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VOL. LV. NO. . 91 v
NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1913
The Bulletin's Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population
CURFEW LAW FOR
Vigorous Opposition Develops to Bill Forbidding
Them to Work in Stores After 9 p. m.
HEARING BEFORE THE
Proposed 54 Hour Law For Women and Children Also En
counters Opposition Comptroller .Bradstreet Declares
It Would Mean Only 48 Hours of Actual Work Fred
Holdsworth of Norwich Makes Reply to General Keeney.
Hartford, Coon, April 15 The la
bor committee again sat to hear argu
ments for and against a further limit
ation of hours for women and children
in manufacturing and mercantile es
tablishments, in the house chamber,
this afternoon nearly every seat be
ing filled and the speakers all being
well received.
The first bill called provides for a
more adaquate staff of inspectors to
enforce the labor- laws and to con
duct inspections under the present
factory inspection office besides
strengthening the hands of the state
officials. To this bill there was no
opposition and its provisions were urg
ed in the statements made that the in
spection force is not able to do the
work which has devolved on the fac
tory inspector by reason of additional
legislation to ameliorate the condi
tion of women and children. Ralph
O. Wells, who represents associations
of business men, said that merchants
and manufacturers stand for an ade
quate force of inspectors.
54 Hour Week ' For Women and
Minors.
The labor bills were taken up.
James P. Woodruff spoke for one of
the commission bills when in effect
would prevent a woman or minor from
working after 9 p. m. in a mercantile
establishment, from working for two
establishments in any one week and
would compel a 54 hour week and a
nine hour day.
Mr. Wells opposed the bill, saying
that the manufacturers oppose any
bill which establishes less than a
65 hour week on the general ground
that it means the elimination of wo
men from industry. He opposed limit
ing the keeping open of mercantile
establishments after 9 p. m.
If as Mr. Woodruff had said that
Store women are subjected to the
greatest dangers in walking home
from the stores after 9 p. m. he fail
ed to see why they were in any great
er danger than those women who go
out calling, to party or the theatre and
return home after 9 p. m. - If theTill
had a clause in it prohibiting all
women fom being on the street at
9 p. m., conditions would be equalized.
Mr. Wells then cited the objections of
fered to the limitations of 54 hours in
nine hours a day, for the reason that
merchants have to adjust their em
ployes' hours to meet store conditions.
A Disputed Point.
Mr. Barnes, who favored the 54 hour
bill said he was not surprised that
merchants and manufacturers put up
arguments against the bill but he was
surprised that they were trying to
"kid" the committee by putting up
eueh "bunk" as this. He claimed that
the operation of the 54 hour law else
where did not put women out, nor
did it decrease the output. To this
latter statement decided objection was
made by Mr. Wells, who said letters
In the committee's hands from man
ufacturers told of decreased output in
proportion to the decreased hours.
Mr. Barnes said that the bill was
aimed to meet conditions which exist,
and which were shown of need of
remedy at the hearings two years ago,
in the workroom of mercantile estab
lishments. Would Lose Saturday Half Holiday.
Charles Cheney, treasurer of Cheney
Brothers, at Manchester declared for
the 55 hour bill. He did not believe
a nine hour day is economy. It would
mean the loss to workmen of their
Saturday half holiday if the law was
passed making the day nine hours.
No Decrease of Product.
Miss Wells, who represents the
consumers' league, spoke for the
league bill for 54 hours a week for
women and children. She claimed
that the product of a 54 hour week
would be no different from that of a
E8 hour week. Miss Wells, who has
Investigated the subject, read from a
statement which she also filed with
the committee. She was asked many
questions, including one. by former
Comptroller Bradstreet to the effect
if she were aware that manufacturers
would only get 48 hours in a 54 hour
week actual labor from female em
ployes. Miss Wells could not under
stand this and Mr. Bradstreet said
that every female employe requires
half an hour mornings and half an
hour afternoons for lavatory pur
poses. To this Miss Wells replied that
under a 54 hour law the women would
have relaxation they do not get in the
E8 hour week.
New England No Longer on Map.
Mr. Bradstreet then declared: "Don't
forget another thing. New England is
no longer on the map. We have been
forgotten; don't hamper us any more."
When he was interrupted as not hav
ing the floor. Mr. Bradstreet sat
down with a reference to federal con
ditions. Miss Wells was against the
sliding scale for men, women and
children as this would mean the elim
ination of women from industry.
Fred Holdsworth of Norwich.
W. R. Webster of Bridgeport ask
ed the committee not to jeopardize the
Weekly half holiday for working peo
ple by bringing in a straight nine hour
a day bill. Fred Holdsworth of Nor
wich, representing textile workers,
Teplied to arguments made 'at the pre
vious hearing. To General Keeney
who had declared that such legisla
tion as this was "damable" Mr. Holds
Worth said his statement was an in
teresting relic of a bygone age and
concluded by asking "Is Connecticut
to be used as a private preserve for
General Keeney?" '
: Mr. Holdsworth also claimed that
the petition against the bill . which
Mrs. Dyson had presented bearing
3,000 names, was secured by mis
representation ,to which statement
Mrs. Dyson objected.
$7 BARELY A LIVING WAGE.
Half of Wage-Earning Women in Con
necticut Receive Less..
