Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 14, 1913, Page 1

VOL. LV.—NO. 142 “CONN., SMBAY JUNE 14, 1913 ENGINEER IS ARRESTED FOR WRECK Warrant Issued Charges Doherty With Manslaughter ---Released Under Bonds of $5000 IS EMPHATIC THAT AIR BRAKES DIDN'T WORK Declares at Inquest That He Did All He Could to Avert Acci- dent—Had Reported at Brakes Were “No Good”—Railroad Officials to Have Brakes Tested by Experts—Fireman Sustains Enginee‘r. Stamford, Conn., June 13—Declaring emphatically that the brakes had failed to respond properly, that he had tried to take precautions and had done all he could to avert the accident, Engineer Charles J. Doherty of New Haven told a dramatic story today at the inquest into the wreck in this city last evening, of the ramming of the first section of the New York express by his engine, of the second section on the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford_railroad, which resulted in six deaths besides injury to many' oth- ers. Made Discovery at Norwalk. He described his trip in detail from Bridgeport down. He first discovered that his air brakes were in trouble at Norwalk and because of that fact had applied them sooner than ordinarily and before seeing the distant signal at Stamford. When he found this was Mot against him, he gave the brakes “more air”' and when that did not work he let ‘her have the whole thing.” That failing to stop the train, he threw on the emergency brake and ap- plied sand to the rails but could not stop it. “That was all 1 could do” he cried and breaking down cqmpletely, sobbed audibly for several minttes. Tried to Reverse Engine. When asked if he had tried to re- verse his engine he replied that he did, but the heavy lever was stiff and because of an injary to his back which he had on Tuesday, he could, mdve the lever only a few notches. o ihought if he could have gotten it over it might have made things better, but did not think it would have averted the collision. In the midst of the examination of witnesses this afternoon, Coronor John 4. Phelan turned suddenly to Attorney Benjamin 1. Spock of the New Haven road, who was seated in the audience, with the question: “Ts it true, Mm Spock, that the wrecked parlor ear, the Bitylark, was burned?” Car Burned by Railroad Officials, Mr. Spock replied that it was true, The car Lad been ordered burned by effictals of the New Haven road. This was the regular procedure, he added. Is it the regular procedure befors #n inquest has been held?” asked tlfe corener. “It 15" replied Mr. Spock, “when the car in question is mot ' directly esponstble in the accident” and it d not been considered that this was. A Regular Procedure. Tn response to further questions by Phe coroner, Mr. Spock explained that the car belonged to the Pullman com- pany, and was a wooden car but it was ®o badly wrecked that when the wreckers came to remove it they had tear the superstructure apart te get it off the ensine and that as it was simply a masg of wreckage the »mpany officials had ordered = it burned up. This was simply follow- 2 the regwisr procedure of all com- panies. It was net mecessary to wait for permission from the Pullman com- pany. The railroad company, of he sal Pense incurred. Fireman Corroborates Engineer. The taking of testimony was then resumed. Among the other witnesses Fireman Barry Smith of ding engine, Thomas Dunn of city, conductor of the sec- . and Willlam A. Wilson of baggage master on the second train. The testimony of Smith was corroporative of that of Doher- 1y as to the airbrakes and the efforts made By the engineer to avold the collision. Conductor Dunn told in brief of the trip from New Haven and *hile he was unwilling to sav definite- Is_whether or not the brakes were working properly, because he had npt sufficient technical knowledge on thAt point, he did say it seemed that they were not responding as they should. Had Reportsd Brakes “No Good. Other points in the testimony of the engineer were that he had been run- ning a freight engine for a vear and two months, had been a_fireman for had te bear the ex- about tem years and had not run a passenger engine regularly until last Tuesday when he took out the engine which was in the wreck. On that day he had reported at the engine house 2 d-a'mfohi that the brakes were “no To Resume Hearing Today. When the hearing adjourned for the day the coromer went to the railroad station to observe how the train | came in todas. The inquest will morrow. an be resumed to- The coroner requested that he witnesses who had been sum- moned for today be on hand tomorrow. He asked Engineer Doherty to be present if he could. Engineer Doherty Arrested. Engineer Doherty was arrested to- night. charged with manslaughter, up- on a warrant issued by Assistant Trosecuting Aftorney F. W. Huxford. Fail was fixed at $5.000, which was | furnisred by John Dillon of New Ha- | ven, his brother-in-law. Mr. Doherty left for