Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 4, 1913, Page 1

Storm of Hurricane Tendencies Causes Widespread Destruction on Land and Sea TUGS AND BARGES SUNK BY FURIOUS WAVES Wind Attains Velocity of 80 Miles in New York and €5 Miles Country—Damage by Abnormally High Tide at Points Along the Sound—Houses Unroofed, Trees Blown Down New York, Jan. 3.—The first severe storm of the new year and the most destructive one of the season swept along the Atlantic coast today, carry- ing great loss in its wake. Simultane- ously came reports that storms of equal violence were occurring in por- tions of the south and middle west and along a part of the Pacific coast. ‘Wire communication in all sections of the country was crippled. One Death Reported. At times during the day as few as fifty out of the scores of wires were ‘worl between this city and Chicago, posed to the worst of the blow_ the prostrated. Damage caused to ship- ping on sea, lake and harbor can only be estimated tonight. While the storm ‘was heavy and general, only one death had been reported up to a late hour, that of a Brooklyn man blown from @ scaffold. In this city rain early today was fol- Jowed by a gale that increased in vio- lJence to a maximum velocity of 80 miles an hour. When this had abated, after working havoc on land and wa- ter, a slight snowfall set it. Reports from up state and from suburban points in New Jersey and Long Island told of suffering and damage caused by the blow. 3 Tugs and Barges Sunk . The hurricane-like storm lashed up high waves from Sandy Hook to the rv‘e‘m entering New York barbor, sink- ng tugs and barges and driving other sraft into perilous positions on shore. Collisions in the harbor were frequent. Ferry service met interference. From capsized small craft scores of persons were rescued. On many vessels ex- posed to the worst of teh blow the crews denned life preservers and lash- ed themselves fast. Hardest Storm in Years. Sandy “Hook was attacked by the hardest storm in years, Immense waves broke over the government dock, forcing the army steamers Gen- eral Merch and Odiance to.steam away #nd lay to kalf a mile outside. Ot one glnle the barometer at the life saving tation fell to 28.80, the lowest in six ears. Several eutward und anchored in Sandy Hook bay, ‘onight the wind blew heavily, but was shifting. Policeman Blown from Bicycle. Many freakish incidents marked the ’s progress. Wagons were over- and a bicycle policeman was lown from his machine on an Hast iver bridge. Two runaways with se- us results were caused by fying , the horses ‘through late glass windows into stores. Benja- in Davis, a brakeman, was blown from the top of a Long Island freight train, but escaped with slight injuries. ‘A foreigner at work in a coal yard was blown 35 feet into a coal pocket and may die from his hurts. IN CONNECTICUT. Highest Force of Wind Unofficially R corded as 65 Miles. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 3.—Con- necticut was storm-swept today in one of the heaviest gales in recent years. Officially the highest force of the wind was 55 miles an hour, that being re- corded at the weather bureau here. In other sections -of the state, however, unofficial reports say that the wind reached a maximum.velocity of 65 miles an hour. Trolley, electric light and telephone service generally were handicapped. From all sections of the state tonight come reports of houses unroofed or blown from their foundations; trees and telephone poles snapped in twain, and-at many points along Long Island Sound of serious damage being done by &an unusually high tide. A number of freakish incidents were recorded. At Putnam a driver was blown from a lumber wagop and re- ceived serious injuries. In Greenwich the top of a freight car was blown on 1o the tracks of the New Haven road, making it necessary to flag express trains to prevent an accident. Four Hartford Houses Unroofed. ¥ Hartford, Conn., Jan. 3,—The highest velocity attained by the wind during the gale here today, according-to the weather bureau, was 58 miles an hour, although for a minute the wind blew at the rate of 60 miles an hour. Four houses in the city were unroofed and a numer of minor accidents were report- ed. A. A. Massals was blown from the top of a motor truck and received min- or injuries. Wagen Shed Blown Away. Meriden, Conn., Jan. 3.—A wind of strong velocity held the city at its mercy all day. The fire alarm system was -crippled by crossed wires and many of the electric lights in the city yvere extinguished during the night. A darge wason shed at the City hospital was blown from its foundations and smashed to smithereens. Billboards of lumber on the banks of the Still river was blown into the water. New House Blown Down. ‘Waterbury, Conn., Jan. 3.