Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 25, 1912, Page 1

NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1912 Following a Cloudburst THIRTY LITTLE CHILDREN LEFT FATHERLESS' Wives and Children of Victims Gather at Mine and Refuse to Leave Until Efforts Are Made to Rescue Their Loved Ones—Party of 2000 Picnickers Marconed in a Park Be- cause of Overflow of Creeks—75 Families Homeless. ontown, Pa., July 24.—Caught like rats in a trap when water rushed into the manway of Superba coal mine No. ans station, three miles north ntown, this afternoon, following Iburst, men were drowned aped after a most harrowing The men were discovered 000 feet from the mouth of the ieir only avenue of escape. The of the victims were married had large families. The Dead. T Andy Tied; married mith, R. ' G ried; ngle; Andy ;' John Bolltiski, married; At Least One M an un! re Victim. t least one more foreigner, will be »d by other men wen they escaped, refus- them to a place of Idren Left Fatherless. tims had large children are de- nners by one of s that has ever The men who sreed to half swim and h mouth through depth from their ks. The majority of were sent down velocity In the rren Sixty Days to Clear the Mines, en were being: carried back o certain death when r 1 d tonigh by of- 1 Superba_company that it E cast 60 days to clear the mine o and until that time the 1 ™ remain in the water in Superintendent Gives the Alarm. nden ) see the rmore was the high water start He gave the alarm n the outéide rushed Toudly more than halt m, as the marmer o ave sy Wives and Families Frantic milie f the miners mitted, subject to approval of the and 4 - i RUNNING BOARD. | palace’ generals, in order fo express g . \onhaie | Man Arrested for Riding on it Ac. |condolence. ato guarded that n Remain at Min; ks J 3 FOR CHICAGO WRECK. : T prse | would have the practical effect of | - — : 4 BT nulifying - the apommission's order. | Coroner’s Jury Also Censures Railroad : 3 o il be | Steps will be taken by the trolley- ’ Jous > the | men’s union, it 18 understood, to have | | "2t EMploys Her to Do Man's Work. xis' following | U6 order modified or made’legal in | Chicago, IiL, July 24—Censure for 1 2 iy o M A officials and employes of the Chicago, p+ 3 20 Streot rafiv Russell was arrested last Sunday | Burlington and Quincy Railroad comn. s night on complaint of Conductor Gard- | pany and the practive of smploying e Lokt 1 ner in West Haven after he had re- | women in signal towers was conteineg e Los 3 fused to step from the running board | in’the verdit of the coroner's jury at void thejto the steps between nearby _seats |the inquest over the'\13 vietms of the enacir » fhat had been | When 8o ordered by the conductor. |wreck at Western Springs. 3 « day or|Russell demandeq that the conductor | " Among the . emplayes sensured ls tw as_high, | nd him a seat. In giving his declsion | Mrs. Julia Wilcox, operator in the sig. - e waters|Tudge Bryant indicated that he had |pal tower near the wWreck. She was ~ ) the mine pidly b g B (olators 9 he |criticised for not using good judgment & Fommission, but said that |jn handling trains. It developed that minates the only law on the stitute books at|(ners are many . women . working i t the present time, relating to capacity | gizna) towers. The jury holds that this n o 2 min £t of t!‘(fllfl‘)‘ cars, ll(\_(‘s not cover running is men’s work and that women should $ ‘5 board riding, Sald Judge Bryant: |not be placed in such positions or in - A e Utllitles commission order | pogitions wheré coolness and quic « here, b Is to be enforced, and I believe that | J tion is required % caped three, who are pre it should be, then a new law is need- | > s T One Victim Intended to Retire, |12 { 1a ctims are Uniontown | known throughout t and Pierce mon ha de ended 1o Foth and larg One of the & ariver, wh n he realized was rushing in with = to floed the mine the from the cars of ing on the chains was tv_ by the two mules a When it was certain that the 12|T men had perished, the sur sisted on forming a rescuing into the mines, Pe | Arbuckle, the Brooklyn coffeeman, Who Mine Filled With Water. is said fo have paid $40,000 for the F % of ih 3 | Roosevelt. T R e | than £106,000, owing to thé construe. Jessly heir Hves i filled be imy W ™ PITTSBURG FLOODED. Streams in That Vicinity Rising and Pittsburg, July 24.