Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 27, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV—NO. 76 NORWICH, CONN., WE! DNESD AY, MARCH 27, 1912 PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of An_y Other Paper, and kts Total Circulation is the Lar-gest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Popelation A TAFT SWEEP IN NEW YORK STATE f e ey Zighty-Three of the 90 Delegates Elected in Primaries Claimed For the President GARRIED NEW YORK CITY OVER TWO TO ONE Roosevelt Leaders Claim That They Have Grounds For Con- test—Ballots Used Were T'en to Fourteen Feet in Length —Taft Choice of Indianu Convention—Taft Managers Accused of “Political Grand Larceny” by McCormick. New York, Marck 36.—Toeday s state- obtainatie at midnigh cate a vote blican prim roice ofyof 4 and o to the Roose- to the national | vel: delegates, Lawrence B. Abbott an at Chicago resulied in the | A 3, Gray, Former Gov. Ben- organisation candidates in | jamin B. Odell was elected stats com- iy every district where there teeman over Hamilton, Lisi, contest, according fo unofficlal | by a vote of about three and four seturns, fairly complete in meay in- oue stances, at hand uvpln late hour .u~‘ OHIOANS FOR WILSON. night. s 83 of 90 Claimed for Taft. | Progressive Democratic League Cuts Ciaims that at least 83 of the 90 Governor Harmon. delegaies will be for Taft and not more Cabled Paragraphs _Nognsaid, Japan, March 26— Bisbo; | Yoichi Honda of the Methodist churc of Japan died here today of typhold fever in the 64th year of his ege. Berlin, March 26— tried Albert ‘racger, member of the | reichstag from Oldenburg and “father of the house” dled today in his 82d year, St. Petersburg, March 26.—It is an- | nounced that King Victor Emmanuel of Italy will visii Emperor Nicholas r, possibly at Crimea. Political is ascribed to the proposed be accor lord mayor and mu- of Belfast tomorrow ermany, March 28—The German aviator Kleine, while making a fell from a height of 200 ' ‘The aviator's sed the ac not known. e pope suffered perature. this even- iis general conditfon §s con- quit The physi- there was an symptoms. today adopted the oncouragement n Russia of agri- than seven for Roosevelt were made | Columbus, O, March 26.—The exec-| The council re- by State Ch n Willlam Uarnes, utive committee of the Ohio Proe ) the duma Jr, and John W. Hutchinson, director sive Democratic league today vote e the eastern branch of ihe national 'support the canlidacy for the presi- free: of duty aft bureau Chairman Charles H. ' dential nowmination of Governor Wood? which ‘the duma enlarged | Duell of the Rooseveit city committee declared that the primaries, character- row Wilson of New Jersey at the sta wide democraiic primary May Il The ized by “a complete breakdown of the resolutions advpted, however, icave a eiection machiger: had been & loophole for other candidates in a farce” Mo asserted that an effort clause that requests Govern: would be made by 136 Roosevelt com- mittee to secure a ‘“real primary” in this city with a full expression of re- publican opinion. Defines Governor Dix’s Duty. Governor Dix should be called upon in naming the six delegaie from Ohio to select such men support his candidacy as long as he |a potentiaity and who in no event will vote for a reactionary candidate. The league maintained its former o convene the legislature in special | Policy of not mentioning Governor session,” declared Chairman Duell in | Harmon by name, referring to ‘the . > toni e - |only candidate for the presidentia « statement late tonight, “for the pur- | 9nly caudidste fof, the presidettal pose of passing a presidential primary isw so that there may be an honest expression of the wishes of the voters of the state as to whom the delegates Ehall support in both national conven- | tions. In no surer way could Governor Dix meet the wishes of the people.’ An Monest Preference, Says Ko “Thes primaries of New York gave the voters an opportunity to express | honestly and accurately their prefer- | ences for a presidential nominee,” Mr. Koenig, chalrman of the republican committee, declared. When informed wof the statement on the law's working made by Chairman Dueil. the republi- " county chairman declined to com- ment upon it. As to lhe resuil of the ballotipg, Chairman Koenig sald: Two t8 One for Taft in New York City “With 182 election districts missing, President Taft in the primary contesti ! in New'York city today recelved 29,- | 402 and Colonel Roosevelt 14,011 This indicates that the president has beaten Rooseveit in this city by more than twg to ome. It was the most remark- abie victory ever achieved by the or- ganization when we consider that Col- | nounced reactiomary who refused to vote the democratic ticket in 1896,” and gave the ticket his active support only in those years in which he Was a candidate. INDIANA FOR TAFT, Four Delegates at Large for Mim, But Roosevelt Men to Contest. Ind'anapols, March 28.