Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 4, 1913, Page 1

VdL. LV.—NO. 133 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1913 PRICE TWO CENTS GRATUITIES BARRED BY THE SENATE Excludes Resolution to Pay Legislative Barber $300 ---No Extra Money For the Doorkeepers ADDITIONAL $8,000 FOR THE STATE POLICE Extra Appropriation to Meet Expense of Enforcing New Laws —Action on Sunday Drinks Bill Indefinitely Postponed —Conditions in Greenwich Court Denounced as “Abom- inable”’—Senate Rejects Rungee’s Name. Hartford, Conn., June 3—The gener- al assembly will be adjourned sine die ! some time tomorrow, probably very late in the day The hour depends upon the dispc of a large amount | of business still in hand. Much was wccomplished today but there are yet pumerous measures of some moment. There were rumors of veto messages | The governor | and an extra session. was also quoted by a caller as having mid in response to an inquiry that he had never said he would veto the $5,- 200 000 good roads bond bill. Gratuities Voted Down. The senate by its action in refusing to admit a resolution paying the legis- lative barber §$300 for his services, is expected to be against gratuities of all kinds. Early in the day the senate had voted down a resolution to give doorkeepers an extra $150. Business done by both branches was on the rapid transmission plan. As £0on as a measure was passed in one body it was sent to the other for con- current action. The senate rejected the bill provid- ing for street sprinkling in cities and boroughs at the expense of the abut- tors, in non-concurrence. It gave £8,000 additional to the state police to | meet expenses which will be incurred by carrying out laws which have just | been passed. P Deadlock on County Commissioner- ships. In concurrence it adopted the sum- mer hotel license bill; the trolley running board bill; establishing a fire- men’s pension and relief fund in Meri- | den which the house had rejected. | On all county commissionership res- itions the senate agreed to disagree the republican candidates, and to 1d by its action in electing demo- cratic candidates. This brings a dead- loek nd the duestion arises whether the governor will fill vacancies which will exist on July 1 in seven county commissions. Sunday Hotel Action Postponed. After debate the bill to permit ho- tels of 25 rooms capa v to serve guests with liquors between certain hours was indefinitely postponed, in disagreement with the senate which had passed it. An appropriation of $6,000 for sal- aries of the commissioners to be ap- pointed under the workmen’s compen- sation act was adopted and sent to the senate, The bill to have legislative registered was rejected. The Greenwich Judoeship. The resolution appointing Repre- sentative Willlam C. Rungee judge of the borough court of Greenwich, which this morning was adopted by the house, was rejected by the senate this afternoon. Reconsideration of this re Jection was refused. The vote for the resolution was 123 and against it 19, four republicans voting against and the same number of democrats voting for Rungee. In the house a sharp at- | tack was made upon conditions of long agents standing in the borough court of| Greenwich, but in spite of this the resolution went through by a large margin, party lines being ignored. Dramatic Setting to Debate. In the senate the rejection of the name was accompanied’ by a debate which was almost dramatic in its set- ting. Many house members went to the chamber to see what fate was in store for the name. Before the reso- lution had been taken from the hou to the senate, Representative Rung himself was In the chamber, anxious for the matter to come up. He was not in the chamber during the discus- sion of Greenwich court conditions. The rejection of Mr. Rungee’s name may bring about a deadlock over this court judgeship which will be settled | by Governor Baldwin under his au-| thority to fill a vacancy after the ad- journment of the senate and when the commission of Judge Charles D. Burnes expires. { Court Conditions Denounced. The Greenwich matter was one which produced a tense situation for many moments. Senator McDonough, who was of the minority against Mr. | Rungee, denounced in flery language | the court conditions in the state’s est town. Senator Perry, who was with the democratic leader, spoke