Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 2, 1914, Page 1

VOL. LVI,=NO. The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any A REBEL EMBARGO ONOLD CURRENCY That Issued by Banks Established During Diaz Regime to be Treated as Counterfeit DECREE ISSUED BY.THE REBEL GOVERNMENT Money to be Provided by Free and Unlimited Coinage of - Silver—Rebels Have Large Supply of Silver Bullion— Americans to Open Smelter in Chihuahua—Federal Sol- diers at Guaymas Fighting Among Themselves. e o Chihuahua, Mexico, Feb. 1.—Curren- | is widely known or of high standing. ey issued by the Bank of Sonora, the Bank of Minero and other banks ‘es- The people geverally have received the news ‘of the discovery and blocking of tablished by the Diaz regime will be | the censpiracy with some reserve, the treated as counterfeit after Feh. 10th, | evidence sabmitted by the secret andes a decree issued by the rebel gov- | agents not rbeing - credited in some quarters. Reports from various parts of the republic indicate a slight increase in | the activity of the rebels, but the gen- eral situation’as a whole is compara- tively quiet. The government an- nounced late Jast weels that it had su ceeded in reopening the National Rail- ernmient today. The free and unlimit- ed coinage of silver will be offered as a means of providing ample money. Millions Rendered Worthiess. The embargo againsi the old bank currency, which is frowned on as a Survival of the Clentifico days. when | the Creels and Terrazas were In DO, | road betwen San Luis Potosi and Sal- er, will render worthless. in the rebel +i1jo, and by utilizing the International territory, millions of dollars In PaPer | rajjroad from Monterey to Eagle Pass asiablished for the coimaLe o tamy, | B Tebels have cut the International bearing the c | 2 ; o The free coinage.of siver will be ex- | SEaR, rendering remote eSS ténded to all bullign cyners The line from San Luis Potosi to Sitver Bullion to Be Coined. Tampioo s so serigusly interrupted . government already pos- | that there appears little chance of a 52:51:; rrerl?lelh bullion, which will be| train service for some time. The rebels coined to enrich the treasury. It was| are in pessession of various points be- Also announced that a large American | tween the Pcoast and Cardenas, and smelting interest which contrdls in- sbarp fighting occurred ‘ye!}ter_da and dustries in Colorado and other parts | today at wo points, near Cerritos and of the United Stutes has entered into! a short distance from Cardenas. &n arrangement for the immediate opening of & smelter in Chihuahua, FEDERALS MUTINY. which has been closed for many weeks. Fighting Ameng Themselves at Guay- Aristocratic Homes as Stables. Homes of the Creel, Terrazas and | other rich families continue to fall into the hands of the rebels, who use them as government stables and curatels. | In the absence of General Carranza, | General Villa continues to control the ' power of the court, the legislature and all government furictions. He recently | granted concessions sufficient to vield their owners large incomes. MORE ARRESTS. Huerta Gavernment Still Rounding Up Alleged’ Plotters. Mexico City, Feb. 1.—The agents of the war department have made a-fow ‘sddtional afrests of persons alleged to be implicated in the piot against the government, but nons of these Dpersony mas—Fifty Join Rebels. Culiacan, Sinaloa, ¥eb. 1.—Federal troops on the outskirts of Guaymas have mutinied and are fighting among themseives, according to belated de- spatches received by constitutionalists today. The evacuation of the city by General Ojeda’s force is expected mo- ‘mentarily. General Obregon sent a message to Huerta that on Friday between four and five bundred federals revolted at San Jose de Guaymas, and that fifty of them, with geyeral officers, deserted ang joined the insurgent camp at Cruz Pledra. 3 a on Saturdey in Heavy . o piemity OF ‘f’}r.‘ Preta another out- OPPOSE_A REDUCTION ' OF TELEPHONE RATES Briefs Filed in Vermont by New Eng- land Telephone Company, Brattiebore, Vt., Feb. 1.—Briefs just filed by counsel for the New Bngiand Telephone and Telegvaph company will enabls the public sesvice commis- sion to proteed with consideration of the question of establishing new tele- phone rates. Counsel for the state Will not flle a brief mor will either side make oral arguments. It is ex- pected that the eommission witl ren- der s deecisibn by March 1. The movement for a rate revision was begun last summer when Governor BURIED BETWEEN pe HIS TWO WIVES. Funeral of ex-Semator Cullom At tended by Many Dignitaries, Springfield, Ji, Wab. 1—At sunset tonight the hody of Shelby M. Cullom, former United States senator, was jowered into its grave in the-family Jot at Oakridge cemetery. It rests be- tween the graves of his twe wives, Hannsh and Julia Fisher, who were| sisters, and in the same Plot of ground with the resting places of their five hildren. - Funerel serviees were held in the pall of represeptaiives’ in the state- house, where the MeRmOFial Semon Was preached by the Rev. Duncan C. Mac- Leod, and eulogies were delivered 19 Govergor Dunne, Senaior Lawrence Y, Sherman and Chinton .. Coukling, from the same rostrum from which Mr. Cul- lom five times addresced legislatures which elected him o the upper house it Washington. With Governor Dunne ameng the s, and