The Springfield Daily Republican from Springfield, Massachusetts (2024)

August 20, 1913

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The Springfield Daily Republicani

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The Springfield Daily Republican from Springfield, Massachusetts

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Springfield, Massachusetts

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Wednesday, August 20, 1913

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THR SPRINGIELD DAILY REPUBLICAN: WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20 1013 REUNION MACK AMILY THAW IS CAPTURED LOCAL INTELLIGENCE NO ULTIMATUM GIVEN LOCAL DEMOCRATS UNEASY Continued from Page 11 OVER 100 MEET AT HINSDALE WANT A STATE COMMITTEEMAN number IN BEHAL WORLD PEACE zAh NO ROAD DECISION HOW KELSEA GOT THAW Li THOMAS A RISSELL gave ATER POND BUILDERS LEAVE TO ETCH THAW Thaw then told of the plan Like all his neighbors he was a OBITUARY Efforts STEAMER ARRIVALS from from at TO IMPORT JAPANESE OYSTERS? St in the of this neglect to keep the informed of conditions in of having better repre statq committee has been local city committee and ago came Will and the farm village of near the state win VISIT MB LANGDON DA VIES LOOK OR MORE PATRONAGE Addresses and Reminiscences Given Those Who Registered' rom Popular Mechanics! In order to ascertain if Japanese oysters can be grown in Puget sound the oyster growers of the state of conducting experiments toward this end and have ordered a large quantity of seed from Japan for the purpose As the Japa nese variety equals in size and flavor those grown in eastern waters and matures one year sooner special efforts will be made to cultivate them On men PAPERS ON AMILY HISTORY sons and 10 daughters all to maturity Paper the lives and times of Henry Mack Gov Podges of Kansas Wants Next Winter Water Stored Gov Hodges at Topeka Kan yesterday set about finding a force of 50 expert pond builders to supervise the work of building reservoirs throughout Kansas in further ance of the governor's plan to conserve in winter and spring enough water to tide the farmers over such drouth as has men aced the state in the last three weeks It is the plan to designate a in September after the man ner of Gov Major of Missouri in proclaim ing days" for the improvement of the highways of that commonwealth He hopes to see 100000 ponds averaging at least an acre in area hunt over tne for the conservation of the coming ter's snow and rain fall Judge Returns Petition Asking for Receiver of New Line Judge Hammond at Boston yesterday re turned to the clerk of the supreme court the petition signed by John Marsch the Chicago railroad contractor to put the Southern New England railway company into hands of receivers without tak ing any action or making any decision The court has been informed that an attempt has been made to settle the' differences Marsch claims $1500000 damages for an alleged breach of his contract for construc tion work between Palmer and Blackstone in this state He was ordered to stop work on November 12 last Arguments on a demurrer in the petition were heard by Judge Hammond last week His large house he kept as a tav vears or a number ot dark hair was slightly an ill gradu school schools She cemetery The bearers were Daniel James Jr and Mortimer Shea John Mur phy John Corcoran and Thomas O'Leary The funeral of Mrs Margaret McCarthy was held yesterday morning at her home 29 Lowell street A high mass of requiem followed in All Souls' church which Rev Patrick Carey was celebrant Rev A Riordan deacon and Rev Devine of Holyoke subdeacon The burial was in Calvary cemetery Chicopee The bearers were Edward McCarthy John Me Carthy Henry Hanefln rank Hanefin James McCarthy and McCarthy The funeral of Miss Marietta Knox was held at the home of Mrs Herbert Nye 100 Revere street yesterday afternoon Rev reeman officiated There were many beautiful flowers The body will be taken to Russell this morning and the burial will be in that town The funeral of Ernest Anderson child of Richard and Selma' Anderson was held at the home 49 Langdon street yes terday afternoon Rev John Neilson offi ciated and the burial was in Oak Grove cemetery The funeral of William Perry son of Mr and Airs Peter A Perry' was neld at chapel yesterday morning: A mass followed in the Holy amily church and the burial was in St Alichael'e cemetery Dr C' Downey Put orward as Can didate Opposition to John Mitchell for Representative the hardy pioneers There Gt a young man at tne while returning from his first The descendants of John Mack who came to America from Scotland 244 years ago held a reunion in Hinsdale yester day with a good attendance and ideal weather The reunion was held in the Congregational church and in the morning about 100 members the family regis tered while in the afternoon the increased to 135 The morning session was short purely business purposes The New ork Officials Say How Be Deported Into New Not New Hampshire District Attorney Edward Conger Sheriff red Hornbeck and former Dis trict Attorney John Mack left Pough keepsie last night for Sherbrooke by way of Montreal with The avowed intention of taking Harry Thaw into custody and returning him either to the Dutchess county jail or to the Matteawan asylum The Dutchess county officials are armed with a warrant charging conspiracy issued by Supreme Court Justice Morschauser and if it is found that Thaw cannot be extradited on' the conspiracy charge a new warrant charging bribery will be applied for 'tid an attempt made to extradite the fugitive on this charge It is the hope of the district attorney and his associates however that Canada will deport