Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 21, 1911, Page 1

VOL. LIIL.—NO. 305 PRICE - TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population SULZER PROVES HIMSELF A PATRIOT| Cabled Wins Commendation of Political Opponents by Ad- vocating Senate Amendment of, His Bill PUBLICLY LAUDED BY REPUBLICAN LEADER Congressman Macon Cast Only Vote in Opposition, and Ex- plains That He Did It in Spirit of Levity—Russian Gov- ernment Not Likely to Hurry in Negotiation of New | Treaty—Former Minister of Commerce Discusses Treaty Washington, Dec. 20.—Consress rat- iried the president’s notification of tht;g to | The termination of the Russlan treaty 1832 today, and sent the measure ihe presidént for his signature. Louse disposed of it according to pro- gramme within 75 the senate had remained In purposely an with which the ratification was upon. One Lone Democrat Against It. It was a purely perfunctory pro- ceeding in the house, for democrats acd republicans veted together, M Macon (democrat) alone voting in the negative. He explained to the house ter that he voted against the resolu- tion in a spirit of levity. Sulzer Supports Taft's” Action. Dur: debate republicans join- ed wi pulltical opponents in prais tive Sulzer, the democratic of the house bill, for accepting the senate measure - urged reso- amending his own. the house ceept th on, so that President hands be upheld by the legislative Lranch of the government in dealing with Russia, and the notice of the treaty’s termination might be made effective before January 7. Sulzer's Action Patriotic. “Mr. Sulzer has shown that he is acting through the promptings of p: triotism, not politics,” said the republi- can leader, Mr. Mann. The Russian reply to the notice by Ambassador Curtls Guild that the United States wished to terminate the treaty of 1832 has been received at the state department, The officials decline to publish the text of the note, but ad- mit fts contents have been well out. lined in the news despaches from St. Petersburg. Hence it i inferred that the Russian foreign office did not re- epond to Secretary Knox's invitation 10 enter upon negotiations for a new treaty. - Russia Won't Hurry. X It may be said on good authority that the Russian government does not intend to be hurried in this matter, but on the other hand it does not expect to conclude a new convention before tha existng treaty expires, December 31, 1912, Unquestionably the modification of the terms of the original resolution of abrogation has been a strong feat- ure in influencing the Russfan govern- ment to consider favorably the fram- #ng of a new treatyp which possibly it yould not have entertained under the ®ense of irritation that would have been caused by the adoption of the original joint resolution in all its severity ot =pression. s Maximum Tai on American Goods. Notwithstanding some expressions to the contrary by individual senators, the welght of official opinion is decid- edly in favor of the contention that m(;.xim withdrawal of the “favored nati@h” treatment guaranieed to Amer- ican imports into Russia by the treaty t to be terminated, the full max- tariff rates will automatically effective toward American minutes. _ Speaker | Clark signed it-at 2.56 p. m., Vice Pres- ident Sherman signed it at 3.51, after session to permit his affixing his signature while it was in session, as the rules provide. Tomorrow consress wil] recess for the holidays, which was important factor in the despatch acted Residence for Russian Am- bassador. It is declared that no breach of dip- lomatic relations is impending, for preparations are being hastened for 1 Palatial idence in this city of ex-Vice President Fairbanks by the Russian ambassador, who expects to take a prominent part in the social life of the national cap- ital Day’s Doings in Congress. ' SENATE. Several bills important ,jto the passed. navy | Employers’ liability commission ad- | rned for holiday recess. nce commities to take up wool T immediately after the holidays. \djourned until noon Thursc HOUSE. Rtussian treaty abrogation res adopted 1.44 p. m.; signed by .56 p. m.; by vice president 3. then sent to the president. | Adjourned until noon Th Senate Passes Lodge Bill. tion Washington, Dec. 20.—The senate today passed the Lodge bill, which re- peals the provisions of the law of 191 £ ad- of permanently conferring the rank miral on any officer appointed chie a division in the navy fepartment. 'l proposed iesislation would leay eration the other law, which oniy tem- | porarily confers the rank. The bill | criginated in the senate, and it goes to | the house for consideration. | NO TARIFF WAR. Former Minister of Commercs Dis- cusses Treaty Abrogation. St. Petersburg, Dec. 20.