Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 12, 1914, Page 1

VOL. LVI—NO. 37 PRICE TWO CENTS NORWICH, CONN.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1914 ecticut in Proportion to the City’; Population The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest m !}onn Cabled Paragraphs THE NANTUCKET'S CAPTAIN ON TRIAL Berry Charged With Failing to Reduce Speed and| With Carelessness in Other Respects CAPTAIN OF THE MONROE ON WITNESS STAND Lapse of Only Two Minutes tucket’s First Whistle an mits Using an Inaccurate Compass and of Having Been Without Sleep For 19 Hours—Wireless a Great Help. Philadeiphia, Feb. 11.—Captain Os- myn Berry, commander of the steam- ship Nantucket, charged with negli- gence in the recent collision with the Virginia steamship Monroe, off the coast, in which 41 lives were lost, to- day heard Captain Edward E. Johnson of the sunken Monroe, give his version of that disaster before the local Unit- ed States inspectors of steam vessels, who will determine who was respon- sible for the accident. Captain John- son was on the stand all day. As in the Titanic disaster, it is ex- pected that the inquiry will result in certain changes being made with rela- tion to the navigation of vessels, at Jeast in the coastwise trade. While primarily Captain Berry is on trial, the board of inspectors has instruc- tions from the department of com- merce to make a thorough inquiry into every phase of the collision, with the view of the enactment of federal laws to assist in preventing a recurrence of similar disasters. The Charges Against Berry. ptain Berry, when confronted to- day by the charges brought by the government steamboat inspectors al Norfolk, pleaded not guilty. He i charged with failing to reduce the speed of his ship to avold the collis ion; failing to ascertain whether the wireless operator was on duty, and with being careless in not ascertaining through the wireless operator whether any other vessels were close by in the fog. One of the most important points brought out in the examination of Captain Johnson, who was the first witness, was that he navigated the Monroe with a steering compass that deviated as much as two degrees from the standard magnet compass. He said the instrument was sufficiently true to run the ship and that it was the custom of masters in the coastwise trade to use such compasses. His steering compass, Captain Johnson testified, had never been adjusted in the one year he was master of the Monroe. Captain Johnson's Story of Collision. | The Monroe’s captain told the story of the collision and was exhaustively examined by the steamboat inspectors, He said the night of the collision was | alternately clear and foggy. The col- lisfon occurred during a fog. The first knowledge he had that the Nuntuck: was near him was wben he heard a | Between Time He Heard Na.fl-1 d Collision of the Vessels—Ad- whistle three points on the starboard how. He was running at half speed at | the time, and stopped his engine to| locate the other ship, and blew his whistle twice to lst the vessel know he was steering to port. He judged the whistle was about 375 feet away. Captain Johnson’s second knowledge of the proximity of a vessel was when he saw a light four points to star- board and about 340 feet away, he| said. He believed the other vessel was | going in the opposite direction to him ! on a parallel line, but a moment later | the ship came out of the fog almost at right angles and struck the Monroe on the starboard side aft of the pilot house. Had No Sleep for 19 Hours. After he discovered the proximity of the Nantucket, Captain Johnson said, he signalled full steam ahead and turned his vessel to port, in the hope of receiving only a glancing blow, as he realized a collision could not be averted. Captain Johnson said there was a lapse of only two minutes be- tween the time he heard the Nantuck- et’s first whistle and the collision. Captain Johnson told in_detail the | duties of each member of the crew from the first officer down to the stew- ards. At the time of the collision he had no sleep for 19 hours. He said he could have gone to sleep before the Monroe left Norfellk for New York, but did not think it necessary. A number of times, he testified, he had remained in the pilot house all