with the feeling of a man who had been sorely wounded. Scarcely raising his ! voice above conversational tone, he | told why he could not support Mr. | Rungee. Senators leaned forward in | their eagerness to hear; their cigars went unsmoked; for moments there was scarcely a sound to disturb Sena- tor Perry as he told of the hard word, the backbiting and the sneers which had been given behind his back by men whorn he sald did not dare to come out into the open and speak what they knew to be false. Other senators spoke for and against Mr. Rungee, which relieved the 'tension, those who were against directing their attention entirely to conditions which it was claimed have existed and still exist in Greenwich. Declares Court Abominable. When the resolution was taken up Senator McDonough asked for imme- diate action. He said this courtship contest was the most disagreeable matter that had come before the as- sembly. At the hearing trainloads o1 people had come up, representing classes of citizens and political opin- fons. It was shown that the court was “abominable.” Senator Perry sald that if he had known the Gieenwich matter was to have come into the assembly as it has the district could have sent another man. Said the senator: “I have served tha state as well as I could for many years, but in spite of this I am being called a llar and a turncoat behind my back. I told the commiitee I would mnot vote for Mr. Burnes and I sald In Mr. Rungees’ hearing I would not vote for him. I do not belleve in appoint- Ing a member of the commitiee with- out a hearing. I told Mr, Rungee my reasons for being against him, 1 told them to him frankly: that the Green- wich court has a reputation which it ought to lose; that he was too good a man to be connected with'it, Perry Would Not Support Rungee. “T told him that if I were the best friend he had I would want to lock him up until this thing passed by, 1 told him he could not make the Greenwich | offices were e i | stated, was taken eourt what it ought to he, I left the eagumittee thinking the matter unset- tled. I later heard that the rest of the committee except those who sign- ed the minority report had decided to report Mr. Rungees’ name. I told th= committee clerk to file a minority re- port. I sent Mr. Rungee a personal letter that I would not support him and talked with him.” Senator Kelsey said that he had known Mr. Rungee since the latter was a’ boy and he told of the family struggles in order that the widow and her eight children might get an edu- cation. .He believed Mr. Rungee was the soul of honor. If there were bad conditions in the court he would clean them up. How Senators Lined Up. Senator McDonough closea by say- ing that he hesitated about bringing in personal matters. He declared that Mr. Rungee could no more clean up the court than he could jump over the capitol. He had been an officer of the court and had not undertaken a re- form. Those who vated for Rungee were: Cheney, Stevens, Colton, Frolich, Is- bell, Kels Neebe, McGrath, McNeil, Keach, Wadhams and G. H. Johnson. < Those against were: J. McA. John- son, Hooker, Purcell, Landers, Quinn. Shanley, McDonough, Hurley, MecCar thy, Miner, F. Johnson, Whitcomb, Peck, Perry, Weed, Welch, Gaylord. Mountain and Keeney. HITCHCOCK MAKES REPLY TO BURLESON Declares Committee of Novices Made Postoffice Report. Silver City, riving -at Silver Mogollon mountain spending some wee. former Post- er General Fr H. Hitcheock shown for the first time the pub- lished report of the statement issued a few days ago by Postmaster Gen- eral Burleson attacking his adminis- tration of the postoffice department. After reading the charges Mr. Hitch- cock issued a statement saying in par: “A committee composed in the main of newly appointed assistants, having less than three months’ experience in postoffice business, attempts in a re- port to the present head of the de- partment, to discredit the financial showing made by the postal service under President Taft’s administration. After reporting alleged discrepancies that are insignificant when compared with the great sums known to have been saved by their predecessors, this committee of novitiates proceeds in its published statement, to enlighten the American people as to the char- acter of the postal service they have Leen receiving. “Their statement is as inaccurate as it is gratuitous, for the public well knows that never was the postal ser- vice conducted more efficiently or mail handleq with greater precision and dispatch than in the closing years of the Taft administration. During that administration nearly 5,000 new post- ablished, delivery by letter carrier was provided in about 300 additional cities and over 3,000 new rural routes, aggregating about 75,000 miles, were authorized.” ., June 3.