Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 19, 1913, Page 1

VOL. LV—NO. 94 The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts T , APRIL 19, 1913 ‘PRICE TWO CENTS BRYAN AND CHAMP CLARK AT PEACE Secretafiy of State and Speaker of the House “Bury the Hatchet” at a Love Feast BALTIMORE CUN\(ENfloN WILL BE FORGOTTEN Bryan Says He Has Cleared Up a Misunderstanding With Clark Whom He Has Always Regarded as a Progressive Democrat—Clark Still Smarts Under “Injustice” of Bal- timore Convention But Will Cooperate For Party’s Good Washington, April 18.—Speaker Champ Clark and Secretary Willlam ennings Bryan met at a private uncheon here today, shook hands and issued public statements declaring they bad buried the bhatchet and put the personalities of the Baltimore conven- tion with the bygones, The luncheon was arranged by Theodore A. Bell of California, temporary chairman of the Denver convention in 1908. and chairman of the California delegation supporting Speaker Clark at Baiti- more and was given by Ira K. Ben- nett, editor of the Washirgfon Post. Interest was aroused in political cir- cles over the reconcillation of the two entagonists, whose differences became ®cute as a result of events at the Bal- timore convention. Secretary Bryan's Statement. Secretary Bryan's prepared state- ment issued tonight is as follows: “My meeting with Mr. Clark has served to clear up a misunderstanding ®s to my exact position toward him at the Baltimore convention. I have tried to make it clear to Mr. Clark that I have always regarded and do now re- gard him as a good, clean, progressive democrat. If my language at Balti- Jore created any impression that I was charging Mr. Clark with being in sympathy with any of the reactionary forces I am glad of the opportunity to correct any such misconstruction of my words or acts, for I did not in- tend to reflect upon either the personal or political integrity of the speaker. It 15 my earnest wish that there may be cordial co-operation between . the state department and the speaker in carrying out the policies of the admin- istration. Speaker Clark’s Statement. Here is Speaker Clark's statement: “It is beyond the powers of Col- onel Bryan or anyone elSe to correct the injustice that was done to me at Baltimore. The 10ss of the presiden- tial nomination was a small thing as compared to the injury done to my reputation in the eves of the world. But now that Colonel Bryan in his public statement has done what he can to remove the injurious impressions that were created by his Baltimore Speeches, I feel that we can all the better co-operate for the good of the administration. I can only repeat what 1 have publicly declared tinie and time again, that all personal or selfish con- siderations must give way to the duty that all democrats owe to our party and to our country. Cracked Jokes Together. Those at the table with the others already mentioned and saw the dis appearance of what many political sages thought the most embarrassing situation confronting President Wil- son’s administration were: Vice Presi- dent Marshall; Secretary Lane, Sen- ators Kern and O'Gorman; Represen tative Crisp, Secretary Tumulty; sistant Secretary Osborne and lone of the state gepartment:; Tho; F. Logan and L. L. James. Those in charge of the affair said Speaker Clark and Secretary Bryan exchanged jokes and had a good time The statements were given out through Mr. Bennett. Bryan Blamed for Clark’s Defeat. _So far as is knpwn it was the firs time the two men had met since be K as fore the Baltimore convention. Speak er Clark’s friends always have said Mr. Bryan prevented his nomination and that it was through Mr. Bryan's | activities and influénce that the con- vention contrary to custom refused to give the speaker the necessary two- thirds vote after it had several times given to him a majority. Strong state- ments of a somewhat personal naturs were also issued by Mr. Bryan and Mr. Clark at the time. The reconciliation was looked upon in political circles as the most, sig- nificant political development of the administration so far. % UNITED CIGAR STORES ROBBERS NOW IN LIMBO Detectives Run Them Down with Pic- ture W as Clue. New York, April 18.