Thaw in so doing land him over the international line in New York instead of New Hampshire or Ver mont Should this be done Air Conger and his associates will be waiting on the line to take Thaw into custody and bring him back Theydontwant him returned to the United States in any other state than New York for the reason that he would in any other state have an op portunity to attempt to prove that he is sane and almost interminable litigation and delay would follow Sheriff Hornbeck and District Attorney Conger went to' Matteawan yesterday aft ernoon to get more complete descriptions of the five Richard Butler Roger Thompson Eugene Duffy Michael and Thomas lood who aided Thaw to escape The officials inquired also as to the ownership of the automobile which they believe was used as a pathfinder for the Thaw car on Saturday last Chief of Police McCabe ascertained that this car made the tour from Matteawan to Con necticut and return last Saturday to pick out the best roads for the Thaw automo bile District Attorney Conger learned the number of the car and communicated with Secretary of State May as to its owner ship It was found that the number was that of three auto trucks The officials believe it was taken from one of the trucks and used by the driver of the pathfinder i Howard Barnum the Matteawan' guard I who opened the gate on Sunday morning when maw mane nis escape nan noinmg to say when notified that Thaw had been captured examination will be held before Supreme Court Justice Mors chauser to morrow The prisoner will face the charge of bribery conspiracy find neglect of duty as a house official Glynn Wires to Poughkeepsie Acting Gov Glynn at Albany yesterday sent the following telegram to District Attorney A Conger of Dutchess county at Poughkeepsie: every ef fort possible on your part to have detained all persons now in custody in Canada in connection with the escape from Mattea wan of Harry Thaw in order that they xt jaid in thoraiifirhlv irivesticat ing this matter and be punished if guilty' of complicity in the Lang or ergu Johnnycake hill and Lang house where lived before him of the petition for in ti or known ns place bnin the probably presided at Mack reunion yesterday 1 oster dining 41 on her lawn and ve randa A group photograph was taken on the church steps the first thing after luuch ou A rissell chairman of the day a hose mother was aura (Eminonsl ris ell and whose grandmother was Mindwell Mavki Emmons the third daughter of David Mack late of Middlefield called gathering to order at 15V and in address welcome saying hundred and forty four years John Mack left Inverness Scot and fli iwt fnnntrv Thn th Oil westward" and men and women left their lomes and crossed the ocean riends we you to the Green mountains to Berkshire to Hinsdale one of the bestowns in the world best for one reason icc iuse it was named for a good man Rev rinoilorn Hinsdale and because the town las always been kept good You are wol ome to our homes and yon will carry iwuv our kindliest feelings A quartetomposed of Philip Mack Smith Edward Church Smith Alfred Smith Crane and Vbert Hayes gave three selections dur ng the afternoon including old St Hermenigilde de Garford The farmer dressed and by the light of a lantern bar ucssed his horses as Thaw and his com pnnions stood by It was a short drive Thaw and his two friends were in their rooms at the village hotel at 1030 Constable Not Excited road lay through the village too He quickly learned of the arrival 1 of the three strangers and telephoned the police at Coaticook The police force consisting of the village constable decided to let Thaw sleep At 6 o'clock yester day morning however he went to St Her menigildc de Git rf ord and to the hotel and placed the three men under arrest After Thaw's arrest Kelsea telegraphed the asylum authorities at Matteawan claiming the reward not were the first words when he gazed on the constable's night stick sole emblem of his authority bet you $10 Notwithstanding Thaw and his friends were bundled into an automobile and whisked away to Coaticook There Thaw was put in the village lockup the constable standing guard at the door Thaw sent word that he wanted a lawyer and Dr Shurtleff was summoned to the lockup His first words were an ad monition to his client not to talk to the reporters Before Thaw had been Jong in the lockup he admitted his identity His companions however declined to say anything about themselves After Thaw and his counsel had spent an hour or more in consultation Thaw was taken for a hearing to the office of Justice of the Peace Dupuis and formally arraigned on the following indictment: Harry Thaw was legally convicted and confined for life and unlawfully es caped from the Justice Du puis conducted the affair briefly Thaw icard the indictment read That was all He was not permitted to enter a plea Be fore his astonished lawyer could enter an objection the court had ordered him com mitted without bail to the Sherbrooke jail for a hearing this morning Crestfallen Thaw' went back to lockup to await the coming of the 230 train for Slierbrooke The assur ances of his lawyer failed of comfort and he refused food Later when he was taken to the station his appetite came to him and he ate a hard boiled egg and two sand wiches before the interested gaze of goodly proportion of Coaticook's popula tion The entertainment committee of the Ousamequin tribe of Red Men met last evening in Red hall and completed plans for a clambake to be held Saturday grove in Agawam has been se lected as the place and the bake will be served at 230 The afternoon will be taken up with sports and a baseball game The tickets are selling well and members may procure them at