Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 14, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV—NO. 117 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the G g ROOSEVELT PROMISES MILLENNIUM “Everything Is Going to Heaven When He Gets Into Office,” Says Taft in Ohio Speech. ‘HOW WILL COUNTRY GET ALONG WITHOUT HIM Ex-President Subjected to Severest Arraignment of This Campaign By The Pmidenl.——“Likem Himself to Lin- coln More and Resembles Him Less Than Any Man in The Country—Harmon Says Bryan Once Admired Him. Steubenville, Ohio,, May 13.—Presi- dent Taft's first day in his final cam- paign tour of Ohio which came to an end with a speech here tonight was murked by the most pronounced as- to which Mr. Taft so far has given public_utterances. In speeches which were filled with indignant attack and with uncomplimentary adjectives, Mr. Taft discharged his oratory at his predecessor in the White House. He started out upon his last canvass to urge the people of Ohio to support him at the primaries on May 21, at Marietta in a cold hard rain which kept up several hours but finally fled before the sun. Crowds Large and Demonstrative nison, Ubrichsville, St. Clairsville, Bel- laire and Bridgeport, the weather was fair and the crowds came out in summer attire. At many points the president touched the steel manufacturing dis- trict of Ohio which his political ad- visers openly said was opposed to his renomination, but the crowds were large enough and frequently demon- strative enough to make his Ohlo friends feel a bit optimistic Although in substance all of the dozen speeches the president made to- day were much like those he delivered in Massachusetts and Maryland they differed widely at times in the words used to score Mr. Roosevelt. Theso were unusual and piquant and gave b carers opportunity for applause and laughter which seidom failed. Claims He Is Necessary For The Job. Ome of the attacks on Mr. Roosevelt which raised a laugh delivered at Den- nison late today ran like this: 1 think It would be dangerous ‘o put a man with Mr. Roosevelt’s pres- ent constitutional views and with the intoxication he would necessarily feel by reason of getling something that all the great presidents have never gotten, it wonld not be safe to put bim in the White House again. “He says the reason the American people are going to elect him {8 be- cause he is necessary to the job, That is the description he gives.” Well, I hope the American people will not think that he is necessary for the job. 1 want to call your attention to what the job Is which he proposes. It is the nillonfum that he is going to bring t when he gets into office. And bosses are going to disappear, politi- clans are going to be fewer, and he s §oing 1o have a finger In every com- munity in every state, In every country and everything is going to Heaven How Would We Get Aiong if He Should Leave Us? If that be true the millenium 18 B coming and that is the job he fs to o W 1t is going 1o take longer than four years. | beg of you to ask him when he comes here whether he would tz a fourth term, ask him whether he is ®oing to take a fifth term and why he she Id not continue in office during r sally which brought a re- was made at Cambridge. Speaking there of the job Mr. Roose- velt sald the people wanted him to do President Taft asked sey governor? I do mot recall a word | Suppose Mr. Roosevelt were wafted | he has sald in his behalf, Is it bocanse | to the skies in a chariot like the |the governor never supported him, but % prophet of old and were to disappear | wants him knocked into a cocked hat? | from sight, how do you suppose this | The people of Nebrasica have intstruct- country would get along anyhow? ed for the spealer. Ho canmot be for | Ressmbles Lincoln Less Than Any |Doth. Is he really for either?” Man in History. “My friends, it is a dangerous thing ® to put in the White House a man for the third term with his views of the constitution and his views of himself. In every announcement he makes you would think he was the whole show and that there wasn’'t anybody else in country. It's I. L 1, and therefore ¥ that it you feel that vanity and egotism by givigz him something that Washington did not get and Jef- ferson did not get and Jackson did get and Grant couid not get, you are going to put him in office with a sense of power and with a view of Constitutional restriction that will be dangerous to this country.” Mr. Taft_compared Colonel Roose- President Lincoln with a Mr. Roosevelt likens himself to Abraham Lincoln more and re- sembles him less than any man in the history of this country,” he rmarked during the day An Accusatory and Libellous Cam- patgn. Mr. Taft called upon Roosevelt's backers to find one indictment if he had done wrong, asked for more rar:xl and less “lurid headlines and lung power.” and dubbed the campaign tha former presidert was making against bim “accusatory and libellous.” “Let Mr. Roosaelt point out what thing 1 have done. or failed to do, under the influence of anvbody, and then I will say that he has made a point, but while he continues merely saults on Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, | Late today when he spoke at Den- | 7 NORWICH, CONN., Harmon, “and to stave off political bankruptey from a bipartisan combina- tion 1 had to be beaten. The Com- moner's malling list was secured and three separate circulars sent out filled with falsehood and denunciation. They bore Mr, Bryan's picture and urged his friends to vote