Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 25, 1914, Page 1

VOL. LVI—NO. NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1914 WON'T COALESCE WITHREPUBLICANS Progressive ‘State Committee Decides to Put a Full State Ticket in the Field WILL HAVE A CANDIDATE FOR U. S. SENATOR State Convention of the Party to be Held at Hartford in June —Resolutions Adopted Denouncing the National and State Administrations—The Democratic Remedy For Corporate Evils is to Destroy the Business, They Say. New Haven, Conn. March 24—The state cemntral committee of the pro- gressive party met here today; placed tself on record as being firmly onpoled to amy coalition with the republican ; decided to put a full ticket in fhe field at the next state election and criticised the national and state dem- ocratic administrations. Administration Attacked. The national administration was at- tacked becanse of its policy of regu- Jation of trusts and co! and the handiing of the New York, New Haven and Hartford situation was de- clared "absurd” Of the last general assembly in thig state, a set of reso- lutions declare that “it was, so far as the welfare of the state is comcerned, the same old legislature that we have always known.” Feeling that it is necassary to have the renewed opinion and advice of the progressives of the state, it was voted to hold a state convention at Hart- ford on June 4 next. Hx-Senator Jo- seph W. Alsop of Avon presided and there was only ome mbsentee. Text of Resoclutions. This resolution was adopted: “Resolved, that the state central committee of the progressive party is- sue the following statement to the pro- gressives of Connecticut: “The committee is unanimously in favor of the nomination of progressive candidates for United States senators, for representatives in congress, for a full state ticket and for state senators and representatives in the coming campaign. ““That there shall be no compromise, coalition or amalgamation on the part of the progressive party with any other party in the political affairs of state or nation. Republican Party Desperate. “The republicans have attempted to ‘bring about such coalition in many ‘l,?& stances with candidates for state of- fices. Their sole purpose in doing 50 is to save the republ party, and its leaders and" om_certain polit- foal defeat. They cannot win without the progressives and they kuow it; and thcy unnu'. long nu-vhu without ‘win- 3 /and their ! m a tt. ‘Thelr nal comumittee recen! at Wi n confessed to the of their p on ali counts charged by the ves at the Chicago convention, and ap- peared to make all the reforms called mmt the one vital change in the and manner of selection of m. dominant national committee itself which is the only power that can en- foroe these reforms. Their situation is hopeless, but true to the tradition of their leaders, they seek now only political rehadilitation and not reform; @and seek it only Dy promises and not performance. New Haven Dissolution Assailed. lies plain and straight before it, For ultimate victory it needs only to hold fast; to maintain its separate polit- ical Integrity as the second party in the country, and the third party, the republican, will disappear. “The democrats, it is true, during the first year of national administra- tion, did carry out simple platform pledges, under the lash of party ex- pediency and imperative public opin- ion. Now for the first time, they~ are facing a real problem—the question of regulation of trusts and corporations and they are handling that with their usual futility and lack of construc- tive ideas. Their one remedy for the corporate business of this great coun- try is to regulate it by destroyving it. The most striking example is here at home in the absurd handling of the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford railroad situation, where two men, the attorney general of the United States (from Tennessee) and the pres- ident of the railway, are determining in secret conferences the transporta- tion conditions for the seven million people of New England. “The Same Old Legislature.” “In the state, the democrats nom- *| inally accomplished, with the republi- cans, one great public act, the passage of the workmen's compensation law done solely and simply with the fear of the rising of the progressive party before their eyes. The rest of a long session was spent in squabbling over idgeships and political plums, regard- legs of platform pledges. In short, as to'our last legislature, one house dom- inated by republicans and the other by democrats, it was, so far as the wel- fare of the state is concerned, the same old legislature that we have always known. The demands of the mcdern state, changed beyond recognition in a neration, were no more met than Yy were. a-generation ago only that ‘except by the little group of progres- sives, who introduced fifteen