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WEDDED BENEATH A BOWER OF ROSES
Less Than 100 Guests Witness Marriage of Miss
Helen M. Gould and Finley J. Shepard
ROPE OF PEARLS ONCE WORN BY AN EMPRESS
Gift From Bride's Mother Adorned Her Neck Bride Carried
Modest Bouquet of Lilies of the Valley Given Away by
Her Brother Many Loving Cups Among Gifts Bow
ery Boys Cheer For Bride at Supper Tendered Them.
Tarrytown, N. Y Jan. 22. Miss
Helen Miller Gould was married at
12.30 o'clock this afternoon at Lynd
liurst, her country estate, to Finley
Johnson Shepard, an American railroad
man.
The bride went to an altar half hid
den by roses, trailing asparagus for
jnosa and great banks of palms on the
arm of her brother, George J. Gould,
who gave her in marriage. An orches
tra, screened by masses of flowers
in the music room, played the Lohen
grin wedding march, while the Rev.
Daniel D. Russell, pastor of the Irv
ington Presbyterian church, performed
the ceremony. Helen and Dorothy
Gould, nieces of Miss Gould, stood with
her. Garbed in pale pink satin, they
acted as flower girls and were her only
attendants. Louis J. Shepard, brother
cf the groom, was best man. ,
Carried Lilies of the Valley.
The couple stood during the cere
mony beneath a bower of American
beauty roses with festoons of grey
white asparagus reaching almost to the
ground. The bride carried a modest
bouquet of lilies of the valley, her
favorite flower.
A rope of exquisite pearls, said to
liave once adorned the neck of Jose
phine, Empress of France, and a pear
shaped diamond pendant, the latter the
bridegroom's gift, were the only jew
elry worn by the bride. The pearls
were a bequest from Miss Gould's
mother.
Gown of Duchess Ivory Satin.
The wedding gown was of duchess
Ivory satin, with a sweeping train
three and a half yards long, trimmed
with duchess and rose point lace and
with seed pearl embroidery. The lace
and veil were the gifts of the Duchess
de Tallyrand, formerly Miss Anna
Gould, the bride's sister. The veil
was held with a spray of orange blos
pom and swept in flowing lines to
the end of the long train.
Orange blossoms also caught up the
lace at the sides of the skirt. The
bride's slippers corresponded with the
frown, and were trimmed with small,
rosettes of .orange blossoms.
Less Than 100 Present.
Each of the little flower girls car
ried a basket of pink roses, which
matched their gowns. Their stockings
were of white silk, their slippers white
and mounted with goldetn butterfly
buckles. The bride handed to Dorothy
her bouquet of lilies of the valley while
the bridegroom placed the ring upon
her finger.
Less than 100 persons were bidden
to the ceremony. They Included close
relatives of the bride and the bride
erroom and friends of long standing.
Chief among the bride's presents
were:
A corsage pin consisting of a bow
knot of diamonds and rare pearls with
a huge marquise diamond set in plat
inum and surrounded by pearls sus
pended by strands of pearls so ar
ranged as to give a ribbon effect four
inches in length, from Mr. and Mrs.
George J. Gould; a long fan chain of
diamonds from Air. and Mrs. Edwin
Gould: an Imported Ivory statue
"Honor," from Howard Gould; a chain
necklace of pearls, diamonds and em
eralds from- which swung pendants of
diamonds and emeralds, from Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Jay Gould.
Numerous Loving Cups,
Officers of the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad gave a silver pitcher and
tray. The enlisted men of the United
States Atlantic fleet gave a gold lov
ing cup. A silver loving cup came
from the enlisted men and officers of
the Atlantic reserve fleet.
Loving cups cams also from the 1
COMMITTEE INSISTS ON
EXAMINING ROCKEFELLER
Chairman Pujo Makes Vigorous Pro
testA Stormy Session,
"Washington. Jan. 22. An attempt to
alter the money trust committee's de
cision to insist upon an examination
of "William Rockefeller, despite his
physical condition, was defeated today
in a rather stormy executive session
of the committee. Against the wishes
of Chairman Pujo, the committee re
iterated its decision directing him and
Counsel Samuel Untermyer to make
arrangements for Mr. Rockefeller's ex
amination. Chairman Pujo announced after the
executive session that ha would ar
range with the counsel for Mr. Rocke
feller and endeavor to make the ex
amination as soon as the committee
concludes its oral hearings. He said
he would probably visit Mr. Rockefel
ler with Mr. TTntermyer, next week.
Mr. Rockefeller is now at Palm Beach.
Fla.
