Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 25, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV.—NO. 74 Y, MARCH 25, 1912 PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulietin’s Circulation in Norwich is Doubic That of Any Gther Papcr, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population RAILROAD RATES If Rate is Forced Down in One State, Interstate Traffic May Have the Same Rate INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION OPINION Commission jn Effect Asserts That Its Powers Are Superior to Those of Any State—Three Members Dissent, Con- tending That Commission Has Exceeded Its Authority— Based on Complaint of Louisiana Railroad Commission. Washington, March 24—The inter- 6tate commerce commission in an opinfon made public today established 1he far-reaching principle that a rail- road must so adjust its rates that jus- tice wiill be done between communi- ties regardless of the state lines. If & railroad makes a low rate upon traf- fic wholly within a stete, even when forced to do so by a state commission, it must grant the same rate to inter- | 360 miles, whil state traffic moving under substantial- | gants will o iy similar conditions. trafic only 6 Vote Was Four to Three. Shreveport.” The principle was laid down by a vote of four to three, The minority lield that powers of congress were usurped by the majority opinion and | that the remedy for such a situation | #hould be applied by additional lefll-‘ Based on Texas Complaint. “The gravamen of the complaint,” the opinion says, ‘“is that the carriers and other Texas points into easiern Texas which are much lower eastward from Dallas, ‘a the same Louisiana Claimed Discrimination. The low Texas was forced upon the railroads by the Texas railroad comn furtherance of a policy to promote the jobbing interests of Tex- e AR LA lation. The decision was in the case of the railroad commission Lounisiana against the St. Louis and Houthwestern rallway and other car- s operating between Louisiana and as of | as. The Louisiana comminsion declared that Loulslana was b against, because of higher rates from Shreveport | ward, and demanded an adjustment of the rates. The contentions of Loulsiana Asserts Powers Above Those of States ysers sustained by the commission ab- The case practically precipitated a | solutely. conflict between federal and state au- | The opinfon of the majority | of the interstate commerce commis- | hority over the comtrol of Interstate traffic. ston, prepared and handed down by ‘ommissioner Lana, is a definite as- Has Transcended lts Authority. Commissioner Clements maints his dissenting opinion that the mission has transcended its au and Commissioner Harlan d sertion of the supremacy of national | from the majority opinion on substan- regulatory authority over the powers exercised by any state. It is the firat time this assertion has been made dis- | In making | tinctly by the commission. it Chairman Prouty and Commission- ers Clark and Meyer concurred with ‘ommissioner Lane, and Commisslon- | ers Clements, Harlan and McChord | dissented | | B et | COTTON AND WOOLEN GOODS TO COST MORE. | Consumers to Pay for the Recent Ad- vances of Wages. Boston, March 24.—The great Law- | rence strike, which brought in its train | increased wages for 275000 textile | workers in New England, was declared | ficially off at all the milis in Law-| rence today, having accomplished its purpose in the opinion of the leaders. In this comnection, it is generally | belleved that advances in wages or duction in hours of labor to paper mill employes, bagging and burlap workers, machinlsts in shops manu- facturing mill machinery, and opera- tlally the same grounds. Commission er McChord dissents radically majority, intimating eotly view of the approaching determina- tion of the Minnesota, Kentucky and other state rate cases by the Un | States supreme court ti ought not to assert such principle are embodied in the present ¢ e. THREE AMERICANS Victims Were Teachers, a Wisconsin Man Being Killed. Ickang, province of Huy March 23 (delayed)—A te. ceived here from Wushan Sze Chwan says that Messrs, Hicks, Hoffman and who are presumed to be m were attacked while exploring gorges in the Yang-tse river in a boat and all three were robbed and wound ed. Soldlers and a doctor have been despatched to Wushen from this city. ‘Wushan is about 75 miles to the west- tives in other industries are all trace- able, directly or indirectly, to the movement which had Its origin in, Lawrence. The total number of per- | soms thus to bemeiit is considerably | ipward of 300,000. [ Advances in the price of woolen and tton goods which have been made, or | which are in prospect, will probably | place upon the ultimate consumer much of the burden of the additional wage cost to the textile manufacturers, | end $12.000,000 during the next year, it s estimeted. Mill agents in an- icing advances in the prices of cer- ades of cotton and woolen vithin a few days have frankly sald that the upward trend is the re- sult of wage advances in New England mills and, to some extent, to those in New York state textile plants. Rsturn of Strikers’ Children. Tenc fass, March 24.