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keep posted through
The Sentinel. a live
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AOOOCIATED PR!“ NEW. FIOH ALL PART. OF THE WORD IV ‘
Dainty Materials for Spring Frocks
ESTABLISHED 1870 Entrggdceafie afiuéhuzomtlgri’ou ' SOUTH NORWALK, CONN., . Iii]; NEW VOILES. in plain “liltt- dud .scll' stripes and tigurcd ctlcctc .. 250.359. 39¢}ti,
tillilll Ilillilllll’s ilill
lfilfs loath to lililtll
Nurse lie Wed a loath Before
Death floa't Get Even a Third
Sitar-e iii [state
his inn?“
cotctt hit
or who?
Cilllllllli it
PiRMIl USE .
or RillllAD W W
'nia.i. offered for probate at the Rich
W Int W“! I“ IMDSl iiiorid county Surrogate's office yes- ms t. h A. Wilfl Fu-
terday. indicates that his widow, for-'
merly Miss Lulu Belle Carleton of New! I“ Of [.3 hut-“It“. 0‘ “0
York, the nurse whom he married on‘
t February 18. a month before he died. "3' Y“ Central "I.“ "W
will get little if anything from his
’ large estate. MN
I It was belier she would get most
is Ieuoo Io Coaugaed to Some‘
initialed as Ordinary freight
“MEREAN CAVMY 1: if not all of the estate, which had beeii
'vaiued at between $500,000 and 81.~
1 000.000, but developments in court yes- . IomeAN MAY
most 10 BANDII tertiay indicated that (‘aptain itous-‘
marrying the young woman that site
lwill get practically nothing. l HAVE BEEN Alsm
‘ Captain Housman made no will of
l tor lie married Miss Carleton. ills last.
30.. cab.‘ of "e“ Pfostfation will was made several years ago. and
has offered for probate yesterday by
m “Iponfll AMI: 'IIIIIIM' one of the widow's lawyers. Martin
,Paskas. indicating that he was satis~
lieli hurt that was the last will. This int
i .«trument divides his estate into ifiree‘l
t parts. Ute part is to go to his daugh I.
Along the line
; Engineers Differ Concerning Signals .
WASHINGTON. March 30: General
Punston was expected to tender to
the Mexican Northwestern Httilroitd
consignments of supplies for shipment
to tlte Americthorct-s beyotid the'
border under an agreetuent1i'ttle
with General t'arranaa by the Stat.-
liepa‘ tnient.
The First (‘liiel helped to solve the
army's most difficult problem iii the
chase for Villa by granting reneut-d
tequesls for permission to use the
railroad. Carranza has agreed that
the line can be used on a commercial
basis. and this is construed here to
mean that all service shall bc print
for at regular rates.
This does not involve the shipment
of munitions nor the use of American
guards on the Mexicali trains. The
.ra'iate Depart ent will negotiate with
It
(moan fiirt or to bring about
more complete understanding pending
the completion of the proposed proto
col with the de facto Government 10'
cover the entire subject of the inter-
national pursuit of Villa. ‘
Assuming that Carranza had n0ll-‘
tied his officers on the border of the
new agreement for the use of tho
mllroad. an order was dispatched to
‘it‘unt‘ton late last night to tender sup-
ter. Mrs. ‘Minnie ‘E. Jones; one-third
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
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fi‘fllflilfl 4
PEEK MURDER
lone. Who Fun“ loin“
Wanted k Macy
NEW YORK. Mar. 30.--Dist
tomey Edward Swann cente
efforts last night on finding
tint-er Kane, who embalnied tb
of John E. Peck. wealthy Ora
ids druggist. for whose niurd
sou-inrlaw. Dr. Arthur Warren
is under arrest here. Kane‘s
has been ordered on the (it
conspiring to commit a criin
Waite is said by Mr. Swami »
declared that Kline accepted
cash and a check for 39.4 t
, payment of 825.000 he was to
lfor swearing that he used ar
embalittitig i’eck'l body. This a
ment. Waite said. accordi'ig
district attorney, was tirade a
:tutoptty on i‘eck's body disclo
presence of a large quantity
st-tiic. Waite. in statements
t
virulent diseases in the food of
Peck. who died at Waite'il apa
six weeks before her husband.
‘ CLEVELAND. 0., March flit—The
I question of whether the
t “death coach" on Train No. its" was of.
'nioderii steel construction as claimed.
