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' mi Jtwrtttiti maxwrwmx lit. WEATHER i;v TO-DAYl FAIR. VOL. LXIH., NO. 5. NEW HAVEN, CONN., MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1908 PRICE TWO CENTS. . - 1 BROWNSON'S ACT ' CALLED CHILDISH tetters from Roosevelt to Met calf Made Public at the Request of the President. DEFECTS ALWAYS IN NAVY But Personal Pique Should Not Per mit Officers to be Disloyal to the Interests ot the ' Country. , t i "Washington, Jan. 6. President Roosevelt's attitude on the question of the command of hospital ships In the navy, which resulted !n the resignation of 'Bear Admiral Willlard H. Brownson end, Incidentally, some caustic obser vances by him on that Incident and the controversies among naval officers and their adherents as to details of naval construction and methods of training, were made known to-day when Secre tary Metcalf Rave to the press two letters from the president addressed to him on the subjects. The letter to Secretary Metcalf re garding: the retirement of Admiral Brownson and the controversies In the navy is as follows: ine wnue nouse, hubuuisiuu, ."January 2, 1908. , "To the Secretary "of the Navy: "In accordance with .our conversation of to-day, Captain Plllsbury will be appointed chief of the bureau of navi gation. . . "The action of the late chief of the bureau, Admiral Brownson, in tender 1ng his resignation because he did not agree with the president and the de partment regarding an order Issued be- ' fore he came Into the bureau, by the . o- the hospital ships, was unseemly atid Improper, and, coupled with the various controversies among the offi cers of the navy and their adherents ts to details of naval construction and methods of training, has undoubtedly " confidence In the navy which Is essen tial to securing the legislation so sorely needed by the navy. The way in which the controversies have been car- Tied out U highly injurious to the ser vice, whether the communications are made openly over the signatures of the naval officers, or by civilians who have evidently gained their Information from naval officer. There always are and . ouways win db ueiccis tu twicui uuiu ,1n the construction of ships and in the ! organization 01 me department ana in the actual drill of the fleet. It is well that tliese defects should be pointed bnt, but It Is also well that they should be pointed out without . hysterical ex aggeration or malicious umruiniuuiess, , while It Is of course reprehensible-in the highest degree to exploit them In grossly exaggerated form In the fancied Interest of (an Individual or clique of Individuals, or for the sake of supply ing sensational material to some ser vice or non-service newspaper. The officers of the navy who are guilty of such conduct deserve grave , rebuke. They cast discredit upon the I service and their conduct Is deeply j mortifying to every American who be i lieves in the navy and Is anxious to ! uphold Its Interest and honor. There ! has been so much misrepresentation '' and exaggeration that I desire you to I make me a statement as to the exact ; facts concerning which there has been dispute. In particular I desire you to get the opinion of Admiral Converse who, until last spring, was chief of the bureau of navigation and whose high professional standard of conduct and duty, and high professional knowledge and attainments, render him peculiarly fit to give Judgment. "I would willingly pass over the con duct of Admiral Brownson because of his fine service in the past If it were not that at a time when a new chief Is chosen to succeed him It becomes Imperative to stamp with disapproval the behavior which, If followed, throughout the navy generally, would literally ruin the navy's efficiency. The question as to which Admiral Brown son took Issue with the department, I will deal with In a separate letter. Tt Is one at which there can be entirely legitimate differences of opinion, al though In my judgment the consider ations In favor of the course decided upon are overwhelming. But there Is no room for difference of opinion as to the gross Impropriety of the Admiral's conduct In resigning sooner than carry out the orders of his superior officers In such a matter. 