Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 26, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV.—NO. 102 NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1912 TWOSTEAMER CAPTAINS SUMMONED| Cabled Parazraphs |Condensed Telegrams Masters of Mount Temple and Californian to Appear Before The Senate Committee. T0 I.EARN WHY NO AID WAS GIVEN THE TITANIC Inventor Marconi Acknowledges Authorizing Wireless Operator to Sell News of The Disaster—London Papers Greatly Exercised Over Senate Inquiry—Olympic Still Tied Up By Strike—Army ‘Washington, April 25.—To learn why nearby a steamer did not offer aid to the sinking Titanic and to fix the ex- act hour at which the lost liner was| warned that she was in the vicinity of | dangeous ice, Senator William Alden Smith, chairman of the senate com- mittes investifating the disaster, to- day summoned three important wit- nesses, They are J. H. Moore, captain of the steamer Mount Templé, which passed ‘within a short distance of the Titanic when she was in extremity, and the captain and wireless operator of the liner California, which sent the warn- dng. All wil] be put on the stand to- MoITow. - | Summons for Captain of California. | Summons®s were issued for the mas- ler and operator of the Califorsia, chile announcement that Captain oore would appear was contained in ; telegzram from Acting Premier Fos- »r of Canada. Captain Moore's story | probably will be heard first, for his | ship is to sail from St. John, N. B, | Jate Saturday. | A new method of examining the embers of the crew of the Titanic has een adopted to insure greater de- ppatch. The men are anxious to re- | mrn to their homes in England. | Several British Seamen ‘Released. | Accordingly each member of the com- ; nittee today undertook the examina- don of a group with the intention of releaging such as had nothing of lm—i srtance to tell the committee. The | ythers will be placed on the stand. The i 1ames of those to be held were not | nade public. Virtually the entire day was given | pver to question from Guglielmo Mar- toni, inventor of the wireless tele- rmph and head of the company bear- ng his name. Both the Titanic ahd | the Carpathia were equipped with the | Marconi apporatus. Harold T. Cottam, | jthe wireless operator on the Carpa- | ihia, was also examined. TO LOOK FOR BUTT. President Despatches Army Officer to Halifax to | | Boston, April 25 private car tonight., President Taft fictated a_telegram to the secretary of war in Washington, directing him to despatch Major Blanton Winship, “u. B, A, to Halifax, N, S, to scrutinize tarefully: the hodies of all the Titanic victims landed there by the cable ship Mackay-Bennett, in the Hope of re- covering that of Major Archibald W. Butt, his personal aide. Mr, Stimson was directed to send Major Winship, a roommate of Major Butt, but pro- vision is made in case he is not in Washington, another close friend of Major Butt be sent at once to Hali- fax. The president was hopeful that Major Butt's body would be found among those brought to Halifax. | HADLEY DEFEATED. One of the “Seven Little Governors” Bumped in Missouri, St. Louis, April —&overnor Had- , leader of the Roosevelt forces in Missouri, was defeated today for the temporary chairmanship of the repub- lican state convention, which met here to select delegatgs to thg national con- vention, » Governor Hadley was defeated hy Mayor Kriesmann of St. Louis. The vote In the state committee was a tie and State Chairman Charles D, Mor- ris cast the deciding vote. The as- sembling of the convention, set for 10 a. m., was delayed till night, while the credentials committee was trying to decide a number of contests. The sub-committee on contests composed of threas Roosevelt followers and three Taft adherents, reported that it was unable to agree on delegates from ten of the 17 contested counties, and re- ferred the contests back to the full committes, which referred them to the credentials committee, LONDON PAPERS KNOCK One of Them Refers to Senator Smith as a “Born Fool.” Lofidon, April 25—The British pub- lis is dispiaving considerable resent- ment at the course which the Ameri- can senate committee, investigating the disaster Is taking with regerd to the detention of British