Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 22, 1913, Page 1

VOL. LV.—NO. 19 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1913 PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to tb “sity’s Population. LEGISLATURE READY FOR BUSINESS Organization Effected by Adoption of Joint Rules Making Equal Division on Committees COMMITTEES WILL BE ANNOUNCED .TOMORROW Progressives Will Have to Take Chances For Committee Places But May Be Given Representation on Woman’s Suffrage Committee—Trip to Philadelphia For a Special Committee Voted—Purcell’s Sunday Bill Introduced. control of the meeting. The republi- cans had it once and ost it. Senator McCarthy was chosen chairman and Mr. Bree was chosen clerk. The Litchfleld county mesting chose Senator Wadhams as chairman and C. N. Hall of New Milford, clerk, Dr. Sedewick of Litchfield, democrat, and Representative E. S, Boyd of Wood- bury, republican, were chosen auditors. The ' Fairfield county meeting chose Senator L. O. Peck of Redding chair- man and Representative W. C. Run- gee clerk. For Middlesex county Sen- ator Reynolds was chosen chairman and Representative Duggan of Say- brook clerk. New London and Windham Counties. In New London county F. W. Noyes of Lebanon wag made chairman and T. F. Main of North Stonington clerk and in Windham county Senator E. H. Keach of Danlelson was made chair- man and ¥. W. Congdon of Hampton clerk. The meeting adjourned for varyng periods as is customary. “SENATE REPORTERS.” McNeil Wants Number In- creased to Fourteen. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 21.—The leg- isiative machinery at the capitol was set in motion today. The wheels will continue to move, probably turning more hours per week than any previous session until the constitutional brake is jammed down on them on June 4th next when the session must end by limitation. The body was formally organized adoption of joint rules amended so that the democrats get equal repre- sentation on the joint committees; very little could be dome without rules and the alternative of joint rules was separate rules in each branch under which separate committees would be appointed. This would mean two com- mittees with identical dutjes such as are in use in congress and the pro- cedure that would follow in comsider- ation of measures in committee might mean great inconvenience to the cit- izens of the state. Slim Show for Progressives. To amend the joint rules in the way which was done is said by old leg- islators to have been something not attempted in one, possibly two gener- ations. The result is to place as far as possible the two political parties on a parity. The handful of progres- sives in the house will have to take thetr chances though it is thought they ‘will be given places on the woman's suffrage committee. The republicans, after their caucus which upheld by 4 narrow margin the report of Representative Hall of Wil- lington from the special committee which drew up the resolution for the changes in rules, claimed freely that many of them were anxious to get down to business and were willing to be fair towards the democrats. In the caucus Represemtative Hall had pointed out that if a United States senator had to be elected the joint bal- lot would show that the democrats were in ocontrol Hall Argues for Fair Deal. He argued for support of the report and a fair deal to the democrats. Mr. Hall won out in the caucus and whils the repubiicans do not pass votes bind- ing members therein to adherence to action, the usual way is to recommend that the caucus action be supported by the members individually. This was dome for when the report went into the house there were no -dissent- ing voices. In the senate the republi- cans having acquiesced as a mi party to the report the resolution went through there quickly. After the joint rules as amended had been adopted the democrais were very happy over the victory they had won. Terms of the Compromise. ‘The committees will now be selected, #peaker Webster taking up the dem- scratic membership with President Pro Tem Landers of the senate and Mr. Thoms, the minority leader in the house. The committees will be named on Thursday. In brief the compromise is as follows: Joint committces will be made up of three eenators and nine representatives of which five repre- sentatives shall be Tepublicans and two senators democrats. Democratic house members are to be selected from a list submitted by Mr. Thoms. The repub- Jican senator on each committes will be selected from a list submitted by Senator lsbell. It is provided that the places Judge Perry Senator Hook- er are to have when they returm will be temporarily filled by a republican. Memorials to Chi The chairmanships of the import- ant committees are to go to the dom- inant party in each branch. That is the judiclary senate chairmanship will g to a democrat while the houss chairmanship will g6 6 a repubiican, Probably Representative Healey. Mr, Thoms is likely 1o be second member of the comunittee. The question of rules disposed of. #ome business came into both branches but an fmmense amount was held back until the committees are announced in order to save time. The house and genate both adopted memorials to the late Chief Justice Hall Democratic Senators Confused. It is not often so that a session so quickly settled down to business as to hold afternoon sessions, but the senate did this and received some Dusiness. Incidentally it got somewhat tangled up on procedure as resolutions were put In to appoint a member of the state board of