Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 30, 1913, Page 1

“NORWICH, - A = 30, 1913 GOVERNOR BALDWIN CHANGES FRONT Now Said to be Opposed to New London Appro- priation Which He BILL TO REPEAL iT REFERRED TO COMMITTEE Four New London County Men On It—Reported Connection Between This Move and the Drive Against MacDonald— No Specific Information Regarding Charges Against Highway Commissioner is Yet Forthcoming. Approved in 1911 Hartford, Conn., Jan. 29.—The sub- ject matter of bills and resolutions in- troduced in the general assembly today was secondary to the interest created by the action of Governor Baldwin in certifying to the attorney gemeral 21 charges involving improper conduct of the state hlghway department by Com- missioner James H. MacDonald. ~No Jight was thrown upon the speeific na- ture of the charges either from the governor's office or by the attorney general, the latter declining to say any- thing whatever upon the matter. It is expected, however, that a public state- ment will be issued when the charges ara brought before a judge of the su- perior court sitting in Hartford, in due time, should the action proceed to that point. The nomination of Mr. Cadwell of New Britain for highway commis- sioner was sent to the senate. A cau- cus of the democratic senators will be held tomorrow afternoon, when the en- tire matter of the highway commission- ership will be discussed. A Question of Legality. ‘The democratic and republican views of the action of the governor in pre- ferring charges are radically different. The republican legislators who were at all familiar with the controversy over the highway department were disposed to believe that the governor was doubtful if confirmation of Mr. Cad- well, which seems likely, would put Mr. MacDonald out of office owing to the phraseology of the law. They also be- lieved that in case of Mr, Cadwell's confirmation an injunction would be asked for by Mr. MacDonald to prevent the newly confirmed commissioner from taking the office, and on the question of making the injunction per- manent would come the oo\n:gmcaed— ings which would lead to interpretation of the law as it stands. Unusual Wording of Communication. The democrats, however, took the view that Governor Baldwin had prob- ably waited until he had an accumula- iion of evidence against MacDonald’s management of the department, and Drought the charges, irrespective of the fact that he had sent in a nomination, @s a means in securing justification of the attitude he had taken and claimes he had made that Mr. MacDonald was not an efficient commissioner, The democrats did not believe that Govern- or Baldwin entertained any doubt as to the law giving him the Tight of nomination of a commissioner at this session of the gemeral assembly, The wording' of the communication to the senate in presenting. Mr, Cadwell's name was unusual, in that it pointed out that a vacancy existed in the of- fice at the last session which was not filled and which still exists. Mr. Cad- well's nomination was for the unexpir- ed term of the four year period. New London Appropriation Involved. Before the legislators separated for the day Tumors were current among them that the highway commissioner- | ship was in some way linked with the moyement to repeal the one million dollar appropriation for New London harbor. It was said that the governor had found things mot to is liking in the New London project, and in trying to ascertain the facts had found that certain men were alleged to be inter- ested in various contrgpts calling for state money. Then the report that Commissioner MacDonald was to resign at once, but the commissioner, who had been at his office for a time, had left no confirmation or denial of the rumor. Alleged Complaints to Governor. It was reported that a number of men in various parts of the state had omplained to Governor Baldwin that they had found it difficult to secure payment for work done for the high- way department, several claiming that the interval was as much as two years to get pay for roads built. New Lorndon Bill Referred. The McNeil bill to repeal the New Tondon harbor appropriation has gone to the committees on appropriations and roads, bridges and rivers for a Joint hearing. Senator McNell is chair- an of the first named committee, and Senator F. A. Johnson of Montville chairman of the committes on roads, bridges and rivers. The two chairmen start at variance with each other. The joint committee has only four New London men on it. An effort will be made to prevent the repeal measure from becoming a purely party one, Senator McNell having received assur- ances from demoorats and republicans in both branches that they will give him support if politics are kept out of the matter. The opposition of Govern- or Baldwin to continuing the work of surveying New London harbor is said 1o be based upon alleged