former Governaors Fifer, ates and Deneen present, the audi- ence included all of the governors now living who followed Mr. Cullom in the gubernatosial chair, The predominant strain of the eulo- gies was the unassuming honesty and steadfasiness of the decedent. Bhi coffin, in 4 great fuass of flow- ers, vested under fhe rostram and be- twéen painiings of Lincoln and Doug- las. The 2,200 seats wese filled as goon 25 the doors wese opened, and hun- dueds weve turnsd away. Part of thy Tead to the cemeiery foRowed by tie funeral procession to- day js that over which the body of Abranam Lincotn, Cullom's early friend and precepios, was borne nearly half a century ago. - «the Rev. Mr. Macl.eod read the sersice 4t the grave, he faced the ocbelisk which marks the spot e Lincoln lies. “Thus,” said Sena- for Shemman, “is the old association of the two in lHfe continued in ¥AEHT WARRIOR STILL STRANDED. Bough Ses Provents Transfer of Crew Feb. 1-—Lalest advices from to a Steamer, Cglen F. W. Vanderhilfs yacht Warrlor, stranded off the eeast of Columbia, report “fhat” the “yacht is still hard aground, although apparcntly not bad- Iy damaged. The steamer Almirapte found it impoeafble, awing to the un- favorable weaf , tu take off the crew and proceeded Kingsion last even_ ing, wrec! fmg i still standing by and Mr. Varderpilt hag instructed the capain (o vescoe th or's crew nd” them to New York at the rst opportuility. Mexicans Release Cantu. Lazedo, Texas, Feb. 1.—Samuel Can- ican ~“merchant “of Lampasas. whose release by Mexican fed- eral aithorities at*Nuevo Laredo was demanded by the Upited States gov- ernment “on- represemtutions thath he was kidnapped from the American &ide of the-fnternational boundary, was torned over to United States Con- gul Garrett at \Neuvo lLaredo today. Cemtu immediately crossed to-this eity: Ly, Artist Boehm Shoots Himgelf. Ossining, N. Y., Fep. ‘1Fusk after conferrins with his wite and a veteri- hary surseon today over the most fiu- mEne Wy estroying his pet cats which had heen models for his widely known magaziné Nustrations, : Henrs Richard Boehm, an 'artist, went up- stairs in his home at Briatcliffe, near here and shoi himself in the dving instantiy. 1L i by @d he hud become tempararsy | insise 1 head. | Tletcher appoinied a special commit- tee of investigation. As the public service commission at that time de- clined to consider the report of the commitsee, the governor reorganized the commission, In the brief, which is an nnusually long one, the Yew England company declaves that amy reduction in rates would be tmjust and confiscatory, that no evidence has been taken to show that the rates are unseasonable and that the preposed schedule would wipe out the present margin of profit of the five companies deing business in the state, MAURY 1. DIGGS IN MORE TROUBIE. Arrested at San Fransisco plaint of Gist's Mother. on Cem- | { i San Bruncisce, Calif, Feb. 1—Maury i Piggs. former state architect sought by the police since Briday on a wa t charging an offense against a igmr ld girl, gave himself up tonigh Diggs' temposary disappearance | caused no anxiety to the autherities | because he was at libesty under $20,- | 000 ponds following conviction under the Mann vt in a case in which An- thony Caminelt!, commissionsrzgen- eral of jmmigration, was charged Wi'h] using his influgnce o postpenc. Diggs wasitaken to (he residence of Ida Pearivg, aged 17, who identificd ) a5 theman named in 2 complaint | sworn th by her mother, Mrs. Hliza- | beth Pearing. New Year's eve is the time warned. He was,imable to fornish bomds in the sum of $16,000, but announced he had made arrangements for them and spent “The night o jail, MERIDEN MAN SHOT IN FOOT BY A POLICEMAN. Declined to Stop™When Ordered to by | a Hartford Officcr. { | Bartford, Conn, Feb. 1. Because John Grifiin, aged 1. of Meriden, did ot stopéwhen he*was told to by a po- liccroan, he.is now in a hospital here with*a bullet inhis foot and when he recovgrs he will baverto face a charge of trying to evade payjug ' rMlroad faré. " A companion, William Gil- martin, aged 23; also of Meriden, is in | the lockup®here, charged“with the lat- | ter offensa. e“two got off an eBflYl morning train without paying, It is alleged. e conductor notified a policeman and-both Young men started to run. Witen they @id not stop” when ordered to, tiie policeman opened fire, and Griffin waestruck fo-the foot. He wiil Be-operited on”tomorraw.” He*works in Bridgeport. Osborne Has “Pie Book” Atbany, N. Y, Feb. The - “pie book” which former Congréssmem | Theron Aiken of Monigomery: county | Jast week declared’ Highway. Commis- stoner John N. Carliste kept, has been | found. "It was placed in-ihe hands of | Commissioner James W. e with- j out a subpoena by Arthur T. Warner, his assiotuni, tonight Cabled Paragraphs Murder on German Stecmer. Eremerhaven, Germauy, Feb. 1—An insane steerage passenger shot ani Xilled F. Wend, tiird oilicer of ihe North German Lloyl steamer Brand- enburg, on her vevage to this port from Galveston. Col. Von Reute- Transferred. Eeriin, Feb. 1—Colonel Von Reutsr of the 99th regiment, who recently was acquitted by courtmartial of charges growing out of the iroutles betweea the military and townspeople at Zu- bern, Alsace, has been transferred to ccmmand the ,second Brandenburg iegiment at Frankfort-on-Oder. Nineteen Perish ot German Bark. Falmouth, Feb. I—Captain Lorenz, the firet officer, and 17 of the crew of the German bark Hera, from Pisagua, Chile, for Falmouih lost their Ives today throngh the vessel striking a <"as she had elmost concluded her age. The remaring five raen were saved through the gallantry of the first officer, who, realizing his own end ‘as near handed his whistle to a acom. rade with crders 1o blow 1. This & ‘racte¢ ths attention of the crew of a lifeboat. OBITUARY. Dr. Garwood H. Attwood, Second Old- est Yale Graduate. ‘Waterbury, ‘Conn., Feb. 1.