Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 7, 1914, Page 1

VOL. LVL—NO. 33 NORWICH, CONN.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1914 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Ci REBELS CONGENTRATING AT TAMPIG”U Plans Made For Attack Firing of Oil Tanks Located There FLAMING FLUID TOBE T Purpose is to Drive Mexican Gunboats Away From the City— Water Tank Service Destroyed, Leaving Only Three Days’ Supply in City Reservoir—Rebels to Purchase Two Wmhiiu For Operations Along the Pacific Coast. Vera Cruz, Feb. 6.—That the rebgls are concentrating in strong force for an immediate attack on Tampico is in- dicated in a wireless despatch received here today from Clarence A. Miller, United States consul at Tampieo, Consul Miller, who has exceptionally good sources of information, savs the mending that their countrymen be urged to leave Torreon at once for rebels after they had been repulsed in a small fight near Lagua Puerta Feb. 4, retreated to Los Esteros with trifling loss. Awaiting More Reinforoements. During that night several trainloads of reinforcements arrived. from Vic- toria, and the following day the reb- els left Los Fisteros and made a rapid advance movement toward Altamira and Tampico, driving advance guard and openly expressing the intention to take Tampico by storm ihe night of February 5 or February 6. pparently, however, the consul’s re- port says, the attack was deferred in order to await the arrival of rebel re- inforcements from the south, ‘These are expected to arrive the night of February 8 and force a passage across the Panuco river and assist in the zeneral assault by an attack on the undefended side of the city. Will Fire Oil Tanks. The rebels vesterday destroyed the water tank service fifteen miles up the river from Tampico, leaving only a three days’ supply of water in the city reservoir. The rebels have fire the oil tanks of the five foreign oil companies and turn the blazing streams into the river, with the pur- pose of destroying or compelling the immediate retreat down stream of the Mexican gunboats guarding the east and west approaches to the city. The Vera Cri the only gunboat now at Tampico, but others are expected. The federal garrison at Tampico has been greatly depleted owing to the despatch of troops to assist in the de- fense of San Luis Potosi. Tampico is now entirely isolated, ex- eept through communicaticn by the wireless of the warships. WARSHIPS FOR REBELS. Two to Be Bought Immediately for Pacific Coast Operations, Douglas. Ariz, Feh. 6—Statemenis emanating from sources friendly to Huerta that the lifting of the embargo would do the constitutionalists’ cause no good because the rebels had no money, were met today with declara- tions by Carranza agents that they not only had money to buy rifles by the hundreds of thousands, but that they were financially able to purchase war- ships of sufficient destructive power to blow the federal navy out of the water. Two warships of not less than 15,- 000 tons displacement each are to be purchased at once for cperations along 1he Pacific coast of Mexico, according 10 a statement by Constitutionalist Consul Lelivier today. -It was hinted thal these vessels were already select- ed and would be ready immedfately af- ter purchase to proceed against the federal gunboats which are reinforc- the Huerta garrisons at Guaymas Manzanillo, and ORDERS FOR AMMUNITION. Manufacturers in United States Re- ceiving Them from Rebels. as, Feb, 6 eral \ would carry threat to deal summarily jards should they be captured in the rebel attack on Torreon, agents of Spain today telegraphed to the Span- lsh minister at Washington, recom- Fearful that out his with Span- Paso, in the federal | anned to | by a Large Force and the URNED INTO THE RIVER { Monterey or for the United States. Under an order from Washington releasing munitions of war seized be- fore the lifting of the embargo, rebel leaders asked that one million rounds of ammunition and one field gun held in El Paso be turned over to them. Orders, including one for 1,100,000 rounds of seven millimetre ammunition for rifles of standard make, were placed with cturers in the United The rebels have decided to like those used in the fed- y, they say, so &hat they can e ammunition captured from the | federals, NO SALE OF U. S. RIFLES. Garrison Insists That They Shall Sent “Beyond the Seas.” Be Washington, Feb. 6.