great public measures for the welfare of Connecticut citizens, introducing them Dot with the hope that the legisla- ture would adopt them, but with the hope that there might be at least a Peginning and promises of the things that need to be done for Connecticut. State Convention in June. In facing the coming active state campeaign, your committee, trustees of the delegated power of the progressive ty, feels earnesily that they should ave the -renewed opinion and advice of the progressives of the staie, as to principles and methods. “It is therefore further resolved that a state convention of progressives be held on the fourth day of June, 1914 at Hartford to which all progressives are, invited, the detalls of which are left ‘with the following committee, and further announcement thereon will be “The path of the promressive party | mads by thai committee.” DID MOT INTEND TO KILL CALMETTE. Meme. Callisux Telle Her Story to Ex- amining Magistrate. Parts, March 341 never intended to kil M. Calmette. I wanted only to wive him warning.” This sasertion was made by Mms. Cuillaux as the climax of her dra- matie story of the shooting and a Te- «ital of the events preceding the killing of_the editor of the Figuro. Mme Calllaux's state of mind on the Wer, and the last aot of the tramedy wers set forth in detail by her today Before the magistrate, Honrl ‘Powoard, ai the e of justice. “France and the republic have need of you; 1 do net want you to sacrifice | Befors going %o the Figaro office, | DMme Omtliamx bad left this note for her husbmad, who, she feared, might eommit an ect of violence against M. *No douwdt yom know the object of visit,” she Efl said to the editar. ‘Q ngn-d Calmette. “Won't st Gown?™ He then lighted = !mp and placed it near the dask. “Prantic at finding mysel? in semi- nmbdln-dm’ hn\nhl the man who hu’m my huel presence in | the office known m e. Calllaux -lld dramatically, “T @rew the revolver mkln‘ careful atm, fired low.” s, indeed,” interrupted M. Bou- card, “T obmerved that two bullets jodged in the bese of the bookcase. ®ut how do you ewplain the wound in the chest of M. Calmetts, Who was he- hind the desk?” “T 8o mot kmow; I eontinued to fire without nottcing,” said the witness. “Are we to suppose that the weapon | followed M. Caimette around, in his offort to escape?’ asked the magis- | trate. To this Mme Caileux hed nothing 2o say. Steamship Arrivals. Neples, Murch 23—=&teamers Ceal- abrie, New York; Celtic,c New York. | Genoa, March 23 —Steamer Stam- palla, New York Gibraitar, Hll'ct); zld:’!tceunor Can- Boston for Napl eto. “‘Mc‘hddrl. March 2¢ —Slegmn Caro- nta, New York for Naples, etc. TAsbon, March 3l—Steamer Ger- mania, New York and Providence for Marseilles. Marseilles, March 22.—Steamer Ma- donna, New York Liverpool, March 24 —Steamer De- Boston. vonian, Naples, March 34—Steamer Pan- monia, New York. New York, March 24-—Steamer Cal- ‘ifornia, Glasgow. — e Jury Exengrates Autelst. A Bridgeport, Gemn, March 24.—lsaac W. Hewes of Milford, who has been on trial for four days on a ch ‘mansisughter, for causing the death of Minz Alma Best, in an automobile accident, at . on - October 6ta last, weas found not galliy by the jury in the zlnd-ll mide of the s pulog court < ATg e ! one ANOTHER RESOLUTION FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Bristow Measure Identical With One Defeated Last Week. Washington, March _24—Senator Thomas of Colorado, chairman of the Senate committes on woman suffrage, assured suffragist leaders today that his committee would take up for con- sideration in the near future the Bris- tow and Shafroth resolutions,introdn ed last week after the defeat of the resolution providing for submission of a constitutional amendment extending sufirage to women. Leaders of the woman suffrage move- ment had asked the senator for a hearing, but this, he said today, would not be necessary, as the committee is thoroughly informed on the subject. The Bristow resolution is identical with the Chamberlain amendment defeated last weels, and Senator Thomas favors this over the Shafroth amendment, which proposes that suffrage be grant- ed to women in any state whenever it is_approved by a majority after the subject has been submitted to the electorate on petition of eight per cent. of the voters of the state. “The Bristow resolution,” satd Sen- ator Thomas, “is identical with the re- cently defeaied constitutional amend- ment, and in my judgment is the only to be reporfed favorably to the senate. 