Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 18, 1913, Page 1

VOL. LV—NO. 302 ) o '/. 1798 o (N ST ‘ 3, —_—— The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is’ Double That of Any Other Paper, an d Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Propor* *o-the Gity's Population PLANNING TO RECAPTURE CHIHURHUA Gen. Mercado Declares He Wil \March Away From Ojinaga Within a Few Days _ IS UNDER ORDERS TO MAKE ATTACK ON REBELS General Who Evacuated Chihuahua Says He Came North to * Replenish His Provision Train and to Communicate With Mexico City—Force of 2000 Rebels Waiting to Attack Federals if They Leave Ojinaga—All Americans Safe. to the state department no reply fron: General Villa to its representations | regarding the treatment of the Spanish | residents of Chibuahua, but it is as | sumed that the consul has not found it ‘easy to communicate quickly with the rebel general, owing to Villa’s mil itary activity along the extended line of the constitutionalist army. VILLA MAKES REPORT, Giving Protection to All Foreigners Except the Spanish, Hermostllo, Sonora, Mexico, Des, 17. —General Francisco Villa, in a long | report received here today by Gen- eral Carranza, denied that any forelgn- | ers were molested in Chihuahua City, | except the Spaniards, who were ex- | pelled. Villa suggestéd that Carranza | make 'Chihuahua his*national provi- Qjinagg Chinuahua, Mexico, Dec. 17. —-“Unless present plans are changed, and I see no reason why they should be. the federal army will leave Ojinaga ithin a few days to march fo Chihua- hua, with a view of attacking and re- capturing that city from the rebels. General Salvador Mercado, com- mander in chief of the federal army of the north, made this assertion in his camp here today. His statement wis iven without the usual reservation at- ached to military plans. Others pro fess to bellever, however, that the rebel | forces in Chihuahua, the most impor- | tagpt city in the far north, are too mgly entrenched to invite an attack by the federais. Have Orders to Attack Rebels. “We came here to replenish our pro- Nision train and to communicate with the war department at Mexico City,” General Mercado contifued. “Our or- ders arefto attack the rebels. There | sional capital 2 Eei e seems to be littie prospect of a battle | “The’foreign consuls asked . for guarantees for thelr countrymen and e ot et v, | these were glven in full for all except or the rebels in lurge numbers in this city ! e e roops wouid | Spanish,” General Villa reported. ias troons Nouia| “These, as you know, almost entire- Iy have taken an undue part in the in- ternal struggle of our country and have put themselves always against the cause of the people, of whom we ary the defendera’ Ye 000 men and Ten Generals at Ojinaga. ral Mercado would not comment ason for his evacuation of geral Villa told of the establish- xcept to say that his flight | ment of a civil government at Chi- E s point, opposite | huahua City and of the enlistment of was to enable him to | 200 fedéral soldlers who. were sent to ith Mexico City. In|Juarez on their own recognizance. In had no way of obtain- | requesting General Carranza to move & or money for the troops. He | his military headquarters to Chihua- w g generals here. hua, General Villa argued ,that the . = state was in the hands of the insur- AMERICANS ALL SAFE. gemit forces, and that its central loca- — — tion would make the move most ad- Corsul Letcher Sends Reassuring | vantageous. WILL BE ATTACKED. News from Chihuahua. I 1i.—R surance | f Americans in Chi- today by Consul erals to Leave Ojinaga. aicly upon the ‘Teopen- — communication be- Mexico, Dec. 17.—Despite Paso, came as | General Mercado’s statement at Ojin- are near Ojinaga. If the federals at- tempt to march from the border they will be attacked.” © many anxious ministration here. | age that the federals would attempt to s had felt that | recapture -Chibuahua, -General Bena- . manating from refugees and | vides, rebel commander at Juares, said % pariisans, to the efiect that|today that the rebels were preparing and oiher foreigners in Chi- | for an active eampaign southward. b were being s cted 10 gross “It was General Villa’s intention af- ¥ reatmehit by the constitutionalists, | ter reaching Chihuahua to carry the i hout foundation, but in the ab- | campaign southward, and that inten- 3 ion on the | tion has not been abandoned,” General - i a sle Lo con- | Benavides gald. “Already 00 rebels FAMILY WORKED CLEVER | STATUS OF BURKE MATRIMONIAL SWINDLE. | TO BE DETERMINED. Ind Young Woman Engaged to 50 Doubt As To Whether He is an Em- Men At One time ploye of the Government. wlis, Ind, Dec, 13—Martin| Washington, Dec. 17—Secretary ¥ < m, Ind . with | Garrison today asked Attorney General ¥ ¥ d Ora, | McReynolds to rule on the question - ze of | whether John Burke, manager of the 2 . rating g mat- | Panama Railway Commissary depart- Judge t told ral A.