Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 24, 1913, Page 1

A NIGHT SESSION , The Bulletin’s ' Circulation In ich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts PRICE TWO CENTS Total Girblilfation’is the Largest in Cof.«ecticut in Prop})rtibr; ‘to the City's Population ‘OF STATE SENATE Bare Quorum of Members Remains Until 9.10, Smoking Cigars and Transacting Business NEW TRUSTEES FOR NORWICH STATE HOSPITAL Republican Objections Serve Them Upon the Table—Claim of Building Committee of Colony of Epileptics For $2100 Encounters Opposi- tion and is Tabled—Direct Primary Bill P:ued in Senate Hartford, Conn., April 23.—As soon ®s Lieutenant Governor Tingler open- ed the evening session of the ‘senate rules were suspended, that senators might be at ease and enjoy their cigars. So far as the veterans at the capitol have remembered, this was the first night session ever held in either branch, although caucuses have been beld which have lasted well into the night. Two nights a week will prob- ably be used for sessions until ad- Journment. There were & number of spectators on the floor and in the gallery, in- cluding four women. The senators present, just & quo: were Johnson f Hartford, Purcell, Cheney, Stevens, ders, Isbell, Quinn, Shanley, Kel- ey, Miner, F. A. Johmson, McNeil, eed, W: ams, Mountain, Reynolds &nd G. H. Johnson. New Haven Investigation Tabled. ‘When the Wilson resolution for in- vestigation of the New Haven road was taken up, the house having sent it to the judiciary committee, Senator McNeil had it tabled. A number of | other house matters on which the pre- sumption was that senators would like 1o bave debate were also tabled. Fred P. Holt was confirmed as bank commissioner for four years upon ap- pointment by the governor, as were Frank G. Chappell and Thomas F. Noone as river and harbor commis- sioners and E. D. Robbins as a mem- ber of the state board of education. Norwich Man's Claim Tabled. Senator Quinn reported on the claim ©of the building committee of the trus- tees of the Connecticut colony of epi- leptics, saying that the committee thought that claim of $2,100 for ser vices was a fair one. Senator John- son of Hartford objected to the claim, as it was in violation of the law, which says that trustees of public institu- tions must serve without compensa- tion. Governor Baldwin had written & letter pointing out this fact. Sena- tor Quinn thereupon had the matter tabled. .The trustees named in the bill are: Z. R. Robbins of Norwich, $1,180; W. P, Kelly of Killingly, $700, ;;‘l;’o BSenator Mountain of Middletown, The big bond bill for New Haven, Permitting it to issue bonds up to 5 per cent of its grand list, was adopt- ed. 1t carries a referendum. Increased Compensation for National Guard Officers. Semator Purcell explained the bl providing that the governors staff shall be made up of officers to be de- tailed from the national guard, with only temporary detachment from their respective commands. This does away with the ornamental military family of the governor. The adjutant -general will be chief of staff. The bill was adopted, as was that raising the com- pensation of national guard officers for care of the uniform from $35 to $50. Republicans Block Change of Hospital Trustees. The ebellfish commission will recom- mend abolition of the harbor police, better known as the oyster police, or placing them under some department of the state. A bill to stop mud dumping in the sound was also recom- mended. The republicans objected to taking Tp the resolution appointing L. R. ‘Watrous, J. J. Donohue, C. A. Jenkins and J. H. Naylor trustees of the Nor- wich hospital for the insane, and it re- wained on the table. Fox Snaring Bill Passed. The bill prohibiting snaring of foxes assed by the house was also passed y the senate, with Senator Isbell's amendment, which would repeal the 1909 snare law. The blackbird bill. which gave occa- sion for oratory in the house, was tabled after debate. Calendar matters adopted in concur- rence with the house included one making an appropriation of $500 for the Groton Monument association for a site. Regulation of Fraternal Benefit So- cieties. 3 Favorable reports made included these: Providing for the regulation and control of ail fraternal benefit so- cieties; making the support of boys in the Conmecticut school for boys $3.50 instead of $3. 