Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 12, 1913, Page 1

VOL. LV.—NO. 297 y PRI ICE_TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwicn s vouue Luat U1 Any vwer §aper, @il 1S ww Gircuiauon 18 we urgem i GolinGouE 1n Froporuon the City’s Population REBELS ENTER BRITISH CONSULATE Villa’s Soldiers Seize Mexican Who Had Sought Asylum There and Carry Him to Jail ALSO ORDER SPANIARDS TO LEAVE CHIHUAHUA Outrage in City Recently Oc cupied by Villa Reported by Americans Who Have Arrjved at Juarez—DBritish Vice Consul Denied Facilities ister, Appeals to United Injured in First Day’s Fighting at Tampico. —Americ i tion city the British .n\urur and forcibly seized Luiz - ¥ son of wealthy land owner, and after eurrying him through the sirects, placed him in jail. According to the Americans, the rebels also served mnotice upon 100 Spanish residents of Chihuahua thal they must leave the city within te: hours, British Consul Appeals to U. S. Consul The entry of t b consulate and the seizure o who had un after hearing gone there for prote that his life was in danger, were re- ported to have inken place during the absence of British Vice Consul Scobeii. It was said thiat Scobell, enraged at stion of General Francisco Villa' . was denied facilities to prote: to the British minister at Mex or to the British ambassador at Wash- ington, and that he then appealed to United States Consul Marion Letcher. All Foreign Ministers Protest. All the foreign ministers are said to have joined in a protest against what was regarded as a violation of the rights of asylum under a foreign flag The story told by the Americans was that Terrazas, in charge of much of his father's estate, including great cattle ranges, had been left in Chi- huahua, after the evacuation by the federals, to look after women and children members of his family. Tak ing fright, he went to the.British vic consulate.” and during the absence of Vice Consul Scobell the rebels, who bad been searching the. town for Ter- razas, rushed into the consulate, seized Terrazas and then paraded the prison- er through the streets, afterwards locking him in a cell In the state building. Demanded $250,000 of Terrazas. It was said that a demand for $250,- 000 which he fajled to pay was the chief motive in the arrest of Terrazas, Luis, Terrazas, Sr, the uged father of the prisomer, recently arrived at Ojinaga with the federal troops. His great wealth has been a special mark for discussion in the propaganda of the revolution, while the thousands of his cattie over the state have served to feed both the rebels and federals, Tnited States Consul Kdwards at Juarez said he had received no official confirmation of the arrest of Terrazas up to a late hour tonight. The tele~ graph between Juarez and Chihuahua was not working. MEAGRE NEWS FROM TAMPICO. Capture of Seaport Will Be Big Ad- vantage to the Rebels. Woshington, Dec. 11.—The fighting at Tampico, a Mexican seaport of strategic importance, was recognized by administration officials here as like- Iy to have a considerable effect on the immediate progress of the revolution. The possession of a port where muni- tions of war could be landed safely from abroad, as well as the revenues that would be acquired through the col- ans who ar- | to Make Protest to British Min- States Consul—No Americans lection of customs receipts there would 1 the constiludona ist cause, of the o Reporis of the fizh today were mes | e received at th howed that the > making an AgET The navy department received the following wireless despatch tonight from Rear Admiral Fletcher, sent from Tamp:. at 10 a. m. teday: “Firing was continued during the night, but there wa change in the situation this morni HUERTA COMPLACENT Gives No External Evideence of Worry Over Situation at Tampico. Mexico City, Dec. 11.