the way from Norfolk to New York. Located the Hamilton by Wireless. Questioned as to what action he took to find out through the wireless operator the proximity of other ves- sels, Captain Johnson said he had in- structed the operator to ascertain the location of the steamer Hamilton, which he knew was coming down the coast. This vessel was located near the Delaware Capes. The Nantucket must have been between the Hamilton and the Monroe, Captain Johnson said, but the operator of the Nantucket did not make his presence known. Captain Johnson, when asked his views on the efficiency of the wire- less in locating vessels in fogs, said it was a great help. He added, however, that wireless operators do not bother about messages they hear unless they are directed to the ship. Some op- erators, he sald, do not answer ques- tions about the location of their ships | | i DESTROYED A WILL BY WHICH HE BENEFITED.: “Was Like Burning Up $5,000 De- | clares Henry Holyoke. Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 1l.—How Henry Holyoke of Bangor, Me., gave! up $5,000 was related in a deposition ! read foday as testimony in the contest | of the will of Frank H. Holyoke, a/| wealthy Maine lumberman, who died in Pasadens in 1911, and cut off his; iwo sons and his wife in his will to leave the bulk of his estate to twin | nieces, Madeline and Marjorie Hol- | yoke. { | | The contest was instituted by Sid- ney Archibald Holyoke of Milwaukee, on the ground that his father mentally irresponsible when he made the will. Henry Holyoke in the depo- sition read today says the lumberman ' made and destroyed seven or eight wills during the year before his death. | “At Frank's request.” the deposition | read, “I destroyed one will early in 1910. I did not want to do it; in that | will Frank, my cousin, gave me $5,000: ' at I did it when he insisted. lice burning up $5,000.” IMMIGRATION BILL WON'T BE DROPPED. | Sonate Committee Will Report It and Urge Its Passage. Washington, Feb. 11. | otwithstand- E DECIDES AGAINST NEW HAVEN ROAD. Court Denies Motion for Interlocutory Judgment. New York, Feb. 11.—A motion for an interlocutory judgment, made in behalf of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company to re- strain the United States government from enforcing the order of the inter- state commerce commission enforcing fixing certain of the company’s pas- senger rates, was denled today by the federal district court. The points in volved are Greenwich, Cos Cob, Riv- erside, Sound Beach and Stamford, Conn,, to which a material reduction was ! in commutation rates to and from New | York city had been granted by the in- erstate commerce commission. In denying the motion the court held that questions of fact on which the railroad and the interstate com- merce commission differed had been decided by the latter against the for- mer after a prolonged hearing. RATIFICATION OF THE ARBITRATION TREATIES | Administration Le-dar; Expect Favor- able Action Next Week. Washington, Feb, 1l.—General ar- Mes with Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Portugal and Switzerland, which have ing a well defined sentiment among !expired and are awaiting ratification some democratic senators against ac- | tion on immigration legislation at this session of congress, the senate committee on jmmigration today de- termined to continue its deliberations | on the Burnett bill as it passed the | house and to report it to the senate as soon as possible. “There is a feeling held by some senators,” said Senator Smith of | South Carolina, chairman of the com- | mittee, “that immigration legislation | ehould not be enacted at this time, but this committee proposes to report a bill and urge its passage. Some mem- hers of the committee are opposed to pushing this legislation now, but they are in the minority.” | | METHOD OF ELECTING THE U. S. SENATORS Bill to Aid States Which Have Not 5 { £ S ! with obstruction and assault in con- Legisiated on Amendment. Richmend, Va., Feb. 1 Wvelyn Nes- | Steamship Arrivals. ection with last night's attempt of | - bit Thaw was swrested here todav.| Havre, Feb, 10. Frauce, | the police to arrest Emmeline | Wasbington, Feb, 11 —Witheut a Ma. at the request of the| New Yerk Pankhurs roll call, the senate late today T‘H-Y)S%g‘)nix sterial union and others, had for-!