Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 30, 1911, Page 1

VOL. LIII.—NO. 313 DECEMBER 30, 1911 'NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, "PRICE TWO CENTS OLD GLORY SHOT DOWN BY RUSSIANS| Cabled Shell Shatters Flagstaff on United States Consu- late During Attack at Tabriz THE CITY NOW OCCUPIED BY RUSSIAN FORCES| ...... .. Nine Days’ Siege Cuiminates in the Evacuation of the Citadel by Persians—Many Casualties Sustained by Both Sides | —Bloodshed Starts From Collision Between a Russian Guard and Persian Constitutionalist on Night of Dec. 20. Tabriz Dec. 29. of this city by the Russian troops has | arrived resuited In its complete cccupation. by e Russian forces and the spersal »f the combatants pelonging to constitutional progressive party iarge numbe: of casvalties were taimed by both sides. lost from 139 to 200 men, certalned. Stars and Stripes Shot Down. During the fighting, much damage ta A nine days' siege ; consisting of 800 men with four guns, the The Russians while the Tosses of the other side were very se- re, although the nmumber cannot ba in the outskirts of the city on the night of December 26. They 1!rad made & forced march of 48 hours ifrom thelr camp at Julfa, which is eighty miles from Tabriz. Persians Evacuate Citadel. Next morning, without establishing previous cummunication with the Ru~ sian camp or consulate, they shelled varicus quarters of the city indiscrim- fnatels, doing little qamage, but im- pressingthe Persians with the hope- icssncss of resistance. The citadel, sroperty was done and the Stars and | ufter being shelled from _the camp, Siripes floating over the Uniied States | was cvacuated by the Persians cn ¢ <orsulate were shot down by a Russian | the following day and the Mussian shell, which however, did no further | troops occupled it and raised the Rus- < Jamige to the consulate. No casual- | sian flag over the Ark. ties were suffered by =gn population, but = resident f nany ns & ©1ed from lack of provisions beca { ¢l sely ccnfined to their houses during the 1rolonged street. fighting. Trouble Started Decer ween a Russians Expected No Resistance. I'he Persians then made { night attack on the camp of tho Rius- | sian reinforcements, - {with 2 bombardment of the northern rter of the city until midnight. Tha, ole disturbence was a complete sur- ussian d a Pers e to everybody, including the Rus- . tionali strect sians. It is believed they propose night of ber 29 wa Degin- | to disarm the Persian fidals, -and - ( Ding of the sturbances. Per- | pected little or no resistance by them T i B B e ;’fle{ ExShah's Suppoerters Aid Russians. vhic poj ui howed grea ostility. ¥ e gk Two of the principal leaders of the ot G one o ime’ gErnerall | Adais surrendored at o villace Niteem i T o - "8 | miles cast of Tabriz to Shua Ed Dow- . 3 3 leh, chief of the local rebel force, and Shell Strikes Old Glory. {a supporter of the ex-shah in his re- The principal cngagements during the siege occurred In the neichborhoo:i the Russian consulate, around the del known as “The Ark” and the vesian camp at Baghi Shemel, The Persians fired on the Russian amp with mall mountain artillery from the top of “The Ark.” The camp < veplied by shelling “The Ark” with raprel and driving the Persians from their - position. One of the shells struck the American flag fiying at the consulate which is situated near The Ark.” and the staft fell with & crash on the reof. Fighting in the Streets. On the following day there was des- rerate fighting in the streets, the rifle snc Maxim fre being continuous. On same dar the Persians made 2 nt atiack on Russian camp, but Russtans did not at first reply, »waiting the closer approach of their ssatlants. Finally the Russians open- fire. ropuising the Persians with heavy ioss. Reinforcements for Russians. - n positions, both in the ho Russian consulate in a pre- communications be- and the Russian con- pletely cut off for sev- The first detachment of reinforcements from Julfa, cent attempt to regain the throne. They are now by his order assisting ihe Rvssian troops in the disarmament of the remaining fidales and pointing cut the position of the stores of Per- slan arme and ammunition. It is re ported that ‘Hna-ed-Dowleh will now enter ihe town under Russian protec- tion the zoVvernor zeneral of the province of Azerbaijan. | WANT AMERICAN CHIEF. Otherwise Shuster’s Fourteen Ass ants Won't Remain in Pers, Teheran, Dec. 29.