—Plans of cer- | tain persons to purchase discarded | American army rifles, presumably for |re-sale to Mexican constitutionalists, |fell throush today when Secretary | Garrison declined to modify the exist- |ing regulation forbidding the sale to | any individual of army rifles or am- | munition except with the stipulation | that they are to be sent “bevond the seas. Since there is no means of deliver- ing arms to the constitutionalists by way of the sea, the negotiations are ended. at least for the present. Sec- retary Garrison declined to give the names of the would-be purchasers, but it was reported at the department that they were private dealers who ex- pected io send the Krag-Jorgensens | and their clips of cartridges directl the Texas border olutionists. PLOT AT MEXICO CITY. Palace Guard Increased and Soldiers Placed on Housetops. Mexico Citr, Feb. 6.—Reports that conspirators were planning a coup | @’etat tonight resuited in the troups of the entire garrison being held in quarters or placed on guard in the neighbornood of the artillerv barracks. Soldiers were placed on top of some of the buildings, from which a few families were advised to move. The guard at the palace was in- | increased and moldiers slept in the courtyard. Geperal Blanquet, minister of war, and the post commander and other offi- cers were in conference tonight. They denied, however, that their meeting was due to any plot. American Cowboys After Bandit. Juarez, Mex., Feb, 6.—Aroused by the capture of American railroad offi- cials and trainmen by Maximé Cas- | till’s bandits, the burning of a pas- ! senger train and the wrecking of the | big Cumbro tunnel, posses are being { formed in the Guerrero district to as- sist the rebels in running down the | bandits. The posse is reported to con- i @ | sist of American cowboys, railroad em- ployes and men from the Madera Lum- ber company’s plant. 70,000 More Rebel Troops. * Douglas, Ariz., Feb. 6.—Seventy thou- additional troops armed with and ammunition now coming in from the United States will be read to take the fleld in Sonora apd Chi- | huahua February 16, according to statements today by Elias Calles, com- mander of the constitutionalist horder military zone. A majority of these troops will be recruited among the Ya- aui Indians, POSTMASTER-GENERAL AUTOCRAT OF FINANCES Possible Effect of Bill For Regulation of Stock Exchanges. Washington, :«iromw betw exchange and ing and currer ferm of a bill r the senate bank- committee on_the to provide for federal ion of stock exchanges was sug- ed today at the committee hearing, Poméroy, a former president of xchange and now on the board of governors and the listing commit- ice, agreed at the Tequest of Senator Pomerene to submit in writing sug- gestions as to legislation which he would deem advisable. Charles A, Conant of New York, told the commiitee that it was seek- ing to use “a thirteen inch gun to shoot a capary” and that “the recoil be more harmful than the bul- He =aid that by the terms of the 1 autocratic power over the finances ¢ United tes would be vested in ostmaster-general. B H. the I WOMEN PICKETS UNDER ARREST. ~ . t Down on Sidewalk When Police Attempt to Move Them. Chicago, Feb. 6.—FEleven arrests of young woman pickets charged with ob- structing the sidewalk in front of a downtown restaurant where the wait- resses are on strike were made toda: All the strikers were released on bortd. The young women adopted militant tactics when a squad of policemen was sent to disperse the crowds which gathered around the restaurant. The first of those arrested seated selves on the slushy sidewalk when no- diicd they were under arrest. “You'll have to carry us to the sta- tion,” they retorted when told by the police to “come on along.” The police lifted the girls feet and half walked, them to the station. Si to their haif dragged Tillman on Witness Stand, Columbia, C. Feb. 6—United States Senator B. R. Tillman will take the stand tomorrow and give the first testimony into the investigation of al- lezed scandalous ~conditiomy-as ihe <late hospital for the insane them- | ¢ THOUSANDS OF DRUG FIENDS IN BRIDGEPORT | Appalling Conditions Revealed As Re- sult of Crusade. Bridgeport, Feb. 6.