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i VOL. LIV.—NO. 298 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1912 GEN. SICKLES SHORT IN ACCOUNTS| Cabled Paragrahs New York State Officials Have Been Endeavoring Since 1910 to Secure an Accounting MATTER IN HANDS OF THE ATTORNEY;GENERAL General Pleads For Further Extension of Time Until Dec. 20 —Funds Were Paid to Him as Chairman of New York Monuments Committee — Comptroller Alleges That Shortage of $29,246.44 Exists—May Get More Time. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 10.—Efforts on the part of State Comptroller William Sohmer to obtain from General Daniel E. Sickles, U. S. A, retired, an ac- counting for certain funds paid to him by the state as chairman of the New York monuments committee, having been unsuccessful, the comptroller has | placed the matter in the hands of Attorney General Carmody. The amount unaccounted for, according to the comptroller, is $29,246.44, About $50,000 Unexpended. The New York monuments commis- sion has charge of the erection of monuments on battlefields and suc- ceeded the Gettysburg and Chattanoo- ga battlefield monuments commission which was established in 1886. Nearly $500,000 has been appropriated by the state for the purpose of the commis- sion, about $50,000 of which has not been expended. Sickles Asked for Appropriation. Last March General Sickles ap- eared before the legislature and asked or an appropriation of $25,000 to be | msed by the commission in transport- fng New York state Grand 4rmy vet- trans to Gettysburg next July when the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg is to be celebrated. Only }15,000 was appropriated and it is planned to ask the next legislature to appropriate the balance of the sum required. Ultimatum to Sickles. Correspondence made public today by Comptroller Sohmer shows that ef- forts to obtain an accounting from General Sickles_of the funds in his poss on have been made from time to time since 1910. Finally after a; conference with Governor Dix and At. HE WANTED TO SHOW UP JUDGE ARCHBALD William P. Boland Admits That He Sought Evidence Against Him. Washingtqn, Dec. 10.—William P. Boland, of Scranton, Pa., the man charged by Robert W. Archbald of the commerce court with having organ- ized a conspiracy that resulted in Judge Archbald’s impeachment and his present trial before the senate, admitted on the witness stand in the senate today that he had suggested the verious steps by which Judge Archbald was connected with the deal for the Katydid refuse coal-dump, in order to ‘“check up Judge Archbald.” “I wanted to button up Judge Arch- bald,” he said, shaking his finger at the accused jurist. “I wanted to show he was the kind of a man he is.” These admissions, made under searching questions by Judge Arch- bald's attorney, A. S. Worthington, were interspersed with the vigorous denunciation of Judge Archbald by Mr. Boland as -a “corrupt judge” and charges that Judge Archbald had been “working for the railroads.” Repeated demands were made by Judge Archbald’'s attorney that Mr. | Boland be required to answer ques- tions directly, but notwithstanding cautions from President Bacon, he em- bodied in his replies sweeping charges against Judge Archbald and frank ad- missions that he had set out to get hold of everything that would help in ‘showing up” Judge Archbald and t would sustain the belief he held t Judge Archbald was being “used” the railroads. by MURDER SUSPECT IS NOW IN ITALY. Italian Authorities Request That Evi- dence be Forwarded. Bridgeport, Conn,, Dec. 10—Word was received here tonight by State Policemen Virelli and Hurley that An- tonio Febelie, wanted in connection with the death of Antonio Pietrolino near Hartford, December 30, 1911, had been arrested in Santo Stafano, Italy. Pietrolino was found dead mnear the i d tracks between Hartford and Manchester with a revolver in his band. It was supposed at first he had committed suicide, but subsequent de- %elopments showed that he was un- floubtedly murdered. Search was made for Febelie, who Pad been seen with him, but noth- fng could be learned as to his where- fbouts. According to the state police- gen, the authorities in Italy have re- guested the evidence be forwarded to them, so that he may be tried where he was arrested. THREATENED THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT-ELECT WILSON Three Men Arrested at Wharton, N. J. | for Writing a Letter. Newark, N. J., Dec, 10.