subjects, and the manner of their examination, The attitude generally Ismay Me: is taken ‘that J. pregident of the Inter- ‘antile Marine, and the Il itanic were convicted be- The subject is one of great anxfety in official circles, as it is feared that should the senate committee condemn the company and its crew its action would give rise to ill feeling between the two peoples. Thus far the British foreign office has simply asked Am- Warsador Bryce for information rela- to the inquiry. {8 admitted that the senate has a perfect right to inquire into the death of Americans, but it is felt that the committee is going far beyond this, Some of the questions asked by Sen- ator Smith, chairman of the commit-~ tee, are reproduced and editorially rid- iculed in the newspapers today, The Globe refers to the senator as a “born fool” and as *a gentleman from the wilds of Michigan whe pessibly is compelled by the exigencies of elec-~ tioneering Lo be as inselent as possible to Englishmen, Unfertunately the in~ vestigation i8 very much in his hands and the best efforts of the mere reput-~ able senators hardly can serve te nul- Ufy the harm he has doms,” Morning Papers Alse Denounce Smith London, April 28.—The public con- tinues to make liberal. eontributions to the relief funds fer the sufferers from the Titanic disaster, The Mansion house has received $735,000; the Daily Mail $150,000; the Daily TPelegraph $110,000; and other funds are growing in_proportion. ‘ Several moraing papers severely at- tack the senate inquiry, The Stand- ard hopes that there will be a speedy termination of the investigation at ‘Washington, Senater Smith, it says, “is rather less qualified for such a task than any individual picked up in Bruce national an Ami strest car,” Tie Morning Post s8ys;. A 56566 i the seaworthiness of ti | Olympic. | the rush of a morbidly | Falry, an attorney, to a Officer Sent to Identify Butt. boy would blush at Senator Smith's ignorance,” and adds: “Honest Amer- icans will feel with shame that not merely the White Star company but American civilization is on trial, and that the country is coming worse out of the ordeal than the company.” OLYMPIC ;’IL DELAYED. Strikers Now Satisfied With Boats, but Want Firemen Discharged. Southampton, April 25—The White Star steamer Olympic, the firemen of which went on strike yesterday, has been obliged to spend another day | and night off Ryde, Isle of Wight, and the passengers ahoard hav amusing themselves by Kite flyi other pastimes. = The strikers wete s isfied today of Berthon boats by a practical demonstration, but they then demanded that the company must dismiss the firen who remained aboard when the This the company refused to do. firemen will meet tomorrow morning to decide whether they will rejoin the Meanwhile the company has obtained 0 firemen from Sheffield, and others from Liverpool and Ports- mouth, and there is expectation that the steamer will sail tomorrow after- | noon. Gateway Barrier in Steerage. Lynn, Mass., April 25.—That third- cabin passengers aboard the Titanic were made prisoners by a heavy gate ten feet high, which was locked, is claimed in a story told by Miss Annie Jermy who _came over third-cl tanic. Miss Jermyn s lere tomight I 99 years old, in the Ti- s it took her two hours to get over the gate, which | barred the only exit. Bodies Arrive at Guarded Wharf. Halifax, N. S., April To prevent curious crowd the militia department has acceded to a request that the cable ship Mackay- Bennett, with its dead, dock at the gun wahrf. This is the most carefully guarded military property in the city, and no visitors are allowed within its precincts at any time, unless the busi- nessthey have on hand is fully made known to the sentries in charge. En- tranceé to the gun wharf is obtainable only through a narrow, gate and no gr‘xrush of people there will be possi- (X MARCONI AGAIN. o e Admits Instructing Wireless' Operators to Sell Their Stories. Guglielmo Marconi, who testified at the hearing in New York, came to Washington today at the request of Chairman Smith and was the first witness., Before taking the stand Mr. Marconi frankly discussed an alleged message sent from New York to the wireless operators on the Carpathia by Chief