Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 28, 1913, Page 1

154 ly Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, WANTS MELLEN AT WRECK INQUEST Coroner Phelan Requests the Presence of New Ha- ven Road’s President Next Tuesday MESSAGE SENT BY THE RAILROAD’S ATTORNEY Officials of Road Decline to Testify Regarding Their Duties and Responsibilities, Acting Upon Advice of Counsel— Inventors Submit Devices Which They Claim Would Have Prevented Stamford Wreck—Expert Aids Coroner 2 Bridgeport, Conn,, June 27.—Coroner John J. Phelan at his inquest this af- lernoon into the recent Stumford wreck requested the presence of Presi- dent Charles S. Mellen of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- road company at the resumption of the inguest next Tuesday. The coroner’s request, which wag lodged with the road’s attorneys. came after ne had vainly endeavored to learn the duties, powers and responsibilities of several high officials of the company. These officials declined to testify as to their duties on_ the constitutional grounds that, as they were already under in- dictment for manslaughter for the Westport wreck, their answers might be used against them when the West- port cases came to trial Unwise for Officials to Testify. The question was threshed out last Monday, when the road attorneys made ‘temporary objections” to the officials testifying. It was agreed to leave the matter for final decision until toda: As soon as the inquest opened Attor- ney Spock, for the road, said he was “very sorry,” but it had been deemed unwise to have the officials testify. Mr. Spock explained that from the road’s standpoint everything of impor- tance to fix the blame for the disaster had already been brought out. He thought the matter of duties of the officials was irrelevant. Heard Coroner Was Unfair to Road. Mr. Spock said he felt that the road was at a disadvantage in the Dresent inquiry. He understood that the cor- oner had been associated with the state’s attorney in prosecuting the other case, which remark caused the coroner to interrupt, saying that he had only been called into consultation. Continuing, Mr. Spock said he had heard that the coromer was unfair to the road, but he did not believe this to be so. Under the circumstances, however, he felt obliged to advise the officials to decline to answer questions. Requests Mellen’s Presence. The coroner called Vice President A. R. Whaley and H, A, Fabian, manager of purchases and supplies, to the stand. BEach declined to testify as to duties and responsibilities. Coroner Phelan then asked of Mr. Spock to “give my compliments to Mr. Mellen and request him to be here next ‘Tuesday if it is convenient” He also ssked that the road give him a copy of the by-laws, and all agreements and contracts relative to the purchase of engines, rolling stock-and the hiring of employes since Jan. 1, 1912. Automatic Train Stops. The remalinder of the inquest was then taken up in a fleld day for in- ventors of so-called automatic train stops. Among the various devices explained was one which it was testified had been submitted to the New Haven road after a series of tryouts on the Staten Island railroad. Incidental to this ex- planation records of the block signal and train control board of the inter- state commission were submitted as tending to show that the device worked satisfactorily. The New Haven road turned the matter over to its signal engineer, their | had not Charles H. Morrison, who taken any definite action. Would Have Prevented Stamford Wreck. One of the letters from Vice Presi- dent McHenry of the road said that the railroad company had no desire to as- sume the burden of the preliminary trials. Frederick K. Croix, inventor of the device, explained in detail the workings and declared emphatically that it would have prevented the Stamford wreck. A. R. Larkin, a Bal- timore and Ohio engineer. who ran the engine when the tests were made be- fore the interstate commerce commis- sion, said that of the 800 tests made only a few were failures; these were later corrected. James H. Hopkins of Paterson, N. J,, an_electrical engineer, who installed the device for the tests, said that the tests were very satisfac- tory. Other Devices Offered. Coroner Phelan asked M. LaCroix if any road was using his device and he said “No.” He could assign no reason why the roads would not use it. Frank M. Johnson of Bristol, Conn., exhibited a device which worked on the “tripping” plan. He said he was not an engineer nor a mechanic, but he thought his plan would worlk success- fully. He had written to the New Haven road officials, but got no satis- faction. Dr. Ward of Forestville, Conn., said he had a plan