Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 14, 1913, Page 1

alletin VOL. LV.—NO. 115 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1913 PRICE TWO CENTS A LEAK IN THE NAVY DEPARTMENT Unimportant Plans of Ships and Other Documents Have Disappeared Since March 4 SAID TO BE OF NO PARTICULAR NAVAL VALUE Were Taken From Draughting Room of the Bureau of Steam Engineering—Officials Alarmed Because of Possibility of Theft of Important Plans—Precautions Taken to Guard Against Further Peculations—Case Being Investigated. Washington, May 13, —Special agents of the depariment of justice, officers of a nationz known detective agency and the local police have been called in by the navy department to investi- zate a “leak” through which, during t months, several relative. | t plans of ships and also have disappeared. are inclined to minimize importance of the losses. Losses Discovered March 4 losses were' discovered on The first the night of March 4. Some minor structural plans of the dreadnought Ynn.\- Ivania, now bullding, and other ps, were among them. Documents, especially secret, disappeared. Navy officials say they are not so much already hag been lost as they are to find the leak and prevent further loss- Each plans, which are sornetimes widely distributed among the bureaus and ontractors. The general plan is never very much of a secret. Navy Department’s Statement. The navy department late today sued thig statement: “On the night of March 4 (inaugura- day) when there were a assembled to witness fireworks there were ns as yet unknown, from z room of the bureau engineering, uncompleted ns of the ele wiring of the new tleship Pennsyivania These plans showed the general arrangement of the decks ang hatches but would be of no hulldln& inangural he f sieam rned over the importance of what | battleship has several sets | large | peopie in the state, war and | particular value to anyone wishing Iu obtain naval information not gen made public. A short time after sim- |jiar pians were n d from the same draughting room. The matter is under investigation.” No One Admitted Without Pass. ing hureau the present for the In the steam engine night of March 4 the most 't were members of the fam- | ilies officials and clerks and no one was admitted without a pass. The plans taken were ordinary blueprints, lving on the draughting = table, but were large enough to make quite a conspicuous roll. Che fact that other plans for elec- ‘al wiring were missed after the | fourth of March tended to relieve the visitors from suspicion and as this sion upon which the others than em- turned in was the last occ rooms were open to ploves, the investigation their direction. Of No' Particular Naval Value. The plans were very simple ang such as could be prepared to order by ans competent elect n. They did not relate to the control or turret mechanism and therefore had no par- ticular naval value. The officials, however, were alarmed at the occurrence because it disclosed the possibility of the theft ¢ really important secret plans. Consequently extra precautions have been taken to guar d against the entry into the draft- ing rooms of anvone who does not be- long there and a tem of checking and accounting will be rigidly en- forced. SENATOR STILWELL PLEADS NOT GUILTY Makes Plea of Poverty and Has Coun- sel Assigned Him. Nesw York, May 13.—Stephen J. Stil- weil, state senator from the Bronx, pleadeq not guilty this afternoon to an indictment charging him with bribery and petttioned the couri, on the plea of poverty, to assign a lawyer to de- fend him. Patri Butler, a friend, went the indicted senator’s $5,000 bail The district attorney will move tomor- yow for a special panel of talesmen from which to pick a jury to try the case. Senator Stilwell agreed to the speeding of the trial. To Siflweil's plea for counsel the court turned a sympathetic ear. State Semator J. D. McClelland, a member of the senate committee which investi- gated the charges lodged against Mr. S'i""fl” was assigneq to defend his colleague. Mr. McClelland said he had hesitated about taking the case inas- much as he tee, but Supreme Court Justice bhury sald he saw no reason why t should deter him. JOHNSON EXPECTED TO SIGN THE BILL. Reply to Message of Secretary Bryan Today, = will Sacramento, Cal, May 13, —Governor son probably will send a message ecretary Bryan 1omorrow mors- ing giving his decision upon the re- the federal government that quest of he withhold his signature from the land bl This wae the announceraent given sut tonight from the exeeutive office ! E taken to mean that the gov- ad made up his mind jusc what do. bellef prevails here that he will despa statement of Views 1o