Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 19, 1914, Page 1

VOL. LVIL—ND. 66 NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1914 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any : PRICE TWO CENTS Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Conr{;ctictixtiin Proportion rtio the City’s Population HUERTA MAKES APPEAL FOR FUNDS Calls in Sixty Wealthy/ Upon Them His FOR A VIGOROUS CAM Mexicans and Impresses Need of Finances PAIGN AGAINST REBELS Takes Steps to Reopen Negotiations With John Lind—Minis- ter of Foreign Affairs Departs For Vera Cruz to Meet Lind—Report That Mutineers Were Executed is Discred- ited—Benton May Have Been Stabbed in Villa’s Cffice. | Mexteo City, March 18— ¥Forced by the increasing seriousness of the sit- uation in Mexico—from a fimancial rather than a military viewpoint, how- ever—President Huerta at last appears t be ready to resume negotiations with John Linr. President Wilson's per- sonal representative, which were broken off last August. if reports cur- rent in the capital tonight are true. Huerta Minister to Meet Lind. The minister of foreign affairs, Jose Lopez Portilio v Rojas, has been di- rected to reopen the unofficial diplo- matic exchanges with Mr. Lind, ac- cording to the report here and for that urpose went to Vera Cruz today. Vhether he will mept Mr. Lind at Vera Cruz ar at some point further removed from the gencral public is not known. Bvery effort has been made to keep the meeting a secret and should it for reason fall 1o take,place, the gov- day. The war office has no other in- | formation relative to the alleged exe- cutions. Castro’s Report Discredited. | General Castro reported that the mutineers. who numbered about & | thousand and were reinforced by Za- pata adnerents, had abandoned Jojula Were closely pursued by the fed- after Many of them were killed in the prisoners being executed a ge near the Morelos-Guerrerc ne. In view of the discrepancies in this and previous stories on the same s ject there ix a disposition not to take Castro’s_report seriously, Practically all the Mexican newspapers are mini- mizing the report. which is generally discredited. Relative to the report of fighting north of Torreon, General Blanquet sald tonight: true” nfortunately it is not Report of Rebel Reverse. ernment would be in a positien to fall h, war department reports that en—that the minister is taking the |,y 1S A0 B, e mpanied by his wife and other | g 0300 force are flee- family. Huerta Appeals to Wealthy Citizens. President Huerta today summoned tional palace sixty of the Mexicans residing in the capital an mated that indirect financial support would be highly | agreeable in view of the vigorous cam- paign = t the rebels which he pro- poses to inaugurate. He reminded them that a ree issued several months cal upon owners of haciendas o equ ain ten me poses of deferse has neve lied with and he urged ance would mean, ac- ficial figures tenance of about 300,000 fs estimated there are ciendas and _smaliel ches within the federal jurisdiction. Mutineers Executed. President Huerta also requested fhese men to furnish him with horses o suficient numbers for 120 cannon Wwhich he expected to arrive soon from Japan and Europe. He asked their | moral . support. suggesting that thy form ;rt of military socety, nl for of fighting. but that rn by the members {o iem as being on the side of ed is based on a verbal ade by General Jiminez the war minister. General recalled from the military d reached here vester- ing towards Guatemala. WAS BENTON STABBED? | Bryan Refuses to Discuss Latest Ver- | sion of Aff ashington, March 18.