—W, Morgan Sk ser, the (reasurer-general of Peria, who has missed from offico on o demand. of Ritaia. has not ver Te- ceived any communication from the Persian governfient. as to who will succeed him. It has been learned that Mr. Shuster's fourteen American as- wisiants consicer that their contracts With Persla have been vijlated by Persia’s acoeptance of the clauses of the Rursian ultimatum subjecting ap- pointraents of officials under the ireas- irer general to the approval of Greac Britain and Rusafa. _They do ot ontemplate remafning in the treasury service under other than an American chief. 1 | KING EDWARD HOTEL DESTROYED BY FIRE. Cuests Escape in Safety—Loss Will Reach $100,000. Dec. 28.—The King of the largest hos- was destroved by which was sity by a 40-mile gale. Two uejackers from the Canadian iobe assistad the combined Dartm ath depart - and it was their efforts which successful in the hote uests of the hotel escaped in safety, | at_were forced to sbandon thefr be- | ngings. The loss on the hotel and ta cont estimated at abuut ch is partiafly covered by five sto wooden recent constr n. The originated on the second floor. was accompanied by an ex- ow ors worked with numbed The use of the fire Another fre which, with the reasinz to 50 miles an hour, reatencd to assume great propor- was discevered early this morn- the warehouse of the St. Croix ST e o 8 Wle the King Hdward hotel. 3 -arehousc app-ared doomed at 1 2. m. r4 many tenemants In the immediate wind T eightorhood were fu danger from the | *parke Four of ths dwellings had heen turned at 215 a. M. and the firc was =1l raging. The total less at that hour s estimated to be about $260,000. WEALTHY CHINAMAN ARRESTED FOR MURDER. Accused of Shooting Italian Peddler in Gotham's Chinatown. Tiec. 29.—A long spell of aiown was broken tonight for which Ong Foon, rovrietor of a Pell streei nd an influential mein- Sing society, was ar- which the shooting. with ng ‘eader iz charged, was thal o a1 Itilan peddier. Tony Carsonia. ~ in the abdomen and periousl wourded A fellow country. pian =2 the shootng was the result ® an altercatien Carsonia is likely te dte. ttitude of Powers. Washinston, Dec. %.—State depart- ment officials here insiat thut . the inited States has been doing every- thine peasitls (o brine about mediation r China, and that in so doing the de- ertmemt has been act Cleveland, Dac. 28—Suit was hrousht aipet the FErie railrosd .in federal TiE Bere tedar by District Attorne: 1. G. Denman for all vislation of “ae safers ippilince e wn into_un- | tenperatyre and the five- | ELECTRIFICATION OF NEW HAVEN ROAD. Section from New Haven to Stamford to Und, Change. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 29.—One of the most impertant announcements re- ently made by President Meillen of the New York, New Haven and Hart- furd ratiroad affecting the operation ®iyen cut this afternoon, as foliows: "The directors at their regular monthly meeting on Thursday of last veeek ordered the extension of the elec- | trification of the New York division | from Stamford to New Haven.” No date is glven for commencing | fhe work of electrification but it is inown that an improvement in gencral conditions will mean the broadening out of ‘he construction work of the company of which the extension of the electric zone will be the large projects. The New Haven road uses the over Yead “system of current transm while the New York Central ovef the tracks of which company the New Haven trains are run to enter New York, uses the third rail, the New Haven's locomotives being adapted to sither method of receiving current. | | | | | | Hartford Man President. | Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 29.—Pough- | keepsie. N. Y., wiil ‘entertain the next convenilon of the Music Teachers’ as- sociation and the Amarican section ot alected these officers for the next year: | President, Dr. W. S. Pratt, Hartford, ! Conn.: secretary, L. Weiss, Tufts coi- lege; treasurer, ‘George C. Gok, Vas- war. Champion Girl Corn Huskers. Albert Lea, Minn, Dec. 29.—Three youn wgomen who reside near Lanos- {boro, Minn.. claim woman champion- ship cor husking homors of the United States. The young women are the | Misses Lizzie, Mamie and Roxic Ke- | hoe. who in a recent contest husked { in five and one-half days 1,790 bushels | hauling_each | mile. The average for each day for each girl was a little more than 108 bushels. Continental Express Kills Twe Hackexsack, N. J., Dec. 29.