—The Rus- sian newspacers are paying | tention to the Russo-American tions. . About the only article 1 | ed on this subjcct is an interview with | M. Timiriazef. who was minister of commerce in the Witte cabinet, and has taken a leading part in developing Anglo-Russia commercial reiations. The former minister of commerce says that the of 1832 is old- fashioned and' primitive, the-principle of the most favored nation beinz ob- scurely formulated therein. Commer- cial treaties, however, he adds, pursue solely economic_ objects, never politi- cal objects. If the Jewish question served as the reason for the abroga- tlon of the treaty, the United States will scarcely gain its point in a new treaty, he thinks. “We cannot change our international exchange,” says the former minister of commerce, “to pleas e United States. In the former minister’s opinion the tariff war. of interest and matter will not reach Apart from the lac uncertainty which characterize the present Russian attitudes, it must be said that appreciation and admiration have been expressed in official cire of the decisive manner in which Pre ident Taft disposed of a m which might have led to undesirable compli- | cation: It is a2dmitted that bhesides maintaining the best traditions of tact- | ful éiplomacy, President Taft has don. | A service for the cause of Russo-.Amer- { ican relation: Notwithstanding the | possibilities of the future, political and diplomatic circles appear to regard the incident as ended at least for the present, CHILDREN WORKING TO SURPORT IDLE PARENTS. Evils of Tenement Manufacturing Systsm Exposed. New York —Evils in the sys- tm of state licensing which permits | manufacturing in_ tenements, were stified to today before the legisiative state factory commission by Lillian | B. Wald, head of the Henry street settlement. There were one to for amilies in each of the 3,000 tenements in Manhattan and the Bronx engaged in manufacturing under state licenses, she s=aid, and added: “These tenement trades are parasitic and should be abolished. Many chil- dren have to work to support idle parents. The manufacturer enjoys a saving by sending work to the tene- ments, regardless of the fact that it keeps children from school and des- trovs possible future good citizens. “One woman, too sick with tuber- culosis to be taken to a hospital, was found making cigarettes in bed, moistening the papers with her lips.” George Hall, secretary of the New York child labor committee, said that records show that In the paat five yvears 153,000 working certificates were issued to children of 14 or 1i years. He said twice a many children were now quitting school to #0 to work as Wawe were flve vears age. CAMMORISTS” TRIAL STILL DRAGGING ALONG. Taking of Evidence Delayed by Almost Daily Clashes in Court. the iterbo, Ttaly, Dec. 20.—Although the of the Camorrists Is dragsins ewhat, owing to public indiffer- on account of absorption in the 3 It is said the authorities intend to push the hearing through to the end. The taking of evidence in the hearing, which has been going on since early last March, has been greatly hampered by the daily clashes between the witnesses and the prisoners, and sometimes between the opposing counsel. The jurors have made no re- quest for the dicontinuance of the trial, 28 has been reporied, but they say they will be greatl relleved when it over. Union Men Held for Crueity. St. Louis, Dec. 20.—Alonzo L. Clair, secretary-treasurer of the Team- sters and - Chauffeurs’ union: Fred Leinemann and George Myer, members of the union, were arrested today on charges of hacking to death four mules helonging {0’ an express company against which, among other concerns, strike of teamsters Was in progress. NEW THEATER IDEA NOW ABANDONED. ion Deollars Already Spent on the Project. Several M | .~ New York, Dec. 20.—The “New” the- ater jdea which was backed by sev- eral millionaires, headed by William K. Vanderbilt, with the idea of giving the country an endowed theater with | an_esiablished repertoire company of first_class. is now announced to | have been wholly abandoned. When the founders of the project save up the magnificent but unwicldy playhouse they had erected near Cen- tral Park it was announced that the idea would not be given up but that a smaller theater would be ereeted fur- ther downtown to house the stock com- pany. At a meeting of the founders to- night it was decided with reiuctance to abandon the project altogether. It was sald that the promoters had®acted ac- cerding to the advice of experts. It has been estimated that a fortune several million dollars has been spent in the New theater cause, which com- mercial managers have continually he rated TWO ROBBERS HOLD UP A TROLLEY CAR. Conductor and Motorman Silenced at 1 Point of Revolvers. | - | Waterbury, Dec. 21.