The Springfield Daily Republican from Springfield, Massachusetts (2024)

March 23, 1911

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The Springfield Daily Republicani

Location:

Springfield, Massachusetts

Issue Date:

Thursday, March 23, 1911

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2

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THE SPRINGIEtb DAILY i REPUBLICAN THURSDAY MARCH 23 1911' LOCAL INTELLIGENCE WRECK TEARSUP ROADBED aHitbied EXPRESS DERAILED NEAR CLINTON MUNICIPAL BRONZE DOORS OR COMMISSIONERS AVORABLE TO IT CARS ROLL DOWN EMBANKMENT MAY COMPROMISE ON MAHOGANY IT WOULD BENEIT BRIGHTWOOD SAN MARCOS BATTERED AGAIN the AT NORTHAMPTON HIGH THE CONNECTICUT LEGISLATURE INSTANTLY KILLED n't hues of Corrado 9 to see' what action1 the resard to its sewers and filter beds wag dis tnx den 1 team man also ac Ctiocvlo nt Municipal io Break Bnililinir Architect Deadlock Among (enafe Poti Matter of Gratuities at oot of Calendar rom our Special Reporter Hartford Ct Wednesday March 22 The sessions of the and Senate to day following the biennial legislative dinner of the Laurel club the legislative organization were hardly up to the standard" in producing matters of news or of moment to the state The Senate had for its order" of the day at 1130 the report of the com mittee bn contingent expenses concerning legislative gratuities and the creation a list of official reporters of the Senate proceedings The report was In two sec tions one a that the joint committee on legislative expenses go over the salaries of the messengers and doorkeepers and other attaches of the Legislature and if it was found that the changed conditions had rendered compensations too low recommend proper sums the other a resolution providing for a list of six reporters appointed by the president pro tern at $200 per session The latter was taken up first and urged by Senator Judson the republican leader who offered an amendment making the number 11 instead of six Senator Par ker chairman of the committefe on contin gent expense had said that his committee had absolutely no pride in the report and wished only to make it a basis for discus sion Senator enn of the committee on legislative expenses wished tohave the matter go to the committee on rules since it concerns a rule of the Senate Sena tor Judson waxed frantic over the propo sition that the Senate competent to change its rules without referring the matter to a committe but little attentionwns paid to him After some considerable further discus sion Senator Barnum who stated plainly that he favors payments to the reporters along the lines which have prevailed iu the past moved that the matter go to the foot of the calendar because it was too early in the session to dispose of it Against the strenuous protest of Senator Judson the other matter accompanied it there The vote on Senator mo tion was a tie 15 to 15 and rLieut Gov Blakeslee dissolved it' in favor of the foot of the calendar both prisoners und i The Leavenworth (Kan)' count court house burned to the ground early Tues day 't Valuable records and documents were destroyed bringing the loss up to neatly $1000000 The fire originated in the second story among paints and varnishes placed there while the build ing was being renovated It is reported that whaling has been very prosperously carried bu off U1an of late At present there arc over 20 whal ing vessels engaged in the industry During the 10 days from the 21st to the 31st ult 44 whales were caught by them The total number of whales caught vp to that time since the commencement of the work in October last was Japan Adver tiser 1 NEW ROUTE OR THE LOOP A Same Remarkable Precision nt Tues day Repeated What Secretary tation which 1 justified in a measure the application to her by the of the name hoodoo of the But "the practically was forgotten in the yileudid performance of the Texas in 111c naval Santiago It is true she begun that engagement by narrowly escaping being sunk by collision with the Brooklyn but she soon straightened out and took a loading part in the destruction of the Spanish fleet Mr an En The ship was constructed un it was necessary anil even The keel was The vessel was An important irr nr rhn discovered that she said a fond father after you will pet up just 'fin hour "Why dad cried the horrified hopeful "standard time changed is replied the father 'Tait son time Cleveland Dealer was 500 town officers 1200 350 nml clog tax 1 poor 600: serial asues 1760 uildl 40 additional 40 of the other men especial The line 1013 Matthews 1 Davies Norton Maynard 1 O'Brien Sc 1912 31 1913 18 Goals iiver Maynard O'Brien 2 Goals Umpire Wade Time 20 TOWN MEETING Baslriass inished Lat Balance ot Appropriations Made The adjourned town meeting was held in the irst church chapel at Longmeadow last evening with IV Medlicott as chair man The meeting was called to order soon after 8 Article 19 to see if the assessors' list and valuations' in detail be printed in nett year's town book was con sidered II Myrick moved that this be done Bi Allen thought this a needless expense Others followed with similar senti ments The motion was lost Article which was tabled Tuesday evening make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year and to vote to raise by tax such sums as may be required for the was then taken up It was then voted to take sip the appropriations in de tail The appropriations as ischctluled by the appropriation committee were nearly all voted Without change The $1000 for interest it was voted toincrease tb $150Vj The item for forestry brought out some ear? nest talk front TW Leete in favor of set ting trees and reclaiming others that the shade trees on the park might be preserved On the item of collecting ashes' WM Wil lard strongly objected to having some of the citizens have their ashes and garbage col lected while others are obliged to care for their own After further protest the item to appropriate $120 for the collection was carried