledges in party platforms and charges wera hurled back and forth which has most- 1y to do with political pledg®s. In the closing. minutes of the debate Repre- sentative Dunn said he was not proud of members of his own party (demo- crats). There Wwas some hissing. Thom’s Amendment Swept Away. The amendment which Mr. Thoms offered and which was swept away sought to classify hazardous occupa- tions. At times the house had to be set aright as to the statys of the ques- tion. At the opening of the session after luncheon the exact position of the bill was stated. Representative Meltzer said it was incumbent upon the house to pass a bill in the interest of the workingman. Objected To Smoking. While he was talking Mr. Landon objected to members smoking. Sev- eral members spoke and then came re- jection of amendments. That of Mr. Banks sought to include farmers. Chandler’s Hands Clean. Then up rose Mr. Chandler and said: “God knows and you know that I have done my best. For the good of my party 1 urge you to adopt the Thoms amendment. It cuts out a Jot of small fry, the occupations you have cried against. My hands are clean. George R. Chandler has no axe to grind.” Whiton Offers Amendment. For iwo hours member after mem- ber rose either for or against the bill. Mr. Chandler urged consideration of Mr. Thoms' amendment. The house consented to the latter's explanation of it. Mr. Whiton offered an amend- ment to strike out all sections after number 4 so that only a liability bill was left. All Amendments Defeated. But all the amendments offered wen: the way of those which the senate had passed. Then came the final vote which stood as follows: COUNTY FOR Hartford New Haven New London AGAINST - EESTN Litehfield Middlesex Tolland Total 46 Disagreement With Senate. The action of the house is a disa- greement with the senate. The out- look is that if committees of confer- ence are appointed they are not likely to agree on anything. Should Be Met By State Taxation. Representative Johnson of Newton claimed in debate that if the bill could be amended so that workingmen's compensation could be met by state taxation the bill would go through the house with little opposition from the members from small towns. Senate Recesses Until Tuesday. Hartford, Aug. 1.—The senate this afternoon voted to recess until next Tuesday in hope. that the house will hurry along business in an effort to catch up, the senate being a long way ahead. Senator Woodruff proposed the recess which had been tentatively agreed upon last week when it was seen that the housé was moving slow- ly. Many senators accordingly made plans for a vacation this week while some had private business to look after. OVER GOVERNOR'S VETO. Senats Votes to Reimburse “Souvenir” Taylor—Avery Sustains Veto, Hartford, Conn., Aug. 1.—The sen- ate this afternoon passed over the governor's_veto bill to pay Willlam Harrison Taylor $4500 for his legis- lative souvenir, the vote standing 15 to 15, and Lieutenant' Gevernor Blakeslee dissolving the tie by voting for the bill, the veto notwithstanding. n the message came, in some it was tabled. Lest Cabled Paragraphs y/orted thag Mflhlm;l;‘tfl i uién left Astrabad and embarked at Gumesh Tepe, for an unknown destination. Paris, August -—John W. Gates’ conditian showed little change tonight. He was holding his lown and his strength had been fairly maintained, but the action of the kidneys was not so satisfactory. Valencia, Spain, August 1.—A speed- ing aeroplane rammed the grandstand at the aerodrome here today, causing the collapse of a portion of the stand. Twelve spectators were injured. Thg aviator escaped unharmed. Pyrmornt, Germany, August 1.—A crowded hotel and kurhaus belonging to the Prince of Pyrmont was burned during the night. The,several hundred guests, including a number of Amer- icans, escaped. The,fire was caused by spontaneous combiistion in the peat used at the baths. Paris, August 1—Premier C€aillaux today denied the report published here this morning that six .German sol- diers had crossed the French frontier from Lorraine, snd that after cutting the telegraph wires two of the Ger- mans had been arrested by French soldiers and taken to the prison at Muerthe province. GEIDEL ENTERS FOHMAI'. PLEA OF “NOT GUILTY"” Arraigned on a Charge of Murder for Death of Aged Broker. New York, August 1.—A plea of not guilty was entered today for. Paul Geidel. the 17-year-old bell boy, charg- ed with murdering William H. Jack- son, but his counsel was given until Tuesday to enter a demurrer. Geidel's lawyer asked the delay to enable him to look over theindictment, which he said he believed was. invalid. Geidel's mother and his aunt, Mrs. Mary Geiger, who went from Hart- ford, were with him in court. The New York police received word from Chief of Police Gunn of Hart- ford today that nothing was known there of Patrick J. McGrane, another bellboy, who is being held as a mater- jal witness in the Geidel case. Not Hiring Counsel for Geidel. Hartford, August 1.