Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 5, 1913, Page 1

VOL. LV—NO. 31 RY 5, 1913 PRICE TWO CENTS . The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Tofilfiriflaholf is the Largest in Connecticut in P ALLEGES AN ATTEMPT TO BRIBE HIM Senator Hurley Declares He Was Offered $300 to Remain Away From the Senate Chamber TELLS OF MAN WHO HELD UP THREE FINGERS Says His Absence Was Desired When Vote is Taken on Con- firmation of Cadwell—Was Also Offered His Expenses, He Asserts—Vote to be Taken on Highway Commission- ~ ership Tuesd-nyebate Hariford, Conn, Feb. &.—The high- way commissionership was the most important among half a thousand things which were brought to the at- tention of the general assembly today. The mystery which was thrown about the complicated situation by a very long executive session of the senate was intensified by a statement public- 1y made by Senator Hurley of Water; bury that he had been offered money to absent himself from the senate chamber when the time comes for a Yote to be taken on the nomination of William H. Cadwell for the office. Claims He Was Offered $300. The senator says that the offer, made to him by medium of three fingers held up by a “high city official of the other party” who had been standing against the green plush curtains of the senate chamber, represented in his mind $300, and when the “high city official” whis- pered in his ear that his expenses would be covered, the senator took the offer to be $300 and expenses of a trip outside the state. Senator Hurley said that after he had refused to have any- thing to do with the alleged bribe of- ferer, the latter asked him not to say anything about it and to keep it a personal matter. The senator says he did not intend to say anything, but when he saw the way they wers “using Mr. CadwelP”he conciuded to say something, and promises to tell ail about the incident in the executive session on Tuesday mext. Resolution of Innuiry. It is expected, however, that a reso- lution will be offered in the senate to- morrow calling for an inquiry into the alleged offer of a bribe. The story told by Mr. Hurley was quickly circulated among the senators and house mem- bers, and as Mr. Hurley repeated it many of the former declared that the Whole matter be looked Into. The executive session was held at the desire of the committee on executive nominations and presumably was in- tended to determine just what power the committee has in calling witnesses sto give information 25 to the qualifica- tions of persons who have been nomi- nated for office by the governor. - In this instance the understanding was that the committee had been looking into the gualifications of Mr. Cadwell. Record-Breaking Executive Session. It was found, however, that the com- mittee has all the power of subpoenas that it needs, and the session debated the proposition put forward by Sena- tor Isbell of the committee that Mr. Cadwell should not be furnished a copy of all the testimony given by witnesses before the committee. The senate did Yote, it is understood, that Mr. Cad- well should be given a copy of his own testimony for examination and for the purpose of correction if need be. Sev- eral senators took the floor and the executive session of nearly one hundred minutes was probably a record-breaker in this etate. Debate Behind Closed Doors. The senate on Tuesday next will give consideration to.Mr. Cadwell's name unless something unforeseen intervenes to prevent s full attendance. While it is customary to confirm executive nominations behind closed doors, many members of the general assembly Pointed out that to thresh out the whole matter in _executive session, which may last for hours, was quite an unusual proceeding. The plan pro- posed by the democrats and agreed to by Senator Isbell for the republicans is adopted because of the fact that the debate may take on a personal charac- ter. Stevens Not Afraid of Publicity. sbell in pleading for this ses- n said that outspoken criticism and frank assertions which may be made during debate would, if printed in the newspapers, be wrongly taken to be attacks upon branches of the govern- ment, particularly the executive, and upon’individuals.” It was to avoid this that the committee favored action be- hind closed doors. Senator Stevens, republican, could Mot see why any senator should be afraid to stand up in open session and State his reasons for voting one way or the other. Senator Hurley wished have all appointments acted upon the same time, but the senate would ot agree to this and finally next Tues- day was fixed upon for a vote. New London Reveal Bill. ‘The other matter which ansorbed interest was the McNeil bill for re- peal of the New London appropriation, It ‘went into the house and was the last bill, nearly, to be read in the senate business bunch of bills. The effort of those opposing repeal was to get indefinite postponement. ‘This failed on a rollcall vote, 141 to 74. The house then sent the bill to the roads, bridges and rivers committee instead of following the senate by reference to a special joint committee. It looked as if the McNeil bill had been checked, but Senator McNeil, upon hearing of the house action, said he would move to recede in the senate and concur with the house in order to have the matter considered on its merits. Judge Waller Reaopointed, While it