'The officers of the navy must remember that It. Is not merely childish, but in the highest de gree represensible to permit either per sonal pique, wounded vanity, or fact ional feeling on behalf of some partic ular bureau or organization to render them disloyal to the Interests of the navy and therefore of the country as a whole. , The question whether one officer or another shall commVd a ship is of little consequence compared with the weakening of all command and dis cipline that woujd result If the officer were to refuse to serve whenever their tempers are ruffled by adverse decls Ions on the part of their superiors. The aole concern should be dhe good of the serivce, and save only lack of courage In actual warfare, obedience and loyalty and the most essential qualities In keeping the ser vice up to the highest standard. The different bureaus of the department. the different branches of the service, must act In coordination and the questions that arise between them must be settled by the authority of the secretary of the navy and of the president, under and In accordance with the law enacted by congress; and the first duty of every officer, whether of the line, of the pay de partment, of the medical departmtit, i 1 (Continued on Third Page. TAD JONES RETURNS 1'ale Baseball Captain Back in Good Condition. Tad Jones, Yale's star quarterback, and all around athlete, arrived In New Haven last night for the first time since the Harvard football game. He came back two days early to take up exam inations, and will go along with his classes in the coming term. After getting out of St. Luke's hospi tal in New York the quarterback went to his home in Excello. O., to spend the holidays. It was while there that ho declined the offer made by the manager of the Chicago Nationals that he be come a member of the catching staff. Jones spent a very enjoyable Christ mas, and the work of recuperation was finished so that he wil be able to take ful charge of the baseball squad when It goes out for practice in a few weeks. He heartily aproves of the droplng of the Easter trips, whlc In past years has been of questionable good in develop ing the team. It Is not probable now that Jones wil have to wear a special brace to play through the baseball season. The prospects for a winning team, if the captain contalnues to Improve In health are better than for several years. RAISE FOR McVEY Former Larchmont Captain Benefits . by Sow Scale. j Under the new wage scale for tug' boat men probably the officer best known in this city who will be bene fited by this raise of wages Is Capt, George W. McVey, late of steamer Larchmont, and now mate on one of the tugs owned by the New England Transportation company. McVey belongs in Fair Haven and is mate on the big Gertrude. He will get 565 per month under the new agree ment. He received $125 per month as master of the Ill-fated Larchmont. CLEARING MYSTERY Additional Arrests Made in the Case of the Woman in Red. ANONYMOUS LETTER CLUE 1 Body of Mrs, Whltmore Will be Given a Private Burial bjr Relatives. Harrison, N. J., Jan. E. Its identity having been established beyond dis pute, the body of Mrs. Lena Whtt? more Is to be given private burial by relatives, 'it will be sent to Schenec tady, N. Y., the home of the woman's youth. This arrangement was can- eluded by the husband to-day after a solitary visitor, an undertaker, had been admltteu to his cell. , Since The odore S. Whltmore was detained rel ative to the murder of his wife he has been in close confinement, but to-day he expressed a wish to have the body taken from the morgue, where ever since It was found on the Passaic river flats it has been stared at by thou sands of the morbidly curious. Whltmore, who gave way to occa sional bursts of weeping yesterday, had himself well In hand to-day, and to his keepers appeared in a cheerful frame of mind.. The scene of the murder drew a big crowd to-day, although the weather was biting cold. The anonymous letter received by the police some days ago In which the writer said that he had accompanied the woman to the flats and there stun ned her with blows on the head, may prove important evidence. The writer denied that he killed the woman but suggested that she probably drowned herself because of chagrin when she recovered her senses and found that her clothing had been stripped from her. It now appears, according to the police, that the handwriting in this letter bears a striking resemblance to the writing In the letter received