The incident was reopened by the
appearance of Dr. Walter F. Chappell,
personal physician to Mr. Rockefeller,
who Verified bis affidavit setting forth
that an examination of his patient
might cause serious physical results.
ADVISED CLIENT
TO LEAVE STATE.
Lawyer Indicted for Attempt to Block
Police Investigation.
New Tork, Jan. 22. Edward J. New
ell, a lawyer, is charged with having
bribed his former client, George A.
Slpp, to leave the Jurisdiction of the
New York courts when "he was wanted
some time ago as a witness against
the police, in an indictment handed
down against Newell thia afternoon by
the special grand Jury investigating
vice in New Tork.
Newell surrendered to the district
attorney and was given until next
Monday to enter a plea. Inasmuch as
he had been a member of the bar for
the past 26 years, his bail was fixed at
only $1,000, His alleged advice to Sipp
was - rejected, and Sipp, who was a
former hotel keeper, has testified sev
eral times before the grand Jury con
cerning his dealings with the police.
President Ernest Fox Nichols of
Dartmouth college announced last
night at the 49th annual dinner of
the New Tork Alumni association here
a gift of $75,000, from P, D. Stewart
mt St. Albans, Me, to ths oetieg-e.
, commander-in-chief and officers of the
Atlantic fleet, the soldiers at Fort
Monroe Va., and the enlisted men of
the Twenty-ftinth infantry at Govern
or's Island. The railroad Young Men's
Christian association of the western
lines, in which the bride and her fam
ily are interested sent a jewel box and
clock, the former a model of Jay
Gould's private car, Atalanta, the lat
ter a model of the railroad Y. M. C. A.
building in St. Louis.
Mrs. Russell Sage's gift was a point
lace kerchief, which the bride carried
during the wedding ceremony.
After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.
Shepard remained at Lyndhurst.
Elaborate Marriage Certificate.
The marriage certificate which the
Rev. Daniel Russell, pastor of the Irv
ington Presbyterian church had pre
pared to present to the bride after
the wedding was unusually elaborate
and interesting. The certificate is of
sheepskin, illuminated and lettered by
Miss Lucille Townsend, librarian at
Irvington, after a special design made
in New York. The certificate bears
this verse from the fifth chapter of
Ephesians:
"Let everyone of you in particular
so love his wife, even as himself, and
the wife see that she reverence her
husband."
Will Continue Philanthropies.
In various ways it has been inti
mated that the philanthropic work in
which Miss Gould has been prominent
since she came into millions left by
her father is not in the least to be
affected by their marriage. The for
tune which she inherited was about
$10,000,000. and, notwithstanding her
large gifts to the Young Men's Chris
tian association, which she has pro
moted in the army and navy and
many other varied benefactions, it has
been estimated that she has nearly
trebled her wealth by investment,
mainly in railroads in which the fam
ily has been prominent. Miss Gould
is now 44 years old. She was 24 when
her father died and when she was
called upon to decide' whether it
should be society or business, philan
thropy and a quiet life, she chose the
latter combination.
The Groom Connecticut Boy.
Mr. Shepard is one year older than
his bride. While making his wa.y
steadily upward in responsible rail
road executive offices he has given
much of his time to books and music
as well as tennis and golf and row
ing. His father, the Rev. P. L. Shep
ard, died recently in his eighty-eighth
year. His mother is still living in
Connecticut and is 88 years old.
CHEERED FOR BRIDE.
Fifteen Hundred Hungry Bowery Boys
Show Their Gratitude,
New York, Jan. 22. Fifteen hundred
"Bowery mission boys" had roast beef,
turnips, bread, coffee and apple pie
for supper tonight, the gift of Helen
Miller Gould in honor of her marria-ge
to Finley J .Shepard. In groups of
several hundred the "boys" formed in
lines on the sidewalks near the mis
sion, , rushed hungrily into the tables
and after eating their fill, united in
resolutions of thanks to Miss Gould
for her "beautiful act in remembering
us in this most auspicious moment, of
her earthly career."
The diners cheered a message of en
couragement from Governor Sulzer.
Everybody hurrahed when a speaker
said that their benefactor "instead of
thinking about her trousseau and hats
and gowns, as other brides do, was
thinking of you men."
HAZARDVILLE TO LOSE
THE POWDER MILLS
Nearly 100 Explosions Have Occurred
Since They Located There.
Hazardville, Conn., Jan. 22. Word
was received here today from officials
of the Hercules Powder company of
Wilmington, Del., that operations at
the local branch will be suspended in
defintely. Officials here generally re
garded this order as the end of pow
der making In this town.
It Is believed that the order ia the
direct result of the recent explosion
which killed two men, injured several
more, and destroyed four of the prin
cipal mills.