—Dr. Gar- wood H. Attwood, aged 9 ears, the second oldest graduate of Yale college in seniority and the oldest in point of vears, died at his home here early thi morning, after an illness of three weeks, following a stroke of apoplexy. Dr. Aitwood graduated from Yale col- lege in 1840, a year later than the old- est living graduate, Dr. David F. At- water, of Springfield, Mass. Dr. Attwood was a man who hated routine; yet he always kept three watches of different makes, regulated with micrometers and_inspected fre- quently by jewelers. Up to the time of his death he wore a blue Prince Albert ¢oat with gold buttons stamped ‘with the head of Lafayette in honor of the latter’s visit to America. He was powerful and afttributed his good health and longevity to the fact that e never used stimulants or tobagcce. Until within a few years of his death Dr. Attwood was a constant student. and he was not only one of the most respected physicians in this pert of the state in his own day, but he kept closely in touch with recent medical discoveries. For a number of years Dr. Attwood was a justice of the peace of ‘Woodbury, where he spent most of his life. Of all the honors he ever re- ceived, the one he prized most was his Phi Beta Kappa key. est living. member of the Yale chapter of this honorary soclety. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning, interment to be in Wood- bury. Only One Survivor Class of 1840. New Haven; Conn., Feb. 1--With the passing away today of Dr. Garwood H, Attwood at Waterbury 1840 at Yale—Thomas S. Inglehart, of Davidsonville, Md.. The class originally had 106 members, Gen. James G. Wilson. New Yerk, Feb, 1—General James | Grant Wilson, soldier, editor and au- thor, whe has been ill in St, Luke's hospital here for several weeks, died From the first little or no hope was held out for his recovery, Because of his advanced age—$2 years —but his great vitality kept him alive for weeks after the inevitable end was apparent, General ‘Wilson, sen of William Wil- son, e Seoteh poet, was a veteran of the Civil war, His twe brothers sery- ed with him in the war. Brevetted at its close a prigadier gemeral of voi- unteers, he Mid down the sword and took up the pen. His literary labors produced mere than a seore of voi- umes. General Wilson was hern in Edin~ burgh, April 28, 1832, speut ' in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. where his family established itself when he was a year oid. At the age of 25 he founded in Chicago the first literary journal published in the northwest. This work he left in 1862 to become & major in the 15th Illinois cavalry. He took part in Grant's Vicksburgh cam- palgn and in 1863 became colonel of the Fourth Regiment of United States Colored cawalry. After the war he made his homa in New York city. In 1894 he was knighted by for his services in having a statue of Columbus erected in Central park. General Wilson's first wife died in 1504 and in 1907 he married the widow of Admiral J. W. A. Nicholson. Erwin Starr Sperry. Bridgeport, Conn., ¥eh, Starr Sperry editor and p. The Br died ai his residence here on Satur- day last of Bright's disease, Mr. Ster- ry. was born in Ansonia on Feb. 2%, 1866, and was the sen of Mobert and French Sperry. He reeeived his early educatien al Ansonis and Derby High schools, graduating from the latter i= 1884, Later he atéended the Sheffield Scientific school of Yale university, from which he graduated in 1887 and immediately afterward accepied a po- sition of assistapt instructor in chem- fstey under Brofasser H, 1, Weils, jn 1831, he came to Bridgepori as chemist for the Aluminum, Brass and Bronze company and afterward was superin- tendent of the Walds foundry. Ten years ago hs started publishing the Brass Werld and Platers’ Guide, which proved successful from the start, Mr. Sperry was a member of the leading seientific societics of this country and Hurope, and was a con stant contributer of valusble articles and fermulas. Besides his wifs, he ieaves a sister, Mvs. Waison L. Ward, of Roslindale, Mass., and a hrether, Alfred Charles Spercy of Shelton, Bev. €harles Grubb, D. D. —Erwin vlishers of Ansonia, Conn., Peb. 1—Rev. Charies | Grubb, . D., pastor of the Ansonia Methodist Bpiscopal church for fhe last three years, died suddeniy today of meningitis. He had begn iUl pniy a day, although he had had a cold for the lust two weeks, contracted at the fire at his church. He was 58 years old and was born in Kent, England. Te was graduated from the Universit of Edinburgh, and entered the minis- try in ‘188e. Rev. Mr. Grubb held numerous pas- torates in the New York Kast confer- ence, including New Rochelle, Lenox, Mass, Lakeville, Conn., Trinity church New York, and the First M. E. Church of Brooklyn. While in New York, New ‘York University conferred the honorary degree of doctor of divinity upen him. e is"turvived by his widow, one soff,"and three daughters. His thoth- er, two brothers and three sisters live is England. The-funeral will'be held Weinesday afternoo: Charles E. Daha. Philadelphia, Feb. 1!