Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 27, 1913, Page 1

153 The Bulltin's Girculation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Girculation is the Largest in Gonnecticut AN, FRIDAY, 1913 ’ropo CONGRESS HAS TELEPHONE MYSTERY Somebody Has Been Using it to Create Impreéssion That Certain Members Could be Influenced CONGRESSMAN PALMER TELLS OF EXPERIENCE LawyerLedyard Called Up by Man Purporting to be Palmer and Told That He Might be of Service to Interests Repre- sented by Lawyer—Ledyard Arranges For Personal In- terview and Meets Lawyer Lauterbach, Says Palmer. Washington, June 26.—The story of an effort to sell a gold brick to Wall t and how it was foiled was told in part to the senate “lobby” inves- committee tonight at one of most sensational producing ses- sions it has held in its stormy career, Jt was a tale of how influence was 1o be exerted in the seats of the mighty in Washington to prevent unfavorable nvestigations into the doings of the Street, of how law suits that the finan- interests in New York wouldn't were to be prevented and of how gold brick seller was generally to stect the interest of the clients he like 1k P Sought in the political game in the capital. ¥ Identity of Gold Brick Artist Not Dis- closed. Representative A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania, one of the prominent democrats in the house, mentioned for secretary of war in the pre-inaugura- tion davs and a close friend of the president, told the story, and Edward Lauterbach, a New York lawyer and Representative Daniel J. Riordan of New York gave the committee some light on its details. o Mr. Palmer, Lewis Cass Ledyard, another New York lawyer, Wwas the man who was largely instru- mental in foiling the plot. The man who proposed to do all these things in Washington was not given to the committee although Mr. Palmer ac- owledged that he had Stron& sus- ns of his identity. Paimer. Startles Committee. Representative A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania startled the senate lobby Investigating eommittee tonight by testifying that efforts had _been made by some person. whose name he did not give. to create the impression igh financial circles in New York he. Speaker Clark, Majority Lead- er Underwood and other prominent democrats could be influenced in legis- lative matters in a way that would pleas: these interests. Mysterious Telephone Calls. Mr. Palmer swore that Lewis Cass Jedyard, a New York attorney, had told him of repeated telephone conver- sations with a man purporting to be Representative Palmer of Penusylva- a,” who said that he possessed the confidence of the leading demccratic legislators. After many telephone calls, . Palmer said, Ledyard met Edward Lanterbach, another New York aitor- mey, who was supposed to Tepresent e mysterious user of the telephone. Lauterbach, he said, spoke of this per- son’s influence with high officlals in Washington and named several. Lauterbach Makes Denials. Mr. Lauterbach later took the stand and made a statement denying that he had ever claimed to have influence with congressmen. T dom’t know people in Washing- ton.” he said. ‘1 don't know any of the people in- wvestigating things this year. _auterbach explained his conversa- tion with Mr. Ledyard by saying that he had talkefl with him about the al- Jeged interest of Congressman Riordan $n his employment by the Union Pa- cific railroad. Representative Palmer stand at his own request. Paimer’s Testimony. “In view of the turn which your In- vestigation has taken by reason of Judge Lovett's testimony,” he said, “I feit it my duty to acquaint you with an experience of my own of that kind, #0 that you might have the benefit if Jou cared to pursue this branch of the investigation deeply. Early in February last, While T was &t my home in Pennsylvania, 1 was called to the telephone to answer what my clerk said was a eall from New York. _A voice at the other end of the wire said “This is Mr. Ledyard’ 1 said “Who? “He sald ‘Mr. Lefyard’ “1 toid him ‘Spell i’ “He spefled his name and said he was Lewds Cass Ledyard, and added: ~ou ought to know, for you have been talking with me over the telephone,” Said It Was Mr, Ledyard, 1 sald: 'You are very much mis- -fi Mr, Ledyard, 1 have never seen ®ou, ¥ have never spoken to vou, di- rectly or over the telephone, or had any communieaiion with vou, You will have to explain yourself a little further.’ Palmer’s Name Used. “He then went on to say that if that was true there was a very strange and remarkable conspiracy afoot in which my name had been used, and he then went on to tell me what was to me & very amazing story. “He said that he had been called on the telephone a short time before that by a gentleman who after some hesi- tation” about giving his name, saying that he was a represeniative in con- gress, Anally said he was Representa- tive Palmer of Pennsylvania, and this person told Mr. Ledyard that he was in a position by reason of his member- ship In the house and his relation with prominent members of the house to be of service io interests which Mr. Led- yard represented, even going so far as %o say, as 1 recall it, that he thought the money trust investieation report could be controiled, that various in- vestigations then proceeding, both in congress and in the courts, affecting large financial Interests in New York city, could be satisfactorily adjusted and’ promising most amazing resuits of his efforts here in Washington, Other Telophone Conversations. “Br, Ledvard