Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 20, 1913, Page 1

anscmhma Norwici is Double That of Any’ BARDO BLAMES THE LABOR UNIONS General Manager of New Il!'avcnrfload Says Itis Impossible to Act on His Own Judgment THE ENGINEERS PROTESTED AGAINST AN ORDER Was Calculated to Make Them Serve Longer Apprenticeship as Firemen, He Says—Yielded to Them For Sake of Harmony—Official of Engineers’ Brotherhood Declares No Attempt Was Made to Force Rules on the Company. s Bridgeport, Conn., June 19.—Just be- fore the joint inquiry before the In- terstate Commerce Commission and the Connecticut Public Utilities com- mission into the fatal express wreck at Stamford came to a close this af- ternoon, General Manager Clinton L. Ilardo of the New Haven road made a siatement, denouncing the methods wd by the railroad men’s organiza- tions. as tending to break down the discipline on the road. He had taken the witness stand to explain the agreement between ‘the road and its employes concerning the promotion of firemen to be englneers. The agreement contains the rules as rs of service, pay, etc. Under greement, “spare engineers shall run first in and out, 80 far as pos- e with the requirements of the ser- e, and, when engineers are assigned o temporary vacancies they shall re- main on the same, provided they are competent, until the re{ulu‘ engineer Engineers Protested Against Order, During the time this rule was in ef- fect, which was for vears, said Mr. # Bardo, the promotion of firemen to the posi n of engineer was comparative- Iy siow: that is to say they served a longer apprenticeship as fireman than they do now. Therefore they were better qualified. When Mr. . Bardo came to the road last February, an or- der had been issued by a former gen- eral manager, to the effect that spare engineers who had had less than two years rating as engineers would not be lowed on through passenger trains,| and that spare engineers with less than one year's expetience would not be allowed to run local passenger trains, This order was sent out and it was by ccre Y ciog Engineers’ Amendment Accepted. A conference was held and after ne- gotiations extending over some weeks, the organization presented an amen ment to the order, reading that no en- gineer who has less than one year's roster rating as an engineer shall be allowed to run through passenger trains. Although not satisfactory, the rule was accepted, said Mr. Bardo, “ag we were just getting our service on' its feet, and 1 thought it was a step in the right direction.” Then Mr. Bardo entered into a long statement of conditions on the New Haven. He said when he came to bo general manager, “the train service was bad, and things generally were out of gear.” Can't Understand Changed Conditions. He, with other company officials, went to the lodge meetings of the men and talked over the situation. At an engineers’ meeting, “we made an effort to find what had crept info our en- gineers, and some of our forces em- ployed on trains” Up unmtil a year and a half ago, he declared, the ser- viee on the New Haven, from the standpoint of safety, compared with any railfoad in the country, and he was at a loss to understand the change in conditions. After explaining that although En- gineer Doherty of the colliding train in the wreck, had been considered com- petent. he now knew that his “judg- ment was bad—unjustifiably bad.? He could not conceive how an engineer could do what he id. Then Mr. Bardo launched out into this statement, delivered with great earnestness: Railroad Manager Should Not Be Coerced. “The general manager of a railroad should have the power to say what is rizht and wrong, and he should have the power to enforce what he says. He cannot have the power if the (railroad) organization is going to point the pistol at him every time he attempts to do something which he knows, from his own best judgment, is the right thing to do. “It_is time that the public under- stands that this question of railroad safety is onein which they are vitally interested, and if they are going to in- fluence: if they are going to swerve: it they are going to have their minds inflamed and distorted by the news- paper articles which have been pub- lished in commectfon with this inv tigation—if they are going to bellev that kind of stuff, then they must ex- pect, if the standard of fitness they have set up, that they are not going to zet what they are paying for.' ° Small Per Cent. Makes All Trouble. “There is a certain percentage of men in_every organization—it may be five and it may be ten—who are going to take ad e of everything of that kind they hear of, and it is that percentage of mien to a very large degree that contribute or create all of the unpleasant and undesirable thinj that e place in connection with the nization and - its per cent .of the men mean to do what is right. the ten per cent. that keep everybody out — — “The criticism which this rafiroad has passeq under in the last year and a balf, is enough to break down the It is will be suspended ten days or ten years, when that giscipline is infiicted, it has got to stick. You cannot ex- peect, if your division superintendents haye not got the power to inflict and enforce discipline, that they are going 1o be able to enforce anything else. “That Has Got to Stop.” “The labor organizations must un- derstand that the time has come when that has got to stop. The man is en- titled to fair treatment and we want him to have fair treatment but he must get it from th+ man he is working