Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 24, 1913, Page 1

VOL. LV.—NO. 254 NORWICH, CONN., PRICE TWO CENTS MEXICAN SITUATION GROWS BLACKER Feeling at Washington Have to Employ WILSON AND BRYAN Arrival of Gen. Felix Diaz in Mexico Has Complicated Situa- tion-——Currency Bill Not Sole Reason For Continuing Congress in Session—Attitude of Great Britain Em- barrassing to United States—Diaz Still at Vera Cruz. ‘Washington, Oct. 23.-—An atmosphere of gravity and sombre silence envel- oped the Mexican situation here to- pight, not only with regard io the dis- saustaction of the ted States at Great Britain's attitude, but as to the critical state of affairs in Mexico City as the election of Oct. 26 draws near. There were no _tangible develop- ments, but an incident of the day which official Washington interpreted ously 1c discuss Mexico, the or any corre. <ly Washington 1 spondents in conferences. semi-w e president has always discussed in- melly and unofficially matters of international comsequence, giving the eneral status of affairs Today he asked to be excused. Stern Measures Not Unexpected. showed equal reti- n drawn general- that the arriv appeared to complicate in- by the Washington govern- st ing. ng the talk of and adjourmment of congres ican situation was InJ(‘(‘l(‘d @ reason for keeping the national I Jature session, and in admini; tien ci s it was admifted that it ‘was not the currenc problem alone which made it advisable for members 10 in Washington. No Aid Expested from Great Britain. It be: e apparent in well informed quarters that Great Britain’s failure to repudiate the action of Sir Liouel Car- den, British minister to Mexico, who presented his lentials immediately after Huerta proclaimed his dictator- stay ship, had caused Washingion officials® est respect and expri to feel that they no longer could de- pend on the hely of Engiand in solving | the Mexican probliem and that hence- forth the Unmited States would go for- ward single-handed, If pecessary, in a firm and aggressive policy. Whether | this wiil be revealed in a declaration | by the United States of her intention ! as the “nearest neighbor™ of Mexico to toke sach steps‘as will compose the situation bas noi yet maierialized, but many officials befieve the Washington, government will soon assert itself in a manner that will be tantamount to a _motice to Europe generally that inter- ference In Mexico by foreign powers is not desired by this couniry. British Attitude Embarrassing. The attitude of some of the adminls- tration officials, hitherto strong advo- cates of a policy of moral suasion, was decidedly pessimistic today and they reluctantly admitted that the United Siates government might take drastic sieps Though officials do not discuss the ¥Eritish attitude in any way, Dersons close to the administrafion say the policx of at Britain has created an embarrassing situation here with an ever-increasing tension. The Washington administration.con- siders that the Huerta government was toppling, that patural resemtment was being manifested throughout Blexico, after the arrvest of the Mexi- can members of COngr: at the crit- fcal moment the presemtation by Sir Yionel Cardem of his ecredentiais, un- repudiated by Great Britain, had the was President Wilson’s flat oblem, when he met and that svern | That - United States May Stern Measures / SIGNIFICANTLY SILENT. effect of morally supporting the Huerta | regirfie. { Ask for Fair Trial for Maderos. | Secretary Bryan's cnly comment +on | the Mexican situation was to the ef- | fect that representation: had been | made to ties in Madero: persuade the federal authori- | Mex:, to give the captured | fair trial. While General Felix Diaz is by no means regarded with favor by the administration,. it W apparent at the state department ; that the American officials would look a with displeasurc on any harm befalling | {him or any othér candidate in the | coming elections STATEM EN:‘; BY HUERTA. :Determ»ned That Vlcmoan Affairs Be ! Settled by Mexicans. GeneTal V president tement today, 1d in the pres of the diplo- binet ministers. Huerta gave that the 1 Mexico City, tor] Ia.]'lu Oct. Huerta, provisional 