the regular meet I ing to morrow evening Bay path lodge of Odd ellows held a regular meeting last evening in Memorial hall Two applications for membership were received The past grands of the lodge will play a baseball game with the past grands ot riendship lodge of Thomp sonville in Thompsonville Ct on Labor day Plans are being made for a similar game with Phoenix lodge on September 13 in Hampden park The Everett Barney company Uni form Rank Knights of Pythias at their regular meeting last night decided to hold a clambake and outing at grove Mittineague on the 30th and for visitors dined at different places Mrs A historical paper on the Mack family vas read by Edward Church Smith of Toronto Ont: It was in part as follows: A few years before the outbreak of the evolutionary war the wave of emigrationad advanced into Western Massachusetts nd because all the land on both sides of he Connecticut river had been occupied be surplus population had begun moving the new townships which had been re ntly opened for settlement in the region the Berkshire hills This territory at incted settlers because it promised them omes at little cpst aside from their own iror ame from Hebron Invid Mack son of Elisha Alack nt i rading venture with the Indians on the bores of Lake Champlain he bought the arm in the township of Becket now within he township of Middlefield where be aft rward built his house This lies bout a half mile south of Middlefield CeB IT He bought the land in 1773 and year he came there cleared two acres no sowed them to wheat and built a log ouse While improving his property le forked for his neighbor Samuel Tnylor wo days a week for his board and the ther four days he worked for himself In the spring of 1774 David Mack inar ied Alary Talcott of Hebron She was he great great great gra nddaughter oil the Worshipful John Talcott" one of the first ingistrates of Connecticut She was also escended from William I'ynchon the of Springfield and of Elizur Hol okc for whom the mountain and the city Holyoke were named In March 1775 Livid Alack came to bis new home with his rife and his daughter Alary then but a months old making the journey from lebron with an ox team While crossing he river at Norwich Ct the high water wept the boat rapidly downstream and bey narrowly escaped drowning In theg cabin he had built David Alack and is family lived until 1781 and here at nisi three of his children Lois David and lindwell were born In that year he uilt his large frame house 'which still lands to day 132 years old the oldest fame house in Middlefield 1 1 is now the ummer residence of Rev Elisha Mack the father of David about 776 which was not long after the death Dea Josiah Alack followed his son into be wilderness of Western Alassaehusetts nd settled about a mile south of the r's home on what has more recently been nown as the Charles Combs farm in Alid Sefield His house stood at the interseb ion of the highway to IL Aiderman's ith the road leading to Johnnycake bill house which stood in the lot on the northwest corner was known in 1783 as Mack's In 1806 it was I "John Alack's old It was gone by 1S09 Elisha Mack was one of the first signers of the petition for the incorporation of Aliddlefield 1781 At one of the early town meetings he was appoint ed on a committee of five to find the center of the town which should serve as the site for the meeting house He was also ap pointed on a committee to procure preach ing in Elisha career was brought to a sudden and violent end for he was killed by an ox May 24 1783 He was I buriec in the old Mack cemetery on the afsonage lot in Middlefield Widow Mack some years later became the second wife of Ebenezer Selden of Middlefield Elisha Mack Jr younger brother of David Mack probably came to Middlefield with his father at the age of 17 In 17S1 he married a young widow Airs Howes daughter of Thomas Blossom of Yarmouth In 1791 he bought of Benjamin Blish the tarm son lived Rlish ne was a signer corporation of Middlefield in 1781 two years he served as selectman and for three years he was on the school commit tee In 1801 he joined the Congregation al church from which lie was given a letter of dismission in 1823 to Lenox whither he moved about that time His seven children were all born in Middle field He died in Lenox in 1850 Warren Mack another brother of David Mack probably came to Aliddlefield with his father at the age of 13 After his death he was the head of the household until he sold the farm to his brother Da vid in 1784 rom his son Elisha is de scended our esteemed relative Ernest 11 Mack of Keuka Park to whom in a large measure we are indebted for in itiating the movement for this Mack fam ily reunion One of the first public acts of David Alack was that of getting the town pf Middlefield incorporated The residents in this region which then comprised the cor ners of MurraytiehL Worthington and Becket with parts of Washington and Pnrtridgefield were far removed from the business and religions centers of their re spective towns and travel in those days was a grievous hardship In the midst of these people so seriously inconvenienced were some even more destitute than they The residents on Prescott's grant had no political center for tiie grant was not a part of any existing tcwn1 So David Mack having obtand a knowledge of the region while hunting and defined the boundaries for a new town called meeting of the citizens to consider the matter They approved the but dreaded the expense and the opposition of the interested towns inally David Macktold them that he would undertake the business If successful they should de fray the exnenses and if he failed the loss should be his own Under his direction a