for, and when he has got it from him, then he_must stop or we must change our méthod of organization. We cannot g0 on here as we have been going on and maintain discipline. You cannot have an organization on that basis.” Engineers’ Brotherhood Official. ‘When Mr. Bardo had concluded, F. ST BEvans of New Haven, chairman of the committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, was given per- mission to make a statement. He sald: “I would like to explain in regard to the statement made that the engineers’ committee protested against the bulle- tin notice put out by General Manager Pollock last October, making a limit of two years' experience before engi- neers could run express trains. The protest was not made against the two years’ experience, as has been stated, but was made because of the manner in which the notice was posted, which changed the conditions of article 9, of the agreement, without complying with rule 38, which required that 30 days’ notice should be s:\'an by either party if any change in the rules was desired. Experienced Engineers in Many Acci- ~dents. “For years our practice has been to call engineers from the extra list in turn, to cover passenger service, pro- vided they were fled, and as all our engineers are promoted from fire- ‘men had served an apprenticeship of from two to five and six years in enger service, and in most cases ‘express service, they were-well | qualified to enter that service as en- gineers and this understanding is borne out by the fact that no serious accident or mishap has occurred to those promoted men. The accidents that have taken place on the New Haven road at Fairfield, Bridgeport and Westport were cases where engi- neers had years of seniority and could not be charged with inexperience. No Objection Offered to Rule. “On Feb. 8, 1913, the 30 days’ notice was given the engineers’ committee by Mr. Pollock, who then left the service of ‘the New Haven road, Mr. Bardo then coming to the réad as general manager. The award of the arbitra- tion board having been decided, the committes met General Manager Bar- do to amend the schedule, whidk was done by adding a supplement in re- gard to rates and certain conditions, of the award, and at that meeting the bulletin notice was discussed and the proposition made by the manager that a rule be adopted. The present rule of one year's experience was mutually agreed to, the manager stating that this was satisfactory and a move in the right direction. There was no ob- jection nor any antagonism and fthe committee met the request of the man- agement in the same manner that all agreements have been made between the company and its committee of en- gineers. Has Forced No Rules on Road. “The press editorially and otherwise have charged that the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers through their committee have forced the company to adopt rules-and regulation which were detrimental to the safe operation of the road. . That statement is absolutely untrue. Neither the committee nor the organization has forced any rules on the road that would restrict safe op- eration. If an engineer is mot quall- fied, either by inexperience or inefficien- ¢y, 'to perform any. particular service, or has not a thorough knowledge of the conditions he is required to meet, no protest ever has or will be made by the engineers’ dommittee.” = A Finding in Two Weeks. Chairman McChord then announced the joint hearing adjourned. He said he hoped to have the finding ready within two_weeks. Coroner Phelan's inquest, which has been delayed on account of the in- quiry, will be_resumed again tomorrow afterncon at two o'clock at Stam- jZord. Pennsylvania R. R. Expert. Charles W. Martin, air brake in- spector in the Pennsylvania railroad, was called. He was a clean-cut look- ing man of 45 Vears and created a good impression by his frank and busi- neseitke manner. He was questioned by Mr. Belnap. “You were on this train during the experimental tests, Mr. Martin?" asked Mr._Belnap. T, “Tes, sir." answered the witness. “I want to ask you whether, from your inspection of that train and what discipline and the esprit de corps of |you know of it, you would have per- any organization that ever lived. You | cannot expect, if you are going to crit- jcise a railroad as this road Mas been hmmofl‘ulfln.,w a man sees that the man he is working for is be- fng criticised, he has ‘?.t an axe to grind, and necessarlly is on the other side of the fence. Public Must Take a Hand. time comes, if we are proper operation on these lic must take a hand In who are doing the work : and maintenance of are comcerned, musi un- are wotfl:fi‘lvr the pub. ave not working for the are they golng to siny Decause gomebpdy savs you there If we ca: confidence personally the New Haven rail- them, but we bave which“is_polng 5‘" on Lhis ques i St come e man g RsiE R mitted it to leave the Pennsylvania station?” & 7 Not on the Pennsylvania Iimited." “As & matter of fact, would you have permitted it to leave as one of any of your fast through trains?’ “No, I wolid not.” Dohorty Shauld Noet Have Run Traln. My, Martin described the qualifica- tions required of operating th h passenger n _the. Penn- nymu rallrond. M° must_rerve several )au‘n” "u dn&uh m trains an ired 8 clal -n.mlnmn"v‘&- .n{&;:.t . u:;-y. also reguired to run uulrmu rmt %m a: of a road Imn-oz ks on division over which they are to epere te, : = My, Martin was handed Ensineer Doheriy’s iesiimony as ie his servies 5 dymuu?” pRssenger an to ervi which was given him after onty aboul a on !::l"m mé}&’; poryl “it, Mr, Beinap asied YAfter remding the esperienee ma Deobert; 1ad think he sheul have been 4 #’i;uehl:se ef such & imin as No, 53 "No, 1 do mot" replied tho cxpers. Cabled $2,000,000 Fire in Naples. Naples/ Italy, June 19.