—In a crusade started by members of the state phar- macy commission some weeks ago De- {tective Bray tonight arrested six con- | firmed “heroin fiends” and al the same | i time secured evidence that will lead to | the arrest of the sellers of the drug, | the manufacturers and according to | Pharmacy Commissioner Leverty will bring about an investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission of the manufacturers who are Shipping the prohibited drug between states, ! The arresis also uncovered the most | shocking conditions in this city. Young girls, hardly in their teems, some of | them youths, married men and women and people generally to the number of thousands were found to have been ddicted to the drug. According to | Commissioner Leverty the habit had ‘become a pestilence in this city. | The arrests started with the cap-: | ture of Peter Slickles of this city by Detective Bra. who followed an ex- | pressman with a package of the drug into his boarding house. The other | arrests followed in rapid order and will | | be followed by others tomorrow, Beat and Robbed Woman of 70, Boston, Feb. 6.—Idward Dutcher was arrested tonight as he was leaving the little grocery shop of Mrs. Elizabeth Hayward, 70 vears old, in South Bos | ton, after the woman had been knock- ed down and severely beaten. The Do lice say that they found $3.55, the day’s receipts of the shop, in Dutcher's pock to the rev- |; | Sanford and his wife went west seme Cabled Paragraphs New Governor General of Austral London, Feb. 6—It is officially an- nounced that the Rt. Hon. Ronald Crauford Munro-Ferguson, member of parliament for Leith, will succeed Lord Denman as governor-general of A rakia. Sale of Spirits Restricted. St, Petersburg, Feb. 6—The council of the empire today adopted drastic clauses to the bill for the regulation of the sale of alcohol. The new clauses prohibit the sale of spirits in towns between 11 o'clock at night and nine o'clock in the morning and after six o'clock in the evening in country aistricts. o =4 Strikers Deportation Condemned. _Cape Town, Union of South Africa, Feb, 6—In the debate in parliament today on the bill to indemnify the Bovernment for its acts under martial law, Frederick Duncan, former colo- nial secretary of the Transvaal strong- ly condemned the recent deportation of the strike leaders as not having been justified by their acts and as not being conductive of industrial peace. Redmond Calls Unionists “A Pawn.” London, Feb. 6—John Redmond, the Irish leader, in a speech tonight at a dinner given in his honor by the Na- tional Liberal club, expressed the conviction that the Unionist party no longer had any real objection to the principle of ‘home rule for Ireland, but was using Ireland as 2 pawn in a game to destroy the present government and, in doing so, restore to the house of Fight Expected OPPOSITION TO REPEAL IS AL- READY INDICATED AGAINST PARTY PLANK Reverses Attitude Taken more Convention—*“A Dear Baiti- Price For Great Britain's Friendship.” at ‘Washington, Feb. 6.—President Wil- son’s expressed desire for repeal of }The Pankhursts on Free Tolls) at Loggerheads| FAMILY DIVIDED ON ISSUE OF MILITANCY SECESSION OF SYLVIA Withdraws From Social and Political Union—Christabel, Now in Paris, Has Had Fill of Militant Methods. London, Feb. 6.—Miss Sylvia Pank- burst today announced her secession THE BEST At all times through the vear aids to the business man. man. When times are dull it is keeps up his adyertising but incre columns from time to time. lords the pewer of the veto. COLD WAVE UN WAY TO NEW ENGLAND. Zero Weather as Far South as Texas— 42 Below in Montana. Chicago, Feb. 6.—A cold wave that beld virtually the entire country west of the Atlantic states in its grip was feit here today, and by the end of the week will include the states along the eastern seaboard, according to the of- ficial forecasters. Zero weather today extended as far south as Texas and in the northwestern states the mercury went to 40 below. The cold today was central over the Ohio valley All parts of the country except the Atlantic states reported sudden low temperatures, Obervations in the eastern states indicated that the cold wave was moving southeast while in the trans-Mississippi region anoth- er cold center seemed to be on its way in the same direction. Extreme temperatures: Havre. Mont. below: Denver, 12 below; Bismarc . D., and Winnipeg, Man., 30 below:; Hemingford. Neb., 15 below: Chevenne, Wyo., 22 below. A snow and sleet storm which fell over a large portion of Michigan to- day is held responsible for a railroad wreck near Saginaw, which cost three lives, MANY PUBLIC BEQUESTS TO CHELSEA, VERMONT. Will of Roxbury Man Provides for Churches, Library, Schools and Poor. Boston, Feb. 6.