Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 7, 1913, Page 1

BRIDGEPORT INDUSTRY THREATENED| ° "~ The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of An Treasurer States That Export Business May Be Transferred to Lopdon Factory WANTS COPAL AND SHELLAC ON THE FREE LIST Democrats Propose to Make American Graphophone Them Dutiable—Official of Company Considers Members of House Ways and Means Committee too Inquisitive— Committee Holds First of the Tariff Hearings. Washington, Jan. 6—A score of man- ufacturers, importers and representa- tives of other interests affected by customs changes aired their grievances before the house committee on ways and means today in the first of a se- es of hearings preliminary to the arp revision of the Payne-Aldrich tarif law at the coming extra ses- sion of congress. The discussion ranged from poker chips to sponges and from caustic potash to laundry soap. The burden of the arguments was the maintenance ©f the present tariff instead of the ehanges proj by the democrats slong the line of the terms of the chemical tariff revision bill that was ut thrqugh both houses to a White House Veto 125t year. A European Glus Trust. The spectre of a gigantic glue trust whost tentacles reached out over Xurope and into South America was raised by Charles Delaney, president of the National Association of Glue &#nd Gelatine Manufacturers. Mr. Delaney pictured “the European glue trust” as doing its work with the ap- proval of the various European gov- ernments, absolutely controlling the giue manufacturing industry of Ger- anany and Austria, with plants in Italy ‘@nd France, Holland and Russia and recently extending its operations to Both America, controiling 75 per cent. of the output of glue of the continent of Europe. The glue trust, he said, &lso was largely engaged in the man- .ufacture of gelatin. The witness said the present tariff on glues and gela- tin was not prohibitive and govern- Jment revenues from these articles had increased under the present tariff. He said any material change in the pres- ent conditions would seriously weaken the industry. Has Side Line “Curling Hair.” The committee sharply questioned several of the witnesses regarding their profits. Mr. Delaney did not give any round figures at first but later ex- plained that he had a side business which gave him considerable profit. td»ma"’ your side line?” he was ask- “Curling hair,” he replied. “You'll find the gentleman from Kentucky a pretty good customer,” in- terjected Representative Longworth of Ohio, while Senator-elect James of Kentucky ,a member of the committee, ‘who loves a joke about his bald head, smiled indulgently and promised his patronage. Would Injure Bridgeport Industry. _The committee interrogated M. Do- ¥ian, treasurer of the American Grahophone company of Bridgeport, Conn., so closely about ifs business that he told the members he did mot think it was their business to ask about private details. Mr. Dorian wanted shellac and copal kept on the free list, instead of making them du- tiable as proposed by the democrats and he intimated that the effect might be to shift the manufacture of their large export business to their London Factory. Mr. Underwood drew from the witness the admission that the graphophone company pays seven per cent. dividends amounting to $70,0000 on a $10,000,000 capitalization, that it carries a bonded indebtedness of more than $1,000,000 and that the suggest- €d duty on these two articles, on which the democrats plan to raise about $300,000 would mean an expense of ebout $25,000 to $30,000 to his com- pany. He did not care to state how much of the capital was paid ’ in. Representative Kitchin of North Caro- lina reminded him that it was the committee’s privilege to ask “how much was paper and how much paid in Don’t Need a Tariff. Representative Rainey of Illinois, was curious to know if the graphophone company could not regulate the price to consumers to suit itself. The wit- ness ‘said the company sold its pro- ducts at a fixed price to the con- sumers. “Suppose the tariff is reduced and they import these graphophones?” asked Representative Payne of New York. “They can’t impoft them because we hold patents that are not affected even by the Oldfield patent bill, pend- ing in congress,” sald Dorian. “Well, you don’t need a tariff then?” Mr. Payne responded. Prot From Soap Interests Willlam H. Wadhams, representing soap interests, passed a tribute to the great need of laundry soap. He por- trayed it as a necessity of life and contended that to put the burden of a tariff on the raw materials used in an article that goes into the home of the poor would be unjust. Mr. Wadhams said thé soap industry was subject to highly competitive con- ditions and had been bgilt up on a re- liance on free raw matérials. Laundry soap prices he declared had not changed materially in a decade. He countered on a suggestion from the committee that the industry might be able to get along without any duty whatever instead of with the proposed reduction from 20 to 15 cents on laun- dry soap by, saying that while the manufacturers did not oppose a moder- ate reduction, an elimination of the duty would have a very serious effect. Sought Encouragement For Sponge In- dustry. , Albert Hart of New York, wanted tariff encouragement for the Infant