Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 9, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV.—NO. 36 NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1912 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circul ation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportie” & flle City’s Eopulatlou GIRL SAYS HINES OFFERED A BRIBE Telegraph Operator Creates a Sensation at = the Lorimer Investigation. ‘ ASKED TO SEE BAILEY’S TELEGRAM| | Burns Detective had Just Filed Message Announcing Post- | ponement of Hearing—Millionaire Lumberman Said He| Would Put Something in Her “Paw” if She Would Let | Him See It—Hines Calls Story “Absurd Fabrication.” hington, Feb, 8.—A mild sensa. when Miss Seavers described a visi was caused af today’s hearing of | pald to her by Bailey and Attor committee investigating Senator | Healy, assoclated with Attorney mer's right to his seat, when Miss | hlo in reprnsmll&ng the Jocal hotel, tes 0o Edward Hines, xmucrmun, offered her money to let a telegram Detective Bailey sent to H. E. Kerr, Under | oss examination she said that 1t was telegram an- of the hear- swore that a few money ey were taik- ision—while " Lawyer Healy Warms Up. “That is-a grautitous insinuation,” e o H - flashed Attorney Healy. B b after Bailey pent b esi | Attorney Hanecy retorted that he o 1o seb the Bitsuage Juot seat tg| manted understood that Edward | o ) Hires was ot the only one who could | Kert. i be insulted in the hearins. Refused to Be Bribed. tiorney Healy sprang to his feet T told him ft_was ogalnst the |, Aflorney Heals 10 Miss Seavers. “Ho said. | 0,0 e T I will give you something if you will i nmittes 3 il e it’ I said: ;l won't take torney for pmmitie is whrue, should be driven from its deors as un- He said he would | i to reprecent it, he shouted ex doing right.’ back.” Had Money in His Hand. s Seavers added that Mr, Hines Denounced as “Trick” Question. irman Dilling suggested that d he would ‘put something in |10 insult had been intended, but S if she would let him see |ator Lea a protested. ~ At- |7 am. The witness sald that | 4 ned the 2 lines had money in his hand because | del she saw the “green” and that she shut | Attorney ks | the money dra because she did |that mo; "m and that it not want him to drop the money h]; R a question, | by | “He would not make that remark | | Told Not to Show Telegrams. | On cross examination Miss Seavers was confused as to whom she talked | bout the incident. The next day, tifled, Detective Bailey remark- outside the comunittes room and 1| here,” snapped Mr. Hanecy. Question Stricken Out. The commitiee struck out Mr. Han- | e et e Girl. doull S1OW | ecy's question containfig Mr. Healy's R St aat oF e : ut held that it was not did nottell of fhforming Bailey then | Hame, Pt held R hat Hines had sought to see the tele- gram. Later she testified that she Hines Denies Everything. “He asked me if Mr. Hines was the | [0 2 statement igaued shortly after ) 1 Yo wanted to f90 the lelegram, | Hines explicitly denied Miss Seavel ot T bacanined that ¥|tesumony. The statement reads: Want 16 get anyone in trouble. e |0id not, directly or indirectly, offer | 1 1 ‘would not gat anyon,in trou. | 1 Sifl money or any other induce- | ment to ses the telegram and had no | money of any kind in my hand at | the time. Thole story is an absurd | !al-rieuimk concocted by the Burns | detectives.” { He described a man and I told n that was the one.” Hanecy Stirs Up Tempest. Phypsical hostilities were threatened IR NSRS A = SRTV I A SR GRS REGARDS SPELLING OF STRIKERS APPOINT THE FIRST IMPORTANCE. COMMITTEE OF TEN | IR Geverncr Baldwin Expresses His Views | ult of Legislative. Effort to End | to New Haven Teachers. | Troubies at Lawrence. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 8.