Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 18, 1912, Page 1

i VOL. LIV.—NO. 304 NORWICH, CONN. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1912 _ - Tha WILSON'S LIFE AGAIN THREATENED Letter Received by His Secretary Last Week Now in the Hands of NATURE OF ITS CONTENTS IS NOT DISCLOSED Case Against One of Trio of Alleged Blackmailers Dismissed and Similar Action in Case of a Second Under Advise- ment—Strong Case Against Third Man—President-elect Issues Warning to Any Who May Start Business Panic. J., Dec, 17.—President- life again has been letter writer. _The let- riled in New York, D the governor's nton the following ¢ to_the postal aut 1 possession of United Sta Attorney Lindabu: 188 it Wa . known en Dunn Case Dismissed. eipt this letter became the arraignment of ren Dunn and Seele: Wharton, the three aineers who were charged ent Governor Wilson No- last a missive demanding n penalty of death aring was not concluded, but i States Commissioner Stockton 1 the against Warren 1 took under advisement a milar ruling in the case Against Jacob Dunn, ob Dunn, ed author nz letter,the g mz case, Commissioner He held Dunn pend- sion of the he late noon, when h P. flson's private 1 to testify that who i under sub- nd the hearinz, and e would not re- tomorrow, ached him, hav- alle Jose t Letter Unsigned. t nsigned and ice men to trace the 00d that this mis- reach the governos d by Mr. Tumulty was the outgrowth Wils con d with it Mr. Lindabury ¢ e Witnaszas Testify. es testified at ncluded the postl he il carrier from a rural free delivery er who sold Jacob Dunn s similar to the one con- etter, Frances A. Butler, a and Louis G. Beek= States deputy marshal Butler and ied that Jacob 1orship of the t denied having written a that what he said might him. hear- er at who took nst WILSON ISSUES WARNING. bbe a Who Starts a Panic. President-elect r to- eliber- United t intended were wrong. In a 1et of the Southern he declared tha r predictions of the democ anges in e i effect ¢ telect first di en “natural He said t panic had come natural- A mental disturbance of to loans and hinery hich th in existence,” thing can be ne. Irankly 1 don't r | for myself, but for my fellow country- ernmere nuch | clined to | of Public Disgrace for the Man |8 U. S. Authorities, think there is any man living who dares use the machinery for that pur- | pose. 1f he does, I promise him, not men, & gibbet as high as Haman's.” The governor added that he meant no “literal gibbet,” for “that is mot painful,” but he said it wquld be a bbet of public disgrace which would live “as long as the members of that man's family survive.” America with ‘her eyes open isn't | 0ing to let a panic happen,” continued | the governor, “but 1 speak as if I ex- pected it—as if I feared it. I do not. I am afraid of nothing.” | Mr. Wilson then referred briefly to provincialism, and said that some peo- ple had en idea that all tho thinking of the couniry was done in New York city. | ~“The task ahead of me so far as it| is making appointments to office is hateful, but the task so far as s leadership of the United States is full of evervthing that is bright and touched with confidence, because that all you have to do is to appeal to the people of the United States on the | right ground and put those who are | wrong out of business. 1 am not a brave man—because I don’t know any- | thing to be afraid of. You can beat a man_temporarily in politics, but if he | is right it isn't necessary that he | should live to wreak his vengeance. “Some people are making all sorts | of sinister predictions as to the trouble | | we are going to get into at Washing- ton, concern, because it i going to be pub- lic trouble, and a great jury is always going to know what the evidence in | the case is. I have been wafned by | some newspapers about keeping the | pen door, because they have said so| any people want to get into it. Per- ps 1 should have said that the door | | will be open only to people who come | to transact business. 1 want to that I may not be very popular by pre- | ferring business to etiquette, buf after 1 take the oath of office I shall feel { obliged to transact business and till | feel oblized to cut out everything that | | does not touch that business.” WILSON STILL AGGRESSIV‘E, Will Continue Fight on Reactionary. Democrats in New Jersey. Trenton, N. I, Dec. 17.—Governer | Woodrow Wilson let it be known today lin two public utterances that though he had been elected to the presidency of the United States he would con- |tinue to fight at every turn the Smith- {Nugent forces in New Jersey and any other elements in the nation’s demo- cracy which he considers reacgonary or non-progressive. He proclaimed it his duty to “stand back of the pro- sive forces in the democratic par- | |ty everywhere and at every juncture” and added that the democratic party now had arrived at a point “where it must_choose whether it will be pro- ive or not.” t to what extent Mr. Wilson's | vity either in New Jersey or sim- ilar tuations elsewhere might ex- |tend, was not disclosed today but at Ithe governor's office it was made plain {that” even as president, Mr. Wilson would~ come back from Washington |and go on the stump before the peo- Iple of the state against elements |which he considered _reactionary, |whenever the people of the state en- |couraged him ‘to think they wished his aid and counsel. | A delegation from Augusta, Ga. |called and invited Mr. Wilson to tak up winter residence there. The gov- |ernor said he was too engrossed in the [New Jersey situafion now to think of any vacation and he would not leave the state while there was a fight on. | PROBABLE TRANSFER OF SOLDIERS' HOMES gating Comimittes Make Recommendation. to 17.