—On ar- today from the vhere he has been ANOTHER CHANGE IN THE TARIFF PLANS. Wilson Causes Meats and Flour to be Kept on Free List. Washington, June 3—Reversing its former action in voting to place wheat flour, oatmeal and fresh meats on the duitable list the senate finance sub- committee in charge of the agricultur- al schedule voted late today to place livestock wheat and oats on the free This action, it was authoritatively to meet the views of President Wilson, Senator Sim- mons, chairman of the finance com- mittee, and other administration lead- ers who disapproved the decision an- nounced vesterday to tax meats ten percent compe tory to a duty on ttle in the Underwood bill and to a compensatory duty on both r and oatmeal. The vote to re- der was takem in the sub-com- ittee, on motion made by Senator mmons, after a conference with the president. In this enlargement of the free list, President Wilson is known to have taken a leading part as he did in the matter of raw wool and sugar before the ways and means committee. - As he still is standing uncompromisingly for the wool and sugar schcdules, so, it is declared, he wili stand for free cattle, sheep an dhogs, and for free wheat and oats. Steamship Arrivals. Trieste, May 29.—Arrived, Polonia, New Yor! Marseilles, May Arrived, steam- er Roma, New. York for Providence. Liverpool, June 3.—Returned, steam. er Haverford, hence for Philadelphia. _ London, June 3. rrived, steamer Minnehaha, New York. Gipraltar, June 2.—Arrived, steamer Cald®ria,, New York for Genoa. Copenhagen, June 3. — Arrived, steamer United States, New York. Dover, June 3.—Arrived, steamer Finland, New York for Antwerp. Plymouth, June 3.—Arrived, steam- er Ascania, Montreal for London. New York, June 3.—Arrived, steam- er Kron Prinzessin Cecilie, Bremen. Bremen, June 3.—Arrived, steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II, New York. Gibraltar, June 2.-—Arrived, steamer Princess Irene, New York. Sailed, steamer Berlin, New York, Montreal, June 8.—Arrived, steamer steamer Gramplan, Glasgow: safled, steamers Lake Manitoba, Liverpool; Teutonic, Liverpool,- Quebee, June 38.-—Arrived, steamer Saturnia, Glasgow, 4 Antwerp, June 3,—Arrived, steamer Finland, New York. Steamships Reported by Wireless. Sable Island, N, B, June 3.—Steam- er Canople, Genoa for Beston, sig- nalled 550 miles from Beston at § p, m, BSteamer Sachem, Liverpoel for Bos- ton, signalled 580 miles from Bosten at 6.15 p. m. . Brow Head, June +3.—Signalled, steamer Montezuma, Montreal for Lon- don, Cabled Paragraphs Cancer Curable by Parasite. Cologne, Germany, June 3.—Cancer has been proved to be a contagious disease caused by a parasite, and it can be healed, according to Dr. Otto Schmidt, the concer expert. Bulgars Evacuate Turkish Port. London, June 3.—An Exchange Tel- egraph company’s despatch from Con- stantinople says the Bulgarian troops began today the evacuation of the Turkish seaport of Rodosto, on the Sea of Marmora. Suffragettes Burn Boats. Oxford, England, June 3.—Militant Suffragettes are blamed for a fire which today destroyed the biggest boat house on the river Isis, together with 40 or 50 boats belonging to the students of Oxford university. Cards bearing the words “votles for women” were found near the scene of the fire. Big Fire at Colon. Colon, Panama, Pune 3.