—At the banquet of the New Haven hers' league here tonight Governor Baldwin said he would rather have a «child at nine vears of age spell correct- v than be able to bound the Caspian sea. Governor Baldwin said: Spelling is no easy study after early childhood. In early childhood it is even in a language as hard as the Lawrence, sult of the v clal committee legislatur, seeking to bring about aii adjustment | of the strike of textile operatives, the | officials of the Industrial Workers of the Worid announced tonight that they had appeinied a general commit- | tee of ten which would he willing te | meet a committee of mill officials to- morrow if such a meeting eould be brought about. While the position of the mill men was not announced officially, i understood that they were unwill to receive a strike commitiee of | more than five member At the same | Lime the portion of the legislative com mittee met the strike leaders he; his afternoon the rest of the committee | rather have a child at nine spell correctly, read with ease, and do sums in his head than to have him deficient in any of these respects but le to bound the Caspian sea or tell how many miles away the moon is. 1 would, still rather, have him able to do_both. Obsta prineiplis is one of the wise sayings of the world. Prevent wrong beginnings. In every child let us lay a sure foundation of the absolutely nec- essary things end a superstructure will v 5, S | wive us little trouble. If, on the other | V61T RESTORED | hand, this foundation is wanting, you BY CHANCE REWMARK may rear up 2 showy form of educa- - tlon, but it will bs form, .pd mothing | Shock of Bamg Mistaken for Dead; Causes Blind Woman to See. Boston, olsa, ___._._._, LITTLE GIRL'S BODY New York, Feh, 8.—“She cried some one as Mrs. Annie Church- BURI N N NCRLNE i1l, 57 years old, totally blind and par- Disappsared With Strange Man— | Uially paralyzed for two years 4 ”p,_,b Ry of @ Lynohing. about to be taken frem 2 wagon she lay prone, into the family | home in Brooklyn. to The shock ot e a0 M. § Tl 8037 | tho words gave her roused her to | foumd 1oday in a v’au:rt house ih the protesting effort, and in a twinkling | northezst part of tbwn. Tt was B I, Tegy E Ment ! aed with guickibioa & qient 3 Jim, Jun. " she cried to her husband. | which was in the house, and fnrther i hidden by s door which had heen thenwn over it. loss of paralysis and vision was caused by shock she sus .med.; Tho iittle gil disappeared Tuesgay | 0% being luken for a corpse today is | ewening in compamy with a man ahout | blleved fo have restored her sight.| 40 years oM, a stranger hege. When her body was found it was badly mu iilated, Her eaptor had caused nher @eath by blows from his fists, her face showing the marke of a heating. The Pody was discoversd by searchers. ATl day vesterday and lust night from the time ths fire bell hrought out the citizens to join tn the hunt, 500 ROBBED MAIL POUCHMES TO HELP POOR FRIEND. | dohn J. Hamilton Makes Confession After Arrest at Wichita, Wichita, Kas., Feb, 8.—John J. Hum- nersona have been patrol yicin- | ilten robbed mail pouches for two B e yeho fo help a friend in Kansas City ty. It js Delleved = eIt was out of work and had a fam- iy to support, 1d g time he bus been w stenvgrapher in aflga of Lincoln Cochrane, s etk of the p ant hs had stolen rogistered m to Testify, THaniijton gleo sa'd ho and his fricnd wmmd 10 held up the casiier of the | Mhtoages Feh, 8. Despite the refus) cl.na postoffice during fhe present | pf Miss Hogan w testify jn the | Week, cases of Dr. vine Misinger, James v Hogan and o R. Y. aceused oung, 1o Y of Tobhing her of $1758 in the physi- MR A Mor: protest he not be allowed to make it | 1 and the fusillade continued a | tendants interviewed the mill representatives in | si Banker Morse s Home Again REACHES NEW YORK IN VERY FEEBLE CONDITION, RECLINED IN WHEEL CHAIR Curious Crowd at Pennsylvania Sta- tion to See Him—To Leave for Ger- many in a Week er Ten Days. Feb. 8. —Charles W. Lank wrecker and pardoned federal convict, came back tonigat