Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 7, 1911, Page 1

VOL. LHL—NO. 297 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double I'nat of Any Other T0 60 BEFORE FEDERAL GRAND JURY | McNamaras Given Unofficial Notice to Appear To- day, According to Lawyer Darrow QUESTION RAISED AS TO FELONS’ TESTIMONY Authorities Giving Matter Serious Consideration—Darrow Receives $50,000 of Defense Fund as a Retainer—Des Moines Union Proposes a Pension Fund for Those Wid- cwed and Orphaned by the Los Angeles Explosion. < Los Angeles, Dec. 6.—"There need not necessarily be subpoenas issued to bave the McNamara brothers testify before the federal grand jury,” was | { | special prosecutor of the United States sovernment, who is trylng to determin wwhether there is a dynamiting con- spiracy extending over the country. This assertion was taken to mean that hen the federal grand jury, which will convene here tomorrow, is ready to hear the testimonv concernine the al- leged conspiracies, the McNamaras merely may be taken to the federal bullding by Sherift Hammel Unofficial Notice Served. Asked concerning subpoenas, Clar- ence S. Darrow, counsel for the pris- oners, replied that though no subpoe- ras bad been served, unofficial notice %ad been given the brothers that they would be called before the federal srand jury tomorrow. 3 “I don’t think they will say much,” remarked Mr. Darrow. Prominent Labor Leaders May Be Cailed. There was a persistent rumor to- night that tnres prominent labor lead- ers of California_would bo called be- fore the grand jury and one of the most star(ling reports wes that th £rand jury would cite one of the mo prominent labor leaders in the country to appear before it. Is It Worth While? Los"Angeles, Cal, Dec. 6.—Whether Jobn J. McNamara and lis brother, James B 8McNamare, now awaiting commiinent to San Quentin penitenti- ery, would tell enough about other persons to maks it worth while to take them before a federai grand jury was a question under sericus consid- eration tonight by ofiicers concerned. Value of Felon’s Testimony. Grand jury subpoenas had not been issued tonight, although Oscar Law- ler, who has been especially assigned 0 this case by Attorney General Wick- ersham, had a long talk with the two men today The question was raised today as to whether a convicted felon <ould be allowed to testify before the grand jury, and, if not, whether the testimony of the McNamaras, if given, might invalidate subsequert Indict- ments. Could Not Testify in Court. personal opinion on that would the publie any good,” sald Law- when asked about it. “There prob- | is considerable law on the sub- the assertion tonight by Oscar La.wler) Ject.” ALt crneys connected with ihe McNa- muras’ defsnse rsid that the only rea #on the McNamaras might not e call- | cd would be that it would do no good, because anyone could testify before grand jury, state or federal. Aftorney | Jeseph Scott added to this the opinion hat “a convicted felon, after testify- efore a grand jury. could not go 0 com as a witness to substantiate :at he Lad toll the grand jury.” McManigel to Testify. | Lawlor had a talk today with McLaren, zgent of the detec- whic harrested che Mec- pYs falcolm 1 were con- e probably will appear be- federa! grand jury whether as d5 or not. Men fairly was swmall chance that ho received a lifs sentence, before the grand jury to | fiat would imphcate anyone amaras are not going to implicate anyone,” said cne of their counsel. ey are not going to &p- pear befcre the grand jurv.” An offi- cor of tue stats elso inclined to this view. Stack cf Messages for Judge. Commiuments to take the raen to the “The Mc) sitentlary were made up yesterday but ot served. They will be hield the grand jury question is Eettied. jerk Monroe of Judge Bordwell's court appzared today before the judge with a stack of telégrams and letters which had accumulated since last Fri- day. when the McNamaras confessed. Do you wish to see these, Judge?” he asked. No,” be said. “You may keey them.” Many of the letters demanded the geath penalty for James B. McNamara and scme bore signatures of local labor unions. Thasy were destroyed. Fedoral Grand Jury’s Programme. ‘The course the federal grand jury will. take tomorrow when it begins its work on the alleged conspiracy to dy- ramits various bafldings throughout the country may be comfincd to the explosions which have occurred on the Pacific coast. Indianapolis, it was said, coutd take care of the rest. Report of Other Arrests. A report that Milton A. Schmidt and David Caplan, indicted here for mur- der for The Times building dynamiting, were about to be arrested