Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 15, 1914, Page 1

VOL._LVI_NO. 13 Passengers and Crew of lll-Fated Steamer the Cobequid Rescued as Was Breaking Up SAFELY TRANSFERRED TO COASTAL STEAMERS Benumbed by Cold, Many Had to be Carried to Hotels Up- on Arrival at Yarmouth—A Day and Night of Terror For All Aboard as Helpless Vessel Pounded on Rocks—Des- perate Efforts to Keep Cr'?pled Wireless Working. Yarmouth, N. S, Jan. 14.—Spatched from what seemed almost certain death the :passengers and crew of the. Royal Mall packet Cobequid are snug tonight in ¥armouth. s P -The wireless appeals for assistance which she had first made thirty-six hours before were answered late to- day as the doomed steamer was being racked to pieces on Trinity Rocks, six miles of Port Maitland. The resgue will go down in shipping annals as one of the most notable ever accomplished on the Atlantic coast. Steamer Had Begun to Break Up. The Cobequid had begun to brealk up under the cannomading of the ter- rific seas that had been merciless from the time the vessel struck early yes- terday. Quantities of cargo covered the waters as the lifeboats ranged alongside. The coastal steamers West- port and Jobn I, Cann were first to get their small boats into the water and they were followed sgom by the ‘boats of the government steamer Lans- downe and the Rappahannock. As the work of rescue progressed, the sea subsided considerably and mo mishap marred the triumph over the waves. Captain McKinnon of the Westport found the liner on the southeast of Trinity ledge at 440 o'clock this afternoon. At the time there was a high wind and rough sea, He took off In_three lifeboats loads of T2 per- sons, including all the passengers,. the | purser and several deck officers and part of the erew. Captain and 15 Men Remain Aboard. The Westport stood by until 6.15 o'clock this evening, when the John L. Cann came up. The latter took off 24 mep as the Westport was leaving for Yarmouth. The captain and fifteen men of the crew décided to remain on the ship until morning and the government steamer Lansdowne . re- mained by with them. : The Westport arrived at Yarmouth at 9 o'clock and the John L. Cann followed her in. The Cobequid's stern was not broken as first reported, according to the ac- count given by Captain McKinnon, In fact the after pari was highest out of the water. The Cobequid was badly iced up. § Women First to Leave Ship. The zas buoy on Trinity ledge was reported by Captain McKinnon as be- ing in position but badly iced, which might make it of little use in a snow- storm. | The 108 persons on the Cobequid included 12 first class cabin passen- Zers and an_equal number in the sec- | ond s, Mrs. W, r and her hild were the first to go over the side. Then followed Miss Marguerite and Miss Dorothy James, dauzhters of the late R. H. James, mayor of St. Georges, Bermuda; and two sisters of charity. One by one the men were lowered to lifeboats until only Captain Hawson and eleven men remained on the deck. Preparations had been made here to care for the shipwrecked ones and they were given every comfort that the city offered. A Typical Western Blizzard. Trinity Rock. on which the Cobequid was transfixed at 5 a. m. yesterday, is a pinnacle of granite rising abruptly from the sea halfway between this port and Brier Island, where the steamer was at first thought to have struck. The Trinity is awash at low ‘water. The famous Lurcher shoal, which is indicated by a lightship, lies ten miles outside Trinity Rock, while the course up the Bay of Fundy takes vessels still farther off shore. The bay was swept by a typleal western blizzard as the Cobequid, hound from the tropic, began to feel her way toward St. John. The last of the ebb tide was running and the wind was strong from the west—con- dittons which tended to drive the ateamer closer to the than her skipper anticipated. — The crash Te came Just before dawn ‘and a minutes Jater the wireless “S, O. was flashing over the angry waters. Captain Shews Courage. The Coberquid’s operator was unable | astern shore i | i to give her decation for no ‘ome on hoard knew it definitely. Four hours later the flnod tide and gale / had driven the steamer still farther on the rock, breaking her back and flood- | ing the engine toom. This put out | the fires and interrupted the wireless | epparatue. The passengers wers great- ly alarmed, but the courage of Captain ! Hawson and, his abiding faith In his | ehip reassured them time and again. | The steamer made water rapidly and | the cargo began to tear away. | Throughout the day and night that | followed the officers scanned the sea for passing craft 4nd the operator worked heroically to restore his wire- Tess outfit, Meantime