Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 7, 1913, Page 1

VOL. LV.—NO. 136 CONN., SATURDAY JUNE 7. The Bulietin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and | ACCUSE WILSON OF BEING LOBBYIST Republican Senators Declare His Recent Criticism of Lobby Amounts to “Undue Influence” OPERATES AGAINST A CONSCIENTIOUS VOTE Will Force Senators to Vote Against Tariff Amendments That They Believe to be Just, to Escape Stigma of Being Aligned With Lobbyists—Executive Has More Influence on Bills Than all Other Persons at Washington. Washington, June 6.—An unexpected turn was miven the senate’s lobby i vestigation late today when Senat Townsend of Michigan, republican, de- clared on the stand that the Influence President Wilson and by cratic secret caucus, on ths the tariff bill, constituted nearest approach to undue influ- ence upon members of congress” that investigating committee would be to find. Senator Townsend crit- the committee for not havinz ked members of the senate whether he president had sought to influence them, and declared that even though the president had not intended it his nt denunciation of “lobbies” work- inz in support of changes in the tariff would force certain senators to vote against amendments they knew to be just Resented by Democratic Senators. Who are those senators?” demanded r Reed. don't care to name angone,” Te- turned Townsend. two democratic members of the nittee_present, Senators Reed and indignantly resented any inti- 7 that President Wilson had used rce anyone t free sugar or free wool, or o ort the bill a whole. Sena ¢ end insisted the committee ced any -senator thus far sident Wilson had tried to I move,” interrupted Senator Wal at in view of the serious ats made touching the ecutive, that any senator who has already tes- d may be recalled and interrogated reference thereto.” I am for that,” d Senator Nelson, rer member of the committee. Great Influence of the Executive. Dragging President Wilson's ties into the investigation some- act what intensified feeling in the commir- tee and it is expected that it will kil tariff | make more searching the investiga- tions still to be carried on. Senator Wecks of Massachusetts, also a repubiican, following Senator Townsend on the stand,. expressed the opinion that “executives had had more influence on bills than all the persons who have come to Washington put to- sether. “Phe statcment that the president put out in regard to an insidious lobpy influenced the public mind,” said Sen- ator Weeks, “and that has its effect upon the senator: The public be- lieves a lobbyist is a bad man, and n> senator likes to oppose a measure if the president says the lobbyists ars seeking to change it.” Committee’s Time Extended. The committee members did not a Senator Shively, who followed Sen tor Weeks, whether the president hal influenced his position on the tariff. Senator Shively, a democratic member of the finance committee, said he knew of no lobbying influences at work on the tariff bill. The senate agreed early in the af- ternoon to extend the time limit for the lobby investigation 20 days, or un- til June 28. Members of the commit- tee doubt whether it can be completed hin that time. The new element injected into it today probably will carry the guestioning of Senators over into next week. Features of the so- called lobbies on sugar, wool and metals and liquors, labor and other legislation must then be taken up as the second stage of the investigation. Wilson Using “Undue Influence.” Senator Townsend's _statements in relation to President Wilson were not in the form of charges. He expressly said he did not charge the president with using improper methods, but he insisted that the charges that lobbies existed and the activity of the presi- dent in support of fres wool and free sugar amounted to an_ “undue influ- ence,” even though he did not see ths “big stick” of patronage. COOKE WILL MARRY FLORETTA WHALEY. Former Clergyman Pleased to Learn of His Wife’s Divorce. New York, June 6.—“I have been waiting _for this for six years,” Jere Knode Cooke, the former Hempstead, N. Y., clergyman, sald tonight when informed that a divorce had been greanted his wife in Hartford, Conn. ‘Now Floretta Whaley and 1 will not be outcasts in the world, but will be married just as soon as we are offl- cially notified of the divorce. Cooke is now living in a Washington Heights apartment _with Floretta Whaley, with whom he eloped, and You know a palnter's salary won't support much of a honeymoon or much wedding pa continued Cooke speaking of his approaching mar- riage, “but my lawyer will be present and the bride will wear a bouquet of which I shall provide out of my wages. 