to the scenes of his former triumphs and t{fs conviction, crumjled up in a wheel chair, silent and impassive as a lay figure. With a white-faced wife at his side, he was pushed through the :urious throngs at the Pennsylvania station, lifted quickly inte a taxicab and whisked away to his home at 127 West Fifty-eighth street. He ex; ects to remain there a week or ten d hefore 'startin; Bad Nauhe I hopes to recover sicians say pris- has shattered. Showed No Emetion. felt emotion at his ming he did not show it. Not once did he open his I during the progre f his wheel chair from train to taxie: He did not even raise his New York, on life head: at with his hands limp on the chair arms and his feet resting on the rest below. Thus he fur-trimmed shielding his £ Wheel Chair at Station. The train from Atlanta, where Morse rved less than two years of h ourteen-year sentence, was more than hour late. Reporters and photogr: phers hy the score awaited com- © and as it swept into the station at there was a rush to the front of the Pullman car bearing the con- vict and party. Preparations for his jetrainment had been carefully made. A wheel chair was rolled up with al- st automatic precision and Morse | was quickly instalied in it. : Startled by Flashlight. As the chair shot across the 1ent flooring there was a booming cra; and a burst of flames. Everybody 5@ shrank back into the hotographer had taken the face She and . L. Fowler of Atlanta, who will accompany Aorse to ope, pushed their way into the elevator | with the chair, and Merse was borne | to the upper level. Still a_Very Sick Man. Here a gritat crowd awaited Wlen the elevator gates swung open a battery of flashlights was turned loose e Wis Wwheeled to his taxicab. Morge blinked but in his face there nothing that the onlooker might read, Dr. Fowler looked about nim now and then and viewed the throng cu- riously. “How is Mr. Morse” he was asked. “He 18 a very sick man, but he stooc the trip better said the doctor. Police Fight Back Crowd. “Will Mr. Mcrse atiempt to go d town before he leaves for Germany “Impossible,” sajd Dr. Fowler. “Will there be any old friends at the home to greet him tonight? “No one except the little family par- ty,” replied the doctor. As the party approached the wait- ing taxicab tne police ght back the morbidly curious who pressed forward and with the help of the station at- a lane was forced. Wife’s Whole Solicitude for Morse. Through this \ ed stolidly through the crowd with | overcoat collar partly | than 1 had Expect&d,"‘ Norwich Men Representing Finance, the Law, Commerce | Manufacturing, and Other Interests. | | e s T TSl ot e, o w4 AN GEORGE The Fashionable Tailor of Main Street. A. KEPPLER. Germany, died today. Dr. Edward Wilmot Blyden, the fa Lisbon, Feb. 8.—The number of vic- s—, tims of the floods in Portugal is not yet known, but it will be large. Large numbers of injured are being cared for in hospitais in the flooded districts, President Taft Sent to the Senate the nomination of former Governor Herrick of Ohio to be ambassador to France. State Senator Thomas J. Swellacy | yesterday formally announced his can- didacy for the democratic nomination for mayor of Hartford. Fort de France, Martinique, Feb, A shock of earthquake was throughout the island at 355 felt this morning. No reports have yet been received as to whether any damage has | been done. 1t is Costing the State of Massachu- setts §4,000 a v to “maintain the milltia guard at Lawrence, according | to u statement by Governor Ioss. Teb, 8.