—Seeretary expects to be supplied with a of the report of the special com- n appainted by Genera ran- za, the com ¢ to_in- | vesiigate the conditions under which the Scotchman, Ben et his death {in Juarez a month Meanwhil | he declines to diseuss the r t T ports that positive testimo 4 beer procured to show that Benton was th in General V an to intimate be more or less s stabbed to de e. further t testifhony may tive. |~ The investizatio pearance of Gustay into the aiche, the disap- Amer- {ican r-‘'road mechanic, appears to have | come. o 4 complete standstill, so far as the American agencies are concern- I ea, It is said, however, that the Carranza | commission which has been lookins {ifito the Benton ecase, may extend its sperations to clear up (his mystery Two Bridge Burners Executed. Sonora, Mexico, March 18 | Pedro Chavez and Rafael Roscon, two | ridge burning bandits, captured yes- | terday at Ojo de As ere executed {today. The men zed, implicat- ing several Mexicans on both sides of the line. EXPRESS CAR ROBBED BY A LONE BANDIT Express Messenger Bound and Thrust into a Sack. Seaum Texas, March 15.—After | bundling the messenger, Reb Martin i, a masked man today r express car attached to northbound Gulf, Colorado and Sants Fe passenger train No. 202 of currency estimated 1o ageregate about $14,000 I escaped from the train at Helbig miles north of Beaumont. Late tonigh: posses had not found trace of | he bandit 1 believed the robber secreted f in the egpress car before the efi Houston. Martin said the who apparently was middie-aged. i from behind a pile of baggage after the train left Beaumont, demanded ihe messengers key and when Martin refused, bound and thrust him into the sack When Martin failed to appear dur- ing the stop at Silsbee, several miles morth of Helbig, the train crew forced the exprese car door, which had been locked by the robber. Th ney was part of a shipment made by a o ed eamps alone Houston lumber concern in paying employes at e road. EVADED THE TAX ON OLEOMARGARINE Eight Officials and Employes of Chi- 78 Concern Convicted, Chicago, March 15.—John F. Jelke, President ‘of the John F. Jelke, and cight officials and former emploves of the any, were found guilty in the federa' court ight of conspiracy government by avold- the tax in selling oleomargarine McFarland, a clerk, was found Officlals of the company were William M. Steels, manager: Francis M. Lowry, retary, and Hugh D, Cameron, Mil- icee representative. The others salesmen and former salesmen. The indictments charged that the ge- fendants evaded the government tax to defraud ing wa by selling white ‘oleomargarine and givinz the retailers coloring matter and instructing them how to use it. TO CLOSE CABARETS LATER. ONE HOUR Committee Recommends That They Be Open Until 2 a. m. New York. March 15.—ir Mayor Mitchet follows the recommendations of ¢ cial committee which he ap- poinied recently to inquire into the hotel and restaurant closing hour prob- lem. tne cabarets and the tango will be #iver nightly an additional hour's lease fe. The closing heur under pres- ent conditions is 1 a. m. In the report of the committee submitted today 2 a. m._is recommended as the ciosing hour for reputably managed hotels and res- rauranig that provide entertainment for their patrons. New Army Collier Afire. Vailejo Cal., March 18.—The army collier Jupiter, the largest vessel ever built on the Pacific coast ana the only clectrically propelled vessel of her size in the world, caught fire teday in hatch No. 13, supposedly from sponta- neous combusiton. It was still smoul- desing late tonight new | BLOOD-STAINED LOCK | OF LINCOLN'S HAIR | Historic Relics Willed to Metropolitan Museum of Art farch New York, 18.—A biood- stained lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair nd a number of relics and memen- toes immediately related to the history of the United States were offered the Metropdlitan Museum of Arts in the will of the late General James Grant ‘Wilson, filed here for probate today | Y Amons the bequests 1a & ring which contains hair of Washington, Welli ton, Napoleon, Grant and Lincoin. | Other items of note are: | Washington's sleeve a gold ring ght from Hoiland to com memorate the recogmition Dby _tI country of the independence of the United States and the making of a commercial treaty between, the two countries at that time. To his widow, Mrs. Mary H. Wilson, the testator bequeathed the remainder of his property and copyrigh The total value of the estate is mot given 1n the will. In a footnote to the Gocument General Wilson explains that he made no public bequests of mon becalise for “half a century I bestow | ten per_cent. of my moderate in to charity. i | Another Shipping Contercnce. Berlin, March 15.