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The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
FAVOR A BULKHEAD
Aldermanic Committee to Ask One for the Waterside
 District.
FOR SEWER EXTENSION
several Petitions for Sewers Are Also to Have Favorable Reports.

The aldermanc committee on sew, CTS and squares held public hearing on sewer petitions in the City hall last evening The committee is composed of Aldermen Marlowe, Cunningham. Nanavore, Chandler and Berman, and every member was present
 The most important petition was that for the extension of the Chestnut street sewer President Henry Blake of the park board appeared in favor of the proposed extension. This would go along the side eff Waterside park The city has been filling in along the wat ellront there for some time. but recent ly the harbor commissioner objected to this procedure, stating that the dirt filled in was being washed out into the ship channel MT Blake asked that a 1 tulkhead be built and the sewer be run to it When he had concluded, he called upon City Engineer Kelly.
 The latter had drawings of the pro posed bulkhead and sewer, and ex- plained them to the committee. He said that the bulkhead would cost in the neighborhood of Sl6.0oo and that if the plans for Waterside park that the park commission had in mind were ey- ecuted, the bulkhead would have to he built sooner or later.
 ] In executive session the committed i decided to recommend the plan advan ced by MT. Blake. and also recommend to the board of aldermen tho request l for enough money to build the proposed | bulkhead.
 Four other petitions were acted on i To but one of these was there any op. | position. Several gentlemen opposed ! the petition for sewer on Nortl | Front street. In executive session tn, committee decided against the petition. CT. but recommended that sewer b, 1 laid in Lewis street, which will mee all the requirements of the North Fron
 street sewer petltioned for.
 The petitions for sewers in Maii street. Fair Haven. Gilbert avenue. be l tween Greenwood and orchard streets l Chestnut street and Lewis streets wer,
 all acted on favorably and will be rec commended to the Board of Aldermen.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
M. O'BRlEN PUSHES BILL
With President of W. (. T. T. Appears
 Before Judiciary Committee.

Washington, Feb. IA number of p4rsons. among them Mrs Lillian NJ. N stevens. president of the National W. c. T. L.. and president of the Maine W. C. T r. of Portland. and Matthew O'Brien. representing the na- tional prohibition party, appeared he fore the house judiciary committee to- day and spoke for the Littlefeld bill to limit the effect of the regulation of commerce. batween the several states and territories in cases in which l- olIors are shipped from non prohibit lion state to a prohibition state. Mrs. stevens said that the fictitious express companies were organized and opera ed in Maine for the purpose of evadin5 inc liouor law. she declared that she believed the Iittlefeld bill would pre- vent that sort of practice
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
New Haven Road Figures for January Display a Drop of from $6OO,OO0 to
 $70O,O0O.
BUSINESS REVIVAL SOON
Railroad Circles Declare There Are Decided Signs of Better Times, Especially in Textile
 Industry.

A falling off of between s600,0o0 and S70O,000, it is understood, will be shown by the gross earnings of the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad company for the month of January. The decrease in the gross earnings thus evidenced has resulted almost entirely from the diminution of the freieht traf- flc during the month while the passen- ger service and the trolley lines show relatively small decreases.
 To offset this large gross earnings falling off there are several items Op- erating expenses have been in a meas ure reduced, train service has cost less and these items are figured to make difference of not less than S200000 for the month. Fixed charges however, have not followed the downward trend of operating expenses but on the con- trary show a considerable increase. Tn addition to these items the $25,000,Q00 of six per cent. convertible debentures of the sS90oO000 soon tofbe issued call for ei HAUL tlldi St VI d iiliiliOll duu t Hdl per year and of this January's share is sl25,000 This would leave decrease of about s4oO,Ooo to s5oO,ooO in the net earnings for the month just passed.
 Credits to the company may reduce this loss somewhat especially as there is possible large saving in demurrage particularly if the fifty cents a day de- murrase charge is abolished or modi- fled There are also other possible savings or gains notably returns from the Central New England system whose earnings have hitherto gone in- to the repairs of thu Poughkeepsie bridge which is not entirely repaired.
 In railroad circles here 1t is stated there are decided signs of a revival in business, particularly in the textile in dustries in which apparently consum- CTS have exhausted their stock and are beginning to send in new orders. The worst depression is in the metallic in dustries, notably, in the Naugatuck valley where however in early revival fig also looked for on account of the consumption of stock
 As has been. forecast the important divisional changes will be attended with a considerable number of official | changes with some decrease in operat- ing expense The main object of it. however, is to focus responsibility upon heads of the new and larger divisions, doing away with past complaints that 1 appeals were not promptly attended to. and resulting in greater efficiency of i operating
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
CLOTHING STORE GUTTED
Midnight Fire Burns Out George
 Weissman's Place.

