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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-12

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
KILLED BY TROLLEY GAR.
MAN HITIN WFSTHAVEN
Identity Unknown of Man Who Was Run Over in
 Elm Street.

An air of general indefiniteness sur rounds the killing in Elm street. West Haven, last evening of an unknown man by a trolley car. It appears that the man suddenly attempted to cross the street in front of the car and be- fore it could be stopped he was struck and Killed. No trace of the mans iden- tity could be obtained last night Dr. Barnett, the medical examiner, stated that he did not know who the man was and had not learned much about the details of the case. He announced that he would hold a session with the crew of the trolley car this morning to in vestigate into the accident
 pr. Barnett states that the man is about sixty-four years of age. He had an idea last night that he was the brother of Mrs Crozier, who resides on Stevens Heights. The body was taken to the Graham & Hayes com panys undertaking rooms in this city. Up to an early hour this morning the body had not been identified.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
W. I. FIELDS IN BUSINESS.
 TO OPEN AN OFFICE
Will Begin Soon Dealing in Investment Se-
 curities.

It will be pleasing to the large circle of warm friends of William T. Fields, ex-president of the National Trades mems bank, to learn that MT. Fields contemplates engaging in the broker age and investment securities business in this city. He will have the backing of various gentlemen of prominence in this enterprise and will start in the business at an early day, the time to be announced later together with other details as to the location, etc. It is yet too early to annoance the names of the friends who will give the re- quisite backing to the enterprise.
 Mir. Fields will enter upon his new field with the heartiest wishes for his success. His qualifications for the brokerage and investment securities business are first class owing to his more than thirty years connection with the banking business in all it's various phases from bookkeeper to bank president, and his wide acquain- tance with other financial institutions in and out of the state. He will have no doubt business facilities and connec- tions that will ensure for those who give him of their patronage advan- tages that will insure profitable and satisfactory transactions for all con- cerned.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
TRUNK MURDER.
Police Expect to Arrest Three Men in
 Short Time.

New York, May 3O-Upon informa- tion gathered by his detectives Captain McCafferty, in charge of the detective bureau, says he expects in a short time to arrest three men who are suspected in connection with the death of the Rev. Father Kasper Vartarian, whose body was found last Sunday in trunk fin an apartment in West 37th street.
 Captain McCafferty said the arrests would be made in this city or Chicago. AS matter of precaution, usually talk en in this class of cases, all European detective bureaus were notified almost immediately after the crime was dis covered. Captain MeCafferty said that he had had no word from any foreign police department. Captain McCaffer- ty says that the circumstances sur rounding the crime show conclusively that the motive was robbery. The fact that the police have witnesses who saw two of the men in this city, as late as the day the body was found, precludes to his mind, any possibility of their being on the way to Europe, and as outgoing steamers have been closely watched there is little doubt that the men are still in this country.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
Five Year Old Polish Lads Habit Cause of Shock
 ing Disaster.
VICTIMS CAUGHT IN WAGON
Unable to Escape When the Other Boy Called Them
 to Come Out.

Matches in the hands of a little Pol ish lad five years of age resulted in the loss of the lives of two little children companions of his and the destruction of about $20O worth of property yester- day afternoon. The dead are Pasquale Immartino, aged nearly five, and his younger brother, Antonio, aged three. The children were burned to a crisp.
 The Immartino children who lived at 9 Crescent street and their companion Julius Harjoe, of Crescent street, aged five also, were playing together Julius had a copple of matches. Addict ed to the habit of playing with these his companions, entered the barn of F. S. Andrew, which is in the rear of the Crescent street tenement. The barn was filled with about four tons of salt hay. The Immartino boys had climbed up into big high sided pro- duce wagon in the barn. Julius appar- ently conceived the idea of bonfire in the bay. He lighted one match which was blown out by the wind He then lighted another and set fire to the hay. As it began to blaze up he ran out of the barn calling to his compan- ions to come out also. But they were unable to get out of the big wagon and were held in the trap.
 As the fire gained headway the barn rapidly filled with suffocating smoke and it Is believed that the children were choked to death before the fire reached them. When the Marjoe boy discover ed the size of the fire he ran away.
 Boys passing near by saw the blaze and sent in an alarm from box SIS at 2:OS o'clock. When the firemen arrived the flames were already bursting through the roof and the interior of the barn was furnace. No one knew at this time that the children were in the barn as they had not been missed.
 When the fremen had gotten the bet ter of the fire and were inside of the barn they came upon the two charred corpses of the little boys, Dr. Robert S. Peck responded to d call for the medical examiner, Dr. Bartlett being away yesterday afternoon. He render ed a verdict of accidental death in the case.
 The Immartino boys who were burn ed are the two younger children of three brothers. Thus death flaid it's hand on all but one of the Immartino children yesterday,
 The barn and it's contents was com- pletely consumed. The fire loss is esti- mated at about $2OO. One of the tene- ment houses also caught but the blaze was extinguished by chemicals.
 Dr. Peck made report of his f1nd- ing in the case to Coroner Mix yester- day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
WOULD SHOOT METZCER. PALMER PRESENTS GUN Wanted to Have Brother Released but Got in the
 Lock-Up Himself.