—Althou some reports ’ represent that the prospects for an agreement on the shipping pool have improved, the Tageblatt learns that adjournment of the conference on Thursday is probably because of the tas which are too d tlement at the present time. It adds that another conference will probably be called at London or Anfwerp afte es have had time for muiure consideration of the problems volved. vergent for a set- To Permit Export of Pulp Weod Toronto, March 18—An important Dill was introduced in’ the Ontario leg- { islature today by the minister of land {to permit the ex; p wood | from the provincial crown lands for one | year Owing to the storms of last year a large quantity of pulp wood is in danger of destriction by worms and | other causes. Tt was felt by the spon- ! sors of the Dill that the outlet for its aisposal should be enlarged. | | Publisher Bennett Leaves for Suez. | Port Sudan, Egypt, March 18.—The improvement in the health of James Gorden Bennett, propristor of the New York Herald, was such that he was |able to leave for Suez this afternoen on his yacht Lysistrata. He had been suffering from an attack of bronehitis. More Smallpox at Meriden. Meriden, Conn., Mareh 18.—A st ond case of smallpox was discovered here tonight when Carl Scharmer of No. 7 Centennial avenue was found to be suffering with the disease. Another suspect was found on the same street Jate tonight. Steel Business Shows Increase. New York, March 1S.—Aggregatc gross business of the United States Stael corporation for 1913 was $796, 894,299, an increase of $51,388,784 over the preceding vear, according to the detalled Teport of the corporation is- sued today. conflict of views on the matter of quo- | Cabled Paragraphs Dominican Situation Improving. Santo Domingo, March 18—The po- litical situation in the Dominican re- here’ today from a fractured skull, caused by an acroplane accident last night ! Swedish Steamer Founders. Bilbao, Spain, March 18.—The Swe- dish mer_Tornild has foundered with a of ten lives. The Torhild Was built in 1877 She was of 918 tons ster. Fined For Calling Woman Suffragette. Cologne, March 18—For calling a woman school principal a “suffragette’” the wife of a physician in a neighbor- ing village was today convicted and fined on a charge of slander, accord- |ing to the Cologne Gazette. Boy Stones Balfour. France, March 18.—drthur J. i, the former British® premier proceeding in his automobile innes to Nice today, was struck stone thrown by a boy. A deep cut in his nose and his cheek bruised. Mr, Balfour, how- part in the in- B: while from | | e | | | was able to taki awn tennis tournament. TRINITY PROFESSOR ACCUSED OF CRUELTY | [ ‘Mrs, William C, Welling Recites Long i | ! i | List of Grievances. Hartford, Conn., March 15.—Sensa- tiona] allegalions are made in the plication of Mrs. ing, daughter former Mayor m C. D- Rosalie Hooker Well- of former Senator Edward W. for a and Hooker of from Prof. instructor papers divorce Welling, an ty college. Th filed in the superior court On the general ground of intolerable cruelty Mrs, Welling charges .speci- ally that her husband stuck a pin her back, pushed her into a gutter threw a book, a sofa leg and a clock | at her, threatened her with a revolver and a carving knife and said he hoped s actions would cause the death of r father. S rther avers that he a chair from under her, injur- in the fall; choked hér until & nearly L pusness and puli- Welling declares that her husband profane languag. this at Dbeen have her r. Mrs iplaint had frequently used concerning herseif and members of her | | father's family, that he often threat- | ened to lock her out of the house, and | that on mere than one occasion he {told her that he had Jooked upon her face long enough and Wisk d she were | dead, He has she says, refused to Welling asserts that she was forced to seck safety from his t her health has be- | come g v impaired. | Mr. and Mrs. Welling were married in this city October 3, 1911, and the | complaint says that the alleged cruelty began within six months after that date. The defendant denies all the ons and will contest the suit LAWYER REFUSES . TO SUBMIT