1 do not want to bring down on the rad of any cleryman the load of con- troversy that would fall to the lot of who performed the ceremony, so I 11 seek a legal marriage by someone a clergyman. I will keep on work- s a paint ¥ loretta Whaley said she felt happy over the outcome of the divorce suit. T am very grateful to Mrs. Cooke,” ghe added. “About the wedding, I.want only two things to happen—that the morbidly curious may be kept away and that our friends, some of whom have come back to us since we cam2 here from San Francisco, may not have notoriety thrust on them by at- tending the ceremony.” ELOPED IN 1907, Mrs. Cooke Did Not Balieve Husband Mentally Unbalanced. Hartford, June 7.—The Rev. Jere ®node Cooke and Miranda Clarke were married at Christ church in Hartford, | Feb. £, 1898, Tt was on April 30, 1807, while rector of St. George's church, at Hempstead, according to Mrs. Cooke's testimony that Cooke ran away. He said he was going to Baltimore for a rest, and in- duced her to go to Hartford also for a rest, and they were both to return to Hempstead at the same time. He got the raflroad tickets for her and took her to the station. She has never seen him since. In reply to a question by Judge Reed, asking what was the reason Cooke ran away, she replied: “To pro- tect the birl as well as himself.” Judge Reed said, “Well, you know of no good reason for his going,” and Mrs. Cooke said she did not. She said she ahd always thought they were very happy. Thomas J. Conroy, a private detec- five of this city testifled to serving the divorce papers on Cooke in May in New York city. Mr. Conroy testified that Cooke and Floretta were living in the flat under the name of Balcomb. John H. Cunningham of this city, who_went with Mr. Conroy, corrobo- | rated his testimony. Mrs. Grace Clarke Damon, a sister of | Mrs. Cooke, with whom she Jives, testi- fied to Mrs. Cooke's residence here The Rey Dr James Goodwin. rector of Christ church, and the Rev J. W. Bra- din, rector of St. James' church, testi- fied for Mrs. Cooke. After the decree had been granted, Mrs. Cooke sald she hoped her former husband would marry the Whaley girl, 24ding “It is his duty.” W. (. Enniston, a New York attor- ney, represented Cooke's Interests. Mrs, Cooke told Mr. Ennison not belleve Mr. Cooke was mentally unbalanced when he ran away. Mifitary Order Countermanded. Bagle Pass, Texas, June 6.—Troops B gnd D, 14th U. B. cavalry, which left here yesterday morning for Fort Clark, were met today by a courier from that place at Thompson’s ranch with peremptory ingtructions to return immediately to Eagle Pass. No cause is known for the movement as every- thing in Piedras Negras is quiet. that she di4 | GOVERNOR VETOES POLLUTION BILL. Says Utilities' Commission Has Power To Correct Conditions. Hartford, Conn., June 6—Governer Baldwin ftoday vetoed another bill adopted by the last general assembly that drawn up by Corporation Coun- sel Kleiner of New Haven, concern- ing the pollution of water supplies. States Attorney Stiles Judson of Fair- field county originally drew up a bill, in behalf of oystermen, to prevent the pollution of streams and tidal waters, but as objection was raised, Mr. Klei- ner drew up an amended bill which gave the state hoard of health pow- er to look into the matter. The bill was known as senate bill 343 and was adopted by the house in concur- rence. In his veto memorandum, Governor Baldwin says: “This Dill gives the state board of health power, if it should find the public water supply of any munici- pality impure to notify the managers of the supply, and If on a hearing it finds that changes are necessary in the source of supply, or in the mode of purifying the water, to order such changes, subject to an appeal to the superior court. “The public utilities commission, under the public acts of 1911, which created it, has the power, on complaint of any defects in any portion of the plant or equipment of any public serv- ice company, including water com- panies, or of the manner of operating the plant, by reason of which the public health is endangered, to in- vestigate, and if it finds conditions to be dangerous to public safety, make any order necessary to remedy it, sub- Ject to an appeal to the superior court. “It is undesirable to have similar powers in such a matter belonging to two independent tribunals. It seems to me that the public utilities commis- sion, having general jurisdiction of {all public service companies, is the cne better fitted to proceed in case of impurity in a water supply and that the bill now hefore me, which was passed at the heel of the session on June 4th, does not merit my approval. “I therefore withhold my signature. (Signed) SPMEON E. BALDWIN, Governor. M’REYNOLDS PLAN IS NOT YET ENDORSED His Tobacco Proposal Only a Sugges- tion, Declares President. Washington, June 6.