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NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1911
PRICE. TWO CENTS
The Bulletin's Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population
TRAIL OF DEATH
Southern Wisconsin's
Eight Lives and
SWEPT A. PATH TWENTY MILES LONG
Only Surviving Member of Schmidt Family Injured Be
yond Hope of Recovery Houses Swept From Their
Foundations and Reduced to Kindling WoodMany
Killed by Tornado in Illinois Shipping Suffers.
Nearly twenty deaths, several mil
lion dollars' property loss and much
aurfering and inconvenience resulted
irom the violent change of tempera
ture, the preceding storms and the suc
ceeding cold and snow which beset
the central portion of the country
Saturday and Sunday.
After unusually warm weather on
Saturday, tornadoes did much damage
in Wisconsin ana Illinois, Killed
dozen persons and Injured more than
a score, several fatally.
A cold wave almost immediately roll
eo over the wreckage of the tornadoes
and extended In a few hours to the
Gulf coast anl the Atlantic seaboard.
Rain turned to sleet, snapping tele
pione and telegraph wires, and snow
followed. The temperature dropped in
several places more than 60 degrees in
jS hours.
Several persons were frozen to death
by the soirlen cold, shipping on tha
Great Lakes was damaged and several
boats were cast adrift. In some places
gas almost failed. The poor m large
cities and the homeless in the storm
swept regions suffered severely.
The official weather forecast laftt
right was for quick relief from the
severe cold in the middle west, as the
low temperature was moving rapidly
eastward and southward. From a point
i ear zero, the thermometer began to
rise yesterday, with probability of a
further rise by tomorrow in the central
states. v
Resume of deaths, injuries and dam
age and conditions:
Janesvilte, Wis., and vicinity: Eight
rersons dead, two dying, a dozen in
jured and $1,000,000 damages.
Chicago: Two men frozen to death,
seven fishermen missing on Lake
-Michigan, many persons hurt on the
icy lavements, shipping damaged.
Central Illinois: Three or more per
sons dead and a score injured in
storms at Easton, "Virginia, Peoria and
rther places, $1,000,000 property dam
age. Iowa: One man frozen at Ottumwa,
much suffering from cold.
North Dakota: One man frozen at
Grand Forks. j
Omaha: One man dead In cold.
Indiana: "Whole state swept by bliz
Kard. $1,000,000 damage by wind.
Ohio: Much damage and suffering
canned by eold. wind and snow.
Michigan: Storm damage at several
places from wind and sleet.
Kentucky: "Widespread damage by
wind: unusually cold.
Alabama: One man killed by wind
near Montgomery.
Gulf Coast: Unusually severe weath
er: much Buffering.
WISCONSIN'S CYCLONE.
Many People Homeless with the Ther
mometer at Zero.
Janesville, Wis., Nov. 12. Splintered
timbers, broken furniture, crumbled
jc-k and plaster, scattered farm prod
uce snd dead farm animals littering
the ground in an area a quarter of a
mile wide and twenty miles long indi
cate the tremendous force with which
southern Wisconsin's worst tornado
swept a path through Rock county.
Eight persons were killed and dam
ages wrought to the extent of nearly
a million dollars.
Two More Expected to Die.
Of the injured, one, Albert Schmidt,
14 years old, living near Hanover, will
die. His father, and two sisters are
dead. -4t least one more may die.
The Dead.
Anton Schmidt, 55 years old, Han
over. Alice Schmidt, 18 years old, daugh
ter of Anton Schmidt.
Reggie Schmidt. 14 years old, sister
cf Alice Schmidt.
Heien Austin, 5 years old, Milton.
Mrs. John Crowder, who lived be
tween Brodhead and Orfordville.
Mrs. Elizabeth Proede, who lived
between Brodhead and Orfordville.
Leo Lentz, 16 years old, Hanover.
Amy Korbin, 8 years old.
Thermometer at Zero.
Wire service was demoralized last
night and it was not until today that
details of the catastrophe were ob
tained. A steady rain added to the
confusion Saturday night and made
Identification of the dead difficult. Sat
urday night the thermometer dropped
nearly to zero and it was a fearful
night ..for grief -stricken survivors,
Mmy being left without a roof to cov
r their heads.
Dark as Night in Afternoon.
The cyclone originated in the vicin
ity of Orfordville, 12 miles southwest
of Janes villa, traveled northeast sev
eral miles snd then turned to the
east. The greatest damage was done
near the point of origin and at Mil
ton. The cyclone lasted only a few
minutes. Although It occurred about
the middle of the afternoon it was as
dark as night. The blinding down
pour made the search for the dead
and dying a terrible task.
Whole Family Wiped Out.
Of the Schmidt family, who lived
three-quarters of a mils east of Han
over, there is only one survivor. He is
Albert Schmidt, a boy. Physicians say
he cannot recover. Alice Schmidt and
lier younger sister were in the house.
