Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 2, 1912, Page 1

~ VOL. LIV—NO. 55 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1912 Sarcastic Reference by Judge Case to Roosevelt's Plan to Recall Legal Decisions GOWN A NEGLIGIBLE PART OF A JUDGE'S OUTFIT Ex-President Characterized as a “Dangerous Propagandist” in Speech Before Bridgeport Bar Association—Army of Newspapermen Prepare to Hold Forth at Oyster Bay— Speaker Champ Clark to Stay on His Job as Speaker. Bridgeport, Conn., March 1—"‘We invented here in the old colony of Con- necticut the direct primary and the eferendum, but we did not run them into the ground,” said Governor Sim- eon E. Baldwin In addressing the Hridgeport Bar association at the Uni- ersity club tonight. He also told his earers that e are not apt to sloj er in Connecticut in legal reform: Superior Court Judges Present. asion was the thirty-third anni; banquet of the organization, nd ong the invited guests in ad- dition to Governor Baldwin were the 1dges of the superior court, Judge Case on “The Courta.” Another speaker was z>ige Case of the superior court, whos§ subject was The Courts.” Speaking of the courts, o sald: * One speaks for the court nowadays sonal risk. In those days s retained a fair measure of popular approval and respect. Some of are old fashioned enough to believe that the feeling is not quite gone yet in quarters deserving respectful con- eration, but a brand new edict has zone forth, and now that has been au- thoritatively defined to us, it will per- 1aps not do to harbor obsolete notions e o of judicial independence. Truly, it 8| an inspiring picture that the new or- der of things throws upon the screen. Mob’s Collar the Court Insignia. Under the new regime the judge's zown becomes a negligible part of his His real insignia seem to be the b's collar, and his own fealty to the ting whim and clamor of the rab- But T wonder if it is worth while zandist with entire seriousness. If so, then God save the commonwealth!" ON TEDDY'S TRAIL. Army of Newspaper Correspondents to Camp at Oyster. Bay. Ovwster Bay, N. Y., March 1.—The slege of Sagamore Hill began today when Colonel Roosevelt made his firat appearance inadus home_ {gwg.since his declaration of willingness to accept the presidential nomination. A full fledged battalion of correspondents and . tele- graph operators came down fromeNew York with Cnlonel Roosevelt ready for the campaign from now until the time f the republican national coj tion. Colanel Ronsavelt was pressed for an explanation of opinion econcerning the statement given out last night by Senator Dixon, his campaign manager, or treat this dangerous propa- | | in which President Taft's administra | tlon was criticized sharply. He said | he had not read the senator's state- | men: and was not qualified to express |an opinion. He had heard that the coercion of federal officeholders in the south wads charged, and said that when he was president he never used his in- | fluence with officeholders for his own | aavantage. In fact, he said, he had fcird it necessary to use his influence to prevent federal officeholders from again in 1908. The impression i3 general that lines of battle would be drawa more sharply as a result of the broadside | fired by the Roosevelt forces at Pres dent Taft. Colonel Roosevelt made it clear, however, that he Intended to do everything in his power to avoid the appearance of attacking the president and to prevent the issue from becom- |ing a personal one. Governor Stubbs of Kansas, who came from Washington to address a Roosevelt rally tonight in Newark, N. J., was all smiles and declared that popular sentiment for Roosevelt was growing everywhere. In fact, he did not see how Rooseve nomination {could possibly be prevented. | CHAMP CLARK’S POSITION. Declines Speaking Engagements to Stay on His Job in House. Washington, March 1. — Speaker Champ Clark’s mansgers today issued an emphatic statement that Mr. Clark would not accept outside speaking en- | gagements because he did not believe a presiding officer should leave congress while it was in sesslon. The refusal of the speaker to accept invitations from Boston and elsewhere to make political | apeeches was made the basis for a | statement by Mr. Clark about “ab- | senteelsm. “The vice of congress is absenteeism,” sald the speaker. “I am trying my everlasting best to keep a quorum here for the transaction of public business, and T cannot with a’ straight face and clear conscience insist upon _other bers staying