—William Sunderland, &« New York Insurance man, and Lehman H. Edwards, a logal centractor, wers run down and In- stantly kilied by the Continental limit- ed express on the West Shore railroad while crossing the tracks near Ridge- Geld Pari dtatoh tonight The: two rien in swarting to walk together st off the station platform with their backs toward an appr. express. An E an Fiatina buono, while. the ar work aqueduct, bt et Turks with artillery. hard pressed, the Italians managed to fold off the enemy until the work | pan comoleted ang then retired on tieir redoubls with a Joas of lhree killed apd 37 A% x who. responded | of his system in Connecticut was that |- sion | the International Musical society, | Which closed thelr annusl meeting | | here today. Thh latter organization | 1oad of corn one halt | The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation-is the Largest in Connecticut in Prc son to the City's Population i k i Paragraphs | Guayaqull, Ecupador, Dec. 29—The | troops stationed in this city proclaim- | ed General Pedro Montero as presi- | dent of the republic last night at § 'q'clm:k. Macrid, Dec. 23.—Being desirous of | further promoting fricnaly relations between Spain and all the countries of North and South America, King Alfonso has created a mission for this nurrose. land, Dec. 29.—The Riv | er Shannon is 14 feet above its normal {lovel and large areas through which it flows are fluoded. Many persons have Leen ccmpelled to flee from their .omes in boats London, Dec. 29.—Scotland Yard re- ceived a cable despatch tonight from indicating tha ta mistake i | vas made in arresiing J. Howard Ford, ©n_ American who was taken into cus: tody yesterday at Dover on landing from the steamer Lapland. ! London, Dec. 29—J. Howard Ford, | the American who was arrested at Dover yesterday on landing from:. the |liner Lapland at the request of the New York police was brought up to- | day at the Bow street police court for extradition. The judge remanded him | for a week Havana, Dec. 29—William H. Red- ding, the oldest American resident in | Cuba and a multi-millionaire real es- tate hoider in Havana, died suddenly lin his appartments in the Hotel In- | glaterra tod: He was born in Waterford, Ireland, in 1541 and emi- | grated during his boyhood to the | | United States. Later he cume to Cu- | ba. Last vear Pope Pius created him | |a of the hold Roman empire. | GOVERNMENT DESTROYS 175,000 POSTCARDS. Large Number 6f Christmas Grestings Reach Dead Letter Office. Washington, Dec. 29.—Though the | postofice department handled an un- | precedented _amount of heliday mail | {tEls year with little congestion or con- | fusion, approximately 175,000 post- | cards " bearing Christmas _greetings | | were destroyed today representing the | | wasted effort of the senders. Thou- ands of cards were thrown away be- cause they bore mica or tinsel orna- i ments and were mailed in unsealed en- | velopes with penny stamps and with | writing on them. 4 In addition to an average of 12,000 | pleces of unmailable matter received | daily by the dead letter office, about 00 unclaimed postcards were con- | fiecated today. HARRY THAW'S COUNSEL RECEIVES VINDICATION Court Dismisses Charge that He Tried to Suppress Evidence. | | | _New York, Dee. 29—Clifford W. Har- | | tridge, the "attorney for Harry K. | Thaw' during his first trial for the | ~murderof Stanford Whits, was clearogd | by the appellate division of the su- | |rreme court today of the charge | | Prought by the bar association of New | York that he tried to suppress testi- | | mony and obstruct the course of jus ! tice during hia preparation of Thaw' tdcefence. The charges were ordered | dismissed by a vote of the five justices | of the court, 3 to 2. The eccusatlons were made in connection With a sult brought by the attorney _against i Thaw's mother, Mrs. Mary C. Thaw, ! to recover $100,000 for ais services. | DICKENS' SON VISITS | JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. Hoosier Poet Tells Caller His Father Norwich Men Representing Finance, the Law, Commerce,! i § (LR NELSON J. AYLING. Judge of Probate for the Norwich District. ! | China’s Peace |No Agreement Conference’. ~ With Richeson ; “SECOND D:EG:EIE;EPPI;EEAD'WILL NOT NATIONAL CONVENTION. SO STATES PELLETIER AGREEMENT REACHED TO SUS- PEND HOSTILITIES. Cne to Be Held to Decide Future Form | Digtrict Attorney and Assistant Con- | of Government—its Decision to Be | (for with Mrs. Linnell, Also With | Binding on Both Parties—Tuan Alive | Druggist Who Sold Cyanide to a Girl | hanghai, Dec. 29.—The peace con- | Boston, Dec. 29—Reports that an ference being held here between the | agreement had been reached between | representatives of the Peking govern- | District Attorney Pelletier and coun- | ment and the revolutionary party at|sel their meeting today agreed in the first | ¢ place that the question of the form of Zcvernment to be ultimately adopted for China should be discussed axd de- cided by a national convention, whose cision should be bincing on both | ¢ - parties. [ poThere iz only one agreement possi- . 