by Mrs. Whitmore's sisters which purport ed to come from Mrs. Whltmore, hut must have been written after her death. All of the letters will be ex amined and compared by experts. The inquest which It had been ex pected would be begun Tuesday, has been tentatively set for next Thursday evening. A chance remark made by him to a friend, but overheard and reported to the police, led to the arrest to-day of Caleb Evans, a time clerk employed by the Third Avenue elevated railroad and an acquaintance of Theodore S. Whltmore. The alleged remark quoted Whit- more, who is detained while,he death of his wife is being investigated, ss having said, in effect that he would steal home some morning before, his night tour as a motorman was ended. and surprise his wife. Evans, who Is thirty -eight years of age and has a family in Brooklyn, was aeWnished at his arrest, and. though he declared that he could throw no light on the murder, he was locked up for a hearing to-morrow. Joseph Harry Hendrickson, the al leged mena or Airs w nitmore, was arraigned to-day and in default of $1,000 bail was remanded to Jail. KO WORD OF MOIST ROY At,. St. John, N. B.. Jar. 5. No word has reached here of the long overdue Can adian Pacific steamer Mount Royal Two steamers, the Sobo, from the West Indies, and he Alrldes, from Glasgow, arrived xo-day, but they report no slgii of any disabled steamer. JAP EX-SOLDIERS ORDERED HOME. Portland, Ore., Jan. 6. The Oregon- Ian received a dispatch from Vancouver, B. C to-night, stating that hundreds of Japanese ex-soldiers now in Van couver, have received orders from the Mikado to return to Japan at once. THAW AGAIN ON TRIAL FOR LIFE Jerome May Attempt to Ex clude Testimony of Story Girl Wife Told the , Prisoner. LEGAL QUESTION INVOLVED Garvun Back from European Tour and Ready to Question Mrs. Thaw's Account of Her' Travels. New York, Jan. 5. On the eve of the second trial of Harry K. Thaw, which will begin to-morrow before Judge Victor Dowling, of the supreme court, it is reported that District At torney Jerome may attempt this time to bar the testimony of Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. At the flrst trial this testimony was allowed to go before the jury with the consent of the dis trict attorney, who said the precedent set In the state against Wood seemed to cover the matter. Several promi nent criminal lawyers have argued the point with Mr. Jerome since the close of the first hearing and have urged him to oppose this line of testimony at the trial about to begin. These attorneys declare a' vital principle of law is involved, and that it should go to the highest courts for determina tion. ' Mr. Jerome may feel impelled to consent to another recital of Mrs. Thaw's story to prevent an appear ance of inconsistency with his course a year ago. But the importance to the community at large of testing the legality of such, testimony is unusu ally strong. Young Mrs. Thay was allowed to testify at the first trial upon the the ory that It was her story, told to Thaw in Paris in 1903, two years be fore their marriage, that drove him to temporary Insanity. The prosecu tion was not allowed to test the truth or falsity of the recital. .the court's ruling being that, regardless of ' its truth or untruth, the issue was solely what effect upon the defendant's mind it had. Mr. Jerome offered witnesses who, he declared, would contradict certain of the girl-wife's statements, but they were not allowed to testify. The prosecution's only recourse, there, fore, lay 1 in a severe cross-examination, but even this was allowed only by way of generally testing the credul ity of the witnesses.. Already the rule laid down in the Thaw case has served as a precedent in anoiner. a former Judge In Vlr ginia recently shot and killed a young man against tvnn his daughter had made charges of having drugged her. The young woman admitted that she had not told her father the truth, but he was acquitted on the ground that her story, true or false, had had the effect of inflaming his mind to the de gree of insanity. ine lawyers who have approached Mr. Jerome. on the subject are inclined to the opinion that there are vital dif ferences between the Thaw case and that of Wood which served as a pre craent. ine Wood case was one. In which Wood's wife told him that her rather had been guilty of Improper re lations with her