Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 24, 1913, Page 1

VOL. LV.—NO. 71 PRICE TWO CENTS NORWICH, CONN; MONDAY. MARCH 24, 1913 The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Pi\per, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population ONE HALF OF OMAHA SWEPT AWAY Tornade Leaves Trail of States of the Middle West CRUSHED -TO DEATH IN BED AT TERRE HAUTE Over Dozen Killed by Falling Buildings in Indiana City— + Wreckage in Nebraska Towns Reported to Have Taken Fire—Mayor of Omaha tia—Telegraph Service Further Demoralized. Chicago, March 23.—A terrific wind Storm, causing widespread destruction and Moss of life, and practically wreck- ing the already demoralized telegraph service, raged over the. central west and middle states late today. Reports from Nebraka, Kansas, lowa and In- diana indicate heavy damage, but ow- ing to the wrecking of the telegraph lines the reports are fragmentary and lacking in detail. Many Ci Suffer. Omaha, Berlin, Ashland, Yutan, Neb. —the latter town near Omaha—Mar- shalltown, Ackley, Woodbine and Car- roll, lowa; Terre Haute, Ind., and Abi- lene, Kan. are places from which scattering messages carrying the news of grave destruction have been receiv- ed The death list at Yutan was plac- ed at 15 and the injured at 50. Half of Omaha Swept Away. For more than four hours no word ‘was received from the stricken city of Omaha, Late bulletins report that half the city was swept by a tornda. All wires were down, and Berlin, a neigh- Doring town, was said to be in flames. The message was received over a sin- gle long distance. telephone wire which ‘worked at intervals. Terre Haute Hard Hi ‘Terre Haute, Ind., suffered severely. Ssores of persons were injured, -an unknown number were overwhelmed in the ruins of houses blown down by | the wind, and many fires were started in different parts of the city. Wreckage on Fire. First reports from Nebraga were that the towns visited by the storm had been wiped out and that the wreckage was on fire. Trains loaded with res- cuers, nurses and physicians were strugsling toward the scene, being compelled to feel their way without running_orders, owing to the paraly- Bsis of the telegraph service. Not so Bad in lowa The loss of life and property in Towa was less severe; gecording to messages from the swept district. Dust storms, Tain, hail and the tremendous elec- trical disturbances prevailed over Kan- sas and Nebraska the greater partof the day. Where railroad service was impossible motor cars were pressed into service and surgeons and supples Sere rushed to the wrecked towns at the best speed possible over the wash- ed out roads. DOZEN DEAD AT TERRE HAUTE. Women and Children Crushed to Death in Their Beds. Terre Haute, Ind, March 23—Loss Death and Destruction in Appeals to Governor For Mili- of life_and sereve property damase was caused by a tornado which wiped out the southern part of Terre Haute at ten o'clock tonight. At twelve o'clock seven Bodies had been recovered. Scores were in- jured and property damage will reach into the hundreds of thousands of dol- lars. Terre Haute has a population of 58,15 All ‘wires ware blown down in the | Qistrict affected. This prevented rescue work, although every available fireman and policeman was rushed to the stricken district. 1t is expected the death more than a dozen. With no warning the terrific_gale swept down upon the district. Parts of the Root Glass company's plant were flattened. The end of the foundry room of the Gartland factory, a solid Ibrick wall 18 inches thick, was caved st will be lin. Brick and stone structures suffer- |ed alike. Lightning set fire to many | houses. * Men, women and _children were crushed to death in bed. Some escaped to the cellars. Whole | structures were blown away by the force of the windfl. The mained were rushed to hospitais as fast as they were_extricated, Difficulty was experienced in obtain- ing doctors and the firemen were un- able to cope with the flames which | swept the district. The heavy down- pour of rain is all that prevented Scores of injured from heing burned in the debris of their homes. i HALF OF OMAHA GONE. Borlin, a Small Suburb, Be on Fire. Falls City, Neb., March 23.—Half of the city of Omaha was swept by a tor- pado early tonight, according to in- | formation gained here by long distance | telephome. ~ All railroad and commer- cial telegraph lines out of commission. Bertin, a small town near Omaha, damaged bLy the storm, is said to bo on fire, Omaha has a population of 124,096 Six Killed at Woodbine, la. Sioux Ci Towa, March 23.—Six persons were killed, houses were un- roofed and many thousand dollars of damage was done at Woodbine, Iowa, by the storm which swept that section tonight, according to an unconfirmed report received here. Omaha Calls for M Lincoln, Neb. March 23.—Mayor Dahlman of Omaha has asked the goy- ernor tho call out militia to prevent looting. & - '« Reported to | into Omaha are EXTRA SESSION MAY BE LONG ONE. Work of Tariff Revision Likely to Take Until End of August. ington, March 23.