Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 27, 1911, Page 1

VOL. LHi—NO. 231 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1911 = Governor Intimates He May Call it Togeth- er Again in Special Session SENATORIAL REDISTRICTING NEEDED Cannot be Done Until 1921 Unless Present Assen‘i\bly Acts—His Excellency Gratified by What Has Been Accomplished—Hoyt Elected to New Haven Judge- ship—Connecticut Co’s. Charier to Next Assembly. Hariford, Comn, Sent. 26 —The gen- | Thanks for Consideration of Messages. era embly, January session of 1911 ‘While you have not thoughi to | wis adjourned this afternoon. The Phig - gipet il | proceed so far‘a- I suggested in my inaugural message in the line of gen- eral public economy, and particularly in the direction of pruning off what | bave seemed to me unnecessary offices, | I thank you for tne careful considera- fuilure of the bodr to equ: the | tion which you have given to all the senatorial districts. This gave addi-|\arious recommendations ~which that 1 onal weight to the subject which had | jnessage contained. 1 thank also the cen twice touched upon in messages | chaimmen of the joint standing com- i aghin a few days ago in a letter to the committes on redistricting. Gifts of Watches and Diamonds. The session ended after The usual Early-burly in the house, which fur- rished great amusement to the gal- which ere fliled with specta- one topic of conversation as the mem- bers bade their fellows goodbye w Shall we be back next January Governor Baldwin in his final address to the members made reference to the courtesy with which they have re- ceived such suggestion of amendments as I have from time to time made to them personally in rgspect to the form and contents of pending bills. In many instances causes of objection to a bill have thus peen removed which might otherwise have made me deem es. tors. remembrances to the house officers, Then came the presentation of a #01d watoh und fob to Bpeaker Scott,| 1t ™Y duty to withhold my approval & gold waich to Mr. Tingier, the dem- [°f It- fomati Jeager u horseshor of dia- | Legislation a Bundle of Compromises. mords to AMr. Hanks, the republican| «Most legislation on controverted leader. a diamond ring to Clerk Rus-| matters is apt to take the shape el e to Assistant ( “" eventually of a bundie of comproinises. “X'fikl"‘fl"“ e Rev. MT.| Many of the acts of this session came Marshall, the The speeches| out at the end of the legislative process were marked cordiality and well | 00 {rCrent in appesvance tram what Jorded expressions of love, Tespect - were when they were introduced. BE s o™ 0 dhegrs wed. given s probable, however, that they thus better represent the average judgment Bitter Debate in Senat and common sense of our people. ad 7t exercises, as| Regrets Failure of ompensation Act. Fligerri® g el ,l‘,t'f “It is to be regretted that it proved cndered by Semator | impossible for the two houses o agree e tter debate Sver | on the terms of a proper workingmen's fudseenin Character. | compensation act, but it is mot sur- S mtor Alitehan | Prising that this’ was the result, in Py g ny Gew | Yiew of the inherent difficulties of B e no words, { bringing the position of modern so- ciology and social economy. into accord Wwith all the guarantees of individual r'ghts to bs found in our American constitution. Advocates Plan of Insurance. “It is better to have ne change in the laws regulating the important subject of employers' liability than to have them changed without due con- sideration of all the effects that might r= of the senate pracs ss without he bitterness finally E set- Hosyt, in had of- Judge Mathewson, tor Mahan took the ortunity to sound the praises of the s & Tow o when | result from the new legislation. A The Comtent was an ey ifs | 1w promising 'a_workingman, injured Blathewson and Mr. Webh, both| il the.course of his employment, a senators had been almost biiter in| fixed compensation automaticaliy as- Their arguments against the name of| CeTtained, would be a delusion unless She Torter he were sure of collecting it. It would seem as if this assurance can be best Connecticut River Charter Goes Over.|#florded by some plan of insurance. e other comtroversial matter up| Ihis is particularly important where for Jdisposal on this, the last gay. was | the emplover has but a small capital. B e o ih i e et e Congratulated on Redistricting. o the mext gemienl acsembre The| “You have provided for the appoir iinor matters which had heen buffeted | Tient 6f a commission to study tr Deiween tha twe bramches were dis- | Subject and rerort to the next general SAME Of and Both hodles In enrly | ASsembly. Their recommendations will Efiernoon ware rveady for the joint| N0 doubt be an important guide in de- - - e at sclock, | termining what legislation upon (his H sloe presid. | Subject ought to be adoptcd in this - ¢ o Seston, | State. You have adopted a fair and pa oA <enta. | Teasonabie plan for dividing the state : Soa ded waited | ikto five congressional districts. This vpon the governor to inform him that| Uty had been left unperformed : Gierisacq. | previous legislatures, and I congrat - late you having dealt with 1l & Guestion in the manner contemplated -5 b the laws of the United