agriculture and a minor court judge and just what should be donme with these was not clear. The republican members whe were familiar with the course business takes sat quietly in their seats and it was some time before it became clear that resolutions of this nature were tabled for three days and them sent to the committee on judiciary or some other proper commitieo before they were returned for calendar and printed or for rejection on unfavor- able report. Senator McNeil finally came to the reseue of his brother sen~ ators and the new business was start. ted on its proper course, Trip to Philadelphia for Committee. Both branches passed a resolution providing for a committee to go to a conference in Philadelphia to ar- range for observance of the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Gettys- burg next July, When there seemed objection to the form of the resolution as it gives to the commfittee reim- bursement for actual expenses, Senator Landers pointed out that this matter came with Governor Baldwin's rec- ommendation and when the governor as a member of Kh:‘gi.rti which went before the state pl ling for endorse- ment because it would put into force economies, recommends the expendi- ture it could not be far wrong. The resolution then went through with concurrence with the house. The Sunday bill which Senator Pur- eell had drawn up was introduced. It is one that has been endorsed in Hartford and provides for sale of ne- cessities of life and recreative sports on Sunday, is against any spotts which are run for gain and carries a local option feature, ¥ County Meetings Held. In the afternoon the county meet- ings were held as provided by stat- ute. All were quickly over except in Senator Hartford, Conn., Jan. 21.—The rule passed by ths last senate under which the president pro tem. appointed elev- | en newspaper men as reporters of the senate, was brought to the aitention of_#%e members today, when Senator McNef] offered an amendment to that rule providing that the number of re- porters shall be fourteen instead of eleven, The amendment, however, falls, as the rule is not now in existence. It was repealed last session and while ap- pearing in the 1911 manual, it is not In the senate rules adopted by the present body. TEXAS CATTLEMEN AGAINST FREE MEAT Voted But ANl Texas Democrats in Favor of It Washington, Jan. 21-—“Free meat” proposed by the house democrats at the last @ession of congress, but blocked by & presidential veto, was indicatad as part of the exira session of corgress tariff revision programme at the hearing before the house com- mittee on ways and means today. Membors of the committee empha- sized majority sentiment in favor of free meats and a strong trend to- ward free cattle. Protest against putting cattle and meats on the fres Nst was voiced by S. H. Cowan of Texas, spokesmanu for the cattle industry west of the Mis- sigsippi river. He said free meat would mean a flood of cheaper meats from South America and ruin to the indus; | try in Texas. “Didn’t all the Texas democrats in the house vote for free meats last ses- sion?” asked Representative James of Kentucky. “Yes,” satd Mr. Cowan. “And all of them were reelected?” “Yes “Then yon are going counter to the vote of 3 state.” “No,” replied Mr. Cowan, “but the democrats in Texas always vote the democratic ticket regardless of such matters, their allagiance to the party being too strong to do otherwise.” VERMONT ADOPTS ELECTRIC CHAIR. Only One More Legal Hanging te Take Place in That State. Montpelier, Vt, Jan. 21.—Only one more legal hangitig will be carried out in Vermont if Gov. Allen M. Fletcher signs a bill passed by both brancifes of the legislature today. By the pro- visions of this bill, if it 1 enacted into 12w, electrocution will dlsplace hang- ing as the legal form of death in this state. Among the arguments which wero sntroduced to influence the legislature to take this action were the difficulties which attended the execution half a dozen years ago of Mary Rogers for the killing of her husband and those which marked the hanging of Eley Kent for the murder of a school teach- er. On the latter occasion the rope broke, and the operation had to be gone through twice. The bill passed today will allow one more hanging, as It excepts cases | “where sentemce has been imposed prior to the passage of the bill. BRIBERY CHARGE IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATE. Democrat Seeks te Have Seat of a Re. publican Declared Vacant. Concord, N. M., Jam, 21—Renator Prentiss of Walpols, a democrat, caused some surprise in the senate to- day by introducing a resoiution which declared vacant the geat of Semator Gaffney, republican, of Nashua, on the ground that the latter was guilty of bribery and corrupt practices. Mr. Gaffney demanded an immediate investigation and the resolution was referred to a special eommittee. Sen- ator Prentiss did not disclose the basis upon which his charge was made, A Pure Water Standard. Washington, Jan. 21—The federal government, which for years has been warning the nation against dangers luriking in polluted waters, wants to know “what is pure water?” To set- tle officially that question, Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh, upon the rec- ommendation of Surgeon General Blue of the pubiic health service, today de- cided to appoint a commission of sci- entists to establish a standard of puri_ ty in water. Competition in Arson Business. New York, Jan. 21.