Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 16, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV.—NO. 15 s a K X5 l\" "\ @ ) ok 2 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY,, JANUARY 16, 1912 MILL DISTRICT UNDER MARTIAL LAW| Cabled Paragraphs Eight Companies of Infantry and Battery of Ar- tillery on Duty at Lawrence MILITIA AND POLICE FROM THREE OTHER CITIES Syrian Boy Fatally Wounded in Bayonet Charge of Militia Company—Mayor Unsuccessfully Attempts to Induce New York Strike Leader to Leave City—Hose Used on Strikers with Good Effect—52 Nationalities Represented . Jan. 16.—Eight te militia, including eld battery, commanded by Col Sweetser of the Eighth regiment, ¥ district of this city un- w tonight after & day of the strike of 15,000 op- the blg cotton and woolen ,000 other hands were work by the stopping of and by the attacks op the trikers. In one instance militia had to charge & bayonets, one boy: be- fatally hurt. Thirty-five a rioters were made v, and a few strikers and yes ‘who were wounded at s were treated for bullet Mills to Reopen Today. of the miils are expected 1 in the morning and the mi- ave been instructed to use aeasures {o prevent a repeti- ¢ today’s outbreaks. If the mills s it s reported tonight that expected that they can with & reduced force, for the ave trebled their strength beginning of the strike on Today 15,000 workers are throwing as many work. MaRe New Demands. e strike was originally t protest of & reduction in ecause of the operation of the 5 ar law, which makes the eeic two hours shorter, the now declare that they will not to work without & 1§ per cent. wages and other conces- luding double pay for over- ork and the abolition of the m or bonus system. Strikers w Yorker Leading Strike. e decision of the strikers to en- hese new dJemands was made at & conference between strike and members of the city gov- this _ afternoon. Joseoh J. f New York, national organizer f the Industrial Workers of the World, ader of the strike. Strikers Allowed to Have Pickets. As & result of the conferendd the wirtkers were granted the use of the ty hali for a mass meeting which was this evening. It was also afreed his rence that the strikers be wed to place pickets about the ap- ® to the mills .tomorrow with derstanding that any signs of nce on the part of the picketers e cause for arrest. Mayor Wants Ettor to Leave- Scanlon suggested that It ! the_situation if Ettor to New York, but tha his intention of remain- as long as the strike ikers Include 52 Nationalif o day outbreaks in rap- the police finding the strikers and their sympathizers par- ticularly hard to deal with because of the many nationalities represented by them. No less then 46 tongues are spoken by employes of the Luwrence mills, and the workers are sald to Tepresent no less than 52 different na- tloralities. Hose Turned on Strikers. The opening of the mills at 7 o'clock this morning was the signal for the first outbreak, when strikers stormed tho gates of the Wood, Washington, Prospect and other mills. The attack- iog parties were repulsed by soldiers anG mill employes with streams of water, but their tactics resulted in the closing down of mearly two-thirds of the plant. Police Fire Into Air. Later there were clashes between the strikers and the soldiers and mill of- ficlals about the lower Pacific, Atlantic and Arlington and other mills, in which shots were exchanged and several per- sone slightly injured. The police fired in the air in the hope that it would fighten the rioters, but the fire hose proved more effective. Mikitia Out Early. The three local militla organizations, Companies F of the Ninth and L of the Fighth regiment, both infantry companies, Battery C, light artillery, were called out early when it was seen the police could not cope with the sit- uation. Four companies were sent from Lowell and one from Haverhil, later. 8yrian Boy Wounded by Bayonet. Unawed by the show ‘at the Pacific wills of arms, the strikers pressed for- ward when Captain Ranlett of Com- vany L ordered his men to fix bayonets and charge. In the charge several persons were injured, a Syrian boy, Dominic Raprase, being so badly hurt that he will probably die. Police from Other Cit The militiamen have orders.to shoot it necessary and at one time Battery C unlimbered its guns to clear a streel. Police from Salem, Lowell and Haver- hill arrived tonight to ald the forces elerady in the-elt; = Hamilton, Bermuda, Jan. 15—Th United States scout cruiser Blnl!.nl: ham, convoying the destroyers Mo~ fi]a‘ll and Paulding, sailed this morn- Stuttgart, Germany, Jan. 15.—Her- mann Balz, who was formerly corre- spondent at Washington for over ten years of the Cologne Gazette, died here on January 12, Brden, Germany, Jan. 15.—The ice covering the river Ems broke today while a number of persons were skat- ing. Several were immersed in the water but only one was drowned. Berlin, Jan. 15.