in- dustry of manufactured or bleached “How many employes in your plant?” asked Representative Longworth. “Eighteen.” “Ang you want to expand this sreat American industry 7" “Yes to at least 36 men,” Mr. Hart replied, adding ,however, that he spoke for twenty other manufacturing firms. D. Ruhm of Niagara Falls asked for a tariff on caustic potash to com- pensate him for the increased price of the materials he used in an afkali company. Wants Cod Oil on Free List. Charging that there were many un- scrupulous dealers who adulterated cod ofl and sold to tanners who did_ mnot know It until too late, Robert Bab- cock, Jr. of New York city, wanted the “excessive duty” on cod ofl re- moved and the article put on the free “Is_cottonseed ofl and olive oil used interchangeably?” asked Representa- tive Hill of Connecticut, of M. B. Snev- ily of New York city. Fault of Ad Valorem System. “Not if the department of agricul- ture pure food board can locate it.” replied the witness. Mr. Snevily's slogan was “Give us specific duties on vegetable seeds and oils in place of the ad valorem standard.” He said that ad volorem system increased the assessment upon the ultimate con- sumer. Several other witnesses testified they wanted present tarlffs on chemicals unchanged. The committee adjourned until tomorrow morning, when there will be witnesses from New York, Chi- cago, Los Angeles, Cleveland and other cities on ofls, salts, acids and per- fumery. ORANGES AND LEMONS DAMAGED BY FREEZE. in Groves to Raise the Temperature, Fires Built Los Angeles, Jan. 6—Thousands of men were out tonight in an effort to save from further damage by cold weather Southern California’s orange &nd lemon crop, valied at $50,000,000. The loss entailed by last night’s freeze cannot b estimated accurately, but it Was 50 serious, srowers and clirus ex- Bocis say, that it will have an appre able effect upon the price of fruit. The weather bureau predicted for to- night temperatures as low as or lower ihan those which last night shattered the record of 30 years. Within a radius of 125 miles of Los Angeles, an area which embraces Vvir- tually all of the important orange and jgmeon groving sections, smudge pots the thousand smouldered, emitting dense clouds of smoke, which it was hoped would raise the temperature within the groves sufficient to prevent further freezing of fruit on the trees, According to the sales managers of yarlous growers associations, hardly ore than a tenth of the orange crop as been shipped out. The remainder, they assert, will show serious losses. Suburban trolley lines were more or less demoralized today through the freezing of air brake valves. Long_icicles on fireplugs were ob- jects of curiosity and in Los Anzeles 2nd_other towns of the orange belt ice formed thickly enough on standing water for children to skate on it. TOOK POISON BESIDE THE BIER OF HIS WIFE. McCormick Had Requested to Be Laft Alone With His Dead. Rome, N. Y. Jan. 6—Requesting of those in the room that he might be left to pray with the body of his wife, Who gied Saturday, Patrick McCormick stood ibeside the bier a few minutes before the funeral services were to be- gin today and swallpwed polson. He was taken to a hospital, where he soon died. He was 25 years old. ‘Snowfall in Washington. Seattle, Washn., Jan. 6.—Four inches of snow fell in Seattle foday and the storm continued tonight.. In the Cas- | cade mountains, where the northern | trans-continental railroads have been fighting * blizzards o week, £now Zell ali day until it lay more than aeep at the summil . COURT DISAPPROVES UNION PACIFIC PLAN. Will Not Comply With Dissolution De- cree, It Declares. Washinzton, Jan. 6.—The supreme court today held ‘that the plan ad- vanced by Union Pacific attorneys for the disposition of the entire stock holding of the Union Pacific Raflroad company in the Southern Pacific Rail- road company by transfer to the stock_ fholders of tae Union Pacific company would not so effectually end the Union Pacific merger as to comply with its dissolution decree. Government officials who heard Jus- tice Day were convinced that a com- plete end of the merger must be asreed upon and that any “paper” dissolution would be rejected by - court. The court took the position that a corporation is only another name for the stockholders and to allow the Un- ion Pacific stockholders to buy the stock now held by the Union Pacific Railroad company, the corporation of which they are the stockholders, would amount to nothing effectual. This ac- tion is regarded as a highly important precedent in anti-trust litigation The case now will go back to the district court of Utah, in which the suit originated, for that court to en- force the decree of dissolution directed by the supreme court. DISAGREEMENT OF JURY IN THE CASE OF DEATON. Setback for Prosecution in Breatl County Case. ‘Winchester, N. Y., Jan. 6.—The jury in the case of Fletcher Deaton, the first of five men charged with causing the death of former Shriff F. Callahan of Breahitt county, late today. that they had disagreed being out since Saturday noon. They were dis- missed. “Doc” Smith and Andrew Johnson were placed on trial jointly today on the charge of murdering Callahan. Boston Real Estate Values Jump. Boston, Jan. 6—The valuation of real estate and personal property in Boston has jumped $36, 000,00: in one year to a total valuation of $1,440,- 265,258, These are the figures which Mayor Fitzgerald gave the city coun- cfl today as a basis upon which to compile the appropriations for the Cabled Paragraphs ns Deny Another Repert. Paris, Jan. 6.