Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 30, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV—NO. 131 NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1912 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 Gity's HOWELL SOUNDS THE TOGSIN OF WA New National Committeeman From Nebraska Says He Will Demand His Seat at Chicago OTHER ROOSEVELT MEN WILL FOLLOW SUIT Five National Committeemen, Elected at Recent Primaries, Will Endeavor to Have al Voice in Settlement of Pending Contests—A New Prob- lem For Party Leaders—Roosevelt Scored in the House. May 29.—Word that R. B. v elected republican na mmitteeman from Nebraska t primary, would come to Chi- Jjune 8, when the national tee meets to hear contests, and caused a stir today of the committee, Successor of Rosewater. 1 ipporter of Colonel s a Roose was chosen at the direct primar successor of Victor Rosaw acting chairman of the re- ymmittee, whose of- be to call the re convention to order nd introduce Senator Elihu y chalrman. Will Insist on Recognition. velt headquarters Howell had been the law he was en- possession of his the republican na- from ska, and »p recognition when s to hear contests Make Similar Demands. Niedringhaus, elected na- committeeman from jrect primary, and ted will, it 1s said, a 4 thelr seats when the commit- tee meets nex Roosevelt man- agers here say there are at least five new wal committeemen who will ssum »ficlal duties be- fore th f contests is taken comm A New Problem Raised. he direct primary s where the are chosen by of by the dele- problem which have to be dealt w nvention, PERMANENT QUARTERS, Cong-essman Says Roosevelt Provided For Them at White House, May 29—The activities Washington y 2 T of Co odore Roosevelt were denoun house today in a speech ing with sarcasm deltver- ed by Representative Fitzgerald, dem- tional committee | AL LA , Supporters of Ex-President, | ocrat, of New York, chairman of the house appropriations committee. Representative Fitzgerald declared Roosevelt the “greatest danger faced by one republic” and quoted at length from a speech by Abraham Lincaln to bear out the charge. As an indi- cation of Roosevelt's attitude toward the presidency, Mn Fitzgerald pro- duced a memorandum prepared when plans for new executive offices at the White House were under consideration in 1902, Beside a discussion of “ter- porary” and “permanent” quarters for the president appeared, in the hand- writing of Colonel Roosevelt, the wor, “to be permanent during my lifetime. “The ‘my’ was heavily underscored, | commented Mr. Fitzgerald, weving tie | document at arms length, and the democratic side of the house rocked with laughter, Teddy Won't Attend Convention. New York, May 80—Colonel Roose- velt left at 12.30 o’clock this morning for Gettysburg, Pa, to make two speeches there today, one at a luncheon and one at a gathering, of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Engineers on the battlefield at Gettysburg, As he was about to board his train the colonel was fhsked whether he would attend the convention at Chi- cago. “I do not now expect to go,” he sald. I cannot imagine anything that would cause me to go. It's a thousand to one that I won't.” Root Stands Pat. Washington, May 9.—Senator Root tal¥ed with the president today. He id he had not changed his determin- ct as temporary chairman of convention, 1f e on the knees of the god: Senator Root when asked abou situations. Georgia for Underwood. Atlanta, Ga., May 29.—Georgia’s 28 votes to the democratic 1 con- | vention will be cast for derwood “unti] his nomination shall have been secured,” according to the instructions given to the delegates today by the state convention. Montana Delegates for Clark. Butte, Mont., May 29.—Montana dem- ocrats in state convention here today unanimously adopted the commit resolutions endorsing the candi president of Speaker Champ Clark and instructing the eight delegates to Bal- timore to vote for him. | | | | | | | | RICHARD HARDING DAVIS IS SUED FOR DIVORCE. Wife of Well Known Author Makes Claim of Desertion May 29—Richard Harding playwright and war was sued for divorce in art today by Mrs. Ce- the superior cc cilia Clark Davis, who alleges deser- tion Mrs. Davis .a daughter of J. M. Clark of Chicago, was married to Davis on April 4, 1899, at Marion, Mass., after | was quoted for the. first time in a romantic courtship. She recently | today when Samuel Untermyer argued arrived preparatory to bringing | in the supreme court in behalf of the su s forth that “from time marriage until the with the said defendant his wife | New Haven and Hartford - railroad and always conducted herself towards | from obtaining a controlling interest him as a true, dutiful and kind wife. | in the Rutland railroad, about 47.000 The oratrix further repre: | shares, unless it also makes an offer the said Richard Harding Davis, | for the 28,000 additional shares at the gardless of marriage covenants, | same price of $105 a share. The pith wilfully des: and absented him- | of Mr. Untermyer's argument was that | self from r oratrix about the first sle cause for the space of two years.” 