—In view o# the widespread idea that Attorney Mec- Reynolds’ proposal for a graduated ex- tax on the output of tobacco was the expression of a-new policy on the part of the Wilson administration to correct trust evils, White House offi- cials tonight dlsclaimed that any gen- eral policy had been discussed or adopted. President Wilson and the attorney general during the day discussed the numerous reports that had gone forth as to the government’s alleged inten- tion to strike a blow at the tobacco trust, and later White House officials declined to explain just what had taken place in the councils of the adminis- ration on the tobacco inquiry thus far. The proposal of the attorney general of - was described as a “suggestion” fered on its merits for discussion bearing neither the approval nor dis approval of the adminiktration when broached to the senate finance com- mittee for consideration as an amend- ment to the pending tariff bill, New Player for Waterbury. New Orleans, June 6—The local club of the Southern league announced tonight that Pitcher Windell had been releaged to the Cleveland Americans and Third Baseman Mills to Water- bury, Conn. To Command Lipton’s Yacht. London, June 6—W. P. Burton has been chosen to command the vacht Shamrock IV, Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger fer the America's cup, Cabled Paragraphs 3 T Belgium Negotiating a Loan. Brussels, Belgium, June 6—The Bel- gian government is carrylng on nego- tiations with a group of bankers in Paris for a loan of about $120,000,000 at four per cent. Decoration for Peary. Paris, June 6—Prince Roland Bona- parte, president of the French Geo- graphical society, has made a request to President Raymond Poincare t) confer the decoration of the Leglon of Honor on Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary. Seventy Wounded in Strike Riot. Stettin, Germany, June 6—A battle between police and strikers in which seventy are reported to have been se- verely wounded was fought last nig'.t in the suburb of Frauendorf, as the sequel to the killing of a striker by a non-striker. Miss Davison’s Condition Grave. Epsom, Eng., June 6—The condition of Miss Emily Wilding Davison, the militant sufiragette who was injured while interfering with the king’s horse in the Derby on Wednesday, becamo much worse today and the doctors consider the symptoms grove. She underwent an operation. Pirates Get $30,000. Hong Kong, June 6—The French steamer Robert Lebeaudy, engaged. in the West River trade was attacked by pirates who secured $30,000, according to reports received here toda A pas- senger on the steamer was killed and the engineer and several members of the crew were wounded in a fight with the robbers. EXPENSES INCREASED IN POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT. Postmaster General Says there is Marked Improvement in Service. Washington, June 6—Postumaster General Burleson today gave out a statement summarizing various meas- ures adopted or contemplated in the administration of the postal service. The statement says in part: “During tke ninety days of the new administration about 1,000 additional clerks approximately 500 additional city letter-carriers have been attached to the various post offices throughout the country, and besides these ad tions to the regular force approxi- mately $1,000,000 has been authorized for temporary clerk hire, and about $500,000 for temporary city letter car- riers. These unusual financial ~ del mands made it necessary for the Post- master General to go to Congress in May for an emergency of ~ $600,000, which was promptly granted, and $300,000 allotted for tem- porary clerk hire and a like amount for temporary carriers “On March 5. 1913, there were about 2,200 vacant postmasterships of the Presidential grade, and some 300 havs become vacant since. Of these more than 1,800 cases have been briefed and about 1,500 nominated to the Senate. Of the fourth-class postmasterships which were found vacant on March , including those which have become vacant since, amounting to about 4,500 more than 1,700 have been filled as the result of civil service examinations or inspectors reports, leaving at the pres- ent time about 1,000 of the presiden grade and some 2,800 of the fourth- class to be disposed of. These are be- ing dealt with expeditiously. Rural Free Delivery Extended. “Within the last sixty days 488 peti- tions for rural delivery routes have Dbeen disposed of, resulting in the es tablishment of 203 routes, involving an annual expenditure for mainten- ance of approximately $190,000. By the establisnment of these new routes and the extension of old routes more than 200,000 people ere now