0, made a afterwards ri | ence of all lhp membe | sole use malke, of | dent is | republic, and, seco | the law of his country in holding fair | | elections, so that the choice of the | Mexican people, whoever it may be, | rxhall be installed in power. | Seneral Huerta said that his govern- | | ment was determined at all costs to | protect the lives and interests of for- eigners in Mexico, but that the gov- | ernment was equally determined that the domestic affairs of Mexico shall be settled by the Mexicans themselves. | __He referred to the president of the | United States in terms of the great- unbounded { admiration for the p and insti- | tutions of the United States. He point- ed out with great empl that the difference between the people of Mex- | ico and the people of the United States | wwas a difference so inherent and fun- | damental in the character of the two Taces as to make it entirely impos- 1 sible to apply to the people of Mexico !Ameflca_u methods in the evolution. of a democratic government for his coun- | try. DIAZ AT VERA CRUZ. Plans to Re{urn to Mexlco City Ap- panntly Abandoned. | | Vera Cruz, Orl 23.—General Felix | Diaz, who azrived here yesterday on | the steamer Corcovado and who went =oon after landing to the home of his mother-in-law, has remained there ever | since. He has so far escaped arrest, but his friends believe that if he ap- | pears in the streets of Vera Cruz he will be taken into custody by Presi- dent Huerta’s forces. Detectives and police are watching the house and. all plans formulated by General Diaz re- garding a visit to the capital appear to have been abandoned. ‘Diaz insists that he will not flee the country amd is still reluctant to | believe that the Huerta-Blanquet tick- et has official sanction, although he ad- mits that the wide distribution of the announcement of what is commonly ! regarded as the official candidacy, ren- | | ders other tickets impossible, GOVERNOR BALDWIN OPPOSES AMENDMENT ¥akes Strong Position Against Con- stitutional Prokibition, Kanmsas City, Oct. 22-—Disagreement ®n the temperance q@estion loomed at #he national ceumcil of Consregational ehurches here voday when Governor Bimeon K. Baldwin of Connecticut, an- mounced himseif as* opposed to the recommendations of the committee on temperance for an amendment to the federal constitufion prohibiting the manufacture and sale of liquor with- in the Umnited States. Governor Bald- win is said to have a substantial fol- lowing. “Such a change” sald the governor, *would be contrary to the whole spirit ©f our government, which wassto have & central power but limited in its #phere of influence. It was intended to leave the relations of man to man o be settied mainly by the several s each for jtself. Besides, a na- wide probibitory law re enforced in the large would provoke breaches of the law as pnfortunate as they are inevitahbie.” CONSTITUTION VIOLATED i BY ELECTION OF BROWN Charge Made by Connecticut Judge at Congregational Council. Kansas City, Mo, Oct. 22.—Thgat the pational council of C(ongregational churches violated the provisions of its | eonstitution yesterday in naming Rev. CharMs R. Brown, dean of Yale divin- ity school, as moderator, and in nam- fng 1IT. M. Beardsley of Kansas Clty. assistant moderator, was charged Judze John H. Perry, of Snuthporz Conn, in an address hefore the com- fmissfon of nineteen of the council at B public meeting today. The commis- #on s framing a new oonstitution for the council containing many radical changes, Vessel Fast in lce Six Years. Seattie, Washn.,, Oct. 23—The steam- #r Centennial which left Muroran, Jap- &n, six years ago for San Francisce, wilh sulphur and was never heard from, is reporisd fast in the jce off Baghalin Tsiand, Okhotsk Sea, near Siberfa. A Russian expedition, bound through ihe Okhotsk Hea discovered the missing vesssl with lifebouts gons, the name partly obllterated and her fron work corroded, Thers was no ®ign of a human belng on the ship. The “Burleson” Dahlia, Washington, Oet, 23, —Fame sought but Postmaster General Burleson to- day and cleaked him when it preduggd a new variety of dahlia and named it “The