3 Senate bills rejected on unfavorable reports included these: Increasing the powers of fish and game commission in making arrests for violations of the Jaw; making an appropriation to send the Putnam Phalanx to the dedication of the General Sedgwick monument at Gettysburg, Senator Purcell saying it ‘Was not necessary. senate adjourned at 9.10. DIRECT PRIMARY BILL. Senate by Vote of 21 to 10— Referendum Clause Dropped. Hartford, Conn., Aprit 23—The chief measure before the general assembly today was Senator Perry’s direct prim- ary bill, under which also candidates for office may be nominated upon pe- tition. This passed the senate after several changes had been made in it, 21 to 10 to the delight of Senater Per- Ty, who has been a member of the state commission which has studled | this subject and reported bills for a direct primary system to previous leg- islatures. The bill is an optional one and it had attached to it a long pro- vision for a referendum in September next of acceptance by towns, This referendum clause was stricken off as| it was deemed unconstitutional, In the house the big measurs pass- ed was that of giving home rule to the electors of New Haven. In an ef- fort to expedite business which is being unlowded in both branches by the comimittees, tne senate held a session this evenin, A “BLUE SKY” BILL. Yo Stop Advertisoment and Sale of ‘ “Wildcat” Securities. Hartforc, Conn., April 23—A medi- | fied *blue sky” bill to stop the adver- | tisement and sale of securities in “wildeat” ccmpanies was presented to the comrniueemblnn this_ after- noon, as a substitute for ether bills of , to Keei) Resolution Naming this charscter before it. The bill, it was stated, is acceptable to the brok- ers and bankers of the state. It pro- vides that no dealer shall offer for sale stock, bonds or commercial paper, or advertise such securities or invitesbids by letter, personal solicitation or cir- cular unless he has filed a statement vnder oath with_the building and loan commissioner. He shall conform _ to rules made by the commission. Vio- lation of the act, wilfully, would be punishable by a fine of $1,000 and if such violation is with intent to de- fraud, by imprisonment for not more than two years. - The bill does not apply to state, government, or pub- lic utilities bonds or securities which are legal investments for savings banks in New England. LEGISLATIVE DIVORCES. Three Petitions Received, But Peti- tioners Not Heard. Hartford, Conn., April 23—When | three petitions for divorce to be grant- ed by the legislature on the ground that either the wife or husband was insane were called by the judiciary committee for a hearing today Sena- tor McDonough stated that it was un- nesessary to hear the petitioners, as | Governor Baldwin would not sign any measure of this nature should it be passed. Last session the governor v toed a bill o grant a legislative di vorce on the ground that remedy should be sought in_ superior court. The governor has statéd that his atti- tude is unchanged, WILL CRIPPLE THE COTTON INDUSTRY ‘Manufacturers in Convention Protest Against Tariff Bill. Boston, April 23—Declaring them- selves spokesmen for the cotton indus- try in which is directly concerned the welfare and livelihood of over two million_people distributed over a large area of the United States,” the dele- | gates to thé annual convention of the | National Association of Cotton Man- ufacturers adopted resolutions unani- mously today protesting against the rates “on cotton manufactures pro- posed in the new tariff bill, The resolutions protest against' what is termed the “threatened crippling of this industry in the name of revenue and price regulation, when neither can possibly be regarded as the essential features of the bill in its prrosent forms and when there is no need ‘what- ever for monopolistic curbing, na thing even remotely approaching mon opoly existing in this industry; and at -, time when this industry has been suf/- fering for the past three or four :vesirs a period of unexampled depressian, on account of over-production, witii at- tendant domestic competition ira, its bitterest and most relentless f srm.” The cotton manufacturers urged upon congress such modificatis s of the blll as will bring it at least with- in the expressed and declared P/ atform upon which the political party '/ n pow- er was elected and charged v rith the responsibility of this tariff r evision.” CAPTURE OF SCUTARI EMBARRASSES POWERS Coercion of Montenegro Ne'it Regard- ed As Easy Mattr .r, London, April 23—The 1 sews of the fall of Scutari to the ] Montenegrin arms has been received w ith extraor- dinary demonstrations of /foy in all the allied_capitals, notably F elgrade, and the Bulgarian premier ] sas sent ef- fusive congratulations tc), the Monte- negrin premier. The firs /¢ effect of the fall of the fortress has been the ex- tention of _the inters sational naval blockade at Durazzo, bt it what will be the next step of the pg ywers in facing the new situation it is » Aifficult to fore- tell. * According to th' e view prevail- ing at St. JPetersburg| the coercion of ontenegro would x ot b, ter Ll e an easy Austria-Hungary 1 as already made deflnite proposals to the powers with a view to compellir & Montenegro to evacuate Scutari, bu' ¢ it is not certain that such proposals will be welcomed. TARIFF BILL WII _L BRIN' 3 GREAT RELIEF Claim of Represt mtative Underwood in Opening ; the Debate. v ‘Washington, J april 23—Beginnin the debate in ths s house todz?y on the democratic tariff ~revision bill, Repre- sentative Oscar 7 %, Underwood of Ala- bama, the majc irity leader, predicted great reliéf for ' the nation through the passage of the | pending bill. Repre- sentative Augy istus P, Gardner of Massachusetts |weoiced republican skep- ticism for the | country’s future finder such a tariff s system as that proposed, Cabied Paragraphs |00 Perish in ~ |Six Car Rides The Duchess Not So Well. London, April 28—The Duchess of Connaught, wife of the governor- general of Canada, has‘not been so well during the past “24 hours, ac:ord- ing to a bulletin issued by the sur- geon in attendance. To Reduce Pension Age Limit. Berlin, April 23.