Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 22, 1913, Page 1

culation in Norwich is Double That of A Other Pap GEN. VILLA TO EXECUTE ALL LODTERS | Celed Paragraphs Japan's New Steamship Service. ‘ - “Tokio, Dec. 21.—Japan has decided to Rebel Commander Says Constitutionalist Govern- ment Will Do All Necessary Confiscating - at Their Posts Will Rush the Currency Bill| Senator Stone of Missouri s fil pleurisy at his home In : inaugurate a steamship serviee with its = terminus at Boston, by way of Pana- ma. The steamers will eall at New Or- leans and New York: William E. Ferris, an tobacco ,is dead at Jersey 108 years. Every Adult in Chicago will be ask- ed to‘;:flend chul on Sunday, Feb- ruary 1. Bernard Ben: known by all Har- vary Then neEGoor T AieaY eudaenty Saturday. | The Exscutive Council of the Modern ‘Woodmen of America has abandoned Famous Dockyard at Portsmouth, Eng., | its-fight for increased insurance rates. Destroyed, Entailing Loss of $1,250,- | tuberculosis threatens to wipe out the % £ tuberculosis threatens to wike out the 000 to $2,500,000—Relics Destroyed. | race, according to a report to the sen- 5 ate. Portsmouth, Eng., Dec. 21.—A fire involving damage variously estimaled at from $1,250,000 to 2,500,000 devastat- ed the famous docl Saturday night and resulted in the loss of two lives and the destruction of the cen- tury-old semaphors tower, which in the pre-telegraph days was the great signalling station between the fleet and the admiralty. An examination of the ruins today VOLCANO WIPES OUT 800 LIVES IN NEW- HEBRIDES, SUDDEN AND VIOLENT - Sixteen Massacred by Cannibai Brishane, Australia, Dec. 21.—Canni- bals in Neumecklenburg, an island in the Bismarck archipelago, ve mas- sacred Dr. Deinger and ane Ger- man sclentist, together with 1% natives whe accompanied them. Famine in Northeastern Japan. Tokio, Dec, 21.—Widespread famine and distress exist in northeastern Ja- | pan because of the fallure of the rice crop and the fisheries. Thousands of persons are in a starving condition, subsisting only on nuts and roots. German Steamer for Panama Canal. Stettin, Germany, Dec. 21—For the Panama canal service to be instituted by the Hamburg-American line a large turbine steamer was launched lLere yesterday. SIX OF HIS OWN SOLBIERS PAY THE PENALTY Found Guilty of Sacking Houses of Wealthy Mexican—No More Goods to be Taken From Spaniards—Arms For Huerta Being Made in Tokio—Rebels Threaten to Fire on Steamer Transporting Them—Rebels at Tampico. SUNDAY CONFERENCE [A DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE House and Senate Conferees Come to Agreement on Many Points of Dif- ference—Vacation Until Jan. 12. Natives In Many cun_U,ublo to Es- cape—Patients in a British Hospital Saved by Transfer to a Launch. — v ‘Washington, - Dec. 21.—An all day conference of the joint congressional comumittee on the currency bill brought that measure close to completion to- night. Prablems involving the reserve provisions, the size and character of the federal board, the redemption of two per cent. government bonds and the retirement of the present national bank currency proved troublesome, but thé conferees finally smoothed most of A Constitutional Amendment to pro- hibit polygamy was proposed Satur- day by Senator, Weeks of Massachu- setts. Sydney, N. S. W., Dec. 21.—Incomin, :tnmtu‘amlbnnz temla. details of t.hi ecen: canic eruptions on is- land of Ambrim, in the New B?b.fldu in which 500 natives lost their lives. ~Witnesses of the disturbance describe it as having been s0 suddenly g 16 estern S i) Paul Armstrong, the Playwright and Miss Katherine Calvert, a Baltimore actress, were married last week in New Haven. John C. Shaffer, owner of several newspapers has bought the Evanstown, according to the war office, were vic- torious in both. TERRAZAS—éTILL PRISONER. Father Offers Rebels §250,000 for Re- huahua, Mexico, Dec, 21L.—"Any- one who hereafter loots or molests Property of foreigners or Mexicans will be executed The right to confiscate Suffragettes Burn Another Mansion. Bath, Eng., Dec, 21—Another large country mansion has been added to the long list of those the arson wing of Perished in Bolling: Lave: property will rest only with the con- stitutionalist government.” General Franc a issued this showing “his* Intention military discipline. executed on the is who had been found guilty by nartial of sack- ing the home of a wealthy MNexican. While the x rebels were marched before the firing squad the stolen goods were re. ed to the owner. No More Goods to Be Taken from Spaniards.