receiving iheir mail at their doors, instead of at remote post offices. “In pursuance of the policy of ex- pediting the delivery of mall, tho Postmaster General has ordered the discontinuance of the backstamping ~f all ordinary mail which heretofore has delayed its delivery anywhere from twenty minutes to one-half hour. *’The condition in the railway mall service was found to be most urgent where through mistaken ideas of econ- omy the clerical force had been so duced as to affect efficient service and car space cut down to a danger point. With the advent of the parcel post system on January 1. which increased tremendously “the volume of business handled, ditional clerks and in- creased car space were most imper lieve this, it being left to the new ad- lieve this, it being loft to the new ministration to restore the efficienc s important branch of the service. hundred and ten additional clerks have been added to the service since March 4, and increased car space costing $267,000 a year has been pro- vided. Already a marked jmprove ment is noted in this service. To Get Highest Possible Efficiency. “The parcel post regulations have been modified so as to permit the de- livery to the addresses, tional charge, of matter reaching the office of address with improper stamns | affixed. B; an arrangement made with the Canadian postal service the rates of postage on Sunday editi of daily newspapers mailed to subscribers in Canada, who also are subscribers to he week-day editions, has been fixed at one cent a pound or fraction thereof instead of at one cent for four ounces or fraction, as formerly.” “It is Postmaster General Burleson’s desire and earnest endeavor to estab- lish, in the interest of economy and efficiency, uniform methods and prac- tices throughout the éntire service and to direct postmasters to the bes y To this end he proposes to keep in close touch with their operations, and thus bring the service to the highest possible degree of efficiency.” Steamship Arrivals. Trieste, June 3.—Arrived, Taura. New York, Naples, June 6.—Arrived, steamer Priszess Irene, New York erbourg, June 6.—Arrived, steam- ers Kaiserin Augustine Victorig, York for Southampton and Hamburg. Havre, June 5.—Arrived, steamer La Lorraine, New York. St. Michaels, June _ 5.—Arrived, steamer Argentina, New York for Na- ples. Queenstown, steamer Celtie, Ppool. Tiverpool, June 6. Celtic, New York. Plymouth, June 6.—Arrived, steamer ew June New York 6.—Arrived, for Liver- Arrived, steamer St. Paul, New York. Southampton, June 6—Arrlved, steamer Kafserin Auguste Victoria, New York. Quebec, June 6.—Arrived, steamer Bmpress of Britain, Liverpool Spanish War Veterans. Waterbury, Conn, June 6.—The tenth annuai encampment of the de- partment of Connecticut, United Span- ish War Veterans, opened here tonight with Department Commander Russell Porter Clark of Stamford in cobmmand. The election of officers will take placs tomorrow meorning. appropriation | i I | was becoming misunderstood through of administering the postal facilities. | Peared to the country’s disadvant Living in the Wrong Country SOME OF THE SENATORS SHOULD LIVE IN ENGLAND REMARK OF SENATOR Some Feeling Shown During Consid- eration of 23 Compulsory Arbitra- tion Treaties—Renewals Delayed. ‘Washington, June 6.—The princip'e .of compulsory arbitration, written int, the code that has bound the Unitel States with 24 great and lesser na- tions of the world for the last five Years, is in serious danger, and unless there is a decided change in senti- ment in the senate the renewal of 73 -of the treaties which gave concrets evidence of this nation's bellef in such a policy may be impossible. Treaties Still Held Up. In executive session toni senate again failed to ratify ‘Ei‘.fiw'h" of the arbitration agreements w! Japan Quotes Constitution ANOTHER NOTE ON THE ANTI- ALIEN LAND LAW THE 14TH AMENDMENT Declaration That It is Violated by Cal- Read to Cabinet But Formal Consideration Deferred. ifornia Act—Note Washington, June 6.—Japan’'s latest note in regard to the California land legislation, admittedly - furnishing problems calculated to tax the talents of the American negotiators, was read at the cabinet meeting today and later was the subject of a conference be- tween President Wilson and John Bas- sett Moore, counsellor of the state de- partment. Note Read to Cabinet. Consideration of the note by the cabinet was deferred until the return of Secretary Bryan, who left early in the afternoon for Pittsburgh, to at- ADVERTISE AND GROW Outside of that line of trade which comes to a store because of the existence of a large population or an advantagecus location, the only Increase that a merchant can make in his business is through consistent advertising. How