Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 11, 1912, Page 1

" his cell after supper this evening, VOL. LIV.—NO. 114 RICHESON PLEADS ON BENDED KNEES Entreated Sheriff to Permit Him to Remain at Charles Street Jail as Long as Possible HIS TRANSFER TO STATE PRISON POSTPONED RS— Sheriff Says It Would Have Been Hard to Refuse Him— | Governor Has Engaged Four Alienists to Pass Upon Question of Richeson’s Sanity—Mayor Fitzgerald Urges Governor Not to Refer Commutation Petition to Council Boston, May 10.—When informed by Eherif John Quinn at the Charles ®treet jail today that he would be re~ moved tomorrow meorning to Charles- town state prison, Clarence V., T. RNicheson, the former Baptist minister, who is under sentence to be electro- cuted the week heginning May 19 for polsoning his old-time sweetheart, Avis 1innell, went down upon his knees and begged to b- allowed to stay at the $ail a few days more. “Hard to Refuse Him,” Says Sheriff. “It would have been hard to refuse him, and T told him that he would not be moved tomorrow or Sunday,” Sher- 1T Quinn said tonight. The sherift mdded that it is probable that Richeson and art ana to attend our colleges, and the parents of these children ought to fecl that they are to be given the am- plest protection by the public autheri- ties. Speaks for People of Boston. “Mr, Richeson.was sane enough a few months 0 to admit his deed, and it is inconc able that ne could be ad- judged insane now. The Thaw trial showed the power of money and its influence over the testimony of So- calied alienists. If some men in the community who have committed seri- ous crimes, because or the fact that they have unlimited money, can Wecure the services of alienists and other ex- perts to declare them insane, what protection is there for the community at large, “You may say that this is none of my business, but as mayor of the city | where the crime was committed—and will not be removed Monday. He would not, however, say what day was )ixely to be chosen for the change. Hheriff Quinn said that he had made all preparations to remove Richeson to Charlestown state prison tomerrow morning, in accordance with the usual procedure by which a person con- demned to die is taken to the death chamber within ten days of the date sot for execution. Knelt on Floor of His Cell. ‘When the sheriff visited Richeson in | the governor's secretary to| “The governc tell him of the Intended change, the|that on his dec prisoner knelt on the stone floor of his | or. death of this man. cell and, in the sheriff’s words, “he im- | Dr. L. Vernon Briggs to make an ex- people within it-——I do not think that | the public authorities should grant the | slightest concession or waver in the | least degree. Governor Employs Alienists. ns in part: of course, rest the life ! plored me to allow him to remain here | haustive study of the case, and is now Charles street jail) as long as 1 could. | awaiting the report from Dr. Briges. o has been kindly treated here, he | But the governor has also called into {hese last few days in the place where | conference Dr. Henry B. Stedman, Dr. he altready has passed so much time, | Morton Princee and Dr. Fernald, and He bas been kindly areated here, he their opimions will also be most im- said, end wanted to stay as long as portant factors in arriving at any con- possible. Tt would have been hard to|clusion which the governor may reach. tefuse him, and I told him that he| wjj| Be Guided by Their Opinion. oy el o b Gt “While 1t is well known that the bEmiyy | governor is opposed to capital punish- May Be Kept Until Wednesday. |ment, he will not for a moment allow T t regular meeting of the |his personal views to influence his de- and, though this is only four days be- | one poink: ‘Was Richeson insane at the fors the date set Yor exccution, Riche. ) time the crime was committed? If the won may be kept at Charles street jail | 9pinion until the noum.;u has had epportunity | into the case by the governor is to the to aect, should Governor Foss refer to | effect that Richeson is and has been ¥ Richeson's plea for commutation of | Insane, then the governor must call to- | or | I believe I speak for practically all the | A statement given out late tonight by | He has asked | of these expert alienists called | pentencs. Mayor Fitzgerald to the Governor. Mayor John F. Fitzgerald today sent 2 letter to Governor Foess requesting ihat the patition of Richeson for com- mutation of the death seatence to life {imprisonment ba not referred to the executive council. The mayor