PAPERS. | senate Lobby Investigators Find a Lobbyist Obdurate. | Washington, March 13—Refusal of Clarence W. De Knight today on ac vice of counsel to submit to the senate { lobby investigating committee papers demanded fn connection with® its In- ity into De Knight's alleged activi- |t s a lobbyist brought a temporary n the proceedings of the commit- The attitude of De Knight, who Washington lawyer, will be the hiect of consideration {omorrow Former Rear Admiral F. T. Bowles, president of Fore River Shipbuild- ing company, was examined today with relation to his efforts to prevent exclu- sion of railroad owned ships from the se of the Panama canal. Mr. Bowles dmitted that he had eagaged De Knight to work for him against rail- road-owned ship_exclu: pendency of the Panam ore the senate committee and that he had paid De Knight $1,000. A contin- during the gent fees of $400,000 was not paid or | ded, he said, because the exclu- se as incorporated in the Questioned Mr. Bowles said that he resigned from by Chairman Overman, e with AVY to accept private e hipbuilding interes ment PROMINENT MEN AT FUNERAL OF PRIEST. Business in Parish of Dead Clergyman Suspended Five Hours. Chicato, h 18.—A gre followed the funeral Maurice J. D stockyards. cal leaders, judge t thron; ortege of rney, president Millionaires, politi- , clergymen of other faiths and hundreds of poor gath- ered around the bier. Mayor Harr { J. Ozden Armour, Roger Sullivan, liam Lorimer, Edward Morris, William A. Pinkerton and Barratt O'Hara were among the noted men who attended the funeral The Stockyards suspended busines for a few minutes during the funera and the city council also recessed in his_honor. Solemn requiem high mass was cele- brated by Archbishop Quigley. The funeral sermon was preached by Bish- op Muldoon. Catholic orders, several hundred police and a detachment of the fire department marched in_the procession. Business in Father Dor- ney’s parish was suspended from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. WELLESLEY TRUSTEES CONSIDER SITUATION. Plans Suggested to Replace Depart- ments Burned Out. 18.—The trustees of today took up the acing in some form the college library and that were destroyed in the burning of College hall yester- | day. Numerous plans have already uggested. The trustees consid- ered some of these at teday’s meeting, but_decided more time would be re- quired in order to canvass the situa- Beston, March Wellesley college problem of rer | executive office | other department: tion. They will meet again on Sat- urday. Bristol Factory Burned, Bristol, Conn., March 18.—Fire of undotermined origin early today de- | stroved the woodiurging factory ot | Joseph Massack, Jr., on the Terrvville road, entailing an 'estimated loss of about $3,000. About 25 persons will be out of work as a result of the blaze. | Mayor Cheney Renominated. | Hartford, Conn., March 18.—Mayer | louis R. Cheney was tonight renomi- nated for mayor of this city at the re- publican caucus, The nomination was unaRimous public is reported to be improving daly. German Aviator Killed. Metz, March 18—Lieutenant HBon- ! gard, o German military aviator, died | | | Wilson Balking Says Dr. Shaw SUFFRAGE LEADER ATTACKS THE PRESIDENT. ARDRESS TO STUDENTS Equal Suffrage Gathering at Yale—No True Marriage Where One Is Mas- ter and the Other Servant. New Haven, Conn., March 18.—Presi- dent Wilson is “balking” on the wom- an suffrage question, and by so doing is meraly putting off the millenium in democrucy, according to Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the Nation- al American Woman Suffrage assocta- tion, speaking to 2,000 Yale students and’ Connecticut suffrage leaders. Hard to Find Excuses. sien generally cannot give reasons for their opposition to the suffrage question,” said Dr. Shaw. “They hunt for excuses. When you come face to face with the members of Our congress today, with President Wilson and the other big men in the government, they seek excuses, balk and lay it to their constitution, their party platform or to the fact that men are men and women are women—the best argument the an- ti-suffragists have. Mon Exploit Women's Labor. “Antis have been going all ovy the country to tell men that I ought to stay at home,” she said. “Men say: “Your place 15 in the home.’ In the good old days when women were sup ported we had home industry in ever: home, and the women had it under their control. There wasg no one to pretect it then; there is mow. Men nave taken Industry ont of the home; have centralized it, and have exploited our labor. The girl of today goes into the world to the factory seeking her srandmother’s jo No Master or Servant in Marriage. She refuted the argument that equal suffrage will not promote domestic tranquility, by giving the suffragists’ ition of marriage. “We believe iage to be the union of twe human eings. equally entitied to the Tight to ve, think and act their highest. We believe no true marriage ecan exist e one is master and the other the vant. The Literacy Test. Dr. Shaw’s audience became most nthusiastic when she discussed the literacy test clause in the immigration bill and its relative effect on men and women. She said: “T was deeply touch- ed at the teal hose abmest-tears— | that ran down the cheeks of the mem- | Ders of our congress and the editorial writers on some of our big papers, in discussing the propesed literacy test. How they dwelt on the hardships of the men not able to read who:might not be admitted to this country! It is remarkable how afraid these men are of female weakness and how they dote on male {gnorance.” POWDER EXPLOSION SHAKES COMMUNITY. Territory Within 50 Miles of Alton, llle, Feels the Jar. St. Louis, March 18—An_explosion at the Byuitable Powder Company’s plant at Alton, llls, near here tonight shook territory in lllinois within a distance of fifty miles. The effect of | the explosion, however, dld not cross the Mississippi river into Missouri Henry Miller, night watchman at the plant and the oniy man known to have been within a mile of the mill, is be- lieved to have been killed, as no trace of him could be found after the acei- dent. The explosion occurred at 6.30 tonight and soon reports of earthquake shocks began coming in from De- catur, Assumption, Orleans and Cen- tralia, Ills. In most of these places two shocks were felt. At Centralia, more than fifty miles from the &cene of the ex- plosion, doors and windows rattled for five seconds and in some cases were broken. The explosion occurred in the glazing | plant of the powder company. tons of black powder went up in one | blast. Only a deep hole in the ground marks the spot where the building stood The sh rocked buildings in Al- ton and broke every plate glass win- dow in East Alton. At the home of Edward Cunningham, the kitchen stove was overturned and the house set on fire. The loss to the powder company $20,000 is WOMAN CRUSHED TO DEATH BY ELEVATOR | Car Descended Upon Her as She Lay Prostrate on Sill, New York, March 18—Mrs Ma H. Smith, widow of the Rv. Corn B. Smith, D. D, late rector emeritus of St. James Protestant Episcopa church in this city, was killed tonight in an elevator accident in an uptow apartment house, where she had gone to have dinner with friends. Mrs. Smith was about to leave the elevator on bullding when the car, because of a defect in its operating’ mechanism, it is gaid, started to descend. The oper- ator, convinced that something was out of order, jumped to the landing. Mrs. Smith tried to follow him, but fell pros- trate across the sill of the elevator entrance and was crushed to death by the Toof of the dessending car. laie husband was a native of New Haven, Conn., a graduate of Trinity college and a former rector of St. John's church in Lowell, Mass To Combat Social Evil. New Yark, March 18.—Women of wo- clety, representatives of the church and charity, teday began o wumpaign against the social evil. More than 300 men and women interested in the work attended & special meeting at the resi- dence of Mrs. Whitelaw Held, held un- der, the auspices of tiie Church Mission of Help. Jishep David H. @reer of the New York “diocese of the Protestant wpiseapal ‘Gurch presided. Taft Favers Commission. St, Paul, Minn., March 15.