Fire at midnight last night badly burned out the clothing store of George Weissman at 913-9l7 Grand avenue. An alarm was sent in from box 432. on Grand avenue, near Jef- ferson street, and the fremen had a fight lasting nearly two hours before they We're able to leave the seene.s The store occupies a one-story building. The fire started in the rear of the store and before it was extinguished had nearly gutted the structure. There was large stock of clothing in the store at the time of the fire, and this was ruined. The loss could not be estimated last night very exactly. but will probably be around $1,O00 or $1,- soc
 The cause of the fire could not he learned last night. but it is understood an investigation is under way.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
Assistant Postmaster General Will Retire and at Once Assume Active Man
 agement.
TRAINED LEADER IN WORK
Secretary Has Been Under Severe Strain Handling Details of Boom and Work of the De-
 partment.

Washington. Feb. Announcement was made to-day of the approaching retirement from the postal service of Frank H. Hitchcock, first assistant postmaster general. Mir. Hitchcock will assume active management of the campaign of Secretary Taft for the re- publican nomination for the presidency. The exact date of the retirement has not been determined definitely, but 1t probably win be about February 15.
 MT Hitchcock will be succeeded as first assistant postmaster general by Dr. Charles F. Granfield who for lit- tie more than two years has been chief of the bureau oyer which Mir Hitch cock presides. pr Granheld has been actively identified with the postal ser vice for about twenty years and Is widely known and. highly esteemed personally and officially. Several weeks ago MT, Hitchcock was requested by Secretary Taft to undertake the man. agement of his campaign The secre- tary desired to enlist his services not only because he is widely known throughout the country and has had experience of a valuable kind in cam paign work. but because he felt the ne- cessity of having a man in charge of the infinite variety of details of the campaign to whom he could refer ques- tions that were arising constantly and Co which he was unable to devote the time they seemed to demand It is no secret that to dispose of the great amount of work incldent to the direc- ton of his department Secretary Taft has bahn obliged for several weeks practically to secluie himself from vis- itors . part of the time The work has been exceedingly trying, for he Is under a severe mental and physical strain for from sixteen to twenty hours every day.
 When Secretary Taft made the of fer of the management of his cam pagn 10 Mir Hitchcock, he desired him to undertake tho works immediately. That, in the opinion of Mir Hitchcock, would have necessitated his retirement at once from the office of first assis- tant postmaster general. because he cound not with propriety conduct po- litical campaign from the post office department, so he told Secretary Taft that he could not assume the duties of campaign manager on the spur of the moment He asked time to consid- CT the subject and to confer with friends To thls the secretary entered no objection, but expressed desire that decision be reached as soon as practicable
 It is expected that Mir Hitchcock will devote his attention 10 the cam paign of Secretary Taft in all parts of the country except probably Ohio which ia being looked after by Arthur L Vorys,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
NEW CURRENCY BILL John Sharp Williams Introduces Democratic Measure in
 the House. APPEALS RESERVE LAWS Acceptance of Provisions Entities Non National Banks to its
 Benefits.