5 ble” Mr. Pelletier says, “and, that is Will Accept No Foreign Loans. |10, Mt o i ten oy, o In the second place, it was agreed | ger in the first degree. that pending the decision of the na- A Fiwis -8 ot ticnal convention the Manchu govern- o Eeyth Poanhiast Rev. | | for the defense by which Clarence V. Richeson is to plead guilty 1o second degree murder were em phatically denied by the district at torney in a statement issued tonight. | Only One Agreement Possible. Was His Best Friend. ment was neither to accept nof to at. | The district attorney again declares tempt to obtain forelgn roans. In the | that the accused minister is in good Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 23.—Alfred | tqird place, ail Manchu troops in_the [ physical and mental condition and will Tennyson Dickens, son of the English novelist, visited James Whitcomb R! ley, the Hoosfer poet, today and chat- ed 'for an hour in Mr. Riley’s stud: | When Mr Dickens was introduced by Meredith Nicholson, the poet said: “I want to say that your father was e best friend I ever Lad. | the Robbed of Pay Envelope. Torrington, Conn.,, Dec. 29.—While walking. along North Elm street this evening on his way home from work, Micheel Anderson, aged 17, was knock- ed down by a heavy blow on the head | from behind and robbed of his pay en- | velope, His assatlant escaped. Ander son was removed to his home in a se rious condition. $100,000 for Yale University. | _ New Huven, Conn.. Dec. 29.—B-- the | | aeath of Mra. Willlain C. Begleston in New York on Dec. 23d the Yale uni- Versity comes into possession of $100,- C00. This gift was made by Willlarn | C. Eggleston of the class of 1861 and Was to come into possession of the university on his wife's death, she having the Hfe use of the estate. Two Victims of Thin lce. Mount Vernon, N. Y., Dec. 29.—Two s0ns of City Plumber Thomas F. Hou- lahan were drowned today in an Fast Chester pond. Joseph, 1z years old, lost his life whils trying to save his | younger brother, John, aged 9, who had broken through thin ice while | skating. Peace Banquet Strife Subsid ew York, Dec. 29.—The strife which | has characterized the preparations for | the citizens' peacs banguet tomorrow | night, when President Taft will be the suest of honor, subsided today inio | cutward peace at least upon announce- mient of final arrangements for the function. | | | ] o Held for Jurors’ Protection. { New York Dec. 29.—Judge | the United States circuit court | George Graham Rice bail toda delivering an opinion that the protec- | ticn of the jurors in the case of B. . | { Scheftels & company from attempts to corrupt them could be secured only by holdin~ Rice In actual custody. | . Special Session of Legislature. Augusta, Maine, Dec. 25—A special session of the Maine legislature to con- sider the lquor laws, re-district the state for congress, and revise the elec- tion laws, was announced tonight in a proclamation iss@ed by Governor | Plaisted. The session is to begin March 20. Gives Town a Water System. Ashburnham, Mass, Dec. 25—ives uey Adams, & Bdston milionaire, | ‘Who 13 a patt Ashburnham, has offered to install & new water system | in the town at his own The z cost 18 $50,000, E : Identify Before Shooting. Roports from Maine say there are still meny hunters in the woods. And some deer. no doubl, Let the hunters positively iientifs their game before {Bey skoot,—Manchestas (N. H.) Un- | o~ = . | nounced almost immediately and that be able to stand trial on January 1, | anhwei and Klangsu shall evacuate |the date set. “It may be of interest | r present positions and withdraw |to know,” the statement adds, “that | from them to & dletance of 100 1i |for breakfast today Rev. Richeson had (@bout 37 miles) within five days be- | tWo eggs and a pint of milk, and for @nning Dec. 31. | dinner a quahaug stew. He sat up in bed and seemed to be in the best irits No Movement of Troope. | oy e | and condition.” The republican troops shall in the | meantime neither advance nor occupy the placcs evacuated pending speci erranzements o be reached by mutuai greemient. The Manchu troops are | 1 to advance nor to attack the posi- | District Attorney and Assistant Visit »ns at Shantung already held by the | Her at Brockton. nor shall the republican provinces of Shan-Si, Shen-8i, Hu Peh, HELD CONFERENCE WITH MISS LINNELL'S MOTHER. t troops advance upon nor capture new | Brockton, Mass, Dec, 29.