The making of powder in Hazard
ville began in 1835 and since that time,
there have been nearly 100 explosions
and 70 persons have been killed. Up
until a few years ago, about 125 hands
were employed, but in 1903 the mak
ing of blasting powder was discon
tinued, reducing the number of hands.
For" the past few years 13 mills, em
ploying about 30 hands, have been
engaged in making powder for sport
ing purposes only.
STEAM ROLLER USED At"
BANKERS' CONVENTION.
Wisconsin Bank President's Assertion
to House Committee,
Washington, Jan. 22. That endorse
ment of the national monetary com
mission's banking and currency plan
was forced through the American
Bankers' association convention in
New, Orleans by "steam roller" meth
ods, with a great majority of the mem
bers unfamiliar with the plan, was
charged today before the house cur
rency reform committee by Andrew J.
Frame, president of the Waukesha,
Wis.. National bank. ilr. Frame de
clared that the American Bankers' as
sociation for years had been, a "elose
corporation," controlled by ten- or
twelve men. At the New Orleans
meeting, he said, a dozen speeches were
made in favor of the commission's
plan, but those who desired to oppose
it were kept off the programme.
Old Soldier Dies Suddenly.
South NerwaTk, Conn., Jan, 22.
James MeCready, aged 79, an inmate
at the soldiers' heme at Noroton, died
suddenly in a local restaurant tonight
ae-he was eating. Medical Examiner
Coburs was called and said death was
due to fceart diattas
Cabled Paragraphs
Germany's Now Army Bill,
Berln, Jari! 22. The Frankfurter
Zeitung says that the new army bill
will be laid before the reichstag at the
present session'. No details are given
respecting the measure.
To Produce Artificial Rain.
Berlin, Jan. 22. An appropriation to
assist private experimenters in Ger
many - to produce artificial rain was
asked for in a resolution passed by
the imperial parliament today and ad
dressed to the German government.
Largest Battleship Afloat.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, Jan
22. The largest and most powerful
"battleship afloat, tha Brazilian su
perdreadnought Rio de Janeiro, was
launched from the slips . at Elswick
today.
$1,500,000 Loan for Santo'Domingo.
Santo Domingo, Jan. 22. The gov
ernment has accepted the terms of the
banking house of Santiago Michelomia
of .Santo Domingo City for a loan of
$1,500,000. The loan was voted by the
national congress and sanctioned by
the United States government.
British Steamer Wrecked.
Liverpool, Jan. 22. The British
steamer Ulstermore from Baltimore,
January 9 for Liverpool, is a wreck
in the river Mersey. She ran aground
today and refused assistance from a
lifeboat. A heavy gale blew up and
in the high seas the vessel bumped
badly.
Flood Drowns 350 Pilgrims.
Suakim, Egypt, Jan. 22. Three hun
dred and fifty Mohammedan pilgrims
from India to Mecca were drowned to
day by a flood which overwhelmed
the entire caravan at its encampment
midway between the Sacred city of
Medina. Arabia, and the port of Yem
bo, on the Red Sea.
Morel Favors Reciprocity.
Paris, Jan. 22. The new French
minister of the colonies, Jean Morel,
declared himself today in favor of
trade reciprocity between France and
her colonies, the introduction of which
would mean the free entry of colonial
products into France and French
products into her colonies instead of
the half duty nowyimposed on those
imports.
WORN OUT HORSES AND
FILIPINO TEAMSTERS
Gen. Funston Says They Lower Effi
ciency of Army in Philippines.
Washington, Jan. 22. Worn out
cavalry horses and inefficient Fili
pino teams efs would--prove a menace
to American success in the event of a
campaign in China or the Philippines,
in the opinion of Brigadier General
Frederick Funston, commanding the
department of Luzon, of the Philip
pine division of the army.
Discussing these questions in His an
nual report, General Funston says.
"The recent substitution of many of
the American teamsters by Filipinos,
on the score of - economy, is from the
standpoint of efficiency, most regret
table." He points out that even where Fil
ipino drivers have the courage, they
lack self confidence, strength and skill
so that they will plunge down a bank
and Into a stream "with a fatalism
characteristic of their race, trusting
more in their mules to get through
somehow than in their own efforts to
control them."
SUES FOR $150,000 FOR
LOSS OF BOTH HANDS.
Woman Severely Burned by Pulling
Chain on Electric Light.
Suffleld, Conn., Jan. 22. Deputy
Sheriff George Woodruff today began
serving papers on the Northern Con
necticut Light and Power company
and the Southern New England Tele
phone company in a suit for $150,000
damages brought by Miss Gertrude M.