| Port Said, Feb. Il Cleve o ! rovide a temporary method | bidden her to appear at a (heater. { land, New York for B : s i t L | nomination and election of way detained for a court hearing | ers, Web. 11.—Steamer Sant An-| L’h”"‘?f““'"‘__'if‘ ol ”:'x‘:l‘f'“L | siated to carry out the seventeentl e e | " iew York, Web. 11—Steamer Prin- | ordered today by the Inte | constitutional amendment for the di- e ens G merce Comtnis € | rect election of senators, Message from Stefansson. Halifax, Feb Steamer Chicage, | hr T e ntral R The law would be effective enly Un- | @itawa, Ont, ¥eb. il.—Vilhjalmar | Havr | pamy, as applied to iral moving be the ious states provide theilr |giefansson, the Arctic explorer, has| Southampter Feb. 1l—Steamer | {0Ck Tinte in New England east of | for neminaling and|sent a despatch to the govermment | Olympic, New York | the Fudson river i elostio s nghe‘fi: o Wi‘;‘ig.trnm Collintor Point anneuncing that | Naples, Feb. [1- imer Berlin e L i IRSLIDCH, are avo - . would | o gnd three companions, who were | New Yo . make the state laws for nomlrga:tmg:a'shm.e e DUt Harcel wien tho) S e e 1 | More 'Clla‘mu- [Fur l]‘_es onal Banks. | and electing state officers applicable | stonm whaler Karluk was carried out T { New Orleaus, La., ¥ ~The fed- | to senators. to sea in the ice, have joined Ander- other Ear ock. {eral reserve bhank tion com- | — som's branch of the expedition in win. | New Haven, Conn. Feb. 11—Earth | mit ecretaries McAdoo and Ho Conventien of Bey Scouts, ‘Washington, Feb. 11.—Delegates fromi #ll parts of the country were arriving lere tonight for the fourth annual mecting of the National Council of the Boy Sceuts of America, which for- mally epens its comnvention LOmOrrow. To Study Piant Diseasss. ‘Washington, Feb. 11.—The senate to- day passed a resolution authorizing the president to accept the invitation of the republic of France to join in the international commission for the study of plani dissaseg | | the for extension, are to be taken up for | consideration’ by the senate Thursday, | February 15. This course was deter- | mined upon today by the foreign re- lations committee, which favorably re- ported the treaties recently after & conference with President Wilson on the nation’s foreign policy. Opposition to extension of the trea- ties s certain to develop, but adminis- tration leaders foresee a clearing up of the foreign relations of the coun- try and_believe that the conventions jwill be favorably acted upon after the general debate, EVELYN NESBIT THAW PLACED UNDER ARREST. Had Been Forbidden to Appear at Theater in Richmond. uarters. Stefansson still believes ‘{{.nrluk and crew are safe. Booklst on Income Tax Law. Washington, Feb. 11.—As a means of study of the complexities of the in- come tax law, treasury officlals today issued a 90 ‘booklet, ciristened 1t “Regulations No. 33” and sent it forth to collectors of internal revenue in the expectation that it will clear up many of the misunderstandings con- cerning the law which have arlsen throughout the cotntiy, ter Russian Premier Resigns, St. Petersburg, Feb. 11.—Viadimir | Kowovsoff, the Russlan premier, re- signed today. Dramatist Houghton Left $27,000. Manchester, England, Feb. 11.—The estate of the late William Stanley Houghton, the dramatist, who died on Dec. 10 last, was swern today at $27,- 000. Balloonists Land in Russia. Berlin, Feb. 11. — Reports received here from Perm, Russia, say that three foreign balloonists landed today near Krasno-Utimsk, a ~town 110 miles southeast of Perm. The aviators proo- ably are Dr. Korn and his two com- panions of Berlin, who ascended at Bitterfield, Prussian Saxony, at the beginning of the present week, with the intention of establishing a dis- tance and duration record for spheri- cal bailoons. Swedish Students Pledge. Loyalty. Stockholm, Sweden, Feb. 11.—Three thousand students from the. leading Swedish universities, accompanied by bands playing patriotic airs, today marched through the streets to the royal palace, where speeches were de- | livered assuring King Gustave of the students’ loyalty and devotion to and their complete confidence in his maj- esty during the present constitutional crisis which has resuited from the de- mand of the land owners and farmers for increased armaments. OPPOSE REGULATION OF STOCK EXCHANGE Prof. Emery of Yale and E. P. Page of New York Before Committee, ‘Washington, Feb, 11.