1t cannot be Improved upon either in phraseology or purpose.” EIGHT COAL MINES FORCED TO SUSPEND. Strike on Monongahela Pennsylvania Road Still On. Pittsburg, Pa., March and conferences of the siriking brake- men, conductors and yardmen of the Monongahela division of the Pennsyl- vania railroad, who have been out since last Saturday; a statement by J. B. Hendricks, genera.l chairman of the Order of Railway Conductors that the strike was without the sanction of the union, and a lengthy statement by R. L. O’Donnell, general superintendent of the Western Pennsylvania division of the Pennsylvania railroad were the more important developments in the situation today. From Monongahela. it was reported eight coal mines nave suspended operations owing to a short- age of cars. The first freight tratn #ince last Friday reached Mononga- hela today. There has heen no disor- der at any point. 24.—Mgetings Reduced Commutation Fares. Albany, N. Y., March 24 —The effect of the passage today by ihe assembly of two Dbills Intreduced by Senator Healey and alreaaydpused by the up- house will be reduced commutation ares on the New York and New Haven and the few Yori Central railroads &hould Gevernor Glynn sign the bills, Grade Crossirig Order Suspended. Hartford, Cenn.,, March 24.—The pub- Jic utilities commission today sranted the request of the New York, New Haven sond Hartford railroad asking that the order calling for elimination of grade crossings be suspended this your, Division of | $28,000 For Salt Cellar. London, March 20—A silver salt cel- lar from the late Lord Ashburnham'’s collection was sold for $28,000 at Christie’s Auction rooms today. German Ferryboat Sunk. Koepenick, Germany, March 24— Fifteen people were drowned here to- day when a tug ran into and sank a small ferry boat crowded with work- men and their wives. The Kaiser in ltaly. Venice, Italy, March 24—Emperor | William arrived here today from Ger- many, and was officially received by t~e authorities and cordially greetad by a large crowd. REFERENCE TO BLOODSHED IN TANNENBAUM’S SPEECH Detectives Testify Regarding Remarks of I, W. W. Leader. New York, March 24—Only. those connected with the case were admitted, a throng of Frank Tannenbaum’s fol- lowers vainly trying to enter the court Toom, when the trial of the youthful leader of the Industrial Workers of the World was begun in the court of gen- eral sessions today. The defendant led the mob of idle men that invaded St. Alphonsus’ church on the evening of March 4. They demanded permission to sleep in the church. This was re- fused them, and in the subsequent tur- moil nearly 200 men and one woman were arrested. Tannenbaum is aceus- ed of participating in an unlawful as- semblage at the church, and with re- maining unlawfully after having been warned by a policeman to leave, In his address to the jury the prose- cutor indicated that Tannenbaum in an address to the unemployed in Rut- gers Square before the descent upon the church did not confine himself to orderly remarks, but told the men if they would follow him he would lead them to a church, and, if food was de- nied them, to a bakeshop. Detectives were called as witnesses to support this charge against Tannen- baum. Patrick Gildea testified that when a woman interrupted the defend- ant to say that blood was shed when churches were entered during .ns French revolution, Tannenbaum shout- ed: “Yes; here.” A_transcript of Tannenbaum’s speech in Rutgers Square was read to the Jury. _ The prosecution expects to conclude its case tomorrow. Many witnesses { for the defense, including some of the unemployed, probably iwl pe caileg, and the case may not £o to the jury before the end of the week. All attempts of Tannenbaum’s fol- lowers to enter court today were fu- tile, the doors being closed to them as a precaution against possible disorder. Many of the men who were with Tan- nenbaum’s party in the raid on the church were among those who tried to gain admission. Recognized officers of the I. W. W. and several leaders of that organization were allowed to en- er. that 1s what will happen ADVISED TO KEEP AWAY FROM MEXICO. Seoretary Bryan Sends Message to Anxious Father. Eatonton, Ga, March 24—Dr. J. Q. Nolan of Eatonton, who has asked the state department at Washington to in- vestigate the death of his son, Dr. Frank Nolan, at Tampico, Mexico, and Wwho has considered going to Mexico himself to investigate, tonight re- ceived a telsgram from Secretary Bry- an advising against the journey. The message Tead: “American consul at Tampico wires that body of son cannot be exhumed until expiration of five years. Advise strongly that you do not go to Mex- ico.” _— American Can Company Suit. New York, March 24.—The Ameri- can Can company, defendant, with sub- sidiaries, under the Sherman anti- trust lJaw as an alleged combination in rstraint of trade, entered into an illegal agreement with an independent can manufacturer, Everett B. Denning of Bellingham, Wash.,with regard to sup- plying fruit and salmon cans, accord- ing to government attorneys in the trial of the federal suit. The taking of testimony in this action was begun today before Edward Haclke special examiner. Race fr Flying Boats, New York, March 24.