Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 17, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV.—NC. 94 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1912 PRICE TWO CENTS NORTHERN ROUTE TO BE ABANDONED| Ciokd Steamship Companies Reach Agreement to Use Southern Course During Iceberg Season CARPATHIA PROBABLY Captain Smith Was Warned of Icebergs by Captain of French Liner—Indications of Heroic Self-Sacrifice by Men in Favor of Women and Children—John Jacob Astor and Other Prominent Passengers Are Probably Drowned. That the final roll of the rescued from the Titanic disaster had practi- cally bean made up was the impres- sfon that grew almost into a convic- tion last night as the hours wore on without the revision of lists adding measurably to the total of known sur- vivors, Of definite news of the disaster the | night added little, Down the Atlantic coastfi fog enveloped in many places, as the reports showed, crep the Cu- narder Carpathia, bearing on her the £68 lives that had been snatched from the waters when the Titanic's twenty ‘boats, laden to their limit, one by one weade their way from the giant liner when it became known that she was soon to take her fatal plunge. Bui aithough the rescue ship was reported within wireless range of the Sable Island station at a comparatively early hour and every wireless ear was wait- ing to catch the snap of a receiver which might mean that the greatest of all the liners’ death was about to be given up, midnight came and went and the night began to grow old—and mtill the word had not been spoken, Carefully compiling the available lists the record of the named survivors of the list stande significantly thus: Men .. . 79 Women .. wes 283 Children .. . -~ 18 Total .. (coccoves.a 3338 Of the remaining 540 known survivors Bt is estimated that not more than 100 Were seamen roquired to man the ts. This would lsave approximate- 440, and in the ordinary proportion women and children in the steer- rge where the passengers in the Ti- tanic's care numbered 710, it seems | robable that the greater part of these 40 were women and their little ones. Nothing could show more plainly the heroism of the crew and the men passengers who stood by the doomed whip, facing practically inevitable death and sent the women and chii- dren away in the Iifeboats. Some ‘Would have to be left; that was a cer- inty, Hundreds, in fact, were left, ut to all appearances the men who ‘were left behind, stayed behind delib- erately, calmly, stepping aside to let the wealer ones, those to whom they owed protection, take their way to mafety, “8inking by the head. Have cleared boats and filled them with women and children,” This was the final message these brave men sent the-world, for it was directly afterward that their wireless signals sputtered and then wiopped altogether. The picture, that, in view of what $e known, inevitably presents itself, is of men like John Jacob Astor, master of scores of millions; Benjamin Gug- genheim, of the famous family of bankers; Isidor Straus, a merchant prince; Willlam T. Stead, veteran Journalist; Muaj. Archibald Butt, sol- dier; Washington Roebling, noted en- gineer—of any or all of these stepping aside and bravely, gallantly, remaining to die that the place he otherwise might have filled, could perhaps be taken Ly some sabot-shod, shwal-en- mhrouded, illiterate and penniless peas- omt woman ofEurope, Thus the stream of women with toddling infants or babes in arms, perhaps, most of them soon to be widowed, filed up from the cabins and over the side’ and away to life. The men— far the greater part of them—remained to die, millionaire and man-peasan' and man of middle class allke, bravely, it must have been, mharing each other's fate and going down (o a common grave. Of the survivers, what? eril and suffering, with the revela- ion they will furnish of just what bappened on board the stricken ocean iant—pictures which will leave the imagination nothing to draw upon— remains to be told. Hoy quickly will be able to tell it and clear heir story the; up all the myvsteries of identity which the limited carrving capacity of the ©Carpathia’s wireless has left the world in doubt. seemed tonight to depend dargely upon atmospheric conditions. The weather was thick on the coast t night, not onmly interfering, it is eved, with wireless communication from the liner