Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 18, 1914, Page 1

VOL. LVI—NO. 42 The Bulletin’s Ciruclation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation’is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion e City’s Population AHAe iy :‘;; s % 4 # 2 & :_ ¥ e s B _‘,7,.?».‘ A 44 : ‘f-f—‘fl' 2 ', = A » T ,' 'r. s oo 'y D311 5 R & e : ¥ A0 I3 e s e L“.._;' ;z ‘i Crman o< > 207 & NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1914 b : > *_PRICE TWO CENTS CASTILLO CAPTUR Bandit Responsible For Cumbre Tunnel Horror Falls Into Hands of SIX OF HIS BAND ALSO TAKEN INTO CUSTODY —_— Crossed Into American Territ tains—U. S. Cavalry Was on Watch For Him, Having Been Notified of His Proximity—Will Be Sent Back to Mexico—18 Cavalry Horses Stolen Sunday. El Paso, Texas, Feb, 17.—Maximimo Castillo, the Mexican bandit charged h responsibility for the ' Cumbre tunnel disaster, in which ten Ameri- cans and forty-one others lost their was_captured 33 miles south of Hachita, N. M, today by American troops. The information was conveyed today to General Hugh L, Scott, command- ant at Fort Bliss, in an official tele- gram from Captain White, Ninth United States cavalry, Crossed Into American Territory. With the bandit were six of his fol- lowers. According to Captain Whit brief despatch they surrendered with- out a fight. They will be brought here. Castillo, to avoid a range of moun- tains on the Mexican side, made a_de- tour which brought him into American territory. Captain White was on the watch, “having received information yesterday from Walter McCormack, ‘American manager of Las Palomas ranch on the Mexican side, that the much-wanted man was in the vicinity. Doubt As to Course to Be Pursued. Captain White telegraphed by army wireless to General Scotl for instruc- tions and was ordered to arrest the bandit should he put foot on Amerfcan 0 ether the prisoner will rendered to the rebels is tion which remains to be sur- legal ques settled. It be this is done, there is no doubt that he will be éxecuted for the Cumbre disaster. He is not charged witn any erime on this side. Followed Theft of 18 U. 8, Horses. ¢ o set fire to & freight train in the Cumbre tunnel two weeks ago. The cars were burning when a pas- senger train crashed into it and ever: one aboard was lost. The tunnel is atill burni A special to the Times from Haéh- ta, N. M. ,says that the capture was made by Lieutenant Rothwell of Troon A, and remarks that it was particu larly gratifying as coming on the heels of the theft of 18 horse belonging to the regiment by Mexicans on Sunday. Previous Report of Capture Untrue. The special contintes: “Fhe band of outlaws, under heavy guard, is now marching overland o Hachita and arrive about idnight. Charles McDow, a prominent rancher who identified him, e will ask that Cas- tilo and Captain Emilio Garcta, a member of the band previously cap- | tured, be transported immediately to ¥l Paso, as the number of soldiers on_duty here is limited. Previous reports of Castillo’s cap ture, made to General Villa, proved untrue. The latter expressed his grat- ification at the capture tonight. Gen- eral Scott was no less jubilar Extorted $1,000 from American. Castille's capture was of peculiar Cabled Paragraphs Death of Senora De Pierol Lima, Peru, Feb. 17.—Senora De Plerola, widow of General Nicholas De Plerola, who was president of Pe- Tu from 1896 to 1899, died today. Gen- eral De Plercla dled last June. ED IN NEW MEXICO Belgian King Breaks His Arm. Brussels, Belgium, Ieb. 17—Albert L king of the Belgians broke his left arm today. He was thrown from his horse while riding in the Forest of Seignies, not far from the battlefield of Waterloo. U. S. Soldiers Cloudburst in Oveido, Spain. Oviedo, Spain, Feb. 17.—The cloud- burst today wrought havoc in the city of Oviedo and the surrounding coun- try. The lower part of the town was flooded and the residents were obliged to take refuge on the roofs of houses. ory to Escape Range of Moun- Murderer in Prison. Paris, Feb. 17.—Victor Pott, aged 84, Wwho shot and killed his son, Harry ' Fragson, the comedian, last December, after a trivial dispute, died in prison today. He was to have been tried on the charge of homicide. Two Raphael Paintings Discovered. Naples, Italy, Feb. 17.—Two pictures by Raphael have been discovered in the National Museum here by the di- rector, Professor Vittorce Spinazzoloa. The two pictures represent the Virgin Mary and St Joseph and were orig- Inally painted for the Church of St. Augustino at- Citta di Castello. They were taken by the French during the Napoleonic spoch, but were left in the French church of St. Lounis at Rome, whence the king of Naples rescued them after the restoration. interest to'W. B. Roxby, an American now in this city. Roxby was threat- ened with death by Castillo and his | bandit force if he did not pay a ran- | som for his liberty after he was cap- tured_by them Kebruary 9, west of San Pedro, Chihuahua. Roxby, who is manager of the Urmston ranch of | western Chihuahua, was forced to pay {31,000 to the bandits to gain his re- | lease. | TO BE DEPORTED. United States Will S8end Castillo Back Into Mexico. ‘Washington, Feb. 17.