—Controlling | the Indiana republican convention by a majonity of 105 of the 1,439 delegates, supporters of President Taft (oda: elected their four candidates for del gates at large to the national conven- | tion and instructed them to vote for the renomination of the president. Advocates of the nomination of Col- onel Roosevelt, charging they had a majority of the delegates, made ir fective becauss of the “road roiler methods of the Taft organization, held {an independent convention while the {crowd was pressing from the bail and alected four delegates at large instruct- ed for the former president. The contest will be carried to the onel Roosevelt is a resident of New Chloago convention, the Roosevelt York.' campalgn managers said. i Roosevelt Men Claim Ground for Con. | Fourteen members of the Indiana | gelegation of 30 to the national con- ool ventlon have been Instructed to vote ol the polls had closed at 9 |for the renomination of Taft, and the o'clock, in some Instances only about | Roogevelt forces have two. Seven dis- walf an hour after they had opened, |trict conventions are yet to be held, on account of the delay in the delivery baliots, Rooseveit supporters said t the mixup would lay the ground | ontest ae to the validity of the | and a rollcall of the delegations today indicated that Roosevelt would carry five and Taft two, making the final di- vision of the Indlana representation tha election. It was the first trial of the |1 for Taft and 12 for Roosev new primary law and the working of | ol il ad been looked to with special in- | ROOSEVELT COMPLAINS. | Saye His Interests Were Not Protected at Voting Places. »n this account Ballots 10 to 14 Feet Long. n many of the districts 10 to 14 feet long, and & n the haste to gat i m| New York, March 26—Theodore that in some | Roosovelt left late toduy on his west- sallots were In sections, | ern speechmaking tour, protesting vig- 1¢ been lack of time to paste | orously against what he declared to be the “scandalous” way the “county ma- (ching’ was behaving in accordance Jared | With the primaries fight, then in full Printers Claim Handicaps. hairman Koenlg d . g o ion | progress. was in n ,hat his organizallon | "He called up Pollce Commissionor T e T aatd s | Waldo on the telephone from his edi- - O sed by iac | torial offices and protested against the . T hanii. |refusal of Mayor Gaynor to affor B iaation | lice protection to the Roosevelt w eit committee ins:i- |rS at the I'II'IY“'HH(" He o o osition sn | Commissioner Waldo _promised | Colonel Roosevelt's interests would | protected at the verlous voting Same Cistricts Received No Bailots. |” erhare has mever been am in eor tricts of scandajous” sald Colonel Rooso- i no bai than *he way the count ding to s conducting this fight for v Yorik pectors who w eandidacy Grand Larceny, from Indian Alabama Delegatos for Taft. at ia, March 26.—Eighth d dclegat B ie delegates to susention, bt tion G w Cermick, manager of the R ence, and reau in Washington, gtruoted for pansy Mr. Roese i ———at—— B P S SOFT COAL BITUATION, hat the Taft manage Indiana | — were “guilty of political nd lar- | Gonfersnces Continue to Be Hesld, But e | No Progress Being Made. The Revised Figures. Revisad returns from all the thi Cleveland, O, March 26.—¥nability teen congressional districts in New |to agree today again marked at- York ccunty, with returns compiete | tempts of the bituminous coal miners $om 761 election districts out of the | 4nd operators to fix a two-year wage +66 election districts, zave the follow- |and warking agreement to take effect wtals: April 1 in western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Mln'mlds,b\ E Indiana and Ilinots Opposition-—13,733. Organization pluralits Whon the conference djourned mn- side stood til tomorrow morning The total vote thus far shows 42,371, | Whers it was a week ago, the miners less than half of the ¢ en. declaring that unless they secured a rolied republican voters, number | 10 per cent. increase in pay and is approximately 56,000, shorier working hours the > i -y | work after mext Saturda President Tenders Congratulations. | I'iin their i Washington, March > he ope ter midnigat President would not grant th Siate 'Il;'"f an B | “We told the men it was 58t “airman Koenig ove: on repeating the dema: : tasice iclephone and wari | O hdut i lates and s i them f tory in the puimaries | began receiving oulletins last night, and haif an o sfied that he wouid the 90 delegates selected viously delighted over had no statement to ma 2 sir ner 33 oui hough sult pension A Themas L. Lewis, for of ihe United Mine “No progress b h b “A Complets Vote of Confidence.” Washington, March 25 S director o No Case Against Mabray. tive McKinley March 36.