conditions ex- isting on the harbor front, wherein op- tions had been taken on property which it was thought the state might need for docks and terminals and for which property high prices were set, May Drop Mileage Question. The limit for the time of introduc- tion of new business is set for next week Friday. As yet the inflow of meastires has been extremely light. More committees organized this after- mnoon, and the a lons committee inspected the tuberculosis sanatoriam at Meriden, It did not act upon the salary list for officers of the assembly and attaches, the latter being anxious to get their first month’s salary om time, The committee belisved that act- ion was not urgent at this time. The mileage for members matter 1s likely to be dropped, 8s those who have been trying to solve it have not feund a way out of the difficait, Governor’s Message on Taxation, The ernor’s message regarding the taxation of choses ia action Was as follows; ation work fairly to all i is importaat that the annual list returns to as- sessors by the individual taxpayers should be full and accurate. The law that the owners of bonds and otes and other choses im action, ex- cept such as are either mon-taxable, such as the i are on list for state taxation office of the state treasurer. The in action which are listed in the / , In order to make our system of tax-| press of Ireland, Liverpool about forty million dollars in par val- ue. The bonds, notes and choses in action returned in list by individual taxpayers to the assessors amounted throughout the state during the last year covered by the tax commission- er's biennial report to considerably less than two million dollars par value. Several Cities Fail to Report Bonds. In a large number of towns none fverc returned in any list. In New Ha- ven county the total amount returned 15 less than $180,000, and pone ever ap- pear in the tax list in most of the towns. No bonds were returned in any tax list in_the great city of Waterbury none in New London, none ia Green wich and Norwalk, none in Putnam or Willimantic, none 'in Torringten, Mid- dletown or Portland. It seems improb- able that in those flourishing places bonds_should not be held by many ofa the inhabitants which are nit listed for taxation in the office of the state treas- urer, and which ought therefore to be in the general grand list of the towns. Two Highway Bills. 1t is understood that two bills relat- ing to highways will be introduced next week in behalf of the newly form- od good roads association. One pro- vides for a triple-headed commission, and the companion bill provides for construction of state highways alonz routes selected by the association af- ter an experiment tour of a pathfinding car, and calls for a large bond issue to meet the cost of construction of what are termed “Roman highways.” The: highways are to be so-called perma- nent highways. HAS NOT RESIGNED. Commissioner Macdonald Knows Noth- ing of Charges Against Him. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 29.—Highway Commissioner Macdonald tonight de- clined to discuss the matter of charges preferred against him. He did say, however, that the only actual know- Jedge of the charges certified to the governor ‘was what he had gleaned from the newspapers. He had had no communication from the governor. As to_the report circulated that he had resigned, the commissioner said that he had not resighed and could not account for any report that he intend- ed to do so. . EXPRESS CAR TAKES FIRE AT STAMFORD. Valuable Dog Burned to Death—Many Packages Destroyed. Stamford, Conn., Jan. 29.—An east- bound Adams Express car, on the New Haven road, caught fire in some un- known manner near here tonight, and the car was stopped while the local fire department was called out to fight the blaze. After three-quarters of an hour, the fire was extinguished. It is Teported that a number of valuable packages were burned, but the extent of the damage could not be learned to- night. The Adams Express messenger, whose name is said to be Wright of Springfield, discovered the blaze near Greenwich and tried to give the signal to stop. but the mechanism failed to work. It became so hot in the.car that he was obliged to jump. He was slightly dazed by his fall negr the Sound View station. Officials are reti- cent as to the amount of damage done, but local firemen think the loss will be quite high. A valuable dog was burned o death. A large trunk filled with valuable jewelry was not dam- aged. Most of the packages in the car Were either destroyed or damaged. PACK OF HOUNDS IN | INAUGURAL PARADE. Will Escort Hunt Club Riders Virginia in Civie Section. from ‘Washington, Jan. 29.