Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 18, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV—NG. 17 - NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY. JANUARY 18, 1912 FEDERAL OFFIER VISITS LAWRENCE "™ Alleged Importation of Foreign Help May Undergo Investigation. RENEWAL OF VIOLENCE YESTERDAY Soldiers Pelted With Missiles When They Barred Way of Strikers to the Mill District—Col. Sweetser Assumes Role of Mediator to End Strike—Rival Labor Organi- zations in Open Conflict—John Golden Snubbed. Men Representing Finance, the Law, Cc'm'nerce, Manufacturing, and Other Interests. caus’ Gumpe.s A Reactionary LABOR LEADER ATTACKED AT MINERS’ CONVENTION. MITCHELL ALSO CRITICISED Socialisis Provoke Stormy Debate by Effort to Have Convention Endorse Their Party—Matter Goes Over. Indianapolis, Jan. 17.—After the con-. vention of the United Mine Workers of.\ PRICE TWO CENTS Gas Explosion Wrecks Block FIFTEEN TENANTS BURIED BY BRICKS AND TIMBER. ONE DEAD, ELEVEN INJURED | Woman who was Visiting in the House Missing—Fire Broke Out in Ruins After the Building Had Collapsed. Cineinnati, Jan. 17.—One person.was killed, eleven others were injured and Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 17.—A clash between parading strikers and militja- men—the first real conflict since the cltizen soldiers were called upon Mon- day to contrel the rioting in the miil district, was one of several develop- ments today of the textile strike in which 15,000 mill operatives are con- cerned. On the heels of this disturb- ance came the announcement from Col, E. Leroy Sweetser, commanding the militia, that he had taken a hand in the efforts to arrange a settiement of the whole trquble, ! Col. Swestser Confers with Etter. Colonel Sweetser had a conference this evening at the state armory with Joseph J. Bttor, the New York leader of the strikers. Httor refused to dis- cuss the nature of this conference, but Colonel Sweetser at its conclusion maid that he had made a suggestion to Ettor for arranging a definite means of settling the existing dispute, and thereby ending the strike, temporarily at least. The details of the plan Col- onel Sweetser would not divulge, but he communicated with Governor Foss by telephone and later said he had ar- ranged a further meeting with Ettor. Colonel Sweetser's intervention &s a mediator was entirely unexpected. A Federal Investigation. Investigation by federal officials of certain elements of the situation sur- rounding the strike was begun today with the arrival of F. G. R, Gordon of Haverhill, an immigration inspector, who was sent here under orders from the immigration department at Wash- fngton. It is understood that the de- partment has received reports of al- leged illegalities in the importation of large numbers of allen help for the local mills. Golden Opposed %o Strike. Another unexpected development was the strike today of between 300 and 400 additional employes of the Arlington mills, among whom are & large number of members of unions connected with' the TUnited Textile Workers of America. This organiza- tion, of which John Golden of Fall Rtver, is the head, is & rival of the Industeial Workers of the World, the organization which has asgumed di- rection of the strike generally in this city, .. Mr, Golden, who was in. the city yesterday, was quoted as declar- ing himself in opposition to the strike. Number of Workers Increases. More operatives than on any day this week worked today at the mills, all, of which, with two exceptions, were opened. The two mills which re- mained cloged were the Everett and the Lawrence Duck mills. It is sald tonight that the latter will reopen to- mcrrow morning, Strikers Plan Parade Today. Meanwhile, in expectation of an- other”.parade of strikers tomorrow, police -and- military preparations tc prevent the paraders from enfering the mill district were carefully plan- ned tonight. At a mass meeting today prier to the clash with the militia, the strikers voted to have the demon- stration and parade tomorrow include all the 15,000 on strike. Today’'s pa rade was made up of abeut 3,000 per- sons, when a mob who had paraded through the city was subdued only by the vigorous use of clubs and swords by members of Battery C, Light ar- tillery