Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 21, 1912, Page 1

S—— 46 VOL. LIV.—NO. / of Express WRECKAGE B?JRNING IN TUNNEL Intense Heat Caused by the Flames Causes Sections of Rock to Drop, Blocking Tunnel for Several Days—Passenger Train Bacln'Oul and Saves Passengers from Suffocation —Express Warned but Brakes Refused to Work Mase cars burning flercely, ections of rock weighing many Josened by the heat and rain pon the tracks, Hoosac tun. » Fitehburg division of - th Maine railroad w: s0 ef \e opinion of rallroad men, ins n agaln operate Four railroad men the ol \sscoger express crashed intc The Dead. of dead as made public by Is follows 50, Williams- ‘tric’ locomotive. otia, N. Y., as- Greenfield, “learn- ngine. 31, North Adams, freight train. Freight Cars Take Fire. t awas 1ot seri- exception of which was draw s of the freignt and the wreckage ished The sm e tunnel drove sought entrance from that o heat made it impossi- d the cenlral shaft n 8 k trom e s wter ‘the | here, Fire Chief Montgomery and for- Tash the wreckage was still burn- |ty volunteers were placed aboard a \ng Seventeen freight cars were on|flat car and drawn by a steam en- fire and the heat was so great that purtians he tunnel rocks were cracking off and falling to the tracks. Saw Smoke Pouring from Tunnel. The happened about 2,500 st portal of the tun- »'clock, but it was some e the news reached the railroad wires W the tunnel were car- crash. A switch- portal who - noticed unnel was the first to send in word of the wreck Passenger Train Backs Out. Meanwhile the passenger train which locomotive had brok- e electric engine with was slowlye backing re and got beyond where the air was ificulty. Later the Feb. 20.—With tlocked as the result of a on tonight that it will be | were on when 2 Boston- oke pouring from the back and Freight. train was backed out and at 7 o'clock | night, three hours late, was started | for Hoston over the Boston & Albapy | tracks. Passenger Train Was Flagged. The freight rtain, made up of 82 cars loaded with .nmerchandise, went into the tunnel just before four | oclock and when near the further | end of the four-mile shaft was stop- | ped for some' reason and agman Kent went back to warn the express. He succeeded in stopping the express and then got aboard the engine which proceeded cautiously toward the Mfreight, For some unexplained rea- on, possibly because the brakes re- used to work, the electric engine failed to come to a stop when it near- | od the rear of the freight train and a moment later there was a terrific| crash, This was followed by an elec- | tric display and burst of flame and then tne rear frelght cars took fire. To Avoid Suffocation. The engineer of the Tegular engine on the express train saw that the only hope of saving the passengers from death by suffocation was to get away | from the spot at once, and he immedi- ately startec to back away, It W not only until 7 o'clock that the train finally emerged into the open air, hav- ing been held up west of the main air shaft awaiting orders. { Too Hot to Enter Tunnel. When news of the wreck reached gine sought to reach the scene, but once they had passed the central air | shaft the heat became so intense that they were obliged to turn back long | before reaching the wreck. Mean- | while Supt. J. D. Tyler and a gang_of section men tried to get to the fire from the other end but they were | ariven back by the clouds of smoke | and gas that filled the mouth of the tunnel, Explosions Caused by Oil. Shortly before midnight a gang of wreckers went into the tunnel and at- tempted to reach-tile burning debris. They had ot 4oout 2300 feet When a car of oil burst into flames. There were a number of heavy explosions and smoke, denser than ever, spread through the tunnel. The wrecking crew was barely able to escape. No further attempt will be made to get into the tunnel unmtil the fire has burned itself out. MRS. O'SHAUGHNESSY IS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL. Has Indicated No Evidence of Insanity While Confined. —Mrs g shot _and killed on May 5 last, was acquitted the ground that sed from the al for the in- e fact of her release public until tonight. liospital there were no ty, and the conclusion at _aithough Mrs. ight have been insane killing, derange- f emotional insamts, immeiiately after fler she had vd to cease woman Fran 42 STARS IN FLAG ON JULY 4 NEXT. The Biue Field to Have Six Rews of | Eight Stars Each. Am officiad oF- - o show the addition | new stetek to the Union, has | he navy department. T 4% slars to be arrang- orrespanding stars vertical This recommended by the of sach row President Taft. HEART-BREAKING NEWS FOR SILK STOCKING BRIGADE. Duty to Bs Placed on Imported Hos- | lory, and Sugar to Be Free. su. Feb, 20. ommittes intends to try to of silk stockings and pensive imported clothing and | windows demolished. government other e up for the dutfes tha would lose by free sugar. & 66,000,000 » year out of the treasu On Saturday the committee will col cy things. English Coal Owners Name Terms. London, Feb, 20.