Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 26, 1914, Page 1

Tho Bulltin's Ciruclatio i_n I HANGING OF AN AMERICAN GITIZ‘EN flnhed States Consul Instructed to Demand Body and Make Inquiries Regarding It MEXICANS -RESPONSIBLE WILL BE PUNISHED, Assurance to That Effect Given Consul Garrett by Colonel Alvarez of Federal Army—Charge O’Shaughnessy Seek- ing Another American Who is Believed to Have Been Forced Into Mexican Army—United States Demands De- livery of Benton’s Body to Widow—Expectation That Carranza May Influence Villa to Accede to Demand— Bryan Discusses Mexican Situation Before Senate Com- mittee on Foreign Relations—Bauch in Jail a* Juarez. ton, and declared that it was an evi- denee of the zeneral satisfaction exist- ing in other lands with regard to the attitude of the United States toward Mexico. Washington, Feb, 25.—The Mexican situation, which bas: centered: chiefly for the last few days upon efforts to. determine how and why the constitu- | tionalists executed William S. Benton. | a British subject, was broadened today when Consul Garrett at Nuevo Laredo was instructed to inquire into the hanging by Mexican federals 6f Clem- ente Vergara, an Américan citizen. The consul was directed by the state department to demand the body of the dead American from officers of the Huerta government in the vicinity of Hidalgo, Mexico, where Vergara was May Recognize Rebels. Many of the senators had placed great Interest in the character of the rebel leaders and the strength of the constitutionalist movement. The ques- tion of the United States recognizing the belligerency of the constitutional- ists was dwelt upon, the general opin- ion being that the time for such a diplomatic move on the part of the Killed. Earlier in the "day Marion | United States had not arrived. It was Letcher, American consul at Chihua- | conceded, however, that such tin- hua, had been instructed to imsist that | gency might arise in the near fture. General Villa permit the delivery of | Both the secretary and members of the body of Benton to the widow for | the committee stated after the confer- burial where she may wish. ence that facts and not polidfg:zvera discussed. Mr. Bryan Ask for Location of Benton’s Grave. | endeavored to give the co;l;miueeh a hese, with an explanation by Sec- |foundation of fact and that * what retary Bryan to the senste foreien re- | Should be done upon that basis of fact Jations committee of all the informa- [ Was a matter for future consideration. o e T e Senate Urged to Delay Action. dw agrs:n-nt, constituted the principal | _24T. Bryan urged that no action be o enerts o e o taken in the senate with regard to the e Villa’s messase of last night, | Benton incident until all the facts had foring to permit the widow of Benton | been procured by the government, and e e o o oMcial th Soe the | the senators agreed that asitation of o g humed, 15 being taken to | the matter would be ill-advised until At e ernment the investigation under way had been bt B ol eaminmion | concluded. It was also agreed that no Bt o o Satreinry Bryoen | further action by the senate would be States was" insisting that two Amer! can representatives be permitted to seo | % the body and that one of these be an ermy surgeon. He also has made in- | Several senators had been contem- plating passage of a resolution calling upon the president and secrefary of Norwich is hat of Any Other | he | | Another French Warship for Mexico. Tm;fih}g):fi;-&cnordhi‘ ‘t‘l; co!hl emps, n vernms n- e 80 sidering the despatch' of French warship to Mexican waters. Americans Held by Albanian Brigands. London, Feb. 25—Two Americans have been captured and carried off by Albania brigands according to a telegram received at Vienna _today from Eilbassan, Albanla, which was iarwa.rdod to the Central News Agency ere. French Government Blocked. Paris, Feb, 25.—The government suf~ fered a check in the senate today dur- ing the debate on the income tax, The ministerialist, ‘Senator Perchot, intro- duced an amendment to the first clause of the bill, so that it would provide for the immediate abolition Sons Testify n - Mother’s Behalf MRS, BUFFUM'S FIVE BOYS ON WITNESS STAND FATHER MADE THREATS Had Said He Would Do Away With Himseif - and Whole Family—Mrs. Buffum’s Confession Read. of the present system of direct taxation and the substitution of a tax on in- comes. This was rejected by a vdte Little Valley, N.. Y., Feb. Prosecutor George of 140 to 134 STRONG OPPOSITION TO g people’s case against Mrs. Cynthia Buffum, an trial for the murder of her husband, this afternoon. Patrick S. TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL Objection to Site Proposed by the Courity Authorities. ‘White Plains, N, Y., Feb. 25—Health officers of Connecticut appeared at a public hearing here today and opposed ‘Westchestep county’s third attempt to select a site suitable for the preposed new $700,000 tuberculosis hospital to displace the present institution in a valley at East View. The county au- thorities desire to build in an unim- proved section of the town of North Castle. Connecticut officials objected to the site on the ground that pollution might result if the water supplied to the residents of Greenwich, Conn. from the Mianus river which has its source in the hills in the vicinity of the pro- posed hospital location. Water sup- ply companies in, Portchester, N. Y., and Greenwich, Conn., also objected for the same reason. FLYING SQUADRON To Preach Gospel of Throughout the Country. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 25.—A new movement for the advancement of na- tional prohibition, to be known as the “Flying Squadron of America,” has Just been completed, according to an- { nouncement made here today by J. Frank Hanly, former governor of In- dlana, who is chairman of the execu- tive committee of the squadron. The flying squadron declares in its Prospectus that it will not represent any party or special interests and that it will work entirely for national pro- hibition. The squadron, it is planned, wili travel about the country, spending about three days in whirlwind cam- paigns in each of the largest cities and state capitals. quiry as to exactly where the grave is located. General Villa up to late today had not replied to the last request of Secretary Bryan for the surrender of Benton’s body, but 4t is- ambassad state for such information. Such a resolution was intreduced in the house today and referred to the foreign af- fairs committee. = WILL BE PUNISHED, Mexicans Who Hanged American Citi zen to Be Ferreted Out—Assurances Given to U. S. Consul. Laredo, Tex., Feb. 25.—Assurances that the men responsible for the exe- cution of Clemente Vergara, the Amer- ican citizen hanged by Mexican feder- als near Hidalge, Mexico, would be punished, have been given United States Consul Garret at Neuvo Laredo by Colonel Alvarez, commanding the that the British or, Sir el Spring-Rice, for the present, will be satisfied if thers is an opportumity for an autopsy, which would determine whether Benton was shot by a pistol bullet or by rifie bullets from a firing squad. Army Surgeon to Examine Body. It is thought the British ambassador is anxious that evidence be secured first, belioving discussion of the dis-| position of the body can be taken up | afte: . The same army surgeon who will be detailed by General Scott at Fort Bliss to act with the British | Neuvo Laredo garrison. Just what consul, Charles A. S. Perceval, when | steps are being taken was not made Lie arrives at El Paso, will report to known, but it is understood the federal the American government on the con- | officer assured Consul @arret that in- dition of Benton’s body. | vestigation of the case would be thor- ‘bassador had & brief | ough. r-ozx?erema Brg’:&mmmmwy Bryan early | Colonel Alvarez is a relative of Gen- in the day and was kept informed lat- | eral Alvarez, federal commander at er of messages received by the state| Piedras Negras, whose order that Ver- department. gara should be released came after the That mno changs of policy for the | Danging. At that time General Alvarez ‘American government in connection ! W88 ignorant of the execution, it is with its treatment of the Mexican |State. Generai Alvarez also had order- Problem was discussed in the senate|®d the arresting oficer to Teport to D nferemce with Secretary Bryan, be. | Pledras Negras to explain Vergara's came kuown afterwards. It is said, | detention and the alleged assault on however, that while officials are not | the American. - = ‘gara, leaves a widow and three o tho ety of foreimers In northern | Comsul Garret, with J. H, Ver- fexico, and what is being construed as o or Tl IO expertN O Vst ipability on s part of the constitution- | 116 Scene of the exec arly to- alists at least to prevent international Verga.ra Wi o ethiant af AL complications, s recelving the 4eeb | county, Tex. where he engaged In the consideration 8! wEny | ranching business. IHe ued an island officials. {In ihe Rio Grande, opposite his ranch United States Looking to Carranza. |at Palm‘)x, Tex., as puturehfor his | horses. Vergara complained that Mex- aoverment d8 iafonpally looking to | ican Tederals wore stealing his Horses any a smal etac! ent o ‘exas el e e e nova. | Tangers were sent to his ranch. L e o e o sttaotion in"ean- |, On Teb. 13 Mexicans appeared. on ment to T e ton inling. e | tho island and called on Vergara to O e e e unray | COMe Over, saying they would pay him e A X% for the horses. The rangers advised ::gfl:mm e e Tosy against compliance with the request, ut the ranchman decided to go. : o, o veas ved with| ~when Verzara reached the island, satisfaction by the state department. | according to reports, he was knocked He is understood to be an emissary ' back of the head by a soldier and made from Carranza, and it 1s the state unconscious. He was then carried into department has on previous occasions the interior of Mexico. ::mm:l bl;ns%‘;“ C”"";‘;:; :;‘3‘1::: Rep!