Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 30, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV.—NO. 79 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1912 SOFT COAL MINERS WILL NOT STRIKE Cebled Paragraphs | Compromise Offer of the Miners Resulted in Ef- fecting a Settlement Last Night WAGE INCREASE CONCEDED BY THE OPERATORS { Order Issued to Anthracite Miners to Cease Work on Sunday ]{C"""'“‘M Democrat Assails a Re- —Exception Made of Workmen Who Are Necessary For | i Proper Protection of Mines—170,000 Will Be Affected in the Three Anthracite D March 29.—€ ous coal miners’ ng been practically : Compromise Offer by Miners. | A sub-committee to which the op- ! erators and miners’ conference had | referred & comporomise offer by the mminers, said it had agreed to the set- | tiement and the terms were being drawn up. Miners Get Increase. The terms as given out provide for fncreases in pay to the miners as follows: Five cents a ton for mining lump coal, Three cents a ton for mining all otier coal. | 5.26 per cent. increase for men paid | by the day. Order to Anthracite Min | The orger for the anthracite miners | to quit, which was iséued today, was | wa follows: { “Suspension Order, To All Anthar- | clte Mine Workers. Your committee | to whom was delegated authority by i the Pcttsville convention to negotlate | & wage contract on the basis of the demands of said convention have up | to this time been unable to do o, | end inesmuch as the present wage | egreement expires March 31, after Wwhich no contract Is provided, for governing wages and conditions of employment, therefore all mine work- ers, except engineers, pump men, fire- men, stable men, watch men and such other men as are absolutely necessary | gor the proper protection of property, | re hereby instructed to suspend work | gluning April 1. and remain idis until further notic 170,000 Antharcite Miners. Summarized, the facts about the entharcite miners are: Numter of miners to quit, 170,000, in Pennsylvania, as follows Lackawanna and Wyoming valley ,70,000; Hazleton end Panther Creek valley, 40,000; Pottsville and Lykens Valley, 60,000 arra. | ] istricts—Hope Not Abandoned Demands of the Miners. Demands: Twenty per cent. increase hours a day instead of pay give modi the con erdate o enable emploves to de:\ more v with employers; one“year in of three-year con- tracts. the operat Offer Ma D, ators to continue the present York on h cted by the min Three Presidents Sign Order. signed after they 3 of a wage agrecment of the expiration of ie it fmperati men were All Hope Not Abandonsd. Hope of an ¢ iption of the anthraci c @ short sus- definite y the sus- in deter- be taken to Pension order mining might what steps may bring both sides togeiher, | Miners Gather Up Their Tools. | ‘Wilkes-Barre, Pa, March 29.—Pregs- ident White's ultimatum suspension of work in the anthracite region rending a 1eferendum vote, will be obeyed to the letter by the under- ground workers in the Wyoming re- | glon. A largo number of miners prac- | tically obeyed the order today before | they had an intimation of President White’s order, They took their tools out of the workings and notified their | foremen that they would not report | for work tomorrow. An optimistic feeling prevails that the strike will not last long. ordering a BISTER OF CHARITY SUES FOR SERVICES. iInteresting Point to Be Determined in a New York C. New York, March 28.—The right by Bisters of Charity to clatm services of those who take the vows without pay- ment for the work 18 partly involved in a suit which will come to trial-here. The unusual action was brought by Miss Mary Lehan, who was one of the Sisters of Charity of Mount St. Vin- cent eD Paul for the fifteen vears from 1889 to 1804, and claims $14,000 for her services in various hospitals and pa- rocial schools. She also asks $15,000 for alleged damages, sustained, ac- cording to her complaint, by the fail- ure of the members of the sisterhood to give her proper medical attendance guring a perfod of twelve years, Miss Julla Dunne, known as Sister Dolors, president of the board of trustees of Mount