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VOL. LV. NO. 70
NORWICH CONN., SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1913
PRICE TWO CENTS
The Bulletin's Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total t Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population
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SIXTY DEAD IN PATH OF A TORNADO
Hundreds Injured by a Violent Wind Storm Which
Swept Nearly a Dozen States
VELOCITY OF 88 MILES
Alabama the Worst Sufferer, 28 Fatalities Being Reported
There Property Loss Will Reach Millions Buildings
and Wires Blown Down Wind Accompanied by Snow,
Sleet and Hail Cold Wave Follows.
More than 60 persons are reported
killed and hundreds were Injured, some
mortally, by a storm of tornado In
tensity which raged over central, wes
tern, southern and parts of eastern
Btates yesterday. Property damage
will run well Into the millions.
Definite advices have been received
accounting for at least 40 persons
dead, with reports from points tem
porarily cut oil from wire communica
tion by the storm adding hourly to the
list.
Reports from Alabama show the loss
of life was heaviest In that state, the
number of dead there being already
aennitely placed at 28, with additional
fatalities sported but not confirmed,
The town of Lower Peachtree was
practically wined out.
Two are dead in Indiana, two in
Tennessee, three In hio, two in New
York, one in Michigan and two in
Louisiana.
Accompanying the death lists are
estimates of injured totalling more
man zoo with additions coming In at
brief Intervals.
Coming up out of the southwest
early Friday morning, just as spring
was ushered in, the storm swept with
startling suddenness diagonally across
the country from northern Texas" to
western Pennsylvania and New York,
bisecting the Mississippi valley and
moving northeastward across the
Ohio into the great lake region.
Shifting winds of great violence, ac
companied in various sections by
snow, sleet and hail, characterized the
storm, easily the most destructive of
the year and rarely equalled in the
extent of its sweep and the damage
it did. Buildings toppled before the
blow In nearly a dozen states and
death lay all along in Its wake.
The property loss was heavy all
along the storm's track. Besides de
molishing' or unroofing buildings and
felling trees the high winds, rain,-hail
and sleet did serious damage to early
crops, according to reports from some
of the affected sections. Estimates of
loss by damage to property of all sorts j
from Indiana and Michigan alone to
tal $2,000,000, about evenly divided be
tween the two states. Early reports
of losses ranging from $25,000 to
$500,000 or more from various cities
and sections scattered over the storm
region indicated that the sum total
would reach large figures.
Wires fell in all directions before
the blow. Not in many years has there
been such prostration of telegraph and
telephone service. Chicago was cut
off for hours from communication with
points east. Only by devious routes
was connection made finally. Last
night conditions had Improved ma
terially but it will be several days be
fore normal service is restored. Rail
road - traffic was seriously delayed In
many districts, where wire communi
cation was crippled and washouts oc
curred. The wind which wiped out so much
property and cost so many lives at
tained record velocities at some
points. Buffalo reported 88 miles an
hour, the weather bureau high record""
in that city.
Cold weather is trailing the destruc
tive blow. The storm seems to have
spent its force and to be taking the
accustomed route of such disturbances
out the St. Lawrence valley.
CHURCHES WRECKED.
One is Ruined, Another Unroofed and
a Third Lost 'Smokestack.
Indianapolis, Ind., March 21 A
torm of tornado proportions, which
wept Indiana early today, did dam
age estimated at . million dollars.
Late reports from over the state- in
creased the damage, but the death list
remained at two, although several
were reported as injured. The dead
are:
Omar A. Vice, cab driver, at Frank
tort, crushed by falling roof.
Henry Walters. .Lafayette, killed by
falling sign.
Walters was on an errand for his
Biok wife when killed.
The wire service of the stale was
demoralized and many places were
entirely without communication. Trees
were blown across trolley wires, de
laying the Inter-urban "and washouts
on the steam lines In the southern part
of the state made travel uncertain.
Churches did not escape the rav
ages of the storm. The Methodist
church at,ipton where the Northern
Indiana conference is to be held in the
first week in April, was unroofed. The
smokestack of the Holy Angel Cath
olic church here was blown down a.nd
crashed through the roof onto the
altar decorated for Easter. The
Methodist church at Harmony was al
most completely wrecked. Three
churches at Franklin were damaged.
A cold wave, following on the heels
of the storm, added to the suffering
as many homes had been unroofed and
windows broken. A drop of thirty de
grees, bringing the temperature down
to about twenty above zero, was
predicted for the state. The streets
of Indianapolis were littered with de
bris today and city employes were
kept busy chopping away fallen trees,
while many of the night police shift
were called out to assist in guarding
dangerous places in the downtown
district. "
REACHES BUFFALO.
Two Lives Lost on Cuba Lake Nar
row Escape of Fishermen.