—"As long as water runs and wood grows,’ Chelses, tha shire town of Orange county, Vermont, will be benefited by trusts created un- der the will of Hilas Roberts of Roxbury, which was filed for probate | today. Roberts was a salesman, born in the Green Mountain town. After siving the directions quoted as to the continuance of the trusts, the will pro- vides that the income of two trusts of | 33,000 each shall be used for keeping the Congregational church in repair and for building a Methodist Episcopal church. The income of $10,000 will go to the library and another fund of $30,000 is provided for the poof of the town. The public schools and Chelsea demy are also among the benefi- ciaries. MRS. HARTJE WEDS THE FRIEND OF HER SON. Recently Figured in Sensational Di- vorce Suit Brought by Husband. Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 6.—Mrs. Scott; Hartje, principal in a sensational di- vorce suit prosecuted by her former | husband, Augustus Hartje, a wealthy | resident of Pittsburg, is now the wife! of Stanley Howard, son of a New York | broker, whom she met through her son, | Scott Hartje. The couple were mar. ried in Pasadena, February 4, accord ing to announcements today, and will| ve in that city, where the young hus- band will go info business. Mrs. Hartje is 40 vears old The bridegroom is said to be In his suit againsi her, Augustus Hartje charged his wife with indiscre- tions with the family coachman. After a long contest the suit and degree were | won by Mrs. Hartje. WINSTED LAWYER MAY BE DISBARRED.| Grievance Committee of Bar Associa tion Prefers Charges. P Winsted, Conn., b. 6. Judge Gazer | in the superior court today issued an order for George A. Sanford, a former | local lawyer and churchman, to pre- | sent himself before the couri on the | first Tuesday in April and show cause | why action should not be brought against him upon charges preferred by the grievance committee of the Litchfield County bar. Sanford is now | said to be at or near Los Angeles, Cal. | The grievance committee alleged that | they had investigated charges of em bezzlement and misconduct asains Sanford and found them to be true. months ago, while charges against him were being investigated. THE GRONDIN MURDER CASE IS DISMISSED. That State Has Failed to| Establish a Case. Court Rul Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 6.—A charge of wife murder against John H. Gron- din, a chemist formerly of Waterville, Me, was dismissed today by Police et. A doctor who took six stitches in Mrs. Hayward's head said she had an en chance of recover; | Will Protect Spaniards. Washington, Feb. Assurances ve been given the Spanish emb: here thai the (nited States. govern- ment will take steps to safeguard the lives and righis of Spaniardd in Tor- reon. It was understood ignight that |the siate department would send at lonce vigorous representations to Gen- ery la, insisting that he observe the rules of civilized warfare in deal- ing with any foreigners who m: fall into his hands when he attacks Tor- reom. ! s je that the state had not established case. Mrs, Zella Grondin was found | dying on October 80 with a hat box Judge Joseph Chambers on the ground connecied with a gas {ube over he Lead. Grondin exhibited a nole an- nouncing her intention to commit sui- cide so thgt he could ge to the woman he Joved. The state contended that this note was a forgery. but it was not Brought Tmuto the evidence Argentine Dreadnought’s Trial. | Bosten, Feb. .6—The Argentine dread- | nought Rivadava put into harbor dur- | ing a snowstorm tonight after a two duys of speed and endurance trials. | The tests have not heen fnished and | it_was understood when she anchored | of guarantine that sea again tomerrow she would put to to complete-them. | The | advarce of the congressional | the hearings beginning | comnilttee probably will arrive in | cock Saturday is a profitable investment in every vantage of its opportunities is not This applies alike to ail lines of one as another. In busy times thes who advertise freely and intellige: Advertisers naturally want to obtained only by the use of the bes! plete cireulation in Norwich and aid to business. its columns is being obtained a busi week Bulistin Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Jan. Feb. Febh: Feb. Feb. Feb. 1 Totals izl It is the city’s best salesman. Tale 99 104 93 102 SALESMAN advertising is one of the greatest Newspaper advertising is the best sales- the wise merchant who not omly eases his space in the advertising Advertising gives customers and the trade confidence and awakens business where it may not otherwise exist. Tt season and to fail to ad- only negligent but costly. business. It does equally well for re is more business for merchants ntly than for those who do not and take in dull times there is less dullness for them, get the best