—Fire today destroyed part of the arsenal here with $2,000,000 loss. There were a number of terrific explosions when the flames communicated with explosives stored in the building. A Cure for Whooping Cough. Paris, June 19.—The possibility of the discovery in the near future of a cure for whooping cough was held out yesterday at the Academy of Sciences by Dr. Emile Roux, director of the Pasteur Institute and a member of the ‘Academy of Medicine. Russians Burn 80 Girls to Death. St. Petersburg, June 19 Bighty women were burned to death today by villagers -enraged at the importation of cheap girl labor to work on a sugar estate in the district of Piriatin in the province of Poltava, southern Russia, according to the Kiey newspaper Kiev Liamin. The excited villagers first securely fastened all the means of exit from a wooden barn in which the girls were housed. They then set fire to the building while the inmates were still asleep, and all were burned to aeath without a chance of escape. HYDE'S RNVICYION 18 gVERRI_DDEN. Supreme Court Orders Indictment Against Him Dismissed. New York, June 19.—The conviction of Charles H. Hyde, former city cham- berlain of bribery, by a jury in the supreme court, was ovérridden by the appellate_division today. In a decision and an order handed down this after- noon by Presiding Justice Ingraham, Hyde's conviction was due to errone- ous rulings by the trial court, and Dis- trict Attorney Whitman was directed to have him discharged from custody and the indictment against him dis- missed. Hyde is out on bail. A Sympathetic Strike. Oincinnati, June 19.--The Enslnesr: and Firemen's union officials decided to- day to call out their men at plants where lce wagon drivers and helpers are on strike for higher wages and shorter hours. of the plants and cause further incon- venience and suffering. “Not while there was another man available.” Was Doherty’s Sixth Train. Attorney Spock, the New Haven at- torney, made a point that the disas- trous trip of the train was the sixth that Doherty had taken, in charge or it In, answer to Mr. Spock’s question, the expert said he had examined the brakes on engine No. 1338 on Tues- day morning last, preparatory to the experimental tests and found them “in first class condition.” E On the subjects of signals, Mr. Mar- tin declared that very often in foggy weather he had known enginemen on the Pennsylvania to lose an_hour in the short run between New York and Philadelphia and have “not a word sald to them.” Cautlon to avoid passing an opposing signal was the only explana tion needed and it was understood. Engineer McConville Testifies. Chester H, Larimer, an air brake expert of the Westinghouse company, ‘was next called. Most of his testimony was a repeti- tion of that given by the experts who preceded him and much of it was of & technical character. He declared that the brakes on en- gine No. 1338 were “perfect.” Charles A. McConville, the New Ha- ven engineer, who occupied Doherty’s place on No. 1338 last Tuesday during the test runs. swore that the brakes on the locomotive were good and that the brakes on the other engines of the same type were very satisfactory. The only trouble he had on the test run of 1338 was with the air pump “governor,” and it had stopped work- ing and had to receive attention, some dirt or foreign substances having got- ten under it, he said. MecConville 50 Pounds Doherty. McConvills swore that he had used the reverse lever on engine 1338 and found no trouble in operating it. Mr. Belnap developed that McCon- ville welghs 208 pounds and is five feet 10 inches in height. He welghs over 50 pounds more than Doherty. Thomas L. Burton, another West- inghouse air brake inspector, corrobo- rated the testimony of the other ex-. perts and explained the use of the governor on the air pump. It is a reg- ulator to keep the pressure at the de- sired normal point, he said. Jobn ¥. Carroll, the road foreman of engines of the New Haven road, who Doherty declared had said to him on the second day before the wreck: “For God's sake, look out; the air brakes on these engines are not work- ing right. Bardo is raising hell and be sure to shut off your brakes in time,” was called to the stand. Bardo Cautioned Road Foreman, He was questioned by General Man. ager ‘Bardo himself and made to r call a conversation with that officer a short time before the talk with Do- herty. “What did I tell you Bardo. “You told me,” replied Carroll, “that we had been having too much froubls and that T must caution all engineers.” “And aid you?” “Yes.' “Did you caution Doherty?” “Yes, 1 did. He told me he had come near running by the signals at Bridgeport, and 1 told him ‘For God's sake, to be careful and put on his brakes in tim Doherty Had Record of 25/ Trips, Q. Did you say anything about the alr brakes working badly in these en ines? A. No. told him Engineer armon had got into troubls and for him to be careful and see that it did not happen to him. ‘The commissioner asked for Doher~ ty's record, which shows that he had made a total of only/ 237 trips on freight and switch engines as an engi~ neer before belng given the imgpertant through sun, i “And the rules your ocompan; make it pessible for such a man te h’a’ vu:’ that position?’ asked Mr, Me~ ord, ‘es, sin” was the wnh mechanical superin. of the New Haven, desaribed Heavier Than asked Mr. jsyer, &dumwfl-‘ tion of th i) 601 61 [ 6 U] ent bl {eain 53, Both #e0tions, ALY OF i eara he said, were built of wood, 7 Many Old Cars en Now Haven R, A, Leeomotive No, 1888, ho said, had been damaged only to the extent of $800 in the wreck The total ipment of the New Haven read, the thess faid, numbered a total of 4,885, but 81 of these were wooden cars, The 81.were all steel, Ne than §6 cars wese sh te be sl in existenee on the line that cemsirucied hetween 1862 and 6, the Centennial year, as followst Ro'in 1868, ene in 1865, three in 1886, ene in /, e86 in 1868, eight in 1869, 1er in 1870, eight in 1871, 18 in 1872, 18 {21810 seven in 1574, 16 n 2675, and 15 This will cripple many *| Philippines and were detained on the Labor Leaders Granted Appeall THE CONTEMPT CASE GOES TO SUPREME COURT. A HEARING IN OCTOBER Sentences Recently Reduced by Court of Appeals—President Gompers Ser- { iously Il for Several Weeks. \ Washington, June 19.—Chief Justice White today granted an appeal to the supreme court for Sampel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, labor leaders convicted of contempt of court in the noted Bucks Stove and Range case. THe appeal will be heard after October. 7 The three officials were held in con- tempt by the supreme court of the District of Columbia for violating an| injunction against boycotting - the Bucks Stove and Range company, Sentences Recently Reduced. Upon complaint by the company the court_sentenced Gompers to a year in jail, Mitchell to nine months and Mor, rison to six months, The supreme court .of the United States set aside all the sentences because the con- tempt proceedings was brought in the name, of the stove company. Theéreupon the district supreme court appointed a committee to bring con- tempt“proceedings in the name of the court. This was done and later the same sentences were imposed as in the first instance. The court of ap- peals of the- district recently reduced these sentences to one month's impris- onment for Gompers and to $500 fines for the other defendants. Writ of Error Granted. For several.weeks applications for a review of the cases had’ been pending in the supreme court, Chief Justice White referred the ap- plication for the granting of a “writ of error’ by which the cases would be reviewed to the entire court. The court adjourned without announcement of final action, but today the chief jus- tice, probably In accordance with di- rections of the full court, granted a writ of error and an appeal in the cases. This technical action was due 1o division of opinion as to whether the contempt cases should be treated as “law cases” and brought up on a “writ of error,” or treated as “equity” cases and brought up on “appeal.” Gompers Seriously Il Mr. Gompers has been very ill for several weeks and is still in a serious condition. WIL.SON MODIFIES THE IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS, Bears on Admission of Hindu and Malay Races. ‘Washington, June 19.—To check fur- ther complication’ of Pacific coast roblems by unrestrained admission of indus and the Malay races of Asia to continental United States- from the American insular possessions, Secre- tary of Labor Wilson, on recommenda- tion of Commissioner General of Im- migration Caminette, today made a far-reaching amendment to the immi- gration regulations. The modification authorizes immi- gration officials at mainland ports to Teject aliens coming from the insular possessions unless it should appear that at the time of entry thereto they Were not members of the excluded classes or likely to become public charges. This action was the outcome of the cases of three Hindus—Schan Sing, Bashan Singh and Sachu Singh—who arrived at San Francisco from the ground that they might become public charges. The circumsfances in this case, however, caused Secretary Wil- son to order the admission of the Hindus today. I. W, W. LEADERS AT IPSWICH RELEASED Evidence Failed to Show Their Con- nection with Woman's Dath. Ipswich, Mass, June 19.—On the ground that the evidence did not show that any one of the rioters at the Ipswich hosiery mills on June 10 kill- ed Miss Nicoletta Paudelopoulou, the three leader® of the Industrial Work- erg of the World who were charged with her murder, were freed today af- ter a hearing before Judge Charles A, Sayward. /The defendants, Nathan Hermann of Boston and Mr. and Mrs. | Carroll L. Pingree of Lowell, were said Dby the police to have been leaders of the crowd of strikers and sympathizers who became engaged in a clash with officers on duty at the mill gates where the woman was shot and killed and many other persons were wounded. A ‘charge of rioting is still pending against the three leaders for which they are held under bonds of §1,200, HARTFORD FACTORY Firs in the Top Storles Causes an Es- timated Damage of $30,000, Hartford, Conn., June 13.—Damage estimated at about $50,000 resulted from fire tonlght in the top stories of three adjoining brick factory buildings | on Market and Temple streets on the east side, Twe of the buildings were five storles high and one seven stories, Although the fire was confined to the upper floors, the lower floors were flooded, eausing considerable less by water, The chief sufferers are the Borroughs Shirtwaist company, wheso loss is piaced at abeut 819,000, The cause of the fire i not known, The buildings are ewned by the Industrial Realty and Guaranty company, OBITUARY, Abraham L. English, i Philadelphia, Jume 18—Abrenam T, English, a.w;am;r divecter of the des partment ef publie safety ef this eity, died in a hospital here teday frem N Cinetan o & ashtlug suth T, 5} a vaehting entiyiv Siast, ang was Well known 15 boatng circies of the east, Lemenade at Ghursh Services, Middletown, jFune 19.