Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 8, 1913, Page 1

VOL. LV—NO. 58 NORWICH. CONN., SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1913 PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Doubie That ot Any Uther Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the La PTAIN DIED A MARTYR TUGBOAT CA Sacrificed 'H'is Own Life in Effort to Save Two} Sailors From Impending Destruction FORTY OR FIFTY MEN KILLED BY EXPLOSION Three Hundred Tons of Dynamite Being Loaded on British Steamer at Baltimore Cause of Terrible Loss of Life and Destruction of Property to Amount of $500,000—Tug Which Went to Rescue Sank—Collier Damaged. Baltimore, March 7.—Three_hundred tons of dynamite being loaded in the British tramp steamer Alum Chine in the lower harbor, off Fort Howard, exploded about 10.30 o'clock this morn- killing from 40 to 50 ng, instantly men, wounding and maiming three score more, some of whom may die, and dealing destruction to half a mil- lion dollars’ worth of property. The Alum Chine and a loading scow alongside her were completely anni- hilated; the tug Atlantic, which twice went to the rescue of imperilled sea- men, was set on fire and later sank; the United States collier Jason, just completed and ready for trial, was raked to her deck and her armor rid- dled, and buildings in Baltimore and cities and towns many miles away were rocked by the force of the terrific explosion. A Federal Investigation. The cause of the 8isaster is unknown tonight, but federal authorities bhave instituted a thorough investigation to place the blame. Excited survivors told conflicting stories, some insisting that a negro stevedore caused the ex- plosion by jamming a pike into a case of dynamite. * This is denied by eye- witnesses, who declare that smoke was seen pouring from the Alum Chines’ hold several minutes before tLe explosion occurred. Twenty Bodies Recovered. At a late hour tonight the bodles of 20 dead had been brought to morgues in this clty and 60 injured were in hospital. The estimates of the dead include 30 stevedores and checkers of the Joseph R. Foard company, em- vloyed in transferring dynamite from a barge to the Alum Chine, which was bound for Panai , eight members of the crew of the Alum Chine, six men on the collier Jason and the captain and several members of the crew of the tug Atlantic. Many bodles, it is be- Meved, mever will be recovered from the icy waters. Wounded Picked Up by Tus. The tug Atlantic, which had twice rushed into the rescue before the crash, was racing away when it was caught in the rain of charred wood and redhot steel that fell in a shower for a quarter of a mile around, killing some of the crew outright and setting fire to the vessel Coming up the river at the time was the tug Brittania and she rushed to the nid of the Atlantic, picking up many of the wounded who had leaped into the water. Some of them are said io have perished before the Dritannla could get to them. 2 The Britannia ran a line to the burning tug and started up the river with her, but the vessel sank before the lazaretto lighthouse was reached. Revenue Cutter Escapes. For a time it was feared the revenue cutter Guthrie had shared the fate of the Alum Chine. Peter J. Curran, the boarding officer assigned to the {ll- fated vessel, had left on the Guthrie soon after 9 o’clock and it was there- fore assumed the cutter was near the scene of disaster when the explosio; occurred. Collector William F. Ston: once instituted inquiry. Great was f when it was ascertained the and crew were safe. tor Curran was an eye witness to the explosion, the butter being only of the Alum Chine warned members of her crew, the stevedores engag- ed in loading her and the ciew of the Atlantic alongside, that fire was raging in the coal bunkers, there was instant ion that flames would soon reacn the 300 toms of dynamite stored in the Alum Chine’s hold and the barge roped beside her. Two Sailors Left Behind Instantly there was a rush (o the ship’s side. Fourteen members of the crew and four of the stevedores leap- ed over the rail and tumbled pell mell into the launch Jerome that had a moment before brought two firemen aboard the ill-fated ship. All of her other members of the crew and steve- dores who could reach the deck leap- ed for the decks of