—A New York- to-Bermuda race for fiylng boats and hydro-seroplanes will be held this spring, according to tentative plans announced tonight by the Aero club of America. The race will be for speed, and the competing machines will be required to carry two wireless equipments capable of send- ing sixty miles, anchors, life preserv- ers and fire extinguishers, Leg Torn from His Body. Utica, N. Y., March 24.—Alfred Jes- sle, aged 19, 'had his right leg torn from his body in a paper mill at Piercefleld yesterday. The young man was drawn into a large revolving au- ger, and before the machinery could be stopped his leg was ground off. Dur- ing the treatment he exhibited remark- able nerve by reading a letter receiy- ed during the day from his mother. Brutal Fight in Foundry. Middltown, Conn., March 24 —As | the result of a quarrel at a local foundry tonight, Zigmund Lanenski is in a local hospital, receiving treatment for a serious wound on the head made with a heavy iron bar, and August Frederick, aged 18, is locked up at po- charged with as- To Develop Alaska’s Coal Resources. ‘Washington, March 24.—Early action on legislation to permit the develop- ment of Alaska’s rich coal resources was forecast today when the senate public lands committee agreed to re- port favorably tomorrow the admin- istration leasing svstem bill in amend- ed form. Burke for U. S. Senator. Pierre, S. D, March 2¢—Congress- man Charles H. Burke, candidate of the minority republican faction, was nominated for United States senator over Senater C. L. Crawford, the ma- jority faction candidate, according to incomplete returns from today’'s state- wide primary election. Goothals Police Bill Killed. Albany, N. Y., March 24—The bill introduced by Mayor Mitchel for the purpose of extending the administra- tive powers of the police eommission- er, an office he had hoped Colonel George W. Goethals would aceept, was Killed in the assembly today by a vote of 49 ayes to 94 noes. Ther®d are spiders in Java which make webs so strong that it requires 2 knife to sever them. passengers, | of King George HOSTILE OUTBREAK IN HOUSE OF COMMONS. KING’S CRITIC CHEERED Labor Party Members in Open Revolt —Explanation Demanded from Two Government Spokesmen, London, March 24.—Westminster con- tinues to be a seething cauldron over what the liberals now denounce as the “mutiny of the army aristocra against democratic government. The fact has been established from all obtainable evidence that General Hubert Gough and the other officers of the Third Cavalry brigade demand- ed and obtained written assurances, which had been drafted by a lawyer, that they would not oe ordered to fight Sir Edward Carson’s Ulster Vol- unteers, and that these assurances were obtained largely through the per- sonal intervention of the king. Denunciations of the King. Before they left London yesterday they sent telegraphic messages to their brother officers in Ireland that they had found support “from ths highest quarters’ om their arrival at ‘urragh camp today and they were welcomed by a guard of honor with cheers, and related the outcome of their summons to the war office. The throne, which has traditionaily kept out of party controversies, both because of aloofness and as a pomr of honor with public men and newspapers, is involved in the disc ission as it 1as never been before during King George's reign or that of his dipismariz fatler The section of the liberals whe oppos- ed what they denounce as a surrender to the military, are critcising the king with the greatest freedom. Demands for Explanation. They resent his action in summoning to the palace Field Marshal Lord Rob- rets, who in his speeches advised the officers that they might properly rve- fuse service in suppressing the Ulster irreconcilables, and critcise his majes- ty for dealing personally with Field Marshal Sir John French. chief of the general staff, and General Sir Arthur Paget, commanding the forces in Ire- land, who should have been dealt with. they think, only by the secretary of state for war. in accordance with the customary official routine. The government's two spokesmen, Colonel ~ Seeley, secretary of war, in the house of commons, and Viscount Morley of Blackburn, in the house of lords, were confronted today by per- sistent demands for explicit informa- tion. They were asked as to ex- actly what assursmees the government gave the military officers and whether they were written or verbal. Both refused to answer any questions be- fore the papers were presented to the house. Labor Party Members in Revolt. If these papers disclose that the gov- ernment surrendered to those who re- fused duty in _Ulster, Premier As- quith’s administration will face great danger from rebellion in its own ranks, The most reliable parllamentary writ ers will make this statement in the morning papers. The labor members, who throughout Mr. Asquith’s administration have