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Norwich Uetimw VOL. LIV.—NO. 281- NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1912 PRICE TWO CENTS Paragra Condensed Telegrams ] Informers Will Subpoenas Served on New Haven Road’s Officers and Directors Have Been Recalled DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO MAKE INQUIRY If Facts Warrant It, Grand Jury Investigation Wil Be Resum- ed—Presidents of Both Roads Offer Full Access tc All of Their Records—T'wenty-Five Year Proposition Presented by Mellen—New Hampshire Joins in the Protest. * ‘Washington, Nov. 20.—It was an- mounced tonight that the department of justice had postponed the proposed grand jury investigation in New York of the alleged unlawful traffic agree- ment between the Grand Trunk rail- way of Canada and the New York, New Haven & ‘Hartford railroad pend- fng a further inquiry by the depart- ment itself. Free Access to All Records. Assistant Attorney General Jesse C. Atkins said tonight that the presi- dents of both of the railroads had of- fered to give full access to the rec- ords of their companies, and that At- torney General Wickersham decided that a full and carefnl examination of officials should be made before put- ting the case into the hands of a grand Jury. Grand Jury Probe if Neocessary. Mr. Atkins emphasized the depart- ment’s determination to conduot a rizgid inguiry, and to have a grand jury probe later if facts to warrant it sre disclosed. He said the attorney had written to the raflway presidents for an explanation of the rumored agree- ment before any protest was filed. SUBPOENAS RECALLED. Officers and Directors of New Haven Road Had Been Summoned. New York, Nov. 20—A single day's onsideration by the federal grand jury ere of the New Hawen-Grand Trunk gituation was closed this evening with the intimation that a suspension of gctivity in the matter so far as this eity was concerned had been decided upon, Several subpoenas which had been issued for officers and directors of the New York, New Haven & Hart- ford Raiflroad Co, bad been recalled, it was said. In any event, it was given out, there would be mo grand jury session tomor- row; that body having decided not to convene again until Friday. NEW HAMPSHIRE ALSO. Granite State Railroad Commissioners at Washington. ‘Washington, Nov. 20.—New Hamp- shire's state officials today joined with Massachusetts and Rhode Island in protesting to the department of jus- tice against the alleged traffic agree- ment between the Grand Trunk rafl- way of Canada and the New York, New Haven & Hartford, petitioning | the federal government to interpose under the Sherman anti-trust law, with the purpose of preserving railway competition’ in New England. John E. Benton and Edward C. Niles of the New Hampshire railroad com- mission, held a long conference with Jesse C. Adkins, assistant' atiorney general, who has direct charge of the Investigation, F. J. McLeod and George W. Bishop of the Massachu- setts raliroad commission, participat- ed in the discussion, supplementing the information they gave the depart- ment yesterday. A 25-Year Proposition. Boston, Nov. 20.—The following of- ficda] statement was issued today by the New:Haven railroad offices: “President Mellen has signed what is, in effect, a proposition to Mr. Chamberlin for a 25-year agreement, but it has not been acceptéd by Mr. Chamberlin, and Mr. Mellen is with- out knowiedge what action Mr. Cham- berlin will take” Grand Trunk Considering. Montreal, Nov. 20.—E. J. Chamberlin, president of the Grand Trunk railway, said this aftermoon that he had re- | ceived a copy of the proposed traffic agreement with the New ' York, New Haven & Hartford raiiroad and stated that it was under consiferation. The agreement had been forwarded to London, Mr. Chamberlin added, al- though it had not yet been received by the Grand Trunk board there. He would make no further statement. ————————————————————————eeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemeeeet NO CARELESSNESS IN WRECK AT GREENS FARMS. Railroad Men Testify Before Inter- state Commerce Inspectors: New Haven, Conn., Nov. 20.