Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 21, 1913, Page 1

VOL. LV—NO. 279 PRICE _TWO CENTS THEUNITED STATES UNREPRESENTED Only Country Which Did Not Have a Diplomat at Opening of Mexican Congress CATHOLIC MEMBERS ALSO BOYCOTT FUNCTION President Huerta Reads His Message Setting Forth Reasons For Dissolution of Previous Congress—Staff of Provi- sional President Violate Old Mexican Law by Wearing Side-Arms—Assured of the Cooperation of Congress. face | fo comply with their duty and that hu- | love for the fatherland will be the sentiment . that will inspire and gov- ern us in our proceedings. We should al peared xic above aill work for concillation and &ress sage. concord, making a constant effort Mexic read at the | within the province of our action to formal mgress | bring about union and peace, not only ShOR ‘e con- | Within our own assembliies, but also fined throughout the whole republic, .and to one | were we not disposed to accomplish = s nothing more than a a of his metives for | Teally mational work we should not the oid st of | 2 responded to your call. e members of which n the | *Mr. President, you have taken the used of sedi oath and have solemnly promised to chamber of deputies | place the national dignily above every 2 and comgress was | ambition and paltry interesi. In this convemed _at 9 | course we shall alw be with you. President | You may depend upon our decided co- 1gh lines | ODeration in your noble, supreme effort which | to preserve the integrity and autonomy emonstratftve, faf the nation which you have main- tained to this day Absent. | Catholic Mombers Catholic Party Hostile. | “You may depend also upon our a 0o | sistamce in all the efforts you may tion of the pr { make towards the work of peace and en i weyious | unification of all Mexicans.” fded 1m their | . 1t Was learncd after the session that > e i { {lie absentee members of the Catholic -ordance with an party had acted in ement reached at a meeting held Only three deputies of sttended the se: to indicate that represented by 58, 1s not in sym- tion. bore eria dmo- ed vious nen wene m failed ance, and most « the Catholic z Delongs. that the Catholic & meetinz and dec pate in the session and | the Catholic fon 3 and th Catholic par its members in cor pathy with the administ an appear- were membe: ese | | EIGHT TOWNS TAKEN. Camancho Makes Report of Progress to Carranza. Gen. I would not preside. A Conservative Congress. The congress is composed most part of a quiet lot of for the | men, rep- Magdalena, Sonora, Nov. 20—General Carrans tayed in this little tow resentative of the older and more con- | nizht and purposes to leave early servaiive elemen General Huerta | morrow for Hermosillo. After appeared to res ston there he intends to proceed to them etraighiforw nog been witnes Fecent year Huerta was spplanded @rrival and departure. bers of -consw se to their feet wd enter on a vigorous campaign in oa. General Gilberto Camancho, com- mander of the coanstitutionalist forces in Puebla, reported campaign progress to Carranza tonight. He said he had §,000 men in the field, had taken eight towns and w preparing to lay seige the ¢ | only on his | when the mem- | pectators e bandclapp to Mexico City when revolutionists from other states supplied support. In an official report, General ¥ran- . cisco Villa said he had executed only Huerta a Stern Figure, seven federal officers captured last week in Juarez. peral Hu ove a = Sl o TO LAY DOWN ARMS. from the crac whose | Vol A n-nb m;uc_-_:fifd d'etat | Mexico was a difficult but not critical e T iy e Cease Hostilities. P e nal AT idits and vi | Dousias, Arizona, Nov. 20—The rea— _— oo 5 oy Shacta. | 8on General Carranza departed so ab- tors, as muced down the aisle. by | TUPUY from Nogales was because the g eieny | leading proposal presented by William instead | Bayard Hale was that the constitu- Sone | tonalists should lay down their arms Like the | 20d submit to an election being held, = dothes | Becording to constitutionalists here. (he tria| CatTanza, they said today, replied it was impossible to comply with the de- | mand and left without seeking further negotiations looking to recognition of the rebels by the American govern- ment. HUERTA WON'T RESIGN. Opinion of Aldape Who resigned His Portfolio Sunday. | Havana, Nov. 20—Manuel Garza Al- | dape, who last Sunday resigned the portfolio of ministar of the interior in : | the cabinet of President Huerta of Mexico, sailed from Hawvana today on | board the steamer FEspagne. He is | bound for Par Senor A while in Havana that he rmony with Presi- 1t Fluerta and the members of his alinet. Me added that. his services were required in France for the pur- pose of raising Mexican credit abroad situation in | icult but no critical ne. The former minister declared | that President liuerta would not re- sign in spite of all the pressure of Washington. He thought the nomic | Mexico was a ai ongzested Vielation there were | = wne ]n re- | A 480 POUND BUCK mable ele SHOT AT MONSON, MASS. days when { One Hunter Brings Down Two Bears, Another a Wildcat. Springfield, Mass. Nov. 20.