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VoL. “LIV.—NO. 308 NORWICH, CONN. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1912 TURKS WILL DEAL WITH THE GREEKS Envoys at London Empowered by Sublime Porte to| Proceed With the Negotiations For Peace MESSENGER WITH DOCUMENTS IS DUE TODAY Servian Newspapers Express Opinion That Turks Are Jockey- ing For Time—Ambassadorial Conference Favors an Adriatic Port For Servia and Autonomy For Albania— Peace Delegates Lunch Together on Turtle Soup. The slow and dev iplomacy are ad m of the yuld accept Albania and commere Having pass r deliberations, stmas adjourn holidays. dition offore mis: of endly preside £ 16 tatives r 1a yus Man listened ta remier As Recognize Greeks. te th 1zzing | Toans tot emy Gre peade ndly swered its < delegates | Austria and Italy. -|in the negotiations for peace, and a - | messenger with the documents con- r ! tail this decision is expected to London tomorrow. Despatches ived here from Constantinople say the Tudks are confifident that hey now occupy a better military po- sition toward the Greeks than when the negotiations began, and that Tur- key now would not sign an armistice th them, even if theGreeks request- fed it Turks Cling to Adrianople. The Turkish delegates have been in- structed, according to another report, to raise the question of the status of Adrianople immediately, and if Bulga- | ria_persists in demanding its surrender | 1o break off the peace negotiations, but | diplomats generally are skeptical of | | this_story. -| While the agreement of the ambas- sadors of the powers on autonomy for Albania is an important step, the working out of the details of the scheme making it effective will be one | of the' most difficult problems a Eu- o | ropean conference has ever grappled with. \ | 1! $400,000,000 to Meet War Losses. The Economist notifies financiers an {nvestors to expect in teh coming ¥ | alling $400%00,000 with which to repair the losses caused by the| war and the mobilizations in Bussia, | EVANGELIST PRAYED cha separa trial f 8 Four their w A score Bay of ¢ their a AF Who d Him at “Amen.” ng to Mrs 3 Shan Per en unde Owens matter with testified. r, she said, r emplo ting upon thi daughter. The; continued, fidavit and her in They that a ures if 1 $5,000. After con- ind setting tha trap, me. rked 000. « t d continued, 0 God wonderful opportunity his helpless woman from nail in ng nd Da the clos- nte n Davis demanded Owens was placed on FFRAGETTES WITHIN | EIGHTY MILES OF ALBANY | Plod, ppingers Falls, s Rest Up at N. Y. Y., De ghty miles z the little d here nd of suf- it mile walk from good roads. To- ians, Miss Rosalle 1t M are seven will d formed a g well on ompanied by and met rousing rowd ligs of a and and Craft assembly ball, the season in this vil- Cit gle Ada dian ¢l baldi. h Mrs. Maggie Adams. OBITUARY. Ore, Dec. 20 widow of the Adame he was Mrs. Mag- famous In- is dead at Gari- Teputed to be 113 years of age. Gen. William H. Raynor. Toledo, O, Dec. 20.—Gen. Raynor, Masonic and Grand Army circles, died at his home here today. Naples, Dec. 19.—Arrived William H. 78 years old, prominent in Steamship Arrivz]s. Principe di Piemonte, New York. Christiansand, Dec. 20.—Arrived: Bteamer United States, New York for Copenhagen. Havre, raine, New York. Plymouth, Dec. nzessin Dec. 20.—Arrived: La Lor- 20.—Arrived: Cecilie, New Kron- York en. . "Prieste, Dee. 16—Arrived: Oceania, New York. ~ Servian Newspapers Suspicious, fé state that they are firmly of the g ice i LS tha ) 1 g e, Dec: 20.—The newspapers t the Turks are making all L of excuses 4t ihe peace confer- London in order to gain time reorgantzation of their The le d e\ the allies| force immediately make peace me hostilities. ! n 7 the war anew. er cent, of the vapital or to- R GETTING MONEY Had Been Secreted, with | he rom the trial ist who, Davis, | nd Davis were nd the two men There she handed | bills and signed wn on his “He that we her and as Owens | | ford. the e Hartford toda This | & church meeting was held which rati- this af- | ard of | Steamer for Finansial Minister cvery umfi: business in ORANGES LOOKED RIPE | BUT WERE “POOR STUFF” Federal Judge Orders Confiscation of Eight Carloads of Them. 20, Dec. 20.