steamers that had picked up the first cry for help were search- | ing for fhe distressed craft. Faced Death Two Days. A heavy vapor caused by the action | of the intense cold on the water han- | dicapped the searchers and it was a | fisherman on Port Maitland shore who | first made out the Cobequid as the vapor rose late this aftérnoon and re- revealed the liner on the dreaded Trin- ity, Darkness was gathering fast when the rescue began, buf tl from the coastal rock and the ‘well as they did their own front yards ashore and they went at the work be- fore them with perfect confidence. Less than five hours later those who had 1: death for two days were being and fed at hotels here. e a cin el ed tonight none of the party v-svmman-nu.v the worse for their adventure, juffered greatly Most of them had to r tife 36 hours ufter the vessel struck b o her coniinuously and she with ice. 2 5 Benumbed with the cold and dazed by their Jong ordeal, of the ves- «ued qould give an intelligent aceount g pr was coated of their experiences tonight. One of the officers of the Cobequid said: Struck Ledges Tuesday. Morning. “The ship struck at 6 o'clock Tues- day morning, while we were trying to locate the lightship off the Lurcher shoal: In the biinding snowstorm which prevailed we oVershot the mark and brought up on the southeast end of Trinity ledge. It was low tide, and Jater in the morning, as the tide rose, it forced us farther and farther up on the shoal. The steamer began to pound heavily and in a few minutes the en- gine room was filled with water. This stopped the ydnames, puiting the lighting system and the wireless appa- ratus out of commission. “Immediately after the ship struck we had sent out an ‘S. O, S.’ which was picked up by the Cape Sable wire- less station. Later, with the engine room flooded, our operators had to de- pend entirely on the auxiliary storage batterfes. Then the gale carried away the deck comnections of the aerials. Able to Get Only Faint Spark. “A temporary connection which proved uureliable was fixed up, but an hour later this, too, went by the board. Again we rigged up a connec- tion, but the batteries were srowing weaker and we could send only a very faint spark. The puny waves could mot reach the Cape Sable station, only 90 miles away, but we were able to pick up their medley of messages re- garding ourselves, and knew that we were being searched for in vain off Brier Island, 40 miles away, in the Dosition we erroneously gave before our wireless failed. “Early today the Canadian Northern liner Royal George, outward bound from St. John, picked up our feeble cry, and the rescue followed.” It was a day and night of terror on the steamer. Lift beits had been served out to all on board and when the seas began to break over the ship all hands were ordered below, where they huddled in the cabins. It was feared that the Lull would part. Day- light and the knowledge that their cry for help had been heard gave re- newed hope, but the position of the ship grew more dangerous hourly. Up to noon the gale showed no signs of subsiding. The Dridge, charthouse, companionways “and_everything mov- able on deck, inciuding-all but four Jifeboats, were washed awad. Fires in Iron Bucket. D. H. Douglas, chief engineer. said: “Ten minutes after we struck the engine room was full of water. The fires were extinguished and the lights went oul. The ship's bottom had been grounded out. She 4& resting squarely on the ledges and will be a total wreck.” Various expedients to prevent per- ishing from the cold were adopted. Fires were kindled in an iron bucket, in which holeg had been cut to afford a draft. Thidlcrude utensil was used to heat water and make tea. One of the crew suffered a broken arm, but this was the only accident. Courage of Officers and Crew. The Cobequid used three of her own boats In transferring the passengers { and the seamanship of the officers and men who manned them challenged the admiration of the rescue fleet. When the Westport hove in sight the Cobe- quid put over a small boat in charge of Chief Officer Kirby. In it weq2 placed nine women and children and eight male passengers. It was a dan- gerous task to get the boat away, for the falls and davits were coated with ice and it was necessary to beat the running ackle with marlinspikes to free it from the frozen surface. Two other small boats were subse- quently safely daunched and all three reached the Westport. MILLIONAIRE DINES ON BLACK COFFEE AND TOAST In Jail for Auto Speedina He Enjoys but Few Dainties. San Francisco. Calif.. Jan. 14— ‘Come.and gel it” was the unaceu tomed snmmons that greeted, ear today, the ears of Richard McCreery the miilionaire and polo player, who was given a card of membership