Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 4, 1913, Page 1

VOL. . LV.—NO. 81 e e SUFFRAGETTES NOW THREATEN LIFE Enraged by Sentence of Mrs. Pankhurst, Leaders Are Predicting a Reign of Terror ASSERT HUMAN LIFE WILL NOT BE RESPECTED Three Year Term For Leader of Militants Endorsed by Lon- don Press—American Charge at London Embassy Noti- fies State Department That Miss Emerson is Not Being Cruelly Treated in Jail—Hysterical Appeal by Mother. ., London, April 3.—The sentence of three years’ penal servitude imposed on Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the leader of the militant suffragettes, for irciting her followers to destroy prop- erty, has aroused the militants to fury #nd’they threaten strong reprisals. ‘When sentence was pronounced by the {ude, Sir Charles Montague Lush in e Old Bailey sessions today, Mrs. Pankhurst, although her face became pale, showed as defiant an attitude as ever, declaring that she would fight to the end. No Respect for Human Life. One of the militant leaders, in an- nouncing the Intentions of the suffra- eties, went 5o far as to say that even uman lives would no longer be re- :Bpected. In London, Glasgow and other places throughout the country _enthusiastic Nieetings were held tonight and every mention of Mrs. Pankhurst brought forth loud cheers. Those who are to carry on the fight during the leader’s incarceration, which nobody believes will be for long, breathed deflance to the government and promised tnat the fight would be waged more furiously than ever. One of the leaders, whose name is suppressed, gave out the fol- | lowing statement. Human Life Now in Perii. “Human life is now in perfl, for we bave resolved no longer to respect it, #nd trouble of all Sorts must be faced.” The statement did mot canse sur- prise, for the women. who at first on! set fire to uncccupled houses, have made attempis in the last few days against occupied residences. While the speakers at the public meetings @id not go so far as the amonymous leader, they promised that the agita- tion would be very actively conducted Bnd appealed to the women to show their indignation at the sentence by some definize deed. A Coming Reign of Terror. Threats of this kind made by Miss Annie Kennev at London found an echo at Glasgow. where Mrs. Johns, Sue of the most militant amoug the puffrageties. declared that the militen- €y of the past would be “tho merest ‘pin_pricks to what would happen al- ost at once all over the country.” he described what the women in- tended to- do as “the coming reign of terror” and said that it was left for those on the outside to g0 on with the militant tactics. Other women declared that they would do would “more stagger humanity.” Scotland Yard Issues’ Warnings. Scotland Yard, aroused by the threats of the women, has sent out Warnings to owners and tenants of Property of possible developments, and the police are taking unusual precau- tons. In closing a meeting held un- der the auspices of the woman's social #nd political tmion tonight, Annie Kenney appealed to those who were indignant at the long sentence imposed m Mrs. Pankrurst to come forward n the next 48 hours and show_their {ndignation by some definite deed. ‘It §5 always the lawbreakers who make things go,” she added. Women Sing Outside Prison. The suffragettes who were robbed $¢,an opportunity to demonstrate when rs. Pankhurst left the court, rushed o Holloway Jjail and cheered the pris- oner as she drove up in a_cab. One woman more daring than the others, $eizeq the horse’s bridle and threw animal back on fts haunches. For & moment it seemed as if the cab yrould be upset, but a policeman, com- ing to the rescue, righted it, and the Prisoner passed through the gates. The women gathereq outside the prison sang suffrage songs and cheer- ed until late in the evening. “Newspapers Endorse Sentence. The newspapers generally support the sentence imposed on Mrs. Panlk- Burst, some even considering it too light for a second offense. It is ex- plained .that as the sentence is one 9f pemal servitude, Mrs. Pankhurst can _released on license when her con- dition becomes serious; and re-arres: ed when she has recovered. -This procedure was adopted in the ease of Gladys Evans, who was sen- for attempting to sct fire to the catre Royal in Dublin. Sne was twice re-arrested. Miss Fvans and her companion, Mary Leigh, were the only suffrageties sentenced to penal servitude previous to Mrs. Pankhurst, Smash Art Treasures. As a protest against the action of eourt against their leader, suffra- @ettes tonight raided the Manchester &rt gallery and smashed the glass of 13 pictures in some cases the glass plercing the canvases. Three women, Mrs. Forester, Miss Manesta and Miss Annie Brisgs, were arrested. Among _the pictures damaged were Leighton's Andromache, Walt's Eve- ning Prayer, and L Hoelman Hunt's Floo Death. what than and Shadow and IS NOT ILL-TREATED. American Charge Investigates Case of | Miss Emerson. Washington, April 3.