of Lawrence, when the strikers entered the mill districl, within which zone martial law has been declared. Lieutenant Buckley had thrown a line of milittamen across Canal street, op- shire, to deflect the crowd. Threw Missiles at Soldiers. The strikers offered resistance by pushing and use of fists and some managed to penetrate the line of sol- diers, despite the blows given by the militiamen’s clubs and the officers’ swords which rained upon them. The larger part of the crowd was driven back and the combat ceased for a moment. After being forced up Hampshire street, the strikers began to bombard the soldiers with Ice, brickg and tin cans, several of the mil- itiamen being hit. None suffered seri- | ous weunds, Many of the strikers sus- tained injuries to heads and bodies by clubs and swords and two had their faces Ladly cut in the same manner. Several children were trampled upon in the melee, Attempted to Cross Bridge. The strikers were finally allowed to go up Canal street and when they reached the Lawrence Duck mill bridege, half a mile away, they made an attempt to cross, The Wood, Ay- er and Lawrence duck mills are at the other end of the bridge and appar- ently were the objects of attack by the crowd. Company K, Sixth regi- ment, of Lowell, in command of First Lieut. John P. Davis, was in charge at this point and the officer ordered the strikers to continue on down Ca- nal street without crossing the bridge, Used Flag as Passport. An interesting eplsode occurred here. One of the strikers who was carrying a big American flag, held it up ard cried‘out: “This is the Amer- ican flag! Tt can go auywhere!” * " Soldiers Salute the Flag. In a moment Lieutenant Davis had ordercd his men to salute the flag and the militiamen had drawn up and pre- sented arms before the nation's em- blem, when the strikers apparently attempted to take advantage of their position and rushed forward as if to cross the bridge. In another moment, Lieutenant Davis had ordered the men to charge bayonets, and the flag was trailed in the snow ‘by the Italians, who had stampeded when the strikers were forced to retreat before the brist- ling steel, No trouble developed be- yond this point, the crowd ultimately dispersing. | L SNIUSERSSSISSECESESUSSE - MORSE’S SENTENCE MAY BE IMMEDIATELY COMMUTED Surgeon General Submits a2 Report on Banker’s Condition, Washington, Jan. 17.—The question of the immediate commutation of the sentence of Charles W. Morse again hangs in the balance. Surgeon Gen- eral Torney of the army, who was consulted by Atterney General Wick- ersham as to whether or not Morse's condition now seems desperate, made & report to the attorney wgeneral late today. General Torney's opinion will be laid before the president, and, in the meantimse, it will not be made pub- lic. If the end seems imminent, it can be said, the president will com- mute the sentence. General Torney's report was based upon a study of the recent daily tele- raphic advices from the surgeons at he hospital at Fort McPherson, Ga., where Morse is comfined. In the past ew days they have explained that Morse is continually losing ground and that the condition is now grave, CHAMPION COCKEREL KILLED BY DIAMOND Golden Wyandotte Prize Winner Dies at Washington Poultry Show, Washington, Jam. 17.—'Champion” a golden Wyandotte cockevel, prize winner at a number of poultry shows, is dead from eating a dlamond. The bird, which is 2)6 property of Henry J. Hunt 8d, Was entered in the annual exhibition of the Washing- ton Pouliry and Pigeon association. The brilllant stons in a ring on the hand of its owner attracting his at- tention, he reached out his beak, peck- ed off the stone and swallowed it be- fore Hunt could snatch his hand away. An operation and the effects of chlo- roform caused “Champion's” death, Unusual Scarcity of Lobsters. Portland, Me, Jan. 17.—Not for many months have ilobsters been as scarce as at the present time. Many lobster fishermen have become dis- couraged and have given up the work for the present. The storms of the past six weeks have ralsed havoc with traps and boats. Endicott for Chief Ma, I Cambridge, Mass,, Jan. 17.