—A récommen- arious soldiers homes ansferred from the to the war depart- a result of the home Los An- which has been conducted committee, of which Sen- of Washington is chair- es are generally ilians, and there is a between them and Senator Joned yes- under the terd CONTRACT FOR WORLD'S BIGGEST BATTLESHIP, The New Pennsylvania to Cost Be- tween $11,000,000 and $12,000,000. Washington, Dec, 17 Meyer in signin s for the new battleship announced that these ced in the hands of pros- the bids ement of 31,- leship will be the formidable in any ind even without her armor and guns will cost $7,425.000. Probably her total cost, fully equipped for service, will be Letween $11,000,000 and ,$12, 000,000 mpty Trolleys in Collision, Walerbury, ears of the together in a collision at Faber's Switch on the Waterville line on the mm‘ki_r‘\ of this city this after- noou about ears, and inju car. gers ing the crew of the rear tiiere were no. passen- Wr o, Exploding Oil Tank Kills Two, Tndiznapoils, Ind,, Dec. 17—Two men weie killed and oné was dangerously injured late today when an under- grouhd crude oil fank on which they were working exploded, The dead ar Jotin Murphy and’ Farl Britton, boller The injured ;man is a forelgn badly smashing Soth | |BITTER OPPOSITION | TO ILLITERACY TEST Republicans and Democrats Combine Against Immigration Bill. | Washington, Dec. 17.—Determined |opposition by a minority compaged of | |bother republicans and democrats |steered by republican leader Mann to- (night held up action in the house®on the illiteracy test immigration bill af- ter a second day had been devoted to | impassioned oratory anq heated debate | over the measure. Apparently every method of obstruction known to ex- perts on parliamentary technicalities had been exhausted and a final vote was about to be taken when Repre- sentative Mann demanded the reading of the “engrossed bill.” The bill had of been engrossed s the house ad- joudrea. The measure cannot be reached again untll Thursday, the day set for adjournment for the Christmas holi- days. It probably will be then passed, g{;:wdin, out the Indian appropriation L VENERABLE EXPERTS ON MINING CLAIMS One Ate a “Ten Minute Lunch” An Hour and a Half. New York, Dec. 17.—Several men sixty or sevemty years of age Were employed to examine mining claims promoted by Julian Hawthorne, Jo- siah Quincy and others, according to testimony today by Jean D. Holm, a witness in _the government's suit against the Hawthorne,group for al- leged fraudulent use of the mails. “Holm, an executive engineer for the exploration syndicate of Ontarlo, a Hawthorne subsidiary, furnished the jury with a description of two vem- erable_experts who had passed-fayor. {able opinioms on the Hawthorne prop- erty. ;He sald one of them was “past 70, very delicate in all that he did, 80 much so- that it took him an hour 4nd a hdlf to eat a Junch an ordinary man would eat in ten minutes.” Mexican Rebels Burn More Bridges. El Pago, Tex., Dec. 17.—A gang of rebels on a commandeered locomotive todiy ventired within thirty miles of in P don't think there should be any | Cabled Paragraphs Mrs. Reid Accepts Warship. London, Dec. = 17.—Mrs. Whitelaw Reid has decided to accept the offer by the British government of a British warship to convey the body of her late husband to the United States. Danish Steamer Crippled. Queenstown, Dec. 17.—The Danish steamer Dania Pedersen put into Queenstown today owing to losing three blades of her propeller. She was on the voyage to Boston from Leith, Scotland, Sympathy for Mrs. Reid. London, Dec. 17.—A resolution of sympathy with Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and of appreciation of the late ambas- sador’s character and public services was passed today by the American Luncheon club. Another Portuguese Plot. Lisbon, Portugal, Dec. 17.—A plot to establish a military dictatorship in Portugal was discovered last night. Part of the army was supposed to be implicated. Troops were kept under arms and the warships in the harbor cleared for actlon. More Cash for Switzerland. Serne, Switzerland, Dec. 17—The ss ggvernment, in view of the pos- bilities of war, is augmenting the mount of ready cash at its command., Its consignment of $5,000,000 in gold and silver arrived here by special train from Paris today and was lodged in the Swiss National bank. ELEVEN SELEETED FOR MURDER JURY Italians on Trial for Their Lives at Bridgeport. Trio of Bridgeport, Conn, .Dec. 17.