Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 23, 1913, Page 1

e - _VOL. LV.—NO. 306 1c DECE! ER 23, 1913 Huerta Issues a Special tect Banks From Demands of Depositors BALANCE OF THE YEAR The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of A LONG LEGAL HOLIDAY FOR MEXIGO Decree Designed to Pro- 1S DECLARED A HOLIDAY: During That Period Banks Will Enjoy Privilege of Refusing ; Payments to Their Depositors—About $7,000,000 With- drawn From Bank of London and Mexico in a Few Days — Situation Made Appeal Aexico City, Dec, 22—The directors “the Bank of London and Mexico be- ;{n tonight a careful scrutiny of the afairs of that institution and if their finding is endorsed by other bankers It is not improbable that assurances will be offered the directors which will pnable a full resumption of the busi- hess of the- institution: - It Is reasona- bly certain, however, that the bank will continue to avail itself of the de- cree of President Huerta, issued today, making the last ten days of the present Year legal holidays. With the possible exception of one other institution, it is believed that no other bank than the Bank of London and Mexico will take advantage of the official edict, which authorizes financial institutions to do as little or as much | business as they desire dvring what is regarded as a flnancial crisis. Run by Depositors. The Bank of London and Mexico was crowded to its capacity at the closing hour of business today by men and wo- men who were trying to withdraw thei deposits. The lines of depositors ex- tended from inside the bank to the st he amounts paid depositors were limited to 200 pesos and no as surances were given that even this much would be given out in the future. The approximate amount withdrawn from the bank since depositors began demanding their money several days ago is sald to exceed 17,000,000 pesos. Of this amount 14,000,000 pesos ($7,- ©000,000) was withdrawn since last Tuesday. The Bank of London and Mexico has in the various states twelve branches, four of which were closed some time ago on account of local conditions. These were at _Monterey, Mazatlan and Durapngo. On a minor gcale the condition of the remaining branches is similar to that of the parent institution, but all are taking advantage of President Huerta's de- cree, which has been telegraphed to the varfous points where the branches are located. Appeal to Huerta For Relief. The critical condition in which . the Bank of London and Mexico has been placed has been no secret for some deys to the other banks and the sug- gestion was made on Saturday that President Huerta be requested to save the situaticn, making it possible for a bans holiday & period The management demurred, as it believed it could weather it out, but at the opening hour this morning it became cvident that it could not and the finance department was called up- on for aid. A decree was prepared and the £curch for the president was begun. He was located shortly before noon and efMxed his signature without hesita- tion. An extra edition of HI Diario ‘was publisbed, carrying the decree and with this posted conspicuously in and 2bout the bullding, the doors of the bank were opened early in the after- noon. Congress Vested Power in Huerta. President Huerta’s right to issue the decree was the result of the action of congress prior to adjournment, when it vested in him extraordinary power over the three departments of government including the department of flnance. The decree recited that it was issued in accordance with this extraordinary power and that the hol- idays were decreed “on account of the difficult circumstances in which country finds itself gnd in order to give sufficient time for unfounded alarm which has been created among the public to subsidize and to prevent the | crisis from becoming general.’ Clearing House to Open as Usual. The decree gives to the clearing house and all banks throughout the republic the right to suspend all bus- fnese, and adds two days, or until January 2 to the period in which they shall not' consider themselves compell- «d_to meet their opligations. Ths members of the clearing house decided today not to take advantage of the decree, but to open as usual, ac- | cepting for collection checks against the Bank of London and Mexico, tha depositors of such checks to depend on the bank for payment. If they are not pald they will be returned to the depositors. U. S. CRUISER AT SAN BLAS. Probably in Connection With Reported | Imprisonment of Americans. Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, Dac. 22. —An American cruiser was lying off San Blas, Tepic, today, according to nformation received tonight at con- stitutionalist headquarters. San Blas is held by insurgent forces. While it 48 not made clear why the American ship should be in the neigh- borhood, it was believed that the pur- pose was to confer with Felipe Rive- ros, constitutionalist governor of Sian- loa, regarding the reported imprison- ment of W. S Windham and J. M. Dunn, Americans, Since the announce ment from Washlngton that a cruiser had heen sent to investigats, the two men have been found, it is said, and the story of their imprisonment by in- surgent officials repuddated. EYES ON OJINAGA, Villa's Course to Be Determined by Movements of Federals. Juarez, Mexico, Dec. 22,—A waiting attitnde wae assumed by General Fran- clsco Villa and his rebel troops Loday to learn what action, if any, the fed- eral forces at Ojinaga intend to take. As long as the bulk of the federal army in the north remains at Ofiniga, more than 100 miles from striking dis- tance of any. of the rebel strongholds, General Villa said he was contented to let them remain there, While the fed- erals have beon provisioning their com- missary. as if preparing to march into the Interior, they are without any train or telegraphic cémmunication south of e They have. among them R Without Paying Out Deposits. | i Torreon, | to refuse payments for | the | the | to Huerta Necessary. ten generals, or one for each four hun- dred soldiers. | Exaction of money from persons who leave Chihuahua still - continues, ac- cording to refugges. They said General Villa required the money as a tribute to the revolutionary cause, and the money had to be paid or the refugees were not allowed to leave. Mrs. Pedro Prito, wife of a merchant, said she had to pay $12,500 in gold, and Luls Se- querces and Pedro Torres, merchants, saig they gave $5,000 each. The home and property of Jacob B, Touche, a native of Turkey, valued at $500,000, was confiscated by Villa, and Touche {paid $10,00 cash for the release of a sister. Touche was reputed to have | amassed a large fortune in Mexico, aft- er entering the country may years ago with nothing more than a trained bear. His elaborate home in Chihuahua was one of the sights of the city. EVERY DAY A HOLIDAY. Huerta Enables Banks to Keep Open Mexico City, ,Dec. —By a presi- decree issued this afternoon, jevery day, including today, until the { end of the present year, is made a legal holiday, in order to check the run on the banks here, particularly that on the Bank of London and Mexico. dential | On the promulgation of this decree | the Bank of London and Mexico open- | ed its doors, but refrained from paying | deposits. | Provisional President Huerta In the decree says he deems such action nec- ssary in order to protect the banks until public confidence is more nearly restored. The banks by this decree are | absolved from meeting any obligation { until January 2. It applies to all bank- ing houses, whether a bank of issue or i not. l Another American Released. | Washington, Dec. 22—Word came to the state department today from Mexico City that at the instance of Nelson ©’Shaughnessy, the American | charge, the federal government had | ordered the unconditional release of Willlam Krause, an American who had fbecumg involved in some of the plot- i ting incident to the present revolution. Krause is now with his family in the Mexican capital. American Arrested for Debt. Douglas, Arlz, Dec. 22--A. Wallace, American mining man, ‘arrested for | ebt at Agua Prieta, Sonora, last Fri- 1dny, was released today after a hear- | Ingat Fronteras, where he had been {taken on Sunday from Agua Prieta. | Wallace said he had seftled the bill of $1,300 alleged to have been due Ramon { Bodanda, a Mexican, for work in Wal- | lace’s mine in Sonora. 1 n Mexican Waters. Vera Cruz, Dec. 22—The United States Dbattleships Connecticut and Kansas sailed from Tampico today for Vera Cruz. .They will replace the Loulstana, which is leaving for Nor- | folk for an overhauling, and the New { Hampshire, which salls for New York \} tomorrow morning. Naval Changes | DEPOSITS OF $33,818,870 IN POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS, | Difficult to Teach the People to Econ- omize and Save. Washington, Dec. 23.—Difficulties ex- ! perfenecd by postal officials in teach- ing the people to “save and economize” are set forth by Third Assistant Post- master General Dockery in his annual { report made public tonight. i To minimize this problem, Dr. Dock- | ery recommends the inauguration of a campaign of education by which the | people may be brought into closer | touch with the postal savings service. The fundamental purpose of the campaign is to create a “spontaneous | !'desire to save and economize.” A statement showing the growth of i the postal saving system is contained |in the report. Af the close of the first ! | six months of operation there were | 11,918 depositors with $677,145 placed | 1o their credit. On June 30, 1918, at | the close of two and a half years, there were 381,006 depositors with $33,318,870 | to their credit. CANADIAN PACIFIC | | STEAMER IN DANGER. | { Rough Weather Compels Monteagle to “Heave To” in Mid-Ocean. i Dec. 22.