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VOL. LV. NO. 21 - , " NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, JANUARY, 24, 1913 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.
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TEXAS DEPARTMENT STORE IN RUINS
Walls of
a Department
Was Crowded
EIGHT PERSONS KILLED
Believed That All Bodies Have Been Recovered Varying Es
timates as to Number of Dead Ruins Take Fire and Add
to Horror of Catastrophe One Woman Begged Fire
men to Kill Her A Special Sale Was in Progress.
MeKinney, Texas, Jan. 23. Eight
persons were killed and fifteen hurt
here late today when the walls of a
building' occupied by a farming imple
ment firm fell and crashed into the
department store of Cheever Brothers,
causing: that building to collapse. Fire
broke out in the ruins and it was be
lieved until late tonight that the death
list was much larger. At midnight
rescuers ceased working, being assured
that no more bodies remained in the
."wreckage.
Woman Says Store Was Filled.
Mayor Finch, who took charge of
the work of rescue, gave out a statement-
early tonight that he believed
35 men, women and children had per
ished. Vernice Graves, one of the first
to get out of the building after the
collapse, said 6he was sure fifty per
sons had been entrapped. It was upon
these estimates that statements of the
larger death list were given out at
first by the authorities.
Number in Store Unknown.
Efforts to get an accurate statement
as to the number of persons in the
store when the walla crashed in were
unavailing. Vernie Graves, 6ald to
' be the only occupant of the store
when the crash came, who escaped un
hurt, stated positively that fifty per
sons were in the place when the walls
fell. Mayor Finch estimates the death
Hlist at 35. . Other 'estimates are wide
. ly different. Smouldering ruins pre
vented rescuers from digging far into
the debris tonight.
GOVERNOR HADLEY AT
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
"Discusses Relations of Government to
Big Business...
New Haven, Comu, Jan. 23. Govern
or Herbert S. Hadley of Missouri, one
of the principal speakers at the an
nual banquet of the chamber of com
merce tonight, in speaking of the re
flations between the government and
big business" said inpart: -
"We have recently been furnished
a definite statement of what the pres
, ident-elect of the United States re
; pards as an ideal trust law. If that
i law should become effective in New
Jersey, there would result the some
what striking contrast between the
provision of the federal statute .and
the state statute upon the same ques
tion. "For instance," he said, "under the
proposed law which is "advocated by
Governor Wilson, railroads or labor
organizations would effect combina
tions with no danger of being called
to account, except under the common
-law of the state. So long as they lim
ited the effects of their combination
to New Jersey they would be practi
cally exempt from legal interference
or prosecution. But if they should ex-
, tend their activities into interstate
commerce, then they would become
liable, not only to dissolution, bu to
prosecution as well.
"We should bring to an end the
present unsatisfactory situation in
which we find that our industrial sys-
. tarn exists, half lawful and half un
lawful. I do not believe it should
he overthrown and destroyed, but I
,do believe that the unlawful should
''be made to cease and oonform itself
to the laws that represent the moral
judgment of ninety millions of people."
f Other speakers at the banquet were
Count J. H. Von Bernstorfl, the Ger
man ambassador, and President W. W.
1'inley of the Southern Railroad com
pany. WILSON TO VISIT
THE PANAMA CANAL.
Declines to Spend Summer in House
Where He Spent His Honeymoon.
' Trenton, 1ST. J., Jan. 23. President -
.elect Wilson intends to visit the Pan.
f ima canal immediately after the ex
tra session of congress adjourns. He
told a delegation from Asheville. N.
C. who came today to offer him a sum
mer home there that he was not mak
ing plans for next sammer because he
'hoped to spend a part- of it in the
canal zone and could not guess at how
long congress would be in session,
The North Carolina callers were
headed by National Committeeman
Josephus Daniels, who- brought photo
graphs of the house whieh the citizens
of Asheville offer the governor and his
family. It was in this house that Mr,
and Mrs. Wilson spent their heney
rnoon days. The delegation also visit--ed
Princeton, showing Mrs. Wilson the
plans and photographs.
Incidentally, after the delegation left,
Mr. Daniels talked politics with Mr,
Wilson for some time, Mr, Daniels
frequently has been mentioned for a
cabinet portfolio, having been inti
mately identified with the Wilson, cam,
' paign from pre-conventien days. The
governor said, however, that the con
ference concerned chiefly the situation
In states now deadlocked over the
United States senator.
