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VOL. LV. NO. 68
NORWICH, CONN., "THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1913
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THE ANTI-SUFFRAGISTS ARE HEARD
Claim
Made That the
Stay at Home
THE VOTE OF THE UNDERWORLD IN EVIDENCE
Judge Linsley, Declares One of Speakers, Made House to
House Canvass For Votes to Offset It Senate Passes
Bill For Election of County Commissioners by People
Free Mileage Bill Vetoed and Veto Sustained by House.
Hartford, Conn., March 19. Again
the capitol was invaded by women to
day. There were no banners flying
like yesterday, but the gathering was
fully as large. The committee on con
stitutional amendments sat for its
concluding hearing on the proposed
amendment which would strike the
word "male from the organic law of
the state. The an ti -suffragists had the
opportunity to say what they thought
02 .suiirage. .Before the house adjourn
ed women were in the chamber and
many were pressed closely against the
aoors waiting for entrance.
The anti-suffragists were clearly in
the majority today. No banners ware
displayed, as the suffrage advocates
had their day in court yesterday. Tho
antis were distinguished mostly by
knots of red ribbon on their jacket
revers. Out in the corridors several
"Votes for Women" advocates with
Bashes offered suffrage buttons.
Disputes Claim of 50,000 Votes.
Mrs. Daniel M. Markham of Hart
ford presided and presented each
speaker. The plan called for many
fehort speeches and a few words in the
nature of a report on the numerical
strength of local leagues organized
against equal suffrage. The speaker
who was intently listened to and
charmed all was Miss Price of Cleve
land, who took up practically every
claim of every speaker on tho propo
nents aide yesterday. At the outset
she replied to the assertion made that
60,000 votes were cast for woman's
suffrage in the last election. She said
It was not bo. Those votes were cast
for . Theodore Roosevelt, Eugene
Chafin and Kugene Debs because they
were cast for the platforms of ttiose
parties, not because of the suffrage
plank in them.
Conditions Getting Worse in Colorado,
Those 50,000 no more voted for
woman's suffrage than every man who
voted for Woodrow Wilson voted
against a. third term for Theodora
Roosevelt. She said one speaker said
C'jual suffrage was revolution. Miss
Price said it was, but not economic
revolution but political revolution. Tho
suffragists, she said, must prove that
conditions of women are wrong. Slw
said that Jane Addams had been held
up as a great political leader. Mia3
Price said that Miss Addams was
achieving her success long before
equal suffrage was linked to her fame
Miss Price denied that conditions of
women and children, industrially and
socially, in suffrage states were get
ting better. She declared that in Col
erado conditions were getting worse.
She declared Judge Ben Linsley was
a. suffragist simply to get votes.
Underworld Vote Gets Out.
She quoted him as saying that if
ony one woman wants suffrage in a.
county she should have it. Miss Prica
raid that the best women in Colorado
have accepted that dictum and stay at
home rather than vote, and . when
Judge Linsley wanted an office he had
to go from door to door, begging wom
en to come out and vote, to offset the
worst vote of the underworld.
Miss Price said that Mrs. Bennett
yesterday asked why women shoull
accept municipal suffrage when it is
only an examination. "Well, why
r'nouldn't they? They had school suf
frage and failed," Miss Price said.
Reference to English Militants.
For nearly an hour Miss Price spoke
cathingly, attacking equal suffrage
and making an appeal for women to
continue in their homely walks of life,
to the betterment of manhood and
womanhood.
Miss Burnell of Hartford, another
speaker, said In closing her argument:
"What do the frenzied and brutal acts
of the militant women in England
promise? Is it stability in govern
ment? Look out for the overwrought
nerves of women."
Arthur C. Graves of New Haven said
that women are the conservators and
the creators of all the noble things m
life which go in human character. TlM
ballot is simply a piece of machinery
to register decisions at the ballo.- box,
decisions made by the community long
before the election, and the decisions
In which all the forces in the com
munity have entened into and tended
towards the resuh-
Would Key Women to Pitch of Hys
teria. Mrs. Ansel O. Cook said that equal
suffrage is bad for the nation and bad
for women by keying them to the pitch
of hysteria. The anti-suffragists were
present to defend their homes. As a
purely economic question the purity of
the home must be maintained. Women
When they outnumbered men would
take advantage of their opportunity.
Men have always been faiir towards
women, in efforts for their general Im
provement Mrs. Cook denounced tho
suffragists who at an open meeting
0pread by speeches tind literature the
loathsome details" of the white slave
traffic and of "vice in Hartford," hav
ing a meeting at a theatre at which
young: and Innocent girls attended, only
to giggle and be amused by the har
rowing stories of immorality,
12,000 Women Enrolled Against Suf
frage. Mrs. Ladd of New Haven read a
rtwspaper clipping in which there was
fLti expression of surprise at the treat
ment of women ' in the parade at
Washington. fche said that she did n,-t
believe "American men are yet trained
to look for pure womanhood in tna
middle of the street."
Reperts from local leagues were glv--n,
showing that some 12,060 antig had
been enrolled.
