Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 11, 1914, Page 1

~ VOL. LVL—NO. 86 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1914 PRICE TWO CENTS fl;e i!ulletin’s Circu lation in Norwich is Doubi_e That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largestkinfcofinecticut i_n' Pm;;ohioh to the City’s Population TOOK $10,400,000 OF SECURITIES Attorney Moorehead for the Billard Co. Cleaned Out New Haven HE DECLINES TO GIVE AN EXPLANATION | Counsel Contends that Neithers the Commission nor Congress | Has Power to Compel Officers to Testify—Mandamus | Proceedings to Compel Production of Records—N. Y., N. H. and H. Road’s Book Open for Inspection. Washington, April 10.—Vain efforts were made by Lhe interstate commerce commission at a public hearing today to obtamn details of financial transac- tions between (b York, New Haven and Hartford railroad and its subsidiary, the New England Naviga- tion and the so-called Billard rough which millions of ars are alleged to have been im- verly diverted from the New Ha- Witness after witness refused, to fy to any of the ufairs of the Billard company, or to produce any books, records or agreements in existence concerni Joseph com & da; that New »mpa pany pointblank W for the sally fruitless questioning in the supreme District of Columbla next mandamus to it witnesses to it to them and to records and con- subpoenas of it vassed h time, damus proceeuiis. expected that Charles mer president of the New hn L. billard of the Bil- would testify at today’s was conducted by - th ion of the senate, sing whether t of the New Ha. < management, had been sums_improp- | New Becaus testimony Haven the couid ttorneys f fr t commis expected to show from certain wit- e Billard company financial officia and ain_individuals 1 the New Haven rd compeny s in finag and that tween much of to the Billard company i today’s hearing, amuel Morehouse would admit that he with r an_ offi- sresident, n lders were the witness st iey declined, advice of counsel” to answer any guestions concerning the affairs of the Billard company. was maintained 2ounced at the close of | gs were postponed | through | s | control he company, | Road’s Vault. by their counsel that neither the com- | mission nor the congress had the| power to require them to ssve tne in- | Formation sought. Declines to Teil of Billard Company. | Mr. Morehouse, who said he was the | attorney for the Billard company, was | the only exception to the rule. Ho ad- ! mitted that ho was the company’s at- torney; that “in looking after the com- pany's’ business” he had taken from the vaulis of the New Haven railroad $10,400,000 of securities which had been kept there by the Billard com- pany; In fact, that he had cleaned the vauit out. He sald, however, ne Knew | of no contracts between the New Ha- Ven and the Billard compuny, and de | clined to tell anything else concerning the company. Intimations from copnsel for the witnesses are that the matter may not be settled without a protracted legal tle. As one of them expressed it This is merely the curtain raiser for a performance that will be long-con- { tinued.” Walker D. Hines, who appeared as { counsel for the present management of the New Haven, assured the commis- | sion that he desired in every way | co-operate with the commis: facilitate its inquiry. He present management of the New Haven | | had made an effort to obtain the books and' records desired by the commis- sion, but had not been successful | ATTITUDE OF NEW HAVEN ROAD. | Present Officials Willing to Aid Com- mission in Every Way. New York, -April 10.—Chairman Howard Elliott of the New York, New | Haven and Hartford Rajlroad 'com- any, said_tonight before leaving for | Boston: “The Billard company mat- ters, which are now under investiga- ! tion by the Commerce Commission, re- late to happenings several years ago. | before T was connected with the New Haven company. Bvery facility has been given_by the New Haven com- pany to jnvestigators Of the commerce | commissfon for the examination of the | books and records of the New Haven | company for the purpose of obtaining | information about any ‘transactions with the Billard company. The Ncw | Haven company does not in any way the Byjlard company, nor has of the books and papers it contrel | of, that _company. |5 “By an Inadvertence it is stated in several of the afternoon papers in their despatches from Washington that Judge Henry Stoddard represented the | New Haven company before the com- ! mission. But this, as I say, is erro- | neous as the only counsel for the New Haven company in this matter