—Baron de Rio Rio Janeiro, | Branco, the minister of foreign affairs, ill on the still who was stricken suddenly evening of Feb. 5 with uraemia, i ive, but the physicians in atten: say that his death is only a quest hours. | The Rumor That the Puget Sound 1 railroad had been defrauded out of $1,000,000 was declared to be false in Chicago by officials of the company. That He is Not Making Speeches at the present time was the reason given by former President Roosevelt for de- iz ress the Kentucky legis- Honoluly, Feb. 3—At a meeting here last night under the auspices of the epublican territorial central commit- tee, resolutions that Hawaii's delo- | gates to the republican national con- | vention be instructed te vote for the | renomination of President Taft were | caztied muEmesT tes, fearing the dread biack wart, LOVER DECAMPED 1 ording to department of agriculture officials | WITH GIRL'S MONEY | bt Sl | Couple Were at Hartford to Buy Their Wedding Finery. ire, Canada is About to Put Up the Bars potatoes from the ited Three Thousand Barreis of Potatoes, valued ai $9,000 and insured for $4,000, were lost with the burning of the store- house of Corey & company at Presque Isle, Me. South Manchester, Conn.. eb. Miss Mary Gorwarlki. young comely, tonight asked the loc: (o secure the arrest of Jo { kevitz, of Derby, who, she alleges, not nly failed to marry her this morning S per agreement, but that he had in his possession 3730 of her money. Ac- cording to the girl's story she met voskevitz, who wooed and wom her { consent to marry some months ago. Duril The Officers of the Equitable Life 3 society have decided to re- the old site of their head- the financial district of of the Second Connectic rtillery.and a high degree Ma- dmd t the home of his gon in son, e s ek ¢ the courtship she told him she e Miaiat for e oMt s T jon his suggestion that they cou 2 2 N e ULt e make use of it, sent for it. S AIroe) Arpat 00 Claimiig e in the jam, The doctor put out his| On Jts arrival she turned the money | APRoAred for the ralics from the wreck arm to heip her, but she replied: | OVer lo Joseph, and the two started | oF U1 BACCIeShD Maine Which ate now Don't mind me. Get Mr. Mors in|for Hariford to purchase finery for | o0 BOSTH Uig COUIer ‘Leonias of the aafely” the wedding, which was set for this| Wa¥ to the Washington navy yard. A tense moment followed, filled with mere flashes, and then the little party | Charies W, Moisc was whizzed away. homs again. NEWARK MAN SHOOTS WIFE AND A BOARDER. il B e | Janet S. Kroeck, Author and Lec- e side he s 1i 3 c di ce 11 Then Tumie Weancn Uson Himeslf |and now she wants the police o gel | Lrer, has dled euit for divorce from With Fatal Effect. | her money back. < dealt with perfect human love, | W | o Y otherhood and the ennoblement Newark, . $—Albert Jsayes | BOMB MURDER STILL AN, | ot Tatherbood. fle‘i{‘i’”fl e oot UNFATHOMED MYSTERY. L {xni d;u e ool g l\ dl ;\'n —_— Lake Supsrior, for the First Time in ed edpon on' himself, yes | i % ears, is frozen over from Eagle and his wife will probably die, leaving | T0/c® Have N.",CI"' And Ssupofiex {2”‘;‘ 7 1815 Rayale, o disbabie of 48 a six year old daugh Mrs, | tablish a Motive. | miles. and residents of Fagle River be- Baye nd her ught al 2 ] 1 e ice field o ds el Bayes and her 41‘;”5:" :mf“‘a\:\.],“;:. New York, Feb, §Unless the police | lieve that the fce field extends clear Jast Monday Bayes' mother night to see nd went to live with Mrs, Bayes called there to- is wife and without warning as they met he shot her throa | time. Behwahi pushed into the kitche: where ihe sheoting oceurred, and bari ly dodged a bullet v him, With the ex still one left for me €elf through the h Bayes fired at mation Bayes shot him- abdomen, Hearing to Connecticut Men. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, Feb. £—On Tuesda next the finance committee of tk ate will give a hearing to the nect: Mmanufacturers that wish to be beard en the machine tool section of the metals tariff bill now under consid- eration, Steamship Arrivals, “There's morning. On the w: ford on the car M $115 which ay over to Hart- Y says she look she had in her stocking that to Joseph. On their i Hartford he took her o the Wflflm‘hw and told her to vm,un out- side while he purchased s Adam J. Engelhardt Was Blown to Pisces and the main building of the Meriden auto station, w by ch was owned of the city, an expiosion h|m ear the cente vesterday b; are ahie to unearth more prom: Srueeithe big Iaite. clues ihan those they have been foliowing, the mystery Involy in the killing of Mrs. Helen Taylor b; the explosion of an infernal machine t Saturday seems likely to go down n the annrals of New York criminal unsolved. five days’ investigation by the st detectives on the e police admitied tonight ihat d no idea ot the identity of the person who the death package to Mrs. Tayl could not find a motive for the crime. Their efforts today were directed tow {ard tracing ail the friends and ac- quaintances of the woman. A list of some of tham Deputy Police Commis- sionér Dougherty 1aid tonight he found in an address hook in her apartment: OBITUARY. Emeritus Dewitt Clinton James B. Duke Will Resign the Pres- idency of the American Tobacco com- pan;j ited, and he will be succ cival 8. Hill, a ded by Per- vice president. A “Pickpocket Trust” Exists in New ,» Magistrate House said y rday in warning 2 young woman who had been robbed of her purse that an attempt probably would be made to bhave the prosecution dropped. A National Society of Polish Priests who will act in 2 body against “any at- tempt to secularize the P chial schools or under ity of the Roman see,” was officially organized at Detroit, Mich., yesterday. Chancellor Recognized as One of the Leading | | | | : . ticulturists of the world, E. H. Wil- | At Piymouth: ¥eb. 5, Noordum, from Huntington. P P i N SUFF ew Y ’ % gt son of the Arnold arboretum in Boston “x‘:: w."r'l‘?f;afi:fiuf’ff"b.i ‘m;kfiu;:i W?’j‘i RAGE. ; New “\‘,’,':,'j’w M' 4, Atgenting, from |y APc0In, Neb., Feb. §—Chancellor| has been awanded the Victoria medal Judge H:inv»’r“ urt l;d&t] The court | Eightesn ;Al-mbc;s of a.‘c?mmlfieo oH New York; Feb. 7, Perugia, from New fgn%x;‘:::‘l:-v\ux]ll:v;gr;;ym:“:;ngir;gtto: :zgnf‘g-?::i"n: ai’,ff.'}ffl'fi?né‘:r;fi Bb:x‘;?;; ‘nstrueted the jury to find Jerry Mack, in Favor t, York, = 5 =2 % another defendant, not guilty, As a At Lishon: Feb, 3, Sant’ Anna, from | 0% oris fron menrs e otiYe eduoation- 1 Isles. S result of her refusal to prosecute the | Columbug, 6. Feb, That & elause | New York, * Pl 5 S ease, Miss MHogan weas sentenced yes- terday to serve six moaths in the eounty jail and either pay or werk out fine of $1,760 in the house ef cor- Pection. providi; r equal suffrage will be | reported faverably by the committes on wumui\- suffrage of the Ohio con- | stitutie cqnvention was eomesded tonight after a hearing at which lead- ing advecates of sufffage for women mide speeches. Chairman Kilpatrick sald that 18 of the 21 members of the comuniites favor the proposal, which gives the eleetorai franchise to women. Martin-McAdoo Wedding, Afbuguerque, N. M., Feh, §.—Miss Harriet F. MeAdéo, dd.lil,hur of Mr, and Mrs, M)Imm Gibbs MeAdoe, of lrviam - beeame the bride to- fll.;: of Charles T, Martin of Pregeolt, Ariz. Phe eeremoay took place thi evening ai 3t. John's Episeepal ehurch in the presence of a few intimate friends. Mr. Martin is a son of Charles G. Martin of Graystope-bn-the-Hudson and reputad t9 be a mil Receivers for Worcester Concern, Boston, Fab, 8—George V, Phipps of this city and Charles Levy of Worees- ter were uppointed receiyers of the Werces- > Phe com- slippers and mfl‘a was petitioned inte baakrupt- 6, A Party of New York Antumhh Experts completed arrangements yes- terday for an invasion of Buenos, Ayres or the parpose of hooming American mer ‘vrlnman interests in the Kouth by lla.rl ¥ an cal metrgpoli P Imnching will follow 1€ the murderer ig catght, be - GIRL RECEIVES A SEVERE SENTENCE FOR STUBBORNNESS | (he Bhx Monthg in Jail and $1,700 Fina for | - Mk usi Year for Boy Black Hander. fouthbury, Conn., Feb, 8.—Heward Worden, the 15 vear old boy whe,at- tempted by means of threatening let- ters to secure a sum of money from Everett S. Platt, reform school for Justice of the Peace Bafe Blown for 18 Cents, HRoeh N. Y., Feb. 8.