which work- ed on the gravity system. He did not have his model with him. but the cor- oner asked him to bring it on Tues- day. Dr. Ward never had any experi- ence as an engineer, he said, nor had his plan ever been tested. Elaborate Plan Submitted. Dr. B. F. Wooding of Denver, Col, exhibited a very elaborate plan, work- ing Dy electric contact plates. Two miniature trains ran on four tracks, which were equipped with switches and crossovers. A laugh was caused when Coroner Phelan, pointing to an Irish flag on one of the engines, said that the plan surely. ought to be suc- cessful. The miniature trains, run- ning by electricity, stopped within the danger zone, as claimed for by the fn- ventor. . Dr.. Wooding said there had | been two successful tests.of his plan jon western railroads, but no_railroad had yet installed his device. He could offer no explanation except to say that the railroad cempanies made their specifications too hard for inventors. The automatic stop was designed, he said, to be used after all other safe- | guards had failed, but _the railroad companies did not take thisview. He was certain that if the road’had adopt- ed his plan the Stamford wreck would have been ayerted. Coroner Has Expert Assistance. The inquest was adjourned until next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. There will be further testimony from In- ventors and 1t is expected that Presi- dent Mellen will be ready to testify in the afternoon. At today’s inquest Coroner Phelan was assisted Dy F. J. Trinder of New Britain, an alr brake expert. He ask- ed many technical questions concern- ing the inventions. REVOLT NOT FINANCED BY AMERICAN MONEY Sonator Fall Disousses Mexican Situa- tion In the Senate. ‘Washington, June 27.—Senator Fall gave the semate its first official inti- Frations of the report of the commit- tee which investigated the Madero revolution tn Mexico, in a speech today urging the repeal of the law of 1912, which permitted former President Taft to forbid, by proclamation, shipments of arms ‘across the border. e As a member of that commiftee, Senator Full declared he was con- vinced that not an American dollar was used in financing the Madero re- volt. He believed it had been financed fa part at least with $850,000 which Gustave Madero since executed, had by bonds from the Frenmch- bank of Paris, to build the exico Central railroad to Zacatecas. By withholding exportations of arms to the revolutionists after Madero came into power, Mr. Fall declared, the United States had earned the en- mity of 80 per cent. of the Mexican population with the result that Amer- jcane there haq been held for ransom and outraged. VICE TRUST'S TAILOR SHOPS, Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Tells What They Are Used For. New York, June 27.—James E. Smith, assistant district attorney, astonished Justices Collins, Forker and Moss in the court of special sessions today by declaring that the so-called “vice trust” owned tailor shops and small manufac- turing plants, where their victims were employed, in order that when arrested they might say they were working women. Mr. Smith’'s announcement was made when Sadie Goldberg was arraigned for sentence on a conviction of running a disorderly resort. Probation Officer Connors sald the Goldberg woman bore an excellent reputation, having been employed for the past five years as an operator in a tullor shop at No. 57 First street. The court was about to impose a fine of 35) instead of a prison sentence when Mr. Smith asked that the woman be remanded for sentence. He said he had learned that she waa one of the chief factors in the vice ring and that send the Investigatmg could ‘her of employment, place ore would be furnished a clean record for presentation to the court. On the promise of Mr. Smith that he would prove his statement, the woman was remanded for a week, Delph Y, ilread Clerk, o] e, Mass,, yes- S HEAD-ON CRASH AT WOODVILLE, OHIO One Killed and Nineteen Injured, One Fatally. Toledo, Ohio, June was killed, one fatally seriously injured late 27.—One man and eighteen today when a westbound Penngylvania passenger train crashed head-on into a work train at Woodville, Ohlo. Most of those injureq were Greek employes of the railroad. Bight Americans also were injured. The engines of both trains were badly wrecked and the engineers are in local hospitals. Steve ladas, a Greek, was the only man killed. The accident occurred about 500 feet | east of the Woodville station. The passenger train was traveling at a high speed. A sharp curve prevented the engineer from seeing the work train ahead and they came together with trrific foree. The coach of the work train near- est the engine was almost totally de- molished, but the coaches of the pas- senger which were protected by the baggage and mail cars ahead, were not damaged. Steamship Arrivals. At Naples: June 26, Ancon: ke New York. EhtE At Genoa: June 26, Saxonia, from New York. A* . Liverpool: June 27, Virginian, from Montreal. At Plymouth: June 27, Berlin, from New York for Bremen. At Barcelona: June 23, Antonio Lo- Dpez, from New York for Genoa. At Trieste: June 25, Oceania, from New York. - At Liverpool: June 27, Adriatic, from New York. 5 At New York: Jume 27, Cedric, from Liverpool. At Southampton: June 27, A from New York via Cherbourg for Hamburg. Rotterdam, June 27.