Endeavoring to get his brother George F. Palmer. who was arrested last evening on a charge of drunken ness, out of the lookup, resulted in getting Daniel P. Palmer in to keep him company. Daniel P. arrived at po- lice headquarters rather the worse for a session of libation and demanded of the sergeant that his brother be forth with released from custody. Said brother being in unfit condition to be set at liberty the sergeant announced that George would remain in the lock- up until after the saloon closing hour of midnight. Exit Daniel breathing wrath and threatenings.
 Act second-scene Heublein's cafe. Enter Daniel. Monologue: Daniel to Metzger relative to formers woes and i'll treatment. No great erfect produced. Daniel then produces a revolver, .32 calibre and announces that he will shoot Arthur Metzger.
 MT. Metzger accordingly called up police headquarters and asked for po- lice assistance. Patrolmen Lee and Walsh were immediately sent to the Heublein and Daniel P. was attached to the midnight special back of head quarters. Daniel is held on charge of carrying concealed weapons and will be seen in court this morning, George was set free after midnight.
 The revolver was fully loaded and an ugly looking weapon.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
sTAFFELDT MURDER.
Two Prisoners Now Accusing Each 9th
 CT of the Crime.

New York, May 3O.-Two prisoners in the jail at Long Island City to-day denounced each other as the murderer of fifteen-year-old Amelia Staffeldt, who was assaulted and stabbed to death while gathering dandelions near her fathers farm in Elmhurst last week.
 The men were Henry Becker, who twice confessed to the crime and sub Isequently repudiated his confessions, and Leon Graham, who was yesterday arrested within mile of the scene of the murder for attempted assault upon f1veyear-old Mamie Luck, of Corona. The police are not satisfied that Beck CT is mentally responsible, but believe he was concerned in the murder with which they have also sought to con- meet Graham. In the hope that the two men might recognize each other, they were brought together in the cor ridor of the jail to-day. Neither, how ever, made any sign that he knew the other. The prisoners were then placed in separate cells and Becker, being questioned, admitted that he knew Graham and declared that the latter was the murderer.
 q killed the Staffedlt girl" said Becker. Graham stabbed her to death after I had knocked her down with a stone"
 When Graham was subsequently, told that Becker had confessed to the mur- der, he admitted having witnessed the crime and said:
 T don't want to go to the electric chair. I did not kill that girl. saw Becker knock her down. Then I hid behind tree while he stabbed her with his knife. We went to a pump and washed our hands. But I never killed that little girl; he did it. After we went to that pump we separated and I did not see the fellow again un- til few minutes ago in a jail"
 The police are convinced that Beck CT and Graham are the two men seen by Mrs. Emily Simonson washing blood from their hands on the after noon the little girl was slain.
 Graham was arraigned to-day on the charge of assaulting the Luck child and was held for the grand jury The prisoner said he had been attracted by the beauty of the little child and intended only to kiss her.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
NEW FREE ZONE. 7"

President, to Stop Smuggling, Creates
 Reservation Along Mexican Border.
 Washington, May sO - The president has issued a proclamation creating a reservation sixty feet in width along the entire border of Mexico, including the state of California and the territor- les of Arizona and New Mexico. The purpose of the reservation is declared in the presidential proclamation to be the suppression of smuggling across the international line. Private entries in the line of the projected reservation and such parts of it as are needed for roads are reserved from the operation of the order.
 Since the abolition of the old "zona Libre" or free zone between Mexico and the United States, it has been found increasingly difficult to prevent snug gling across the boundary, hence the presidential proclamation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
GERMAN CATHOLICS.
Annual state Federation of socsetacs-
 OHicers Elected.