was difficuit to estimate the number of measures put in, the total ‘was believed to bg well up in the hun- dreds. A score of resolutions te name judges of minor courts went in, and m=mong them was one from the gover- wor reappointing Charies B. Waller for :he common pleas court of New Lon- on county. Among other measures on which de- bate may be expected are those pro- viding for repeal of the compulsory vaccination law, to allow hotels with 25 rooms to have liquor licenses irre- spective of the limitation law, to per- mit of parole of long-term Drisopers In statc prisom, to regulate the c- tice of optometry, to close the season n raccoons, on deer, Hungarian par- idge and ' other feathered — game, @hangine the hours of employment of women and minors and abolishing the free flunch in saloons. Disposition of Mileague Question. on New London Repeal Bill named state referees upon thefr retire- ment from the bench. The mileage question was disposed of by the house without a voice either way by passing a_ bill which would require the railroads and railways to issue members tickets for the whole session upon receiving from the comp- troller the twenty cents a mile for one round trip which each member had assigned over to the _comptroller. There is no provision in the bill which would punish the common carriers if they declined to carry the members at the rate fixed. Macdonald Gharges Not Prepared. The attorney gemeral's opinion that a vacancy exists in the office of hizh- Way commissioner and that the gov- ernor has a right to name a man and the senate to confirm for that office was delivered during the day to the senate committee on executive nomi- nations. The formal charges are not prepared against Mr. Macdonald and the presentation in _superior court hinges, it is understood, on the action of the senate next Tuesday. In event of Mr. Cadwell's confirmation, which is expected, he would seek possession. In view of the attorney general's opin- jon quo warranto progeedings would be necessary between Mr. Cadwell and Mr. Macdonald and the state would be an outside party. NEW LONDON BILL. Assertion That It Was Inspired \ by Personal Feeling, During Debate. (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, Feb. 4—The important feature of the proceedings in the house Was action on the resolution from the senate to repeal the appropriation of 51,000,000 for the development of New London harbor as a steamship fer- minal. It came from the senate, with reference to the committees on appro- priations and roads, rivers and bridges. Representative Avery recommended reference to the committee on judi- clary. - Representative Haynes of Saybrook moved for indefinite postponement. Representative Wilson of Bridgeport raised z point of order on the ground that on a first reading the question should be on the Tejection of the bill. Speaker Webster ruled that the point Wwas not well taken. Representative Maltby, of Granby, sald that the matter was of great im- portance to the state, and he favored careful committee consideration. Representative Hall of Willington said that the bill came to the house from the semate and should recelve decent treatment, and to not let the matter go to committee would be the height of discourtesy, and he hoped for same reference &s given by the senate. Representative O’Connell of Fast Hartford stated that an expenditure of this matter should not be consid- ered lightly and favored concurrence with the senate and not discuss the merits of the matter ut this time. Ho Was not in favor of indefinite post- ponement. Representative Haynes said that if there were opposition to indefinite postponement on general principles, ho hoped it would go to the committee on roads, rivers and bridges and no other, the same committee that con- sidereq the matter two years ago, It would be unfalr to permit consider- | ation by the appropriation committes of which Senator McNeil, the origin- ator of the repeal act, is chairman. Representative O'Kéefe of Orange called for a yea and nay vote on_the question of indefinite postponement, Representative McGee of Water- town, house chairman of commiites on approprigtions, objected to refer- ence to thecommittes on appropria- tions. Representative Avery of Groton spoke in favor of indefinite postpone- ment. He said the appropriation was passed by an almost unanimous vote two years ago and, after oareful con- sideration, was approved by the gov- ernor, who is a member of the com- mission. The commissioners after de- liberating for a year as to the feas- ibility of expending the money, pro- ceedeq with the worlk [and ‘entered into contracts, Options have been taken on property and some has been pur- chased. It would be ridiculous after authorizing the work, and which is in progress, to repeal the bill, and would place the state in a ridiculous posi- tion. The proposition to repeal is an insult to the commission, to the log- islature and to the peopls of the state, The commission or the governor do not recommend appeal, but should they S0 ‘recommend, or even modify, then it might be time for legislative action, but to take the matter out of their hands would be a direct insult and therefore the vote should be for in- definite posiponement. The commission has aiready expended and contracted for the sum of $100,000 and now the commission was going right ahead