for five daye in the Speeders’ club at the county Jail by Judge Shortall, on co viction ‘of having raced his automo- bile on a public highway. McCreery obeved and was served the regulation prizon breakfast of black coffee and toast. No special favors are being eranted him the county Jail, though he fared delicately in the city jail on the single night he spent there. The regulations permit that he send out for food, but distant from afhsionable restaurants and the only dainties McCreery enfov- ed last night were chicken sandwiches and French pastry brought to him for dinner by his friends. They have promised to keep him supplied for the remainder of his sentence. Temple- ton Crocker, of @ wealthy California family, received permission to pay a call of condolence today. MecCreery is sharing a- cell with Je seph Fredericks, convi If time hangs heavy on_his s he is at liberty to do work about the prison, hut he was not sentenced to compulsory labor. a log.” “T mept like ald today. American Forestry Association. ‘Washington, Jan. 14.—With the elec- tion of officers and fhe adoption of a platform announcing pelicies to be ad- vocaited ‘on the regulaltion of national, state and private forests, the-33d. an- nual meeting of the American Forestry association closed here today. Dr. Ten- Sturgis Drinker of South Bethiehem, . ., WaB re-elected president, and San Francisco, Cal,, was chosen for the 1615 convention. Land Credits in Now York. Albaay. N. ¥, Jan. 14—Details of | the_proposed state land credits were discussed at length by experts and Governor Glynn today. The resutl of the discussion was that separate meth- ods will be employed for effecting short term loans for such purposes as moving of craps and long term credits for general improvements and similar purposes. the county jail Is The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, 'SNATCHED FROM JAWS OF DEATH| Cabled Paragrephs ale of Warships Denied. Rome, Jan. 14—The Italian govern- ment made official denial today of the rumor that negotiations were l‘nr-gm- gress for the sale of Italian w: ips to Turkey. | Valparalse, Chile, Jan. 14—Two ‘boats containing the dead bodies of the second mate and two sailors of the German steamer Acilia, were found today in Aguirre bay, Tierra del Fu- ego. No report of an accident to the Acllia has been received. Unprecedented Weather at Florence. Florence, Italy, Jan, 14—The intense cold that prevails here has been ac- companied by snow, the bitter weather being unpr lented. In the Apen- nines, the show is two feet deep and the tram and automobiie services are Interrupted. - 23 Below in Parls, Paris, Jan, 14—Several deaths have occurred in Paris and there is much suffering among the poor owing to the bitter weather. The temperature dropped to 23 degrees fahrenheit to-, night—the lowest of the year. A Dierc- ing wind prevalls, with occasional flurries of snow. The Martyred Scott a “Reporter.” Ithaca, N. Y., Jan, 14—In a lecture on The Citizen and the Press, at Cor- nell university tonight, Franklin Mat- thews of the teaching staff of the Co- lumbia university school of journalisn, characterized Captain Robert F. Scott, ‘who lost his iife in his Antarctic polar expedition, as the “foremost reporter of modern times. 1,626 National Banks Heard From. ‘Washington, Jan. - 14 —Certified copies of resolutions adopted by the boards of directors of 1,626 national | banks, scattered throughout every state in the union, accepting- the pro- visions of the new currency law, had Dbeen received tonight by the treasury | department. The acceptance, it was | said, included nearly all of the larges! banks in the principal “cities. 22 Another Archbishop Condemns Tango. | Bologna, Ttaly, Jan. 14—Mgr. Della Chiesa, archbishop of Bolagna and for- merly papal under-secretary of state, has issued a pastoral letter strongly | condemning the tango. The archbishop says that he knows of the dance only | | through 1llustrations in - the news- | | papers and warns the clergy and the ! | people especially against ceriain forms | of the dance. The newspaper publish- | ing the pastoral letter calls the tango | “a savage's dance.” A REFUGEE DESCRIBES | JAPANESE HORROR. Wholé Island Shook and Craters Show- ered Lava and Pumice Stone. Hitoyoshi, Japan, Jan. 15—A refugee from Sakura gives a graphic picture of | the overwhelming - of villages by earthquake and eruption, ““The earthquakes hegan on Sunday,” he said, “and the people spent a fear- ful night in their gardens. In the morning flaming boulders descended and set fire to the houses. Women and children fled and were followed by the men. Redhot ashes blinded and burned them. “There were no boats on shore, and most of the fugitives had to await the coming of