Naugatuck, May s0.-The annual state federation of the German Cath ollie societies was held here to-day with sixty-thrae delegates present The re- port of the secretary showed that 1O2 new members had been taken in dur ing the year. The treasurer's report showed that the balance in the treas- ury at the present time is $2O,7o1.
 During the afternoon addresses were made by George Baer, of New Haven; William Koch, of Bridgeport; William Troelich, of Naugatuok; Rev. Father Higgins, of Naugatuck; Rev. H. Dahme, of Bridgeport, and Rev. pr. Martin, of Waterbury.
 Two resolutions were adopted, one rendering the heartfelt sympathy of the federation to the pope in connection with theasituation in France. and an- other which reads as follows:
 We demand that all Catholic or phans who because of their state Of destitution or for some other reason become wards of the county be conn mitted to the care of Catholic institu- tions and be supported, as justice de- mands, by county funds. We cordially and confidently invite our fellow Cath olics throughout the state to cooper ate with us in employing every right eous influence at our command to the end that our just demands in this mat ter be both heard and satisfied by the proper officials"
 Officers were chosen as follows: Pres- ident George Jacob, of New Haven; vice-president, John Paulus, of Derby; financial secretary, Joseph Derbacher, of New Haven; treasurer, Charles Fel- der, of Hartford; chaplain, Rev. H. Dahme, of Bridgeport; delegate to the national convention, George Jacob; committee on societysand membership. Rev. H. Dahme, of Bridgeport; George Jacob, of New Haven; John Morenz, of Meriden, and William H. Siefen, of Naugatuck.
 The convention adjourned late this afternoon.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
SECRETARY ROOT
 RETURNS FEE Refuses Remuneration for Lectures in the Dodge
 Course.
INVITATION A FAVOR
Also We'll Repaid in the Hospitality Extended
 to Him.

Secretary of State Elihu Root. who was the lecturer in the Dodge course of Yale university lectures on Good Citizenship" is said to have rekuTned to Treasurer MeClung the foe to which he was entitled
 The explanation sa4d to have been made by him was that the favor of be- ing invited to deliver the course, and the hospitality which he received at the hands of President HadIey and Judge William K Townsend more than atoned for the loss of time from his oftice in his acceptance,
 The Dodge lecture course was egtAb- lished by William B. Dodge of New York city in 1900, by gift of sSo,o0o. and has for its object the promoting among students and graduates. and among educated men of the United States, an understanding of the duties of Christian citizeship and sense of personal responsibility for the perform ance of those duties.' The lecturer last year was Secretary of War William II. Taft Next year Yale draws upon the state department of Brazil.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
NEWS SUMMARY.
GENERAL

GENERAL President Creates New Free Zone. New Herreshoff Yacht Beaten. Russian Socialist Control Four Killed in Trolley Collision Church Floor in Wilkesbarre Collapses. Roosevelt on Railroad Control. Secretary Taft Addresses Millers. Fate of British Aeronauts in Doubt. Arrests Expected in Trunk Murder. Can Try Suit Against Royal Heirs. To Preserve Mckinley Home.
 STATE. New Catholic Pastors Assigned Planned Destroying Naugatuck Bridge Man Killed at Newington. Normal Girl Injured at Cheshire. Auto Race Accident in Bridgeport. German Catholic Federation Held. Report on Conn Fraternal Societies. Madison Store Burglarized Prospects Soldiers Monument.
 CITY. Ryan Postal Clerks Secretary. Burglar Caught After Three Months. Secretary Root Returns Fee. Two children Burned to Death. Would Shoot Cafe Men. Conductor Struck by Tree. Man Killed by Trolley. Lotze Replies to Focte. Memorial Day Exercises. Yale Southern Clubs Outing. Student Shooting Affair a Joke Christian Endeavorers on Campus. C. A. Maycocks Auto Hits Man. w. T. Fields in Business. Meeting of N H, Orphan Asylum.
 SPORTS. New Haven Yacht Club Races. Yale Dory Event at Morris Cove. N. H, Driving Club Parade and Races. Derby Driving Clubs Meet. Team A Wins Pony Polo Match. Golf at the Country Club Phi Beta Kappa Defeats Faculty. New Haven Loses Double Header. Messrs, Day and Parmelee Captures Cup Brown Again Defeats Yale. Yale Wins from Lawn Club, Cornell Crew Vanquishes Harvard. Longboat an Eeasy Winner. Miss Curtiss Boston Golf Champion. Schreck Gets Decision Over Hart. Annual Gun Club Shoot. Y. M. c. A. Field Events. Yale 1910 Wallops Fordham. Phelps Montgomery Yacht Wins. Results in the Major Leagues. Peter Pans Rich Belmont Stakes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
BRACES CAR FAST.
Makes Fastest Time in Hin Climbing
 Contest.

