Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 3, 1913, Page 1

VOL. LV.—NO. 29 ONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1913 PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation In TWO WOMEN TRAMPLED TO DEATH Norw Panic in a New York Moving Picture Theater Fol- lows the Cry of “Fire” by a Boy . ELEVEN BADLY INJURED IN RUSH FOR EXITS Only Two Avenues of Escape—Hundreds Fall Down Steep Steps While Trying to Reach Street—Clothes Town From Wearers’ Backs in the Scramble—Film Exploded But Did Little Damage—-800 800 Similar Theaters There. — New York, Feb. 2—A boy’s cry of “fire” and the smoke from an exploded reel of motion picture film in an East Side theater tonight resulted in a panic tonight among 400 spectators and a yush for the exits in_which two wo- men were Killed and 11 other persons &0 badly injured that they had to be gent to hospitals. Two Women Tramped to Death. The panic occurred in ome of the mest densely populated sections of the Fast Side and the thousands who poured into East Houston street in front of the theater and rushed to the doors added to the confusion and to the number of injured. Two women were trampled to death in the crush of the crowd to reach the Goors. The operator of the machine goon_extinguished the burning film and the flames did not spread beyond the fire proof cage in which he worked. Only Two Means of Exi With the exception of one rear exit door the only way of escape from the theater was through the main vesti- - bule, and it was here in a narrow space that most of the injured were found. The two women who were killed were picked up in the main section of the theater where they had been trampled. Hundreds Fall Down Steep Steps. Steep steps lead from the sidewalk 1o the theater entrance and down these hunéreds fell yhile those behind piled on top. Childfen became _separated from their parents and frantic searchers for friends or relatives mingled with the panic-stricken au- dience. It was more than an hour aft- er the theater had been cleared that the police were able to definitefy say that only two persons had met death. Clothes Torn Off. In the panic clothes were torn from the backs of their wearers and the ‘po- lice gathered up a great pile of hats, coats, shoes ,eyeglasses and even pock- etbooks. A few rings and watches were among the salvage taken to a po- lice station for identification. At the time the panic started fully a hundred persons were waiting in the vestibule to gain admission to the theater-and as the doors burst open from within these people were caught in the rush to reach the street. 800 Similar Theaters. Fire Commissioner Johmson arrived at the theater soon after it had been cleared. In a statement he declared that there were 800 similar theaters in Greater New York where conditions were equally perilous. He said, how- ever ,that the theater owners had com- plied with every ordinance governing such places. In addition to the Sun- day night throng the management had advertised an added spectacular at- traction which caused an unusually large erowd to gather. One Woman ldentified. One of the two dead women was identifled late tonight as Mrs. Mar- garet C. Corsa, 32 years old. CONSTITUTION WILL BE AMENDED THIS WEEK Omiy One More State Needed for Adop- tion of the Income Tax. i ‘Washington, Feb. 2—Ratification of 4he income tax amendment by the nec- emsary three-fourths of the States in the union probably will be accomplished this week, favorable action by only one more state heing mecessary to fuake possible the amen which will become the sixteenth article of the constitution of the United States. Either New Jersey or New Mexico, it seems probabie tonight, will join the ratification column before the end of the week, the New Jersey assembly and the New Mexico senate having already taken favorable action on the pro- posal as adopted by congress. Which- ever state completes its ratification will go on Tecord as the thirty-sixth commonwealth to approve the amend- ment, the number required to vitalize this change in the fundamental law of the nation FISHER DEFENDS IRRIGATION WORK Denies Assertion of Dr. Galloway Be- fore House Committee. ‘Washington, Feb. 2—Secretary Fish- er, in defemse of the government irri- gation work and in reply to the re- cent declaration before the house com- mittes by Dr. BE. T. Galloway, chief of the bureau of plant industr: “there has never been any long con- tinued successful irrigation agriculure in arid regions anywhere in the world,” has written to Chairman Moss of the committee, denving Dr. Galloway’s_as: sertion. Fe also has written to Sec- retary Wilson asking him to prepare an officid] statement to show “the me- cessity of irregation, its great growth “in the United States and the practi- cal results not only in crop produc- tions, but in building up a desirable citizenship in the remote portions of the west.” RAILROAD TO GIVE s BRIDGE TO STATE. Will Abanden One Over Thames River &t Mew London. Wew London, Feb. 2—It was an- nounced here that a bill will be intro- duced to the legislature Tuesday, ask- ing the state to take over the railroad bridge over the Thames river. The bridge is now owned by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company