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The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
MAGEE CASE is up
Moulders' National officer
Before the Supreme
Court.
INTIMIDATION is CHARGED
Arrest and Conviction the Result OF
Strike at McLagon's
Foundry.

one of the cases which will come
up at the session Of the supreme court
to-day in Bridgeport is that of Frank
Magee. the national organizer of the
Moulders' union, who was arrested
here as the result OF the strike at the
McLagon foundry last September.
David E. Fitzgerald will go to Bridge
port TO argue the case for Magee to-
day, and arguing for the state will he
Attorneys Robert j, Woodruff, of the
common pleas court, and Jacob p.
Goodhart.
The charge against Magee is intim-
idation and he was convicted on three
counts in the common pleas court,
where the case went after 1t left the
city court. In the city court the Me-
Lagon company engaged Mr.. Good
hart to assist in the prosecution.
The trouble started over an effort
on the part Of the employees at the
McLagon foundry to secure regular
hours. The moulders claimed that
they had to work sometimes at late
as o'clock at night, when something
was left unfinished, and that for this
extra work they received no extra
pay. The kick. however, was not over
the pay principally, but the men OBJ
jected to the late work. They also
claimed that often at noon they had
no time off that was absolutely need
ed, but had to he back in their posi-
tons before | o'clock. Therefore they
struck. and Magce came here from
Worcester TO assist in settling the diff
fieulty.
The McLagon company. of which
ex-Mayor i. B. Farnsworth is presi-
dent, tried to hire non-union men, and
as these approached the foundry to
get positions It was claimed at the
time of the trial that Magee and other
union men threatened them II they
should work in the strikers places
Mr.. Farnsworth sent for the police
and Magee was arrested.
Upon his conviction in the common
pleas court of three counts of lntimi-
dalton Magee was sentenced to veal
in Jail Attorney Fitzgerald immedi-
ately appealed the case to the su.
preme court, whore II comes up to.
day. Magee is out on $4,000 bonds.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
CHARGES TOO HIGH
Contest Over Paying Rev. Mr..
Simonsen's Fee of
$1,000.
OTHER BIG EXPENSE ITEMS
Selling of $4,000 Piece of Property
Came High. Thinks Heirs
Attorney

A lively contest Is looked for in the
probate court on April q, when the
hearing on the account in the estate
of the late Angcline n Sawyer Is held
Mrs. Sawyer was the mother-in- law
of S. II, Simonsen, pastor of ono of
the local Christian Science churches,
and his wife Is named as eXecutrix
The contest comes through the amount
charged In the account for the SER
Vices and expenses of Mr. Simonsen in
selling a piece of property belonging
TO the estate and located in Chicago
The property brought $4,000 aud tho
remainder OF the estate, which CON
sists of mortgages, brings the total
value up to $S,064,72 In the account
rendered there is an item of S1,200
for the services Of Mr.. Simonsen alone.
I'm addition to this, there appears
S4SISO for counsel fees and court
fees tho latter not including court
fees in this city at all, II is stated
Hotel and railway expenses call for
$2414S, Attorney Arvine's fees arc set
at 500, and the fees of Mrs. Simonsen
as eXecutriX are 5000 more The re-
mainder Of tho expenses make 4 total
which subtracted from the total of
the estate leaves only S5,0tS,76 to he
distributed
E&-Congressman James p. Pigott IL
guardian ad Item for several heirs,
who are minors living In Green Bay.
Michigan Tie viii contest the allow
ing of the account on the ground that
the charges are utterly excessive for
the work involved and the size of the
estate at stake.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
FINDS BODY IN l1ARB0R
Probably That of Dennis Ryan,
Drowned November 81.

While coming up the harbor yester-
Jay afternoon, Captain John Redhead
vi the tug John p. Henderson noticed a
body floating off Canal dock He steer
Ed towards 1t and took out of the wa
or badly decomposcd body Of man.
was brought into Canal dock and
ledcal Examiner Bartlett called. The
3ody was nearly beyond recognition
md was not identified last night. DR..
bartlett ordered 1t taken to Dunns un-
1ertaking rooms in Grand avenue He
- lated that the body had obviously
&een in the water several months.
q The suggestion was made last night
HAT the body quite likely was that of
= ennis Ryan, who was drowned in that
clnity on November a. Ryan went
= It early that morning TO spear cells
Id never came home. A hat was pick
up by other fishermen bearing his
itials, lie lived at 7S Putnam street.
the body had never been recovered
d he was drowned in that vicinity II
y ems quite probable that this is his.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
WILL NOT GO BACK
Decisive Action Taken by the
Local Cigarmakers Yes
terday.
REPLY TO manufacturers
Organizer French VIII Return To-day
and Employers VIII Ask Him
to Fiji Shops.