| ment, whose transactions are under in- estigation, is a government employe s sle for w or the emplioye of a private corporation. o A ai attorney | Upon_the attorney general’s opinion erize of the blzgest will depend the action of the govern- wted in this| ment wife appeared their plea plea_of after Mr. vernment’s at the conclusion of an inquiry into charges that Burke has profited by receiving gifts or commissions from persons selling supplies to the canal commlssary department. Officials said tonight that nothing in this investiga- n thus far had indicated any loss to the government. If Burke is a- govérnment to the but d employe ste nasot sentenc fiss Ora |the government might bring criminal P . action against him; otherwise, the only 3 fs the-govern- | recourse of the govvernment would be ment’s ¢ ! an of | civil process to recover for the Panama Railroad_any Burke unlawfully. write money received DENIAL BY BURKE, Never Received Money From Any Oth- er Source Tham His Salary. Dec. 17 _ Joh in the cominissar Panama Canal Indianapolis, Tnd.. whose work department of the being investigated, this afternoon. He denied that he had ever received money from any source other than his salary, while connect- 1 the commissary. harge that 1 have profited financlally on the side in connection with my work in the canal zone.” declared Mr. Burke. Complaint against me arose last Sep tember_on account of Information giv- en ont by a disgrontled'employe.” ive 1mond v =aid, 3 the AUTSIST RESPONSIBLE FOR M’NULTY’S DEATH Coroner Mix Finds That He Was Driving “Carelessly d Recklessly.” nt girl a or wife had listen- | f their swindle uilty Haven, Conn, Dec. 17—In a g handed down this afternoon, Coroner EN _Mix, holds Thomas D. Stone, Jr, of Wallingford, criminally responsible for the death of Villiam McNuliy at Wallingford Saturday. Mr, | McNuity. an aged resident, was stand- ing in the roadway waiting for a,trol- ley car, when an automobile, operated by Stone, struek him, causing injuries | from which he died a few houfrs later. The coroner holds that while Mr. Stone was driving his machine at a and wife increased to $1,000 taken to jail, bel the amo was not se Dedham Institutions. 7 Three Dedham, | AU bebel | rate of only ten miles an hour at the ¥ dicd “iaa, | time of the accident, he was driving acerne, 8 1. o the | “carelessly and recklessly.” P of Dedham Mr. Penni- brer S man begueathed $300,000: to the Ded- All Hotel Employes Ordered Out. ham I v, & like amount, | Cleveland, O., Dec. 1%—All unlen and $2,000,000 to the i Ames clul) | employes af the three local hotels af- of the same cit The Metropolitan | fected by the walters' strike were call- Mucenm of Art i (his city gets Mr. | ed out on a sympathetic strike tonight, Perniman s famous colleciion of coins. | About 100 workers are coneerned, the Steamship Arrivals. | hptel managers say. The strike otnciala- | Hilim "that 150 is the cerrect number, | One hundred and fifty waiters already Dec. 17— Arrived, steamer | wers out. 3. New York and Providence S T s Dec. 1B-—Arrived, steaner | Smallpox on: the fowa. Perugis, New York. | Havana, Dec. 17.—Five new caseg of Havre, De: _Arrived, steamer | smallpox developed today abeard the New York U. S, Battleship Towa. The sailors and .. 17.-Arrived, wteam- | stavedores at Caminera have been © | vaccinateq and all persons not vac- Arrived, steam. | cinaged have been ordered not to ap- nronuve station. was located here | not a word of truth in an | Cabled Paragraphs Mrs. Pankhurst ed. London, Dec. 17.—Mrs. Fmmeline Pankhurst was again released from Halloway jail today at noon. She had been imprisoned onlly since Saturday, when she was arrested while on hes way from Paris to London. No Progress on Home Rule lssus. London, Dec, 17.—Sir Maward Grey, secretary of state for forelgn affairs, addressing his constituents in North- umberland today acknowledged that no progress had been made as yet toward- ac}fla\'lnx a settlement of the home rule. . Counsel Seeks Perugia's. Liberty. Florence, Italy, Dec. 17.—Counsel for Vincenzo Perugla, charged with ab- stracting the “Mona Lisa” from the Louvre, has asked that Perugia be'ziv- en his'liberty on the ground that France has not entered prosecution against him before the Italian courts. Powera Won't Ald the Jews. } Vienna, Deg, 17.—Count Von Berch- thold,” Austro-Hungarian minister of iforeign affairs, replying today in the Hungarian delegation to the sugges- tion that the powers who were parties to the Berlin treaty take joint action to secure equality of treatment for the believe the powers could be induced to take such action. A VOTE ON CURRENCY BILL SET FOR FRIDAY Agreement Limits the Debate to Fif- , teen Minute Speeches, ‘Washington, Dec. 17.