Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 27, 1913, Page 1

VOL. LV.—NO. 74 MANY TRAPPED IN OTHER BURNED BUILDINGS Secretary of Dayton Board of Health Estimates Number of | Deaths There at 800—Coffins and Boats Being Turned Out at Cash Register Plant—More Babies Born Yester- day—Number Who Perished in Ohio and Indiana Con- servatively Estimated at 3000—Property Loss in the Two States Will Reach $100,000,000—Residents of Louisville, Ky., Warned to Leave the City — United | States Government Acts Promptly. Dayton, Ohio, fierce fire which appeared to he sweep. ing through the half-submerged bus ness district of Dayton late tonight had | desroyed the Beckel house, where there were supposed to be more than two hundred flood refugees, was the con- sensus of opinion of scores of watch- ers atop of a manufacturing plant building nearly two miles from the scene of the flames. Eight Buildings Destroyed. The flames destroyed eight buildings In Dayton’s submerged business sec- tion tonigh® casting a red, weird gloom over the flood-stricken city that added 1o the fears of thousands of refugees and marooned persons and led to ap- prebension that there may have been many of the water's prisoners in the burned buildings. City Under Martial] Law. Scon afterward notice was posted in headquarters of the committee announcing that the city was under “martial law,” and several compa: of soldiers arrived from neighbos Ohio cities. The soldiers were employed to pairol edges of the burned district and prevent further looting of homgI freed from the flood's grasp. Up to a late hour tonight there had been no material disorder. Motor Boats to Bs Used. Rescue squads worked frantically to- day to throw back the veil that hides | the stoi ‘the Dayton disaster—the | numbe: ead. Late tonight thé ar— rival of motor boats gave hope that by tomorrow the northern section of the city, now cut off by Big Miam¥’s impas- | salble barrier, may be penetrated, and then may be learmed the fate of hun- dreds imprisoned by the torrent that poured down from the broken reser- veir. The list of dead was added to this afternoon by the death of a refugee. Weak from Fright and Hunger. It was reportedq late tonight that a number of dead had been found in houses at Fifth and Eagle streets, but when rescuers worked their way into the partially submerged buildings they found a number of the flood’s prisoners who weére weak from fright and hun- ger. Already overburdened victims of the water’s wrath were compelled to suffer again today in a cold smarting rain. Fire Confined to One Block. Fire that appeared to threaten the budiness section tonight was conflned to the block bounded by Second and Third streets and Jefferson and St. Clair strets. In the block are the Fourth National bank, the Lattimer Drug company, the Evans Wholesale Drug company and several commission houses. It was impossible to get with- in two miles of the fire, and from that distance It appeared that explosions, probably of drugs, made the fire seem of larger proportions than it was. 65,000 Persons Imprisoned. Tt was impossible to ascertain, even approximately, the number of persons who might have been marooned in this section and who died after bcing trap- ped by flood and fire. Nevertheless, rescue work went steadily on and about 3,000 persons were housed in places of refuge tonight. At least 65,- 000 persons are imprisoned in homes and in business buildings. ed their two days’ imprisonment, with accompanying hunger. and fright, have | ea. 2% ised tremendous suffering. Food Supplies Swept Away. The flood came with such suddenness that food supplies in home were whisk- @d away by torrents that reached to second floors in almost the flash of an eyve. Skis gkirted the edge of the flood dis(rict, attempting to take food to these whom it was impossible to car- ry off, but the fierce current discour- azingly retarded this work. Thousands of Telegrams. Dayton was practically cut off from Wire communication until late this aft- noon.* Then two wires into Cincin- ti were obtained, and operators plunged into great piles of telegrams from Dayton citizens, almost frantic in their desire to assure friends outside of their safety. Operators at opposite ends of the wire reported that thou- gands of telegrams were piled up at re- lay offices. These were from people anxious over the fate of Dayton kins- men. 5 MANY COFFINS ORDERED. Secretary of Dayton Board of Health Believes Deaths Will Total 800. Dayton, O., March 26.