—A" piece of pic- ture wire today led to the arrest of four men charged with holding up and robbing a dozen or more stores of the United Cigar Stores company in New York and vicinity. The wire was used to tie the hands and feet of the cigar store clerks. Detectives found where it was purchased and lay in wait un- til today, when the men now under arrest called for a supply. The sus- pects were followed and three of them ‘were captured at the points of re- volvers in a trolley car in New Ro- chelle. The fourth was arrested at a hotel, and a young woman who ac- companied him was held as a material witness. The prisoners are Charles Truax, an ex-employe of the Uniteq Cigar Stores company; John McDonald, who, the police say, has a long record as a post office burglar; Frederick H. Clark and Joseph 8. Duval. Clerks with the scars of the wire bonds still on their wrists came from half a dozen of the cigar company’s branch stores today and identified Truax, Clark and Duval as the men who held them up and rified their safes and cash drawers of sums varying from $200 to several thousand dollars. Truax was helg in court in 85,000 bail oun three charges, Duval and Clark in similar bail on one charge each, while McDonald was set free for Jack of evidence. McDonald however was immediately re-arrested on an- other charge of robbery. GOVERNOR PLEADS FOR ENDOWED UNIVERSITY. iving Monument to Liberality of Private Citizens, Yale a Hartford, Conn., April 15.—Governor Simeon E. Baldwin was ome of the principal speakers at the annual din- Ber of the Hartford Yale Alumni as- Sociation tonight, and he made an earnest plea for the endowed univer- sity as zgainst the state university. “The endowed university ought_ to stand,” said the governor, “and Yale certainly does stand, absolutely free from entanglements such as state uni- versities have to contend with because @f_politics. nsubsidized by any state, Yale s & living monument to the liberality of long line of private citizens, whose @itts have made her foundations sure, and to whose trust reposed in her she has always been true.” ATTEMPT TO END SUFFRAGE STRIKE. Proposition For Compromise in« Bel- gian Chamber of Deputies. Brussels,” April 13—While it is yet premature to hope for an early set- tlement of the great strikp that is now paralyzing the economic life of Belgium, efforts made today by M. Hyman, the liberal leader in° the chamber of deptities, to conciliate those opposed to granting manhood suffrage to the workmen appear to have been not altogether in vain. Aft- er discussion of the _question the chamber adjourned today until next Tusday, on motion of the premler, to consider the situation. Duxing $his in- terval the various parties 1 ex- amine into the motion of the liberal deputy, M. Masson, which embodies the -elements of a compromise, = OBITUARY. A & . Prof. Lester F. Ward. ‘Washington, April 18—Professor Lester F. Ward, recognized as one of the foremost American. socialist phile and author of many -.emn. died here today ,aged 81 years. New Haven—The Candes Rubber ecmpany has reduced the time of their employes from 60 hours a week to 55 by giving them ‘a half day on Satur- SENSATIONAL ALLEGATIONS AGAINST GREENWICH JUDGE. Accused of Conniving at Gambling and. Winking at Bribery. Hartford, Conn., April 1S—Sensa- tlonal allegations were made in a spicy hearing before the judiciary committee at the capitol this after- noon when the affairs of the Green- wich borough court were aired. It was alleged that Judge Charles D. Burnes, Who seeks a reappointment, the Green- wich chief of police, and = Harry B. White, prosecuting attorney and liquor prosecutor, connived at gambling and failed to prosecute bribery cases. It was further charged that Judge Burnes was & defaulter to the extent of $3,065 'when he was treasurer of the high school committee. The charges were contained in ten counts, nine of which were admitted. The other count, relating to the al- leged defalcation, was thrown out by the committee. | State Attorney Stiles Judson of | Fairfield county appeared for Judge Burnes and Attorney William E. Ham ilton of New Haven represented Donl{ C. Seitz and other proponents of a bul | calling for an investigation of the | court affai PROFESSOR PECK IN CRITICAL CONDITION. | Nerves and Mental Condiffon Said to Be Seriously Impaired. Ithaca, N. Y. 18 —Harry Thurston Peck, of ancient languages in a university for 28 years, is critically ill at the Ithaca city hospital. He is under the care of | epecial physicians and nurses who give little hope of recovery, although they say the end may not be near. Professor Peck came here a few | days ago to visit friends and was soon after stricken by a nervous disease and his nerves and mental condition are seriously impaired. His former wife, who is in New ¥York, is being kept in touch with the professor’s con- dition by bulleting every few hours. About two years ago Professor Peclk | was sued by Miss Esther Quinn, a | stenographer, for $50.000 for alleged breach of promise. The suit was di missed, but another action for a sim:- | lar amount was brought by Miss Quinn and is still pending. Professor Peck’s connection with Columbia university ‘was severed shortly after the