—The re- ) ikers' children, nearly 300 of whom are now in homes in New York, Fhiladelphia and Barre, Vt.| where-they wera sent during the strike, was arranged for next Saturday. At that time a demonstration {8 planned. ommittece has been appolnted to nge with tha city officials for a big de which will include the chil- ren. It is planned to have the march- ars pass by, if not actually around, the | issex jail, in which are im- prisoned original strike leader, Jo- seph J. Ettor, and his lleutenant, Ar- turo Giovannitti, who are still held on a charge of compliclty to murder, KNOX AT CARACAS. Special Races and Reception and Ball Given in His Honor. Caracas, March 24.—A rapid finish marked the last day of the visit of the American secretary of state, Mr. Knox, and his party at the Venezuelan capi- ta’. He will leave tomorrow morning for Puerto Cabello. The secretary e this morning to the residence of ha forelgn minister, General Munuel ics, where he was entertalned. He h2d lupcheon with the American min- ister, Elllott Northcott, at the leza- tlon. Therg were special races at the Hippodroms and later a %eception and ba given by President Gomez at the 2 Flores palac T oreign Minister Matos said in wel- ccming Sscretary Knox that his visit meznt closer ties of friendship and the ¢avelopment of commerce. CARNEGIE FOUNDATION. President Pritchett Makes Sixth An- nual Report of the Work, New York, March 24.—“In general, the sense of public obligation to the cange of education appears to be stropRer and more widespread than ever, but the time has plainly come when private and loecal intiative need more guidance from the point of view of the state and of the nation.” Such was the conciusion reached by President Henry 8. Pritchett of tr Carnegie Foundation for ihe Advanc ment of Teaching, in his annual 1 made public tonight, reviewinyg the sixth year's work of the founda- tion The sum of $526,000 was spent in ra- tiring allowances and pensions during the rear, tlie report shows, Smallpox at Naugatuck. Naugatuck, Conn., March 24— That this town has three cages of smallpoy was announced tonight by Dr. I, 'W. ‘Wright, health officer of New Haven, who was called here to investigate a number of suspicious cases. Beveral other cases of illness are under sur- to o mily” 1| aggregate between $10,000,000 hang Ichang. ward, on the Yang-tse. Hicks Was Killed. Peking, March 24.—The American legation here recsived a telegram to- day from E. Cariton Baker, consul at Chung King, saying that the Ameri- cans at:acked at Wushan are teachers. Tho consul says Mr. Hicks, whose home was Oshkosh, Wis, was killed, and that his companions, though wounded, are taking his body to Ye- The consul adds that the attack was made by pirates and was not due to -anti-foreign hatred. Chinese gendarmes are pursuing the Dirates, NEW HAVEN YOUTHS HELD FOR BURGLARY. One Planned to Kill His Father to Steal His Watch. New Haven, Conn, March 24— Etephen McDermott, aged 20, of 98 Ha- ven street, and Elmore Clifferd, aged 18, of 2871-2 James street, were ar- rested by the police tonight, charged with theft and burglary. They are be- Heved to be the principals in a num- ber of petty burglaries that have oc- urred in the vicinity of their homes recently. After being police station, Clifford turned on his chum and told the police that McDer- mott had laid in wait for his father (McDermott’s) recently, with an axe; that he had intended to kill him and then make away with his watch and other valuables, According to the police, McDermott later confessed to this, Apparently the only thing that prevented the son from triking his father was that the latter did not come home until very late, and the son, becoming tired cf waiting, abandoned his project. Young McDer- mott i8 one of a family of nineteen. WOONSOCKET’S WAGE RAISE IS GENERAL. Woolen and Worsted Operatives Get & Per Cent,, Cotton 10 Per Cent. ‘Woonsacket, R. I, March 24.