results and such can be t medium. The Bulletin by its com- surrounding towns is an invaluable Uriless the benefit of iness opportunity is being neglected The Bulletin which is delivered at your door each morning for twelve cents a week carried the <ollowing matter during the past Tota/ 1188 520 qraph Local ral 81 130 04 160 118 126 136 127 S N O S H -0 N = U1 N (= =] [CRSH ) S WU\ %) 797 s provision of the Panama canal sct which exempts American coastwise ships from tolls, it was apparent to- night, will ‘precipitate spirited debate in both houses of congress when the bill to carry out the suggestion is sub- mitted. Senators and representatives discussed the situation informally to- day, but no move was made in the matter. Contrary to Party Plank. Action probably will come first from the house interstate and foreign com- merce committee in the form of a bill to repeal the toll exemption provision. Representative Adamson, chairman of the bill next week. Although the repeal is proposed in the face of a plank in the Baltimore platform of the democratic party, the discussion of that phase of the pro- posed reversal of policy is not expect- ed to be as extended as the debate 1pon the influence of the contemplated foreign relations. on Already Indicated. Senate democratic leaders plan to await action in the house before taking up the president's suggestion. but the forthcoming debate on the general ar- bitration treaty with Great which soon is to come up in executive session, undoubtedly will provoke dis- cussion on the subject. tion to the repeal will develop in the interstate commerce commission indicated today by Representa- pwland of California, a member mmittee, who declared: Dear Price for British Friendship. ‘'We are paying a dear price for the friendship of Great Britain, even though it may heip us out in Mexico. proposed hill will, I predict, pre- cipitate one of the most spirited de- bates which has been heard in congress for vears, and will provoke a free and :ussion of our present foreign Pir Jan. 19.—Steamer Athini, ew York. Liverpool, Feb. 6.—8teamer Victori- n, Boston. Queenstown, Feb. 6.—Steamer An- | dania, Boston for Liverpool New York, Feb. 6.—Steamer Lusi- ia, Liverpool. month, Feb. 6—Steamer Majestic, v York Feb. 6—S¢eamer Vaderiand, New York. Naples, Feb. 6—Steamer Laconia, New York Halifax, N. S, Feb. 6—Steamer Si cilian, Glasgow Malta, Feh. §—Steamer Cleveland, New York. pic, Boston. Steamers Reported by Wireless. Queenstown, Feb. 6.—Steamer Ced- ric, New York for Queenstown and Liverpool, 11 a. m. Due Queenstown 11 Siasconset, Mass., Feb. Steam Kristanfjord, Bergen via Halifax for New York, signalied 193 miles east of | Sandy Hook at 1.30 p. m. Dock 830 a. m. Saturday. Cape Race, N. F.. Feb. 6 - Stcamer Cassandra, Glasgow for St. John, N, F., signalled 418 miles east at 5.15 p. m. Miners and Counsel Confer. Hancock, Mich Feb. O. N. Hilton, ief counsel for the Western Federa tion of Miners, arrived here today i investi- ed with informa- subn week galing committee and discu the local umion leaders the tion which they desire to next morning. Admiral’s Son a Murderer. Oakland, (Cal, Feb. 6—Avenard Nyayllt, slayer of Marie Prandin, woman of the underworld, when sen- | | terrced to life imprisonment in San Quentin prison today told the court rhat he was the son of Vice Admiral Nvayilt of the Wrench navy., His brother' William, he said, was & cap- tain of the gnard In Paris the committee, probably will introduce | Hritain, | That opposi- | St. Michaels, Feb, 6—Steamer Cano- } gnalled 185 miles west at | bt from the women's social and political union—the militant women's organiza- tion. The trouble aniong the militant ragettes is said to be due to Miss Sylvia Pankhurst's ultra-revolutionary aspirations, which the leaders of the social and political union are beginning to believe are damaging their cause. Christabel Wants to Return. i e Fast End of London federation, { which has hitherto been a branch of | the parent organmization, will hence- | forth be entirely independent Reports of dissensions in the inner ] cireles of the militant organization in- volving the Pankhurst triumvirate | have been in circulation for some time. According to these, Christabel Pank- | hurst is anxious to end her long exile in Paris and return to London and take control of the organization, for it is doubtful if her mother, Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, who is still in Switzerland, will be well enough for some months to resume her arduous duties of com- mander in chief. Wants Militancy