—The knowl- edge that Tampico was in danger of falling into rebel hands did not appear to disturb President Huerta in his rou- tine of affairs, and this afternoon he was the guest of honor at a banquet at Tacubay suburb, to celebrate the inauguration of the Interurban railway General Huerta certainly gave the im i pression that he was not troubied by the possible outcome of events at the port. At that hour, according to a private fighting was in progress at Tampico, the rebels being in possess- sion of the freight yards at Donactllia, | between Tampico and the coast, from which point the federals bad been forced back 1o tf Official mes- sages indicated that the federals woula able to resist the attack, but the ame note of optimism was lacking in the few private messages recelved here. Admiral Fletcher Serves Warning. Washington, Dec. 11—Rear Admiral Fletcher cabled the navy late today from Tampico “] have warned the lead: i sides that fighting will not be allowed near the neutral territory assigned io non-combatants or near valuable for- eign property Rebels Repulsed at Tampico. Vera Cruz, Dec, 11—The Mexican military autherities at Vera Cruz said this afternoon they had received in- formation that the rebel attack on the city of Tampico had been repulsed, As a result the officials added, the des- patch of further federal reinforcements from this port weuld be suspended. Amerioans at Tampico Uninjured. Vera Crezz Dec. 11.—The American consul at Tampico, Clarence A, Miller, reports by wireless that no Americans or other foreigners were injured in the first day’s fighting between the federals and rebels, He expresses regret that ne vessel is now available at Tam- pico for the reception of American refugees other than the warships, the British and Germans being mere for- tunate in having merchant vessels un- der their flags in port. The consul re- quests authority from the state depart. ment to charter a vessel, HUSTLED PATIENTS TO HOSPITAL LAWN. Fire in E»gmn Noom of Hartford Hos- pital Causes Excitement. Hariford, Conn., Dec. 11— Forty-two atients In the Hartford hospital were urriedly carried out of the building ight while a fire raged below them the cellar. The electricity failed after the fire started, and nurses =nd attendants groped through the derkness and smoke, carrying their ts on cots out of the building, the cots were awen. i There was & panic Pr a time but in the hospital of the Phy- e car of the building are noue the | for their thrilling experience. The fire started in the engine room, ¥ over what is known as Ward That section of the building was filed with smoke. After the first nurses and attendants seitled and removed the patients in a ethodical, orderly manner. The lights | E&"hm«'. caused considerable | n in all parts of the building. The emploves tried to extinguish the m but without success, and a double | was rung in, calling out three- !ourth- of the apparatus in the city. | As the last patient was being T the bullding the firemen appear- Five lines of hose were run m!mg the ward and the fire was ‘soon it out. The loss will probably not exceed $1,000. CHASE THE DOLLAR NEGLECT THE MEN Bishop from Brazil Discovers Weak- ness of Amrle-n . New Haven, Conn., Dec, 1],—Bishop Kinsolving of Brazil and Bishop Pepr of Bhode Islapd wers the L pal at the bangue® of Church Men's League of Connect- ut, Bishop Kinsolving sald Amer- Jeans pay too munh attention ts morey not enough to men, Ha spoke the necessity for improving tne wtandard of living and desig the whits sluve rraffic and kin- ! il ovile ns “the running sore of Pesry Shath ne baipted | s ; e Believed wo ot 4o maore to reiain religious life instead of doing mission l“llul. Thers are anough OUT GWR Ccountry, ha wald to deviand all our efferts Home Rule Means Civil War, Cernarven, Waiss, Der, 11— Andrew | lani Bonar Law, er of the In the opposition commons speaking | eated his predietion on of heme rule on im eivil war, placed on the | ! taken | IBIG FIRE RAGING AT COHOES, N. Y. | Aid Summonsd from Troy at 2 o'Clack | This Morning. which 2 this | morning i ing an entire block { on Remsen Cohoes, and the loss |is already estimated at over $200,000. | | Every fire-fighti ratus in the clty has been The Clinton S box | mi Laughlir -Tn tory and Fosi district of { knitting . ten large n"lla oceupying i the tion o'clockc the Trox fire depart- mr-m was called npon for assistanc and several companies responded. The | iames communicated with a number ! of bufidings loss at $300,000, across the street and the | rapidly A block of tenements on Factory | street are threatened and the firemen | are making desperate efforts to save | them, with but little hce of suc- | cess.” People res hood are removing their eff Over six hundred mill ha thrown out of employment of the