—With | huge seas over her and threatening to wreck her deck fi and cabins, the big Canadian steamer Monteagle, Captain Hali ad to heave to in mid-Pacific on her | | present outward voyage from Van couver to Hong Kong, according to| {word brought in by officers of the Emprees of Asia, The Empress Vancouver, B. | H received a wireless | | message from the Monteagle saying | that she was hove-to in latitude | north and longitude 180 west, westerly gale and a terrific sea. The Monteagle ran into stormy weather as soon as she passed outside Cape Tlattery. Southeast gales bat- tered the ship and the disagreeabls conditions reached their hsight waren the lner was in mid-Pacific. terh about 24 hours the storm subsided somewhat and enabled her to proceed slowly. 53 in al The Ban on Foreign Potatoes. - ‘Washington, Dec. 23 —Seeretary | Houston today issued an order contin- | uing the guarantine put temporarily |into effect Septemmber 20, forbidding potato importations from the British | Isles, Canade and all continental- Bu- rope. This aection was moedified, hew- ever, by a second order, under which the quzranting may be raised under proper regulatien and inspection from foreign countries or districts whieh can show that they are free from potate wart and powdery scab. " Cabled Paragraphs Disastrous Fire at Qeorgetown. o Georgetown, British Guiana, Deo, 22. —A lur‘:e section of the business quar- ter of Georgetown, which is known also as Demerara, was destroyed by fire this morning. Twenty persons were killed and many injured. Scores were rendered homeless. To Recapture Esmeraldas. Guayaquil, Ecuador, Dec. 23.—The government is extensive prep- arations to retake the town of Esmer- aldas from the rebels under Colonel Carlos Concha, who captured the place on Dec. 15. General Juan Navarro, the war minister, has resigned his portfolio and will assume command of the operations. New World’s Distance Record. Berlin, Dec. 22—Herr Kevlen, a Ger- man balloonist “who, with two pas- sengers ascended from -~ Bitterfeldt, Prussian Saxony, in the balloon today burg on December 18, reported today that he had descended at Perm, a town in European Russia, near the Siberian frontier, thus establishing a world's distance record for spherical baloons. The Diasburg was in the air 87 hours and travelled 1,788.8 miles. DESCRIBES ABNORMALITIES OF MURDERER HANS SCHMIDT. New York Alienist Tells of Strange Conduct of Former Priest. New York, Deec. 22—The procession of alienists began their march to the witness stand today at the trial of Hans Schmidt for murder. After Dr. Smith Ely Jeliffe of New York had testified for the defense court adjourn- ed early to enable Schmidt's attorney to comstruct a hypothetical question which will be put to Dr. Jeliffe tomor- row and to the other medical experts. Practically all Dr. Jeliffe’s testimony indicated that Schmidt was abnormal. The witness said that the priest com- plained to him that his bishops and fellow clergy “refused to acknowledge his authority.” The defendant excused his forgeries of the signature of his professor at Munich by saying “I was in high spirits and good health and I entered into the personality of the professor. I was the professor. So it was not wrong for me to sign his name. Dr. Jeliffe asked Schmidt if he ever played the violin in a bathtub, as one of the former witness had testified. “I did,” said Schmidt. “It was mno- body's business. I felt like it and I | put my feet in the water and sat in | it and played. What an fnspired man does heaven wishes him to do.” During one of his visits to Schmidt's cell said Dr. Jeliffe, another physician | who accompanied him pricked his fore- ; finger with a needle and showed the | prisoner a _drop of blood. Imstantly | Schmidt's face became livid. “All blood is mine,” he shouted, making a lunge for the physiclan’s hand and trying to raise it to his lips. { | | INTERPRETATION OF NEW EUGENICS LAW. Wisconsin Attorney-General Submits Opinion Regarding It. Madison, Wis., Dec. 22—That a prac- tical interpretationl of the eugenics law, passed by the last legislature, re- quires a physician to make only such an examination of a male applicant for marriage as would be made in course of his general practice, is the opinion of Attorney-General Owen to Dr. C. A. Harper, state health officer, today. He says that