States, Need of New Senatorial Districts The constitution of Connecticut pro- vides tha' senatorial districts shall al- B corposed of contiguous terri | tory and that they should be so formed |as to make each as nearly equal as avery other in population as might be possible unaer certain prescribed lim- itations. The general assembly in 1903 | formed 35 districts of this description. The dificrence The Governor's Address. o T addressing the Baldwin assembly. s, Mr. President Gentlemen of 11 neral mbly n concludes by Speaker 4nd | | Py sobr ROl by | in population hetween - Connecticut. | the most populous 2ri the least popu- bt leus district was but 10,794 By the nt ution pro- ¥ of 1909 will + an of census 1910 it appears that the resent difference in population be- | | t'veen the most populous and the least | perulous district js 22,555. Great in- Gualities exist also botween many of le otner districts. It would be easy to lessen these inequalities by redis- tricting. The present general assem- | lv is the only one that can do this legiglative ax- n view of the mposition of mstitutiona! 1imit has become, | Until 192 remove all doubl as to its | bx the peasle at the Octoher | your attention to these $own meetinas soon to be h in my inaugural message and osed for the conside | recently by a special mes- general 2secmbly another | sige. A revor: was made by a minor- eonstitational amendment, conceived in he same spirit Opposes Spec ity of the committee on congressional and senatorial districts which. §f | adopted, would have done much tow- ards remedying these inequalities. Tt I Legislation. Eneniat e ading Tor e future | was not adopted and T have heard no r ezisiation in casex where the | MA5 o e @ame énd can be &s well accomplished | tantial reason stated ngainst adoption except that this might have resulted in advantaze to the political rarty whose candidate for the highest br a general statute. Taw in iis na- ture is general and universal: laying | &own ome and the same ruie for all, | LITtY whose candi 3 mnder similar eonditions. Our general | S¥eqtive office re eived the most vot atutes already caver most of the | 4 2 B e U5, whith chingcs m the | May Call a Special Session. eneral unwritter common law may be | “Constitutions, it is true, are de- BN Seiaie. . Frebtienn of meor- | vices 1o protect the minowty ia & b ¥ rations has been fwlly secured and | litical society arainst the majori 3ou have wisely Pefectad several pe- | but they are designed to protect the #iions for spocial charters hecause the | mirority by mandat>s that are obeyed. pime results could be had by resart 1o | nat by mandates that are disrezarded. the meneral statutes. Other pelitions The failure to redistrict the state for = here there could be no incornoration | senatorial districts will make it in- without o special charter. as for banks | (i mbent unon me to consider with care ®nd trust companies. You have granted | whether it may be my duty at a later #nd the acts just ~assed have reneat- | period to eall you together again in special session. el one after another at great length, the same identical provision. The Corrupt Practices Act. Advantages of a General Law. T corgratulate vou upon having -, nera! law a8 to the rowers of | 870Dted a corrupt practices act welt e A tas would have —nde | Fuarded and scif-executing. This and “h repetitisn unnecesearv sel re- | tte amendments adopted. in respect to Rired the Jemeth of emch chaster by | the form of ballot can hardlv fafl to two-thirds. The passaze of such laws, | £IVE uS greater security of elections. 4r the case ol banks. trust companies | You have made it your rule, whey au- end insurafce compunies, would he fa- | thorizing the issue of canital stock by cilitated by the adoption of this con- [ ("FPorations sexking charter privileges situticnal mmencmant. 1t will also|in that respect, io provide that these Sirmetunis the paller which veu have | shares shall be paid for at not less Lieele acapied of refusine sneeial di- | then par, in cash or its equivalent. werces for «auses not warranted by the | Have Guarded Public Interests. in this yow action has been in grueral statutes. Vi e Wi iking conirast to that of some pre- ved for the | With similar questi particuiarly in 1 assembly, | the case of uiteet o The state ¢ < vote fo over. | las reason to thank - your care '“l‘;x»'::ll.,.,‘:,fe“",'l e | in this guarding of the public inter- itself to ih ople and - ol mmeces. | State Treasurer Lippitt Makes Speech of As soon as the zovernor had finished, heriff Dewoy said “Oyez” three times and Secretary of State Rogers ad- journed the body with the customary Fan. matiers affacting the adminis- | “God save the state of Cennecticut. Tration af public mervice companies | Aftar heing dismissed. members went w hich he more catisfactorily | Lo (he treasurer's office -tn get thefr b it qnall oy exercising | cumpensation. " One” nieresting inci- @uaki-jud cinl fuactions. deat was wiien Treasurer Lippitt ap- Tequiring A ride a ve Neve, cown Jruve 4 use #ary or ili-c rextion of & public utili #ion will tend to relteve future general E£semblies irom the consideration of es commis- g 7 niittees for the uniform attention and| Parégraphs Paris, Sept 26.