—An in- crease In wages of 5 per cent. will go into effect at every woolen, worsted yarn and cloth weaving mill'in Woon socket tomorrow mornin: mounce- ments to this effect having been made hy the manufacturers tod Upwards of 5000 operatives are affected. At the same time as many more opera- tives in the cotton mills of the city will recelve a 10 per cent. advance in ac- cordance with notices posted a few days ago. Shoe Strike at Lynn Today. Lynn, Mass.,, March 2 shoe factosies McKa strike tomorrow morning because o the refusal ol tae manufacturers tc grant the union’s demand for an ad- vance in the piecework schedule. Al though the stitchers on strike wil number less than 100, probably, unior leaders say that the effect will he tie up the factories concerned, as the strike has the endorsement of the Untted Shoe Workers of America, TS O A i Rebel Victory in Mexico. Jimines, Mex., March 24.—The rebels after three days of fighting claim : victory today. There are many on both sides. Generzl Gonzal the federal leader and Mexican v m ister of war, is amo the wounde: He resigned his portfo! to take the fleld. Bixty federal dead were ac counted for when the insurgents lead ed a light engine with 40 ho: ] dynamite and sent it headlong into ay incoming armored train leaded with federal soldiers. The smallpox cases are said At-mlh, has 16,000 miles of rail- | ATTACKED BY PIRATES [AUST BE UNIFORM: than | mouth, who was born those which they extended into Texas | W! I from Shreveport, La. A rate of 60 |nelia Thaw o cents carries first class trafic to the |Rulled on her petition in 1908, distance of | the same rate of 60 | class of | Ireland was miles into Texas from | two-hour Cabled Paragraphs Berlin, March 24—The strike of coal miner's at Waldenburg, lower Silesia, has been called off. \ Swaiow, China, March 24—Busi- ness of all kinds has been suspended in this city, and people are fleeing in thousands, ewing to fears of & mas- sacre. Denain, France, March 24—The striking coal miners here will resume Work tomorrow, an arrangement be- tween them and the mine owners hav- ing been effected. Constantinople, March Kepassis Effendi, prince governor of the island of Samos, was assassinated today by a Greek, who fired several shots at him. The assassin was ar- rested, 24.—Andreas Shanghai, China, March 24—W, Camerson Forbes, governor general of the Philippines, who is proceeding to the United States by way of Siberia on leave, was the guest at luncheon yesterday of Rufus Thayer, Judge ef the United States court here, | 24—The Marquis of TLondon, March defendant make rates out of Dallas | Hertford dled yesterday in his 69th His helr is the Earl of Yar- October 20, 1871, to Miss Alice Cor- Pittsburgh, was an- year. se marriage jome rule for ect of another conflerence yesterday! be- tween John E. Redmond, T. P. 0'Con- | nor &nd John Dillon, the Irish leaders, |and Premier Asquith and the other London, Ma rate within the state of | members of the cabinet in charge of the home rule bill March 24—A fatality occurred here yesterdasy, Supt-Lieut, Albokri- noff and his assistant, an engineer, were making a flight in a Farman bi- plane, when tb | by & sudden gust of turned 1t and hurle The two aviators were killed, Sebastopol, double aero; 4, which over- | BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT SHOWN ON THE RAILROAD Traffic Has Increased §21,000 a Day on New Haven Road In March. arch 24.—As indica- ditions of business In incrpase of traffic centinues, the re- during the first showing am in- 60 & day, upon and about four- largely from outside con- | there is also a note- increase of outgoing traffio, rom the New England facto- incoming business necting roa worth mali broupht to the | es, | guished from passengers | A HOPEFUL FEELING women f 1s asphyxiation in en: {of the apartments. The victims wer: ) Miunie Gross, aged 86, and he: IN GREAT BRITAIN. | Belief That Coal Owners and Min- ers Will Come to Terms. Lonflon, March 24—A hopeful feel- | ing prevails that the conference tomor- | row between the coal owners and the miners will prove successtul and bring | to an end the strike which is affect~ ing millions of the people of the Unit- ed Kingdom. Several of the miners' leaders, addressing meetings today, gpoke more encouragingly than for a long time, OBITUARY. Charles 8, Whittimore. Suffield, Conn.,, March 24.—Charles 8. Whittimore, a well known tobacce grower of this place, died this after- noon at a Springfield, Mass, hos- pital, following an operation for ap- pendicitls. Mr. Whittimore was 88 years of age, and leaves a widow, George Linder. Brookline, Mass., March 24.