—Three men, residents of Wharton, were arrested at Dover, this state, late today charged with writing a letter threat- ening President-elect Woodrow Wil- son with death unless he caused $500 in gold to be left for them in a de- sérted unoccupied house in Wharton. The men arrested are: Peter Dunn, 24 years old, his brother Jacob, 26 and Seeley venport, 42. They were placed in custody at Dover and brought to Newark, where United States Commissioner Stockton tonight committed them to jail in default-~df $2,000 bail each for examination on Monday. The letter to the governor was writ- ten on November 11 and was signed “New York Gang.”, Post office in- spectors ran down the blackmailers and made the arrests. NOBEL PRIZE FOR AN AMERICAN PHYSICIAN. Prlu-W'mr.\-rl to be Entertained by King at Dinner Today, Btockholm, Dec, 10-—The Nobhel prizes were presented ten! to the winners by the king af a hanquet over which Prince Willlam presided, ' 'The prizes were distributed as follows; Medicine, Dr. Alexis Carrell, of the Rockefeller Instityte, New York, Physles, Gustat Dalen, of Steckhelm. “therntura, Gerhart Hauptmann, Ber- E 3 Tomorrow the king will enter{ain the torney General Carmody, the comp- troller on Nov. 21 notified General Sickles that “under no circumstances will an extension of time for this set- tlement be granted beyond December Shortage of $29,246.44. Not having heard from General Sickles by December 6, the compirol- ler wrote Attorney Ge Carmody that a “shortage of $29, 4 existed and that “repeated demands have been made for the restoration of these funds.” “I take the liberty of submitting the matter to you,” he added, “for such action as you may deem necessary for the prompt protection of the state’s interest in the restoration of these funds.” Sickles Asks for Extension of Time. The comptroller also advised the members of the commission of the situation. On December 7 the comptroller re- ceived a letter from General Sickles asking for a further brief extension of titne, “I regret to be compelled to ask you for a brief extension of the time named for the payment of the amount I owe the state,” wrote the general. “I beg your kind indulgence until December 20, when I am confident I shall be able to obtain a loan on my three houses and lots on the corner of Fiftia avenue and Ninth street.” Meeting of Commission. \ Attorney General Carmody advised Comptroller Sohmer to grant the ex- tension requested. The commission held a meeting in New York city yesterday, but it is not known here what action was taken. MAYOR O/CONNELL OF WORCESTER DEFEATED. Only One Change on License Issue in Massachusetts Elections. Boston, Dec. 10.—But one upset on the license question occurred in the 15 Massachusetts city elections held to- day, Newburyport changing from no- license to license by a margin of three votes. Party lines were not strictly drawn in most of the cities, the biggest political’turnover taking place in Wor- cester, where Mayor David F. O'Con- nell, democrat, was defeated for re- election by George M. Wright, republi- can. George L. Farrell of Malden and Frank A. Rivers of Chicopee were suc- cessful in seeking re-election as may- ors of their respective cities, but five candidates for re-election in other cities were defeated. In Beverly,where President Taft has spent his summer vacations, Herman A. McDonald won a four-cornered contest, with Mayor Fred A. Dodd running fourth. Edward E. Willard, a former mayor of Chel- sea, defeated the present incumbent, James H. Malone. In Lynn, George H. Newhall defeat- ed Mayor William H. Connery, and Mayor Charles E. French lost a three- cornered fight in Melrose to Oliver B. Monroe. Mayor James Chambers was unopposed for a second term in Ever- ett. A four-sided contest in New- buryport was won by Hiram H. Land- ford. In Woburn, William H. Hen- chey received the largest majority ever given a mayor in that city, 528. Law- rence, Lowell and Newton did not elect mayors this year. In Everett, Med- ford and Somerville, where the polls did not close until late, the resuilts were not known at midnight. Lowell was the only city reporting early that did not adopt the referen- dum giving firemen one day off in five. The no license cities today were Beverly, Everett, Lynn, Malden, Mel- rose, Medford, Newton, Somerville and Woburn. The license cities were Chel- sea, Chicopee, Lawrence, Lowell, New- buryport and Worcester. CONVICT PLANNED TO FREE PRISONER.