—Consideration already has been given by officials| here to the question of what should be done with Castillo and his followers in the event of their capture on American CHILDREN PLEAD FOR FATHER'S LIFE soll, As the tunnel disaster occurred ( Governor Rebukes Attempt to Play on in Mexico, no erime can be charged His Sympathics. against the bandits in the United States, so it was regarded as certain tonight that they would be sent back into Mexico: | How to accomplish this has not been decided. The United States immi- gration authorities might solve the problem by deporting the prisoners as undesirable aliens, and this proba. bly would result in their immediate capture by Geneal Villa, who has an- capture by General Villa, who has an- | them publicly at Juarez. A special | treaty between the United States &nd Mexicp wuthorizes the border- state: of the two eountries to deliver fugi tives to one another without reference to the federal governments, Under this Castillo and his followers, if turned over to the governor of New Mexico, might be delivered to Manusl Chao, the comstitutionalist governor of Chi- huahua, the Mexican state in which the crime was committed. No official report of the capture of the bandits had reached Washington | tonight. : MAYFLOWER TO VERA CRUZ. Indianapolis, Ind, Feb, 1 tion by electricity in Indiana will be administered for the first time in the state next Friday when Steve Cherka of Gary and Harry Rasico of Terre Haute, both convicted of wife mur- der, Will be called to pay the penalty or’their crimes at the state prison at Michigan City. With much feeling Governor Ral- ston today rebuked two men and a woman who brought two of Cherk children, Mary, 7, and Philip, 5, to his { office to make a final plea for clem- |ency for the father. The little gl kissed and fondled the governor's hand and begged him to save her father, The governor became angered and voiced his displeasure at the attempt to play on his sympathies in an ef- fort to induce him to depart from what he has regarded as his sworn duty. Pred Gastel, who was with the chil- dren, started to explain the object of the visit, but the governor stopped him with the statement that the Cherka case had been closed when he sent & letter to Warden Fogarty at the pris- on_ refusing to intercade in. behalf of sither of the condemned men. “I_can do_nothing more £aid the governor, “I must do my. duty, as T see it” . President’s Yacht to See Service in Mexican Waters. ‘Washington, Feb, 17.—After a con- ference with President Wilson today, Secretary Daniels ordered the presi dential yacht Mayflower to Maxican waters to relieve one of the baitle- ships at Vera Cruz The president has | had no use for the yacht lately ana boats of the gunboat class are regard- ed as particularly useful in Mexican waters on account of their light draft The Mayflower will be away about two months. The state department has mot been moved by the inquiries of any foreign government as to the sending of a marine force up to the Mexican cap- ital. It is sald that such a step is re- garded as entirely unnecessary at this time. PANAMA CANAL TOLLS DEBATE IN SENATE O’Gorman to Lead Attack on the Re- peal Proposal, ‘Washington, Feb. 17—That the sen- ate may not waft for Initiative action in the house before taking under se- rious consideration the matter of re- pealing the tolls exemption section of the Panama canal act became appar- eut today. It was stated by several senators who are anxiows to have the matter seitled to aid in clearing up foreign relations generally that some action toward a solution of the ques- tion was probable within a few days. RUSSELL IMPLICATED IN WOMAN'S SUICIDE. | Questioned by Coroner Regarding Sis- ter-in-Law’s Death. ew Haven, Conn., Feb. 17—Allen Russell of Wallingford, who was de- tained here today by the police and i ogated by Coroner Mix in regard o the suicide of Mrs, Nelson C. Rus- sell, his sister-in-law, was released tonight and taken to Wallingford, re understood he a jous charge. Coroner M. eluded nvestigation. The inquiry resulted from the com- plaint of the husband that Allen Rus- scll assaulted Mrs. Russell Sunday while he, the husband, was at a fire in the borough. It is said that Mrs. Rus- mell feared the publicity which would be given the affair if her - husband brought about the arrest of Allen Rus- gell. This is the only explanation thus far given for the act of Mrs, Russell in taking the poison. Nelson Cyrus Russell lived in North Main street.. He 13 driver for the Bimpson fire truck. He went to a fire day and upon returning home. ac- eording to his story, he was told by Mrs, Russell of an alleged assault up- her by Allen Russell, his brother. The husband tried to swear out a com- plaint yesterday and two of the borough officers went ‘to the house. When the husband in the presence of the officers, asked his wife if she had not complained of the acts of Allen Russell, she replied that she had not. When the officers asked her to tell what had occurred Mrs. Russell would not reply. with the officers and returning a few minutes later found his wife dying from use of poison. THE LARGEST FUNERAL EVER HELD IN BUFFALO. Indications of Big Attendance at the Kennedy Obsequies. . N. Y., Feb. 17.