—An agreement to vote on the final passage of the ad- ministration currency bill “on the leg- islative day of Friday, Dec. 19" was reached in the genate late today. The agreement provides that debaté tomor- Tow and Friday shall be limited to 15 minutes for each senator upon each amendment or upon the bill iiself. While the legislative day may run over Into Saturday, senate leaders ex- pect the bill will be passed before mid. night Friday. If important amend- ments are pending at that time, how- ever, a recess may be taken until Sat- urday morning, as the republicans would not conmsent to the asreement untll the democrats promised they would not keep the senate in session all night Friday. The senate spent today in considera- tlon of further amehdments proposed by Benator Hitchcock, defeating by 41 to 37 his amendment to extend the guarantee of hank deposits to cover state banks that joled the mew sy em as well as national banks. Sena- or Owen expressed his/ approval of this idea, but the democrats would not support it because it had not received the endorsement of the caucus. A mo- tion by Senator Hitchcock to increase from 90 days to 180 days the maturity date of paper that could be submitted for rediscount at the regional banks was also defeated, 39 to 34. The democrats gathered in a hurrled called conference at 6 o’clock tonight to settle all final differences over the bill and agree ypon amendments which they \would support. ~ The list of amen8ments submitied to the caucus included many of those which had been Propomed by Senator Hitchcock or by republicans and voted down and it was sald some of these might be of- fered tomorrow ar Friday by Senator Owen and adopted as part of the bill. ‘With the last of the Hitchcock amendments, which Is expected early tomorrow. affirmative work on the cur- rency bill will begin at once. The amendments comprised the essential features of the measure drafted by Senator Hitcheock and the five mem- bers of the senate banking committee. With these out of the senate, Senator Owen will offer the bill endorsed by the senite democratic caucus as the substitute for the Glass bill that pass- ed_the house. Republican senators Joj Senator Hitchcock” today in a 'strong fight against the provision of the Owen bill limiting to 90 days the maturity peri- od of commercial paper that might be rediscounted at the propgsed new re- gional reserve banke. Senators Crawford of South Dakota and McCumber of North Dakota de- clared it would meke it impossible for country banks of the west to meet an emergency and that the mass of six months’ notes of farmers and stock rajsers would be valueless in time of a panic because they could not be redis- counted. THE LOWEST BID FOR AQUEDUCT REJECTED Contractor Says He Refused to Con- tribute to Politicians. New York, Dec. 17—District Attor- ney Whitman's investigation into po- litical graft took a mew' turn today- when the grand jury heard testimony concerning the letting of contracts on the Croton aqueduct, a New York city | project. Anthony C. Douglass, a tun- nel contractor and once mavor of | Niagara who put in a bid for | the con ion of the so-called Hud- | son river siphon, and failed to get the | contract, was before the jury for two | B Douglass testified that his bid, more | than $200,000 firm which got the contract, was re- | jected because he refused to contribut to certain politicians. The contracc was let at $1,619,020, and the bid of another firm, $50,000 less than this amount, Was also rejected, according | | to_records placed before the jury. If Mr. Whitman can procurs of will the at- certain other witnesses, continue the case to- tendance the jury morrow. OBITUARY. Major John C. Buckner. Chicago, Dec. 17—Major John C. Buckner, colored, 65 years of ase, dep- | uty internal revenue collector for thi | First district of Tilinols and a former member® of the state legislature, died at his home here today. World Was “Wireless Mad.” _-New York, Dec. 17.—The world was Wireless mad after the steamenty Hes public disaster, nearly five years ago, in which “Jack” Binns figured as & hero by remaining hours at his operat- ing post, and the Radlo Wireloss Tale- phone company as a result. was #swamped with orders for stock, atcord- ing to testimony given by Elmer M. Burlingame in federal court hers to- day. urlingame s on trial with James Dunlop Smith, Samuel B, Dar- by and Lee De Forest, accused of making fraudulent use of the mails in promoting the Radio company’s stock, New York Bills Becoms Laws. Albany, X, Y, Deo, 17,—All the bills passed at the recent session of the legs islature new are laws. The governor signed the last of them, the workmen's compensation bill, tonight, - During the day he had signed the various election bills providing for direet primaries, the direet election of United States sema- ters, the Massachusetts ballot and other general elegtion legislation, f ') the, charge of Jews in Rumania, said that he did not | lower than that of the | Auto Licenses THREE OPERATED MACHINES AFTER DRINKING ONE WAS MOOSUP MAN Secretary of State Says It is Not Ne bt a essary to be Intoxicated to be Un to Run a Motor Vehicle, Hartford, Conn,, Dec. 17—Secretary of State Phillips today suspended in- .definitely the license of George W. Clark