detalled that conver- satien to me and during the next two or, three days he had perhaps a half Gozen other telepbone conversations with, the same person, in which this person went Into even greater detail sbout hew and why he was in a posi- tion to grant Jegisintivo favors, ‘After each of these telephone con- versations that Mr, Ledyard had with this party ever the wire in New York, 3ir. Ledyard called me on the telephone and repeated them to me, for the doubie purpose of having evidence a: hard that it was an Impersonation, that | was actually at that time many away from New York, and aiso S i T Wi the Brocoeding, took the thinking that perhaps as a member of the house I ought to know about it. Evaded Personal Interview. ‘Mr. Ledyard endeavored to get a personal interview with the man. He Tought shy of that, saying, as I recol- lect it, that no good purpose could be accomplished from a personal inter- view with him, but promised to see him later and even went so far as to declare that in the next day or so he ‘was obliged to be in Bethlehem, which is my_district, so that he could not meet Mr. Ledyard at an hour which Mr. Ledyard suggested for a confer- ence. “Mr. Ledyard, through the telephone company and I think through various other agencies, made a very earnest effort to locate the person who talked with him over the telephone. The ‘best he could do was to trace the tel- ephone calls and he traced them to a place which satisfied him as to who the party was. Should Call Ledyard. “If the committee wants to go into it further it seems to me Mr. Led- yard should be called and I will leave it for him to say what he found out as_to who this party was. “This person who declared that he was Representative Palmer when Mr. Ledyarq was unable to secure a per- sonal interview with him, declared that he would name a person in whom Mr. Ledyard would have confidence and to whom he could talk freely and who ‘would be able to produce evidence that he and this alleged Representative Palmer would be able to do what they said. Lawyer Lauterbach Appeared. Those statements finally led to Mr. Ledyard’s making an appointment to meet the gentleman whom this person named and at the hour of the ap- Ppointment there appeared at Mr. Led- yard's house, Mr. Edward Lauter- bach, a member of the bar of New York city, as 1 understood, “Mr. Ledyard and Mr. Lauterbach had a long convernation about this matter, Mr. Lauterbach taking it up apparently from the thread which had been laid down By the pseudo Palmer over the telephone. Mr. Lauterbach declared that he spoke for several im- portant gentlemen in the house of rep- resentatives who were able to do the things which the person who had been telephoning to Mr. Ledyard said could be done: and when doubt was express- ed by Mr. Ledyard as to the truth of such allegations, Mr, Lauterbach, as 1 recall it ,urged Mr. Ledyerd to come to Washington or to meet elsewhere in person certain gentlemen high in the organization, even going so far as mentioning the name of the Speaker and the floor leader and 1 think one or two other important members of the house. Let the Mattor Drop. “After this had been told to me I tolg Mr. Ledyard I did not see that I had any interest at all in the mat- ter. It was an amazing proposition to me. I had never seen or heard of Mr. Lauterbach except in the most general way. I never had any par- ticular interest in any of these mat- ters which it was said could be af- fected or controlled and therefore I said that I would prefer to have noth- ing further to do with the matter and it was dropped.” Riordan Demies Talking to Lovett. Representative Danfel J. Riordan of New York took the stand and testified that he knew notbing of the charge made by Judge Robert Scott Lovett hat a man purperting to be the con- gressman had urged over the tele- Dhone the retemtion of Mr. Lauter- bach as counsel, “1 never saw Judge Lovett in my lite; 1 never spoke to him fo my life” sald Riordan, “I wouldn’t know him if he came fn this room tonight. In this connection Mr, Lauterbach’s nams was mentioned. I have known him but 1 never mentioned his name in any connection, 1 can't find out where this telephone was sent from, whether Washington or some place olss, 1 never used the long distance telephone but twice in my fife, Criticises Lovett. “1 don't know whether Mr, Lovett's office is in New York, 1 don't knew where Mr, Lauterbach’s effies is, I think this call 6 be traced and 1 think it could be easily traeed, It seems strange Mr, Lovett has not made sny effort 1o trace, I'm always ncosssible in New York; 1 neyer hide away, I'm always is find,” Riordan said he ] . that it was strange that Lovet; allowed sueh a statement as the mysterious telephone cailer made, Senater Sematsr Reed remarked that a man wes “indisereet” who got such a telephone eall drawing in the pame of a publie man, dsbve out an interview to the press and did not iry to verify the personaiity of his caller, STATIONARY ENGNEERS IN ANNUAL CONVENTION. State Association Welcomed to Meri- den by Mayor Donovan. Meriden, June 26.—The 18th annual state convention of the National As- sociation of Stationary Engineers open- ed here today with an dddress of wel- come by Mayor D. J. Donovan at noon. National Vice President James R. Coe of New York responded, as did also F. N. Hastings of Meriden. The convention will get down to bukiness tomorrow when the 400 dele- gates and visitors flock into the city to ook over the exhibit in the Audito- rium and attend the Dutch supper to be served in the evening. On Satur- day the annual election of officers will be the order of business. Steamship Arrivals, Gibraltar, June 28.