Buffalo, N. Y March 21. The storm
which has been sweeping through the
west for the last 24 hours struck
western New York this afternoon. Two
lives were lost on Cuba Lake and a
core of fishermen narrowly escaped
death on Lake Erie off Buffalo harbor,
through the sudden breaking up of the
Ice under the tremendous wind pres
sure. The fatality at Cuba Lake occurred
late this alternoon. Eugene Jones and
B. P. Ackerly. freshmen at the Syra
cuse university forestry school, at
home for Easter vacation, started on a
eanoe trip. They were about 800 feet
from shore when the gale swept down
upon them, overturning the canoe. Be
fore a -boat could be launched both had
disappeared. -
About fifty fishermen were fishing
AN HOUR AT BUFFALO
through the ice on Lake Erie off Buf
falo breakwater when the sorm broke.
The danger of the ice breaking up soon
"became apparent and all started for
shore. All the party was safe in the
harbor when an Immense field parted
from shore and began to float toward
the river. Ten men were rescued by
companions in fishermen's boats, and
the remainder were picked up by a fire
tug. The fishermen rescued by the
crew of the Are tug refused to leave
the ice floe until their dogs had been
saved. The animals had broken away
from the sledges and were rushing
wildly about, and it took half an hour's
perilous work to effect their capture.
The velocity of the wind at 8 o'clock
tonight was 88 miles an hour.
86 MILES AN HOUR.
Wind at Greatest Velocity Ever Known
in Michigan.
Detroit. Mich., March 21. A terrific
wind storm, at times reaching a veloc
ity of 86 miles an hour, the highest
point ever attained in this city during
any five minute period in the history
of the local weather bureau, swept De
troit and practically all of Michigan
today.leaving death and great property
damage in its wake. It was estimated
that the property damage would reach
nearly a million dollars.
Tonight only ne death had been re
ported due to the storm, but the local
hospitals reported many seriously in
jured, and meagre reports from out in
the stat." contained similar statements.
Wire traffic was completely demoraliz
ed and the telephone and telegraph
companies said that It would be many
hours before their lines could be re
stored. In many sections miles of tele
graph and telephone poles were down.
BRAVE "HELLO" GIRLS
Remained at. Their Pests Warning
Citizens and Calling Aid,
Nashville,.. Tenn., March 21. Hero
ines of the storm at Murfreesboro are
Misses Mabel Hill and Minnie Year
wood, who though still in their teens,
stayed at their posts as night oper
ators at the telephone exchange while
the storm was at its height, walls were
falling nearby and pieces of flying
timber breaking the glass in the build
ing they occupied. They remained,
signalling the fire companies and
arousing citizens to tell them of the
destruction that had been dealt by the
winds.
When it was all over they broke
down and cried.
27 DEAD, $150,000 LOSS.
Town of Lower Peachtree, Ala., Hard
Hit by Storm.
Mobile, Ala., March 21. Twenty
seven persons are dead and 82 injured,
some so seriously that they are expect
ed to die, as a result of the cyclone
which swept Lower Peachtree, Ala.,
this morning between 4 and 5 o'clock,
according to a special despatch to the
Register from Pine Hill. Ala. Seven
teen of the dead are white perrons.
The property damage will amount to
$150,000.
Negress Killed in Texas.
Tyler, Texas, March 21. A negro
woman was killed near here and a
white child was injured at Winona
in a severe storm in Smith County
last night. Many houses were dam
aged. $1,000,000 Loss in Ohio.
Columbus, O., March 21. Three per
sons known to toe dead, a score miss
ing and unaccounted for, several score
Injured, many seriously, and property
damage estimated at considerably in
excess of $1,000,000 is a summary of
the damage done by the storm today.
In Tiffin and Seneca counties the
property damage is expected to reach
half a million dollars, and there the
loss of life Is believed to have been
greatest. One man, William Wicks,
aged 75, is known to have been killed
when the smokestack at the county
infirmary fell.
A FINAL EFFORT TO
SAVE CLAUDE ALLEN.
Lawyers Apply to U. S. Supreme Court
for a Writ of Error.
Washington, March 21. Attorneys
for Claude Swanson Allen made a last
attempt tonight to save him from the
electric chair, where he is to pay the
legal penalty on March 28 for his part
in the Hillsville, Vjl, court house mur
ders. They applied to Chief Justice
White of the supreme court of the
United States for a writ of error by
which Allen's conviction in Virginia
would be reviewed.- They also asked
for a supersedeas to delay the execu
tion until the supreme court disposed
of the case.
OBITUARY.
Ex-Governor Frank S. Black.
Troy, N. Y., March 22. Frank J.
Black, governor of New York from
1896 to 1898, died at his home In this
city at 12.50 o'clock this morning, after
several months' illness of valvular
disease of the heart.
Manuel Bonilla, Presidnt of Honduras.
Washington, March 20 President
Manuel Bonilla of Honduras, died at
Tegucigalpa today of kidney trouble,
according to a private telegram.
Gettysburg Camp Inspected.
Harrlsburg. Pa. March 21. Inspec
tion of the ground upon which will be
established the great camp for 40,000
veterans "who are expected to attend
the celebration of the 60th anniversary
of the battle of Gettysburg, last July,
was made at the battlefield town to
day by Governor Tener and members
of the commission in charge of ar
rangement for this state,
Peter 8mithora, 48, was arrested at
Meriden yesterday, charged with crim
inal assault upon a six year old girl,
Cabled Paragraphs
Will Form Now Ministry.