before her marrlaee ana naa out recently sought her again. Wood, in the heat of passion, straight way emptied the loads in a shot-gun imo ms ratner-m-iaw, killing him in stantly. The defense was one of In sanity, brought on by the awful story oi me mens wife. But it Is pointed out that In the Thaw case the shoot ing did not occur until three years af ter the recital which is alleged to have melted the deed. Assistant District Attorney Garvan spent several months abroad last sum mer and covered much of the ground included In the travels of Harry Thaw ana uveiyn isesDit during the two trips abroad which preceded their mar riage. The district attorney seemed last year to have every detail of the young woman's life at command. 'but It Is said that thlsVr he will be able to confront her with incidents nf the European trips not hinted at the first Bearing. There Is another point of law on which Mr. Jerome will fight for a re versal or me rules laid down at the nrst trial. This is in reuarrf t h testimony of the experts who declared Thaw was Insane at the time he shot White and for two months thereafter mese alienists testified as to certain visits they paid to Thaw In the tomha mt. Jerome sought to cross-examine ( . . mem as to subsequent visits In an at tempt to show that Thaw, If Insane, wnen he Rilled the architect lias enn tinued to be Insane ever since.. Justice Fitzgerald would not allow any ques tions as to otner visits than those men tioned in the direct examination of the several medical witnesses. Mr. Jerome argued the question several times, in cevtu mr.j iiiq coun g TUlUlg WSS against him. T u a . ... . every reason to believe that it . nVL1 1 , xxornpy still Is convinced iimw is meairany insane, a para mine nose malady is incurable. In . , .L I 1 np wa" w,l'ng at the firs ma, mm maw snouiri he adjudged de muw-u ami sent it Mattcawan asylur for the criminal insane, although h icn ana ureo neiore the Jury tha upon a strict Interpretation of the let ier oi ine law innt was at no time suffering from such a defect of reason s not to Know me nature or quality o his act, or that the act Thaw's attornev. wil ha thoir 'o fense solely on t;;e theory that Thaw was legany insane at the time he sho eiamora w nue, and that he has sim recovered nts menta. balance Th say their client is ready and willing iu niiu ii.v it-ni i can ne devised a to his mental condition. The trial to-moriow may not heirin until noon. It is the first day of the January court term, and it will be nec essary for Ju'ti-e Dowling to chais-e ine new grain jury and lo dispose of i number of routine matters before tak In up the Thaw case. Onlv 10,1 of th, 300 talesmen summoned for jury duty win oe on nana to-morrow, the pla' being to have a similar number rermv sentative on ine nrst three days of th trial which will prevent a crowd in th court room. It Is the general belief that th panelling of a Jury will prove a lin anu oimcun ig&. NEWS SUMMARY. : j) GENERAL. - Clearing Newark Murder Mystery, Thaw Again on Trial for Life. Brownson's Act Called Childish. Roosevelt Urges United Continent. , Tobacco Situation Acute. Kills Wife and Tries Suicide. Rioting on East Side in New York. STATE. Burglars Active In Windsor Locks. Boy Run Over at Milford. Explosion Heard at Meriden. CITY. Murder Suspect-Caught Here. Chapman Campaign Under Way. Ex-New Havener Talka on Pettibone. New Band Formed Here. Ministers Not to Protest Boxing Meet. Bunshiners Give Out Much Hosiery. Campus Exclusion in Effect. Tad Jones Returns to Yale. Stokes Preaches Mission Sermon. Busy Month for K. of C. Clothiers Visited by Sunday Burglars Small Fire at Roundhouse. SPORTS. Tad Jones Returns Recovered. Julian Curtlss to Select Olympic Crew. K. of C. Pool Tourney. Polo on Tuesday and Thursday. Hartford Certain of Polo Next Season. Manchestor May Give Up Baseball. EVENTS TO-DAY. Chapman Evangellstlo Meetings. "A Bachelor's Honeymoon" at Bijou. William Courtleigh at Poll's. "Rocky Mountain Express" at N. Haven JUMPED FOR SKATES New Haven Boy Dropped Them from Freight Train He Rode on. MAY LOSE HIS LEG NOW William Fields, Going to Milford Skat ing, Found Lying by the Tracks There. (Special to th JouroaUCoarler.) Milford, Jan. 8.1Whlle passing the railroad cut In this town this after noon about S o'clock, George M. Gunn, the well known attorney, found Wil liam B. Field. 