—Arrived, steam- er Perugla, New York fqr Genoa, otc. Salled, steamer Ivernia_(from Trieste, Naples, ote.) for New York. Liverpool, June 26 —Arrived, steam- er Cymric, Boston, Marscilles, June 25, — Arrived, steamer Germania, New York and Providence, New York ~ June 26.-—Arrived, steamers Main, Bremen: Prinzess lrene,-Naples. Cabled Paragraphs Argentine Rifle Team Coming. Buenos Aires, June 26—The Argen- tine Rifle team which is to participate n the International Rifle contest to be | eld next September at Camp Perry, Ohto, left here today for New York on board the Vasari. Six Months For Spying Policeman. Leipsic, Germany, June 26—The Im- perial supreme court today convicted a former policeman named Jaehnicke, of Wilhelmshaven on the charge of-| espionage and sentenced him to Six years imprisonment. Interesting Developments Indicated. London, June 26—Suggestions of possible highly interesting develop- ments were introduced today in the “fight for the millions” as the public call the suit over the will of the late Sir John Murray Scott, who left near- ly $5000,000 to Lady Sackville, a relative of a former British minister at Washington. French Aviater Killed. Chalons-Sur-Marne, France, June 26. —The French aviator,Maurice L. Foul- quier, while testing a monoplane for the first time fell from a height of 250 feet this evening and was killed. Foul- quier had been accustomed to a bi- plane, and the accident is attributed to the fact that he failed to realize that a monoplane requires different methods in handling. Aged Duke Seeks Divorce. Munich, Avaria, June 26—The 82 year old Duke Ludwig of Bavarla, brother-in-law of the Austrian em- peror has entered a suit for divorce against his second morganatic wife, a former ballet girl of the Bavarian court opera, whose maiden ngme was Antonie Barth and who is just 40 years younger than her husband, who married .n 1892. THE DANGER OF THE *« RADICAL REFORMERS. Taft Fears They May Destroy Perma- nence of Popular Government. Cincinnati, Taking as_his subject “The Relation of Popular Gov- ernment to Business,” former President Willlam Howard Taft, professor at Yale university, today delivered the principal address at the dedication of the new home of the chamber of com- merce of this city. “The Teformers apparently ignore the necessity for economy and efficien- cy in the administration of public af- fairs,” said the former president. “These supposed reformers gre so rad- ical that the fear of many is that the extfeme will be reached which will destroy the permanence of popular government and also individual liber- ties.” Mr. Taft praised the anti-trust laws of the country, voicing the hope that the business men responsible for the conduct of large corporations would be compelled to so operate their busi- ness that they would not only cheapen the product but also treat their rivals\ fairly. In speaking of the initiative, refer- endum and recall, Mr. Taft said: “The duties which the people must perform to make the new. machinery of the initiative, the referendum and the recall effective are three times that necessary under the representa- tive system. “If we find, as we are sure to find, that the initiative and the referendum and the recall will practically destroy Tepresentative government, to the ex- tent of placing power in the hands of a dwindling and not wise minority, we will find it through hard experience. But the peogle may be entrusted to re- trace their sps and come back to the representative and popular government Plan.” The former, president stated that he was not adverse to strikes if their ob- ject was to place the manufacturer and employe on a more common ground on which to deal witn each other. Mr. Taft contended that the major- ity of the people were more interested in selecting the man than in selecting a law. This, he said, was proven by the Targer number of voters who came to the polls when a man and not a law was being voted for. Preceding the address by the former president, Mayor Benny Hunt formally dedicated the new quarters. BAD NEWS KILLS HARTFORD WOMAN. Drops Dead Upon Learning That A Friend Wae Dying. Hartford, Conn., June 26—Mrs, Mor- is Older, 72 years of age, one of the most prominent Jewish women of the city died suddenly In & somewhat tragic manner this morning, at the res- idence of the Rev, Israel Bpivack, Wwhere she had gone to Inquirs concern- ing the condition of Mr, Spiyack, who had been critically 1ll, When informed that he was dylng, Mrs, Older dropped to the floor and expired almost imme- dintely, Bhe had suffered with heart trouble for & long time, Mrs, Older had lived In Hartford forty years and was one of the founders of the Hebrew Old Ladies homs, Shs is survived by two sang and two daughters, The Rev, lsracl Spivack died a fow minutes after Mrs, Older passed away, Mo wag hern fn Runagi"p:‘fld was 8 years of age, ie was y educated end had gained fame jn Russia , in Mew York, pnd in Haréford, s a He- prew orvator and was greatly esteemed 1 nthis city, He had heen eoanesied with Ades 1 Bynpacgue nearly five years, He leaves a wife and six ehil- dren, GOVERNMENT RESTS IN SHOE MACHINERY CASE. Patent Question Involved Will Be Sub- mitted to an Examiner. Boston, June 26.