—Charges that Miss Zelie Emerson, the American mil itant suffragelte, now in a British pris- on for window smashing, has been suljected to cruel and unusual treat- ment are unfounded, according to a re- port to the state department today from Irwin B. Laughlin, charge of the American embassy at London. Made Personal Investigation. Mr, Laughlin personally investigated the circumstances attending the forci- ble feeding of Miss Emerson. He re- ported that Mrs. R. M, Emerson, the prisoner's mother, has “made no com- Plaint whatever as to her daughter's treatment, and has no charge to make that the feeding by & stomach tube has been applied in a er to cause any discomfort inseparable from its na- ture.” Treatment Same as of British Women. The embassy has been observing Miss Emerson's case closely,” said the “and has replied to'a number ye and Dealh, and | | McKenna, Miss Scott-Troy stated: i workers to the effect that the entbassy could take no official steps in the case unless discrimination to the disad- vantage of an American citizen could be shown. Her treatment has not been in any way diffecent from that accord- ed British women who have offended in the same way, unless it be that her case has met with more leniency. Fed in Precence of Physicians. “Since she began a hunger strike up- on her imprisonment she has in_com mon with British offenders been fed by 2 stomach tube, in the presence of physiclans and under their direction.” CHARGE D’AFFAIRES ACTS. Asks British Foreign Office to Expedite Mrs. Emerson’s Request. London, April 3—American suffrag- ists who are fighting for the release from Jail of Miss Zelle Emerson of Jackson, Mich.,, scored their first offi- cial success today when Irwin M. Laughlin, the American charge d°affaires, asked the British foreign of- fice to expedite the request made by Mrs. Emerson to Home Secretary Mc- Kenna for permission to have her daughter examined by her own physi eian. On Mr. Laughlin’s assurance that the American embassy could take no step in the matter until Mrs. Emer- sON's Tequest was in the hands of Se retary McKenna, a delegation compos- ed of Miss Scott-Terry and Baron Von Herst of San Francisco and Mrs. Mary | ¥ord of New York invaded the inn lobby of the house of commons, where they persuaded Joslah Wedgewood, a liberal member, personally to place the missive in the hands of Secretary M Kenna. They then informed Mr Laughlin of thefr successful onslaught on the house of commons, Taughlin immediately visited the for- eign office. Mrs. Emerson has sent a letter to the American charge, Mr. Laughlin, stating that sbe has Teceived mo To- Iy to-her letter to-the home seeretary and urging Mr. Laughlin to take im- mediate steps in her daughter's be- half. She says that on a recent visit to Holloway fail she found ber daugh- ter utterly exhausted, on the verge of a nervous collapse and much ema- oclated by three weeks' forcible feed- ins. Sanely Conscious Only at Intervals. The tube used by the doctors had torn the I'ning of the nasal passase to such an extent, she asseris, that the process had to be discontimued: but the condition of the nose would probably resuit in permanent disabil- ity, unless careful local treatment was received. In other respects the symp- toms dlsplayed by her daughter indi- cated the immediate need of special medical _treatment. Miss Scott-Troy called on Sylvia Pankhurst tonight with a view to ob- taining her assistance to get letters from Miss Bmerson smuggled oui of the jail. The doctors, who are in at- tendance on Mies Pankhurst, an- nounced, however, that she could not recelve visitors, as the forcible feed- ing to which she had been subjected while in jail had 5o affected her health that only at intervals did she display sane consciousness. Mrs. Emerson’s Letter. The letter addressed by Mrs. Fmer- son to Secretary McKenna was as follows: “I am the mother of Miss Zelio Emerson, who is now confined in Hol- loway jail. It was evident to me on my visit that her health had become seriously impaired by her confinement in prison and by your system of forci- ble feeding. She was also excessively nervous and broken down. I am ex- tremely anxious about her and desire to have her examined by a physician of my own choosing, So that I may know exactly how much more she will be able to stand before being ro- duced to the Gying oomdition that seems necessary for her reisase, I do not agk you to grant my demand as ja favor, but simply as the act of a man who is, presumably, a civilized being. (Bigned) “ZBLIE P. EMERSON, “Jackson, Mich., U. B. Movement for Laughlin’s Removal. A certain section of Americans in England, indignant at _the alleged in- action of ghe United States embassy, have instituted a movement for the removal from the embassy of Irwin B. Laughlin, the charge d'affaires. Mrs. J. J. White of New York has written 10 President Wilson and other promi- nent Americans demanding the scalp of the charge Qaffaires, giving as their ground his failure to protect American citizens. Calls American Embassy “Weak- Kneed.” During an interview Mrs. Emerson’s letter concerning to Secretary ‘Mr. Laughlin said: ‘I am afraid the British government may refuse to recognize the American embassy if the matter should be taken up before all legal methods are exhausted. The Jaw must bo exhausted before the em- bassy can intervene’ This statement has been given to ‘General’ Dirs. Drummond to be used at a great meet- ing in_the Albert hall, so that the whole world may know how weak- Kneed our embassy has been in the matter of protecting am American girl from torture.” HOUSES SET AFIRE. Three Attempts in Hampstead Dis- trict Ascribed to Suffragettes. London, April 8—No fewer than three attempts were made during last night to burn houses in the Hamp- stead district of London. One of the residences was occupied and another of them was the same that suffragettes tried to blow up last week. The dam- age done on this occasion was not ex- tensive. Nothing has yet been found to con- nect the suffragettes with the outrages, but the alarmed tenants of the suburb are convinced that militants were re- sponsible for them. “Thig place is & regular hot bed of and Mr. | Cabled Paragraphs Duel with Swords at Paris. Parls, April 3.