Want Fewer Voters, Not More,
Senator Perry then spoke, saying he
was opposed to equal suffrage because
he did not think it a thing to .- Ua
farced upon the women of the state,
Suffrage is net a right? just a priv
liege. He eould not be persuaded that
the states whieh have equal suffrage
have found it a benefit, to the women
or the state. He believed that if th
ballot was given to women it would
be exercised oniy by those who wouiii
be drivea to vote by male members of
their family. This would add te ti'.a
number of undesirable voters. "What
we need is less voting, no mere-; we
eed more intelligent yetise," a
Best Women in Colorado
Rather Than Vote
Miss Pierson. in Rebuttal.
James P. Woodruff of Litchfield
also spoke for the opposition, and
there were several others, and then
the proponents had thirty minutes for
rebuttal, Mi3s Emily Pierson leading
off for the proponents.
POPULAR ELECTION OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Democratic Senators Railroad Meas
ure When Miner of New London
Sought to Have Albert Lanphere
Named by Legislature for This
County.
Hartford, Conn, March 19. The
democratic majority in the senate this
afternoon put through another bill
which was drawn as a party measure
in line with the democratic state plat
form. It was that of providing that
county commissioners shall be elected
by the people. The republican minor
ity tried to have action delayed but
at the expense, as alleged by the re
publican senators, of so-called sena
torial courtesy, motion to table the
measure to await amendments was
voted down. As the senate refused
to reconsider its action . the measure
will go to the house without delay.
Brought About by Miner of New Lon
don.
The passage of the bill after being
unexpectedly taken from the calendar
was brought about by Senator Miner
of New London trying to have tne
senate pass the resolution naming Al
bert Lanphere as commissioner of
New London county, ha being the
choice of the democratic caucus. Ob
jection to this prevailed simply be
cause a measure changing the scheme
of choosing commissioner was to be
acted upon, senator Miner tnen taDiea
his resolution. Lieutenant Governor
Tinnier had declared that the clerk's
desk was clear and everybody looked
for a motion to adjourn.
McDonough Attacks Present System.
Senator McConongh instantly called
up the county commissioners - bill.
Clerk Wynne read the report as that
of a majority of the committee and
Senator Perry told the chair that the
clerk was mistaken and should have
seen that tho report was signed by six
democrats which was not a majority.
Mr. McDonough moved passage of the
bill and this was accomplished after
Senator I
vigorous debate In which
Perry declared that popular election
of commissioners meant "rum in pol
itics" to a greater degree than ever
before. Senator McDonough replied
with a scorching attack on the pres
ent county commissionership as a sys-
tern declaring that the popular elec
tion meant the "driving of a wedge
into the well oiled, smooth running
republican machine' and the separ
ation of the saloon element from the
republican party. He asked "why do
the county commissioners have liquor
prosecuting agents, and are they not
political agents of the republican ma
chine In the counties?"
8cant Courtesy Shown Isfaell.
Senator Perry wished to have an
amendment made so that the commis
sioners would be appointed by su
perior court judges, but Mr. McDon
ough said that such proceedings would
not be made independent of political
bias.
Senator Isbell wanted to get in an
amendment providing that commis
sioners shall be elected by the county
delegations in the general assembly
upon roll call, but not having the
amendment ready he then wanted the
bill tabled. This was not permitted.
Therein is the claim of the republicans
that the democrats brushed aside what
is known as senatorial courtesy. The
bill passed. Its consideration in the
house will probably come in a few
days.
Transportation Bill Vetoed.
Governor Baldwin's veto of tne free
transportation bill and the sustain
ment of that veto by the house ends
this matter as the bill originated in
the house. Members of this branch
were quite mournful after the session.
In the house the bill to limit speed
of automobiles was killed in spite of
a strong argument by Mr. Thorns of
Waterbury and the now of wit on both
sides of the argument from several
speakers. The New London harbor re
peal bill was set for debate for next
Wednesday. The suffrage hearings
were concluded this afternoon.
CONDUCTOR GETS VERDICT
AGAIN8T A YALE STUDENT.
Was Beaten Up In a Riot of Students
on Norwalk Trolley.
Bridgeport, Conn., March 19. A jury
ir. the common pleas court this after
noon returned a verdict of $275 in fa
vor of Harry Phllllpson of Norwalk, a
trolley conductor, who sued Joseph I
Zimmerman of New York, a Tale stu
dent, for damages as the result of a
recent student escapade In Norwalk.
Philllpsen sued for $1,80-9,
It was alleged that Zimmerman with
other Yale students created a small
riot on a Norwalk trolley ear and beat
up the conductor and moterman. Zim
merman's father is president of tho
Adams Express company.
8HOUTED "GOOD BYE,""
THEN SANK IN CANAL,
Shelton Man Ends His Life fn Dra
matis Manner,
Snellen, Gemn,, March 19 MlenaeH
mmhy. od 7 f(.fi,an ci.H
Murphy, aged 67. a foreman employed
by tna Heusateriis Water company,
committed puieide this afternoon by
drowning in the eanal which runs
tHFeugn the town, While a number -af
Italian workmen were standing ea the
banks, Murphy snouted "Well, g-eod
bye," and plunged into the water. He
BWHffl half way access the canal ar.4
then sank. The bedy was reee-verel
later.. Murphy is survived by three
ehiidrea.. He had complained ef ntt
feeling well lately.
Ala9 ilia humtia nprvpa tkn eleelrie
current travels at from 38 te 69 yards
second,
Cabled Paragraphs
Pope Attends Mass.