with the work. To refer the matter io the gommittee on appropriations would be % give to McNeil and his associates city fire department, who says that his June. tion of a newspaper on Sunday was a city tonight. Cabled Paragraphs Looting Soldiers Executed. Peking, Feb. 4—Forty soldiers start- ed looting yesterday but a majority of them were arrested and executed. Suffragettes Use Red Pepper. London, Feb. 5—The Express says that the whole cabinet was set sneez- ing yesterday by the simultaneous re- ceipt by each minister at the house of commons of suffragette letters contain- ing red pepper. i Prince Unable to Straighten Leg. Yalta, Crimea, Russia, Fob. 4—The Imperial Crown Prince Alexis of Rus- sia is still unable to straighten his left leg at the knee, owing to the injury he sustained recently, but according to the physician this is rapidly becoming normai. Steamship Strike at Honolulu. Hcnolulu, Feb. 4.—The long threat- ened strike by officers of the Inter- Island Steamship company’s vessels was inaugurated yesterday, when 20 captains and mates sent in their resig- nations. ~Cardinal Nagl Dead. Vienna, Austria, Feb, 4—Cardinal Franz X Nagl, archbishop of Vienna, died here today. He was created cardi- nal at the consistory of Nov_ 27, 1911, and received his red hat from the pope only in December, 1912, Season’s t Levee. London, Feb. 4—The first levee of this season was held by King George at Buckingham palace today, when Sir BEdward Grey, the British foreign sec- retary, presented the members of the staff of the United States embassy to his majesty. River Seine Still Rising. Paris, Feb. +—The River Seine con- tinues to rise and now lacks only forty centimetres of the 4.76 metres stage which experience has shown 1s the danger level. The authorities are be- ginning to take precautions for the emergency which will arise if the flood goes beyond that point. WOMAN OF 22 HAS NEVER BEEN KISSED! Wouldn't Kiss Her Child Because She Does Not Believe in It. Baltimore, Feb. 4—"T don't believe wives- should kiss their husbands. I don’t believe anybody ought to kiss. This was the reply Mrs. Theresa B. Deems, 23 years of age and comely, made in court here today when asked by the prosecuting attorney if she did not want to kiss her husband and make up. Then Judge Ambler paroled George W. Deems, who. had been arraigned on .a_charge of non-support, on condition that he give $3 a week toward the support of his wife and seven year old <child. Mrs. Deems said afterward that she had never been kissed, not even by her parents, and that She would not]. kiss her child, whom she loved “more than her own life, ‘because she did not believe in kissing, CLAIM JEWELS FOUND IN BUNDLE OF RAGS. Two New Yorkers Tell of Losses— Girls Refuse to Give Them Up. Cornwall, Ont, Feb. 4—Claimants for the valuable diamonds found re- cently in a bundle of old rags by girls in the sorting room of a_paper mill here are beginning to be heard from. One claimant today was Mre. W. B, Lawson of Central Park West, New York city, who wrote that last sum- mer she lost a pink bag containing jewelry from her summer cottage at Seacliff, Long Island. Another is Lieu- tenant J. T. Abbott of the New York Sister-in-law lost jewels to the value of $2,500 while housecleaning last| In the meantime the girls who found the jewels refuse to hand them over to the police, holding that as finders they are entitled to possession. Nagel to Fight in Castro Case. Washington, Feb. 4.—Secretary Nagel today prepared to defend his course in ordering the deportation of Cipriano Castro. Certified copies of some of the evidence upon which Castro was in- dicted in Venezuela for alleged con- nectlon with the Killlng of General Paredez were forwarded to United States Attorney Wise at New York for use at the hearing upon the writ of habeas corpus Frida Tried to Dodge Advertising Bill. ‘St. Louls, Feb. 4—The St. Louls court of appeals today refused to ap- ply the Missouri “blue law” to save a local merchant from payving for an advertisement in 2 Sunday newspaper. The merchant sought exemption from the debt on the plea that the publica- the Sunday law. violation of Panama Tolls Repeal Meeting. Washington, Feb. 4—The repeal of the Panama canal free folls provision provided in an amendment by Senator Root to the recently nassed canal ad- ministration law s to be taken up Friday at a meeting of the senate com- mittes on interoceantc canals. The call for the meeting was lssued today by Chairman Brandeges. Message from King George. New York, Feb. 4—T cherish the earnest hope that your gathering may emphasize the cordial relations that we knew exist between Briton and Cansdian end American,” wrote King George V of England in'a message to the Pilgrims of the United States, read at their tenth annual dinner in this a club to kill ether projects. This harbor work is ef toe much importance to be used as a football, but should stand on its unquestioned merits, Representative Thoms, of Water- bury, saiq that the bringing of this im- portant matter in the house was sim- ply the result of a persomal row and that the members should not be used as cats-paw for New London or Bridgeport. He favored reference to the judiciary committee and the com- mittee on_ rivers, roads and bridges and not the appropriation commitiee whose decision is practically prepared in advance. New London is the