Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 15, 1911, Page 1

VOL. 'NEW CHAPTER IN AN OLD ROMANCE| Cabied NORWICH, R 15, 1911 \eo PRICE TWO CENT" o McDougald Escapes From Sanitarium to Fall Into Hands of Chicago Police TROUBLES FOLLOW HIS COURTSHIP Committed to Institution by His Father Becaus: of His Love For an Offspring of a Morganatic Marriage— Object of His Afiections Claimed to bs Grand- daughter of Emperor Joseph, Recently Divorced. Chicago, Nov. 14—Justin McDougal'd, said by the police to be a son of A. T. MecDougald, a Montreal banker, was detaired by the police of the Engle- wood station today, pending receipt of | ¢, advice from the father. The poiice said that young McDougald nad es- caped from s Canadian sanitarium. YOUNG MAN'S ROMANCE. MecDougald's Courtship Broken by an Obdurate Father. Montreal, Nov. 14.—The despatch from Chicago reporting the detention of Justin McDougaldy revives great interest in the peculi story of young McDougald’s courtship of 'a woman who claimed to be a morganatic grand- daughter of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, and the efforts of his fa- ther, who is a well known broker here, to thwart his son's plan for a mar- riage. Love Caused His Incarceration. The father, A. W. C. McDougald, placed his son in St. Benoit's asyium jast summer when young McDougald announced his love for Mrs. George Osborn Paynes, who was then seek- ing a divorce from her husband, a New York broker. She was, she claim- ed, Princess Ilenor Vercia before her marriage. 5 Her Romantic Story. She asserted that she came to the title as being the daughter of one of Emperor Francis Joseph's sons and a Furopean countess. Her parents com- mitted suicide after her birth, she said, owing to the refusal of the Austrian court to recogmize the marriage. Divorced from New York Broker. She related that she had been brought to America as a child and brought up in Toronto and New York. * Her basis divorce pro@eelings from the New York proker was alleged mistreatment when her husband learned that the Austrian emperor could not be in- duced to recognize her claim to roval connection, After bringing the divorce who fell in love with her. Courtship Short-Lived. Just as his_courtship was at height yeung McDougald was sent the asylum at Longue Pcinte. “The voung woman brought an action against the elder McDougald and at- tempted to secure a writ of habeas corpus for the release of the son. This failed and an attempt at forcible res- cue is said to have been made by some of the young man’s friends with- out success. Son Released from Asylum. Later it was gossiped that Mr. Mc- Dougald haé become reconciled to the | relations between his son and the { mysterious young woman, and that he even offered to help her to secure a divorce from her New York In the meantime the son was released from the asylum. Romance Upset Again. In the next chapter of the story the romance was upset by the sending of | young McDougald to a sanitarium in { Ontario. It appez that it was from this institution that he was making | good an escape when held up by the \Chicago police. FIVE INDICTED FOR MURDER OF MRS. HALL Gne of the Robbers Tells Story of the Killing by Peppo. White Plains, N. Y., Nov. 1i—FHold- ing in his hand a photograph of the room in which Mrs. Mary killed by robbers at Yorktown last Thursday, Tony Turiddo, one of the five men in jail here charged with the crime2, gave Sheriff Hartnett and Dis- irict Attorney Winslow today a gra- phic description of the way in which the young oride met her death. Tu- riddo, according to the officials, point- ed out just where Mrs. Hall sat when he entered the rcom, he said, with Gi- useppe Peppo, and declared that after he had, on Peppo’s orders, gagged the victim with an aprcn and started to search the room for plunder, Peppo repeatedly stabbed the woman. All five of the foreigmers held for the crime were indicted today for mar- der in the firs. degree. Besides Tur do, the authorities say, three of the other four prisoners, while telling con- flicting stories, agreed in the state- sments that Mrs. Hall was killed by Peppo. A SNAIL'S PACE IN THE M’NAMARA CASE. Cnly Three Swern Jurors in Box at | Adjournment Yesterday. T.os Angeles, Nov. 14—By twists and turns the MeNamara case slowly forged ahead today, weathering stages o}d and new until the inventory of the day disclosed at adjournment three sworn jurors, eight men passed for czuse by both sides and a twelfth man yassed by the defense. James B. McNamara sat with his air tilted and a smile on his face while counsel for both sides showed «dissatisfaction with some of the venire- men, yet were unable to find ground for challenge. It was admitted tonight by counsel ihkat four or five of the men in the box +ill be peremptorily challenged. Talesman M. W. Corcoran, who was passed quickly by the defense after he had related that he read but little and linew less about the case, was taken in fanr® by the state just before court djourned and there is a possibility that he will be accepted by the prose- cution and that peremptories will be in order early tomorrow. IDENTITY OF INFANT EMBARRASSES COUNTESS. Emigration Orders Detained Her Until It Was Established. T San Francisco, . 