petition was drawn up in 17S1 and signed bv 60 settlers David Alack's ef forts and the petition brought the desired result and the new town of Aliddlefield whs incorporated in 1785 On November 16 of that same year the Congregational church was constituted and David Mack was chosen one of its first deacons In this capacity he served acceptable for 42 years retiring at the age of 75 Until the meeting house was built services were often held at his dwell ing Having secured the incorporation of thf town David Mack was made a member of the first board of selectmen serving in 1783 4 and again in 1787 8 In after years he filled many offices of honor and trust was assessor justice of the peace colo nel of militia and representative to theGeneral Court in 1811 12 During the Revolutionary war he served as a private in Capt company in Col John (Berkshire) regiment marching in 1777 to the grants in Vermont serving 15 days David Mack's most noted act of loyalty to the newly formed American government was during the troublous times of rebellion 178G S7 As captain of a militia company at that time he was ordered by Gen Shepard of AVestfield to report with his men at Springfield He accordingly drafted his men and ordered them to ap pear at his home the next morning ready to march But during the night the com pany met appointed new officers and de clared for Shays and in the morning sur rounded Capt 'Alack's house and declared him prisoner The loyal captain clearly saw the peril of the step they had taken and to his utmost he exhorted his men to abandon their course of treason but all in vain said he you go I shall go myself As prisoner he requested a furlough of three days which was granted and signed by the newly appointed officers and with this document in his pocket I a vid Mack all armed and equipped marched alone to Springfield He reported to Gon Shepard who commended him for his loyalty and said: ell Capt Mnck ns von have no men to fight with roti von mav go home XVe shall imme diately attend to the men who have signed this Not long afterward when 59 men went from Middlefield to Northamp ton nrisonprs of war following the de feat of the insurgents at the Jones place in Middlefield they earnestly and humbly besought Capt Alack to use nis innuence in securing their release He magnani mously exerted himself in their behalf and as a result some of them escaped with only light sentences and all of them obtained some mitigation through his intervention But David Alack was busy in the pur suits of peace as well as in the activities of war Like all his neighbors he was a farmer and as such was eminently suc cessful years he carried on'the 'manufacture of potash But especially he was a mer chant His first store was one of the chambers of his dwelling Later the store was located in a small building attached to the north end of the house Afterward the store was in a more commodious build ing situated on the parsonage lot nearby Always honest in bis dealings and care ful in his trading he became in time bat instead ot exhibited groat during bis life Trieste Saxonia from New loric Bergen Kristianiafjord from New Vorona from New York I 'll VCI I he anv I was acquitted of that me Englishman Urges AVider Activity in America Effect of Militarism The immense concern of America in the cause of world peace was emphasized last evening by Langdon Davies of Lon don Eng who spent several hours in Springfield on his return from Russell where he spoke before the grange yester day under the auspices of the Garton peace foundation of England bn what is known in that country as the new pacifism Mr' Langdon main purpose visiting this country is to attend the in ternational conference at Cornell university in September and he recently arrived in company with about 30 English and German students also" bound for thb conference He will be the chief lecturer in the cause of international peace at the gathering and in the meantime is lectur ing at various meetings like the one in Russell where he is attempting to put be fore the American public the deep sig nificance of the peace ideas of Norman Angell expressed in his widely read new book Great Mr Langdon Davies will include Brookfield Sun derland and oxboro in his Alassaehusetts itinerary and later will attend the Anglo American conference near Detroit before proceeding to the Cornell congress Later he contemplates a lecture tour of the greater part of the United States to be completed about December 1 after which it is planned to have Norman Angell him self visit the country in the advocacy of the ideas for which he has come to stand so prominently in the European eye Air Langdon Davies is an honor graduate of Pembroke college Cambridge and is a registered barrister who has written ivide: ly for the English magazines and news papers in the interests of his chosen work BAKBER SHOPS UNIONIZED Continued from Page 11 president has been advanced in Latin American circles at Washington Consti tutionalist representatives at Washington do not think anything definite will result from the present negotiations and are pleading for a removal of the American embargo on arms Given permission to buy munitions of war they prpmise an earlv termination of hostilities eeling was tense throughout official over the developments in the Mexican capital but the denial sent by Charles stating that no ultimatum demanding recognition had been delivered relieved the tension materially Senators exhibited keen interest in the situation and President XVilson gave in quirers what information he had Judg ment was generally deferred until the Mexican note had been received in full Additional parts of were being received during the night The