‘e;snt:.tiogs !rndbeh?ll of Vergara r protecti Ameri | were made to the federal commandant foreigners. 2 | at Neuvo Laredo and to General Maass Should Carranza’s influence with Villa ' at Monterey. The ranchman's release be unavailing in the present instance,|was promised and apprehension for his #t is admitted by many officials that gsafety was allayed until his long ab- the American government will regard | sence caused additional nquiries to be the problem in northern Mexico as|made. Information was given out by having developed a much more serious ! the Mexican authorities that Vergara's =epect than before. release already had been ordered. Ancther Possible Complication. Yesterday reports were brought to Another aspeot of ¢he situation that ! hanged by the Mexicans, either on the is engaging attentior here is the send- | night of his capture or the morning iug to Mexico City of the armed lega- | after, and the consul despatched an The | emissary to Iidalgo to learn the facts. | The report confirming the hanging was brought here today. tion guards of foreign nations. possibility of complications over the presence of these guards in cass of overt acts or disturbances in Mexico Oity is being taken intoc consideration. “While the sending of a guard for the CREW MUTINIED. American embassy was absolutely re- | soles b B jected as unnecessary two Weeks ago, | Details of Capturs of Federal Gun- it is now being discussed with much boat by ‘Rebels. more seriousness. Bryan Before Senats Committee. Xogales, Sonora, Mexico, Feb. 25— Details of the capture by the cons Bryan took the semate Secrstary o8y tutionalists of the Mexican federal eommittee in his confidence on the ituation in general, and the | gunboat Tampico in Topolbampo har- N - ‘bor yesterday, after a mutiny of the Benton execution in particular, and also discussed the foreign relations of xc:lr:lw,r v;ex:g_ received here today in offi- it ertaining to other coun- "epO) the pat ol e Five officers of. the Tampico led the Achen. ot tl{ye f&?msi::? t.'r’mt ttl:‘l: mutiny, placing Captain Castell i g ni es in ~ in Castellanes in Pposition of the chains. Lieutenant Fernando Palacio regard was being {mproved, averring t::.t ratification 'os pthe arbitration | was recognized by the mutineers as commander of the vessel! treaties last week had been effectlve in establishing confidence among the | <Colonel Eduardo Hay, chief of staff Do to General Iturbe of Sinaloa, boarded The committee wanted to learn all{the Tampico today and formally took the facts it could obtain with relation ; charge of the gunboat In the name of Secretary Bryan | General Carranza, as leader of -the answered frankiy ail the questlons put | constitutionalists, v to him. He emphasized the fact that| Lieutenant Palaclo 18 on the way to ge ‘policy of the ent toward | Hermosillo. The Tampico probably cO Was racslvg: loyal support | will be used by the constitutionalists fre foreign nations, and read to the |in attacks on the federal gunboats ‘comimitiee several communications on | Guerrero and Morelos, which, so far as the subject from other powers. He is known, remain under orders from called attention to the speech in the | the central government at Mexico house of commons the other day by |City. The merchantman Herrerias, | Consul Garret that Vergara had been | | nition. | Potomas. AGREE ON ALASKAN RAILROAD BILL Conferees Decide to Eliminate Stan- dard Gauge Provisi ion, Washington, Feb. 25-—Substantial agreement on most of the important matters of the conference between the senate and the house on .the Alaska Raflroad bill was reached late today by the conference committee. The house amendment providing that the proposed road must be of standard gauge was stricken out, leaving the gauge question to the constructing en- gineers ;and the senate conferees ac- cepted the amendment eliminating the bond issue provision and authorizing appropriations from the treasury to finance the project. WOULD AGGRAVATE SCARCITY OF LABOR Dr. Eliot Opposed to Further Restric- tion of Immigration, New York, Feb. 25.—The further re- striction of immigration would fur- ther aggravate the scarcity of labor in the rural-districts and smaller cities in the United States, says Dr. Charles ‘W. Eliot, president emeritus of Har- vard, in a letter received today by the National Liberal Immigration league, written in reply to the ques- tion whether he still held a view to that effect given expression on Jan- uary 10, 1911. The league made the letter public today, —_— Tampico against the Guerrero and Morelos. BAUCH STILL ALIVE. Brooklyn Man Says He in the Jail at Juarez. El Paso, Tex., Feb. 25.