Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 22, 1912, Page 1

~ VOL. LIV.—NO. 47 BRANDT WAS ILLEGALLY SENTENGED Justice Gerard so Declares in Sustaining Writ of Habeas Corpus NO BURGLARY COMMITTED BY HIM Court Declares this is Clearly Shown in His Answers at His Examination—Prisoner Now in Same Position as He was eral Strongly Urges Governor Dix to Pardon Him —Except for five ement iin prison, Folke Wit is tonight the ‘same man in eves of the law as he was before was sent away on April 4, 1907, to vears for burglary at the srtimer Schiff, the banker, e worked as a servant. son term was broken to- ice Gerard of the supreme opinion sustaining a a8 corpus writ of ha Next Movement Uncertain. e remained locked s tonight, but not as a man, and with the assur- within 48 he will be » await & new trial or what- to clear up his remerkable her developments than thers may be were a_mat- ontroversy tonight, but it sumed that the hearing issioner Richard L. Hand, ap Governor Dix to hear Bramdt's application for clemency, was now of no importance as a factor in Brandt's effort for freedom, because a . it was held, could not be given ) stands uncopdemned, as with only charges pend- that ed Prefers Vindication to Pardon. Purthermore a pardon, Brandt's nds conterided, would be less of a han Brandt might win by a because the pardon would sompietely wipe out the stain of offense. reas if the indictments Brandt should be quashed, or d be acquitted on trial, he ndicated in the eyes of the Was lliegally Condemned. According to records which Justice Gerard read into his voluminous opin- fon today, Brandt, on March 28, 1907, withdrew an original plea of not guilty to the indictment charging that he feloniously broke into the Schiff house in the night time, arming himself with a club and knife, and stole “two pips and shoe horn,” and pleaded guilty. In sentencing him a week later to thirty years in prison, Judge Dtto A. Rosal- #y illegally condmened the man, ac- cording to Justice Gerard's opinion to- dar. Evidence Refuted His P! The court held that the examination of Brande gt the time that he was sen- tenced tended to refule the plea to a charge of burglary in the first degres Decanse the prisoner’s statements wers » denial that he forced an entrance in- tc the Schiff houss, which must be abown to establish burglary in the first degree. “The questions and answers set forth tn the emamination,” hoids Justice Gerard, “show that Brandt, whatever other crime he committed, did not “reak’ 1> enter within the meaning of the law. and show ihat the crime of burgiary in the first degree or in any degree, was not, in fact, committed. Judge Should Protect Prisoner. Bold that when a defendant puts formal plea of guiky, that, when f the judge proceeds to swear the de- fendant and learns from him that the acts whieh he admits doing did not in fact comstitute the crime to which he pleads guilty and that the defendant @ not in reality intend to plead guil- ien the judge who #its 1o prota interests of the pris- er, as well as the state, is not justi- d in accepting the plea and imposing entence, but without jurisdiction o sentence & prisomer for a crime wrivich it is plain the prisoner does not Amit that he committed and to which e does not piead gullty. is Entitied to Relief from Stigma. Brandt was sentepced because he was involved in & net of verbiage and pleade crime which his examin time of his plea showed not admit committing. and did no to plead guilty to he should to seek his rem- ody from execu emency alone, He 1% enticled 10 a fon of the court lieving him 1 he stigma of his mistaken plea Committed to Awalt Tria My decision on this writ doas not e prisoner free. The prisoner no be guilty of the crime ndiciment and my de- ts him in the same five service of a upon him “The wii and the pris- t Tombé subject n for bail 10 await tment for burglary in ‘he first degree Will Be Bailgd Out Friday. Branat ccided this evening will remain in the Tombs until Fri- day morning, wheg, by agreement be- tween_his coupsel and District mey (harles 8, Whitman, he will be poleased on MM, the necessary bond being furnished by & surety company. District Attorney Whitman said to- night that he would" promptly confer | with Attorney General Carmody as to whether the state should app from Justice Gerard's decision, and that he vould take no step untl) such confer- ence was held RECOMMENDS A PARDON, Attorney General Strongly Urges It Upon Governor Dix. ny, X.X 21.