—Competition has hurt the arson business in New York city. The srand jury which already has indicted several property owners #nd insurance adjusters, alleged to be members of the so-called arson trust, learned today that u large group of independent operators was responsible for nearly as many fires as the trust the New Haven county meeting in which there was eon E t, Iacidentally. C?_ Cabled Paragraphs | Admiral Von Hollam Dead. Berlin, Jan. 21.—Admiral Von Hollam, imperial minister of marine from 1890 until 1897, died here today at the age of 3. New Governor of Jamaica. London, Jan. 21—Colonel Sir William | Henry Manning has been appointed governor of Jamaica, to replace Sir Sydney Olivier, who has held that of- fice since 1907, Not Captured by Brigand London, Jan. 21.—Mrs, William Mans- field, the American woman who recent- ly disappeared from Salo, on Lake Garda, Italy, was found today in Ven- ice, according to a News Agency de- spatch from Reme. It has been report- ed that she had been captured by bri- gands. Failed to Kneel During Mas: Madrid, Jan. 21—The government has cancelled the punishment inflicted on a Protestant soldier for refusing to kneel during a mass at Ferrol, and will shortly publish a regulation drawn up in such a manner that a repetition of the incident will be impossible. The soldier nad been condemned by the highest military court to six months’ imprisonment. WILSON REFUSES TO DISPLACE REPUBLICAN Turns Down Request of Delegation of Labor Men. Trenton. N. J, Jan. 21.—Efficiency in public service and the merit system rather than partisan politics will be the basis upon which President-elect Wilson will make his appointments to office, he indicated today. Governor Wilson had oocasion to declare himself in this connection when a delegation of thirty men representing various labor imterests made an earn- est plea for the appointment of a democrat to fill the state commission- ership of labor now held by a repub- lican. John T. Cosgrove, a democrat and a labor leader, was urged for the po- sition to succeed Colonel Lewis T. Bryant, the present incumbent, who was appointed by a republican govern- or, The tion he argu resident-elect told the delega- recognized the force of their that labor ehould be repre- sent n the goyernment by one who knew its interests, but he saw no reason to displace Colonel Bryant, who hag performed his duties faithfully and efficiently The colloquy took place in the big ante-room just outside of the gov- ernor's office. Once Samuel Botteril, wr{ headed the delegation, remarked that Mr. Cosgrove’ pointment might not be exactly acceptable to-the man- ufacturers and employers. “Oh, class oppositfon does bt af- fect me one way or another,” quickly interrupted the governor. %ater in the dayv another delegation of labor men appeared in Mr. Bryant's behalf. CHILD SHOT; / A FOUR YEAR OLD SUSPECTED Little Fellow Was Found New Haven Police. Bod by New Haven, Conn.. Jan. 21.—While playing in the yard at her home, 119 Columbus avenue, this afternoon, six- years-old Marle Ferretti was perhaps iy shot by an unknown person, The little girl fell into the arms of her mother with blood spurting from her head and it was at first thought she had fallen and struck her head against a stone. She was hurriedly removed to the New Haven General hospital, where it was found that a bullet had entered her left cheek and lodged at the base of the brain. The hospital authorities immediately no- tifled the police, who started an in- vestigation. Domonic Santagate, aged 4, who lives in the same house with the girl, was found by the police in bed and fully clothed. He has told many conflict- ing stories and police are inclined to believe that he did the shooting. He has told the police that “somebod shot the gzirl, but he does not know who it was. The bullet was from a 38 ibre revolver. So far the police have not ®een able to find the weapon. The 2irl is In an unconsclous cond dition and practically no hepe is held for her recover INVESTIGATION OF TELEPHONE TRUST Interstate Commerce Commission Be. gins Preliminary Work. Washington, Jan. 21— Preliminary work began today on the Interstate Commerce commission’s investigation of telegraph and telephone lines re- ferred to that body upon Attornes General Wickersham’s decision net to proceed under the Sherman law against the American Telephone and Telegraph company and the Bell sys- tem, The Investization net only will be nation-wide in its scope, hut the most extensive ever undertaken by the com- | mission. | TAFT TO REVIVE ANCIENT CUSTOM Will Ride Back to White House with New President. Washingten, Jan, White Heuse. officials announced tomight that Pres- ident Taft expects to observe one of the ancient customs of inauguration day, abandoned by his predecessor, and will ride back up Pennsylvania avenue from the eapitol te the White House with his successor. 'Fhis custem was broken by Mr. Roesovelt four vears ago when he hurried from the eapitol to the Union station 1o catch a train for Oyster Bay, leaving Mr. Taft to make the journey back up the avemue with Mrs. Taft at his side, PRESIDENT RYAN'S BOND DISAPPROVED Those of Houlihan and Shupe Also Unsatisfactory. Chicago. Jan. 21—For the second time the United States circuit court of appeals today declined to approve bonds submitted for the release of Frank W. Ryan, president of the In- ternational Iron Workers' union: R. H. Houlihan and William Shupe of Chicago, convicted of conspiracy in connection with the illegal transporta- tion of dynamite. District Attorney Miller of Tndian- apolis advised the court he had in- spected the sureties and found them insufficient. Scores Newspapers and Football. Columbia, . C. Jan. 21—Cole L. Blease was inaugurated for the second time as_governor of South Carolina today. In his inaugural address the governor soverely arraigned the news- Dapers of the state and advocated the abolition of football at the state uni- yersity, The Marriage License Issued MISS HELEN GOULD BECOMES A BRIDE TODAY ANNOYED BY CURIOUS Arranged to Procure Document at Home of County Clerk to Avoid Crowd—Dinner For Poor on Bowery. Tarrytown, N. Y., Jan. 21.