Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 17, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV—NO. 172 NORWICH, CONN. WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1912 The Bulltin's Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proport.« to the City's Population ROOSEVELT TO STUMP CONNECTICUT Announcement Made at Meeting of Progressive Party Promoters at Hartford 7 NORWICH REPRESENTED BY G. WARREN DAVIS New Party to Hold State Convention at New Haven This Month-——Herbert Knox Smith Resigns as Commission- er of Corporations to Follow Roosevelt—Congressman Underwood and Governor Wilson Have Love Feast. Hartford, Conn., July 16—A new po- Ntical party was born here this af- ternoon, More than one hundred cit- fxene representing the varlous sections of the state and all supporters of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, voted unanimously to held a state convention in the Hyperion Theatre, New Haven, July 30 ,and there nominate presiden- tial electors and a full state ticket. It was an enthusiastic informal gathering, the attendance béing great- ]y In excess of what was ‘anticipated. President Flavel 8 Luther of Trinity college presided, and among those present were represeatatives of the to- bacce growers, the state agricultural association and labor organizations. G. Warren Davis Present. New Haven wes represented by Dr. Eimar E. Croft, Dr, L. W. Bacon, Dr. E. 1. Meclntosh, A, L. Wiiliams, Prof. Yandel Henderson, ex-Senator F. S. Butterworth, Dr. E. W. Butler, Dr. L. limauro. West Haven was represent- ed by Alderman Keyes: East Haven by F. M, Buck; Stratford by Rey. E. C. Carpenter, Dr. R. A. Curtis, Frank D. Samiss and N. D. Russell; Norwich by G. Warren Davis; Avon by Sena- tor Joseph W. Alsop; New Canaan, Senator Silliman; Wallingford by S. L. Leighton; Woodbridge, Prof. J. C. Wetzell, Hamden, W. H. Avis; Wood- mont, D. W. Howe; Bast Granby, C. W. Zymour: Hartford, President F. S. Luther, B, W. Smith, H. H. Whaples, E. M. Roszelle, 8ol Sothenheimer, H. P. Smith, John Taylor, W. S. Gard, S. B. Thomas; Bridgeport, J. A. Rystling, Jr.. C. F. Sleman, E. B. Barnes; Clark- ville, F. B. Griffin. Tariffville, M. F. |’|lcy Suffield, William Pinney; Bris- tol, y, E. ex L A J. Harper; West Hartford, F. E. Duffy; Meriden, Rev. Dr. Woodson. Promoters Came In Autos. The enthusiasta came chiefly in an- tomobiles and the street in front of the residence of E. W. Smith, who opened his home to the meeting, was lined on both sides by machines. ferworth, when tha meeting opened, said it was called to obtain a commit- tes of a temporary character to carry out the movement in Connecticut. Senator Alsop read a resolution which provides for the prospective meeting to be held in New Haven and which also carrfes a declaration of principles. New Haven Not Very Promising. Senator Butterworth, before the res- olution was adopted, asked for an ex- pression of the feeling from different parts of the state. Hu was asked to Apeak for New Haven first. In re- ply he said that city was not one of the most promising looking places for the third party movement, but the real voice of the people had not found ex- pression. He firmly beliaved, however, that the third party ticket will win in New Haven over both Taft and Wil- #on. Rev. Dr. Woodson of Meriden #aid there was considerable Rooseveit sentiment in his city, but 1t was not on the surface for various reasons. One was because there are some bosses in Meriden who are making strong but | quiet and deadly efforts to suppress the Roosevelt movement. He said the Italians there were all Roosevelt men. Roosevelt to Stump Connecticut. Mr. Towne of Bridgeport said there was enthusiasm among the progressives there and that Bridgeport is ripe for a progressive party. from New Haven asked for an expres- sion of opinfon regarding the placing of a state ticket in the fleld, and a mo- tion to that effect was carried unani- mously. When Senator Alsop sald that Theodore Roosevalt «had agreed to stump Connecticut there were cheers and applause. The chair was authorized to appoint & temporary committee of two from each congressional district to proceed with the organizing of the new party and to commence at once. It iz ex- pacted that fourteen delegates wili be sent from this state to the national renvention. TO JOIN NEW PARTY, Commissioner of Corporations Smith Tenders Resignation. Washington, July 16— Herbert Knox Emith today resigned as commissioner | of corporations to join the forces of Theodore Roosevelt and the new pro- gressive party. He will be succeeded in all probability by Luther Conant, Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y, the present deputy commissioner of corporations, wko is described as a distinctly ad- ministration exponent. will become effective on the close business, Thursday, July 18. Mr. Smith will go to New York for a conference with Colonel Roosevelt on Friday when his political plans will be mapped out. He will probably take en active part in thé campaign, dis- cussing corporations