here unless them a good example.” The speaker's only public appéarance outside of Washington before the ad- Journment of congress will be before the Maryland legislature at Annapolis on March 7. The Maryland capital will be the scene of a presidential “free for all” mext week. Governor Wiison will appi&r before the legislature during the week. T GOVERNOR EXONERATES COMMISSIONER AVERILL No Evidence at Hearing to Warrant Removal. Finds Hartford, Conn., March 1—Géneral Hermsn 0. Averill, state commis- rioner on domestic animals, was ex- onerated of the charges alleging “in- eompetence, misconduct and material neglect of duty”™ preferred against him by n, of New Haven, Dr. Frank G. Atwood, u veterina- | in a decision | | MONEY CAME EASY AND WENT AS EASILY. Robber Who Robbed Taxicab Robhbers Was Himself Twice Robbed. robbed the robbers who forcibly took 1$25000 from two bank messengers in the flnancial district two weeks ago, wah afterwards robbed twice -himself, Such was a chapter added to the his- tory of the “taxicab holdup” by the confession of Matteo Arbano today. '"ndflrv\d this afternoon by Governor | Arbano is anything but a robber in ap- » charges was held recently at the te capitol. The finding is in favor the commissioner in every respect 1 states that no adequate reasons were shown to warrant the removal of the commissioner from office. The Governor’s Decision. The decision of the governor goes Into elahorate detafl both as regards mplaint and its analysis. It the following statement of G. Atwood is the president Conneeticut State Veterinary association and flled the pe- as such, Two Schools of Vetefinarians. There are two schools of practice in veterina science with reference the method of examination of horses which it is suspected may .-have glanders or farcy One "ol these £shools relies more on physical symp. UM capable of direct observation, 204 the other school relies largely, it not more, on other. teste, auch as the magtine the agglutination test and the complement-fization test. Dr. Atwood - belongy to ¢ . ssheol L1 0 he latter Dr. Harrison Whitnsy of New Haven, who is a veterinary rEe competent training, ana'.i?ursv%nsf longs to the former school, g Averill Used Reassnable Care, The commissioner on domestic ani- mals is not an expert in veterinary practice. He I8 consequently obliged to turn over cases of suspected glanders or farcy to those who are. The expert whom he has esmmonly emjloyed or such cages In and i .\e’l\_‘. en is Dr. Harrison ihout . Whitr montioned and was in trusting to him care, including e churges. CGuilty of No Negligence. Dr. Whitney made reports from time conr [ in the to time to the commissioner upon. the | cases so entrusted to him and the com- missioher was reasonably ' justified In accepting such reports as satisfactory, The commissioner sent Dr, Whit- ney to inspect the Brett stable par- ticularly mentioned’ in the charges and was guilty of no negligence in re- spect thereto, The commissioner duly Dr. Whitney to examine the Andrews horse, and Dr. Whitney acted prompt- 1y, and with reasonable care in rela- tion thereto, sent ldwin, before whom a hearing on | pearance. “T do not find that,the evidence on’ &ny point produced’ at 'the 'hearig warranted the removal of ¢ommis- sloner Averill from ioffice, of Personal March 1.—The value of taxable property in New York is $14,- 000,000 less today than it was a yvear ago, according to the tax rolls suh- mitted by the board of aldermen. The falllng off ix due entifly to shrink- age In the vaiue of personal property, Property. He is only five feet tall and welghs only 100 pounds and wears spectacles. He gave himself up to the police to- day, and told them how he walked in- to a saloon where the flve taxicab bandits were dividing the $25,000 loot, and how by “pure bluff” he was Biven $10,000. “He sald as he left the saloon with his pockets Dulging he was in turn held up again by two companions of his and had to divide with them. | With $3,000 he still kept he fled to Ha- vana, Cuba. In Havana he Wwomax became acquainted ind after o/ night of Id he found himself which he alleges the woman stole, The police so far have recovered only $2.000 of the original Toot, and on this basis heavy bail was | ed today of all the men held in the case. The sum of $25,000 was re- quired in the case of Montani, the tax- ienb chanffeurand prohibit in the caee of the olhers held. “Swedish Arnie” the girl whose new hat, purchased for her robbers, led to the first clue of their identity,and two other women held as witnesses were discharged from cus-| tody today. Biggest Steam Turbine Ever Built. New York, March 1.