They were blown across the road, the
nouse being demolished over their
heads. Their necks were broken and
their skulls fractured and it-required
two men to pull their half-buried bod
ies from the ground.
Tramp Only One to Escape.
Anton Schmidt, the father, and a
tramp were in the barn. The tramp,
vbo was not injured, says Mr. Schmidt
was blown through the barn door.
His body was found In the hog yard.
The boy was burled in the debris and
received internal Injuries.
Young Bride Killed. -Mrs.
Elisabeth Proede, a bride of
a few months, was instantly killed
rhen the house was carried away. Her
tiusband, standing in the barn door,
mr her killed. He found her body
after the tornado had passed. Leo
!. was blown from a barn he was
nelping to l3uild.
Nothing Loft but Sticks and Stones.
Near Milton there was one death
neien un, nve years oia, aaugn- is coming to Peking has caused a gen
ttr tt Alfred Austin. Mrs. Austin wu erai feeling of relief.
AND DESTRUCTION
Worst Tornaldo Costs
$1,000,000 Loss
seriously injured. Her sister. Miss
Elizabeth Hume, was also badly hurt.
Helen's sister, Florence, was badly
bruised and her collarbone was brok
en. Austin 'was in the Held. When
he reached home he found nothing but
sticks and stones of what was once a
fine country home.
Timber Driven Through a Cow.
Many freakish things were done by
the tornado. At the Douglas farm a
buggy was carried into a tree and
bent about the trunk, where it hung,
the rim of one hind wheel encircling
the front axle. At the home of Will
iam Little, a six by six timber was
driven through a cow. At the Schmidt
farm a hog was cut in two by a plow.
At this same place a cookstove was
carried to an adjoining field where
it was deposited right side up appar
ently undamaged.
HOMES COLLAPSE.
Two "Killed in a Violent Windstorm at
Easton, Ills.
Springfield, Ills., Nov. 12. Two were
killed and several seriously Injured by
a storm which struck Easton, Ills., last
night, tearing away telegraph and
telephone wires and leaving the city
isolated until tonight. The dead: In
fant child of Mr. and Mrs. Jimes Pra
ter; body found 100 yards from the
home, which was demolished. Mrs.
Allie Henneger, 75 years old, died of
fright when her home collaps-ed.
The Prater home was the enly one
in the town proper whien wms much
damaged. ' The baby was hurled
against a tree and killed. All the oth
er members of the family were injured.
Wild Wind at Buffalo.
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 12. The first
blast of winter struck here today, ush
ered in by a 68 mile an hour Kale and
a drop of 40 degrees, in temperature.
The storm's trail was marked by shat
tered plate glass windows, stranded
lake freighter, and a demoralized
street car service. No fatalities oc
curred in the city, but at Kennedy
Alonzo Dewey and his wife, an old
cduple, blinded by the storm, drove in
front of an Erie passenger ti-iti and
were killed.
Fishing Party Missing.
Chicago, Nov. 12. Seven men are
reported missing tonight as a result
of last night's storm on Lake Michi
gan. They left Chicago Saturday
morning for a fishing trip in a gaso
line launch and are believed to have
lost their lives.
EVERY REQUEST OF THE
PETITIONERS RECOGNIZED.
Utilities Commission Rules on Points
Raised at Hearing.
Hartford, Conn., Nov. 12. The pub
lic, utilities commission has reached a
decision on points raised during the
hearing on the Manchester trolley fare
by the petitioners for a ten cent fare
between Hartford and Manchester, in
stead of the present fifteen cent fare.
The chief point in the demand is that
the payment of five cents ror one por
tion of the fare under the zone sys
tem was not just to many residents of
Manchester, for the reason that the
distance for which the fare was paid
was very short.
Every request of the petitioners is
recognized by the commission. j
The commission in the order recites
just what the petitioners asked for,
ana specncally rules on each request.
The petitioners asked for the daily re
ports from the conductors and the
monthly report on the Hartford di- i books of the Journal company of Al
vision as made to the vice president: i bany, of which he is president, before
the stock books and treasurer's book ' the senate committee which is investi
of the Hartford, Manchester and Rock- gating Albany city and county affairs.
ville tramway line; the presence of
the auditor or representative of the
Connecticut company to testify . to
statements submitted by the then au
ditor to the railroad committee of the
legislatures in 1907 and 1909 pertain
ing to the Hartford and Manchester
line: the presence of Mr. Sage of
Harford, who testified in regard to
the daily reports of conductors: the
amount of the income from advertis
ing, hauling freight, handling mail,
and concessions at Laurel Park.
A CRISIS PENDING
IN THE CHURCHES.
A Pessimistic Address by Mayor W.
C. Fisher of Middletown.
Meriden, Conn., Nov. 12. 'Mayor W.
