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New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
Jane Est fndcavors to Force Her
 Way Into Metropolitan Temple.
AFFILIATED IN l. W.W. OUTBREAKS
Mrs. Dohl Testifies That She Was Improperly Approached By Dr.. Price and Was Warned Not to Be a Witness

New York, April 4-Jane Est, here- tofore identified with movements of the Industrial Workers of the World, created consternation at the Metro politan Temple today by trying to force her way into the trial of pr. Jacob E. Price, pastor of the Wash ington Heights Methodist Episcopal church whom nine women members of his congregation charge with mis- conduct.
 At the door she was confronted by Dr. Frank J. Belcher. pastor of the Five Points Mission, acting as attor- ney for the defendant.
 .'I want to see Dr. Price," she con- tinued. 'T'd like to see him try to kiss me-
 It had been charged that Dr. Price, among other things, tried to kiss woman member of his congre- gation.
 Crowd Follows Woman.
 Followed by the crowd, the wo- man succeeded in pushing her way into the temple but could get no far ther than the witness room. Here she described herself as a church cleaner"
 During the I. w. w. raids on New OIh CuuTCIlSS TcCcHIly JdHS ILSL w dS a prominent speaker. She compared the movement to the French revolu- ton.
 Mrs. Dohl on Stand.
 Mrs. Hilma Dohl, whose testimony was excluded yesterday because her charge was not included in the gen. eral complaint. was allowed to take the stand today. She said she had been improperly approached by Dr. Price and that she had subsequently. received visits from two persons who tried with threats and intimidation to prevent her from testifying.
 She had decided, she said, not to press the charges on account of her children, but upon opening the Bible for inspiration her finger fell upon verse which seemed to urge her to action. s'e'
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
Mexican Government Issues Denials = Reports from
 the Front Emphatic.

Torreon, Mexico, April 8, via. Ell Paso, Tex, April 4.--This city, from which Gen. Rufugio Velasco and most of the uninjured of his command fled yesterday, was today occupied by the rebels in force, and the work of burn ing the bodies of the dead, clearing away the wreckage of shell-shattered abode walls, street barricades and barbed wire entanglements was be- gun.
 When Villa took considerable number of prisoners, Velasco, es- capped from the Canyon de Huarache with a large part of his force. He was pursued last night by Gen. Her nandez, who today reported that he had fought a small rear guard en- gagement with the retreating force, and later Villa with achievements left here to make an attempt to cap- ture or annihilate it.
 Non-com batants here with whom The Associated Press correspondents talked today, estimated that Velas- co.'s garrison did not number more than 5000 men, of whom 1,500 were killed or wounded.
 When velasco fled he left behind in the military hospital 200 wounded.
 When the rebels entered the place they found only one nurse, Dorothea de La Cruz, in attendance. She said the other nurses followed the army.
 The patients were in a high state of anxiety, for they had been told that Villa took no prisoners. They were reassured by H. s. Cunard-Cum- mins, the British vice consul at Gomez Palacio. who entered the hos- pital first, climbing over bodies of the wounded who had died there. The air was foul with the odor of dried blood. The British official an- nounced that Villa had assured him none of the wounded would be harmed. Those who had the strength raised themselves on their elbows from pallets on the floor and from their cots and cried a feeble "Viva Villa!"
 The nurse was soothing a dying patient, who with his last breath joined the cheering and then sank back dead.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
HIS COAT WAS ON FIRE.

Early morning pedestrians on West Main street were amused this morn- ing when an old mans coat caught fire probably from his pipe. The old man threw it to the sidewalk and rolled on it. The fire still burned briskly and he began to stamp on the garment. In this he was assist ed by several interested spectators. After the flames were extinguishcd he attempted to don the coat. but could find only one sleeve as he was under the influence of liquor.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
WOMAN BRINGS SUIT
 TO RECOVER $7OO,OOO