Washington nd immediately thereaf- er sign the bill belief prevails that Geovernor expected Lo reach the matler but the pr of Jegislative kept him engaged through- | ans, In convessation ss the land bill 6r any phase ituation with respect 10 {—.l\;—n's protest or the situation in WVashingten YOUTH KILLS FATHER ON A FISHING TRIP, 8en Objected to Paternal Relative's Attention to Yeung Woman. May to the charge against him at iere, and then rescued the his % vear old brother from uechitio creek, The elder son, vied, had upbraided the father attentions to @ Young woman neighberiend in which they and was quicker than his fa- L in opening five when both reached " r weapons, The Jittle boy is : have falien inte the wuter ana owned while the father and his firet born fought FOURTEEN HEAD OF CATTLE PERISHED. Mean Overcame whxl; Trying to Rescue Them imm Buvmng Barn, Redding, Conn, May 18- Feurteen head of cattie perished in a fire that destreved two barns belonging te Al- fred Willinans at midnight tenight. tieorge Williams had a narrow escape irom death when he was everceme by the smoke in atfempiing g rescue some of the cattle, He was dragged from the burning barn by neighbers, His conditipn is net serious, The loss < estimated ai $10.660. The origin of the fire is net known, Killed in Auts Accident. Richmond, V Andrew B. Willingham was several pihers were injured whea an automa- bile owned hy T. J. Walkez, a director of the American Fobaccq company and manager of the local oiux; turned over ust after Jeaving the €ountry eclubd ere tomight, Royai and Select Masters. New Haven, Conn., May 13 annuai conveniion of the &rand coun- cil, Royal and Select Masters te Masenic bedy, will he held in Ma- sonic temple, this eity, tomiorrow morping. Officers are to be selected &84 reporis submitied had been on this commit- | ne Ala., 13,—Seventeen Jack Bell, while on a hing shot and killed his father, | it | DETECTIVE ON ENGINE OF EVERY ERIE TRAIN. Attempts tn Derflil Within Last 72 Hours. Paterson, N. J —A city de- tective rode on the locomotive of every Erie railroad train that entered and left Paterson tonight in an effort to avert railroad wrecks Three attempts have been made within 72 hours to derail trains. | Three Trains 2 The third endeayor was blocked today by trainmen. when two men tried to un- couple the carsg of a train which was drawing into the station. The pair escaped. = An attempt to enter a magazine where 20,000 sticks of dynamite are stored was made today by persons un- known to the authorities. Entrance to the building was forced by picks, but | concrete walis barred the way to the explosives. The police have found no evidence connecting the attempted .train wreck- ing and the attempt to steal the dyna- mite with the strike gituation in north - ern New Jersev. Thousands of silk mill operatives and railroad and con- tract laborers are out in four coun- ties. The silik sfrikers are organized A 1 the Industrial Workers of the | World or the American Federation of railroad and contract Interna~ Labor, and the workers with the tional union. Lahorers’ | SUFFRAGETTES PLANTING NAILS ALONG THE ROADS. Plan to Puncture Au(omobl\e Tires— Other Depredations. London, May 13.—The home office is | considering the introduction in parii ment of a bill providing for the recov- iery of compensation from the suffra- gette funds for damages suffered at the hands of the militants, The latest device of tne suffragettes sow the roads with nails thrust wough with pieces of stiff leather i bearing a suffragist insceiption with the objeet of puncturing automobile tires, Another fire due to the suffragettes | occurred lkestone yesterda T ISE fragette plot has been discovered (o kidnap a eabinet minister, dress aim in women's clothes and submit him to a mock trial, DRUNKEN MAN CHASES FAMILY WITH AN AXE. 1y Services of Two Policemen Required to Subdue Meriden Laborer. Meriden, Conn., May 13.—George Denitch, aged 42, a laborer, chased his wife and familv out of their home with a shetgun and axe this evening when in a drunken frenzy, If took twe po- licemen to arrest and handcuff the man. Deniteh has a police record that is remarkable, A few years ago he threatened to kill a Jocal peliceman own lifs by shooting the man in the hand while he had ths axe upraised ready to strike, stats prisen for two vears for this at- tack. Ons tims when under arrest he tried to hang himself by his suspend- ers in the poliee cel and was eut down in tims by Lieutenant MeGovern, Steamship Arrivals, Polinia, New Yeork for Triest Havre, May 12-——Arrive Roechambeau, New Yeork. Bremen, Mey Arrived: Steamer New Steamer Barbaressa, ork. Cherbouri ¥ 12. — Arrived: Steames Kroapring Wilhelm, New Yeork for Bremen, Glasgew, May™i8.