FILIBUSTER OF THREE
AND ONE-HALF
HOURS
of the
Minority Requires Reading
Journal in Full.
Washington, Jan. 23. It topi: the
house exactly three and a half hours
today to approve its journal of yes
twday. - Conducted by ' minority leader
.Mann, an expert in filibusters, the
; friends of the Lincoln - Memorial pro
ject forced the clerk to readthe jour
nal in full for the first time in many
years.
Mr. Mann conducted the filibuster,
he said, "to teach the other side that
the minority is not to be trilled with."
' German Aviator Killed.
. Berlin, Jan. 23. Another fatal fly
ing accident occurred today during the
military manoeuvres near Burg, Prus
sia. Lieut. Otto Sohdegel was in
stantly killed by falling to earthVfrom
cwiaiaerahle height
Store Collapsed 'While It
With Shoppers
AND FIFTEEN INJURED
Adjoining Building Falls.
Crackling of timbers and swaying
of the building were quickly followed
by the collapse. Excitement attending
the accident was increased by the fall
ing of a two story building adjoin
ing the department store. Rescue work
was impeded by the lack of mechan
ical facilities and practically the en
tire population of McKinney joined
in fighting the fire and searching., the
ruins.'
Two Died After Rescue.
Two persons reachedy the rescuers
lived only a few minutes after they
were taken from the ruins. An emer
gency hospital was hastily construct
ed in a nearby building
The Dead.
The dead:
Rosa Welch.
Miss Katie Milligan, . -
Miss Bessie Wade. 55"f -
Russell Height, 4 years old.
N. R, Presley, clerk.
Mrs. Mary Stiff, clerk.
Miss Eva Searey, clerk.
Special Sale in Progress.
A special sale was in progress and
the store is' said to have been crowd
ed with shoppers.
One of the victims, X. R. Presley,
directed the firemen how to release
him, although he could not see them.
He was dead when they reached him.
Begged to Be Killed.
Mrs. Mary Stiff who was taken out
alive but died within an hour, begged
firemen to kill her as the flames were
slowly cooking her to death.
TELEGRAMS TEND TO
COMPROMISE CASTRO
Indicate That He Ordered Shooting
of Parades.
New Tork, Jan. 23. Copies of tele
grams in the possession of the state
department at Washington are be
lieved toy "the special board of inquiry
which passed upon the,- question of
admitting Cipriano Castro to this coun
try to show conclusively that Castro
ordered the killing of Paredes, a rev
olutionary war general in Venezuela
fl 1DAT t..-.-I A ,.r.j-.
day at Ellis. Island. where Castro is
being detained pending an appeal cf
the special board's decision to exclude
the former Venezuelan president.
Immigration officials with copies of
these telegrams tried to read them to
Castro in his room today, but he would
not listen to. them. He banged the
door shut, locked it and sent for Har
old A. Content, of his counsel., - The
lawyer later gave out a statement de
claring that the telegrams are not au
thenticated but even if it tsiBs true
that Castro ordered his enemy shot
he -was guilty only of a political of
fense. One of the telegrams, dated Febru
ary 13, 1907, is addressed to "General
Louis. Varels at Cuided Bolivar" and
reads: Tou should give immediate or
ders to shoot Paredes and his officers.
Advise me of receipt and fulfillment."
It was signed "Cipriano Castro."
Another telegram was from Varela
to Castro and reads:
"Received ; immediately."
The third telegram was received
from the American legation in Car
acas dated January 19. this year. It
set forth that on April 16, 1909, the
criminal court of Caracas issued an
order for Castro's detention whenever
he should land in Venezuela to stand
trial for the murder of Paredes. This
telegram also refers to certain testi
mony before the court and to an opin
ion expressed by one man that Paredes
was deliberately shot after his cap
ture. FRANKLIN ADMITS
A SHIPPING POOL
Furnishes - House Committee
Mass of Information.
with
Washington, Jan. 23. Armed with
bulky packages containing copies of
rate agreements, shipping contracts
and pooling arrangement data, A. S.