—Miss Helen Gould and Finley J. Shepard, her flance, of St. Louis, motored tonight from 'Lyndhurst, the Gould country home, to Irvington to obtain their li- cense to wed tomorrow at Lyndhurst. The night journey to Irvington was planned after the couple walted in vain all day for crowds of townspeople to leave the vicinity of the town cleri’s office in Tarrytown. Curious persons anxlous fo get a glimpse of the two remained yntil after the mar- riage license bureau closed and went home disappointed. Called at County Clerik’s Home. Word of the waiting crowds was conveyed to Miss Gould and Mr. Shep- ard, and it was arranged by telephone with Robert Dashwood, county clerk, that he should take the mecessary li- cense pupers to his home in Irvington. Miss Gould and Mr. Shepard, accom. panfed by the Rev. Daniel Russell, pastor of the Irvington Presbyterian church, who will perform the ceremon; tomorrow, Mrs. Russell and Louis Shepard, brother of Finley J. Shepard, arrived at Mr, Dashwood's home at § o'clock tonight. The bridal couple an- swered the customary questions, re- ceived their license and drove away in the automobile. The Home Decorated. Miss Gould spent her time during the afternoon superintending the work of completing the . decorations of her home for the ceremony. This done, with her fiance and his brother, she motered to Dr. Russell's home, where they dined. Then came the trip te the town clerk’s home for the mar- rlage license. Detectives Guard Presents. There were no guests tonight at Lyndhurst, where nearly a dozen pri- vate detectives are guarding the co: ly wedding presents. Among the gifts received today was a massive bar of 200 diamonds from Mrs. Russell Sage. Another was a handsome silver dish from the employes of the Lyndhurst estate, while the servants in house and stables contributed & dozen silver nut dishes. The Rehearsal. At the wedding rehearsal the little Gould girls took the parts they gre 40 assume at tomorrow’s ceremony When Dorothy will hold the bride’s bouquet as the ring is placed on her finger and Helen will hold the bride’s train. Finley J .Shepard and his brother Louis were guests tonight at Dr. Rus- sell's home. TREAT FOR THE POOR. Miss Gould to Have It Served at a Bowery Mission. New York, Jan. 21.—While _being showered with gifts herself, and_busy with _preparations for her wedding, Miss Helen Gould has made the army of homeless men in New York happy with the announcement that they will receive a treat tomorrow at her ex- pense. Tomorrow is the day of her marriage to Findley J. Shepard of St. Louis at Lyndhurst, her country home, Tytown. The feast for the poor will be served by relay to a thousand men in the Dbasement of the Bowery mission, In work Miss Gould has long been interested. A musical entertainment will be provided also. Miss Gould decided upon this plan terday afternoon while messengers Te besieging her house bearing wed- ding gifts by the hundreds. Some of the packages, it 15 assumed, came from the Bowery, where she has made many friends by her philanthropic work. One present was a silver dish sent by 257 8irls of the bride's sewing school. Miss Gould and her flance and her two little nieces, Helen and Dorothy, who will be flower girls at the wed- ding, and Louis J. Shepard, who will act as best man for his brother, went to Lyndhurst today to rehearse for the wedding. It was learned today that the number of guests invited to the ceremony tomorrow is mot more than 75, including all the members of the jould and Shepard families except Mr. Shepard’s mother, who is ill. A stream of messengers bearing wedding presents from every part of the country poured through ti grounds of Miss Gould’s estate teday, Gifts came from wealthy friends of the Dbride-eleet, from friends on the Bow- ery and the est Side for whem she has done much in the past, from the army, the navy, railrend organizations and ihdividuals the woerld over, ‘Among the wedding presents are a handseme rope of pearls presented to the bride by her brether, Geerze J. Gould; a cersage ornament ef _dia- mends and pearls from _Frank 7, Geuld; a set of tapestries from Edwin Geuld, Howard Gould, it is said, has presented his sister with a rare art treasure which he purchased recemtly in Paris, The wedding guests have been strieted te members of both and immediate friends of the bride and bridegroom. Net mere than 75, it is anneunrced, will witness the ceremony, It is likely that mest of them will be conveved frem New Yerk te Lyndhurst by special train. The ceremony 1280 e'eleel will take place at Gift from Soldiers. Leavenworth, Kas, Jan. 21.—As a reminder of the generosity of Miss Helen Gould in distributing thousands of cots for the use of sick and wounded American soldiers in the Cuban cam- paign, the private soldiers of Fort Leavenworth will present to her as a wedding gift a four by ten inch repro_ duction of a _“Helen Gould cot” wrought in solid gold. This announc: ment was made today by the commit- tee having, the matter in charge. e A $5000 MARKER WITHIN FORT HENRY. Maryland Senator Proposes to Immor- talize Historic Event. Washington, Jan. 21.