Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 31, 1912, Page 1

LIV—NO, 184 NORWICH, CONN., WED Y, JULY 31, 1912 The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, $2,400,000 POLICE GRAFT IN YEAR Jack Rose Asserts That Collections From illegai Resorts Reached That Figure in Past Year MONEY DIVIDED AMONG FOUR HIGH OFFICIALS Becker May Be Able to Escape the Extreme Pel!dty by Ex- posing the Men “Higher Up”—*“Bridgie” Webber Says He Was Given $2000 to Pay the Actual Murderers of Rosenthal—Ready to Corroborate Rose’s Statement. has been apprehended. These gun- men, members of the notorious “Big Jack” Zelig geng, plied themselves with liquor and then went out and ;hot Rosenthal for a price, said to be 2,000. Terror-stricken, Rose, Webber Vallon, spent Monday night in the public’ prosecutor’s office, fearing that they would be murdered if they were taken to the Tombs prison. “Bald Jack, Rose, gambler, who says he was Becker's gambling house collector, feit the ground slipping from under him day by day. Without mon- ey or friends, he realized that he was being made to bear the weight of the crime alone, His counsel advised him to confess. Rose became completely terrified. To his counsel, James M. Bullivan he sald: Rose Thinks of Wife and Children. “If you see to it that my wife and children are protected I'll come across and tell the truth about this. I'm New York, July 30.—Sworn state- ments tending to show that the annual 't collected by high police officlals New York city from gambling houses and other illegal resorts has emounted within the last year to $2,- 499,000 are in the hands of District At- torney Whitman tonight. The state- ments were made to the district attor- ney today by Bald Jack Rose, self- mecused graft collector for Police Lieu- tenant Charles Becker, head of the 'm%urm squad,” who tonight be- gan_his second day of incarceration in the Tombs prison as an alleged in- stigator of the murder of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler. Distribution of the Graft. This annual yleld of $2,400,000 pro- tection money was equally divided, ac- cording to the story told by Rose, ®mong four high officials of the police department, one of them being Becker, #nd from otner evidence the district attorney has collected he has reason and to suspect that each $600,000 ‘was fur: ther distributed. In other words, M ‘Whitman balleves there were four sep- ®mrate systems or bureaus of graft col- lection, each headed by a high police official trict Attorney Has Names. Mr. Whitman, it was learned, has the hames of the other three police officials whom Rose has named, and his further he most sensational “police afraid it will be the end of me. No cell on earth will be strong enough to keep the life in a man who gives up about this killing.” Intimations were made to Rose that an indictment might be expected against him and then he confessed. Counsel for Webber and Vallon, catch- the drift of things, also advised their clients to tell all the truth and be- come immunized. Rose told Attorney Whitman that for a long time he had been Beckers gambling house colléctor. That Beck- hat Now York has ever seen used toward strengthen- ing the case which points against them. One of the officials named, it was Jearned, heads a position.at head- quarters, and is in a strict sense a civilan employe. The name of a for- fner prominent city official has been brought to the attention of the district attorney as having been closely con- pected with the graft system, but it ‘was learned that the evidence thus far er, as head of the gambling house squad, smelled out profitable places and that each month collections were made. Becker did not get all the mon- ey Rose says, but some of it was dis- tributed to others. Rosenthal Thorn in Becker's Side. Rosenthal was a thorn in Becker's side. Becker had pressed Rosenthal obtained against him I8 not of a tangi- ble mature. The evidence, however, is being closely follawed by the detectives in the employ of tha district attorney, Possible Immunity for Becke: 1t also became known tomight that if leutenant Becker will teli ali e Lm not only in respeet to his own #lleged complicity in the murder, hut will unfold the Inner working of the graft system insofar as it may mvoive the “men higher up,” no effort will he mAde to enforce the extreme penalty for the crime of which he now stands ancased —the murder of Rosenthal—but be will be granted leniency on that condition onl: Rose Handied $600,000 a Year, The alleged fact to the wall, according to Rose, and Rosenthal threatensd to make things Eubl‘c. Bix weeks befors the killing, e Becker gent for him and said that-Rosenthal must be made away with, Rose flinched at the words, he says, ond Becker noting his state of mind, remarked, according to Rose: “Now, there is no use getting ‘wor- red or nervous gbout this job. That dog has made too much trouble. “What do you think I am in this department for? 1 can do what I d— please. Il see that nobody gets mto serious trouble. Now you go out and do whatever is necessary.” Rose Employs the Gunmen. of the $2,400,000| Rose says he went and saw “Bix E‘(rt‘ fund was related to Rose by |Jack” Zelig to make a deal for his er, Rose said in a sworn state- | gummen. Zelig was®under indictment ment today. BecXer, he said, told him that he handled $500.000 a year and that equal amounts were handled by three others. This, he sald, came in eollections from gambling houses, pool rooms, houses of ill repute and the Hke Rose said he had collected gam- bling graft for Becker for months and he promised the district attorney he would obtain for him the rates paid | by gambling houses, make a tabula- tion of what these receipts amounted to monthly and yearl and how the money was handled Rose Paid Liberal Commission. That there were other collectors be- pldes Rose is the assumption of the district attorney. who hopes to iden- tify them. Becker, he said, gave him lberal commissions for his work. “Becker told me he was the prince of {he police department” Rose said. “He pai¢ me liberally out of my coi- Jections. but T never was able to keep what 1 got. 1 was a fool gambler and gambled it ail awhy.” for catrying concealed weepons and the possibilities of & stay in Sing Sing prison did not appeal. Consequently, Rose says, when he promised to see that nothing happened. when Zelig came to trial there was Do trouble getting the gunmen. 