—William Endicott, Jr, of Boston, has been chosen chief marshal for the com- mencement exercises at Harvard col- lege next June. The marshal is &l- ways selecled from the class which. has been out of college 25 years, Glanders Epidemic at Wilton. Conn., Jan, 17~—Livestouk owners here are much worked up over the death of elght horses from glan ders. Animals are being quarantind and the state cattle, commissioner has taken steps looking to a prevention ot the spread of thesdisease, Held for Brother's Death. Middletown, N, Y. Jan. 17.—Joseph t‘umn.n was held today to await the ction of the grand jury on a charge ] bein!han acccegsory in the death of his brother, Thi mm b‘dfim'u ENTHUSIASTIC GREETING FOR CARDINAL FARLEY. Police Forced to Charge Throng Which Sought to Kiss His Ring. New York, Jan. 17.—Illumination to- night of St. Patrick’s cathedral with fifty thousand electric lights strung to the very tips of the two great spires ended a day of ovation for John Car- dinal Farley on his return to America as a newly created prince of the church. It is estimated that three- quarters of a milllon people saw his eminence driven from the Battery, where he landed from an ocean liner, up Broadway and Fifth avenue to the cathedral. So unbounded was the en- thusiasm of many who sought to kiss his ring that the mounted police were obliged to charge the tArongs repeat- edly. CARDINAL GIBBONS WITNESS IN COURT. Testifies in Will Case in Which He is Named as a Beneficiary. Baltimore, Jan. 17.—For the first time in thirty years Cardinal Gibbons appeared In court today as a witness. He testified at Towson,Baltimore coun- ty, in the trial of a caveat to the will of the late Joseph Friedenwald, dispos- ing of an estate valued at $4,000,000. The caveat, flled by Moses Frieden- wald, a son, alleges insanity as a ground for setting aside the will. The cardinal said that he knew Joseph Friedenwald nearly thirty years and never observed any signs of ment- al weakness. In his will Mr, Frieden- wald bequeathed $2,000 to the car- dinal. MRS. DUNLOP'S BURNS HAVE FATAL RESULT. Believed tc Have Fal_l-;r; While Carry- ing a Lighted Lamp. ‘Woodb Conn., Jan. 17.—Mrs. J. W. Dunlog ho was burned last night by the upsetfing of a lighed lamp, die late toeday without having regaina consclousness. She was 39 years old and came here from Meriden five years ago. One son survives her. The exact circumsta surrounding the burning nf Mrs. are not known, owing to her i ly to make a statement, but it 18 b ved that she tripped and fell while carrying the lamp. To Freeze Out Winston Churchill. Belfast, Ireland, Jan. 17.—The ar- rangements made by the unionists to freeze out Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, at his in- tended demonstration in favor of home rule, which is to take place here on February 8, include the bivouacking of 5,000 stalwarts inside Ulster hall some days in advance of the meeting. They will have orders to hold the hall agaolst all comers. Thres Trolleys in Crash, Boston, Jan. 17.—Fhree ons wers injured, none fatally, and more than & score were shaken up when three electric cars came together near the Bcollay square station of the Tre- mont street subway today. Those most:ser y hurt were Fred Cal- k&u‘ oL and H. F. Wood o JOHN D. Attorney-at-Law and of the City of Norwich. HALL, Cabled Paragraphs London, Jan. 17.—The British isles are now in the grip of a fierce storm which is creating havoc along the coasts as well as in the interior The Hague, Netherlands, Jan. 17.—- An apparently well founded report is in circulation that Queen Wilhelmina who two weeks ago was sald to l;l* expecting an interesting family event has suffered another mishap which dissipates the immediate hopes of the birth of an heir to the throne of The Netherlands. St. Petersburg, Jan. 17.