—That the price —the little “pikers being stung” by operations on the stock exchange— though a big one, is not too big to | pay for the benefit of an extended | market which would be narrowed by | i the operation of the proposed law | for the regulation of stock exchanges | was the position taken today by Hen- ry C. Emery, professor of economics at Yale, before the senate committee on banking and currency. E. P. Page of New York, a member of .the Hughes commission, also op- posed government regulation, though he, as well as Profeasor Emery, ad- mitted some of the evils congress is seeking to remedy. . Young men of no means Were Dro- tected from losing money on the New York stock exchange, Mr. Page said, | because those employed in financial | institutions would lose their positions if thelr employers learned that they were speculating and because brokers would not fill orders for such men, i TO FORM A CHAIN OF COMMON COUNSEL CLUBS National Movement for Discussion of National Affairs. ‘Washington, ¥Feb. 11.—The eommon counsel club, formed here recently by men prominent in national life to bring | progressive citizens in all parts of the country together for discussion of na- tional ‘affairs, was formally organized | here today and a tentative constitu- | tion adopted. Organization work of lo- | cal councils throughout the country | will be !mmediately undertaken, more than six hundred applications for char- | ters being already in hand. It was decided that the local or- ganlzations shall consist of at least ten members, and that fifteen local councils may be orgenized into a state | council, consisting of one member from each of the subordinate crganizations. The present thirty-odd members in the temporary national council, it was d cided, will constitute the first council of the nation. dditional members of | the first council may be elected from | time to time, but no state’s member- ship will de permitted to exceed two. ARRESTS OF PUBLISHER AND EDITOR ARE SOUGHT. | Charged With Conducting Lottery in Their Newspaper. Stockton, Cal,, Feb. 11.—Complaints asking for the arrest of Fremont Old- er, editor of the San Francisco Bulle- | tin, who took a leading part in the| prosecution of Abe Ruef, the former | San Francisco boss, now in San Quen- tin prison, and R. A. Crothers, pub- lisher of the Bulletin, were issued to- day by the district attorney, charging them with conducting a lottery through | the columns of the newspaper. Under the penal code the charge is a misde- | meanor. | | I H Printed Prize-Winning Numbers. San Franclsco, Feb, 11.—Certain newspapers here have published the prize-winning numbers weekly an- | nounced by Iotteries. They have been | endeavoring to exclude all copies con- | taining these lists from the United | States mails. | | AMERICAN NAVAL TUG IMPRISONED Not Likely to Be Able to Get Away! Before 8pring, Bonne Bay, N. F., Feb. 11.-—The | American naval tug Potomac, which came to these waters to rescue two herring fishing craft caught in the ice at Bay of Islands, is now so firmiy ped in an ice floe herself that 1 IN ICE | | | 1 i | | grip; the chance of her getting away before spring is considered small All the 36 men of the Potomac are well, but coal and provisions are run- ning low. In order to replenish their | supplies, the landing party came to | Bonne bay tonight and will drag sled {loads of food back over the ice to- morrow. | | tremors, resembling the shocks felt in this state on Tuesday, were felt again tonight in New Haven, Bridgeport. Fairfield, Southiport, Derby and other towns in sputhwestern Connecticut. There were three distinct shocks, oc- curring shortly after eight o'clock, Alaska Railroad Bill. Washington, Feb. 11—Final action en the Alaskan railroad bill next Wed- nesday was in prospect tonight after the house had given a day to detailed consideration of the measure as passed by the senats (Charges Neglect - | tee for a full inquiry as necessary to | appearing in_the doorway of the hall, | xeep sil op silent. { No st Aid to the Injured. Waahti declared that on one occa- | ! of Injured Men TESTIMONY OF MINER AT IN-| VESTIGATION NO “FIRST AID” THERE Conditions Have Grown Steadily | Worse for Five Years, Declares One —Calumet Holocaust to Be Probed. | i Hancock, Mich., Feb. 11.