—Dogs of high degree are to participate in festivities attendant upon the induction into of- fice of President-elect Woodrow Wil- son next month and will march in the inaugural parade. “Finely _bred, splendidly trained, keen-nosed foxhounds are going to have a section of the parade all their own,” says announcement from the in- augural committee in heralding this menagerial feature of thé coming pa- geant. “The finest pack of hounds in all the world” is the description given of the canine group which Dr. Lester Jones of Culpepper, Va., is assembling to lope ahead of a mounted brass band that-will escort hunt club riders from the president-elect’s native state the civic section of the parade. LABOR MEN DEMAND RELEASE OF PRISONER. Governor Sulzer Receives Dictatorial Telegram from Boston. Albany, N. Y., Jan 20.—“A big mass meeting in this city today, 5,000 labor- ers present, demand freedom for Alex Salavanno, who is In Brooklyn jail stnce July. “The Boston Defense Committee,” ing telegram was recefved from Boston yesterday by Governor Sulzer, ~ Inquiry from the district at- torney of Kings county brought &, re- L‘ztbdly that Salavanno was indicted August and that his case had been adjourned from time to time at the re- quest of his counsel, The gevernor de- cided not to interfere, in Steamers Reported by Wireless. Sable Island, Jan, 29.—Steamer Rhein, Bremen for Baltimore, 720 miles east of Baitimore at 9 a. m. Cape Race, Jan. 29.—Stcamer Em- for St. John, N, B.,, 150 miles southeasc at 9.50 a. m, Cape Race, N. F., Jan. 29.—Steamer Saxenia, Liverpool for Bostem, in wireless' communication with the Mar- coni station here when 320 miles south at 8.30 p. m. Brow Head. Jam. 29.—Steamer La Lorraine, New York for Havre, report- ed 230 miles southwest at 5.08 p. m. Due Hayre 16 a. m, Thursday, i * The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich-is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total C@led Paragrablis Baron Kato Nominated. Tokio, Jan. 29.—Bardn Takaski Kato, hitherto Japanese ambassador to Great Britain, was today offiolally nominated Japanese foreign minister in the cab- inet under the premiership of Prince Taro Katsura. New Job for Said Pash Constantinople, Jan. 29.—Said Pa- sha, former grand vizier, has been appointed = minister and president of the council of state, assuming the of- fice recently vacated by Prince Said Halim, now forelgn minister. 5 Fears Poison from Eel's Bite. Honolulu, Jan. 29.—“Duke” Kahana- moku, charapion swimmer of the world, is slightly worried today for fear that blood poisoning may result from a trif- ling bite inflicted on a finger by an eel he was handling Saturday. It is not known that the eel was of a poisonous variety. Slashed Famous Painting. Moscow, Russia, Jan. 29.—An insane painter named Balasheff today slashed in pieces with a knife the famous painting by Ilia Jefemovitch Repine in the Trekiakoff gallery, representing Ivan the Terrible smurdering his son with an iron staff. Russia’s Great Ambition. St. Petersburg, Jan. 29.—An exten- sive series of experiments with agri- cultural implements was carried out by the Russian department of agricul- ture during the season of 1912 with a view to putting an end to the depend- ence of Russia on American manufac- turers. $25000 Stolen on Ship. Madrid, Jan, 29.—A case of gold to the amount of 100,000 marks (§25,000) was stolen from the strong room of The German liner Cap. Blanco on the voyage from Rio Janeiro, according te despatches .from Vigo, Spain. e door of the strong room was opened by a duplicate key. Nine other sim- ilar cases, forming a consignment of gold from Rio Janerio to Berlin were Fourteen Dayd for Suffragettes. London, Jap. 29.—Mrs. Drummond and thirty other militant suffragettes will have to spend the next fourteen davs in jail as the result of their de- termination to force David Lloyd- George, chancellor of the exchequer, to receive them as a deputation in the house of commons last evening. All the prisoners declared in court, after they were sentenced today, that they would immediately start a ‘“hunger strike.” PEACE NEGOTIATIONS ARE FORMALLY BROKEN. Note of Allies Presented to Turkish Delegation. London, Jan. 29.—The peace negotia- tions, which reached a deadlock over the cession of Adrianople on Jan. § were finally broken today by a note which the plenipotentiaries of the al- lied Balkan nations presented to Rechad Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation. Notwithstanding this rupture, there are still optimists in the diplomatic world who hope that a resumption of the war may vyet be averted, either through fresh proposals tbat Turkey is reported to be including in the note which she will deliver to the powers tomorrow or through the fall of Adri- anople before activities can be begun again at the Tchatalja lines. A majority of the Balkan delegates refuse to admit thedikelihood of efther contingency, believing that the life of the Young Turk government depends upon the reswmption of the war, even though the allies were willing to post- pone the conflict. They are of the opiniont that the present failure of diplomacy is, at the worst, only an in- terlude, however, for they will leave representatives in London to under- take the settlement anew. Turley’s Reply Ready Today, Consfantinople, Jan. 29.