—The English coal ownere represented on the conciliation board bodying the conditions under whic) iy are willing to concede a minimum is a long and | vuge. The statement technical document, the mos” import- ant item of which is the rejuirement | of 4 gusrantes from the miners of a minimum output, For Hol IpgHunters. New flaven, ’-\.. 20—In the court. foday Mru. Helen | +and - ick Bardnas ot wers. gognd guilty with hold- | Uiree et the peint of a the Wway home some time and compe them to surrender rms. Sentence will bg Imposed P Steamship Arriva At Genoa: Feb. 17, Ancoma, frem | New York. At Gibralt ¥ab. 20, Prinzess Ivene, s of the na- | on Jack in | irich takes effect July of eight stars each, with | arrangement joint ¥ ihe army and navy and ap- The ways and ugar on the fres list would keep wider tuking the duty off sugar and | Original Sentence of Two Years In- putting ¥ on stockings and other fan- | sued a4 statement tonight em- YOUTHFUL AVIATOR FALLS ON LAKE ERIE. Buried in Wreckage of Machine and | Sustaing Several Cut: Erie, Pa;, Feb, 20.—Barl Sandt, a youthful aviator, the first birdman to fly over the _Great Lakes from the | United Btates to Canada, vame to grief | ten miles out on the lake from North- east, Pa. tonight while attempting a returp fiight to the American shore. While high in the air, and twenty miles east of his course, the engine of the biplane stopped, Kor a time he glided toward the ice-covered lake, but | suddenly the machine turned turtle and he was burned unconscious in the wreckage, How long he remained in this condition Sandt does not know. When he recovered he was literally saturated with bleod from many cuts. Alded Dy a pocket compass, Sandt walked ten miles to the American shore, landing at Northeast at 10 | o'clock tonight. He was found st | gering along the shore by boys who | were skating and later carried to 1 hotel and word telephoned to this ci Sandt is not injured seriousty. was brought here from | midnight in & speclal car, Thousands | of persons, & brass band and loud | blasts from shep whistles grested him, H rtheast at | A WILD BLIZZARD | SWEEPING THE SOUTH.!| | Railroad Traffic Demoralized and Wire % Communication Affected. !last few months, which gave rise to The Bulletin's Circulation in' Norwich is Dohbie That of Any Other Paper, TRAINS CRASH IN HOOSAC TUNNEL Four Trainmen Killed in Rear-End Collision Cabled Eggraphs Caloutts, Feb, 20—A small steamer foundered yesterday near Rangoonm, capital of Burma, Fifty persons were drowned, Berlin, Feb. 20.—Prof. Albert Hertel, the noted painter of landscapes and still life, died here late last evening in his 69th year. Bombay, Feb, 20.—Thirty thousand bales of cotton were destroyed in a great fire which broke out in one of the blg warehouses in this city at noon today. The loss is $1,250,000. Cape Haitlen, Iaiti, Feb. 20.—An official report has just been received of a severe fight between the revolu- tlonary forces and the government troops witich occurred near the San Domingan frontier on Wednesday last. | The result of the fighting-1s not re- corded. Bremen, Germany, Feb. 20.—The North German Lloyd Steamship com= pany professes to be unable to under- stand the reasons for the decision of which declared yvesterday company must stand trial in the Unit- States circuit court on a charge of ating the law. immigration NEW HAVEN HAS NO CONTROL OVER ALBANY v President Mellen So Informs New York Public Service Commission. Albany, N. Y., Feb, 20.—Charles S. Mellen, president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co., was a witness today at the hearing be- fore the public service commission on the tion of the New Haven | road to acquire from the New York Central oad Co. the majority | stock i Rutland Railroad Co. | and the application of the Central to | acquire from the New Haven the con- trol cf the New York, Ontarlo & Western Rafiroad Co. Mr. Untermyer questioned Mr. Mel- len in relation to the deal whereby the New York Central and New Haver shared in the profits or deficits of the Boston & Albany railroad. Mr. Mellen saia the ven people had noth- ing to say about the conduct of the Boston & Albany. The management, which is controlled by the New York Centr: ould cut rates tomorrow all over the Boston & Albany road and I can only sit in my chair and growl. That is not control; It is no partner- ship when they can do that. Answering Mr. Untermyer's ques- tion as to whether he would use the Rutland as a club against the Grand Trunk entering New Bngland, Mr. Mellen said: “The test would be made if a profit occurs in ‘my use of the Rutland railroad for the road; I hage 4 right to use it as I see fit ‘5o long as I deliver the profit to the | stockholders.” The witness said_the | Rutland would be useful to the New | ven in any controversy with the Grand Trunk. ATTEMPTED BLACKMAIL OF FRANCIS R. ARNOLD Young Mulatto Woman Walks Into the Web of the Detectives. York, Feb, | New 20.