—Tax dodgers Prussia hereafter are threatened wi @ penitentiary term instead of a fine, sccording o the new incoms tax bill which was Introduced at the opening seasion of the diet today. London, Jan. 15.—The world here js excited by the determi- nation of Bir Herbert Tree to begin a music hall engagement on Jan. 21, When he will play “The Man Who Was” a dramatization of Rudyard Kipling's story. Paris, Jan. 15—The Seine, which has been rising rapidly since Decem- ber 30, threatening a repetition of the great floods of two years ago, began to fall agaln today and the hydromet- ric authoritles consider that the dan- ger of inundations is over for the present, Rome, Jan. 15—The pope is taking great interest in the preparations for Cardinal Farley's reception in New York after his return home. He dis- cussed the subect with Cardinal Mer- 1y del Val, the papal secretary, during an audience today, and asked that he be notifled of the arrival of Cardinal Farley and informed as to the festivi- tles held in his honor, ABDICATION OF CHINESE THRONE I8 DELAYED Reported Massacre of 10,000 Manchur- ns by Rebels Is Confiremd. Peking, Jan. 15—It is . understood that the plans for the abdication of the throne have undergone delay pending the final arrangements, including the place of retirement, the guarantee of pensions and other terms offered by the Tepublicans. There has been the greatest dificul- ty in devising assurances for the car- ing out of the republican pledges. o confidence exists in the ability or in the firm intention of the republicans to_observe their promises. It 1= believed that certain legations have heen approached by Premier Yu- an Shi Kai and these have telegraphed to their governments to sscertain whether any measures of foreign mediations which would result in for- olgn guarantees could ‘be_devised. The provinces of Shen-Si and Shan- S, from where. the reported massacre of 10,000 Manchus by rebels- is ‘now confirmed, have been hotbeds of rev- olution for some months. On Decem- ber § news was recelyed by messenger from Sian-Fu, the capital of Shan-Si, Striker Gets Twe Years. that 00y M-’neh:u Jad veen sain in An indfcation of the manner ~In’| the Province up. to that date. A col- which the authorities intend to deal | WMR of impérialist troops has been op- with, the lawbreakers was shown when the case of Vincenso Somastros came up In the police court. He was charsed principally with carrying concealed weapons. Judge Mahoney sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment. The police court took up the disposition of the cases of the other men arrested today, but made slow progress. 27 More Rioters Jailed. Judge J. B. Mahoney of the local court continued his session into the evening, and 27 more rloters were placed on trial, found gullty and sen- nced. Three of the number were ntenced to two years in the house of correction. The other 24 were given ope-year sentences. CHICAGO HEIRESS RUNS AWAY BECAUSE OF LOVE. Enamored of a Waiter, She Followed Him to New York. —Violet Buehler, Chicago girl, who is 10 be heiress of $100,000, and d here today as a runaway, | hildren’s soclety head- | t that she came to this | of her love for a walter, | e, and not simply because | d adventure In the matrop- | " she sald | friend of ome | 1 was in | and wanted to marry the old er mother—seemed to think 1 was too to have a beau and would not ee him. But I managed to do | i he same. He wrote me letters addressed to Eella Ross and I got them at the call x at the hotel. He went to New 7k and wrots me almant every day. ally Lie began sending me money. aved up some, o0, and decided to to ses him. Jack is & fine ke him and he has always me properly tendent Walsh of the chil- that the girl's case It was sald that an ar ] NEW LONDON WOMEN OVERCOME BY GAS. Thees Cases in Methodist Strest, One in Broad Street. ew lLondon, Conn., Jan. 15.—Mrs. McLoughlin and her two daugh- ers were partly overcome by cosl gas carly today in their home on Methédis: sirest. Two sons discovered the éom- ton of their mother and sisters and mmoned physicians, who gave assur- nce of thelr recoverr. The gas came m a kitchen stove. Miss Nettle Reed of Broad street , the cellar of her home today ook for a leakege of {lluminating #»s and was found later unconsclous her mother. She will recover. Gas entered the cellar from a. break in a street main. Steamship Arrivals. At Glasgow: Jan. 14, Caledonia, frem New York At Southampton: Jan. 14, New York, | from New York. At Queenstown: Jam. 15, Saxonia, from New York. At 1 Jan 7, Birma, from New t Genoa: Jan. 12, Duca df Genova, trom New York. At Naples: Jan. 13, Madoenna, from New York Mexice's Governor Inaugurated, Santa ¥e, N, M, Jan, 15.