—Speaking on “Town Government” before the Bt Paul Association of Office Men late to- day, ex-President William H. Faft en- dorsed the commissien form of govern- ment, but added it should have a rigid merit system for subordinates. Steamers Reposted by Wireless. Quecnstown, March 15.—Steamer mric, Boston for Queenstown and verpool, sisnalied 724 miles west at midnight. Due Queenstoewn 1 a. m. Friday. x| the seventh floor of the | Smith was 73 years of age, Her | $500,000 Voted for Mexicans APPROPRIATION MADE REFUGEE CAMPS. FOR ACTION BY THE SENATE Senator' Lodge Says Maintenance of the Refugees Us Under The Hague Treaty. Is Obligatory Upon ‘Washington, March 18.—After a vig- orous defense by Senator Lodge, re- publican, of the government’s expendi- tures in caring for Mexican soldiers and other refugees interned in Texas and California, the senato today pass- d the urgent deficiency bill, carrying & total of over ten milllons ~of dollars, half a million of which was added by the ‘senate appropriations committee for the maintenance of the refusee camps. Women and Children Included. An amendment was adopted to pro- vide that the war department shall ex- pend this money only in caring for sol- diers and military refugees. Thi however, will not affect the status of the 1,500 women and children interned with the soldiers, as they are regarded as a part of the Mexican army. Bristow Opposes Appropriation. The appropriation was opposed by Senator Bristow of Kansas, who in- sisted that since no government was recognized_in Mexico by the United States no foundation had been laid for a claim for repayment. Senator Lodge declared that the reception of tha ref- ugee coldlers not only was in aceord- ance with International usage, but was obligatory because of the treaty signed at the Hague by many nations, includ- ing the United States and Mexico. The matter of repayment, he sald, must be left until peace was re-established. Benator Works agreed with this view. Bill Goes to Conference. Senator Smoot seught to limit the appropriation to the amount necessary to pay the expenses of the camp up to April 1, urging that the government should by send- ing them ory cor ispose of the refugee into Mexican terr {trolled by the Huerta government. | Benator Lodge replied that this weuld be a vielation of neutrality and virtual interveation in behalf of the Huerta regime. | "“The bill now goes to conference be- | tween the two houses | AFTER INFORMATION ON TOLLS QUESTION. | Resolution to Learn What Governments Have Protested, Washiugton, March 18.—Prelimio: skirmishing on the Panama canal t controversy will occupy the senate to- morrow, as a result of an effort made today by Senator Jones of Washing- ton to have passed his resolution call- ing upon President Wiison for mation as to what foreign governments have protested against toll exemption for American coastwise ships, and for correspondence between the United States and forelgn pewers relating That supporters of President Wil mon’s plea for repeal of the exemption provision of the canal act will vigor ously oppose passage of the resolution was indicated today. Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia moved that the Jones resolution be referred to the foreign relations committee, declaring that the senate should not hastily consider a resolution calling for information re lating to tons. Greates a Wireless Monopoly. New March The Marcont Wireless Telegraph company of Amer- fca won a victory in the federal court today; which, According to its officer gives the company almost control of the fleld of wireicss telegra- York phy. The company won an infringe ment suit against the National Blectric Signalling company of Pittsburg in- volving basic patents granted to Sir Oliver Lodge, the British scientist, w Guglielmo ~Marcon, the Itallan in ventor. Big Wheat Harvest in Kansas. Kansas City, Mo., March 18.