14 years old, of 147 lymouth street, New Haven, lying beside the track, with his left foot maneled and his right leg badly cut and bruised. When taken to Mr. Gunn's house, which is nearby, the boy said that he had been riding from New Haven to Milford on a freight train for the pur pose of skating. He had dropped his skates from the car on which ho was riding and on attempting to jump oft after them, he fell backwards to the ground, his left foot going under the wheels of the next car. The boy then vividly described how he was dragged along for a short way with the train and then left there without a person to help him. Mr. Gunn's arrival came Just when the boy began, to get faint from the loss of blood and when he was In a semi-conscious condition. Attorney Gunn called Dr. Putney and the boy's Injuries were bandaged as well as possible. Mr, Gunn dsslred thRt the Field boy be kept at his house but the hoctor was of the opinion that the boy should be taken to a New Ha ven hospital as soon as possible as It might save the amputation of the In Jured boy's leg. Dr. Putney telephoned to -the Grace hospital and asked to have an ambu lance at the corner of Church and Chapel street on the arrival of the 5 o'clock car from this town. The boy was received hy the Grace hospital ambulance In this city on the arrival of the car. At this point the boy exhibited wonderful pluck. He hopped from the trolley car, landing on his good leg and then requested that he be allowed to ride on the seat with the driver. At the hospital young Field was at hnre taken care of by the doctors who said It would probably be necessary to amputate his left leg below the knee In the morning. He Is the son of Wil liam B. Field, a locomotive engineer. , NEW BAND ORGANIZED Fred Guilford to Lead New Military Musicians. Twenty-one well known local musi cians held a meetlnsc yesterday after noon at 91 Chapel street, and formed a new military bard. Among thosi) present were a number of ex-members of the other bands in this city. It was stated after the meeting that it Is pro posed to have the new band reach as high a standard of excellence as care ful training can accomplish. The ,re- haersals will commerce next Sunday, and new uniforms will be Immediately procured hy the members. No name has yet been chosen for the new band. Officers for the new band were elect ed as follows: Leader, Fred Qilllford; president, John Moxley; vice president, Henry Mcnges; secretary. Otto Bojren Itz; treasurer, Paul Schlrner; business manager, J. O. Felsburg. and librarian, A. C. Tost. For the present the new band will occupy the quarters In which yesterday's meeting was held. ENTOMBED A MONTH Mlnrr SHU Alive and Well, But Res cue is Far Off. Ely. Xev., Jan. 5 Tne sis-Inch wa ter pipe through which air Is fanned to the three miners who have been entomled for a month, became bent yesterday by the pressure of rock and earth at the 600 foot level and for a time no air could be sent to the men. Rescuerers, by strenuous efforts, reach ed the break In a few hours and re paired the pipe. The men are still well, but their rescue is far off. DrEI. WITH KSIVES FAT4U Gainesville, Texas, Jan. 6. Renewing an old disagreement when they met here yesterday. Ira Hart and Alva Fkinner, well known farmers, walked to an Inclosure and fought with knives as weapons for several moments before they were discovered by mends. When they were separated Hart was found it have been fatally, and Skinner serious ly wounded. MURDER SUSPECT IS CAUGHT HERE Detectives Locate Man Wanted for Thirteen-Months-Old Crime at Coney Island. TAKEN BACK TO NEW YORK Officers Just Get the JIan Away, When Italiun Attorneys Ar rive to Get Habeas Corpus. After a chase of thirteen months, extending all over the United States, two of the best known Italian de tectives In the country, both members of the Brooklyn department, with the assistance of Detective Captain Dunn and Detectives Daley and Colwell, landed a man in this city yesterday morning who is said to be a notorious murderer. Surrounding the arrest are all kinds of "Black hand" intima tions and stories. The prisoner is Anlello Granioldl. He was captured at the point of four revolvers at 31 Chestnue stilet, about o'clock yesterday morning. He was dressing at the time, but in his coat pocket was a fully loaded S8-caliber revolver which he was given no chance to use. The man's