On the item to appropriate $200 for roads on orest avenue and Dwight road Rev Charles Burdett moved to raise this sum to $500 which was voted The itetn on grading Converse street brought out' some discussion and explanation' from rank Hodskins WatterS''and Vaughn Kihbe the contractors Mr Hods kins moved that the item be amended from $350 to $1400 and the discussion continued Selectman Allen' said' there were many similar requests from side streets but if we increase the appropriations in this way where will the tax rate be?" Be thought $350 would help the street for this year Cinders and ashes could be used and the grade could be established Mr Hpds kins said there are five new families And five new houses on the street and they were anxious to know where the road belt and' tree belt were After a little further dis cussion the amendment was lost and1 the original sum was voted The "item of brought out much merri ment and good natured repartee Article 8 to see if the town will direct the construction of permanent roads whs tabled Article town will take bridges drains 'yi WATER COLORS The water crilors of Willis Seaver Adams now to be seen at art shop in State street a peculiar and wonderful variation amid the many pic ture shows of the season In a more than ordinary sense their purjMise is beauty (as the aim of all art is presumed to they are purely beauty earth transfigured with a feeling beyond the show of things au etherealVcssence an interfusion of the spirit So imaginative are these visions of hills and valleys and skies of New England houses and old world churches and palaces that one seems to be reading poem after poem as he looks Jlr Adams's Venice is ail magic and the results of these early morning studies of rising mitts in summer days are peculiar by his own He as shown in oils that he can paint stories of as solidly and richly as any painter has done indeed there is a water color in this display rep resenting the dry docks which shows the strength and depth of tone he can so easily impart in that medium also But these views of Santo Maria della Salute of the pognna of San Giorgio have' the very special delicacy of the aquarelle for none other would present visions like these An interesting sunlight picture is of an ancient church with its Byzantine domed tower beside the Danube There is an excellent Antwerp dock surrounded by tall buildings in a slight veiling fog The greater number of the pictures here shown however arC of the Deerfield valley and the neighbor hood of Greenfield where his studio and present adobe are The long which shuts in the villages of Deerfield and South Deerfield from the cast is a favorite subject with Mr Adams: and the views of this are remarkable especi ally of a point some distance southof Pocom tuck hock where the tew trees left of the old woods by the ax form 1 picturesque crest as seen through lift ing morning fog or in streamy "summer afternoons after rain and across the fertile valley But there are views also of the mountain in its southern part which are rich nnd warm green and a stunning view of Sugar Loaf as one ap proaches it from the south whence it looks like a gigantic wild beast about to leap A nocturne of the railroad station in Greenfield is of striking effect There sire two pictures from the village of Otis that will attract interest: the most im ortiint is of the old Episcopal church there with a graveyard for foreground: the point of view is higher than both nnd the church half hidden by the hill rests against it background of spruces the impression being fairly weird that is 'the mime for it The other Otis view is looking across the armington the village 'with the Congregational church which bus a pretfv belfry ns the chief object The exhibition of these paintings will continue for fortnight They are on the walls or in portfolio in the east room on' the second floor Visit alls the Aidermen Harvey Wiley Corbett of the firm of Pell Corbett the architects of the nibnieipal group was in Springfield jesterday He interviewed one or two of the aldermen who are opposed to bronze doors for the group It was a sort of quest for con verts that Mr Corbett made As near as could be ascertained last night there were no converts When he came four aider men were for bronze doors and four were for doors that do not cost so much The councilmen have passed dn order providing for an appropriation of $10500 to buy ka lamein bronze doors The aidermen have defeated the order by a tie vote andAiderman Denisen will move reconsidera tion Monday night He with Aidermen Lasker Stacy arid Hitchco*ck wants tlitt bronze Aldermen Goldlhwaite Waters Dodge andWight think tlie city cannot af ford bronze and there the matter rests It is understood that Mr Corbett in com pany with George Dwight Pratt chairman of the building commission labored with Aiderman Wight yesterday afternoon It is understood also that they tried to per suade Mr Dodge into being labored with but Mr Dodge would hare none of it Mr Wight suggested that the city council com promise on mahogany doors and this sug gestion way be carried out by the intro duction of a new order" or an amendment to the order now pending a at Monday meeting Mr Wight said last night that as he understood it mahogany doors would cost a little more than oak but no where near so much as bronze The objec tion to oak is that it will not stand weather as will metal or even as well as mahogany It remains to be seen whether the bronze door advocates can be led to be lieve that mahogany is enough better than oak to make it worth while If they can then it will be mahogany doors to break the tie The four aidermen who voted for bronze doors at the last meeting hoped to get" one of the other four to come over to their side before Monday night but it begins to1 look as if none of the four btbers would yield The efforts to get Aldermen Wight and Dodge having failed bronze doors at patently arc doomed to defeat as Aider men Goldthwaite and