® stores counfiscated from the ex- spaniards -today - were closed sealed. Orders were given that mno' more re to b etaken from them. This as believed to have resulted e protest of the United States the seizure of Spanish prop- Already greal qnantities of the vained at several million dol- had been utilized by the rebels. The remainder of the property is to be held pending an investigation whether the owners aided the Huerta government. Faderals Joining Villa's Forces. General Villa said hie forces were being strensthemed by desertions from the federal troops. He proclaimed am- nesty to federal soldiers who would surrender and give up thelr arms. Many federal troops are reported to have joined the rebels. Three hundred thousand rounds or rifle ammunition and 500,000 rounds of artillery ammu- nition were recovered from a lake east of Chihuahua, where they were hidden by General Mercado's evacnating fed- erals. Telegraphic and railroad comwmuni- cation has been extended as far west @s Minaoa and as far south as: Ber- mejilla. If there is no federal imter- ference General Villa expects soon to have the states of Chilmmbwa, Sonora and Sinales, as freely open &s in times of peace. Maderc’s Brother As An Adviser. Raoul Madero, brother of the late president, conferred with General Vil- la regarding the formation of civil government. Mr. Madero is to be an adviser to Villa, Reports that a battle is imminent be- tween large bodies of opposing forces south of here are untrue. AT TAMPICO AGAIN. Rebel Attack on the Seaport Is Ex- pected Soon. Mexico City, Dec. 2 “The rebel forces are crowding close on Tampico and a formal attack may be expected soon. The report received by the gov- ernment last night that the assault bad begun was not gquestioned as it wes assumed at the place that this was the rebel line, but it has devel- oped that the officer who made the re- port had become confused over a minor engagement at a point some miles from Tampico. The war office has utilized the time since the last attack to strengthen the garrison at Tampico and professes confidence in its ability to repress the rebels, v Forces under General Panfilo Natera are slowly advancing on Zacatecas, capital of the state of Zacatecas. Two minor enzagements have oc- curred between Tampico and Atamira, 23 miles to the north. The federals. i lease of His Son. 21. — Although negotiations have been under way for the payment of $250,000 for his release, Luis Terrazas, to still was held prisoner by General Villa at Chihua- hua., The father, whose vast estate, together with that of the Creels, was confiscated through a decree issued by Villa, has attempted to procure the priscner’s release and safe conduct to the border, first (hrough an appeal to Washington and now by the payment of money to the rebels. Terrazas was not charged with any activity against the rebels, but was ar- rested because of his father's great wealth. The elder Terrazas was Te- ported to have taken much of his casi and securities to the United States, and Villa is asking for the return of some of it. The division of the mii- licn acres of Terrazas’ land among the rebels is one of the plans in the revo- Iutionary platform. ARMS FOR HUERTA. —To Be Shipped Soon. Tokio, Dec. 21.—The arsenal at Tokic is manufacturing a quantity of arms ordered by the Mexican government, which it is expected will be shipped soon. Japanese officials explain that this is merely a matter of business and is not indicative of any unfriendliness to the United Sta Rebels Threaten to Fire on Steamer. ‘Washington, Dec, 21.—Roberto Pes- quiera, confidential agent here of the Mexican constitutionalists, has in- structed the ageat of the/party in London, Miguel Covarrubias, former- Afexican minister to Russia, to ad- vise Lloyds maritime insurance agency that steamers of any nationality bring- ing munitions of war confracted for by the Mexican government wilfl be fired on by the Mexican constitutionalists. The agency here declined to say whether the constitutionalists expected to purchase any ships for the purpose of blockading ports held by the fed- erals, but it was made plain that ar- tillery ané land forces would not hes- itate hereafter to fire on foreign ships, if they carried arms for the Huerta zovernment. This course, according to the constitutionalists here, would be justified under international law. They say they intended their caution chiefly for shipments that might come to the Pacific coast, where they are better able to prevent arms from being landed. International complications are like- iy to arise if constitutionalist land forces with their mountain artillery fire