draws the conclusion that, as Richeson “was sane enough a few months ago to ad- mit his deed, it is inconceivable that he oould be adjudged insane now.” The mayor's letter follows, in part: The Mayor's Letter. “The crims that Mr. Richeson com- mitted is one of the most abominabla In the history ought to be punished to the full ex- tent of the law. Boston Is the home during the year of thousands of inno- cent girls who come here from all parts of the world to study music, literature y of this country, and he |1’ | gether his council, have presented to it | the ewidence, and leave to their de- | clsion the question of Richeson's san- |ity. ‘The governor has no vote in their deliberations, is not present, and will abide by their decision. I No Clemency if He Was Legally Sane. | “The governor is not seeking to save | this man’s life. He abhors, as does | everyone, the awful crmme to Which Richeson has confessed, and if it is found that he is and was legally sane | at the time the crime was committed, he would not think for one instant of extending to Richespn executive clem- | ency. | " “The governor does not know to- ght whether Richeson is sane or in- sane. e will be guided wholly by the | peports of those alienists and the de- | eisin of the governor's courcil if he | ecides to refer the case to the coun- FLOYD ALLEN'S SONS OFFER TESTIMONY One Admits Shooting—Other Says He Had No Weapon. Wytheville, Va., May 10. of Floyd Allen took the stand in defense of t ‘pap,” as they today ed him. on trial for shooting up roll county Victor and Clauile Allen. both jointly indicted with thedr fat he attack on Judge Mas- s gworn by the de testified staniying 1 Goad pap. shoot pap I he is s firing just about the saw Sidoa Al- al large, hat yuntains, w 1 fire. Wesley Ed- 10 is with Sidna Alles, v om a bench through a wind ouriroom, just after the sho weording to Vietory Allen waid firing van mon vas anxious te proveqthat he er when he was, in the he as ed that the with hig gun wias dc who tallen th the had n g after 1 tUhe story, THE DAY IN CONGRE!3S. for Retirement of Goyernment Employes Faveratily Repoeted. M nished n 10.—The day in the follovring fea- Washingt niersiate commerce \committee on Senator Clapp’s asure, Passed bill te permit- $18(#60,000 in- eroase in indebtedness of |Philippines over present $5,000080 debt, \greed o conference repart on forti- 1 appropriation = bill caroving $4,036,233. Bill for retirement of ‘government employes in classified senrice except postmasters, favorably reported, House:— Agricultural expenditurgs commit- tee continues its hearing finte charges against meat inspection Seyvice Labor commitiee ordensd faverable report on Hughes industrial commis- sion bill Chairman Puje of baaijing eomamit tee asked rules epmmidt for special rule to consider his dment to banking law which weull give Money trust inv comm|itee visitorial powers over national basking associs.- tions, The California Beard of Pharmacy publicly cremated $20,068¢6f opium, be- sideg opivm pipes, lamps, bewls, trays and seales, taken in rains, | Two SOnE admiited hav- | » leavimg their | | HOUSE AGREES TO THE REVISED PENSION BILL. Rolls lumm Increasing Pension $30,000,000 Now Goes to Taft. ‘Washington, agreed to the confer- reral pension bill, ¢ for day | ence providing pe vete Man | {the r | of Ca vote ag; The His advisers think he will sizn it. der the constitution the president has ten d. act. If he does t time it becomes the president ern trip, not return until before leaving. ed for the bill ¥ Kent 5 VC Representative o n it withir Inasmu ITOW he “h on his w will sign it the pension rolls year. NEW YORK SHERIFFS | SEEK A MURDERER | Surround House at New Haven, but I Fail to Land Their Quarry. New Haven, May 10.—Deputy Sher- iffs J. J. Hill and C. T. Lent of White | Plaing, N. Y., are here looking for no Demetrio, age 22, who is Yer an alleged murder in Whit T'he deputies came here < and house in | lian secjion, helieving Demetrio | to be within. 'He was not found, but | the deputies are confident that he had | | been there, but was “tipned off.” They are continning the search. Boys Find Boy of Man. New Haven, May 10.