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VOL. LV. NO. 41
NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1913
The Bulletin's Circulation In Norwich is' Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is tlie Largest in Connecticut: in Proportion to City's Population.
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NEWS SUPPRESSED BY GOVERNMENT
Messages of Newspaper Correspondents at Mexi
co City Discarded
BRITISH MINISTER HAS
Automobile in Which He Was Riding to Conference at Ameri
can Embassy Struck in Several Places by Bullets This
News Furnished by American Ambassador Armistice
Signed at 2 o'Clock But Broken a Few Hours Later With
Fierce Fighting at Laredo Special Meeting of Cabinet
Last Night to Frame a
President Taft Most Americans Have Found! Places of
,, Comparative Safety.
Strict censorship on . all despatches
has been established at Mexico City.
Government officials, took charge of
the cable office shortly after 5 o'clock
Saturday and ruthlessly discarded the
messages of correspondents to their
papers.
Coda messages and all messages con
taining any expressions whatever that
flight be construed into a suggestion
the important happenings in the
capital came under the ban and were
promptly confiscated, by the censor and
his assistants.
Nevertheless several despatches, of a
somewhat detached nature, escaped the
vigilance of the censorship, and an
early bulletin was flashed through that
the armistice signed at 2 o'clock Sun
day had. been broken and that both
sides were fighting savagely.
The Mexican government was unable,
however, to shut off the office des
patches of the diplomatic representa
tives, but as these are sent in cipher
considerable delay is being experienced
beaause of the time occupied in trans
lation, and the fear is expressed that
many tilings may occur in the Mexican
- capital detrimental to the foreign resi
dents before the exact situation is
learned by the home governments.
' Brief despatches Diving a general
idea o the situation prior to the fresh
outbreak of hostilities were received
. by the censors and allowed to pass
along to their respective destinations,
. but the government apparently , is de
termined that not a word of the nght-
- ing - which has torn the city asunder
for eight days past shall be communi
cated to the outside world,-If that can
' be prevented. '
The government has not only shut
; the world off from Mexico City, but so
. ' far as the public are concerned has
; shut Mexico City off from the world,
including the whole of the Mexican
' republic News despatches sent Sat-
: nrday night from the United States
. to Mexico City were either refused or
held up, the intention evidently being
that the residents within the capital
shall not be informed of the measures
which have been undertaken by the
American and other governments to
' protect their interests.
While Madero has been reiterating
. Bis declaration that conditions- in
Mexico outside of the capital are sat
isfactory, advices from various cen
- ters indicate that there have been im
portant movements in favor of .Diaz.
Information of the breaking of the
- armistice ana tne resumption or nos
tlUties has been received from Laredo,
' Tex where wire . communication was
- established with Mexico . City early
Sunday afternoon and again as late as
o'clock at night. On both occasions
. the messages stated that a battle was
on.
Official advices received from Am
, bassador ' Wilson tell of the narrow
escape of the British minister, Francis
, W. Stronge, from federal bullets while
on his way to a conference at the
.American embassy on Saturday. Tha
automobile in which Mr. Stronge was
riding, escorted by a federal guard,
was struck in several places. This
gives some slight Indication of the dif
ficulties and dangers encountered, by
the diplomatic representatives in their
endeavors to bring about a peace set
tlement. Further advices from the ambassador
- say that the majority of the American
residents have found places of relative
safety, although -a few of them have
refused to abandpn their homes.
MADERO WONT RESIGN.
Persistently Refuses to Consider It
Truce Lasted But Few Hours.
Mexico City, '"Feb. 16. Hostilities
were resumed with renewed fierceness
in the Mexican capital today after a
truce which lasted only a few hours. -
The armistice signed at 2 o'clock
Sunday morning by the representatives
of both sides, agreeing to suspend, op
erations for 24 hours, was broken be
fore noon. Soon the sound of heavy
cannonading and the whirr of machine
guns announced the return of the fed
eral troops to their posts in front of
the arsenal.
H appeared as if the words of Ma
dero and Diaz might prove prophetic
and that this time the battle would be
to a finish.
President Madero this morning reit
erated -his refusal to comply with the
suggestion of the senators that he re-sign.
He declared that he was still
able to dominate and that, given time,
he would crush the rebel forces.
General Diaz had not shown himself
to be greatly in favor of the armistice
but consented to it out of respect for
the efforts of the American ambassa
dor and the ministers of the powers to
bring about a cessation of hostilities
until the foreigners and other non
combatants still within the zone of the
fightin-w could be removed to a position
of comparative safety,
Diaz regarded the truce as merely a
delay in the accomplishments of his
fixed purpose to drive Madero out of
the presidency. The fighting Satur
day had undoubtedly gone in favor of
the rebels, who had resisted all as
saults against them, had received Into
their i- ranks several hundred federal
deserters and had obliged the federal
commanders to Admit that for the
present at least, the rebel position was
Impregnable.
General lluferta, the commander of
the government -troops, a. hard ftirhtep,
who has been tlirnufh many earn
paigns, also was 'opposed t the armis
tice and chafed mider the terms which
It Imposed .. upon , , htm, Nor did he
willingly agree to the sending of - a
large body of his forces back to . the
federal base near the national palace
last night. ,"- , ' '
President Madf ro's attitude was fme
ef exasperation, but as ha had request
ftA Urn AjTi.atikan go.ypmmeut to yma-
by Madero's Censor
VERY NARROW ESCAPE
Reply to Madero's Rit'-ssage to
hold intervention he could do no iess
i ess
than consent to an armistice when tiye
question was submitted directly vto
him. But he let it bo known withou't
equivocation that- he was determined1-
to retain the presidency.