else can the bu: ness man so multiply his efforts in selling than to employ this diffusive salesman, which covers a wide territory and in a single day, with the very message which he authorizes and stands back of? Every merchant has his best clerk—he could not zet along without him—but he should avail himself of services which no more pass up the opportunity to are twenty, one hundred or a thousand times as important and far-reaching, and as steady and cer- tain as clockwork. To the merchant who tells interesting new things and new merits about his goods and tells them increasing results are absolutely regularly inevitable. through the daily paper The public must have goods and you cannot keep them away if you would since they fol- low the line of least resistance and known place, the freshest in mind. before them by advert memory Keep and go to the best vour business and goods ing in The Builetin. The Bulletin is delivered at your door every week-day morning for twelve cents aw eek. ing the week. The following matter appeared therein dur- I Bulietin Telegraph Local General , Total Saturday, May 31.., 158 158 738 1054 Monday, June 2. 37470 170 218 558 Tuesday, Jun®i 3. . 145 154 249 515 Wednesday, June 4.. 151 140 235 526 ‘Fhnrsday; " dnge 5. . 138 148 300 586 Friday, June 6.. 168 129 254 551 Folals ik it 2930 896 1964 3790 Great Britain, Italy and Spain which recently expired. These conventions provide that questions relating to the interpretation ~ of treaties, excepting those that cannot be settled through diplomatic channels, or those of vital interest, national honor or independ- | ence, shall be submitted to The Hagus. A similar treaty with France has al- ready been renewed. Great Britain and Japan Discu The main argument tonight are over the contention that if the treaty with Great Britain is ratified the Panama canal tolls question would have to be submitted to The Hagu but during the discussion the Japan- cse question and the general attitude of the nation toward compulsory arbi- tration was brought up led to the expression of views utterly at varian with entrance into such binding agre ments in the future. General Principle Opposed. A motion to re-refer the ree treaties to the foreign relations com- mittee with instructions that the one with Great Britain be modified so to exempt specifically the Panama canal tolls questlon was abandoned, but prolonged debate was predicted for future sessions and friends of the principle of arbitration were alarmed at the strength displayed by the oppo- sition. Some senators showed a dis- position to criticize the making of compulsory arbitration agreements, even if they hound only In cases which do mnot affect vital interest, national | honor or independence. Senators Who Belong in England. One senator went so far as to d clare: “There are many people in the United States and in the senate whod ought to live in England.” Senators who did not speak, but who discussed arbitration with their col- leagues during the debate, expressed decided opinlons on the extent to which this nation has bound itself to | argue matters out before a court. This attitude was condemned as one whica out the world and one which had s in the Mexican problem, in the dispute with Great Britain and in the more re- cent controversy with Japan. Concrete Work on Canal Finshed. Panama, June 6.—It is officially an- nounced that all the heavy concrete work of the six locks of the Panama | canal has been completed. The lower guard gates at Gatun and Piedro Miguel and the upper gates at Mira- flores will be closed as soon as possible after June, the plan being to allow Lake Gatun to fill. Gatun lake will be an artificial body of water of 119 square miles. Its gretest depth will be 90 feet. S Page Welcomed to London. Tondon, June 6.—Walter Hines Page, the new American ambassador to the Court of St. James, tonight received his baptism of fire as an after-dinner speaker in London at a welcoming banquet given in honor by the Pil- grims’ society. Field Marshal Tarl Roberts presided at the function. Bulgarian Cabinet’s Resignation. London, June 6.