Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 8, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV.—NO. ONN., WENESDAY, MAY 8, 1912 PRICE_TWO_Ci NT: WILL NOT YET CONCEDE MARYLAND With Roose. 2lt Having Advahtage of Only 80 Votes Taft Leader Does Not Abandon Hope. ROOSEVELT MANAGERS ACCUSED OF BOODLING Statement From Taft Headquarters Asserts That $J0,000 Was Spent in Baltimore and Money Was Poured Out in Prince Georges County—“Liar,” Retorts Roosevelt Leader—Feeble Effort to Throw Bryan’s Hat Into Ring. Baltimore, May T.—The closeness of t struggle betwe President Taft 1 Theodore Roosevelt for control of taryland's sixteen votes in the na- nal convention was empha d to- when complete returns m yes- y's primaries showed thst the ended upon one connt the face of the returns ga t & majority of but ¢} Putting this county, Howard, in osevelt column gave him o35 del- to the state convention, just ore than the majority necesse: which on same margin.* Roosevelt Has Majority of 80 Votes. unofficial returns re the state Roosevelt commit- the Baltimore ne the two which have agreed majorit sighty-odd vore n left the Taft had won the improper for me to concede this time when Marylar s to the natlonal conven- 100 vot County's Total Vote Is 424. rd was the last of the disputed results, 1d irns in « by an electrical s their transm hole county as al- rd is one of the ate and the was only 424, Several Delegates Are Taft Men. The other feature of the day follow- g the primaries was the develop- of the possibility that the in- ual delegates elected to the ttate « n n would include a majority of Taft men, even though their in- structions by the county preference vote might bind them to vote for a Fioosevelt delegation to the national convention. The Taft leaders made Aim and much speculation re- 1 as to the effect on the state n. May Abandon Roosevelt After First conve Ballot. was pointed ou that President f's friends might control the or- or the convention, force lon of mservative plat- delegation to Chicago be ready to abandon soon as t consider on d. the first ballot. ' however, made prophe BOODLING CHARGE. Wait Headquarters Alleges Use of Money in Maryland. Washi ~The TAft and Reosevelt eadquarters clash ed today over Maryland primary The word natsr Dixon t committe Taft headqu wag freely used ad of the Roose- in the day the a statement part of which Roosevelt's of M. 0 e from the Itimore, whaee it ated the Roosevell managers Placed $10,000 among their workers at 8o early hour yesterday.” Another part said Prince tges county, which @efinitely decided the contest, so far Bs present retu ndicate, Roose: money In large amounts was Into the county. Large rolls bills accompanied by ck usad \f needed were sent out from [Washington Sunday. at least one well known leader in the district having woluntarily exhibited such a ‘roll' in Washing® m Sunday afternoon.” stitement was duly delivered in the Roomavelt marters about noon, the rival organizaiions having an amicable arrangement whereby trey exchange daily bulletins and state- “gments. ¢ ere is Senator Dixon' Every one of these & ; @eliberate, wi je. E [hected with their concoc! Flation is a deliverate. ery man con- ion and efreu. ful liar. Thesa Ifles are circulated for the purpose and ffor the only purpose for which liars islways lie” President Taft's managers todav ptated that the president Is entitled to raceive the votes of four of gates from the state of Mary- to the republican mational con- wention. The Taft managers claim that the paming of a solid Reosevell delcgation the state convention would defeat the expressed nreference of the clectors of the two districts. It is understood this point will be pressed and the na- tional committee asked to rule upon #t unless four delegates are given to “Ahe president. THE ARKANSAS SPLIT. Both Factions Hold Conventions and Call Them “Regular.” * Little Rock, Ark., May Two re- ‘publican state conventions, one at- - ded by supporters of President Taft and the other by adherents of Colonel Roosevelt, met here tod: Each elaimed for itself regulari Hach plected four delegates at large from Arkansas apd instrucied them (o cast . their votes in the national conventien pocordingly, Little direct referenee s made in any way by cither con- ntion to the other. The Taft and Roosevelt factions ve held separate conventions in the ifth and Seventh congressional dis- tricts and each elected delegates. It peems probable now that there will be selegted for every one of the ten places in the Arkansas The Talt conventisn 1o- ol. The three Howard County counted for Taft would iven him the primary victory | day adopted a platform which besides endorsing Taft for renomination and approving his administration declared for woman suffrage “when the women have all signified their desire to vote.” The Roosevelt convention instructed its delegates to vote for the former president so long as his name is be- fore the Chicago convention, BAY STATE RECOUNT. Fifteen Per Cent of Ballots for Taft Delegates Thrown Out. | Boston, May 7—Recounts of the republican vote cast at the presidential | primaries last Tuesday were continued | in all parts of the state today. While no material change was shown in the vote for Roosevelt and Taft delegat: at large, the recount indicated an average of upwards of 15 per of the ballots intended to favor Taft delegates at large were Invalidated through error on the part of the voter. | The percentage of ballots spoiled by the marking of the names of nine del- egates instead of eight on the Taft an as high as 23 per cent., the | ‘mark being _reached in Bedford, where Crane, heading the Taft was credited with 2,330, and s thrown out. Other cities and towns recounted tonight, with the number of invali- ed Taft ballots, include the follow- Haverhill 0; Clinton 1 Stoneham 45; Pittsfield 32; Everett § Wakefleld Cambridge 116; River 369; Worcester 494, ing: ROOSEVELT IN LEAD; Texas Appears to Favor Colonel—Wil- son tne Democratic Choice. Dallas, Tex, May 7.