—In con- places. nection with the government's prepa- Delegates to National Convention. T2t for the trial of Rev. Clarence {Y. T. Richeson, charged with ihe o O e e o Tauional | vurder of AUss ‘Avie Linnsll, Distriot (hise delegates at present in confer |Attorney Pelletier and Assistant At- | erce at Nanking, who have elected Dr. ;uvrmy Lavelle came here today and Sun Yat Sen presidcut of the republic, [conferred with Mre. Lisie Linnell, | $ud others 1o be elocted. 5 mother of the dead girl. The confer- | ence vecured at the home - of . Mrs. | Tuan Fang Turns Up as Coolie. {William MacLean, & slster of s | Tang Shao YI received a telegram |Linnell, whege Mrs. Linnell has been teéay from Pexing saying that Tua Fang, formerly director gemeral of Hukwang railroad and ex-vic the province of Chi Li. had arrived in the capital disgpised as a coolie. It was reported on Dec. 18 that Tuan was Killod at Ssechow, province of Shan SI, by his own moldiers under dramatic circunstances. Clever Ruse to Escape. The telegram received by Tang re- lates tha: Tuan bribed his soldfers to announce publicly that they had mur- Tnstoad they killed a Di& | spending the Christmas holidays, and |iasted for about an hour. No statement was forthcoming as to | the nature of the eonference. It Is surposed, however, that arrangements | were made regarding the appearance {of Mrs. Linnell and Mrs. MacLean at | the coming trial, | GIRL BOUGHT CYANIDE. Purchased Drug in Cambridge on Day Preceding Miss Linnell's Death. ered s him; g e A Sioody swords’ts | Boston, Dec. 20— Eugene Lovitun, A e e ahat T aming | who until recently congueted a drug store in Cambridge was at the office of District Attorney Pelletier today Some time after the arrest of the Rev. | Mr. Richeson the druggist stated in | an interview that he had sold some | | cvanide of potassium to a girl whom | | e ihought resembled Miss Avis Lin- 1t was ernment._determined to-yun down the Tron them were Tuan's blood. Mean- while, Tuan, clothed in rags, made his excave. President Sen Has Conference. Shanghal, Dac. 29.—Dr. Sun Yat Sen, after having received a dofinite report of clection to the presidency of the repu of China by the delegates of tearned today that the gov- the eighteen provinces in convention % at_Nanking. spent the afternoon hers druggist's statements. In some way, pday in close conference wtih his ad- | it 1§ stated, officers visited the store visors. There is reason to believe that | 2nd secured the prescription books. The officers found the name of & giri under a date as stated by Levitan. It is said that the date the girl is sup- posed to have made the purchase was the personnel of a cabinet will be an- it will be representative of all sections holding the confidence of the people i |on Oct. 13, the day before the pastor's SR Sxt former sweetheart died. Gave Half Million to His Nurse. Ry T ey Rochester, N. Y. Dec. 29—By the| Stricken in Hotel D; New York, Dec. 29 -Miss Julia Boorum, aged 60, of Oak Bluffs, Mass. was taken suddenly il while cating in the main dining room of the Wal- | dort Amtorfa hotel late today and died a few minutes in a private room to which she was removed. The hotel physician and coroner sald that death was due to heart failure. Miss Boorum, weas visiting relatives here. Success Magazine Suspends. New York. Dee. 29.—J. L. Gubert, Vice-president and treasurer of ihe liational Post company, publishers of Success, 2 magazine, announced this aftornoon, that. because of lack of funds it had been decided to suspend uiblication with thie current issue and in production of hides. The difficulty, [ Lim tle property over (o crediiors, [t It waz said, was gue to & greater in- jWas founded twelie years agu by Dr. creuse in poyulation 0. s Mardes will of Morfon W. Rundell, admitied to probate today, Rochester will receive about $10,000 for the erection of a li- brary and fine arts buflding. The sum is absut = =ixth of that the city ex- ed. It appears that shortly before is death Mr. Rundéll gave half a mil- lon dollars in stocks to & Mrs. Eliza. beth Holmes, who nursed him during his last fliness. . price of shoes. One of the firms which handles nearly a third of the raw hides @o0ld in America said through its rep- reseniatives that there was nodecrease e | Frederick Howe of Newy York depre- | Condensed Telegrams | ire Destroyed the Business section he town of Golden City, Ontario. The Statistics for the Boston &l of Diocese of | the Catboelic population 1t about 900,000, Morris Steinert, the plano maker, is | quite ifl, his age of §1, making the outcome’ doubtful. The J. & P. Coats Thread Mills at | Pawtucket, R,'L, closed yesterday un- til next Thursday. The German Government is urging its claim to have its pulp and print paper admitted free. Thomas Taggart Will Control the deiegation from Indiana to the demo- cratic national