—How great a death toll the deluge of Dayton had taken seemed tonight almost as muca a matter of conjecture as yesterday, but, acting on_stories brought by sur- vivers from the stricken districts, it was eaid, the cmergency commiitee had ordefed a large number of coffins for immediate delivery. The Great Miami river, swollen to a widgh heretofore unknown and running with® terrific current, barred the way te specific_information of the number of dead. While thousands of persons #till were marooned in houses and on opportune roofs in the central portion of the town, only a few corpses had been recovered, and it was belleved that in the northern sectlon of the gubmerged eity, to which rescuing par- tles had been unable to penetrate, would be found the test 1ife loss. At 6 o'clock this evening J, H. Millers, secretary of the beard of health, esti- mated tifat the death list would reach 800. ks o o teprifle curront reiardsd afternoon, the current re rescue work, and a cold, smarting rain It is fear-4 March 26.—That aadded to discomforts emergency | NORWICH, CONN., of the already overburdened storm victim: !Zx])el‘(l oarsmen who braved the tide in the, business section of the submerged { this afternoon came back ner: rac H to relate narratives of pitiable appeals made by hundreds marooned in upper [ floors of tall buildings about whose |lower stories swirled a flood that threatened the foundations. The dark colors in the narrativ were lightened here and there by stories of braver exhibited by many of the flood pri oners. A woman with three children ma- rconed in the upper floor of her home on the edge of the business distric called to the -oarsmen “Oh, 1 know you can’t t she cried, “but for the love of human- ity please take this loaf of bread and jug of molasses to Sarah Pruyn.down i ake me off,” i | the street. I know she's starving” | | | | | Twice the boatmen attempted to take the food, but waves that eddied about {the submerged house heaved them baclk. | Further on, in the exclusive resi- dence district, they were offered fabu- | lous sums for rescue by many of thc | flood’s prisoners. Their narrative in- spired an effort late this afternoon t Jsunch a boat for navigation on the vast river, but un to a late hour the craft had beem unable to pass bevond areas already reached on the fringe of the flooded district Rescue work efficiently managed. in which John Patterson, president of the tional Cash Register company, was A -leading spixit, proceeded smooth throughout the day. Missing members of families were restored to their rei- atives throush human clearing houses eStablished at several points on tae edge of the flood district. Great ledgers filled with names pre- sided over by volunteer hank clerks were at the disposal of persons see<ing missing kinsmen. If these had resis- tered in the clearing house, their ad- dresses were quickly given to the in- quirers. Up to 7 o'clock this evening_ 3.000 of“the homeless were housed in differ- ent places of refuge, most of them be- ing cared for at the plant of the Na- tional Cash Register company. Scores of the water’s victims were heing car- ried from their places of imprisonment late this evening and leaders of tke rescuing _parties were arranging for relays of torch bearers to lght the work during the night. GOVERNMENT ACTS. Orders All Troops in Department of East to Be Ready. March 26.—AIN the department of the east were ordered to hold themselves in readiness for duty in the flood dis tricts. One million rations, sufficient to feed 200.000 people for five days at least, are being purchased by the war department at the mearest supply de- pots and hurried to the Ohio and In- diana towns. Tents to shelter at least 50,000 peo ple, thousands of blankets, cots, hos- pital and field supplies, are being load- ed in the Philadelphia, Pittsbursh, St. ‘Washington, troops of the 1 Louis, Chicago, Fort Thomas, Ky., amd nearby army posts and-within 24 hours should reach the devastated sections.| 3,000 PROBABLY PERISHED. This Number More Likely to Be In- creased Than Decreased—Estimates of Damage in Ohio and Indiana Now Placed at $100,000,000 — Raiiroads Alone Suffer Loss of $25,000,000. Chicago, March 26.—Three thousand may have perished in the deluge- swept northern half of the Ohio River valley yesterday and today. Probab.y half a million people were made home- less by the flood in Indiana and Ohio, 2nd property damage in both states will be at least $100,000,000. These figures were compiled this af- ternoon from reports received from | varjous points in the stricken district. Further reports may increase the num- ber of dead, and it is unlikely that any decrease in financial loss will be made. An’ additional horror was reported early this evening from Dayton. Fire there, which seemed widespread and probably uncontrollable, in view of the paralysis of the water plant, probably brought a horrible death to many who sought to escape drowning by climbinz to _upper floors of buildings. Following are revised fizures of the dead: H Ohio. Payton, 00. Piqua, 540 Delaware, 100. Middletown, 100, = Sidney, 50. Hamiiton, 12 Tippecanoe, 3. : Tiffin, 50. Fremont, 11. , Seattering, 200, Total, 3,086. 2 Indiana. Peru, 150. H Newcastle, 3. S Lafayette, 2, : Indlanapolis, 14. Noblesville, 2, Scattering, 2. 