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NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 19 14 TWELVE PAGES.
ESTABLISHED 1876.
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NEW VOTERS MADE
iCciidates fcr Repyolican Offiees
Out Workino With Autos.
X1AJ0RITY REG1SIER FOR CAUCUS
Ifoung Men Predominate In Rankia of
Those Seeking Suffrage. Flurry, bl
. . - .
Excitement In City Hall Corridors
' ". All Day. . -'7
' All records were broken today at
j the first session of the selectmen
"Who sat to make new voters.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon 186
i tew voters had been made and as the
' selectmen will sit until 7 o'clock this
evening it is believed that the biggest
', mark ever reached in this city will ba
-attained. .,y.,:,-
, , Voters in .droves and crowds pre
. eented themselves to the board to ask
for the1 right,, of suffrage. But -evr
were turned down And these lacked
nc - tippmnnh rv '.- 1:11 ixniiHiiui -(' ua. ui o
wnicn ail aliens muse oouun or oma
not read when - handed - the , constitu4"
tion of .Connecticut. v The oath " " of
citizenship, was ' administered by City
Clerk Al Thompson, v ' , -
Autos For Candidates. - '
Never inthe history of New ; Brit
ain has ! there' been sucn a campaign
waged by the candidates forthe re-
puDJican ' nomination xor mayor ana
tax collector. Many of them had
automobiles .out at ., 9 . o'clock ..this
morning, going to - .various ; shops
; where they .took . the men from their
; work to hurry' ; to the city building
,to be recorded an the voting lists.' All
expressed isonndehce . in -: their ability
to win the' nomination, owing to the
v,v' large number of supporters they pre-
sented.V '' V'"v. v V-, i ' ' -uTMC-, '
k ,' . ' Early this afternoon the board i of
public works hearing room '.wheca
the voters were ; being made .was
crowded -and many were forced to
wait their turn. The candidates i. for
v citizenship were being sworn in ( eight
' Many Young : Voters. -
One' feature, of the day was the
; large number , of young voters made.
xearuies yuuun wuu iiitve jusi
turned twenty-one were perhaps in
the majority of those to receive tlm
right of ; suffrage.; Ky'. , ,.' ,'. :J-,':t ,
Lafrge . numbers registered - for ''the.
republican caucus as soon: as thejf
jvere sworn ; in as voters. ; Charles.
Jrvinsr registered them on the caucus
list for the . republican , party,1; and
Charles Coffey. ;acted; in a similar ca.
pacity for the democratic party aK
; though hi labors were light., V v ?
',, Registrars T. . J. Smith; and I W. H.
Scheuy were kept .busy - restoring to
who had been dropped through re
moval to other cities; . ? 5 ; ; '
; v At 3 o'clock this afternoon' 217
, new voters had, been made . and
eighteen . had been restored , to the
voting list.
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RtTNS OVER TREE.
One of Doiyle's Tdvery Vehicles Has
y: Peculiar Accident oq Elm Street.
One,, of Doyle's highly v polished
cks with ; a pair -of frisky , black
es attached, figured In a peculiar
dent at the corner of Commercial
Elm; streets this forenoon. A
cher i frightened ' the animals and
y bolted. 'V,V X", ' , ,( :i,
n their flight they romped direct
ly over one of the small trees on
the corner, breaking it off and drag
ging the iron box up into the branch
es. The hack was badly scratched.
were soon brought to a standstill.
EDWARD IiEWIS DEAD.
Weil Known , Fox Hunter Succumbs
to Fatal PneumoniaV '
f Edward Lewis, aged forty-nine
years, died at the New Britain Gen
eral hospital, at 1 o'clock this after-
-noon. Death was due to pneumonia,
Which developed from a hard cold.
', George Lewis 'Und was a bricklayer
iby ; trade. He always had a llkintr
; for the woods, nowever, and for a
number xf years had lived bv him-
rself on Shuttle Meadow mountain.
He was a noted fox hunter - and a
number of years ago owned some of
the best fox hounds in this vicinity.
BLAST RIVER FOR BODY.
.. , The Shetucket river was dynamit-
' ed tms azternoon as a last means of
locating the body of Mrs. Hilda An
derson of Kensimrton- who is thoueht
to have committed suicide by drown r
ing a week, ago today at. Baltic,
Conn. A. dam, three miles from the
point at which it is thought Mrs.
