Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 13, 1911, Page 1

‘ day, thirty-two years ago. ¢ tucky returned to the VOL. LIIL—NO. 288 CALL SEVERALH_]}INDHED WITNESSES Federal Officials to Malse Investigation of Dynamite Conspiracy an Exhaustive One McNAMARA’S SUCCE:3SOR SUDDENLY VANISHES & S Whereabouts of Acting Secretary Herbert S. Hockin a Mys- tery—Detective Burns in the East Looking For More | Dynamite—Man Who Hid McNamara After Los An- geles Explosion Before the Grand Jury at Los Angeles. (‘ Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 12—Who be- sides John J. and James B. McNamara: lLardied or had &nowledge of the inter- siaie shipment of the ton or more of ¢ynamite and nitro-glycerine: used in blewing up iron and steel structures erected by firms-employing non-union, men in the last five years? Several Hundred Witnesser Tkat question was i government officials te the resumpt iederal gran 1 alleged nit acy. Cler: E £agemen, f Y “e SUPpPOsC remotest kn cf the explo: they were st eral hundred ¢ summoned to i Jury. Found at McManigai's Fathers. The instances of the finding of the explosives about which special inquiry was made today are the followi 1490 pounds of dynamite discovered in padlocked box in a barn in the rear ¢ Ortie E. McManigal's father's home ac Tiffin, O., April 2§, 1912, Found Near Union Offices. Ninety pounds of dvnamite sticks sovnd in the basement of a building in Indianapolis in whieh were located the offices of the Intermational A!s?clatihn of Bridge and Structural Iron’ Work- ers, April 22, 1911, & few hours after the arrest of John J. McNamara, tho secretary-treasurer of the assoctation. At Indianapolis and Rochester. Twenty-five pounds of nitro-glycer- been the: grand ne dynamite found in a pilano box in ! e western outskirts of Indianapolis few days later. Thirty-eight quarts nitro-glycerine buried in a shed near chester, Pa. Nature of Information Sought. The points upon which enlighten- nent was sought in connection with these instances: Who wrote the cor- respondence relative to the purchase “nd shipment of the explosives? Who raid the bills and kept the accounting of expenss? By what means were the explosives transported? An Exhaustive investigation. Although District Attorney Charles W. Miller declined to discuss the progress of the preparations for sub- mission of evidence to the grand jury, YT anticipated the purpose of the gov- ernment to effect an exhaustive inves- tigation. Every witness who can fur- nish any information, however slight, will be summoned. Secretary Hockin is Missing. To all appearances the headquarters of the International Association of Rridge and Structural Iron Workers Were closed today. The whereabouts of Herbert S. Hockin, the acting sec- retary, became a mystery. Even FHockin's attorney professed not to know where he was. The sudden clesing up of ‘the piace followed close- 1y upon the announcement that books #nd letters ‘at the headquarters hud en secuved without resistance by detectives acting for the National Erectors’ assoclation. Walter Drew, counsel for the Erectors’ association, reflised to say whether he had been in consultation with Hockin or whether he knew where Hockin was. | Burns Seeks More Dynamite- W. J. Burns, who has been in con- itation with officials of the Erectors’ association, left tonight for Washing- tcn and New York. He said he would icturn here Friday. “I think there was more dynamite rlanted in various points of the east than ever has been discovered,” said Birns. “It is likely that this has not Deen removed, as those who hid it weuld not be imclined to attempt to remove it now HID MNAMARA. J. E. Munsey of Salt Lake City Called Before Grand. Jury. Los Angeles,) C —The fed- !eral grand jury today continued to near evidence concerning the alleged { censpiracy to!tragspomt dynamite un- lawrully. = A scor® of witnesses were examined, most of whom were to bave established the rdentity ot “J. B. Eryce” as James B. McNamara. Hotel clerks, bellboys and, waiters, as well as employes of the (Alant Powder com- rany of San Francisco, where dyna- mite wes purchasecd by James B. Mc- Namara, were on ‘hand to give their testimony. Much iaterest vsas manifested today in the appearanc s of J. E. Munsey of Salt Lake City, “pusiness agent of the International A gsoclation of Bridge and Structural, Iron Workers. His wife also was /under subpoena and poth arrived «arly today. Munsey is alieged to has/e hidden James B. Mc- Namara in hi 5 home subsequent to the Los Angeles Times explosion here, but he is said tp be wanted to tell what be knows of shipments of explosives. “Bhe procr/dure today was of a per- functory ¢ aaracter. STALL IN JUTE MILL. James {B., McNamara Not Yet Exam- ined for Tuberculosis. San ¢ fuentin, Cal, Dec. 12.