3 Total, 196. Grand total, 3,262 Reports unconfirmed said persons lost their lives in end 50 at Tiffin, O- Tt was rumored in Indianapolis early today that 200 persons were drowned ir. West Indianapolis, but this number was later reduced to 14, although It was estimated early this_evening more than that had died. South of Indianapolis the flood that 14 Fremont s said to have caused death in a num- ber of small towns and villages. ¥ire at Dayton added to the flnancial loss caused by the flood. Iarly esti- mates placing the damage in Ohio and Indiana at $50,000,000 were revised to show tonight double that amount. Railroad officials were authority fur the statement that lines converging in- 1o Indianapolis would have to stand a loss of $25,000,000 in that city and cinity alone. Railroads were chief sufferers from property damage, It was said tonight by engineers and construction bosfiefi preparing repair trains for the flool districts that strips of railroad more than half a mile each had been washed away in several places through Indi- ana. Concrete and iron bridges, their supports undermined, crumbled before the strength of the torrents hurled against them. The loss through cessation of traffic cannot be estimated. BABY BORN IN BOAT. Three Others Born in a Church at Dayton Yesterday. New York, March 26.—From as close to the stricken districts of Dayton &as telephone wires could be operated to- night such news of conditions in the city and suburbs as could be gathered was transmitted to the American Tel- ephone and Telegraph company’s sta- tion at Phoneton, six miles north. From that point the messazes received were forwarded in substance to this city and given out at the company’s offices here. A summary of condditions in Dayton as reported over the telephone ilne to Phoneton early in the evening includ- ed the following: Three babies were born in one church this afternoon. One was born in a boat while its mother was being con- veved to safety. The rain was pour- ing in torrents at the time and the mother had been for six hours or more without necessary aid. Such scenes are common. : There is a school building said to contain six hundred persons and indi- cations were that it would collapse in a short time. Two men seen using a pleasure boat to view the scene had to be pressed into rescue service by the police at the points of shotguns. The National Cash Register company has bands at work making_boats and coffins and has ordered 500 coffins from Cincinnati. The beautiful steel high school building is a wreck . ON DUTY 36 HOURS. Telephone Wire Chiefs Keep Dayton in Touch With the World. Chicago, March 26.—Two employes of the American Telephone and Tels- sraph company, M. D. Stohl, wire chiet at Dayton, and C. D. Williamson, wire chief at Phoneton, O. by almost un- precedented devotion to duty, have kept Dayton in touch with the outsids world. At noon today they had been on duty continuously for 36 hours, and ai- though there was no prospect of their being relieved, they gave not the slightest indication of an inclination tc leave their posts. Mr. Stohl reached the Dayton office just before the flood broke in the small hours of Tuesday morning. The wate» came with such suddenness that all batteries and power were put out of commission before any measures could e taken to protect them. This left the wires without current and effectu- ally cut off Dayton. Stohl rummaged around and found a lineman’s “test set” With this he made his way to the roof of the building, “cut in” n the line to Phoneton and reported to Williamson, whose batteries were stili in condition. Over this meager equip- ment messages Wwere exchanged by means of the underground wires of the company, which held up until after the noon hour Tuesday. when the cable in which they were encased gave wav. The break, however, was south of Day- ton, and Phoneton was still in. touch with the flood-stricken city. Since then except for brief intervals Stohl has re- mained on the roof of the building, suffering the discomforts of pouring rain and low temperature, in order that the waiting world might have some vord from Dayton. Still Raining at Youngstown. Youngstown, O. March 26—Rain continues to fall and the Mahoning river is still rising at the rate of seven-eighths of an inch an hour and is ten feet higher than ever before re- corded ¥very large industrial plant ir the city is flooded and fully 25.000 workmen are temporarily out of erm- ployment. The financial loss to the iton and steel plants will easily reach 2,500,000, while the loss in wages to nten will be extremely heavy. Chicago Mayor Appeals for Funds. Chicago, March 26.—Mayor Harrison ioday issued a proclamation appealing for funds for the relief of the Indiana and Ohio flood sufferers. $£5,000,000 Railroad Loss. Chicago, March 26—An official of ihe Pennsylvania railroad said today that the flood damase to railroad prop- erty in Indianapolis would amount to §25.000,000, according to information the road had from that city. This 1. is borne by all the lines entering In- dianapolis. Appeal to Connecticut People. Hartford, Conn., March 26.