--.Anderson;, made her fatal leap, was
. closed late this afternoon and if the
body is in e the rlver it will undoubt
edly be round - tonignt. if not, the
neighboring woods wlll be searched.
V i MIDNIGHT HOLDUP.
" John Prostic of 41 Broad street re
- ported to the police today that ha
had . been assaulted and robbed last
,nlght at 11:30 o'clock In front of St.
. Mary's ; church. He said $3 win
taken , bv his assailants, but as he
tspent the evening in a saloon he could
ve no connected account. of t his ad-
ture nor could ho srive a descriD-
n of the . high waymenJ , . .
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Torreon Occupied by Rebels
Despite Reports to Contrary
Mexican Government Issues
Denials - Reports "from
the Front Emphatic.
; Torreon, Mexico, April 3, via. El
Pao, Tex. April 4. This city, from
which Gen. Rufugio Velasco and most
of the uninjured of his command , fled
yesterday, was today occupied by the
rebels In force, and the work of burn
ing the bodies of the dead, clearing
away the wreckage of shell-shattered
abode' walls, street .barricades and
barbed wire entanglements , was begun.,-;
,r, "
Wheh Villa took a considerable
number of prisoners, veiasco, es
caped from the Canyon do Huarache
with a large part of his force. He
was pursued last night by Gen. Her
nandez, who . today reported that he
had fought a , small rear guard en
gagement with the retreating foroe,
and later Villa with reinforcements
left here to make an attempt to cap
ture or annihilate it. '
Non-combatants here with whom
The 'Associated' Press correspondents
talked , today, estimated that Velas
co's garrison , did not number , more
than 5,000- men, of whom 1,600 were
killed or wounded.
-When Velasco fled he left . behind
in the military hospital 200 wounded,
; When ' the rebels entered the place
they found, only ;one nurse, Dorothea
de La Cruz, in attendance. , She said
the other nurses followed the army.
The patients .were in a high state
of i anxiety ,, for they , had . been told
tha.t Villa took i no prisoners. They
were reassured by H. S. Cunard-Cum-mins,
the British vice consul at
Goniez Palacio, who entered the hos
pital ' first, climbing - over bodies of
the .wounded .who had died there.
The air' was foul with the odor of
dried blood. The British official an
nounced that VII la had assured him
none of the wounded would be
harmed. '-Those who had the strength
raised themselves on their elbows
from pallets on the floor and from
their cots and cried a feeble "Viva
Villa!"; ' y.,-:.
The nurse was soothing a dying
patient, who with ; his last breath
joined the cheering and then sank
back dead. .. ',
Federals Execute
, Three Spaniards
- Persona - who sa Vthey , were r eye
witnesses declare that 'Velasco sum
marily executed ; thre e ? Spaniards
whom he accused of firing on his
troops. The t wife ; of one of these,
Ldtero Lopez, attempted to shield
her husband, and the same bullet
'killed": 'both;;, -f: .iJ"-' - "
Three hundred and flfty Spaniards,
including women, and children, took
refuge in a bank building under the
protection of American Consul Ulmer,
who rjemalned in town throughout the
battle. The .insurgents have shown
no disposition to harm those Span
iards who are, known to have ;' re-,
mained neutral. Other foreigners;' in
cluding fifty-five Chinese, Syrians and
Austrians, and 10 Americans, , were
unharmed, so far as could be leariied
today. - :-.r'--; ' :' ,"' ;
It was reported that General Velas
co himself was wounded" but this re
port, like the one that he went insane
In the trenches, could not be, con
firmed, and the Impression prevails
that he still is at the head of his
troops. Two federal generals were
killed and three wounded.' -
It is said here that Velasco's retreat
was .brought about by his losses ; In
the night assaults made by the rebels
and indications that his soldiers, worn
out by the prolonged fighting and fear
ful of the cruelties which they were
told .Villa practiced on the wounded
prisoners we re, on the verge of mutiny.-
Rebels Gather
Many Recruits
V
In the course of the house to house
fighting rebels and federals frequent
ly came with talking distance
of each other and in some
cases got on such friendly terms that
they ceased firing entirely. In some
of these cases the federals were per
suaded to remain when velasco re
created, and they will be enrolled un
der the rebel banner.
At .least a fortnight and probably
longer Will be required to reorganize
the army before the expected cam
paign against Saltillo and Monterey
can be made. ..-
Rebel leaders are awaiting news of
the political effect of their .victory on
Mexico City and Washington.