—A serious aocident occurred 4t the Imperial op- era tocay. During the rehearsal of the opera, Tristan and Isolde, the floor collapsed, and twenty women, mem- bers of the chorus, were taken from the wreckage, badly hurt. The Rus- sian_basso, Sibiriakoff, was more se- verely injured than any of the other performers. Hpg is suffering from con- cursion of the brain and a fracture of the leg. TAFT'S WARNING WILL HELP PRESIDENT GOMEZ. His Position in Cuba Strengthened by Intervention Threat. ‘Washington, Jan. 17. — President Gomeg's position will be made much more secure by the warning issued yesterday by the state department, in the opinion of the officials here. It is held that the threat of intervention will go far towards relieving the Cu- ban president of his apprehension that this government is about to begin an- other period of occupation. For some time past President Gomez has been contemplating dealing forei- bly and sternly with an element in Cuba which seemed determined to force its will upon the executive and congress in deflance of law and the constitution. To undertake to bring these peopls to terms by force, in- volving the arrest and perhaps the death of some of them, might be re- rded by the United States as an evi- ence of a revoluttonary outbreak which would compel armed interven- tion. By yesterday's demand upon Gomez to carry out the constitutional guarantees the United Btates govern- ment has virtually assented in advance to any drastic measures President Gomez may feel called upon to take. Although still confident that there will be no occasion for military inter- vention in Cuba, the general staff is laying its plans whereby an adequate force of troops could be placed in the principal Cuban ports in a fortnight at the outside. BRISTOL VOTES 7O TAKE WATER WORKS, Overwhelming Majority for Municipal Ownership at Election. Bristol, Conn., Jan. 17.—A vote was taken here today on the municipal ownership of waterworks, and of the 992 voters who cast ballots 7056 were in favor of the question and 287 op- posed the idea. The next step to he taken is the applying to the superior court for an appraisal of the property after which another vote will be tak- en, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the citizens will take over the water system at the valuation price, eSS SR il SN B - SACCESIIRE A s Seoliine S0 A Caee St a8 IR SR i b TS ey OBITUARY. Capt, James P. S. Lawrence, U. S. N. Philadelphia, Jan. 17.—Capt. James Peyton Stewart Lawrence, U. 8. N, retired, died today at his home in this city from a stroke of apoplexy which he suffered while visiting the Phila- delphia navy yard yesterday. He was 59 years old. Mrs. Alfred Bishop Mason. New York, Jan. 16.—Mrs. Alfred Bishop >iason died suddenly of heart failure early today in the Mason resi- dence, on East 54th street. The death was reported to the coroner’'s office, Mrs. Mason was Mary E. Murdech be- fore her marriage. Her father was the Rev. David Murdeck of New Mliford, Conn. She was the author of several books and many special articles for | the magazines. Her husband, a brok- er, and one son, McDonald Mason, gur- vive. Mrs, Mason was about 60 years old. Third Avenue Railroad Reorganization New York, Jan. 17—The public service commission formally approved today the bondholders’ plan for 'the reorganization of the Third Awenue compeny, the new corporate title- of which {s the Third Avenue Raitway company. Hoyt Re-elected President. Boston, Jan. 17.—Charles C. Hoyt was re-slected president of the New England Shoe and Leather assocla- tion at the annual meeting in this city today. Thomag F. Anderson was ohosen secretary. and George McCon- mell treasurer, . g < | Condensed T elegrams _The Newell Bipck at Ogdensburg, N. Y., was completel{ destroyed by fire %‘esterdny with a loss of about $160,- Starving Peasants in Greenburg, southeastern Russia, are selling their children to the Khingese nomads or gypsies, ¢ Charies H. Rice, a Well Known Business Man of Bangor, Me. dled vesterday after an illness of several months, Hargford’s Oldest Dentist, Dr. S. Le- grande Crane, died suddenly of heart disease at his home there yesterday, aged 81 years. Senator Albert B. Cumming of lowa will shortly announce himself as a camndidate for the republican presiden- tial nomination. Edward F. Dunne, Former Mayor of Chicagoe, yesterday announced his can- didacy for the democratic nomination for governor of Iilinois. General Frederick Dent Grant, who many times in officlal reports has rec- ommended the restoration of the army canteen, now is opposed to it. The Hotel Men’s Committee of Chi- cago announces that hotel rates will not be raised during the meeting of the republican national convention, Stockholders of the Rutland Railroad, headed by J. M. Hunnewell, were again defented yesterday in their efforts e have a receiver