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The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-19
P0ST-ELECTI0N FEAST
Political Matters Discussed at Dinner Given by Representative Chidsey.

Last evening at the Union League club, Representative Chidsey of East Haven, gave a dinner which was a sort of post-election political love- feast. The results of the election were discussed as were political mat tcrs in this section generally. While the dinner was entirely informal there were speeches by Collector of Inter nal Revenue Robert e. Eaton and ex- Senator Futile.
 Besides Representative Chidsey, the list of guests included Robert Q. Eat on, Commissioners Walters and Ged- des, eX-Scnator Futile. C, W Granniss, H IT. Bradley, w. s. Coker, E. F.. Hall, Louis Norton, F. B. Woodward, John $. Tyler James Smith, II. C.. Nickerson, John scoville, H. B. Page and Charles Smith.
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BIG DAM COMPLETED
St50,O00 Affair in Scotland, This State
 Finally Finished

Scotland, Nov 19,-The new dam of the tncas Power company was completed to-day and it is expected that the filling of the pond will be started to-morrof. AS soon as the volume of water benind the dam war rants the machinery in the new pow CT house will be tested and the furn- Ishing of power for the lighting of Norwich commenced The dam Is of Congrete construction and 450 feet in length. The power plant and the dam cost Sl50,000, and 240O horse power will be generated.
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.SIX-TRACKING NEW HAVEN
Road Extending New York City Sys-
 tenn as Far as Port Chester.

Port Chester x, Y,, Nov lS.--Thc New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, according to report here, is about to extend its six-track road from the branch at New Rochelle to Port Chester It Is said that the con- tract for the work already has been signed. The new work is to be the same in construction as the branch from New Rochelle to Westchester village,
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IN LINE FOR IA HOURS
Yale Students Patiently Wait for the
 DollnG Out of Their Tickets.

All day long yesterday a line of students stretched from the entrance to the campus at Battcl chapel to the doorway of the Yale ticket office walt Ing for the giving out of the tickets to the Yale-Harvard game. Tais line did not decrease or longthen In per iod of fourteen hours and Inside q large force was kept at work getting tho tickets and the receipts for them, The ticket office was to have closed at 9 o'clock, but so many people were in line that the doors were not finally shut until ii o'clock and this morn- Ing they will be open again at 9,
 It was estimated last night that about 2,500 tickets remain to be given ont tomorrow The association has had only enough tickets returned to i'll the orders received sometime ago.
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Smash Heavy Door With Ham mer And Climb Over Boilers
 and Out Through Win, dow Across Yard To Safety.
CHOOSE THE SUPPER HOUR
General Alarm Sent All Around City and State--One Man and One Woman Had
 Only Short Terms to Serve.

Choosing a time when practically Fvery one else connected with the in- Etltution was al supper, four colored prisoners escaped from tho county jail In Whalley avenue last evening get ling out over the little ell at the rear, hnd probably crossing to Hudson or |Ioffe streets Two men and two wom- fn escaped Henry Adley, William Hannibal, Florence Epps and Bertha Robinson, All the prisoners were trus- les. The escape was discovered about fifteen minutes after the prisoners had Eone and an alarm was sent to all the precincts. Up to an carly hour this morning none of them had been ound
 The escape was probably pre-ar- anged, thougl not necessarily hy any treat length of time. Hannibal has been employed as d fireman since he as been in the jail, and with a heavy ammer. which had been given him tc reak coal, he smashed the locks in he heavy doors between the engine oom and the cellar. The four went trough the cellar. up over the back f the boilers and out onto a rooi 'hlch Is about six feet from tn, round. This was easy to drop from nd soon they were safely across the ard to either Goffe or Hudson street Adley's term would not have ended tayE Itl4 Ia faY ssaut. He is tall and rather thin. nd is about thirty-six years old nce he has been at the jail he has een employed as doorman to the hop.
 The escape af Hannibal ia tne most lrprlsing of all He was sent up for reach of the peace, and had to serve nly until December 22 He Is twen -eight years old and had been em- loved as fireman.
 The women are known as pretty Dugh characters and have as many fferent names as they are years old ertha Robinson has been al the iaI' nder the sam name one term prev us and stayed a year. She did moi ake any attempt to escape before ne Is twenty-eight years old and hai lntil August to serve She was son 9 for theft from the person Flor, ice Epps was sent np on the samt iarge and had to stay until Tebru
 v. Both were employed in tn, tchen and last night left unnoticet r the cellar. When they did no turn search was made. and tn, 'oken door, and later tthc broker
 ndow, were found.
 An alarm, with descriptions If tn
 isoners, has been sent to all tn
 ighboring towns and cities, as wei
 to the local police, It Is believed
 at some former friends of the cs
 ped prisoners, up Dixwell avenue O offe street, are hiding them until tn
 air blows over
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VERDICTS NOT READY
Coroner Has Not Ended His Exam,
 nations Yet.

