Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 8, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV.—NO. 86 Fmie MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1912 | A ¢ S TWG CENTS JCE The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double- That of Any Other P. 30,000 MADE HOMELESS BY FLOOD Two Thousand Square Miles Inundated, 30 Drown- ings and Financial Loss of $10,000,000 HUNDREDS OF LIVES ARE STILL IN DANGER Unfortunates Marooned on Housetops, in Trees and Anchor- ed Rafts, Awaiting Rescue—Golden Lake Levee in Ar- kansas a Dangerous Point, But Still Holds—Water Around Cairo 20 Feet Above Street Level. Thirty thousand persons homeless; two thousand square miles of country inundated; thirty persons drowned and a financial loss of $10,000,000 con- stitute the resuit of & two weeks' flood in the Mississippi valley. These figures were arrived at last night by govern- ment engineers and officials of state levee boards engaged in combatting the ravages of the Mississippi river from places in Illinois to threatened places in Mississippl and Arkansas. Water is pouring into Arkansas through three new breaks in the levee | mouth of Memphis. These gave way yesterday and Weveral hundred square Imiles are subject to flooding. Railroad Traffic In the section practically paralyzed. Hundreds of persons still are men- is mced by the river at places in lower Missouri, Northwest Tennessee and Arkansas. They are marooned on housetc in t and on anchored rufts directly in the current of the rampaging Stream. Conservative judg- ment at Memphis last night was that the great majékity of these unfortu- nates will be rescued. The most dangerous point .in the flood situation yet was at Golden Lake, the Arkansas levee resisting the pres- gure of the Mississippi. Had this em- bankment been breached it wou ave added to the tide already sweeping wrough northwest Arkansas. At nine o'clock last night the Golden Lake levee held and danger in the Southern part of the valley increased. As long as the flood remains in the levees north the strain on the southern embank- ments increases. CAIRO AN ISLAND CITY. Water in Many Places is Twenty Foet Above Street Level, April 7—Cairo tonight is ounded by a vast stretch of water, the crest of which is ten feet higher than the streets. For four days Cdiro has been an is- land city. When the levees protecting the drainage districts went out Thurs- day all rall communication was stop- pad and the only entrance to the cfty | is by away There are few women and children left in Cairo. Most of them were sent from the city several days ago. The levee workers and such refugees as are in Cairo are being fed by the commis- sary department under the direetion of Harry Candee. Rations are heing serv- ed to 1,500. Meat sandwiches, eggs wegetabies ,bread an dbutter and hot eoffee are prepared in the new Hilks club and the food is taken to the levees in automobiles. Yesterday Mrs. Henry F. Gilehoefer, wife of a banker, got a clothes hamp- er full of food at the commissary de- partment, put it inte a motor boat, boat from Mounds, nine miles went up into the overflow district and fed everybody she could find. Many steamboats are plying between Cairo and flooded towns below in search of stock which is being landed on the hills near Wickliffe. Generous denations from all parts of Kentueky are coming to the 8,000 refugeés at Hickman, Ky. Several thousand acres of wheat are under water in Mississippi county, Missouri. Many thousand dollars worth of stock have perished and farmers are living in their attics, Almost $300,000 has been spent in fighting the flood here, Five thousand men have been paid $150 per day for more than a week. The Big Four bas spent $65000 on material and | workmen to protect its embankments. The Mobile and Ohio spent $50,000 and the Iilinois Central $13,000. Cairo spent $25,000. The city treasury did not contain this amount, but the local bankers volunteered to extend to the city unlimited credit. IN VERMONT, TOO. Winooski Overflows Banks and Mont- pelier and Barre Under Water. Montpelier, Vt., April T—Swollen by melting snow in the mountains and | heavy rain, the Winooski river over- | flowed its banks today. Main and State streets in this city are inundated and the business section of Barre, six miles below here, is reported under