C. Fisher of Middletown delivered an
address at St. Paul's Universalisi
church this evening on the subject
Study of the Church" in the Social
Crisis." He emphasized :iie inadequa
cy or the political and civic qualities
existing in the churches of today and i
centered his remarks on a contrast
between Christianity and the present
conditions in reality. A crisis is pend
ing in the churches at this time, and
unless a change is brought at out this
nation will decline into 'i njirbarous
state, said Mayor Fisher. Tn denounc
ing the child labor sfystem in the fac
tories, the Middletown executive made
the broad statement that Connecticut
was doing more to perpetuate the evil
thany other northeastern s ate.
$8,000 Fire at Bassett House. Derby.
Derby, Conn., Nov. 12. Fire which
is supposed to have started from a de
fective flue this morning damaged the
Fassett tiouse here to the extent of
$3,000. There were not many guests in
the house and several of those that
were Bleeping there, including the ser
vants, had to be taken down by ladders.
ine building is owned by Frank O'Fla
herty, Jr., of Derby and John Godwin
o New Haven is the proprietor.
Feeling of Relief at Peking.
Peking, Nov. 12. Yuan Sh! Kai and
the government exchanged telegrams
this morning. Yuan has agreed to
come to Peking to discuss the situa
tion, but he adheres to his resolve not
to accept the premiership. The fact
that the man on whom the srovern-
ment deDends more than anvnnn al.
Cabled Paragraphs
Cape Town, Nov. 2. Fire was dis
covered yesterday on "the British'
steamer Melville, in port here from
Montreal, resulting in slight damage to
the cargo.
London, Nov. 12. King George and
Queen Mary left London yesterday for
Portsmouth to board the new liner
Medina, which will carry them to In
dia for the imperial durbar to be held
in Delhi next month.
Kiel, Germany, Nov. 12. The new
battleship which replaces the old Ha-
gen was launched yesterday in the
pnesence oi Lmperor William and Em
press Augusta Victoria and christen
ed Kaiserin by Princess Victoria Lou
ise.
Kingston," Jamaica, Nov. 12. Gov. of
Jamaica Sir Sidney Olivier, accom
panied by the principal officers of the
railway and public works, sailed yes
terday for Colon to inquire into the
influence which the completion of the
ranama canal la likely to have on Ja
maica.
Shields, England, Nov. 12. The
British steamer Fairport, which it
had been feared had foundered in a
storm after leaving Hamburg, on No
vember 1, was towed in here yesterday
by three trawlers. She was picked up
260 miles off this port, without coal
and drifting helplessly before a gale,
Berlin. Nov. 12. A public and semi
official rebuke has been administered
to Crown Prince Frederick William
through an inspired telegram from
Berlin published in the Cologne Ga
zette today and which fully confirms
the report that Emperor William rep
rimanded his son for having openly
demonstrated his approval of the at
tacks on the government's Moroccan
policy and the bellicose utterances in
the reichstag Thursday.
VERMONT MURDER
CAUSED BY GRIEF
Man Whcse Mind Was Unbalanced
Kills Fellow Workman.
St. Johnsbury, Vt., Nov. 12. His
mind unbalanced, it is believed; by the
recent death of his favorite daughter,
and by financial difficulties, Nathan C.
Kutterfield of Milford. N. H., today
shot and killed G. Cuthbert Williams of
York, Pa. Butterfield then turned the
revolver upon himself and accomplish
ed his suicide.
Two Were Co-workers.
For the past two years the men had
worked together at the United States
fish hatchery, where, Butterfield was
foreman and Williams a culturist.
Morose and Quick Tempered.
Folowing the death of Butterfield's
21 year old daughter at Milford last
month, it was noticed that he was
morose and quick of temper, but this
feeling was not manifested particular
ly against Williams, although Butter
field had been heard to complain that
he, as foreman, was given more menla!
tasks than was Williams.
Williams Shot from Behind.
Just before hoor today Butterfield
went to the hatchery, which Is located
about two miles outside the village,
and found Williams at work alone in
the stable. Investigation afterward
showed no signs of any struggle, and
as all of the four 'bullets which were
found in Williams body 'had entered
from behind it Is supposed that Butter
field shot his victim before the latter
knew of his presence. Butterfield then
apparentlv placed the revolver In his
i own mouth and fired, the bullet going
tnrougn nis neaa.
Both Men Leave Families.
The bodies were found during the
afternoon by Faulkner Carter, the 14
year old son of Superintendent Carter
of the hatchery. Williams' wife and
two young children live here. His fa
ther. Sysman Williams, is said to be a
prominent railroad attorney at York,
Pa. Butterfield leaves a wife and one
daughter in Milford, N. H., although
his horrnj for years was in Nashua. N.
H., where he was a motorman before
becoming connected with the LTnited
States fish hatchery here.