oaly port ;n‘Connzcuc t tl’;fi can made a real transatiantic money for the work is in t‘l:e cfli’gzog of the governor and commissioners and not a dollar is expended without their sanc- tion. Owing to the fact that the re- peal act is a matier of personal feel- ng, it should have no standing in the i hois Representative Caine of Ansonia said this whole matter was thoroughly in- Many railroad bills ~ went in, but most of these asked for amendments and came from the office of the sec- retary of state, ‘hgfltfllgd'thm‘e ~ 8nd then ady. iph vestigated two years ago and the Tes- g::um was/ passed in both houses ctically unanimously. and it was conceded that the development of New London harbor would be beneficial to poli the result of personal feeling: ROt fair to eriticise the action of the last session of the legislature, nor the commissien, prominent men. said it was net his intention te par- tieipate in this debate, but expression has been made that this is a peiitical meove and not ene of justice. clared it was wrong to ask for indefi- nite postponemen committees and he did not believe the membership of any committee was countreiled by any ome senator. He was tee om roads, rivers and bridges, he tion. No committee, in his opinion, ‘would recommend suspension of the work in New London harbor. town, said that the committee cn we the bill. mittee as mittee on rivers, the committee cal turmell and this measure is It is which is composed of Representative Wilsen of Bridgeport He de- but to refer to n favor of reference to the commit- but protested against hasty climina- Representative| McGee, of Water- house chairman of appropriations he 1d_vote agairst reference to that mmittee, as thit was no place for He favdred the finance com- stitute and ;,hi gflm~ roads and bridges, had ibe matter two Attitude One of Affection TESTIMONY REGARDING BEACH AND HIS WIFE. ¥ \ AT HUSBAND’S TRIAL Eight /Government Witnesses Testify, but Fail to Furnish Details of A Beach Tells Story Today sault—Mr: Afken, 8. C, Feb. 4—With the exam- ination of eight witnesses the prosecu tion late today practically finished the construction of its circumstantial case against Frederick O. Beach of New York, charged with attacking his wife. Two or three minor witnesses probably will be heard early tomorrow Dirs. Beach tomorrow will take the stand to testify it was a nesro and not her husband who slashed her throat af the Beach winter home here last Feb-~ ruary. Details of Assault Lacking. Not one of the witnesses whose evi- dence consumed the first day of the trial could give details of the assault. Four members of the Wyman family, living across the street, told of a series of screams from different parts of the Beach premises about 9.30 o'clock on | the night of February 26. Two of them testified that the dying echo of | the last scream was quickly followed by loud rapping on a door and the sound of a man’s voice exclaiming: “This is Beach. Let me in.” Dr. Wyman's Testimony. Through Dr. Merion Wyman, the de- | fense brought out the fact that Beach had explained to him the nest day that after finding his wife prostrated, the victim of a negro assailant, and after carrying her into the house, he had gone out again in search of the man. Returning unsuccessfully, Beach told him he-had knocked on the door to be admitted. Couple Showed Affection. Dr. Wyman and his father, Dr. Hast- ings Wyman, the first outsiders out- side the Beach household to see Mrs. Beach after she had been wounded, stated on_cross-examination that the attitude of Beach and his wife toward ecach other was one of affection. They reached the room into which Mrs, Beach had been. carried while blood was streaming from a wound in her neck just under the right ear, and Beach told them the story he has since | reiterated—that his wife was attacked in front of their cottage by an un- known negro. Prosecution Shows Weakness. Every effort of the prosecution to- day appeared to be directed at picking fisws 4n. Beach/s story Tather- than at supporting its own contention that Beach attacked his wife after he had failed to overtake a white man he was | pursuing. Mrs. Beach was the most conspicu- ous figure in the court room tcday. She | sat through the two long sessions tak- ing an occasional note from the testi- mony and chatting with her husband and friends who surrounded her. Will Reach Jury Today. She and her husband were almost theé first ones to enter the court room and the last to leave it. At no time during the proceedings did Beach con- sult with his counsel. A jury of countrymen will declds the gullf or innocence of the wealthy New Yorker. Seven of them are farmers, one a merchant, and the others cotton mill operatives. Both sides expressed confldence to- night that the Jury tomorrow. TO LINK THE TWO AMERICAS BY RAiL. Andrew Carnegle Belioves It Would Be Powerful Influence for Peace. ‘Washingten, Feb, 4—The linking of case would go to the| I i | Adrianople is - Well Prepared MAY BE ABLE TO HOLD OUT FOR SOME TIME. BULGARIANS RETIRE Withdraw from Burning Village of Tchatalja for Strategetical Advan- tage—Present Conditions Unfavorable Constantinople, Feb. 4.