Rome, March 19. Pope Pius was to
day for the first time since his indis
position able to be present at the cele
bration of the mass outside of his bed
room. His sisLers and iuece also at
tended the ceremony.
British Claim Bqgt Aeroplane.
London. March IS. The Britieharmy
possesses the best aeroplane m the
world and has cerfected a type of fly
insr machine far superior to any in the
possession of other nations, according
to Colonel John Zeely, secretary or
state for war.
German Bankers Disappointed.
Berlin, March 19. The indicated re
tirement of the American bankers from
participation in the Chinese loan has
created consternation among: the inter
ested group of German bankers who, it
is evident, fear the fate of the who's
operation will be affected.
Paris Prefect of Police Resigns.
Paris, March 19. Louis Lepine, the
popular prefect of Paris police, resign
ed office today after 20 years', service,
interrupted only by an absence of two
years, when he served as governor
general of Algeria from 1897 to 1899.
M. Lepine is 67 years of age.
Judgment Against Paris Newspaper.
London, March 19. Judgment was
given today in the king's bench division
for Attorney General Sir Rufus Isaacs
ana Postmaster General Herbert 1
Samuel against the Paris Matin for
libel in connection with the recent con
tract made between the British gov
ernment and the Marconi Wirelees
company. The newspaper was orderel
to pay all the costs. i
INDICTMENTS AGAINST
THREE EX-INSPECTORS,
District - Attorney Whitman Seeks
Them on Recently Acquired Evidenca.
New York, March 19. Movements in
the warfare of District Attorney
Whitman against the police system to
day were of a character understood to
be preliminary to the handing down o?
indictments against three former in
spectors within a few days and to the
compiling of fresh evidence on which
(Hter indictments will be based.
John J. Hartigan, the patrolman
convicted of perjury, was in conference
with the prosecutor today. Mr, Whit
man confldentlv expects that Harti-
j Kan wm confess tomorrow and tell of
the system's bribe fund that was raised
to pay a state's witness to take flight.
Thomas Walsh, a captain who con
fessed himself a grafter, and Eugene
Fox, a patrolman who pleaded guilty
to bribery, were dismissed from the
police force today by Commissioner
Waldo.
FIGHT IS EXPECTED ON
FREE WOOL AND SUGAR.
Series of Conferences With View of
Preserving Party Harmony.
Washington, March 19. The house,
the senate and the president came to
gether informally today for the first
time on the "preliminaries" of tariff:
revision. A short conference between
the president and Chairman Simmons
of the senate finance committee, fol
lowed by a longer conference between
a senate sub -committee and. Chairman
Underwood of the house ways and
means committee, laid the groundwork
for a series of three cornered confer
ences that are to follow before tho
tariff revision bills are presented to
the house in April,
As a result of the discussions today
it was said by Mr. Underwood and
Senator Simmons tonight that the two
houses of congress practically will be
agreed upon the details of tariff re.
vision before the bills reach the house
ands that the opinions and desires of
President Wilson also will have been
fully considered. The fight over free
wool, decided by the committee on
ways and means yesterday in favor of
a 15 per cent, duty, will recur in the
senate, and the reduction of the sugar
tariff will also be a stumbling block
there.
REBELS DEMAND THE
SURRENDER OF MONTEREY.
Fifteen Hundred Federals Sent to Re
inforce Garrison There.
Monterey, March 19. A large force
of rebels under "Venustiano Carranza,
the rebellious governor of Cahuila,
have demanded the surrender of Mon
terey before midnight. The demand
was sent from "Villa Garcia. Fifteen
hundred federals commanded by Gen
eral Trucy Aubert have been rushed
from Viilaldama to reinforce the gar
rison. Yaquis Leave for Naco.
Nogales, Ariz., March 19. Six hun
dred picked TTaqui braves, with four
machine guns and two field pieces, left
today on a special train bound in the
direction pf Naco, where Ojeda is lo
cated with the only remaining federal
force in northern Sonora.
Mysterious Death of Woman.
Tarry town, N. X., March 19. An au
topsy performed today on the body
of the young women found yesterday
on the marshes at North Tarrytown
did not show the cause of death. A
coroner's physician found that she did
not die by drowning, nor was she
either shot or stabbed to death. Any
possible marks of strangling were ob
literated, as the Body had been ex
posed for. about six weeks. There Ms
no clue to tne woman s identity.
German Dirigible Balloon Wrecked.
Karlsruhe, Germany, March 10.
Two months after her trial flight the
German military amgioie of the Zep
pelin type known as Substitute S. Z
L., is a wrecic. ne was broken In
two this afternoon while attempting
to eqeet a landing after a twenty-four
hours- nignt.
Switohmen Threaten Strike.
Chicago, March 19.. No progress to
ward a settlement was made today hv
the managers ef 19 railroads entering
jmeago ana me representatives of the
S.OOfl switchmen who threaten t
Strike, There were three conferences
today and others will be held.
Rochester Strike Settled,
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jKef garment
strike ei garment workers, maugurat-
ed in January, was settled today fel
lowing conferences between the em
players and workers representatives
ef the state department ef labor.
Five Killed in Fire,
Medicine Hat ,Alb., March 19 At
least five persons were killed and ten
injured in a fire which late today des
troyed the main building ef the Mal
colm canneries here.
The artificial cultivation ef eray-fish
in South Africa is proposed with the
object extending the canning- industry,
o Change in
The Speed Law
HOUSE SUSTAINS REPORT Or
THE COMMITTEE.