—Jehn Kansas City Taki_ burea o | ¢ by fabray, of race ndleate fame, ment on the rosu 2| i e who was ar for retus- in New York and 1 B e to obey ve the e viar o |cify, was diseharged by @ municipal L |judge today. The Sudge ruled that ;- s Mabray had 4 right fo remain so long Pour and Five to One Against Teddy.|ss be violated 1o luw Poughkeopsie, N, Y., March 1i—Two | s e Brewer Seipp Left Over $3,606,000. Chicago, March 26 —William . Seipp, brewer, who committed suicide recently, left o personal estate of $3,- 000,000 and real estate worth $1,640,000. Charitable uests totalling §53,000 Paft delegates to the republican na- Honal convention at Chieago, Samuel K. Phillips and Joseph M. Dickey, were olected today ai the primaries B S epeiatas oo coomias of Dutch- wiet coun of Dutch- =g, Pumasm and Opngs, The fHguvay - | Waitcomb Metallic Beds inmates of the Hom s 89 cases | inding. —At a special meet- | | ing of the French cabinet today it was | | decided to strensthen and centralize the French detective department and to organize a division of secret service | | men to operate in swift automobles | |80 as to cope with the new type of | criminal called the “auto bandit.” Parie, March 2 T.ondon, March 26—A special sitting | | of the county of London sessions open- |ed today for the trial of 126 women who had been committed for trial by | the police court magistrates in cornec- | tion with the window smashing raids in London on March 1 and March 4. |Judze Robert Wallace sentenced a succession of suffragettes to terms ranging from four to six months' im- | prisonment. MINIMUM WAGE BILL PASSED BY PARLIAMENT British - Coal Miners, However, Are Still Dissatisfied, London, March 27.—A fateful day in the history of British trade struggles came to a close early this morning with the passage through parliament by a large majority of the bill estab- lishing in legislation the principle of a minimum wage in the country's most important industry. Wins by Vots of 213 to 48. The minimum wage bill passed its reading in the house of commons by a vote of 213 to 48 amid a acene of great excitement. The house of lords re- assembled at 2.50 o'clock to receive the bill, and on motion of Lord Herschell it passed its first reading. Premicr Asquith Cheered. Premier Asquith on leaving the house of commons was loudly cheered by all the members. ners Still Dissatisfied. After 2, stri riy a month in, asting and inv e whole coal country in untold the miners have thus secured recognition of the princ et out to obtain. But | y are still dissatisfled because the bill does not specify the amount of the minimum wage, Thus there fis no prospect of any fmmediate settlement of the strike. To Fight for Five Shillings. The miners' leaders declare their de- termination to keep up the strike until they have secured guarantees of a minimum wage of five shillings (§1.25) for n, or until the distriet boards as prov he hill arrange acosptable tern OBITUARY. Alice Ford. N ow Mareh ies Allce Ford, who, i ago, had | taught in " th of tuis city from the time was elghteen | old tonight, aged b6 Walter 0. Whitcomb. | Ha | Whitcomi, 8.—Walter O, prosident of th ielton, died et his ur ilness of se orn in Edinbursh, Scotland, and w: ars of age. He was appointed | at Bluesields, . 1911, Mrs. Anna Pottor, Kansas City, Mo, March 26.—rs. Anna Potter, candidato for mayor of Kansas City in 1893, died at her hume here today, aged 65 years. Mrs. Potter ance leader, but ebjected Henry Nunez, Philadelphia, March 26.