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VOL L.M. NO. 125
NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, MAY . 25, 1911
PRICE TWO CENTS
NO PARDON TOR WALSH OR MORSE
President Taft Denies Applications of Iwo
Bankers Now in Penitentiaries
ALL EXECUTIVE
"Laws Must be Upheld," Says the President, "When They
Affect the Rich Man More Than When They Af
fect the Poor" Failure to Distinguish Between Legi
timate Business and Improper Gain.
Washlng-tcn, May 24. President
Tar-: tonixht denied the application;?
tor the pardon of Charles W. Morse of
Yoik and John R. Walsh of Chi
cago, the two most prominent bankers
aver oivlcted and sent to federal pen
lrintiaria under tha national bank
ing lawa.
Denies AH Executive Clemency. "
Not or.ly did the resident refuse to
fardon either -Morse or Walsh, but ha
also declined at this time to exercise
nv other-sort ef executive clemency
tn these Cisea er to shorten the sen
tences imposed upon the two -men by
tiie courts in which they were con
ricted. The Law Must Be Upheld.
Tn denying the pardona the presi
dent took a firm stand that the na
tional banking; laws, er any other laws,
rnu.'t be up-hahl when they affect the
rich man, even mora than when they
affeot the poor.
Tha Walsh Case.
The record in the "Walsh case, the
president said In a lorg opinion, "shows
tnoral turpitude of that Insidious and
slanderous kind to punish which ths
national bankma- laws were especially
enacted. "
Tha Case of Mors.
In considering- the case of Morse,
the president said "that from a con
sideration cf the facts in 5ich case I
Irve na doubt that Morse shouid have
rajelved a heavier sentence than
"Walsh. Inaeed. the methods taken by
Morse tend to show tha,t more keenly
than Waleh did he realise the evil of
what he wu delng." -
Mad Rush for Wealth.
In his epinlem In the Walsh -case the
rirtsident rro1ated against the failure
o discriminate bstween legitimate
business and Improper lain. "The
truth is," said he, "that In tha mad
tush for wealth In the last few decades
he lines between the profit from legiti
mate bus!n?s and Improper gain from
indue usa of trust iwtrcl over other
eos-la'a rererty and money has. some
times been dimmed and the Interest ofJ
awciety requ-irss that whenever oppor
tunity offers those charged wftti the
enforcement of tho law should eropna
9ir.' tin distinction between honest
business and dishonest breaches of
- trt-nt." -
Walsh May Be Paroled in September.
The president's denial of the appli
rRtions a Morse and Walsh for par
tfon does not min that they must stay
j-i prison until the end of their term.
TVa'.sh, who it 73. began a sentence of
five year in the Leavenworth, penlteu
t'sry in January, 1910. and under the
fe(jTPl parole law Is- eligible for parole
next Sotmber. The president's ac
tinn tnnlrht has no bearing whatever
irnn future application for parole.
Morse May Be Paroled in 1913.
Morse b.'sraa hie fifteen year term rn
the Atlanta penitentiary in January.
Jl. also. In deaytnjr his application
the president granted him leave to re-rie-v
it after Jtvii. 1. 131 J. Under the
giaro'e law Morse will be eligible for
release in 1815.
Mrs. Morse's Long Petition.
Bwth Morse and Walsh made strong
efforts to have the president exercise
e!m?n"v. He was besieged by friends
an.1 attorneys of both men. Mrs. Morse
got up a monster petition which was
Signed by scores of members of con
gress anc other prominent persons and
x-Pcna-'or Hale ef Maine d!d much
In her benalf. The pleas of III heaitb
on 1 reimbursement of all depositors In
tli- Morse and Walsh banks were made
In both cases. .
Wiskersham Made Recommendations.
Both spylicatlons were ' scanned
rlorely at tn department of justice
Iit Attorney General Wiokersham snd
Jin arMMants and both were read with I
tare bT the president himself. His
O'REILLY FOUND GUILTY OF
RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS
Verdict Against Lawyer Who Appeared
for Thaw and Nan Patterson.
New York, May 24. Daniel J. O'Reil
ly,' former assistant district attorney
and i-ell known as a criminal lawyer,
particularly In the cases of Harry K.