 Against University of California--
 Was Stepdaughter of Benefactor.
 Oakland, Cal, April 4-Suit to re- cover $700,0OO willed to the University of California by the late John K. Sather. who died in 1911 was ordered instituted here today by her step- daughter, Mrs Josephine Sather Brugiere.
 The attempt to break the will of Mrs. Sather is to be made on the ground that the laws of California forbid any decedant to bequeath more than one third of an estate to any public or benevolent institution when there are rightful heirs. The gift to the university, according to Mrs. Brugiere's, attroneys, embraces at least nine-tenths of Mrs. Sather's wealth.
 To make the gift doubly sure, Mrs. Sather in 1900 conveyed a deed in trust to President Bent. Ide Wheeler of university, acting for that institution. In this deed was transferred a busi- ness block in Oakland valued at $7O0,- 900. Under the terms of the will $20O,000 of this was to be used in the construction of white granite cam- panile 300 feet high. Already the frame of steel towers above the other buildings on the university campus. Endowments of approximately $100,000 each were made for the es- tablishment of the Sather chair of classics and the Sather chair of history in the university.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
EDWARD LEWIS DEAD.
We'll Known Fox Hunter Succumbs
 to Fatal Pneumonia.

Edward Lewis, aged forty-nine years, died at the New Britain Gen. eral hospital. at 1 o'clock this after noon. Death was due to pneumonia, which developed from a hard cold.
 MT. Lewis was the son of the late George Lewis land was bricklayer by trade. He always had a liking for the woods, however, and for a number >of years had lived by him. self on Shuttle Meadow mountain. He was a noted fox hunter and a number of years ago owned some of the best fox hounds in this vicinity.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
ONLY A YARN, SAYS HANNA.
Local Sportsman Not After New
 Haven Team.

LOOal sportsman NOt AIUer NeW
 Haven Team.
 William Waldorf Hanna, the local sportsman and former baseball and polo magnate, denied this afternoon that he was angling for the purchase of the New Haven club of the Eastern association. as was stated in a morn ing paper.
 There's absolutely nothing to it," was his laconic reply when asked if the story was true.
 According to reports from New Haven, George M. Cameron, owner of the club, who is in a Chicago hos pital, is giving MT. Hanna's offer ser ious consideration. MT. Hanna made an attempt to buy the New Haven club a few months ago, but since then, he says. he has made no attempt to put through the deal.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
BLAST RIVER FOR BODY.

The Shetucket river was dynamit- ed this afternoon as a last means of locating the body of Mrs. Hilda An- derson of Kensington, who is thought to have committed suicide by drown ing a week ago today at. Baltic, Conn. A dam, three miles from the point at which 1t is thought Mrs. Anderson made her fatal leap, was closed late this afternoon and if the body is in the river it will undoubt- sedly be found tonight. If not, the neighboring woods will be searched.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
Unionists Hold Raliy.

London, April 4.--The widely hei aided rally of unionists 10 prote} against any coercion of Ulstd brought an enormous concourse people to Hyde Park today. All tf} meetings were addressed by peeI and members of parliament.
 The speakers fiercely denounce| any attempt ito use the army an| navy to drive out by force of arnl our fellow subjects in Ireland fro1 their full heritage in the pariiamer| of the United Kingdom
 Demands were expressed that th1 government should immediately sud init this grave issue" to the ped pie.
 An attractive contingent in the prd| sessions was formed by Il body q 5.000 men. mostly from the Stock ES5 change, Lloyds and other city instl tutions, which formed upon tl1I Thames embankment then marched to the park and there took a live.I part in singing the hymn, 70 God Our Help in Ages Past and "GoI Save the King" which opened th|
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
sCHOoI, TEACHERs RnsrGN.

Miss Anna M. Walsh and Miss Fran1 ces Gambler, both teachers at thd Grammar school, have rendered thei1 resignations to Superintendent oi Schools s. Fl. Holmes. Miss Walsh, has accepted a position in the Cam \ bridge, Mass, public schools Shd will be succeeded by Miss Bertha| Dagnall of the East street school Miss Gambler will teach in the public schools in Worcester. Mass. She will be succeeded by Miss Gathering Campbell. who has been on the sub1 stitute list.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
RUNS OVER TRIBE.
One of Doyle's livery Vehicles Has Peculiar Accident on Elm Street.