—Po commem- orate the event which inspired Francis Scott Key to write The Star Spangled Banner, Senator Smith of Maryland today introduced a bill to mark the spot within the walls of Fort McHenry in Chesapeake Bay where the flagstaff was planted during the battle of North Point on Sept. 12, 1814. An appropria- tion of $5,000 s asied for, Turkey Seeks - Explanations ADDRESSES NUMBER OF QUES- TIONS TO POWERS DELAY REPLY TO VOTE ‘Elucidate is Desires to Have Powers Several Points Before Answer Made to It—Cri ism of Europe. London, Jan. 21.—Turkey, before presenting her reply to the joint note of the powers, wishes to obtain expla- nations concerning certain passages in the note. Instructions to this effect have been sent to the Turkish ambas- sadors accredited to the powers. Rechad Pasha, head of the Turkish peace plenipotentiaries, and Tewfik Pasha, ambassador to Great Britain, have been particularly enjoined to seek elucidation, as they are in London, where the note was prepared. Expla_ natlons are to be requested on the fol- lowing points: The Fate of Constantinople. The joint note says that ‘in case of the prolongation of the war the fate of Constantinople ‘might be put in ques- tion. Does the mote mean that the allies might be allowed to attack, con- quor and rematn in Constantinople, or oes it mean that the powers them- selves might control the government in the Ottoman capital? Moral Support of Power The note speaks of “the moral, ma- terial and_benevolent support” of the powers. What must Turkey under- stand by that? How is this support to be extended; under what form, to what extent, what guarantee is there of tulfillment of this promise? “Europe’s Broken Faith.” Similarly, what assurance do the powers offér for the settlement of the question of the Aegoan Islands in such a manner as to exclude further menace to the security of Turkey? It is stated that the Turkish dele- sates, In endeavoring to obtain satis- factory answers to these questions, have made reference to what they de- scribe as “Europe’s broken faith” in falling to live up to the promise made four months ago that the status quo would not be changed, whatever the result of the war. Diplomat Loses Patience. A distinguished diplomat, losing pa- tience, has recommended them not to pretend to be more naive than they are, since the Turks know well that the'statement of the Huropean powers contemplated only a case in which the Ottoman arms were victorious, as in 1897, when Turkey defeated Greece, on which occasfon Burope would not per- mit a change in the status quo. THREE CONFESSIONS IN ARSON TRUST CASE. None of the Men Taken Into Custody— Benjamin Fink’s Boast. Chicage, Jan 21.—Three confessions were obtained today by State's Attor- ney Johnson in the Investigation of the so-called ,‘arson trust.” The names of the men were not made public. None of the three who confessed was taken into custody. They promised to remain in Chicago. One witness today declared that Ben- jamin Fink. an alleged incendiary now under arrest in South Bend, Ind., had boasted that he set fire to the plant of | a shirt waist company in New York, June 30, 1912. Insurance of $45,000 was carried on the stock. IS NOT UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT FINANCIAL PANIC. Congressman Glass Says That There Are Symptoms of It Now. ‘Washington, Jan. 21—That it is not unreasonable but wholly in accordance with past exparience to expect ‘a financial panic_similar to the one In 1907 at some time in the future” was the decloration of Representative Car- ter Glass of Virginia, chairman of the sub-committee of the house committee on banking and currency, in an address tonight at the convention of the na- tional chamber of commerce. No one could tell, Mr. Glass said, when such a financtal disaster would come, but he declared “there are symptoms that should not go unobserved.” MAINE FARMERS WILL SUFFER BY STRIKE Orders for Seed Potatoes from the South May Be Cancelled. Augusfa, Me,, Jan. 21.—Business in- terests affected by the strike of en- gineers ang firemen on the Bangor and Areestoolc railroad today appealed to the legisiature to use its influence toward arbitration, In a message to that bedy President E. D. Cleveland of the, Areestook Po- tate Shippers’ asseciation said that unless the freight traffic were resumed immediately a whelesale cancellation of orders frem the gouth for seed potatoes weuld result, ®entailing heavy financial less to farmers and shippers along the line. Weakfish and Shad in January, Leng Braneh, . Jan. 21— Pound fishermen eperating nets aleng the shore caught summer weakfish and shad teday., Captain Stewart €ook, ome of the pioneers, said: “I have fisheq in all kinds of season,” he said, “but_ this is the first time I ever taught summer weakfish and shad in January.” Woman Shot While Asleep. Indiana, Pa., Jan. 21.—Mrs. Belle Clark, an artist, was shot three times and probably fatally wounded today by Harry Spense while asleep in her apartments. Spense, aged 50, attempted to escape, but was arrested. Mrs. Clark is the wife of a Dubois, Pa., hotel proprietor, and Spense, it is said, was infatuated with her. Electrician Killed by Train. Saugatuek, Conn., Jan. 21.—Charles A. Damon, age 33, of East Norwalk, who has been engaged in the electrical work on the New Haven road, was struck by a westbound express near here this afternoon and instantly ikilled. The body was badly mangled. He is survived by a widow and six children. Steamiship Arrivals. Genoa, Jan. 20.