MUST SUBMIT BOOKS
AND ANSWER QUESTIONS
Superior Court Decision Is Against
William Barnes, Jr. ,
Albany. N. Y., Nov. 12. William
Barnes. Jr., chairman of the republi
can state committee, must produce the
and must answer certain questions
concerning his acquisition of stock in
the J. B. Lyon company within eight
days, according to a decision today by
Supreme Court Justice Joseph A. Kel
logg of Glens Falls.
.Unless Mr. Barnes complies with
the court's order or takes "such other
course as he may be advised," a war
rant will be issued committing him
to the Albany county jail.
Upon being advised today of Justice
Kellogg's decision, Mr. Barnes' attor-.
neys at once took steps to carry the
case to the higher courts.
BARGE IN DISTRESS
OFF FIRE
ISLAND
Revenue Cutter Reports, Weather Con
ditions Bad and Growing Worse.
New York, Nov. 12. A wireless mes
sage tonight from trie steamship How
ard said that she was standing by an
unidentified barge in distress with a
.Tew of fourteen men on board, tone
rni.,e e by ?u ,re y"an? CJtpZ
tfim Chase of the Howard said that
under the prevailing condition he was
rnahle to take off the crew of the
barge which was in bad shape and
urgently needed assistance. After the
Howard's master learned that assist
ance was on the way from New York
he proceeded on his voyage from Nor
folk to Boston.
Th'j revenue cutter Mohawk, which
started to the assistance of the im
perilled craft, reported by wireless on
her way out that the weather condi
tions were bad and were growing
worse as she proceeded.
CHURCHES CLOSED ON
ACCOUNT OF SMALLPOX
Dread Disease Raging in Pawtuxet
Valley, Rhode Island.
Providence, R. I., Nov. 12 The wide
spread prevalence of smallpox in the
Pawtuxet valley resulted today in the
closing of five" churches in the villages
of Quidnick. Anthony and Washing
ton, lying within the towns of Coven
try and Warwick. As a further pre
caution against any additional spread
of the disease, it was announced to
night that the mills of the Coventry
company, manufacturers of woolens,
who employ four hundred hands, will
be closed tomorrow.
Nearl ya score of additional cases
were reported today.
Richeson to
Plead Today
ACCUSED
SWER
CLERGYMAN TO
"NOT GUILTY."
AN-
ONE LINK STILL MISSING
Police Unable to Show How Poison
Was Delivered to Miss Linnell Miss
Edmands in Hiding in New York.
Boston, Nov.. 12. Tomorrow, a nionth
lacking a day since Avis Linnell s-as
found dead from cyanide of potassium,
which she had taken apparently as a
medicine. Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson,
to whom she had considered herself
engaged, will answer to the grand
jury's charge that it was he who fur
nished her with the fatal poison. In
the formal words "not guilty" the pas
tor of the Immanuel Baptist church of
Cambridge, who has spent the past
tnree weeks in Jail, is expected to reit
erate his innocence.
Date of Trial May Bo Set.
His arraignment in the superior
criminal court at 8.30 tomorrow morn
ing probably will be a very brief pro
ceeding. Its most immediate result, -ft
is believed, will be the announcement
of the date upon which the clergyman
will be placed on trial to allow the jury
to decide whether or not he, in the
words of the indictment which was re
turned Oct. 31, "did send, give and
convey to Miss Linnell in some manner
and way unknown, the poison, pretend
ing to her that it was a medicinal
preparation which would overcome her
condition."
Police Still Lack One Link.
Although the police have been quiet
ly at work since the return of the in-
dictment, it is understood that they are
still unable to declare certainly the
manner in which the poison reached
Miss Linnell. It is their contention
that the clergyman met the young
woman on the afternoon of Saturday,
Oct. 14, on the evening of which she
died.
Asked Minister to Marry Him.
The police say they have learned
that the clergyman had actually asked
a minister to marry him to Miss Lin
nell, on a date not fixed. This minister
was Rev. Edward S. Cotton of Brew
ster, a town near Hyannis, which was
the home of Miss Linnell and the scene
cf one of Mr. Rieheson's pastorates.
The Rev. Edward H. Cotton, a class
mate of Richeson at the Netvton The
ological seminary, aays that Rieheson
drove with Avis Linnell in a carriage
to the home of his father a year ago
last summer, that he told the elder
Cotton that they were, engaged and
that he wished the elder Cotton to per
form the marriage ceremony. The date
was left In abeyance. .
Senator Morse to Conduct Defense. ...
The accused clergyman's defense has
been organized as to the naming of
counsel and it is believed that the
court tomorrow will designate former
State Senator William A. Morse to
conduct the defense. Attorney John L.
Lee of Lynchburg, Va., who has been
retained by Mr. Rieheson's father, will
act with ex-Senator Morse.
MISS EDMANDS IN HIDING.
Rieheson's Fiancee Arrives in Hast
ings, N. Y., and Disappears Again.
