Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 23, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV—NO. 283 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1912 PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is ALLIES MAY QUARREL OVER SPOILS Indications of Disagreem ents Over Division of Fruits of the War Are Cropping Out GREEKS CLAIMING A LARGE SHARE OF CREDIT Hellenic Press Declares Results of War Would Have Been Dif- ferent Were It Not For along the Tchatalja Lines Their Good Offices For Nov. in the ress tods 22 —The efforts to- Balkans made no xchanges of reconnais- of the center t the Bulgarians er works. Not much cred- aced in this report Bulgarians Occupy Important Town. re in the war zone the mili- »n remains uncha The ancing toward Adri- with opposition. ve occupied the Jedeghatch, the Saloniki railway, on ng Behind Scenes, - Hamidieh came ndon is tt ted between re powers offi behind d in view Albanians to Declare Indepe expectations of e plenipoten- n armistice may Greek Fleet—Desultory Firing —Powers Believed to Be Using Peace “Behind the Scenes.” be reached, it is expected that TE will leave in abeyance for the negotiation | of a treaty the amount of territory Turkey eventually will be permitted to retain. Reports from Vienna an- | nounce that the Albanians will declare | their independence tomorrow. Danger of Quarrel of Allies. No diplomatic secret was ever better kept than the terms of the lkan al- liance, but the signs of possible differ- | ence over a division of spoils is crop- | ping out. The Greek semi-official press claims that the issue of the war would have been greatly different ex- cept for the immense power Of the Greek fleet. ONLY SKIRMISHING. Several Unimportant Outpost Fights ] | Yesterday. | Constantinople, Nov. 22.—The latest information received here from the Turkish army headquarters are to the effect that there was only slight skir- mishing today and several unimport- ant outpost fights, No mention is made in the despatches of the armistice pour parlers, and it is understood they have nt yet been r A despatch re- ceived today from Namm Pasha, the Turkish generalissimo, s There W vs nnonade on our right The enemy’s batteery in the environs of E fired on our works at Mektebharbich, to which our batteries replied. In reconnaissances on the left wing we collected a quantlty of army effects ibandonded by the enemy. The Bul- garians also bombarded Bivuk Chek- medye, on the Sea of Marmora, firing eighty shells. The fleet replied and si- | lenced the enemey. REBATING ALLEGED AGAINST RAILROADS. bsidiary Lines of New York Central Indicted Three S Three sub: ary York Central railway ) corporation #he federal giving and The companies nam- billssare od in t The 1. orm ‘Ruilway n South- neinnati, ' Chicago company. Southern Rail- t of the pay- Iroads in the 1909, to the proper ac- vernment. into rebating n made will con- id, against York Central wof further ject the s the ving act of § r Eikins e prot wnd giving of re END OF STRIKE IN KANAWHA DISTRICT. and Bituminous Operators Come to an Agreement. Miners Char e tbelic ed today Betweer clals and Practically wities for he Kanawha coal L was sannounc- es the-union, pro- t 21 per e Aper- provide: recogn an incre: wages, red ie miners to 1 nine hour wor men _ now_opgstr shouid desire tor es. tonn: o erence irn to work. MARRIED WOMEN i A GAMBLING JOINT Husband Causes Place to Be Raided. lndignant Chicazo, N0 —Information giv- @n by an angry husband whose wife #ent her time and®his money in . mbling resort, led to a handbook store on the South the jplace married and were ar- of ghe women offered to bribe ives to allow her to go. Mrs. = Brown, wha weighs 300 pounds d to galk d th 11Ee. he polf TO REMOVE BODY OF REVOLUTIONARY HERO Virginia Legislature Secures Neces- sary Authority to Do So. Nov. Hugh A. egate from Dockingham in legislature, announced today had ob ed the nsent of Carnegie, owner of Cumberland Georgia, for the removal by a legislative £ommittee of the ¢ ht Horse Harry” Lee of lutionary fame, from its grave on y_ will re-interred beside %zt of Light e Harry’s” son, Gen. Robert E. at Washington 4nd Lee univer- Lexington. Va. and, Virgini Government's Statisficians - Testify. Washington, Nov. g%=2Testimony of covernment's principa! statisti- clans in the dissolution suit against the United Statem Steel corporation Was completed today hefore Examiner Heary P. Brown. Adjournment of the ring was taken until abgut Decem- ber 4. when additional witnesses will be called by the government at a hear- g i New Ygrk eight | lETTOR RENEWS REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE JURY | Possible That Judgs Won't Deliver | Charge Until Monday. Salem, Mass, Nov. 22.