—A. bill reducing the age limit at which a German workman is entitled to be pensioned from 70 years, as at present. to 65, ‘was submitted to the imperial par- liament today by the budge: comzmit~ tee. Would Keep Suffragettes Afioat. Manchester, England, Aprii 23—in sentencing . two militant suffragettes), Mrs. Forrester and Miss Manesta ait the Manchester Assizes, today, Jusi- tice Sir Eidon Bankes caid: “I would send you roung the world in a sailing ship if the law permitte? me so to dispose of yous” Germany Presses Complaint. Berlin, April 23.—Germany 18 yiress- ing her complaint regarding th.e ac- tion of the local authorities a. Lune- ville in France on the desceni. there of the Zeppelin dirigible on April 3rd and will not consider tha Incident closed until a satisfactory reply has been received. according tvw an Inspired communication in the Lokal Anzei- ger, today. BENCH WARRANT FOR MILLIONAIRE BIXEY. Failed to Appear to Testify Regarding “Jonquil Club.” Los Angeles, Cal., April 25.—A bench warrant was issued today for the ar- rest of George H. Bixby, a Long Beach millionaire named in connection with the white slavery case for which Mrs, Josie Rosenberg was arrested re- cently. He failed to answer a sub- poena as a witness in the Rosenbers case when the woman was arraigned this afternoon. An_exit of prospective witnesses fol- lowed the annoumcement that the county grand jupry would begin today an investigation .of the allegation, that more than forty girls or young Yvomen of the city had been made the wvictims of niillionaire write slavers. Chief among the missing vvas Bix- by, named in dharges made iyy a num- ber of girls.. Members of Bixby’s family denouned assertionss of police officers that hs had left thie jurisdic- tion of the court, and Pis sattorneys said that while: they had not seen him either yesterdity or today, they were “confident he hiad nothing to run away from.” Among the vritnesses asked to testify was E. J. Fleming, a prominent at- torney and fojmer member of the dis- trict attorney’s siaff. Mrs. Josie 1Rosenberg of the “Jonquil club,” charge/i with being chief of the procurers of ‘(he “Black Pearl” and his millionaire fissociates, was arraigned on one of fwo charges of pandering, but her cas/> was set over pending the outcome of the grand jury inquiry.’ | SHOT HFs BOY AND CUT HIS OWN THROAT. Despers te Deed by Lawyer Estranged from His Wife. Nery York, April 23.—After firing & bulle't into the brain of his nine year old, son tonight, inflicting a wound from which the child died a few hours 12/ier at a hospital, William Vincent F.obbins, a lawyer of New York and Liorfolk, Va., committed suicide by cutting his throat at the home of his brother-in-law, Clarence Levy, in an uptown apartment house. Robbins, who was graduated from the Yale Law school with the class of 1897, came to New York on Tuesday from Norfolk. Mrs. Robbins, who has been living apart from her husband for three weeks, is at present at At- lantic City, N. J, with her sister, Miss Minnie Levy. She is expected to re- turn to New York tomorrow. A sealed letter left by Robbins was taken pos- session of by the coromer. _ Despondency caused by the es- trangement from his wife was assign- ed by the police as the probable cause of the murder and suicide. In the early days of Australian set- tlement—just when nobody can say— some well meaning emigrant sailed from old England, taking with him, among his most cherished possessions, a couple of pairs of rabbits, probably the pets of his children. The name of that pioneer is not chronicled in Aus- tralia’s history. He may have been a most worthy man—a man whose life and works in the country of his adop- tion might very well have earned for his memory the greatest respect and regard, but nothing he did or could have done would be sufficient to wipe out his terrible blunder. His name, whatever it may have been, is anathe- ma; his memory is*vile; his folly un- forgivable. ‘This pioneer may have had the best intentions in the world. When Aus- tralians speak of him they admit that pessibility, but in their anger they re- fuse to accept it as an extenuation of his heinous conduct. They are ready to believe that in England