——Aw Steam- midian, Besien, Liverpoei, May 18, Sieamer fLake Maniteba, Meonireal, Londen, May Steamer Minnewaska, &u X At Genoa; May 13. Keenig Albert, from New Yol At Liverpeol: May 18, Feutonte, from Monireal. Bteam- Bre- der Hrosse, wen; Stampalia, Genoa. Train fiuns Bown Auto, B3 killed and hls companion, Miss € C. Marfin, 19 years old, a patient, was | Padly hurt topight when Dr. Brooks automebile was struck by the Tuxedo 1 press on the Brie railroad. The ae- cident gecusred at a grade cressing, Mirror asserts that a suf- | with an axe, and the officer saved his | Denitch was gent 1o | Gensa, May 13-—Arrived: Steamers | Napeli, New Yerk; 9th, Indiana, New York, |~ Cadis, Mareh B—Arrived; Steamer Cabied Paragraphs Olympic Games at Athens. Athens, Greene, May 13.—The Greek government today consenied to give its support to a project to hold a series of international Olympic games here in the spring of 1914. Madman Kills Bavarian General. Munich, Bavaria, May 13.—Major General Von Lewinski, the Prussian military attache to Bavari was kiled here today by & suppesed lunatic, who fired three revolver shots at him. A sergeant of police also was killed. Cleveland Woman Wed in Poland. Warsaw, Russian Podand, May 13.— Mrs. Clara, Hunsicker, who before her marriage to Colonel Millard Hunsicker, president of the American society of | London, was Miss Jansen of Cleveland. Ohio, was married here on Sunday to Colonel Dimitry d@ Osaobichnie. Guatemala May Settle Claim. London, May 13.—The foreign office is hopeful of an early settlement of the British claims 3gainst Guatemala. The latest despatches from the British minister, Sir Lionel E. G. Garden. indi- cated that a satisfactory reply to the British demand was anticipated in a ! day or two. Mrs. Drummond Still 111, London, May 13-—“General” Mrs Flora Drummond, the militant suffra- gelte leader, was unable to appear at the resumed hearing at Bow street po- lice court today on the charge of con- spiracy under the malicious damage to property act which has been brought against her. A doctor testified in court that owing to her illness she had been moved to a nursing home. REPUBLICANS HOLD DURAND IN OFFICE. Five Hours’ F |buster Against Con- firmation of Successor. Washington, May 13.—Senate repub- licans began their ble fight on Presi- dent Wilson’s nominations today when the appointment of W. J. Harris of Georgia as director of the census to succeed. E. Dana Durand was taken up in executive session. For nearly five hours the senate played at cross purposes on the Ha nomination withdut ever entering into a discussion of the merits. The republicans forced rollcall after rollcall on questions of procedure and in spite of tactics which the democrats termed dilatory Motions to put the nomination over until tomorrow, until Friday and until next week were put and defeated, and finally when the membership on both sides had dwin- dled away to almost nothing adjourn- ment was taken until tomorrow at noon with the Harris nomination just where it was when the doors were closed shortly before 4 o’clock. Republican leaders have served no- tice that they expect to keep up the i 1 fight against the confirmation of Har- | ris until July 1 at least, when Mr. | Durand has announced his intention to quit. MOTORMAN ON TRIAL FOR MANSLAUGHTER. Operated Car Which Collided With Work Train at Summit. New Haven, Conn., May 13.—The trial of James L. McGuire .of Water- bury, the motorman of the trolley car which was in fatal collision at Sum- mit with a work train on Feb. 28 last, causing the death of Willlam F. Har- per, was started in superior court this afternoon, and considerable headway was made. Judge Burpee is presiding. McGuire pleaded not guilty to the charge of manslaughter. A jury was quickly selected and five witnesses were called before court adjourned. Dr. -J. L. Moriarty of Waterbury testified ag to the nature of Mr. Har- per's injuries. Two photographers told of scenes at the wreck and de- scribed the conditions of the cars. F. A. Howland of Cheghire, who was a passenger on the troliey, said in his opinion the car was going at the rate of about ten or twelve miles an hour. When he saw that a collision was un- avoidable with the work train he step- ped out of the back door of the trolley. He sald the motorman was gtill sitting | on his stool at that time. Charles Bpalding of Cheshire described his ex- periences. TO PAY CLAIM OF JOHN H. COOLEY. MclLean Introduces | Senator Bill in | | Senate for That Purpose. 1 | 2o (Special to The Bulletin.) | _ Washington, May 15.