New York, Nov. 12. Mystery sur
rounds the whereabouts of Miss Vio
let Edmands of Brookline, Mass.,
fiancee of the Rev. C. V. T. Richeson,
under indictment for the murder of
Avis Linnell. It is definitely known
that she arrived at Hastings on the
Hudson on Friday afternoon, but up
to a late hour nothing could be learn
ed as to her hiding place. Miss Ed
mands had been staying at Pomfret,
Conn., but left there when her identity
was discovered.
According-to a chauffeur. Miss Ed
mands arrived at Hastings on Friday
on the 2 o'clock train. She board
ed an automobile 'bus and told the
driver to take her to a place called
The Park, in Riverview, which Is oc
cupied by Norman Hapgood. She was
dressed in a dark suit and carried a
black Gladstone bag.
On several occasions during her ride
t the designated place she asked the
chauffeur how much further she had
to go. She appeared much perturbed
and entirely unfamiliar with her sur
roundings. When within a few blocks
tf the Park the chauffeur said she
told him she would walk the rest of
the distance. That was the last seen
of her.
Shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday
afternoon two trunks addressed to
Miss Edmands arrived at Hastings,
and were sent to the home of Mr. Hap
good. A reporter-called there shortly probable fracture of the skull. Erick
afierward and was met at the door son was arrested and released under
by Mrs. Kapgood, who emphatically j $500 furnished by Mr. Pierson.
denied that there was any one named !
Miss Edmanas staying there.
BRIDGEPORT MAN MEETS
DEATH AT NEW HAVEN.
Knocked Down by a Trolley Car and
His Skull Fractured.
New Haven, Conn., Nov. 7. John
Lillas of 98 Sheridan street, Bridge
port, was struck and almost instantly
killed today by a trolley car. He had
been attending a football game here
and was on his way to the railroad
station.. He got off the tralley car he
was on and started to run for. the sta
tion, and ran directly ti front of a
second car, which struck him, iractur
ing his skulL He was taken to a. local
hospital, where ir died in a few min
utes. He was 28 years old and single.
ITALIAN ARTILLEY PUTS
1,300 ARABS TO FLIGHT.
Demonstration Before Meeri and Bou
meliana Was Shortlived.
. Tripoli, Nov. 12. Thirteen hundred
Arabs at 6 o'clock this morning made
a demonstration before Mesrl and
Boumeliana, but they withdrew short
ly in the face of a furious rifle and
artillery fire from the trenches and
warships.
Italian Demonstration in Aegean Sea.
.Paris, Nov. IS. The Tonps Rome
correspondent learns, from what he
says is an authoritative ssurce. that
Italy will make a demonstration on a
big scale in the Aegean Sea and along
the Turco-Asiatlc coast tomorrow'
Auto Kills Tewkebury Woman.
Wilmington, Mass., . N r. 12. Mrs.
Ruth Kittridfe. 75 yeirs old, of
Tewksbury, who was struck last night
by an automobile cont'nitK hree
young men, died of her Injuries ot
day. The 'police have not ye- ideated
the automobile or its ocoupanta.
Rodgers Has
Terrible Fall
AVIATOR DROPS 125 FEET INTO
PLOUGHED FIELD.
UNCONSCIOUS A LONG TIME
Badly Burned and Bruised, But Suffer
ed No Permanent Injury Severe
Pain in Side Hie Machine a Wreck.
Los Angeles, Nov. 12, In attempting
a flight today from Pasadena to Long
Beach, officially to end his Atlantic
Pacific Journey, Aviator C. P. Rodgers
met with the worst mishap of his ca
reer. He fell with his machine 123
feet into a plowed field, halfway be
tween the two cities and within sight
of his destination.
Rendered Unconscious.
Though no bones were broken, he
was rendered unconscious. He was
badly shaken, his lace was scratched
and torn, his hands were burned by
his motor and he complained of a se
vere pain in his side. His machine
was utterly wrecked.
Rescued by Automobilist.
An automobilist who saw Rodgers
fall dragged him out from under the
wreck of his wrecked biplane and
carried him to the office of a physi
cian at Compton, two miles away.
Too Dazed to Talk.
Rodgers was still unconscious when
Mrs. Rodgers and her mother, Mrs. R.
S. Sweitzer, who had been awaiting
his -arrival at Long Beach, reached
Compton. Later he partially regained
his senses, but was still too dazed to
talk of the Niccident. He was put
aboard the special train which his
wife and mother had chartered for the
run up from Long Beach, and taken
to his hotel at Pasadena
No Permanent Injury.
After an examination his physician
announced that he would suffer no
permanent injury.
NEW YORK STREETS ARE
LITTERED WITH GARBAGE
Disinfectants to Be Used in Interest
of the Public Health.
New York. Nov. 12. New York
streets' have become so littered with
piles of garbage as the result of the
street cleaners' strike that tomorrow
Street Cleaning Commissioner Ed
wards will begin the use of disinfect
ants. The strike has been in progress
four days.