—The resignation of the Bulgarian cabinet is now officially acknowledged. According to the Mir, 8 newspaper published at Sofla, and which is usually well informed, tha resignation took place as lone ago as ‘May 30, immediately the news was re- celved in Sofla of tha sign- in Lou- don of the draft pease treaty. Geargia Will Be the First State to elect a senator by popular vote tend a farewell dinner in honor of the new ambassador to Japan from the United States, -George W. Guthrie. There was some discussion, however, after the long document had been read and President Wilson, as a result of his talk with Ambassador Chinda ves- terday was able to illuminate the for- mal arguments presented with side- lights disclosing internal poHtical con- ditions in Japan, which are powerfully influencing the Japanese foreign of- fice in the conduct of the negotia- tions, Familiar with Our Constitutional Law. Press despatches from Tokio outlin ing the contents of the Japanese com- | mumication wi interest here, Officials who have examined into the subject have reached the conclusion that the Japanese foreign offiice has shown a remarkable knowledge of American constitutional law and that the legal lights of the state department will be taxed to the utmost to rebut the arguments presented. | The assertion that the California | law violates the spirit of the existing | treaty by discriminating against the i e received with great Japanese, however, is looked upon as a slght retreat from the orizinal broad | statement that the treaty had been directly violated. A New Line of Attack. Touching the point that the right {of Japanese to own or lease houses | carries with it the right of ownership j of the lands, this, it is contended here, is true only as to houses occupied as residences or for commercial purposes and that such a claim could scarcely be extended to farm lands, which alone are covered by the California las. Officials say the suggestion that the allen land legislation is in violation of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution may furnish a new line of attack upon that much discussed amendment, though it hardly will be | seriously entertained by any court. | Egual Protection Only to Persons. They pointed out that the Califor- nia act provided “due process of law” | for depriving aliens of property and suggested that the words “equal pro- | tection of the Jaws” used in the amend- ment referred to persons and not to | property. | JAPAN STANDS ON RIGHTS. | Says Land Bill Discriminates Against Friendly Power. Tokio, Japan, June 6.—The rejoinder of Japan to the United States note on the subject of the Californian alien land ownership legislation reiterates that the land bill passed by the Cal- ifornia legislature violates the spirit of the Japanese-American treaty by discriminating against a friendly pow- er. It points out that, even if the question is an economic one, it enters the domain of international relations i:;ld therefore becomes a political ques- on. The note says that the Californian land legislation violates Article 1 of the Japanese-American treaty of 1911, which authorizes subjects or citizens of the contracting parties to own or lease houses, which are inseparable parts of real estate, Tt also declares that the new bill violates the fourteenth amendment to the United States constitution, requir- {ing the States to grant equal protec- tion under its laws to all persons with- in its jurisdietion. Fire Destroyed the Dominican Tar & Chemical Co.’s plant at North Tansco- na, Manttoba. Loss $200,000, The Boston .Bootblacks won their strike to keep their tips intead of turn- ing them over to thelr employers, Burglars Cracked the Safe of the Columbus, N J., postoffice and escaped with $1,000 in stamps and 350 in cash, H. G, Davis Demnocratic vice presi- dential candidate in 1904, was injured %zle{n‘ thrown from his horse in Elkins, . Va. John R. Hodges, for the past 21 years managing editor of the Galveston News, was found dead in his bed in Mansfield, Ohio, yesterday. Senator Jones in the Senate vester- day renewed his one-man filibuster to force it to grant an additional clerk to each senator who now has only one. One Hundred and Fifty Men of the United States Zine company smeiter, at Blende, near Pueblo, Col, are on strike to enforce a demand for in- creased wages. The First “Scorcher’ of the Season struck Chicago yesterday, when the government thermometer indicated 90 degrees and street level instruments several degrees hotter. The First Bigamy Prosecution in China resulted in senteacing to jail for 30 days of a Chinese who had married a native girl and later an American white student at Shanghal. Yestetday Destroyed the big planing mill and other property of the W. L. McManus Lumber company, lo- cated at Petroskey, Mich. The loss is estimated at $200,000. William Henney, 13, of Bridgeport, was struck by a westbound express train and instantly kilied at the water- ing station between Rowayton and Da- rien, yesterday morning. Pemiscot County Bank of Caruthers- ville, Mo., has closed its doors and is in the hands of the state bank com- missioner as the result of the discovery of a shortage of at least $200,000. Vice President and Mrs Thomas R. Marshall were guests at Nashville, Tenn., yesterday, having gone there for the celebration of founders’ day by the Young Men’s Christiar