his home in New Haven to- | night. At the Stamford hospital tonight it | was reported that all the injured were | resting comfortably. TO TEST THE BRAKES. Reilroad to Appoint a Board of Ex- perts to Try Them. New York, June 12—A statement made by General Manager Bardo of | the New Haven road after the close of the investigation ut Stamford was Eiven out at the general offices of the Towd here. The statement sal “An investigation was conducted by | e today, attended by In- DT = iiteriais con gierce comnniesion and Chief Inspector Filwell of {he Connecticws public utill ies vo This investigation is addition to the investigation now belng conducted by Coroner Phelan of Fairfield county, Every indication at fhis time points ts a complete disre- Stamford Engine House That commission in New Haven on Monday next at a public hearing by Chief In- spector Belknap of the interstate com- merce commission at Bridgeport on Wednesday next. “In the meantime exhaustive tests will be made by a board of experts ap- pointed by the railroad to determine, beyond _doubt, the effiefency of the brakes, which, from the testimony of engineers in charge of the train both before and after he accident were of- ficient in all respects.” O. P. Sauer, assistant superintendent of the Pullman company, said tonight at his offices at the Grand Central that his company had supplied the New Haven road with somthing like 75 steel Pullmans under the contract en- tered into last January. The road, he said, had between 160 and 170 Pull- mans, oll of which t the 75 men- tioned were of the old type and of wooden construction. Steel cars were being supplied to the road as quickly as they could be made, he said. MELLEN BLAMES ENGINEER. Says He Ran by Signals, and There Was No Other Cause. ~ New York, June 1&—Charles S. Mel- len, president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rallroad, issued a statement here this afternoon In which he, said: "No man fn this country feels more keenly sorrow and sympathy for the dead and injured than I do. BEvery precaution had been taken to prevent accidents of this kind and of any other character occurring on the New Eng- land lines which experience could suz- est @nd human ingenuity devisa oherty, the engineer, *un past his signals, and that was the cause of the accident, and no other cause,” LT U B e e announced, that ho had divected the read’s officials to ren- der fullest coa-peration 1o ail au- in the investigi- and adds the wooden ecar wag erushed belonged not to tis New Haven but to the Puliman com- pany. “Half a 6zen monthe ago,” he says, “ilte New ¥ork, New Haven and Hart- ford turned over its slesping and par- lor car equipment to the Puliman company, that company agreeing (g furnish all steel cars to replace the others, and it has been doing so. Tho locomotive was one of the latest and best type of rallway emgine and was new, "It was part of' the $2,000,000 equipment ordered by me several months_ago.” An unsigned statement issuing from the New Haven offices relative to_the investigation being made by the raii- road itself says that the general man- ager caused instructions to be given | Doherty as late as Tuesday last con- cerning the handling of Dig engines, “and warned him as to their ability to run fast, telling him to begin braking a little sooner than he would with one of the ordinary types of emgines.” “THoge who have testified so far be- fore General Manager Bardo,” says an- other statement, “gave it as their opin- fon that the accldent was caused by lack of judgment on the part of the engineer. It was brought out that he was ~oing at the rate of from 15 to 20 miles an hour just befére he hit the train. The distance signal was 2,100 feet away from the home signal and could be seen 1,800 feet away. There- fore the engineer had a total of 3,800 feet in which to stop his engine.” ONE MORE DEATH. Gregory Hume, New York Newspaper Man, Dies of Injuries. Stamford, June 13.—One additional death was added to the list of those who were victims in_the collision of the second section of the Springfleld express with the first section here late yesterday, making the total six. Greg- ory Hume, a New York World man, died this morning. The body of the woman which was not identified last pight is that of Mrs. W, W. Seeley, wife of W. H. Seeley, manhager of the industrial bureau of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad at Boston. Two brothers of Mrs. Seeley reached here early today and complet- ed the identification. Walton Escaped Injury. New York, June 13.—George Walton of 458 Broadway, this city, who was reported injured in the wreck, escaped without hurts, experiencing nothing more_serious than a shake-up, he said tonight. Mr. Walton spent last night in_Stamford, and came to New York today. ONE SECTION ONLY ON ¥ SPRINGFIELD EXPRESS Combination of Thirteens Noticed on Friday, the 13th, 1913, New Haven, June 13.