upon foreign ships, but as there seemed to be no immediate possibility of such a contingency, officials display- ed little interest in the subject. Disloyal Federals Executed. Hermosillo, Sonora, Mex., Dec. 21— The commissioned officers and many sergeants and corporals of the Tenth battalion of the federal garrison at Guaymas were executed at = sunrise vesterday in that city, according to word brought here tonight. Officers and men of the Tenth were disarmed geveral day go by General Ojeda, federal commandant, when he discov- ered they were plotting to desert to the insurgents. A GIRL BRUTALLY BEATEN BY ROBBERS. = | Father Clubbed and Shot When He © Went to His Assistance. Fort Plain, N. Y, Dec. 21.—A crime that has aroused the countryside was discovered early his morning when Belen Barrett, #t her home, s miles east of Fort Plain, where, after she had been at- tecked last might, her father was mur- a man or men in serach of The victim was John Barrety, cars old. e was chibbed and shot ugh his bead. Flis money, a con- rable sum. he had hidden behind a wall papel, and it was untouched. Helen Rarrett, while reading. was siunned hy the blow of a club, then wagged bound and thrown into a small anieroom. r father was slain when he came 1o bher aid. The daughter did the authorities have had to work with- out & clue. Bloodhounds taken to the scene of the afternoon because of nearly 1,000 per- sons had been there were usable to get any tangible clue She was dozing beside the fire and was struck from behind onee on the head, opening a scalp wound which ne- cessitatcd 18 stitches and the second time on the face, breaking her nose. She did not see her assailants. Her brother, Bruce, was with their father when the assault took place. He attempted to get down the front way but could not betause the stove had heen tipped over and was against the door, He then weant down the back way and found the house afire. The oil from the lamp been spiiled all along the ficor. He exting- uished the fire, found his sister where she had been dragged into the pantry and then discovered his father with his skuil crushed, his jaw broken and gun- shot wounds in his neck and jaw, A bloody rolling pin and a window weight also blood-covered, Bow the blows were struck, . The sheriff, depulies and an assisi- ant district atforney made fruitless ef. forts ail day today to strike a trall, bloodhounts being put on Hie scent, without result. The state is building highways in the vieinity of the Bar- an&}: foreigners are work. The Doctor’s Orders, 0 years old, was found | from Frankfort were | 1 crime this | upstairs-| { OVERCAST SKIES FOR THE CHRISTMAS WEEK No Present indication of Cold Wave During Holidays. ‘Washington, Dec. 21. — Christmas | week weather will b unseitied over | much of the United States, the weather | experts say, and frequent rains are | predicted for the Pacific coast. Tem- perature will be near or Delow ths| seasonal average and the skies will be overcast almost entirely throughout the weelk. “A disturbance now developing in the southwest.” the weckly bulleti~ said tonight, “will advan, northeast- ward, attended by rains and snows, and | cross the great central valleys about Tuesday and the eastern states Wed- nesday or Thursday. “Another disturbance -off the north | Pacific coast will cause general rains know whe committed the crime and | 21d snows on the Pacific slope during | the next several days. It will re: the middle west Thursday or Friday and the eastern states near the end o° the week, and will he preceded by a general change to warmer weather and be followed by considerably colder weather, . “There are at present no indication. of a severe cold wave during the week.” ‘Cigar Butt Causes $1,200 Loss. South Norwalk, Conn., Dec. 21.—A4 cigar butt thrown in a wasie basket is supposed to have started a fire in the | assessors’ room in the city hall last night. The blaze was discovered in time to prevent great damage, but a vahiable assessors’ map which hung on the wall was burned. The map cost the city $1,200. Bicycle Coasting Has Fatal Result. South Norwalk, Conn., Dec. 21.