been criticised by many of the rank and file of their party for seeming to be do- cilely chained to his chariot wheels, are In open revolt. They harp upon the fact that Tom Mann was sent to prison for six months for in ng the soldiers to refuse to fire upon strikers when ordered, and demand to be in- formed as to whether there is to be one laww for aristocrata with commissions and another for pleblans in the ranks when it comes to matters of conscience and obedience to orders. Demonstration in Commons. The house of commonas witnessed a telling demonstration this afternoon of how the land lies. It showed where not only the Irish home rulers and la- borites, who made Premier Asquith’s majority and hold the balance of pow- er in the house, stand, but that many liberals are opposed to what. from their present information, thev con- sider a surrender to the army officers. The army appropriation bill was un- der discussion, and the unionist, Leo- pold C. Amery, moved a reduction for the purpose of criticising the szovern- ment. on the ground that it was not entitled to use the army for party pur- ses, which is the basis of the un- fonist position in the present crisis. Criticism of King Cheered. The laborite, John Ward, who was a | dock laborer and at one time a pri- vate in the army, seconded the mo- tion( but from a different point of view. He said that the conservatives, by approving the rebellion of the offi- cers, had ‘“‘started to smash the Brit- ish army.” The house, he said, had to decide whether it was going to main- tain ‘ment elected by the people should “ab- solutely, witheut interference from the make the laws of speaker uttered in stento- rian tones “without interference from the king or the army,” glving a cal- culated and dramatic pause after the word “king,” half the house was on its feet cheering. All the labor mem- bers and all the home rule Irishmen, and not only they, but very many of the liberal members, stood and shout- ed for a considerable space of time. Parliament has not witnessed such an obviously hostile criticism of the throne in the memory of the oldest member, nor even in the past century. , “THE ULSTER PLOT." Carson’s Army Never Had Any Inten- tion of Fighting, Says Redmond. London, March 24.—"“The Ulster Orange plot has now been complotely revealed,” sald John E. Redmond, the leader of the Irish Nationalist party, in a statement today to The Associated Prese. “Sir Edward Carson,” he said, “and his army have not and never had the slightest intention of fighting. As a fighting force against the regular troops they could mot hold out for a week.” Mr, Redmond continued: “The plan was to put up the appear- ance of a fight and then by society in- flusnces seduce the officers of the British army, By this means they in- tended to intimidate the government and te defeat the will of the British people. The action of the commanders of some of the crack cavalry regiments officered by aristocrats has now fully disclosed the plan of the campaign. “The issue now raised is a wider one even than home rule for Ireland. It j5 whether a democratic government the discipline of the army as a| neutral force. or whether the parlia- | | months ago. The Methodists at Willimantic NEW ENGLAND S8OUTHERN CON- FERENCE OPENS, WELCOMED BY MAYOR Clergyman Who Refused $10,000 to Marry Col. Astor Introduced—Bishop J. W. Hamilton Presiding. (Special to The Bulletin.) Willimantic, March 24—The Zormal opening of the New England Sowthern Conference of the Methodist church occurred Tuesday evening in thi at 7.30 in the, church of the I After a short devotional vice, consisting of s Rev. Buckley, prayer by Rev. F. C. Baker, and an_anthem by the choir, Mayor Daniel P. Dunn of Willimantic was introduced by Rev. J. H. Buckley of Rockville, who presided over the gathering. Mayor Dunn’s Address. Mayor Dunn said in part: “I deem it a great honor to address such a large number of honorable, honest, and religious men and women, bled for the purpose of devising means and methods of making the people of this part of the country a better and ser- cripture reading by (Continued on Page Two) MORE TRUNK LINES ARE INADVISABLE. Money is Needed for Maintenance and Renewal of Highways. Hartford, Conn., March 24.