-Char Dana, wel™known-as an artisc E. and art critic,” died “at his’ home here to- | night. He was 71 years old and was formerly professor of Archilecture at the Tniversity’ of Fennsyivania. He was the old- | ‘there re- | mains but one surviver of the class of | His youth wes | he queen-regent of Spatn | ss ‘World and Platers’ Guide, | | retorin, Mamburg;~ Aeroplane Race Around World SUM OF $300,000 MAY BE AVAIL- ABLE FOR PRIZES. TO FINISH IN 9 DAYS Competitors to Fly Easterly from Ex- position Grounds at San Francisco in May, 1915—Open to All Types. New York, Feb, 1.—The Aero Ciub ?[ America announced today that it had promised its cooperation in A plan’ for an aeroplane race around the world to be - started from the Panama-Pacific exposition | grounds in San Francisco in May, 1915, and to be completed at the same place within 90 days. The first will Dbe $100,000. Application for Sanction. Sanction was given upon the receipt of telegrams stating that the Pan- ama-Pacific exposition and the Pa- cific Aero club of San Francisco were organizing such a race and that ap- plication for sanction had been mail- | ea: $300,000 May Be Available. “T'he telegrams state,’ says the club’s anpouncement, “that the expo- sition offers $150,000 for money prizes and expects to obtain at least $150,- 000 more, which will be divided among the contestants, the first prize to be $100,000. The race is to be run under the ‘rules of the International Aero- nautical Federation. The Aero Club of America, as representative of the federation in America, will grant the sanction and officials. Open to Any Type. “The telegram received from the ex- position officials states that the plan is to have the race open for any type of motor-driven air craft. ROUTE OF RACE. Birdmen to Fly East—Atlantic Ocean Most Formidable Stretch. San Francisqg, Cal. Feb. 1—Three hundred thousahd dollars and perhaps | more will be offered in prizes to aero- | nants who race around the worid in any type of motor-driven aircraft un- der the auspices of the | Pacific International Exposition com- | pany. The race is to start early in May, | 1915. The course lies east from .San | Francisco. The route as now outlined | runs from San Francisco through Reno, Nev., Cheyenne, Wyo. from thers either to Kansas City, St Louls or Chicago, and on to New Yark. | The Atlantic ocean is conceded to | be dable stretch in the race. It will be eeaaved from Belle Isle, a small peint between Newfound- land and Labrador. Cgpe Farewell, Greenland, the next stop, barring a drop into the water, is 610 miles away, and from Cape Fare- One jump to Stovnaway, in the He- brides, is 570 miles—and the Atlantic has been crossed, From the Hebrides to London, Peris, Berlin, Petersburg, Moscow, and along trans-Siberign railwav, down Edinburgh, Warsaw, St. the inte Japan, runs the line of flight. ¥From northern Japan te Kamchatka, with varying routes aeross the litte gap whieh separates Asia frem North Ameriea, no obstacls Jikely to be met is_insurmountabls, it is claimed. Vancouver, B. O, Seattle and Tace- ma, Portland, Ore., and San Francisce egain—and the werld is belted, The exposition’s §i50,000 will be cut | into thvee prizes—one of $100,000. a | second of $30,000, and a third of $20,- | 000. Distribution of the other $150,000 { will be announsed later, This fund will | come trom individuals and trom ciiies along the linegef the fight. CONGRESS HAS BUSY WEEK SCHEDULED. Arbitration Treaties and Anti-Trust Programme in Foreground. | Washington, Feh. 1—Extension of | arbitration treaties and a general clearing up of the nation's forelgn relations; anti-trust legislation; rural credit ephancement through the estab- | lishment of land-mortsage banks for farmers; legislation authorizing the government to build or purchase a rail- road in Alaska, and revision of the im- migration laws, appear today as the mafn guldeposts for administration leaders in the course of the present session of congress, Consideration of {rust bills and their perfection will continue during the week before committess of boll houses, Hearings will begin on Senator Owen's biil to pronibit the use of the mails and telegraph and telsphons lines for fraudulent or harmful stoek exchange transactiens, and the semate will dis- | posc of the contest over the seating of Vrans P, Glass to succeed the late Senator johnaten of Alabama. Immigration legislation will have the | right of way this week in the hou | The Burmett pili, featured by the lit- eracy test, whieh has aroused consid- erabls opposition, will be taken up again tomorre Chairman Burnett | 52id teday that he expected the bill te | pass substantially in its present form. | !TWENTV HOTEL GUESTS RESCUED WITH LADDERS Firs in Hetel Times Square Hotel. { New York Feb. l.