Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 25, 1913, Page 1

PRICE TWO CENTS VThe Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double ‘That "of ‘Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connectic “MAN FAILURE” ALL ALONG THE LINE| Cablos Paraorashs *\Sulzer Scores Railroad Officials, Directors and Trainmen Blamed For the Wreck BY THE INTERSTATE C at Wallingford OMMERCE COMMISSION Charges in Its Report That Wreck Was Due to Inefficient Management, Neglect of Precautions For Safety, Too Close Spacing of Trains Without Proper Safeguards and Dereliction of Duty on Part of Certain of the Employes. ~“Man failure” ng the line from officials and the New Haven railroad trainmen, i8 held by the smmerce Commission to he cause of the Walling- ept. 2, in which 21 were injured. In its report, today, the commission of the wrecked s and scores officers for inefficlency of man- hington, Sep! agement. Regulations Became “Dead Letters.” N ficials of the New.Ha- 1 and the officers and directors of sysiem are condemned scathingly romulgation of regulations which permitted to become practically and for not seeing to it ers that operating conditions ere at they had directed them to lan failure in t case,” ‘savs « ioner McChord, who prepared report after an exhaustive per- “ nvesiigatior of the accident, t high up in official authority &n unnatural seguence to those in posi- rank, but still responsibility.” Old Wooden Cars. time of the disaster, were “antiquated by the locomotive as by the pubiic of Connecticut™” ted by con- they were =d to accommodate. These were utory reasons for the Antique Signals; demned well mission m P e nu y casualties. Com- er McChord indicated the re- f milar recent accident at ich the eguipment in which none of the lled, as an object use of modern { m demrands of the New immediate adoption of ystem of superinten- sion, which will give definite and positive i enforcement of safety yploves should take ali precautions for safety. Weakened Respect for All Rules. “But no intelligent system was de- vised by which to ascertain whex rules were disobeyed. “Rules were disobeyed largely. and only a smalb proportion of these viola- tions was made the subject matter of Teports to officials. “Of some of the rules, as has recent- Iy been said by the general manager of this railroad when he issued new ones in their place, there has been ‘convincing demonstration’ of their in- adequacy “Dereiiction of duty by those who are charged with the making and with the regulations can- not fail to weaken respect for all rules and to render nugatory to a large ex tent all efforts to maintain effective discipline. Rules that are not intended to be enforced have no proper place in a railroad company's code of regu- lations, and when the operating officer which have been established to secure safety to be violated with impunity they cannot reasonably expect (o escape responsj- Dbility for the consequences of such v lations.’ Why Officials Are Blamed. #he report contains no recommenda- tions, eSdept by inference, and no or- ders, as the interstate commerce com- mission is without authority to control or supervi: the operation of trains. Tt is suggested, however, that the forth- coming annual report of the commis- sion will recommend to the congress the enactment of laws conferring spe- cific authority upon the commission to reguiate train operations. Continuing his enumeration of faults of the New Haven management, Com missioner McChord says Discipline was weak and ineffective, certainly a fault of the management “Rules were inefficient, a fault of the higher officials “Rules were inadequatel¥ enforced, the blame for which must be charged to the officials. And while all this was true, high speed was required. And this high speed was required over the section of the road where this accident ocenrred, while there were in use anti- : whether or not the . r remrents ay rules of this | are observed Conductor, Flagman, Engineer Blamed. | fter a comprehemn ew of the stincny Siae e investigation, raminsiomer in part: | : this accident | - re o man Murray 3 tect ain, the fail- | . ineman Miller property to | speed of his train i order 4d bring it to a stop before | ng awtorpatic siznal No. 23, and | allure of Copductor Adams, to ceTtain that his train was prop- | prote: n_additional _cause f Bngineman Wands o stop, as required re passing avtematic which was in the stop Depiorable Lack of Supervision, . e this aociden: was directly o the failure of employes prop- to perform th , the sig- »al system in use was entirely inad- > e to safely and govern movement of th volume of traffic over line and there was a deplorable lack of supervision on the part of operating officers: on this ac- count the conditions which led up to