is Mr. Walker D. Hines.” RAILROADS SHOW DECREASED EARNINGS. New Haven Road Shows Deficit of $777,436 for February. Yorkl Aprs ficits are shown by ¢ Jiaven and Hartfora Railroad Com- pany and virtually all its subsidiaries for the menth of February. The main line reports a deficit in net income of $717,436, against $433,084 in the preced- ing month For the eight months of the figeal year there is a deficlt of 36 egalin 1 ncome of $4,110.269 in the corresponding period of the previ- ous year. In smailer degree simildr adv exhibits are made by the Central IEngland Railroad Company, the York. Ontario and Western Rallroad Company. the New England Steamship Company, the Hartford and New York Transportation Company; tne Mer- chants end Miners Transportation Company, which is soon to be dispos- ed of to Baltimore interests, and all trolley lines and power companies ex- pting the Connecticut Company, \rhose net income, however, is reduced from $46, 827 to $9.378. New 10—Increased de- e New York, New is MONOPLANE MOTOR EXPLODES AT HEIGHT OF 200 FEET. Proves Fatal to German Aviator and Woman Pasenge Dresden, April 10—The German avi- stor Reichiell carried a woman pas- senger with him on a fiight this even- ing_ At a height of 200 feet the motor exploded and the monoplane shot biazing to the earth. The woman was dead when extricated. Reichell died at a hospital. On several previous oc- casions Reichell had narrow escapes from death. Once, in 1913, with'a pas- senger aboard, when at a height of 6.000 feet, the motor stopped and he had to plane downward turough a heavy fog in the darkness. He landed ou a house, crushing the roof, but he and his passenger escaped injury. BRINGS SUIT TO SECURE DOWER RIGHTS. Mrs. Henry Seigel Claims Her Husband Violated Agrsement. New York, April 10—Mrs. Henry Ste- | of the bankrupt department store brought suit in the Supreme today to set aside deeds depriv- her of her dower right in tne Sie- riftweod” at Mamronec] he maintains that her husband, she is now suing for divorce, er to sign these deeds in 1910 at the transfers are veid Siegel did not live upto his agreement to pay ner $25000 a year after their separation, She values the property involved at $600,000. Man of Many Wives Goes to Jail. Fort Worth, Tex., April 10—Federal gourt here today, Turlie Arnold of Blytheville, Ark, accused of having sixteen wives, was sentenced to ten years imprisonment on a charge of ating the Mann White Slave act. Beveral of Arnold's alleged wives tes. tified against him ! NEW TREATY WITH | WITH ‘COLOMBIA. Gives That Country Free Use of Pan- ama Canal For Warships. Washington, April 1 | the Panama canal by Colombia mien- of-war troop ships end army and navy supply vessels ls proposed in the new treaty between the United States {and Colombia signed at Bogata on Tuesday to heal the breach between > two countries over the separation of Panama. This was announced to- | night by Secretary Bryan, with the ex- | planation that the clause in the con- | vention was identical with the one in | the Colombia treaty negotiated by Sec- | retary Root in 1909, with the approval | of Great Britain and ratified by the | United States senate tLough never ac- | cepted by Colombia. | Mr. Bryan's statement followed a long "conference at the state depart- | ment with Senator O'Gorman, chair- |man of the Senate Canals commis- | | sion, which bhas umder _consideration | | ¢he ‘administration bill repealing the| | clause of the Panama Canal act ex- | empting American coastwise shipping | i from canal tolls, { ! Senator O’'Gorman who Is leading the | democratic opposition to Presiden: | Wilson's repeal policy, went back to | the capitol, carrying new ammnuition | for his fight. He would not discuss the matter himself, but other op- ponents of exemption repeal pointed to | the fact that Great Britain had agreed to preferential treatment for Colom- bian vessels, because of Colombia pe- culiar relation to the canal, as evi dence that Great Britain and President | Wilson now are putting a mew con- | struction on the words “All Nations” | in the clause of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, guaranteeing equal treatment | to the vessels of the nations using the | canal. Their claim s that these words were not intended to apply to the| United States, the owenr of the canal | and they wili urge the admission’ of | Greta Pritain in the Colombian matter as_proof. Mr. Bryan said the (reaty signo. at| Borota employs the languago of the Root-Corts ship canal treaty gran:- ipg the use of tho waterway to “Tie Troops” mateilals for war and ships of war of