—An exten- sive fire occurred at Broadway and Tenth street in this ‘city this morn- ing. at the time helped to prevent the spread of the flames, which threatened to destroy a large portion of the city. The canal zone brigade responded to calls for help, and did good work. FEDERALS MAKE LAST STAND AT MATAMORAS Town Already Practically in Posses- sion of Rebels. Brownsville, Texas, June —While a handful of men still were offering dogged resistance to the rebel troops of General Lucio Blanca ‘“constitu- tionalist” commander-in-chief of the state of Tamaulipas at ten o'clock tonight Matamoras, Mexico, is prac- tically in the hands of the revolution- ists after a battle which wages with- out interruption since 10.30 o’clock this morning. Colonel Eschasereta, with 100 vol- unteers, remnants of the federal gar+ rison, is making the last stand from the roofs of the cathedral and theatre in Hidala Plaza, but their subjection before morning is regarded as certain. Early in the night flames in several sections of the battle scarred city lighted the sky for miles around and for a time it was feared that the town was doomed. At ten o’clock, however, the fire zones had decreased. The toll of death on both sides has been heavy. Major Stabon Ramos, federal commander, was wounded early in the engagement. He was brought to a Brownsville hospital. His condi- tion is reported critical. Private Da- vis of the United States cavalry was wounded by a stray shot while patrol- ling the border on the American s of the Rio Grande and rumors tre per sistent that Miguel Barragan, mayor of Matamoras, was shot and killed to- day. This could not be confirmed. Au- thentic estimates of the dead and | wounded will not be available before tomorrow, MRS. WOODFORD HELD ON MURDER CHARGE Wife of Former U. S. Ambassador Ran Down and Killed Laborer. Bridgeport, Conn., June 3.—Charged with homicide, M S. L. Woodford, wife of the former United States am- bassador to Spain, was arrested yes terday and placed under $2,500 bonds because the automobile she was learn- ing to drive ran down and killed a laborer in Fairfield, a fashionable sub- urb of Bridgeport, The accident took place yesterday afternoon on a dangerous curve near the Fairfield library. Mrs. Woodford was driving the car toward Bridgeport from her residence on Mill hill. In making the curve she required the ssistance of her chauffeur, who lean- ed over the wheel to give his help. Just after the car took the straight road Mrs. Woodford and the chauffeur lost control of the steering gear and the car swerved. It caught William Stanhouser, who was standing at the side of the road and dragged him along the ground and under the wheels for 50 feet. The man died later in a Bridgeport hospital and Mrs. Woodford and the chauffeur were arrested. They were released on bonds of $2,500 each and were ordered to appear before -the court in Fairfield on Monday, June 9, DARIEN WOMAN INJURED IN AN AUTO COLLISION Has Right Leg Broken and Probably | Suffered Internal Injuries. Norwalk, Conn. June 3.—Mrs. El- birt Bates of Darien, had her ght leg broken and suffered possible in- ternal injuries when the automobile In which she was riding with her hus band, was struck by a Rhode Island automobile, bearing the number 145, on the Connecticut turnpike in this town early tonight. Both cars were badly d. The owner of the Rhode Is- refused to give hi Socialists Exonerate Governor. Chicago, June 3.—Governor Hatfield of West Virginia is exonerated on a number of charges popularly circu- lated against him in connection with the West Virginia Coal mine strike, in a report to the national committee of | the socialist party made today tor L. Berger, Adoiph Germ Eugene V. Debs, who made a personal investigation. Vie- Boys Stone d a- Train, Bristol, Conn, June 3.—The police tonight arrested eight boys, ranging | in age from 14 to 17 years, and turned them over to Terryville authorities, where they are wanted on the charge of stoning -a Waterbury passenger train on May 12. They will be given a hearing before Justice Starr in Ter- ryville tomorrow. President Skilton Resigns. Hartford, Conn., June 3.—DeWitt C. Skilton, president of the Phoenix Fire Insurance of this city since 1891, re- signed today because of long continued ill health. with the company since 1867. Vice President Edward Milligan has been elected as his successor. Missing Teacher Found in River. New York, June 3.—Benjamin Glbson, a teacher of\Owensboro, Ky., who disappeared ten days ago from Columbia university, where he was studying for a degree of bachelor of science, was found dead In the East river today., C. Danbury Hatter Shot. Danbury, Conn. June 8.—An un- known man tonight fired five shots from a revolver at Geromina Aginia, a hatter, as the latter was walking along Whif® street, near the state nor. mal schoul, at ten o'clock tonight, One shot struck Aginio In the foof, Bulgarian Cabinet Resigns. Lendon, June 8.