and it is understood that the railroad intends to bulld 2 new and heavier bridge just north of the site of the present onme. Rather than tear dowr the present structure the rail- rcad is willing to give it to the state Tree, provided the state will maintain it. The bridge is in good condition. PRESIDENT RYAN SECURES LIBERTY Released on $70,000 Bond and Starts at Once for Cl Leavenworth, Kas., Feb. 21 Ryan, president of the Int: Iron Workers' union, serving a sen- tence on conviction of conspiracy to transport dynamite in_interstate com- merce, was released from the federal Dpenitentiary here on $70,000 bond this afternoon. He took an evening train for Chicago. Rvan is the seventh of the thirty-three men convicted at In- to be released on bond. I Banquet to Supt. Costello. New London, Conn., Feb. 2—Officials and employes of the Central Vermont railroad tonight gave a farewell ban- quet at the Mohican hotel to William E. Costello, the retiring superintendent of the Southern division of the road. Mr. Costello leaves tomorrow for St. Louis, where he will engage in rail- rosd work. There was an attendance of 150 at the banquet, a number com- ing here on a train. Mr. Cos- tello was presented a gold watch and a traveling bag. All Quiet in Strike Zone. Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 2—Except for missionary work on the part of strik- ers in an effort to strengthen their ranks, there were few developments today in the steel strike at Rankin and Braddock hs, the scene last week of rioting and bloodshed. A num- ber of meetings were held, but there BOYS ASPHYXIATED, MOTHERS ARRESTED. Ocoupied Same Bed—Woman Seen to Enter House. East St Louis, Mo, Feb. 2.—Mrs. Belle Stebbins and Mre. Nell Carpen- ter, mothers of two boys who were found dead of gas asphyxiation in the same bed today, are under arrest here. The boys, Gesree Stebbins, 13 vears old, and Ralph Carpenter, 6, were dis- | covered dead when Mrs. Carpenter re- turned to her home this morning in the company of a man, it was testified at the coromer's inquest. The other woman was away from home all night, being found by the police shortly be- fore noon. A three-fourth inch gaspipe in a bedroom adjolning that occupied by the boys, which at one time had been connected to a gas range, was the source of the fumes which caused the boys deaths. There was no cap on the pipe and mome was found on the floor. There were no other gas fixtures in the house. At the inquest tonight it was testi- fled that late Jast night Mrs. Stebbins was seen to enter the house in which the boys were sleepinz and that a man and a woman waited her reap- pearance on the sidewalk in front. Boys THREE INFANTRY AND ONE CAVALRY DIVISION. | Ordér lssued by President for Reor- ganization of Army. ‘Washington, the tactical organization of the United States army Into three infantry aivi- sions and one cavalry division is made in an order issued by direction of President Taft and made public to- night by Secretary of War Stimson. This plan of reorganization, which be- comes effective Feb, 15, includes the | entire mobile army within the conti- nental limits of the United States. It was first drafted by the war college division of the gemeral staff, and was determined upon with some modifica- tions at the close of a conference of general officers at the war department last month. A PARCEL POST DINNER GIVEN. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Giles of Peekskill, N. Y., Introduced a Novelty. Peekskill, N. Y. Feb. 3—A “parcel post” dinnér was introduced as a so- cial noveity today by Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Giles of Peekskill, who gave one in their home with a menu of foodstuffs prepaerd in distant localities and ship- ped to them by parcel post. The out of town guests mailed their contribu- tions to the dinner before starting for Peekskill to enjoy the feast. There was a large roast chicken from Bound Brook, N. J., cornbrad and chasse from Virginia, meat products from Chicago, fruit from Washington, D: C., and pas- pared by the host or hostess. PROFESSOR FISHER DISCUSSES SOCIALISM. Declares That It Cannot Be a Substi- tute for Religion. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 2.—Former Mayor Willard C. Fisher -of Middle- town, who last week iesigned as pr fessor of economics and social science at Wesleyan, spoke tonight before a large rrowd in a local tmeater, under the auspices of the local socialist as- sociation. His theme was “Whtt is Socialism, and is Socialism Religion ?” Mr. Fisher contended that socialism is not religion and cannot be a substitute for religion, THE BECKER BABY LIVED BUT A DAY. Infant Daughter of Convicted Police Lieutenant Dies of Weakness, New York, Feb. 2—A baby daughter born yesterday afterncon to Mrs. Charles Becier, wife of the former po- lice lieutenant, who is in the death house at Sing Sing, awaiting execution for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, died this afterncon. The attending physician from the first held out_little hope of preserving the life of the child owing to its condition of general weakness. ’ The London Daily Standard is now being sold for one cent a coR¥, try from New York. No food was pre- | Feb. 2—Provision for | | | | eity. - Cabled Paragraphs Danish Government Accepts. .Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 2—The Danish government announces its ac- ceptance of the invitatiem to particl- pate in the Panama-Pacific exposition. Death of Dr. Von Holleben. Berlin, ¥eb. 2—Dr. Theodor Von Holleben, formerly German ambassa- dor at Washington, died here yester- day in his 75th year. He had been seriously iil for about two weeks. German Empress in Poor Health. Berlin, Feb. 2.—The German empress is to go to Bad Nauheim in March for a lengthy sojourn, according to a Te- port current in court circles. Her majesty’s health of recent years has been somewhat precarious. To Aid Steamer in Distress. Manila, Feb. 2.—The United States cruiser Cincinnati, of the Asiatic fleet, was ordered out yesterday to search for the British steamer Yingchow, re- ported lying helpless off the Island of Luzon with 200 passengers on board. Mikade Entertains Anderson. Tokio, Japan, Feb. 2.—The new Unit- ed States ambassador to Japan, Larz Anderson, presented his credentials yesterday and was afterwards, togeth- er with Mrs. Anderson, the guest of the emperor and empress at luncheon. Six Killed in Collision. Cairnes, Queensland, Feb. 2.—Six people were killed and five probably fatally injured yesterday when the south-bound Brisbane express ran into the wreckage of a cattle train. Pas- sengers were pinned beneath the debris, any many were scalded by es- caping steam. River Seine Swollen. Paris, Feb. Che rise of the river Seine is_beginning to cause consider- able anxiety. The river authorities an- nounce that the Seine’s trfbutaries are greatly swollen as a result of the re- cent heavy rains and they expect that the water will rise another two feet in another 24 hour: 22,750,000 LOBSTER FRY HATCHED AT NOANK. Biennial Report of the Fish and Game Commission. Hartford, Feb. 2—The biennial report of the fisheries and game com- mission has -been printed for distri- bution. It says all kinds of game is more plenty in the state than in many years, and the same is true of fish. There were liberated 2,145 Hun- garian pheasants and 935 quail. The State hatchery at _Windso Locks hatched and reared 175885 fingering and adult trout and dfstributed them to applicants; also 73,000small black bass. At the Joshuatown hatchery, 3,300,000 wall eyed pike or pike perch were hatched and distributed. Six hundred and forty-two thousand shad fry were hatched on the Rarm- ington river in 1911. A miilion shad fry from the government was liberated in the Connecticut river 2in Octo- ber, 1912, and 22,750,000 lobster fry were hatched at Noank and planted n Long Island soun Says the report: ustice and equity demands that the preservation of shad in Connecticut at public expense shall be for the public * ® * appre- ciating the case by which money can be made in catching shad from off their spawning beds at the expense ang welfare of the fishery, it is posi- tively certain that all of the tribu- taries of the Connecticut river should be_closed.” The report calls difficulty experienced in cases before the town court in ington. attention to the prosecuting ton- BIG OCEAN LINER SINKS SCHOONER. Crew of Latter Lowered Boat Taken Aboard Steamer. and Philadelphia, Feb. 2—The Hamburg- American liner Prinz Oskar, which ailed from this. port yesterday Hamburg, has a Jarge hole stove in her port bow and the four masted schooner City of Georgetown is at the bottom of the sea as a result of a collision ear] this morning near Five Fathom Bank light, beyond the Delaware breakwater. The 'schooner, Jaden with a cargo of salt from New York to Savannah, sank withi neight_minutes. Captain A J. Slocum and his crew of seven men succeeded in lowering a boat and left the schooner just before she sank. They were taken aboard the Prinz Oskar which returned to this The liner which carried about 75 passengers, was listing to the star- board when she reached the yard of the New York Shipbuilding company where she will be repaired. The passengers on the steather were in their bunks when they werq startled by the impact and many rushed to the decks clothed only in’ their sleeping zarments. They were speedily assured, however, by the officers and crew. FATAL ACCIDENT AT WILLIMANTIC. Sarah E. Young Struck by Team— Skull Was Fractured. (Special to The Bulletin.) Willimantic, Feb. 2—Sarah B. Youns, 49, who was partially blind, crossed the street from her home, 971 Masn street, returning from a saloon where she had bought a pail of beer when she was run over by a single team driven by two young men by the names of Latham and Little. She was taken to the home of Joseph Chapman in the Stone row and was found to be se- riously injured. She was taken to St. Joseph’s hospital in the ambulance where it was found her skull had bees fractured. She died about 11 o'clock Saturday night. Dr. Louis I Mason, the medical examiner was called and he ordered the body to be placed in charge of Undertaker Fenn. The victim of the fatallity was unmarrled and a sister survives her. TEN KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION IN CUBA. Due to Combustion of Stock of Blast- ing Powder in Store Havana, Feb. 2—An explosion in a hardware store at Cienfuegos yester- day resulted in the death of ten per- sions, including the proprietor and his wife and_their two children. The oth- ers killed were persons in (he imme- diate yicinity, where scores were also e o office of the Cuba Submarine “Pelegraph company, on the opposite side of the street, was badly damaged. and several employes were injured. The instruments were destroyed, re- sulting in the interruption of eommu- nication, which was restored today, It is believed that the explesion was due to combustion in a large guantity of blasting powder which was kept for for | Found a Bomb in His Explosion Results From Her Attempt to Open It—Husband and a Boarder Placed Under Arrest. New Yeork, Feb. 2.