Gariety of this town, who was severe
ly burned by electricity in her home
on Dec. 27 last.
It is alleged in the suit that a high
tension wire owned by the light and
power company became crossed with a
telephone wire and that when Miss
Gariety pulled the chain on an electric
light, at the same time touching a
metallic substance with her other hand,
a short circuit was caused, burning her
severely.
She is still in a Springfield hospital,
recovering from the "effects of the am
putation of both hands below the el
bow. SENATE PASSES BILL
OF SENATOR M'LEAN
Provides for Protection of Migratory
Game and Insectivorous Birds.
Washington, Jan. 22. Without dis
sent the senate today passed the bill
of Senator McLean of Connecticut,
providing for the protection of mi
gratory game and insectivorous birds.
The bill places under the protection of
the government all wild geese, wild
swan, brant, wild ducks, snipe, plover,
woodcock, rail, wild pigeons and other
birds which in- their northern and
southern migrations pass through or
do not remain permanently the entire
year within the borders of any state or
territory. The birds could not be des
troyed or taken contrary to regulations
to be drawn by the department of ag
riculture which would provide for open
and closed seasons. '
FILIBUSTER AGAINST
LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Successful Effort to Keep Committee
Report from the House.
Washington, Jan. 22. Opponents of
the house bill passed by the senate
to appropriate $2,000,000 for a memo
rial structure to Abraham Lincoln in
Potomac park here, conducted a suc
cessful filibuster late today against the
submission of a favorable committee
report on the measure. Adjournment
finally was forced and Representative
Garner of Texas, gave notice that par
liamentary technicalities would be ex
hausted to prevent the report getting
before the house next Wednesday.
Earlier in the day President Taft
had conferred with thirty or more re
publican members of the house and
urged them to support the senate bill,
FOR PROTECTION OF
VERMONT FARMERS
Foreign Creamery Associations Must
File a $5000 Bond,
Montpelier, Vr., Jan. 22. Vermont
has undertaken to seeure to the farm.
ers prompt payment for milk' sold to
foreign creamery associations.
By a bill signed by Governor
Fletcher today sueh companies doing
business in the state wili be required
to file with the secretary of state a
bond of $5,060 from whieh collection
will be made of 'accounts not settled
by the 5th of the month following that
in whieh they were eonitraotad.
A Big Cut On
Cotton Goods
TARIFF MAY BE REDUCED TO
5 PER CENT. - .
ON THE COMMON CLOTH
Manufacturers Make Protest to Ways
and Means Committee "Won't Ben
efit Consumer," Says One of Them.
Washington, Jan. 22. The tariff on
cotton manufactures may be cut to a'
minimum ad valorem as low as 5 per
cent. The minimum under the Under
wood bill that was .pressed by the
democrats in the h,6use in 1911 and
1912, and that-so far stands as the
tentative basis of the democratic cot
ton revision programme, is 15 per cent.
This was the development today after
the ways and means committee had
heard witnesses representing both the
northern and southern cotton industry.
The hearing room was crowded all day
with the manufacturers, importers and
others interested in the revision plan j
under which the democratic leaders
contend that the burden resting upon
the people owing to the cost of cotton
clothing will be reduced by more than
$80,000,000.
Southerners Proposed 10 Per Cent.
The American Association of Cofton
Manufacturers, dominated by the
southern mill owners, went on record
for a compromise reduction. In a
schedule presented by its former presi
dent, Lewis W. Parker, of Greenville,
N. C, who was accompanied by a com
mittee of the association, rates were
proposed that dropped the minimum ad
valorem to 10 per cent.
The Contemplated Schedule.
The schedule whieh will figure in the
committee's consideration plan pro
vides these ad valorem rates: Cotton
cloth, varying grades, calico; sheeting
and plain weaves, from 10 to 30 per
cent, when made in gray entirely of
single yarns, and 15 to 40 per cent,
when advanced in stage by bleaching,
dyeing, mercerizing or other process;
cotton cloth of fancy or figured weaves
of any . description, cords, stripes,
checks, gauze or composed of two-ply
or more yarns, 15 to 40 per cent, in the
gray, and 20 to 40 per cent, when "ad
vanced;" cotton cloth of jacquard
weave in the gray, 25 to 45 per cent.,
and "advanced," 30 to 50; different
classes of cotton cloth composed of
bleached, dyed, colored or mercerized
yarns, 15 to 50 per cent.; single yarns
in the gray, 10 to 35; in "advance," 15
to 40 per cent.
Northern Manufacturers Protest.
Members of the . committee favor
cutting the cotton manufactures rates
as low as these lower figures sug
gested and some of the committee are
insistent upon as low as 5 per cent,
on such more common cotton cloth as
calico, sheeting and plain weaves.