—Fessie Green, a mulatto, s old, was arrested late tocay, charged with attempting to hlackmail Francis R. Arnold, father of Dorothy Arnold, the girl who mys- terious’y disuppeared from her home more than a year ago. According to o detectives who made the arrest, a band of six persoms, of which it is harged the Green wuman Js one, since last June have been sending letters to Mr, Arnold demanding a large sum of money and thieatening that he would be shot if it was not paid, Fif- teen letters of a threatening nature were received, John S. Keith, assistant district attorney, said, all of which were turned over to the police. Detectives disguised as letter ear- for a long time attempted to 1 delivery letters at ad- s gnated by the alleged mailers, but were unable to get anybody to claim them there, Finally ago_demanding that Mr. Arnold send per offics, they oblained a clue which led to the Green woman's ar- rest. A decoy letter sent through the newspaper office was traced to an | apartment house where it was learned that a bellboy had been instructed over the telephone by a person pre- | tending to be a former tenant of the | apartment to place the missive be- | tween the leaves of a public telephone book. It was the Green woman whe called for ahd vrocured the letter, the de- state, and her arrest follow- he woman was held in $5,000 r examinaiion tomorrow. Other s are expected to follo Attorney Keith said tonignt that its of his elient at police head- 50 many times within the | frequent rumors that Miss Arnold had been found, had to do with the present case wholly. Dallas, Texas, Feb. 20—Ushered by | @ windstorm varying at different points ( from 90 to 70 miles an hour, the most, severe blizzard of the winter is sweep-'| | ing the south tonight. Railroad traffic | SHREVEPORT SWEPT BY WILD TORNADO. is demoralized, wire communication is | hampered and meagre reports from | outlying districts tell of damage to| property and le. In north Texas| the temperature fell from degrees | | this morning to freesing tonight. In | the Paphandle tonight the snow was | | reported to have reached a depth of | |four inches with the storm at ifs| | hefght. At Hobart, Okla, buildings were unroofed by the storm and store | 0 — | | LOOSE TONGUE EARNS LONG IMPRISONMENT. creased to Ten Years. Brookfleld, Mo, Feb, 20.—After Woolridge Golden was sentenced to two years In the penitentiary here to- day for assauit to kill, he cursed Judge | Fred Lamb and other court officers, | and his sentence was dncreased to five | years Further incensed, Golden turned to | the judge and said! “T don't give & d— If you make it ten, judge.” “Mr, Clerk,” s2id the court, “turning to the circuit clerk, “I sentence the prisoner to ten years in the peniten- tiary,” \ Citizenship for Porto Ricans. Washington, Feb, 20—A bill grante | ing American citizenship to cltizens of lPerm Rico and to certaln natives per- manently residing on the island was fayorably reported to the house today by the cemmittee on insular affairs, $2,000 More for China. { Washington, Feb, 20.—The American | Red Cross socloty today despaiched | 00 more to China to be nuged in . ) famine relist work | w Shreveport, 3 ight pes sons are dead and about fifty through the outskirts of Shreveport late today. All the dead are negroes with the exception of the two months old baby of A. 5. Manheim, home was demolished. The baby’s body found a block from the Manheim residence. A number of negro cabins were destroyed in the outskirts of the city and on nearby plantations. WILL NOT ASK FOR President Taft Colombian Incident With Assistant Secretary. ‘Washington, Feb. 20.—President Taft took up the Colombian situation with his cabinet today and later discussed it with Huntinglon Wilson, the acting secretary of state. No official an- nouncement was made of what action had been taken by this government. It was declared authortatively that the United States did not contemplate aslk- ing for the recal] of Senor Ospina, the Colombian minister. OBITUARY, Captain A, J. Meriwsther, Galnestllle, Texas, Feb, 20 ~Cap- taln A, J. Meriwether, commander of the Cenfederate battleship Niebe dur- ing the civil war, died at his heme here today, aged 89 years, Leander N. Lovell, Plainfield, N, J, Fei. 20.