1000 OLD SOLDIERS WILL BE IN LINE AT NEW YORK. Spanish War Veterans, Boy Scouts and Regulars to March, New York, May 26—Although near- Iy 56 years Civil War the G. A R camps in New York and vicinity ex- pect to muster a full thousand vet- erans still the Meme al day Spanish War the Boy Scouts. Ten thousand men | hag heen on trial for several days pac :;A nu’_\‘, will :» In line and march in | Tym jury was out a little over w)n l?o':yl" - _:m'l“gf” % Por & .1L"’ | The announcement of the verdict cau; Past the oMeial soriomarly two miles, | ed the crowd which filled the court Dther foniuren or e stand. | Toom to break out into cheers. The the'sanual workhorse perade, atictse | Ddlotment chazeed Miss Ankers, who games iu almost every available field | with o o Aoy g Ll6 BuFSery in the greater city, patriot &t Grant's tomb and an evening mem- orial mass meeting at Carnegie hal under the auspices of the G, A. R, METHODIST GENERAL GONFERENCE CLOSES Rovigion of Churoh Ritual 1s Deferred | Until 1916, Minn., Minnenpotis, May 29.—With the able Bishop Henry W, arren, “piscopal church elosed. yop Warren’s last appearance as pre- | Damage by Floed Net So Great as at I siding officer in an active capacity as First Supposed, } the general confereace this seesion re. hsé At *tired him on account of his ha tareached the age Jimit, During today’'s session, measure aft- measure was rushed {hrough by the @eiegates, the ome question which caused 4 deiay at the session las pught—that referring 19 (he revision o ihe church ritual —being deforred. y conference authorized a commission | which will prepare a report on the fmatter 10 be prescated (o the genera | gonference in 1948 wilhin the first ten Basn ol cxistence, OBIFUARY, 8ir Lowic William Molesworth 8 > London, May 86, olesworth, whq W 899, died (ndax Srahem Fros daughter of Brigadi Beneral Dan'el March Frost, U, whem he marvied at Bt, Leuis in 18 r 1909 she lived May, 1910, without any reason- have elapsed sinee the posts and oung enough to march in parade tomorrow along with the younger veterans of the gular soldiers, sailors and marines, national guardsmen and : exercises onouncement of the benediction shortly after threa o'elock by the ven- the eneral conference of the Methodist | It was Bish- ving Williag | high sheriff jn | His wifs was Jaue er A, | | UNTERMYER STILL FIGHTING TRANSFER, Wants New Haven to Buy Minority Stock of Rutland Road. New York, May 23—The report of the railroad commission which was ap- pointed by President Taft and recom- mended that any company purchasing the majority of the stock of any exist- ing road should be required to p | chase the minority stock at the aver- | age price paid for the majority minority stockholders of the Rutland Railroad company. Mr. Untermyer is seeking an in- junction to, restrain the New York, | no one share of the stock of a corpors tion {8 worth more than 4ny other share of stock of the same corporation. He also contended that when a rail- road property is taken over by an- other raflroad, the whole property of the purchased road must be taken by the purchasing road. MISS ANKERS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF POISONING. Jury' Acquits Former Employe Brooklyn Infants’ Home. New York, May 29—Winifred An- kers, the young woman accu poisoning nine babies in the Iyn hospitai and infants’ home, acquitted today of the charge. of with causing the death of only one of the children, As other indictments are still pend- ing ehe was held fn $2,000 bail until the further charges can he considered. Friends sald that they would have a her, faver during the trial was testimo: that her “confesslon” was obtained by threats to take away her baby which was an inmate of the nursery but she has been permitted to care £4r it since her arrest, ANSONIA BRASS PLANT TO START UP IN A FEW DAYS n Asnsonia, €onn., May 29—Charles F, Brooker, president of the Amerjean i | retaining wail pf a eanal, anneunced | today that the lesal wire and eppper f| mills would again be in_ eperation by Haturday er Monday, The machinery 1| was nat us badly damaged as first theught, i mpany gl ais weuld make ne deduite estimates as (o their dumage feday, except to say that they de not | 1ist bondsman in court Friday to release | An important point made in her | Brass eompany, whose plant was dam. | aged yesterday by the bursting ef the Cabled Paragraphs Malta, May 20.—A conference which will probably declde Great Britain's polloy In the Mediterranean opened here todays " Paris, May 29.—Neither the French foreign office nor the newspapers have received any further news concerning the renvr‘eg'nlack by Moerish tribes- men on Fez, Caimenera,Cuba, May 29.