—Arrived, steam- er Noordam, New York. < $37,600 for Injured Miner. New York, June 27.—What I8 sald to be the lurgest verdict ever given in & personal injury case in the United States circult court was handed down befors Judge Chatfield in Brooklyn to- day when Stanislaus Yensavage, a miner, was awarded $37,500 for in- Juries’ sustained while in the cmploy of the Lehigh Valley Coal company at Bhenandeah, Pa. ou June 10, 1911, Relisf of Britton Estate. (Speeial -to The Bulletin.) Washington, June 26.—Benator Brandegee today Introduced in the senate a bill for the relief of the estats of General Themas Britten, The bill authorizes the secretary of the treas- ury te pay to Mrs. Katherine B. Han- sen, of Hartford, the daughter of Gen. Britten, the sum of $4,008 on acesunt fiw allswance found to be dus Cabled_Paragraphs | Stackholders’ Poincare Returns to France. London, June 27.—Raymond Poin- care, ir.lident of the French republic, after being the guest of King George and the British nation since Tues- day, left this morning for France amid a great display of cordial enthusiasm. Reception to Ball Teams. Tokio, Japam, Jume = 27.—Arthur Bailly-Blanchard, charge daffaires of the American embassy, today gave a reception in honor of the baseball teams of the Kelo university of Japan and the Leland Stanford, Jr., univer- sity of California. Fourteen Days for Suffragette. Newport, England, June 27.—Mrs. Margaret Halgh Mackworth (daugh- ter of the “Coal King,” YDavid A. Thomas, now in Canada), was brought before the magistrate here today and remanded for fourteen days on a gharge of placing explosives in a mail 0X. United States Pleases Alfonso. Madrid, June 27.—“King Alfonso,” said the Spanish premier, Count Ro- manones in the interview today, “has received with much faver the proposal to raise the United States legation at Madrid to the rank of an embassy. His majesty wishes thus to cement the friendship existing between the two nations.” An Apology to Marconi. Berlin, June 27.—William Marconi and Godfrey C. Tsaacs, managing di- rector of the wireless company, are to_receive a full apology from the newspaper Welt Am Montag, against which they had brought a iibel suit for accusing them in an article of exploiting the Titanic disaster for the company’s benefit by holding out news for sale. SEWING THREAD NOW GOES ON FREE LIST. Action Taken at Senate Democratio Caucus Last Night. ‘Washington, June 27.—Wielding the axe again on the tariff revision bill for the benefit of the household, the senate democratic caucus tonight determined ]tlostput cotton sewing thread on the free This action followed a spirited de- bate, and was. led by one vote over the protest of members of the finance committes, who defended the 15 per cent. duty which was carried in the bill as it passed the house, and which the senate majority on the finance committee did mot alter. Those who championed this favor to the housewife argued that the revenue to be derived from sewing thread was inconsegnential and that to be con- sistent in attempting to lower the cost of living the senate should not quibble. Looking up the estimates, they' found that the estimated revenue to be derlv- ed was about $225,000 a year. This they figured was a small amount to worry about and on the free list cotton thread went, while committee members objected strenuously. Following the action there were re- ports ourrent that members of the com- mittee would insist upon reopening the matter tomorrow, when a larger num- ber of senators will be present. PRDPOSES MEMORIAL TO WOMEN OF CIVIL ‘WAR Commander Beers Would Not Forget the Wives and Mothers. Gettysburg, Pa., June 27.