rescuers; others with lamen- tions flung themselves Into the sea. Many of the aged refused to leave, crying that they preferred to die in the home of their ancestors. One by one swimmers were drowned or killed. “Pumice stone and lava spurted from. the craters; a scarlet vapor obscured the heavens; the roar of the volcanoes was like the sound of a thousand thun- ders. The whole island shook and osclllated like a swinging paper lan- tern. Plants and trees withered and | whitened mountains formed before us. “The earth itself roared like a wild { horse and knocked us down: polsonous gases choked our nostrils and crazed cattle charged, instinctively seeking the sea.” BRYAN SENDS SYMPATHY. | i | | { Cables, Expression of This Country Re- | garding Kagoshimi Disaster. i Washington, Jan. 14.—Secretary of | State Bryan cabled the American em- bassy at Toklo as follows: “Express to Baron Makino (minister for forelgn affairs) my wvrofound sym. | pathy on account of ‘the disaster in Kagoshim1.” The Red Cross today -sent through | the department of state the folllowing | message to the Japanese Red Cross: “The American Red Cross desires to | extend its most sincere sympathy to the people of Japan for the great and | terrible disaster that has just ocourred | | on the island of Kvushu. If the Jap- | anese Red Cross is undertaking relief | work, the American Red Cross would ilike fo glve expression to this sympa- {thy by a contribution for reiief pur- | { poses, should this be acceptable.” { | LINCOLN'S AUTOGRAPHS FIND A READY MARKET Copy of Thirteenth Constitutional | Amendment Brings $3,250. New York, Jap. 14—The sum of $16,585 was realized at ihe opening | sesi aftefnoon and tomight ‘of | the sale of the Willlam H. Lamb collection. of Lincolnia { the first collection in { Abraham 1. and relics from many | George D, Smith was a persistent bid- | der and the most extcnsive purchaser He paid the top price of the sale, | $3,350, for one of three duplicate coples of the orlginal thirtesnth constitutienal | amendment, slgned hy Lincoln, Colfax | and Hamlin. For one of fifty author- ized coples of the o nal emancipa- tlon proclamation, signed by Linooln and he paid $1,900 and for | the s dictionary for private schools, used by Lincoln when he was | i an attorney at ingfieid, Tlls.. $730. THREW A LIGHTED LAMP AT HIS WIFE. New Haven Man Sets Woman's Cloth- | ing Afire—Burns Not Serious. New Haven, C mination of a qua 149 Meadow Jan. 14.—As the 1 at their home, street, late tonight, William Shaunon picked up a lighted Her lamp and threw it at his wife, lothes caught fire and the | communicated to the reom, men arrived early and saved ‘Shannon from serious burns and ex- | tinguished the blaze in short order, | Shannon ran from the house and the | | police are looking for him. There were | |'a number of lodgers in the building | {and all ran from the building in night | attire, creating considerable excitement in the neighborhood. { A State Tax of $10,000,000 for 1514 is . the prediction of “John C. White, state auditors-in a report submitted to the Massachusetts legislature. { TomorTow, ,thur Bherwood, | Goodale, ! before the session, and GRUESOME TWO DAYS' IN NEW YORK. RECORD St ¥l Aged Invalid Found Dead at Her Home and Her Octogenarian Mother Near- ly Dead—The Firemen Handicapped. New York, Jan, 1&—Relief from the most severe cold spell that this city ex] ce 15 years was in ht tonight. Rising temperatures late this afternoon ed somewhat _the suffering in the streets, but during the day the weather was so cold that six persons succumbed to bring- Ing the death list for the city and vi- cinity up to 13 sinee the frigid wave arrived early yesterday. The mercw rose from 5 degrees below zero at o'clock this to 19 above at § this afternoo: hen jt turned colder, and four hours later stood at 18 above, with prospect, howeve! ‘weather- man said, that it would net drop more than three or four degrees during the night Busy Day for Firemen. The fire department had one of the buslest days in its history, responding to more than 30 alarms. Water pipes were frozen in homes all over the city and many fires were caused by at- tempts to thaw them out. . Firemen battled in near-zero weather to keep the flames from spreading. More than a thousand persons were driven to the streets, including the inmates of two Bowery ‘lodging houses. The fire sit- uation became so serious during the day that engines were put to work thawing out frozen hydrants. Strest Work for Jobless Men. The homeless descended upon the lodging houses again tonight, thou- sands being cared for there and at misslons and other public and private charities - shelters. Mayor Mitchel considered hiring Madison Square Gar- den and turning it and the