iccident were pos: by this m of reports nvestigat Uroad, on of idents de on manage- mer s precautions Loy le wd these not d, high spee - y following one another » 1ate safeguards, derelic- tion of d on the part of certain employes well as & general weak- mess of discipline, have been de- | nounced and condempe Tt is ding that this state of | affairs is to continne to exist.” Public Confidence in Directorats Not | Justified After giving a list of executive | oficers and_directors of New Ha- | ven, including many o foremost | men of the financia Commis- | Eone ! Or ind are finance en oper- e knowledge of the railroad ossessed | by such men westments and travel | & hoth he sa xperience has | p= that thim rehance of the public | fled as to either finance | the focussing of pukiie the guestion of safet of this railrad and in bsequent governmentzl 3 os th national and state, as ee and remedies for the frequent disastrous accidents, it would see f the directors themselves ] called upon to turn from on of the finapcial ques- this ;road is involved at least give the ben- consideration and judg- question of safety.” h Where Directors Failed. The report points out that at a meet- ing of the directors of the New Haven, after disasters at Bridgeport and West- port, a resolution was adopted direct- i res Mellen, then at the head 1, to leave nothing undone vhich in the judgment of himseif and assistants ‘will conduce to greatel 1 ¢ operation of ihe road there shall be no lHmitation ed upon the installation of sig- . applian or auyvthing will _improve the sifety of ravel upon this company’s directurs stopped, the re They did not see fo it that ton was carried iuto ef It he whole situation,” gecla aner McChord. “They Assums p If-enforcing. presid I manager and s fendents orders that all Tules should be oleoyed and that em- | for their guidance. many whi quated signals which were condemned by the locomotive enginemen, as well s by the public service commission of Connecticut Proper Spacing of Trains. “There was an imperative call aris- ing from the density of traffic and complex operating conditions on this railroad for close and intensive super- intendence. This call was unanswered until after the puplic hearing in the { case. “The proper spacing of trains was a matter for which not the train em- ployes but the management of the rail- Toad was responsible. “The duty of safeguarding against the hazards inhering in this business cannot be divested from themselves by a mere vote delegating it upon another, unless there is an exercise of legal standard of care and diligence in Su- pervision to ascertain and know that it is performed Duty of Railroad Employes. “When public calamities call their attention to the non-performance of the duty of safeguarding this enter- | prése, where governmental authorities call public attention to the necessity of further safeguards, it seems some fur. ther action by the directors of a r road upon which such calamities are recurring is called for than a formal reaffirmation of a vote delesating the whole safety question to on official. “It cannot be too strongly impressed upon railroad emploves that they are most strictly bound to comply with fety rules provided by the railroad No matter how coniributing causes there may be h others my prove answer- direct and proximate cause disaster was the failure of of these train crews be- rules and ex- for able, these fore referred to, to obey | ercise the degree of care under the cir- cumstances which was commensurate with the grave responsibility resting upch them at the time, “Our reference to the management of | this railroad in the past, of course. has no application to the new president, who was confronted w s aceident on the day he took arge Presum- ably he was seleciec of his lability and fitness as a railroad man- ager. It is to he hoped. thai he may be permitted to devote himself prima Fily to the problems of safety of op- eration which this raiiroad manage- ment is now under the highest compul- sioh of duty and humanity properly fe eolve. Adequate Block System Required. “The density of traffic on this rail- read requires an adequate block sys- tem, and until the system now being installed between Springfield and New Haven is available for use an adequate method of providing a proper space be- tween trains should forthwith be plac- ed In operation. “Definite instructions should be is- gued to enginemen and trainmen to ap- proach signals in weather so foggy or stormy as to obscure in any degree the clear view of signals with train un- der full control. Such instructions should also be enforced.” Banjo Signals Criticised. Commissioner McChord _severely criticized the “banjo signals” in use to some extent upon the New Haven, declaring them to be “far