the law dies not intend that the Wasserman test should be made but only suggested an examina- tion as could be made for $2 by the physiclan with an.ordinary practice. This interpretation of the law is ex- pected to free it of many suggested pitfalls. CARELESS ABANDON ON NEW YEAR'S EVE. Rochester Clergy lssue an Appeal For Sane Celebration. Rochester, N. Y., Deo. 22—Noting a “growing tendency to maks of Christ- mas and particularly of New Years a time of excessive drinking and foolish extravagance,” the Rochester ministe- rial assoclation today issued an appeal to the city for same celebration ‘“in the iriterest of the finer life and the moral tone of the whole community.” The appeal reads In part: “Young women forget proprieties on New Year's eve and drink wine with men who are strangers and accept at- tentions from them. Steamship Arrivals. Antwerp, Deo. 21.—Arrived, steam- er Lapland, New York. Copenhagen, Dec. _21.—Arrived, steamer Lapland, New York Copenhagen, ~ Dec. _21.—Arrived, steamer United States, New York. Glasgow, Dec. 21-—Arrived, steam- er Cameronia, New York, Naples, Dec. 22.—Arrived, steamer Carpathia, New York for Trieste, etc. Fishguard, Dec. 28.—Arrived, steam. r Mauretania, New York for Liver- pool. Havre, Dec. 20.—Arrived, Niagare, New York. Queenstown; Dec. 22.—Steamer Ara- bic, Boston. steamer Liverpool, Dec. 22.—Steamer Maure- | tania, New York. Plymouth, Dec. 22.—Steamer Auso- hia, Pontland. Cherbourg, Dec. 22.—Steamer Kalser I, New York. Christiania, Dea. 2" tianfjord, New York. Philadelphia, Dec. 23.—Arrived, steamer Carthaginian, Glasgow. Bremen, Dec. - 2! rrived, steam- Steamer Kris- President at Princeton Play. ‘Washinzton, Dec. 23.—President Wil- jon stood in a box in a local theater oday and with uplifted hand joined in he chorus of “Old Nassauw/’ the alma mater song of Princeton. It was ot the conciusion of the performance of a musical comedy by the Princeton Universit,’s Triangle club, when the entire audlence rose ‘and Mr. Wilson sang, as did all alumni of the institu- tion present. . Permanent Separation of Blakes. New York, Dec. 22.—A decrec of permarert separation from Dr. Joseph A. Blake 18 recommended in the re- port of a referee flled with the su- preme court today in favor of Cath- erine Ketchum Blake, wife of the noted surgeon. The report does not mention alimony, but states that counsel for M. and Mrs. Blake announced last Wednesday that an agreement in this matter had been reached. Farmer and Niece Killed. Nicholasville, Ky., Dee. 22 —Diliard Hunter, a farmer, and his niees, Miss Nora Hunter, were instantly killed near here today when the buggy in which they were driving was struck by a Louisville and Nashville passen- ger train. The accident occurred at a Sharp curye, ’ Any Other Paper, ‘_ A Reprimand to be Administered WILSON UMES\ ACTION- BY HIS SECRETARIES ON CARABAO INCIDENT Orders lssued That Officers Who Served on Dinner Committee Shall “ Receive Copy of President’s Letter ‘Washington, Dee. 22. — President ‘Wilson today made public a letter ad- dressed to Secretaries Garrison and Daniels, respectively, requesting that “a very serious reprimand” be admin- istered to army and navy officers who participated in the recent dinner of the Military Ord of Carabao, at which the administration’s Philippine and other policies were satirized. The letter runs: The President’s Lettor. “The officers who were responsible for the programme of the evening are certainly deservi of a very serious reprimand, which I hereby request be administered; and I cannot rid my- self of a feeling of great disappoint- ment that the general body of officers assembled at the dinner should, have greeted the carrying out of such a pro- gramme with apparent indifference to the fact that it violated some of the most dignified and sacred traditions of the service. Ridicule of Their Superiors. “I am told that the songs and other amusements of the evening were in- ‘tended and regarded as ‘fun’ What are we to think of officers of the army and navy of the United States who think it ‘fun’ to bring their official su- periors into ridicule and the policies of the government which they are sworn to serve with unquestioning loyalty into contempt? “If this is their idea of ‘fun,’ what is their idea of ‘duty?’ If they did not hold their loyalty above all silly ef- fervescences of childish wit, what about their profession do they hold sacred? % Recall Them to Their Ideals. “My purpose, therefore, in adminis- tering this reprimand is to recall the men,who are reported for this lower- ing of standards to their ideals; to re- mind them of the high conscience with which they ought to have; the duty above personal indulgence, and to think of themselves as responsible men and trusted soldiers, even while they are amusing themselves as diners ou President’s Letter the Reprimand. Secretaries Garrison and Danlels de- cided to administer the re transmitting a copy of the preside letter to each member of the enter- tainment committee. Secretary Garrison immediately semt this memorandum to Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the army: Seoretary Garrison’s Order. “It is hel'fiiy ordered that the cers of the United States army who on the dinner committee, and therefore responsible for the pro- gramme of entertainment at the re- cent dinner of the Milii Order of the Carabao, held Dec. 1}; 1913, be reprimanded in pursuance of the com- munication of the president to me, dated Dec. 22, 1918, copy herewith. The form that the reprimand should take should be to furnish each of said officers & copy of the letter from the president.” Secretary Daniels. probably will is- sué a similar order tomorrow, making the presidential rebuke effective tow- ard the navy officers. OBITUARY. James H. Bradford. Rockville, Md., Dec. 22—James H. Bradford, once chaplain in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, who served in a Connecticut regiment throughout the war between the states, died here today. He was born in Ver. mont in 1886. Col. Charies A. Clarke. Cedar Repids, Ia., Dec. 22—Colonel Cherles A. Clarke, a leading attorney ang former commander of the Grand Army of the Republic of Iowa, died at his home here today. Congressman I. S. Pepper. offi- Clinton, Iowa, Dec. 22.—Congress- man 1, 8. Pepper, democrat, of the Becond Iowa district, died here to- day. He had been ill for several months, Rev, John T. McoFariand, D. D. New York, Dec, 32.—The Rev. John Thomas McFarland, D. D, former president of Iowa Wesleyan univer- sity and editor of Sunday school pub- lications of ‘the Methodist Hpiscopal | church since 1904, died today at his home in Maplewood, N. Lives With Mere Shell as Brain. Paris, Dec. 23.—Before the Academy of Sciences tonight Dr. Robinson re- ported a case in which life was sus- tained when a great part of the brain had been destroyed. The case was that of a man 62 years of age whom he had treated for a year for an appar- | ently slight wound of thg occiput. i During this time the patient showed i no signs of brain trouble, but the au- | topsy rovealed the presence of an | abscess which had reduced the brain | tissue to a mere shell. | Taft in Washingten. | Washington, Dec. 23.—Former Presi- | dent Taft made an unostentatious visit | . to Washington today. announced, attended a brief meeting of { the Lineoln Memorial association, of | which he is chairman, and departed | shortly “after noon, as quietly as he | came. Meat Famine in Paris. Paris, Dec. 32.—A meat famine is threatened in Paris during the Christ- mas season. The slaughterers’ union has decided upon an immediate strike as & result of the refusal of the em- Ylnye‘rt to agree to the reduction of the ~-hour day to a 10-hour day. Hoslery Girls Strike. Philadelphia, Dec. 22.—Nearly a thousand employes of the Willlam H. Taubell hosiery mills in Kensington, moest of them girls, went on strike to- day, Notices announcing a two per cent. reduetion In wages after Jan. 1 were said to have ea:sed the walkout. Zelaya te Sail Tomorrew. New ¥erk, Dec. 22.—Jose Santos Ze- laya, former president of Nicaragua, will sail for Burepe on La Lorraine Wed: , he aneunced tomight, through his seeretary, Joaquin Mazias, ‘whe will accompany him. enr"' K&u.w Ray .declined the eo ief of the Gary, Ind., pelice fares, Regause ahe gcowld net ¥eie. - X F v He arrived un- | Boer War He.0 - Murder Victim SLAIN AT THE HOME OF HIis FORMER WIFE CASE PUZZLES POLICE Believed to Have Called to See the Woman and Was Shot by Her Pres- ent Husband—Were Divorced in 1911 Los Angeles, Cal,, Dec. 22.—The kill- ing of Daniel De Villiers, by Roy L. Glover today is puzzling the po- lice. Glover shot De Vllliers in the doorway of the Glover house. De Villiers came here several days ago from San Antonio, Texas. Gloyer, a wealthy land agent, came here two months ago, with his wife and two children. Dead Man Mrs. Glover’s Former Hus- band, From the little the police have been able to learn from Glover and Mrs. Glover, the woman formerly was the wife of De Villiers and he was the father of the two children. Mrs. Glover secured a divorce from De Vil- lers and married Glover in October. She and Glover asserted that De Vil- liers appeared at their house and that Glover shot him In self defemnse. The police assert that De Villiers was shot while trying to see Mrs. Glover, and that his children entered the room in time to see their father die. Mrs, Glover said De Villiers was a