against me because my re-election would make me the candi- date for president. “T was re-elected by more than 100,- 000 majority, though Colonel Roose- | velt and most of his cabinet came into the state to oppose me. “It may be thought wiser to select some other candidate than myself at Baltimore. I would not, 4 I could, in- terfero with the free chijice of the con- | ventlon, But if the unanimous action | | of the Dayton convention is to be re- versed at _the primary it will be her- alded as d repudiation of my adminis- tration. Aided Bryan in 1908, Now my opponents have brought Mr. Bryan and carried him around the state. He was reliably mformed of the character and motives of the leading spirits in this rule or ruin movement, but_seems not to care. “Now, as to Mr, Bryan. What has caused the change of his attitude to- ward me? “At the national convention of 1f he offered to place me in nominatf if T would have the Ohio delegation /; consider their decision not to have any name presented. “In 1908 1 constantly urged his ele tion, declaring I would willingly be de- feated for governor if it would help him. And during out joint campaign | he repeatedly praised my efforts in his behalf and told many person he meant to offer me a place in his cabinet if he wa~ elected “What Have | Done?” “What have I done which leads him now to say I am not fit to be even a Justice of the peace? He has stated not a single fact in my official record or clsewhere to justify his conduct, ex- cept that I repudiated the platform on the intiative and referendum. This is not true. I advocated before the joint caucus and slgned when passed the bill nuthorizing resort to tr m municipall- | fles, which|\was all our const!tution | would permit. Ho says I am not a| ‘progressive,’ Yut a ‘reactionary.’ This is merely cah,g names, and the last resort in a poot case. If ‘progressive- | ness’ means sincero and successful ef- forts to secure practical reforms in| government, instead of mere tali,where | has g0 much been accompithhed as in | Obio during my administration? “Mr, Bryan twits me with alleged dls- appointments in the selection of dele- gates in various state. Well, I would rather take a disappointment from my | party in its nominations than Infiict | disappointment on it in the elections. | Though I have five times been its can- | didate, I have never disappointed it | yet. Bryan Not Qualified to Pick a Winner. “He says fallure is certain if I am nominated. If the party thinks so, I | shall be content. But I do not thinik | Mr. Bryau, great as his abilities are in many directions, has shown himself | qualified to pick a winner. “Is Mr. Bryan really for the New Jer- Agree to Split- Maryland Delegation. Baltimore, May 18.—In an agreement reached late tonight at a gonference between the leaders of the Roosevelt | and Taft forces to split even on Mary- | land’s delegntion to the republican na- | tional convention, each side will havo | two delegates at Jarge and eight dis- trict delegates—16 in all. Taft Scores in Tennessee. | Nashville, Tenn., May 13.—Taft sup- porters scored the first victory in the | fight for control of the republican state | convention, which will meet here to- morrow, When tonight the state com- mittee selocted Foster V. Brown of Chattanooga as temporary chairman. Mr. Brown is an ardent Taft supporter. | The committes was in session at a lato hour tonight trying to straighten out| numerous contests. Both Roosevelt | and Taft men say they will control the convention. VICTOR LOUIS MASON AND AVIATOR FISHER KILLED American Was a Passenger in English | Birdman's Machine. London, May 13,—Vietor Louis Ma- | gon, an American ldentified with ex- | tensive mining interests and at one time private secretary to the Ameri- o ansecretary of war, General IR, A. Alger and his successor, Elihu Root, was killed today while making a in general demunclation to sav that | MAEbt at Brooklands with the Cuglish the bosses are all for me and all | BViator, E. V. Fisher. Fish:r also was | againat me, 1 say' he is conducting a | Killed by being pitched out of the ma- campalgn that is not worthy the man | hine When at a hefght of about 150 who has had the veneration. the res- | {26, Fisher was about to give an cx- | pect and the honor put hibition, and picked Mr. Maison us a upon him by the American people, HARMON ON STUMP, Declares That in 1908 Bryan Had Him Siated for His Cabinet, Wooster, hio, May 13.—Governor Jud- @on Harmon of this state began his cfampaign in Ohio for the presidential Bomination tonight with a reply to the #ttacks made on him by W. J. Bryan, Who recently made a tour of the state, Mr. Havmon said that he was unan- Imoisly selected by the lust state con- venton s Ohiv's condidite for presi. dent, and that i1 was not self-seeking witch put bl before he country and sutjected him to “the falsification and | sbuse which are disgracing Amercan politics this year.” ¢ The governor said that the watch- word adopted for the gubernatorial campalen was “Hatmon has “But (here wers some who thought [ Mad made iop good,” continued Mr made | passenger from among the spectutora. They circled the track one when, eve-witnesses say, the machine which | was a monoplane, made an abrupt | it wavered a moment and then fell | straight to the earth. The s n | stoppage in the air ghrew Iisher | headlong from his seat. Mason was pinned beneath the wreckage ihich caught fire and was badly burned bo- fore being extricated. Physicians say that both men died almost immedi- ately, Vietor Louls Mason lived in Pas- sale, N. J. His wife was Miss Daisy Comstock Simons of Washington, New York, May 13.