AT largely attended meeting of the
cigarmakers yesterday afternoon 1t
was voted with only a few dissenters
not to return to the local shops under
the conditions offered by the manufac-
turcrs and as result of the vote the
manufacturers to-day will ask G. u.
French, the national organizer of the
cigarmakers' International union to
bring union men here to fiji the places
of those who are out
In accordance with the agreement
signed by the manufacturers at the re-
quest Of Mr.. French, a formal COM
munication was sent by the Employers
association TO the men telling them
that on Monday, the shops which had
been locked against the men would he
opened. The employees responded that
as no conditions we're mentioned they
presumed that those under which they
went out would prevail. Such being the
case they declined TO return. This COM
municatlon was received by the manu-
facturers yesterday In the afternoon
the members of the union took final
action In regard to going back.
Mr.. French has been In New York
for the past three days but will return
TO New Haven to-day and one of the
manufacturers stated last night that he
had promised should the local men re-
fuse to go back to fl the shops with
union men from other parts of the east.
In the vicinity Of New York city there
are many unemployed union cigarmak.
ers and now that the shops have been
declared open here by the national or
ganlzcr the men can come and work
without violating the union rules.
Meanwhile the local union has been
promised tho support of tho other CON
necticut unions when the vote Is finally
put to the referendum Money also has
been offered and this win be paid out
In benefits. 1t is claimed that over ST.,
GOO has been received from the Con
nccticut unions alone, Among the first
| TO extend aid was the local brewers.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
TRAINS NARROW ESCAPE
Express Locomotive Going Fun Speed
Jumps Rails on Vinduct.

Bridgeport, April 13.-As the ex-
press train eastbound on the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road, due In this city at 5:15 y. M, to-
day. was coming into the city at full
speed the locomotive jumped the rails
soon after the train had passed upon
the elevated yiaduct. The tender and
the ears remained on the track, and
for moro than a quarter of mile the
momentum Of the heavy train pushed
the locomotive along the ties, the
speed gradually slackenlng to stand
still without the slightest damage to
any part or any person. a wreaklng
crow lifted the locomotive back upon
the rails and the train proceeded af-
ter two hour delay as II nothing had
happened. Even a slight obstruction
would have tipped the engine off the
high viaduct and dragged at least part
Of the train TO destruction.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
NJ. SONNENBERG
DIES SUDDENLY
Life of New Haven Manufact-
urer Ends While He Was
Seeking Health in At
lantic City.
TYPHOID FEVER THE CAUSE
Had Been III at Famous Scacoast Re-
sort Less Than n Wcck-IIis Con-
Bcctlon With Many Local
Institutions.

Michael Sonnenborg, one OF the most
prominent business men in New Haven
died yesterday afternoon in Atlantic
city of typhoid fever after an illness
of less than a weeks duration. Mr..
Sonnenberg was O. years old and for
years had been In the piano business in
Chapel street For the past month
Mr.. Sonnenberg had not been in the
best Of health and on the advice of his
physician he dropped all his business
interests and went to Atlantic city TO
recuperate. This was about ton days
ago. A week ago to-day he was taxi
Ell down with typhoid fever and he
soon became unconscious, 40 fast did
the fever develop. His physicians at
the shore resort hoped for his ultimate
recovery but he died suddenly yestcr-
day without regaining consciousness.
Mrs, Sonnenherg was with him at the
time of his death, Tho body will he
brought to New Haven tonight and
the funeral services will be held to-
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock AT Tenn
pie Mishkan Israel DIR. David Levy
will otllclate and interment will be In
the Westville cemetery.
Aside from his widow, son Louis
NJ. Sonnenberg, a lawyer in New York
city, two daughters, Mrs. Justine
Rothsehild Of Toledo Ohio, and Mrs
Hettye Studin of New York, and sis
ter, Fannie A, Met2ger the widow Of
Louis Metzger of % Grove street sur
vlve him.
NJ, Sonncnberg was born in Nom
menheim, Germany on May |, lSiO
He spent the early years Of his life in
this old German city and received a
common school education. When he
was II years old he came to this coun-
try, settling first IN Wisconsin In the
carly sixties he came to New Haven
and in 1866 with Bernard Schoningor
(COntinllcd on Third Page
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
Not Even a Minority Report to
be Allowed at New York
Democratic Con-
vention.
MURPHY IN FULL CONTROL
Surprise Sprung on Tammany by Nc
Carren--Sccurcs Writ Compel
ling Recognition of His
Delegates.

