Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 14, 1914, Page 1

VOL. LVI—NO. 39 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1914 The Bulletin’s Ciruclation in -Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in GERMAN PARLIAMENT MISINFORMED United States Has Not Given Assurance of Indem- nity For Losses of Foreigners in Mexico GOVERNMENT NOT CONSIDERING THAT ISSUE| United States Notifies Germany That Nobody Outside Mex- ico Can Adjust Present Difficulties—Water Used by Horses of U. S. Troopers at Ysleta Poisoned and Ten Die —Shooting of Lieutenant Cook Reported to Gen. Maas Washington, Feb. 13.—While admit- ting jts accuracy, Secretary Bryan de- elined to discuss further the statement made toda 'e German under- gecretary of state to the imperial par- Yiament that Germany had been notified | by the United States that nobody out- | Eide of Mexico could enforce a settle- | ment of that country’s present difficul- | ties. The view thai the Mexicap fac- tions should be allowed to adjudff their | differences without outside interference | was expressed when the American gov- | ernment gave notice to the warldl powers that its embargo against the exportation of arms to Mexico had been raised. day. Indemnification Not Being Considered. | Three horses dled Wednesday night Officials pointed out today that sim-'| when Americans under Captain A. jlar expressions had been communi- [ H. Davidson of the 13th cavalry were | cated repeatedly to other powers when | rushed to Ysleta in pursuit of the their diploma ives asked | an_federal recruits who escaped | what the United States intended to do the river. Since then seven | in regard to Mexico. of Mexican responsi- for losses sustained by foréign | fexico as a result of the disturbances is one upon nt the state department The question bility declines to enter. It was suggested cidenally through the dumping of that the German under-secretary ex- | rafuse. > only the German view when e assurances had been given O'SHAUGHNESSY WON'T LEAVE. es would be indemnified. The v of pas revolutionary movements in the western hemisphere pres some contradiction of doc- trine in this regard, and the disposi- tion of the officials s to leave such | matters to be adjusted after the pres- | ent revolution is ended. Report of Vera Cruz Shooting. lLate today a report came to the navy department regarding the mys- terious attack Wednesday night at Vera Cruz upon an American naval officer. The despatch w; forwarded to the department by Admiral Mayo, in command at Vera Cruz, at the in- stance of Admiral Fletcher, who i mow on his way to Vera Cruz from Tampico. It said: 2 “Lieutenant Arthur B. Cook, in uni- [ € form, driving in Vera Cruz on Wed- | url was shot at from a. balcony by nown person, but was not in- Requested the authorities to or cel hing has been heard from Ad- Fletcher regarding the reported al sttuation at Tampico since his ays ago. SHOOTING OF COOK. Admiral Fletcher Calls Attention of General Maas to It. ruz, Feb. 15.—Rear commander of the Americ forces in Mexican waters, today forwarded to General Mass, the federal military commandant bere, a brief note £ his attention o the attempted nation of Lieutenant Arthur B. . flag lieutenant-to Rear Admiral of the United States battleship by Ma Connecticut, on Wednesday night. Rear Admiral Fletcher closed with his note Lieutemant Cook’s report to 4l Mayo, made immediately after report Lieuten- » was absolute- bullet, which penetrated the side of the carriage in was riding with his wife and 1 McKenzie of Philadelphia, and which bruised 1 at_him. Further action in the matter is de- | pendent on the character of the reply | of General Maas. investigating the shooting. Horses of U. S. Troopers at Ysleta ence of poison in the water given some | of the horses of the American troopers on more have died and a postmortem ex- | amination General vhether thi To Remain at Post Although His Fath- Mexico City, the seriousness elson charge d'affaires, decided tonight not to abandon his post, even for a brief | interval, in spite of his receipt of news | that his father is dying in New York. | For a short time today Mr. O'Sough- nessy asking ihe state department at Wash- ington for permission for him to at- tempt to see his father, but tonight he | abandoned the idea. The exact whereabouts of his father, onel nown 'affaires, but he cabled today to ac- quaintances