—Both combatants were wounded but not fatally in a fierce sword quel fought today. een Georges Berthoulat, managing director of La Liborte, and Deputy Pascal Ceo- caldi. Germans Aid Flood Sufferers. Mainz, Germany, April 8.—The city councll toduy yoted an sppropriation of §10,537 to be sent to the United States to assist in the yelief of the sufferers by the floods in Indiana, Ohio ang other states. Condemned Murderers Had Poison. Paris, April 3.~—Four murderers confined in the prison de la Sante under sentence of death by the guil- lotine, when searched by the wardens today, were found to have hidden in their clothing sufficient virulent pois- on to kill 50 persons. Naval Officers Drowned. Toulon, France, April _3.—Two French _naval officers, Lieutenant Achille Lavabre and Ensien Louis Adam, and three petty officers, wers swept overboard from the deck of the submarine - Turquoise, and drowned while engaged in manoeuvres in the Mediterranean last night. ICE GROP ONLY 58 PER CENT. OF NORMAL. Report Made at Meeting of Connecti- cut Ice Dealers’ Association. New Haven, Conn., April 3.—Statis- tiés showing that the ice orop of the past season in the state had been only | 58 per cent. of normal were presented for the consideration of the delegates at the annual meeting of the Connec- ticut Ice Dealers’ association in this | city today. The reports were based, it was statéd, on returns from 50 of the largest ico companies in the state, reported an aggregate crop of who 1198,675 tons, which, it was explained, Was 42 per cent. below mormal. Prices. it was said, were not discuss- ept in a very informal way, but decided that hospitals, places it was : where persons are sick and cases of absolute need should be treated as | liberally as possible. The meeting marked also the 23th anniversary of the orsanization, and in recognition of the occasion each delogate was pre- [/stnten with aiptyermbpsen o antves nir. | “Omficers were elected as follows: | President, C. E. Colver, Groton; vice | president, G. E. Curtiss, Norwalk; secretary, L. D. Sprague, Bridgeport; | treasurer, H. B. Sherwood, Southport; | delegate to the national ~association and member of the executive commit- tee for three years, Albert Widman, New Haven. | GERMAN AIRSHIP SEIZED BY FRENCH. Military Aviators Unwittingly Crossed the French Border. Luneville, France, April 3—The Ger- man_military dirigible airship Zeppe- 1lin IV made a landing in the military parade grounds hers today and was Seized by the French authorities. The incident has caused much ex- citement, notwithstanding the fact that the German officers aboard the airship explained that they had been Jost in the clouds and did not kmow they had crossed the French fromtier. The chief officer of the _engineer corps at Luneville removed the - netos from the engines, so that the airship could not get under way, and th ecabin was searched for photo- graphic apparatus, sketches or similar & Cilon. . Wofimg SCPiRE matia, Bow. ever ,was found. The German officers were permitted to telephone to Friedrichshafen for 2 supply of hydrogen and for me- chanicians Cousins Contest Pratt Will. Boston, April 3—A contest of the ‘will of the late Charles H. Pratt, which gave $750.000 to the Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology, to found the “Pratt School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,” was begun before a jury in the supreme court to- day. The contstants are flve first cous- ins of Mr. Pratt. Lady Pitman, Widow of Str Isasc Pitman, inventor of phonography, died at Bath, England. | | suffragettes,” is the complaint raised on all sides. MANY HEARTBURNINGS. Democratio Women Exercised Over Breakfast to Mrs. Wilson. ‘Washington, April 3—Fresh fuel was added to the flames that are try- ing the souls of the promoters of the “National welcome breakfast” to be given for Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall Saturday, when Mrs, Champ Clark, wife of the speaker of the house. notifled them she would not attend. Mrs, Clark pleaded a previous engagement. Those who have declined to o to the brealkfast on the ground that democratic wo- men are being discriminated against, | were jubilant today when the news of | Mrs. “Clarik’s rejection was made | known. | _The question of precedence at the breakfast also is giving the promoters | trouble. They evolved a plan by which friction in the cabinet circle is to be avolded by having the wives of the cabinet officers ranged at Mrs. Wil- son’s table in the same position that their husbands oocupy in the cabinet room. Mrs, Clark, however, was_ to have been placed at Mrs. Wilson's left, Mrs. Bryan occupying the honor place at the right hand of the wife of the president. The principal criticism levelled at the committee