appointed for the com- pany. Miss Mary P. Hinsdale, who for 58 years taught a class in the Second Congregational Sunday school at Win- sted, Conn., died yesterday after three days’ fllness, Exports from the United States for the calender year 1911, amounting to $2,092,378,141, exceeded the total of any preceding year, according to the bu- reaun of statistics. At a meeting at Hartford vesterday of the directors of the State Busi- ness Men's association, the newly formed Ansonla association was ad- mitted to membership. The Betrothal of Princess Viotoria Louise and Grand Duke Adolph Fred- erick of Mecklenburg, will be an- nounced on the birthiday of her father, Emperor Willlam, January 27, While Despondent Over Poor Health, Jonathan F. Johnsen of Brunswick, Me., aged 80, for many years carpen- ter for Bowdoin college, committed slli(&ide yesterday by drinking carbolic acid, Governor Woodrow Wilson of New dersey will go to Providence, R. I, on Sunday, Jan. 28, for the purpose of conferring with democratic leaders of the state upon the coming presidential campaign. Notice Was Posted Yesterday at the plant of the American Yarn company at Pawtucket, R. I, which has -been closed for six menths, announcing a resumption of work in all departments next Monday. Owing to the Operation of the 54 Hour Law, which they claim has re- sulted in a reduction of their wages, about geventeen cutters in the Lowell (Mass.) S8hoe company's factory quit work yesterday. A Bill Prohibiting the Use of the so-called “third degree” methods in obtaining confessions from persons un- der arrest was Introduced in the Rhode Island senate yesterday by Senator A. P. Munroe of Providence. The Protests Against the Suggested appointment of Judge William C. Hook of Kansas to the United States su- preme coyrt bench to succeed the late Justice Harlan have been investigated by Attorney (ieneral Wickersham and found groundiess. That He had Hoped to Find in Wood- row Wilson another Tilden, but found ‘rather a schoolmaster than a states- man" was the declaration by Henry Watterson, the veteran Kentucky edi- tor and southern democrat, in a state- ment last night. Attornoy General John M. Light has prepared the citation of charges which Dr. Frank G. Atwood, a veterinarian of New Haven, has mode to Governor Baldwin against General Heman O. Averill, the commissioner on the ds- €ages of domestic animals, alleging “incempetence, misconduct and mate- rial neglect of duty.” Octogenarian Freezea to Death. nticello, N, Y. Jan, 17.—A pa- thx« incident of cold wawe was the Vi her here today ! van., America had gone on record today as| one is missing as the result of an ex- Tavoring government ownership of in- | plosion of gas that wrecked a three dustries, the socialists among the 1,300 | story brick tenement house here to- delegates launched a resolution en- | night. dorsing their party as “the political | House Crumbled Like Paper, party of the worlggg class,” but it met | . onijre structure, which was bullt resistance. Stor debate occupied | 1 22 years b led 1 . the afternoon sesslon and the question [+ fif“(;:?“flfoi)l::}‘l{:; '.:L lalé:u%:‘;;: “;E went over until tomorrow. To Withdraw from A. F. of L. Action was also deferred on a reso- lution providing that the United Mine Workers shall withdraw from the| American Federation of Labor, con- | demning the National Civic Federation | as an agent of capitalists, and sharply | critcising Samuel Gompers, John Mitch- | el! and other leaders of the Federation of Labor for co-operation with the Civ- ic Federation. Gompers Called a “Reactionary.” Samuel Gompers was characterized as “a reactionary” by Thomas I. Lew-| is, former national president of the miners. “As long as Gompers is at the | head of the federation he will oppose | the general industrial organizations as | contrasted with the separate crafts un- | ion idea,” he sald. -“But the time will come when leaders in the federation will be compelled to step down or | come over to the principle of a closer formation working for'the benefit of the whole laboring class.” | RICHESON DISOWNED BY HIS AGED FATHER No ‘Leflers Received from Elder Rich- eson Since the Confession. Boston Jan, 17.