—Miss Mabel Boardman of the Red Cross has telographed to Vice President R. G. Huntington of the Connecticut brancy, urging Connecticut people to send sub- scriptions for the aid of the flood suf- ferers either to C. B. Jackson, Middle- town, Conn., the state treasurer, or to the American Red Cross at Washing- ten, Five New Babies in 24 Hours. Dayton, O., March 26.—Five babies have been born in the hospital rooms of the National Cash Register factory within ‘24 hours. Hudson River Dam Carried Away. Saratoga, N. Y., March 26.—The main dam across the Hudson river at Palmer's Falls broke this afternoon. More than half of the 250 foot stru - ture was carried away. No loss of life or damage to surrounding property was reported. ZANESVILLE UNDER WATER. Telegraph Operator ~orced to Swim from His Office. New York, March 26—A message from the offices of the Western Unjon Telegraph company at Zanesville, ., was received at the company’s offices here tonight as follows: “Bntire city under water. Tt Is coming into our office. Have placed the records as high as possibly can and have done everything posstble, The bullding next door has just collapsed and I am compelled to leave now for safety—"" Here the message ended abruptly, It Cabled Paragraphs Pope Pius Celebrates Ma Rome, March 26.—Pope Pius X cel- ebrated mass 1y today when he ad- ministered the communion to the ser- vants of the household. Five Killed in Collision. Berlin, March 26—Five persons were killed and two others seriously injured in a collision between an au- tomobile and a street car in the center of Berlin during the night. Za Italian Lieutenant Hanged. Allahabab, British India, March 2. —Lieutenant Clark of the indian army medical department, was hanged- here today for the murder of Mr. Fulham, an assistant examiner of military ac- counts of which he was found guilty on March 1 To Prevent Hunger Strikes. London, March 26.—A bill to circum- vent “hunger strikes” by militant suf- fragettes condemned to imprisonment was introduced by Reginald McKenna into the house of commons today. It provides for the temporary conditional discharge of prisoners whose detention is yndesirable on account of their con- dition of health. Prisoners discharged in this way will have to return to pris- on on the expiration of “the period stated fn their order of release. Naval Holiday for Year. London, March 26.—A naval holiday for a year as far as mne construction is concerned, as the offer made to the world today by Winston Spencer, Churchill, first lord of the British ad- miralty, when he submitted the Brit- ish naval estimates to the house of commons. In this way, he says, the people of the world would obtain an almost instantaneous mitigation of the thraldom in which they had been in= volved by the evil and insensate folly of the present acute rivalry in arma- ments. Steamehip Arrivals. Genoa, March 21.—Arrived, steamer America, New York. Antwerp, March 26.—Arrived, steam- er_Kroonland, New York. * Naples, March 26.—Arrived, steamer Canopic, Boston. Avonmouth, _March _ 26.—Arrived, steamer Royal Edward, Halifax, N. S. Plymouth, March 25.—Arrived, steamer Ascania, Portland for London. London, March 26.—Arrived, steam- er Minnehaha, New York. Liverpool, March 2 -Arrived, steamer Campania, New York. New York, March 26.—Arrived, steamer Adriatic, Naples. was assumed by the officials here that the operator was forced to swim from his post. LOUISVILLE IN DANGER. Ohio River Rising Rapidly and Resi- dents Warned to Leave. Louisville, Ky., March 26.—The Ohio river at this point reached a stage of 29 feet at 7 o’'clock tonight, one foot above flood stage, marking a rise of 6.5 feet since 7 o'clock this morning. The rise tonight is at the rate of six inches an hour. The rainfall. which began vesterday afternoon continved tonight and the weather bureau predicted rain for to- night and tomgrrow. Residents on The Point in ths east end of the city have been warned to leave and many familles are moving out. CIRCUS ANIMALS DROWN. Menagerie of a Big Tent Show Wiped Out at Peru, Ind. South Bend, Tnd., March 26.—A mes. sage from Peru at 3 p. m. said: “The probable dead is Afty to one hundred ang fifty. “The property loss will be $250,000. The citizens have formed a v gilance committee to shoot looters in sight.- The winter quarters of a big circus menagerie is among the losses. All the animals were drowned. “The only dead persohs so far iden- tified are Mrs. Rose Whittle and Mrs. Elsie Smith. FIVE FEET IN 24 HOURS. Mississippi Rising at Rapid Rate— Heavy Snowstorm Will Make It Worse. St. Louis, May 26.