The northern manufacturers took is
sue with the suggested reductions, al
though conceding that they might be
able to 3tand a cut in their profits.
"You may succeed from a revenue
standpoint," urged Simon B. Chase of
Fall River, Mass., representing large
New England mill interests, "but you
are not going to accomplish what you
think you are going to as to benefiting
the consumer."
SECOND TERM SOMETIMES
SEEMS TO BE NECESSARY.
Taft Urges Continuance of Effort for
Certain Legislation.
Washington, Jan. 22. President Taft
in an address at the banquet of the
National Chamber of Commerce here
tonight urged that the organization
use its influence among the commercial
bodies of the country for renewed life
for several matters of national legisla
tion which he declared were the most
important now before the people of the
country. The president asked espe
cially for adequate and comprehensive
currency legislation and support for
the economy and efficiency commis
sion. In addition he urged that the
organization take up the question of
the extension of the civil service to
all local appointive offices in the gov
ernment service. He appealed also for
increased efficiency of the consular
service.
The president, referring to the ap
proaching end of his administration,
said that more time was necessary, in
order that the guiding influence of an
administration might be brought to a
successful conclusion.
"I'm no third termer," he said, "and
I don't seem to be even a second
termer, but there comes a time when a
second term is necessary to the carry
ing out of the work' that has been
started by an administration that is
about to be ended."
SMUGGLED DIAMONDS
BY THE PARCEL POST
'
Closer Scrutiny of Mails to Follow
Recent Discovery.
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Washington, Jan. 22. Closer scru
tiny of importations by mail will be
the result, said treasury officials to
day, of the arrest in New York yes
terday of Nathan Groen, a diamond
dealer. charged with smuggling
through the international parcel post.
In addition to seizing $19,000 worth
of diamonds, said to have been con
cealed in an imported picture frame,
and holding $50,000 worth of stones
found in Groen's establishment, treas
ury agents today took possession of
another $50,000 worth of the gems
which were in the hands of Groen's
agents. This is to determine whether
the duty has - been paid on the dia
monds. Deadlock Not Yet Broken.
Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 22. Al
though fifteen republican senators of
the West "Virginia legislature today
voted for Senator Bland, a democrat,
for president of the senate, fifteen
democrats voted for their caucus nom
inee. Senator Franch, and the session
ended with the deadlock continued.
Eighty-two ballots have been taken.
Within Three Votes of 'Election.
Boise, Idaho, Jan. 22. Former Gov
ernor James H. Brady came today
within three votes of election to the
United States senate at the joint ses
sion of the legislature. On the fifth
ballot of the day Brady reached his
high mark, and then dropped down
again on the final ballot.
Five More Arson Indictments.
New Terk, Jan. 22.. Five more in
dictments were found this afternoon
by the special grand jury investigating
New York's arson trust. Two of the
indictments were against George Grutz
and Henry C. Freeman, fire insurance
adjusters, now in. the Tombs to answer
previous indictments.
Manufacturers
Offer Increase
THE GARMENT WORKERS DEEM
IT INSUFFICIENT.
PROPOSAL REJECTED
A New Proposition May .Be .Made
Within a Few Days Garment Work
ers at Rochester, Vote to Strike.
New York, jb"an. 22. Hope for peace
in the garment trades was held out
tonight at the first of a series of con
ferences between representatives of
the manufacturers and striking gar
ment workers, held in an effort to set
tle the differences resulting from the
demands of the various unions for in
creased wages and shorter working
hours.
First Proposition Rejected.
President Thomas A. Rickert of the
United Garment Workers of America,
explained the position ,of the executive
board of the union regarding the ten
tative proposal of the manufacturers
which offered a five per cent, increase
and a further five per cent, increase
April 1. The board decided, he said,
that the increase should be larger and
for this reason the proposition was re
jected. A new proposition is expected
to be made by the manufacturers
within a few days.
Col. Roosevelt Interested.
Dr. Henry Moskowitz, national pro
gressive candidate for congress from
an east side district at the last elect
ion, attended the conference and told
of a conference he had with Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt today. He said
that Colonel Roosevelt was very much
interested in the peace protocol which
had formed the basis of a partial set
tlement of the strike in the waist and
dress trades. The colonel had prom
ised to, investigate this means of a
possible settlement of the strike in
other branches of the garment trade,
Mr. Moskowitz said.
Agreement with Strikers.
... Three largest independent members
of waists and dresses industry today
signed an agreement with the strikers
embodying terms similar to those in
the protocol signed by other manufac
turers last week.
FOUGHT POLICE.