first suit was brought. April sor ANOTHER MAN SOUGHT IN DIETZ MURDER CASE. Hammer Used on Tailor Was of a Pe- culiar Type. Chicago, April 18—Search for an- other man suspected of compiicity in the murder early Monday morning of the talor George Dietz, whose sicull was crushed by a hammer was insti- tuted tonight by the police department and the coroner’s, office. The ldentity of the man and. his connection with the mysterious case was not divulged. Manufacturers of the fatal hammer notified 1he authoritics today that only 25 retailers of hardware _in Chi- cago sell that pecullar type of imple- ment, which there are few in use. The police expect to trace it to the dealer Who sold it to the murderer. Mrs. Dietz, who with George Nurn- berg was released today on bonds of $10,000 on a charge of murder, ap- peared in the probate court and was appointed administratrix of her hus- band’s estate, which consisted of $1,500 in property and $10,000 in life insur- ance, 3 Steamship Arrivafs. New York, April 18.—Arrived: Steamer "Adriatic, Liverpool, Rotterdam, April 17. — Arrived: Steamer Russla, New York for Libau, Havre, April 18.—Arrived: Steamer Le Larraine, New York, Ydiverpoo), April 18, — Arrived: Steamer D'Ominion, Portland. Halifax, N. B, April 18.-—Arrived: Steamer Virginia, Liverpool. | of the Italian government that he he | pending before the California legis Boulogne, 1 18.—Arrived: St€am- or Noordam, New. York- Cabied Paragraphs Japs and American Citizenship. Honolulu, April 18—A report is be- ing circulated that a claim made In Tokio that Japanese living on Ameri- can soil are eligible to nituralization will be tested in the Hawaiian courts if the question is not settled at Wash- ington. s ! Snake Bite Cause of Death. Hamburg, Germany, April 18—Slow working snake venom was the cause of the death of Karl Hagenbeck, the animal collector, on April 14, accord- ing to the physician who attended him. He was bitten years ago and the venom eventually affected, his liver. A Royal Wedding. | Berlin, April 18—The King and Queen of Italy have definitely_decided to attend the wedding of Princess Victoria Lauise, daughter of the Ger- man emperor and empress, to Prince Ernest August of Cumberland, which Is to take place in Berlin on May 24. Stefansson Coming Here. London, April 18.—Vilhjalmur Stef- ansson, the Arctic explorer, wiil sail tomorrow from Southampton for New York, where he will spend three weeks before starting, under the auspices of the Canadian government, on his four- vear expedition to the Arctlc in search of a mew continent. Bugarians Accept Terms. Sofla, April 18.—Premier Guechoff today informed the Sobranje that the | Bulgarian government had accepted the terms of the last note of the great powers containing proposals for end- ing the war in Southern Europe. The premier eaid Bulgaria’s acceptance contained reservatidns, but that these would not hinder the conclusion of neace. CHARLTON FIGHTING AGAINST EXTRADITION Claim Made That United States Is Not Required to Surrender Him. ‘Washington, April 18.—A final avpeal was made today in the supreme court of the United States by Porter Charl- ton, the American yvouth charged with the murder of his wife on their honey. moon at Lake Como, Italy, on June 7 1910, in_an effort to block the demand and no returned to its shores for trial! possible punishment. There was decision tohday. Charlton himself was not in_ court. Ever since he stepped off the steamer from Italy at the New Jersey pier just after his wife's body had been found in the waters of Lake Como, he has been imprisoned in Hudson Count New Jersey. awaiting final disposition of the Itaalian government’s reqiiest for his extradition. The case.came before the court today on an appeal from the refusal of the New Jersev court to release him on habeas corpus proceedings, after the state depart- ment had turned him over to the Ital- ian authorities. 2 Questions by the court stirred the opposing attornevs to a considerati.n of whether the court has the right to 2o behind the action of Secretary Knox of the state department in grant- ing the requested extradition. Attorney R. Floyd Clarke told the court that the Jtalian government had for years interpreted the treaty of 186° to mean that it was not required to surrender to the United States its sub- Jects for trial in the Unled Stotes. The refusal 50 to do, he contended, was a breach of the treaty and as_a matter of law a breach destroyed the obligation resting upon the other coun- try to perform its part under (Le treaty. Chief Justice White suggested that the correspondence between the Italian government and the state department showed that the Italian governmen* expressly stateq it did not demand