to Sable Island, but probably with her rate of progress to- ward New York, whence she is head- ing. Meanwhile other methods of com- municating with her than by the land miations are being tried. From the Virginia Capes the scout cruisers Ba- lem and Chesier, armed with powerful wireless apparatus, are speeding to- ward the Carpathia, and before very many hours have elapsed it is hoped they will be close. Hope that some of the passengers of the Titanic not taken on board the Carpathia may have heen saved was rovived early today when the captain of the frelghter Ultonia of the Phoe- nix line, which docked about midnight, reported that he passed along the routoe taken by the Titgnic, and that a pum- ber of fishing boats were in the vicin- ity of the disaster at the time. He said | he thought it not improbable that many of the passengers had secured life preservers an jumped in time to myoid being carried under by the suc- tion of the liner, and may have been erscued by the crews of the fishing vessels. The Ultonia was not equipped with wireless. The captain of the lin- er soid that fishing boats were headed toward Halifax when he passed along the route taken by the Titanic. All hope that some of the Titanic's survivors might be on board either the steamer Parislan or Virginian had to be abandoned late yesterday when it was definitely learned .that neither steamer had picked up any one from the big liner. Search for bodies in the vicinity of the disaster, it was learned to will be taken up by the White Star line of Halifax, where the cable steam- er Mackay-Bennett has been charter- od to proceed to the scene and remain until further orders, searching for ®odies that may come to the surface. Up to 1.30 o'clock this morning, so Rar as could be learned at any of the _stations, no syllable of tidings come from the Carpathia since he was able by the aid of the Olmp- ‘s relay many hours befors to send waveringly ashore a list of the names »e Sret and gecond Lo HAS ONLY SURVIVORS vivers which she had on boerd. 1t is thought—feared would be the better word—that this list is now practically complete, As for the rest, direct ad- vices from Sable Island reported that weather conditions were bad for trans- mission, and that only faint communi- cation was had with the ship, she be- ing barely within range of call. It was thought, too, that the wireless opera- tor on the Carpathia had become fa- tigued from his long siege at the key of the liner's wireless and that he was resting up for the transmission of messages when the ship comes communication with American coast. TO ABANDON ROUTE. Steamships to U:e’ Southern Course During lceberg Peril. New York, April 16.—Only a faint hope remains tonight that any of the 1,802 passengers and crew of tne steamer Titanic who are not reported as having been rescued by the steam- er Carpathia, have been picked up by transatlantic liners, The 8§68 surviv- ors rescued~ from lifeboats by the Cunarder Carpathia, now on her way te this city, are the only known saved. No Passenvers on Other Steamers. The Drief and meagre wireless mes- sages that came to hand teday prac- tically extinguished heope that some of the ill-fated passengers may have been picked up at sea by the steam- ships Virginian and Parisian of the Allen line. Both these steamers sent word that they had no passengers of the Titanic on board. Names of 326 Survivors Received. Of the 868 persgns rescued by the Carpathia, the nafhes of 326 had been received by wirelass up to 4.30 o'clock. The Carpaihia evidently was out of wireless range toward noon, for after that efforts to reach her with wireless communications were futile andya score or more of messagee from the Cunard company and other sources were unanswered. No Late News from Carpathia, At 5 o'clock this afternoon, Vice President Franklin of the White Star line said that so far as he knew, the Olympic was still standing by the Carpathia Lo relay wireless messages. He added that he had received no word from the Olympic since nine o'clock this morning and had been un- able to get either the Carpathia or the Olympic by wireless, To Abandon Northern Route. Mr. Franklin said also that the steamship companies crossing the At- lantic had entered into an agreement to abendon the short northern route in favor of the southern route so long as icebergs were reported in the pathwey of