ths republie of Coombi without paying any duty to the United Btates; even in case of an internation- al war between Colombia and ancther- untry, When the new treaty has becn rat- ifled, Mr, Bryan expia‘ned, it will be| necessary to conclnde a reity hetwaen Colombia and Panama lie would not say whether the accepiance by al con- cerned of the tri-partite treaties wou'l solve of the problems pending be- tween Panama, Colombia and the United States, nor would he give any further hint of the provisions of the latest Colombian treaty, which will ba made public next Wednesday Free use of Frezen Bodies of Twe Men Found. Kane, Penn., April 16—A thrce days’ search by a party of relatives and friends ended late today when the frezen bodies of Audus Linzey, aged | 30 and John Poppenburs, azed 22 of Russell City, were found along Stsar Creek, three miles frota their hones. | have been How the men met death is not known, Cabled Paragraphs King Gustave Continues to Improve Stockholm, Sweden, April 10.—The general condition of King Gustave of Sweden, who underwent an operation yesterday for ulceration of the stom- ach, continues satisfactory, Lunatlo Mutiiazes Monuments. Berlin, April 10—Four of the statues in the célebrated Avenus of Victory in the Tiefarten were slightly mutilated during the night, among them that of Frederick the Great. High Post for Fabre. ..Parls, April 10—Victor Fabre, the chief public prosecutor, who resigned office in consequence of his connection with the postponement of the trial of Henri Rochette, the man who it Is al- leged to have carried out extensive swindles in France was appointed vice president of the Court of Appeals al “Aix-les-Bains. MILITARY CAMP FOR STUDENTS. Valuable from Physical and Education- al Standpoint. April od, Washi; eral ston, Leonard V 10.—Major Gen- chief of staff of he army, today sent out to school su- | perintendents_all i endorsing the ruction camps to be coming summer. Alluding over the country & student military held during the to the | fact that these camps have the hearty endorsement of President Wilson and former President Taft, as well as lead- ing educators, General Wooa says: “Knowing the benefit of a certain amount of military training to a nation and that in the. training can only he obtained by vol- untary effort, and that the great ma- dority’ of young men are unable to afford this training as given in the various military schools and colleges, the secretary of war has decided to establish four students' military in- Struction camps durine the coming summer, to which students 13 year: age or over—members of the graduat- ing classes at high schools through- out the country—are eligible to attend; this at the minimum cost for food and clothing and transportation. These camps are of great value not only to the students from a physical and educational standpoint, but to the nation, in that citizens a considerable amount of sound military information and in- creases by just that much the number of partially trained men who would be available and greatly needed in times of emergenc: The camps will be held at Asheville, N. C., Burlington, Vt, and Ludington, Mich., from July 6 to Aug. T, Montérey, Cal, from June 28’ to July 31 students enrolled for the camp at Ludington, leads all other institutions, PART OF CARGO OF SOUTHERN CROSS | eal Pots Sighted 70 Milese South of St. Mary's Bay. St. Johns, N. F., April 10, thought to have come from the mis: ing sealing steamer Southern Cross, were sighted today 70 miles eouth of St. Mary's bay, b ythe steamer Kyle which has been searching the coast for a week The pelts are skins which have been | removed and fat usually to which con: adheres, caus- them to float readily. It is be- that they either were washed om the decks of the Southern Cross or floated to the surface after she went down. None of the sealing fleet which came in last week from the St. Lawrence grounds, where the Southern Cross had been seal hunting, lost any pelts off the southern coast. The Kvle reported by wireless that she would continue the search in the vicinity, althok the weather was foggy at the time. St. Mary's bay is on the southern coast. CROP DAMAGES BY HAIL AND WIND Groves and Melon Fields Florida Suffer. Orange n Ocala, Florida, April 10.