—The report that the Russian crown prince Alexis has gone ‘to Cape Martin to complete his con- valescence f8 denied by the Russian authorities, Cruiser and Steamer Collide. Kiel, Germany, Jan. 6.—The German cruiser Strassburg and the Danish steamer Koenig Christian IX coilided this evening off Friedrichsort, at the entrance of Kiel harbor. Two of the crusers’ compartments were badly damaged. A “China Group” in London. London, Jan. 6.—A “China group” is to be formed in London, consisting of members of pariiament, writers, sci- entists and other distinguished people, whose object will be to watch and con- serve the interests of the new republic of China. POLICE USE CLUBS ON NEW YORK STRIKERS. Strikers Receive Sentences of Ten Days in Workhous New York, Jan. 6.—In their, efforts to intercept 350 young women employ: ed in the wholesale clothing manufac- turing concern of J. L. Taylor & com- pany as they were leaving work this evening, 500 striking garment workers, the majority of them women, attacked the police on guard in front of the building. Automobiles were waiting to take the young women to their homes and the police had formed a cordon on each side of the docrway across the sidewalk to the curb. The police used thefr clubs on the outstretched arms of the strikers who reached under their arms to seize the coats and dresses of the girls. The automobiles were quick- Iy filled and rushed away. This was the only disturbance of the day which marked the beginning of massed picketing by the strikers. Five strikers, arrested on charges of con- ducting the strike in an unlawful man- ner, were sentenced by a magistrate to_ten days each in the workhouse. Leaders of the strike claimed late to- day that 110,000 garment workers were out andl that the trade was at a stand- still. At Newark, N. J., Five the police were busy today Keeping in check the S00 strikers who formed in “bodles and marched the factory districts. - Sev- eral cases of violence to employes who had refused to quit work were report- ed and five arrests were, made. SPECIAL MACHINES NEVER APPEARED ON THE MARKET. National Company Bought Them Up, Testifies Chalmers, Cincinnati, O., Jan, 6.—Hugh Chel- mers of Defroit on the witness stand today in the trial of former officials of the National Cash Register, charg- ed with ylolating the criminal section of the Sherman_ anti-trust act, testi- fled that when he left the employ ot the National company five years ago that it controlled 95 per cent. of the: cash register buhiness of the world. Chalmers said that the National company kept a record of the sale of all competitive machines, and that through this record he was able to set data which enabled him to make the above statement. Chalmers testified that he purchased the register business of the Toledo Scales and Cash Register company for the National company for $115,000, and that the National at once stopped the manufacturing of these machines. The owner of the company, Henry Theo- bold, who was a former general man- ager of the National company, was taken to Dayton, Ohio, previous to the sale and shown the machines in the process of construction that the Na- tional company intended to put in the fleld to compete against the Toledo machines. The sale was effected short- ly afterward, according to Chalmers, and these special machines never ap- peared on the market. THE COLDEST DAY IN 25 YEARS AT SAN FRANCISCO Rising Temperature Looked for Today with Rain at Night. San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 6.—A. G. McAdte, director of the government weather bureau at San Francisco, eaid tonight that the cold weather in Cal- ifornia was practically at an end. In- dications are that there will be a heavy frost tomorrow morning, fol- lowed by a rising temperature with rain tomorrow night. Today was the coidest in 25 years in San Frahcisco, according to offi- cial records. The temperature reached 32 degrees above zero which was the lowest mark since January 15, 1888, when it dipped to 28 for the first time the jakes in Golden Gate park were frozen over. POPULAR GOVERNMENT AGITATION DECRIED Governor Spry Says People Are Being Swept Off Their Feet. Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 6.—Gov- ernor Willlam Spry took the oath of office at noon today for his second term as chief executive of Utah. In his inaugural address Governor Spry decried “popular government,” agita~ tion. “Rallying to the cry Tet the peo- ple rule many of our countrymen have been swept from their feef,” he said, “to all but renunciation of the constitution which alone is respon- sible for all that we possess as a na- tion.” OBITUARY. Essi Stannard of New Haven. New Haven, Conn, Jan. 6—Essi Stannard, a well known local resi- dent, died at his home here tonight aged 93. He was the founder of the Stannard Iron Works, which a few years-ago was mersed with the Mec- Lagon Foundry company. He was prominent in Masonic circies, being the oldest member of Wooster lodge, A. F. and A. M. He is survived by a widow and daughter. A. F. Wood of New Haven. New Haven, Conn, Jan. 6.