—More del in bringing to an end the trial of F tor, Giovannitti and Caruso for the | Lopizzo murder in the Lawrence tex- tile strike seemed uncertain _when | court adjourned tonight with District | Attorney Attwill's closing argument not completed. That the case will not reach the jury until late tomorrow at the earliest was assured and it is probable that Judge Quinn will not charge the jury until Monda; Again, late today, the defendant, Et- tor, leader of the strike, who testified at length in his own behalf, renewed his request to be allowed to address the jury. If his attorneys permit him |to carry out this intention, Ettor will | be given a chance to speak, following | the court’s charge to the jury. In this |event the jury will not take the case for_deliberation until Monday, Extra police were necessa the courthouse today to ha crowds which sought admis: trial. | | WIN FREEDOM BY BECKER TESTIMONY. Cases Against Lubin Brothers Nolle | Pressed in Newark. about dle the on to the —Morris and Jacob indicted last Augusf | we fi ken from the jail here to testi- at the trial of Lieut, Charles Becker e | i) New York and were subsequently | returned here, were today | freedom. Prosecutor Mott in view of the ser- | vice they had rendered the Ne% York | authorities decided to have the indict- ments against the brothers nolle prossed. Judge Martin granted his motion and the Lubins Went free. given their | senthal shooting, tes | fied at the trial of both Becker the gunmen, identifying all the eq quartette but “Whitey” Lewis men who fired shots at Rosenthal. JUDGE PERRY IN AN AUTOMOBILE COLLISION. Senator-elect from Southport Not Seriously Injured. Soutnport, Conn., Nov. dition of Judge John H. se tor-elect from the 25th district, was injured this afternoon in an tomobie accident, is not as serious as at first reported. It was at first feared that he had suffered a fi tured skull, but members of the family said to- night_that he received only a few sdratches on his head He is resting comfortably and will be able to be out n, ®O00L he judge with his brother, Henry Perry, and the latter's daughter, Mrs. Roberts, of Minneapolis, were autoing this afternoon, and when rounding a sharp curve the machine collided with a testing car from Bridgeport. sth machines came together, but the impact was not great. Judge Perry was thrown out upon the roadway. WHITMAN LAUDED AS “BRAVEST MAN —The con- IN cITY” Dinner in Honor of District Attorney in New York. New York, Nov. 22.—District Attor- {ney Charles'S. Whitman, the prosecu- {tor who has just succeeded in the con- { viction of a New York police lieuten- ant and four gahgsters for the mur- der of gambler Herman Rosenthal, heard ‘himself described as “the brpv- est man in the city” at a dinner in his honor at the Aldine club tonight. Over 200 diners joined in applauding the praise that was. given him by the |speakers, who were all magazine ed- itors, Dr. Lyman Abbott declared that the district attorney had dome the city a |sreat service in sfanding out against {an organized systdn of crime when he was “facing the chilliness and reserve, Jif not the opposiiton, of the mayor of me‘dw din | for forgery of a check, who | Morris Lubin, who was an eye wit- | Gabled Paragraphs Record Altitude for Women. Johannisthal, Germany, Nov. 22— The Russian aviatress Ljuba Galants- chikow, today made a record for alti- tude for women by reaching a height of about 7800 feet. She used a mon- oplane. . Repairing Damage in Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 22.—Normal conditions gradually are being re- stored in the hurricane-swept districts of western Jamai Railway com- munication has been resumed, but the telegraph lines have not yet been re- paired. “Man Who Broke Bank” in Prison. Paris, Nov. 22—Charles Wells, alias Lucian' Rivere, James Burns and De Ville, and also known as “the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo,” was sentenced today in the correction- al court to a term. of five years in prifon and fo pay a fine of $600 for fraud. . RAILROAD MANAGERS TO MEET FIREMEN. to Discuss Wage Question. New York, Nov. 22.