Th-w and Nan Patterson, was found
guiltv of receiving stolen goods by a
Jury in th criminal branch of the s i
frn court today. The jury reached
a verdict in one hour and a quarter.
O Roilly was remanded for sentence.
O'Reilly was charged with hav'iig
negotiated fer Frank 1. Plass the re
turn of $87.0ftO worth of securitiea stol
en on March Z from Aaran Bancroft,
an el1erly broker. A reward of $5,000
was paid for the return of the securi
Vtt and the district attorney's office
Introduced evidence during the trial
1o shew that O'Reilly received $?32 as
!! share of the reward. This he de
mel. maintaining that he was acting
ta Bancroft's lawyer and In the inter
est of justice. The maximum penalty
Is five years' imprisonment and a fine
of j:so.
MANY PUBLIC BEQUESTS '
BY RADCLIFFE FOUNDER
Educational Institutions and Hospitals
Remembered by Mrs. Cooke.
Cambrid-.e, Mass., Majr 24. By the
Wll! of the lata Mrs. Mary Hunt ngton
Coc-ke, one of the founders of Rad
cllffe college, which was filed for pro.
fcate today, Radcliffe college receives
llft.OO and Mrs. -Cooke's philosophical
library. Iarge trust rands, the value
cf which- has not been edtermined, are
bequeathed to Harvard university and
the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, of which latter Mrs. Cooke's
linwband was president at tha timo of
The sum of the $10,00 is given to
the Cambridge hospitaL
his death.
Steamship Arrivala.
At Liverpool:' May 24, Campania,
from New York.
At Antwerp: May 23. Kroonland,
from New York. -
At IJverpool: May 2S, TJltonia,-from
New York. v
At Naples: May S8, Europa, from
New York; May 18, Indiana, from Ntfw
York.
The' Hosiery Trada Is Said to be
teeing a crisis.
CLEMENCY DENIED
action tonight was in accordance with
the recommendations of Mr. Wicker
sham. Walsh Misapplied Bank Funds.
In denying Walsh'j application the
president said in part:
"John R. Walsh was convicted of
misapplication of the funds of the
C.'iicaga National bank: while its presi
dent. "His pardon is p.sked: First, because
Lhis violations , of laws were technical
and did not in v Dive moral turpitude
and secured, him no financial -benefit;
second, 1 eciuse all the "depositors cf
his banks were paid tm-ough the sacri
fice of his private fortune: third, be
cause he was, in doing what he did,
attempting to upbuild industries of
substantial benefit to the country;
fourth, because ha is an old man, in
ill health, not likely to live long, and
one who has borne a good reputation
and lived a life of simplicity and not of
self indulgence.
" Walsh Controlled Three Banks.
"The facts are that Waish owned a
large interest in tares banks the Chi
cago National bank. the Equitable
Trust company and the Home Savings
back, the latter two Illinois state cor
porations. He absolutely controlled
them, although there was a substantial
minority interest in all of them held
by others. He used them to furnish
the money for the development of sev
eral railroads, limestone quarries, ccal
mines and 'other enterprises.
Used Bank Funds to Finance Private
Enterprises.
"Using- his control of these banks,
he took their funds and invested thein
in enterprises of the character mcn
tioiied, either by direct purchase of the
bonds, which he caused to be issued,
or by lending from the funds of the
three banks in the securities of these
enterprises and because of these in
vestments the banks failed. The allied
banks of Chicago, in order to preveit
a panic, took over the Walsh banks'
holdings and Walsh's properties and
paid the depositors in full, but in the
liquidation the allied banks will sus
tain a substantial loss
Mersa Mads False Entries.
In the Morse case Mr. Taft said in
part:'
"CharTes W. Mor was convicted of
misapplication of the funds of the Xi
tional.Bank of America and of making
false entries in the books cf the banks
and the reports to the comptroller of
th? currency. On appeal to the circuit
court of appeals his conviction on the
false entry charge was affirmed. He
ha-1 - ben confined In the Tombs for
ten monihs before, he was taken to
Atlanta. .
Wrecked a Bank.
"Although, his conviction technically
was on falss entries, there is no doubt
as io what the evidence showed gener
ally, to wit: That Morse was engaged
In large private transactions in .which
the maintenance of the price of cer-
.tain stock in .the market was of capi
tal importance to him, and he procured
cortrol of this particular bank and
other banks for the purpose of doing
the specific thing mentioned, which
Was essential to the success of his
speculations. The result of his opera
tions was ssvere losses to the bank,
which forced it into liquidation.