—The Unit- ed States. marines who arrived here yesterday on board the Prairie land- ed today at Deer Point, the regular marine camp site. Villareal, Spain, May 29.—Four addi- tional deaths have oocurred among those injured in the fire which burned down @ cinematograph theater here yesterday, The total of the fatalitles is 84, P SR Budapest, Hungary, May 29—A dy- namite cartridge exploded at a late hour last night on one of the stair- cases of the house of parliament, smashing & large number of windows, but otherwise not causing any seri- ous damage. Ayres, Argentina, May ptain S, W, e of the Massachu- National Guard made a total e of 887 points in the individual The highest possi- s 1,000 points, and Captain s performance is considered here record. e firing today. W pr ble Wis as a world DARROW WAS EAGER TO WIN McNAMARA CASE. Franklin Says He Expected It to Be Last Case He Would Try. Los Angeles, Calif,, May 2%—Bert H. nkiin, former chief detective for the McNamara defense ,entered into the detafls of the allege® bribery of George N. Lockwood by himself at today’s session of the trial of Clarence S. Darrow on the indictment charging Lockwood's bribery. nklin ~ was ill under examination when the trial s continued until Friday morning. The prosecution sought to connect Darrow with the alleged corruption of Lockwood but Franklin repeatedly tes- tifled that he could remember spec conversations Wwith Darrow concerning Lockwood. Just prior to adjournment Franklin testified that he met Darrow at a local cafe where the latter was dining with Lincoln Steffens, the magazine writer. At that time he said Darrow took from his pocket what purported to be 3 of the ninth McNamara jury venire. “He called my attention to two names on the li aid Franklin, “and said er’ “One of the names was Lockwood,” said the witne: He was not asked the other. to take the list and compare It with no | hat looks better than the oth- | Darrow, he said, told him | Lawyers Paid Judge’s Bills CONTRIBUTED FOR ARCHBALD'S TRIP ABROAD. THE FUNDS SOLICITED Clerk of Archbald’s Court Did the “Touching,” Says Wilkesbarre Law- yer—Another Irregular Procedure. ‘Washingten, May 29.—Members of the bar who practiced before Judge Robert W. Archbald of the court of commerce, when he was United States district judge at Scrantom, Pa., con- tributed to a fund for a vacation trip to Europe for the judge, according to testimony given the house committee on judiciary today by John T. Latihan of Wilkesbarre, a former member of rongress. Mr. Lanihan contnibuted $10 or $25, he could not remember which, at the solicitation of H. W. Searle, clerk of Judge Archbald’s court. Another law firm in Wilkes- Barre, he sald, did likewise, Judge Favored Railroad Counsel. That Judge Archbald recelved the Fate of Woman Still in Doubt TIE VOTE IN'COUNCIL ON QUES- TION OF COMMUTATION MAN DOOMED TO CHAIR; Vote is Seven to One Against Sparing Mascioli—Another Vote Next Week in the Case of Mrs. Cusumano. Boston, May 29.—The state execu- tive council, with one memiber absent, voted late today four for and four against commuting the death serffence of Mrs, Lena Cusumano, convicted with Enrico Mascioli of the murder of her husband. In Mascioli's case the council voted against commutation seven to onme. Adjournment was tak- en until nest Wednesday, when anoth- er vote will be taken. Chief Witness Mentally Deficient. Counsel for the condemned pleaded for commutation of the sentence of Mrs. Ousumano to life imprisonment on the ground that he had been con- victed on circumstantial evidence, sup- ported mainly by the testimony of her gone before. thin; bring in. for aye, And only memories now are "Twixt those who stumbled walk above, Where earthly trials are forg his list of prospective jurors and busy himself investigating the list, Franklin concluded his testimony regarding the menner in which he cor- rupted Robert F.’Bain, the first juror sworn to try the McNamara case and before he was asked regarding the Lockwood affair. Assistant District Attorney Ford, who condueted the e: amination, inquired as, to Franklin's conversation with Darrow. Franklin sald that he di list of all the prospective jurors Darrow the day after he got the list which he sald was given him by Judge Bordwell, the presiding jude in the McNamara case. “He asked me about those on the whom I knew personally,” said “ranklin. “I told him there were about ally. Mr. Darrow always impressed upon me shat he was eager to win the McNamara case because it was the most important case of his life and probably the last case he would try.” PACKAGE STRUCK TAFT IN THE FACE Sucret Service Investigating Attack on President. Rutherford, N. J., May 29.