— Joseph Montilik, aged 22, died today in a local hospital as the resuit of in- juries received last night, when the fieycle which he was coasting down a steep hill collided with a trolley car. His skull was fractured. He is sur- vived by a widow. Leaves Fourteen Children. Hajifax, N. S, Dec. 21—The Nova Scotia - sechooner John Parker, from Barbades, arrived here today with her flag at hi mast for the loss of her captain, James Richards, of Lahave, who was swept overhoard by a high wave and. vdm%:ed near the passage. Capiain | and 14 | tives in- seeking the appointment, made the militant suffragettes have destroy- ed by fire. Early yesterday a valuable house situated in extensive grounds in the vicinity of this city was purned. The place was unoccupied. ALLEGED CONFEDERATES OF PERUGIA ARRESTED. Two Brothers Accused of Receiving Paris, Dec. 21. “Mona Lisa” was officially France, Magistrate Drioux, had the case under his charge since the painting disappeared from the Louvre, ordered the arrest of Vincente Lancelotti, Micheli Lancelotti and Mme. Clamagirand, friends and neigh~ bors in Paris of Vincenzo Perugia, on information telegraphed from France by the British police official Vignol. The Lancelotti brothers were de~ nounced several days ago by another Italian as having been implicated with Perugia and they are now charged with receiving and concealing the masterpiece. When the twp men were interrogated by the police on Dec. 16 they denied all knowledge of the crime, although they had met Perugia frequently. Their lodgings were searched and a bundle of letters written in Italian ‘were seized. According to the report from Vignol, Perugia who is under arrest at Flor- ence, has made a full confession in the presence of an Italian magistrate. He declared that Vincente Lancelotti was aware of the planning and execution of the theft, and that he had conceal- ed the picture in his room for six weeks and had helped to construct fl‘::{e wooden box in which it was. garried @ TERMINAL POSTOFFICES TO REDUCE EXPENSES. Parcel Post Has Raised the Cost of Car Rental. d Washington, Dec. 21.—The report of Second Assistant Postmaster General Stewart, made public_ tonight, dis- closed that the postoffice departmeni expects to reduce the increased expen- ditures for railroad car service by es- tablishing railroad terminal postoffices and requiring a separation, by routes, of fir,t and seeond class mails of pub- lishers. During the last year, says the Te~ port, a large amount of addilional ca~ space was required on mail trains be- cause of the establishment of the par- cel post system. That the extension of the service necessitated a consider- able increase in the annual expenditure for car rental is shown in the staie- | ment that from Jan. 1 to Nov. 29, 1313, there was a net increase of $451,972.69. Mr. Stewart expects, however, to re- duce these expendituves by instituting the reported changes. The report shows that the cost of operating rail, ocean, river, lake, streei car. screen wagon, pneumatic tube ana mafl messenger service during the year ended June 30 last was $86,102,237.54. ‘This sum will be increased for the cur- rent fiscal year approximately $10,000,- GLYNN TURNS DOWN WHITMAN’S REQUEST. Accuses District Attorney of Political Motives. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 21.—District At- torney Whitman’s request that he be appointed a special deputy attorney general, in order to make a state-wide graft investigation, will not be granted Ly Governor Glynn. The governor, in a statement which criticized Mr. Whit- man sharply, and questioned his mo- this declaration tonight. In addition to taking the ground that there is no warrant in the law for such action, and that it would be a severs reflection on the district attorneys of other counties, the governor said plainly that, in his opinion, Mr. Whii- man's appeal was inspired by politica! { motives. Whitman Makes Denial. New York, Dec. 2i—District At- torney Charles S. Whitman denied to- | night that he had sought a designation as a state deputy attorney general and said politics had no place in the in- quiry he was making. WILSON TO ENJOY & A COMPLETE REST. During His Vaocation in Will Receive No Visitors. ‘Washington, Dee. 21.—President Wil- son intends that his vacation at Pass Christian, Miss,, shall be a complete rest from official activity, but in leisure moments he will apply himself to the task of choosing tentatively members of the federal reserve board te be cre- ated by the new currency law, The president will see no visitors, will engage in no voluminous corres- pondence, and will isblate himself, for three weeks of recreation and quiet thinking, Passenger Coaches Overturned. Loretta, Man,, Dec. 21.