the Atlantic. The tug and launch, cuiting hawsers were o sped away from the scene of the pending catastrophe, the Jerome p ing up speeq first and rushing safety. The Atlantic had proceeded hundred feet when two frantic a few fig three-quarters of a mile distant when it occurred. Ordered Windows Open. had left the place of loading an hour before,” he said, “ani stopped only long enough to get the number of the cars of which there were still several to. be unloaded. The work was then in progress. Seven carloads already had been stored and J was thought the cargo would be eomplete by evening. “The Guthrie steamed away, going about a mile to waft for an incoming vessel, and it was while we were mov- j8g around that the captain and others oticed fire on the steamer. This ap- peared to be coming from the fore- castle. Knowing the danger, Captain Dunn of the cutter ordered every win- dow opened so the explosion expected to come would not break the glass. He then steamed toward the burning ves. wel, but when within three-quarters of a mile the ship exploded. The Guthris got a severe shaking, trembling like a reed in a storm. Four Killed on oCllier. “Following the explosion, we saw a huge inky cloud which ascended fully 200 feet and almost covered the har- “We sbout bor. When this cleared away there was naught in sight. Where the steamer had . been loading, vessel, scow and cars had disappeared. We hurried to the scene, but saw only wreckage.” Joseph P. Martin, superintendent of construction at Sparrows Point, who, when the explosion _occurred, was standing on the United States collier Jason, is authority for the statement that fwo white men and two negroes were killed aboard the collier. He does not know their names. They were struck by flving pleces of iron and timber, he says. Stevedores May Have Been Killed. Besides the 60 or more laborers who are known to have been on the Jason ‘here were some stevedores, the exact number Mr. Martin does not know. Some of them may have been killed. “T was standing on the upper deck of the Jason,” sald Mr. Martin.' “The oat which exploded was at Fort Car- . two miles away. I could see ff. Suddenly it seemed to turn into a of fire like magic and to leap out e water. An instant later there he sound of a terrific explosion. r was filled with fiying iron and -r which rained down on the deck se Jason, and the water camse In 1s_like a tidal wave” . J. Anstey, captain of the Alum ine, was in this city on business ien his ship was blown up. Tugboat Captain a Hero. William_ B. Van Dyke of Baltimore, aptain of the wrecked tug Atlantle, nst hig life in heroically rushing to he aid of the imperriled British sea- nen is the doomed Alum Chine and ais vain effort carried with him to jeath many members of his crew, were seen clambering from the Al chine’s hold. They were sailors who had been left behind. Reaching the sides of the vessel, they souted pitcous appeals for rescue. Sailors Saved, But Too Late. Captain Van Dyke, knowledge he must have had that a hail of death would he pourins over the harbor, heeded the call of tie im- despite the perilled sajlors. The engines were stopped, the Atlantic wheeled and | rushed again to the fire doo: sel’s side. She reached it in safety. The two sailors jumped aboar Again the Atlantic_wheeled. Cap- tain Van Dyke, standing in the pilot house, gave hurried orders which again sent the tug toward safety. ut it was too late. The Atlantie’s nose had scarcely been turned toward open water when, with a road like the erup- tion of a volcano, the death-laden vi- tals of the Alum Chine exploided. The concussion hurled all before it. A dense pall of smoke enveloped the waters and when it cleared away the ship and barge had disappeared and the Atlantic, a dismantled hulk, help- less on the surface of the bay, had become 2 human shambles. Limbs Tore From Bodies. Death in dreadful form hLad des- cended from the sky. The Alum Chine had been torn into shreds and boxes of dynamite mingled with the flying fragments of steel and timber filled the air. These fell on the pack- ed decks of the Atlantic, the dynamite explodinf as it fell and sweeping them as a charge of shrapnel levels charg- ing troops. Men’s heads and limbs were torn from their bodies. From ships and launches nearby were seen dismember- ed