—That the Heu- blein brothers, or any member of that family, have anything to do with the hiring of counsel for Paul Geidel, the youthful murderer of Broker Jackson in New York, is strongly denied by both Col. Louis F. Heublein and Gil- bert F. Heublein. Any references in the newspapers to wealthy hotel men of Hartford being back of the defense for the boy, is absolutely without foun- dation. Colonel Heublein said today if any inference is drawn that it re- fers to the Heublein family, “Not. for an instant would we con- done any such brutal crime as this boy has committed,” said Colonel Heu- blein. “It is the most cold blooded murder I ever heard of, and it seems to me there is no escape from the electric chair for that boy unlx;s he is proven insane, Moreover, it/s ridiculous to assume that we would have anything to do with the defense of this young murderer, when we had lost all con- fidence in the boy ourselves, and had to discharge him from our employ because of his untruthfulness. “Wry, that boy, with his angel face, would ldok you in the eye and lie as deliberately as could be,” said Col- onel Heublein, “and so far as our wanting to help the fellow, no. We did what we could for him when we employed him at our hotel, but we found him a scamp. He had a good mother and we felt sorry for her and we gave her employment, but when my brother went to her and told her the boy was going wrong she stepped working for us and gave as her rea- son that she did not want to work for % concern that thought so badly of her oy.” London, Aug. 1.—Germald Napier, a youns English aviator, met his death this evening_while fiying with a pas- senger at Brooklands. Napier was driving a biplane and a sudden gust of wind dashed the machine to the ground, killing him instantly. His companion escaped uninjured. ~ e e Senator McNeil protested against this alleged discourtesy and had the mat- ter made the order of the day, for to- day. Late in the afternoon, after dis- pasal of the Sunday bill, he had an opportunity to take up the matter. He said he had voted for the appropria- tion bill but would support. the veto. Spellacy Thinks One Way, Votes An- other. Seaator Spellacy said he intended to support the veto, but he did not think it was wrong to pass the bill. How- ever, he belived there were enough senators who would willingly lend aid to reimburse Mr. Taylor for the ex- pense that he had already been to and this .would give opportunity, if there was a desire to have it done, to have the state issue the legislative history. Senator Parker endorsed what Mr. Spellacy had-said and added that he wes willing to go down into his pock- et to see that Mr. Taylor did not lose a cent. He wanted the veto sustain- The Roll Call, Senator Paddock was for delay as he wes uncertain how he wanted to te. A motion to table did not pre- il as Senator McNeil believed that lit was time to dispose of the matter. On the roll call the following voted to sustain the veto: Senators Pierce, Hecoker, Spellacy, Alsop, Halloran, Parker, Platt, Lawlor, Mahan, Avery, McNeil, Paddock; Peck, Judson and Meara—: z To pass the bill: Fenn, Bailey, Dickerman, Marsden, Woodruff, Louns- bury, Park, Donovan, Hammond, El- liott, Barnum, Frisbie, Wright and Leonard—15. Lieutenant-Governor Casts Deciding Vote. * . Lieuterant-Governor Blakeslee vot- ed to pass and there was applause. When Senator Donovan’s name was called he retained his seat. It was thought he would refrain from voting although there is no pariamentary statute as “present”. THe clerk again called his name and slowl§ rising the senator said that he had always been an objector to appropriations of this nature. Donovan Sore on the Governor. He said that the natural course would be to vote to sustain the veto but he would not do so and the rea- son he gave was this: “It seems strange that a veto should come on this measure which only carries an appropriation of $4500. We have passcd measures which have carried hundreds of thousands of dollars. No American citizen worthy of the title would have signed those New London bills, and I am going to vote to pass this Taylor bill to show m¥ disap- proval of the action of His Excellency. Mr, President, 1 vote ‘No’ Teheran, Persia, August 1.—It is re-' Ferry Capsizes In $t. Lawrence SEVEN OF ITS 75 PASSENGERS ARE DROWNED. BOAT WRECKED ON A SHOAL All of the Pa River—Many Rescued by Boats and ngers Thrown Into the Swimmers—Only 4 Bodies Recovered Massena, N. Y, August l.