—Henry Nu- er and clubman r at the Span- nis home He was her o today eof heart years oid. William B, Phelps, ‘onn., March 26-—William orme aged in the | s town for many this aftornoon, afier an ness of two wee He vias a mem- ber of the Christian Scle t church |and did not call in & physician until ter he had beem ill a week from | diabetes. He was prominent in local nic circles, He leaves & widow b and one daughter. William H. H. Hewitt, New Haven, March 26—Willlam H. | H. Hewitt, one of tk n leaders Bry Conneeticut in 1896, died at his tonight, following a shock He was democratic re k mayor of New Haven in He was foz sing by 126 votes in the real es 0 he represented t | Cornwall in the state legislature, Mr. Hewitt was 70 years old and leaves a widow, te Steamship Arrivals. At Fishguard: Maren 26, Lusitania, irom New Yol R ristlan Gott- Danielson Men Representing Finance, the Law, Com-' Condensed merce Manufacturing and Other Interests. | EDWIN H. KEACH, Danie Ison. Will Gt the 82 Perish in Mlens Today A “Safe” Mine DETECTIVE FELTS CONFIDENT OF THEIR CAPTURE. THE COURT IN SESSION Clerk Goad the Only One of the Oid Court Officials in His Place—Parents of Young Outlaws Grief-Stricken, Hillsville, Va., March 26—The grim hand of the law as represented by a determined squad of sharpshooting de- tectives will strike a final blow at dawn to capture Sidna Allen, Friel Al- len and Wesley Edwards, indicted for the murders in the Carroll cowrt house, Detective Felts Confident. Detective Thomas L. Feits returned hera tonight to direct the sortie. Without hope Swanson Allen, who, he belisves, has county | of arresting Claude| long ago escaped from the mountains, | Detective Felts is so confident that the trio of outlaws will be ensnared with- in the next 48 hours that he Invited a correspondent to accompany the posse tororrdw, Claude Allen Miles Away. “The outlook 1s very encouraging,” sald Felts tonight. ~Claude Allen is probably hundreds of miles away by this time, as he had heen preparing anyhow 1o g0 West within thirty days. As for the others, indications point to thelr presence in the mountains. They are very near capture, and the Dros- Dect ls very hopetul” Court Reeurnas Sestions, Whils the detectives delved ints the ¢ today tho rehabilitated court arroll county resumed its itting in the same court room where scores of bullet holes dot the walls and dark blotches of blood stain the floor, mute reminders of the tragedy of March 14. The court moved with precision, On the bench where the late Judge Mas- sie for years had sst forth the law, was Actins Judge Walter Staplas, Of the old court officlals there remained only Clerik Dexter Goad, With o sash left chesk made by a builet, Parents of Outlaws Affected. defending attorneys declared Vietor Allon, indicted for murder and i jail with his father, Floyd Al- ien, at Roanoke, did not participate in the tragedy, The Allen famliy has heen greatly dispirited, Jasper (Jack) Allen, whose son, Friel, is being hunt- ©od in the mountains, broke down to- day. Another parent upon whom the tragedy has imposed a heavy burden is the mother of the Rdwards boy. She came to town today to arrange if pos- sible for the defense of her son, Sidna, now in jail at Roanoke, Letter from a Wag, While pathos everywhers marked the day’s svents in court, the humorous ride bobbed up in the form of a letter which was recelved by Deteetive Feits, postmarked New Yerk, It read: “Dear Mr, Felts: I will add $1,000 to the reward offered for ths captura of dna Allen and band of outlaws, I | am making this efter through pure jus- tice, For the capiure of Bidna Allen alone I will give 3300 dead or alive. I am not offering this money myself, as many ef my friends have helped me to gather it Wishing you good luck. (Signed) “JUDGH ROSALSKY, $200; “MAYOR GAYNOR, $100; “ANDREW CARNEGHS, §200. #hs sender, omitied, however, to en- €lose any mene One Killed at C Chicago, March 26—One man was killed, several firemen were injured and damage amounting (o $100,000 caused by a fire which partly destroy- d the wheat cieaning building of the B. A, Eckhart Milling eompany here today, Scettish Miners Back at Work, Londen, Marekh 26.