—Few deer were reported kilied today. There | were no accldents in_this section of | the state. Charles Griffin of Greenfield narrowly escaped being killed when a | rm must But the | bullet fired by » deer hunter grazed his swonds in evide: 1t the s of the cheek. B, Wright of South Framing- members of Geaers]l Huerta’'s sta€f ap- | ham who was hunting at Russell, kill- | peared to emyhasi that this | ed a wildeat weighing 26 pounds and is a milltary | eollected a bounty of $5 from the town. Outslde roughout the |F. B. Rosat of Springfield killed two session of soldiers | bears while hunting in the northern s: patrols | Dart of the state. John C. Barmes, | eral daye | city marshal of Chicopee, shot a buck I other troeps | %aid to welgh 430 pounds at Monson, small detachments | the record for the season. Mr. Far- these, however, | Cotte of Belchertown fooled a number | of people by setting up a stuffeq deer ! near his home, The animal falled to | fall even after several hunters had shot at it, An East Lee farmer pro- tected his eows by putting sheets on Assured of Co-operation. the message the chamber, Senor Tama.- seneral Huerta of the i e g Co-opra P . i :_I‘\)s‘e:?"hexnng Don’t shoot me! TIm a 10uld reign in con- | OLD GLORY TO ALWAYS al,” he seid, “in it ought o pre- WAVE IN PORTO RICO. ne _Im:(a)c and above 3 time 5 | Declaration of Dr. Yager at Inaugura- congr tion Ceremonies. your work’} st the country, with ood sons, should make 1 order not to fall in on which threat- vou come here patriotism, pre- unbitions, personal | political resent- | ov. Ky., was »f Porto Rico to- The inaugural ceremonies took e m the mynicipal theatre, the chief | ice, Jose C. Hernandez, adminis- lering "the oath in the presence of a large gathering in pri Governor Yager delivered a brief 3 SUPTeIn: L address in which he expressed the be- of our nationa lief ihat the national administration ! hgve of Fatheriand the Inspiration. | oF Bin.adbites dirocte would grant the natives of Porto Rico | | @ larger share of self-government than | heretofore. He discouraged the talk of inde: dence and sai ident H have made a sm of the senat You Pep- anposing congre belie |, “The American flag wiHd never be roret f«' hfully the and pur-!lowered here in Porto Rico. Here it ws of the abers of both hou h been raised, and here it will con- assuring you that all are resolved ! tinue to wave indeflnitely” | | ba Cabled Paragraphs ueen Victorla Mas Influenza. Paris, Nov, 30—The plans of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria of Spain have been upset owing to the illness of her majesty, who is suffering from a severe aftack of influenza. = lE;l!noflw William Has Cold. erlin, Nov. 20—Owing to a cold; Emperor William today was compelled to cancel his engagement to attend the opening of the convention of the German Shipbuilding society. | Kaiser Sells’ His Schooner. Berlin, Nov. 20.—The emperor sold his schooner Meteor with which he had so often been victorious In yacht races, to the Duke of Arenberg to- day. A new schoomer for the emperor is being built, Son-in-Law of Diaz Killed. Paris, Nov, 20.—General Porfirio Diax today received g despatch from Mexico confirming the murder of his son-in- law, Francisco Rincon Gallardo, who married Lus his secord daughter. He was Kkilled on a farm near Aguascalien- tes by two bandits on Now. 1f. Female Suffrage in Bavaria. Munich, Bavaria, Nov. 20.—The lower house of the Bavarian Diet adopted by a large majority today a bill introdueing female suffrage in the elections for the commercial and in- dnsn‘!nl courts and the governmental chambers of commerce and trades or- ganizations. GRANGERS DISCUSS REVISION OF LAWS Also Adopt Resolution for Practical, Not Beautiful, Roads. Manchester, N, H., Nov. 20.