—A. F. Wood, a well known local druggist, proprietor of stores in this city and West Haven, died tonight, aged 51. He was a graduate of Yale in 1883, S, and was prominently identifled with the club life of th& city. Steamship Arrivale. Antwerp, Jan. 8.—Arrived: Steamer Vaderland, New York. Glasgow, Jan. 6.—Arrived: Steamer Pretorfan, Portiand. London, Jan. 6.—Arrived: Steamer ZLancastrian, Boston.: Naples, Jan, b.—Arrived: = Steamer ‘Now York. Southampton, Jan. 6. — Arrived: Steamer Majestic, New York. New York, Jan. 6—Arriver: Hamburg, Hamburg. Steamer The Town of Gale, Iil, is suffering irom an epidemic of spinal meningitis, TURKS INSISTING UPON ITS RE- TENTION, OTHER CONCESSIONS Allies, Suspend Conference After Hear- ing Rechad Pasha's Statement— Wil Be Resumed Later in the Weok. London, Jan. 6—The first stage of the peacé negotiations, which is Pe- garded by dipiomats largely as one of pretense on Turkey's part to avoid the appearance of ylelding to the de- mands of the allies without pressure fom the powers, is over now. It is expected that the second stage will soon begin, with the powers acting behind the scenes and pulling the strings which will compel Turkey to concede the bulk of the allies’ de- mands. Without money, her army inadequate and demoralized, her statesmen realize that Turkey is in no condition to re- sume hostilities with the slightest chance of success. Still Clings to Adrianople. At today’s sitting of the conference Turkey remounced in favor of the allies her rights in the island of Crete and promised further rectification Of the Thracean fromtier, but insisted upon the retention of Adrianople. The allies declared that this was not sat- isfactory and suspended the confer- ence. . That does not mean a rupture of the negotiations. The conference may be resumed either by Turkey giving no- tification that she has fresh proposals to submit, or by the allies, on the ground that they have communica- tions to make the Turks. It i{s gener- ally expected that the work of the conference will be taken up again at the eng of the week, when the festiv- itles in connection with the Orthodox Christmas are ended. e Allies Had Prepared Programme. The allies today held a short meet- ing before the official sitting and dis- cussed three possibilities with refer- ence to the statement which Rechad Pasha had been asked to make re- specting the Balkan ultimatum and agreed on the reply of the allies. First, if Rechad Pasha's statement was 'arrogant and provocative, then notwithstanding the advice of the pow- ers in favor of moderation they would break off the negotiations; second, if Rechad were courteous, but the nmew concessions unimportant, they would suspend the conference; third, if Re- chad made important concessions, without absolutely conceding the al- les® ds they would adjourn the ! il Friday, in order to al- low to comsult their respective governments. Criticises Allies’ Attitude. The expectation was intense when the Servian delegate, Stojan Novako- vitch, opened the session. Rechad Pasha, before reading his statement, made ‘a brief epeech. He said that Turkey was prepared to give further proof of her conciliatory spirit and desire to avert bloodshed, but he re- gretteq that the allies seemed deter- mined to concede mnothing on their part and turned a deaf ear to human- itarian considerations. HAVEMEYER'S NAME WAS NOT MENTIONED Bewick Testifies Regarding the Sale of His Sugar Company. New York, Jan. 6.—Charles Bewiclk, at one time president of the Sanalac Sugar Refining company, a Michigan beet sugar concern, was recalled to- day as a witness in the government's suit-for the dissolution of the Amer- ican Sugar Refining company and sub- sidiaries. 3 Bewick said that when in 1902 he sold out his interest in the Sanalac company for $75000 he belleved It was purchased by the Michigan Su- gar company. He never had heard the name of Henry O. Havemeyer mentioned in_connection with the af- fairs of the Sanalac company, he said. AVERAGE SALARY OF $2,750 FOR LIGHTHOUSE TENDERS Bill for Extension of the hthouse System Calls for $1,350,000. ‘Washington, Jan. 6.—A bill appro- printing $1,350,000 for the improvement and extension of the lighthouse sys- tem throughout the country was re- ported to the house today by the In- terstate anq Foreign Commerce com- mittee. Among items in the bill was one_ calling for $125,000 for a light tender, Monhegan Island, Penobscot bay, Maine. The Dbill contains a proviso fixing the maximum salary for lighthouse tenders at $3,000 a year and recom- mending an average salary of 3$2,750. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR JAMES R. KEENE. Body Transported to Last Resting Place on Special Train. New York, Jan. 6—Funeral services for James R. Keene, financier and turf- man, were held at Grace church. From the church the body was taken on a speial train to Woodlawn cemetery. At the entrance to the church stood Will- lam Ronan, Mr. Keene's confidential agent in the financial district ,and Algernon Daingerfleld, a nephew of the deceased, whose own _father, Major Foxhall Daingerfield, dled at Lexing- ton Ky., yesterday. Both hurried from the church before the services were over to go to Lexington to attend the funeral of Major Daingerfield. ROOSEVELT CONTRIBUTES $10 TO FUND FOR EDITORS. Represented Donations from 1,000 of His Long Island Neighbors, Boise, Tdaho Jan. 6.