—A Canadian Northern train from Duiuth, Mipn., and Fort Williamz, Ont., was derailed near here today :#nd five coaches and a baggage and dining car overturned into the ditch. The wreckage caught fire, but the two hundred passengers escaped through broken windows and helped extinguish the flames. A broken rall caused the accident. “English Aviator Killed. London, Dec. 21. —Robert ~Bertram Slack, a well known Eaglish aviatos, was killed in an automobile accident the issues between house and senate. ‘When the two branches of congress convene tomorrow it is expected plans will be made for a long recess, ning Tuesday. It was predicted tonight that-the currency bill could be complet- ed and signed by the president late to- morrow or Tuesday, and congress has dropped all other problems in anticipa- tion af the first actual recess since April 7. s " Vacation Until January 12. It is planned to suspend all business until January 12 and allow the legisia- tors to enjoy as complete a rest as will President Wilson,who will leave Wash-~ ington for Pass Christian as soon as the currency bill is signed. The currency conferces assembled early today, and at the opening of the evening session had settled many con- troverted points. An analysis of the bill by Senator Owen and Representa- tive Glass, chairman of the conferees, showed 42 points of difference between the two 'houses; but many of these were. of a minor character and were disposed of ql]icl\(ly. Decisions Reached. Among the more important decisions of the committee today were the fol- lowing: The minimum capital stock ot each regional reserve bank was fixed at $4,000,000, a compromise between the £3,000,000 minimum of the senate bili and the $5,000,000 minimum bill of the house. The senate’s provision for from “eight to twelve” regional banks was accepted by the house, in place of the minimum of twelve fixed by the house Other Concessions. “The senate provision that each “member-bank” mugt subscribe- for stock of ‘the regioral bank in ils terri- tory equal to 6 per cent. of the mem- bers-bank’s capital and. surplus was accepted by the house, to replace its own provision that the subscription must equai 5 per cent of the members— bank’s capital. The senate yieded on Its provisions that no “Class B” director of a regional bank could be a stockhoider in any member bank. This would permit the three directors who represent “agricul- tural, conumercial and industrial™ inter- ests in the directorate of each regional reserve bank to own stock in local banks in their district. No other legislation of Importance will be taken up in either house of con- gress this week. WILD DEBAUCHERY IN OREGON TOWN. Mayor Lives In House With Saloon And Gives Liquor To Minors. Salem, Ore, Dec. 21.—Charging that there is little semblance to law and order in the city, that the saloon el- ement is in control of the municipal government and that the lives of them- selves and their families are in con- stant danger, fifty-five residents of Copperfield, Baker County, have ap- pealed to Governor West for relief. One of the sigmers of the petition in a letter to the governor says: “The mayor lives in a house with a saloon in connection. He gives Satur- day night dances, sells and gives away liquor to minors and sells to ha- bitual drunkards” “These people are going to have the relief they demand,” said the governor tonight. “I shall decide by tomorrow what measures to take. They will be vigorous.” TWO SHOTS FIRED AT A CLERGYMAN Attempt to Assassinate President of Anti-Saloon League, Blairsville, P2.,'Dec. 21.—What is be- lieved to have been a deliberate at- tempt to assassinate Rev. Dr. R. E. MecClure, pastor of - the Blairsville United Presbyterian church and pre: ident of the Indiana County Anti-Sa- loon league, failed last night when a bullet fired at the minister penetrated a Bible which he carried under his arm and made a slight abrasion upon | Dr, McClure's left side. The author- ities are searching for two men, one of whom fired two shots at the clerg man and who dropped his hat in e | caping. S8ANTA CLAUS’ GOODS BURNED AT WORCESTER. Loss of $150,000 by Fire in Annex of | ‘Worcester, Mass., Dec. 2 Nearly a hundred thousand dollars’ worth of holiday goods burned today in s fire which swept through the seven atory annex to the department store of * e C. P. Sherer company. The loss on the bullding is estimated at $50,000. The main store, which is on the cor- ner of Fromt and Commercial streots, was damaged by smoke and water. Department Store. Steamship Arivals. New York, Dec. 21.—Arrived, steam- er’ Rotterdam, Rotterdam. Dover, Dec. .21—Arrived, Lapland, New York. Plymouth, Dec. 21.—Arrived, steamer Kaiser Wilhelm 1I, New York. Liverpool, Dec. 20.—Arrived, steam- erg Teutonic, Portland; Empress. of Ireland, Halifax, . New York, Dec. 2i.