e. One of Doyle's highly polished lacks with pair of frisky black >ses attached, figured in a peculiar
 dent at the corner of Commercial
 Elm streets this forenoon. A
 tcher frightened the animals and
 y bolted.
 In their flight they romped direct- ly over one of the small trees on the corner, breaking it off and drag ging the iron box up into the branch les. The hack was badly scratched, but no one was injured and the horses were soon brought to a standstill
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
Candidates for Republican 0dlses
 Out Working With Autos.
MAJORITY REGISTER FOR CAU.US
/ Young Men Predominate in Ranks or
 Those Seeking Suffrage.-Flurry of
 Excitement in City Hall Corridors
 All Day. s

All records were broken today at the first session of the selectmen who sat to make new voters.
 At ? o'clock this afternoon 1Ss new voters had been made and as the selectmen will sit until o'clock this evening it is believed that the biggest mark ever reached in this city will be attained.
 Voters in droves and crowds pre- sented themselves to the board to ask for the right of suffrage. But few were turned down and these lacke1 >the necessary citizenship papers which all aliens must obtain or could not read when handed the constitu- tion of Connecticut. The oath Of citizenship. was administered by City Clerk A. Ie Thompson.
 Autos For Candidates.
 Never in4the history of New Brit ain has there been sucn campaign waged by the candidates for the re- publican nomination for mayor and tax collector. Many of them had automobiles out at 9 o'clock this morning, going to various shops where they took the men from their work to hurry to the city building to be recorded on the voting lists. All expressed confidence in their ability ito win the nomination, owing to the large number of supporters they pre- scented.
 Early this afternoon the board of public works hearing room where the voters were being made was crowded and many were forced to wait their turn. The candidates for citizenship were being sworn in eight and nine at time.
 Many Young Voters.
 One feature of the day was the large number of young voters made. Beard1ess youths who have just turned twenty-one were perhaps in the majority of those to receive tho right of suffrage.
 Large numbers registered for tho republican caucus as soon as they Were sworn in as voters. Charles Irving registered them on the caucus list for the republican party ana Charles Coffey acted in similar ca pacity for the democratic party al- though his. labors were light N.
 Registrars T. J. Smith and w. Fl. Scheuy were kept busy restoring to the voting list the names of many who had been dropped through re- moval to other cities.
 At 3 o'clock this afternoon 217 new voters had been made and eighteen had been restored to the voting list.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
CoNJECrURE OVER LICENSES.

Commissioner R. A. Potter will be, at the office Of Liquor Prosecutor B-l w. filling on Thursday. April Is, from| S:30 o'clock to II o'clock a. m. to rel
 ceive applications for liquor and drugj licenses. All must be in the hands of] the county commissioners by April ls.l There is considerable conjecturo| whether the commissioners will renew| the licenses of several drug stores that| figured recently in visits from the state| police.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
IS GRANTED DIVORCE.

Marriage Bonds Between Mr. and
 Mrs. HI. w. Culver Severed.
 Judge Holcombe in the superic| court yesterday granted Mrs. Fl. W Culver of this city a divorce fron her husband. Mrs. Culver also hal the custody of their minor child.
 MT. Culver's residence is no| known. The couple were married i1 1903 and separated in 1909. Mrs. Gull yer charging habitual intemperanci and desertion. She was formerl} Miss Joe Lappan and she asserted that when her mother died in 1901 her husband returned to her seeking some money which was her legacN When it was refused him he left h<| and since then she has not seen ahtUl| she stated.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
WOMAN MURDERED.

Vancouver. B. C., April 4.-That Mrs. Charles J. Willard was murdered and her body burned in the furnace of her home is the belief of police off, cials who have been inquiring into the circumstances of her disappear a1pce on Wednesday last. What has the appearance of human bones and rings was found in the furnace ashes by detectives when they made an examination last night.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
F. w. MINER IMPROVED.

Condition of Lincoln S. Risley Still
 Remains the Same as Yesterday. e Friende of ex-Representative F. w. Miner will be gratified to learn that his condition shows slight signs of improvement today. Dr. Kellogg g latest bulletin is that MT. Miner is slightly improved today. but he is still seriously ill.,
 The condition of Lincoln S. Risley still remains much the same. He is in a dangerous condition, but Dr. An derson does not anticipate any im- mediate crisis today.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
WILL INvTTD CANDIDATES.