from ade- quate to provide for the safe operation | of high spead irains, especially during foggy or stormy weather, nolwith- standing Lhe rvle governing their op- eration. As a resull the activn of the state couunission x moderu signal system is now being installed beiween Bpringfeld and New Haven Lufractions of (he rules and regula Yons goverhing the operation of trains on the New Haven were shown hy the Teport to be occurring “with alarming regularity and frequency.” The state- ment of the operaling officers and the of records furnished in (his case, the re- ays, “arc conclusive proof that kBOWw o these dangerous prace 5. Thelr responsibility in the mat. ter cannot be evaded” " French Avlator Injured. Rheims, Sept. 24—Marcel Cavelier, the French aviator, was seriously in- jurcd today wnen his monoplane fell with him from a height of sixty feet. Expelted For Not “Boozing.” Greistwald, Germany, Sept. 24—The expuision on account of their total ab- stinence principles of a number _of students from Greifswald, university, one of the oldest in-Germany, founded in 1456, has caused a sensation here. French *Aviator Falls 150 Feet. Oujda, Morocco, Sept. 24—Another French military aviator was killed to- day. Lieutenant Auguste Souleillan.of the Thirteenth rifle regiment, while en- deavoring to glide to the ground with his aeroplane fell from a height of 150 fee John Redmond a Grand-Dad. Dublin, Ireland, Sept. 24—Jobn Red- mond, leader of the Irish party, became a grandfather today when twins were born to his daughter Johanna, Who married Max S. Green, chairman of lme Irish Prisons board, on January 8§ ast. Escaped Animals Caused Terror. Berlin, Sept. 24—Terror reigns among the population of Styria, . Austria, arising from the depredatiohs of a lioness and her cubs and a number of wolves and hyenas which recently es- caped from a menagerie, according to despatches reaching here from Gratz, Big Liner Sinks a Steamer. Hamburg, Germany, Sept. 24—The steamship Graf Waldersee of the Ham- burg-American line, while ascending the river Elbe last night on her way from Philadelphia, whence she sailed on Sept. 11, collided with the small Norwegian Steamer Norge. The liner struck the Norge a glancing blow on the starboard side, ripping her open below the waterline and cau g her to sink immediately There were no casualties on either vessel. FOR RETENTION OF STEAMSHIP LINES. | Dominating Sentiment at New England Railroad Conference. Boston, Sept. 24—Railroad operation teamship and trolley lines, uniform 0ad iegislatlon and other transpor- blems were discussed {oday Engiand railroad confer- cuce, consisting of members appoint- ed by the governors of each of the New England states Yhe discussion indicated, accord- g to ore whe participated, a senti- ment in faver of the retention by the New Eng'and railroad em of the Long Island Sound steamship lines on the ground that passenger and freisht traffic _coulc. be better handled ond, with proper control, the public inteves would be better protected. GRAND TRUNK STiLL LACKS THE MONEY. wWark on Southera New Englana Won't Start Right Away. P work ailw vidence, R. I, Sept. 24—Hape that on the Southern New Wizland y. the line that was planned Chamberlain of the Grand Trunk. message read: “Regret to say that Southern New England has not yvet made financial arrangements which would warrant its resumption of work in Rhode Island” FIRED AT HIS WIFE AND KILLED DAUGHTER Worcester Man Who Did It Recom- mended for Pardon. The Boston, Sept. 24—A pardon for John Wainwright serving a life sentence for ommended by the toda Wainwright, executive council a resident of Worces- ter, was convicted of killing his daughter in 1906. Testimony at'the trial showed that he had shot at his wife, but the bullet missed its mark and struck the girl. The pardon com- mittee of the council reported that ‘Wainwright had acted under great provocation. CALIFORNIA FOREST FIRES UNDER CONTROL Hercules Powder Works in Santa Cruz County Threatened. San Francisco, Sept. 24—After burn- ing for three days with .damage to timber and agricultural lands estmated ot $1,000,000 and upwards, forest fires in four counties of ccatral Catifornia were rcported unier control, In Santg Cruz county, where | desperate work saved the only Hercules being watched on the billsides, Steamchip Arcivals, New York, Sept. 24—Steamer Mau- o Mongolia, Philadelphia via St. Johns, | N, F. Naples, Sept. 23 —Arrived: Steamer | Angona, New Yorl | Gibraltar, Sept. 24.—Arrived er Calabria, New York for 2 i Liverpool, Sept 24, — Arrived: Steamers Campania, New Yeork: La- nia, Boston: Tunisian, Montreal, Nuples, Sept, 20.—Arrived: Steamer Mendoza, New Yerk, _Havre, Sept. 23— Arrived: Stesmer N , New York rieste, Sepl. 24— Arrived: Steamer Tyrolia, Montreal via Naples, Fiume, Sept. 24.