—James B. McNar jara has not been examined vet by the prison physiclans for tubercu- lesis, / and it is impossible to stale when [ he may be, said Warden John E. Hoyle today. Heretofore the custom that Iind unless especially asked by e 'prisoner or when the prisoner’s nd dxion is plain to be seen. the war- dery explained. ie McNamaras began their second daj~ g lesson tdday in the jute mill, ac(jrding to the prison authorities. REMNART OF McCREARY GUARDS ESCORT GOVERNOR. Twelve Su ors Inauguration Pa- rade at Frankfort, Ky. ! W DMAN CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN MISSING JURYMAN. $ he Says Waldron Was in Her Pasture in Demented Condition. Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 12—Next to Kentucky’'s incoming democratic gov: ernor, James B. McCreary, and the re- tiring republican governor, Augustus E. Willson, positions of honor at the inauguration today were occupied by the twelve surviving members of th¢ old MecCreary Guards. This was 3. military company organized in Frank . fort in 1871 during Governor Mo - . Creary's first administration. Six on a side these veterans escorted tr o governors carriage today in the Dra- mansion to the capitol. Governor McCreary, most of Whi >se life has been spent in public off ice, vacated the chair he re-occupied = to- Nok b e Is over 170. Many personal and pe liti- cal friends who attended the firsf . in- auguration were present today. In electing Governor McCreary, Ken- demor :ratic colomn. SAVED BY CANARIES, Birds ‘Made Possible Five Rescus :s from Tennessee Mine- ‘Washington, Dec. 12—Cana' ry birds made possible the rescue aliV o of the five men who were taken ! the ! irom Cross Mountain -mine last 7 .ight, the bureau of mines here was inf ormed to- c#¥ by Dr. Eolmes, head of f he bureau. This is the first mine disasts :r in which * these birds have played a f saving role, sithough experiments had been made with thera in a number of /smaller ac cidents. The canaries, Wiy ich are most sensitive to any atmosph are that will not support life, are cax ried into the mine by the helhmeted re/ scuers for the Purpose of detecting the . first signs of poisonous gases. AS 3¢ on as the ca- waries shdw symptoms / )f dizziness the volunteer rescuers wiV A the helmeted workers are not allows »d to go furtner and the belmeted mern proceed alone. Bodies found beyond. this point are brought back as farf as this danger Hne, whence they ar e carried out by She volunteers. @tokes’ Condi fion Serious. Sow York, Dec. 1p.—Late tonight it was stated W. E. I ). Stokes' dondition smce the operaiion( had become seri- cus and that it hasd been thought ad- visable to send a i elegram to his son, vho is in Andover ‘academy, to hasten home at once. It was not indicated, however, that the ‘millionaire’s condi- tion was critical. Kidnapped , by Mother. Mont , Alj}, Dec. 12—Sarah Averitt, 18 vears (3f age, was kidnap- red from her uncliyjJ. A. Averitt, this afternoon, while er way home from m‘&:‘?& mother, Mrs. J. C. . Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 12.—Contrary / to the plan announced yesterday, the jury that is hearing the case of B. larke Hyde, accused of murdering Colonel Thomas H. Swope, was not dismissed tonight, although Harry Waldron, the missing juror, has not Leen located. Judge P&rterfleld decid- ed late today that he would hold the eleven jurymen for another week in the hope that Waldron may be discov- cred and found competent te resume his_duty. ‘Waldron has been missing since Monday morning, when he escaped from the jury’'s hotel, and but one clue to his whereabouts after he fled has Leen found. That came today whe Mrs. Henry Werby, who lives a short distance from the Waldrons, said she saw the missing man in her pasture yesterday afternoon. He appeared de- mented, she said. An investigation of her story was started, although officers place liitle confidence in the clue. Attorneys for the defense are anxious that this or a new trial proceed. TAXICAB CHAUFFEUR HELD AS ACCESSORY. Drove Taxi in Which Robbers and Murderers Escaped, New York, Dec. 12.—James J. Keat- ing, a taxicab chauffeur, was arrested late today charzed with being an ac- cessory to the murder of Adolph Stern, who was shot to death In Jacobi Jewelry store on Sixth avenue last July. ~The robbers killed Stern as they fled with a tray of diamonds. Keating is accused of having driven the taxicab in which the robbers es- caped, and the police allege that he has admitted acquaintance with Mar- tin Garvey, who is locked up In the Tombs, charged with the murder. Keating, however, denled any know- ledge of the crime. New Political Party Forming. Chicago, Dec. 12—Presaging the birth of a mew political party, com- posed of business men and formed as o protest organization, the resolutions committee of tho Natioral | Business