Three Officers Stunned by Missiles
During Strike Riots.
New York, Jan. 22. Mobs of strik
ing garment workers and their sym
pathizers demonstrating on the east
side tonightfought the police when the
latter interfered and a series of riots
that lasted for an hour resulted. Re
serves from three stations defended
themselves with night sticks in a hand
to hand battle after advancing under
an assault of bricks and stones.
During a running fight when the
strikers turned and fled, two police
men were stunned by missiles. Vito
Catilano, -declared to be a striker,
whose friends attempted to rescue him
from a policeman's grasp, was ser
iously injured. He was arrested with
nine other men and ten women.
TO STRIKE AT ROCHESTER.
Vote to Quit Work Is Overwhelming
Demands of Workers.
Rochester, Jan. 22. The garment
workers of Rochester voted tonight by
2644 to 228 to strike. The ballot fur
nished to those of approximately six
thousand persons in Convention hall,
who were entitled to vote, set forth
these demands.
Abolition of sub-contracting, 48
hours to constitute a week's work,
overtime at rate of time and one
half with double time on holidays; no
discrimination against employes who
join or are members of the United
Garment Workers of America; 20 per
cent, increase in wages for piece and
week workers; arbitration of future
difficulties.
ROOSEVELT SAVED THE
COUNTRY FROM DISASTER.
Colonel Reiterates His Claim in the
Steel Trust Suit.
New York, Jan. 22. William Ellis
Corey, former president of the United
States Steel corporation, a witness to
day in the federal suit to dissolve the
corporation under the Sherman anti
trust law, furnished the government
with the first testimony it has been
able to obtain in support of Its alle
gation that the corporation partici
pated in an international steel rail
pool.
Mr. Corey followed Theodore Roose
velt on the stand, after the latter had
repeated his testimony given two years
ago before the Stanley steel investi
gating committee concerning the ac
quisition of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron company by the corporation dur
ing the panic of 1907. Colonel Roose
velt, after reiterating that he had giv
en his sanction to the deal "to save
the country from disaster," and after
he had been asked if he had heard
various reports about the Tennessee
Coal and Iron company, including one
that the United States Steel corpora
tion had within a year previous had
experts examining the property, de
clared today that "not one thing could
have been known to me about that
company that .would have altered my
action."
FIRE ESCAPES ON ALL
THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Movement to Have Present Legisla
ture Pass Such a Law.
Norwalk, Conn., Jan. 22. A com
mittee composed of members of var
ious civic and trade organizations in
the Nor walks made known today that
an effort will be made to have the
present legislature take action to pro
vide for fire escapes upon, all the school
houses in the state that do not come
under the safety law which now gov
erns the erection of new buildings.
There are no fire escapes upon any of
the public school buildings in the Nor.
walks.-
TO CLOSE SALOONS ON
DAY OF INAUGURATION
Petition to Make Washington a Dry
City on March 4th.
Washington, Jan. 22. A "dry" in
auguration would mark President-elect
Wilson's induction into office if a pe
tition presented in the senate today
by Senator Gallinger on behalf of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union
is favorably acted upon by congress.
The petition urged the closing of ali
saloons in the national capital on
March 4,
Condensed Telegrams
The Total Number of parcel post
stamps printed and distributed up to
this date is 339,500,000.
" Improper and Illegal Use of railway
passes is being investigated by the in
terstate commerce commission.
It Is Expeoted That a conference
of New England governors will be held
next Saturday in Boston, to discuss
the railroad situation.
Charles Weiss, an undersized cigar
maker earning $15 a week, was arrest
ed in New York charged with having
five wives. He admitted the charge.
E. H. Fitzhugh, President of the
Central Vermont railroad, testified yes
terday at the federal grand jury's in
vestigation of the New England rail
road situation.
Eighty Employes of the Stamford
branch of the United States Raincoat
company struck 5'esterday. The trouble
is over a proposed schedule offered the
men by the company.
Every Child Born in the town of
Orange, Conn., from now on will re
ceive a present of a savings bank book
showing the deposit of a dollar to its
credit at the Orange bank.
The Proposed Legislative Investiga
tion of the election of John W. Weeks,
republican, to the United States sen
ate, will not be made. The house com
mittee on rules reported adversely.
Provision for a Closed Time on bull
moose 'in Maine for a period of four
years from Oct. 15, 1813, is made in
an act presented to the legislature by
Representative Mathieson of Rangeley.
Mayor O'Donnell of Lowell, Mass.,
will have moving pictures taken of
firemen and policemen, so that the
public, seeing1 them perform danger
ous work, will have more respect for
them.