—Turkey’ reply to the note of the powers will Dbe handed to the Austrian ambassador fomorrow. The diplomats here are favorably impressed with the infor- mation they have received respecting the reply and are sanguine that the Turkish counter-proposals will serve as a basis for a settlement or at least permit the resumption of negotiations. Something Doing at Tchataija. London, Jan. 29.—A Constantinople despatch, by way of Constanza, to the Post says it is_evident that something is happening at Tchatalja, as wounded men constantly are arriving from there. Unconfirmed reports say that 15,000 Circassian troops have mutinied and rioting is reported among the troops at the Dardanelles. CONNECTICUT TO HAVE CONTROL OF WATER POWER to Connecticut Bill. Effect of Amendment River Dam Washington, Jan. 29.—The fssue be- tween state and federal control of water powers in navigable streams was fordd upon the attention of the sen- ate today by an amendment introduced Dby Senator Jomes of Washington to the so-called Conmecticut river dam bill. . The bill Is the first measure in which the right of the federal government to impose a tax on water power has been recognized. The Dill now contains a provision” giving the secretary of war power to levy an annual tax upon the Connecticut River company in return for the government’s permission to build a power dam near the viliage of Windsor Locks, Conn. Senator Jones' amendment would transfer control of the water power to the state of Connecticut and would give the state the right to regulate rates charged by the power company, to supervise the corporation and its stock issues and to levy an annual tax on the water power company. Arrivals, Arrived: Steamer Steamship London, Jan, 26. Ausonia, Portland, Avonmouth, Jan. 29.—Arrived: Roy- al Baward, Halifax. 8t, John, N, B, Jan, 20.—Arrived: Steamer Lake Eris, London, Plymouth, Jan, 29—Arrived: Steam- er Nieuw Amsterdam, New York for Rotterdam (and proceeded), McKinley Speaker of House, Springfield, 11, Jan. 29.—Represent- ative William McKinley of Chicage, democrat, was elected speaker of the house of the IHinois legislature on the 76th ballot tonight, breaking the four weeks ’deadlock in the general assem- biy, Quiet in Strike District, Pittsburg, Jan. 20.—Absolute calm prevailed throughout the day at Ran- kin borough, where rioting and blood- shed occurred last night, when strikers of the American Steel ind Wire com- pany clashed with officers. A large force of deputies guarded the com- Pany’s property today g to Persecution! ATTORNEY-GENERAL CARMODY ON SICKLES" CASE - CRITICISM IS UNJUST Werites Mrs. Longstreet That General's Fame as a Soldier Can’t be Used as a Cloak For Protection of Crime. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 29.—The fame of General Daniel E. Sickles as a soldier should not deter New York state in its efforts to have restored to its treas- ury the §$23,476 unaccounted for by the general as chairman of the New York monuments commission. This is the view advanced by Attorney General Carmody in a letter today to Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet of Gainesville, Ga., widow of the confederate general who was Generai Sickles’ foe at Gei- tysburg. In a telegram to Carmody, Mrs. Longstreet offered to raise $22,476 from “the ragged and maimed followers of Lee.” To General Sickles Mrs. Longstreet wired: “The republic whose battles you fought will not permit your degrada- tion.” Attorney General’s Letter. Attorney General Carmody’s letter in part follows: “I have read with much interest your telegram in reference to the or- der of arrest in the case of General Sickles. “Your sympathetic and patriotic ex- pressions do justice to your heart, but they do violence to the facts in this case. General Sickles is_being prose- cuted by the state of New York for converting to his owp use the sum of $23,476. This money came into his hands as chairman of the state mionu- ment commission to be ufed, among other purposes, for the erection of monuments to mark the resting places on the field of Gettysburg of the brave soldiers who fell in defense of their country, and to provide for a celebra- tion upon the fleld of Gettysburg in which those living might participate at the state’s expense In a fitting manner. Is Guilty of Stealing. “General Sickies appropriated this amount his own wus: This he has not attempted to justify eor to de- fend, without authority of law an act which, under our laws and under the laws of ail civilized governments, means stealing. He was given his own time to repay this amount, and that time was extended at his suggestion, without any desire to embarrass him, and with the full appreciation