—Leander N, Lovell, ‘president of ‘the Northern Fire Insuranee company of New York city, died at his home here todsy, He was president of the New Jersey chap- ter of the Boclety of the Mayflowsr, the supreme court of the United States | that the | upou the receipt of a letter a week | | fact ail sorts of bric-a-brac from all | quarters of the globe, y injured | as the result of a tornado which swept | whose | ‘and Norwich Men Representing Finance, the Law, Commerce TELLEY E. Attorney-. Manufacturing, and Other Interests. - PRICE_TWO CENTS gABCOCK. at-Law. | it freasures “HOUSE OF MYSTERY” UNDER- GOES HOUSE-CLEANING. HASLETT IS MUCH IMPROVE BERLE el ; Will Be Able to Appear in Court Fri- N day to Testify in Conspiracy Case— May Be Grand Jury Procee New York, Feh, 20.—+Samuel E. Has- lett, the aged Brooklyn recluse, whose Benator Frank J. Gardner and George J. Decker, a nurse, are charged with conspiring to control, probably will be able to appear in court next Friday and tell his own story. Proceedings to name a committee to take charge of his estate will come up on that da: Mr, Haslett’s condition was greatly improved today. Haslett’s Condition Not Serious. Upon application of Haslett’s heirs, County Judge Fawncett had ordered a hearing Friday to show cause why such a committee should not be ap- pointed and to .serve notice of the nearing upon the recluse himself, the court appointed Marcus B. Campbell, a Brooklyn lawyer, late today. Dr. Henry B. Minton, the. physician en- gaged by John B, Lord, who had acted s attorney for Haslett for many years, said tonight that the patient was suf- fering now only from neuralgia an the shingles, a form of rash, and he ought to be able to appear in court Friday, Further Investigation. The Cistrict attorney of Kings coun- |ty took up an investigation of th, whele case today to determine if there was ground for grand jury action in addition to the procecdings already | Art Treasures Buried in Dust. For the first time in a quarter- century, Hasletls “house of mystery” underwent a cleaning today and the removal of dust and dirt which ac- tually filled barrels revealed art trea: ures which would kave done cradis to a museum, There were many paint- ings by famous artists, almost oblit- erated by years” accumuiation of du: and shelf after sheif of ivories of beau tiful handiwork, small bronze geds, in as_well as a | library containing works of almost all the masters of lterature, Many Cancelled Checks, Mary eancelled checks running to the thousands of dollars, representing charitable gifts many years ago, were also found. —_— MORE CHILDREN HAVE TO BE SENT BACK Two Boys Taken from Lawrence With- out Consent of Parents. Baire, Vt., ‘ollowing the recaipt of a telegram from Lawrence, tating that Tony Colonio had been | brought to this city from & Lawrence home without the consent of his par- Colonit chuseits - clty this afternoon. The boys were members of a party of 36 children brought here last Saturday as a sympathetic move for the strik- ing textile operatives in Lawrence, Members of the local committee who brought the children here said that all the parents gave full consent before the departure, but added that they were ready to correct any errors made. FIREWORKS CONCERN HELD RESPONSIBLE Blamed for Death of Boy Who Bought One of Its Toy Plstols, Madison, Wis., Feb, 20.—A wholesala fAreworks concern of Miiwaukee was| held responsible by the Wisconsin su- preme court today for the death of a buy who purchased-a toy pistol sold to a retaller by the wholesale house. The boy later contracted tetanus and died. It was. held that the sale of the wWeapon was in vielation of the stale law, Snew Delays Trains. St, Louis, Feb, 20—8now began fall- ing this atiernoen in eastern Missouri, southern Jllinois and western Ken- tucky, d late tonight had reached a depth -of from six to eight inches in nuny localities, Traine were frem three to six hodre lutg, Buried in Dust| half-mijllion-dollar estateYorfiier State| W ents, two brothers, Antonio and Guido | were sent back to the Massa- | American ’Hag | On the Ocean { GOVERNOR BALDWIN BELIEVES“ IT SHOULD BE RESTORED. UP TO OUR BUSINESS MEN Address at Auto Show Banquet at| Hartford—8cope of Waterways As»i sociation Is Greatly Enlarged. anhual | Hartford, Feb. 20—At conventianat. the Connec the ut ) aterways association, here today th scope .of dhe organization was en- iarged to_take in, the states of chusetts, New Hampshire and Ve tates touched by the Connecticut | river, The association his for its ob- ject ‘the general