St. Vincent De Paul, filed answer to the effect that the ser- wices were rendered pursuant to the | Yows of “poverty, chastity and obedi- | ence,” and that as these vows were understood by the society, all services rformed under them were ‘“solely or the love of God and the good of the poor, and without promise of or hope of financial remuneration or compen- sation.” Bhe asked that the suit be dismissed on the ground that three of the prin- eipal witnesses for the defense had died since the action was begun, but thie motion was denied in the supreme court. The soclety appealed, and the wppellate divislon sustained the lower ro'u? today, and the case will come to grial. MORE RAILROAD HELP SEEK HIGHER WAGES ®hopmen, Firemen and Telegraphers to Make Demands. New Haven, March 29.—The first @emand following that of the engi- peers for increass of wages has come gnm the shopmen of the New York: ew Haven & Hartford railroad, who have asked the management to con- der_ m fifteen per cent. increase. he shopmen of the mystem number wpproximately about 5,000. They re- cefved an increase of wages in 1007, The firemen of tho company, number- ing about 1,300, are expected to ask tan increase scon as well as the teleg- | gaphers, who number ahout 1,500, Both these groups recelved increases | ©f wages in 1910, in which year they | and other clagees In the operating de- | partment received total increases of | weges amounting to $1,536,106, | v e | Railroad Fireman Injured. Windsor Locks, Conn, March 29.— John T. Pickett of No. 24 Fast street, New Haven, a fireman on a New Haven road freight trafn, was painfully in- | jured here tonight when the firehox of is engine was blown out. Pickett was | ecaling when the accident occurred and | the fire and steam caused him to fali * backwards toward the tender. He fell | from the cab and was found later be- | , #ide the tracks by the train crew, Be. | } #ides scalp wounds, he had two ribs | ‘broken Qeneral Aubert Not Killed. Jiminez, Mexico, March 29.~—The ru- that General Trucy Aubert was lled in yesterday’s battle between erals whom he commanded and gebels under Gemeral Halazar and * Fernandez was unfounded le has as ni trace of him mpparently escaped, eould be found today. Colonel Fitch in Bankruptcy. Hartford, Conn, March 29.—Col, Gil- L. Jitch, an insurance agent of mford, tod,:y hi:l:d o petition in v. $18.376 unsecured lities and assets of $351.66. The Umiversty of Lyons in France to have a model hospital. with all latest eqiipme; and 1,300 beds the care of the sick 5 s ¥ CARPET WEAVERS MAY JOIN LOWELL STRIKE. | Present Demand for 15 Per Cent. In- crease of Wages. Lowell, Mass., March 29.—Hope of an carly settlement of the strike and lockout of about 14,000 operatives in the cotton cloth mills of Lowell has not been akandoned by the business mentof the city. Although some of the business interests fear a protracted | struggle, the majority are more opti- mistic than they were on Tuesday, the day the mills closed. A feature of to- day's developments was the activity of the officlals and members of the unions identified with the United Textile Workers of America. The mule spin- ners and loom fixers called meetings and the weavers at the Bigelow carpet mills, who have a union organized un- der the American Federation of Labor, planned to present their grievances to Agent Firth. The Bigelow weavers de- mand an advance of 15 per cent. The weavers have not struck and propose the agents sufficlent time to lay their request before the owners of the mills in Ecs The Bigelow carpet mills are rartly controlled by interests which | ars the dominating factor in the man- agement of several cotton mills. CHILDREN TO RETURN. | Offspring of Lawrence Strikers Will | Go Home Today. | New York, March 28.—The children | of the striking mill workers at Law- | rence, Mass., nearly 200 in number,| will be taken back to their homes to- | morrow. They have been in New| York since early in February in the | care of those who sympathized with | the strikers. They are a much health- | fer lot than when they arrived here, | and, well supplied with clothes, they | will_leave the Grand Central station | for Lawrence at 8 o'clock in the morn- ing. With them will go 100 children | from Philadelphia, who. were brought | here this afternoo | Operators to Meet Miners Again. Cleveland, 0., March 29.