—A. Michaael- is ,who _gave his address as 23§ Vernon street, Brooklyn,and who said his fath- ! er was a direotor of the Union Trust ‘was released | from the Juarez jail this afternoon. He company of Brookiyn, said Gustay Batich was still there, Michaelis' #vas arrested eleven days In jall, | he said, were the following Americans besides Bauch: Edward Trabard, Matt Glddins, H. T. Davis, V. E. Goodman { and a railroad man named Thornton. ago, he said, after a fist fight. American Impressed Into Army. Mexico City, Feb. 25.—The Ameri- can charge, Nelson O’Shaughnessy, is making efforts to obtain the release of Inocencio Benavides, an American citi- zen, who, it is belleved, has been con- signed to service in the Mexican army. Benavides, who is a Texas cattleman, was {n Sabinas, near Monterey, buying cattle, according to his friends, when he was arrested, charged with conspir- acy. He was sent south from Monte- rey, but his exact whereabouts are not known. Fillbusterers from New Mexice. Deming, N, M., Feb. 25.—A band of six hundred Mexicans, supposed to be | Huerta filibusterers, who camped last night in the Florita mountains, start- ed south today with horses and a con- siderable supply of arms and ampu- The patrol has been notified and civil offi- cers at Hachita headed a posse to in- tercept the Mexicans. Rebel Attack on Mazatlan. Mexico City, Feb. 25.—General Felipe Angeles, at the head’ of a force of has. begun an attack on the Pacific port of Maszatlan, in the state oin in the Tebels of Sinaioa, and hurrying to movement is the federal iun oat Tam- pico, whose commander has turned to the rebel cause, according to informa- tion recetved by the Mexican govern- ment today. S Refugees Cost $75,000 a Month. ‘Washington, Feb. 25.—Mexican refu- -gees, soldiers, women, children Sir Ddward Gre&.. the British foreign | owned by a Mexican shipping company minister, after execution of Ben-|may be armored and sent with the fax, and will cost $75,000 a month here- after. Secretary Bryan so informed congress today. TO MAKE A TOUR. Prohibition The band was headea fur was United States army and camp followers harbored on the border have cost the United States $142,254 so Collins at once outlined the plan of the defense and placed in evidence the tes- timony of the woman's five sons. Un- der a bitter cross-examination by Mr. Cole the boys never wavered in the story “they told to keep their mother from the death chair. Husband a Heavy Drinker. During Mr. Colling’ address to the jury, exeoriating the means used by the private detectives to get evidence for Mr. Cele, then district attorney, and reciting the abuse of the woman her face with her handkerchief and cried. ‘The boys said their father ha@ been a heavy drinker the last vear of his| life, and that they, too, with their mother and sister, Laura, who died on February 2, this year, of poisoning, were sick last ‘summer at the time their father became ill. Buffum Had Threatened Family. ‘The boys said they had Meard their father say frequently when, drinking: “I'm going to do away with myself and the whole faniily.” In his address to the jury, Mr. Col- lins said he would prove this threat of wholesale. destruction; - that Buffum had been abusive always to his wife, whom he had mafried when she was 15 years old; that Buffuga was given to heavy drinking, and thst at the time Buffum was ill Mrs, Boffum suffered from the same symptoms. Justice wn held the statement Buffalo on December 10 f{o be compe- | tent evidence, and it wis read to the jury. Mrs. Buffum’s Confession Read. { District Attorney Laidlaw read the | confession to the jury. In it Mrs. Buf- { fum stated that her husband had ac- cused her of undue intimaey with Ern- est Frahm. “After supper on July 8, the beginning of my husband’s last ill- ness,” the confession read, “the boys and I went to do the chores. In picking up the table I accidentally spilled fly poison in a bowl of crackers and milk. When I came back from the barn my hiugband, drunk and qnt ~lsome, had taken the milk. Ttegfis they : bered spilling the: yoison. Willis be~ came very ill She Loved Frahm. Describing her visit the next’night to the home of her brother, Jim Colf, Mrs, Buffum said: “Frahm rode part way home with us, He wanted me to go away with him. He sald if I ald {not want to go away we could live | on ithe farm. I said I would not do it He said if Willis Gver struck me again he would kill him for me. “I.loved Frahm. I felt I had to do “T've loved Frahm. I felt I had to do kept urging me to go with him, and I said I would go but for Willls. He said he would get Willis down a dark | road and shoot him. I said there were | other