—The copference committee of managers of eastern ilroads will meet with a_committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen to discuss the wage question on Dec. it appears from correspondence made public here tonight. The decision of the arbitra- tion commission on the demands of the engineers of the eastern roads is e pected on._Nov. 23, Chairman J. Stoart of fthe s’ committee rter of the firemen's organiz and a week afterwards the m: ' representa- tives will confer with the firemen. Mr. Stuart’s letter conveying this in- formation was in reply to a commun from Carter asking that a date s possible be set for the conference. Coincidentally Mr. Carter expressed regret at the length of time the arbitrators of the engineers’ de- mands were taking to make their award. SHAPIRO WILL FACE THE MUSIC. Says He Will Run a Public Automobile in New York. —William Shapiro, der car” in whic gunmen rode to and from the scene of the murder of Herman Rose | thal, was released from custody this | afternoon on an order from Justice | Goft of the supreme court. Shapiro was indicted with the four gunmen, but his evidence against | them at’ the recent trial, which result- | ed in their conviction, won him free- | dom. apiro said he expected to remain | public automobile. | 'Bald Jack Rose and the other in- | formers in the Rosenthal case were still in the city or near by today, their friends said. The only ‘doubt as to Sam Schepps, who has announced | he intended to leave for Hot Springs, but who had not started on his jour- ney at a late hour, so far as could be learned. NO SEPARATE PARTY OF PROGRESSIVE SENATORS. Senator Bristow Says They Will Probably Act as Heretofore. Washington, Nov. That there will be mo effort to convert the pro- gressives of the semate into a sep- arate party organization was the opin- fon expr ¢ Senator Bristow of Kansas, who arrived here tonight. “I have not talked with any of the progres: aid Senator Bristow, “since the election, and so far as I know there is no plan for the or- ion of the progressives into a < e party in the semate. I sup- pose we will do at the coming session of congress as we have done in the past, and that is simply to do the best we can in getting any legislation en- acted that we are interested in.” sepa PHOTO MAN STIRS ANGER OF WILSON. “If You Want a Good Thrashing, Keep That Up,” Says President-Elect. Hamilton, Bermuda, Nov. 22.—Presi- dent-elect Woodrow Wilson today had lively dispute with an American Photographer which almost led to the hange of blows. he photographer tooks a snapshot of Mr. Wilson in spite of his prohibi- a | Mr. Wilson angrily ex- { claimed: You are no gentleman! If you ant a good thrashing, keep that up! an take care of myself in these I came here especially to | avoid photographer Mr. Wlison pas | of today bicycling. thereupon ed the greater part COUNTERFEITING PLANT LOCATED IN PHILADELPHIA Man and Wife Arrested and Held in $2500 Bail. Philadelphiz, Nov. 22—Hundreds of counterfeit haif-dollars, a_complete set of moulds, chemicals, and implements for making bogus money, were seized by United States secret service agents today in a raid in a house in this city Alexander Garnier, 29, and his wife vere held in $2500 bail each, charged with counterfeiting, and four other persons found in the house are being helg as witnesses. CHICAGO WAS READY. Police on Hand to Mect the Informers Had They Arrived. Chicago, No Detectives as- signed to meet Sam Schepps, Bridgie Webber, Harry Vallon and Bald Jack Rose, the four Becker case informers, found_on the arrival of a train from New York late today mo trace of the men on the train. It was discovered that the party on board under suspi- cion consisted of five bookmakers bound for Texas, and it was said that one of the number as a practical joke pointed at Cleveland as the witnesses in the Becker case. The orders of the Chicago police were to conduct the in- formers, if they left the train, to head- rters, where they were to be con- fronted with the alternative of “be- having themselves” or leaving town. o “Blue Sky Legislation.” New York, Nov. 22.—"Blue sky leg- islation,” which aimé to destroy the business of those who sell fraudulent or otherwise non-meritorious securi- ties, is likely to spread rapidly from stafe to state, declared -Warren . Hayden of Cleveland inyan address which was a feature of the first an- nual convention of the Investment Bankers' association of, America hére today, . 7o Conferees Called Together for Dec. 2 | in the city and go back to running a | ®| tary MacVeagh. Severe Sentence For Coal Dealer A FINE OF $500 AND TWENTY "DAYS IN JAIL. GAVE SHORT WEIGHT Delivered 3,310 Pounds for Two Tons —Lawyer Makes Vain Plea for Mer-. cy—Court Denounces the Offender. New York, Nov. 22—A coal dealer who gave short weight was given a sentence of twenty days in prison and fined $500 in special sessions court to- day. . Merits Severity of Court. “Your offense merits the severity of said Justice Russell in im- sing this penalty upon Ehler J. t, who had pleaded guilty to sell- ing 3310 pounds of coal as two tons to a Harlem resident. Lawyer Pleads for Mercy. Ernst's lawyer had made a plea for clemency, but the court said: “What about the poor families of Became Jealous Of His Neighbor PRINCE CONFESSES THAT HE MURDERED HIM. DESPERATE STRUGGLE Authorities Find Evidences of It in the Woods—Body Wheeled Through the Woods in a Wheelbarrow. Warsaw, N, ¥, Nov. 22.