—Fhe 5. Kennedy, state s life Sunday, will funeral asurer., e held »w morning, and the indi- 15 are that it will be one of the r held iny B 0. Church of the Blessed Sacra- The church is small and pro will accommodate of 1em- of the fgmily, menmibers of the ature, state and city officials and E onss from sociéties to. which Mr. Ii was staied tonight by the owners mobile and cab in the city had been e 4 and that Tonawandas and Niagara F'alls had been drawn on to et e demand for additional equip- ages. Bay Rum on Fruit Steamer. Boston, Feb, 17—Customs officials gpnight seized a large quantity of bay Tum in a raid on the frult steamer Sixaola. The raiding party was forced to use clubs to. overcome the resist- ance of the crew. The customs officers said that the contraband traffic had Dbeen carried on only a short time and that barber shops and toilat wa- tor retailers had profited by it. - | of the Panama-Pacific exposition, urg- The husband left the house Thursday is set as the day for be- glaning discussion on the general ar- bitratlon treaties in executive session. The expired treaty with Great Bri- tain, which awaits reaffirmation for extension, will be taken up first and it will be cértain to open the flood gates of oratory on the Panama tolls ques- tlon as this was the stumbling block to reaflirmation of the treaty last sum- mer. Senator O'Gorman, who is op- Dosed to the convention and also op- posed to the president’s desire that the canal tolis exemption for American coastwise ships be removed, will lead the attack. That the matter yet would be sent to & democratic caucus is the view held by many senators. AS MESSENGERS OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE Aviators Competing in ~World Race May Be So Styled. New York, [Feb. 17.—*Messengers of international peace” the contest- | ants in the 1915 round the world aero- plane race from San Francisco will | be called, if the plans of the Aero Club of America, announced here to- | day, are consummated. The club sent |a telegram to C. C. Moore, president ing that the air contest be made offi- | cially an expedition of peace. Tt was announced further that the | club has written to the country’s fore- ‘most peace advocates, including Pres- ident Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan, inviting their cooperation in having the race inaugurate a world- wide peace movement in which the aviators would be the pathfinders. i it et o A LIGHT WANTED ON NO MAN'S LAND. One Result of the Experience of the Roma Monday Night. Providence, R. I, Feb. 17.—The ac- ({!‘Ad::x\ :): the Rn";n; will result in ef- i = or ing made by ship owners to | AN OHIO RIVER PACKET have the government place a light on | STRIKES ROCK AND SINKS.|No Man's Land, in the opinion of the pllots. The nearest light is on Gay Head, elght miles away. While this is a powerful -beacon, mariners say that in a thick blazard like last night's a =hip would bring up on No Man's TLand, before her navigator could make Two Hundred Persons Safely Trans- ferred to Life Saving Station. Louisville, Ky., Feb, 17—One hun- dared and twenty-one Mardl Gras ex- | cursionisis were stranded here eafly | out the light. | today when the packet Queen City,| All the passengers except those in | one of the largest stern wheelers ply- | the steerage who came aboard at Mar- ing the Ohio, was swept by the cur-|seills were landed tonight. Thos rent against a rock and sank in eignt|from Marseillles are detained for ex- | feet of water. Tonight the excursion- | amination because of a suspicion that 3 two Turkish immigrants are suffering | ists were put aboard the Steel City, | | another packet, to continue their in- | from typhus, The two men were re- Wmm—ed to a_hospital. terrupted trip to New Orleans. Effor are being made {o float tho Queen City | After discharging all her passengers | by shifting the 720 tons of freight she | carried. tor repairs. Including her crew, the Queen City —— | carried 200 persons, many of them|SENATORS AMAZED women, but the transfer in boats to| BY Wiksons sTAND the United States life saving station | here in the darkness was effected | Supposed He Was Favorable to Lit- eracy Test for Immigrants. | without mishap or confusion. | | CANADIANS WIN | g Veslington, Teb. 17—Intormation = | that_President Wilson would véto the THE $1,500 TROPHY. | immigration bill if it 1s sent to him | 5 = | from “congress wiih the literacy test Hill and Sons of Saskatchewan Pro-| . ovicion amazed members of the sen- duce Best Peck of Qats. ate immigration committee. Many of = | them confessed tonight that they were 17.—The $1,500 | bewildered inasmuch as they had de- ! t peck of oals, con- | termined to ret the literacy test | | the National Corn Kxpo- | in their draft of the immigration mea | sition today. went out of the Unjted | ure as it passed the house, under the { States permunently when J. C. Hill & |impres that the president would . TLloydminster, Saskaichewan, Canada, were awarded the trophy for the third consecutive time. They re- | quested ‘the dircctors to allow them ¢o 1 offer a similar cup to be known as the | Canadian trophy. accept the bill if it passed the senate. An inieresting session of the.commit- tee is lobked for tomorrow, Steamers Reported by Wireless. New York, Feb. 17.—Steamer Nieuw Amsterdam, ‘Rotterdam for New York, signalled 548 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon. Dock at $.30 a. m. Thurs- day. Cape Race, Feb. 17.