Charlon” under the treaty but upon special ground: pointed out that the Ttallan government in a subsequcnt did place the demand upon the CALIFORNIA AWAITS A HINT FROM WILSON. Action on Anti-Alien Land Bill De- ferred Until Next Week. Sacramento, Calif., April 18—Furth- er action on the anti-alien land bills | a- | ture has been deferred until next week. This decision was reached, it was said today, because some Japanese gover- ment against possible infringement of th etreaty rights of Japanese citizens in_this state. Reports of the popular agitation in Japan over the proposed action in California_provoked considerable com- ment about the legislatlove chambers today. The violence of these protests as well as the ingiirles as to the ef- fect of the proposed bills upon other alien interests for California, led to the belief here that President Wilson might find it expedient to indicate his views or suggest a course of action tending to relieve the situation. If the position taken by th Jap- anese is what cable despatches con- tain, said one of the senate leaders to- | day, it seems inevitable that some | word must come from Washington soon, without waiting for the passage of a particular bill by the legislature. For that reason and in wiew of the widespread interest that has sprung up in California, it was thought bet- ter to postpone any further consider- ation of the matter until next weelk. Population of Germany. The population statistics, based on ihe fmperial census of December 1, 1910, just published, show that the total population of ‘Germany has in- creased by 15.18 per cent in the space of tep vears. One of the most re- markable facts shown by the new statistical tables is the importance of the foreign element in the German Empire, and the extent to which the foreign and foreign born population has recently increased. With a popu- lation of 63,925,993 subjects of the im- perial thrane, Germany also counts 1,259,873 foreigners within her front- fers. It is patent that Germany is importing brains and labor, for the in- crease in the foreign population has been four times as rapid as that of the native pepulation—the increase, in- deed, was nearly 20 per cent in only five_years, the total addition to the foreign population within this period being 231,313. > There i5 little fear that the charac- ter of the nation will be changed in consequence, as more than half the foreign element comes from German speaking Austria, and the next largest element comes from Holland, a coun- try which has more in common with Germany than most of the other na- tions. In all, there were 144,000 Dutch- men, 187,000 Russians, 104,000 Italians, and 68,000 Bwiss. The Rhine prov- inces continua to be more internation- al than any other part of the empire. The statistics as ' to religion show that the Protestants outnumber Rom- an Cathelics in the proportion of three to two—London Standard, Pope’s CGondition Very Favorable STEADY IMPROVEMENT SHOWN BY PONTIFF PHYSICIANS HOPEFUL Prof. Marchiafava, Declares -He Has Never Doubted His Recovery—Ab- sence of Fevgr For Three Days. Rome, April 18—The consoling news that emanated from the Vatican to- night was that Pope Pius had passed | three days without fever, that his! general condition was progressing fa- Vorably and that if these conditions continue for two days more his Holi- ness would be considered convalescent | and the bulletins of the physicians | discontinued. | Although this. information came | from the physicians in attendance up- | on Pope Pius and was confirmed by | Cardinal Merry del Val, the papal| secretary of state, it did not prevent | persons of pessimistic tendencies from ! tal Circulation is the Largest in Connectic Chicago Baby _Farms Probed INFANTS INHUMAN TRAFFIC IN DISCLOSED FORSAKEN BY MOTHERS Latter, Agree to Abandon Them For- ever—No Records Kept — Demand | For Babies Greatly Exceeds Supply. Chicago, April 18.—Inhuman condi- tions at “baby farms” in Chicago were revealed today in the Tilinois hous :ommittee’s investigation of maternity homes and _institutions where children are kept. They were such as to bring from Chairman ~Thomas Curran the assertion that the barter of flesh has not ceased and that dealing in babies is the “most dastardly business exist- ing. The representatives were told that mothers contracted for the disposal of their infants before birth, signing an agreement which ends: “I promise and declared I will never | Advertising means the putting The truth of this was fully was interested in and came here The incident, however, terested in. The same applies to all newspaper ness profits accordingly. Whatever know about it amd it sells. business. Promote Business By Advertising that