—Mrs. Magdalen Herredo was instantly killed tonight when she opened a package containing a bomb which her husband, Bernardo Herredo found in the hall of their apartment in the Bronx. _Herredo, who is a Cuban, and Sara® Fught- mann, a boarder and also a Cuban, were o badly injured by the explosion that they had to be removed to a hos- pital. Miss Fughtmann’s' condition was said to be dangerous. Package Found by Husband. Herredo found the bomb and think- ing it was a package someone had left for his wifef he took it to her and she unsuspectingly was tearing off the wrapper when the explosion occurred. Face Torn Beyond Recognition. Pieces of the iron and lead pipe with which the bomb was loaded flew in every direction. Mrs. Herredo was bending over the bomb and her face was torn and lacerated beyond recog- nition. Miss Fughimann, not so close to the package, sustained a fractured skull and pieces of iron and lead pen- etrated the skull of Herredo, who also stood near. Both are seriously in- jured. Everything in Room Shattered. Almost everything in the Toom was shattered by the force of the explo- sion. The table on which the- bomb rested was completely demolished and holes several inches in diameter were torn in the ceiling and floor. Knows of No Enemies. The Herredos had been living in the apartment, which is on the ground floor, for about five months and the janifor said that they were the only Cubans in the buildl ‘which houses ten families.] At the hospital Herredo said that he had never received a threatening letter and that he had no enemies, so far as he knew. He saig that he believed the bomb had been Intended for someone else in the build- ing and that it had been left at his enirance by mistake. Child Was at Theatrs. Herredo and his_wife are about 45 years old. Miss Fughtman Is about 30.” Herredo is a_cigar manufacturer. The only child of the couple, a girl, fifteen years old, was attending a ‘he- atre. Husband Arrested. Deputy Police Commissioner Dough- erty in company with Inspector Fourot of the photograph and finger print bu- rean, went to the apartment of Hey- redo and began an investigation. Shortly afterward Herredo was made a prisoner and taken to the Manhat- tan Eye, Ear and Throat hospital in the custody of detectives for an im- mediate operation. Deputy Commis- sioner Dougherty declined fo maie any statement after the arrest of Herredo, but remained on the premises for some time afterward, continuing the inves- tigation. It was learned later that Coroner Healy had ordered the arrest of both Herredo and Miss Fughtmann as ma- terial witnesses. Tt also was acertain- ed that Miss Fughtmann was a fore- woman in a downtown cloak and suit factory. She did not go out on strike With the other garment workers, it is | said. DOUBLE SUICIDE IN HARLEM HOTEL Husband and Wife Found Dead—Lat- ter Out of Employment. Vew York, Feb. 2—In what is be- lieveq by the coromer to have been a suicide pact, James H. Adams, a sales- man out of work, and his wife, an accomplished musician, drank poison in a Harlem hotel today, Their bodies Were found in their room. On the dresser were two glasses in which only 2 white sediment remained. The cou- ple had come here from Newark, N. J, a few days ago and the husband had been searching for work, but was un- successtul - FIRE CHIEF FOUND HIS AGED MOTHER IN FLAMES Carried Her Out, but She Died Short- Iy After from Burns. Washington, Penn., Feb. 2.—Answer- ing an alarm of fire today, Fire Chief Patrick Curran found his own home in flames. Rushing into the house Chief Curran stumbled over the body of his mother, aged 84, and carried her to the street. The aged woman died Ordered Not to Hallway, Leave London TURKISH PEACE DELEGATES RE- CEIVE INSTRUCTIONS - AWAITING FIRST SHOTS Porte Dulrolu—,_nf Showing Its “Hu- manitarian Spirit"—Claim Still Made That Eurepe Has Been Unf London, Web. 3—Fhe porte has or- dered the' Turkish plenipotentiaries not to leave London untW hostilities are resumed and has instrotted the armies io await the attack before firing a shot. Fes Europe Unfair Towards Turkey. Thug the Ottomans, who with the exception of the Montenegrins, are the only delegates left in London, vemark- ed today that nobody could accuse them of not-having done all that was humaniy possible to come to terms. Animated by a humanitarian spirit, they added, Turkey wished to avoid useless carnage and wished to sShow also deference to the advice of the powers, although Europe had been un- fair toward Turkey. Adopted Monroe