—The sessfons of the Natlonal grange today were devoted largely to a discussion of the proposed revision of the laws regarding trials in the subordinate sranges. Debate on this subject w prolonged and greatly delayed reports of standing commtttee A olution was presented by W. T . master of the Pennsylvania grange. calling attention to a pros- pect that the good roads movement might be diverted toward the con- struction of scenfc highways and boulevards for the benefit of tourlsts, and declaring that the roads needed most were those which would put the farmer in touch with trading center The legislative committee of the grar was instructed to work for business roads, . Business will be rushed tomorrow in order that the convention may come to a close with the installation of offi- cers tomorrow night. STEEL TRUST HAS BEEN A “GODSEND" Declaration of B. F. Miles at Trial | of Government's Suit. _NPW York, Nov. 0.—Before the United States Steel Corporation was formed it was “war” in the steel trade, according to B, F .Miles, pres- ident of the Browning Engineeri company of Cleveland, who testified today for the defense in the govern- ment’s suit to dissolve the corpora- tion. The country at large his been benefited by the corporation which has 'g:;x: 2 God-send to the si \allrn“unu— uring consumer, Mr. Miles de- da':‘-ed_ Iiles de- “I would say that T kno ener- ally speaking, of no condi cnz like those that have prevailed since the formation of the corporation. Of course my information is very gen- eral, but before that it was a state gtfhwanr: every fellow tomahawked the er. S FABULOUS PROFITS OF A RAILROAD SYNDICATE Ninety-nine Men Clean Up $7,403,000 on Various Deals. St. Louis, Mo. Nov, 20.—The taking of oral testimony in the investigation of the receivership of the St Louis and San Francisco railroad by the Interstate Commerce Commission closed here today with the filing by | the Union Trust company of the names of the 9% members of the syn- dicate that made a profit of $3,000,000 in the promotion of the Louis, Prownsville and Mexico railroad and its sale to the Frisco. By the discl e of a syndicate profit of $376,000 by the sale of the New Orleans, Texas and Mexico rail- road to the Frisco, the amount of syn- dicate profits through the promotlon of subsidy lines and the sale to the parent road was brought today to $7.403,000. . INSANE HOSPITAL PROBE IS ENDED Attorney Recommends a Higher Sal- ary for Superintendent. Worcester, Mass. Nov. 20—The | state board of Insanity which has been conducting an investigation into the | conditions at the Worcester state hos- pital since October 28, closed its hear- ing this afternoon. Superintendent Dr. Ernest V. Serib- ner stated that if the e was in- tending to adopt a new standard for the patients he as well as the trustees would be pleased to ask for it. He denied that there were any per- sons In the hospital being kept there Who‘ were not insane. T@P salary of Superintendent Dr. S}'r(nner Wwas suggested by Attorney Kelley as being small and should he raised. 8teamers Reported by Wireless. Lizard, Nov. 20—Steamer Olymple, New York for Plymouth and South. ampton, sigralled 429 mfles west at | 10.30 &’ m. Due Plymouth $.20 a. m. Friday, Queenstown, Nov. 20.—Steamer Cel- tie, New York for Queenstown and L4verpool, signalled 177 miles west at 830 a. m. Due Queenstown $ p. m. Cape Raee, N, .. Nov, 20.—Steamer Carmania, Liverpool for New York, | signalled ‘1,190 miles east of Sandy Hook at 1120 & m. Dock 8 a, m. Sunday. Steamer Ruthenia, Trieste for Mon- treal, signalled 160 miles southeast at 99 m, Queenstown, Nov. 20.—Arrived off, steamer Celtic, Now York (and pro- ceeded for Tiverpeol without stop- ping owing to storm), Gamble Estate Worth $450,000. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 20.—The will of the late David 'S. Gamble, Si., head of one of the largest department stores in the r:;g was admitted to pro- today. i estate is valued at $450,000. His widow and son, David S, Gamble, Jr., were made executors. There are no public bequests. Missing Man Found in Pond. Hartford, Conn., Nov. 20.