cchgress today conaidered sich a res- ew York, general counsel of the Nationa! Assoclation of Marufucturers. Dr. Eliot Has “Encouraging Day.” Cainbridge, Mass., Dec. 12— “Encour- aging day.” was the brief but reass-r- fng cablegram received tonight from President-emeritus Charles W. Eliat of Harvard universily, upon whom an cperation for appendicitis was per- formed at Kandy, Ceylon, last Satur- day. % the diverced wife of Henry Aver Upionvills Clothing Sters Burne: /Russian Soldie rsy ati Peki Peking, Dec. 12—k n - ment of 256 men and t3 guns have rrived bare te e legation = TN AL Unionville, Cenn., Dec, clothing store of H. stein, on Main street, was damagi tonight to the extent of $4,500 by fire, the origin of wLich is not known. The loss is partly cqvered br inswanoe has ¥.cen to make no examinations of | clution framed by A. Parker Nevin of | Cabled Paragraphs Madrid, Dec. 12.—The infant daugh- ter of Queen Victoria of Spaim, who was born early this morninx, will prebably receive the name of Cris- tina. Beriin, Dec. 12.—John B. Jackson, S. minister to the Balkan states, nas been stopping here for a few days. e proceeds to take up his new post i | in the Balkans on December 15. London, Dec. 12—Twenty-two suf- fragettes arrested with 200 compan- |ions in connection with the demon- | stration at the house of commons on November 21, were indicted at the Lcndon sessions today. Archangel, Russia, Dec. 12.—Russia has atandoned her claim to intreguce a 12-mile limit in the waters of the White sea, inside of which it was pro- posec to foroid fishing by vessels be- longing to other naticns. Portsmouth, England, Dec. 12.—Com- mander Herbert N, Garnott of the na- val ordnance department and fifteen of the crew of the dreadnought battle- ship Orion were injured teday as the result of tae explosion of an oil tank. London, Dec. 12—A news agency despatch from Vienna says that ac- | cording to offictal advices recelved | from Cettinje, Montenesro, a danger- | ous insurrection has broken out in Albania. Twelye thousand men are under arms and an_ extension of the movement is probable. The Hague, Det: 12.—The interna- tional opium conference today adopted China's proposal that all the govern- ments represented at the conference | bind themselves to prohibit the ex- port of opium to China not marked by the government of British India. A second resolution was adopted in fa- vor of the prohibition of the import and export of raw opinm. Melbourne, Dec. 12—The Victorian state misintry announces that the Union Steamship company’s _new steamer Tahiti will leave San Fran- cisch on April 3, 1912, for Melbourne | unaer contract with the Victorian gov- | ernment. The Tahiti contains berths |for from 400 to 500 passengers. | Specally low fares will be charged on | this occasion for any Americans who | wish to visit Victoria with the idea of settling. Those wishing to make a round trip will be accommodated for the return journey also at reduced fares. RIOT AT ARBITRA'I:ION MEETING IN NEW YORK. Reserve Officers Called and Eight Rowdies Ejected from Hall. New York, Dec. 13.—A riotous out- break interrupted a large mass meet- ing held at Carnegle hall tonight in support of the arbitration treaties which President Taft has proposed with England and France. The outbreak occurred after Nich- olas Murray Butler, president of Co- lTumbia university, had read resolutions urging the senate to ratify the trea- ties, and Alfonso G. Koeible, of the German-American Citizens’ league of the state of New York, stepped to the front of the platform and moved that the majority resolution of the United States senate committee on foreign re- lations be adopted as a substitute for the declarations contained in the.But- ler resolution. . “This declaration is not a promoter of peaze, but a breeder of war,” he ex- claimed, and the words were scarcely | out of his mouth when men jumped to efther side of the stage and raised | their hands in an apparent signal, whereupon pandemonium was let loose in the upper galleries. Catcalls, groang and hisses made it impossible for .Chairman Choate to proceed hith the meting. Four hundred | prominent men were seated on the platform, and they were astonished at the outbreak. A large group of them held conferences for more than ten minutes while tse pendemonium still reigned. One man on the platform jumped up and shouted as loud as he could: “That packed gallery is com- posed of a lot of cowards.” At this the | shouts in the gallery became louder and megaphones were brought into use. | Women in evening dress in the boxes | jJumped to their feet, looking at their | escorts ag if expecting the throwing | of a bomb. In the midest of the noise | Chairman Choate announced that Butler resolutions had been unan- imously adopted. The persoms in the main