the rabbit is harmless. They know that in Eng- land ‘“bunny” is carefully protected in game preserves and is regarded as a delicacy for the table of the rich. They ow that it is a serious offense for unauthorized persons to kill or steal rabbits from an English game preserye and that not so very many years ago poachers wera transported for life for no greater offense than this; but when they see their Australlan farms or grazing lands denuded of every vestige of herbage by hordes of hungry rab- bits, the progeny of those first two pairs, they curse loud and long. They then go out and slay milllons of the pest by polson and suffocating fumes, Beginning of Troubls. and Represen! fative M. Clyde Keily of |, There seems to be a little rift be- Eennsyivania |expréasea the opposition | SHiT VOISR This may be the tartft bills 11 famn eador e proscal | beginning of lots 6f trouble in the system, party.—Boston, Advertiser. & S Anticipated the Honor. Liv e," aniship_Aveival Wu Ting-fang 18 mentioned for pres- Steamer 0y wolpril 22. — Arrived: | dent of Chinia. Wasn't the perspica- Borerday Lonian, Boston. cious Mr. Wu making notes all the otterday a, April 22. — Arrived: | time while in America to this end?— Steamer Fr ankfurt, Portland for Ham< burg, > Antwerp, April 22.—Arrived: Steam- er Kroonl. N Avonmd, bt s 55 o Arstveq: | The access of popular esteem for Steamer 1 Royal Bdwara, Hallfas * | King Alfonso on every occasion of his GIbralty v, April 23, —— Arrivea; | SScaping an assassin's bullet may yet Steamer | Prinzess Irene, New York for | Jake him (he pest loved monarch in Maxsel fles, April — Arriye g s Steamer/ | Canada, New York, 2 Nothing Like the Best. Lendq pn, April 23.—Arrived: Steamer | This time it will not require higher- Montez: ;;3, St, John, N, B, mathematics to prove that the tariff New / [York, April 23, — Arrived; | schedules are lower.—St. Louls Re- Steamg ¢ Oceanic, Southampten, public, Tri April 23.—Arrived, steam- New York, The act to Incrsase the board of an, N, B Apiil 23.—Arrived, | gas ‘and alectdcql":ommllue‘n of the 2e ¢ Athenia, Glasgow, & city of Nerwich from three to five Haliex, N, S., April 23.—Arrived, | members, was passed under suspen- ste/.mer | Numidian, Glasgow, sion of rules in the senate on Wed- — nesday and ordered transmitted to the To the r \@ht veung man a giri’s pizin | house. It wilk be acted upon by the red hair 1, \wks like a golden halo. house today (Thursday) St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Way to Greatness, ; Mimflplusiqn| ‘ MUMBER OF THE VICTIMS MAVI . REACH 120. 70 BODIES RECOVERED } Several of the Dead Are Americans— Upwards of Sixty Workmen Escaped by Crawling on Hands and Knees. Pittsburgh, Pa., Aprii 23.—The lives of 100 miners, possibly 120, were snuffed out.shortly after mooa tuday when a_disastrous explosion occurred in the Cincinnati mine of the Monon- and gahela River Consolidated “oal Coke company at Finleyvile, 27 miles southeast of this three score of workracn | mine made thrilling escapes to the surface, crawling most of the time on their hands and knees through deadly sas fumes over debris. A number sus- tained burns. Seventy Bodies Rzcovered. sex Up to 11 o'clock tonizht bodies of victims The bodies were locatad by rescuin squads of the Uniteq States bur of mines, the Monongahela River Con- solidated Coal and Ccke company and of the Pittsburgh Coal compan As the rescuers found a_body it was carried to the entries. None of the bodies, however, were brought to the open. Rescuers Hampered by After Damp. Preparations are being made to Lan- dle the dead. Box cars have been ordered to a mine siding. It 1: siated | the victims wiil be taken from the mine, at daylight tomor-ow aid ship- ped at once to Monongah City where they are to be pi for burial. Rescue work is hampered by after- damp. Fire which followed the ex- plosion has been subdued, it is said. Miners Can Give No Informaticn. But a few of the miners who reach- | ed the surface were in a condition to talk, From these little coull be oh- tained. Suffering from burns «r fright | the miners only knew fhat an explo- | sion had occurréd and that a large | number of men were either killed by the explosion or asphyxiated by the “after damp.” Several hours after the explosion several foreign miners crawled from one of the entrances of the mine. All were seriously burned. Tiey could give no connected account of eondi- tions in the mine or their :ndividual experiences. They all said that the full of dead people. Gas Explosion or Fire Damp. Business in Finleyville w; pended. The greatest exciti vailed and practically the en-fre com munity rushed to the ill-fated mine. | Relatives and friends of the men beneath the surface were frantic. Many of them had te be restrained. After a time a guard was placed, com- pletaly surrounding the entraneces to the mine, and all persons except res- cuers and mine officials were held <at a