bodies across and tumbled about the Atlantic’s dec] Captain Van Dyke gave his life for his gallantry. His body, with one arm severed, was among those recov- ered by the rescuers and was one of the first identified when brought to this city. With him died Joseph T. Hood, a stevedore whom the ship- had first rescued, nd Robert Diggs, had stood beside on occurred. Collier Had, Narrow ' Escape. Those who n‘sr‘aped death in the ex- plosion brought id but disconnect- ed accounts of the explosion when they reached this city with the dead and wounded. Captain J. R. the new collier Thompson, captain of ason, which tomorrow to have taken her trial trip, had a narrow escape, when hurlea boxes dynamite crhshed into the Ja and exploded with death ing fury. He had seen the smoke i suing from the Alum Chine's hold “I was warning my men of ( danger,” said Captain Thompson to- night “because I knew the ship was sure to blow up. I had already gone below and cted the chif en- gineer to get steamn and set un- der headway at on He was do- ing this while I had other men at work pulling up the anchor. I was standing near a ventilator when I was tossed into the air fully six or seve feet. I turned towo or three somer- saults. I threw out my arms and grabbed a railing. This kept me from going overboard. Shower of Iron Fragmehts. “In another instant a terrific of pleces of iron of all sizes, some pleces as large as fist and others as big as m- head, were flying straight down from the air. I saw these pieces go straight through our heavy vlate The huge smokestacks of the collier were filled full of holes, and by the concussion alone were smashed almost a howe round me on all sides were the men who had been tossed into the a and thrown back. Many men were cut and injured by the pieces of iron. Some were killed instantly. The dynamite ship was an iron ship throughout and that made the damage to our ship ail the greater. The Chine was about 500 feet away, but the force of the exp sion was 'so great that our ship was lifted high upon the waves. Iron Goes Through Plate, “Our firemen, who were shoveling coal, got the full force of the exvlo sion in their faces. Many of them were burned. I expected to have 150 men in the crew by tonight and about 100 men were on board. Immediately after the first shock of the accident, Cantain Thompson order- ed his men to make a close Inspection of the entire ship, They found many holes in her side. Pleces of fron went stralght through her vlate, which in Spots was 3-4 to 7-8 of an Inch thick. One hole was blg enough for a maa fo put his head through. This hole is elzht feet above the water line. Other holes are near the water line. Chief Engineer’s Story. J. G. Reese of Cardiffy Wale, chief engineer of the Alum Chine, gave & graphic description of the scramble for safety from the ship and the explosiou that followed, “I was In the engine room when 1 heard on deck the cry ‘The shin ie afir I looked around and saw smoke coming from the hold in the bow and When curling smoke from the bow imade a dash for the stern, realizing { | Cabled Péragraphs King Receives New Ambassador. London, March 7—King George to- dav received Sir Coil Spring Rice, who will succeed James Bryce as ambas- sador to the United States. Old Age Insurance Favored. The Hague, March 7.—The second chamber of the Nethelands parliament today adopted by 54 votes to 35 a bill sickness insurance for workingmen. providing for compulsery old age and Adopts Suffrage Reform Bill. Buda Pest, Hungary, March 7—The lower house of the Hungarian parlia- ment today adopted the suffrage re- for bill introduced by the government by which a large number of women are enfranchised. Fire Loss $7,500,000. Yokohama, Japan, March 7.—The fire which began here yésterday caused damage to the extent of $7,500,000 in the business quarter of the city. The exchange, several silk factories and warehouses and 250 other business buildings were destroyed. Servia Negotiates Loan. Geneva, Switzerland, March 7.—The Servian government today negotiated a loan of $6,000,000 at 71-2 per cent. interest with a Swiss banking group. The money is to be repaid within three months after the signature of peace between the Balkan allies and Turkey. 18 Months for Suffagette. Lonlon, March 7.