—A score bf witnesses were examined before the finterstate commerce commission in- gpectors here this afternoon in the probe into the cause of the derail- ment of the Merchants’ Limited ex- press at Greens Farms last Saturday, end all the testimony went to show that there was no carelessmess, the accident in all probability being caused by the dropping of an equalizer bar fnto a trailing switeh. Officials from the various mechani- cal branches of the road testified that the train was thoroughly inspected be- fore leaving Boston and twice before reaching New Haven. At New Haven another inspection was made. Here gome trouble was found with a small dynamo on the dining ear and the mat- ter remedied. This was the ear from which the equalizer bar dropped, and at the time of the inspeetion nothing peemed to be wrong with the car. G. W. Wildin, superintendent of the echanical department, testified that e found marks on the ties for a dis- tance of 1,880 feet this side of the wreck which indicated to him that the equalizer bar had been dragging on he ties for a considerable distance efore the trailing switch was reached. Other road mechanics said that the trouble in guestion could net possibly have been located unless the trucks had been taken from the car. The inspectors closed their hearing this afternoon. HICKEY INDICTED FOR BOY’S MURDER. Charged With Strangling Lad Death at Lackawanna. to Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. 20.—J. Frank Hickey is charged with strangling Jo- seph Joseph to death at Lackawanna on Nov, 12, 1911, in a special report ade by the grand jury to Justice Vheeler in criminal term of the su- preme court here today. The indict- ment containg two counts, charging wilful and deliberate killing with malice aforethought, constituting mur- der in the first degree. TIDAL WAVE WIPES OUT TWO TOWNS IN JAMAICA. 8teamer Brings Report of 42 Deaths at Montego Bay. Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 20.—The western end of the island of Jamaica has been devastated by a hurricane Jasting for five days. A great tidal wave has swept over both the north and south coasts, practically wiping out the towns of Savanna la Mar and Tucea, both towns of considerable im- Pportance. According to a report brought in by teamer, 42 persons were Kkilled at ontego bay. Steamship Arrivals, At Liverpool: Nov. 20, Saxonia, from New York and Boston. | ’ At Queenstown; Nov. 20, Merion,from Philadelphia for Liverpool. At Gibraltar: Nov. 20, Canopic, from Boston and New York for Naples. At Leghorn: Nov. 20, Perugia, from New York via Naples. At New York: Nov. 20, Oceania, from Naples. General Rojas Killed. Mezxico City, Nov. 20.—Gen. Antonio jas, one of the most influential of e rebel leaders and a strong sup- rter of General Orozco, has been ed in an encounter with rural guards, according to upofficial advices to the government. Auto Ditched, Man Killed. Hazleton, Iid., Nov. 20.—James B. Murphy, said to be a wealthy oil op- ‘erator 'of Philadelphia, was killed and three others were hurt near here to- when the motor car they . were SAW GIBSON STRUGGLE WITH MRS. SZABO IN BOAT. Wiéness G?vqupoM Testimony at Lawyer’s Trial. @Goshen, N. Y, Nov. 20—Dr. George King, official physieian of / Hudson county, N. J., testified for the state today in the trial of Burton W. Gibson for the murder of Mrs. Rosa Menschik Bzabo that Mrs. Szabe met death on Greenwood lake July 1§ last from strangulation, and no other cause. Of this he was positive, he said. He was equally sure, he continued, that stran- gulation was caused by eompression on the threat above the Adam’s apple. Earlier in the day John Minturn, an eyewitness of the tragedy, swore that be saw Gibson place an arm around Mrs. Szabo’s neck and thrust his hand to her throat. This was while Gibson and his client were in the boat 700 yards from the shore, where Min- turn stoed watching them. They both fell out, Minturn said, and Gibson swam to the boat, overturned it and then apparently tried to pull the shirt of his bathing suit over his head. The defense maintains that the drowning woman tore the shirt from Gibsen’s back. JACK JOHNSON WitL BE ARRAIGNED TODAY. Will Plead to Five Indictments Under “White Slave” Law. Chicago, Nov. 20.