Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 10, 1914, Page 1

VOL. LVL—NO. 58 NORWICH, MARCH 10, 1914 _PRICE_TWO CENTS. The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population INTERVENTION IS URGED IN THE SENATE Senator Fall of New Mexico Believes We Are in Danger of War With European Powers Unless Decisive Action is. Taken A FORMIDABLE LIST OF MEXICAN ATROCITIES A Record of Outrages Upon Americans and Other Foreign- ers Submitted by the Senator—Other Senators Deprecate Open Discussion of Mexican Question and Declare That | men who made the trip fnto Mexl- co, they refused to say. The formal state inquiry, ordered by Governor Colquitt, is expected to be- gin here tomorrow under the direction of the state adjutant general, Henry Hutchings. A A. B._Garrett, United States con- sul at Nuevo Laredo, forwarded his report to Washington today. What it contained was not divulged. Mr. | Garrett_was one of the party which | received the bod yat the river bank. | Mexican government officials at Nu- | evo Laredo have refused to @iscuss the | incident. Until the body was found at | Hidalgo, persistent denlal was made { that harm had befallen the American. | General Alvarez, commanding the fed- | eral garrison at Nuevo Laredo, had insisted that Vergara escaped from { his guards at Hidalgo and had joined the constitutionalists. The body will be held here until it is Intervention Means War—Texas Senator Asserts That | vicwed by the state adjutant general Trouble Along Border is Are Americans in Name Only—Bryan Calls Upon Con- sul For Information Regarding Removal of Vergara’s| Body—Captain Sanders of Texas Rangers Denies Cross- ing Rio Grande and Disclaims Knowledge as to Identity of Party Which Exhumed Remains of Dead American— Two Mexicans Reported Washington, lid of secre in the March 9.—The regarding Mexi was lifted United States senate today by Senator Fall, Republican, of New Mexico, who urged armed interven- tion for the protection of Americans and other foreigners in the stricken republic. The galleries were crowd- ed to overflowing and remained so for hours, until Senator Shively, of In- diana, had spoken for the administra- tion, expressing regret that the sub- (Continued on Page Ten) CAPT. SANDERS REPORTS. Does Not Know Who Exhumed Ver- Body—Says He Did Not Cross the River at AlL slayving in Mexico of gara, the American ranchman, and the mysterious return of his bod Sunday to the United States, ernor Colquitt of Texas late t directed Adjutant General Hen ddutchings te proce Laredo in mediately to view body. Mr. Hutchings left for Lavedo tonight. The governor ordered that identification of the body be made certain and that ail avallable evidence be gathered. Governor Colquitt today declared 1 information on the exhuming body from the cemetery at Hi- . Mexico, by persons who ero from the American side and the I turn of the body to Texas would be at the disposal of President Wilson 1d the United States authorities if requested. commander Laredo di 2 v telegraphed a de- iled report of the incident to Gov nor Colquitt, who made it publ The report failed to establish the iden- tity of those who recovered the body or’ to explain Captai anders’ own telegram that he “proceeded to Hidal- go. Mexico, and recovered the body.” Captain Sanders was quoted from Laredo yesterday as sayving..that he and Consul Garrett of Neuvo Laredo went _to the spot where the body was found because they had been told it would be delivered at a certain place &t 3.30 a. m. Sunday morning. Who told them, neither the ranger captain nsul would say Sanders’ detailed report Laredo Saturday mc March 7. 1914, and went to with Consul Garrett. Sergeant Hines Private Felph of my command, dy were there: also Constable | of Minera, Jim Hall, a relative of Vergara, and s whom I do not_know. 1 secured all the evi- . I left Consul oleman ranch about 7 evening and went he river on the Texas side, four, five or mil 1 did not go ver at all. body was brought acro. stretcher about ] n a. m. Sunda arch 8, 1914, and de- posited on the bank on this side about four miles down the river from Pu fox. This was the first time I ever the body. I do not know who exhumed it. | turned the body over to Vergar relatives, who took it to laredo and put it in an undertaking ! hment. 