of the claim which he has upon this nation for the great services he rendered in the rebellion. These services cannot be overestimated, but even the fame of the soldier must not be used as a cloak or protection for the commission of crime, and it is nothing less than misdirected sympathy to undertake to so confuse the questions involved as to make an ordinary prosecution for a erime seem like persecution and to elevate as a martyr a person who cen- fosses his derelection, Appeals from Old Seldiers, “New York state apprecigtes her heroes and feels humillated at the spectacle which this case presents, New York state also respacts her laws and seeks to enforce them in a spirit of equality to all. “I trust this brief statement of the facts will show you how erroneous have been your views, how misplaced your sympathy and how misdirected your criticiem.” Governor Sulzer tonight said he had received scores of letters from old sol- diers urging him to “prevent the hu- miliation of General Sickles by incar- ceration.” Attorney General S8AD NEWS BROKEN TO MAN ON A SICK BED. Charles R. Heike Notified He Must Serve Sentence of Eight Months. Jersey City, N. J, Jan. 29 —Friends | broke to Charles R. Heike today the | news that the United States supreme court had affirmed his convietion of implication in the weishing frauds of the American Sugar Refining com- pany, of which he was secretary, and that he must serve his sentence of eight months’ imprisonment and pav a | fine of $5,000. Mr. Heike has been ill | with heart disease for several months, and the decision of the supreme court against him on Monday was withheld until what scemed to be a propitious moment, His {llness began soon after death of his daughter last spring. “Mr. Hefke is in such a condition the physically and mentally from the shock of his daughter’s sudden death and oth- er calamities, said a member of the | consideration of his case by the court would have helped him. FRENCH LINE STEAMER LOSES HER PROPELLER Disabled 340 Miles Out of Halifax but May Be Able to Make Port. Halifax, N. S, Jan. —By wireless today the French line steamer Mexico, a carsgo carrier, bound from New York | to Dunkirk, reported that she had lost her propeller at sea and with the steamer Gallleo standing by was float- ing_disabled about 340 miles southeast of Halifax and 180 miles south of Sa- ble Island. Agents of the line ex- pressed belief tonight that with the measures taken to assist her she will be able to reach this port by Fri- day night. Orders have been sent by wireless for the steamers Floride and Caroline of the same line as the Mexico to go to her assistance. Mammoth Naval Drydeck. Seattle, Wash., Jan, 29 —The caissen of the $2,300,000 drydecik at the Puget Seund navy yard was put into position today, No exercises marked the com- pletion_of the structure, the cemstrue- tion of which occupied three years, The doek will accommedate any war vessel afloat er under comstruetien, lts length is 863 feet and its depth 47 feet, The battleship Oregon wil be the frst vessel docked. - Suffragettes Getting Seasoned. New York, Jan. 39.—The appearance of a group of tents resembling at a distance a g¥psy camp on the mid- winter lawns of €entzal Park today was explained when members of the suffragette band that is to march t ‘Washington next manth disciosed tha} they had encamped by way of getting preliminary “experience” bhefore the |Not a Martyr [Drank Toast to President Taft HONOR PAID HIM BY McKINLEY ASSOCIATION McKINLEY EULOGIZED Secretary Nagel Says Taft Carsies Banner of McKinley and Represents the Highest Type of Statesmanship. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 29—¥onor was paid to the memory of President McKinley tonight at the tenth annual observance of the birthday of the martyred president by the McKinley association of Connecticut, and the name of President Taft was greeted by thé entire assembly rising to drink a toast to him and to wave handker- chlefs while the national anthem was sung. Secretary Nagel a Guest. The association was formed in this city ten years ago. Colonel Robert O. Eaton of North Haven was the toast- master tonight. The principal guest was Secretary Charles Nagel of the bureau of labor and commerce, whose toast was “McKinley.” As it was necessary for him to leave for Washinston early the banquet was suspended during the Serving while he spoke. Taft Represents Highest of Statesmanship. Afier his introduction he said it was really an unusual thing for a speaker to be injected into a menu bue neces- sity required his departure. He said that it was proper that the people of the country should observe the birth- day of William McKinley. The best way would be to elect presidents of the country who will carry forward the banner of President McKinlpy. ; He sald that President Taft was one who represented the highest type of American statesmanship. He