—The high wind which swept this city today and tonight did a large amount of damage. A three family house owned by John Mraz, in process of erection, was blown Gown, trees were snapped off in several parts of the city and several telephone poles brought down. Many wires were put out of commission be- longing to the telegraph, telephone and electric light companies. OYSTER BOATS SINK. Six Persons Believed to Have Been Drowned Laurel River. ‘Wilmington, Del., Jan. 3.—Six per- sons are believed to have been drown- ed by the sinking of two oyster boats in _the Laurel River during the storm today, according to reports received here late tonight from Laurel, Del. The names of the victims are not known. It is feared other oyster boats have also been lost.* ° John Smithers and a farmhand were fatally injured near Laurel by the col- lapse of a farm building in which the§ had sought refuge from the storm, which was the worst experienced in this state for many years. More than a score of houses in Laurel were ‘wrecked, trees were uprooted and tele- graph and telephone poles blown down. The reports were brought to this city by passengers arriving on a late train, Laurel having but been cut off. Scheoner in Distress. Philadelphia, Jan. 3.—An unknown three masted schooner is anchored and flying distress signals five miles north- east from East of Little Egg life sav- ing station, according to a long dis- tance telephone message tonight. Be- and trees were knocked dowm and windows broken. Tobacce Sheds Blown Down. ‘Windsor, Conn., Jan. 3—Two large tobacco sheds were biown down to- night by a high wind and telephone service crippled. At Tariffville a to- bacco shed 180 feet long was flattened and the roof of a large icehouse blown oft. In East Windsor seven tobacco sheds were blown down, two of them being lifted bodily from their founda- tions. Roof Blown from Freight Car. Greenwich, Conn., Jan. 3.—During a Bevere windstorm here this afternoon the roof of a passing freight car was blown off and fell upon the main tracks of the New Haven road. - All trains were flagged until the obstruc- Hotel Roef Ripped Off. Wi Conn, Jan. 3.—A heavy wi here today ripped off part £ the roof of the Park hotel, dropping f( into the street in“front of a passing roiley car. No one Was hurt. A pile cause of the high wind and rough sea life savers found it impossible to send a boat from Little Egg station and have requested that a government rev- enue cutter be sent to the assistance of the disabled vessel. A SMALLER MILITARY ESCORT FOR WILSON. Army ‘and Navy Will Have Only 7,000 Men in Inaugural Parade. ‘Wasl n, Jan. 8.—Major General Leonard ood, chief of staff of the army and d marshal of the inau- gural parade to be held March & next, today announced that in deference of Prosident-elect Wilson’s _ expressed ‘wishes the representation of the army and navy would mot be as great as at previous similar functions. These two services all told will be Tepresented by about seven thousand men. At a meeting of the inaugura- tion committee Thomas Nelson Page told the members of Mr. Wilson’s de- sire for stmplicity. General Wood af- terwards announced that the army would be represented by three regi- ments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, a battalion each of engineers and fleld artillery and the cadets from the military academy at West Point. The navy will be represented by a Tegiment each of marines and blue- jackets, as well as the midshipmen from the naval academy at Annapolis. General Wood said the militia organ- izatlons from the various states had not vet made known in what numbers they desired representation in the pa- rade. BOLD ROBBERY BY AUTOMOBILE BANDITS. Break Jowelry Store Window and Es- cape With Tray of Rings. Chicago, Jan. 3.—Four bandits in a spectacular robbery smashed in a jeweler's window here today and escaped with a tray of dla- monds after a running revolver fight with police. The thieves stol€ a car from in front of a downtown business building late in the afternoon, halted in front of a Clark street jewelry store, beat in the show window with bricks, seized a tray of rings and leaped into their stolen automobile. ~ Policeman Charles Han- son ran up, but at that moment a handsomely dressed woman shrieked and threw herself into his arms. Han- son could not draw his pistol and the men in the automobile sped away as two other policemen opened fire on them. The bandits returned the fire. One of the robbers was seen to fall into a seat of the machine and is thought to have been wounded. The woman who had appeared to faint re- covered as soon as the men escaped. Twenty shots were exchanzed as the machine gathered speed. The chauffeur manipulated the exhaust so that it poured out a cloud of smoke which aided the men’s escape. GARMENT WORKERS " COLLECT THEIR PAY. Disturbances Result and Several Riot- ers Are Arrested. New York, Jan. 3.