Losses Not All Mad Good.
"One of the chief arguments made in
Morse's behalf is that since the com
mission of his offenses he had out of
h;s own estate made good the losses
lnilictei upon the bank. In the first
place, the evidence does not sustain the
claim that all tha losres to the bank
hp-ve been made good by him, but even
if his estate had met the obligations
growing out of hi3 fraudulent transac
tions It could not ;banr the necessity
for his lawful punishment for the
crime he committed."
STOCKING DYED WITH
A STRAWBERRY TONIC
Indiana State Bureau Shews Danger
in Use of Some Beverages.
Indianapolis, May 24. The food and
drug department of the state board of
health has prepared a new exhibit for
the display that it uses for instructing
the people in the proper selection and
use of foodstuffs.
The exhibit is a dark pink stocking,
dyed so as to resist the ordinary meth
ods of laundering.
The dye used was got from a bottle
of summer soft drink such as may be
encountered at almost any soft-drink
establishment. The bottle from which
the dyestuft was taken was sent in by
an inspector, and an examination in
the laboratory led one of the chemists
to believe that coal-tar dye had been
used in creating the beautiful straw,
berry color of the drink.
As a test, about one-fourth the con
tents of the bottle was poured Into a
bowl and a white stocking was soaked
in the solution for a few minutes. It
came out a beautiful pink, except the
heel and toe, where other yarn had
been used. Repeated washings by the
chemist under conditions similar to
those used In laundries failed to dis
lodge the color.
"One might as well drink tho ordi
nary dyes that are sold in the drug
stores for dyeing woolen goods as to
drink that stuff," said the chemist.
SECOND STAGE OF
FLIGHT COMPLETED
Aviators Cheered When They Appear
ed on Streets at San Sebastian.
San Sebastian, Spain, May 24. The
three aviators, Vedrlne, Garros and
Gilbert, who yesterday comnleted tho
second stage of the Paris to Madrid
flisnt for the Pet Parisien prize of
$20,000, will leave tomorrow -mornlne
for the third and most difficult stage.
Whenever the aviators appeared in
the streets they were cheered by the
admiring populace.
. Now United States Judges.
Washington, May 24. President Taft
today announced the appointment of
William Scofleld of Worcester countv,
Mass., as judge of the first circuit, and
that of Henry A. M. Smith of Charles
ton S. C. a district judge for the dis
trict of South Carolina. Mr. Smith is
a democrat. Mr. Scofield a republi
can.
Cabled Paragraphs
Paris, May 24. W. K. Vanderbilt's
horses won two events on the racing
card at Le Tremblay today. Sesame i
won the Prix Frivola and Golden ae- -
cured first place in tho Prix Beads
man.
Melilla, Morocco, May 24. Spain is
extending her dominion in Morocco
and has despatched two columns of
troops from this port, one to occupy
Ras el Hasian and another to occupy
Mulay er Rexid, with the object of as
suring communications between Se
louan and Ain Zaio.
Viterbo, Italy, May 24. Tha con
frontation of Gaetano Amedeo.a. crown
witness, by Giacomo Ascriftore, who
accuses tha former of being one of the
murderers of Gennaro Cuocolo, was
continued at today's sitting of the
Camorra triaL Both of the men stead
fastly stuck to previous sta cements
and, becoming greatly excited, repeat
edly trarled Insults at each oTher.
BEAT HER CHILDREN'S
HEADS WITH AN AXE.
Providence Mother Inflicts Probably
Fatal Injuria.
Providence, R. I., May 24. THiring
an insane frenzy tonight .Mrs. Beatrice
Potter, wife of Jamea S. Potter, beat
the heads of her three children; rang
ing in age from 14 months to 5 years,
with an axe as they lay in bed. All
were so seriously injured that hospital
authorities say that they cannot re
cover. -
After attacking the children, Mrs.
Potter ran to the front window and
shouted to the - neighbors, saying:
"Come sea what I have done to my ba
bies." Tha woman's husband had left the
house but a few minutes before the
tragedy. When he left, the two oldest
children, Edgar L., 5 years, and Gladys.