Paris, March 21. Jean Barthour,
minister of justice in the retiring
French cabinet, has agreed to form
a new ministry.
Weights and Measures Unreliable.
London, March 21. The strict watch
kept on weights and measures in the
British isles has led to the discov
ery that even the standard weights
and measures are not to be relied on.
Good Friday for 44 Prisoners.
Madrid, March 21. King Alfonso
today commuted the sentences of 14
prisoners condemned to death. This
aot of clemency was carried out dur
ing the Good Friday service in the
private chapel in the Royal Palace,
King Constantino Takes Oath.
Athens. March 21. King Constan
tine of Greece took the constitutional
oath of office in the Chamber of dep
uties today in the presence of the
highest officials of the state and of
all the members of parliament.
General Diaz Leaves Rome.
Rome, March 21. Because King Vic
tor Emmanuel and Queen Helena have
gone to spend Easter on the island of
Monte Cristo and Pope itus will not
be able for some days yet to resume
his audiences. General Porfirio Diaz
has decided to leave Rome for Naples
AUSTRIAN FLEET TO
PROTECT CATHOLICS,
Relations With Montenegro Becoming
Exceedingly Strained.
London, March 21. The relatione
of Austria and Montenegro have be
come acute, even to the point of break
ins, as a result of the curt reply
King Nicholas of Montenegro to Aus
tria's note concerning Scutari, in which
he expresses regret for an injury done
the civil Dopulanon or Scutari. Dut re
fuses to concede Vienna's demand that
civilians be allowed to leave the be
sieged city or to permit an Austrian
official to participate in the inquiry
into the alleged murder of the priest
Palie, the forcible conversion of Cath
olics and the interference with the
Austrian steamer Skidra.
Austria already has decided to send
Montenegro a more urgent note, which
will really be a thinly veiled ultima
turn, and if this does not have the du
sired effect to issue a formal ultima
tum which will be backed up toy the
Austrian fleet now off the coast of
Albania.
Russia, with which country Austria
is reported to have reached a complete
agreement, will, it ie understood, urga
Montenegro to show a more concilia
tory spirit, but the previous efforts t-f
the Russian government m tnis airec
tion were fruitless, and It is feared
that King Nicholas, who believes his
crown depends upon the capture of
Scutari, will remain stubborn.
Austria has notified the powers that
her" fleet has gone to the Albanian
coast because of the position of the
Catholics, of whom Austria is the pro
tector, and has sent back to Cettinle
her minister. Baron De Giesel, who.
will impress on Montenegro the deter
mination of Austria that Scutari shall
remain Albanian and that Austria's
other demands must be complied with.
STEAMERS COLLIDE
IN VINEYARD SOUND
Freight Steamer Able to Keep Afloat
Other's Identity Unknown.
Vineyard Haven, Mass., March 21.
The passenger and freight steamer
City of Macon of the Savannah line
and a vessel thought to be a Metro
politan line freighter, collided tonight
on Vineyard sound off Tarpaulin cove.
The City of Macon was badly gashed,
but able to keep afloat, ine damage
to the other steamer is not known.
The City of Macon was bound from
Savannah to Boston. She usually
carries less than a score of passengers
at this season. The supposed Metro
politan liner, the name of which could
not be determined, was bound from
Boston for New York.
The collision occurred in a dense
fog. When they came together the
City of Macon received the impact
forward where a hole eight feet wide
was gashed in her side, from the up
per deck down to five feet below the
water line. The City of Macon ship
ped water, but the wireless operator
reported that she was in no immed
iate danger.
Efforts to determine the name of
the other vessel and the extent of its
injuries were alike unsuccessful, but
It's believed to have been the James
S. Whitney.
CONGRESSMEN CAUCUS
FOR VACANT JUDGESHIP
Favor Noone of Rockville as Successor
of Judge Piatt.
New Haven, Conn., March 21.
Thomas V. Noone of Rockville was to
day chosen by a vote of 6 to 1 after
fifteen ballots, as the candidate of the
Connecticut congressional delegation
for the position of judge of the United
States district court to succeed the
late Judge James P. Piatt of Meriden.
The meeting was held early In the
afternoon at the Hotel Taft and last
ed until 7 o'clock tonight.
Congressmen-elect Lonergan, Ma
ban, Reilly, Kennedy and Donovan
were In attendance, together with Ho
mer S. Cummings of Stamford, na
tional committeeman and George For
ster of Rockville, chairman of the
democratic state central committee.
Congressman-elect Kennedy held
out for Mr. Thorns. It was then de
cided to adjourn until next Thursday,
when another attempt will be made
to have the vote made unanimous.
In the meantime, however, It is said
that whether or not the decision is
unanimous, Mr. Noone's name will be
presented to Attorney General McRey
nolds as a candidate for the place. It
is also said that friends of Mr. Thorns,
Thorns and Walsh will carry a pro
test to the attorney general on the
grounds that Mr. Cummings and Mr.