—The Mississippi river was 25 feet above low water mark here at 9 o’clock this morning, having risen five feet in 24 hours. The II- Hnois river is high, and flood warnings have been sent to all points along that stream. At La Salle, 1lls.,, the Illinois river is eight feet above flood stage and at Beardstown three feet above. The Gasonade river in eastern cen- tral Missouri is in flood, as also is the | lower Missouri. A heavy snowstorm prevailed today in St. Louis and over large parts of Jowa, Missouri and Illinois, and the melting of the snow is expected to in- crease the rise in the rivers. Thousands of acres of rich farm | land In the southern part of St. Louis county are under water. $500,000 for Relief Fund. Columbus, Ohio, March 26.—The sen- ate this afternoon passed the house | bill making appropriation for the relief | of the flood sufferers but increased the amount from $250,000 to_$500,000. It is believed the house will concur in this amendment RUSHING SUPPLIES. Government Loads Twenty Freight | Cars to Be Sent to Columbus. Philadelphia, March 26.—The gov- ernment is loading a train of (wenty freight cars with supplies for the flood stricken district. The railroaq will rush thé train to Columbus and at that point it will be unloaded and its con- tents distributed. The train will carry 4,000 tents, 2,000 blankets, 11,000 cots and a complete hospital outfit includ- ing 400 separate tents for patients. It will also take along food and other supplies for soldiers and militiamen. There will be other government shipments of supplies from this city including hundreds of stoves. Sixteen Feet Deep at Logansport. Chicago, March 26—Flood waters of the Wabash river are sixteen feet deep in the floors of the Pennsylvania rail- road station at Logansport, Ind., and scores of people are marooned in an upper story. FREE SHIPMENTS. Express Companies Ready to Along Relief Work. Help New York, March 26.—The Adams Express company, American Express company, National Express company, Southern Express company, Unlted States Express company and the Wells Fargo and Company express have is- sued instructions to the agents of their respective companies that they will carry free of charge contributions of money and mecessary supplies for the relief of the sufferers from the floods in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Northern Condensed Teiegrams Tuesday Was the Warmest March 25th on record in New York. William Sooy of Atlantic City com- mitted suicide because he had been de- prived of cigarettes, . Mrs. Barbara A. Dillinger, daughter of & Hevolutionary war soidier, disd at Stoneboro, Pa., aged 104. An Unusually Heavy Snowstorm covered northwest Texas yesterday moving rapidly eastward. A Storm of Blizzard Type has been raging in Oklahoma and there is no inditation of cessation. ~ Mayor Jacob Heer, of Middletown, Ohio, yesterday ordered all saloons closed ‘until the flood is over. Reports: From Franvieburg, above Zanesville, Ohio, say that the water in Places overtops telephone poles. James Hamilton Lewis, Democrat, was yesterday elected United States senator from Illinois for the long term. The Weavers Employed by the Sum- mit Silk Co., at Summit, N. J., Struck for an increase_in wages of about 45 per cent. = A Freshet of Twenty Feet or more above low water mark is expected in the Connecticut ‘river within the next 24 hours. Alderman Henry H. Curran’s $100,000 libel suit against Mayor Gaynor, which was begun Tuesday, has been with- drawn. Lewis Cass Ledyard Resigned yes- terday as a director of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company. Lawrence Y. Sherman, Republican, was yesterday elected to the United States senate from Illinois for the short term. The Factory of the Otter River Board Company at Baldwinville, Mass. was burned to the ground vesterday. The loss is $60,000. A Barn, a Horse, two wagons and several tons of hay, the property of Mrs. John Curran of Wethersfield, were burned yesterday. The Pennsylvania Senate Yesterday | unanimously adopted a resolution pro- viding for "the forwarding of $50,000 to the floog sufferers in Ohio. Albert M. Carroil, a freight brake- man on the Boston & ~Mafne, was struck by lightning while on tor of a car at Northampton and killed. Transactions Have Been completed between the Panama government and an English syndicate for the construc- tion of a $1,000,000 hotel on the isth- mus. A Special Cash Dividend of 20 per cent.” was declared yesterday by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western ©€oal company, in addition to the reg- ular quarterly divideng of 2 1-2 per cent. _The Congress of Physicians in ses- sion in Rome adopted a resolution de- claring that fashions in dress for many years back have been responsible to a lerge extent for the increase In tu- berculosis. The Defense in the Trial of Albert C. Frost and four others charged with defrauding the government out of Alaska coal lands valueg at $10,000,- 000 was resumed at Chicago before Federal Judge Landis yesterday. President Wilson Yesterday an- nounced the recess appointment of Charles P. Neill