with particular reference to the Sherman anti-trust law. He admitted today that he ad- vised the former president of his con- templated action and tentatively dis- cussed the future at his conference with Mr. Roosevelt at Oyster bay last week, which gave rise to rumors then that he would withdraw his alleglance to President Taft. Mr. Smith declined to discuss his official relations with President Taft although he added his silence was not necessarily to be interpreted as mean- ing he had been restricted through a disagreement of Ideas. A | friend of Mr. by Bmith was a mem- of the “tennis cabinet” during the His friends that comm’ v was dlx- oyer- the puoslleation during r‘mtlon edmpalgn of the International liarvesier correspend- ence in which Mr, Emith's letters to President Roosevelt advising the prosecution of the eerperation under the Sherman law at that time figured prominently, In “his 'mm of resignation Mr, Bmith frankly adviegd President Taft of hie intention tn foin the new party He sald “I have the honer o offer hereby resignation as of =,uwn.u the ot of Senator But- ! A representative | commerce and labor, to take effect at the close of business July 18, 1912. “I do so because I intend to support the progressive party and the new progressive party. That movement in- cludes the principles that I believe in and that 1 have earnestly tried to further so far as I could during my term of federal service, “I feel that the new party represents these principles more directly and with more promise and power of per- formance than either the republican or democratic parties. “I trust that you will pardon this expression of my personal views; it seems only courteous that I state to vou the reasons for my action. “I wish to retire from office as soon as practicable, and I believe that by July 18 I can close up my official work as to leave the bureau with no sub- stantial lapse in its operations.” Mr. Smith is a resident of Hartford, Conn., where he practiced law and be- came a member of * the house of representatives for one term. He succeeded James R. Garfleld as commissioner of corporations in 1907. Mr. Conant, horn in Acton, Mass., 39 years ago, was connected with the New York Jo nal of Commerce and Commercial Bl etin for years. COLONEL NOT SURPRISED. Mr. Smith Had Told ,Him He Could Not Keep Out of Fight. Oyster Bay, Y., July 16.—When Colonel Roosevelt was informed of the resignation of Herbert Knhox Smith, he said that the commissioner, who vis- ited him last week at Sagamore Hill, had told him it was his intention to give up hfs position and enlist in the new party’s fight, which the ex-presi- dent is leading. “Mr. Smith told me,” said Colonel Roosevelt, “that he could not keep out of the fight. I asked him to go home and think it over, and to remember that if he went with us it might be to his own hurt. This {s & crusader's fight and I feel that no man should g0 with us unless he has the fire burned into his soul. Mr. Smith said he had to come. “The commissioner feels that there is little hope of true progress in the adjustment of the relations between the government and the great corpo- rations through either of the two old parties. He said he regarded the plank in the democratic platform on the trusts as preposterously reaction- ary. It is pure retrogression. Some deluded people are pleased to call it advanea.” Colonel Roosevelt said shat Mr. Smith would take an active part in buliding up the organization of the third party In his home state of Con- nectieut. “He has been more of an adminis- trator’ than a political worker,” said the Colonel, “and has not taken mich part in affairs in Connecticut, because he has been out of sympathy with the Brandegee-Bulkeley machine, “Wi'l Mr, Smith take the stump out- side of his own atute?” Colonel Roose- velt was asked. “Oh, yes, 1 believe he will,”" he re- plied. “He will go the whole way with us.” THE PIPE OF PEACE. Underwood and Wilson Smske it at Trenton Country Club. Trenton, N. J., July 16.—Oscar W, Underwood, leader of the democratic majority in the house of representa- tives, talked politics for twe hours and a half today with Woodrow Wil. son at the country club, Mr, Under- wood came up from Washington by train and the governor motored ever from Spring Laie. They shook hands for the first time in the New Jersey state house. The brief acquaintance apparently resulted in a strong mutual attachment, for when they parted Mr, Connecticut Cabled Paragraphs Dockers’ Strike Ended. Liverpool, Eng., July 18.—A mass meeting of the striking dockers held this afternoon decided to resume work tomorrow. Epidemic of Drownings. Cologne, Germany, July 16.—No few- er than 22 persons have been drowned during the past two days in the Rhine 4 below this city, while bathing. Their deaths are attributed to the extreme heat. Buffalo s Aviator. Paris, July 1§.—Hubert Latham, the famous Anglo-French airman, and one of the ploneers of heavier-than-air aviation, was killed by a wild buffalo vesterday during a hunt in the French Sudan. Italian Spy Poisoned Wells. London, July 16.