Mrs. Alice Stebbins Wells, a police
woman of Los Angeles, Cal., in an ad
dress before the Woman's City club at
Chicago, advised college men to get
positions on the police force of large
cities.
Rutherford.- S. Treat, 21 years old. a
freshman of the Amherst (Mass.) Ag
ricultural college, died at his home
at Oxford, Conn., yesterday, a victim
of the scarlet fever epidemic at Am
herst. Three Girls Yesterday Jumped from
the fifth floor of the burning factory
building -of the Burdell Sweat Pad
company at Columbus, O.. into the
Scioto river and then swam to shore
and safety.
Mrs. Jennie Wilson Woodbridge, a
first cousin of President-elect Wilson,
and wife of Rev. Dr. Samuel I. Wood
bridge, of Shanghai, a Presbyterian
missionary, died at a Baltimore hospi
tal yesterday.
Frozen Water Pipes Hampered fire
men at St. Anthony. Idaho, yesterday,
and . a fire that-started in the largest
business' building in town spread to
adjacent structures. The loss was es
timated at $200,000.
William C. Bernhardt of Cincinnati,
who entered the federal prison at
Leavenworth, with other labor leaders
convicted in connection with the "dy
namite conspiracy" was released yes
terday on $10,000 bond.
Miss Johanna Reardan, of New Ha
ven, aged 72 years, died j-esterday from
gas poisoning due to inhaling illumin
ating gas at her home last Monday
morning. Her sister Alice died from
the same cause on Monday.
Walter F. Willcox, the Cornell so
ciologist, declares heavy immigration
is killing off the old American scock
and is being aided by the fact that
college men and women are marrying
in steadily decreasing numbers.
After a Lapse of Nearly a Year,
the federal grand jury will .soon re
sume its inquiry into the affairs of
the Radio-Telephone company, charged
with using the mails to defraud in
vestors of . approximately $3,000,000.
Advocates of Free Passage for Amer
ican ships through the Panama canal
have marshaled their forces in the sen
ate to combat favorable action upon the
Root amendment pro-iding for repeal
of the American exemption provision.
The Indian Bureau Census recently
taken of the L'te Indians in southwest
ern Colorado who a few days ago de
fled the state authorities when they
tried to arrest one of the band shows
that the redmen have in their tribe
less than 500 persons. t
When President Taft stepped down
from his private car on his recent re
turn from New Haven the total mileage
of his travels during his four years
in the White House reached 113,659
enough to have taken him four and
one-half times around the world.
Edgar R. Jackson of the Jackson
Brothers' Realty company was sen
tenced to serve not less tluin five years
nor more than seven years and six
months in state's prison for grand lar
ceny in connection with promoting cer
tain suburban real estate ventures.
In a Letter to Attorney General Car
mody of New York, Gen. Daniel E.
Sickles says he is still negotiating for
the sale of property with the proceeds
of which he expects to pay the $23,000
deficit in his accounts as chairman of
the New York state monuments com
mission. Jack Johnson Yesterday Furnished
a new bond of $3,000 in the federal
charge of smuggling a diamond neck
lace into this country from England.
He was surrendered on his bond sev
eral weeks ago when he was arrested
at Battle Creek, Mich., on his way to
Canada-
Senator Addison P. Munroe of
Providence, who was the democratic
candidate for United States senator In
Rhode Island, has introduced a resolu
tion providing for the ratification by
the state of the proposed federal con
stitutional amendment for the direct
election of United States senators.
"CLOSE UP THE CHURCHES,"
SAYS EX-MAYOR FISHER.
Wesleyan Professor in Favor of a Wide
Open Sunday.
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 22. Speaking
tonig-ht before the Get-together elub of
the Center Congregational church, for
mer Mayor Willard C. Fisher of Mid
dletowB, a professor at Wesleyan uni
versity, advocated "closing up all the
churehes in the country for a limited
time, as an experiment." He was
speaking en the question ef the Sun
day laws in this state. "Going te
church is not religion," said the pro
fessor. "I be'ieve in everybody having
an uproariously good time on Sunday,?
He favors a "wide open Sunday law,
with certain restriotieas,'
Turkey Yields
to the Powers
PEACE PROPOSALS OF EUROPE
ACCEPTED
TO CEDE ADRIAN OPLE
Allies May Precipitate Another Clash
by Demanding $200,000,000 Indemnity
Turks Likely -to Contest It.
Constantinople, Jan. 22 Turkey to
day submitted to the will of the pow
ers. The grand council of the Ottoman
empire decided in favor of accepting
the proposals of Europe for a peace
settlement between Turkey and the
Balkan allies.