3, were asleep in one room, and the 14
months old baby, Lillian, was in a crib
in another. The mother secured an
axe from the shed and went to first
one room and then the other and at
tacked the children. AH of them sus
tained fractured skulls. Physicians
pronounced the woman insane and she
was turned over to the authorities.
Mrs. Potter lost her fourth child at
birth about three weeks ago, and since
that time, according to her friends,
had not been quita herself. .
MERIDEN BOY FOUND
WITH HIS THROAT CUT.
Madison Authorities Find Indications
of Murder.
Madison," Conn., May 24. Whether
Harold Ford, a 16 year old Meriden
boyi whose body was found in the
woods on the outskirts of this town,
decomposed and with his throat cut,
yesterday, was a victim of foul plaj'
or toak his own life, is the problem
which the authorities are today trying
to solve.
Ford disappeared about three months
ago with a companion named Harold
Page, of amout his own age, and it is
supposed that the "boys intended to
make their way to a recrunting sta
tion and enter the United States navy.
No trace has been secured of Page,
and today residents of this town and
of JMeriden have been searching " the
country round about for traces of him.
As strengthening the theory of mur
der, it is opinted out that no weapon
was found near Ford's body, and that
although he drew $50 from the bank
about the time he left home, there was
only three cents In his pocket. Ford's
pocketknife, closed, was found in hi3
pocket- It is feared Page may have a
fate similar to that of Ford. The cor
ontr is conducting an investigation.
Could Not Be Suicide.
New Haven, Conn.. May 24. Coron
er Eli Mix on his retrrn from Meri
den tonight, where he had during tha
day been conducting an investigation
into the death of Harold Ford, whose
body was found in Madison with the
throat cut.- said that there were indi
cations which would tend to show that
the case was not one of suicide. There
were certain circumstances, ha said,
which would lead to a further investi
gation of the ease. It is expected that
an autopsy will be performed on the
bodd tomorrow morning.
THE MICHIGAN LEADS
. NAVY IN MARKSMANSHIP
Battleship Will Be Awarded Gunnery
Championship Trophy.
Washington, May 24. Tha battleship
Michigan, commanded by Capt. Nath
aniel R. Usher, leads the American
navy in marksmanship. In the spring
battle practice just concluded the
Michigan scored 99.325 points of merit
and will be awarded the gunnery
championship trophy, a red pennant
with a black ball in the center, which
will fly from her masthead until the
honor is wrested from ner by a sister
ship.
The Michigan far outclassed every
other battleship or cruiser in the navy.
Her neareet competitor is the North
Dakota, with 72.74S points.
HOSIERIES TO SHUT DOWN
FOUR MONTHS A YEAR
Agreement Reached at Meeting of
Manufacturers in Philadelphia. -
Philadelphia, May 24. The National
Association of Hosiery and i'nderwear
Manufacturers, which controls 85 per
cent, of the hosiery and probably 25
per cent Yf the knit underwear man
ufactured in this country, unanimously
adopted a resolution today, which ac
cording to statements by the officers of
the association, will result in shutting
down their mills on an average of four
months in each year.
DIVORCE DECREE GRANTED,
TESTIMONY NOT DISCLOSED
Brief Hearing in the Case of Mr. and
Mrs. Sidney C. Love.
White Plains, N. Y., Mav 24. Mrs.
Marjorie B. Lcve was today granted
an interlocutory decree of divorce from
her husband,- Sidney C. Love, a former
New York and Chicago broker, by
Supreme Court Justice Martin J. Keogh
in chambers here. - The papers were
sealed. The decree was ordered after
a brief hearing. The testimony will
not be made public. The Loves were
married in Ohicago in 1907.
Three Shot in Hotel Quarrel.
Denver. CoL. May 24. S. Louis Von
Puhl of St. Louis, the well known aero
naut, was shot three times and per
haps fatally injured, a man named
Copeland was shot oce and another
man named Atkinson was shot once
by a man named Henwood a3 a result
of a quarrel in a hotel tonight. Hen
wood was arrested.
Mexican- Rebels Still Active.
Mexico City, May 24. Telegraphic
reports were received tonight, slating
that demonstratior.s are in progress
at Tehuantepec, Guadalajara and Za
catecas. The federal governor of Ja
lisco wasriven out. At Zacateeas the
troops fired onthe mat, killing four.