Contest.
 Bridgeport, May SO.-C. s. Bragg, Yale student, in steam car, made the fastest time in the automobile hill climbing contest up Sport hill in Eas- ton, an eight per cent grade hill in length, going up in min. "A 2-5 sec, but the Yale university cup, the prize in the feature class, will go to J, ". Burrall. of Waterbury, time 1:S6 2-5, because the rules barred steam cars.
 The only serious accident of the day was that to Harry P. Seymour of Hartford. whose machine, striking a hummock in the road, made complete somersault and landed a total wreck. Seymour was thrown twenty feet. striking on his side, but after medical attendance was able to return home.
 The other winners were:
 Class one--Maxwell Briscoe Motor O., time 2:O6; class two-Harry D. Gates, Bridgeport, S:19; class three Bridgeport Auto Co.,, S1:49: class four Nathaniel Bishop, Bridgeport, 1:3T B-5; motor cyoles-Peter H. Cox, New Ha- ven, 1:S0
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
EXTREMISTS CONTROL,
Russian Social Democrats Break Away
 From Constitutional Democrats.

London, May S0.-The congress of Russian social democrats, which has been in session in this city since May 1S, decided to-day by a majority of 5S votes definitely to sever all relations with the constitutional democrats and other liberal parties in Russia. Thus the extremists regain the control of the party which they lost year ago.
 This decision was reached after days of wrangling and passionate discussion and constant narrow division on the clauses of the resolutions.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
HELD UP BARTENDER
Bystanders Seize Strangers Who Point
 Pistols at PrOprletOrs.

New Britain, May SO-Two men armed with revolvers entered the saloon of John Skritulsky tonight and attemp- ted to hold up the bartender, by mak- ing display of their weapons. The place was crowded and with little cere- mony bystanders seized the two and hustled them out into the street. The men made no attempt to discharge the guns. The police were then notified of the attempt and have started an Investigation
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
KILLED AT NEWINGTON.
Thomas NJ. Brennan Struck by Il
 Freight Train.

Hartford, May SO.-Thomas M. Bren- nan, aged 30 years, at one time cham pion wrestler of the state was killed by a freight train at Newington to- day. He had been drinking for some time it is said and had made his es- cape from room at his sisters home here where he had been confined. It is supposed that he was walking along the track when the train struck him. The body was cut in two. He is sur- vived by three sisters.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
FATE IN DOUBT.
Two British Lieutenants Who Went Up
 in Balloon.

London, May S1.-s:54 a. ms--The fate of the two lieutenants whg went up in the military balloon fron< Alder- shot May 2S, is still in doubt. No con- firmation has been received up to the hour of filling this dispatch of the re- port from the coast guard station at the scilly Islands, that they have reached there in safety. The guards along the coast who are in direct conn munication with London have no news of the missing officers. The fact that grapnel was swinging from the ear suggests the possibility that the two aeronauts landed somewhere near the waters edge but were not able to se- Aoure the balloon before it was blown out to sea.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
To Preserve Mckinley Home.

Canton, O., May SO.-Canton citizens to-day discussed methods preserving the Mckinley home intaot The idea is to make a second Mount Vernon, where the furniture and gifts and paintings and statuary of the McKin- leys may be preserved, as have those of the Washingtons
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
RAN IN FRONT OF AUTO
Daniel Sullivan Slightly Injured by G,
 A. Mayeoeps Machine.