Second Ward Republican Club to Have
 Another Spread on April 9.
 On the evening of April 9 the Second Ward Republican club will fave another Dutch supper in Bar decks hall. At this time all of the candidates for city offices who are at the caucus will be in- vited to attend and speak.
 After the caucus is held and there is but one man for each office tho various clubs will work hard for the election of the republican nominees.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
CHRISTMAS TRIBE REMOVED.

The Christmas tree located in Gen. >ral park through the efforts of Mrs. Elise Traut and which did so much to promote the true spirit of Christ mas was removed today. Another tree will probably take its place next December.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
MIDNIGHT HoIDUp

z John Prostic of Al Broad street re- ported to the police today that he had been assaulted and robbed last night at 11:30 o'clock in front of St. Mary's church. He said $3 was taken by his assailants. but as he had spent the evening in a saloon he could Five no connected account of, his ad
 nture nor could he give descrip.
 m of the highwaymeil.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
sTREEr CLEANING STOPS.

The board of public works this morn- ing laid off about twenty-five men who had been engaged giving the streets their spring massage. The mud tn the streets froze over night ana xo- sisted the attack of hoes.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
VICIOUS DOG SHOT.

Dog Warden John Coffey shot a vicious dog yesterday on Franklin street Chief Rawlings was informed that the dog was menace to the neighborhood and he dispatched the warden to put it out of the way.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
Villa Is En Route
 For San Pedro

Juarez, Mex, April 4.-The opinion that General Villa intends to take every advantage of the defeat of the federals at Torreon was expressed here today. 1t was based on the in- telligence officially announced last
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New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
AsQU|TH OPENS HIS ]
 ELECTION cAMPA|c|
British Army Crisis Chief Point
 PTenitT's Speech.
UNIONSTS HOLD LARGE RALl
Twenty-two Processions Take Plal in London and Wild Exciteme} Prevails at Meeting of Anti- Hon Rulers i'm Hyde Park.

ASsAASTS HI I1yoc fhFk.
 Ladybank, Scotland, April 4.--Pr| mier Asquith opened his eiectid campaign this afternoon in the Ml sonic hall of this little village, Tl hall is a diminutive building, with holding capacity limited to 500. U) der these circumstances the speech the prime minister was made to tl sixty reporters present rather thd to the delegates of the Scottish Lii eral associations, who filled the rel of the hall.
 Discusses Army Crisis.
 Premier Asquith, as befitted a md who had just assumed the duties secretary of state for war, quickl approached the subject of the arn| crisis. He said he had felt 1t to his duty in the higher interests both the army and state to assun] his new office because "a grave situ} ton had been created both in regaI to the discipline of the army and connection with it's relation. to tt| civil power"
 The premier continued: There a certainty that if things went on a they had threatened to do a contr} versy would have arisen which evef patriotic man would have been and ious to avoid until a case Of crucil urgency arose."
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04

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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-17
negro CONFESSES
To bURGLAR|ES
Arrested in Ayr on Bootlegging
Charge, He Admits Three
Separate Thefts.

Fargo, N. D., Sept. 16.-William Ar
thur Rhodes, a negro, arrested in
Ayr, N. D., en- a charge of bootleg
ging, vas yesterday bound over to
the district court, under $4,000 bond.
for burglary. His hearing occurred
before Judge Miller.
Rhodes was caught with "a pints of
whiskey in his possession, and when
brought to Fargo was asked by the
acting assistant states attorney if he
wished to make a written stateemnt,
as he was privileged to do so. The
negro replied in the affirmative, but
in his paper made no reference what.
ever to the %bootlegging charge.
The statement contained a confess
sion of three different burglaries,
committed in Ayr, one on a store, an.
other on a butcher shop, and the third
on a bank. In both the store and
the butcher shop Rhodes procured
booty, but was frightened away from
the bank before he accomplished any.
thing.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-17
CHILD
FROM DEATH
F. J. Hanley, Of Niagara, Risked
Life to, Throw Little One From
Railroad Track.