—Marching over the streets of historic Gettysburg to thelr annual encgmpment Ponneyi- vania Civil War veterans were greet- ed today with cheers and salutes from old soldiers in the Blue and in the Gray who are here for the opening of the battle anniversary celebration this week. The Pennsylvanians were es- corted to the conventfon hall by the entire division of the Sons of Veterans of the state. Commander-in-Chief Beers in ad- dressing the encampment advocated the erection of a memorial to the women of the Civil war period. He said: o “We must not forget the mothers who gave up their sons, the wives who watched the husbands go to war, many of them never to return; or the sweethearts who saw their lovers march away and with them their hopes for all the years to come. This coun- try will not have paid gven a small portion of an undying debt until a memorial that shall not perish is erected to their memory.” The total number of members of the Grand Army in this state as given in :bogzgflicll! report presented today is CHARGED WITH BREAK AT RAILDOAD STATION. John Gray Pleads Not . Guilty Ridgefield, Held in $500, Ridgefield, Conn., June 27—John Gray, brought here from New York under _extradition proceedings _was arraigned before Justice of the Peace S. A. Nicholas this afternoon., charged with having broken into the local rail- road station. He pleaded not guilty but probable cause was found and he was held for trial in the superior court under $5,000 bonds. In default of bail he was locked up. The station was broken into last January and it is alleged that Gray was one of a party of four who made the break. About $89 was taken. The_ four were later arrested in New York charged with robbery of cigar stores there. The other three members of the gang were convicted and sentenceq to prison. Gray turn- ed states evidence and was freed. at INTENSE HEAT FOR CHICAGO. Special Forecast Tells of Hot Spell With No Relief in Sight. Chicago, June 27.—Intense heat, with no relief in -sight for the nexe few days, is predicted for Chicago and the middle west in a special bulletin issued today by Henry J. Cox, afficlal weather forecaster for this district. The spe- clal bulletin reads: “Fair weather and intense heat will continue throughout the middle west for a period of several days, there be- ing no rellef whatever in sight.” Desplte a brisk breeze from the west the thermometer was 88 at 9 o'clock and was slowly rising. Railroad Treasurer an Embezeler. Chicago, June 27—Kdwin F. Young, former freasurer of the Chloago, Ter. re Haute and Southwestern Railroad company, pleaded gullty today to (he embezzlcment of $53,000 of the com- pany’s funds and was sentenced to from one te ten years in prison. Steamers Reported by Wirsless. Brow Head, June 37.—Steamer La Touraine, from New York for Havre, signalled 240 miles southwest at 11.10 a .m. Due Havre 3 p. m. Saturday. Siacensett, Mass., June 37, —Sieamer Luisiana, Naples for New York, sig- nalled 295 miles east of Sandy Hook at neoa. Deck ncen Saturday, 4 Investigation COMMITTEE MEETS NEW HA. VEN'S OFFICIALS. IN A FRIENDLY SPIRIT Requests of Committee Were So Met, Declares Chairman Meyer—Books and Accounts Are at Its Disposal. New York, June 27.—The sub-com- mittee of the protective committes recently organized by New England stockholders of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad to inquire into charges of alleged mismanage- ment of that property, held a confer- ence 1n this city today with the exec- utive committee of the railroad. Tt was indicated after the meeting that merely a beginning had been made on what ‘was likely to prove a long in- quiry. Those Present at Conference. The sub-committee consisting of George Von L. Meyer of Boston, chalr. Confesses fo Taking Bribe FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN VOLVES OTHERS. RAILWAY FRANCHISES IN- 36,000 Paid for Two of Them at East St. Lous, Offer of Immunity by the State. I1l.—Confession Follows St. Louis, June 27.—An investiga- tion into alleged municipal irregular- ities in East St. Louis, Ills., culminated today in the publication of a sworn confession of bribery made by Joseph A. Fanster, a former member of the East St. Louis city council. Foilows Cffer of Immunity. The confession came within a few days of a statement by State's Attor- ney Webb that he would lay any evi- dence of municipal irregularities be- fore the grand jury which will meet in September and that he was pre- pared to offer immunity to any gulilty Continuity in Advertising Speaking with authority on some points of advertising the other day the head of a big Chicago house, basing his advice on the success of his own concern”in getiing business through advertising, said “Con- tinuity is the first law for success in publicity, for continuity of ad- vertising begets confidence and winning the confidence of the public is a pre-requisite to doing business with him. People do give not their confidence to friends of a day so advising must be continuous.” Now there cannot be much continuity about advertising in any other medium than the daily paper which alone