—The Turkish em- bassy here states on the authority of the Turkish commander at Tripoli that an Itallan spy captured at Zoara with a bottle of poison in his possession has confessed that he was despatched to Tripoli with instruetions to poison the wells. Barney Recover. Bourg-en-Bresse, France, July 16— Miss Natalie Clifford Barney of Wash- ington, who was hurt in an automo- DPile accident last evening near here, is suffering from many contusions. which, however, are not dangerous. Miss Yardley, aged 25, sustained a fractured skull, and her conditlon is critical. King Saves General’s Life. Pamplona, Spain, July 16.—King Al- fonso today prevented wh#t might have been a fatal accident. As he was leaving the cathedral a general’s horse bolted, throwing the rider and drag- ging him along the ground. The king sprang from his carriage, caught the horse and extricated the fallen general. He was roundly cheered by the popu- lace, Duplicate of Rhodes Schofarship. London, July 16.—At a luncheon of the American Women's soclety In London today Dr. George Parkin, or- ganizing representative of the Rhodes scholarship trust, said he had ap- proached J. Plerpont Morgan, Andrew Carnegie and other wealthy Ameri- cans with a plan for duplicating the Rhodes scholarship in such a way that English students could be sent to American universities. ARCHBALD IMPEACHMENT MAY GO OVER UNTIL FALL. Accused Judge to Appear Before the Senate on Friday. Washington, July 16.—The trial of Judge Robert W. Archbald of the com- merce court, accused of misbehavior by alleged acceptance of credit and favors from litigants before his court, got under way today. The senate was sworn in as a court of impeachment and a summons for | the accused judge, calling him to its bar on Juiy 19. was issued. Judge Archbald is in Scranton. The sergeant at arms of the senate will serve him there, probably tomorrow. At 12.30 o’clock Friday the court of impeachment will reconvene with the accused jurist present, and determine if the trial shall proceed at once or g0 over until fall, perhaps to a special session in November. Members of the senate have consult- ed with the judge and his counsel and are prepared to meet their wishes to have the trial go over umtil rall. The house managers, who appear as prosecutors, will oppose such a con- tinuance, and several members of the senate are prepared to urge speedy action. The managers of the senate will settle the gquestion and will agrea, it is believed, to receas of the court until early in November. If a recess is not taken a special session of con- gress probably will be asked. Attended with the solemnity which marks an occasion where a federal of- ficer {8 called to account for ‘high crimes and misdemeanors” against the government, the senate converted itself today Into “ a high court for the trial of impeachment.” ’ Henry D. Clayton of Alabama, chair. man of the house committes of Im- peachment managers, read the desmand for a summons for the judge, “We as managers of the house of representatives demand that a process be issued for Robert W, Archbald,” sald Judge Clayton, “and that he be required to appear at the bar of the senate and answer the articles of im- peachment.” lLess than an hour was taken up with the organization of the court of impeachment and the adop- tion of the formal orders for the ap- pearance of defendant and witnesses. The trial of Judge Archbald for al- leged connection’ with business deals in which it is charged he appeared as Underwood couldn't say too many | the beneficlary of favors from rafl- Kind thing: out the nominee, and |roads having litigation before his Governor Wilson said he had been de- | court 1s the first impeachment case lighted by the visit. They talked of many things, of the coming campaign, of the legislation be- fora the house, of Mr. Underwood’s warm proffer of his services and of the | where hoth | University of Virginia, were students, although at different periods. After luncheon Mr. Under- wood was whisked back in an auto- mobile to an anxious group of report- ers at the state house. he could not discuss for what he and Mr. Wilson about. ublication d talked “And now as to your personal plans | in this campaign?” he was asked. The change ' “Of course 1 am compelled to stay in the house until it adjourns. I want a couple of weeks rest, then I expect to offer my services to wherg they want ma to go,” sald: ‘I think Governor Wilson i a great leader of men. I do not have any doubt in my mind that he is going to be elected president of the United States. I belleve-that his administra- tion will live up to every promise of I don’t think I ever saw the the party, democratic party more united and in & better condition to win a victory than it 1s today, On the other hand, I never saw the republican party more demor- akzed and I think our opponents even feel themselves that they are on los< ing ground,” Concerning his own candidacy for the democratic nomination, Mr; Under- wood said; “When we pulled down