| Plan Frustrated and Bad Man is Now in Limbo. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 10.—That Frank Holloway, bank robber and es- caped convict, was in Memphis with several of his followers to intercept deputy United States marshal en route from Savennah, Ga., to Omaha, Neb., with Degs Nolan, accused of misuse of the mails, and free Nolan, developed tonight after the raiding of a cottage on the outskirts of Memphis early to- day, the capture of Holloway and sev- eral of his followers and the killing of another, “Kinney” Bergen, ex-convict. Holloway, according to Chief of De- tectives James Roper, has admitted that such was his plan, frustrated be- cause of the circuitous route taken by the officers having Nolan in custody. As a sequel Detective Ernest Nolan of the local force is under suspension because of failure to make known his alleged knowledge of the presence of Holloway in this city. Deggs Nolan is a brother of the detective; Holloway is a cousin. Jack Munday, said to be a member of the gang, but who was not in the house at the time of the raid, is being searched for tonight. KILLED THE MAN WHO . KILLED HJS MOTHER. California Jury Acquits William E. Clements of Murder Charge. Redding, Cal, Dec. 10.—Willlam B. Clements, who shot and killed William Landis, who admitted killing Clement’s mother,. was acquitted of murder by a jury here last night. Landis, who claimed self-defense, was released on bail after shooting Mrs, Clements: He celebrated his 1ib- eration by sitting on a porch where Clemeénts could hear him singing “An- other Shovelful of Earth on Mother's Grave” At few days later Landis was shot dead from ambush, and Clenfents told the dist:.c: sttorney he did the shoot- ing ‘“I'm not ashamed of it,” he sald, “He killed the best friend I ever had —my mother,” : America Has Been officlally awarded third place in the recent contest of nine nations for the international bal- loon oup Three Dreadneughts for Spain Paris, Dec. 10.—The Spanish naval Programme has just been decided on, according to a special despatch from Madrid. It will comprise three dread- noughts of 21,000 tons each, two de- stroyers, nine torpedo boats and three submarines. Gouged Out Child’s Eye, Cerbere, France, Dec. 10.—A man and wife living in the village of Gave, in Catalonia, were yesterday caught in the act of gouging out the eyes of their five year old child, with the object of rendering it more pitiable and thus able to obtain ‘as a beggar more sym- pathy from the public. They were ar- rested. Seek Revision of Woman's Trial. Paris, Dec. 10.—An effort to obtain the revision of the trial of Madame LeFrage, a young and beautiful soclety woman, who was sentenced to impris- onment for life in 1840. for the murder of her husband, by poisoning him with arsenic, is to be made by a powerful committee of scientific men, writers and politiciang which has just been formed. TO PERMIT PROMOTION OF COLONEL GOETHALS. Bill Introduced in Senate to Create New Major Generalship. Washington, Dec. 10.—To enable President Taft to appoint Colonel George W. Goethals, chief engineer of the Panama canal zone, a major gen- eral in the army, Senator Sanders of Tennessee today introduced a bill cre- ating an additional major zeneralship. President Taft in his recent message asked for such a reward for Colonel Goethals. The bill was referred to the military affairs committee, KNOWN AS SWORN ENEMY OF SERVIA. New Austrian Chief of Staff Anxious to Resort to Swerd. London, Dec, 10—Official quarters in Vienna deny that any warlike signifi- cance attaches to the military changes, but these assurances fai] to allay the uneasiness created by the fears that {the powerful military party in Servia | may force the hands of the