of West Hartford to operate a motor vehicle, in this state, and at the same time drew a distinction between intexication and the | chatge of operating a motor vehicle | while under the influence of liquor. The | secretary, in his finding, says that on July 27 Clark, had between seven and nine” drinks of Italian wine, and later operated a motor vehicle. ' “This ad- measien’ on his part” says Secretary | Phillips, “Is sufficient to lead me to believe that he =as not in a fit condi- tion to operate a_mmotor vehicle and while operating fhis vehicle he met with an accident. Drank Enough to be Unsteady. “Regardless of whatever might have been his_testimwny before the town court, T find the testimony before me suffielent to substantiate the charge against him. A man may be under the influence of liquor and be able to walk and talk fairly well and reach his home without causing any trouble to others; but when one is licensed to operate & motor vehicle and if, during the time he partakes of a sufficient number of drinks of intoxicating liquors to cause him to be the least bit unsteady, then in such case that man is guilty of op- erating & motor vehicle while under the influence of lfquor, and it is not necessary to prove that one is intoxi- cated to substantiate the charge that he is operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor.~ It is sufficiént if the facts are such as to prove that the amount of liquor consumed' did render hiln unfit to operate the vehicle properly and with a steady control.” Moosup Man’s License Suspended. The secretary also suspended several other operators’ licenses for being un- der the influence of intoxicants. The license of Hemry S. King of Moosup was-suspended indefinitely for driving while under the influence of liguor, as was the license of F. H. Mec- Murray of New Britain. In the lat- ter case, McMurray ran into the gate at_the railroad crossing in Meriden. “Many of the operators in this state,” says the mecretary, “when they. notice the gates closing at grade crossing put on speed to get under the gates, in order-to save a few minutes time and as a result thereof accldents have taken place because of poor judgment used.” Failed to Stop After Accident. The license of Vincent J. Bauser of Waterbury is| suspended indefinitely because he struck Myron Vokyskl near Beagon Falls on November 5 and con- tinued on his way without stopping to render assistance. C. Weldner of Hart- ford has his suspended until January 1 because of a motorcycle accident in which he did not go back to ascerjain the extent of the {njuries to a woman. His license has already been under suspension for two mguths, Licenses not suspedded, for reasons given, are as follows: C. Long, Wethersfield; Edgar G. Rockwell, South Glastonbury; Dr. Louls M. Gompertz, New Haven; Welles K. Rice, Bloomfield; F. V. Phelan, Vernon; Richard M. Healey, w Britain; Joseph M. Roche, Hart- ford and Benjamin J. Wiggins. In all the aboye cases, it was shown that the accidents were unavoidable or that proper care had been exercised. METHOD OF TIMING AUTOS INACCURATE New York Magistrate Sc Decides Af- ter Testing It. good Elmer New York, Dec, 17. pleton held’ court on a street cor- today, tested the /police method of timing ‘motorists from a stationar post by stop watch, and found ‘it in- accurate. By this method the police- man starts his watch when the car crosses the center line of the street corner a block away and stops it when the ¢ar passes (he corner where the timer has taken his stand and from this data estimates the speed per mile. After making the test the magis- trate discharged an automebilist rested for exceeding the speed limi If the decision stands the timing of aartornobilists suspected of speeding will be left to cycie policemen who follow cars and take their speed from speedometers, Magistrate Ap- { | Suspension of |Find’if Thaw is Dangerous » DUTY OF COMMISSION APPOINT- ‘ EP BYXCOURT € ON QUESTION OF BAIL ot Purpose of Court is to Adcertain I It Would be Safe to Grant Him Lib- erty Under Bonds-Scope of Inquiry. Concerd, N. H., Dec. 17.—A commis- glon to examin®| Harry K. Thaw to determine whether his liberty under bail would be dangerous to public safety, was announced, in a rescript issued by Judge Aldriéh in the fed- eral court tuday. The commission is to consist of Frank S, Streeter, Con- cord: Dr. Morron Prince, Boston; Dr. George A, Blumer, superintendent of Butler Hospital for the Insane, Prov- idence, R. L, and Dr. Charles Ban- croft, shperintendent of New Hamp- shire State Hospital for the Insane, Concord. To Make Persofal Observations. In the rescript which is on Thaw's application for admission to bail un- der ihe habeas corpus - proceedings, “Fudge Aldrich says 7 i = 2mmissi is not appointed hearin .making sueh obscryations and exam- upon an adversary hut inations as it sees fit to make as to Thaw's present condition ;and, wheth- er he s insane or nos, its opinion is sought upon the single and sole