—The larges steam turbive which has ever been constructed has been contracted for by the Transit Development company, af- filated with the Brookiyn Rapid| Transit company, it was announced today. It will built at Pittsburg and will be of 6 750 horse power. Limon, where they Iz ing from the United of his v Increase of Auto Acci New York, Marc killed eleven in New York city according to statistics announced to- day by the National Hizgway Protec- tion society.' This record shows an ir- crease of nearly 300 per cent. over the corresponding mouth last year, nd injured Quring February Twe More Taft Delegates. Auburn, N. Y., March 1—Hon. Se- reno E. Payne, of Auburn, and A, M, Patterson of Geneva, both Taft ad- herents, were named as candidates for delegates to -the national republican convention at Geneva this afternoon from the thirty-sixth congressional district. Taft Dines Maryland Republicans. ‘Washington, March 1—Many prom- inent Maryland republicans were en- tertained by the president and Mrs. Taft at digner and a musicale in the White House tonight working for his nomination in 1904 and | the set | New York, March 1.—A robber who aulrn)nl*" y ome of the | Condense_g_’_l‘ elegra i | Wirels Messages Will Hereafter be known as radiograms in the navy department. An Order for Twenty Stesl mail carn‘\ by the New Haven road was announc- | ed yesterday, _Donald Makay, Head of the banking firm of Mackay & Co., New York, dled in a Hudson tube traim. William Dean Howells, the Novelist, quietly celebrated his 75th ULirthday at his home in New York yesterday. The Will of the Late Professor George J. Bush of Yale, disposes of an estate of about $363,000 to his three } daughters. As the Result of a Burning Accident Elsie M. Adams, a 17 vear old girl, died at her mother's home at Attle- | boro, Mass., yesterda William Bearl and His Daughter | narrowly escaped death by suffocation in the fire which destroyed their home at Meriden, yesterda; | Announcement is Made of the en- | sagement of Judge Liyingston W. | Cleave of New Haven and Mrs. Fannie E. Dowkortt of Battle Creek, Mich. The American Woolen Company ves- terday notified its agents in all of its 33 mills in New England and New York state to advance wages five per cent. A Quantity of Sumatra Leaf tobac- | co, which the sovernment claims had been smuggled through Philadelphia, | | was seized by the customs offictals in | New York. Having Drifted from Its Moorings on the American cosst, a conical iron buoy belonging to the United States light- house service has just been found off Cape Clear, Ireland. Ten Years Ago Moses H. Steur could {not read or write. Yesterday at the age of 56 vears he was admitted to the | Massachusetts bar. Steur came to this | country a little more than a decade | ago. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has {approved a decision of the pure food | board which holds that no cherries ay be tabeled “Maraschino” uniess | are Marasca cherries preserved in Maraschina. Robert Haisam, 72 Years of Age, | widely known a generation ago as Norwich Men Representing Finance, the Law, Commerce Manufacturing, and Other Interests. EDWIN ‘W. HIGGINS. Representative in Congress from the Third District. CLOTHESLINE THIEVES ARRESTED AT BRISTOL Police Find Three Trunks and Suit | Case Full of Booty. Bristol, Conn., March 1L—As the re- =ult of a raid by the police late to- day on the home of Christopher Al- brecht in this city, and the arrest of | several members of the famil; the ’ony Bob,"” died in want at Chicago. For many years he was famed as a pony express rider and Indian fighter throughout the west. Advices to Dun’s Roview this week from leading cities in the United States indlcate that the weather has retarded business in some sections, although in others, not similarly affected, there is a distinct trend toward improvement. The Massachusetts Committee on legal "affairs by a vote of $ to 7 has reported the bill which gives cities and towns the option of permitting all | kinds of sporis after 1 p. m. on Sun- day, provided mo admission is charg- ed. What Was at First Believed to be a plot to destroy a freight train carrying products of the American Woolen com- pany of Lawrence, Mass., has heen dls- covered to be 14 sticks of frozen dyna- mite, which Is harmless until thawed out. The Senate Yesterday Voted Down a motion by Senator Poindexter to postpone