14—Countess JMargaret Derougemont of France, on her arrival today on the steamer Mariposa from Tahiti, was ordered by emigration officers into detention at Angelistand until the identity of an in- fant child that had been brought with her could be established. She was al- lewed to proceed on her way to Europe teonight. In her declaration to the customs officers the countess is said to have re- ferred to the baby as her son. She Jeter told the officers that a French woman living in Papeete and a young ¥rench naval officer were the parents The mother, she said, had entruste the child to her to be taken to its futher in Paris. More than a year ago the Countess Terougemont filed*suit for divorce here against H. W. Ehler,who is now living 4n this city. Shertly pfterward she left for Tahiti. OBITUARY. John Whitman. Passaic, N. J., Nov, 14.—John Whit- man, the oldest i'lhab‘nlnt of Passaic, dled today, aged 97. "He was born in Neova Scotia, a des:endant of John Whitman, who came to this country in 1638. He is survived by two daugh- 4ers and three sons, one of whom, Ciar- ence Whitman, is a large cotton man- wfacturer. Andrew H. Fort. Mount Holly, N. J., Nov. 14—Andrew Fort, father of former Governor J. Franklin Fort, died today in his 90th year. Elected Director. Merritt Heminway of Watertown was chosen a director of the Water- bury National bank to fill the place of his brother, the late Homer inway, at a recent mteting of the Hall was | | INDEPENDENTS WISH | TO BE PARTIES TO SUIT lwill ™ ake Formal Motion Today Tobacco Trust Cases. in | New York, Nov. 14.—The independ- | ent tobaecco interests, represented b: Felix H. Levy, it was announced t | night, will make a formal motion in the United Stales ¢ircuit court tomor- | row to be permitted to intervene in the case ~f the ss-called Tobacco trus and become parties to the su which the has not yet been entered, though the judges have filed their opinions up- { nolding the rlan submitted by the Am- erican Tobacco company. Notice of | the mction was served ioday on coun- sel for the various parties, including District Attorney Wise, as representing | the government. | The purpose is understood to be to |lay the groundwork for an appeal to | the supreme ccurt or the entire ques- tion of the re-organization of the company. Should the court deny this | motion the independents may seck to take zn appeal on this point to the supreme court or they may ask the supreme court to mandamus the circuit | court to make them parties. ALLEGED SMUGGLER SHOT i BY A CUSTOMS INSPECTOR. Ciler on Steamship Rotterdam Puts Up a Fight at Hoboken. Hoboken, N. J., Nov. 14.—An alleged attempt to smuggle a quantity of cigars from the steamship Rotterdam, which | | 2rrived yesterday from Holland. was foiled tonight when James J. L.ynch, a customs inspector, shot Frank Bolk, one of the Rotterdam’s oile after a struggle on the steamship pler. Lynch says when he attempted to prevent Bolk and two companions from leaving dles under their coats they attacked him and knocked him down. He shot, he said, in self defense, hitting Bolk caped, leaving behind a bundle { taining 500 perfectos. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS NEWSPAPER CRITICISM. con- Reverses Judgment of $50,000 Secured by Sam B. Cook in Missouri. Jefferson Cit) Nov. 14.—The supreme court uri today re- versed a judgment of 50,000 which B. Cook, formerly cretary of te, had obtained against the . Louis Post-Dispatch for alleged libel The suit grew out of an editorial pub a ‘pank and criticising Secretary of State Cook for delaying to close the institution because of its insolvent condition. The court held that the editorial was pertinent and j#stified and that it was printed in good faith and in the interest of public service. YOUNG BEAN UNDER INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR. Seventeen Witnesses Testify in Case of Youthful Murderer. | Guildhall, V Seventeen ov. witnesses were called by the prosecution, which is presenting evi- dence that the court may fix the de- gree of murder in the case of Arthur Bean, the 139 yvear old Maidstone boy who has confessed and pleaded guilty to the murder of his mother and his 15 Nina Bean Fean, which it is alleged cause of the trouble which led to the shooting, was introduced in evidence. Ernest Bean, a brother of the de- fendant, testified that at times Arthur had been under the influence of liquor. 