is sufficiently intimate in its relation with the reading public to influence it through daily con- tact. The advertiser who is regularly represented in the columns of a good newspaper which thoroughly covers its territory is bound to win not only business but the friendship of the readers if his goods ang proposition merit it. . Norwich and Eastern Connecticut business men would do well to ponder such “first lJaw of success” an dlay the foundation of a large and more profitable business by establishing themselves in the confi- dence of the buying people of the territory where The Bulletin circu- lates. Get a Bulletin rate ard and figiire the advantage. The Bulletin which carried the following muiter the past week, is delivered at your door for twelve cents a week: Bulletin Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, ‘Nednesday, Thursday, Friday, June 21. June 23. June 24. June 23 June 26. June 27. Fotals ¢ a0t Telegraph Local 120 150 166 166 144 135 890 Total 1116 520 552 521 567 464 General 825 248 241 230 294 213 162 122 145 125 129 116 3740 79D 2051 man; S. W. Matteson of Providence, Eli W. Whitney of New Haven, and Charles A. Stone and Ezra V. R. Thay- er of Boston, was fuily represented at the conference which lasted some two hours. The New Haven road was represented by President Charles S. Meillen, J. P. Morgan, William Rocke- feller, Samuel Rea, J. S. Hemingway, Edward Milligan, Charles F. Brooker, S. W. Winslow and Theodore N. Vail, the latter being added at the request of the railroad company. Afforded Every Facility. At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. Meyer, whose committee repre- sents several thousand stockholders aggregating from 250,000 to ‘300,000 shares issued a statement to the ef- fect that President Mellen and other representatives of the New Haven road had offered the committee every | facility for its work of inquiry. “All the books and accounts of the company will be placed at the com- mittee’s disposal,” sald Mr. Mever, “and the New Haven officlals received all our requests In a most friendly spirit. We shall report to our full commit- tee in Boston next Monday morning.” No Details Yet Taken Up. Asked whether the recent accidents were taken up, Mr. Meyer said: “No, no details were taken up. They have given us all the opportunities which we have asked for, and so we have to organize now and get to work. To get hold of all the information necessary is not a question of a few days: it may be weeks; it is a mat- ter of some time:” In reply fo a question as to whether the protective asseciation was made up of large stockholders liike himself or small ones, he sald: “T am not a large stockholder, 1 am a small one.” Are Not Prejudiced in Any Way. Asked whether he felt at liberty ‘to make any statement further he said: “1 feel that we are approaching this question with an open mind, not pre- judiced for or against. We have asked for, a sub-committee of the executive committee 8o that we could meet from time to time when desired without the whole executive committee coming to- gether, which would be impossible in summer as it is composed of nine or ten members and they have agreed to_this.” Mr. Mever said, in reply to questions as to whether he represented J. Pier- pont Morgan and company and the Pennsylvania railroad: Represent 20 Per Cent. of Total Capital “T do not represent them; they have not sent their proxies in. Mr. Rea is a member of the executive committee, as vou can find in the records.” Mr. Meyer further stated that the proxies were coming in at the rate of about 5,000 shares a day. “We have between 250,000 and 300,000 shares, I don’t know the exact amount. It is coming in although we have not is- '\u!\d any supplemental call; it is com- freely. The total capital 000,000 and we have somewhere about twenty per cent. Mr. Melien declined to add anything te Meyer's statement, saving that il covered the ground fully at Lhig time. Darling to Be Examined. Boston, June General Charles K. Darling, clerk of the United States dis- triot court, today was appelnted specinl examiner on questions of patent in- fringement in the government's suit against the United Shoe Machinery company. » Amon; part with These Who Volunteered to a portion of their skin for the | | $3,000. person who should aid the state in securing convictions, $6,000 Paid for Twe Franchises. The confession of Fansler detalls two alleged acts of bribery—the pay- ment of $3,000 for a franchise grant- ing the East St. Louis Interurban Railway company the right to lay tracks on certain streets of the city, ang the payment of $3,000 for a fran- chise granting the Alton and Southern the right to cross certain streets, Others Shared in Bribe. Six members of the city council shared in the division of the first $3,000 according to the confession, and four members in the division of the second Both bribes were paid in 1912, it is eharged. Former Mayor Involved. A former mayor of Fast St. Louis is named in the confession as the man who handed one of the council $1,500 of the Alton and Southern bribe money which was refused as insufficient. PRESIDENT ABANDONS HIS WEEK’S VACATION. Seeking to Aveid Necessity of Union Pacific Receivership. ‘Washington, June 27.