BY VOTE OF 92 TO 69
Representative Thorns Declares 59 Per
sons Were Killed by Autos in This
State Last Year Breezy Debate.
(Special to The Bulletin.)
Hartford, March 19. There was
taken from the house calendar, Wed
nesday, an act concerning travel on
public highways, on which unfavor
able report had been made by the
committee on roads, bridges and riv
ers. Tine act provides that no per
son shall drive or operate any street
car, wagon. " automobile or any other
vehicle upon any public highway at a
greater speed than thirty miles an
hour, nor within the limits of any city
or borough at a rate of speed greater
than twelve miles an hour. Penalty
for violation Is a" fine of not more
than $500, Imprisonment of not more
than six months or both.
Present Law Is Faulty.
After explanation by Mr. Pierson
in defense of the committee, Mr.
Thorns of Waterbury spoke in favor
ofj, the adoption of the act. He -believed
thirty miles an hour fast
enough for safety and the only op
ponents were automobilists, who
claimed the present law prevented
recklessness. The present law Is that
a speed of twenty-five miles must
must carry with it recklessness for
successful prosecution. He said the
present statute is faulty, and is a
mere sliding scale, the driver of ve
hicles to decide what is recklessness.
He said that while 90 per cent, of the
automobilists were careful drivers,
that we must get after the irrespon
sible chauffeur, the man who takes In
the highballs and goes joy riding.
59 Persons Killed Last Year.
He said that In 1911 there were
killed 28 persons and this number in
creased to 69 in 1912 and of this num
ber only eleven persons were able to
take care of themselves. He urged
adoption of the measure as a matter
of real public safety. Mr. Kirch-
berger spokeln favor of the adoption
of the proposed act for now some of
the automobilists have no regard for
God, man r the devil, and Instead
of driving through city streets they
should be in Wethersfleld driving shoe
nails, where he said they belonged.
Auto Owner Favors Bill.
Mr. Wilson said he was an automo
bile owner and driver and he was in
favor of the proposed bill. He said
if ever, he drove an automobile fast
enough to kill that a constable would
come along and say:' "Come along old
man ana see a justice of the peace.
Mr. Doane of Essex favored the op
position and said it was Just as easy
to Kin a man at a- speed of thirty as
well "as forty miles an hour.
Wants Law for Drunken Chauffeurs.
Mr. McGee, of Watertown, argued
that the present law was adequate
and that therefore the bill presented
by Mr. Thorns was not necessary.
Mr. Hall of Willington said he did
not believe In a change of the pres
ent law, but if Mr. Thorns would frame
a law directed at drunken chauffeurs
it would have his hearty support. The
fact that ninety per cent, of the au
tomobilists were careful drivers, ac
cording to Mr. Thorns, demonstrated
that there was no need for change in
the present law. but a need for an ad
ditional law that was applicable to
the other ten per cent.
Encourages Trap Service.
Mr. Lookwood of Stamford was op
posed to the Thorns bill because of the
specification of twelve miles an hour
as the limit of speed in cities and
boroughs. This feature encouraged
the trap service of the country con
stable who enforced the law for the
coin there was in it. rather than for
the public good.
Mr. King of Fairfield, as a prose
cuting officer, said he had prosecuted
many automobilists and said it was
easier to get evidence against reck
lessness than for speed.
Present Laws Not Enforced.
Mr. Bugbee of Windham declared
that the present law covered all the
points looked for in the proposed law
and read from the statutes on sub
stantiation. He said the state had
good automobile laws, but there was
lack of enforcement.
Mr. Thorns recalled the somewhat
familiar term of by their acts ye shall
know them. He said Mr. King spoke
as a prosecutor while ho (Thorns)
spoke partially as a coroner and had
viewed many cases. In reply to an
other speaker who objected to the bill
because the owner of the automobile
was liable to prosecution, said that
the owner of the machine sat on
the rear seat and ordered the poor
devil to drive above speed.
The Bill Defeated.
He warned the members that if they
read of any human beings killed with
in the next thirty days by automobiles
driven in excess of thirty miles an
hour, that not he, but the men who
opposed the bill would in a way be
responsible. The bill was defeated by
a vote of 92 to 69.
EX-PRESIDENT TAFT
WANTS TEDDY'S PICTURE.
Writes to White House to Have It
Sent to New Haven.
Washington, March 19. Former
President Taft has missed one per
sonal belonging which he left when he
quit the White House a picture of
Theodore Roosevelt which hung on the
east wall of his private office. Several
days before he started for Augusta the
president took down the only other
picture in his sanetum.that of his fath
er, Alphonso Taft, but the Roosevelt
pieture has been hanging there alone
sinee President Wilson assumed, office.
Today a letter cams to the White
House effiees requesting that the pic
ture be taken down and sent to the
New Haven hetel where Mf, Taft ex-'
pects to live for several months after
he tabes up his duties as a Yale pro
fesses. The TTnien Franeaise des Aeetylen-r
istes organized for December 13, IS and
14, 1912, a general exposition in Paris
of the latest improvements and inven
tions ef all descriptions connected with
the use of acetylene. The 'exposition
was well arranged, and eentained, chief
among them being the total suppress
ion in the greater part el the apparat
us, of the very objectionable oder ef
ffas,
Homes of the
Mill Workers
STARTLING CONDITIONS POR
TRAYED IN REPORTS.