our banners there were no #ore spots left, Wo fight for « Mag, Instanee,” Mpy, Underwond was taken (o the stas tlon by the governor's secretary, whem te wait for a prain, alone and unrecog- An Individual 1 eimply an nised exeepl by a single reporter, The house leader sat down in the crowded station next 0 a pertly man who was mopping his brew with a handkerchief, “‘Het a6 blages, isn’t it?” asked the leader’s perspiring neighber. "It certainly is,” Mr. Underweed agreed, . “Must be pretty het dewn seuth’ “Oh, | don't {Bink se,” replied Mr,' gelf” He said that After that | the | democratic natfonal committee and go | | Of Governor Wilson as a leader he; te < bude Eoodbye us he sal down before the senate since Judge Swavne of Florida was tried In 1905, Judge Swayne was acquitted. Arrested for Connors Mupder. Naugatuck, Conn.. July 16.40n sus- picion of being Nathan Schwartz, wanted for the murder of Julia Con- nors of New York city, the police to- night arrested a young man who gave his name as Victor Lezoll of No. 1339 Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn, N, Y. It is said that he resembles the missing man. Lezoll has been here a week looking for emplovment. He says he has no knowledge of the murder. The New York polica have been notified. Fight Over Mrs. Schiey's Pension. Washington, July 16.—A sharp fight between the senate and houss was forecasted today when the house in- sisted that the pension voted to the widow of Rear Admiral Schley be §75 a month. The genate voted Mrs. Schiey $150. Underwood. ‘T live in Alabama and I believe it's hotter here than thers.” “So you live in Alabama,” sald the fat man. “What do your folks think of Wilson " “They think he will be the next president of the United States.” “They must feel pretty sore about that fellow Underwood losing, don't e stranger. ot at all” Mr. Underwood re- plied. “They will get out and figh for Wilsdn% I know Mr. Underwood personally and I can tell you truth- fully that he is going to do g1l he can to help the governor-win,” “Well, that's great;-Um glad to bear you talk that way," responded I sfranger, They talled & fow moments more and Mr. Underwood’s train wek announced, “Well, so long," sald the fat man, “My name's rier, gir, Winfield Seott Parker of Long Braneh, I'm glad to have mel yeu, sir.” “And my mame is U'nderweed,” the heuse leader said, shaking the preffer- ed hand, ‘Oscar Underweed, 1 used to be a eampetiter of the governer my- Resolution of -Hebfie_ to Taft SIX REPUBLICANS VOTE WITH THE DEMOCRATS. SENATORS ON WARPATH Indirectly Accuse President of Invad- ing Their Rights and Using Influ- ence of His Office in Lorimer Case. Washington, July 16.—The senate today Indirectly rebuked President | Taft for his course in connection with the Lorimer case. Once blocked from a vote by the Archbald impeachment proceedings, a resolution, battle-scar- red in a protracted, bitter debate, finally was adopted, 35 to 23, denounc- ing “any attempt on the part of a president” to exercise the power of his office to influence a vote on questions within the senate’'s exclusive jurisdic- tion. The resolution was originally framed by Senator Bailey, who had ar- raigned President Taft, asserting that he had been “officious and meddlesome™” in endeavoring to line up regular re- blican senators in the Lorimer case. Text of .Resolution. The resolution as adopted read: “Résolved, That any attempt on the part of a president of the United States to exercise the powers and in- fluence of his great office for the pur- pose of controlling the vote of any sen- ator upon a question invelving a right to a seat in the senate, or upon any other matter within the exclusive jur- isdiction of the senate, would violale the spirit if not the letter of the con- stitution and invade the rights of the genate.” Demoorats Solid for Resolution. Not a democrat voted against the resolution. Six republicans voted for it: Senators Bourne, Clapp, Fall, Gal- linger, McCumber and Works. Those republicans who voted against the resolution were Borah, Brandegee, Bristow, Burnham, Burton, Catron, Crawford, Cummins, Dupont, Gronna, Jones, Kenyon, Massey, McLean, Nel- son, Oliver, Page, Perkins, Root, Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Sutherland and Townsend. Senator Bailey Denounces Taft. Senator Bailey introduced the resolu- tion, denounced the course of Presi- dent Taft as described in a letter the president wrote Colonel Roosevelt on Jan. 6, 1910, which the president made public in a recent speech during the Massachusetts primary. The original resolution was directed at presidential influence on votes upon the right of senators to retain their seats. When Benator Bailey concluded he accepted an‘amendment offered by Senator Mec- Cumber striking out words of -con= demnation from the resolution and ex- tending it to other matters within the exclusive jurisdiction of the senate. He also accepted an amendment by Senator Heyburn to insert the word “would” so as to make the resolution more impersonal. FAVOR DISSOLUTION OF THE STEEL