Engineer Sammis of the Marconi company asking them to hold out their news when “they reached port for four figures.” “Yes, that message was sent by Sammis,” said Mr. Marconi, “but I knew nothing about the message until afterward. There is this about it that I want to say: The message was not sent while the Carpathia was at sea. It was not sent until the Carpathia had passed Sandy Hock and was near- ing port.” When Senator Smith reached the committee room messages from To- ronto awaited him containing the in- formation that depositions of the offi- cers and crew of the steamer Mount (Continued on Page Two.) Tobacco Users “Worse Than Dogs.” Chicago, April —A sign posted in Zion City that of tobacco were “worse than induced William the court at Waukegan for an injunétion to re- strain the Zion City authorities from maintaining this and similar billboards. Workmen visiting the ecity recently have insisted on smoking and chewing, which is against the Zion City regula- tions framed by the late John Alex- ander Dowie. dogs Believes Redding Was Insane. New Haven, Conn., April 25.—Dr. Gustavus Eliot of New Haven, the first ‘insanity expert for the defense in the trial of George Redding, Jr., for the murder of Morris Greenberg, took the witness stand this afternoon just be- fore adjournment of superior comrt and said that in his pointon the accused was Insane on February 24 last, the date which it is alleged the murder was committed. 7 Favors Expert Medical Testimony. New Haven, Conn., April New Haven County Medical tion at its annual meeting held here today went on record as favoring the regulation of expert testimony, espe- cially in regard to insanity, and réc- ommended the forming of a joint com- mittee from the medical and legal fra- ternities .to consider the matter. Flood Loss Set at $15,000,000. Tallulah, La., April 25.—Estimates of flood losses in eleven parishes of north- east Louisiana today set the damage at $15,000,000. TFertile acres of the Delta are inundated and will be unfit for crop planting this year. Suffering among the thousands of homeless ig intense. Steamer Sunk in Puget Sound. Seatile, Wash., April 25—The steam- er Alameda dashed into a dock here tonight. Many reported injured. The Alameda plowed through the pler, sinking the Bound steamer Tei- egraph, moored on the other side, 8teamship Arrivals, At Plymouth; April 25, from New York, At Queenstown: April 25, Carmania, from New York, Bluecher, Always Easily Touched. Senator Stepheason’s tears prove that he is too sensitive to be a sen- ator.—Knickerbecker Press, What Happens, ‘Where some men fall dewn, others m a firmer foetheld=Detreil Irse { One Woman Killed Berlin, April 25.—The calling of an international conference to discuss the subject of the improvement of life- saving facilities on board passenger steamers is regarded as a practical certainty, Venice, April 25—The inauguration o fthe new Campanile of St. Mark's to replace that which fell ten years ago, took place this morning in %rilliant weather, and assumed a character of interpational importance. Paris, April 25.—Large bodies of po- lice today scoued the anarchist refu gees in the outskirts of Paris and ar- rested five minor members of the bandit gang which has recently ter- rorized Paris. Peking, China, §pkil 25.—Dr. W. Yen Wei-Ching, who was educated at the University of Virginia and was sec- ond secretary of the .Chinese legation at Washington under Dr. Wu Ting- Fang, has been appointed vice presi- dent of the Chinese foreign board, Fez, Morocco, Monday, April 22.— Objects too heavy to be carried off, like beds ahd furniture, were piled to~ gether in the streets here and set on fite. er the passage of an earthquake, Here and there are to be seen the naked corpses of persons who were struck down while trying to eccape from the frenzied Moors. OKLAHOMA VISITED BY ANOTHER TORNADO and Score ef Buildings Demolished. Ponca City, Ok April —Mrs, Méary Crooks was killed, several other persons were injured, none fatally and # score or more buildings were de- molished by a tornado which stru this place late today. Fourteen de: ricks in the oil field southwest of here | were trecked. kers quit the ship, | The | | | i 1 | The storm made its first appearance about five miles southwest of here. It followed a northeasterly course, pass- ed through the oll flelds leveling the derricks, and struck the western por- tion of the town. The residents, warn- ed by the approaching cloud, sought refuge in cellars and storm caves, The wind mowed a patch about 200 yvards wide through the outer edge of the resldence section of Ponca City. CHILD DECAPITATED BY AN AUTOMOBILE Head of Little One Picked up by the Distracted Mother. Providence, R. 1, April 25.