—Seven people weére drowned in the St. Law- rence river late this afternoon when the ferry stcamer Sirus struck a shoal eight miles below thig city, capsized and hurled ‘ts seventy-five passengers into the river. Four Bodies Recovered. Four of the bodies have been recov- ered, Three of the bodies recovered are those of women. They are: \'Myfss Hattie Parker of Ogdensburg, Miss Nellie Parker of Ogdensburg, sister of- Miss Hattie Parker. Miss Ada Dewey of Massena. Floyd Hackett of Massena. Identity of Other Three Not Known. The identity of the three persons who, according to the captain’'s tally, are missing, is not known. Scores of persons in motor boats and skiffs are endeavoring to recover the bodies. Were on a Day’s Outing. The steamer Sirus left the dock here this morning for gornwall on the Ca- nadian side, with Seventy-five persons bound for a day’s outing there. Most of those aboard were residents of Og- denshurg and Massena. The picnic crew boarded the Sirus on the return trip about four o'clock this afternoon and were seated on deck under the canvas awning when the crash came. All Swept Into Water. The deck was swept bare in a mo- ment and the entire party were strug- gling for life in the swiff waters. Wo- men who could not swim clutched at camp stools and other portable arti- cles hurled into the water by the im- pact while others, upheld and aided by male companions, battled their way against the current to the overturned steamer. Picnickers at the Interna- tional park, just opposite the scene of the wreck, manned every motor boat and_ skiff available and aided in the work of rescue. Clung to Sides of Ferryboat, They picked off scores who had clung to the sides of the ferryboat. Others, benumbed and exhausted, were swept down stream to death. Among them were the Misses Parker, who ‘were spending their vacation in Mas- sena. Futile attempts.were also made by swimmers to save Miss Dewey and Floyd Hackett from the cyrrent. Drowned Ones Sank Quickly. So quickly did the river claim its victims that those who were drowned had already met their end when boats from the International park reached the scene, harély five minutes after the crash. Those rescued were taken to the Internaticnal park and later Proceeded to the city. Ferry in Midstream Capsized. The Sirus lies tonight near mid- stream, capsized. The vessel was for- merly a private yacht and saw service at the Thousand Islands. Treacherous sheals mark the river bed for an appreciable distance up and down the river from the wreck. CONSUMERS BENEFITED BY CUBAN RECIPROCITY. Setretary of Beet Sugar Industry Con- cedes This Fact. Washington, Aug. 1—With stable tariff_ conditions, the United States within the next 15 years would be pro- ducing within its own borders all the sugar consumed in the country, in the opinion of Truman G. Palmer, secre tary of the United States beet sugar industry, who tastified today before the house sugar trust investigating com- mittee. Mr. Palmer condemned Cubin reciprocity, but would not now advo- cate its repeal. The consumer here, he acknowledged, was getting the ben- efit of Cuban reciprocity. It would re- quire 3,000,000 acres, he said, to raise all the beets needed to supply the home markat. Chairman Hardwick complimented Dr. Wiley, chief chemist of the nati when he referred to a prediction m nine vears ago by Dr. Wiley that this country in 1911 would be consuming 0,000 pounds of sugar a year. He missed it by only 20,000 pounds,” said Mr. Hardwick. CARNEGIE PROVIDES PENSION FOR TOTH Innocent Man Who Was Imprisoned to Receive $40 a Month. Pittsburg, August 1—Andy Toth, who was released from the peniten- tiary here last March after serving 20 years of a life term for a“crime he did not commit, has been placed on the private pension roll of Andrew Carne- gie. Toth was convicted for partici- pation in the killing of a watchman at Carnegie’'s Edgar Thomson steel plant at Braddock, Pa., but the con- fession of one of the rioters in Hun- gary cleared him of all responsibility and he was pardoned. Carnegie or- dered that the man be paid $40 a month. Toth will leave here for Hun- gary, where he will rejoin his wife, whom he has not seen since his con- viction. JESSE POMEROY GETS POSSESSION OF DRILL Noted Prisoner Refuses to Disclose Where He Obtained It. Boston, August 1.—Attempts to have Jesse Pomeroy, the motori mur- derer, the reports of whose crimes threw this city into a frenzy of ap- prehension thiriv-seven years ago, ex- plain the finding of a small drill in his cell in the Charlestown state pris- on, were made without success today by Warden 'Benjamin F. Bridges. The instrument was discovered last Satur- day night. Since that time Pomeroy has refused to inform the-prison of- ficers how he obtained possession of it. Fatal Jump from Trolley Car. Bridgeport, Conn.,, Aug, 1.