—Work was re- sumed at various pits in Scetland te- cay, and it is believed that if the gov- ernment would grant protection to men willing to work there soon would be a resumplion in Seetland ea a large cago Fire, “safe, Preliminary ONLY ELEVEN M{NERS HAD CHANCE OF ESCAPE. AN EXPLOSION OF GAS Thirty-three Bodies Already Recov- ered—Families of Victims Said to Be in Straitened Circumstances, ‘Welch, W. V,, March 26—Fighty-two men were killed today by & gas ex- plosion in the Jed Coal and Coke com- pany mine at Jed, W. Va., a half-doz- en miles from nere. Only eleven men escaped alive and one of these died Withir. en_ hour after betng broughs o the surfs Thirty-three Bodies Recoversd. Tonight 32 bodles had been located end the rescusrs hoped to have them out ghortly. Rxploring parties ave covered all of the mine by ck Wednesday morning c t to have all the bodies out by Only Eleven Had Any Chance. ‘When the explosion took place prob- ably only the eleven men working at the foot of the shaft nad a chance for th lives. They readily made thelr way up the cages which wera not damaged. Though some of the blades of the fans were shattered they ontinued to operate with the fortu- o resuit that enough alr was pros- ent to admit gearching parties Imme- diately, The Work of Resous, Tiess than half an hour after the news of the explosion had been o municated to this place, rellef meas- ures wers in order, Staie mine in- spectors prompuy organized rescuc parties and began the exploration of levels, As the gases were clearsd out and egan searches of the lower levels v immediately begar to come upon ers, killed almost instantly. Other mines nearby sent experienced foremon to lead hundreds ef volunteer rescuers whe flocked to the scene as (:; news spread about the countrys side, Mine Was Proncunced Safe, The usual scenes of herrex and grief which sattend mine disasters wers lacking here today, Ne families of the miue of the shaft. “Wemen in their homes, overcome with and distraction, The mine was ex- pected last Friday and pronounced investigations to- day have not divuiged the cause of the explosion, Bereaved Families In Poor Clrcum- stances. ‘The families of the dead men find themselves in sore straiis as work hag Dbeen very slack at the imen, Outside aid witll be asked. ve kept with- NEW HAVEN BAKER DIES AT HARTFORD Frank Gostz Expires After Undergo- ing Operation for Appendioitis, New Haven, March 26.—Word was recefved here tonight of the death of Frank Goetz, the well known baker, at a Hariford hospital, following an operation for appendicitis. Goelz was about 4 vears of age, and came te this country when a young boy, set- ding at South Manchesier, where he lived for many years. He built up a prosperous bakery business and about slx years ago moved to New Haven, where he had since cenducted the Frank Goetz Bakery compamy, Hs had a branch shop in South Manehes- ter. He leaves a widow and twe daughters, Charles W. Marse in Good Health, Florence, Italy, March 36—Charles W, Morse, Who recently was. reieased from the federal prison at Atlanta, on commutation of sentence, and concern- ing whose physical condition alarming reports have been published, is said to be in _c’omhpmuuv':.ly Bood af‘tuh:h'a With s wife he aying rand hetel here s crowded about the mouth | Telegrams Mrs. Mary Larocque, who had reach- ed the age of 102 years, is dead at her bome at Rockville, Conn. The British Railroad Companies an- | nounced their stocic of coal will not cnable them to run passcnger trains after five days, | A Bill Providing for an increase in | the automobile charges in Massachu- | solis was favorably reported in the house yesterday, Automobile Bank Robbers Ikillod three men and robbed the Chantilly branch of the Bank of the Soclete General of Paris, The Government House at Ottawa officially denies the report that . R. H. the Duke of Connaught is to wisit Newport this summer. John S. De Montmollin, a Confeder- ate veterax, dled at Macon, Ga., leav- ing documents that claim to show he was helr to the throne of Spain, William Henry Walton of Stevens- ville, Me,, an old soldler, who fought in the civil war, took his own lif h;‘dngmg yesterday, He was 80 L William H. McLellan, atiorney sen- eral of Maine in 1879, under Governor | Alonzo Garcelon, and a member of the | Maine s te previous to 1880, died| yesterday, aged 79. Senator Martin's Resolution cxpress- ing the regret of the senate over the | irement of Dr. Wiley s chiaf chem- ist of the agricultural department, wa sheived by the senate. Mrs. Mary Baker G Eddy, founder of the Christian Sclence church, left an estate in Massachusetts yalued at $266,000. In New Hampshire her estate Is valued at $2,000,000, | Three of the Principal Businpss | structures in Bellows Falls, Vt, the | Union and Armseblocks and the Hotel | Windham, were destroyed by fire yes- | terday with a loss of $200,000, Thomas Coakley. a Shoe Cutter, and Mrs. Mary Chimmery, a young widow employed as a waitress in a restau- rant, were asphyxiated some time dur- | ing Monday night at the Hotel Tou- raine, & Presiding Judge at the Trial of Crawford, at New Orleans, ac- of having murdered her sister, through administration