—Arrived, Ttalia, New York. Antwerp, Jan. 20.—Arrived, Kroon- land, New York. London, Jan. 21.—Arrived, ew York. Minnewaska, At New York: Jan. 21, Prinz Fried- steamer | ington. Condensed Teiegrams The Death Rate for 1912 in Philadel- phia was 15.08 per 1,000 of population. A Bill Was Introduoed into the Wis- consin assembly yesterday prohibiting the marriage of whites and biacks. George W. Norris, republican, was yesterday elected United States sena- tor from Nebraska to succeed Senator Norris Brown. Joseph Tuffre, the Oldest Elk in the world, died in Marshalltown, Towa,aged 102 years. He joined the order on his 100th birthday. Alderman J. E. O'Neil of Hartford ‘was yesterday appointed chief clerk in the office of Comptroller Dunn, to suc- ceed John H. Belden. Fire Which Broke Out at Eris, Pa., yesterday in the basement of the Law- rie building, in the heart of the busi- ness section, caused a loss of $260,000. Reform in the Marriage Laws of the state is urged in the address of Charles R. Miller, who was inaugu- rated governor of Delaware yesterday. A Meteor Weighing about 10 tons fell in the Allegheny Valley, near Etna, Pa. The country for three miles around was lighted up and residents fled in terror. Resolutions Indorsing the McLean bill for federal protection of migratory game and insectivrous birds were adopted by the New York conservation commission. As a Means of Banishing Lobbyists from the Missouri capitol, Representa- tive Stark has introduced a bill re- quiring members of the “third house” to wear uniforms. The Volcano of Colima, near Gua- dalajara, Mexico, broke into violent eruption’ vesterday afternoon. Thou- sands of people fied from the villages and ranches In the vicinity. The Retirement of Rev. Joseph H. Twichell of Hartford from the Yale corporation raises an interesting ques- tion as to whether he will be succeed- ed by a clergyman or a layman. Anna Emrock Was Burned to Death and six persons were seriously injured in a fire which destroved the plant of the T. G, Riordan Manufacturing com- pany’s plant at Chicago yesterday Both as Buyer and Seller the United States during 1912 broke all its previ- ous records, the exports and imports together making a volume ef business of more than four billions of dollars. Smuggled Diamonds worth more than $20,000, government agents say, were found yesterday in a package received from Amsterdam, Holland, by Nathan Groen, a New York diamond dealer. A Loss of $55000 was caused by a fire which started in the machine room of a mowing picture_theater at Woon- socket, R L, in the Exchange building, and spread to adjoining stores in the block. President-elect Wilson announced yesterday afternoon that he would not Telinquish his office as governor of New Jersey until March 3, the day he leaves for his inauguration at Wash- Anarchists in the United States aro said to be plotting against the life of President Madero, and both United States and Mexican secret service op- eratives are trying to ferret out the plotters. An Advance of 10 Cents a Bag on potatoes was made at Boston yester- day by wholesalers as the result of a threatened shortage by reason of the strike on the Bangor and Aroostook railroad. Ten Prisoners (nine men and a woman) will be released from the state prison at Wethersfield next| month, among them John Bodeen, who | was pardoned at the June session of the board of pardons. Edmund R. Pendleton. the Yalo sen- jor, of Scranton, Pa., was arraigned in the New Haven city court vesterday and, pleading guilty to the charge of having turned in a false alarm of fire, was fined $200 and costs. The Hard Coal Roads affected by the supreme court’s recent decision have petitioned for a modification of the decree to permit them to continue the So-called 65 per cent. contracts with coal companies which have leased coal lands of them. ¥ Judge Lebaron Bradford Colt of the United States eircult court of appeals, a republican, was elected to the United States senate by the Rhode Island leg- islature vesterday to succeed George Peabod: Wetmore, who retires on March 4, William_E. Reddin'of Milwaukee and W. Bert Brown and W. J. McCain of Kansas City, labor leaders who entered the Leavenworth federal prison Jan. 1, following conviction in connection with the dynamite conspiracy, were released on bond vesterda: The Housekespers' League of Phila. delphla, which recently brought about a reduction In the price of storage ezgs, begah another crusade to reduce the high cost of living when it placed on sale vesterday “strictly fresh eges” for 27 cents a dozel The Executivo Council of the Mod- ern Woodmen of America decided ves- terday net to put inte force teh new schedule of rates authorized at the head camp meeting in Chicago, but will let the head camp which meets in 1914 pass on the matter, Col. Harry E. Converse of Marion, Mass., and Henry M. Atkinson of At- lanta, Ga., reported to the Boston Do- lice vesterday that their rooms In a Back Bay hotel had been entered and watches and jewelry to a total value of about $§1,000 taken. Frank Madia, Owner of the Chicago garage which was used as headquar- ters of the automobile bandits, sur- rendered yesterday, and the city’s po- lice force is searching for _Robert Webb, the gang chauffeur, who shot and killed Detective Peter Hart. Memorial Services for the late Chief Justice Frederic B. Hall of the su- preme court of the state were held at New Haven vesterday, preceding the Tegular sitting of that tribunal. Gov- ernor Baldwin paid a personal tribute to Judge Hall. and Justice Prentice spoke on behalf of the supreme