—Instructions given today by democratic county con- ventions to delegate chosen to the state convention assures a state dele- gatior: t) the Baltimore conve: i structed to‘cast the vote of Te: the nomination of Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey as the presi- dential nominee. Returns from 176 of the 250 counties in the state give the ew Jersey executive 328 5-6 instruct- ed votes, 16 in excess of the number necessary to_control. Governor Harmon thus far has 109 2-3 instructed vot Speaker Clark has 39 1-2. Up to midnight no county had reported an instruction for Oscar Underwood. Reports have becn received from 153 counties that held republican conve tions. Colonel Roosevelt is leading with 68 1-2 votes; Mr. Taft has 36 1-2; 12 contesting delegations will go to the convention, and in seven counties that probably will be represented ‘at the convention no county conventions were held. Thirty-six counties are sending dclegations uninstructed, CUMMINS SCORES TAFT, Presidential Aspirant Criti- cises the President. Another Washington, May 7.—President Taft was sharply criticised in the senate today by Senator Cummins, who charged him with attempting to c ce congress in tarift legislation, Mr Cummins, speaking in support of his metal tarigt revision bill, said he un- derstood the president was opposed to Cabled Paragraphs Berlin, May 7.—The Berlin morning papers announce that the lord mayor of Berlin, K. A, Martin Kirschmer, in- tends to resign shortly and that Adolf Wermuth, the former imperial secre- tary of the treasury, will succeed him. Stockholm, May 7.—The sum of 12,- 000,000 crowns (approximately $3,360,- 000), subscribed by the public for the construction of a battleship for the Swedish navy, was presented to the king today by a deputation represent- ing the donors, Havana, May 7.—Paralyzation of the trafflc of this port in consequence of the strike of longshoremen and lighter men, begun last Saturday, was made more complete today by the harbor engineers going on strike, which re- sulted in the stoppage of all ferry- boats and tugs. Berlin, May 7.—Herr Bachmeyer, a German aviator, was killed today while flying at the Johannisthal aerodrome. The motor of his monoplane suddenly stopped while he was rounding one of the curves, and the machine turned on to its side and dashed to the ground, & distance of 150 feet, Paris, May 7—The approaching open- ing of the Panama canal Is occupying the attention of government and com- mercial circles in France, which is anxious to arrange for a coaling and docking station for the use of mer- chant steamers either on the Atlantic or the Pacific side of the canal, and also for the opening up of new steamer routes. UNKNOWN SUICIDE HAD $400 IN HIS POCKETS. Body of Well Dressed Man Found in Woods at New Haven. ew Haven, Conn., May®7--The body of & finely dressed man was found in the Woods near the Oak Hill section of the city this afterncon Ly a tramp giving.his name as Leon Rogers, who ay went into the woods for a nap. N 8 body lay, a .32 calibre rev: er, wih . wo bers " discharged. There wa% a bullet wound just above the right temple In the p clothing w the value ¢ and crisp of the dead man's faund a roll of bills to $400. The bills were new d had apparently been Te- wn from a bank. ng was mark- ilor made r “J. Pherrian, , N. H” Theso furnish the only clues, So far, as to the man’s iden- tit The man's weight pounds and his height as five fee: nine inch The face is smooth shaven, the ures being clear cut. From his dark complexion, the authorities lean to tho theory that ne may be a for- eigner. He was ovidently a man! of reflnement. The modical examiner says the man had probably been dead-since Sunda Rogers {s being held as a witness a police headquarters. is label: is given as 170 A DRY CROWD ON AN OCEAN LINER. 8 it Nothing Doing at the Bar of the Co- lumbia from Glasgow. New York, May kinds 7—Records of all ave been claimed by steamships coming into port, but none more strange t the boast of the Colum- Dbia of the Anchor line, which has just completed a trip from Glasgow with- out having sold a drink during the en- tire voyage. There was plenty to drink on board, but all the passengers were total iners. ATTEMPTED TO SHOOT RAPIDS IN A CANOE. Brooklyn Student Drowned in Hudson River Near Troy. Troy, N. Y., } —W. E. A. Nin- deman’ of Brooklyn, president of the freshman class of the Rennssalear Polytachnic the Fudson afternoon when and fellow Def v rapids w clung to river n a canoe in whi udent, Lloyd Miller, of e attempting to shootrthe overturned. Miller, who the overturned canoe’ after any legislation on the metal schedule | being in the water for some time, was until the tariff board reported upon it. | rescued “I deplore the action of a president in interfering in any way With the work of congress”” he declared. “I have heard a great deal lately about the recall of the judiclary and judi- cial decisions, both of which I op- pose, but I regard these as inconse- quential in comparison with the en- croachments of the executive branch of the government in the last few years.” Senator Cummins declared he be- lleved it as improper for a president to attempt to unduly influence con gress as for him to undertake to use his power to infiuence the judiciary in performance of duty. TAFT AT BALL GAME. Cheered by Fans as He Entered the Grounds at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, May 7.