having the affair in chaige is that the breakfast, instead of being a democratic affair, will include women whose husbands are of every shado of political faith. There has Dbeen much criticism also over the fail- ure of the committes to provide a hall large enough o seat all who de- sire to attend. The inviiation st now 15 limited to 350 while more than 1200 women have expressed a desire to attend the welcome to the wives of the president and vice president, . WOMEN COUNTED OUT. Michigan Woman Makes Against Her Own State. Charge St. Louis, Mo.,, April 3—Mrs. Jean- nette O. Ferris of Michigan told the Mississippi valley suffrage conference here today that woman suffrage frapd- ulently was counted out in the Novem- ber election in her state. Mrs. Ferris described her feclings when the early returns indicated that the/ susrage pmendment had carried. “It feels like failing in love, belng converted and coming into a fortune all at time,” ‘she said. Maud Wood Park of Boston. “Aake them feol that it is an honor to e permitted to help” River Now at Record Height RAINFALL INCREASES CAIRO'S DANGER. HEAVY WATER NEAR THE TOP Alfitude of Leves Almost Reached— Four Looters Captured at Dayton— Industries Will Soon Start Up. Cafro, Ili, April 3—Rain falling in a steady downpour and the rough flood waters washing against the sacks of sand, piled on the concrete levee wall, changed conditions materially here to- night. Although the weather chansge would naturally carry with it a nega- tive outlook for the welfare of the city, a confidence seems to have sprung up among the citizens who have worked hardest to prevent Cairo’s destruction that appeared to offset it. Water Few Inohes from Top. Day after day the people have watch- ed the flood water climb on the gauze, measured by, tenths of & foot, until to- night at dusk it stood sligh‘ly above the 54.6 mark. The old record of 54.05 has been_passed, and there is mucn speculation as to what new one will established. Only a few nches scp- arate the ce of ths water and the top of the concrete wall. Levee Still Holds at Mound City. Ensign Melvin, in charge of the de- spatch boat service between Cairo and ound City, IlL, reported tonight that the levee was still holding at the lat- ter place, but that the Ohio waters ha:i backed into Cache river to an_alarm- ing height and that the levee back o: the town appeared weak. Most of the six hundred persons there are now en- camped in the courthouse, including 1wo companies of militiamen. FOUR LOOTERS CAUGHT. Three Were Robbing Postoffice, ‘the Other a Dry Goods House. Dayton, Ohio, April 3.—Through a terrific lightning storm and over roads which in many places were ankle deep in water from heavy rains of today, Governor Cox and members of the Ohio flood relief commission, acrompanied by General John C. Speaks and his military staff, tonight returned to Day- ton from Hamilton, where they had gone to investigate the flood situation. Practically all of the membera-of the commission tonight were agreed with Csx in the plan zunounced today of ate aid for the rehabilitation of the pinis in the stats wiich hare suffered moet from high waters. In brief, the plan calls for the enactment of a law by the leglelature by which municipalities and other political sub- divisions would be able to issue bonds immediately without submitting the bond issues to & vote of the people. Dayton's bread line today foll off from 82,000 persons to 73,000. Several of the large manufacturing plants of the city have announced that they will begin active operations soon. Tale- phone, railroad, strest car and tele- graph’ communication is fast becoming normal, Within the next two weeks most of the flood refugess are expested to be reinstalled in thelr homes or homos of their friends, Military oficials at the headnuarters of General George 8, Wood. who is in command of the mill{ia In this city, an~ nounced tonight that three looters Whose names they refuss to make pub- lic have been arrested and charged With stealing 3,000 stamped envelopes from the postoffice. Another looter, it was stated, is under arrost for steeling goods valusd at $1,000 from & whole- sale dry goods house. The stolen prop- erty was recoversd All four of the alleged looters will be tried at court- martial tomorrow. UNDERTAKER ROBBED BODY. Columbus Funeral Director Arrested on Complaint of Guardsmen. Columbus, Ohlo, April 3—Oscar H. Osman, an undertaker, who was ar- Tested today charged with taking money from the body of Mrs. Barah Bovill, a fiood victim,” was rolessed on bond ‘today and was immediately re- arresteq for investigation. This charge does not admit of bail. The charge against Osman was made by two members of the Ohlo national fuard who declared that Osman prom- ed to give them $25 or more apiece for every body turned over to him, They told of the finding by Osman of 3265 when Mrs. Sovills body was brought to Osman's undertaking es- tablishment. The som of the deaj woman said that he had reason to belleve that his mother had $500 in her possession when she was drowned. On belng questioned Osman admitted that he had found a sum of ebout $265 on one of the corpses brought to his estab- lishment and that it might have be- longed to Mrs, Bovill Smalipox Among Refugees, Cincinnati, Ohlo April 2.