improvement of the | Connectfcut river, the conservation of the forests among which it springs, and the constructionof reservoirs at | its head, with the object of diminigh- | ing the spring floods, Congressman Gives Warning. Congressman Thomas Disson of Mississippi warned the ociation | that congress was through granting waterway improvements because of political reasons. Not a dollar, he said, would be granted by congres for waterway @nprovements, unles was for strietly a business - proposi tion, Congress, he said, was through making grants for the furthering of political ends, Governor B.ldwin Speaks. Among the other speakers were Philip W. A state forester of New G, McKechnie of| ; Samuel L. Spring, | New Baldwin. The Auto and Airship. en, and Gov, Simeon E. Dealers’ association in with the general celebra ernor’s d. was Gov. part: The autemobile has brought to Con- necticut one great industry or group The airship, 1 b he near future to bring n buy one new for omobile costs, and run ‘When vou can alse run it there will be a loud call for for private use and enjoyment. | connection on of Gov- | v and _the automobile show, ner Baldwin, who said in i {it faster. safer, ih Water Cheapest Highway. But new modes of travel and trans- | portation on earth and air will never | Gisplace the old modes of locomotion by water. Water is the cheapest of | highways. It builds itself and keep itseif in repair. But it can be made | a betier .waterway by’ human help. | One waterway dan bo joined to au- | » by human help and long routes portation thus attained, The United States and the states are wo ing together in these directions. | American Flag on the Ocean. | There is a new future to American | commeree if we know how to improva | our opportunitics now. ©ne way is | to restore the American flag to the ocean. 1am tired:of seeing the Amer- | ican flag on the ocean only on men of | war, Let our flag, I say, again float | over the ocean; let our people get the | freights on American traffic that now 0 to Great Britain and Hamburg and Norway. It can be done if the busi- | ness men in the United States say 1/ | shall be done. It is only for them to | say Phe word and’ we can swing back | to that mastery of a great foreign | trade in American bottoms that made | New Fngland rich a hundred years | ago. At the Auto Show. At the conclusion of the banquet the diners were driven to the state ar- mory to visit the automobile show. At | the entrance to the armory two lines of atate militla wera drawn up through which the guests passed into the | building to the speakers’ platform. In the.party were Governor Pothier of Rhotie l¢land, Governor Baldwin, Mayer Maban of New London, Mayor Dunn_6f Willlmantic, and other may- org of several of the state cities, Gov- | ernor Baldwin spoke briefly, Bllzzard In Southwest. Kansss City, Me., Feb, 20—Carried on a forty-mile wind, a heavy snow- storm swept southern’ Kansgs. eastern Oklahoma and seuthwestern Missouri teday and continues unabated tonight In eastern Kansas and western Mis- souri the lecal wecther buireau prom- iney pnow before morning. | Atlantic ocean in M: | b P | more convention by the diry |to be expended during the Among the speakers at the banquet | ing carts to householders on many | whizh was given by the chamber of |Streets in the eastern section of. that commerce and the Hartford . Auto | ¢ owing to the large number of | Brothes | the robber | 'will probably | unanimousiy to support Governor Rob- Condensed Telegrams Harry N. Atwood, the Aviator, is making preparations to fiy across the The Memorial Fountain to Christo- rher Columbus, now being constructed at Baltimore, will be unvciled June 8. Both the 8tate and War departments regard the situation in Mexico as ha ing improved during the past few days. The Marriage of Lord Howard De Walden, one of the richest of the Eng. lish peers, to Miss Margherita Van Raalte, took place in London. Frank B, Smith of Worcester, for many years treasurer of ‘the Slater mills, has become treasurer of the New England Cotton Yarn company, _George S. Palmer, a Veteran of the civil war, having served with The 20th C. was found dead in bed at his home'at Portland, Conn., yesterday. Information as to the Existepce of a smelter trust is asked of the attorney general in a resolution introduced by Representative Martin of Colorado. | Mrs. Upton Sinclair, former wife of | the Maryland socialist and novelist, | as deserted Harry Kemp, the Kans: t, and taken up with another Jdeal n Automobile Owned by Henry W.