Coroner Mix stated last night that he still had not finished his examinations into the deaths of the Rev. pr. Nor. gan and Frederick Case and had no findings yet ready in either case, The findings may be ready to-day but that does not seem likely now. The coroner stated that he was too busy yesterday to consider the killing in Westville yes terday morning but expected 10 start his examination into that case this morning.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-19
TAFT TO TALK ON SOUTH.

New York, Nov iS.-"1A program for the south" will be tho general subject of the addresses at the annual dinner of the North Carolina Society of New York, at the oIltel Astor on December at which William II Taft will be the principal speaker.
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TWO FOR STEALING COAL

Two young lads, named Francesca Ralombi and Joseph BarrIlIo, were ar. rested by 6 special railroad officer last evening for the theft of coals from the railroad They were picking cOals up alongside the tracks.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-19
STUDLEYS EXPENSES
Cost Him S2. 2.i62.9O to Capture Election
 aS Probate Judge.

]. J Studley, who was elected rec publican judge of probate for New Haven, filed hls expense account with the state secretary's office, to-day, as amounting to s2,462.00. Of that amount sS4,5O was spent for cigars and lunches and the remainder given to his political agent. R. E. Bronson.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-19
YESTERDAYS FIRE RECORD.

5;2i D. --Stil Company lO chimney fire at 5G Poplar street, occupied by Thomas HUlloran, no damage.
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i MARRIED IN BRIDGEPORT
al Lighthouse Keeper and Mrs
 Marian C. McCahcy.

Bridgeport. Nov. lS.-"They're going do light housekeeping whispered lStant Town Clerk William Mullins
 afternoon, pointing to a couple In New Haven who had just taken ,'' | marriage license and were fol- ling Judge William V, Dewitt over "a corner of the office, where they .-e married, Asked how he knew, pointed to the marriage license stub, Ken disclosed that the groom was hnas r Wilaon of New Haven, a 2 tnouse keeper by occupation and ''oride was Mrs Marian C, McCahoy,
 of New Haven, It ifs the second 'rImonia) venture for both, each hay. divorced former partners
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SPORTS--Pngc c. Ellis SrrImmage Twice, \. A. [ Meet at Seattle, Dandelon Wins at oakland. Basthall Directors Mcer, Boxing Bouts off BoNllng Results. General Sporting News. Murphy Mcfarland Fight roor One. 1
 EVENTS TO-DAy-Pngc :. Grand-Fall of Jerusalem, Polls High Class Vaudeville.
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NEWS SUMMARY.
G.ENER AIn