—Two New Ha- | ven boys, James O'Brien and Gerald Donlen of Bright street, who were hunting for turiles in the Quinnipiac meadows in North Haven this after- noon, found the body of James Quis of Wallingford lying in shallow water. The medical examiner said that death was due to exposure. | | \ Waterbury, Conn.,, v 10—Water- bury will recéive $62,260 insurance money for the damage to the city hall and pdlice station by fire on April This amount covers buildings and furniture, according to the decision of the adjusters today. Stafford Springs Man Missing. Htafford Springs, Conn, May 10— The police have heen asked to look for hig heme here several vears ago. Boi- i 186u is about 26 years old, dark com- plexion, and when last seen tan raincoat, Waterbury Man Drinks Carbolic. Waterbury, Conn., May 10.—William }J radden, years old, committed suieide by drinking an ounce of car- holic aeid in the kitchen of his home here temight. Relatives had been thinking of having him sent to an in- sane asylum, 'he house to- | the only republican | about Amos J. Bolloau, who disappeared from | wore a | Cabled Paragraphs Lisbon, Portugal, May ' 10.—The speaker of the Portuguese chamber of deputies, Aresta Draco, resigned today without assigning any reason. Liverpool, Eng,, May 10.—Miss Daisy Curwen, an English woman, today beat the women’s world record by swim- ming 100 metres in one minute 23 1-& f:‘caoln-ls in the Olympic elimination s. Havana, Cuba, May 10.—The steve- dores, lightermen and coal handlers Who resumed work this morning at § o’clock struck again at 11 o’cleck and the traffic of the port Is ence more completely paralyzed. Th: Hague, May 10.—Vice Admiral J. Wentholt, minister of marine, Te- signed today in consequcnce of the de- feat in the chamber of deputies of the proposal to build a battleship fer ser- viee in the Dutch East Indles. Berlin, May 10.—The reichstag te- day passed the second reading of the bill for the increasing of the German army which nrovides for about 40,00 | more men, 246 additional fisld guns | and a large number of machine guns. Asunclen, Paraguay, May 10.—A force of govarnment troops today com- pletely defeated large revolutionary” army under the command of the for- mer president of the republic, Colonel Alvino Jara, in the neighberhood eof the Tibicuary. CONGRESSMEN ARRESTED AT THE BASEBALL PARK. Sergeant-at-Arms Rounds Up Twenty To Do Business of House. ‘Washington, May 10—Determined to command a quorum during considera- tion of dust-dry pension legislation, the house today ordered its sergeant- at-arms to raid the American League ball park. The orders were carried | out. So were more than twenty con- gressmen whom the officers found | “rooting” for their favorite team. | Taxicabs brought the prisoners back to the ‘house where they were sub- jected to a hazing by their more duti- | ful colleagues. ‘What's the score? Why didn’t you stay to see tomorrow's game?” was demanded of the first batch ,when they appeared on the floor in custody. “We were down at the war de- partment, attending to our official, congressional duties,” retorted one of the “prisoners” with apparent indig- nation. Something fell from his hat, as he waved It in protest at his prosecutor; it proved to be a “rain | check”_{ssued at the park entrance. | The trouble started during consider- ation of a private pension bill when Representative Rodenbery of Georgla (democrat) offered an amendment providing for the segregation of ne- gro civil war veterans and the erec- tion of “Jim Crow” soldiers’ homes for their accommodation. It was voted | down by the slim gathering in the | chamber. COURT ORDERS BRANDT SENT BACK TO PRISON. Sohiff Valet Rearrested and Now Con- | fined in the Tombs. | | New York, Many 10—Foulke Engel | Brandt, formerly valet to Mortimer L. Schiff, who was released from Danne- mora prison on a habeas corpus de- cision of Justice Gerard, in the su- preme court, is again in the Tombs and will be returned to prison to serve out his sentence of -thirty years to which he was sentenced five years ago by Justice Rosalsky, in the court of general sessions. In a decision late today the appeHate division of the su- preme court reversed the decision by Justice Gerard liberating the prison- whose case created much interest in the year when he applied to Governor Dix for executive clemency. If the decision of the appellate di- vision which was unanimous is ap- pealed to the court of appeals, as coun- | sel for Brandt asserted that it will be, the former valet probably will remain at liberty on bail. After the action by the appellate division, Judge O’Sulli- van in the court of general sessfons, issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Brandt ,who was committed to the Tombs without bail, After reviewing the history of case, Justice Miller, who wrote opinion, said in part: “We have nothing to do with the sentence except to determine whether it was in excess of the court’s power. in the first degree is pun- imprisonment for life. ‘The order should be reversed and the writ dismissed and the prisoner remanded to the custody of the de- | fendant, the warden of Clinton prison.” the the | TAFT WANTS REVISION OF THE PATENT LAWS | Sends Special Message to Congress Urging Appeintment of Commission. Washington, May 10.