in the east, mrous»d sreat interest tomight. Ex- sept James B. McNamara himself, #-amidt is s2id to know more about Times disaster than any other mn Schmidt, Caplan and McNamara wers iogether on varigus expeditions, it is sald. Scott Had Close Sgueeze. Attorney Joseph Scott, whose re- alecticn to the school Board, of which he is now presidert, was threatened becavse of his association with the McNamaras defense, discovered today that he had been successful, but fin- ished at the bottom in the list of ma- crities. In the preceding election he the ticket. DARROW GETS $50,000. Leading Counsel for McNamaras Re- ceives Handsome Retainer, committee, *:h?m of a number of officers of labor officials recently convicted in Los Anseles. No Information Given Out. M. ¥. Ryan, president of the Interna- tional Bridge and Structural Iron 'workers, of which association J. J. McNamara was formerly secretary, re- fused to comment at all upon the meeting, and Frank A. Morrison, secre- tary of the federation, also declined any Information. » Gompers Denounces Detective Burns. Preceding the meeting, President Gompers of the federation, in whose cfice the meeting was held, bitterly arraigned W. J. Burns, the detective in the McNamara case, because latter was quoted as saying that Mr. Gompers knew the McNamaras were guilty. Had Assurances of Their Innocence. “Detective Burns evidently believes,” id Mr. Gompers, “that if he repeats & falsehood often enoush it may be- come truth. On no other theory wouid he renewi the falsehood that I kmew the McNamaras were gullty. 1 have hasized the fact that I son to the, Me- I had their were innocent, had every Nama: assurances that and no one v . 1 when T learned of their gullt.” Darrow Received §50,000 Fe. After the meeting, Secretary Mor- rison said nothing would be made pub- lic until the committee had reached a conclusion. He asserted that while he did not know as yet how much there would be left of the $190,000 col- lected for the defense fund, he knew it would be a comparatively small amount, because Attorney Darrow was given $30,000 as o retainer, and there were other heavy expenses. elie were innocen they WATCHING GOMPERS. United States Altorney Learns of a Secret Conference. Indianapolis, Dec. 6.—That the fed- eral government has been watching closely the movements of Samuel Gom- pers, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, was made known here tonight when United States At- torney Milier told of a secret meeting at- Washington between the labor chief and Prosecutor Baker of this county. The visit was made about the time the county officlals were trying to prevent the federal authorities from gaining publication of the books and records cbtained in a raid upon the offices of ihe International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron workers when J. J. cNamara was arrested. Prosecutor Baker admits that he talked with Gompers and says he in- tends to make a second visit next Jan- vary. In reply to Mr. Gomvers, who sald tlie district attorney was impertinent, Mr. Miller said: Mr. Gompers insists that his posi- tion is secure and his attitude consist- ent, but he Is very tender and touchy e his ‘credulity’ was imposed upon the statements made by the Mc- mara brothers. “Because I was quoted as saying that, in my opinion, ‘Gompers is an ursafe leader, he' very passionately exclaims that he is not afraid of being prosecuted. “Mr. Gompers and the prosecuting attorney of Marlon county can, if thev will, inform the people just what took iace ut their Washington conference about six weeks ago. A fullgstatement made by these gentlemen may malke it necessary for the Marfon county prose- cutor again to go to Washinzton to get Gompers' advice as to how the laws of Indlana are not to be enforced. “Mr. Gompers can be assured that he United States attorney in this urisdiction will not hesitate to prose- cute any man if the facts and the law clearly Justify the prosecution.” Letters were sent out today from the headuuarters of the International As- soclation of Bridee and Structpral Tron workers in this city to the mem- iers of the executive bourd in various cities asking them to express their obinions as to whether or not it is ad- visable for the board to mest at this Hme to cousider the effect of the out- ccme of the McNamara cases and the official attitude of the assoclation. H. S. Hockin, temmorary secretarv. s3id the expense of the members as- sembline in this city was the princi Tal consideration In the question. Ir 2 meeting it called it will probably be | he’!d in the middle of next week, he sajd. It was said todav that the woek of d be devoted by the fed- eral grand fury to the investieation as to whether others were concerned with the McNamaras in unlawful trans- portation of explosives. DETECTIVES IN COLORADO. Effort to Clear Un Dynamiting Mys- teries in That State, Denver, Dec. 6.