—Arrived: Steamer ivernia, New York. Steamers Recported by Wireless. New York, Sept. 24 —Staemer Mau- retania, Liverrool for New York, Sig- nalled 1,032 miles east of Sandy Hook at 10 a.'m. Dock § a. m. Friday. Sable Island, Sept. 24.—Steamer Panonia, Trieste for New York, sig- nalled $00 miles east of Sandy Hook at 11 a. m. Dock 8 a. m. Saturday, Steamer Perugia, Naples for New York, signalled 630 miles east of Sandy HooK at noon. Dock 5.30 p. m. Friday. Cape Race. Sept. 24.—Steamer Kais- erin Auguste Victoria, Hamburg for New York, signalled 1,225 miles e at 10 a. m. Dock 8.3 New York, Sept. 24.—Steamer €zar, | Libau for Halifax and New York, sig- { nalled 1,130 zuil st of Sandy Hook lat noon. Will probably reach New | York dock sbout 1 a. m. Sunday. Sable Island, Sept. 24, —Steamér Bal- tie, Liverpool for New York, signalled 792 miles east of Sandy Hook at & p. m. Doek 6 p. m. Eriday Murder Plot Discovered. okio, Sept. 21—A plot to assinate the Japanese minister of foreign af- fairs, Baron Nobakino, and dynamite |the forcign office has been unearthed { by the police. A miner. who hadsstolen explosives for this purpose, has been arrested. to connect the Grand Trunk railway with the sea by ‘way of Providence, would be resumed speedily was dispelled te day by a telegram from President | murder in the second degree, was rec- | | Powder works, smoul lering embers are | { » fln_ One Point EVIDENCE DOESN'T SUSTAIN LARCENY CHARGE RULING OF THE COURT Schiff and Morganthau Testify That There Were No Rest; On Money Contributed by Them. tions Placed Albany, N. Y, Sept. 24.—Governor Sulzer was free fo use the $2,500 check given him by Jacob H. Schiff, a New | York banker, ir any way he chose. The banker so declared tcday on the witness stand at the impeachment trial of the guvernor. The designation of the check scross its back as a con- tribution to the governors campaign fund did not restrict its use to that| purpose, Mr. Schiff said. Mergenthau Gave $1,000. Henry Morgenthay, ambassador to Turkey, formerly chairman of the finance committee of the national democratic committee, testified that when he gave the governor a check for | $1,000—a perscnal contribution—he had piaced no limitations on its use. He said, however, that he had made the gift 'to help the governor in his cam- paign and had been “foolishly geper- ous.” These are two of the alleged cam- paign \contribations which the articles of impeachment against the governor charge that he stole, Such Use Not Larceny. “It possibly cannot make any differ- ence in this case. but if I was sitting in a criminal prosecution,” said Judge Edgar M. Cullen, president of the court, “I should have to charge the petit jury that if the owner consented to the use in any m#nner of the money or check given by the party to whom it was delivered, such use would not ut in Proportion to the City’s Population Two Alienists Visit Schmidt ANOTHER EXAMINAVION AS ‘TO HIS SANITY INQUEST IS POSTPONED Will Not Be Held-Until Next Week to . Await Report of AlicHists—Another Examination Probably Tomorrow. New York, Sept. 24-—Hans Schmidt, slayer of Anna Aumuller, was examin- ¢l today by alienists for the state in n effort to determine his mental con- erstwhile priest claim that he fs insane, and in order that expert opinion on this point may he had before the case progresses fur- ther, the inquest into the Aumuiler tion. Counse! for the & - *Condensed Telegrams A Total Money Loss of $163,000,000 was cdused by the floeds in the Ohlo valley last March. 5 It is Reported That Gambling will again be permitted in Panama and Colon after October 10. Brown University Opened for 150th academic year yesterday. entering class numbers 200, Daniel W. Boardman, one of the fa- mous bandmaster of this country is dead in Boston -at the age of 82 Joseph ‘and John Hill wefe shot and killed and their brother Birge Hill, was injured seriously in a family ‘quarrel near Grand Chajn, 1l Dr. Charles L. Leonard, u noted X- ray operator, died at Atlantic City, from blood poisoning caused by con- stant exposure to the rays. 3 Iron ‘Mask, a ho owned by Jeff Livingstone, broke the world's record for six furlongs, running the distance, in 1.10-4-5 at Louisville, Ky. e The San Francisci Police Commis- sion has ordered the abolishment of Barbary Coast, a conglomeration of { sirl's death, which had been set for j next turday, was adjourned to Fri- day, Oct, 3. No Comment by Alicnists. By that time a ‘decision as .to | Schmidt’s mental status will have been reached by the state's alienists, of | whom Dr, Carlos ¥, MacDenald and Dr, Viilliam Mabon saw and questioned dance halls and dives in that city, Col. William Busby, known as the “Coal King” of Oklahoma and one of is the wealthiest persons in the stat dead at