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The Washington times., 1912-05-22
INSECTICIDES

DRIVE out the bugs before the bugs drive
you out. C, T. Hunters Cedar Spray will
do the trick quickly and efficiently. Used by
U. S. Government and endorsed by the heads
OF departments; used by over 5000 families
in d. c.; pint can with spray 35c. 113 Pa. ave.
n. w. Phone Main 545S. Wanted agents
everywhere. We sell c. T. Hunters Sanitary
Floor Oil, 90 cents gallon.
The Washington times., 1912-05-22
HORSES AND VEHICLES
PROPOSALS

iGENERt sIrPPfT S6MH,IrTEE TFE Wasp, &
,ngton, d. c., May 7. 19l2.-Sealed proposals
for furnishing articles covered by Glass ..
Furniture and Floor Coverings; and Glass II,
Fuel and Ice. for executive departments and
independent establishments, will be received
at this Office until two O'Clock p. m, Tues
day. June I, 1912. Blank forms, etc, will
be sent to addresses OF manufacturers and
dealers on present mailing list, and furnished
others upon application to General Supply
Committee, Union Building, Washington, D.
c. FRANKLIN MacVEAGH, Secretary.
l.
The Washington times., 1912-05-22
WANTED AND TO LOAN

SECOND TRUST.
Money To loan at SO on District Real Es-
tate Any amount from 500 to IS, 900 on
first or second trust in straight note or
monthly payments. Takes only three days
to make them.
CHARLES z. TRIBBI,
Thompson Building. 703 18th s.. n. W.
OPP Treasury, Next to Drug Store.
The Washington times., 1912-05-22
AUTOMOBILES
Barpains In Automobile Tires.

bargains In Autom0Dile llreS.
We are selling all the best standard makes
at greatly reduced prices. Better get what
you need now, while we are able TO make
you an exceptionally low price. Call and
see us before buying
JoneS-KesSler Rubber Tire Co.,
Phone NJ. soss. sos e ST. N. w.
The Washington times., 1912-05-22
WALL PAPER

]. GOLDBERG. wall papering and painting
speciality; drop postal or call Main 204S
for estimates. 9W 11th st. n. w.
PAPERHANGING. 300 less than other firms.
Phone Line. 22S9, drop postal for esti-
mate. CIIAS. R. HYSAN, 20i Cap. St
RELIABLE work at reasonable prices
prompt attention given all orders. Phone
Line. 3363 Oscar w. Huth. 221 c st. y. E
The Washington times., 1912-05-22
TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE

MONEY TO LoAN-S260 to $500, 900 on d. c.
real estate. Several trust funds th TO s
per cent. All transactions conducted with
economical consideration for borrowers
VIM. H. SAUNDERS CO..
Southern Building. 1907 18th at. N w
The Washington times., 1912-05-22
AUTOS REPAIRED

AUTOS SOLD ON SO COMMISSION.
No storage: painting and upholstering: used
motorcycles. autos and bicycles for sale;
SPECIALITY CO.. 929 d st. n. w.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
Two Killed in Storm of Bullets and Dozen Others
 Wounded in Battle at Hackensack
JERSEY CITY OFFICER sUSTAINs 23 WOUNDS
Foreign Empoyes of Susquehanna Railroad Open Fire From Ambush Upon a Boatload of Strike Breakers to Hand Conflict Follows and More Shooting g-Superintend
 en of Erie Railroad Appeals to Governor for the Militia.

! times in the legs, body and thighs. Brown and Wood were shot through the head; Ryerson in back and chest, and King in the right ear. The men, hiding behind rocky cliffs and trees, waited until scow had discharged its cargo of men brought to take the strikers places. A volley of blank cartridges did not frighten the strike breakers, who pushed forward toward the railroad tracks on the coal wharf.
 A Hand to Hand Struggle.
 The men in ambush then left their places of concealment, and, firing real bullets, attempted to swarm out upon the wharf They were met at the dock gates by the private detectives who, unarmed except for clubs, engaged in a hand to hand struggle.
 Strikebreakers Escape to Woods.
 A fusillade of shots brushed the off cers aside and they fled for safety, except the mortally wounded Graw and Mallery. The strikebreakers, under a fire of bullets, fled along the shore of the Hudson and concealed themselves in the woods of the Palisades.
 Strikers Are Foreigners.
 Three hundred employees, foreigners of the Susquehanna, which the Erie railroad controls. quit work on Mon- day, demanding a wage increase of five cents an hour. Officials of the rail- road would not grant the increase. There was a clash yesterday between strikers and detectives and one of the latter was slightly wounded by a gun shot.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12