—A despatch to_the Temps from Rome says that the Ital- ian_cruisers have left the naval ports with the object of intercepting Turkish transports en route for Tripoli. Fisher Stirs Up Tempest SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR EXCORIATES DEMAGOGUéS. Peking, Sept. 26.—Reports from Ur- ga, in North Mongolian, stat& that the Russion guard there has been increas- ed to 200 men because of the possibil- | ¥ of conflicts between the Chinese nd native Mongolian: Viterbo, Italy, Sept. 26.—A further attempt to break down the alibi of Gi- {ovanni Lapi, the alleged treasurer of the Camorra, who conducted gambling{ _ | houses in Naples and Paris, was made | Exciting Incident at Kansas Anniver- at the trial of the Comorrists for the p ¥ murder of Gennaro Cuocolo and his| sary Celebration Where Taft Was 5 3 | Wife, today. E Guest—Introduced as “Bill Taft. SENATOR BRISTOW REPLIES The Bank London, of In a Sept. 26- Egypl suspended payment today. notice to despositors the directors say | that-advices from Egypt mako it ap- | Hutchinson, Kan, Sept. 26—Near the close of what had been a non- partisan celebration of the fiftieth an- niversary of the birth of Kansas as a state, with President Taft as the prin- cipal speaker, a political incident flar- ed up here today and gave a thrill to the thousands of Kansas who packed parent that the bank cannot provide sufficient cash to meet current obliga- | tions, and the company will file a| liquidation petition, Cheng-Tu, China, Sept. 24.—A seri- | ous engagement betwuen government | A troops 4and -the imsurcents occurred | (e emandstand at the state fair i yesterday at Shwangliu, ten miles! S’ o south of here. The troops lost heav- | Fisher Scores Demagogues. ily, but the insurgent losses were still | Waiter L. Fisher, secretary of the interjor, in President Taft's cabinet, just back from Alaska, made a three- i minute speech in which he said some | things about the difference between | “real, progressive, middle of the road | type like Mr. Taft,” and “hypocritical, | demagogic progressives who opposed i every practical progressive policy put forth.” Senator Bristow Meets Challenge. e o Senator Joseph L. Bristow, ranking{ { second only to Senator LaFollette of CHACD SCIVET TEA | Wisconsin among the progressives of OF POPPY LEAVES | the senate, followed Secretary Fisher S and quickly caught up his chal Little One Fell Into Stupor and Never | “Wo in Kansas,” he eaid, * Recovered. ~| ways willing to grant that the other fellow is honest in his views and we expect him to grant that we are honest in ours. I want to say to President Taft and to Secretary Fisher right now that in working out the problems greater. Tne insurgents hold Meichow, | fitty miles south of this ci Fort De France, Martinique, Sept. 26—The_flooding of the Madame riv- er' has inundated the nearby portion of the city, causing considerable loss- es. Several houses have been washed from’ their foundations and _stores have been invaded by the waters. The | river embankments are crumbling. | Stamford, Conn., Sept. 26.—Coroner Wilson of Bridgeport came to this city today to inquire into the circumstances of the death of Annie Ingenito, four months old daughter of Michaél In-|that econfront us, we of Hansas will genito. { have our part and have our say, to the According to the information which | end that there shall be equal justice the authorities have, the child’s moth- | to all and special privilege to none.” e following a custom among ltalitan Both Speakers Applauded. amilles hore, Eave the little one & tea” oo, Speaker e brewed from popps leaves for soothing | o Both Secretary Tisher and Senator The throng seerhed (o appreciate the verbal pas- sage of arms and the virtual serving of notice by the junior Kansas sena- tor that while he was participating o e freely and gladly in the welcome to ere S ene intention (on he part of | President Taft in this state, there was p {to be no let-up in the factional fight inally liable for the death, but it is : ,, < iry & |AS Soon as the chief executive left the| hoped that thrcugh the inquiry a|3S S00m a5 ‘he chief executive ‘warni ay be conveyed to the Ital S others President Talked No Politics. ian mothers here so as to prevent fur. ther occurrences of this nature. The president himself had made ah- = solutely no reference to polities. Hig VEILED PROPHETS OF dddress was purely historicel and in THE ENCHANTED REALM | It hie had taken occasion to pay a trib- ufs to the Independence, in thought Hold Banquet and itiate 100 Candi- | 2n¢ action of the Kansans as a peovle. dates at Washington. purposes. The child, however, fell in to a stupor after drinking it,’and did not recover. A physician called in the | medical examiner, who in turn notified the coromer. It is understood that Taft Introduced as a Progressi Mr. Taft Pad Dbee mintroduced by Governor Sftubbs, a progressive among the progressives, as the president “of the greatest nation ever conceived in a human brain” The governor added that Kansas was the greatest state “on the face of the globe”; that the United States was the greatest nation God ever allowed to be operated,” and the Washington, and special Sept. 26.