—In a sworn statement made to the district attor- ney here this afternoon Althose Prince, the young Wyoming couaty farmer, admitted that he murdered his neigh- bor, Frank Bentley, in the woads near North Java on Saturday afternoom, and attempted to destroy evidence of his crime by burning the body. Jeal- ousy because of Bentley’s friendship with Prince’s young and pretty wife, Prince said, was the cause. Fought for Shotgun. From the details of Prince’s confes- sion, other evidence in the hands of The Merchant and. Christmas Trade The Christmas season, the higgest trade season of the year is ap- proaching, is in fact at hand. handled rests to a large extent with the store keeper. How easily and efficiently it can be If the early trading is to be stimulated, it must be encouraged and nothing will bring it like pertinent and persistent advertising. This is the sensible view the New Haven Union takes of the mat- ter: shopping movement, but they are “The fraternity of merchants did not start the early Christmas enthusiastic believers in it. They hould recognize that it imposes obligations as well as bestows bene- fits on themselves and their clerks. should find Christmas goods await The early Christmas shopper ing her, and not learn that they are over at the store-house or coming on the next freight train. loreover, the late Christmas early Christmas shopper by timely started early anq persisted in until bysine: the weel before Christmas does n mas shopping. The more we look shopper should be converted into an and attractive announcements, the crowd begins to come. This s of saving up the Christmas advertising announcements until ot tend to encourage early Christ- into_this question, the plainer it becomes that the people will do their Christmas shopping early when the merchants do their Christmas Christmas _displa; Iy Let offerings to 40,0 The Bulletin car; readers every da; and make their y your Christmas It will mean increased business. advertising earl; During the past week the following matter appeared in The Bulle- tin, a for tw py of which you should ve cents a week: Bulletin Saturday, Monda Tuesda Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Nov. 16. Nov. 1 Nov. 19. Nov. 20. Nov. 21. Nov. 22. Fatals . . o v eiviseofe 2040 Telegraph Loca/ 98 99 112 97 113 121 have at your door every morning Total 1194 456 432 415 436 441 3374 Gensra/ 917 221 167 197 190 210 179 136 153 121 133 110 1902 the city who have suffered at this man’s hands? This is a crime that must be. stopped.” Thirty Days More if Fine lsn't Paid. If Ernst doesn’t pay his fine he will have to spend an additional thirty days in jail. APPROVES DESIGN OF THE MEDAL FSR CAPT. ROSTRON. President Taft Endorses Testimonial to One of Titanic Heroes. Washington, Nov. 22. — President Taft today approved the choice of the fine arts commission for the design of a gold medal to be presented to Capt. L. A. H. Rostron of the Cunard liner L Carpathia for his heroic services in saying the survivors of the Titanic dis- aster. The accepted design was the work of John Flanagan of New York city and was one of more than a score submitted to the commission. It bears on one side a bas relief head of Cap- tain Rostron, encircled by the words “To Arthur Henry Rostron. The thanks of congress for heroicall - ing the 714 passengers of the Titanic in mid-ocean.” On the reverse ap- pears a bas relief scene showing two male figures in a lifeboat casting a fine ‘o a man just about to sink be- neath the sea. On this side also ap- pears the date of the rescue, April 15, 1912. The medal will be presented to Captain Rostron by President Taft on some date in the near future yet to be decided. ANOTHER RESIGNATION IN TREASURY DEPARTMENT Assistant Treasurer Bantz Out of Sympathy with MacVeagh. ‘Washington, Nov. 22—Gideon C. Bantz, connected With the treasury department for forty vears, resizned as assistant -treasurer of the United States today,at the request of Secre- He will be succeed- ed tomorrow by Christian S. Pearce, chief of the division of banks, loans and postal savings. Secretary MacVeagh said the change was made because Mr. Bantz was not in_sympathy with his administrative policies. Mr, Bantz, it was announced, will be offered some other position of responsibility in the treasury depart- ment. Books Brought Nearly $2,000,000. New York, Nov. 22—The greatest auction sale of books the world has ever known, came to an end here to- night with the last of the offerings from the library of the late Robert Hoe. The sale, begun over a year and a half ago, and divided iato four sections, fell but little short of the $2,000,000 which it was estimated that the famous library would bring. The total when the last book was -disposed of tonight was $1,932,060.60. INFORMERS THOUGHT TO BE ON THIS 'rnmJ Cleveland Stirred Up Pas at Supposed ing Through of Rose et al. Cleveland, O, Nov. 22.