—Mrs. Ma- ry Holtoyd, 71 vears old, of 106 Wa- terman street, died in a local hospital tonight from a fractured skull receiv- ed this afternoon by jumping from a moving .trolley car.” Mrs. Holroyd was sitting on the front seat of the car and became frightened . when' a fuse blew out and jumped, landing on her head. o 5t RESCUERS RECEIVE RESPONSE TO THEIR SHOUTS. REACHED BY DRILL SHAFT Food and Dn{inl; Passed Down to Un- fortunate Man—“1 Feel Much Better Now,” He Subsequently Anncunced. Joplin, Mo, August L—After, trying for 45 hours to rea¢h Joseph Clary, imprisoned in a mine near here by a cave-in Sunday, the fourth attempt of rescuers to reach the imprisoned man by means of a drill shaft was successful this afternoon. e Voice from the Depths. From the depth of the drift, fifty feet below the surface, floated a fee- ble “Hello!” in answer to the signals of -the rescuers. Crowd Shouts With Joy. ‘When the rescuers anmounced that the drill hole, five inches in diameter, had at last penetreted the ), & Who shout went up from the hundreds had gathered about the mouth of the But the noise was followed by . the work- e man, mine. the stillness of death when ets signalled for quiet th if alive, might be he o Food and Drink Passed Down. “Hello, . there! Hello! Hello!” a man shouted down the shatt. Several seconds elapsed. Then came a feeble answering “Hello!” Food and drink in a small can were immediately passed down to Clary, After the lapse of a few minutes Clary cried out up the tub “l Feel Much Better Now.” “Water about three feet deep in some places in drift. I am on a high place and it may not reach me if you hurry, The air is getting bad. I feel much’ better now.” Believe He Will Be Saved. Rescuers believe Clary may yet be taken but alive. THE FREE-LIST BILL / PASSED BY SENATE Prediction That Measure Will Event- ually Reach Taft. Washington, August 1.—The demo- cratic tariff programme was moved up closer to President Taft today When the senate, by another remarka- ble coalition of democrats and repub- lican insurgents passed a farmers’ free list_bill after voting down the origi- nal house measure so closely that one more .democratic -senator would have changed the result and left the entire revision issue squarely before, the President tonight. “The unholy alliance,” as the combi- nation of the republican wing and the democratic party has been called, massed in almost unbroken alignment, swept aside a host of amendments, voted down by a tie vote the original house measure according - to pro- gramme for political purposes, and then <arried by a surprising concen- tration of strength a measure differ- ing from the house bill only in com- paratively unimportant = particulars. Now_the bill gdes back to the house and Democratic Leader Underwood of that body tonight confidently asserted it will be finally agreed to in confer- ence hetween the two houses and sent to President Taft. LAD HAD 600 PENNIES » IN LARGE BEER STEIN: Rush of Depositors at Opening of the Postal Savings Bank at Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 1.—Chicago’s first pos- tal savings bank was opened for busi- ness today and $9,416 was deposited. A line of 359 dzpositors stood in line at the opening, one of whom, Michael Phelan, stood in line for nine hours to make sur» of first place. William Lu- pee, six years old, was the vounsest | depositor. He was accompanied by his mother and carried 600 pennies in a large stein. $2,238 Deposited at Boston. Aug. 1.—The results of the first day's erperiences with the new postal savings plan in Boston proved highly satisfactory; 208 accounts were opened and $2,238 depositad. $3,775 Deposited at New York. New York, Aug. 1.—One hundred seventy-two persons deposited $3,775 during the opening day’s business of the postal savings bank at the genaral postoffice here. UNITED STATES MINTS IN CHARGE OF WOMAN. Miss Kelly Highest Paid Female Em- ploye of Government. Washington, Aug. A woman is now in actual charge of.the mints of the United States. Y Miss Margaret Kelly, long ‘eonnected h the mint bureau, was today ap- pointed examiner, in which position she will be next in authority to George E. Roberts, the director, and much of the active agministration of the coinage of money for the government will devolve upon her. Mr. Roberts at present 1s out of town and will not be back for saveral wecks. Miss Kelly’s salary will be $3,000 a year, making her the highest paii woman in the government service. WHITE RECITES TALE OF HIS CORRUPTION Confessed Bribe Taker on Witn Stand All Day. Wakhington, - August 1.