—President Taft took a decided step today toward revision of the patent laws which have remained practically unchanged since 1870. He sent a special megsage to | congress, asking for legislation to au- | thorize him to appoint a commission | to investigate the patent laws and re- port what changes were necessary 1o | make them Gt modern conditions. | The president gave several reasons to show the need for a change. - He referred to the recent “patent monopo- 137 decision by the supreme court by which users of a certain machine were compelled to buy from the company which sold the machine a certain kind of ink for use with it, and enumerated five other reasons which he said de- manded the revision of the patent law, The first was that large oorporations | bought patents forsimprovements and suppressed their :flanularmre, “The public,” the message said, “never re- celves the benefit of such inventions | during the life of the patent.” | WIFE WORKING TO HELP HIM OUT OF A SCRAPE. Judge Indicated That He Has No Use For Such Husbands. Chicago, May 10—Willlam F. Me- Mullen was sent to prison for one year | and fined $2,000 by Judge A. J. Petit | in the superior court today when Me- | Mullen testified that his wife was | working and would make retribution | for a forgery he had committed. “So you are one of these fellows who make their wives pay for their mis- | deeds, are you?" said Petit with some heat, “Weil,. I'll put you where you won't . wo your wife for some time to come,” onicluded the judge as he pronounced sentence. McMullen was charged with forg- ing a $10 check. z bz ». bz b Steamship Arrivals. : May 9, Princess Irene, | § nd: May 10, Amerika, | from Jamburg for New York, 650 PRICE TWO CENTS Panicky Feeling At New Orleans WATER FLOWING OVER SIDE- WALKS OF CITY. Policeman Shot, Three Stabbed BLOODY WORK BY STRIKING LA- BORERS AT NEWARK, NINE INCHES OF RAIN TWO WOUNDS SERIOUS Severest Storm in the City's History Yesterday—Little Hope of Saving the Levee at Baton Reuge. Reserves Called Out and Streets Cleared Amid Shower of Briokbats and Missiles Thrown from Ruf“. New Orleans, May 10.—New Orleans tonight withstood the severest rain- storm in her history. All of the lower half of Louisiana was affected, and Newark, N. J. May 10.—Serious Hoting occurred here late today and tonight in connection with the strike of laborers in progress, and four po- thousands of the people who live be- hind the already terribly strained lev- ees that hold back the Mississippi flood | waters were panicky, ! The wind ranged from 27 miles an| hour at New Orleans to 40 miles at Baton Rouge, and at many points along the river it swept the waves of the swollen stream over the levees. Over Nine Inches of Rain. At New Orleans 51-2 inches of rain | fell from neon until 10 p. m. tonight, and about four Inches fell between 7 and 9 o'clock. The Mississippi river | here was banked up by the high winds | | stored by police reserves who arrested | ance occurred, in which two more po- licemen were injured, two of them se- riously. After the first clash between the police and crowd of laborers in which one officer was shot and another stabbed, order was temporarily re- a score of disturbers, Two Officers Stabbed on Street. Tonight, however, another disturb- licemen were wounded. The injured officers are Bmil Fili- ger and John W. Wiepert, They were stabbed while patroling TFourteenth avenue, a block from the headquar- The Question of Advertising Pre-eminently the object of every storekeeper is to make money and obviously this can be done by increasing the volume of sales, To accomplish that, the volume of demand must be increased. A storekeeper possessing the finest stock of goods as to character, quality and price, goods which are termed desirable, must first make them desired and he will have no trouble in increasing his sales. The problem therefore resolves itself with one of creating a de- sire for the goods and in other words it is one of advertising. Reach- ing the general public with attractive offerings is to be accomplished only by the use of the daily press and the larger number of people reached the more desired have the goods been made. With a circula- tion of over 8,300 daily The Bulletin is read by 40,000 people every day, the paper being delivered to the homes, there being no street sales, The message of the merchant is at hand in the most availa- ble form. Persistent advertising in The Bulletin is the policy best calculated to create and develop the largest and most compelling desire for goods. If any information or suggestion as to how most effectively to utilize newspaper advertising to secure the greatest beneflt In this important part of the merchandising system, is wanted, do not hesi- tate to call on The Bulletin or send for rates. The Bulletin is deliverad daily at the door, 12 cents a week. Subscribe now! J';!