Waters arc not ex peeted to switch to the other side Already $34273 has been ordered appropriated for the municipal group The first price set on bronze doors (jiliMiU and now it is down to Maas of Toosc Slate alls Upon Miners Nine men were instantly killed yester day in the Hazel mine of the Pittsburg and Buffalo coal company East Can nonsburg Pa They were being taken to their rooms in a remote part of the mine when a mass of loose slate in the roof fell filling one cat in which there 'were 10 men The motor was stopped and other workmen on the train hastened to the assistance of the "unfortunates The death dealing slate was quickly cleared away and the bodies recovered All were foreigners except David Donley an Amer ican Three of them were rriarried and the bodies were removed to their homes The uninjured foreigner was riding at the end of the car and practically escaped un hurt Railroad Board Disposed to Take Up the Matter of Mining Highland 'Division Extension arther East There is good reason to believe that tluj railroad commissioners are disposed to take up the matter of changing the proposed northern extension of the Highland division unde the river front act to a location far east than was provided in plan that wag presented at the hearing in this city There is no doubt of their having the power under i the Jaw to do so It will be remembered that the route for the Highland division extension passing close in the rear of the Springfield hospital and crossing the Atwater estate to a junction with the Bos ton and Maine a little way north of the Chicopee line was laid out by the Boston and Maine engineers at the request of the commissioners who had asked the railroads for surveys of detailed1 parts of the plan At the hearing strenuous objection to that location was made on account of its cutting so close to the' hospital and crossing much land desirable for fine residences There have been several reasons for plac ing the extension farther east They in clude the saving of the North end from having its finest section spoiled the devel opment of a large tract of cheap land mak ing possible many good manufacturing sites the opportunity to coordinate the freight terminals and the benefiting of Chicopee by giving it better railroad facili ties This extension also offered 'the logical entrance into the city of the Hampden rail road which President Mellen of the New Haven road says he now intends to bring in over The Athol branch of the Boston and Albany The 'decision of the railroad com missioners to move this extension well to the eastward would relieve the plan of the feattire that has been most criticised arid the change would be much better for the plan as a whole son 1914 Louise Coulton Dorothy Dewey The members of the musical clubs are as follows: Glee club Leader Hazel Gleason 1911 assistant leader Doris Nash 1911 busi ness manager Elsa Detmold 1911: treas urer Eugenie ink 1912 accompanist Ma bel Ward 1911: assistant accompanist Lil ian Jackson 1913 first sopranos Eliza beth Abbe 1911 Hazel Gleason 1911 Doris Nash 1911 Itebecca Smith 1911 Helen Bartholomew 1912 Grace May Hoffmann 1912 Ruth Lewin 1912 Edith Midgley 1912 Grace Redding 1912 Ruth Wood 1912 Louisa Spear 1912 Christine Babco*ck 1913 Irene Overly 1913 Al bert Smith 1913 second soranos Mar garet 1(M 1 Lyford 1911 Jfargaret McCrary 1911 Katherine ond 1911 Bertha Ward 1911 Marie Bassett 1912 Marion Den man 1912 Mildred Spring 1912 Emily Van Order 1913 first altos Arliue Brooks 1911 Helen Brown 1911 Annah Butler 1911 Charlotte erry 1911 Txiuisc West 1911 Elizabeth Wilber 1911 Eugenie ink 1912 Helen Stoppenbach 1912 Hel en Claflin 1913 rances Txing 1913 sec ond altos Myrtle Alderman 1911 orenee Blodgett 1911 Edith Allen 1912 Dlil dred Carey 1912 Mabel Curtiss 1912 Ruth Evans 1912 lorence Hedrick 1912 Helen Marcy Helen Northup 1912 Amy Waterbury 1912 Mandolin club Leader Doris Patterson 1911 business manager "Edith Williams 1912 first mandolins Adeline Moyer 1911 Carolyn Woolley 1911 Josephine Dole 1912 Madeleine Dow 1912 Theo Gould 1912 Marv Nickerson 1912 Henrietta Peabody 1912 Edith Williams 1912 El eanor ord 1913 lorence Morman 1913' lorence Willcox 1913 second mandolinsMarguerite Nash 1911 Katherine Martin dale 1912 Genevieve Wilson 1912 anny Libby 1912 rances Carpenter 1912 third mandolins Mary Ilanitch 1912 Ruth Paine 1912 Eleanor Phirten 1912 gui tars Maude Alexander 1911 Gertrude Rus sell 1911 Annie Goddard 1912 Ruth Jos lin 1912 Mary Kones 1912 Dorothy Muri son 1912 Olive Williams 1912 Anna Po lonsky 1913 Ruth Wilson 1913 violins Helen Orr 1913 Alina Winslow 1913 vio loncello Katberifie Otis 1912 properties Marguerite Lazard 1911 Banjo leader Eloise Harvey 1912: manager Clark 1912 bnn jeurines Gladys Bailey Annette Bru maghin Marion Clark Edith itzgerald'Edith Noakes Nancy Bond Beatrice Hay co*ck Ixniise Michael and Gladys Newell 1912 guitars Anna Bailey 1913 Bar bara Bell 1913 Louise Benjamin 1912 and Agnes McGraw 1913 piano Edith Al den 1913 Elsa Detmold 1911 Gertrude ANGRY WORDS AT VITERBO Camorrist Prisoners Create a Scene and inally Barat Into Tears All at One Calm Man Angry exchanges between opposing coun sel at sessions at Viterbo Italy of the trial of the Camorrists provoked a demonstration from the cage be yond the control of the court officials that necessitated a susperi'siou'of the proceed ings The accused men alternately cursed in a rage and sobbed hysterically while their women friends in the audience screamed and fainted the wife of one of the prisoners being seized with convulsions The scene was enacted soon after the resumption of the sitting which was ad journed at the close of the morning ses sion Tuesday because of the illness of a juror At that time Giuseppe Salvi one of those who is alleged to have stabbed to death Gennaro Cuocolo and his wife was being interrogated concerning his ca reer by1 President Bianchi Yesterday morning Salvi was called for cross exam ination It is charged that he is the man wlw