—Highway Commissioner Charles J. Bennett, in a letter written to Governor Baldwin to- day, in relation to the trunk line roads in the state, says, in his opinion, policy of the state must be to go very carefully about further appropriations for trunk lines. It is hard to realize,” says the com- r ner, “that it will be necessary | to delay construction of other trunk lines than those already built, but the fact remains that the large amounts needed for maintenance and renewals will make it unwise, in my opinion, tc provide for s further immediate trunk line construction, unless some means is devised for securing money other than by the issuance of long- term honds." Sovernor Baldwin in reply says in part: “I have recelved your report on the general highway situation in the state and am glad of the information which it contains. It indicates to my mind that no further increase in the con- structed mileage of our trunk line sys- tem (aside from 50 miles referred to by the commission) should be made, either now or in the near future. “It also ralses two serious questions, namely: First, as to whether our pres- ent law for state aid in construction and repairing town roads should not be materially modifird, and. second, whether the state automobile tax is sufficiently high. points will, I presume, be discussed In an extended report later.” Woman Escapes in Officer’s Coat. Middletown, Conn., March 24 —An- Davis, an inmate at the state hos- pital for the insane hers, made her es- cape from the theater at the institu- tion tonight in a novel manner. Officer O'Connell, head of the asylum police force, had left his heavy uniform coat hanging in the corridor while he stood guard at the theatirical performance The woman left her seat for a moment and, putting on the officer’s coat, walk- ed out of the building. Milwaukee's Mayoralty Contest. Milwaukee, W March turns from Milwaukee's primary tion up to 11 p. m. indicated that ¥ or Gerhardt Bading, non-partisan, Emil Seldel, socialist, will oppe other at the municipal ele April 7 as candidates for mayor Milwaukee. David S. Rose, who the city as mayor five terms previous to 1908, is running third. Striking Miners Move Then— Tents. Colliers. W. Va.. March 24.—While Deputy United States marshals looked on, the stri g miners of the West Virginia-Pennsylvania Coal company tonight moved the tents which have been made their homes fc several months to a new site. Thi ction was in pu of an order made by Judge A. Dayvton of the States district court Maine Bull Moose for Prohibition. Bangor, Me., March stand for prohibition was taken today by Maine progressives at their first state convention held here for the pur- pose of nominating candidates. Thelr platform advocated the submission ot the question of national prohibition to the people of every state in the Un- fon and pledged the party to a strict state-wide enforcement of the prohib- itory llquor law. Martial Law at Depew, N. Y. Depew, N. Y., March 24—This vil- lage was placed under martial law to- night, although the day had been one of the quletest since the strike at the Gould coupler works began two The order was issued by Colonel Charles J. Wolf of the 74th regiment at 7 o'clock. Bank President Shot. Superior, Neb., March 24.—Captain C. E. Adams, president of the First National bank, which recently closed its doors, was tonight shot and dan- gerously wounded by a masked man, who waylaid him near his home. Since the failure of the bank Adams has re- ceived a number of threatening ters. Steamers Reported by Wireless. New York, March 24.—Steamer O. car II Copenhagen for New York, signalled 950 miles east of Hook at noon, Dock 8.30 2. m. Fri- day. is to be brow-beaten and dictated to by the drawing rooms of London and by that section of officers of the British army who are aristocrats and violent Tory partisans, “The cause of Irish freedom has in this fight become the cause of popu- lar freedom and ordered liberty throughout the werld. It is impossible m'l‘;lo‘z;bt what the result of such a fight will be, “The second reading of the heme rule bill will be taken Menday and the bill will be proceeded with until it finds its place on the statute dooks.” N the | One or both of these | United | 24—A strong | let- | Sandy | =D The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total “Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Propor’,ox“ . th Cabled Paragraphs IFref} Griticism Condensec: ,.agrams Moses Schwartz, the oldest man in Cleveland, died at the age of 105. Fanny Crosby, the Blind Hymn writer, yesterday celebrated her 94th birthday. Mrs. Sarah Nabie, 63 Years Oid, died suddenly at home Yes- terday at Danbu George Metz, a florist of Carona, N. Y., strangled to death a mad bulldog when the animal attacked a woman. Property Loss approximating $1,000,- 000, resuited from fire which began at Durham, N. C., late Monday night. Edgar S. Scott, ed 48, president of the Franklin Insurance company of died of heart failure Springfield, IlL, at Dallas, Tex: A Mob Broke Into the County Jail at Iverness, Miss., removed a negre cused of slaying Samuel Lusco, a white man, and hanged him. A Reduction of 12 Per Cent. in the combined crop of Argentina, Australia New Zealand from the previous crop wa The Site of Dysa, Alaska, which in the days of the Klondike boom had a population of 20,000 has been filed on as farming land by three homestead- ers. s reported yesterday. Whether Telephone Companies m cut off service to an individual because of failure