‘he following is the summary of matter carried during the past week: Builetin | there, with prospects of saving the | fare limit when the Telegraph Local Gensral Tota/ Saturday, May 4.. 132 132 912. 1196 Monday, May 6.. 167 139 256 562 | Tuesday, May 7.. 132 98, 208 45dh Wednesday, May 8.. 131 123 (224 478 || Thursday, May 9.. 122 115 196 433 || Friday, May10.. 143 170 193 506 || Totalss ste oo oisins i BBl 772 1989 . 3588 and rose efght inches in two hours he-} tween 8 and 10 o'clock eonight, forcing the waters over the levees at several | points, J | One-Tenth Foot Higher Than Predict- ed. ! At 10 o'clock the river gauge at the | head of Canal street registered 21.9 feet, or one-tenth of a foot higher than the maximum stage predicted by the weather bureau. At 11 o'clock the| gague showed a drop of one-tenth of | & foot for the hour, but the rain con- tinued to pour down in torrents at in- tervals. Rumored Breaks of Levees. Dozens of messages poured into the office of the United States army engi- neers here, telling of humored breaks | in the levees above New Orleans. None | of them had been verified up to mid- | night, though little hope was express- | ed of saving the levee at Baton Rouge. | At Morganza, Beotts Landing, Don-| aldsville and Plaquemine the situation | was declared to be critical. Baton Rouge Situation Hopeless. Thirty-five thousand sand bags were despatched from New Orleans to Baton Rouge on a special train tonight. The situation was declared most ecritical front levee almost hopeless. At New Orleans the water poured | over the sand bag topping at the foot of Esplanade street, and a force uf] men were rushed there to stop the| holes and pile the embankment still| higher. New Orieans Streets Flooded.y 1ards were placed along the entire river front and precautions were tak- en to close quickly every spot where there was an overflow. The streets of New Orleans were flooded as never before in the city's history. In the upper part of the city the water was six to seven inches on the sidewalks. FOREIGN MINERS ATTACK THE CAYUGA BREAKER Disturbance Promptly Qualied Peace Restored. Philadelphia, May 10.—Aside from the attack on the Cavuga breaker of the Lackawanma Coal company, in North Scranton, by about 2,000 for- eigners, thers was no rioting of eon- sequence in the hard coal fields today. The disturbance at North Scranion was quickly quelied and everything is ! quiet tonight. Chief interest now centers in the action the miners will take on Tues- day when they meet in Wilkes-Barre to either approve or reject the action of their representatives who took part in the recent conference in New York. and | FATAL JUMP FROM A MOVING TROLLEY. Hartford Man»l:npad From Car Be- cause He Couldn't Pay His Fare. Hartford, Conn., May 10—Thomas Foley, 3%, of 1360 Broad sireet, this eily, jumped from a rapidly wmoving | Middletown bound trolley car near Griswoldville this afternoon and struck | upon his head, dying almost im- | mediataly from a fractured skull Foley got on the car in Martford but found that he had only five cents in his pockets. He had passed the next | ductor asked | him for his fare, Hé made the jump | i | miles qast of Sandy Hook at 857 &. m. Dock 8 a, m. Sunday though the ear was going at a high rate of speed. He was unmarried. | and with no recollection of what hap- | pened to him during his four days' ab- { campaign tour of Ohio ters of the strikers. Both were taken to the clty hospital where their wounds were pronounced | serjous, Bricks and Bottles Thrown. The stabbing was followed by a general call for the geserves. Several arrests were made. While the poli were clearing the streets, bricks, bot- tles and other missiles were hurled at them from the roofs of houses. Many of the policemen were hit but none was seriously hurt. A force of 100 police was scattered along the streets which are being k: ared, all per- sons living in the nity having been | driven into their homes and ordered to | stay there until morning. | | REMEMBERS NOTHING AFTER | | TAKING A FRENDLY DRINK | Meriden Man Returns After Four Days Absence Minus $950. Meriden, Conn., May 10.