—TFwenlr guests |in the Hotei Lyric, facing Times | square at Forty-third street, ~were | irapped in thelr rooms tomight b: five whici had staried in a cafe kitch- | en in fhe basement and were rescucd adders thrown against the side Max seriously to die be- with | of the Building and across roof: Kennedy, the mgnager, w burned and was expected fore morning. ! The flames crept toward the roof, blocking stairs and fire escapes while the firemen worked. The guests of the | Times Square hotel fled to’ the street !as”this hotel, together wih Hammer- stein's Victoria™ theatre were threat- ened for a time. The dumaze (o fhe | Lyric hotel and to Dowling's cafe un- d¢rneath was ‘placed at about $30.000 “Richard F. Murray, a guesi, was found nearly overcome by smoké in a { hallway. Gus Gebman, a firentin, was | foreed "ty the flamyos” (o make a twen- | y=five feet” leap™to ~the™ strect and broké an” ankle. A man known as Eid Griffo, a'piano player, and Joseph ¢ ell; “a “guest, were*among” thase allfl?flyy"ln‘mfl-t Steamship Arrivals. New York. Feb. 1—Steamers Carma- | nia. Liverpo mric, Liverpool; Saxonia,” Tricste. Panama- | well to Reyjavik, Iceland, is 677 miles. | Manchuria and Korea, and across into | Lyrio Alse Threatensd | 70&&'1 gapor, ‘and Its’ Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Norwich Women . See Wilson MEMBERS OF EQUAL SUFFRAGE DELEGATION., 33 FROM CONNECTICUT Representatives of Ten States to Call at White House Today—Want House Committe on Suffrage Created, Washington, Feb. 1—Bent upon drawing some declaration from Presi- dent Wilson as io his attitude on the woman suffruge question, women workers from ten states were in Wash- ington tonight prepared for an inter- view at the White House LomoOrTosw. With the arrival of the Baltimore con- tingent tomorrow, the combined dele- gations will include more than 550 women, representing the working classes from factory, mill, shop and office. Want House Committee on Suffrage. Miss Marguerite Hinchey, a laundry worker of New York, and Miss Rose Winslow, a Pennsylvania weaver, Were selected by the suffrage leaders tonight to address the president. Their appeals will be principally an argu- ment for the creation of a house com- mittee on suffrage, though they also will endeavor to elicit some comment from.the president as to his. personal attitude on the suffrage issue. Delegates Tendered Receptions. Receptions for the visitors were giv- en today and tonight at hotels and the residences of local suffragists. Sena- tor La Follette, Representative Mc- Donald of Michigan and Representa- tive Keating of Colorado cheered the hopes of the women with predictions of universal suffrage in the near fu- ture. Three New England States Repre- sented. Tomorrow morning the delegations will hold a mass meeting, after which at 12.15 o'clock they will “fall fn” and march to the White House. The states represented by the dele- | gations are Massachusetts, Connect cut, New York, New Jersey, Penn vania, Delaware, Virginia, West Vir- ginia, Maryland and Rhode Island. The | District of Columbla also will be rep- | resented. Connecticut's Delegation. Members of the Connectlcut delega- i formally organized the Federation of Working Women of Connecticut, with | Abble Q'Corinor of the Swift Spoolers” union, Wiliimantic, as president. and Margaret Geiffin of the Hatmakers union, Danbury, as secretary. - The del- | egation includes two from Norwich, Platform Adopted. Tt was anncunced that the federa- { on would inaugurate - a vigorous movement for the organization | woman workers in Connecticut. is the platform: work, single standard of morals and an eight hour day, with a living wage.” TURNED TURTLE OFF STONY ISLAND BREAKWATER Stone Lighter Went Down Before Res- cuing Tug Could Help. Clinton, Conn., Feb. 1—Blown onts the rocks off Stony Island breakwater at Beach Park last night during a southwest gale, the stone lighter Gil- more, one of three lighters in tow of The Enterprise started out to sea last night. when her rudder head broke and all four vessels were at {he mer cles of a &tff gale and a he; e S Is of dist were sent up, but wepe apparently not seen. he Gilmore's crew of five finally | abandoned the boat, and made shore in safety in a rowboat, after the small craft had been nearly swamred in the sea. A pet dog that had been left behind swam ashore in safety. Captain “Joe” Smith, keeper of the { Duck Island light, was notified and he rendered what assistance he could. Word was sent to the Scott Wrecking company at New London and kthe Tasco steamed in off the breakwater [rhis morning. The Gilmore was then | being pounded against the rocks and i'was leaking badly Before the Tasco had time to do anything of conse- quence the lighter turmed turtle and sank. The other two lighters were towed to Duck Isiand and the Enter- | prise was later towed to New London { for repairs. | The lighters Dbelonged to Beebe | Brothers of Stonv Creek, who are can- | strueting the new breakwater at Stony | 1sland. A CRY OF “FIGHT" STARTED A PANIC | Vaudeville Singer with Aid of Or- chestra Averted Catastrophe. New York, Feb. 1.—A vaudeville performer’ presence of mind aided | materially in averting whkat threatened to be a serious pamic in a lower East | Bide theatre where a_concert was be- tion, 28 women, representing 19 trades | and 20°different cities. met tonight and | of This | “Equal suffrage, equal pay fer equal | the tug Enterprise of Stony Creek, | sank today with the wrecking tus | Tasco of New London standing b Smallpoy at Tampico already has caused thé death of one American. “Drunks” Taken to hospitals in New York will hereafter be employed about the instutions. The Severest Snow Storm of the | winter prevailed over most of lower Michigan Saturday. ¥ As a Result of Eating Poisoned meat intended for wolves, 20 gypsies "are dead at Becerra, Spain. 