The American ambassador and the
German minister called on the presi
dent and on General Huerta and asked
that the military dispositions of the
government forces should be so ar
ranged as to render unnecessary the
firing over the residential quarter; that
a free zone be fixed and that the gov
ernment unite with the American
committee in the establishment of cen
ters for the distribution of food to the
poor, this having already been agreed
to by General Diaz provisionally.
Early this morning the embassy was
the scene of intense activity. A dozen
automobiles moved swiftly to and fro,
carrying refugees, provisions and mes
sages. The work entailed necessitated
the hiring of a corps of extra clerks
and stenographers. The embassy build
ing was besieged by hundreds, not all
of them Americans, who asked for
advice or assistance.
There m little actual suffering from
lack of food or shelter within the city,
but there is a vast amount of discom
fort and great danger to those who re-
main.
REPLY TO MADERO
Framed at Cabinet Meeting Last Night
Its Nature Not Disclosed.
Washington, Feb. 17. Secretary of
State Knox was directed by President
Taft to-reply early this morning to the
request of President Francisco I. Ma
dero -of Mexico fora definite statement
of the policy of the United States tow
ard Mexico.
The cabinet, which was in session
for more than two hours, adjourned at
12.40' o'clock, spent the time discussing
the terms of the reply. Though no of
ficial statement was given out, it was
declared that Secretary Knox would
state that the attitude of this govern
ment would remain just as it had been
for the past two years.
The exact nature of the reply was
not disclosed. It was stated that the
note would be despatched to Madero
at once and probably would be public
later today.
Upon leaving the White House, Sec
retary Knox reiterated that Interven
tion was not now contemplated nor
would there be a change in the naval
or military plans relating to Mexico.
MADERO'S MESSAGE
Says Americans Will Be Safe if They
Abandon Zone of Fire.
Washington, Feb. 16. President Ma
dero's message to President Taft Sat
urday a string the American govern
ment not to intervene was as follows:
"I have beea informed that the gov
ernment over which your excellency
presides has ordered to set out for the
ports, of Mexico war vessels with
troops to disembark and come to this
capital to give guarantees of safety to
Americans.
"Undoubtedly the information which
you have, and which led you to take
this action, is inexact and exaggerated,
for the lives of Americans in this cap
ital are at present in no danger if they
will abandon the zone of fire and con
centrate in certain points of the city
or its suburbs where tranquility is
absolute, where the government can
give all classes guarantees.
' If you order all Americans resident
here to do that, following the prece
dent established by your' own orders
previously issued, danger to the lives
of Americans and other foreigners will
be obviated. Regarding what material
damages may be suffered by foreign
ers, this government is ready to accept
all responsibility according to the ob
ligations of International law.
' Consequently I ask your excellency
to order your men-oi-war not to dis
embark in Mexiop ,- as this act will
cause a conflagration and terrible con
sequences of more extent than the
ones we have to contend with at pres
ent.
"I assure your excellency that this
government is taking all measures
necessary in order that the rebels in
the arsenal will do the least harm pos
sible to lives and property in the cap!
tal, and I have hopes that everything
will be peaceruuy arranged in a very
short time.
"It is true that my country at this
moment Is passing through a terrible
crisis. The disembarkation of Ameri
can troops would only increase the
dangers of the situation and be a very
lamentable error. It would do great
harm to a nation which always has
been a loyal friend to the United
States as. -well as contribute to the
dangers surrounding the establishing
of true democratic government here
similar to that of the great American
nation.
"I appeal to the equitable Just sen
timents that have been the criterion
. r " - - . - - - . . . .
edly represent the sentiments of the
great American people whose destinies
you have guided with so much skill
and patriotism."
DEMAND COMMUNICATION,
United States Will Insist on Messages
from Ambassador.
Washington, Feb, 16 President Taft
Ws plainly disturbed tonight-to leers
that oemranmeation between Mexico
and the United States Was precarious
and that an apparently strict eenaer
ghi had betH isstituted by Mexican
ftuthonties. His fear has been that
just buea a. eenditien might arise and
that Americans in Mexico City might
find themselves faeing a situation like
that which existed in Peking during
the Boxer rehlliefl. .
Cabled Paragraphs
German Aviator Killed.
Leipsic, Germany, Feb. 16. The
German aviator, Lenk, was killed here
yesterday while attempting a gliding
flight from a height of 2400 feet
Yuan Shi Kai Reelected,
Peking, Feb. 16. Present returns
from the general elections being held
throughout China indicate that Presi
dent Yuan Shf Kai will be returned
to office by a substantial majority.
Steamer Founders, Five Drown.
Hamburg, Germany, Feb. 16 . .The
five officers ot the Stettin .steamer
Chrijsftania were drowned when their
vessel tenk after being: cut down by
the German steamer Galata during a
aense log wit .tsorkum.
ImperiaT. Residences Guarded.
Tokio, Japan, '..Feb. 16. Such strong
evidences of copuTar unrest continu to
be displayed all over- Japan that it has
been necessary to cell mu the aoldiery
f
ing the residences of mem'wors Of the
imperial family ana omciais. v
Hertz Elected Chief R?obi.
London Feb. 16. Joseph "h Vfprtr.
of New York was elected chief rabbi
of the British empire at a meoting of
the electoral college today bresided
over by .Lord Rothschild. ur. uerta
received 283 votes to 24 cast i'cr 'Th-.
Hymanson, head of the Jewisij Ccele
slastical court in London.