—The Spring- fleld express left this aftprnoon in one section. Railfoad men noticed that the engine was one of the big super: heaters which are numbered in the thirteen hundreds, that there were 13 in the train, and that the de- parture was close to thirteen minutes after four. James J, Healy, curate at St. James’ Roman Catholie chruch in South Man- chester, died at his home here tonight at § o’clock after a three months’ ill- ness of kidney trouble. The funeral will be held Monday morning -at 10 the thood at St. Thomas’ semi- nary, ‘ord, graduating in 1904, and he was sént to St. Bernard's seminary in Rochester, N, by the late Bishop Tlerney, He graduated with the de- rd of <ignals em the part of FEngi- r Doherty riher investigation will he con. by the interstate commerce { ducted gree of Ph. N, Ph, B. Father Healy was ordained"July 31, 1909. by the Rt, Rev, Beaven of Springfield. The past four vears he has been curate at St OBITUARY. New York for Liverpool, signalled 433 miles west at 2 p. m. Due Queens- Rev. James J. Healy. town 530 p. m., Saturday. Meriden, Conn, Jume 13, — Re Brow Head, June 13.—President ?;;;m;utrom 8t. Joseph's church Im|" Gueenstown, June 13. — Arrived, . > ¢, "N York f LAV~ Patker Haly wes horn-in Meridea o i SNy, TRk fon it and graduatgd from St. Rose’s paro-| .New York. June 13.—Arrived hial school 1h 189%, winning the prize | o . m. # S = for best: ucholatship, He studied for|Sicamer Principe dai Plemonte, Paler- " Cabled Paragraphs Portrait Sells for $206,875. London, June 13.—Romney’s portral of Lady Anne de la Pole was pur- chased today for $206,875 by Duveen at Christie’s auction room. British Minister Exonerated. London, June 13.—British cabinet ministers were today absolved by the parliamentary committee of blame in connection with the scandals alleged to have surrounded the contracts be- tween the government and the Marconi Wireless company. ess Failure. Frankfort - on - the - Main, Germany, June 18—The failure on June 11_of the banking firm of Plaut, Hess & C of this city, with liabilities of $237,500 and assets of only $20,000, caused one of the partners to attempt suicide to- day, while another surrendered to the polics New Yorkers Win Coaching Prizes. London, June 13.—Judge Willlam F. Moore of New York today took first prize in the private coach class, and Alfred G. Vancerbilt of New York took first prize in the road coach class in the coaching marathon from Hyde Park corner to Richmond, run in_con- nection witn the Richmond horse show. Police Wound Supposed Assassin. Constantinople June 13.—A minia- ture battle was fought here today be - tween a police detachment and a man named Zia, supposed to be one of the assassins of the late Grand Vizier Mahmoud Schefket Pasha, with the re sult that Zia was mortally wounded and a judge and police officer were wounded. . THREATENED TO KILL HER LITTLE NIECES. Two Children Testify Regarding Hab- its of Their Aunt. Bridgeport, Conn., June 13.—Testi ing that their aunt, Mrs. James F Donahue, had beaten her children and threatened to kill them when thev mentioned their father’s name, Loretta and Margaret Quinn, aged 13 and 13, respectively, were the chief witnesse: at the hearing held before Judge Ed- ward F. Hallen in the probate court yesterday afternoon on the application of Mr. Donahue for the removal of the mother as guardian of the children. Both little girls testified that they had made frequent visits to the home of Mrs. Donahue and that she fre- quently threw the children on the floor and kicked them. They also claimed that Mrs. Donahue had told them vyl- gar stories and drank beer. Alderman John E. Lyddy appearel a sa witness for Mrs. Donahue and de clared that she had the best of repu tation and that he had kmown he: since a little girl The hearing was adjourned next Friday at 2 o'clock. ANOTHER FATALITY IN ROYAL FLYING CORPS. British Naval Lieutenant Killed—An- other Aviator Injured. London, June 13—Lieut. James R, B. Kennedy of the naval wing of the Royal Flying corps was killed,‘and C. Gordon Bell, another aviator, seriously injured in the fall of a monoplane near the Brooklands aerodrome today. Bell was driving the machine and Kennedy was a passenger. The monoplane at a height of about thirty feet was fiying at the rate of eighty miles an hour when Bell essay- ed a turn and banked the machine at too great an angle. The nose of the plane dipped suddenly and a wing struck the ground, causing the ma- hine to turn turtle. Both Kennedy until nd Bell were burled in the wreck- age. This is the second fatality in the Royal Fiving corps in less than a month, Lieut. Desmond L. Arthur of the Fifth battalion of the Royal Mun- ster Fusiliers having been killed near Montrose, Scotland, May 27, while practicing aeroplane reconnoissance. Arthur fell with his machine from a Ttelght of 2,000 feet. FIGHTING CONTINUES IN THE PHILIPPINES. Moros Still Hold One Fort, But It Will Be Attacked Today. Manila, June 