—A banquet initiation of a class of more than 100 candidates were the featur®s tonight of the convention of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm which opened today. At an ex ecutive meeting of the supreme cou cil_the following officers were elected: Supreme grand monarch, Henry A.|president of the Umited States “had MacGruer of Syracuse, N.'Y.: deputy | more power and more majesty than supreme grand monarch, Everett L. any king or potentate of ancient or Haynes of Chicago: supreme grand | modern times.” chief justice, Hiram B. Rodgers of White “Plains, N. Y.; supreme grand master of ceremonics, Ernest L. Vol- genau of Buffalo; supreme grand se retary, Sidney D. Smith of Hamilton, supreme grand _treasurer, Colton of Rochester, N. Y. SCHOOL CHILDREN'S FUND FOR RAISING OF MAINE. Government Officials Discourage Movement Which Has Baeen Started. Presented as “Bill Taft.” “And now, ladies and gentlemen,” the governor concluded, “Bfll‘ Taft is going to speak to vou. I want you to give him the most royal reception a president ever received on earth.” Governor Leads Cheering. Governor Stubbs, waving a handker- chief, led in the cheering that followed Mr. Taft's introduction. Charles M CLOSING OF SOUTHERN Washington, Sept. Considerable NAVY YARDS BEGUY. nnovance has been caused White House and department officials by a | movement to / have school children throughout the United States contribe ute ome cent each toward a $250,000 fund for raising the battleship Maine, in Havana harbor. A circular letter has been sent broadcast asking co- operation in the movement, 26, Commander of New Orleans Yard As- signed, to Other Duty. Washington, Sept. 26.—Unmoved by the advers eagitation in the south, the navy department issteadily carrying out the plans projected by Secretary Meyer for the practical closing of Acting etary of War Oliver has | southern navy vards. This was made informed the author of the letter that | evident by an order pdblished today it is evidently the intention of congress | detaching Captain James M. Helm as to provids fur removing the Maine, and ; commander of the New Orleans yard the department does not regard the |and assigning him to other dut © subscription proposition with| Today the New Orleans navy yard was placed in charge of Chief Car- penter Davis, who will be actually a caretaker and nothing more. As the vard was created by an act of con- Zress it must continue to be a maval establishment until congress directs its abandonment and sale. However, the MICHIGAN AUTOIST MAY GO TO PRISON FOR LIFE Ran Into Crowd of People at Toronto . While Intoxicated. secretary, by withholding all naval o work from the yard and dissipating Toronto, Cnt., Sept. the force of emploves, can secure Tracey of Port Huron, practically the same result. found guilty of criminal negligence in the court of general sessions here to- dey. Tracev was driving a motor car at a furious rate on September 4 and ran into a crowd of people, injuring four or five, some of whom had to be taken to the hospital. He pleaded that the brake on the car would not worlk, but witnessee thought ke was intoxicated A MERIDEN WORKMAN KILLED AT MANCHESTER Robert Meah Knocked from Third Story of New Bullding. Manchester, Conn., 26 —Rob- ert Meah of Meriden Sept. as knocked from The penalty is imprisonment UD 10 |the third story of a building in con- i struction here today by a huge derrick = g lling to_the ground suffered in- OBITUARY. fng Talinx £ juries from which he died shortly aft- erwards. He Janded en his neck and Colonel T. C. Woodbury. shoulders and there was a fracture of Washington, Sept. 26.—News was | the skull at its base as well as other received at the war depariment this |injuriess afternoon of the death today at La| The fact that his chest was broken Jolla, Cal, of Colonel T. C. Woodbury. in indicates, it was thought, that he Colonel Woodbury formerly command- | must have been injured by the der- ed the Third infantry, but his last rick. He was about 19 vears' eold. active service was as a member of the Immediately after his fall he was general staff in Washington, | picked up and hurried to a hospital at | Hartford, but he died on reaching that Swell Wedding in December. { institution. Newport, R. L. Sept. 26—The wed- | e ding of Miss Mildred Sherman and | GOVERNMENT WATCHING Lord Camoys, Whose cngagement was DEVELOPMENTS AT TRIPOLI. announced some time ago, will take place December 5 at the home of the | .y jein With Qther Nations in Ef- fecting Peaceful Settlement. bride's parcrts, Mr. and Mrs. William Watts Sherman, in New York. An announcement to this effect was made today. Lady Camovs. mother of the prospective bridegroom, will come from England to be present at the ceremony. Washington, Sept. 26.—Though with- out direct interest between Italy and Turkey concerning the former's pre- tensions to predominance in Tripoli, %0 long as the open door is maintained and American treaty rights respected. the state department officials are Wwatching developments in the cuse with keen interest. The opinfen was expressed todauy that the five powers which united in the treaty of Berlin in a pracijtal guarantee of the terri- toriul integrity of Turkey are unwhli- ing to have that bulwark ef peace swept away, and will consequently ‘bring pressure to effect a peaceful ad- justment of the present diMculty. Aviator's License for Ohio Man. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 26.—An avi- ator's license was grunted te A. L. Welch of Dayton, ¢*, by the secretary of state today, qualification under. the state law being upou a certificate is- sued by, the Aero club of America. peared in the senate with the pay checks. Te was introduced as—the “paymaster general” and. taking the floor, made a speech, an _unheard Froceeding in that bedy. He made the semators laugh by his quotations from Artemus Ward &nd his wishes for their success. : The library at Cambridge university, England, was founded in 1475, and the famous Bodleian, at ©xford, was in- stituted in 1597. The Bulletin’s ‘éirculation in Norwich is Double That~ of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in" LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS SINE DIE| Cabled Hitchcock in an Aeroplane POSTMASTER GENERAL CARRIES BUNDLE OF MAIL. MADE SEVEN MINUTE FLIGHT Dropped Mail Sack to Letter Carrier at Signal—Bel That Will Eventually Carry U, 8. Mail. New York, Sept. 26.—Frank H. Hitchcock, postmaster general of the United States, qualified as an aerial mail carrier on Long Island late this afternoon. While a large crowd cheer- ed vociferously, the postmaster general took a seat beside Captain Paul Beck of the United States army in the lat- ter's aeroplane at the Nassau Boule- vard aerodrome, carrying 78 pounds of mail matter. Made Seven Minute Flight. Without the slightest mishap the two mads a seven minute flisht to Mineola, where, pon signal, the post- master dropped the mail sack to one of Uncle Sam’s carriers. Cheers for Postmaster General. When the postmaster general re- trned to the aerodreme he was again roundly cheered and the large crowd rushed on to the field to greet him. “The time is certainly coming” he szid enthusiastically, “when we must Adepend upon the aereplane for carrying malil. It is not effective vet, but.it is being developed in a marvelous way, and 1 think we shall soon find it prac- tical.” Showed No Timidity. Although some had expected that the Postmaster general might balk at the proposed flight today, In view of the fatal accident which befell Dr. C. B. Clarke vesterday, Mr. Hitchcock show- ed no timidity. He said he wanted to make the flight in order to. stimulate interest in the possibilities of - the aeroplane for carrying mil. “We have got to use evervthing that is the ultra- advancement of science,” he safd. Army Officer Makes Flight. Another feature of the fourth day of the international meet. was a flight by Lieut. T. Dewitt Milling, U. S. A., who Taoke the American record for carry- ing a passenger. He and a private of his reglment were aloft for one hour, 51 minutes, 42 3-3 seconds, Other Flights. Claude Grahame-White and Tom Sepwith and Mlle. Dutreau also made suceessful flights. GIRLS TESTIFY BEFORE GRAND JURY IN THE FLAGG CASE Newspaper Woman Furnishes Govern- ment Important Evidence. Aeroplanes ves New York, Sept. 26 —A dozen or more girls employed in the offices of the Jared Flagg brokerage cancern, which was raided by postal inspectors Saturday, were examined today by the grand jury which is investigating the charges against Flagg and eight as- sociates that they used the United States mails to swindle investors in a “52 per cent. profit” scheme. A mysteriously veiled young woman, who was at first thought to be Made- | line_Russe, the confidential secretarv to Flagg, for whom detectives have been searching, was also a whness be- fore the grand jury. Later it was said she was an employe of a New { York newspaper who had furnished the government with important evidence. The detoctive bureau tonight re- ceived a telephome call in which the party at the other end ef the wire an- nounced herself as Miss Russe and said that she would surrender herself tomorrow. The detectives were unable to trace the telephcne call further. In defense of his brother, Ernest Flagg, an architeet, gave out a state- ment today characterising Flages' ar- rest as high-handed and outragesus prosecution and declaring that his family knew him “te be utterly in- gapable of what had been aseribed to im.” T and otl:er members of the family to which he belongs are proud to claim relationship with Jared Flagg,” the statement read. “It is only a question of time when this shame will be placed where it belongs.” WRECK OF THE LIBERTE LIKE THAT OF THE MAINE Claim That Internal Explosion De- stroyed American Battleship. Washington, Sept. 26.—Naval officers wffiho have contended that the battle- ship Maine was destroved by an inter- nal explosion claimed today that there was overwhelming proof of the sound- n of their theory in the terrible disaster in Toulon harbor vesterday ang finally backward upon the mid- ship section of the hull. This was caused by the tremendous downward force of the explosion amidships. To some of the experts the reports seemed to indicate that the cofdition of the wreck of the Liberte is almost precise- Iy like that of the wreck of the Maine in Havana harbor. MOTHER OF TEN WAS SMUGGLING IN CLOTH. Fitchburg Woman Had a False Bottom in Her Trunk. New York, Sept. 26.