—State Senator Dow Dunning, author of the plan to collect penny contributions to pay the fines of R. S. Sheridan, C. O. Broxon and A. R. Cruzen, now confined in the Ada county jail for contempt of the Idaho supreme court for criticising the court’s decision barring the progressive candidate for presidential electors from the ballot, received $10 from Colonel Theodore Roosevelt today, represent- ing contributions from 1,000 residents of Oyster Bay and other Long Island towns. Sherman Estate Valued at $370,075. Utica, N. Y, Jan. 6.—The late *Vice President James S. Sherman left an estate valued at $370,075 according to today’s report of the transfer tax an- Rraisez, S R — “his freedom. FINAL APPEAL FOR LIBERTY MADE PUBLIC. BY GOVERNOR SULZER Papers Wers Sealed Up by Governor “Dix After Lawyer's Pardon—Anxious to See His Dying Relatives. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 6.—The record of Albert T. Patrick’s remarkable fight for freedom was unsealed tonight by ofinwm Elllx‘er. Wheflsunoxegot Dix ; Vi ove sleach ihe: pars don which released the convicted Siay- er of Willam Marsh Rice from Sing Sing prison where he was serving a life sentence, the governor ordered the e atnids final 1 for lberty at 'S appeal for 1i which Governor Dix had before him when he granted the pardon, was a letter written early in November to Colonel Joseph F. Scott, superintendent of state prisons, who had expressed the beilef that Patrick should be given dV:Iife'l Health Shattered. This letter told of the efforts of Patrick's relatives to bring about his :;lfifsfgavgmlly ]thosc of his wife rother-in-law, John T. Mill- iken of St. Louis. s “Time and again things have come to light” says® the letter, wwhich in the ordinery course of evenis would have set any man at liberty against whom there was not a continuing con- spiracy. But as hope has been dashed to earth time and again, my wifo has survived the shock and sought reso- lutely for a man who was unafraid and unpurchaseable and yet had the DOWer to act. Thus the young years of her life have been passed and thus her health has been shattered. “Disappointment May Kill Me. “Such was the state of my Twife, when, last spring, someone With good intentions led her to believe and con- fidently expect that upon Governor Dix’s return from abroad he would forthwith set me at liberty. And straightway all her plans and hopes were bullt upon that happy event, the dream of her life. At last the gov- ernor returned, but there was no hap- Py consummation of her hopes and plans. The doctor warned her that in her aenemic condition her heart might not stand the stress and ‘coun- seleq her to keep quiet and avold excitement. ‘And this,’ she said, pit- ifully, despairingly, 1 cannot do until you are free; it is only delay or dis- appointment 'that tnay kill me. His Mother Near Death. “Ten yadrs ago as I lay in a con- demned dungeon my father passed away. His sole surviving sister, my aunt, who always lived with us, now 85 years of age, Is hovering near death, I am hoping to see her once more be- fore she passes away. "My mother, who has surrendered all her property in my defense, and whom I have not seen since March, 1905, when my case was before the court of appeals, 15 now 77 years of age ang nearly dead, Blow Fell Upon Others. “It will be seen from all this ho much depends upon me and that ihe Dlow, at me-has struck beyond me fallen upon those for whom it never intended.” iy Patrick asked for ah unconditional commutation €0 as to “be free to es- tablish my innocence in court and to afford the state an opportunity to try me again for the murder of Rice.” Patrick originally was sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Hig.. gins, in December, 1806. AN e T CLEARING HOUSE A FINANCIAL CZAR Regulated Rates and Interest Bank Transaction in Al ‘Washington, Jan. 6—The operations of the clearing house association of Salt Lake City, Utah, in its contro- versy with the National Copper bank of this city were explained to the money trust investigating committee of the house today. Five Salt Lake City bankers testified. . W. W. Armstrong, president of the National Copper bank, recounted the circumstances that resulteq in the saparation of his bank from the clear- ing house. He sald that when the Cop- per National declined to abide by a rule adopted by the clearing house forbidding banks to pay interest on open or checking accounts, the eight other members of the clearing house dissolved the association and immed- iately formed a new one with a con- stitution including the rule to which the Copper National objected. The Copper National declined to sub- scribe to the rule or to enter the new association. Mr. Armstrong said that it ~was. costing his bank $25,000 a vear extra to operate outside of the clear- ing house. He asserted that the Salt Lake clearing house rules regulated rates and inferest to be charged in practically every transaction between 2 bank and its clients, and he endeav- ored to argue that the association was in restraint of trade, usurping the functions of the officers of the banks, SUES TO RECOVER LOAN OF $39,930 T. Stotesbury Claims He Aided Hammerstein to Meet Deficits. E. New York, Jan. 6.