work of translat ing it from Spanish into English and plac ing it in cipher coupled with the slow cable telegraph communication with Mex ico City made it probable that the full text would not be in hand at before late to day Publication of the American note has been postponed to await the outcome of Air Lind's second efforts to reach an understanding with Provisional President Huerta Messages came from many sources in dorsing a policy of peace during the day' want peace not wired Gov McConnell of Idaho indorse your pol Emliasnador Wilson Has No Comment Henry Lane Wilson retiring embassa dor to Alexico arrived at Chicago yester day on his way to his home at Culver Ind lie had no comment to make on po litical developments in the City of Alexico at 'Matteawan An automobile answer ing the description of the big touring car in which he made his getaway passed tlirough White River Junction A't Sun day night The same ear was seen Mon day morning at ooiisvine it whs occunicd bv four it is believed that Thaw and his two com rtaflY paniODs icir one muu whu II LrfnVA Kftii Pfi 1 1 1 train Of this however Thaw refused to talk He was then asked you care to say anything about threats you are said to have made that you would go after certain people once you were out ot shall make no answer to the nonsense of that sort that has been he replied And that ended the interview so far as the reporters were concerned The photographers came next They wanted a picture Again Thaw balked He couldn't consent to it couldn even con sider till he put on a clean shirt and collar He explained that he had had no opportunity to change his clothes since leaving Matteawan Thaw two compan ions surpassed his reticence with their own All the newspaper men could learn of them was a description of each One of them is five feet eight or mne inches tall smooth faced with dark hair and eves and heavy set The other is aboiit the same hight lighter in build and tair complexion Two Method of Returning Prisoner Thaw may be sent back to New on either of two grounds Through deportation proceedings begun un der that section of the Dominion law which reads as follows: No immigrant shall be per mitted to land in Canada who is feeble minded an idiot or epileptic or who Is insane or who has had an attack of Insanity wnhin live years nor shall any immigrant be so landed who Is deaf and dumb or blind or in tirm unless he belongs to a family accom panving him or already In Canada which gives security satisfactory to the minister and in conformity with the regulations in that behalf for his permanent support if admitted to Canada Through extradition proceedings instituted by the state ot New York and conducted by the proper federal authorities of the United States on a warrant for arrest charging him with bribery He cannot be extradited on the warrant already issued in New York for his arrest on a charge of conspiracy in the opinion of the authorities because existent treaties between the United States and fJreat Britain deal only with that brand of conspiracy relating only to a revolt against the master ot a ship on the mg1 seas A new warrant charging bribery the authorities believe would have to be sworn out against him There is of course a possibility that Canada will not deport him and will de cline to honor an extradition requisition issued by the States To these possibilities the wealthy slayer of Stan ford White addressed his attention and that of his counsel last night at Sher brooke preparatory to a hearing in his case set for to day Thau Quiet as an Oyster After his first flush of excitement Thaw has been quiet as an oyster This has been due almost wholly to his counsel XX Shirtleff hurriedly retained after Thaw had been arrested by the village constable admonition not to talk checked the speech as effectually as a gag Before Shirtleff was retained how ever Thaw see sawed with declarations that he was Thaw ami he wasn't Thaw He franklv admitted his identity when first detected yet offered to bet the con stable $1O that he Thaw when ar rested He told the deputy sheriff who caused his arrest that be was Thaw but stubbornly resisted the suggestion as to his identity while in the jail at Coaticook only to break down in the end acknowl edge his name and send dispatches which riveted the already Certain identification These telegrams were addressed to Mrs Alarv Thaw his mother: to Roger the Thaw family detective and others who have played leading roles in his attempts to obtain liberty by legal means The keen eye and wit of a rural deputy sheriff enmeshed Thaw once more in the processes of the law and while the crack detectives of eastern cities were seeking the fugitive the' village constable took him into custody The Hero of Coos County Burleigh II Kelsea deputy sheriff of Coos county IL boarded a Maine Cen tral train at Lancaster Monday night and sat down in the smoker to read his paper He was well on his way to Colebrook his home when he heard the i conversation of men in the seat behind him They were asking one another the name of the county seat of the county through which they were passing None of them knew A well built man of erect Hi mrA TvhnCiJ sprinkled with gray and into whose eyes there was stamped an unusual stare arose and stood by Kelsea's seat his hand light ly touching the deputy's shoulder as he leaned forward The stranger wanted to know the name of the county seat Some thing in his manner or it may have been the strange light in his eyes Kelsea does not recalle which caused the deputy to study the face before him He had seen it before somewhere he thought As he groped back into his recollections for the answer his eves fell to the open newspaper in his