THREE LJTTLE FELLOWS,
BREAK THROUGH fHE ICE.
nr..:.!- n...H:Hn : - M . . 1 , n -
Heroic Efforts to Save Th.m
V ; .
Seymour, Conn., -ret ig. .While
placing on the honeyconxbed ice of the
Nau'-atuck river tnis afternoon, three
childre-n of tender years were drowned,
the tre&'nerous iy6-givmg away be
neath they" wefnt.
The deacfr -Chester
Grozed, aged 5.
Joseph Grozek, aged 4, brothers.
Frank Karashensky, aged 6.
Trofi Pidlipchak and his wife, who
live near tfte scene of the tragedy,
made heroic efforts to rescue the lads.
but failed, and they themselves were
The s" were sing on the Ice of
the embankment -leading to the river.
The ice on the river seemed perfectly
safe.sijut suddenly all three were pre
cipitate's into the water. Pidlipchak
saw the accident and hurried to the
scene. He manaked to grasp Kara-
shensky's har.d for a moment, but the
little fellow was too weak to hold on.
In the meantime Mrs. Pidlipchak tried
to help her husband, and the ice gave
way throwing both into the water.
They managed to scramble ashore in
safety. The Citizens' Engine company
threw fire ladders out over the ice. Taut
it was too late.
Funeral of Gen. Woodford.
New York, Feb. 16 Funeral s
Ices for General Stewart L. Woodford,
soldler and diplomat, were. held. In the
old First -.Presbyterian church on Fifth
avenue this afternoon in - the pres
ence of a gathering which Included
many men of note. Dr. Howard Duf-
field, the pastor, pronounced the eulo
gium and the burial services of the
Grand Army or the Republic and the
Loyal Legion were read, James
Bryce, the British ambassador and
Viscount Chlnda, the Japanese am
bassador .attended the services. The
body will be taken to Stamford, Conn.,
tomorrow for burial.
Glastonbury Dwelling Burned.
Glastonbury, N. Y., Feb. 16. Fire of
unknown origin last night totally de
stroyed the house of William Koro-
patkin. Mrs. Koropatkin rescued her
four smalj children with the greatest
or oimcuity. The family is left desti
tute. The loss is about 11,500.
tonight that if a censorship Is being
exerclBed this government will de
mand that communications from Am
bassador Wilson and replies shall be
permitted to go through without in
terruption. - It does not propose to
have the slender thread that connects
the American colony with Washington
interfered with for an instant.
While the cabinet was in session
Major General Wood, chief of staff of
the army, who returned today from
Boston, was busy in his office at the
war department
AGAINST INTERFERENCE.
Sentiment of Cabinet Members
at
Meeting Last Night
Washington, Feb. 16 After a con
ference of an hour and a half with
Secretary of State Knox tonight, Pres
ident rart caueo. a special meetlntr of
the cabinet to discuss the late dis
patches from Mexico. The report from
Mexico City that the armistice had
been declared off and that hostilities
had been resumed caused intense in
terest among the cabinet officers.
Mr. Knox laid before the president" a
long resume of reports from Mexico
jity trom Ambassador Wilson pictur-
ing in detail the revolt of Diaz and
the efforts of Madero to simuresa It
The proposed reply of this government
to Madero's request to keep "hands
off" and allow him to settle with Diaz
himself also was considered.
Despite the alarming Information
that has continued to come into Wash
ington for the last few days not a
memoer oi tne presidents cabinet fa-
vored Intervention when summoned to
tonignts meeting. Most of the offi
cial family believe that the Mexican
factions will solve their own troubles
and are of the opinion that in
terference by the United States is un
called for at this time.
ARMISTICE BROKEN.
Desperate Battle in Progress at Laredo
at Noon Yesterday.
Laredo, Texas, Feb. 16. Thetruce
arranged betwen the government and
rebel forces at Mexico City was brok
en this morning, according to the tele
graph operator at Mexico City, who
was in , communication with Ladero at
noon. A desperate battle was in prog
ress at that hour, he said. The wire
failed before further details could be
given. Attempts to re-establish com
munication with the capital this aft
ernoon were unsuccessful.
Wire conununlMtfnn ta r t
City was established again over a rall
wire tonight at 9.15. The operator
at Mexico City stated tht t-
Iterated his declaration that he has no
iiit-etiLioji ei resigning and that fighting
was in pregrese at that moment After
the reeelpt of' the two
munieation was again eut off.
Rebels Near Boundary,
Brownsville, Texas. Feb. ia Sobcio
partially- burned a bridge en the Mex
ican National railroad near Mata-
moras last night. This is the first
evidenee of the preeenea f rebels
across the border from SfuithwaHt
Texas. MatamoFas is anrnHa lh
Are Protected
By Old Glory
ALL NATIONALITIES AT AMERI
CAN EMBASSY.
LEAVING MEXICO CITY
Many Americans Start for Vera Cruz
Where American Battleship Lies at
Anchor and Two " Others Are Ex
peoted ' Today.
Urates n m Mexico' to!
A TTt.,1. -IB II I ... JJ
day for the flight of American women
and children from thestricken city
to safety within the borders just as
soon as the armistice had been de
clared. The American embassy staff
a nr th pnmmlttfift .TnmTtfrf v Am.
bassador Wilson began the work of
assembling the panic-stricken fugitive
women and children at the embassy.
Many who hitherto had paid no heed
to the warning o the ambassador ' to
leave the city now were eager to em
brace any measures which meant their
deliverance from the panic which has
followed in the wake of a week's dis
orders.