GENERAL,
 Boncparto Scores Bench and Bar,,, Sh0lO Pension for ;'resident Eliot. Steel Vice President ReslRnspy,,, Tracking New -'aVcr Road,,. China SciHes Portugcse FcrrltorN,, RocKcfcller Cheerful Witness.3,., l. St Pierre Appeals for Warshlps, =, 1. pouot that Kaiser VIII Keep Pledge Italy Hears Why Duke Was tilted" Financial News and Quotatlonsr,r
 STATE.
 General state News, ws,,.,,,,....,,,,, MT, lalmcr's Report .,.,,.,,,,,.., Harvard al Farmlngton,,.,,,,,,,'...
 CITY.
 Four Escape from JaIl.,,,,,,,,.,.. Killed When Sewer Caves ln,,,,,,, Mayor Netocs Miller's Ordcr,,,,,,, Fire In WcStville e...,.,.,,,.,.,,,.,, lullll Not Candidate, tc,,,..,,,,,,,,. Rescued from Sure Death at Depot. News of the Courts. il Appeal n Davis Estate. In Line Fourteen Hours .,.,,.,.,,.,.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-19

ilson is tho keeper of the light he end of Long Wharf He had not rped from his honeymoon last t
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-19

Washington, Nov, Forecast for Eastern New York and New Eng land Fair Thursday and Friday; warmer Friday; light to fresh north winds. becoming variable.
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WEATHER RECORD.

Continued on Second Page.)
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LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.

Minimum temperature. 32 Maximum temperature. A5 Minimum ost year,,,, Maximum last year., 4
 l.. M. TARR, Local Forenaster
 U. s, Weather Bureau.
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Sksmeld Plate.

From COUNTY LNt ~ AHtfCd,
Shefheld plate differs from all other plated ware
In that the plating was done on the sheet metal
before the article was shaped. Before and since
then plating Of various sorts has been applied only
10 the finished piece Gsi In our electroplatlng process.
Moreover. the plating was done on copper, while
modern base metal Is usually composed Of an anal.
gam Of copper. nickel and zinc.
furthermore, II Il possible for the collector 10
secure examples OF early Georgian and 30 called
Queen Anne work In Shefheld plate, while the
rarity and hlCh money value Of sllVerware OF that
period make Ia acquisition extremely dlf1cult.
shenneld plate, historically and arisuoGlly, Is as
worthy Of place beside old chinA and old mahogany
as Is old SlverWAre.
In ia. one Thomas Bolsover Of Shefheld, Eng.
land. described In the histories as an ingenious
mechanic" accidentally fused some silver and
copper while repairing q knife. He began expert
mentlnE, seeking for . method Of plating copper
with silver for the manufacture Of small articles.
In l7c, together with Joseph Wilson, he set up a
factory for the manufacture Of buckles. snufi boxes
and knife handles.
Joseph Hancock soon got hold Of the secret, and
perfectlng Il, demonstrated that II was possible to
initiate the nnest and most richly embossed silver.
yare. Settling In Shsn1eld, be started the manu-.
fActure Of all sorts Of domestic pieces. beginning
modestly with hous power. he later added water
power for the rolling process. Other manufactur-
es followed his example. and Shsnleld plate soon
beTan 70 replace pewter on the tables Of the Eng.
Ish middle classes. Altogether We know Of tWenty-
three important manufacturer OF this ware.
The Industry nOunIhed until The middle OF the
nineteenth century, and SO few pieces OF copper
rolled plate were made after that time that they
need not concern the collector. ElectroplaunF
vas discovered or invented by q medical student
OF Rotterdam, Aear Shefisld. and the new process
vas patented on March Is. 1910. BY 1870 the new
ware was on the market everywhere, and the In.
dusirV had been revolutionlEed.
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DIVORCE ~ NEW YORK.
Alleged Defect In the statute New In Force
IN this state.