TRUST. Both Reports of Stanley Committee Agree in This Respect. ‘Washington, July 16—Although it is assured that the Stanley committee's long investigation of the so-called steel trust will result in at least two reports to congress—one by the re- publicans ang the other by the demo- crats of the committee—it was disclos- ed today that both sides will agree to recommend that the United States Steel corporation be dissolved and endorse the anti-trust suit the gov- ernment is prosecuting against it. The minority report will agree with the majority report that the corpora- tion 1s in contravention of the Sher- man law. The minority, however, will not sign the majority report which will contain suggestions for remedial legislation. The majority will pro- pose one set of bills to meet the sit- uation disclosed by the investigation and the minority will propose another. | DRAWN UNDER WHEELS ! BY SUCTION OF TRAIN. | | Milford Octogenarian Instantly Kitled | at Railroad Station. Milford, Conn, July 16.—Michael Bruder, aged 80, was struck by a west- | bound express this afterncon and in- | stantly killed. He was standing upon | the westbound platform and it is pre- sumed the suction of the express caused him to lose his balance, 80 that he fell under the wheels. His | hody was badly mefgled. He is sur- | vived by a daughter and several | grandchildren, | sEND LECTURERS TO FARMERS. Special Train Sent Out Through the South’s Agricultural Regions. ‘Washington, July 16.—With an elab- orately equipped agricultural train, ac- companied by lecturers from the Ten- nessee department of agriculture and by thelr own staff of farm experts, the Southern Railway, the Mobile and | | | Ohio railroad and tre Queen and Cres- cent route will during the months of July and August carry the message of | improved agricultural methods to the doors of farmers living along their | lines i{n Tennessee. The train, operated in line with the policy of the Southern Raflway, the Mobile and Ohio rallroad and the Queen and Crescent route to render every encourageément to upbuilding of agricultural conditions in the terri- tory they serve, consists of four coach- es, two flat ears, one dining car, one Arms. palaece stock car and one teurist sleeping ear. Lectures and demonstra- tlons will be eonducted at 65 different ints, The pregramme for each meet- ng will cover a variety of subjeets Interesting to the farmer, and it is ex- pected that large numbers of farmers will take advantage of the tour. ge T P NAVAL MILITIA BREAKS RECORD. California Sailors Expert With 4-Inch : and 3-Pounder Guns. 8. 8. Marblehead, Strait of Fuca, July 15 (by wireless to Seattle, July 18).~The California maval militia at .target practice today broke the world's record, making 55 consecutive hits Wwith the 4-inch guns and 45 comsecu- tive hits with the 8-pounder gun. Wholesale Rat and Fiy Killing, Nerfolk, Va., July 18.—The Norfolk fly kitling eontest to date shows a to- tal of 6,627,000 dead flies turned in by thu{mcmutlng for the prizes. The rat contest is still on, with the heaith department 'paying five cents for emch dead rat ta | $7.17 | ed by Swartz Killed Gonnors Girl FATHER AND SISTER OF YOUTH SO FESTIFY CONFESSED IT TO THEM Harrowing Details of Crime as Re- lated by Sister—Latter Threw Him From House After Hearing Story. New Yor', July 16.—Events moved rapidly today :n the proceedings to fix the responsibility for the brutal murder of 12 year old Julia Connors in the Bronx last week. The father of Na- than Swartz, the young hanger-on of pugilists, 0 has been sought in con- neciion w the crime, admitted to the grand jury that his son had con- fessed to him that he was guilty of killing the girl. Indictment in First Degree. Mrs. Frances Alexander, sister of the vouth, corroborated the statement and gave the jury the first details of the tragedy which has called out all the reserves of the local police for a week past. At the conclusion of a hearing nlled with sensational testimeny the grand jury unanimously voted in fa- vor of an indictment of murder in the first degree. On account of the late hour, the drawing up of the bill was put over until tomorrow. Mrs. Alexander's Story. Alexander's repetition of the f-the crime as she sald her had told it to her was detail- and telling in its revel horror. M Alexander, a to Attorney Nott, told the jury that her brother said he had met Julia Connors on Saturday night and asked- her to take a pair of opera glasses to his home, which is just across the hall from the vacant flat where the murder was committed. The young man said he followed the girl and at the top of the stairs pushed her into the vacant flat and attempted to assault her, Plunged Pocket Knife Into Her. The child screamed, according to the story of Mrs. Alexander, and then Na- than said he plunged his pocket knife into her. She continued to scream, the witness restified, and Nathan stabbed her until she finally fell and then he plunged the knife into her breast near the heart. Then Julia remained still. Then, the witness