—Sam Schepps, Bridgie Webber, Harry Val- lon and Jack Rose, the four informers in the Rosenthal murder case, are said to have passed through here early to- day on train No. 19 of the Lake Shore and Michigan. Southern railroad. The conductor of theé train and porters said that they were on board. The made no appearance Sheriff Bauer and the result of the lieve that there was a death struggle in the woods between the two men for the possession of Bentley’s shotgun, in then, with Bentley at his mercy, Prince shot him:in the back. Evidence of Desperate Struggle. Prince does not give all the details of the actual shooting in his confes- sion. He admits that he shot Bentley twice. But at the sceme of the crime Sheriff Bauer already has found evi- dence of a desperate struggle. The turf was torn up and branches of small trees were broken off over a consider- able area about the bloodstained ground where Bentley received his death wound. This, coupled with the fact disclosed at the inquest today, that Bentley had been shot in the back and by the authorities as proof that Bent- ley lost his life after a hard fight. Carried Body in Wheelbarrow. After killing Bentley, Prince says in his confession, he walked about five miles to Java Lake, where he hid Bentley’s shotgun. The gun was found there today. Later on Saturday night, Prince states, he returned to the woods with a horse and buggy and a wheel- barrow. He trundled the body in the wheelbarrow < from the woods to the place near the highway where he tied kenzie woods. Denies Dismembering Body. There he dug a shallow grave and built a fire over the body. Fear of at- tracting attention caused him to give up the idea of destroying the body, and he covered it with earth. Prince denies in his confession that he dismembered the body. He declar- ed that he was alone all Saturday aft- ernoon and evening after killing Bent- ley. Mrs, Prince's Brothers Released. Following Prince’s confession, Sher- iff Bauer ordered the release of. the two ‘Webber boys, Mrs. Prince’s brothers, who were taken fnto custody yester- ay. WOMEN’S SKIRTS WILL Narrew Style Will Prevail but They Will Have a Slash. I _Chicago, Nov. 22.—Women's dress is to take on an aspect of militancy for the coming year according to the edict of the National Cloak, Suit and Skirt Makers' association, 'which met in convention here today. Skirts are to be perfectly straight, looking like an envelope. Jackets are to be the same. Narrow skirts will prevail, with a slash, because women wearing nar- row skirts unslashed are in constant danger from falls. - Waistcoats will be worn with near- ly all the spring suits. They will be made of contrasting material. The spring coats are to be made of stripes and checks mostly. There are a fewsplain materials in the new coats, Stemmship Arrival At Plymouth: Nov. 22, Finland, from New York for Antwerp. At Havre: Nov. 22, La Lorraine, from New York. St. John, N. B. Nov. 22, arrived, Empress of Ireland, Liverpool. Rotterdam, Nov. ' 21. — Arrived: Steamer Noordam, New York. St. Michaels, Nov. 22.—Arrived: Steamer Martha Washington, New York. Gibraitar, Nov. 22.—Arrived: Steam- e Moltke, New. York autopsy held today, the authorities be- | which Prince came out the victor, and | again\in the side of the head, is taken | his horse, and then drove to the Mac- | | Baltimore. | i | | | | chamber at | During_the | twice |early in the evening he sank back in- | elector LOOK LIKE ENVELOPES | | plurality for Wil the lm‘gesfl Fqnqécfiaut?ifi Proportiv. the Citv's Population Condensed Telograms Harold Bauer, the Pianist, received the Berlin Philharmonic’s gold medal, Leonard Cummings of Wilkesbarre, Pa., whose neck was broke: a foot- ball game, dicd in 4 hospital in that city, The Last Free Transportation to American refugees from Mexico was issued by the arm; Partment yesterd: A Painting Picked Up in Monterey, Cal, for $15 was sold to an_ English museum for $20,000. The painting is by the famous Danish artist, Hugh V. Pederson. _The Boulevard Chauffeurs’ A tion of New York w: Albany for the purpose of raising the moral, physical, social and intellectual standards of its members. With the Hard Coal Receipts in Bos- ton for the month of October 25,000 tons less than the supply for the same period last year, that city, according to local dealers, faces the greatest coal famine In years. 