—Jaek Johnson, negro pugilist, under federal indict- ment for alleged violation of the Mann act, will be arraigned befere Federal Judge Carpenier tomeorrow merning. He will be called upon to enter pleas to each of five indictments recently re- turned against him charging that he caused the transportation of Beile Schreiber from Chicage to cities in other states for purposes prohibited by the federal statute. An indictment against Johnsen for the alleged smuggling of a diamend necklace for his late white wife, Ethel Duryea Jackson, who committed sui- cide, is held in abeyance. He will be tried on the criminal charges of vielat- ing the Mann act first. IDLE WOMEN CAUSE OF HIGH COST OF LIVING. Novel Explanation Offered at Meeting of Merchants. 8t. Louis, Mo., Nov. 20.—Delegates to the first annual convention of the Na- tional Federation of Retafl Merchants were warned today against making false statements in advertisements and against cutting retail prices unti] the profits are absorbed by H. . Robbins of New York, chairman of the vigil- ance committee of National Ad clubs. “Poo many idle women jn the world” was the cause assigned for the high cost of living by Mrs. Nellle Hencke of St. Louis, one of the two women delegates to the convention. Double Murder at Worcester. Worcester, Mass.,, Nov. 20.—John ‘Wood, a grocery clerk, killed his wife and four months' old baby last niibt Wwith chloroform and then ended his life in the same manner. A note found by a 13 year old danghter, Gladys, when she awoke this morning, told of the crime and led to the discovery of the bodies. Latest California Returns, San Francisco, Nov. 20.—With the canvass of 34 out of 58 counties in, the state completed by the statisticians”in the office of the secretary of state, Roosevelt maintains a margin = over Wilson of 65 votes This s on the face of umofficial returns from the countfes not canvassed. S Aged Recluse Murdered. Philadelphia, Nov. 20.—An examina- tion by a coromer’s physician today disclosed the fact that Miss Anna Notser, /78 years old, a recluse, had ‘been murdered. She had been stran- nhd. The motive Was robbery, en. McClernand at Milan. Milan, TItaly, Nov. 20.—Brig.-Gen. Edward J. McClernand and the other | officers of the American military mis- sion have been here for several days, studying Itallan cavalry organization. Reported Massacre of Christians. Athens, Greece, Nov. 20.—Reports of massacres of Christians in Jaffa, Pal- estine, caused of the commander of the Russian cruiser Oleg to weigh an- chor and depart hurriedly for that dis- trict today. > Marconi Coming to New York. Venice, Italy, Nov. 20.—William Marconi will leave for London in a few days on the way to New York, where he expects to arrive at the be- ginning of January., Mr. Marconi is still under the care of an oculist. Secretary Stimson at Panama. Panama, Nov. 20.—The secretary of war, Henry L. Stimson, and his party, which includes Miss Helen daughter of the president, arrived here today. Secretary Stimson had a con- ference with the congressional com- mittee which left here tonight. “Disregard Statements About Cabinet” Hamilton, Bermuda, Nov. 20.—“All statements about selections for the cabinet may be disregarded until I make the announcement myself,” de- clared President-elect Wilson tonight, when he was told of the reports pub- lished in the United States. FLAGMAN PLACED | TORPEDOES ON TRACK Engineer Testifies at Coroner’s quest on Putnam Wreck. In- (Special to The Bulletin.) Putnam, Nov. 20—Coroner Arthur G. Bill of Danielson came here Wed- nesday and comducted his inquest rei- ative to the big railroad wreck last Saturday night. The coromer was oc- cupied with the inquest from 11 to 3.30 o'clock. The members of the crews of both trains that figured in the ac- cident testified as to what they knew about it. The testimony of Engineer ‘Walter Forbes of Eoston, who was driving the locomotive of Extra 4190, which crashed into Extra 412, was of special interest. Engineer Forbes related that he first of him and later the faint gleam of a red light. He put on his brakes. { Later, when he got the signal clearer, he answered by blowing the locomotive whistle and put on his emergency brakes. Engineer Forbes ran by flag- man Gallagher, who has disappeared, a quarter of a.mile above the wreck. According . to the rules, Gallagher