1l Health Causes Suicide. Philadelphia, Nov. 14.—Edward Foederer, brother of the late Congres: man Robert H. Foerderer and a retir- ed member of the leather manufactur- ing firm of which the late congress- man was at one time the head, com- mitted suicide at his home here today by shooti Mr. Foerderer was 48 vears old. "Il health is believed to have been the cause for the suicide. $250,000 Fire at Phlladelphia. Philadelphia, Nov. 14—Fire tonight destroyed the storechouse, printing es- tablishment and the linoleum plant of the G e . Blabern company's oil cioth we in Nicetown ILoss $250.- | proceedings she met young McDougald, H husband. | decree of the circuit court | the pier with suspicious looking bun- | in the leg. Bolk's two companions es- { lication commenting on the failure of | 1 | | to save the prisoner today. {to him | in_Washington. | bridge will have two letters from Rev. {lays on the table awaiting action. The Paragraphs London, Nov. 14.—A despatch to the Evening Times from Rangoon, British India, says that the Bank of Burma failed today. Its deposits on June 30 last totaled $3,750,000. _— Munich, Bavaria, Nov. 14.—The diet was dissolved today as a resuit of a conflict between the center and radical parties on the cne hand and the min- ister of railways on the other, in which the regent supported t.hqnlnlstry. Berlin, Nov. 14.—The first tangible result of the Franco-German agree- went appeared today when a contract was signed by which the French and German mining syndicates in Morocco were fused on a basis of equality. Ckiasso, Switzerland, Nov. 14.—The report of the ltalian government shews there were 153 cases of cholera and 81 deaths in Italy from October 23 to November 11, inclusive. The towns of Naples, Genoa and Rome were im- mune, Manila, Nov. 14.—Announcement was | made at military headquarters today | that the sailing of the transport Sher- man for the United States had been prostponed. No official explanation was offered, but army officers expressed the belief that the boat was being held for use in carrying troops to China. FATE OF BEATTIE TO BE KNOWN TODAY. Will Make Public Governor of Virgini His Decision. Richmond, Va., Nov. 14.-—After a brief conference today with counsel for Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., who is under sentence of death for wife murder, Governor Mann announced that his de- cision in the matter would be made public early tomorrow. While the governor declined tonight to indicate what action he would take, a careful review of today’'s events indicated there would be no commutation of sen- tence and very slight chance of a respite. Beattie is sentenced to die in the electric chair Nov. 24. ‘What purported to be an affidavit igned by Paul D. Beattie, a cousin of the murderer and the witness on whose evidence the jury largely based its verdict of guilty, figured in the effort Although s affidavit, sworn to before Walter Balderston, a notary public of ashington, D. C, on Oct. 24, was own to Governor Mann, it was not led with him and apparently had lit- le effect on the future course of the s affidavit, which Paul Beattie repudiates, he is alleged to have said that Henry Beattie made no confession i murder. last to the existence of n allezed afldavit. Paul Beattle went nolice headquarters and made sworn flidavit that he signed no papers while The fact that Governor Mann did not i that these papers he left v’ith him was accepted as meaning that he had aiready made up his mind. i S an i RICHESON URGES ACTION i ON HIS RESIGNATION. Suggests Church May Determine When It Will Take Effect. ! Boston, Nov. 14.—The members of the Immanuel Baptist church of Cam- | € V. T. Richeson, their clergyman, now under indictment for the murder | of Miss Avis Linnell, both urging the acceptance of his resignation, to act | upon at the next meeting on Nov. 24th. The first of these letters from the! imprigoned pastor was dated Nov. 1st, two weeks after his arrest, and now second was dated Nov. 10th, four days after the church had failed to act on the first letter. The text of the second letter is as follows: To the Immanuel Baptist Church: Dear Brethren: I cannot express to you how deeply T am touched at your lovalty and manifestations of confi- dence in me, in this my great hour of troubls, and I thank you most sin- cerely. e I cannot but feel personally, how- ever, that the welfare of the church might be prejudiced while its minister is placed in his present position, and I therefore feel. notwithstanding my grateful appreciation of vour kindness, that the church accent my resignation. of course leaving it entirely to vou how and when the matter should be carried into effect. Most fraternally. CLARENCE V. T. RICHESON. BOTH OF HIS ARMS BURNED TO A CRISP. Turpentine-Scaked Skin Caught Fire from thé Furnace. Meriden, Conn., Nov. 14.