Hackensack, N. J, Dec. 11.-Several hundred striking New York. Susque- hanna and Western railroad employees, ambushed under the Palisades over looking the lower Hudson river, open ed fire with shotgun and rife on a boatload of strikebreakers landing at coal docks at Edgewater today, and in a pitched battle which followed, two railroad detectives were killed and a dozen other men were wounded.
 Request for Militia.
 A telegram requesting that the state militia be called to quell the disorder was sent to the acting governor of New Jersey by General Superintendent Stone of the Erie railroad.
 MT. Stone escaped storm of bullets fired by strikers as he was seeking shelter in building.
 The Killed and Wounded.
 The men killed were:
 Andrew J. Graw, 2S," of Binghamton, N. Y, captain of detectives.
 Clarence MallerS, 45. one of Graw's s men.
 The wounded include:
 John D. Ryerson of Jersey City, lieu tenant of detectives; William King of and Frank A Brown of Port Jervis and William Hicks of New York
 All these men, like Captain Graw and Mallery, were doing private de- tective work for the Erie railroad.
 Hicks Has 23 Wounds.
 Hicks is in a hospital, wounded 23
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
TWO LAWYERS REFUSE TO
 DEFEND JACK JOHNSON
coIored Attorneys Say They Disap'
 prove of His Recent Marriage.


 Chicago, Dec. 11.-Jack Johnson's attorneys, w. B. Anderson and B. H. Wright, appeared in the United States district court today to ask that their names be stricken from the records as counsel for the fighter.
 The lawyers, who are both colored, say that Johnson's recent marriage to Lucille Cameron, white girl, was disapproved by them to an extent that they did not care to be longer asso ciated with him.
 Wright and Anderson represented Johnson in the white slave cases yet to be heard.
 Johnson appeared in the municipal court today to answer to a charge of assault and battery brought by a newspaper photographer whom Johnson is alleged to have struck with cane. Hearing of the case was deferred.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
House to Have Holiday Recess from
 Dec. 19 to Jan. 2.

Washington, Dec 11.-Today in congress-
 Senate
 Court of impeachment resumed trial Jf Judge Archibald.
 House
 Passed bill to repay southerners for. property seized by government after June, 1865.
 Representative Roddenbsrry intro- duced joint resolution to prohibit in- termarriage or negroes or persons of color and Caucasians.
 Adopted resolution for holiday re- cess from Dec 19 to Jan. 2.
 Secretary Stimson told military af- fairs committee plans for fortification of Hawaii and for guarding Panama canal
 War department recommended 25- foot channel Perth Amboy to New York harbor
 Secretary Fisher asked for s10O,0 for continuation of investigation of mineral resources of Alaska
 General Bixby, army chief of engi- neers, asked appropriations sub com mittee for appropriation for great for Iitication at Cape Henry, Va.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
SAYS POLICE CRAFT IS GETTING WORSE
 | Keeper of New York Tenderloin Re- sort Pays $50 Month.

New York, Dec 11.-Mary Goode, as a self confessed keeper of a resort in the Tenderloin district and as a wit ness before the aldermanic commit tee which is investigating police con- ditions, declared on the stand tofay that many women of that section had banded together in an association and had appealed to Mrs. O. H. P. Bell mont to aid them in protection against police graft. She declared that the Becker pocketbook has set an ex- Tenderloin section and that since the Becker exposure the officers were wild in their demands for money"
 From her own experience she told of having paid s6O month for police protection. Some larger places she said, were forced to pay from $100 to s220 a month. The police want more money all the time," she declared They keep raising their demands This is all on account of the Becker pocketbook." She alleged that the $100 bail required of a woman arrest ed was divided between the police lieutenant and the bondsman.
 She said there were 35.000 womeI in the city affected by the police methods
 we want to be put under com mittee of citizens" she said. We wan to be protected from the police" She declared that if this were done the women would help the committee ir ridding the city of some of it's wors vice element
 In describing her house as a "re- spectable one" she told of an exper. fence with Gyp the Blood of the Beck. CT gunmen. He and four other armed men entered her premises one night she said and robbed the inmates ant five men in the place.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
Long Terms for
 Two of Aliens
SIDNA ALLEN GETS 35 YEARS,
 WESLEY EDWARDS 27 YEARS
COMPROMISE EFFECTED
Each Was Under Indictment For Three Murders-Two of Gang Under Death Sentence, Enjoy Respite.