—George Linder, a_prominent business and club man of Brookline and Boston and as- sociated in business with George Von L. Meyer, secretary of the navv died at his home on Garrison street late to- day, aged 63, William McAllister, Washington, March 24.—Willlam Me- Allister, a retired yacht builder of City Island, New York city, died here today after a long fliness. TUntil his death he was said to have been the oxly man then living who had seen all of the international yacht races for the America’s cup. Captain Robert F. Wynne. ‘Washington, March 24—Robert F.| ‘Wynne, former captain in the United States Marine corps, known in that service as “The Fighting Marine,” died | here today at the hame of his father, former Postmaster Geneval Robert F. Wynne. Captain Wynne was 36 yvears old. He died of tuberculosis. contract- ed iIn China during the campaign rgainst the Boxers. Ho resigned from the service after a dramatic court- martial several years ago. Terryville's New Water Supply. Terryville, Conn.,, March 24—The Irew Terry company of this town has acquired all the land bordering on the “Old Marsh” the most exten- | sive body of ¥ in the town of | Plymouth, and on commence | the work of forming a reservolr cov- ering 100 acres, thus adding anether link te the chain of four reservoirs owned by this company. The esti- mated capacity of the new lake is about 160,000,000 gallons. May a Temporary Director, New Haven, March 84—The board of directors of the New York, New Haven & Hamrtferd Railread Co, have elected to neld the oftice fer a time of Ne Haven, who i of the cerperatien, to fil! ney in the direeiorate cause¢ tre the v by the death of the late Pref, Geerge sur arvis Brush, roplane was selzed | Danielson Men Reprerenting Finance, the Law, Com- Condensed T elegrams merce Manufacturing and Other Interests. 8. D. HORTON, Dani elson. Annlhuér Bomb | POSTAL CLERK DISCOVERS IT IN THE MAIL. " RESEMBLES THE OTHER | Was Opoened Without Causing Explo- sion—Polios and Postai Authorities New York, March 24—Nolwithstand- tng it has become known that the police are in possession of a second bomb mailed to Judge Otto A. Rosal- sky of the court of general ns, the trial judge in the Brandt case, what clews they are working to solve the two mysterious attempts upon the Hfe of the jurist. Detected in the Mails. The mew bomb, which fortunately was detected in the mails and kept in- tact, coupled with threatening letters sent to Delancey Nicoll, attorney for Mortimer L. Schiff in the case of Tfolike E. Brandt, Mr. Schiff's former valet, are believed to have encour- aged the police to renewed efforts in running down the sender. The latest bomb ie said to be identical with that which exploded a week ago in Judge Rosalsky’s library while being exam- ined by an officer. Clerk Makes the Discovery. A clerk in the postal sub-station H near Judgze Rosalsky’s home discov- ered a suspicious looking package In the mail last Wednesday. The ad- dress was typewritten on a slip of paper, pasted to Lthe package, as in the case of the first bomb., The postafiige had been instructed to scan the judg mail carefully, and when the suspect- ed bomb was found the ianthorities were notified. b Oggned Without Explosion. An inspector from the bureau of combustibles took It in charge and opened it with such precautions that an explosion was averted. With the materials intact it .was hoped that some clue to the sender might be fcund. Postcffice inspectors werc call- ed upon to help, but they are as reti- cent as the detectives as to what progress is being made. Bomb Outrages Inoreasing. A list of bomb and dynamite out- rages in New York from July, 1808, to date shows a steady Increase each vear with a grand total of no less than 102 attempts to take life or de- stroy property by such means, 1,500,000 STARS ON A NEW MAP OF THE SKY Harvard University Astrenomers Make Scientific Achlevement, Cambridge, Mass, March 24—A photographic map of the entire sky, showing abouyt 1,500,000 stars, has been prepared in sections by the Har- vard university astronemers. Placed together, the map sections would cever more than five acr They measure approximately by b6 feel, Aceerding te the 66th annual r port of the director of the observator just issued, 3,796 phetographs of the stars were made at the observatery during the year ending Sepiember 10 last. Two Women Asphyxisted. New York, March 24—Two childre ho were partialls le playing in the cor heues today led t. death of two age | hd lismshurg tenement the disco f t Mrs, Hann Cohen, aged 67, "fhe rooms were flooded th gas. Actor Suicides en Cunarder, New York, March 24.