—President Wil- son late today brushed aside all plans for a week’s trip to Cornish, . H—the summer capital—to examine immedi- ately the tentative agreement reaclfd between Attorney General McRey- nolds and the railroad attorneys for the dissolution of the Unicn Pacific merger, in order to prevent, if possible, the great railroad combination from being thrown into the hands of a re- celver. Unless a_method of dismem- bering the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific satisfactory to the judges of the United States supreme court for the eighth circuit is submitted by July 1, the United States supreme court has ordered the dissolution of the merger by governmeni receivership. A supreme effort is being made by the president and the attorney general to prevent this drastic alternative by an agreement on a plan adequate to meet the demands of anti-trust law and the mandate of the supreme court. Officials tonight freely predicted that the government and the railroad would present a ngreed plan | to the court within the time limit, al- though it was stated that the govern- ment’s approval in all probability would be qualified. TWO MEMBERS OF = A BAD GANG HELD. Figured in Affray Which Constable Was Seriously injured. Plainville, Conn., June 27.—Joseph Scott and Joseph Graback, two mem- bers of the New Hritain gang which cavsed a disturbance here one Satur- day night recently, during which Con stable Cornelius Downing was struck down and sericusly injured, were bound ver to the superior court for trial on a charge of assault with intent to kill, after a heartng before Justice M. O, Ryder today. Bonds wero fixed at $2, 000 each, They are charged with hav- ing made the assault on Downing. That officer wad present at the hearing, Eight other members of the gang were fined $10 each, and several oth- ers had the charges agaonst them dis- missed, Girard, Kan., Has Found a happy so- lution of the problem of Sunday base- ball by setting apart one day in the middle of the week when everybody vietims of the Buffalo explosion was'suspends business operations and goes Mayor Louls P. Fuhrmann. to the ball game. the Sherman | Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Pr Conds. .ed Teiegrams Dora Juana Edwards, the wealthiest woman in Chile, died at Santiago. * The Favorite “Cuss Word” used by President Wilson while playing golf is “Tut, Tut.” iy o divorce ‘Ward, socialist candidate for governor President Wilson Refused to Grant the government clerks at Washington a full holiday on July 5. ‘Open Hearings on the Administation currency bill will begin late next week before the senate banking committee. Mrs. Loretta Ayers Ward obtained a yesterday from William A. of Missouri last fall. __Mrs. James W. Gavin, sister of Pres- ident Thomas J. Lynch of the National league, died at her home, New Britain, yesterday. Nicholas Nadorno of . Derby while cleaning a revolver yesterday was wounded when a blank cartridge in a chamber was exploded. More Than 15,000 Miners in the West Virginia coal district have been order- ed to strike on July 1 by the United Mine Workers of America. The Trial of Alegre, the man who tried to assassinate King Alfonso, was begun at Madrid. He denied he at- tempted to kill the king. _Edward Gerard, 19, Was Arrested at New Haven yesterday afternoon charg- ed with abuse of a minor female. He I&‘?].H held in $2,500 bonds for a hearing o Married Persons Live Longer than those who are single, according to sta- tistics gathered by Dr. C. St. Clair Drake of the Chicago health depart- ment. General Hugh L. Scott, U. §. A,, ves- terday inspected the horder between El Paso and Juarez, with a view to placing his troops in the event of a battle. Women of Geneva will be the first in the state of Iilinois to” exercise their newly. gained suffrage rights. They vi!l vote July 12 on a proposal for free kindergartens. Action is to Be Sought in the next legislative session of practically every state by the United Commercial Trav- elers of America, in the interest of bet- ter hotel regulation The $15,000 California Appropriation to pay the transportation expenses of the veterans to the Gettysburg memo- rial