To THB EDITOR OF TIE SuN-Sir; The
case OF Ransom against Ransom, which was
reported in TEE SUN the other day. should
direct public attention 10 q serious defect In
our law. The courts OF this State. although
open 10 nOn-resldsnt plaintiffs, whether they
be individuals or corporations, In every
other kind Of case, are closed to a non
resident plaintiff 10 . divorce case, even when
the defendant 10 . resident, unless the mar
riaRe took place within this State or lI.h
parties we're residents OF the State when the
offence was committed. This 10 a reversal
Of the rule that II Ia the residence Of the de-
PENDANT which gives the court jurisdiction
Of the parties. As the law stands to-day a
wife deserted by her husband In Pennsyl-
vAnla cannot come here and get the relief
TO which she u entitled by his inhdelity, nor
can she get q decree 10 Pennsylvania which
will be valid outside hat State because she
cannot make personal service Of the summons
in that State. She 10 therefore practically
without remedy.
To correct this anomalous condition Of the
law a bill was introduced In the New York
legislature three years ago which by a sim
pie amendment Of the Code Of Civil Procedure
rave q right Of action for divorce 10 a nom
IoINQNuN plnAuNlh y tug hgtUhaehN ~
resident OF this State. The bill was passed
BY both branches Of the Legislature and went
70 Governor Higgins for. approval. The Gov
ernor's adviser, now Judge. Pound OF the
Supreme Court in the Eighth district, took
the trouble 70 ascertain the opinion OF q Jus
tice Of the Supreme Court In every district
Of the State on the merits OF the bill and
seven out OF the eight Judges consulted ad-
vised that the bill corrected q very serious
defect In the statute law OF the State. Never
theless the Governor vetoed the bill on the
ground that II was a step In the direction Of
q more liberal divorce law, and the news
papers, including The Sun, commended him
Tor his action. As a matter OF fact the bill
was not one which would have made New
York State, In the language OF Senator Grady,
"A Veritable Dakota" IL probably would
not have added thirty divorce cases a year
to the dookets OF our courts.
Il must be apparent that in the absence
Of some such remedial statute a national
desirable. ELBRIDoB l., ADAMS,
NEW YORK. March II,
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sixty and thereafter, 10 contribute two
per cent, Of their wages annually during
a period Of thirty years. Again in ao-
cordanCe with the German pattern, a
precisely equivalent contribution is i'm
posed upon the employers Of labor. SO
long as the compulsory savings OF the
Workmen and the compulsory contr. bu-
tons Of the employers do not create a
fund large enough TO furnish q pension
Of at least t72 a year, the State must
make good the deficit.
In order, however, that the old age
pension law may become operative
speedily, instead Of being applicable only
after three decades from the date OF It's
enactment shall have elapsed, there is
a clause granting pensions smaller than
t72 to all existing workmen over sixty
years old who can prove that they have
worked continuously thirty years. It is
this clause which the French Senate has
firmly refused TO approve, for the reason
that though estimates vary as to the
extent Of the pecuniary liability which
the State would thus incur, nobody
disputes that the liability would be very
great. The Senate, however, has con-
scented to pass the bill II it be amended
so as to limit the States liability TO
$40, 900, 900 annually until the compulsory
savings of workmen and compulsory
contributions Of employers shall have
amounted with interest TO a consider
able fund. The Chamber Of Deputies
has agreed TO the amendment.
The workings Of this old age pension
law will be watched with keen interest,
not only by French taxpayers, but also
on the northern side Of the Channel,
where many En~glishmen oppose the
non-contributOry plan demanded by
the Laborites and insist that the habit
Of thrift ought TO be encouraged and
enforced. II is unreasonable, they say
that industrious and economical laborers
who from their savings help TO bear the
national and local fiscal burdens should
be taxed in order to give pensions
after the age Of si%Xty-fve to members
Of the lazy, wasteful, %improvident and
dissolute class Of the British proletariat,
especially as no correspondent demand
is made by the representatives Of labor
in Germany and France.
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Lent in New York.