Hartford. Conn., April 1'5. The 'fol
lowing important recommendations
ar made In the report, of the speoial
commission named by. the legislature
WOMEN CLERKS
COMMITTEE ON LABOR
two years ago, to investigate the con
dition of wage-earning women and
minors in this state:
1. That the hours of labor of wage
earning women and minors be short
ened and regulated.
2. That provision for the effective
reporting and recording of occupation
al diseases and accidents be made.
3. That the labor of women and
minors in certain occupations be pro
hibited. 4. That there be more stringent
regulation of child labor, with espe
cial reference to night work, messen
ger service and street trades, and to
a shorter working day.
5. That more adequate provisions
be made for the comfort and heUth of
wage-earning women and minors in
factories.
6. That a minimum wage commis
sion be appointed.
The report was presented today
through the chairman -of the commis
sion, James P. Woodruff of Litchfield.
The report says in part:
"To have made a complete investi
gation of the conditions of women in
all industries, would have required
a much larger -sum than the appro
priation of 5,000. The field of In
vestigation was therefore of neces
sity limited, and after careful con
sideration, was finally restricted to the
three industries employing the largest
number of women in the state, tex
tiles, metal trades and corsets. Lim
ited investigation was also made of
women in the rubber industry and in
the repair and . alteration departments
of department stores.
"Fifty factories were investigated in
fourteen localities Wage data, copied
directly from the payrolls, were gath
ered for 9103 women and personal
anj social data taken from employes
themselves for 10,351 women."
The commission says that investi
gation has shown that $7 is barelv
a living wage Tor a girl or a woman,
who must pay for food, laundry, lodg
ing, ciotning, carfares and medical
and dental carer' A study of tables
prepared - by. the ' commission - shows
that in the cotton industry 29.2S per
cent, of the women employed earned
less than $7;' in silk 58.15 per cent,
earned less ithan that- in metal the
number falls to 48.99 per cent.; in
ruooer to 4S.43 per cent., while the
earnings of 48.40 per cent .of all those
employed In these industries fall be
low the J7 wage scale.
It is therefore evident." savs the
commission, "that practically one-half
of the women employed in these fac
tories earn less than a living wage."
The report goes into careful detail
concerning ventilation, toilet provi
sions, safeguards, etc.. and criticism
is made of conditions in many of the
factories.
FRIDAY SESSIONS.
Question to Come Up in Senate To-day
Attempt to Limit Debate.
Hartford, Conn., April 15. Just be
fore the senate adjourned this after
noon Senator Purcell moved that the
order of the day for 12.30 noon tomor
row be upon his motion that Friday
sessions -be held. It is expected that
the upper branch will then declare its
attitude as to putting in longer work
ing days for three days a week, or
more days a week, this latter plan
being generally opposed by members
in the lower branch because It entails
additional and, to many, heavy travel
ing expenses.
Attempt to Limit Debate.
In the house, on the other hand, a
motion of Mr. Healey, the republican
leader, to limit debate on measures to
five minutes was voted down, although
he pointed out that it had been cus
tomary in the closing days of previous
sessions to pass a motion of this kind
Colonel Hall declared that Mr. Healey's
motion was in the interest of the lob
by, while Mr. Wilson of Bridgeport
believed that the rule of the previous
question was safeguard enough in de-
Dace.
County Commissioners' Bill.
Both branches did a fair amount of
business with only a little oratory, the
senate sitting for over two hours on
calendar matters alone, passing forty
three measures in concurrence with
the house, supplying Governor Baldwin
with work when the engrossed bills
reached him. The senate declared by
a party vote its adherence to the prin
ciple of electing county commission
ers by the people, sending the bill back
to the hou.-e without any amend
ments. The democrats are generally
expectant that the house will pass the
original bill, as the amended bill went
through by only a margin of one vote.
Open Season on Deer.
The deer bill wag recommended with
every indication -that while scores of
house members want the deer pest
killed off, they feel that one human
life is worth more than all the deer in
the state.
STATE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU.
In Norwich 41 Situations Were Secur
ed in the Past Month.
Hartford, Conn., April 15
The report of the five free public em
ployment bureaus in the state, for the
month ending March 31 shows that
mor persons were supplied with situa
tions than during the previous month,
the percentage being .61.7 .per cent, as
against 59.1 per cent.
Hartford had 256 applications for
employment, 175 applications for help,
and 138 situations were secured; New
Haven had 273 applications for em
polyment, 231 applications for help and
160 situations were secured; Bridge
port had 320 applications for-employ-mect,
298 applications for help, and
225 situations were' secured. There
were 173 applications for employment
in Waterbury, 123 applications for
help, and 104 situations were secured.
In Norwich there were 61 applications
for employment, 55 applications for
help, and 41 situations were secured.
Robert M. Daerbergh, New York
representative of Daerbergh. Brothers,
importers of straw braid, pleaded
guilty yesterday to charges of under -valuing
iaipwU a& wa Jiod Ji,t)0O.
Cabled Paragraphs
French Aviator Drowned.
Nice, France, April 15. Louis Gau
dart, a well known French aviator,
was drowned while making a flight on
a hydro-aeroplane near here this
morning. .