—A verdiot of ons. cent damages glven recently by the supreme court was reversed today by | the uppellate division in the suit| brought by Henry W. Jessup against | the United States Fxpress company | for alleged failura to deliver prompily | 4 golf club addressed (o him at Mont~ rose, Pa. The suit was for §62. y Cabled Paragraphs Tokio, May 13.—Great appreciation was expressed today by the emperor and empress of Japan of the resolu- tion of the Red Cross conference at Washington, forwarded to them by President Taft. Berlin, May 13—The reichstag to- day adopted the anti-dueling resolu- tion introduced on May 9 with an amendment drawn up by the socialist members providing that officers who refuse to accept @ challenge to a duel shall not be dismissed from the army. Manila, May 13.—A_convention of supporters of Colonel Roosevelt today clected as contesting delegates to the Chicago convention Mr. Squires and Judge Waite, who are pledged to_voie for Roosevelt or any other progressive candidate for nomination. London,” May 13.—A son of Prince Tuan, who was a prominent figure during the Boxer rising and was at one time heir appagent of the Chinese throne, has arrived in Peking, accord- ing to a news agency Gespatch received today from Tien Tsin. Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 13.— Official advices received here from Asuncion, Paraguay, today confirm the victory on May 10 of the government troops over a large revolutionary force under the command of Col. Alyino Jara, former president of the republic. The revolution is now considered as over. APPLEJACK EULOGIZED IN SENATE CHAMBER. Promotes Happiness, Health and Lon- gevity, Says Senator Martin, ‘Washington, May 13.—The good old elixir known as applejack was eulo- gized in the senate today by Senator Martin of New Jersey, and Senator Nelson of Minnesota was moved to make a few remarks about whiskey straight ‘during consideration of the agricultural bl “You can always tell whether @ man has taken whiskey straight or a whis- key blend by smeiling nis breath,” de- clared Mr. Nelson. He said he was opposed to determin- ing so fine a point by gross scientific standards. Senator Mertin thought the main point was being lest sight of. “What difference does it make,” he sald, “if the whiskey is good. Pray God, what does It matter if the de- liciousness and the delirium flavor are thera? Come to the glorious common- wealth of New Jersey, where they | brew rivers of an elixir known as ap- plejack, whether colored or uncolored, It is rich in aroma, delirious as an in- toxicant, promoting happiness, health and longevity. Why, Mr. President, after a couple of drinks of New Jersey applejack they would not be able to detect the colors in a rainbow. But, Mr. President, dismiss this question, and on the adjournment T invite you to come to New Jersey and see and taste and test for yourseif. Come!” The fun arose during debate on an amendment to the agrieultural appro- priation bill recommending the pur- chase of a test to determine. the color- ing matter in whiskey. The amend- ment wes voted down. An amendment by Senator Crawford of South Dakota to appropriate $15,- 000 for a buffalo preserve at Wind Cave was adopted and consideration of the bill will be concluded tomorrow, BAN ON DANCING AND CARDPLAYING REMAINS Methodist Committee Rejects Proposi- tion to Eliminate It. Minneapolis, Minn., May 13.—Unless the general conference of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church overrules the action of the committee on state of the church, that part of the famous para- graph 260 of the church discipline which eclally prohibits dancing, ving and kindred amusements, ain a law of the church. By a vote of 100 to 51 the eutire committee late today voted to reject the report by the majority of the snb- committee which favored the elimi- nation of that portion of the para- aph and leaving the amusement question to the “conscience” of the in- dividual member. Dr. James R. Day, chancellor of Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y., chairman of the sub- committee which favored striking out that section of the paragraph served notice on the committee that a mi- nority report would be made to the conference. | ALLEN CASE MAY GET - TO JURY TOMORROW. Court Gives Instructions and Attorneys Begin Summing Up. Wytheville, Va, May 13.—The jury in the Allen case was instructed by the court today on the law of murder, conspiracy and self defense, and at- torneys on both sides began summing up the case. Floyd Allem, the first of | the clansmen who on March 14 shot up the Hillsville court and killed five persons to be brought to trial, exhibit- ed more interest than at any time since his ordeal began. The case can hardly go to the jury before Wednes- day. Four other members of the clan are | now awaiting trial and upon the ver- dict of the jury in Floyd Allen’s case probably rests the course of the state in the others, It has heen the com- tention of the prosecution that the Al- lens hatched a conspiracy to shoot up the Carroll county protected by metal hraastplates. defense has maintained that the shoot- | Ing was started by the court officers, three of whom were killed in the af- fray, who had a feud on with the Al- lens. OBITUARY. Jonas M. Kilmer. Binghamton, N. Y., May 13.