—“Sweated” oranges | which have been subjected to a high temperature to bring a_yellow | . | color, were placed under the ban to- day by Federal Judge Landis, who ordered the confiscation of eight car- loads of the fruit which were shipped from California recently and were | seized by the government. The judge | indicated that he rendered his decision | in the interest of the general con- | | sumer who might be deceived by tke | condition of fruit into thinking It ripe, I have tasted some of this fruit and good deal ‘of it is poor stuff,” said ourt. “There is no question that h of it is far removed from what | the consumer has a Tight to expect. The expert might not be deceived. The actlon was brought under the food and drugs act prohiblting adul- teration. The frult will be sold by the federzl authorities as -an inferior grade. Chic CONDEMNED SMOKING, PASTOR MUST RESIGN. Greenwich Clergyman Agrees to With- draw in Thirty Days. | Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 20.—At a con- | rence of deacons of the Bahksville | Baptist church and Rev. B. O. Coates | , the trouble that ha g for the resig »n of the pastor of the church, Ri J. A. Beojay, was settled. The latter has agreed fo resign his pastorate | within thirty days. It is sald that certain members of the congregation took offense at ser- | mons preached by Rev. Mr. Beojay in which he condemned smoking and ér customs, which resulted in the :ons _asking for his resignation. This Rev. Mr. Beofay declined to do. | | isen over the t | the action of the deacons. The tor declined to abide by the church \, arguing that the church could not ratify an illegai_adtion. Today’s | conference was then leff to decide the matter. MILITARY PRISONERS PLANNED TO ESCAPE. | Plot at Fortress Monroe Disclosed to | | an Officer. | Newport, Va, Dec. 20.—An attempt | at wholesale prison delivery by soldier prisoners at Fortress Monroe was frus- | trated last night when a special guard | detected the men sawing iron bars in | a prison window. A squad of ten men imprisoned in a compartment of the fort guardhouse had, it is said, con- ceived a plan fo escape from prison. Apparently they were aided from the outside, as & steel saw was smuggled | into the cell occupied by them. The | men probably would have escaped had | | It mot been for the fact that ome of | | the prisoners revealed the plot to an | officer. TRIAL OF DORR FOR MURDER OF MARSH. Will Take Place at Salem During January Term of Court. Boston, Dec. 20.—William A. Dorr of Stockton, Cal., who is charged with the murder of George H. Marsh, a million- aire soap mahufacturer of Lynn, will be placed on trial during the January term of the Essex county superior court at Salem. This was declded up- on today at a conference between Dorr's counsel and District Attorney Attwill. Dorr was prostrated when brought here everal months ago from California, but {s now reported to be in excellent health. Marsh was mur- dered on April 12 last and his body wag found on the Lynn marshes. On Alert at Denver Mint. Washington, Dec. 20.—As a regult of the anonymous threat to dynamite the Denver mint, Director G. E. Roberts has warned {he superintendents of all the mints in the country to observe rlgid measures of precautoon against violence, While Mr. Roberts does not take the Denver threat serlously, he sald the merd suggestion of a piot to blow up a mint must put officials on the alert, Steamers Reported by Wireless. Lizayd, De Steamer Oceanic, New York for Plymouth and South- | and Worcester road was leased to the | | WILSON TO KEEP SILENT | William Jennings Bryan or any of the ampton, 245 miles west at 11 a m. Due Plymouth 2 g m, Saturday, Cabled Paragraphs Paris Mourns Reid. Paris, De A memorial service for the late Ambassador Whitela Reid wa eld this eveninz . in St Luke's chane The Rev. Isaac Van Winkle delivered an address. $18,000,000 Loan to Indo-China. Paris, Dec. 20.—The senate today with the conference of the chamber of deputies adopted a bill authorizing a loan of $18,000,000 to Indo-China, to bewsed in an extensive programme of development in that country. Bulgarian Poet Praises Roosevelt. Sofla, Dec. 20.