—Two robbers ! held up a Watertown trolley car be- | tween Watertown and Oakville at 11.55 Iast nizht, piling logs on the track. When the car came to a stop they held up the conductor and motorman at the point of revolvers, getting $23.70 from the conductor. Two passengers escaped through the front door and ran down the road. The men, after robbing the conductor, drove him into the front vestibule with the motor- man and made them run the car at top speed for half a mile, then compelling them to stop it, and alighted, and es. caped in the darkness. The police pa- trol with Sergeant Mclean and a squad | of men were rushed to the scene, but could find no trace of the men. Pl ot i | Snowstorm Traveling Eastward. } Kansas City, Mo, 20—The | Deec, snowstorm which has been general over Oklahoma, Kansas, southern Mis- | Bourl, western 'Nebraska and South Dakota had abated somewhat tonight ‘and, amccording to the local weather | bureau, is traveling towards Chicago. | Railroads have experienced very little j trouble. Crop experts believe wheat Tas been greatly benefited. A mild ;vmpemtnr(vrevcnttd stock fram suf- ering. the early occupation of the palatial res- | Paragraphs Paris, Dec. 20.—The petition for a separation from her husband present- ed in the divorce court here by Mme. Langevin was" granted today. Barbadoes, West Indies, Dec. 20.— )t. Lorains of the britsih steam- -r Jacob Bright shot himself vesterday after the British armored cruiser Ber- wick had pulled his WVessel off the shoals. Dundee, Scotland, Dec. 20.—The troops requisitioned by the lord pro- vost of this city to repress the dis- turbances caused by the dockers and ~arters of the port, who are on strike, have arrived, and their presence has Lad a salutary effect on the rowdies. Paris, Dec. 20.—The marriage of Dr. John 1. Todd and Miss Marjory Clous- | ton. both prominents Canadians, was celébrated at the British consulate- general here today, The civil mar- riage was followed by a religlous cer- | emony in the church of the British em- bassy in the rue d’Agueszau. Colombo, Ceylon, Dec. 20—In a bul- letin issued by the physicians in at- tendance on Charles W. Eliot, presi- dent-emeritus of Harvard university, who was recently operated on for ap- pendicitis, they report that he s mak- | ing slow and steady progress, but that it will \be some time before he can be | pronounced completely out of danger. Liverpool, Dec. 20.—The weavers in the Helene mill at Accrington went on strike tonight beceuse of the employ- | ment of non-unionist labor., The strike threatens to spread to other mills in Lancashire unless the employers meet the demands of the men. On thelr part, the mill owners threaten to re- taiate with a gemeral lockout which will affect 160,000 cotton operatives. FRESIDENT ADDRESSES 1,500 AUTOMOBILISTS. Tells Them He Opposes Tapping Gov- ernment for Good Roads. New York, Dec. 20.—President Taft | joined with 1,500 members and guests the Automiebile club of at reir banquet in the Waldorf ria | ght and for half hour or more | talked to them In shoh genial vein | v were kept almost constamtly eithe ching or avplauding. In Gne | o* his serious moments Mr. Taft, talk- | ing to men whose devotion to motoring | makes the good roads question of es- | interest to them, took occasion himself emphatically against ' irawing upon the national treasury for [ bullding great highways. | | The president was introduced by Henry Sanderson, president of the club, and was given a rousing reception, his health being drunk standing, amid ¢heers. He began jovially by wonder- ing why he had been invited to -the because he had never belonged to the “carriage class.” It was only lately that he had even been temno- rarily affiliated with it, he said. The accident of office and the gen- | erosity of a republican congress,’ re- mariced the president, with a broad dinner, fora of el by a new method: but | there is no permanency of tenure in the machine. Therefore, I beg you to un- derstand that I am here merely in a temporary capacity as an automobil ist.” The president spoke of the value of the automobile as enhancing the wealth of the country and as an aid | Ly its rapidity of the development of friendly relations between section and ection, and even between nation and | nati ‘I have tried to help_you.” sald the rresident to his motoring audienes “by e the duty lowered into Canada. | Once in a while,” he added, “I do some- | thing that ought to make somebody Taft sketched rapidly the main in the development of the au- ile industry as he recalled them, v referring to the motor car magnificent Instrument of comfort.” objections to the proposal that the federal government enter ex- tensively into the road making busi- | ness, Mr. Tart said there was no doubt that the zovernment had the power, enture to question | points tom, | as that | travel and Rais but, he S | wisdom of opening the national treasury for money to use that way.” “ven admitting there might be wis- Gom in building federal roads, the dif- fleult problem of who was to ca~ for tkem after they were buflt was bound | to arise. The state and the neighbor- d acting as a unit weraythe proper ces to ook to for both the buflding the maintenance of proper high- ways in his opinlon. Once started on [ e i { gives me for a time the pleas- | | fournea. | Messina earthquake in 1908. a scheme of national Toad and water- | velopment, he seid there would end to th: expenses for what likely be Ad-—anded by 48 h one of which would want »e no states, its share. the proposal as “a danger- ment.” he added: “I would great delay and deltberation suzges ‘ “ ; ; \ hefore we open the national treasury to °h a purpose.” From the prolonged applause which ‘rroflml this statement it appeared that | the president’s audience was with him | in his opinion A distinguished party sat with the president at the speaker’s table. Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassa- dor, who afterwards addressed the | banqueters. was one of the party. An- other speaker was Patrick Francls Murphy of New York. From the Autq mobile club banquet President Taft »red to the Hotel the Young Republican club. DISMISSAL OF SHUSTER APPEARS FORESHADOWED Persian Council to Deal Appoints Commission With Russi Teheran, Dec. 2i.—The cablnet has won an important victory over the na- tlonal council. which foreshadows the | acceptance of Russia’s Gemand for the dismissal of W. Morgan Shuster, the American treasurer-general of Persia, unless public apinion proves too strong. The national council, in a session which lasted from elght o'clock last night until after midnight, finally ac- | cepted the proposal to appoint a com- | mission of five deputies with plenary powers to deal with the Russian ulti- | matum. Futile Attempt to Blow Safe. Goshen, Ind Dec. 20.—Five safe- | blowers tied Ellls Hughes,night watch- man of the villsge of Middlebury, to a chair in the town hall and built & fire in a stove so he would not suffer from the cold while they attempted to open a safe In the office of the town’s banker, Fred Hixon, early today. Ten charges of explosives falled to open thf‘_llffl. and the would-be robbers fle Chasing an Insurrecto Force. El Paso, Tex, Dec. 20—Advices from Chihuahua say that General Pas- cual Orozco and 100 men are in pur- suit of Colonsl Antonio Fojas and his insurrecto force in the Guerrero dis- trict. Rojas has declared in favor of Francisco Vasquez Gemez for president and Oroace for vice president Astor to address | | was resumed in the afternoon. The Emperor Must Abdicate THIS THE ONLY SOLUTION OF CHINA'S TROUBLES. ESTABLISH A REPUBLIC Representative of Premier, Talks Frankly of the Situation, After At- tending the Peace Conference. Shanghai, Dec. 20.—T am convinced that the abdication of the emperor and the establishment of a republic is the only thing that will satisfy the people and prevent further wholesale shedding of blood.” This statement was made this evening by Tange Shao Yi, the representative of Premier Yuan Shi Kai, after the session of the peace conference. Too Late to Save the Dynasty. He then said: “Peking is not aware of the depth or the exteni ¥ popular feeling in the south. Even I myself, though some- what prepared, am astonished to find such & change from an aititude of pa- ‘ent forebearance to dogged patriotic determination. It now appears c tainly too late to save the dynasty. Must Be No Foreign Interferenc Tang Shao Y1 expressed the belief tnat the situation might have been saved at one time by a conferance with the revolutionary leaders and prompt assurance of an adjustment of wronss but he considers that it is now too late He is also convinced there must be no foreign interference in the way of loans or otherwise. Identical Notes Presented- ix foreign powers, the United States, Great Britain, Japan, Germany, France and Russia, anited today in presenting an identical note to ‘rang Shao Yi and Wu Ting Fang. jorcisn minister in the revolutionary provis- icnal cabinet. While the exact word- ing of the note has not been made public, it is understood that it did not g0 much further than to express the 200d will of the governments repre- sented and -the hope that the peace conferences would Tesult in bringing the revolution to a close. The German consul was first to read the note, he being followed by the American consul zeneral, Amos P. Wilder, and the other consuls: Dr. Wu Advocates Republic. In repiy, Tang Shao Yi sald he hope that the conference would be succe: ful in restoring peace. The conference tetween the delegatos of the imperial sovernment and _the _revolutionar: Prac tleally the whole of the session w devoted to Wu Ting Fang’s speech in favor of a republic. Neither side pre a well defined scheme and th snce was again indefiaitely ad- Armistice Extended. In the meantime it Is announced the ermistice has b.'=n extendeéd to Dec. 30. BRAVE SAILOR'S MEDAL ARRIVED AN HOUR LATE. O'Brien Killed by Fall Down Stairs Before Package Came. New York, Dec. 20.