consideration of the Stephen- son case long enough to permit action | |on the Poindexter resolution ordering | |an inquiry into the textile strike at Lawrence, Mass. Mrs, Isabella Goodwin, a New York police matron, to whose credit is placed the capture of 'Lie taxicab robbers who recently held up two bank messengers | and procured $25,000, was advanced | yesterday to the rank of first grade detective at a salary of $2,250. “If | Had My Way, I'd Make it a Penal Offense for any mother to put a toothbrush in the mouth of a child” declared Congressman Cyrus Sulloway of New Hampshire yesterday at hearing on a bill to rigulate dentistr: Sulloway lauded the “good old days" | of tobacco chewing und dipped snuff. | | Mrs. Maria leged, beliey that the X w mpbell, who, it is al- d her cat had a soul and spirit of her sister, long dead, th her in her home, was in ion of sufficient facultles a valid will disposing of 000 estate, according to a decis- | urrogate Fowler of New York, | nade vesterday. | The Cat in the Househoid of Touts| | 32,000, Andrews at Newton Upper Falls,Mass., | conld mot control its curiosity as to | !the shutoff on the range in the | citchen early yesterday. The conse- | anence was that four of the m-umnu; k sc were rendered nnconscious | | » and werp nat revived Washington, March 1—An attack | on the senate’s authority to act om the charges against Senator Lorimer on the ground that the case was final- ‘Iv digpored of at the last and a declaration that putti | mer on trial agal | was a LORIMZR COMPARED TO ANGCIENT MARTYRS. Counssl Argues That Two Trials Vio- lates Spirit of Constitution. mor insteaw of by Steamship Arri ‘ At Madcira: Feb. 29, Adriatic, from | New York, At Copenhagen: March 1, C. E. Tiet- | gen, from New York. At C March 1, Caronia, from March 1, Espagne, from | Feb. 29, Oceana, from | Judge Disagrees in Arson Case. Bridgeport, Conn.,, March 1-—After deliberating for six holxs the jury in the criminal superf®r court in the case of Edward Schofield, charged with having set fire to the barn of | David H. Van Hoosear at Wilton on | November 10, 1907, reported dim-‘ harged, I meat late today and were disc authoritles believe they have brought to'a close a reries of clothesline and other petty thefts which they —hay have been going on several mon Those under arrest are Christopher Albrecnt, aged (0, and his three sons, Willlam, 28, George 20, and Edward, 17, They are held without bonds for a hearing in poilce court temorrow on charges of theft. In addition, the police, while not formally arresting two daughters of Albrecht, aged 18 and 12, respectively, notifie¢ them to appear in court to- morrew with their father to answer to theft charges. When the police left the Albrecht home after a thorough seurch they toek away with them three trunks and a suitcase filled with wearing apparel and finery of various kinds, which the police allege have peen pilfered from clotheslines about the city and from other places. Cabled Pazalgraphs George Grossmith senior, one of the best known actors and public enter- tainers died here today in his 65th year. Copenhagen, Denmark, March 1— Count Holstein-Ledreborg, who was formerly prime minister for the period g—nm August 8 to October 22, 1909, ied today. Hamburg, March 1-—The prices of bunker coal have already doubled here since the declaration of the British coal strike. There is little o~ none available for forelgn vessels even at fancy prices. Berlin, March 1—Thirty-one cities in Prussia inciuding Berlin and other large centers have been affected by the strike today of 30,000 men tailors, Their demand for an Increase in wages has been refused by the employers. Tegucigalp: Jose Maria revolutionary resterday Honduras, landaies, a belonging to crossed the San into Honduras with March 1 Honduran Amapala, vador men 60 tured the border town of Ara- mone Batavia, Java, March 1 Chinese who were arre%t:cl the Dutch authorities oM\ .ccount disturbances during the cele the declaration of the Chinese r lic, were released today on the pr is of their leaders to prevent cirence of the disturbances. of Thirty-six Lives Paid the Penalty of the revolt in the penitentiary at Mon terey, Mex. | SAYS MOTHER i8S NOT 1 NECESSARY TO CHILD. | Remarkable Declaration by Justice in Supreme Court at Brooklyn. New York, March 1.