The Georgia at Vera Cruz.
It was pointed out that the easiest
way to safety lay via Vera Cruz, only
a short distance by rail. Once arrived
at the port of the capital city, the
refugees would have full protection
pending the continuance of their jour
ney by steamer to American soil. One
American areadnaught, the Georgia,
already lies at anchor in Vera Cruz
harbor and two others, the Vermont
and Nebraska, are due tomorrow. With
the guns of these three sea monsters
levelled toward the city, refugees
would have little to fear, but if ne
cessity should arise, the fugitives could
be taken aboard ship.
while preparations for flight of the
?L LKL
the American colony were going for-
! ward, " th work of removing all for
eigners from the danger zone was en
tered upon in earnest and hundreds
sought safety in the neighborhood of
the American embassy, where everv
kind of a shelter was employed as a
place of refuse. '
Cuban Flagship at Vera Cruz.
Washington. Feb. 16.---The cruiser
Cuba, flagship of the Cuban navy,
reached Vera Cruz today,, according to
a despatch received tonight at the
Cuban legation. It was said at the
legation that a special permit had been
secured from the Madero government
under which infantry and artillerv
would be landed from the Cuba and
taiien to Mexico City to guard the
Cuban legation and te prott Cuban.'
I citizens.' . T . "T
LAST HONORS FOR
JUDGE RALPH WHEELER.
Prominent Members of the Bar from
AH Parts of the State Will Attend
His Funeral.
New London, Conn., Feb. 16
Prominent ludjres and lawyers from
all parts of the state will ba in Kew
London today to attend the funeral of
Judge Italph Wheeler of the superior
court which will be held at noon from
his late home, in Williams street Mem
bers of the legal fraternity will meet
at the court house at 11.S0 o'clock nd
march from there in a body to the
Wheeler residence. Services will be in
charge of Rev. J. W. Blxler, pastor of
me secona congregational cfcurch.
fepeclal cars will oonvey the body
and funeral party to Stonington, where
interment will be made In the Wheeler
family plot In Stonington cemetery.
Services at the grave will be in ac
cordance with the rites of the Kniglits
Templar, tn charge of the officers of
Palestine Commandery, No. 6, K. T.,
of New London, of which tha judge
was a memDer. nere win De no hon
orary bearers. The active bearers will
be past commanders of Palestine Com
mandery. y
$5,000,000 ASKED FOR
STATE HIGHWAYS.
One Section Would Extend from Willi-
mantic to New London.
Hartford, Conn, Feb. 16
Letters to Connecticut mayors are
to be sent by the Connecticut Good
JRoads association asking the co-opera
tion ot the cities in securing enact
ment by the general assembly of legls-
iaiun that will give the state a" system
ot public highways which will be sec
ond to p. t. in the country.
The ooject of the association is to
secure irom the legislature a bond
issue of $5,000,000 to cover the cost of
constructing 375 miles of main trunk
line highways throughout the state,
one a.onsr the entire coast line: one
from NsiV Britain to Thompsonville;
one from JJanbury to Meriden; one
fr-.m Hartford to Danielson, and one
from Willjmantlc to New London. A
study of tne map of the state will
show what a great benefit this system
of trunk icads will be to this section
In c;ise the project meets with favor
able action.
The Ocnd Roads association has
I'Cen sdVjsed by the leading highway
engineers tnat a road can be built
with a six -inch concrete foundation
and a thin wearing surface, of tar or
aspluilt, 'ir both, for $12,000 per mile.
This, they Bay, would outlast all other
methods of road building which are
cheaper on the first eost,Hit which
have to be repaired constantly.
Frank J. King ia the Norwich rep
resentative on the executive board of
the State Good Roads association.
Steamship Arrivals,
Movllle, Feb. 15. Arrived: Steamer
Cameronia, New York for Glasgow
(and proceeded).
Liverpool, Feb. 15. Arrived: Steam
er Saxonla, Boston.
St. John, N. B., Feb. 15. Arrived:
steamer Empress of Britain, Liverpool.
New York, Feb. 16. Aprlved, steam
er Campania, Liverpool; Baltic, Liver
pool; Kaiser In Augusta Victoria,
Hamburg; Patricia, Hamburg; Argen
tina, Trieste.
Pastor Attacks Club Licenses,
Hartford Conn., Feb, 17,ftev.
Rockwell Harmon Potter, ; paster of
the Center Congregational ehurch, in
a sermon today attacked speelal leg
islation, whereby elubs tin no-lieanisa
towns are able - to secure liquor li
censes. , He oeRtenaea xnat an ernes
desiring te sell liquor should secure
saloua licenses, '
"Ex-8onator Hale Stricken,
Washington, Feb, 18 -Former gena-:
te Eugene Hale ef MaiBe is reported
tonight to be in a critical eendition
from paralysis with whieh he- was
stricken yesterday. He will be 77
yearu old. next J line,
Diary of Dorr
As Evidence
WILL FIGURE IN THE
MURDER TRIAL-
MARSH
MAILED IT TO AUNT
Contained Record of Millionaire's
Death Before Body Had Been Found
Over 100 Witnesses Summoned by
Government.
Salem, Mass., Feb. 16 A diary, al
leged to contain a record of the death
of George E. Marsh, written some
hours before the -body of the wealthy
soap manuiacturer or i,ynn was xouna
on the West Lynn marshes, April id.