court. ieving That Gretna Greens are springing up in towns along our state borders because of the stricter mar- riage licenise laws in New York. Mas- sachusetts and Rhode Island, Senator McNeil has prepared a bill “banns" proving must be published at in advance of mar- that DENOUNCED THE NATION'S ATTITUDE Senator Root Delivers a Vigorous Speech Regarding " the Panama Canal Controversy DECLARES FREE COASTWISE TOLLS ILLEGAL Unless Same Concessions Are Made to Foreign Ships— “Shall We Inform the World That the United States is False to Its Agreements and Pledged Word?”” He Asks— Brandegee and Root Strong For Repeal. of passage across the isthmus Up that we based the fustice of our en action which resulted in our having the canal zone.” The United States had preached ar Dbitration for years, Senaior Ro: clared, and had besought the natic Washington, Jen. 21.—"“Shall we in- form the world that the United States is false to its agreements, false to its pledged word? Shall we-have it made known the world over that you must look out for the United States or it will get the advantage of you? That it is astute, cunning, slippery? of the world, “In season and out of ‘With this vigorous denunciation of | season,” to enter into arbitration the attitude of this country in the|agreements for the settlement of =il Panama canal controversy with Great | disputes. Britain, Senator Root closed a two- .Are We Pharisees? hour speech in the senate today with| “Are we Pharisees?” he cried. “Have an appeal for the submission of the | we been insincere and false’ Iave we Panama question to arbitration, or {0 | heen. pretending In all these long the repeal of that section of the canal| years of declaration? Aro we reads law that would give free passage to ‘American coastwise ships. Brandeges Lines Up With Root. Speaking from the experience of a member of President Roosevelt's cab- inet when the Panama zone was pur- chased and when over twenty-flve ar- bitration treaties were made with for- eign nations, Senator Root delivered the most vigorous attack on the pres- ent attitude of the United States that has been heard since the Panama con- troversy with Great Britain arose. It became known following the sen- ator's address that Senator Brandegee, chairman of the inter-oceanic canal committee, will call a meeting in a few days to take up Senator Root's amend- ment for the repeal of the free toll rovision. ILed by Scnators Root and randegee, both of whom opposed the original passagé of this provieiom: a determined effort will be made at this session of congress to change the law before it goes into effect at the canal 0 that the cause of dispute with Great Britain will be removed. Free Tolls Are lllegal. Senator Root declared the United States would violate all of its pledges and promises to_the world; would be guilty of “false pretenses” in its advo- cacy of general arbitration and would Pproclaim itself indifferent to national honor and integrity if it refused to submit to arbitration or to retreat from the unjust, position it had taken. He Aeclared free coastwise tolls to American ships were illegal, unless the same concessions were made to foraign ships. The claim that the United States had domestic rights over the canal because it owned the canal zone constituted a violation of the express now to admit that our country, thro: its presidents and congre been guilty of false pretense: bug, of talking to the galleries, of ut- tering fine words to secure appleuse? ‘“The instant that an terest is at stake, we propose to falsify every declaration, every promise, by the a rogant insistence that wé alone determine the mterpretation of treaty; that we will refuse to by the treaty. lse Game Worth the Candie? “And fs the game worth the candief Is it worth our while to Temain i @& posttion to maintain which we may by driven to repudiate our principies, ous professions and our agreements, fos the purpose of conferring a money benefit at the expense of the treasury of the United States on the most high- ly and absolutely protected special inq dustry in the United States—oud coastwise shipping?” NOTE TO GREAT BRITAIN, Prepared by Secretary Knox and Apd proved by President. ‘Waahington, Jan. #1.—President Tary has approved the note prepared at the state de; ent in reply to the com munication from Sir Edward Grey, the British secretary for forelgn aftairs, Protesting against the exemption American coastwise shipping from the Dayment of tolls in the Panama co As a matter of officlal courtesy in- formation {8 withheld as to the exact status of the note until it has been ra- cetved by the British government im London through the American embas< sy_there. Mr. Knox has devoted himself prin- abide guarantee of the United States to Great Britain, he safd cipaliy to the effort to show t t - term "all nations” in the Hay-Paunce- Our Territory Only in Trust fote treaty does not necessarily includd “It is_mot our territory except in|the Unfted States and that it is en+ trust,” he declared. “Treaty or no | tirely competent for this government to treat its own shipping differently from that of other maritime nations sd far as the canal s concerned. treaty, we have long asserted that the nations of Central America had ne right to debar the world from its right AMERICANS IN SOUTHERN MEXICOy THE SLINGSBY BABY IN DANGER MYSTERY DEEPENS. Navy Department Despatches Gunbeal to Their Assistance, Conflicting Testimony Given Regarding Infant’s Identity. Washington, Jan. 31.