Wytheville, Va, Dec. 11.-Thirty- five years in the penitentiary is the penalty Sidna Allen will pay for his part in the shooting up of Carroll county courthouse at Hillsville last March, when five persons, including the presiding judge, the sheriff and the commonwealth's attorney, were killed by members of the Allen clan and a number of others wounded Aliens nephew, Wesley Edwards will spend 27 years in the penitentiary
 Sentences Result of Compron,iss.
 These two sentences were the re- suit of a compromise this afternoon following a verdict of voluntary man slaughter in the case of Sidna Allen for the murder of CommonweaIth's Attorney William M Foster. the jury liking the penalty in that case at five years Imprisonment. Allen already had been found guilty of second de- gree murder at a former trial for the killing of Judge Massie, for which he had been sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. Another indictment pending against him for the murder of Sheriff Webb, was compromised by letting him plead guilty to second de- gree murder and take a fifteen years sentence. The combined sentences make 95 years.
 Nine Jurors Stood for AcquittaI.
 Three indictments against Wesley Edwards also were compromised he | taking a sentence of nine years im- i prisonment on each
 In the second trial of Sidna Allen. which ended today nine of the jurors on the first ballot stood for acduittal and the other three for murder in the second degree.
 The Courthouse Tragedy. This ends tragedy without parallel and which stirred the country from one end to the other. Following the conviction last March of Floyd Allen of an offense which would have sent him to the penitentiary for one year, members of the Allen family, clan nish mountaineers, opened fire on the court. officials. At the first voIley Judge Thornton L. Massie fen nor tally wounded and after the fusiIads which followed Sheriff Webb and Com monwealth's Attorney Foster also were found dead On the following day one of the three jurors who were shot died of his wounds, as did also Miss Beattie Ayres, who had been a witness in the case.
 1 Captured In Des Molnes. Floyd Allen was arrested the day
  following the tragedy, being too badly wounded to escape. The arrest of the others implicated in the shooting fol- lowed at various intervals The two men whose fate was decided today eluded the detectives for some months but were traced to Des Moines, Iowa, and captured.
 Two Under Sentence of Death.
 Of the six men who have been con- yicted of complicity in the shooting, Floyd Allen and his son, Claude, are under sentence of death while Sidna and Friel Allen and Wesley and Sidna Edwards have been given long terms in the penitentiaFy. Victor Allen a son of Floyd, was acquitted and Byrd Marion was discharged because of Jack of evidence against him.
 {, Governor Mann today granted a re- spite until January r to Floyd and Claude Allen, who were to have been electrocuted next Friday at Richmond.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
NEW YORK SELECTED AS
 PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS.
Progressive Conference So Decides
 After Fight.

Chicago, Dec. 11-New York was se- lected as the permanent headquarters of the executive committee of the new progressive party tonight, after a fight in which delegates to the National Pro- gressive conference from several states sought to have the headquarters To- cated elsewhere. The vote on this question stood 32 to 12. Chief opposi- tion to the selection of New York as the location of permanent headquarters came from Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Texas and Wyoming.
 The executive committee voted to send commission to Europe to study legislation in England, Germany and other countries for the purpose of get ting material and ideas for the Wash ington legislative bureau.
 For the immediate financing of headquarters and bureaus it was de- cided to ask for one hundred sub scriptions of $500 each per annum. Six of these were subscribed tonight.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
HYDE RECEIVES A
 TWO YEARS SENTENCE
Released on s25,ooo Bail Pending Ar.
 gument of His Appeal.