which they are interested in or looking for. effective method of doing this is through the daily paper. illustrated the past week when a { reader of a Bulletin news item in Boston saw a reference-to what he to obtain it. it because he had failed fo give the news item a careful reading for what he sought was the establishment of business relations new banking institution which had been projected here fifty years ago by stockholders of the Eagle armory. demonstrated the value of advertising and showed that the newspaper had supplied him with It disclosed what he was seeking and he followed it up. just how Mmany of the thousands of readers of The Bulletin are inter- i ested in particular offerings but there are surely large numbers who fully appreciate the advantages which are thereby offered and busi- If it is not given publicity busines Let The Bulletin get the Eastern Connecticut trade interested in your During the past week the following matter appeared in The Bul- letin’s columns, all for twelve cents a week: 1 Bulletin Telsgraph Local Gsnsral Toig/ Saturday April12.. 87 171 946 1204 § Monday, April 14.. 106 137 241 484 Tuesday, April 15,7 165 120 210 445 Wednesday, April 16.. 120 115 202 437 Thursday, April 7., 133 122 278 533 Friday, April 18.. 135 16, 173 424 Tolgls o oo i 3uoc. 096 781 20503 +3527 before the people in printer's ink The logical and most He was unable to get with a what he was in- advertising. There is no telling it is, if it is advertised the people lags. continuing to shake their heads du- biously and invent further ailments for the pontiff. Tonight they declar- ed he was suffering patchypneumonia and senile consumption. Last Night's Bulletin. This evening’s bulletin of the pope’s physicians read: ‘“Today also was passed without fever. The tempera- ture of the pontiff is 99.1. The ameli- oration continues. “MARCHTAFAVA. “AMICL” When Dr. Amici visited the pope shortly before midnight he found his temperature at 97.2. He said the con- dition of the patient was satisfactory and that- he was finding great relief from his coughing by taking a sooth- ing liquor of ammonia flavored with anise seed. After Dr. Amici's visit Pope Plus went to sleep. His breath- ing was audible in the room on ac- count of his catarrh. > Professor Httore Marchiafava, the pope’s chief physician, was asked by {he Associated Press topight concern- the condition of hls patient. In ng he replied as follows: Never Doubted His Recovery. holy father has suffered from a with a slight affection of hea and large bronchial tubes. ing oncho-pneumonia has never even been suspected. 1 have never doubted for his recovery soorer or later. His general condition always has been of the best. His heart and pulse are strong and normal and the sensorial nerves intact.” It must be added, however, that al- though all Professor Marchiafava says in his statement may he perfect- Iy irue, another affection exists which s not in an acute stage now but is always liable to recur. This is a gouty kidney. Shows Interest in Church Affairs. The better condition of the pope is shown by his increasing interest in affairs. Today he insisted on con- veving his last instructions to Cardin- al Ferrat, who will leave here tomor- row for Malta to preside at the Eucharistic congress. He also desir- ed to know what arrangements had been made concerning the pontifical mass which_he should celebrate in St. Peter’s on Pentecost Sunday, _three weeks away. This day is intended to be a great one in the festivities of the Constantine jubilee and it' was- with great difficulty that he was induced to postpone the ceremony to November, when the end of the jubilee will take place. SEVENTEEN YEARS FOR WHITE SLAVER. Judge Tells Him That His Crime is Werse Than Murder. New Haven, Conn. April 18.—"I consider the crime with which you are charged worse than murder; the white slaver not only kills the body but the soul of his victims,” said Judge Burpee of the superior court today in sentencing Alfred Forcareto of Bos- ton, Mass., to the state prison from 17 to 20 years. Forcareto was found guilty of seduetion and harboring ‘a female for immeral oses, It was alleged that he enties Erminio De Massio from her home in Boston o this city under the promise of mar- riage, The young girl ran away frem him d told the police. Forcareto’s arrest followed after a chase, In court to- day he asked the court to be lenient, see such child, but do release and abandon it forever.” They were informed that babies were shipped out of the state when only a few hours old and their moth- ers were hired out to nurse the in- fants of the weaithy. Superintendents of maternity homes admitted they kept no recards, that once a child was sent