—Although Attc Gener. strongly ad d Governor Dix today to grapt an immediate parden 1o Folke Mrand, former valet of imer L. o Yosk. the governor sald hg would act oniy v nistion of Richard 1. Jland, who was sppoint~d commission- o to ascertain if thate wos any evi- dence which would wgrrant the exsr- cise of executive clemenc, Will Await Hand's Regort. eived word the governor. from Mr. that ne wihil me at noon tomorrow Attor - | | oplnicn, submitted to the governor to- | night, contends that while Brandt | may have been guilty of a crime, there was no evidence in support of the comviction for burglary, first de- | gree. Brandt, he says, is not the im- portant factor in the case, That fac- tor Is: “Will the forms ordained by the constitution for ascertaining guilt be observed 7 Attorney Nicoll Wants to Argue. Governor Dix received a telegram today from Delancey Nicoll of New York, asking for the privilege of mak- ing an oral argument before him on the question of immunity, which was raised at thn hearing before Commis- sioner Hand in New York yesterday. He said tonight that he had not decld- | od as to the request. | night that he was given to understand yesterday that Justice Gerard would | grant the writ of habeas corpus in | behalf of Brandt today unless Govern- | or Dix granted a pardon. | | Governor Has Power to Act. | _“That was one of the reasons,” said | the attorney genmeral, “why I urged | the governo- to grant the pardon to- day so that all possible complications inthe case might be avoided. I still | hold, however, that the governor has | full power o act in this case irrespec- | ive of the fact that the writ has | beer granted.” I | | he had an opportunity to examine the opinion, Hs has contended that Jus- tice Gerard was powerless to grant the writ. Justice Gerard's writ, according to Mr. Carmody, places Brandt under the jurisdiction of District Attorney Whitman of New York. Governor Dix had no comment to make on Justice Gerard’s decision. Attorney General Explains. In his opinion to the governor, At- torney General Carmody outlines the Pproceedings in the case to date and explains why he united with District “Attorney gmen in opposing the swearing of Mr, and Mrs. Mortimer L. Sohiff, Howard 8. Gans and perhaps othsr witnesses before Commissicner Hand, “for the purpose, as stated, of opeuing up the whole matter, and showing that Brandt had attempted to wasail and desecrate the fair name of Mrs. Schift.” Would Go to Bottom of Whole Case. Mr. Carmody savs he opposed this upon the ground that it had no bear- ing upon the investigation before the commissioner and that he united with the district attorney, “believing that justice demands imperatively that the Frand jury investigation go to the bottom ‘of this whole case, and ascer- tain what influences, if any, were in- strumental in hringing about the Te- markable results which are befors us in the conviction of Brandt.” Don't Becloud the lssu “So important js the maiter,” con- tinues the attorney gemeral, “that I believe nothing shoutd be done in this present investigation that would | Mr. Carmody was unable to say whether an appeal would be taken from Justice Gerard's decision, until | either furnish immunity to parties ac- cused, or give them any other oppor- mined befors justice {8 vltimately done in _this case.” | Mr. Carmody says he is strongly | of the opinion that such evidence is | immazertal. Inconsistent With Honest Proceedings Attprney General Carmody further says: Brandt must have t0ld his counsel that he was not guilty of burglary, as he told the court, and it seems to me absolutely inconsistent with lonest proceedings that he could have been convicted and sentenced for a ciime that the minutes of the grand jury do not _show that he committed and that he himself dented when asked about it. | 1 have yet to hear any explanalion that effectually disposes of the sug- gestion that powerful influences were at work to bring about the incarcer: tion of Brandt. | | | { THE DAY. IN CONGRESS. ! Representative Hobson Causes Flurry | Followed by Apologies. / in congress, | In session 2 p. m. Senator Hitcheoek Introduced a res- olution to investigate Colombia's claim agaimst the Unitel Stat growing out of the formation of the Panama canal and the canal zone. Favorable report on the wireless tel- egraph treaty authorized by foreign relations committee. | Adjourned at 427 p. m. until noon | Thursday. House:— Met at noon. Military affairs committee favorably reported resolution requiring Secre- tary of war to submit all papers bear- ing on Ainsworth case Agrizulture department expenditureg committee Wloride Everglades inquiry haited fo decide upon scepe of inves- tigation, Representative Hobsen precipitated a lively debate by demanding an in- vestigation of Representative Hay's charge that he had attacked the mili- tary affairs committee in a “cewardly menner,” but apolegies ended the trouble for the time being. Chemical bill passed by a vete ef 178 to 127 Representaiiva Hobson of Alabama intreduced a resolution for a house inquiry of Representative Hay's | harge t1'at he had attacked the mili- ary affuirs committer in « “cowardly munne; Adjourn “Rhursds a At 5.09% p. m. until neen Engineer Drops Dead. Jackson, Mich,, Feb. 21.