—President White of the union said at midnight that a meeting hetween the anthracite s and overators had been def- on. he members of the operators’ commiitee of ten, of which George F. Baer is chairman, will meet with the i com- mittee in New York, he said, at a date which probably will be fixed tomor- row. ved the home on the Derby rom this city. N and one was origin buckat avail. coverad time o loss s plac by nee. Aviator Hamilton's Fast Fly. March Stockton, Cal X in 338 minite fitght e in a forty mile wind at an of about 1,500 feet. miles, was altitnde o 69 Bodies Recovered. Welch, W. Va., March ~—8ixty- nine hodies hava boer of the Jac e, in wh on Tuesday by ¢ teen other bodi Negro Invasion Feared. Blacksburg, 8, €., March 29.—-As the aftermath of the lynching of two groes here some time last night,cha ed with attacking a white man, the clty tonight was patrolled by armed posses awaiting a threatened negro invasion, Grease-prooof paper for paper bag| cooking 1s in great demand in New | Zealand, where the innovation has be- | eome popular. | pany—1I hope he owns stock in many. | | Two | is held merelv on a technical charge. | Sutherland bili for memorial amphi- Colon, March 29. | ers composed of West Indians and | Greeks were injured last evening in | the wreck of a working train at Bm- ?kad‘ None of the men was fatally in- | jured. Berlin, March 2).—The national sub- scription for the purchase of aero- planes for presentation to the em- , peror for military purposes, is being | taken up extemsively throughout the empire; —_— | CONGRESSMAN HH.L ATTACKED BY REILLY publican Colleague. gton, March 29—The debate on the wool tariff revision bill in the house today was enlivened by Repre- sentative Reilly, democrat, of Connec~ ticut, who sharply attacked his repub- lican colleague, Representative Hill, author of the minority wool tariff o Mr, Reilly said that Mr. s unfit to have any hand in framing of such legislation be- the cause he was an officer in the Nor- walk Woolen Mills company, and had been for years. Mr. Hill's son, Mr, Reilly added, was treasurer of the company. “His case ir typleal of that policy of the republican party of putting friends of the interests on the com- mittees having charge of legislation affecting those Interests,” said Mr. Reilly. “I have the highest respect for my colleague and I do not con- demmn him for holding stock in or for being an officer of a woolen mill com- I do contend, however that he is not | the man to draw a woolen tariff bill. Truly, his case exemplifies the repub- | appeal, Let tho tariff be revised | by its friends.’” { r. Reilly sald the Norwalk mills | were shut down by the ‘American Woolen company, which, fle said, was better known as the “Woolen trust.” He intimated that the Norwalk com- pany had been absorbed by the “trust” and its cfficers “had been taken care of. Mr. Hill, seated across the aisle from Mr. Reiily, smiled throughout the at- tack, but made no repl FOR SEDUCTION OF A MARRIED WOMAN ians Placed Under Arrest by Hartford Police. Hartford, March 29.—Nellie Bertram, aged 28, who gave her residence as New Haven, was rescued from two Ttalians tonight by the police, who were taking her to ome of the ques- tionable districts of the city. All three were placed under arrest. The men gave their names as Angelo Petchin- teno, aged 25, and Stephen Neonms, aged 30. Both men teil different stor- ies as to where they found the wo- man. Two policemen saw the trio coming down the street and they became sus- piclous that the woman was not going willingly with the men, which latter proved to be the fact when the officers stopped them. The woman says she is married, but does not live with her husband. She Their cases will come up in police court in the morning. SUGAR TRUST CASE NEARING THE JURY. To Be Turned Over to It Today After Judge’s Charge. New York, March 29.