—All day Charles A. White, the confessed bribe taker of the Illinois legislature, was on the witness stand before the sen- ate Lorimer cqmmittee, telling his tale of corruption and when the commit- 1ee adjourned until tomorrow his story had not been completed. White’s testimony followed in out- life that given at the first Lorimer in-- vestigation by the senate, Attorney Marble for the committee allowed the witness, however, to tell many details not mentiored at the hearing, but pub- lished in White’s so-carted confession in the Chicago Tribune, Steamship Arrivals. At Dover, August 1, Kroonland, from New York. At Naples, July 30, Ancona, from Philadelphia and New York. At Antwerp: August 1, Kroonland, from New York, At London: August 1, Minnehaha, from New York. 4 Buried Miner | | gium, Friday, will be brought to this i fi{‘genunx, succzeding Charles H. Sher- r ficnn. & F 2 o T ‘The price of ice at New Haven was 50 per cent. yesterday. - - raised § A I.ani& oculist rest for ove eviryme:_nt:n{h?nem Jews are being attacked and rob- bed in various parts of Russia. - ~ Thers are indications that the recip- m;: campaign in Canada will be Xery | $71,400. e e _ John D. IH B. Johnson, for 19 Years clerk the Ghth&: Science mother church of Boston, is dead at his home in line, Mass. The Eody of American Consul Will- iam P. Atwell, who died at Ghent, Bel- country for burial. The Louisyi and Nashville rail- road is accused of falsifyiug its reporis to evade taxation in a suit filed by the state of Kentuck: The deficit in the furids of the Home for Incurables of Cincinnati, of which Mrs. Dora C. Gallagher was treasurer, amounts to $29,317.25. The Southern Pacific Will at Once begin construction of a railroad from Eugene, Ore, across the coast range of mountains to Coos bay. Acting Fire Chief John Kenyon has been appointed by Fire Commissioner Johnson to succeed Fire Chiaf Croker of New York, who recently resigned. John Ridgeley Carter, United Sta minister to Roumania, Servia and Bul- garia, will be appointed minister to Edwin M. Herr Was Elected Presi- dent of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company at a special meeting of the board of directors yes- terday. N The .Philadelphia excursion steamer Burlington, with 100 passengers aboard, struck a rock in the Deleware river and sank. All the excursionists were Tescued, Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, director of the Bureau of Mines, will embark at Seattle August 4 for Alaska, where he will make a thorough inspection of the mines there. e The Engagement of Miss Madsliene Talmage Force, daughter of William 1. Force, to Col. John Jacob Astor is an- nounced. The couple have been en- gaged for some time. John R. Walsh, former president of the Chicago National bank, convicted of misappropriation of funds, will make another appeal for a pardon to the Federal Board of Parole. Actual work on the preparation of plang for Chicago Traction subway was begun when the board of engin- eers appointed by Mayor Harrison to build the big bore held its first meet- ing. With a Cargo of Books, Medical Sup- plies and provisions consigned to Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell for his Labrador mission, the three-masted _schooner George B. Cluett left New York terday for the north. Six members of the Long Acre Club of Brideport, who were arrested in a liquor raid upon that organization Sun- day, July 23, pleaded guilty to main- taining a disorderly house and were each fined $25 and costs. The General Arbitration Treaty be- tween the United States and Great Britain and the Unitad States and France will be signed at 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon in President Taft's office at the White House. Severe criticism of the Supreme Court of the United States marked the speech of Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, who advocated before the senate the adoption of his bill providing for the election and recall of federal judges. At Least Eight and Perhaps Ten lives were lost in a fire which partly destroyed one of”the main buildings of the insane asylum on the side of the mountain southwest of Hamilton, Ont., yesterday. Capt. Albert Gallatin Cummings, widely known in the construction of steel warks of Pennsylvania and an inventor of switch and aeroplane de- vices, died at his home in Millersburg, Pa., Monday night. Mrs, Oliver O. Howard, the Widow of Major General Oliver O. Howaril, the famous C war officer, who died about a year ago, died at Burlington, Vt., vesterday of a paralytic stroke suffered several days ago. , So successful has been the operation of the American leper settlement on the island of Celion in the Philippines that the British government has form- -ally requested permission to transport to that place for treatment about 40 lepers now’at British North Borneo. Weirs, Boats and Seines Were Dan- aged to the amount of several thousani dollars by tha northeast gale of Fri- day night, and for the next two or three weeks the sardine business on the eastern Maine coast must suffer in consequence. The Coffee Trust, the Steamship Trust and other concerns which are charged with making illezal trade agresments abroad and carrying out their effect in the United States will be prosecuted by the department of Jjustice. o I Proposed increa: commutation passenger fares by the leading railwa: operating in and out of New York city were held by the Interstate Com- merce Commission to be reasonabls generally, except in the case of the Pennsylvania railroad, whose commu- tation rates are declared excessive and are ordered reduced. . Pope’s Illness Due to Heat. Rome, Aug. 1.