the former course. $3,000,000 Loss on Ship. The report from Montireal that hope was still entertained that the Parisis might have aboard some of the Tit: ic’s survivors, Mr. Franklin character- ized as “a ridiculous report.” He add- ed that “in my opinion, neither the Parisian nor the Virginian has any survivors aboard.” The Titanic was insured for §5,000,000, Mr. Frankl said. On the ship, he added, the Wi Star line would lose about $3,000,000. ‘“T'his will be the smallest part of our loss,” he added. Scout Cruisers to Meet Carpathia. Captain Rostron, in his last wire- iess report to the Cunard company, stated that the Carpathia was proceed- ing slowly through a field of ice to this port. President Taft late this afternoon directed the secretary of the navy to order the scout cruisers Salem and Chester to the scene at once from Hampton roads to meet the ‘Carpatnia and send in by wireless to the government a complete list of the “itanic's survivors. Tha Chester wus caught by wireless about forty miles oft the Chesapeake capes and by 4 o'clock was steaming porthward at twenty knots an hour, aiming to get as quickly as possible in touch with sSteamers having news hearing on the disaster. Two revenue cutters were also notified to stand in readiness to proceed to the Carpathia, if necessary. | In the event that the Saiem has not sufficient coal, instructions were given to despatch the cruiser North Carolina instead. 3 Captain Rostron to Furnish Details. A possible chance of obtaining news bearing upon the disaster developed early this evening when the Leyland liner Californian came into the zone of wireless communication with Sable Island. The Californian was reported at the scene of the disaser shortly aft- er the Titanic wentadown, and it was thought probable that she would have valuable information to communicate, Captain Rostron of the Carpathia into stations on the| has been instructed to send full de- tails of the sinking of the Titanic. All day long, tearful and anxious throngs swermed the offices of the White Star line and overflowed into Broadway, stopping traffic at times, and keeping police reserves busy main- taining order. Col. Astor Believed to Be Drowned. Col. John Jacob Astor is helieved to be among those drowned. His wife and her maid are safe on the Car- pathia. Iisidor Straus, the million- alre merchant; Benjamin Guggenheim, the copper magnate and president of the International Steam Pump com- pany, and Edgar J. Meyer, vice presi- dent of the Braden Copper company, are still unaccounted for, Fate of Hays Unknown. ‘Whether Charles M, Hays, president of the Grand Trunk railroad, was saved, was not known tonight, His name was not among these reported rescued by the Carpathia, A Canadian despatch early in the day gave the information that Mr, Hays was saved. His wife and daughter were rescued. Customs Regulatiens Suspended, The treasury department, threugh the customs office, has given orders to expedite in every way the landing of the survivers ef the Titanic, and to ald them in meeting their friends upon the arrival of the Carpathia. Custems regulations have been sus- pended and the custems officers will aid the suryivers in finding their yel- and [riends, Hwsey persen Christiania. April 16.—The storthing has unanimously granted 136,865 kro- ner (approximately $85,000), for Amundsen’s North Pole expedition. - Boulogne Sur Mer, France, April 16. —Miss Harriet Quimby, an American air woman, crossed the English chan- nel from Dover today, landing at Hardelol, near this port. Constantinople, April 16.—The vepre- sentatives of the foreign powers took the first step to endeavor to bring about mediation between Turkey and Italy today, when an indentical note was presented to the Turkish foreign minister, Assim Bey, at his private residence. Budapest, April 16.—The ministry has again decided to resign and the premier started today for Vienna to inform the emperor. A previous crisis in the Hungarian cabinet was ended the “latter part of March by the em- peror expressing confidence in thlW cabinet under the premiership of Count Kuehn Von Hedevary. FOR DIRECT ELECTION OF U. 8. SENATORS. Massachusetts Senate Adopts a Reso- lution Favoring It. Boston, April 16.