wife fought like a tigress and it was with con siderable difficulty that she was sub dued. ! The story of the man's crime, as related by the two detectives from Brooklyn, Michael Mealll tond Pbul Simlnettl, is a gruesome one. They allege that early in Decem ber, 1906, a man named Francisco Mlzzea kept a restaurant and saloon at Coney Island. Along the first of the month he commenced to get a scries of "Black hand" letters threat ening him With all kinds of punish ment. Mlzzel consulted his uncle, Anlello, the man who was arrested here yes terday, and, according to the officers, Anlello said that he would attend to the matter. It Is believed now that the uncle was directly interested in the, sending of these letters, the mo tlev for which, (f known, has not yet been disclosed by the Broklyn author ities. On the night of December 12, 1906, Anlello and two other men went to the , saloon of . MlKtei . and bought a series of drinks, When the waiter brought them a 'check for about $4 they remonstrated with htm. Mlwel came over to where the men were sitting, and as he did so it fs said all three drew revolvers and fairly riddled his body with bullets. The three escaped. As It was considered that Anlello was' the ring leader of the plot that had been carried out all effort was bent to effect his capture. All over the country the two detec tives went and their chase brought them to this city lae Saturday night. They vsted Detectve Capan Dunn and the summoned Detectives Daley and Colwell to a conference wth the two detectives. Capt. Duln obtained information that the Italian was, some where on Chestnut street, and aftw ths t was not a dfficult matter for the local dctectves to find the house. It was then early morning and It was deemed advisable to wait until morn ing before raiding the house, thus giving the man less chance to escape. About 9 o'clock yesterday morning the detective! went to the front door and rail the bell. The tum:n it. war answered by one of Anlello's little girls. One of the Brooklyn detectives started a conversatljii wHh the IRMa girl In his nat.ve tcngue, nni while it was In profrriss the ol'iers rushed the door and entered the room, where the family was. Anlclo was combing h' hair, and quick as a flash. It Is stated, his hand dropped to his side, but bffore he could draw the fully loaded revolv er, he was looking Into ths muxzles of the gi-ns of the four detectives. He then threw up his nands. Not so his wife, howsver, for, while the three children were cryln? out to the extent of their lungs, the woman rushed for Detective Da'.ov. The de tective says that she scratchel pd kicked him, and then, grabbing a stove lifter she crushed In his hat with It. After that, she was quieted. Ths prisoner was disarmed and hur ried to police heihiuirtors. There he signed a papsr, waiving extradition papers. He was then hurr'el Into the pollen wagon and to the depot, arriving there just In time for the 12:05 p. m. train for New Tork. , Just after the prisoner left .omc Ital ian attorneys notified headquarters that they were going to procure a habeas corpus, which would act a,s a st:iy to the man's being taken aw.iy. It wa too late, however, for the prisoner w.is then safely on his way to New York Granioldl I s a powerfully built man weighing about 310 pounds. He Is flvo feet, eight Inches l i height, and is for ty years old. He Is an expert brlcklay er. and he has been working at his trada In this city ever since he cam here, some weeks ago. MARTIAL LAW FOR STRIKE Militia Subdues Rioting of Street-Car Men. Muncie, Ind.. Jan. 5. With hundreds of militia men here, and martial law prevailing, street cars were run to-day from early morning until dusk over all lines. Except for the throwing of a few stones on the outskirts of the city, the cars were unmolested, not withstanding they were manned by Im ported strikebreakers and had neither deputy sheriffs nor troops aboard. The strike of street car men that caused the recent rioting is still In force. WILSON H. FAIRBANK DEAD Exposition Conunissioner and Promi nent Politically. Warren, Mass., Jan.' 6. Wilson H. Fairbank, former Massachusetts com missioner to the Portland (Oregon) exposition, more recently commission er from this state to the Jamestown (Virginia) exposition, died to-day at his home here. Mr. Fairbank returned from James town early in December, suffering