—Efforts to settle the garment workers’ strike, now de- clared to involve approximately 107,- 000 persons, marked time today, while aisturbances attended the process of paying off workers at some shops af- fected by the strike. There were a number of am::x; of !{ioterz. No one was badly_ injured. eports that the Industrial Workers of the World plan- ned to take part in the strike or had been asked to join in tne movement ‘were denled by the strikers. automobile Resumption of Archbald Trial. ‘Washington, Jan. 3.—The senate, sit- ting as a court of impeachment in the trial of Judge Robert W. Archbald of the commerce court, will convene again tomorrow after a lapse of more than two weeks. “The trial was scheduled to be resumed wdg,' but the sudden death of Senator Davis of Arkansas and the subseguent adjournment of the semate as a mark of respect pre- Italy Wants American Coal. Caraift, les, Jan. 3.—Italy has now followed the of the Egyptian rail- ways and has placed an order for 200,- 000 tons of coal in America, while she has also invited tenders for a large quantity from the Yorkshire mines. Another Rescue by Cunard Liner. Bona, Algeria. Jan. 3.—The Cunard liner Tyria rescued and brought into this port today 98 of the passengers and crew of the French mall steamer Augustine, running between The Saint Au- Saint Marseilles and Algiers. gustine foundered. Torrified Maniacs Turned Loose. Hlvas, Portugal, Jan, 3.—One person was killed and nine others were -seri ously injured this morning by a sroup of five terrified maniacs who had been released by firemen from an insane asylum in the outskirts of this city Wwhich had caught fire. Smugglers Get Away With $90,000. Valenco-do-Minho, Portugsl, Jan. 3. —A daring band of smugglers on the Portuguese-Spanish frontier carried off $90,000 in cash today after a fierce battle with a cattle raiser and forty of his herdsmen, in the course of which nine of thé cowboys were killed and fourteen severely wounded. TRIBUTES PAID BY MEN OF TWO NAVIES. Remains of Ambassador Reid Arrive on a British Warship. New York, Jan. 3.—Great Britain to- day delivered to his countrymen the body of Whitelaw Reid, editor, states- man and American ambassador, who died at his nost in London. The British cruiser Natal brought the body home and tonight it lies under the Stars and Stripes in the crypt of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. President Taft, dignitaries from the army and navy and representatives of foreign powers will attend the funeral services there tomorrow. Officers and men of the American and British navies joined today in the close of an international episode. As the Natal moved up the North river at the end of her mission the American flag floated half mast above her ar- mored decks. The only decoration of the artillery caisson which bore the ambassador’s body through the streets from the wharf to the cathedral was a floral anchor presented by the Natal's officers. The body was escorted to the ca- thedral by a company of marines. The ten petty officers from the United States battleships walked on either side. There was no music and no dis- play. At the cathedral the casket was car- ried into the crypt and entrusted to a guard of thirty marines from the bat- tleship Connecticut under Lieut. Wil- liam M. Mcllvairt. In squads of fifteen on two hour shifts these marines watched by the casket during the night. % OKLAHOMA LAWYER FOR SECRETARY OF INTERIOR Name Presented to Wilson by Okla- homa Senator. Trenton, N. J, “Jan. 3—Senator Robert 1. Owen of Oklahoma today presented to Presidenti-elect Wilson the name of Robert Rogers, au Okla- homa lawyer, for the position of sec- retary of the interfor. When Senator Owen left the governors office he de- clineg to say whom he had talked bout with Mr. Wilson. The presi- dent-elect later declared that Senator Owen had come to speak for Mr. Rog- ers. “Senator Owen dwelt upon the fact that Mr. Rogers has a general prac- tice in which he has distinguished himself,” said Mr. Wilson. “He added also that Mr. Rogers hod been prom- inent as a progressive democrat in Oklahoma.” Mr. Rogers was a classmate of Mr. Wilson's at the University of