—The Bulga- rians, according to reports received to- night, are retiring from the burning villagé of Tchatalja, especially on the left wing. This is regarded as a strategical < movement, possibly with the idea of drawing the Turks into the offensive. Conditions Unfaverable to Gonflict. The belief is held among military experts here that no serious operations are to be expected at Tchatalja for the Dpresent. The condition of the southern portion of the zone between the lines of the belligerents is such as to ren- der the movement of men impossible. 1t 1s little better than a morass. Only on the high ground in the northern region can the armies come into con- tact, and it seems improbable that cither side will indulge in an attack in force. Expect Surrender of Adrianople. It s supposed that the Bulgarians denounced the armistice less on ac- count of the failure of the negotiations than because they expected that Ad anople would be obliged to surrender within & few days and an armistice still in operation might, have embar- rassed Géfr liberty of adtion. Adri le Prepared for Siege. According to the best information here, the fortress will be able to re- sist for a long time. Much Is expect- ed among competent observers of the new blood which is now at the head of ‘both military and civil administrations burning to avenge the earlier defeats, and the enterprise and daring of men like -Enver Bey, now for the first time given a chance, it is believed, may surprise the allies. e i WELL PROVISIONED. nople Reported to Be Able to Hold Out for Some Time. Adri; 5 London, Fob. 4—The Turks remain i on the defensive at Tchatalja and Adrianople. The Adrianople fortress replies only feebly to the Bulgarian bombardment and apparently no at- tempt-has been made in the way of a sortie. The Tyrkish newspaper Tanin as- sseriai that Adrianople has sufficient provisions for four months, and other Turkish reports declare that the fort- ress certainly will be able to hold out for several weeks. Official quarters in Constantinople breathe 2 spirit of great confidence in the new regime and declare that the condition of the country and the win- try weather precludes serious opera tions along the Tchatalja lines for the present. Meanwhile, diplomacy has made no the Americas by rail would be of great ! value in securing perpetual ~peace among the different countries of North and South America, in the opinion of Andrew Carnegle, This belief was ex- pressed by Mr, Carnegie at a meeting here today of the permanent Pan- American railway commission,of which he is a member, when reporis on the linking of the Americas by rail were read, indicating that prosress is being mede towards this project, In Central America only eighteen miles of line remain to be constructed o make practicable a railway journey from New York to Guatemala City. EXPRESS GOMPANY PAYS $1,600 FOR DOG'S DEATH. Owner of $2,000 Canine Recovers Ver- dict in Court. Philadelphia, Feb. 4—A jury in count here today held that the Adams Ex- press company was liable for the death of a show dogwhich was being shipped from Braintree, Mass, to its owner in this city and awarded $1,500 damages. | The dog, a bull, was shown in the Mas- sachuseits town and was known as ce Regent. Tna amime] was sufocnted in transit (o this city as a result of the manner jn which trunks and other baggage wiTe piled about the crate in which the dos was traveling. IIxpert witnesses tes- tified that the dog was worth $2,000. Steamers Reported by Wireless. Fastnet, Fab, 4.—Steamer Campania, Now York for Queenstown and Liver- pool, 311 miles west at 1 a. m. Due censtown 5 p. m, e otnast,” Biass, Feb. 4.—Steamer Berlin, Naples for New York, 280 miles cast of Sandy Hopk at noon. Dock 9 a. m. Wednesday, Steamer Ancona, Na- ples for New York, 312 miles east of Bandy Hook at noon. Dock noon Wed- nesday, Sable Island, Feb. ¢.—Steamer Bue- low, Bremen for New York, 685 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon. Dock 4 p. m. Thursday. e Started from Cigarette. Chicago, Feb. 4—Harold Peterson tonigfisconiessed that. today he acci- dentally set fire fo an uphoistery es- tablishment, and fearing imprisonment concocted a story and enacted the part of having’been beaten by two negroes, who he declared fired the building. The fire started when he dropped a cigar- efte in some excelsior, Last Reception of the Tafts. ‘Washington, Feb. 4—The president and Mrs. Tafl were hosts to the navy and army at a reception which marked ‘the climax of the Taft socfal regime in the White House. Practically every one of the 2,200 officers stationed in the capital was invited. Senators, mem- bers of the house and civilians in at- tendance numbered nearly a thousand, e L | i | Its owners allege that | | out that Adrianople can resist for any step forward since the resumption of hostilitles, and the porte has made no further communication either to the powers or to the allies. Should it turn considerable time, diplomatic negotla- tions are likely to remain at a stand- still, although in the Furopean capi- tals a settlement by diplomacy rather than by arms is still hoped for. There is no confirmation of the re- ported occupation of Scutari by the Montenegrins. REGAR - NEW YORK AS UNSAFE PLACE. Michael Casey to Leave It After Few Woeks' Residence There. New York, Feb. 4—Michael Casey of Athens, Pa., will return to that place s0en because he does mnot consider New York a safe place to live in. On his arrival several weeks ago he be- came friendly with a stranger, and three days later awoke in a Jersey | City hospital