from malarial fever. Heart failure, following this malady, caused his death. He was seventy-one years of age. , In the state campaign of 1908 Mr. Fairbank figured prominently on ac count of accusations on the stump by District Attorney John B. Moran, who was a candidate for governor. As a result of these accusations, which re lated to Commissioner Fairbank's ac counting of state property in his pos session, Mr. Fairbank brought a libel suit against Mr. Moran, alleging dam ages of $50,000. The case is on the docket for the coming week in the su perior court at Worcester. TRIED TO DIE William Lee Attempts to Bleed to ' Death After Being Arrested. . While making his rounds through Factory street last night. Patrolman Maloney arrested William Lee of 6 Factory street, and Philip McGlvney, who were lying in the gutter in a seml-unconsclous state. He sent for the police ambulance, and as soon as he got the men out Into the light he found that Lee was covered with blood from head to foot. ' Patrolman Maloney turned Lee over to Officer Allen, and on the way back to the police station, the man was kept from bleeding to death only by the ef forts of Officer Allen, assisted by Mc Glvney. At the police station Police Surgeon Spier dressed his wounds, which were mainly about the head, and had hardly finished them when the pris oner tore oft the bandages. He said he wanted to die, bu later changed his mind and went to alee. LET ORCHARD HOUSE Former New Havener Tells His Opnion of Pettibone's ; Accuser. GLAD AT HIS ACQUITTAL n. W. Beeclier Sent Mine Workers' Official a Congratulatory , Telegram. The acquittal of Pettibone and the affairs of the Western Federation of Miners were the topics discussed at a meeting of the Socialist party held at the headquarters on Chapel street last evening. Ella Reeve Bloor called the acquit tal a surprising blow for organized capital but she said that thls"termina- tlon of the case was not a time for rejoicing. Moyer and Pettibone, she stated had, both contracted incurable diseases in prison and capital punish ment would thus be Indirectly inflict ed on them. She roundly denounced tho American prison system, saying she had recently visited the prison at Trenton, N. J., and found men con fined In dark, damp, " underground dungeons, because they had taken part In a strike. In the McQee case, tried In this city, she declared, that capital boldly flaunted Its ability to hire professional witnesses. She ex pected McGee to go to prison. R. W. Beecher, a former New Ha vener, who conducted a real estate business In Denver, said he had had the pleasure of sending a telegram to Pettibone reading: 'The Socialists of New Haven greet you," so soon as the news of his acquittal reached here Saturday. Mr. Beecher rented Or chard the house In which the bomb intended s for Judge Gabbart , was made. Orchard used an assumed name, he says, In hiring the property and left bomb making material be hind when he went away. Mr. Beecher Is an ardent sympa thizer with the mine workers and he denounced Orchard In as strong lan guage as he could use. He describes the conditions in the mining towns as horrible. Schools, comfortable houses, or any of the ordinary comforts of life, being out of the reach of the miners, whom, he stated, get about $1.20 a day and turn the mine owner 75 a daj Further than this, the constant work underground is causing the men's eyes to become under developed and this physical defect is being Imparted to the children. These men. however, he said, had raised $100,000 to use In defending the mine workers' officials, and were willing to put half their pay in the fund. The cases; he said, have created a feeling against the mine owners that could probabl "never be. effaced. A week from SuncfaJ Rev. Franfi- lin Knight, assistant rector at St. Pauls, win aaaress tne party on "The Relation or Socialism to the Church." RIOTING ON EAST SIDE Tension Between Landlords and Ten ants Causes Disorder. New York, Jan. 6 Incipient riots broke out on the east side to-day, as a result of the tension between the land lords and the striking tenants, and be fore the disorders were quelled by the police reserves, which were called from several precincts, many combatants were injured, and five were arrested, The police used their clubs freely, but there was no way of obtaining tMe number of injured, for they were hur ried away and cared for by friends. The disorders were general throughout the affected district. CHAPMAN OPENS CAMPAIGN HERE Poli's TheaterCrowdedWith: Men Who Listen With ! Interest to Talk on Terrific Whirl ' wind.. NINE MEETINGS HELD; i Dr. Ostrom Has Large Audience ; of Women at United Church Program for Sessions To-day a Large f v One. : :"" ' .' I A 4 CHAPMAW MEETINGS TO-DAY. Spectai. ,10 - m. T. M. C A. Conferene of all ministers and evangelists. '" j ; Districts. 