continued, Nathan went across the hall to his own home and procured the box in whiech the body was found. .He' placed the still Iliving child in this box and after cul- ting off her hair put the box on the dumb wailer and let it slide to the bottem. _ Threw Him Out of Her House. He went to the cellar and took the unconscious girl frem the dumb wait- er and laid her in the cellar. He then went home, Mrs. Alexander sald he told her, and went to sleep. Early the next morning, Sunday, he took the , still alive, into the lot where she found later. Alexander said she threw the vouth out of her house when she heard the tale. He then went to his father's place of business, where he told the same story, according to the father, who corroborated the daugh- ter's testimony. The father says he told the boy to commit suicide. Police Know Where Swartz ls. Other witnesses were called, but thelr testimony was insignificant eom- pared with that offered by Samuel Swartz and his daughter. It was stated today that the police knew where Swartz is and that as soon as the Indictment is flled tomorrow he will be arrested. Despite this, the of- ficlals tomight issued a second circular calling for the arrest of Swartz. RAILROAD ARGUMENT AGAINST WAGE INCREASE. Will Mean an Additicn of $83,000,000 to Operating Expenses. New York, July 16.— ‘Warren S. Stone, chief of the locomotive engineers, com. | pleted the oral presentation of the case of the engine drivers of fifty eastern raflroads Whos are seeking shorter hours and higher pay, before the arbi- tration committee at Manhattan Beach today. B. A. Worthipgton, president of the Chicago and Agxon, the chosen spokesman for the rafiroads involved, later began his argument in reply. Mr. Worthington seid there was no disposition on the part of the rail- roads to make conditions of service for engineers or any other emploves undu- {1y burdensome. He declared that there is no higher class of servica in the world today than that of the enginears. “We have, however, an honest differ- ence of opinion with these men,” he continued. “The railroad companies involved in this controversy in 1910 employed 27,775 engineers at an an- nual wage of $37,672.689, or an average wage of $1,360 for each engineer. The average yearly compensation received by the enginsers in 1910 was 20 per cent morv than the average Yyearly compensation received by the engineers in 1900. The wage adjustments of 1910 and 1911 gave the engineers fur- ther advaneces in pay, resulting in an annual inerease of $4,044,230. “The engineers now demand a stand- rate of pay upon an increased hasis and certain standard rules which, when applied against the calendar year of 1811, would have increased the en- i ' compensation on all railroads h 4, or 17.7% per cent.” Mr. Worthington said that standard- ization of the wages of engineers which is asked for would have to be follow- adjustments of wages paid to firemen and other railway employes, and that the total increase in the wages of all employes, in the same proportion as the engineers, would amount approximately to $63,000,000. Continuing, Mr. Werthington as- serted that to compel railroads fo pay the same standard rate of wages to en- gineers and other employes that more presperous roads pay would bankrupt meany roads and prevent needed im- provements on others. He was interrupted by Mr. Judson and other members of the arbitration board, who asked if it was a falr argu- ment te assume that all other em- ployes would demand increased wages if the engineers were advanced. Mr, Worthington replied that the firemen and shopmen have already presented demands, and that others were mere- 1y waiting the outcome of the pending case to ask for proportionate 4n- creases. The hearing will e continuned to- MOrTow. Fatal Fall While Chasing Bee. Rochester, N. Y., July 16.-—John J, Helfen, 38 years oid, died teday from injuries received in a fall while chas- ing & bee that had gtung him- Condensed Telegrams Mayor Henry J. Arnold estimates of Sunday's flood at 000. the total damag Denver at 01.003 Beall ‘bill, 95 to 25, prohibitini in cotton futures, after a bitter fight. A Michigan Central Train from New | York to Chicago was ditched near Kalamazoo, Mich., and several persons were injured. Theodore Roosevelt and William Jen- nings Bryan are to be invited to ride at the head of Chicago's civic parade in September. ' Harry Zaierduich of Brooklyn was fined $10 for smoking in a factory, This is one of the first cases under a new smoking law. Robbers Blew Open the Safe in the Metropolitan Ice Cream company in Paterson, N. J., and took $800 in Dbills and small change. i An Automobile Stolen in Brooklyn showed up in Boston. The indicator showed the car had traveled 4,000 miles since leaving home. All Paterson, N. J,, is preparing to welcome Gaston Strrobino, the little Swiss-French-American who finished third in the Olympic Marathon. The Discovery in Arabla of what is believed to be the real Mount Sinai was reported to the Germany Acad- emy of Science by a Damascus