furnished the final evidence of Cuo colo treachery in the Camorra and so brought about his sentence of death Ju a letter written from the prison where he was confined for robbery he answered that Cuocolo had betrayed him to the police because he had given a share of the booty of his crime to another than Cuocolo Tie called upon his brother Ca nwrrists to avenge him "It is asserted that according to the rules of the Ca morra a ring was taken from the hand of the murdered man to be sent to Salvi as proof that his wish for had been observed Carabineers claimed to have found this ring in the mattress of a bed at the home of a woman known as the companion of Salvi 'Salvi pro tested that the ring was placed in the bed by the carabineers for the purpose of manufacturing evidence As the cross examination progressed yesterday President Bianchi suddenly pro duced the ring and holding it up in his fingers said: is the ring found in the home of your woman The prisoners shouted: "No no It is not Cuocolo's ring: it is not The cries grew louder and were taken up by sym pathizers in the ahdience1 Then Law yer Lignori president of the board of at torneys of Naples who is defending the informer Genarro Abbatemaggio pushed his way to the space in front of the great steel cage and staring into the eyes of the accused men exclaimed: "Yes that is ring" This interruption brought the scores of lawyers for the defense into the fray and as the execration of the prisoners grew louder these lawyers made verbal at tack upon jLiguori that threw the whole court room into an uproar In the babel of tongues one could distinguish these oft repeated expressions: pays you the price of zbbat are paid from the secret funds of the gov were sent here' under orders froni the Then Gio vanni Rapi the alleged treasurer of the Camorra and known as the proprietor of gambling places in Naples Rome and Paris pressed his face against the bars of the cage and cried: arc innocent we have been betrayed: we have been sold like smaller and exclusive steel pen listening and twisting his mustache'' At this JSnrico Alfaro known also as Erricone the alleged actual head of the Camorra not to lie outdone by a lesser light in "The Beautiful Reformed shouted call from the other world the soul of my poor brother Ciro who died in prison to witness that we nrc flesh mid blood sold by the carabineers to the judges no lent themselves to this infamous nun Ket nr tins time lawyers were pretty well exhausted and suddenly thq accused men ns with one ac cord burst into tears The priest Ciro 1 irozzi looked as though he hud been stricken with apoplexy The wife of Mariano de Gennaro one of the alleged' actual assailants screamed nnI fell to the floor in convulsions The snvniro invonllvcii were tlieif continued for 10 minutes when thi hi'cLIa I ns I'lvcnix Hl iiiuiMit: ix i 1 1 ii nounced temporary adjotiriinicnl Through out the turmoil there was single person in the room who maintained an impassive attitude This was the informer Gennaro Abbatemaggio who sat enlmlv in bls smaller steel pen listening and twisting his mustache When the sifting was resumed President Bianchi sharply reprimanded the disturb ers after which Antonio Carrato was called for examination He is charged with being one of the six who executed the sentence of death upon the Cuoeolos 5 OLD TEXAS' SHATTERED Show TTe Work Shattered by a veritable stornrof 'shell the old battleship Texas rests on the mud of Tangier sound lower Chesapeake bay The veteran of the United States navy sank under the spectacular marksmanship of her newer sister Gaping holes in her port side and two jagged wounds in her forward armor where shells passed com pletely through her showed how she suc cumbed Part of both her fighting masts were shot away anti her deck was a clus ter of debris The marksmanship test against a com paratively modern battleship was' conduct 7 ed with almost uncanny secrecy No one was permitted to approach the San Alar cos the name under which the old Texas received the fire except the ob servers and one or two naval officers and officials? Secretary of the Navy Aleyer whose yacht Dolphin was an chored near made several trips to the Shattered' oldship during' pauses in the firing Thfij broadsides delivered by the battleship New Hampshire at varying tances from 6 to aniles were consid ered 'remarkable by ordnance officers More than one third of all the shots were said to have gone true although nothing official was given out Ideal water greetedthe fleet Tuesday morning A half hour after the sun had risen the first shot fired 'This was followed by another but both were mere ly to determine the range Then began a beautiful exhibition of markmanship A salvo directed to thei stern of the San Marcos raised huge columns of water and deluged the vessel with spray leaving her unscathed Then toshow the control of the 12 and eight inch cannon another hail of shell was dropped immediately in front of the ship The miss was inten tional but the shells struck so close as to give rise at first to the belief that the first hit had been made The shooting then began in earnest The New Hamp shire followed by the battleship Missis sinni yards in her wake drew off of approximately 7 miles and began firing All of the broadsides were delivered against therSan Alarcos while: the attacking vessels were steaming back and forth along the line at practically a 10 knot speed There was no slowing down of firing on the turn After the 'seventh broadside the Texas plainly was in distress Tho two naval tugs that lay alongside the Alonitor Talla hassee on which were stationed the naval observers raced to her assistance Sec retary Aleyer ordered out his launch and with and Repre sentative Roberts of Alassachusetts his guests on board the Dolphin also Was quickly alongside the stricken ship The shells presumably had set the vessel afire for hose was run over sidri and the engines were set to' work numniug The "San Alarcos also had been driven