—The government today rested its case against the Unit- ed Shoe Refinery company, which it is seeking to dissolve as an unlawful monopoly under the Sherman act. Judge Putnam, who with Judge Dodge and Judge Brown is presiding in the United States district court, thanked counsel for the extraordinary and thor- ough presentation of the case. By agreement of counsel, the patent question involved will be submitted to an examiner on order of the court to- morrow. $500 AWARD FOR LOSS OF A SON ON THE TITANIC. Judgment in the Suit of Thomas Ryan, An Irish Farmer. London, June 286—The King's Bench court today geve judgment in favor of Thomas Ryan, an Irish farmer, who brought suit against the White Star Steamship company to recover dam- ages for the loss of his son in the Ti- tanic disaster. The judge awarded Ryan $500 and the coste of the suit. A similar award was made in two other cases at the same time. Saxon Hanged ~ This Morning NEW' BRITAIN MURDERER PAYS DEATH PENALTY. MADE NO STATEMENT One of Quickest Executions on Record at Wethersfield—Killed Woman With Whom He Lived in Fit of Jealousy. Wethersfield, Conn., June 27.—Louis saxon of New Britain early this morn- ing paid the penalty of the law for murdering Anne Spelansky last No- vember when he was hanged in the state prison here. A Quick Execution. The condemned man entered the death chamber at 12.05 a. m. The trap was sprung at 12.06 and 13 min- utes. later the man was officlally pro- nounced dead. The execution is said- to have been one of the quickest at’ the prison on record. Made No Statement. Saxon was attended by Rabbl Kol- man Rosenbaum of this city. He walked to the gallows with a firm step, unassisted, keeping his eyes fixed-on the floor the whole time. He made no statement and spoke no word after en- tering the Toom. As he took his place on the gallows his limbs were strap- ped, the cap and noose adjusted by the 'assistants and then Warden W, A. Garner sprung the trap. The Witnesses. Among the witnesses were Edward A. Fuller, president of the board of prison directors, and the usual number of newspapermen. The body=will be buried in the Zion Hill cemetery in Hartford. On the night of Wedne®ay, Nover:- ber 27, 1912, Saxon shot {o death An- nie Spelansky in New Britain. He and the woman had lived together for many years, and she had borne him children. Some time before the night of the murder, the couple had lived apart, the woman earhing her livel hood by working in a corfectionery store. Coolly Awaited Arrest. Saxon, who Wwas said to have bden jealous of her, because of attentions paid her by others, entered the store, pulled a revolver and fired several shots. One shct caused practicaliy instant death. After the shooting Saxon ccelly folded his =2rms aad awalted the arrival of the police, mak- ing no resistance to arres:. “l Denm’t Care,” Comment. Saxon was tried and found gullty of first degree muider on December Sentence was impesed by Judge Ben- xett, that he should be hanged on April 11, Saxon's only comment when he heard the verdict was: ‘¥ don't care” Efforts to Save His Life. Soon after sentence was pronounced | hewever, strong efforts were made by friends of the condemned man to save lirm from the gallows, His case was taken to the su me court of errors, Dbut to no avail. Yesterday an eleventh bour appeal was taken to Judge Mar- tn of the United States district court at Hartford. Attorneys asked for a Writ of habeas corpus on tho grou.d cf insanity, but the judge Jeclined t> grant the writ. THE PRESIDENT TO REGULATE TARIFF. Proposed Amendment to- Underwood Bill Would Give Him Power. ‘Washington, June 26.—Urgent desire to arm the president with a tariff “big stick,” one of stronger and greater proportions than provided in the amendment suggested by the finance committee majority, developed today in the democratic caucus of the senate on the tariff bill. Discussion of the proposed counter- vailing duty on wheat and flour, which the committee recommended, led to a general debate on retallatory and countervailing tariff rates and Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia to urgently propose the adoption of an amendment that would give the president power to enforce countervailing tariff rates on all commodities of commerce agatnst any nation refusing to deal with the United States on a _reciprocal tariff basis, The hmendment proposea would ins many respects take the place of tho maximum and minimum clause of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, but Senator Bmith advocated a provision that would be broader than that, one that would give the president the authority at any time fo interpose against any pation which might diseriminate against the products of the United Btates the same tarlff rates exacted on American goods, Buch a clanse in the tariff bill, it was argued, woulld place the United Btates In a position to defend the country against any un- reciproosl action or attempt to shut off fts foreign trade, Discussion of the proposal was spir- ited, stromg opposition developing at oncs, Amomg the senators who at- tacked the ides were O'Gormasn, Reed and Mastine, BUFFALO EXPLOSION TO BE INVESTIGATED. Autheritles to Endeavor to Place the Responsibility, Butfalo, Y., June 26—Federal, state, county and city authorfies will investigate the Histed Milling elevator explosion with 1ts appalling Iist of dead and injured, to the end that responsi- bility for the accident be properly plac- ed, if due to negligence, and its exact cause determined if from natural causes. The federal, county and city investigations have already been start- ed, and the state Industrial board has announced