should have beea back a mile from where his train was hit. Engineer Forbes told of running over two torpedoes before they came to Gallagher, which would indicate that the latter had started back to- wards his train after putting them on the reduced speed of his train at from |15 to 20 miles an hour, at the time the aceident occurred. ley, who was in the cab with Forbes, 4did not claim t0 have seen any other lights than a white light. Inspeciors Duffy, Lyon and Bromley of the United States interstate com- merce commission, attended the in- quest and asked some questions of the crew. “Their inquiries relating espe- speeg of the trains. Coroner Bill said ‘Wednesday night that his finding will not be made until he has .an oppor- tunity to interview the engineer of a west bound freight train that passed by the scens of the wreck, just a few moments before it occurred. The erews examined at the inguest here left immediately for Hartford, where they will again be examined today at a hearing before the inspec- tors of the United States interstate comimerce commission. MISS DYE TESTIFIES IN DYNAMITE CASE MoNamara Forced Entrance to Her Room to Look for Papers. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 20—Miss Mary C. Dye, a stenographer who wit- nesses had said was marked for mur- der by James B. McNamara, the Los Angeles Times dynamiter, because she worked for the Iron Workers’' union, and “knew too much,” testified at the “dynamite conspiracy” trial today. She asserted she had been followed by de- tectives and on ome occasion another of the McNamara brothers forced an entrance to her room at a hotel to search for papers whiech he designed to destroy. “Soon after I left a boy at the door of my hetel at midnight called out that he had a telegram,” said Miss Dye, “but' when I opened the door John J. MeNamara, much excited forced himself in,- He demanded cer- tain papers of which I knew nothing. Then he searched my baggage and departed. In going over letters at the office I had seem a letter in which it was stated that somebody was going to ‘smitch’ or give away infermation unless money was forthcoming.” The government eomtends that the informant refesred to was Hervert S, Hockin, who is Row on trial, and that Hockin already had teld of the hiding of mitro-glycerine at Rochester, Pa., and at Munsie, Ind, On his flight baek from Les Angeles after ocausing the explosion thers, James B. planned te have Miss Dye put to death and wamted Frank Egk- hoff of Cincinnati to de it, according te Eckhoff’'s testimony, JUSTICE GOFF PRESIDES AT THE TRIAL OF HYDE. Jury Completed to Hear Case of New York City Chamberiain, New York, Nov. 20.—A jury for the long delayed trial of former = City Chamberlain Charles H. Hyde on charges of bribery in connection with the Carnegie Trust company financial scandals nearly two years ago was completed at the opening session of the trial today. Justice John W. Goff started the trial with all thé despatch which characterized his conduct of the trials of former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker and the four gunmen in the Rosenthal murder, just concluded. The Justice refused to entertain- motions for further postponement of this long standing case and ordered the immedi- ate examination of the panel of 200 talesmen summoned for the trial, The charge against Hyde is that while cit% chamberlain he forced Jo- seph C. Robin of the Northern pank to lend $130,000 to the Carnegie Trust company, which was then close to dis- aster. Reporter Prevents Jail Delivery. Columbus, O; Nov. 20.—A reporter "| for a morning papér m this city who hag himself arrestéd on a fake charge of being an expert pickpocket from Cincinnatl, tomight prevented the es- cape of five men from the city prison. One of the men in the escape plot is Harry Baskette, wanted in St. Louis for forgery. He will be returned there tomorrow. The four’ others are local men arrested on minot charges, ~ - - - " 2R % Taft, | saw a white light on the track ahead | the track, Engineer Forbes estimated ! Fireman Hur- | cially to the rules of the road and the | land Alfred | of Constantinople and i rough roads. | surance ! hue, | shelled them, thus reve ™ \To Fix Terms Uf_fir_mislice PLENIPOTENTIARIES