McAlester, aged 59 years. Colonel James Brizzolara, aged 65, prominent Italian of Fort Smith, Ar and well known in the early days, Schmidt today. A third physician later will be selected to co-operate with these in further examinations, the next of which probably will be l)s-,m Friday The alienists had no commdnt £ make after their interview with Schmidt to- day. Schmidt Visited By Schoolmate. Father TFranz Markert, a school- mate of Schmidt in Mainz Germany, had a long talk today with the con- fessed murderer. “He hasn't changed much,” said Father Markert. “He was always of a nervous disposition; but we attributed that to the close atten- tion he paid to his studies, On his mother’s side an uncle hung himself. A daughter of this uncle is now in an in- constitute larceny.” stitution for the insane. On his This testimony and the ruling of the | er's side a cousin shot himself a presiding judge thereon marked the |ago. A sister of this cousin is in an opening of the actual trial of the im- |insane asylum. A generation or two peached executive, which up until noon | back two cousins committed suicide today, had been delayed by arguments | and two other cousins, also of a gen- of objections of counsel for the de- fense. At that hour all the obstac to the taking of testimony had been swept aside by wvote of the court, thereby permit{ing KEugene Lamb Richards, of counsel for the managers of the impeachment, to launch upon his address outlining the evidence against the guvernor. Schiff's Testimony. Schiff took the stand arter‘counsel for the prosecution. with Isidor Kresel as chic fexaminer, had called on_Secretary of State Mitchell May and various officers of the assembly and senate to prove that Governor Sulzer had been duly nominated, elet- ed, sworn into office and impeached. The banker testified that he had known the governor for many vea that he had written him a letter con gratulating him upon his nomination, and that on Oct 16, 1912 had called on him at his office in New York. “Governor Sulzer came into my of- fice,” said Mr. Schiff, “and he discuss- ed the general political situation. He said that he was gratified that he was going to have my support. 1 asked him ‘whether there was anything spe- | I could do for him, and he said: Are you going to contribute to my campaign fund” “1 said: ‘Yes, I shall be willing to do_so” “He said: “How much will you con- tribute ™ “1 said: '$2,500. “He replied: 'Can you make it any more? p “I then said to him: ‘No, that is about as much as I care to give you. The check. dated Oct. 16, was shown to the witness and he identified it. Did Not Restrict Use of Money. ow, did you, in this conversation, or at any time,” asked Louis Marshall of the governor’s attorneys, any limitation or condition upon the use which was to’ be made of that money by him?” “There was nothing said” replied Mr. Schiff after Attorney Kresel had entered a vigorous objegtion to his answering the question. “Your Honor will recollect,” posed the governor's attorneyy “that f one of the counts in one of the articles | is that this money was received as a bailee and wrongfully misappropriat- ed.” “You are right,” said Judge Cullen, riicle says guilty of lai here that the president of the court renderea his decision that where money was given with consent that it could be useé in any manner such use would not constitute larceny. Meant Him to Have Free Use of It. Counsel for the prosecution brought out that a cross on the back of the the governor | Sulzer Solicited Contribution. i impose | inter- | eration or twe back, are inmates of an asylum. In college Schmidt was ec- centric and inclined to be a fanatic re- garding things religious.” | BALDWIN SPEAKS IN CITY CAMPAIGN Pleads with New Haven Democrats te | “Stick Together.”” New Haven, Conn., Sept; 24.—Gov- ernor Simeen . Baldwin entered into | the local mayoralty campaign tonight | when he delivered the principal ad- { dress at a democratic ratification meet- |ing. His addfess was a plea for the | democrats to stick together, saying St will help us immensely to carry the state next year if we carry the city this vear.” He declared also *hat it is of great importance to the in- terests of the peo that we should control the vote in all state and n: tional elections.” The governor at- | tacked the administration of Maver Rice, who is a candidate for reelec- tion, THAW COUNSEL MAY ASK FOR MORE TIME May Find It Impossible to File Briefs Next Monday. - N. H., Sept. 24—Governor Kelker may not be able to give his answer to New York state's request for the extradition of Harry K. Thaw til next week. Counsel for Tnaw aid tonight that it may be found nec- essaary to ask for a further extension of time in which to file briefs supple- mental to the arguments introduced at the