in New York in an endeav- to find out. ed by his father i Colonel O’Shaughnessy is 77 years oid aguan canal project Another Attack on Neuve Laredo. Laredo. rough the Laredo customs house to- ay, to the rebel forces at Mexico, was followed by reports that | another be made February Aggressive Move by Federals. Laredo, move in aggressive campaign ordered President Huerta in the northeast- ern part of Mexico was made tonight when ! Guardiola.left Nuevo Laredo to attack the constitutionalists’ garrison at San Yznacio, Ygnacio which the rebels have exported cattle to the United States and received large ammunition supplies since the embargo was raised. garrison is not known. hip, was aimed The police are still WATER POISONED. Die as Result of It. Paso, Tex., Feh. 13—The pre | uard at Ysita was discovered to- today Scott f pol disclosed the cause, will investigate to | ible just what water | were poisoned, and | might have happened ac- er is Dying. 1 Impressed with of the situation here, O'Shaughnessy, the American considered the advisobility of James T. O'Shaughnessy, is to the American charge The information re- Ir. O'Shaughnessy is that suffering from pneumonia. once was identified with the Nic- Texas, Feb. 13.—Shipments of 10,000 rounds of ammunition San Ignacio, | constitutionalist attack is to 22 on Neuvo Lar- Texas, Feb. 13.—The first 1.000 federals under General | 5 miles down the river. San the port of entry through The strength of the rebel SNOWSTORM TIES UP NEW YORK TRAFFIC. Thirteen Deaths at the Metropolis Due to Cold Wave. | New York, srature from 1 Feb, 1 deg A rise in tem- below zero a o'ciock this mornig to 23 degrees ove at midnight brought with it to is city the snowstorm which had ' (o€ been promised two days ago. arly tonight a blanket of fine, dry flakes began to settle down, giving New York t vivid impression of winter this seaso; Trolley iine traffie in the outlying lomatic means, B e sl er in the day a similar conven- LowRlow! )1‘“] to be called into | tion between the _"nl ed States and on many lines. | Switzerland was signed. e more deaths dae te tne in- | ~ cold occurred today, making the | 4 for the present cold snap 13.| ATTEMPT TO STEAL Miccael Mallaly fell uncenscious in a | JOHN DOE EVIDENCE. Trookivn street and died hefore medi- —— jul aid could bo given lim. Mre, Lena | indications of Effort to Burglarize the cold and was later | Whitman's Cabinet. Eric Neisen, tailor, was found dead on Blackwell's Island. | _ NeéW i -Discovery was O e ot s and- | made today of an attemp: to break | less had found shelter at the municipal | iDt0 @ steel file cabinet in the district 1 ging house, ameng them 4) women and 19 children. dence recently gathered here by the | John Doe and grand jury investiga- { tions of state highway- graft. Some | Drove Wife Out Inte Cold. Hartford, Cenn., Feb. 13—John K. Jecobson was artested tonight upon eomplaint of neighbers who say that he came home early this morning and drove his wife from the house into the biting cotd, at a point of a revolver. Mrs. Jacobson, ciad enly in night- clothes, walked Lo neighbors, where she was given shelter. Steamer Down to Coal Sweepings. Halifax, N. S., Feb, 13—Burning the last of the sweepings of her coal bunk- ers, the British tramp steamer Lord Antrim arrived tonight. The steamer, which was 26 days out from Narvik for Philadelphia, had encountered ter- rific weather. Captain Aiken said preparations had been made ta burn | the wood fittings, Meat Farmine in New South Wal Sydney, N. S. W., Feb, 13—A serlous | situation has been created here by a ! conflict between the employers and | workers in the imeat ‘trade. A meat famine is threatensd asid all business is dislocated. Sjaughterers, butchers gnd shopmen demgnded big' incroases #m wages and shoptér hours of work. | $25,000 Fire at Lee, Mass. | lee, Mass, Feb. 13.