Washington, Feb 7.--what will he known as The Minority currency bilr' was introduced to-day by Representa- tive John Sharp Williams of Missis- sippi, the democratic leader of the house, who drew the measure during a conference of democrats behind closed doors to-day.
 Among the provisions of the bill arc the following
 It repeals All laws permit ng national banks to keep tffee -ifths of their re serves in national banks of reserve cit les and similar laws permitting such deposit of one-half of the reserve amounts
 Ii provides that not less than one half of the reserves now required to he kept in lawful money in central TO- serve cities shall hereafter he held in gold or gold certificates,
 It does away with the payment of national bank examiners by the fet system. and substitutes salaries not less than sS,o0o nor in excess of B, 5,OOO yearly, with actual expenses.
 Ii provides that the total liabilities of any national bank inclusive of the liabilities of it's members, shall not ex- ceed one-tenth of tho banks paid-in and unimpaired capital stock and one tenth of it's unimpaired surplus funds
 lao l.gl ties exceed thirty per cent of the capi- tai stock
 But the discount of hills of ex- change drawn in good faith against actually existing values, and the dis. count of commercial o- business pap. CTS actually owned hy the person ne. eotiating it, shall not be considered as liabilities" Violation of this section k made a misdemeanor punishable bA fine or Imprisonment,
 No national bank shall loan in tht aggregate moro than seven times thu amount of its paid-up capital plus its ruimpaired surplus. Violation IS pun ishable as provided in the section pre- cedng.
 
 Any national bank may keep so pe' cent of it's reserve in United Statel bonds, or in the bonds of states, or il the bonds of certain municipalities but not more than one-fourth of thu total reserve may be kept in state o' municipal bonds and the bonds shal he acceptable only of such municipal ities as have maintained their hond at or above par for six years preced ing. and have been in corporate exist ence ten years and have never de faulted in their funded debt, ana whose net indebtedness does not ex ceed IS per cent of their taxable prop erty. The acceptability of such bond as reserve security shall he passed ol hy the attorney-general of the stat
 (Continued on Second Page.)
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
FAVOR SUPERVISION
George w. Perkins Declares Corporations Desire Ma
 tional Regulation.
OPPOSES STATE ACTION
Member of I. r. Morgan's Firm Tells Columbia Students Competition
 is Out of Date.

New York. Feb That managers of the giant corporations would vel come supervision by the federal gov lernment was the opinion expressed to- day by George W Perkins, of the firm Aos ] P F@crpont Morgan (, Co. in an address before the students at Colum- bia university. MT Perkins defended the big corporation as natural out growth of business conditions, and de- clared that it has accomplished great good and is capable, in it's further de- velopment. of accomplishing much more There is scarcely a corpora ton manager of to-day" said he. who is alive to his responsibilities, to the future growth of the country and to the enormous opportunities before us for foreign trade. who would not wei come supervision could he but feel that it would come from the national government acting through an intelli- gent officer. But to be faced with the requirement to report to and be super vised and regulated by forty or fifty governments, with varying ideas and laws, of coerse suggests difficulties that are almost insurmountablc. Ma tional supervision, under law regIir- ing that those who supervise should be practical men thoroughly versed in their calling, would solve most of our difficulties and be of the greatest pos sible benefit and protection to one and all.
 The next period in corporation de- velopment should he constructive one-constructive as to the relations of the corporation to its labor and to the puhlicA-and this can he hest ac- complished by the method of cooper ation and supervision.
 'it is almost heresv to say that com petition is not longer the life of trade yet this has come to he the fact as applied to the old unreasoning and unreasonable competition because of the condition of our day The spirit of co-operation is upon us It must of necessity be the next great form of business development and progress.
 From every point of view the CO., operation principle is to he preferred. It is more humane. more uplifting and. with proper supervision. must provide a more orderly conduct of business | freer from failure and abuse. gtlaran- teeing better wages and more steady emp ployment to labor, with more ia vorable average price to the consumer --one on which he can depend in cal- culating his living expenses or making | his business plans
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Republican Joint Caucus Harmonious
 -Comccticut Not Net in.

Washington. Feb 7.-The joint eau GUS of republican senators and mem bers held in the chamber of the house of representatives tonight harmoni- ously elected the members of the party congressional campaign committee Representative James S. Sherman, of New York, presided Several states, Connecticut among them, failed to submit the names of their representa- lives on the committee, and a resolu- 'ion was adopted empowering the com mittee to choose such representatives in the event that no choice is made hv the state delegations by February 10
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
JAP STUDENT TO MARRY
Yale Post Graduate Licensed in New
 York.
Special to Journal-Couri

New York Feb, IA marriage li- cense was taken out in this city to- day by Kannosuke Kawaneka, a Jap anese, who is a graduate student at Yale university, to marry Yudi Kwan mia young Japanese girl, who came to this city to marry Kawanaka from Japan by way of California. Kawana ka went to Yale last fall to study for high degree in the graduate school. He has already taken the degrees of B A from a Japanese university. B. D. from Pacific theological seminary. and M, A. from Columbia university. where he took his degree last spring. He halls from Toba. Japan. and while mat Yale he resided at 697 East Di- vinity hall.
 The license was issued
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
Banker Declares Insinuations New York Sensationals" and Will Return in
 Ten Days.
IS UNDER ASSUMED NAME
Readily Admits His Identity and Smiles at Reports Concerning Him--Optimistic Over
 the Future.