as commissioner of labor statistics. Mr. Neill’s appoint- ment was sent to the senate at the re- cent special session but no action was taken upon fit. Representatives Kent of California, Lenroot of Wisconsin and Anderson of Minnesota, all known as progres- sive gepublicans, joined’a formal an- | vesterday that they would | nouncement y not join the house progressives in the new third party organization. Harry Gates, of Hartford, 4 brake- man, aged about 22, had his rigat foot cut off just above the ankle when he attempteq to board the 3.26 southbound passenger train at Meriden yesterday afternoon. Gates slipped and fell and one of the coaches ran over his leg. His father had a leg cut off in a similar accident about a year ago. MRS. EATON’S MOTHER 2 TO TESTIFY TODAY Action of Grand Jury in the Case May Be Made Known Today. Mas: Plymouth, March 26.—The fate of Mrs. Jennie May Eaton so far as the responsibility rests with the grand jury will be made known prob- ably tomorrow. This was the opinion expressed by District Attorney Barker at the close late this afternoon of the third day of inquiry into the clrcumstances of the death of Rear Admiral Joseph G. Faton of whose death by poisoning the widow is accused. Mr. Barker said that one or two wit- nesses would be called in the morning. One of these it is understood will be Mrs. Eaton’s eighty year old mother, Mrs. George E. Harrison. Mrs. Harrison’s testimony s con- sidered important. She already has described events on the night of the admiral’s sudden death. She said that she and Mrs. Eaton were awakened by groans from an adjoining room oc- cupied by the naval officer. Mrs. Eaton rose fiom her bed and went to her husband. Later she told her mother that she laid down by the side of her husband and that his pains passing, both she and the admiral fell asleep. Later she was awakened by the touch of a clammy hand and ex- amining her husband discovered that he was ‘dead. Kentucky and adjacent flooded dis- tricts, and at Omaha, Neb.| when such shipments are consigned to municipal authorities or organized relief commit- tees. Pittsburgh Subscribes $15,000. Pittsburgh, Pa., March 26.—Mayor W. A. Megee calleg a public meeting in the thamber of commerce at noon today at which $15,000 was subscribed for the relief of the Ohio and Indiana flood sufferers in ten minutes. Supplies Exhausted at Lockport. Dennison, Ohio; March 26.—The flood in the Tuscarawas river is the worst in its history. All the lowlands are under water and a highway bridge west of here went out this afternoon. Two bridges on the Baltimore and Ohio mear Uhrichsville, Ohio, were washed away and the village of Lock- port is cut off from all communication. Supplies in the town have been ex- hausted. Two men wecre reported drowned there House Strongly M’NEIL BILL OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED DOWN. HAD FEW SUPPORTERS Only Two Vdices Heard in Affirmative —Hall of Willington Wants Groton and Waterford to Share in Money. (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, March 26.—Despite tne persistent ‘opposition on the part of Senator McNeill of Bridgeport, aided in the house by Representative Hall of Willington, to the appropriation made two years ago for the development of New London harbor as a steamship lerminal, the progosed repeal act and all that went with it was killed and burled beyond resurrection in the house of representatives Wednesday. The measure was made the order of the day and attracted under the gilded dome many citizens from New London Norwich and nearly all sections of the state. Hall of Willington Starts Proceedings. The measure came before the house on a majority report of the committee on roads, bridges and rivers, and also or. a minority report from the same committee, the majority report being against repeal and the minority report, signed by Senator Peck alone, being in favor of the repeal according to the McNeill act, so-called. Promptly at 12 o'clock Speaker Webster announced the order. Mr Hall of Willington arose and said that as a matter of parliamentary tactics and in order to get the business be- fore the members he would move that the minority report be substituted £ the majority report. Speaker Webster fmmediately ruled the motion out of order, as the rules of the house did not allow’ the substitutlon of reports. Macdonald of Putnam Speaks for Ma- Jjority. Mr. Macdonald of Putnam, houss chairman of the committee on roads, bridges and rivers, explained briefly the bills under consideration. He said that at the hearing on the repeal bill only three appeared in opposition, and they were Senators McNeill and Keeney and Representative Hall. The committee after careful consideration decided to report against the repeal, the committee vote being 11 to 1, the only dissenter being Senatar Peck who makes the minority report. Mr. Hail’s Objection. Mr. Maltbie of Granby; asked if the Porry