7 The Work of the National govern ment in marking with he nes last resting place of all Confederate soldiers and sailors who died in north- ern prisons and were buried nearby has been completed. Russell Glenn, a Civil war who fought at the “bloody E Gettysburg and one of the oldest po- licemen on the force, was last night appointed a doorman at Bridgeport police headquarte ocia- s incorporated at The Value of the Estate of the late Corneltus N. Bl secretary of the in- terior in President Mc nley’s cabinet and treasurer of the republican na- tional committee in 1904, is $4,851,854. according to the appraisal The Bridgeport Police Board at its meeting last nl passed a number of recommendations that will be brought before the common council and which if passed will increase the present police force 33 1-3 per cent Reilly, old, of Brooklyn, N. Y., accused of shooting up a Chinese laundry at Bridgeport, was held by the city court yesterday in $2,500 bonds for the superior court on a charge of assault with intent to rob.— Alexander vears Vice President-elect shall and former Charles W. Fairbanks of the Chicago Indiana : annuai dinner Dec. 7. Mr. Fairbanl is publicly to advise Governor Marst on How to Be a Vice Presideny The National Conference on we and measures called by Governs erhart of Minnesota, met in th Paul ye: laws. Rey ates were i Mar- iden gues t it Thomas Vice F will be senate cuss uniform from a dozen the demand regulation, ssentatives pr and of was “reasonable The Condition of Senator Rayner of Maryland, who s critically at Washing from a complication of dis- eases, remains prac ally unchanged. day the or rallied from his state coma, but to unconsciousnes MALE ADVOCATES OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Delegates to National Convention Give Them a Hearing. Philadelphia, Nov. defeat of a_consti providing that th from each state or all cast the ate or organiz that at delegates are pre the western states were victorio day in the first contest that has de- veloped in the woman's national suf- frage convention. Tonigh exclusively to men a rights for women over by James 1 York. Among the spe prominent in the sufi from many states. A. S. G. Taylo one of the two men delegates to the convention, declared that it w his desire to impress upon the men that woman’s suffrage is a man’s question just as much as it is a woman's. Reginald Wright Kauffman, a nativ nian, but who now resid gland, made a strong plea in be- half of what, as he termed, “most op- pressed women in the world—the women who are politely cailed ‘white speakers included Joyce Lynch , Illinois; Witter Bynner,Ver- and Rev. James G. Mythen of Through the tional amendment delegates affiliated o 1 vote to wh entitled, given over es of equal was presided s Laidlaw of New kers were men mont, LEGAL TANGLE OVER VOTE OF CALIFORNIA. Progressives to Institute Proceedings in All Wilson Districts. San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 22—Seven- en days after the national presiden- election the question _whether n or Roosevelt carried California tonight in a worse tangle of legal \plications and threatened lawsuits at any previous time. « ressive leaders, disappointed by sion in Los Angeles in- validating totals for electors in p cincts where the election judges sought to save time and trouble not putting down tally marks fo except the to one on each ticket, took heart today and decided to institute like proceedings in all the counties of th e which showed a on. This prospective action was an- nounced following receipt in Los An- geles of a telegram from Gov. Hiram W. Johnson at Sacramento beginning: “It is reported in the press here that the progressives are going to quit.” The telegram urged the contrary at- titude. FORSBREY LANDS IN PRISON ALIVE. Murderer Begins Serving a 20 Year Term at Sing Sing. tes tial Ossining, N. Y. Nov. 22.