Burleson,” W. H, Harvey, a clerk tn the p offiee at Baitimere, was the hum Aagent thraugh whom fnvestiture Harvey dug the | WILSON’'S POLICY IN THE PHILIFNNES‘I Both Praised and Condemned at Lake | Mohonk Conference. i —Pres- | the Phil- approved | Y., Oct. 23 tment of was both tonight at the Lake Mohonk conference of Iriends of the Indians and Other Dependent Peoples The speakers wio condemned were de- eidedly in the majority. The views ex- Mohonk Yake, ident Wilson's tre { ippines problem and condemned pressed, however, varied from advo- cacy of perpetual American control to belief in immediate independence. | The dominant opinion favored making | the Filipinos independent but not un- tll a generation or more had been de- voted to teaching them how to govern | | themselves. The most radical address ! proposed resigning the care of the | islands to an international council and | if the great powers refused to accept | this trust, turning the Philippines over to Japan. } i | | | | { iLlVES WASTED BY | LACK OF TRAINING | Seoretary Redfield Strongly Advocates | Vocational Education. Grand Rapids, \1uh Oct, —De- ploring the “wagte of lives 'hruugh lack of direction into work and lack of | training for work,” Secretary Redfield | of the department of commerce to- night before the National Society for i the .Promotion of Industrial Educa- tion, of which he is president, voiced ! a message of hope that the efforts of | the society would bear fruit in con- santly increasing education fitting men for those vocations in life for which they are best suited. CHILD CREMATED, o MOTHER SUICIDES | Latter, Frantic with Grief, Shoots Her. self in the Head. ‘Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 23.—Mary, the three-year-old daughter of Mrs, John Most, was playing with matches to- Aday When her clothing caught fire. The mother heard the little one’'s orfes and went to her asslstance. .The Aaughter, however, died in a short {ime from burns. The mother frantie with grief, procured a revolver and stand- ing in front of a mirror, shot herself threugh (hs head, dying almost in- stantly, et Old Celored Convict Dead, tford, Conn., Oet, 24-—Walter | Olyde, eolored, who has served tims at Wetherstield and Sing Sing for bur- glary, died early this morning in a lo- cal hospital, after an extended illness, He was about 60 years old, Civde was ?ntenfsd te Wethersfield for the bur- ary of wedding jewels in 1861, His | ters was 15 vears for (his effense, but | - Hms ago, Hernosand, Sweden, Oct. 2 | steamer Westkusten, which left V. in the Gulf of Bothnia. yesterday af-- is =B .was exhausted and | was | shots | pins and pulled hair. | PRESIDING BISHOP ! | of the church shall be elected. Cabled Paragraphs Sir William Tyrrell Coming. “Seuthamrton, England, October 23— Sir William Tyrrell private secretary to S'r Edward Grey, sailed today on the 'mperafor for America to pay a private visit to Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, British ambassador at ‘Washington. ’ “Arson Squad” Still Busy. London, Oect. 23—An “arson squad” of imilitant suffragettes today set fire tc and destroyed the Sports’ pavilion of Bristol university. They left the usual suffragette literature scattered about the grounds. Captain Briggs Received. Vienna Austria, October 23—Cap- tain Allan I. Brigegs, the new military attache at the American embasgy here, was received in audience today by Emperor Francls Joseph at Schoen- brunn. \ Steamer Wrecked, 44 Drown. ternoon in a gale, ran on a reef a few hours later and 44 rsons weré drown- ed. A single survivor was picked up by the steamer Carl Von Linne and landed here tonight Eills to Become a Japanese. Tokio, Japan, Oct. 23—The case of | the entombed men were trapped. .TIohn Eills . business man r of the; Twenty-three Found Alive. otober 13 on & roquiaition from (he | (uQulY twenty-three men have been American ambassador on a charge of | (AKeR from the mine alive. At gl SVie Thk % : tonight the first miner to be res = 0 prominence again | jive within twelve' hours was today \\hvn the accused issued an ap- h he is con- S Japanese not to d liver him up to the United States and ting that he de: to acquire