—An hour after ohn B. O’Brien, formerly a sailor on the battleship Connecticut, fell down a flight of stairs at his home here today, | and broke his neck, a special delivery package was delivered at the door. The package contained a medal awarded Brien by the navy department for his bravery in rescue work after the O’Brien was detafled to this work when the American ships arrived at Messina and it was he who recovered the bodies ot Consul Arthur Cheney and his wifa from the ruins of the consulate. He has been retired from the navy and was emploved as a watchman. Just before his medal came today he trip- ped on a loose stalr rod and fell down the flight of steps. $100,000 WILLED TO RED CROSS NURSE. Ley Nursed Wealthy Through Yellow Fever. Michigan City, Ind., Dec. 20.—In r turn for her devotion &8 a nurse dur- ing an epidemic of yellow fever after the Spanish-American war, Mrs. Charles W. Ley, wife of a machinist here, found herself today the owner of property worth $100,000. This sudden Fa Mrs. wealth is due to the will of Mrs. S. L. Toullock, a wealthy widow of New Or- cans, who died in November. Mirs. Ley was notified of the bequest by Mrs. Nelson Morris of Chicago, who is a daughter of Mrs. Bullock. Mrs. Ley, then Miss Jola J. Strang. served as a Red Cross nurse during the Cuban campaign. After the war and tefore leaving the Red Cross she nursed Mrs. Bullock and two of her “amily for four months during a vellow fever epidemle. Sandford Reaches Penitentiary. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 20.—Frank W. “undford, leader of the Foly Ghost | and Us soclety, arrived here today to ten-year term he federal Sandford was in excellent hu- begin hi prison, mor after his long ride from Portiand, | Me., when, he alighted from the train. Sandford was taken direct to the pris- on. He was not handcuffed and there was no outward indication that he was a prisoner, 150 Accused of Sell Bristol, Teon., Dec, dred and fifty indictments against al- leged vote sellers in Lee county, Vir- ginia, were returned today, and it is said others are to follow tomorrow as a result of the grand jury investi- gation intc election irregularities dur- inz the past few weeks. It is generally believed the Investigation will result In wholesale disfranchisement of voters in this county. The Macedonia Reaches Gibraltar. Gibraltar, Dec. 20.—The Macedonia, which caused some anxlety yesterday by her fallure to arrive on time, reached port at 8.20 o'clock tonight. She will sail early tomorrow for Bom- bay, with the princess royal, the Duke of Fife and their two daughters aboard. Two Rhode Island Miners Killed. Portsmouth, R. I, Deec. 20.—Two miners, FEdward Ryan, 85, and Knute Bergstrom, 45, both of Providence, were instantly killed tonight at the Portsmouth coal mines when a car Joaded with coal rolled down a slope at the bottom of which the two men ‘were at work., g Votes. Berlin, Dec. 20.—A special despatch from Teheran in the Lokal Anszeiger reports that the Persian ministry has resigned. o = 20.—One hun- | Monopoly in ~ Waich Cases GOVERNMENT suIT AGAINST KEYSTONE GOMPANY, DEALERS BLACKLISTED 1 Those Who Sold Howard Movement | Less Than Established So Treated—Have 80 Per Cent of Trade. Price Philadelphia, Dec. 20.—The federal government late this afternoon filed in the United States circuit court a suil against tne Keystone Waleh Case company, deciaring it an unlawful combination in viglation of the Sher- man anti-trust act, and asking that it be restrained from carrying on an al- icked monopoly in the manufacture and sale of watch cases. The govern- ment declares that the company now “manufactures and sells 80 per cent. of all watch cases manufactured and sold in the United States” and that it is the “intent and purpose of the defendant that the company shail mo- nopolize the remainder of the trade and commerce.” 90 Per Cent. Have Filled Cases. The Keystons Watch Case company Pennsylvanla corporation. The watch industry movement in the United States is divided into two parts — waich case and watch movement. Of all the watch cases manufactured and sold, more than %0 per cent. filled cases. Excludes All Competition. The bill recites the history of the al- leged combination. By virtue of the consolidations and ontracts the government asserts in its i the h_'ystone comp ontrotieo the trade and commerc teh ¢ as to enable it practically exclude all competitors and monopolize the trade itself. Biacklisted Dealers. The bill further alleges tk the defendants fixed and maintained the sclling price of the Howard movement for both jobbers and retailers, kept @ Flacklist of all dealers whe sold move- ments at less than ‘the established such is price, and sed to sell move- ments or any of their watch cases to zchers who continued to sell to 1¢ r< whose names appeared on biacklist. In idated Competitor: The government also charged that “Defepdants have also urged its com- petitars to sell their plants and pusi- |,,» ses to the Keystone company threatening them with destruction should they refuse to do so, and