with $100 and a gold watch missing. A week later, after recelving $20 for which he had sent home, he played a three card game with ‘strangers and lost most or the money, Last night ho was held up and robbed of his remaining 90 cents Ho appeared today as a witness against two of the allezed robbe When thelr cases have been disposed of Casey will leave New York, he Vows. TO REGULATE MOTION PICTURE THEATERS. New York Alderman Vainly Appeals for Suppert of His Measure. New York, Feb.. 4 —Declaring that every vote agalnst the immediate pas- sage of his proposed ordinance to reg- ulate motion picture theater “may be a vote for a death sentence for some poor unfortunate,” Alderman Folks to- day valnly appealed for immediate ac- tion on the mgasure which if passed, he said, ‘would prevent tragedies simi. lar to the FEast Side panic of last Sunday night, when two women were killed and a dozen or more persons in- Jured. It would limit the seating okpacity of moving picture theaters to 600, pro- vide for ample aisle space, and for rigld sanitary and fire inspection. OBITUARIES. J. F. H. Meyer. New York, Fels 4—J. F. H. Meyer, a member of the firm of Kunhardt & company, general agents of the Ham- burg-American line from 1847 to T889, died today at his home in Hoboken. Riley &. Phillips of New Haven. New Haven, Conn., ¥eb. 4.—Former Alderman Riley E. PHillips, well known throughout the state as a bass singer, died suddenly at his home tonight, fol- lowing a stroke of apoplexy. He was 38 years old and leaves a widow and three children. Party Ends in a Fight. Island Falls, Me, Feb. 4—Word came out of the woods toddy of a lumbermen’s party at Silver Ridge, an isolated plantation, last night, that broke up in a fight in which oné man was_killed and others seriously in- jured. John Foy died from a rifit shot and Patrick St. John, in whose home the affray occurred, was reported to be dying from knife wounds. Steamship Arrival At Christiansand: Feb. 3, C. F. Tiet- zen, New York for Copenhagen. St Jobn, N. i, Feb. 4.—Afrived: Steamer Montreal, from London, shoe business | ed tained b a former amounting Condensgd Teiegrams Aged 106, probably James Thoma the oldest white man in Missouri, is dead in Menett. Leonard C. Bliss, founder of a large in’ Plymouth county, Mass., died in Florida. The Initiative and Referendum con- stitutional amendment was defeated in Kansas senate yesterday. Charles P. Taft, brother of the pres- ident, was elected a director of the Hotel Taft of Mew Haven. Fire Practically Destroyed ths Plant of the Erle (Pa.) Evening Herald yeo. terday, with a loss of $50,000. A Chinaman Who Was Gathered in in a gambling raid at Lowell, Mass, gave his name as “George Donahue” in court. Mr. and Mrs. Finley H. Shepard sailed yvestercay to spend the rest of their honeymoon abroad. Mrs. Shepard was Miss Helen Gould. Gov. Sulzer of New York state re- fused a stay of ‘execution to the three murderers who are to dle at Sing Sing during the wegk of Feb. 10. Massacbusetts Took Title vesterday to the site on which she will erect the pavilion that will represent her at the Panama-Pacific exposition in 1915. Miss Clara Carter Mallett and Mal- lett Carter, born in the same flat at East St. Louis, I1l, last Thursday, are engaged to marry by their parents. A Trust Fund of $30,000 to be used “to beautifw and brighten child life in Emporia, Kas.” was provided for in the will of the late Captain L. T. Heritage. About 80 Weavers were on strike vesterday at the Hope Webbing com- pany’s mill at Pawtucket, R. L. The men demand an increase of from 5 to 10 per cent. Henry H. Potter, Representative In the Rhode Island legislature from Scit. uate, where he was also town clerk, died’ suddenly at his home vesterday from heart failure. President Taft's Collection of Gifts was increased vesterday when he re- celved a red, white and blue quilt from A. S. H. Read of Merna, Neb., a Civil war veteran, 2 in a Special Message to Congress yesterday, President Taft recommend- legislation to compel exporters to prepare accurate lists for merchandise sent out of the United States After Anoth terday to forc Ineffectual Effort yes- action on_President ate, the republicans decided to malke no further move for the present. in Representative the Introduced leg vesterday. women from wearin: s that button up the back unless the butions be as large as a dollar. Society Women and Friends of Mrs. Taft yesterday began quietly the cir- Missouri culation of a subscription list for funds with which to purchase a fare- well gift for the president’s wife. Henry F. Hollis, democrat, not only regained the lead in the contest for United States senator in the New Hampshire legisiature yesterday, but came within six votes of being elect- ed. Sheriff Harburger of New York con- fessed that neither he nor his entire Staff can find Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw to serve an attachment. A silversmith firm has a judzment of $2,000 against er. Education in the Public Schools and especial the country schapls is in the hands/ mainly of/ unskilled in- structors, according to the bulletin sued yesferday by tion. he bureau of educ After Resting a Few Days, the adv- vance in crude oil was continued yes terday, when, at the opening of the market, the South Penn Oil company apnounced Pennsylvania crude at An_ Appendicitis Epidemic has struck the