—The fate of | John E. Parsons, Washington B, | Thomas, George Frazier and Arthur Donner, directors and officers of the American Sugar Refinery company, on trial for alleged violation of the crim- inal clauses of the Sherman law, will be in the hands of the jury tomorrow. After a day of dramatic and impas- sioned pleadings by the opposing attor- neys in summing up their respective cases, Judge Hand adjourned the court this afternoon until tomorrow morning, when he will charge the jury, which will then retire for a verdict. | The appeals to the jury today by the | attorneys for both sides wers charactized by bitter denunciation and personal | character was not spared. John E. terday. Parsons, the white-haired octogenarian lawyer and philanthropist, former counsel for *the sugar trust, broke down and wept after Delancey Nicoll had pictured him “bowed down into the grave with shame and sorrow,” should the jury convict him, THE DAY IN CONGRESS., First Ship to Go Through Panama Canal Lats in 1813. Washington, March 29.—The day in congress. Senate:— In session 1.45 p. m. Resumed debate on service pension legislation which will be voted upon | befora adjournment. Grand Army veterans urged before public buildings committee passage of theater at Arlington National ceme- | tery. | Interoceanic canal committee dis- cussed Panama canal tolls. Isthmian canal commission Chairman Goethals told interoceanic canal com- | mittee first ship would go through | Panama canal in August or September, | 1913. | House:— | i at noon | Began debate on wool tariff revision - Underwood announced cotton tariff revieion d be taken up if | senate on L T measures already | passed by house and the wool bill after a by ey fold steel trust in- nitteo he ohtained esti- corporation's nd from talks Interstate commerce committee | unanimously voted to report favorably « bill providing for p! ical valuation of all rallroads of United States. Elections committes voted to recom- mend unseating of Representative L Bowman, Fleventh Pennsylvania di trict, on charges of election frauds. | Democratic Leader Underwood sa- verely arraigned tariff board in open- ing wool bill debate Alaskan Wi am charged Gover. nor Clark with rately misstating fact can conditions.” ts aboui Ala Plymouth for Taft. Plymouth, Conn., March 29.—The republicen caucus tonight elected four | delegates to t te convention to be | ted for Taft, | by Frederick house. + Veteran Harvard Professors Retire. Cambridge, Mass., March 29.—Pro- fessors Frarcis Greenwood Peabody and Arthur Searle, two of the oldest professors In point of service in Har- vard university, tendered thelir resig- nations today. | hospital, R. C. PLAUT. ich Men Repr‘esenting Finance, the Law, Con. merce Manufacturing and Other Interests, i [ Another Ailen ~ Landed in Jail YOUNGEST OF THE OUTLAW BAND IS CAPTURED. IN A CARRIAGE SHED The Two Still at Large Send Message by Him That They Will Resist Cap- ture Until Death. Hillsville, Va, March 29.—Friel Al- len, a blue-eyed stripling of 17, young- st of the elght of the Allen gang, each indicted for the five murders in the Carroll county courthouse a fort- night ago, was taken late today in a carriage shed at the home of his fa- ther, Jack Allen, eight miles from here. He cheerfully submitted to ar- rest and tonight occupled a cell in the Hillsville jail, with hjs cousin, Claude Swanson Allen, who surrendered with- out resistance to the detectives yes- Two Still at Liberty. Only Sidna Allen, a man of middle ege, and his young nephew, Wesley Edwards, both bold mountaineers of reckless daring, are fugitives tonight. They are the last of the outlaw band whose fusillade killed a judge, sheriff, prosecutor, juror and bystander, on March 14. Message of Defiance Sent. Friel Allen, two days ago, deserted the two men still at large and brought back tonight their ultimatum of defi- ance. Both are prepared to resist un- til death. Saved by His Father. A father’s anxiety to have hls young- est son spared a terrible death in the mountains ,is assumed to be the‘cause of Friel Alen's capture. Jack "Allen was not involved In the courthouse €hooting, but it is known that since s son Friel joined