—Mrs. Hildred Ackermann of Fitchburg, Mass, who arrived here today on the Vaderland of the Red Star lne with her ten chil- dren, had concealed under a false bot- tom in her trunk a number of pieces of cloth which the customs officers seized. She admitted that her brother in Ger- many, who is a weaver and also an amateur carpenter, made the false tottom in the trunk for her. Mrs. Ackermann pleaded that the cloth she brought was intended for presents to her children, so she theught she was entitled to bring it in duty free. The customs officers did not arrest her. Italy Rewards Red Cross Director. ‘Washington, Sept. 26.— A gold medal and a diploma have been awarded by the Itallin government to K Bicknell, diiector of the Ameri Cross soclety, a8 an expression Itsly's appreciation of the services of the Red Cross sodiety ut Mes- Queen Helene sent their autographed photographs to Mr. Bickmell in token of their personul gratitude. The American Red Crose spent about a million dollars in relleving restitute victims of the Messina earthquake. The Moody Bible institute has just dorm ftory for wom- en. '!h‘q ‘bullding eost 3225,008, , % = Condensed Telegrams Four Persons Were Killed and many injured in a tenement house fire in Chicago. The Third Annual National conser- vation congress has opened in Kan- sas City. , italian Warships Were Reported to have been sighted off Malta on the way to Tripoll. Charles A. Patterson, a former Chi- cago. broker, was shot to death in Den- ver, Col, by his wife. The Public Health and Marine hos- pital service will ask congress for 50,000 to suppress peelagra. Congress Will Be Asked to Abolish the new commerce court when the res- ular session opens in December. The Schooner Helen W. Martin, from Philadelphia. for Portsmouth, struck on Whiskey Ledge, outside Cape Ann. John R. Walsh, the former Chicago banker, serving a term in the federal prison at Leavenworh, is seeking a pa~ role. . A Bronze Tablet, marking the birtat place of the te confederate general, Stonewall Jackson, was unveiled at Clarksburg, W. Va., yesterday. Theodore Roosevelt Tald a Hundred Pennsylvania farmers yesterday tha: he was with them in their efforts to get more money for their crops. Members of the Farmers’ Union i Bath county. Ky., are taking steps to establish a co-operative store and a bank to be capitalized at $35,000. There Was an Increase of More than 12 per cent. in the supply of raw cot- ton in the {United States during the cotton year which ended August 31, eI The Postal Savings Bank System in Boston will be extended on October 3th to eight sub-stations within a ra- dius of three miles of the central of- fice. Federal Avthorities Are Trying to find Miss Madeline Russe, private sec- retary to Jared Flagg. the “52 per cent. rofit broker,” who was released on ail, The lllineis Central and Yazes and Mjssissippi Valley Tailroads at Jack- son, Miss, are emploving vcoung wo- men to take the place of the striking clerks, George S. Miller, son of a wealthy resident of Mount Kisco, N. Y., was arrested on complaint of a woman that he had an undivorced wife when he married her. To Enter Harvard University, found- ed by his ancestor, Lionel De J¢ 24 Harvard of London arrived in Boston resterday on the stéamer Canadian from i.iverpool. The Connecticut Agricultural Coliege opened yesterday with a registration of 218, which is fifty more than last | vear and is the largest in the history | of the state college. The Stockholders of the Lincoln Mfg, company, by a practically unanimous vote, decided to add 35,000 srindles for the menufacture of fine zoods to their plant at Fall River. Nine Hundred Officers and Men of the Tenth infantry left Fort” Sam Houston yesterday for Galveston where the regiment will take ship for the isthmus of Panama. That It is Possible to Recover from the -effects of a knife thrust in the heart is being proved by Frank Grov- er of Moorhead, Minn., who eight days ago was stapbed during a controversy over a poker game. Trinity Corporation, the Richest The Liberte's bow was thrown hpward | plans for mnother branch church, par- ish heuse and rectory, to be located in 0la Trinity cemetéry, on Washington Heights, New York Battle Practice Within a Month after they are commissioned was ordered bythe navy department for the new dreadnoughts Utah and Florida, just out of the constructors’ hands at the New York navy vard. Daniel A. Bean, the First Soldier from the town of Brownfield, Me, to be killed during the civil war, is re- produced in bronze as the figure sur- mounting the soldiers’ monument ded- icated there vesterday Alien Excursienists Traveling from tihis country te Bermuda must con- tinue to pay the head tax of $4 upon their return to the United States, ir- respective of the number of years they have resided in America. A Chase After a Stolen Engine on the tracks of the Norfall (Va.) Lumber company wound up in a rear-end | collision_in which Engincer H. D. La- | tham of Blizabeth City, wis killed. The engine thieves are siill at large. Mrs. Rebecca Jeffri : Jaraes J. Jeffries. former champion ieavvweight pugilist, died Monday night of cancer. Her husband, Rev. Alexis B. Jefries, was at the bedside, but the son is in Alaska on a hunting trip. mother of Decrying the ‘Abuse of Intoxicants at_unjversits social functions, Chan- cellor Samuel Avery, a- the convoca- tion of