—A child has no essential need of mother love, de- clared Justice sMarean in' the supreme court, - Brookl, today, in giving a father the custody of his nine _\‘t‘ilf' old son, despite the mother’s pleadings. | “A mother s not necessary to her | child,” remarked the court. All child- ren are selfish. Their minds are on their own pleasures, So long as they | have their toys and their enjoyments, | they are satisfied. Once away from | the mother they very. quickly . forget her. She affects their lives only as | she can serve them. They grow just| as well without her.™ The youngster whose plight called forth these sentiments . is Leroy H. Thompson, whose father, WilHam }.. Thompsorn, o#ner of the Ardencraig Inn,, at Port Jefferson, L. I, diverced his wife in 1907, | Justice Marean was asked to decide | the question of the wife's right to see the boy at the times specified in the divorce decree. The lad said he pre- | ferred to remain with his father, and the latter declared that the visits of | h s erstwhile wife, who has remarried, ad proved embarrassing and annoy- | .ing to Leroy. Thompson, too, has re- | married. Justice Marean said that he deemed it best to give the father sole custody of the lad. THE DAY IN CONGRESS. Cutlery Manufacturers Protest Against Steel Tariff Bill. Washington, March 1.—The day in on, 2 p. m. surgical instrument manufacturers protested to finance committee against house steel tariff bill Railroad attorneys gave their views interstate commerce commlttee on to proposed bills of lading reforms. House: Representatives of land companies were heard in Florida Everglades in- | vestigation, | Tennesseans Favor Roosevelt. Chattancoga, Tenn., March 1—A | | delegation Instructed for Theodore | Roosevelt as republican presidential | nominee named from Bradley ounty today for the third Tennessce congr distrigt convention that | | takes pl e in Chattanooga next Mon- | | | | | | day. The republicans of Marion coun- | tv also instructed their delegates to | vote for Roosevelt- delegates | at the Chattanooga. convention. i Senator Lodge Made un argument n opposition to the arbitration trea- tiea, make swindling an art. cism of an offensively writt readers is a good founds them. There are too n law does not touch, but Pui gue t cannot afford to ac inviting. Send matters There is no one doing more to_keep newspapers clean tcday than the keen-eyed reader and critic, although the circulation managers are working together to eliminate all scheme advertising which represents bush whacking competition, upon the ground that there is not greatioy for patrens to compete with the lars and Now is the time to subscribe fo- The Campajgn is just opening and it will keep The Bulletin will be left at your door for 12 cents a weck. | | | | practice artists who ed by a kindly criti- e criticism of the pon when he rejects d swindling whig the | 1 | shary more confidence and every and | if it would x ']"fl!)vl‘fl ing is a2 summary of the matter printed dewring the past B ;l/l‘e!in Telegraph Loca/ Genera! Tolal Saturday, Feb. 24. 95 149 760 1004 Monday, Feb.26... 69 110 236 415 Tuesday, ~ Feb.27... 74 113 173 360 Wednesday, Feb.28... 85 127 200 412 Thursday, Feb.29... 96 107 188 391 Friday, March 4... 82 125 176 . 383 || Folpl iwss i i, S04 731 1733 20651 80, exceptions are the Kverett il where a lockout a8 been in eff. e the strike started, and the | Kuhnbardt. milis, the agent of which | stated yesterday that an increase at | company { according to the | voted to refuse the offer, | the men declined, A Keen-Eyed Reader and Critic | l Clung. | was preparing 1o o The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Doubie That of Any Other Paper, and ts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connectiout in Proortion -to the Gity's Population MOB'S COLLAR AS JUDGE'S INSIGNIA Won't Accept ~ | The Increase VOTE TAKEN BY LAWRENCE STRIKE COMMITTEE. DEMANDED 15 PER CENT. All But Two Mills An- .nounce Advance in Wages—Party of Lawrence 13 Children Leaves for Washington. Lawrence, Mass, March 1L—All the xtile mills, both woolen and cotton, | two ~exceptions, offered their ng emploves an advance in pay today, or stated their Intention to do The this time could not be considered. Demand Made for 15 Per Cent. In most cases the mills have :UI-‘ nounced that the scale will be rajsed | at least five per cent. in all depart- ments, to take effect Monday morning. The demand of the strikers was for 13 per cent 12 Per Cent. Increase jn Some Cases. In the case of the American Woolen the offer made today made an average increase of eight per cent., atement of an offi- cial of that company tonight. The five per cent., it is explained, is the mini- mum, and in some cases nearly 12 per cent. will be added to the pay of the peratives, Strike Committee to Reject Offer. Soon after the concessions were posted the strike committee of the In- dustrial Workers of the World met and About 12,000 of the 18,000 still on strike are affiliated with this organization. Tonight the Central Labor union, which represents many of the skilled craftsmen) met, but gave out no statement of its atti- tude. CHILDREN LEAVE. Four of Them Girls, Trip to Washington. Thirteen, Make Lawrence, Mas: Match 1.