Forster had no right to vote at the
meeting today, it being purely an af
fair between the congressmen.
Hawthorne Won't Appeal.
New York, March 21. Julian Haw
thorne and Dr. William J. Morton, who
were sentenced last week to a year and
a day In the federal prison at Atlanta,
Ga., for using the mails to defraud in
a Canadian mining scheme, conferred
today in the Tombs with their counsel,
and decided not to appeal from the
sentence. )
May Meet Norwich Teachers.
Washington, March 21 Five hun
dred Canadian School teachers, under
charge of James L. Hughes, minister
of militia and defense of Canada, 'ar
rived here tonight on a sight-seeing
trip.
M'Combs Declines Ambassadorship.
Washington, March. 2L William F,
McCombs, chairman of the national
democratic committee, issued a state
ment saying that he had declined to
become ambassador to France,
Hunger Strike
Wins Freedom
MISS SYLVIA PANKHURST GIVEN
LIBERTY.
HER LIFE IN DANGER
Had Served Month of Two Months'
Sentence Arrested on Three Oc
casions During Month of February.
London, March 21. Sylvia Pank
hurst, the militant suffragist, today
won her freedom from Holloway prison
by means of a hunger strike Her re
lease was granted on the ground that
to further detain her would endanger
her life.
Miss Pankhurst, who is the daughter
of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the
leader of the militants, was sentenced
February 18 to two months' imprison
ment for engaging in a window smash
ing campaign in the East End of Lon
don. Fed by Means.of Tube.
At the same time Miss Seeley Emer
son of Jackson, Mich., received a like
sentence for the same crime. Immedi
ately she was placed in prison, Miss
EASTERTIDE
Ring out, glad bells, glad Easter bells,'
Of hope and rest your message tells,
As forth upon the vibrant air
The joyful notes break, grand and rare.
We love the blessed news they bring,
"Our Master lives! a conquering King!"
Now all our doubts and fears are o'er,
He is "alive forevermore."
Rejoice ! . . Rejoice, O ransomed world ! "
His promised banner is unfurled,
And like a blaze of glory bright
It belts the earth with living light.
It shines within the dreary tomb,
And robs it of its awesome gloom;
Let all the people sing with glee,
"O grave, where is thy victory?"
Along the wayside, where His feet
Will tread the lone, or crowded street,
Go, scatter branches from the palms,
And greet Him with triumphant psalms.
"Hosanna to our risen King !
"Hosanna in the highest V sing
And bid the little children raise
Their sweet young voices in His praise.
Awake, ye joyous birds, and pay
Your tribute to our King today;
-Lift high your carols, loud and clear,
To gladden every listening ear,
And while we pluck the fair spring flowers,
To glorify the Easter hours,
And on God's altars lay them down,
We'll twine white lilies for His crown.
FANNIE FOOTE SEELEY.
Pankhurst went out on a hunger
strike and the prison authorities re
sorted to feeding her forcibly by means
of a tube.
Last Tuesday, a month after her
commitment, she said that twice dai
ly five or six wardresses and two doc
tors pried open her mouth with a steel
gag and pressed a tube Into her stom
ach.
Twice Arrested in February.
"I wilWesist all the time," the let
ter continued. "My gums are always
bleeding. I am afraid they may be
saying I do not resist, yet my shoul
ders are bruised by the struggling
while they hold the tube in my throat.
I used to feel I should go mad first,
and went pretty near it. as I think
they feared, but I have got over that
and my digestion is the thing most
likely to suffer now."
Twice in the month of February,
prior to the commitment from which
she was released today. Miss Pank
hurst was in the toils of the law. Feb
ruary 6th she was arrested fcr endeav
oring forcibly to enter the house of
commons to see David Lloyd-George,
chancellor of the exchequer. For this
she was sentenced to pay a line or
spend two weeks in prison. She chose
the latter, but after two days in jail
some unknown friend paid her fine and
she was released.
Minister Addresses Suffragettes.
Again on February 14 Miss Pank
hurst was found guilty of smashing
windows and sentenced to a fine or
imprisonment in Holloway jail. A
friend paid the fine and she was per
mitted her freedom. Three days later
she was taken into custody for window
smashing and detained until today.
A band of "spiritual militant suffra
gettes," attired in mourning and wear
ing broad orange colored sashes, at
tended service in the City temple to
day. Referring to their presence, the
Rev, Reginald Campbell, minister of
the temple, said that while Individual
excesses might be blamed to the wom
an suffrage movement, the movement
was animated by a spirit which ren
dered its ultimate triumph inevit
able. Lunar Eclipse This Morning.
Washington. March 21. Beginning
at about 6 o'clock tomorrow (Satur
day) morning, the moon will be in to
tal eclipse, -but only the states on tha
western coast of the United States
will be able to obtain full benefit of
the spectacle. The moon will pass
through the earth's shadow and wlil
be In total eelipse at 6 o'eleefc, it Is
scheduled to emerge at about 8. IS
o'clock.