—No move looking toward the commutation of the death sentence imposed upon Rev. C. V. T. Richeson for the murder of his for- | mer sweetheart, Avis Linnell, will be | taken 1ntil the return of Attorney J. L. Lee from his home in Virginla, ac- cording to statements today by At- torney William A, Morse. Mr. Lee is expected back in Boston in about two weeks. Teicheson, acco-ding to Mr. Morge, ic in a very penitent frame of mind and when visited by his attorney was found ‘engaged in prayer. Duging the first weeks of his con- finement in Chardes street jail Riche- | son received two letters a iveek from his aged father, Thomas V. Richeson of Lynchburg, but it is stated that since the minister conf2ssed he nas received no word from heme. Jail offizialg say that this attitude on the part "of the elder Richeson was not | unexpected by the prisoner, and that the father when hg visited his son told him that in the event of his being found guilty he would disown him. WARRANTS SERVED ON “PLAYBOY” PERFORMERS, Charges - That Performance is of an Immoral Character. Philadelphia, Jan, 17—Warrants for the arrest of every member of the cast of “The Playboy of the Western ‘World” were served today and bail was entered for them for a hearing before a magistrate. The players are charged with “taking part in a theatrical per- formance of an immoral character, or which might tend to corrupt morals.” The warrants were sworn to by Irish- mep opposed to the produetion. Under an act of the state legislature passed at a recent sesslon & fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than a year, or both & fine and imprisonment, may be inflicted should they be found guilty. Fourteen men accused of inciting to riot in trying to break up last night's performance of the play were ar- raigned today. Those whose offenses were deemed most fiagrant were held in §800 bail for court, while others were discharged. FIVE LIVES LOST IN A MINE EXPLOSION Victims Were Doing Exira Werk Be- tween Day and Night Shifts. Central City, Ky., Jan. 17 —IFour.per- sons are known to have been killed and another is believed to be dead as a result of an explosion in a mine of the Central City Coal and Iron com- pany about five o'clock this sfterrocn. The oxplosivn oocurred just aller the day men had coms out. The cause is unknown. The mine is not badly demaged. Two hundred men are usually at work in the mine, but the explosion came sosn after the dav snift had come out «nd beforc the night men hai gone down. The five victims weie doing extra work. Assistant Stale Mine Inspector Jones is on the grouad, Three oi the bodies wcie recovered. The Central Coal and Iron com- pany workings is one of the properties recently consolidated with 16 others in Kentucky by the Dupont interests, Comptroller Bradstreet Undergoes Op- eration. Thomaston, Conn., Jan. 17.—State Comptroller Thomas D. Bradstreet was operted on this afternoon for a double rupture. Five doctors and two nurses were summoned from Hartford and performed the operation, which Is re- ported as successful. Mr. Bradstreet haws been confined to his home for some time. Bertolette Fever. Washington, Jan. 17.—Yellow fever has atiacked Commcnd.ix*; eLav IE; rBi;:x; ?lu:;t:iz ?:ktowdni‘,nsrhmh for the past ten days has been protecting American interests in Ecuador. Commander Has Yellow Summoned In Dynamite Probe, Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 17.—8er-~ geant J. J. Roberts and Patroiman C. C. Cartensen of the Salt Lake City police force were served with sub- poenas today by United States Mar- shall Anderson, ordering them to ap- pear immediaiely before the grand jury in Indianapolis to testify in re- gard to the alleged dynmamite conspira- ey. John Hays Hammeond Sued for $17,868. New York, Jan, 16.—A sujt 5 e n ! neath an avalanche of bricks and tim- bers. The Dead and Missing. The dead: Miss Ida Markus. The missing: Miss Mary Brock, Fire Followed Coilapss. Fire broke out immediately after the collapse, and the cries of the injured could be heard for squares. 1t'was not until two hours afie:ward that all of the injured and the body of the dead woman were taken out of the debris It is known that Mrs. Mary Brock of Price Hill was visiting the Markus girl at the time. Five Families in Building. Five families, totalling in all about 15 persons lived ir the building. Several occupants of a oar | which was passing the building st the time were cut by flying glass, CARNEGIE AWARDS TO LCONNECTICUT HEROES Bravery of Petar C. Banfield and Wil- liam M. Hoffman Recognized. Pittsburgh, Jan. 17.