—Sparks bleck, | eceupied by J. Quigley’s ' double store and Evereit White's paint and hardware store, was destroyed by fire this evening, enfailing a loss of §25,000, | eda, opposite tis place i TWELFTH OF PEACE Conventions Completed Between Costa Washington, the Bryan peace treaties was late today 3 the United States, and Minister Calvo, | | { es which cannot be adjusted by dip- | attorney’s office centaining all the ev ne John K. Clark, one of District Attorney ! Whitman's assistants, and tried to un- lock the cabinet. used broke of in the lock where it re- mained as evidence of the attempted | robbery. Double Asphyxiation at Waterbury. ‘Waterbury, Dikas, 27, and his wife, Susan Dikas, 25, are dead, while Vincent Dunbriski, 20, a_brother of the deceased woman, is dying in St. Mary’s hospital as the result of the accidental breaking of a rubber heater ‘in the kitchen of their home. TREATIES SIGNED. Matroni, today withdrew his plea of mot guilty of murder in the first pleaded guilty of second degree mur- der in killing Annie Walsh on board the barge at New Bedford two months ago. on_for life, Rica and Switzerland. | 13.—The 12th of | signed el when Secretary Bryan, for | Costa Rica, affixed their signa- tures to an agreement which provides | for the investigation by an internation- al committee, for a vear, of all misun- tandings between the two coun- York, Feb. 18. ined entrance to the office of The key that w Conn., Feb. 13.—James gas tube connected with a Crowding Out the Liama, The longitudinal railway of Chilie, first the dream and next the hope of Chileans for 25 vears, is accomplished. | The laying of the last rail was an im miles long, extending from Iquique to | Valparaiso and on to Puerto Montt. | The road was desired because hetween its ends lles many fertflo valleys, bi secting’ mountain systems whic} tain mineral wealth “rich beyond the dreams of ‘avarice.” of both agricultural and mineral re- sources transportation facilities were | | needed and the road was also neces- sary to the proper defense of the coun- try for staraegical reasons. miliar ilama as the chief transportation in Chile wiil give place to the express teain, con- For expioitation The fa- agent of have te Cabled Paragraphs Motorboat Ice Scouts. London, Feb, 13.—Motorboat ice scouts form the latest scheme adopt- ed by trans-Atlantic shipping com- panies as a means of circumventing ice perils during their voyages in the North Atlantic. “Affinity” Earle Leaving Norway. Christania, Norway, Feb. 13.—Fred- erick Pinney Earle, the American painter who is wanted in France on a charge of kidnapping his son, started today for Skien in custody of a police- man. From that port a steamer will take him to Bodeaux. — Filipinos Want Independence. Manila, Philippines, Feb. 13—Reso- lutions asking for the independence of the Philippines under the protector- ate of the United States were adopted by a meeting of the progressive party, which is headed by Juan Sumulong, & ‘ormer member of the Philippine com- mission. SLEIGH STRUCK BY A FREIGHT TRAIN. Two Killed Outright and One Dying at Kingston, N. Y, Kingston, N. Y., Feb. 13.—Two per- sons are dead, a third is dying and 48 others were injured as the result of a crossing accident near here early to- day, when a large sleigh conveying a party of Kingston people returning from a dance at Binnewater was struck by a freight train of the Wallkill Val- ley railway, The dead are Raymond Weod, & bookieeper, who was instantly killed, and Julius Moser, a railroad clerk, who died m the Kingston city hospital late today. Arthur Rowland, a bank clerk, suffering from fractured skull, was not expected to survive the night. Miss Nellie Zimmerman also had her ull fractured, as did the two men whko have died. Willilam Anderson, the driver of the sleigh, is the most seriously injured of the others. Thrown from his seat at the first impact of sleigh and loce- motive, he fell across one of the raiis d had his foot cut and several ribs broken. None of the others was hurt. serlously BRITISH PUBLIC WAXES INDIGNANT. Greatly Disturbed by Selection of an American as Railway Head. London, Feb. 11 he press and public are much exercised over the appointment of Henry W. Thornton, general superintendent of the Long Island railroad, as general manager of the Great Kastern Railway compa- ny. Never before has a British rail- way gone abroad to find a general manager, and the announcement of Lord Claud Hamilton, chairman of the Great Eastern, of his inability to find a capable Englishman for the position has caused intense chagrin and a great deal of criticism in the railway world. This, however, is not directed against Mr. Thorne as an American, but against the English system, which, it is charged, fails to encourage home talent and initiative. LIFE SENTENCE FOR CAPTAIN OF BARGE Pleads Guilty to Murder of a Woman While Drunk. Taunton, Mass., Feb. —Charles captain of the barge Snipe, degree and He was sentenced to state pris- Matroni, wifo is alleged to have been intoxicated at the time of the crime, was arrested near the partly dismem- bered body of his victim. BURNED HIS WIFE TO DEATH WHILE DRUNK James R. Sutherland of Whitman Given Life Sentence. Plymouth, Mass., Feb. 13.