1t was at this point tn the proceed- ings that Rose backed somewhat out of the murder activities. All the gun- | men werg informed to be ready to kill Rosenthal, who, in the meantime, had been shadowed day and night. A few days before the killing, Rose says that |he met Webber and Becker and that while the three were talking it over Becker said to Webber: “This job has €ot to be done and Rose says they won't do it for him. Now ‘Bridgie’ you can get it done. They all know you. You have got the money and 1 have got the power. TIll protect Becker Threatens Rose and Webber. Then Becker, according to Ros¢'s confession, shook his fist in their faces Part of the business between the |and exclaimed: gamblers and the police, the district | “If you don’t do this Il put weapons attormey was told. was boldly done |on every one of you. I'll send you up 1 ough checka, althouzh his efforts to ecure evidence in this form proved itles: Webber Given $2,000 to Pay Murderers Bridgie” Webber, the gambling bouse keeper, who has also confessed and whose story largely resulted in arrest . of Becker, promised Mr. nltman, it was learned,. to corrob- Rose’s statement in regard to collections. Ineidentally, Webber todas admitted to the district attorney that $2,000 was the sum which he re- ceived to pay the men who actually fired the shot which killed Rosenthal, Car Relied Upon for Protection. In regard to the murder itself, Rose stated to Mr. Whitman that the rea- mon that it was done so openly and no ome made effort 1o cover the num- ber of the big gray “murder car” as it drove up to the Hotel Metropole to “get” Rosenthal, was that the car was “pelied upon for protection.” In addi- to the men higher up, District A{- Whitman ia investigating the records of two members of the “strong arm squad” who helped Becker in some of his so-called “fake" gambling raids They will be asked to appear volunta- rilv. Although Mr. Whitman realizes he i= dealing with the testimony of blers in constructing his case, he for seven years. I'll show you what yor'll get.” Rose and Webber say that they be- lieved that Becker would send them away and had the power to do it Then the murder plot followed quick- ly. Monday night came and with it the word for the gunmen to get to- gether. Rose told how he got the as- sassins together and how, after the killing, he went over to the Hotel Metropole to see how the job was done. . Rosenthal lay dead on the sidewalk with a_table-cloth spread over his body. Rose says he went to a tele- phone booth and called up Lieutenant Becker, but he was so unmerved by the shook he could only gas, "My God this 13 horrible.” Becker Promised Protection. Becker, Rose says in his confession, replied over the wire in steady voice :“Oh, don't worry. Tl protect you. Wail a few minutes and I'll be right down. Where will you be?” An appointment was made to meet at Forty-Second street, near the scene of the murder. There Rose says he met Webber and Becker, and Web- ber cofroborated the Rose statement. They talked over what was the best thing to do and parted after Becker veu that the _corroborative evi- b g g 3 o L, a7 g ne i= strong. He plans, it was o atong, Be Jians. Jt ¥as| The chase for ‘the layers became hot and finally Rose says that Beck- er advised him over the telephane to surrender, but that everything would come qut all right. Of the real mur- derers, Rose says in his confession: Murderers Were “Full of Booze.” “Those poor devils didn’t know what they were doing. They were full of ‘booze’ 'They had been told to kill and they went out and éid what they were told.” . ‘Webber and Vallon, In their con- fessions, supplied many missing links in the corfession of Ross, Hpeaking of Bocker and his alleged conuection with gambling, Rose said: ¢ “Why, of course | wus Beaker's ool- sare kely that the grand fury tigation will continue all summer. Story Only Half Told. The arvest of Becker lays bare a #candal in the police department that threatens to shake ft to its foundations for District Attorney Whitman be- leves the story of police graft has only half been told. “Bald Jack Rose confessed that Becker came to him and, fairly des- perate over Rosenthal’s intentlon of telling all he knew of his relations with the police leutenant, said “Ro- menthal has lived too long. il han Fot to ba put out, of the way." Rose told the public prasecutor und |lector, Hverybody knew it” Wekber the grand jury how the urder | himself ll{? that his protection band wus hired at the Instigatlon of |inents for his gumblig to Yecker and that after the killing Heck er met Webber and himself and prom- tsed complets police protection, er brough Kose was §136 a mouth, Becker on Force 20 Years. Lieut, Churles A, Beoker, whose ar- Cableq Paragraphs Asquith Denies Single Tax Rumor. London, July 30.—The British pre- mier, Herbert Asquith, depied in the house of commong this afternoon that the government proposes to frame measure for a single tax on land. Turkey Ready for Peace. Constantinopte, July 30.