As officially announced the grand
council "approved the government's
point of view, declared its confidence
in the sentiments of equity voiced by
the great powers and expressed the
wish to see their promises and pro
posed assistance effectively realized." .
Note of Powers the Issue.
It also asked the government "to ex
ert a its efforts to ensure in the future
the safety of the country and the de
ivelopment of its economic interests."
The question submitted by the Turk
ish government to the grand council
today was: "Should the recommenda
tions contained in the note of the
European powers be accepted or re
jected?" Will Cede Adrianople.
The government frankly confessed
itself in favor of agreeing to the sug
gestion made by the powers and after
a slight discussion the assembly de
cided almost unanimously in agree
ment with the view of the government,
ment.
Tomorrow about noon therefore the
Marquis Josann De Pallavicini, the
Austro-Hungarian ambassador and the
dean of the diplomatic corps at Con
stantinople .will be handed a note in
which the Ottoman government agrees
to the proposals embodied in the joint
note with regard to the cession of the
fortress of Adrianople and the future
deposition of the Aegean Islands and
places itself in the hands of the pow
ers. Ministers to Meet Today.
A meeting of the council of ministers
will be held tomorrow morning before
the final step is taken .
The joint note of the powers advised
Turkey to cede Adrianople to the allies
and to leave the fate o fthe Aegean
Islands to the powers for future de
termination. In return the powers
promised their benevolent support so
long as Turkey deferred to their coun
sel. INDEMNITY OF $200,000,000.
Claim of Balkans Likely to Precipitate
Another Controversy.
London, Jan. 22 The plenipotentia
ries of the Balkan kingdoms are
immensely pleased over the decision of
the grand council at Constantinople to
accept the advice of the powers. While
it has become increasingly certain in
the past 48 hours that the Turkish el
der statesmen were prepared to face
the bitter fate that ends the empire's
history as an European nation, it was
hardly expected they would register
their decision so quickly and so defi
nitely. This is so unlike the customary tac
tics that some suspicion is entertain
ed, without supporting proof, that
Turkey might have cards up her sleeve.
One crucial point of difference re
mains to be settled in the question of
indemnity. The allies propose to levy
a heavy payment upon the defeated
nation.
They speak of $200,000,000 as an ade
quate sum, their minimum Is an
amount equal to the Turkish debts at
tached to the territories which they
will annex under the treaty.
The Turks are likely to contest the
indemnity strongly, and the bankrupt
condition of their country furnishes
them with a potent argument for an
appeal to the powers. The negotiations!
over the settlement of minor questions
and for the taking of the conquered
provinces will occupy a considerable
time and it will be some weeks before
the treaty is signed.
M. Novakovitch, the ex-premier of
Servia, said tonight:
"The Turks seem finally to have re
covered the faculty of reasoning, but
why today Instead of six weeks ago.
as they must pay what our four armiea
have been costing us all this time. We
have not yet set down figures for the
indemnity ,but we have practically de
cided on what basis it is to be calcu
lated and how it Is to be divided among
the allies.
"Each Balkan state will take as a
basis .the number of soldiers it put in
the' field .averaging the cost of each
soldier during the time the country
was on a war footins.
DREAM AROUSES
MAN'S SUSPICION
Investigation and Trip to PaW Prove
the Dream True.
New York, Jan. St. A dream so
vivid that its truth could not be? doubt
ed caused Charles Grellet to sue today
for an annullment of his marriage
seven years ago. On the witness stand
Grellet said that he dreamed h met
his wife in Paris with another man
whom she introduced as her husband.
When he awoke and asked, his wtfa
about the dream her replies aroused
his suspicions and he went abroad to
see if his vision were true.
The records in Paris, Grellet tes
tified, showed that his wife had been
married there in 1900 to Victor Count
ant, then living. The case was unde
fended. Justice Erlanger reserved de
cision. CLAIMED TO BE VICTIM
OF WRECK AT WESTPORT.
New York Man Defrauds New Hnven
Road Out of $400.
New York. Jan. 22. Capitalization
of a rheumatic arm for $400 Is alleged
in a grand larceny complaint on which
Charles A. Lang', a gasfltter, was ar
rested today, arraigned In court ol
general sessions and held in $5,000 bail.
Lang is accused of having defrauded
the New York,, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad company of $400 by
wrongfully claiming that he was a vic
tim in the Boston-Springfield express
train wreck near West port. Conn., last
Oet. 8. He sued the railroad for $5,000,
declaring one of his arms was hor.
Subsequently hi a claim was settled out
of eeuTt for $400, The eomplalnt today
seta forth that Lanf at the time of
the wrtvik was slek tn the eity. re
eeftejng a $6 benefit Weekly from, an.
employe's society. r