—Charles Ster ; an English acter, who was com s to America to fill an engagement, killed himseif on the Cunard line* Reply to Engineers’ Demands. New Yeork, Mareh 24—t was learn- ed tenight that the committee of 12 vice presidents and general managers of eastern railreads have completed a lengthy reply to the demands of loco- motive engineers for increases in wages and expect to submit the an- swer at a cenference tomorrow morn- ing with a committee representing the engineers of the 48 eastern railroads eoncerned. . More Pay for 20,000 at Lowell, Lowell, Mass, March 24—TPwenty thousand operatives emplyyed in the Campania which arrived in port this morning. Sterling shut himself Sat- turday morning and was buried at #6a the same evening, seven cotton mills in this city will en- ter on a new schedule of wages tomor- :w, when notices wlgl be p‘nsted of an crease averaging from to 7 per For Rosalsky | Reticent Regarding Possible Clews. detectives would not discloze today on | Glaude Allen Makes Escape ONE OF THE OUTLAWS REACHES NORTH CAROLINA. | HAS SUPPLY OF CASH | | Thres Others Are Dodging About in | the Mountains and Are Likely to Be Captured Within a Few Days. Galx, Va, March 24—Claude Swan- son Allen, the 22-year-old son of Floyd Allen, and one of those indicted for the { Hillsville courthouse murders, has | cleanly eluded his pursucrs, but his uncle, Sidna Allen, and cousins, Wes- ley Edwards and closely pressed on the south side of the Elue Ridge that they prolebly will be captured within u few days. Newe from the Posse, This informatfon came today fram leaders of the humt for the gang who on March 14 swooped down on the Carroll county court, killed Judge Mas- sie, Prosecutor Foster, Sheriff Webb, Juror Fowier, end Miss Nancy Ayres, and wounded two bystanders. Young Allen Has Bupply of Cash. Claude Allen, who once attended a .military school at Raligh, N. C, and knows more of the outdide world than the average mountaineer, it was learn- ed today, took a pocket full of gold from the family cash drawer on the night of the tragedy, put on his best clothing and vanished or horseback beyond -the North Carolina line. Hope of finding &fm in the mountain reglon has now"been abandoned. Three Other Outlaws Seen. Not so, however, with the three oth- "l or outlaws who are dodging about in the crevices of the Blue Ridge be- tween here and Mount Afry, N. C. ‘They have been seen at a distance, and detectives have been within thirty minutes of them. Have No Chance at All “I hope they will all give themselves up; they had better do it. for they have no chance at all,” was the frank comment of Sidna Edwards, likewlse indicted for murder, BEdwards swung his tall, robust figure into the train at Galax about noon, being brought |here from Hillsville under a heaVy guard, He arrived at Roanoke tonight, #eemingly as care free as a schoolboy en a lark. From fifty mniles around the countryside people gathered at the raflroad station to catch a glimpse o1 | the prisoner. A Meeting of Cousins. ers was a plaintive note in the hoy's voice when Henry Allem, a cous- in, sttired in the blue uniform of ar r of the peace, stepped abeard the train at Bylisbey. They shoek hands jand eyed each other in silence fer u | moment, “I'm sorry to see you in a bad serape like this,” said Allen, “Well, sir, I'm sorry te be in it, but 1 just eouldi’t help it,” was the meek reply, Edwards reiterated his protest of n- | necence, | To Be Arraigned April 15, Qalax, Va.,, Marech 24.—The fevmal arraignment of the prisomers was def- |initely set today for April 15th a Hillsville. A change of venue to Wytheville s likel Caribeu Return to Maine Weods, Banger, Me., Mareh 84 —After ar i.hsenua of more than 13 years, caribol ave returned to the Maine woods, anc by 1917 it is expected that hunter: will be able to secure the covete: heads in this sfate, according to : statement issued by John 8. P. H, Wil son, chairman of the Maine fish anc game commission. Typkoon on Australian Coast. Perth, Wastern Australia, March 24, —A disastrous tvphoon has acecurre: cn the northwest coast of western Australia. Many to pieces on the r Fhe typhoon continued from Wedvesday until fyi- day and extended far inland. Numer- ous buildings were wrecked and it is belioved & lazge number of lives were Frie] Allen, ars so | sels were daswed | Senator Smoot Introduced a Bill consolidating all the federal public health agencies, The Aluminum Trust has agreed to dissolve under the ant! trust law without a