fire. hbor- { | SOUTH MANCH PO3T BURNED | Several Stores in Buildirg Badly Dam- aged—Loss $15,000. South Manchester, Conn.. Dee. re tonight destroyed the South Man- chester postoffice in Main street, to- ether with a number of stores located n_the building, entailing a loss of $15,000. Postmasier Thomas J. Quish and his assistants succeeded in saying all the malil, and the postoffice reeords, The fire staried from an epen gas Jet in the cellar of a cenfectionery More, gnd epread with great rapidity. Farr’ Brothers' confectionery stere, Piftany's jewelry clothing stere were greatly damaged by emoke and Water, A8 were a num- ber of ofMices and club reems on the second flaor, The branch office of the Manchester Herald was also much damaged, It was anneunced that the pesteffice will be eenducted in the Manchester Trust eempany huilding, until a new building can be made ready. ore and Smith's Girl Starts On Long Swim. Colon, Dec, 11—Miss Blaine Golding of Bath Beach, N. Y., whe hopes to jswim the Panama Canal from the At- ie the Pacific, started this morn- | | ing from the Five Mile Buoy opposite | Cristebal and reached the lower lock at | Gatun early this afternoon. She will continue her swim across Gatun Lake | o Gamboa lemerrow. 11— | ed, Cabled Paragraphs Mrs, Roosevelt Homeward Bound. Colon, . Deo, 11.—Mrs, Thoodore Roosevelt and her niece, Miss Mar- Earet Roosevelt, were passengers on the steamer Santa Marta which saile d for .\aw York/ today. May Reduce Bank Rate. Berlin, Dec. 11.—The central com- mittee of the Imperial Bank of Ger- many will meet tomorrow to consider & reduction in the bank rate. Maderos Sail for New York. Havana, Dec. 11.—Daniel and Evar- isto Madero, uncles of the late Presi- dent Madero, with their wives, sailed from here today for New York on board the Miami. Tornado in West Africa. Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Afri- ca, Dec. 11.—Over 250 natives are be- lieved to have perished today when a terrific tornado blew 20 canoes with some 400 natives on board, out to sea. The cable ship Sentinel rescued 136 of them, but no trace of the remainder was found. Passed Vote of Confidence. Paris, Dec. 11-—The French cham- ber of deputies tonight voted confi- dence in the government after Premier Doumrgue had declared the policy of he new French cabinet. The vote was 93 to 137. One hundred and fifty deputies abstained from voting. POISONED HUSBAND TO WED ANOTHER.. Case Similar to That for Which Mrs. Wakefield is Under Sentence. Little Valley, N. Y.. Dec. 11—Mrs. Cynthia Buffum and Ernest Frahm, a young farmhand, were indlcted and ar- raigned here this afternoon on charges of murder in the first degree. Dis- trict Attorney George Cole said that Mrs. Buffum had made a confession in which she admitted administering poison to her husband, Willis Buffum, and her four children, that she might be free to marry young Frahm. Buf- fum died on August 27. One of the children, Laura, ten years old, is still critically ill. The others are slowly recovering. Frahm and Mrs. Buffum pleaded not guilty and were remanded to the county jall. The alleged confession by Mrs, Buf- fum was given to the district attorney at Buffalo. In it Mr. Cole states that Mrs. Buffum says the poison was placed in the food prepared for the family covering a period of over a month. 1t was in the form of horse medicine containing poison. was taken to the grand jury room, After her arraignment, Mrs. Buffum where, it is undersfood, she gave evi- dence’ against Frahm which resulted in his fndictment an hour later. MRS, YOUNG TO BE REINSTATED Mayor Harrison to Enforee Resigna- tion of School Board Members, Chicago, Dee. 11.—Mrs, Ella Flag) Young, replaced. as superintendent o’ public scheols yestercay by Assist- ant Superintendent John D, Schoop, may be restored to her office again on a wave of popular demand, as she was last July. Mayor Harrison's office was besieged by regnlsnuli\ es of women's organizations today protesting agaeinst the loss of Mrs, Young to Chicago's educational system. The mayer prom- ised te aid their efforts in every way possible, He said he would enforee the resignatien of a number of members of the schoel beard who yoted against Mrs, Young in the session yesterday that resulted in her resignatien. “I will let the first meve be made by the wemen,” Mr. Harrison said. “l suggest that they get Mrs. Young to recensider her resignation and sec- ondly that they remember it is new neeessary to ereate a vacancy in the superintendency, It seems to be up to Mr, Behoop 16 resiga, 1 understand that the women’'s organizations will urge his resignation.” NO COLD STORAGE TRUST DISCOVERED. Combines to Control Prices Exist Some Cities, However. Washington. Dec. 11.