—M. Vazoff, the Bul- garian national poet, has composed a poem couched in enthusiastic terms and addressed to- Theodore Roosevelt, thanking him for certain of his utter- ances in favor of the Bulgarians. May Dethrone Mad King. Munich, Bavaria, Dee. 20.—Prince Ludwig, the new prince regent of Ba- varia, will become king, and the mad King Otto, who has never known th: he was a royal personage, will be de; throned in all probability next year. Moroccans Surround French Troops. Rabat, Morocco, Dec. 20.—Moroccan rebels .in the Mogador district hayve surrounde detachment of French troops consisting of two companies of Zouay cording to native advices re- ceived here. The troops are mot in sufficient strength to break through the rebels, BELIEVED THE M'NAMARAS TO BE INNOCENT MEN. Attorney for Alleged Dynamiters Now on Trial so Atgues. Dec. 20—Denial that defense fund for the rs by labor union of on trial should be tak ndication of guilty knowledse of | amite conspiracy” on the part of forty defendants, was made by at- torneys for the defense in their argu- ments before the federal jury today. polis. these defendants implication in the dyna- | te plots because of their efforts t help the McNamaras while the Mc: s were locked u pin Los’ Ange fore they pleaded gullt Tift, Minneapolis, contini- | ment for the defense. confidence that John J their brother union official, | nt, it was the duty of these | nts to help them. i very enormity of the crime at| L.os Angeles, the very boldness and ex- | tent to which explosions secretly had | been carried on for years made it un- able that the secretary of the Iron Worikers' International union com- mitted them or caused them to be committed. Had the defendants raised | a defense fund after the McNamara | brothers pleaded guilty then . they | would have been subfect to criticism, but not otherw John J. was the | brains of the plot. an¢ these men, scat- | tered over the country, were not close- ly enough associated with him to have | become acquainted with his criminal acts.” NEW HAVEN ROAD WILL NOT FORFEIT ITS CHARTER. Petition of Worcester Land Owner Dismissed by Court. Boston, Dec. 20.—A petition brought by Patrick J. Branaghan of Brookiyn, . Y., to have the charters of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road and two subsidiary lines declared forfeited was dismissed by Judge Mor- ton in the supreme court today. The petition was brought against the New York, Providence and the Providence ter compantes, as well as , New Haven and Hart- Land in Worcester owned by Mr. Banaghan was taken by the Prov- idence and Worcester company for yard purposes. The petition | ined that the proceeing was il- | and’ that while the Providence | ew York, Providence and Boston, the | subsequent lease of the latter road to | the New Haven was never authorized or ratified by law. Judge Morton found that the con- demnation proceedings were properly instituted in_the name of the Provi- dence and Worcester company, and that there had been no abandonment or surrender of its franchise as to de- prive its power to exercise the right of eminent domain. REGARDING HIS CABINET. May Not Announce lts Personnel Be- fore First of March. Trenton, N. J, Dec. 20.—Whether other prominent democrats mentioned by politiclans generally for places in the cabinet of President-elect Wilson will be appointed to portfolios, proba- bly will not be definitely known until a few days before inauguration day. The president-elect said tonight that very likely he would not make a single important announcement until about | March 1st. Within the next 24 hours Mr. Wil- son will talk with Mr. Bryap and be- fore the new year begins he also will ve seen Speaker Clark, Representa- tive Underwood, Senators O'Gorman, Hoke Smith, Gore and other prominent democratic leaders, but' he indicated that he meant to keep strict silence about appointments until he was ready | to make a general statement on the subject. | “Scattering announcements would be | foolish,” he said, “even if I had them to make. Tll wait unti] pretty late The time will depend somewhat on the number of written communications re- celved. All these letters recommend- ing individuals for office are being grouped and will be taken up separate- i) Steamer Had Rough Voyage. New York, Dec. 20—One of the roughest experiences of any steamer out in the recent heavy weather on the North Atlantlc was reported by the steamer Buelow, which arrived to- night from Bremen. The weather was bad throughout her voyage and for nine days 988 steerage ~assengers had to be confined below decks. One im- mense wave broke over the"stern) of the vessel, carrled away part of the rall and fiooded the second cabin com- partments. Silver Gray Foxes Worth $100. Seattle, Wash,, Dec/ 20.