14—Fierce fighting continues between the American forces under Brigadier General Persh- ing and the rebellious Moros at Bag- sal. The Moros still hold one fort. Their attempts to rTush the American lines with bolos, which are made with fa- | natical gallantry, are always repulsed | oy 1o Today the Amer- | attack In strength, and heir success seems certain. The latest casualties are one scout killed and one man of the hospital corps wounded. i t BRIDGIE WEBBER STABBED.IN BACK. One of Principal Witnesses at Becker Murder Trial. New York, Juno 14 —Bridgle Web- Dber, one of the principal witnesses in the Rosenthal murder case, was stab- bed in the back on an East Side street early this morning. - Steamers Reported by Wireless. Brow Head, June 13.—Steamer Oce- anic, New York for Plymouth, Cher- bourg and Southampton, signafled 275 miles southwest at 9 a m. Due Plymouth 3 a. m, Saturday. Sable Island, June 13—Steamer Campania, Liverpool for New York, signalled 600 miles east of Sandy Hook at 10.30 a. m. Dock 7 p. m ,. Satur- day. Cape Race, June 13.—Steamer La Lorraine, Havre for New York, sig- nalled 1796 miles east of Sandy Hook at 530 p. m. Dock 11.30 a. m. Monday. Cape Race, N. F., June 13—Steamer Letitia, Glasgow for Montreal, sig- nalled 110 miles east at 7.20 p. m., 12¢h. Fastnet, June 13.—Steamer Caronia, Grant, New York for Hamburg, sig- nalleq 125 miles south at 7.55 p. m. Steamship Arrival Hayre, Jume 13.—Arrived, Sicilfan, Montreal. steamer Chervourg, Juna 13—Arrived, stram- er Potsdam, ‘New York. Country’s Parming Population. Ciasged according to color there nre 5.422,392 white farmers in this coun try and 917,488 others. 4 sadults who form the population of St. | 172 women Germun only; 13,695 men 33,000,000 for the Astor'Baby ESTATE OF COLONEL APPRAISED AT $88,000,000 ~ HIS FIRST WIFE LOSES Not Being His Widow Property Em- braced in Ante-Nuptial Agresment Reverts to Vincent Astor. ki New York, June 18—The estate of Col. John Jacob Astor, who perished in the Titanio disaster, was officlally appraised this afternoon at $88,000,000, of which Vincent Aastor receives 363, 964,490; Mrs. MadeHne Force Astor $7,678,898; Muriel Astor $4,856,755, and John Jacob Astor, son by his second marriage, $2,922,672. First Wife Loses $1,738,000. The estate s declared-to be the Martial Law in Mining District GOVERNOR SAYS IT WAS ABSO- __LUTE NECESSITY. WAS REIGN OF TERROR Twenty-Five or 30 Murders and No He Deolares—Glass- cock Befere Senate Gommittee. Prosecution: Charleston, W. Va., June 13.—After hearing from former Governor Glass- cock his explanation of the conditions under which the Pain Creek and Cabin Creek mining districts were placed un- der the demination of military rule, the senate mine strike investigating committee tonight hurried its hear- ings along with but a single branch of its inquiry to be concluded here. The testimony of Governor Glasscock and the civil officlals of Kanawha OLD GLORY (BY J. A. EDGERTON) From islands asleep in the tropical deep, Past shores where the billows are beating, O’er hill capped with green and fair valleys between, Speed on when the dawn smiles her greeting; O’er broad, fertile plains where the God plenty reigns, O’er mountains snow-crested and hoary Sweep westward, but know that wherever you go The sunrise illumines Old Glory., Thru:Golden Gate flee to the isles of the sea, Its folds still are rippling before you; Wherever you roam that fair emblem of home Lends light to the day that shines o’er you. It gleams on the seas as a promise of peace, ‘But flaps o’er the battlefield gory At Liberty’s call, a protection to all; The sun ever shines on Old Glory. Wherever it waves, there the shackles of slaves Must crumble and vanish forever; The country whose winds kiss its colors it binds With ties that no foe can dissever. its blue and its stars tell of Liberty’s wars, And all men are learning its story; . It floats *round the world like a new hope unfurled The sun-never sets on Old Glory. largest ever appraised in this coun- try. Aside from the announcement of the amounts that revert to the heirs, there are two outstanding features of interest. One is an afdavit of the examiners that the property: embraced in the ante-nuptial agreement for Mrs. Ava Willing Astor. amounting to about $1,738,000, which was to have re- verted to her at the time 6f her hus- band’s death, now terminates and | goes to Vincent Astor, for the reason that the youth’s mother, although once Colonel Astor's wife, was never his widow. Mrs. Ava Willing Astor di- vorced her husband, whose legal wid- ow is Mrs. Madeliné Force Astor. Rebate on Inhefitance Tax. The second feature concerns the in- herftance tax of Colonel Astor. The estate saved a large sum of money by paving $3,150,000 to the state last Oc- tober, within six months of Colonel Astor's death, this payment earning a five per cent, rebate. The sum men- tioned greatly exceeds any amount ever paid to any state as an inherit- ance tax, it is declared. SUNDRY‘:CIV!L BILL IS UP TO PRESIDENT. Discriminates in Favor of Labor and Farmers’ Organizations. Washington, June 13.