—Just as he had finis his run en a mail train from Michigan City te Jackson, Thom- as . Faulkner, a Michigan, Central e/ T Y engineer for vears, dropped dead tonight \ Ve /s g Cabled E_rggraphs London, Feb. 21.—Capt. the Hon. Frederick Edward Guest has been ap- pointed treasurer of the king's house- hold, replacing W. Dudley Ward, who has held that position since 1910, London, Feb, 21—Lorth Strathcona is suffering from an attack of influ- enza. The symptoms have caused con- siderable anxety to his physicians, owing to the patients age, but his bodily strength s belng maintained. Grindcswald, Switzerland, Feb, 21— The great Jungfrau railroad tunnel, which has a length of 27,900 feet, was plerced today as far as the new sta- tion of Jungfraujoch, which is at an altitude of 13,000 feet above sea level Cape Haitien, Haiti, Feb. 21.—The | San_Dominican revolution is extending Before His Trial—May be Re-tried but Atlomey-Gen-% every day, especially in the vicinity ot the frontier, where communication be- tween Dajabon and Monte Christi ls totally suspended. —_— Belfast, Ireland, Feb, 21.—Mrs, Mar- garet Byers, doctor of laws, and prin- cipal of Victoria college, Belfast, since 1859, died here today. She was the first Ulster woman to receive an hon- orary degree from a university. London, Feb. . — Conditions throughout Great Britain, particularly in the manufacturing districts of the north of England, are becoming rapid- ly worse as a result of the threatened coal strike, which, if it octurs at the end of the month, will throw 800,000 miners besides workers in other trades Qut of employment. Rome, Feb. 21.—Tripolitana and Cy- renaica will be proclaimed Italian ter- ritory tomorrow. The sessions of the chamber of deputies and the senate are to remain noteworthy in the an- of Italian parliamentary history nals Attorney (teneral Carmody said to- | because they will mark the conversion | into law of the royal decree proclaim- ing the annexation of these two dis- tricts of Afri WOMEN STRIKERS PROVE OBSTINATE. Militia Called Upon Twice to Move “Them at Lawrence. Lawrence, Mass., Feb. A crowd of a thousand women mill operatives Who refused to comply with the orders of the police to move on furnished the only semblance of excitement in con- nection with the textile strike situa- tion today. It was found necessary twice to call on the militia to aid in dispersing the women who were on their way to attend a meeting in a lo- cal theater. They gathered first on Oak street, where they were scattered by the soldiers and police, and again in front of the Arlington mill. There a company of militia quartered in the mill was called out to clear the street. It was the first time ir several days that any dlsturbance has developed. Beginning tomorrow morning the Central Labor union will start a new organizing campalgn in connection with the strike, An attempt will be made to gather the skilled workers in permanent organizations American Federation of Labor. After a meeting of the _executive committes of the Central Labor un- ion today it was announced that no answers had been received from the mill men to the demands made by the committees of the craftsmen recently appointed, and that none are expected at present. The new organizing plan is regarded as due to the failure of these committees to reach an adjust- ment of the troubl JANUARY MONTH OF INFLATED PRICES. Cost of Foodstuffs Has Increased 25 Per Cent. in Past Year. New York, Feb. 21.—Small quantities of such foodstuffs as are commonly re- garded as essentials of the table have increased in cost to the consumer in New York approximately 25 per cent. during the past twelve months. The percentage was compuied by the New | York association for improving the condition of the poor after an exhaust- ive inquiry to determine what effect the high cost of living was having upon the poor, and the figures were an- nounced tonight. Numerous tables of prices in January, 1911, and the past month show striking contrasts and the association states that “wholesale and retail grocers agree that last month will be historical as a period of in- flated pri > The advance in the cost of vege- tables has been most marked, potatoes and a large number of other vegetables having about doubled in price. Only apples and summer fruits have shown any downward tendenci ¢! HORRIBLY MUTILATED BY BLACK HANDERS Bruno's Tongus Cut Out and Face | and Body Slashed. New York, Feb. 21.