—The body of Peler Garrjty, a city employe, who had /been missing for several days, was found fonight in a pond in Colt park. The medicai examiner gave a verdict of accidental drowning. Huerta's Power is Grumbling SUCH I8 ':THE FIRM BELIEF AT WASHINGTON RESOURCES WEAKENED Foreign Pressure Said to Be Having Its Effect—Special Effort Made to Protect Foreign Interests at Tuxpam ‘Washington, Nov. 20=—The Washing= ton government believes the power of the Huerta government is slowly “erumbling and disintegrating.” No positive steps have been taken by the administration here within the last few days to eompel compliance with the demand for the eilmination of Huerta. No preparations have been made for a blockade of Mexican ports, such as has been varfously reported. No U. 8. Marines Landed. Foreign Inte generally will be protected by the United States, and at Tuxpam, in particular, especial effort will be made to protect British inter- ests pending the arrival of the British cruisers. . The sending of the English ships is in line witlt previous notifie: tion to the United States and is re- garded as a normal move taken in emergencies such as exist at Tuxpam. It is pecied to have a sobering ef- fect on those constitutionalist officers who, according to official reports, have announced their hostility te English interests, The landing of . marines has not been found necessary thus far and ne in- structions to® that effect have been sent, nor has .here been any request for such ctions. In the mean- time, Admiral Fletcher will be expected to take whatever steps he deems neces- sary to protect all foreign interest: Circumstances May Force Huerta's Retirement. The impression that the Huerta gov- ernment 1 ¢ losing its control over territory hitherto dominated by it is based on the despatches.to the state department, which show also that diplomatic pressure from without is having much to do with weakening the resources of provisional govern- ment. There yme emphasis in the denial emanating from the White House that any steps of a summary character had been taken through in- structions to Aughnessy within the last f ‘he pr dent made it ¢ beyond what has already been published there were no moves in toe situation, as that holds the as a résult of all of the influences now The president view will be slowly but in- evitably comp ed to vield to the force of circumstances and retire. The Parieys With Carranza. at work Huert It was made plain by .the White House that in the parle; between General Carranza, the con i | chief, and Willlam Bayard Hale, ef- fort was made to map out plans for future. Mr. Hale’: ion was described as one mer designed to learn what was in the minds of the constitutionalist chie what their general character were, and what dis- position they seemed to have toward several phases of the situation. It was made plain that Mr. Hale had got the desired information and White House officials stated emphatically that the parleys conducted by Mr. Hale did not affect the pending plans of the American government and that there had been no debate of any future pro- gramme which the constitutionalists or this government would follow. Executions at Juarez. It became known also that the of- ficial investigation into the executions at Juarez had not been completed. In this connection White House officials called attention to a consular report received from Torreon owing that many of the alleged atrocities reported in the despatches did not occur; that foreigners had heen protected, but that the execution of federal prisoners had been justified by the constitutionalists on the ground that th officers were traitors, It was apparent that Presi dent Wilson views the constant flue- tuation of officers from one side to the other in the Mexication revolution as naturally ading to ccutions when they f: o the h of those with whom they previously had been | affiliated. was made public and published Huerta's message ate department did not approve of hi sumption of dictatorial powe vious conduct ke and his cabinet would Dbe_perfectly resigned to-the judgment. There are many people here conver. sant with the situation who belley Huerta merely wishes ratification for his acts, so that he.can retire dignified wa: JAPAN TO BE NEUTRAL. Japanese Warship, However, Will Pro- tect Japanese Residents. Nov ex-secretary Hanihara, Japanese legation at Washington, who is proceeding to Mexico on board the Izumo to assist the Japanese minister;is quoted in the Tokio newspapers as saying: “Japan’s int ion is to strict neutrality in the matter American and Mexican relations. The Izumo will protect the Japanese resi- dents, and if necessary communication with the Japanese the interior. I will confer with the maintain diplomatic representatives in the Mexican" capital’ Three Currency Bills. Washington, Nov. 20.