—News of the res- ignation ef the Bulgarian eabinet was reesived in Lenden late tonmight, If true, it is likely te serve the ends of peace. Sephia, the new aueen of Greece, Is a sister of the present emperor of Germany. A heavy rain which was falling ! and | He has been connected | 1 | | dynamite | Atteux. and | Lawrence undertaker who was conv! No Defence in Dynamite Case WOOD’S COUNSEL TO PRESENT NO TESTIMONY. ’ VERDICT FOR DEFENCE Court Overrules Motion of Wood's At- torney That Jury Be Instructed to Return One—Comments of the Court. Boston, June 3—The guilt or inno- cense of William M. Wood, president of the American Woolen: company, charged with conspiras to “plant” on the premises of textile strikers at Lawrence, must be deter- mined by a jury and without any di- rect evidence having been introduced by the defence. Judge John C. Crosby, presiding at the trial of Wood, Frederick E. At- teux and Dennis Collins, late today overruled a motion of Henry F. Hurl- burt, counsel for the mill man, that the jurors be instructed to return a verdict for his client. Before arguing his motion, Mr. Hurlburt had announc- ed that he took the responsibility of resting his case without presenting any evidence. Judge Denies Motion of Wood's Coun- sel. In denying the motion, the court said that so far as Wood was concern- ed, the questions to be considered were: Does the evidence show a con- spiracy to have existed? And, was the defendant Wood a party to such con- said Judge Crosby, “can only w such inferences from facts as are fai It seems to me that it is of importance to show the relations— business and otherwise, between Mr. Mr. Wood, as well as the between other conspirators. “It is necessary for the common- wealth to show something more than passive knowledge or acquiescence in the conspiracy but it is not necessary to prove that the conspirators actual- 1y met together, though this might be Inferred from the evidence. relations Partners in Conspiracy. “I have not been sitting here for the past three weeks without having some impressions. Some of the evi- dence offered here tends to show that the defendant—Wood—was interested as the head of a great corporation and also as one of the two largest indi- vidual stockholders in corporations af fccted, in the settlemént of this strike. The judge went on to say that there was evidence that John J. Breen, the o ed and fined for placing the explosive and Ernest W. Pitman, the Andover building contractor who committed suicide when the investigation of thef{ alleged plot was begun and who, ac- cording to testimony, furnished the dynamw.ite, were partners in a con- spiracy to place the explosive. No Testimony For Defence. The prosecution“rested early in the afternoon and Mr. Hurlburt imme- diately announced that he would rest his case. In asking that the jury be instructed to acquit, he based his argument on the claim that in order to show Wood guilty of conspiracy it must be established that he had active participation in an unlawful agree- ment. He declared that it had not been shown that Wood took an active part in the alleged conspiracy. District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier, opposed the motion on the ground that it was well established principle of law that conspiracy could be establish- ed by inference and by circumstantial evidence and that it was not necessary to prove an express agreement. MEATS TO BE NO CHEAPER. Imports Will Not Benefit Consumers East of Rocky Mountains. Omaha, Neb, June 3.—Americans east of the Rocky Mountains will re- ceive no benefits from the importation of frozen meats from Australia and Argentina, say the managers of the Armour, Cudahy, Swift and Morris packing concerns. Nor is there any three-cornered contest between the big packers of Omaha,- Chicago and Kansas City on the one side, the packers of Australia and Argentina on another, and business men and ranch- ers of the Pacific coast who are said to have formed a combination to oppose the established packing houses. State- ments from the general managers of the four largest packing concerns in the country all agree upon this point —there will be no competition and no reduction in prices. Curious Bits Of History. At the time of the French revolu- tion some rulers of German states forbade their subjects to wear trou- ers, these being held to indicate