convention. Officers of the grange, before the senal approved the parcels post. Pennsylvani committes, Stat a Revision of the iron and Steel sched- | ule will be the first thing on the tarift legislative programme of the house. Francis Alexander Campbell, as- sistant under secretary of state of the British forelgn office, died in London. L. Howard Worthley Has Resigned | from bis position as assistant forcster | In charge of the moth work in Massa- | chusetts. Before the American Civic Alliance | cated the planning of American cities by speculators. B. H. Hooper, a Descendant of One | of the oldest families of Blddeford, Me., died yesterday from a compiica. ticn of diseases, aged 63. | Edward Stanley, an Accountant, i} S FIXED PRIC PESSSSICUNEPISSE b4 BEEF PACKER ES WEEK |Also Determined Amount of Medt to"be” Shippe to Various Centers of Distribution’ L RMER SECRETARY THE POOL EXPOSED BY A FO L' Henry Veeder Testifies Regarding Tuesday Meetings on “Sixth Floor” to Apportion Business For the Following Week—Country Divided Up Into Five Districts—FPack ers Enabled to Keep Track of Each Other’s Shipments Chicago, Dec. 29—Direct evidence |an unsuccessful eort to prevent th that a packers’ pool 1 existence | witness from answering questions from 1893 to 1896 and that after sus- |garding the inside workings of th pending operations two years it re- (pool but Judge Curpenter . sumed control of the country's fresh |every objectlon and directed (i meat business was given in the pack- | ernment Lo proceed with the prose ers’ trial today by Henry Veeder, who | tion of its cane. admitted that h of the organizatio acted as secretury Elder Veeder Finishes Testimony After four days on t ‘ years old, who went to Denver from St. Louls a vear ago, committed sui- | e at Denver yesterday. | en Women Have Been Selected by | lect R. H, Dow of Santa Mou- | , to act in ar advisory capac- | ity’ during his term of office. Boxing Clubs, Properly Conducted, will be zllowed to give entertainments in Cincinnati, under the incoming demecratic administration, The Supreme Court of New Jersey has decided that the $23,000,000 a apportioned to dividends due policy- holders is exempt from taxation. Orlando Harriman, the only brother of the late E. H. Harriman, died yes- terday at a privete sanitarium in New v from a complication of dls- The Seven Acre-Plot of Ground on pmey Island formerly occupied by the Dreamland Amusement’ park, burned iast spring, will be turned into a pub- lic. park, Dr. Edward H. .Welch, one of the best known physicians im Litehfield county, died at his home at Winsted, Conn., in his 60th year, a8 & result of a paralytic shock. % Mayor Smith of Hartford yesterday mstructed the chief of police to close every questionable house in that city. This is the first blow struck at the “white slave” traffic. The First Baptist Church of Provi- dence called to its pastorate Rev. J. F. Vichert of Fort Wayne, Ind.. to succeed Rev. Elijah A. Hanley, now president of Franklin college. Theodors Foosevelt Announced yes- terday - that he would decline to make vublic in future the.names of persons who shovid call upou him, “and any- thing they may or may not say.” While the United States cent. in the last six years, Ler of insane people was Juring the same period by Total Popuiation of e increased about i1 per the num- ugmented per cent. In the Annual Report of State Bank Ccramissioner Willlams of Vermont, just_issued, a large increase ix shown in curing the fiscal year ending June 30. Mrs, Rachael Marcus of East Broad- way, New York, who is 105 vears old, has invited President Taft to dance with_her at a ball for the benefit of the Daughters of Jacob’s home, New York, Jan. 27. The Shipping Combine, the Interna- tional Harvester company and the so. called money trust are to be investi- iatcd in the house Of reprasentatives &t ihls wesslon Of COnETess by one spe- Cial committee. Advices to Dun’s Review this week frem leading cities in the United States indicate that merchants aged by the gratifying holiday trad ind sentiment regarding the future is generally optimistic A Locomotive on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroa struck a milk team at Leominsters, Mass., vasterday, instantly killing the Griver, Henry Bacon 74, of Sterling, ani the horse the man was driving. A Portion of the Dam on the Ne ponset river at Milton Lower Falls, Mass., gave way yesterdav, while sev- eral men_were working below it, and Charles Trask, a carpenter, was car- ried dcwn the river and drowned, Fire, burning residence a quarter of a mile away two hours earlier in the morn- ing, Aestroyed the dye house of the Marston worsted mill, at