Japanese citizenship. HEROIC RFSCUE OF A MOVING PICTURE ACTOR Tossed Around in Whirlpool for Over Four Hours. Rapids Niagara Falls, N. F,, Oct. four hours in the asp of pool in a small moter hoat, Pei Langeard of Detroit, was rescued o'clock tonight morme dead than alive. He was taken to a -hotel on | the Canadian side, where it w; said that he would be all right in 24 hou although his nerv, were badly shat- tered by the ordea passed. Langeard made the trip through whirlpool rapids from the Maid of the | Mist landing on the Canadian side | to the whirlpool to furnish a subject for a moving picture film. The trip had been made several times before with- out mishap. When darkness closed in over the gorge headlights were taken from {rol- ley cars™along the Canadian side and | in their dim light the crowds watch- through -which he ed Langeard’s fight for life. In the meantime the fire department from Niagara Falls, Ont., had been sum- moned and several unsuccessful efforts were made by the firemen to send out & rope attached to a float. -Shortly before & o'clock Fred Pres- ton of Niagara Falls, Ont., volunteered to swim out with a life line attached to his wais Langeard by this time lay siill in the bottom of the boat which kmumed in | the vortex like a cork. The crowd, then numbering mnearly 1,000, cheered when Preston struck out for the rescue. Half way out his life line became entangled in driftwood and he was compelled to return to shore. On his second attempt he reached the side of the boat. He was afraid to climb into the eraft which then was half filled with water. Clinging to the side of the boat he called out to the rescuers on shore to pull. Aided by instructions called out by Preston, the boat was finally man- oeuvred out of the danggr zone and was slowly drawn ashore. Preston was given 'a great ovation by the crowd. WINCHESTER FARMERS CHASE AN |NSANE MAN. Capture Him After Ten Mile Pursuit | Through Woods and. Swamps. Winsted, Conn., ‘Oct. 23.—After an exciting ten mile race through woods and swamps, Winchester farmers late mdav captured an insane man who ad been terrorizing the neighborhood for the last two days and nights. He gave his name as Louis Semoneau, aged 38, a native of Boston. He said he had lived in Connecticut the last 18 years, some of the time in Waterbury. man appeared at the postoffice | nchester Center and told Post- | master Johnson he was waiting for | one million dulld!\ which the Lord had | given him. Later he threatened to shoeot two farmers. His aetions caused a scare and the posse s organized. GARMENT WORKERS KILL AN OPERATIVE | i Two Arrests Made As Result of Phil- | adelphia anke Riot. Oct. 23—1In a battle ng garment workers a Philadelphia, between stri operatives who declined to join their ranks, in the center of the city to-! night, Abe Kaplan, 19 years of age, | was shot and killed and several others were Injured. When the workers left thelr places of employment tonight it sald they were attacked by a crowd of more than 100 strikers. Many were fired, bricks hurled anl]‘ women members of the mob used hat- | A squad of po- | lice dispersed the mob and arrv‘slod) tvm alleged strikers, one of whom is { said to have fired the shot that killed Kaplan. | | | | WILL BE ELECTED Radical Change to Be Made in Protes- ! tant Episcopal Custom. i New York, Oct. 28.—The Prntestanl‘ E-plsu)pal church foday established a | | rule that hereafter the presiding bishop | Under | ithe custom now abandoned the pre- ! siding blshop was selected automatic- ! ally for his senlority in point of ,ser- | vice. The new method will go into ef- fect upon the death or resignation of the present presiding bishop, the Rt. | Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle of St. Louis. Dr, Tuttle has been bishop of Mis- souri since 189 A Government Central Bank. Washington, Oct. ment-controlled and to dominate 23 A govern- operated central the flnancial sys- entered the legls- as a rival of the administration regional reserve cur- rency plan, Frank A, Vanderlip, pres- | ident of the Natfonal City bank of New York, presented the new plan to the senate banking and currency com- mittes, banls, Benate Passes Seamen's Bill. Washington, Oct, 23—The La Fol« lstte substitute for the “seamen’s ser- vitude” bill, amended se that it will| not affect the treaty relations of the | Uwited States until the president ha bheen given an oppertunity to readjus he was released, an ill mas, some short | them, passed the senate today &b Lhe | other end of o lopg debais, ! this distri O #outhwest Only 23 Miners are Found Alive BELIEF THAT 247 ARE DEAD THE MINE IN BODIES OF 14 FOUND| Fears That Those at Greatest Distance From Entrance Wil Succumb to Gas | { dent of the Mutual —Aid For Destitute Families. Dawson, N. M. Oct. 23.