—Hoping to maintain the ‘atfendance of his church members during the summer manths at the mid-week each, the new pas- tor nf the Mirst Methedist church has anneunced that leman: will here- atlor be weeved arier fhe sorvices in he ohusch as long 45 the Warm weath- er lasts, The new seheme was given o fret (vt lpst BEm, and fioey n giendsnce PromoURced it & pleass 1ng inaevatien, : The Democrats SUGAR MAN PROVIDED IT IN THE CAMPAIGN, AIDED ON TEXT BOOK Sales Agent of Federal Sugar Refining Company Played Important Part in Wilson Campaign, He Says. Washington, June 19.—The senate oommittee in pursuit of “the lobby” turned over a new leaf in the story off sugar today, and heard the details of a nation-wide and long-continued car- paign the advocates Jf free sugar made to remove the duty on that article. Frank C. Lowry, sales agent of the Fed- eral Sugar Refining company, secre- tary and organizer of the “committee of wholesgle grocers,” wrote the free sugar chapter for the committee, while Senator Cummins acted as guide through the smoke of ‘battle of argu- ments, and Senators Nelson and Walsh lent assistance when the issues seem ed to becore obscured. ~ Adjourned Subject to Call of Chair. Tonight the committee adjourned subject_to the call. of the chair. The thiree democratic members will be re- quired to attend the democratic caucus on the tariff bill, which begins tomor- row, and Chairman Overman did not know when the hearings would be re- sumed. Robert S. Lovett, chairman of the Union Pacific board of directors, had not been summoned to appear to- night, and his subpoena may not be served until the inquiry is token up again. Lowry’s examination featured the closing session of the committee. He told of his attempts to accentuate pub- lic opinion and persuade congressmen and senaitors, and spokc frankly of his eqorts in the national campaign of last fall. He said he furnished most of the sugar_information which appeared in the democratic campaign text book; that he prepared deta on free sugar for a democratic campaign document which the present = secretary of the nayy, Mr. Daniels, said would get cir- culation of a million in pamphlet form, and that he had wired urging every member of the resolution commitee at the Baltimore convention to vote for a free sugar plank in the platform. On Stand Four Hours. The witness was on the stand for four hours, and when h left he prom- ised to produce any correspondence in his flles relative to the orgamization of the srocers’ committee or his free sugar campaign. Many of the circulars sent out by him on the letter head of that erganization’were read into the record by Senator Cummins. Fought for Federal Company: Lawry testified that he conducted his fight solely for the Federal company, and that other refiners had not figured in it. He thought the expenses had amounted to about $25,000 in four vears, exclusive of his salary and com- mission as sales agent, amounting to about $68,000 in that period. He got nothing for his tarift work, he said. MAN EMULATES FEAT OF MISS DAVISON. Throws Himself in Front off August Beimont’s Colt. Ascot, England, June 19.—The race for the Ascot gold cup, one of the most coveted prizes of the English turf, was marred today by an incident similar te that which brought the king’s horse down In the Derby when Emily Wild- ing Pavison sought and found death in the cause of the militant suffragettes. In this case it was a man,- Harold Hewett, who emulated Miss Davison's feat. According to the Ascot police Hewitt was not connected with the suffffrag- ists, and was of unsound mind, of a type pecullarly liable to be carried away by the initiative impulse. He re- celved the same penalty for his temer- ity as did Miss Davison—a fracture at the base of the skull. At a late hour tonight Hewitt was lving unconscious at a hospital, after undergoing an operation in the forlorn hope that his life may be saved. King George and Queen Mary, ex- King Manuel of Portugal, the crown prince and princess of Sweden, the duke of Connaught, governor general of Canada, and Princess Patricla and a number of lesser rovalties were tohing the race from the roval siand. Coming down the straight, Au- gust Belmont’s famous celt Tracery, a son of Rock Sand, shot into the lead. Fle was goine like a well ofled plece of machinery and soon had the nearest horse several lengths behind. Seem? ingly Tracery was assured of an easy victory. Suddenly a man jumped from the rails, waving a red flag with one hand and with the other pointing a revolver at Jockey Whaley, who had tho mount on Tracery. He shouted: “Pull up! Pull up! or TI'll shoot you!” Whaley dld his best to devert the horse's course, but falled. Tracery striking the man full in the ohest with his shoulder, sent him flying several yards and came down on his nose, Whaley shot clear of the saddle, but, being an adept at tackling a toss, fell on his back and Tolled to safety under the ralls, * In the meantime the other horses came thunderinz en, ono of them giv- ing the author of ail the trouble, who lay sprawling, a terrific kick on the head in passing, Save fer some brulses, Whaley was uninjured, and when the king sent for him he walked stiffly to the royal box to receive eangratulations on his es- cape, “Flowitt 1s about 50 venrs of age, Ae: eonding to the pelice ho i & eultured man, having beed educated at Harrow and Cambridge, and is possessed of independent means, He had, hewever, shewn evidenees of relisious mania. A bible was found on him, the fiyleaves of which were full of auofations, stnd alse @ diary, in whieh the last eatr was made a few heurs before his mad aet. It was: “Oh, {he weariness of these raees, #If 1 fail in my intention to step the geold cup-I hepe I shall net hurt any of these jeckevs, These races bring eut all u?g! is werst in humanity’ In anather entry he ryefers to his ine tention 'te givemy bedy as g protest against seeietyl convenden” Te benor Neted Preacher, Litehfield, €enn, June 19.