—Senator Mc- | Lean introduced in the senate today a bill directing the secretary of the treasury to pay to rtain persons the sums found to be due them by tha supreme court of the nited States, such sums to be in full settlement of all arrears and allowances found to de due. Among the beneficiaries residing in Connecticut are the following: Mar A. Tessenden of Stamford, $541.66; John H. Cooley of Norwich; Frances Pease of Wallingford, $2.456.40; Priz. Gen. John W. Burlow of New London, 00; Thomas Britton of West Norwalk, $4,000; Mary B. Tatter of Milford, $1,000, and Thomas W. Wiley of Hadlyme, $800. He also introduced a bill grantinrg an increase of pension to H. Davis of Farmington, Jate of Company ¥, Fifth Connecticut, to $50 per month; also a bill granting a pension to Augusia E. McLean of West Hartford, widow of Lorenzo D. Mclean, Jlate hospital steward, Wirst Conneeticut Tight ar- | tiliery, at $30 per month. He also presented petitione opposing the personal tax provision of the Un- derwood bill from New Haven, Hart-~ ford, New Britain, Derby, Bridgeport and Clinton, LEAGUE OF BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS State Organization Eflec(ad With J. N. Standish as President, w Bridgeport, Conn,, Arndg 13.—Repre- sentatives of nineteen building and lean assoeiations from varieus parts of the state formed here today the | Connecticut State League of Building and Loan asseriatiens, 'Fhe purpese is te premsete the mutual welfare of the ‘members and to ebiain the enact- ment of heneficial laws, Officers President, J, vice presiden New Haven, G, . Bieknell, | H. Steavss, New Britain; | Bonald Jarebus, New Ha- | | treasurer, Charies W, Burgess, executive eommiltes, 8. Bianten, New IHaten, ( }iumm:.ur Geerge Robbed at Hartferd Depot. Hartford, €enn., May 13.—8naries Jahnsen, of Wereester, Mass., repert- ed to the pelice temight that he had been robbed of $i80 in hills by twe strangers whe jestled him at the local railroad depot as he was about to take for Worcester. He had receiyed from a business iransac- tion, He was able te give a fair de- #eriptien of (ke mea ta the peliee, | | Parkins’ | telegram without his | ter and mother to live in. Jack Johnson Found Guilty CONVICTED ON ALL COUNTS IN INDICTMENT. JURY OUT ONLY HOUR Puagilist Testifies in His Own Behalf, | Denying That He Brought the Schreiber Girl to Chicago. Condensed Teiegrams l More Than 6,000 Public School Girls will take part in the May day exercises in New York. | More Than $15,000,000 in Jewefry has been breought to this country from | | abroad since Jan. 1. 1 | Veterans of the Civil War are drop- ping off at the rate of one a day in this state; 377 died last vear and 412 the year before. Mrs. Victor Slavick shot one of her ¢ children and- then set fire to herself and two other children at her home in Weimer, Tex. The Annual Convention tional Grange, Patrons of will be held at Manchester, of the Na Husbandry, N. H., from Nov. 12 to Nov. 22. ! ST | Members of the Wichinta, Kan., po- | lice force must be able to run 100 Chicago, May 13.—Jack Jobnson, champion hedvyweight fighter, tonight was found gui of violating the fed- eral white slave law in transporting Belle Schreiber from Pittsburgh to Chicago in 1910. He wa: all seven counts in the indictment. The jury returned its verdict after an hour’s consideration. May Have to Serve Five Years. The meximum penalty under the finding is five 1 imprisonment or $10,000 fine or both A motion of Ass tant District Attor- ney Parkin that Johnson be ordered ‘confim‘d in the county jail was over- ruled by Judge Carpenter and the negro was released on bond of $10,000. A motion for a new trial was filed at once by counsel for Johnson amd argu- ments on the motion were set for May 19. Four Ballots Taken. Four ballots were taken by the ju tonight, the first being four for ac- quittal ‘and eight for conviction. Two Counts Dismissed. Two counts of the indictment were dismissed vesterday at the request of Judge Carpenter, who declared that no good purpose could be served by air- ing unnecessary details of the rela- tions of Johnson and the white wo- man. Johnson's Mother at His Side. Lucille Cameron Johnson, his pres- ent white wife, did not appear in the court room at any time, his attorneys fearing the effect of her presence. In- stead Mrs. Tiny Johnson, the negro’s mother, t constantly at his side. Only a few persons were in court when the verdict was reached, as a result of an order of Judge Carpenter that “scan- dal fans” be barreq from the hearings. Smile Disappeared at Verdict. The suggestion of Johnson's ‘‘goiden smile” which had been on his lips dur- ing the time of the jury’'s delibera- tions, disappeared when the clerk pro- nounced the word “guilty.” Johnson sat in his seat until Dl<trict Attorney motion