revo- lutionary opinions. The elector of Hesse-Cassel, besides prohibiting the obnoxious garments had the convicts employed on road sweeping dressed in trousers so as to inspire disgust for the fashion. No general prohibition ! of this kind was issued in Prussia, but until 1798 all Prussian officials were restricted to knee breeches for their neither garments. Trousers were held to be “‘unbecoming to the dignity and gravity of any holder of an official position.” One of the earliest of official rat catchers appears to have been a wo- man. An English warrant dated 1672 announces that, “whereas, Elizabeth Wickley is employed in Killing of ratte and other vermins, in and about His Ma'tes Stores and Houses in ye Tower of London, have therefore thought fit to allow her ye sum of eight pounds ($40) per annum.” Dur- ing the next century the office was in- vested with great dignity, and the “Gentleman’s Magazine” ' for 1741 re- corded the appointment of Mr. Gower as rat killer to his majesty, “a place of L1100 ($500) a year, an honourable office.” Israel Zangwill's plan of a “new Judea” for the the Jews has been shared by many illustrious people. Oliver Cromwell in 1654 planned such a new Judea in Surinam, and even be- fore that the Dutch West India com- pany had drawn up a similar scheme for Curacao. Marshal Saxe projected | dealer, reported to the police vester- day afternoon that gems worth be- tweeen $40,000 and $5¢,000 had- been Condensed ~ f:fifams A Bronze Statu¢ of Kit Carson was ufiveiled at Trinidad, Col. Alfred G. Vanderbilt Has Bought Lord Francis Hope's estate, Deepdene, near Dorking, England. - The Idaho Legislature appropriated $3,000 to provide a poultry department in the state university. Mrs. Jennie Vollmar and her daugh- ter. Irene, of Plainfield, N. J., took hus- bands at the same time. Confederate Memorial Day, the birth- day of Jefferson Davis, was observed at Lexington, Va., yesterday. Women as Well as Men will be eli- gible for the position of street clean- ing inspector in Philadelphia. The Canton, Ohio, Daily News plant was destroyed by fire with a loss of $50,000. Secretary Bryan Gave a Luncheon vesterday in honor of Pedro Rafael Quadra, Nicaraguan minister of finance. o John Purroy Mitchell notified Presi- dent Wilson that he would take office as collector of the port of New York on Saturday. Canada Buys More from this coun- try than from all others combined,hav- ing purchased 65 per cent, of its goods here last year. There Are 750 Theaters in Chicago and 76 others in the course of construction, according to figures made public by the building commi The National Highways Protective society report shows that automobile fatali in May increased 50 per cent. over the same period last vear. The Strike in the Cudahy Packing plant at Sioux City, Towa, spread to Armour & Co.'s yvesterd and 500 men in the latter plant quit work. The Demand for Beef far exceeds the supply, and high prices are the re- 1t, says a bulletin issued yesterday by the department of agriculture. The Body of James Lane of Derby ! was found beside the New Haven road tracks vesterday. He had been struck during the night, it is believed, by a passing train. He was about 35. James M. Potter, 38 Years of Age, a veteran of the civil war, was found dead in his home at Moodus yesterday. He was alone in the house when death came, and was found by a peddler. Already Five Packages of white rad- ishes have been received by Secretary Bryvan as a result of the announcement | that he had sought in vain in the mar- kets for that appetizing vegetable, Richard L. Metcalfe of Lincoln, Neb., editor of The Commoner, was vester- - selected by President Wilson to be governor of the Panama canal vil zone. . The First Seal to Be Seen in open ‘waters around New York this season was sighted off Coney Island by Cap- tain Blaikie of the Aachor liner Cali- fornia. The Column of Grasshoppers that invaded Elida, a town in northeastern New Mexico. last week, has moved east and is continuing in a northeasterly direction. Secretary McAdoo Has Asked for the resignation of Fred S. Stratton as col- lector of customs at San Irancisco. The secretary declined to discuss the action or his reason for it. A Jury in the Supreme Court at Wa- tertown, N. Y., yesterday awarded Mrs. Rachel Radley, widow of a man she married in a hosp 75 hours before