—Joyce Locke, a militant suffragette, whose real name is Olive W. Harry, was sentenced to- day at the Old Bailey sessions to 18 months’ imprisonment on the charge of setting fire to a refreshment pavil- jon in Kew Botanical Gardens on Feb. 20th. THE DEPARTMENT STORES MENACE BOOK BUSINESS. Book Trust Counsel Argues It is Nec- essary to Combine. Washinzton, March 7.—The necessi- ty of combinations in “this era of mor- | alized competition” was the burden of the argument made today before the | supreme court of the United States by John G. Milburn on behalf of the| American Publishe association f“‘di the American Book Sellers’ association, | the so-called Book trust. | The only way “moralized competi- | tion” ecould be aftained, Mr. Milburn told the court. “was to allow the exist- | combinations which ; encg of trade wonld lay down rules to prevent the imnroper thines which marked the | davs before the Standard Oil and To. bacco decisio % He contended thi bad been the purpose of the combina- tion of the bools publ magzazine publishers and the wholesale and retail book sellers. i He declared that department stores | threatened to ruin the book and maga- | ized to prevent it. These stores, he | ied to prevent it.. These stcres, he | contended, had seized upon books and masazines for adv ing purposss, | reducing the price even below cost in order to impress the public with the idea that verything they sold was | likewise reduced. | Wallace MacFarlane, representing a New York department store seekinz to | break up the combination. contended that the object of the combinc was not to protect the trade, but to keep up | the retail price, so that the publishers could reap more profit at wholesale. ASKS FOR ADVICE. Proceeds Cautiously as Presiding Of- ficer of Senate. Washington, March 7.—Vice Presi- | dent Marshall did not want to assume | too much wisdom as presidert of the | senate when he convened that body | today, and asked for advice before rul- ing on several communications which had been received | VICE PRESIDENT J[ | | | tions,” he said, bly require action by both and for that reason I think »uld not be killed before this | | traordinary session of the senate” | Senators Dacon and Clark assured | the viee president that his opinion was | | | | | | | i | correct, and he then ruled that the communications be withheld until the extra » next month. The senate was in session less than five minutes. that a dynamite explosion would fol- low. I did not jump. T fell into the launch Jerome, and sailor after sai'o: followed me, some in the same fashion. all we could carry seemed to be com- on fuli speed. About five -, when we were about the explosion came. 'When we had aboard, and no one ing, we minutes 200 feet Cause of Fire Unknown. I can picture it now. It seemed o\ great column of fire 50 feet high 1nd 20 feet across, tonned by another | colum of 1 k smok 00 or more | leet ¥ er, ame up from the sea, completely enveloping the ship. It was. several minutes before the smoke cleared away and the— sea - became calm, but when it did there was no sizn of either the ship or the barge that was alongt e of i They both seemed to have disappeared complete 1y, and not a sign of life was visible.” How the fire started in the coal bunkers of the Alum Chine is so far a mystery. Some have ascribed it to spontaneous combustion, while one of the rescued declares he saw a fellow stevedore stick a bale hook into a hox of dvnamite. This exp'anation seems | improbable. Had such an incident oc- curred there would have been an im.- mediate explosion. Property Loss Placed at $600,000. Conservative estimates place the ac tual property damage in excess o1 $600,000, In addition there are innu- merable minor losses which are not considered and cannot be estimated. The chief losers are the owners of the Alum Chine, which cost in the neizhborhood of $375,000. TUpon the Maryland Steel company. builders of the colller Jason. devolves the next greatest loss. While a thor- ough survey may result in finding very serious defects in her construction. a superficial examination of the colllec Jason indicates a damare of $100,000 To thls amount can be added the ex- pense of getting the cellier ready for her officlal test. The cargo of the Alum Chine has not been entirely accounted ‘for, but from figures ~lven out by the