College Point Weavers Strike,
Now York, March 21S31ght hun
dred silk weavers in the College Point
mills struck today for the same wages
they received in 1894, They elaimed
that they were getting jig per eent.
more wages then than new and work
ed but eight hours. The mill owners
declare they eannet meet the de?
mands.
Prospects for the Seal Fishery this
season are goo? '
Shot as He Sat
Near a Window
S.CADY HUTCHINS FELLED BY
A BULLET.
NO MOTIVE IS KNOWN
Fourth of a Series of Shooting Affairs
at Danielson Wound is Only Super
ficial and the Victim Will Recover,
(Special to The Bulletin.)
Danielson, March 21. While sitting
with his wife near a window in a front
rcom of his home on the Green Hollow
road at 11 o'clock Friday night, S.
Cady Hutchins. a retired business man.
was shot in the head by someone who
ftred a revolver from the highway. Mr.
Hutchins fell to the floor unconscious
and the first impression was that he
had been fatally shot, but a subsequent
examination by' Dr. George Burroughs
and Dr. F. P. Todd showed the wound
to be a superficial one on the back of
the head at the left side and that.the
bullet had passed out.
Were About to Retire.
Mr. and Mrs. Hutchins were about
to retire when the shooting occurred.
The shade was raised on the window
near which they were sitting and they
had no warning of what was about to
happen until the shot crashed through
the glass.
Mrs. Hutchins Summons Assistance.
When her husband was shot Mrs.
Hutchine, who la a graduate nurs-,
gave him first aid assistance and sent
a hurry call to town for aid. A mes
sage received at the Attawaugan hotel
within a minute or two after the
shooting sent J. Carl Witter of Brook
lyn Edward McBrlde of Wauregan
and Telesphore Woieard scurrying
from the hotel office and into an auto
mobile which was driven about a mile
at top speed to the Hutchins house,
just outside the borough limits.
Police Search for Assailant.
They arrived within a very few
minutes after the shooting, but could
see no signs of anyone in the vicinit ,
which is a lonely one at night.
Hurry calls were also sent to Chief
George Pilling and with other officers
whom he gathered the police in an au
tomobile started just at midnight to
search for the criminal.
No Motive for Shooting.
Absolutely no motive is known f r
the shooting and at first glance it
looks like another unlawful act of the
probably insane person who is respon
sible for three holdups and the at
tempted shooting of another man in
this town within the past two week--.
Mr. Hutchins is not known to have an
enemy in the world.
Search Still on This Morning.
While the shooting was not general
ly known on Friday night, it created a
sensation among those who heard
about about It. Parties were out until
an early hour this morning searching
for the guilty party. .
Early Morning Marriage.
Bridgeport, Conn., March 22. After
routing Town Clerk Wiliam Thomas
out of had for a marriage license. Miss
Clara Armstrong and Norman Slifert,
both of New York, were married ear
ly this morning at a local hotel by Jus
tice of the Peace Brainerd Keating, Jr.
Mrs. Slifert is known here as a sum
mer resident at one of the beaches,
and is acquainted with the Justice of
the peace. ,
Japan Will Retaliate.
Sacramento, Cal., March 21, An
alien land law to exclude Japanese
from ownership of real property in
California can be enaeted only at the
cost ef Japan's support ef the Santi
ago and gan Franaisee expositions in
19 16, aeeerdrag te messages and ar
senal warnings, received by members
ef the legislature teday,
Hieeeughed Four Days,
Bridgeport, Conn., March 31 Ser
geant Luther Geedwin, in charge ef the
United States army reeFUitina; efflee
here, was taken te a leeal nespital to
night in a serious condition as the re
sult ef a fenr days' attack ef hie
ceughs. He is in a very weak condi
tion, and physieians de net entertain
much hope far bis recovery
Condensed Telegrams
Revolution is brewing in Hayti.
.-.Brigadier General J. M. Bacon iS dead
in Portland, Ore. y
The Wilson Girls will revive tennis
at the White House.
Martial Law Will Be Continued in
ths Kanawha coal field indefinitely.
English Suffragettes Burned the
country house of Lady Amy White.
The Munyon Homeopathic plant in
Philadelphia was destroyed by fire.
The New York Senate passed the bill
prohibiting the employment of chil
dren under 14 years of age in canner
ies. A Strike of 1,000 Tailors and dress
makers in Boston will hold up the
Easter gowns promised "positively" for
SuDday.
The Cafe of William C. Ray at New
Haven was robbed early yesterday of
$60 in' money, taken from the cash
register.
The Greenfield, Mass., Savings Bank,
which was closed by the savings bank
commissioner in February, 1909, will be
reopened on April 1.
A Bill Creating a State Board of pub
lic utilities was passed by the Maine
legislature yesterday. The Wisconsin
law was used as a model.
A Resolve Providing for the erection
of a statue of James G. Blaine on the
lawn in front of the state house, was
presented In the Maine senate yester
day. The Dead Body of Dr. Frank H.