1912, will figure In the trial of William
A. Dorr, charged with murder. The
case will be opened in the superior
court nere -tomorrow. . -
Legacy of $100,000 to Aunt
The state will attempt to show the
time at which Dorr mailed this jour
nal of events to an aunt in California,
and that the first knowledge of the
crime came to police two hours later.
Other circumstances including a leg
acy of $100,000, which was to go to
this aunt in 1914 or earlier. In the
event of Marsh's death; lend a peculiar
interest to the mysterious affair.
Dorr's Mother to be Present.
More than 100 witnesses have been
summoned and the prosecution's case,
bunt largely on circumstantial" evi
dence, will be stoutly contested by the
defense. Dorr's mother whose identity
has been carefully shielded by- his
counsel ,will be present In the court
room. She has been referred to as
Mrs. L. C. Dorr and is said to be ad
vaivied In years and m feeble health.
It wat.aecided only at the last moment
to permit the mother to undertake the
ordeal.
Marsh Had No Enemies.
jviarsn was 76 years or. age and a
widower. His only immediate rela
tives were a brother, Caleb, and a son.
James M. Marsh. He had retired from
business but continued his interest in
public affairs and was highly regard
ed. He was not known to have an
enemy. When his body, bearing four
bullet wounds, was discovered the po
lice were at a loss for a motive for
his death.
Surprising Message From Stockton.
A reward of $2500 was offered' for
the detection of the rrUerer and a
wide search was begin.- For several
days this was without result Then
came a surprising message from Chief
of Police Briars of Stockton, Calif. It
"Has a low built man, about 35
years of age, been seen in company
with Marsh?"
This description fitted fairly well a
stranger who attracted attention in
Lynn and who was known there as
Willis A. Dow. He had hired an au
tomobile in Boston and drove much in
Lynn. About the time of Marsh's death
Dow disappeared.-
- Truetse of $100,000 Fund.
Investigation of the murdered man's
financial affairs developed that he was
the trustee of a fund of $100,000 which
had been left by a brother, James
Marsh, for the latter's adopted
daughter. Miss Orpha Marsh, whose
home is In Stockton, Calif. She was
to recetvM the money at the death of
George B. Marsh, or in 1914 if the
trustee survived in that year.
Mailed Diary to Aunt.
Dorr is a nephew of Miss Marsh and
has made his home with her. The
state will attempt to prove that Dorr
and Dow are identical and that the
defendant hastily left his home in
Stockton a short time before Marsh
was killed and was in Lynn, masquer
ading when the murder was committ
ed. Later, it was ascertained, he re-"
turned to California stopping on the
way in New York, from which point
he mailed a diary in which, the demise
of Marsh was set down. Miss Marsh
notified the authorities of the return
home of her nephew and he was ar
rested in Stockton on April 18 last He
was brought east a few days later and
Indicted.
OBITUARY.
Alfred Hawks worth.
Montreal. Feb. 16. Alfred Hawks-
worth president and general manager
or Aiirea aawKswortn and : Son Ltd.,
died today, aged 67 years years. Born
in Derbyshire, England, he went i to
Lonsdale, R. I., as a youth, soon en
tering the textile trade. In later life
he was associated with numerous mill
ing enterprises in..jNew England, hav
ing invented a veivet and plush loom.
In 1895 he came to Montreal, where
he had since resided. The funeral will
take place in Providence. R. I., Wed;
nesday. George Bush of Greenwich.
Greenwich. Conn.. Feb. 16., (5
Bush, aged 65, one of the best known
men in town, died suddenly at a local
hospital - last night, an hour after being-taken
there. He developed an at
tack of pneumonia, which is the offi
cial cause of death, though his friends
feel that his fear of going to a hospital
contributed to his sudden passing
away. ie at nrst refused to go to
the institution, saying that he knew
he would never come out alive. A
widow survives.
Rev. Father Benedict Masselts, S. J
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 16. Rev. Father
Benedict J. Masselis, S. J., the oldest
Jesuit in tne united States and be
lieved to be the oldest in the world,
died at the University of Detroit to
day. He was born In Belgium In 1820.
Alderman John J. Brennan of Chicago.
Chicago. Feb. 16. Alderman John J.
Brennan died here today, 63 qears old,
ana years a umcago alderman. Mr.
Brenan was serving his eleventh coa
seoutive term In the city council.
Mrs. Julia A. Hill, Lincoln's House
keeper. Jersey City. N. J Feb, 16.-r-Mrs. Ju
lia A. Hill, who claimed to have been
Abraham Lincoln s housekeeper when
Llneoln was practicing law In Spring
field, H., before hia election to the
presidency, died here today. She was
101 . years and 11 months eld, accord
ing te her relatives. She was a colored
woman and bern in slavery,
Dying From Eleetrio -Shook,
Greenwich, Conn., Feb. 16 Frank
Terwilligel aged 63, of Portehester, N.
Y., is dying at the 'Greenwich hospi
tal as the result of a shoes: ef eleetri
eity received while working teday en
the everhead electric system ef the
New Haven read near ' the Cos Ceb
station,
An indeor golf school has beea start
ed iaLonderv
Condensed Telegrams f
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Lauti Broi A Co., soap -refinery,
Buffalo, was destroyed by fire. Loss
$75,000. '
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The Massachusetts House Passed a
resolution congratulating England on
the passage of the Home Rule bill.
Wilmer Johnson, Veneer -Mill em
ploye at Stockholm, Me., who fell into
a tank of acid Friday, died from his
burns Saturday. -'
Theodore Roosevelt Will go to New
port K. I., next summer to assist in
the campaign to make Narragansett
bay a naval base.