three or four feet of water. The river is stifl raising rapidly. The river first broke from its bounds at Barre and rushed through the | streets, overflowing the sidewalks and | flooding cellars to the level of the street. It was not until this evening that the flood struck Montpelier, Then the water poured over the flooring of the | Main street bridge and down through Main and State streets. Both are largely business streets though one end of State street has a number of resi- | dences. As in Barre, cellars were soon flooded and the streets made al- most impassable. Little ice is being carried by the flood 8o that the damage thus far has been confined mainly to the wetting of stocks of goods in store cellars. 5 Telegraph communication was inter- rupted on account of the flooding of the basement of the Western Union | office. As midnight approached the river continued to rise and the flooded area was extended accordingly. In this city alone the damage is at least $10,000, principally on stocks, merchandise stored in basements and lower floors of the business structures. The Mont- | pelier Journal expected to be obliged | to quit work soon after midnight as | the rising water was rapidly appreach- inz the motors which operate the ma- chinery. BURGLAR AT BRISTOL CAUGHT RED-HANDED Tried to Buy His Freedom from Offi- cer by Bribe of $10. ol Conn, April T.—Officer Mc- uddy of the local police force burglar red-handed this ug when he arrested, after a William Ruggerio, a local labor- The officer was testing the rear of the drygoods store of Joseph chase, er doo! o'clock this morning when he heard a noise and soon after he saw 8 man running toward Meadow street. He called to the man to stop, but 1o attention was paid, s0 he gave | chase 1 finally caught him after r several blocks. ing hack to the store, a bundle was found, in which were a do 1 uitk, skirts, o and a mis ous collection of wemen's ap- Ruggerio, who is about 35 years ge, lives at 43 Meadow sireet, a distance from the\store. Be- 1able to furnish bonds of $1,000 ! he wae lodged in jail pending his ar- ¥ r2ignnient before Ju Malone to- ! merrow afterncon at two o'clock, Of- ficer McGillicuddy says that when he | fuught Ruggerlo ha tried to purchase . Torndado his freedom by offering him $10. YO SUPERVISE INTERSTATE INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONS Commissioner of Corporations Recom- mends Creation of New Office. Wasnington, April 7—The creation ©f a federal adminisirative office to supervise Interstate industrial corpor- stions is strongly urged by Herbert Knox Smita, commissiener of corpora- tions, in his annual report made pub- fic today. Mr. Smith maintains that it 1s impossible to enforce effectively any real system of restraint upon bus- wmess through the courts alone because of the vast complexity of corporate interests and constantly changing bus- iness conditions, ng object lesson on ! of such an administrative ths commissioner points to fthe disintegrated Standard Oil and American Tobacco companies. The purpose of the dissolutions was broad reform in economic conditions. “And vet,” Mr. Smith frecly declares, “the country has no effective means of ascertaining how far the desired re- form Will really be earried out. No one ean foresee the future of these new wmits in the two great industries, It will be purely an economic and finan- ofal process. No judicial mgchinery is @aapigd to handle this novel problem.” Demolishes Block, Middletown, N, Y, April 7—~The vil- Jage of South Fallsburgh was visited by at tornado at 4 o'clock this after- noon. Damage estimated at many thousands of dollars was done, The three story building occupied by €. 1. Couch's general store was demelished, and the merchant and several other Thres Stery ns were buried in the debris and | parrowly escaped with their livey. The Rev. J. P. Carley’s leg was broken and other persons were severely cut aud oruised rg on North Main street at| EASTER’S SAD PHASE IN BOSTON CHURCHES Seven Pastors Say Farewell to Their | Congregations. | Boston, April 7.