—For the time since last Sunday the Pittsburg | m district was flooded today by one of | the heaviest rains in years. In less then six hours the precipitation was close to three inches. In the adfoining the cit are out ir bunk pts have crippted iran while inestiniable lted in & dg Barky 1oukght tation fa Lisge has small (owns 1 urtle ereci, near here, 4cx pising 14 inches sn wmilfes Woing in the lowiands of ‘Lurtle creek, B and Bast Pittshurg were en. &-svoring to get household goods to »al merchants have moved Jorishibie fouds.tn, second_and (ird n Haymeborough the rising water Large Party Unable to ‘mar- | their lives. places were almost merged in gome districts, Manor Valley and Turtle Creek rail- roads, together with were put out of commission. Over 2,000 persons, including man women and children, are marooned of the hills of Oakford park, where t annual outing of the employes of the Union Supply company from West- | moreland and Fayette countles wa: held today. in Jeannette. be heavy, drowned, erick A, ion of her hull to meet § W. Littleton, Merchants Moving Goods. | Littleton ton procesdings ‘Thomas Jefterson, no action gers and two of tho injred early today when the San Fran- clgen prsmenger trafn No, 8, 10 81, Lovis to Oklahoma points, was ' union passenger station at deralled. drove many familles to the upper por- tlons of their homes. Later a call for help was sent to this city and police Wwere sent to the rescue. Communication with a number Western Pennsylvania towns has been interrupted. TWO THOUSAND MAROONED. Whey They Were Picnicking. Jeannette, Pa., July 24.—A cloudburst flooded miles of territory between herc and Greensburg today. The lowlands were quickly inundated and hundreds of persons were compelled to fleo for | €ress Was formaliy opened at a ban- Residences and bustness completely The water continued to come WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION. Three States. Pittsburg, July 24 of hundreds bridges cripple NO LAW TO COVER quitted by the Court. New Haven, Conn., July 23 nt he case ad atiracted statewide attention, 1dge F ed and I sincerely hope that such a |, w will be passed by the next legis- | 1 ture.” Russell conivcted his own | Only four witnesses were called. s — 1 THE ROOSEVELT BRINGS $35200 AT AUCTION SALE, H. E. J. McDermott Buys Steamer in | Which Peary S led to Pole. ew York, July 2 ary, sailed Into nd rmot The Arctic vessel > NTS GOVERNMENT TO SEIZE MONTICELLO. rs. Littleton De: Grave of Jefferson. Washington, ent to take over Monticello. The estate is owned by Representa- tive Jefferson M. Levy of New York, who does mot cars to sell it. tlefon nppraled Thirtsen Injured by De St. Lools, July 34, ment, o koave Park sub- vhile the trolley seryice, s ! Two creeks®in the ncm-i"‘s"‘"’-' t ity of the park overflowed their banks | 1he condition of the emperor was more and before the pleasure seekers in the | Féassuring park could help themselves had supé |© rounded the hill. uj early tonight and no method to ra«‘ovez the people from the park had been provided. Seventy-five families are homeless The monetary loss will Death and wide- spread devastation resuited from tre- mendous rains today in western Penn- sylvania, eastern Ohio and West Vir- ginla. From all sections came details telling of persons drowned or reported of bulldings wrecked or completely washed away, streets torn up and down, erops ruined, light plants out of commission and towns left to suffer their misery in darkness while trans- portation, telegraph and telephone fa- cilities are badly swept Fred- A. Russell of West Haven, who was charged with riding on the run- ning board of a trolley car in viola- tion of the order issued by the pub- stopped by |lic_ utllities commission recentl today acquitted by Judge Bry the W, . was in t Haven court, after proceed Ings lasting less than haif an hour, was the first of its kind gince the issuance of the order and 1t | was sald today that if the ruling of ant 1s accepted as final it case. —The Rousevelt | the steamer in which Rear Admiral the Arstic sea on cessful trip to the north pole, was sold at public auction here today rought for $35,200 by H. E. J. Mc- was one of the to | wrecking fleet owned by the late John | Jef0Itely. Her original cost was more | {0 2Wait replies to notices send to the es Monument Over Martin | wife_of Representative of New York, urged today | | ipefore the house rules committee en- second | dorsement of her plan for the govern- Mrs, Lit- to (the committes to recommend Its setzore by condemna~ and the erection of suttable monument over the grave ot The committee took passen- were enronte Cableq Paragraphs The Cincinnati to Shangh: Amoy, Ching, July 324—The third class cruiser Cincinnati of the United States Asiatic fleet sailed from this port this morning for Shanghal. New York Man Found Dead. London, July 24—The body of a man believed {o be C. M. Coen of New York was found this morfing in a room in a’ boarding house in the loomsbury district. The indications pointed to deatp from natural causes, Albanians Capture Pristin Constantinople, July 24—Rumors which have been current for two days that the Albanians have captured Pris- tina, a town in the jayet of Kos- sove, are officially confirmed. The town fell Sunday, the garrison surrendering. Hamiltén-Lawson Nuptials. Tondon, July 24—Lord Hamilton of Dalzell and Mrs. William Lawson were quietly married in London today. Mrs, Lawson is the divorced wife of Lieut. Col. William A. Lawson, D. §. 0., sec- ond son of Lord Burnham, principal proprietor of the Daily Telegraph. Earthquake in Ecuador. of | Guavaquil, Ecuador, July 24—The heaviest shock of earthquake felt for many years occurred here this morn- 7 o'clock. It caused a great ing at 7 panic_among the inbabitants of the city No material damage has yet been reported. | Eugenics Congress #t London. London. July 24.