—Two hun- dred and forty-seven miners are be- lieved to be dead tonight beneath tons of fallen_earth, timber, coal and rocks in_ the cifts and rooms of Stag Canon mine No. 2 of the Stag Canon FKuel compa her Hundreds of miners, working in s| of fifteen each, are slowly forcing their way through the rooms and entrie fighting against dangers of gas and a fire which starfed in an adjoining mine and which threatens to reach the space in which from the main entry. in the evening had been found al Fourteen dead, twenty-three resc make up the total of the day’s work of recovery. The finding of the live mule in the mine late today encour- aged officialssin charge of the rescue work to hope that some live miners, perhaps, are still entombed in a room located more than 4,000 feet from an i entrance. Son of Stockholder Dead. Henry P. McShaw, son of M 2 McShaw, of New oYrk city, widow a former heavy stockholder mine, is among the known dea Shaw, who was but 19 had come to the mine, which father’s estate still held an interes order to learn mining from pr: experience, C. Roberts, States mine r trict, Said it was impossible what occasioned the that it was of such vig chief of the United to explesion, ,bu# olence as®o cause him to lose hope for the rescue of any ! more victims. In the mine at the time of the explosion were 284 miners and that the death list will T a figure is attributed to the fac the great fans which kept the air culating within the mine were dered useless by plosion. Providing for the Destitute. Some of the rescue parties tonight declared it their belief that a party of the entombed miners had reached a room and had sealed it in time to keep coming them. 5, representative of of the American Red Cross “hed here at noon and at cir- ren- the force of the ex- families of the victims. eral Ernest P. Bycknell Cross society in Washi Director Gen- of the Red gton Governor McDonald to draw on the society for $1,000 with which to allevi ate the suffering of miners’ families here, but Governor McDonald replied that the mine officials had given him assurance that the destitute would be provided for and that the company. would defray expenses of all funerals. Mine Was Model One. Orders on the company store for an | indefinite length of time have been is= sued to the families of the entombed miners. The mine was supposed to have been | a model one, and that such a disaster could befall the men within it had been considered impossible. Only two day before the explosion State Mine Inspector Biddow had examined the property and pronounced it in excel- lent condition. INDICTMENTS AGAINST METCALF MORE | Pleads Not Guilty to Three Additional Charges at Providence. Providence, R. I., P. Metcalf pleaded to three‘additional ing misapplication Oct. 23, not guilty indictments alle; of funds. and con- spiracy to defraud the defunct Atlan- tic National bank of which he formerly president. He had previously entered a plea of not guilty to the original indictment charging the mis- application of $200,000 of the bank's funds, and the bail of $50,000 given at the time was today allowed to stand for the four indictments. At the re- quest of his counsel, Colonel P. Henry Quinn, he was given ten days to change his plea. | PLANS FOR WHITE HOUSE WEDDING | Expected to Go Fcrwa-d Now With Return of Futurc Bride. Washington, Woodrow V bride, returned to the toda When —Miss White Jessie House national capital the Wilson family left Ceornish, N. H., recently, she accom- panied them oniy part of the journey, stopping off to visit friends during the past ten day: Plans for the wedding on Nov. are expected to go forward rapidly now- that Miss Wilson has returned, and announcements are expected shortly as to the details of the affair o Removing Viciousness with Knife. *Chicago, Oct. 23.