to pay a bill for past serv- ice, n passed upon by the su- preme cov A. E. Weiss, Publisher of the Du- luth Herald, who was operated on re- centiy for an internal disorder, rallied lightly vesterday 1 weakness. but critic: after a night of lce Dealers in Massachusetts will be subject to state regulations, if the bill which was favorably orted yester- day by the committe on mercantile affairs becomes a. law. An_Investigation { Plumbers’ associatlion, | practically nation-wide, to determine whether law has been violated of the Master d to be is being made, the Sherman | James Connaughton, principal keep- |er of Sing Sing prison and a widely known penolc died yesterday of | hardening of t arteries Con- ughton, was 68 yvears old A Bill Has Been Int: 1tor Meyers that publis! 'S papers and periodicals may { advertising contracts with ind common carri for tra | tion. | James A. Gallivan, former street commissioner of Boston. won the democratic congresslonal nomination in the twelfth Massachusetts district primaries vesterday a six cornered contest. in A Resolution Putting the New York assembly on record as opposing the repeal of the law exempting American coastwise vessels f m Panama Canal tolls was adopted yesterday by 2 vote of 66 to 64. A Bill That Would Give veterans of the Spanish-American war, a 5 per cent preference in civil service ex { aminations, was favorably reported in the M: chusetts hous: rday by | the committee on p After a Battle with the Terre Haute, Ind., police, during which more tha: 50 shots were exchanged, Ernest Mc- Williams, a 1 Young burglar i surrendered, when clothi e soaked with blood from many wounds. In an Effort to Hurry favorable ac- tion in the assembly on his land bank rural credits legislation, overnor Glynn last night issued a ement ing the republicans “to forget pa and remember Governor Colquitt’s Offer of of $1,000 for the deliver pon s soil of xicans, suspect- murde menta Vergar: used State ar department serious concern for interna- tional complications anship the farmer. re Second Lieutenant Louis C. Moshier, the Philippine Scouts, will sh ented with a congress of in the Moro up- A Meeting of the Stockholders of the New York, New Haven and H Railroad company, will be ca April, probably between the 15t the 23rd, to act upon the plan memberment proposed by General McReynold Rev. John R. Ellis, former p: stor of | the First Presby church at | Bloomington, Ina been found guilty and suspended as a minister of the church in the U d States b commission of the Indiana Presby- tery, ot f | | | | A Salvage Crew has succeeded in gettin€ up steam on the ermen abandoned United States naval tug Potomac, imp: oned in the ice of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, i will try to work the v clear as soon as lead is opened u; The Body of Prof. Harry Thurston Peck, who committed suicide by shoot- ing at Stamford, was removed ye: day to the home of his former wi Mrs. Cornelia D. Peck at with the consent of Mrs. Peck, his second wife. ound Beach, Elizabeth D, | Montague J. Pike, dapper youth | who confessed recent that he had | near | robbed some eighty apartment houses | in New York, was sentenced to prison | yesterday f"r not less than four vears and four months and not more than eight years and eight months. Agent Walter E. Parker, of the Pa- cific mills ‘at Lawrence, Mass., an- nounced vesterday that an attempt would be made this morning to open | the print works which were shut down { March 16, in consequence of a_strike {'of 250 employes of the dyeing depart- ment. | The Estate of Nathaniel Thayer, late { of Lancaster, Mass., was valued by the | New York ppraisers yesterday at 273, Mr. ayy widow re- ives an annuity of $60,000 besides .000 in cash. His three daughters, all married, receive legs each and the residuary vided among them. s of $200,000 | estate is di- | Soft Coal Miners Reject Terms. Chicage, March 24.—Final refusal of | the Unmited Mine Workers of America to accept the terms offered by the bi- tuminou: al mine owners of western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Ili- nojs brought to an end here today the joint wage scale conference of the men and employes. PRICE TWO CENTS e City’s Population Fierce Battle Near Torreon REBELS FIGHTING FROM STONE ROUNDHOUSE. FEDERAL LOSS HEAVY Rebels Claim Their Dead Number 700 —Report of Surrender of Torreon Raised False Hopes, Juarez, Mexico, March 34—Roseate rumors and “official” reports of the on- ward sweep of General Francisco Vii- la and his victorious rebels kept this city in a state of gratified excitement today, but the optimism was dashed somewhat by the receipt of the As- sociated Press despatch from Chihua- hua quoting an official despatch to the effect that fighting continues at Gomez Palaclo. It was announced officially in the course of the morning that the city, three miles from Torreon, was