1 do mnot know that held an inquest or that any examination of the re.mains There were two bul n the head, one hand w to a crisp and the head looked had been crushed. Hidalgo, where the remains orig- inally were interred, is. just south of and in sight of Palafox on the bank of the river. MEXICANS ARRESTED. Charged with Conspiring Against Our Neutrality Laws. El Paso. Texas, March 9—Mexican federal officials were arrested here to- dav. bui were admitted to bail this afiernoon. The defendants, who are charged with conspiring against the neutrali ws of the United States, inciude ¥ E. Diebold, inspector of Me: consulates in the district Wwesi_of the Mississippi; Enrique De La Sierra, Mexican consul in this citv: Alfredo Margain, his vice con- sul. and R. Saladina, said to be a se- cret recruiting officer for Huerta. “It is an internaticnal outrage,” in- sisted Diegold. He a1d De.La Sierra gave bondt of $2,000 each and the others bonds of $1,000. Their arrest grew out of the deten- jon Saturday night of a number of Mexicans as_they were about to take & train for Eagle Pass, Texas, which 1s just across the Rio Grande from Piedras Negras, and has a small fed- eral garri % Some of the recrults talked freely, lmplicating the men arrested today. Evidence in the case was gathered by Capt. Harry N. Cootes, \provost marshal, and agents of the depart- ment_of justice. E. N. Blanford, of the department, swore to a_warrant which was issued by George B. Oliver, United States commissioner. The Mexican officials claimed exemption from arrest while in the consulate af- ter the warrant had been read. After a long parley it was agreed that the defendants should be allowed to sur- Clemente Ver- | ;| mail #Clemente Vergara was delivered Occasioned by Persons Who to Have Been in the Party. | render afternoon. themselves This they BRYAN CALLS FOR REPORT. | Assert That Vow of Poverty Taken is Rebel Banking Institution. Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexica, March 9.—Constitutionalist ~ officials an- nounced today that organization is under way for a semi-official banking institution at Hermosillo, Sonora, which will be founded along unusual lines. In view of the lack of actual money capital, stockholders will con- tribute mortgages on their lands. RELATIVES CONTEND FOR PRIEST'S ESTATE. Against Public Policy. ‘Washington, March 9.—Whether the obligations of the Order of St. Bene- dict and of other religious orders con- taining vows of poverty are void as against public policy was argued in briefs filed today in the supreme court. On behalf of a niece and nephew of the late Father Wirth, priest of a Instructs Consul Garrett to Give De- | tails Concerning Removal of Ver- | gara’s Body, by Telegraph. g Washington, March 9—Two depart- ments of the United States govern- ment are engaged in seeking informa- tion as to the circumstances under which the body of Clemente Vergara, | an American horse dealer, supposed to have been killed by Mexican fed- eral soldiers near Hidaigo, Mexico, was | found on the American side of the Rio Grande early Sunday morning. The solitary fact known officially to the state and war departments is that the body of the man for whom search h been made for the past three weel is on Texas soil. brief telegram to the state de- | from American Con- uevo Laredo, Mexico, had been found and that details would be reported by No mention was made of press despatches that Texas rangers Cross- | ed. the border Saturday night and | brought the body back, reporting their action- to Governor _Colquitt. Th slow process did not satisfy Seeretary Bryan, who promptly wired the con- ! sul to make his report by telegrap This report is now being awaited. | MeanvLile the war department had | become interested, and Secretary Ga rison called upon Gen Bliss at K1 Pasc fcr information. This brougit { the following report by wire from that | officer | “Invesiivation Vergara affair being | | miade. Will report as soon as facts | earned. r except as published Affair | | occurred about 5 mil “hus far nothing known here in 5 Laredo t a place not on railroad or telegraph neither officials had that might | nor Texas any : States ated in R ded as in violation of Mexica savereiznty, the stats department now confronted with the necessity of § tioms to Gen- rt to secure the hment of the persons guilty of ‘s killing. When the case was rovght to his a‘tention by Charge (’Shaughnessy, General Huer- ia promised an investigation and the | {prompt punishment of the guilty parties if warranted by the facts. | Afterward the federal general at Nu- evo Laredo intimated that Vergara had joined the constitutionalists and had been killed by them. The dis- {covery of the body on the banks of the Rio Grande, bearing half a dozen i fatal wounds, now furnishes tangible | evidence for the further prosecution of the case. Teday Secretary Bryan asked John Bassett Moore, formerly counsellor of the state department. to | sit his office. for consultation and it inferred that subsequent steps in he case will be in accordance with Mr. Mocre’s suggestions. Consul Letcher so far has made