—The tivities incident te & territ i to state ald as first des 1537, and admin “ eler executive B Il OVER $2,000,000 IN BEQUESTS TO PRACTICAL CHARITIES Richard T. Crane Provides for the Physical Needs of the Unfortunats. Chicago, Jan. 15.—More than $2,000,- 000 fn the estate of the late Richard T. Crane, iron master, was bequeathed by him to charity by the terms of his will, which was filed today in the Cook county probate court. The estimated value of the estate is $10,000,000, The il makes Charles R. Crane and Rich- ard T, Crane, executors. The following gifts will be made from the estate within two years in fulfilment of the expressed wish of Mr. Crane: $1,000,000 as a pension and disability fond for the benefit of the employes ot the Crane company. $1,000,000 to provide homes in the country near Chicago for helpless chil- | dren and their mothers. $100,000 to the United Charitles of Chicago as an endowment fund for the Mary Crane nursery. $25,000 to the Visiting Nurses' asso- ctation, $10,000 to the Lake Geneva fresh-air home, for endowment purposes. The widow is to receive $15,000 a | year and both the city home and the Lake Geneva country heme for life. The will recites that Mr, Cranes daughters and his son, Herbert Crane, have been provided for tn gifts before the Geath of Mr. Crane. Charles R. and Richard T. Crane are made the residuary legateos and are intrusted with carrylng on the business of the Crane company, MI88 HOGAN PERSISTS IN BEING IN CONTEMPT Confinement In Cell Fails te Induce Her to Testify, icago, Jan, 15.—Miss Hazel Hogan, who for some days has ocoupied a cell in the county jail, and is under a fine of §1,700 for her refusal to take the witness stand Defore Judge Honore and testify In the trial of four men whem she once accused of swindling her, repeated her refusal to take the witness' oath today. Bhe was brought inte ceurt on mo- tion of her attorney to vacate the sentence for con! t of court. Judge Honore held the motien in abeyance and after M Hogan had replied, “No, I will not,” to a request that she take.the witness stand, he continued the trial until February 8. Miss Hogan was led back to her ceil Priests Fles from Portuguese Mobs. Lisbon, Jan. 15.—The conflict be- tween the church and the state over regulations governing public worsip, is increasing in intensity and has peen productive of numerous in- cidents. The priests at the cathedral in Angra and the church at Serrata have abandoned those edifices where the services have beon suspended. At Gauveia, a priest fired a revolver at the crowd and then took refuge in the Catholle club, which was storpaad and Wy the populace CPARERARLREE R A S erating In the district in the suppres- slon of the rebellion, but in the mean- time many more Manchus have been kilied by the rebels until the total has reached 10,000, BIG FIRE RAGING IN. BOWDOIN SQUARE. Btarts at Revers House and Quickly Spreads—Fireman Dead. Boston, Jan. 16—2.30 a. m.—Boston's most famous hostelry, the Revere house, in Bowdoin square, took fire shortly before 2 o'clock this morning. The fire started in the grotto, a din- ing room on'the street floor, and qulic- ly spread up through the entire six stories. Many guests were carried down ladders by firemen and others rushed from the building through the emoke, scantily clad. From the Revere houss the fire spread to the hall of the Nationa) Lan- cers on Bullfinch street and then to the house of Engine company 4 on Bullfinch street. Hotel Rexford, an- other of the older hostelries, is in’ dan- ger and the guests have been ordered out. One fireman is dead. SINGER WILL CASE ENDED BY COMPROMISE. Each of Singer Children to Receive Sewing Machine Stock. New York, Jan. 15—The contest of the will of the late John A. Singer, son of the inventor of the sewing ma- chine, was compromised today and the sult was withdrawn. Singer left the bulk of his $800,000 estate to Mrs, Charlotte Donnelly, his - housekeeper. The contestants were Jean Etta Sing- er and Merritt A. Singer, children of the decedent by a second marriage. They live in Chicago. They allege that Singer was of unsound mind when he drew his will. The compromise provided that the | Binger children shall receive 100 shares of stock in the Singer Manufacturing company, sald to be worth 3400 a share, and that the flf! of this stock shall be levied equally upon the four chief beneficiaries by the will—Mrs. Don- nelly, Willam P. and Joseph Archer, | nephews of Singer, and Mrs. James Sponsler, a sister of Mrs. Donnelly. TO ABOLISH ELECTRIC CHAIR IN NEW YORK Two Bills Introduced in New York Assembly to That Effect. Albany, N. Y., Jan, 15—The recent agitation for the abolition of the death penalty in this state, which 1s favored by Governor Dix and Col. J. F.- Beott, superintendent of state prisons, resujt- ed tonight in the introduction of hills by Senator T. D. Sullivan and Assem- blyman Kopp of New York, which, it enacted, will banish the electrio chair. ‘The bill makes the pemalty .for mur- | der in the first degree lifs tmprison- ment. Judge Parker at Derby, Derby, Conn,, Jan. 11.