—The par- ty of working children of strikers which has been requested to -appear | oefore a congressional committee in | Washington tomorrow forengon left this_city at 7.11 today. Instead of numbering 50 bovs and girls, the dele- gation included 18 children, -four of whom were girl Among the children, all of whom have worked in the textile mills here, was Cwrmela Peoli, a 15 vear old g’gk who about a vear #g6, while at in a mill, lost a part of her scalp when her hair ght in the machinery. Al- though suit brought against the mill company, no damages have %yet seen awarded the girl. REDDING WRITES “I DID IT MYSELF.” Letter from Alleged New Haven Mur- derer to Hamden Man. | | New Haven, Conn., March 1L.—The Journal-Courier will print tomorrow a! Jetter written bby George Redding,who | is held for the murder of Morris| Greenerg, to Leonard C, Lewis of Ham- in which he makes reference to ngs from the néwspapers “regard- | ing the cage,” and then says there [s no use in doing that, as he dld it him- sclf and confesses to iit, adding tt he doesn’t know how he came to do it, but that it is all up now. The letter is | dated New Haven, Feb. 28, 1912, and 18 as follows Dear Len: You ask me to send you pings from the newspapers regards ng the case, There is no use In do- | ing that. ] did it myself. T confess to | it. To tell the truth, I do not know how I came to do it. But it is all up | now. Good-bye, “"GEORGE." It was denied tonight that Mrs. Hud- | son, Redding’s alleged sweetheart, had | | been spirited away from tcwn, as had | tec 1 this afternoon. She ig in | it was Aaid, and is now | rium, where she has sought rom the tense strain ch the | events of the past féw days have put | upon her. he police having recalled to mind that Catherine Fletcher was. mys ously murdered in the Hamden woods {at Highwood on January 28, 1908, have begun working on a theory that | something about that case. ild have been omly 17| vears of age then OVER A MILLION MINERS | IDLE IN GREAT BRITAIN, | Colliaries Continus | Operated. | Oly a Few Small to Be London, March lL.—Premier Asquith today invited the miners' executiva committee to meet the coal owners, but saying they had nothing to diséuss. They had, they said, placed their schedules of mini- mum rates on the table and they would maintain that position until otherwise instructed by the miners. ! OBITUARY. | William Bayard Cutting. New York, Mar¢h L—Willam Bay- | ard Cutting, aged 72, the well known lawyer, director of many corporations, and leader in ‘soclety and civic move. ments in this city, died tonight on a train while veing brought home from the west, accordine to a, private tele- gram received late tonighat by his Disagreement in Christian Science Case. New York, March L—The jury in ths case of Willis Vernon Cole, the Chris- tian Science practitioner, charged with practicing medicine without a license, was unable to agree on a verdict today after deliberating an hour and & half, and was discharsed. It was said that the jury stood eight for acquittal and four for comviction. New Counterfeit §5 Bill. Washington, March 1—The secret ice announced teday the discovery ew counterfeit five dollar silver certificate. It is aw imitation of the certificate containing the Indian head. spries of 1889, check letter “D,” signed by Register Napier and Treasurer Me- Palibearer Arrested for Murder, Gaftnesville, Tla., March l-4As he t as pallbearer at the funeral of Dr. H. (. Spencer here, today, Harry (i, Welch was arrested on a warrant charging him with the mny- der of Dr. Spencer. Weich ”15' * ma- Wve of N | recognition of their Suffragettes on Wild Rampage CAUSE HEAVY LOSSES TO-LON: DON SHOPKEEPERS. MRS. PANKHURST LEADS v B Plate Glass Show Windows Shattered and Offices Wrocked—One Hundred and Fifteen Arrests Made by Pelice. London, March 1.