—Only the ap- proval of the president is now needed | to make a law of the sundry civil ap- propriation bill, with the exemption of labor organizations and farmers’ asso- clations from anti-trust prosecutions with funds provided by the measure. By a vote of 46 to 12 the senate today receded from its opposition to an item in the bill, as it passed the house, re- ducing the number of members of the board of managers of national soldiers’ homes from eleven to five. ~This was the only remaining item of disagree- ment between the two houses. Cosmopolitan Community. Contusion of tongues in St. Gilles, the Industrial suburb of Brusgels, Bel- glum. Here the Flemish, Walloon and German eleménts meet. Statistics pre- pared for the government on the lan- guage question show that of 63,239" Gilles, 10,163 men and 14,213 women speak French only; 2,453 men and 3, 445 women Flemish only; 90 men and and 14,003 women both Fremch and Flemigh, 711 men and 795 women both French and German, 30 men and 38 women both Flemish and Germen, and 959 men and 643 women French, Flem- ish and German. By using finely powdered “Ingred- lents and great pressure cement arti- <lew have been made {o resemble por- cotinty, in power during the strike, conclud the record under the head of the “arrest and conviction of cit- izens contrary to the laws and consti- tution.” To Determine Cause of Strike. Tonight Senator Kenyon's branch of the inquiry, as to general conditions and causes’ leading up to the strike, was all that was left to be done in Charleston. The committee decided to leave the matter of violations of im- migration laws to be taken up in Washington. The big_question as to agreements and combinations “con- trary to the laws of the United States” for the purpose of controlling the production of West Virginia coal, will not be taken up by the committee at this time. It was decided, owing to the fact that officials of the United Mine Workers have been indicted on this charge under the Sherman anti- trust law in the federal courts. Martial Law Absolutely Neocessary. In no uncertaln terms Governor Glasscock and the civil authorities of Kanawha county defended the decla- ration of martial Jaw in the strike zone. Governor Glasscock told the committee that the sheriff and county prosecutor of Kanawha county in- formed him they were unable, through the clvil courts, to control ifie strilke district, and that they urged the dec- laration of martial law. “There was a reign of terror in the strike district,” said the former gov- ernor, “twenty-five or thirty murders had been committed and no prosecu- tions had been held in the courts. I considered that martial law was an absolute mecessity.” Mine Guards a Source of Trouble, The former governor said he had been reluctant to take charge of the situation with the military, but that parties to the industrial controversy had urged him to do so. Senator Bo- rah ascertained that the governor be- lieved that the “mine guards” in the strike district, most of the employes of the Baldwin-Fells detective agency, were the main causes of the trouble and that one of the principal reasons for his declaring martial law in the first instance was his desire to rid the district of mine guards. After the guards had been driven out, he sald, the question of unionizing the field became acute and the trouble again broke out. ‘The governor wag unequivocal in his defense of the actions of the military commission which tried prisoners in the strike zone, First Requisite. Nobody ever taught well who did ot love to teach.—Mumsay's Maga- sine. 's Philosophy. Self conquest 18 the greatest of all victories.—Plato, | | Condensed Teiejrams Frank Halcom Mason, in the consu- lar service since 1850 and consul gen- eral at Paris since 1905, has resigned. Further Repprts of Vagrant lce in the North Atlantic were received at the naval wireless station at Newport, R. I, yesterday. George H. Armstrong of Philadelphia was yesterday elected president of the Travelers' Protective Association of America in national convention. Dr. John Binney, former dean of Berkeley Divinity schcol, died during Thursday night at his home at Mid- dletown, Conn., in his 69th year. The Massachusetts Cotton Mills at Lowell will close from July 3 until July 14, and the Merrimac mills will shut down from July 3 tll July 12. Six Members of the Free Speech league of the Industrial Workers of the World were arrested at Kansas City while attempting to make speeches on the street. Thres of the Me n Arrested at Kansas City for public speaking on the labor lockout now prevailing there were fined $500 each by Judge Burney yesterday Ex-President ' Theodore Roosevelt was the guest of Phillips Andover Academy at the 135th commencement exercises yvesterday, his