Further details 'are lacking.
Meriden Stops
Pool Selling
POLICE SERVED NOTICE ON PRO
. - MOTERS YESTERDAY.
BUYERS LIABLE TO ARREST
New Haven Police Chief Expresses
That Opinion Another New Haven
Man Arrested Burch Fined $150.
Meriden, Conn., May 24. The sellers
of baseball pools have been, notified
by the chief of police that all pools
must be discontinued at once or ar
rests will be made.
' Meriden Tickets Sold Elsewhere.
It is understood that the chiefs
wishes have been complied with. Many
of the Meriden tickets, it is under
stood, have been sold in other cities.
Another Arrest in New Haven. -
New Haven,-Conn., May 24. Tha po
lice continued to move actively in the
baseball pool crusade, making another
arrest this afternoon, Emil Oesting be
ing charged with selling pool tickets.
Burch Gives Names of Sellers. -
The statements of Elmer Burch in
court today, that he had sold hundreds
of tickets, and his voluntary admis
sion of names of many of those who
have been handling tha tickets, has
created a stir. ,
Purchasers Liable to Arrest.
Chief Cowles in an interview said
that he believed those who had bought
tickets are liable to arrest.
Burch Fined $150.
- George Bannon. - a former Connecti
cut league baseball player; Arthur
Janswick prominent in local bowling
circles: Louis Ihne and John J. Car
ney. saloonJckepe'rs; John Crowley, as
sociated with Carney, and Elmer Burch
were arraigned in the city court to
day, charged with conducting baseball
pools in this city. Burch pleaded guil
ty and was fined $50 on each of three
counts.
Other Cases Continued. '
The others did not enter pleas, their
cases being continued until Saturday.
FOUND A BURGLAR
HANGING IN HOUSE
Harlem Woman Gets a Surprise after
. Five Weeks' Absence.
New York, May 24. The face of a
man dangling from a rope in the sky
light was tha sight tnat greeted Mrs.
Elias Surut when she returned today
to her home in Harlem from a five
weeks' stay out of town. She stood
petrified for a moment, then fled the
house, returning with a policeman, who
cut the body down. The man had be?t;
dead three weeks and the police de
clare he was a burglar whom death by
strangulation had interrupted at his
task.
A stool ?rope waB attached, one end
to a chimney. ' the other about the
man's waist. The heavy frame of the
sklight, whose glass he had cut to re
lease the inside catch, pressed its 150
I-ounds upon- the back of his neck,
which was pinned between frame and
ceiling.- His - clinch a fingers still
clutched the ropp tightly.
The body of the dead burglar was
Identified at the morgue by his sweet
heart and by Rudolph Yesek, as Jo
seph J. Tauer, an ex-convict, with a
long prison record and but two months
out of Sing 8ing prison. Yesek was
locked up on the charge of being a sus
picious person.
MORE THAN $200,COO USED "
IN LORIMER'S ELECTION
LaFollette Predicts Shocking Revela
tion at New Investigation.
Washington, May 24. Revelations
concerning t"ai election of Senator Lor
Imer of Illinois may be expected as
the result of - a second investigation
into the bribery charges against Lori
mer, if- the predictions made by Sen
ator -LaFollette in the delivery today
of the third instalment of his argument
m the support of an in-juiry- are real
ized. Mr. LaFollette prophesied that more
than twice, the $100,000 heretofore al
leged to have beaa used wouid be
found to have been spent in J.orimer's
behalf and reiterated th.it Lorimer had
personal cognizance of ie use of mon
ey in his behalf., "There is a mine of
facts which I venture to predict will
be opened up and which will be more
shocking and .appalling than any that
han yet been revealed,'' he declared.
CUT RATE WAR IN
SALES OF STEEL.
Rupture Between Independent Com
pany and the Steal Trust,
New York. May,24.-Developments in
the steel and iron trade today point to
a rupture between at least one of the
so-called ''independent" companies
the Republic Iron and Steel company
in which John W. Gates is a factor,
and the United States Steel corpora
tion. The Republic company issued a
statement that because of general con
ditions of trade it had decided to em
bark upon a "mora aggressive sales
policy." This was interpreted in many
quarters as meaning -that the Repub
lic company intends to cut prices, be
ginning with steel bars.