TO HOLD MEETING TODAY MAKE STONG DEMANDS Allies Reported to Have Called For Sweeping Concessions—Turks Con- vert the Mosque Into a Pesthouse. London, Nov, 20—The war has shift- ed for a time from the field of arms to that of diplomacy. It may be that th war is near an end. Plenpoten- tiaries for the bellizerent powers will meet tomorrow at the village of Hademkeui a few outside the capital, for a prelimin of the terms of an armistice. Cessation of Hostilities. In the meantime the Turkish, Bul- |garian and Servian commanders have al- | ordered a cessation of hostiliti though cannonading ,which Nazim Pasha reports as unimportant, oc- curred this morning. Allies Name Sweping Terms. veeping terms which the alli were said to have demanded yeste day as a basis fo rthe armistice appear not 40 have been advised, but the plenipotentiaries may not know levels of the platform until they me for the discussion, and it is almc tain that it will be on the basi discussion | | Mass., plant of the Hood Rubber com- | pany was practically ended yesterday, | way out of cells in the army prisen Balkan states holding all the conquer- | ed country until a permanent treaty ! of peace ned, Mosque Used as Pesthouse. | navy’s crack aviator, and Miss Helen How many vestiges of hig former ! power they are prepared concede the Turk depends largely upon two factors—the strength and supplies of to the allied army threatening the gates | the extent to which the cholera spectre has em- barrassed their plans. It is certain that great transport difficulties hamp- er the Bulgarian army on acc the distance from its & The chole on by the Turks to w garian ambition for a tr into the capital and the c ass in St. Sophia. But to doubly sure the Tu to the amazing plan of trans- the mosque into a pesthouse crowded 2,000 cholera stricken within its walls. bration of as- resorted forming and has patients BULGARIANS FALL BACK. Turks Gain First Advantage of War at Hademkeui. Martin H. Dono- to The under date London, Nov. telegraphing from Hademkeui vember 18, says: “The fortunes of war, variable, have now turned decidedly in favor of the Turks, who have gained the first advantage in the conflict at their last stand. counted | yyai) according to a report presented arch | way association. | has | | | | | ers and the public. of No- | | club, at the annual meeting of that proverbially | “The Bulgarians were unable to hold | the advanced positions they had storm- ed at much cost the previous having failed to make any im s on the forts at Hademkeui have nmow fallen back with their heavy artille As the enemy retreated the Tu h sing all pre vious experiences in the campaign. “The fighting was very severe, The Bulgarian loss, especially while re- treating, was considerab! A WOMAN NEAR SCENE OF HACKETT MURDER. One Witness Formed Impression Was Mrs. Raymond. It Augusta, Maine, v. 20—A woman in dark clothes was seen by a number of persons hurrying along the road toward the spot where Mattie Hackett was murdered in the evening of Au- gust 17, 1905, according to testimony given by several witnesses at today’s session of the supreme court trial of Mrs. Bisie Hobbs Raymond, charged with the murder. One of these wit- nesses, Mrs. Lillian Manter of Read- fleld, testified that she “formed the im- pression” that this woman was Mrs. Raymond. Mrs. Rose Milliken, who lived in the same house as Mr. and Mrs. Raymond, swore that on the night of the murder her husbhand, a physician ,was sum- moned to the Hackett home, and that Mrs, Raymond was not in the house at the time. Bert Raymond, she tes- tified ,began a search for his wife, and late in the evening Mr, and Mrs. Ray- mond and Raymond’s brother Nathan, entered the house. Mrs. Raymond, the witness said, wore dark clothes, and was crying. Footprints made by ‘a woman's shoe in a cornfield near the Hackett home and discovered ‘the morning after the murder, were deseribed by other witnesses, A dep- uty sheriff said that he measured the tracks and compared them with Mrs, Raymond’'s shoes, but they did not correspond. Mrs, Miiliken in her tes- timony said that Mrs, Raymend chang- ed her shoes on the night of the erime. Mismanagement of Seoldiers’ Home. Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. 