no report to the state department upon the case of Snyman, the former Boer | general, and British ranch owner, who | is asking protection for his property through the United States govern- ment. Also, it was sald that nothing | had been heard of Gustav Bauch, the | American _who disappeared from Ju- larez several weeks ago. As for the { commission which was charged to in- | vestigate the killing of the British subject, Benton, Secretary Bryan said {today that its status was unchanged. ! BODY TAKEN TO BRIDGE. | Mexican Version of the Removal Vergara Corpse. of | church was founded and the Teutonic Sacramerito, Calif., March 3—With | bruised heads and empty stomachs, one thousand members of “Gen.” church at Springfield, Minn., attorneys contended the vows he took to the or- der were void as against public poli- and that his property, consisting of the income from books he had writ- ten, should go to the heirs. They con- tended that the civil courts would no more enforce such an agreement than to enforce an agreement to surrender one’s life to another. Attorneys on behalf of the order pointed to its achievements as show- ing it was not against public policy “Through its followers and =i ples,” it was argued, “Christianity was firmly planted in various parts of Eng- land; the greater part of central Ger- | many was evangelized; the German races were converted. Education has been and is now among recognized and principal works of the Benedictines in America and other countries.” “GEN.” KELLEY’S HOBOES ! DRIVEN FRQM SACRAMENTO. Large Force of Armed Deputy Sheriffs Guard Entrance. | Kelley’s unemployed armies that have been in Sacramento for the last two days were encamped tonight on the Yolo County side of the Sacramento river, to which they were driven by Sacramento County officers today. Not all of them were injured, but all were hungry. Most_of them were cold from the drenching given them by the city fire department in routing them from their Sgcramento camp. They swore ven- genance on Sacramento because of the forcible ejection, but as thelr only avenue of entrance to this city is guarded by several hundred armed | sheriffs, and the town of Broderick, | across the river, is equally well guard- ed, the civil authorities belleve they have the situation well in hand and that state troops will’ not he needed. WIFE OF PROFESSOR . DIES OF EXPOSURE. Body of Mrs. August I. Found in a Thicket. Ericksson ¢ Haven, Conn, March 9—Lying face downward in the mud in a thick- et on the eastern slope of West Rock, two small boys tonight found the body of Mrs. August I. Erickson, wife of a professor at the New Haven High school, who had been missing from her home since Saturday noon. Thire were no marks or bruises on the body and the medical examiner sald iIn his opinion, she had died from exposure. Mrs. Bricksson who was 30 years old, had been in poor health, for a number of weeks from a nervous | breakdown. The body was fully dressed and when found, both hands were in a muff that she carried. There was nothing found to indicate suicide, the medical examiner said, although some of her friends were fearful that she might try to take her life because of poor health. HELEN KELLER ABLE TO HEAR A SINGER. | Series of Experiments Makes and Blind Woman Happy. Deaf Los Angeles, Calif, March 9—Helen | Keller, the deaf and blind young wo- man, announced today that she firmly | believed she had at last heard a | Mexico City, March 9.—The foreign | {office Insisted tonight that the body of to Americans on_the international bridge | spanning the Rio Grande between La- jredo, Texas. and Nuevo Laredo, Mex- ico. The government stated tonight | that 1f anv person or persons are ;gumy of illegally putting Vergara to |death it will endeavor to mete out | i punishment for them | MEXICANS IN PARTY. ' e | Assisted Eight Americans in Ex- huming Body of Vegara. Laredo, Texas, March 9—Informa- tion obtained tonight from well in- formed sources indicate that at least | two Mexicans were members of the | party that exhumed the body of | Clemente Vergara, the Texas ranch- man, from the Hidalgo, Mexico, cem- etery and returned it mysteriously to | the American side of the border early yesterday. Eight Americans are said to have been the others in the expidition. It | also is reported that one of the Mex- | jacns remained in Mexico and friends tonight expressed cangorn for his safe_ ty. Officials here, both federal and state, refuse to discuss the incident tonight, other than to repeat their first state- ments that the body was delivered to them on the American side of the boundary. At whose request they assembled at the poiat designated, or who were the 1 —_— | FINAL EFFORT TO | : trial. sound—the high note of a singer, Min- nie Saltzman Stevens, who sang for her several times. Until yesterday, Miss Keller said, she was not certain that the vibrationg of the singer's voice had made an {mpression on her dormant ear drums but after a series of experiments ending last night she was convinced she was really able to hear. “I know now I can hear,” she de- clared today, “and I am so happy.” = i SAVE FAANK'S LIFE. Lawyers Submit an Extraordinary Mo- tion for New Trial. | Atlanta, Ga. March 9.