—After several weeks of Investigation over the entire United States officials of the depart- ment of justice have reached the con- clusion that there is little ground for belief that a nation-wide cold storage trust exists. Every United States at- torney in the country was pressed in- to service for a quick survey of the ‘0ld storage field and their reports to sshington indicate that while com- bines have been formed in a few of the arge cities. there is no reason to be- lieve that there cold storage trust ontrolling the price of eggs and other products In all parts ofthe country. Sufiicient evidence has been forth- coming, however, to show that in some of the cities such rombinations do ex- ist. and the department already has turned its attention to a4 more careful scrutiny of the operations of cold stor- age men there, ————— FEDERAL SUPERVISION OF LIFE INSURANCE Plan Propossd ance ecticut Insur- Co wits The subject vislon was bre Mansfield, insu Connecticut, who ouilin lieved were the advantages and d advantages of the plan, the obstacl to be overcome and the ideal methoa of supervision, Steamship Arrivals. Retierdam, Dec. 9.-—Arrived, steam- er Kursk, New York for Li ibau, Copenhagen, Deo, — Arrived, steamer €. F, Tietgen, New York. Liverpesl, Dec. 11.—Arrived, steamer Bohemian, Boston. Siasconsett, Mass,, Dee. 11.—Steamer Russia, L‘bn,u via Halifax for New York, signalled. Time and dxdsfznce net Friday ®iven. Dock 1.30 p. m. Cornered Calves, Gets Twe Years. Kansas City, Dee, 11—Jjohn Aikens, president of the Missouri, Kansas and California Packing Company, charged with obtaining memey by trick in con- nection with an alleged corner of the local calf market, was found guilty late today and sentenced to twe years 1 the penitentiary. Orlando 8. Bome, chief buyer of the company, was ae- quitted of the same charge Schmidt Pleads for Forgiveness MAKES A TEARFUL APPEAL TO HI8 FATHER GIRL'S LETTERS READ Miss Aumuller Wrote to Friend of Quarrel With Schmidt and Later | Reconciliation—A Cousin Testifies. New York, Dec. 11.—Hans Schmidt, the one-time priest, on trial for the murder of Anna Aumuller, fell on his knees this afternoon in District At- torney Whitman’s office, kissed the hand of his aged father, who has come all the way from Germany to try to save him from the electric chair, and in a flood of tears begged his forgive- ness. This morning Schmidt refused to recognize his father, Returns to Cell Weeping. Mrs. Elizabeth Schaddler. Schmidt's sister, who made the trip from Ger- many with her father, was present at the ‘meeting, Schmidt embraced her affectionately. For half an hour she and her father tried to soothe the pris- oner, but he refused to be comforted and was still weeplng when led back to his cell. Conference with Alienists. All the state’s\ witnesses except alienists have testified and Schmidt's trial was halted in mid-aftérnoon to- day until tomorrow to permit the dis- trict attorney to confer with the alien- ists before putiing them on the stand. Miss Aumuller’s Letters. Letters regarding Schmidt written by the victim to Miss Anna Huttler of Cincinnati, were read to the jury today. Miss Huttler was on the wit- ness stand. In one of the letters Miss Aumuller wrote: “Please do not mention the name ot Mr, Schmidt to me again, as our love and affection is all over.” A little later she wrote: “I have made up again with Schmidt, The poor fellow is sick and a few days ago sent for me. Do not mention Schmldt's name on any card you send to the rectory, as 1 do not want them to know I am good with him.” Letter of a Cousi A third letter, written by Joseph Engler, a cousin of Anna Aumuller by marriage, protested against Anna's return to America from Austria, where Schmidt sent her in 1911, This letter was found on Schmidt at the time of his arrest. Engler wrote: “I received just now word that Anna is oomlnfi to America, I am forced