The federal artillery was superior
to that of the rebels, many of whose
shelie proved defective. . 5v
Villa was the very soul of the bat
tle. His spirit animated everything.
When things were going wrong he
would gallop along the battle line en
couraging or reprimanding as the in
dividual case required. ; ,
"Well done!" he said to the gunner
whose shell had fallen true. " "Men
like you will redeem Mexico," he com
plimented a . wounded man who re
mained on the firing line. .
"What, boy, do you find,! the danc
ing floor too rough?" he( chided a
soldier who on some pretext was
making for the rear. t
Villa was In his headquarters at
Gomez 'Palacio Thursday night when
Torreon fell. . . Almost up 'to the hour
of the federal flight he could not see
the end of the battle and that morn
ing had telegraphed for bigger can-
non, for it seemed as if his artillery
was inadequate to dislodge the enemy
from their positions in Huarache.
His black, thick hair was mussed
and standing straight up for the most
part, and a six day stubble of beard
was on his face. News of the evac
uation had reached him and he; smiled,
fairly purring his answers to ques
tions put by newspaper men.
"Tell the public that after eleven
days' fighting the federals evacuated
Torreon, leaving their dead and
wounded behind them. That is all,"
he concluded.
Huerta's Troops
Insult U. S. Flag
Stories are told here of alleged in
sults "to the American flag perpetrated
by federal soldiers who were enraged
by rumors " that a large number of
Americans, were in Villa's army. As a
matter of fact there were but nine.
None pf them was killed or wounded.
Dr. A. N, Carr, , an - American resi
dent of Torreon, ' was the only physi
cian on duty V when the , rebels took
the town. He transferred . his services
to Villa and the latter instructed him
to continue his work in the hospital.
The formal entry into the city was
without ceremony, The victory, lias
greatly raised the spirits of the sol
diers, who have come through a very
trying campaign and who v now talk
confidently of ' taking the national
capital itself. , - '
Government Denies -
Fall of Stronghold
Mexico City, April 4.- The federal
government still- obstinately denied
today the capture of Torreon - by ' the
rebels. It was, however, assumed in
many - quarters that , General Huerta
and his ministers were not in ignor
ance of the' fate of that city. '
It was suggested that i the ; reason
for withholding the news from the
public was based on psychological
rather than on military grounds. v
, It was pointed out by serious-minded
people here that the ' temperament
of. the Mexican populace was such
that news of a disaster . like the fall
of Torreon ; might .easily ; start '' an
avalanche of public opinion . against
the administration, which would thus
j find '.Itself seriously, embarrassed at a
critical moment ; of its career.
, The taking of Torreon : gives the
constitutionalists control of practi
cally, half the republic with the ex
ception : of . the' "cities; : of , SaWtillo and
Monterey. , :- 'h-'
Btt.nCar;rro1
era! troops still have possesaion of
the railroad between !. Torreon and
Saltillo, at which : li-tter place connec
tions, can' be made with the south. "
Opposition to
Federal Retreat
The rebels, however, infest the
region along this main line to the
south of Saltillo. One body, of them,
under General Eulello Gutierrez, has
its headquarters at Conception ' Del
Oro, the terminus ' of a branch line
from Saltillo and within striking dis
tance of the main line. ; -The pres
ence of this body and that of other
rebel forces in the' same vicinity ren
ders improbable an unopposed re
treat of he federals towtitrd the south.
V " The railroad which .connects Tor
reon" and Zacatecas to the south has
long , been out of commission and
now serves only to mark the trail over
which Velasco and his troops will
have to march. " Before ' reaching
Zacatecas it is thought to be certain
that Velasco will encounter the rebel
forces under sGen. Panfllb Natera
and probably will suffer from flank
ing attacks bjr rebel troops from
Durango. 1 .":, ';
Military men not intimately con
nected with the federal administra
tion express the opinion that Velas
co's retreat will resolve itself into an
effort of each man for himself. They
say it Is most likely that the next
move of the rebels will be to start
campaigns against Saltillo and Mpn-r
terey and possibly subsidiary expedi
tions against Zacatecas, directly
south of Torreon.
At the same time the rebel task
of attacking and capturing Tampico,
on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico,
continues under the direction of Gen.
Pablo Gonzales from his headquar
ters in the city of Victoria.
Another large quantity of small
arms and machine guns, although it
is not to be compared with the
amount captured at Torreon, was
added to the rebel supply this week
when a federal force under Col.