Skowhegan, Me., vesterday, with a loss of 345,000, A Successor as Attorney General of New Hampshire to Edwin (. Eastman of Exeter, who is about to retire after twenty years of service, wax named ernor Hass yesterday in the per= of Jume Tuttle of Manches- A Fire Which Raged in the Business Jistrict of Pittsieid, Me, for several hcurs yesterday, destroy@i two three- mtory wooden business blocks, owned by T. K. Connor and F. B. Dow, re- spectively, causing a loss estimated at 340,000, The Old Metropolitan Street Rail- way company, owning 161 miles of New York's surfice system, and capltalized before 1t went into the hands of & re- celyer, in 1907, At $139,665,000, was sold at aunction yesterdsy for $1%,00,000 to the company’s + and 5 per cent. bond- nolders. State’s Attorney Warman hss been appealed to by Chicago Christian Erdeavor uniofl to prevent the revelry which it is ciatmed will result from the order of Mayor Harrison permit- (ing restaurants and cafes o woll la- uor after one ofclock (New Years morning 7 An Lalian university professor clal 4o have found radium in ordipary dew, the amount of deposits in Vermont | are encour- | Supposedly _Started from & | Met Weekly to Fix Pric | amination of Albert H, Vi It was, the first positive t ney for Swite and compa offered re ig the exiptence of the | witness called by the go old pool. Thix pool, it waid, met | concluded and he wa w the nume of “Postoffice Hox | though practically alle (1 N " every Tuesday afternoo testified he referred to the wixth foor of the Counse transacted by the pack building, Chicago, to fix the price 1807, a periodt not covered b | tresn beet, agr the price to ictment against the defe pac puid for cattle sliot - wmong ®, the government cons ) members the amount meat to be | valuable witness shipped to the different centers of dis- | “THe Geographioal Divisions iy The younger Ve o Admitted Many Allegations. seographioal divisior t Henry Veeder, who 18 u son of Al-|used by the packer h bert H. Ve the attor for the | Territory A—all « M isats packers, followed his father on the | sippi river and north of stand as the second witness for the | except lllinois and West Virginia. | government. His account of the in Territory B—all south of [ side workings of the old packers' pool [and Potomac rivers snd « ; | was not half finished when court ad- | Mississippl river, except West V journed. He admitted many of the | ginla imaterial allcgations made by counsel [ Territory C—Chicago. for the government in their opening | Territory D—sSt. Louls and all address to the jury { minois except Cook ‘count WO LhAs: o0 dive Pocls | Towa, except Council Blufts. RBetween 1893 and 1806, the mem- | No Signs on the Door. | bers of the pool were Armour and | He said this division had been company, the Armour Packing com- | existence ever mince he knew mnyth | pany, Cudahy “and company, G. H.|about the packiag business. The mes | Hammond and company, the St. Louls | Ings were held on_the sixth floc | Dressed Beef and Provision company, | the bullding. These were nine or | Morris and company, and Swift and |rooms. There were no signs o | company, uccording to Henry Veeder. |door. These meetings were not | In 1808, nd_Sulzberger | between A 1896, and May ente the witness [ but were thon resumed. The wi satd, said he prepared a weekly statemer | Country Divided Into Sections. showing the cost, average selling p |, e described the meeting held every | &Bd margin of profit on all beef » | Tuesday at which, he swid, reports of i Dot in, Serritory A, . These | the past week's business by the mem- | COnt. Statements, ho sald, wero | | to reprosentatives of each flrm M | bern were wreceived and the allotment | to reprosentatives of ench fem |of the mext week’s business was di- |98 NiE vided on @ percentage basie. The A Weekly Statement. witness said the country was geogri- | gny_ otk atataiy phically divided tnto five sections, cach | regularly mailed [0 The members known by a letter of the alphabel and ' “Yes, every Tuesduy after | that each of the members of the al-|)y meeting | would send o letter |leged pool was similarly designated | egeh memmper notity them ne | to prevent publicity. lotment in pounds to be shi in | Kept Tabs on Each Other. ritory A during the currer : He testified that a record was kept lm‘;:;-_';ou &ive us the form of th of the amount of meat shipped to the | “They read about like thi different branch houses and weekly | T statements were ment to members | Your shipments inte territon showing the cost, the average price the caming week will be %0 ¢ and the margin of profit on fresh beet | Of your maximum allotment ¢ {in the