Doctrine. Dr. Daneff, head of the Bulgarian delegation, before leaving the capital recalled what he had said in_his first statements on arriving in London— that the Balkan peoples, who had adopted the Monroe doctrine to their peninsula, “mspired to become the Americans :t%%pe. augurated a polick of They had in- sincerity and straightforwardness,‘\as was proved by their frank conduct in the peace con- ference. Showed Regard for Powers. The Balkan representatives, he said, would not have waited to their disad- | vantage so long before resuming hos- tilities but for geneuine regard which the Balkan kingdoms had for the pow- ers. He again rejected the idea that even a small fraction of Adrianople should be retained by Turkey, “Fooling the Public.” Osman Nizami Pasha of tne Turk- ish delegation ridiculed the assertion that the allies would be able to storm ~drianople in a few days. He said they were evidently playing on the “ignorance of the public.” Advised to Quit Obstinacy. Londen, Feb. 2.—The. Berlin corres- pondent of the Fxpress understands hatt the German emperor has seent personal instructions to the German minister at Sofia to advise King Fer- dinand to abandon his policy ¢f ob- stinacy regading the peace terms of- fered by Turkey. CANVASSING THE FIREMEN’S BALLOT. Result of Vote on Strike Issue to Be Made Known Feb. 10. New York, Feb. 3.—Results on the strike vote now being taken by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and FEnginemen in eastern territory will not be made known until about the 10th of this month. This state- ment was made tonight by T. Shea, assistant to President W. S Carter of the brotherhood, who arrived here to- night from Peoria, IIL, to supervise the counting of the ballofs. With the re- sult of the vote in hand, the commit- tee Tepresenting the men will again managers. Between " 35,000 and 40,000 men are involved, and the canvassing of the vote is mecessarily slow. As fast as the ballots are received here they will | be counted, so that when the last vote is in the result will be known imme- diately. ‘While the brotherhood officials would not venture an opinion tonight as to the result of the vote, in an author- ized statement issued on behalf of the officials of the raflroads it is declared that “the firemen have, it is believed, voted to strike if their leaders give the word.” $100,000 FOR JEWS - IN BALKAN STATES. Substantial Contribution at Conven- tion of B'Nai Brith. New York, Feb. 3.—At the annual convention here today of district No. 1, Independent Order B'Nal Brith, moré than 100 delegates from the New Eng- land states, New York and eastern Canada were in attendance. Contribu- tons amounting to $100,000 for the re- lief of the Jews in the Balkan states during the war with Turkey were re- ported- by _the retiring president, Charies M. Stern, of Albany. These new_officers wero elected: The Rev Dr. Joseph Silverman, New York, pres. two hours later from burns received | ident; Judge A. K. Cohn, Boston, vice when her clothing became ignited from | president; Reginald E. Zunter, New an open grate. Haven, Conn,, treasurer. Stoamel Arrivals. TDETEOTIVE KILLS A Steamer La Touralne, Havre for | New York. reported 193 miles east of Sandy Hook at 3 p. m. .Dock 8.30 a. m, Monday. New York, Feb. 2~—Arrived, steam- ers Carmania, Liverpool; Cameronia, Glasgow. Moville, Feb., 2.—Arrived, steamer Caledonia, New York for Glasgow (and proceeded). Monaca, Feb. 2-—Arrived, steamer Franconia, New York. Algiers, Feb. 1.—Arrived, steamer Cedrie, New York. Liverpool, Feb. lgArrived, steam- ers Winifredian, BoSton; 2nd, Iver- nia, Boston. Steamers Reported by Wireless. Siasconset, Mass., 2.—Steamer Mendoza, Genoa for New York and Philadelphia, reported 410 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon. Dock 6 p. m. Monday, Lizard, Feb. 2.—Steamer Majestic, New York for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Southampton, reported 250 miles west west at 9 a. m. Due Plymouth 2 p. m, Monda Wallingford Dwelling Burns. ‘Wallingford, Conn., ¥eb. 2—Fire of unknown origin tonight destroyed the home of Emil Doher in North Blm street, causing s loss of $3,500, partly insured, The family Was away at the time, Wilson Attends Communion, Princeton, N, J., Feb. 2.—President- elect Wilsom, aecompanied by Mrs, Wilsen and the”Misses Jennie and Eleanor Wilson; attended the com- munion service at the First Presby- terian church YOUNG HIGHWAYMAN. Was in Act of Robbing Patrons of a Chicage Saloon. Chicago, Feb. 2.—Jemes Higgins, a 22 year old highwayman, was Kkilled here early today in a fight with the police. William _Cantwell, a com- panion, was clubbed into Submission. Higgins and Cantwell had held up one saloon and were golng through the pockets of patrons of another when itwo city detectives rushed in. Higgins dropped a revolver at the detectives' order, but was drawing a second when Detective Herman Otten shot him through the head. TAFT TO NOMINATE FIVE MORE JUDGES. Has Made Record Number of Appoint- ments to Federal Benth. ~ Washington, Feb. 2.