—Four patienis were operated on today by Dr. E. ii. Pratt of Evanston, in an effort to eli- minate criminal tendencies and moral | deficiencies. The operations were per- formed at the instance of Judge George W, Bridgman of the circuit court of | Bt. Joseph's, Michigan, who nas an- nounced that hereafter he will not sen- tence anyone convicted in his court of moral erimes, to penitentiaries or in- sane asylums until the knife has had an opportunity to regenerate the mind affected.” More Delay in Thaw Case. Concord, N. H.,, Oct. 23.—A further postponement of the hearing on the extradition of Harry K.' Thaw to New York will be granted by Governor Fel- ker. On learning tonight that Thaw's counsel would request a postponement in view of the indictment returned against Thaw by the New York coun- ty grand jury, ihe governor sald that the request would be granted when it was formally made. The hearing had been set for Oct, 27, Nine Killed by Tornndo. New Orleans, La, Oet, 33.-—A white woman and her bhaby and styen ne- groes lest their lives and 38 persens were slightly injured in a termads | which swept ever Raunthern Louisiana | at dawn today, Cane evaps were razed, {dwellings and fences demolished and damage dowe pn plantations £ Lhiw ity R, He was found | unconscious near a mule which earlier wired | T gars of | i of ade preparations to relieve the | Without specifying it for any period. Condensed Telegrams Secretary Bryan left yesterday for Camden, N. J. to speak in the New Jersey campaign. Mrs. Joseph Dahaw of Port Henry, N. Y., was burned to death when her dress caught fire from a stove. The Public Utilities Commission yes- terday issued an order requiring the use of air brakes on freight trolley cars. Fire Yesterday Destroyed the Madi- son County home at Rome, N. Y. Over 100 inmates were in the home, but all were rescued. Lyman S. Allen, 43 Years ®Id, presi- Union Life Insur died at Kansas City, ance company Mo., yesterday. James Irving 38 years old. of Phila- delphia, was sentenced to six months in the house of correction for kissing Mrs. Annie O'Neill. Panhandlers and beg- Los Angeles have organized a union to fight the order of keeping them off the.streets. Professional Rev. George Frederick Ayres, pre dent of Lindewood college, a Presby terian school for girls, at St. Charles Mo. died yesterl Naturalization Papers were denied to Caesar Prego, who came from Italy, when he admitied at Oakland Cal, that he was an anarchist. President Wilson Yesterday desig- Thursday, November 27, as issued his first Thanksgiving proclamation. The Demolition of an Old Wooden building on the Seattle water front in 1d near which six bubonic ra were lled recently was bogun vesterday. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa F= oad company in the ng June 30 1913, recéived than in any previous gross earni Republicans and ro- of the house are goifig to + wedding gift next month te Wilson the President’s (L«ughu A Letter of Nine and a Half Pages written by Kdgar Allan Poe brought one by Sir Wa ott .$24, y at Engine Trouble Halted the standard- tion trials of the government’s st dreadnaught, ' terday. iking of a valve stem was the cause of the trouble. William W. Houghton, an auctioneer of Stamford, and Mrs. Hannah Moore- how of Otis both aged , ‘were marrieq at Pittsfield, Ma Each has been married twice before. The Board of Directors of the S board Air Line railway at Baltimore, yesterday declared an initial dividend one percent on the preferred stock “The Department of Commerce will nduct an inquiry during the coming r into the fixing retail prices by nufacturer if sufficient funds are , according to Secretary Red- The Investigation of Railroad Rates New England which has been con- by the Interstate Commerce on at various times during t year was brought to a close in ducted commis yester Under the Texas 9.30 p. m. Saloon closing law a bartender may not re- main in his saloon