of mor- announcal a mistrial soon after court opened yesterday. The Annie used el At the Department of Justics it i3 freely confessed thai the outcome of the beef packers’ trinl would increase the gpvernment’s task of securing con- victions under the crimina! clause of the Sherman anti-trust law, A Public Utilities Bill, the feature of which is a clause making it oblig- atory for all railroads in the state to furnish passes to state officers and members of the legiglature, passed the Bhede Island house yesterday, Cardinal O’Connell Went to Lows!l yesterday and conferred with twenty priests. The conference lasted several hours, and it is understood thai the attitude of the clergymen toward the textile strike was considered. A Governmental Investigation which will pry into every phase of the lum- ber business in all parts of the Unit- ed States was begun at Duffalo yes- terday by United States Commissioner Samnel Hitcheock of New York, Preliminary Work on a Tunnel to rierce the mountain at Montreal, en- ling the Canadian Northern railway system to enter the city was begun yesterday. The tunnel will ba put through three miles of solid rock. President Taft Yesterday sent 1o congress o message urging the imme- te enactment of a law to protect om private entry and exploitation | 2lds of potash such as recently wers vered in Southern California. Thomas Clough, Aged 14, oconfessed to the Hartford police yesterday that he was responsible for thres burglar- ies committed in that city. In order to save the boy a charge of incor. rigibility was made and he was placed on probation. Emil Seidel, the Socialist Mayor of ce, was exonerated of a charge easance in offico brought by the opposition, the charge being that he suppressed information on which tax- es should have been hlgler against tavored taxpayers. The Hatf Nozen Telephons Girls em- ployed at the Southington, Conn., ex- angs of the Southern New England lophona _company walked out al{ noon yesterday because of faflure to come to an agreement with the come aay over hours of work. Dr. William 8, Friedman of Denven, » president of the central confer- ence of American rebbis, hes recsiv letters from nearly ever of the country d characteristics of the Jew lerated in thefr theaters, | Governor Eugene N. Foss of Massa~ chusetts yesterday notified Represent- ative James M. Curley of Massachu- sotts that while he was not a candi- date for president, he desired his name “appear as a preferential candidate to be voted upon at the primaries in| Massachusetts April 30.” GOVERNMENT FAILS TO END COAL STRIKE Prime Minister Regretfully Deolares: *We Have Done Our Best!" Tondon, March %.—The prime min- ister in the house of commons today announced that the government had failed to terminate the coal gtrike. | “We have dore our best,” he said,| “with thoroughness and impartiality | and it is with prefound disappoint- ment that I have to confess to the house ‘that all our labors have been unavailing.” In a final appeal to the disputents, the premier said: “If at this 59th minute of the 1lth hour the parties canrot come to a reasontble arrangement on a matter of relatively small proportions they will have a very serious account to render to the country. The govern- ment Las done all it can.” BURNS $1,000 TO SPITE WIFE, Wusband, Failing to Gst Divorce, Fires Savings, Then Kills Himself. Richmend, Mich, March 26.—Albert |and in many o | eighths of the Am TAFT FOR LOWER DUTIES ON COTTON President Sends Special Message to Congress With the Report of the Tariff Board AMERICAN CONSUMERS ARE PAYING T0O MUCH Import Duties in Many Cases Two and Three Times in Ex- cess of Difference in Cost of Production—Cost of Weay« ing Here Lower Than in Foreign Countries Because of Greater Number of Looms Tended by One Weaver, Washington, March 2§ v - President , fabrics at the mnill and the cost t9 Tait today transmitted to gress the | the consume Cloth sold at the mi'l tariff board's report on cotton | at 8 or ¥ cents a yard reaches the schedule with the recommendation that | congum 15 cents. Soms exsmnples that section of the tariff law be taken | are given, Here is ome: “In 1908 up with & view to revision-and reduc- ' quilt sold at the mill for 63 1-2 cen's tions in the rates of duty was a0ld to the consumer for $L 1o The president advises congress that| 1910 the mill in ) tho price 1o tho“board’s investigations have shown | 75 cents and the price to the sons that the duties on somo cotion Yards ' went up to $1.50 i is two and three times in excess of | The board argues, however, that 4 the difference of the produc- | some " the mild tion in the Unlied Btates and abroad. price mig % r.