'y Harry Taylor, Aged 35, pingle, of Fall River, was suffocated by illumin- ating gas at his home Saturday. Rev. Frederick Dripps, aged 6%, o widely known _Presbyterian minister, died at Philadelphia Saturday. Hal L. Davis, one of the oldest book- sellers and stationers in Maine, died at Portland, Me., Saturday.at the age of 84. Judge James A. Boaver of the Penn- sylvania Superior court, governor of Pennsylvania from 1837 to 1891, died Saturday. Cleveland Experienced one of the worst sleet storms of the winter Sat- urday and scores were injured on slip- very streets. George E. Torry, dropped dead Sat- urday in George B. Holden's pharmi- cy, at Haverhill, Mass, of which’ he Was manager. Alfred Goodenough, professor of thermo-dynamics at the University of Illinois, will be the next president of the John Hopkins' university. Mrs. Abby Van Ingen a daughter of the war of 1812, and widow of Dr. James Van Ingen, of Schenectady, M Y. died Saturaay of old age. James Russell, the younger of the vaudeville team of Russell Brothers, died Saturday at his homa in Eim- hurst, L. L He was 51 years old. Announcement Made at _the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York that the Morgan loan coliections probably will be ready for public view Feb. 16. Mme. Nordica, taken ill whed the steamer Tasman, on which she was a | passenger went ‘ashore on Thursday Island, Austraila is said to be improv- ing. bill which would make available im- _mediately funds for the conatruction of a $3000,000 department of justice | building. The Workmen's Compensation’ Act | during Its first year of operaiivon in | Massachusetts has proven a success in I thre cpinion of the hoard having charge of its enforcem~nt. e % Robert Sedgwick of Lenox, Mass., wih. described himself us a broker, Saturday filed u volutiary petition ‘n bankruptcy with liabilities of §165,919, aud assets of $110. A Bill That Would Permit natienal banks to avail themselves of state laws | providing for the guaranteeing of de- | posits_has been intreduced by Eena- tor Norris, of Nebraska. George A. Hubbell, aged 87, for six- ty-one yearsan Odd Fellow and proba _ bly longer affillated with that fratef~ nity than any one else in Connecti- cut, died at Bridgeport Saturday. | The Henry Siegal Company of Bos- ton, one of the Siegal corporations for which receivers were appointed a month age, was adjudicated bankrupt in the United States district court Sat- urday. Boys'Under Sixteen years of age, ommissioner In an Efiort to Ciear Philadelphia | of yeggmen. highway robbers. second story men and other criminals, a sp: clal squad of police Saturday swept through the Tenderloin district and | arrested about 150 men. An Influx of Butter from all parts of the world, due to the reduction-of the tariff from 5 to 2 1-2 cents a pound, has caused a decline of 10 cents a pound in the New York price of that commodity. wholesale Indictments Charging Rebating were Chicago Baturday against Swift and company. the Penusylvania the Panhandle lines, and the Chicago Leah Alexander, charged murder of J. D, Vanbaalen, an adver- tising man, Octeber 18, last. was found | not guilty at San Francisco by a jury vith the Saturday. Miss Alexander said he had | wrenged her under promise of mar- | riage. | Bamage Estimated at $300,000 w: | done at Fort Meyers, Fla., Saturday ! by fire of unknown origin which de; | troved the Lee county eitrus packing | house, the steamer Thomas Fdisen. the | Lofton Machine shop and sevéral small vessels. | 8entenc . months to sixty days were imposed in the New York federal court Saturday {ing held tonight. Exclamations of |on the eleven mail w: b e i : on_chauffeurs Fight! Fight!” coming from the top | convicted of conspir:‘cyax!o obstruct th gallery where an _aitercation had | mails. The trouble grew out eof a. re. Droken out were mistaken by those | vent strike lin lower baiconies and the orchestra g Dl for cries of “Firel” and a rush for | T the doors by the 700 or more Persons | commmny i Shteng yeung Terpedo |in the audieace started | the singer who eccupied Etta Golden, the stage at | | company at Sistersville, | wrecked and damage estimated at $10.806 was done to properly within a | the time, directed the musicians to | s - - strike uv a patriotic a Her con- | tatiemaur ey he Ughiping tinued presence on the stage )smgin;[."m..s of nitrogfpeac i 10 their accompaniment, together with e shouted explanation by the manager that there was mo danger, reassured | the crowd and the rush to the street ! was turned into a fairly orderly ex- odus | ~Several persons were injured in the initial crush, but nome scriously enough to require hospital treatment. Vagrant Attempts Suicide. Hariford, Conn. Thon R. Diamoud, aged 44, serving a 60-day sentence ‘in the county jail for vagran- ¢y, attempted ide in his cell Lo by cuiiing his throat with a kni which he bad He was removed t his e i a hospital. where ndition is said.to be critical. Survived Bullet, Died of Abscess. Hartfor ing survived a deli { the removal of a 32 calibre bullet that | had nearly pierced his brain, Peter ina, aged 30. of Tariffville, died at » Tocal Mospital today from’ an ab- | scess on the lung smuggled