—A despatch from Paduosh, Ky, toduy said that smallpox-had broken out in tho camp of negro refugees on Gregory Heights and 500 negroes on the hill had been quarantined. ~ Tha white refugaes’ camp is on the same hill and there is fear of an epidemic, Rain Adds to Misery of Refugees. De Koven, Ky, April 3.—Rain throughout this section today added greatly to the misery of six hundred Shawneetown refugees on the hill- sides behind the flooded town. Easy Terms to Indiana Merchants. Chicago, April 3—Commercial aid— an extension of credit and easy terms [——was offered today to merchants of Indiana and Ohio suffering from the floods by Chicago wholesalers and manufacturers. The new method of Telief to the suffering sectiuns came at a meeting of representatives of large commercial interests here. 150 Dead at Hamilton. Hamilton, O. April 3—So far 71 bodies of persons drowned in last week’s flood have been recovered. It is believed, however, that many bodies have been swept out of the Miami into the Ohio river and perhaps will never ‘te found. A canvass of the city today rlaces Hamilton's death list at 150, Attack on Soutari Postponed. Vienna, April 8.—The Montneegrin attack on Scutari, according to ad- vices recetved here, has boen pest: poned to the end of tho weok, owing, it 18 gald, to heavy losses, The Monte- negrins are busy burying their dead and attending the wounded. The delay ‘will also enable the Servians to bring up fresh slege guns | for the sale of her child. The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the CEN PRICE TW e e Giiy;s Population TS - - Condensed Teiegrams Olive Hooken, a Militant Suffragette, was indicted in London for arson, Wilson Strikes Snag in Senate CHANGES DEMANDED IN DRAFT ‘OF TARIFF BILL. Victor D. Brenner, Designer of thc Lincoln_cent, will marry Mies Anna Reed of New York. John T, Doxsse, Captain of the Fire Isiand life-saving station, was found dead in bed yesterday, a victim of gas asphyxiation. v The Jail at Alexandria, Va,, is filled with an assortment of dogs of every Kind, picked up in a campaign to rid the city of all vagrant dogs. / Thomas Q. Seabrooke, a well known comic opera comedian for 20 years, died yesterday in Chicago after a brief A FUTILE CONFERENCE No Agreement Reached Betwsen Pros- Ident and Senators—Free Wool and Fréo Sugar Declared Impessible, |[1DeS8: Tio was 63 years old. . A Chioago Spinster, writing to a | lewspaper, says she Is anxious to adopt two children made orphans by {he floods in Ohio, Indiana ‘and TI- nois. ‘Washington, April 3.—The completion of the new tariff revision bill, the char- acter-of the duty to be levied upou su- gar and the extent to which President ‘Wilson will give the support of the ad- ministration to the completed measure, depended tonight upon the success that might attend efforts of the president to reach an agreement with senate Mrs. Hoke Smith, wife of the senator from Georgla, is seriously ilL suffer- ing from a general breakdown fol- lowing an unusually vigorous social season. Theodore Edison, 14 Year Old Son of Thomas Edison, the inventor, trled to Invent a floating bomb. The ex- plostye weat off tn bis hand. “Helsaved fingers. long conference with President Wilson this evening. At its conclusion Sen- ator Simmons. chairman of the com- mittee, said the conference had been in every way satlsfactory to the senate ‘members. Changes Will Have to Be Modified. A sweeping canvass of the senate has been undertaken to determine just how far the democratic members will J. Plerpont Morgan's Property in Cook county, 1ll, is expected to vield an inheritanCe tax of $10,000, according to estimates made in the office of the tax collector. £0 in support of the policles of the Dresident, . The decision o put raw | nas faceorens i 6 v mron sSHare wool on the free list. and the threat of | 735 t5 9,113,614, while the taxes for the free sugar have stitred up the senate democratic forces to such an extent that members of the finance committes told the president tonight some im- portant changes would have to be made in the present draft of the bill, if it is to meet with a cordial reception in the senate. Free Wool and Free Sugar Impossible. The senate leaders have made it clear that it would be impossible to pass a bill carrying both free wool and free sugar. It appeared fairly certain tonight either that the sugar duty would be pre at a compromise point. of one ceni per p possibly with o pro- vision that it ould be entirely abol- ished in three years; or that there should be & gradual reduction-of 25 ‘per cént. from the extsting duty, until it had disappeared. % The penate leaders dld not reach any general agreement with the prosident. results of their confsrence will be 1a1d before the entire democratic mem- “bership of the finance committee at a meeting tomorrow morning. Senators Insist on Changes. An investigation which has been In progress for seme time has brought out strong opposition to the reductions ed b3 ihe house and sanctioned the president, in many important schedules. It is understood that sen- ate leadors inslst many of these must be ctanged if the new bill is te have thetr st from the outset. Several members of the senate finance committee insist they will not accept o general bill, bat will demand the opportunity to vote on each sched- -le separately. same period have increased from $18,- 956,024 to $239,504,913. Mrs. Dora Bernhard, aged 65, traced her 28 year old husband from Balti- more to Brooklyn in order to get back a touring car and note for $1,500 which August took wWith him Nine Hundred Men Employed in the quarries of the Cleveland Stone com- pany near Amherst, O., went on strike Vesterday for a uniform scale of 25 Gents an hour and a 10-hour work- ay. Direotors of the United States Rub- ber company declared _yesterday a quarterly dividend of 1 1-2 per cent. on the common stock, therehy raising the dfvidend rate from 4 to 6 per cent. a year. Protesting at the Discharge of some of their number, 400 of the 500 om- ployes at_the Esmond blanket mills at North Providence, R. I, struck yes- terday, necessitating' the closing of the factory. Thirty-six Men of the Missouri National guard who wers marooned on a_ section of the levee at Bird Point, M. ‘Wednesday night, were taken off yesterday by the tender of the Illinois | naval reserve. 1 Edwin F. Tomiinson, Postmaster at Plainville continuously since 1865 up to the prosent, with the exception of the time Grover Cleveland was presi- dent, died at his home there vesterday, aged 72 years. The Standard Oil Company of New Jerser: will pay Vincent Pelican his | Wages for life and $400 for medical ex- penses_incurred when he was injured by a fall at the company's plant at Constable Hook. | Charged With Having Attempted to | polson his 91 year old mother, and that he assaulted her, Edward E. Baker, 71, of New Hartford, has been bound over to the superior court um- der $2,600 bonds. PLEA TO THE COURT FROM DYING WOMAN. Mrs. F. Augustus Heinze Wanted Rec- ord of Divorce Expunged. New York, April 3—The court that parted F. Augustus Helnse, the copper king, and his wife, Bernice. while sho waes living, will be sought to restors her to him in death It was Mrs. Heinze's dying wish that this be done Her lawyer, Benjamin F. Spellman, began prepara- tion of a remarkable petition today, a few hours after his cllent's death, to expunge the record of the interlocu- tory decree already granted. “I have always loved yow Frite; I have always hoped something would e ot oo pSinting | Gepartment of the textfle machinery with her husband; the deathbed scene; | Manufacturing plant, her tears and embraces: his assur- | = ances of love; his promise to try to fulfill her last wish—all these will be written into the petition, together with - | A Resolve for the Resubmission of the constitutional amendment prohib- iting the manufacture and sele of in- toxicating liquors in Maine mede its biennial appearance before the Maine legislature yesterday. The Draper Company of Hopedale, Mass., yesterday refused demands | prosented by a committee representing | the men who struck in the foundry | Mrs. Emma Groves, Who Toured the country a number of vears as “the bearded and fat lady,” and was said to | be the biggest woman in Maine, died s one Laicont nbariE yeighed 507 pounds” and had a full | Never before has the supreme court of New York been petitioned to ex- punge the record of a divorce by a Yolce from the grave. “Hed she lived, it would have been possible for Mrs. Heinze to discontifue this action,” Mr. Spellman sald today. “Because of her love for Heinze and her hope that something would bring ebout a reconciliation, she postponed taking the final decree which might | have Dbeen entered last month. She | had only till April 17 to decide wheth- er the decree would be taken. Again and again she told me, ‘Walt, walt, that decree means death between my husband and me. To take it would tear my soul from its body.” “During the last minutes of her life she repeated over and over again the request that the record be expunged. I am convinced that there must be some method for the Great Chancellor to reach out and destroy or seal those records.” PRISON SENTENCES FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS. Three Receive Terms of Six Years, Two Terms of One Year. Cambridge, Mass., April .—The five Italians charged with killing a fellow workman during the Industrial Work- ers of the World strike at the plant of the Hood Rubber company at Wa- tertown last November pleaded guilty to manslaughter today. Vincenzo Ristagno, Comasso Fittanta and Gabrielle Letere were given terms of frora six to ten years in state prison, and the other two, Luigi Ligara and Francesco Falbo, were sentenced to one year in the house of correction. . Steamship Arrivals. At Genoa: March 28, Mandel Calvo, from New York; Kuropa, from New York. At Marseilles: from New York. April 2. France, from Genoa, April 3.