distance. Some of Dead Are Americans. Of the kn6wn dead some are Ameri- cans. They are John Green, Thomas Carter, son of William Carter, super- intendent of the mine; Robert Ander- son, machine boss; Charles Hager and John Lake. The explosion occurred between No. jand No. 2 right entries, 3,000 feet from the mouth of the min; A. V. Brown, assistant mine fore- man, stated that 179 men went to work in the mine this morning. Two-thirds of Dead Foreigners. Two-thirds of the dead are foreign- ers. Elmer Boyle, George Vickers, Harry Parker and Peter Mercer, all fire boss- es, are known to be among the dead. The Cincinnati mine, it is alleged, | has been known as being gaseous. The mine is among the oldest in the Mon- gahela valley, having been in opera- tion at least elghty vears. red “mine was s tipre- BRYAN LEAVES FOR CALIFORNIA TODAY. Endeavor to Prevent Legislature from Indiscreet Action. Wwill ‘Washington, April 23.—After an hour’s conference at the White House, President Wilson tonight directed Sec- retary of State Bryan to proceed at once to Sacramento to co-operate with Governor Johnson and the members of the California legislature in fram- ing a law regarding the ownership of land by aliens that would not conflict with the ireaty -obligations of the nited States, particularly with Japan. Mr. Bryan will leave here at 6.45 | p. m. tomorrow and arrive in Sacra- mento at 4.45 p. m. next Monday. Unclimbed Scottish Peaks. | It is sometimes forgotten that the mountaineer can find some excellent places for the exercise of his powers in this country The wild region round the pass of Glencoe, In Argyllshire, af- fords some of the best rock-climbing in Great Britain, The approach 1s through the grim recesses of Glen- falloch, and onwards by Tyndrum and Bridge of Orchy, On the left, looking up the pass, the long ridge of Aonach Aagach ocuts the skyline with its Jagged outline, while on the opposite side rise the majestic rocky bastions of the “Three Sisters.” The latter is the highest meuntain in Argylishire, and en the Gleneos side its' symmetri- cal peak is upheld by two tremendosus walls of roek cleft by a great gully, The western wall, known as the “Church Deor,” has been occasionally “unlocked,” buf thers is no record of the Fastern Buttress having been gimbed from tho foot—Dundee Adver- er. This act was adopted which con- cerns the:disposal of old vessels and floating structures: Section 1. No owner of any vessel, scow, lighter, or similar flbating structure lying with- in the limits of any river or harbor shall, without™ first obtaining a per- mit from the eommissioners of rivers, harbors and bridges, cause or per- mit the same to bae _broken or altered to such an extent that it will not keep afloat with ordinary care, nor shall any person ground such craft or leave any part thereof in any river or har- ‘bor, Sec, 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be fined not more than five hundred or imprisoned mot more than sfx months, or both. Basls of Insplration. . ffore than one brilliant analysis of | He told Mr} Mos n’s financial capabilities has built up on a solld basis of cof- fee and. sinkers.—Washington - 4 4 / Fnr_@ Cents HEARING A§ THE CAPITOL ONI MEASURE. | VIGOROUS = OPPOSITION Manager Punderford of ' Connecticut Company Declares Company Cannot Afford It—Hint of Stock Watering. Hartferd, Conn.,, April 23.—The de- mand for six-for-a-quarter trolley tickets, as claimed by the Consolidated Trolley Improvement association, was presented to the railroad _committee this afternoon. Senator Neebe, City Clerk Stephen Boucher of Bridgeport, Representative Stremiau, .Representa- tive McMurray and Corporation Coun- sel Kleiner of New Haven spoke for the bill, which provides that all trolley companies in the state shall sell six tickets for 25 cents. Both Mr. Neebe and Mr. Boucher told of meetings of representatives of aldermanic boards who endorsed the movement and who submitted a measure to their respec- tive bodies for endorsement. Movement Started in Bridgeport. Mr. Neebe had a tilt with General Manager Punderford of the Connecti- cut company as to whether or not the movement was sporadie, Mr. Neebe in- sisting that it was a spontaneous de- mand growing out of a movement first | begun in Bridgeport to secure better | trolley accommodations during rush hours. Mr. Neebe insisted that the question was one of great importance to nine-tenths of the people who use | trolleys. Mr. Boucher, who had sent out notices to aldermanic bodies, told of the meetings held to forward the movement. To Mr. Punderford he said that he had not gome into the matter of the financial ability of companies to grant the request. This phase of it had been inquired into by a lawyer | who gave his services without charge. | of a request being made by the Bridgeport aldermen for.six fares | for a quarter and the company had said that the property was in poo physical ehape