—In the hope of learing up some of the .mysterious namitines in_ Colorado_ in recent sears. agents of William J. Burns ar- ived here today- It is sald that the Zetectives will base their Inquirles on tha confession of Harry Orchard. now serving a life sentence for slaying ex- Governor <‘eunenberz, and evidence given in his confession. The investi- gation is said to be a part of the fed- eral inqulry conducted by a special assistant district attorney who is now ir Los Angeles in relation to the Mc- Namara case. TO SETTLE ALL STRIKES, Labor Men Want to Offset Cry Against Unionism. New York, Dec. 6.—At a meeting of labor leaders here today to aettl‘e a Aispute between the metal workers and the carpenters and joiners, there was a_ deal of informal discussion of the fcNamara case and its effect upon la- bor unionism, ~While it could ascertained whether the matter was brought up in the there was the | astounded than | not be. mfichmhfielmmo! the hotel con & country-wide strikes im- all view t Ll -lu:!miu&-:un-m. Cabled Paragraphs Berlin, Dec. 6.—The lockout of met- al workers which began on November 30 and affected between 50,000 and 60,000 men ceased today. Paris, Dec. 6.—The military dirigible balloon Adjutant Reau beat the world's record for dirigibles today by escend- ing to a height of just over 7,063 fest. Lordon, Dee. 6.—Chancellor Dayid Lloyd-George's national insurance bill passed its third reading in the house of commons tonight by a vote of 324 to 21, Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 6.—The Persian students resident in Switzer- land have cabled an appeal to Presi- dent Taft asking him in the name of humanity and liberty to protect Per- sia against forelgn aggression. St. Petersburg, Dec. 6—Two em- ployes were killed and 40 injured by a gas explosion In the gold testing d partment of the imperial mint today. The whole plant was destroyed and the building very seriously damaged. Oporto, Portugal, Dec. 6.—Castello Branco, formerly minister to China, while the monarchy was still in exist- ence, was arrested here today on a charge of conspiracy against the re- public while he was on a visit in Bra- zil. London, Dec, 6—The vostmaster gen- eral of the United States, Frank H. Hitcheock, and the British postmaster gencral, the Right Hon. H. L. Samuel, exchanged congratulations today over the inausuration of the cable leiter service. | e London, Dec. 6.—A double aviation | fatality occurred at Filey, near Scar- | borough, Yorkshire, this morning. Hu- bert Oxiey, an aviator, was killed in- stantly while his passenger, Robert Weiss sustained such Injuries that he died shortly afterwards. The eroplane was smashed. Rome, Dec. 6.—Mgr. Kennedy, the rector, and the students of the Ameri- cen colleze save a musicale today in honor of Cardinals Farley and O'Con- nell in which the leading singers par- ticipated. The audlence included, be- sides Cardinal Falconio and many prominent prelates, dignitaries of the papal court and members of the Amer- ican colony. it { DR. DOTY DEFENDS HIS ADMINISTRATION Believes Findings Against Him Unjust and Will Fight, Now York, Dec. 6.—Dr. Alvah Doty mads public today a statement defend- !ing his sixteen years' administration as | health officer of the port of New York |and replying to the charmes against him contained in the report of Com- raissioner Bulger to Governor Dix. “The investigation,” he says, “was a malignant attack upon me at a time hen all my days and nights were de- voted to a strenuous effort to keep choiera out of this country.” Mr. Eulger's attitude he dismissed with a declaration that “for some rea- son—I do not know what—Mr. Bulger has shown all tl ugh this so-called investigation a spirit of bitter hostility to me and my offic Dr. Doty reviews briefly the changes ond improveraents made by him at quarantine. All of these, he says, as well as the medical administration of the office, have been done with the advice and consultation of the advis- ory board. This board, he points out, corsists of the “best element in the medical profession,” and always hon- ored his administration ‘with their commendation. All of them, and oth- ers, he says, so testified during the investigution. “I am no suppliant for office,” the statement concludes. “I should be glad to lay down its burdens, But I do not propose to submit to injustice. T believe that the findings and conclus- 1ons of Mr. Bulger are unjust and I shall protest to the extent of my ability sgainst them.” The Infant: Attitude Deplored. Madrid, Dec. 6.