its intention to “probe the explasion to the bottom.” To expedite the work of recovering the bodies supposed to be buried under the tons of twisted steel and crumbled concrete, electric lights were placed over the debris and the work of re- claiming the dead will be prosecuted day and night. Tonight one hundred men with the aid of a steam railroad crane worked under the glaring lights, Much wreckage was removed and sub- stantial results are expected (o follow. Firemen continued tonight pouring wa- ter into the steaming interior. Andrew - Endres, 30 vears old, died late today, making the fourteenth known victim of the catastrophe. Thir- teen employes of the mill have not ap- peared at their homes since the ex- plosion and have not been taken to any of the hospitals. These bodles, it is be- leved, will be found when the ruins are cleared away.” No, Cordelia, dignity and the swell head are not the same, . |Jack Johnson- Leaves States REACHES MONTREAL ON THE WAY TO EUROPE, N TO SAIL ON TUESDAY Announces That He Has Fights on at St. Petersburg, but Will Return on Date Set for Hearing of His Appeal. Montreal, June 26.—Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, who is in this city, ad- mitted tonight that he_intended to sail for Europe next Tuesday to engage in fights in St. Petersburg next Septem- hgr. He said he did not intend to for- feit his bail bond, which calls for his presence next November in Chicago, where he is under sentence on a White slave charge, Sought to Avoid Newspaper Men. Johnson, accompanied by his white wife, arrived here ly today, coming direct from Chicago. During the day, in an effort to avoid newspaper men, he moved half a dozen times from houses In which he had engaged rooms. Tonight, however, he called a news- paper office on the telephone and out- lined his plans. To Sail Next Tuesday. “I will remain in Montreal until next Tuesday, when I am booked to sail for Europe,” said Johnson. “I Intend go- ing direct io St.”Petersburg, where I have a contract to fight Sam Langford and Gunboat Smith. These fights will be pulled off some time in September.” Will Return Before November. Johnson claims there is $23,000 dus him in Torento; and he came this way to collect it before leaving for Europe. He said his bail bond only, requires his presence in court nexp November, and he has no intention of forfeiting this bond, but will return on the date sét for the hearing of his appeal from the conviction in the white slave case. MAY BE BROUGHT BACK. Chicago Authorities Think Ca Police May Expel Him. rladian Chicago, June 26.—As soon as agents of the department of justice received a report thdt Jack Johnson, the nesro heavywelght pugilist, had been seen in Montreal, Canada, they began a search. ‘At Johngon's home here 1t was stated that the pugilist had gone on a fishing trip to Cedar Lake, Ind. Charles G. Dewoody, department of justice special agent, at once investigated at Cedar Lake, and was told that Johnson had not been there for several weeks. “From the circumstances I think it not improbable that Johnson has gone to Canada,” said Mr. Dewoody. “How- | ever, he may be brought back If there, | although the crime is not extraditable, as it i3 the custom of the Canadian police to expel eliens who are under conviction of crime.” Johfinson 1is under $15,000 bond, pending an appeal from his recent sen- tence " under the white slave act to serve one vear in_ the Leavenworth penitentiary. ITis bond was reduced from 3$30,000 when the appeal was granted. “If Johnson has fled the country he acted foolishly,” said Benjamin C. Bachrach, the pugilist’s attorney. “It was only two days ago we were in court tosether getting the bond reduc- ed. I saw him Tuesday night, but he said nothing that would indicate he intended to flee.” VETERANS ALREADY “REACHING GETTYSBURG State That They Came Early to Avoid the Rush. Gettysburg, Pa., June 26.—Gather- ing from north and south for the @f- tieth anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, several hundred Civil war veterans arrived here today, coming early, they said, “in order to avold the great rush of the early part of next weel.” Mingling with the blue uniforms were Bome in gray and the men from the south were given a hearty greeting. ‘With their uniforms of gray topped by campaign hats, the southerners soon became the central figure on the streets and scarcely a person they passed faileq to stop and ask the priv- flege of a handshake. Warmer than all others was the welcome extended thbem by the men in the blue of the TUnion veterans, many of whom are here for the opening of the state en- campment tomorrow. Tonight the historic old Adams county courthouse witnessed a repe- titlon of the wartime campfiré with its stirring patrintic songs of tha days of '61-'65 and many speeches in which | reminisconces of days gone by were mingled with suggestions and plans tor the obsarvance of the coming week. Commander-in-Chief Alfred Heers of Bridgeport, Conn., one of the first ar- | rivals for the batile anmiversary cele- bration, was one of the speakers to- night. Final arrangements at the big camp were completed today. Practically everyvihing iy In readiness to receive the Hrst arrivals on Sunday and to- day many yaterans visited the place inspeoting the tents and furnishings together with the arrangements for mess and ganitation, The first squadron, Fifteenth United States eavalry, Major Rhodes com- manding, arrived during the day in o heavy' downpour of rain after hav- Ing been on the mareh from Fort Myera since Monday, The cavalry will be used in patrolling the battlefield, | regulating trafilc there and guarding | the monuments om vandalism. L JUDGES APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR. Baldwin Acts on Own Interpretation of Constitution. Hartford, June 26.