—Sixtee - = St n striking copper mine workers testified today before the congressional inves- tigators that they were compelled to Esmeraldas is ~ Lost by Rebels. FEDERAL ECUADOR CITY FIERCE BOMBARDMENT { Gunboats and Artillery Pour Shot and Shell Into City—Fears Feit for Qh.‘ Safety of Foreign Residents. Guayaquil, Ecuador, Feb. 11.—Es- | meraldas, capital of the province of Esmeraldas, which has been in the | hands of the revoltionists since Dec. ABRAHAM A knightly spirit bold, The simple ways and Of the anchorites of old. His heart was tender with a love For all humanity; He heard the wailing of the slaves, And yearned to set them free. No honest labor ever His spirit sound and true; That which laid nearest to his hand He never failed to do; Through hardship, toil and bitter pain He walked serenely brave, The narrow, upward path that led To glory and the grave. Though many a year above his dust Has shed its suns and rains; attern still for all the world is memory remains. And laurel wreath and martyr’s crown Around his name are blent, And every black he freed is now His living monument. A e o o S ————~— e His was the woodman’s rugged frame, LINCOLN studious tastes, shamed M A IRVING. toil under dangerous and unsanitary conditions for wages that barely en- abled them to exist. The contract sys- tem of pay was generally condemned. The committee has decided to go to Calumet to investigate the Italian hall disaster on Christmas eve, as relating to the deportation of Charles H. Moyer president of the Western Federation f Miners, two nights later. There is some difference of opinion among the members of the commiitee as to he scope the inquiry on this subject hould take, Blames Citizens’ Alliance for Panic. O. N. Hilton, senior counsel for the Federation, today asked the commit- stablish his charge that Moyer's con- stitutional rights were invaded. At least one member of the committee is opposed to delving into all the harrow- | ing details of the catastrophe. Mr. Hilton made the direct charge that the panic was caused by a man | who wore a Citizens' Alifance button | shouting “Fire! Fire! rush.” Conditions Growing Worse. Daniel Waahti, who said he had worked in the Calumet and Hecla mines for twenty-six years, testified that working conditions had become worse in every way during the last five years. “I wish you would specify how con- ditions have become worse,” Chair- man Taylor requested. “The men hfive been required to do more and more work,” the witness re- plied; “and if a man was unable to do the work he received treatment un- fit for one man to receive from an- other. When men complain they get harsher treatment than those who Everybody sion he was injured by a falling roc hich required three men to remove om his body. He was given no med- cal attention, he said, until he reach- al. to the in- jured' in the mines? ed Congress- man Casey. ot that I ever heard of,” was the London, Feb, 11—Seven militant suf- fragettes were sentenced at Bow Street Police court today te four days imprisonment each on their refusal te give sureties to keep the peace for six months after they had been charged ton, today heard claims of Louisville and New Orleans for a federal reserve bank. Memphis tomorrow will pre- sent her clalms, after which the com- mittee will go to Atlanta. Secretary Larney Surrenders. New York, Feb, 11.—William A. Lar- ney, a former secretary of the fire de- partment, who was indicted yesterday for grand larceny in connection with the alleged misappropriation of two assignments of state moneys owed to contractor, surrendered today and pleaded not guilty. | sent by warships to reinforce those al- { ready in the ne | tion of either. 