hearing before the governor ses terd Monday next was the limii | originally set for filing these briefs | with the executive, Concord, Taft in Washington. | Washington, Sept. 24—Former Pres- {ident Taft came back to Washington |today for the second time since he {left the White House March 4 to at- rial commission of which he is chai man. He was a guest tonight at a lo- cal hote! ind will remain in the cap- ital unt? ¥riday. H Two Killed in B. & O. Wreck. Youngstown, Ohio, - Sept. 24—En- | gineer Wal H. Johnson of Chicago Junction, Ohio, and Fireman R. S | Blackwood of Pittsburgh were killed | tonight in a wreck on ea bound Balti- mor_ and Ohio passenger train No. 10 { when the “ngine jumped the track |just east of Center street here, checl weer the words “Mr. Schiff’s|pim ag to the use that he was to make contributton toward William Sulzer's | o¢ {pe $1.0007 campaign cxpensesy and that he had [ 0 SIOREL written the words thereon at the tme | ot vou give it In order 1o help him when he turned it over to the Frawley | 41> % bocome movermr. o help him investigating committee. “This is the | o Now York check of my firm, not my individual | “A( that time 7 felt positive he would checl explained Mr. Schiff, “and|pe governor.” replicd the wiiness, “It when T gave it out of my handé T DUt [ wodetmply fo help nim. 1 o e itat this notation on it so as to identify the | 1\ ganerans and thaueht 1 wanle mor check. Whan T used the expression ‘campaign exienses’ it wasa very gen- eral expression. 1 certainly had no objection whaisoever, and 1 think . it was the,general intent and purpose of the conversation with Governor Sulzer that he could use this $2,500 for what- ever he pleased. If I search my mind, I would say to you that Governor Sul- zer could have had this $2,500 at any time, and for any purpose, and if L had beem very careful I would not “Was it vour intention in glving him thiz $1,000 to help him pay those ex- penses?” “That is inferential” was the reply, “I really could not tell vou what mv | | him. | | | intentions were. He came in and it | flattered me to think he wanted my | help in the future, and I wanted to ! help him.” “Help him in what?” “In his election, in his canvass.” haye probably used the words ‘cam- P e e Contribution a Personal One. meant that he should have the free use | _ This question Senator Coates of s | Saranac Lake emphasized by asking the witness if he wouid have made Morgenthau’s Testimony, The governer's six lawyers were smiling jubilantly when Mr. Schiff left the wiiness siand. Tonight counsel for the managers announced that they would recall the | banker {omorrow., Mr. Morgenthau came next, that Governor Sulzer came to his of- fice at democratic national headquar- ters im New Ycrk on Oct. 5, 1912. He said: “Wa taiked about the general situ tion znd while talking | either made out a check yself of had my clerk mske oul 3 cbeck Zo¥ $1,000 and 1 signed and banded it to the governor. He said to_we: T didn't expeci-that from vou. I dom't want it, becausg you are doing so much for the national committee. *T sald, bowever, 1 did want (o help him, and he tock the check.” “Was there snvthing said in that conversation, asked loiis Marshall, | taking up the cross examination, “as | | to the use he was to put the $1,0007" “There was nothing said,” replied the ambassador with a smile. “Did yeu !z any-wayintend tg Jugit He said | his contribution if Mr. Sulzer had net been candidate for governor, “Certainly not,” replied Mr. Morgen- | thau. siding judge, the witnes: { B Jue s said that the | contribution was a personal one and not from the fund of the national campaign committee. “It was one of these generous im- pulses.” he remarked with a laugh, “which oceasionally prompt me to do things No Report Filed by Tammany. tutimation of the attack which, il is | reported, the governor will make’ upon Tammany Hall when the time comes for his counsel to present his side of the case came at the very oulset of the testimony today, when Attormey QMarshall asked Secretary of State May if he had in his files a cunp port of the general committee of Tawm- many Hall 4 | Mr. May replied that no such report had “officially come to his notice.” The presiding judge overruled the objeetion, of counsel for the manager asainst igquiry along this line, * tend a meeting of the Lincoln Memo--| In response > a question by the pre- | throughout the southwest, is dead Representative S. A. Roddenbery, who has been critically ill at his home at Themasville, Ga.; since Sunday was still hovering at the point of death yes- terday. Patrick O’Brien, a been held in bail for the d brakeman, - has ath of Mrs C. Olin, of Falls Village, Conn., who was hurt in a coliision at Canaan on June Forest Fires Which Were burning yesterday in varfous