—Seven pastors preaching farewell sermons and an- other delivering the last Easter ser- mon in one of the city's oldest church- es before it i3 torn_down, lent a touch of sadness to the Easter festivities in some of the Greater Boston churches today. Rev. George W. King, D.D. |bade farewell to his parish %t the People's temple, Baptist, having ac- cepted a call to Maryland; Rev. C. R. McMeekin of the First M. E, church, Jamaica Plain, preached his last ser- mon befcre leaving for Ohio, and Rev. 1. W, Staples, Ph.D., of Grace church, Cambridge, announced his immediate departure for Worcester. Four Metho- | dist clergymen took leave of their parishioners to go to other churches in neighboring districts. The last Easter service in the his- toric Second church, Unitarian, in Cop- square, ing recently been s0ld and plans made for moving the church edifice to an- other site. LOOK FOR HOT OLD TIME AT VERMONT CONVENTION. Both Taft and Roosevelt Leaders Are Claiming the State. Montpedier, Vt., April 7—With both the Taft and Roosevelt leaders claim- ing control, and both sides working overtime to swij the delegates into line, there is eWery indication of an interesting sesslon when the republi- can state cohvention is held here om Wednesday to-select delegates to the repablican national convention. Dele- gates from the first distriot are largely conceded to President Taft, and the rea] hattleground will be the second district. The Roosevelt men claim that they will not only carry this distriet, but by so wide a margin as to give them control of the state convention. The Taft forces are equally confident of vietory. The district conventions will be held Tuesday, the first district at Bur- iington and the second in this city. Plans have been made for a big Roosevelt rally here Tuesday night on the eve of the state convention. Gov- ernor Robert P. Bass of New Hamp- shire Is to be the chief speaker, OBITUARY. ~ A, Lawrence Rotch. Boston, April 7.—A. Lawrenes Rotch, founder of the Blue Hill meteorolog- ical observatory, with an international reputation for his studies of the upper atmosphers, died today following an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Rotch was taken ill early last week, and yes- ‘terday was operated upen at a private hospital, He is 51 years old and is survived by a widow and three chil- dren., .Fell from Upper Veranda. Naugatuck, Conn, April 7.—John Robaski, 25, fell from the second story veranda at his home in Union City this afternoon and struck on his head, the fall rendering him unconscious. The extent of his injuries s not knewn, Cabled Paragraphs |Nervi Bologna, Italy, April 7.—Glovannt Pascoli, the Itallan = terday, Poet, died here yes. Ipswich, England, April 7.—A por- tion of the business center of Ipswich was destroyed by fire, which started fgotax;gty night, The damage exceeds London, April 7.—Release on bafl of $50,000 each was granted yesterday to Alfred H Motley and Clark A. Miller, formerly of New York, who were ar- rested on Wednesday in London at the request of the New York police gn a charge of alleged larceny. London, April .—The Miners Fed- eration vesterday afternoon accepted the recommendation of the executive committee that the men should resume work as the result of the recent ballot, and the miners will be ordered to re- turn to the pits forthwith, Buenos Ayres, Argentina, April 7.— The Italian bark Arno, which left Rio Janeiro on Nov. 28 for Ship Island, Mississippi, was wrecked on Dec. 30 at a distance of 800 miles from this port. The report of the disaster gives no details, but says there were no cas- ualties, STEAMER AFIRE OFF BLOCK ISLAND. Passenger and Freight Steamer Onta- rio Sends Wireless Call for Help. Newport, R. L, April 7.—The steam- ship Ontario of the Merchants & Min- ers’ line is afire off the coast between Block Island and Montauk Point. A wireless call for help was picked up by the Point Judith wireless station at two o'clock this morning. The mes- sage said: “Big fire below.” The Ontario is a passengzer and freight steamer in the coastwise serv- ice. She sailed from Baltimore for Boston Saturday. It 18 not kmown here how many passengers she car- ried. The COntario’s call was also plcked up by the wireles soperator at the naval station who understood the mes- sage to mean that the steamer had passed a big fire near Montauk Polnt Efforts are being made to pick up the Ontariv again. No help has been sent from Newport. 2.35 a. m.—New London picked up a despatch that snip operator had to leave room on account of heat. Steam- er Tasco left in effort to find Ontarfo. 