Commissioner Edwards' decision was
made after a tour of the city with Dr.
"Ernest J. Lederle, commliiBioner of
health, who feared that conditions
were such as to menace public health.
Dr. Lederle said he found conditions
on the East Side "pretty bad," but
ho was confident that Commissioner
Edwards would be able to restore nor
mal conditions in two or three days.
Rain, which is falling tonight, is
expected to flush much of the refuse
away, but It was apparent today that
it was accumulating faster than the
inadequate force of strikebreakers
could remoe it. On many streets de
tectives were patrolling the roofs to
prevent the throwing of missiles while
the street cleaners were at work.
Drivers of one string cf-cars were
thrown into a panic by the -explosion
of a bomb on an upper East Side street
believed to have been exploded by a
boy. No one was injured, however.
Commissioner Edwards complained to
night that he was hampered by the '
ianure or various employment agen
cies to furnish enough strike breakers.
He said he needed over 5,000 men and
that there were only 709 men at work
today.
A MIDDLETOWN BOY
RUN DOWN BY AN AUTO.
Eight Year Old Elmer Hirtman Like
ly to Die of, His Injuries-
Middletown, Conn., Nov. 12. Elmer
Kartman, eight years old, son of Wil
liam Hartman, of 40 Portland street.
stepped in front of-an automobile on
the Cromwell road today and was
knocked down, receiving injuries that
will orobablv Drove fatal The machine
which struck the boy is owned 'by Mar-
Tin neraon oi rsnstoi anu was anvn
by his chauffeur, John Erickson.
When Hartman stepped in front of
the machine the lamp on the right side
struck him. throwing him under the
machine, which was stopped before it
passed over him. He was placed in
the automobile and taken to a local
hospital, where he lies unconscious
with concussion of the brain end
VETERANS' STATE AID
LAW MAY BE TESTED.
Connecticut Veterans Likely to Take
Question to Supreme Court.
New Haven, Conn.. Nov. 12. State
Department Commander R. J. Cutbill
o South Norwalk. who inspected the
Grand Army posts here last night, re
grets that the attorney general has de
clared the veterans state aid law to be
uncertain constitutionally. He believed
that some of the veterans would take
steps to test the status of the law
tefore the supreme court.
HER LOVE LIKE JELLYFISH'S.
Pastor Admits He So Called His Wife'
Affection.
Philadelphia. Nov. 12. The Rev.
Haward L. Guss, of Selinsgrove, Pa.,
yesterday filed a hill of particulars In
the county court in the divorce suit
begn by his wife, Mrs. Emily W. War
ner Guss, of Ardmore, last May.
The preacher admits that at times
he was compelled to upbraid his wife
because the meals were irregular, and
that on one occasion there was too
much soda In the cakes prepared ex
pressly for him. He also confessed
that he said that her love "resembled
that of a Jellyfrsh." .
Mr. Guss asserts that his wife often
suffered from "brooding spells," and
that in his efforts to rally her at these
times he made the comparison charg
ed against him that "her love resem
bled that of a jellyfish." He explains
that the comparison was a figure of
speech to illustrate "lack of firmness
and consistency."
The Rev. Mr. Guss courted his wife
while he was a student in Princeton
university, and soon after his entrance
into the ministry he married another
woman, who died several years ago.
Some time later the preacher accident
ally met Miss Warner, and the inter
rupted courtship of fifteen years be
fore waa resumed.
Condensed Telegrams
Goidon Kaufman, a baker of Read
ing, Pa., was shot and killed by jut
g lars.
New England Missionaries at Nan
king have hem forced to flee to
Shanghai. - "
The Cornse of an Unknown Man
with a buliet in the head was found
in a well at Allquippa, Pa.
The Will of Fra.ik T, Howard
New Orleans bequeaths $10,000
Washington and Lee university.
The Progressive Republicans of Col
erado have completed an organization
una indorsed LuFollette tor president-
Whiskey in Solid Form is now be
ing sold in prohibition Kansas. Only
the liquid is under the ban of the
law.
Niw York Has Not the Power to
prevent women from smoking in pub
lic phices, in the belief of Corpora
tion Counsel Watson.
A Special Board Has Been appoint
ed by Secretary Meyer to consider de
tails for the amalgamation of the pay
and construction corps oL the navy.
Mrs. Alexander B. White of Paris
Tc-nn., Saturday was elected president
general of the United Laughters of
the Confederacy on the second ,bal
lot.
Charged With the Larceny of $10,100
from .Mrs. Susan jm. Donwell ot Ames
bury, Richard L. Freeman, a Boston
stockbroker, was held in $10,000 for
trial.
Hearings of a Civ'l Suit before
Judge Walter Bordwell at Los An
Seles, Cal., supplanted the McNamara
murder trial at featurday s brief ses
sion of court.