—In sight of his mother, Charles G. McGary, Jr., aged two and a half years, was de- capitated by an automobile tonight | within a few vards of his home on Winthrop avenue. The head was picked up fifty feet from the body by the distracted mother. The police later took into custody John Hewlett, aged 19, tester for an automobile com- pany, end held him for examination. OBITUARY, Warren Warner Porter, Bridgeport, Conn., April 24.—Warren Warner Porter, for 40 years a teacher in the Bridgeport city schools, and a veteran of the Civil war, died at his home tonight after an illness of four weeks. He was born in New Salem, Mass., July 1837. At the outbreak of the Civil war hs enlisted in the Seventh Illinois cavalry and served in a number of important engazements. He was Zonorably discharged from the service with the rank of lieutenant. Ile was principal of the Shelton school in this city for many years. The board of edttea 1 at its recent meeting voted to keap him on the payroll. Be. sides a widow, he leaves four children. Julius W, Skidmore, Bridgeport, Conn., April 24.—Julius ‘W. Skidmore, formerly president and manager of the Pacific Iron Worlks, died here tonight, aged 65 years. Mr. Skidmore was a d degree Mason, a member of the Knights Templar and Shriners. His death was due to a shock sustained six years ago, at which time he retired from active bus- iness. LONG SIDE TRACK. Many Cars of lce to Be Shipped from Congemond Lakes the Coming Sum- mer. The Consolidated raflroad has a big gang of men at work at Congemond lake, putting in over 1,000 feet of side track in addition to the long lines that were there before, says the Bristol Press. The ice company has stored from 75,000 to 100,000 more tons of ice mon, and this means that be shipments of 100 carloads when the season opens. An official weigher will be on duty at the lake all through the season. This means that there will be at least five train loads of ice to b= shipped daily for three or four months. Here is lo- cated the most approved and up to date ice house to be found in the United States. The ice secured from these lakes is absolutely pure and as the ice froze to a great thickneSs they were able in storing it to shawe it to a uniform thickness. STOLE FROM MISS SANFORD. Curtis Hungerford Has Confessed to Theft of $1,700—Is Only 19 Years of Age. Curtis Hungerford, a chore boy for Miss Julia H. Sanford of Redding, a sister of the late Henry Sanford of this city, is lodged in the jail at North avenue, having confessed to thefts which will total up to fully $1,700 or $1,800. But the peculiar feature of the transaction is that nearly all of Miss Sanford’s money has been recov- ered, Hungerford keeping a cash bal- ance in one of the local banks, Hungerford, who is 19 years old, has been systematically robbing Miss Sanford. He has made a complete confession and yesterday morning in the justice court at Redding was bound over under $1,000 bonds to awalt the actlon of the May term of the superjor court.—Bridgeport Tele- gram, FALSE PRETENCE CHARGE, F. A. Chipperfield Admits Unusual Way of Getting Money, Frank A, Chipperfleld, 32, admitted before Judge Gorham in the Sixth dis- triet court at Previdence Menday that he needed money and teek an unusual way to obtain it, Acting as salesman for William Waterhouse, the Paragen Chemical eempany, he made what pur- ported to be an erder from Joseph Ja- cebs for autemobile seap to be sent to Baybreok, Conn, The order ealled for $405 werth of the seap, Chipperfield obtained $18, it is charged, frem Mr. Waterheuse, through this ruse. He pleaded guilty to the charge of ebtain- ing meney threugh false pretences in writing, and was held fer the grand jury under §560 bail The streets resemble a scene aft- | : Most of the Holyoke Paper