—Democrats expressed the view tonight that the extra session of congress would be a prolonged affair. This was on the as- sumption that President Wilson would recommend to congress consideration of the curremcy question as well as perhaps other matters of pressing im- | The president has indicated urze other needed legisla- tion when the tarift is out of the way. Consideration of currency and other questions might carry the session well into the autumn. Democratic Leader Und-rwood is known to belicve that the tariff will be disposed of in the house by May 1, and by both houses by July 1. Spealk- er Clark tonight said that if only the tariff were taken uvn congress could adjourn by the middle of August, while cther leaders predicted that tariff re- vision would be ready for the presi- dentiil approval by August 1 OBITUARY. portance that he wil debn Deane Browne, Native of Plain- field. Wartford, Conn, March 23.—John Deane Browne, for 33 years president of the Connecticut Fire Insurance com- and one of the biggest men in any nsrance circles in this city. died sud- deniy at his home, No. 13 Kenyon street, 1ate today of apopiexy. He was 75 years old and was a rative of Plainfield, Conn. In his early life farm, and at the age of 19 taught school in Plainfield. He moved to St. Paul shortly before the outbreak of the civil war. When the war broke out he enlisted in the Second regiment, Min- with ~ dis- he worked on a nesota valunteers, serving tinction. ; In 1860 he had the honor of carrying the first electora] vote from Minnesota to Washington. It was for Abraham Lincoln. After the war he was chief of the survevor general’s office at St. Paul. In 1865 he moved to Hartford, here he had since played a prominent part in_the city's affairs. In 1867 he became connected with the Hartford Insurance eompany and was made its secretary three vears lat- er. In 1830 he became president of the Connecticut Fire Insurance com- Tins of his dcath. A brother, Daniel Browne, lives in Moosup. No Chautauqua Cireuit. Secretary Bryan is beginning to Jearn that it wom't do to joke in his present position. It is mot any funny Pusiness that he is in now.—Pailadel- phia Press. All Look Alike General Castro is now accused of plotting a revolution in Honduras, All Tatin-American _ governments __look alike to the General.—New York Even- ing sun. Senators Root and Lodge have ex- pressed approval of Secretary Brvan. They think he is all which position he held at the | | cLouDs OF STAR DUST ENVELOPED IN GAS. Professor Lowell Claims Confirmation of Nebular Theory of La Place. Chicago, March 23.—Tmportant de- | tails of recent _discoveries concerning | the nebular hypothesis of the solar system by Dr. V. D, Slipher of the Lovwell observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz, were made known here tonight on the arrival of Prof. Percival Lowell on his | way to New York. The nebular theory of La Place, which in recent years has becr. somewhat discredited in certain astronomical quarters, received strong “orroboration according to a statement issued from observations at Flagstaff, which show that numerous nebulac shine by reflected lizht. Observers at Lowell observatory have established the” fact that these nebulae consist of clouds of star dust enveloped in gas. “This is the first step in the evolu- | tion of a solar system,” Prof. Low- | cII's ‘statement reads. MERIDEN YOUTH SHOT | WITHOUT PROVOCATION. | On Way to Make Sunday Evening Call | When Held Up. i —_— | Meriden, Conn., March 23 _—T.eonard | ‘Westfort, aged 23, was held up by a | stranger in the outskirts of the city lat 7 o'clock tonight ang shot in the | right thigh. The assailant simply ask | ed Westfort to hold up his hands, and | then fired one shot from a revolver |anc disappeared. The stranger, who | + wore dark clothes and dark cap and no collar, disappeared in the direction of | Cheshiire. - Westfort was on his way | | to pay a visit to a young lady friend. | A search for the assailant has been in- stituted by the Meriden police. DR. ELIOT DECLINES THE AMBASSADORSHIP Admits This, But Refuses to Make Public the Reason. Cambridge, Mass, March 23—Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard, said tonight that it was | true that he had declined the post of ambassador to Great Iritain. “While he would Mot give his reasons llor declining he said it was not on !aveount of his age, the condition of lhls health or financial considerations. | Dr. Ellot's letter regretting his in- | ability to serve was sent to President Wilson two days ago. Pity for the Bride. The announcement of Boni de Cas- tellane’s approaching marriage cre- ates no interest except pity for the bride—Memphis Commercial Appeal. What Happened to Bryan. Instead of knocking Mr. Bryvan into a cocked hat President Wilson has knocked him into a high hat—Wash- ington Post. A Rift. We are mighty glad it is Joseph- us and not Jonah Daniels.—Charles- ton News and Courier. A palm tree on Temple street, Tos Angeles, over 100 years, old has been ‘or & Dem- Administration —Kaneas CIty ocratic Journal cut down to make way for a business structure. Cabled Paragraphs | fin Ultimatum Arabs Annihilate French Troops. , March 23.