—Steamer Tur- coman, Avonmouth for Portland, sig- nalled 270 miles south at £17 a. m. Twé Perish in Lodging House. Boston, /Feb. 17—An aged brother ana sistef, ‘who had complained for | several days of suffering from the cold were found dead in their room in a | South End lodging house. They were | Thomas Moore and his sister, Mar- aret. Gas was pouring from a pipe from which the fixture had been puil- ed out. Miss Moore was kneeling be- fore a miniature altar when death overtook her. Her brother lay at her Scarlet Fever in Gounty Jail. Chicago, Feb. 17—Precautions were taken by county officials today against the spread of scarlet fever in the coun- feet. There was neither food mor |ty jail, where two prisoners were money in the room. found suffering from the disease. 1 § { T e A R Edua\as o here the Roma will go to New York | Settling Fate - of the B.&M. AN ALL-DAY CONFERENCE AT WASHINGTON SOME DISAGREEMENTS Few Points on Which Government and Railroad Have Not Come Together— Conference to Be Resumed Today. Washingion, Feb. 17.—After a day of conference at the department of commerce only a few points remained to be settled before the plan for the separation of the New York, New Ha- ven & Hartford and the Boston & Maine railroads will be agreed upon and made public. Representatives of thes department, tHe New Haven road and the state of Massachusetts agreed that the Boston & Maine. shall be put temporarily in the hands of a board of trustees se- lected by the road and approved Ly Attorney - General McReynolds, and that the terms of an agreement between the department and the New Haven, embodying this idea, shall be submit- ted to a federal court for its sanction. Few Points of Disagreement. They were in disagreement tonight over the length of time the trustees should exercise control over the Bos- ton & Maine, over the personnel of the board. and- over the wording of some of the paragraphs of the propos- ed court decree. None of these differ- ences, however, is belleved to be so vital as to prevent a final settlement. The conferences will continue tomor- row, and it is possible_that the whole be dispowed of after a hours more of discussion. wers attend- e problem will Tow The conferences today ed by T. W. Gregory and Jesse Adkins, assistants to the attorney ges eral in charge of the New Haven edse; Chairman Miliott and Moorficld_Storr, ‘Walker Hines and John W. H. Crim of counsel for the New Haven road, Go &rnor Walsh and George W, Anderson of ‘the Massachusetts public service commission, Personnel of Board of Trustees. The preposed sgreement for the dis- position ef the Boston & Mains stock ‘was prepared by Messrs. Gregory and Adkins, and submitted - for the firsc time to the other conferees. Out of the score or more of paragraphs of which it is compesed, objection was found to the wording of four or five, and these objections probably will be smoothed out tomorrow, Governor Walsh and the officials of the department are probably pracica' ly agwveed on the personnel of the i members of the board, but so far’ thy New Hawen officials have not aceedstal the rames. A SIMPLE SERVICE FOR SENATOR BACON. Will Lie in State. ‘Washington, - Feb, 17- to the late Semator Augusta O. Bacon of Georgia was paid today by the rep- resentatives in Washington of the American and foreign nations. Funeral services were held in the senate cham- ber az an unusual honor to the dead statesman, Solemn ~ and impressive as the ser- vices were, they were brief, and with- in thirty minutts after Vice President. Marshall opened the ceremonies the semate adjourned as a further mark of respect. Then the body was borne and placed on a train for At- where tomorrow it will lle in lanta, state at the Georgia capitol, On the train were members of special senate and house committees and tho ser- geant at arms and secretary of the Senate. DEMOCRATS PREFERRED FOR STATE CONTRACTS. Interesting Revelation at New York Graft Inquiry. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 17—The first di- rect testimony that C. Gordon Reel, superintendent of the Reel-Bensel- Peck highway commission favored democratic rohd contractors in award- ing maintenance and repair contracts was brought out in the Osborne high- way_graft inquiry today. It was given by William Miller of the contracting firm of Miller Brothers of Schenectady county. “In 1911 I went to Mr. Reel to see if my company couldn’t obtain some work,” Mr. Miller testified. “Mr. Reel said “You know we are giving demo- crats the preerence? and then inquir: ed concerning my politics. T am a democrat’ was my reply. e OBITUARY. Burton T. Buell. Pilainville, Conn., Feb. 17.—Burton T. Buell, well known in this section of the state as a hotet proprietor, died at his home here tonight, aged 75. He fell downstairs several weeks ago and the injuries he received resulted indirectiy in his death. He conducted hotels in Bouthington, Wallingford, Meriden and other places some years ago. Mr. Buell was a veteran of the Civil war. He is | survived by his wife, who is critically {1l and is not expected to recover. A daughter also survives. James J. Quinn. Hartférd, Conn., Feb. Quinn, a well known inent Ik, died at his home here toniglit, following nine weeks’' ill- om heart trouble, He was born James J. awyer and a John E. Clarey. N, J., Feb. 17—Joh of the Madisor ner of the Berk t Barrington, { rdino, Calif. ! Index, died here today of pneumomnia. Mrs. George W. MéCrary, City, M Feb, —Mrs. McCrary, widow of the sec of war in President Hayes' cab- , died at the home of her daughter, Henry L. Mc(une, here today. was 79 years old. George W. Nail Omana, Neb, Feb. 17.