saloon keeper who induced her to elope from the home of her father and marry him. Thereafter, she as- serted ,according to a statement by her attorney, De Villers lived on an allowance provided by her father, H. G. Campbeil, a New York broker, who is now in Europe. No Knowledge of Reecent Marriage. The police have learned that when Mrs, over was divorced from De Villlers she was awarded custody of the children, David, aged 4, and Mar- garet, aged 6, but no information could be obtained relative to her marriage to Glover, which she said occurred last October, just before Glover eame here, A NEW YORK GIRL. Glover Is Daughter of a Wall § Street Broker. York, Dec. 22— divorced wife o Mrs, New Glover, Villiers, whom De Villiers was tryi; to see when her husband shot and kill- ed him in Los Angeles today, is the daughter of H. G. Campbell, a wealthy Wall street broker. She marrfed De Villlers in this city in 1907 after her divorce from a man named Lewis of Paterson, N. J. The De Villlers then went to Cotulla, Texas, where De Vil- llers had bought a small ranch. Mrs. De Villlers obtained a divorce from her husband in San Antonio in 1911. It 1s said, however, that after this divorce Mrs. De Villlers assisted her former husband financially in his al- leged activities against President Ma- dero of Mexico which led to De Vil- liers’ arrest in El Paso in 1911, Daniel De Villiers came of a well known Ca; Colony family, several members of which have been knighted. During_the late Boer war he com- manded a body of soouts attached to a Boer column operating in West Gri- qualand and the Orange Free State. De Villiers came to this country in 1904 with a mixed contingent of Afri- kanders and English who appeared in the Boer war show at the St. Louis ex- position. Most of his youth was spent along the Zambesi river as a hunter of big game, where at one time he was attached to the staff of Frederick Courtney Selous, the famous hunter, who was a member of Theodore Roose- velt'’s hunting party in Africa In 1909. In 1912 De Villlers was identified with the campaign of Governor Os- car Colquitt of Texas, 4 To Consorve State's Resources, Albany, N. Y., Dec. 22.—Conservation of state resources was discussed for nearly four hours this afternoon at a conference in the exedutive cham- ber. More than a hundred sportsmen { and business men were present upon invitation of Governor Glynn, who pre- sided. The speakers favored a state- iment recently issued by the governor in which he advocates the develop- ment of water power, the opening up of the Adirondack reserve under cer- tain conditions, extensive reforesting, and the propagation and protectfon of game, New York Broker Arrested. New York, Dec. 22.—Willlam E. Ed- ‘wards, junior member of a Broadway brokerage firm, was arrested today in connection with the federal sult pend- ing against officers of the Sterling De- benture company and the Oxford Linen Mills cDlenY, who are accused of using the mails in an alleged conspir- acy to defraud investors of the Ox- ford eompany, ‘which has mills at Brookfleld, Mass. Edwards was once treasurer of the Sterling company. Company’s Books Indicate Miracte. San_Francisco, Dec. 22.—Books of the Waestern Fuel company, it was | testified here today, show that in 99 | per cemt of sales made to American | war vessels more coal was discharged | from the company’s barges than had | been loaded into them. On the figures | for coal discharged from the barges, | and not for the coal the barges re- | celved, affidavits were presented to ! the customs authorities and drawbacks or rebates on duties were collected from the government. | | | Dictagraph Use: Vicksburg, Miss,, Dec. 22.—Testimony purporting to have been obtained by means of a telephonic device was In- troduced today at the trial of State Senator G. A. Hobbs, charged with soliciting and accepting a bribe in con- nection with a bill providing for the creation of a new county in Mississi, pi. This testimony tended to corrol orate that given by Stephen Castle- man, who after cross examination to- day was excused. He swore that he had glven Hobbs $200 as a bribe, - Williams and Whitlock Confirmed. , Washington, Dec. 22—The senate tonight eonfirmed the appointments of George Fred Willlams of Massachu- setts to be minister to Greece, and Brand Whitlock of Ohio to be minis- ter to Belgium. Steamers Reported by Wireless. Queenstown, Deo. 22.