association. Prof, Willam H. Taf¢, private citizen, arrived at Washington Friday for a visit in the capital. Fe will spend several days as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Boardman and Miss Mabel Board- man. Representative Graham of Pennsyl- vania introduced a bill yesterday to immediately appropriate $15,000,000 to increase the navy by authorizing the construction of three first-class battle- ships. Robert T. Weatherill of Brunswick, Me., was the recipient of the tradi- tiomal wooden spoon, awarded the pop- ular man of the junior clasg as the ivy day exercises at Bowdoin college yes- terday. Florence B, Howard of Norwaik was granted a divorce yesterday from Au- gustus R. Howard, alse of Norwalk, on the ground of bhabitual intemperance. Mrs. Howard's name was Florence Bromley. An Inheritance Tax of $43,000 for the benefit of the University of Missouri has been levied against the estate of Mrs. Mary Virginia Kingsbury de Giv- erville, former_ countess, who died at St. Louls last March. Plans for an Investigation of the so- called “baseball trust” werem ade yes- terday by Representatlve Gallagher of Tllineis, who will have a hearing with- in a week before the house rules com- mittee on his resolution. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federatlo nof Labor, was op- erated upon at Washington yesterday for a mastold abscess. Surgeons said his physical condition was such as to promise a speedy recovery. Hundreds of Sick Rooms in the hos- pitals of Washington yesterday were brightened with cut flowers and potted plants from the White House con- servatories. Bach gift bears the per- sonal card of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. President Wilson has refused to in- terfere with the death sentence of Na- thaniel Green, a negro, who last Christ- mas night assauited a white woman almost in the shadow of the dome of the capitol. Green will hang Monday, Mrs. Miranda Cooke of Hartford was granted a divorce from Jere Knode Cooke of New York yesterday on. the ground of desertion dating from April 29, 1907, and on the grcund of adultery with Floretta Whaley of Hempstead, L. L Just a Week After the Death of her father, Judge John A. Daniels, aged 83, @ean of the bench and bar of western Wisconsin, Mrs, Lucy Danlels Thomp- son, a suffrage worker of national rep- utation, died Thursday at Washington, D. C 8ix Hundred Strikers who Thursday reported for work at the Ipswich, Mass., hosiery mills failed to report vesterday, as the result, it is said, of the influence of Joseph Schiller, an or- ganizer of the Industrial Workers of the World. The Fight for a Continuance of the commerce court, threatened with ex- tinction on July 1, was renewed yes- terday by Representative Broussard of Loulslana, who introduced a bill to not only continue the court, but to extend its powers. Premier Borden Announced in the house of commons vesterday that the Canadlan government would pay for the three battleships which the British admiralty Thursday decided -to con- struct after the Canadian senate re- jected the Canadian naval aid bill, James McNair, Ticket Agent at the Pittsburg Union station, was shot and killed at noon_vesterday, and his chief clerk, Ralph Paully, was fatally shot by D. E. Sage, a clerk in the ticket office. who is said to have become an~ gered over failure to receive promo- tion. David Dows, a Wealthy Iron manu- facturer. was convicted of assault yes- terday because when Alva Johnston, a New York Times reporter, made a midnight call at his house to get an in- terview, Dows and his butler threw a blanket over the reporter's head and dumped him in the back yard. Sen- tence was suspended. Alexander Scott, Editor of the Week- ly Issue, a Paterson, N. J., paper that has been supporting the cause of the silk mill strikers, was sentenced yes- terday to serve an indeterminate pris- on term of not less than a year nor more than fiftteen years and to pay a fine of $250 for ‘“Inciting_ hostility against the government.” ts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population | Condensed Teiegrams Attempted to Bribe a Juror OFFER OF $200 TO ONE IN THE WOOD CASE NO VERDICT REACHED Jury Was Still Out at Late Hour Last Night and Judge Adjourns Court Until 6 o'Clock This Morning. Boston, June The jury in the dynamite “plantin; conspiracy case which grew out of the Lawrence tex- tile strike was still deliberating at a late hour tonight on the question of the guilt of the three alleged conspir- ators—William M. Wood, president of the American Woolen company; erick E. Atteux, a dye manufacturer, and Dennis J. Collins, a Cambridge cog_fancier. When the jurors took a recess for lunch there was no indication that an early agreement might be expected. They