Manufac- turers are considering a readjustment of wages to take effect on June 2. Eva Tanguey, the Actress, Lost $9,100 in jewelry in a New York taxi- cab. She offers a reward of $1,000. John H. Larsen, a Ship Chandler of New York, was instantly killed by fall- ing between the cars on a train at Westwood, N. J. Speaker Clark, While in His Office yesterday, suffered an attack of lum- bago and later went to his home. His {illness i mot serious. Ross Revillon Winans, Millionaire capitalist and member of the renowned ‘Winans family, died at Baltimore yes- terday. lig was 62 years old. A Contract to Erect a $600,000 addi- tion to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts was awarded yesterday to a con- struction firm of Worcester. The House Yesterday Passed the Pujo resolution enlarging the powers of the so-called money trust investi- 1 gating committee by a vote of 237 to 15. 1 Carl Carlson, Aged 13 Years, of Mid- dletown, Conn.,, was drowned while | playing with two of his brothers in a boat on Sumner creek yesterday after- noon. Dr. Daniel J. Reagan, at one time consulting physician of bellevue hospi- tal, New York, was sent to Arizona state asylum for the insane at his own request, A Substantial Falling Off in the amount of money sent abroad is al- tributable, it is claimed, to the estab- lishment of the postal savings system in this country. The Fei Hung, the First Chinese war- ship ever built in the United States, is ready for launching at the yards of the New York Shipbuilding company at Camden; N, J. One Hundred Employes—most of them foreigners and unskilled laborers —went out on strike yesterday at the Saco-Pettee Machine shops at Newton Upper Falls, Mass, The Plant of the C. & E. Shoe com- pany at Columbus, O., was destroyed by fire with a loss of more than $500,- James Arnold, a night watchman, was burned to death. The New Haven Board of Health has decided to prohibit the sale of oysters and clams taken from New Haven harbor, as recent tests show the pres- ence of typhoid fever germs. The Losses of the Travelers Insur- ance Company of Hartford as a result of the wreck of the steamship Titanic will be $600,000. The Aetna Life In- surance company will lose §198,000. H. P. Brown of Philadelphia was appointed examiner to take testimony in government proceedings for dissolu- tion of the United States Steel cor- poration and some of its subsidiaries. The Annual Junior Exhibition Prize at Wesleyan university was won last night by Lloyd R. Rice of Granby, Conn. Second prize was won by Wil- liam G. Howells of Upper Montclair, N3 Thomas L. Parks, Membar of the Marylané house of delegates from Bal- timore, was presented by the grand jury on the charge of attempted bribery in connection with the general local option bill The Big Cunard Liner Mauretania hit the shed on her pier when about to sall and caused & small panic among the erowd who had come down to see oft their friends. The steamer was siightly damaged. Labor Won a New Point Yesterday when Judge Plerce of the Massachu- setts superior court ruled that a strike called because an employer breaks an agreement with a union is justifiable and therefore legal. “The Idea for the College Student should be total abstinence,” said Presi- dent J, G. Schurman in welcoming the delegates of the tenth annual conven- tion of the New York State Prohibi- tion association at Ithaca, N. Y. For the Third Successive Year Mas- sachusetts was arrayed against the in- come {ax amendment tc the federal | constitution by the action of the state senate yesterday, which killed the measure by a vote of 14 to 17. Officials of the Nashville, Chatta- nooga and St. Louis railroad who have been in conference with a committee of telegraphers over the question of wages announced yesterday that all negotiations had been abandoned. A Mountain Near the South Pole, and, in the words of Amund- most beautiful in the South ange, is to bear the name of an ican woman, AMrs Rutn Gade, x{:hn]sc husband is an architect in New ork. Assistant Superintendent Jouin of ths Paris detective department was killed and Chief Inspector Colman was seriously injured when they attempted to arrest Monnet, leader of the band of ilt‘lflf? bandits wio have been terrorizing "aris Charles