city ar- mories over to the suffering if, the usual sheltering pluces became over- crowded. As one measure of relief, the mayor directed the street cleaning department to put jobless men to work paying them sufficient w to enable them to buy clothing and food until the weather moderates further. Vietims of the Cold. The_ victims of the cold today were men and women past -middle age. Andrew Grey, 52, homeless, died in a Brooklyn hospital after suffering trom exposure in the street. Mary Hickey, 73 years old, and Miss A. Walters, 85, were frozen to death in-their homes. Joscph Rappler; 50 homeless, dled in a toolhousé into which he had wan- dered for shelter. A woman, unidenti- fled, collapsed in a Brooklyn street and died in a hospital. In East Orange, N. J., Susan Jackson, 67, an invalld, was frozen in a chair at her home. Neighbors feund - her mother, Mrs. Sarah D. Jackson, 85, nearly dead, and took her to a hospital OFFICERS ELECTED = BY STATE GRANGE. J. Arthur Sherwood of Long Hill Se- lected for Master, \ Hartford, Conn., Jan. 14—At the sec~ ond day’s session of the Connecticut state grange here today the following officers were elected: Master, J. Ar- Long Hill; overseer, Charles T. Davis, Middletown; lecturer, Frank E. Blakeman, Stratford: stew- | ard, Walter S. Hine, Derby; assistant Nauga- steward, Frank M. Candee, H. tuck; chaplain, Rev. | Canaan; treasurer, N. laven; secretary, H. Glastonbury; gatekeeper, Willlam 8. Clark, Old Lyme; Ceres, Miss A. Burn- | Hampton: Pomona, Mrs. = R. Glastonbury; Flora, Mrs. A. J. Brockett, North Haven. Mrs. J. 8. Ladd, a prominent Massa- chusetts granger, spoke interestingly Mr. Lada, speaking on the subject of good roads, declared that James H. McDonald of New Haven, former state highway commissioner, was the best road build- er this or any ot state ever had. bham, SARAH BERNHARDT DECORATED AT LAST. Famous Aot w. Honor Many Times wenied Her. Paris, Jan. - 14 —8arah Bérnhardt was decorated tonight with the Le- sion of Honor, Mme. Bernhardt had been nominated many times by va ministers of instrictisn, notab Briand, but the chancery had always rejected the nomination not made public. It is understood that the same objections wers offered on the present occasion, only to be with- drawn on the direct intervention of President Poincare. The news of the hener aceorded to Mme, Bernhardt caused great rejoic in-liferary and artistic circles. Fun- dreds of telegrams of congratulaiions poured inwon her from all parts of the world. The members of company presented her set with brilllants. Rate Reduection Annulled. N, ¥ 1 The decision mmission, sec- ond division, redncing the rate of com- Mme. Bernhardt with a mutation charges on the New York Central and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railways between New York ci Gounty today depart y and points in and Connecticut by the appelate division, ment was annulled third Cattle Thief Deported From Mexico Nogales, Ariz, Jan. 14—Frank E. Rich, formerly the manager of @ dairy near Phoenix, Arizona. w: ported across the Mexican bound: here today by Sonora state offi arrested by Sheriff Adomson on t charge of cattle stealing. Four allege accompli Rich under v Earl of Kintore a Guest. New York, Jan. 14—The Earl of Kin- tore 'was the guest of honor today at luncheon given by the American committes for the celebration of the cne hundredth anniversary of the peace of Ghent. Steamers Reported by Wireless. Cape Race, Jan. 14—Steamer Furst Bi: ‘Hamburg for Boston, sig- nalled 150 iwiles south at 9 a. m. Cape Race, N. F., Jan. 14.—Steamer La Provence, Havre for New York, Signalled 1,346 -miles east: of Sandy Hook at 5 p. m. Dock Due to the Cold Bac WOMAN FROZE IN CHAIR |BY MEXICAN OFFICIALS for reasons | Westchester:, de- | arrest. | uooy Baturday. | 17,500 feek Wants Soldiers k in Mexico bank was closed yesterday ficers. > Gen, Mercado Declares That He and His Men Are Still Soldiers and Are Ready to Return Again to Army. Presidio, Texas, Jan. 14.—When An- formed today that the war department | Pittsfleld, Mass., Tuesday night. at Mexico City would request the United States to' return to Mexico all the Mexican soldiers who into this country by the Ojlnaga, Mexico, General Mercado said: “We are in the hands of the United States. It nevér was our purpose mere- Iy to retreat fo this country for safety rebels o did nearly $200,000 damage in district. Welden, the fa- dead at Brighton, Eng- (Minn) National The. Barnesvill stient f linknown Origin m warehouse were driven [ Mrs. Alice at | at Brookline, Mass., yesterday, Salvador | 80 years. ‘ortesc comedian, died at New t George K. F a_prominen n " York after an iliness of four years. The Male Portion of Bulgaria’s share of Macedonia was reduced