3 a. m—Boston received 8. O. S. call. All boats at Newport and Vicinity di- rected to got to Ontario’s relief. 3 a. m—Quoque, L, I, reports un- known steamer ashore near Montauk Point lighthouse. Supposed to be on fire, but flames not visible, EASTER LILIES GRACE CELL OF RICHESON. Condemned Clergyman Remembered by Members of His Congregation, Boston, April 7.—The joy of the Bas- ter season was reflected to some ex- tent today in the narrow cell in the Charles street jail where Clarence V. T. Richeson, last Easter the honored and revered pastor of Immanuel Bap- tist church of Cambridge, awaits exe- cution for the murder of Avis Linnell, the little Hyannis choir singer. Half a dozen Faster lilles and other floral re- membrances were dellvered to Riche- son yesterday and today. As ome after another arrived, the condemned cler- gyman scanned the cards eagerly for some sign of the donor, but in no case did any name appear. The gifts are Delieved to have been sent by members of Richeson’s former congre- gation who still think kindly of him, even though he sits in the shadow of the electric chair, with the date of his execution, the week of May 10, now close at hand. No one was allowed to see Richeson today, the only outsiders who visited the jail being two clergymen who con- ducted services and the singers. Riche- =on sat behind the barred door of his cell and listened to the services. The condemned man frequently re- ceives letters from his boyhood home in Virginia. Friday ope of these mis- gives was handed to him by his attor- ney and was eagerly recefved. It was from his aged father. Steps looking toward the commuting of Richeson's sentence to life imprisonment are to be taken this week. LETTERS STOLEN FROM GOVERNOR WILSON. Presidential Candidate Says Their Publication Can Do Him No Harm. Chicago, April 7—Thieves, appar- ently with political affiltations, broke into the rooms of Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey at a downtown hotel late today and stole a suitcase full of private correspondence and pa- pers belonging to Governor Wilson. The robbry occurred while Governor Wilson was at the rectory of St. Mary's church, lunching with Rev, P. J. O’Callaghan and other priests of the Paulist order. The theft was discov- ered when Governor Wilson returned to his hotel. Just before departing for Syracuse, N. Y., tonight, the New Jersey execu- tive made the following statement re- garding the robbery: “The robbery will greatly inconven- lence me. But whoever obtained the papers and ‘correspondence will be greatly dlsappointed. While the cor- respondence is Of a nature which nec- essarily should be considered private between the writers and myself, there is nothing but that may be published without doing me harm. “A great deal of the correspondence deals with the campaign I am waging as to the other documents which were stolen.” SAY MADERO IS WRECKING THE MEXICAN NATION, Commissioners Representing Revolu- tists Issue Statement. New Yol!k. April 7.—The three spe- clal commissioners from General Oroz- co, leader of the Mexican revolution- ists, who arrived in this city last week to present to the American people the revolutionists’ side of the present trou- ble in their country, In a long state- ment given out tonight by Manuel L. Lujan, head of the commission, bitter- ly assailed the administration of Pres- ident Madero and declared his tactics in the government of Mexico are slow- ly wrecking the nation, In the statement Madere is charged with violating every oath he mades to the men that helped him te overthrow the reign of Diaz. He is charged with misuse of government funds,with mak- ing it impossible to walk the highways of Mexico in safety and with not pro- tecting the interesis of foreign busi- ltxresl and the people of his own coun- y. The Kennebec River is Open all the way along from Augusta to Richmond, Me,, with gcarcely any rise in water, ch Men Representing Finance, the Law, Com~ Condensed Teleg-mms merce, Manufacturing, and Other Interests. President Taft Was Endorsed for president at a meeting of the republi. can state central committee of Utal Saturday. > Burglars Broke Into the Postoffice at Stillwater, N. Y., early Saturday, blew open the safe and took $1,050 in stamps and $200 in cash. Suit to Recover $150,000 for alleged breach of promise was filed against Arthur