To Overcome Duelling Habit,
Berlin; April 16. Emperor William i
is earnestly endeavoring to reduce the
number of duels fought toy German
army officers, according to an an
nouncement to the committee of the
imperial parliament today by General
Von Heerington, minister for war.
Wirea Cut by Militants.
Bath, England, April 15. Sympath
izers with the militant suffragettes cut
the teleghaph and telephone wires at
the entrance to the Box tunnel on the
Greatwestern railway near here this
morning. Great inconvenience was
caused to the train service.
Another Suffragette Fire.
Hastings. England, April 15. Mil
itant suffragettes today destroyed the
handsome seaside mansion of St.
Leonard's-on-Sea belonging to Arthur
Philip Du Cros. Unionist member of
parliament for Hastings. The wo
men not only set fire to the house but
placed explosives in many of the
rooms.
Suffrage Meetings Barred.
London, April 15. A stringent or
der prohibiting the Women's Social
and Political Union, the militant suf
fragette society, from holding meet
ings in Hyde Park and on Wimble
don common and other open spaces
in London was issued today by Home
Secretary McKenna. This step was
taken hy the government as a conse
quence of the recent disorders.
WARRANTS FOR SIX
RAILROAD OFFICIALS
President Mellen and Five Others
Charged with Manslaughter.
Bridgeport, Conn., April 15. As an
outcome of proceedings in the crim
inal side of the superior court today
six officials of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad com
pany are out under S3, 000 bonds each
charg-ed with manslaughter in that
criminal negligence on their part was
responsible for the wreck of the
Springfield express at Westport last
October, when seven persons lost their
lives.
The indicted officials are President
Charles S. Mellen, Vice President E.
H. lie Henry and Henry J. Horn; C.
X. "YY ood, formerly superintendent of
the Shore Line division; Superinten
dent Benjamin R. Pollock and Lau
rence J. Carmalt, of the maintenance
department. The warrant for Presi
dent Mellen and Vice President Mc
Henry were served in the courtroom
at the conclusion of the hearing on
the issuance of the warrants, both of
ficials having been present through the
entire proceeding. The new writs of
information against the other four of
ficials take the places of the ones
origtinally: granted and which were
withdrawn when a separate trial was
granted them in the first hearing of
the case last week.
The issuing of the warrants for
Mr. Mellen and Mr. McHenry was
bitterly fought, but the court ruled
that as it had always been the prac
tice of the state courts to issue such
warrants on the request of state's at
torneys, who, he said, were supposed
to be fair in their dealings and have
a case, he did not see why an excep
tion should be taken in this instance.
A feature of the trial was an at
tempt made by Attorney Cummings
for the defense to bring before the
court an affidavit made toy Vice Pres
ident Buckland. This was objected to
by the state attorney on the ground
that he could not cross examine Mr.
Buckland and while it was sustained
by the court. Judge Greene allowed
Mr. Cummings to state its nature. It
was to the effect that after the close
of court last Tuesday State Attorney
Judson sent a message to Mr. Mellen
througti Mr. Buckland's stenographer
which was to the effect that if the
attempt by counsel for the four offi
cials then before the court on bench,
warrants, to have them tried sep
arately was not discontinued he would
have warrants issued for President
Mellen and Vice President McHenry.
In the course of hjs remarks con
cerning the affidavit State Attorney
Judson was very emphatic in his de
nunciation of what he called the be
trayal of his confidence by the road's
officials in allowing the communication
to become public. "When Mr. Mel
len,". he said, "unfolded that message
to his attorney, h-e should have hid
den his head in shame" He also of
fered to resign if the superior court
judges thought he was unfair in his
procedure.
Xo definite date has been set for
the trial of any of the officials as the
case was indefinitely postponed when
the court granted the issuance of the
warrants.
FOUR POLICE CAPTAINS
ACCUSED Or CONSPIRACY.
Held Responsible for Getting Witness
Out of Court's Jurisdiction.
New York, April 14. A blanket in
dictment charging conspiracy was re
turned today by the grand jury in
vestigating graft in the police depart
ment against Police Captains Dennis
Sweeney, John J. Murtha, James E.
Hussey and James F. Thompson. All
of the indicted police officers were
formerly inspectors. Sweeney had
previously been indicted on a bribery
charge. The indictment of the four
grew out of the departure from New
York of George A. Sipp, a former ho
tel proprietor, on whose accusation
Patrolman Eugene Fox was charged
with bribery. It charges that the four
captains, then inspectors, conspired to
get. Sipp out of the Jurisdiction of the
court to prevent his appearance in
court when Fox was arraigned.
More Liberal Terms to Railroad.
Concord, N. H., April 15. A meas
ure recommended by the legislative
committee which has been considering
the railroad rate question in this state
was rejected by the legislature today
and the committee was instructed to
report a new measure giving the Bos
ton and Maine railroad more liberal
terms and the railroad commission
more discretion in fixing rates.
Royal Arcanum Banquet.
Bridgeport, Conn., April 15. The
annual banquet, preceding the an
nual convention of the grand council
of Connecticut, Royal Arcanum, here
tomorrow, was held tonight at the
Hotel Stratfield, about 200 being in
attendance. Grand Regent John H.