9
“o‘c‘lltd' declaring the line was open for
lby the New York Central officials. oi"
.aas mainly of wood promised to be;
ia'n importaJt feature of the lili’t‘flllgi"
. tion.
: ‘ ltallroad officials today were still‘
SWAMPED BY floon‘dlvidcd in opinion as to whether they
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blame should be placed upon the tow-t
ertnan who, it is alleged by some of-
tflcials. was asleep titid failed to give;
1the proper signal, or upon the origin-L
leer. who it may be shown either fail.
'SiIIIIlOII .t "int i3 we“. asited to see the signal or exceeded his
Other Points Report Betteri‘flm'
‘ithtgtncer Menard. of the first secs
W0. tlon of train No. 86. which pulled tho'
i"tioat'b car." asserts he stopped his
twain I on a signal originating in
. . _ .g hosts tower. _
iii-.TRJOIT March 30. Although at" t (En iaeer Héu declares he “w M
eral cities and towns in lower Mich-7 .
. . _;sign| when he brought his section
igan reported relief from flood condi 1 mm“ along m a 50mm an hour:
tions today, the situation at Flint, _
became worse. Local trati'lc was dis- “peed “’0‘" ""9" ”mm” m"- l
located when the Flint river went out
of its banks and flooded Saginaw.
street. the city‘s principal busineas‘
‘thorouthttre. Damage totalling manyl
t thousands of dollars already has been
(continued on 6th page)
l
plies for shipment. t wrought in Flint alone. I
Once the rail supply line is in oper--
ation. ofl'iclals said today. the motor I
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(Continued on Eighth Page.)
itillilllflt KANE
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t
tlte Saginaw river had risen more than
.a foot since yesterday. Neither city
:‘Riilli‘ontlti suffered heavy loss but et-
1 forts were being made tonight to send
has been isolntd front rail conimunl-i
l cation since Monday.
from Saginaw to Grand Rapids is.
blocked by washouta and the Michl-l
.run trains into or out of Saginawl
“ ()nc tnore casualty has been {sported :
portant witness desired by the dis- ed district at Battle Creek today.
trict attorney to complete the chain:
was still missing early today. He
Eugene 0. Kane. the embalnier. who.
according to Dr. Arthur Warren.
Waite. accepted $9.000 dii cash as;Io muletR [NE MAI-[ER
have given him for swearing that lie
of Yt'alte's wealthy l‘atlier-tu-iaw. .lohnl .
it". Peck. of Grand Rapids. Mich. The Retail Merchants' Association
Kane's arrest on a charge of conspir-T the Mahackemo Hotel. An unusual
mg to hide a crime. He wishes t0,amount of interest is being mani—
others were involved in the alleged‘ing “Dollar Day" the gala shopping
conspiracy. _ event of the year. In view of the. won-
piobably would be well enough to! Day" it is expected that double the
leave the hospital by Monday.
district attorney expects to receive anl in th? event this ymir. Another mat-
indictment, or indictments. in the case tor that has aroused the merchants:
lthe association and which will no
‘doubt bring out flarge attendant-e
MORE IRAIN “CIIMS ithe resolutionVregardlng the 'matter
l f restricting promisious advertising.
l
EXPECIEB 10 ”IE‘ vitcd to this meeting. whether mem-
I
bers of the association or not. The
meeting will be held in the parlors
. th nah item Hotel. rom tlynt
cum sumo. O..I2riarcli to._tt~utt‘s‘§‘.,.cf.,..‘. 8° 0 p 9
toll of the railroad wreck at Amherst.
yesterday. cannot be known for sev- .
/
eral days. any surgeons attending thet
ILACONIA. N. H..'uttt~cit tin—ti
victims. but it is certain to excecdl
twenty-seven. the present figure. Two'
of, the injured. Albert Keller. of
Chicago. and Wilbur Mahoney. of To:-
edo. are not expected to live more
lsmoking our and two paasenger
coaches on the Boston and Maine's
White Mountain Express. south-
bound. htere derailed at a aiding that
outside of the railroad yards hero to-
‘was seriously threatened. however.
ili'iilJl-l to the Alpine district. which,
I l'erc Marquette passenger service!
WANlill Bl Pillltli
. gan t‘cntral railroad Was unable to|
NEW YORK. March 30 ~0ne im- A small boy was drowned in the flood-
ot‘ evidence in the Peck murder case.