—A safe in the New York and Pennsylvania rafl- road station @ Greenwood, near Hor- linll, was hlew last night for 18 cents,’ 'he funds hai forneil bank, e year today hy M. Tuttle, James T. Pyle, President of James Pyle & Son, the well known soap man- ufacturers, dropped Jead at Tis office in Weehawken, N, Y, yesterday, was sent to the state bu:n deposited in a President Taft's Selection for the vacaney of the supreme court bench— believed generally in Washington to be Seeretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel—will be discussed and pr ratified at the regular meeting of the cabinet todny. | Charles W. Tumblinson, Superintendent Elks’ National Home. Bedford City, Va. Feb, 8.—Charles Tumblinsen, superintendent of the Elks' National home here, died today as the result of a stroke of paralysis sustained a week ago. He was 55 years old and a member of the Baltimore, Md., lodge. The burial will be in Bal- timore, George De Hart, “Village Blacksmith.” New Brunswick, N. J. eorge De Hart, the “village blacksmith,” who is dead at his homs here, shod herses for 45 years, but in the past 30 vears he never rede on or behind a horse, He lived close to New York, but never visited the “big eity,” He never rode in a trelley ear, a railread train or automnobile. He never married. Designs for the $2,000,000 Memorial te Abraham Lincoln, suitable for the melected site In Potomac park, near the Potomac river, wili be submitted to the Lincoin memorial commission, of which President Taft is chairman, within the next few months. lit Delegations from the Southern at the Chicago republican con- vention end the avaidance of contests there will be prevented if pessible by C. D, Hilles. secretary to the president. Mr. Hilles hag therefore summoned to ‘Washington leaders Df\thl Tepublican party in the south. Cincinnati Will Likely Get the Na- tional Cannery’ eonvention for 1013, e PO L R N TR | John Mitchell Tells Court He Criticised | | of the candidate hay 3 AR Jn) enjoined from di; T R T R T T F ‘::; ‘l\”l‘ Buel ; Cabled Pararrraphs [Condensed ‘Telegrams "7 | Berlin, I 1d Marshal Wil- The Ordnance Depafiment is Placing | helm Von Hahnke, one of the best| 60,000 aluminum canteens for the | known and most popular soldiers in| army. Madrid, ¥eb, 8.—Serious floods are | mous negro author and lecturer, died | reported from all parts of Spain and | yesterday. Portugal. \nm rivers and smaller | = streams overflowed their banks,| The Estate of the Late Josephine M. | inundating ul|l|re villages. Judd \\\\ Pritain is appraised at $1,667,8 Capt. A. B. Shumway, Aged 75 | ut to become chairman of the Brit- | ish-American Tobacco company, lim- Gompers in a Martyr's Role. WILL FACE JAIL FOR THE RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH. SAYS HE WILL NOT FLINCH | Its Action Under Peculiarly Trying | | | | Gircumstances—Injunction Abused. Washingto: made during 1908 w speeches support which relief injur.ctions | promised irom the s; the 1 must ! lo Admittsd Certain Speeches. Samuc! Gompers, ‘pres A ation of ent ement ‘n | court of the of where he s on trial for He admilted that he made speaches in Indianapalis and Faltimore -vhich at- who are prosecuting nim, in- ro contempt of court. Defianze at Indianapolis. he was reporicd to red Judge Parker's Instructions. today arded mpers jons of & cer, and answe: could have avoid precedure, He :.Uih!