part of the auditorium took this as a signal for a counter demonstra- tion, jumped to their feet, shouted | their approval, and waved their hand- ikpr('hiefs and hats. | Andrew Carnegie was down on the programme as the next speaker, but he sat in apparent amasement at the demonstration and in_his place Rabbi Estephen Wise asked for a hearing. He was met fith such cries as “Shut up,” and “Throw him out” from the galler- ies. Above all he shouted: “I warn vou people in the gallery that no peo- | ple in the world will feel so badly at the result of this meeting tonight as | the Irish leaders in the English par- Hament His reference brought forth an even stronger iombination of groans and howls. Koelble, whose resolution had precipitated thte riot, called to the people in the gallery to show a spirit of fair play, but his appeal was in vain. Bellowing from megaphones continued, and both Koelbel and Wise gave up the attempt to speak. Chair- man Choate was equally unsuccessful’ The police reserves reached the gallery | by this time and ejected the leaders of the disturbing element, but no ar- rasis were made. Chairman Choats anvounced that the meeting would be | adjourned. A dozen men on the plat- form tried to assist him in restoring order. He said: “The action of the | gallery here tonight has done more to | cause’ the ratification of these peace treaties than all the peace speeches that could be made during the evening. In virtue of my authority as chairman of this meeting I declare the meeting adjourned without the audience listen- |ing to the speeches of the other two gentlemen.” These gentlemen were Andrew Car- negie and Frederiok R. Coudert, a well known lawyer. | | | Seven Jurors for Packers’ Tri Chicago, Dec. 12—The trial of the ten Chicago meat packers indicted for violation of the criminal provisiens of | the Sherman anti-trust law was ad- | journed before the usual hour today Lecause of the absemce of further veniremen. Fifty new veniremen will be on hand tomerrow. Seven men are in the jury box. Burglars Carry Off Silverware Newtown, Conn., Dec. 12—The home of William J. Beechee was entered last night and = quentity of silver- ‘ware and §1.60 in taken. There is no clue to the | Steamship Arsivals. At Naples: Deec. 8, Germania, from New York. Deec, 12, Cymric, from | At Liverpool: New York House Votes Pension Bill FOUGHT BY DEMOCRATS Senate Likely to Pass Some Form of Amended Pension Bill—Increases Pensions of Veterans of Two Wars. ‘Washington, Dec. 12.—The Sherwood service pension bill, which would add upwards of $40,000,000 to the govern- ment annual expenditures by granting increased pensions to Civil and Mexi- can war veterans on the “basis of length of service, was passed by the Louse tonight despite the determined opposition of many democratic leaders. Will Add $75,000,000 to Pension Roll. Secretary of the Interior Fisher has estimated that the bill will add § 000,000 to the pension roil if the 400, €00 veterans eligible take advantage of its provisions. Hill Voted Against It. The republicans who voted with the $4 democrats against the bill were Gardiner, Gillette and McCall of Mas- sachusetts, Hill of Connecticut, Kent of Calife McCreary of Pennsylva- nia, Payne of New York and Utter of Rhode Isiand. Speaker Clark Votes for It. Speaker Clark voted with the ma- fority ot his_party for the bill, 2nd emocratic Leaders Underwood and Fitzgerald of New York, chalrman of the appropriations committee, voted against it. The bill now goes to the =enate, where there is a disposition to pass some form of amended service pension legislation. Many house dsm- ocrats voted for the meesure in the belief that the senate would not pass it. Provisions of the Bill. The Sherwood bill would establish the following basis of pensions: For service for 30 days to six months, 315 rer month; from six to nine months, $20 per month; from nine months o one year, $256 per month; more than one vear, $30 per month. Two important changes were made ir._the Sherwood bill during the all- day debate over it. $1,000 Exemption Voted Out. A joint amendment by Represent- ative Rauch of Indlana and Cox of Ohio struck out the provisions denying cntrance to federal soldiers’ homes of veterans recelving more than $25 a month pension, and refusing to state homes federal aid for the support of such pensloners. The restriction against the payment of any pension to a veteran whose income exceeds $1,000 2 year was voted out on the motion of Representative Rucker of @alorado. POLICE ENTERTAIN THE SUICIDE THEORY. Mulatto Mother of Louise Harman, However, Denles It. Philadelphia, Dec. 12.