TWO LITTLE PLAYMATES
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
War Crossing the - Tracks to Visit
Their Fathers.
Hartford, Conn.. May 24. While
crossing ti e railroad trat ka near Char
ier Oak -park this -forenoon to .visit
their fathers, two children, a boy aid
girl, aged three years, were instantly
killed by -the - aocom.nodation train
from Hew Havtn The boy is the son
cf Mr -and Mrs.- Louis Vaselii of No.
COO New Yark avenue and his compan
ion, Elsa Dezzonidaughter ef Mr. and
Mrs. Modesta-Dezzoni, of -No. 602 New
Park aveiiue. "The children were pick
ing thoir way aerois tha railroad when
the accident occurred.
CHILD RUN OVER BY ,.
A TROLLEY EXPRESS.
Four Year Old Derby Boy is Not Ex
pected to Live.
Derby, Conn., May 24. Isadore Ap
cowicz, aged four years, suffered in
ternal injuries'-and the amputation of
his left arm at the elbow as a result
of being run over by a rolley express
here this afternoon, am the car was
passing the public -playgrounds. The
child's condition is critical and death
is but a matter of a few hours, accord
ing to attending physicians at the hos
pital where he was taken. -
" Frederick Upham' Adams, -the novel
ist. -Is the inventor ef several electric
light devices. '
Condensed Telegrams
William R. Hearst and Wife Sailed
for Europe yesterday.
Crazed by the Heat, Jacob Nnangst
of. Easton. Pa, hanged himself.
The W. C. T. U. is to Begin a uni
versal warfare on all brandied can
dies. Senator Frye Left Washington yes
terday for his home in Maine on ac
count of ill health.
Th Russian Admiralty has complet
ed plans for an elaborate welcome to
the American fleet. -
Andrew Carnegie Has Established a
hero fund for Belgium, the annual in
come of which is $11,500.
Henry Sherman Boutell presented
his credentials as United Statea min
ister to the president or Switzerland.
Although It Will Cost $400,000 more
a year, New York's ashts and garbage
will be removed from the straeta here
after at night
Lightning Struck Twice in tha Same
place at Hempstead, Jj. I., yesterday,
killing George W. Collins and nearly
irilling William Whiting.
Andrew Carnegie Sailed Yesterday
afternoon with Mrs. -Carnegie and their
daughter on the Ocemic to spend the
summer at Skibo castle, Scotland.
Mrs. Stephen C. Whitmore, a pTom
Inent wtman of Scranton, Pa., com
mitted snicide with the same revolver
used by her son to end his life. -
A Second Attempt rfas Been Made
to dynamite the home of W. E. Grif
fin, a negro principal of the Booker T.
Washington school, at Kansas City.
The imperial Conference of th Brit
ish empire is sitting In London dis
cussing the co-ordination of the navies
and land forces for imperial defense.
The Bill Annexing the Town of Hyde
Park t' Boston 'was signed by Gover
nor P'oss and now goes to the people
of tha two municipalities for approval.
The Murder of Samuel Hidy, an
American citizen, at Los Platanos col
ony. Mexico, on May 18, will be inves
tigated by Consul -Miller at Tampico.
Detroit Was Selected as the 1913
meeting place of the thirty-third grand
livision. Order of Railroad Conductors,
which adjourned yesterday afternoon.
Senator Cullom, Chairman of the
committee on foreign relations, has
received 21,000 letters, protesting
against an arbitration treaty with
Great Britain. -
Monarchist Conspirators are Stirring
up troubls in Portugal and sailors have
been landed from a Portuguese cruis
er to prevent conspirators . crossing
from Si ain. -
The Main Case of the Government
against the Standard Oil company oi
an indictment charging the acceptance
of rebates w411 not.be placed on trial
before fail, if then.. -.
The General Assembly of the Pres
byterian church has a resolution be
fore it condemning President Taft foi
appointing a Catholic chief justice of
the supreme court. - ,
Dr. Jacob . H. . Hollander,, -who
straightened out the financial . entan
elements of Santo Domingo, has been
summoned before the senate commit
tee to explain his fees.
Before the Senate Finance Commit
tee, Chairman Norris of the Ameri
can Newspaper Publishers' association,
charged that prices of . news print
paper were secretly fixed.