the outlaws, he has been endeavoring to ‘advise him to submit to the law. Just how the parent communicated with the boy has nct been disclosed. Arrested by Detective Felts. Hilisville had hardly digested the ex- ‘cltemenl incident to Claude Allen’s binodless capture yesterday when Friel Allen galloped into town late today, the prisoner of Detective Thomas L. | Felts, and Detective B. C. Payne, who | made the arrest, Talked Freely of Shooting. The young mountaineer, of slender build and boyish face, was not hand- cuffed and cantered into town with smiles und nods to those who recog- nized him. He showed, however, the 1l effects of two weeks with Iittle food or shelter. The voung prisoner talked glibly of his conversations with Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards. The former, he said, admitted killing Judge Thornton L. Massie, while the latter acknowledged shooting Commonwealth Attorney William M, Foster. FOR CONSOLIDATION OF GOVERNMENT BUREAUS Fresident Taft to Maks Recommenda- tion in Message Next Week. [Washington, March 2% —President Taft will send to congress next week wheat he regards as one of the most important messages he nas written this yvear. He will recommend legislation designed to save millions of doilars each year, consolidate several govern- ment bureaus and generally make the machinery of the government con- form more nearly with the plans drawn by the economy and efficiency commis- | sion_appointed by him in June, 1910, | It will he Mr. Taft's second “economy” | message this year, but in the one he wrote in January he made no recom- | mendations as to legisiation. Widow Attempts Suicide. New York, March 29.—Mrs. Rose Cardwell Hughes, 45 vears old, widow of the late Captain Walter 8. Hughes, U. 8. N, and daughter of James Al- | lison Cardwell, a western ranch owner, attempted suicide tonight by shooting Terself twice near the heart in the upper West Side apartment occupied by her and her widowed sister, Mrs. Laura B, Fitch. She was taken to a where 1t was said tonight ghe would recover. Killed by Third Set of Tecth. Boston, March 29.—The cutting of her third set of teeth was responsible for the death of Mrs. Margaret New- man, 86 yvears old, today at Chelsea. She had been ill for several days and suffered intense agony: Smoot Pension Bill is Passed DOLLAR-A-DAY PENSICN JECTED BY SENATE. RE- $13 TO $30 PER MONTH Southern Democrats Vote Solidly Against Both Bilis—Northern Dem- ocrats Line Up With Republicans. Washington, March 20.—The senate tonight by a vote of 51 to 16, rejected the Sherwood dollar-a-day pension bill which passed the house, and enacted the Smcot general age and service | pension law which, it is estimated, will increase the pension roll by $20,000,- { 000 annually during the next flve years. Pensions from $13 to $30. The bill requires beneficlaries to have served ninety days and provides pensions ranging from $13 to 330 a| monih, instead of a sixty-day mini- mum and $15 to $30 pension as in the house measure. The bill now goes to conference with the house. The shad- ow of a pcssible presidential veto hangs over the measure. Prohibits Attorneys’ Fees. The senate added provisions that would prohidbit attorreys’ fees and would grant $30 a month to former eoldlers disabled by service wounds or disease. The latter provision wiil add $2,500,000, it is estimated, to the annual outlay under the bill. Northern Democrats Vote for Bill. The entire negative vote on the final passage of the bill was cast by dem- ocratic senators from southern states, ‘Tho northern democrats voted with the republicans for the bill. Opponents of the Pension. The 21 senators whose vote reject- ed the house Sherwood bill, the real y, were: Chilton, | Culberson, Texas, Fos- ton, Louisiana; Hitch- Johngon and Gard- | nf a; Martine, New Jersey; Overman nnd‘ Simmons, North Carolina; Owen, Ok- lahoma; Percy and Willlams, Miss sippi; Rayner, Maryland; Swanson, Virgini Smith, Georgla, and Smith, | South Caroline. Southerners Against Both Bills. On this vote the northern demo- ! crats voted in the negative because they preferred the Sherwood bill, and the mouthern democrats because they opposed both the house bill and the senate measure. STUDENT INJURED IN HARTFORD FLAG RUSH. Fell Four Stories While Trying to Jump Across Light Shaft. Hartford, Conn., March 29.