—The mystery surrounding the death of 18 years old Mary H. Harman,’ the supposed daughter of John Moon, formerly “policy king’ of Baltimore, was not cleared up when Louisa Harman, the girl's muletto mother, recovered con- sciousness n the hospital here to- nigt. The woman, who was discovered ly- ing unconscious in a room with the body of the girl late Sunday night, de- clared that she cannot explatm = her condition or the cause of the _girls’ death. She denies that thers had been a suicide m and that she had taken poison or given it to Mary. The latter posed as a_white person. When questioned, Mrs. Harman said she did not know 'that the girl was read and knew of no reason she should commit suicide. The ce, however, believe the death of the girl was part of a suicide pact between her and her colored mother. For years they say the girl and mother had tried to hide the fact that she had negro blood in her veins, and it is belleved that when they came to the end of their financial resources they decided to kill them- selves with potson. KING GEORGE CROWNED AS EMPEROR OF INDIA. Announcement Made of T, Indian Capital to Deth: Delhl, Dec. in the history of India, the loyal popu- lotion today witnessed the crowning cf their new emperor and empress when King George V and Queen Mary were proclaimed. Aside from the splendor of the durbar held to cele- brate the momentous event, the feature of the day was the announcement that Delhi was to replace Calcutta as the capital of Indla. A state banquet and reception in the investure tent con- cluded the day's celebrations, more than 4,000 notables being the guests of their majesties. The untversal theme is the dramatic announcement of the change in the capital. Although the secret was well kept, it was made with the full know- ledge of the Indian chiefs, and is wel- comed aline on historical, political and administrative grounds. The cost of the transfer, it is esti- mated, will be $25,000,000. EMPLOYES TESTIFY DOOR WAS LOCKED. Survivers of Fire Horror Testify Against Their Employers. New York, Dec. 12.—Several girls who survived the fire and panic of "March 25, when the factory of the Tri- angle Shirtwoist cimpany was burn- e a 10ss of 145 lives, today cor- roBorated oo tho. wilhess maah fhe story that ome of the doors on the ninth floor, to which many of the girls had turned for ‘was locked. The propristors of Tactory, Harris & Blanck, who are trial charged with causing the death cf _Margaret Schwarthz, whose body was found near the locked door, heard one girl after another testify lg-h‘ them. led to shake their ‘The defense testimony. " Gates Estats Over $18,000,000. Beaumont, Texas, Dec. 12.—The es- tate of the late John W. Gates is stated e e PR S or rec E m-.up principally of stocks and 7 Itallans Lose Heavily. London, Dec. 12.—A despatch from a correspondent with the , Turks at Tripoll reports an unsuccedspol sortie~at Gharian. fered heavily. 55 i o : ONN. WEDNESDAY, D ER 13, 1911 , T The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut = ; : s a5 PRICE _TWO _CENTS No Change on License Issue CITY ELECTIONS IN FIFTEEN. MASSACHUSETTS CITIES. O’CONNELL IS ELECTED Democratic Candidate Wins in Wor- cester—Largest icense Majority in That City’s History—Close Contests. Boston, Dec. 1 some of them with three, four and five candicates entered, furnished the in- teresting fealure in many of the fifteen Massachuset!s cities where balloting tosk place today. Three of the cit- ites, Beverly, Lynn and ' Medford, did not elect a mayor, but in most of the | other twelve, candidates were numer- s. Many Mayors Re-Eleceted. In Chicopee and Newburyport, five Sought to be chief executives; in Mal- den, four; in Worcester, Salem, Pitts- field and Woburn, three; and in I erett, Newton, Meirose, Somerville and Chelsea, there were two cach. In every case where mayors sought re-election they were success- ful. Those re-elected were: Charles E, Hatfield, Newton; Kenton B. Mill- er, Pittsfleld; Rufus D. Adams, Salem: Charles A. Burns, Somerville; Fugh D. Murray, Woburn, and Kobert E. Burke, Newburyport. No Change on License Question. The license fight attracted much at- tention in nearly every city, though there were several cases where the vote was close there were no over turns. Chelsea, Cricopee, Pittsfield and Worcester remain in the license column, and all the other eleven cities | ¥ " tne board of aldermen, will sit in the mayor's chwir at Melrose, He de- feated Alderman Thomas H. Gilman, Mayor Miller’s re-election in Pittsfield was largely a personal victory by e margin of only sixty votes. ke I8 a republican, but he will be surrounded by a democratic city government. WIFE WANTED HIM TO COMMIT SUICIDE. Claim of Publisher Ridgely in Alimony Suit Against Him. New York, Dec. 12.