ques- tion whether it is reasonably prob- able that his liberty under bail would be dangerous te the public peace and safety. Public Danger Only to Be Considered. The rescript adds that it is not in- tended that there should be a broad trial upon -the general question of in- sanlty, because it is not the purpose to embarrass any subsequent litigation where that question might be in- volved. . The theory of the New York courts being that Thaw's custody at Mattea- wan was not as punishment for crime, but for recovery of harmless or non- dangerous mental poise, and that the questfon of recovery is oneawhich is to be treated as always open, The answer to the question of mental poise in respect to public/danger, is the only one upon which ‘the opision of the commission s sought, says the re- script. May Seek Evidence of Personal Vio- lence, It will be open to the commission to give interest#d parties an oppor= tunity to offer evidence in respect to acts, it any, since Thaw's committal \to Matteawan, tending to show per- sonal violence. This, says the court, will of course Inelude the evidence of the United States marshal and sher- iff who have recently had Thaw in keeping. When the report of the commission Af presented the parties may have leave to be heard further on the ques- tlon of bail, MISS WILSON’S IDEA OF THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Give Not from Sense of Obligation but from Joy of Giving. Washington, Dec. 17.—Miss Mar- garet Woodrow Wilson, the president's eldest daugltter, who is ehairman of the Washington committee of the So- ciety for the Prevention of Useless Giving, in a public statement, sug- gested' a plan of useful Christmas giving for local “Spugs” which, if adopted in the capital, she said she felt might “alter the whole Christmas spirit all over this mighty and pros- perous land.” She made it plain that the “Spug” movement was directed not solely at useless Christmas giving, but the en- couragement of useful glving. Miss Wilson’s suggestion was that local “Spugs” and others interested in useful giving, elther as individuals or in combination, should “find some one person and give him or her a happy Chbristmas.” She furnished the ad- dresses of local charitable societies where lists of carefully investigated cases that showed real supplied, need would be If this suggestion cagld be taken up by Spug members,” said Miss Wil- son, “it would mean the lifting of burdens from mar® an anxious, care- worn, suffering family, not only for ons day, but for many days to come. Ws asic'you not to give from a sense 1ot obligation, but to give for the jc of giving and to give where giving is needed.” AMMUNITION FOUND ON ANOTHER STEAMER WINDMILL TO OPERATE ELECTRIC LIGHT | | Alaskan Bishop to Introduce tion in Arctic Region. | . Philadelphia, Dec | that blow in northern Alaska are to be harnessed to light up the long Po- | lar night in the cause of religion. To | this end emnouncement was made t day that the Rt. Rev. P. T .Rowe, bishop of the diocese of Alaska, has authorized Dr. W. E, S, Temple, head of “the electrical enginecering depart- PLANT Innova- 17 e winds ment of the University of Pennsyl- vania to design and build an_electric light plant, operaied by a windmill for use of the Episcopal mission at Point Poiut Hope | Hope, Alaska. | than 100 miles north circle whers the polas | several months each year. is more the Arctic t continues M'COOMBS CAN'T AFFORD ’ TO BE AN AMBASSADOR Says Post Pays but $17,500 and Costs About $180,000, New York, Dec, 17.—William ¥, Mo- Coombs, chairmah of the democratic ‘Dational committee, gave his reasons today for declining appointment as ambassader to France, oTho poat entalls the tpenditure of about $150,000 a year” he said, “It pays §17500, I-eeuld mot afford to accept It, I am going back to the praotice ot law, and I hepe io make | some - money,” Three Boys Vietlms of Thin Ice. | Ware, Mass, Dec, 17—Thin iece claimed three little boys as vietims today when JTeseph and Reland Her- bert and Albert Bratonier, aged 10 and § and 8, years, respoctively, were drewned in the Ware river while on their way to school. The 4ce, which ould support them' one at a time. broke when the three tried . to Cross together, nd the ammunition was found then, but mot until the vessel was placed in drydock could the ten ton chain be removed. Inspectors Believe It Was Intended | for Use in Haiti, 18 v e e e e | rounds af reyolver:eartridges, hidden | unfier an anchor chain of tha steamer | Allemania, were seized by cusioms in- speotors Here this afternood. The Al- | lernania_ reached New York Monday e Haytien and Colombian ports i | he irgrectors believe the cartridges | were taken on here, intended for use | in Haiti, but the persons who surrep- | unablo to get at them when Haiti was | reaghed. | FOREIGNERS REMEMBER FOLKS ACROSS THE SEA Nesrly $8000,000 in Money Sent from New York. Orders New York, Dec. 17.