‘SIMERCHANIS’ iiittlilltlll
pnrt payment of $25,000 Waite was to
used arsenic in embalming the bodyf
The district attorney has ordered is to hold a lively meeting tonight at
question him also to- learn whether'. tested this year in the plans for mak-
Pnysicians said today that Watte‘derful success of last year‘s ”Dollar
The? number of merchants will participate
by the end of the week. vto an unusual amount of interest in‘
{tonight is the. action to be taken on
Every merchant in.the city is in-
.-
tfian a few houn.
Meanwhile the wheels have been
set in motion for a quadruple inventi-
garion of the disaster. They will be
conducted by the federal. state and
county governments. as well as by
the railroad company. At this time
no only names mentioned in connec-
tion with Equity are those of Tower-
giaeorof second sectionottho'
”bound _. ' Mooney-Immoral.
$1.7.“ .. . '1:
Bay (‘lty and Saginaw reported that l
400,000 tittttttt
Mill in DEMANDS
NEW YORK. March 30. The de-
mands of nearly 400,000 locomotive
engineers. firemen and traiuuie.i will
be presented to the general managers
the several railroad companies in
voived at their headquarters iti differ-
ent parts of the country today. The
employee. who belong to the so-calicd
Big Four unions. ask for an eight-hour
day without reduction in pay and time
'and a half for overtime. The rail-
roads have utttil April 2:0 to prepare
their reply.
it is understood that the railroads
already have made tentative answer
which amounts to a conditional re-
fusal that leaves the way open for
further negotiations. The demands of
the men went to the Wheeling and
Lake Erie .Railroad yestefday. and the
eight-hour day proposal was refused.
Arrangements already have been
made for a meeting of representatives
of the employes and managers of the
Erie. New Jersey Central and New
York Central Kailroads today.
”——
tillEli this lPPiil
lllOll $80 llllf
Samuel Ariell. charged with drunk-
enness. assault. resisting an officer
and abusive language. was this morn-
ing by Judge George H. Vosburgh in
police court fined 880. Through his
counsel. Attorney John J. Cuneo. Ar-
tell took an appeal. bonds being fixed'
at 8250.
The case. after a series of post-
ponements. finally reached trial this
morning. _There were no witnesses
hcfird. .Artell refused to plea. A de-
murrer was filed, but the defendant
was found guilty and fined.
_._.h___._.——
with iii in?
' hhnhist Bliillill
magma.
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N.. it. March 80.—
d The ti to ah‘hroua‘dbonae of the Boston uni lodge of Masons. 'He was also .
‘ ay.. can pped an angle of Iniroa'd was destroyed by ~tiro local
318! Mt. lltl Herman Hen. en-‘ 05 degrees. and while any windows here today, the loss being utimatod'fraternity. and had
were broken. railroad olioiaio claimed at “0,000. Biz locomotives were bad- dogma.
11
,.
Ernst asserts he set no nap
cer Leonard to go ahead.
(it the more than forty porno
’uI‘l'tl in the wreck. several b
those mentioned above were 5
be lit a precarious condition ea
titty l' iofficial bulletin: of wh
regarded as reliable reports lat
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(Continued on Fifth Page.
Billlfli tlltllliS Mil
gate tin report that the unide.
no. is that of Jean Cranes,
authoritative information tod-
body found hanging from the is
mission of detectives on the
Sheriff Mallory. of this town .
lift-(mi. Marta dill—To i]
an apple tree in this township
Milford from |Chicago. accord
to lBridgeport. today and gav
police of that city a description
body.
that of l‘rones.
where be Is alleged to have t-
a quantity of soup at a banq
the purpose. it is believed. of
ing the death of Bishop Mu
and two hundred guests.
The only difference in the d
tions is that the dead man's 9)
blue. while those of (‘rones
brown. Undertaker George J.
who has charge of the body.
there is a possibility of the
changing color due to strangu
when a bluish flint covers th
ball. The authorities in Vhlcag-
notitied and at their request
taker Smith has been instruc
hold the body until further l
tlon. '
During the week hundreds
viewed the body. but who cool
tify it. and it was generally a
that the man we never in th
tlon before. The clothing w-
the manrbore the trademark of
and Company. of Chicago.
‘lllNillOlli Mtitts
[ilillllfll it it ,
JOHNSTOWN. Pa.. March
Nine mlziers are reportetbto
been entombed today by an e ‘
in the mine of the Conemaflgh
less Coal Company at Sewa .
miles from here.