—Jonas M. Kilmer died at his home here today following. a long iilness. Mr. Kilmer was president of the People's bank, a trustee of the Binghamton Savings ban ident of the Dr. Kilmer com- pan: for several years president of the Binghamton Press company. In 1878 he removed to this oity and with his brother, Dr. S. A. Kilmer, en- gaged In the manufacture of medicines. He purchased his brother’s interest In 1893 and became sole owner of the plant. John Haley. New Britain, Conn.,, May 18.—John Haley, who had been continuously In the blacksmithing business at one stand in this city for fifty two years, died tonight aged 78. He was a native of Stonington. Boy Run Over By Freight Traln. Waterbury, May 13.—John Zeuris, 11 years old, dicd at the Waterbury Hos- pital this evening from injuries in- curred by betng run over by & freight train near Plainville late this after- noon. The boy had been missing from his home here several days, Bridgeport.—Fonr murder cases are scheduled for trial at the May term of the Bridgeport superior court, court and came | The | “TUESDAY, NAY 14, 1912 For People to Elect Senators HOUSE FAVORS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. NOW GOES TO STATES Must Be Ratified by Three-fourths of Them Before It Becomes Part of Constitution of United States. ‘Washington, May 13.—The house to- dey adopted, 337 to 39, a joint resolu- tion providing for an amendment to the constitution to permit the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. It iready had passed the senate and now goes to the states for ratification. Opposed by Southern Democrats. All that remains to be done is the formal signing of the instrument and the issuance of a proclamation to states to signify their wishes as to the proposed change. " The vote was preceded by a bitter fight in which the southern members made common cause against the reso- Jution. Led by Representative Bart- Jett of Georgia, the Georgia, Mississippl and Louisiana delegates strove to pre- vent its passage because of the senate amendment which gave the federal government supervision of the elec- tions. They based their opposition al- most entirely on the danger of negro domination. No Republican Votes Against It. The first vote: taken was on an amendment by Representative Bartlett which took from the federal govern- ment all supervisory powers. It was defeated by a vote of 189 to 89, On the vote for the adoption of the reso- lution, two-thirds of the house being necessary, 50 demoecrats deserted. There was not s single republican vote cast against the resolution, which was adopted to the accompaniment,of thunderous applause. Movement Started in 1826. Direct election of senators was first taken up by congress in 1836, From time to time Tecurring attempts have been made to make the senate a popu- lar body, and have its members elected as are the members of tho house Numbers of these resolutions have died in committes ONE TERM FOR PRESIDENT. Committee Will Report Favorably Bill for Six Year Tenure. ‘Washington, May 13.—The United States senate judiciary committee to- day decided to report favorably the Works resolutlon restricting the presi- dential tenure of office to & single term of six years. A minority report favoring a single term of four years also will be made from the committee. The reports are expected in a day or two. ‘There was no formal adoption of the measure as to its phraseology has not been worked out, but this will be un- dertaken immediately by a sub-com- mittee. It may be finally acted upon at a special meeting of the judiciary com- mittee this week. In any event, it is to be reported immediately after the committee’s regular meeting next Mon- day. The committee 18 practically unani. mous to make a president ineligible for a second term four years instead of six, It congress adopts the change an amendment to the constitution will have to be ratified by three-fourths of the states. CONFIDENT MADERO WILL BE OVERTHROWN Gen. Orozco Not Di d in Conee- quence of Defeat. At General Orozco's Headquarters, Jiminez, Mexico, May 12.—Although he conceded tonight his defeat in the battle before Conejos, General Pascual Orozco is by no means dispirited. “The revolution has just begun,” he sald, “and we are confident that we will ultimately overthrow Madero for a just revolution will always triump. General Orozco would not say how many men he lost, but he admitted that he had not heard from General Campa and General Artumegado, whom he sent around to be west of Conéjos with 2,500 men to flank the federals. = General Tellez of the federal army is belleved to have engaged them and cut off their retreat. - General Orozco was at a loss to understand rumors in circulation to- duy that he was killed. grimly. Only skirmishing occurred to- “Madero wil find me very much day. The rebels chiefly occupied alive before meny days” he said themselves in recovering from yester- day’s fight, TRIAL OF LAWYER o DARROW TH1S WEEK. Counsel for McNamaras Acoused of Jury Tampering, Los Angeles, May 13.—Unless some- thing umforeseen occurs, Clarence Darrow, the Chigago lawyer, will be placed on trial Wednesday for alleged Jury tampering while chief counsel for the McNamara brothers, the confessed dynamiters. Mr. Darrow.sald today hew as eager to have the tria] begin. Th prosecution has subpoenaed for- ty local witnesses and completed ot srrangements. Mr. Darrow . will call | about thirty witnesses. Judge George *s Sooiall ; H. Hutlon will preside.” Outside of| _ Naugatuck's Sooialist Regim. newspaper men only forty-one specta- | Naugatuck, Conn, May 13.