—Albert Newton Ridgely of Brooklyn, publisher of a financial perfodical and former profes- slonal athlete, in answer to an dlimon: suit for separation brought by his wife today, says that she wanted him to take out an insurance policy in favor of herself and their three children and then commit suicide, suggesting that 4s one way of getting killed he con- tinue to go up in his aeroplane. It was while recovering from an injury received when he fell with the ma- chine at Nassau Boulevard, he says, that his wife made the suggestion. Counsel for Mrs, Ridgely asserted that her husband had an income of $90,000 a year, and since Nov. 15 had failed to provide for her, leaving her stranded in their $20,000 Brooklyn home. The husband declares that he left her because she taunted him over his failure to make as much money in Wall street he did formerly, and particularly because of her suicide sug- gestion. GOT NO WARNING OF BLOWING UP OF MAINE Ex-Consul Brice's Story Causes Sur- prise at Washington. Washington, Dec. 12.—Empbhatic dis- claimers were made today at the state, war and navy departments of the pos- session of any Information confirm tory of the :tatement of ex-Consul A. C. PBrice that he was warned of the spproaching destruction, of the Maine two days In advanze by a Ciiban sym- pathizér in Matanzas, Admiral Wain- wright, who was exe-ative officer of the Maine when the ship was de- stroyed, also says that no warning reached him. Grief Causes Suicide. Richmond, Va., Dec. 12—Charles W. Nelson, 50 years old. whose corre- spondence indicated at he was an artist and who came”here two months ago from Boston, was found dead in a cheap lodging house today with a gas tube in his mouth. He had spoken of the recent death of his wife and child. Three Counterfeiters Sentenced. Chicago, Dec. 123.—Albert Leon, Ru- dolph Swanson and Fred.Marneek, who have mantufactured thousands of dol- lars in counterfeit notes, pleaded guil- ty in the United States district court todny. @mon and Marneek were sen- tenced to ten years each and Swan- son to five year: Statue to John Barry. i Washington, Dec. 12. — After many delays and much controversy, a con- tract has been concluded with John J. Boyle of New York, sculptor, for the erection In th's city of a statue to commemorate Jokn Barcy.. fwmous.io the early naval an of the republic. ys that Russia and Great Britain not to attempt to rastore th s e ex-s| Mirza. on the Persian | Mayoralty contests, candidaies | but al- | nce the fire which wiped | ¢ | | retain their no-lizense standing. In Worcester the “icense majority was il sreatest in the Dblsicry f the cic while in Newburyport orly 38 vo Kept the city from breaking its five- vear no-license record. O’Connsll Wins in Worcester. The choice of D.'T. O'Connell, a dem- for mayor of Worcester, was a cal overturn, the city having had a republican leader for several years, The city government, however, re- mains repubiican. Chelsea elected a mayor and aldermen todayMfor (he first time &I out mnearly half the city, having been uvnder & commission form of govern- ment since that time, James H. Ma- lone was chosen mayor. An attempt to swing the city back into the no- license column attracted attention, but the temperance pecple were deggated. Rivers Won by 23 Votes. In Chicopee, Frank A. Rivers, who was elected from a flsld of five can- didates, had but 23 votes to spare Mayor Wasgatt of Everctt rdn for the school board instead of for re-election as meyor, and his place as mayor will be taken next year by James H. Cham- ber. Dr. George L. Farrell, twice de- feated, was the winner in Malden from a fleld of four. Miller Wins by 60 Votes. Charles E. Frenoh, vice. president of | | was submitted to the senate asking the “oportion to th City’s Population In Harmony oint Postmaster Bdward M, Mor- %an at New York for another term. LITTLE FRICTION IN THE NA TIONAL COMMITTEE. A Bill Pro.iv’ng for the Free Tranuit of Aluerican ycssels through the s amis cana) was mtroduced by Benator odge. The New York Board of Aldermen yesterday adopted resolutions solicit- ing the democratic national convention for that city. Lieutenant Colonel Perkins charged before the house committee that he was retired- from the Marine corps as the result of a conspiracy. The Sale of the Jewels of Abdul Ha- mid, deposed sultan of Turkey, foots up $1,196,160, hardly enough to pay for a new Turkish warship. 4 Renorted that the Chinese Imperial | government, hecause of lack of funds, will agree to almost any sort of a cgm- promise with the revolutionists. The Clothing Store of Gately & Bren- nan, at Néw Haven, was entered and robbed Monday night of several hun- dred dollars’ worth of gurments. TAFT MEN IN CONTROL Convention te Nominate President to Eec Held at Chicago June 18—Roose- velt Forc: Inconspicuous. - ‘Washington, Dec. 12.