A man, whose name Is given out at the Grace hospital as Dan" Sullivan, ran in front of George Maycock's au- tomobile early this morning on Dix well avenue. Sullivan was taken to Grace hospital by MT. Maycock. The authorities at that institution said that the man was intoxicated, and his in- iuries were not serious.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
NORMAL GIRL INJURED.
Cars Dumping Near Waterbury Threw
 Her From Seat.

Waterbury Conn, May SO.-Miss Jo- sephine Ryan, of this city, student at the New Haven Normal school, was slightly injured in a trolley accident near Cheshire this afternoon. The car in which she was riding was suddenly stopped without warning to a car fol- lowing and tho latter orashed into it, smashing the front platform and jar- ing all the passengers oI oU,A .-.. ,. Miss Ryan's left arm was severely bruised and scratched.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
Attorney spreyer Dlsbarred.

Judge Robinson of the superior court has given decision in the case against Attorney Charles Spreyer of this city, upholding the charge made against him, and disbarring him from practice at the Connecticut bar.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
NEW YACHT BEATEN.
HerreshoR Creation Outsailed D!
 Smiths Effort.

Smiths Effort.
 New York May SO.-The new Heres hoff 27-foot sloop Istalena. flying the colors of George M. Pynchon of the New York Yacht club, made her pre- mier bid for racing honors to-day in. the spring regatta of the Indian Har- bor Yacht club, held on the sound off Greenwich, Conn, and was beaten by Frank M. Smiths Effort, winner of the Kings cup last year.
 The Effort covered seventeen and one-half mile course in 4:45 under four hours and forty-five minutes under air so light that the Istalena was unable to finish at all. H. I. Blair's Necla was started in the race, but she. too. was taken in tow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
PASTORS ASSIGNED.
Father MassicOtt of Meriden Goes to
 wilIimant1c.

Willimanttc.
 Wiliimantic, May sO.-Rev. Phillip Massicott of Meriden, who was recent ly ordained by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Tierney at St. Joseph's cathedral, has been appointed assistant pastor of St. Mary's church CFrench) in this city.
 Rev. Edward A. Cryne of this city. who was recently ordained by Archbi- shop Quigley of Chicago, will cele- brate his first solemn high mass at St. Joseph's church here next Sunday.
 Moosup, May 30 Rev. John. c. Ma thieu of Hartford, recently ordained, has been assigned for duty in All Hol- lows church here as assistant to Rev. John H. Broderick.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
s.r.Ordv Harrington Must Hang.

Jefferson City, Mo, May So.-The su- preme court late this afternoon decreed that Lord" Frederick Harrington, now in jail in Clayton. Mo-, shall be hanged July 25. for the murder of J. P. Me- Cam, St. Louis horseman.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
Homes for Duscission.

Brussels, May SO.-The chamber of deputies to-day voted to consider resolution expressing the hope that The Hague conference will discuss the limitation of armaments.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31

Elina, or Helena Sanse was Be- hemian opera singer with whom AL fonso XII became enamored. She bore the king two sons The singer was banished from Spain after the death of Alfonso XII and died friendless in Paris, in 1899, though the king is said to have provided for her in his will, leaving her an annuity which was to revert after her death to her children. The terms of the will, however, ap- pear not to have been carried out and her eldest son has begun suit.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
Eustace Recovering.

James Eustace, who was taken to New Haven hospital Wednesday uncon- scious suffering from an overdose of morphine, rallied so well yesterday that it is expected he will be able go home in a day or two.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
FOUR KILLED.
Thirteen Injured in Collision Between
 Cars in EIyria, O.

SNAS AM nASAAHl Os Elyria, O.. May SO.-Four persons were killed and thirteen injured in a rear-end collision on the Cleveland and Southwestern traction road here early this evening. The front car was filled with holiday excursionists. nearly all of whom received more or less serious injuries Eight of the thirteen had both legs cut off, one lost one leg. and still another had both legs broken.
 The Dead.
 E. O'Connell, Elyria, crockery mer- chant
 H. M. Billings, Elyria, a Grand Army veteran.
 w. c. Allen, Elyria, claim agent for the Lake Shore railroad.
 William Sala, son of Rev. J. P. Sala.