lap Kelsea started On the page before him was the picture of the man who was speaking It was labeled in flaring type with the name Harry Thaw There was no mistaking it The man and the picture were one Kelsea knit his brow and looked at his questioner silent ly don't know who I am do asked the stranger quietly think I could give a good guess Kelsea replied now certain of his man am Harry The eyelids flickered for an instant and he smiled am Thaw said in the same quiet even tone vou want me couldn't do tKinn witn mr mnrria nnd they extradite Taking his cue from Thaw the deputy replied with equal quietude I guess not XX'here are you am ing to Thaw said "Then I going to cross Thaw expressed a wish to get to the Grand Trunk railway line which would take him to Quebec It was explained to him that he was then approaching the Canadian border and that the Grand Trunk line lay about 15 miles west of the Maine Central If he wished to reach the Grand Trunk he would have to drive by team or automobile Thaw inquired the best place to leave the train and finally decided to get off at Hereford The conversation ended with Thaw's re suming his seat Kelsea got off as he had planned to at Colebrook One of three men who were with Thaw got off too Kelsea thinks to shadow him Kelsea went home and a few minutes later was scattering the gravel of the state road beneath the tires of a high powered au tomobile in a whirlwind chase for the train Thaw and his companions alighted at Hereford with the deputy sheriff speed ing a few miles behind them At Here ford Thaw hired a team and drove over the international line into the Canadian woods After a five mile trip that seemed purposeless the driver became suspicious of his fares and refused to go farther It was dark but Thaw and his companions did not balk at this They pnid the liveryman dismissed him and by starlight began to thread their way through the forest to the open They found a farmer who had gone to bed but aroused him and bargained a while for the use of his team inally 1 haw ottered er $9 to drive the trio to the Mrs Thoma A Kenyon Mrs Emilia Kenyon 46 wife of Thomas A Kenyon died yesterday after noon at her home 14 Lafayette street She was born in this city the daughter of Ella and the late George Call and she attended the public schools here She spent her entire life in this city and she will be remembered among her many friends for her gentleness of character and her lover for her home She attended Park Congregational church She leaves be sides her husband and mother two daugh ters Ruth and Irene Kenyon and a sister Mrs Reid all of this city The funeral will be held at her home to morrow afternoon at' 4 o'clock The burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery Michael Itynn nt New York Michael Ryan 75 for many years a res ident of this city died Alonday in Bellevue hospital New York city He was born in Ireland and lived for 35 years in this city "being employed as a switchman on the New York New Haven and Hartford rail road He left this city three years ago to make his home in armington Ct He leaves no near relatives The funeral will be held in parlor this morning at 830 A high mass of requiem will follow in St Michael's cathedral at 9 The burial will be in St Benedict's cemetery itzgerald Minnie itzgerald a teacher in the XVilliam street school died yesterday at her home 791 Alain street after ness of three months She was a ate of the old Bay street normal and she had taught in the public this citv for the nast 25 rears leaves two sisters Airs Anna Leo Mrs Clara Harrington both of this itv rl he funeral wi 11 be held home to morrow morning at 830 A high mace AT rArtlllAlYi Will TO 1 1OW Michael's cathedral at 9 and the burial will be in St Michael's cemetery The funeral of Airs Alargaret Shea was held yesterday morning at her home 43 PalniAf atpiiha A Kolomn hiirh Blass of requiem followed in St Alichael's cathe dral at which Rev Thomas Smyth and Rev Thomas Cummings officiated Shea sang Kindly during the mass The burial was in St Alichael's A amber of Nonunion One Accord XVlth the Berber Union Rules i The attempt of the barber's union to unionize the large number of small bar ber shops north of the arch has met with much success and last evening foi the first time all ofithe IO shops which wei fornierly nonunion recognized the union and closed their shops according to sched 1' ule'time The change brought about nas resulted in a general increase in the price of shaving and hair cutting The 10 cent shop is a thing of a past in the' vyard ana according to the union leaders it is cer tain that all the other nonunion shops in the city will be unionized before the endof the month The union has practically secured the promise of every nonunion boss barber in the city to unionize his shop and it is felt that this will be done as soon as a guar antv can be given that it will guarantee equal conditions for all barbers in the citv There are several nonunion shops still holding out but it is hoped to have them within the fold this week The only difficult) experienced b) Business Agent Niebuhr in completing the work was the opposition one shop on Dwight street As soon as this barber expresses a willingness to join the union several other Dwight street shops will be union ized and the work in this city will be completed Organizer Niebuhr said last evening that it is the purpose of the union to establish a 100 per cent organization in this city He believes that this will be done as soon as the few barbers who are still holding off can be convinced that the union will afford better trade conditions for them According to Air Niebuhr the only unor ganized section in the city is on