Peltier, a well known Hartford physi
cian, was found in his room yesterday
afternoon by a policeman who forced
the floor.
Harvey Marshall of Flemington, N.
J., was shot dead early yesterday when
he tried to enter the home of Mrs. Ar
stella Rake, by Benjamin, Mis. Rake's
15 year old son.
South Jersey Farmers are raising
duck eggs in preference to chicken
eggs for the Now York trade, as the
ducks lay all the year around and
bring better prices.
While Walking in Her Sleep yester
day morning, Mary H. Miller of Wash
ington set fire to her nightdress and
was so badly burned that she died a
few hours later.
The Yachting World of London scores
the New York Yacht club for the
stand taken in the Lip ton- challenge,
and declares that Englishmen are wax
ing indignant.
Lightning Yesterday Struck the coun
ty jail at Covington, Ky, hurling the
15 foot chimney to the ground, . and
bouncing the 60 prisoners, ali negroes,
from their cots. - . -.
Boetonians Were Cheered yesterday
by the promise that despite the short
age in the ice crop there would be no
increase In prices over those of last
year, for at least two months.
Mexicans Arriving at Juarez from
the south yesterday declared they were
a part of a firing squad which executed
Abram Gonzales, governor or cninua
hua under the Madero government, a
lortnight ago.
Rear Admiral Walter S. Cewles, on
duty as commandant of the naval sta
tion at Honolulu, yesterday was di
rected to proceed to San Francisco to
await further orders for duty in com
mand of the Pacific fleet.
Leo D. Varien, a Buffalo waiter, must
pay a fine of $500 or begin to serve 180
days in the penitentiary the heaviest
sentence imposed on a "masher" in
the history of that court.
After Abstaining for 40 Days with
out smoking, Harry Tripplett, town,
clerk of 'Montclair, N. J., smoked three
hours steady, and after he came out of
it he wrote a book describing two past
incarnations.
In an Opinion Handed Down yester
day by the West Virginia supreme
court of appeals the righa of the gov
ernod to declare martial law and ap
point a military commission is a;rm
ed.
The First Break among the striking
pottery girls at Fast Liverpool came
yesterday, when 75 employes of the
eiectrical pottery factories returned to
work with an increase of ten cents a
day and abrogation of the silence rule.
Charles E. Finley, the New York
banker, through whose eftorts JJr.
Friedrich F. Friedmann was persuad
ed to come to this country with his
tuberculosis vaccine, will give a ban
quet in Dr. Friedmann's honor Sun
day night.
Arrangements Were Completed yes
terday for a breakfast on April 5, at
which Washington society women for
mally will become acquainted with Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, wife of the president,
and Mrs. Thomas Marshall, wife of the
vice president. '
Students at Harvard University who
are not jself-supporting,but derive their
support from parents living in other
states, are entitled to vote In Cam
bridge during their temporary . resi
dence there. Such is the ruling by
Judge Braley of the supreme court.
A Passenger Train from Montreal on
the" Mountain division of the - Maine
Central railroad narrowly escaped dis
aster last night when a huge boulder
accompanied b,v a mass of smaller
stones and eartk, weighing tons, crash
ede down the mountain side upon the
track.
After a Week's Search the body of
E. A. Peck, general - suprintendent of
the St. Louis Southwestern railroad,
who disappeared from his hotel at Hot
Springs, Ark., on March 12, was found
in the woods near Hot Springs yes
terday, his pistol clutched in his hand
and a bullet wound In his right temple.
A Jury in the Chicago Municipal
court yesterday after hearing opinions
about and inspecting "September
Morn," a painting' by Paul Chabas, de
elded the picture was not Immoral and
will be not unfit to be publicly dis
played In Chicago. The painting rep
resents a nude figure ef a girl bathing
fvutd.ors.
Twe Telegrams were all that were
necessary yesterday to apprise two
families ef the marriage of four of
their members, when Lee F, and Town
send B, Titus, brothers, ef Lueketts,
Va., and Mary Q, and Lney B, Stone
bruner af Levetsville, sisters, from
the same state, broke the news ef
their elopement and marriage at Wash
ington, y
American railroads in 1912 reeeived
grees revenues aggregating 3,04L30T,-I0S.
URGES HER DAUGHTER NOT TO WORRY
Mrs. Eaton Sends a Cheering and Optimistic Lies
sage From the County Jail
"WILL COME OUT ALL RIGHT IN A FEW DAYS"
Widow Adapts Herself to Her New Surroundings But Re
quests That She be Given Some Work to Do Letter to
Her Attorney in 1911 Indicated a Belief That Admiral
Was Insane Special Session of Grand Jury Monday.
Plymouth, Mass., March 21.- The
grand jury will convene in special
session here at 10 o'clock Monday
morning to consider the case of Mrs.
Joseph G. Eaton who was arrested
yesterday charged with the murder by
poisoning of her husband. Rear Ad
miral liaton.