—The so- | tors will be allowed in the court room, as there is only seating capacity for that number, Baby Injured by Runaway. New Haven, Conn., May 18.—Law- rence, the 1 vear old son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Buro, is In a local hos- pital with injnries that may cause death, as a result of a peculfar accl- dent this afternoon. The mother was standing in front of her home, on East street, this afternoon when a runaway horse dashed down the street. The horse collided with a hitching post, swinging ‘the wagon around so that it struck Mre. Buro. She down a cellar way, and Lawrenoce, who was in her arms, fell so that his head Strucic the stone pavement, It is be- leved that his skull 1s fractured.” State Board of Charitiss, Bridgeport, Conn., May 13.—The offl- cers and executive committes of the state bourd of charities and corvection r!'\let here tnnkl& ln;:l \;\(cd to hold the next convention in this city April 27, 28, 89, 1813, 7 wes thrown Reid Had Very Poor Memory “HIS MIND A PERFECT BLANK,” HE DECLARED, THE “TIN PLATE KING” Proves a Balky Witness at Hearing in Dissolution Suit—Admits Advance in Prices After Congerns Combined. New York, May 13.—Daniel G. Reid, the railroad financier and former “tin plate king,” a director and member of the finance committes’ of the United States Steel corporation, was called on the stand today at the hearing of the govgrnment suit to dissolve the corpora to testify how the Ameri- «can Tin Plate company was organized. Proves a Poor Witness. First of the many prominent de- fendants in the suit to appear on the stand, Mr. Reid proved a poor witness for the government and time _and again his answer to pertinent ques- tions In regard to the financial phases of the tin plate company formation was “I do not remember” or “I do not recollect.” His weak memory appeared fo exasperate Judge Jacob M. Dickin- son, chief counsel for the government, and prompted him to remark: “You can bring a horse to water, but vou can't make him drink. You can subpoena & witness, but it seems that vou can't make him remember.” Merger of 35 Gencerns. The government contends that the American Tin Plate company, which became a part of the United States Steel corporation, was in itself & com- bination in restraint of trade and that its stock was watered. Mr. Reid sald that in 1898 he and Judge William H. Moore welded the company together out of about 35 tin plate concerns rep- resented at that time some 9 per cent. of the industry, but upon the question as to what the propertles were worth Mr. Reid s'recollection was hazy. He admitted that $10,000,000 in stock went to the underwriting syndicate which financed the company over and above $36,000,000 preferred and common stock issued In exchange for stock of the various plants taken over. He was unable to recall, however, how much of this ten million he received himself as a member of the syndicate or whether cash was paid for any of the plants instead of stock. “My Mind a Perfect Blank,” Says Wit- ness. All Judge Dickinson's efforts to re~ fresh the witness' memory on the sub- ject by reading extracts from testi- mony Mr. Reid gave before the indus- trial commission in 1899 proved futile. Judge Dickinson pressed the wiiness with equal lack of success for infor- mation concerning alleged contracts by which the American Tin Plate eom- pany is sald to have prevented ma- chinery for teh manufacture of tin plate being used by competitors. “My mind Is a perfect blank on that subject,” declared the witness. “Competition Fair and Ope: Mr, Reld admitteq that there was competition among the various con- stituent plants before he and Judge Moore brought them together, but he denied that there was any {ntention to monopolize the industry or that there were any efforts to suppress competition. “Competitton wag-fair and open,” he asserted. AT tho present, Mr. Reld sald, read- ing from statistics which were com- piled, he explained, in the office of the steel corporation, competition had grown to such an extent that the an- nual capacity of the corporation’s tin plate plants was only 53.7 per cent. of the country’s total compared with an independent capacity of 46.3 per cent. “We figured that by combination we could buy supplies cheaper, reduce overhead charges, and make the buai- ness more profitable,” the witness satd, but persistent questioning by Judge Dickinson elicited the admission that he “might have had the regulation of prices {n mind.” Advance in Prices Followed Merger. Prices of tin plate advanced after the organization of the company, but this was due, he said, to advances in the price of crude steel and pig tin, over which the tin plate company had no control. Moreover, he sald, prices of tin plate were much higher In the years previous to 1898 than after. Judge Dickinson got the Witness to say that the National Steel company, man- ufacturers of crude steel, was' con- trolled by “practically the same inter- ests” which controlled the tin plate company. This company, the Ameri- can Sheet Steel company wnd American Steel Hoop company were L organized as customers of the Na- tlonal Steel compeny, Mr. Reid said, and_Judge Moore, chief organizer of all four, negotiated their sale to the United ' States Steel corporation through J. P. Morgan & company. The steel corporation wanted only the tin the | Condensed Telegrams The Striking London Tailors declded to return to work. The Mayor Gaynor Titanic Relief fund has reached a total of $129,735. The Consumers’ Rubber Company, recently