Girl Friends of Miss Helen Taft have
presented her with a farewell gift In
the shape of a magnificent gold hand
bag studded with amethysts.1 -
President-elect Wilson and: his fam
ily Saturday began packing some "of
their books and household effects for
shipment to the White House.
Mrs. Jeanette Reiffarth, an actress.
who was stricken with paralysis in the
dressing room of an Albany theater a
week ago Saturday, died Saturday.
Professor E. H. Haroer of North
western university, Having concluded a
series of experiments, said, that wo
man is superior to man in intellectual
ity. - . -, -
Elk Lake City, a Town of about 1,000
inhabitants in Ontario, was swept by
a nre aaturoay wnicn causea aoout
$200,000 damage and at least two
deaths. . . -
A Bill Fixing $6 a Week and a
nine-hour day as the . minimum of
women workers, except domestic ser
vants, has been passed by the Kansas
house of representatives.
Cipriano Castro is Free to come and
go in this country at will. Judge Ward
Saturday sustained the writ of habeas
corpus in his behalf, overruling the
immigration authorities.
Hotel Bellevue, at North Conway, N.'
H.. one of the larger of the summer
hotels of the White Mountain district,
was destroyed by fire Saturday. The
building contained lt0 rooms.
All But 500 Seats in the Grandstand
fronting the White House already have
been sold for the inaugural paraae,
March 4. The stand has a sealing ca
pacity of approximately C,0004
The Aid of the Sultan of Turkey in
insuring peace in at least a section of
the Philippines is to be sought by
Major John P. Finley, U. S. A., who
left Saturday for Constantinople.
The Omnibus Public Building Bill,
carrying total appropriations of $25,-
643,800, was reported Saturday to tne
house. . The till authorizes $400,000 ior
a public building at New Haven, Gonn.
Governor Sulzer Has Signed "the Bill
establishing a definite-bairndary. -line
between New York state and Connecti
cut. The line as fixed in the new law
meets with the ; approval of . - both
states.. ! - :
Unable to Decide Whether Mrs. Mar-
celina Elisalda, 105 years old, should
be permitted to marry Plcasantino
Leon, aged S6,' Superior Court Judge
Kives continued the case in propaie
court at Los Angeles for one week, .
On Pain of Arrest, Daniel J. Sully,
erstwhile cotton king, cannot return
to New York until he purges himself
of the contempt of court. This is the
substance of a decision by Supreme
Court Justice Morschauser at White
Plains.
President Taft, His Cabinet' the en
tire house of representatives, the sen
ate, the supreme court and the diplo
matic corps assembled Saturday in the
senate chamber at memorial services
for the late Vice President James S.
Sherman.
Richard H. Houlihan and Willir.m
Shupe of Chicago and Paul J. Morrin
of St, Louis, convicted at Indianapolis
of conspiracy to transport explosives
illegally, were released from . the fed
eral penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kas.,
Saturday on bonds.
The Threatened Tie-up of eastern
railroads by the proposed strike of
firemen was the basis of a resolution
for government ownership of those
railroad properties introduced in the
house Saturday by Representative
Berger of Wisconsin, socialist.
A Tiny Scrap of Paper containing
only the name. ''Lynch" was sold for
S175 at a sale of autographs at Phila
delphia. The signature had been writ
ten on the flyleaf of a book by Thomas
Lynch, Jr., of South Carolina, a signer
of the Declaration of Independence. ,
- Declaring That the Kansas Natural
Gas company and two of its subsidi
aries which supply gas to many Kan
sas cities was an' "Illegal trust," Judge
T. J. Flannelly of the district court at
Independence, Kas., appointed receiv
ers for both company and subsidiaries.
Judge Clarence W. Sessions in the
federal district court at Detroit Sat
urday imposed fines ranging from $1
to $10,000 on the 14 individuals and 13
corporation defendants convicted in
the trial of the so-called bathtub trust
for criminal conspiracy in restraint of
trade. . - :
Federal Judge - Mayer Saturday
granted the application of Edson J!'
Chamberlin, president of the Grand
Trunk railway, for the appointment of
a commission to go abroad- and take
the testimony of certain London bank
ers and of English directors of the
Grand Trunk. . ,
: What is Claimed as a World's Rec
ord for high kicking was made In the
annual charier day indoor athletic
meet at the University of Nebraska
Meyers, a big sophomore, succeeded in
elevating his foot to a height of nine
feet nine inches, half an Inch better,
it is claimed, than the previous rec
ord. . . -' ' -
Bulgarians Sink Turkis;h. Craft.
Sofia, Feb. 16 A Bulgarian battery
and a mining detachment ".. have com
pletely destroyed the Turkish battle
ship Assar-I-Tewflk which ran ashore
February 11 .at Karaburuny on v the
Black Sea coast. The Bulgarians have
also Bunk Turkish transport with
all hands off Charkeul.
Editor Lord Resigns Fronv Sun.
New York, Feb. 16 The resignation
of Chester S. Lord from the staff of
the Bun was announced tonight.- He
had been fortv-one veara In fhn serv
ice of that newspaper. He was made
managing editor in 1880 and has' held
that position continuously slnce,i ,
Seasonable Weather This Week,
Washington. Feb. 18 , rmia
throughout the country during the eera-
ing week will be near the seasonal
average, and rains er snews will be be-
iww ine normal ever mest er the states,,
the weather bureau's weeklv forecast
RAILROAD CRISIS WILL COME TOO:,;
Federal Mediators to Have Another Conference lYIl!