govern- ment. A Sworn Enemy of Servia. General Von Hoetzendorff, the new Austrian chief of staff, is credited with being the sworn enemy of Servia and to have been for a long time possess- ’cd of the conviction that nothing but jthe sword can settle the differences between Austria and Servia. Austrians Are Mobilizing. Further proof has reached London that Austria-Hungary is mobilizing. Many Austrian and Hungarian resi- dents of London, including Count George Apponyj and the noted artist Philip Lasselo, have been called to the colors. A Probable Demand. According to one report ,Austria in- tends to demand a diminution in the present strength of the Servian army, a demand to which Servia, in her pres- ent temper, is hardly likely to agree. Peace Conference Plans. -All arrangements for the peace con- ference in London are now completed. Besides being received by the king, the delegates will be honored with oth- er entertainments, ineluding a lun- tclh;aim by the lord mayor at the Guild 2l ROCKleL RET-URNIN& Ambasgsador to Turkey Prediots Settle- ment of Balkan War. Constantinople, Dec. 10.—The Amer- ifcan ambassador and Mrs. W. W. Rockhill will leave shortly for home, They had intended leaving Constanti- nople two months ago, but were de- layed: by the war. The ambassador has expressed the belief that the peace conference at London will reach an amicable settle- ment, and for this reason he is satis- fled to start for the United States. Hoffman Philip will remain as charge d’affaires and will also have control of the balance of the American Red Cross funds, which amount altogether to nearly $40,000, CHILD IN TEARS ON THE WITNESS STAND. Four Year Old Testifis Against Al- leged Assailant. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 10.—Albert G. Duncan of this city was again put on trial in the criminal court today, charged with a stautory offense, the complainant being Gertrude Bloom- quist, 4 years of age. Duncan was on trial last week, but the judge stopped the case and discharged the jury, de- claring it a mistrial, on motion of de- fendant’s attorney,ruling that the child was not old enough to make its testi- mony or stories of the alleged crime of any value. State Attorney Alcorn de- clared his intention of pushing the case to a new trial. It was found difficult to secure a jury, a large number of talesmen being examined. Consider- able time was cccupied this afternoon by State’s Attormey Alcorn in examin- ing the little girl In an endeavor to ualify her as a witness. Attorney for the defense emtered objection. When the child wes put on the stamd she broke into tears, and the whole court room was moved at the scene, DREADNOUGHT SINKS AN UNKNOWN STEAMER. Not Known Whnh‘r‘,sunkon Craft Had Passengers Aboard. Devenport, England, Dec. 10.—The British dreadnought Centurion, while speeding at a rate of 20 knots off Port- land Bill, before dawn today, ran down and sank an unknown steamer, The battleship returned to port this after- noon leaking badly and with a bat- tered bow The steamer tried to cross the bows of the warship, which stiuck her well forward w.h such foice that the steamer’s port light ‘was found still burning after ‘he collision on the Cen- turion’s forecastle. Befor: the steamer cleared the bat- tleship’s smoke she sank and no trace of her could be found, although boats were loweraed and the Centurion cruis- ed about until long after dawn. The steamer plunged to the bottom so quickly that the crew of the battleship could not determine whether she wasa tramp or & passenger ship, The bows of the battleship were dam-_ aged by the ancher being driven through the plates Steamers Reported by Wireless. Bable Island, Dee. 10.—Steamer Mar- quetts, Antwerp for Boston, 59§ miles east of Beston at noen, SBiasconset, Mass., Dec, 10.—Bteamer Neordam, terdam for. New Yerk, 264 miles east of Sandy Hoeek at noon, Deck 8.30 a. m, Wednesday, The Name of the Monstary Unit of Peortugal has beeh changed from the milreis to the escudo, which hag the Fme value a8 the milreis, ; Assails Idaho Supreme Gourt ROOSEVELT CALLS ITS DECISION OUTRAGEOUS. AID FOR NEWSPAPER Colonel Atkg Progressives to Retain Able Lawyers and Pay Fine of Boise Journalists Charged With Contempt. Chicago, Dec. 10.