—After defeating a resolution providing for the calling of a constitutional convention for the purpose of framing a constitutional amendment for the direct election of United States senators the senate to- day adopted a resolution favoring the election of United States senaiors by the people. The vote was 35 to 3. meeting a surviver will be assigned to a space under his initial lefter at the dock and the survivor will be sent there to meet him, This will be done to avoid confusicn. 316 Accounted For. Vice Presidenl rranilin this afternoon that his list of sur vivers showed that 202 out of first cabin passengers and 114 out of 285 "second cabin passengers of the wrecked liner had been accounted for, Charles P. Sumner, general of the nard line, was asked tonight regarding a rumor that the Carpathia might put info Bosten and land her rescued passengers there. He replied that ihere was nothing in the report. NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED. Opinion of Captain Smith Before Tak- ing Command of Titanic. said late Chicago, April 16.—That Captain Edward J. Smitk of the Titanic be- lieved that the steamer was not prop- erly uipped with lifeboals and other life-s ng apparatus; that he protest- ed, without success, against lack of precaution, was the statement made by Glenn Marston, a friend of the cap- taiv, herz tonight. Marston said that while returning from Europe on the Olympic in com- pany with Captain Smith he remarked on the small number of lifeboats ce ried by such a large passenger steamer. It was then, according to Marston, that Captain Smith spoka of the life p gerving equipment of the Titanic, t in course of construction. “I noticed the small number of/boats and rafts aboard for the heavy pas- senger carrying capacity of the& ship and remarked on it to Captain Smith,” sajd Marsicn, s “‘Yes,’ he replied, ‘if the ship should strike a Submerged derelict or iceberg that would cut through inte several of the water tight compartments, we have not enough boats or rafts aboard to take care of more thin one-third of the rassengers. “‘The Titanic, too, 18 no beiter equipped It ought to carry at least double the number of boats and rafts that it does to afford any feal protec- tion to the passengers. Besides, there is always danger of some of the boats becoming damaged or swept away be- fore they can he manned,’” Marston furiher quoted Captain Smith as saying he thought the lack of equipment for saving lives was not due to a desire of the steamship line owners to save money, but rather b cavse they belioved their ships W safe. . Connecticut Survivors of the Wreck. New Haven, Conn., April 16.—Of the Titanic survivors listed today the fol- lowing are Connecticut people: William T. Sloper, New Britain, Mrs. Paul Schabert, Derby. Philip B. Mock, Derby. This name appears in list as Philip Emock. MOVING PICTURE BRIDE. Mrs. G. W. Marvin Reported Safe, but No Word of Her Husband. New G W. senger York, April 16—Mr. and Mrs. Marvin of the first cabin pas- list are the young bride and groom who five weeks ago were mar- ried in this city with a moving picture machine taking-a record of the wed- ding ceremony. The bride and groom were both 18 years old and immedi- ately after the ceremony took a liner for Kurepe, Mrs. Marvin is among those reported saved, but Mr. Mar- vin'’s name has not yet appeared on the list. The bride w: Miss Mary Graham Carmichael Parkinson, daugh- ter of a retired New York business man. SYMPATHY OF KING. Queen Mother Also Expresses Grief for Bereaved Families. London, April 16.—King George has sent the following message to the White Star compary: “The queen and I are horrified at the appalling di er which has hap- pened to the Titanic and at the terri- ble loss of life. We deeply sympathize with the bereaved relations and feel for them in their great sorrow with all our hearts. "GEORGE, R and 1.” The queen mother, Alexandra, has sent a message of sympathy to the company, in which she says: “It is with feelings of the deepest sorrow that I hear of the terrible di aster to the Titanic and of the awful loss of life. My heart is full of grief and sympathy for the bereaved fami- lies of those who have perished.” FEW OFFICERS SAVED. Message From Olympic Says All . Survivors Are on Carpathia. Cape Race, N. F.,, April 16.