—While at- tending the fire in his furnace this evening Frederick Weigert ,a popular German resident, sustained severe bLurns on his right arm and left hand. and is the opinion of the attending rhysician that both will have to be amputated. Because of his feeble con- dition death may ensue. Mr.Wiegert was suffering from rheu- sm and this afternoon he had been ng his arms with turpentine. When he was fixing the fire he was ithout -a coat and the blaze caught the right sleeve of his shirt. His skin was so saturated with turpentine that in an i nt his arm was afire and in attempting to extinguish the blaze left hand was badly burned up to the wrist. The right arm was burned » up to the elbow and will have to be cut off. Wiegert is about 40 years old and is a sausage maker by trade. He has suffered from rheumatism for the past five vears, and twe months ago he had an epileptic fit. Since that time affliction has greatly enfeebled him and it is feared the accident of today will bring about his end. TWELVE POUNDS OF FAT REMOVED FROM WOMAN. Unusual Operation at Cengress Which Dr. Kimball Attendina. Philadelphia, Nov. 14.—An operation by which a woman of Falstafian ~~o- portions was chanzed to a straight- front model proved to be ome of the most interestine events on today's programme of the clinical congress of surzeons. While the result was a iylish fizure. the primary reason for the operation was_ the necessity of savine the patient from more serious disorders. On the programme the operation was listed as a ° ion of the abdominal walls for obesity.” It was performed by Dr. Wavne Babceck at the Samari- tan hospital and consisted of makinz a lcnz incision across the patient's ab- demen and the removel of more than twelve pounds of fat. Shaw’s Iniuries Prove Fatal. Painésville, O., Nov. 14—Jehn T. Shaw, president of the First National tank of Detroit. who was injured Sun- Gayv when an interurban street car col- lided with his automobile, died here Y'u Premiership CHINA’S “STRONG MAN” REGARDS IT AS INSECURE. MIGHT FAVOR A REPUBLIC Will Be Unsble to Treat With Rebel Leader but Can as President of a Republic. s a Manchu Premi d Peking, Nov. 14.—While the imperial government is endeavoring to force premiership on Yuan Shi Kai, Chi- na’s “strong man,” in his various con- ferences today with the prince regent, the acting premier, Prince Ching, and the cther members of the nominal cab- inet, took occasion to point out the insecurity of the office, the retention of which depended upon tine caprice of the national assembly. Wants Fixed Term of Office. Yuan Shi Kai, if he accepts the pre- mierskip at all, desires a fixed term of office, and hc so stated to the regent. But he must obtain this through the national ass=mbly, as an edict would be likely to arouse suspicion. May Favor a Republic. It is not comsidered probable that Yuan Shi Kail will undertake the gi- gantic task set for him, unless he considers the chances favorable to car- rying it to a suceessful issue. There is still another possibilitv—he may be considering the alternative of a repub- lic and may himself recommend the abdication of the emperor. Rebel Leader’s Attitude. He reports that the rebel leader, Gen. Li Yuan Hung, said he would obey his orders if Yuan would con- sent to become president, but would not recognize him as a Manchu pre- mier. Provinces Desire Peace. In his opinion it would not be diffi- cuit 1o reconcile the provinces, the most of whizh were giving the strong- est evidences of a desire for peace. The complete constitution already pledgad would satisfy the revolutionaries, ex- cept for the fear that Manchu intrigue would begin immediately arms -were laid down. Financial Stress Felt. Financial stress 1s being felt by the administration, The board of finance has only about $300,000, while the late empress dowager’s hoarded silver and gold is not thougkt to amount to more than $£3,000,000. NEW YORK STRIKERS WCN’'T BE TAKEN BACK | Mayor Gaynor Standing Firm in That Attitude. New Yerk, Nov. 14—It will be a full week, accordiug.to an official es- timate, before New York wholly rids itself ¢f the garbage which has been an eyesore ard health menace jn its streets for six days. Street Co is- sicner Fdwards said tonight that he had over 2,500 men at work today, or more than the number of strikers, but netwithstanding this, it