Vir- ginla, but, they have not seen each other since, the governor said. Reports that Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia was #o confer with the president-elect concerning the ap- pointment of a governor for the Pan- ama canal zone were declared by Mr. Wilson to be witnout foundation. FUNERAL TODAY OF AMBASSADOR REID Ambassador James Bryce to Be One of the Pajlbearers. New York, Jan. 3—At the funeral services of Ambassador Whitelaw Reid at the cathedral tomorrow Dean Wil- liam M. Grosvenor will read the les- son: Bishop Leonard of Cleveland, Ohio, an old friend of Mr. Reid, rep- resenting the state of Ohio, and the diocese in which Mr. Reid formerly lived, will reaq the creed and prayers, The ‘committal services will be read by Bishop David H. Greer, bishop of New York diocese. Bishop Boyd Car- penter, canon of Westminster Abbey, London, will be in attendance with the clergy representing the abbey. The pall bearers will be: James Bryce, the British ambassador; Joseph H. Choate, J. P. Morgan, Chauncey M. Depew. Judge George Gray, Rear Admiral William _Sheffleld Coles, Hart Lyman, Donald Nicholson, W. D. Sloane, Rob- ert Lincoln, John J. Cadawaler, Rob- ert Bacon and Henry White, CONFESSED A MURDER WHILE HE WAS SEASICK. Crime Committed at a New York \ Dance Two Months Ago. New York, Jan. 3.—Salvator Galenti, who confessed to murder hecause he was seasick, reached New York today on the steamer Verdi, from Buenos Ayres, aboard which he left here as a stowaway two months ago. In the meantime a detective armed with a warrant for his arrest is bound for Buenos Ayres on the steamer Vestria, believing that Galenti has been detain- ed by the Buenos Ayres authorities, Instead he Was deported.. Galenti is charged with the murder of Frank D’Amico at a dance here two months ago. CONGRESS LIKELY TO DROP THE RAILROAD AGREEMENT. Be Satisfied to Let 1t Take I Course in the Courts. ‘Washington Jan. 3.—While members of the house committee on rules were quietly sounding sentiment today on the advisability of proceeding with the inquiry into the alleged understanding between the New York, New Haven and Hartford and the Grand Trunk railroads, and the effect on the New England traffic, the indications were stronger that the commlittee at its meeting next week would decide to give way to the cases involving the same matter now in the federal courts, rebugs Are Costing New V. S yoar g New ':."'_‘ £ed Wi BUT IS NOT IN A CONDITION TO TESTIFY. HEALTH PRECARIOUS Counsel Notifies “Money Trust” Com- mittes But Does Not Reveal Client's Whereabouts—Detectives Called Off. New York, Jan. 3—William Rocke- feller has agreed through his counsel, John A. Garver, to accept service of a subpoena to appear on Jan. 13 before the Pujo committee of the house of representatives at-Washington investi- gating the “money trust,” according to announcement made today at the of- fices of_ Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the committee. Mr. Untermyer, in behalf of the committee, it is stated, has by the direction of Chairman Pujo accepted this offer. No intimation of the whereabouts of Mr. Rockefeller was contained in the statement. Reckefeller’s Health Precarious. As a result of the agreement, the sergeant at arms of the house has been instructed to discontinue his ef- forts to effect service on William Rockefeller. & While accepting service, the state- ment avers, Mr. Garver advised Mr. Untermyer that Mr. Rockefeller's con- dition of health is very precarious and that it will be impossible for him to Turks Warnd . *' in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. By the Allies MUST GET DOWN TO BUSINESS BY MONDAY. GIVE UP ADRIANOPLE Unless Turkey Is Ready to Grant Al- lies Their Rights, F_ufth.r Negoti; tions Are Useless Says Delegate. London, Jan. 3.—Although the word “ultimatum” was not pronounced, what practically was an ultimatum was pre- sented to Turkey at today’s sitting of the peace conference on behalf of the Balkan allies. ‘Lazar Miyuskovitch, the head of the Montenegrin delegation, who presided ‘at today’s session, after the Turks had. submitted a proposal which was con- sidered inagceptable, told Rechad Pasha, chief delegate of the Ottoman empire, that either by Monday Turkey must find a way to renounce to the Balkan allies her rights over the Is- land of Crete, cede the islands in the ‘Aegean ang present a rectification of the frontier of European Turkey which would include Adrianople in the ter- ritory of the allies, or the allies would consider that further negotiations for peace were useless. Turkish Delegate Depressed. Immedtately the minutes of the