out of broadside range by the force of the New shells and the tugs straight ened her out for her further ordeal Twice afterward shells set the hulk afire i What was practically the finishing blow to the old warrior as far as program was concerned came on'the 19th broadside when four 12 inch and four' eight inch shells were hurled at her Just as the sun was setting The shots poured so thick around her that it was impossible to determine how many of the eight struck the vessel A crashing of steel against the warship's side just at the water line was followed by a great cloud of flying armor and a burst of smoke By that time the San Marcos was listed far to port her big turret gun that faced the was deflecting until it looked' despairingly into the waters of the bay Arrangements were begun at once to pre pare the old warship in readiness for fur thet tests Upon the conclusion of the examination by the expert observers as to the effect of the fire against the Sah Alarcos a report will be made to Secretary Aleyer Admi ral Schroedej in command' of the fleet declined flatly TiieSday night to discuss the effect of the shell fire on the armor the chickens and cats within the turrets or upon the manikins placed in the fighting tops turrets or bridges The San Alarcos or Texas' was the first fully armored vessel to be rated as a battleship in the United States navy She Was built at the Norfolk navy yard by Naval Constructor rancis Bowies The designer' was a Air Johns an Hn sr islimnn dor crrciit: difficulties completely to equip tho yard to (mini iiutncning sups laid in January 1889 three vears on the wavs modification was the lengthenin un wlien it would probably not float if built accord ing to the original plaits The Texas proved unlucky being in col Hennigan of Worcester and Bag gagcuater 'Inyo MiRhtly Injured Although cars of the night ex press from New York for Portland Me rolled down a 30 foot ami one caught 'fire 2tj' miles west of Clin ton on the Worcester Nashua and ort laud division of the Boston and Alaine railroad early yesterday only two per sons were hurt and their injuries will not prove serious Hennigan of Worces ter a passenger and Edward Mayo of Portland baggagemaster received sev eral painful cuts and busises and were treated at the Clinton hospital The roadbed was torn up Tor nearly a third of a mile An examination after the wreck failed to disclose the cause but it seemed evident that the rear truck of the tender left the rails' and pounded over the sleepers until at length one of the cars ripped out a rail when all the train ex cept the locomotive left the irons the express car the day coach and a combi nation fnail and smoking car rolling down the embankment Ofthe 20 passengers on the 'train 17 were in the sleeping car which left the track but did not roll down the bank No one in the sleeping car was hurt There were also two other cars which left the rails but did not go into the ditch Hennigan the only passenger in jured was one of the three persons in the day coach One of the ears tnat went over the embankment caught fire but the flames were extinguished a charred win dow frame being the only visible evidence vfytbe blaze The mail car containing GO or'ljp bags of' mail ami the usual shipment of New York and AVorccster papers after rolling down the embankment plunged into a small pond at the side of the bank but as only one end of the car was under water the mail was not damaged A wrecking train was dispatched from Nash ua and by 10 o'clock traffic bn one track was resumed and by switching at Clinton Junction trains were able to be gloved in both directions although subject to considerable delay The los to the rolling stock and the damage to the roadbed is heavy 19141 Saw telle Howes Emery Bresnahan Calrd junian 'f Gleason 'Score' 1911 43 1914 19 Goals from floor XVhiting 5 Sbeehan Higbee 4 Torrance 5 Oborne Bresnahan Gfbason 3 Goals from" fouls Whiting 11SawttU 2 Gleason 9 I Benzoin Gbod StandlfiK Barney Oldfield's 200 horse Benz which was disqualified until Junel 1912 when Oldfield was outlawed recently wns reinstated yesterlay by Chairman Al Butler of the American automobile association contest board after payment of a $1000 fine It is' now offi cially entered in the beach jueet of the Atlantic Pablo Beach the 2th to 30th The 100 horse powcr Darracq the Prince Henrv Benz and the Giant Knox were also included in the lifting of the official ban rey Knoytf Collins Bushyc and Har grave' of Springfield won by 1222 1174 last: evening on the Suffolk alleys at Holyoke from Croke Thciligr Brouil lett and Brouillette Again yesterday briglit and early in lower Chesapeake bay the battleship New Hampshire rained shells on the old battle ship San Alarcos once the Texas while 12 other' warships of the Atlantic fleet stood by their officers watched the bombardment There was the same re markable precision that marked the shoot ing Tuesday by the New gunners resulting in the sinking of the famous ship which won honors ar the battle of Santiago all that Was left of her being a mass of twisted metal and jaggea armor 4 During Tuesday night' tugs worked on the ruins of the' vessel Collision mats covered many of her gaping holes and after much hauling and pulling the tugs succeeded in sending her around into the mud on whici the keel vas rested so as to present a broadside as a target The range yesterday like that during the splendid exhibition Tuesday averaged about six miles These further experiments were designed to deter mine the effective explosive power of the new dynamite Ordnance officers avoided advancing any opinions but there was ap parently general surprise at the re markable gunnery of the New men and the frightful havoc wrought by the new shells The New Hampshire was se lected for the test because her guns which are not considered up to the standard are to be replaced This makes the record scored by her gunners all the more noteworthy These are some of the things that Sec retary Aleyer