E. Luke, a Wall street banker, by Kllie I Hayden Receivers. Were Appointed Saturday for Allis-Chaimers Co. by Judge A. L. Sanborn of the United States district court at Milwaukee. | S | An Advance of 10 Per Cent. in wages | has been given to the 800 operatives of | the Paul Whitin Manufacturing com- | pany’s cotion mills at Rockdale, Me. About 1,000 Employes of the J. & P. Coats Co. (limited) of Glasgow, which |owns five thread mills at Pawtucket, | R. 1, have made a demand [or an ad- | vance in wag Milton Steives of Glens Falls, N. Y., | was nearly killed in a fight with a bald | eagle near North Creek lumber camp. | He was rescued, badly wounded, by a | fellow lumberman, | Temperatures Will Be Near the sea- | sonal average throughout the country this week, with rains generally light and local, ording to the weekly bul- | letin issued last night. JOSEPH W. CURTIS, More Strikes Are Hatching: ANNOUNCEMENT BY STRIKE LEADER TRAUTMANN > | “ARE BEING PREPARED” | Statement in Speech at Lawrence— Fall River Firemen to Go Out To- day—The Situation at Clinton. Boston, April 7—Despite the wave of | wuge increases which during the next twelve months will sweil by more than $13,000,000 the pay of thousands of | textile workers in New England, dis- satisfaction is manifest still among the operatives in a number of places. Strikes are ncw In effect or are threatened @uring the week beginning tomorrow morning, unless certain de- mands are granted, at nearly a dozen textile points, except in Lowell, where 15,000 operatives are out of work, the number of operatives involved is com- paratively small. Many observers of | the situation belleve that the strike and lockout in Lowell will be ended this week, Arranging for Other Strikes. The settlement of the Lovwrell situa- tion, apparently, s not going to mean the end of activity in New England by the Industrial Workers of the World, the organization which has as- sumed responsiblilify both for the great Lawrence strike and that at Lowell In an address at a meeting in Law- rence last night, Willam E. Traut- marn, at present in charge of the In- dustrial Workers in New England, de- clared that “while this (the Loweil) strike 18 going on, other strikes in New England are being prepared.” Fall River Firemen Go Out Today. In Fall River, where a general in- crease of ten per cent. to the tex operatives prevented a striks of thirty thousand perscns, the three hundred firemen have voted to go on strike to- morrow morning unless the one hun- dred cotton mills involved grant a flat ‘wage scale of 22 cents an hour in place of the present siiding scale of from 12 to 20 cents. The Clinton Situation. The month-old strike at the Lan- caster 1nills n Clinton, whera thirteen hundred persons are involved, now hinges on the fines system. Grand Jury on Strike Leaders’ Cases. An echo of the Lawrence strike will be heard during the coming weelk, it s expected, when the Hssex county grund jury meets at Newburyport. Jo- seph J. Ettor and Artruro Giovannitti, of New York, both leaders of the In- dustrial Workers of the World, who conducted the lLawrence strike, hava been held for this sitting of the jury on the charge of being accessories be- fore the fact of the alleged murder of Anne Lopizzo, during a strike riot. FOUR WINDSOR FAMILIES LOSE HOMES BY FIRE. Burning of Four Tenement Dwelling Causes Loss of $4,500. ‘Windsor, Conn., April 7—Fire in the four tenement frame dwelling house situated opposite the railroad depot, did damage of $4,600 this afternoon, rendered four families homeless and for a time endangered the manufactur- ing distriet of the town. The building wu\ owned by Judge D. Ellsworth Phelps and 8. H. Barber, The families randered homeless were those of Mre. Joseph Douglas, Joseph Babcock, Hen- 1y Johnson and John Phillips, in all thirty persons, The fire had its origin in a defective flue in the chimney and had gained considerable’ headway before it was discovered, The loss is partly cever- ed by insurance. The huilding mark- ed the place where the conflagration of June 27, 1808, which did $50,000 e was checked, An Early Mcrn‘ing Fire Destroyed the Groweten tavern, the largest hotel at Greveton, N. H,, Saturdsy, ! Struck With a Shovel Handle HAMDEN YOUTH IN A VERY SERI- OUS CONDITION. TROUBLE OVER A BALL Batted Into Garden of Ralph Torello, Whe Forbade Anyone to Get It— Taeello and His Wife Disappear. New Haven, Conn., April 7.