—Final prep- arations were made today for the bat- tle over the administration currency reform bill on the floor of the senate, which will besin Baturday, Three sep- arate and distinet currency bills, all based upon the same general the- ory will he 1:4d wsfore the senate by the divided banking and currency committee, Irening Out Disputes. Seatile, Wash., Nov. 20.—The Amer- ican Federatjon of Labor spent prac- wieally the whole of today in consider- ing jurisdietional disputes between the trades and dispesed of all the contro- versies either by definite deeision, en- dorsement of agreements that had been reached or sending the matiers to conferees having power to aet. President Finley'® Inauguration. Atbany, N, Y., Nov. 20.—Fhe state of regents today fixed January 2, 1914, as the date for the formal inacgura- tion of John Huston Fimley as presi- dent of the University of the State of New York and state commissiener of elections. in a| of the | will establish | in | 'Surrender of Four Navajos BAD INDIANS TURNED OVER TO U. 8. AUTHORITIES STILL IN THE MOUNTAINS Ardor of Hostile Force Believed to Be Cooling—Several Indians Indicted on Complaint of Squaws. Farmington, N. M., Nov. 20—The position of the recalciirant Navajo In- dians encamped on Beautiful mountain wWas made very trying today by a steady rain, The ardor of their sym- pathizers was also materially cooled. These conditions gave encouragement to the Shiprock agency officials who have been trying to secure a settlement without bloodshed. The hope was ex- pressed that continued unfavorable weather would cause the Indians to weaken in thelr avowed determination to fight if an attempt was made to capture the seven braves wanted by the United States court in New Mex- ico. One Indian Surrenders. Another hepeful sign was the sur- render of one of the accused Indians to Indian Agent W. T. Shelton at Ship- rock. The brave was confined in the county jail. That order will be re- stored and the differences adjusted with Jittle actual resistance was the opinion expressed by Agent Shelton. The present incivient uprising develop- ed from flilng with Agent Shelton in September of charges of murder, biga- my and statutory offenses against a number of Indians in a remote part of the reservation known as the Black Hills. It s said the information on which the oharges were based was se- cured from Navajo Indian women who were held at the agency for their pro- tection. In Shelton’s absence, a dozen ns, inciuding the accused men, ed the agency, overpowered the e, and carried away the women ners. Offending Indians Indicted. Agent Shelton’s efforts to induce the leaders to surrender were unsuccessful and the cases were taken to the United States district court for New Mexico. Indictments were returned and were placed in the hands of United States Marshal Hudspeth. Negotiations conducted by Marshal Hudspeth and Agent Sheiton through mediators secured a promise that the men wanted wculd surrender Nov. 8. Relying on this, Marshal Hudspeth re- turned to Santa Fe, where he received wor'd from Agent.Paquette of the De- flance agency that he had positive in- formation that the Indlans were on their way to Shiprock to demand ab- solute pardon for all the braves, faf ing in which they planned to attack the agenc; Four Have Surrendered. The chief of,the reca ranis was tafken sick and*the expedition delayed, giving Marshal Hudspeth time to reach the agency with a force sufficient to resist the promised attack. The rene- gades then retired to Beautiful moun- tain and negotiations were reopened for thefr surrender. Three were finally turned over to the authorities, the re- mainder continuing obdurate, but to- day a fourth gave himself up to the agency. TAX COLLECTOR I8 KILLED AND ROBBED Two Men Under Arrest Make a Con- Fession, Media, Pa, Nov. 20.—Robbery and jealousy are alleged fo have been the motive for the murder of S. Pinkerton, a tax collegtor in Woodland near here early today. He had been missing gince November 7 and two men, Roland S. Penning and George R. March, who were arrested in con- nection with his disappearance, con- fessed that they had committed the deed, the police said . According to the police, March in the alleged confession said that he had suspected Pinkerton of being too friendly with his wife. The police said they believed there were no grounds for such suspicion. March told his suspicions to Penning and March went {80 far as to suggest doing mway with | Pinkerton and taking his money. The three men met in a barn and Pinker- ton was attacked and killed with a blackjack. About $300 that Pinkerton | was known to have in his pocket was missing when the body was found, TO DEVISE BUSINESS { SYSTEM FOR THE STATE. | Governor Glynn May Name Commis- sion of Business Men. New York, No Martin H. Glynn 20.