away there was nothing by which it could be traced. No Records Kept at All. “But dom’t you ever inquire how these babies are treated, whether they live or die ” inquired Chairman Cur- ran of Dr. Charles Wood of the | Union Park Maternity home. “We keep no records at all.” The testimony brought out the fact | that 85 per cent. of the unmarried pa- tients in the “lying-in” hospitals are girls grom out-of the state who come to the city to hide their shame. mand Exceeds Supply. The heads of the homes said they | advertised extensively that they “babies for adoption,” but that sdvertisements are blinds. The serted the demand for infants exceed- ed_the supply Dr. Wood said there have been 665 hospital and denied been a death. When the commit showed him the records of the « health department to which four still- | births had been reported he changed his testimony. He insisted no crippled children had been born. Hospital Will Be Closed. The doctor said he spent $1,600 In advertising, mostly in farm publica- tions. He charged patients from $100 to $300, he said. A physician from the health depart- ment testified that Wood's hospital was unsanitary and he would recom- mend that it be closed. that in twelve vears | patients in his | there ever had | SPRINGFIELD PUBLISHERS GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY. Convicted of Illegally Obtaining Sec- ond Class Mailing Privilege. Boston, April 18—Herbert Myrick and James M. Cunningham, publish- ers of the Orange Judd Northwest Farmstead of Springfield, were found guilty of conspiracy to obtain illegal- ly second class maliling privileges for that publication by a jury in the United States district court today. The men were tried on two indict- ments and the jury found them guilty on_each. An appeal for a new trial will be made, based on exceptions to certain rulings during the trial, according to counsel. Pending this appeal, both men are out on bail. A penalty of not more than two years’ imprisonment or more than $5,000 fine, or both, is provided by the statute for the offense specified. Steamers Reported by Wireless. Siasconset, Mass., April 18.—Steamer Uranium, Rotterdam via Halifax for New York, signalled 250 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon. Dock 8.30 a. m. Saturday. Steamer Vaderland, Antwerp - for New York, signalled 323 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon. Dock 12.30 p. m. Saturday, Steamer La Provence, Havre for New York, signalled 350 miles east of Sandy Heok at noon. Dock 8 a. m. Saturaay., New York, April 18.—Steamer Kelist, Bremen for New York signalled 800 miles east of Sandy Hook at noonm, Dock § & m, Monday- pliam Piggott Cronan Condensed Teiegrams Gov. Mann of Virginia, ill with ap- pendicitls, is improving. tion of New York, for the r flood sufferers, amounts to $71,286. John O'Neil, a Prisoner in the White Plains, N, Y., jail, was released in or- der to attend the deathbed of his moth- er. Robert C. Archer, a former alderman of New Rochelle, N. Y, and who srew the largest strawberries in the county, is dead. A Large Tenement House at Danbury owred by the Y., N. H. & H. road was destroyed by fire yesterday, with a ic of about $3,000. A Bungalow at Noroton Heights be- longing to William Gracie was burned vesterday with its contents, entailing a loss of about $1,500. Charles Allen Reed, 16 years old, son of a former circuit judge, has disap- peared from his home in Cleveland, His fondness for moving pictures-led him away. Fire Destroyed the Building occupled the at Calgary, newpspaper s estimated Morning Albertan, and with it the terday. The 1 The Household Workers’ Union has been d by domestic servants of They demand two afternoons : and the privilege to enter- tain callers in the parlor. for; S. L. Reeter of the Pittsburg : school vesterday declared Ity of two serious rges pre- ferred rinst him by Ethel I. Fisher, a domestic emploved in his honie. The Editorial and Mechanical Staffs of the York American were for m their building, near the ce términal, at press time threatened fire. New resterday issued the ut delegates to the England railway conference,which will be held in the state house at Bos- ton, April 23, beginning at 10 a. m. Owners of Silk Mills at Paterson, N. whose employes are on strike, are sending their silk abroad to be dyed, will have it shipped back to fac- in Pennsylvania to be woven. Bound and Gagged in_his Own op- operating chair, Benjamin Frieman, a New York dentist, vesterday watched three men rifle his office and depart with gold and platinum worth $4,000. There Are More “Sweet Toothed” persons in the United State, apparent- ¥, than in any other country of the world, its average per capita consump- tion of sugar