| t, brother of the president, down John Gillespie, uilder, in New | York yesterday. s not seriously hurt. a He w John Nolan, Charged With Assault | upon his wife while she lay helpless | from paralysis in bed at fheir home in | Derby, was sentenced to jail for twelve | months, | The Democratic State Central com- | mittee has decided to choose the ten | Rhode Island delegates to the Balti- ct prima- | | ry system, Sweepings from a house or storehou itute manu- | factured tobacco, ther than te, the supreme court of the United States | has decided. | Tobacco ware- | Railroads Are Required by issued an ordes | ) mmerce comm ¥ urnish to | shippers cars of the dimensions_order- | ed x | Marion Crockett, a Jealous - Suitor, lorence Tinsley, at Bowling Green, | and then cut the throat of George al. Ky ‘Williams, his ri A Special Appropriation of 5,000,000 next five years in the construction of new state highways is recommended by Governor Foss of Massachusetts. Judge Michael Donneily was acquit- ted at Toledo, O., of the charge of em- bezzlement, but he is still to Be tried on indictments charging him with per- jury and false pretenses. i The Busin Men’s Court of Honor | has been revived in New York, under | the auspices of the chamber of com- | merce, for the purpose of settling dis- putes between merchants Clarence C. Waller of Fort Smith, Ark., and Charles B. Mullin of = Pitts. burgh, Pa., former bankers, serving terms in the federa] prison at Ledven- worth, Kan, have been paroled. | | | | The Government Started Secret in- | quiry in New York to find out who de- | stroyed a trunkful of documentary evi- dence needed in the prosecution ot the United States Steel corporation. Title to the Land on which the Ca- i vard, in the Philippine Is the most part con- T to the United State: ording to a supreme court decis- ion. The Rhode Island House passed an act dividing the three congreseional districts, age the opposition of the democratic mi- nority, who claim it is a republican gerrymander. Water for Domestic Use in Lynn, Mas: . 18 being delivered from sprink- en water pipe The Establishment of a New Fast| steamship service between (s da and | Britain, to care for a large part e traffic’ which now goe way | f New York.is the chief ne- tiations now in progress. erday | ed the Arlington flour mills at | owned by the Cissel| , and for a time threatened the entire Georgetown water front. The | lo: estimated at $150,000. Fire of -Unknown Origin yes shingto; A Man Giving the Name of F' Becker was arrested near Altamo b vesterday, in connection with of the Pullman car pa: | sengers on the New York and St. Lou- is expr of the Baltimore and Ohio | railroad. James Togna, Who is Said to have | been decorated by the king of Italy,, and to have served as assi: king's physlclan, must p fine of | 3150 and serve 30 days in the Tombs | for practicing medicine in New York | without a license. | Mrs. Rose Silvermann Was Shot and killed at New York yesterday noon by a man believed to be min Fried, an uwelcome admirer;, who afterwards turned his weapon upon himself, inflicting two wounds which cause death. The United States Government has been advised that its delesates to the international wirelsss conference at London, in June, will not-be welcome unless the pending wireless treaty is ratified. It has been ratifiad by all oth- er nations which took part. Perry’s Famous “Don't give up the flag and 135 other scarred and crumbling American navy trophies probably will be taken ship” Lake Erie battle from their boxes at the Naval Acad- emy and renovated, so that they may be saved for coming generations. Rev. Frederick Keess, pastor of the ! German Baptist church of New Britain, | denounces the system of non-taxation | of church property, —and makes the | statement that “both the church and the state should stop flirting with each | other/ in the dark and give the public | mer personal attempted to blow up the home | ’FUTILE EFFORTS TO PROVE {ing for | Virginia court declaring Chaloner sane. ant to the \ ! brutsed today when their | blinding snowstorin. Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Gonnecticut in Proportion to the City's Population SAYS BRANDT WILL BE FREE TODAY 'Counsel for Former Schiff Valet Makes An;'. G | nouncement After Conference. SCHIFF NOT ALLOWED TO TESTIFY | District Attorney Raises Objection that It Might Nullify Pos« sible Charge of Conspiracy—Schiff’s Counsel Anxious to Clear Reputation of Mrs. Schiff—Decision of Justice Gerard will Probably be Given Out Today. New Yors the county of Feb. 20.