Enrlquez Perez was cut to pieces to
the northwest of the city of San
Luis Potosi. .
The generals of the federal army,
Moure and Hidalgo, are said to have
twenty or thirty field guns and a
large supply of ammunition of all
calibres. Hidalgo is believed to be
at Saltillo, but is reported to be en
deavoring to join Moure east of Tor
reon. Villa Is En Route
For San Pedro
Juarez, Mex., April 4. -The opinion
that General Villa intends to take
every advantage of the defeat of the
federals at Torreon was expressed
here' today. It was based -on : the in
telligence officially announced last
(Continued on Ninth Page.)
MERIDEN MAN COMES
TO BRICK EXCHANGE
C. W. King Sales Ag-cnt for II. Wales
Lines Company, Will Succeed
E. W. Stearns as Manager.
C. W. King for the past twenty-
four years associated in an Important
capacity with the H. Wales Linen com
pany of Meriden, has been engaged
to succeed E. W. Stearns of Berlin
as manager of the Central Connectl
cut Brick exchange of this city. Ho
will assume his new duties Monday,
May 4. " . 1
Mr. .King is married and he and
his wife have a large host of friends
In the Silver City. He came to the
Lines company in 1890 as a book
keeper, and was soon promoted to
the sales and purchasing department
where he has been a big factor in
the development of that company. He
holds a position as wholesale agent.
His resignation has .been tendered the
Meriden firm and will take effect
April 25.
, "I have nothing to say in any way,
shape or manner," was the only
statement which E. W. Stearns would
make when interviewed by a Herald
representative this afternoon, i He
has, however, severed' all connections
with the brick exchange and will, un
doubtedly, identify himself with some
other concern before long.
EXTORTION CASE GOES
TO SUPERIOR COURT
C. H. Hovey of Springfield
Held in $10,000 Bonds for
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Hartford, April 4. Chauncey H.
Hovey of ' Springfield, ; Mass., was
bound over to the criminal superior
court under $10,000 bonds in police
court' this morning. The original
charge of attempted blackmail was
changed to extortion. Hovey Is the
man who threatened President Dun
ham of a . local insurance ' company,
with death unless Mr. Dunham, gave'
him $5,000, and when he was arrested
late Monday afternoon he gave De tec-f
tlve L, G. Melberger a fierce fight, the
officer firing two shots from his re
volver. Hovey tried to shoot Meiber
gerv put it was afterward, found tnat
"""V . - a a. m -fa
jttovey was not represemea oy coun
sel today.' The messenger boy, Louis
O'Malley, who carried Hover's .mes-
sage to Mr. Dunham, told his story
to sthe court. Detective Melberger re
lated the incidents 'connected with
Hovey's arrest. ' -.
. Hovey said he knew the gun was
not loaded and he did not try to snap
it. He said he had no : intention of
resisting arrest 'until he thought ' of
his wife and children and then he
lost his head., - V .
MRS. AMTHOUY SENT
TO lilSAI ASYLUM
Mother, Who Drowned Her
Two Children, Believed to
Be Feeble Minded.
Greenwich,. . Cortn., April 4. -Mrs.
Helen Anthony who drowned her two
children In a bath tub in her home,
March 19, was committed to an In
sane4 asylum today, for a period of
three years. , If she Is in normal
health at the end of detention period
she may be released.
Mrs. Anthony was taken into, court
from the General 'Hospital. Tho
complaint against her was that of
murder based upon Coroner Phelan's
finding. The coroner also held that
she was sane when she committed
the deed. William TS. Anthony, the
husband, Dr. J. A. Clarke, who had
attended Mrs. Anthony, Dr. W. L.
Griswold and Dr. A. W. Klein told of
the circumstances of ' the finding of
the children, Vivian, aged 3 and Mar
Jorie,. aged two, and of the woman's
condition. The physicians said that
they believed she . was mentally un
balanced at. the time she ended the
llvies of the little ones and tried to
kill herself. Dr. Clarke said he had
found, prior to that time, that Mrs.
Anthony firmly believed she had con
sumption and was going to die. She
also worried lest her children should
have the same disease. Mrs. An
thony Is not ill from consumption.
Judge W. L. Tierney said that the
statutes gave him the choice of two
courses, either. to hold the woman for
trial in the superior, court or to send
her to an Insane asylum. On the
strength of the opinion of the doc
tors and the woman's appearance in
court, he took the latter course. Mrs.