to have her deported. I do not wish to injure you. It is with Anna a differ- ent matter. If proofs are su clent she w'lll go back. She is a sh girl” Predicted Gallows for Schmidt. Bchmidt dropped his mask of indif- ference this afternoon long enough to laugh heartily when a witness 1eg‘\'hed that Miss Aumuller said she was “go- 1 marry a miilionaire.” n}n‘l'r testifying runrdln‘ his let- ter to Hchmidt, said “I teld him ‘if yofl send her money to come baek you will end on the gal- lows’” Bchmidt sald it was too late, m-t he had already sent the money” ‘Did_Anna ever tell you,” asked Behmidt's lawyer, suddenl “that Schmidt had teld her he 4d peen commanded by Ged to make a blood saerifice of her, as Abraham sacrificed Isaac?” Eigler replled in the affirmative, CLERGYMAN'S WIDOW DIEG AT SANITARIUM. Mrs. Donald Sage Mackay Was Under Influence of Anaesthetic. New York, Der‘ II—A woman who the police say was Mrs. Donald Sage Mackay, 45 years o}d, widow of the Rev. Donald Sage Mackay, D. D., the noted Scotch clergyman, died today while under the influence of an an- sesthetic in an uptown sanitarium. Coroner Holtzhauser ordered the body removed to the morgue for an autopsy. Mrs. Mackay was formerly Miss Hel- en L. Smith, daughter of J. Gregory Smith, former governor of Vermont. She was married to Dr. Mackay in 1860. Dr. Mackay wa sat one time pastor of the Collegiate church of St. Nicholas in this city. He died in 1908. When the death was first reported te the coroner today the name was given by the attending physician, Dr. Tlenry Weill, as Mrs. J. H. Stone of Bostin, Mus. The superintendent of the apart- ment hotel where Mrs. Mackay lived later positively identifled the hody. Dr. Weill said that the patient came ti his| office and aftef an examination he urg- ed her to ®o to the hospital for an op- eration for an intestinal complaint. CANDIDATES FOR THE NEW YORK OFFICES. Party Leaders Submitting Lists to nominee, no office | \ i | | { DECLINES JURISDICTION | IN |N(‘Oml: TAX SUIT. | dudge Landie’ Abtion Wil Hasten Cass| to Supreme Court. Chicage, Dee. 11—The declination efL Judge Landis to accept jurisdietion in the suit of Elsie DeWaeife, designed to test the constitutionality of the in- come tax law, is regarded by the at- torneys. concerned as tending to expe- dite decision by the supreme court of the United States. W. Bourke Cockran of ceunsel for the plaintiff will file an appeal three weeks henee upon his return frem a vacation in Burepe, Rural Carriers To Assist. Washington, Dee. 11—in order fo fu- cilitate the handling of bulky parcels during the holiday season, Fourth As- sistant er General Blakeslee today authorized Postmasters at see- ond class postoffices having beth city ;nd rum ivery nrvh:t to u!slruwl mwsry parcel post gl vmh 'It; ts wherever pos- | dett Direciors’ Duty - a Painful One FELT BADLY OVER SUSPENSION OF DIVIDEND HAD COURAGE TO DO IT “They Believed It Better For Every- body,” Declares Chairman Elliott of New Haven System in a Speech. New York, Dec. 11.—“T do not think I ever sat on a board that felt as badly as did the New Haven board when they met conditions which forced them to give the decisi6n to take away dividends and Christmas presents from thousands of people,” Howard Elliott, the new head of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad system, declared here tonight at a_dinner of the Railway Business association. Mr, Elliott alluded to the meeting of the New Haven road’s directors yesterday at which it was voted to pass the div- idend. Better for Everybody. “They had the courage to do it,” Mr. Elliott said, “and they did it be- cause they thought it was better for the stockholders and hetler for the people at large.” Regarding charges of dishnneit rail- road management Mr. Elliott said thau if some railroads in the past have been overcapitalized, it is to be regretted. “But no workable m«l.hud has been suggested,” he declared, “by which se- curities issued legally and bought in g00d faith can he taken from the own- ers without fallures and recelverships that harm many more people than the owners of the securities.” Just Criticism Welcomed. To the criticism that the railroads were extravagant he replied: “Many economies can be only adopted by throwing away old appllances and buying new ones. And if the