—Colonel Theo- dore Roosevelt and George W. Per- kins of New York were the leading figures at the national conference of the new progressive party lkere to- day. Colonel Roosevelt digressing from a prepared address, attacked the Idahe state supreme court for its de- cision during the recent campaign re- garding presidential electors. Mr. Per- kins took the center of the stage when it became known that certain of his fellow progressives had started a movement ‘to oust him from the na- tional executive committee because of his former corporate connections. Roosevelt Fights for Perkins. Colonel - Roosevelt waged the fight for Mr. Perkins during an address to delegates at the conferénce. Pointing out Mr. Perkins and calling him by name, Colonel Roosevelt declared that the New York financier was one of the men that he was proud to have as a fellow worker in the progressive par- ty. Mr. Perkins later made a speech in which he asserted that he always had been for progressive causes and meas- ures and that he resented an intima- tion that he was a new convert to the cause. Attacks Taking up the subject of the Idaho Idaho Supreme Court. supreme court's elector decision Col- | worq 1. Hosford; former treasurer of | onel Roosevelt said: “In Idaho the, election law makes no provision for the election of pres- identjal electors. The supreme court permitted republican and democratic, electors to be put on the ticket by construing a provision for the election of constables and other officers to in- clude presidential electors, but held that the progressive ticket could not | be nominated by petition because the highest number of. votes enumerated as' necessary to nominate by petition | T ] . e | a sequel to their coming victory in the was 300 for the election of state offi- cials. They said that the electors were not state officlals, The supreme court of the United States has held | more than once that they are not na- tional officials. g Had to Write Namas of Electors. “I defy any honest and man to,read that decision of the su- preme court of Idaho and compare the laxity of the construction by which they construed a statute which did not make any provision for electors at all to permit the republican and deme-' cratic parties to vote on the elegtors and the quibbling and the techmical- ity of construction by which they con- strued the statute to prohibit the pro- gressive party from getting electors. “The progressives of Idaho had to write in on the election ballot the names of the presidential electors and the extraordinary thing that over 235,- 000 men did so write them in. Over 25,000 men and women, I should say. I am using the term men in the gen- eric sense as it always must be used in a gathering of progressives. An Outrageous Decision. “Now the Capital-News of Boise, the leading progressive paper of Idaho, criticized that decision. The most of- fensive criticism they made was to include-a telegram from me In which 1 spoke of the decision with guarded moderation, but still with frankness. “I hold that decision was an out- rageous decision. I hold that it was the duty of every honest citizen to protest against it and to denounce it in the strongest terms. Have Power tc Ruin Paper. “And now that Idaho court centin- uing to serye the cause of reaction has summoned Mr. Sheridan, the edit- or of the paper, and others, before it for contempt, “They have it in’ their pgwer now by the infliction of a sufficiefitly heavy fine to ruin the only paper with the independence to stand up against such a_ monstrous perversion of justice in Idaho. Progressives Should Pay Fine. “I will advocate that the progres- sive party make good any fine and I hope that we will send out the ablest lawyers to fight that case and that we give the widest publicity to our reprobation of the conduct of that court, “The people of the United States should with one voice join in condemn- ing what has been done and prevent the consummation of the outrage.” Colonel Roosevelt's discussion of the Idaho case was recelved with cheering by the delegates that con- tinued for several minutes. —_— AVIATOR JULES VEDRINES HOWLED OFF PLATFORM. s Accuse Him of Deserting Them and Prevent Lecture, St: Denis, France, Dec. 10.