—With little trace of friction the republican na tional committeo met here today and formulated the preliminary plans for the campaign of 1912, The programme agreed upon was carried out expedi tiously in two short sessions agyre- gating barely more than two hours, Convention at Chicago June 18, Chicago was chosen as the conven- tion city and the call was issued for A Memorial Signed by Marylanders elimination of the words “So help me | the assembling of delegates on Tues God” from the oath administereqa, day, June 18, to nominate candidates —_ for ‘president’ and vice president. Act A German Soldier Was Shot and | ing Chairman John F. Hill, former killed by Alexander Samaine, & leader | Fovernor of Maine, was unanimously | of the French party, in n_dispute om | elecied chairman®of the committee aft er the resignation of Postmaster Gen the street at Meta, Alsace-Lorraine. eral Frank H. Hitchcock, which went The Warm Weather of the Past Few | into effect on April 1, 1905, William Days hes induced enterprising farmer: | Hayward of Nebraska was elocted sec in Dracus, Tewksbury, Mass., to take | retary o serve until the new national their plows and teams into the jields. [ committes is organized in Chicago in %o 8, | " — June. o Spend the Christmas Season in Complete A Y | their native country, nearly 1,500 ital- [ . *"MP e fvasion & Sittornsse, lans left Boston yesterday 'on the | The commiites adhered to the con - y call of 1908 and the primary O Tas List of the stesmahip CERoDIC | quegtion which. hiad Desn the sole dis - turbing - topic before the committos John Schrcers, a German-American | A% 1eft ag it was four years ago The chempions of presidential prefer- New enco primaries and stato-wide primar- rewspaperman, widely known in and In the west, died of pneu- m 1t 115 home there yesterday. He | 168 for the selection of delegates Lo the W years cld. convention in states where primary laws are not operative, were defeated Arizona Assumed the Full Sovereignty | They Were lod by Senutor Borah of of @ state vesterday by electins its |1daho, who contented himself witk own governor end acquiring for the| ™inority report from tbe sub mittee on <a'l, of which he was ~hal man, and with a brief speech to the ccmmittee. The meeting was unique in two respects. There was a com- plete absence of bitterness, and the proceedings were conducted with opep doors. Taft Men Contrel first time two United States senators and one congressman. Two Young Officers from the presi- dent’s yacht Mayflower, Liemts. J. S. Dowell, Jr,, and A. L. Bristol, Jr., have been ordered to Berlin to study Ge: man shipbuilding metbods. Situation. Polit Iy, the meetin was ro. A _Bomb Explosion Wrecked the| Tart, ’L‘hay prosident’s a‘dvlncrn {K:on apartients. of Louls Blumenthal in & | troliod the situation. Karly in the day six story tenement on the East Side, | ji bccame apparent that Socretary New York city, and caused a panic| Hilles and Arthur Vorys, national among the other occupants. commltceman from Ohfo, were in control. The disinclination of Post- master Genoral Hitchoock to endorse the selection of Col. Harry S, New, former chairman of the committee, and & member from Indlana, as chair man of the sub-committee on &rrange- ments, was overcome and Mr. Hitch couk fook no part in the proceedingn of the day, o southern committe men, said to be opposed to Mr., New for fear that he favored a reduction of southern representation, voted for The General Tariff Situation, and particularly President Taft's forthcom- ing message to conress on the wool tarift schodules, were discussed at length by the cabinet yesterday. Jack Johnson, Champion Pugilist of the world, weighs nearly 300 pounds and will never again entsr the ring in a contest to retain his title, sccording to information recelved at his home in Chicago. : the Indianan. Edwin R. Wright of Chicago has| Roesevelt Men Not Conspicuous. sant & commurication to the federsl Chalrman New announced after the burcau of immigration asking for an | meeting of the full commuties that irvestigaiion of the causes of unem- | his sub-committee would meet in ployment among the workers of Ili- | Chicago on January 8 to begin the nole. -~ w'{f‘ of organizing the convention plahs. The wishes of the Taft com Mr. Papamichalopoulos in New mlllioemen prevalled throughout the meeting. The Ohioans and New York ers who had givem publicity to the Roosavelt propuganda contented them selves with the progress they aave made. Walter Brown, leader of the Ohlo Roosevelt band, fook no part in the proceedings, while National Corn pitteeman Willlam L. Ward of New York, who 6id not attsad the White hovse dinner Monday night, was in sccord with the programme adopted. Brooker a Committee Chairman. A committes of three was named to devise rules and regulations for the national committes and Its officer which are to be reported to the 1 convention. This coinmitiee cons of Mr, Brooker of Connecticut, chal; man, Mr, Ward and Frank Kellogs, committeeran