Joseph M. Huston, architect of the
Pennsylvania, state capitol, ;convicted
of conspiracy to defraud the state, lost
an appeal to the supreme court and
must, serve a term in prison.
Alfred B. Lawrence, a Colgate col
lege freshman and son of a California
millionaire, and Mis3 Bertha B. Dough
ertv, a salesgirl, were married by a
justice of the peace of Utica, N. Y.
Ireie Osgood, the Authoress, told the
story of he- marital troubles in the
trial in a Londcn court of her suit for
judicial separation from her husband,
Robert Sherard, who is also a writer.
Express Companies Are to Be inves
tigated if a resolution of inquiry in
troduced by Representative Sabath of
Illinois is passed on favorably by the
committee on rules, to which it was
referred.
Nine Girls and Women, said to be
wives and daughters of striking miners,
are prisoners in the county jail at
Greensburg. Pa., serving 20-day sen
tences . n charges of having disturbed
the "peace. -
Tha Whole of the $11,927,000 Of Cen
tral New England four per cent, guar
anteed bonds have been marketed, it ia
stated at the offices of tha New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad at
New Haven.
A Number of American Newspaper
men, headed by B. Wilfrid "Fieisner.
sailed yesterday for Shanghai, where
they will establish the China News, a
daily newspaper t- ba published in both
English and Chinese.
A Proposition to Strike tha Nam of
United States Senator Duncan U.
Fletcher from the list of vice presidents
of the American Unitarian association,
because of his attitude on the Lorimer
case last winter, failed.
Japan, It Was Stated in Official cir
cles, is prepared to participate 4n ne
gotiations for a general treaty of arbi
tration between the United States and
that country and is willing to submit
proposals for rich an agreement If in
vited. Tha -New York, New Haven and
Hartfcrd Railroad company is to raise
with the federal authorities an impor
tant question under the law lately de
tided constitutional imposing a tax of
one per cent, on the net earnings cf
corporations.
A Bill Declaring "Every Contract,
conspiracy or combination in restraint
ef trads" Illegal and imposing heavy
penalties en ofllcers cennacted with
them and branding1 violations as felo
nies has teen introduced by Represent
ative Smith of Illinois.
One ef the Moat Interesting' Bits of
political gossip Washington has heard
in a long while was to tha effect that
tha entrance of Hanry L. St-imson of
New York into President Taft's cabi
net may mean that he will be Mr.
Taft's runningr mate in the campaign
of 1912.
As a Result of tha Decision of Judge
Foster of the Bridgeport court, in
which the Sunday clubs where liquors
were dispensed received a deathblow,
Presecuting Attorney Greenstein has
served notice that prosecutions will
be made of all clubs whose bars are
kept open on Sunday. ,Thla lnclndes
acme ef tha swell elufea af tha aity. '
Killed-
In Mexico City
SOLDIERS AND POLICE FIRE ON
- DISORDERLY MOB.
SHOUTED "DEATH TO DIAZT
Anger Over Failure ef Diaz and Cereal
to Resign, Starts Trouble Condition
of Diaz Regarded as Serious.
Mexico City, May 24. Enraged by
the announcement that President Dlas
and Vice President Corral would not
resign before tomorrow, spectator
from the galelries of the chamber of
deputies late today started a riot in
the streets that resulted in at least
three deaths and the wounding many
by volleys fired by police and troops.
The Police Derided.
The shouting, gesticulating' mass of
humanity was warned to move on, but
a confidence born of better treatment
early in the evening caused them to
receive with derision the order of tha
police. -..
- Police and Soldiers Fire. -
Again they .were told, to disperse
and again no attention was paid to
the T'order. - Quickly- their -shouts ' of
ridicule were turned into cries of an
guish, for the police and the scldiers
fire-1. The living stumbled in a marl
rush over the bodies of the dead and
wounded. . The narrow stree's leading
from the zooalo were jammed with
fleeing men and women.
Opened Fire a Second Tima.
For a few minutes the guns of the
government. " were stilled, but a r
gathering at street corners of the en
raged and frightened partisans of Ma
dero resulted in another order to fire
at will. -Sharper and longer now cams
the shooting. The mob fled; but tha
troops had not yet intimidated the riot
ers to the point where they were will
ing to submit. The rioters refused to
do more than scatter into miniature
mobs each shouting for Madero and
yelling for the dowrfsll of the present
in a High Fever.