—Lawyers for Leo M. Frank, under death sentence for the murler of Mary Phagan, were busy today arranging new evidence to be submitted to the superior court with an extraordirary motion for a new The newly discovered evidence is said to include several affidavits not made public, .Indications are that the exatraordi- nary motion for a mew trial will not be submitted until a few days before the date set for the execution, April 27, If the extraordinary motion is denied by the superior judae, it is said an ap- peal to the state supreme court will be taken. This action would automatical- Iy stay the execution. 1t is announced that Marion, Mass is to have the largest wireless statior in the womdd. Cabled Paragraphs $125,000,000 for German Artillery. Berlin, March 9.—A new military bill is in preparation for the appropriation of $1£5,000,000 for the re-arming of the German artillery, according to a report reaching here from Munich. Anti-Plumage Bill Passed. London, March 9—A bill prohibit- ing the importation of the plumage of wild Dbirds and “bits of birds” into Great Britaln pasged its second read- ing in the house of commons tonight. The vote was 297 to 15. Unionists Fail to Enthuse. London, March 9.—The British gov- ernment’s plan for the conciliation of the Unionists of Ulster in connection with the Irish home rule bill was laid before the house of commons today and met with but a cool receptfon from the Unionists. Austrian Aviator Killed. Vienna, March 9—Lieutenant Esner, a military aviator, and a non-commis. sioned officer who accompanied him as a_ passenger were killed today at the Aspern aerodrome by the fall of an aeroplane. The accident was due to the breakdown of the motor. Strike Disorders at Rome. Rome, March $—Disorders incident to the general strike, which began here this morning, prevailed throughout the day and were still in progress late to- night. The city was in partial dark- ness due to a majority of the electri- cal workers having _struck. Thirty persons were wounded. Heir to Throne Expected. Berlin, March 9.—Horace Rumbold, counsellor of the British embassy here, was ordered today to Brunswick, where the arrival of an heir to the throne is expected shortly. The young Duke of Brunswick with the duchess, formerly Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, and the only daughter of Em- peror William, took up his official resi- dence in Brunswick several months ago. MRS, PANKHURST IS LOCKED UP AGAIN. Police Run Gauntlst of Flower Pots, Glasgow,. March 9—Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the militant suf- fragettes, was arrested tonight at a suffragette meeting in St. Andrew’s hall after a flerce fight with the police in which a score of women wers hurt and several constables badly bruised. | Mrs. Pankhurst had just declared that women had just as ample justi- fication for fighting for their rights today as men ever had in the history of the world, when a large force of police dzshed into the hall with their clubs drawn. In anticipation of trouble, the suffragettes har stretched a network of barbed wire across platform. The wirg was concealed by floral decorations and proved effacious with the aid of masculine supporters of the suffragettes. using flower pots, chairs and anything they ¢ould lay their hands on as missiles, holding back the police for a few minutes. In the midst of the fighting several blank cartridges were fired and min- iature bombs, exploded. Frightened by the detonations, many women fainted. The police succeeded in selzing Mrs. Pankhurst and dragging her to the street. made to rescue her as the police forced her into a taxicab and drovs away to the police station. IENDS HIS LIFE WITH PISTOL BULLET William Patterson, Despondent Through Failure to Secure Work. (Special to The Bulletin.) Willimentic, March 8.