diffcrent citles. The witness (000 pounds. gave # minute description of the in- Euoh Knew/Othsr's Bisiness e tricate system used by the d Pool | upia each member re in Keeping its accounts and transact N new by o ing its husiness. R o Judge Rules Against Packers. At this point court adjour sday. Attorneys for the defendants HERCISM BY OFICERS OF THE WARRINGTX LA FOLLETTE SPEAKS WITH HIS COLLAR OFF. Senator Complains of Heat as He Re- | Risked Their Own Lives to Save Th of Their Shipmates. mo: |" Dayion, G., Dec Nearing the end | Norfc Va., Dec, 20, roking { of his speechmal trip in Ohio, | though she had been unde | rreaching the doctrine of progressive |torpedo boat destroyer. W | republicanism, Senator R. ¥ ! which was rammed b lctte of Wisconsin trave esi- | miles below Cupe Hatter | ern ‘part of the state tod | morning, rew the ni At North Baltimore, where an aban- | night In’ to Cugs DI | Goned tavernacie was used for e | Wanatah, Twenty-five feet | meeting, the mign “Got ht With | stern was N uwe Wi | God” was still strung 0ss the end | exhaustod. ¢f the bujlding, above and buck of the | Lieutenant Commander ii . Eenator. | Lieutenaent Mutthewson nd | “Pointing to this sign, he read aloud [ Gunner's Mate J. (i, Don | paraphrased it by Giet | their lives to save sever | with your state r | from being uahed fn ui countr & portlon of the ship was to | While speaking, Henator A three mausted Hehoo | suddenly stopped, grew off Hatteras, according 10 & rep | and seld to his hearers: “Say, my col- | wireless to the branch | 1ar is too tight. Can T take it off” | office at Norfolk by the Me ' Amid shouts of “Yes!” he removed the | Miners' liner Creton tiiig | annoying neckband and went said of the crew. The Cret speaking. Tonight, for the first time | said the schoooner lay abou on this trip, the senator declared for [ miles off Cape Hattera th L votes for women. | her topmusts were showing. i ————— | no clew to the tdentity « | but it 18 thou LIt may i WANTS: FAIR TRIAL | which ran afoul of the Wurrluglow FOR NEGRO !URNEHSAi -~ | Dintriot Attorney Sesks Change of (A WHOLESALE JAIL = Venus for Eight Remaining C. | DELIVERY IN MEXI | Philndeiphia, Dec, 20.—District At- | Four Hundred Priscners Escaps, E | torney Guwthroup of Chester county Many Are Recaptured | announced today that he would usk the | 0 ST siate mupreme court for . change of | |~ ur hundred prl i) Venus 10 try tha remaining cases | tatiury here todie . esch which-_grew out ofithe lynching of [ \Uerpowered the g o, o Zach Walkor, the nokro, at Coated- | gune und witacked 16 stiar Ville, near here, last August. Bitracks néar by, killing th All those tried on charges of murder | und wounding & numbe r for participating in the lynching were | s, he escaped prisoner acquitted. The elrht cases still 10 bo |y ruge in the country, but | | triea wili be called in January. Tho | solijers b tured & Fround on which the chunge of venue | (iavernor (apeda snes e | will_be asked 1s t the common- | j e Y. WS DRFL ¢ i wealth cannot a fair trial in ] Pianned before the yurrenie Chester county {eral o TAMMANY BUILDING Prize Awarded Wellesley rl MEETS DEFEAT.| Tuft N. Y., De Ciposition Asserts that it Would En- ction of Tiscodore Rooreve ent for 1912 and the & ) pisie tholmatiew . TUe: Touv, | Herber Daxte Adams prize ¢ 2 1d best esway on Iuropean history (o G YOH D0/ M, byllaing | Mire Louvise Iargo Brown of Welle code proposed by Tammany Hall with ccllege marked the closing buwiness fropreofing requirenients which have | seawions of the American Historl met with many objections, wuas de- | essociation here toduy. feated by a vote of ‘the board of alde } men today, It wes the final session of the 1910-11 hoard and the Nght over [ AMedine, Ohlo, Dec. 26 [ the ameanure was almost riotous. ‘The |ciot, former chief of (he T b | Tarameny forces had n ®ick moember |recu ¢f the Lnited State g | hrought inte the chamber to vote, but | udviser of Theodore Hocsevelt, ar k-lux'n to 34 dismisged by President Taft during (i Teeaders of the opposition 16 tha | Ballinger controversy, made politicul measure declared thai the code would |gpesch nere tomight lu which he ex« enrich the ‘“hollow tile (rust” by |coriated bosses end bossism | 3100,000,000 3 year oo > Steamship Arcivals. { OBITUARY. At Genom: Dec. 24, Lulsianas, frory o 1, Now York. ] i Prof. Walter S. Fortescue. At Marsefiles: Deo. 36, Moma, frony | | Philadelphia, Dec. 29.—Prof. Walter | Now York. Fortescue, for many years s noted At Boulogne: Dee, 28, Nesrdam, *rom guentor and publisipr of text books, | New York, 8 At Antwarp; Deo, 38 R o Bl New Tomk 3 carm hi homie hete today, a Lasisnd. trong )