—Hail amd wind storms, accompanied by a sharp drop in temperature last night did much damage to vegetables and citrus fruit crops throughout centrs Orange groves and melon &nd tomato Ids suffered severely. Southern Florida, however, where the bulk of the peninsula’s citrus fruits are pro- duced, experienced only a cool rain. | Frost'in the state was confinkd to the northwestern section, where crops were not sufficiently matured to suffer | matertally. The heaviest loss was in this sec- tlon, which was swept by a storm of cyclonic proportions. Houses were unroofed, windows broken and several orange groves destroyed. The melon crop in this and he center of the melon belt of Flor- ide, is believed to be almost a total loss, CENSORSHIP OF PLAYS BY CATHOLICS Organization to Determine Plays Fit for Members of That Faith. New York, April 10.—The Catholic Theatre Movement, an organization which investigates plays to determine what Is good for Catholics to see in the theatres, issued today its first Whist List” of entertainments in the form of a printed folder called “The Bulletin” which will be sent to Cath- olics throughout the country. The Bulletin hames in its White List 135 plays produced during the last 5 vears, the titles ranging from plays of ancient memory to some of the lat- est New York successes. In February last a dozen plays were named by the Movement as examples of those which would be placed upon the White List. Of the 135 plays named in the list only five of them are now being played in New Yorl Safe Robbers at Work in Boston. Boston, April 10.—Safe robbers oper- ating without explosives continued their successful campalgn in this eity today at a bowling alley office on Summer street, where several hundred dollars was obtained by effoctive but noiseless work. Beveral other safes opened by similar means during the past three weeks. End of Shoe Workers’ Strike Lynn, Mass, April 10.—The 766 mem- bers of the United Shoe Workers of merica whe struck at the local and Stoneham factories of the J.-J. Gro- ver's Sons last January because they objected to werking with members of the Beot & Shoe Werkers' unien, re- turned te werk today. Steamship Arrivals. Naples, April 10.—Steamer Princess Irene, New York, Plymouth, April adelphia, New Southampton. New_York, April 10.—Steamer Chi- cago, Mavre, il 10.—Steamer Phil- York for Cherbourg and United States such | it spreads among its | and at | The University of Hlinois, with 15 | ~Seal pelts | 1 Florida. | | adjolning counties, | Cigims It Nothing More Than Mistake. | | | | | Huerta Must Apologize FOR ARREST OF UNITED STATES BEAMEN AT TAMPICO. ALSO SALUTE OUR FLAG Reported that Admiral Mayo Ha: Given Him Until 6 O'clock Tonight | to Comply With Order. Mexico City, April 10.—A launct from the United States gunboat Dol- phin, carrying the paymaster and = small detachment of marines, put in yesterday at Iturbide bridge, at Tsm- plco. The Americans wero after a supply of gasoline. They were in unt form, but unarmed. The launch flew the American flag. Colonel Hinojos, commanding a detachment of Mexican | federals, placed the paymaster and his | San Pedro Evacuated FEDERAL FORCES FLEE FROM SUPERIOR NUMBER OF REBELS. REPORT FROM VILLA Constitutionalists Were Surrounding the City When the Huerta Garrison . Forsook Their Post. Juares, Mexico, Aprial dro, forty miles northeast of Torreon was evacuated by the Federals in the face of superior numbers today, ac- cording to a report from Gen, Vilia to Gen. Carranza. Eight days ago General Ortega, with only a brigade attacked the town, whick lles on a plain and offers no cover. They found the Federuls un- expectedly strong and llast Tuesday 10—San Pe- A SONG OF EASTER Garlands of roses— i Condensed Telegrams Secretary Bryan is back at his desk after a week’s illness. 1 Charles F. Seyferlich, chief of the Chicago Fire Department, died after a short illnss. Count Watanabe Chiaki, Japanese minister of the household, has resign- ed because of ill heaith. Fire started by militant suffragettes destroyed the old Orlands mansion on Beifast Lough, Ulster County. On man was killd and two injurd | { when fire destroyed an Erie Railroad | tool house near Greenville, Pa. | Lemuel H. Davis, one of the first builders of gas plants in this count died in Philadelphia, aged 91. More than 1,000 boxes of Bermuda Easter lillies arrived in New York on the Royal Mail steamer Arcadian The first trolley car on the streets at Hazleton, Pa., since January 1, when the trolleymen’s strike started, was op- erated. A general meeting of Ohio coal mine poerators to consider the situation in the mining districts will be held at ¢ lumbus. Alfred Noyes, the English poet, was elected by the board of trustees as vis iting professor of English to Prinfeton University. Frank Palmer, six years old, was killed and five other persons injured in an automobile collision at West Orange, N. J. Jackson B. McKinney, an instructor Mountains