—A wire- less message tonight from Captain Haddock of the steamship Olymple, relayed by the Celtic, reads ds follows: “Please allay rumors that the Vir- ginian has any of the Titanlc's pas- sengers, Neither has the Tunisian. I believe that the only survivors are on the Carpathia, The second, third, fourth and fifth officers and the sec- ond Marconi operator are the only of- ficers reported saved.” Washington Social Functions Cancelled Washington, April 16. — Practically every formal social affair on the diplo- matic calendar in Washington has been carcelled because of the Titanie dis- aster, KCentinued spo-Pags Twed Paragraphs |Condensed agent | Telegrams Culiacan, the Capital of Sinaloa, has been caplured by the Mexican rebels. ‘Fhe Loss by Fire on the Meara block at Torrington, between 1 and 3 o'cloch yesterday imorning, will amount to $30,000. Giuseppe Funco and Sebastian Cian- zo, laborers employed by the city of Jamestown, N. Y. were drowned in a city sewas The New York Naval Militia will sail on the battleship Ohio this summer with seme port in Porto Rico as an ob- Mive point. The Income Tax Amendment to the federal comstitution was adopted in the Massachuseits house yesterday by a vote of 116 to 95. France Has Rejected the Spanish offers in the Franco-Spanish negotia- tions on Morocco and refuses to depart from her former proposals. Miss C. I. Griesheimer of Chillicoths, Ohio, was compelled to take off her hat when she was admitted to practice in the United #iates supreme eourt. : 2Rt J. R. Sheffield, J. L. Griggs and K. K. McLaren were elected directors of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph company of America, to serve for five years. An Advance of Two Cents a Barrel in the price of crude oil, making the price 64 cents, was announced by the Prairie Oil and Gas cempany yester- day. The World's Record of 11 feet and 47-8 inches for the standing broad jump was broken in Athens by Tsikle- teras, who jumped 11 feet and 6 inches. A Partial Canvass of the Cornell un- dergraduates indicates that 65 per cent. of the student body are in favor of “dry” banquets and smolers for college activities. An Arkansas Law Giving Farmers the right to recover damages for live stock kllled Ly railroads double the actual loss was held invalld by the supreme court, The Inroads of Socialism among the working class of Jews was deplored in reports and speeches made at the con- ference of American rabbis at Balti- more yesterday. Exports of Cotton, Foodstuffs and oils from this country in March of this year were valued at $93,838,512, as compared with $64,532,015 for the same month # vear ago. The House of Representatives unani- mously adopted a resolution yesterday Lextending sympathy to the relatives of those who met their death in the dis- aster of the Titanic. According to a Story Received in Paris from St. Petersburg the empress of Russia is very ill. It is said that she has been attacked by cramps of the muscles of her heart. Marie G. Rabio of New Haven was struck and killed yesterday on the Shore Line division of the New Haven road at East Haven. It is supposed she was walking the tracks. The Lapland, One of the Red Star line steamers, sailing Saturday, wiil take the first and second cabin passen- gers who were booked for the sched- uled return voyage of the Titanic. Mayor Gaynor Attended the meeting of the Lutheran Ministers’ association and in a speech told the ministers that he had no political affiliations which gave politicians the inside track at the City hall. An Oak Sapling, said to havs been raised from an acorn from the forest at Windsor, will be planted in the Mall in Central Park, New York, to; replace the Prince of Wales’ oak,which was blown down. Representative Longworth of Ohio sidestepped an invitation to act as ref- eree In the proposed campaign debate between his father-in-law, Colonel Roosevelt, and Representative Gardner of Massachusetts. The Case Against Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace at Atlanta, Ga., was yesterday again continued when she appeared in court to answer a formal charge of shooting her husband, Eugene H. Grace, wit.intent to kill. The Public Utilities Bill creating a commission with full powers for the regulation of public service corpora- tions was passed by the Rhode Island senat> in concurrence vesterday after- noon and sent to the governor. Charles R. Saunders, a former mem- ber of the state legislature, died at the home of hig mother in Boston yves- terday. Mr. Saunders directed the { movement against woman’'s suffrage and the abolition of capital