com- bined the geneyosity of Abraham Lin- coln and William McKinley and stands for the principles laid down when this country was established and which must prevall if the republic is to en- dure. Platform of 1908 Redeemed. Mr. Nagel said there is no need of a change in principles. All that is nec- essary is an adaption to the change in industrial and social conditions. All modern questions are social and in- dustrial. William McKinley recognized that the republican party laid down not vague promises but plans and specifi- cations of pledges to be redeemed. Coming down to Mr. Taft the speaker showed how, under guidence of our president, the republican platform of 1908 was fully redeemed. Secretary Nagel then took up the planks of that ?lattorm to “demonstrate” how just he republican party kept its faith, He pointed out that while four billion of dollars had been spent by the ad- ministration of four years, ne one could point te any seandal in cennection with those expenditures. New Alignment Aleng Normal Lines. He said that if the peopla of the state had been in their normal minds they would have given the president, Who as secretary of war prepared the plans fer government of the Panama canal, the gppertunity to see the first ship pass threugh that canal, Looking ferward te the future, Sec- retary gel said that a heuse di- vided against itself cannot prosper. The solution of the present political Type situation is a Hew alignment along normal lines. Prof. Emery of Yale. _ Professor Emery of Yale, a former member of the tariff board, spoke on the ‘“Parallel Between McKinley and Taft” The McKinley bill of 1890 made Mr. McKinley unpopular as it was followed by a defeat of the repub- lican party, but it was instrumental in placing him in the president’s chair. Taft signed the Payne-Aldrich bill which became the chief cause of re- publican defeat. Yet, Mr. Emery declared, it was des- tined to bring greater honors to Presi- dent Taft. Willimantic Man on Executive Com- mittee. There were about 300 in attendince at the banquet, including many of the | well known men in the state. Officers were yelected _as follows: President, Mayor C. B. Wllson, Bridge- porty secretary, Joseph Provost, ford; treasurer, S. E. executive committee, . Gilson, New Haven, Charles Hopkins Clark, Hartford, ¥. A. Scott, Plymouth, D, H. Warner, Bridgeport, G. A. Bartlott, Willimantie, James H. Day, Say- brook, Park Hanover, W. B Sprague, Andover. The eleventh annual banquet will be held next January at the Hotel Strat- field, Bridgeport. CHEERS FOR TAFT BY YALE ALUMNI. President Cordially Greeted at Ban- quet in Washington. Washingtcn, Jan. 29.—The local Yale Alumni association atf its banquet to- night greeted and bade farewell to President Taft. A long cheer, with “Taft, Taft, Taft, Taft” at the end, welcomed the president to the banquet hall, and the strains of the “Boola” song and of “Here's to Good Old Yale, Drink Her Down,” with other college songs, rang out during the evening. The president declared that when he next met with the Washington Yale alumni it would “be as a member of the faculty come back to tell of the needs of the universi BRIDEGROOM_ MISSING ON HIS WEDDING DAY, Not Seen Since He Went to Hartford to Buy the Ring. South Manchester, Conn., Jan, 20.— The police have been askad to look for George Husbands, proprietor of a lunch room, who was to have been married today, but who has not been seen sinee yesterday, when he went to Hartferd. His fiapce, Miss Mary Hayes, is prestrated Agesrding ta police information, Flusbands went te Hariford te pur- ehase a wedding ring, and is knewn te have had censiderable meney with him, His friends fear that he may have met with foul play, Electric Train Jumps Track. Now €anaan, Cenn, Jan. 29.—TFhe electric train on the New Haven road due Rere tonight at 6.40 o'tleck frem Stamford jumped the track near Tal- madge Hill, two miles from here, but fortunately ‘no one was injured. Phere —-° Wera abaut 1 passengers oh beasd, he Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population. Condensed Teiegrams The New Mexico State Legislature in joint session yesterday ratified the election of Senator A. B. Fall. The Indian Weoman as a suffragette may be represented in the suffragette parade at Washington March 5. 