that the fighter be taken into custody was denied, when he slipped quietly from his seat and made his way from the courtroom alone. Taking of testimony was ended to- day after the prize fighter had taken the stand in his own behalf and denied the statement of Miss Schreiber that he had paid for her transportation. A night session was held so attorneys could complete their argu- ments. Spent $9,000 or $10,000 on Miss Schrei- ber. Johnson testified he had spent “be- tween $9,000 and $10,000” on Belle Schreiber, but denied positively he had ent her a telegram telling her to come to Chicago and wait for him here Whether his agents sent her such a vld not say. He said she telephoned and asked him to send § He com- plied, but had no coms to Chicago. His purpose in com- ing here later was to arrange boxing matches. Gave Her $1,000 to Fix Up Flat. Miss Schreiber, he said, had asked him to fix up a flat for hersalf, her sis- She wanted to work again as a stenographer. “T sent about}$1,000 for her to fix up r flat,” said Johnson, Ler $500 to keep her going till could get a job as a stenographer He denied he had ever given her diamonds. Denied Beating Etta Duryea. Tohnson denied he had made improp- | er uses of the Schreiber flat here, and also denied he had forcibly taken mon- ey from her or “beat up” Etta Duryea, his first white wife. she any Johnson poke in s low tone and at times smilingly. Sweat stood out on is forehead and trickled down his C After his voice grew more seemed more at ease. Attorney’s Arguments. “If vou shouid find this defendant not guilty, knowing as you do the ev dence In the case,” said Assistant Dis trict Attorney Harry Parkin, “I do not see how any of you can go home and 15 minutes on the stand distinet and he look squarely into the faces of those you respect and admire.” Attorney Bachrach, for the defense, maintained that the general record and behavior of the neero was not to be considered by the jury. “If he sent her the money to come to Chicago for immoral purposes he is guilty,” he said. “That iz the only thing to be considered by the jury.” The arguments continued until a late hour. Sued by Automobile Company. Suit for $63.50 was filed against Johnson today by an automobile com- pany. to pay for goods he purchased from the company, FIVE YEARS FOR A CROOKED CASHIER. Embezzoler of ank Funds Meets Jus- tice After Two Years, Milwaukes, Wis, May 13—Albert J, Hidsmos, formerly eashier of the First National pank at Grandon, Wis, in- dicted twe vears ago on the charge of embezzling bank funds to the amount of §36,000, today pleaded guilty before United States Judge Geiger, and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary at Fert Leaven- worth, Eidsmee was apprehended at Maple Creek, Saskatehewan, last week aft- er a spectagular ehase of twe years all over the wrld Expel Amsrican Milllunnr(nl Besten. May 13.—The pnerican beard of commissieners f¢ . foreign misegns ieday received & eabls de- spaich from the United Siaies eensul | | ai Saleniea, sialing that the Ameriean ' missienaries, Rev, Phineas B, Kennedy and Mrvs, Kannedy. had been from their statien in Keriehe, seuth- ern Albania, by the Greeks, and were new in Saleniea, Initiative and Referendum Wins, Madisen, Wis., May 13.—The Wis- consin legisiature tonignt approved the prepesed cemsticutional amendment providing fer the initiative and refer- endum, the semate copcurring in ihe assembly jeint reselutien favoring di- rect legiglatien. The measure will ge io iBe peemie mext year, convicted on | that the. knowledge he | intention that she | some | “and then gave | It is alleged hat Johnson failed | expelled | yards in 16 seconds or less. civil service regulation. This is a Sam Owenby, a Negro, who shot| dead Brooks Lane, a young farmer, at | Tlogansville, Ga., was taken from the | ] jail there and lynched. } Nothing of a Criminal Nature hasl been found in conneceion with the re- | cent suspension of the Atiantic N: tional bank at Providence. The Body of Albert Smith, six vears old. who disappeared from his home at Burlington, N. J., several davs ago, was found in a creek yesterday The New Foundland Seal Fishery of | 1913 is closed. There were 272,956 seals, valued at $494406, caught by the | fleet of 19 vessls, with total crews of 3,608. Cards Have Been Recsived from civil war veterans in this state an- Gettysburg semi-centennial celebration in July. Policeman Frank Anderson of York was commended by for bravery shown in man who was threate Bronx Park. New ling a ma ng a crowd in A Campaign Against Needless Noise wes started Monday night Chicago council authorized the health commission to find ways and means to reduce the racket. Fraternities and