—The trial of the suit brought by E. T. Stotesbury of Philadelphia to recover $38,930 which he states he loaned to Oscar Hammer- stein to enable the latter to_meet alleged weekly deficits at the Phila- delphia Opera house early in 1910, came to trial in the federal court fo- day. Mr. Stotesbury, who was the only witness, said he was informed that the impressario had told friends the advances were gifts, but that later Mr. Hammerstein acknowledged the loan and said he would pay every dollar of it. The trial will be resumed tomorrow. Direct Election of Senators. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 6.—In a speclal message ~ tonight Governor Sulzer transmitted to the legislature a certi- fled copy of the resolution adopted by congress, proposing, an ameéndment to the constitution for the direct elec- tion of United States senators. Citrus Crop Damaged $3,000,000. San Bernardino, Cal, Jan. 6.—H, B. Shephard manager of the San Bernar- dino County Fruit Exchange, issued a stzttment tonight that the cold last night had, damarea sis mc.n::i t{u& rop of the countrv ont of 22,000,000, ik Condensed Teiegrams o e e of labor. All Grades of Refined reduced 20 cents a hundred poun yesterday. George B. Sullivan was inaugurated yesterday as mayor of Derl for the second time. / About $2,000 Worth of parcels post stamps have thus far been sold at the New Haven postoffice. The Eating of Dor Meat is ravidly | increasing throughout Germany, owing to the high cost-of living. Mme. Thebes, the Famous Prophet- ess, predicted that the year 1913 would be turbulent. Astronomers ssree with er. The Latest Estimate of the popula- tion of continental United States places the fisures at 96,496,000 on Jan. Z, The Wages of 'Police Officers at Lowell, Mass., were raised irom 3$2.75 to $3 per day by Mayor O'Donnell ye: terday. Enos H. Nebeker, treasurer- of thi United States under President Harri- son, died at his home at Cocington, Ind,, yesterday. The Minnesota Reciprocal Demurrage law of 1907 was yesterday annulled as unconstitutional by the supreme court of the United States. The Navy Department will ask con- gress for an appropriation for the preservation of historic Revolutionary and Civil war vessels. The Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing at Washington has increased its ally output .of parcel post stamps from 5,000,000 t0”10,000,000. Fall River, Mass., Faces the Worst financial situation in its history, in the opinion of Mayor James H. Kay, who was inaugurated yesterday. Grover Bergdoll, son of a Philadel- phia brewer, cannot get an automobile license in Pennsylvania, because he Is held to be a “speed maniac.” Gov. George W. Donaghey vesterday appointed J. N. Heiskell, editor of the Arkansas Gazette of Little Rock, Ark., United States senator to succeed the late Jeff Davis. The Construction of one or two new school buildings was recommended by Mayor John J. White of Holyoke, Mass,, who delivered his inaugural ad- dress’yesterday. The Finances of Lynn were declared to be in better condition than those of other cities_of the state by Mayor George H. Newhall in his inaugural address yesterday. Capt. Oliver N. Brooks, an old time coasting skipper and for 31 yesrs, from 1851, keeper of Faulkner's Isiand light, dled Sunday night at the home of.a nephew in Derby. Because Inhabitants Have Demanded $15,000 for damage to their fields, King Viotor Emmanuel has been compeiled to sell his bear hunting preserve in the Abruzzi mountains. Edward H. Temple, who had held the office of city treasurer of Taunton, Mass., for 25 years, was defeated for | re-election by ‘the city council yester- day by Lewis A. Hodges. John F. Hurley, four times mayor of Salem, Mass., under the old charter, was inaugurdted yesterday as the first chief executive under the new commis- slon form of government. The Third Trial of Dr. B. Clark Hyde for the murder of Col. Thomas H. Swope, set to open in the criminal court at Kansas City, Mo., vesterday, | was postponed one week. Margaretta Jane Brown, 18 years old, of Harrisburg, Pa, received a check for $8,000 from Valentine R. Cortlas of California for helping him on a car in Harrisburg four years ago. George Ade, the Playwright and hu- morist, who fell on a slippery sidewalk at Lafayette, Ind., Sunday afternoon, and for a time was thought to be bad- Iy injured, was able to be out yester- day. The 1l Wind Which Worked Havoc along the coast last Friday tore up the sand at Rockaway Beach and dis- closed articles worth more than $2.000 which were losf by the bathers iast summer. Newport’s Advantages as a winter as well as a_summer resort and the probability of its increase in impor- tance as a_naval base were discussed by Mayor Willlam MacLeod in his In- | augural address yesterday. Dr. William Greene, formerly presi- dent of the American Institute of Homeopathy, shot and killed himself at his home at Little Rock, Ark., Sun- | day night. Dr. Greene, who was 65 vears old, had been in ill health. Painting of a Portrait of President- elect Wilson may occupy much of his time for sitting between mnow and March 4, as it is understood the por- trait is to be ready to hang in the White House soon after inauguration. President 'Taft is secking rental of a house at some distance from the cen- ‘ter of New Haven and removed from | the more lively social activities. This is interpreted to mean that he