AT LITTLE FALLS, N. Y.
Roofs Leaky; Cellars Filled With Gar
bage or Water, Sleeping Rooms Over,
crowded and Many Windowless.
Albany, March 19 The report of the
state labor department on Its invest!
gation of conditions among the Lit
tle Falls workers .brought to public
attention by the recent strike was
given out today. "But certainly it is
a matter of grave public concern," the
report says, "when a "considerable body
of wage earners are found in such
living conditions as are revealed by
this report. The larger significance of
the situation lies in the fact that there
is reason to suppose that more or less
similar conditions are to be found
elsewhere."
Men Receive $9 or Less.
The investigators state that prior
to the strike half the men workers re
ceived a weekly wage of $9 or less,
while half of the women received less
than $7.50. "This settlement of the
strike," the report adds, "made but
little if any change from conditions
as to wages. Monthly rents for the
space occupied by a single family or
group run from $6 to $18.
Of living conditions me report says.
Leaky Roofs, No Bathrooms.
"The houses are frame structures.
built singly " or in grops. Bathrooms
are entirely absent. Leaky roofs make
aiy rooms impossible, ventilation is
always bad. Cellars were found tilled
with water, ashes, wasce, garbage and
manure.
"Sleeping rooms nre small. Some are
windowless. ' Overcrowding is th rule.
Windows are kept constantly closed.
even the cracks being Alien or :over
e3. The air of the sleeping rooms is
charged with odors from the kitchen,
the washtub, the garbage heap, and
the cellar, and in this condition is
breather again by" the sleepers. S"he
kitchen Is also dining room, living
room, laundry, and, In some cases a
sleeping room.
" No Family Privaoy.
"The terms family is little used m
this report. . This Is Internal. Family
privacy is a thing unknown to the tex
tile workers. This cannot be credit
ed to a low moral standard, for phy
sicians testify to a relatively high
standard of morals.
"Dealers state that the mill workers
buy a fairly good grade of food but
of the children enrolled in the schools
one-sixth are reported suffering from
malnutrition."
423,000 ROMAN CATHOLICS
IN STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
Those Within Borders of United States
-Total 15,164,158.
Now Tork, March 19. There are
15,154,158 Roman Catholics In, the
United States proper, according to the
1913 edition of the official Catholic di
rectory, and a total of 23,829,047 under
the protection of the United States
flag; there are 7,130.989 in the Philip
pine, 999,350 in Porto Rico, 11,510 in
Alaska, 42,103 in the Hawaiian Islands,
and 900 in the canal zone. The figures
are supplied by the Catholic bishops
and chancellors of the diooese con
cerned. There are 14,312 churches in conti
nental United States. There are 17,
945 Roman Catholic priests, three car
dinals. 11 active archbishops, three
titular archbishops. 104 bishops, two
archabbots and 15 abbots in the Unit
ed States.
There are. according to the same
authority, 288 Roman Catholic orphan
asylums, in which 47,415 orphans are
being cared for. Thirty-one states in
the Union have over 50.000 Catholic
population; New YorMa first with
2,790,629; Connecticut stands 12th in
the list with 423.00O.
ADMIRAL EATON DID
NOT COMMIT SUICIDE.
Stepdaughter Says Her Sister Was
v Cut Off in a Recent Will.
Norwell, Mass., March 19. The sui
cide theory has practically been elim
inated from consideration in the in
quiry into the death of Rear Admiral
Joseph Giles Eaton, U. S. ST.. retired,
according to an official who has beeti
present at all the sessions of the In
quest. The inquest will be resumed at
Hingham tomorrow.
Miss Dorothy Ainsworth, the young
er of Admiral Eaton's two stepdangh
ters, said within six months her step
father had told her of a will in which
she and her sister June were both
beneficiaries. Later she understood
fiom another conversation with the
admiral that he had made another will
In which her sister had been cut off.
Judge George W. Kelley. one
counsel for the Eaton family, said a
will was drawn by Rear Admiral Eaton
more than a year ago. He said hs
had no knowledge of any will later
than the one in his possession.
AMERICAN BANKERS
WITHDRAW ON LOAN.
Speedy Action Follows Statement of
President Wilson. .
New Tork, March 19. As a result of
the statement made by President Wil
son yesterday that his administration
would not require tho American bank.
ers heretofore interested In the nego
tiations for the "six power" loaai to
China to continue to seek their share
of the loan, the three banking houses
in the so-called American group to
night announced their entire with
drawal from the loan negotiations.
Steamship Arrivals.
At Genoa; March 18. Cedrle, from
New Tork.
At Lisbon! Mareh II. Sermania,frem
New York and Providence and Mar
seilles.
At Rotterdam! Mareh 18. Czar, from
New Yerft for Libau. "
At Gibraltar! Mareh 19. Italia, from
New York for Naples,
At Leaden: Mareh 19. Minneapolis.
fra?n New Yerk, ,
At QueenatewSi March 19. Arable.
from Boston fer Liverpool,
Halifax, N. S.. March -19. Arrived.
steamer Volturna, Rotterdam,
Alas fer infallibility, whieh is re
ceiving many Jolts in these irreverent
days! The kaiser has lest a lawsuit.
Condensed Teiegrams
King Alfonso is seriously ill
Sir Thomas Lipton is preparing an
other challenge for the America's cup.