—Chief Wilkie of the secret service has been conducting a quiet investigation here 0 an attempted attack on President £t which occurred while the presi- dent was speaking in the public square on Saturday night. - Mr. Wilkie put through the third degree an Italian, who is said to have thrown a package which hit the president in the face. Thus far no arrest has beea made, A statement given out by Frank M. Buckles, leader of the Taft organiza- tion here, regarding the Italian’s at- t Bays: The twelve thousand persons as- sembled in the public square were dis- appointed in not hearing the president speak because of the act of a vandal. As the package struck the president’s face, or came down, scraping his face, he was about to speak, but the secret service men pushed him back in his and took charge of affairs. They red the car ahead at full speed ough the crowd, not knowing what the paper, and got away. Later y informed me that the paper had been soaked in water 80 a8 to make it heavy.” Recent WILBUR WRIGHT IS HOLDING HIS OWN. Family Refuses to Believe There is No. Hope of Recovery. Dayton, O. 18 holdl , May 29.—~Wilbur Wright own tonight after a day o but graduel improvement, and members of the family refuse to accept his physician's verdict that he cannot | recover, The inventors remalns high, however, the last read- ing, taken af § o'clock this evening, showing a fraction under 105, but both spiration and pulse are slowly drop- ing toward the normal, lies in an unconsclous state, but his stomach did not refuse liquid nourish- ment when it was administered for the first time in several days this after- noon, Aside from a serious chill, the cause of which baffled his phy ne alarming aymptams developed to and indicaions temight are that Wright has a fighting chance to re- eover, Ex-Mayer Fisher Attacks Courts, Hartford, May Willard ©, today fo ity of the ac right exerc reverse. such aets w Bewer that they had an tharity think' it Wil reach “auywhere near $180,608," as first reported. It has been impessible g get a cor- rect estimate of damage dong (o the town, but it s believed that the entire loss, including thai ‘te the factory will be less than §$75.083. Less con | servative estimaics. hoivev still place the loes &t @ higher liguke than , (his Lightning Berails Engine I knew and could talk with person- | temperature The patient 29 —Fermer Mayor | C, Fisher of Middletown, in sSing_an epen meeting of the bor union tonight, said that the right exereised by the eourts of s upen the censtitutional- of legislatures, and the od by them to nuilify and 5 usurped en upen them- #eives witheut amy constitulional au- | death and pain. The seed then sown upon the fields enriched with noble blood Has blossomed into fruitful est good. | e The freedom of the nation anew— Chains wrought from sinful greed to hamper honest | worth, their birth. free— e s R T T oy WERE PASSING ON (By R. G. Dil) We're passing, Father Abraham, a million sou)s or more. We're on the march, with cadenced step, to join those As year by year the time goes by, our ranks are growing The annual muster shows more mounds for flowers we The march, the bivouac and the fight are pa;t and gone But we’ve the consolation now to know that not in vain Was horrid war whose wrinkled front was fraught with Our work is done; but still remains as noble work to And take from men the fruits of life assured them by When brutish arrogance of wealth and insolence of power No longer o’er the nation brood and darken every hour; Then will our glorious country stand, the nation of the The land of perfect freedom and the home of liberty. left to form the constant tie here below and those who ot, and all that'’s left is love. peace, for mankind’s high- from the chains which bind money, Mr. He said he received a letter from the judge from Europe thanking him for his contribution. Another phase of the inquiry was brought out through Helm Bruce of Louisville, K., counsel for the Louis- ville & Nashville railroad. Mr. Bruce produced letters which showed that Judge Archbald sought Information from the attorney and permitted him to flle what was conceded to be an “additional brief” after an important case had been submitted to the cour: for decision and to Judge Archbald for the written opinion. Asked for Explanation of Answer. The case was known as the New Or- leans board of trade case. It involved freight rates from New Orieans to Montgomery, Ala., via Mobile, It was one of the first appeals from the inter- state commerce commission to the v created court of commerce and its chief polht was a question of ju- risdiction. Mr. Brice read a letter from Judge Archbald asking him to ses C, G. Compton, traffic manager of the Louts- ville & Nasbville, and get from him what he meant hy an answer he made in his testimony to a commissioner. Judge Archbald's letter polnted out that Mr, Compton's answer did not conform with the context of the testl- mony, Mr, Bruce also read his letter of reply to Judge Archbald, containing o statement that Mr. Compton sald he