wovld take until next week Wednesday to get all the streets cleared. The strike so far has cost the city $136,700 and some 2,000 mer their positions. H. Ashion, general organizer of the teamsters, and in charge of the sirike, evoked the assistance of the aldermen today -and urged that they g0 over ‘the mayor’s head with an or- der abolishing night work. This they refused to attempt to do, but appoint- ed a committee to call on the mayor ;A“. a rejuest to take the strikers kac! Mayor Gaynor remaiued firm in his stand not to do this. The strikers’ places have been more than filled, he said, witn mer on the civil service lists and the latter could not be dis- charged without warrant. The strik- ers, on the other hand, were accused of disobedience and would have to stand trial. Commissioner Edwards sent out letters tonight ordering their appearance Monday for such trial un- aer_the civil service rules. No violence to speak of interrupted the work of th: strike breakers today. MORE EVIDENCE OF AN EXTERNAL EXPLOSION. Plate on Maine’s Bow %1::’" Been Blown Inward. Havana, Nov. 14.—Exploration of the bottom of the Maine today about 120 feet of the bow revealed a plate, iden- tified as forming a portion of the outer skin of the ship on the port side near the keel and under the magazines, as having been blown inward, the upper rart being folded inward. This appar- ently could have resulted only from external pressure. The engineer in charge and the other officers are main- taining reticence, but the discovery is sirongly confirmatory of the theory of an_external explosion. One body was recovered from the ‘toiler room today. It was that of an anusually tall man. ROTHSCHILD'S HALF MILLION IS MISSING. Safe Deposit Vaults Searched Yester- day New York., Nov. 14—Efforts made teday to find traces of half a_million dollars which it has been said David Rothschild hid in safe deposit vaults in New York or New Jersey when he died serving a sentence for looting the Federal bank several years ago, proved futile. A Dox registered under Rothschild’s name at the Madison Safe Deposit vaulfs was productive of an old agreement signed by Rothschild, but no money. The Rothschild box in 2 branch of the Corn Exchange bank also proved bare of money. The search will be prosecuted in New Jersey. to Have Raise for N. Y. Central Employes. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Nov. 14.—Ac- cording to a circular letter received here today by members of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, all the tele- graph operators, towermen and agents or the New York Central lines have been granted an se in wages of from 10 to 15 per cent.,, the new wage scale to go into effect tomorrow morn- Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 14.—Sleighbells jingled throughout northern New York today after the first heavy snowstorm of the fzll. On the foothills of the Adiror.dacks the snow is tem inches deep. Sperry Funeral Temorrow, B 9t s ol of former n Nehe- miah D. Sperry, - @eath occurred lust night at his home here, will be keld Th with services l ! { Condensed Telegrams Governor Foss Spent $16,828 in his for re-election as governor campaign of Massachusetts. Wu Ting-fang has sent a long teles gram ‘to the regent, Prince Chun, urg- ing him to cate. Active Pnplrl;ion- for a Revolt in Mexico to be headed by General Ber- nardo Reyes are being made. Miguel Malvan, who ranked with Aguinaldo and Luna, died in Batangas province in the Philippines. Commander Decker of the TUnited States cruiser Chester reports that Americans are safe in Tripoli. The Association for the preservation of peace declared for local autonomy for the provinces of Manchuria. Places of Operatives on Strike at Ware, Mass., mills will be filled by cotton spinners from Fall River and New Bedford. Four Thousand Turkish Farmers in Morton county, North Dakota, are go- ing to Tripoli and aid their fatherland in fighting the Italians. Central Ponrona Grange Observed its silver jubil:e esterday in Berhin, Conn., where, twenty-five years ago, the society was organized. Mrs. Madero, Wife of the Mexican president, assisting in the work of cellecting funds for the prosecution of the work of the White Cross. A Large Audience Gathered in Oscar Hammerstein’s new opera house London to inaugurate Mr. Hammer- stein’s latest operatic venture. Engineer W. A. Kinney was killed when the New York, Atlanta and New Orleans express on the Southern rail- way was derailed at Greensboro, N. The Wisconsin Court Yesterday Sus- tained the constitutionality of the workmen’s compensation law enacted ar the last session of the legislature of that state. Poor Quality of Stock is Claimed to have been the cause of a strike