—Premler Canalejas has sent a reply to Infanta Eulalia, in | which he says that the cabinet has not adopted any resolution concerning her in connection with the book which was the cause of the dispute between her {and her nephew, King AMonso. The | cabinet has limited itB~action to de- ploring the attitude she has teken tow- ord the head of the royal famil Rallroad Returns to Morse Code. St. John, N. B. Dec. 6.—The tele- phione train despatching system which has been used on the Canadian Pacific 1aflway since last August has been abendoned, and beginning at midnight tenight the former Morse telegraph system was returned to\ The change, it s stated, will be permanent because the telephone system has been found unsatisfactor: ti a: o & 2 e L Absolute Divorce Philippines. Manila, Dec. 6.—Despite the opposi- tion o the church, the Filipino assem- bly has passed a bill providing for ab- aclute divorce, for the first time in the Philippines. A commission now. has this question under consideration. Not only did the leaders seem to want to make peace with the employ- ors and settle ail existing labor trou- bles, but it was suggested in the in- formal talks that if all warring labor unions could hold a peace meeting |and settle their dificulties in an amic- {able way, 2 world of good might re- sult. A PENSION FUND. Des Moines Union to Aid Those Wid- owed and Orphaned by Explcsion. T Dss Moines, Jowa, Dec. 5.—The Des Moines branch of the International Union of Painters, Decorators and Pa- per Hangers, announced today that the union had adopted a resolution pro- viding for the establishment of & na- tional pension fund for the widows and orphans left by the Los Angeles Times building disaster. The members subscribed $100 for the defense of the McNamara brothers. They now asgree to ralse twice that gmcaunt for the proposed pension fund. To Expel Structural Workers. Atchison, Kas., Dec. 6.—Expulsion of the Structural Ifon and Bridge Work- ers’ union from the American Federa- tion of Labor, If further Investigation shows the officers had knowledge of the plotungs of the McNama: s tecommended in a resclution adopted gfi the Atchison trades and labor coun- Detective Burns’ Investigations, Philadelphia, Dec. 6. — Detective Burns, v::n.’u here Investigating, in arswer uestion, sald that investigation a5 to the ot CHILDREN OF EIGHT IN SUGAR SIXTEEN HOURS A DAY Horrible State of Industrial Bondage of Meade, Col, told the so-called “su- gar trust” investigating committee of the house today that city derelicts, re- cruited from the slums, were practically in a state of bondage in the sugar beet flelds of statement caused a mild sensation. contract labor in the Colorado fields and recounted the hardships which he charged were inflicted on working peo- | ple recruited” by the Sugar company. hig wife and several children ranging from 8 years upward, would put in | from 10 to 16 hours a day at “back breaking work” would scorn to do. the “city chape” who were sent by the Sugar company to oversee his opera- | tions, and he criticized the newspapers | EUssia of the abrogation of the treaty, in his description of the “slum labor.” mocrats, v Representative Rak- | er of California, sought to show by the States ambassador to witness that the tariff protection levied in the name of American not reach down to the Hindus who worked in the Colorado S beet fields. The republicans, Repre- sentatives Fordney, Hinds and Malby, emphasized the point that Americans would not descend to the labor. 18 a member, that the Sugar company was not paying a fair price for heets. “If the tariff 1s of any benefit, the Sugar company gets it,” said the wit- ness. ‘He cast doubt on the accuracy of the polariscoplc tests by the Sugar company, but acknowledged he had no proof of their inaccuracy. THREE PERISH IN A Fire Breaks Out in Apartment House were burned to death or guffocated to- mght in a fire which destroyed' the fashionable Marle epartment house ai Sixteenth street, Those who lost their lives were Sam- vel Balfour, his wife and nine yvear old found on the fourth floor of the apart- ment where they flzmes broke out four and their daughter endeavored to escape by reaching the roof of an ad- Joining building, but it im thought that all three were overcome by smoke and fell back into the flames. Their bodies vrere horribly burned. Mr. Balfour was manager of Woolworth’s five and ten was in Paterson, N. J. upants, a majority of ‘whom are women, retired for the night when the by the colored through the