New York, April 13-The democratic
state convention which will open at
carnegie hall at noon tomorrow, prom
ises TO be as interesting in its delibera-
tions as in its conclusions. A two days
session Is planned and unless all signs
fail, the time allotted will be fully re-
qulred for the business in hand
First and foremost there will be a
determined fight in the interests Of the
candidacy of William j. Bryan. The
Bryan men will PROBABLY lose and an
uninstructed delegation will probably
be sent to the national convention at
Denver.
The defeat of the Bryan men who
will be in the minority, Is quite likely
to be accomplished in the committee on
resolutions. The committee controlled
by Tammany Leader Charles r. Muir
ply and Chairman W. ]. Conners, is
expected to squelch anything proposed
in the way of a minority report. The
report Of the majority will probably
criticise the republican administration
and invite democratic victory in Mo-
vemher but will avoid a mention of
presidential candidates and resolve
that an uninstructed delegation be
sent to the national convention. Any
subsequent attempt to get the name of
Mr.. Bryan before the convention will
be downed.
Anticipating to-morrow's action
Augustus Thomas the president, AMI
others of the Bryan Democratic Pro-
gressive league tonight issued a state
ment demanding the endorsement of
MIR, Bryan. Mr.. Thomas mas obtained
the proxy of an upstate delegate and
will make fight on the floor of the
convention to have the league state
ment adopted as resolutions.
The Tammany organization was taxi
en- by surprise late to-day when Sena-
tor McCarren secured supreme court
writ. compelling the placing upon tho
temporary roll call the McCarren dele
gates from Brooklyn. II was too late
for a counter court action to-day and
when the state committee met this
evening the court order was obeyed
The end Of this fight, however, is not
VT Ht anu NNhfdiltu uflfSdltS iIulll
Brooklyn have already served notice
jthat they viii make an effort to have
\the court order vacated. A smart fight
IN the committee on credentials Is in
, eSritable not only in the case of Sena-
tor McCarrens delegation but as we'll
; in llhe contested delegations Of Patrick
McCSlbe from Albany county and John
~ Carlisle from jefferson county.
All Nthree leaders have engaged in
many'r campaigns and they made 1t
know,n clearly tonight that any at
temptlf to unseat their delegations will
be stQoutly contested
Tn, fere was a meeting of the Bryan
leag ue tonight at which it was decided
to strongly support President Thomas,
CHI sairman Conners will call the convcn-
III on to order and Temporary Chairman
X thomas Carmody, who will probably
Il preside throughout, will make the prln-
d8ipal set speech to tho gathering
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
10000 MINERS GO BACK
VIII Resume Work on Thursday, SAYS
Union President.

Wheeling, W. Va, April Ia All
contracts between the United Mine
Workers ana operators with the possi-
bic exception of Illinois will be signed
by the first Of May said President
Lewis, Of the Miners union, who was
in tho city today Matters will have
progressed to such an extent said Mr.,
Lewis, "by Thursday of this week that
10000 miners in Ohio, Indiana and
Pennsylvania viii return to work
pending district settlements later"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
WANTED FOR S3.4O0 THEFT
Portland Young Man Sought by San
Francisco Police.

Portland April 13. p. stancline.
whose home is in Portland, and who
Is said to be wanted by the police at
san Francisco, on charges alleging as
sault on Mrs. l.. A. Palmer proprie-
tor Of hotel in that city, and also
with taking $1,000 and $500 worth of
iewelry, left his place, last night,
starting It is believed for New York.
He had been paying short visit to
his parents. Stancliffe, who is alleged
to have used tho name J, b. Stanley at
times, is about "a years old. and was
at one time a trolley conductor in Mid
dletown.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
no INVESTIGATE NEW YORK.

ALBANY Y, y AorTI T3.--GoVernOt
Hughes aisned the bill to-day Of Sen.
ator Page providing for an investi-
CATION into the government OF
Of New York city, Tho law authorizes
the governor to appoint within thirty
days a commission Of fifteen persons
TO inquire into the city government hi
New York, suggest legislation, aud III
It's discretion draft a new charter ana
administrative code for the city,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14

Berlin, April l3,-The historic garri-
son church in the Noue Friedrich
strasse, dating from 1903, was com
plotoly burned out tonight with nu-
merous ancient reglmental shet-torn
flags carried In various wars which dec
GRATED the ceutra aisle Of the church,
only one OF these flags were saved.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
FOUND DEAD IN BED
allace Street Baker Passes Away
Suddenly.