ways to get rid of him. It was | then I decided to give my husband poison. No Poison in House. “My brother Jim had left at our house a bottle of horse liniment doped with poison. It was in the pantry, and I gave it to my husband in his medi- cine, mixing it in a whiskey glass.” On the witness stand ‘today Mrs. Buffum's sons sustained the claim of the defemse that the horse liniment re- ferred to In the aileged confession was a myth. Each swore that there never had been any of the poisonous liquid in the house. The statement, made by Mrs. Buf- fum after a 24 hour heckling by detec- tives at Niagara Falls, was excluded by Justice Brown, WASHERWOMEN MAKE WAR ON CHINAMEN { | Take to the Hills. Nogales, Sonera, Mexico, Fgb, 25.— The anti-Chinese riots yesterday grew out of a washerwo- man's war, according to .information recelved here by Mextean officials. The Women’s Protective league of Cananea, recently organized by women who earn their living at the wash- board, is sald to have been formed to attack the Chinese, who were accused of usurping the women's employment. Women took the lead in the rioting, iwhich resulted in a flight to the hills laundrymen and many of the Oriental restaurant keepers and common borers. The majority. of the Chinese returned night of terror in the hills, . Steamers Reported by Wirelos Brow Head, Feb, 25.—Steamer Cam- pania, New York for Queenstown and Liverpool, signalled 230 miles west at 11.09 a. m. Due Queenstown 2.30 a. m, Thursday. Naples, Feb, 20.—Steamer Taormina, New York. Barcelona, Feb. 22—Steamer An- tonio Lopez, New York. Plymouth, Feb. 25. — Steamer Oceanic, New York for Southampton; Prinz Irederich Wilhelm, New York for Bremen, = New York, Feb. 25.—Steamer Dwinsk, Libau via Halifax. New York, Feb. Steamer Olym- ple, Southampton. Queenstown, Feb. ania, Boston, Trieste, Feb. 25.—Steamer Carpathia, New York. —Steamer Alu- Gibraitar, Feb. 25.—Steamer Italla, New York. Southampton, Feb. 25.—Steamer Oceanic, New York. Cherbourg, Feb. 25.—Steamer Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, New York. Liverpool, ¥eb. '25.—Steamer Bohe- mian, New York. Trustees Take Siegel Store. Boston, Feb. 25.—The property and business of the Henry Siegel company department store in this city was turned' over to the newly elected trus- tees by the receivers today upon order of the federal court. With the mer- chandise, the receivers delivered $50,- 000 in cash. They retained $130,000 to be k7M for further orders by her husband, Mrs. Buffum eovered | Plained t0 seck Becker's indictment on made by Mrs. Buffum t5 Mr. Cole in| slayer. Another Trial ! _nf' Becker Cas WHITMAN DISINCLINED TO LET HIM GO FREE e, DIFFERENT WITNESSES Possibility of Evidence Being Secured from Others Than Accomplices— Becker Accuses Vallon of Crime. New York, Feb. 25—District Attor- ney Charles A. Whitman will not per- sonally assume the responsibility of letting Charles Becker go free on the charge of murdering the gambler, Her- man Rosenthal, it was learned tonight. At least it was indicated that the pros- ecutor’s present intention is to move for a second trial of the former police lieutenant, whouse conviction as Rosen- thal's slayer was set aside by the state court of appeals yesterday. Will Not Prefer Different Charge. It was reported that Mr. Whitman, feeling that he could not secure & sec- ond ‘conviction owing to the wording of the higher court’s ruling concerning ovidence presented at the first irial, the charge of extortion and bribery in- stead, basing his -allegations on infor- mation that as head of the “strong arm” squad Becker mulcted gambling houses. Mr. Whitman tonight, how- ever, denied hie had such a move in mind. i Valion Breaks His Silence. Intersst _centered tonight on what hope the district attorney might have of finding witnesses to corroborate the testimony of Vallon, Rose and Webber, who at the time of the prosecution of Becker and the gunmen received im- munity on their promise to tell the truth. Schepps’ testimony was in ef- fect held by the higher court to be that of an accomplice. Vailon late today broke the long si- lence Which he has maintained since | Becker’s conviction and denied it was he who fired the shot shat killed Rosen- thal. Vallon's statement was made after Becker in Sing Sing today had declared he thought Vallon was the | “Becker Pretty Smooth.” “Becker is pretty smooth,” said Vai- | lon, “and his cbject in accusing me is plain. He hopes that the accusation and his expressions of sympathy will influence the four men in the deatn | house to think he is going to do some- | thing to aid them. His idea is that as | long as he can make them think he is | their friend they will not confess and | i glve information implicating him to| the district attorney.” | AMr. Whitman tonight said regarding Vallon that no evidence