saw when he boarded theSan Alarcos between volleys Tuesday: The dummies representing sailors in the fighting top of the ship unscathed not withstanding the great number of volleys fired at the ship This was a tribute to the excellence of the gun work for they were ordered to confine then fire to the hull and turrets A raging fire inside the ship caused by the explosive shells which 'penetrated her sides and made it impossible for tha ob servers to go below the main deck to as certain the damage A shell somewhat broken inside of the conning tower which nine inch steel wall it had pierced on one side This was not an explosive shell A number of holes clear through the hull from one side ti the other the greatest damage being done on the further side of the ship None of these holes however through the 11 inch armor belt Some dead animals and chickens killed by the interior explosions Some of the animals however were unharmed1 A cat walked quietly out of one of the turrets whose base had been smashed by a 12 inch shell The' secretary of the navy arid members of his official party who observed sinking of the antiquated battleship San Alarcos in the mud of Chesapeake bay Tuesday while at the mercy of the ex perimental of the formidable modern battleship New Hampshire returned to Washington yesterday Naval officers gen erally were enthusiastic over the in marksmanship made bv the gunners of the New Hampshire Officials of the de partment are awaiting reports in regard to thv exact effect of modern projectiles leveled a modern armor at long range These will not be made until after a de tailed examination of the sunken ship I he practice an essential' part of the test demonstrated naval officers say the splendid necuraev of the gunners of the navy Simulating actual battle con ditions shots wore 'bv the New Hampshire short of the San and also beyond her with the purpose of lo cating the exact distance of the AA henever the guns were aimed to hit one officer declared the New Hampshire LECTURES ON Lewis Allyn and Alfred Me Cnnn Instruct Larae Audience Re garding ood Adulterants' Lewis Allyn of the AVest field normal school and Alfred AleCann director of the rancis Leggett company's chem ical laboratories in New York city were the speakers last evening at a largely attended meeting held under the auspices of the Kindergarten club in the science hall of the central high school The meet lug was especially designed for the par ents and quite' a large number of young mothers were present to listen to the lec tures given bn "Child robbery and its pre vention Aliss Lola Macartney the pres ident of the club presided and introduced hs the first speaker Air Allen who con ducted thp experimental work of the sub Jpf' He took as his particular subject the child is and considered chiefly thri adulterated foods which greatly make up the food for children Under this head he considered milk crackers can dies cookies cakes and fillings entering into the preparation of food stuff Seniors and iuniors Qualify for inal Basketball Setto Northampton high's senior and junior basketball teams will meet next Wednes day to see which shall be champion for the year while the two lower grades will enter the heat for second men This was decided at the continued class games last night in the Northampton Young Alen's Christian association when 1911 had an easy time with the kindergartners sailing iiiway to the pleasant tune of 43 and 19 and the juniors set a fast pace in defeat ing the 31 to 18 Contrary to the usual order the complete game was played out first between the Alethusclahs aud the Alidgets probably because the outcome was so certain that no heart thrillers were to be expected Whiting and Torrance were the sharp shooters in this contest each improving what few rays of opportunity their men did not cloud for all the freshmen stuck like mosquitoes in August Higbee se cured three shots from the floor in the first half but in the next period had a different story to tell for he shifted to guard Glea son who came out on the 2 to end of a close rivalry or the freshmen Saw telle Gleason came out of the two games with good reputations and they will be two pieces of material not entirely raw for next year's tearii Gleason ought 'to be a heli' to it and should make it without any great difficulty The juniors and sophom*ores started their race at a fast clip A It took three minutes for Barney to get the first goal from a rapid mix up under the basket Brown followed with his second foul andthen Maynard and O'Brien each caged a free try Rabe came in for an end pass and a backward bend shot which brought down the house and made number one ot his long string of beauties Livermore broke a wav for his one prize and then Rabe took another return pass for a long shot which never touched the hoop In the first half the sophom*ores scored only oum basket from 'the field but O'Brien put in all his attempts at the free try shots Rabe opened the second half with anoth er berfuty and after Brown had gotten one also Rabe let go a rainbow which ended in the netting stopping short the usual cries of In this game the score have been larger but for the tendency of one of the junior forwards to shoot on his own hook without regard to the ciiances ly Livermore 1912 Rabe 1 Wlswell Brown Livermore 1 Barney from floor Rabe 6 Wiswell Brown narner Mqrnnrd O'Brien 2 from' fouls Brown'll Maynard O'Brien 11 neferce Grander I minute halves 1911 Whiting 1 Higbee Sheehan Torrance Kcily Oborne Smith Sheehan" Higbee Seme 19J1 43 1914 STEAMER ARRIVALS At New York Oceanic from Southamp ton Estonia from Lilian At Boston tin from Conen? hagen and Christiania Toronto from Hull Eng In communication with Cape Race Ced ric from Genoa for New York will dock 830 a in Alonduy Duca Degli Abruzzi from Naples and Genoa for New York will Hock about 830 a Saturday La Savoie from Havre for New York will dock about 830 a Saturday At Glasgow nmessin from New York At Smyrna Cleveland "from