fight in court. The Senate Lorimer Election inves- tigating committee will meet Wednes- day, March 27, to vote on the case, Only One-Sixth of the Excavation necessary to open the Panama canal to navigation renwined o be dene en Mareh 1, Notices of Ten Per Cent. Advance in wages were posted Satarday in the Kerr thread miils, the Fall River plant of the American Thread company. The Standard Oil company has put fn a claim against the Chinese gov- ernment for 700,000 for damage done to its property during the fighting at Hankow, Gen, Henry H, Bingham, member of congress from the First Pennsylvenia district, and Father of the House, dled at his home in Philadelphia Saturday morning. Four Hundred Women Employed by the Crown Overall company of Cin- canni, O., went on strike Saturday be- | cause two of their number had been discharged. | Two Hundred Men Were Laid Off | in the Saco-Peitee machine shops and | foundry at Blddeford, Me., Friday and Saturday, Lack of orders is given as the reason. William H. Ihne, the Proprietor of a hotei at vin Rock, and & former detective sergeant of the Breoklyn, N. Y., police force, died Saturday at { New Haven. Germany Will Increase Its Army corps ¢nd construct an extra battle- ship squadron es an answer to the recent speech of Mr, Churchill, of the British admiralty. To Check the Wave of Burglary in New York by putting the public on its gnard, PoHce Commissioner Wal- Ao has decided to publish each week a | list of the burglaries, With All the Pomp and Seiemnity that a mighty nation can pay its he- roes of war, the last of the dead of the Maine were laid away Baturday | heneath the green hills of Virginia, in Arlington cemetery. The First Death from Rabies to be recorded in Rhode Island pital Saturday when Edward Buetter passed away. He was bitten hy a dog ,about five weeks ago, A Crisis in the Coal Situation dster- mining whether more than 450,000 min- ers in the bituminous and anthracite Selds shall strike on April 1, or sus- pend until new wage agreements can be effected, is expecied this week. If Pressnt Progress Continves in the construction of the Cape Cod canal, {and it is half done now, the storied | “terrrors of the vengeful cape* will | have nearly dlsappeared by the end of another winter. An Increase in Wages was an- pounced Baturday by the Parker mill No, 2, at Warren, R, L, a branch of the Parker Cotton inllls of Fall Rivar, The increase will go into effect today, but the amount was not stated, | | | The Platform of the Auditorinm at Portland, Me., collapsed as Col. Theo- dore Rocsevelt ascended it Saturday | night, bt the ex-president eseaped uninjured and delivered his scheduled ijw“h‘ sttacking the Taft administra- on, { Because of Their Failure to obtain a 10 per cent, Increase in wages many of the operstives of the night force at Silesia Worsted company's mills &t North Chelmsford, Mass, are on strike, The management offered an advance of § per cent, The Body of Congressman Foster, who dled at Washington, will reach Burlington, Vi, at noon today, accom- panied by & committee of members of the senate and house of representa- tives. Funeril services will be held in the afterncon at St. Pauls Episoopal church. The Proposed Amendment te the Maine constitution to aliow local op- | tlen on the question of permitting lfil mancfacture and sale of intexicating liquors in all the cities amd in such towns as accept the provisions of the resolve was defeated In the leglsla- ture Saturday. The Pennant of the Battleship Maine is to have a permanent home in Chi- cago. ed to the Spanish War Veterans of Chicago by George C, Mages, the pres- ent owner of the emblem, and will be recelved with appropriate ceremonies on Decoration day, / W. G. Bmwnl‘algenernl transporta- tion manager of the Grand Trunk, has agreed to meetsthe representatives of the trainmen's union this week to dis- ocuss several matters, notably the new reduced seheduls of pay for conduc- | tors, brakemen and baggagemen onm | branch lines In Canada, ' Four Masked Men, Heavily Armed forced their way into the Saratogn | club, New York eity, early Sunday morning, pointed revolvers at Alfred Lufigarten,a waiter acting as a watoh- | man, bound, gugsed and blindfolded | bim, broke open a safe and escmped | with $4,000 in jewelry and 3300 in cash. | A “DRY” SUNDAY AT PATERSON, N. J. Blus Laws Enforced, But Drug Stores Permitted to Remain Open. Patersen, N, J, Mareh 34.