Grand Forks, Sept. 16.-As extra No.
114S Of the Gneat Northern, in
charge of Engineer w. C. Reinsmith,
was rushing through Niagara, with
Through orders, little 5-year-old Will
liam Cummings, playing about on the
depot platform, was seized by the
terrific wind and blown in front Of
the train. The boy was saved from
death only by the quick wit and
bravery Of F. j. Hanley, manager of
one Of the elevators at Niagara.
No enc was paying any attention
to the child ait the time t1e near
tragedy occurred, but it was probable
that had there been his fall in front
Of the train would not have been
averted it occurred SO quickly. The
boy vas near the edge Of the platform
and was thrown directly in front Of
the engine, but a few feet from the
cow-catcher. Hardly had he fallen
when Mr.. Hanley sprang after him.
seemingly needless of the oncoming
train. OF those at the depot some
watched with faces frozen in horror,
while others turned in sickening
dread from what they expected would
be two mangled bodies in another
second.
The expected did net occur, how
ever. MI. Hanley did not waste a mo.
tion. He threw the boy off the track
between the train and platform and
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-17

might have on the question of nell
trality in the present war.
The bill, continues the report,
would, if it becomes law, stife all
commercial enterprise and turn over
TO the government itself the power
to create a merchant marine, which
power could, it is asserted, be ex-
tended and enlarged as long as money
remained in the treasury and as
much longer as congress should pro-
vide by taxation to replenish the
treasury.
The purchase Of foreign steam
ships which are now used in the for
eign trade" says the report, would
not increase the number CT vessels
now available fer the overseas trade,
even If they We're granted an Amer
lean registry, and no evidence has
been produced that there are not now
more vessels available for use in the
overseas trade than could be used
advantageously in transporting mer-
chandise to the various markets of
the world, and it is distinctly claimed
that there is now ample available
tonnage. Therefore, there a be no
emergency that calls for government
owned lines to take care CT the pro-
ducts of American labor and Amer
lean capital"
Granting that the situation seemed
to warrant the introduction of a bill
to meet the emergency due to he
war, the report says "the bill itself
goes very much farther than the line
Of emergency and opens up the whole
question Of the development Of an
American merchant marine by pro-
posing an absolute scheme Of gov
eminent ownership involving an ex-
penditure of many millions of dollars,
which cannot fail to demand an in
crease of taxes which would have to
be borne by the American people,"
The signers of the report charge
that the bill did not receive sufficient
consideration at the hands of the
committee and say that more extend
ed hearings might have revealed
some more practicable system of
legislation.
Abiding to the vital need of an
American merchant marine, the re-
port adds:
"The mere buying of such vessels
of foreign construction as might be
purchased while the foreign wars
continue would be but the first step
in a new and untried adventure-an
experiment of doubtful eXpediency-
which should not be undertaken with
out serious consideration.
"The establishment of steamship
lines is a business proposition. 1t
is NOT a POLITICAL undertaking and
should not be a political proposition.
If the members examine this bill
with care they will fail to discover
therein a single business proposition"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-17
FAMOUS GAMBLER
PASSES AWAY
Last of Old School Gamblers Is
Gone, With Death in Chicago
of Curtis A. Gum.

Chicago, Sept. 16.-Curtis A. Gum,
one of the last Of the old school
gamblers, died Monday at his home
here. He had suffered from Bright's
disease for a long time. He was sew
enty-one years old.
Curt" as he was Familiarity known
to the old timers, began taking
chances at the tracks soon after his
arrival i'm Chicago in 1866, and won
and lost hundreds of thousands CT
dollars. He quit stalking his money
on horses about five years ago and
turned to Wall street. His friends
estimated his estate at $500, 900. His
widow said he had los. heavily in
specializing lately, and she didn't be-
lieve he left much in worldly pcs
sessions.
Quinn was commonly referred 20 as
one Of the 'cleanest" sports in the
world and never turned down a for
mer comrade who went down and
OUT. He was an expert whist player,
and in his youth was an amateur
champion billiard shot.
On several occasicI5 - went to
London to play in bridge whis.
matches, and his frs assert the
stakes at times amO 70 500, 600.
Gum and ICY" Jar~a years ago
were associated in fc.o cames in
Chicago, New York ard Saratoga.
They we're competitors cf Pat
Sheedy and Mike" Mcdonald.