had been closeted, at that time, for five hours, during which they had askea for no instructions. Attempt to Bribe Juror, Just before court opened today, ona of the jurors, Morris Shuman, ' told Judge John C. Crosby that he had been approached last night with an offer of $200 and a life position if he would agree to Vote as directed. The man who approached him would mnot, it is understood, say for whom he was act- ing. From the district attorney’s of- fice it was learned that Shuman thought he could identify the man. The Suffolk county grang jury will com- sider the matter tomorrow. Approached Juror Allowed to Sit. After a conference with Judge Cros- by, District Attorney Joseph C. Pel- letier and counsel for the defense, during which the opening of court was delayed an hour and a half, Shu- man_expressed the opinion that he could reach a decision on the evidence without being influenced by the al- leged offer. Aecordingly he entered the box with his eleven fellows, One Count Eliminated. The charge of Judge Crosby was the only court proceeding in commection with the case today. Judge Crosby in- structed the jurors to return a verdict) of mot_guilty on the sixth count of the indictments against them and to return separate verdicts on each off the other five counts. The counts al- though referring to the “dynamite planting” in general, differ in detail. Court Adjourns at Midnight. 1 At midnight, after the jury had been deliberating nine hours without re- sult, Judge Crosby sent word *hat he would not recelve a verdict wattl six o’clock tomorrow. He directed that should the jury arrive at a wverdict in the meantime, it must be sealed. A TESTIMONIAL TO TWO AMBASSADORS Dinner to George W. Guthrie and Vis- count Chinda at Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, Pa., June 6.—The Japan- ese ambassador to America, Viscount Chinda, and the new American am- bassador to Japan, George W. Guth- rle, of this city, shared the honors of a testimontal dinner to the latter tonight, arranged by ‘friends and neighbors” of the latter. Secretary of State William J. Bryan arrived almost as the festivities ended. Ambassador Guthrie, In expressing his appreciation of the demonstration in his hohor, addressing himself to Viscount Chinda, said: “Your Excellency, what you eee hare will, I have no doubt, convince you that the American people as & whole intend to keep faith and destre to Tive In peace and friendship with the emperor whom Yyou are justly proud to repre- sent and the people to which vou are Jjustly proud to belong, as well as with all the other nations of the world. Wa are a people who keep fatth and we wish to do justtc Secretary Bryan declared that he “was not an advocate of Increasing ambassadors’ salaries, but T am in favor of purchasing homeg for them because it is democratic and because we can fix their standard of Mving and make them like Americans.” Ambassador Guthrie winl safl for Japan from San Francisco on July 1. RETALIATORY DUTY AGAINST CANADA, Senate Committee Considers Plaoing One on Print Paper. ‘Washington, June 6-—For several hours today the senate finance sub- committee, of which Senator Johnsun of Maine is chalrman, discussed the aper schedule of the Underwood tarl® Bib &md 1t is reported tonight that an amendment to put a T tory duty agalnst Canada on print paper valued at not more than two and one-half cents a pound is being seriously com= sidered. * Because the majority sub-committ was inclined to this view, they sum- moned from New York John Norris, cirainnan of the paper committee of the American Newspaper Publishery association, who today refterated op-< position to the imposition of any coun~ tervailing duty. No decision was reached, but i was learned from an authoritative eource that the meatter hangs In the balance, with the leaning toward putting on the countervailing duty. N o STRIPPED OSTRICH PLUMES FROM HATS Stratford Burglars Also Make Gets away with 8375 in Jewelry. Stratford, Conn., June 6.—The resi- dence of Willlam B. Smith on Sheri- dan street, Hollister Heights, was en- tered by burglars this ernoon while the family was absent and jewelry valued at $375 was stolen. e in~ truders also stripped the ostrich plumes from Mrs. Smitl's hats. There are no clues. Supt. Heeter Discharged. Pittsburgh, June 6.-—After many wesks of investigition the board of publlc education tonight discharged S. .. Fleeter, superintendent of public schools, finding him gullty of fmmor- #ty in making improper advances and taking unwarranted liberties with we- men. Steamers Reported by Wireless. Sable Island, N. 8., June : o Cnlotonse, Giasge for Now Teok signalled 700 miles east of Sandy Hook R B S S . w June Cassandra, Gsgow for oig- nalled 70 miles mw., 4