—The jury which is to try Joseph Buonomi, James Matto, Frank Pizzichemi and James Ricco, all Italians, for the mur- der of Jennie Cavaglieri at Stratford last October lacked one to complete it when Judge William S. Case ad- journed the criminal side of the su- perior court this afternoon until to- morrow morning. He ordered the sheriff to have an extra panel of ten on hand when court cpened tomor- row, and it is expected that the twelfth juror will be selected without much delay and the taking of evidence be- &in.” A panel of fifty-six was exhaust- ed in the choice of the following 11 men William J. Moran, Darlen; Thomas Platt, Newtown: John H. DeWaters, walk: Horace Johnson, New Ca- Louis C. Mead, Ridgefield; Wil- iam Wood, Westport: Charleg Hudson, Huntington; Nathaniel H. Jones, Bridgeport; John R. Carter, BriGge- port; Charles Goepple, ' Wilton; Thomas Bloomer, Ridgefield. Except for the’ few moments when they stood before the bar to plead to the indictment charging them with murder in the first degree the accused sat in the prisoners’ box taking only, So far as stheir faces showed, a cas- ual interest in the proceedings. The indictment as read by the clerk of the court was transiated to them end each in turm through the intergreter pleaded not guilty. SUFFRAGETTE PILGRIMS ARRIVE AT OSSINING Band of Six Halts and Miss Weeks Delive Address. Ossining, N. Y., Dec. 17.—Lowering clouds with a hint of snow in the air did not daunt the spirit of the pil- grims of suffrage when they completed here late this afternoon the second day of their two weeks' journey to Albany to carry a message to Governor Sul- zer on his inauguration day. 'When Miss Rosalie G. Jones halted in the public square here her little band of suffragettes, now reduced to six, af- ter a leisurely tramp from Irving- ton. Anna Ross Weeks of New York then made an address, “You men will be ashamed of your- selves if you don't vote for wemen suffrage,” declared Mrs. Weeks , “We hear a lot of talk about the fair sex, but shouldn’t you men be called the unfair sex?” . “How ahout women going to war? interrupted a male listener. - “When battleships can fire projec- tiles three miles, being a soldier is not so brave a thing as it used to be,” retorted Mrs. Weeks. “And I would be more afraid of a woman whe dropped a bomb from an aeroplame than I would of a man.” School * children cheered and men and women waved from windows all along the reute of the day’s march. CHARACTER WITNESSES AT ARCHBALD'S TRIAL Prominent Citizans Tell of His Good Reputation. Washington, Dec, 17.—From persops prominent in Pennsylvania affairs and in federal court circles of the east, the attorneys for Judge Robert W. Archbald of the commerce court drew testimony today as to his good repu- tation, in his trial before the semate impeachment court for alleged mis- conduct in office. Among_these were Judge ~George Gray and Judge J. B. McPherson, of the federal court; Chief Justice D. Newlin Fell, of the Pennsylvania su- preme court; Presiding Judge Charles 'E. Rice of the Pennsylvania superior court and Ex-Governor ,W. A. Stone. For the first time during the trial, Judge Archbald withdrew from the senate chamber during the testimony of the witnesses as to his reputation. Senator “Bacon, presiding, permitted the, attorneys for the defense to ask, in addition to the usual questions as to general reputation in the commu- nity for integrity, another, formal question as to his general reputation for integrity as a judge. Attorneys for Judge Archbald hope to be able to finish the presentation of testimony tomorrow. Two Saloon Passengers on Liner. Boston, Dec. 17.—The steamer Ara- bic of the White Star line sailed from port today with but two people occu- pying saloon quarters, though the boat has accommodations for 300. The sol- itary couple was Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Nye of New Bedford. They were given the finest stateroom of the boat and will have the services of more than 150 stewards and other attendants at their disposal during the trip to Liver- pool. ' Kearney and Lawrence Perished. Los Angeles, Calif, Dec. 17.—Frag- ments of a hydro-aeroplane and cloth- ing which: were washed, ashore and identified, proved today that Aviator Horace Kearney and his reporter com- panion, Chester Lawrence, met disag- ter soon after they started last Sat- urday on their proposed flight over the ocean to San Francisco. Spain Ratifies Treaty. Madrid, Dec. 17.—The chamber of deputies tonight ratified the Franco- Juarez and burnéd more bridges on the Mexigan Northwoatorn rallroad, Spanish Moroceo treatv by a vote of 48 1o 22 po e Two Firemen to One Locomotive RAILROADS NOT WILLING TO GRANT THIS DEMAND * A REPLY TO FIREMEN Ask That They Waive This Demand and Settle Others on Same Basis as in Recent Award te Engineers. New York, Dec, 17.