son, Archi- bald, being one of the graduates. Aggregating more quarter of a million dollars are be- Qqueathed to various activities of the Presbyterian church by the will of J. Milton Colton, a former Philadelphia banker. than a “Probably No Fiercer Battle sinco American occupation,” is the descrip- tion by Brigadier General Pershing of the battle with the Moros at Bagsak, | in his report by cable to the war de- partment. Negroes Flocked to the Astor House vesterday to buy Booker T. Washing- ton's room fittings at public auction. They bid up the prices so high that the white dealers and bargain hunt- ers faded away. __ With the Gigantic Task Ahead of it of appraising the physical property of the raflroads of the United States, the interstate commerce commission yesterday sent out an appeal for ex- pert assistants. John Cunningham, an American, liv- ing in Conception, San Luis Potosi, is reported to have been brutally agsault- ed by Mexican rebels, who took away most of his belongings and destroyed what could not be moved. The History and Delvelopment of Salem, Mass., from the arrival of Roger Conant in 1626 to the present day were depicted in pageant yester- day, with more than 2,000 men, Women and children participating . Women Don't Want the Right to vote, a privilege granied them in I . Cannon, former speaker of the national house of representatives, told a Douglas county audience. George Margaretie, an Austrian, aged 60, a prosperous mine operator of Sayers, Ariz, was shot and killed at New Orleans by a fellow. country- man, Miho Zibilichan oyster merchant. They quarreled about a business trans- aceion. The City of Lawrence, Mass., pur- chased vesterday certain holdings of the Boston and Maine railroad, includ- ing the opera house and 100,000 square feet of land to I~ used as an approach to the proposed central bridge. The price was $265,000. A Sentence of Fourteen Years' im- prisonment was imposed upon Rich- ard Brown, colored, vesterday for at- tempted criminal assault upon Mrs| Lillian Vinal, wife of Prof. William G. Vinal, of the State Nurmal school at Providence, on Feb. 12, 1912, Miss Dorothy Daniels, a frail little woman of 22, was beaten, choked and robbed in New York vesterday after- noon by a man who had followed her to the bank and two-thirds of the way back to her place of emplovment, a candy concern in Varick street. Mrs. Ida May Kellar, who confess- ed at Harrisonville, Mo., that she kiled her husband, Arthur Kellar, and the 7 vear old daughter, Margaret, Tuesday, with an axe, vesterday called Sheriff Prater to her apartment in the county jail and repudiated the confession. Despatching of One, Two and four- room schoolhouses by parcel post is the newest feature adopted by the United , States bureau of education. The schoolhouses are not intended for actual use, but are models on which to erect structures in small communities. Chairman Alexander of the House ship trust investigating committee ve: terday declared thev contained evi- dence that competition between coast- wise lines had practically been elim- inated and that all cstablished lines from American ports were in “agree- ment.” Supreme Court Justice Minturn ves- terday made an order granting to the Paterson silk mill strikers the right, when arrested, of trial a foreign jury. The jurymen will be drawn from Hudson county, .which adjoins Passaic county, i which Paterson is located. / Bennett Simmons, an 18 year old negro, was taken from the county jail at Anadapko, Okla., early yeSferday by a mob of nearly 1,000 persons, hanged to a tree, the clothing saturated with oil and the body riddled with bullets and then burned. Simmons was charg- ed with the murder of Susie Church, 16 years old. President Wilson Has Decided to name as one of the members of the industrial commission to investigate disputes between employers and their employes Mrs. J. Borden Harriman of New York, who conducted the work of the National Woman's Wilson and Marshall Democratic league during the recent campaign. An Interesting Addition was mado yesterday fo the _hisforic chinaware colléction, at the White House, when there was added a cup and saucer and a plate that had formed part of the table service of President William Henry Harrison, the gilt of-3iss Mary Reynolds, a great-granddaughter of Presdent Harrison ® Bomething Just as Good. Peddler—“Can I sell you a watch- dog, mister?” Pedestrian—“Don’t need-one, my friend. I've the wolf at my door.’