20.—Serious charges of mismanagement were made today by John S. McGreearty, a wit- ness before the United States semate eommittes imvestigating eenditions at the Sawtelle soldiers’ home. The res- olution introduced by Senator Johm D. ‘Works, which resulted in the seaator- ial inquiry, was based on a magazine article by McGrearty, who made an investigation of the heme, American Prowess at Horse Show, * New York, Nov. 20.—Phe Unifed States won the internatiomai broad- water jump at the horse show tomight Gwynne Vanderbilt won the Nala challenge cup contest for the third year in succession with his Sir James, thereby taking possession - of the trophy, valued at $8s6. Fatal Fall From Building, Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 20—An un- identifieq man fell from the top of a new building being erected at No. 58 Brook street late this afternoom and died while being taken to the city hospital. None of the workmen on the building knew the man. Record Imports at New York. New York, Nov. 20.—October was a record month for imports at New York. The aggregate value of merchandise importéd, amounting to $109,821,079, is he largest amoumt of merchandise hat ever came through this port in any one month according to announce- ment at the custom house- today. Senator Rayner in State of Coma. ‘Washington, Nov. 20.—Senator Is- ador Rayner of Maryland, who for some time has. been critically il at his apartments in this city, practically was in a state of coma all day today. | con, a committee’ was named to in- All efforts to arouse him to conscious- | vestigate the matter and report at the negs failed. [jured. | cubic feet to 90 cents. | manufacturers for cream has c: | held up, as the company is violating | made of his bed clothing. The War Department has ordered 50,000 cans of talcum powder for the feet of enlisted men. The Price of Gas at New Haven has been reduced from $1.05 per thousand Leave_New York John D_ Rockefeller has contributed $5,000 to the American Red Crose for use in relief york in-the Balkan states. ARE LIKELY TO BE REWLEASED THIS AFTERNOON, Betting in Wall Street on the Har- vard-Yale football game shows the Crimson favorite. The odds are 10 to 7 1-2, TO ESCAPE REPRISALS Mrs. Laura Appold of Washington is suing for a divorce. She says her husband beats her gaily after the fam- ily prayers. Hurried Trip to Be Made from the Metropolis—Had Hoped to Be Re- Thompson treasurer of the United States yester- i day by President Taft, to succeed Lee New Tou McClung, who resigned receutly. broad dayli and not under cover of darkness, as they had anxlously hoped, that “Bald Jack” Rose, “Brid- gle” Webber ang Harry Vallon will be set at liberty, according to the pro- ramme for the release of the three nformers against Charles Becker and his four gunmen tools, =0 far as it could be learned tonight. Mid-after- noon tomorrow is the time tentatively set. The underworld has been awalt- ing with Interest an fntimation ag to the time when they were to go free, for the feellng has prevailed there that the friends of the four gangsters ahout to be sentenced to death for the mur- der of Herman Rosenthal were only awaiting the liberation of Rose, Web- ber and Vallon to take revenge upom the trio. Will Be Released by Coroner. The three men will be brought at two o'clock tomorrow hefore Coromee Feinberg, who ned the orders eof commitment on h they were held originally, according to the plan out- lined. District Attorney Whitman will present to the coroner, it is said, stip- ulations signeq by him with counsel for the witnesses. If Mr. Whitman will declare that the three have kept faith with the state in giving relevant testimony, the coroner then will re- lease them from commitment, Will Quash Shapiro’s Indictment. Sam Schepps, fourth of the state's valuable witnesses against Becker and the gunmen, likewise will probably be T od during daylight . tomorrow. The vagrancy charge upon which he | has been held from week to week since est will come up again tomor- and it is not believed further ad- journment will be asked. “Suspended s to be Schepps’ fate, hapiro, driver of the “mur- der will also go free shortly. Mr, Whitman will move to have the in- dictment against Shapiro quashed