—The fifty east- ern railroads announced through their committee of managers today readiness to adjust differences with thelr fire- men if the latter would waive their de- mand for two firemen on certain heavy types of locomotives., . Announcement Made in Letter. The committes of managers, in a letter to ‘W. S. Carter, president of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Firemen and En- ginemen, ‘which was read at a confer- ence between the two parties. It was set forth that if, the two firemen de- mand was waived the railroads would settle the other demands by conceding to the firemen advantages similar to those ordered by the board of arbitration in the case of ensi- neers, Increase of $15,134,000. It was stated that the demands of the firemen, ‘both as regards working conditions énd wages, would mean a minimum total increase of $15,134,000 to the railroads in cost annually, or 56 per cent, of the firemen's present wages, in contrast to thé firemen's es- timate that their reques:s would mean only a $4,000,000 increase. The Double Firemen lssue. Many features of the requests seem- ed susceptible of satisfactory solution, the letter asserted, and the conference committee recognized need of two fire- men on certain locomotives, but it saw no way to classify such cases by any single factor, such as weight of engine, in an equitable way. “In no case should an employe, in any class of service, be expected or permitted to perform services which will require excessive physical effort,” the letter read, “and the question of providing assistance should be decided only after a careful study of condi- tions surrounding individugl runs.” Firemen to Reply Today. The communication of the managers cencluded with the statement that if the firemen waived their demand for two firemen on engines of certain weight, the railroads were “prepared to setile the working conditions re- garding terminal delay, evertime, ter- minals, etc, on the same basis as laid down in the award to the recent engi- neers’ arbitration, and to consider an increase of existing rates in some in- stances.” At a cenference between the man- agers and the representatives of the brotherhood tomorrow the reply of the firemen is to be presented. GRAND JURY PROBE OF RAILROAD AGRE\EMENT, President of Construction Company and Wife Testify. New York, Dec. 17.—Six witnesses, including one woman, were summoned before the federal grand jury today in connection with an investigation of traffic _agreements between the~ ) York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- road company and the Grand Trunk Railway company. The day's inquiry was one of the longest thus far held. The first witness was George H. Curtis, president of the O'Brien Con- struction company, which has the co: tract for bullding 'the extension of e Southern New England railway to Providenee. Mrs. Curtis fellowed her husband on the stand. The other wit- nesses were H, C. Estep, a construc- tion emgineer in the employ of the Seuthern New England railway; W. S. Skinner of Holyoke, a director of the New Haven system and a member of its executive hoard; N. Kinzella, pri- vate secretary to President Chamber- lain of the Grand Trunk, and H. K. Sellers, a minor. official of the Grand Trunk comrany. SAYS CHICAGO WOMEN MADE A POOR TRADE. Paid 201-2 Cents for Eggs at Whole- sale, Only 18 Cents in Open Market. Chicago, Dec. 17.—The “ten carloads” of eggs which Chicago club women will place on sale tomorrow in an attempt to break retail prices could have been bought cheaper in the open market than from the unnamed commission map who supplied them, according to a statément today by Charles J. Bow- man, secretary of the Chicago butter and egg board. “The women paid 20 1-2 cents a doz- en for eggs which they can Luy im the open market in unimited quantities for 18 cents” said Mr. Bowman. “At 24 cents, the retail price set by the club women, they might have profited 6 cents instead-of 31- A $50,000 LOAN FROM OIL TRUST. Hearst Produces Copy of Letter from Archbold to Foraker, ‘Washington, Dec. 17.—Photographic copies of all the John D. Archbold let- ters made public through his speeches and publications were today given by William R. Hearst to the senate com- mittee investigating campaign comtri- butions jand Standard Oil correspond- ence. In the list were six telegrams and letters. One of these purported to be a telegram from Senator Penrose to Mr. Archbold, proposing to make an appointment with Senator Aldrich for some unnamed person. Two others were letters from Mr. Archbold to Jo- seph B, Foraker, then senator from Ohlo; one stating that a loan of $50,000 previously discussed could be made on a 5 per cent. basis; the other stated that a certificate for the $50,000 was enclosed therewith, Mr. Hearst told the committes he had been informed this loan had been returned to the Standard Oil company. Others, of the letters given the com mittee today by Mr. Hearst contained 8t jons and _requests from Mr. mfl that the Ohio senator use his inf e against certain biils in the Ohio legislature,. . 'Steamship Arrivals. ¥ st::;e 2 g:rr:.n lecéu. 47.—Arrived: T 2 p] New York, Dec, 17.—Arrived: Co- lumbig, Glasgow, Liondon;, Dec. 17.—Arrived: Ausona, Montreal (not previously). Copenhagen, Dée, 17.