—Arrived, gteam- er George Washingten, Bremen. Alleged Pickpocket Jumps to Death. New York, Dec, 21—Pursued by a hundred passengers through seven cary. of & subway train in Brooklyn tonight, steamer a youth suspected of being a pick- | ket leaped frem the front platform gt“ehe‘ eigPth and Jast car when he was about to be seized and was crushed to death it a piilar of the tunne! ?’ v “m (sutlfiad (hrl?u;! h;: ngerprin as lomon urst, disclosed the fact that two of the three signalmen, who had remained in the tower to summon help when the fire broke out, were burned to death. The third escaped through the smoke and flames to an adjoining roof, where. he fell unconscious. He was subsequent- Iy rescired. Origin of Blaze Unknown. ob- originated. it was first Nothing is known as to how the fire | pervising architeoct of the (Ill.) Weekly Index. Women will run it exclusively. The Wind Blew the Cap from the head of Timothy Shea, a New York policeman, causing him to lose his paycheck of $40. James G. Hill Aged 72, formerly su- treasury d;- partment, died at Washington sul served from the deck of the new battie | denly Friday night. cruiser Queen Mary it had already ob- ined a good hold on the inflammable naterfa! in the rigging loft and sail- house. dockyard was rapidly brought into. ac- tion and the efforts of the men were All the fire-fighting apparatus in the | non, N. Y. aged T4 years. Mrs. Mary A. Tully, who went to the front during the Civil war as an army nurse, is dead at Mount Ver- Theodore N. Vail, president of the devoted to preventing the fire from | American Telephone and Telegraph reaching the main store at the end of | company, resigned Saturday as a di- the burning building, which was filled | rector of the Boston & Maine rail- ‘with 30,000 tons of heavy oil. After | road. many hours of most strenuous work, the fire was got under control. ‘It had then reached within eight feet of these | sale grocery warehouse of John oil tanks. The flames were finally ex- morning. Fire-Fighters from Warships. 'The huge wooden semaphore struc- ture surmounting the rigging hou: was a blazing beacon within half an hour after the outbreak and col- lapsed on to the roof of the main tower and building, converting the whole into a fiery mass. Fire parties were sent to the dockyard from all the warships in the harbor, and the battle cruiser Queen Mary, on which burning brands danger zone. Many valuable models of old war- ships, records relating to Nelson and other - earller periods and naval relics were destroyed. WOMAN KILLED AND Trolley Car. New Haven, Conn, Dec. 21.—Mrs. injuries recelved early this mornins, riding collided with a trolley car in Alllngtown and was wrecked. Johun L. Somers, a Bridgeport contractor, who by the West Haven police thin after- Fatal Colfision of Auton:otile With a|injured in a fire which nearly destroy- Fire Saturday Destroyed the whole- J. Sullivan and company of Watertown, tinguished at about $ o'clock Sunday [ N. Y., with an estimated loss of $100,- 000. Suit Was Filed Saturday by the state se | of New York to compel the American Sugar Refining company to remove its immense plant from the Brooklyn wa- ter front. Fire Last Evening destroyed the barn of Samuel Edmonds at Water- bury, and four horses were cremaled. The fire was probably incendiary. The Were falling, was towed out of the | estimated loss is $2,500. The Cost of Living in New Jersey in 1918, was not as high as it was in 1912, according to the annual report of the chief of the state bureau of statis- tics and labor. - iam Q. Torrey, an aged resident Wi CHAUFFEUR ARRESTED.| of Quincy, Mass., was burned to death, and his sister Catherine was severely ed their home Saturday. Helen G. Watson of Bridzeport dled In | dition became so critical yesterday a local hospital today as the res:lit of [ that an operation was performed in ‘when the automobile in which she was [little hope for his recovery. Congressman Irvin S. Pepper’s con- an attempt to save his life. There is A Hickory Walking Stick carried by Jackson when he was elected was driving the machine w=s arrested | President, was sent by parcel post to President Wilson as a Christmas pres- noon, at the instance of Coromer Mix, [ ent from Levi W. Ludlum, of Wichita, charged with reckless drivin He is held in bonds of $1,000, firnished by Theodore H. Hand of Westville. Mrs. occupant of the machine, escaped with only siight injuries, as did Somsrs, Bridgeport When near Weidmann's brewery in Al- lingtown, Somers saw a froiley car approaching. 1 on the wrong side of the road, and in attempting to cross the tracks the col- lision occurred, almost head-on. The anto was smashed to pleces. Mrs. Watson suffered a fractured skull and she died a few hours after the a~cident in the hodpital. LIVES WRECKED BY “A DASH OF SCOTCH” President Taft Makes Temperance Ad- dress at Y. M. C. A. New York, Dec. ?1.