An Inquiry Into the constitutional
ity of the long and short haul provis
ion of the Interstate commerce act will
result from the Injunction in the Pa
cific coast rate cases.
Representative Stanley of Kentucky
favors breaking vhe so-called paper
trust by permitting free importation
of wood pulp and print paper tram
Germany, Norway and Sweden.
For the Coinage and Subsidiary
money-. Director of the Mint Roberts
has purchased 100,000 ounces of eil
ver for the Denver mint and a slm
ilar amount for San Francisco.
Claiming That Hie Eyesight was
ruined by wood alcohol contained
brandy he bcught from Wolf Frank
enstein, a New York saioor keeper, Jo
seph Goldberg has brought 'suit for
23,000.
Cardinal Designate William H
O'Connell sailed Saturday for Rome
to attend the consistory at which he
and Cardinals-designate Jarly and
Falconio will be elevated on Novem
ber 27th.
Chinese Student Clubs of twelve
universities and colleges throughout
the United States sent President Tafi.
a resolution Frte,tln8' against sug
gested foreign interference in the Chi
nese i-evolution.
Addresses by Some of the Most
prominent bankers and financiers in
the country will feature the ennuul
convention of tha American Bankers'
association to ''"be held at New Or
leans November 20 to 24.
Champ Clark, Speaker of the na
tional house of representatives, was
endorsed for the nomination for pres
ident in 1912 by the democratic con
vention of the Seventh Kansas con
gressional district Saturday.
The Discovery That There Are near
ly 10o cases of smallpox In the towns
of Coventry and Warwick, R. I., was
made Saturday by Dr. G. T. Swarm,
secretary of the state board of health,
who made a visit to the district.
The Androscoggin Anti-Tuberculosis
Association of Maine will start at once
subscriptions to a fund for establish
ing and permanently maintaining
a "William P. Frye Sanatorium" for
the treatment of tubercular patients.
Bridgeport Was Struck by a fierce
wind and rainstorm early Inst night,
but little damage was done along the
harbor front. The tide was htshest
in years and several thousand people
gathered ex Seaside park to watch It.
Charles P. Taft, brother of Presi
dent Taft, is the largest cotton grow
er In Texas. If not in the south. He
produced upon his ranch this year
4.500 bales of five hundred lbs. each.
The value, including seed, is about
$250,000.
Despondent Because She Had Been
Arrested, Mary Cognac-k, 23 years old,
of Waterbury, attempted suicide in the
New Haven police Rtatlon yesterday
by drinking a disinfectant which she
found on the floor. She Is expected
to recover.
Attacking an Armed Burglar with
no better weapon than his hands.
Wi-liam Newman, a negro butler,
saved the contents of the silver cab
inet in the home of Rear Admiral F.
M. Ramsey, U.S.N., at Washington, on
Saturday.
The Commission Appointed by the
supreme court of the United States
in 1907 to settle the long drawn out
controversy over the boundary be
tween Mary'antJ 'and West Virginia
has completed Its worlc and submitted
Us report to that tribunal for final
action.
The White House Is Occupied Again.
President Taft quitted his private car
yesterday morning at 8.45, and 15 min
utes later the doors or trie executive
mansion had opened for h.im. .It was
his first ca'I there since August 22, ex
cepting only a stop between trains two
weeks ago.
Waiter l Houser, chairman of the
progressive republican campaign com
mittee, has appealed through circular
letter to the chairman of every re
publican state committee In the Unit
ed States, urging that steps be taken
to insure a republican presidential
primary in each state.
Adolph Kr4hl, whose home in New
Haven and who disappeared from Tor.
rington on August 1, has returned . He
says there was nothing mysterious In
his disappearance. He went as far
west as Spokane, he aays, but does
not give any particular reason to those
outside his family as to why he dis
appeared. Gambling Will Kill College Football.
New Haven, Conn., Nov. J2. That If
gambling waa not stopped there would
le no Yale-Harvard football game ten
years from now was predicted in a
sermon bv Rev. John W. Hoax, pastor
ot th Calvary Baptist church, today,
Pastor Jump
Says Farewell
ALSO MAKES SUNDRY REMARKS
IN HIS FINAL SERMON.
"A POLITE RELIGIOUS CLUB
Retiring New Britain Clergyman
Enumerates Types of Churches
Which Will Be Cast Out by the Lord.
New Hr'tain, Conn., Nov. J 2. Mem
bers of the congregation of the M-iutli
Congregational church of this plac
are tonight actively discuss. n-r tiio
farewell sermon preached ty its pas
tor. Rev. Herbert Jump, at the morn
ing eivlce todfay. Rev. Mr. Jump,
who has been pastor of the church for
the past years, and is leaving to
assume charge of a church In Oak
land, Cal., toulc occasion in his morn
ing Mention to say that the Lord
would sooner or later cast out as hii
unprofitable -servant that church which
was prouder of its organ and brown
stone front than of the poor who
sought It.