Working carefully the
penetrated the mine for a dis
2.000 feet. but because of the
and gas were unable to loca
men. among whom was Su
dent Johh Waddell. 1119 mi
not been operating t0'capacity.
accounts for the small num
miners at‘ work when the ex
occurred.
ASA P. FITCH DEAD.
Well Known Hartford Redidon
plan at Age of 88.
HARTFORD. March 30.——A.
Pitch, a well known resident of
lord. and prominent in laaonl
clue in the state. died at his
here yootecday of pneumonia.
was 68 years old and was bo
Andover.~ A number of years
he was grand master of the
do other branches of
attained the
iii-wife
yivo. '
c .
2.. V. l.
l' l tto d tn- T‘Nm‘m” unmet“!
tilt‘ ttstr ct a racy an ot or “J if; A up, B ”I". and one
said to have conic-ed not onlymh “W H g e
poisoning I’Pt‘k. M pitch. fl"
TISSUE NUBB VOILES. dainty floral designs in many cttlttr t'tillllllll.tlltll!.\
. 29¢ ."d-
WHITE CORDED VOILES . ....... . ......... 25¢ d
--------- bruise-o-.--............ V.
MADRAS SHIRTINGS, elfccth c ~tripcs in all thc prmatltug ‘hntlt's 19¢ 25¢ vd.
WINDSOR WHITE COSTUME CREPES .............
..... . .. 19¢ yd.
PLAIN WHITE LINENS. Witt lilt‘llt‘\ \\lllt‘ ..............
-'w’o'l'a'a a). a e . 59¢. 75¢ _\d
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DEATHS AND FUNEPA' SW. ° ' “If “4‘ ”Mia“ I“ ”N W’— -* l
h“ ””00“”...90900 o. o. .00
w' .u. o o”. o o oW’V’o”.”o”o”o’Wo”:”n”Oq
.. t liam Downee. ‘ ‘ .0.
“Mann Downes. of :39 (‘ross >lI't’t‘f. 0:0 ;
uptown. died at the Norwalk Hospital .‘ to
at 9.1.) o‘clotk this morning i‘unet .. ...
5.
iii nrrtttigcnteuts irate not been com
pleted.
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H. Krieger
8t Co. .
Mrs. P. F. Barron.
Mrs. Katherine Moran. Wife of P. F.
Moran. died this morning. aged twen-
ty-nine years. She is survived by her
husband and mother. Mrs. M. Barron.
and two sisters. Miss Alice it. liar-
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brother. John J. Barron. of Brooklyn.
The funeral will be held on Saturday
0
The description tallies 2
wanted in C-
froni her late home. 2 Academy street, 9.
at 8:30 o‘clock, and from St. Mary's é. SKIRTS
httrcli at 9 o'clock. interment in
SI. .\| ary's emciery.
Funeral of Mrs. McGregor.
Also adjustable to
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9000.5“:035W 0’
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The funeral of Mrs. Mary s. .\tt-- 0: Stouts. N0 E'aéhc’ no
Gregor. widow of George W McGreg- 00 .
or. formerly of Newark. .\‘. J.. was .. Stnngs’ Blaek or B‘ue
held last night at 7::lo o'clock "uni the. .
home of her daughter. Mrs. u. r. .3. Serge, ..
Van Scoy. It t‘ourtltindt place. Rev,
Frederick A. t‘oleiuan, rector of Trin- ':
.lty Episcopal church. officiated. The 01 5.50 to 7.50 0
remains were taken to Newark. N. .l.. O ' .
today. for interment iil Fairmount Of 3
. cemetery. .0
t
l Funeral of Mrs. Bennett.
The funeral of Helen Slater lien-
net. wife of i2. Sturges Bennett. was
held last night from the late home.
in? Garfield place. Brooklyn. The re-
‘liilllflil were removed to this city this
morning by Director D. W. Raymond.
interment being made in Riverside
tentetery.
I
Funeral of Mr. Mills. l
The funeral of Willis 8. Mills. of'
ltowuyton. will be held tomorrow af-.
tornoou at 2:30 o‘clock.
Congressman ilill
. Tells of Rainey Bill;
(Continued from Page One.)