Charles Brunhofer, a baker resid-
at 2T2 Wallace street, was found
d in his bed about o'clock yos-
lay afternoon lie had apparently
m killed by an attack Of apoplexy,
man had attended . meeting Of
Bakers union the evening before
was last seen at 1880 that night.
lical Examiner Bartlett was called
held that death was probably due
apopleNy The deceased had no
tives in this city so far as is
wn, llo was about fifty years Of
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
-IEE SYSTEM ron pANIrLsoN.

'aniolson, April 13. AT the annual
ough meeting here to-day william
Marland was elected warden and
rye NJ Pilling chier Of police. An
.opriation of $lI5O0 was made for
Installing Of q fire alarm service
"a new fire station Tho warden
illrgesses were instructed to as-
in the selling price OF the local
~ works as the town is deslrous
hing the plant.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
MAD DOG STIRS TOWN
Many Norcstyille Animals Ordered
Killed and All Others M,,tzJcd.

Forestville, April 3,-Commissloner
on Domestic Animals Heman O. Aver
III Of Washington has ordered the So
leetlnen to kill all the dogs that were
bitten during a rampage by a mad dog,
beonging to W. e, Martin Of New
Britain here last week Fifteen were
bitten, Of which some have already
been killed All other dogs in the town
are ordered muzzled.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
HARTFORD FIRE LOSSES
Chelsea Disaster WI Amount TO An.
proximatcly Sj.GO0.OOO.

Hartford, April ia The losses Of the
Hartford fire insurance companies by
the Chelsea fire as estimated by the
Hartford Times will amount to approx
imately $1,000, 100 Advices have boon
received here from the agents of the
local companies in Boston and Chelsea
and further information Is expected
rho ostmnlnd lnases are.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
Only Members of His Family Attend
cd-Intcrmcnt I'm Long Island.
ISncclnI 10 the LOmrnRl-l 'nuricrl

Milford April 13,--'rhe funeral Of
Prof Charles A. l.. Totten was held
following the wish of Prof Totten, It
was private, only the members of his
family attending. The services were
conducted by Rev. Elliot Boone, pas
tor of ST. Peters church
Tomorrow morning the body will
be taken to Fresh Pond for cremation
and the interment will be in Hemp
stead i. I.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14

ranging from fourteen to eighteen,
hoaoo,,oa i, .ho,r olaost c,othas With
sieeN0s roiieu w anu "i i.peu " '"o
teeth with hoes, shoyek, rakes, and,
above all, the I'M le Clean
Sweep" button, saX Nth bright
and carly ycsterdF Ao give
Demon Dirt sucY AS he
had never bofox &av
Haven. The sd G
Cleanliness n&
upon the en
illness abolY
their own{ 81
homes. II
game andt
The "enginS
which wearsN
significant
Ward commt
a scarlet rlblJ
pointed out theN ex&
holds Of Demon[
tack began In offA
The work of tho
rection OF the ASH II
ties was on with d
day long at the city\ &
lines of wagons ana g
loads of refuse froniy
Many of the boys whot IS
ceed In getting team S
barrels full of refuse II
Chairman Scranton ofN
sanitary committee said a
that there were at least 1E
work carting away refusV
dumps yesterday He said h% t3sstf
ceived as many as twenty-five
ries from persons wanting tots
carts to carry away their rubbish uuult61
could not succeed In getting thai.
To-day 1t Is expected that there will
be even more boys at work. The red
buttons will be in evidence every
where II the weather is good. OF
them over 5000 have been distributed.
The order had to be nearly doubled
to meet the demand. No more are
now available At Mr.. Scranton's Of
flee Yesterday there was an almost
| continual line Of boys asking for these
buttons until they we're finally all
gone Many of these boys were ques-
toned by Mr.. Scranton and he said
| that inya riably they displaved q real
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
Continued on Third Page.)
WEATHER RECORD.

Washington, April l3.--Forecast for
Tuesday and Wednesday,
For Eastern New York: Fair Tues
day, showers at night or Wednesday,;
warmer Wednesday, fresh northeast
winds
For New England Fair Tuesday:
Wednesday partly cloudy, fresh north
to northeast winds.
Observations at United states wealth.
er bureau stations taken at s y. m. yes-
terday, seventy-flfth meridian time.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14

y |

WWEF3 SWTTtTrH DH7ll.
Hurt her pony feelings,
SWorc II wasn't right.
Pony without name, she thou9ht
Surely was a sight
Big fat Aunt Clarindy
EIitched her up one day,
Started up the avenue
Social calls to pay
Mugsy kicked the dashboard,
Hear Clarindy wall
Cops picked up the pieces
I'ony cart for sale.
Moral: Don't keep anything dan
cerous--lot a want ad in the Journal
Courier sell it
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
NEWS SUMMARY.
GENERAL.