—“Kan- s expects to harvest more than 100, 000,000 bushels of wheat this vear, and the crop may reacl 000,000 bush- els,” said Henry Lassen, a miller at Wichita, Kan,, at the opening here to- d of the annual meeting of the Southwestern Millers’ league. from six states are attending the ing. Lightning Strikes Congressman’s Home Smithfiel me of the lat Capron at Still lightning and burned during a seve electrical storm today. Mrs. Capron and her daughter, Miss Helen M. Cap- ron, escaped without injury. The was a landmark, built over 200 asgo. Babies’ Eyes Must Be Washed. Madison, Wis., March 18 board of health today sent ages of nitrate of silver to all p clans in the state to prevent blindness in infants. Under a law pa he sta 3,000 pack- sed by t last legislature the eyes of children at birth must be washed in a silver solu- tion to prevent blindr Goethals Before Grand Jury New York, Mareh 18.—Colonel thals was closcted for two hours th afternoon with the grand jury which is considering the charges against John Burke, suspended chief of the comimis- sary department of the Panama. ruil- road. Colonel Goethals refused to make any comment on the hearing Remain Firm. Lawrence Strikers Lawrence, Mass,, March 18.—The 250 employes of the Pacific mills print works, whose strike for an inerease in wages from 14 1-2 to 17 cents per hour cauged u shutdown ef the plant, voted at a meeting today to remain out until ‘their demands are granted New England Publishers Meet. Beston, March 15—New England publishers mot here tenight to discuss the formation of a co-operative ciation. No action was taken understoad, but pians were considered which are exepected to result in organ- | izatien. Hired Negro to Set Fire. Guthrie, Okla., March 18.—Edward J €oyle, a cotton gin owner of Perry, Okla., was arrested today charged with hiring William Shaffer, a negro, tc burn two cotton gins at Crescent City yesterday, causing a loss of $46,060. | sion Condensed Telegrams Losses by Fire were the heaviest talling $4,254,847. in Boston n in year ten Former Mayor George B. McClellan of rk is critically il at his home In Prineeton, N. Y. The Tenement House division of the Boston board of health was eliminated yesterday by Mayer Curley as unnee essary in the Middle of a Blinding snow storm at Manchester, N. H., yesterday was shaken by a heavy and prolonged thunder clap. A Bill Providing For an increase of salary of the governor from $5.000 tc 510,000 was passed by the Massa- | | chusetts house. The Interborough Association of Women Teachers at New York unani- mously voted that to keep abreast of the times they must sanction the 0. The Question of the a ppointment of George D. Seymour of New Haven to the state commission of sculpture is being considered by Governor Bald- win, commis- of e ucation is A Federal Motion Picture under the jurisdiction United States Bureau of F proposed in a bill by Sem Smith, Dr. Theodors R. Waugh known physician in Northern mont, died at & sanitorium in Burling- ton yesterday while undergoing treat- ment Rather Than Return to uniforms and again patrol beats, 10 veteran Chi €0 policemen resigned when they transterred from the detective partment. A Hagerstown, Md., Mail Carrier car_ rled a 14-pound baby from _ Clear Spring to the of its mother, in miles distant’ by m F. McCoombs, cl the demoeratic national cominitte took lunchebn with President Wilsor vesterday and ence afterwards had hour’s ¢ A Fire Which Destroyed the factory of E. W. Brown at South Portland, Me., vester a loss estimated at $30.000, w [ 3 B. C. Pratt & Co., of Boston, me [ ve the New York « 18 complete | I Including Women, in the United S | ceeding that of | more than 20,000, | Eight of the Fifteen | favor of a bill for the r Rev. Owen James, tional has ney the ¢ ord, M Transportation Chamber and for ftied w Chicago, | Webash George H. Des Jardins, a t er in the Iall River Natio | was sentenced e years in New | Bedford Jail or | Deszlement of from th | _ Mrs. John L. Noyes, w | war veteran, died a | Me., from the re started w I | was A Cash Gift of $50,000 was yesterday by the »Board | Missions of the Methodi church, to be added to the permanent fund for the care of retired m The Kentucky State Senat: vote of 18 to 13 esday killed to submi L vote of the ¢ question of dispensaries to re loons for th ot liquor Hans Schmidt, Slayer of Anna Au r and sentenced to d he ctric_chair ng the w of ed a stay of exe- cutlo the filing no- tic s By Will of the Late Edward H Butler of Buffalo, E Jutler is given six-t prop- nected with the Buffalo