—Boston Transeript, -— The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in fiopomon to the City’s Population GOING DEEPER INTO LOBBYING PROBE Investigating Committee thority to Broaden S Washington, June 12—Lobbying as a fine art, how it is done and who is responsible, what ends are sought and what results are accomplished, prob- ably will be investigated by the special senate lobby committee before it con- cludes its wark and submits a report to the senate. For nearly two weeks the five senators on the committee have listened to testimony that has dealt almost exclusively with the influence exerted on the tariff bill but it has un- covered enough.trails to lead members to belleve that campaigns of every sort, political, industrial and _economical, have been conducted much along the same lines, through pald agents and efforts to create public sentiment f; orable to concerns concerned. Want to Broaden Its Scope. In executive session tonlght the com- mittee decided to submit to the senate the question of a further broadening of the scope of its inquiry.~ The jn- vestigation has taken so much - time that some senators on the commitieo thought that it might be well to limit its activities to a complete inquiry in- t0 lobbying for and against sugar and, wool but after an hour's session Chair- man Overman was instructed to lay the whole matter before the senate. To Seek Another Extension of Time. It is belleved tonight that the time limit imposed upon the committee bt twenty days would be extended and that the- investigation would go into every possible phase of what the com- mitteg suspects is lobbying. * Any skel- etons that have dangled in the closcts of congress and any soiled linen that may have hung there will be exhibit- ed tothe public eye and legislation to impose drastic restrictions upon lob~ bying and the “acceleration” pf public obinion may result. Chairman ©ver- man said at the conclusion of the exe~ cutive session (hat none could seq how long the inquiry might take if an ex- tenSion of time is grauted and the com- PLATE MATTER CAMPAIGN OF THE PRESiDENT‘ to Ask Senate For Au- cope of Its Inquiries | Representative of Beet Sugar Interests Declares That He and { Representative Undervnod Conducted One Before Balti “more Convention Was Held—Senator Lodge to Go on Stand—State Printing Clerk Also to be Called. mittee takes up the broad question of lobbying. Wilson’s Plate-Matter Campaign. The committé's decision came af the end of a day filled with sensations On two occasions President Wilson fig= ured in the testimony. Senator Galy linger told the committee that in his opinion the president had at least once “came dangerously near lobbying” and Truman G. Palmer, Washington rep- resentative of the United States Beet Sugar jndustry, declared that a “plate= matter” campaign much similar to the one conducted in newspapers by him had accompanied the campaigns of tha president and Representative Under= Wwood before the Baltimore convention, Other Big Interest Doing the Same. Senator Cummins cross-examined Mr. Palmer at length dbout details of his newspaper campaign and develop- ed that to the best knowledde of the witness many of the big interests of the country were engaged in simflar | efforts to mold the opinion of the country. The question os who was responsible for an alleged senate order for the publication as a publc docu= ment of “Data Prepared by Trumam G. Palmer,” on “Sugar at a Glance™ {lost sight of by the committee for sev eral hours, bobbed up before adjourn~ ment. Chairman Overman that the committee intended to Ansell M. Wold, printing clerk of senate. to Speaker Nelson by Mr. Wold, sald, Statements made to him and h showed that only one order h been made by the senate, althongh twg are alleged to have been made. Senator Lodge to Take Stand. . Senator Lodge who secured an orded for the printing of charts made by Mr, Palmer, will take the stand t oex. plain his connection with “Sugar at | Glance” if he desires and Mr. mer, whose testimony was co today, will be held her until this ma | ter 18'cleared up. | LEGISLATIVE MEMBER ACTS LIKE A HOODLUM Knocks Down Fellow Member and Precipitates a Near-Riot. Springfleld, T, June 13.—A riot was narrowly averted In the house of representatives of the Illinois legisla- ture at six o'clock tonight when Rep- resentative Thomas N. rman_of Peoria __ assaulted George H. Wilson of Quincy, the “dry” leader in_the house, and Knoek- ed him down. Speaker McKinley final- Iy succeeded in restoring order and preventeq a free for all fight on the floor_between the friends of Gorman and Wilson, While a member was making a speech, Representative Wilson had gone-to the rear of the hall and was talking to, several democratic “dry: when Representative Gorman in a loud tone called to_him, saying: “Get out of here, you piker! Go back where you belong!” Wilson's reply, which later caused the assault, was not loud enough to be heard, but when Wilson started back to his seat a few moments later he_encountered Gorman. No words were passed, but with one blow to Wilson's jaw Gorman knocked him down. In an instant the house was in an uproar. Half a dozen mem- bers sitting in the rear seats jumped over the ralling and managed to pull Gorman away. Others raised Wilson to_his feet. Members _crowded into the aisles, shouting “Throw him out!” and “Fx- pel that member!” When the speaker was finally able to