New York At Trieste Oceania from York At Antwerp inland from New Yurie At Halifax Grampian from Liverpool At Bremen from New a In communication with Brdx'Head La Provence from New York for Havre: was due at Havre ab'mit 2 a to day Presi dent' Grant from New York for Hamburg GLEE CLUB CONCERT AT SMITH College Musical Organizations Present ine Program The annual glee club concert of Smith college was given last night at 8 o'clock in the John AL Greene hall This was the first time in the history of the club that the concert has' been given in a build ing belonging to the college owing to the inadequacy of the buildings in former years The John AL Greene hall was espe cially well suited for the concert last even ing with its splendid acoustic facility and its seatinsr capacity for over 2000 people The scene was a particularly festive one The floor and the sloping upper gallery were filled with the college students in delicately colored evening gowns and their out of town friends The faculty and many Northampton and Holyoke people wore also present The program was as follows air Smith 'Blodgett The at the SpringMrs A 'Beach Glee club a Medley Arr by "Lansing Mandolin club Cantata "The Rose of Airs A Beach Miss Gleason and glee club Yankee Dandy Meidt Banjo club Topical song from "The 1 Arr by Doris Nash 1911 Miss Lyford and glee club March Espanol Granado Afandolin club Part 2 airy and Child Paula Haire 1911 Miss Nash and glee clnb Song from Zapoiya Edith Lobdell 1911 Glee club Coon's Birthday Arr by Austin Banjo club Summer AVind Harris Waltz Song Puccini Glee club Wooden Shoes Cooke Mandolin club 1911 Medley Arr by Hazel Gleason '1911' Glee club Signs of Spring Sleeper Words by Mary Rice 1911 Miss McCrary mandolin and glee clubs? The fifth number was especially good and Aliss Lyford was charming in her ren dering of the topical' song As an encore to the ninth number half the club Caine back upon the stage and sang a "very sweet negro lullaby the refrain of which was taken up by the other half of the club who were back "of 'the stage The effect was very pleasing and the song was re peated in response to a hearty applause Aliss AIcCrary sang most sweetly in the final number The ushers were: 1911 Jean Johnson' head usher Gladys Burgess "Jane Alar tin Elizabeth Sweet Katharine Burrell Anna Rochester Mary Rice Dorothy Hickok Agnes Senior Edith Angell Ger trude McKelvey Dorothy Page Sopbronia Roberts Beatrice Cohn Dorothy White Katherine Kidder Anita Barrett Esther Packard Audrey Mallet Barn Jiart Ruth Van Deman lorence Sturte vant Elizabeth' aber Barbara Quinn Jeannette Kennedy: 1912' Margaret Bing ham Alargaret BenneU Nellie Oicsen Dorothy Douglas Gladys Drummond Margaret Washington Ethel Waite 1913 rances Al orrison" Ala rie 'Curial Hazel Hancliett Louise Hale Eleanor Welch Katherine 1awrence Ixitiise Wliite Sophia I Smith Marjorie Lincoln Clara William I Jisiojk sinking at herock collapsing CORBETT WINS NO CONVERTS fliHUf nfi (Irx dork and generally acauinng a repu face stamu nj knirc i vnn mu i ai xi fl 1 A IIXIO II 11 Ul' 1 11 ItAnA 1 tl Tla riiXTITI Vt IHinr LI uui lauv vs LU XV Sortino and Giuseppe Salvi Mariano de Gennaro who is eused of the actual murder of likewise took the 'witness stand He de clared that he was the victim of jealousj on the part of Abbatemaggio on account of women He denied yirpnrticipation in the murder Several parties composed of English tourists and Americans arrived at Viterbo yesterday from to hcui action the town will take in regard to borrowing money for taxes and other it was voted to secure a temporary loan of $15 000 The treasurer stated that the as sessors rinsed by taxes the sum or 585 tesidqs the eojinty and state Under article 18 there wak ri of talk about sotting the price of a 1 nnl 1 uvug iuhii Huib nt uij at $2 It was amended to read that the priCe be regulated by the solo inion nr cording to market jiriccs The school committee was given authority to dispose of the" old Green street school house in tho rear of tho school "buildings 'The full list of appropriations voted is as fol lows Town office fence StCO state niil 100: library narks 450: interest 1500 note 1500: assessors 100 forestry ttuti niiiiigr mi rri nuiiug ttonal three lights Bliss road 60: additional two Bahts ernleaf avenue 40: additional two lights Warren terrace 40 additional three lights North Depot road 60: additional 'np light Blrnie road 20: additional one light South avenue 20: general high ways 800 orest avenue and Dwight road 500: sidewalks 500: roadside care 100 snow paths 50: tarring road 1000: hydrant rental 800: fire department 50: miscellaneous 1500 schools 5000 repairs on school building 1200: Converse street grading 350: street bounds 100 sinking fund nnd water bed 1800 guide posts 100 planting trees 100: tree repairing 300 interest water debt 1200 town notes 11000: YVilllaius street sewer 48159: county tax 1200 state tax 2035 care Of drains 100 drains South Turk avenue 375: drains Benedict terrace 220 seven man holes 294 seven catch basins 140' sewer Bliss road '140: sen er Converse street 300: water main Reachwood avenue 400 water main Lawn wood 'avenue loO 1913 Irene Overly 1913 Al Burleigh 1911 Edith Lobdell BODY OUND IN THE RIVER MIRON PERKINS DROWNED SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN SUICIDE Elderly Man Nearly Blind Had Been Missing Only II Short Time The body of Alyrou AV 57 of 22 School street was discovered in the river near the Springfield boat club house about noon yesterday by George Bus CgU steward of the boat club The' body was recovered and after' being viewed hy tlie medical examiner it' was taken to Roadstrand's undertaking rooms The in dications point to the theory that Air Perkins committed suicidebut no cue saw him jump into Hie river ami it is possible that he wandered into the water unintentionally' lie was very nearly blind arid had been in poor health Air Perkins's wife was alarmed at his dis appearance and she asked the police io