In the -midst of it all President Dias
lay on a sick bed. It was learned on
authority this afternoen that despite
optimistic official reports of his oendi
ticn the president has shown several
degrees of fever for the last five daye.
He declines to see all visitors, includ
ing members of the diplomatic oorpa
and takes nothing; but liquid nourish
ment. Madame Diaz told a visitor to
day that? the president's principal diet
was warm milk. His condition is re
garded as serious by members af hts
family. ...
"Death to Diaz!" -
The troops which did the shooting
reinforced the police later. The shouts
of the mob crying "Viva, Madero I" and
"Death to Diaz!" did not -penetrat tha
president's - bed- chamber save whan
some careless servant allowed the door
to remain open for a moment. ;
HAD DOUBTS AS TO
MRS. BULL'S SANITY
Italian Barber Took Instructions Jutt
ta Please Her.
Alfred, Me., May 24. Doubts aa to
the sanity of Mrs. Sara C. Bull from
the very beginning of the course of
lessons she gave him in "Raja YoV
were expressed by Nichola Roberta,
barber and masseur, whila under cross
examination today at tha hearing - in '
the probate court on the, petition of
Mrs. Olea Bull Vaughn for the tweak
ing of the .will of Mrs. Bull, her moth
er. "I was always in doubt as to wheth
er I was taking lessons from an in
sane person or not," Roberta teld At
torney C. K. Cobb, counsel for tha
will. I really think Jtfra. Bull waa .
ir.eane. but I was taking Instruction
ju3t to please her.
"When Mrs. Bull talked to me I
found it uplifting to my mind . The
same result attended the reception ef
letters. In fact, anything that was
pleasing to Mrs. Bull was tipliftlnff to
me. I liked to get 1 iters, from iSiB.
Bull and Miss Sarah J. Farmer, even
If they were insane."
Regarding Mrs. Mary W. SewalL
who in letters read early in the case
bad been accused of using her "pow
er" for worldly things, witness said
that he never saw any hypnotic, per
formances by Mrs. Sewall when Mra.
Bull was at home. After Mrs. Bull
went away to India, he said Mrs. Saw
all used to go through strange per
formances, shaking her hands and feet
all at once. While the witnesa and
Mrs. Sewall were BtudylfTg together,
he did "interweaving writing and
painted pictures with her Yogi power,''
he said.
Oiieot1oned in rerarrl to his belief In
'the power of Raja Yogi, Roberta said:
I gave taja l ogi a gaoa . trial. - At
first I felt a doubt as to the newer.
I ( took mstractions just to please Mr.
Bull and then having received the 'in
structions I used to take exercises by
myself, not to please her only."
STATE CONVENTION OF
THE LUTHER LEAGUE
Frank Geatz of New Havan Elaoted
President. ,
Hartford, May 24. The sixth annuaJ
convention of tha atate Luther league
was held here today and reports of
officers for tha past year read and
addresses made by clergyman dele
gates. At the business meeting, pre
sided over by Frank Goetz of New Ha
ven, the following officers were elect
ed: President, Grank Goetz; vice presi
dent, Albert W. Bayer, Hartford; re
cording secretary. Miss Elsie Rozen
weig. New Britain;' corresponding
secretary, Miss Clara Sucber, New
Haven; treasurer, Bruno C. Kraetsch
man, Rockville; delegates to Swedlak
Lutheran convention in Middletown on
Labor day. Rev. C. E. Klethen, Hart
ford and President Geetz.
CRUSHED TO DEATH
BY ROAD ROLLER
Fatigued City Employe Get Caught
Under Machine.
- Melrose, Mass., May 24. Raslin Fish,
a city empieye, whose duty it was to
walk' ahead of the eteam road roller,
waving a red flag to give warning of
its approach, was run .down and kill
ed by the machine oa Main street to
night. The roller was passing through
the business sectlan of the city, crowd
ed with shoppers, when Firh, who was
apparently fatigued, became, caught
beneath the heavy roller on the as
phalt street. Tha machine ran nearly
ta his aheulders before the engineer
eould bring it to a atop.
Before entering th empley of -the
city he wu an artist a madel and had
many times nosed as an aged subject
for Boston artists. Ha waa M
old, -
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