—FHecayse the coai miners were able to gain government grievances b threatening the business of the coun- try, the suffragettes late today also | entered upon a policy of menace to trade. And they carried It out sub sequently and with an ardor which resulted in heavy financlal losses. They caused consternation among the merchants in the most prosperous | shopping district in the city and par- alyzed business at the busiest hour of the day. The police ‘wére taken completely unawares by the onslaught by the women, and before they wera able to muster their forces and re- strain them, the streets were covered with shattered plate glass which had once been the show windowg of stores, Windows Broken, Offices Wrecked, It wes a window-bre sxpedi tion solely, and a thoroughly organ- ized one. Hundreds of windows in many of the most famous shops of the world and in several of the govera- ment offices gnd ciubs wers wrecked by, the sufffagettes. The done will aggregate many th of pounds. The losses, howevér, 1 not all fall upon the shopkeepers, be- cause many of the show windows, es- peclally the costly ones, were covered by insurance against breakage. 115 Women Arrested. Onc hundred and fiftesn women were drageed to the police stations by.pe- lice or by excited and indignant shep- keepers, Many others, however, es- caped. Al those arrested weres re- leased during the evening om bail, coupled with the promises that they would refrain from further activities in window wrecking. Shopkeepers Barricade Doere. Some of the shopkeepers who saw the storm coming were able to:close their shutters and barricade thefr shop doors against the infurigted suf- fragettec. The trouble cent d ‘about Trafalgar square, where the big steamship companies have thelr par- senger offices, and tha Regent - streety” streets, where the fashionabia fewelry and drygoods houses are w! 1 of several of the steamship offioes were smashed. ‘ Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the vet- eran of many a suffragette battle atruck the first ‘blow, $mashing the windows of the premier's residence in Downing street. The suffrageite lead- ers say that it is their purpose to con- tinue their campaign of window break- ing until, ltke the coal miners, they force the government to take up thair claims for suffrage to protect business interests, DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS FOR FREE SUGAR MILL Expected to Reduce Price of Suger One and One-Half Cent Pound. ‘Washington, A bill to put sugar on the free list, abolishing $63,- 000,000 in annual customs revenue, and another to extend the present corpora- tion tax to include individuals co-partnerships dolng business o $5,000 a year or over, were ratified tonight by the house democratic esu- cus, The excise tax, so-called by the ways and means committee, is in effect an income tax. The bill is so drawn that it is expected to comply with the su- preme court’s decision against the con- stitutionality of sn income tax. Its effect would Le to (ax every persom who earns more than $5,000 a year on the excess of $5,000 at the rate of ome per cent. The estimate by Chairmean Under- wood and the other members of the rs committee is that the tax would bring in & of between $50,000,000 and .000,000 a year. Fiacing sugar on the free list, the democratic Jeaders cstimate, will re- duce the price of sugar to the consum.- er avout & cent and & half a pound. Tevenue s Peking Atrocities Shock Dr. Sun. Nanking. March 1.—President Sun Yat Sen was shocked today when he received advices from Peking concern ing the outbreak there, which he con sldered indicated an entire lack of dontrol by the suthorities. - He be- | lieves, however, that the outbreak will be brought under contrel by the gem erale and the troope who are loyal te the republic. Parachute Jump from Aeveplama. 8t Louis, March 1L.—For first time in the history of heavier-| -alr fiylng, 2 man leaped from an at Jefterson Barracks today de- gcended safely to earth in a '&M‘ Captain Albert Berry made - tacolar leap, and it was wi w hundreds of soldiers. American Swindles Mexicans. Douglas, Ariz, March 1.—Border po- lice are looking for J. Phillips, American, who is alleged to have timized Mexicans by posing &8 am agent of the Vasquita headquartése Locometive Bofler Explodes. Willamsport, Pa., March 1—Feur men were killed at Muncy, 14 miles south of here, tonight, when the boller of a locomotive attached to & frejght train blew up. German Miners Meot Refusal. Figsen, Germany, March 1L—Feur coal miners’ meetings have been cali- ed for Sumday to consider the refuss! by the German mine owners to ad- vance the wages of their employes. A Beit Line Abaut Boston,