—Steamer Ar- abie, Boston for Queenstown and Liv- erpool, signalled 359 miles west at 1.20 a. m. Due Queenstown, 6.30 p. m. The New York, New Haven & Hart- ford railroad will rename the Kent ‘.mm om the Berkshire line, Wood- { Condensed Telegrams Moving Pictures Are Blamed for the eu:avx:: of services at the Emmanuel Two New Cases of small pox de- veloped on the battleship Ohio on her way to Charleston, 8. C, from Guan- tanamo. William T. Shea, mayor of Quincy, Mass, from 1908-1912, died yesterday after an iliness of nearly a year, aged 57 years. Lenox, Mn;.. "fifinu are 3{;‘3"::‘& in; inst the q quantity ai pr?c:z: the water nowy upplied by the Lenox Water Co. implified Spelling Board oty ¢ It’\‘l’e ‘words place of Carnegi recommends the adoption of “ar” Representative Goulden of New York yesterday introduced a bill to ap- propriate $500,000 for commencing the improvement of East river. President Wilson was memoriatized yesterday to ask congress a constitu- tional amendment for country-wide abolition of the liquor traffic. The International Congress for safety at sea will recommend com- pulsory imstallation of the wireless system for certain classes of vessels. The Gaylord House, better known as Burnham house, erected in 1720 and the oldest structure in Middletown, is being razed as it is no longer tenanta- ble. Denis Mulvihill, former mayor Bridgeport, took office as commission- er of Fairfield county yesterday, suc- ceeding Whitman S. Mead, of Green- wich. Robert B. Kellog, New York, publish- er of “song poems,” was found guilty of using the mails to defraud and sen- tenced to 13 months' imprisonment af Atlanta. B A Third Candidate was eliminated from the Boaton mayoralty contest yesterday when John R. Murphy no- tified his supporters that he had de- cided to withdraw. 8uit For Diverce was filed at Chi- cago yesterday by Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink, the singer, against her husband, William Rapp. Deser- tion is the charge. Christmas Presidents in the form of divorce decrees are asked by 57 per- sons in Chicago. Fourteen wives ask- ed for allmomy with which to do Chrigtmas shipping. C. B. Robinson, a Botanist in the bureau of science, department of the interfor of the Philippine islands, has been killed by npatives of Amboyna I ipelag i 7 land; Malay Archi 0. The London Daily s in an edl. torial on the anufll&an, o‘xh siders the lon of cash ents suspensic by the banks as indicative of the ap- proaching collapse of the Huerta re- &ime, The Senate Yesterday passed a bill to prevent the removal from state courts of sults against railroads for damage to merchandise when the :;n&want involved is not more than Mrs. John A. Hearn and her: little son, Danlel, of Balleysville, Me., were struck and killed by a Maine Central train at Baring vesterday, while driv- ing towards Calais on a Christmas shopping trip. Fred Von Bauddissin, sald to be the son of a wealthy merchant of Leipsie, Germany, was arrested yesterday in New Orleans, pursuant to an indict- ment at Chicago charging him with forgery involving $7,000. Judge Thayer of the supreme court has handed down a decision of that tribunal to the effect that in cases where the legislature failed to elect a county commissioner, it was the duty of the governor to fill the vacanctes. Government Ownership of the na- tion's telephone lines would cost less than $900,000,000 and would present Do greater difficulties than did the Panama canal, Representative Lewis of Maryland, told the house ‘vesterday. John Lowe Fort, superintendent of the Baratoga (N. Y.) distriot of the Methodist church, was yesterday ap- pointed by Bishop Wilson, corres- ponding eecretary of the eampaign committee of the gemeral conference plan of finance. The Death of Melvin H. Couch, a prominent Monticello, N. Y., and former district attorney of Sullivan county, revealed that, unknown to his family and friends and to his clients, 2 woman bad lived for three years in & secret room connecting with his law office. Professor Chauveau and Dr. Lucet of Paris announce an important dis- covery which they assert will rev lutionize the treatment of typhold fe- ver. whooping cough and other dfs- eases by vaccine. They have devised n apparatus to keep the cultures in constant motion. CALLS WHITMAN PROSECUTING OCTOPUS Governor Glynn Wants to Do the In- vestigating Himself, Albany, N, Y, Dec. 32.-—Distric Attorney Whitmah's statament today that he wonld continue b graft in- quiry throughout the state in matters ‘presumably mapped out in New Yor | clty” brought a sharp retort from Gov- { ernor Glynn. “Mr. Whitman wants to be a polit- ical prosecuting octopus,” he said. The governor added that Mr. Whit- man's decision to continue his inves- tigation would not affect the mituaijon. The governor stands on his statement of last night, in which he declared that he was without jurisdiction to appoint Mr. Whitman to exercise any dutles other than those of district attorney of New York ecounty, The governor also repeated his in- vitation to Mr. Whitman to submit anv facts that may have come to his attention respecting wrongdol in any part of the state outside of his urisdiction. Emphasis was lald by the exeoutive upon his determination to get his own investigation into such s t it might proceed continuously to its ter- mination. Warrant for a Bank Cashier. To'xek& Kan, Dec. 22.