celebration was declared illegal be- cause of a flaw in the bill The Body of Ensign William D. Bill- ingsley, who was killed in a hydro- aeroplane accident off Kent Island last Friday, was found floating on the sur- face of Chesapeake bay yesterday. The National Woman Suffrage asso- ciation will present a petition to the senate on Monday, ing it to pass a resolution for a constitutional amend- ment giving women the right to vote. Carl Lewis, the New Dopul( Warden at the Wethersfleld state prison, suc- ceeding Harry O. Ayers( resigned, re- ported to Warden Ward A. Garner at the prison vesterday. His family will follow shortly. George H. Hatchard, chairman of the board of health of the town of Hull, Mags, who is an ice dealer, was con- victed on five counts yesterday of giv- ing short weight in ice. A fine of $5 in each count was imposed. Rosalie Roque, a French Canadian, and Catherine Lacy, her cousin, both trained nurses were found dead in their room yesterday in the Bedford Hills, N. Y., branch of the Monteflore Home for Chronic Invalids. They had been shot to death. The Body of a Man Found Floating in the East river. New York, Wednes- day was identified vesterday as that of Willtam P. Smythe, formerly of St. Louis, who was United States consul to Birmingham, Eng., during the admin- istration of President Harrison. Calvin Sylvernale of Norfolk, Conn., who with Mrs. Sylvernale observed the 70th anniversary of their marriage on June 17, died during Thursday night of old age. Last week both were in good health. Mrs. Sylvernale is ill and the death of her husband is kept from her. Albert Schlicht, a Vaudeville Actor, 53 years old, who was known on the stage as Al Bellman, formerly of l_hs team of Bellman and Moore, commit- ted suicide by taking poison early yes- terday at the Vaudeville Comedy ciub, New York. Hermann, the Industrial Nathaniel { Workers of the World leader who was under bail pending the action of the grand jury on charges of inciting riot in connection with the strike at the Ipswich hoslery mill, was surrendered vesterday by Stanley Jaskowicz, who had furnished sureties of $1,200. Not Guilty Was the Verdict yester- day of the jury at Memphis, Tenn., that has been trying Mrs. Margaret L. Schieber, accused of second degree murder in connction with the death of her husband, Augustus _Schieber, a wealthy lumber dealer. He was shot dead in the apartments of Mrs, Lillian Howell, an acquaintance, last Febru- ary. AMERICAN BLUEJACKET 18 FALSELY ACCUSED. Said to Have Caused the Death of Belgian at Antwerp. Antwerp, June 27.—A report was in circulation here today that an Ameri- can biuejacket while on shore leave last night with a party of shipmates from the battleship Illinois, during a quarrel, struck and knocked down a Belglan named Balthazar Heinemann, Who died today from a fractured skull. Commander Lloyd H. Chandler, in command of the Iilinois, started an in- vestigation into the affair tonight. He said the statement was wholly without proof. The city authorities of Antwerp have taken no action in the case. Earthquake Off Pacific Coast. Toklo, June 27.—The imperial uni- versity reports that iis seismograph recorded an earthquake of three hours’ duration on Thursday afternoon. It is caleulated that the disturbance was in the sex off-the Pacific coast and that it avas almost as severe as the earthquake ©of 1806 which did such great damage in California. New Haven Garage Burne. New Haven, Cenn, June 37 —The garage of R. C. Lightbourn with two automobiles was destroyved by fire to- night causing a loss esiimated at about $5,000. * The fire was caused by an explosion of gasoline, Charles Dowie, a chauffeur, was slightiy burned about the hands and face to the Gfif’é Pfiéh 0il' Explosion On a Steamer FIVE MEN KILLED, SIX OTHERS INJURED. THREE BLOWN TO BITS One of Injured Not Likely to Recover —Acoident Probably Due to Care- lessness of a Machinist's Helper. New York, June 27.—Two hundred tons of fuel oil on board the steel tank steamer Mohawk, owned by the Stdn- dard Oil company, exploded today with a terrific roar and a burst of flame this afternoon while the yessel was at an- chor oft Tompkinsville, Staten Island, in New York bay, killing five persons and injuring six others. A dozen more are unaccounted for, but are believed to have escaped on craft that came to the Mohawk's aid or by swimming ashore. Two bodies were seen float- ing in the hold while fireboats were still pouring streams of water into the wrecked after end of the steamer late tonight. The other three victims probably were blown to pieces. The Dead and Injured. The dead: Edward Donahue, 35, Brooklyn. John Donovan, 26, a machinist help- er, Brooklyn. ¥ Two_unidentified