St. Francis Industrial school, near Philadelphia, 33 boys beins affected, Philadelphia _physicians belleve that the spread.of the disease is due to a mierobe. Brazil Sent to the United States one hundred miilion pounds more of coffee than in 1812 In the previous year, while — Colombin added 25,000,000 pounds to her quota and Venezuela 14,000,000 pounds. The Proposed Amendment to tha Vermont state constitution changing the date of the stato electlon from September to November will be voted upon by the peole at the annual town elections In Marc Federal Incorporation of the Mo er's Day International assoclatlon was proposed in a blli yesterday by Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, Mother's day was founded by Anna Jarvis, a Philadelphia woman. Seme Unknown Person entered the dormitory oceupled by the youns wom- en of the New Haven Normal School of Gymnastics durice Monday night and robbed several of the rooms of a large amount of jewelry and money. Marshall Black, former state senator in California and wrecker of the Palo Alto Building and Loan association, was sentenced yesterday on three em- bezzlement indictments to an aggregate | term of five years' imprisonment, A Regular Quarterly Dividend of 1 per cent. on the common stocks was declared yesterday by the directors, of thle Boston and Maine railroad. The semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent, s also declared on the preferred stock. The Treatment of a Certain Class of criminals and,degenerates by the so-called sterilization methed through an act of the Vermont legislature fail- ed completely yesterday, when the house sustained the veto 0f Governor Fletcher by a vote of 160 to 31, The Union Presbyterian Ch West. Philadeiphin. wis. seld i spers iffs sale to satisfy a judgment ob- the Rev. Alexander Waddell, pastor, for back salary to_ $6,800. The property was sold for $7,950, subject to mort- gages amounting to $11,300. The DBist: ution of Motion Picture films is not a utility which might fur- ther public good; therefore the Greater New York Film Rental company can- not compel the Motion Picture Patents compan; vreme York se ruled yesterday, to supply it with films. Su- ourt Justice McCall of New Taft’s nominations, pending in the sen- | | | | Rogues | eLERGYMAN sERIOUSLY | TWO MORE JUDGMENTS roportion to the City’s Population. MYSTERIES CLEARED U e THREE BOMB John Paul Farrell Resorted ~ to Settle All H Latter Had Discharged Him as Story Essentially True. | declared the detectives he had sc to invEstigate the case have enough to lead them to hel Farrell's startling story is true in essentials, though false in many tails. Mrs. Herrera Had Discharged Him. Every time Farrell had a he seems to have settled the with a bomb. The iroubie Herrera, he said, was ¢ him from his job as jar a negro in his place. get Judge Rosalsky because the jurist de- eph Harvey, a_“pal. in Sing -Sing for linz $16 worth of jewelry. Farrell told the po- | lice that he had a hand in helping | Harvey rob Peter Johnson's h in the Bronx in 1908, but easily escaped. | No Known Reason for Killing Mrs. Taylor. Why Farrcll wan lor woman—sometime Walker—was more could fathom. rell saig she he siew her wrong.” Late said she was an i gave no reason fc {ook Mr. Dougherty of his infancy on thc told him why and Walker was do 1887 on the betrayed -t man named revenge. Perpetrated Many Robberies. Having disposed of { tery, Farrell confessed, Tay- | 15 Grace solice ter to kil t rown ar- ind | cd [ ling 2l jawery. | He Taylor Lestrange ed and him | | o { e bomb police o sert, to having 1 trated a series | of robberies in Brooklyn and (o the robbery at the Johnson home. Harvey | and Harry Hartman, his pals in_the | latter exploit, werc Sing for 39 Vears spectively. Farrell suspected of com Besides this, Mr. D Farrell has served ten New Jersey penitenti: for burglary and | John McDerm Jack” Farrell zallery in to information nced to Sing | been | crime. | said, | ton and had city in Tren brought 4o Doug ing’ erty. Detectives Investigate Story. Farrell's desire to confess so CAUSED DEATH OF MRS. capable of the cun |asvium for the |cellar at to the Deadly Implements is Grievances HERRERA ON SUNDA Janitor and Hired a Negro in His Place—Sent Bomb to Judge Rosalsky Because Latter Sent His Pal Away For 39 Years—Also Mailed Bomb That Killed Mrs. Taylor—Confesses Series of Robberies. New York, Feb. 4.—John Paul Far- fcrimes ecarly led > rell, a discharged apartment house | wonder if his prisor janitor, confesseq today that he had |immediate! set about ver N killed Mrs. Bernard Herrera Sunday |story. While detectives were b £ night by means of a bomb he had |this the jenitor heavy-eved ’ made, and that by similar m he [of sleep, chewed ~an L hal had Caused the death of Helen | smoked ~cigar and ke Taylor a year aso and altc the | graphers busy taking life of Judge Otfo A. Rosalsky i the | tails of his protractec ; court of general sessions, 1 ch. | threadbare brown su Farrell was held for m ht |old, nicked eyeglass agged for the killing of Mrs. Herrera. | shoes, he looked so comr ace the detectives cely Althqugh the police are convinced | §ia jong cumy. ham the man is mentally unbalanced, Dep- | goa "O0% CORS o0 3 uty Commissioner Dougherty (on (Sl fingers rings. Served in Spanish War. After an all-night grilling more of it during the for: , F + tractable