—George W. Naile, one of the oldest telegraphers in the United States, died at his-home here today, aged 76 year: More Rights for Married Women. St. Petersvurg, Feb. 17.—Prince | Golifzine Muravlin' has beerr appointed | minister of public nstruction to suc- | seed M. Kasso, resigned. The dwma today adopted a bill greatly cxtending the property and personal rights of married women. The bill will enable them to oblain *separate passports without their husbands’ permission, Body Borne to Atlanta, Ga, Where It | Last tribute | Arguments -in - The Gore Case LAWYERS INDULGE IN THE CUS- TOMARY INVECTIVE CHARGED WITH LYING Counsel for Mrs. Bond Questions'Sens ator’s Veracity—Refers to Client as “Daughter of a Simple Farmer. Oklalioma Gity, Okla., T'eb. 17.—Six of the twelve hours allotted fér argu- ment In the Gamage suit brought by Mrs. Minnie E. Bond of Oklahoma City against United States Senator Thomas P. Gore had been consumed when court adjourned today. The case probably will be submitted to the jury late to- morrow, Two attorneys spoke today for the plaintiff and one for the defense. Neither side spared the parties to the suit. Senator Gore and Mrs. Bond, as well as those-cnaracterized by Senator Gore as “disgruntled politicians whose pleadings for pie were unanswered,” were scored. “Daughter of Simple Farmer. E. J. Giddings, attorney for the plain- tiff, who opened the argument, declared the contention of the defense that Sen- ator Gore had been made the victim of a conspiracy was without foundation. “Why, after nine inonths, has no effort. been made to have the alleged conspirators arrested?” he asked the jury. Turnniig from the jury and pointing first to Mrs. Gore and then to Mrs. Bond, (Hddings exclaimed: “Look at these two women and note the difference in them. One is garbed in rich garments; the other is a plain woman, the daughter of a simple farm- er. There sit her parents, simpie, hon- est people from the farm.” Such Deople do not frame up conspiracies.” Charges Gore With Lying. “Even though he be a United States senator.” Giddings shouted, “I say. that | Benator Gore is lylng when he says that Mrs. Bond fmproperly approached him.” Homan Prueitt, whe spoke for Sen- ator Gore, denounced witnesses for Mrs. Bond, who, he declared, wers disappointed candidates for feaeral patronage either directly or indirectly at_the hands of Senator Gore, Ross Lillard, one of counsel for Mrs. Bond, caused surprise when in the course of his argument he scored Ja- cobs, “The action of Jacobs toward Mrs. Bond on the day of the hotel oecur- rence was inexcusable,” Lillard de- | clared. “He betrayed her confidence when hie failed to g0 to his room with her and Senator Gore.” The Judge's Charg: No.réason has been given why Ja- cobs, formerly democratic national committeeman from Indian Territory and Tegarded as one of the most im= ‘ witnesses summoned by the Pplaintiff, was not called to the stand. Attorneys for both plaintiff and de- endant expressed themselves as satis- ed with the court’s instructions to the | Jury. . Judge Clark set forth what con- | Btituted a conspiracy under the Okla- homa statutes and instructed the | Jurors that the past character of | neither Senator Gore nor Mrs. Bond should influence him. He told hte jury to confine themselves to the direct al- legation {n Mrs. Bond's petition and Senator Gore’s counter-charge of con- spiracy. Attorneys for the defense tomorrow will have four heurs for argument and counsel for Mrs. Bond two. N Musical Selections by Miss Wilson. Washington, Feb. 17.—The president and Mrs. Wilson were hosts at the final state dinner of the winter at the White House tonight In honor of Spealker Champ Clark. In the absence from the eity of Mre. Clark, the speak- er was accompanied by Miss Clark Miss Wilson, daughter of the presi- dent, rendered several numbers at a ‘musicale that followed. Electrically Driven Collier a Success. ‘Washington, Feb. 17.—The new elec- trically driven collier, the Jupiter, has scored a signal success on her trial trip just completed off the lower Cali- fornia coast. Though rated as a 14- knot boat, she maintained an average speed of 15.1 knots for 48 hours, her electrical machinery developing 8,940 horse power. To Investigate Rock Island. ‘Washington, Feb. 17—Another rail- road flnance investigation was pro- posed in the house today by Repre- sentative Green of lowa, who intro- duced a resolution requesting the in- terstate commerce commission to in- quire into the financial opegations of the holding companies controlling the Rock Island railroad. Smalipox Situation Exaggerated. Albany, N. Y. Feb. 17.—A charge that the smallpox situation at Niag- ara. Falls had been exaggerated by the state department of health was made in the senate today by Senator Thomp- son. He said that only two of the cases were serious and that 140 of them were merely varioloid. Rough Voyage from India. Boston, Feb. 17.