Franklin, vice president of the In
ternational Mercantile Marine com
pany, today furnished the house ship
ping trust committee with praetieally
all the information it desired concern
ing the north trans -Atlantic steamship
trade. Mr. Franklin corroborated the
testimony of other witnesses that the
lines in this trade operated under rate
agreements and, in some instances,
pooling arrangements and put into the
record a copy of the agreement en
tered into by most of the lines con
trolled by his corporation.
Declaring that it would be impos
sible to maintain efficient trans-Atlantic
service without agreements, Mr.
Franklin said the only way congress
could improve the situation would be
to require copies of the agreements
to be riled and held open te the public.
Any attempt ta prescribe fixed rates)
he insisted, would be ruinous en ac
count of "tramp" competition with the
regular lines and because such a prac
tise would give foreigners an advaar
tage over the American merchant and
producer.
APPEAL OF THE TAFT
, FACTION DISMISSED
Final Act in the Contest Over the
Kansas Electors.
Washington, Jan. 2iihe final scene
in the Kansas election case which em
braced a hitter contest over the plac
ing of Rooseveji electors on the re
publican ticket last fall was enacted
today when the . supremo court, upon
request of Representative Armstead of
eonnsel for the Taft faction .dismissed
their appeal from the adverse decision
to his clients in the Kansas courts.
Died During Performance.
Brighton, Jan. 23. Auguste Von
Biene, the ' actor-musician who toured
for years in America and England In
iThe Broken Melody, died suddenly
during a performance here tonight.
Annually 25,000 tons of aluminum
are manufactured la North Carolina.
CabledParagraphs
Formidable Problem in Paris.
Paris, Jan. 23. The formidable prob
lem of -finding accommodation for 120,
000 people who are to be evicted from
their dwellings owing to the sale of the
antiquated fortifications 'Of Paris to the
olty authorities by the French gov
ernment is now before the municipal
council of the French -capital for solu
tion. Disorders in Fu Kien.
Amoy, China, Jan. 23. The disor
derly elements In the province of Fu
Kien have become so formidable that
the authorities are unable to cope
with them. In the neighborhood of
Hinghwa traffic has become unsafe ex
cept for very strong parties, and these
are compelled to keep to the principal
roads. .
Aviator Falls 240 Feet.
Rheims, France, Jan. 23. The well
known French flying man, Charles
Gaulard, was thrown to the ground
from a height of 240 feet by the cap
sizing of his monoplane while making
a flight today round the spires .of the
cathedral here. He was living when
picked up, although in a critical con
dition. UNDERSTANDINGS REACHED
AT FAMOUS GARY DINNERS
Ex-President Corey Gives Damaging
' Evidence Against Steel Trust.
New .Tork, Jan. 23. William Ellis
Gorey. former president of the United
States Steel corporation, again a wit
ness today in the hearing of the gov
ernment suit to dissolve the corpora
tion under the Sherman anti-trust law,
gave further testimony in support of
the government charges that the cor
poration is a monopolistic combina
tion. He testified that "understand
ings" to maintain prices were reached
at the 'famous "Gary dinners" given
in New York by Judge E. H. Gary,
chairman of the .corporation at which
a large majority of the steel manu
facturers of the country were repre
sented. He gave testimony, the first
given by any witness in the suit, it
was said, as to the existence of an in
ternational armor plate pool in which
the United States Steel corporation
had participated. He confirmed in
testimony the existence of a "plate and
structural pool" and declared 'that
Judge Gary had had knowledge of it.
He declared that he himself nad
given orders for the closing down- of
blast furnaces of the corporation ror
the purpose of maintaining the price
of pig iron. He said that steel rails
sold lower to foreign consumers than
to domestic and he furnished testimony
intendd to prove that the Tennessee
Coal and Iron company was a compet
itor of the steel corporation in the rail
market prior to its acquisition by the
corporation.
JAr. Corey, who resigned as presi
dent of the corporation in 1910, made
it plainly evident in his testimony that
he had in many respects clashed with
Judge Gary and the members of the
finance committee in matters of pol
icy, v
GOVERNOR BALDWIN IN THE
DEFENSE OF NEW HAVEN R. B.
Declares There is Too Much Muckrak
ing Going on Just Now.-- .
South Manchester, Conn., Jan. 23.