—Arrived: Os- cax I, New York announcement ~was made by | Elisha Lee, chairman of the conference Bulletin's Circulation In Norwich Is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in’ Proportion o A 4 ity s Population PRICE TWO CENTS y. Vice President Buflg in Jail JUDGE, ANDERSON CHARGES HIM WITH PERJURY BOND; IS RAISED $5000 Court Remarks That in 30 Years\Ex- perience He Has Never Seen a Dis- play Like the Trial of “Dynamiters.” . .Indianepolis, Dec. 17—John T. But- ler, Buffalo, N. Y., vice president of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, tonight was locked in jail after his bond of $10,000 had been Increased to $15,000 and after the court had said he com- mitted perjury in testifying in h behalf gs a defendant in the * mite conspiracy” trial. -, Next to President Frank M. Ryan, Butler is highest in office in a labor unfon of 12,000 members. With Ryan he {s charged as being ome of forty officials who conspired to promote dy- | namite explosions, including _the wrecking of the Los Angeles Times building. Soathing Arragnment by Judge. At the conclusion of today's session, in which both the prosecution and the defense rested their cases, federal Judge Anderson delivered from the bench a scathing arraignment of what he termed “a display that has taken place in the last two weeks.” “I don't believe,” said Judge Ander- son ,referring to the stories of violence, Tiots, assaults and dynamitings re- lated on the witness stand, “I don't believe, and if 1 did I would not have any hope for this country, that organ- ized labor stands for the things that have been shown here. Butler Deliberately Perjured Himself. “This man Butler took the stand to- day and swore to things he knew were not true and everybody here knew he was committing perjury. There are a few ‘people in this country who must be told that the law is the law, and if there is any gentleman in this court room ‘who feels that the shoe fits him, let him put it on. I have never seen a display such as has taken place here in the last two weeks and I have been a lawyer and on the bench for the last thirty-four years.” Organizer Dowd Discharged, Judge Anderson’s remarks were made day and after Clarence E. Dowd, Rochester, N. Y., formerly organizer for the International Association of Machinists in- Detroit, had been dis- charged in the ground that sufficient evidence did not exist against him. Dowd was the only defendant to be discharged, leaving forty men whose cases are to go to the jury. The case is expected to be in the jury’s hands in about eight days. Butler Makes General Denial. Butler earlier in the day emtered a general denial that he knew of any dynamite plots. knowledge that the union appropriated $1,000 a month to John J. McNamara which, the government charges, will be used to defray the expenses, of the dynamiters. Check books in which the stubs recorded payments to Mc- Namara while Butler was a member of the executive board, were produced. “Do you mean to say that $1,000 a month was paid out of the w funds and you never heard of Butler was asked. Never Made Investigation. “I never heard of its being used for carrying on explosions,” he replied. “Were you interested enough in the union’s welfare to investigate after the McNamaras were taken to Los An- geles charged with the murder of 21 persons?” “T made mo said , investigation,” Butler BELIEVES HIS BIRTH WAS SERIOUS BLUNDER. Sixteen Year Old Suicide Leaves a Re- markable Letter. New York, Dec. 17.—After fllling two sheets of foolscap with a defense of his suicide intentions, expressed in re- markable terms, 16 year old Joseph Dobin committed suicide tonight by in- haling gas. Beside him were writings by Turne- gloff on death, and his own views.* “T do not want any of you to be troubled with my voluntary death” he wrote. “It 18 necessary to terminate an odi- ous and useless existence, and what 1s necessary is just. There is_a great deal of talk about the cowardice of taking one's life. 1 belleve it is even still more cowardly to submit weakly 1o social conditions, to allow one's in- dividuality to be crushed in the grind of commerclalism. I belleve a serious blunder has been made in bringing me into this world, and it has been made in the milllons o ftolling, drudging hu- man beings condemned to a life of misery and degradation.” The boy, & pale faced, undersized youngster, came to this country when he was about 7 years old, with the rest of the Dobin familly, from Russia. The boy was a brilliant scholar at Dewitt Clinton High school, but left suddenly a month ago and spent his time around the house reading. WILLIMANTIC POLICE ARRESTED CHAUFFEUR. Four Counts Are Drawn Against C. C. Rood—Bonds of $500. Willimantic, Dec. 17—The police to- night arrested Clinton C. Rood, the chauffeur, who the night before struck two small boys, Fred Hedin and Ar- mand Hartau, injuring them so se- verely that they may dle. ~ Rood is charged with violating the motor 1aw, recklessly driving his au- tomobile and with operating a motor car so as to endanger lives of others. He was released under bonds of $500 for appearance in police court on four counts Wednesday morning. _ His bondsman is F. D. Jordan of Willi- mantic. * At the hospital tonight 1t was re- ported that the boys were_resting a: well as coald be expected. BITUARY. Dr. Ezra Rogers. Binghamton, N, Y., Dec. 17.