—Former Presi- dent Willlam Howard Taft stood In a window ledge in the Bedford branch of the Young Men’s Christian asso- ciation in Brooklyn today and told a crowd of 800 persons that he had “seen many #ood men go down to hell in the Philippines” because they lack- ed home and training and when they 1 “got a tired feeling” they found = dash of Scotch “reached the right spot.” PRfter he had referred to the lquor danger, the speaker said to his mind one great value of the Y. M. lay in the fact that it gives men sub- stitute for liquor and “reaches the right spot in men.” OBITUARY. Deacon Noah L. Brewster. Bristol, Conn., Dec. 21.—Deacon Noah L. Brewster, one of the best known citizens of the city, died tonight at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. F. Brainard, at the advenced age of 90. He was born_here, but when a youns man went to London, where he became the Furopean agent of the clocks man- ufactured by Bristol's first clock com- pany, Brewster & Ingraham. He re- mained in the foreign field 21 years, when the business changed hands. He came back to Bristol and opened a re- | tail dry goods store. zetiring some | years ago because of age. He was a deacon in the Congrogational church for more than 30 vears. Major Amos B. Shattuck. Manila, Dec. 21—Major Amos B. ‘Shattuck, Fifteenth Infantry, died to- day at Camp Gregs, Bayambang. It is thought that Major Shattuck's death was indirectly due to a fall from his horse. Major Shattuck was born in New Hampshire. James R. R. icore. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 21.—James R. R. Moore, a well known retired busi- ness man, died at his home tonight of heart trouble, aged 65. Untll he re- tired on account of ill health a few vears ugo he was for many = years president of the Hartford Hollow Ware 1 Mr. Moore was a native of His widow and two daughters survive. Woman Repudiates Her Confession. Olean, N, Y., Dec. 21.—Patrick B, Collins, named by the ceurt to defend Mrs, -Cynthia Buffum, whe is charged with murdering her husband by poison, said today that his client has repudi- { Congressional Inves ation to dis- AMarie Coderre of Bridgeport, the third | close to what extent if any “teachers’ pets” exist at West Point, was asked in the senate Saturday by Chairman The auto party started back for|Chamberlain of the military affairs shortly after midright. | committes. The Cincinnati Art Museum is now Tt 1s said he was drlving | the home of the famous Titian paint- ing “Philip IL” The historic art treasure which was purchased by Mrs. Thomas B. Emery, of that city from Sir Hugh Lane of London, has been formeraly gvien to the museum. John Bunyan's Description of vani- ty fair in Pilgrim’s Progress is a true picture of modern New York, Chicago or London, the Rev. Dr. John Henry Jowett declared yesterday in the an- nual sermon to the New England so- clety at the First Avenue Presbyterian church at New York. The Public Service Railway com- pany of New Jersey Saturday an- nounced an increase in wages for its motormen and conductors to go into effect on January 1. The maximum scale will be raised from 25 cents an hour to 30 cents. The minimum will be 23 cents for beginners. Representatives of the Socialist party, Industrial Workers of the World and several other organizations peti- tioned the Los Angeles city council Saturday to appropriate at once $500,~ 000 and take steps to provide $5,000,- 000 more for public works on which 25,000 idle men could be employed. AN AUTO FATALITY IN CENTRAL PARK Machine Goes Over a Stone Coping and Drops 25 Feet. New York, Dec, 21.—One petson was iilled and two were injured today when an automobile traveling along a driveway in upper Central Park dash- ed over the low stone coping of a bridge and dropped to a footpath 25 feet below. Miss Tessle Fitzgerald, 26 years oid, of Peekskill, N. Y., who | was visiting Miss Frances Lyman here had her skull crushed against a rock and dled instantly. Miss Lyman and another passenger in the car clung to a brass ralling amd were not thrown out, escaping with minor hurts. The chauffeur _was uninjured and fled. At Seabright, N. J.,, near here, an automobile dashed into a stage con- taining seven persons and Mrs. Rich- ord Rodney of Seabright was buried in the wreckage and mortally injured. The stage driver, Israal Morris, was badly hurt. His friends accuse the occupants of the automobile of pulling their machine out of .the debris and speeding away without offering aid to e injured. The police are search- ing for the automobilists, Didn’t Know It Was Loaded. Canandaigua, N, Y., Dee, 21.