Speaking tonight before the twelfth
annual banquet of the Manchester
Business Men's association, Governor
Simeon E. Baldwin said there was too
much "muckraking" going on just now
in -regard to President Mellen of the
New Haven road. He declared: "It
looks to me as if influences hostile to
the trade of New England were mov
ing in underground currents to para
lyze or dismember New England's
railroad system, and as if many a
New Englander has been carried away
by these currents without knowing
whence they come and without realiz
ing what they mean."
The governor's address was well re
ceived by the 225 diners. Among the
other speakers were Judge E. L. Smith
of Hartford and Mayor Louis R, Che
ney of Hartford, the latter a native of
this town.
J. FINLEY SHEPARD
ONE OF DIRECTORS
Elected to Board of Railroad on the
Gould Syem.
New Tork, Jan. 23. Changes of im
portance were effected at & meeting
today of the St. Louis, Iron Moun
tain and Southern Railway company's
directors. A number of temporary di
rectors who were elected last spring,
pending the execution of the com
pany's $200,000,000 mortgage, were
dropped and new directors represent
ing prominent banking interests were
elected in their stead.
The board as now constituted con
sists of George J. Gould, chairman; B.
F. Bush, president; Finley J.Shepard,
assistant to the president; James
Sprayer, Edgar J. Marston, E. T. Jef
fery, E. C, Simmons and O, L. Gar
rison of Si, Yeuis; J. G. Metcalfe, Al
bert H .Wiggin, Jay Gould, E. G. Mer
ritt and C. A. Pratt, Mr. Pratt is the
only member of the board chosen last
spring to be reelected. George J. Gould
was elected chairman of the execu
tive committee.
The 'St, Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern read is controlled by the Mis
souri Paeifle, and with the latter read
forms the backbone of the Gould sys
tem now in the way of enlargement.
FAVORS WEEK DAY SCHOOLS
FOR BIBLE INSTRUCTION.
Plan te Dismiss Schools Half Day a
Week for That Purpose.
Dayten, O., Jan. 83. Acting upon
recommendations of the International
Sunday School association, the council
of evangelical churches, now in sessioa
here, is considering a plan for the es
tablishment of week day schools for
pible instruction. One plan presented
is for the public schools dismiss
their scholars a half day eac week so
that they may b sent to their re
spective churches for religions instruc
tion. R. Douglas Fraser of Toronto, Can
ada,' will he elected president, jt ' is ex
pected, to succeed Dr. W. R. Funk of
Dayton.
Steamship Arrivals.
Marseilles, Jan. 20. Arrived, Can
ada, New York.
Gibraltar, Jan. 22. Arrived, steamer
Pannonla, New Tork for Naples.
Angra, Jan. 23. Arrived, Germanla,
New York for Marseilles. , ;
Havre. Jan. 25. Arrived, La Prov
ence, New York.
QBeenstown, Jan. 23. Arrived,
steamer Arabic, Boston for Liverpool.
Naples, Jan. 22. Arrived, Adriatic,
New York.
An Effort Was Made by Governor
Foss yesterday to obtain the services
of Colonel Joseph F. Scott, superin
tendent of the New Tork prlson com
mission, in reorganizing the prison
system of Massachusetts.
Killed During
Demonstration
TURKISH
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
SHOT DEAD. J
RETURNED THE FIRE
Nazim Pasha's Aide-de-Camp Had
Fired on Young Turkish Leader A
. Crisis in Turkish Affairs.
Constantinople, Jan. 23. Nasim
Pasha, the former war minister and
commander of the Turkish army, was
shot dead during demonstrations here
tonight.
Killed by Return Fire.
Enver Bey and Talaat Bey had given
explicit orders that no blood should be
shed. But Nazim Pasha's aide de
camp fired from a window of the porte
at Enver Bey and his companion and
they returned the fire. Their bullets
killed, Nazim Pasha himself..
In spite of this tragedy, there was
no disturbance of order elsewhere.
. Resignation of Cabinet.
A crisis in Turkish affairs came to
day with dramatic suddenness. The
January 25th
MY HEART IS IN
m tit -- - 4
V 'jfetBBBir Jr
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here;
My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing of the deer;
Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.
Farewell to the Highlands, ; farewell to the North,
The birthplace of valor, the country of worth ;
Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,
. The hills of the Highlands forever I love.