of these; HE Festoons of Lillies; Seas upon seas; #reaths of fair flowers— Kingdoms’ display— Bring forth all these treasures, ’T is here—Easter Day! Deck the Earth in rich colors— The loveliest all, On the air let sweet music, And jubilant, fall; Let wings vanish sorrow— Let gioom hide away, Let the World’s heart lift praises, 'T is here—Easter Day! Let Doubt be as mere fancy— A dream gone before: Let the Hope of the ages Be Faith evermore; Know ye now Life’s eternal— Forever, and yea— It is here in its glory— The glad Easter Day! GEORGE NEWELL LOVEJOY men under arrest. through the streets and held time under detention. Uneasiness at Tampico, Admiral Mayo made vigorous repre- sentations to he authorities and the men were released, General Ignacio for They were paradec | retr 2! These a | | Zaragosa expressed to Admiral Mayo | his resret. Although Prosiaent Huer(a in an officfal statement to Nelson haughnessy, the American chargo affaires, has apologized for the u usual zenlousness of the Mexi mander at Tampico, there exists here tonight great uneasiness because Ad- miral Mayo is reported to have given the governmernt autherities ai Tampico until.§ o'clock this evening to saluts the American colors. President Huerta's statsment was not received by Mr. O'Shaushnessy un- til after § o'clock, and it was cons! erably later befors communication w General Zaragosa was possible. statement was as follows: In view Of the fact that the charse Qaffaires of the United States hears that the whaleboat carrying the Amer- The | ican sailors was flying the flag of his country, an investigation will be made to establish the responsibility of Col- onel Hinojosa. In accord with the lino of conduct which the government o Mexico always has Zollowed in fulll ment of its duties of an international character regarding all nations, it de- plores what has occurred. “The case has grown out of nothing more than a mistake of subordinate officfals, since the superior in rank u. this same officlal, that is, General Za- ragosa, at once proceeded to point out that what had happened was uninten- tonal and imposed upon Colonel Hino Josa_disciplinary —punishment, withia made should bility on the part of a corresponding penalty will posed upon him by the aut gally competent in the c: Rear Admiral Frank F. Fle:cher, the ranking admiral of the gulf, who 13 now at Vera Cruz has forwarded .» Charge O'Shaughnessy Admiral Mavo s telegram to him, in whi be 1 orities le- n com- | ch the latter | says the paymaster and marines were | marched ~ through the _stree blocks, then back to their boat and re- leased. In view of the publicity, Rear Ad- miral Mayo asked for a disavowal and apology and also that the officer in charge of tne Mexican squad should ba punished and that the American flag should be saluted within 24 hours. Intoxloated Hartford Man Suicides. Hartford, Conn., April 10—Breaking away frem his brother-in-law and a friend, who were escorting him home, Peter Tantala, leaped from the Com- meree ‘Btreet bridge over the Park river tonight, and was drowned. He was said_to have been under the in- fluence of liquor. The water revived him and he cried for help, but it came too late. The body has not yet been recovered. Tantala was 35 years old. Crusade Against Pickpeckets, New York, April 10—The pelice of all large cities in the country wer eask- ed today to help rid New York of pickpockets. The local authorities seek photographs, finger prints and his tories of all the pickpockets on recocd in the United States. Aged Actress Dead. New ¥ork, April 10—¥. A. Tanner- hill, known to the stage for taree generations as “Nellie” Tannerhull, died at her home here yesierday paralysis. She was 83 years old, two | of | nailed 248 ait reinforcements rived today and an envelcping movement was begun. Detecting this, the Federals forseok tae it No advices were availabls as to U whereabouts of Ger, Velasvo evacuated on eight days age, but rebels expressed doubt that hs = had succeeded in joining another foree of Federals, said to be under General Hi- of Sal PRESIDENT AND FAMILY ATTEND GLEE CLUB CONCERT Mrs. Wilson Still Shows Long lllness Effects of White Sulphur Springs, April 10.