—If _Governor can find enough business men’ in this state who are willing to sacrifice their private in- terests long encugh to devote time and services to act on a commission to devise a business system for the state, he will appoint such a commission, he declared tonight. Speaking at the 145th annual banquet of the chamber of commerce of the state of New York here, the governor solicited the assist- ance of the members generally In find- ing “volunteers under the banner of efficiency and economy. Steamship Arrivals. Naples, Nov. 19.—Arrived, Tyrolia, Montreal. Liverpool, Nov. 20. | Tunisian, Montreal. . 20—Arrived, steamer Lapland, New York for Antwerp. Liverpool, Nov, 20.—Arrived, steam- er Dominion, Philadelphia. Bremen, Nov. 20.—Arrived, | Bremen, New York, Philadelphia, Nov. 20—Arrived, steamer Prinz Oskar, Hamburg. | | steamer -Arrived, steamer steamer Federals Whipped Second Time. Brownsville, Texas, Nov, 20—Demor- alized - federal troops driven out of Vietoria, capital of Tamaupilas, when constitutionalists captured that city Tuesday, were agai nenccuntered be- tween Tula and Tampico by rebels yesterday and defeated in a one-sided battle with a loss of thirty killed and 45 captured, accerding to official re- ports received at Matamoras, Mexico, today from General Pablo Gonzales, he rebel commander, Indian Summer Temperatures, Chicago, Nov. 20.—Fhe offieial ther- mometer reached 68 today, making this the warmest November on record in Chicage.. The weather here has beea exceptionally mild for two days and no change is expected tomorrow. The re- | turn of Indian semmer was general in | | the Mississippi valley. It was 76 at Caire, Ill, and -74 at Terre Haute, Louisville, Dos Meoines and Kansas City, and 72 at Omsha and Columbus, Lewis | The Progressive Party in Kansas will put out a state ticket in the 1914 campaign. Charles R. Franklin of Greenfield, Mass., killed a white deer, weighing 155 pounds. Joseph Jackson a megro, 113 years old, is dead at a hospital in Bing- hamton, N. Y. Rev. Dr. Herrick Johnson, a widely known Presbyterian clergyman, died at his home at Philadelphia yesterday. William NL Morrison, 73, met death by’ gas asphyxiation in a room at Hartford some time during Wednesday night. insane yesterday by a commission of insane yesterday by a commission of alienists appointed by the court of general sessions. Hugh Wilson, Aged 62, was struck and killed by & freight train on the Boston and Maine railroad at Hy- fleld, Mass., yesterday. The Divorce Court in London an- nulled the marriage of Ray Beveridse, an American actress to Madison Sel- iger of Calumbus, Ohio. Own Qun at the end hunting, Lewis J. Gor- at a Shot by of a day’s dee don is in a serious condition Leominster, Mass., hospital., “An Official Count. of all the sllver dollars in the SanFrancisco mint has revealed that twenty-two dollars were stolen, probably about 1830 Benjamin F. Robinson, former state senator from South Kingston, R. I, was yesterday appointed to the State Board of Public Roads by Gov. Pothier. William Bray, a Veteran of the Spanish war, and for 30 years a war- rant officer in the United States navy, died yesterday at Bridgeport at the age of 64. ..Harry K, Thaw Denied at Concord, N. H., that he spent $8000 to secure the defeat of County Judge Has- brouck, of Duchess county, N. H, who once ruled against him. Mrs. Margaret Eaton, of Woodha- ven, L. I, saw for the first time, three grandchildren, who had been born since she became blind. An opera- tion brought back her sight. While Returning Home from a country school six miles west of Cum- berland, Wis.,, George Ladd, was kick- ed to death by two of his school mates, who engaged him in a fight. United States Custom Officials at Port Huron, Ont., advertised for sale a $300 coat, taken by them from Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, when she re- fused to answer questions regarding it. Atter Being Despondent for weeks over the republicans’ defeat in the re- cent elections, John D. Paine, 45 years old, Republitan County chairman . of Williamsport, Pa., committed suicide. Retail Prices of Food Were higher August 15 than they had been at any other time during the last twenty- three years, according