Preached the Gospel of Christ.
In opening his remarks Mr. Jump
said that for the past two years ho
had preached the gospel of a minis
tering Christ and that in proclaiming
his message some of the congregation
had not agreed with him and somo of
them were oflieers in the church. Con
tinuing, he said:
Prouder of Organ Than Poor People.
"When a church cares more for re
spectability than for humble service;
when it is prouder of its organ and
brownstone front than it is of its poor
people who seek its pews for wor
ship; when it regards itself a polite
religious club, with its clergyman an
errand boy to do its bidding, rather
than a regiment marching into battle
wun its minister heading the charge
and giving the strategy of the cam
paign; whenever the power of money
dominates its policies and restraints
are placed on the lips of the preacher
lest he champion too frankly and too
earnestly the cause of the laboring
man; when It cares more for its dig
nity and size than for the breadth of
its influence in the city; when it con
gratulates upon thrift of management
rather than upon the lavishness with
which it spends itself in pushing for
ward every good work for. the king
dom of God; when It follows conven
tional precedents so vigorously that
it dare not fling wide open its doors
to the"' common people and appeal to
them with an evangel put in alien
terms that It attracts; in short, it is
a church that eventually forgets In
practice If not In theory the example of
the Master and allows Itself to be ad-
adiriinlRtered unto rather than a church
that ministers then the days of the
church are numbered. Unless it re
pents and brings itself egaln into har
mony with the froe, democratic, ocln
gospel of Jesus Christ as recorded In
the New Testament the Iord will
sooner or later cast mat cnurcn out
as an unprofltablo servant."
Time for Fasting and Prayer.
At the conclusion of the above re
marks he said:
'I hasten to add In thess phrases
I have not attempted to describe any
particular church, least of all tha
South church. I have merely said thut
if il church Is falling In any or all
of those lines it needs to consider itn
own case most seriously. You know,"
he said, "your own church better than
You know If any of these charge
could be brought against your church.
Against the church as a whole or any
single person in the church. If them
s any danger of their being true. It ia
time for fasting and prayer."
Not to Be Frightened.
In closing he said: "Some of yon
have not, been sparing in your speech
In public or private or sparing in crlt-
cism of me and my work. I am not
to be frightened out of my convic
tions."
HUSBAND ACCUSES A
PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER
Trenton Man Says tha Rev. Mr. Kelt-
meyer Wrote Love Notea to Wife.
Trenton, N. J., Nov. 12. The name
of tile Rev. Egidus Kellmnyer, now of
Chester, I'a.. but formarly of Titua-
vllle, N. J, plays a prominent part
in the answer filed In the court, of
hancery by William F. Van Arsdale,
of this city, to the suit for mainten
ance Hiid support instituted by his
wife, Mary E. Van Arsilale. The Rev.
Mr. Kellmeyer, who Is a Presbyterian
minister, left these parts about a year
go.
In his answering affidavits Mr, Van
Arsdale asserts that he found a torn
letter which caused his wife to strug
gle with him when he pieced It to
gether. Tlie latter was dated from
Pitman Grove, July 2, 1807, and la
said to have read as follows:
"My Dear, Sweet Girl: I would like
to arrange a meeting in Philadelphia
next week, dearie. E. Kellmeyer."
eThe husband charges that the wife
and the minister had clandestine meet
ings in Titusville.
Brotherhood of St. And.-w.
New Haven, Conn., Nov. 12. Th
Connecticut assembly of the l.'rother
hodd of St. Antirew has chosen its f
flcttrs for the ensuing yea- aa follows:
President, F. J. Smith, Nr Haven;
vice president, v Harold J. E1 wards,
Bridgeport; secretary, P. T. Vibert,
Meriden; treasurer, A. T, ifnlbrook.
New Haven. The chaplain r Rev. O.
T. Paine of St. Paul'a church, this
city. The assembly has been holding
its annual session here and at: ended
communion in a body at Chrlec ihurcli
today.
Dr. Finney Considering.
Baltimore, Nov. 12. Regarding the
report that he had been formally of
fered the presidency at Princeton uni
versity. Dr. J. M. T. Finney of tho
surgical staff of Johns Hopkins hos
pital said today that It was simply it
matter of making up bis mind what
to do. He did not expect, however, to
reach a decision for some time.
Touch of Winter Tnit Week.
Washlnrton, Nov. 12. A touch of
winter will be felt over pra;tl?ally the
entire country this weak, and there
will be many sudden chaige In tho
weather, according to the weekly fore
cast issued by the weather bureau to
night. State Get Collection of Coins.
Hartford, Nov. 12 Under the will of
the late Joseph C. Slltchclson of Tar
NTville, filed in the Fimstniry probe. m
district today, the famoue collection
of coins owned bjf the tetator will be-
come the property at