—In the discov- ¢ today of the mutilated body of Joseph Bruno in a vacant lot in East New York, the police Tecognized an- other case of Black Hand vengeance. There were ten knifo slashes in the face, ten terriblo wounds in the body, and, as a quietus, an efght;inch butch. as driven straight into the man’ , where it still stuck when the body was found. In addition, the murderers cut part of Bruno's tongue away, evidence, the police say, that the murder was due to Bruno having talked more than his friends relfshed. Senator MolLean's Statement, (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, Fgb. 21.—When asked last night wiy he voted agaiust the confirmation of Hon. Myron T. Her- rick, as American ambassador to France, Senator McLean made the fol- lowing statement: 1 voted against Mr.-Herrick as a Dprotest against his sharp comment or. Benator LaFollette and his followers, Mr. Herrick was at that time as good as appointed American ambassador to France, and it seemed to me that his nversation and public ' utterances should comport with the high, dignity of the great cffice and honor his coun- try was about te confer upon him, Moreover, while I do not always agree with Mr,'TaFollette, he counts among his friends some of the brainiest men in the country today and he repre- sents a force in polities which cannot Dbe destroyed with the biudgesn ef abuse. “Personally, T should like to ses fac- tional cifferences in the party surren- der 10 the present crying need of the | intry for sane and sober speeel and ton,” Steamship Arrival At Gibraltar: Feb, 21, Arabic, from New York. At Marseillesi Feb. 18, Rema, from New York. §At Liverpesl: Feb. 21, Campania, from New Yerk. At Londen: Feb.- 31, Minneapsiis, from New Yerk under the l | <N WILLIAM President of the Lee The Bulletin's Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Norwich Men Representing Finance, the Law, Commerce Manufacturing, and Other Interests. B. YOUNG, & Osgood Company. Connecticut in Ppopbl;tiorii o the Qity’sx' P A S < RICE_TWO_CENTS Condensed Telegrams and stricken from the naval list. Prof. Albert Hertel, 2 noted painter of landscapes and still life, died in Berlin aged 68, Wwas found on a doorstep in York's East Side. _In an Explosion and Panic in 4 mov- ing picture show at 2 rightsville, W. Va., persons were injured. Three Railroads Two concerns and four indi indicted at Chicago for all ing. Contracts Have Been Completed- Liverpeol for the construction of oil tank steamers, several fer Ame an owners. 21 Andrea Mantegua's Painting, Virain Lerlin and Child, was s Parislan art deale; rich American in 0 a for a Jesse Bings, Chicage’s Only N Banker, was married Tucsday to Miss Eudera Johnson, said to be the wealth- fest colored girl in that city. The Stillwell Constitutional Amend- ment providing for woman suffr was reported by New York's senate judiciary commiltee yesterday. Charges That a Bribe of $5,000 was to withdraw two bills created nsation in the New Jersey legis- lature,~in session at Trenton. It HMas Been Decided to Hoid the annua: state fieid day and parade of e Connecticui Total A nence un- ion in Waterbury on June G. Diegle, former sergeant at | of the Ohio_senate, mus ec years in the penitentia: complict in legislative 1 A Dog Playing with a String ached 1o the trigger of a gun in trap for prairie wolves, near Du Manitoba, shet and killed another dog. COLONEL MAKES SIGNIFICANT REPLY TO AN INQUIRY, A DEFINITE ANSWER MONDAY Intimation That ex-President Will Go After His Hat—Welcomsd by Large Crowde Throughout Ohie. Cleveland, 0. Feb. 2L.—During the brief stay of Colonel Roosevelt In Cleveland, W. F. Elrick, well known locally in politics, greeted the “ormer president, whom he knows well. “My Hat is in the Ring.” “I want a direct answer, ‘otonel,” sald Mr. Eirick. “All your friends want to know, and want to know now, ‘whether you are to be a candidate?” “My hat is in the ring,” repiied Col- onel Roosevelt. “You will have my answer Monday. Four Speeches in Ohio. Belief in the political doctrines of the ‘“‘progressives” was reiterated today by Theodore Roosevelt, who made four speeches in Ohlo. It was his first trip of the kind since the series of journeys shortly after his return from Africa in 1910. A mixture of snow and rain fell steadlly until nearly nightfall, but the colonel was welcomed by crows wher- ever he went. Had Conference on Train. On the train between Columbus and ‘f‘l«\'o!and late today the colonel fon- | ferred at length with a number of pol ticiang leading the Roosevelt move- ment In this state. The train was over an hour and a half late in arriving here, and a stop of but fifteen minutes was made. Col- onel Roosevelt then proceeded on his way to New York. One Speech from Baggage Truck. Colonel Roosevelt delivered his prin- cipal speech before the