_—
t‘ttt-t that a majority of the Commie.
sion can transact business. The bill‘
.ts presented also differs radically iti'
the powers and duties of the commis-
sion from those outlined by the Presl-
tlt'lil iii his letter some time ago to
Mr. 'Kitchitt. 1 ant satisfied that the
bill would he more satisfactory to the.
Republican members of Congress if
it followed more exactly the provis
ions of that letter—“making it the
duty of the commission to examine the
possibility of establishing new in
tiustt'ies in the i'nited States and ex»
pnudtug industries already in exist
eitt-c." (‘ertainly as important a mat-
tt-r :i. this should not be oiiiittetl uow
'ii the filial draft of the proposed
measure. and the probabilities are
that the omission was accidental.
The general understanding is that
this bill or some one of a similar char»
order will be attached to what is now
'conte to be known as the "great ret-
‘t‘llu? bill." and it that is done there.
‘is a possibility of the Democratic
Pariv committing itself to the llepub
‘licatt and Progressive docttine of a
-ttirl.'i commission. although no hint
of the kind is found anywhere in the
last Democratic Platform.
As an illustration of my idea of a
tariff commission. 1 would cite the bill
which i have introduced based on the
report of the (‘omtuittee of the Anteri-
can Chemical Society. a commission
of ten thousand chemists with a care-
l‘ully selected committee to investigate
the subject of dyestuffs and explo-
sives and report as to the necessity
for action in view of the upheavals
occasioned by the war.
1 would prefer, however. as a prac-
tical proposition. something on the
French system. where. they now have
iii their tariff commission. as l under-
stand it. named by the committee
corresponding to our Ways a Means
Committee here.-n body of forty-four.
representatives of all the leading in-
dustries in France. They serve Wlllr.
out pay and :91 matter of patriotic.
uty. for the best interests of France:l
that dallhtot‘.
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3‘ °° ” “o”:”o”o”o“q”o”o”d”of ‘0”9 0
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3“:°°:”:°€“:~¢M
‘ tion before it Parliament exercises ltst
‘W
_ ONEYtocla‘ is vital to
humanity; it: mines! an
commerce. newt'urrencf
Law or the Federal Reserve Banking
system will ate the rosper'
of the Nation’s welfltre and will 0
more toward the uplm'ilcling' of
this country's business than _T}
arything” in the nation’s history
Ian’rl‘b’me ‘ccuun‘truJ-‘uumn-mx. . ..-'
I .
3‘ “ N6. rrrn «ku
Aunt
CTI .1],
until the. Senate. if it pauses at all it “til
they are authorized to employ and . probably be because it is tied up wit I
pay for such assistance as they need. L something else which, in view of t‘.\
Whenever a proposition looking to the ; isting emergencies, may seem to bo
amendment of their tariff schedulesfiesscntial.
comes before the French Parliament As to what will happen it is tltt~
it is*automaticttlly referred 'to the ficult for the to say. for the itepub‘i-
commission. The commission inccts'citn members of the Ways & Means
and investigates the case. The various l Committee have no knowledge whet
industries are all represented and the 1 ever of what is going oti except as it
hearing of the changes. on each one‘ come; to them by rumors and hear-
of them is fully and clearly uti.ier- tlsay. as there has been but one meet-
stood—and the welfare of the nation. ing of the Ways & Means Committee.
rather than the advantage of the. iii-'so far at this session of Congress.
dividual is the object which is sought, and that was with reference to thr-
and when found the facts are report-trepeal of the free sugar clause anti‘
ed back with the proposition to tlie.action concerning this wits found to
French Parliament. The measure be unanimous before the meeting “as
then goes to the proper coniniittee.j(-siled; so that the guess of anybody
and with full knowledge of the situa- l at home in regard to it is just as good
las that of arw‘bbdy here. indeed.‘ i
dotim very much whether any fixed
Their expenses. however.-are paid
judgment as to what it is best to not
concerning it. policy Pf. hfaing revenue or reventt-t
Nothing of this kind has yet been legislation has yet been determined
found in any of the. twenty proposi- upon even by the Democratic inerti-
ilons now pending before Congress. hers. it is difficult to see how that
it can be in view of the large expendt
titres which probably confront uh. un—
til the aggregate amount required f».
clearly and distinctly known.
This menfta a very protruded tn ..
sion of Congress. ‘
t
It is exceedingly doubtful. in view of
the utter absence of anything with
reference to the matter in the'Demo
erotic Platform. whether an lndopeod
em proposition‘for a tariff commie
than would pun both the House and
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