Fisher of Danbury presided. Among
the speakers were Supreme Repre
sentative Becker of New Tork.
Senator Stilwo!! Exonerated.
Albany, N. T., April 15. The sen
ate tonight decided that the charges
of attempted extortion preferred
against Senator Stilwell by George H.
Kendall, president of the New Tork
Hank Note eompany, have not been
sustained, - .
House Passes
The Land Bill
1 VOTE
REACHED IN CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATURE.
AFFECTS ALL ALIENS
Except Upon Their Declaration to Be
come American Citizens Japanese.
Politicians Call Mass Meeting.
Sacramento, Cal., April. 15.-r-An anti
alien land ownership bill, designed pri
marily to prevent Japanesee from ac
quiring title to real property within
the state, but so worded as to prohibit
any alien from owning land more than
one year, except upon a declaration of
his intention to become a citizen, was
passed today by the lower house of the
legislature by a vote of 60 to 15.
Applies to All Aliens-""
The measure was drafted by a sub
committee of the judiciary committee
as a substitute for bills previously in
troduced, all of which specifically pro
vided that "aliens ineligible to citizen
ship should not hold lands." The com
mittee, however, proceeded on the the
ory that such a statute might be held
in violation of the treaty rights of
Japanese subjects, and broadened the
measure to include all aliens who -had
not declared their intention of becom
ing citizens.
Foreign Corporations Spared.
In order not to embarrass foreign
corporations, the committee made the
corporation clause of the bill apply
only to "aliens not eligible to citizen
ship." Several amendments were de
feated in quick order before' Assem
blyman Johnson proposed to put back
in the bill thrown out the "aliens not
eligible to citizenship" clause.
Case of an Englishman.
"Many a young Englishman," he
said, "coming to America with money
to invest has promised his parents
that he never would surrender his al
legiance to the mother country; but he
made no worse neighbor for that, and
his children have grown up as good
citizens as any of us."
A New Race Problem.
"It is a question greater than dollars
and cents," replied Assemblyman
Bloodgood. "It amounts to another
great race problem. Ten miles from
Sacramento I saw a Japanese man and
a white woman living together. There
was a baby. What was thei baby ? It
was the beginning of a new race prob
lem, a problem of the fusion of races
unassimllable.'.'
The amendment was defeated 56 to
29. ;v-
JAPAN EXCITED.
Recent Rioters Have Called a Msss
Meeting at Tokio.
Tokio. April 15. The leading news
papers of Tokio, the Asahi, the Ko
kumin Shimsun and the Jiji Shimpo,
which are usually conservative, have
assumed an extremist attiture of the
proposed alien land ownership legisla
tion in California. The Kokumin Shim
bun is almost violent, while the Asahl
is nessimistic.
The younger element among the p6-
litical factions which incited the recent
rioting have called a mass meeting for
Thursday nevt. The meeting will be
held in a building, the capacity or
which is 15.000.
Lengthy special despatches from San
Francisco Indicate that the situation is
hopeless, but many of the Japanese
assert their confidence that the Ameri
cans, particularly the Californians,
will surely deal justly and fairly with
the question.'
Delegations representing various bod
ies are calling on the secretary of the
American embassy, Arthur Baiiley
Blanchard, almost hourly in an en
deavor to bring about an amendment
to the proposed measure. Ali the
American firms in Japan strongly op
pose the bill.
WOMEN JUDGES AND
STATE MORALS COURT
Unique Legislation to Be Proposed
in Illinois Legislature.
Chicago, April 15. A state morals
court with women as judges to pro
test working girls against unprinci
pled employers will be proposed in a
bill to be introduced in the Illinois
legislature by, the state senate's "wel
fare commission." Lieutenant Gov
ernor Barratt O'Hara, chairman of the
commission, made this announcement
today just before members of the in
vestigating body departed for Spring
field. "With five women acting as judges
of a state morals," said Mr. O'Hara,
"girls can tell their experiences in
confidence and escape harmful pub
licity. The name of the responsible
man will be known to the court; and,
if circumstances warrant, the infor
mation can be used either to drive
the man from the community or to
prosecute him."
CONFLICTING CLAIMS v
AS TO BELGIAN STRIKE
Conservative Estimate of Number Out
Is 280,000 to 300,000.
Brussels, April 15. Out of the wel
ter of contradictory and incomplete
figures it is impossible tonight to
more than approximate the total num
ber of workmen who have joined in
the strike throughout Belgium for
manhood suffrage. Independent esti
mates place the number between 280,
000 and 300,000, although the social
ists, who are responsible for the
movement, claim 400,000.
Except in the industrial centers, the
strike has had no apparent effect.
The general public has not been In
convenienced and consequently is not
impressed, and, as the strikers gen
erally maintain admirable discipline,
they have not alienated the sympathies
of the liberal capitalists who are con
tributing to the fund. The proprietor
of a large hotel in Brussels is giving
$20,000 weekly until the strike has been
lost or won. -
OBITUARY.
Bishop William B. Derrick.
New Tork, April 15. The Right Rev.
William B. Derrick, bishop of the
West Indies, South America and the
Islands of the sea for the African
Methodist Episcopal church, died today
at his home in Flushing", L. I. f
Snowfall In South Carolina.