belng almost forty pounds. “God is Going to Evangelize the state of Maine.” asserted Bishop Theodore S. el reon of Chattanooga, Tenm., at the opening devotional exercises of the Maine conference of Meethodist church= es yesterday. Opposition to the Democratio tarift bill as it affe wheat and its pro- ducts was volced yesterday by millers of western Minnesota and Nerth Da- kota at the annual meeting of the Spring Wheat league. Chief of Police O’Neill of Denver yes- made preparations to put some > 100 Industrial Workers of the World in jail there, serving sentence for vagrancy, to work répairing streets and building sidewalks. Ernest Welch, Convicted of complici- ty in the tarring of Minnie La Valley at Clarksfield, O, last August. yester- day was paroled from the Tuxedo where he had served 136 six months’ sentence. A 15 Year Old Girl, Tereso Sasso, terday complained to the Wilming- . police that her father had sold her in marriage, taking a sum ot money from Antonio Cotillo in her presence, and that her father compelled her to go through a ceremony. A Loss Estimated at Between $60,000 and $70,000 was caused by the burning of the lumber mill operated by the Portage Lake Mill company and own- ed by the Burnham Lumber company of Hoston, and a large of lumber at Portage, Me. quantity The Engagement of Miss Nell Grant of San \cisco and Santa Barbara, 2 granddaughter of General U. S, Grant, to Lieutenant Commander Wil- of the United States nav announced yesterday by Miss Grant's mother. Father Robert Hughes, pastor St. James’ Catholic church ofMan- to, Minn., has procured a temporary restraining order against the president of the school board to stop the reading of the Bible and other so-called relig- lous exercises in the Iigh school, Rev. The Supreme Court handed down a decision yvesterday in which no error is found in the sentence of death impos- ed on Louis Saxon for the murder of his common law wife, in New Britain, Nov. 27 1912. The date of execution has been fixed for Friday, June 27, { Matthew ut in Pmpor:tion to the City’s Population Mrs. Story Wins On Third Ballot ELECTED PRESIDENT-GENERAL OF D. A R. FIVE YEARS CAMPAIGN S Long Contest Ended by Result of the Election—New Head of the Organ- ization Makes a Plea For Harmony. Washington, April 18—Mrs. William Cummings Story of New York, head of the'conservative faction, late today was elected president general of the Society of the Daughters of the American Rev- olution, defeating Mrs, John Miller Horton of Buffalo, the administration candidate on the third ballot. The vote stood: Mrs. Story 600, Mrs Horton 449, Seven Vice Presidents Elected. Seven vice presidents general also were elected to complete the comple ment of new general officers. They were: Mrs, Thomas Kite of Ohlo, Mrs Rhett Goode of Alabama, Mrs. John Swift of California, Mrs| Allen P. Per ley of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Ben F. Gray, Jr., of Missouri, Miss Harriet I Lake of Towa and Mrs. John Lee Dinwiddie of Indiana. Mrs. Story Pleads for Harmony. Three vice presidents general were clected on the first ballot The resuit of the third ballot was an nounced about 5.80 o'clock, and the successful candidate was escorted to the platform. She was greeted by Mrs. T. Scott, retiring president general, and began her speech. She made a plea for harmony and urged all the new general officers to do their ut most to bring peace between the fac- tions that have waged an almost con tinuous warfare for the last five ye Mrs, Bryan Pledges Loyalty. Before closing her remarks, Mrs. Story introduced Mrs, Charles B. Bry- an, who withdrew as a contestant to- day before the third ballot was begun. Mrs. Brvan had been known as an ad- ministration sympathizer, but sha pledged her support to the incoming administration. She was follewed by the new general officers, and all pledg- ed their support to Mrs. Story. Partial Victory for Scott Forces. The election resulted in a partial vie~ tory for the old administration, in that more than half of the general officers and all of the new vice preaidents gen- eral are known as supporters of Mrs. Scott. Mrs. Story did not place & com- plete ticket of vice presidents general in the fleld: and none of the four she put forward was elected. Of the gen- eral officers on her ticket omly four were chosen on the first ballot, while four of those on the Horton or admin- istration ticket were successful. Five Years' Campaign Ended. The electlon of Mrs. Story ends a five year campaign. She was defeated by Mra#Scott in the jast two elections, The cohtest has been the most spirited in the history of the society, and has been exceedingly expensive for the candidates and the socigty. Mrs. Scott was elected