New York, Dec. 11.-Charles H. Hyde, former city chamberlain, con- victed of bribery in connection with the manipulation of city funds, was sentenced by Justice Golf today to serve not more than three years and six months and not less than two years in states prison.
 The justice. however, granted a cer- ti1cate of reasonable doubt and issued a stay of execution agreeing to ad- init the prisoner to 25,O00 bail pend ing argument of his appeal.
 Bail was furnished by Tax Com missioner Daniel F. McElroy, who gave as. security property valued at half million dollars. Hyde walked out of court late in the afternoon assured probably of several months freedom, as the appeal is not expected to be dis posed of until spring.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
HOUSE VOTES TO PAY
 SOUTHERN CLAIMS
Over $5,ooooo Involved in Bill Passed
 Yesterday.

Washington, Dec. 11-More than s5,000,000 derived from sales of prop erty taken from owners in the south after the Civil war. would be repaid to the southern claimants by the terms of bill passed by the house today. The bill would amend the codification of laws relating to the judiciary so as to dispense with the allegation and proof of loyalty in those claims, af- fecting only proceeds of property taken after the date mentioned The bill has not yet passed the sen- ate
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
SENATE WILL CONFIRM
 TAFT's APPOINTMENTS
But None Will Be Made in States Where Both Senators Are Democrats.

Washington, Dec. 11.-An amicable agreement in the senate over the con- firmation of President Tafts nomina- ations for federal positions, seems probable today when after a number of informal conferences among leaders tenative plan was agreed upon.
 Under the arrangements proposed, no nominations for federal offices will be confirmed in states where both sen ators are democrats, but in all states where the senators are republican there is to be no opposition to con- f1rmation of these places. It was un- derstood that many democratic lead CTS in the senate would be satisfied if the appointments in southern states
 were not put through.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
EIectrification of shors Iin..

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 11.-An- nouncement Is made here that work of identification of the main line of the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad company between New Ha- ven and New York Is progressing rap idly. Seventy per cent. of the work of excavating has been done and 30 per cent. of the steel work. Unless unusual weather interferes or some thing unforeseen occurs, the work should be completed by July 1 next
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
"BRIDGiEv WEBER DENIES
 REPUDIATING TESTIMONY.
Writes District Attorney That state-
 ment is False.

New York, Dec. 11-"Bridgie" Web Der, one of the four informers in the Rosenthal murder case, quoted yester- day as repudiating his testimony ~iven at the trial of Becker and the four gunrnen, in saying that there was no plot to slay Herman Rosenthal, sent a letter to District Attorney Whitman today saying that the statements at- tributed to him were absolutely false. Any time you wish me to make an af- fidavit to this effect" he added, q shall be glad to do so. Mrs. Webber will corroborate me-"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
ANOTHER UPRISING
 IN SAN DOMINGO
BattIeship New Hampshire Leaves
 Norfolk Under Hurry Orders.

Norfolk, Va, Dec. 1.-The battleship New Hampshire left at midnight for San Domingo, on hurry orders.
 It is understood that another serious uprising has broken out in San De- mingo.
 W. T. s. Doyle, chief of the Latin- American division of the state depart ment, has just returned from the re- public after having endeavored with Brigadier General Mcintyre to effect some settlement of the unrest there.
 The New Hampshire is said to have considerable less than a normal supply of coal in her bunkers, but did not wait to replenish it. A number of members of her crew were on shore when the ship sailed.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST
 MYSTIC BUSINESS MAN
Several Arrests to Follow confessiNns of Twelve Young Girls.

Mystic, Conn, Dec. 11.-Upon a war rant issued by Prosecuting Attorney Benjamin Hewitt today, Amos R. Parks, a well known business man, was arrested, charged with statutory crime against Leah Barraclough, aged 12. Parks waived hearing and was bound over to the next term of the superior court.
 Prosecuting Attorney Hewitt an- nounced tonight that more arrests would be forthcoming tomorrow. He declared that twelve young girls be- tween the ages of 12 and 15 had "confessed" to him and that 1t was upon their testimony that the addi- tional warrants have been drawn up.
 The affair has created a profound sensation here
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
MIDSHIPMEN BET
 ON FOOTBALL GAME
Four Hundred to Be Disciplined at
 the Naval Academy.