reorganized, resumed opers tions at Bristol, R. L, yesterday. President Taft Will Go to the sum- mer capital at Beverly, Mass, about July 1 President Taft Attended Church in ‘Washington Sunday and wore a white carnation in honor of Mothers’ day. The Canadian ister of Finance announced that the government would discontinue putting out 34 banknotes and fractional paper curren The Presence of the Duke of Suther- land in this country Is belioved by yachtsmen here to foreshadow a new challenge for the America's cup. C. C. Bonnetts, Parachute Jumper, of St. Johnsbury, Mass., was seriously injured in Lynn when his parachute falled to work. Jack the Ripper Claimed His 20th victim in Atlanta. Like the other 19 he has slain in the last nine moqlh!v she was a comely yeliow girl. Robert L. Clarkson, prominent in democratic circles in Fairfleld county, died at his home in Stratford yesterday after a long illness. More Than 40 Persons Were Arrested for walking on the grass In Central Park, New York. They were discharged with 'a reprimand. Alanson Middlebrooks, at one time a prominent farmer in Sharon, Conn, died yesterday of old age in his 92d year. Fire of Unknown Origin caused a loss of $15,000 at Oldtown, Me., ves- terday and wiped out three stores and some tenements in the same building near the business section. Beginning V..:Zrd.y the Employet at the Crane mills at Daiton, Mass. work on a meight hour basis inste: of 10 and 12 hour shifts as hereto- fore, About 110 Members of the Woon- socket Painters’ union went on strike vesterday. They want a uniform rate of 37 1-2 cents per hour, with Satur- day afternoons off. Paul Peck,Who Has Been Designated as a special mail carrier between New York and Washington, plans to make the trip by aeroplane on May 22, car- rying 100 pounds of mail. President Taft Favors the Plan pro- posed for all the people and the school children, especially, to wear the na- tional colors or a sprig of evergreen on Decoration day. The Postoffice Department has placed a ban upon the use of the Champ Clark stickers, as they are similar to regular stamps, and it is contended that their use will eonfuse the mails. George Redding, Jr., under sentence for murder, was transferred from the jail at New Haven yesterday to Wethersfieid. The condemned young man keeps up his spirits. Mayor Bading of Milwaukee, who de- feated the socialist candidate at the recent election, has received many threatening letters. His office and his home are belng closely guarded. Carlton E. Garrison of the editorial staff of the Le: udge publications, Who was thrown from his horse last week, is in a New York hospital in a critical condition. Fashionable Hostesses in Par | ticipating the new 24-hour system of counting time, are sending out invi- tations for 17 o'clock tea instead of b oclock as before. Surrogate Fowler Yesterday appoint- ed A. Perry Osborn, a lawyer, spe guardian for Muriel Astor, aged 14, for the purpose of looking after her inter- est in the probating of the will of her father, Col. John Jacob Astor. n- Many Million Dollars in Texas were lost yesterday by the state of Oklaho- ma by a decision of the supreme court of the United States that the state cannot tax land allotted to about 8,000 less than half-blood Indians. George Ingraham, Formerly Vice President of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance company, is dead at his home at Fishkill Landing, N. Y., from & complication of diseases. He was 62 years old. Whether a Cotton Tariff Revision bill will be introduced at the present session of congress probably will be | decided_definitely today at a confer- | ence of the democ ic membe: of | the house ways and means committee. Charged With Performing a_criminal operation upon Mrs. Bertha Richards, plate company, he sald, but it was “all or_none.” | Mr. Retd flatly refused to teNl the inmoum of the steel corporation stock |'he recefved for his holdings In the American Tin Plate company. An Independent Testifies. Jacob Menrer, an independent tin - | plate manufacturer, who was the only testified to his | | other witness today, inability to buy black plate from con- stituent companies of the American Tin Plate company after it was or- ganized. As a result he was obliged to tmport his black plate from abroad, he said, and the high tariff caused him 1er | serlous losses. | clalists’ regime in thie borough for- | mally starteq this afternoon when A. | B. Cross, Jr., was sworn in as warden by the retiring warden, William J. Neary. Tonight the warden and bur- gesses met and made appointments. Socialists were favored, but in some were named. James P. Swaeney, a well known Yale graduate, was named as borough attorney. Frank Goetz Buys Big Plant, Bridgeport, Conn, May 13.