taken last night at 9 o'clock and that General Villa had ordered supplies sent direct to that city. False Report of Torreon’s Surrender. Next came the word that General Eugenlo Aguirrez Benavides had cap- tured two federal cuartels in Torreon itself. This information was convey- ed in a private telegram from Colonel Trevi one of Benavide's staff of- his brother in Juarez. At this there was further joy, but it was nothing to the excitement occasioned when General Manuel Chao, military governor of the state of Chihuahua and now in this city, to greet Gen- eral Carranza, received a private re- port that General Velasco, the federal commander at Torreon, had surrend- ered. General Chao accepted the re- port with reserve, however, and tele- graphed to General Villa asking for confirmaticn or denial. After two hours he had received mo reply. First Direct News. The despatch from The Associated Press staff correspondent at Chi- huahua had something of a dampen- ng effect on the spirits of the rebels and it gave rise to all manner of con- jectures. It was the first direct news telegram of the day, but it was argued that the official report quoted in it did not necessarily disprove previous re- ports of fighting in Torreon, or even that Villa did not actually have Gomez Palacio in his possession last night. The report might mean, it was con- Jjectured, that the federals, as a part ©. the general battle, might have re- turned to Gomez Palacio and renewed the fight, while the other forces were engaged in Torreon, three miles away, NO MEXICANS KILLED. Federal Commander Reports on Battie With Americans. Eagle Pass, Texas, March 24.—Gen- eral Guajardo, commanding the Mexi- can federal garrison at Piedras Ne- gras, denied today that any of his Sol- diers were killed in the fight with American _soldiers at McKeeque's Crossing Sunday. The federals who fired on the Amer- ican troops are at Las Vacas, four miles from McKeeque's Crossing, and a force of several hundred eonstitu- tionalists are encamped a few miles up the river. General Guajardo today returned one of the hor: tolen from Clemente Vergara to Adjutant General Hutch- ings of Texas and promised that ten other horses would be delivered later. FLED TO UNITED STATES. Rebels Said to Have Deserted During Battle at Guerrero. Laredo, Texas, March 24—Conflict- ing reports of the baitle between Mex- ican constitutionalists and federals came to Laredo today from the iso- lated scene of yesterday's engagement Guerrero, sixty *miles south of this city, on the Rio Grande. Heavy losses on both sides were indicated. An official federal despatch given out in Nuevo Laredo claimed General Guardiola repulsed the rebels after nine hours’ fighting and that they took with them in retreat five wagons load- ed with wounded, besides leaving many dead on the field. It was said that many constitutionalists deserted and fled to the United States during the fighting. 100,000,000 Pescs for Huerta. Mexico City, March 34 —President Huerta’s financial stress will be re- lieved by a plan adopted today which will bring into the treasury 190,000,000 pesos, approximately at the present ex- change which is practically three to one, some $38,000,000 in gold. Fifty milifon pesos will be immediately available; the balance as required. More Huerta Sympathizers Must Qo. Nogales, Sonora, March 24—S8ix hundred citizens of Sonora, suspected of sympathy with Huerta, are to be deported by constitutionalist officials, according to authoritative statements made here today. Twenty-five were brought to Nogales today from Her- mosillo. Federal Dead Number 700. Chihuahua, Mexico, March 24—An official despatch received at 5 p. m. today says fightinz continues flercely at Gomez Palacio. The rebels are said to have captured the stone railroad | roundhouse and to be fighting from it. The rebels claim that the federal dead number 700. No report as to thetr owT: losses has been made public, but it is learned they have at least elghty wounded. H. R. Branche on Committee. The makeup of the committee is as follows: G. A. Romans, Danbury; Prof. Yandell Henderson, New Haven:; Jo- seph 'W. Alsop, Avon: F. R. Branche, Norwich; A. W. Olds. Stamford. The committee, it is understood, also went on record as favoring state-wids primaries. Many of the comimitteemen attended the banquet of the Ninth ward progresstve club tonight at a lo- cal restaurant and heard progressive doctrines expounded. Daily Paper for Unemployed. Los Angeles, Cal, March 24—The Unemployed Worker, a daily paper while it lasts, was issued today from the camp of “General” Morris Rose's “jobless army” in this city. Rose is editor in chief. To Abolish State Senate. Salem, Oregon, March 24.—Constitu- tional amendments Drvvl 'tn:urnr “the abolition of the Senate and for mparuonu representation in the hoyse will be submitted to the vot- ers at the mext general election,