‘»“ n few The duties imposed becau: finish- | 1he consumer. A study of comparn. ing proce: ar . in exces: ference in the e dit- of thy iatisty seems Lo show that tie A cost due to finish. ngilis o Ing and are often in excess of the tolul | prELon, COnsUmer buys domestic cost of finishing. 1811 P, and. e el Prices paid by consumers in tho| jn merh bty (4 " United States are higher then airoad, s gy eyl facturers in both places are (he same This i s2id to be due to r cost of distribution here, do allow the m preclatio s, red by the are as here as anywhere, Ry 1 Copteys SR on fancy fabrics th are in ex- | a8 Wile e cess of the di cost and in | Conl €08 many cases the duties are greater o {“‘ partly to the fact that the than the conversion n the milly| GHELEY mills were of the United States. er 'l‘ww t, whe rxl wages amd 2 scnditions are well standarized Asks $80000 for Tariff Board while the American costs were taken President Taft acks a deficiency ap- from milis ering & much wider propriation of §60,000 for the buard Lo 4rea, With much greater differences continue its work d April, May in labor and other conditions. :fi\:‘_ i;‘:;fi‘“gn{; ot o bs‘m'-; e Some American Mills Poor, it may prosecute investigations of tne | . Another reason for the wider varina metal, leather, chemical and ar tion in the A g costs is that the sohoditles which the president has di- Lnaush mills for wigh figures were et all of a modern and effl s, presidentis message- 18 & oame| 3 while some of the Ameri« prehensive summary of the board's fenh Mills included were oid and of findings. in ort on the | ‘%, of g 3 e ulp amd pa |, Discusing duties in thetr relation per - schedule, makes 1o ;:p‘:ff“;a';‘ o K- :n:nm:ui u‘: recommendation wests 10 dv | % b Tatio of the duty HGh an 1’ rovls Wy complex | the conversion cost bears little Telas subject. The president says he bases | 0B ratio of he duty to the his recommendations on the deciara- | forel . Thus, in soms tion of the platform on which he s | case © less than 30 elected—"that a reasonabla protective ' PeF ceut. ad valorem will be one and & tariff should be adjusted to the differ- |half tunes the total American convers ence In cost of production at home and | 8lon cost, while in other cases duties | of mear Feadis | 6 per cent, ad valorem B Sorrcos Hasd to, Shate: {will Dbe oniy three-fourths of the American conversion costa In the “Thé& FEPOFT ot Toard sho difficulty of st i differences in c B s | greater nutaher of cases, the duties a e terins | greater than Lie total domestic cosw on_for anutac. | 9f spinning and weaving. dif Comparisan of Prices. 1 e to thel O the most interesting reauits character of the partic of the investigation is to be found “The report shows that the cost of spinning cotton yarn in this country is greater than in the leading compet country. In the case of ordinary warp and filling yarns, forming tho & the production of the domesiic try, the foreign’ cost of turning the facts incuc | garding the differen u in the report 1o methods of dis« two countries and tha whichi exists betwecn he mauufacturan 1o price at whish em In this couas tribution in the margin w greater the prico at sells his gooll 7 | the cous into yarn is shown to be abou try 4l oy cent. of the domestic tar & “The duty on theso yarns ey ooty G three times in excoss of the d only..be und Tully oompees in cost of production. On some iZh- | nonding the signifioance in - merlea ly specialized yarns and on arns of | rade of the principle of ‘et pricess the. . of greatest| " qing summary the repurt 18 o neness—the duty in some cases | joree® STUEIEEY 00 SAR OO A about equalizes the difference in con- | wrat he o' o version costs. vool raport fiiled { I “In many cages, however, on the | Tepact fllsd S8 B N 1 be ordered printed by, cons bhigher grades of yarn which ara duced in this country, the duty excess of the difference in the ¢ production, though by a much amount than In the case of ordin warp and fiilllug yarns. Element of Labor Cost. “The difference i cost of weav- ing yarna into clo hetween this is in 141,200 VERDICT AGAINST | CONNECTICUT COMPANY: Bridgeport Man Recovers for Damaged to His Automobile, Bridgeport, Conn, March 26.