smoke-fllled bhalls, and Jlumping from windows, and four fire- men were overcome loss is estimated at $100,000, GOVERNMENT SCORES Testimony to the defense In the second trial of Dr. B. Clark Hyde for the alleged murder of Col. Thomas H. Swope took place tcday when Judge Porterfield admitted testimony intended to show that the physician inoculated Miss Margaret Swope with pus germs at a_time when he said he gave her arm a hypodermic fujection of camphorated oil. garding the injection was not held to be serfous in itself. but opens the way for the introduction of testimony kinds of germs Dr. Hyde had in his office during the siege of iliness in the Swope home. It i{s contended by the ‘ering diphtheria germs to Miss Swope when he gave her the injection. NOT ALLOWED TO annual meeting of the commandery, tary elen Wars, here tonight the officers were elected Louls R. Cheney; Col. L. F. Burpee; N. Wayne: Moseley; registrar, Cole, and chaplain, ‘Hamilton. ‘were. Slum Labor at - Work for Trust BEET FIELDS. Described by Colorado Farmer Be- fore the Sugar Trust Committee. ‘Washington, Dec. 6.—James Bodkin kept | Colorado. His | Children Work 16 Hours. Mr. Bodkin described a system of Great Western He sald thatn.muz,’ { which an Amaflc‘nl Contempt for City Chaps. | Mr. Bodkin expressed contempt for n his section of the country. | Efforts to Make Politics| Capital. The committee took great interest | i labor did Russians and | Farmers Not Benefited by Tariff. Mr. Bodkin expressed the belief by he committee of farmers, of which he { PHILADELPHIA BLAZE. After Tenants Retire. Philadeiphia, Dec, §.—Three persons near Spruce street. laughter Helen. Tke bodles were rooms. When the and Mrs. Bal- ent store in this city and his home Most of the oce: flames were discovered tchman. He hastened Tousad the guests, many of whom be- Tiny peic R.r'lgkm and were pr-arl:nt- with Mficulty from throwd: = elves from windows . % Several women received Infuries by by smoke. The AGAINST DR. HYDE. Show He Inocoulated Woman With Pus Germs. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. §.—Defeat for The admission of the testimony re- the rullng relating to the diiferent tate that he thought he was adminis- DANCE IN UNIFORM. | Threatened Suit Hall Maragement. Corparal Against Danc ¢ . Leavenworth, Kas., Dec. 6.—Corporal | n McCune, Fifteenth cavalry, who | | declares he was ejected from a Leaven- | worth dance hall last Saturday because he was in uniform, thri to sue the management of the place to lght ens | ecover damages for allered humilia- ion. The managers of the hall denied teday that Van McCune was ejected. They contended that it was against their rules to permit soldlers to dance in their place in uniform and that th's rule was explained to McCune. Military Order of Foreign Wars. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 6.—At the 15th Connecticut Order of For- M1l Gen. Tow. “Niexander Old Landmark Burne Down. oo s s 34 __Two Killed by Derailment: killed and wrly 20 |let the Buchanan treaty L 1ess. Give Russia a Year's Notice ABROGATION OF THE BUCHANAN 4 TREATY URGED. AT BIG MASS MEETING —r— Resolution Adopted Requesting Con- gress to Take $*.ps Looking to Ter- mination of the Treaty of 1832. New York, Dec. 6 —Abrogation of the treaty of friendly relations between the United States and Russia made in 1832 when Nicholas 1. was emperor of Rus- and James Buchanan was Amer n’ minister to St. Petersburg, was urged ‘n speeches delivered by a doz- en or more men of national rrominence and in resolutions adopted at a large ma:s meeting held in Carnegic hll tc- nisht. The meeting was under the auspices of the National Citizens’ com- mittee, which plars a series of similer demonstraticns throughout the country dur ng the next month in protest against discrimination by Russia, which has refused for many vears to bonor the passports of Jewish-Amer; can citizens.® Immediate Notice Advocated. As a means of breaking the thirty vears' deadlock in diplomacy over the passport question, most of the spenlers tonight acvocated immediate notice to the terms of which they declared to have teen viclated by Russia’s attitude on the passport question. White Talked Conservatively. Andrew D. White, former United Russia, was hairman of the meeting, and in his address he dwelt interestinziy and at length cn the relations of the United tes an1 Russia. He was one of but foew speakers who strongly urged that Russla be invited to arbitrate question at The Hague before & move- ment toward abrogation of the treaty was mwaa. Giv Russia an Opportunity. Mr. White argued that Russia wishes to be well thought cf by ihe lo worlq, and, that