interestel chippers this loss will entail nearly $100,000 A Special Investi~ation. The Joseph R. Foard company stat- ed that the only carso thay had on board was the dynamite, which was valued at about $70,800, In an effort to render assistahce to the boats that are searching the waters for the bodies of these killed by the explosion, and te aseertain the number of casualties, Mayer Presten left for the scene of the accldent on the city put late away tug late teday, after a special investi- gatien of the board of estimates, Boss Murphy at The White House TAMMANY LEADER CALLS ON | THE PRESIDENT. CONGRATULATES HIM to Cabinet Room, Visitor Ob- serves That Secretary Bryan’s Chair Is Pretty Close to That of President. In Washington, March T7—President Wilson had settled deep enough in of- fice today to indicate pretty clearly some of the things that may be ex- pected of him in the near future. He made no public announcements of policy but there were a few of the de- velopments that seemed to show trend of the first days istratifn. The president told visitors that he vas inclined to favor the plan of house leaders to confine the special session of congress to tariff revision. Favors Policy of Economy. He indicated that while he did not at this time look forward to the pas- the | of his admin- | .+ Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population Jury in Darrow | Case Deadiocked NO AGREEMENT REACHED AF- TER 24 HOURS. vt MANY RUMORS AFLOAT One Has It That Jurors Stand Ten to Two for Acquittal—Court Ad- journs Until This Morning. Angeles, Cal, March 7.—After been out nearly 24 hours it tonight that the jury in the second trial of Clarence S. Darrow for alleged jury bribery was hopele: deadlocked. Ten Reported for Acquittal. Los having seemed All sorts of rumors were in circu- lation resarding the division of the th: most commonly accepted that they were ten to two for acquittal, Once this afternoon a bailiff notified Judge Conley that the jury ed to report that it was unable to The bailiff was instructed to bring in the jury, but returned with the report that it was a false alarm ADVERTISE AND MOVE THE STOCK With the change in the seasons comes the change in the demand for goods. The ing season’s goods must be moved to mak for the new stock. No merchant desires to carry his supply through from one season to another because of the expense, fickleness of style and the fact that shopworn goods do not appeal to purchasers. It is therefore good busin judgment and practice tc close out each season’s stock as it passes, and the greatest mover of goods, in sea- son or out, is advertising. The business man who has a proposition which will be of int to the buying public, and there isn’'t a mlerchant who has not, owes it to himseif and his business as an investment, to adver e it through The RBulletin. Its circulation not only carries it into practically every Norwich home, but. it rea es out to all se ions of t end of the state to those for whom Norwich is the trade center. Over forty thousand people are geing to s=e and read eve advertisement in The Builetin, and the which it telis is going to malke its appeal, & Goods are mov: s and th rehs ho fails i to realize it carr over Let The Bulle be your Eastern § Connecileut salesman. e i In the past week the following matter has appeared in The Bul- § letin, delivered at your home for twelve cents a week: Bulletin Telegraph Loca’ Gansral Tota/ Saturday, March 1.. 105 158 936 1199 Monday, March-3.. 77 1406 234 Tuesday, March 4.. 78 131 193 Wednesday, March5.. 66 125 189 Thursday, March6.. &€ 136 28¢ Friday, March 7.. 838 427 226 Botalstak s o, o 29503 823 205° 3381 L L sage of a currency reform measure at the specizl session such a bill might be whipped into shape in the house while the senate was wrestling with the tariff. This bill could be brought up immediately after congress con- vened in regular session in December. The president endorsed the polic of democratic economy favored by Chairman Fitzgerald of the hotise ap- ropriations committee and other leaders. May Oppose Class Legislation. His attention was called to the need for the passage of a sundry civil appropriation bill at the special ses- on. This bill was vetoed by former President Taft because of its provision practically exempting