after that hour for any purpose, according to the rul- by the state attorney general's cpariment. Members of the supreme council of the thirt hird degree of the Ancient 1d Accepted Scottish Rite of Frée Masonry vesterday cailed at the White House to pay their respects to Presi- dent Wilson. The Ohia Ligiion Licsnse -Comimis- sion announces that after November 24, 2,647 saloon keepers will to quit business owing to the new law providing that there shall be one saloon to each 500 of population. have The Status of the Teacher-Mother in New York Public schools still under consideration by thé board of education with thie report current that ultimate dismissal of all te this class is the aim of the bc bers. Daniel H. Tolman, known to the po- lice of ities a of the E ix months - usury. The supreme court so declded yesterday in denying his appeal from conviction on October 9. A Blanket Indictment charging Har- ry K. Thaw and four others. with con siracy in connect with his escape from Matteawan ite Hospltal for the Criminal Insane in August w returned by the grand jury in New York yesterds Philadelphia Housewives and retail butchers have organized to fight the high cost of living by cutting out the middleman’s profits. Leaders In the movement promise meats, L6 to 20 per cent. Paralysis of Two Washington po- licemen which followed serum ment for rabies infection, has set the | scientists of the publlc health service on an investigation to determine if the popular treatment for the bite of a mad dog has harmful after-effects. Representative Peters, of Massa- chusetts, would have Napoleon Bona- parte perpetuated in marble and bronze in the capital of the United States. He introduced yesterday a bill which would appropriate $500,000 for the construction of Su(h a monument. Mrs. William Hagar died at Windsor, N. Y. yesterday. A gasolene iron she was ove'rznlng caught fire. Fearing it would explode and burn two small children in the-room she carried it blazing out doors and in doing so recelved burns which caused her death. The Execution of John W. Maus, condemned to die at Somerset, Pa., vesterday morning at 10 o'clock for the urder of Harrison Brown a mall Bept. was delayed that Maus as he carrier, until one o'c might enjoy requestsd. The Central Pennsylvania assocla- tion of the Grand Army of the Re- publle yesterday namfed a ocommittee te embody in a fermal reselutien te be submitted to kindred erganizatiens a suggestion that the Grand Army bhae perpeluated by the aleetion of the eld- eft sonk af deceased veterans or their N 12, 1912, lock in order a chleken dinner - | los Fire Drill Saves Children’s Lives BLAZE BREAKS OUT IN SCHOOL BUILDING ‘AT SOUTH MANCHESTER Structure Soon a Roaring ‘Furnach Public Library and Six Other Build- ings Destroyed—Loss $200 0CO. Conn., Oct. 23— in a waste basket t school, this after- destroved the building, a three wooden structure, soon after the *hool children had marched out in order; swept to the public li- adjoining and thence to other buildings destroying in all eight houses and damaging six others, caus- ing an estimated loss of $200,000. South Manchester, Fire, wt 5 rred in the Ninth di on The schoolho was huilt of Geor- gia pine throughout, even the ceilings { being of that Yood. The fire spread with astonishing rapidity. If the build- iing had not been properly equipped with fire escapes—and had the admira- ble fire drill failed an instant—quite a loss of life would probably have re- sulted, 10,000 Library Volumes Saved. The ten thousand odd volumes in the library were ved by a quick- 1 person suggesting the “endless Hundreds of persons kept up s itinual stream to and from the building, carrving th books out by the armful Soon afterwards this build- was completely destroyed. With several buildings burning sim- ultaneously and the fire threatening to spread still further, help was summon- ed from Hartford. The Capital City sent down two pieces of apparatus, v])lv h undoubtedly did much to control ze. The fire started at 2.30 nd it was not until nearly 7 recall was sounded. Fire Drill Proves Effective. The buildings in the burned area were located between the school, Main, Wel! and Vine streets, near the center of the tov The burned school building was directly opposite the handsome new $100,000 school building recently given to t town by Cheney Brothers. Lessons were progressing as usual at the Ninth district school when ’ smoke was smelled in the hallway. A teachef quietly left the rooom and found a small fire blazing from a Wa‘lte basket at the foot of the stair- ¥ on the second floor. How the fire ~t'|rt(.