from 175,000 to 42,000 by the recent war. Mrs. Charlotte Douglas, colored, 52, was frozen to death at her home at \dmother of Mrs. Geo Hiod (LT Louis Peck and Waldo Jones, negroes were lynched at Tampa, Fla. Before the- lynching they were allowed to and then return to fight again as soon | ging hymns. as we had been fed. I ordered our soldiers to cross.the river on groupds of humanity. We had no ammunition with which to fight. A thousand wo- men and children were among us. have remained in Ojinaga woula Have meant massacre. What the United States will do with us I don’t know, but I shall be giad to conform to the wishes of my own government. my men are still soldiers.” Permanent Camp at El Pase. General Mercado, the 38,352 Mexican soldlers and officers and the 1,887 wo- men and children refugees to Fort Bliss at Fl Paso, where they are to be held in custody indefinitely, were rushed today. As soon as they arrive at Marfa, the nearest rallroad station, they will be put on trains for El Paso. General Hugh' L., Scott Informed Ma. Jor McNamee, with ample tents, kitchena and living place, The Mexican spldiers are held vir- the soldiers. own cholce. The women are to do the cooking for the Mexicans. Villa Becoming More Humane, tered along the road to M Ojinaga, the scene of the recent bat- tle, 18 guarded now omly by a few and the wounded removed to American side. The fact that there were no execu- tions by the rebels after fed retreated was due to an order 1. by General Villa-that only volunteers in the Huerta army should be sum- marily put to death. No volunteers were captured. General Villa sald that henceforth as the revolution proceeded To | al appraisers. I and | fora died yesterday. The plans for the transportation of [ stolen from the office of th Datrol here, that a permanemt camp | Work, was %! teachers will go to Munch, Germany, Many of the refugees and the first | methe | company of soldiers already are scat- | tinuation schools of that city. rebels. All the dead have been buried | night in his room at his Importations of Radium, bromide, or salts of radium are not wubject to duty, according to the board of gener- Rev. Alonzo. Johneon, rector of St. Monica’s church at Hartford and a leader of the colored people of Hart- A Package containing $13,000 was TUnited tates Express company at Connells- Pa., last Monday night. Damages Estimated at $5,000 was caused by a fire which broke out yes- terday in the three story residence of Mrs. Mary Campbell of Waterbury. Harold §. Vanderbilt, the youngest railroad ville, n charge of the border | 5¢ion of the family to enter yesterday elected a director of the New York Central. He is 30 arrangements were provided at that | vears old. Mrs. Fannie E. Core; of Nashua, tually as prisoners. The women, kriown | Fl., Was probably fatally burned yes as camp followers, are the wives of | terday by the explosion of a can of They were permitted to | kerosene accompany the exiled army as their | frozen water pipes. ‘while she was thawing A Party of About 25 American in’ April to study ihe educationai s employed in the trade con- ed 52 years, was uring _ Tuesday Laban C. Skinner, tally killed place the | gt Middletown by fumes, which es- caped from a small gas heater. P The Rt. Rev. Edward Kozlov Bay City, Mi ‘Was conse-~ emony was in St. John's cathe Mrs. Elizabeth LeBoeuf, 46 years old, promiscuous shooting of prisoners must | op New Haven, and Nathan Hulbert, cease, REBELS CAPTURE TRAIN. Four Federals Killed. Mexico City, Jan. 14—The rebels to- of the Inter-Oceanic railway, boarded it and rode off on a hranch line towArd Teziutlan after killing four of the es- cort of 25 federals and forcing the others to surrender. Incidentally the rebels added to their treasury $50,000 for the train was a special carrying a pay car with a consignment of rail- Way money. | The track was not disturbed, but | the_regular train from Mexico City to Vera Cruz was not sent out tonight. | The rebels are believed to have been { under command of Nestor Barrea, one for some weeks around Teziutlan. { Criticises Acquitted Colonel. Strassburg, Jan. 14—Dr. Petri, un- der-secretary for justice, sharply crit- cised Colonel Von Reuter, of (he 89th infantry, and the court martial, in a speech in the Diet today. ' Colonel Von Reuter was recently absolved from blame in connectfon with the Zabern | affair. Dr. Petri declared that the Za- bern attorneys who were arrested on November 28 had not been subpoenaed by the court. He ordered them to place themselves at the disposition of the court, which resulted in their tes- timony being heard. onel V They refuted in detail Reuter's charges. 