—The Jast of the Christmas malls for forelgn lands left New York on the Mauretania today, All told, forelgners in New Yo eity sent 456,898 money orders, aggre- gated 37,775,000, to the folks at home. This 1s ‘an increase of 68,000 orde and $1,250,000 in money over last vear, To Great Britain went $2,000,060 t Ttaly 31,867,000 to Bussia nearly $300. 000 and fo sixteen ofher countries sums_dwlndling to $1,069 in the cas of Liberla, recipient Of the smallest amount, Graft Charges Repudiated. Washington, Dec, 17.—An investi- | gating committee apppinted by Sec. | retary McAdeo today completed a re port repudiating charges of wholesals graft in the purchase of government supplies, invelving many millions of dollars. | Byron R, Newton, assistnt Secretary of the treasury, is chairman of the ecommittee which inquired titfously placed them on the ship were | 1 « Condensed Telegrams | A New Gounterfeit $10 United States treasury note has made its appear- ance. Swift & Co., were fined §900 in New ork for violating the law prohibiting the sale of old meat. Stockholders of ths Fdderal National Bank of Pittsburgh, yesterday voted to liguidate the institution. Higher Tariff Rates as a rule pre vail \in_the tariff law just passed by the Columblan cengress. Ninety-Two Thousand Doflars is given or loaned annually by Harvard college to needy students. Andrew Carnegie sent a check for $1,000 for the Reading, Pa., public school teachers’ pension fund. Laird a widely , died at his terday. Rev. Dr. Samuel known Lutheran minis home at Philadelphia ¥ There Were 365 Persons arrested for counterfeiting in the United Stdtes Quring the fiscal year ended June 30, lagt. William Doescher, be _married to M years old, at Deep is. wealthy. ars old/ will | Regina_Reese, 17 | River. . Doescher David Blair, second officer of the Oceanic, was decorated by King George for rescuing a drowning stoker in the mid-Atlantic. Lillian Stevenson, a waitress of New | York, alleges that a man overcame her arant by pressing a “poison- to her face. / Fire Practically Destroyed the Oak- land, Cala., plant of the ific Oil Re- fining companseyesterday, causing loss of about $200,000 / John W. Thomas, Jr., president of the Nashville, Chattancoga and St Louis railway, died at his home Nashville, Ten! terday An Oakland, Cal., undertaier a funeral to th h an . auto driver, who instisted upon obstruc ing the path of th funeral Harry Sinning of Pittsburgh hrousht suit for divorce omthe ch: that,his wife has a continual longing for pork chops and will not make soup. ‘ Detectives Raided 50, Women for picking coal on Iroad ttack near Hastings-on-the-Hudson, N. Y. bu only succeeded in bringing 10 to court. Boston Policemen are for to have gum or tobaccd in the outh: “in such manner as to be noticeable. Chewing toothpicks will not be toler- ated. o A Compensating Insurance fund for the protection of the city's was provided fox by t a municipal erdinanc Cal. Major Fred W. Sladen, commandant of cadets at West Point. has been or- dered to join the*Eighth infantry to proceed to the Philippines after Janu- Martin Coughlin, Aged 40, and Leon Roberts, aged 60, boih farm laborers, lost thefr liyes yesterday in a fire which damaged the Vernon house at Raockville, Under the Will of Mrs. Della 1. Mar- ris, whose death occurred at Shippa Point last Sunday, the city of aford recelves a bequest of $500 for provement of a park. After Waiting For westbou to pass, Patrick McDonnell in front-of a locomotive on track and w; nstantly kil Olneyville, R. I, yesterday the stepped Five Hundred Employes of the bacco sorting plants in Westhy, W went on strike yesterday, resisting attempt to reduce their pay from to 85 cents per 109 pounds. 5 SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION IS CUT National Commitfee to Submit Plan to.the Saver States ‘For Pallfication S | CUTS DOWN SOUTHERN STRENGTH OVER HALF Each State to Have Four Delegates at Large, One For En:h L Congressional District in Which Republican Vote in'1914 ‘.-§§ L or 1916 is Not Less Than 7500-—Connecticut Recorded in Favor of Resolution—But Seven States in Oppo.ition, Washington, Dec. 17.—The republi- [-of states ag are entitled to cast a can national committee concluded its | majority of the votes in the present labor /reform in party procedurc, and | electoral college, shall ratify the 8c- launched its campaign for a reunion | tion of this committee in respect to de= of wagring elements, by adoptinz a | termining this basis of representation.’ resolithom providing for . a radical-| The Vote by States. change In the basis of representation | o ¥ r in national nominating convention HESYeTL on: the, Teksiution: WAL which would reduce the quota of | TOVOWS: southern states from thirty-three to AYE: sixteen per cent .of the convention's Arkansas, California, Cotorado, total. Connecticut, Delaware, District of Cor The action of the committee, crit- |lumbia, Florida, Idaho, Indiama, lowa, . icl%ed In vigorous terms by sevéral of | Kanses, Loulstana, Maire, Marylands its members, but made unanimous be- | Massactmsetts, Michigun, Minresota, fore adjournment, *mu e indorsed | Missouri, Montang, = Nevada, New by states entitled to cast a majority | Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mex- of votes in the electoral college be- |icoy North Carclina, New York, North fore it becomies party law. In order | Dakota, Ohio, Okizhoma, Oresom, Lthat such action shall be (aken as |Penmsylvania, Rhode Ioad, South promptly a ible the committee | Carolina, Temessee, Utah, Verm appointed a _sub-committee of ihrec, | Washington, West Virsinia, Wiscoms opsisting of Charles B. Warren of | s—38. Miel enat ah of Idaho and - NAY: Gove Hatfleld of West Virsiala to Alabama, Geory Mississippl, Ne~ prefare an address (o the states urg- j braska, South :5.32:,“. me:‘ Vir- ing immediate ratification of the pro- | ginia—72 1 * pozal. Reorganization Plan Total of 993" Delegates. a Compromise. According to figures sudmitted by i This address rawn up the-committee the new piam would re- Iy after th holid duce the totul rember of delegmtes leading memb ommit from 1082 as in 1912, te 992. Under 1t pressed tk at 1z | these states wouid, iose deiegater: Al be met 2 D Avkavess, ¥ Florida, 4; the states wil 10 { national cammitt nvention of 1916 alor toda: ITlinels, 2 Kentueky, 1; 3 e, Pennsylvania, | ““Fhe pla CGarofina, 7; Temnessee, 3; { came which Virginia, 9 and Hawail 4. | the views of many ticey Nebraskan Opposes Resolution. R T Ktan Shera R, B, Howell, of Nebraska, Jed the B DL 10 iesat e oY fight against the resclution. He said republican voters: would not be . sat- fsfled with a reduetion of the ' sort proposed and pointed out the compar- ative strength of the delegafions several northern and southern under it, giying also the percenta of votes cast in these states to, shor kIiu\ republican weakness below Mason, {and Dixon's Wne, and the strength | above it. . He proposed, .as a sub= stitate, one of the pians. subiaitted by’ the republican mutional commitiee, , ‘whieh provided for four Jarge from each state and ome deje- gate m addition for each ten fhousand votes or major fraction therdof cast. for the republican candidase for pres~ idential electors in 1908, TS plan New Basis of Representation. “Confldent t committ prac of the roput will be ra ors of the tee shall i convent to nomina and vice p EAch eonvention ome deies | sentative 1at ¥ | State: one Qelegate from each congrese | would feduce southern. Fepresemtation sional distriet in w y ote cither | to 319 legates. for Teput ord In 1918 or for HoweiPe Motion Veted the Fepublican candidnte for contess | 3ge Howell wa oppossd S~ e ve been mot less thad |pormi Pormer Governor Hadiey hold- 7,500 and that each deleg vl A..n}“‘n ing the Loui ey ! Bemes rammner and at’ the same tie!] S Sl ANy bl Sece- | | same manner and e sar = : 5 o e e abaents of tne Gbieante, | §0T Of, Tevsn, and B L. Jommees Ratification of States Necessary. | proxy from the state of 'Geowgthe.| “Provided, howev t the above | Om a vote Mr, HowelFs motion to sab- | | basis of representation shall not be |stitate the congressioual ecomunittess | | made the basis of the call for the re- | plen was beaten, 0 to §; Nebrasks, | publican natlonal convention held | North Dekota, Penmeyivazfe, South e 10185 valesw 1 Jan- | Dakota end Wisconsin voting in the 7 1016 reapablican: s onven- | afrmative, | | tions Held under the law ies, | The committes adjourned with me | S by s repubiiena com- | set plam for future mestings and prob- mittees of the n su n ably will not convene again until 3916, SCHMIDT WANTS TO PROBING NEW HAVEN'S Raising the’ Old Battleship Maine from the mud of Havana harbor cost 2,989 the United States to a report sent to the resentatives by the war department. Taking Advantage under the Underwood navy ¢has adopted the general of purchasing suppli in the markets of the world instead of only in Ameri- ca. Fay D. Slate, of Pari reduc Editer of {he Mount Auburn, (1) Tribune terday acquitted of the murder of Dr. nett Windsor, mayor of Auburn Slate shot on May 16. Slate elf-defense. Pleaded Every New Proposition office apprepriation Dbill, item of $2,000,000 for inc pay for rural carriers, has been eliminated by the house post office committee as an econoray measure. in the post including an Since the Christmas Rush of busi ness began at Chicago last Saturday a mew record has been establls the Chicago post office the of an average 215 { post matter a dAy Consumers of Almost Everything sold by dry measure in the stale of Afichi | gan for the last haif cen v been | cheated out of millions of doliars be- | cause of short m ire. This fact has just Been discovered | { Max Zuercher of St. Gally Siwitaer- Jand, and Miss Marguerite Clark, niece of Gustav Baumann, president of a large hotel company of New York city, were married at Christ church-at Greenwich yesterday afternoon. In Less Than an Hour after she had attended the funeral servicés for her | father, David Carton, and his burial at | New Haven, the body of Miss Mary Carton, & daushter, was found In the waters of Mill river yesterday. 