railroads have no money With which to get the new tools they must do the best thes can with the old ones. “The railway managers of the coun- try,” he coneinued, “want to know where to improve. They welcome just criticism based on real knowledge of all the facts. It is their purpose to profit by it. To serve the public ade- quately, on the other hand, is alsc their purpose and it ig their duty to séek diligently from the appropriate authorities the authority and help nec- essary if the rallway is to do what the people want and must have if tne country is to grow, Asks Patient Good Will of People. “These six New England states have one-fourteenth of the national pupu- lation and have one-twelfth of the na- tional wealth. They consume one- eighth of the materials of manufacture and they have one-sixth of the bank deposits. For the New England lines, that I represent, I ask the patient good will of her peopie and of the nation while her peculiar and difficult trans- portation problems are being solved. “The business men of the country wha benefit from the accumulated savings of New England, from her large purchases froma other parts of the country, from her great ana con- tinuous contributions to the national welfare in sending out trained men and women, should at this time of storm and stress help the situation in every reasonable way. It is your interests to do it and as patri- otlc eitizens interested in the welfare of the whole country I ask you most earnestly to help.” Bteamers Reported by Wireless. Lizard, Dec. 11—Steamer Oceanic, New York for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Southampton, signalled 380 miles west at 2.30 a. m. Due Plymouth 11.30 P» m. Quéenstown, Dec. 1i.-—Steamer Bai- tic, New York for Queenstown and Liverpool, signalled 279 miles west at 11 2. m. Due Queenstown 3 a. m. Fri- day. Cape Race, N. F., Dec. 11—Steamer Bremen, Bremen for New York, sig- nalled 1946 miles east of Sandy Hook at 4 p. m. Dock 830 a. m. Wednesday. Steamer Ryndam, Rotterdam for New York, signalled 1281 miles east of Sandy Hook at 4 55. p. m. Dock 8.30 a. m. Monday. Warrant for Mrs. Pope Held Up. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 11—After a conference between counsel and State Attorney Arnon Alling here th| afternoon, it was decided to hold up the serving of the warrant, uatil Mrs. Popé had recovered her hezith some- what. It was stated that Jrs. Pope had cident and grave fears are held for her ultimate reco = Long Voyage in Small Boat. Havara, Dec. 11.—Captain IS&tthias Johnston, of Perth Amboy, N. J. ar- rived here vesterday plloting a small boat, the George \Washington, 28 feet long and five feet wide, and dispiac- ing only a quarter of a’ton, in whi he had made s Shoat Johannesh Dec, 1 of o | ne dition would-be Hartford W ment was made Loomix and member posed of the | million powe o | Stuyvesa - York, presi- | dent and f the plant. To Investigale Vivisection. ‘Washingten, Dec. 1l.—Adeptien eof resolutions ecalling upon congress to appeint a joint eommittee to investi- gate vivisection and varieus other forms of crueity to animals, breught to a cenclusion teday the annual meet- | ing of the International Anti-Vlvlsee. tion and Animal Protectien congress. Money Encugh for Flood Victims, ‘Washingten, Dec. 11.—Gevernar Col- ! auitt of Texas today telegraphed the | Red Cress that centributions alreadyv | sent are ample for sufferers from the oyerflow of the Brases river there is ne need of further aid, = R S Stock Barn Burned, Suffield, Conn., Dec. 11.—Fire late tedfl ‘destroyed the large stock bara eutside i f Prank Kulas in ou:h street, em- ‘:fllng a less of $2,5 The origin of 15 WRkROWE. | setl and that | g Condensed Telegrams Wichita, Kansas, 15 flrhtinl typhold fever. New Haven is to h-vo a new theater costing $350,000 on College street next year. boarding Fire d a girl's ire damaged a g ot 8 school in Providence, R. L, tent of $5,000 The Holland House Hotel in New York was damaged by fire to the ex- tent of $1,600. J. Mitchell Clark, a Newport, (R. L) soclety woman, has invented a curved plano sounding board. William Horatio Clarke, organist, organ building expert and author, died at Reading, Mass., yesterday. A resolution favoring the extension of suffrage to women was adopted at the Vermont state grange