—Alarmed fod the safety of Americans in Vers Crum state, and through southern Mexies the navy department today ordered San Francisco, Jan. 21.—Conflicting testimony given here today hefore the district attorney deepened the mystery in the Slingsby case, which hinges on the question of whether Mrs. Dorothy Slingsby, wife of Lieut. Charles Slings- by, of the British navy, claimed as her own a son of Lillian Anderson. An inheritance in England, sald to have Dbeen left to the first male heir of the Slingebys, is a feature of, the case. Mrs. Amanda Koch, who was living with Mrs. Slingsby in the fall of 1910, swore In the hearing today that no child was born to Mrs. Slingsby on Sept. 1, thegdate of its announced birth. Dr. Martin Regensberger, president of the state board of health, testified he had attended Mre. Slingsby just prior to that date, and that an heir was expected. Mrs. O. H. Bain declared Mrs. Slingsby had given birth to a stillborn babe in her establishment on Aug. 18, two weeks earlier. ‘Word came to the officials today that the Blingsbys, now In England, had taken steps to be represented in the hearing, and in the arraignment of Dr. W. W. Frazer, who s charged with having faisified the hirth certificate of the baby alleged to have been substi- tuted, Thay have also engaged detec- - gunboat Wheeling to safl from Tam- pa, Fla, for Vera Cruz. Americens there are sald to face a graver crisid than that releved by the cruiser Des Molnes in the Diaz uprising last yeary The request for the ship came to thd department after a long series of of ficial reports from A sador Wike son and consuls in southern Mexicanf cities, all reflecting a. ttion of and axchy on the part of rebels, especial In the state of Vera Crus, where fods eral authorities face the problem of restoring aivil order with a disorgan+ ized and divided army. Guerfl wars fare, brigandage, sacking of ranche: and villages and other desperate crime; place Americans and other foreign res dents in & state of constant dangery and the latest advices to the state dey partment express fear of an eved worse outbreaic. i When the Wheeling arrives in Vers Cruz harbor, Americans and other forw elgners will 'be taken aboard, and offi« clals express the hope that ber diss play of armament may have the samg moral effeot that followed the arrtvel of the Des Moines a few months agoy tives and are endeavoring to trace Lil- OBITUARY. lian Anderson. ol b Lieutenant Slingsby has already Patrick F. Butier. comse Into possession of his own in- heritance, & large Engiish estate, but the disposition of property valued at about half a miillion dollars vested in thelr son is maid to depend upon the suceess of thelr attempt to establish his identity. Hartford, Conn, Jan. 21.—Patriek Butler, from 1873 to 1879 in the officq of the secretary of state of Comnecti cut and_later secretary to the late Untted States Senator Willlam W | Eaton of this city In Washington, an. still later a clerk in the Unfted State senate, died at St. Francls' hospital toq 8ay, where he had been stnce Novem. Boys Stab a Professor. Hatfield, Ark, Jan. 31.—Protessor | ber 8. On that date Mr. Butler was J. €. Foheimer, principal of the local | run down hy a motorcyclist and se #chools, was stabbed and probably | badly infured that he fafled to ralty fatally injured by three schoolboys |from the shock. here today. The boys, K. G. Morrow, aged 15, his brother, 13 vears old, an Shelboy Lebow, aged 16, were arrest- ed ‘and placed in jall. 'The younger Morrow had been expeiled from school and when he returned today he was Thomas Philip Bonfield. Kankakes, I, Jan. 21.—Thomad Phillp Bonfield, prestdent of the Kan- kakee and Seneca railroad and & dig rector of the Chicago, Rock Island and ordered away by the principal. The | Pacific and Big Four roads, died at hig three bovs then attacked Hoheimer | home here today. with knives. Monsignor John A. Stafford. Jersey City, N. J. ,Jan The Demented Women in Custody. Southington, Conn., Jan, 21.—Two de- mented women were taken into custo- dy by the police tonight within a few hours time. One gave her name as Mary Smith. She was found wander- ing about in an aimless manner in the Milldale section. The other woman refused to give her name, but said she wanted to be taken to Highwood, near New Haven. Right Rev. Monsignor John A. Staf ford, pastor of St. Patrick's chure of this city, and former president Seton Hall college in New Jersey, dled today after a short lilness. Karl Wittgenstein. Vienna, Jan. 21.—Karl Wittgensteiry who at one time contrtolled the whold Austrian iron Industry, died today. Fa wag a great philanthropist and patron of arts. Quick Justice for Negro. Guifport, Miss., Jan. 21.—Within sev- en hours after he had shot and killed Chief -of Police Charles Dickey today, Percy Newkirk, a negro, was indicted for the crime, tried on a charge of murder, convicted and sentenced to be hanged one month from this date. Wholesale Store Destroyed. Milton, Pa., Jan, 21.—A fire to day desiroyed the wholesalo Quaen’s $200,000 Fire in Business Seotion. Edmonton, Alberta, Jan. 21.—A lared part of the business section of Fort Saskatchewan, thirty miles from hers, was destroyed by fire today, causing a loss of more than §200,000. Ths builda ings burned included the Queen's hoa tel and several business houses, L) New_§80,000 Grammar School. | Southington, Conn., Jan, 31.—A wpes ware store of John P. Hackenberge and | oial town g tonight authors: the plant of the Milton Weaving com- | the issuance of $86,000 bonds for a ne pany here, The loss Is est:mated at! gymmmmar sehoel ding In the cen $125,000. 7" of the-tewn, $