—Among 40 live blue foxes from the Aleutian Tsl- ands which arrived in the steamship Yukon today, bound for a breeding farm in New Brunswick, are a num- ber of silver grays which the owners value at more than $100' each. Sonator Bailey of Te: his farewell speech in will make | Mexico the Mexican revolution, left today for | New York, preparatory to sailing for | representations which the government | clals are moving in the preparation | the United States in the matter of the | rebels upon American mines and plan- Jan, 2 6 senate Da sk next. He then will resign PRICE TWO CENTS : The Bulletin‘s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest‘in Connecticut i;Proporii;n to the City’s Population. To Send Strong Note 10 Mexico STATE DEPARTMENT PREPARING\ COMMUNICATION. WITH GREATEST CARE Expected That Brief Will Bs Unan- swerable Except by a Promise to Remedy Obnoxious Conditions. ‘Washington, Dec. 20.—Henry Lane Wilson, the American ambassador to who has been here in confer- ence with state department officials regarding conditions growing out of his post, without the expected note of is preparing to be sent to the Mexlcan govel nent demanding protection for American citizens and property. Being Carefully Handled. This action is taken as a further evidence of the intention of the admin- istration to d with this delicate and difficult situation with circumspection and In a spirit of deliberation. The Subjected to Awful_Tunure CHICAGO DIAMOND MERCHANT SLAIN FOR REVENGE. CONVICTS SUSPECTED Dead Man Responsible for Sentencing Diamond Thieves to Prison Six or Seven Years Ago—Finger Print Clue. Chicago, Dec. 20.—Revenge, accord- ing to_the police, prompted the murder of J. H. Logue, a_diamond merchant who was killed in his office in the Mc- Vicker theater bullding, In the center of the shopping district, at noon to- day. There is no clue to the siayer or slayers. Logue Is said to have been responsible for the sentencing of some diamond thieves to prison in 1805 or 1906, and the police are wofking on tho theory that they freecdom and might cated in the murder. Gagged With Black Ribbon. \ woman may have been included Logue when found was gagged by lack ribbon. Seven wounds were have been impli- Bid for Trade by Advertising Advertising is the method depended upon for increasing trade and the extension ofwbusiness, be it large or small. so shine that the trade will be attracted thereby and become patrons. Help daily vour stock contains at It is worth any business man Increasing his sales through th: medium of adv Let your adver them thereby to, discover that you are in business to fill their wants apd remind them by your enterprise in getting ¥ ur announcement before them with the opening of the day, that ractlons, not only in this but in all seasons. time to delve into the problem of ising—the most effective, permanent and satisfying method of preparing the buyers for the filling of their wants. Thousands of dollars are to be spent each week when the people know where they can get what they want and the storekeeper who is going to profit therefrom is the man who gets his wares and his suggestions before tue people from whom the trade must come, by means of printer's ink. ‘There is no better stim- ulant for keeping the trade of a city than by keeping the stock and varfety moving. The Bulletin has the circulation to accomplish the advertising end of it and bring resuits. The Bulletin furnishes the news of Bastern Connecticut for twelve cents a week as the matter carried. the past week fully demonstrates, Bullstin Saturday, Monday Dec. 16y