punish- ment. About 100 Workmen Employed on the Hartford Nationa! bank building, belonging to the structural trades or- ganization, struck yesterday because alleged non-union cement workers were brought from New York to work on the building. A New Judicial Inquiry into the mental condition of Harry K. Thaw is to be held before Supreme Court Jus- tice Stapleton in Brooklyn under a writ of hebeas corpus issued by Jus- tice Stapleton on a petition for Mra, Mary C, Thaw. The Charges of Embezzlement of Maine's state funds by former State Treasnurer Pascal P. Gilmore of Bucks- port were settled in the superior court at Augusta, Me., yesterday by the pay- ment of a fine of $1,025 on one count, to which he pleaded nol> contendere. Lee Hammond, the Aviator, who gave up flying to marry, was given a good send-off by his birdmen friends on his weddinz day. George Beatty and Mar- shall Reid, both aviators, flew over the train on which the newlyweds were riding and threw rice and old shoes on the couple. For the Purpose of Making the flat charge that Mr. Mann, the minority leader, “knowingly” had uttered a de- liberate falsehood in an effort to dis- crédit him, Representative Graham of Illinois, chairman of the house interior department expenditures committee, took the floor yesterday and delivered a bitter assatlt on his colleague. "THREE YEARS OF WAR IF WE DON'T WIN” Roosevelt Makes Dire Threat in Sev- eral lowa Speeches. Creston, Iowa, April -16.—"T think we are going to win the fight this year,” sald Colonel Roosevelt today,” but if we don’t we are in for three years of war,” The colonel made this deelaration in one of a dezen speeches which he de- livered today, e spent the day go- ing threugh Illineis and lowa en route to Nebraska, in which glate he j5 to | port and Judge James I\ -E. . Foley, Charles ¥. Brooker, L. B, T0 INSTRUCT DELEGATES FOR TAFT Resolutions Committee Will Report Resolution to That Effect at State Convention A STRONG ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT Will Be Embodied in Platform to Be Reported Today—Tyler Cruttenden of Norwich on Platform Committee—At- torney-General Light to be Permanent Chairman—Reso- lutions on Titanic Disaster Adopted Last Night, New Haven, April 16—A platform | Titanic, offere¢ by Lieutenant Gover- which will endorse President Taft ?(;Jlllfio]v-\"'s-A' Elakeslee, and which was as and his administration in Btrong | “Whereas, The world has beem tms and will instruct the Con- necticut delegation of fourteen dele- gates to the Chicago convention, will thrown into universal mourning by an ocean disaster, the most tragic of modern times; now, therefore, be it “Resolved, That we, in convention probably be reported by the resolu- | assembled, hereby record our inex- tions committee to the republican state | Pressible sorrow and grief at the awful fate and untimely death of thosa human souls that went down with the sinking of the steamship Titanic; @ the relatives and friends of whom we extend our sincere sympathy In this, the hour of their bereavement; and be it further “Resolved, That we have learned with feelings of awe and admiretion of the brave and courageous men who stood beck in the face of death and allowed the women and children to bs saved. To them a sad and long fare- well, but may the story of their deeds and heroism live long after they have been forgotten.” Strong Endorsement of Taft. After the mnieeting of the platformm committee it was announced that it would report a platform tomorrow strongly endorsing Taft and his ad- ministration and instructing the del gates to the Chicago convention to vote for the president. cenvention tomorrow. All the dele- gates will be men of prominence in the state who are known to be Taft men. Under the party rules the cen- vention tomorrow will select four dele- gates at large and their alternates, and will confirm the choice made by the five congressional district con- ventions. District Delegates. The Fourth distriet tonight voted to recommend John T. King of Bridge- ‘Walsh of Greenwich as district delegates, and Elinore S. Banks of Fairfield and W. P, Bailey of Bethel as alternates. Litchfield county as part of the new Fifth distriet, voted for Edward J. Emmons of New Milford for district delegate and Harvey L. Roberts for alternate and favored J. Henry Rora- back for delegate at large. The Wa- terbury end of