—Acting under his own interpretation of the constitution, Governor Baldwin today named many minor court judges to fill vacancies which were crated by on-action of the legislature through political disagree- ments. In the Greenwich borough court, wherein &ppointments for sev- eral sessions have been bitterly con- tested, Williom I. Tierney, democrat, is named as judge, and William J Ferris, progressive, as deputy judge,| vice C. D. Burnes and F. A. Hubbard, republicans. In this city Judge W. H. Clarke, re- publican, who is replaced by a dem- ocrat, F. G. Eberle, announced that he will contest Mr. Ehberle's appointment on the ground that the governor has | not the power to appoint. The quebracho of South America is said to be the hardest of all woods to work. The name means ax-breaker. Condensed Telearams Cheyenne, commission Vyo., Has Adopted the rm of government. The New German Liner Imperator left New York with 3,685 i Dpassengers on - Curtis Guild, the Retiring American ambassador, was robbed of $1,000 cash and credits to' the amount of $50,000 in Paris, District Attorney Whitman of New York received the honorary degree of doctor of laws from the Amherst, Mass., college. > Governor Foss of Massachusetts ap- pointed a commission to investigate drunkenness and recommend new laws to deal with it. A Hail and Rain Storm swept over central Nebraska Wednesday night, damaging crops. Reports estimate the damage at $100,000. 4 The Degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred on a class of 84 candidates at the 108th commencement at Bow- doin college yesterday. Angered Because His Wife prevent- ed him hanging himself, John Salfek, a tax collector, killed her and their four children at Budapest. The Jewelry Store of J. Schauncupp at Derby was entered by burglars some time Wednesday night and jewel- Ty to the value of $100 taken. A Man Believed to Be J. W. Ben- ning of Gregory, Mo., shot and killed Theodore Bogue and then killed him- self at West Quincy, Mo., yesterday, More Than 1,000 Graduates of the year 1913 received their degrees at the 69th annual commencement —exercises of the University of Michigan yester- day. Arthur W. Greely, five times elected mayor of Ellsworth, Me., and postmas- ter four years under the Cleveland administration, died yesterday at the age of 70 years. Regulations for the Protection of migratory birds in the United States have just been completed by the de- partment of agriculture and will be- come effective Oct. 1.~ ! Frank-P. Walsh of Kansas City, Mo., probably will be selected by President Wilson for chairman of the industrial commission to study the relations of capitol and labor. James Ela, a Farmer, committed suicide at Fryeburg, Me., yesterday by hanging himself in the kitchen of his home by means of a roller towel he had wound around his neck. Harvey A. Gregory, manager of a circulation bureau, was killed yester- day when his automobile. in which an- other man and two women Were pas- sengers, skidded into the railing of & bridge at Chicago. Adolfo Villareal Was_ Arrested in Los Angeles by the United States marshal's office on a charge of violation of the | neutrality laws fn connection ‘with the smuggling into Mexico of an aeroplane used by the Sonora rebels. Wilbur C. Jordan, treasurer of & Portl: Me.. concern that deals ex- tensivély in firearms, sporting goods and hardware, shot himself at the Park avenue entrance to Deering park and died yesterday at a hospital. Mrs, Katherine McKenna, who is al- leged to have thrown a lighted lamnp at James Dunn, causing his death, was taken to Providence yesterday from New Bedford, Mass, wWhere she was arrested, charged with murder. The New York Banks Have Begun preparations for the disbursement of the greatest sum of money that will ever have been paid out in a month in the history of Wall street. These dis- bursements will aggregate $266,000,000. Anti-Japanese Sentiment at Hemet, a small town near Riverside, Cal, was manifested yesterday when a party of citizens met an apricot picking crew of Japanese from that city and ordered them to leave at once. Governor Dunne Yesterday Signed the woman suffrage bill passed by the Tllinois general assembly. Moving pictures of the signing Twere taken. The bill provides that Illinois women of legal age may vote for all statutory offices. Harry Martin, Mechanician for Charles Merz, who-drove the last lap in the recent 500 mile automobile race at the Indianapolis speedway with his car on fire'to win third place, was killed at the speedway while testing a car yesterday. Not Heeding the Warnings of the bridge tender, it is alleg Harry Daniels, aged b4, wealthy banker and business man of Upper Sandusky, O., drove his automobile through an open bridge at Port Clinton yesterday and was drowned in 20 feet of water. An Amended Order in lien of that rescinded last Saturday was issued yesterday by the interstate commerce commission for an investigation into an increase of freight rates by the eastern railroads. It differs in phrase- ology but not in principle from that rescinded. . Because a Halifax Paper charged the visiting Knights Templar of Fitchburg, Mass, with discourteously marching through the city with the United States flag and without the union jack, they paraded again yesterday, this time with the British flag. Also they sent a delegation to wait on the mayor and_apologize for the unintentional shight. - MRS. BUD FISHER INJURED. Big Gash in Her Throat Caused by Fall on Broken Jug, She Says. Atlanta, June 26.