—Despite the boast of Reynolds Forsbrey, mur- derer and jail breaker, that he would never be taken to Sing Sing alive, he was lodged safe and sound within the prison walls late today. He came here under guard of Sheriff Julius Harbufg and a strong detachment of deputies who took every precaution to prevent his even attempting a break for 1ib- erty. Forsbrey was handcuffed to two other criminals while proceeding from the station to the prison to begin serv- ing a twenty-nine year term, A few months ago while awaiting trial for murder he made a sensational escape from the Tombs prison in New York city , to dis- | | WILL SUPPORT ALLEGED DYNAMITERS American Federation of Labor to Ask Affiliated Unions to Raise a Defense Fund |McNAMARA DEFENSE FUND IS NOT AVAILABLE Californian Makes Futile Attempts to Have It Used in Interests of Men Now on Trial at Indianapolis—Resolution Adopt- ed That These Men “Be Not Convicted in Advance”—Re- peal or Amendment of Sherman Law Desired. 3 Y. Nov American Federation of Labor decided today to.ask the unions affiliated with it to raise money for the defen the alleged dynamiters who are trial in Indianapolis To Aid in Securing a Fair Trial The resolution adopted by ventior. w that delegates convention on their return their international unions bodies to provide financial assistance for the trade unionists on trial in In- dlanapolis to aid them in securing fair trfal and in appealing th cases should a fair trial be denied them. on the to 1dvise nd local con- Against Premature Judgv‘an(. The resolution also urged that men on trial be “not convicted in vance or the decision in thefr be influenced” by the alleged fact that certain corporations and a private de tective agency ‘are clamoring for a conviction.” McNamara Fund Not Available. Andrew J. Gallagher, representative of the California State eration of Labor, raised the question inancial aid to the men on trial in Indianapo- lis. He offered an amendme report of the committee on the dent’s report, providing that the the wd presi- bal- jance in the McNamara be devoted to the defense dianapolis defendants, ment was rejected point of o th n s 3 mara therefore not n. Fitters’ Charter It was decided b to 1,312, more t Jority required, to r of the Internationa Steam and Hot Wate Helpers, delegates fr denled 'seats in week. The con take any action in factions of the hood of Vol affirmied its decision t tion affl legal. defense at the th Resolutions Adopted. Resolutions adopt n recall, includin popular e th | ators, the old age pens of the Shermar vent the pro under its provisions ROBIN UNDER A HOT FIRE AT HYDE TRIAL Admits Northern Bank MHad Big De- posit with Carnegie Trust Co. ew York, Nov The former City Chamberlain Hyde came to the fore day. Joseph G. Ro financier, who wrecked bank and who is witness, was under examination for was made conne arnegie Trust company, to show that he had a motive for making the $130,- 000 loan to the trust company through the Northern bamk, which loan the state claims Hyde forced by his com- trol of the city deposits Max D. Steuer as counsel for Hyde, tried to show three things against Robin: That he is insane, or that he previously so character himself that he stole funds in his custody, to which he has pleaded g and, third, that he personally was so deeply invoived in the affairs of the crum- bling Carnegie Trust company that he made the $130,000 loan voluntarily in an effort to prevent a crash which might in turn bring disaster upon the Northern bank. Robin admitted bank, of which he made large loans, the security of which was stock in the Carnegie Trust com- pany, and that the Northern bank has a_quarter-million dollars on deposit with the Carnegie Trust, which might have lost by failure of the ter. defence of Charles H 1t his trial to- n, skyrocket the Northern the state’s principal a hot jire of crgss I hours. Effort him with the sev that the Northern the head, had CONFERENCE REGARDING RAILROAD AGREEMENT Attorney General and U. S. Attorney Discuss Investigation. Washington, ov. 22.—Attorney General Wickersham and Henry A. Wise, United States attorney at New York, today discussed the plans of the department of justice for investigating the proposed nt the Grand Trunk nada_and the New York, New Haven & Hart- ford raflroad to determine whether it would violate the Sherman anti-trust law. Officials declined to discuss the details of the conference. Mr. Wise also took up with the at- torney general the status of the n merous cases pending in the New York courts for the purpose of formulating some plan of expediting them as much as possible to clear the decks to the utmost for the incoming democratic administration. ATTEMPT TO WRECK EMPEROR'S TRAIN Rails and Sleepers Were Torn Up Too Late, However. A despatch to a London, Nov. news agency from St. Petersburg that an unsuccessful attempt was made last Monday to wreck the train on which Emperor Nicholas and the members of the Russian imperial fam- ily were returning from Spala to Tearskoe-Selo by teoring up the rails and sleepers near Kostowa Ruda. The correspondent adds that owing to