look for him soon after the finding of the body She said that he had left the honsc about 11 o'clock yesterday morning and when he did not return she asked the pd lice to search for him i Mr Buscall saw a black object float ing' in river in front of the boat house and upon closer examination he de cided that it was it body He ran to Otto'g boat house at the fobt of Elm street near which the body was carried by the current Air Buseull threw rope about the shoulders of the body and pulling it to tho side of the float lie turned it over nnd found that it was the body of a man The police were notified and Al edieal Examiner Ai Bates was summoned Dr Bates decided pody had not been in the water long and in this he was confirmed by the fact Unit Air Perkins's wntch stopped at 1140 probably about the time he fell into the river It is usual for a body to sink when a person has just drowned nnd tho fact that Mr body floated led the police and others to conclude that it" had been iri the water several days Air Perkins had on im overcoat and other heavy elothirig and it is supposed that eenough air wns imprisoned in his cloth ing to keep the body afloat for ah hour or more a Air Perkins was 57 years of age He was a native of Chelsea Vt the son nf Horatio a ndAlary Richardson Perkins nnd spent' his early ife in that town He later lived in Trowbridge and Wind sor 1K years he "resided in Moodus Ct and was employed as a compositor by the Connecticut Valley Ad vertiser He then removed Id Hartford where he was connected with the Hart ford Times for eight years or tho past 13 years he lived in this city ami had been employed as a compositor at the United States armorv or several years he wns supcrihtcnacnt of the Moodus Sunday school and was interested in mu sical circles being connected with the Asylum street Methodist church o'f 'Hart ford where he sang for 14 years He Was also connected with the South church choir of this city and sang in the A es lev church for one year Air Perkins was" twice married his first wife dying 14 years ago second mar riage took place January 31 1899 when he wedded Alary" Nichols of Hart ford His only son who was a student at the Alassachusetts agricultural cpllcge died seven years ago after a few illuess His death was a serious blow to his father1 who wns soon afterward strick en with paralytic shock from which benever fully i recovered' or njorc thanthrefeVeiirff he had been an invalid ami in 11XM) suffered shock whiehXeft hinU totally blinil subsequently partly regained his sight so as to be able to get around without assistance Through it all he was patient and cheerful ami it was a pleasure to talk with him Air Per kins was a member of Pynchon council Royal Anahum and also of the church of tho Disciples of this city Besides his widow "he leaves one sister Airs AV Corwin of 'South Royalton Vt The funeral will be hold at chapel to morrow evening at 7 o'clock Rev A Roinl will' officiate PROGRAM LIVING PICTURES I Mercy Warren Chapter Entrrtoinw With Novel roffram The Morey Warren chapter Daughters of the American Revolution entertained a gbod sized audicuce last evening in the Women's house with a program of living pictures attractii'e dances and ex cellent music or the first number Airs Roland played "The star spangled and the first picture was birthday of the flag" in which Airs ''G oss represented Betsy Ross and Dr IL Clark wns George Washing ton A scries of women famous in his tory was then given with Airs Clinton Gowdy as Queen Isabella Aliss Ethel White as St Catherine Aliss Alario Ames as Joan of A rev Airs Clifford Rice as lorence Nightingale nnd Mrs A Sqtiicras Lucretia Mott The next picture con sisted of two scenes in which John Alden impersonated by I Alwin Hill and 9' eilla by Aliss Ruth Butler figured be first was the scene "Why dou't you speak for yourself John?" and the second por trayed them on their way to the church Aliss Josephine Hill was a striking fig ure posed as The Indian huntress am) Aliss Alargy Van Duseu was winsome as Emma a girl of 51 years ago A cbntni ing picture was Aliss Aladcline Moore who1 posed a Roses while Airs I utz snng De Kovcn's sing "Loses Airs Enos Smith wns a regal figure as the duch*ess of Devonshire aud there was an interesting contrast between Alias Eliza beth Russell as the old fa sb mneS girl nnd Aliss Alice Morris as the girl of 1911 The well known picture tailed "The in teresting wns shown by Aliss Effie AVilcox who bold the skein and Alr Hill The two children who posed as "I love my sister init Oli you mane a inking group and the fortune teller was also an interesting number The next picture was statuary Mrs Whittemore appearing ns Zeuobia aud Alm W' Andrews as the Easter angel Then fol lowed a series of pictures which illustrated the poem "Grandma's Attic which was read by Miss Helen Emery The pictures represented various scenes "iri the old farm house the antique furniture for which was loaned through the courtesy of Abraham Vinick The last two numbers were a minuet in charge of Airs James Doherty which was charmingly executed by four girls and four boys dressed iii national costumes They were Misses Beatrice Janes Alarjotie Kinsman Dorcas King and Eleanore Brackett the boys being John AliH'O' Ralph Stedman Roger Sistnre a id Robert Baldwin A Jap anese dance under the direction of Airs Ball wns pleasingly done by Misses Mariah Carter RncheJ Albee Dorothy Phelps and Muriel Lefvis The aceoin panimeutH were played by Mrs Edith Snell Gardner and Airs Roland Chaffee Airs Lutz and Aliss Aludeliue Moore sang several solos The entertainment was un der the management of the ways nnd menus committee anil1 the committee in charge consisted of Airs George uller chairman Airs James Doherty Mrs AVillinm Bigelow Airs A Rogers Airs Alfred Martin Airs Ball and Mrs Whittemore At the age of G4 Edison is still short '11 Ching his days by working so hatd that He forgets to go home to lunch.

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