will not keep “oven house” and will seek a quiet life. ‘Charged With Having Defrauded a number of New Haven women, includ- ing some of social prominence, out of a large sum of money, “Madame Eu- genia,” who advertised as a clairvoy- ant, was arrested yesterday in Atlantic City, N. J., by a New Haven detective. R. S. Sheriman and C. O. Broxon of the Capital News of Boise, Idaho, in jail for conterapt for publisning a mes- sage from Colonel Roosevelt, are di- recting the publication of their paper from their cells. Hundreds of pennies are beingg sent them to pay their $500 fine. Mayor Patrick J. Duane of Waltham, Mass., announced in his inaugural yes- terday his intention of appointing a woman as head of the public buildings department and a woman member of the board of assessors, providing ade- quate salaries are voted by the alder- men. Frank Dare, Foreman of the Jury that convicted the alleged dynamite conspirators, and who has received two letters threatening his life, departed Yesterday for Klorida to spend the winter. His health has been impaired by the worry over the letters and by fo the 0¥ NER DEGLARED ILLEGA «r were | Suprenie Court Says That It Produces Same Evils as Suppression of Competition . FINDS THE FEDERAL COURT INDICTMENT VALID Case of James lsatten, Eugene G. Scales, Frank H. Hayne and William P. Brown Goes Back For Trial—Government Believes Way Has Been Found to Stop Cornering »f Market to Boost Prices—Three Justices Dissent. . Washington, Jan. 6.—The supreme court of the United States today lafd down the far reaching principle that “corners” of interstate commodities, such as articles of food and clothing, are in violation of the Sherman anti- trust law and held thaf, as far as the Sherman law was concerned, the indictment in the New York federal i 5 1 which the counts he, to suppress competition selves, tary restraints, as where J v 50 engaged conspire to com o by others, or to create the accused men were not nterstate commerce. “The first section of the volun e “ig not confined to traint, as where person nterstate trade or comr but includes as we court of James Patten, Hugene G. 2 5 ditions, ch necessari Scales, Frank H. Hayne and William | Sa008, Wwhich necessarily | P. Brown for “conspiring to run am |or commerce or restrict : alleged cotton corner” was valid. The | liberty to engage therein.” cases agalnst them was sent back for | The Standard n_support of ol this dc 156 i N U ment officlals claim tr A Three Dissenters. will materially strength Justice Vandeveriter announced the | agasust combinations violating opinion of the court. Justice Lurton {1 delivered a dissenting opinion in which Chief ~Justice White and Justice Holmes concurred. The majority of the court held that the circuit court for southern New York had decided that the indictment charged a “with- holding” of the cotton from the mar- ket a necessary element of a corner as admitted by the government. The minority held that the circult court found the indictment did not so charge and for_that reason the indict- ment was faulty. According to ail the Justices, the correctness of the holding of the circuit court as to the indici- t t pe argument that running ulates trade, was forbidden of supply and demand, trade, b3 1 pression of competition. aw. 8ame Evils As Suppression of Cor petition. Justice Vandeven instead of restrain by saying that rue for a time, but th by the act be hwarted the usual operatior commodity from the normal currer enhanced prices ractically the same e ment charging a “withholding” and as | .He said that the statate did no to the sufficiency of the indictment on | Ply to corners of pure nters other technical points had to be ac- |irade, nor where the > cepted at this time without question |terstate trade was indl ad that in the present c the tra by the supreme court. A Way Found to Prevent “Corners.” The points thus left undecided to- day may be made the basis for bring- ing the case to the court again if the defendants are convicted on trial. Solicitor General Bullitt wko sented the governmen side of" case issued a statemer ter the cision in which he sald that at I way had been found to stop tha run- ning up of prices by men who sought de- |1 was not interstate, not ner in the market, pre- | commodity to be cornered was the | a product of the southern state states, trade. The corner was to be ed on the cotton exchange York city, but by means which ind indirect, Was a Conspiracy. “It was a conspiracy to run a satd he T larg v used and consumed in the r It was 2 subject of Interwtate onduc to-corner the market not only of coi- wou'd ton, but wheat, corn, lard and other | enable the comspirators to obtain commodities, trol of the avaliablo supply and Vandeventer | enhance the price to all buyers in In his opinion Justice dealt at length with the defense that every market of the country.” POLICE LOCATE LOOT . VALUED AT $250,000. Also Take Inte Custody Five Men and One Woman. New York, Jan. 6. of five men and a w —The arrest today man, according to the states over railroads and exp SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST THE STAT Deprives Them of Power Over Ra roads and Express Companies. Washington, | 6—The n. the police, ended rch of more companies suffered a hard blo than a month for the gang of burglars [‘when the supreme court