she was always taking great pawins to secure the world's re- spect and good opinion. f such a great opportunity in the ory of the world shall he refused Russiy, then, but not before then, be abrggat- ish. by ed.” Suggestion of War Fou Mr. White characterized the sug- gestion of war as altogether foolish. “It would be like an elephant trying to fight a whale,” and he added that there were fifty other reasoms why Russia and America copld not go to war, Cernegie hall was crowded and the epplause with which the g following resolution was adopted af¥peared to [come from every person in the house: Resolution to Congress. “Resolved: That this meeting by representatives from every pa the unicn, and reflecting eve ¢ of pubdlic opinion, urgently requcsts the congress of the United States at its present seseion to adopt the resolu- tions now pending in the senate and house of representatives. looiing to the abrogation of the treaty of 1832 be- tween the United States and Russia, by giving cne year’s notice of its ter- mination. pursuant to its expressed on, to the end that our country ast. shall no longer behdld with equanimity a classification of its cit- izens which, If ripened Into a prece- dent, woula eventually undermine that poiitical system which has made it the Ereatest moral power of the earth.” ALEXANDER ELECTED BY OVER 31,000 MAJORITY. Entire Good Government Ticket Elect- ed—Prohibition Defeated. called Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 6.—Complete R returns from 315 out of 317 precincts in yesterday's municipal election give George Alexander, incumbent candl- date of the Good Government league for mayor, 83,978 votes and Job Harri- man, socialist, 52,298. The two missing precincts in the suburbs had a regl tration of 1,500 and are expected to run sbout even between Alexander and Harriman- The entire good government ticket was elected. Prohioition was defeated, there be- ing 31,691 votes for it and 87,344 against. Frauds in Sugar Weighing. Philadelphia, Dec. 6.—A speclal grand jury which investigated alleged irregularities in the collection of du- ties on sugar imported here today made a report to Judge Hollnd in the United States district court that In the case of the McCahan, the Franklin and the Soreckels Sugar Refining com- panles there had heen irregularities verying from sharp practices to sys- tematic fraud. The jury also found ihat the customs wcighers were care- | again | pounds yesterday. the | President Taft Wi Re-Elected president of the National Red Cross. W. E. D. Stokes is Still Seriously I, but he will not be operated upon at Dresent. Wickersham be- Attorney General a cabinet vame ill ‘wiile attending weeting. - All Grades of Refined Sugar were reduced ten cents a hundred \ Olympia, Wash.,, Rejected the com- mission form of government by a ma- Jority of 68 votes Lloyd C. Griscom Says Roosevelt idential nomination in 1912, George V. Massey, general coun for the Pennsylvania rallroad com- pany, will retire January 1. The Boston Board of Schoal V as refused to avolish religlous cises from the public schools. The Commission Form of government was defeated-at Vancouver, Wash., by a vote of .more than two to o The Per Capita Circulation of money in the United States is $34.59, accord- | Ing to a statement issued by the treas- | ury department. The Five Masted Schooner Nathaniel T. Palmer, bound from Portland, Me., | for Norfolk, was abandoned 100 miles | east of Bermuda. An Unknown Woman, to te a daughter of Mrs. Potter I er, has bombarded the Palmer slon with stones. Nellie Brieta, Thrr burned to death In her ford. She set her clothing on |¥laying with matches. > Years Old, was home in Hart- There Were 1.343 Naval courtmar- r, according to the an- | nual report of Captain Robert L. Rus- sell, judge advocate general. Igland for the |than *that of any whose relia- _The Suncook Valley Railread, which has been under lease to the ston & Maine railroad for many years, will be operated independently after January 1 next, Collector A. Linceln Dryden of Cris- fleld, Md., reported 23 arrests of oys- ter captains in the Chesapeake bay for violations of the federal naviga- tion laws. expenditures of the Massachusetts democratic state committee xhows con- tributions of $205 and disbursements of $221.03. The Introduction of Creameries has made a market for butter in Maine and the average wholesale price of butter fat_has increahed 25 per cent. in the past five years. Two Negroes and One Young Negress ‘were burned to death by a mob of white land tenants who object to the occupancy of land by negroes near Savannah, Tenn, In Spite of the Efforts of Five Unit- ed