M, Schwab, Head of the Bethiehem Steel company, is on his way to San Francisco to make the final arrangements for what is to be the largest drydock in the world. The dock is to be an immense cradle 1,250 feet in lemgth. _Mrs. Redding, Mother of George Red- ding, Jr,, who is on trial at New Ha- ven for the killing of Morris Green- berg, fainted twize while on the wit- ness stand yesterday, the second col- lapse necessitating an early adjourn- ment of the court. At a Special Meeting of the Stock- holders of the Fall River Electric Light company yesterday, by a unanimous vote of 6,026 shares, it was voted to sell the company’s powerhouse in that city to the Southern Massachusetts Power company and to authorize a long term power ccntract with that com- pany. While Trying to Avoid Striking a group of school children who wers crossing the streat yesterday, Battalion Chief John Rush of the New York fire*department swung the department buggy in which he was riding sharply to ons side, the vehicle tipped over and Rush was thrown violently to the pave- ment, receiving injuries from which he died in a hospital shortly afterwards, Circus Man Assigns. Clneinnati, O, Aprll 25—John ¥, Robinsen, founder of Robinson's ofr- cus, made a voluntary essignment in bankruptey here teday, Liabllitles and assets are stated as unknewn, As-a Rule, The man whe pays gtrict attentien te his business Is usually able te pay everything else- when it falls due— Detreit Free Press | | { dozen speeches, many of them extend- 7. 4 CE TWO CENTS . PRESIDENT TAFT IN FIGHTING TO g 3 Declares That Roosevelt Should Not Be Selected as The Candidate of Any Party. NEARLY DOZEN SPEECHES IN MASSACHUSETTS “Could Not Safely Be Intrusted With Successive Presidential Terms,” Says Mr. Taft—Accuses Ex-President of Garbling Excerpts From His Speeches—Asserts That Roosevelt Has Not Been Giving Him a Square Deal. Boston, April 25 —President Taft donned his fighting clothes today, abandoned his policy of silence under the attacks that Col. Theodore Roose- velt has made upon him and his admin- istration, and for the first time since Mr. Roosevelt announced his candidacy launched into a bitter denunciation of the former president. From the time Mr. Taft entered Massachusetts.and made his first speech at Springfield shortly afternoon, until late tonight, he hammered away at Colonel Roose- velt. The president made close to a ed, the rest only a few words in length. Disaster in a Third Term. In all of them he made it clear that he was unalterably opposed to Mr. Roosevelt; that he saw disaster in a third term in the White house for any man, and that he did not believe Col- onel Roosevelt had given him a “square deal.” He spoke to good sized crowds in all the cities where he made set speeches and at the towns'and villages where his train stopped briefly, people flocked around his private car and listened with close attention. “This Wrenches My Soul.” The president spoke at Springfield and Palmer, twice in Worcester, and ax Natick, South Framingham and several smaller towns. In the begin- ning he seemed to utter his attacks on Colonel Roosevelt with reluctance. “This wrenches my soul,” he said once. As the day wore on, however, and he made speech after speech, in which he denounced Mr, Rooseveit again and again, Mr. Taft grew more aggressive in manner, emphasized his words with gestures and apparently laid aside any feeling of regret he may have feit at this evidence that the long friendship with his former chief ‘was broken. Boston Speech Was Prepared. His principal Boston address was delivered in the Arena to several thousand people, but before retiring to his private car, he spoke briefly to gn “overflow” meeing In Symphony hall. His speech in the Arena Was de- livered from manuscript, prepared dur- ing the last few days in Washington, carefully gone over by members of his cabinet, and containing a datailed answer {0 many of Mr, Roosevelt's ‘charges, (President Taft's Boston speech is printed on Page 2.) 8orry to Fight Roosevelt. Palmer, Mass, April 26.—From the rear platform of his car the president spoke to several hundred people here today, attacking Theodore Roosevelt and defending himself. “I am extremely sorry my mission to Massachusetts 1§ unpleasant,” said Mr. Taft. “I am here to reply to an old and dear friend of mine, Theodore Roosevelt, who has made many charg- es against me. I deny those charges. 