—Rela- tives here today received news of the death of Dr. Hzra Rogers, a native of Owego, N, Y., and for years teach- er of John D, Reckefeller, while the Reckefeller family lived at Hiawatha Island, near Owego, in the fities, Dr. rs died-today at the age of $1 years ot hig home i Hartlord, Wis. after the jury had been retired for the | Particularly he denied | 4 Condensed Teiegrams Charles Gallipue celebrated his 100th ‘birthday at Rochester, N, Y. The Plant of the Davis Bakery Co, at Camden, N. J,, was burned with a loss of $100,000. _The Death of Capt. Willi discoverer of the comet wh his name, is announced. E. Ellis, h bears The Progressive Party has. been rec- nized as the second party in Illinois, replacing the republican party. Duluth, Minn, and Vicinity are blanketed under one to five feet of snow in the worst blizzard in ten years. Recent Excavations Indicate that the peninsula south of San Francisco once was inhabited by a race of giant stature. \ There is Grave Uneasiness in ship- ping circles for the safety of ten large freight steamers now overdue on At- lantic passages. All Nominations of President Taft sent to congress to fill judicial or law vacancies will remain unacted - upon until after the holidays The Secretary of fthe Bartenders’ union at its annual election of officers in Chicago called on all of the mem- bers to sign the pledge. Cold Storage Eggs dropped to 20 cents in Pittsburg, while “strictly fresh” went to 38 cents. A drop in butter is aiso expected. Bob Storer, Harvard's Prospective football captain, has turned his hand to hymn writing, and is assisting in the revision of the chapel hymnal, Fred M. Purmort, one of the best known hotel men in New England, died at his home in Brookline yester- | day after a sickness of over two ycars. An Unidentified Negro who shot and wounded Patrolman Joseph White at Jackson, Miss., after wresting a pistol from the officer, was killed by a moby A oy Mrs. Lena Mendleson, one of the oldest women in the state, died at her home at Vernon Center, Conn., yester- | day. Her age was given as more than 100 years. A Haul of About 350 Miles will be saved to shippers by the construction of a bridge over the St. John river, between Van Huren, Me, and St Leonards, N. B The Hartford Police were informed vesterday that thieves had got away | with a large_guantity of jewelry from. | the home of Mrs. Ottilie Roy, of No. 91 | Sisson avenue. Rev. Os: A. Lunden, pastor of the Meriden Swedish Bauwtist church, who is in Boston to undergo_an operation, has accepted a call to the chureh at Alexandria, Minn. Ground Will Be Broken on Hast Twenty-ninth street, New York, next month for a new working girls' home, the gift of Mrs, Frederick Vanderbilt. The estimated cost is $150,000. Three Firebugs who have Feen oper- ating in Brooklyn on a large scale re- cently were sentenced to from 10 to 20 years in prison. The aggregate sen- tences of the three total 50 years, Rev. Dr. Abbott Elliot Kittredge, for more than twe -five years pastor and paster emeritus of the Madison avenue Reformed church, New York died there yesterday at the age of The Price of Butter in New England will not be changed by the action of the Elgin, IlL, board of trade in abol- ishing its quotation committee, accord- ing to statements made by wholesale and retail dealers in Boston A Bill Providing That the City of Boston may ebolish poll taxes by vote of its city council and approval of the | mayor was filed with the clerk of the hotise of representatives by Represent. ative Isaac Gordon yesterday. Convioted of Defrauding a Boston hotel, Rev. Harry R. Fuller, who said he was a minister of a Baptist church in Fleming, N. J., was sentenced to one month in jail by Judge Murray in the municipal court, Boston, yesterday. Eighteen Children, sons and daugh- ters of strikers from the textile mills at Little Falls, N. Y., were hundled on board a train and left for Schenectady yesterday, there to be dared for by sympathizers until the strike is settled. Seoretary MacVeagh Yesterday or- dered a revenue cutter on the Pacific coast to make a quick and extensive search for the missing aviator, Horace Kearney, of Chicago, and his passen- ger, Chester Lawrence, a newspaper- man, of Los Angeles. Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh has awarded a gold medal of honor to Joseph O, Campos of Savannah, Ga. for bravery In saving the lives of Misses Elsle and Josephine Robider from drowning in the surf off Tybee Island, Ga. Michael J. Powers, who is alleged to have sold books at high prices to Mgs. Mary L. Rogers of Boston and Mrs. Kate H. Bager of Dorchester, was ar- rested yesterday on an indictment charging him with the larceny of $87,- 075 from the two women. The Two Hundred Acre Estate at Bordentown, N. J,, which was once the home of Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon and former king of Spain, is to be restored and its magnificent chateau rebullt by Harrls Hammond, son of John Hays Hammond. Motormen Empoloyed on the Provi- dence, Warren and Bristol electric branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad comipany have had their pay increased from $3.30 to $4.25 a day under a ruling of the board of arbitration which considéred their demands. Dr. Luther Nelson of Boston and Al- bert H. Bumstead, a_topographer, of Townsend, Mass,, both members of the Yale Peruvian expedition, Wwhich has been in Peru making observations and -explorations for the past #ix months under the direction of !, Hiram Bingham, returned to New York yes- terday. Senator Dixon, chairman of #hé pro- gressive national committes, d yes- terday that the committes seven which 18 to visit Europe to study gov- ‘ernmental questions in of progressive’ party would Be named when the executive committes meets in New York next Thursday. Republican Victory in Meriden. Meriden, Conn., Dec. 17.