the district tomorrow is expected to select a Waterbury man for delegate and the prediction was general that ex-Senator 1. H. Chase would be selected. Windham County Favored Gates. Windham county came to the con- vention favoring Charles E. Gates, and the entire Second district was thought to be for Mr. Gates and ex-Gov. F. B. Weeks for district delegates and al- ternates to bLe selected from among Senator Hammond of Putnam, Mr, ledhill of Stonington and .Mr. Regan of Rockville, but when it became evi- dent that with Charles Hopkins Clark, J. Henry Roraback anad Charles F. Brooker reasonably certain of being choser. as Gelegates at large, Mr. | Weeks' pame was mentioned as the candidate to run against Col. I M. Ullman for the fourth place. May Be Contest Over Uliman. Among delegates it seemed to be the impression that Colonel Ullman | will go as delegate from the Third | district with Mr. Weelks as the fourth at large delegate. There were many who lecoked forward to a contest on the floor over Colonel Uliman's candi- dacy for delegate at large. The list of other candiGates for piace on the delegation at large at a late hour seemed uncertain. Contest to Go Before Convention, The contests over several places on the state central commitiee were of absorbing interest. That of the Thir- ty-third district, involving the reseat- ing of George 1. Allen, is expected to go to the convention for settlement. Colonel Ullman will leave the Eleventh district to go to tne KEighth, which Judge Mathewson gives up, the colon- el having changed his home address. It was stated that opposition to the re-election of Col. R. O. Eaton in the Twelfth and J. D, Walter in the Four- teenth had withdrawn, while in the Thiry-fifth, where an effort is being made to defeat former Sheriff W. B. Sprague. it is said that Representative W. H. Hall has been urged to be a candidate, Chairmanship in Doubt. With the several contests not set- tled there seemed to be much uncer- tainty over the chairmanship of the new state committee, it being under- stood that Mr. Kenealy was willing to run again. The delegate body was unusually large for the first night, showing the keen interes: in the selection primarily of the four delegates at large, and in the selection of ten other delegates in the five congressional district conven- tions and the alternate for each dele- gate. When the convention was called to orcer the gathering had all the old- time enthusiasm of former party con- ventions. Attorney General John H. Light of South Norwalk was presented to the audience as the temporary chairman, and he made his address. P Light's Speech Heartily Applauded. Mr. Light spoke for half an hour. Three times when he made reference to President Taft and his adminjstra- tion the delegates applauded. Once when he spoke of progressive policies four men In the balcony, sitting to- gether, clapped their hands, to the evi- dent surprise of the audience, for scores of delegates stretched their necks to see the enthusiastic ones. ‘Wher he had concluded Mr. Light was very heartily applauded. On motion ¢f Harry Back of Killing- ly, William A. PBlodgett of Winsted, Sabin 8. Russell of Dayville and John Buckley of Union were made conven- tlon secretaries. Taey are the segate and house clrkas. Light for Permanent Chairman. Committees which had been named by districts by the senatorial districts were then read and meeting places as- signed. Later the committee on per- man»nt organization met and voted to recommend that Mr. Light be the per- manent chairman of the convention. Mr, Kenealy offered the two resolutions which the state committee had had before it on caucus and election of state central committeemen and these were sent to a committes which upon motion wag ralsed for this purpose. The commiites tomorrow will report its action to the convention. The Committee on Platform. The committee on platform later met at the hotel to go over a draft of the resolutions. The committes members were Charles Hopkins Clark, F. E. Harvey, J. N, H. Campbell, O. F. Toop, J. W. Alsop, E, W. Christ, H. M. Al- corn, I. M. Ullman, R. S, Woodruff, F. E. Whitaker, Dr, Marianna, A. W. Marsden, C. H. Woods, C. W. Evarts, STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Colonel Ullman Wants Party Caucuser Heid Uniformly on Same Date. New Haven, Conn., April 16.