—-The first interna- tional engenics congreas opened here today with 400 delegates representing i2 countries in attendance. The col quet and reception at which speeches were made by Arthur J. Balfour, the lord mayor and Major Darwin, ACCELEFTA—TION OF THE MIKADO'S PULSE. Bulletin lssued at 11 p. m. Yesterday Created Alarm. Tokio, July 24. i | Official ‘The official bulletin at 6 o'clock this morning on thhn that fssued at 11 ock last night. This morning’s bul- letin gave the temperature of the em- peror as 98.7," pulse 104, respiration 32. Last night's bulletin read: “Tempera. ture 100.4, pulse over 100, irregular; patient increasingly fatigued.” The physicians remafned at the bedside throughout the night, as conditions were copsidered unfavorable. A minis- ter of the household said this morn- ing, however, that the emperor had slept fairly well. The acceleration of Flooded District Includes Sections of |t PUllse is regarded as serious, but not_ecritical. The 11 o'clock bulletin created alarm and the princes were summoned to the palace at 2 o'clock in the. morning. The newspapers delayed issue until after 6 o'clock, when assurances were given of a pronounced improvement. The attending physicians do not ex- plaih the cause "of the accelerated pulse, but are hopefil because the temperature remains close to normal. The crown prince visited the empe- ror, the meeting being described as af- fecting. His majesty, however, was smiling. He showed great weakness, but his mind was in no way clouded Great crowds gathered outside the palace walls. For the first time in his- tory the general public has peen ad- MIKADO DYING. Japanese Emperor’s Condition Under- goes Serious Change, Toklo, July 25—Dr, Mirua, physician to the emperor, In an interview this morning, admitted that his royal pa- tient had suffered a serious change in his condition. Dr. Mirua sald the em- peror's heart is weaker and he fears for its failure at any moment. TOWER WOMAN BLAMED Mrs. Wilcox misunderstood one mes- and failed to hold back at an- other station the mail train which crashed into an Overland limited. Three trains were signalled to stop all in one block. BUFFALO'S LEPER LIVES IN COMFORT. No One Will Take His Cigarettes, Bo and Tableware, - Buffalo, N. Y., July 24— With Rus- sian cigarettes to keep him in good humor, ‘a bed exclusively his own, tableware that he may take with him when he goes, and meals suited to his condition, Sam Isen, a Russian leper, will remain the.guest of the city in- After a conference the heads of the local municipal departments decided federal and state departments as well ({1‘& Michigan state department of h. Isen cam hefe from Michigan. TWO MINERS PERISH BY GAS EXPLOSION. Rescue Corps Imperil Their Own Lives to Get the Bodies. Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 24—Two min- ers were killed and tnres others in- jured, one probably fatally, by an ex- plosion of gas today in the No. 1 eol- liery operated by the Delaware and Hudson company at Plymouth. The dead are: John .McGuire, 45 years of age, and Michael Morrisey, 43, Thelr bodles were found tonight lorribly mangled, and brought to the surface. In the face of great danger to them- {#elves, from black damp, the rescus Corps entered the workings immédiate- ly dfter the explosion and brought out the injured. Thelr passage was con- siderably impeded by debris from the| vadly wrecked ‘inetrior. Fire Destroyed the West Wing of ine Detroit. Wage Increases SEVERAL OF THEM IN THE LAST ATTERBURY TESTIFIES Vice Pnlidoflt’ of Pennsylvania Road Says If General Increase is Grant- ed Road's Surplus Will Vanish. New 'York, July 24—W. W. Atter- vice-president of the Pennsy vania railroad, was the principal wit- ness today before the arbitration com- mission sitting at Manhattan beach to pass upon thedemands of the loco- motive engineers. of all eastern rall- roads for increased pay. mony, while it referred mainly to the Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburg, of which he presented the whole case of the rail- roads so clearly that he held the at- tention of the board for hours. that he was on the stand . Increase Would Wipe Out Surplus in Mr. Atterbury said'that the Penn- sylvania method of arriving at basis of pay for its employes has been “a constant endeavor to pay a fair rate for a fair day's work.” tables showing hours of work, miles run and the average pay for engi- neers which last he said was equal to, it not better, than that on any com- peting railroad. To grant the demands now made by the engineers would, the witness said, 2dd to the operating expenses of the railroad the sum of $911,580 a year, if proportionate increases made in the pay of all other employes the cost would be $11,878,688, which, he declared, would wipe out the sur- plus of the Pennsylvania rallroad in one year. Frequent Increises for Engineers. Mr. Atterbury said that the engi- neers had been given an advance of ten per cent in wages in 1902 a ten per cent increase in 1306, certain ad- Justments