convention yesterday. President Wilson Stayed in his room yesterday fighting a cold and cancelled all his engagements by order of his physician. Alderman Charles F. Cook of Everett, Mass., dropped dead at the West Ev- erett station while on his way to the Everett Gun club. Fire That Destroyed the Hotel Will- liams at Macon, Ga., early vesterday drove more than fifty guests to the streets in scanty attire. The Hetch Hetchy Bill, passed by both houses of congress, has been re- ferred by President Wilson to Secre- tary Lane for a report. The expenses of Boston for the 10 months just ended, amount to $17,411,- 349, an increase of 964,626 over the same period last year. Lemuel Coffin, a retired sailor, died at Sailers Snug Harbor on Staten Is- land yesterday. He was 101 years, five months, and 22 days old. Judge Baldwin in the circuit court at Chicago completed yesterday a call of 983 uncontested divorce suits heard by him the last three months. A. 8. Carlisie, 79 Years Old .captain of the Union gunboat Minerva during the Civil war, died at his home at Woodward, Okla., Wednesday, Nelson Sharp was electrocuted at Auburn, N. Y., for killlng a policeman at Rochester, N. Y., in May 1912, He declared his downfall was due to drink. Tony Papinicol, and Albanian em- ployed in a sand pit in Southbridge, was killed yesterday when the bank caved in on him, and broke his back. Cleveland and Cuyahoga county (Ohio) women’s club members are be- ing enlisted in a war against prevail- ing modes in feminine wearing ap- parel. Champion Boy and Girl Farmers from thirty states arrived at Wash- ington yesterday and for a week will be the guests of the department of agriculture. In the United States Court at Sa- vannah, Ga., yesterday three convicted white slavers were sentenced to a vear and a day in the federal prison in Atlanta. Harold VanBuren Magonigle, a New York architect of international repu- tation, i defendant in a suit for di- vorce brought by his wife, Rebekah Harrison Magonigle. “Not a Dollar of Stocks or Bonds of the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford road is owned by any Vermont Savings bank or trust company,” it is officlally declared. Orders Were Received at the Collin- wood, O., shops of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway c 1y, effective Decembper The Final Assault on the provisions of the administra reney bill was begun , Senator Hi braska leading the In an Effort to Transplant the Maine lobster to the Pacific coast, the bureau of fisheries h shipment of 4,007 Huan Islands in region. lob: the Sound Puget ..Herman Whitaker, author Pianger” and other M enounced his Britisr applied for American citizenship San Francisco in order to allow hm wife to vote. 1 S | “Thona is Pors Water In 1 the people Wmus Haworth, in the University gress yesterday. the ment th ovi ion nt of zer impeact ¢ and ses of the Sul- trial, An Emphatic Denial that he ever attempted to evert any influence on any bank or cs:diter of Thomas G. Plant, a business rival, to prevent h'm from getiing further eredit, was made by Bidney W, Winslow, president of the United Shoe Machinery company. | under cross evamination yesterday in { the trial of the government's suit for dissolutien of the company under the Sherman act. | Finances. an- | Pahac;aa for R Dee. e of ral inters “commeree - than in | state’ commiss was urged as a| means for restonng financial health te railways by Governer James M, Cox of Ohio in an address here tonigiit be- fore the Railway Business associatien. TRegwation of rates also should be left with the interstate comyiercs copmis- siem, he maintained. | the surgeon general's Bryan Paying Political Debts PRESIDENT ELIOT ORITICISES RE. CENT APPOINTMENTS WILSON IS COMMENDED Annual Address Before National Civil Service Reform League~Many of the New Diplomats Are Untrained Men. Boston, Dec. 11.