labor unions and farmers organizations from prose- cution under the Sherman anti-trus aw. ends familiar with the pres dent’s toward kindred ques- Fi attitude tions declared that unless it could be | which | ot shown that the paragraph to the former president objected was n ‘cla legislation,” he would use h infiuence to prevent such a provision being inserted in the new bill. Will Appoint Office-Holders. Senators found that Mr. Wilson is observing the courtesies usually ex- tended them. He called in several i senators and asked if they would ob- ject to several appointments he ex- pected to make. It was pointed out on good authority that President Wil- son does not intond to turn over to his department chiefs the appointment of federal office holders, particularly to important posts. His order of Wednesday was made for the purpose of allowing department heads to sift out the applications and present him with one or more suitable candidates. Appoie‘ments in practically every case Will eventually reach the White House even in the appointees themselves are barred in the preliminary stage Boss Murphy at White House. Charles ¥. Murphy of New York, the leader of Tammany Hall, mét the president ghday for the first time in many months. The visit was arranged throush one of the White House sec- | retaries who said Mr. Murphy wished to pay his respects to the new presi- dent. Mrs. Murphy and their daught- er, Congressmen Fitzgerald and Rior- dan, Philip J. Donahue, treasurer of Tammany. John H. McCooey and Mrs. McCooey, Michael J. Hayes and other Wwell known Tammany men accom- panied Mr. Murphy. Welcome to Tammany Chief. The party was taken from the line of several handshakers in the east room and ushered into the green room. Mr. and Mrs. McCooey were tge first of the party to shake the preSident’s hand and the Murphys followed. “Congratulations,” sald Mr. Mur- phy. “Thank you,” the president is re- ported as saying, “I'm slad to welcome you here.” 3 Wanted to See Bryan’s Chair. The Murphy party left the White House after a brief inspection of the executive offices. Secretary Tumulty acted as guide and showed them through. In the cabinet room Mr. Murphy asked to be shown the chair occupied by Becretary of State Bryan which is at the right hand of the president, “It's pretty clomss,” he said with a smile, The president took his usual auto- mobile ride with Mrs, Wilson at ¢ o'clock. [ | | | | verdict. and that the twelve men still hoped to reach an agreement Recess Until Today Shortly before 5 o'clock Judge Con- ley declared a recess ut oclogk to- morrow morning with the provi however, that he would cony i $% this evening arrived id he would Judge Conley charge the jury at the stiplatea ti tomorrow should it report tnere no chance for a verdic WILSON WANTS JOB FOR PRETTY STENOGRAPHEP. But Finds Ci ce Laws Stand ‘n ‘Washin; M Salome Tarr, a pre ceedingly efficient stenographe the number of gray hairs with h time i w the prinkiing President on’s hea liss Tarr was one of president stenographers when he was governor of New Jersey and:Mr. Wilson is d sirous of finding a_place for her some one of the departments here. ccordingly he has can ed the sit uation 4nd interviewed virtually all of | his official fam with the result®tha each has told him that the civil vice rules stand in the In dition, the government ate years has been endeavoring to en stenographers with men s thand writers. “You'll have to kick a hole in the service rules and make the ap- pointment an executive one if you de- sire to place the woman,” is it effect what his ads told the pres Mr. Wi'son is jealous of the civil service and the situation in which he is finding -himself embarrassing him. is PRESIDENT MADERO INSURED FOR $62,000. Companies Ready to Pay on Receipt of Proof of Death. Mexico Citl, March 7.—Thé money for the payment of the life insurance policies carried by ex-President Ma- dero and ex-Vice President Suarez is ready to be paid over to thc benefi- claries as soon as proof of the deaths of the two men i3 established. In etch case the widow is the sole beneficiary, | but thus far no effort has been made to_submit proofs of death. President Madero, carried $62,000 gold in insurance and Senor Suarez $10.000 gold. Policies to the value of $37,000 on Madero's life are carried in two New York companies and $25,000 in a Mexican company. One-half of the total of Suarez's policles was written in New York and the other half in this country. Oil Trust Probe to Continue. ‘Washington, March 7.