1 Rev. W. B, Carpenter, bishop of Ripon, England, declared in favor of smoking by women In case they care to do so. . Representative Humphrey of Wash- ington wants to tax American goods when they are exported, as well as taxing imports. Senator Jackson of Maryland yester- day introduced a bill proposing a plan/ of federal cooperation with the states for highway improvement. A Package. Containing the body of a mad dog was sent by parcel post from Florin, Cal, to the state hygienic laberatery at San Francisco. ane Players in London moving picture houses have organized and will demand an increase of wages. The average wage is $1.76 a week. The Activity of Chicago and Minne- apolis authorities in suppressing the white ve traffic, has driven much of the western business to Boston. Willard Saulsbury, Democrat, was elected United States senator from Delaware, y ay, to succeed Sen- ator Harry Richardson, republican. The Great Northorn Railroad which had been blockaded for six days by avalanches in the Cascades vester- day resumed the movement of trains. President Taft, Yale '78, sent fra- ternal greetings vesterday to Augu Smith, said to be the oldest I Yale graduate. The occasion was Smith’s birthday. The Supreme Court’s Custom against display of fiowers in the court cham- ber was set aside yester: when each justice wore a red carnation in memory of President McKinley. John A. Shields, 27 Years Old, a student of O a university, yester- day accepted the pos nationa secretary of the prohibition party. The United States Is through the carelessness neglected to place r mail. The annual netted that sum. The State Board of Arbitration and conciliation has failed to bring togethe: the officials of the Bangor and Aroos- took railroad and the, striking engi- neers and firemen. $10,361 ri turn ‘dead Felix Weingartner and Lucile Mar- cel, singer, were married at New York yesterday. Mr, Welngartner came from Vienna to become conductor of the Boston Opera company. “Big Jack” Jackson, a Ofvil veteran and Indian fighter, is dead in New York, aged 93, Jacksen was knewn for immense height, being six feet five and one-half inches t T Reprasentative McGuire’s Bill to ap- propriate $2,200,000 for svernment uildings on state fair grounds throughout the country was rejected by the house agriculture committee, Rev. Willlam Farrar Weeks of Shel- burne was consecrated as bishep coad- juter of the, Episcopal dlocese of Ver- mont with impressive exercises held in St, Paul's church at Burlingten, yes~ “Please Lend Me $5000,” was modest request received by the d States treasury in_a leiter from a man of Scottsburg, Va. who was will- g to pledge his lands and all as Curity. the Married Aliens, Whose Families are in their native Jand, must bring them to the United States before they can become zens, according to a of Federal Judge A. B. Ander: Indianapolis. Negotiations for the Sale of the At- lantic cotton mill of Lawrence to Pacific mills of the same city, have ssed satisfactorily and a trans- er of the property is expected with- in a few weeks. George .M. Brown, of West Haven, war | the | Compel Respect " for Old Glory DEMAND OF ~MASSACHUSETTS VETERANS WOULD BAR RED FLAG Appear Before Legislative Committes in Advecacy of Bills'to Prevent Des- ecration of the Stars and Stripes. Boston, Jan. 29.—A Httle party of Grand Army veterans climbed Beacon Hill today and made “one more stand for the old flag”’—this time to prevent what they described as its “des tion.” Two bills providing that only the Stars and Stripes, except in cases of international “courtesy, might be dis- played in the streets of Massachusetts, and one guarding against the misuse of the emblem were before o legisla- tive committee. Drive Against Red Banner. All the measures, however, wera ected toward the suppression of the red banner, the appearance of which in the streets of Lawrence during the recent strike of mill operatives pro- voked an agitation that has spread throughout the state. Prominent socialists defended the exhibition of a flag of red because that color happens to be the symbol adoptied by their political party, bu wished it understood that their orgar ization did not approve the method of the Industrial Workers of the World, who cgnducted the Lawrence strike. “Eliminate the Red Flag.” Words of solemn warning and words of derisive retaliation were frequently interrupted by hisses and applause The discussion lasted throughout the afternoon and w resumed tonight. i tant Adjutant General Wilfrid A therbee of the Massachusetts Grand Army of the Republic put his argumesnt in the brief term “our grand object is to eliminate thy red flag | “Compel Respect for American Flag." George A. Hosley, department com- | mander of the Grand Army of the Re- public, attacked “the labor agitator Mayor Scanlon and Director of Pub c Safety Lynch of Lawrence, sup- | ported by a committee of cit , said | the time had come to uphold the | Ameriean flag and compel respect for it Cellege Professor Defends Red Flag. John Weaver Sherman, speaking as counsel for the s arty, de | ciared that the pre kers did | not know what they were talking about because nobody on earth stood as truly for law and order as did the so | clalists, and the red flaz was thelr | emblem. Prof. Ellen Hayes of Wellesley col- lege addresed the committee lay defender of the red banner.” e is no conflict whatever,” she said, “i tween the Stars and Stripes amd th red flag, because they all must in time come to what the red flag stands