of 110 operatives at the Lebanon, N. H., mill of the American Woolen company ves terday. President W, T. Finley of the South- ern Railway has announced that sev- eral hundred clerical employes of that companv have been*given an advance i wages. State The Republican Executive Committee of West Virginia has de- cided in favor of a state-wide primary with the state as a unit for West Vir- ginia in 1912. John Bowles, 49 ars Old, a labor- er, 'was buried al by the sudden caving in of a sandbank at ‘Bangor, Me.. vesterday. Bowles was dead when his body was recovered. Joseph Nesmith, Aged 70, who was found Monday night in the yard in the rear of his home, suffering from a slight shock and exposure, died yes- terday at Malden, Mass. Charged With Being Responsible for the fire which damaged Reed’s block at Gloucester, Mass., Harry Goldman, proprietor of the clothing store in the klock, was arrested yesterday. An Extra Dividend of 10 Per Cent was declared yesterday by the dire - | tors of the United Fruit company, to | be applied toward the payment of sub- scription for new stock at par. Forty-one Years of Service in the Providence police department were ended by Supt. Patrick Egan yester- day, when he was retired at his own request because of failing health, Mrs, Maria Madere Garcia, wife of Rodaldo Garcia, a banker of Monterey | and an aunt of President Madero of Mexico died in a “New York hospital vesterday after an operation for ap- pendicitis. The Late Dr. committed suicide recently, was arrested on complaint of Mrs, 3. John Jacela, who and wha O. H. P. Belmont of New York for an- noying her, left an estate valued at $25,000. President Taft Is Planning to take up the high cost of living in a special message to congress when he trans- mits the report of the tariff board's investigation of the wool and cotton schedules. After Steven Swanson of Braddock, a Pittsburg suburb, had received a Biack Hand letter demanding $2,000, which he ignored, his home was de- stroyed yesterday by fire caused by an explosion of dynamite. In the Majority Opinien of tke com- merce court formally handed down yesterday in the transcontinental rate cases it is held that the long and short Laul provision of the interstate com- merce act is constitutional. D, Lloyd, Former General Manager of the Shawmut Finishing company of Cranston, R, I, was ac- quitted of the charge of embezzling in Jam $200 from the company by a jury the superior court yesterday. Matteo Delloma, a Shoemaker, yes- terday confessed to the police that he had shot and killed his sister, Mrs. Adolph Lofaro, her flve year old daughter Rosie, and his mether, Mrs. Antonio Delloma, at their home in Brooklyn, Monday- Edwin Chatterten, Who Was the Cldest engineer of the New York, New Haven and Hartford raiiroad and the last surviving member of the New Haven Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers, is dead at his heme at New Haven. In a Duel on the Principal Street of Sapulpa, Okla., Lily Marshal and Mrs. Laura Smith, an Indian, fought until their friends dragged them apart. The Marshal woman Is now In jall and Mrs. Smith is dead. The fight was the 1esult of a lover's guarre! d Experts from All Parts of the ccuntry are in attendance at the 29th annual meeting at Philadelphia of the merican Ornithologists’ union. Arth C. Bent of Taunton, Mass., described a new species of ptarmigan which he had discovered in the Aleutian Islands. Six Thousand Children and More sang bon vovage in St. Patrick's cathedral, New York, yesterday to Archbishop John Farley of New York and the Most Rev. Diomede Falconlo. who_sailed for Rome, where they will be elevated to the college of cardinals. The Existence of a “Money Trust” is to be inquired into by democratic leaders of the house of representatives who are planming to take action on the inquiry proposed last summer by Representative Lindhergh of Minne- sota. into the financial gvstem of the country. Delaware Silk Mill Burns. Wilmington, Del, Nov. 1 e Marshaliton silk mill at Marshallton, D:l... near l'l-m was_ destreyed by fire toenight. i } Mz . Protest AGAINST ACCEPTANCE OF PEN- SION ACT DECISION. A COURT DECISION DESIRED Movement Started at Meriden to Inter- est All of the G. A. R. Posts of Con- necticut—Conference at Hartford. Meriden, Conn., Nov. 14,—At a meet- ing of Merriam post, G. A. R., held this evening, action was taken against the recent decision of Attorney General John H. Light, pronouncing unconsti- tutional the soldiers’ pension act and the acceptance of the decision as final by State Comptroller Thomas D. Brad- street. Resolutions of Protest. Resolutions in protest were drawn up and passzd with the aim in view to have the question taken up by all