to figures of the bureau of Labor Statistics, issued yestenday Only the Question of their ability to endure the strain of the work on elec- tion and primary days, is sald to stand in the way of the appointment of wo- men as judges and clerks of elections in Chicago. The Masonic Grand Lodge of Ar- kansas has adopted a resolution mak- ing it a Masonic offgnse for any mem- ber of the order to sign a petition for the granting of a saloon license, or to circulate such a petition. Albert Zinkie, 44 Years Old, shot and killed his mother and himself at Chi- cago yesterday. A note found by the police said that the deed was com- mitted because Zinkle and his mother were “hard up and better off deac Charles Deitz, trician, aged 35, a Pittsburgh elec- yesterday at Brad- dock, a suburb, shot his wife, his mother-in-law, Mrs. Caroline Miller, and himself. Deitz is likely to but the women were not dangerously hurt. Governor Pothier returned yesterday to his desk in the bank at Providence of which he president, and laugh- ingly assured all callers that they were in no danger of contracting smallpo; is from him.. The governor has a severe cold. The Bosten Board of port directors voted yesterday to take over for steamship termnial purposes 2,500,000 square feet of land and flats on the Fast Boston water front. The prop- erty is valued at between $400,000 and $600,000. The Fall River Textile Council for- warded a letter yesterday to the Cot- ton Manufacturers’ association ang the Fall River Iron Works management, asking for an increase in wages of 1% percent., the same to take effect on December 8. 1-2 Bramwell Booth, head of the Sal- vation Army, said yesterday that he was willing to amalgamate with the Volunteers of America, but he did not think his brother, Ballington Booth, commander of the rival organization desired it. Two Hundred Young Women stu- dents at Conve college, Spartans- burg, S. C., who started a hunger strike at dinner Wednesday night, as a pro- test against the food, returned yester- day for lunch. A dozen hag weaken- ed at breakfast. The Explosion of a Package, the contents of which are unknown, start- ed a fire that injured flve men and caused a property. damage of $5,000 | in a Boston express office yesterday. Robert J. Kelley, manager of the of- fice, was badly burned. To Meet the Cost of naval construc- tion, Representative Bailey of Penn- sylvania yesterday proposed a super- tax of five percent. on all incomes of $20,000 or more, however derived and collectible under the same regulations as the regular income tax. While Relatives and Friends sur- rounded a coffin et Hamilton, Ont,, in which lay the bedy of a young man identified S John Thompson, a vie- tim of the rece%b:torm on the Great Lakes, the real Nohn Thompson, rap- péd at the door ¥nd was admitted to the heuse. His mother collapsed, College Bravura II, nine years old, & brows Bwiss cow, owned hy the Michigan Agriculiural college has es- tablished a new world’s recerd for milk production by animals of her breed, In the year ended Wednesday she yieldeq 193045 pounds of ~milk, whi 100,.5 pounds of butter The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest‘in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Condensed Telegrams [ Population For Absorption Of Independents DETAILS OF PLAN FOR BIG TELE- PHONE COMBINE TESTIMONY OF HUBBELL President of Independent Company Tells of Preliminary Steps—Amoeri- can Company Broke Faith, \ Chicago, Nov. 20.—An attempt by the American Telephone and Telegraph company to absorb independents with an appraised value of $400,000,000 was made a year and a half ago, according to R. C. Hubbell, president of the Federal Telephone and Telegraph com- pany of Buffalo, who testifled here to- day for the government in its prosecu- tlon of the American company on charges of violations of the Sherman enti-trust law. To Stop Competition. Mr. Hubbell asserted that Theodore N. Vail. president of the Western Un- ion Telegraph company and a director of the American company, and A. H. Davison of J. P. Morghn & company tried to engineer the huge deal. Mr. Hubbell said that Mr. Vall ap- peared at a meeting of owners of thirty of the larger independent telephone companies in Chicago about eighteen months ago and suggested there might be a division of territory by the Amer- ican and independent companies. The plan was intended to stop profit cute ting competition, the witness said. Committes of Seven Named. “It happened that I