Mrs. Nellie Sullivan died yesterday
at the New Haven hospital of burns
suffered Tuesday. '
Mrs. Mary Bunn, of Queens, L. I.,
was badly burned Tvhen her , dress
caught fire while ironing. ,
The Son of Ernest H. Taft of Ful
ton, N. Y., has ' been named Howard
Wilson Taft, after the two presidents.
George E. Roberts, Director of the
mint, predicts that ie production of
gold will not materially Increase dur
ing the next ten years.
Dr. Almon Gunnison, President of
St. Lawrence university at Canton,
N. Y is critically ilL-suffering from
acute Indigestion.
Jacob Dreyfus, a Butcher, commit
ted suicide by hanging yesterday in a
barn at the rear of his home at New
Haven. He was 57 years old.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the
president, has enlisted in the work of
the women's walfare department - of
the National Civic Federation.
The New York Assembly yesterday
by a vote of 45 to 58, defeated the bill
to amend the habeas corpus law to
meet the case of Harry K. Thaw.
The Federal Government made a
profit of nearly $6,500,000 on the coin
age of pennies, nickels, dimes, quar
ters and halves, during the fiscal year
1912.
Governor Spry of Utah, signed a bill
paovidlng a minimum wage of 75
cents a day for women for the first
year's employment and $1.25 a day
thereafter.
Leonore Cobbold, 7 Years ,of Age,
who made a trip alone from Victoria,
B. C, to New York, has reached Chi
cago on the return Journey still un
accompanied, j
Vice Conditions and the . causes' of
prostitution are to be studied in Phil
adelphia by the Illinois commission
which has been investigating the sub
ject in Chicago.
Julius Wells and His Wife Annie
of Swanton. Vt., are accused of hav
ing poisoned two of their seven chil
dren in indictments for murder re
turned yesterday.
The New York Board of Aldermen
voted to appropriate 15,700 to pay- Dr.
"William J. Arlltz of Hoboken for pro
fessional services to Mayor Oaynor
in 1910 when he was shot.
An Appropriation of $30,000 to pay
the expenses of 1,600 Civil war veter
ans to the Gettysburg celebration next
July was asked of the legislature in
Massachusetts yesterday.
Eight Birtion, Four Hundred and
twenty-seven million conversations
were held in this country last year
over the wires of the American Tel
ephone and Telegraph Co.
"Tell the American People that I
think it great to be a plain American
citizen again," said Uncle Joe Can
non as he emerged from his residence
at Danville, Ills., yesterday.
Mrs. Sarah Huston. Aaed 86. of
Bristol, Me., died yesterdav from the
effects of burns received late yester
day when she removed a cover from
a stove and her apron caught fire.
The Indictment Aaainst Jack Sul
livan, "King of the Newsboys" charg
ing him with complicity in the mur
der of Herman Rosenthal, the gam
bler, was dismissed yesterday for lack
of evidence.
Ernest Ward. Aged About 40. wis
killed at Sebago '.Lake. Maine, yester
day by being drawn between two
cakes of ice and a planer while repair
ing a hoisting chain at the plant of
an ice company.
Christianity Has Been Carried by
the church of England to the blond
Eskimos, the remotest white people
whose existence was reported to the
civilized world by Vilhjalmar Stef
fansen a year ago.
Attorney General McReynolds will
not fill the position of assistant at
torney general now held by William
H. Lewis, the negro lawyer of Bos
ton, whose resignation becomes ef
fective April 1.
Promoters of Vice and persons who
have been on the "inside" of the white
slave traffic in Chicago have made a
general exodus beyond the subpoenas
of the state vice commission, it was
discovered yesterday.
H. H. Kohlsaat, Publisher of the
Chicago Inter-Ocean, is ill at the Hol
land house in New York of a hemor
rhage of the, brain. Mr. Kohlsaat was
stricken last Saturday shortly after
his wife sailed for Europe.
To Preserve and Develoo the won
derful music of the American Indian,
Secretary of the Interior Lane yester-
aay appointed. Goerrrey O'Hara, a
composer, as an instructor in music
under the bureau of Indian affairs.
Robert Webb and Thomas Burke,
two leaders of the Chicago auto ban
dits who terrorized that oity during
tne winter, pleaded guilty to burglary
yesteraay ana were ordered impris
oned nnder the indeterminate sentence
law. ,i .
The Rhode Island House passed in
concurrence yesterday a bill provid
ing daily mileage for assemblymen,
despite a recent opinion of the su
preme court that only one round trip
a week eould be collected from the
state.
The Strike of Seven Hundred girls
employed in the finishing departments
of potteries in East Liveroool Ohio.
Wellsville, Ohio, and Chester and
Newell, W. Va., yesterdav crippled the
operations ef thirty clay products
manufactories. .
A Bill te Establish a State, Cam.
farm was introduced in the Maina
legislature yesterday. The proposed
farm is to be devoted te propagating
useful game and other birds and fur
bearing animals and to suDDlvine for
est tree seedlings.
Former Cenepeasman Henm M. rAn.
depy appeared in court at St. Leuis
yesterday fer . trial on a charge of
using the malls to defraud in connec
tion with the affairs of the Continental
Life Assurance Co. and of the Con
tinental Fire Insurance Co.
Steamers Reported by Wireless.