—The Stand- ard Oi] investigation begun during the Taft administration will be continued by Attorney General McReyolds to de- termine wheeher the decree dissolving the giant trust has been violated, it was lcearned today. Steamship Arrivals. Alglers, March 4—Arrived, steamer Argentina, New York for Naples. Naples, March 6.—Arrived, steamer Perugla, New York. At Liverpocl: March 7, from Philadelphia Haverford, | 1 1, i | el on Wednesday its mother, who | risked her life In 2 rate att | to save him, died at Danbur; | | pital I One-half the Butter in cold storage | in Chicago is adulte te in iolation | o the 1 revenue laws, the adul- | teration consisting of water moisture. | according to announcements by off ;t‘.‘\'\r of the inter e depart- | | Calithumbian Serenades. parading of | newly marrieq couples through the| streets or other T £ con mly practiced on e new wed will L a misdemeanor in Pennsylvania if a bill | introduced in the lowe house of the | Pennsylvania legislature = becomes law. The Average Monthly Housekeepina expens of married motormen nd c ductors in t employ of the Phila. delphia Rapid Transit company are | 9 or 3.9 ss than tt veraze ! ges, COT to an v tigation | into the cos f living conducted by th " company. | Seventy Indians, Representative of | all the tribes in the country and in- | cluding 27 c fs, called on Secretary | Iane at the interior department yes- | terday. to pay their respects. In the | party were many of the ealthie 'i dribesmen, and it is id their agg | gate wealth would total $300,000,000. Condensed Teiegrams Rear Admiral Aibert B. Willetts, U. S. N., was placed on the retired list of the navy yesterday on account of age. Daniel C. Roper of South Carolina was nominated yesterday by President Wilson to be first assistant postmastsj general. g Edward H. Sturtevant, 2 well known New Hampshire business man, died at his home a¢ Franklin, N. H., yesterday, aged 67 years. Hiram B. Y., president of the Vacuum Oil com pany and an investor of note, died Los” Angeles Thursday. m D. Saxon was fined $50 and in the common pleas court at Haven yesterday for dealing in heroin. Clarence B. Rewe of Hartford, charg- ed with arson, was sentenced to from two to five years in state prison by Judge Tuttle yesterday. Every Mail Brings Notices of “Wood- row Wilson inaugural babies” to the White House. President Wilson is re- plying personally to all of-these, James A. Fowl of Knoxville, Tenn, eral, will * of Pres administration unti dent Wilson's summer at leas| Dr. the ( hos t5nd rman 3 ation of the i stitute in Montreal to demonstrate h tuberculosis treatment Plans for a Nation-Wide Collection lie churches have heen ose of raising funds to crect a $500,000 chapel on the campus of the Catholic university. Dr. Ch whose renomi- nation as of labor failed of confirma 1 the last corgress, is to be renominated as commissioner of Jabor statistic amin_Spire, clothing and shoe of Stamford, filed % petition nkruptey in thé United s vesterday. His liabilities are and assets $17,300. Norbert Weiner will receive a dezree of doctor of philosophy at H i June He is 18 vears old. W tered Tufts colle aged 11 graduated three later Bankbooks and Securities represe L, who w ead in bed hip Delaware Won 1} tice w guns and torpedoes cc ed last yvear with a total score o~ 4.026 for ihe past calendar year. Democrats of the Senate ye se Senator tempore of Senator Au ‘ by a vote St of 10, of 1913 Com Rhode Friends of Miss Julia Lathrop, head of the cf are dending n nt ed in office, al- though he: pointment was made by President Taft vesterday rati- he prop ameniment to federal c roviding for popul United States ator on already ha; been adopted by Jous . W. Harriman, widow of th H. Har presented to the ch of the 8 luable stately res- Y 1 tioc ith New York 2 piece of land alc den odus Point, at S, Code Hill, an Aged Resident of Or- lando, Fla, who made a pledge in 1896 not to- get a hair until another democral was elected president, had his long locks removed in the public square of his home town this weelk Harold, the Six Months Old Son of| Mr. and Mrs. Loren Davis, who was| wrried from a burning house in Beth- me: The Rhode Island General Assembly was asked in a resolution introduced vesterday to authorize a special elec- tion to submit to the voters the propo- sition of having the state guarant the bonds of the Southern New 1and railway to the amount of 000 for the completion of the r GREEKS HOLD 78450 PRISONERS. Cost of Maintaining Them Has Already Reached $1,000,000. Athens, Greece, March 7.