—More _concerned health of Mrs. Wilson than in roundings of a_fashionable Easter season, President his first day here with his family, lit- tle troubled by the of meople. The president ¢ t the ties of his collese days, however, and to- night he and the family accepted the itation of the Princeton University e, Mandolin and Banjo clubs to tend their conce: A Princeton locomotive cheer rang through the ball room as the president took his at in the audience. He was given an ovation by th ecrowd as well, and seemed greatly to enjoy the songs and selections reminiscent of his years at Princeton. President Wilson golfed early in tbe day shortly after his train arrived and before the fashionabl had aroused itself fron bers he played 18 holes and up and down_the, hills with a vigorous stride. The Wilson family their meals in_their apartmer In the afternoon President and Mrs, mpanied by their second rs, Francis B, Sayre, went a buckboard drawn by spirited horses, w 0 other mem- bers of the presiden rode horseback over the hills, The pres dent and Mrs. Wilson had hardly lef hotel when two newspaper photo- sraphers waylaid them. When _the president ralsed his hand and Mrs Wilson asked that no pictures of her be taken, the photographers retreated with apologies. Mrs. Wilson did not appear to have entirely recovered from her recent ness, showing the effects of long con- finement .by her pallor. The President hopes the mountain alr will benefit her. w. over Va., the r- hotel not res; took AUTOMOB|LE KILLS NEW HAVEN WOMAN Nearly Every Bone in Her Body Was Breken by Impact. New Haven, Conn., April 10.—W crossing the 'street to_attend church services tonight, Mrs, Philomena Ric- cio, aged 66, was struck by an auto- mobile driven by Percy Regers, a chauffeur, and instantly killed. The accident ‘occurred in Dixwell avenue near Morse stre Bystanders _say the automobile was traveling at a high Fate of speed. Mrs. Riccio evidently became eenfused in crossing the strect by the lights of two automobiles. Near- {1y every beme in her body was broken | = the collision, and the bent and twisted headlight- and mud guard of the machine gave mute testimony of the force of the crash. Steamers Reported by Wireless. Siascensett, Mass., April 10, —Steam- er Itala, Genoa for New Yor! sig- miles east of Sandy Hook at noom, Deck 8.30 a m. Saturday, | | who | Wilson spent | two | at the Northwestern University, who mysteriously disappeared, was located in New York. Chairman Flood, of the Houss of ‘oreign Affairs Committee, introduced 2 bill to elevate the American legation ¢ Chili to an embas: A Hebrew private in the 115th Infan- v _at St. Petersburg was sentenced | t5 20 years in prison for threatening to sirike a fellow soldier. | Bustav de Gimpe, of Hoboken, N. J., { with a bid of $207,500, received the | contract to construct the State College of Forestry at Syracust, N. Y. Two wholesale liquor stores, owned | by Isaac Goldbers, of New York, w entered by thiev the same night Who escaped with $3,00 in cash. $ Edward Mendel, of Newark, le business man by day York thief at night was se § years in Sing Sing prison. T. Meredith, a farm magazine Moines, Ta., a nced his candidacy for the United s Senate on the Democratic tick Fearing gunners ht shoot their deer, who chews tobacco, citizens of Coolin, Idaho, have eqiupped the an | imal with a large cowbell and blanket. Clarence M. Smith, New York broker pleaded iilty of selling | $40,000 worthless bonds of the Oxford Linen Mills, His sentence was defe red. Fire, supposed to have been started by strikers, destroyed the fan house of | the Cherry Valley mine of the Pitt | burgh & val Co., near Bur- | gettstown, The Republican Committee on Com- merce and Industry of I ed a resolution urging the | to appropriate the Panama-Pac nce adopt- vernment unds for an exhibit tic Exposition. | _Governor Glynn signed the Murtagh | bill_appropriating 000 to bricks for use_in constructi s in New York state s will be built by convict The War Department has distributed circulars to all y li h giving information rega ng army camps be- established lementary r | The Body of the Woman found float- ing in Island sound today off | was fied Jast | colored, Doclaring that Miss Grace Schermer- horn an 18-y d- girl cannot on an allowance of $10,000 a year, b guardians ba the Supreme Court in | New York to have it increased to | 315,000 | | Congressman Church of California, | introducea a bill ing that shi ama Railroad be- shall | operatea by the P | tween New York a tend their trips to Pacif United States The Body of the Do who died Thursd | rivea here abou | transported in a coach to ine | through streets lined with troops | hundred “thousand persons covered while the body official announcement Geath was then made. nidnight | property tern al Carranza this af ed notes to Gen other rebel chiej structing that property ri AMexi s Carr; that in territory nd | | MOTHER TAKES LIVES i i OF TWO CHILDREN | Melancholy Woman Also Succumbs to | Gas_Poisoning. | New | metas