—Wilbur | Jackson, a sophomore in the Hartford | High school, was seriously injured to- | night in the flag rush, an annual event at the school. The flag had been plac- ed upon top of one of the insurance huildings, and young Jackson, with | others, climbed the rear fireescape in ! an endeavor to tear the flag down. Jackson, in trying to jump across a | large light shaft, misjudged the dis-| tance and fell a distance of four sto- | ries. He has a fractured right arm, a | fractured jaw, concussion of the| brain and minor injurles about his| head and body. He was removed to a | local hospital, and although his in-| juries are serlous, the physicians sey | ihey are not necessarily fatal. The| accldent had the effect of putting an| end to the rush. | Naugatuck Smallpox Situation. | Naugatuck, Conn, March 29.—With | two more cases of smallpox discover- | ed in this borough today, the total nrumber reported to date is 30, with a number still under suspicion. The two new cases are in widely separated | gections of the town, but ncither case | was termed new by the health officer, for the reason that both patients have almost recovered from the disease. President Madero Not Worrying. | “Mexico City, March 29—"We have| no fear regarding the outcome of the! revolution. We ow approximately the strength of General Orozeco's army. | ‘We know his men are short of am- mimition. We have not had a word from General Trucy Aubert, bbut re- ports of his death are untrure.” This is the substance of Prestdent Madero's views on the situation in Mexico, o8 @iven by him tonight /‘\‘:\ Condensed Telegrams The House Passed a Bill placing & killing tax on the phosphorus match industry. 22 Twelve Houses Are Reported to have been blown down during a cyclone which struck Riverside, Ala. John R. Smith, for 33 Years a mem- ber of the New Haven fire department, died yesterday, aged 64 years. W. A. Cullop Has Been Unanimously renominated for congress by the demo- crats of the Second Indiana district. Vandals Have Mutilated the Status of Admiral Farragut in Madison square, New York, by removing the sword strap. Governor Deneen of Illinois, who has been suffering with a cold for several days, has taken to his bed a8 the result of an attack of fever. Anna De Calvo, Three Years Old, of Chicago, was killed by a large New- foundiand dog yesterday while visiting at the home of a neighbor. The Pontoosuc Woolen Mills at Pittsfield, Mass., have granted tne de- mands of the weavers and spinuers for a 5 per cent. increase in wages. The Question of the Applicability of the Monrot doctrine to the West In- dian_archipelago was brought up in the British house of commons. Twenty Gloucester Fishing Schooners | will turn their bows south towards the 'Gulf stream about April 1 for the first mackerel fishing trip of the year. Private Eynesleben, of the German army, shot and killed Captain Reetsch, commarnding officer of his regiment, at Berlin, and then committed suiclde, Andrew Carnegie Filed Suit yester- day ir the supreme court to recover $2,000,000 and interest loaned to the Carnegle Trust company on Dec. 28, 1908, A Mass of Rock Loosened by melting frost fell 100 feet to the bottom of a lime quarry at Rockland, Me., yester- day and killed Nicola di Paolo, & work- men, Wiiliam Wallace Harney, for many ears associate editor of the Louieville emocrat, which was absorbed by the Courfer-Journal in 1868, died at Or- ando, Fla. John Victor Doniphan, a native of Lynchburg, Va, and widely known thoughout the south, dled in Brook- lyn, N. Y., where he had lived for ihe past 21 years. Postmaster General Hitchcock ex- tended the postal savings bank yes- terday Dby designating 1,000 fourth- class postoffices to open savings bank ‘branches on ) Senator Rayner of Maryland intro- the duced a resolution authorizing court of claims to investigate all of injury or _death due to the destr tlon of the Maine. Aged 83, & native rial pioneer