Sororities in the schoels of Torrington, Conn., have been put under the ban, and membership in them forbidden to the pupils by the school committee. The New Million Dollar water supply stem at Lockport, N. Y., was put out commission yesterday by the burst- ing of a 30 inch force main. The city 1s entirely without water. John F. Donohue. a grocer who liv- ed at a camp on the road between Methuen and Lowell, Mass., was burn ed to death by a fire which destroved his cottage and store early yesterday. Julius Wells, Accused of the Murder by poison of his § year old son Louis, took the stand in his own defense at St. Albans. Vt, yesterday. He de- clared that he did not kill the child. The United States Supreme Court ruled that immoral women may be de- ported, even If they were in this coun- try before the law of 1910, which car- ries the provision, became effective. Colonel Charles M. Jarvis, president of the American Hardware corpora- | tion, is critically ill with heart trouble at New Britaln, and his physician states that the outcome is extremely uncertain. The Appeal in the Case of former Police Lieut. Charles Becker of New York, convicted of the murder of Her- | man Rosenthal, the gambler, will be argued before the court of appeals on June 16, police sergeants was asked bby State’s Attorney Hoyne vesterday as a pre- | eral weeks ago. 250 | nouncing their intention to attend the | the coroner when the ! Suspension of Twenty Detectives and | Strike is Voted By Trolleymen BALLOT TAKEN ON THE NEW HAVEN LINES. A DECISIVE MAJORITY Situation the Outgtowth of the Dis charge of Several Men—fiemp.ny Reported toHave Offered Concessions New Haven, Conn., May 13.—It was stated unofficially late tonight that the trolleymen employed by the Connecti- cut company on the New Haven lines had voted by a decisive majority in vor of a strike if necessary to securs eir demands. The voting was not completed until 10 o'clock tonight and it was stated that the official vote might not be known until tomorrow. Nearly 600 trolleymen voted. The Question on the Ballot. The official ballot read: “The com- pany has refused to meet the author- ized committee of this division. Are ‘ou willing to suspend work to en- force your demand: Trouble Over Discharge of Men. The original trouble grew out of the discharge of a number of men em=- ployed at the Grand avenue barns sev- The trolleymen claim- ed at the time that the men had been discharged because th were mem - bers of the union, but this was denied by the company. Company Said to Have Receded. i | | It was reported tonight, but could not be confirmed, that the company i had today sent a communication to | the trolley officials somewhat receding | from its former po: | e s ke AL { BRYAN'S PREDICTION OF PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES, We i e Tells Pennsylvania Legislators i Will Have Them Before 1916. Harrisbury May 13.—Secretary of State liam J. Bryan addressed the Pennsylvania legislature today on | the distinction between the democracy and aristocracy and predicted that before another presidential election rolls around the presidential primary will be so general that there wiil be no need for the holding of national ! conventions and that the presidential #nominee will be named, not by the party leaders or bosses, but by the : people. Secretary Bryan came here to speak at the Jefferson anniversary dinner of the Central Democratic ciub of Har- risburg and was invited to address the members of the legislature. He was welcomed by Governor Tener in the executive offices. Mr. Bryvan told the legislators that he desired to talk to them of funda- mental ideas that are appropriate at this time. A MURDER IN AN INSANE HOSPITAL. Inmate Beats Another to Death With Mop Handle. One % Gardner, Mass., May 13—Lois Cole, an inmate of the hospital for the in- sane, killed John Myles, his roommate today, beating him to death with a mop handle. Both men came from Montague. Cole originally was committed to the insane asylum at Northampton sever- al months ago. We is said to have shown violent tendencies for some time. | Myles was in bed when he was at- | tacked. Cole had been mopping the floor of their room and turned upon | his companion when attendants who had been watching them, left the ward for a few mements In order to bring the men their dlnneu iminary = to sweeping indictments which he expects in regard to a “crime trust” in Chicago. Harry Thnmat McLaughlin. aged 2 former express messenger. who rharged with havin between $10,000 and%l‘_’,ofl)o in curren- oy, is being sought by Pittsburg police and a detective agency. Chief McCarthy. been struck by lightning. Sticking to His Post in the wheel house, (‘aptain