—The Greek military authorities declare that they have 78,450 Turkish prisoners, includ- ing the troops who surrendered at Janina, in their hands, while 20,000 others are surrounded at \'arlousl places. As an additional reason for demand- ing an indemnity from Turkey the Greek government points ou. that the | maintenance of the prisoners already has involved the expenditure of $1,- 000,000, CHICAGO EMPLOYERS Vice Not Due To Low Wages GIVE THEIR OPINIONS, COMMITTEE HEARING Young Women Express Opposite Views —Bill for a Minimum Wage Scale of $12 a Week for Women Workers hicago, March 7.—“The think that low wages has do with immorality among women of the town say it thing to do with it. That wa way Nels Juul summed uy mony before vestigation comm of the great emp bor in the city and a half d from the underworld Minimum Wage of $12. State Senator s 3 ber of the committee P wit o were emplo; committee ¢ ired to wished information now pending in king a minimum wag c: women in this state employers held and the law employers rihing to men; t has today senate vice | Beal, a mer bill for The excessive ity this n Among the heard were ang pre any; B, C. %y vald, comp: jent tnesses Te n Ju iden Roebuck son, vice and com of Jame v Mang and are ing emplo of girls and wom Most Store Girls It elg am Live at Hom de merely the family fund of 'a working girl's home ea ore than enough to support ther do_cooperate if each indlvidual of a fam or only one of such a family, earned less than a living wage, the wh : suffered, and the employer p es too low was shirkimg his Lty A Dramatic Situation. There was a tense, dramatic mo. at the end of the forenoon s s Rosenwald, president of Ses Roebuck and company, multi-r aire, philanthropist, employer of more than 4,000 women, and himself : 5 time head of a vice investigation c mission, had been on the witness stand for several hours, testifying t > wage scale of his c and plaining that In his nt wages and the immorality of women hz . tle relation. are being held, pa h dressed crowd, mar f 0 Then a ung w T « | and answer; to I 1 f tors and by the ide of Rosenw Says Forewomen Scolded. £ had be ern ), 1 suck taki critic what yours wa g $8 weelc minim living alone) ha P P The Witness Puzzle ment, and then, comprehending, looke rankly and rej “No, I woulc WVould lame her if she kil * came the emphatie ommitteq a greater crim g girl paused a moment and then safd distinetl No, 1 wouldn The room had been painf qule but at this there was a round o plause, led by the women spectators “Em s then dismissed Another Girl Witness. A rosy cheeked girl, whose not announced, was called ness. She was 14 years old when she went to work for Sears-Roebuck pany, she #uld, and w When, she left ther she was receiving $7.50 P, 1 by Mr. O'Hara if the girls were ever scolded, the witness repliec the girls cried.” girls cried Well, thes the des} “I know I gave one of th oat.” Some Girls Flirted. Askeq if the girls were moral, the girl_seemed somewhat at a loss, but at last explained that some of the girls “ran out nights” and flirted “Do you know that of them are bad “Well, you never can tell how they will turn out,” returned the mature little observer of “seventeen next A gust.” Rosenwald remained in his wits chalr while the girl was testifying, o serving her out of a cc Rebellious Governor Arrested. IMexico City, March 7.—Rafzel Cepe da, the former governor of Potosi, who refused to recog the Huerta government and was credited with joining the revolt headed by Ve- nusiano Carranza, been arrested In San Luis Potosi City. He will be brought here for trial on a charge of rerellion. Louisville (Ky.) Jewish women have started a crusade to wipe out kmprop- er ‘dances and dance halls. No doubt a prophet would have more honor in his own country If the natives didn’t g&f tired of hearing hinf say "I told you so”