Fastnet, March 19. Steamer Fran
eenia. New Yerk for Queenstewn and
Liverpool signalled 298 miles west at
8 a, m, Sua tJueeBstew-a 1 en.
Xfegrsdajf, -
CONSTANTINE TO TAKE OATH FRIDAY
Greek Chamber of Deputies Will Meet Today to
Take Oath of Fealty to the New King
MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY POUR IN ON QUEEN
President Wilson the First Head of a Nation to be Heard
From Cheers For New King in Chamber of Deputies
Assassin Offers no Explanation For His Crime, But 1 1 a i
Made Harangues Promising to Establish Equality.
Athens, March 19. Constantine will
take the oath of king of the Hellenes
Friday. He will arrive in Athens to
morrow. The hope is expressed, that the king
will be proclaimed as Constantine Xlf,
the last Byzantine emperor having
been Con6tantine. XI.
The chamber of deputies will be
summoned tomorrow to take the oath
oi fealty, to the new king, after which
the ministry will resign.
First Message was from Wilson.
Messages of condolence and sympa
thy for the royal family, the Gresk
government and the Greek nation,
poured into the capitol all day. The
first message from the head of a na
tion . received by Queen Olga camo
from President Wilson.
All Greece mourns the death of a
sovereign who had done so much, par
ticularly during the past year, to ad
vance the prestige of the nation. Era
lalems of sorrow are displayed on all
sides and manifestations of grief ate
even more marked among the poor
and lowly than among those of the
higner classes.
Cheers for New King. .
Premier Venizelos, after eulog'izinfj
King George today for his great sei-
vices during his long reign, asked t.'U'
chamber of deputies to acclaim Con
stantine king, to which the deputies
responded with cheers. In his message
to the Greek army, King Constantine
from the fortress of Janina promised
that he would ever concentrate all h'.i
efforts to his land and sea forces, to
which war has indissolubly bound him
Queen Olga, accompanied by several
of the members of the royal family, is
now on her way to- Saioniki. She suf
fered greatly from the shock of tho
announcement of the king's death, but
before her departure showed that res
olution which had actuated her early
In the war in going to the field to care
for the wounded.
SCHINAS WEAK-MINDED.
Had Lived by Begging Disowned by
His Family,
Saioniki, March 13. Aleko Schind.i,
the assassin of Kina; George, is still
held in close confinement. At various
periods throughout the night he was
BRYAN CELEBRATES
HIS 53D BIRTHDAY
Given An Enthusiastic Greeting
Citizens of Lincoln, Nob.
by
Lincoln, Neb., March 19. Back to
his Lincoln home for the first time
since the day of the election in No
vember .of Woodrow Wilson to the
presidency which paved his way to
become a part of the national admin
istration, William Jennings Hryan to
day deceived the enthusiastic greet
ings of the people of Nebraska. From
the time of his arrival this morning
until late tonight he was a center of
attraction. An impromptu reception
at his office shortly after his arrival
during which he held short confer
ences with close personal friends was
followed later by a more formal re
ception at a hotel.
In the afternoon Mr. Bryan made
an address at a Joint session of the
Nebraska legislature. Tonight Secre
tary Bryan was the guest of honor at
a banquet in honor of his o3rd birth
day. WILSON MAY RECOGNIZE
' THE CHINESE REPUBLIC
Is Now Giving the Question Serious
Consideration,
Washington. March 19. President
Wilson is giving serious consideration
to the question of formal recogni
tion of the Chinese republic. His
statement yesterday on the loan ques
tlon contained no specific reference
to the matter of recognition, although
many officials here were of tle opin
ion that China could find in it com
fort and hope of early acknowledge
ment of her new government. The
president apparently has not settled
definitely the question of recognition
and it was believed tonight that sev
eral conferences on the subject and
many meetings of the cabinet would
be necessary before the administra
tion's attitude is defined.
NO AUTO LICENSE FOR 8
A NEW CANAAN MAN
Secretary of State Declares Him to Be
Grossly Negligent.
Hartford, March 19. Secretary of
State Albert Philips' today made pub
lic his findings in the cases of two
automobile drivers who had applied
for the renewal of licenses. He de
nied the granting of a renewal to
John J. Panchisen ef New Canaan,
on the ground that he was grossly
negligent in an accident at Norwalk
on January 25 In which Walter Mans
field was seriously injured.
He granted the application of Al
fred Louis Bourgeois of Hartford for
a renewal, who was driving a car in
Hartford on SVJaruary 3. which struck
ana killed Peter Dwyer of Hartford.
fceeretary Phillips nnds that Bour
geois was in no way responsible for
the fatal accident,
" Cornell Student Drowns.
Ithaca, N. Y.. March 19. Walter
Scott Richards, a Cornell university
student, was drowned today in Cayuga
Lake. Richards was in a canoe and
was seen to plunge into the water and
start to swim ashore. A few hundred
yards from land he was taken with a
cramp and sank. Richards' home was
in Cortlandt, Ohio.
Another Strike in Boston. ,
Boston, Mareh 19. A strike ef 900
men and 00 women members of the
Beston Ladies' Tailors and Dress -makepe
union to take effect at 10
o'clock tomorrow was announced, at
I special meeting tonight.
H. B. Lovelace is walking frmm Run
Francisco to aiir( iie about 5uu6
forced to undergo an examination, buj
without eliciting any facts to eliow
that other persons were implicated in
the crime.