—William Pat- terson, formerly of Wauregan, shot and fatally wounded himself at the home of his sister, Mrs. Wesley Tripp 1at South Coventry Monday afternoon. His death occurred shortly after. Despondency through his failure to procure work was sald to be the cause. The deceased, who was a loom fixer, went to San Dlego, California, with his wife about a year ago. A short timg &g0 he returned, not having been suoccessful and stayed at his sister's home. He had been away for two weeks and only returned a.few hours Dbefore the tragedy, which ooccurred in his room at his sister's home, He went upstalrs, locked the door and shot himself through the right temple. The deceased was born 55 vears ago in Putnam, the son of Daniel and Re- becca Halliday Patterson. He leaves a wife in California and two sisters, Mrs. Wesley Tripp and Mrs. Henry N. Wood of South Coventry. CONVICTIONS IN 114 OF THE 190 CASES Followers of Agitator Tannenbaum Either Plead or Are Proved Guilty. New York, March 3.—One hundred and one of the 130 men who followed | Frank Tannenbaum, the young Indus- | trial Worker of the World leader in- {to a Catholic church last Wednesday night, demanding food and shelter, | pleaded guilty today and were set at | liberty under suspension of sentence. Twelve pleaded not guilty. They were promptly convicted and remanded for sentence tomorrow. Only one pleaded not guilty and obtained his discharge. { The charge in all the 114 cases was conduct. man found guiitless and disorderly The only | discharged was Ernest Rutherford, a young machinist who said he came here from Rossville, Ga., ten days ago. Rutherford said he was caught in a | jam in the vestibule of the church and | held there by the crowd until the po- lice' swooped down and made the ar- | rests, Porto Rican Courts Attacked. ‘Washington, March 9—An attack on the United States district court of the | Here a desperate effort was | Porto Rico was made today before | the senate committee on Pacific Is- lands and Porto Rico by B. Fernandez, a special representative of the house of delegates of Porto Rico, who asked | that the court be abolished and sup- ported the request with a communi cation from the Porto Rican Bar as- sociation. als, Rotterdam, March 7.—Steamer Ura- nium, New York. Liverpool, March mania, New York. Madeira, March 5.—Steamer Saxo- nia, New York for Naples, Queenstown, March 9.—Steamer California, New York for Glasgow, 9—Steamer Car- Julia Marlowe’s Conditien Serious. Baltimore, March 8.—Miss Julia Marlowe, the actress, who recently was was taken ill in Les Angeles, Calif., operated upon today for appendi at a hospital here, according to a re port from a reliable source. Her con- dition was sald to be serious | ! operating engineer i { jed with { Ludlow Saylor Wire compan: Upwards of 30 Perish in Fire THE MISSOURI ATHLETIC CLUB BURNED OUT SEVEN STORY BUILDING About 100 Guests in Place at the Time —Unconfirmed Report That Blaze Was Started by Bank Robbers. St. Louis, Mo, March 9.—Hope for thirty or thirty-five guests of the Missouri Athletic club, who were in the club building when it caught fire this morning, was abandoned late to- day, and officers of the club now are almost positive that the twenty-three to twenty-nine Imen unaccounted for are dead. ’ Seven bodies were recovered from the ruins before sundown, and search lights played on the smouldering ruins tonight while firemen searched for additional bodies. Property Loss $466,000. Meantime fifteen persons who were injured in the fire were under treat- ment at public and private hospitals. Much difficulty was experlenced in trying to identify the recoversd bodies, some being identified under two or three different namee. The blaze was the fourth serious fire in the downtown district of-St. Louis in eight days, and the most fatal in the clty’s history. It completaly wreck- | ed the seven .story building occupied jointly by the Missouri Athletic club and by the Boatmen’s bank, and caus- ed a property loss estimated at $466,- 000. By destroying the list of entries and other club records, it forced the abandonment of the ~intercollegiate tracic meet that was to have been held in St. Louls under the auspices of the club next Saturday night. The cause of the fire still was a mystery tonight. Reports that it was due to efforts of bank robbers trying to dynamite into the Boatmen's bank were unconfirmed. Stories of explo- sions were denied by the night watch- man of the bank. In the vaults of the Boatmen's bank, which occupied part of the first floor of the building, were more than $1,300,- 000 in errency. The caults were un- harmed, the bank.officials reported, The number of guests who had rooms in the club house, either perma- nently or for the night, was about one | hundred. List of Injured. « Following injured: Theodore Levy, salesman; treated at city dispensary for cut hands; rescued by firemen while clinging to window sill on. the sixth floor. U. M. Scott, St. Louis, left hip frac- tured; internal injuries. Ben F. Williams, Louisville, sales~ man_ for the Brown Shoe company; left