and the reduction was not possible for financial reasons. Brandeis Could Squeeze Out Water. Mr. Kleiner said he represented the board of aldermen of New Haven by instructions. He believed the matter was like “Banquo’s ghost,” it would not down, and wovuld not until it had been settled rightly. He recallea that a few years ago the trolley company had said that it cost four cents and a fraction to carry a passenger and that a reduttion of fares would mean a loss.: He apprehended, however, that | if Louis Brandeis were here he would go through the company’s books and Squeeze out the water in the invest- ments—squeeze ou: some methods of bookkeeping and make - possible the finding of a basis upon which e committee could find the real cost of carrying a passenger. Should Be a Wholesale Rate. He said the measure proposed & plan of busimess which the trolley company ltseif follows, of obtaining 2 reduction on_goods which it buys at wholesale. The railroad company sells commutation at a reduction and why should not a trolley company give a reduction on a number of tickets? Said Mr. Punderford: “Do you think six tickets for a quarter is a whole- sale rate?” 5 Mr. Kleiner said: “I do, and I think people would ride more if they bought tickets that way.” People Would Ride More. Senator Peck: “It would be like a | charge account. | Mr. Kleiner: “Yes, people whu} thought they were ~etting something that cost a little less would use a lit- tle more,” and he related his own ex- perience in Washington in using the trolleys on the-six for a quarter plan. Company Can’t Afford It. Vice President Storrs and Mr. Pun- derford opposed the measure on the ground that the trolley companies | could not stand the reduction and be- cause a general law would be con- fiscatory to many companies whose revenue gave only a small margin over operating expenses. Mr. Kleiner. on the latter proposition, had said in re- ply to Mr. Punderford's question as to whether there would not be confisca- tion if a company lost money under the bill, that if men wish to be fools | enough to go into business when | there is no likelihood of adequate re- | turn the state should not suffer. Mr. | Punderford made a_vigorous plea in opposition te- the bill. FISTIC ENCOUNTER { MAY PROVE FATAL New Haven Man Held Pending Out- coma of Adversary’s Injuries. New Haven, Conn., April 23.—Wil- liam Johnson, colored, is being held by the police pending the outcome of injuries to A. S. Humphrey, who it is alleged became engaged In an encount- er early in the month. The men had a | fistic encounter at a watering trough in West Haven, during which Humph- rey fell and struck his head against the stone. Johnson was arrested, but was later released, as Humphrey had apparently recovered. On Tuesday | Humphrey became unconscious, and he was removed to a local hospital, where his condition is sald to be seri- ous. (oroner Mix was notified and he ordered Johnson’s arrest. Death Due to Asphyxiation. Conditions in the mine, as far as it could be penetrated, indicate that most of the men were not killed by the ex- plosion, but were caught Dby after- damp. None of the dead was found in the rooms where the men usually work. The bodles were found scattered in the entrances, where death by asphyx- iatlon overtook the victims while they were attempting to reach safety. Smallpox at Portland, Conn. Portland, Conn., April 23.—A case of smallpox was reported to Health Offi- cer Potter late today. A young mamn; Frank Lenna, who had not been ih good health for some days, finally called in a physfcian, and the true nature of his disease was discovered. All precautions have been taken to prevent a spread of the disease. Barber Drops Dead. ‘ew Haven, Conn., April 23.—While shaving a man in a barber shop in State street this afternoon, George Contenitt!, a barber, dropped dead of heart disease. He was about 30 yea:s <l¢, end had only been in this country ;‘Cz‘\“r mcnths. He leaves a family in But you can’t always get instde in- formation from the middleman men went on strike Rochester. N, { Y., vesterday, completely tying up the work of two of theé largest trucking companies. Governor Tener of Pennsylvania signed the bill prohibiting the sale of aigrettes and the shipments of | made announced { ing, | Condensed Teiegrams The Ohio Crop Bulletin says the wheat crop was not seriously injured by the March floods. President Wilson Has Reinstated the four West Point cadets, dismissed in 1911, for having intoxicating liquors in their possession. The Entire North Atlantic Fleet has been ordered to New York to be pres ent -at the dedication ot the Maine monument, May 30. id fu- 1- Postmaster General Burleson is to be contemplating in the near ture s general shakeup in the way_ mail service. Portuguese and_Russian Immigrants ARBITRATION BOARD MAKES Firemen Given Wage Increase ITS AWARD. TEN TO 12 PER CENT. Demand for Two Firemen on Large Engines Denied Except in Cases of from Hawaii arc flocking into Cali- fornia at the rate of 500 a week or | Necessity—Need Not Clean Engines. about 25.000 a year. 5 E. T. Mann, a Socialist, was ar- e rested in Charleston, W. Va., after | New York, April 25.