Dwightstreet AAIRS LOCAL SOCIETIES Took a Random Shot and Hit 'the Pnrsnit in Automobile Had Thaw not made inquiries of Sheriff Kelsea regarding the county through which he was passing he probably would have been in Quebec yesterday afternoon and possibly aboard a steamer sailing for En glund without having had his identity suspected It is one theory that Thaw took the train that left Portland Me at 935 Monday morning Substance is given to this theory by the published dispatch from Portland Me Alonday which said that a traveling man there thought he recog nized Thaw at the railroad station at Borland just before the train upon which Thaw reached Canada drew out The fugi tive however and his two friends at tracted no attention throughout the long ride They occupied scats in the smoking car and according to other trav elers chatted with each other but kept by themselves until 6 o'clock Alonday night when Thaw inquiring of a stran ger the location of the nearest county seat was directed to Sheriff Kqjsea for an answer The question struck the offi cer as rather odd and he took a good look at his questioner After a few exchanges Thaw appeared to become nervous under the scrutiny' of the sheriff and finally asked: know me do The sheriff whose suspicions already were aroused as he noteitthe resemblance of the stranger to the published pictures of Thaw made a random shot that how ever hit a eye ell I can make a pretty good guess that you are Harry said the other friends took no part in the con versation to reach Quebec from which place he in tended to sail for Europe Sheriff Kelsea thus describes what told me that though I was the sheriff of Coos county where we then were I could not molest him for no charge making possible his extradition from New Hampshire had been lodged ngainst him I did not feel that I had the right to take him I should however have continued on the train and called the attention of the police wherever we stopped to him but it was necesary for me to leave the train at Colebrook my home I am not sure just what hap pened to Thaw's companions after I got off the train but I think that one of them followed me with the idea of getting a car and nicking Thaw up beyond the Canadian line The other man continued with Thaw disposing of my business I ob tained an automobile and started in pur suit I took with me Drew a press correspondent and another man overtook Thaw at Hermenegilde Garford where we found him driving with one of his companions in a wagon 1 told the farmer who Thaw was and he held up his team until I aroused an offi cer who made the arrest on my complaint that Thaw was a fugitive from justice The prisoner made no resistance and caused no trouble when lie was brought to Coaticook The farmer who drove Thaw told me that the latter had left the Maine Central train at Hereford just inside the Canadian lino and had offered him' $9 to drive him across country to any point where he could reach the Grand Trunk railway and so get a train for Quebec They started for Coaticook and were with in two miles of the Grand Trunk road when wo overtook them He said that Thaw had awakened him late at night but he could only guess at the hour Aly re sponsihilitv ended when I turned the fugi five over to the Canadian police except that I will be represented at the hearing at Sherbrooke as the formal complainant Thaw to New York State After a conference "with Dutchess county authorities Deputy Attorney General Par sons at Albany last night an nounced that it vere deemed neces Deputy Attorney General rnnkhn Kennedy would be designated to go to I 4 Loziiil'1 i tth uanaaa ju hlj euuu turn to New York state It was pointed out at the attorney oflice that the Canadian aurhorities might interpret their deportation laws so that Thaw could only be returned to the state from which he Canada In this event it was said Deputy Attorney General Kennedy might endeavor to influence the Dominion officials to direct the return di rect to New York state "Word Received at Matteawan Dr Raymond Kieb superintendent of the Matteawan hospital for the crim inal insane said yesterday afternoon at Matteawan that he had received a dispatch from the authorities at Coati cook advising him that Harry Thaw had been detained there Dr Kieb at once conferred with John Riley state superintendent or tne prisons ana tele graphed the Canadian police to hold the prisoner pending further instructions It was expected that some announcement would be made later as to when the asylifm 1 authorities would dispatch a man to Coat icook Thaw Telegraphs for Money A telegraphic request was received at Pittsburg yesterday fromHarry Thaw ask ing that a large sum of money be sent to him at Coaticook At New York Kaiser XX'ilhelm 1 from Bremen: Bremen from Bremen At Boston Oregon from Baracoa CubaBowden from Sosua At Alontre il Canada from I rieste I re torian fiom Glasgow Montezuma from In communication ith Sable Island Arabic from Liverpool for Boston: Geor gian from London for Boston In communication with lasconset President Grant from Hamburg for New York will dock a noui Passed Gibraltar San Giovanni New York for Naples Passed the Lizard Patricia fiom York for Hamburg Passed Sagres Themistocles from for Naples Signaled Brow Hoad Sicilian Montroai in A At Plymouth Ascaaia from Zeeland from New Xork for A At' Bremen Kaiser XX'ilhelm der Grosse from New X'ork At At Xt Genoa from New lork At Cadiz Manuel Calvo from Aew York for Genoa At London Minneapolis from New York The failure bf the democrats of XVestern Alassaehusetts to provide a party candi date for the nomination of councilor has convinced local democrats of the necessity of strengthening the party organization in this