15, was bombarded yesterday by gov- ernment gunboats and heavy artillery, and, according to the latest advices, was recaptured by the wzovernment forces. Shells Set Fire to Town. The bombardment began late in the afternoon, the attacking federals num- bering 3.000 men. Five small gunboats | were in the city simultan tillery arbor and opened on the usly with the fleld ar- Shel!ls set fire to the town in several sections, and at one time it was in danger of being totally de- stroyed. Attack Planned for Several Wesks. Preparations for the attack both by land and sea had been underway for several weeks. Federal forces were rborhood of Esmer: FORCES RECAPTURE i | seed house and all the were ordered to the port. Rebel Leader Obstinate. the Before ck began. Colonel the rebel leader, was government's intention to bombard, but he declined to agree to the fixing of a neutral zone, where avallable gunboats | non-combatants might be reasonably | safe, or to permit foreigners to embark on the steamers in the harbor. Fear Felt for Foreigners. While details are lacking it is known that the city was subjected to an ex- tremely heavy fire, and considerable fear is felt for the safety of foreign residents and other non-combatants. UNITED STATES SENATOR ACCUSED OF AN ASSAULT. Woman Sues $50,000 Damages. Oklahoma City, jury was today selected to try $50,000 damage suit instituted by Mrs. Minnle E. Bond, against United States Senator Gore. Mra. Bond charges that the Oklahoma senator attacked her while she was a guest at a Washing- ton hotel. Judge Georse W. Clark.who w! that the past life of neither the plain- tiff nor the defendant was vital to the case, although testimony may be pre- sented to establish the gencral reputa- It is stated that under this ruling a mass of depositions would be excluded. Ross L. Lillard made the opening statement for the plaintiff. witnesses would testify 'y that Senator Bond Gore attacked Mrs. in a room in which they met at the senato suggestion to Jiscuss the wppointm of Mrs. Bond's husband, Julian B to a federal positioh, and that struggle to free herself Mrs. B xlasses were broken. On ihe following day, the attor general asserted friends ¢ ator re endeaversd to have the matter hushed up and urged Mrs. Bond to leave Washingten C Cruce, spokesman for the de- fense serted that the senator m Mre. Bend in the lobby of her hote at her invitation to discuss the ap sointment of her husbamd, and that Mrs sgested that they go fe t here they could eonves without ir wption; that d e conversation Mrs. Bond seized the sen ator and that he freed himself and left the room. The taking of testimony will begin tomorrow. Soft Coal Mining Conference. Philadelp¢, Feb. 11—The joint con_ ference between the soft coal operators of western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indi- ana and lllinofs and . representatives of their employes who are seeking an increase in wages and other conces- sions got under way here today when the demands of the miners were pre- sonted to the Wine gwRWs | Okla., Feb. 11.—A | for $10,000 against the Boston preside at tho trial, held today | | | { Condensed Telegrams \Execution of Brigadier General Wirt Davis, U. 8.1 A., retired, died at Washington yester- ! day after a three years' flines: James 8. Pitkin and Samuel Blatchley, long identifled with the de- velopment of New Haven died ves- terd: 1 part Nel esterday would progr not be The Contract for the Annual supply of 00 pounds of butter for ths navy will be let by Secretary Daniels next Tuesda ire Yesterday Destroyed the cotton._ of the Farmers and Mil- lers' Cottonseed Oil company at Bir- mingham, Ala. Many Irish Societies are sending to congressmen, protests,against the pro_ | posed repeal of Pgplama Canal tolls of American ships. Professor Frederic P. Gorman, bac- teriologist at Brown university, yesterday appointed deputy milk ex- aminer for Frovidence. Tammany Hall Will Not Oppcse the effurts of Governor Glynn and Presi- dent Wilson to reorganize the demo- cratic party in New York. Growth in Organization member- ship of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States was practically doubled during the past year. Five Persons Were Drowned when the Mississippi river packet Gem was destroyed by fire opposite Hahnville, forty miles from New Orleans. The Wells Fargo Express has in- augurated an automobile service be- tween Chicago, Geneva and Aurora, 1L, to compete against parcel post. Methodism Contributed $1,000,000 last year for the relief of widows and orphans of Methodist ministers and aid of retired ministers in the United States. Franklin Phillips, who established a nation-wide reputation as a mechani- cal steam and hydraulic engineer, died in his home at Newark, J. J., of