this afte and without hesitation e to him th navy American haq served played He the ght arm. He had been a nurs be said This was in the ¥ setts General hospit 2 Ho He also told the police t b been confined for a shor n insane at D: Constructed Dummy Infornal The bom Herrera's he said, mula sicy 1s consisted of Farrell oor he mac sccording to d in manufa and Tay bom iron paper, two boxes, a steel button and a percussion cap. The explosive in each case was nitro glycerine. He gavd the police a'specimen of his handiwork by constructing a dummy chine and demonstrating of his crim it as he Other Bombs Made in Cellar. The Taylor and Rosalsky were made in the cellar of a in Bast Fourteenth street, ¥ar where he was employed as an Tunner. The superintendent building recalled this Farrell used to loc times an if he was disturbed. A examined the promises floor a short length of at each end j as : made the bombs Bought a Typewriter. of afternoon t in himsel? became en A connection between the Ta and Rosal s sosDscts partly throu fact that the dresseg on the two packages appa Iy were made by the same typew I Commissioner Do that Far: buying 2 second hand typew {rel made nso of this mac he ment the bombs early las sa1d. Farrell will be arraigned before a coroner tamorrorw. FIREMEN'S VOTE MAY BE KNOWN ON SUNDAY Eighty Per Cent. of Them Said to | Favor a Strike. Feb. . New Yorl =01 o1 e wotoe| In the strike ballot now being count- | led by the Brotherhood of Locomotive | Firemen and Enginemen on the 54 | eastern railways will have beer re- | celved by Saturday night, according to a statement today by T. Shea, assist- ant to President’ W. S. Carter of the | Brotherhood, who is here to supervise the count. 'Mr. Carter is expected this city on Sunday, when the rest of the ballot probably will be in & Mr. Shea would not say what the vot already received indicated, but it is reported from ether sources that 80 | per eent. of the Brotherhood mem- bers favor a strike until the railways grant their demands. in | L WIEE AND SON BOTH DEAD News of Double Bereavement Kept from Hospital Patient. | New Brunswick, N. J, Feb. 4.—Ly- ing seriously ill from thé effects of an operation in a hospital I Rev, Isaac S. Sehen. ister at Highlands Park, N. J., been teld that a sen, Willard, 2 | dent at Rutsgers college, died yester day and that hi fe, shocked by | this happening, passed away today, Physielans feareq that news of tha two deaths would result fatally for the clergyman, AGAINST GEN, SICKLES. Must Be Satisfied Before State Can Coliect Its Money. New York, Fe ments against Gen. Daniel the aged warrior, which must be fied out of his property before the state’s claim for his shortage in the monument fund can be collected, wer: . 4—Two more jul Si atis- received by the sheriff today. The judgments are in favor of August Heckscher for $8,015 and the National Bank of Orange County, New York, for §542. Another person is co-defendant with General Sickles in the latter claim. - Bequeathed Million to Each Other. New York, Feb. 4—With the fillng today of the will of George W. Cross- man of the coffee importing firm of Crossman & Sieleken it became known that the two pariners several years ago had entered into an agreement by which each should bequeath $1,000,000 to the other. < “Honor System” Condemned. Phoenix, Ariz, Feb. ate Audl- tor J. C. Callaghan in his annual re- port to Governor Hunt today bitterly assailed the conduct of the siate ponis tentfary under the * tem” put | the house at th DUCK HUNTERS D IN LONG ISL. D Two Men Fall from 8i During Heavy Sea. Greenwich, Conn, Feb.“4 — Pels news of a dot drowning iv > waters of Long Island sound yest was brought to th Al ai A this afterncon by the 3 ghth Great vs Isley The victims were George Wil . 50, a well known r Herman Hyernb 1 4 who has besu s ing the Great Captain's nd. The two set out terday moon to hunt fe assistant put out i fore they eould reach the wa skiff both men were seen v board. i amail t was mever miles out at the time been found of the Wilmet is sur three daughte; leaves a femil CLOTHES OF MERIDEN GIRL CAUGHT PIRE Mise Cora Blodgett Seriot Before Flames Were Extinguished. Meriden, €ann,, ¥ | gett, 17, of 200 P s riously = burned Y clothes caught fire. She was the cause of which is unexplained. rushed from the house to the homa her grandmether, Mys, Hagerty, on third floor of the building, The dashed into the kitchen of her g mothes's hame, whare William 1y an actar, uncle of the girl, thr her to the floor and extin; t with a table cloth, Her conditioa serious. New Boston and Providencs Line Providence, R. I. Feb. 4—The B ton and Providence Interurbanm Wl tric Railroad company today petitior the general assombly #or 3 charter en titling it fo take ovér for its own pu Poseg the propased Touta of the South ern New Bingland railway in this sts {o tidewater in Providence. %ha cor pany plans to operate &n elect frefght and passenger service betwe this city and Boston and s from Providence to New ¥ork Failed to ldentify Ryan. Jersey Gity, N. J, Feb, 4—Wit s brought by tlie Police to a pr station todey failed to identiiy Jo Ryan, an fronworker, thought to “Big Slim,” arrested last night, as o of the fhree New York gangsters wh early Saturday morning shot Thomas Co a labar leader, by mistake in ¥earch for John W. Burke s Hoisfing Engincers’ wiy e | io s P VR