—A column of na- Pench troops, with. their whits 0 gn[eng o , was virtually annihi ed Dby in the Aderar region of the Western it AUSTRIA THREATENS A RESORT TO ARMS. German Schem. Herlin, Mas Unually ' incr to Raise Revenue. r the of h the sing . army {he government is contemplat | | wopilies in the | s and_alco- kal Anzeiger. the establishn sale of cigarcties, hol, according to the FREE THE CIVILIANS General Sung's Wounds Prove Fatal. - Shanshai, China, March 23.—General Sung, a former Chinese minister or ed- ueation, died yesterday from the effe of wounds he received on March 20, when an aitempt was made to as- sassinate him at the railroad station. Austria Demands That They Be Per- mitted to Leave Scutari—Charge of Is Also Made. 1 Religious Proselyting Will Head Antarctic Expedition. looen mcea s bt 5 is | delivered at Cettinje a nly veiled | London, March 23—Just before his | Selivered at Cotnie B tBLY So ine departure for New York on the steam- or Mauretania, Sir Brnest Shackicton | that if the civil population af Scutarl were not allowed to leave the city the A oiiied that he intended to head a| il monarchy would take coercive The Maurctunia safled from South- | Measures for compliance ; with its wishes. Italy took similar actlon, but amtg today. . T Without expressing any threai, and Russia, the friend of Montenegro, ad- Vised the Montenegrin sovernment to accede to Ausiria’s demand Sends Steamer to Scutari Austria is sending a steame: to Scu- Honduras Not Upset, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, March 23. The news of ‘the death of General Manuel Bonilia, president of Honduras, and the transfer of the executive Pow- to Vice President Dr. Francisco | tari, evidently expecting that this, her | rtrand has been received with pe:- | second request for the release of the fect equanimity throughout the re- | civilians, will not be refused, and has public. also made clear what she requires in connection with other incidents of the dispute between the two countries. Powers Suggesting Terms of Peace. In the meantime the representatives of the powers at the Balkan capitals fare busy submitting to the govern- ments of the allies a note suggesting terms as a basis for peace. The mnote has not vet been presented to Turkey, as one of the ambassadors has failed to recelve his instructions. The allles have beens consulting with regard to the note, and the public and press of the Balkan states do not receive the suggestions with any favor. Believes Fall of Scutari Imminent. Carries Body of American Actress. Southampton, England, March 23.— The body of Frances Lesiie, the Amer- ican actress, who died of epilepsy on board the Oceanic just before it reach- ed this port from America on March 15, was taken on board the St. Paul, hich left here for New York yester- aay. Wild Storm in Southern England. London, March 23—The south of Tngland has been visited by a storm of hurricane force during the last two or three days. All the seasige places on the south coast have ®suffered | B P greatly. The wind blew at 89 miles an | News from Montenegrin headquarters hour, fhrowing up tremendons tides | indicate that King Nicholas believes imminent, combined num- that the fall of Scutari is He is in command of the Servian and Montenegrin army, bering 52,000 AUSTRIA’S ULTIMATUM. which flooded the various properties. General Strike at Brussels. Brussels, March 23.—The congress of the labor party today ratified the order for a general strike to be called April #4, issued by the national com- mittee on universal suffrage. The ac- tion is due to the refusal of tne gov ernment to give comsideration to elec Declares a Readiness + to Resort to Arms to Enforce It. toral reform before the coming elec- | Settinje, Montenegro, March 23Tt tions. * is seml-officially announced thal Aus- oo tria presented an ultimatum to Mon- DON'T “LAF” AT tenogro {oday demanding « suspen: sion of the military operations around THIS ORTHOGRAPHY | scutari until the cnn‘re civil popula- tion has left the town. In the event Simplified Spelling Board Abbreviates 1,000 More Words. of refusal, Austria will resort to arms against Montenegro. In a previous note which is in New York, March 23.—The simpli- | threatening terms, Austria also de- fied spelling board issued today its | mended that all s and Mo- fourfh list of words'to appear in new | hammedans In Jakova and the sur- fashioned orthography Iy 1,000 words are changed in_spelling. “In considering these new spellings,’ the board said, in announcing the new Approximate- shortened or rounding district, who have been con- verted since the Montenegrin occupa- tion, must be restored to their faith. With a view to proving that the con- versions in question were not attend- list, “do mot be too much influenced |ed by any compulsion, Montenegro re- by ‘the odd appearance of the Wword. | cently replied that she proposed to ap- Any change must look odd at first. | point a commission ,on which, besides Consider, rather, whether the change will bring a real gain if the public should accept it.” Some of the changes are: Dropping the silent h in such words as chaos and chameleon; dropping the final k in | words like hammock; changing heart and hearth to hart and harth; drop- ping the silent e in money and sim- ilar words substituting laf for laugh and cof for cough; omitting the g in