was ever pre. sented at his office that Vallon fired | the fatal shot. “The reports were in- | vestigated. and no_corroboration was found,” he said. “The highest court | fi the state has decided that the con- | viction of the gunmen stands and that they committs the murder.” Almond-Eyed Laundrymen of Cananea | in Cananea | of virtually all of Cananea’s Chinese | la- | to Cananea today after a | May Get Back on Police Force. | Becker will be brought here from | Sing Sing_death house late tomorrow |or early Friday and placed in the | Tombs pending a new trial or a quash- |ing of the murder indictment. His | counsel said tonight that the decision | | of the court of appeals automatically | restored Becker as a member of the { police department under suspension. | By his conyiction he was ousted Irom | the force, but his counsel say that his { move, If he makes one, to get back as | & policeman, will be to secure a writ | of mandamus directed against the po- lice commissioner. Under this writ he could be tried before a deputy and bhave an opportunity to prove his inno- cence of any charges against him. It was reported also that if the murder | indictment should be dismissed Beck- | er's counsel would contend that his | suspension would be thereby lifted au- tomatically. BECKER ACCUSES VALLON. | Intends to Run Down the Murderers of { Rosenthal. Ossining, N. Y., Feb. 25.—As soon as | Charles Becker gets out of prison— and he seemed confident today of his ultimate releese—he will devote all his energies, he says, to running down the ! men who are responsible for the mur- |'der of Herman Rosenthal. The former | New York police lieutenant, who was granted a new trial yesterday for the Rosenthal murder, declared today that he could furnish the information that would bring the real culprits to jus- tice. fter I have done that” said Becker, “I shall be willing to go back | to the ‘police department, it they want | {me. If they do not, I will enter some other line of work. b “My case, at its present status, proves beyond all doubt that you can't | get away with a frameup. The light is { bound to sift through sooner or later. ““The four gunmen are terribly down- hearted today because they, too, were | not granted a new trial. I feel sorry | for them. They thought their case was tied up with mine. It was hard when they were told the truth. “The four men who got life insur- | ance policies from the district attorney for swearing away my life may yet be arrested for the murder of Rosenthal. | I think Harry Vallon is the man who fired the fatal shet. That's the reason he got drunk before the killing. He wanted to get his nerve up for the deed. He needed ccurage to pull the trigger of his revolver.” NAVAL OFFICER TO BE COURT-MARTIALED | Assaulted Man Who Danced with His Wife at Valentine Party. Washington, 4 25.-—Secretary today ordered the trial martial of Lisutenant C Huff, of the nav: 1 February 15. man’ yesterday for the first time since 1303. | ard The New Jersey Senate favored wo- 's suffrage. 4 A Light Snow Fell at New Orleans The snow melted as fast as it filn: The Hat Fa of S in Bethel, wummyod T tierle Brothers by fire ves- erday with a loss of about $6,000. - For the First Time in something like 20 years, Savannah a snow fall yesterday. About two inches fell. Two Inches of Snow Fell at Colum- bus,Ga., early yesterday. It was the first snow of consequence in 15 years. E. Tuckers Welch celebrated his 95th birthday at Long Branch, N. J., by reading the Bible without the aid of glasses. The Plymouth, N. H. High Scheol was damaged to the extent of $40,600 by fire yesterday. Reports From the Citrus Belt show that the season’s crop will not be shortened or the quality of the oranges impaired by the recent storm. James Lawrence, who after his grad_ uation from Harvard became a scien- tific farmer, died at Groton, Mass, on Tuesday. Homer D. Cail of Syracuse yesterday was elected state treasurer at a joint session of the New York legislature to succeed the late John J. Kennedw W. S. West of Valdosta, Ga., yester- day was appointed by Governor Slay- ton to succeed the late A. O. Bacon as United States senator from Georgia.. Judge James S. Young, of the United States district court for the western district of Pennsylvania, died suddenly at his home at Pittsburgh yesterday. The Convention of the Utah Progres< sives adopted yesterday a platform de_ claring for maintenance of the party and for the nomination of complete tickets. Arthur Capper, publisher of the To- peka Daily Gapital, made formal an- nouncement yesterday of his candidacy for the republican nomination for gov- ernor of Kansas. Twelve Hogs owned by A. H. Shep- in West Simsbury are suffering with hog cholera and are under treat- ment by direction of Commissioner Jeffrey O. Phelps. The New Jersey Supreme Court set