Annapolis, Md, Dec. 11.-That 400 midshipmen violated Superintendent Gibbons order forbidding betting on the recent annual inter-service foot ball game at Philadelphia, has been disclosed as the result of an investi- gation just finished at the naval acad- emy.
 The Investigating board, it is said, got hold of the full list of midship- men who. it is alleged, had contributed to pool amounting to 1000, which was covered by the West Point cadets. The report is in the hands of Su- perintendent Gibbons, who will assign punishment
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
Hosford cenfsss.. Eorasri...

Boston, Dec. 11.-Forgeries involving $125,000 are alleged to have been dis closed as the result of the arrest of B. H. Hosford, former treasurer of the James Donovan Slipper company of Everett. Assistant District Attorney Layelle in arguing today against a the prisoner had made a confession and that forgeries to the amount named had been committed Judge Brown refused to reduce the bail of S20,00O,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
LICENSE SUSPENDED
 FOR SELLING BENG"
State Board of Pharmacy DiscipIines
 Bridgeport Druggist.

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Dec. 11-Members of the state board of pharmacy met here today and voted to suspend the druggists license of Mrs. w. M. Rob ertson, proprietress of the Woman's Pharmacy in this city. because of al- legged violation of the law regarding the sale of heroin. It was charged that heroin or ''bing" had been sold to a young man after his parents had re- ouested the druggist not to make any further sales to him.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
TO FINISH THE TARIFF
 HEARINGS IN JANUARY
Congressman Underwood, Democratic Leader, Says That Is His Desire.

Washington, Dec. 11-'T want to see the tariff hearings concluded by the end of January. The ways and means committee will have chance to work out the rough draft of a bill for the use of the new ways and means committee after the present congress expires March 4th," said Dem- ocratio Leader Underwood today. MT. Underwood probably will introduce to- morrow a resolution to authorize ad- ditional expert assistance in connec- ton with the proposed tariff revision.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
TAFT INFORMED OF
 ANARCHY IN MEXICO
President Given Detaiis of Unrestrain-
 cd LawIessness.

Washineton, Dec. 11.-President Taft listened tonight to some startling dis
 closures about present day conditions in Mexico. Four American business men with Mexican interests, two mem bers of the senate and a congressman sat in the cabinet room in the White House offices and heard the story, Vouched for by all, told to the presi-
 dent, by one man who had been in the southern republic within the last few weeks. It was a tale of outrages on Mexican women, of murders and hold ups of Americans, of bandits who seized Americans and held them for ransom, of general lawlessness and disorder such as seldom has come to the ears of the resident since trouble began in Mexico nearly two years ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
RUSSIAN CROWN PRINCE
 WOUNDED BY NIHILIsT.
Injuries of Such Nature He Can't suc-
 eeed to the Throne.

London, Dec. 12.-The Daily Express this morning revives the story that Crown Prnce Alexis of Russia was the victim of niholism. It asserts that he is suffering from the effects of a wound made by a trusted attendant who has since proved to be aNnihilist
 The wound, says the Express, is of such a nature that the price is incapa- ble of continuing in the line of suc- cession to the throne, and therefore ing discussed in cour circles as Elm peror Nicholas brother, Grand Duke Michel, has renounced his rights.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
Now York Banker. Grow Impatient.

Washington, Dec. 11.-An irate group of New York bankers and brokers surrounded Samuel Untermyer, coun- sel for the banking and currency com mittee of the house, when the com mittee adjourned its money trust" they be either excused or placed on the stand at once. The New York men have beer in Washington since Monday and they were told tonight by MT. Untermyer that they would have to await their turns for examination
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-12
WOMEN SELL EGGS AT
 24 CENTS A DOZEN
Effort to Break Corner in PhiIadeI.
 phia Starts Out We'll.

Philadelphia, Dec. 11.-One hundred and fifty thousand dozen eggs were sold today at stations in various sec- tions of the city by members of the Housekeepers' league in the first day of their campaign to break the corner which they claim has been maintained by retail dealers here. Eggs that have been selling for from 27 cents to 49 cents dozen were sold by the women at 24 cents. Such was the demand at the forty stations in operation today that only the inability to secure enough handlers prevented even c larger number being disposed of.
 As a rule the retailers maintained their former price.