gnat, gnome and similar words; sub- the Montenegrin members, there should also be one representative of Austria and another ‘of Italy or some other great power. Montenegro at the same time stated that she could not allow the Sovereign right of Austria to be exercised in ter- ritory occupled by Montenegro. Austria refused to answer this note on the ground that its wording was not seemly. In government circles here the conviction is expressed that Counting of the ~ Nation’s Wealth TO BEGIN AT TREASURY DE- PARTMENT APRIL 1. GREATEST IN HISTORY Over $1,400,000,000 Will Have to Be Counted—Bags Containing $1,000 to Be Weighed—An Armed Guard. Washington, March 23 —The great- est count of money and securities in the history of the world will begin at | the treasury department on April 1 when John Burke, former governor of North Dakota, takes the oath of office as treasurer of the United States, suc- Ceeding Chrmi A. Thompson. Sealing of the Vaults. To sefcguard the nation’s wealth, Uncle Sam requires that the retiring record af the transfer of funds be ver- ificd by a count of the notes, coin and securities in the treasury. Secretary McAdoo will appoint a commities to take charge of the vaults and each vault and safe will be sealed on April 1 in preparation for the count. Only enough money to keep the wheels of government revolving will be laid aside for daily use while The counting is in progress. ) Money Bags Weighed. _It generally requires from two to five months to make the count. A gov- ernment mathematicfan has figured out that it would take one person three hundred vears to verify Mr. Thomp- son's records. Ordinarily every note, bond and other security is counted. | Uniess a shortage or error is discov- | ered the gold and silver, stored im bags contalning $1,000 each, usually is veighed, a test bag being balanced inst all others for verification. Laborer Stole $600. Armed guatds stand over the count- and workmen to protect them from interference. Losses ldom have been found in these counts. When the treasurer was changed some vears ago $600 was stolen during the official count. A la- borer engaged to lift the heavy bags of coin substituted leaden disks for | silver dollars in several bags, neces- sitating a five months' count of ever ;:ln]mr of the $115,000,000 in ihe big | silver vault. The laborer was con- I victed of the theft and the retiring treasurer relieved by congress of the responsibility for the loss. Troasurer Bonded for $150,000. When Carmi Thompson succeeded Lee McClung as treasurer, he received over $1,400,000,000. He must account for ayery cent of that amount,.plus | the illlons he has since received, | minus expenditures. | _While the treasurer of the United States handles no money personally, he Is the only bonded official in h office. His 3150,000 bond covers eve: subordinate and for many vears treas- urers have urged congress to order the bonding of the emploves who act- Iy handle the $6,000,000,000 which 5, (hrougn the treasurer’s office an- nually. . The Ancient Year-Book: Professor Vinogradoff 'was pleasant- ly discursive in delivering the Creigh- ton lecture on “Constitutional History in the Year-books.” The year-books are not exactly light reading. although a certain famous' sergeani-at-law of the Seventeenth Century made an in- separable compznion of them, assert- ing that there was nothing like them | | 1 | Condensed Teiegrams King Alfonso Has Contributed §1,000 to the Boy Scouts.! Strawberries Soid at Chicago jast wee Howard Moon, 16 GRITIGISES 0 Years Old, was shot and killea by John Warren, i, while “playing Indian” near Osweso, | The Boy Scouts of Saturday presenteq « with a gold knite Augusta, -President The Ice Which Has Closed the nobscot river to na jon since beginning of the wiater, went out Sat- urday. The Oleron, France, town counci passed a resoiution gi\ing women Lh vote and making cicm elig: ifor municipal office. James Perry, Chauffeur of the Webb auto bandit gang of Chicago, Wus Sen- tenced to from one year to life, which is the maximum penalty. Representative James A. Hughes of West Virginia is seriousiy ill as the result of a nervous breakdown and his friends are expressing their fears. William J. Bryan, Secretary of state, and Mrs. Bryan, were the guests of honor Saturday hight at a dinner giv- en by the University club of Omaha. Presiding Judge Martin A. Knapp of the Commerce court Saturday was re- designated by President Wilson to act as arbitrator under the Erdman act. Willis L. Moore, Chief of the weath- er bureau resigned Saturday. He is a democrat and was a candidate for appointment as secretary of agricul- ture. By Increasing Their Wages seven per cent. the New York, New Haven and Hartforq Railroad company has settled the demands of its 700 bridge- men. A Committee Has Been Formed to erect a memorial to the late John Bigelow, the distinguished publicist, diplomatist and United States minis- ter to France during the Civil war. The $10,060 Set of Chimes presented Christ (Episcopalian) church . of Greenwich, Conn., by Edmund C. Con verse of New York, in memory of hi wife, were rung vesterday for the first time, to Harry Farman, An Eleven-Year-Old boy, was killed and 12 persons