—Before he quits office President Taft expects to send to the senate the nominations of five more federal judges, making a total of 114 during his administration, a record unequalled, so far as available docu- ments show, by any other president in four years. Counting these five nomi- nations and ten already sent to the senate but still unconfirmed, Mr. Taft will have named 58 per cent, of the 195 federal judges provided for by the statutes, West Hartford—Mr. and Mrs. John W. Holcomb of Hartford were recently in town making plans and arrange- ments for the building of their ‘sum- mer home on West Hill. 3 meet in conference with the railroad{Pede the suffragist Condensid Teiegrams e Superior Is Frozer over from Grand Marais to Duluth for the first time this winter. The City Council of Philadelphia voted to reduce the price of gas to 80 cents a thousand. The Shortage of Men in the British navy is nine pér cent. exactly the same as in the United States service. The Senate Saturday passed the Works bill creating a single term of six years for presidents of the Unit- ed States. Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago has accepted the presidency of the cham- ber of commerce of the United States for. g Almest $750,000 Was Spent for strike relief work by the United Mine Work- ers of America during the vear endinz December 1, 1912. Gold, Which Is Now at 20 Cents premium on one hundred dollars, has almost entirely disappeared from ci culation in France. The United Commercial asked Governor Sulzer of New York ip 2pprove a Dill for 91-inch hotel Sheets and the abolition of roller tow- els. Travelers Excitement Over a Fire In his auto- mobile Saturday caused the death of Abraham Orleck, a raincoat dealer With stores in Providence, Pawtucket and New Haven. President Taft and Prosident-elect Wilson will be, the guests of honor at the National 'Woman's Suffrage as- sociation at the big pageant in Wash- ington on March The $70,000 Bond of Frank M. Ryan, president of the International Iron Workers union, was approved yester- day by Judge Baker in the United States circuit court of appeals. Mr: Elizabeth Power was acquit- ted of a charge of murdering her hus- band. William Power, after a hearing v in the Lynn, Mass., district She pleaded self defenge. Juan M. Ceballos, Vice President of the development company of Cuba and an officer and director in eight other corporations, died suddenly of heart failure in his New York office Satur- ay. Louis Duryea, a Brooklyn Truck driver, father's sword to a chair 'Saturday, then lunsed forward | and impaled himself on the blade. The man left no note explaining his sui- cide. Religious Enthusiasm attending the Rev. Billy Sunday’s revival at Colum- bus, Ohio, reached the hatpin riot stage, when meetings scheduled for wo- imen ‘only at the Tabernacle attracted 15,000. N William J. Taylor, the Lowell’ Mass. motorman ‘who was crushed when an electric car jumped the tracks after the brakes failed to work, died at St. John’s hospital Saturday. He was 23 years old and unmarried. Amusing Himself by Shooting | matches from an air gun at ornaments | suspended from a Christmas tree Raiph | Vandovandier, 18 vears old, a helpless cripple, was_probably fatally .burned | at Altdona, Pa., when the matches set fire to the tree. For the Firet Time in Histary a band | of armed Confederates will, tramp | down Pennsylvania avenue, Washing- | ton, March 4th, when Company B, Cod- federate veterans, of Nashville, Tenn, will occupy a place of honor in the ihaugural parade. Scampering Rats and Mice are tudents to stam- arade on March 3 ang the unusual demand for rodents was explained when the plot, that has | spread through rtua ¢ college in the capital, was learned. counted on by coliege Joseph J. Ettor, the Strike Leader, who was a central figure in the Law- Tence, Mass., riots and subsequent (rial at Salem, for inciting to murder, which | resultea in bis acquittal, has reached home at Tacoma, Washn. If he obeys his father, he will stay there. Pauline Wayne, President Taft's | famous Holstein cow, will follow him into retirement March 4. The presi- dent Saturday called in Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin, who_ two | years ago sent Pauline to the White | House, and gave her back to him. Dectaring in a Letter addressed to | his boarding house proprietress at Philadelphia that he had been suffer- ing from an acute attack of “shovel- still-labor-hoboitis,” James Smith, 35 vears old, willed his body to “the first medical institution that applied for it and then committed suicide by turn- ing on two gas jets in his room. UNIFORM MILK LAW WILL BE DISCUSSED. Connecticut to Be Represented at a Conference in New York. | _Xew York. Feb. Because New York city, Philadelphia, Boston, Balti- more and other large cities of the middle and eastern states draw their | milkc supply from several states, the New York milk committee _contends that it is almost impossible for a sin- gle state to pass legislation controlling the milic indus upplying its own cities. Therefore the committec is urging uniform state legislation, and a_conference is to be held here on Wednesday and Thursday next of del- | egates appointed by the governors of Ma: chusetts, Rhode Island, Connec- . New York, Pennsylvinia and Maryland at which uniform laws will | be discussed. Governor Wilson has signified his interest in the confer- ence and Intends to have New Jersey represented. The governors of Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire have yet to name thelr delegates. IN HONOR LIST % AT HOLY CROSS. Thomas F. Shea One of Those to Re- e Testimonials. (Special to The Bulletin.) Worcester, Mass., Feb. 1.