was erroneously reported and that his answer should be directly opposed to that contained in the record, Bruce Wrete 4,000-Word Argument. Later Judge Archbald wrote Mr, Bruce from Florida, where he was sojeurning en & houseboat, and asked for an amplification of a statement contained in the Leuisville & Nash- ville brief which seemed at variance with testimony, Mr., Bruce repiied with a 4,000-werd letter. It set forth the judge's guestions and answered eaeh’in detafl and at length, Mr, Bruce admitted that his letter was an argument, a kind ef brief, and that so far as he knew it was net subs mitted to epposing counsel, An Unusual Proceeding, Representative Webh asked Mr. ad ever known a judge b infusmation befare, ta AMr. Bruce said he hud knowa of judges ask for wh pousulied couusel, "Waus {lis uot au unusual proceed- b ientnime. e 1‘.2\{.:?.\41@ e Buubt): ko ¢fl5g};\=4(3§\‘-;x“n:‘::§xml" answered { i Ohlo jeain loft the tracks 4n iroad i i 5 ¢ tanight, conductor, Danicl - Bdwards, s prabably fatally burned and | thiee uther members of the crow wers rane southern section of this pverturned and erushed to McCultem, the enwi- the railroad- atforney. The Massachusetts Homestead Bill has heen declared uucenstitutional on the ground that it propeses using pub- lic meney for privats purposes, Lanihan was ccnv!nced.l 9 year old daughter, who was consid- ered mentally deficient. Woman's Daughter Fesble Minded. Dr. Walter E. Fernald, superintend- ent of the school for feeble minded, where his daughter is now confined, told the council that he belleves the child is defective mentally. He was the only person, aside from the attor- neys, to appear at the hearing, the Condensed Telegrams The Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers yesterday adopted a pension plan for members of the order, Betting on the Curb in New York is even money that Roosevelt will be nominated on the republican. ticket, The Massachusetts Senate Rejected a bill establishing a state board of public- utilities. Williame Marsters, 14, of Wellston, ., was killed when giant blasting powder in his pocket exploded. Tim Hurst, the Baseball Umpire and boxing referee, is dying at his home in Bellpert, L. I, of pneumonia. A Convict in the Western Peniten- tiary of Pennsylvania made a table containing 85,000 pieces of wood. Joseph Nojedly of Pittsburgh was fined 6 1-4 cents and costs, and sen- tenced to 30 days in jail for beating his mother-in-law and his wife. George E, Foss, father of Gov. Bu- gene N. Foss and Coneressman George mund Foss of Ilinofs, is dangerous- ly ill at his home in Jamaica Plain. The Redivision of Massachusetts in- to sixteen congressional districts be- came a law yesterday with the appro- bation of Governor Foss. Dr. E. M, Norwood, who at the out- break of the civil war was a famous surgeon in New York city, dled at his heme at Lexington, Ky., yesterday. Curtis Guild, Jr, American ambas- sador to Russla, talked with President Taft yesterday about diplomatic affairs in Russta, the orient and the near east. Samuel Izen, a Leper, who recently escaped from quarantine at Ann Ar- bor, Mich,, probably is on his way (o his old home In Russia. The Engagement of Miss Adel Florence, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, S, Z. Poli of New Haven, to Thomas Francis McLaughlin, Jr.,, of Boston, is announced. . na An American Flag Which Went through the civil war and hung over the White house when Lincoln was president, will fly over the city hall in New York today Three Carloads of lllinois Delegates kho have been instructed to vote for Colonel Roosevelt, will be his gue: at Sagamore HIll on Saturday after- noon, Because of Losses by Explosions at- tributed to the Black Hand, insurance companies aré* canceling policies in Italian centers in Chicago, and refus- ing further risks. By a Vote of 35 to 34, the senate vesterday voted down an amendment to the metal tariff bill placing a largs number of farming implements on the free Jist. The Senate Yesterday Passed unani- mously the bill appropriating $150,000 for the government's participation in ;}91;3 peace jubilee at Gettysburg- in The Western Union Girls in New York did not go out on strike as expected because of the company’s order forbidding low necked shirt- ;vamzL They simply ignored the or- er. Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth, who once lowered Theodore Roosevelt's horse- back record for one day, has won new laurels by beating two army offic in a 900-mile ride from Washington to Rochester, N, Y. Miss Helen Bean of Melrose, Mass., aged about 20 years, was instantly killed at Manchester, Mass., yesterday afternoon when an automobile In which she was riding, plunged over a CHff on to the rocks 15 feet below. The Senate Yesterday by 37 to 27 agreed to an amendment to the metal tarift revision bill, so as to repeal the Canadian reciprocity law and to pro- vide a duty of 32 per ton on print paper, More Than a Million Dollars from the estate of the late Orlando S, John- son, a veteran coal operator, who died in New York last Friday, will be used to found a manual training school for the boys and girls of Scranton, Pa. The Japanese Government has re- duced the duty on rice to a minimum of 40 sen per one hundred pounds. This is the most sweeping reduction in the history of Japan and was made in or- der to relieve the suffering caused by the shortage of last vear's crop. council having voted not to admit wit- nesses testifying -on sentimental grounds alone or merely because op- posed to capital punishment. In behalf of Mascioli the plea was made that the evidence did not war- rant his conviction of first degree mur- der. Attorney General Swift and District Attorney _ Barker of Norfolk county opposed the petitions for clemency, de- claring that they believed the accused guilty. CONSTABLE FLED AT SIGHT OF REVOLVER Waterbury Man Escapes from Officer and Four Lawyers. ‘Waterbury, May 29.—Four attorneys and a constable were held up at the point of a revolver by Edward Hoar in the Odd Fellows' block in this city at 8.50 o'clock tonight, and the whole building thrown Into an uproar by the man, who escaped after threatening to shoot anyone who attempted to stop him. Hoar had been arrested on a body writ issued by Assistant Cor- poration Counsel E. B. Rellley, Jr., and was in the lawyer's office in charge of Constable Thomas F, Me- Grath when the aitorney asked the woman who had made the complaint against Hoar to hold up her rght hand to be sworn, As she did sq, Hoar drew a revolver and, pointing it at the greup, sheuted: “Everybedy throw up_their hands.” The constable fled and Hoar escaped frem the attorney, whe had grappled with him, As he Fan thvough the xm.llwn.i, Attarney Miles ¥, McNift epened his door fo see what Was going en and Hear pointed {he gun at him and drove him back jnto the affice, where McNiff jumped {breugh 4 windew en te a reof. Attorneys Neonan and T, B, Ragers, whe webe in the efice; were comumanded e sit where they were, and Hour backed oul the doan, still covariug them with the revalver. Al- thongh the police wefe pramptiy noti- fied, they were unable Lo locate him a midnight, Floeds Drown 80. Londan, May 30.~A despatch fram Buadpest says that §9 persons have been drowned by the Peods in seuth- “eastern Humgary, e i More Than 300 Residents of Mont- clair have entered protest against pay- ing from 75 cents to $1.50 for having municipal emploves clean the snow off their walks. The “kicks” are coming in now because the bills have just been presented, Prize Awards Announced at the an- nual commencement exercises of the Hartford Theological seminary yester- day included: In Hebrew, Ralph Rouse, 1914, Arlington, Mass.; fellow ship prize, George E. Wolfe, 1912, An- vile, Pa. Jewelry Valued at $12,000, which was stolen from the Monument Reach summer homes of George P. Gardner and James Jackson of Boston and Fred F. Fleld of Brockton, has been fcund, A workman's shovel uncovered a lard pail containing the plunder. Pembroke W. Pitt, (e grain broker, charged In Baltimore with swindling the amount of $300,000 by means of falge warehouse receipts, was brought back from Europe vesterday on board the steamer Carpathia, by Detective Charles A. Kobler of the Baltimore police, The Connecticut Bank Commis- sloners have ruled that the part of the statutes reading “The valuation of said city for the purposes of taxation,” means the sum at which the property is assessed, and that, therefore, the bonds of the city of Omaha are not a legal investment for savings banks of this state. The Will of Mrs, Henry O. Hotchklss of Deep River, filed for prebate at Madison, Conn., disposes of an estate estimated at about $600,000, A daugh- ter, Marie O. Hotchkiss, is given a lite use of the estate and at her death It i8 to revert to the Sheftleld scientifie scheol to incresse the saluries of fessors, Woman Murders Her Parameur, Lanstag, Mich., May 29 -Juliy Lind- ley, lust night shiot and killed Edward Hallen in their apparonents in this city. The two came here from Janes- ville, Wi several months ago. The woman confessed that she shot Hal- len when he tald her vestarday that Government Can Restore Havana, May 29 -The capital still awaits with keenest expectancy news of decisive fighting in the western sec- tion of Oriente province, where the national and insurgent forces have been face to face for several days. Up to the present there have beeh only a few trifling skirmishes by the out- posts, occasional raide by the rebels upon small towns and confirmation has been received of previous reports that some small squads of rurales have been captured. Official Statement by Gomez. In the meantime President Gomez has deemed it expedient to make an official statement with respect to the situation