make his voice heard, he said: “Let us decide tomorrow, or at some other time when we are a little cooler than we are now.” ‘After a short period of quiet, Rep- resentative Gorman started for the rear of the hall, presumably to re- new the attack on Wilson. A friend seized him, but Gorman, a_ poderful man, dragged the friend down the aisle until others went to his aid Gorman’s second ~_demonstration threw the house into arother turmoil, but Gorman soon quieted the session by voluntarily leaving the hall. Mixed Patriotism. Up in the Nineteenth assembiy dis- trict they are telling this story of a fallen political idol. In the rounds of his social activities he attended an afternoon entertainment given by the Outdoor Playground association Among the vocal selections rendered by the children was “My Country, 'T!s of Thee.” At the conclusion of that hymn the politica was called upon for a few rema He address el the audience with emotion “Children,” he said, “it does my cart good to hear yon. Searcely ever ave T heard ‘The Star-Spangled Ban ler' s0 beautifully sung.”—New York fimes. idol Proving an Old Saying. “I'sure belleves dat dere's truth in dat old proverb what says, ‘Heaven helps dose what help demselfs,” an- nounced Wandering Walter, the Weary Wop. “Wot mikes yer tink dat kinder dope?” Inquired Ragweed Reggie, the Roving Reprobate. “Becuz if we hadenter went an’ helped ourselfs to dat cold ham in dat summer kitchen we'd never have seen dem winter clothes hangin’ there!"— Cleveland Plain Dealer. e Uusual s “Sir, I want your daughter’s hand.” “Well, my bey, you c.a probably got it if you feel Around in my pocket.” Germans In Philadelphia are manding thai their languege be taught in the elementary schools of the city, Representative | | connECTICUT SsTUDENTS WIN PRYZES AT YALE Middle Haddam Youth Captures Oné of Most Valuzble Awarded. New Haven, June 13,—The John Ad3 dison Porter prize in American hiss tory, one of the most valuable prizes | at “Yale, has been awarded Warren Hiram Lowenhaupt of Middle Had< dam, Conn. according to an.ans nouncement made today. His subj was “Impeachment in the Nato Government.” The prize consistg the income of $3,000. The John Addison Porter University prize, the income of $500, has beem awardeq Willlam Alexander Robinsom, of New Haven, \ The J. B, Lunger Academical prizg has been awarded Paul Brown Camg of Jamestown, N. Y. The Philo Bennett prize for thd best essay on the principles of fred government goes to Theodore . Caras s0_of Orange, N. J. The Blake Stonc Breaker prize 1§ jawarded Roscoe Henry Sattle of Lis< Dbon, 1 The Andrew D. White hisq tory prize goes this year to Willlang Wyer of Albany, N. Y. NEGRO WHIPPED FOR AN INSULTING REMARK, Other Negroes Take Up His Cause and Riot is Narrowly Averted. Loughman, Fla, June 13.—A clasi between whites and negroes of thi place was™ averted tonight by the timely arrival of Sheriff Logan and an armed posse from Lakeland. A nesr; was whipped here Tuesday for havin; made an insulting remark about & woman. Negro sawmill employes, re< senting this, quit work and mady threatening ~demonstrations. Today armed negroes appeared in town and defied_the local authorities, whereupon Sheriff Logan was appealed to for and responded promptly. A number arrests were made. TOLD BY THE LITERARY MEN Tn the recent sale of the Browning Itetters in London some extraordinary letters were put up. There is one by Ruskin denouncing Shellyey's style— “one might write Shelley by Shrewss bury clock. He then proceeds to give & specimen of how it could be deme; “Tt was o lawny Islet By aenmone and vilet Like mosalc paven. There sat a gentleman—fhushed shy— And a girl with corkscrew ecurl her e On the grass between—was a largd eel ple— And a ham bone— cleanty shaven. And the gentleman asked—in ascenty mild— “Was it quite enough soaked, beforq it was biled? And the lady repled as she pulled & vilet Off the littel lawn islet: “Didn’t T tell you—Jane would spile ne 0la Dr. Samuel Johnson would nof have approved of the celebration of the 100 years’ peace between Britgin and America. For-the doctor, if he dislikeq Scotsmen, hated Americans, “I am willing to love all mankind ex~ cept an American,” he said. And Miss_ Seward, the “Swan of Lichfield," wha was present on the occasion, had the temerity to gay: “Sir, this is an in< slance that we are always most olent against those we have injured. “He was irritated still more by this delicato and keen yeprosch,” writes Hoswell, “and roared out another tre- mendous volley, which one might fan. oy aould be heard across the Atlantie or Tonnyson made & great incomo Yom his poems, When Htrmhan &Co, tenk over the publication of the poems in the '60°s they agreed to pay Tenny= son 325,000 & year fn af beslen aivesdy wusd post all on, mcde:c‘in ner eent, seeond item meant for ench new valome, ~ Far befere his death . Tennyson steady $50,000 Der. mAvER Dublishers S pie $ and 1mn 4