—A warrant for the arrest of C. G. Rigker, president- of the defunct Yates ter National bank of Yates Center, has been issued, government officials here said ‘today. They said shortages and liabilities probably would amount t0.$175,000, and that Ricker had di - g ?lp“lt church in West Oranse, N. Gy Poplein Currency Bill ~ Almost a Law CONFERENCE REPORT IS PASSED BY THE HOUS SENATE TO ACT TODAY Will Bo in Hands of President by Night—Mann Tells of Malign Influ- ences of Democratic Administration Washington, Dec. 22—The house passed the conferenca report on ¥ tration ourrency bill at 10. o'clock tonight by a vote of 298 to 80 and sent the report to the senate, which had waited in session to re- ceive it before adjournment for the night. Senate to Pass It Today. Prolonged and uproarious ch from the democrats greeted the :-.‘ nouncement of the vote by Speuker Clark and many members of the house hastened over to the senate to see th report réceived ther: ler in evening the senate had agreed to vote not lne; tt‘l:u} 2.30 tomorrow after- noon an ¢ leaders regarded it cer- tain that the coonzwl-toddbfll would Two Democrats in Opposition. On the final vote $4 republicans, 11 progressives and one independent, Kent of California, voted with the maJjority for the report and two democrats, Cal- loway of Texas and ‘Witherspoon of Mississippt, joined the opposition. Likely to Declare Recess Teday. The vote followed a dcbfl“,g near- thr. during which the gal- lerles remained crowded with spec- tators, including many prominent fig- ures in official lif The house ad- Journed until 2.30 p. m. tomorrow, when the leaders hope to put through a joint resolution for a recess until January 12, Mann Predicts Democratic Downfall. Minority Leader Mann closed the de- bate for the repubMcans, d td}:l“ d.mmde.cnntral of nine months’ tories- cl As a remedy for this, he said, “the democrats propose to inflate the cyr- m:m ‘; m:ndhho predicted it would re- ouse “an unwi lican’ majority hext Nun;fi" Danger of Partisanship. Mr. Glass went over the ¢ report in detail and Mm provisions of bill which had been assailed by bankers and members of the senate, tative Guernsey of Maine id he objected to the bill ohiefly ‘would be b the reserve partisan interests. ecause ymn-oned by SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AUTO COLLISION. Clarence E. Stiles Sustains Pessible Fracture of Skull. ‘Woodbury, Conn., Dec. 22.—Clarence Stiles, & Southbury civil engineer, was seriously injured tonight when his au- tomobile was struck from the rear by a touring car driven by 8. H. ing, a retired Southbury banker. Both machines were proceeding morth when the front wheels of the car struck one of rear whesls o My, Stiles' machine, causing it to swerve across the trolley tracks, over- turn, and then plunge down a 15-foot Mr. Stiies r. Stiles was caught under the wreckage. Hxamination by Dr. Allen disclosed that he 1s suffering from & possible fractured skull, s broken nose and a fractured leg. DID INOT REPRESENT CHILEAN GOVERNMENT Statement Regarding Dr. Martinez's Reference to Monroa Doctrine. Washington, Dec. 22.—BEduouardo Buarez, Chilean minister here, issued & statement referring to the reported divergence of views on the Monroe Doctrine between President Roosevelt and Dr, Marchial Martines, on the oc- caslon of the former's recent speech at the University of Santiago, Chile, and announced that Dr. Martimes did not speak as a representative of the Chllean gcvernment, nor had his ad- dress been approved by the fo office of Chile. He ded that 3 Martinez had been chosen to speak he was dean of the law fac- ulty of the pniversity which had in- vited Mr. Roosevelt to the eowntry. CASHIER MISSING, ACCOUNTS SHORT, Edward Morgan Leave Bank Town When Examiner Arrives. Jamestown, N, Y. Dec. 22.-—Edward Morgan, cashier of the First National bank of this city, has disappeared, and there is a shortege of 314,500 In the cash reserve of the bank. This is the bank of which ex-Governor Reuben E. Fenton was president and is one of th a posits of $1,300,000, & surplus over $400,000 and & reserve of over $304,- 100. Morgan left town Priday night when he discovered that a Dank examiner was in the city. ¥ Ohio Republicans to Meet. Cotumbus, Ohio, Dec. 38.—Leaders of thmhm stat candidates to be held in Auguat, in ac- cordance with the primary election Sir Lionel Phlilips May Die.