—The Turk- ish government s willing to enter in- to peace negotiations with Italy, if they are conducted in’a manner com- patible with Turkey's honor and dig- nlty and her rights are adequately safeguarded. Alooholism Increasing Among Women & Inll:dml, July $0.—The flrfl.di‘ntborm- lopal/ eugenics congress, Wwhi egan its geliberations here on July 24, ended today th a discussion of alcoholism and other causes of degeneracy. Dr. Magnan, chief of the Paris insane bu- Teau, said that alcoholism among Wo- men was increasing yearly, To Establish Chinese Bank. Shanghal, July 30.—It is reported that Dr. Sun Yat Sen and General Houng Sing, who was minister of war in the provisional cabinet, have con- cluded negotiations for the establish- ment in Shanghai of a forelgn and Chinese bank with a capital of $10,- 000,000. Their object is to checkmats the proposed foreign loan. LIFE OF GRACE WAS INSURED FOR $25,000 Alleged Motive for His Wife's At- tempt on His Life. Atlanta, Ga., July 30—Great stress was lald by the prosecution todsy at the trial of Mrs. Daisy Ople Grace, accused of shooting her husband, Eu- gene H. Grace, on the manner of her greeting to him when—%he saw the wollnded man for the-first time after he was found wounded. “What are these things they are saving about me?” were the wife's first words as quoted by Morrls Pori- olieu, a state’s witness, while the jury was excluded. “Daisy, why did you shoot me?’ was_the husband's reply, quoted by Priolieu. Just after the jury had been sent out, Sollcitor General Dorsey had indicated the state’s purpose of get- ting such - testimony before the jury, when he said: “We expect fo show that Dalsy Grace faced her husband and upbraid- ed him for accusing her of the deed when not a living soul had intimated to her that she was suspected or ac- cused of the crime.” For the rest of the day the defense prevented every effort of the state to get the interview before the jury. Grace's mother, Mrs. S. L. Hill, and Priolieu both testified that Mr. Grace had had no opportunity to hear that she was suspected until after she had seen her husband. Through Mrs. Hill, the state brought | out the alleged motive, the collecting of $25,000 life insurance, a policy for which amount Mrs. Hill sald Mrs Grace told her she had requested Grace to take out. Grace was In the courtroom in the morning, but the heat weakened him and he was not brought back in the afternoon. ten years, being promoted to & post as roundsman in 1908, | ccame a | ndsman Becker came into pupiic | view as the hero of a sensational drowning rescue on the East Side water front. For this rescue he re- ceived a hero medal. Two years iater, however, during the trial of Inspest Schmittberger, the man whom Becker | ad rescued from the water, is said to have made a ifidavit stating that the | rescue was ked” and that he re- ceived a certain sum for his part in it. Bocker Killed Plumber’s Helper. The first serious case in which Beck- er was concerned was the shooting dead of a young plumber's helper, John Fay, who was killed in a burglar chase. Becker and another policeman were suspended following an investi- gation, but were later reinstated. Becker was placed in charge of the so-called strong arm squad on June 30, 1911. Since that time he has been much in the public eye, making many spectacular raids. Last March a rhan was Killed by a bullet fired during cne of his raids. Trial of Patrolman File. S Two C.V.Trains Will be Restored ORDER ISSBUED BY JUDGE REED « AFTER HEARING _ MUST RUN BY MONDAY Court’s Decres Operative Until Appeal of Road is Passed on by Superior Court—S8trong Arguments Made. (Special to The Bulletin.) Willimantic, Ct, July 30— At 1045 o'clock Tuesday the hearing i the matter of the appeal of the Cen- tral Vermont railroad from the de- cision of the public utilities commis- slon_ordering the railroad to restore the 6 o'clock boat train mornings and the 3 o'clock southbound train after- noons was commenced in the superior court here with Superior Court Judge Joel H. Reed on the bench, There was & good number of busi- ness men of Norwich and this city in attendance, as well as & number from towns up and down the line of thb Central Vermont railroad, representing business -and other._ interests. Among those present from out of town were Frank H. Smith, Postmaster William Caruthéers, Alexander Jordan, Noah D. Rogers, W. H. Oat, A, B. Potter and Attorney D. G. Perkins of Norwich, Winslow T. Willlams, Postmaster W. E. Manning, Yantie, Frank A. Rock- wood, North Franklin, Col. W. H. Hall, South Willington,W. P. Barstow, South ‘Windham, R, A. Race, Franklin, post- master at Lebanon statlon, C. B. Davis, Franklin, first selectman of the town, and others. Attorney Perkins spoke of the ap- peal taken by the railroad company from the order of the public utilities commission, saving that the order had not been complied with and that as & result great inconvenlence was occa- sioned ‘the general public as well as many varied business Interests. Attorney W. J. Brennan, who ap- peared for the railroad company, told the court that the company was willing and ready to put on an early train leaving New London, but that the hour fixed by the public utilities commis- sion was too early. Mr. Fitzhugh, pres- ident of the road, already had & sched- ule ready to become effective mext Monday if satisfactory, that would start a traln from New London al 6.30, If that would be agreeable, and he understood that it was, except (o a few Norwich people. Not Early Enough. Attorney Perkins said that that train and time would not be satisfactory, as is