Greenville, S, C, April 15. Three
inches of snow is reported in the
moi)Rtsifl9 at OawaT'i Head, 25 mi lea
aorib fif this cljy.,
Massachusetts
Picks Mitchell
SENDS ONE MORE DEMOCRAT TO
' s. CONGRESS.
A SPECIAL ELECTION
Winner to Succeed Weeks, Recently
Eelected to United States Senate
Progressives Responsible.
Boston, April 15. John J. Mitchell,
a democrat, was elected to congress
from the Thirteenth district today af
ter a three-cornered contest in which
the tariff discussion figured promi
nently. Mitchell's plurality over Alfred H.
Cutting, republican, was 4,148. The
vote for Norman H. White, the pro
gressive candidate, fell 3,200 short Of
that for Cutting.
Mitchell Defeated Last Fall.
Today's special election was neces
sary on account of the choice of the
former congressman for the district,
John W. Weeks, to be United States
senator. In the election last Novem
ber Mr. Mitchell, who was successful
today, was defeated by Mr. Weeks by
2,351 votes.
The Comparative Vote.
The total vote in the district was as
follows:
Mitchell, 12,991.
Cutting, 8,843.
White, 5,878. -
Thd vote in the district last Novem
ber for congress was:
Weeks, republican, 15,984.
Mitchell, democrat, 13,583.
Fiel, progressive, 5,853.
The Tariff the Issue.
The tariff, and recently the Under
wood pill, were practically the only
topics debated in the campaign. All
three candidates and their supporters
on the stump placed their views on
the different schedules before the shoe
workers of Marlboro, the watch makers
I of Waltham, the textile operatives in
the small towns and the nome dwell
ers in the residential sections.
WILSON CONGRATULATES.
President Leaves Box in Theatre to
Send Message.
Washington, April 15. News of the
election of another democratic con
gressman from Massachusetts was re
ceived by President Wilson with keen
satisfaction. A bulletin announcing
the result came while the president
was at a theatre. He left his box long
enough to send this message to Mr.
Mitchell:
"I very, heartily congratulate you on
your splendid victory."
Democratic leaders here regard the
election of a democrat in Massachu
setts just at this time, when the tariff
revision bill, with its reductions in
protective duties on New England pro
ducts, is under consideration, as pecu
liarly significant.
DELUGE OF PROTESTS FROM
THE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Democratic Congressmen Receive
Them From all Sections of Country.
Washington, April 15 Democratic
representatives from all sections are
being besieged in letters and by pf;r
sonal representatives of insurance
companies protesting against their in
clusion as organizations under the
corporation tax provision of the tariff
bill now under, consideration before the
house democratic caucus.
Representative Cordell Hull of
Tennessee, author of the income tax
feature, said today that his desk was
piled with mail from Insurance com
panies, .protesting that they are not
profit-making organizations. The
question may be considered in caucus
but the democratic leaders declare
that insurance organizations were
given careful consideration when the
law was framed and that opposition
will not avail.
With the caucus making slow pro
gress on the tariff bill, the wool
schedule probably will be reached to
morrow, when the opposition demo
crats will make their most strenu
ous fight. The ant!--free raw wool
representatives have organized for the
contest and, although the orders are
overwhelming, they propose to mAke
a determined struggle to bind the
caucus to a fifteen percent duty on
raw wool as a substitute for its free
listing by the committee at the re
quest of President -Wilson.
AN ARMISTICE BETWEcN
TURKEY AND BULGARIA.
Reports That It Will Come About
Through Russian Mediation.
London, April 15. The news of the
actual conclusion of an armistice be
tween Turkey and Bulgaria appears io
be premature, but theris little doubt
that it is on the eve W arrangement.
First reports regarding the armistice
came from Constantinople, and the
Russian government is in receipt of
similar news. According to reports
current in St. Petersburg, the armistice
will be the result of Russian media
tion. In diplomatic circles in London the
view is held that the peace conference
will shortly reassemble in the British
capital. A Constantinople despatch
admits the existence of some sort of
truce as a precursor of an armistice.
JERSEY CITY VOTES
FOR A COMMISSION.
Other New Jersey Cities Turn Down
the President's Hobby.
Jersey City, N. J., April 15. Jersey
City today voted to adopt a commis
sion form of government, favored by
Woodrow Wilson as governor. Hobo
ken, Bayonne and Union Hill rejected
the proposition. Jersey City is the first
large municipality in the east to adopt
this form of government. Primaries
at which candidates for commissioners
will be nominated will be held May 13.
Last July the proposition was de
feated in Jersey City by about 2,000
votes, but today it was carried' bv
nearly 4,000, the figures being 11,368
ayes and 7,455 nays. Scarcely more
than half the voters appeared at the
polls.
Found Guilty of Wife Murder.
New Haven, Conn., April IB. A Jury
In the superior court, after being out
one hour, laxly tonight brought In a
verdlcft of second djegree murder
against Stephen Slavinski of this elty.
who it was alleged murdered his wife.
wnlle Intoxicated last January. He
slashed her aeross the back, It was
alleged, and she died a few weeks
later in a hospital. Judge Burpee
will ' impose sentence tomorrow,
Condensed ..Telegrams
St. Thomas' Roman Catholic Church
in New. York was destroved by fire at
a loss 6f $200,000.