—The ecen« ten; of the birth of Rev, Henry Ward Beeeher is te be eelehrated in {his town, bis bivthplace, Saturday, The celelfation is under ihe auspices of the Litehfield Historical society and will be held at the Litehfield elub, A, jarge number of guests frem New York and other places are expeeted 19 be preseab “Uncle Ike” Stephenson, United @8 senator from Wisconsin, cele- brated his 84th birthday. X Eleazer Fisher, the Oldest Citizen in Illinois, died at his h b R e uie Bome in Sandwich, Carl Rogers, Nine Years Old, was killed by an automobile on the street at New Haven yesterday. A Class of 93 Young Ladies were vesterday " gradunted from the New Britain State Normal school, Captain Amundsen, the Arctic ex- plorer, will take 4,500 cans of soup with him on his next expedition. The 400th Anniversary of the discov- ery of the Pacific ocean will be cele- brated in San Francisco Oct. 22 to 25. Providence Coal Dealers complain that the operators are holding back coal for better Prices later in the sea- son, The Spanish Government Claims that the picture Dwarfs Playing, of- fered for sale at an auction in Paris, Was stolen from the Prado museum in Madrid in 1369. A Class of 38, the Largest in the history of the institution. was Erad. uated at Holy Cross college yesterday. The degree of bachelor of ‘arts was awarded to all the seniors, Governor Blease Intends to Keep newspapermen from buying drinks from “blind tigers” when the South Carolina State Press association holds it meeting at the Isle of Palms June A Representative of the Connectiout textile ‘industries denies that the placing of the hair of the angora goat on the free list vas “in_conformance with the contentions of the manufac- turers in Connecticut and elsewhere.” Thaddeus A. Thompson, newly ap- pointed ministed to Colombia, and James T. Dubois, former minister, call- ed yesterday on President Wilson, discussing briefly the claims of the Co- lombian government growing out of the separation of Panama. A Tornado Swept Over Florida Wed- nesday evening, unroofing the state capitol and many stores, tearing trees out by the roots and twisting telegraph, telephone and electric light poles off at the base and cutting off communi- gation with the outside world for ours B. L. Winchell and Thomas H. Wesk,. receivers of the St Louis and San Francisco railroad, ‘returned to St. Louis vesterday after a stey of two days in New York, during which they conferred with representatives of Spever & company, Prince Poniatowski of Paris and B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the road. THE PRESIDENT GHTH SUSPEND TARIFF RATES Proposed Amendment to Underwood Bill Increases His Power. Washington, June 19.—An amend- ment to the Underwood tariff bill adopted by the majority members of the semate finance committes would give the president of the United States authority to suspend certain rates in the proposed law and to proclaim spe- clal rates against nations which di | oriminate against products of fhe Uniteq States. The amendment is appended to the clause giving the president authority to megotiate reciprocity agreements Wwith other nations, and in some re- spects resembles the maximum and minimum clause of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law eliminated In the house bill. In substance the amendment would provide that when any nation discrim- inates against the- products of the United States or imposes restrictions upon United States exports, or does not, In the opinion of the president, reciprocate In trade relations, the pres- ident may by proclamation suspend certaln rates and put in effect other rates. Only specified articles it s under- stood are to be included under the terms of this amendment and the re- tallatory ‘rates are specified also. Among the articles included in the list upon which the president might suspend rates are fish, wheat, wheat flour, coffee, tea,” earthenware, wines and ‘'malt llquors, silk dress goods, leather gloves, jewelry, sugars and mo- lasses. The duties prescribed vary as to the different artieles. The amendment. of courss, s sub- ject to ratifieation of the democratic senatorlal cauous which will begin work on the bill tomorrow., CHOKED TO DEATH IN MOTHER'S ARMS Baby Sucked Nipple from Nursing Bottle Inte Its Throat, Providence, June 15.