Queenstown, Feb. IA correspondent
 of The Associated Press tonight
 boarded the Cunard line steamer Cam pania and found Charles W Morse of New York, in the smoking room enjoy
 ing a game of cards.
 Without moments hesitation MT.
 Morse granted an interview to the cor respondent
 He was shown extracts from London
 newspapers referring to him as having fled from his creditors, etc. MT. Morse said there was absolutely nothing in these reports, saying they were New i York sensationals. He added that he |. hadlsent cable despatches to New York 1ccncerning his position and that he would rectify matters when he return Jed there, He was travelling partly on business and partly for pleasure for a 3week or ten days,
 \ Asked where he purposed going after she landed al Liverpool. MT. Morse .courteously begged to be excused from
 replying.
 ~ You can say with certainty he
 said that my stay will not exceed 3lten days on this side, and that then twill return to New York
 Mir Morse proceeded from Queens 4 town to Liverpool on board the Cam. lpania. He is travelling, under an as lsumed name, probably c. M. Moore Mir. Morse made no secret of his iden' tity and smiled when he was informed
 pf the reports concerning him that hat Preached the English newspapers. MT ,Morse talked in similar vein to othe' N Newspaper correspondents who boarde,
 Ahe Campania here.
 He seemed to regard the period o Jhiquidation in the United states as th' Elalftermath sof the recent panic On hi' ,keturn to the United states he said h. Evould endeavor to reconstruct his in slEerests and hoped they would worl ,e' moothly and give satisfaction. tA At the conclusion of the interview sHdr Morse again -resolutely declined t tIFivulge what his movements in Europc IIIvould be but 1t is believed he will gC MO Paris.
 H New York, Feb 7.-Secretary of thu iN'reasury Cortelyou arrived here to- Jlisht and, 1t is understood that before His return to Washington tomorrow Might he will confer with United Stste' iIbistrict Attorney Stimson over certain Financial matters which that official ha
 Had occasion to bring to the attention Ilf the federal grand jury.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
DEMURRAGE REDUCTION
Railway Association Submits Proposal
 for Twenty -fiyc-Ccnt Rate.

Chicago, Feb 1-The American Rail- way association today decided to sub init to the various roads of the country a proposal to reduce the per diem charge on freight ears from 30 to % cents. A letter vote will he taken on tthe proposal which is designed to les sen the heavy expense which the roads say they are now ipcurring because of the large surplus of side-trlcked cars are S50,000 idle cars at present The balloting upon the plan will close on February 25 If majority vote is re- ceived in favor of it tho lower charges will become effective March i.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
RAN AWAY WITH $50
John F. PetrcIlo Charges s30 for
 Changing a Big Bill.

Thinking that in a time of the pres etn financial stringeney, any way to make money would he acceptable Do- nato Petrelo of 63S Oak street took a $50 bill from Jacob Schwartz of S6 Oak street as tn, latter was leaning over the bar in Perello's brothers saloon at Oak anl Broad streets Petreuo who was playing pool at the time of- fered to change the bill, and handed Schwartz two tens and skipped off. Schwartz had been sent to the saloon by Rudolph Fmedler who wished to pay a bill and who wanted some small change.
 Petrello gave himself away by ask ing in another store if the $50 bill was good. He was captured by Detectives Dennehy and Dorman.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
SCHOOLS BENEFIT BY WILL.