as the government views it and has issued a proclamation in which he says: “A group of men belonging to the colored race have risen in arms, and although the movement started in va- rious parts of the republic, it now ex ists_only in Oriente, having bee crushed elsewhere, thanks to the valor and efficiency of the regulars and ru- rales, The rebellion now consists of a_misled uprising under the direction of persons desirous of gratifying their personal political ambitions. Many Loyal Colored Citizens. “That the great majority of the colored race_repudiates the uprising and remains loyal to the government is proof that it is untrue that the whites and blacks are now standing in an at- tude of hostility. ny thousand colored citizens bitterly denounce the uprising and are anxious to lend sup- port to the govérnment. Among the troops now facing the enemy, blacks and whites march shoulder to should- er like brothers, Government Will Restore Order. “Reduced as the rebellion is a small part of Oriente, the government, backed as it is by sufficient military forces and the strength of popular sup- — ‘ WHITES AND BLAGKS INTHE RANKS PRICE_TWO President Gomez Says They March Shoulder to Shoulder Like Brothers Against Cuban Rebels j SAYS MAJORITY OF COLORED RACE ARE LOYAL - Official Statement by Cuban Executive Indicates Confidenca Order—Rebels Split Up Inte Small Bands, Engage in Raiding Expeditions and Des« troy Property—Criminal Characters Begin Robbing. 4 port, will proceed with the utmest em+ ergy to comply with its national and international obligations to completely, restore order.” ROBBERY AND PLUNDER. al Characters Taking Advantagd of the Situation in Cub ‘Washington, May 29—Desultory and destructive guerilla warfare Is ex< pected to follow the mobilization of Cuban government troops In Guanta« namo where the negro revolt is strong+ est, according to meagre advices re« ceived at the state department todaye American consular officers in the dis+ affocted district expressed the opinion that the evident determination of the rebals to avold a pitched battle would force an extended campalgn befors the overnment troops can uvcu;mlu. ofinite results. Today's despatehes though they show the situation is un= changed, Indicate that serious damage to forelgn property may be expected. The insurrectos are reported to have broken up into small, rapidly moviog bands, conducting raids of destructiom The situation 1s beginning to re= semble that existing in Mexico in the early stages of the revolution In that the crimizal characters who are found in every community are beginniug 1o take advantage of the disturbed com= ditlons for organized robbery and plunder, As for the real rebels the government military leaders appear ta have reached the conclusion that they' will not stand up in a pitched batties Therefore the government leaders ind stead of attempting to surround the rebels are dividing their forces inte small units to guard fo Evidence of this purpos day when forty rural guardsmen were ordered to proceed to Daiquiri to pro= tect the property the Spenishe American Iron company. Cril -ROSTRON HONORED BY TITANIC SURVIVORS. Presented Loving Cup and Membars of Crew Get Mesals. New York, May o Henry Rostron of the Cunard liner Carpathi the Titanic rescue ship— recefved today a silver loving cut, in- scribed with declarations of thanks, from a committee of survivors of the Ereatest sea disaster. Serious speech- making and thanks for every one aboard the Carpathia was the order of the day. Three hundred and twen- ty medals were presented—gold and silver one for the officers, stewards. and engineers, and bronze for every member of the crew. While honors were being showered on Rostron word ame from Boston that the California —the ship that ignored the Titanic's distress signals—had arrived at_that port without Capt. Stanley Lord, whose failure to aid the sinking ves- sel was severely criticised in the Sen- ate Committee's report. Clad in blue naval uniform, decorat- ed with a medal of the Legion of Honor and a trooper’s medal for serv- ice in the South African war, Capt. Rostron stood at the head of his men, and received what he said was “an- honor to the ship of which I happen to be captain ,an honor to the crew, and an honor to the whole line” Carpathia’s crew was mustered on deck and marched to the saloon, where the ceremonies took place. Rostron was surrounded by his executive of- ficers, while Frederick® K. Seward, chairman of the survivors' committee ain Arthur STRIKEBREAKERS SERVE DINNER AT WALDORF, Waiters and Cooks at Four New Yerk Hotels Join Strike. New York, May 20.