—David Kling, aged 22, of Hamden, is in St. Raphael's hospital hovering between life and death as the result of a blow upon the head with a shovel handle, struck, it is alleged, by Ralph Torello | of Alling street. Alleged Assailant Missing. A warrant for the latter's arrest was | {issued tonight, and although the po- lice and detectives have made a thor: ough search, they have found no traces of the man. Late tonight the police heard that he was seen in the vicinity of Wallingford, and they are foilowing up that clue. Knocked Ball Into Garden. According to the story told the po- lice by bystanders, Kling and a num- ber of other young men were playing ball in the street near Torello's home thig afternoon. Some one knocked the ball over the fence into the garden, in which Torelld was working at the time. : g Blow Made Kling Unconscious. The young men were loath at first to go after the ball. Finally, it is said, Torello dared anyone to come after it. Kling, who is large for his age, reached through the fence, and | then, it is said, Torello struck him a | | heavy blow. to the ground, and hé lay unconscious | The force of it felled him while Torello fled precipitately toward his house. A for the ambulance and Kling was re- moved to the hospital, where it we found that'he had a fractured skull and concussion of the brain. His con- dition late tonight was regarded as se- | rious. Mrs. Toreilo Missing. After Torello fled to his house, it is sald that he hurried away from the rear door. s. Torello cannot he found tonight, efther. BURGLARS AT BRIDGEPORT GET $110 AND TWO WATCHES. Residonce of Former Gharity Commis- sioner Somers Robbed. Bridgeport, Conr April 7.—The home of James Somers, former charity commissioner, at 289 West ave- nue, was burglarized tonight between 5.30 and 8 o'clock and $110 in cash and two gold watches taken. The family was away at the time. The burglars entered by a window and pulled down the shades; then, lighting the gas, Mrs. | Somers' desk, in which the money: was | locked up, was smashed. The pawnshop of Joseph Tand at Wall and Middle streets was also bur- glarized at an early hour this morning, | but so far as known the only thinge taken were a revolver and two “Dbillies.” Brakeman Dies of Injuri Watarbury, Conn., April 7.—Robert J. Brennan, the brakeman who was terribly injured at 3 o'clock Saturday morniing when he was caught between two freight cars at the Bank street bridge In this city, died at St. Mary's hospital at 6.30 o'clock this morning. His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brennan, of New Haven, were at his bedside up to the time of his death. Drennan'’s injuries consisted of crushed hip bones and thighs and a large hole was rent in his side. Smallpox Cases Number 57. Naugatuck, Conn., April 7.—Two mere cases of smallpox developed to- day and twe patients were discharged frem the 1solation hospital, leaving the total number of cases tonight 57. It is expected that several more patien(s will be discharged in the morning, telephone call was gent ! In Accordance With a Vote taken b the board of directors, a voluntary pe- was filed by the and Drop Forge yvidence. | Union Manufact | company of East Fire Which Started Early Saturday in the knitting mill of J, P. Sheppard at Sal N. J,, destroyed a 000 worth. of property and for a time threatened existence. to wipe the town jout of John C. Rope, Former Treasurer of | the Gillette Safety Razor compa office in Boston, pleaded not guilty on Saturday to an indictment charging | him with larceny of papers of the com- pany valued at $7.000, President Taft Will Mave a pledged | delegation of six from the state of Nevada at the republican national con- ntion. Returns from every part of the state show that the administration ticket has been successful. Mrs. Elsie Hobbs Raymond was ar- rested on the charge of murder for the s Mattie Hackett at n years ago, by the of the supreme court at e, Saturday. Readfield, M grand ju Augusta, 2 The President and Mrs. Taft att ® The Jury in the Case of Miss I Mercy in her uit against Marion Talbot n of women at the University zo, for $100,000 erdict giving the | The Whittenton Manufacturing Co. | of Taunton, M Saturday notified { | e the 1,200 operativ in its cotton