in return for his testimony for the state. All Will Leave Town. Rose, Vallon, Schepps, Wébber and which | Shapiro spent today packing their < deal- | effects, anticipating release tonight. | Schepps announceq he would return to Hot Springs, Ark., whence he fled from this city after Rosenthal's mur- der. The other witnesses did not talk of their immediate future, but their friends are expected to hurry them from town to escape peril of {prisals by followers of Rosenthal's slayers. Becker as a Witness. An attempt will be made to bring Becker from Sing Sing prison to this city tomorrow or Friday to testify in the trial of Fabian B. McKinney, a negro charged with bribery, accord- ing to Harold Spielberg, attorney for McKinney. Spielberg said he intend- ed to institute habeas corpus pro- ceedings for Becker's presence as a witness, Tried to Bribe Detective. McKinney, who is from ‘Waterbury, Conn., was arrested on February 27 last, charged with attempting to bribe Detective Carmack 8f oormer Police Lieutenant Becker's “strong arm’” squad. The alleged bribe was in re- lation to a charge of carrying con- cealed weapons made against another negro arrested by Becker's squad in & gambling raid last February, leased Under Cover of Darkness. Carmi weas eppointed Nov. 20.—It will be in Sentence of Death on the four gun- men, convicted of murdering Hermaa Rosenthal, wiil be pronounced by Jus- tice Goff on Tuesday, Nov_ 26. The Strike at the East Watertown, when 400 strikers resumed work. Secretary Wilson’s Annual Report hows that during the last year the department of agriculture has mailed 34,000,000 pieces of mail to farmaers. Major Frederick C. Blanchard, a close friend of Gen. U. S. Grant dur- ing the civil war, was found dead In bed in Houston. He was 84 years old. Thomas Franey and Michael Mullin, miltary priscners who sawed their 1 on Alcatraz Island, were captured yes- terday. Lieut. Theodore G. Ellyson, the M..L. Glenn of New York were mar- ried last Friday, but the marriage was kept secret, Spontaneous Combustion of soft coal caused a fire which destroyed the plant | of the Chelmsford (Mass.) company, manufacturers of ginger ale, with a| loss of $30,000. American Railroads are grossly un- derpaid for carrying United States to the members of the American Rail- | H. O. Jefiries, Editor of the Nowata, Okla.,, Advertiser, has been acquittel on the charge of murdering Mrs, Irene Goheen, an advertising solicitor em- ployed by him. car Demands of the Christmas Candy | ised a shortage at Springfie: Mas: is seriously felt by the smail m “Wholesale Lowering of the Tariff | will be digastrous,” sald William T. H Dowe, president of“the Home Markst organization in Boston yesterday. Helen ShéMon, 9, was struck by an automobile -at Waterbury yesterday afternoon. The girl's left leg was broken, she has a pessiblo fracture of the skuli and may be internally in- Many Lottery Tickets for a drawing in‘Hamburg have been received at the New York postoffice. All have been the international agreement in regard to’ lotteries. Suffering From a Nervous brealdown William Little, aged 61, president of the West Side Dime Savings bank at Columbue, O., committed suicide yes- terday by hanging himself with a rope Edward D. Ayer, a wealthy Chicago- an, yesterday was named by President Taft a member of the board of Indian | commissioners, which hes supervision of the contracts and purchase of gup- plies among the Indians. Patrick Kennedy, a retired New York policeman, aged 81, was shot by his son, John, aged 45, yesterday forenoon, | while the men were in an argument at Stratford, Conn. The el Kenne- dy’s wounds are likely to cat death. - CHICAGO HOTEL VICTIM WAS CINCINNATI WOMAN, Man Suspected of the Crime Prominent in That City. Cincinnati, 0., Nov. 20.