his death from injury, a $7,000. Eight Men Are Now Under Arrest at Council Bluffs, Ia., in connection with the attempt Thursday night last to lynch Guidice, the young Italian who is charged with the murder of Howard Jones. Vilhjalmar Stefansson, the explorer, who starts from Esquimault June 10 on a five year expedition to the Arctie regions, arrived at Wynard, Sask., yes- terday on a farewell visit to his moth- er and brother. Arthur Norrington of Westminster, Vt. sentenced to the New Hampshire state prison October 7, 1910, for from five to seven years for the crime of arson at Keene, committed suicide by hanging vesterday. Walter Miller, a Hostler, is_believed to have perished, and Henry Southern, another hostler, was badly burned in a fire which destroyed the stables of James H. Proctor at Ipswich, Mass., early yesterday. Isaac Theise, a New York diamond stolen from his place of business while he was absent during the lunch hour. The Failure of the North Middleboro, Mass., to lock his safe was corrected Monday night by burglars who locked it up and left the key on top, but not until they had cleaned its contents of 350 worth of stamps. Postmaster at Mrs. R. Cora Cotterill, wife of the mayor of Seattle, has accepted service as a juror in the superior court for June. The first case in the calendar was a damage suit against the city, and she has been excused from sitting on it. Edward Nicholson, a Kansas farmer, accused of having eloped with his stepdaughter and of kidnapping two of his own children, was sought by the JT.os Angeles police yesterday at the request of his wife, who went there to find him. With the Declaration that the Jap- anese are infinitely preferable to the immigrants of southern Europe, the Right Rev. Charles Hsury Brent, Epis- copal bishop of the Philippines expect- ed yesterday to visit the state depart- ment and discuss the Oriental prob- lem with Secretary Bryan. = ) An Appeal from a Mother of four children, dependent for support upon a Jewlsh kingdom in South America, with himself as king, and in 1825 Maj. Noah purchased Grand Island in the River Niagara and attempted to found on it a Jewish state. And today there are in Palestine some twenty colonies of Jews who have managed to return from exile, May Bring About Peace. Neither. slde seems to be gaining ground in the Mexican revolution, but both are killing off Mexicans in a way that ought to help bring about peace eventually,—Indianapolis News. Odgen (Utah) scheol children are planting flowers in vacant lots all over the city and cutting down weeds. her enfeebled father, while her hus- band is in jail, caused President Wil- son yesterday to commute to expire A Social Lobby verdict of | At Washington SENATORS ARE FLATTERED BY INVITATIONS. DECLARES A SENATOR Kenyon of lowa Believes It Most In- sidious and Powerful Lobbying Pos- sible—Denounces Ex-Senators. Washington, June 3.—“Social lobby- ing” in Washington justifies every word that President Wilson uttered in reference to the presence of an “in- sidious” lobby at the capitol, Senator Kenyon of Iowa declared on the wit- ne and today before the senate investigating committee. It was the first unequivocal statement in sup- port of the president’s attitude sines the inquiry began. 7 Senators Flattered by Invitations. The Iowa senator explained that he believed the most “insidfous” and pow- erful lobbying possible was the prac- time of flattering senators by having them out to dinners, to theatres and on automobile rides, ingratiating the host with the distinguished guests, Pointing to the sworn testimony of Edward Hine: lumber king” befors the Lorimer election investigation, that he entertained senators at a local hotel at dinners at a time when the lumber schedule in the Payne-Aldrich bill was before the senate, Senator Kenyon declared that it was his be=- lief that senators were being enter- tained in this “insidious way" at prese ent. Denounced E-Senators, He also denounced ex-senators for capitalizing their privilege of the fioor by using it to lobby. Referring to one ex-senator representing many ralil- roads in Washington and often seen on the floor of the senate, he advocated the enactment of legisiation to pro- hibit an ex-senator from being a lib=- t Several senators let it be known to- day that they had received by reg- Istered mail what purported to