aside the Public Utilities commission order requiring raflroads to furnish drinking water on all trips of over one half hour duration. Sheriff Middlebrooks has appointed James S. SuHivan deputy sheriff at New Milford, to succeed Albert H. MacMahon, who was recently ap- pointed postmaste: A Feature of the Celebration of the sixtieth wedding anniyersary of Mr, and Mrs. Michael O'Conror at Mich., yesterday was the presence of ninety of their grandchildren. The Steamer Sankaty, which brought the mails to Nantucket Tuesday, made two attempts yesterday to leave the harbor for the mainland, but was driven back by the heaviest ice pack of the winter. Hayward A. Harvey, formeriy a | state assemblyman, committed suicide in the Lackawana Railroad station at Orange, N. J., yesterday by shooting himself through the heart with a re- volver. Headquarters of the Southern division of the Boston and Maine rail- road will be transferred from Bos- ten to Concord, N. H. and that of the Fitchburg division will be moved™ to Greenfield. Dudley Field Malone, collector of the port of New York and intimate friend of President Wilson was at the White House yesterday for a general discus- sion of the New York State political situation. Nearly One Hundred Automobiles were lost in a fire which destroyed the Bssex garage, a three story brick buflding at Lynn yesterday, causing a loss of $175,000. ~A negro perished in the flames. The Supreme Court of Georgia yes- terday refused to grant a rehearing on the unsuccessful appeal for a new trial for Leo M. Frank of Brooklyn, N. Y. | under death sentence for the murder of Mary Phagan. J. Parker Whitney, millionaire club- man, accused in a warrant issued by the United States district court at San Franciseo of violation of the Mann white slave law, was arrested yester- day on his ranch. A Class of 21 Graduated from _the Yale Forest school vesterday, the men leaving university life and entering field experience st a camp in Boga- lusa, La., where they will work in yel_ low pine forests. Employes of the American Steel and Wire company at Kittaning, Pa., and in Leechburg, Pa., were yesterday no- tified to withdraw at once from fra- ternal organizations that conduct clubs. where liquor is sold. Demanding Re-Instatement of an employe who was discharged because he circulated @ petition for a haif-hol_ iday on Washington's birthday, 22 weavers at the Newark Silk Co.’s plant at Paterson, N. J., struck. Comparatively Few Illincis Women Tuésday took advantage of their first opportunity to vote under the provi- | sions of the new state suffrage law., More than two thirds of the register- ed women remained away from the primary elections. Collectors of Internal Revenue in Greater New York, who will receive the largest income taxes of any city in the country, are finding it difficult to committed the m entine” party in the at which | the naval officer is*said to have ob- | jected to Kiesrecker dancing with Mrs, Huft. The officer, who said the dance in- cident did not cause the attack, was fined in the:police court. He is now charged in naval terms with “maltreat- ing an inhabitant” and “scandalous conduct tending to the, destruction of good morals.” To Bring Back Escaped Prisoner. Winsted, Conn,, Feb, 25 —Sheriff Middlebrooks will start for Malons, N, Y., tomerrow, armed with a bhench warrant for the arrest of Peter Sher- man, now In custody there, -Sherman escaped from the county jafl at Litch- field, Sept. 13. He was gerving a term for forgery, committed in the town of Sharon, > take care of the rush of returns filed by persons whose incomes place them in the taxable class. The Coroner’s Phy: ns Decided yesterday that the three girls who died after attending an ltalian wedding in New Yerk last Sunday were poisoned by wood alcohol. The police found that 'll!eu nndhcordillsdurvod at the receptien were home made, compound- ed of alcohol, sugar and coloring mat- ter, A Jury at Waterbury yesterday gave judgment for the dct?ndmt in ‘:no $10,000 suit of the estate of the Jate Policeman Daniel J. Lane against the United States Electric Light & Water company, Lane was killed by a shoek from an electric wire in trying to fix an eleetric lamp en his beat August 7 last ~ Interference” NORRIS-CLAPP RESOLUTION SO CHARACTERIZED TABLED IN THE SENATE Called for Information With Reference to Separation of New Haven and B. & M. R. R—Plea by Senator Lodge. Washington, Feb. 25.