—The plant of the Federal Biscult company, which was declared” bankrupt some time ago, has been sold to the Frank Goetz Bakery company of New Haven, and a portion of the business sold to Jecob ~Hockhelzer, who conducts a -bakery business in this city, Has No Rival. Thers may be different opinions of Colonel Rocsevelt's monepoly of ail wisdom, but there can be nothing but reluctant ?mlnh‘hnll;:f l‘m' });‘i: eontinu- | ous optimistie be in personal Times. Infalilbility,—~Hartford {nstances republicans and dGemoorats | who died at a private hospital in Paw tucket yesterday, Dr. Llewellyn D. Chandler of Central Falls, R. L, was arrested. An Improvement in the Condition of Willlam A. Dorr, who is charged with | the murder of George E. Mash, the | Lynn soap manufacturer, was noticed { by the fail physician, Frank S. At- wood, yesterday A Bronze Tabiet Inscribed with the names of 22 policemen ho lost their lives in the performance of duty was unveiled and set in the entrance of the ‘po!ire headquarters building in New York. A Giant lceberg 1,000 Feet Long and 40 feet high, miles away, but | gleaming and f ntly the shing hrilll unlight, was s by and crew of fngton, terday. | About One Hundred Weavers em- ploved by the ¢ Manufacturing company, print manufacturers, | at Taunton, Mass, struck vesterday, claiming that the machinery had been speeded up and that they were obliged to do their own ofling. A Verdict of Guilty of manslaughter was returned by a jury at Mass., vesterday against Mrs 0. Wentzell of Lynn for causing the death by beating of her four yeur old nephew, Charles J. Beaupre. Sentence of 15 vears in the Sherborn prison was imposed A Motoreycle is Not a Bicycle with- in the meaning of the statuts and & rider who drives his motoreyele on the sidewalk cannot be prosecuted under the statute which forbids “riding a bievele on the sidewalk.” ‘This ruling ONE OF THE EXPERTS Boston, May 13.—“There s nothing they can print about me now that is any worse than what I have already heard and read,” calmly argued Clar- ence V. T. Richeson, with Sheriff Quinn in his cell at the Charles street jall today, while he besought the sher- ift to allow him to read what the pa- pers were saying of his case. Pleads for Uncut Newspapers. Since the former Baptist minister of Cambridge roceived his sentence, early In January, for the murder of his sweetheart, Avis Linnell, all news- papers given him have had the ne: pertaining to the case cut out. The prisoner’s plea had its force with the sheriff today, however, and, anxious to gratify as much as possible every whim of the prisoner in his highly nervoys state during the final hours before' his execution, which is set for the week beginning May 19, Sherift Quinn will, for the remainder of Rich son's stay in the jall, allow him the papers uncut, unless they contain sensational or unusually trying news. Another Session With Alienists. That the alienists named by ( ernor Foss to examine Richeson tend to make their complete and ex in- investization as austive as is post ble to expert scientists, was made ap- parent tod: Alihongh Richeson was subjected to an all day examination yesterday, the three state alienists again today visited the jail and for five and one-half hours probed into the prisoner's mental and physical condition, They would not say what had transpired during the afternoon, but Dr. Stedman admitied that they might return tomorrow. His Appetite Not as Good. That Richeson had not reached the Hmit of his endurance was apparent {from the fact that he walked ‘briskly back to his cell after the examination, “Richeson went into the examina-~ tion calmly and without any sort of bravado, bluffing or shamming,” said Sheriff Quinn tonight. and when he came out he did not appear any dif- ferent. 1 do not think that he has eaten quite as much during the past two days, however, which may or may not be due to the unusual strain which he has been under.” Expect He Will Collapse. The examination today makes a tal of more than 60 full hours of and questions to which the prisor has been subjected by nists for both the defense and the state duritg the past two weeks. In view of the fact that the strain is telling upon the allenists there is anxiety upon the part of the jail officials as to how long ALIENISTS CONTINUE EXAMINATIO Richeson Subjected to Further Tests By Threa of ’ For Five and One Half Hours Yestorday, . ————— Condemned Clergyminslhndh:‘StrlinWeflBmFe.lu tained That He Will Collapse When Tests Are Finished —Pleads With Sheriff to Have Uncut Newspapers to ~ Read—Interested in What They Say of His Case;, | —_— g~ v v v ST SUBMITS HIS REPORT Richeson himselt can hold up unded the pressure. That he is strengthenad only by the realization that it i his last fight for life, and that he will col~ lapse when the tests are over, what- ever the resuits of the tests, 18 be- lieved by those closest to hira. Guard Changed Every 40 Minutes. He 18 being guarded more vigllantly than ever. The guard which sits in= #ide his cell through the night i changed every 40 minutes and in ad« dition Harry H. Butts, the negro com- panion of Richeson, is likewise alert threngh a greater part of the day and night. The door of Richeson's cafl is unlocked, that help imay be 3 summoned at any time by the gumrd within, The officer sits with his back to the door and a light burns through the entire night over the single ©of within the cell, Transfer to State Prisen. Sherift Quinn intimated tonight that he would not wait for the meeting of the governor and council which may consider Richeson's case Wednesday or Thursday before removing his pris= oner to Charlestown. He will keep the prisoner until the alienists have com= Piated their work, which will probe ably be tomorrow. I want the pris- oner to go over to Charlestown with just some ray of hope left withis him,” said the tonight, Dr, Briggs’ Report Turmed In. Dr. L. Vernon Eriggs, one of governor's speclal experts, r-k-lm report to Governor Foss today on. examination made by him The reports of three state Drs. Stedman, Tuttle and Frost, it 1s belioved, be turned in to ernor by tomorrow night er day morning. The governor's ! meets on Wednesday and Thureday, Tests Applied to Richeson. 