States senators, President Taft has declined to reconsider the cases of five cadets recently dismissed from West Point for drinking. Atlantic City Was Chosen sester- day as the place for the national con- vention of the prohibition party next year, The date will probadly be set between June 20 and July 20, p Ward, 24 Years Old, of Hart« ford, pleaded gullt; to manslaughter, and’ was sentenced to not less than |five or more than ten years in prison. He killed his mother September 23. At tie Annual Meeting of Stock- holders of the North Carolina Mid- land rallroad yesterday, a dividend of three per cent. was declared. Former officers and directors were re-elscted. Phi Governor Dix Formally Welcomed the visiting wostern governors and their party to this “old Dutch town” (Albany), yesterday, at a luncheon &iv- of by a number of Albany business men, After Comparative Tests on a num- ber of the navy vessels, the navy do- partment has decided to abandon the turbine type of engines for battleships and to substitute the reciprocating en- gines, John C. Shedd, president of Marshall Field & Co, ot Chicago, was yesterday elected a director of the National Bank of Commerce of New York, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John F. Dryden. The First Filibuster of the present session of congress took place In the house yesterday over the acceptance of the bequest of $20,000 as part of the gift of the Hubbard collection of etcl ings to the congressional library. Cornelius McAvine of mlinnlofl. Bristol Man Injured by Trolley. Bristol. Conn., Dee. §—Henry Hoyt recei two fractured ribs and pos- sible internal Injurfes tonight when &an interurban trolley car struck a wag- on from which he was unloading boxes, "The wagon was backed across the car iracks. and the car, coming down a slight Incline, slid on the rall, siippery from snow, Passangers In the .car were shaken up, but escaped wish mi- nor bruises. Steamship Arrivals. : Dec. 5, Vaderland, from Dec. 5, Kursk, from At Fiume: Dec. 6, Caronia, from New York. At Marsellles: Dec. 4, Venezia, from New York. At Naples: Dec. 8, Duca d'Aosta, from New Ycrk. General Reyes Dodging Rangers. Mexico City, Dec. 6—Somewhere be- tween Roma, a little town in Texas, on Dosite Statamoris, on the Mexican side, osite on the can’side, 2! %Q mmthkol’ the H'Tel' ~Gen. Ber- nardo Reyes is dodging Texas rangers and Mexican rurales, if information sent to the natlonal palace is correct. ‘When the indicted general plans Is a matter of Clubhouse for Harvard Club. . Boston, Dec. 6.—Announcement was made today that the Harvard club of Boston 18 to ercct a club house similar to that of the Harvard club of New Yark city. Th will be in the e G Conn., pleaded guilty 1o the embessle- ment of $400 from Goart Lincoin, For- esters of America, and was sentenced |to merve one year in jail. He wns | cheirged with “the embewzlement #f |31,417.18. | Winnipeg, Man., Has Definitely fixed | the price of light and power in the | municipal plant-at 3 cents per kilowatt [and the private company declared it would meet the cut, a reduction of 60 per cent. from the rate which prevatl- |'ed before the city plant was started. e Colonel E. A. Hawkins, 65, who as & private in the signal service of the Un- ion army was the first to telegraph to ‘Washington the news of the comple- tion of Sherman’s march to the sea, dled at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Tues- day night. Mrs, Emma Mooshian Pleaded Not Guilty yesterday of the murder of Si- mon (.'h!ll:erl‘n 't Haverhill, Muss. Mrs. Mooshian says that the man ru- ined her life and home, doned her and turned her husband against her, and had also threatened to kill ler. Decision Was Rendered in the su- preme court, Brooklyn, yesterday in a suit for separation on the d _of Abandonment brought by Mari. ¥, Taylor, a_Portuguese, against Captain Hugh A. Taylor, U. 8, A. Mrs. Taylor says he told her she “did not have ed- ucatlon % tative Francie of Ohio in- trodu resolution yesterday direct- ‘«n‘e'e":&mu. B despite o Sits pending in' the Bt ot federst of “The ‘Enermas mndl-trast o t v will not be a cundidate for the pres- The Statement of the Receipts and | o claims |the Fovernment, Indicated ths who clalms | conability of & juror hingod ohief) fire, | | The Death Rate of Infants In Rhode |tored n year 1610 was gr other state ater | men began, | | violation of the c PRICE TWO CENTS Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to th C ty’s Population 'Condensed Telegrams Beef Packers NuMn Trial CRIMINAL PROSECUTION GETS UNDER WAY, DRAWING OF THE JURY Government Esercising Care in Stlec- tion of Veniremen—Ten of 'Tts Thirty ible Ch = Chicago, Dec, 6.