and leg- the Civil war and , is dead at islator, veteran higher councils ) his home at Minneapolis. Goddard Brothers, Who Control Six cotton mills in Rhode Island, employ about 0 operatives, will make the amoun the raise in the wages of their operatives 10 per cent. ES L. G. Hohenthal, chairman of the prohibition ctate tral committee, has ued the call for the state nventlon to be held in Unity hall, Hartford, May 21 and 22. offic! President Taft Yesterday Vetoed the joint resolution passed by congress to provide for the establishment of a per- manent manoeuvring camp for regular troops and militia near Anniston, Ala. It is Reported in New York that Al- bert Gallatin Wheeler, Jr., has ettled $200,000 on his young wife, the former Claudia Carlstedt, known on the com- ic opera stage as “the girl In red tights.” Supporters of Senator Robert M. La Follette have procured the signatures of 1,300 republicans to petitions for placing Mr, La Follette’s name on_ the presidential primary ballots in New Jersey. Bishop Hyrum B. Clawson, ioneer of 1848 and secretary to Brigham Young, is dead at Salt Lake City, aged 24. He ieaves a widow, 27 children, 145 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchil- dren. John Currier Gallagher, clerk of the superior court fe w Haven county for the past five vears, and supreme overseer of the Anclent Order of Unit- ed Workmen, dled at his home in New Haven yesterday, aged 54 vears. James C. Turner, a Well Known citizen of North Adams, Mass. has been mysteriously missing since Tues- day night, and his friends fear that either he has been the victim of foul play or has suffered some mental de- rangement. Truman G. Palmer, secretary of the executive committea of the Tinited States Beet Suear Industry. has been selected to conduct the fight by the teet sugar interests against free sugar before the United States senate finance committee. As a Result of a Conference be- tween a committee of the striking em- ploves of the Alfred Kimball Shoe company of Lawrence, Mass, and the officials of the plant, yesterday after- noon, a compromise was effected and the men will refurn to work this morning. That Nearly 50 of the Industrial Workers of tha World arrested at San Diego, Cal, have admitted they were trying to overthrow the United States zovernment is a statement contained in a yeport which the California authori- ties will send to the immigration bu- reau at Washington The New Castle County Superior court, at Wilmington, Del. granted a | divorce to John Bancroft, Jr., from his wife, Fadeleine Du Pont Bancroft, al- lowed the father the custody of the 4 vear old son, and declared that the infant made a codefendant with Mrs, Bancroft by her husband, is not Ban- croft’s child. THREE TORPEDRO BOATS TO BE USED AS TARGETS Big Dreadnoughts of Atlantic Fleet to Train Guns on Them, Washington, March 29.—Three tor- pedo boats—the Cushing, McKee and Ericsson, which have passed thelr usefulness, have been designated by the pavy department to serve as tar- gets for bombardment by the big dreadnoughts in the Atlantic fleet, ; _ i rnwz WO c:m The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Girculation is the Largest in Conor *.c in Proportion to the City's Population Roosevelt Has A New lssue DISCUSSES “WELRARE OF THE FARMER"” AT ST. PAUL. BETTER COUNTRY LIFE Believes Government Should Show Some Activity Along This Line— Fighting Lincoin's Batties Oven St. Paul, Minn, March 28 -—Anether plank in ibe platform upon which Col- onel Roosevelt is to fight out his can- paign was produced in a speech here tonight on the “welfare of the farm- ers.” Colonel Roosevelt said the move- ment for conserving the country’s nat- ural resources and for bettering coun- try life had not boen carried forward since his administration. Fa advocated & policy of governmental aetivity in this directicn. / Made Dozen Speeches. His address was delivered toward the close of a day in which he traveled acrops Iowa and part of Minnesota and made a dozen speeches. On reaching B7. Paul he conferred with political stpporters and in the evening he wenl ty the Auditorium and mads his prin- cipel