facturer own_life, hildren, 1, today Ap: York, lia Mr in I the sed 9 and by Doisoning . child, Rubin, § years old, was picked | up_unconscious nea of th locked door, and will survive. The mother had gathered the children around her. t the gas, read to them till was overcon FARMER’S BODY FOUND SUBMERGED Greenwich Man Had Been Missing Since Wednesday Noon. and Morr IN MUD. April 10—Medical Ex- aminer Clarke today started an investi- gation into the circumstances sur- | rounding the doeath of Clement Hurli- man, & well to do farmer, whase body was found yesterday in a swamp, ten | miles_from here. Mr. Hurliman, who | was 57 years old. had peen missing | from his home since Wednesday noon. When he Gid not return, a searching party was organized, and the body was located in the swamp, almost ea- tirely submerged in the mud Greenwich, FIGHT FOR NEW TRIAL FOR GUNMEN Why Gne Shouid = STARTLING EVID | Supreme Court Justice Goff Signs Order to Show Not be Granted. NCE HAS. BEEN DISCOVERED Counsel for Condemned Men Presents Affidavit of Man Who Saw “Bridgie” Webber, Sam Schepps and Harry Vallon in the Car that Sped Away After Rosenthal was Shot— Order is Returnable at Noon Today. mana: hitman men 1 dexth ur gun it for the der of Herman R r, should not be nable before who presided at the men, at n morrow obtained was new lavits was preser by Charles G. T the condemned men. one afiidavit swore he could identif of the g whose tenderloin dea amble in front of Order Served on Whitma The order was Attorney Whitr ation c sunme: trial was i A sharp | fore Ju of the T one togra Dresne Webber, Vallon . han with acr ont = two reports, volver fled touri men dropped say whe men st auto. An b: ernor by ma been dispatched and mother that I am innocent.” failed to s0d t h alleged new e It was un- rate the Attorneys for t < today said GUNMEN RESIGNED TO FATE. Are Without Knowledge of Efforts Be- ing Made in Their Behalf. Ossining, April 10—Without rn_of ng prison. hle, for | New Y. Significance was at after a two ed a be- happen to t the death of Frank.” “Whitey Lewis” e _gunman’s > I_could go free, »"to chair another on my. nz to be a to the blood of my father This be my statement when I 50 to the Have Hazy Recollections. ‘Waterbury, The mentioned affidavit today gunben’s plea located at their zh they go anning claims o team at but 1 [ avalley left fter the murder, he Says. uss the case in detail DEFENDS ITS CHOICE OF RESERVE BAl Thirty-four Applications—Only Twelve Could Be Named. ington, 1 tonight issued a definitic e firs! icisms from, citi but failed t time commit was n Particu the c Atlanta, preferengs to fng Richm more and fc stead of Denver, Cc coln, Neb. The tention to the fact were applicants 25 had to be With the Apr: of res: to New v twelve named many statement, '3 Aims,” to ress cor a rt, and board 'the nted throu: prescribe s of the reveal do not « mittee either the ordin the and modified or fact, iness greatly altered” Safe Robbers at Work Boston, April erating without ful at a bowling a mer street, where several h jars\ was obtained by noiseless w Several « have Dbeen opened by simi during the pass three weeks in Boston. 10— ex cam continued this city their suce: today ley office on § -d tive m safes means ar | DEATH SENTENCE FOR FLORIDA WOMAN. First Time in State’s History of Pen< alty for Whits Woman. April 10—For the history, o white to be Sister was found ¥ _of Killing 70 years, a , et Altha, & son, in Wh today was the life im- 1se appealed side. After long e ngain was tried. na the v | detay the | FIRE FATALITIES AT SAN ANTONIO Two Women Burned to Death and a Man Seriously Injured. San Antonlo, Texas, Aprfl 10—Tws women wero burned to death and a man was probably fatally injured in two fires here today. Sparks from a stove in her home ignited the cloth- ng of Mrs. Tennessee Hill, 73, Ma her daughter, attempted to save her and both beeame enveloped in flames. Neighbors found them in a | aying eendition, E. C. Jacksen, a chauffeur, asleen in a garage, was probably fatally burned in a fire due to the lgniticn of escaping gasoline. Charged with lilegal Votlng, Greenwich, Comn., April 10—Fran! Strecklemeyer, who was arrested last night charged with illegal voting, was today released in bonds of $1,800 fo a hearing tomorrow morming, It is | charged that he voted illegally in tho barouzh election on Tuesday, His vote was challenged at the time. Gearge R. | Murray, who was runuing fer a minor office on an Independent tleket, was defeated b ytwo votes, amd s fricnds are said to be baek af the ac- tion. 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