fo: The red flag is the flag of humanity and the flag of peace.” DEMOCRATS HAVE SAFE MAJORITY IN SENATE | Electien in Delaware Gives Them Forw | ty-nine Votea. | Washingtan, Jan. the election today of Willard sbury as United States senator from Dela ware, the democrat rength in the next senate swung from the precar jous figure of 48 or exactly half of the senate to the safe total of 49, a ma Jorlty of two. Mr. Saulsbury’s election, added to the victory recently secured in Tennes- see, assures the democratic party ab- solute control of the senate after The vote of Vice President been the decid- but the ad- March 4. Marshall would hav ing factor in-any event, | diffon of another democratic vote to | the column gives the party leaders | what they believe to be safe margin for tariff and legisiative action. Contests _still in the legisla tures of New Hampshire, West Vir- was arraigned before the United States commissioner at Hartford yes- terday on s of sending obscene matter through the mails. leased under $1,500. The Third Advance in crude ofls this week by the South Penn Oil Co. yesterday, Pennsylvania crude being placed at the t price it has com- He was re- the price of A Break of 10 Democrats from their own candidate, Henry F. Hollis, to Robert P. Bass, progressive, was the the hailoting for United ator dn the New Hampshire vesterday. The Bursti main at Middl Lowell, Mass. g of a 12 Inch water and Central stre yesterday morning, t d up part of the business section for several hours and caused a loss of from $25,000 to $50,000. All the Available Fire-Fighting ap- paratus of Ne: New Jersey, was called out ye: to do battle wi a fire which d the furniture warehos A. Kirch & Co. The loss is estimated at $200,000. The Townsend Bill to place on the retired list of the army all Union of- ficers in the Civil war at three-fourths pay they were .recelving when mus- tered out, will he considered today by the senate military affairs committee. The 10,000 New York Girls who would not go back to work in the kimono and wrapper factories when officers of their unjon ‘“settled” the strile recently, voted yesterday to re- turn to work pending & compromise with thelr employers. A Resolution In Faver of an amend- ment to the federal constitution givi congress the power to regulate an make uniform the hours of laber in the country, was agreed upon yester- day by the Massachuseits legislative committee on federal relations, The Colorado Heuse of Repre - tives yesterday adopted uu‘im,'.?,"ufiy a resolutien ratifying the propesad amendment {q the fedcrqx constit-~ fien previding direct eleefion of Vnited States scnaters, The resplu- tion previously had beem adepted by the senate, Th(! A(l:nfi'cgihrght nd P W‘ ear- eratien of Virginia, will gegni . Bically ) " ehakos. of Sor hiiod Jlectrie Lirh% and Water which seme {ime ago leased 3 © ng power properties in this si eg or controllod b o Vork, Mew 660 a year, the extensive I ¥ th and Hastford ralleend P RIS MRS was announced | h | ginia and Illimois with a total of four | senators to be elected about whose po- | litical affillations doubt now exists. | AMERICANS COMPLAIN OF ACTION BY QUEBEC Charge That Recent Order of That Province ks Discriminating. Washington, Jan. 28. As the result of complaints agaimst | the recent order of Quebec, Canada, purporting to remove all restrictiond or export tax from the timber of cer- tain crown lands of that province, President Taft personally will decide whether the wood pulp and paper | made from the timber affected will be entitled to free entry into the | United States. According to representations to this government, Quebec’s action amounts | to a discrimination against American | holders of crown lands and, to grant the free entry privilege, it is declared would simply defeat the real intent | of the wood pulp and paper clause of | the Canadian reciprocity sgreement. | The etate and treasury departments | have investigated the situation and will make & joint report io the presi- dent, TWO REPUBLICANS DESERT THEIR PARTY With Aid of Progressive Give Dem- ocratio Senatore & Triumph. Washington, Jan. 20—The second skirmish between, republicans _ and democraty of the senate over Presi- dent Taff's appointments resulted to- day in defeat of the republicans. As 3 result the republican leaders -had Jess confidence tonight In their abil- to break up the democratio oppo- fon and to force action upon some of the hundreds of pending appéint- executive session ments. A motion for o early 1n the day by Senator g‘u jogn was lost on a tie vote 81 to 7 The democrals drew to thedr aid Ser ators Brigtew and La Follette, reput leans, q: Poindexter, progressive a tharen canvags of the sen fig}ht r wd 1 le dmmnl,onlg se. o chapo ng this dead- lgak as el t mmw- were equally divided between the two parties, $14,000,000 fap Educational Work. 20 —The Page vo- Wasl el B i S i B P