speech of the day. Iie than went to Minncapolis to malke a short speech before. starting for Chicago, Large Crowds at Railroad Stations. The impromptu meetings at railroad stations were among the largest of Cclonel Roosevelt'’s tour through the midéle west and or no previous day a1 he find the crowds mors demom- straitve. In those spesches he repeated his arguments In favor of control of the government by the people instesd of by “a representutive part of the people,” which, he said, always mesnt the bosses. Rode Into Hall in Auto. Colonel Roosevelt's entrance {o ths Avditorium was spectacular. Seated in 2n automobils from which a dozen flags wero fiving, he was driven through rear door on to the floor of the build ing, Into the fringe of the crowd. Al of the seats in the Auditortum were occupled and the people streamed in until there was o more standing room. Roosevelt's Speech. Colonel Roosevelt sald in part e fol- lows: “In the fight in which we are mow engaged the lineup is clear. We stand for the plain people agalnst the boas- es. We stand for the its of the many agalnst special privileges. Same Foroes Opposed Lincoln. “In the contest teday we are warring against the same forces that opposed Lincoln, We are striving for Tcln ly the principles for which Linecolr strove. In one of his closing de- bates with Douglas 54 years ago bh¢ spoke as foliows: ““That is the real issue. This is the issue that will continue In this country when those poor tongues of Judfl Douglas and myself shall silent. Tt is the eternal struggle be tween these two principles—right and wrong—throughout the world. They gre the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time and will continue to struggle. President s Wrong. “Change the names so that will apply to the men and events our own time and this sentemce des- cribes the present contest as accurate- 1y as it described the contest in ‘which Lincoln was then engaged. If Lincoln was right in this speech that I have quoted, then the president and all who follow and support him are wrong in upholding tha doctrine that it s un- safe to trust the people and that o bact o1 the people should rule the rest. Our opponents are those who disbe- Heve in the right of the people to ruls and who regard wrong done to helpless as of infinitesimal importance when weighed in the balance against the fetlch of adhefenco to formulas of a dead legalism. Issue Fundamentally the S8ame. “But whatever form u‘m (un‘:-t may oment the issue g:u:xllym the same. As Lincoin said it 1s the same prlnlr:p::a‘m whatever shape it develops. L 1y'§ fight between those who strive fo get justico through doing justice and strive to secure the rights of every man and woman, through the genuine rule of the people and thoss who fu Lingoln's words seek to bestride the peopla in their o intérests and to live and gain profit, in politics or in finance by the fruit of the labors of others.” GIVEN GOLD WATCH AND A LOVING CUP. Dwight W. Thrall Honored By Me- mane Society Agents. tfcrd, Conn., Murch banq"mum. of fifty agents of the Com- necticut Humane Society today, a sil- ver loving cup, uulmbl%vlnmrlhod. was presented to Dwight W. Thrall, who unt!l he retired last January, was genernl agent of the locla_w;’ for thirty- i ars. The presentation 1 g::u n)::de by W. A. Walkles of South- | bury. Dr, #H, Holmes of Jewett | City eleo, on behalf of the agents, pre- | nented Mr. Thrall with a gold v.n:a.h Mr, Thrall made feeling résponses the gifts. ] SUICIDES TWO WEEKS AFTER WIFE'S DEATH, Robert Campbell of New Maven Ends Life by Qs 20.—At & . New B;:l.ln' Oo‘:ln: rt Cam, , age len his rof:n at Ne. 135 Olive streat this afternoon, having t uicide by taking gas. No reason is the @ct. Campbell was apparently in good splrits at noon, but Jeter gar was smelled In his he was f lying across dead, and wis gas escaping orcks, Hls wife dfed two He leaves one @aughter. Infant’s Body in New Haven, Conn, winnell ert W. @ of fishing came March 19—Rob b, was found deed who was disiriet today, box. He re cal examiner, who is investigating. child was several days o parently been dead for several days. &