the Universily of Nenraska declared he szreed with R. T. Crane of Chicago as to intemperance in educa- tional institutions. Nicholas Williams, 38 vears old, a veteran of the eivil war and a mem- ber of Bartlett post, G, A. R., of Cald- well, N. J., was married to Mrs. Ma- tilda Briggs, the widow of a eivil war veteran, in_the parlor of the old home of Grover Cieveland. Oply After She Had Been Ordered committed to the state insane asylum Ly the Lynn county court, was the di covery made that Miss Ray Leonard, 2 years old, an old resident of Lieba- nen, N. Y., has for 22 years been mas- querading as a man. Sixty Baties Were Sent from the New York Fcundling asylum to foster parents i Colotado and Nebraska. Tuhey left in a Pullman car that was lavishly supplied with good provender and were accompanied by of Charity and four nurses. William Grenbur, the Richest News boy in St. Leuis, was buried on Mon- day. From poverty Greenburg rose to be a landlord and at his death was the swner of a $112.000.apartment house and the newsetand which he cstablish- od after selling papers for twenty- three vears. Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Populatihp-' BULLETS FLEW IN POLLING PLACES Three Men Shotin New York and Ta_rlnmahy: Leader Has Broken Arm Mysterious Reticence Regarding Injuries of Tammanys Leader Ahe;ru—Ffst Fights in Several Places—Gova ernor Foss Renominated by Massachusetts Democrat —Lieutenant-Covernor Frothingham to Oppose Him. New York, Sept. 2 : ~Primary elec- | gen of Sprinzficld, the presidential can- tion contesgts in 15 a embly districts | Gidate of the Independence league three in New York city today developed into | years ago, Mr. Hisgen's vote was not fights in which fists and bullets were [ heavy. used as well as ballots. Frothingham Had Two O, 3 i pponents. Three Shot on East Side. Licutenant Governor TFrothingham Three men in a croWwd of voters in an East Side polling place were shot and seriously wounded, and in a num- ber of other districts warring factions came to blows, notwithstanding th was strongly oppesed in the campaign by Speaker Joseph Walker and- Rep- resentative Norman H. White, but the returns from about one-third of the ate indicated o safe lead on the pars Sheriff Shea had mobilized his entire | of the licutenant governor. force of 1,000 deputies id Polic s Commissioner Waldo had assigned| . Langtey Leading for Secretary, practically his entire army of 10,000 | = With two-thirds of the state to hear from, Secretary of State Albert P. Langtry of Springfleld was leading his opponent, Representative Russell A, bluecoats to keep order. Tammany Leader Hors de Combat. In connection with the primary| Wood, of Cambridze, by a margin of fights, the surprising information came | more than 2 to 1, while the lead of from St. Luke's hospital tonight thal] avditor John E. White of Tisbury over James Ahearn, an old-time Tammany gistrict leader, who was having a bit- ter fight to_keep his power from going to James J. Hines, a former black- | smith, is in that institution suffering | from a broken arm and other injuries. Mystery as to His Injuries. It was learned that Mr. Ahearn w brought to the hospital in’ an auto- | mobile late in the afternoon, buf the hospital authorities declared they did not know how or where the Tammany leader recefved his injuries. Mysteri- ous reticence was also met when dem- former Representative Herbert W. Burr of Boston was a trifis less, Donahue Leading Skelton. On the democratic side, Frank J. Donahue was shead of Edward O. Skelton of Boston for secretary of tate, while for attorney _general George W. Anderson was leading Jo- seph J. Leonard of this city. Restrained from Posting Pickets. New Orleans, Sept. 26.—With 280 union clerks already out on strike, and a general strike order calling out the federated shopmen expected, atterneys i epublic leaders of the 19th e ht was on, were aske dto ex- | cured from Federal Judge Foster to- night a temporary order restraining leln e Ingldens he members of the clerks’ organiza- tion and its officers from _pesting IN MASSACHUSETTS. pickets or in any way interfering with the company's business. Frothingham Selected to Head the Tickets. Foss and 12,000 Cigarmakers‘May St Tampa, Fla., Sept. 26.—Indications tonight were that 12,000 cigarmakers would refuse to return to their beneh- es tomorrow as a result of notices As an_outcome of ries in Mas- Boston, Sept. the first statewide prims otts, held today, tovernor 1u- | posted that men would not be allowed zene N. Foss will head the democratio | F0%760 CINE, W% F0iiG, 0 08 GOgon AN per: IR, 3 Nt advisory board was being hel N Wi b2 his republican opponent in the | ¢5 gocide whether a general strike Both candidates November_elections. are from this city. Smaller Vote Than Year Ago. would be alled. Indians Crucify Mexican. Mexico City, Sept. 26.