News, founded by the te s given sole control of the ication I Meeting of the stocl Merchants and company At the Annu, holders of the Transportat derick G. ce, Jr. of Baltimor s elected ctor in place of Ben. jamin ¢ New Haver Chicago’s Court, said to the first tribunal of its kind in the world, was opened yesterday as a branch of the municipal judic#al sys- tem. 1 ourt will deal with cases of boys between 17 and 21 years of Physician said ves- A Racine, Wi terday that Frank Chumik, ten years | old, was scared to death by the honk- ing of a flock sese which sud- denly appeared was playing at his home. The hoy had a weak James D. Bowman, chief ineer, was killed; George Kilburn, fireman, fatally injured: Harry Kay, olier | Alfred Colson, assistant engineer, se- I riously hurt, in an explosion in the Cleveiand Brewery Company's planc yesterday The Public Utilities Commission | granted the request of the New Yo New Haven and Hartford railroad for the discontinuance of four trains on the Central New England railroad on | the plea that these trains have a year been operated at a loss A Clharge of Dynam yesterday in an excavai Grand Trunk I Scuthbridge, Ma d hurled rocks and a large quantity of earth inst the home of Bugene Supre- nt and practically wrecked the hense No More Bodies Found. St. Louis, ) March 18.—Na mere bodies were found today in the ruins of the St. Louis Seed company's build- ing, which vesterday was hed to the ground by the collupse of part of the Missouri Athietic club ruins. \CONTROLS THE PRICE OF HARD COAL Lehigh Vailey R. R. Charged by Government With Conspiracy to Monopolize Trade {ENTERS A SUIT FOR DECREE OF DISSOLUTION Formation of Sales Company Alleged to Be Evasion of Su- preme Court Decision—Eighty Per Cent. of Its Shares | Owned by Railroad Stockholders—Paid Stock Dividend of 25 Per Cent. and Extra Cash D: £ 25 Per Cent. | New | valley which It con~ ans which s Were em- lecision. On ad- binatton ointed out, the of anthi it tou o few minutes era he bill de- ugh coal com- company two 1 to authorize the supreme court c high Coal commoaiti & Lehigh rail- rate act. which f of sub- to tra c to_ten per poration se S was pro- whose stociholder, | mir E to fscai Decres of Diseolution Sought. e |, The further charg : e the Lenich Violate = ting common carriers r and dec by Lehigh y aid regula s g y of 2 1-2 per cemt.. t 913, after 21 of bus 1d an extra 1 r cent. and de- t 10 what amount~ ock dividend. ied a surplus of 7 tract between the bill argues, reduction in w York DEFEAT PREDICTED FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE Vote On Amend- Week. Senate May Rea 13,—One Ire t he remnant of of the unem- iff Ahern of ed word that les north of llected a force id | of ¢ v to the scene. At t band of men en- cks and 5 ) by a men with - to be a one ac 1 been give: vassed the F There was nothing ajority of disposing it rotire,while resolution as soon as possible 100ted and jeered. prote cainst imm actic s stricken with aade today by Miss ¥ v = camp today man of the o A ing physi- voman suffrage in letters add e problem to Senators Ashurst, Thomas i 5 lays is re- | Chamberlain Jlexding advocates atta bill. e | " “If you and other democra e State F: {ers in charge of the mea h Camp on St arm, wrote, “force it to # March 15—Nearly two | when you bave an + portion of | feat is certain the ¢ the unem- country must necessarily hold ¥ r the Yolo | sponsibie for the failure of th | PERMANENT RECEIVER th T FOR DANBURY CONCERN. | they defied o e Coun ) eclaring they Judge Thomas Makes Appointment | Were e ver which Yo- + Despits Opposition. 1o (Ciomat el New Haven, Conn., ) Thomas, e court, - Cuft of New York r | ceiver of Hawes. V v | & 3. Ven Gal there was some o ing of a permanen tated during | debts of the two cone 0,000 and there w ra Regain Liberty Steamship Arrivals. | Ponta Del Gada, March 15.—Steamer s s | Batavia, Hany F = ey nding Bank Cashiep Caught. da, Napies ¢ 0, Mavca 13—, Franklin Best, quNapies. Varch 15 st ¢ Ciizen's Na am, New York. & N 1. v | Néw York, March 15, Steamer fo taday by United Siates iana_Piracy 7 - Best was charged with haw- Amiy Yo in nded with $5,000 of funds April 26, 1Ak