in 1907, a flat ‘six per cent increase in 1910, and later in the same year an adjustment of wages follow- ing the New York Central arbitration “We did that” bury, “not because we thought our men had earned an Increase, but be- cause we have taken the position that we wanted our men as well pald as those of our competitors? Operation of Electric Trains. Talking of granting the request of steam engineers that they be given the Tight to operate all electric trains, Mr. Atterbury said: “Gentlemen, that has something in it that does not appear on the sur- There 18 a serious side to that proposition, road’s practice has in the past been, when we have electrified, to that electric servige, at a reasona- ble and fair rate, our steam engineers, The question of obligating us to con- | tinue that in the future is a more se. rious matter, of making any change, but the deci- sion by this commission that such shall be the case in the future, will set up the railroad and its property so as to prohibit the lease or sale of the den, but still thers, the right of the emplove to demand continuous em- ployment, gentlemen appreclate that particular phase of this proposition, Penneylvania Railroad’s Crisls. “We have had what Mr. Morrissey calls & erisis on railroad within the last few months, brought ‘about by the application of that prineiple te a portion of our When we opened up our Pennsylvania station in New York City, we at the same time opened up a subway line that is calleg the Hudson and Man- me to ge into the detalls of negotia- tions that led to the construction. of | that line, but I can only say that had we not done so, a very large portion of our suburban business would have been lost to us entirely, that by the combination of the Pennsylvania with what interest it now owns in the Hud- son and Manhattan line, we were ena- bled to prevent the conmstruction of a competing line, No Obligation to Provide for Employes “A demand was then made upon us by our men that we should not per- mit the Hudson and Manhattan to man all of those trains, but that a Marla Pia’s $275,000 gems. portion of our men should run in that | at the foot of Stony Hill by & 12 year | old boy, Willam McKay. He saw the the engineers and the revolver in the water from a_bridge | finally settled by agreeing to disagree | for a year.” Mr. Atterbury said that while it is the practice to take care of employes when a railroad is purchased, he would not consider that there is any moral or legal obligation to do so. The hearing will be resumed HOUSE DEMOCRATS STILL® OPPOSED TO BATTLESHIPS. Futile Effort to Get Them to Agree to | One Fighting Vessel. Washington, July 24.—Democrats of the house in caucus tonight voted,* 70 to 62, not to recede from their “no battleships” appropriation bill. was made to have the caucus approve | a compromise with the senat the house would agree to the constru tion of one sea-fighter. tive Fitzgerald, chairman propriation committee, led the opposi- ton to the proposal on the ground of PNPIHQ Mistrial in Darrow Case. Los' Angeles, Cal, Jul trial under sensational is said to be imminent in the case of Clarence 8. Darrow, charged with jury bribing. Attorneys for the defense are said to have charged in a conference with Judge Hutton today that the ill- ness of Juror Leavitt was feigned and asked for an immediate Investigation by the court, ? s A R Te Check Flirting by Mail, Washington, July 24—Approving in- dtvidual action taken by postmasters ot many large cities, Postmaster General Hitcheock has 1ssued an order with the ayowed purpuse of checking.the use of the general delivery windows | for earrying on filrtations and clandes- tne correspondence. wishes mail at the general window instead of The loss amounts to $50,000, may hereafter be required to give {their reasons in writing. Postmaster by for Engineers TEN YEARS “BULL MOOSES” President Taft Denounced as a Reac tionary—Repul vention is Also Condemned. n National Des Moines, Ia., July 24—Roosevell in the first lowa State party convantion here, His testi. | organized & working state ceptral com district ang county organizations. is the operating head,| Popular” Election of Postmasters. the three|by their comstituency, republican national convention Bnd»l‘e publican national committee at Chica- g0, severely criticises President Taf Yeary as a reactionary and denounces Wha special interests, He furnished ators by popular vote, endorses the fostering of labor manufactures, agriculture and industries. Denunciation of Taft. are lows: “We hereby utter solemn recreant to the trust imposed in him, people to do the bidding of the bosses.” TO SEND PICTURES BY NEYI WIRELESS SYSTEM Inventor Clai to Control Continuous Waves. said Mr, Atter- four months, not only sible to send pittures by this means. ough The Pennsylvania rail- to aseign | ‘We have not thought | ute. American line is working, It also carries with it, hid- colonies. I do not know whether ybu isfled, as it has been in all recent in- Isles. TWO DEAD IN TRIPLE SHOOTING TRAGEDY the Pennsylvania Ine | Hartford Poli Alleged Murderer. It is hardly necessary for | ed as still eritical, although it s be- recovery. The police have been scouring t! surrounding country in vain for Gui seppe Amato, thev alleged assailant. Winds is sald to have used. The demand was made by matter was which crosses the stream. The re- volver had eight chambers, police are strong in their opinion that this is the revolver used by Amato SMALL MOTOR BOAT SEEN FAR OUT AT SEA, Steamship Captain Also Reports Pass- ing Two Immcnse lcebergs. to- Philadelphta, July 24.