into his cell. | Conn., Feb. 1—After hav- | te .operation for | Tony Marcheshonick, placed a tie on the rail | because he had Ard 18, who 'ovember 9, grievance a t the New York, New Haven and ‘F:::‘t'- ford railroad. was sentenced at Waier- bury to from ten to twenty vears i prisonment Saturday. Anrie F. Boraccorsi, 17 Years oil {who was recem y bLrousht back 1o | Semerville, Mass, with Guy A. Sumy =on, aged 1S. fm Poruand. . Me. where they wera trving to find @ min- {ister to marry them. was faken. to the lespital Saturday ir tae staticn, where she had celiapsed. Harvard Won't Bar Tanga | pelambridge, Mass, et i—There will be no restrictions for lapgo dancers at the “Junior Prom” in“the Harvard Union on February 13, acoel to }an announcement today. Those’ Who wish to dance any of the modern steps will be permitied to do wighout | interference by the | ties Gondensd Torams |1 AMES MONROE FOR COLLISION .ffinfiucket’s Captain Says That She Tried to Cross BOTH STEAMERS RUNNING AT FULL SPEED Declares That Lives of _Mnny of Those Rescued Were Saved by Careful Attention Given Them Aboard the Nantucket —Extraordinary Efforts to Revive Mrs. Harringt;)n of Bridgeport—Harrington’s Story of His Wife’s Death. Baltimore, Feb. 1—The steamer Nan- | as igned to that du The reperted His Bow Contrary to the Rules = Senator Swanson has introdueed a i who deliver newspapers in New York | before 8 o'clock® in -the morning are | {acting illegally rding to an | optnion rendered to the state lahor | returned by the federal grand jury at | rallread, | Ranging from _eighteen | W. Va., was| ilucl(tl. which was in collision with tement indicat that one of the the steamer Monroe Friday morning, | Nantucket's boats had a plug out and docked here toda: In’ a written Wgs not e pped wi * preservers port to the officials of ,he Merchants | IS proven untrue by the fact that the and Miners Transportation company | Nantucket's ats returned with all Captain Berry said that while the ! the people they could find.” Nantuc! was on her usual | = fog signals of & vessel, afte: i HARRINGTON'S STORY. found to be the Monroe, were reported | ahead. times The fog was low-! clearer than othes ving and at The and this time on the Nantucket's port | bow. The next Monroe wi cated that the pass the Nantucket, trary to the rule. t “In an endeavor to avoid a c with the Monroe the Nantucket's helm was hard-a-ported to keep (o the right, but the Monroe proceeded at fuil the ingi- whisties heard from two blasts which Monroe was trying to con- starboard !speed and tried to cross the bow of | the Nantucket. She succe in_get- ting partly past the bow tucket’s stern when the vessel ed, the Nantucket's s Monroe's starboard bow the pilot house at right angi Nantucket's Engines at Full Speed. The Monroe passed under such great speed, according to Captain Berry’ report that the stem of the Nantuck et/was bent sharpiy toward her star- | board side and t tucket slewed around so that t side was seraped by the crushing. one of the Nantucket's port boats. The { Monroe passed on out of sight. sion the Nan_ { . At the time of the ¢ tuck: gines were runring at full | speed ri and had been so running | for sume time previous to the collision. | Aided in Rescue. Caffin Berry's report continues as | follows Nantucket ‘appeaied seriously wjured but was mamows) cd to aid in | the work of rescue, coniinually using searchlight. Wireless communi- 1 was established and several véssels offered, the first to arrive be- ing the Hamilton which conveyed the Nantucket to Norfolk. “The relief squad attending the pas_ sengers was increased by those who could be spared from attention to the | safety of the Nantucket and under careful attention those suffering from the cold were revived with the excep- tion of one man who after a great ef fort, could not be revived. and also & Mrg, Harrington. who dicd after she had been assigned to a statercom with her husband and all possibie care and attention given her. Lives Saved by Prompt Work. “It can be established that the stew_ ard, stewardess and chief engineer worked incessantly in an effort tc and revive Mrs. Harriugton. There was no attack made by, Mr. Harring- signzl of the Monroe was again, heard | aid | Belicves With Proper Attention Wifs Might Have Been Saved. New the disastor York, Fe i E homas Harrinzion . bringing sody of - his . who died afier being | taken aboard the rescue ship Naa= | tucket 1. Harringtos awam in th | wite by no: | X too i brotaer. Tell ti the fath it will get came, he =2, and w d the poor 2 s i By -the time they saloon the sidewall was € “There was a lurch,” said Harring- ton, “and Margaret was thrown 20 feet and lodged under the bench built along the sides of the cabin. I shd and scrambied after her. Wb 1 took hold of her she screamed and pointed o her poor rignt arm. It was oroken and hanging lLimp. “‘Don't touch me!’ she screameds ‘For. God's sake, let me die! “1 told her she would have.to come and she would feel -betier about 4t later. O God! she was right, and 1 aidn’t know it: but I got her loose. nen the ship sagged bafk again ¥ and there was a rush of water that washed us oul to the deck. I man- aged to get off our outericlothes. Then we let go and the ship went away from under us.” Harrington told how he tried to ‘swim_holding his wife by -the broken arm, but thls pained her so