state constitu- tional convention at Columbus. He made a short speech to a crowd in the rotunda of the capitol. At Gallion he spoke from the train, and at Cleveland he made a brief speech of greeting from a baggage truck Makes Big Business Shudder. | Here tonight Colonel Roosevelt was | asked what he thought of his reception |in Abio. | “Bully, by George!” was his reply. In addressing the constitutional con- vention the colonel several times de- parted from his prepared speech for the sake of an epigram or two. ‘When he came to the subject of the control of corporations, he said: “Big business always shudder: ightly when T speak of it." Still Advocating More Bal The colonel's speech in the rotunda of the capitol and in Gallion were da- voted largely to an exposition of his well known views upon the'baby ques- tion. At Cleveland he paid his com- pliments to the wife of the “average American.” saying that though he though highly of man he thought more highly of the man's wife. Clasps Hands With Govefnor Harmon. As he boarded the train at Columbus the colonel almost bumped into Gov- ernor Harmon, who. was coming back home from & trip into Kentucky. In| the handshake which followed Colonel | Roosevelt's “Delighted!” and a jocular remark by ihe governor on the col- onel's invasion of his state there was no reminder of the antagonism which occurred between the men durirg the campaign in Ohlo in 1910, when the colonel made a severe persoanl attack upon the governor. Governor Wilson In Columbus. Governor Wilkon of New Jersey passed through Columbus todav on his way to'St. Louis. He saw nelther Col- onel Roosevelt nod (Governor Harmon. 1 Disgrace Causes S e. §t. Petersburg, I'eb, ~—Professor Ven Friedrichs, fermerly attuched to Riga Pclytechinla, has committed sui~ cide, acesrding to u despatch from Innsbruck, Ven Friedrichs was re- Roosevelt's Hat |Yankee Grit in Is In the Ring| Chinese Waters ADMIRAL MURDOCK AMERICAN SHI DEFIED THE REVOLUTIONISTS Refused to Obey Order »Sung and 8ent Back Junk Makes Opera Bouffe Attack. Washington, Feb. 21. bears a striking res:mi two decades ago, when at Wu Yangtse. Sung, near Sh The revolutionists we ssession of to vacate ths internatio: at Wu Sung. With one Admiral Murdock Admiral Murdock ref messengers who broug] forts. At that moment, ‘The captain of the Aba them with rifies, and w Wwearing revolvers at t stood ready tu repel the Junk Abandons about and alowed the 'ADVERTISING LIAR A BA Honesty Now the Basis Teavenworth, Kan., day “vhen the advert considered a paid liar is Stelmo Lewis of Detroit, dent of the National convention of the South: fon of the Associated Clubs of America here kind of business didn’t didn’t pay tne man whe took. He knows he mus efficiency and honesty. business dealing with problem of what is gol sentence for conspiracy the appointment of a fire er for the city of the executive council. connection with the sal recently pardoned, Enid, Okla., Feb. 2 cently sentemced to eight years' im- | prisonment at hard labor on the charge of having sei fire Lo & sawmill on his own estate for the purpose of collecting the insurance money, He left a letter saying that he was un- able to bear the disgrace. Zurich bas a midnight curfew fcr autemobiles ‘ here, early today. snow drift a passenger St. Louis & San Praneisco railroad, which was caught in yes whieh ‘was th® worst known in this section in sixteen years The tetal trade of the dom in 1916 was estima 168,434, LONG HEAD—Yankee mained for an American admiral, of all the navai commanders in Chinese waters during the revolutlon, to as- sert and maintain the right of foreign famous episode in Rio Janeiro harbor ham defled the Brazilian rebels, was anghai, in Foreign Shipping Ordered to Evacuate and had ordered all foreign shipping forelgners acceded to the demand. that ke would not tolerate any un necessary Interference witl shipping even to the extent of remov- ing it from the line of fire of the shore Junk Bore Down on Collier. the fleet collier Abarenda steamed up and an armed junk bore down upon her to board her, | ian, lined up his civilian crew, armed At that the junk sheered off, proceed to her own anchorage. Man’s Efficiency. Advertising Managers, addressing the “The advertising man knows w! to be 2 man of ink and is a man of | No sane advertiser disagrees with the Hamliton and Samuel Kress, serving empt at bribery in connection with Lawrence, granted today by Governor Foss and Former Mayor | White of Lawrence, also convicted in Train Dug Out of Snowdrift, A rescue crew | was sent te Covington, Okla, near to dig out A Bill Was Passed by the Rhode Isl- and house yesterday requesting con- 8ress to secure a lightship to be placed one mile north of the north end of Block Island. Former