—FEastern rail- the ‘alleged receipt. of 40 rifies, He |T0ad firemen are granted an increase ie halg o iihoot b of pay estimated at from 10 to 12 per cent. by the award of the Erdman act Henry B. Yeager, a Civil war ve arbitration board in their case, hand- eran, who comes to America every | €l down tonight. Other claims of the Jomr Lo it incoln ' Erayes Has firemen are allowed, but the demand ed for his home In Brussels. for two_firemen on large locomotiv il is denied except inscase of necessl Charles C. Gregg, Father of S. A. Need Not Clean Engines. Gregg of the Cleveland American Aaother 7 ‘ : the fi Teagne team, aied “at ‘his HOME" b fyom vorents aoot Lo, waich the fire- i S L men fought, namely, the standardiza- William E. Hine, 92, said to be the oldest Odd Fellow in the state, died at Shelton, Conn.,, Tuesd night from infirmities incident to old age. Between 200 and 250 Union Truck- such feathe of the after July in or out state Townsend Burden of the family Socially with large roy. N. e Promirfent I manufactur Y., died w 3urden at -New years old. Steel Workers in the Plant of the American Steel Foundries at Granite City, struck It is i between 1,000 300 = H Provisional _ General ident of A the campai the rebellion is with great vigo The Collier Al purchased for S the outbreak of has been condemireqd ¢ auction at Manila uerta, i has a the about of ed | @ suppression to be rens was at | at | 1in, sold will New uilty perly ay—ihe and went York gro- to sell- d John McNamara, ryman, who pleac ing oleomargarine was fined was un a im limit to pay Was 1lar ill be model serve be f: of t 9. ana endorse 1gton ceting petitioned A Board of Censors to Pass on all songs publisheq in the United States was proposed at vesterday's session of the National Federation of Musical | Clubs at Chicago by Mrs. Jason Walk- er of Memphis. The Body of the Negro is claimed was thrown Boy who it into _the Winooski river at Eoiton, Vt., on Sat- urday and in comnection with which five men were pla und et, was recovered yesterc Dr. Albert P. Fallows, a dent ing in an $8,000 house in Ph declared in court, where desertion tha week a 546 since Wheat, Which Was Beginning to suffer from lack of moisture, was ben- efited greatly when the hea ain of the season fell T: E early vester: and northern O | | | ern Kansas | ahoma and Texas. | Attorney General Carmody of New York has filed notice of appeal from the decisions of Supreme Court Ju tice Mills granting rry K the privilege of holdins pri versations with his counsel at the asylum. Putting in the Crops Is More Im- portant now than the settlement of law suits District Judge W. S. Lang- when he discharged court at Phillipsburg, and the jury in his told thé mem- Kas., yesterday bers to go back to their spring plant- Following the Discdvery of a case the of smallpox just outside naval | academy grounds at Annapolis Su- perintendent Gibbons yesterday sug- | gested to Mayor Strange a house-io- house vaccination campaign, includ- ing all the officers and midshipmen at the academy. | At the” Conclusion of a Twe Hours’ Conference vesterday with the entire membership of the senate commit- tee on foreign relations, Secretary Bryan stateq that the committee had given general approval to his outline of a plan designed to bring about in- ternational peace. A. G. Humphrey of West Haven Is at the New Haven hospital in a very seridus condiion, a5 i@ bEpIG it 1N alleged, of a beating up suffered on April 6 in that borough. William Johnson, colored, was arrested for the assault, but was disc d for lack of evidence. The Action of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Curtis Brenton, wife of Rev. Craiston Brenton, professor in Trinity college, for divorce, and the counter suit of Professor Brenton against his wife, were given hearing in Chambers, at Hartford, yesterday, by Judge Marcus H. Holcomb of the superior court. Elma Tuttles of New York has suned the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford Rallroad company for $5,000, al- leging that on Feb. 28 last she slipped on some ice At the station in_ South Norwalk and fell, that she bruised and wrenched her body, a number of teeth were knocked out and she was severely shocked. Jack Johnson, Negro Pugilst, was flned_$1,000 by Judge Carpenter in the United States distriut court at Chicago yesteraly after charges of smuggling a $2,000 necklace had been droppeq and -the heavyweight had pleaded nolle contendere to charges of concealing from federal officials the fact that he had the jewslry in his possession. The neckiace was de- clared forfeited to the government and probably will be sold at auction, third | the on the weight of on