was not early enough ana does not conform with the order. calling for-a train approximately at 5 o'clock leaving New London, which would be perfectly satisfactory. Attorney Bren- n thereby arose, as running of a morthbound train would mean that a southbound train would also have to be run. Attorney Perkins said that the only remedy for the existing evil would be to have an early train run not lafer than 5.6 o'clock and that would be practically one that had been maintained for the past 60 years, that would effect good connections in Willimantic for trains to Hartford, Middletown and New Haven. Judge Reed wanted to know if the varied interests could not get to- gether and agree upon something defi- nite that would be satisfactory. At- torney Brennan said it had been ar- ranged save for two or three Norwich people and that the 6.30 train pro- posed, leaving New satisfactory. Attorney Perkins said It was not so, that it was not two or three people, but that he was present representing thousands of people who elt the need and that the public gen- erally demanded an earlier train Jud¥e Reed declared a recess of ten minutes to see if a compromise could not be agreed upon. After the recess it was apps examination of witnesses up. was t Colonel Hall Heard. Col. W. H. Hall was the first The details of how Rosenthal was | shot down were related today for the | first time by two of his companions, who were eye witnesses of the mur- | der, in the trial of Patrolman Willfam | J. File, before Deputy Commissioner | Dillon. . The patrolmen have been un- | der suspension since the shooting, charged with failure to take prompt and efficient measures to effect tho arrest of the murderers. File, who | was off duty, was at the oHtel Metro- pole at the time of the shooting and led in the pursuit of the gray automo- | bile in which the siayers escaped. | Testimony of Witnesses. | The version of the shooting given by John J .Hickey and Christian Walker, ~who were With Rosenthal when he was shot, differed in several respects from the story told at the time. Both men denied that the gam- bler was lured to his death from the Metropole by & messenger who called him from a table. Another péiht brought out from Ffle himself was | that “Bridgie” Webber, one of the men whose confession led to Lieuten- ant Becker's arrest. entered the hotel restaurant but a few moments before Rosenthal was shot and looked nerv- ouely about the place. Rorenthal, it was testified, was at that moment sit- ting in the restaurant with a party of friends. Five Men in Rosenthal Party. There were five men in the Rosen- thal party, according to both Hickey and Walker. Hickey declared he was standing only three feet from the gam- bler when the assassins approached and began shooting. He felt sure he could identify at least ome of the siayers, While it is clalmed that File was re- miss in not cauturing the murderers or firing his revolver at them s they drove away, the testi of s wlwmnm-, even those for pr on, apperently favored the sccused pal - New Haven Aotress Testifise, One of the best witnesses for File wes Misg Radle Hhevman, sn actress, of New Hayen, Comn., who was one of the pasty at whose tables File had hesn sibiing in the Mstropels, When fhe first shot was fired, she said, they belleved an nmm‘ll fire hud ex- ploded, With the late shoty, File leaped to hip feet, dvawing his revei- ver, and rushing feom the hotel, Bhe added; “When Offieer File came back he wae almest heartbroken, He said; | mail on that carj | cally all of my How long have you knowledge of amr early train being run’under old sched- ule? ever since I can remember, a matter of at least 35 years. Did you get o train? "Yes, practi- important’ mail for many years. Do you know that that train made good connections in Willi- maatic for Hartford and Middletown ? Yes, it did, and old train also made 800d connections at Palmer, Mass., for other trains. Is an early train out of New London beneficial to you? Yes, decidedly so for me and for the public generally. Tt helped me in business to @ great extent. Formerly three-quar- ters of my mail was brought by that train, and on the new train practicaliy no mall §s brought. During the open soason, when outside help, such as me- chanics, etc., are employed, I have pald $50,000 in mileage in the past two years to the Central Vermont railroad. on- tractor F. P. Davoll of Willimantic and many of his men have used thaf early train to good advantage and been able to get In a full day, while now uader the new schedule they can't gef to work at my place until about 10.30. The effect will be bad and the public generally demand the earlty train as a convenience and a necessity. Attorney Brennan cross examined him, asking if the proposed train leaving New London at 6.30 would not De satisfactory. Witness replied-that as far as he personally was concerned it would he better than at present and he would be gatisfled unless something better could be obtained. He said he could not answer as (o the satistaction e gener: blic with regard to that 6.80 tratm, s T‘:flmmmy of Pestmaster Caruthers. Willlam Caruthers, postmaster of Norwich for many years, being con- nected with the office since July 1, 1870, Was next sworn, Won't you state how long to your knowledge the early train was run? Fifty years, It was called gatly train or boat train. All mafls of importance from New York, the gouth, went and eamtern malls from Boston were carrfed on that train and could be nicely handled at the office over | Which 1 have supervisian, and now it 18 Impossible to do se, and my entire scheduls 16 greatly disteranged by the Llinl:hl off of the carly train, The el of mafl