—The grest French aviator, Jules Vedrines, is the latest example of the proverb “A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country and his own house.” When he arpeared on the stage of a theater tonight for the purpose of delivering a leoture entitled “How I Became an Aviator,” before the resi- dents of his native town, he was howl- ed down. Former friends and comrades ac- cused him of deserting the socialist cause, and they raised such a disturb- ance in the theater that the lecture had to be abandoned. He withdrew amid scenes of great disorder. Jules Vedrines recently won the in- ternational aviation race for the James Gordon Bennett trophy at Chicago; won the Paris-to-Madrid race in 1911, has broke many aviation records, and has many victories to his credit. i ' MISSING SKATERS DROWNED, Bodies of Wife and Husband Found in 8t. Croix River. Hudson, Wis;, Dec. 10.—The bodies of A. L. Tilseth and his wife, who left here last Sunday night for their home at Lakeland, and were to cross the St. Croix river on skates, were found late last night by searchers, who had cov- ered the river for many miles up and down stream, They were in the chan- nel eof the river, and the woman’s body ‘wes alasped in her husband's arms, A strand of the woman's hair frosen to the ies kept the bodies from and Mrs, Tilseth skated to Hud- sen Bunday ni 1o visit Mrsfi Til- seth's parents. They Jeft here for heme absit § o'clock, When thay failed to reach Lakeland the next morning a c party. was m'sn.niudt.h lg:: « 'was passenger agent for the Social intelligent | -stances in Fort Soett. -found in a bathtub in\their” heme. PRICE TWO CENTS Condensed Telegrams The Senate Campaign Fund Inquiry will be resumed about Dec. 17. Mission Workers Declare that white slavery exists in Washington to a greatef extent than either Chicago or New York. During the Third Quarter of 1912, 12,976,180 pounds of tapioca flour were Imported into the United States from the Dutch East Indies. v President Taft is Thinking of offer- ing the governorship of the Panama canal zone to Colonel George Goethals, the builder of the canal. W. B. Smith, Professor of philoso- phy at Tulane university in New Or- leans, declared that the negro race would be extinct inside of 220 years. Angelo Sarto, Brother of the Pope, ! who is earning 50 cents a day as post- i master at the village of Corato, ask- | ed the Rome parliament for more pay. | | Henry Ward, an aged New Haven ! Junction, Vt., farmer, was found mur- dered in his barn yesterday. His throat was cut. A pocketbook was missing. In a Police Raid on a House In the outskirts of Memphis yesterday, Kin- ney Bergen, believed to be a widely known safe blower, was killed by city detectives. Cardinal Gibbons Announces that there will be no Holy Communon giv- | en at the Christmas midnight masses in the Roman Catholic churches in New York. The Supreme Court of Mississippi | yesterday decided that the so-called “Jim Crow” law applies in that state to through sleeping cars as well as day coaches. Walter Porter, Acrobat and Inventor of the spectacular jump over a row ot elephants, featured by the Barnum & Bailey circus, died in Brideeport. He was 41 vears old. | Four Indictments charging forgery | and larceny were returned against Ed- | the James Donovan Slipper cnmr.an.\'! of Everett, Mass., yesterday. On the Assurance that there was no likelihood of a war between the great powers of Europe. New York bankers undertook the flotation of a $25,000,000 Austrian lean in this country. | | A Fight for the Introduction of mili- | tary service for women is in contem- plation by the women of Denmark as struggle for women suffrage. On Account of the Continued in- crease in the price of crude oil, the Texas company will increase the price of kerosene in I ew York city and New England one-half cent a gallon, The Appointment of a Commission | to decide upon plans for celebrating in | 1920 the.300th anniversary, of the land- | ing of the Pilgrims is provided for in | a petition filed at the Massachusetts statehouse. Mrs. Emma Zimmerman of Lisbon,' Ohio, was granted a divorce and Jacob Zimmerman, her husband, was sen-; tenced to jail for three months