1 deny all of them. 1 do not want to figzht Theodore Roosevelt, but, then, sometimes a man in a corner fights, I am going to fight.” DEMOCRATIC CLUB. Two Hundred of the Faithful Jein State Organizations. New Haven, Conn., April 25—The State Democratic club was formally organized here this afternoon by a gathering of more .than two hundred democrats who had signed the pre- iiminary roll of such a body drawn up some time ago after the meeting of the sState central committee. Dean Henry ‘Wade Rogers of Yale Law school was chosen president and the other officers confirmed on the list reported to the meeting by a committee previously selected for that purpose. The execu- tive committee is made up of one mem- ber from each of the 35 senatorial dis- tricts. Democratic Prospects Look Bright. Dinner was served, at which Chair- man Comstock of the central commit- tee acted as toastmaster. In welcom- ing the members he sald that not since 1892 had so great enthusiasm over democratic ‘prospects been shown as this afternoon by the democrats in Connecticut. He said this feeling tes- tified that the new Connectfcut democ- racy looks upon itself ag invincible. He was firmly convinced that the man whom the national convention shall se- lect will be the nexi president of the country. Governor Baldwin Raps Roesevelt. Governor Baldwin was received with cheers. He/said he was interested in reading some of the correspondence in the morning papers. It gave him the impression that Mr. Perkins ran the administration six or eight years ago. “He scemed to run it around the Har- vester trust without hitting 1t. Tt seemed as if some people were afraid of getting a chill if it was touched. But we are not here to make quarrels with other *parties. We have got to pick out the best man for our candl- date ,and elect him. We have got to make our campaign on what our party stands for. We have got to put before the people of the country the princl- ples for which the democratic party stands.” Congressmen Reilly and Lloyd. Congressman Reilly was introduced as the only democrat sent from Con- necticut to Washingtor. and who has ideas on how to bring out the full dem- ocratic vote. In introduci Congressman Lloyd, chairman of tha&-democratic congres- sional campaign committee, Mr. Com- stock said that he wes one of those whs had paved the way for democratic Buccess. Mr, Lloyd sald this was a democratic year and the peopls were showing & dispositicn to return to their own. “The people will not be in possession of their nwn uniil they assert them- gelves,” ha said, “and they will assert thems=lves through democratic rule.” Waller for Primary Preference, Forrmer Governor Waller of New Lenden was called to his feet for an “old time speeck.” He sald that the eaple should rule and the way to give hem that rule was to give them pri- maries, He said that in Ce eut four-fifths of the electars are robbed of their rights te select nemineex threugh lack of & pelmary aystem. He the | believed the state club should have branches in every town. Dean Rogers for Direct Primaries, Dean Rogers was the last speaker, accepling the presidency of the club, and asking Mr. Lloyd to take back & message to the democrats in Washing- ton to the effect that a state club had been organized. “Tell them that we stand for clean politics for Connecticut —let it stand as against dirty politics and the use of monsay in elections. We are in favor of direct primaries. We cannot afford to nominate men who do not appeal to the consciences of the people. 1 venture to predict a demo- cratic victory next fall. The prospects have never been so good in my life- time.” Officers Elected. The following officers were elected: President, Henry Wawe Rogers, New Havan; vice presidents, Willlam Ken- nedy, Niugatuck, Thomas M. Waller, New London, Willis O. Burr, Hartford, Archibald McNell, Bridgeport, A. Hea. ton Robertson, ew Haven; secretary, Louis E. Stoddard, New Haven; treas- urer, Frank C. Sumner, Hartford. An executive committee of 35 members, one from each senatorial district in the state, was also chosen. ROOSEVELT EXPLAINS, Says Taft Concurred in Courss Pur- sued in Harvester Case, Oyster Bay, N. Y., April 26.