—A 3-months- old child as choked to death vester- day afterneen when the nipple from a nursing bottle came off and lodged’ in the ehild's threat, Mrs. Bdwin Thomp- son of 92 Turner street prepared a bottle of mill for her infant daush- ter, Florence B. Thompsen. The moth- er had left the ehild for a moment and | gone to anether room when she heard | nelse as if the child was cheking, | She hurried back, but the child had sucked the nipple off the nursing bottle | and it had lodged so far down in the { threat that the frantic mether was un- | 2ble to dislodge it and the child was | | Strangled to death in her mother's ! arms. Dr. J. T. Monahan was hastily sum- { mened. but the cHild had expired be- fore his arrival. The police of the | Sixth station were notified and a med- | ical examiner was ecalled and pro- | nounceq death due to accidental ehok- | ing, The parents were overcome with grief over the sad occurrence. Mere’s An Empty Jail. Newten, N, J., June 19,—The eeunty jail here is empty, The last two pris- bners_were discharged today, having served their terms, This is the first time the jail has been able to thraw epen all the doers and windows in 50 years, % Steamers Reported by Wireless, Sable Isiand, June _ 19.—Steamer Roen, Bremen for New Yark, signalled 560 miles east of Sandy Heok at 11.15 a, m. Deck neen Sgturday, Steamer Celtic, 1. 1 far New Forlg signalied 848 miles east of San- % ok at neen, Deek § a. wm. Sat- urday, " New York, June 19.—Steamer-Sire- To Nevada Bremen for New Y¥ork signalled 366 miles east of Sandy Hoolk at noon, ' Dock 6 p. m. Friday, Bteamship Arrivals, New London, Conn,, June 19.—With the Harvard clan as confident as its Crimgon banners are defiant and the Yale adherents as dubious as ' the weather forecast, the night before the annual regatta lacked many of the features which have heretofore made these gatherings famous. Although the hotels were taxed to capacity, the driz- zle which turned to a heavy rain early in the evening took the edge off the gaicty and left the crowds cramped and restless. Harvard Men Claiming Clean Sweep. After the showing made by the sub- stitute fours in the informal prelim- inary races this” afternoon, Harvard enthusiasts were claiming another cléan sweep of the Thames tomorrow and the Yale undergraduates and alumni were wondering if such was to be the case. Certainly the work of the Eli substitutes bore mno encour- agement for the Blue cohorts and any tendency to back the New Haven crews was checked with complete thorough- ness. Little Yale Money in Sight. It was conceded that the Yale stroke situation was at best an experiment and to wager under such conditions unwarranted. The Yale squad pooled $500 against a like sum from Red Top but in the usual b ng quarters there was hardly a d of Yale backing he found and Harvard’s following ave up the attempt early in the eve- ning, As the rain dripped steadily the students and alumni gathered in lit- tle groups and discussed strok and the chances of each crew in the three races. 4 Yale Calculations Upset. Tt was generally ated Yale ad- herents that the eleventh hour shift of Denegre for Gore at how in the Yale varsity elght had entirelv upset pre- vious ealculations. Denegre, a heavier ang less experienced oarsman than his predecessor, It was predicted, might be expected to upset the delicate balanc- ing of the shell under the Fnglish system of seating. What the crew would do with the new stroke under stress of a race was also a much dis- cussed ‘point and when at midnight the conferees began to retire to quar- Confidence of the Blue Supporters Greatly Shaken by Eleventh Hour Shift at Bow THE CRIMSON WINS THE TOSS IN EACH EVENT Selects West Side of River For All Three Races—Harvard Easily Wins the Freshman and Varsity Fours—Yale Fours at no Time Appeared Like Winners—Yale’s New Stroke a Matter Which Causes Much Speculation, ters the question was far from an- swered. Harvard Wins Toss in Each Event. Harvard’s sons were on the other- hand confident that the Wray strokes, coupled with the lucky fortune that had followed the Crimsen during the past 24 hours would continue to the end. , And there was reason for the sare for early in the afternoon when the crews tossed for positions Harvard won first choice in each event and se- lected the west course for all three races. Victory for Two Harvard Fours, To complete the day the Harvard freshman four and the second varsity four each succeeded in defeating its Yale rival i fact the impressive fashion. In ing of the Eli substitute crews was a most disappointing exhi- bition regardless of time or the dis- tance of defeat. At no time did the Yale fours appear like winners and were apparen and enduras lacking in both form Won Mile Race by Three Lengths. The Harvard freshman four won the first mile race by 3 lengths, easing up in five minutes ahd 30 seconds, while the Blue crew finished 12 seconds later in a badly shaken condition. When the varsity seconds met the result was an even more impressive Harvard ‘vic- tory. very start the Crimson f for the full mile, lengths the lead, at the led easily winning by fiva in five minutes, 27 seconds, Jumping into while Yale’s four crossed the lime im 5 minutes and 47 seconds. Time of Varsity Race. Tithe of varsity four oared race: Harvard—One-half mile, 2 minutesy 41_seconds. Harvard—One mile, 5 minutes, 2§ seconds. z Yale—One-half mile, 2 minutes, 56 seconds. onds, 45 Yalo—One mile, 5 minute, 47 seok 2 E A Froshman Foun, Harvard—One-half mtle, I minutesy seconds. ne mile,. & minntes, 36 seconds. Yale—One-haif mile, 3 minutes, 56 seconds. Yale—One mile, 5 minutes, 42 seox onds. WEBB LAW IS NOT A CRIMINAL STATUTE. Prohibits Liquor Shipments, But Pro- vides No Penalty. Washington, June 19.