Sheriff Eben N. Perry, one of | the best known temperance men in Maine, is dead at the home of his daughter, Dr. H. B./Perry, at North | ampton, Mass. Mrs. Josephine Candialaso, believed PROTEGTS | , have been the last member of the PPING. once numerous tribe of Tule Indians, died at the county hospital, Santa Clara, Cal, aged The Threatened Coal Strike in F land has caused numerous inquir to be made in New York from English companies relative to‘the possibility of obtaining American coal, to Vacate Wu The Mexican Government h:; to pay an indermity of §51 the Chinese republic for the deat 50 Chinese at Torreon, Mex., during the revolution last July. ngreed a Warning— e Another Bill to Limit the Service SHL W L0 | of president and vice president to on term of six years was introduced yes- —How it re- terday, this time by Representative Curley of Massachusetts. k& of the Hartford Printing compary shipping to remain unmolested is told | pyplisker of the city 'm-nc(fu-x died in an officlal report to the navy de-|gyddenly at his home in Hartford yes- partment - from Admiral Murdock, | ferday, from heart disease commanding the Asiatic station. i 2 o 3 Occurred at Wu Sung. Burglars Entered "the Home of J The scene of the fincident, which |Seeley at Montreal early yester: while the family slept upst away the dining room furn four trunks full of property. blance to the Admiral B the | _James B. Duke, the Former Head of | the American Tobacco company, sailed | yesterday for England, wher he will become the presidént ‘of the British- re American Tobacco company the city in practical of Shanghal Because of the Severe Storm aiong the southern coast, ary Knox will board the cruiser Wrshington at "‘Key West instead of Palm Beach, Fla. nal anchorage exception the Refused. { He' will embark tomorrew evening used and teld | i o ik £ e the. noics | Hiram C. Gill, Elected Mayor of Seattle two yea: e recall in less than a year, he head of the poll in the nom | tion primary for city officers Tuesd: 0 and n h American An Amendment to the Parliament’s reply to the speech from g that the governmen s pledges to reco se of lords was rejected by a vot 324 10 231 the throne had not renda, a civil- | of ith his officers beir belts, all boarding par- The Treasury Department Prepared to surrender the $110,000 ex Attack, put | Abarenda 0 b = o ! l Considerable Insurance is Carried by | | the cotton dealers of Texas in Hart- i rance companies. What loss- | o companies will be called upon CK NUMBER | to pay as a result of yesterdas's con- tion in Houston is unknown of Advertising | i alvo, the Costa Rican mi ashington, received a cabl ai s last night_from San Jose, tha Mo 3:'% capital of Costa Rica, with the single o (a8 | word “Barthquake” in it. He fears Mich,. presi. | another catastrophe has taken place. Association of One Trainman is Dead, four others Sine 1 several passengers were e on collision Advertising | in a blinding sn today., hat | mile west of Lowder, T 4 | tween a Chicagq, pay him and | v eoN B o8 money e |, passenger tra t be a man of He has ceased | Wi a one 3 y be- on and Quin- and a heavy coal ALLEGED WHITE SLAVERS the intricate | ARRESTED AT BRIDGEPORT ng to happen. principle that honesty is the basis of Men Into Trouble. efficiency. 2 | Bridgeport, Conn, Feb. 21.—A% a Lawrence Grafters Pardoned. | ogult of testimony given in the -su- Boston, F'eb, 21.—Pardons for James | perior court here today by Joseph no. ten men alleged to be engaged in (he white slave business have beer: arrcsted and are being held pending an_investigation. Lagno, who was before the court, charged with slash- ing the face of Dora Herman, because £he was protecting a young girl the alicged while slavers were after, tes- tified that he had been forced to do the cutting by the men laler urrested and turther saf that when he went binto the woman's apartments armed men §t0od ou the corners of the street utside with loaded revolvers, ready of a|to take hls life if he did not train_on the|out their bidding. The men arrested, Domenico Cesure, In an alleged 6 commission- were me ense, was terday’s storm | the all of the gang | ravao nk C | Mato, regorio, Coz- nited King- ted at §5,960,- Albert Festo, Gateano Ronanno, mes Aricolo and I'rank Matto were picked up in a restaurani on Water #treel and en the East Side, The Old Pensacola Has Been Sold ! A Dynamite Bomb in a Coffes Pot | New | 0,000 10 | } Elihu H. Geer, Aced 72, Secretary | nd | 5 that oe- Testimony of Joseph Lagno Gets Ten | i ;Texas City Devastate ' tive Fire in Homeless Received from 1, Houston, Texas, Feb. 21.