hurt, seven of them scriously, in an explo- sion of gas in a five story temement house on the lower East Side New York, Saturd: The Missouri Senate Saturday pass- ed a bill making the nine hour dey ap- Dy to all women workers in the state except the emploves of telephone or telegraph companies. The bill has { passed the houss A Silver Casket Wrought from a “make-up” box will carry the ashes of Adrienne Augarde, the English octress, Wwhose body was cremated at Chicago, to Mrs. Henrietta Augarde, the actress’ mother, in England. When Former Secretary of the Navy Meyer returns to Washington from the south this weelt, his former associates In the mavy department will him with o magnificent silver center- piece as a farewell gift A Four Years Renewal contract has been awarded to Miss F. Markham, aged 40, who has carried mail from Interlaken to Stockbridge, Mass., since she was 17 vears old. Durlng her service she was covered 86,400 miles. The United States Probably will not present | stituting nee for knee and nicnac for knicknack and dropping the k in sim- ilar words changing pranced to pranst and other words ending with nced to nst. In the new list touch is spelled | tuch; serfous is changed to serius; blow is spelled blo; bellow is cnanged to bello; forced to forst; phantom to fantom; handsome to handsum; boss to bos; glue to glu and wretch to retch. Bach of these instances typi- | les a rule and is followed by a long | 1 t of words to which it app es. Andrew Carnegie, Theodore Roose- velt and a score of other noted men are included in the list of the board's membe ABNORMAL STORM ACTIVITY PREDICTED FOR THIS WEEK Marked Fluctuations in Temperatures Will Prevail. Wa March 23— Abnormal storm activity and marked fluctuations in temperaturees will prevail the country over duirng the coming week, according to the weather experts. A storm central over the Rocky mountain region Sunday,” the bu- reaw’s weekly bulletin says, “will move rapidly northeast accompanied by shifting gales; it will be preceded by rains and much warmer at the begin- ning of the week in the eastern and southern states and be attended with snows in the northwestern states and along the northern border “It will be followed Dby decidedly colder Monday and Tuesday over the ddle west and southwest and Tues- ay generally east of day ang Wedn h Mississippl river. “Another disturbance of widespread influence will develop in the far west | about Wednesday or Thursday, move eastward attended by rain in south- ern and probably snow and rain northern districts, and cross the great central valleys Thursday or Friday and the eastern states Friday or Sat- A general change to consid- higher temperature will pre- this_disturbance.” cede ONE YOUNG WOMAN WILL LOSE AN ARM Ten Thrown Into Road When Auto- mobile Turned Turtle. Greenwich, Conn., March 23.—A large touring automobile driven by Alex Finne, which was conveying employes of the estate of Mrs. H. C. Bowen back from Easter services at a local church, turned turtle on the Round Hill road this afternoon and the ten occupants were thrown out in the roadway. Three persons, Mr. Finne, the driver; Miss Catharine Ryan and Miss Hilda Peter- son, were taken to the hospital with injirles. The other seven people es- caped with minor bruises and scratch- es. All of the injured will recover. Miss Peterson will lose an arm. Rain Prevented Easter Parade. Chicago, March 23.—Haster finery was_at a discount here today. Tor- rential rains fell continually, church- s were scantily attended and the fashionable promenades were desert- ed stretches, windswept and stream- ing. Steamship Arrivais. New York, March 23—Arrived: Steamer Carmanta, Liverpool, in | Austria refused not on account of the form of the reply, but because of its contents. The offlcial journal publishes a com- munication in’ which it is stated that the Catholics and Mohammedans of | Ipek and Jakova expressed the wish 10 join the orthodox church but were | dissuaded by the Montenegrins who | advised them to exercise patience. The movement spread however, as the people were unable to understand | why they shoulg not return to the old | faith, of which they had preserved the usages. When they repcated de- mand, their wish was granted. The priest Palic the communication explains was arrested for inciting the Albanians against Montenegro. He was being taken to Ipek for trial when he attempted to escape and was shot. FURS IN EVIDENCE IN EASTER PARADE Biggest Crowd in History on Atlantic City’s Boardwalk. Atlantic City, N. J., March 23.