—President Taft's last day in his home city on this swing of his political campalgn was compa atively free from labor. The chief executive took advantage of a chance to play a little, and finished off the v by watching the opening perfor: ance of Cincinnatl’s May music fes- tival. "During the afternoon he enjoyed the baseball game between the Phil- | adeiphia and Cincinnat] teams of the National league. Thé"president ar- rived at the ball game as the umpire was calling ‘Play bail!” anfl was loudly cheered by the large crowd of fans. He remained throughout the contest, although it proved an excep- tionally long struggle. PENNSYLVANIA FOR WILSON. Democratic Machine Completely Over- thrown at State Convention, Harrisburg, Pa, May 7,—In the same hall where the regular repubili can organization of Pennsylvania was overthrown last week, the regular democratic state organization was to- day swept out of power hy the “re- organization” faction of the party, aft- er a fight of nearly two years, The vietory was complete, and no resist- snce was made by the regulars after the vote on permanent chairman of the state convention showed fhat the reorganizers had contrel ef the cog- vention by 110 vetes (o 73, The party had been split for more ihan a year, The resrganizers named a complete state ticket, elected tweleve delegates at large and twelve alternates at large to Baltimore and : them binding instructions te vole for Weedrow Wil- son ‘“as leng as his name remains be- fore the eonvention.” The werk of the demecratic heuse is praised by the platferm and . Pres- Jdent Pall iy declared te have del in an exhausted Neither student could swim. condition. ed measures that would have reduced the cost of living. “We share in the humiliation,” runs a plan which all feel at the spec- tacle of the chief magistrate of our country lowering the dignity of the office by indulging in a petty quarrel with his predecessor and withholding platform declares Theodore It followed the same conduct in office as Taft and that the “recent events furnish conclusive reasons for an amendment to the constitution making a president ineligible to suc- ceed himself as well as for legisla tion which will prevent any executive from employing the great power of his office to fasten on the country a successor of his choosing.” Underwood Carries Mississippi Jackson, Miss, May 7.—Oscar W. Underwood of Alahama carried the state of Mississippl in the democratic presidential primaries held today. Gov- | ernor Woodrow Wilson was his only opponent. CLARK ENDORSED. Effort to Stampede Washington Con- vention for Bryan. Walla Walla, Wash,, May 7.—The state democratic convention voted this afternoon to indorse Champ Clark as its candidate for president. The vote stood: Clark 455, Wilson 106, Bryan 133 1-2, Harmon 1-2. An attempt was made to stampede the conveation for Bryam, but it was unsuccessful. ‘Whan thg rollcall of countles was nearly completed and Pend D'Oreille county voted for Bryan the convention was in an uproar and delegation after delegation which had cast votes for Wilson chunged to Bryan, The Clark forces stood firm, however, and half a dozen. Wilson delegations switched their vetes to Clark. The platform adopted advecated presidential preference primaries, the initiative, referendum and recall and publicity 'of campaign contributions be- fore election The convention adepted a resolution felicitating the state on the extension of suffrage to women, Kansas Convention Today, Indepenience, Kos, May 7.—Reese: velt supporters will control the repub- lican state cenvention which meets here tomerrow to nane four deie; at large fo the national cemvention, The Roosevelt delegates will number 750 put of a tetal of 836, The een- vention can imstruct ohly the dels at large Nine Relatives Lost On Titanic HAVERHILL 'MAN JUST LEARNS OF HIS BEREAVEMENT, GOING T9 NEW LONDON Had Planned to Sail Another Steamer—Party Included Two Mar- ried Sisters and Their Six Children. on Haverhill, Mass., May 7.—Thomas N. Watson, a laundry foreman, has just learned that nine of his relatives, in- cluding two married sisters and thelr families, were probably lost when the White Star liner Titanic went down. Were on Way to New London. The party were on their way from England to New London, Conn., where Wetson lived until recently and ‘where he now has a brother, Willlam Wat- son. They planned to Sail on another steamer anc Watson had no inkling thal tney werv aboard the Titanic until word to that effect came from England. Four Children Inoluded. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston and four children axd Mrs. Elizabeth Fcra and tw) caldien are the relatives whom: Mr. Wateon is now s dedinite information. FRENCH WOMAN CLAIMS THE TWO TITANIC WAIFS. Recognized Their Photographs and is Coming Here to Claim Them. Nice, France, May 7—Mme. Navratil, who declared that the two waifs sav from the Titanic and who are being cared for in New York, are her chil- dren, has reccived the photographs of the children. She immediately recog them and will sail on the Oces.nic r New York to claim her sons. According to Mme. Navratil, her husbend took the children from her cousin, to whom they had been con- fided 'peading divorce proceedings. Later she learned that her husband fnad gone to England. and she believed that he took passage for America. She described the children as Michel, called “Lolo” for short, hged four years, and Tdmond, called “Mome,” two years old. BRITISH TITANIC INQUIRY LIKELY TO BE PROTRACTED, Moves at Much Slower Pace Than the One at Washington, London, May 7.—Shdpwreck experi- ences consumed the time of the board of trade Inqulpy into the Tilanic dis- aster today, Only three witnesses were disposed of. No new light was shed on the sinking of the steamer beyond the facts clicited by the American sen- atorial committee. he examination was significant be- cause it showed the government's de- termination to discover what steps were taken to ge: off the third class passengers. The main points brought out inythe general inquiry were that the ship was going at full speed; that no boat drills had been held; that some of the sailors did not know their stations, and that the boats were in- adequately mahned ‘and directed and were not provided with lights, com- passes, water or rations. Whatever comparisons may be drawn between this “stately and well ordered tribunal,” ag one of the week- ly reviews predicted it would be, and the proceedings before Senator Smith, the British court certainly is anything but expeditiovs. Sir Rufug Isaacs, the attorney general, who is conducting the government's case personally, is not sufficiently acquainted with the de- tails to manege with any economy of time. This is not to be wondered at when the burden of the work the at- torney general is attempting to carry on is considercd. Besides the role of chiet counsel of this court, he is at- tending to the regular routine of his office and participating in the home rule debate from his seat in the house commors. The result is that he has to stop frequently to consult with his stants while the inquiry halts. The number of counsel representing the various urions who take a hand in the cross examination mso tends to draw out the testimony. The first reference made to the American inquiry was when Sir Rufus Isaacs compared the statements of Quartermaster Hichens with those he hington, but no material discrepancies were discoyered. ding Titanic Survivors. New York, May 7—The New York women Wwho organized a relief fund committee immediately upon hearing of the Titanic disaster announced to- ght (hat contributions of $3€ 175 were cceived from 520 subscribers and that all but $960 has been distributed among survivors. There were 161 women, 69 men and 81 children passengers aided by gifts of cash or clothing, and the sum of $2,477 was distributed in small emounts among 275 rescued members of the crew. THE DAY IN CONGRESS. American Citizenship for Porto Ricans Advocated Befors Committee. shington, May 7. — The day in Secretary Stimson and Samuel Gom- pers advocated before Porto Rico com- mittes American citizenship for Porto Ricans, Agreed to conference report on gen- 1 service pensions, necessitating an average increase of $22,000,000 a year for five years. . Adopted Poindexter resolution call- ing fer investigation of Lawrence strike. Senator Cummins said he would try to prevent early adjournment or recess of congress until after tariff schedules had been passed. Agriculture committee ordered fa- vorable report on Senator Thornton's bill to provide for emergency crops on cverfiowed lands in south Mississippl valley, Houge:— Charftuble organization and steam- ship representatives condemned Bur- rett-Dillingham bili befora immigra- tion committes, Increased to §15,000 appropriatien for Investigation of rural edueation by ed. ueational bureau, Ashes to Be Scattered at Sea, Paltimore, May 7,—In _accordance with a request mads by Capt, Adelph W, Minsdorf, a_prominent refired sea captain of the German merchant ma- rine, who died here teday, his bedy will be eremated next Friday and the ashes given te the captain of the first Germen vessal egming to Baltimore, to o scaitered {o”the winds in mid= [ Sy The Bulletin's Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and is Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the Gity's Population [ Jackson Fixed the Lowest Bid OTHERS WERE INSTRUCTED TO BID ABOVE IT. fl'.