\ ¢ £ i) ican Federation Labor will trivmpt | erusih all the Vaa Cleeves, Written oy Boilermaker. This 7. Van Cleave, presidel nal Manufac- Larers. siied to explain it he of speeci. At- him te par- t by an honest, on of (oil, a boiler- he i not a lawyes id Mr. Gompers, John Mitchell Testifie: President Gompers wis excused {rom the witness stand to permit John Mit- | chell to_testif: Mitchell sa:d un- | Ger oath tha d not sign editor- | lalg and circulars from the American “ederationist, in {he boycott cass from ch his sentence for contempt arose, he did not disclaim co-responsi- for them. He was asked about s speeches at Toronto. and Indian- apohs in which he scored the injunc- tien issued by Justice Gould and the sentences for contempt issued by Jus- | e tice Wright, Spoke Under Trying Circumstances. Mr. Mitcheil looked intently into the face of Justice Wright as ke be- gan. He spoke quietly but feelingly. nor a writ- ut hen 1 was sentenced Lo nine months in prison,” he said. “T felt it Iy. It was under peculiarly try- rcumstances that I discussed it 1 felt then and feel now this court had no right and should not have the right to sentence men to prisen for contempt. Abuse of Injunction Power. “It was for the rights of the Amer- { 1can workingmen spok 1 | wanted to arouse my fe men to the crisis which is developing in this country bec of the abuse { the injunction power, which, in my has done much to lessen the ce of the ple in the integ- f the courts. Admitted Authorship of Book. Mr, Mitchell admitted authorsiip of a book and a speech before the Na- | tional Civic association In which he | expressed the opinion that injunctions | invading legal, moral and constitu~ | tiopal | disoheye ANOTHER NEW YORKER SENTENCED TO CHAIR. Charles Sprague Found Guilty of Kili- ing His Partner. | Penn Yan, N. Y | of murder in t A verdict was ren d tonight by the jury in the trir | les Sprague, 2d, ted on the | charge boting, and Lilline Goorgs Martin. The murder occurred last October at Bluff Point, Yates count | Sprague became angered at M who was digging his own shar | pateh of potatees put in on shares by | Sprague. Spragué had refused to do the digging. Sprague then got a rifie and snot Martin. Judge Clark sen- tenced Sprague to be executed at Au- burn state prison during the week of March 17th Tariff Reform Dinner. New York, Feb. 8.—United States Senator Charles A. Culberson of Tex- as and Mayor William J. Gaynor were principal speakers at a tariff reform | dinner of the National Democratic club here tonight. The keynote of the evening was a quotation from Grover Cleveland: ‘“The taxation of luxuries presents no features of hardship:; but | the necessaries of life, used and fcon- sumed by all the people, the duty up- on which adds to the cost of living in every home, should be greatly changed.” ‘r i | | Te Open Taft Headquarters. Washington, Feb. 8~—Taft head- quarters are to be opened here imme- diately and Representattve William B. McKinley of Iilinois, chairman of the republican congressional campaign | committee, will be in charge of the | president’s political Interests from now until the Chicago convention. This announcement was made tonight. Woman Wanted on Supreme Bench. Washington, Feb. 8.—Presldent Taft's deliberations on filling the pres- ent vacancy on the supreme court bench were momentarily disturbed to- day by a communication from the Woman Buffrage association of the District of Columbla suggesting that a ‘woman be appointed. Dr. David Holmes, a Professor in a New York high school, in reply to his wite's application for alimony in a divorce suit, says he wrote John & wealthy Pittsburger. before the mar- rlt:led ‘t,hn he wtu ;i po:r man a/.ml it wor e wrong for him to marry-a _ in her station of life. ‘"’, llow working- | ights should be resisted andl ——r—————-—-——-— $36,000 Taken In 20 Years 'OFFICIAL STATEMENT TO WIND. SOR LOCKS DEPOSITORS, TOTAL SHORTAGE $135,000 Interest Materially Swells Losste Bank But Expert Expresses Opinien It is Still Solvent—No Demenstratien. Windsor Loeks,” Feb, 8,—At a pub- lic meeting tonight six hundred of the epositors of the Windsor Locks sav- ings bank listened to a statement from a committee of ihe directors.of the institution to the effect that an exam- ination -of the books of former Treas- /. Converse showed that from to June, 1891, $36,000 unted for. That sum with rest would bring the shortage up abaut $135,000. Ixpert Account- ant C. 