—James R. Sutherland of Whitman, was sentenced today to state prisom for life for kill- ing his wife a vear ago. He pleaded guilty of second degreec murder re- tracting his previous plea. Sutherland was charged with burn- ing_his wife to death at in Whitman, drinking. their home He is said to have been Steamship Arrivals. Feb. 11.—Steamers Perugia, Stampalia, New York. Christiansand, Feb. 132 —Steamer Oscar 1L, New York for Gopenhagen, Liverpeoi, Feb. 12 —Steamer Car- mania, New York. Menaco, Feb. 12.—Steamer Carenia, New York for Naples, J Trieste, Feb. 7 amer Kaiser Franz Joseph I, New Yeorl Algie: Feb, 9. —Steamers Belvedere, New York; 31th, Canepic, —Steamer San Gug- otk 12.—Steamer Pomeran- \. B, for London. Feb. ohn ew York, Feb. 13.—Steamer Oce- Southampton. Halifax, S., Feb, amer Alauni, Liverpool Mellen Promised Protection. Boston, Feb. 13—Promising protec- tion against embarrassing questions regarding proceedings in other states, the public service another.effort today to nduce Charles S. Mellen, former president of New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, to testify in connection with the investigation of the road’s publici- ty expenses. Coins of Italy. The regularity with which the sue- cessive volumes of King Victor Em- manuel's great work on the coins of Italy continue to appear from press is amazing Halian publishers. | Bvery volume has appeared on the ex- act day mentloned In the prospectus. Already the coins of Piedmont, Sar- dinia, Ligudia and Corsica have been treated of in three quarto volumes containing on the average 550 pages each. The subject of the present volume is the coins of Lombardy. German Merchant Marine. The German merchant marine has developed from 4602 vessels of 1,068,- 368 tons net on January 1, 1875, fo 4850 vessels of 2153724 tons net on January 1, 1918. The number of steam vegsels in 1875 was only 2 with a net tonage of 189,398, while in 1918 it was 3098, with a net tonage of 2,666,496 The steam vessels repre- sented, in 1875, 6.5 per cemt of the total number and 17.8 per cent of the tonnage, and, in 1913, 43.3 per cent of number and 84.2 per cent of the ton- nage.—fatistik des Dewtwchen Reichs, Beston for | commission made | the | the | The Collision | was_fivoidable‘ | JOHNSON SAYS HE COULD HAVE AVERTED IT BY VIOLATING A RULE Captain of the Monroe Says He Obeyed : Laws of High Seas—Concludes His : i G | Philadelphia, Feb, 13.—Captain Ed- | ward E. Johnson, commander of the steamship Monroe, testified today in the trial of Captain Osmyn Berry of .necticut in Proportion to PRICE TWO CENTS “the City's Population Marines Landed at Cape Haytien { PRE- | i COMMANDER HARRISON PARES FOR CRISIS IS EXPECTED TODAY Federal Forces on Way to Crush Gen- eral Theodore, Who Has Established Separate Government at Cape Haytien Washington, Feb. 13—Twenty-five American bluejackets were landed from the cruiser San Francisco at Cape Haitien, Haiti, today to protect and it didn’t werk. run behind and the windews get Real live, conmsistent advertising statement made, and the live back from the very can be easily proved, In the past week the following tin news colummns: Advertising Will Overcome Location It is a common thing to hear a merchant ning behind lay it all te the poor location of his store or the fact that “the town has grown in the opposite direction and further up the street;” and so he throws up his hands and lets a per- fectly good business go by the heards. have not awakened to the fact that the right kind of advert overcome every pessible disadvantage that peor lecation will impose. Probably these merchants will say that they have tried advertising Of course it didn't werk because it was prebably done in the same ‘“I-threw-up- my-hands” spirit that has let the stock dusty. salesmanship to present H tractive way cam being any business that has t doors of the banksuptlc) buying publie, ail things being equal, will ge te the nearest store for its goeds, but it wiil on the other hand ge a ieng ways out ef its way to buy geeds that have been made desirable through attractive adver- tising. There is no equal in presenting your offerings attractively and convineingly to the buwing public in this vicinity to The Bulletin. Bullatin Telegraph Local General Tota/ Saturday, Feb.! “7-,105 « 145 946 1196 Monday Feb. "Dy 88 143 268 499 Tuesday, Feb. 10.. 