—Delayed many davs by storms, the Bucknell line freighter, Kathlamba today ended a vovage from India, with lifeboats ripped open, | steel bulkhead doors crushed, the star- | board end of the bridge In =plinters. and seyeral members of the crew nurs- ing hubts, Refused to Wal New York, ¥ ohn A. Bense, state engineer, refused to waive im mynity when summoned today to tes- | tify baforesthe grand jyry which is in- vestlgating political graft. pnd District { Attorney Whitman deciined to call him as @ witness. o Immunity. Haven, eb. stimated a 000 was Verdi & Bolsama's coal vards i “3\““ late this afterncon. Coal vazs that were being dried out in a shed became fire. overheated and caused the Regulation of Private Bankers. Albany, N. Y. Feb. 17.—Sweeping changes in lio banking laws intended to place private bankers under super- vision and to regulate their business were recommended today ‘by the Pol- lock committee of the senate Business Section Almost Wiped Out. Okotoks, Alta, Feb. 17.—Fire wiped out a large portion of the business section here today. The loss'is estl- mated-at mere than $200,000 _Nine Lepers Are reported cufed at New Orleans by use of a serum, Judge Edward E. Chase, died vester- day at the age of at his home in Blueville, Me. Bark Wrecked The Massachusetts House passed to be engrossed the bill to make New | | Year's day a legal holiday. Samusl Jones Tilden fiscal super- visor of state charities, died at a hos- pital at Albany yesterday aged sixty- one years. The New York Stock Exchange will be closed on Monday, Feb. 223, owing to the fact that Washington's birthday this year falls on Sunday. ty-Nine Vessels of various typés with a gross tonnage of 21,851, were added to the merchant marine of the Unlted States during January. | The lowa Supreme Court yesterday declared constitutional the Webb- Kenyon bill prohibiting the shipment of Jiquor into *dry Rerritory.” Wellfleet, Mass, Feb. The Schooner Bard Hopkins of Bal- timore, stripped of her sails, was towed into Morehead City, N. C. yesterday by the revenue cutter Seminole. A Statue to) Commodore H. Bi “The Father of the American Nav will be unveiled at Washipgton, May 16 by the United Irish societies. The Backbene of the Cold Snap which has held the east in a grip of discomfort and suffering for the jast three days, is about to be brokem. bark Castagna perished when their | veesel was thrown on the outer bar on the ocean side of Cape Cod near | the Marconi station, just before dawn | teday. The Srst mate and seven sall- i ors Were rescued by life sgvers, ome | of whom, Captain Tobin of the Ca- ! hoon's station, was badly injured by | | i the overturning of the life boat. The skipper of the Castagna was washed overboard, three men were frozen to death in rigging, one died in the life boat on the way to shore. Tne loss of | life was the largest in wreck on | Cape Cod bay in twelve years. | ‘Sailors Too Benumbed to Help Them- | selves. | The Castagna, from Montevideo for | Boston with piidiphate rock, struck | during a blinding snow storm and 80 | miles northwest gale early today. The | beach patrol sighted her at dawn, 300 | yards off shore, with the surf break- | The First Shipmest of radium pitch- blende from the Central City district, a car of 12 tcns valued at $144,000, ar_ rived at Denver, Colo, yesterday Edward N. Townsend, editor of the Nassau County Republican of Garden City, L. L, w: found dead in a snow drife yesterday in front of his home. Reports That the Wabash Railread was to be sold to the Union Pacific for $97,000,000 were denied yesterday b ing over her and threatening to pound her to pieces. Henry' Miller, general manager of the | The combined life saving crews from ‘Wabash, .. |the Nauset and Cahoon's iollow I o tions set up their beach nd shot | President Wilson vesterday appoini- | three lines across the Cast Led the .commission authorized by con- | but the sailors were s the cold that they gresk to investigate and rport on vo- cational education. New England handle the breeches Frozen Bodies Lashed to Rigghng. The gale had moderated (o 30 mile: an hour, but the surf was so high that the life 'savers had to wait some kime before ihey were able to launch their surf bout and pull eut te the wreck against wind, sea and biting cold. Eight men helpless from exposure None are from Memorial Services were held at Chicago yesterday for Frances B. Wil- lard, temperance worker and for vears the head of the Women's Christian | Temperance Union. Miss Margaret Quayle, daughter of Bishop William A. Quayle, of St. Paul, Condensed Telograms |SAII RS FROZEN STIFF IN RIGGING Terrible Suffering From Exposure by Crew of Italian- EIGHT SURVIVORS RESCUED BY LIFE SAVERS Taken to Boston Hospital—Some of Them May be Maimed v For Life—Crew Too Benumbed to Avail Themselves of Life Lines Shot Across Deck by Life Saving Crew—Mate Tells of Denth. of the Vessel’s Captain. - Captain to,the wintry g Garva, and four seamen of the Italian | 2nd three frozen bodies were lashed 10 the rigging. T the living were carried to where medical attention them. All were so greatl by exposure that no: &ive a coherent account of the disaster. verely are maimed for 1 on Cape Cod e were found on board seamer life save in their nd rowed back to shore. Carried to Wireless Station. The survivors of the Castagna’s craw the wireless station, was given overcome of them could placed life boat Lad of 17 Clung to Rigging Protected Only by Thin Shirt. BRVE CABIN BOY. e eight survivers astagna wrecked on Cape Cod today were br hospital here & All frostbitten and some 3 were se- probably e as aresult of their 7 the rigging. of five hours’ exposure 1 Regarding the Guliseppi Garv “He was in like the rest the seas until he mizzen rigging, and f us, was drenched by e was a mass of ice. Suddenly we saw his hoid on the mast loosen and he fell to the depk head- foremost. A great comber washed him out to sea Mate Matroni told of the stout spirit of the 17 vear old cabin boy, Virgo Sotiro, who & to the rigging with the others, protected only by & thin shirt. It was his fate, too, to be washed overboard a moment before Iife savers reached the bank's side, Two seamen were found frozen to death in the rigging ,and another died while being taken ashore. died at a hospital at Chicago vesterday while her father was rusning to her WIRELESS OPERATORS bedside on a fast train. | PAID $25 A MoNTH.