—Arrived, ~steamer Huropa from New York (nof previous- Governor Hall of Louisiana vester- day_honored papers for the extradition to New York of Antonio Musics, hu- man hair exporter, and his thres sons, Philip, George and Arthur, the two former being charged with having de- frauded New York banks out of near- 1y $1.000,000. Despite the Absence in other states of a third of its membership, the Ten- nesses house of representatives ves- terday undertook to pass over the governors veto the bill making it a felony to break a quorum. Members who afe away on the filibuster were counted as “present but not voting:’ TORNADO IN MISSOURI DEMOLISHES 20 HOUSES. Aged Farmer, Wife and Daughter Fa- taily Injured. Sturgeon, Mo, April 3—Willlam Mathias, 87 years old, a retired farm- er, was killed, his wife Mary, and his daughter Ruth, 24 vears, were prob- ably fatally injured and 25 other per- sons were less seriously hurt today by a tornado that passed within a half mile of Sturgeon. Twenty houses were demolished by the wind, To Investigate Bribery Charge. Albany, N. Y., April 3—The state judiciary committee beginning" next Monday afternoon will hear testirony in connection with the allegations made by George H. Kendall, president of the New York Bank Note com- pany, that Senator Stephen J. Still- well ‘attempted to extort $3,500 from him to advance legislation in which Kendail was interested. Marblehead Hotel Burns. Marblehead, Mass, April §~—~The Crowninsileld hotel,” a North Shore summer resort, was burned tonight. The loss 1s $40000, Steamers Reported by Wireless. Bable TIslend, April 3. Steamer Frapifort, Hamburg for Portland, sis- April 2, SBant’ Anna, nailed 600 milew east of Portland st ¥y pril 3.—Arrived: —Arrived: > .50 a. m 8t, John, N. B. A Steamer Montreal, London days. on have not been printed. | amendment was off 1-ligh EXTRA SESSION 0 F THE ASSEMBL —— Senator McDonough Suggests Possibility of It 1 Clean Up Legis lative Calendar A PROPOSAL TO TURN BACK HANDS OF CL b Members of Legislature Predicting That Work W Finished by June 4—No Friday Session This Weel | cause of Delay in Printing Bills—Hearing on 55 He Bill For Men Opposed by X the Manufacturers. Hartford, Conn., April 3.—Not yet 1s the general assembly ready to sit Fri- | Some members who are anx- | ious to get rid of matters which are | tariff leaders. Pestmaster General Pellstior of :u'l: (;\e ('fll‘rvl;;hs(r' 1\1"]&_31 pbrop!na»mK that | Canada will try to establish a parcel [ R June b it will be necessary to | Gonforence With Senators. Post o "tie ‘Zone aystem similar. to | LUrn Dack the hands of [ clock as The tarlft situstion shifted to the|tne method employed in’the United |5 done in comuress, as thay see lit- | Siieis oy Sith the Brospect of saucty | Stater: e chance of doink everyihing that is | WoTk ahiead of’the chiaf. cxscutive to |fo be done in the remamnins two | smooth over disputed points, and to| Mgr. Thomas J. Shahan, rector of |onthe . Senator Acbonousn, the | Dring the senate, the house and his own | the Cathollc unlversity, yesterday be- | JemocTalic leader has even becn quoi- views into harmony before the new |gan planning for Improvements fo the ;;dt“:h_““% e e ) bill is_made public. Senators Sim-|institution that will cost upwards of (DU that an cxtra session might be mons, Stone and Hoke Smith, all mem- | $1,000,000. e Tacticel Te e i Bl bespof s dueurs coimittes, (hal & that scores of bills aiready reported | Much de- lay is Gue to the failure of thos teresied In private acts to pay fc printing. Attorney General day gave Comptroller Dunn an opinion | which in effect is that amendments %o city town and borough char he- | i ccinl acts the cost of printins ilis and acts should he borne | petitioners. This will add con- | DIy to the printing bills of those | places interested. i Dunn as Watchdeg of Treasury. A careful serutiny of expense ac- | counts is heing made by the comptrol- | ler. For the first time it is believed, | the comptrolle: office is in a position | to disapprove bills calling for state | moneys which conflict with existing | statutes. An ilustration is the bill in | the senate yesterday ich in effact | created the office of assistan clerk of the senate. The clerk”: ry is $2,500 and the law- read t in lieu of all clerical ass office rent, light and other incident successive sessions the extra allow- ances made at the ond of the pes- sion for clerical assistance for the sen- ate clerk has risen from 3500 to $1500 with other resolutions to meot dentals. This year Dunn_inf ed the committee in chargze that olutions providing for pavien ical assistance and 23 e expressly in. conflict wi e statutes, and e meet tho situs he office of assistant clerk wh do the clerfcal work has been provided for, Senate Bumps “Souvenir” Taylor. The chief happening at today's ses- slon was the rejoction of the bill fa- vorably reported which would have abolished ihe barb commission. “Souvenir” Tayl a to have prepared . roll, unassisted, because it is said that Mr. Hall of Meriden, who was named to assist him, refused to collaborate, lost ntion out in the senate in a which would have paid bim $§225 for the work. The house had passed thix measure, bui in the senate It was stated that Mr. Tavlor had agreed to divide the compensation with Mr. Hall. Opposition to Salary Inerease. The salary of the secrotary of the state bemrd of education, raised by the beard from $§3,000 to $5000 and which item sppears in the appropria- tion committee bill of nearly two mil- lion dollars for school expenses, is the bane ‘of contention In the senate, An | red Lo take away the discretionary power of the state board in this matter by fixing Secr tary Hine’s salary at $3500. This would [mean a reduction | noon ot salar v fixed $5,000 figure alrea eral sessions the pecreta board has recelved muc from members in the lex The committee lacked the field people were ¢ ation of a_ portion Bridgeport before th mittee, A 55 Mour Week The labor hearing in th not largely attended, due that all the commission to women and chil na ol the 15th and hearin bills of a similar nai up about