—Members of the Derby-Shelton board of trade were surprised at théir anaual banquet to- night when Judge Alton B, Parker en- tered the dining hall and during the evening made a short address. Judge Purker was in town te attend the 80th birthday .lnlvll'-r‘ of his mother and was taken to the dinner by the mayor, Bomb Thrown at Premier Yuan, Peking, Jan. 16—A bomb was thrown at. Premier Yuan Shi Kai's carriage this morning. Two seldiers and the mzl;:r attached to the carriage were The Senate Yesterday Confirmed the nomination ef Daniel A, Campbell a; Lhelu'lcalll CHARLES The Bulletin's Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Ofll_e_r Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population Norwich Men Representing Finance, the Law, Comme.\:ce, Manufacturing, and Other Interests. D. NOYES. President and Troasurer of The Bulletin Company. Would Prove Unprofitable PRESJDENT OF . POSTAL HITCHCOCK PLAN., ON BIG POLITICAL MACHINE Would Result from Government Own- ership of Telegraph Lines—Views of Senators and Representatives. New York, Jan . 1l—Clarence I Macksy, president of the Postal Tal- egraph company, said today that if the flovernment took - over the telegraph ineg of the country, as is desired by Postmaster General Hitchcock, he be- lieved the investment would be an un- profitable one, He sald the cost would be enoromus, and he did not believe the plan would be carried out as long as thers was competition in the tele- graph business. Would Have to Take Telephone Com- panies. “The step would lead to taking over the telephone lines also” sald Mr. Mackay. “The _British government found this to be s0, and two weeks ago it took over the telephone lines in England at an enormous expense, The telegraph and telephone lines in this country are Worth from 2 billion to 3 billion dollars, This would include the independent telephone companies, owning nearly 500 million dollars of property, and having some 450,000 stockholders. A Colossal Political Machine. “T' venture to say that they would be operated by the government at (Continued on Page Eight.) MRS. HONAN ADJUDGED TO BE SANE BY COURT Won Fame by Bringing Suit Against President Ressevelt. White Plains, N, Y., Jan. 15—1Ida Von Clausen Honan, convinced Justice Morschauser in the suprems court here this evening that she was sane and obtained release on parole until March 4 next from Bloomingdale asylum, where she had been an inmate since October 17 last. Juatice Morschauser placed herin the custody of her broth- er, Matthew B. Clausen, and in doing 80 he suggested to her that she keep away from the environment of New York city. The woman is widely known from having made a great stir because she was not presented to the Swedish court by Minister Graves in 1907, as the result of which she brought suit against President Roosevelt. More re- cently she goi Into trouble when sha telegraphed from Chicago to oustice Greenbaum in New York asking for a fair trial of her matrimonial troubles, and adding, “if there is foul play, may God help you." On & writ of habeas corpus she ap- peared parsonally before Justice Mor- schauser tonight, accompanied by three physiclans, who testifled as to her san- ity, whereas a physiclan from the asy- lum dealared, she was suffering from “constitutional psychopathic delusions of & paranoiac. JURORS DRAWN FOR TRIAL OF DICKASON Man Claiming a Title, Charged with Theft of Jewels, Minneapolis, Jan. 15.—Jurors wers drawn today for the trial of Wilfred Stuart Sheldon Dickason, who_claims to be a member of a titled English family, and is accused of stealing jew- els valued at $2,800 from Mrs. Olga Von W. Haskell, a soclety leader here, ‘The choesing of the jury required practically all day, but later Mrs. Haskell took the witness stand. She sald ghe hid the jewels in a glove be- neath the mattress of her bed on No- vember 9, and that Dickason saw her place them -there. She testified that when she looked for them the next ‘Wednesday they had disappeared. Dickason was & guest at the Haskell home at the time the dilamonds disap- peared. British 8py Attempts Suioide. Bertin, Jan, 16.—Capt, Bernard Fred- erick Trench of the British marine corps, who was feund guilty of espien- age mpon the German fortifications at Borkus, and te four vears' nmvrjt ent in 3 'fortress in Decem- ber, . attempted suicide by hang- ing ye , Bocording to a despatch frem Lorimer Once Aflmblack SENATOR TELLS OF HIS HUMBLE ORIGIN, | REVIEWED HIS CAREER Says Whits Voluntesred to Vote for Him Becauss Both Had Been Street | Car Conductors—A Cool-Witness. ‘Washipgton, Jan. 15.