—John W. | Katt of city, who disappeared mysteriously from his home Tuesday | morning, returned late this afternoon | minus $950 which he had with him, sence. He has not yet fully recovered his senses. On a train to Hartford last Tues- day morning he became engaged in conversation with an affable youns | man and upon arrival in that city both entered a saloon for a friendly drink. This is the last incident that Katt remembers. He awoke in New York city Friday morning and discovered he was penniless. He was obliged to bor- | row money in order to return home, Another Version from Hartford. Hartford, Conn., May 10.—John W, | Katt of Meriden purchased a provision store from Emil Deleroito, on Front | street, this eity, recently for $2,000, | paving $1,000 cashgand giving notes for | the balance. When he did not pay tha | remainder of the sum in the early part of this week Delerotto served an at- tachment on the place and also on a | store owned by Katt on Twiss street, | Meriden. Mr. Delerotto did not serve | the attachments, he gays, until he be- ! came convinced that Katt had gone | away to evade paying the money due, A BUSY WEEK AHEAD OF PRESIDENT TAFT. Will Be on the Go in Ohio From Next Monday Until May 22, ‘Washington, May 10—The complete | schedule of President Taft's final before the presidential primaries there on May 21 was made public here tonight, Po- litical advisers of the- president re- gard his visit to his home state as of the highest importance and Mr. Taft probably never has had a more diffi- cult or exacting programiue of speech- making mapped out for him, From the time he leaves Washing- ton next Sunday afterncon until he re- turns on the morning of May 22, the president will be on the go practically every mluute. His only rests will be i Cleveland mext Thursday and in Cinelnnatl the followlng Sunday and election day, May 21 | As announced ftonight the president | will make 3 speeches but there is a possibility that this number may be | increased if the rallroads can work | out additional stops. | In an Address at Lima, Ohio, . J. Rryan referred to President Taft as a “political bankrupt.” 7 | member ever writing | Bryan has made pub Condensed Telegrams A Family of 12 Committed Suicide togther at Bucharest, Roumania, be- cause of financial troubles. Senator La Follette was Arrested for speeding in California, but was releas- ed when he gave his name. King George Spent Ten Minutes un- der water in a submarine on his sec- ond day as active commander of the fleet, Bread Has Risen in Price in France and large wheat orders have been placed in Canada, Australia and Ar- gentina. Francis G. Anthony, former New Ha- ven tax collector, died at his home there vesterday of a complication of diseases. John Flynn, Jr.,, 31-2 Years Old, of Riverhead, L. I, was attacked by a rat while asleep, and his thumb was badly lacerated. The Plant of the Phoenix Hardware Manufacturing company at Homer, N. Y. was burned yesterday with a loss of $100,000. Charles Sherman Trowbridge, head of the Trowbridge Box and ting company of South Norwalk died sud- denly Thursday. The French Archaeologist Daninos- 1+ has discovered at Helipplis, Egy the necropolis for which searches have been made for years. Mrs. Marion Dorsi, aged 60 years, was struck and killed by a switcher on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad at Wallingford, Conn,, yester- day. A Voluntary Advance of wages of 71-2 per cenf. to all employes w. posted in the mills at Rockville, Conn. vesterday, benefiting about 2,500 g sons. 2 Vincent Astor Has Made Plans for a trip to England this summer, to spend several weeks with his mother, Mrs,_ John Astor, at her home in Eng- land. A Fund of $750,000 for the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology was provided for in the will of Charles H. Pratt, a well known attorney of Bos- | ton, Lightning Struck a Bar of Iron 29 feet long at the Pittsburg Steel com- pany’s plant at Pittsburg, and knock- | ed 22 men who were carrying it uncon- sclous, , Plans for the Construction of a Dam n the Mohawk river at Scotia, N. Y., s part of the barge canal were approv- ed by the canal board. Tt will cost $888,500, Gambling at Home for Money i= not a crime, according taeeMe-decision of the New York appellate division in the case of Charles Sherman of