Tuesday, Dec. 17. Wednesday, Dec. 18. Thursday, Dec. 19. Friday, Dec. 20. Dec. 14. Totalsis i eis v Telograph Local Total 1189 444 427 375 402 431 3268 Gansra/ 944 216 192 1727 171 198 1893 communication is now being prepared with the greatest care at the state de- partment and will be transmitted to the American ambassador shortly aft- | erhis arrival in Mexico City early in | January. An Unanswerable Brief. The deliberation with which the offi- of the United States vs, Mexico is ex- pected to result in the production of the brief that is expected will be well- nigh unanswerable except by a prom- ise of prompt and adequate action on the part of the Mexican government to meet fairly and fully the demands of | protection of American Mexico. Conditions Worse in Mexice. Justification for this demand by the United States government is declared to be found in the numerous reports to the state department from every quar- ter, to the general effect that condi- | tions in Mexico have grown worse sinco, the despatch of Secretary Knox's | note of protest last September, an that | there has besn a marked increase in | brigandage and in the kidnapping of | Americans for ransom, and in the lovying of forced war loans by the interests in tations. EVERYBOL /( 8ELLING FI;ESH EGGS AT 24 CENTS A DOZEN. Campaign of Chicago Housewives Brings Dealers’ Prices Down. Chicago. Dec. 20.—Women who started out today to break the price of fresh eggs here to 24 cents a dozen as a warning to dealers not to try to raise the price of the product above that figure were successful foday in selling to 30,000 housekeepers and in causing grocers all over the city to ad- vertise fresh eggs at that price or less as an offset to the cheaper egg cam- paign. More than 700,000 eggs were sold to- day at the 30 24-cent eggs stations established by the women's committee. Incidentally the Chicago Clean Food club, which engineered the ege cam- paign, made a ~-ofit of 2 1-2 cents & dozen on the eggs. The sum will be used in the club's further campaigns for clean food and fair prices, it was announced. The sale will continue one day more. GENERAL SICKLES FAILS TO MAKE AN ACCOUN /... Attorney General Will Now Procbed Against Monument Commission. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 20—Gen. Daniel E. Sickles of New York was given until today to make an accounting to the state for funds amounting to about $28,000 paid him as chairman of the New York state monument commis- sion, but no word has been received from him by the attorney gemeral or state comptroller. No vouchers for the money have been filed, and Mr. Car- mody, the attorney general, savs he will now look to the members of the “commission to restore the amount to the state treasury. He has so in- formed the commiasioners. Car Cleaner Kijllsd at New London. New London, fConn, Deec, 20.—John Chipman, aged G0, a car cleaner em- ployed by the New. Haven Toad, was struck by a switcher in front of the depot tonight and ’}uuufly killed. His S a8 child > his body, which caused the Tevenge idea to come forth. His mouth was burned with acid. A phial which had contained the drug was found on the floor. His skull had been crushed. thumb was almost severed, indicating a hand to hand struggle. Fingerprints a Valuable Clue. Whether robbery entered into the crime has-not been determined. Tae office safe was locked, but bloody fin- ‘garprlnl and a bloody rag were found inside. Clean impressions of the prints ‘were obtained and the police hope that t)levy may prove a valuable clue. No jewelry of any value remained the office, which might have lent strength to the robbery theory had not | Mrs. Logue declared that her husband never carried a very large stock of Boods. She said he acted as a jobber and purchased diamonds and other Jewelry only as he thought he saw a ready market for them. Extra Police Join in Search. Numerous clues, none of which seems tangible, have been advanced by per- | sons in the building. A theatrical supply dealer told of two men enter- ing his place shortly before the killing and buying wigs and nose putty. Immediately hearing of the murder, Chief of Police McWeeny ordered 25 extra policemen from