section of the state and providing bet ter representation on the state committee A well known democrat stated yesterday that the local organization has suffered considerably because of inefficient repre sentation on the state committee This it was pointed out has been responsible in large degree for the apparent lack of interest which the state committee has shown in the affairs of the local organiza tion During the past year the local mem ber of the state committee has attended two meetings and has failed to bring the needs of the organization before the east ern democrats This statement was made by several members of the city committee yesterday who expressed the belief that the greatest weakness was to re Touna state committee this section The necessity sentation on the realized by the an endeavor has been made to remedy conditions by selecting Dr Downey for a place on the state committee Dr candidacy has met with general approval among local democrats He is considered one of the most energetic party workers and one who will be a credit to the local' organization Several men had been mentioned for the position but at the last minute the other candidates were induced to withdraw their names in favor of Dr candidacy He will have the solid support of the city committee aswell as the leading party workers In discussing the importance of the po sition several members of the local com mittee said yesterday that the local rep resentative on the state committee had it within his power to make important rec ommendations which would bring political patronage to this section It was pointed out that during the present primary cam paign the state committee had urged the local representative on the 'committee to try and secure an acceptable candidate for one of the state offices The failure to pro vide a candidate was mainly due to lack of interest at this end of the state The state committee had figured on at least one candidate from this section believing that it would add balance to the ticket and would strengthen the party materially in this section during tiie campaign Both the republicans and progressives provided Alassaehusetts with representa tion on the state tickets a fact which will figure to some extent in determining the: success of either of the two narties in this section The big fight during the primary cam paign will be made by the democrats in wards 2 and 3 which comprise the 4th district It was said yesterday that themajority of the members of the city com mittee have come out openly against Johu Mitchell who is seeking the democratic nomination for representative from the dis trict The fight against Air Alitchell is based on his irregularity while a member of the last Legislature The democrats in ward are particularly sore because of his vote on the police commission measure They contend that the measure was direct ly aimed at the local democrats who were then in the majority on the commission and that he should have voted in opposi tion The opposition has made political capital of this but it is hard to determine with what effect Nearly all the members of the city committee who are opposing Air Alitchell are supporting Joseph Calla candidacy The fight for control of tITe city lommit tee which is being made bytlie present committee and the so called Clune faction promises to add life to the primary cam paign Both factions have started a gum shoe campaign depending on their indi vidual work for success XVhile methods have been adopted it is generally believed that rhe heat of the contest will make it almost impossible to keep the work of the campaigners under cover It was predicted yesterday that the fight would be for blood and that neither side would permit the primaries to be packed by frieuJly republicans for the purpose of securing an advantage In dications point to a straight party contest which will have a decided effect on estab lishing the status of the party after the primary campaign is over EDWARD SMITH AVho gave address at Mack reunion yester day taken Rev Swift offeredrayer and gave the benediction at thelose 1 in tridinif comparatively wealthy hoarding his means he HULTUMlit time in large donations oyer 18009 ancj at least as much more in smaller contribu tions He gave Mary Lyon $5'10 toward the founding of Mount Holyoke female seminary at a time when it was not gen erally conceded that women could or should be educated lie gave largely to foreign missions and toward the support of the Middlefield Congregational church His long and useful life and his earnest Christian chara'ter have won for him the title of aithful Dea Mack was the father of a large family 13 children three of whom grew Henry A la per on ok ancestry by Greendale whose age 84 prevent ed bis coming was read by Mrs A rissell It was in part In burrowing through the two big vol umes of our genealogy compiled by our indefatigable historiographer Mrs Afartin 1 am impressed by tfie excellent record made bv our people If we have had in our history paupers criminals imbeciles 1 have as yet been unable to find any mention of Rather is one struck in these volumes bf our history with the industry sobriety integrity respectability piety success in life recorded of many of lis In a good many eases there have been large although in these days there has been a wonderful falling off in this particular Ina pilgrimage to his native town of Lyme Ct made by my revered father a few vears before his decease he was assured by one of our kin residing there in that nursery of so many of the Mack tribo that our ancestry could be traced among the sovereigns of Europe and military Continued ou rage 5J OB.

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