and thieves who have operated | since the passage of the . throughout the city. The police also | amendment to the Intersiate announced the discovery of a_cache | law in 1906 the states hac Wwhere stolen goods were hidden. | have power to annul contr It was a room on the West Side and It | railroads and shippers Hmit 1 was packed from floor to ceiling, ex- | biHity for the loss of inter 3 cept for a narrow aisle, with costly | ments. furs and other valuables, wearing ap Another serious blow w 1 parel, which, according fo police esti- |when the court held th: t mate, are valued af $250,000. Here ihe | since the passage of the a police arrested James Pritchard, 43 [ commerce acts, and partl years old. Of the others arrested, Per- | Hepburn law in 1906, had r . Cy Wyckoff, 24 years old, and Harry | penalize railroads for fallure to furnis Willis, 28 years old, are ¢harged with |cars for Interstate shipmen t a robbery in the St. Andrews hotel, | connection *the court declarc rcc when- jewelry valued at $10,000 was |stitutional the Minnesota procs taken from the apartment of Miss | demurrage law authorizing eoc Frances Barnes. Wyckoff and Willis | ery by shippers of a dol d were employed at the hotel at the time of the robbery. George Carr, 28, Willlam Maddox, and Carr's wife were arrested, cha with having received stolen goods. In the Carr apartment, the police say, they confiscated much jewelry and sev- eral articles used by burgl: includ- ing a rope with an attachment to re- vent burning the hands in sliding doyn it. \ According to the police, Wyckoff ad- mitted that Willis was associated with him in the robbery of the St. Andrews hotel rooms. The proceeds of the rob- Derles previous to the Barnes burg- lary were disposed of to Pritchard, ac- cording to the police report of Wyck- off’s statement SURGICAL OPERATION | FAILED TO CURE HIM. Edward Grimmell Again at Head of Gang of Burglars. Buftalo, N. Y., Jan 6—Edward| Grimmell, released from Dannemara two years ago on the belief that a sur- gical oteration on his head had cured him of criminal tendencies, was ar- Tested here tonight on a charge of bur- glary. Three others arrested on the same charge were Harris Grimmell, a brother, Harry Smith and Edward Wolfe. The last two confessed, cording to the police, naming Edward | Grimmell as their leader. In one of | the robberies $800 was secured. “The operation on Grimmell created widespread _interest among surgeons | and crtminologists, who were convine- ed that it bad effected an _entire change in the man’s mental balance. d | tonize the § forme: | Catholic church | sary of nis pas | churen. | the parish, another church cesstvely ing which the railroa failec . a car for the movemen b thus effect The chang. CONGREGATION HONOR ST. PATRICK'S Rev. John F. Murphy Given in Bridgeport Church Bridgeport, Conn., J F. Murphy of St. Mary's curate at in Norwich, was his congregation on & observance of three an which were the 70th anniversary e birth, the 35th afniversar nation to the priesthood of t nd t He was given a purse o frc Name soclety and othe from other societies. Father Murphy sald his 1 this church. Upon leaving B signed as a curat in Norwich, then w to Cromwell, M. Hartfora as pastor. He w e as pastor at St. Mary's in time serve his 25th priesthood. been general held the love of his people nd himseif to be a priest of the church. anniversary In all his wor successful, & a true man as SNOWSTORMS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN STAT Taft Delays Message. i bl bl Wilh.inxmn, Jan. 6.—Protests from | Sweep of loy Weather Along the the senate against any change in the fur seal law treaty as passed ;Iajt Session have induced President Taft to withhold temporarily the message he haq intended to send to congress urging a repeal of the section that makes a closed season for five years in the sealing grounds about the Pri- biloff Isiands, Alaska. Steamers Reported by Wireless. Liverpool, Jan. 5.—Steamers Empress of Irg]gnd, St._John, N. B.; Jan. 6, Hesperian, St. John, N. B. Cape Race, Jan. 6.—Steamer Bohe- mian, Liverpool for Boston, 234 miles .80 a, m. o 5o Baice, Jan, 6. —Steamer Batavia, FHamburg for Boston, 780 miles east of Boston at 10.30 a. m. New Senator Sworn In. Washington, Jan. 6.—R. M. John- ston, newly appointed senator from Texas, was not SWorn in as successor to Senator Bailey today, owing to the mon-arrival of his credentials, The bleod of an average man weighs | 49 pounds, 4 - western Texas tontght in the the worst snowstorms the temperatures for that state ing from two degrees above for the day, New Mexico clad snowdrifts from a foot to forty deep, registaring from nine agove ¢ ow, the eastern slope of the Rorky Mour tains tonight from Wyoming to Mox ico shows no sign of abating. Woodward af the New Huven roid i reference to the wage demands and other concessions asked but no agres- ment was reached. The session lasid| until after midnight. The strike hald lots will bo counted. here tomerio Bt 2.30 O'Clocks | . g Rocky Mountains, Denver, Col, Jan. 8.—With in yea below to and the mercury for that st the sweep of ioy weather Colorddo temperatures fell as 10w as 39 below today. Railway Clerks Meet Manager. New Haven, Conn, Jan. 6—aA com mittes from the Brotherbood of Rail way Clerks tonight met General Man- Pollock _and Superintend