—Commendation of Presigent Wilson and criticism of Sec- relary Bryan for their action in filling national offices were contained in the annual address tonight of Dr. Charles W. Eliot as president of the National Civil Service Reform league. “This league can now congratula itself and the country,” said Pruld-nc kliot, “on the fact that no advent of 4 national administration which in- volved the transfer of power from one party to another has ever occurred in Which the principles of civil service reform have been so generally observed by the incoming administration.” Bryan the On'-- Exception. He added that this was true, ™in spite of nressing temptations to dis- regard these principles, and seweral attempts by congress to compel tha executive to Viul&te them.” “In general,” the speaker said, “the cabinet officers, with the exception of the secretary of state, have seemed to intend to conform to the declaration of their party platform and the well known opinions of the president; but there have appeared some exceptions to the foreign policy. “The secretary of staté has clearly made or proposed appointments in payment for political services,” Dr. Eliot asserted, “and some other cabinet officers have given signs of accepting a doctrine which Mr. Bryan publicly fa- vored in 1908, namely, that the offices should be divided between the twy Breat parties In proportion to their political strength.” President Wilson’s order of May 7 last, affecting fourth class postmasters, was characterized by President Ellot as “a sound amendment of the practice under the pre«cedln!’ administration called ‘covering in. “But the league thinks that it will cost much time and money to carry out the order fairly and effectively,” he added. Untrained Men Displace Experienced Men. Regarding the department of state, President Eliot reported that the ex- ecutive orders of the two preceding administrations have been adhered to in regard to secretaries of embassies, consuls-general and consuls, but that “the policy of the administration as { to ministers and ambassadors has been different. Qut of 11 ambassadors elght have been replaced,” he continued, “and out of $5 ministers 22 have heen repiaced; with the result that some men of long experience have been re- placed by untrained men.” Paying Political Debts. Dr. Eliot said that of the 22 minis- ters displaced, 13 had had several years' experience in diplomatic service, while none of the new appointees had had any experience. “Several of the appointments of ob~ scure men to diplomatic posts have seemed to the public to be meade in payment of political debts; but the public attributes these appointments not to the president but to the secre= tary of state,” he continued. Governor Baldwin Speaks. *“More weight should be given in offi. clal appointments generally to natural gifts than to acquisitions from educa- tion,” sald Governor Simeon E. Bald- win of Connecticut. “Examination,” he said, “have often proved a very in- sufficient test of fitness. The man who ranks highest in the examination room may be the one who ranks lowest in capacity to fill a public station well.” Governor Baldwin said that the fleld of the national civil service reform as- sociation “must be confined to the pro= motion of the spread of our general doctrine (the preservation and ads cement of the merit saystem fof public office’ without urging uniforme lity in detail” GRANGERS GPPOSE WOMAN SUFFRAGE, | Massachusetts State Grange Alsa Come mends Secretary Houston. Boston, Dec. 11.—Opposition to wome an suffrage was declared by the Massa-~ chusetts state grange today at the | closing session of its 41st annual con. vention. The secretary's report of & | referendum vote among the members showing & majority opposed to grante ing the vote to women was In direct opposition to the attitude agsumed by the national grange at its recent convs ion in Manchester, N, H., the nze adopted resolutions Secretary of Agriculture DS TUARV. H.rmln F.hal\. Philadelphia, Dec, 11.—Harman Fa ber, an artist and etcher, who wa noted for his etchings of animals amn illustrations for standard medicq works, dled suddenly at his home las night, He was 81 years old. Durinf tue Civil war he served as artist o staff of th United States army, Mr, Faber '.'hj born In Germany and came to country In 1854, General Weod to Retire in April. Washington, Dee, 11.—Announcemey was made today by Secretary Garrisq that on April 22 next Major Genery | Leonard Woed would ceasa to be of staff of the United States army, that date General Wood's four detail expires and though there im provisien in the statutes which atm“ the term to be extended in cam ‘War er any other emergency, retary Garrisen he wonid low the spivit of the law and choose BUOTEEIOR,