—In response to arguments that the Norris-Clapp reso- lution calling upon the attorney gen- eral for infurmation regarding _tne government's agreement with the New York New Haven and ord Rall road company for its separation from the Boston and Maine was a reflection on Attorney General McReynolds and an unjustified interference with the re- organization, the senate today killed the resolution by laying it on the ta- ble. . Senator Norris himself accepted the action as final and will not again 8eek to bring the resolution to the at- Tention of the senate. Tabled by Vote of 33 te 23. The resolution would have called upon the attorney gemeral to inform the sénate if he had entered into any agreement with the New Haven which would give past officials or fiscal agents immunity from prosecution. o. bar suits for recovery to the stock- hoiders for the dfssipation of New Haven funds. Senator Clapp proposed an amendment asking the attorney general to lay before the senate the full text of any agreement with the New Haven concerning the Boston and Maire. It was Senator Reed, demoerat, who cut short debate on the resolution by moving to lay it on the table. His motion was sustained by a vote of 33 t. 23. Senators divided irrespective of party. A “Pestiferous” Interference. Senator Reed declared the resolution was an inference that the attorney general was not to be trusted to carry. on the negotiations for a new manage- ment of the Boston and Maine, in lieu ©of court proceedings to compel the separation of the Boston and Maine from the New Haven by virtue of the Sherman anti-trust law. Senator Reed concurred In the sug-. gestion of Senator Lodge that the res. olution would be a “pestiferous” inte: ference with the reorganization of the Boston and Maine. Lodge Pleads for New England. Senator Lodge appealed to the sen- ate not to meddie in the affairs of .an executive department and to pay some heed to the wishes of the peopls of New England in regard to the questiom ‘which affected them so vitally, “This resolution will injure the re- organization,” he said, the Boston and Maine will find itself un- &kt~ W money. exe orbitant rate if-its aré "t de day dragged over by the senate every or so. The Boston and Maine is a fine property. With good trustees, it will be a dividend-paying property within two or three years, but it must bor- row $25,000,000 before July 1. The quicker the reorganization is effected the easler it will be to borrow the money and the quicker the people of New England will get improved ser- vice from this line.” Norris Produces Telegram. * Senator Norris questioned the state- ment that the resolution was opposed by the people of New England. He put into the record a telegram de- scribing a mass meeting of 1,000 busi- ness men in Faneull Hall yesterday, approving the Norris resolution and the Clapp amendment. Attaches B. and M. Property. Troy, N. Y. Feb. 25.—Sheriff Henry W. Smell of Rennselaer county today filed In the county clerk’s office in this city an attachment and notice of levy made by him upon property of the Boston and Maine Railroad company in this city. The levy was made um- der a warrant of a New York law firm in the interest of Walter and Irving Blumenthal of that city, holders of notes of the Boston and Maine com- pany to the umount of $10,000 which fell due on Feb. 3, and which were not paid. Protest Charges for Spotting Cars. Pittsburgh, Feb, 25.—A reselution protesting against the recent sugges- ‘flon of the interstate commerce com- mission that rallroads should charge for spotting cars on private sidings and | ewitches was .adopted at a special |meeting of the chamber of commerce of Pittsburgh late today. The session was stormy and the resolution was carried by a majority of one vote. Education Bill Buried. Washington, Feb. 25.—Attacked as an invasion of state’s rights, thé Lever bill to authorize the commissionmer of lucation to cooperate with states, ed- ucational associations or 1 jusls in plans for the elimination of adult {l- literacy in the United States, met over- whelming defeat in the house today |after an all day debate. { Battles in Coal Strike District. Trinidad, Col., Feb. 25.—Stories of desperate battles between striking coal miners and mine guards in the vicinity of the Ludlow tent colony were told the federal strike investigating com- mittee today by Charles O'Neil, super- intendent of the Berwind and Tabasco mines of the Colorado Fuel and Irom company. Opposition to Goethals’ Police Albany, N. Y., Feb. 25.—Determined opposition to Mayor Michel's police bills, intended to maks the commis- sioner the court of last resort for offi- cers, as suggested by Colonel Goethals, developed when they came up &ur = hearing today before the joint legisla- tive committees on cities. America’s Altitude Record Broken. San Diego, Cal, Feb. 25 —America'» altitude record, made by Ideut. H. B. *| Post in his recent fatal fight at North Island, was broken today when Theo- dore MacCaulay, aviation fostructor, ascended to the height of 12,1839 feet. Post’'s record was 12,120 feet. British Steamer Still Aground. Philadelphia, Feb. 25.—Despite nu- merous efforts by tugs to pull into deep ‘water the Eritish steamer Sachem which stranded