that finally he fwisted her long hair into & rope close to her head ghd, taking it in his teeth, floated on his back, keening the woman'’s head on his chest. One life= boat passed within ten feet, he said, and Ignored their calls for help. After nearly two hours another boat came. “I held Margare.l up to them,” contine Harrington, “and a sa'lor said: 'Lt her go. Shue dead.” “She is not dead,” 1 said to him, and vou take her aboard if you do not want to go to hell with murder on your soul.” ached the main d keeled 50 that the ton on anyone and there is no founda- | “So they took her in. She opened | tion for this report. After her death | her eves and smiled at me. 2 her budy was carried to Norfolk and | “When they got me aboard the Shy wireless instructions were given in ad_ | :hey put h teroom and Jef ance to take care of it her and p e 1 other. 1 believe “Many of the passense it & doctor had been with her wroe received board Zht aw mulants she might tucket would have died Laud be alive " ] all mixed been resuscitated by e [ up, und wie he was prompt and syccessful work | 1ying ne RAINS OR SNOWS ARE DUE BY WEDNESDAY. Secend Disturbance May Arrive by the End of the Week. EASTER CONGREGATIONS AT BROOKLYN'S CHURCHE®, Everybody-at-Church Sunday Fills the Edifices. Washington, Feb. 1—Two wintry | New York, Feb. 3 a zo- sicrms are expected to cross the coun- | to-church Sunday in Brooklyn clty of try from the west during the corhing ; churches. After & two WOPES CSg week which the weather bureau ex- | Daign conducted by perts say will open with fair weather | and moderate temperature prevailing over most of the states. | “The first part of the week," said ths | bureau's bullctin tonight, “will be {.ir‘ | over the castern, central and southern pertiors of ire coustrs with mod- usual attenda w some it was trebled. ward S. Young, pastor Presbyterian church chafrman of the c thes New York Fede wspapers, in many of the edifices the o ot nee was doubled and I The Rev. Dr, Ed- the Bedford Brooklyn, and 11 conference of »n of Churehs or at ¢ betwe 400,000 ax rate termperatures, an a rule. A dis- | S3timated that ORI GO archm turbance now over Montan: ex- | 000 e average church attendance in .| | tend eastward and southeastwaft will | § The #7e7 300,01 “Go-tom be raln or encw by Tuesday in the| opyroh Sunday has brought out as great central valleys and upper lake | | region, and auiing Tuesday night and | Wednesduy the rains and snews will | extend throvgh the lower lake region +0 the Middle Atlantic states and New Sunday of O arge u church attendance as Easter Sunday usvally brings,” said Dr, Young tonight. “Our committes suggests the third jber as the anmual go- 5! England h Sundav. The clerical cone.s “A secend disturbance will ppear will probabiy sugzest that all on the North Pacific coast by New Y make that day go-toes or Wednesday. It will ca chureh Swmday, and possibly. the enting® nerthwest and. will me ountry will 1 to do so. I southeasiward, with re- ) — the tral and eastern port the ¢ ry durin e second half of the week, reaching (he Atlantic states by end of ‘the week.” | MAN’'S ESTATE CLAIMED BY WIFE HE DESERTED. Burlington Woman Has Not Husband Fer Twenty Years. 8een | Burlington Feb. 1-°Mrs." James | 5 M. Clarey, a Testaurant waitress, whose, husband disappeared over twen.. ty years ago, received word today that he died in New York recently leaving | an estaie of §35.800. Mrs. Clarey said she had not hewrd from him sinee he Ieft_her and fouws smail children and started for the W One of the children The others with thei claim the property. According to the information Mr: Clarey has received. her husband engaged in the bakery business in New York and at one time owned several stores. He died intestute but search by the administrator amgnz his pri- | vate papers disclosed the ~fact m.ui | | mother i vl | !n d {ue bad been married and inquiry was ihen made here for nis wife. ~ “Great Increase of Foreigners. ! Newy Yors, Feb. 1.—Dr. Walter Lai H | 18w foid “the New York Federation of | - Churches at iis 19th annual meeting. today that there were now mare for- ‘eign born persons living within a ra- “Gius of 19 miles of New. York city than Cod capal, even the Pilgrm w 3 Tob the sandy peninsula and Nantuels-i - et Shoals of thei ditch Buzzards bay, is ed be ol sage by bullets, d highw: were in the whole United Stutes barn owned towese cntaiing & NEARING COMPLETION Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod Bay te Be Connected, in Six Months. . Feb, 1—The Capey the construction of which fathers saw would Sandw! terrors to shipping’ ome a reality withim This _six-mile pe Cod bay with 75 percent, complet- in the estimation of the engincems 1 it is believed that the waters af bays will meet a s expected to be he next Six 1ao nnecting opened the canal wifl fendly deep, or its 2 proaciies clear of ehstructions to allowe Wl powered vessels (o pass. But pom or, buuty und other small craft permitied to go th gh and al- ady eral new ya clubs are nping cruises with canal pase n view it the Burglars Shoot at Oystscman, FProvidence, K. I, Feb 1—PurSsed Frauk C. Pettis, an cwster cr, cscaped early today fram: throa ymen, who tried unsuccessful- y 1o rob bim of sevepal \\musan?;n urs he was carxing home. 3 " Barn at Montowese Burned. New Haxen, Cor = s Had un. Fey. 1.—Fire of ring the .