9 z | Philadelphia, Jan. 14—The Inter- state Commerce Commission today re- sumed its inquiry into the anthracite coal industry with reference to rates and practices existing among the rail- roads and coal companies. The hear- ings were begun lagt November and were suspended until today because of the death of Commissioner John H. | Marble. Commissioner C. C. McChord | presided and will continue to conduct { the hearings. Exploding Lantern Burns Barn. Conn., Jan. 14—Fire start- plosion of a lantern late estroyed the stable and adjoining causing an 'estimated loss of An automobile in the stable out”, when the ex- jon occurred. The flumes spread idly and the cafe was Soon in . The Westport fire department two of the volunteer severely burned.: Peter nes Keyser. |- Saugatuck ing from an ex | this afternc cafe nearly | Williams, $10.000. was being “thawe I'r firemen were | Maurer and Shelton Strikers Assault Clerk Derby, Conn n. 14—While walk- ing through ¥ street here late this fternoon, James Wheel clerk at the Sidney Bl and of the leaders who has been opefating | of William P.| ely beaten | Also Obtain $50000 from Pay Car—| A Loss of About $100,000 was caused day captured a train on the main dine | about 30 manufacturing jewelers. 48, were badly burned yesterday while trylng to thaw out frozen water pipes in the Hulbert home of Worcester, y & fire in the Manufactur- Woman Suffrage Bills, °“""3 WO~ men the right to vote for presidential electors, senators and col en, were introduced in both branches of the Rhode Island legislature vesterday. man Killed by a falling wall at the fire which destroyed the depart- ment store of W. and A. Bacon in Roxbury, Mass, carly vesterday, was identified as Joseph Hackett, a driver. Henry Spencer will not be hanged next Friday for the murder of Mr. Mildred Allison Rexroat, as Justic Carter of the supreme court of Iflinois yesterday granted a writ of superse- deas In the case. Since the Passage by the last Dela- ware legisiature of @ stringent mar- riage law, to “eliminate Wilmington | #s a Gretna Green,” there has been a large decrease in the number of mar- riages in that city. Fanned by a High Wind, a fire that destroyed the Rosenben hotel and a dozen smaller frame buildings on the Bowery at Coney Island yesterday threatened for & time to sweep the fa- mous amusement resort. The Construction of an 18 foot ehan- nel up the Merrimack river from New- burypert to Lowell at an estimated cost of $7,000,000 is recommended by a speeial commission in its final re- port te the Massachusetts legislature. Arrangements For the Impertation into this country cf thousands of tons of beef and other meat products, from the Argentine republic, Australia and New Zealand have just been completed by a syndicate of American capitalists. Mrs. Arnie C. Aldrich, 44 yvears of commiitted suicide at her home at Kast Hampden, Me., yesterday by cut- ting her throzt with a razor. 1!l health and despondence over the death of h husband a few months ago are assign | ed as the cause. i { A dozen ar strikers were in the arty. Officer Urbano saw one of the | mien hit Wheeler and gave chase up steep hill. After a time the striker ave up, and the officer placed him | under arrest. charged with assault He gave. his name a Sandzyk. Award of Ten Eyck Prize. New Haven, Conn, Jan. 14.—Edwin A. Burtt of New Haven won the anhnual | Ten Byck prize at Yale tonight at the ! junior exhibition. There were four | other speakers. Burtt's subject was “America’s Nee Steamshig’ Arrivals. Q]::v‘re‘ Jan. 13.—~Steamer France,New Glasgow, Jan. 14.—Steamer Pretori- an, Portland. i fon, 3an. ‘Southampton, 14, - Steamer Amerika, New York. I dry air sound traveis 1,442 feet a ! families in which there were 23 chil- second: in waler, 4900 feet; in iron, In the Opinion Qiven to the dair; commissioner of Pennsy! iy the atiormey general of brought from South 1 cefrigerator ships is mot to as cold storage beef but as beef .'.nd may be sold in that e as such. Upon Learning of the Death yester- of Williath Merriman, an elderly he had known for years, W. Fisher, a retired farmer owdoinham, Me., aged 38 years, thout a word ef lanation left his dinner tabie and went to his chamber and shot himself. Homer McCord, 22 Years Old, who pleaded guilty in’the distriet conrt at i .. to the charge of {ansas white slave laws luring Mrs. Mary Dean, 16 years old .a bride of a day, from her hus- band last autumn, sentenced yes- terday to five years in_the state re- formatory. A Two Story Wooden Building at Pawtucket,. Re.l. occupied by the Broadley Athletic club and Ovila W, Frechette's bakery was destroyed terday by fire, with a 10ss of $11.000, ste wife into Jean both ove: g the streets a; .