—Senator Lori- mer of Hiinois in his- testimony today before the senats committee investi- gating his election was dramatic in the extreme. He told the story of his life, not quite in the way he told it in his speech In the senate, and with many bomely details. Bootblack at Age of Ten. A bootblack at the age of 10 to sup- port a widowed mother and five broth- ers and sisters, then a cash boy, a la- borer at wheeling coal, & public painter, a street car conductor and a bullding contractor were the successive steps e detailed in his progress to his pres- ent position as president of a national bank. He traced his way in politics from a constableship to 2 seat in the United States senate. Voice Husky in 8peaking of Mother. The man under fire was the coolest men in the room while he testified. His voice was unshaken except when he spoke of his mother—two years dead. Then his eyes glistened and his volce was & bit husky. Charges Faithiessness. The political sensation of the day's testimony was when he declared that the faithlessness of ex-Mayor Bushe of Chicago and ex-Senator Albert J. Hop- kins defeated ex-Governor Yates in the primary contest with Deneen, the pres- ent governor. He said Bussee had promised to support Yates and pledged a campaign fund of $2,500 which he never paid. Hopkins Turned on His Friends. “After that I was convinced that Hopkins had turned on his friends,” said Lorimer, “and I treated him as 1 would treat any other man who tries to_destroy my friends.” “Why did Charles A. Whits vote for Fou as senator?” was one of the ques- tops asked today. White was the former member of the Tilinols legislature whose alleged con- fession of bribery published in a Chi- cago newspaper formed the foundation of the inquiry into Senator Lortmer's election. White Velunteersd His Vote. “He came to me and volunteered his vote,” replied Senator Lorimer, “It was about ten days before my election. I ddn’'t soliclt. his vote. He was a street car comductor, and I had been one and there is a fellow feeling smong street car men in Chicago. Althoug! most of them are democrats, whenever I have been running for congress I have received 90 per cent of their votes.” A Pertinent Question. “Did White suggest he ought to have “He never mentioned such a thing." “Why didn't you testify in your own behalf at the former Investigation?” asked Judge Hanecy. That question was asked in th esenate when Lori- mer's case was being voted upon. The fact that he did not testify is sald to have had much weight in influencing the senate’s decision to order the pres- ent rehearing. Lorimer's Explanation. “Why, in the first place, counsel for the Chicago Tribune were prosecuting the case” replied Mr. Lorimer, “and | they stated they did mot intend te con- nect me personally with any bribery or corruptien. I feit that it was below the office I was holding to go on the stand to deny & charge which had not been meds mgainst me, and that it would establish a {recafltnx af calling senators under oath to testify about any charge or lle that might be made against them. Used to This Sort of Storm. “Bid you take into consideration the country-wide interest In your case?” asked Senator Jones. “We had that im mind, but it might not have the same effect on me now. I have lived through this sort of a storm a good many years and I suppose I thought if all the people lived in Chicago they wouldn't think this as- sault unusual. Had it been the first attack, I might have felt different.” Twenty-Two Army Officers Were De- tached from chair work in Washington io figld wervice Condensgd Telegrams Boston Retail Prices for Furnage and Egg Coal advanced yesterday 25 cents to §7 and $7.50 a ton, respectively. _Ex-Governor Franklin Murphy ol New Jersey has announced his candi- @dacy for vice president on the Taft ticket. Thomas H. Shevlin, Millisnaire Lum- berman and for many vears prominent In the northwest, died yesterday in Pasadena, Cal. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General DeGraw in his annual report urgently recommends parcels post delivery along rural mall routes. Dr. William Newton Clark, professor of theology at Colgate university for | mearly 50" vears, dled at his winter home at Déland, Fla. Cardinal Gibbons Held His Annual New Year's reception in Washington at the rectory of St. Patrick’s church after high mass Sunday John W. C. Cofran, Vice President of the Hartford Fire Insurance company, dled at Hartford vesterday. He was ill 12 hours with apoplexy. Enrico Caruso Says the Londen Re- Port that he is to sing this summer al Oscar Hammerstein's opera house -in the Engligh capital is untrue. Charles W. Morse Will Not Be Re- moved: from Fort McPherson, Ga., to Hot Springs, Ark,, for treatment until there is a decided improvement in his condition George Barr McCutcheon, the Author and -playwright, is fighting off & threatened attack of apvendicitis and may have to go to New York for an operation” | _While His Mother-in-Law Told in Court at Noblesville, Ind., her story of how he had murdered his wife, Harry Hiatt dropped asleep in the