C. J. Robinson piloted | the burning steamer Katahdin from the middle of Moosehead lake to the shore of East Outlet yesterday, sav- ing ‘the lives of ten men of the crew. Dr. Charles P. Neil, United States commissioner of labor since 1805, and recently made commissioner of labor statistles in the new department of la- bor, resigned vesterday to take a posi- tion outside the government service. The Disappearance of Henry C. Kohlkepp, a Providence jeweler, who | has been misging for just a month, | was explained yesterday when his body | was found floating in the Providence | river by Harbor Master John H. Ma- guire. All the 75 Freight Handlers in the | Bridgeport freight houses of the New | York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road struck yesterday afternoon to en- force a demand for an increase of 25 cents a day that they presented to the company a week ago. Thirty-three Large lcebergs together with pan ice and many smaller frag- ments of bergs were passed within a radius of five miles on the Grand Banks by the steamer General Gordon, which arrived at St. John's, N. F., yes- terday from Cadiz. { | | | Peolice Commi ner Waldo began yesterday an investigation of reporis that men high in the uniformed police force of New York were presented with {free transportation by the Yellow Taxicab company under the guiss of charge accounts. A Theusand Barbers in Jersey City { who have recenily become affllated | with the Industrlal Workers of the | World, made demands for increased ! pay and shorter hours: yesterda and ! | threatened to Jeave their chairs unless the boss barbers yielded Ensign J. E. Austin, who was dis- missed from the navy in 1909 by Pres{- dnt Reesevelt for marrying in viela- tien ef rules, will be reinstated and receive baek pay If congress passes the faverable repert of the houxe com- mitiee on naval affairs, | Twoe Men Entered the third floor apartment of Mrs, Marie Tola in Breokiyn yesterday apd demanded har valuables. HBhe sereamed. Thay beat absconded with | Police Iire Chief Durken and Policeman Matt Hamilton were killed at Stratford, Ont., yester- day when the tower of Kunox church | collapsed during a fire. The tower had | | DYNAMITE UNDER i RAILROAD TRACKS. | Large Bection of Roadbed Blown Up Incident to Laber Trouble. | | J, ‘Wharton, N. \Iav 13—Dynamite iplanted in three places under the tracks of the Mount Hope Miner. railroad was exploded today within mmany minutes at points less than a | quarter of a mile from the Mount Hope mine of the Empire Steel and Iron company, where the miners have been on strike for two months. Nearly 300 feet of the roadbed was blown up. | The railroad is four and a half miles long and is owrned principally by the Empire company. At a recent con- ference with representatives of the strikers the company officials refused { to discharge employes who had re- { mained at work during the two | monthe the strike has beem been in ! progress. | | | | PAROLE OF MORTON _AND HAWTHORNE. The Two Pruanars Will Be Eligible to Liberty on July 26, Chicago, May 13—The eligibility for | parole during the next few months of | Julian Hawthorne and Dr. William J. | Morton, convicted in New York of | misuse of the malils, and many other prisoners serving terms in the Atlanta prison has been determined by the fed- eral parole board, but the results are withheld from the public. Hawthorne and Morton will have served the necessary one-third of their sentences July 25 and, provided the parole board and Attorney General McReynolds approve, they will be re- leased at that time. TO PREPARE REPORT ON WASHINGTON’S POLICE. Belief That Officers May be Censured But Not Discharged. Washington, May 18—Senator Jones was instructed today to draw up a r port of the inwestigatton of charges of police negligence and incompetence in handling the ssiffragist parade here March 8. It was generally belleved at the capitol that Superintendent of Po- lice Sylvester and certain police of- ficers and men would be censured but that no afttempt to have them removed from office was contemplated. 8entenced for Triple Murder. Tt was known today that Governor Behren, 28 years old, won of a wealthy manufacturer, who shot and killed three negro workmen in his father's factory here Feb. 8 last, tonight plead- ed guilty to manslaughter in one case and was sentenced to from itwo to 21 years in the state reformatory at Jef- fersonville, Levejey Chesen President. New Yark, May 24, Thomas F. Love- joy of Monteomdv, Ala, was slected her, stabbed her 18 times, ransocked the pisce and made their emsans with §1,800 fomd umder a mattres I ;fi:m’hnruidemh of thes Manhattan 'a Insurance sampany st & muflll of the directors”hers,