8. F. Hill of Resiyn, L. I, was riously hurt and thirty-five other pe sons narrowly escaped death, yeste: day morning when an attefapt w made to burn the Bzchler Hall apart- ments, a four story building tenanted by men in Wilkinsburg, a Pittsburgh suburb. Increases Averaging 12 cents a hun- dred pounds in freight rates on wrap- ng paper and pulp wood, in carloads, from Mississippl shipping points to Baltimore, Philadelphta and -other eastern destinations yesterday were suspended by the Commerce commis- ston until April 17, After Spending Between $300,000 and | $400,600 in contesting the elaim of “Dakota Dan” that he is Daniel Blake Russell, son of the late Daniel Rus- Magk, the Russell es- sell of Melrose, 1 © $700,000, of wisch tate is valued minutely into every phase of gov- ernment supply contracting. $600,000 is in re: and $100,000 i per- Somal property. : the | STAND ADVERTISING CHARGES ENiott and MNewspapermen Give Testimony, Boston, Dee. 17.—Howard Chairmé Avers That He Has “Divine” tion” to Tell His Story. | | | | | ew York, Hans Sehmidt, Elliott, ue oday mo- | chairman of the New York, New Ha~ ed coun defense | ven and Hartford raflroad, testified commission. in his trial before the public service under “a today regarding certaim payments |'the witness made by the railrcad compamy im Vin his own way. Massachusetts for publicity, sdvertis~ {not extended to his ing and other expenses. Practically all | and they were still undecided whe the payments were made before he as- | ym call him sumed direction of the road, he sald, Mrs, ‘Elizabeth Schadler, Schm and he could throw but Httie Mght | favorite sister, who came here upon them. i 4 v ‘(;(»nn:nnv e fhthur Tl bas When asked by Commissioner Georgn that had been Insane W. Ahderson how much an edftorfal, | years, took the unsigned and purparting fo be m- cr amination nption | dependently inspired, should cost a railroad, My, Elliott declered wif f fhe trial toc story was i th | attorney” not exist. There tons | Questiomed by Mr. Fill regarding | of Carl t what he considered lesitimate adver- | eused and Schmidt, o |tistg for a raftroad, Chatrman Bt | cousin. Both reside Germany and | Hatt sai | both festified as to Schmidt’s marked | “T think a raflroad ought to | eccentricities as indi £ an unsonnd | tise and do all it can fo | mipd. Depos from other the publlc its service and al nomie difffculties that survound a lavge Aany nmights to man witnesses we The Rev. was associated railway Corparation. are staying mwal the other sifle. Mnch misinfurmation Johannes w persons prement {inary at s Ppecatiarities concerning tallroads is in etreoltion. | the conclusion that Schmi It the roads are ta be saved it will | altogether nfentally resp be when the public has knowledze of | told"nim _the’ priesinood w the resl facts In comnection with e | caliing and said he wa operatian o < i e feposition o néwepapermin were heard duzi | Dr. Ludwig P ing the afternoon session. B. W. | cer-af the ecclesiastical ‘vour: coft, & state house reporter, explained | that investigated harges again that the work for which he receivnd | Schmidt, deposed that the court f money from the New Haven road eon- Schmidt morally responsible but | sisted of preparation of stocki | Bots and iaimgn. o aid ho!had on his menial state. It ¢ Ratred him, bowev rther ¢ not prepared news artielos for the erelsing unations eompany. - At the of 1 he | , Payments to Georga R. Convey- were | ‘detense court, adjo . 1 | fan preparing advertsing for the New tamorrow. Haven to appear in Hoston Hapers, Conroy tesilfied. He eald thag mueh | SRR ALY Lof his matter was never wsed. { ELABORATE SETTING FOR ’ Roosovelt Hunting ia Jungle. Rio Janelro, Dec M.—Theodore Roossvelt and party on their arrival at .Corumba were warmly weloamed the elvio authorities and BODY OF DEAD CARDINAL | Room Draped with Red and Decorated * with Oil Paintings. Rome, Peq 17 body of theThe president e Cardinal Rampoe ts lving In the | Sveeted rawing reom-of his palace, which has |t him been transformed into a chapelle ar- (0%, Ct Later the Roosevelt Bunt in & nearby i i e Parade of Strikers Fosbidden. gty Calumet, Mieh, \ Ten to by dente, decorated with ofl paintings. side'is a small altar, A black cloth with silver fringes i3 draped over the body d nearby | stands a column with a lierra cotia The room is draped in red and On one €rua has made it group representing St, Peter’s .boat | {ossea by the waves, / i, e R | Funeral services will be hetd tn |5 mare | St. Peter's. ~ permitied. The -twe | = miles of termitory, | A *Disappointing Clue, are now patralle | cnteago, 17.—The trail. which >tha police believed led to Miss Jessie MeCann, the missing Brooklyn social ‘warker, l'rn\'?d&a disapoointment te | night. ' The yoling woman resembling | Besten t | Miss McCann's photograph | proved (o sewer eantraat | be & Chicdgo woman. explosion of 4