—Vis- itors from all paris of the country crowded the boardwalk here today for the annual Easter parac Furs as well as the latest creations in gowns ang millinery were in evidence on the promenaders and the rol tingent, Despite week by ng cha = the warning he newly issued last prosecutor that violations of the ex- | | cise laws would be prosecuted, many | saloon and cafe proprictors “took a. | chance” and did a lively business. | " The advocates of Sunday closing are rted to have been busily engaged seeking evidence on which to base warrants for the arrest of the offend- ing liquor sellers. Today's crowd is iggest in the history of the resort. Definite figures are not available but it is certain that few very more promenaders could have been accom- modated at the height of the parade. AN EASTER TRAGEDY AT ARLINGTON, MASS. William A. McDonald Slashes Wife's Throat on the Street. His Mass., March 23 Arlington, ~“While | walking_home from an Easter service ioday, Mrs. Margaret E. McDonald, aged 37, was murdered, the police suy, by her husband, William A. McDonald aged 38, who siashed her throat with a razor. A quarrel preceded the tragedy. Me- Donald met his wife of the street. He had walked a short distance with her, arguing earnestly, when in the midst of scores of people returning from church, he was seen to draw a razor and aftack her. He was arrested a short time afterwards. Dr. Friedmann Enjoys a Rest. New York, March 23—Dr. Fried- rick Franz Friedmann spent today qui- etly In his apartments. It was one of his_few days of rest since he began holding clinics here. Steamers Reported by Wireless. Cape Race, N. F., March 23—Steam- er Neckar, Bremen for New York, signalled 1226 miles east of Sandy Hook at 8.30 p. m. Dock 9 a.m. Thurs- day, : on- | appointed public | reported as the | for o diversion. Professor Vinogradoff | patrol the North Atlantic steamship was suggestive if not diverting and covered an astonishing amount of ground. He illustrated by some inter- | esting examples the right which these | most_dialectical of low reports throw | of the PBritish board of trade and British steamship interests in sending the whaler Scotia for the patrol. on the development of early constitu- tional doctrine on such points as vhether the king could arrest a man in person (held that he could mnot, as he could not be impleaded in his own | courts in case the arrest was illegal); whether a judgment could be reversed summarily " and _without due process | | (held that a “judgment’ of Parliament | was supreme "and could only be r versed, If at all. by the authority which gave it); or again whether (this was the most interesting case) the Formerly Known as “Dead Eye Dick,” who for forty vears led the life of a criminal, serving five | prison terms during the time and who | for the last 16 years had engaged in evangelistic work, died at Chicago, the victim of a thug he had sought to re- form. Chief Justice White Saturday de- clined to grant a writ of error to have the supreme court review the death sentence imposed upon Claude Swan- English Parliament could legislate for son Allen for his part in the Hills- Ireland in the Fifteenth Century. In | ville courthouse murders, but granted this last case the judges were not Allen's attornevs permission to lay ther justice their request before any apparently of one mind, or rather the of the court. were mot of the same mind in two successive cases, and poltical consid- | erations seem to have had something 1o do with their ultimate decision in | favor of the supremacy of the Imperial | Parliament. The lecturer neatly sum- | marized the year-books as rcpresent- FOUND IN VACANT LOT Police Uncertain Whether It ! local hospital in a serious condition, with a gash in his throat from ear to ear, made by a razor. Whether he cut himself with suicidal intent, or whether some one else cut him, is a question the authorities are trving to ascertain The police torn qu Centuries with “a curious from the civic convulsions | which appear to have shaken every | | dovecote except that of Blackfiars and | its learning. Electric Sparks. Oil well pumps in Texas are now op- erated by electric motor: Eastern Nebraska has 250,000 hydro- electric power to develop. Hlectrically-gencrated ozone is usec. for preserving meats in Germany. Nearly seventy per cent of the gaso- line automobiles have adopted elec- tric self starters. “Che new wireless station at Ft. Myer, near Washington, has a range of over 5,000 miles. Some of the finest examples of elec- trically equipped coal mines are to be found 1n-Nova Scotia. The Great Northern Railway Com- pany will install ~gas-electric motor cars for its short line work. The Pennsylvania railroad has pur- chased a_ battery locomotive for yard Work at its Altoona shops. Express packages in nearly all large railway stations are now handled by electric trucks and elevators. In 1902 the first electric truck was uscd in Boston. Now there are hun- dreds of electric trucks on the streets of that city. In two months 142 old houses were wired for _electricity in the city of Nashville. It is a common error to be- lieve that a house built before the ad- that Gott have learned West Haven | found in. a vacant lot in | unconscious and bleeding profusels | from the wound.in his neck, which had | nearly severed the windpipe. A razor was found near the body. He was rushed to the hospital, where forty stitches werp reuired to close the cut. SIX YEAR OLD BOY A PERSISTENT RUNAWAY. Lad Whose Home is at Charlestown, Mass,, Found at Vineyard Haven. Tonight Goitstein was Boston, Mass., March 23—Walter Jo- seph McCarthy, six years and four months old, who has traveled hun- dreds of miles in a dozen or more run- away journeys unaccompanied and without funds was brought back again today to his home In Charlestown, aft- er a trip to Vineyard Haven. The boy left home Friday and was found on the shore on the island of Martha’s Vineyard that night severely affected by_hunger, exposure and exhaustion. vent of electricity cannot be wired | Walter is known at police head- without ruining the walls and ceilings. | quarters as an habitual runaway. oo T i | Last November, at the time of the Proof Positive Harvard-Yale football game, he was picked up by the police in New Ha- There can be no question that Wash- | Pick ington soclety folks are have joined the administration procession now they have abandoned the turkey trot for LondonBridge Is Falling Down.