—A small mo- tor boat containing four people and | headed toward Europe was sighted far | out on the Atlantic ocean by the cap- tain and passengers of an ocean steamer which arrived here today from Hamburg. Captain Mass at first thought the boat might contain survivors from a A determined effort | shipwrecked vessel, but as no signals | were display ed he proceeded without asking the boat's destination, The little craft, which shipping men say may be_the motor boat Detroit, bound from New York to Queenstown, was seen irom the deck of the Pre- toria July 20. On the previous day two immense icebergs, one 130 feet high, with a base about 1,200 feet in diameter, the other more than 100 feet high, were sighted. SOLD AN IMMIGRANT INTO “WHITE SLAVERY.” New York Bartender Doomed to Spend 33 Years at Sing Sing. New York, July 24—The limit of the law in fine Nnd Imprisonment was given to & cdnvict in & “white slave” case In the court of general sessions today by Judge O'Sullivan, wheo scored the ~prisoner before &n - approving erowd. Joseph -Milton, 36 years old, artender, received what wili probabiy be a 83 year sentence. He was sen- tenced to & term of from 10 to 20 years i Siug Sing and u fine of $5,000, which' at the usual rate means about 18_years, Milton was convicted of selling Into slavery 20 year o.d Annie Lilener, an tmmigrant whom he found in an em- ployment agency, programme in the naval whereby Represent: of the ap- 24.—A mis- rcumstances Any person who delivery home addresses Vate of People ONE OF PLANKS OF THE IOWA ROOSEVELT EULOGIZED Con- enthusiasm marked the clgsing scenes progressive which today chose a full set of delegates to the national convention at Chicago, headed Dby Judge John L. Stevens of Boone, mittee and provided for congressional, The platform adopted, in addition to declmgg for election of postmasters [ The Ru condemnsthe is alleged to be his subserviency to the eulogized Theodore Roosevelt as the foremost man of the world and declares for his nomination and the election of United States P e initiative and referendum and asks for physical valuation of railroad prop- erties and a protective tariff “suited to in domestic other That portion of the platform refer- ring to President Taft reads as fol- protest against what has been done at Chicago and Baltimore in two national con- | ventions and against what has been done and is belng done at Washing- ton by a president who has proven and who long ago definitely and com- pletely abandoned the cause of the London, July 24.—Wireless messages will be sent across the Atlantic and to other parts of the world by a new system, according to experts, within much - faster than by the present systems, but with so_much preciston that it will be pos- The new system has been taken up by one of the big European telegraph companies and will be given a thor- test by a syndicate organized under the auspices of the telegraph company so far as the transmission of wireless messages is concerned. Sta- tions are to be erected at Lyons In France and at Washington, and the in- ventor claims that he will be able to send at the rate of 200 words a min- The improvement consists in being able to control a continuous wave, as compared with intermittent waves by the present system. After the Franco- the com- pany intends to extend the system to the east, to Africa and to the British The British government has investigated it, but is apparently sat- ventions, to 18t some other nation test it before adopting it in the British Sufi Vain for the Hartford. Conn., July 24—Mrs. Gu- iseppe Amato, one of the vietims in a triple shooting tragedy here last night, died at s local hospital late tonight. The condition of Mrs, Cemille Leas- Soni, the other woman shot, 18 report- lieved she has a fighting chance for The only clue‘of importance that has so far been found was the finding at | late this afternoon of a Colt automatic revolver closely resembling | the police say, the weapon that Amato | The revolver was found in a brook | five of which had been discharged. The local | The Bulletin’s Circulation- In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is Mwfimrfiov‘;&“ MINERS CAUGHT LIKE RATS IN TRAP Thirteen Drowned by the Flooding of a Coal Mine Condensed Telegrams William P. Luck Resigned vester- day as appraiser of customs at New. Orleans. Luck is a supporter of Colo- nel Roosevelt. The Rev. G. Snow, a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln and the oldest school teacher in Illinois, died in Jack- sonville, 1ll, at the age of 95. J. Pierpont Morgan returned home