99 160 251 510 Wednesday, Feb. 11.. 85 104 226 415 Thursday, - /Eeb. 12.. 97 102 256 455 Friday, Feb. 13... 98 ~. 107 219 424 TOtAlS . cioioeiorate siami 572 2166 3499 whose business is run- taken my trade These are the merchants who ng will with the geods te back every it in its mest at- e slightest excuse to court. The great It matter has-appeared in The Bulle- (Johnson) had violated the interna- tional rules of the high seas he proba- bly could bhave avolded the collision of the two ships and the consequent loss of 41 lives. This was brought eut m his cross-examination by counsel for Cap- tain Berry, who is charged with neg- ligence. Could Have Cleared the Nantucket. The international rules provide that in case of fog a steam vessel hearing, apparently forward of her beam, the fog signal of a vessel the position of which is not ascertained, shall so far /s the circumstanees of the case admit, stop her engine and then navigate with caution until danger of collision is over. Captain Johnson testified that when he heard the Nantucket's fog whistle off the Monroe's starboard bow he stopped his engine and that a minute later when he saw the loom of the | Nantucket's light he went ahead full | speed to port. “If T had put my helm | a-starboard and gono ahead full speed | when T heard the fog whistle I proba- | bly would have cleared the Nantucket. That is the only possible thing, I think, I could have dome to avoid the col- lision, but I would have been violating the law.” This testimony brought about a curi- ous situation; that is, Captain John- son’s adherence to the rule heiped to make the collision possible, while one of the charges against Captain Berry is that his alleged failure to obey the same rule “was the immediate cause of the collision.” Captain Johnson finished his testi- mony today after having besn on the withess stand three days. His cross-| examination by John F. Lowis, counsel | for Captain Be did not bring out anything that differed materially from | his testimony on direct examination. : The Nantucket's Danger. The first time he heard the Nan- tucket’s whistle, he said, was about | two minutes befere the collision. He| | could not explain why he did nof hear | it before that time. | Asked if it would have beew a good thing for the Namtucket when sie| struek the Monroe to have remained | lockpd to her with & view of helpin | in the resene werk instead of backing | the steamship Nantucket that if nol off, Captain Johnson gave it as hi opinien thet it would have been a “foolish thing te do.’ as the Monroe might have puiled the Nantucket down | by the stem and water would have poured into the big hole in the Nan tucket’s bow and might have sunk her. Question by Couneel for Old Dominion Line. g B. M. Wells of New York, counsel for the OM Dominion Line, which owned the Monroe, examined Captain John- son. Counsel for Captain Berry pr tested against the Old Dominion | counsel appearing in the case, as the | government was the prosecutor and it! was unfair, he said, that the govern- ment should be aided by private coun- sel. The board of steam vessel inspec- | tors allowed him to examine Captain | Johnson with the understanding that he would not touch upon the conduct of the two captains. Mr. Wells con-| fined himself to bringing out through the witness the customs of the Old| Dominion Line in the navigation of its| vessels. i Pageant of Unemployed Postponed. St. Louis, Mo., Feb, “The pa- geant of the unemployed,” which James Bads How had planned to lead to the city hall here this afternoon, was post- poned because of a storm. Seventy- five men met to join the procession, but they were told the “pageant” had been posiponed until next Tuesday and that the unemployed could find em- ployment shoveling snow. The New Hampshire Public Service cemmission in response to a profest Dby the Concord Womeén's elub against the height of the séeps on the cgrs of the loeal street railway Saturday is- sued an order that mo open cars be run regularly hereafter with steps of a areater height than 15 inches & foreigners and their proporty. Com- mander Harrison reported to the navy department that he expected the crisis