prisener’s box yesterday Givvan-Battina Gindir, a Psuedo Catholic Priest, was arrested in Rome | on the charge of swindling. He con- | fessed to the police that he had gotten | about $200,000, Every National Bank in the country must be examined regularly.at stated periods, according to stringen®instruc- tions issued by Compiroller of the Currency Murray. | The lce Blockade in the Hudson River | resulted yesterday in closing down the | big Federal Sugar refinery at Yonkers, N. Y. One thousand men are thrown out of employment. Thirty American Fishing® Vessels | with_cargoes of frozen herring valued at $300,000 are imprisoned in the ice floes off the coast of Newfoundland and | threatened with destruction. Joseph Thibaudeau of Salem, Mas: mail carrier for Hettler's lumber cam; on the south shore of Lake Nipissing. | Ontario, was found yesterday frozen to death on his route to the camp. In a Fire That Destro; the Pasa- dena Hotel early vesterday at a loss of $250,000, a heroic rescue of the sick Francisco was made by bellbo; Violet Buehler, the Missing Chicago Heiress, was found Sunday night working in a tenement at the south- west corner of First avenue and East Seventieth street, New York city. Headed by Gipsy Smi Evangelist, and Henry McCoy, general secretary of the San Franeisco Y. M. C. A., 10,000 men, with Ribles in their hands, paraded.the streets of Frisco. There Are Indications of a Strike of the anthracite miners this spring unless the operators agree to the new scale of wages and other demands to h, the London Mrs. Bridget Costello Died yesierday afternoon at her home at Meriden at | the age of 105 years. She had been confined to her bed for the past seven years, but had retained her mental faculties. All_the Important Records of the department of justice at Washington | and its library of 25,000 volumes are in danger of destruction by fire, At- torney General Wickersham said yes- terday. Collactor Stone, Sergeant at Arme of | the republican national committee, has ’been given unlimited power to make | all appointments and arrange every | detail for the republican national con- vention in Chicago., John Mitchell at the Convention of the United Mine Workers in Indian- apolis this week will endeavor to have that body rescind the reeslution adopt- ed a year ago compelling him to resign from the National Civic Federation. William F. Snowdell ¢f Brookfald, Mess., who was awalting trial in the superior court on a charge of break- ing and entering a house in Sturbridge, hanged himself in his cell in the Wor- cester county jail yesterday with a bed shaet. Because President Taft Set the ex- ample on his recent western trip, .and frequently since, of dlscussing openly and unreservedly the pending arbitra- Hon treaties with Great Britain and Frauce, the senate voted yesterday to admit the public to its debate and pi se?'o them In the congressional rec- ord, | SEVEN PERSONS FREEZE TO DEATH IN OKLAHOMA. Family of Five Found Dead on a Farm Near Guymon. Dethart, Tex. Jan. 15.—Seven per- sons are reported to have been frozen to death In what is known as “No Man's Land,” in the extreme south- ‘western corner of Oklahema, during the recent blizzard. A famfly of five were found dead on e farm near Guv- mon, Okla.; the body of Henry Falls, a farmer, was found in a road near Hooper, Olda.and a ‘“freighter” was frozen to death while en route from Ochiltree, Tex., to Liberal, Ka: Telegeaphers Want Mare Pav. New Orleans, La., Jan. 16.—Demands for increased w and better work- ing conditions probably will be pre- sented to the Postal and Western Un- jon Telegraph companies during the vear, according to S. J. Konenkamp, internatienal president of the. Com- mercial Telegraphers’ unien of Amenri- ca, who was in New Orleans today. Coasting Aceident Preves Fatal. Bridgeport, Cenn., Jan. 15.—Josenh <yConror, whose skull was fractured Thursday when he was struck by a double ripper on the James street hill, gied at a Jocal hospital today. He was 52 years old and leaves his wids several chilires B chlld of Mrg. George H. Cherry of San | be made by the Mine Workers' union, | low and’ | | Over-Rides the Attitude Taken Washington, Jan, 15.