sailors, members of the Mohawk’s crew. Fourth engineer of the Mohawk, a forelgner, name not obtainable. Three of the injured, Gustave Elm- gren, 40, pipefitter; Philip Lepic, 82, sailor, and Herman Weissmann, 31, sailor, were taken to their homes on Staten Island. Elmsren was probably fatally burned. Percy Payne, & ma- chinist, and Third Engineer Vander- grief of the Mohawk were slightly burned. Accident Due to Carelessness. Carelessness of a machinist's helper was Teported to have caused the ex- plosion. Fifty men, including _the crew and twenty machinists who were making Tepairs preparatory to the Mo- hawk’s departure for Tuxpan, Mexico, tomorrow, were on board. Perhaps a dozen of them were in the boiler and firerooms. A helper was declared to have dropped a washer into the hold below the fireroom. Seeking to re- cover it, he is believed to have carried a lighted candle which caused combus- tion among the generated gases in the hold. The explosion was heard for many miles around. A 200 foot flash of | flame, a column of smoke, the detona- tion, a volcano of debris and the Mo- hawk settled aft, while fireboats, wrecking tugs, Standard Oil tows and other harbor craft came to the scene from all directions. The Mohawk’s lifeboat was tossed a hundred yards and a score of men were blown overboard. These men _were rescued unhurt from the water. Others clung to stanchions and Tails or hud- dled in the bow, whence they were dragged to safety by persons on the first boat that ventured near. The Mohawk's crew was getting up steam to start the seccud half of her maiden vovage from Mexico and re- turn. She was without cargo. Shortly after 9 o'clock tonight the fire was under control and the crew returned on board and began pump- ing the vessel out. The stern was completely under water, but it is be- lleved the rest of the hull is practical- Iy intact and that the steamer can be readily gotten into drydock for re- pairs. steamfitter, JACK JOHNSON TO SAIL TOMORROW. Has Ticket for Havre and Authorities Cannot Molest Him, Montreal, June 27.—Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, accompanied by his white wife, Lucille Cameron Johnson, is booked to sail for Havre on the Al- {lan Ilne steamer Corinthian Sunday morning. Canadian immigration offi- cials located Johnson tonight with a | view to taking summary deportation action should he fail to comply with the restrictions of the Iimmigration laws. The negra pugilist in response to a demand of the officlals produced a through ticket to Havre, purchased in Chicago. By, this bit of strategy John- son tied the hands of the Canadian fm- migration authorities, They are pow- erless to act further than to see that he leaves the country on the ship on which he is booked to sail To the immigration officials John- son said that on June 23 he purchased two through tickets in Chicago for Havre in the name of John Arthur Johnson and wife; that he boarded the train for Toronto Tuesday night, left it at Hamilton and motored to Toron- kto, "where he boarded another train for Montreal. He said he was not ques- tioneq by immigration officials at the Canadian border and experienced no difficulty in crossing the Hne. Johnson said he was fully advised of his rights and privileges hefore leav- ing Chicago. Having answered the officials’ ques- tions_satisfactorily, Jolmson was al- lowed to depart, but it is understood that a furthcp observation will be mode before he goes aboard the Corinthian. The immigration officlals stated that they were acting independently of the Tnited \States officials and at the im- migration offices it was said no official communication with reference to John- son had been received from Washing. ton or Chicago. NEW LONDON MAN FOR EXCISE BOARD 8trongly Recommended for Appoint. ment at Washingten. (Specialsto The Bulletin.) Washington, June 27—The members of the Consecticut delegation have en- dorsed the application of Willlam Hig- gins, for many years a resident of New London, for appointment as a member of the excise board of the Dis- trict of Columbia. This board was created by the new excire Jaw that goes into effect in tha Distrifl of Columbia'on July 1. They will have full jurisdiction over the granting of licenses to sell liquors within ‘the district. Mr. TMiggins has been engaged in business in the city of Washington for ten years and in addition to the endorsements of the Connecticut dele- gatfon has been endorsed by many of the business men of the city. Cape Train Crashes Into Freight. ‘Wellfleet, Mass, June 27.—Runming ‘inte an open switch at the Wellfleet station on the New Haven road, the “afterneon Cape train” from Boston crashed Into freight night. Nop;'n:‘hld?u&u&z?