Farewell to the mountains high covered with snow;
Farewell to the straths and green valleys below;
Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods ;
.Farewell to ,the torrents and land-pouring floods.
My hearts' in the Highlands, my heart is not here ;
My heart is in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ;
Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
My heart is in the Highlands wherever I go.
-ROBEfeT BURNS.
i '
grand vizier, Kiamil Pasha, and the
Ottoman cabinet resigned, and Mah
moud Shefket Pasha, formerly .minister
of war and commander of the consti
tutional army, whieh enthroned Meh
med V, as sultan, was appointed grand
vizier.
Testerday the grand council, repre
senting the intellect and wealth of the
nation, pronounced in favor of peace
almost at any price. : Today a vast
crowd drawn from all classes of the
proletariat declared for war rather
than peace without Adrianople,. And
because the erewd was backed by gen.
eral public opinion, the government
surrendered aad 'relinquished office,
making way for the game men whom
the popular movement brought to the
top after the revolutions of 1908 and
1909, "
Official Statement,
The resignation of the eabinet was
anneuneed in the following offieial
statement: -
'The deeision of Kiamil' Pasha's
statement, taken in response te the
Bete; handed to the Turkish govern--meat
by the European powers to aban
don the fortress f Adrianople and
part of the islands ia the Aegean sea,
and the convocation of an extraor
dinary assembly of the grand council
of the Ottoman empire fQ which the
cabinet's decision was submitted a
course contrary to, the "prescriptions
of the eonst'ltutipnal charter and vio
lating the sacred rights of the people
roused the indignation of thaTurk
Ish nation with the result that the
people made a demonstration before
the suhlime porte " and brought about
the resignation of the government.''
The council of ministers mef short
ly "before noon to give final" shape to
the note accepting the proposals of
the powers. About three o'clock peo
ple from all quarters began to gather
n front of the gate to the Grand
Vizlerate. Enver Bey. pne' of the lead
ers of th6 Young Turks, who was iden
tified wfth the campaign in Tripoli",
and" Nadje Bey, a prominent Unionist,
arrived about this time and were'dep
uted to triform (he cabinet that lt must
retire.
Enver Bey soon Issued from the Viz
ierate and announced that he held the
resignation of Kiamil Pasha, which
he' was taking to the palace. This was
greeted with tremendous cheering,
whftfh was frantically renewed and an.
hour and a half later when be re
turned with an trade appointing Mah-t
moud-Shefket Pasha, grand vizier.
Indignant Over Surrender of Adrian
ople. '
While awaiting the return of Enver
' (Continued on Page Seven.
Big Traffic in
Stolen Stamps
DISCOVERED BY POSTOFFICE
; INSPECTORS.
ARE SOLD BY BROKERS
Latter Buy Them from Persons Who
Steal Them from employers Three
Indictments In New York.
Washington, Jan. 23. Illegal traf
ficking the country over in stolen
postage stamps, aggregating several
millions of dollars annually, has just
been disclosed by postofBce inspectors
whose investigations were reported to
day to Postmaster General Hitohcck.
They involved so-called stamp brok
ers and confidential employes of large
business concerns throughout the
United States.
Stolen Stamps Bought and Sold.
Through confessions secured by the
Inspectors from some of the brokers
whose operations were investigated. It
was learned that stamps of all classes
and denominations stolen by burglars
from pstomces and embezzled by em-
- - BURNS' DAY
Til HIGHLANDS
ployes from great business houses and
manufacturing establishments were
purchased and resold by the brokers at
prices far below their face value.
Sold Below Face Value.
The postal laws make a crime pun
ishable by imprisonment to sell any
stamp issued by the government for
less than its face value. Investiga
tions disclosed the fact that, in addi
tion to selling the stamps for less than
they could have been purchased from
the government, the brokers knew
that, the stamps were stolen when
they purchased them. Inquiries showed
that brokers in some instances entered
Into a conspiracy with employes of
business houses to buy at low prices
upon all the stamps the clerks could
steal from their employers.
Three Men Indicted.