sections of North- ern California have already ecaused losses estimated at considerably more than $1,000,000. Carl Chesborough, 21 Years of committed suicide at Lawrence, Mas yesterday at his lodgings, by inhaling illuminating gas. Despondency is as signed as the eau Derrill Pratt ,a St. Louis American League baseball player, has applied to the Washington authorities for per- mission to catch a ball dropped from the Washington menument, Ten Firemen Were burned, three se- riously at Milwaukee, Wis.. vesterday during a fire which destroyed $75,000 worth of ceal, decks and dock build- ings of the Gross Coal company. Martin Sheridan, Olympic Star dnd champion discus thrower of the world was promoted yesterday ffom a New York patrolman to first grade detective at an increase of $800 annually, Four Firemen Were seriously burn- ed yesterday while fighting a fire in the abestos and roofing material plant of the H. W. Johns-Manville company at New Orleans, The loss is estimated at $85,000. The Industrial Weifare Commission of Oregon has adopted a ruling which will become a law November 23, fix- ing a minimum wage of §0.25 a week for adult women clerks who are not apprentices. Leroy R. Tillotson and Harry Whit- tan, Des Moines, la., newspaper stero- typers, were killed early °yesterday when they drove over a 50 foot cliff along the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad. In Calling to Order the 14th trien- n of the Order of the Fast- moth found in Ala Confirmation of the Report that the Boston & Maine railroad paid Charles 8. Mellen §60,000 shortly before he re- tired from the presidency o fthe New Haven system was given before the ifiterstate commerce commission at Boston yesterday. .he Preliminary Inquiry at Como, |Italy, into the charge against Porter Charlton, the young American ac cused of murdering his wife at Lake Como in 1910 was concluded yesterday, but the result has not yet been commu- nicated to the king's procurator. Has Come Information to { | | | at Chicaga yesterday, Mrs. | { M. Alice Miller of El Reno, Okla., used a gavel made from the tusk of a mam- Gamboa Named for President CHOICE OF CATHOLIC PARTY OF { MEXICO . HAS HUERTA’S. SUPPORT General Rascon Nominated For Vice President—Effort to Select Men Who Will Be Pleasing to United States. Mexico City, Sept. 24—Frederic Gam- boa, minister of foreign affairs, was today miominated for the presidency by the Catholic party convention. Gen- eral Eugenie Rascon, was nominated for the vice presidency. Both candi- dates regarded as men of high standing. An Able Diplomat. o Gamboa was a disciple of Ignacio Mariscal, once foreign minister and af one time minister to the United States. He was sub-secretary of foreign affaifs under Mariscal. Later he became minister to The Netherlands and has recognized ability as diplo- matist. He is a writer of some note and is about fifty years of age. Rascon Has Long Military Record. General Eugenie Rascon was minis ter of war under Provisional Presi- dent de la Barra. He served as military commander of the federal district for a short time and later as governor of Yucatan. He is now, military com- mander of the district of Oaxaca. He is 65 years of age and has a long mili- tary record. Candidates Have Huerta's Approval According to prominent member of the Catholic party, the selection of candidates was made with the approv- al of General ‘Huerta and therefore means the elimination of Huerta as a presidential possibility. The Catholic ty while supporting the present administration morally and financially, it is explained, realized tho futility of endeavoring to vontinue Gen- ral Huerta in office in face of oppo- ition on the part of the United States and the ' consequent inability of the government to borrow money. Effort to Please United States. This attitude was plainly Indicated to General Huerta, who was brought to realize its consistency, and finally eanctioned the proposed nominationg and gave assurances of his Support of the ticket. He said that he would not be the candidate of any other pacty cr faetion, The efforts of the Catholic party, it is sa‘d, have been directed at the se- lection’ of men wio would be acespt- able to the United ‘\'luhn\:. RAILROAD OFFICIALS HURT IN COLLISION, Passenger Train Sideswipes a Froight At Indiana, Pa. Indiana, I pt. 24—Four prom inent oflicials of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh railroad were seriously injured near here today when a pas senger train sideswiped a freight train in the Creek-Side vards.' Five other persons were hurt but not seriously. The railroad officials injured are: T. J. Breneman, Rochester, N, Y. gen- eral manager of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh road: 1. J. Devons, Rochester, N. Y., superintendent of the Rochester division; P. Frazer, Du- hois, trafnmaster of the Pittsburgh di- vision. CBITUARY. Leavitt Pomeroy Bissell. | Suffield, Conn., Sept. 24.