—The state and ¥ w York made but lit- tle headway today toward determining whether Folke E. Brandt, the former valet of Mortimer L. Schiff, was un- justiy sentenced to thirty years' im- prisonment on his plea of guilty to first degree burglary. Only one wit- ness had been heard when the clashes between opposing .counsel over the question of whether Schiff and his for- counsel, Howard Gans, should be allowed" to testify, reached such a stage that Richard L. Hand, named as commissioner in the case adjourned the hearing until Tuesday next in order to allow Governor Dix to pass on the matiey. To Clear Mrs. Schiff's Reputation. Counsel for Schiff made the plea that Schifft and Gans, and Mrs. Schiff, if necessary, shouid be allowed to tell ail they knew in order to clear the Schift name, and especially the reputation of Mrs. Schiff from the imputation of scandal that has arisen. Counsel for the state, the county and for Brandt held, on the other hand, that it Mrs. Schiff's name hag been' dragged into the case it was nof at Brandt's bid- ding but as It of statements by the Schiff law: Might Defeat Ends of Justice. District Attorney Whitman finally brought the discussion to an end with [ a guarded yet frank statement that, in s opinion, it might defeat the ends of justice if Messrs, Schiff and Gaps e allowed to take the stand, in that 1t is b spiracy may result.” tha any immunity; furthermore, they would not accept it. written statement to that effect” he they might thus obtain immunicy and nullify a with whic ossible me fl' conspiracy a gren now strug- "I say that (his might, be the said the district attorney, “for ossible that a charge of come Will Not Accept Immunity. Delancey Nicoll, for Schiff, insisted neither Schiff nor Gans sought “We will give you a aid. 0 o7 Commissioner Adjourned Hearing. Commissioner Hand heard both sides of the controversy, then _announced that, notwithstanding Mr. Nicoll's pro- posal, hoe declined to take the respon-~ sibility of allowing Schift and Gans to testify, without first referring the mat- ter to tho governor. Sdjournment was then waken. Says Brandt Will Be Free Today. Mirabeau Town, counsel for Brandt, announced tonight after a_conference with Justice Gerard that Brandt will be a free man tomorrow morning. He wag asked if he had seen Justice Ger- ard’s decision in the writ of habeas corpus. “T can't andwer that, but you kmow I have been a true prophet in the past, and T will be this time,” he Teplied. Justice Gerard’s Decision Today. he justice's secretary sald the de cision was ready and that it probably will be given out tomorrow. “Why can’t the proceedings then THE SANITY OF CHALQNER Court Refuses to Admit Along That Line, Testimony New York, Feb. —Counsel John Armstrong Chaloner, wi he control of nundreds of theusands of doHars- left by his father In this state, encoun= tered repeated rebuffs in the prose- cutfon of his case in the United ‘States diswict court nere today. A ' larke trunk and two cases of exhibits and depositions including those of his for- mer wife, Amelia Rives, and twenty or more friends, ail to the effect that for su- foftire of haioner was sane at the time of his commitment to Bloomingdale, were disallowed by the court Judge Holt repeatedly ruled: ‘It mwakes no Jifference here whether | Chaloner was sane or not. The only issuc is whether dwe forms of law were complied with in the appointment of Thomas T. Sherman as a commit- tee of Chaloner's person. The su- preme ceurt has determined Chalon- cendition and appointed Mr., Sher m ede No other court may supei unless it shall be shown that the appointment was invalid. Counscl endeavored in vain to get the testimony of a trained nurse who ttended Chaloner at Bloomiingdaie to the petitioner's sanity and to read into the records the decree of the was_argued that unless “we can show that Chaloner's commitment in first instance was the result of a n conspiracy our whole case falis. want to show that gross fraud was perpetrated on the supreme court in this ci: The cou journed until tomorrow. FATHER SAYS HE B SUPPORTS #HI8 SON. Albert G. Wheeler Testifies in Daugh- ter-in-Law’s Alimony Suit. New York, Wheeler ¢ 2 Ioert Gallatin 20 took the witness who is being sued for sep- arfition by his wife, a former chorus girl, who wants $10,000 a year alimony. Bhe is at present getting $6,000. Wheeler said he had been 6 the failure of the brok ge firm with which the Jatter was connected. Jus- tice Newberger sald he would probably render a decision on the alimony ques- ticn by Thursday. EIGHT MISSOURI DELEGATES PLEDGED TO CHAMP CLARK Elected Under Instrugtions at Dem- ocratic State Convention. The eld; maintaining the voung man_ sin Joplin, Mo, Teb, 2 afternoon fight on the floor of the oavention ¢ d by the effort of David A. Ball of Bowling Green, a andidate for the gubernatorial nom- ination, te oppose the siate ag: upon by party leaders, the democrafie state convention late today electe cight delegates at large to the Balti- more convention. each with half a vote. The delegation was. instructed 10 vote for Champ Clark for president on every ballot taken before_the Bal- timore convention. . fter an alls Badly Injured in Collision. Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 20—E. F. Wood. 75 vears old, a capitalist of Northampton, Mase., was severely in- jured while his wife was cut and automabile | Mr, Wood wughter-in- a niece, Was hit by ar. electric car. sufferéd o broken leg, law, and Miss Mary Baldwin, escaped with slight bruises Snowstorm Hobart, OKI: toe elps Robber: . Teb. 20.—After dy- vault of the bank of namiting Dill City, sixteen miles northeast of Hobart, ‘early toduy, robbers stols horses and conveyances from o nearby stable and escaped with & large sum of monsy, A posse is in pursult, but its progress iz being ratarded by a | with the defendants, Iy much delay will be allowed between GOVERNMENT READY FOR DYNAMITE TRIALS; Attorney Miller Says Cases Are All Prepared. Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 20.—Distriet Attorney Charles W. Miller received telegrams from many cities teday that most of the bor unfon officlals and business agents indicted in the dyna~ mite conspiracy cases would come to Indianapolis for their arraignment here March 12 without protest. Mr. Miller #ald only a few of the defendants had indicated their intention to fight re moval to this district. That the government is ready to d with thé trials was indicated Mr. Miller, ‘We could go right on with the.tri- als immediately after the men are ar- raigned,’ he said. “So much evidence has been collected and put in shape that it will require no more prepara~ tion on our part. The question wheth« er the defendants are to be tried Indi« vidually, singly or in groups lies In the discretion of the court and not It le hardly like« District arraignment and the opening of the trials.” THE DAY IN CONGRESS., Taft Submits Report on Employers' Liability Measure. ‘Washington, Feb, 20—Today in cons gress. Senate: In session 2 p. m. Idaho Mine Inspector Bell protested against Jead and ore tariff reduction at steel bill hearing. Resolution Adopted authorizing agri« cuitural department to participate in ational corn exposition, Columbia, S, C. Senator Lodge gave notice he would speak on_arbitration treaties Februs on Stephenson elecs tion case under consideration. President Taft submitted employers® liability and workmen's compensation report with 4 message urging its ens actment into law. ‘Adjourned st 4,07 p. m. until 2 p. = Met at noon. Resumed consideration of chemical tarift bill - Hearing continued on resolution to arbitrate Colombia's dispute in com- nection with Papama’'s ceding Cangl zone to United States. Florida Drainage Engineer Wright testified at Everglades land hearing that he brought financial irregularity charges against agricultural officials as matter of self-prototion. Search for missing documents i case of Major Ray caused postpone- ment of war department expenditure committee’s investigation. Rules committee agread house should teke up for discussion Saturday the Pujo money trust investigation resoiu= tion. Foreign aftairs committes reported bill extending Burton Niagara Falls act to May 1 to permit preparation of legislation. 'Lewis Niyon opposad admitting American owned foreign ships to American registry at hearing of Rugk- er bill before merchant marine come mittee, Adjourned at 7 p. m. to meet at noow rrow. Boston Embezzler Caught. Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 10.—A. Wi Shaw, alias A. W. Willls, wanted in Boston for the allaged embezziement of $10,000 from the A. W. Shaw com- pany, ghos manufacturers, was arrest- ed haclnn today. Shaw had been ltving here for two weeks and was just about to leave the city. Ho will be held for the Boston officials. Injured by Expioding Trunk. Bristol, Tenn., Feb. 20.—Somethin~ M a trunk checked from Appalach Va, to Blackwood, Va, exploded Norton, Va., lute this afternoon, - ously i Bugggagemaster = of the and Nashviile - a squaik deal” Progressives for Roosevelt, Concord, N, H., Feb. 20—Fifty lead- ing progressive- republicans . of the state met here today und late this af- ternosn announced that they had voted ert P. Bass in his request to Theodore Roosevelt (0 become a presidential candidate Bill for Parcels Post System, Washington, Feb. 20 —Demoeratie membérs of the house committes oy pestoffices ana post roads have to_incorporite - in ) bill provisiens the establishment, of A general parcels post zystem, They alo have azrecd upon a general di mestic rate of 12 cents and a maxi mum packsze of 11 pounds. road. The rallroad agent at N, &lso was hurt, but not s . Refuses to Pay Pereonal Tax. New Conn, Peb, 20—Joi oty &