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Both Parties to the Controversy
FIREMEN'S STRIKE ORDER HELD IN AEEYU:
Expected That Managers Will Submit Another Plan of Art,
tration Today President Carter Declares Award to Er:.
gineers is Not Yet in Effect Except on One Road Con
aiders Arbitration Board in That Case Non-Practical Lie i
New York, Feb. 16. The crisis in
the controversy between the eastern
railroads and their 34.000 fl'pmcn
which last week narrowed down to
the method of arbitration to be used
to settle the differences is expected to
morrow when representatives of both
sides have agreed to meet Judge ICnapp
oi tne commerce court, and (J. W. W.
Hanger, acting commissioner of labor,
the federal mediators, in a final ef
fort to avert a strike.
We are waitiner for .Tude Knano
and Mr. Hanger to announce , that they
are unable, under the federal laws, to
secure arbitration," President W. S.
carter of the Brotherhood of- Loco
motive Firemen and Enginemen said
tonight. 'This means that nothing
will be done by us until tomorrow."
Another Proposal Expected Today.
Mr. Hanger met with the conference
committee of managers today, but de
clined tonight to discuss the confer
ence. He said that tomorrow he would
Join . Judge Knapp, who is expected
to return from Washington late to
night for further meetings with both
sides. Much significance is attached
to the hurried visit of Judge Knapp
to Washington and also -to th- con
ference today of Mr. Hanger and the
railroad managers and another pro
posal as to the method of arbitration
is expected to be made to the firemen
tomorrow.
Replying to the statement made by
President Carter, Mr. Hanger -slid:
Mr. Hanger's Statement.
"When we announce that wo are
unable to bring both sides to terms ot
arbitration then it will be up tn Mr.
Carter to act: we will have done all
that was possible under the condi
tions." In a former statement to tin pub
lic tonight President Carter discussed
the , Erdman act under tae t-er:ns of
which the railroad managers hav's re
fused to arbitrate, and contradicted
various declarations of- the railroads
regarding the award of the -arri'tra-tion
board of seven which sett ed t'n
difference of the engineers with the
same lines last summer.
Engineers' Award Not Yet in Effect.
"With regard to the public state
ments by the railroad companies,
wherein it is said that the engineers
are satisfied and have been benefitted,
by arbitration under the railroads'
plan, and the railroads have paiu one
million dollars in back pay, etc.'' said
Mr. Carter in his statement, "I am
advised by Grand Chief Stone f-cf the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
that while It has been ten months
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
STATE'S WATERWAYS
Bill Is Ready for Report to the Senate.
(Special to The Bulletin.)
Washington, Feb. 15. The senate
committee on commerce have com
pleted their report on the river and
harbor bill which passed the house
January 28, and will report it to the
senate when the Connecticut river bill
is out of the way.
. The bill provides for the mainten
ance of the following Connecticut im
provements: The Pawcatuck river, $6,000; Five
mile river, Greenwich and Westport
harbor and Saugatuck river, all in one
item, $5,000; for Milford harbor, $5,000;
for maintenance of the improvements
of New Haven harbor, $10,000, to which
the Henate has added an amendment
appropriating the sum of $S0,000 for
the further improvement as recom
mended by the engineer officer of the
army. This amendment was intro
duced by Senator Brandegee: For
maintenance of the improvements on
the Connecticut river below Hartford,
$15,000; for continuing the improve
ments and maintenance of the Hous
atonic river, $20,000; for completing
the improvements in the Mystic river,
$8,160, and for maintenance of the
improvements' on the Thames river,
$12,000.
The senate committee added a new
section to the bill which provides that
the secretary of commerce and labor
is authorised to define and establish
anchorage grounds for vessels In Im
proved harbors - and bays of the
United States, whenever maritime arid
commercial interests shall request ac
tion, and shall show that said anchor
age grounds are required for safe nav
igation. Steamers Reported by Wireless.
Cape Race, N. F.. Feb. 16. Steamer
Niagara, Havre from New York, in
wireless communication with Marconi
station here when 1,080 miles east of
Sandy Hook at 12.30 p. m. Dock 3 p.
m. ednesday.
'Cape Race, N. F Feb. 16. Steamer
Winifredian, Liverpool for Boston, In
wireless communication with the Mar
coni station here when 240 miles south
at S.45 p. m.
Gas X?nk Explodes in Church.
Kansas City, Mo, Feb. 16. Twenty
members of the congregation of the
First Methodist church south, at Oak
Grove, 25 miles east of here, were In
jured tonight when a gas tank blow
up in the basement of the church.
Rev. J. A. Jester, a retired minister,
probably will die. Half a dozen others
are tn a serious condition.
Plumbers' Strike Settled.
.New Haven, Conn., Feb. 16. It was
definitely announced that the plumbers'
strike, affecting -100 men, wnlen. na
been In progress here sinee last, May
over wage difficulties,,, has been set
tled.. ,' ' -
fc-.jrr- - :
Old Blrdaey,., Homestead . Burn. .
- Middletewn." Cehn.. Feb. 19 Tha' eld
Birdsey homestead at Long ttilL 4 a
house mere than. a. century eld, and
eceupled by Albert Birdsey, was to
tally destroyed by fire this afterneon.
xne iobs is apout 13,000,
Autes Burn in Garage Fire
- ;Lewisten, Me., Feb, 16. Mere thjrn
a score of autemebiles were destroyed
teday; in a fire which burned the Cen
tral garage n Main street. The luss
1 upward pf ipO.OOU
5 r -
since they agreey to arbitrate aril
seven months since the hearing were
closed and given to thi arbitration
board for a decision, tl.e aw;-.rd of
that board has not yet been pet int s
effeeet except on one railroad and it
has been found necessary to re-nies:
the engineers' arbitration board to
again meet and finally decide what
they really did mean by tho awari
that thy handed down."