—The republican state central committes, which will go out of office with the election of members of a new commit- tee at the state convention tomorrow, | held its last meeting this afternoon and saw to it that all arrangements for the convention were perfected. The resolution offered by Col. I. M. Ullma: at a previous meeting providing th: caucuses of the party shall be held uniformly on cne date was referred to the state convention for its action, but without any recommendation from the committee. Colonel Ullman wished to have the committee recommend to the convention the adoption of this reso- lution, but after a very lively debate, in which there was a free ression of oplnion, it was voted 16 te 13 not to make a recommendation. The committee also gent to the con. vention a resolution - providing that state central committeemen may be elected at senatorial distriet conven- tions when called for the election of delegates at large to state convention, instead of, as at present, at such dis- trict conventions held when the state convention meets. The two resohi- tions will become party rules if they are passed by the state convention. The new committee will probably ba called inte session to organize at nmoon tomorrow. SAW REDDING IN THE COMPANY OF GREENBERG. Gardener Gives Important Testimony at Murder Trial, New Haven, Conn, Aprfl 16.-—The minute details leading up to the mur- der of Morris Greenberg were graph- dcally described by eleven witnesses called by the state in the trial of George Redding, Jr., this afternoon in the superior court. i The witnesses examined were BEdith Hindinger, who knew Redding; Mich- ael F. McGrath, Joseps F. McGrath, Joseph F. Redmond, and John White, conductors of the Connecticut com- pany; Charles N. Morris, son of the late Governor Morris, who heard shots in the Hamden woods; Laurits P. Kling, Frederick J. Lewis, W. Rog- er Hodgett, William Swaine, Vincenze Pascarella and Harry D. Winters, the latter a New Haven motorman. Perhaps the most important witness for the stats at the session today was Mr. Kling, the gardener, whose state- ment to the police officers resulted in the arrest of Redding. He told of seeing Redding and Greenberg togeth- er on the afternoon of the crime and later of identifying Greenbergls body in the coffin at the funeral. Redding maintained his calm de- meanor, and the details of the testi mony given made apparently little impression upon him. ILL HEALTH CAUSED WIDOW’S DESPONDENCY. Mrs. Nellie B. Clark of West Haven Dies by Carbolic Acid. New Haven, Conn., April 16.—Mrs. Nellie B. Clark, aged 60, a widow, who has been housekeeper for Samuel Hitchcock at No. 183 Noble street, West Haven, committed suicide this afternoon by drinking the contents of a three ounce bottle of carbolic ach, and two three-ounce bullets of cholro- form. When Mr:. Hitchcock returned home this evening he found her dead. The medical examiner, who was called, said that she had been dead for four hours. . CONGRESS STIRRED. Resolution Introduced for Searching Inquiry of the Disaster. ‘Washington, April 16, — Stirred by the horror of the Titanic disaster, all official Washington today was.prepar- ing for steps to minimize the possi- bilities of another such tragedy. Congress began framing legisiation to govern life saving appliances and wireless, and President Taft, doubly touched by the probable loss of his friend and military aide, Major Archi- bald W, Butt, held conferences with cabinet officers to consider government control over the operations of wireless. In the house Representative Mott in- troduced a resolutiun providing for a searching Inqury by the merchant marine committee Into the disaster to the Titanic, and Representative Hard- wiek one that would touch upon regu- lations tor life saving apparatus. Fresident Taft was in conference at the White House today for nearly two hoars with some of his whese functions cover the aperations of wireless telegraphy, These Wwere Secretaries Stimsen, Meyer and Nagel Attorney General Wickersham was ‘Whiton, Tyler Cruttenden, J. H.Weeks, C. B. Wilson, C. X. Kingston, H, 8. Challenger, Mr. Stowart of Sherman, F. W, SBaimoen, G. H. Vosburgh, W. D. Daskam, . M. Perrin, W, A. King, E. H, Rudd, J. H. Roraback, F. A. Beoti, ©O. A, Bmith, C. Rogers and F. Pren- tice. Resolutions on Titanie Disaster. In the midst of its preceedings to- night the republican state conventien for