—The Webb law forbldding interstate shipments of | liquor into “dry” states is not a crim- inal statute and violations of it can- not be prosecuted in United States circuit courts. Attorney General Me- Reynolds so declared in Instructions sent today to every United States at- torney in the country. The law merely prohibits such Interstate traffic and eontains nq penalty for Inffactions “Its purpose,” said the attorney gen= eral, “Is to permit state laws to ofer~ ate in respect of intoxicating liquers moving in Interstate commerce.” The law shmply deprives shippers of any privileges thev might claim on the ground of Interstate commerce and perhits the application of state prohi. bition laws to interstate commeree in Nquars. This s the first time the department of justice has construed the Webb law, which was declared unconstitutional by former President Taft and former Attarney General Wickersham, Presi. dent Taft vetoed the bill on the sround that it violated the interstate commerce elause of the constitution by delegating the regulation of Interstate commgree to the states. The bill was passed over his veto. CONTEST OVER ORGANS OF DEAD MANUFACTURER, Accident Insurance Company Wants Tham for Examination, Baltimere, June 19.—Another step was tuken here toduy In the legal bat tle for the possession of the vital ors gans of the late Edward O. Painter, the Jacksanville, Fla., Sertilizer manu~ facturer, whe lost his ide in the St John's river some weeks ugo, Attor- Deys for the United States Fidelty and Guaranty company, which issued an accident policy to Painter, applied in court fer a receiver for the organs, | which had been sent te Baltimere for a ehemical examination, The ceurt was asked to authorize the receiver te make an independent examimation of the ergans. . Judge Dulty gave the defendant heirs until next Wednesday to show cause Why @ receiver sheuld not be appeint- ed, The Guaranty company alleges that a_ poertion of the viscera already has bean turned over to the Painter Interests. SEDGWICK MONUMENT IS UNVEILED AT"GETTYSBURG. Former Governor Weeks Aceepts It in Behalf of the State. Gettysburg, Pa., June 19.—The mon- ument to the memery of General John Sedgwick, and erected by Cennesticut, was unveiled on the battiefield today, former Governor Weeks, in absence of Governar Baldwin, accepting the me- morial from General Oharies H. Pine, chairman of the eommission. The menument was then formaily turn over to the government and aecep by the assistant secretary of war, The gration was deliyered by’ Dr Rockwell H. Potter of the large bronze equestrian statue wag unvelled by Dr. James . Sedgwick, & cousin of General Sedgwick, , Jume 19— Fallowing the report of the = banking and currency committee of the Natioaal Credit Men's At Capenkagen: June 17, Hellig @ilay, fram New York, At Havre: -June 19, La Provence, from New Yerk, At London; Jume 1§, lemian, from Aentiel asseciation, in annual conventipn here today, 3 resolution calling upen Presi- avtford and L dent Weilson and legislative leaders now in Washington to press banking and currency legislation at the press eul gession of congress was adopied, WOMEN SENT HOME TO CHANGE DRESS Threatened with Arrest at Rochester sorry, madam, but I am compelled un~ der the recent orimance enacted as & result of recommendations of the mer« —Slit Skirt Barred. Rochester, Pa. June 19.—*T-am very als efficlency commnittee of the cown- oll, to place you under arrest unless ' you will agree to return to yeur and change your made of “Sir, what have I done? " wrong with my costume?™ “You are not properly dressed.” 'y This conversation toak place times yesterday hetween fair Mm trians and policemen, On several oo+ casions the women grew deflant, but finally were persuaded to obey the law, The Morals Efficiency committee was authorized ‘at a meeting of counell Tuesday nisht to act in conjumcthen with Burgess Crago in determi ‘what constitutes a modestly Q\m woman, form-draping skirts, gauze hose Espectally were stashed 8 Deek-a-boo waists condemned, { The committee, through the expeoted to issue a proclamatieny defining the limitations to the length of or skirts, thickness of cloth and - Dumber. o wear At ane. time. Hass fery, watsts and other female will also be classi under the of “permisaihle” or “undesivahle EXEMPTION CHANGES ‘Washingtan, June 1 IN THE INCOME TAX, Senate Committes Prapases to Tax Both Husband and Wife, / At the nigh¥ session the senate inanse eammittes getermined to change the basio exemp< tion n ever, would apply enly to amen. A waditionat Hrovision givo to the married man with pendent wife or the marrted with a dependent husband $1,000" exemption, or a total af $4,000, ther exemption 1y provided family at the rate af 3600 fer minar child, but in po case would a would make the exemption far tanvity wid 060, ~The men and the woman of the-fam] unit in fixing the ¢ " the Meome tax from mse hill, to $8,000, !\u& The [#4 L for 2he to more than two childven, 'Thi twe or mare ahildren- erwood bill treated a8 ion of 34, LAl but the senate eammittes has anether nm&ma:? ‘which taxable - e inceme of beth and wife, it each had 3 incomes, ' The momm'umn Blete » the in tax gchedul ly Will‘i:m:e\tul.l days % out the vauous features to comply ; the changes, o e b) Destructive Toknado In Kentucky, ' ] Richmend, Ky, June 19.—One ldnad».nmnf'fl-fll'yfiylflad.l number ! to lmmw starm. that over county last nigh early this ns':cut. i o Wmmmn of livesteck “to bufldings ) result Baldwin ‘Appeints Disector Fazma ai of Cann., June 18,—H moumey of the Eajs kas been appeinted hy Go win a member af the was al ner, Floremee, It At Treasure Brings June fan gavernmen the Maztelli ene of the lerence, the fi T Chug B, Joh