—Fred~ erick H, Clark, 16 years old, was shot and killed today by his brother Ed- ward, aged 15. The boys were play! together and Edward, picking up & .2, +calibre rifle, which he thought was not loaded; pointed it playfully at his brother and pulled the trigger, - Boy Killed by Automobile, Hartford, Cenn., Deeo. !L—Olu.; D'Esopo, aged 6, died today in a loo hospital as the result of injuries re-| ceived last Tuesday night, when he fted the so-called confession given to | was struck by an automobile owned Distriet Attorney George A, Cole at Buffalo-the day before 2 and .driven hy Harold B, city; The boy's skull was e of Lhig ‘With a terrific roar, which was fol- Streams of lava soon were rushing down the slopes, cutting off the vil- lagers from escape. In one instance two torrents of the molten mass joined and made an island of one entire sec- tion of a village. Here fifty or sixty Ppersons perished. - Crater Dust Formed Cloud, The scenes of the night were awe-in- BP] Flames shot into the air to a height of a thousand feet, illuminat- ing the whole scene of destruction. The ocean seemed to bol las huge super- heated masses of stone fell into the sea t:nd streams of lav: aters grad- ually iformed a black cloud which blotted out the light of the atars. Bay Fiiled with Dead Fish. The bay after the eruption was filled with dead fish and large numbess of dead turtles. The water in the river ‘was hot. The British hospital buildings wers wiped out of existence but previous to their destruction the doctors pluck- ily removed all the patients to a launch and escaped with them. SENTIMENT AGAINST COLOMBIANS GROWING, President of Panama Urged to Dismiss Them from Service. Panama, Dec. 21—The anti-Colom- bian sentiment has grown to such aa extent that an open letter has been ad-~ dressed to President Porras demanding the expulsion of the country’s de- tractors from the republic and the dis- missal of all Colombians sov- ernment positions in A fur- ther demand is made that the police corps shall be composed excl Panamans. At the present time abouc mwfafhm blic is S o o '@ republic composed of Colombians, and there is a large lprlmnullz‘t' of them in the police depart- m It is reported that another anti~ Colombian demonstration is being ar-~ ranged for Thursday next, but the government will p: take steps to prevent a repetition of the scenes of last Thursday night, when veral houses occupied by Colomblans were stoned. RECORD YEAR FOR EXCESS OF HEAT, No lce of Any Consequence South of New Hampshire and Vermont. Boston, Dec. 21.—With fair skies and & temperature in the fifties, the Sunday before Christmas in this part of New England was more like Easter than a day close to the winter solstice. What- ever the remaining days of the month have in store, the total temperature for the year will stand as a record with something lke 1,225 degres of excess heat. Practically no ice has formed south of the New Hampshire and Vermont lines, while the only snow is in the dense woods of northern Maine.. Ioa dealers, after a meegre harvest last year, are already preparing to rely on artificlal source for their supply or to ;}:uu.ln it from New Hampshire and ne. Steamers Reported by Wireless. Siasconsett, Mass., Dec. 21.—Steamer Minnetonka, London for New York, signalled 840 miles east of Sandy Hook Dock 8.30 a. m. Monday. Fastnet, Dec. 21.—Steamer Maure= tania, New York for Idverpool, sig- nalled 220 miles west at 2.30 p. m. Due Fishguard 6 a. m. Monday. Big Boom in Reoruiting. ‘Washington, Dec. 21.—A. tremendous increase has been noticed recently inm the number of young men offering themselves to the army recrulting of~ fices for military service. Last month there were 5,000 applications, 2,000 more than ever before recorded im time of peace. Disabled Off Block Island. Newport, R. I, Dec. 21.—The steames ‘Winifred, disabled by a broken tall« shaft, was towed here today by the revenue cutter Gresham, which picked her up five miles off the southeast light, Block Island. The Winifred was load- ed with oil for the naval station at Bradford. Miss Virginia Vaughn Killed. vNew York, tDe(:. tz%.;mu ‘Vlmnh aughn, writer of lyrics ane Doom-1 translator and friend of Nathanlel Hawthorne, the Brownings and other authors of half a century past, was ug:g by a street car in Highth avenue today. A Substitute for Cement. _In this country, where cement |s not used or ly known, a substi- tute has boxn found that has met wita rather "“lln“ ‘when