—That Mre, Emma Kraft of this city was the wom- an who was killed in a Chicago hotel last Thursday; that the police knew the name of a man who was formerly engaged to marry Mrs_Kraft, and who is known to have borrowed $800 from her, and whom they suspect of having killed, her, and that exery policeman and detective in this city has been or- dered to watch for this man, were to- day’s developments in the mystery that for six days had puzzled the palice of Chicago. Mrs. Kraft, who was 60 years old, was known to have recently sold prop- ety in this city amounting to $4,870, and the police are convinced that she had a large part of this sum in her possession just previons to her death, This leads to the theory of robbery as a motive,according to the police/though they claim that it is possible that the man got rid of Mrs. Kraft because she had threatened to prosecute him for money she claimed to have loamn- 6d him when the two were L The man the police have in mind is prominent in this city and was sesn here last election day. His where- abouts since that time is unknown to the polics, but Chief of Detectives Crawford of this city in a statement today said it was only a matter of Hours before the authorities would lay their hands on the man. Recognition of Mrs. Kraft's umbrella led to the positive identification of her clothes by a niece and the latter’s daughter, The police tonight sent out a request fo rthe arrest of John B. Koetters, in connection with the slaying, Chicago detectives state that Koetters had been paying some attention to Mrs. Kraft, who recently had sold some property for nearly $5000 and had later disappeared from her home, Koetters is 36 years old. He has studled telegraphy and was formesly a nelevator operator in Cincinnati, The Mass Meeting of Protest against the recent wrecks on the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad which is being planned by South Norwalk commuters, is scheduled to be held there Tuesday evening, November 26. Very Rev. Walter T. Sumner, dean of the Cathedral of SS. Peters and Paul, Chicago, who is recovering from an attack of appendicitis, plans to re- turn home from Boston on Saturday. No immediate operation is necessary. The Stadium Motordrome at Vails- burg, N. J., where eight persons were | killed and a humber injured during a recent motorcycle race, will be sold at sheriff's sale next Monday to satisfy a claim of $10,000 held by the contrac- tors. Because the Lehigh Valley Coal Co. discharged a number of men and boys for the purpose of retrenchment, 4,500 men and boys employed at various collieries in the Mahoney distrioct ves- terday went on strilie and tied up the system, United States Marshal Henkel yes- terday served Claus A. Sm-en:telnt with papers in the vernment sU o re- ocover the mg:; $119,080.98 as back dues alleged 1o be due on importations of raw suger, said to have been fraud- ulently underwetghed. Accidents on the New York, New Haven and Hartford and the Boston and Maine railroads during the past twe years were eailed to the attention of the interstate commeree eommis- sion yesterday by Leuis D. Brandels, whe represents the Bosten Fruit and Produce Exehange. Fairly Quiet in Strike Zone. Charlestown, W, Va., Nov. 20—Oec- casional rifle firing directed from the hillsides into the West Virginia coal district now under martial law today kept the militia anxious. While there were few developments of im: the situation existing in the coal fleid wa stonight fnmuunced by the mili- tary authorities t be grave. An Invelumtary Petition in bank- ruptey was filed yesterday in the fed- eral court at Trenton, N, J, against the United States Motor company,hav- ing offiees in Jersey City, In the peti- tion it is alleged that the eoneern owes more than §12,000,000 and has assets that wil] net exceed §9,000.000 COMPULSORY 8TUDY OF BIBLE IN THE S8CHOOLS. Plan Advecated at State Congregation- al Convention. Inauguration Day In April. ‘Washington, Nov. 30—Representative Henry of Texas, of the rules eommittes of the house, announced th- day that he Intended to push the proposition for changing the presiden- tia] inauguration date from March 4 to the last Tuesday in April ,during the eoming session. Hartford, €onn., Nov, 26—The Cen- necticut states Sunday Scheel assecla- tion closeq it sthree days’ session to- night with a discussion of a plan ad- vocated by Dr. George Dawsen of the Hartford school of religious pedaao%y, which called for the compulsory study of the bible in the public schools, After considerable argument pro and Madere Revolution Amniversary. Mexiee City, Nev. 20—The anmiversary of the la: Madero revelution was a banquet given hy the next conveation, the matienal palace