The Orr Felt o. Blanket Co.'s Mill
at Piqua, Ohio, was destroyed by fire
at a loss of $300,000.
Samuel Britton, who was struck by
a trolley car at Middltown Monday
evening, is dead of his injuries.
Identification of Criminals by. means
of motion pictures is the novelty which
may be adopted by New York's police
department.
The Vandalia Railroad, a part of the
Pennsylvania railroad system, showed
an increase of $778.3S2 in earnings for
1912 over 1911.
George H. Eddes, a t.ommissary
steward in the navy, who die'l sudden
ly in Fall River. Mass., left an estate
valued at $60X00.
A Bomb Was Found against the wall
of the Bank of England in London. It
is believed to be a suffragette's attempt
to blow up the bank.
Fire at Columbia, S. C, vesterday
destroyed the Columbia hotel and the
large hardware and grocery store of
Lork-k & Lawrence.
Colonel Arthur W. Moore. Artist,
jotirnalst and veteran of the civil war,
died at his home at Rochester, N.- Y.,
yesterday, aged 75 years.
Secretary Bryan is receiving con
gratulations upon the birth cf his fifth
grandchild, Reginald Bryan Owen, at
Elphan, Kent, England.
A Loss of Between $25,000 and $35,
O0o was the estimate put upon the fire
Monday night, in the New Method
laundry building, Hartford.
J. Bruce Ismay, who is to retire on
June 1 as managing director of the
White Star line, has resigned from the
New York Produce Exchange.
For the Services theji rendered dur
ing the flood, 1,000 convicts of the In
diana state reformatory at .Tefferson
ville were feasted by the citizens.
Roland Shugart, a Lawyer, was kill
ed, and his brother-in-law, Haynes
moore, was fatally wounded in a pistol
fight on a street in Birmingham, Ala.
Yale University Receives $15,000 to
be added to the principal of the uni
versity alumni fund by the will of
Isaac M. Jackson of Plymouth, Mass.
The House of Joseph B. Crocker, lo
cated on the shores of Penkapoag
pond. Canton, Mass., was destroyed by
fire yesterday, with a loss of $30,000.
Anti-Suffragists at Washington start
ed yesterday on what their leaders de
clare would be the greatest demonstra
tion against woman suffrage that the
country yet has seen. -
The Nebraska House of representa
tives yesterday sustained the govern
or's veto on the Henasty bill, provid
ing for the sterilization of criminals
and mental incompetents.
Hearing on the Conduct of the
Washington police during the suffrage
parade there March 3 will be resumed
today by the senate sub-committee of
Investigation.
Consolidation of the Interstate com
merce commission with the postoffice
department is proposed in a bill intro
duced by Representative Reiily of
Connecticut.
The Business of Martin-Phillips Co.,
at Memphis, Tenn., of which J. W.
Martin, missing in London, is a mem
ber, which went into voluntary bank
ruptcy, will be continued by a receiv
er. Prstmaster General Burleson held a
conference with officers of the Nation
al One Cent Letter Postage association
on the subject of reducing the rates on
first class mail to one cent for two
ounces.
Howard Johnson, a prominent church
worker in Camden, N. J., was sentenc
ed to serve from 18 months to seven
years at hard labor, after pleading
guilty to embezzling $4,000, which had
been donated to church funds
National Bank Examiner Balch, in
charge of the Atlantic National bank
of .Providence, R. I., which closed its
doors Monday, yesterday reported to
Comptroller Murray that no criminal
ity so far had been discovered.
David Wertley, 90 Years Old, was be
fore the court at Sunbury, Pa., on a
charge of desertion and non-support
brought by his 80 year old wife, and
sentenced to pay the costs and $8 a
mor.th towards the support of his wife.
Search in Two Continents is being
mut'e for the sword that congress pre
sented to Major General Baron Von
Steuben when he resigned from the
Continental army at the close of the
revolutionary war, but so far no trace
of it has been found.
Arrangements Were Begun yester
day for paying the depositors of the
suspended Atlantic National bank of
Providence by the Industrial company
and the Union Trust company, which
have offered to advance 60 per cent, n.
Atlantic National deposits.
John Dunning, a Mail Clerk bli the
Long Island railroad, was lassooed and
whipped out of the door of his car
yesterday by a wire trailing from a
passing freight. lie nas dragged for
several yards and saved from probable
death by the breaking of the wire.
Mrs. Margaret Boyer Lehmann,
whose husband, Ernest E. Lehmann,
inherited interests in one of the larg
est departmentstores in Chicago, ob
tained annulment of their marriage on
the ground that both had been divorc
ed within a year of their union at De
troit, Mich., on June 29, 1907.
The Supply of Patrol Wagons of the
Denver police department proved in
adequate to convey to jail all of the
nearly 100 Industrial Workers of the
World arrested on the outskirts of the
citv Monday night, so Chief of Police
O'Neill impressed a passenger train
into service.
Louis Spreckles, Superintendent cf
the Federal Sugar Refinery at Yonkers,
N. Y., closed his desk yesterday morn
ing and announced that he was going
fishing and didn't know when he would
return. This was his answer . to a
strike order issued to the unskilled la
borers in the plant.