—In the | wake of the most destructive fire n | the history of ¥custen, smoldering | wreckage tonight cove area about | | nd a halfl miles in length and | varying in width from two huudred ds to half a mile in the northeast- ern section of the city. $7,000,000 Loss; 1,000 Homeless. { Mere than a dozen of t most_important industrial enterp are in ruins; 200 or more dwelling- | { houses and store buildings are in ash- | ind approximately 1,000 pe are homeless curate statem of the monetary is not yet pos gible, but th conservative that it will $7.000,000, | The insurance forty per cent. Except for a few who snffered mine ns and bruises, no | alties at d the fire, | Broke Out in “Mad House.” | { Br g forth without warning in| | an untenanted rooming house known | {locally as the “Mad H hortly after one o'clock mornine, and | t a time when a g: weeping | m the northwest ames made | bid headway. Th communi- cated to adjoining structures from the mswept toward the sou cas Iy g desolate their | route, in s sport. A structure, s | times a nie and again o pl of preten: arca of dest ours later uction k of the ended, nor the r ad been del: fivefi is ters wa vet ended, \ckened con- it ch and fct are plies of debris, sumption of which is a th W process. 1,030 HOMELESS BY HOUSTON FIRE | Loss Expected to Reach $7,000,000, only 40 Per Cent. of which is Covered by Insurance—Over a Dozen Indus- trial Enterprises in Ruins—O#fers of Assistance for | until’ the conflagrat {*he stream the line | immediate d by Most Destruc- Its History Various Cities. Buffalo bayou divides the city, runs ning cast and west, and it was not ion had reached it slightest headway’ toward checking it.. occasional dip across of destruction . / the be made xcept® for an ended here, Wind Scatters Firebrands. In the e v morning hours the gale continued fiercely and at times hurled ciouds of burning shingles and_fire areat nces and threatened among otpers the plants of the Texas com- pany and the Houston Packing com- pauy. The latter was damaged con= siderably, Several times the roof of the oil plant caugnt fire but the blaze h time was quickly extinguished. Industrial Plants Destroyed. The industrial plants destroyed ine clude three cotton compresses with . 000 bales of cotton, & syrup fuce ory, a pencil factory, two rice mills, a cotton picking plant and three lum< ber yards, The compresses and:cot- ton alone were valued in excess of §5,000,000. Another building destroyed was St. Patrick's cathedral church and academy. Outside Aid Not Need Rapid action was taken for the res lief of thosz rendered homelesg and tovight found the victims with their needs cared for. Outside aid will not be necessary. Today tel- cgrams camo from the mayors of Lou- isville, Ky., Boston, and several other cities proffering aid, and to these May- or Rice replicd, expressing gratitude, but asserting that Houston can meet every need. HEAT STILL INTENSE IN HOOSAC TUNNEL | | Firemen Pour Streams of Water on It to Cool Embers. th Adams by the inten: from the |in the interior of tunnel, un. investigating party which entered the tunnel from Lie west side to in- t the sceme of Jast night's train n, were unable Lo approach thousand feet of the A s tr consist- | n engine, with a | ort derrick and a box car, took into | tunpel various railroad officials ser men frons North Ad- ams. The draught fans midway of the | t were ned on (v blow the | 1 out o tne east por- | dash was made into the tor- tmospher ven by the aid of powcrful search- the searchers could see hardly than an arm's length ahend, as | train neared the wreck, and they | were compelled to fiat car to catch the | At length the heat became so unbe able that it forced a retreat after the party had been in the tunnel a little over two hours. Rocks were still | falling from the roof over the wreck, | some” of tk en' on acks m the wn ooler | we from six to eisht | tor | Trainmaster J. D. Beurne, who had e of the train, declared it as his belief that several hundred feet of | e tunnel would have to be cleared thet no train could be run through fore the end of the week at the earllest. Throughout the entire day firemen worked_cnergetically with streams of water €érawn f n engipe tenders to cool the embers at e east end of the tunnel. So intense was the heat | there that-the track rails were warped | for 200 feet outside the portal, while | inside they were bent and twisted in- to all rts of fant | COURT'S DECISION IS AGAINST CHALONER Must Establish His Sanity in New York Supreme Court, | New York, Feb. ohn Armstrong | started about two wesks ago, Ettor | Chaloner of Vi t his suit in|a&nd Giovannitti appeared pale and | the United States district court today}haggard as Judgs J. J. Mahoney aa~ to have Thomas herman discharg- | nounced his decision. ed as a “committee of his person,” and| Shortly afterwards the defendants | to have the large estatc | placed in his