Engineers' Board Were Moi-Practical
Men,
The irsaln objection of President
Carter to the arbitration board in th
engineers' case, is, he duclared, tbat
non-practical men on the board con-
trolled the arbitration. These mvmt
he said, went to the records .-f tha
Interstate Commerce Commission,
which he affirmed were notoriously in.,,
correct, and baeed their finding and
the award on these records.
The railroads, according to Mr. Cur
ters statement, are maiutainmp: ;
great expense in Washing-ton a du
reau whieh gathers statistics for use
in arbitration proceedings under t
plan which the managers of the roada
propose in this instance and which tas
firemen refused to accept last Friday,
He further declared that the sratifcticu
showed only in favor of ths companies,
Too Much Power for One Man.
As the deadlock now stands the H"e
men's committee is demanding ar. ar-
bitration under the Erdman act by;
a. board of three members while tho
railway managers decline to ara,e tit
settlement of the dispute rsy so ?ma ;
a board in which they claim the od i
man would have too great pow.?. 1 '
tomorrow's conferences fail to effect
a. compromise and the federal m-eaisw
tors Judge Knapp and Sir. Haage--
announce their failure to brir-3- ih
two factions to terms, It is expecteii
that President Carter will forma.!l.v
sue a strike orcltrr tomorroiv nirnt. .-:.
much la at stake, however, t tia l.-.nof't
sort of a .compromise la conndent!?
expected toy interests sUUecl with boui
sides.
Judge Knapp Hopoful. '
Judge Martin A. Knapp of the crmr
merce court left here late tonvirht fos
New York. He said he knew nothing
about the conference in. New Toi-nt
between Mr. Hanger and t te orimit-.
tee of railroad managers. When .if-ked
if he believed that the conti-oversr
would be amicably adiuKit-.d. Jtidg
Knapp said:
"One instinctively hopes tn.at s vma
way may yet be found to av-ert such
calamity as a strike of the firemea
would entail. Just how it will b
avoided, however, no ore can say.
EXPRESS CRASHES INTO "
REAR OF FREIGHT TRAIN.
Fireman and Mail Clerk Sustafct
Slight Injuries.
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 16 Tbij
Boston express for New York by waf
of Springfield, on the New York, Ken?
Haven and Hartford raiiix ad, crash,
ed Into the rear of freight during- a
dense fog at the north ead of tb.i
Cedar Hills yards at 4.22 o'clock thi I
morning ancj, although a number c ?
cars were derailed, only tvo person
were slightly injured, the fberaan art!
a mail .clerk on the express. Fiv
freight cars, loaded with paper for
Cedar Hill manufacturing concert
were burned
Fireman Elmer was bruised and en
but did not go to a hosprtaL Ma.
Clerk Hickery was thrown violent!!?
Into the forward end of the car b .
he, too, escaped serious injury. Thera
were a. number of passengers e ''
board, they escaped with onjy a. shal&
ins up. ,
Safe Blowe rs in Boston.
Boston, Feb. 16. Burglars ustef
electric drills and dynamite troke op.i
the safe of E. E. Gray and compaaj,
grocers, at the corner of Haiovsr ajifl
union streets, today and escipd with.
$12,000 in cash. They left their toes
and a quantity of explosive hehiuii
them.
Auto Bandit Confesses. '
Chicago, Feb. IS. Robert WetsJi,
highwayman and leader of the mi; ta
mo bite bandits, confessed Uwight Cbf
he shot) and killed Policeman Petsaf
tiart several weess ago. Webb w,s
cakPtured Friday. The confusion w.
made to State's Attorney Bcyne aftssa
48 hours of stubborn denial by Webb. ,
Southing ton Man Mangled. " '
Southing-ton, Owm., Feb. IS. a J
drew Kiert, aged 2$. well known abo-ci :
town, was struck by the laie freJsrlit
last night near the Flantsvil e static '
and probably instantly killed. His
mangled body wis found bir tviewis
near the railroad tracks erj-ly thil
morning. i
Cards and Hard Cider Caon Shooting
NorwaOk. Conn. Feb, 16. WXDSbe
Martha of Georgetown Is In the Nor
walk hospital in a critical condition
and Fred Keeler of Wilton la locked 9
at police head Quart ers as the result cl
a shooting affray last night hi Wilton
Cards and hard cider preceied tha
shooting. ;
Relief Expedition Failsi. ""
OhrlsUania, Norway, Feb. 13. Tti
eeond Norwegian expedition sent ta
the relief of the German identista
tranded In a remote part ef ISpitsb
f has not suoeeedfcd In itii under
tSutinS. It left id?fnt l!nv 1
January, bat was roreed to return. tA
Green. Harbor la a pitiful ooad ttoa.
Dan Hanna Promoting Journalism,
Cleveland, e Feh, jaAtpouac t
men was made todav that Dan i .
Manna, publisher ef tha Cleve' n 4
Leada? and. News, has efferee $10.c-. t
annually te Western Reserve tmiwy
fty er the foundation ef a g ihoul '
Jeup&aJIam,
Jatealry Theft at ei"eewwhh,
t" fiFeenwieh, eann.. Safe. la.Jlui'j-'---4
Jasafc Bight eatMed the heme ef u
s. IT IF, mh while tha ran lly
aa a.d stela $3Ht worm m
There are clue.