4 During the tests of Richeson's kneecaps wese tapped silver hammers, he was bl 4 and ma’le to fump, fisst on : ana then or” the otho: & méedie i Jabbed into hig body in Qifterent . io determine the effect on his L his eyelids were twitched this that, he heid his hands out with fine gers spread apart so that any tremors could be detecied, and he was put through a stern course of gymmastie stunts which aided the experts in teste ing the refiex aetion of the muscles. A§ times Richeson hopped about in scang clothing. Quenlsyys about Miss Avis Linnell and Mis¥ Violet Edmands, to whons he was engaged at the time of his ars rest, and abont his parents were put i him in quick succession, and swered all without the sHghtest of feeling. A TRAP SET FOR JUDGE ARCHIBALD Defense Claims That Williams Is Con- _fndouta of Boland. ‘Washington, M: W. Archibald's defen: to the charges a aired before the b 13- Judge Robert n part at least inst him now 1 use judiclary c mittee which will decide if impe ment proceedings shall be brought was indicated at toda aring. What appeared to have been a de- Mberate trap to ensnare the jurist in an embarrassing transaction was re- vealed by the testimony and the de- fense indicated that it would make the most of it. It was alleged that W. P, Boland of Scranton, Pa., who was one of the defeated partles to a case before Judge Archibald in the com- merce court purposely had Hdward J. Willlams, the principal witness against the judge, solicit Judge Archi- bald to enter the Katydid culm bank operation transaction with the Erie Rallroad while the road’s lighterage eases were pending in the court. This transaction led to the filing of charges | against the fudge. Boland is waiting [ to testify and may be heard tomorrow. W. A. May, manager of the Erie road's coal properties, who gave the option on the culm bank to Williams and Judge Archibald and G. F. Brown- ell, vice president and general counsel of the Erie, probably will testify next. According to Wiliams' testimony Judge Archibald personally sought Alr. Brownell's influence to get the Katy- did option after May had refused it. The committee wiil meet again to- morrow. ANOTHER EXPLOSION AT HAZARDVILLE, CONN. Was Similar to the Explosion of a Week Ago Yesterday. Hazardville, Conn,, May 12.-An ex- | piosion, the ‘origin of which is not | known, tonight wrecked wheel mill No. 8 of the Dupont powder milis of this place. The building, which was 20x30 feet, was demolished, but the machinery was not badly injured. | There were no workmen In the buil ing at the time. The force of the e plosion was very siight, the first intl- | mation that townspeople had of any- | thing wrong being when they heard the mill whistle blowing. "The explosion was sim one last Monday, when o “man kille was blown up. Thesa (wo explosions within a week are the first in eleven vears, | Youthful Stonington Coupls Held by New London Poli New London, May 13.—AMce Briges, aged 15, and Wi Duff, aged 19, both of Stonington, were arrested to- night upon the arrival of the New York boat by Lieut. Shepard of t local police, who had received instrue tlons from Miss Brigss’ parenis. The young couple were (o lave been mar- ried tomorrow, the police say., They are beng heid at the police station pending the arrival of the gir¥s par- ents here tomorrow. The Deadly Femal Moslem women led the massacre in Fes, thus again helping to vindicate was made by Judge Welfe In the com- mon pleas court at New Haven yes- Lerday, Mr. Kipling's cemment on the compar- h“" deadliness of (he species,—kan- City Times, —— ROOSEVELT CARTOON IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Senator’s Effort to Have It Printed Causes Animated Debate. : ‘Washington, May 13—Colonel Roos« evelt was again the subject of & spirite ed passage in the senate today. Senator Stone asked permission td hayve reproduced in lh:hgx—- Record a cartoon Roosevelt by Roosevelt” i vmm colonel was represented as “Trusts” with one hand and bosses” with the other. “I request that the cartoom bs re« vised” sald Senator Stone, “and im- stead of impersonating trusts 1 would place McCormick of the Hi trust n one hand and Perkins of Steel trust In the other and them would have him pictured with foet planted on the prostrate form “Munsey."” Senator Burnham In charge of the agrioultural bill insisted that M; Stone's remarks bad nothing to with the subjeot. “We are considering meatters pame taining to the bureau of animal 4 dustry and may well give soms tention to human industry, iaters jected Senator Gallinger, amiq laughter. Senator Smoot chalrman of the the - printing committes tnvoked the ralq which farbids {Hustrations in the Reow i ord. “I take it that the i word picture will go into_the and that ought to be sufficlent,’ " he. “That shows the senatar from 18 not 80 much of a Taft man as been supposed,” returned Stone and the ineident was SUPREME COURT T0 PASS "," ON “WHITE SLAVE® LAW, | Decides to Determine MM‘ of Federal Aot ‘Whashington, May 13—The court today decided, 1o pase upes constitutionality of the slave” traffic Jawa It an to have forwarded to It for rewlew ti decision of the sixth clscult appeals holding the law o in the indictment of twe women on & charge of indue women to go from Charleston, to Cineinnatl for immoral purposes, Drank Arsemic In Clden Bridg Conn,, May 13, pher Diats, aged 45, commits at his home in Greenfield HIfl todegt | by drinking arsenic in @ eaid he had been d lately. He leaves & chily Pressmen Stay ot Wonly, Los Angeles, Cal, May Ppressmen of the Los zela '(lluI’:lm the oall of p—