Nor- wich, N. Y, Panama Is Preparing for its ap- approaching presidential election by negotiating with the United States for the purchase of a supply of arms and ammunition. The Central New England Railway has asked for bids for fifteen new freight locomotives, in connection, it is understood, with the double tracking plans for the line. A Majority of the Jersey City board of education is agreed that the cam- paign addresses of President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt are “highly educa- tional” In character. Rev. Ellery Channing Butler, a_ wel! known Unitarian clergyman, and for many years pastor of the Stone church of Quincy, Mass,, died y day from the effects of an apoplectic stroke. Mrs, Justina Hertler of Gunnenberg, , disappeared several years ago to test her husband's love, Hertler re- married within a month. Now Mrs. Hertler No. 1 Is suing for a divorce, David At a Wealthy Farmer ré- siding at Frankfort Springe, Pa., yes- terday killed his wife with a poker, threw her body Into a creek and cut his throat, He is expected to recover. A Jury at Kingston, N. Y., returned a verdict for $25,000 in favor of Cora A. Prince against the Central New England radlroad. Her husband, a lo- comotive engineer, was killed in an ac- cident. Michael Devanney of Cincinnati, ac- cused by William Jennings Bryan of trying to buy presidential delegates for Harmon in 1908, says he does not re- sich a letier as Mrs. F. Wheelock of Williamstown, | Massg,, hid her husband’'s clothes to keep him home long enough to sober up. Wheelock left his home clad In an overcoat and walked six miles to North Adams and got another drink. Andrew Bonar Law, the leader of the opposition in the British house of | 'commons, addressing the Primrose Jeague at London vesterday, directly charged Premier Asquith's government | | with assisting the United States in its alleged designs on Canada. Suffragettes, Who Have Been crii- icising the police protection afforded them in connectlon with their big pa- rade in New VYork last week, have submitted to Commissioner Waldo « ['plan for a woman's police force for the suffrage parade next A Pardon’ Was Granted Richmond H. Ingersoll, former treasurer of the year. | York Clounty Savings bank at Bidde- ford, Me., who is serving a two-year term In the York county jail at Al- fred, Me.,, for embezzlement of funds of the bank, yesterday. Confederate Currency, seized the the - tored i depariment by which of the treast 7 fifty vears, will be distribut for nea 1 by S retary MacVeagh to libraries, siate, public, and universities, the country over, to be preserved as historic as- sets, House Burned While On a Jury. Mineols, N. Y., May 10.—When word reached the courtroom today that the residence of u juror, Charles I°. Doty of Merrick, was burning, Justice Kep- per in the supreme court adjourned 4 trial that was In progress (o permit Mr. Doty to g0 home. Upon reaching Merrick he found that his house had been totally destroyed. Warring on “White Slave” Evil. Chicago, Muay 10—Registration of improper characters In many wlll be underiaken Ly the fede ernment as part of a country w sade against the “white sla evil, according to Stanley W, Finch, chief of the bureau of investigation of the Adepartment of justice, who arrived in Chicago today, and The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Girculation is the Largest in Connecticut i gortion to the Gity's Population Sometimes Uses A Little Liquor MAY HAVE SIGNED LETTER AT SUCH A TIME. WILLIAMS’ STATEMENT Judge Archbald’s Partner Cannot Reo- ollect Signing Assignment, Though Acknowledges Signature on Paper, Washington, May 10 —Bdward J. Williams of Scranton, Pa., chief wit- ness so far against Judge Eobert W. Archibald of the commerce court, prac- tically denied today before the house judiclary committee some of the tes- timony he gave against the judge on Wednesday. Williams was a partner with Judge Archbald in negotiations for buying culm bank from the Erie railroad t sell at a profit of $12,000 to the Lack- awanna & Wyoming railroad. The judge at that time had the Erie's so-called lighterage cases in his court, The committee is investigating to de- cide if impeachment proceedings should be brought againet the judge. Williams Could Not Recall Signing Paper. A. 8. Worthing, counsel for the ac- cused jurist, undertook the re-dtrect examination of Williams, called his attention to the copy of an ment of the culm bank property that he was alleged to have mad P. Boland and a “silent party. ously Willlams admitted having mads such