'W. Dutcher stated that in hie | opinion the bank wa till solvent. The depositors zppointed o committee of eleven (o look after their interests, First Meeting of Depositors. Tonight's meeting was the first that as bheen held by the deposi and woe orderly and without demonstra- tion of any kind. A greater number k's 1,800 depositors are em-' + local mills and tonight's represented by such @ statement from the the first official news was s trom the officials of the bank that the In addition um of §36,000 as beimg the depositors have received. to naming the unaceounted sured the depositors | be done to conserve | would be dene. statoment a8~ t all that could’ thelr interests Receivership Won't Be Pushed. Mr, Dutcher in vrances his statement said s had been given him { by the bank comm that the abpoinument of a r - would not | be pushed and he thought that if it the wish of the meeting that the ring set for Tiuesday of next week re the superior court in Hartford, ien the receivership matter le lo come up, would be postponed for thir- ty - days. | Resolution Adopted. r listening to the statements the eoting voted that committee be appointed *hair to carry out as passed. The lution reads: “That the commitiee meet the bank commissioners and directors and urge that steps be taken to conserve ‘he best interests of all concermed and that the committes shall have power to take such steps as in their opinien shall b conserve such interests” Will Delay Receivership. i is belleved that the outcome of the meeting of the committee and the bank commissioners will be the poning of the petition for a ar- ship for-at least thirty days from' the time set. MILLINERS DECIDE ON THE SPRING STYLES Hats Will Be Smaller with Plenty of Color, Particuladdy Red. Chicago, Feb, $—The National As- sociation of Retail Milliners, In con- vantion here today, decided the proper thing in hats this spring should be: Small, or medium in size. A riot of colors with plenty of plain oveities in Turkish designa. Anything, rather than large for fashionable women, In the way of noveitics, an umbrells hat, a “sou-wester,” a score of cre- ations evolved from the Turkisn tow- | el—red stripes, tassels and all—and | wound turban effects are set forth in the display of hat: Styles this season are to be less. ex- pensive and more simple, but stariing in coloring, said Mrs. Marie Harris, president of the cistion, today, THREW CARBOLIC IN FACE OF YOUNG MAN. Said to Have Had Love Affair With Her Victim. hais, Girl New York, —Carbolic _acid dasheq in the face of William Kauf- man, a tailor, 21 years old, by a young woman, as he was entering his home tonight, will probably cost him the sight of his right eve. His alleged as- sailant, Freda Levensonm, is also suf- fering from burns about the face, hands and necis, haviog spilled the acid over herself in her alleged attempt to throw it upon Kaufman. The young man’s mother, who tried to separate the pair, was burned aieo. The young | woman, who is said to have had a love affair yith Kaufman, was removed to Bellevue hospital and confined in the prison ward under a charge of felomi- ous assault. FREIGHT BRAKEMAN FALLS UNDER TENDER Released After Two Hours' Work but Dies of His Injuries. Utica, N. Y. Feb. S.—Imprisoned under his Jocomotive for two hours to- night, O. ¥. Fourney, a freight brake- man of Albany, received Injuries ar Rome wrom which he dled. Ho sip- péd from the engine rimning and under the tender. His caught on the brake beam was dragged l.w:.ndzy feet befors cngine was stopped. ble to proceed witho: head’ and it was impoestb] to go back without amputating' feet, IL took two hours’ work jacks to raiso the tender to extricate him. He m attér. il 5 ler's statement af w-nm:‘m it is true Blfl-' will be to with a “deserter's release.” Feur Canvicts in a Cell, Jefterson City, lln.ml.—l\‘ nwuotmm nne-cu