Dropped. But Christabel, the reports have it, desires to come back under conditions that will not necessitate frequent terms of imprisonment for her under the “cat and mouse act.” Therefore, it is said, she wants militancy dropped. In this stand she has the support of many of the older membe:x of the organtzation, who believe tha’, while militancy has accomplished the purpose of bringing the suffrage question (o the front, con- | tinuance of militant tactics will be in- | jurious to the cause. End of Pankhurst Domination. Syivia Pankhurst, on the other hand, i not prepared (o abandon militancy until she has fully tested the fighting capacity of her “people’s army” which | she organized in the East End of Lon- don, and with which she is credited as belioving she can start a revolution whieh wili force the government to enfranchise women. Several of the younger and more ambitious membercs of the Women's | Social and Politleal Union view with unconcealed satisfaction the Pankhurst feud, believing it will end the autoeratic sway the Pankhursts have exercised over the society mince Mr and Mrs. Frederick Pethyck Lawrence were driven out of it last year Criminal Probe in Siegel Case. New Yeork, Feh. 6—Facts relating to [the bank of Henry Siegel and Com- {pany, which recently went into re- | ceiver’s hands. will he brought to the {attention of United States District At- |torrey M. Snowden Marshail by one | of his assistants, Roger B. Wood, with whom Henry Meiville, the receiver for Henry Siegel and Companv, was today in conference. for the purpose, it was stated, of determyining whether |or not there was ground for action in |the case by the federal government. Tribute to Congressman Bremner. Washington, Feb. 6—A glowing tri- bute to the late Representative Robert |G. Bremner of New Jersev was de- |livered by Chaplain Couden at the { opening of today’s session of the house. Mr. Couden said the sunny smile and Vanderbilt Yacht. Crew Leaves { Faith in Government Commissions. sburgh, Feb. §—Alfred H. Smith ent the New York Centra addressinz the Engineering No- ¥ of Western Pennsylvani i annual dinner here tonight. expressed the highest confidence in government commiesions for railroad regulation. ‘mpatbetic interest of the New Jer- | sey member would be missed in con- gress, in_ every avocation and every walk of lif Colon, Feb. 6—A wireless despatch received here today from the United | Fruit steamer Metapan, said that 28 wembers of the crew of Frederick W. Vanderbilt's yacht Warrior were on board the Melap: added that the steam sailors back to the United States. due here ‘on her northbound bruai Condensfllegrams Edward Caswell, of Norwalk, died from. biood polsoning after having a tooth: pulled. The Bavarian Parliament appropriat- a $150,000 to purchase radium for ‘reating the poor for cancer. The Edict of Mayor Curley of Bos- ton requiring dances to_snd at 2 a. m. does not extend to priva . functions. Mrs. John Neal, an aged weman, was burned to death at Amesbury, Mass., by the explosion of an ofl Jamp vesterday. The Extensive Plant of the Bhuriey Diettrich Company, Ltd., at Galt, Ont bed manufacturers, was destroyed by fire yesterday. Fire Yesterday Destroyed the Leisen block at St. Cloud, Minn, containing a clothing store, a billiard hall and several law offices. While Senator Smith of Maryland was celebrating his 69th birthday, his home at Baitimore was destroyed by fire. Loss $20,000. Leon J. Gaston, who was head chef at the White House under Presidents Garfield and_Arthur, dled at his home at Kansas City yesterday. Policeman Edward Murtha, shot un- der the heart Thursday night by a New York gunman he was endeavor- ing to search, died yesterday. Philo H. Stafford, a noted lawyer of Brooklyn, died from a cerebral hem- orrhage as result of falling agalnst a hatrack in a friend’s home. The Department of Agriculture an- nounced that 90 per cent. of the deaths from disease among hogs in the United States are due to hog cholera. Social Clubs Are Subject 10 the pro_ visions of the income tax law, accord- ing to a ruling by W. H. Osborn, New York commissioner of internal rev- enue. The Actual Enroliment membership of Christian churches within con- tinental United States showed a net increase of 618,000 or 1.8 per cent. dur- ing 1913. The $100,000,000 Suit of the state of Texas against the Missouri. Kansas and Texas railway of Texas, vesterday was settled by a compromise without a money penalty Marriages in Massachusetts in 1913, during part of which year the law re- lating to legal impediments was