an assignment before he pro- cured options on the Erie culm banks and explained that the “silent party” was Judge Archbald. Today, however, upon reading a copy of the assignment again, Williams declared it was not the paper he signed. He admitted tha: the signature attached was his, but repudiated its cantents, This admission Jed Attorney Worth- ington to ask the witness if he ever drank, He said that he did and ad- mitted it was possible he might have signed papers that he could not mow recall. Williams repudiated the letter intro- duced in evidence Wednesday in which he related having told W. P. Boland that if he had discounted one of Judge Archbald's notes a case he had e the jurist, which was decided agatnst him, might have resulted differently, The witness admitted having sald something like that to Boland, but de- nied that the language used in the letter in evidence, signed by him, ever came from his lips. Archbald Paid His Carfare. It was also apparent from cross ex- amination that Judge Archbald paid Williame' fare from Scranton to Wash - ington, that the latter might respon:! to the subpoena from the judiclary committee to appear before it. Will- iams gaid he did not have the mone; and that he asked Judge Archabld to lend him the fare. When the com- mittee adjourned for the day, Will- iams was cautioned by Chairman Clayton to talk to mo ome about the case. He will be recalled tomorrow William P, Boland and C. G. Boland, who figure in the Archbald charges, and who were instrumental in bringing them to the attention of the depart- ment of justice, were at the hearing. They will not be called to testify until Monday. Interstate Commerce (om- missioner Meyer, who first called Pres ident Taft's attention to the charges against Judge Archbald, will be asked to testify tomorrow when examination is finished, Thought Judge Would Be Able to | Swing It. The committee started today to learn of an alleged transaction between James R. Dainty, Judge Archbald and the Lehigh Valley raliroad. It invelv- ed the Eberhart coal property. Will- jams was asked if he and Dainty aid not regard Judge Archbald as the “real! negotiator” for the lease of the Elber- hart property by the Lehigh Valley. “T thought Judge Archbald might be able to swing it,” replied Willams. “I thought he could try it, anyhow.” “What part aid the judge have im that transaction?” “Nothing; except to ask the Lehigh Valley if they would pay the price asked for the lease.” “Is it not a fact that the Lehigh Valley road after Jud Arobbald came Into the matter was willing to | pay more for the lease than they were befora?” | "I don’t know. | more about it | “Was Judge Archbald to receive any portion of the profits from the probable sele of this coal land?” 1 don't know.” | Might Have Signed | Drinking. *“Do you ever take any refreshment, that is, a little liquor, now and them?” | Mr. Worthington asked. “Yes; sometimes. “Do you think it possible that you might have signed this letter when you had been taking some intoxicants? It might be possible.” ‘Willlams denied that he ever made an assignment of a part interest in the Erie culm bank option to William P. Boland, It was this assignment in which Judge Archbald was referred to | as a “sllent party.” | The hearing adjourned until tomer- row, { | I never heard any Paper After One Killed in Trofley Crash. Kokomo, Ind.,, May 10.—Howard Bat- | tie of Kokomo was killed and 34 per- sons wera injured, several seriously, late today when a crowded Indiana Union tractlon car colllded with a Wa- bash Va.ley car sonth of here. Tne | accident occurred near a switch where the tno cars wers to have passed. Mis- undersianding of orders s sald to have been the causs of the accicent, Shortage in Prison Accounts. Columbus, O, May 10.—I. W. Rer, chief clerk at the state penitentiary here, was suspended by Warden T. R. Jones tocay following the discovery o’ a shortage of $5,000 in the prison a« counts. . Rex broks lown and crio when charged with the shortage, b declared an investigation would shon his accountc all right. An investiga- tion was begun by the state anditing department. Rumors of Rebel Reverse. Juarez, May 10—No definite advices had reached here up to ten o'clock to- | night of the fighting between rebels | and federals in the vietnity of Torreon. Rebel officials here were reticent and rumors were that the rebels had met a reverse, A Meeting Beon Called to ar- range for a celdbration of one hun- dred years of peace hetween n and (Io United States. The meeting will take place at Ottawa on Jume 4,