—Acts of hero- ism in many parts of the country re- celved substantial recognition today in the awards of the Carnegie hero fumd commisgion, which gave large sums of money, medals and other recogni- ticn to a larze pumber of persons who have figured in these acts ef bravery. Of the 38 cases to receive. resogni- tion there were two in Conneectieut as follows: Peter C. Banfield. Bronze medal and $1,000, to liquidate his- indebtedness and other worthy purposes as needed. Banfleld, aged twenty-seven, foreman of linemen, rescued John F. Ci s aged forty-iwo, lineman, from elee shock, Windsor, Conn., Nevember 27, 1909, DBanfield climbed to the top of a twenty-four-foot pole to aid Casey, who had come in contagt™#ith a Wire carrying a current of forfty-eight hun- dred volis, and lay unconsclous upon it. Banfield, moving among the high- power wires, cut“one of them, and then jerked Casey loose ffom the one on which he lay, Casey struggled, but Banfield, while clinging to the pole with his legs, worked resuscitating him until another man climbed the pole and handed Banfield a rope with which Casey was lowered. Casey died from his injuries six days later, Banfleld was disabled five days. ‘William M. Hoffmem, deceased. Bil- ver medal to step-mother and pension of $25 a month.—Hoffman, aged twen- ty-nine, peolisher, died attempting to save William G. Hotchkiss, aged 11, from drowning, New Hartford, Connm., January 28, 1931, With the tempers- ture at freezing point, Hoffman went from the shore to the assistance of Hotchkiss, who had broken ¥ the ice on the Farmington river, J8 feet from the ‘bank, where the water was over eight feet deep. When with- in reach of Hotchkiss the ice broke beneath Hoffman, throwing him into the water, He caught hold of Hotch- kiss and helped him reach the edge of the hole, but his efforts to mmsist Hoetohkiss out of the hole wers un- successful, as the ice broke each time he trled. Hoffman then became sep- arated from Hotchkiss and was teo dazed and numb to help Hotchkiss or himself. In a few moments both sank and were drowned. TELLS OF WICKEDNESS OF THE MERIDEN GIRLS. Statement of Clergyman Challenged by Police Chief, Meriden, Conn., Jan. 17—olice Chief Charies B. Bowen said today that it was his duty to challenge Rev. Charles K. Woodson, pastor of the Trinity Methodist chureh, to furpish the evidence to bear out the public sfatement made by the latter before the W. C. T. U, Tuesday afts n when he said: “I have been in Meridén a year now (pretty short timre, fsm't it?) and dering that time I have fearn- ed of some of the wickedest girls, morally, that I have ever come scross, and I can cite instances.” Chief Bowen said: “That statement is unqualifiedly false, and has an echo of truth. I obedlenge him %< nish the names of such girls. I - lenge him to furnish the addressas of any houses of i1l fame within the dor- ders of the town of NMeriden, T¢ is generally acknowledged that stands alomne in this respect. i» absolutely no soliciting on our streets and the police department take pride in saying that a wemsan or oan walk on any avenue or strest in 1= den any time, day or night, fear of molestation. In my opinkem the reformers, the ministers’ association, go-called, have very little work in_ this city. More particuiarty somg the lines of reformation mentiomed™ TWO KILLED IN CRASr OF TROLLEY AND TRAIN Six Others Injured in Mead-en- Ooflie- ison at Martineville, Ind. Martinsville, Ind, Jan. 17,—¥ ¥o meen were killed and six ofhers w one probably fatally, when & Interurban car, outbound from Indian- arols on the Indianapolls amd Mar- tinsville line, ran hend-ca into & work trein four miles out of e, today. The dead: Thomas Weddle of Maitinsville, sec- tion of Interurban 5 Murle Apple of Martinsville, conduc. tor on wolg tredn. B, Caldwell of Brooklyn, motorman on the Hmited car, was probably fa- itally hurt. —_—— Mistook Carbollc for Whiskey. i Conn.,” Jan. 11.—James mdfl. ear- bolic acld for w! tonight and is dead at hir home on Nichols He leaves a widow. ¢ Arrivate. f