leg fractured, internal injuries, in serious condition. B. C. Holmes, city hospital. L. L. Leonard, lawyer, ribs fractur- is a revised list of the McCombs, Miss., at ed, feet crushed; hurt internally by jumping. Lee Wolf, merchant at Cerruthers- ville, Mo., contusions and possible fracture of spine. David Blum, purchasing agent for Stix, Baer & Fuller Dry Goods com- pany; right foot fractured in fall R. D. Harned, Chicago, superintend- ent of an electrical supply company; right arm and right ankle fractured in jump from sixth floor. Edward T. Kaub, Chicago, salesman; abrasions and contuslons on right hand and left knee. William Koerner, houseman at Mis- souri Athletic club; both feet fractur- ed in jumping from sixth floor to roof of four story bullding. F. W. Williams, New York, connect- Globe Canning company of Eastport, Me.; hands burned and head bruised. P. C._ Little, Chicago, knea wrenched. Tee Walsh, bruised. Charles Schinnell, Chicago, both leas broken; internally injured. John Dwyer, Engine Co. No. 6, right leg fractured; caught under falling wall, Robert Magill, house manager Mis- sour? Athletic club, burned about legs. Mrs. Robert Maglll, feet burned and cut, List of Dead. The revised list of deal follows: Kessler, Bdwin C., St. Louis, cashier killed in_jump from sixth floor. Rickey, John Martin, Chicago, treas- urer Ford Manufacturing company (roofing materials), burned to death { on third floor, leaves widow and child. Reilly,_James D. St. Louis, member of firm Ware & Rellly, contractors. Erd, William E., East St. Louis, TIL, real estate dealer, suffocated and burned. Hancok, Allen R, St. Louls, sales- man Underwood Typewriter company. recovered on third floor; gol on finger bearing initlals “B. T.” and date “2-28-1904.” An unidentified body, mutilated be- yond recognition. List of Missing Following is the revised list of those missing and believed to be buried in the ruins: L. R. Ruff, St s, mons Hardware com] Y. Marshall Bier, fur dealer, St. Loul, J. E. Chasnoff, Sedalia, Mo., adver- tising department, St. Louis Republic. Burt Crouch, lived at club, assistant sales manager Western Electric com- pany. . band ring Thomas B. Shyne, salesman Under- | Syracus: ;\\;ood Typewriter company, Allen Dow, buyer for B. Nugent & Brother, dry goods company, St. Louis. W. J. Ginnis, buyer B. Nugent & Brother, dry goods company, St. Louls. | _J. L. Haehnlen, engineer Lacleds Gas Light company, St. Louis. E. P. Willlams, New York, traveling salesman. W. A. Hunicke, St. Louis, assistant Missouri Pacific railroad. Rob Green (Herrin Supply company, Herrin, 11L.). E. J. McKenna, guest of a member named Jennings. J. Wolfson. A. T. Ranus. Mike Thuma, Berwin, Ill, manager cutting department Alschuler, Dreyer & Glick Clothins comnany, Chicas Mark Hammar. St. Louis, president Neusteter Cloak and Suit company, St Louis, William E. Becker, St. Louis, presi dent Becker-Moere Paint company, D. E. Fitzgerald, sales manager Pe- oria_ Oil corporation, family residence in_Springfield, Mo. ‘Thomas J. Wright, auditor Lemp Brewing company, St. Louis. Jehn R, Ratz, president Ryffel & An unidentified man, mutilated, body | buyer Sim- | I Condensed Telegrams Mrs. Ellen Jenkinson died at Wau- kegan, 111, aged 105 years. At a Largely Attended town meet- ing at Stamford last night §t was voted to purchase voting machines. Mrs. Minnie J. Grimstead of Liberal, Kansas has aunounced her candidacy for the United States senate on the republican ticket. Miss Aima A. Johnson, a servant of Plainfieid, N. J., inherits $25,000 from her uncle, who died in Sweden, pro- vided she marry within a year. Relatives of Edward J. McKenna of Meriden fear that he perished in the fire- that destroved the Missouri Ath- letic club at St. Louis yesterday. Fire Last Night Caused the almost total destruction of St. Luke's Prot- estate Episcopal church, one of the stateliest edifices in Brooklyn, The Connecting Terminal, a 1,000~ 000 bushel elevator at Buffalo, owned by the Connecticut Terminal railroad, was destroyed by fire last night, The Free Fish Clause of ithe new tariff bill has so increased the salt fish business of Gloucester, Mass.. that the fishing fleet will be enlarged this summer. | Twenty Insurance Compa: noti- fled their agents yvesterday that they would withdraw from the state. The companies claimed that the insurance rating bill is too drastic. ® The Seismograph at the observa- tory at St. Ignatius college at Cleve- land recorded an earthquake yvester- day which apparently was in Japan, Indle or China. Thirty-Two Buildings and approx- imately 100,000 barrels of oil, property of the Prairie Oil and Gas company, burned at Kiefer, Okla., yesterday. The loss is $200,000. Property Valued at a half million dollars was destroved at Waco, Texas, yesterday when the plant of the Bx- porters and Traders’ Warehouse and Compress company in Fast Waco was burned, Winchell Smith of Farmington, the playwright, was slight}- injured last night when his large ‘automobile was caught between two trolley” cars in & collision. He has a cut on the side of his head. General Souders, leader of the Souders faction in the famous Soud- ers-Turner feud, which was supposed to have ended 25 years ago, died at his home at Middleboro, Xy., Yesterday of pneumonia. Fire That Started last night in the basement of the three story building of E. H. Bindley and company, whole- sale druggists, at Terre Haute, Ind. | destroved that structure and damaged two adjoining buildings. Adjutant General George M. Ccle of the Connecticut National Guard yes- terday gave official notice of the dis- bandment of Company M, First in- fantry of Winsted, because it had “fallen below the required standard.” Members of the Michigan National Guard who had been on duty in the | Michigan copper zone in the early days of the copper miners’ strike, yes- terday denied to the _congressional committee all charges of violence and other unlawful acts. An Empty Parlor Car that was be- ing hauled by a locomotive, prepara- tory to being attached to the out- bounl Springfield express last night and 2 narrow escape from plunging down the Atlantic Street bridge at Stam- ford. That the Simpson Crawford and the Fourteenth street stores of the Henry Siegel interests in New York be closed was recommended vesterday by the receivers of the two concerns in a re- port made to Special Master George C. Holt. Addressing the Menorah Society at Harvard university last night, Her- man . Bernstein, secretary of the American Jewish committes, assert: that the Russian government was en- ergetically enforcing illiteracy among the Jews. Circuit Court Judge Tappan of Port that the Independent Order of Forest- ers took the proper means to protect its memberships and was justified in | its death benefit readjustment adopted | at the last session of the executive of the order, held in Toronto, | George and Fred Cooper were last night bound over at Windsor, Conn., to the next term of the superior court highway robbery. George Cooper told of the robbing of H. Jensen, a Hart- ford baker, last Monday, and the later holdup of the conductor and motorman | of 2 trolley car. Former Police Inspectors John J. Murtha, Dennis Sweeney and James T. Thompson of New York who were convicted of conspiracy to spirit wit- | nesses out of the country, yesterday their one vear sentences on Blackwell’s Island and paid each a fine of $500. pending against them. EXPECT NEGOTIATIONS Attorney General Knows of No Change of New Haven's Plans. | Washington, March 9.—Despite per- sistent reports that the W | New Haven and Hartford railroad offi- clals had determined to abandon ne- ! gotiations for a peaceful dissolution of | thelr system_ it was belleved here to- | night that Chairman Elliott and coun- sel for the road would come to Wash- | ington within a few days (o resume the work which they dropped nearly a | week ago. If the New Haven board | of directors has decided that it pre- ;ters to fight an anti-trust sult rather | than negotiate with Attorney General | McReynolds, the department has not been taken into the railroad’s confi- dence. OBITUARY - Edward H. Butler. ® Buffale, N. Y., March $—Edward H. Butler, preprietor of the Buffalo Even- ing News, died today aged 63. His death followed an operation for mas- | toiditis. Ratz Plumbing company, St, Lauis, George - Goener, president Holstein Commission company, St. Louis. A, J. Odegaard, Louis, sales agent Spencer-Otis company, rallway sup- plies, St. Louis. 5 Norman Hancock salesman Curlee Clothing company, St, Louis Huron, Mich., yesterday decided there | in bonds of $5,000 each, charged with | finished | Other indictments are still | WILL BE CONTINUED. | York, | 1 No Escape for the Dynamiters SUPREME COURT WOMT REVIEW SENTENCES TO REPORT AT PRISON Bonds Provide They Shall Authorities—Other- wise U. S. Marshals May Get Them. Deliver Themselves to Washington, March 9—The final chapter in ths ironworkers’ campaign to destroy “open shops” with dyna- mite and nitro-glycerine was written today by the supreme court in refusing to review the penitentiary sentences imposed upon Frank M. Ryan, presi- dent of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Work- grs and 23 of the association’s mem- ers. Won't Appeal to President. Senator Kern, leading counsel for the iron workers at their trial in the federal district court at Indianapolis, stated after the supreme court’s