outlying districts 10 Teport to him to aid In the search. Stephen Dolza, a'16 vear old office b and Logue’s employe, found the body upon returning from lunch, Found by His Office Bo- Dolza wae questioned by the police, He told of returning to the office and finding the shade to the front door down and the lock fastened. Entering with a passkeyv, he saw the body of his employer iying in a corner partly covered with 3 newspaper. He then spread the alarm. WILL CARRY HIS FIGHT TO CONGRESS. | Defeated Candidate for Congress Loses in Michigan Court. Lansing Mich., Dec. 20—William J. MacDonald of Calumet, defeated for congress on the progressive ticket in the Twelfth district, having been counted out by th: state canvassing board because of an error in the print- ing of his name, was denied a writ of mandamus this afternoon by the su- preme court. MacDonald wished to compel the board to reconvene and show cause why the 458 votes cast in | Ontonagon county for “Sheldon Wil- liam J. MacDonald” should not be counted for him. Following the decision of the court MacDonald asserted he would take his case to congress. A $16400 Invetment Pays $360,000 . New York, Dec. 30.—Gold mine stock on which $360,000 is alleged to have been Tealized after the promoters had spent scarcely $16,400 upon the mine itselt, during the previous yeaf was told' of today in testimony by George ‘W, Btork, a federal acountant, in the | trial of the government's action against A, L. Wisner and John, J. | Meyers, Bryan to Mest Wilson Today. ‘Washingtan, Dec. 20.—Willlam J. Bryan, who was here for a few hours today, left tonight for Trenton, N. J., ‘where he will confer at 10 o'clock to- morrow morning with President-elect ligon, From Trenton Mr, Br: have regained their | Part of Logue's right | Condensed Teiegrams Chicago Club Women are prepared to smash the egg markei, and say they will_quote prices that will startle the retail dealers. There Now is at Work on the™Pana- ma canal and the raliroad the largest force in the canal history ,an army of 40,159 persons. $ A Drinking Fountain for horses paid for largely by penny contributions of school children, was presented to the city of Boston yesterdey Six Stations For the Sale of eggs at 24 cents a dozen were opened in Greater Boston yesterday under the auspices of the Housekeepers' league. President Taft was made an “alli- gator” lgst night by the Morocco Tem- ple of the Ancient Arabic Order Nob- les of the Mystic Shrine in Jackson- ville. Two Providence Stores yesterday re- duced the prices of “selected storage” eggs to 25 cents a dozen, following a campaign begun by the Housewives' league. ing the | 1z been red with Less Cotton Was Ginned du period from December 1 to 13 t the total he ing bales, con 20 bales last year The North Side of an ent in the business section of S village north 6f Newark, burned yesterday approximately i o, morning at a I 100,000. With an Incoherent Speech ct t {on his lips, Carlo Battista, a_member | of the Black Hand, met death on the | scaffold at Montreal yesterday for the murder of Salvatore Mariano. | John S. Huyler, Young son of the late John S. Huyler, millionaire candy manufacturer, was fatally injured yes day by faling beneath a train at Mor- | ristown, N. J. He died later. Fire Yesterday Starting from spon- taneous combustion destroyed _the garage of Walter D. Denegre at West Manchester, Mass, and two automo- | biles, the loss being $15,000. Fred Ross of Washington, D. C., charged with s g scurrilc | ters to police officials of the | capital, was arrested at C terday by post office inspe ! | Evidence Taken Before the iprmse‘r at Utidg, N Y., yest cates that the estate of Vic {James S. Sherman will 1 | | $400,000 and possibly somewhat larg- | er. | | The United States did more b ness with the world both in e {and imports, in the month of = | vember than in any month previous | in the history of this country’s foreign | | commerce. | Martin Panko 40 Years Oid, who con- | fessed to having assaulted more than | 20 wemen within yeay, died z. the Bridewell hospital, Chicago, yesterday of a bullet wound inflicted by Detective | Frank Wuiff. | With Armfulls of Papers and docu- | ments, Samuei