in force. decreased 1,153, _and births showed an increase of 1,555. Mrs. Susan Rose was found guiity at Fulton, Mo. for the second time yes- terday for the murder of her husband, J. Haywood Ross.and was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. As the Result of an unusual opera- tion perforraed at a Derby hospital on Charles Waterbury of Monroe, whose spine was fractured by a falling tree, it is believed that Waterbury will re- cover. The Sum of Ten Thousand Dollars is given to the Ecclesiastical society of the Congregational church of Nauga- tuck, and $5.000 to Grove Cemetery as- sociation, by the will of George A. Lewis. Milk Inspector Walter C. Scott of Providence was legislated out of office and the milk department placed under the superintendent of health by a bill passed In concurrence by the senate yesterday. Love For Two 16-Year Old Girls, neither of whom knew of the other's existence, prompted John McFadden to kill Anna Lutz and himself as they sat in an automobile near Ligonler, Pa., yesterday. Secretary Daniels has nominated Medical Inspector Willlam C. Braisted to be surgeon general of the navy ,re- lieving Medical Director Charles = F. Stokes, whose term of four years ex- pired vesterday. Restrictions on the Purchase of ma- terial in foreign markets for use in building ships in American yards, were removed vesterday by the treasury de- partment, acting under the authority of the new tariff law. The Memory of John Tyler, former of ‘the United ~States is y to be honored by the erection monument over his grave in Hol- Iywood cemetery, Richmond, Va., for which congress has appropriated $10,- 000, Both Sides Summed Up yesterday ai the trial of Mitchell Kennerley, the New York publisher charged with sending obscens literature through the mails. Federal Judge Thomas said he would deltver his charge and give the case to the jury Monday. Hans Schmidt, Who Was found { guilty of murder in the first degres for the murder of Anna Aumuller, is seemingly content with the verdict | and declines to permit his counsel to | appeal. Schmidt will be sentenced next Wednesday ta die in the electrie chair. Through Application for appoint- mant of an administrator for the es- tate of Patrick Coughlin, who died at Forestville, Conn., recenily ,it became | known yvesterday that Coughlin, | whose wages during his life never exceeded, It Is wald 312 a week, had died worth about $37,000. Arthur R. Carey, 38 years, of Chi- cago, was sentenced to three years in rt Leavenworih prison yesterday for violation of the Mann White Slave act. Laura Fleuker, 18 years old, of Green Bay, Wis., was the girl whom Carey convicted of transporting to Min- neapolis, Minn,, for immeral purposes, | _Charles S. Melien, former president | of the New York, New Haven & Hart- | ford Railroad company declined Fri- day to appear before the Public Serv- { ic i Boston which is in- | vestigating publicity and other ex® | penses of the company. in that state, on the ground that he could net leave Comnecticut where he is about to tried for mansia ber, | British Ambassador at White Hou Washington, Feb. 6.—S8ir Ceeil Spring-Rice, the Briush ambasader, d on President Wilson today, It understood that the prospective Visit 10 America of a distinguished s the chief purpese of uee. although the oppor- tunity of the Pana t afforded for a discussion canal tolls conireversy e rise to considerable speculution in diplomatic circles. No comment was made on the incideni eithar at the | White Hou e or the British cmbassy. PRICE TWO CENTS rculation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population | Would Consign Them to Cells BORAH DENOUNCES MEN IN NEW HAVEN DEALS FAVORS PROSECUTION Idaho Senator Declares Attorney-Gen- eral Will Lay Himself Open to Im- peachment if He Does Not Ack \ ‘Washington, Feb. §.—Men involved in some of the past financial perform- ances of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad were denounced as criminals in the senate today. Sen- ator Borah said they should be occu- PYing penitentiary cells if charges re- lating to the corporation’s affairs are substantiated. There were intimations that the fed- eral government still contemplates in- stituting criminal action against cer- taln indtviduals engaged in transac- tions of the New Haven. which bave been investigated by the Interstate Commerce Commission, Widows and Orphans Plundered. The discussion arose when Senator Norris of Nebraska called up his res- olution which would direct the com- mission (o extend its inquiry into the New Haven's