honorary pres- ident general, an homor held by only five former presiding officers of the ciety. At the session tonight thers were several committee reports. The congress adjourns tomorrow after the disposal of oné important subject that was made a special order. PRESIDENT CONCERNED OVER ANTI-ALFEN BILL But Not Disposed to Interfere in Mat- { ter of State Legislation. Washington, April 19 —President Wilson kept in close touch today with the situation both in Japan and Cali- fornla over the proposed alien land Flegislation. He read with interest the dispatches from Tokio describing pop- ular feeling against the bills and stud- ted the text of the pending measures as well as & synopsis of similur laws in New York and Texas. The presidemt told his callers that the federal government must of ne- cessity refrain from interference wiih California while in the process of les- islating and could not make 1ts ati- tude known to inquiring nations until the bills were passed. He added, how- ever, that if any impression bad becn circilated in Japan that the admin- istration here had become indifferent to the developments in California, such a view was unjustified and that jndw- ment as to the measures should be withheld until they are finally framed and passed. In the meantime, the president @e- {clared that every effort was being made to keep in communication in- formally with the California legisia- tion. It is unlikely that the president will communicate his views directlyl or take any step that will interfers with the legislative process but he hopes through members of -congress there to do his utmost to prevent any, obvious violation of treaty obligations. Should treaty rights be violated he is hopeful that Japan will withhold Judg~ ment until the American courts baye To Reach the Summer White House at Cornish, President Wilson will be driven over the Wilson road, so named by the New Hampshire legislature yes- terday in honor of the president. An appropriation of $12,000 for the im- provement of the road was passed unanimously. < et S The Collection of Revolutfonary rel- ics in Continental Memorial hall at Washington is to be enriched by the addition of a walking stick made from the timbers of John Paul Jones’ fam- ous old ship,the Alliance. The stick will be placed in the collection by Miss Marion H. Brabier of Boston. Harold B. Page, who was charged with murder in the first degree yester- day in the criminal superior court at New Haven, pleadew _ guilty to second degree murder and was_sen- tenced to state’s prison for life, He is 19 years old. ge was charged with having shot Harold 4. Ford of Meriden to death In the Madison woods. Mrs, Marinda Clarke Cooke of Hart- ford, through her attorney, Sidney E. Clark, yesterday flled with the superior court her formal application for a ai- vorce from her husband, Jere Knode Cooke, formerly an Episcopal cleray- man, whose elcpement with the youth- ful Floretta Whaley from Hempstead, L. I, in April, 1907, furnished a sensa- tion. Boston Hotel Man Assigns. Boston, April 18—Charles A. Glea~ son, proprietor of the Hotel West- minster, the destrue®ion of which sev- eral years resulted in much lilgation and 1 lation, assigned. today for the furniture and suj ies of the hotel are included in the assign dealt with the question. S G An Importation of Birds, ™ ™" Nearly 600 Bnglish wild songbirdd are shortly to be despatched to Brit- ish Columbie, songbirds being rare in Canada. The 600 birds are the first importation experiment, belng con= ducted by the Naturalists’ Club of Vic+ toria, British Colubia. They comprise 36 pairs of goldfinches, 36 pairs of lin nets, 86 peirs of robins, 36 pairs of bluetits, 74 pairs of larks. Messra, Stockleton & Co. of Leadenhall Mark-~ et, London, who are despatching the birds, said that to keep them from pining during their long voyage they, would be provided with food closely resembiing their natural diet. Thus the larks would be fed on erushed hemp and breadcrumbs, the bluetitm on breedcrumbs and meal worms, and the goldfinches and linnets on mixed pesd.~ Epeial cases ars;being made for the birds, and the quarrelsom tendency of the robin is provided for by separate apartments—Ilondon Mail Great to Be President. The President is verifying the ex- perience of a predecessor that every office he had to fill produced nine enemies and an ingrate—Fhiladaiphia Record. —— P Change of Drift. They say that Governor Foss and the Democratic party in Massachusetts are drifting apart. Ah-well! It is not very long since they drified together, New fork Tribune. Waterbury.—Most of the teachers who were injured in the trolley wreck at Summit Feb. 28 have resumed thelr Guties tn the verious schools, [