amendment was also under con- sideration. The speaker said there was no amendment before the house at the time, and the only matter is the acceptance or rejection of the commit- tee report. Z Mr. Hall then said it remain silent in his seat than to per form what he considered to be his duty. He said he was an eastern Con- necticut resident and that he belleved he was loyal. He reminded his as- soclates that when they took the oath was easier to of office they had certain duties to perform. He sald they were here to legislate .in behalf of the state. He did not care how much the state ap- propriated so long as provision was made to provide means to raise reve nue to meet the appropriations. State Running Behind Each Year. Mr. Hall referred to the finances « the state, showing an ‘indebtedness™ ol $11,000,000, and said that at the end o: the next two fiscal vears, unless a state tax is levied, will be $16.000.000, and the state is going behind each It is easy for the legislature to appropriations and not provide the means to care for the appropria- tions. He said that obligation was up to us to do our part and that this is the time when it ought to be done and should not shift responsibility on those who are to follow. Hall Proposes Amendment. Mr. Hall said he had an amendment that he would like to make to the minority report if given the opportun- ity. He said his amendment did not require New London to put up $250,- 000 as an evidence of good faith, but also included the towns-of Groton and Waterford. He wanted to offer the | amendment in good faith and give | these towns equal opportunity to share | the benefits with New London. fle | was not te ecriticise the project at New London. If it was as its advo | cates claimed, a gogd investment for | the state, he would allow the three i towns to share in the investment. M. | Hall said the same care should be e ercised as if spending one’s own mon- ey. An honest man would not contract { o Dbill and make no provision for pay- | ment, but that's what the majority bill does. Groton and Waterford to Share in It The Hall amendment would not re quire New London to contribute one- quarter of the amount, but one-tentn, $100,000, instead of $250,000, and Groton nd Waterford would be permitted t2 come in. The investment was so good that he would like to have those towns New London cer- tainly could not object to take a part of a paying investment. Further, he said his amendment provided for rais- | have a share in it. | | ing the revenue. If his pr ion prevailed, and it is to be a paying in- vestment, as represented, the tar towns will have all the revenue until they are paid back what they paid in before the state receives anything. This is a fair proposition. He could not see why New London should dcdge any part of the appropriation. New London Should Contribute. Mr. Maltbie of Granby also spoke in opposition to acceptance of the major- ity report and stated that as there were no plans and specifications the state did not know for what purpose the money was to be expended. He did not consider the Perry bill im- proper. The grand list of New Los- don is $16,000,000 and that city shou pay in $350,000, which would meaa only one and two-tenths mills to meet the expenditure, and would be no hardship to that city. Towns are re- quired to pay a part of the highway improvements and why not in a project of thig kind. He hoped to have the majority report rejected and the mi- nority report accepted as amended. A God-Given Resource. Mr, Evarts of Milford was {he first to speak in favor of acceptance of the majority report. He sald it was a preposterous proposition’to ask the city of New London_ to contribute $250,000 to the state, which meant a per capita of from $12 to $15, or even $100,000, with proportionate per ecapita. New London is a place of God-given re- sources that have not been developed, ‘with its harbor and the beautiful Thames river extending to the c of Norwich, rightly named the Rose. of New England. Anyone who ever sall- ed down the Thames and into the har- Against Repeal PRICE TWO CENTS —_—— auod The Bulletin's Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion “ue<""%uy's Population DAYTON FLOOD REFUGEES NOW VIGTIMS OF FIRE Over 200 Refugees Sheltered in a Hotel Believed to Have Been Destroyed---Whole Block Wiped Out by Blaze Bulgar Victory at Adrianople TOWN SURRENDERED AFTER 163 DAYS’ SIEGE. ! THE TOWN IN FLAMES Turkish Commander Fulfils His Threat —Repart That Tchatalja Has Also Capitulated to Bulgars. London, March 26—Adriangple has fallen after one of the most stubborn defenses in the history of warfare and Tchatalja, according to a telegram received by the Bulgarian legation at London tomight, has suffered a like fate. Schutari Pasha, the defender of Ad- rianople, who held the town for 153 days against great odds, which in- cluded, besides investing armies, dis ease and famine, handed his