—In today’ city election the republicans elected & majority of the cownecil. The demo- crats elected the city treasurer and city auditor, { ADVOGATES AMERICAN INTERVENTION Bulgarian Delegate Favors This Step if an Agree- ment is Not Reached at Peace Conference \ TURKS REFUSE TO TREAT WITH THE GREEKS Empow&ed to Confer Only With the Three States That Sign- ed the Armistice—Proceedings of Peace Conference to Enable Turks to Obtain Further Instructions—Naval Battle Off Dardanelles Resumed—Ambassadors Confer, London, Dec. 17.—The peace confer- ence was launched yesterday only be interrupted today by a compiica- tion resulting from the ])nh‘( \'.nfllhv in waging war and negotiating pea simultaneously. i The Turkish delegates announced to- day that it was empowered to confer only with the three Balkan kingdoms Which signed the armistice at Tcha- talja, and as a consequence adjourn- ment wag taken until Thursday to en- able the Turks to obtain instructions. All the conferees expresed the be- lief that the suspension was merely temporary and that a pathway tows the resumption of the meetings will be found. The prospect for a successful issue of the conference are emhanced by the declaration of the Turks that they have been given plénary powers to ar- range and sign a treaty of peace. How far their improved military position with the encouragement of Austria is credited with giving them may stiffen their backs against the allies' terms remains the chief factor. of doubt Five Ambassadors in Conference. The first sitting of the ambassadorial court of appeals, as it is calle held in-the foreign office today e ambassadors of five continental powers conferred with Sir Edward Grey, the British secretary for foreign af for more than three hours. The dif ent nations advanced their views on the various phases of the eastern prob- m. “The contingency that mediation may ultimately offer the only solution of the war has been the subject of much di cussion. The heads of the Bulzarian and Servian delegations during the course of interviews recognized that the United States might be in tion to act as peacemaker, as Pre Roosevelt did between Russia Japan. a po: ident and Naval Battle Resumed. The naval fight off the Dardanelies, in which both Greece and Turkey claimed -victory yesterday, was re- simed today. Athens announces that the Greek army is about to capture Janina. The friction between Austria and Servia appears mnot to have abated. The Servians complain that Austrlan gunboats in the Danube are indulging in provocative tactics, throwing their searchlights on Belgrade, which has caused a panic among the residents, “Peace, Up to a Certain Point.” The ambassadorial conference will exercise a powerful influence on the decislons of the peace conference in 8t. James' p ce, as Turk as the Balkar. states desires the support of the powers, b event that the Turco-Balkan under- standing is not satisfactory to the powers the present ambassadorial con- ference will indicate how to correct the decisions arrived at. ‘At the mesting today the greatest at- tention ceptered on Count MensdorfT, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador, and Count Benckendorff, the Russian ambassador. Their colleagnes joking- Iy put to the former a question as to Whether he had brought from Vienna peace or whr. Count Mensdorff an- swered with a smile, but without losin hig habitual gravity: “Peace! Peace adding in Latin “Sicut In guantum” (Up to a certain point). Turks Proposed Dealing With Three States. The ambassadorial conference may acquire a still greater importance, if, as might happen Thursday, the con- ference at St. James' palace is unable to continue at work owing to the diffi- cultles between the Turks and Greeks on the question of the armistice, as the Turks might not at that time have instructions on that subject from Con- stantinople. The Turks proposed to treat with the threo fates for which they had full powers and asked them to formulate the desiderata. An animated disc: slon ensued and the Ottoman proposal was refused for the reason that the four states form one “bloc.” American Mediation Proposed. The Turkish delegation added that their instructions were to proceed without delay to the conclusion of an honorable peace. The result of the sitting was telegraphed to Constanti- nople and will be taken up for consid- eration by the council minister there Wednesday. Dr. Daneff, who is the most brilliant among the heads of the delegates, was tull of vivacity and ardor in speaking on possible American medlation. He seid: 1f an understanding between the Balkan states and Turkey s imposs ble, notwithstanding the friendly vices which. certainly will come from the conference of the ambassadors, I believe that Amerlcan intervention will be most opportune and will be received as guite justifiable on account of American interests In the Balkans and Turkey which are not lacking and have gufficient importance to entitle Wash- ington to offer its’good offices for an impartial settlement -of the confllct. The United States has coljgge, com- mercial firms, maritime lines!