that time. r the manufacturers and In terssted in these bills pr the continual poipo that he expested to court after the 22nd that proponents ought to proceed. Re vens of Daubur that men employ industries should not wo 55 hours in a week tee took up this. that he objected to ai taineq in the 54 terday beceuse out of industries Wwas Dno_reason sbouid be placed would come abou compelled to work longer hours. He belle policy of shorten be adopted for all { turing_and mercant | This “policy he c adopted in other st: Opposed As Radical Mr. Wells opposed the m. radical one claimin ufecturers are asal some do not oblect to a 5 The point he made was t men's wages wonld be & lessened time scale wih turers would feel the effec tition from states wher week is much longer, Tk for M women. b | that 84 hours legislation would drive out of ind proportion of women for Professor Fisher . lotte secretary of state of Colora. to yesterday which siated th 18 Do eight hour lmw for | ehtidren 1n that state bu | ator (a woman) had in a measure at the preser | tie logislnture. | Debate as to Age of a 1 Mr, Wells and Prof fered over the mean: child ss related to a > | Fisher thought it meant a child ,which woul under but Mr. | beltef that it m 3L M | study ot ohild | definition he had rea. ehifld meant a2 person The bill length, Theso up later befc the hearings on cussion are mot c KILLED LAUNDRYMAN WHO WRECKED HIS HOME. Prof. Olson Testifies in His Own Be- half at Murder Trial. Minn., April 3—Professc formerly of the Univer- sity of Minnesota ,who admitted that he shot and killed Clyde M. Darling, & laundryman, for wrecking his home, took the witness nd this evening and sobbed audibly between Mrs, Olson wrung from him. S. Paul, Oscar Olson, and Darling were The courtroom was crowded and many wept with the defendant, who presented the picture of a broken spiriteq man. Mrs. Olson buried her face In her hands and wept softly | throughout her husband's testimony. “My wife confessed to me and I warned Darling to keep away from my home,” Olson testified. *Ho con- tinued to come, despite the warning and finally succeeded in tearing down the happiness of the home. “The night of the shooting 1 was alone,” continued the witness. “1 heard a noise and went, to the kitchen to investigate. I saw a man standing Inside the door, 1 Darling. *‘Oh, it's you, 4— you,’ he said and took a step fowards me. I had my re- volver and flred twice In rapid suc ‘cession. A second later 1 saw the wrecker of my home throw his arms and recognized into the air and fall limply to the floor.” Professor Olson testified that he first learned of Mr. Olson’s relations with Darling June 16 last. “When 1 returned from my offics, my wife told me Darling had hugged and kissed her,” Olson continued. “I saw Darling one day later in the presence of the man for whom he was work- ing. When I accused him of insultins my wife he turned pale. Then he re- covered himself and said: ‘I admit it: it’s all my fauit.’ “While fn Clearbrook, Minn., No- vember 12, last, I received a message from my wife urging me to return home immediately. She metmeat the door and sald: “‘Osear, do I look demented, that devilish laundryman is haunting me again. He has been here several times and I can’t resist his overtures. Please help me to keep him from me. Olson repeated the detalis leading to the crime. - Several times during his testimony his sobbing forced an in- terruption. Mrs. Olson is expected to tell her story tomorrow. Chinese Pirates Hold Up Steamor. Hong Kong, April 3—Pirates today held up the ‘British “river "steamer Talon in the estuary of the Canton river, They killed fwo and wounded four-Chinese passengers, They tied up the Turopean officers and carried off everything of value, even to {he ship's arms and ammunitiop PRISONER ESCAPES | IN A PACK Chartes Dewey Takes French | Wethersfield Prison. Hartford, Dewey of New state prison at from that Institition a novel manner. He was ez in what is knowr partment, his spe pack shirts In wood the guards w creted himself in wooden boxes and in som the board covers over th 1t appear as if_t nafled down. Soon | shipped this bo | depot. Dewey then made b a late hour tonis had been found. ook He was sentenced to from five to nine yea. | of burglary, robbery and person |lence. " He 'held up a man den and after beating k v bead, robbed him. J. P. MORGAN’S BODY ARRI\ AT P Special Train Met by Ameries bassador and Others Parls, April bearing’ the bo: Morgan arrived at in Parls at 14.30 o'clo was met by the A dor, Myron T. Herrick, of the embassy, R. W. Bliss, 1 H. Harjes, Gabriel Jaray, s the France-America comm: George Murgan, a nep’ | Seligman. The funeral car was wreaths were placed on the ambassador, Mrs. Har for the France-America. c others. The train.left at for Batignolles, where to the Hawvre line. DIED IN BARBER'S CHAIR the e AT WINS' William Neebit Was Former Resi of Putnam and WesteNy. Winsted, Conn., April Wi Nesbit, a retired business man suddenly fonight, while be in a local barber shop. The examiner gave hearc disease cause of ith. He was Woopsocket, R. I, 54 years leaves a wife, Ho was for in the dryogoods business nany y bllly favoring -syoman suslrage. sted and had also been in business A’ Screnton, Pa., Westerly, B. I and Puiy nam. 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