—Word was received here ight of the death at suffalo, N. Y, of Leavitt Pomeroy Bissell one of the largest tobacco growers in the state. He was on his way back from Detroit with a local | auto party wherl he was taken ill of | pneumonia. His family went to Buffalo today in response to a telegram telling of his serious llnes: Mr. Bi was born here in April, descendant of the old that settled in Windsor colonial days. For many early in years he was connected with the firm of W. B. manufacturers, | came sole owner been extensiva g He { children. sell, was i fall. Droke & company, cigar until 1895, when he be- Since 1897 he had rower of leaf to- an was prominent in fraternal cir- Besides bis widow, he leaves two His brother, Hon. C. C. Bis- candiaate for congress last | Taft the Guest of Hilles. New York, Sept. 24 —Wiliam How- 1t Montreal Students Routed From Their Beds formed intn bucket brigades and drove { lames from their own dermitories nt {the University of Puget Sound at Ta Wash., yesterday. hut were un | coma, |able to prevent destruction of the col- and the |lege gymnasium science building, domestic More Than $33,000,000 will be need- | ed within the next two years to place the Bosten & Maine railroad in first ]('luss condition, according to testi- | {mony given by Arthur B, Corthell. the {road's chief engineer, before Interstate Commerce Commissioner Charles A Prouty of Boston. Leon Cardines Martinez, a 18 year | eld Mexican, convicted of a revelting murder of a girl at Saragosa, 'Pexas, tin 1911, appealed to the supreme court vésterday to save him from the gal- |lows because his lawyers set out they were intimidated by a mob including some of his jurymen from appealing his conviction. New Haven Bans “September Morn.” New Haven, Conn., Sept Chief of Police Smith has put the ban en “September Morn.” At a local theatre the somg has been iccompanied with a picture on the screen depicting the bashful maiden taking & dip in the gray dawn of morn Scmeone ohject- Commissioner Phelps that there is a herd of cattle in Harwinton: aflicted with eye disease and an investigation by Deputy Commissioner Ir aham | discloses that the cattle were shipped | here from Texas without a state per- { mit. | John C. Schildknecht $20 a week clerk | of the Washburn-Crosby Milling com- 8: y who kept two automobiles and a | retinue of servants and disappeared | from New York two wecks ago when | [ shortage of mere than $20,000 was [found in his accounts, is under arrest | | | ard Taft was the principal guest of | Charles D. Hilles, his private secre- | tary in the White House, at a lunch- eon here today where the former pres | 1dent found about him two members of his cabinet Auring his administra tion, several other members of his offi eial family in Washington and the | hew mayor of New York. The affair wap informal and Mxr. Hillea deciared it was Ymprompts l‘ Gaynor's Estate Worth $2,000,000. New York, Bept. 24—The will _of William J, Gaynor, late mayor of New York ns filed today, leaves to the widow his Brooklyn residence and 300 shares of the Royal Baking Powder | company’s stock, The remainder of | the estate with the exoeption of minor | bequests, is divided, two-sevenths to ch of two sons and one-seventh to | each of three unmarried daughters, The i value of the estate s estimated at §$2,- 1 060,000, | Central Village Man Acquitted. | " New Haven, Cenn., Sept, 3¢.—Wil- liam Elliott of Central Village was ae- | auitted in the United Stafes district ceurt this afiernoon of selling adui- terated milk in violatien ef the pure food laws. There are 68 other cases of a similar nature befere the court, It was alleged that the milk had bean watered, but this was not preven in court, i | ; ] License Vote on Machines, | New Haven, Cesn. Sept. 24—The no-license adherents today petitioned ihe superior ceurt for a writ of man- damus asking that the license and ne- Ticense votes at the coming election be voted upen en machines, the same as }ed on the ground that the picture was | Glher Tatters. The vote heretefore indecent, and the chief ordered the | B3s been separate, theatre {o dlscentinue that feature, e - | Yale Freshmen Win Rush. Woman Dics on Ansonia Street. New Haven, Coun., Sepl, 34.—Yale Ansonia, Conn., Sept. 24— Mrs. Jobn | freshmen won the anunual rush with W. Evans dropped dead of heart dis- | the sophs tonight, and were alse sue- case on the street late this afternvon. | cessful in iwo af the three wrestling She was aboul 45 years old and is|bouts. It was the quietest “might b suryived by ber hushand. who is an]l:m-" in vesrs. Fha uniyersity invalid, and four childrea, T, em ks latk year