-/The ountry and its chief competitor va- jury in tho case of Waiter B. Shaw rles according to the character of the \against the Connecticut company fog fabric. In the case of many cloths of | damages to his aulomobile in an aecls platn weave, the American cost of | dent at Oronogque llov. 3, 1910, tonight Weaving seems to bo lower than the |returned a verdict of $1,200 fer gas foreign cost, due to the sreater num- |plaintiff. The soliberated taa ber of looms tended per weaver in this | case for more thin an hour. The Cone country. This reduces tne labor cost |pesticut company fied notice of per yard despite the higher earning of | appeal. the ‘American we Mr. Shaw has two other cases pend. “This conclusion is further sub- ling against the pany. Ho is sulng staniiated by the at_cloths of | for damages for the doath of his wis this description ar the domes land for porsonal injuries alleged (3 tic manufacturer country at prices as low as those charged by lhe foreign manufaciurer in his owr - try, In proportion, however, as the fabric becomes more complicated (and therefore permtis of fewer looms per weaver) the American cost of produ tion imecreases. “In the case of most fancy fabrics havoe Leen suff: od #s & result of the accident. Mr. Shaw alloged that tey trolley company is to blame for ruae ning down the sutomoblle in whish g and his wife were riding. THE DAY IN CONGRESS, dent Taft Recommends Revisiag of complicated weave, th t of| : weaving 3 higher in this ¢ , but | of the Cotton Tarift, on such fabrics the present duties are| .o oo - in excsss o different In cost, | 'Washington, Marah any oongress, are in excess of Senate: the total conversicn oosts in this couns vy, Low American Prices, Tos. “The report further shows that in the case of a large varlety of fabrics which permit the use of many looms per weaver the prices at which goods are $7id by the American man-~ ufacturer are as low as the priccs charged by the forcign manufecturer in hie own market and in meny cases lower. . “Unfer the existing system of dts- tributicr: @ zlight reduction of duties would in soma rases materially reduce the prics fo the consumer, other cases, a large ro dutles would not chang the American cons In the cost of board reports, P ally advantsge possessed by either coun- try, Comparing all of the yarne se- leoted By the board as sampies, the TEnglish labor cost wes found to be on an average of practically seven- n i twa milis tion resolution. Representatives Howard and Barts lett of Georgla urged before senate aad ovse jolnt sub-commitiee of jucie clary committees postponement action on proposed workmen's come pensation bills. Ffforts will be made to amend rive and habors appropriation nill it comes up next way, House: Taft, submitting eseiff President board's report on cotton, recommends ed revision of tariff and reductions inj duty. Reprecentativo Austin introdoes® , Bl providing $200,000 spyropriatig © for netionsl conservation expositing | Knoxville, Tenn, 1913, Resolution introduced ealling wpon the secretary of war for lnformatisy as_to aviation needs of army, i Foveral newspaper editorisls, ocd an attack on Governor Wilson, anotiie er part of Colonsl Roossvelt's Now Y(er specch, were read inlo the e ord, Representative Suiser introduced 1id last session bill o creals & depaite mont of labo Representative Fortar, lllinols, Mtres duced a bl calling for a mining In« dustry commission te make an haustive inquiry into mining condi4 tions, selected. It was not possible for the board with the time and money et it dis posal to investigate each of the items of the cotton schedule, and its work was comfined to yarme, thread, textils fabrics, and_such speciclties as tap- estries, plush, hoslery, table damask and the like, Figures are presented io shew that although labor cosis in the cotton 1 dustry are m many cases lower in the United States than in England, vet the actual hourly carnings in this eoun- try are in most of the principal oo- cupations much greater, 'The con- Standerd Size for Canned Qoods~ Wllhln{hm, March 28—Denounelng the practice of manufacturers of ean ned goods in eutting down the sise Fetting, a farmer, committed sulclde after he had drawn his savings, $1,000, from a bank and had burned the money, Fetting had sued his wife unsuccess- fully for divorce and burned the money for fear she might get i cluslon is that on mauy piain fabrics | their cans as demand for thelr the cost of production in this country | uets Minority Leader 15 nmot greater. increases, appeared before the howse Cost to the Consumer. g A Phe report gives some figures show- fim to. .—fl ing the difference in cosl of cotton |wueh cans