On Behalf of the City of Dayton a
petition declaring the recent flood was
due largely to the failure of the federal
government to properly protect the
channel of the Miami rlvesr against the
encroachments of bridge piers and
other obstruction was presented yes
terday bjr Senator Pomereas. .
CONDITION
Sudden Change For Worse Yesterday Tempera-,
ture Rises, Bronchial Symptoms Reappear
A SIGN OF PNEUMONIA
Affected Zone of Chest Further Congested -Sounds Within
Bronchial Tubes More Pronounced Said to Have Over
Exerted Himself Again Prof. March iafava Still Main
tains Situation is Not Grave Pope's Brother Arrives.
Rome, April 15. Once again there
has been a sudden change for the
worse in the condition of Pope Pius X.
It is changes such as these that have
repeatedly transformed the feeling
of optimism regarding the pope's re
covery into one of grave anxiety, in
the knowledge that each recurrence
withdraws something from the vital
forces of the holy father.
Notwithstanding the reassurances cf
Professor Marchiafava, a careful
watch is being kept on the Vatican,
and there is doubt that the "satisfac
tory general condition" of the pontiff,
as reported by the doctors, is borne out
by the facts. -Bronchial
Symptoms More Serious.
The temperature of the pope, which
throughout almost the whole day re
mained at 97 degrees in itself indi
cating depression and weakness rose
in the early evening to 100, and later
to 102. The bronchial sympioms.which
at the morning examination wire
found to be diminished, presented new
and grave features this evening. The
affec.ted zone on the left picie of the
chest was further congested, with a
possible area of consolidation one ol
the signs of pneumonia and trie
sounds within the bronchial tubes
were more pronounced.
The attending physicians ordered a
special bacteriological examination of
the sputum, in order to ascertain
whether it contained infectious mate
rial and the nature of the detrius
which threatens to block the lungs.
Overexerted Himself Again.
The darkest reports are being circu
lated, one to the effect that the pope
is at the-point of death, and that Fa
ther Agostine Pifferi, an Augustinian
monk, has been ordered to be in readi
ness to bring to the patient the last
communion, thi.s being the prerogative
of hii office.
This appears to be an exaggeration
of the situation, aHhous-h undoubtedly
the pope"s condition is much worse,
owing to the fact that he oid not take
sufficient rest today and overexerted
himself, as he had done on previous
ROOSEVELT PARTAKES
OF TWO CENT LUNCH
Investigates Cost-Price Luncheon in
an East Sidme School.
New York, April 15. One cup of
bean soup one cent.
One egg sandwich, one cent.
Total, two cents.
Such was Theodore Roosevelt's
lunch and its cost today. It was
bought and paid for by the colonel
among pupils. . children of parents of
many nationalities, at an Kast Side
grammar school at noon. The former
president visited several schools to
investigate the food-at-cost-price
luncheons furnished under the aus
pices of the child life committee of
the progressive party.
"It was food which I 'would have
enjoyed as a first class dinner or
lunch on the round-up, or with the
regiment, or on a picnic or anything
like that," said the colonel.
Colonel Roosevelt saw several chil
dren pay more than two cents for
lunch. One child, whom he referred
to as an "amateur Vanderbilt," spent
seven cents, buying chocolate, bread,
cake, soup and three dishes of salad.
Several pupils told the colonel they
used to go to the streets for their
lunch, buying it from push carts, some
purchasing green pickles and candy.
He learned that 2.SO0 children are
served at seven schools.
HEROIC RESCUES AT
A STAMFORD FIRE
Lives of 32 Families Jeopardized in
$15,000 Blaze.
Stamford, Conn.. April 15. The
lives of thirty-two families were en
dangered in a spectacular Are early
this evening, that did $15,000 damage
to the four story tenement in Cot
tage street owned by Dr. A. J. Ciivens.
The firemen made a number of thrill
ing rescues, and several persons had
narrow escapes from being suXCocatea.
The fire, of unknown origin, started
in the basement, shot up through the
air shaft and then through the rooms
on the top floor. An immense crowd
gathered, that for a time hampered
the work of the firemen. An exten
sion ladder was raised and Captain
William Hyland rescued Arthur La
Plant, his wife and baby from a fourth
story window. The smoke was pour
ing out in clouds and the three could
not have stood it much longer. Mrs.
Harry Daskam was overcome by the
smoke and fainted. She was found in
a room 'by the firemen and carried
to safety, where she later revived. A
number of other persons were res
cued by the firemen.
Steamship Arrivals.
Antwerp, April 13. Arrived, steam
er Lake Michigan, St. John, N. B., and
Halifax via London.
Havre, April 14. Arrived, steamer
Rochamtoeau, New York.
Liverpool, April 15. Arrived, steam
er Winifredian, Boston, i
Gibraltar, April 15. Arrived, steam,
er Orotic, Boston for Naples.
Plymouth, April 15. Arrived, steam
er Ausonia, Portland for London.
London, April 15. Arrived, steam
er Corinthian, St. John, N. B.
Inheritance Tax on Morgan Estate,
Albany, N. Y.. April 14. New York
state will receive between $3,000,000
and $4,000,000 In inheritance tax from
the estate of the late J. P. Morgan, ac
cording to a. preliminary estimate made
by attaches of the state controller's
office today. The estimate Is based on
a report that the total estaVe will be
about 1100,000,000. The tax is expect
ed to be one of the largest ev er paid.