—After elght yeals deviation in tHe way of grand_juries and special pleas the cases of 10n Chi cago meat peckers, indicted for aleged Iminal provisions of Permi enges Exercised. the £herman anti-trust law, reached trial today. Indications were that the carly sta of the trial at least would be rapid, for the government's exam ination of the frst pmnel of jurymen was _bricf. Eacih Side Hes 30 Challemge v agreement each’ side is en to thirty peremptory challenge night the government had exercis ten of these, Nome of the veniremen had been question by the dofense. Government Line of Questioning. Questions by Attorney Bheehan for the ac his willingness to mccept part of the government's functions regulations of the afiuirs of private business Possible Relations with Packen The perscnal reladigns each pros- pective juror might hffve had with an of the derendants were als,) gone inte carefully, All Defendants in Court. All of the defendants were In court immediately after the case was called Porsonal yieas of not gullty were on- nd the examination of vemire- i N i, WORKMEN KILLED BY COLLAPSE OF BUILDING. Concrete in Indianapolis Structurs Af- fected by Cold Weather, Indianapolis, Ind., Dec, 6.—Under the giare of searchlights tonight policemen &nd firemen searched for the bodles of the persons caught in the wreckage of a threo story concrete building which collapsed today, killing four workmen and injuring 21. The bullding was be ine erected for the Prest-o-iite com- pany and the contractor belleved that owing to the recent cold weather the concrete had not set properly. Phe building collapsed at the noon lunch hour, when most of the workmen had gone home. Most of those caught in the debris were seated about I Siructure eating their lunches. Fire men used caution in extinguiwhing ti fire which followed, for fear o™ drown- ing the viotims pinioned beneath the masses of concrete and twisted steel CORONER AND HIS JURY IN DISAGREEMENT. Jurdrs Exonerate Totten, But Coroner Holds Him in $10,000 Bail. New York, Dec. 6,—The coroner's jury sitling at the inquest into the death of Mrs. Alice Tristram Shanks formerly a well known sing exon erated Thomas Totten tonight. He hud been accused of placing carbolic acid before the woman to drink when she oined a party including Totten and 1s companions at the golf houss res taurant in Van Cortlandt Park last week. The coroner, howaever, did not approve of the vemdict and held Totten fn $10,000 bail for the grand J [ Totten’s four companions were A charged from custody. FIVE DEAD IN PENN WRECK. Two Freights and an Express in Treu- ble at Devil's Bend. Pittsburgh, Dec, 6-—Five trainmen were killed ' and a score injured, a number of them seriously, shortly b fore eight o'clock this morning, in wreck of two freights and an express train on_the Pennsylvania rallroad at Devil's Bend, one-half mile east of Manor, Pa. The dead are: Frank Dafty, engi- neer of the express train, and four unknown men, Who wers In the ex presy cars. John Myers, fireman, was Iinjured, perhaps fuially, while seversl other members of the three crews were sori ously hurt, Many others sdstainod bruises. Twenty-six oat of twenty-seven val- uable horses, which were being carried in_one .of the express cars, were kiilod Debris wes scatterod over the four main tracks, and trafflo was tled up for hours, The wreck was due primerily to the stalling of an extra westbound freight A second extra freight, which followed ran into the rear of the fir Both tralus left the trmcks Before flagmen could be hurried baock to glve warning, the fast Chicdgo ex- press, No. 17, carrying nothing but ex- press, rushed along the westbound passenger track Into the wreck: of the freights. The express train was thrown from the rails and went over s :wxemy-;uoz embankment. D a hea , two looml passenger trains unllmdhfl\ the yards of the Pennsylvania railroad just outside the inion station today, injuring ten per sons, none seriously, An engine and three coasches were wrocked. A num- ber of the injured were given medicaj attention at the union station. New Haven County W. C. T. U. ‘Wallingford, Conn, Dec. 6.—A{ the annval meeting o:"}. New Haven county W. C. T. U, here today, the following officers were elocted: 1're: ident, Mra. A. H, Downes, Waterbury: ':’."‘éq!i"“’a Sirs, 1o N, Sisile, Weer: an 3 est- ville; " s , Mrs, M, mis, Yalesville, a treasurer, M . Fowler, Meriden. Pursued by Grave Diggers. ‘Winnipeg, P_ Dec, 6 —Frank Ross 13 Dolics Tadwe Waikér been chased out of un- Canads P. ey Students Eager to Hear Mrs. Fankhurst borderin, onnnumwh: Harvard university and RadcMffe ool-