¥nd mis- slonaries throughout the Balkan states and Turkey. Besides she has ‘with Bulgarie ties of culture, many among us having been educated in tue United States and haying brought from that land of liberty and independence that worship for freedom which hastened the explosion and our natural vindi- catlon. Aspire to Become America of Europe. “Our people have the same spirit of enterprise as the Americans and with a fgw years of Tesurrection we Wil change the face of our country. In- deed, we aspire to become the America of Furope. I repeat, intervention by the United States, coming in case of fallure by the European powers, would be received with open arms. But I call it purposely Intervention, not wishing to upderline any other word, as_mediation might then b too little, while arbitration, being. too much, could not be accepted or admitted.” CORPSES LIE UNBURIED, Wife of American Ambassador Writes from Censtantineple. A have t in the 1s well [leaders to have the mmw {mittes inquire into the poii of condition around wells water, s described wife of the Americ Constantinople, In & Mabel iman o Red' Cros in and about one bullding fano were lyin destitution as a Balkan war. She says b to estimate the number of dead, but that many unburied. ATTITUDE OF UNITED STATES dying endeny o1 nen crowding otrain ek s1aeador Mr am Does Not Feel Called Upon to Meddle in Balkan Situation. Washington disposition imposed b of humanity to prevent a ren in the Fal partment_are mind In holding that the complex and difficult issues between the contending states should adjusted entirely the good .offices pean states wh quainted with the problem So far there has been no intimat from any official e that was called u lay mediator. he various phases of on Americy the part of Negotiating for $50,000,000 Lean. London, Dec. 17.—The respondent of the Daily hears that the Hunga is negotiating with the American sy dicate which arranged the Aostrias loan for the immediate issue of & loam of $50,000,000. Vienna covs Telegraph 5 go7ernmend RAILROAD INFLUENCE IN NEW ENGLANG Democratic Congressmen May Preby Into Political Activities. Washington, Dee. 17—A eastens of Gemocratic . representatives will bhe called early In January with a - to reaching a determination on the broadening of the scope of the propowed inquiry of the New York, MNew ifa- ven and Hartford-Orand Trook rall- road situation as to e tnto the political activity of m New Fngland. It 1s likely phat & move them 'will be made to have the emncus cre- te a special investigating ecomnmmit: Pressure already has been broughl to bear upon some of the Semocratie oo and redations of the railroads n m achusetts, New Hampshire, Connect« ieut and Rhods Island particularly. The old charge that the Boston and Maine railroad, since it passed under the con« trol of the New Haven road, need fis powerful influence to bring About the defeat of Senator William B. Chene dler of New Hampshire and 1o dlotaty the filling of other offices in that stat has been brought o the attentiam o some of the leaders along with othes political matters. It was announced todny that decision on the O'Shaunessy resolution eallh for the Investigation of the rai situation in New England probebly wotild not be.reached until the Sref week In January. HURLEY ELECTED MAYOR OF SALEM Republican Wins Thres-Cornered Geme test at North Ad:ml. Boston, Dec. 17—Salem and North Adams held their elections today, S« lem remaining in no-license col« umn and North Adams golng aguim for license. Both cities adopted the referendum giving firemen one day off in five, Salem's election was the under Its new charte and John . Hurley was chosen mayor for thres yoars. It was Mr. Hurley's tweifth campalgn, five of which have been successful. Dr. Wallace E. Frown, & republican, won & three cornered seme test for mayor in North Adams aftes two previous defea The only change on the tion in the 31 Massachusedds oitiew which have held elcctions this month has been Newburyport, which b wotk, changed Trom ey to. “well by six votes, Eighteen of the citieg which have voted have destared fa# license and 13 against Ieonmn oeme NINE JURORS ;ELECYED FOR TRIAL OF HICKEY, Large Number of Talesmen Rejested Becauwse of Opiniens Fermed. Buffalo, N. Y., Dee. ne . men had ‘been selected for the trist o J. Frank Hickey, charged with the murder of little Joseph Joseph, whem court adjourned today. A majerity of the rejectod talesmen held decided opinions as to the gullt or innocence of the prisoner. Hickey's recens come fessin that he strangied the J boy and Michael ‘Kruck, the New ¥ newsboy, they sald, made it diffiqul feel otherwise, THREE MORE INDICTMENTS I AGAINST JACK JOHNSON, All Invoive the Interstats Transpertas tion of Belle Schreiber. Chicago, Dec. 17~Thres addittonat indictments under the Mann white slave act were returned againet Jack Johnson, the negro puglilet, z the fed- eral grand jury hers . The es are similar to those contained e previous indictments AEA et the negro and concern the e