Anthony sat in the court room and
paid no attention to what was going
on.
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WEATHER.
Hartford, April 4. Fair
tonight and Sunday.
IS CAUSED
AT PASTOR'S TRIAL
Jane Est Endeavors to force Her
Way Into Metropolitan Temple. '
AFFILIATED IHI.W.W. OUTBREAKS
Mrs. Dohl Testifies That She Was
Improperly Approached By Dr.
Price and Was Warned Not to Bo
a Witness.
New York, April 4. Jane Est, here
tofore identified with movements of
the Industrial Workers of the World,
created consternation at the Metro
politan Temple today by trying to
force her way into the trial of Dr.
Jacob E. Price, pastor of the Wash
ington Heights Methodist Episcopal
church whom nine women members
of his congregation charge with mis
conduct. ;
, At the door she was confronted by
Dr. Frank J. Belcher, pastor of the
Five Points Mission, acting as attor
ney for the defendant. ,
"It want to see Dr. Price," she con
tinued. "I'd like to see him try to
kiss me."
It had been, charged that Dr.
Price, : among other things, tried to
kiss a woman member of his congre
gation. ,
Crowd Follows Woman. (
, Followed by the crowd, the wo
man succeeded in pushing her way
into the temple but could get no far
ther; than the witness ' room. Here
she described herself as a "church
cleaner."
During the I. W. W. raids on New
York churches recently Jane Est' was
a prominent speaker. She compared
the movement to the French revolu
tion. . ,
. Mrs. Dohl on Stand.
, Mrs. HUma Dohl, whose testimony
was excluded yesterday because her'
charge- was not Included In the gen-,
eral complaint, was allowed to take
the stand , today. She said she had'
been improperly approached by Dr.
Price and that she had subsequently.
received visits from two persons who j
tried with threats and intimidation to
prevent, her from testifying.
She had decided, she said, not to
press the charges on account of her
children, but upon opening the Bible
for inspiration her finger fell upon a
verse which seemed to urge her to
action.;. , I;' ' ' "; .' ' 4
F. W. MINRrOIPROVKD:
Condition of Lincoln S. Rlsley Still
Remains the Same as Yesterday.
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. Friends of-ex-Representative F. W.
Miner will be' gratified to learn that
his condition shows slight signs of
improvement today. v Dr. Kellogg'a
latest bulletin is tha j "Mr. . Miner is
slightly improved today, , but he is still
seriously ill." ,
- The condition of Lincoln S. Rlsley
still remains much the same. He is
in a dangerous condition, but Dr. An
derson does not anticipate any im
mediate crisis today
ONLY A YARN, SAYS HANNA.
Looal
Sportsman Not After
New
Haven Team.
William Waldorf Hanna, the local
sportsman and former baseball and
polo magnate, denied this afternoon
that he was angling for the purchase
of the New Haven club of the Eastern
association, as was stated in a morn
ing paper.
"There's absolutely nothing to it,"
was his laconic reply when asked If
According to reports from , New
Haven, George M. Cameron, owner
of the club, who is in a Chicago hos
pltal, is giving Mr. Hanna's offer ser
ious consideration. - Mr. Hanna made
an attempt to buy the New Haven
club a few months ago, but since then,
he says, he has made no attempt to
put through the deal.
BOY THIEVES SENT AWAY.
Julius Blum and Zigmund Jukene
wics were sent. to the State Schoql for
Boys in Meriden and John Prosum
was placed on probation by Judge
James T. Meskill in police chambers
this morning when they were charged
with burglarizing the Burrltt ' school
one night early this week. The boys
entered the school by means of a
fire escape on the rear and rifled the
principal's desk. It was their third
trip to the school. Both boys who
were sent to the reform school, .took
an appeal through their counsel.
Judge F. B. Hungerford.
WOMAN MURDERED.
Vancouver, B. C, April 4. That
Mrs. Charles J. Millard was murdered
and her body burned in the furnace of
her home is the belief of police offi
cials who have .been inquiring into
the circumstances of . her disappear
ance on Wednesday last. What has
the appearance of human bones and
rings was found In the furnace ashes
by detectives when they made an
examination last night. 1
CHRISTMAS TREE REMOVED.
The Christmas tree located in Cen
tal park, through the efforts of Mrs.