hav Ceclared their intention of acquiring the remainder of tha trade and com- erce in watch cases, and have as- serted that they would spend a millk | celars 1 necessary to drive e larzar of its competitdrs out o siness, and that defendants wouldl hang crepe on the doors of such com- petitors’ factories.” Charged With Deception. The. bill charges the coripany with deception in putting on t market ertain inferior grade watch cases ‘abeled to suit the purchaser long term guarartecs, to comiel o anufacturers to compete with falsc -eled cases. The government declares that the tcmpany has been enabled to realize unreasonable profit” on capital stock. The bill prays that the acquisition of varlous companies and contracts | entered Into be adjudged unlawful; that the c.. Wbination be disintegratea that it be restrained ‘rom continuing its monopolistic methods, and _that jotbers be left free to hendle all kinds of goeds. DETECTIVES IN A CLASH WITH RAILROAD STRIKERS. | Several Shots Fired to Rrotect Strike- breakers from Mob. Dunkirk, N. Y.. Dec. 20.—The first violence in the strike by the American Locomotive company’s boilermakers occurred here tifis evening. About 1,000 strikers and sympathizers clashed at the L.ake Shore station with a dozen detectives from the Brooks plant and a detall of police over six strikebreak- ers who had just arrived on a train. One detective was struck on the head by a piece of coal and two others knocked down and beaten. A strike- breaker was roughly handled and se | eral strikers and sympathizers wece ]‘ clubbed by the officers. The detectiv:s fired several shots over the crowd while retreating with three of the | strikebreakers. The others were taken by the strikers and given trans, tion out of town ) OBITUARY. \ Rev. Charles J. Young, D. D. New York, Dec. 20.—The Rev. Dr. Charles J. Young, who preached Pres ident Garfleld’s funeral sermon, died of | heart disease today at | N. J. He was born in years ago. Rose Eytinge. Well Known Actress. ew York, Dec. 20.—Rose Eytinge, at one time oné of the most popnlar lead- ing women on the American stage, died y at the Brunswick home, Amity- I. I, from a paralytic stroke. She had been an inmate of the home | since last_August. The body will be | taken to Washington for imterment. |~ Miss Evtinge was born In Philadel- phia in 1835, and made her first ap- pearance at the Green Street theater, Albany, in 1852. She then played for ten years In_stock companies, appear- ing in New York with Edwin Booth in “A Fool's Revenge” at Niblo's Gar- den in 1862. Later she went to Bos- ton with E. L. Davenport and J. W. Wallack. In 1868 she was leading woman here with Lester Wallack. Later she join- ed Augustin Daly’s company. For sev- eral seasons she was under Mrs. John Drew’s manasement at the Arch street theater, Pniladelphla. In 1850 she made one of several trips to London. From 1884 onward she played many parts in this country, one of her last engagements being with “In the Bish- op’s Carriage” in 1906, Captain Tucker Drops Deadw. Philadelphia, Dec. 20.—Capt. Logan Tucker, a member of a prominent Washington family, dropped dead while at supper tonight at the Gwynedd Val- ley inn. Captain Tucker, who saw service In the Philippines during the Spanish American war, had been stop- ping in this city since last October. | Compromise Efforts in Turkey. . ! Constantinople, Dec. 20—The par- | liamentary situaiion remains unchan ed. Efforts are being made, igowever, for a compromise by the twe® prineci- pal parties with some hope of success on. the basis of the formation of a otland 73 .| An Epidemic of What Is Believed to Lopg Branch, | Condensed Telegrams | Floods in Wales Have Caused a loss | of $1,000,000. J. C. Stubbs, Traffic Director of the | Harriman lines, was formally retired by the pension board of that system. Governor Baldwin Considering n#mes from which 1o select a success sor to Bank Commissioner Noble, de- ceased. The Loss of a Master Key by a Washington policeman put the gov- ernment to an expense of §1,300 for new locks, The Imperial Budget for Gerntany for 1912 provides for a total expendi- ture of $704,840,750, an increase of | $14,516,750. The Board of Army Engineers rec commended the purchase by the gov ernment of the Chesapeake and Albe- marle canal, Nine Locomotives Were Destroyed early yesterday in a fire which burned the roundhouse of the Bangor & Aroos- took railroad at Houlton, Me. To the Memory of Abraham Linceln a monumens of granite and bronze is now in course of erection in the Na- tional cemetery at Gettsburg. Oklahoma City, Okla, Was Chosen for the national sccialist party con- venlion in the referendum vote, The convention will begin May 12, 1812, WThe House Com: ee Agreed on a favorable report on the bill to give midshipmen the rank of ensign im- mediately on graduation from Annap- olis, Governor Pothier yesterday appoint- 1 George H. Newhall of Providence stute