This became known today when
Sheriff Henry S. Porter, who is in
charge of the jail where the widow
is confined, received instructions from
"District Attorney Barker to make the
necessary preparation.
Message to Her Daughter.
From her room in the county jail
Mrs. Katon sent a cheerful message
this morning to her daughter by her
first marriage, Miss Dorothy Ains
worth. The prisoner wrote:
"I want to tell you all not to worry
abont me. Don't cry and take on over
it for it will all come out all right
In a few days. Look after mother
and don't allow her to become ex
cited, and be sure to take care of
everything on the place."
Wanted Work to Do.
Mrs. Eaton had learned that her
mother, Mrs. George Harrison, who
is ill at the Eaton home in Norwell,
was suffering intensely because of the
shock of her daughter's arrest.
The widow herself appeared opti
mistic today and accustomed herself
to the routine of jail life without
complaint. All that she asked was to
be allowed to do work or have some
other exercise.
"I have always been a very active
woman," she said, "and cannot stand
inactivity."
Wrote Letters to Friends.
In conversation with the matron
Mrs. Eaton said that she did not ex
pect to be confined more than a few
days. She was given no work, but was
permitted to exercise in the corridor
under the eye of the matron. She
spent the greater part of the fore
noon writing letters to friends.
Hint - of Second Arrest.
The hint from official sources last
night that a second arrest might be
made, involves the purchase of the
arsenic in pure white powdered form,
that was found in the digestive organs
it was learned today. Thus far the
police have been unable to discover
where the poison was obtained or who
bought it.
Today State Detective Scott and
Deputy Sheriff Condon went to the
Eaton home in Norwell and remained
some time with Mrs. Eaton's mother
and her two daughters, Dorothy and
Mrs. June Keyes. Mrs. Harrison and
Dorothy made their home with the
admiral. Mrs. Keyes has lived recent
ly in Boston.
Little Left but Insurance.
It is understood that the will of-the
admiral will not be offered for probate
until the Investigation of his death is
cleared up. ' It is believed that he left
little more than an insurance on his
life of $8,000. A will made some time
ago in which both step-daughters are
named as beneficiaries is In the cus
tody of Judge Pratt who was the ad
miral's counsel. The judge has said
that he knows nothing of a later will
reported to have been made about six
months ago. Dorothy Alnsworlh has
said that her step-father once inti
mated that he had made a second will
in which only herself was mentioned.
BELIEVED HIM INSANE.
Mrs. Eaton Indicated It in Letter to
Chioago Lawyer.
Chicago, March 21. Incidents bear
ing upon the relations between Rear
Admiral Eaton and his wife came to
light here today In a letter written by
Mrs. Eaton March 16. 1911. to Mrs.
Marshall E. Gallion, a local attorney,
who acted for her in her divorce pro
ceedings against her first husband.
Daniel Henryinsworth, In-1906.
The letter, written from Assinlppi,
Mass., referring to the admiral, says:
''The condition of this poor man ie
dreadful, he is so much worse, and 1
fear to stay here this winter. My
leaving him alone with my mother
while I was in Chicago made him wild.
If I had a doubt of his insanity, whic:i
I never had, it would be removed
quickly, as he is so much worse, and
what am I to do?
"He Is a sick, helpless and sad o a
man, and it goes to my heart. He re
lies on me entirely. I am his eyes,
brain and life, and still how can I stay
here alone and let him kill me ar.d
poor little innocent Dorothy, and he
will do it and then wonder where we
are. He is the most dangerous, Bubtle
maniac, and still I have no way of
escape.
"Public opinion, his rank, his age
and the navy are all against me. All
doctors are too diplomatic and afrafd
to attempt to deal wtth him as he
should be dealt with, and it will cost
me hundreds of dollars to get evidence
and take a year at least to get In shape
and then I probably will be outwitted
by sentiment and pity.
"He is the most dangerous fian you
could meet any place
"Please help me. What shall I do?
What do you advise me as the most
practical? After Friday I shall be here
alone with him. Is It wise? He Is so
subtle and sly. Would you get a com
mon, cheap woman, just to have some-.
cne with me? Of course, such a per
son would not be able to detect his
trouble; only a person drilled to brain
trouble or familiar with Jnsamlty.
If he Is as dangerous as I boHeva.
I must protect my life, so find oi-t
whether you can get me a woman
who Is a Sherlock Holmes In criminal
insanity and of highest moral charac
ter and high standing with doctors
and alienists, one whone word would
go. If she said he was lnsa-ne they
would do the rest. Please see what
you can do for me and advise me."
TALKED WITH DOCTOR.
Admiral' Conversation Before Death
May Be Important,
Reekland, Jtfasa., March ST The
conversation between Rear Ad
miral Joseph G, Baton and his family
physician, rr. Joseph Frame, a few
hours before, Uia admiriU died," sciU
have an Important bearing, it is under -
stood, in the further investigation ofi
the case. What passed between ths
two is carefully guarded.