The first of a series of indictments
resulting from the investigations was
handed down sealed in New York yes
terday. The men indicted were Rich
ard Fredericks, Irving N, (lazy) Bevel
and John Frank, District Attorney
Whitman - has informed the postoffiea
department that other indictments will
fellow,
Frauds Discovered in Many Cities,
Stamp frauds aerainst the
ieat and various business concerns
aggregating hundreds of thousands of
dollars annually have been unearthed
in New York city alone while illegal
trafficking in stamps in Boston, Phfla
djelohia, Baltimore, Pittsburg, Chicago,
Indianapolis, St. Louis, Ifihneapolis,
Cincinnati, New Orleans, Kansas City,
Denser Ban Keancisco, Seattle, Port
land Ore., and many other cities lias
reached large proportions.
Twenty Brokers in New York.
In New York approximately twenty
so-called brokers make "a business of
purchasing postage stamps at a dis
count ranging' from 50 cents to W cents
to a" dollar "and "selling "Them to mer
chants as prices varying from 95 cents
to 99 cents on a dollar. The stamps,
It is said, are obtained largely from
office boys and confidential employes
who embezzle them from their em
ployers. Steamers Reported "by Wireless.
Siasconset, Mass.,' Jan. 23.-;-Steamer
Cincinnati, Naples for New YTork, 43S
miles east of Sandy Hook at noon.
Dock late Friday or 8.30 a. m. Sat
urday. Steamer Prinz Oskar, Hamburg for
Philadelphia, S15 miles east of Del
aware breakwater at noon.
People in a live town never boast of
their cemetery.
Condensed Telegrams
The Plant of the Vineland, N. J.,
Grape Juice company was destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at JIOO',000.
The Deadlock in the Vote for United
States senator continued unbroken in
the New Hampshire legislature yester
day. Fissures in the Earth caused by mine
caves, have caused many residents of
Wilkes-Barre to remove their belong
ings to the street.
The Discussion of the transportation
problems of New England next Satur
day by the governors of the six: states
will be behind closed doors.
It Will Cost the federal government
$20,000 to investigate the condition of
the Crow Indians in Montana as pro
posed in a resolution adopted by the
senate.
Rev. Jonathan K. Fuller, a well
known "Congregational clergyman, and
former chaplain of the Vermont state
prison, committed suicide yesterday by
shooting.
A Live Ten-Months Old Baby was
washed ashore from the wreck 6f the
steamship Veronese off Portugal. More
than 44 people are believed to have
been lost. .
Colorado Women are purchasing
stock- in the concerns that employ
them in order to evade the law which
forbids them to work more than eight
hours a' day.
Telegraph Operators of the Cincin
nati Southern railway and the Ala
bama Great Southern railway have
voted to strike, unless increase in
wages are .granted.
At a Mass Meeting of the students
of the University of Maine college of
law yesterday. President Aley an
nounced the gift of $20,000 from" D.
D. Stewart of St- Albans.
War to the Knife on the Anti-Saloon
League of America was declared by
the National Liquor Dealers' associa
tion, which has completed its annual
convention at Washington.
Equal Suffragists were successful in
having a joint resolution providing for
the submission or the question to the
voters introduced in the lower house
of the Iowa legislature yesterday.
A New Style Bathing Suit has made
its appearance at Palm Beach, Fla. The
suit consists of a short skirt, stopping
above the knees and instead of tights
as formerly, bloomers will be worn.
Margaret A. Litter, three years old,
died at South Manchester yesterday of
ptomaine poisoning. She was taken
ill Wednesday just after supper at
which frankforts were the chief dish.
The Resources of the Maine state
board of arbitration and conciliation
were put to the test yesterday in an
effort to settle the strike of engineers
and firemen on the Bangor & Aroos
took railroad.
A Resolve, Providing for an amend
ment to the constitution which, if ac
cepted by the voters, would prevent
postmasters from serving in the legis
lature, was presented in the Maine
house yesterday. '
Waiters Agitating a Strike found
their plans anticipated at one of the
large New York hotels yesterday, when
the Hotel Knickerbocker management
discharged every one of the 250 waiters
and 'bus boys in its employ.
President Taft Yesterday presented
to Captain Josephus S. Cecil of the
Eighteenth United States Infantry the
medal of honor voted to him by con
gress for gaflantry in action in the
Philippines in March, 1906 .
Commodore Decatur Fortner, a South
Carolina state representative, has in
troduced a bill in the Legislature pro
hibiting white teachers from teach
ing in negro schools and negro teach
ers from teaching in white schools.