(l will probably never be known. In the meantime the bell rang for what most of the children thought was a “fire drill.” The pupils formed into line quickly and marched out—some going out throush many taking the fire escapes. ght of the clouds of smoke, the ‘crackling of the flames did not frighten the children, although they hurried faster than in ther usual fire drill. March of the Flames. Hardly had the last pupil gotten out of the building in safety before the flumes were roaring through the build- ing; the structure was indeed a blaz- ing furnace. Next in Hne of the path of the flawnn was the house of Hose Co. a wooden structure. A piece of old fllr flflh(!ng apparatus, prized as a relic of one days, was burned up. The Rog- e s block, a two®story wooden struc- ture, was next gutted. In this block were two grocery stores, a tallor shop, a cébbler’s shop and two apartments. A small frame house occupied by William McCormick, located on the side of School street, was next estroyed. Meanwhile the three story boarding house of August Benson was ablaze, and despite the best efforts the bufld- ing was burned to the ground. A small house mnearly adjoining, occupied by Robert Campbell, was also wiped out. t Vine and School streets a house owned by Alexander Trotter ,and oc- cupied by the Curry and Darrow fam- ilies, was likewise destroyed. A house owned by Mrs. Charles Bissell,at Wells and Vine streets, was partly destroy~ ed. IFire, water and smoke did consider- able age to two houses owned by E. T. Carrier and the livery stable and business block of Charles Sternberg. Other buildings were also somewhat damaged. Loss Will Reach $200,000. imates of the There were various e me placing it well beyond the $200,000 ma but a carefully revvised estimate madaafter the excitement had died down plages the lpss at about 1 $200,000. [+ Cheney B: silk manufacturers. | will be th ers. This con cern; which has benetited Manchester on. maay occasion: i the burned school building, loaning it to the tow as long as It was used for school pur- o1 The company likewise owned the library bullding and many of the structure l|'v(|u a prey of flw fire, AMERICAN WOMAN HELD ON KIDNAPPING CHARGE Case Outgrowth of Scheme to Provids for Strikers’ Children. that the prices of | butter and eggs will be reduced | treat- | | | om of ‘the scheme to pro | Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 23—Mrs, Lu- | cille Rand, a resident of London, and a daughter of Henry T. Gage of Cal- | ifornia, formerly American minister to | Portugal, was charged today at the Kingston police court here for kidnap- ping two boys under the age of 14 by trying to remove them to Kngland without of gheir parents. Th. the con!em e Mrs. Rand allowed out on her il. case against Mrs. Rand arose ide homes in England for the children of the Dub- lin transport workers who have been | on strike since the beginning of Sep- | tember. USE OF THE DUM DUM BULLETS BY GREEKS Atrocities Committed by All Troops in the Balkan®War. Parls, Wednesday, Oct. 15,—Troops of all the warring Balkan sfates com- mitted atrocities, according to the evi- dence gathered by, the International Carnegle Commission in Its searching inquiry just ended. The conoclusion of the commission are to be publishe in book form, with illustrations and fue sjmiles of some of the documents on_which the report is based, Documents testify that the Greeks occasionally use the forbidden dum dum bullet and show also the mis- deeds of Bulgarians and other belll- gerents, The Inquiry did not extend to the Rumanians. Steamers Reported by Wireless. Brow Head, Oct, 23 —Steamer Vad- erland, New York for Daver and Ant- warp, signalled 130 miles west at & . Due Dever:3 a-m. Sajurdey; .