—The condition of Pope Pius, although not quite normal, is not alarming in the slightest dg‘riei. ‘The weakness following the last ind position of his holiness’ has been chiefly to the exceptional 7 | ue solve the of Schmidt and Agnes Lisiecki Schmidt, but with a proviso which postpones the taking the resolution, that it marriage |effect of the divorce to some future time. The Governor’s Objections. The governor's objections In my judgment all legislative divorces are prohibited by thcmemt-uun of the United States. ‘e are but few states of the union in which they have been permitted. has Congress for many years forbidden them in the territories of the United States. Previous Legislative Divorse Cases Prior to the adoptien of the Four- teenth amendment o the constitutfom of the United States two cases of leg- islative divorce in Conmecticut came before the supreme court of errors and their validity was systained by & divided court. The first and main case was so decided on grounds that have since been declared untenable by the same court. Bearirlg of Fourteenth Amendment. At the dates of the two cases first mentioned the power of a state to grant such a legislative divorce was not limited by any provision in the constitution of the United States, but in 1868 the Fourteenth amendment to that constitution was adopted, ons of the provisions of which is that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equsl pretection of the laws; which means, in the lan- guage of the supreme court of the United States, “the protection of equal Jaws.” . Would Deny Woman Equal Protectien of Law. . The divorce whick the resolution un- der consideration purports to grant seems to me to deny to Agnes Lisiecki Schmidt the equal protection of the law. Superior Court Has Exclusive Juris- dictione General statutes, section 4551, pre- vide that “the superior court shall have exclusive jurisdictien of all com- plaints for divorce.” i Must Be By Decree of Judicial Tri- bunal. If other married women are divorced at the suit of their husbands, it must be by a decree of a judiclal tribunmal before which they are summoned and may be heard in thelr own behalf; nor can such a divorce suit be main- tained, except for certain wrongs spe- cified in the general statutes. ho status of a married women is, then, by the general laws of Conmnecticut, protected from any attack, other than one conducted in due course of law before a court of justice, and for which good cause is judicially found te ex- A It is ohly to Agnes Lisieck! Schmidt that this conditional immun- ity from divorce is denied. DR. WILEY CONTINUES BEER INVESTIGATION. Brewery Advertisement ic Comment. Reading of Evokes a Cau Washington, Aug. 1.—Dr. Harvey W. Wiley's board of food and drug inspeo- tion today concluded its hearing om the question “What is beer?” and still somewhat unenlightened will continue to gather information from chemists and brewing exparts before announcing a decision. John R. Mauff of Chicago read from advertisements of brewers (‘Jllrflin‘z their beers were made of barley malt and hops when in reality none of thess ingredients were used. One advertise- ment read: “If you only knew what we know about beer, you would drink ne other than our bear.” ¥ “Yes,” commented Dr. Wiley, “may- be if we knew what they know about beer we would not drink any beer a’ all” BALTIMORE LIONIZES AVIATOR HARRY ATWOOS Citizens Carry Him on Thei: Shouldert After a Fligh Baltimore, August i.—Harry N. At wood, the Boston aviator, at 6. o'clock this evening, ascended in a right biplane from Prospect park, several miles southeast of this city. flew to the center of the city, circled over the skvscrapers, made a complete circuit of the city and returnefl to the park 32 minutes later, having covered an estimated distance of 22 miles. ‘Whsn he alighted from his machine he was seized and carried around the field on the shoulders of spectators. MAY BE THE REMAINS OF ASST. ENGINEER MERRITT Skeletcn With Two Gold-Filled Teeth Found on-the Maine. Havana, August 1.—Workmen in ex~ ploring the ward room of battle- ship Maine found today portions of 2 human skeleton, including the skull Two of the teeth in the upper jaw were filled with gold, It is suggestel that the bones possibly may be thosc of Assistant Engineer Merritt. A de- scription of the teeth has been cabled to Washington in the hope that the authorities there will be able to make an identification. In the ward room also were found several suspender buckles. Fortune Dwindled to $103.17. San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 1. ig left of the fortune ma ring by Stanley Ketel eight champion, tate was