Fifty Fishermen, more than half of
the male population of Little Sturgeon,
Wis., were swept out in Lake Michi
gan when a large, ice floe on which
they were fishing cracked and floated
away from shore. All were repcued.
"Resolved, That the Attitude of the
United States in desiring to exempt
American coastwise trade from Pana
ma canal tolls is justified," is the ques
tion on which Yale, Princeton and Har
vard will hold their annual triangular
debate. ,
Clarke H. Johnson, associate justice
of peace of the Rhode Island supreme
court, was unanimously elected chief
justice by the general assembly in
grand committee yesterday. He suc
ceds Eduard C. DuBois, who recently
retired.
Three Carloads of Barley were seized
by federal authorities at Chicago un
der a court order charging violation of
the pure food laws. The grain is what
is known commercially as "feed bar
ley." It Is supposed to be placed on
the market solely for stock food.
Frank Delano, Aged 10, was drowned
and Bessie Vannah and Annie Delano,
aged 15 and 12, respectively, nearly
lost their own lives in a brave and
nearly successful attempt to save him
after he had skated into a hole in the
lee en Medermk river at Waldboro, Me.
Candidates Who Are Becoming act
ive in the Chicago aldermanie cam
paign were warned by Health Commis
sioner George B. Young against head
shaking and kissing of babies on ac
count of the prevalence in the city of
searlet fever, diphtheria and small
pox. Government Clerks whese physical
culture exercises consist mainly in
driving a pen or poundins a typewrit
ing machine have more powerful grips
than the brawny workers in stone
quarries, according to a series of tests
made by Gordon Law, physical direcT
tor of the Washington' "XT. M. C. A.
Dr. Stewart Paton, specialist on
mental hygiene at Princeton universityt
warned against picking up the baby
when it cries, in an address before the
Mental lfygiene Conference at Chicago.
He said this was the first step toward
making this same child, grown to man
hood, a mental defective, possibly an
imbecile.
New Haven Investigation.
New York. Jan. 23. Among the wit
nesses who responded to subpoenas
to the "grand jury investigation, of the
N. T... N. M. & H. R. R. today were
H. K. Dugan, President Mellen's sec
retary, J. S. Murdock. vice president
of the New England Southern railway,
W. d. BMss of the public service com-'
mission of Rhode Island, A. E. Clark,
secretary- of the New Havpn railroad,
Nicholas Kmsella, President Chamber
lin's secretary, and E. C. Rich, general
solicitor of the Boston and Maine Tail-
roatL
Reiply Sent to
Great Britain
SECRETARY KNOX ANSWERS
BRITISH PROTEST.
NO DISCRIMINATION
Claims Sir Edward Grey Admits Right
of United 'States to Grant Subsidies
A Special Commission Suggested.
Washington, ' ' Jan. 23. Secretary
Knox's reply" to the British protest
against the exemption of American
coastwise shipping frpm Panama canal
tolls assures the British government
that domestic coastwise trade will not
be permitted to extend operations into
foreign competitive fields and that in
creased tolls will not be laid on foreign
shipping to balance the remission to
American ships. If Great Britain is
not satisfied on these points, Amtrlca
proposes a special commission of ad
justment. ,
Protest Was Premature.
Secretary Knox begins his note,
which was delivered to the British
foreign oflloe thorough Mr. Laughlln,
the American charge at London, by the
flat statement that he cannot agree
with the Britisa interpretation of the
canal treaties, so far as they limit the
freedom of action of America or in
fringe British treaty rights. Pointing
out that the Grey note was Issued
without consideration of the presi
dent's toll proclamation, the secretary
states that Sir Edward deals chiefly
with the possibilities of what the pres
ident, might do under the canal act,
whereas the proclamation has entirely
changed the situation.
. The First Objection.
Taking up the three objections made
by the British government, Secretary
Knox first discusses that which ap
plies to the exemption, from tolls of
T the government vessels
of Panama.
This he declares to be a great and
complete surprise to the United States,
which always had asserted without
challenge that the status of the coun
tries immediately concerned by reason
of their political relation to the terri
tory in which the canal was to be con
structed was different from that of all
other -countries. He does not believe,
therefore, that the British government
intended to propose arbitration of this
question.