for cru- ; elty, Zimmerman hitched his wife n.ndi her brother to a plow. An Old Hand Tub owned by the town of Westfield, Mass, for many years, and recently in the custody of the Ed- win R. Lay Veteran Firemen's asso- ciation, was destroyed in a fire which | wrecked a garage and an adjoining building vesterday. Herbert H. Hendley, bookkeeper at a Danbury factory, who had been miss- ing under peculiar circumstances for a number of days, returned to his home last night. He had a nervous break- down resulting from overwork and went to Philadelphia for a rest. State's Attorney Stiles Judson yes- terday said that before the close of the present sitting of the Fairfleld county superior court he would begin ecrim- inal action against officials of the York, New Haven and Hartford r road in connection with the wreck of the Springfleld express at Westport. The Publisher and Editor of the Bolse (Idaho) Capital-News will have to explain, the supreme court of Idaho ruled yesterday, why they should not be punished for contempt in eiving publicity to Colonel Roosevelt’s views on a decision of the court which had the effect of keeping the Roosevelt presidential electors off the official ballot. RECEIVED $2 FOR KILLING A MAN. Youth Tottifiu—Thn_Hn Was ployed by a Bartender. Em- New York, Dec. 10.—Thomas Gan- non, a slightly built, quiet voiced youth of 20, told on the witness stand today how he had murdered a man for $2. He was testifying at the trial of Fred- erick Spence, a bartender, charged with instigating Gannon to kill Chris- topher Larsen, a laborer. Gannon, who already has acknow- ledged his guilt and pleaded guilty to manslaughter, sald he had no griev- ance of his own against Larsen and had known Spence for less than a month before the shooting. He met him in a saloon the night of the crime, he testified. and consented to go with otHers to Larsen’s home and “clean up a bunch” that had attacked Spence. When Larsen appeared and made a rush for him he shot the man, Gannon testified. After the shooting he ran away and with Spence made several visits to various saloons. “Spence handed me $3,” testified the witness “and said T will give you some more some' other time.'" On cross examination Gannon de- clared he had not planned to kill the man when he went to the house, his object being only to get an apology for | the rooms. This ! numb Spence. 5 WOMAN CONFESSES TO MURDER OF BOARDER. Jealousy and Robbery Probable Mo- tives of Lansing Crime. Lansing, Mich, Dec. 10.—The al- leged confession in jail here today of Mrs. Mary Lucas, a former Fort Scott, Neb., attorney, that she killed her boarder, Mrs, Pauline Fingel, with poison last Friday night, caused the officers to make a hasty but exhaust- ive investigation in the Lucas for possible evidence n commection with the diseppearance of a Lansing contractor. A quantity of quicklime wag discovered undermeath the cellar. According to the officers, Carl Miller, the contractor, was last seen in the lost. | Lucas heme here & little more than a year ago. The palice also assert that ‘Mra, Lucas’ husband died abemt two years ago under mysterious elreum- Hig body was It is alleged that jealousy, in which # male boarder figures, and robbery were the metives for the Pingel crime, Disastrous Fire At Cincinnat THREE BUILDINGS, OVER OFFICES WIPED OUT. 100 MAY BE LOSS OF LIFE Hotel Among the Structures Burned— Fireproof Bank Building Ruined— Eleven Persons Overcome by Smoke Cincinnati, Dec. 10.—Three of this s leading ablishments as well more than a hundred offices were destroyed by fire tonight. The Gib- | son hotel, the Rendiggs-Lothman com- pany, a department store, W. L. Doug- las Shoe company and the offices of the Missouri railway were swept completely by the flames while the top ten floors of the Union Trust building, a 17 story fireproof struc- ture, were practically ruined. Loss of Life Unknown. ~ Whether there was any loss of life is undetermined. The hotel man- agement insists that all of its guests were notified in time to get out, while the police are of the opinion there might have been persons left in latter opinion is based on the rapidity with which the flames spread. Women Working on Fifteenth Floer. Another report that