the posts in the department to the end that they might unitedly stand back of any movement to secure a decision from the superior court, Conference st Hartford Tonight. A committee was appointed to at- tend the conference to be held at Hartford temorrow evening ard the resolutions will be presented to the state comptroller at that time. KITTENS BORN IN BAKERY BREADPANS Other Filthy Conditions Found in New York Bakeries. New York, Nov. 14—The exjstence of shockingly unsanitary conditions in many bakeshops in New York city was disclosed today when the state fac- tory investigating commission prompt- ed by several hundred letters of com- plaint on the subject, took up this line of investigation at today’s heari Miss Frances Perkins, executive retary of the Consumers’ league, tes- tified that of more than two hund bakeries visited by herself and her - spectors, most of the shops being lo- cated in basements, 90 per cent. were in a filthy condition without proper lizht and ventilation,_In one shop, Miss Perkins said, e h found & woman and child, 2pparently suffering from tuberculosis, asleep on the floor. In one instance I knew of kittens having been born it breadpans I have seen white pastry material so black from drippings of water f£rom above that I mistook the mixture for chocolate.” Charles F. Iffland, general organizer of the Initernaticnal Union of Bakers and Confectioners, said that condi- tions were not so bad as thcy were several years ago, but admitted that tfere was vast room for improvement. He advocated a commission to regulate unsanitary conditions. Chairman Wagner said that the commission hoped the result of its work would be legislation providirg for thorcugh and systematic Inspection of establishments. ITALIANS REPULSE A BATTALION OF TURKS Attacking Party Left Five Dead on Field, Including an Officer, ‘Washington, Nov. 14.—Despatches received from Tripoll at the Italian embassy today say that a battalion of Turks, attacked the Italian troops yesterday, but were repulsed, leaving five dead on the field, including one officer, The Italians reported two wounded, A second assault alsé was repulsed by the Itallan troops without loss of life. Today the Italian man of war Dardo shelled Fort Aiforna on the western coast. At Benghazi, Derna and Tobruk where new troops have arrived the sit- uation is reported as unchanged. WALSH’'S DOCTOR’'S BILL AMOUNTS TO $50,000 Physician Gets $8,000 of It, and Is Su- ing for the Balance. Washington, Nov. 14~—~Dr. Charles F. Wainwright of New. York today filed suit in the supreme court of the District of Columbia against the Am- erican Security & Trust Ce.,, execu- tor of the :state of Thomas ¥. Walsh of Colorado and Washington, for $482,- 000 for medical services during the last illness of Mr, Walsh. The dostor's bhill wes for $50,000, but he received 38,000 on account. Counsel for Dr. Weinwright deolares he devoted his whole time to Mr. Walsh for three months to the exclusion of all other practice, WANT A MISSOURI MAN ON THE SUPREME BENCH. Never Been Represented in n’s Highest Court, ‘Washington, Nov. 14—Prestdent Taft will wait until Jan. 1 before naming a successor to Associate Justice Harldn on the supreme court bench. The pres- ident received from Morton Jourdan of St. Louis, president of the Missouri Bar association, a letter asking him to pick his next appointee to the surremao ceurt from that state in recoswition of the fact that Missouri in 91 years of statehood has never had a representa- tive on the supreme eourt b Re- quests from Indiana asking recognition for the same reasons are belng re- ceived at the White Hou $250,000 Blaze at Detroit. Detroit, Nov. 14—Fire broke out early tonight in Fisher, Garten & Wills' wholesale millinery eompany BJ Jefferson avenue. After a two hour: fight the firemen succeeded in saving the costly adjoining buildings and get- ting the blaze under fair control. The loss probably will not be more than $250,000. Woman of 75 Granted Divorce. New York, Nov. 14.—The jury in the suit of Mrs. Susan Bison Dye, 75 years old, to divorce her 70 year old husband, Colonel Joseph E. Dye, Civil war vet- eran and member of New York's Ol4 Guard, decided today that the wife was entitled to a decree. Duncan at A. F. of L. Convention. Atlanta, Ga., Nov, 14.—*International insurgency against aristocratic, gov- errmental and judicial tyranny” is the way James Duncan, vice president of the American Federation of Tabor, described “a craving for better con tions and for freedom in permeating ali movements of the middle cla: be- fore that organization today, T Lo dsteld b Currency Reform Considered. Kansas City, Mo, Nov. 14. ey reform and the e the banking system the ol outlined by o