Gompers and Frank | | Morrison, president and secretary re- ectively of e American Federation |of Labor, called on President-elect | ‘Wilson yesterda The Jury in the Case of William F, Blalr, charged with the murder of George C. Thompson, former division frelght agent of the Southern railway at Greensboro, N. ( returned a ver- | dict of not guilty yesterday J. F. Scanlon of Philadelphit, an leged de luxe book agent, surre to the Boston police yesterday. pleaded not guilty to larcency 300 from Kate M. Fager of { Bonds of $5,000 were furnished. As a Check on the High Cost of liv ing, the city fathers of Budapest, A tria-Hungary not only have establish- ed municipal stores but also are en- gaged In building and renting at low rates houses and flats to the people. The Right of 5000 Cherokee freed- men to participate in the distribution of the lands and funds belonging to the | Cherokee Indian nation was sustained yesterday by Judge Anderson of the| District of Columbia supreme court. A 3pecial Commission of physicians to examine Robert B. Davie the “boy | broker” who is a petitioner. for a par- don from a five year term in the house of correction for embezzlement, was appointed yesterday by Governor Foss, | ol | Louis Saxon, of New Britain, who, | on Thanksgiving eve, shot and killed | Anna Spelanky, with ,whom he had lived for some vears, was found guilty of murder In the first degree yesterday | afternoon. Saxon’s defence was in- sanity. Complaints of Discrimination against eastern shippers to points west of the | Mississippl, both in freight rates and classification of goods, were laid be- fore the interstate commerce commis- slon vesterday by half a dozen Boston merchants, Charles H. Bryant, chauffeur, of the Fall River municipal ambulance which struck and killed 13-year old Adrian- |na Neador, pleaded not guilty when |arraigned in the police court on a charge of manslaughter. The case ‘was continued. “Big Bill” said to be the heaviest steer "ever received at the Brighton, Mass., abbatoir, who tipped the scal on the hoof, at 3,040 pounds, was slaughtered yesterday. Blds of 50 cents a pound for his sirloin steaks were recéived . | President Taft Has Granted a full {and absolute pardon to John H. Hall, former United States district attorney of Portland, Oregon, .convicted June |1, 1909, of\ conspiracy In connetclon with the unlawful fencing of public in Eastern Oregon. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt has in- vited Chairman Joseph W. Alsop of the progressive state central committee, Herbert Knox Smith and Frank 8. Butterworth of New Haven to lunch with him at Oyster Bay {oddy and the invitation has been accepted. As Decoys For Mashers and purse snatchers a special squad of six pos men have been detailed to don wo Men's dress and smiling thelr coyest smiles and -temptingly dangling their purses, thread hollday crowdsion” lanta’s (Ga.) down-town stre | the ures in the case tw | tonio | by | torney W. ¢ | though | avold doing ALLEGED GONFESSION BY BUONOM! State Police Officer Testifies That Accused Ad- mitted the Shooting of Jennie Cavaglieri WOMAN RAN AWAY AND TOOK HIS CLOTHING Said That It Angered Him When He Realized That He Had No Money to Send His Starving Mother in Italy Becauss Dead Woman Had Taken Would Have Committed Crime if He Had Been Bridgeport, Conn, De prosecution rested its case noon in the superior court seph Buonomi, James Matto murder of Jen: fense began at once the of testimony to break thro of evidence whica the state b weaving aboat the a ed to suppo its contention that the woman killed through a del their part. Defendant Pizzichemi Testifies Pizzichémi w defen: nesses including h fied as to his industr its. He was insel over night of the he entered the aJ until the ting of the m the sho arrest of turned over cross examina hours was se attorne when court adjou Alleged Confession by Buonom The introd juonomi tha »man October Str and Voccola, that concealed in and Pizziche afte course features o the state. V the first defin dence the prosecution of 1g the woman, Headquarters for “White Another feature of th arre JURY IN HICKEY CASE LOCKED-UP AT Had Failed to Reach Verdict Nine