—The fol- lowing have received testimonials for excellent work during the first term in Holy Cross college: John B. Healey of Meriden, Thomas F. Shea of Nor- Tich and Joseph McMahon of Windsor Locks. WEDDING. Smith—Sanford. (Special to The Bulletin.) Brattleboro, Vt., Feb. 1—Announce- ment has been made of the marriage in Marlboro, Mass., of Miss Alice I Sanford of Willimantic, Conm, and T. | “tap_aay, ch is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circul ation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. $1,500,000 DAMAGE ON RIVER FRONT e Fire Destroys Two Wharves, Several Warehouses ' and Other Structures at Savannah NO LIVES LOST, SEVERAL FIREMEN INJURED Central of Georgia Railway and Owners of Merchants and Miners Terminals Heaviest Losers—Four Perish in Apart- ment House Fire at Sacramento—Hotel at Aiken, S. C. Burns—Autos Destroyed in a Garage Fire at New York Savannah, Ga., Feb. 2—Damages es- timated at $1,500,000 resulted early to- day from a fire of unknown origin which swept the Savannah river front for two blocks, destroying the wharves of the Merchants and Miners 1T sportation company, several ware houses and business structures and the Planters’ Rice mill. Several Firemen Injured. The blaze was discovered shortly aft- er gne o'clock this morning in a shed ot the western end of the wharves and it required a fight of four hours to zet it under control. There was no loss of life but several of the firemen were severely injured. Railway Damaged $600,000. The greatest loss was sustained by the Central of Georgia Railway com- owners of the Merchanis and s terminals. The loss to these companies is estimated at $600,000, cov- ered by insurance. Warehouses Destroyed. The American Steel and Wire com- pany warehouses on either side of the entrance to the Merchants and Miners docks, werg” partly destroyed, with damage estimated between $50,000 and $75,000, also covered by insurance Other Losses. Estimates place the loss of the Pla ers’ Rice mill property it $20,000. building was not insured, but th The chinery was protected. ~Othger include Conklin Tin Plate and company $20,000; Savannah S company, §15,000; Crane and pany, $25,000; Quaker City Four mil $2,500. Warehouses and business structures of several other firms also were dam- aged or destroyed but the loss has not vet, been definitely determined. FOUR PERJISH. e One Dying and Ten in Hospital as Re- sult of Sacramento Fire. Sactamento, Calif., Feb. 2—Four per- sons are known to be dead, another is dying, ten are in hospitals suffering from burns or broken bones and the search for bodies continues tonight In Albert Fehr, pensioner, Southern Pas cific machinist. | Unidentified body found in ruins, Fatally injured: Harold Protsman, engineer, back broken | _ Dunn and Protzman jumped from the windows, as did many others. Dunn was an artist of considerable repute. He had drawn a number of cover designs used by magazines and weeklies of national circulat The property loss is about $70,000, HOTEL AT AIKEN, §. C,, | DESTROYED BY FIRE Guests Escape in Safety but Money and Jewels Behind. Afken, B. C. Leave Feb. Park-in-the- Pines, a large hotel, was destroyed by fire at noon today. So rapidly did the flames spread that few of the 44 gues: had time to save any of their persona. effects. All, however, escaped without injury. Colonel A. E. Dick, manager of the hotel, was overcome by smoke and was carried unconscious from the bullding. The loss is estimat 3$250,000. The hotel, a three | structure, contatneéa 1 The fire is believ nated in a basement storeroor foot of the elevator shaft a gained such headway when the was sounded that guests and persons in the bullding ha hurgiedly. Numbers shut off fr cape by the smoke filled hs fire escapes. Mrs. John W. Nary, of J, left on her dressing table $2,000 worth of jewelry when she her two daughtérs were compelled to quit their suite. Several other Teported large losses of jewe clothing. Deposited by the guests in the of fice safe, which was opem, was abc $2,000 in cash. FORTY AUTOS BURN. Fire in & New York Garage Causcs Loss of $100,000. New York, Feb. 2—Forty automot belonging to prominent New Yorker the ruins of the St. Nicholas depart- | were burned tonight in a fire whi ment house wh destroyed by |badly damaged a six _story gara fire early today. An explosion of fumes | building on the upper West Side, of oil escaping from a burn- |ed the Great Northern hotel, dir: er in the basement started the flames | opposite, with smoke and for a which quickly enveloped the building. | threatened to extend to the stables a The dead Nora Lawrence, | garage of John D. Rockefeller in clerk” for Wells Fargo Express com- Jrear. The estimated losses on bullc pany. ing and contents is $100,000. EXCLUSION OF THE | pENVER MAYOR susPENDS PUBLIC ON “TAP DAY.” POLICE COMMISSIONER. Disorders Result in lscuing of Order by Dean Jones of Yale. New Haven, Conn.. lie, including women, are hercafter to be excluded from the Yale campus on one of the red letter days of the college, when the senior soc eties give out their elections. Such is the order just sent out by Dean Jones, head of the colleze, after consultation with various Yale authorities and rep- resentatives of the societies, - The order of Dean Jones is the out- come to the movement to take awa. from “tap day” its spectacular and public features, in which polntment of men not elected to socleties has been a painful incident. The prohibition of Dean Jones is be- lieved to forecast other changes.of “tap day,” which as an institution has been sharply criticised by many grad- uates, and would probably have,bcen abolished but for the difficulty of’ find- sng a substitute method of giving out the senfor society elections. Some ten Feb. 2.