} | Boys as Young as 16 Employed on | Some Ships. | A Tetal of 1,586 Persons who applied for citizenship papers during the past | year were refused because of is- | norance, while 522 were denled on grounds of immoral character. | | Philadelphia, Feb. less telegraph has been the means of Mrs. Thomas Lang, a cripple, help- | saving hundreds of lives in times of | |less in her bed, was fatally burned, | disaster at sea, it has yet to prove| |and her husband and daughter badly | that it is of any practical use in pre-| injured in & fire which destroyed their | venting collisions when ghips are with- home in Hyde Park, Mass, yesterday. |in a short distance of each other in & L ey | fog. This was the opinion expressed For Telling Tales which cost Charles | today by the b d of steamboat in-| Tielini the affection and th§ soclety spectors which is conducting the trial of his wife, & jury yesterday directed | here of Captain Osmyn Berry of the Frederick Hollender, a wealthy Brook- | steamship ~Nantucket, charged with 1yn brewer to pay the injured husband | negligence in the coilision with the $26,000. steamship Monroe. Besides being ac- cused of not reducing his speed in.a fog, Captain Berry is charged with Tax Commissioners Fackler and Ag- new of Cleveland shut themselves up | “carelessness” and -disregard of ordi- in their office yesterday with an add- | nary prudence” in not causing his ing machine, preparing a personal | wireless = operator to ascertain the property tax list for John D. Rocke- | proximity of other vessels equipped feller. with wireless. = The board expressed the opinton William Jasper Collins, who confess_ | after it had examined R. L. Ether- ed he Killed John T. Benson, a fgrmer | idge, the wireless operator of the Mon- for whom he worked but who S later | ros. The operator could give no in- | repudiatea the contession, was hans- | stance where he had ever been of help €d In the jail vard at Calgary, Alber- | to a ship's master in the safe naviga- ta, yesterday tion of his vessel In a fog. The board was of the opinion that where steam vessels were within two miles of each other the time would be too short for captains to ascerfain their positions and then exchange this knowledge throush the wireless opera- Lioutenant J. M. Murray, the nav aviator killedi while flying’ at Pens: cola, Fla, was the son of the Rev. J. F. Murray, pastor of the Mount Pros- pect United Presbyterian church near | “anonsburg, Pa. nd, again, ships running on = . | reckoning ~in a fog, captains | would be unable to give exact posi- Governor Walsh, who is in Washing- ton, sent word yesterday that a con- tract for the comstruction of one of the naval supply ships to cost $1,300,- 000 would be awarded to the Charles- town Navy yard. | tions. The uight of the disaster the wire- less operator in sending out the S. O. S. gave the position of the Monroe as “south of Winter Q Winter Quarter lightship is approximately 25 miles north of where the collision oc- The Striking Teachers of the ele- | curog’ mentary schools in the county = of| ‘meeridge testified that wireless op- Heresford, England have won their | erators do not get sufficient pay; that fight for a minimum salary_and the strike which started on Fébruary 2 was declared over yesterday. boys as young as 16 vears are engag- ed at $25 a month and cause lots of trouble. Licenses, he said, are easy to obtain. It was more difficult to get The 36 Men of Naval Tug Potomac | one in New York than other ports, he abandoned in ice floes of the Gulf of | gaid. - St. Lawrence will be sent to their | Ofher witnesses examined today homes to recover from hardships and | were J. E. Gately, second officer of the to await reassignment. They are NOW (fonrce; J. H. Perkins, chief engineer, Aifty miles from a railroad. and Oscar Perkins, second assistant e engineer. The Conviction of Leo M. Frank of Brooklyn, N. Y. for the murder of Mary Phagan, a 14 year old factoryl girl at Atlanta, N. Y. was affiirmed yesterday by the Georgia Supreme court. He is under sentence of death. A Resolution Asking Cengress to create a commission to determine how national aid should be given In ““i bullding of highways was adopted yes_ g r 20 yea v bes Theresa Hollander, 20 years old, terday at the unnual confarence of thé | 54 ntained nix innocence. througl e ‘ N ~ | aut the questioning by the police. Miss rectors. Hollander was found last night In St. e Nichoias cemétery after her aged par Mrs. Rose Zimmerman, uf New York | ente, alarmed at her delay in returning | city, who was injured in the collision | from a lodge meeting, had followed | of the White Mountain express with footprints in the snow from a street | the Bar Harb: express at North Ha- corner their home to the cemetery. | ven on Sept. 2 last, died at the New A gold watch found near the body | Haven hospital yesterday. She had a | Is said to have belonged to Miss Hol- BLAMED FOR DEATH OF _ A FORMER SWTETHEART. Under Arrest, Main- Innocence. Feb. 1 i, trod_ in jail here tonight charged with Auzors, —Anthony Pe- clubbing to death his former sweet | broken neck. lander. | i Petros admitted having taken the A Final Decree of Diverce oltuined Tiichyssing Fol-, | | by Rena Leary, for rlv a New York o her fome from | show ginl. frem Maurice D. (* { | Flynn, fullback on the Yale { team of 1912 was filed at Oswego, Y. yesterduy. Mrs. Flyan receives a month alinony Drift Ice in Vineyard Sound. Vi ard Haven, Mass, Feb. 17 Sailine crafi which had safely -weath- ered the.storms.of the past few days | encountered a new danger today when they ventured from their anchorages to find Vineyard Sound full of drift ice. Steamers were able to plow their way through the hedvy fields, but ves- sels threading the shoals under sail foynd navigation - extremely danger- oQus. - | Street Railway Strike Settied. | Montpelier, Vi, Fev, 17.~ The str | of street railway m whith in progress since February o | cessfully settled today. Oicials of the | Barre and Montpelier “Traction com- pany and an_organizer representing the National Street Railway Employes’ asscciation, came 10 an agreement by which the carmen will return to work tomorrow morning and an arbitration board of three will later arrange a new working edule. i To Study Chinese Health Conditions. Chicago, Feb. 17.—A first hand study of medicil, surgical and public health conditions in Chiua will he made next year for the Rgekefeller foundation by President Harry Pratt Judson of the University of Chicago, Work for Home Talent Only, New York, Feb. 17.—A new iwist wag given today 1o the question of the unemiploved by a resolution introduced meeting of the board of alder- men o give preference to strictly res ident._labor over the “floating labos for which, particularly in hard times, New York is a dfecca.- TUMULTY FREE FROM RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE President Declares That He Sees All of His Correspondence. Washington, Feb, to W, W. Prescott, estant Magazine published here, Pres- ident Wilson has’ denied emphatically that his correspondence is handled with 17—In a letter r of the Prot- religious prejudice by his secretary Joseph P. Tumulty. The correspon. dence made public today by the mag- azine follows *The President hington, D. C., January 15, _“Sir: 1 learn from personal inter- views and cor: dence that there is a widespread feeling among Prot- estants that it is practically impossible for any communication relating to the activities of t Roman _Catholic church to reach vou personally, for the reason that such letters are withheld from by your private secretary, Tu It is unfor- tunate bot for the coun- try that such on prevails and that it seems to have some foun- dation, “Before deal this magazine, for a statement be of service fidence amon: izens of however brie ter actually source of satisfaction “When you were governor of New Is subject in writing to ask am om vou which might in_restoring con- the best clt- Any reply, showing that this let- d you would be & ou Jersey I wrote you concerning soma criticisms of your course, in which you were c d with showing fa- » Roman Catholic church placed the matter in did not deem it rence to to deal 1 hence this voritism to and your re attention request, 1 any my “Yours verv truly, W. PRESCOTT. The president’s reply under date of January 19, 1914, “My Dear Sir 3 “Allow me to acknowledge the re- ceipt of vour letter of January 15 and to thank you for your candor in writ: ing_me. “I peg leave to assure you that the impression that any part of my cor- respondenco is withheld from me in any circumstance by my secretary on account of religious predilections on his part is absurdly and utterly false, I venturs to say that no president ever had more frank and satisfactory re- lations with his secretary than I have with mine. The whole of my cor- Tespondence is constantiy open to me, Mr, Tumuity is more prompt perhapa to call my attention to matters in which his prejudice 15 supposed to ba ehgaged than to otber matters of rel- ative difference. . “Of course, 1 noed hardly add T am not speaiing from an impression, but from knowledgo of just how my cor- respondence is handled. “Sincerely “WOODROW yours, WILSON= Steamship Arrivals. 11— Steaxmer Russia, Steamer Ruthenta, Antwerp. —Steamers De-' nia, New York, —Stéamer Asea- Londen. —Steamer Cale- donia, New ¥ Gilgratiar, Feb Steamer Carpa« thig, ' New York Alexandria. Feb. I7.—Steamer Care- nia, New York. Liverpool, Feb, 17—Steamer Cymrie, Husband' Gets Estate; Newark, N, J., Feb, 17.—Phe ‘will of- Ars, Carrie Maming, whe was; killed: two weeks ago by Hazel Hi a girl of 20, madly in lgve with Chimos I Menning, was filed todayp It vem: Unfaithful dated prior to the emirance b 3 Herdman into the domestic life*of the | Mannings, and provided that the wife possessed showld go te the hus- band. Just before the murder Mrs, Mannine igherited about $4,000 fram her fathep