Ellse Traut, arid which did so much
to promote 'the true spirit of Christ
mas was removed today. Another
tree will probably take its place next
December. '
UPROAR
WOMAN BRINGS SUIT
TO RECOVER $700,000
Mrs. Brugiere Institutes . ' Action
Against University of California-
Was Stepdaughter of Benefactor.
Oakland, Cal., Apjril 4. Suit to re
cover $700,000 willed to the University
of California by the late John K.
Sather, who died in 1911 was ordered
instituted here today . by her . step
daughter, Mrs . Josephine Sather
Brugiere.
The attempt to break the will of
Mrs. Sather Is to be made on the
ground that tb,e laws of California
forbid any decedant to ' bequeath
more than one third of an estate to
any public or benevolent; Institution
when there are rightful 4 heirs. The
gift to the university, according to
Mrs. Bruglere's- attroneys,- embraces
at least nine-tenths of Mrs. Bather's
wealth. '
To make the gift doubly sure, Mrs.
Sather in 1900 conveyed a deed in
trust to President BenJ. Ide Wheeler of
university, acting for that institution.
In this deed was transferred a busi
ness block in Oakland valued at $700,
000. Under the terms of the will
$200,000 of this was to be used In the
construction of a white granite cam
panile 300 feet high. Already the
frame of steel towers above the other
buildings on the university campus.
Endowments of approximately
$100,000 each were made for the es
tablishment of ' the Sather chair of
classics and the Sather chair . of
history in the university.
IM SIMWJS ISSUED
F0!t ROAD OFFICIALS
Interstate Commerce Com
mission After, Facts Con
cerning B. & M. R. R.
New Haven, April 4. More sub
poenas were served by a federal, mar
shal today In furtherance of the plan
of the interstate commerce commis
sion to obtain the books and papers
of the N. Y., N. H. & Hartford Rail
road company which will show de?
tails of the 'sale' of ,the Boston and
Maine Railroad to the Billard com
pany, which had been formed to take
over that property. The subpoenas
served , today were upon A. S. May,
treasurer of the New Haven company,
and Arthur Al Bowman, an assistant
to the tTeasurerr '"''" ;
The subpoenas served .yesterday
were upon Samuel Hemenway,
president of a bank here in which
the railroad company did much of
Its banking; Harry W. Whipple, pres
ldent of another bank; John L.' Bll
lard of -Meriden, Samuel C. , More
house, an attorney who was among
those which represented various rail
road interests in the legislature; Ed
ward E. Field, treasurer of a de
partment store, and former President
Mellen of the New Haven company.
It has been known that for some
days additional examiners for . the
interstate commerce commission have
been looking over stock transfers and
other books of record of the New
Haven and the 'Boston and Maine
companies. A short time ago federal
agents asked for special reports on
the handling of full car lots of cer
tain commodities, and clerks in the
freight traffic receipts department
had to be assigned to hunt up infor
mation to which recoTds had not been
kept in minute detail as this mostly
had to do with trunk line shipments
and not to local freights.
Most of the Information was need
ed for special purposes bearing upon
rate controversies on other lines.
WILL INVITE CANDIDATES.
Second Ward Republican Club to Have
Another Spread on April 9.
On the evening of April- 9. the
Second Ward Republican club will
have another Dutch supper In Bar
deck's hall. At this time all of the
candidates for city offices who are
nominated at the caucus will be in
vited to attend and speak.
After the caucus Is held and there
is but one man for each office th
various clubs will work hard for the
election of the republican nominees.
GIRLS LEAVE HOME:
Miss. Sophie Yarnot of 89 Orange
Btreet and Miss Rose Smith, her chum,
have run away from home and are
thought to be in New Haven, The
police were informed last evening
that the Yarnot girl was missing and
it was thought she had run away with
the Smith girl. She left home yes
terday morning to go to her work in
the New Departure company at Elm
wood. It was learned later that-both
girls had purchased tickets' for New
Haven at the Elmwood depot. The
Yarnot girl is seventeen years old.
ins COAT WAS ON FIRE.
Early morning pedestrians on West
Main street were amused this morn
ing when an old man's coat caught fire
probably from hjis pipe. The old
man threw it to the sidewalk and
rolled on it. The fire still burned
briskly and he began to stamp 'on
the garment. In this he was assist
ed by several interested spectators.
After the flames were extinguished
he attempted to don the coat, hut
could find only one sleeve as he was
under the influence of liquor.
Willi OPENS 111$
on caiw
Critish Amy Crisis Chief Pcir.t
. Pfdtfs Spsccii.