—Wenceslao The primaries brought out a fairly 4 Terident efl kcale: atafes SN good vote, althoush the total fell con- s i rebellions siderably short of that polled at the | qp.2Pa® JHEE. CTUTLIEH 7 G Swokeil last state election that place last Saturday, according to Hisgen Cut Small Figure. teiegrams received by El Imparcial to- Governor Foss had scarcel’ no op- | night from Tuxtla Gutierrez, the state position, except from Thomas T.. His-! capital. SEARCH FOR THE WILTON MURDERER CONTINUES ROCKEFELLER OWNER OF REPORTS ON VICE | church body in the country, has filed | pation cente i | ! | Rockefeiler and orde | lege and Are Held at Chicago as Being Unmail- [ Man Seen in Woods Corresponds to able Matter. His Description. Chicago, Sept. 26—The 1,000 copies| South Norwalk, Conn, Sept. 26— ! of the report of the Chicago vice com- | The search for the alleged slayer of mission now being held by the postal | Harry H. Maudlin of Wilton, ‘which authorities as unmailable are the prop- | was given renewed activity by a re- erty of John D. Rockefeller, Jr, ac- | port late last night that a man an- cording to members of the commis- | swering the description of the man sion. The reports were bought b sought had been seen in a suburb of ed mailed ic kers in g as the Or h permanent this city, was witheut resnlt up to this evening. A circular sent out by the state police describes a man wanted for assault with attempt to kill Gius- seppe Fusco at New Canaan on Aug - reform wo; tions of the coun an to establ vice ons in all the important pop- iatlon: of the country. ust 21, and dlso wanted for the mur- The anti-vice movement is said to|der of Harry H. Maudlin at Wilton be the result of interest. aroused when | on Augus \s Giuseppe Mulvaso, Mr. Rockefeller was appointed fore- | a slimly built Ttalian of 22 vears, four man of a grand jury in New York|feet seven inches in helght, and which investigated white slave traf- | weighing about 100 pounds. —Persoms who have seen the man who has been hunmted over a wild streteh of ceunfry near here for some time say that he answers the, description given in the state police circular. ficking there FOR MISAPPRGPRIATION OF CHURCH FUNDS h B Former :as:ora o;i"eD:;h;-;;) Chirehlier e oA % BE SENT THROUGH MAIL Middletown, Conn., Sept. 26.—Ches- — Decision Given Out by Attormey Gen- - eral’s Office Vestorday_ ter H. Sweet, formerly Congrezationad pastor at Durbam, pleaded guilty the opening of the superior court, criminal side, for the September term, here today to a charge of having mis- appropriated “funds Chicago, Sept. 26.—The report of Chicago's vige commission cannot be ,sent throush the United Statos mails, Durham, an€ was fined & | according to a decision handed, down Trosgnt o the motice: of the. courts | BY Aoting Assistanc S1oency Sonernl some months ago, but had w"."“"'?(’l.\la from Washington Iate teday by {intied Trom time to time vntil finally | EI¥ed trom FESEREOR OLE Heousand guiity of abuse of his 16 vears -\Mi:{f‘e‘f“f',.w,"',,,‘l_,"u "decision frem' the daughter, was sentenced to state pris- | FEER IV B8 S (e are to be re- ten to GCVERNMENT PLACES $30,000 | AEROPLANE IN THE MUSEUM. | on for from e turned to the commission, according to Postmaster Cam PRESBYTERIANS WANT The Type Now Obsolste and Will | WILSON TO DECLINE N ertBstisad i onin, Object to Cabinet Officer Accepting ‘Washington, ept. 26.—The first| Honorary Position from Brewers. army aeroplane, bought from th Wright Brothers in 1909 at a cost—of | Btica, N. Y., Sept. 26.—The presby- $30,000. arrived in Washington today |tery of Uti I includes 44 Pres- to be placed in the national museum | byrerian chu today addressed a as an exhibit. Though it was only | letter to Pr inz Lim to uade Sec- ilson from ac- chairmanship of to be held in usa his jinfluenc retary of!Agricultu cepting tlie honora the Brewers' COngress, Chicago, next month A letfer also was sent to Secretary Wilson, who is an elder in the Pres- vyterian church, protesting against his | acceptance of ‘the chairmanship_ two years agoe tnat Orville Wrighti, with Lieutenant Foulois as a pass: ger, made his historic flight from Iort Myer to Alexandria, Va., and return in this aeroplane, the machine is mnow considered obsolete and probably never will fly again. Pittsfield Pastor President. Watertown, N. Y.. Sept. 26.—At the annual meeting of the Albany confer- ence of the New York Ministerfum ot Steamship Arrival Gel Sept. 22, ‘Aesta, the Kvangelical Lutheran church in | At Genoa: Sept D Redwood, today, Rev. W. L. Genzmer | fTom New ! s 26, L | of Pittstield, M Was elected p At Tanddn: Sent dent. 2 e At Dover: Sept. 23, Kreonland, frem H o, New York. liineis Central's Biggest Year. Al Liverpool: Sept. 26, Lusitanfay Chies Sept. The total oper-|eom New York. ating income of s Hlinois ( 1 At Diremen: Sept. 26, Kronprinzess raitroad he-vear cnding Ceécilie, frem New. York. was $60,977.031° the largest At Genoa Sept. Amerlka, from ording to the annual report | wow Sope 1 made Goverror's Trip to Atlanta. public todiiy British Mariners Rescued. Hartford, Conn., Sepl. 26.—With the | St Johns, N. I, Sept. 26.—When the legislature adjourned, (iovernor. Hald- | crew jof the British brig Lady Napier win fs free to arrange for the (rip of | were forced o abanden their vessel the state delegation to Atlanta, Ga.,|in mid-ocean about ten daye axe, they ith. the, Tirst Company. Governor's | were fortunate in having within sig- naling distance the British Mildred, which teok them brought' them here today. Napier, a 245-ten eptembar & Joot Guards, as an_escort. The American Bible society expects to sell 100.000 copies of the Bible in Korea this yeas \