own custod of Chaloner In the late ninetles Chafoner, who s born nler, was committed by the su- preme court of Ne to Bloom- 2ale m for tI e and a committee of the j was ap- pointed to take estata, amounting to many hundreds of thou- ds of dollars. A year after his | ceration, Chaloner escaped and | |went to Virginia, where ‘he courts | have declared him sane. In his decision finding for the de- fendant Judge Holt declaros that ne irregularity has been shown in the ap- pointment of the committee of Chal- oner’s person, and that if Chaloner is sane his remedy lies in an appeal to the supreme court of New York to va- cate its judsment declaring him in~ sane. BABY ASSESSED FOR PERSONAL TAX. New Haven Policeman Finds Delin- quent in a Cradle. New Haven, Conn.,, Feb. 21.—A po- lioeman called at No. 79 Lenox street to inquire into the identity of derick Buisel, for whom he had an unpaid personal tax bill. Mrs, Baisel answered the door, “Youll have some rouble i getling ick Haisel,” she remarked (o the officer. “But 1 have & warrant for him fof not paying his personal tax,” Oficer Mack res plied. “Welrome " said Mrs. Baisel, and she led the way to the cradle in which rested the only Prederick Buigal in the house. The supposed delinquent taxpayer is four w . The officer returned the city attorney warrant unserved to-the In Londor and {5 suburbs tkere are 12,000 dalries | Who fired the fatal shot, On the oth- MISSING DOCUMENTS TURN UP AT HEARING Major Ray on Trial for Alleged Palitis cal Activity. Washington, Feb. 21.—Some of the documents in the case of Major Beecher B. Ray, which were said te be missing ‘from the war department files, turnei up today 2nd were seat to the Helm committee by Secretary Stimson. He sald the papers were found in some personal effects of Gen. J. Franklin Bell, _former chief of staff. The comymittee had-already subpeona- ed Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, who was sald to have copies of the documents, Ma- jor Ray, who is an army paymuster, has been under fire before the com- miftee on charges of political activi- ties rtlcularly about the time the Chicago. convention of 1908 nominated sent to the committes today silow that when under Investi- gation in tne Philippines on charges ing a false certificate, Major Ray used a_certificate of om Mr. Taft, then presiden that on anothe; -~electy occasion Ray was or- dered to the Philippines at his own expense by President Roosevelt and that later Lie was ordered back to the United Stales at his own expense by General Bell, who cabled that the or= der was “by direction,” by whose di~ rection is not disclosed in the record, and the committee considers calling General Bell. The committee members think there is still some correspom< dence missing and hope to cbtain some links frem General Bliss, who is te appear on Monday. ETTOR AND GIOVANNITTI HELD FOR GRAND JURY, Lawrence Strike Leader to Languish in Jail Until May. 21.—Joseph J. Tawrence, Mass., Feb. ttor, former leader of the striking textile operatives in this city, and Ar- turo Giovannitti, his lieutenant, were held ‘without hail for the grand jury in the police court late today on the charge of being accessories before the fact to murder in connection with tha shootipg_of Anna Lopizzo during a riot on January 29. For the first time since the preliminary hearing was were removed fo the Eesex county jail, whera they will probably remain untsi after the May term of the grand jury. The argumenta of counsel for the de- fendangs and the district attorney and the decision of Judge Mahoney occum pied the entire session of court today. The attorneys for the defendants contended that it was a police officer er hand, the governmept claimed that a tall Italian, clad in a brown over- coat, ‘ncited by speeches and advice of the defendarts, killed the woman by mistake, having aimed at a police offix cer. GIRL FELL DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT Was, Sesking Employment in a New York Skyscraper at Time. New York, Feb. 21.—Charlotte Bat~ tersley, a pretty 18 year old girl, while seeking work to support her ‘widowed mother, fell eleven stories in an elevator shaft in a Fifth avenue bullding to her death today. Mrs. Batirsley aocompanied her daughten and as the two stepped out of the ele~ vator at the eleventh floor the car shot upward. Its operator had left ths door to close automatically and 4id not notice that the girl's foot had caught in the doorway. In her strug- gles 1o fres herself she fell down the shaft, Her mother beckme hysterical and was peering down the shaft as if te jump, when other persons ran up and selzed her, Semual Who ran the elevator, was arrested Feld fer examination. Taft at Washington's Tomb, Wash will go to tn plase