affairs, particularly with a_ view of ascertalning what became of millions of dollars of the New Ha- ven's funds declared to have been fraudulently withheld from the rail- road’s stockholders. Senator Norris insisted that further investigation at least#might furnish 3 basis for proceedings by (he present management of the New Haven to re- oover something for the wldows and orphans who bave been “plundered.” Borah Advocates Prosecutions. Reciling circumstances disclosed in the interstate commerce commission’s report on New England railroad con- ditions. the senator declared that the commission had not completed its in- vestigation as to the New Haven be- cause it feared it might be compelled to extend !mmunity to officers. It was his reading of sections of this report that prompted Semator Borah to as sert that these men, if proven guilty of the financial iransactions described, “should be In the penttentia Senator Borah declared his faith that the attorney general would push pros- ecutions of certain men involved in alleged crooked New Haven deals. For him not to proceed on disclosures made, if ground for the revelations should prove sound, he said, would lav the attorney-general open to impeach- ment, Doubt as to Wisdom of Further Inaquiry Former Commissioner Prouty, in = letter to E. E. Clark, chairman of the commission, forwarded to Senator Newlands, chairman of the Interstate Commerce committee expressed doubt in the wisdom of a further inquiry into the New Haven. In thig lette which was read to the senate, Mr. Prouty asserted that the commission had in its possession all information it had been possible to obtain in re- lation to the New Haven's condition. A senate committes, Mr. Prouty sug- gested, could accomplish more than the commission, because the latter had no jurisdiction over affairs of some con- struction companies and other concerns which were involved in the railroad's deals. Consideration of the resolution will be resumed in the senate tomor- row. TRUSTEES FOR B. & M. Names of Five Men Submitted to Ate New York, Feb. 6.—Chairman How- ard Biliott announced after a meeting of the executilve committes of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road today that the road's attorneys had presented to Attorney General Mo- Reynolds the names of five men to act as trustees of the New Haven's hold- ings of Boston and Maine railroad stock in connection with the plan for the dissolution of the New Haven sys- tem. He refused, however, to make the names known. Charles F. Erooker of Ansonta, Comn, resigned from the executive committes today, and Edward Milligen was rec- ! ommended as his successor. J. L. Richards of Bosion was recommended to flil the vacanoy on the committes left by the resignation of J. P. Morgan. | Meetings of the directors of sev- |era: of the New Haven's subsidiarios including the Rhode Island company |aifo were held today, but the natuce | of the business {ransacted was not dis- jciosed. Chairman Eillott denied that the New Haven had recetved an offer for its hoidings of Merchants and Miners Transporfation company stock, 2s reported. PASSENGER FOUND HANGING IN BERTH, d the Lusitamia—Livers pool Pilot Brought Across. New York, WFeb. 6—When the Lusi- tania reached this port today, about 12 hours late, she had sboard her Liver- pool pilot, whose disembarkation at i | Suicide Aboar | Queenstown had been prevented by the firat squail of a run of heavy w which pursued Atlantic. the liner acro Passengers and malls town had to be Teft Last Tuesday the body of Aibert Nelson, 43, a third cabin passenger, whose home is said to be Shefleld, Pa., was found hanging from a berth The bod> was buried at sea the follow. ing night. TRADE COMMISSION BILL 1S INCOMPLETE. Prasident's Aid to Be Sought Strengthen Weak Spots. Washington, Feb. 6—That the pend- ing bil to create an Interstate trade be- to commission, the first of the meas- ures drafted for the administrative anti-trust legisiative programme, was fur from complete, was determined to- day by members of the senate Inter- state commerce coinmiltee at canference. Though, fi In - ac with a previous decree of the ty members of the camy | amendmenis proposed in supplements to the Ei voted down, carefil study eas re convipoed all the. co eemen that ihe bill should be matertally strepgthened. e aid of Presidant Wiisen is to be senght, Night Session of Heuss. Wasiingion, Feh. 6 —With mare than 00 members lisied far spesches. the | Aouge tomight held ws Arat of . serte of fhree nignt semsione o debate whe | Shackicierd good resds. MiL H