was one of the independent telephone people at this meeting.” sald Mr. Hubbell. “Mr. Vail talked quite a while and Ppointed out the advantages of a division of the nation into varlous territories and the assignment of either the American company or a group of the independent companies to exclusive control of one or another of those territories. “The upshot of his talk was the ap~ pointment of a’committee of seven, of which I was one, tc confer further with Mr. Vail, and also with Mr. Davison in New York, on a possible method of adopting such a scheme. Independents Appraised at $900,000,000 “Such a conference was held in New York and arrangements were made to appraise the value of the 20,000 inde- pendent companies involved and also to divide the minto classes. The ap- praisal was necessary to make way for a readjustment of the stockholdings of the independents, which would go out of business if the plans matured.” The testimony brought out that the appraised value of the 20,000 companies comprising the independent telephoms companies of America is $400,000.000 and that the American company's holdings are estimated at $900,000,000. American Company Breaks Faith. “Pending the furtherance of such plans, the independents and the Amer- ican company, through Mr. Vail and the committee of seven, agreed to a truce,” Mr, bbell continued. “The principal provision of this truce was that the American company, until fur- ther notice, should not aitempt to ab- sorb any of the independent compa- nies. “In July, 1912, however, less than two months after this truce, the Amer- ican company secretly acquired the Kansas City Long Distance Telephone company, an independent. This breach of promise resulted in a break in the plans which were under way and noth- ing further has ever been Gome with them.” THE TARIFF AND THE HIGH COST OF LIVING. Topic of Annimated Debate in Senate Yesterday. ‘Washington, Nov. 20.—The effect of the new tariff on the high cost of Nv- ing and on industrial conditions fur- nished the material for some lively passages today In the senate. Senator Smoot produced a pamphlet setting forth that reduction of wool and woolen duties would not resuit in & material reduction in the cost of cloth- | ing. - Senator Stone of Missouri inter- d him. When the tariff bill was on the floor,” explained Mr. Btone, “the re- publicans were prophesying industrial and financial disaster as a result of the measure. How can the senator say that prices will not bs reduced? We have seen none of the closed faotories, the ruined mills, or the squalid housés the senator painted so V’W | Now he tells us the cost of Mving ont reduced. Why, the average stand- paat republican, if he prays at all, is muttering supplications to the skies day end night that panic may fall upon the country. But no pauic is in nfic Let the stand-patter withhold s prophecies as to the cost of living un. til e can see the real results of the democratic law.” Senators 8moot and Gallinger dented that as average stand-pat repubcans they were hoping for industrial depres- | sion. RAN IN STREETS IN HIS NIGHT GOWN New Haven Man Sought to Eseape An Operation. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 20.—The | residents in the vicinity of the New IHa\-an General hospital were startled tonight at the sight of a man, clad only in a night gown, running wildly up and down the streets flourishin a razor. The police from the Howar: Avenue station and headquarters fin- ally corraled him and took him back to_the Institution, It developed that the man was Godfrey Reed, who had been sent to the hospital from the cf mission some days ago. The physiclans de- cided that an operation was neces- sary because of an old injury to his head. Reed was taken to the operating room tonight and the hospi barber started to shave his head. Reed, who was clearly afrald to undergo the oper- ation, grabbed the barber, wrenched the razor from him and then fled from the bullding. Burglary at Westport. Westport, Cann., Nov. 20.—Joseph Ruzzaneti was bound over to the next term of superior court by Justice of the Peace Purdy today, charged with ary, It was alleged that he, with another man, enter the home of Jo\w H. Coles, a New York lawyer, last g‘l t, A burglar alerm warned the fred man and he found Ruzsanet! packing a bag full of silverware, Rus- eanet! the hired man “covered” Ruusanet! with a re- tested 4.10 per eent. and made | volver and called Deputy Sherfff - wood, who made the arrest,