bank commissioner to succeed | William P. Goodwin, who retired re- | ceptuy. A Bond Issue of $1,200,000 at 4 1-2 per cent. interest by the Fitchburg | Railrcad compeny was authorized yes- terday by the Massachusetts rallroad comm!seion. | James M. Blighe, for over forty years | «n emgploye of the New York, New | Haven & Hartford Rallroad Co., was | instantly killed in the East Hartford I'vards esterday morning. out be spinal menirgitis has broken in one of the lumber camps in the vicinity of Chatbam, N. B. Already the) . have been three deaths. appropriated by the executive offcers of the International Harvester com- | pany for Christmas distribution among ,000 employes of the company. Bawhra T, | | ‘! Five Hundred Thousand Dollars was The Engagement of Statesbury, the Philadelphia financier, | to Mrs. Oliver Cromwell of Washing- to: D. C, was confirmed yesterday by Mr. Statesbury’s private secretary, Representative Berger of Wisconsin, the soclalist member of the house, in- | troduced a joint resolution yesterday | to terminate the extradition treaty of | 188 between the United States and Russia. A Resolution Urging the Ratification | of the arbitration treaties now pend- | ing in the .United States senate was passed at yesterday's msession of the Maine state grange, Patrons of Hus- bandry. Leon Spencer and Frank Rothschild, Chicago pedestrians, Tuesday night started on a walk to Providence, R. | 1. According to the terms of a wager | of 3250, the distance must be covered In 35 days. Vandals Got Into the Capitol at Washington Tuesday night and mu- tilated “The Battle of Lake Erle,” the gest canvas of the collection of paintings which adorn the walls of the corridors and stairways. Mrs. Priscilla_Inslee of New Bruns- wick, N. J., used the telephone for the first time yesterday on her 100th birth- day. The telephons company put in | an instrument so that she could re ceive birthday congratulations. Observations st the Lowsll Obsorva.- tory at Flagstaff, Arizona, have shown that the polar cap of Mars, which has heen melting slowly for months, has at lam practically disappeared, a mere diemond point alone representing it. On the Entire Central New England svstem yosterday ajl trains and work stopped at 3.30 o'clock for one minute | in respect to the late Oswald M. Laing, | woneral superintendent of the road, whore funcral was held yestorday aft- ernoon. | Thirty Thousand Dolla: Damage wag caused by an early morning fire in Fort Fairfield, Me., yesterday. The bul'ding containing the grocery store, | bakery and candy manufactury of H. | N. Goodhue was destroyed and the | tock, completely burned. | _ Upten_ Sinclair's orce Suit will have to be heard over again. Bupreme | Court Justice Davis refused to con- firm the report of Referee Willlam 8. Keiley, who first heard the evidence | and reported in favor of the author, who is suing his wife, Meta Fuller Stnclair. Governor Deneen Yesterday granted | a reprieve until February 16 to the four conviated slayers of Fred Gh | Guelzow, Jr., the truck farmer who | was killed in the outskirts of Chicago | on the night of October” 20 last. The | four men wero to have boen hanged | Friday next, Thomas H. Foden Went to New York yesterday hunting for his 19 year old daughter Maude and Her- bert Hull, a young electrician. He found them, but when he learned that Maude was Mrs. Hull he returned to Boston, after leaving his forgiveness and best wishes. Confessing That They Had Set 15 of the 18 incendlary fires in Lynn within the past month, Joseph Vickary and Fred Robbins, each aged 12 years, were senf to_the Lyman school, and Vincent W. Wright, nine years old, was committed to the charge of the Massachusetts state board of charity. 5 Shivasbudigr ekl Mrs. Lucy Boardman’s Estate. New Haven, Dec. 20.—The final ac- eounting of the estate of the late Mrs, Luey Boardman, filed in the pro- bate court here today, shows the reai- Guary estate to amount to $84,600. This sum is to be equally divided be- tween Trinity college of Hartford and the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Protestant socte of the Episcopal chui Steamship Arrivals. At Plymouth: Dec. 20, Kalserin Au- guste Victoria, from New York; Kron- rrinz Wilhelm, from New York. At Naples. Dez. 19, Oczania, from ew Yorks . - At Naples: Dec. 20, Duca Degil Ab- 'ruzzl, from New Y & | leader, Baker Is Cited For Contempt DISTRICT ATTORNEY MAKES A SCENE IN COURT. ROW WITH DETECTIVE in Baker Snatches Policeman’s Club Court and Threatens Detective—Bad Feeling Over Dynamiting Ca: Dec. M—Assert Ing that Robert J. Foster, a detective engaged by the National Krectors' as sociation in the dynamiting investi gation, was Interfering with him @ounty Prosecutor Frank P. Baker forcibly took Foster before Judge Joseph Markery of the criminal court today and asked for protection, Baker in Contempt of Court. Judge Markey, who was conducting a murder trial, reprimanded the