yesterday. on board the stcamship, Olymple, after an absence of nearly seven months. Several Filipinos, in a party of 30 being brought from Manila to Phila- delphia, lost their trousers while on the train early Tuesday morning. An -American Collector Has Offered $10,000 for Dick Turpin's ‘pistol, re- cently~discovered in the historic Globe ¢ | Foom of the, Relndeer at Danbury. Owing to the Renewed Activi in the Itallan-Turkish war, the North German Lloyd has cancelled all sail- ings to Black sea ports. - | Isaac McHore, the Oldest retired iron master in Pennsylvania, dleq at his home at Reading, Pa, vesterd: He was 90 years of age. ian Paper Pravda has been fined $250 by the government for print- _ | ing an adverse article on the Russian - | naval budget of $250,000,000. ¢ | New York Suffragettes are complain- ing because Police Commissioner Wal- do has not as yet granted permit for a suffrage torchlight parade for Nov. 9. Thomas W. Bradley of Walden, N. Y., who is serving his fifth term in Congress, has announced his retire- ment from politics. Vincent Astor, Who Sailed for Eu- rope on the Mauretania yesterday morning, spent the last few minutes before the boat sailed in denying the recent rumors of his engagement. The Police of Hamburg put a ban on women using unprotected hatpins while riding on street cars. The con- ductors are selling protectors at one cent each. The House Committes on Agricul- ture yesterday recommended an imme- » | diate appropriation of $5,000 to stop ['the ravages of the army worm in 7 | southern states. =% Who Disappeared Mauch Chunk 22 James Claire, from his home at .| years ago, has been restored to his parents. His father traveled around | | the world searching for him. Dr. F. B. Dyer, Superintendent of the schools of Cincinnati, has aceept- ed the offer made him by the board of education of Boston and will, after September 1, pe the superintendent in that city, Charles P. Van Alstyne, for many years connected with the Housatonic and the New Haven railroads until he retired four years ago, died at his home in Bridgeport yesterday morn- ing after a protracted illness. Pronounced Dead by a Physician and made Teady for burfal, Charles Singer, living in Urbana, Kan., revived after '24 hours. Singer had been struck by lightning. It is feared he will be blind. A Rock That is a Menace to naviga- tion has been dlscovered two and three-fourths miles south by west from Swan Island in the Carribean sea by Captain Garvin of the United Fruit company’s steamer Eeparta. Marsh Island, Near New Orleans, has been purchased by a resident of Avery Island and will be added to the 13,000 acres deeded to the state from him to form a great reserve for wild birds. The Body, of a Man Found on the outskirts of Danbury Monday cvening was Identified yesterday as that of William Schell, a hatter, 47 years old, who disappeared from his boarding house two weeks ago. George Kelly, 12 Years Old, was killed almost in front of his home at Bridgeport while he with several boy companions was riding on freight cars on the Berkshire division of the New Haven road near North avenue. Dominico Galbo Was Found Guilty vesterday morning of second degres murder for the killing of Francesco | Manzella, whose mutilated body was discovered packed in a barrel on the outskirts of Rochester, N. Y. Fearing a Royalist Attempt to Seize former King Manuel's grandmother's jewels, the Portuguese government put |a strong guard over the late Queen ‘The are ! to be s0ld at auction. ‘ tiretch, a Lawyer, and , Norman Bergh, were shot by a man named Conway, a former client of Fettretch In the lawyer's office on Park Row, New York, yesterday. The shooting followed a dlspute over a law case, The Standard Oil eon‘p.ny of New | York yesterday announced a reductlon of 15 points In the price of refined petroleum, making reflned in cases 10.35 cents per gallon, refined in tanks 4.85 and standard white in barrels, | 8.45. Twelve Monkeys Have Been taken aboard the liner Lurline’at San Fran- cisco, for shipment to the Leper island of Molaki of the Hawaiian group. The experimental station of the island wants them to use in research work in the treatment of leprosy. carrying $116,000,000 and ps rule in the territory; Jobn Larsen, 19 Years Old, | ployed in his father's saloon at cago as a bartender, has been selected by the Princeton ciub of Chicago for a scholarship and will have his penses pald for four years at the uni versity by the club. Chi- of the original seven Roosevelt gov- ernors, issued: a statement declaring there is no reason why Roosevelt should not be a candidate if he so de- sires, but he does not believe the times demand a third party. 