Pittsfeld, Mass Feb By the will ofMiss Alice Byington of Stock bridge which was filed for probate here to-day. the Hampton Institute of Hampton. Va, is given S160.00O and the Norma and Agricultural school ot the same place will receive S50.000 The Normal and Industrial Institute of Tuskegee Ala. is given $50.0o0 and the Mt Hermon school for boys at East Northfield. Mass, $25,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
)CKWELL UNDER KNIFE
stoI Legislator Rallies Well After
 Serious Operation.

lristcl. Feb. Albert F Rockwell, 'sident of the New Departure Manu- turing company, and representative
 Ihe last state legislature, underwent hrious operation at his home this af- boon for laparotomy. The operation
 ] performed by Dr. E. J. Mcknight, Hartford. assisted by two other phy- .ans from that city MT Rockwell
 ! on the operating table for two Frs He rallied wal' from the shock, ii pr Knight. afterwards, and will llver. The operation was succ essful
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
MANY UNION MEN IDLE
Official Statement shows 3t Per Cent
 Out of Work in New York City.

Albany, N. Y, Feb. in it's quar- terly bulletin made public tonight, the state department of labor reports that there was higher percentage of idle ness among organized labor in New York state at the end of September last than has been shown In any other year since 1900, it heinz l0.7 as against 5.1 in 19o6 and 49 in 1905. The number of unemployed union men in the state at that time was i3.25s.
 The situation in New York city is brought up 10 January in the bulle- tin, covering the period during the dis turhed financial conditions showing that 3i.2 per cent. of union men were out of work
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
PENNYPACkER lNV0L WE'D
Governor Declared an Author of
 "Nhitcwas.l" Letter in Graft Case.

Harrisburg, Pa, Fob I-The trial of Contractor Sanderson and three former state officers charged with conspiracy in furnishing the new capitol took a sensational turn to-day when Stanford R. Lewis, assistant to Architect Huston declared with dramatic earnestness that Illusions letter to ex-attorney Carson explaining his part in the con tracts. was prepared at the suggestion of ex-Gov. Pennypacker, ex-auditor general Snyder. one of the defendants. and NIT Carson and that il was "mis- leading and intended to be white wash.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
ILAGMAN FATALLY HURT
Frank W. Day Struck at Plainfield
 N While Warning Team.

Plainville. Feb. Frank W Day ssgman at the East Main street cross Ag of the Highland division of the lew York, New Haven and Hartford kilroad while preventing a team from Ewing over the crossing in the face f an approaching train, was him Elf struck by an engine coming from Ihe opposite direction, and probably Ittally injured The whole of the
 Siek of his head was badly fractured. For over thirty years. and until his
 Htirement two years ago, MT. Day
 tsas a train baggage. master on the Highland division He was about six
 s-eight years old and married.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
DIES ON TRAIN
prge Wilson. With New Haven Rel Hives, Stricken After Leaving Here.

iouth Norwalk. Feb. 7.-George Will D, of New York, 2 years old. died an express train, en route from New lven to New York, shortly before .ching here, this afternoon. He was
 a weakened state, it was said. when,
 rompany with Mr and Mrs. Buck Imam. of New Haven. his sister and
 sther-in-law, he boarded tho train at Itt city. Mir and Mrs. Buckingham
 re taking him to his home. The body
 E left at a local undertakers to be hpared for burial, and will he sent ltNew York tomorrow.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
5OVEMENT TO MOVE THAW
lfelyn and Counsel Will Inspect More
 \ Congenial Asylum.

tFishkill Landing, N. T., Feb. T.
 tith the purpose of seeking an asy-
 I'm more congenial 10 Harry Thaw Han Matteawan state hospital. where \ is now under observation. Mrs. Eve |'1 Nesbit Thaw and Daniel O'Reilly. ie of Thaw's counsel will inspect the !fsane asylum in Poughkeepsie next Ibnday. Mrs. Thaw and lawyer O. llilly visited Thaw to-day when the lhtemplated visit to Poughkeepsie was Iecussed. Josiah Thaw was also a N Ter on his brother
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
DALEY DEFEATS CLINE

st louis Mo. Feb 7-pailey Of Chicago tonight repeated his success of last night by defeating Champion Harry P Cline in the second block of the contest for the three cushion bill Hard championship by score of 50 to 42
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
Nj. T. LOSES TO PRINCETON.

New York. Feh. The hockey team nj thn Massachusetts Institute ef Technology on its first appearance In this city o-night was defeated by the Princeton team by a score of 2 to 1.