prose cutor for interrupting, but Mr. Baker persisted, and snatching a club from a policeman, threatened Foster. Court officers drew Baker away and Judge Markey ordered him to appear in court tomorrow to show cause why he should not be held in contempt. Thoe Judge took no cognizance of the charge against Foster, Baker to Go Before Grand Jury. Immedintely after the incident M Baker was subpoenaed Lo appear to morrow before the federal grand jury to testify in the government's inquir in the dynamiting case. Baker Accused of Negligence. The encounter between Baker and Foster was the result of the friction between the prosecutor and Foster's superior, Walter Drew, counsel for the Erectors’ association. Drew had said Baker was negligent in pressing the investigation locally and Baker suc cesstully resisted In the county court the effort by Drew and the county prosecutor of Los Angeles, Calf, to remove to Los Angeles books ~and papers belonging to the association of Bridges and Structural Iron Work ers, now in the hands of the federnl authorities. Baker Accused Foster of “Shadowing.” Saying he wished to know if Drew had any new information about the dynamiiing case, the prosecutor sum- moned him to ' appear before the county grand jury. Drew and Fos ter went to the courthouse together In a corridor Baker came upon Foster, accused him of “shadowing” him and pulled him Into the criminal court room. Testify. Police and Detectiv The federal grand jury bad before it today Superintendent of Police Martin Hyland, Chief of Detectives Willlam Holze, and policemen who raided the officers of the Iron Workers associa- tion on April 23 last whe nthe sec- retary-treasurer, John J. MoNamara, was ‘arrested. ' The detectives were questioned as to thelr investigation of explosions in bulldings erected by an employer of non-union iron workers in this city in 1909, CLANCEY QUESTIONED. San Franeisco Labor Leader Brought Face to Face With McManigal. Los Angeles, Cal, Doc. 20—~With Or- tie E. McManigal, confessed dynamit- er, placed where he could see every witness called, the Yederal grand jury resumed today its investigation of the alleged nation-wide dynamite conspira- cy. Tho session followed unexpected de velopments this morning when Mc- Manigal was brought face to face with E. A. Clancey, & Ban Francisco labor in the private offices of gov ernment officlals, What connection the morning meeting had with the state- ment in McManigal's confession that he was told by J. J. McNamara to meet 2 man named acey in San Fran cisco, when he came Wt upon a dyna miting expedition, could only be con- Jectured. Clancey left the offices pale and weak. McManignl was the first person oth- er than officers to enter the grand jury chamber this afternoon. It was waid he appearcd brisfly as & witness, and then was posted in an ante-room through which all other witnesses had to puss. While there he could sce Mrs. Hello Lavin, Mrs. Lena Ingersoll, Mrs A. Brown and Mra. Anton Johannsen all of San Francisco, who were called in the order named and questioned briefly. It was reported that the grand jury would probably return from four to six indictments before the end of the week. It was pointed out that the most prominent witnesses summoned had not been called to testify. USED A SPRING GUN IN HIS HEN HOUSE It Killed a Man, and Massachusetia Farmer is Fined $300, Dedham, Mass, Dec, 20.—The use of & spring gun in & hen house cost Hen ry A. Sharp, a well known farmer of Norfolk, $300. Upon Sharp's plea of gwlty of manslaughter in connection with the death of Nlcola I’Orsl, « Wrentham Italian, the fine of $300 was imposed by Judge Quinn in the Nor- folkk county superior criminal court here today. Sharp had been greatly annoyed by chicken thleves, and to prevent fur ther thefts of his poultry he rigmed & spring gun in his hen house, intend- ing, he msaid In court, to capturs the intruders, D'Orsi visited Sharp's hen house on the night of Oectober 7, ex- plcded the gun and was killed. District Attorney Albert F. Baker recommended to the court that Sharp be dealt with lightly, but suggested that some penalty be imposed because deaths of the same nature as D’'Orsl's had occurred far too frequently In Norfolk county in the past few years, he sald. Suicides to Meet Her Boys. Holyoke, M Dec. 20~*Good-bye, darling. I am golng to meet my boys." This note was written early today by Mrs. Charles H. Davenport and was found this forenoon by Mr., Davenport, who until he retired & few years ago was a prominent paper manufacturer in this city. Davenport found the note on his desk while for his wife- About noon Mrs. Davenport's hat was found on the banks of the Connecticut river near her home, an it is belleved that has ted n‘zdl::ldo ‘by drowning. wm:- ol Aviator Fowler in Alabama. Jannings, Ala., Dec. 20—Aviater Rob ert Fowler in & coast to coas: engaged flight, flew 38 miles today with a tographer as passen ‘ \ \