last skovitch asked Rechad Pasha to pre- skovitch asked Rechad Pasho to pre- BUILD HIISIflE'SS" A boom to the business house he put into use the parcels post partment. It has opened the way for every merchant to increase his business immeasurably by putting him within delivery connection at a reasonable expense. This plum is offered to the ent chant who stimulates it through therefrom. The thousands of people who are to be reached by service are mot able to look into of the newspapers and it is the opportunity which the merchant there has for showing his goods, which increased business. _ For the covering of the zone 1s no medium which so thoroughly Over 40,000 people read it daily the goods to the purchaser by a cheap method is in operation adver- .tlslng therein is the necessary medium for bringing the business from a large outlying district. Through The Bulletin columns every busi- ness house both small and large, come a center,for Easterr-Connecticut trade. During ‘the past weck ths fol columns, ail for twelve cents a week delivered. Telegraph Loca' Bulletin Saturday. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Jan. Thursday, Jan Friday, Jan Dec. 28. Dec. 30. Dec. 31. 155 2z 3. Fetals oo 5. . e BY AGVERTISING AND PARGELS POST 447 was sounded by Uncle Sam when in connection with the postoffice de- ire business world but it is the mer- advertising who is going _lo profit the the stores daily but they are readers is going to put him in touch with within fifty miles of Norwich there covers the field as The Bulletin. and now that the means of getting should seize the opportunity and be- lowing matter appeared in the news Total 1104 457 326 301 406 408 Genzral 850 235 103 154 191 181 1714 163 153 152 87 145 141 91 69 71 60 70 86 841 3002 appear as a witness at Washington or even to submit to examination at his home. Committee Won’t Imperil His Life. Mr. Rockefeller has been informed that, having now submitted to the jurisdiction of the committee, he must present his excuses to the committee in due form for such action as it may deem proper. If it is established to the satisfaction of the committee that it will be impossible to secure the tes- timony of Mr. Rockefeller without im- periling his life, the committee would of course not feel justified in taking any such extreme action. It may, however, conclude to secure an inde- pendent opinion. Won’t Reveal Rockefeller's abouts. Mr, Garver at his home tonight con- firmed the announcement that he had accepted service in behalf of Mr. Rockefeller. In answer to questions he said this in effect was the same as though Mr. Rockefeller had been per- sonally served. He did not care to state, he sald, where Mr. Rockefeller was at present. A FORMAL DEMAND. Sergeant at Arms Makes Call at the Rockefeller Home. New York, Jan. 3.—Sergeant at Arms Riddell of the house of representatives made a formal demand at the house of William Rockefeller this evening for a definite answer as to whether Mr. Rockefeller was there. Mr. Riddell was trying to serve Mr. Rockefeller with a subpoena to appear before the “money trust” investigation in Wash- ington and, notwithstanding reports to the contrary, he still believes that the financier is hidine in his home here. Accompanied by two deputies, the sergeant at arms rode up to the house in a tmb and rang the front door- bell se times. Getting no answer, he rang the bell at the side door. A maid opened it and Mr. Riddell said: “T want to sce Mr. Willlam Rocke- feller.” The maid replied: “Mr. Rockefeller is not here.” “In the name of the house of repre- sentatives of the United States,” said Mr. Riddell, “T that I be permitted to see Mr. Rockéfeller.” “I_am sorry, but he is not here,” the mald answered. The sergeant at arms asked to see the housekeeper, but was told that she could not be found. SENATOR J. W. BAILEY TENDERS RESIGNATION. Expects That D. M, Johnston Will Be Named to Succeed Him. Washington, Jan. $.—Senator J. W. ey today “sent his resignation as senator from Texas to Sei Gallin- ger, to take.effect immediafely. D. M. Johnston of Houston is now in the city and Senator Balley said that he would be appointed by the governor to suc- ceed him. with “the expectation that the legislature when it meets would :lect him to fill out the unexpired erm. Where- Steamship Arrivals. Greenock;- Jan. 2.