Schinas is not a madman, but api
parently Is weak-minded. 11 lived by
begging, and three weeks ago came to
Saioniki by way of Athens. Jlo stop
ped for a few days at Volo, Thesallv,
where he delivered harangues in tvhicli
he declared that in a short time ha
would succeed in establishing equali
ty; that there would be nj lonir
either rich or poor, and that woric
which was now accomplishel in oni
hour would be spread out over tw
hours.
Interrogated as to why he assassin
ated the king, Schinas replied:
"I had to die somehow, t Kiiffri
from neurasthenia, and therffora
wished to redeem my life."
He appears to have led a wre,t-hpil
existence, subsisting almost entirely
on milk. His family has loner ceased
to acknowledge him.
Schinas for a time was an in-
structor in the medical department of
the University of Athens. H refuse
to give any explanation for t ie crlmo
beyond the fact that two ymrs i.Rr
hes-p piled for assistance at ti e paluo
and was driven away by an alde-de
camp.
Period of Mourning in Denmark.
Copenhagen, March 19. The Danish
court today began a periof of f-i'ht
weeks' mourning for the la'e King
George of Greece. The r, Hirers and
men of the navy will wear cr pe for
a fortnight. On the day f.f h- fun
eral mourning salutes will ae iird,
from all the Danish warships and for
tresses.
Interment en Favorite HH.
Athens, March 3 9. The body of tha
king will be broirpht to Athens ana
interred In the mausoleum w hk h ho
had constructed on ce of the hil's lit
Tatol, where he was accustomed to
spend the summer.
Requiem for Kingt Belgrade.
Belgrade, Servia, March 19. -A re
quiem for the la.te Kin George of .
Greece was celebrated at the ttiie dr-al
here in the presence of the min stern ot
the Servian cabinet and the raeTnh-ri
of the entire diplomatic corps.
POLICE OFFICER SHOT
BY A CRAZY COWBOY.
Latter Appeared at Buffalo City Helf
nd Demanded $100.
Buffalo, N. Y., March TowpmH
Stefunski, a cowboy from Geys -r,
Mont., apparently demented, cj-used a
panic at the city hall today when he
entered the mayor's office and opened
lire with a revolver on the clerks and
a policeman on duty there. Charles
E. Lang, a member of the police for -e
on special duty, who grapplid iUq
man, was shot four times, but proijabjy
will recover.
Stefunski had called nt the offie
twice 'before during the day ar d asln
ed for Mayor Fuhmjaan or Ms xecre
tary. He left without makSn.T known
his mission. When be cJi-d thfi third
time this afternoon he cx-t Chart s
EelofT, license clerk, and eskd for the
mayor. Egloff told him the mayor was
out.
"Well, I want $100," naid ?urmkl.
Officer Lang overt. eard the demand
and walked toward the two men. The
sight of the uniform .ppareuHy farm
ed Stefunski, who stepped tat-k an!
drew a revolver, yelling at the same
time: 1
"I'll get that hundred or kn w thi
reason why."
Lang closed in on StefuneH, but
was unable to pinion his rU'fit han't,
in which the infuriated man held the
revolver. Stefunski fired fve rfrotn,
four at Lang, all of which lod -ed tn
his neck and shoulder, and the f ftii at
Egloff, which went wild.
Stefunski said he nan a nat've of
Poland and before coming tirm had
worked in Geyser, Mont-, and W i!ke--barre.
Pa,
HUNDREDS CLAMOR FOR
FRIED MANN'S TREATMENT
Four Hundred Women and Children1
Surround His Automobile,
New York, Marh 19. Four hunfrS
women and children hemmM in the
automobile of Dr. FTIedrich F. IVied
mann this afternoon, berginsr fctm to
treat them for tuberculosis. The i-owd
surrounded the German phywlriajn out
side the hospital for defoi-mitien and
joint diseases, and a sq.nd of police
reserves had to be called to mke a
path for him to the hospttal aoiT.
Physicians from all part at the
TTnfted States earlier in the day leath
ered at J fount Sinai hospital to irate h
Dr. Friedmann administer his
but were refused admission. The only
other medical men at the clinlo wore,
three representatives of the jforwr-n-,
ment, at w-hes retruect the olbr phy-
slcians irer 3euded.
OBITUARY.
t
General J. H. Ktdd.
Ionia. neh Mareh 19, Oeneril 3.
E. Kidd, Civil war veteran aid Jtr rtiaa
flfBter. died at his home here l.wbv
after a long Illness. He was beurn l.
1S40. Ha succeeded General Oiietir
Sn command of the EUiUn Miohirtn
cavalry in the Civil van,
Crushed to Death by TpeJley.
.New Britain. Coin., llawi li .
While creasing the Btreet in fre-nt '
her home this evening, I year eld UPit
Eucken. daughter of Mr. anl Mm.
guckes, stumbled and tail in nt af a
trolley ear. The mntarman did net
have time to shut aft power and th,
girl was crushed to auatk, 'XUa nik)tp-
raaa wan not held.
' ' :. . V
Rumaped Cla&b Denied,
New Yak. Uar-ch 18, H vim am car
clash natweem Governor Mulzer and
Charles F. liucJay -wej de.U:d today
by the Tammany leader. "I ana
peace with all tnea, and at wac .vii