2 Seventy-five Prisoners have been transferred from Sing Sing prison tg| other institutions in various artaet the state during the past few dayw in an effort to put a stop to' the row- dyism, strikes and outbreaks that have kept the prison in & contiuual uproar since early spring A Few Minutes Befors - the - liner Mauretania cleared from New York at 1 o'clock yesterday morning for Liv erpool, there was a wedding petform- od im the so-calléd “bridal suite” on deck B Miss Mary Antoinette M, Schwarz of New York was the bride and the groom was Montgomery, a mining engil Angeles, authorizing $750,000 for a amphitheater at cemetery, senate te; Military day. The meastre carties $1,084,668, h a1 increase of $130,40% oier the smount rlage of Ed of the New York Sun, to Mise Ada Borroughs of Brooklyn. is 60 years old and his bride 2! Alexander | friendship began when she wax a sies Witness in Rosenthal Murder Case Gets Nervous and Retracts Previous Statements FINALLY LOCKED UP ON CHARGE OF PERIURY Barber Reisler Told District Attorney That He Say “Bridgiec” . Webber Running Away From Scene of Murder, But De- nied It on Witness Stand—Told District Attorney That He Would be Killed—Coroner’s . Hearing in Progress. New York, July 24—Fear of revenge at the hands of East Side gangsters, ever present in the minds of un- willing witnesses in the Rosenthal murder investigation, today tempora- rily blocked the efforts of District At- torney Whitman to draw the lines closer about the men who assassinat- ed the gambler eight days ago. Ap- parently awed by the presence of gangsters in the coroner’s court, John Reisler, a barber known to the sport- ing fraternity as “John the barber, retracted at the coroner's examination a statement which he is alleged to have made a few minutes earlier to Mr. Whitman that he had seen “Bridgie” Webber, now under arrest, running from the murder scene. After Reisler had denied his earlier state- ment, he was arrested on & charge of perjury. Examination of Webber and Paul. The coroner’s hearing this afternoon was in the nature of an examination of “Bridgie” Webber and Sam Paul, both of whom are charged with com- plicity in the murder of Rosenthal. The prosecution charges that it was in Webber's gambling house, near the scene of the murder at Forty-Third street and Broadway, that the murder gang congregated to go lo the place of the killing. It was to connect Web- ber more closely with the case that “John the barber” was placed on the stand. The Examination Postponed. Having failed in ¥ desired statements from the witnesses District Attorney Whitman secured an adjournment of Webbe examina- tion for forty-eight hours in order that attempt to get more witnesses might “be secured to bring out his connection with the case. The examination of Sam Paul was Ifkewise put over. Mr. Whitman is force from Webber will implicate: those the case. Tt is at the door of the police tem” that ihe distriet attorney p the responsibility for the murder of the man who had ciia lice were exacting tr blers in this city, and Mr. has admitted that he wiil make it easy for those under arrest if he can secure the evidence which he desires against the police. Barber Reisler the First Witness. The proceedings this afternoon were sensational, Reisler was the first wit- ness called against Wepber, having just come from a conference in the Qistrict attorney’s office. He declar- ed that he had seen Webber in Broad- way near the scene of the murder aft- er Rosenthal was siain. “Was he running? man. The wifness shifted uneasily in his chair and let his eyes drift toward ‘where Webber, Paul and others were sitting. “I don’t know” he repiied. Afraid of the Gang. “Didn’t you tell me ten minutes ago that he was in your own words, ‘run- ning like h—? “T was excited and don’t remember,” said Refsler. “Did not you tell me that, in my office in the presence of Mr. Moss, that ou were afraid to tell of the case? ou knew the gang you were against and were afrald you would be killed? asked Mr. Whitman. “No,” replied the frightened manner. Assistant District Attorney Testifies Mr. Whitman then placed As- sistant Attorney Moss on/the stand. Mr. Moss sald that just before the hearing Reisler had told him and Mr Whitman that he came from the sub- way at Times sqnare at about 2 o'clock and in front of the Cadillac it is believed that ng his lines to tatement which ‘higher up” in Whitman ska Mr. Whit- witness In & saw Webber “running like h—1" He then heard of the murder, Mr, Moss sald that Relsler did not want to talk about the case for fear of being in- jured by friends of the murderer. Relsler was agaln placed on the stand and declared that Mr. Moss's story was not true. He said he had just come down Broadway when he heard of the shooting. When pressed with questions as to whether he had seen Webber at all he hesitated, made several false starts and then said he thought he had seen him. The wit= ness declared he was not afraid of being killed himself, but did not want * to connect his family with the affair, as “the men in the case are bad.” Reisler Arrested For Perjury. “Didn’t you sy that any man who testified against Webber would be killed?” persisted the district attorney, The witness denied this and the ques= tioning was brought to a close. As Relsler was about to leave the em- closure in front of the bench he was arrested at the order of Mr. Whit- man on & charge of perjury and lock= ed up. Late today Reisler requested that the district attorney call