UWSTS HOLD URGE RAL
Twenty-two Processions Take ria(
in London and Wild KxcitemW
Prevails at . Meeting of .Vntl-IIoi
1 tillers in . Hyde Park.
Ladybank, Scotland,' April 4. Pi
mier Asqutth opened his electh
campaign this afternoon in the M
sonic hall of this little village. Tl
nm.ii is a diminutive building, with
holding capacity limited to 800. U
der these circumstances the speech
the prime minister was made to t
sixty reporters present rather th
to the delegates of the Scottish Li
eral associations, who filled the re
of the hall.
Discusses Army OriU.
Premier Asqulth. as befitted a mt
who had just assumed the duties j
secretary of state for war, quick
approached the subject of the arn
crisis. He said he had felt It to i
his duty in the higher Interests j
both the army and state to assurr
his hew office because "a grave situ,
tion had been created both In regar
to the discipline of the army and (
connection with its; relation , to tl!
civil power."
The premier continued! "There
a certainty that If things went on i
they had threatened to do a contr
versy would have arisen which ever
patriotic man would have been am
ious to avoid, until a case of cruel
urgency arose." '
Unionists Hold Rally.
London, 'April 4. The widely he
aided "rally' of unionists lo prote
against any, coercion of ' Ulstc
brought an enormous t concourse
people to Hyde Park today. All th
meetings were addressed by peei
and members of parliament.
The speakers fiercely , denounce
any attempt "to use the army an
navy to drive out by force of am
our , fellow subjects in Ireland frotj
their full - heritage in the pariiamer
of the United Kingdom.',
Demands were expressed that th
government should immediately sul
mit Vtnis .grave ; issue'' to the per
Pie. . ' :, . ' .
An attractive contingent, in the pr
cessions was formed by a body
B.000 men. mostly from the Stock Ex
- - . ' M ; M - . 1. . i . ... J
cninn. iioyas ana oiuit t'uy i;m
tutions, which formed upon tb
Thames' embankment, then marrhn
to the park and there took a live',
part in" singing the hymn, "O.Go
Our Help in Ages Past," and "Go
Save the King," which opened tth
proceedings. ' , '
IS GRANTED 'DIVORCE.
Morrlare Bondn Between Mr, an
Mrs. II. W. Culver Severed. :
Judge Holcombe in the super!f
court yesterday granted Mrs. IL V(
ouiv- or tms city a aivorce iron
her husband. Mrs. Culver also hs
the custody of their minor chll.
Mr. Culver' residence is no
known. The couple were married iij
1903 and separated in 1909, Mrs. Cul
ver charging habitual intemperancj
and desertion. She was formerly
Miss Joe Lappan and she asserte
5
mat wneii r muuici umu v
her husband returned to her seeklnf
some money which was her legacy
. . . . 1 . ltd
When It was refused him he left lr.
and since then she has not seenh';
she etated. , ,
SCHOOL TEACHERS ICEStfiN,
Miss Anna M, Walsh and Miss Fran
ceo Camber, both teachers at the
Grammar school, have .tendered their
resignations to Superintendent (
Schools S. IL Holmes. , Miss WalK
has accepted a position in the Cam
bridge, Mass., public schools. She
will he succeeded bv Miss liertlu
Dagnall of the East , street school
Miss Camber will teach In the publi
schools in Worcester, Mass. She .will
... . . . . ' . r, r1 a 1 l .
Dfl succeeu u uy , rairo iwneunn
Campbell, who has been on the subJ
stltute list. . .
CONJECTURE OVER LICENSES.
Commissioner R, A. Potter will b
at the office of Liquor Prosecutor B.j
W. Ailing on Thursday, April 16, from
8: SO o'clock to 11 o'clock a. m. to re
ceive applications for liquor and drug
licenses. 'All must be in the hands of
the county commissioners by April iS.f
There is considerable conjecture
whether the commissioners will renew!
the licenses of several drug stores that
figured recently in visits from the state
police. '
VICIOUS DOG SHOT.
Dog Warden John Coffey shot a
vicious dog yesterday on Franklin
street Chief It aw lings was informed
that the dog was a menace to thw
neighborhood and he dispatched "the
warden to put it out of the way.
STREET CLEANING STOPS.
The board of public works this morn-ino-
laid off about twenty-five men who
had been engaged giving the streeti
their spring massage. The mud in,!
the stfeets froae over night ani re
sisted the attack of hoes.' . ;