—After neatly a | vear's consideration, ‘the gupreme | court of the United States unanimous- | v_approved the employers' Iability law, enacted by congress in’ 1808 to take tho place of a similar act de- clared unconstitutional. . The decision marks an epoch in labor logislation, More Beneficial to Employes. The old common law, hedging in the rights of employes, is displaced in sev- eral particulars by the statutes as approved today. Notable among these | 1s the abolition of the “fellow servant | doctrine,” law, making employers liable for the negligence by an employe resulting in injury to an interstate employe, Fur- theSmore it frees the employe from | contributory negligence by an employe | resulting in injury to an interstate employe, Furthermore, it frees the employe from contribufory negligence | n many instances and limite the ef- | fects "of the doctrine in others; and | ikewise in many cases it liberates the | employe from assuming risk when he | enters employment knowing the dan- ger of his employment. Norwich Case Involved. In the Bessie Babcock case from | Montana, the Mary A. Walsh case | from Massa usetts and the Ei Mondou case from Norwich, C |law was attacked seemingly from ev- ery conceivable point of view. Justice Van Deventer in announcing the opin- |ion of the court considered these ob- | jections and rejected each. | Laws of State Superseded. | Objections were refuted that the law | prevented contracts whereby the rail- road exempted itself from liability and the law improperly classified carriers into interstate and intrastate groups. Authorities were cited also to show that 'no valid - objection could be | grounded in the fact that several states | slveady determined the liability of in- ersiate commerce employers, Pur- | suing this line, the justice said that | “mow that congress has acted, the laws of the states, in So far as they cover the same feld, are superseded, for necessarily that which is not su- preme must yield to that which is" The Norwich Cas: | Finally, Justice Van Deventer con- | sidered the position advanced by Judge Baldwin of the Connecticut supreme court of errors that Connecticut could not enforce the law beeause its public policy was contrary to the law. “We are quite unable to assent to the view that the enforcement of the rights which the congressional act cre- ates was originally intended to be re- stricted to tho federal courts,” said Justice Van Deventer, “the act con- tains nothing which is suggestive of such & restriction. | iMUNDER PREVENTED BY CRIPPLED POLICEMAN. With Broken Back Saves a Woman's Life. i Officer | | New York, Jan. 15.—Lying on the floor with a broken back, Patrolman James J. Redmond, of Jamaica, L. I, proved himself a hero today by saving Freida Stringham from an attack by her husband. The policemean was in bed in his apartments, done up in a | plaster cast, when the frightened wom. an burst {n'and declared that her hus- band was trying to shoot her. The of- ficer rolled from his bed, and despite the great pein which the effort cost him, crawled across the floor to a dresser and got his revolver. In an instant the dcor burst open and Stringham, armed with a large revolv- er, rushed in. “Drop the revolver or I will shoot you,” Redmond ordered. “T'm a policeman and you're my pris- oner.” Stringham glared at the crip- pled officer and dropped his revolver. Arother officer was cailed who took him | to court, where he was held in $3,000 hail on the charge of attempted felon- fous assault, PATSEY FELTS NEVER ENGAGED TO RICHESON. Western Young Woman Says She Took Friendly Interest in Him. Bait Lake City, Utah, Jan. 15.—Miss Patsey Felts, who according te report was engaged in 1803 to Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson, who caused the death Linnell by poisoning, has been a resident of Salt Lake City for sev- eral yoars. It had been stated that up to the time that accounts of the death of -Avis Linnell and the arrest of Richeson wera published she believed heraelt the pastor's fiancee. Miss Feits denied today that she ever was engaged to Richeson. She sald she Ioaned him money in Missouri with which to complete his theological edu- cation, but, according to her declara- tlon, her interest in him was nothing more than friendly. Special Train for Prize Chicken: East Hampton, Conn., Jan. 15.—Mr, and’ Mrs. Charles A. Ruesell and their chickens of Moodus which they have been exhibiting in Boston arrived here tonight by speclal train from Willi- mantic. When their train from Boston reached Willimantic the Air Line train had gone and the Russells, insisting that they were not at fault in that connections had not, been made, the rediroad company at their request sup- plied a special train for them. On their arrival here they still had a long cald ride over the hills to their home, but it 'was made, chickens and all. Murder Mystery at Newark. warl J., Jan. 15.