on him, as he wanted to “talk” but Mr. Whit- man was too busy to grant the re- quest, and will not see him umtil tos MOITow, Bath Attendants Subpoenaed. ‘The district attorney stated late to« day that he had issued subpoenas for all the attendants at the Lafayetie Baths ,where some of the men charged with complicity in the murder are suid to have congregated after the killing. It had been stated that Harry Valton, “Bridgie” Webber, Sam Paul and “Bald Jack” Rose had appeared thers shorlly after the assassination and had remained there for the night. Mr. Whitman said he had not yet received an answer to his letters requesting the three Detective Lieutenants, Beck- er, Riley and Costigan, to appear as voluntary witnesses before the grand jury, He said he presumed that they would notify him tomorrow whether they will come. Becker’s Telophone Conversation. “If Lieutenant Becker comes” sal Mr. Whitman, “I will ask him if b had a conversation over the telephon with Jack Rose on the night of shooting, and I may say that the tele- phone company will furnish us with the calls from Webber's or the Baths on the night in question without our issuing a subpoena.” New Haven Woman to Testify. Mr. Whitman announced that & pro= cess server had gone to New Haven and had reported that a Mrs. Sherman, who 1s 8aid to have been dining in the Metropole with Detective File and two other friends just as the shooting took place in front of the hotel, and who was possibly an eye witness of the assassination, would come to New York and go before the grand jury as a witness whenever wanted. She will | probably be called Friday. | Hearing to Continue Today. The coroner's hearing will continus tomorrow when the charges againat “Bald Jack” Rose, Shapiro and Libby the latter two part owners of the mur= der car will be investigated. NEW HAVEN WITNESS. Aotress Saw Man Running Away After the Shooting. New Haven, July 24—Mrs. Edward Shields of this city, whose stage name is Miss Sadle Sherman, says she was dining in the Metropole with friends nd Lieutenant Files at the time of the hooting of Rosenthal and distinctly heard the shots. She says at the sound of the first shot Lieutenant Files dashed for the door. mnearly knocking a waiter over in his hurry. Mrs, Shields says she wos among the | firat to see Rosenthal after the shoot- ing, “As I reached the street” she d, *1 saw a man in a light sult and light hat dash Into the ocafe door” She would venture no opinion as to whom he may have been or as to what he may have had to do with the shost- ing. SENATE MAKES A GOOD RECORD FOR PROGRESS. Many Important Bills and Resolutions | Passed Yestorday. Washington, July 24. With the enr of the congressional session dependent upon the speed with which the senate clears its docket, that body made a record of progress today. Among the important bills and resolutions paesed were: Sunday civil appropriation bill, viding for he continuance of the tariffl bill; the askan civil 1ll, estab- govenment ishing a legislature and partial home a resolution di- v of war to inves- recting the secreta tigate claims of Americans to redress for injuries from Mexican outbreaks along the international border in 1911; a revised Alaskan mining claim meas- {ure; a bill making a federal standard em- | for apples shipped in barrels; a bill memorial National a bi Arlington near Washington; regulate sponge fishing In th Mexico and in Florida waters From these measurcs of a public | character the senate pushed on to the Governor Osborn of Michigan, on« | calendar for private and semi-private Dbills, and before adjournment tonight had disposed of much important busi ness that had been held back by the appropriations bills, the Panama canal debate, th er hard £ ures, to_hasten legisiation the ocanal bill was not taken up today. case, and other In the desire $1,064,668 for Military Academy. Wi n, July 241t teok the nutes to dispose of the lemy appropriation bill 1o« by the house, and now goes o conference. Annguncement is Made of (ue mar- rd Page Mitchell, odffor Alr, Mitchell Thelr. rapher In the business office of the) ImIKEIREAKERS coming TO THOMPSONVILLE MILLS, Authorities Apprehensive of Trouble— Arbitration Effort Fails. ‘Thompsonville, Conn, July 24.—The effort to arbitrate the wage troubles at the mills of the Hartford Carpet cor- poration, where 125 dyehouse workers are on strike, has so far fulled. Thig afternoon a conference wias held be. tween General Manager Higgine and two representatives of the strikers and two members of a Springfield union, ‘The situation was carefnlly gone over, but neither side could come to an agreement. Mr. Higgins still insists that he not deal with men who not in is now wifl his the TI;;"e ‘Workers olx‘: America. e company in the meantime has engaged fifty strikebreakers to come from New York, and the an thorities are apprehenstve of troubi: the strikebreakers on the 9 o'clock traf: of nearly 8,000 and persons was ¢ ANOTHER COURT-MARTIAL FOR WEST POINT CADETS. Senate Passes Resolution Directing President ta Reopen Cases, N <EAR OF EAST SIDE GANGSTERS