‘and a temperature of 10 degrecs below . early~ yesterday, together with Su— dren, when a tenement burned. = house . Condensed Telegrams. | Prgypntion of Chicago Plans to use its unemploy- |« ed in harvesting Ice. fary oli¢ . cathedral. | | { i § | year after his graduation. - Immunity Baths ONE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FORTHCOMING MESSAQGE. e A TRADE COMMISSION President Proposes a Department to Serve as Auxiliary to the Courts and to the Department of Justice. ‘Washington, Jan, 14.—President Wil- #son took into his confidence today on the subject of anti-trust reform the democratic members of the senate committee on interstate commerce and aged | & sub-committee of the house judi- clary committee. With thess commit- tees, which will be in trust legislation, the several hours, reading message and pointing out the gen: Mnes along which he belie = legislation should be framed. From the conferences the following pro- assured. gramme e g 3 Prohibition interlocking directo- Tates in banks, trust companies and allled industrial corporations. Specific Definition of Monopolies. cific definition of monopolies and trusts so that there can be no “reasonable” restraint of trade. The removal of all possibility of “immunity baths” for offent corporations or Individuals. Establishment of an interstate trade commission which would take over the bireau of corporations, auxiliary to the courts and department of justice and act as a bureau of in- formation to which the business worid could direct inquiries, but which would have mo power of immunity or_of regulation, Provision in every case for penalties based on individual responsibility and Ppersonal guilt, Message Generally Approved. The conferences were devoted large- ly to generalities. The president did most of the talking, with oocasional interruptions from his visitors. De- tails were left to the committees them - selves to work out in cooperation with the president, the department of jus- tice and the department of commerce. The president impressed on the con- ferees his desire the in congress r active in pressing snti-trust and members of detalls the measage there a ex- pression of approval of its contents. An Interstate Trade Commission. The day’s developments made it cer- tain that the tentative bills by the trust sub-committes of e Rouss Jadiciary conitelties Jonta be framed particulai to plan. Both committees have ormation subject already is at thelr dis- ‘Cmcen-m the proposed Interstate trage commission, the opinion was ex- pressed by several senators and rep- resentatives that it would be created, but with Iimited powers. There are pending in congress sev- eral bills providing for a trade com- mission. All would provide for a non- partisan board to be appointed by tha president. with the consent of the sen- ate. The present idea is that a board of this kind, while as an arm to the courts, also should be an aid to the department of justice and in no manner confiict with the jurisdiec- tlon of that department Federal Pay for M ‘Washington, Jan. 14.—Secretary Gar- rison and adjutants-general represent- ing the national guard tions of more than thirty states, o upon the terms of the proposed militia pay bill under which the fed- eral government would provide pay for militiamen, who In turn would en 1ist as “federal reservists” subject t the call of the president to duty, eith- er within the United States or abroad. Government Operation of Phones. Chicago, Jan. 14.—Government oper- ation of long distance telephone ser. vice was favored today in resolutionr adopted by the National Independenc( Tolephone association in convemtlor here. The resolutions aleo Aealurad for laws probikiting any corporation Which furtishes telephone service an- gaging in the manufacture and ssle telephone apparatus. Gift of $7,500 to Harvard. Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 14 —Harvard unlversity has received a gift of 37,500 with which to establish a scholarship in memory of Franels Hardon Burr, whe was the captalm of the footbail {eam which defeated Yale at New Haven in 1608 and a baseball player of prominemce. Burr died in 1910, the The fund was raised principally from members of the class of 190! as on the osal. Municipal Grocery and Coal Stores. Chieage, Jan. 14.—A chain of retail froceries conl v the eity of Chicago and eperated for the bemefit of those who are out of work: but who still have ot been redu necessity of applvin to the epunty agent for relief. will b started in a time, acoording to the of city and county official 420 oe Teaders ot Iabor unions as 1514 A Treaty h Bolivia. ‘Washington, Jan, 14, — Secretary Bryan and Senor Don Ignacio Calder- om, minister, today agreed upon the terms of a treaty proviay that any question batween the Unit States and Bolivia whi cannot be ;‘otfl.fl by di] be submit-