pneu- monia. Fire in the Lacquer Room of the Richards and Company Artificial Leather factory at Stamford yester- ay caused a loss estimated at close to $25,000. Edwin Pike, a Farmer, built a wind- mill at Harmony, Me., and failing to allow for exit, was imprisoned with- in it three days when the wind start- ed the sails. A Confession by Elmer Rushlow and William Dennis that they were the slayers of Chin Kirg, a Chinese store keeper, was announcéd by the "St. Albans’ police yesterday. The Adams Express Company yes- terday ' reduced its quarterly dividend from $3 to $1.50 a share. The company h been paying dividends at the rate of $12 a year since 1909, A Cold Which Compelled Governor | Walsh to cancel several engagements Tuesday was worse yesterday, and the ician refused to permit visit to the state house. The Officers and Passengers of the steamship Olympic on outhampton yesterday York said they had encountered rst weather in their experience. Florence Davisson Post, wife of former Assemblyman Ira C. Post and mother of A e Davigson Post, the lawyer and author. died in her home at Temple Moor, near Clarksburg, W. Va. from New the New York's Oldest Pickpocket, se enty years of age, scarcely able to waik, but still active in petty crime, added another arrest vesterday to his lcng record. His name is John Han ley. Rev. Nelson Fay Smith, pastor of the ongregational church at tass. and for seventeen years con- nected with the Northfield seminary, died yesterday after being operated upon for appendicitis. A Bill Requiring importers of milk from other states to certify that the milk is from cows that have satis- factorily passed a semi-annual tuber- culin test was passed by the Rhode Is- land house vesterday. Miss Maggie Teyte, the opera singer, Lad a narrow escape from injury at St Louis when a taxicab in which was riding to union station to catch midnight train for New York, was | Gore of Oklahoma for| struck by a touring car. Supreme Court Justice Giegerich of New York has granted an attachment and the | Maine railroad in first suit brought by a holder of the $10,000.000 worth of notes that became payable Feb. 3. An Emergency Appropriation of | $500,000 to fight hog cholera and $100,- 000 for dourine, a horse disease was pressed_upon congress yesterday in a favorable report by Chalrman Lever | of the house committee on agricul- ture. Captain Henry A. Peck, brother of Professor Tracy Peck of the Latin faculty of Yale university, and uncle of Judge Epaphraditus Peck of the He said | Yale Law school faculty, died at his home at Bristol yesterday at the age of 81. Leona A. Giegerich supreme ction restrainin from of rt the has The spending n Fran- ate Lane Yesterday ite 2gest i apprppriation ion into the prac cability of svernment oil pipe line from the mid-continent field of Okla- homa to the Guif of Mexico, to sup- ply fuel oil for the navy. Deciding That a Motion Picture scenario has no value and that, there- fore, a person who converted the pho- to play script of another to his own use, committed no crime, Judge War- ren Williams of Los Angeles yesterday dismissed a police court case against Hampton I'§:l Ruth, charged with stealing the idea on which a photo play submitted to him was based ,000 for inv That Amalgamation with the repub- ca considered | ives was decided | her arrival at | Northfleld, | she | of | i Bandit Castillo SIX OF HIS BAND ALSO PAY DEATH PENALTY {CAPTURED BY CAVALRY Villa Notified That Murderous Brigand Has Been Put to Death in State of Chihuahua—Surrounded by Rebels. { <El Paso, Tex., Feb. 1l.—Maximo Castillo and six of his foliowers were captured and executed Monday near Chocola Pass, about 45 miles north- east of Pearson, Chihuahua, according Lo telegrams received today by Gen- eral Fraucisco Villa in Juarez. Surrounded by Rebel Cavalry. _The message was sent from Casas { Grandes, he said, by rebel officials. A detachment of rebel cavalry under Ma- jor Juan Samaniego surrounded Cas- tillo's band near the pass, it was re- ported, and captured seven of them, including Castillo. TELEGRAPH REPAIRED. Communication Re-established Be- tween War Zone and Outside World. ‘Washington, Feb. 11.