7:30 p. m. Central: m . M the Redeemer! imlrV ri-'r tt, bur Chapman; subject ''The Great Z est Thing In the World.", . 7:30 p. m. West Chapel: Dwlgfct Place Congregational cnuroh: speaker, Rev. Dr. William J. Daw son. ; , 7:30 p. m. Orange streets First Baptist church. Rev. Dr. Frank Granstaff. , ... 7i30 p. m. Grand Avenue Conrre gatlonal church; speaker, Rev. Dr. Henry Ostrom. . 1 , ' 7:33 p. m West Haven: Congre gatlonal church; speaker. Rev. Dr.' John T. Elliott. 7:30 p. m.Howard avenue:Orc M. E. church; speaker, Rev. Hen ry M. Stough.' , . j 7:30 p. m. Westvllle: Westvilla, M. B. churoh; speaker, Rev. H. JX , Sheldon. . i 7,:!0,?- "J Winchester: Summer field M. B. church; speaker, Rev. Daniel 6. Toy. , t , 7:30 p. m. East Haven: ' East Haven Congregaticnal church: speaker, Rev. Ora S. Gray. , Read the Jouraal-Courter tor fall rt- ports ot all te Chapman meeting. , f Poll's "theater was crowded to tlja'j doors at 3 o'clock yesterday ftfJtftnoaa j td hear Dr. J. Wilbur Chapji?an opea"1 the evangelistic campaign in New Ha- ! ven. Every seat in the great auditor-' ium was taken, both in the orchestra and in the balcony, while in the rear i on both floors there were crowd ot men standing four and five rows deep. J The meeting was held entirely for men and among those that came all classes of society were represented 1 every kind and condition of mam On the big tftaffe, which had been set as an Interior were seated the clergy at the city, distinguished guests and a ) monster chorus of male voices. There ' were easily 200 men on the stage to- gether, i j rrom mis, the flrst big meeting of the Chapman evangelists, many con clusions were drawn as to what may be expected of them while they are in . New Haven. As -the great assemblage j went out at the conclusion, however.) there, was hardly a note of dissension' among the numbers of men who had' come to see, to hear and to pass Judgi ment . ' - . .. ,. . Personality of Chapman. v.uapniuu o u wcu-imui man,' or , medium stature. He has a clear 'eye1 anA , tt nnr of V. I m mMa . .. I v' b liiiu win, UMIUUi OUL know that he is a thinker equally aa ciear. ms way or taiaing is not at all spectacular. Those who go to hear him, thinking they will hear sucbanJ one, will be disappointed. He is not at1 all that type of man. He seldom raises his voice. His effects are gained rath er by the general earnestness of his bearing, his gestures, and his tone, and by repetition. The latter was shown often. His subject yesterday afternoon was "A Terrific Whirlwind." and dur ing the course of his sermon he took occasion again and again to repeat:! isow the wind and you reap the whirl-' wind; God hath decreed it; it is Hlr law and God knows." . Many times during his sermon he clapped his hands together loudly, Just' as tie came to a salient point. Or he would snap his fingers and point ap-' peaiingly at the men before him. It was evident that he had his audience with him from the very start. There was not a noise of the slightest varie ty to Interfere with him. More than a few times his hearers broke out in spite of themselves in applause at his remarks. Quick as a flash then Dr. Chapman would ralee his hand, good naturedly and say, "Listen, don't ap- (Continued on Second Page.) WEATHER RECORD. Washington. Jan. 5. Forecast for Monday and Tuesday: , For New England: Fair and warmer Monday, diminishing winds, in creasing cloudiness Tuesday. For Eastern New York: Fair and warmer Monday, rain or snow Tuesday, or Tuesday night; variable winds shifts lng to fresh south. LOCAL WEATHER REPORT. New Haven, Jan. 5, 190S. A.M. P.M. 25 . H NW NW 2 IT 01 0 Clear Clear IS 24 11 81 Temperature Wind velocity Precipitation . . Minimum temperature. Maximum temperature. Minimum last year . Maximum last year . L M. TARR. Loral Forecaster, f U. S. Weather Bureau, MIMVTIRE ALMANAC. Sun-Rises 7:1! Sun Sets 4:31 High Water 12:01