The Second Objection.
In regard to a second British objec
tion, that the Panama oaaaJ. act might
be thought to oonfer upon the presi
dent -the power to discrimtsnta In the
use of the canal in f&Tor of all ahlpa
belonging to the United States and its
citizens, even-in the foreisiv trada, by
granting them reduced tolls, the note
quots from the memorandam attached
to the canal act by the president. When
it was signed, &s follows:
"It Is therefore unnecessary to dis
cuss the policy of soon dtaortmtna.tlon
until the question may arise ha the
exercise of the president's discretion."
Question Has Nt Yet Arisen.
As no question, has yet arisen on this
point, which. In the words of the ex
isting arbitration treaty, "It may not
have been possible to eettte by diplo
macy," the note ho kits that the sug
gestion of arbitration ta premattm. Be-
L fore passing from that stag of the
question. Secretary Knox crapnanoaiiy
disclaims entertaining any doubt as to
the right to exempt American warships
and other government Teasels from
tolls, as they Are a part of the govern
ment's protective system, and ft Is not
understood that Great Britain chal
lenges the right of the United States
to protect the canal or to require an
explanation of what relation the move
ment of a particular vessel through
the canal has to Its protection.
Not a Discrimination.
Thus clearing away all non-relevant
objections, the note proceeds to dis
cuss the British assertion that the ex
emption of United States coastwise
vessels from tolls Is a discrimination
against British vessels. .Mr. Knox re
calls Sir Edward Grey's admission of
the right of the. United States to grant
subsidies to Its shipping generally or
to any particular branches, and al
though .this is "a form of suhsldy, to
exempt the coastwise shipping from
tolls, he regards it as objectionable,
as throwing an unfair share of the
burden of up-keep in the canal on for
eign shipping.
Possession of Power Not Cause of
Action.
Summarizing the British objections
and commenting upon them, Secretary
Knox does not deny that congress has
the power through the president to
violate the terms of the Hay-Paunce-fote
treaty in its aspect as a rule of
municipal law. That, he says, would
only become a just ground for com
plaint in the event that the power was
used against British shipping. "It is
the improper exercise of this power
and not its possession" which alone can
give rise to an international cause of
action, remarks the secretary.
Only when complaint Is made by
Great Britain that British vessels ac
tually have been subjected to unequal
treatment or unequitable tolls, Secre
tary Knox asserts, can the qupstion be
raised whether th United States Is
bound by the BTay-Pauncefote treaty to
collect tolls from American vessels,
and whether British vessels are enti
tled to equal treatment.
OBITUARY.
George G. Reynolds of Brooklyn.
New York, Jan. 23. George O, Rey
nolds, dean of the Brooklyn bar and
former supreme eourt Justice, died at
his heme InVBrooklyn today, from In
juries sustained from a fall down
stairs last night, Mr, Reynolds was
nearly 93 years old and 'was the oldest
living graduate of Weslayan university,
being a member ef the class of IMt.
William Cast en Hamilton.
New Yerk, Jan, BSWQlIara Gaston
Hamilten, enly survivlne? grandson of
Alexander Hamilton, died at his resi
dence ia Granaesey Park today, In his
fiad year. Three children survive him,
amehg them William Slepgan Hamil
ton, who maisieq Juliet SHeppeirt Mor
gan, daughter f j. Pieppaat Morgan,
and Helen &L Bhine!andei, -wife ef the
Rev. Philip llerpe Ehinejasder, Epis
copal bishap eif Pennsylvania,
Edward M. KSavsh. of Bndgeperty
Bridgeport, 0mtn? Jan. 22, Edward
M. Marsh, 4 prominent resident of
Bridgeport, flid at his "heme aere to
night sSterf a tnJef flcnesn, aged ?T. H ?
came here fcam 3tfew Haven in iS54.
Be was treasarer. of the. People's Sav
ings bant, vice pxesideiit of" tae T. M.
C a menaBejf' oT"W; A. fe.. 'and
He xiayat Legion, "Ik enlisted in th
t9th ConiraBKTSplixDAeJSE at tha out
break of" the.' "Ctvfl, -war." and was
Wounoq"tn"hattte. "He was prominent
ly " tdienll&ed " with the &out Coasr-i
atWr -skurc TlJT ,