mills of an advance of to take effect immediately o is the second of that amount granted within two wee Nearly 200,000 Persons from Phila- | delphia, New Pittsburg, Wash- | ington, F other points crowded the A City boardwalk | vesterday, displ ir new spring outfits and were J phed. It w | the largest ter parade in the his- tory of that resort. | A Feature of the Easter Service at the Fifth avenue Baptist church, New York, yesterday the reading of a | telegram from Dr. Cornelius Woelfkin, professor of homiletics at the Roches- | ter Theological seminary, accepting the | call to the pastorship of the church recently tendered him. A Thirty Acre Farm at Long Island City, N. Y, which for ten years has been devoted exclus to raising Chinese vegetables for the restaurants in New York's C! town, I8 to be cut up into building lots The proprietor of the farm, Louie Sun, has cleared nearly $20,000 a year on his garden, which is the only one of its kind in the east. Capt. Charles R. Héwland, 21st U. S. infantry, has been awarded a gold | medal by the treasury department in recognition of “heroic daring exhibited in swimming to the rescue of the crew of the quarterm: ]:\\.H’Uh l: rancisco, danger o rowning during a typhoon al ‘: n abian, in the Philippine Islands, Nov. 1899.” | SANER MILLINERY | IN EASTER PARADE. Mannish Derby Affected by Many New York Women Yesterday. New York, April 7 nearly half spoiled by rain. A morning | sun brought out the usual large crowds to the churches where moro elaborate musical programmes and more extrav- {agant floral displays than ever were noted but by the noon hour the adow of a storm’ was venue | promenaders and at one the { substance of it fell in the shape of showers which sent fashion scurrying | to cover. hundreds of men and the women had to reinforce the anchorage of their head gear by holding on. & By two oclock when the parade is usually at fts height, the long thoroughfare was deserted except for | brave visitors to town who even ven- tured to ride on bus tops in the rain, In the late afternoon it poured. | What glimpses wern caught of fash- {fon led to the general comment that | there was far less of the extreme in | hats and gowns this year than last. { | | The popular monstrosities in feminine headgear which were abundant, trim- mings were generally confined to a single “stick up” of feathers, a single bow of ribbons, or a few flowers, The | mannish derby was affected by many | women, Mgst of the suits were of plain colors with grays predominating and with buttons used to an unusual extent in trimmings. More men appeared In silk hats and cutaways than ever, Canes were popu- lar but many of the weatherwise car- ried umbrelias instead. The cuts of clothes affected the English close fit more than ysual. Gift of $5,000 as Memori New Haven, (onn., April 7.—An- pouncement wis made at St, Paul's Episcepal church today of a gift of $5,000 to the endowment fund of the church by Bishop and Mrs. Edwin S. Lines of Newark, N. J. The gift is in the nature of a memori2l to twe of their children who died in 1889 when Bishop Lines wag recior of i, | — —————— and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population Editor Killed With Scissors WIFE OF WALTER J. HELD BY POLICE SNYDER STABBED FOUR TIMES Mrs. Were Acoidentally Snyder Claims Fatal Wounds Inflicted While She Was Manicuring Per Nails. New York, April 7—Walter 7., Shy- der, 37 vears old, managing edifbr of | the periodical “Sports of the Times,” was found dead in the bathtub of the apartment he occupied on St. Nicholas | avenue, today, with four stab wounds near his heart. Fis death becama known to the police after his wife called two bellboys and directed them to the bathroom. Mre. Snyder was ar- rested and charged with homicide, His Wife's Story, According to the police Mrs. Snyder sald she was holding a pafr of seven inch scissors in her hand when her husband tried to embrace her, and | sclssors_accidentally penetr | body. Her story left the pol several points to clear up. Union 8Suit Had Holes | When Snyder's body w was unclothed, and the poli ered hanging on a clothes "klbch!n & union suit having iin it such as might have b by scissors. The suit had be ed out. * According to the police, it wis not until some time after the occ rence that the woman told the beli- boys of it. Was