f,om Minnesota. Oston #ibly its function is to devise rulbs by which the treasurer and secretary of the committee shall be given place in the committes and be eatitied to votes. Deaver Rscelved Seven Votes. The expected and long-weralded row over the primary question proved flash in the pan, When the vote was taken Chicugo recetved 42 votes to 7 for Denver, one for 8t Louls, and ihree members not voting. To Reduce Bouthern Representation. Two significant political incidents developed uring the day. A stipula tion was made in the call which ren- ders null the elestion of o8 to the convention prior to the issue of the call. This invalidate the tities of delegates already selected in Ala- bama Another was the resurrection of the reduction of southers repie- sentstion movement by Representative Jumes Francis Burke of Pittsburg, who champloned such a resolution on thy floor of the convention four years 80. The committee o'clock to meet at chatrman, Indiana Lost to Taft. Tonight Edwin A, Lée, chairman of the Indiana republican state comanit- tee, issued & statement in whioh he declared Wflum state ':‘ulg‘ba Joat 10 the can party r. Taft ominated were ren: “Mr. Taft cannot carry Indiane,” says Mr. Lee. “If he is the republican romines, our fight 1s lost befor, ‘who labored for him n?’ and day, have besn driven to this knowledws ‘with extreme reluctance,” York. He is the former Cultus min ‘ter of Greece, wio has come here as a representative of his country to study the conditions of Greeks in the United States. After Casting His Ballot yesterday, Wiliam M. Prince, a well known business man of Pittsfield, Mass., was strioken with heart diseas and fell dead across the top of Lie ballot box. Another St in the Movement to abolish sororities at Pembroke colege, the women's department at Brown uni- versity, was taken yesterday when the organizations were forbidden to take in any new members. Immediatel Malaria, Hookworm and Alcohol are three of the greatest factors producing the high cost of lving, said Prof. Irv- ing Fisber, professor of political scon- omy al Yale, in his address at the Si Loais City club. The American Institute of architects convened ‘Washington yesterday for its 45th annual convention, with about 125 delegates attending, to represent the 32 chapters of the institute scatter- ed throughout the country. Mayor Lewis Shank of Indianapolis is in favor of naming a woman to act on each of the beards of the city ad- rainisiration And would like to appoint a woman to take his place as mayor, the next time be leaves the city. Mrs E..Virainia Evers, Weil Gownad and well to do, was sentenced yester- day in the New York court of spec sessicns to tk1ee months in the peni- tentiary for trutally beating her 13 year old ‘ward, Alice Elizabeth Ran- Colph. journed at 2.15 Samue! K. Raymond, Cashier of ths e call ot e Mount Vernon, N. Y., National bynk, Lané jirtly mdicted with Presiisnt Herber: T Jennings for the misappll cation Of funds of the bank oL {ng over $150.000, scrrendered himssif yesterday. Sebastiano Allesslo e Ei!nm was taken to the count Joster- day in default of pawment of his per- sonal tax with costs added, bringing the total to $74.25. Allessio had repeat- edly dared the collector to attempt’'go collect the tax. The Forty-eight Year Career of the lttle two-masted schooner FElla May of Rockport. Me., closed yesterday tle fameus Ycrk, Me., ledges off wrfifi che rofled a total wreck and oa under ‘her mate, Thomas of Rexbyry, Mass. Altert W. Wolter, Convicted of the Murder of Ruth Wheeler, a 15 year old stencprapher, in New York ecity on March 24, 1910, must pay the desth | penalty. The ccurt of appeals afirmed the jud=ment of conviction of murder in the first derree. ) RAPID CONSTRUCTION OF BATTLESHIPS United States Now Ranks Among Leaders of ‘World. ‘Washington, Dec. 12—he Unitel States ie wow the leaders in Tapid baitleshiy %fio accord to Chief Construstor ¥ M. Watt in his report. Tivc was 1t was that American bulling that Giey “wera sbasiets, by the. time (1.\ w‘-c nomn‘i.d::d. ‘The ochange I+ attributed adoption of wood 1 surprising fact that th. t {8 & ng-fact: ore hasy been similar r in the cost of cor constructor deelares t Oost per tou of displacement of ently Tatlean (han Shet ot 3 tates 1s less United States batthkahips less th that of similar foreign vessels.” Burke, Mayor Shank of Indianapolis, who #ecenily sold several carloads of po- titces and more than one thowsand Thauksgiving turkeys to the pubite at cesl, 18 NCW nning to fnipor: Christmas trees which he will sejl at the lowest possible price. - On Coroner's Warrants Antonio and Joseph Dilucia and Mrs. Rosa Martel- l;l, t::“'lm, ‘were l:“ yester- the murder on Friday night Martello, a cobbler, mnm ‘while reading a newspaper in his shep DS “ : rt & - bave beer .