de- cision that he did not contemplate ap- pealing to the president for a pardon for the convicted men. A pardon alone stands between them and the peni- tentiary. Solicitor General Davis probably will request the court to- MOrrow to certify its action to the United States circuit court of appeals at Chicago. . In all 52 persons were indicted, but only 24 appealed to the supreme court, MUST REPORT AT PRISON. If Bondsmen Don't Deliver Them, U S. Marshals Will. Indianapolis, Ind., March 9—"Tt is a great victory for the government and @ just end to a very important case® declared Charles W. Miller, former United States district attorney who prosecuted the so-called dynamite cases, when toldsof the action of the United States supreme court today. Mr. Miller said the bonds under Wwhich the convicted men were released from Leavenworth prfon pending their appeal, provided that in case of an adverse decision the men should return to Leavenworth and deliver themselves to the prison authoritles. “It is up to the bondsmen,” said Mr. Miller, “to see that the men report at the prison. In zey case any of the men fails to do 5o, it may be necessary for the United States marshal t atter him.” s DISCOVERED FIRE IN Started in Kitchen of John Curran’s Apartments, _(Special to The Bulletin.) Willimantic, March 9.—A sharp blaze started Monday in the house owned by A. C. Blanchette on Jackson street oDposite Prospect and ocoupled by Al- derman Willwm Jenkins on the ground floor and John Curran on the second. The fire department was call- ed out about 11 o'clock, the fire start- ing in the kitchen of the Curran flat and was first noticed by a party of Young peoplo passing by. They ran to the house and awakened the C: ran family, who were all in bed. The company responded promptly to the alarm and soon had the fire under con- trol although it was blazing bright- |1 when they arrived. It was an hour before all traces of the fire were put out. Charles Larkins of the Hill Top Hose company fell from the plazza Toof as a result of stepping on 2 lad- der which was unguarded and drop- ped heavily to the sidewalk. He was picked up and carrled into the house and Dr. F. M. Smith attended him. He was later taken to the hospital for treatment. His injuries were sald to bo slight, but his fall was a mean one and might have easily resulted in se- rious injury. As it was he was con- shaken up and was-bleedinz profusely when carried into the house CARD GAME DISPUTE { ENDS IN A STABBING. Derby Man Slashed in Neck by a Bar- room Associate. Derby, Conn., March §. suit of a dispute that started in a sa loon late Saturday night, Michael Cas- | ciello is under arrest, charged witi assault with intent to kill, and Rose- | tello Dinatali is receiving medical | treatment for a deep gash in his neck, made with & knife. The dispute start- ed, it is gaid, over a card game. The men were ejécted from the saloon and they renewed the combat in the street. The accused used a knife that had been made out of a steel file, the blade being six inches long. The jugular | vein was severed and Dinatall suffered | from loss of blood. After the stabbing Casclello ran away, but was overtaken by a policeman after n chase. He is held in $300 bonds for a hearing to- | morrow. Dinatali was once before | stabbed in 2 quarrel. His wound will not result fatally, physicians say. A Strange Discrepancy. ‘Washington, March quarters of the National - Voters’ league today Secretary Haynes made public a statement saying the league hed on file communications from 45 members of the house declaring they rose in thelr places on December 9, 1913, and asked for a roll call on a lobby resolutions. The statement de- ! clare@ ths congressional Record of De- | cember 9 showed only 23 members so responding. | Congquers Snow Drifts. | Like in most other cities of the Hast, busines in Westfield, Mass., was | greatly handicapped by the recent | severs snowstorms. Trolley service was abandoned and the streets were | practically impassable. After the failure of every other ort of vehicle, one large manufacturing concern of Westfleld, put it up to the motor- clcle squad of the company to get their heavy mails to the postoffice. With a side-car attachment in which the heavy mail bags were placed, the two-wheeler ploughed through the snowdrifts to the postoffice about @ mile and a half distance, Four New Motoroyoles. Columbia, Mo. s the first city in the state to equip its fire department with motorcycles. The department now has four motorcyeles, fitted with fire- fimting apparatis. This _motoreyle squad is the first to respond to a call, and is thus able to save the city the expense of many runs by the bdig moter fire truck. —