drivers, was granted, e akard provides that all tion of locomot: although wages s wages that were higher or conditions that were beti than fixed in the a1G shall not be interfered wiil provision affects a number of the ilroads involved he firemen were also relieved of the duty of cleaning engines. The award is considered in the rature of a as the freraen asked an stimated i the neighborhood of 15 per cent. Will Cost from $2,900,000 to $3,480,000. The total amount of wages paid the firemen, who number about 35,000, is 29,000,000, so that the increase of frem 10 to 12 per cent. will cost the railroads from $2,00,000 to $3,480,000 annually. The award is effective May 3 date having been fixed in accord- ance with the provislons of the Erd- man act, under which the board was appointed. Judge W m 1. Chambers, chair- man of the board, and his associates, Albert Phillips, vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and @nginemer d W. W. Atterbury, the Pennsylva- red that the award , although it was had_been several ints on 1 v had been unabie agree until almost the last moment. pre The Two-Firemen Issue. Two-firemen question is disposed of by providing for an “adjustment com- mission” to.decide whether an extra fireman is necessary. This commlssion empowered to act where a settle- 1t cannot be made between the “firemen’s committtee and officials of The “adjustment commis forth, must con- ibers chosen by the vo by the firemen, by _the four, who Should the fo upon the fifth, he sh: presiding judge the United States commeres court, or if ror any 1 n the selection cannot be made by him, by the United States » of the district in which the con- treversy may have arisen. Overtime on Minute Basis. is provid that overtime in all ciasses of service, except passemger, shall be paid for pro rata on the min- ute bas When miles exceed hours, miles will be allowed, and when hours xceed miles, hours will be allowed. Overrime in. passenger service will be paid on the basis of 20 miles an hour, computed on the minute basis. Com- pensatior for initial termina] delay is allowed beyond that involved n rule that pay shall begin in .1 at the time a fireman is required port for duty, but final terminal delay after the elapse of an hour will be paid for at the end of the trip at the overtime rate, according to the class of engine, on the minute basis _Increases for Hostlers and Helpers|. Firemen tied up between terminals on account of the “sixteen hours of service” law will be paid continuous time from initial point to tie-up poinr. Increases in the rates of wages de- manded in behalf of the hostlers and helpers on electric locomotives also are granted,although the increases are not so large as demanded. The New Wage Schedule. The firemen’s demands ranged from $2.25 a day on weights of passenger locomotives on drivers, of less than £0,000 pounds to $4 a day on weights 0,000 pounds or more. They wero given in the award ncreases ranging from $2.456 on weights less than 80,000 pounds to $3.60 on_ all engines over 350,000 pounds, and $4 on Mallet en- zines regardless of weight. On freight service the awards were somewhat higher, engines of over 300,000 pounds on drivers getting an increase to $4 & day Ten Hours or 100 Miles a Day’s Work. P s or one hundred onstitute & day's of service, with miles or work in all classes certain exceptions and the time for which a fireman shall be pair shall begin at the time he is reqnired to re port for duty and when the enging is delivered at the point designated, COSTTON.Y,N.H. & H. R R Average Increase of 11 Per Cent. Will Mean $121,000 a Year, New Haven, Conn., Aprfl 23.—The last official reports indicate that the New York, New Haven and Hartford Bailroad company |s employing at present about 1,300 firemen at an an- nual cost of about $1,100,000. An av- erage increase of 11 per cent. awarded by the arbitrators would Indicate, therefore, an increased expense to the company of about $121,000 a year, The average daily compensation of the company’s firemen has been about $2.50 a day, including extra work. Passenger train firemen are paid regu- larly $2.45 a day for xruns of 100 miles or less, ten hours or less constituting a day’s work. Firemen on freignt, work and mixed trains on heavy en- #lnes recetve now $3.80 a day for runs of 100 miles or less, with ten hours or less as a day’s work, On lighter en- gines the pay is $2.60 a day, under the same conditions of work. Firemen in yard service recetve $2 a day of eight hours, and $2.40 for a day of ten hours. There are various increases for over- time in the case of all classes of fire- men, Three years ago the New Haven company advanced the wagee of its operating department to the amount of about $1,600,009. Steamers Reported by Wireloss. Siasconset, Mass., April 23. teamer Potsdam, Rotterdam, for New Yorl signalied 210 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon. Dock § & m. Thurs day