GENERAL.
Bryan Down With Thud ,........
Roosevelt Vetoes Franchises. ........
Anglo American Treaties ,.,.......
National Democrats Honor Jefferson
New Currency Bill..,.............
Financial News and Quotations. IL
CtTN.
NJ, Sonnenherg Dead d....,...........
Boys Attack Refuse spots.
Special Exam. for Italians, ,..,.,,,.
Cirgarmakers Stand Firm, ,,........
Fight for Christian Science Fees.
Secret Society Rooms to BE Opcn...
Man Found Dead In ilarbor
sPORTs--Pnsc u.
More Players Show Up.
Last Act Of state Bowling League.
Three Auxiliary Bcnnlng Finishes,
Major Leagues Start To-day
American Chess Experts Win.
Juvenile Track Meet a Success.
Pumpkins Win Championship.
No Decisions In Danbury.
Cue Experts Divide Honors.
Dole shows In Well in Finals
EVENTS TO-DiY-Page 3.
Polls Romany opera.
Biiou-"The Wife"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
Enthusiastic Juvenile Army
Begins the Cleaning Up
Campaign for the
City.
GREAT DANGER OF FIRES
High Winds Nccessltatc Cnre-Still
Many More Teams Are Needed
--"Clcan-Swecp" Buttons
Everywhere.
Ashes to right of them,
Refuse to left of them.
Into the backyards of dirt
SlrOde the Eour hundred.

Four hundred stalwart young - IN
ranging from fourteen to eighteen,
bedecked in their Oldest clothes, with
sleeves rolled up and armed to the
teeth with hoes. shovelS, rakes, and,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
PROF. TOTTEM'S FUNERAL

Continued on Third Pagc)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-17

At regular meeting of Leaf River
Camp, w. o. W., held last night there
occurred a beautiful and appropriate
incident, when Rev. E. j. Currie was
presented with a handsome gold head
ed umbrella in recognition of his
splendid and faithful services to the
camp.
Mr.. Currie was somewhat surprised
when the sovereigns made their gift,
which was appropriately done by the
Consul Commander, B. E. Miller, who
expressed the thanks of the member
ship for his loyal devotion at all times.
In language filled with tenderness
and love, Mr.. Currie express his heart
felt gratitude to the camp for the
thoughtful kindness shown him.
The following resolutions We're
adopted:
Whereas, Leaf River Camp, No. 2S,
Woodmen of the World, has suffered
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-17
REV, F, J. CURRIE H0N0RED ).
BY WOODMEN Of THE WORLD

the loss, by death, of several of its
members in times past, and have
erected to their memory monuments,
according to custom and rule, and
have publicly unveiled these monu-
ments to our deceased sovereigns and
have on such occasions had the SER
vices of Rev. E. j. Currie, who has
spoken on these solemn occasions,
words of sympathy and comfort to the
sorrowing relatives and friends and
to the lodge who suffered in the loss,
therefore, be it
Resolved, that Leaf River Camp No.
2S, Woodmen of the World, appreci-
ates the many services rendered by
DR.. Currie on these occasions and
do hereby tender to him the heartfelt
thanks of the members of the lodge,
and be it further
Resolved, that these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of our lodge
and that copy be sent to DR.. Currie.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-17
are established and in operation.

are established and in operation.
Resolved, further. That this ex-
emption shall be made final and bind
ing upon the city by ordinance to be
prepared under the direction of the
attorney for this board acting in coa-
junction with the attorney for said
lumber company; and we, the men,
bers of this board, hereby declare it
as our opinion that said ordinance
should be promptly enacted when pre-
scented in accordance with these reso-
lutions.
From the above resolutions 1T WI
be seen that each and every member
of the board is committed to the adop-
ton of the ordinance exempting the
: Newman Lumber Company from taxa
ton when they rebuild. The directors
of the company will hold meeting in
Scranton, Pa, next Monday when it
is almost certain that they will order
the work to begin on the mill plant in
this city, at an early date. The city
having consented to grant all that the
company asked, there is no reason to
doubt that the company will proceed
to rebuild.
The members of the council also
put themselves on record as being in
favor of the extension of the same
exemptions to new manufactures and
public utilities. :
Secretary Larson, of the CONNER
cial Club, stated that this action upon
the part of the city would mean the
bringing of many enterprises here. He
said he had correspondent with'twenty
one concerns about locating here and
the first question they would ask Ii
does the city exempt from taxation
and the second question would b'
about freight rates and water transpor
tation.
1t is. believed that the action takel
by the city council this morning means
the dawning of a happier day for Hat
tiesburg and that furniture factories
box factories and many other new
enterprises will follow.