cannet bs aceamplish- ed either pud the delivery of aails i greatly reterded and mueh later, gs the carriers de not start eut for nsu_%; an hoyr later, /The eariy train frem Nor- It weuld have heen the greatest thing in the werld for me if 1 eouid have caught theke men. You den't knew Murderers Loaded With Liquor, [rest lest night came gs s dr e o confessions show that the mur-|climax fo the past e leI:s of Rosenthal were “Lefty | vestigations of the Resentha] murder, ouie” or Louls Rosensweig; Harry |has been a member of the New York Torwitz or “Gib the Bleod,” Frank [peliea forea for nearly 30 years, his Muller, or Jack Lewis,” and | appointment dating baek te November Dage Prank Only Otrofic) |1, 1823, He remained a patrelman for hew it weuld have helped me in the| department’ " ’ Which earvied impertent mail nerthward te Brattlebore and the west as well as te Hartferd and Middietown and alse to Willimantic and te Putnam, We London, would be |t | ing_of Iife. sworn. He testified that he South Willington. Attorney Perking put in old C. V. timetable as evidence. | I am 46, and it has been run | Condensed Telegrams Fanny Denham Rouse, said to have been the oidest actress in America, dled n Ohloville, N. Y., aged §1 yeass. . Arthur Otelle, Professional Balloon- ist, was fatally injured at Beaudette, Minn,, when he fell a distance of 500 feet from his belloon. Bow Crumpled In a Collision STEAMER AND COLLIER CRASH IN THE FOG. The Skeleton of What Is Supposed e B to be the largest dinosaur is being Eiia. B2 s ;ne‘;‘rfléed at the Jensen quarry, near 5 ock Springs, Wyo. PASSENGERS IN PERIL % The Agreement Between the United P States and the Limoges chamber of commerce, governing the appralsment of china from France, will be abrogat- ed on September 1. John C. Bherman of Brookline, Mass., who assisted Governor Foss in his investigations of public Institu- tlons, was yeslerday appointed private secratary to the governor. S Steamer Carried 300 Returning Maine Vacationists—Passengers Transferred to Collier Without Any Loss of Life. Boston, July $0—More than 300 re- turning vacationists from Faine re- sorts, went through an ocesn accldent off the New Hampshire coast amid fog and darkness early today, when the kgddu wheel steamer City of Rockiand, from the Kennebec river for Boston, had her bow crumpled in a collision” with the colller William Chisholm, Bulkheads Proved Staunch. Staunch bulkheads kept the Rock- land afloat, while a smooth sea and the fact that the Chisholm swung alongside immediately after the col- Hslon enabied the passengers to be transferred to the oollier without loss of life. Disabled Steamer Remains Afioat. At dawn the steamer Belfast came up and took the City of Rockland’s passengers off the Chisholm and land- ed them in Boston. The City of Rockland, although sunk to her guards, remained affoat and during the day was towed to a dockyard in East Bos- ton. Mrs. Lillie Logan, the wife of Rev, J. W, Logan of Red Bank, N. J., was instantly killed at Great Barrington, Mass., yesterday, when thrown from her seat in an electric car, Edwin F. Tuttle of Woonsocket will be the national committeeman of the national progressive party from Rhode Island and chairman of the state del- egation to the Chicago convention. Upon Investigation, Coroner Mix de- cided that the death of Alexander Cameron was due to ‘matural causes. ‘Cameron, a laborer, 45 years old, was found dead in a Wallingford hotel. The Warren Public School, a three- story drick structure at Clgveland, O., was totally destroyed by fire yester- day. It was undergoing extensive re- pairs. The loss will reach $100,000. Arthur Brisbane, editor of the New York Evening Journal, was married Kot Pirasnite Gat Math yesterday in Calvary Episcopal church , and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population isases ONE-SEVENTH VOTE FOR DELEGATES New Haverft Conn,, July 30.—Believ- ers in the “progressi movement in politics from all over the state met in mass convention here this afternooh and chose 49 delegafes to the Chicago convehtion of the progressive party, instructed those delegates for Theo- dore Roosevelt for the presidency, de- cided to have the party legally enrolled as a political body bearing the name to be chosen at Chicago, veted that a state ticket should be placed in the field and adopted a platform in which equal suffrage was the noticeable plank, owing to a contest which de- veloped over it, . One-Seventh Vote for Each Delegate, The state delegation will have seven votes in-the Chicagp convention, but 80 many wished to make the trip that the provisional state committee re- commended 2§ delegates with a quar- ter of a vote each. As names were Forty-Nine Connecticut Progressives to Cast Seven Votes at the Chicago Convention - FOUR RESIDENTS OF NORWICH ARE IN THE LIST Convention at New Haven Addressed by Suffragist and a Suffrage Plank Adopted — Delegates Instructed For Roosevelt—Wrangle over an Anti-Railroad Lobby Res« olution—Convention &’ofiu in Favor of Full State Ticket reported such a resolution and he tord the convention that it séemed the opinion of those wh> had been com< sulted in the state, that the party would fafl in its mission if it did name a state ticket. He said house could not be cleansd unless such a ticket was used . He thought people would be disappointed if this was not done, 360 Delegates Present. The membership in the convention was determined by a division on the &mwn of reconsidering the vots om e suffrage plank, Chairman Smith counting 140 for reconsideration and 120 against. The convention session was & lomg one. The keynote of Chatrman Smith was based on platform whidh he had picked up and