—With a gash five inches long in her throat Pauline Welch, a vaudeville actress, wife of Bud Fisher, the “Mutt and Jeff” car- toonist, is at the Piedmont hotel here in a serious condition. The actress received the wound about 2 o'clock on Monday morning in her apartment at the Piedmont, but the news was sup- pressed until’ yesterday Both Mr. and Mrs. Fisher say the injury was accidental. Mrs, Fisher says she got up at 2 o'clock Monday morning and went to & bathroom to Al a pitcher with water. It was dark and she says she fell and broke the pitcher, a jagged plece of it slashing her throat. She screamed and her husband came to her aid. When phy- sicfans arrived Mrs. Fisher had fatnt- ed from loss of blood. The Wound requireq 20 stitches and Mrs. Fisher Wwas unconscious until Tuesday. | Bhe is improving, but the doctors say that her oondition is serious. There were rumors that Mrs, Fisher had attempted suicide, -but both she and her husband deny 'this. Tnstead of being driven to drink some men are led. e Manliness to be Ex ‘Washington, June 26.—In a vigorous speech in the house today Representa- tive Mann, the republican leader, at- tacked Atiorney General McReynolds for postponing the white slave cases in San Francisco, ¢riticized Commis- sioner General Caminetti of the immi- gration bureau, father of one of the defendants, and declared that District Attorney McNab had “made the presi- dent and attorney. general not only to beg the question but eat their words.” Excuse Worse Than the Offense. “Frightened rabbits,” said Mr. Mann, “never got away quicker than the president and the attorney general when this matter was brought up.” Mr. Mann declared that the presi- dent and the attorney general “had permitted themselves to be used to prevent the enforcement of a great moral reform law” and insisted that the administration’s excuse for the postponement, “offered to cast ignominy upon one official in the department of justice who had the bravery, courage and knowledge of how to do things,” was worse than the “offense.” Caminetti a Fine Man for His Position “The younger Caminetti is a youth- ful boy of 27 years, with, I belleve, several children,” continued the speak- er, “and it was desirable to have his father at the trial to protect him in his guiltless innocence,—having only seven lawyers to do so. His father has been appointed commissioner general of immigration, one of the duties of which office is to enforce both the Mann and Bennett white slave laws In reference to the deportation of aliens brought here for prostitution—a fine man to place in that position, whose principal object is to leave his office in order to go to the side of his 27 year old_son under trial for white slave of- fensek. Action Taken is Pure Hypocrisy. “The action now taken is pure hy- porcisy. = Manliness such ad I would have expected. from the Christian moral gentleman occupying the White House would have required him to ask the district attorney to withdraw his resignation and try these cases, he be- pected of Christian, Moral Gentle: man, Not Apparent in McNab Case < VIGOROUS SPEECH BY REPRESENTATIVE MANN o Declares That District Attorney Has Made President and At~ torney-General Not Only Beg the Question, But Eat Their Words—Satirical Reference to Boy of 27 Who Needs Father’s Protection, Having Only Seven Lawyers. /| learn all the circumstances % 1 ing the most familiar with them. They have accepted the resignation of the district attorney and dismissed the of= ficer who worked up these cases, “I suspect the elder Caminetti and possibly the junior Caminetti may be quite willing to have the case speedily tried when the few men who were fa. miliar with the case and who have worked it up are fired out of the ser- vice, before anyone else has time to of the cas Self Esteem of Cabinet Officers. Mr. Mann charged that the new cab- inet officers seemed to have an exag- gerated importance in their own eyes and an exaggerated idea of the influ= ence of each. “A former member of this house (Secretary Wilson),” he said, “telephones to the attorney gen- eral’s office, and the attorney general says that ‘without stopping fo go through the flles and so refresh my recollection concerning any particular circumstances of the case, I sent the following telesram to the Glstrict at- torney ordering him to postpone the case.” Won't Be Many Democratic Adminis« trations. “What sort of a department of jus- tice is it? What kind of an attorney geheral is it?” he asked. ‘“No doubt the attorney general is a great lawyer and a great man. But if the demo- cratic administration intends to pro- ceed upon theiry that when a cabi- net officer telephones the attorney, general, or when some wealthy defend- ant, as happened in the Western Fuel cases, walks Into the office of the at- | torney general and asks to have a case | postponed, it Is done, thera will not ba many democratic administrations in the next hundred years.” Heney Not Selected. ‘Washington, June 26.—Thomas J, Hayden and Matt L chosen by the adminumm“ day to prosecute the Caminetti-: and Western Fuel company cases. Francls J. Heney, whose name has been mentioned in' this connection, was - not selected as one of the prosecutors. e 7 PEANUT VENDER VICTIM OF A FLIMFLAM GAME. New Haven Man Turns $660 Over to Two Strangers. New Haven, Conn., June 26.