Manicuring Her Nails. ‘When the police arrived Mrs, Snydee was citting on a chair, resting her chin on her hands as in deep thought. Bha sald Snyder was annoying her by | eprinkling water on her while she was | manicuring her nails, and he suddenly seized her. The blades of the scissors opened, she said, and pressed into the region of his heart. Made Conflicting Statements. After questioning the woman for more than an hour in her cell in the police station, Coroner Hollenstein declared his belief that Snyder had beem mur- |dered. Mrs. Snyder, he snld, made several conflicting statements. Aocording to Assistant District At~ torney Strong, who made stenographie notes taken of her statements, she sald that Snyder grasped her hand when | she had the scissors in it and stabbed himself. Told Him She Was Angry. “Stay away from me. I am angvy | with you,” she said she told him, just ° | betore Snyder grabbed her. | “After the stabbing, she said, Sayder walked into the bathroom, whers she | subsequently found his body in the | s Denied She is Helen Caufield. Mrs. Snyder told the police that her malden name was Mary Karns and that sae eloped with Snyder from Mor ristown, N. J, six years ago and mar- ried him. They separatedy she said, but became reconciled only two weeks ago. She denied that she was Helen Caufleld, with whom Bnyder is alleged to have eloped from Hartford three | years ago, or that she was formerly & Bertha Edna Yeager, whom Snyder I8 sald to have married ten years ago and divorced in Detroit. ELOPED FROM HARTFORD. Married Stenographer for New Britain Contractor, Hartford, Conn.,, April 7.—Walter J. Snyder came to Hartford from Detroit and acted as manager of the Connecti- cut State Fair at Charter Oak Park. On the closing day of the fair he elop- ed with Miss Helen Caufleld, daughter of John Cauficld, a New Britain con- | tractor# Snyder was married at the | time. Miss Caufield was | pher employed In Syder’ couple went south for a time and In 1910 removed to New York, where he wrote for Sports of the Timea. Snyder's father 1s & well kmown Ken- tucky horseman, and at one time was in charge of John Madden’s stables at exington. Relatives of Mrs, Snyder New Britain say that the former Mrs Bnyder was granted a divorce at Detroit and that later the couple were formally married. Snyder WEARING CAMPHOR BAGS TO PREVENT SMALLPOX. Interesting Feature of Easter Parade at Salem, Mass. An ster here was | Gusts took off the hats of | Salem, Mass., April 7—The smallpox | epidemic in which nearly forty persons | have been stricken, 300 others quaran- | tined ad 4,000 vaccinated, was believ- | ed by the board of health to be under | control today. No new cases have been reported since yesterday and only |two of the victims are said to be se- |riously ill. The churches were opon today and the theaters, it is anmounc- “od‘ will be open tomorrow. | Over on the French-Canadian quar- ter many residents paraded the streets |in Baster finery today with cimphor | bags of assorted sizes and shapos fastened about their necks, in the be- def that the camphor would keep away the smallpox germs. Twenty-five physicians have been engaged in the work of vaccinating | and will continue their work tomorrow. i el rali COAL CONFERENCE TO | BE HELD WEDNESDAY, Hope Entertained That New Agree- ment May Be Reached. Philadelphia, Pa., April 7.—One hon- dred and seventy-five thousand idle anthracite mine workers and number~ less thousands of other interested #ons will turn their eyes toward delphia this week and ho&o‘ that conference to be held in t city om Wednesday between tho represemta- tives of the men and thd coal opera- tors will result in a new agreement and speedily end the suspension of that was begun on the first of Aprl The eagerness shown by both sides to meet again ani talk over lifferemces has raised the spirit of the miners and they feel that with concessions on both sides there will be little' difficulty in reaching a satisfactery working agres. ment., ¢ Colonel A-t‘r‘u Stable Burned. Poughkeepsia, "N, Y, April 7.—The famous running stable of the late W1l liam Astor, located at Ferncliffe, the estate of his son, Col. John Jacob As- tor, was completely destroyed by flre this morning. One of Colonel Astor's earriage "fi"'r'{.“f'"" 11 others be. ing reseu e loss was between 415,000 and §20,000.