it was frequent< ly interrupted by soplaee, when he declared that the Mne ) /928 A few passengers suffered minor in- juries from the colliston. A soore, mostly women' and children, wers dropped into the sea, where the bow of alifeboat fell from its davits, while another liteboat full of water was swamped by the stream from the steamer's condenser. Six lifeboats ‘were launched during the few minutes of excitemenj lollowl\g‘ the oollision, but a majority of the passengers in New York to Miss Phoebe Cary, daughter of Seward Cary of New York. President Taft Yesterday Sent to the senate the mominations of Lewis C. Laylin of Oblo to be assistant secre- tary of the interior, and that of 8. T. ‘Wright to be collector of internal rev- enue for Alabame. The United Stat: through Secre- tary Knox, has again protested to the | ratified the list was increased by mul- tiples of seven, until 49 was reached, giving each delegate a seventh of a vote. The delegation is instructed to support the short ballot, direct prima- ries, popular election of United States senators, the initiative, referendum and recall, an independent federal commission plan for regulating indus- trial corporations, a protective tariff which shall proteot both industry and employee while destroylng monopolies. drawn between progressiveness on one side and conservatism on the other, and not between republicanism and democracy. He declared that the two older parties were doomed. Delegates New in Politics. ‘The delegates for the most were new men in active pol There was a sprinkling of ex-mem< ‘bers of the legislature, A. J. Birde< scrambled over the side ofthe collier from the deck of the Rockland. Neither Vessel Had Wireless. Mexican ggpvernment and to General Oroczo, 1éhder of the revolutionists, against attacks upon American citi- which have increased the cost of lv- | ing, a parcels post, a woman's suffrage and a workingmen's compensation law. eye of Farmington, & democratic mem« ber of two legislatures, sent & me« sage exprean- There was some confusion and con- siderable shouting, while the din of the distress whistles of the Rockland and the Chisholm, neither having wireless equipment, added to the ex- citement of hours before dawn, until the Belfast cameplunging out of the miste to the rescue, zens and property in northern Mexico. The Standard Oil Company of New York yesterday announced a reduction of 10 points in refined petroleum, mak- 1ing refined in cases 10.25 cents per gal- lon, reflned In tanks 4.76 cents, and standard white in barrels, 8.35 cents. extending ings and ing re mtnmumhra ent. fuaog_.onmn_mr abont wero from Bridgeport, a iange mum~ ber from this city, leaving the remain< der to represent the state at large. The Delegates to Chicage. The delegates chosen follow: First district—Bdward R. Grear, Dy M. Wright, H. K. Smith of Hartford: Suffragetts Addresses Convention. The platform as drawn up and first adopted had_for its_suffrage plank a declaration for a referendum by both sexes on woman's suffrage. After a while delegates inquired if the matter of woman's suffrage had not been side- stepped and a motion which led to long and lively debate opened up this | director of the 'White Star line, and The Entire Byginess Section of Chamberlain, S. ‘Was: Ahreatened with destruetion by fire which started in a cafe. The loss i3 esfimated.at 100,000, 25 per cenr. of which is cov- ered by insurance. EXONERATES ISMAY AND DUFF-GORDON, British Board of Trade Finds Titanio Was ‘Running at Excessive Speed. Five Men Who Were Arrested charg- ed with working at semi-pro ball flelds on Sunday in New York were fined 35 apiece. charged with selling bread after 10 o'clock on Sunday, were also fined $5. London, July 30.—The judgment of the British board of trade court of in- quiry into the disaster to the White Star liner Titanic. which sank in mid- ocean with 1,517 persons on board, after collision with an iceberg on April ¥, was pronounced today by Lord Mersey, the presiding judge, before a large audienoce. The court finds that the collision of the Titanic with the iceberg was due to the excessive speed at which the ship was navigated; that a proper watch was not kept; that the ship's boats were properly lowered, but that ar- rangements for manning them were insufficient; that the Leyland liner California might have reached the Ti- tanic if she had attempted to do so; that the track followed was reasonably safe with proper vigilance, and that thers was no discrintination against the third class passengers in the sav- The Engine and Tender of a north- bound passenger train of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road was derafled just above Botsford station last night. No one was in- jured. The line was blocked for a time. A Dwelling House at East Haven, owned by Peter Graves, was burned, and two others adjoining, belonging to were badly damaged yesterday. The houses were valued at about $2,700 each. Bound to Stand Firm for two ha | tleships in this year's naval bill, 21 democratic representatives have sign- ed a petition pledging themselves to that program and repudiating the “no battleship” instructions of the demo- cratic caucus. Rev. G. L. Merrill of Minneapolis declared that “Cleopatra and Antony The court of inquiry exonerates J. Bruce Ismay, chairman and managing Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, one of the passengers, from any charges of im- prope: conduct. FOUR LIVES LOST IN A HOTEL FIRE AT FAIRLEE. ‘o had g tame time in their barge on | f o the Nile compared with the canoe Tws Otivies Snluced:, One of Them | shooners of Minneapoli He also Probably Fatally. | sald the costumes of | were