—Arrived: Steamer Sardinian, Philadeiphia via St. Johns, . F. sent to the delegates the promised new Turkish proposais. Rechad, who had been working hard over a cipher tel- egram until a few minutes before the session was called to order, seemed rather depressed. On rising he said his imperial government desiring fur- ther to emphasize the conciliatory spirit that animated it, had author- ized the Turkish military and tech- nical experts attached to the Otto- man delegation to mark on a map the propos¢d new frontiers between Tur- key and the allies wnich he would present later. Turkey's Last Possible Terms. Meanwhile, he presented what he called the “last possible terms Turkey can offer. These were as follows: First, that Crete enjoying simple suzerainty of the sultan but under the protection of Great Britain, Russia, France and Italy, constitutes a ques- tion which can be dealt with by the powers under the responsib on which the administration of the island is conducted, especially regarding fin- ance, police and justice. Second, that Turkey shall keep her islands. That she cannot renounce those near the Dardanelles because they are indispensable to the secur- ity of the channel of Constantinople or the Bosphorus as it is better known, nor those further south because they form an integral part of Ana- tolia. Third, that the rectification of the Thracean frontier shall begin south from Segot (called Port Lagos) in Karagatch bay ang run almost per- pendicularly northward. Leaves Adrianople to Turks. This not omly would leave Adrian- ople in the hands of the Turks,-but also the entire coast along the Black sea now wccupied by the Bulgarians to Lake Derkes, beyond which the Bul- garians have not penetrated. This coast as the bird flies, measures over eighty miles. In addition to Adrian- ople the rectification of the frontier would leave in Turkey's hands also Mustapha Pasha, Kirk-Kilessah and the whole theatre: of the present war. The experts of the allies estimate that Turkey is asking 5,000 square miles of territory more than the allies are ready to give her. Terms Are Inacceptable. Each leader of the allies after the Turkish terms had been presented de- clared that they were inacceptable and insisted on Turkey accepting those proposed by the allies. PREDICTS THREE YEARS OF CIVIL WAR FOR MEXICO. Leader of Adm Sensa istration Party Makes nal Speech. Mexico City, Jan. 3.—Luis Cabrera, the leader of the administration party, in a speech in the chamber of deputies here today, declared that the Mexican government was attempting to deceive foreign bankers with regard to the ‘conditions in Mexico which country, he said, would be face to face with civil war for at least three years to come. Steamers Reported bv Wireless. , Siasconset, Mass., Jan. 3.—Steamer Patricia, Hamburg for New York, 400 miles east of Sandy Hook at o Dock ¢ p. m. Condensed - Teiegrams Woodrow Wilson Will Wear a spread eagle and an American shield for a stickpin when he becomes president. ‘The Weather in Montreal is so mild that the buds are sprouting on the fifefi! and the St. Lawrence river is free of ice. Reports from All Stations in the Bos- ton postal district shows that 15,026 .l;!:ce; post packages were handled on an. 1. Roswell Miller, chairman of the Chi- cago, Milwaukee and St. Pdul Railway company, died suddenly at New York yesterday. A New York Policeman, charged with buying cigarettes while on duty, said théy were for a “bum” who was to as- sist him in detective work. Dr. Frank Mallory, associate profes- sor of pathology at Harvard, has iso- lated the whooping cough germ. He calls it the bacillus pertussis The Death Yesterday of Jam. R. Keene removes a figure long familiar in financial and sporting circles, not only in this country, but abroad. Brigadier General Robert Murray, U. S. A, died in Baltimore at the age of 90. He was one of four surviving Mex- ican war officers on the retired list. Humane Agent J. W. Quinn charged yesterday that organized dog stealers are supplying vivisection subjects for the University laboratory at Madison, Wis. There is an Accumulation of more than 200 parcel post packages at the Hartford postofiice, which are held up because they do not comply with the regulations. President Taft Granted a Pardon to Michael Youtelamee, an 80 year old Flathead Indian, who was indicted in Butte, Mont,, for introducing whiskey among the members of his tribe. James A. Benner, a veterinary sur- geon of South Bethlehem, Pa., took a nap in his office and when he awoke he discovered that a thief had slit his stocking and removed a roll of $500. Douglass A. Seeley, a 12 years old Washineton boy, has been appointed by Senator Works of California‘as a | page in the United “States senate. He said to be the youngest of the pages. Will Wright, a Negro, was hanged vesterday at Fort Payne, Ala., for the murder of Patrick Murphy, white, near Collinsville. ~ Wright, after a minor robbery, fired on his pursuers, killing Murphy. Ninety-eight Pardons Were Granted in Massachusetts in 1912, establishing a new record, according to the annual report of the executive clerk issued | yesterday. The previous record was | 78, in 1911, ! By Raising a Fund in equal amount, the Presbyterian church of Hartford has secured from Mrs. John S. Kenne- dy of New York the sum of $6,000 to be expended in a manner stipulated by Mrs. Kennedy. The First Death from the flood in Seattle occurred yesterday, when a house situated on a slope in West Se- attle was carried away by a landslide, killing John Larsen, an inmate. Three others were severely hurt. Descendants of Paul Revere have es- tablished a fund to rebuild the Old North church steeple, where in 1775 the two signal lanterns which sent Paul Revere to the saddle for his fam- ous “midnight ride” were hung. Thomas H. Watson, twice populist candidate for the presidency, in At- lanta denounced Cardinal Gibbons, Thomas B. Felder and others who crit- icised Gov. Blease of South Carolina for his speech advocating mob rule. A Dozen Men Were Injured yvester- day afternoon when a high wind al- most completely wrecked a three story building in which about fifty men and women were at work, in Philadelphia. None of the injured was seriously hurt. Possibility that the Year 1913 will see the marvel of broken bones repair- ed for use within four days and wounds healed within a day, is fore- casted by Dr. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re- search. Favorable Report on/ President Taft's reappointment of Edgar E. Clark of Towa to another term on the interstate commerce commission was _ordered yesterday by the senate committee be- | fore which the nomination has been | pending. President Taft Yesterday discussed with former Governor Woodruff of | Connecticut, Colonel Isaac Ullman of New Haven and several other residents of Connecticut, his plans for taking up his work as Kent professor of law at Yale after March 4. For Four Hours Yesterday the gut- ters in front of the Montgomery court house at Independence, Kan., ran with beer and whiske; following the de- struction of more than $10,000 worth of intoxicates confiscated in “joint” raids the last nine months. Sisterly Love was Demonstrated in the Colorado legislature when Agnes Riddle, representative of the lower house, a_republican, publicly kissed Senator Helen Ring Robinson, demo- cratic member of the upper house, and wished her a Happy New Year. Representative William W. Wede- meyer of Ann Arbor, Mich., who sud- denly went insane at Colon, Panama, at the time of President Taft's recent visit to the isthmus, jumped overboard Thursday night from a ship on which he had been taken at Colon and was drowned. Samuel Gompers, John Mitchel] and Frank Morrison of the American Fed- eration of Labor,convicted of contempt of court and sentenced to jail in con- nection with the Bucks Stove and Range case, filed their appeal yester- day in the District of Columbia court of appeals. President Taft Yesterday definitely told Senator Brandegee of Connecticut, chairman of the interoceanic canal committee that he would not send to the senate the nomination of Colonel George W. Goethals as civil governor of the Panama canal zone because of the opposition by democratic senators to his appointment. Emperor’s Health is O. K. Vienna, Jan. 3—The alarming re- ports in circulation abroad concerning the health of Emperor Francis Joseph are untrue. His majesty promenaded $1,100,000 secured by en by for half an hour at noon teday in the gallery of his Sonnbrunn castle and Fecelved some court digniiaries; . ' furned 31008, - —PRICE TWO CENTS Are Entitled io be Bailed WRIT OF SUPERSEDEAS GRANT- ED DYNAMITERS. $1,100,000 IS REQUIRED Must Furnish Bonds of $10,000 for Every Year of Their Sentence—Iim- prisoned Too Hastily, Says Court. Chicago, Jan. 3—Bonds agsresating property wortk not less than twic that amount, mus( be given if the 32 labor leaders con- victed of conspiracy to transport dy- namite are to take advantage of the writ of supersedeas granted today bl the United States court of appealt here. E Few May Be Liberated. Whether this sum can be obtain- ed was admitted by counsel for tht defendants to be a matter of grave doubt but they expressed the beliei that~at least some of it could secured—enough to accomplish the liberty of President Frank M. Ryax and a few others until decision has been reached on an appeal for h fillng _of which the court allowe sixty day: Imprisoned Too Hastily. Of the 3§ men now in the Leaven- worth penitentiary, Herbert