—The first seri« ous strike which New York hotels have experienced red toni¥bt when the walters walked out of the Waldorf~ Astoria, the Gotham, the Ereslin and Rector's, in the midst of the eveulng dinner 'hours, leaving hundreds of hungry patrons in the Jurch. Approx= imately 800 waiters and cooks from these four well known hotels went simultaneously on strike and, with those who had jolned previous sirikes at the Belmont, the Knickerbocker and Churchills, make a total of over 1300 who have actively participated in the fight for higher wages and Delier working conditions. The hotel managements, as repre= sented by the Hotel association, practically surrendered to meost these demands before tonight's strikes began, but witnout recognition of the new International Hotel Workers® union, which claims to have enlisted & membership of 12,000 hotel amployes here during the past few weeks. The strikes were in demand for recogmi- tion of the union as well as for the increased wages. Manned by a skeleton crew, the Wal« dorf managed tonight to serve most of its patroms, but not without delays, confusion and general embarrassment, It was estimated that 1,500 would-be diners were at tables in the various rooms there when the strike was call~ ed by the prearranged signal of whis- made the presentation address. KNOCKED FROM DOUBLE RUNNING BOARD OF CAR. Conductor Wilmot of Bridgeport Dies of His Injuries. Bridgeport, Conn., May 20.—C. . Wilmot, aged 23, a conductor employed by the Connecticut company, knocked from the running board of a trolley car tonight on Noble avenue and received injuries which later caused his death at the Bridgeport hospital. The immediate cause death was concussion of the brain. Wilmot was single and lived with his mother at 72 Beardsley street. The trolley car of which Wilmot was con- ductor was one of the new types, equipped with double running board: PRESIDENT MELLEN MAKES PROTEST AGAINST BILL. Says Railroad Control of Steamships Insures Lower Rates. Washington, May 20— President Charles S. Mellen of the New York, New Haven and Hartford raliroad be- fore the senate committee on intor- oceanic canals, vigorously opposed the proposed prohibition against rallroad owned ships using the Panama canal. 1t would work disaster to New Eng- land business interests, he uatd, and he averred that the 'railroad - had service to southern ports England manufacturers chants, for and mer- DANCE HALLS CAUSE Says Baptist Report. was of brought control of several steamship companies to insure low rates und gt New YOUNG GIRLS' DOWNFALL. Greatest Contributor to Thelr Ruin, tles. Between 400 and 500 men walk~ ed out without disorder, leaving pa= trons astounded; but the management bhad made preparations for the emer gency, and promptly marched (nto the main dining rooms 150 strikebrenkers who had been lodged st the hotel for fomea the Joos of measly 106 cooks, was fered the loss of y w! manned with a sufficlent mnfi-’! of substitutes to supply current demands, o oF saste 10 oAb of numbers guests - :m'nm places. Extra forces of de- tectives and police were stationed about the hotel and preventsd serious disturbances, The Gotham, the Bres- Hn and Rector's managements took stmilar precautions so far as polies protection went, but they had mno strikebreakers ready for the zmm and hundreds of guewts wers Snnerless. At the Bresiin 175 patrons, left unserved, went to restavrants for their meal bafore the small force of strikebreakers arrived. Thers werd Tt o Tt o oe closel, ms had to be cf d‘l‘h‘ gw where 200 mes went on strike Monday night, had been obliged to keep its dining room closed for the past two days, but 150 strfke- Dreakers were enlisted tonight and some of the restauralits were reopen- e have. recornal the strikers and all have there, while the strike at the Helmost sporadic and small and compaP- :t::dy little inconvenience Was caus- - ed. At its meeeting today the Flotel as~ soclation unamimously voted to In- crease the wages of all employes 20 per cent. and upwards. to abofish fines end make other improvemenis im conditions, but it was empha. stved the action was taken irre- spective of strikes and without recog« nition of the umion. Yale's “Bottle Night Spree” P New Haven, Conn, May 28— students tonight revived a custom that . Des Molnes, lawa, May 20— That the publo dance halls of America are the greatest conteibutor to the dewn- fall of young girls was s statement made In the report of the soclal ser- vive eommiltes submitted at the clos- ing session of he northern Baptist eonvention lunight U many cittes we halls ure win with few restriotions and with little or ne supervision,” sayg the veport, “No wonder they have bacome pub- lic_plagues in many of our cities. “Ta Spirttualize Democract.” wag the subject of an address tonigit hy had grown to be more or less anclent history, known un a “Hotte Night :m Botlles wero (hrown from in dormtories and there was -uaur in the vielnity of the campus. filed with waste “‘tfil and thrown ‘Were and Yy semeons find that the . were n- he intended to %o to Rockford, liL, and doin his wife ard ehild S Trr. Herbert J. White uf Hartford, Conn, g