disgraceful. Confederate and Union Veterans of prominence, according to an announce. ment by Ralph C. Otls, the committee on arrangements, will participate in the opening prog-am of the progressive national convention at [*Chicago next Monday. glrl canoelsts Falrlee, Vt., July 30—Fire that des- troyed the Danforth house here today | caused the death of four persons and the injury of two others ,one probably atally. Miss Effie Perkins of Flushing, L. 1. and Miss Florence Albée of Spring field, Mass., were burried to death. Miss Perkins' parents, Mr. and Mrs p s C. E. Perkins, were so badly injured | Efforts are Being Made by the war that they died within a short time. Ian;,:'n::'em to m\g the xe‘nu‘olm ?.m\, Miss Bernice Bean of Springfleld, | pendeq balances of money Mass.,, who jumped from-a third story | oy % {ated for the Mi: window, is believed to have been fa- | crs diverted by tally hurt. A A " . relief of the Ame: A N iearacne pouring into El Paso fro burned. Trapped by the flames in their ap- Appropri- 1ssippt flood suffer- was Mexlco, seriousty | partments on the lake side of the hotel, | The Informal Decision of the sen- Mr. Perkins, his wife and daughter |{® Nt to recogmize “pairs” between Alice, jumped from a second . story | Senators in votes taken upon the Arch- bald Impeachment case, in the cancellation of a engagements by senators who had ex- pected to leave Washington this week. The Staff of the Sunday Times, of windows into the water. With difficulty D, chedy they were rescued from drowning. Suffering from burns and the shock of their experiences, they were taken to hospital at the Hanover, where Mr. and Mrs. Perkins died a few hours | later. d Waterbury, was arrested vesterd T —— on complaint of George Walke! ALLEGED SLAYER OF Waterbury on charge ‘of breach peace, the paper ha da i ving CHILD CAPTURED | e found | 01, wa dead at h | Pawtucket, R. I. under peculiar cir {‘cumstances. A ‘few hours later the | police took into custody Edward Duffy, 65 years old, who it is alleged, was seen at the Stafford house-shortly be- fore and after the woman came to her death. leved to be J. Sherman Gray, wanted i for the murder of 14 year old Naomi Mitchell, was taken into custody .in the town of Brooks tonight by Deputy Sheriff Estes. Sherift White of Carmel, where the murder_was committed, was notified and left for Brooks tonight, Admits Identiy. Bangor, Me., July 30.—Word reach- ed hero tonight that the man taken into oustody at Brooks was J. Mitch- ell Gray, he having admitted his iden- tity. FERRET ATTACKS BABY IN IT8 CRIB. Pet Was Bucking Infant's Blood When Mether Cam, Grafton, W, Va., July 30—A baby son, five menths ald, of Mrs, Carrie Joseph Kapsa, the Gunner's -mate, who steadfastly refused to take the navy anti-typhoid vaccination because he was a Christian Scientlst, was court-martialed for refusing to obey an order of a superior officer and sen- tenced to the disciplinary camp at Point Royal, 8, C., has decided to take the treatment. Qoverner Donaghey investigation into the four companies of the Arkansas Nw- tlonal Guard upon (e negro section of Fordyeos, Ark,, Baturday, and at the Conduoted an 1ald madé by while 1yin| 8 erih in the upstains ¥ e e e Rl CARD tlames poatanain, i peny steipped of his uniform and-dis. beforo ald Feached fhe child Lhe blood- thirsty aniniai had esten ene cheek, partly egien. pus eyeball and pune- tured the Dhaek ef fhe ehild's head. When the mother reacled the crdh she found the ferwst sucking bloed frem the baby's nestrils. The fervet had lang been & pet and it had eften plaged areund the haby's onorably disclarged, Representations that Jail Sentences would fmperil fie lives of Richard Hynes and A. M. Hedderly, convicted | at Portland, Ore, in 1908, of censpir- acy te defraud the W'nited States of public lands, moved President Taft te eommuta their saniences by wiping out (Continued on Page Twe.) eradle, bul nmever had melested the |the temms of imprizonment en condi- tien that they pay (he fines impoged. city | Fifteen more-": | Joseph Ambrocagy and Egan Klimar, | chairman of | number of | -0 | young man’s name several times Ye- | Report from Brooks, Ms., That Pris. | Eirding fhines Tie claims never io oner Admits His Identiy. | et 5y Belfast, Me, July 30.—A man be- | Mre. Henry P. Staifford, 68 years plank for consideration during which Mrs. William T. Hincks of Bridge- . president of the Connecticut | Suffrage League, who wis in an upper box with another suffragette, was invited to address the convention, She did this in a short speech from the c adoption of a new ds: The Woman Suffrage Plank, F plank which re: | state grange | “We demand that the Consolidated | railroad company recall from the posi- | tion of chairman of the republican ate control committee its chief lob- Mr. Henry J. Roraback.” ' s went through with a cheer. | Then a delegate in the rear of the | theatre suggested that Charles W. Comstock, chairman of the democratic | state central committee, ought to be | included in the resolutions, | Comstock's Name Offered in Amend- ment. | Wiltam Day of New Haven offered an amendment to insert Mr. Com- stock's name. The debate became lively, delegate after delegate, Whoso names were not known to Chairman Smith, took the floor either for or against the motion, or to try and have | action reconsidered Rev. B. R. Hyde of Middletown ob- jected to such a resolution, belleving this was not the time or place for ao- tion of this Mmd. He said such a res- olution attacking the railroad lobby would be looked upon as a joke, and the-gathering ought to be in ‘a serious mind and not joke about the lobby. The Action Expunged from Record. Mr. Dufty took