sword this afternoon to General Savoff, the Bulgarian generalissimo—not, how- ever, before carrying out his stern threat to destroy the town rather than let it fall into the hands of the Bul- garians. Large Part of Town in Flames. From all accounts the arsenals and all the stores and a great part of the town are in flame: It was also re- ported that Shukari Pasha had taken his own life, but this proved to be un- true. General Savoff has appointed = commandant of the city, who will take steps to maintain order. The Bul- garlan and Servian calvary which were the first to enter the town, will be utilized_for the purpose. General Ivanoff, who has been in command of the forces around Ad- rianople, will make his entry tomor- row while King Ferdinand will fol- low shortly. Battle Begun Sunday Night. The Bittle which preceded the cap- ture of the fortress commenced Sun- day night with a three hours' bom- bardment. The Turks replied with enerzy, but they were evidently sav- ing their ammunition as the artillery duel soon ceased. The besteging troops in the east advanced under the glare of searchlights to attack the advance- ed works at Maslak. After a flerce defense, which lasted throughout Monday, the Turks retir- ed from the light forward works and forts. Part of these ,engaged in cov ering the ertreat of their comrades, were cut off by the Bulgarians and captured. Continued Tuesday and Wednesday. After moving forward a short dis- tance towards the chief bulwark fort- ress, the Bulgarians rested. It was then observed that although great progress hag been made in the east, the fighting in other sections had re sulted in enormous losses to the Bul- garians with small gain of ground The attack was rnewed and on Tues- day and Wednesday the important forts composing the inner ring of the defences were taken after hard fight- ing. The attack was remewed and on Tuesday and Wednesday the import- ant forts composing the inmer ring of the defences were taken after hard fghting. Losses Were Heavy. Those accounts of the battle which have come from Bulgarian sources make no mention of the Servians, of whom there seems to have been a good deal of jealousy among King Ferdinand’s troops. The Servians, on the other hand, who_ have- only issueq a brief report of the capture, divide the credit with their allies and are apparently not quite 80 eager to hide their heavy lomses. According to a despatch re- ceived at Belgrade from Mustapha Pasha, the sacrifices were very heavy. The Servian Thirteenth ang the Bul- garian _ Eighteenth regiments wers blown up by mines and many other regiments sustained great losses. All the reserve hospitals have been put in order to receive thousands of wound- ed. Slaughter Now Feared. In Adrianople itself, there is also much work for doctors and nurses ,for the garrison and civilians are known to have suffereq severely from famine and disease. The garrison, which was estimated at from 40,000 to 60,000 will probably be found to have been con- siderably reduged from these causes and the casuallies suffered in sorties. The people of the town are said to bs panic-stricken, as‘they may well be, because even Europe, from the his- tory of previous wars, fears that the occupation of the city may be accom- panied by Indiscriminate slaughter. Connecticut Over Its Banks. Woodsville, N. H. March 26.—The Connecticut river overflowed its banks today, rendering some highways in this vicinity impassable ana fiooding the cellars of residences. Died After Being Resoued. Dayton, Ohio, March 26—Mrs. Lucy Abel, aged 50, died shortly after belng rescued here. Gov. Foss Raises $20,000. Boston, Mass., March 26—In re- sponse to an appeal for help for the flood sufferers in Ohio and Indiana, sent out today by Governor Foss, as president of the Red Cross board of Massachusetts, $20,000 was raised in a few hours. Hartford People Anxious. Hartford, Conn., March 26—Mrs, John Ostendorf, sister of Mayor Phil- lips of Dayton, Ohio, is visiting her son, W. C. Ostendorf, hera. Up to a late hour noihgthmhmhmhmhmTHAT late tonight she had heard nothin late hour tonight she had heard noths ing direct from the stricken city, Fire of Unknown Origin last night alq $5000 or more damage to- the uCdahy Packing company’s plant at Bridgeport. bor of New London will agres that it is one of the finest harbors on the At- lantic coast, and every citizen of the ate should feel proud of the natural advantages of this natural arm of the sea that penetrates cur state, Mr. Ev- arts sald he favored the retention of the millien dollars appropriation, and if New Flaven comes with a just cause for harbor improvement, and it Bridgeport does likewise, with equal claims of New London, ke woxld be glad to vete appropriations to these places, Benefit the Wholo State, will It is planned to bulld a pler for the accommodation of ocean steamships the present site of the not far from (Continued on Page Eight) .. _