—The pub- years ago jt was reported that the elections by the “tap day” method | would not be allowed by the Yale au- thorities, but no order to that effect | was issued. “Tap day” originated many vears ago as a result of disorders previously attending the glving out of senior so- clety elections at night. ELECTROCUTION OF BRANFORD LINEMAN. Leg Came Into Contact With a Live Wire While on Pole Feb. 2—Raymond tonic Branford, Conn. Birch, an employe of the Hou Power company, was instantly killed tonight, when, while working on top of an electric light pole, his leg came into contact with a live wire. He fell into the arms of Supt. Jourdan, who was standing _underneath. Anothe Knight, cut wires accident, and as a ness until workman, C. when he saw the result the town was in dar & late hour. Birch was 22 years old and came here a v ago from Brttleboro, Vt. He recently married a Branford eirl OLD OIL WELLS GET READY FOR OPERATION High Price of Oil Causing Increased Activity in Oil Fields. Pittsburg, Feb. 2.—Five ad es of seven cents each In Penmsylvania crude ofl last week sent the quotation up to $2.40 a barrel and Is the basis for fe- verish activity among drillers in west- ern Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and West Virginia. New operations in the oil flelds are being pushed day and night. Ola wells are being cleaned out and connected with pumps while others, long looked upon as unprofit- able because-of the low price of crude oil, are being drilled over. Mexican Rebels Seek P Mexico City, Feb. 2 again made overtures for p: ac- cording to a special despatch from Chihuahua, which says that an emis- sary from Marcelo Caravero, com- manding a division of Orozco’s army, has brought a message to General An. tonto Rabago at thaf place. O. P. Smith of Brattleboro. They will live ‘in a newly furniehed home in Canal street, Clinten—Fifty houses, beside publte bulldinge, are being cauipped for ciec- the disap- | the | | Charged With Causing Dissension in Fire and Police Be: Denver, Col { missioner Gec {and the associ: | Lindsey in municiy | suspended from of | ing hearing against him | nold, who alleged causing dissensio police board by c ‘Ag the resnlt of a word { With Commissioner Creel ve | Fire Commissioner T. F. McGraw r slgned “for the good of th Mayor Arnold yesterday asked Com | missioner Creel to T missioner refused preferred the char Commissioner Creel caused a com | motion in Denver when he f | sumed office by ordering (t | officers to give up their cfiibs anc ] sticks and by issuing an orde [ ding liquor seliing in the se | distriot. Shortly after Mr | Denver after his rec 1 | Mise Blanche Bates, the act | Arnold ordered the nightsti ed to the patrolmen. Later | boara gave permission for the liquor in the restricted district, Creel's prot: Creel's return to arriage to police ove GEN. CASTRO STICKS CLOSELY TO HOTEL Took Dinner Last Evening With Coun-< sel at a Nearby Hotel New York, Feb, 2—General Cipri« |ano Castro, former presidentof Venez< | nels, ‘spent his frst Sunday in New {York qulefly at his hotel, whers ha has declared he intends to remain mn- til the habeas corpus proceedings un- der which he is seeking admittance to this country over the decision of the federal authorities ordering him de- ported, are finally disposed of. The general absented himself from his quarters for only a brief time to« day, taking dinner this evening with his counsel, Harold A. Conant, and two friends at a hotel not far from the ona at which he is stopping in Oriental Trade. Washington, Feb. 2—Never wad trade between the United States and the Orient as great as it was during 1912. Imports from Asia to Oceanias combined amounted to $280,000,000 n 1912, as agajnst $160,000,000 in 19033 and the exports to Asia and Oceania for the’year aggregated $190,000,000, { against $96,000,000 ten years ago. Increase Quiet Restored at Vera Cruz. Washington, Feb. 2.—The gunboat Wheeling, rughed to Vera Cruz, M to protect American citizens and terests, salled today for Mot ticipate in the Mardi Gras celabrat there. Conditions at Vera Cruz acg | reported tmproved Beasonable Weather This Waee! ‘Weshington, Feb, 8.—Tndications ard that during the coming wael termper tures will be near the = F av ernge in all parts of the country well distributed preciplration, mceord+ ing to the weather bureau bulletin. Torrington—The Torrington Wates company hes commenced metering |tg ter supply in places of business,