— New York Hearl Would Queer His Chances. In view of the fact that Colonel Bry- 4n wouln't let anybody be nominated with the votes of Tammany, how much Sleeping Powders Kill Student. Cambridge, Mass, March 28.—Wil- liam Penrose Hallowell, Jr., of Minne- apolis, Minn, a Harvard sophomore, was found dead in his room at Hamp- den hall today. Physicians said death was due to an overdose of sleeping powders. According to Hallowell's good will Charlle Murphy's indorse- | friends he had been troubled with in- ment do a job hunter’—Washington | somnia, and probably took the overdoxs Post, - without realizing the ? B lane for icebergs in view of the action | I8 8oul | GIRL CAUSES ARREST that town, | Ga., Tafi | v whd EMOCRATIC SENATO for 3 e @) Govepnor Baldwin Unable to See How They Can Justify Their Votes Against Corbin BEST MAN IN STATE FOR TAX COMMISSIONER | His Excellency Declares That He Has Looked Over State | dence in the c Pretty Carefully—Is the Governor of the People of Con- necticut, Not of the Democratic Party, and Means to Put the Public Interest First—Frank Statement of Position. New_Haven, Conn., March 2 ernor Simeon E. Baldwin, when asked by the Journal-Couricr, what hjs views were as to the action of the senatorial caucus on his nomination of Willlam H. Corbin of Hartford as tax commis- Sioner, made the followinz statement: | Governor of Whole People. “In_exercising my powers of inating for public offices 1 me put the public interest 1 am the governor, not ought not necessar every office, great publicans while in_powe: Strictly on the rule that tors belong the spoils, wit regard to anything but the which a man may wear. Corbin Best Qualified The democrats tho pushed that rule too far the people thought so when Man, 1 alway the of cratic parts, but of the peopie s e necfieut. By the will of the | carefully and took full time o people, as expressed in the con =} Sider dbafofe I reappeinted: M : tion, I was elected, although I had |7 found no man in the only about 78,000 votes of the total |gualifications for tax commlssio: in all. It was enough te elect me, and | My, Corbin. He bas filled 1'had more votes than any other of the | Majt G0 nes tmacenmay tae xas six candidates: sources of the state; he has Received More Votes Than Any Dem- | under taxation interest that e Caped it, he hus Just reporiec s wh on’ their gross earnings, which it Dued, on ' tho “whote, the right. course | depted: as It ousht io be. will pro = ?vhen ot Ehal - | this year, notwithstanding the B e more VOLeS | gepreciation in the valu: ons of their et“Bot, and. several thousand more | Gxable ) democratic state ticket got. Senators Cant Justify Votes Againsi Prevailing Party Should Not “Hog” It. Him. “My opinion as to appointin; to “He has not been contented known two years ago. I stand fcr put- | bored to improve them and has fing in the best men after £1¢inz due | so with great good sudgm . consideration to the claim: ‘or Ye- ; wide acquaintanee with economio the man of my party is natiraily cn- | trie of him can Justify & voie agah titied to the preference. I nd for | his confirmation.” LUNACY COMMISSION IN CASE OF MRS. EATON. CHILD GIVES PRESIDENT A COLORED EASTER EGGQ | Interesting Incident During Service | Eastern Presbyterian Ghurch. March today Widow of Admiral May Be Examined Regarding Her Sanity. March 2 Jen Evi- | _Washington My | Wilson _decide, Plymouth, Ma: Eaton, who is with the mur- | fashionabie churche Washin In a pew near that occupied president and Mrs. Wilson an | three daushters was Margare | aker, six vears old, who b: church a gloriously colored Eg Margaret watched the presidc he took his seat. Just before L vice she shyly reached over presidential pew and hande. Eleanor Wilson a gaily decorated per napkin with the precious of Norwell, administering poison, will be presenied before the grand jury which will meet in special session here tomorrow. The proceedings will be at 10 o'clock and will be secret, ac- cording to law. The jury will dete: miné whether the widow of the a miral ehall be indicted on account of er husband’s death or allowed her 1ib- A grand jury indictment would g the case automatically before tie | superior_court | side. Miss Fleanor received More than 25 witnesses are expected | a smile and handed it to to to give evidence. As inti- | dent, who looked at the i mated at the time of the arrest of | ten In a child's hand o » Mrs. Eaton, some of those conversant | glanced around to w = with the case believe that a luna-y ( 8at and bowed his thanks, - Commission may be appointed to ex- | that made her blush with happir amine her regarding her