—John ‘Wowoota, a peanut vender, is out 3660 in cash as the result of an ancient flimflam game worked on him today by two strangers. The strangers, Syri- ans, gained John’s i confidence when they told him they were looking for an honest man. They wanted him to keep $4,000 in cash for them for a few days, as they were afraid the sum might be stolen. john readily agreed to hold the cash and_likewise consented to give a cash bond of $660—that amount being drawn from a bank. He turned his hard earned money over and in re- turn_received the _supposed $4,000, neatly tied up in a handkerchief. The transaction completed, the three agreed to meet for dinner. John was on hand at the appointed time, but the others were missing. As time went on John grew suspicious and finally open- ed the handkerchief, to find some very crude counterfeit bills and several lo- cal newspapers. The police are investigating. MONEY FOR FAMILY OF LYNCHED ITALIAN. President Urges Congress to Make Suitable Appropriation. Washington, June 26. — President Wilson today sent a message to con- gress urging as “an act of grace” a sultable appropriation be made for the heirs of Angelo Albano, an Italian subject Iynched at Tampa, Fla, on Sept. 20, 1910. At the time of the lvnching Albano was in custody, charged with a crime not described in the message. The message was based upon a sug- gestion from the Italian government that $6,000 be paid the heirs and a recommendation by Secretary Bryan that this course be followed in view of the action of the United States In cases of other foreign victims of mebs in this country. SKIN WANTED FOR VICTIMS OF FIRE Over 10,000 Square Inches Necessary for Injured in Buffalo Explosion. Buffalo, June 26.—Over 10,000 square inches of skin must be given for grafting purposes if the death list of the Husted Hlevator explosion and fire, which has already reach 17, is to be Kept from reachimg far more appalling praportions, according to conservative estimated. of physiclans in aftendance on the injured at-the various hospitals. To meet this demand the services of 200 to 300 volunteers will be re- quired. In individual cases a friend or relattve has offered his skin, but the Husted catastrophe leaves no al- ternative but a public appeal, which hospital authorities state will be made as soon as the exact conditions are known, BOY KILLED BY A THROWN STONE Companion Who Did It Now Under Arrest at Derby. Darby, ,Conn, June 26.—Thamas Gannon, dged 17, was arrested to- night by order of Coroner Mix pend- ing further investigatian into the death ut. be Griffin hospital today of 15-year-ol( Joseph O'Keefe, Accord- ing to police information the boys were throwing stones same days ago and ('Keefo was agoldentally struci over the eye. No serious consequences were anticipated at first, but later the bay. into unconsclousness; was to the hospital, where he died SEAMEN'S FUNERALS COST BUT 50 CENTS. , Ill, Gives the Lowest Rate of Any City in Country. ‘Washington, June 26—The cheapest place in the world for a seaman to die is Cairo, Tlis, where his funeral will cost him only fity cents, to contracts let tcday by the States public healt: service cover- ‘ng the entire oountwy and serving as an index to the high or vhe low cost | of fliness or death. The cheapest place | for a seamsn to be sick 1s Bridgeport, Conn, where the government has se- cured a contract for medlical attention and nursing at 72 cents » day. In other parts of the country the cost ranges from ono to three dollars per aay. The cost of funerals varies from 50 cents In Cairo to $3.90 in Superiar, C: Wis, $45 in San Francisco; $35 In Chicago; $36 in Philadelphia; $50 in } Xetchikan, Alaska. Offictals explain that the low cost in many cities is dve to the fact that seamen's relef stations are located there and the cnly service the contract \undertaker performs is .to turn the body over to the relief orgarization for burfal. HORSES BLINDED TO MAKE THEM MORE MANAGEABLE Anti-Cruelty Society Makes Discovery of Practice in Chicage. Chicago, June 26—That a large num= ber of horses in Chicago have beem | deltberately made blind to make more easily managed is the report of agents of the Anti-Cruelty society, whose ou- riostty was arcused by the docility of youns and apparently norml animals. 4 ants will be asked today for horse dealers accused of the mutilation, “These horses have been blinded by men who want purchases that. will- not shy and need no biinders,” eaid Hugo Kraus, superintendent of the society. “A needle has been jabbed °through each eye. The wound is scarcaly no- ticeahle, but a horse o treated never will see again. Peddlers in particular desire harses which are quiet and the | blinding of the animals has been put on a cammercial basis.” ™ In the Sonth Water strest market yosterday 50 horses wera found that had been blinded, presumably, by this - method. OLD U. 8. FRIGATE IS | BURNED 5Y JUNKMEN, ‘Was Bailt In 1854 and Figured in the Civil Wan, ¢ Eas'port, Maing, June 26—The United States frigato Wabash once the proud flagship of Real Admiral Dahlgrea and Rear Admiral Dupont, but seld to Jurk dealers for $5,000, was burned todsy fcr the metal she comw tamed. 1o TS, Focden man-ot-war was. ball: In 1854 and 0 prominently m oftensive and defengivo operations -during the Civil wax, are described as Harrls Dirsctar of Casua, g Washingtan, June 36—Witlam T, Harriy of Georiia. was oanfirmed drmotth‘m?