—Agitation fer enforcement of the so-called “blue laws” resulted today in the suspension of practically all business. Drug stores i were the enly enes to remain open, The police saw to it that excies laws were strietly eomplied wit] |in the “driest” unday in loeal memory. The millunen, however, were not interfered with and sales of pa pers wers permitted on the news- stards, To Suppress Fighting at Swatow, Hong Kong, March 24.—The pow- ers have agreed to suppress fighting in the Burepean quarter at Swatow in thiy future, A centlict with the Chiness seems to be inevitable, and 3 are coming to Hong Kong. The prov. inces of Kwang-Bi and Kwang-Tuay jare in a state of turmoil. Steamship Arpivals, At New York: Mareh 24, Campanta, from Liverpool. At Alexandria: March 24, Cedrie, from New York. for many | years occurred ut a Pawtucket hos- | It has been informally present- | held resulting | | At Bouthampten: March 24, 'St. Big Claims by ‘Roosevelt Men SURE OF MAINE, NEW HAMP. SHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, STATEMENT GIVEN OUT Declares That Taft Leaders Mave Conceded Maine—Taft Men te Own. trol Indiana Convention, Oyster Bay, March 24—Weil possed with the resuits of his trip to Portiand, Me, Colonel Roosevelt returned to Oyster Bay this evening for a few hours’ rest before plunging again inte his campalgn He said that he would Bee no ons tonight. Tomerrow eve- ning he will meke five campaign specches In Manhattan end the Brons, Colonel Roosevelt reached Boston from Portland early this morning. Joised by Lindsey at New London. Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver it Colonel Rocsevelt at New London and returned to New York with him. The colonel would net tall of his trip te Portland, beyvend saying that he was greatly pieased by his reception. Judge Lindsey discussed with Colonel Roose.- velt the situation In several western states, Maine Claimed for Roosevelt, Mr, McCormick gave out a wiate- ment in which he said that a Roose- velt movement to embrace the entire state of Maine was fermed while Cok~ onel Roosevelt was in Portland. “It mhould he stated,” ths statement read, “that over half of the delegates already elected are instructed fer Rooseveli, while the remaining deie- gates are uninstructed. Saturday night | the Taft leaders privetely conceded the state to Reosevelt, Likewise Massachusetts and New Hampshire. During the sevaral days that I have been in New Xngland | have com- ferred with the Roosevelt leaders from New Hempshite, Mass, and Maine | These men have carefully canvassed | the three staies. They are unanimous in reporting that the rank and fis of | republicane are from 2 to 1 %o 6 te 1 |in favor f Colomel Roossveit's umeml- | netion,”’ INDIANA FOR TAFT, Director MoKinley Says He Will Hawe 20 Majority in Convention Tomerrow. ‘Washington, March 24 —Conflieting | claims of the results of the republioan primaries in Indiana om Saturday are made by the nationsl Taft bupean and the Roosevelt -executive ommmities here. Direstor McKinley of the Taft bureau tomight issued o eiatement which says in pert: “The latest advices from Indlema indicate beyond a doubt that the Taft people control the state eonvention by & majerity of a: least 366, and wil! send four Adelegates at Jarge nstroctsd for President Taft on Tuesday, March 26. Tt is settled beyomd nu{ anastion that Taft will have 73 out of the 3 in the state” “A CLEAN, DECENT FIGMT" Secretary of War Stimson Pleade for it in an Address. Washington, March 24. — Pedsrieg that the campnign for the republican presidential nomination should be fought om principles and and not on persopalities and 4 sling- ing,” Sécretary of War Stimsen urged the members of the National Repub- liean elub of the distriet Jast might ta renewed efforts. “1 occupy & peculiar pesition in re- gard to the great republeans who are candidates for the nomins- tion,” said Secretary Stimson, who was vigorously supported by Colonel Roosevelt when he wag a for wovernor of New York and who s now supporting President Taft, “I bave no doubt which man will recefve the nemination,” he continued amid much applause, “but 1 have meo sympathy with any attacks that may b made upon the other. Let us have a oleam, Gecent fight, without descond- ing to personalitfea™ TAFT 18, ROOSEVELT 12. I , T mw..‘ll;mmw ‘but uroffictal re- turns from the republican in Indiens, Seturday, won n six and Twf® n congressional delegates in the which meets here Tueaday to at large to the in Chicago, Taft orted by 7841-42 and Su 41- 42, a majority of 1 wates for T Taft ures ‘n’:n‘ldhn& d and ; “MOCMS” AND “VIVAS" FOR THE KAISER, £ 1 i i the German gathered i i of i i i ¢ | £ i it ® g B L ! 1 ii:g § H i ki i 3 : i g H i i b Hi ! Y] i