S. Hock- in, designated among his fellow pris- oners as the “informer,” will not ap- peal. Judges Baker and Seaman heard the arguments and the decision was giv- Judge Baker. He took occa- sion to intimate that undue hasts was manifested at Indianapolis in committing the defendants to prison. Offenses Not Extraditable. The writ was issued largely on thg point raised by the defense that the iron workers were convicted of a con- tinuing offense—a conspiracy to com- mit offenses continvously. In the fixing of the amount of the bail the court was influenced by the fact that the offenses are not ex- traditable, Judge Anderson, who pre- sided over the trial court at Indian- apolis, was called to pass on tha suitability and adequacy of any bonds offered. District Attorney Miiller of Indianapolis, who represented the gov- ernmrent at today’s procedings, stated that the bonds of surety companies probably would be acceptable but that the surety must schedule in property twice the amoumt of the bond. $10,000 For Each Year of Sentence. A basis of $10,000 for each year's sentence was used by the court in fixing the‘i amount of the bonds. As Ryan was sentenced to serve seven years, his bond was fixed at $70,000 and the same ratio was preserved throughout for the other comvicted men. Judge Baker said in commenting on the errors allezed by the defense against the trial court: Writ of Error an Absolute Right. “In this case the Writ of error is an absolute right; a writ of supersedeas is not an absolute right. It has been the practice of federal criminal ose- cutions, however, to allow of supersedeas so as to release prisoners on bail until the case is finally de- cided on review. While the judgment of the trial court presumably is cor- rect, yet there is a possibility of sub- stantian error so great that = conviction should not be sustained. For that reason defendants should mot be subjected to the ignominy of in- carceration while their cases are Te- viewed and writs of supersedeas should issue when it is shown that they are asked for in good faith and not on frivolous grounds or merely to delay the progress of justice. No Decision Covers Foint. “The chief error assigned in this case is that the defendants were tried om the theory of a continuing conspiracy. As far as we have been alle to learn there is no decision which definitely considers this point. It IS a matter to be determined by reaso: gy to precedent. The question as to whether the defendant should have been tried for conspiracy in connect- i and analo- tion with one offense has not been Gefinitely adjudicated and there are possible grounds for difference of opinion. In such circumstances it is the ordinary and customary practice to admit the defendants to bail” A. F. of L. Can’t Help. Washington, Jan. 3.—Sampel Gom- pers, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, when asked this af- ternoon whether the federation would furnish bail for the release of the men convicted of comspiracy in the dyma- mite ecases, nor the federation has any means.” said: “Neither our men Bail for Clancy and Tveitmoe. San Francisco, Jan. 3—“We will bafl Clancy and Tveitmoe out if it costs a million dollars,” said former Mayor P. H. McCarthy, president of the build- ing trades council of California to- day when informed that writs of su- persedeas had been granted. “Is money available?” McCarthy was asked. “It will be immediately. We can r?;se a million or more” was the re- Ply. SUPREME COURT ASKED TO SUSTAIN “WHITE SLAVE” ACT Plea That Government Can Protect People as Well as Cattle. Washington, Jan. 3—On the theory that the federal government has as much power to protect people as it bas to protect cattle, the government today in a brief, asked the supreme court to sustain the “white slave traffic act” as constitutional. Assistant Attorney General Harr quoted the decision of the _suprem court: in upholding the constitutional- ity of the law against the transporta- fiotl{lln interstate commerce of diseased cattle. “Will it be said,” asked Mr. Harr, “that congress, if it chooses to act, cannot protect the people of the severa] states against the introduction of wo- men and girls for the purpose of de- bauchery—that the law affords greater security to cattle than it does to per- sons.” Leniency for Penitent Embezzler ‘Washington, Jan. 3—Moved by the penitence of Lee F. Smith, convicted of embezzling the of the East Wor- oester (N. Y.) nal bank, President Taft today commuted his five year sen- tence to one year. and.ome day with allowances for good behavior. Smith pleaded guilty on Junme 28 at Bing« hamton of $2125, Ha T At