scient- ist. Hereafter There Will Be no more ndidate cigars” in Minnesota, ow- ing to the prohibitions in the corrupt practices act passed by the legisla- ture. Mrs. Hetty Green, who is in her 78th year, was baptized on July 18 in the Episcopal faith in order to prepare for confirmation as a member of the church. The Btoock Exchange Has Raised the pay of some of its employes from $5 to $26 a month. Doormen who have been in its employ for 30 or 40 years fared thy best. Foreign Commerce of the United States for the fiscal year 1912 was greater than ever before, new high rec- ords being established for both imports and exports, A Large Barn With Its Contents on the farm of A. J. Fiorian, about two miles out from Thomaston center was burned yesterday, entalling a loss of about $2,000. Anna Hatrim of Newton, N. J. who had some trouble arranging the pil- lows on her bed,found the reason when a flve foot blacksnake popped from under one of them. Joseph Glassa, 8 Years Old, died at the Stamford hospital vestetrday as a result of a fall from a third story porch at his home Monday night. His skull was fractured. Miss Ellen Hayes, professor of as- tronomy and applied mathematics at Wellesley college, is a candidate for secretary of state on the socialist tiok- et in Massachusetts. Governor Joseph M. Carey of Wyom- ing has issued a call for a meeting to be held at Cheyenne July 27 to elect delegates to the Progressive conven- tion in Chicago August Heavy Rains Have Extinguished the forest f{rfls in the Tongue and Black Mountalns near Lake George, N. Y. which had gotten beyond control. About 200 acres were burned. Miss Jennie Crocker, wealthy Cali- fornia heiress, was married at San Mateo, Cal., at noon yesterday to Mal- colm Douglass Whitman of Brookline, M: in St. Mathew's church. Miscreants Opened the Sluice Gates of Laurel Lake dam in New Jersey, and in a night the little lake was drained. It will take years to restore the fish when the lake is refilled. | The Standard Oil Company of Indi- | ana declared a quarterly dividend of | $3 per share, payable August 31, the first dividend since the increase in | capital from $1,000,000 to $30,000,000. The Hartford W. C. T. U. have peti- tioned the county commissioners to | revoka the licenses granted to depart- | ment stores upon the ground that the statutes forbid women to sell liquor. Beocause National Bank FA.i|uru have been frequent recently, Comp- troller of the Currency Murry will in- | crease the number of national bank | examiners In all parts of the coun- try. 2 | August Belmont Yesterday testified | hefore fhe Senate committes investi- gating contributions that he -person- |ally contributed about $230.000 to the democratic national campaign fund In 1904. Mayor Carter Harrison of Thicago has received the thanks of President Taft for the efficient police arrange- Confession in Hands of Police SEVEN ARRESTS 809N FOR ROS- ENTHAL MURDER. THREE ALREADY HELD Gambler Who Disclosed Fartnership Between Police and Gamblers Shot Down—His Widow Blames Polios New York, July 16.—Through the alleged confession of & man under jar- rest, the names of seven men said to have been participants in the sensa- tional killing early today of Herman Rosenthal's charges was not relished by presumably was about to make impor- tant additions-to his recent disclos- ures of alleged partnership between high police officials and members of the gambling fraternity, are believed to be in the hands of the police and additional arrests are expected to fol- low shertly. Threats Made Against Rosenthal. According to District Attorney Whit- man, Rosenthal was about to name gamblers who would be able to cor- roberate his asseverations regarding police colluusion with men of his law- banned calling. That such a raking up in gambling circles and spreading of the scope of Rosenthal's charges was notrelished by men who might come to be involved was apparent, it develops, from talk among members of “inner circles” in the Tenderloin which began as soon as word of Rosenthal's purpose was pass- ed along. Threats were made yester- day, it Is declared, tbat things would fare i1l for Rosenthal if he continued to press his charges. Threat at Poker Party. “If Rosenthal doesn’t quit within the next few days we will ‘get him’' for keeps,” was a remark of a member a poker party on an East Side “asso- clation” outing on Sunday, raported by a man who declares he overheard It to District Attorney Whitmen this af- ternoon. Up to a late hour the police had given no inkling of the man in custody who had given the names of the seven men alleged tg be implicated in the shooting. Durfhg the day three men were arrested in connection with the murder of Rosenthal. Owners of Auto Held. Louls Tibbey, part owner, it is al- leged, of the automobile containing the party of seven men who a litue more than an hour before daylight were driven wp in front of the Hotel Metro- pole and from the members of which came the volley of shots stretched the gambler dead on thé sidewalk ag he stepped from the build- ing, was