—"The talk“about the Suppression of the re- port is nonsense,” sald Colonel Roose- vent tonight in a statement setting forth his connection with the Interns- tional Harvester compiny case. Col- onel Roosavelt asserted that at a meet- ing with his cabinet, at which Mr. Taft was present, it was decided that the bureau of corporations be instructed to complete its investigation of the Har- vester company before any suit was instituted, following the usual course of procedure in such cases. Mr, Taft, he added, concurred in this decision. During the remainder of his admin. istration, a period of a year and a hal} Colonel Roosevelt said, the commis- sioner of corporations was unable to complete his Iinvestigation. He sald that in the three years of the present administration Mr. Taft could at anv time have ordered the attorney general to bring suit against the Harvesier company, or could have requested the commissioner of corporations to hasten his investigation, bu‘ that Mr. Taft took 10 action “except that now taken five days before the Massachusetts primaries.” Colonel Roogevelt also sald that when the Northern Securities sult waw brought against the Morgan Interests in 1904 he was expecting to run for president, but that when the Harvester company matter came up in 1907 he knew he would not be a candidate ths following year, so that if the aetion taken in this cage did secure the gond will “of any of the Morgan interests for anybody, it secured their good will for Mr. Taft.” “T have just Hegun to fight"” he said earlier in the day. He recelved reports this aflernoon of President Taft's criticism of him In his speech at Springfield, Mass., but declined to com. ment ‘upon it, saying that he wenl4 make hig renly in his gpeech In Masen- chusetts, SENATORS GET HOT. Senator Williams Characterizes Rosse« velt as “Modern Ca ) of Washington, April 25—The sensatioral political debate in the sen. ato at this session of congress occurred today over Colonel Roosevelt's official correspondence about the International Harvester company when he was pres. ident In 1907. Senator Bristow of Kansas was the principal speaker In support of Colonel Roosevelt, amd Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippl was the for- mer presidents’ principal assailant. Mr, Willlams characterized the former president as a “modern Caesar, willing to seize power py any means,” while Mr. Bristow defended the colonel as the modern “tribune of the people” and warmly criticized President Taft's ad. ministration. The debate became almost ultra- sensational when Senator Willlame read to the senate a parody on the Aposties Creed RICHESON ABNORMAL AND IS IRRESPONSIBLE Who Has Been Observing Se Reports to Lawyers. Alienist, Him, Boston, April 25.—Clarence V., T, Richgson, the former minister under sentence to die during the week be- ginning May 19 for poisoning Mism Avis Linnell, is “abnormal, hysterieal and irresponsible,” according to Dr, E. S. Lane, an alienist, who observed the condemned man in behalf of Rich~ eson's attorneys. Dr. Lane makes this statement in a report to the lawyers. Richeson was visited by his counsel today, but the attorneys were not per- mitted to see their client alone. Sheriff John Quinn and his assistants were present. - The lawyers are to appear before Governor Foss tomorrow and present a petition for commutation of sen- tence, $300,000 Fire Loss at Columbus. Columbus, O., April 26—Fire today caused property losses of $300,000 and injury to three firemen in the fashion- able residence part of the city. The flames were fanned by a stiff north wind, and the firemen, though assisted _ by many volunteers, were able only to conflne the damage to the homes in- side the area bounded by Twelfth and Thirtesnth streets and Fourtlw and Sixth avenues. American Scouts Kill Mores. Manlia, April 36.—A detachment of goouts came upon a band of hoslile Moros ‘In South Lanao yesterday and killed thirtesn of them, The scouts last one man killed and two wounded. The €Califernia man who was given his wife a diveres because threugh hig ts affords a variation of the vule, Usually the finding the evi- e s e