be & reproduction of a letter from the Amer- ican Cane Growers association of the United States sent to m mbers ask- ing for contributions to a fund for the use of “a large committee in Wash- ington.” The copy was dated New Orleans, April 2, 1913, and read as follows Text of Letter. “Dear Sir: “Your association has a large eom- mittee in Washington now using every effort possible to try and save the sugar industry. “We have hesitated about ecalling on you, but as we are now overdrawn in the bank, it is absolutely necessary that we have funds at once and there- fore call on vou to please send one- half of your subscription, say. five i\;ms per thousand on the crop of 11. “Thig is very important and we would like to hi remittance at omce. “Yours very truly, (Signed) “Charles A. Farwell, President.” The copy. came in an envelope post- marked Washington on the back of which in ink was written the name “W. L. Baass.” “CATCH-MY-PAL” CRUSADE. The Rev. Robert J. Patterson Ade dresses Detroit Meetings. Detroit, Mich., June 3.—The Rev. Robert J. Patterson, of Armagh, Tre- land, who came to America to Inaugu- rate a “catch-my-pal” crusade, opened his campaign in Detroit this week, ad- dressing three large audiences. Dr. Patterson told how the move- ment started in Armagh in a meeting of six moderate drinkers. ,He told the men, he said, that if there were no moderate drinkers there would be no immoderate drinkers. He induced each of them to sign a pledge and to prom- ise to get a pal to do likewlse. From that small heginning, the Irish clergy- man said, the movement has spread over the British Isles, into Holland, Australia, and New Zealand. At the Young Men’s Christian As- sociation 400 men of various ages pledged themselves to seek out drink- ers whom they know and help induoe them to give up the habit. WRONG LABEL ON THE COFFIN, Body from Detroit Not That of John Kelly, Jr., Who Is Alive, New York, June 3.—Detectives are investigating the shipment of a body to this city from Detroit, which ar-~ rived here, consigned to Buckley’s un- dertaking establishment, No. 54T Tenth Avenue. In the coffin was a communication from J. E. Burgie, Coroner of Detroit, stating that the body was that of the son of John Kelly, of No. 360 West Forty-first Street, and that the young man had died in Detroit. But Mr. Kelly sald that there was some mistake. His three sons are all alive in this clty, he says. His son John has travelled in the West, but is now in this city. The police \hava asked the Detroit officials for further information and how the body came to be shipped here. A SPRAY FOR CATERPILLARS. The Forest Tent Variety Injuring Long Island Trees. Albany, N. Y., June 3.—Reports of severe and extended injury to trees on Long Island by the forest tent cater- pillar have been received by E. P. Felt, State Entomologist, who said it was probable that the pest is also abund- ant in other localities of the State. “It is best controlled,” said Mr. Felt today, “by spraying with a poison such as arsenate of lead, used at the rate of two pounds to fifty gallons of water. It will pay to spray the more valued woodland and park trees wherever these pests are numerous.” sWALLOWEgA TOY CANNON. A Three-Year-Old’s Way of Celebrats ing Memorial Day. Chicago, June 3.—Physicians re- moved a cannon from the stomach of Coleman O’Shaughnessy, three years old, who swalowed it while celebrat- ing Memorial Day. The cannon was one and a half inches long. Neither within a month the six months’ sen- tence of Martin L. J. Steele, convicted at Baltimore of a shortage in postal fands at Lanham, Md, where he was postmaster, Whether the Decrees of the United States courts dismembering the Stand- ard Ofl and Tobacco ‘trusts” into sep- arate units are beilng carrled out in letter and spirit was considered ves- terday by the Wilson administration, with a view to possible institution of the most important anti-trust move- ment yet contemplated by the president and Attorney General M ds. the child nor the toy is any worse for the experience. Will Try to Overtake Weston. New TYork, June 3 —Just twenty= four hours after Bdward Payson Wes- ton started on his 1,446 mile hike to same walk to overtake Weston, if he ‘can. Weston and Ennis are old rivals. Pittsburg demands sanitary milk- house of an approved type on all farms supplying milk to city comsum- s