The seeker for observance Of the
Lenten season here will find fewer traces
Of its spirit on the surface Of society
than ever before. There seems, indeed,
but one outward and visible sign in the
doings Of the fashionable world that the
penitential period Is here. That is the
abandonment Of large entertainments,
In other particulars the curse Of social
life continues without interruption,
Even the theatre managers have ceased
TO dread Ash Wednesday az a day on
which their audiences will diminish in
numbers and continue smaller for six
weeks to come. The audiences at the
two opera houses on the first night Of
Lent showed this spring no lack Of their
usual b~rilliancy, although it was but a
few years ago that the horseshoe at the
Metropolitan always presented a some
what penitential aspect on this evening,
1t was fashionable, however, in those
days TO acknowledge the arrival Of Lent.
To the purveyors of amusements the
season may have in the chance Of a
lighter house on Good Friday some
trace of its former terrors. In view Of
their present indifference it is difficult
TO realize how only a few years ago
three Of the foremost theatres used to
be closed out Of respect for the day,
Perhaps this change comes largely
from the withdrawal Of social disap-
proval of those who make 10 observance
Of the season Of Len 1t il no longer
out Of the mode 10 ignore the fact that
the season is not one for o%stentatious
gayety. twas not so long ago that the
powerful influence of social criticism
would have threatened the parties to a
Lenten wedding. Yetthis attitude would
find scant sympathy to-day. Weddings
may be almost az festal in Lent as at
IN other time. II fashion grows more
Indifferent to the observance Of Lent
and the social season continues TO grow
shorter every year there may be still
fewer discernible traces Of its effect on
New York social life.
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The American WOrkingman Is a Man,

hN NhlN VI eAh"h - " "eha
All laboring men, that lie all unionized
laboring men, are dishonest and devoid
Of any sense Of civic duty or patriotic
feeling. They are at heart traitors TO
our established form Of government and
their aim is TO upset it.
This theory is not acceptable. In fact
we believe that it would be instantly
and Indignantly repudiated and scorned
by the rank and file Of every labor union
in the United States. We should be the
last to ascribe such sentiments to any
body Of American w%orkingmen, Of what
ever class.
Nevertheless it is perfectly true that
only such a hypothesis will fit with the
~pretensions imputed to union labor by
Messrs. ROOSEVELT and GoMPERs. The
one nullifes the Constitution and out
RACES the Supreme Court in behalf Of
organized labor, and the other demands
that Congress endow organized labor
with authority to destroy private prop
erty.
Both seem to regard the American
%workingman as a n~on-sentient, IN
reasoning and conscienoeless chattel.
We don't. We believe that he thinks
for himself. We hold that for the most
part he believes in GOD and his country;
that he fears the one and Is ready TO fight
| or die for the other.
We maintain that the American work
ingman respects the law and believes that
it's faithful enforcement is at least as
important to him as il lie to anybody else.
Perhaps he reasons that the law concerns
him and his welfare il anything a little
more than II does any other element in
the social structure.
If he does think 80 ne il dgnt.
Now then, the American workman
being neither a knave nor a fool, but
being an honest man and an American
man, and putting, as we suspect, his
country above all purely sordid and self
ish sentiments, does he, we ask, think
any more Of the President because in
his quality as President he has spurned
the law and trampled it under his heel?
Reflect. We are asking the question
Of the workingman in his quality as an
American citizen, as a self-respecting
and indispensable unit in the social whole,
as one holding as good an integral stake
in the general welfare Of the country as
any other freeman in II.
When the laws 60 by the board, who
is going to suffer? Is there any class
that will prove immune? When great
disturbances arise, what class is it that
invariably bears the brunt?
Mr.. ROOSEVELT has chosen to outrage
both the law and the courts. Does the
American workman harbor any illusions
as to what his lot will be?
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Cotton and Leather.

We are told that exports Of American
cotton goods are limited by the compare
lively high wages paid to American labor.
We assume that wages in American shoe
factories, tanneries and harness shops
bear about the same relation TO the
wages paid by foreign concerns in the
same lines that wages in American cot
ton mills bear TO wages in foreign mills.
II the argument Of sales limited by wage
rates is sound it would seem TO apply
to the leather industry as we'll as to the
cotton business.
Our leather exports, including leather
and all manufactures thereof, were val
ued at SIG, 22o, e6s in 1897 and at S42, 40, O7e
in 1907. Our cotton exports, including
all manufactures, we're SIS, SIS, 935 in 1897
and s2o, 32S,Oe2 in 1907. A difference APP
pears in these industries in the fact that
while cotton sales show wide fl~uctuation,
reaching $50, 46i 900 in 1905, the upward
movement Of leather sales shows no
break until last year, when a drop Of
100000 o appears, About three-qua-