there tomorrow and was ready to land more men. Commander Harrison sald be had received information of the approach of the Haitien federal forces by both | land and sea in provisional President Zamor's effort to crush the power of General Theodore, who has et up a separate government at Capt Haitien Officials here have the utmost confi- dence that there is ample force on the San Francisco to protect American in- terests in the threatened seaport. It is expected here that if the fight- ing is continued into the limits of Cape Haitien proper, the American commander will insist upon the es- tablishment of a neutral zone into which Americans and other foreign non-combatants may retire for safety. | Zamor Not Yet Recognized. State department officials are watch_ | ing the imperfaipg clash with interest, | for upon the result depends Generai | Zamor's attempt to demonstrate that | be is in full control of the situation in the island republic, as one of the con- ditions of recogmition of his govern- | ment, which so far has been twithheld by the U'nited States. PRESIDENT SPENDS ENTIRE DAY IN BED. Suffers from Seveme Celd, But Condi- tion Not Alarmin Weshington, Feb, 13.—Friday, the 13th—a combination which ordinarily Prosident Wilson would consider lucky —turned out te be the reverse, for the chief executive spent a gecond day in bed nursing a sewers cold, and had to | forego attending the peeial reception §iven aL the White Mouse tonight for the New Jersoy dpmocracy. . The only other engagement-the pres- ident had—a cablnet meeting—had been cancelled easly in the day, apd it had been expeeted that he weuld be able te lsave his reom to receive his | guests, After a censultation, however, | beiwesn Secratary Tumulty and Dr Cary T. Graysen, V. 8. N., the pres dentls phwsisian, it was deeided that o allow him te go frem a room of even temperature to the White Mouse crowded parlors on the lower Hoer would be dangarous. A statement then was issued by the White House saying | the president had isted that the re- ceplion be held notwithstanding his in- dispesition and declaring that the cold was “‘responding satisfaotorily to treat- ment." Further than this, no formal com- ment was made on the president’s ill- ness, though Secretary Tumt told all inquirers that Mr. Wilso: ondi- tion was not in the slightest degree alarming. He said the president was being kept to his room chiefly as a precaution against taking further cold and in order to give him a complete rest. Increased Burdens on Railroads. Washington, Feb. 13.—While railroad | rates have remained stationary for | many years, so-called free services terminals demanded by shippers hav. grown into enormous proportions, ac cording to Frederic A. Delano, pres dent of the Wabash railroad and a | member of the federal industrial rela- | tions committee. t Bonds Sold Over Counter, Boston, Feb. 13--State Treasurer Mansfield, who declined to sell 1 sue of 36,000,000 state bond: bunkers, began marketing them over the counter today and hefore the offic had closed for the night consideral more than half the issie hud been d posed of, CABLES Judge T. C. Munger, of tie federal district at Lincoin, Nebraska has dismissed {he six cases psnding against as many Nebraskan railreads to test the constilutienality ef the Ne- | braska two cent fare law and the max- | imum freight rate law passed in 1907 | by the Nebraska legisiature. | fora. Condensed Telegrams dis- Congressmen Will Continue to tribute free seeds. There Were to the United S 37,073 Irish emigrants tes in 19 The Smallpox Situation in Portland. Me.. is clearing. The schools will be reopened Monday. More Than 250,000, Soldiers of the French army were off the sick list dur- ing the month of January. Because Three Employes of a Phila delphia upholstery mill refused to join the union, 250 weavers struck. Ephraim Moss, a veteran newspaper publisher, died at his home at Kansas City yesterday. He was 88 years old. Trapped in Their Bugning Home at Pittsburgh, yvesterday, Emma and Charles Jenkins, children, were burned to death. Mrs. Elizabeth Grant, aged 81, a cousin of President U. S. Grant, died at her home yesterday in St. Albans, W. Va. Babies Are not Mailable. The post office department so holds in an edict yesterday barring them from the par- cel post. A Bill in the New York Legislature proposes submitting the question of Sunday fishing and amateur sports