}lE HORSESHOE POOL Each Member of Association Was Lowest Bidder in Turn on Govern- ment Contracts—Division of Profits. New York, May 7—The American Steel and Wire company, one of the Jarges: of the subsidiaries of the TUnited States Steel corporation, was a partner to pool agreements with other manufacturers Whereby prices on United States government bids were fixed and the business divided among the pool members, according to testi- mony given today at the hearing of the government suit to dissolve the corporation under the Sherman anti- trust law. 3 Management of Hohreshoe Business. The testimony was given by Samuel 3. Batleydof the office of E. B. Jackson, “supervisor” of the famous wire pools whose members were indicted and fined a year ago. Bailey acted as secretary of the Horseshoe Manufacturers’ as- sociation, one of the seven pools, and expiained ia detall tocay how the horseshoe business of the country was managed. The evidence was Intro- duced by the government in support of its contention that the American Steel and Wire company itself was an ille- gal combination. Bailey identified a copy of the rules and regulations of the horseshoe association, explaining that the original ryles as well as the minutes of the meeting at which they were adopted had, disappeared. Division of the Profits. 1In brief, the rules fixed the price per keg at which all members of the asso- ciation should sell horseshoes, prices changed when necessary, the witness explained, at monthly meetings. Each member was allotted a certain percent- age of the business, and in case his sales at the end of the month ex- ceeded his allotment he was to pay cash into the association an equivalent to the amount of the excess. If they were less, the association was to make up the deficit by cach payments to him. A deposited penalty of $1,000 was pro- vided for violations of the rules. On Government Bids. In the case of government bhii/ Pailey said that Jackson selected the member who was to make the lowest bid and instructed the other members to bid higher, “Jackson fixed the price of the low- est bii” scid Bailey, “and instructed the other members to bid one or two cent sa keg higher. The members were given an opportunity to bid for the government business in turn, so that everybody was about even at the end of the year” Balley identified a number of letters writtea by Jackson, “per Samuel J. Balley,” to the Bryden Horse Shoe company, fixing the price on govern- ment coutracts. Instrusted as to Bidding Price. One written in 1905 fixed the price Condensed Telegrams E. C. Harris, President of the New- ark Y. M. C. A, and for 41 years a prominent lawyer of that city, is dead, The New York State Canal System Will be ready for opening for naviga- tion on May 15. — Fire Destroyed Three Business build- ings in the center of Hampden, Me. The loss is $30,000. Empress Eugenie, widow of Napoleon III, celebrated her $6th birthday in London. Hobart A. Booth, a prominent mer- chant of Bristol, Conn,, died suddenly of heart failure at his home yesterday. Retail Butchers Will Meet in Jersey City to discuss plans for breaking the alleged grip on the retafl meat trade held by the beef trust. Attorney General «Wickersham asks for an additional $50,000 to prosecute more corporations charged with violat- ing the anti-trust laws. William Jennings Bryan before the Presbyterian Ministerial association deplored the “back biting” between President Tatt and Colonel Roosevelt. Chief of Police Depew of Muskogee, OKla., has'a new plan to punish gam- blers. Instead of the customary ten days in jail he substitutes ten Sundays in church. The Body of Bishop Charles William Stubbs of Truro will be cremated. This is the first occasion that the re- mains of a bishop have been cremated in England. L. C. Batchdlder, a Policeman of Brockton, Mass., has been a model man for 30 of his 60 years. He never smok- ed, drank liquor, danced, cursed or played cards. The Hudson River Military Academy, a flve-story frame structure, at Find- erne, a Someryille, N, J., suburb, was destroyed yesterday by fire, belleved to have been started by a cigarette. The Old Slater Mill at Pawtucket, R. I, the first cotton mill in America, was badly damaged by second time in less than two weeks, yesterday. The loss is about $10,000. The Ice Has Left Mooselookmeguntic, Richardson and Kennebago lakes, in the Rangeley system, Maine. Range- ley lake will be clear for fishing to- day. It is Thought in Berlin that the Rev. Dr. Liebe, who was found poisoned in his rooms, in which were $375,000 worth of jewels, was connected with the ca thedral jewel robbery in Czenstechowa, Poland, in 1910, By a Vote of 20 to 14 the Massa setts senate yesterday sustained the veto of Governor Foss of the bill the proper manning of freight trains by common carries commonly known as the “full crew biil.” Rear Admiral William P. Potter, the senior rear admiral on the nmavy list, who established a hrilliant reputation as an executive officer during the Span- ish war, will be placed on the retired Tist next Friday on account of age. Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace, who was in- dicted by the_grand jury at Atlanta, Ga., on a charge of shooting her hu band, Bugene H. Grace, collapsed in the Bryden company was to bid on horse and mule shoes wanted by the isthmian canal commission. The Bry- den company’s price on the horseshoes was to be 3$3.45 a keg, New Orleans delivery, but t“e American Steel and Wikte company, the letter stated, was to get the coriract. Another letter written Nov. 15, 1907, gave notification that the quartermas- ter's division of the army needed 730 kegs of horseshoes and 750 kegs of ‘muleshoes. “This business may come to you from jobbers at export prices,” read the letter. “See that no export prices are quote dto jobbers.” Bid Below Market Pri . A third letter concerning _another government bid stated that “the Dia- mond State Steel company is author- ized to bid the lowest. You will sub- mit the orizes I have quoted vou.” It was brought out as & point of the corporation, however, that the asso- ciation named to the governiment prices 10 to 16 cents & keg lower than the regular market price. Jackson, it ap- peared from Bailey’s testimony, has left the country, having dropped out of sight immediately after he was fined in_the wire pool case. Jackson, Bailey sald, had charge of the minutes of the horseshoe associa- tion, which were kept in a safe in the former's offic “T assume they were destroyed” said the witness. ‘T lost them at the time the pool was abandoned.” $350 a Month to Keep Machine Idle. Bafley recollectedibeing present at a meeting at which he admitted it was agreed that the Standerd Horse Shoe company was to be paid $330 a month to keep idle its patent machine for manufacturing horseshoes. CHICAGO PRINTERS WON'T JOIN STRIKE President Lynch Declares That They Will Remain at Work. Chicago, May 7.—Heads of the Ty- pographical union have called a mest- ing for tomorrow to consider the dis- pute between the web pressmen and the Chicago ' publishers. There were rumors tonight that the printers might strike in sympathy with the pressmen but President Lynch of the Typograph- | ical union declared that his would remain at work. Efforts tonight to induce the mailers to declare a sympathetic strike failed. The vote was almost unanimous against the proposed’strike. SEVENTEEN LIVES LOST BY FLOOD YESTERDAY. Include Thres Whites and Fourteen Negroes. Baton Rouge, La., May T.—Seventeen lives are known to have been lost in the Torras crevasse in the Mississippi levee. Three white persons were drowned today on Bayou Latnache when a raft on which & farmer, his wife and two daughters were endeav- oring to reach high ground was broken to pleces by the swift current from the men Victims break. The farmer was the only one rescued, Fourteen negroes lost their ltves in the Latnache neighborhood, To Mix Husband's and Wife's Ashes. New York, Mey 7.—To carry out the ‘wishes of liam Muller, a long-time Breoklyn resiaent, his ashes, which have reposed in & niche in e Long Isi- and crematerium since his death, five yvears age, will temorrew be mixed with thosé of his widow, who died early this week, Mayer Gayner' reached §117,281 Titanic Fund hss | creased wages and a revised working her cell yesterday. She was in,a seri- ous mervous condition. The Will of Gus Ruhlin, the hea: weight boxer, as filed for probate Brooklyn, leaves an estate valued at $40,000 to Mrs. Sarah M. Ruhlin, the widow, who is prominent in the suf- fragette movement. P Thomas E. Snyder, a Sleafi Walker, was held without bail in the Pater- son, N, J., police court yesterday, on a charge of having beaten his mother and shot his grandmother during the night. Further Evidence that Floyd Allen wore bulletproof protection” in _the Hillsville court when the shooting up of the court took place March 14, was brought out during the trial of Allen yesterday. The Will of Mrs, Sarah Hale Witt- hause, who died in Paris on April 20, directs that all her jewelry, valued at $50,000, be packed and put in a safe deposit box for twenty-one years, when it is to be divided equally among her granddaughters. The Report of the Conferees of the two houses of congress on the general service pension bill was agreed to by the senate vesterday. The bill will necessitate an average increase of ap- propriations of $22,000,000 a year for the mext five vears, . Marie Puertz, a 20 Year Old Fugitive from Saxony, was arraigned before the United States commissioner in Phila- delphia, charged by tne German zov- ernment with stealing valuable state papers, $70,000 in gold and securities, being & spy and killing an innkeeper. She waived extradition. Fourteen Hundred Workers consti- tuting the union emploves of all the breweries and brewery agencies at Kansas City, Mo., went on strike ves- terday, following the failure of the companies to grant demands for in- schedule, A Bill Providing for the consolidation | of the Boston & Maine railroad witn the New York, New Haven & Har ford system under the name of the New England Lines was acted upon favorably vesterday by the legislative committee on railroads of Massachu- setts, Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama, majority leader of the house, and can- didate for the democratic presidential nomination, yesterday declared that his presidential candidacy was not in the interest of Governor Harmon nor of any other candidate than himseif. All the Life Insurance Compani having executive offices in New York have decided to pay their losses on Ti- tanle passengers without further evi- dence than certification by the steam- ship company that the policyholders sailed and were not rescued, murder of George Marsh, the Lynm, Mass,, soap_ manufacturer, s on his way east, He resisted being carried from the taxicab in which he was tak- en from his cell at Stockton, Cal, to the train, The Will of Maj. Archibald W. Butt, vietim of the Titanic, disclosed the faet that the ene great wish of the presi- dent’'s aide is impossible 6f realiza- tien, It was that he shoulgl be buried in Arlingten National cemetery, and that the family name might be perpet- uated there by a modest menument over his grave, In his will he had Nt whide §500 Tor this purpess fire for \hu1 Boston, May 7.