lseue, saying that the rallroad lohby was no joke. Mr. Hyde sald that it was not intentlonal | it e yeterred ta the lobby as a joke, a8 | he did not regerd it as such, but he {meant to emphasize the opinien that people Who are watching the conven- tien think they put through a joke, | After further debate the motlon. to President Luther Dumbfounded. President Luther of Trintty, who spoke on the question, did so with frony, asking why citisens were afraid of the lobby. If men canmot be trust- ed to go to the legislature without having a_policeman on each side to protect them when they vote or a national guardsman to iook after them | when they have voted, the remedy is to | send better men to the legislature. | This was cheered and with very few | dissenting volces the resolution was | expunged. The debate had lasted near- |1y an hour and several delegates had | made clear, expressive speeches which | were applaudes 5 | i President Luther had also said he was dumbfounded at the passge of the resolution and that it was a mis- take In tactics. Anti-Railroad Resolution Tabled. A delegate presented another reso- lunution to the effect that the conven- tion regrets exceedingly “railroad ac- tivities in_the legislative function of | state, and we will do all in our power to_counteract its influence.” Chairman Smih read the resolution which had been handed to him, but it was quickly tabled, At that point, with the convention in a lively state, & motion went tigouéh for the atas comimittes £ les gally enroll the party so thet it could put a ficket in the fleld, and Senator Alsop moved to adjeurs, which was done. During the session ihe com- mittee which had heen designated as a stale committee wis given power to form county and district organiza- tlons end to oresnlve tie party in fowns If nesded, A Full Stats Ticket Favored. A resolution offered by I, 8, Buta terwerth and adopted, was In favor of placing a full state ticket in The field with neminttien for congress and leav- ing the matter of legislative and other neminatione Lo the local commitiees, Mr, Putterwerth was asked why he | brokers F. B. Dufty, Weq| Hartford; C M, Lee, Farmington; Al J. Muzzy, Bristels Rev. 8. G. Orhman, New Pritain: le B. Walkley, Southinigton; J, W. Alsopy Avon. Second district—S. B. Potter, 6. Ly Hewitt, Herman Alofsin, Max Einhorn box a obably this was the first|of Norwich; Leonard Smith, Mans« Bime ‘& woman has ever: addrcased a | fAeld; Prot. W. A. Heidel, Middiatown: tate political convention in Connecti- | H. C. Bates, Chester; W. J. Frevo. cut, who was not herself a delegate | thick, Middletown, to it. The debate finally led to enthu- | Third district—Venice Migner, Ane somda; J. B. Smith, Orange; Louis Bronson, F. S. Butterworth, Prof Henderson, Dr. Louis Limaure, ¥. A Leigtton, Al Williama, all of New Ha« “We favor the immediate extension ven; J. 8, Schwink, Jr., Meriden; H. of the suffrage to women 4 3 " - | The sensation of the seeston. was g» Woodruff, Milford; R. L. Parker, this-resolution put In by F. E. Dufty | Gufiford. 2 of West Hartford, prominennt in the | Fourth district—H. B. Stoddard. G B. Melius, H. Downer, John Taylor, N, E. Vincent, Louls Nea« B o anbary, B L. Champeriing of A > er) fimmfl; H. C. Scofield and Gutsea Borghua, Stamford; G. A. Romer, Danbury. Fifth district—W. L. Hall of Wash~ ington, F. J. Frbe, E. B, Stow and I, W. Jaegar of Waterbury, G. T. Sperey, of Washington, W. Lowry of Oale~ brook, T. J. Wall, Torrington; B. I Danlels of Bethlehem. Delegates Leave Saturday. The delegates met afterwards and Mr. Stoddard as a committes on trans« portation made preliminary Arrange« ments for the trip to Chicago, start- ing Saturday. President Luther had been named as a delegate, but he said he could not go and so withdrew his name, Parl Russell fifling the last place. Mr, Alsop wished to stay st bome, but the convention said “No" with emphasis. e ol o TO HEAD PRESS BUREAU. David 8. Barry to do Literary Werk For Republican Party. New York, July 30—Announcsment ‘was made tonight that David S. Barrg will be head of the press and Nterary bureau of the Republican National ocommittee during this campalgn. The appointment was made today. Mr, Barry was Washington corres- pondeat for the Providence Journal, and was formerly the head of the New | insert Mr. Comstoek's name was de-| York Sun bureau at Washington. He feated, the resolution reconsidered and | asststed in literary and press work fo# the action expunged from the rec- | the Blican national committes ords. during last campaign. PROGRESSIVES INCORPORATE. Iilinoie “Bull Moosers” Form a Corpe~ Body. Springfield, T, July 30—Secrstary of State Doyle today Mcensed the in- corporstion of the National sive Comvention association. The obe ject of the incorporation is “to ar range for and hold public meetings and assemblies in the state of Illinois, to promulgate and distribute literature and information in the intesest of the National Progresstve party agd in any other manner to promote and advance such political party.” The incorporators and the first board of _dfrectors are Ralph C. Otis, L. W. Noyes, Frederick S. Oliver, George F. Porter, Lawrerye worth, Bdwin D, Keith and ied Cormick. OXNARD TESTIFIES AT SUGAR TRUST HEARING o Outline of System For F Py of Sugar. Ban Francisco, July 30- Ar . of the system of fixing the l‘l{:riné:fl-r aifferent condi lependent comp tain r place in th nies the Havemeyer infercs #tance of testimony I nard, head of the Ameri company, before Sjol Brycs in the hearln, ernmant’s suit to dissoi S thust. Latters sald . | €d betwesn H. 0. Huvei . gerd and between xnar ng regarding sugar |u intreduced by the governienl ¥ F. Sefiman, |