Mrs. Eaton, who is charged with thai
murder of her husband, is accused ofi
having administered arsenic to the ad-1
miral on March 7. On the afte-rnoon ot
that day Dr. Frame who had been call-'
ed to the house to attend Mrs. Eaton's
mother, Mrs. George Harrison, also exy
amined the admiral. The latter diej
during the night.
It is stated that Dr. Frame saw thj
admiral only once but after Itis death,
made a report to Medical Examiner
Osgood which resulted in an order thatl
the body should not be embalmed un-i
til a post-mortem had been made.
It is intimated that the physician;
was influenced not only by the condi
tion of his patient but by what he had
-told of his illness.
In a formal statement today District
Attorney Barker takes notice of)
charges that Dr. Frame delayed maki
ing known the suspicious nature ofl
the admiral's Illness. Ha Baid: "Any
suggestion that Dr. Frame's conduct
in the Eaton matter was open to
criticism is unwarranted. Quite thai
contrary, he is entitled to the highest
commendation for his course through-
out the whole matter. I say this know-?
ing the circumstances."
Horace T. Fogg, treasurer of Plyn
mouth County, today asked for an ad-
dltlonal $15,000 county tax levy to de-s
fray the expenses of the Eaton case.
CRUSH OF HOLDERS
OF PAWN TICKETS.
Anxious to Redeem Goods at Shop Res
cently Looted.
New York, March 21 Three thous
and persons, many of whom had been
there since daybreak, fought to gain
entrance to the pawnbroker's shop of
Martin Simons and Son today when,
the doors which had been closed since
the place was robbed of $260,000 worth,
of property last Sunday, were opened
to admit holders of pawn tickets. With
the greatest difficulty the police got
an orderly line out of the struggling
mass of men and women, mostly from,
the poorer quarters of the city.
The store was kept open until four
o'clock when but two hundred ticket
holders had been able to gain admit
tance. About three quarters of them
recovered their property. The rest
found that their valuables were among
the stolen loot. Some of them, includ
ing several women with babies in their
arms, came out weeping.
ATTEMPTED TO BOOST
POSTMASTER'S SALARY
Officials of Boston Concern Bought
Stamps at North Brookfield.
New York, March 21 W. S. Edwards!
and Harry H. Pratt arranged to give
$1600 ball today for their appearance
in the federal court at Boston to plead
to indictments charging them with,
conspiracy to defraud the government
by increasing the salary of the post
master at North Brookfield, Mass. Ed
wards and Piatt are officers of th
Sterling Debenture company which
was raided by postoffice inspectoral
some time ago. With Frank iS. Wln
chell, president and general manager
of the Oxford Linen Mills of North
Brookfield, they were indicted for pur
chasing for use elsewhere large quan
tities of stamps at the North Brookfield
postofflce for the alleged purpose of
increasing the postmaster's salary rat-!
ing.
NEGRO LYNCHED BY
A TENNESSEE MOB.
Culprit Shot an Old Man Whom He
Had Attempted to Rob.
Union City, Tenn., Ma.rch 21
Johnson Grenson, a negro accused of
murdering Samuel McClure, a white
man, early today was hanged here by
a mob this afternoon, on a prominent
street corner in the presence of 1,000
people. Mr. McClure, 75 yeaxs old,
investigated a noise in his kitchen,
during the night to find a negro eat
ing there. The negro refused to leavat
unless given money, whereupon Mr.
McClure shot at him.
Grenson, who is said to have im-
plicated another negro in a con
fession, returned later in the night,
broke into the house and shot the old
man with a shotgun. McClure died:
at noon.
FAVORABLE REPORTS FROM
DR. FRIEDMANN'S PATENTS.
Cablegram Received at Bellevue Hos
tel From Berlin.
New York, March 20 SjfferersJ
from tuberculosis whom Dr. Fried
rich F. Friedmann treated with his
vaccine before his departure from Ber
lin to this country are responding re-
markably to the treatment, accord
ing to a cablegram received today by
Dx. George O'Hanloo, superintendent
of Bellevue hospital. The cablegram
oame from a Berlin physddaj, Dr
O'Hanlon said.
Dr. Frtedmann treated sixte-m fa
Oents here today but was oblged to
postpone the treatment of fourteen
others until tomorrow owing to the
faot that his vaccine was exhausted.
He demoted most of the day to thaj
preparation of a new supply.
Steamship Arrivals.
Liverpool, Maxell 30 Arrived: Stwam
or FViinoonl, New York.
Boulogne, March 21 Arrtwd.'
Steamer Jtyndam, New York.
Gibraltar, " March SI Arrived.-;
Bteamar Cincinnati, New York.
Alexandria, March 81 Arrived:'
Steamer Laeonla. New York.
I-rtuxdtin, March 81 Arrived: Steams
er VtiwKkTttnian. Bt John, N. B.
New Yar, March SI ,Arrl'7eS
Steamer JTranee, Havre, J
New York City is fartng the wrrst Ie
famine In ten years, In the opinion o
Wejrley M, Oler.president ef th nicax
erboeker Ig cempaay, .