fatalities have occurred in,the fire but which can- not be verified is that there were & of scrub women working on the fifteenth floor of the Union Trust building when the fire broke out amd were overcome by smoke. Loss Estimated at $690,000, The loss is estimated by the man- agement of the Gibson house at $350,- 000, that on Rendiggs-Lothman, $100,- Ofi_fl: Douglas Shoe company, $25,000; Missouri Pacific $15,000 and the nion Trust building $200,00, Eleven Overcome by Smoke. .'Ijhe theory of suffeeation in the Union Trust building is upheld to a degree by the ofact that eleven per- sons were taken out of the building below the fourteenth floor., all of whom were more or less overcome by smoke. Several firemen who effected the rescue were taken out in a serious condition and rusheq to the hospitals, GRACE SENTENCED TO THE ELECTRIC, CHAIR. Polygamist Convicted of Fraticide Aft- er Few Minu Deliberation, Newburg, N. Y., Dec. 10.—Anthony William Grace was conwicted tonight of murder in the first degree for kill- ing his brother, “Jack” Grace, a wrest- ler, on September 7. Justice Temp- kins sentenced Grace to die in the elec- tric chair during the week of Ji 27, 1913. The jury had deliberat only a few mihutes, Grace, it is chiurged, beat his brother to death in a room in & Walden, N. V., club. He robbed the body, married three days latet and used the stolen money to defray expenmses for his hon- eymoon. The state’s contention as to a mo- tive for the murder was that Grace feared his brother would expose the fact that he was already twice mar- ried, and thus prevent his third wed- ding. The prosecution showed that the convicted man has & wife and three children in Fall River, Mass., and a wife in Lowell, Mass. GOT BIRDSHOT IN RETURN FOR BRICKS Now Quartette of New Haven Dis- turbers Get the Law. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 10.—Joseph Caddo, Gustav Sherman, Michael Spil- lane and Arthur J. Redding were ar- rested tonight charged with breach of the peace, as the result of an alleged disturbance at Caddo’s home in Forbes avenue in the early hours of Sunday morning, December 1. It is alleged that the young men, who were rooters of the Annex foot- ball team, were ‘‘celebrating” after the game with the Washington Glee, club, and in passing Caddo’s house, they threw bricks through the windows, and also burst in a door. Caddo, it is charged, appeared and after a wordy warfare, fired a shotgun at Sherman, the birdshot striking him in the leg. Spillane, who is a football player, went to the aiq of Sherman, and he received a charge of shot in the beck. . The young men were taken to a physician’s office and had their wounds dressed, Their injuries were not serious, GRASS FIRE BURNS UP 100 FREIGHT CARS. Firemen of Five Neighboring Munici- palities Fight the Blaze. Belmont, Mass,, Dec. 10.—More than a mile or hose furnished by the fire departments of five municipalities was stretched from West Cambridge to the Boston and Maine freight yards at Hills Crossing, in Belmont, tonight, te extinguish a fire which destroyed a hundred empty frelght cars. The yard is used fo rstoring other rolling stock and is remote from a highway, and the firemen from Belmont, Cambridge, Ar- lington, Watertown and Newtqn had much difficulty in getting water on the blaze. Haif the cars on the siding were burned. The loss is estimated at $109,- 000. A s fire is suposed to have started the blaze. NURSERIES ON LPMITIE DTRAINS, Babies, as Well as Smokor;, May Have Their Exclusive Places. Chicago, Dec. 10.—Special cars, with nurseries for babies, were pro- posed as an addition to the equfp- ment of overland and limited railroad trains at a meeting of passenger agents of a western railroad system here yesterday. It was suggested that the smoker, the compartment, and observation cars are now a regular part of the make- up of trains, and that there should be special place for babies - agd their mothers or nurses. It was agreed that it would be better for the bables and better for the other passengers on the train. —— L Steamship Arvivals. N Dec. 6.—Arrtved: San Gior- gio, New York. 3 London, Dec. 10.—Arrived: Minneha- New York. Det. 10.—Arrived: Steamer Ivernia, Beston for Liverpool.