—The body of a man brains battered out, twe stab wounds in his back and his right hand severed was found by two hanters in the. Newark meadows near the Radel leather factory late today. The victl kets had been turned ide out. man was identified as © workman at the factory, known only as Iiank. His body was still warm when found, ol T n ates, at N: Ty in-hin 106tk year, | and the substitution of a | EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY LAW UPHELD United States Supreme Court Approves Act Which Has Been Bone of Contention COURT CONSIDERS A NORWICH - CASE INVOLVED by Governor Baldwin as Chief Justice of State Supreme Court—Declares Law is as Much Policy of This State as if Enacted by Connecticut Legislature—Laws of States Superseded by Federal Law. Policy Established for All States. “The ' suggestion that the act of cOngress .ig not in harmony with the poliey of the state and therefore that the courts of the state are free to de- cline jurisdiction is quite inadmissi- | ble, because it presupposes what in | legal contemplation does not exist. When congress, in the exertion of the power provided to it by the consti- tution, adopicd that act, it spoke for all the people and all the states, and thereby establisned a policy - for all, That poiicy is as much the policy of Connecticut as if the act had emanal from its own legislature, and shoul be respected accordingly in the courtd of the state.” State Courts' Jurisdiction. Justice Van Deventer said the courf was not disposed to believe that thq exercise of jurisdiction by the statq courts would be attended by any &p+ preclable inconvenience or confusiem. THE NORWICH CASE. Cause of a Centroversy Between Roosevelt and Baldwin. New Hayen, Jan. 15.—In deciding thd se of Edgar G. Mondou vs. the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rall- road Co, the supreme court of the United States not only upheld the con- stitutionality of the employers’ liabil+ ity act of 1308, but practically dis= posed of a case that has been in the state and federal courts for several years and one which also brought for~ mer President Roosevelt and Gov. Sim- eon E. Baldwin into controvefsy when the latter was running for governor. Edgar G, Mondou of Norwidh was & fireman employed by the New Haven company and brought suit for damages” for personal injuries received and which he alleged were due to negll- gence on the part of the railroad. The action wes brought under ‘the federal law, but begun in the state courts. The defendant demurred to the, compiaint, attacking the constitutionality of the Iaw and also that action under the Yed- - eral law could mot be brought i the state coutls The lower court, sustain- ed the defitutrer and’ this waslaier af- ! firmed by the state supreme court, the opinion of the court being written by Governor Baidwin, then chief. justice of the supreéme court. 1t was during Judge Baldwin's cam~ paign for governor that former Presj~ dent Rooseveit, in the course of a polit ical speech in New Hampshir: the ground taken by Judge Baldwin in his decision of the case was that.of a re~ actionary. Tonight when told of the decision of the United States supreme court, Gov~ ernor Baldwin stated he had nothing to say. “PING” FIGURED IN THE DYNAMITE CONEPIRACY, Identity Probably Disclosed to Federal Grand Jury Yo | Indianapolis, Jan. 15—Telegrams | and letters signed “Fing, Tt | to contain a code of instructions | viaducts, bridges and buildings tl were to be blown up, were read before the federal grand Jurk today in con~ nection with Ortie K. McManigal® { confession &8 to who was implicated with him in the dynamite conspiracy. | " This signature, according to McMan=~ igal, was uot that of the McNamaras, | but was used by another person whom | he named. In June, 1910, McManigal sald, in response to a telegram fro | “Ping,” he went to Cleveland an | there blew up a viaduct for which he ! recetved $126, which was pald to him later by “Ping” in Toledo. The dyna- miters' movements to Pittsburgh and | his arrangement to have a supply of | nitro-giycerine stored in an old shop at Rochester, Pa., were also by this person. It was because of of that “Ping” was receiving $308 | for each “job,” and was giving him {only $125, that McManigal refused te work with him and afterward arrang- ed through John J. MoN mocre~ tary-treasurer of the Intemational At~ sociation of Bridge and Btructural Irem ‘Workers, to do "johs” with the aid of James B. McNamara, The feature of the investigation hav~ ing to_do with the movements of men who, . McManigal says, socem him' {o various cities whers ‘“opem shop” werk was to be destroyed, re- {celved an impetus in the issuance of | Bubposnas for new titnesses todey. The witnesses wero ordered to ap- pear after Oscar Lawler, special as~ sistant |10 “the’ attorney geueral, had arrived from Washington and confecr- od with United States AttornewCharles W. Miller, who s conducting ‘the im= quiry. All the indictments against W. J, Burns, the detective, and James He. ck, & special officer from Los Ange- les, Cal, charging them with iy ¥ing. John J. McNamara last Aj were dismissed by the county arimi- nal court today. This action follawed the action of the federal court lnsh week. Funeral of Themas Sheviin. Minneapolls, Jan, 15.—Funerhl serve fces for the lats Thomas H. Shew- maire lumber man ef United Btates and Canads, who today at Pasudena, Cal, Will be held hers next Saturday afternoon, it wam announced munr;d Tbh-%m will be Y Hire, G, . Beskowith, and her will leave Pasadens tomorrow, Pedagogue at His Worst,