misinformation as to when the im- perial train was due, the work of the would-be wreckers was done after the train had passed the spot picked out for its ditching. pt . A TN FEARED WITCHES AND CARRIED A SHOTGUN Maniac Causes Residents of Maryland Village to Keep Indoors. Frederick, Md, Nov. Dublin, a village -five miles north of this city, was held up today by William Bough- er, a_maniac, who walked around with a shotgun, declaring he wanted to kill certain persons. The inhabitants fled and barricaded themselves indoors, Two deputy sheriffs who hurried to Dublin in an automobile, overpowered the man after a hard fight and lodged him in a hospital. Bougher had a delusion that witches were after him and blames neighbors for his trouble. Taft Attends the Opera. . Baltimore, Nov. 22—The close of the first part of Baltimore's opera season tonight was marked~by the presence of the president and Mrs. Taft, who came over from Washington to attend the performance of “Mignon” by the Chicago Grand Opera company at the Lyric. They were accompaniedi by Mrs, Taft's sister, Mrs. T, K, Laughlin of Pittsburg, and Major Rhoades, ALLEGED CONFESSION IN HACKETT MURDER CASE, Counsel for Mrs. Raymond Makes Ref« erence to It Augusta, Me in the trial of Mrs, Elsis mond, ch; with murder of Mattie Hackett on August 17, 1905 provided a surprise at today's session of court, when Attorney Frank A. Mo« rey, counsel for Mrs. Raymor ed to an alleged confession in conn tion with the case. He gave no de tails regarding it. Later the defense p. the Lincoln town clerk on the witness stand and put into the records the date of the death of William Hurd at Li coln in 1896. The matter was allowed to drop at that point. Shortly after Hurd's death in & lum- ber camp by a self-inflicted bullet wound, an alleged confession that he had something to do with the . of Mattie ITackett was primt newspape; That three tramps were seen by him on the Hackett road one-half m the Hackett home at 5.30 o’clock on t night of the murder was the testin furnished by Everstt Decl land. Decke vas 13 years o time of the crime. In an effort 1o explain the odor burning leather, which 3 som, a state witn, ticed the morn Mattie Hackett, when Mr is alleged to have burr shoes said to have by 1y by her, the defen well B, Sedgle; He owned the ing in which the Ravmonds live told the court that in a r ing there was a cobbler was customary for the burn his leather scraps. Nov Th Hobbs detense Ray- ot Viola Fol« testified was no after the kill . prev introduced pro FRANKED MAIL CAUSES A LOSS OF $20,000,000, Mail Matter to This Amount Handled Without Pestage. Polit the ma Washington, Nov. 22 paign material postage through according to postoffice records, for the di between a postal surplus and a postal deficit for the last financial year, ending June 3, An account of franked mail 1. rded for congress, the executive depart ments and other tah lishments shows the ordinary rate on tH have netted the' government nearly $20,000,000. About $3,250,000 of this would have been paid on political doe- uments. The postal service handled Aduring the year 310,245,000 pieces of franked mail, welghing 61,377,000 pounds. This was 88 per cent. of the total welght of all domestic maif carried During the presidential and gressional primary campaten last quarter of the finance closed by comparison with the amounte of free matter sent during sponding perfods of previous years, an extraordinary amount of franked matter was sent through the mafls at public expense, 4, tment governmer that AR this mat con the in srre FRED SNODGRASS SUED FOR BREACH OF PROMISE, Woman Seeks to Recover §75,000 from Giant’s Center Fieider, Los Angeles, Cal,, Nov. 22.—Although he has been married for more tham three years, Fred Snodgrass, center fielder of the New York Nationals, i defendant in a breach of promise sult, the flling of which became publle to- night. Nellie K. Frakes s the plain- Hiff, and she asks the court to award her $75,000. The plaintiff alleges that Snoderass, won her consent to marey him on January 15, 1908, and that more than a vear later, while she belleved herself to be his flancee, he married Josephine Vickers, Snodgrass is spending the winter tn Southern California. SIDNA ALLEN CONVICTED, Leader of Clan Whose Members Killed Judge Massie Gets 16 Years. Wytheville, Va., Nov. 22.—Sidna Al. len, ‘leader of the Allen clan, whose members -?ot up the Carroll county court at Hillsville last March, result- ing in the death of five persons, was found gulilty today of murder fn the second degree for the killing of Judge Thornton 1. Massie. The jury fized the pel at 15 i halty n-ll-th'd-