—Officials here were much interested today in de- spatches announcing the unexpected restoration of telegraphic communica- tion between important Mexican towns in the zone of war and the outside world. This was true of such towns as Monterey, Laredo, Ciudad Porfirio Diaz and Torreon. The inference drawn was that the campaigns against these fedeal strongholds were not be- ing actively pushed by the constitu tionalists. It was suggested that the leaders were awaiting the receipt of fresh supplies of arms and ammuni- tion following the removal of the American embargo. There is also a suggestion that General Villa and General Carranza are concerned over the possibility that some of their fol- lowers unused to restraint may be difficult to handle at present in the event that any of these large towns are captured. U. 8. Cavalry Called Out. El Paso, Texas, Feb. 11—An attempt to rush Mexicans recruited in this city by Huerta's recruiting agents across the river tonight brought out four troops of the Fifteenth cavalry to pre- vent the viclation of neutrality. WAR TALK IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Opposition Wants Homé Rule Submit- ted to the People. London, Feb. 11.—Home rule for Ireland was again the subject of para- mount interest in the house of com- mons today. At the conclusion of the debate the amendment to the reply to the speech from the throne, moved yesterday by the unionist, Walter Hume Long, “that it would be disas- | trous for the house to proceed further with the government for Ireland bill | until the measure had been submitted | t othe judgment of the country,” was defeated by a vote of 333 to 255. The announcement of the figures | was received with loud opposition cheers and shouts of “Resign!™ Mr. Bonar Law predicted civil war the moment home rule passea, but | urged that the danger of civil war could be averted by leaving Ulster out of the home rule bill or by submitting the bill to the judgment of the people. | Lord Charles Beresford, addressing the Ulster association of Londonm, to- night sald: “If the imperial forces are ordered to fire on the Ulster men they must obey. But 1 decline to believe that the gov- ernment will go to that extreme to force home rule on Ireland. If the government does, it will be the first step toward the demoralization of the army end navy and will lead to the break-up of the empire.” | | A STATE SENATOR PAID TO COLLECT SENTIMENT Another of New Haven Roads Ex- penditures Explained. ‘ Boston, Feb. 11.—A. P. Russell, leg- islative agent for the New York, New | Haven and Hartford railroad. denied | tonight at the continued hearing before | the public service commission on the | railroad’s publicity and “other ex- | Penses” that he had ever given money or its equivalent to any member of the legislature. He said that Thomas F. Curley, a former state senator, was employed to “collect sentiment™ com- | cerning the road in different parts of the state. “Mr. Curley was not au- thorized by me to have anything to do with anybody connected with the leg- islature,” said Mr. Russell After explaining the employment by | the New Haven of newspaper mem stationed at the state house, the wit- ness sald he did not believe any pub- lic service corporation should try te influence public opinion through the press. EXPLOSION ROCKS STAMFORD HOUSES. Large Supply of Dynamits Set OFf in Some Unknown Manner. Stamford., Conn., Feb. 11 —Two han- dred and fifty pounds of dynamite, stored In a small building in the west- | | scction of the town, exploded after § o'clock tonight, and the o explosion was feit for miles, Houses were rocked. the hundreds were smash- a was overturned, furnace pipes broken, and other minor damage done. A large greenhouse, nearby, was wrecked The explosive was owned by Johm James, a contractor. He could assign no definite Teason for the explosion tonight, but thought there was a pos- sibility that some ons might have tampered with the loclk, FINED $25 FOR RECKLESS DRIVING. New Haven Man Run Down in New York After Hot Chase. New York, Feb. 11.—Wallace M. Malley, son of a well-to-do merchant of New Haven, Conn., pald today for his wild automobile ride up Madison avenue last Saturday with a police court fine of 328, After he had knocked down and se- verely injured a _pedestrian creased his speed. Repeated at the tires of the car trolmen failed to stop finally captured in a touring ear the pelice commandeered t