Hours' Deliberation. Aftor Buffalo, N. Y., De; Ater hours' deliberation the jury in of J. Frank Hickey ssed of mur- | dering Joseph Joseph, the seven-vear- | old La anna boy a nable reach a verdict and the were locked up for the n verdict is ched during will be sealed and reported Jrown in supreme court morning The jury o’clock this nina | to men | If a| night 1t | o Justice tomorrow afternoon Dud med the prosecution and v phy, the prisoner's attorney an hour in presenting the evidence a light designed to con the jurors that Hickey was and ntail responsible. The confiicting expert to the state of Hicke time lo killed the bo the point over which Two_alienists for the as their opinion tha know he was doing a wr he strangled the boy the case at 130 & me estim s mind ickey dld not | g act w two others | were on That He Sober. It—Did Not Believ Vir Was 'Very Much Inte PAN Y Resolution Before Settlement of Washing fered b pare an clal agr matter sation. Im Tom t cussing th fact, however programme the prosecution took an opposite view (I and a fifth, called by Justice on behalf of the co as his opinion that Hicke: sane when the crime was committec | The fact that one prosecu- tion's experts said under cross exam- | ination that Hickey undoubtedly was subject to outbursts of murder t which he was unable to control w thought by the torneys in the cas had helped Hickey. But Justice Brown | in his charge laid particular # upon this point when he said “The iaw does- not recognize any | form of insanity which can differe tiate between right and wrong. prisoner knew 1t was wrong that little boy, he Is gull it be said that he could it. If he knew it wropg he was responsible for act.” At 10.30 p. m; Justice Brown or- dered the jury Tocked up for the night. A CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN PANAMA CANAL ZONE. Taft Will Create One if He Finds Con- ditions Warrant K. by Brown | Jacksonville, Fla. Dac. 20.—To de- termine if the time !s opportune for establishing clvil government in the Panama canal zone is the purpose of President Taft's trip to the isthmus. The president made this announce- ment in a speach here tonight which was included in the hour he and his party stopped en route to Key West. “You may think I could ertain this as well in Washington, but I don't know,” said the president. “At any rate, T am going, and I expect to issue the order creating the riew government in the zome if I find conditions war- rant it NEW YORK MILLINERS TO PUT LAW TO TEST. Bagk One of Their Number Prosecuted for Displaying Aigrette: New York, Dec. 20.—A test of the law governing possession and sale of the plumage of certain birds will be mage in the case of Miss Helene Mc- Cufloch, a milliner, who is charged Wwjih a misdemeanor for displaying In hop twenty algrettes, according to statement of Louls Marshall, her lawyer, today. had pleaded not guilt | n After Miss McCulloch Mr. Marshall #aid he represented a majority of th milliners in the city and was prepar to take the ease to the highest court, 1t necessary. he case was set for trial Jan, 13 next. Disheartened .—Houukum with long struggles against tiy ce of bed bugs, es moths, will |/ speakers. CORNELL HAS WOMA PERFECT P Nearest Ap That Do Ithe perfe nceme! Park her measureme taller and the propo basketball MAY FURTHER ATTACK HARD COAL INTERESTESy Government's Counsel Stud preme Court's Dacislon to Dec Washington whether there the federal go tack “hard co Sherman anti. eral Wickersham has sent the supreme i anthracite case the governme: with _ Instruction results. to Me Reymold in report upom Mr. McReynolds will study partioms larly the so-called minor combinatios which the supreme court held had b improperly Included in the gove ment's petition. The court dlsm i them without prejudice for futuré comd ‘sideration. counsal to VALUABLE PAINTINGS < AND BRIC-A-BRAC BuAK Fire at Residence of Mre. Andrew & Berrien Causes 50,000 Loss. Greenwich, Conn., Dee. 20.—Valnab® paintings and bric-a-brac were dess troyed in the fire which buriged Mrs Andrew J. Berrien's home 1o the ground late last Among 1 paintings were I!lfllg. gy size paint; T31,000 e e

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