sanity. and confusio; District Attorney Barker of Brock ton, who has been conducting the in- | EXTREMES RARE IN TH vestigation for the county, is said fo have concurred with Chief Justice FIFTH AVENUE r court regarding commis- Aiken of the superi the appointment of sion. While the authoritis their case Lo be presented to th n jury, Mrs. Eaton passed the day quict- | annual Kasier dress parad ly at the Plymouth county jail. Shelvored today with sunshine, bu d1d not_recelve any visitors and spent | decided nip in a brisk wind bart of the day reading magazines |vailed. In the afier-church Klthough she was not present at ths ! fashionable thoroushtare v Faster religious service in the jail, she | but the display of the season High Color Scheme Noted Clothing -and Millinery such a s were preparing grand | New York, Mareh r heard the singing and saw what took | was perhaps somewhat less place from her cell in the women’s de- | than usual because of the partment. She continued apparently | resorg to furs and wraps efree and in good health. | air. “Extremes in design w A Search was continued today in an|in the gowns worn, the endeavor to locate the source of arse- | of the exhibit being X nic alleged to have caused the dearh | high color scheme. biri o1 Admiral Eaton. Thus far the au-|the rule in bown clothin, thorities admit they have not learned | covering of the feminine WITH HIS THROAT CUT.| i “the work of accommodation be- Play or Suicidal Attempt. | | New Haven Conn., March 23.—FEmil | the turmoil of the Fourteenth and Gotistein of 22 Watson street is in a | | | | | rreled with his wife last week | and as a result she left him, moving to | | marry her, where the poison was purchased. The march of fashion, — impressive, in numbers, . | in other parts of the city than -the avenue.” ASPHYXIATING GAS BOMBS | USED BY PARIS DETEGTIVES OF A BOSTON BARBER. Cofplaint to New Haven Police Fol- lows Quarrel of P Conn.. March 23.—Al-| Negro Overcome by Them Wik of Boston, a barber, Was Being Pursued. the police today, i New Haven, freq Forcato, 23, was arrested by charged with enticing a female for im- | Paris, March 23 weapon for the moral purposes, and held in 33,000 | firing of asphyxiating bombs, devised bonds, which he was unable to secure, | after the recent sicse of the auto His atrest followed a chase that start- | mobile bandits in their stronghoid ed late last night when Eermeani De | was used for the first time today Masi, a pretty 19 year old girl, told & the capture of a negro who had b revolting story fo a police officer. come suddenly. mad end ran smuck According to the police, the girl said | the Auteuil quarter threatening evesy- she worked in a factory In Boston. one with a loaded revalver. Forcato wooed her and promised to Detectives chased thé man Wising this pretext to get | ¥oom (o room in a house where he her to New Haven, Arriving here, For- | taken refuge, firing gas bombs as t cato told her that he did not inteng to | went. The fugituve was final. marry her, and put her in a Crown | hered on the roof in a state of semi- street lodzing house of questionable | asphyxiation. He was powerless and reputation. | was easily transferred to a hospi The two had a quarrel Saturday night, in which Forcato ‘cheked and | beat the girl. She ran out into the! strcet and told her story to a patrol- man. Detectives, after a long search, finally caught the man. The rolice be- lieve that he is one of a party of “white slavers,” and Forcato’s record | in Boston is being investigated. KING CONSTANTINE NOW AT SALONIKI Has a Most Affecting Meeting w Widow of King George. Saloniki, March 23—King Constan- tne arrived here ioday apd was uo- claimed by the populace. The foreis: $17,000 LOSS BY A Warships ilred & salute of 21 guns. The FIRE AT STAMFORD. | king showed great grief and the meet Shdi s lad) ing between him and Dowager Queen Stores on Strest Floor of Fessenden|Olga in the death champer was m B Badl. 7 affecting, both_bursting into tears ock BediveDamaged The body of the late King Georgs Stamford, Conn., March 23.—Fire in | Will lle in state tomorrow and tae the Fessenden block in Atlantic square | residents of Salontki will be allowed in the heart of the city did $17,000 | t© Pass before the coffin. damage late this afterncon. The fire started in the basement from hot ash- es that had been thrown against a wooden partition by the Jjanitor. Stores on the first floor, occupied by F. T. Beeheler, men's furnishings man’ Huested, millinery, and J. Lawrence, drugglst, suffered pracilca.. 1y_all "of ‘the loss. Dr. Hamilton Critically New York, March 33—Dr. MaLane Hamilton, widely known as an aliea- Y| iat, is oritieally 11 at tho Presbyterian ¥. | hospital, The nature of his iliness was not stated, but his condition is so as: ous that members of his family are i The thick smoke drove the tenants | OMStantly at his bedside. He has in the upper stories out of the build- | beem a patient at the hospital since ing. A child in the family of J. Clitts | March &, bad ecarlet fever, and an ambulance was called to remove her to a hospi- Over 10,000,000 cigareites are cons in the United tal. The loss Is partially” covered by sumed every monih insurance. —