to a referendum Mrs. Kate Brownlee Sherwood of Toledo, Ohio, wife of Representative Isaae R. Sherwood, is dangerously il at Washington. A Scratch by One of his fanc ens caused the death yesterday Daniel A. Ney, a poultry fancier Wernersville, Pa v ehick- of of Rev. Thomas J. Dodd, pestor of the Windsor Locks Methodist Episcopal church died yesterday at the home of his father at Sheiton. Locked in His Own Meat Willilam Melage, a butcher of Mount Pleasant, N, . ved his life by danc- ing until he was rescued. Freexer, Announcement Came from the side of Senator Bacon vesterday that his temperature, for the first time since his illness, had reached normal. bed- How to Make Hens Lay More Eggs; | was one of the multitude of inesti: tions authorized in the agricultural appropriation bill reported yesterday A Modified Bill to repeal the collec- tion at the source feature of the in- come tax law was introduced Yester- day by Representative Cantor of New York. The Plant of the dletown, Ohio Journal company, publishers of the Middletown D: Journal, was des- troyed yesterday by fire of unknown origin Mistaking Tablets of a poisonous na- ture for those prescribed to relieve headache, Charles D. Ryder, ci gineer of Stamfc lies cri in the hospitai One Hundred Federal Ferti duction plants along the Atlan from Hatteras to Eastport were pro- posed yesterday in a bill by Represen- tative Donovan of Conmecticut An Attempt to Thaw Out water pipes sihirted a fire which destroyed the two story house at Methuen, Mass., owned by Edward F. Searles and oc- cupied by Peter Graham yester- day. Louis D. Brandeis has declined to become a member of the board of trustees to take over and dispose of the Boston & Maine railroad held by | the New York, New Haven and Hart- | 8. G. Shanghalias was struck by a Boston and Maine ex train at the Melrose Highland static erday and thrown with such force against a post that his head was snapped from his body A Monument to Cost $5,000 at the grave of General Henry W. Lawton, in Arlington National cemetery, is pro- posed In a bill passed yesterday by the senate. General Lawton was killed in the Philippines Fifty Fires in Greater New York be” tween the hours of 7 p. m. and 4 a. m. Grove hundreds of persons into the zero weather and gave the firemen on, of the busiest nights |n the history the city Thursday. Rehert Talbet, sor of Town William Talbot of Greenwich, Conn cammitied suicide ut the Greenwich Inelk-up yesterday by eutting his throat with & vagzer. He hud been promeunced insane by physician Attasney General ruled yes(erday that laws de nel permit an employer to re- quire empleyes who have worked six days in a week to assist in taking an inventery on Sunday ynten of existing labor ass., Perty Girls Reused from their beds when fire was discovered in a dormi- tery at the State Normal school at mingham, Mass. early yesterd escaped without injury, but suffered severely from the extreme cold Four Employes of the Hercules Powder Works at Kenvil, N. J.. were killed in an explosion which destroved the packing house of th plant, where tons of powder were ready ment to Mexice. Frank Hodges, Brother of th ernor of Kansas, has failed in forts to get a $49 refund from government for a $50 hunting 1 in Alaska he did not use because of ty phoid fever. The senate has indefin- itely postpongd the bill. is ef the Rev. Joel H. Metcalf. a minister a astronomer of Winchester, Mass., added another asterold to the planets of the solar system, brings his record for such discoverd ub to 40, out of the 800 bodies known to exist between the orbits of Mars { ana Jupiter. The Tip of an Open Umbrella in the hands of William H. Heuseher touched @ low-hunging electric while he walking through the rain to his home in Jamaica, 1 I. and Huescher was shocked to dew: by the current whi passe? Sown the steel {umbrella rod. The jury jesterday awarded $7.000 damages 10 Huescher's wido Heavy Snovall at St. Louis. $t. Louis, Feb. reet car traffie in and out of St. Louis was way be- hind nermal schedules tonight as a re- sult of a heavy drifting snow that in 24 hours reached & depth of 131.2 inches, Officer | for ship- | gov- lamp one night | Two Steamers Driven Ashore BLINDING STORM OFF VIRGINIA COAST | LIFE SAVERS RESPOND { Crew of British Vessel Decline to Leave and Later Send Out Signals of Distress—Other Boat is Unidentified. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 13 —Battling azainst the fury of a northeast gale, in a blinding snowstorm, two steamers went ashore tonight a few miles from the V pes. Ome of them is the Bri imer Katherine Park, and tae s an unidentified tramp. - Park stranded off Sm! a few miles from Cape Charles. The unidentificd vessel struck he beach near Cape Henry life saving station Crew Declined to Leave. vers succeeded in launching a eached the side of the Kath- r crew, however, de- clined o her captain believing | there 10 ‘danger and hoping to float t essel without assistance. Signals of Distress Later. When the increased and the sea became the steamer blew signals of The_revenue cui- ter Onondag the Norfolk navy storm igher, yard was immediately ordered to the scene. The wrecking tug Rescue, which had been standing by the sunken steamer Monroe, also went to the aid of the helpless vessel. Unable to Reach Tramp Steamer. Last reports stated that the steamer was well up the beach, with the breaking over her decks. The fled 0 o steamer was discovered lock tonight by life sav- about ers. Efforts were made to launch a lifebcat to send assistance to the stranded craft, but without success. The steamer is well in towards shore. ALLEGED THREAT AGAINST SENATOR. Evidence Tending to Show a Plet to { Comprol Gore. | iy Oklahoma City, Okla, Feb. 13— Initial testimony was given today in support of the contention of the de- fense that United States Senator Thomas P. Gore, who is being sued by Mrs. Minnie E. Bond for $50,000 dam- ages, is the victim of & conspiracy en- gineered disappointed officeseskers. The senator tomorrow morning will take . ind to deny in de- as to the alleged plot. Half a dozen witnesses for the de- testified in contradiction by s for One of these, 1. W. Laws. attorney, declared % Robertson, an im- or Mrs. Bond and an plicant for a federal sore was “drunk with pull him from his unsuccessful position, th; ons were read. WILL CAMPAIGN ON SHANKSMARE i : | Aspirant for Governorship to Walk ‘ Around the State. _Madison, Wi Feb, 12.—A three isand mile walking tour faces Hen- Rosthe, of Pennimore, candidate he republican nomination for gov- consin, who is running on n of economy and lower taxes. | Mr, Roethe announced here today his | purpose s pedestrian cam- 5 15. His average £ 30 miles a day, bu slow down to 25 so as to ower taxes at country store: tfo: |2 i discuss and tac | He hes cowhide sh purchased three paivs of es, which he thinks will st him throughout the journey. He lans to t every county im the state befors August 15, Mr. Roethe penses to 31, save $600 by CRACKS IN EARTH DUE TO THE EARTHQUAKE. Twe New Miliord Farmers Positive They Are Not Due to Cold. New Milford, Conn., Feb, 13.—Bwi- dences of the earthquake felt in Con- necticat Tuesdsy were reported today | by two well known farmers residing in ifferent parts of the town. W. H. oleman, manager of a farm on the | west side of the Flousatomic river, found a crack an inch wide running east and west for more than 300 feet. The crack was then lost sight of in | the woods. At Northville, four miles from here, Ned Crossman found a long crack, also about an inch wide, ru ning east and west on Mount m highest elevation of land in this vietn- ‘Both men essert emphatically that the cracks are not “frost cracks,” dne to the extreme cold Steamers Reported by Wireless. | New York, Feb. 13—Steamer Penn sylvani 1rg for New York, sig- nalled S09 miles east of Sandv Hook | at noon 12th. Dock 8.30 a. m. Sunday. Steamer Amerika, Hamburg for New signalled 193 miles east of San Hook at noon. Dock 12.30 p. m. . Mass., Feb. 13 —Steamer avre via Halifax for New alled 193 mles east of San- Hook 2t 430 p. m. Dock 830 a m turda York, s a Birk Guilty of Manglaughier. Winsted, Conn., Feb. 13.—A § the superior court late Andrew Birk guilty of mansl in killing Mrs. Mary Peroti Rock on November 9 last. Birk ed Mrs. Peroti during a quarrel her home. It was alleged that he ] | double relied shotgun at Perot | but missed him, the charge of shot | striking, Mrs. Peroti, killing her in- | stamtiy. | A Special Meeting of the Providence | board of alderynen was mecessary this | week before Charles Barsxyegskf a | five year old boy, who was jll with !mnpox, conld be takem to the hos- { pital. The prrents ‘refused to have | him taken aw until the aldermen | passad a spec oxder directing the superintendent of Bealth to remewe Bim.