—Clarence V, T. Rich- eson, under sentence of death for the murder of Miss Avis Linnell, has been a Mormon elder and secretly connected with the Mormon organization for sev- eral years, though preaching from a Baptist pulpit, according to a sworn statement just made before Willlam A, Thibodeau, an attorney and justice of the peace. The author of the afidavit, Mrs, Louie E. Brittain, claims to have been formerly connected with the Mor- mon church and to have been a “ce- lestial” wife of a New ork man who is at the head of the Mormon organ- ization in the east. Met Him Three Years Ago. In the statement, Mrs. Brittain as- serts that she has known Richeson for several years past, first meeting him three years ago at a Mormon confer- ence held on Staten Island, where, she says, the Baptist clergyman was rec- ognized as one of the Mormon elders and was particularly active in the af- fairs of the conference, She has since seen him many times in and about Boston, and has given him the Mormon signs, which were always answered, she claims. She says she attended a Mormon conference at Providence, R. a little over a year ago, at which heson was present and that she received commands from him as a Mormon elder at a Boston gathering of the leaders of the church. Converted from Mormonism. A short time ago ) Brittain be- came converted from Mormonism, st says, though for eight years previously she had been aiding in'the propagan of the Mormon church in Eoston and New England, . According to Attorney Thibodeag: of the firm of Thibodean & Elisworth, who gave out the afidavit tonight, Mrs, Brittain recently divulged to some of her close friends her knowl- edge of Richeson’s alleged connection with the Mormon church, and she w prevailed upon to make the known previous to the time set for the execution of Richeson, as it was felt that-the information if withheld umtil after his death would seem unfair. Became Mormon While Student. Mrs. Louie E. Brittain has become known during the past few years to evangelical workers,in and about Bos- ton, In an interview tonight during which she was accompanied by Duncan A. McPhle, secretary of the Dvangeli- cal Alliance, Mrs. Brittain said that to the best of belief Richeson was converted to Mormonsim while still a student at William Jewell college in Liberty, Mo,, from which he was ex- pelled in 1909. At that time Richeson became attached to a young woman who now makes her home in Salt Lake City. To this young woman is due Richeson's trend toward Mormonjsm, Mrs. Brittain believes. ' A Mormon in Good Standing. The affidavit which was given out prior to the interview desecribed some of the meetings at which she said she had seen Richeson, and concluded as follow: “I have always considered Fider Clarence V. T, Richeson a member of the Mormon organization in good and perfect standing, and do the present day, and believe that he is considered so by the Mormon organization. unusual to find the more educated of the Mormon elders preaching in_the pulpits of evangelical churches which baptize by immersion SISTER OF RICHESON CALLS ON GOVERNOR FOSS, Final ‘Efforts to Save tho Life of Avis Linnell's Murderer Are Now On. Boston, May 7.—Miss L. V. Richeson, a sister of Clarence V. T. Richeson, who is under sentence of death for the murder of Miss Avis Linnell, talked with Governor Foss at the statehouse today in behalf of her brother. Wil- liam A. Morge and Philip R. Dunbar of her brother's counsel accompanied Miss Richeson into the executive chamber. The subject discussed was the plea which will be made for commutation of Richeson's death sentence on the ground that the former clerzyman is unsound mentally and has been so al- ways. The visitors were with Governor Foss only a short time. Miss Richeson visiged her brother in jail previous to calling upon the governor. She talked with the condemned man for some e. Miss Richeson arrived in this city from the Richeson home in Vir- | ginia last night, | MISS EDMANDS ANNOYED BY NEWSPAPER NOTORIETY Attorney Asks That Former Richeson Fiancee Be Let Alone, | New York, May 7—H. Clark Bar- | ber, lawyer, of No. 42 Broadway, who | says he is a friend of the family of Miss Violet Edmands, former flancee of Rev. C. V. T. Richesor, the slayer of Miss Avis Linnell, has issued this statement: “Up to the present time not even one per cent. of the rumors and news- paper reports about Miss Edmands have had the slightest foundation in truth, For this reason alone, and now that notoriety has again been brought upon innocent heads, it is best that the few simple facts be stated. “Miss Edmands came to New York about November 13, 1911, in search of some kind of philanthropic occupa- tion, The persons mentioned in the papers had nothing to do with her em- ployment and should not be further anneyed, An epportunity was found at Ged's Providence house, and on November 20, 1911, Miss Edmands be- gan work, BSince that time, exeept- ing two er thr holidays of two or three days each, Miss Kdmands has net left the berough of Manhattan, and has