Cleveland Man Kills Boy.
Cleveland, April 15. Frank Mashelt,
15, was shot and killed late today by
Henry Bendome. 41. who says that the
lad and his playmates annoyed him
while at work. Bendome said he tried
to drive the boys away and finally
fired a revolver at them, killing
Mashek. Police are holding Beiidouie
on a charge of homici Ja,
LESS FAVORABLE
IS ALSO IN EVIDENCE
occasions. This resulted in general
prostration, elevation of the tempera
ture and inability to retain nourish-:
xnent, even the very lightest nutri
ment. Pope's Brother Arrives.
The arrival in Rome tonight of An-
gelo Sarto, the ;.o;;e't; broiher, was 'n
terpreted in souk- nuarters as' a cer
tain sign that ail nope was abandoned,
It was forgotten that Angelo Sartor
left his own village on his journey to
the holy city long before the present
setback of the patient occurred in
fact, when the condition of the pope
had greatly improved.
Angelo was received with open arma
by his sisters, who seem to think that
the more the pope is surrounded by
the members of his family the easier
it will be to save him.
Situation Not Grave, Says Marchiafava
Professor Marchiafava' s visit to- the
eick room tonight lasted cforty min
utes. When he left the Vatican he waa
besieged for details, as the aggravation
of the pope's condition was already
known, but he renewed his assurances
that the situation was not grave.
This statement being received wit"r
incredulity, the physician remarked
that if there were any real Clanger na
wourrt have remained at the Vatican, or
would go there during the night, which
he did not intend to do. Still uncon
vinced, the correspondents arranged to
watch his house to ascertain whether
he returned to the Vatican before
morning.
Spanish Ambassador Calls.
The Spanish ambassador today visit
ed Cardinal Merry del Val. the papal
secretary of state, and inquired re
garding the progress of the pope In
the name of King Alfonso. At the
same time he said he had been dele
gated to express the emotion of the
Spanish royal family for the kind
thotiehtfulness of the holy father, who,
while ill and while the whole world
was trembling for his health, had sent
his congratulations to the king for his
escape in the attempt against his life.
DETECTIVE BURNS IN
THE HUNT FOR MARTIN
American Sleuth Trying to Fathom
Mystery of Missing American.
London, April 15 The Scotland
Yard officials and Burns, the Amer
ican detecti-e after another fatiguing
day, appeared to be no nearer a solu
tion: of the mystery of the disappear
ance of Joseph Wrilbei-force Martin, the
Memphis cotton broker.
Even women crystal gazers, who
offered supposed clues, were patient
ly examined, but out of the endless
chain of alleged clues to Martin, both
dead and alive, all proved worthless
on investigation and although the po
lice view is stronger than ever that
Martin still lives, no evidence of any
kind is yet available.
The latest theory is that Martin's
disappearance may possibly have been
due to his involvement in some sort
of financial complications, but even
this is rather a matter of conjecture
than knowledge.
Detective Burns, who yesterday was
inclined to attach weight to the ru
mor that Martin had been seen In
Paris, said tonight that the latest
indications pointed to Spain as a most
likely hiding place.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
BY DAUGHTERS TODAY
Three Candidates for President-General
No Dark Horses.
Washington, April 15. With the
nomination in the Continental Con-g-ress
tonight of the three avowed
candidates for president-general about
wnom a political storm has been cen
tered for weeks past, opposing factions
of the Society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution made llmU prep
arations for tomorrow's election the
all important event of the year with
the Daughters.
Rumors of "dark horses' failed to
materialize at tonight's session and
the only names presented in the president-generalship
race were those of
Mrs. John Miller Horton of Buffalo,
popularly known as the "administra
tion candidate": Mra. William Cum
mings Storey of New Tork, head of
the conservative party, and Mrs.
Charles B. Bryan of Memphis, Tenn.
Each was nominated by a member of
her own chapter and seconded by four
delegates from other chapters.
Full ticket for all of the other gen
eral offices were put in the field.
MACHINERY PREPARED
FOR SHrPMENT TO EUROPE
Auburn, N. Y Loses Industry in Con
sequence of a Strike.
Auburn, N. T.,' April 13. Governor
Sulzer intervened in the strike situa
tion today tn an effort to avert the
removal of the cordage industry of
the International Harvester company
to Germany. "While the governor was
appealing - through the state depart
ment of labor to the company's officials
to defer action until arbitration can
be held, however, th company pro
ceeded with the work of dismantling
its mill. Tonight three oarloada of
machinery were on their way to Wee
hawken, N, J, for shipment to J2u
rope. MISS EMERSON'S , -s-
CONDITION ACUTE.
An Operation for Appendicitis Dan-
Hroue at This Time,., ,
London, April 14. Dr. Sranseil
MoulUn, the auffrojrist medical man
who 1 attending Miss Zelie Emer
son of Jackson, Mich, recently re
leased from jail after serving a term
of imprisonment for participating in
militancy, reports that the attack of!
appendicitis from which she is suf-,
ferinff hes become more acute. Her
physical eeixiHlnn stni renders en op