one of the trio. The police declare they are assured that he was the driver of the motor car and thay have charged him with homicide. His partner In ownership of a garage, Wil- 1lam Shapiro, is another prisoner——held as A material witness. So ls a man whose identity the police have been hiding, under the name of “John Doe." and who was declared to have been in the nelghborhood of the hotel at the time of the shooting. Rosenthal Feared Only Police. Instead of fearing harm at the hands of the gambling fraternity, Rosenthal'# chief dread, it 1s declared, was polica enmity because of his charges against a member of the force. He expressed this fear to the district attorney. “The police will get me because they have a system of always putting im- portant witnesses out of the way. Bet- ter men than I have been put out of the way for daring to squeal on the police,” is a statement attributed to the gambler shortly betore he met his death. Widow Blames Police. Mrs. Sadie Rosenthal, widow of the gambler, in a statement to Distriot Attorney Whitman, put the assassina- tion of her husband squarely up to the police. She said she warned her husband that if he kept an appoint- ment last night he would come to & violent end. She said she had a pre- monition a tragedy would follow such a conference, and she named a police official as one of the men who was to be present. At least two witnesses rurf one or more of the men in mobtle were policemen. Rosenthal's Accusations. Rosenthal sprang suddenly into pub- le notice only last Friday, when he hurlad a bomb into police circles by filing afMdavits charging that the po llca were in league with the gamblers throughout New York, and that every mbling house was heing assessed & xed sum for police protection. Rosenthal had heen for some time, he explained, the propristor of a gam- blln:puublllhmem on West Forty- fifth street, which was olosed on April 15 after a rald hy Pollce Lisutenant eed that he auto- ments carried out at the Coliseum dur- ing the republican national conven- tion. John B. Gleason, one of the lawyers who defended Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White, is about | to institute a new suit against Mrs. | Mary C. Thaw for services rendered | in the defense of her son. | President Taft Sent to the Senate | yesterday the nomigation of Secundino Romero to be United States marshal | for New Mexico, to succeed Crelghton | Foraker, a brother of former Senator | Joseph B. Foraker of Ohlo. A Youth Arrested by the Middle- town police as a suspect in connection with robbery of several stores there, descrfbed himself as John Murray, aged 16, of Providence, R. I, and ad- mitted that he had entered one store, The American Sheet and Tin Plate company, subsidiary of the TUnited States Steel Corporation, vesterday announced an advance of 15 cents per hundred pounds on galvanized sheets and 10 cents per hundred pounds on blank sheets, More than 500 American citizens, to- gether with thelr wives and families, in towns along the Mexican North- western railroad, are threatened with isolation far from the American bor- der with scant means of escaping dep- redations of Mexlcan rebels. The Still Small Voice of consclence, pleading with Americans who in va- rious wave had defrauded the TUnited States government, brought to the fed- eral treasury during the fiscal vear of 1012, juet closed, a total of $§,514, Thie is known as the “congciencs fund.” Becker, head of the so-called “strong arm” squad. This qrilki. Rosenthal declared, fol- lowed a misunderstanding betwesn himself and Becker. The latter, Ros- enthal alleged, was his partner in the profits of the establishment. Alleged Mortgage Loan. Specifically, Rosenthal's affidavits rhl:?d th& Iieutenant Becker had loaned him 31,600 on a chattel mort- gage on furniture in the Forty-fifth street house as a share in the gam- bling business done on those premises, and that Becker's share amounted to 25 per cent. of the profits. Rosenthal's charges were S0 sensa- tional that Commissioner Waldo amd District Attorney Whitman, both of whom were out of town, cut short their vacations, to start an inquiry. Waldo Asked for an Investigation. Commissioner Waldo, after making himself acquainted with the situation yesterday, wrote a formal letter to the district attorney demanding an in- vestigation by that official rather than through his own department. He sald that Rosenthal's accusation was not 8o much a charge of bad discipline in the department, as one of out and out crime, which, If worthy of serique consideration at all, would be ‘worthy of adjudication before a regularly com- stituted criminal tribunal. District Attorney Whjtman forth- with announced that he would begin a formal Investigution today. Brewer Leaps from Ocean Liner. New York, July 16.—Paul Rothmann, & brewer of Grand Rapids, Mich., umped overboard from the steamer iser Wilhelm 1I shortly after she lef. Bremen and was drowned. Ths suicide oceurred the evening of July 10, while the steamer was steaming down the English channel