scarcely missed a day at God's Previdence house, where she assists generally in the work. “Migs Edmands has been doing enly what theusands of other men and women are today deing in New York city, and therg is absolutely nothing Mu/ Louie 'Brittain Asserts That He Mormonism While a Student at Liberty, Mo.,—Has Since Met Him at Various Mormon Gatherings—Induced to Make The Matter Public Before His Execution, ATTRACTED TO THE SECT BY YOUNG WOILK A R Became a Convert to : about her work or habits wieh ¥ the least unusual. i “During all this time bas dooe | well, living in my own b stantial part of this time, restrained, has used only cars and ‘the subway—and might be expected to under trying circumstances—seek self-000m- - pation. “The perfodical reports thatshe-was in Hastings, Richmond Hul, Yonkers, Philadelphia, New Hampshire, Wash- ington and abroad were manifestly - creations of imagination, “It 1s obvious that personal tntee- views of any character with Miss Bd- mands can serve no good purpose and will not be given. “She has found much satisfaction fn the work. Whether she will continue in it depends solely upon whether the present uncalled for annoyance to the workers continues, We trust that the newspapers, in & proper spirit of fair« ness, will give this subject less atten< tion.” et i« REDDING CASE TO REACH JURY TODAY Youth Accused of Murder Will Soon Know His Fate. New Haven, May 7.—The case of George Redding, Jr., charged with the murder of Morris Greenberg, will be in the hands of the jury tomorrew noon. The arguments were concluded at the afternoon session of court. Judge Case, it is expected, will commence his charge to the jury immediately aft er the opening of Court LOmOrrow, Great crowds besieged the courts . room at the afternoon session - vain effort to hear ihe &- ments of Attorneys Kennedy e defense and Alling for the state. Twe or three timos, deputy eheriffs were obliged to elear the corridors and lob- bies of the courtroom. There were many women in the throng aud they were more persistent to gain admission than the men. After court had ad- journed it required the efforts of four deputies to ciear a passageway through the great crowd that had gathered out- side of the courthouse, State's Attorney Alling, in his final argument, claimed that the murder was deliberately planned for the sole purpose of robbery, He ridiculed the defense’s plea of insanity. Attorney Kennedy for the detense laid great stress upon the peculiarities of Hedding as testified to by lay witnesses, and to the Insanity claim of the alienists who testified. ONE-HALF MILLION LOSS BY FIRE AT PROVIDENCE, Storehouse of Revere Rubber Company Completely Destroyed. Providence, R. I, May 7.—More than half a million doliars’ ioss was caueed by a fire which destroyed the store~ house of the Revere Rubber company in Atwells avenue, in the western sec- tion of this city, today, and for & time threatened to wipe out the extensive Jr, which adjoined. “While it is not common, it is not | & sutomobile tires stored in the building Were destroyed, with & loss estimated at 3660,000. The loss on the storehouse, which was a four~ story brick structure, and from dam-~ age to nearby property was 336000, Flames communicated to several build~ ings in the lumber yards, but in each -case were quickly extinguished. Three firemen suffered sliight in- Jjuries. Two were hurled from a lad- der by a hot alr explosion, while an~ other was burned. The cause of the fire has not been determined. Two workers who were on the top floor of the storehouse when the flames were discovered jumped te the roof of another bullding, two sto~ ries below. They were not hurt ASTOR MENTIONED HIS FIRST WIFE IN WIL, Refers to Ante-Nuptial Agresment With Her in 1891, New York, May 7—The will of the late Col. John Jacob Astor, the fea- tures of which were officially nounced last night, was filed in T o e paccicary th ony claes the full will practicaily which did not appear in the abstract given outhlast night is one in which Mr, Astor mentioned his former wife, ‘Ava Willing Astor. This'clause reade: "All my estate, by a certain ante- nuptial agreement dated Feb, 11, 1891, between myself and Ava Lowle Willing and Willlam Astor and Caroline W., his wife, I give to my som, Willam Vincent Astor, and to his issue.” In the petition accompanying _the will 1s the statement that the “real estate is in excess of $10,000,” and “the personal estate in excess of $10,000," Tstimates of the true value of estate have placed It at pot far $100,090,000. NAVY AIDING THE FLOOD SUFFERER Frightful Cohditions Are Reported ¥ Flooded Area. ‘Washington, May 7.—The navy has entered the field of rellef along the Missippi river. ’ Oaptatn Wood, commanding the bat« tleship Nebraska, and Commander Dismukes, commanding the gunboat Petrel, were ordered today to give all assistance possible to the flood suf- ferers, These vessels, now at Baton Rouge, are on a oruise up the Missis- sippi, Secretary Meyer Informed con of his act, and asked that about $10, 000 or $15,000 be added to tha bill passed by the senate to relmburse navy for the supplies used fn Magor Normoyle, the ai Wr of the relief conditions 1a lumber plant of Willlam H. Harris, SAYS RICHESON IS MORMON ELDER Woman Who Recently Renounced Latter Day M“;’ Makes Affidavit to That Effect. { l